Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-08

the Admiral last night Mr.. Roost
welt thanked the head of the Neapol
tan police. Cheyalier Calabresi. for tn
excellent protection afforded him dur
ing his stay on shore.
SAN BERNARDINo. Cal. April 6
Perry lrvington. a miner. arrive'
here yesterday and brought the new
of tragedy at S. Delamar, New, II
which three boys killed their tathe
in defending themselves, after lie ha,
attacked their mother
According to Irvington last Thurs
day William Thomas, well knowr
miner at Delamar, attempted to Kill
his wife by beating and kicking her
to death. Leaving her unconscious he
| went to shed nearby where his sons
were chopping wood Thomas who
had armed himself with a rope. de.
clared he had come TO hang them all
He placed the moose about the young
er boys neck and was preparing TO
haul him from the ground. when his
other sons interfered. With axes they
rushed upon their father who was
compelled to back away. but as he
leaped to one side he picked up an
AK and with this attacked his sons
The older boy seized a gun and fired.
the father dying almost Immediately
The boys then packed the corpse on
a hnrEn f.
they surrendered to officers.
NEW YORK, April 6.-Men promi.
nent, including Alfred G. Vanderbilt
August Belmont and others, identified
with the Liberal Sunday league. the
governors of which held a meeting
here today. The league was only re-
Gently incorporated with view to
bringing about a more liberal interpre.
tation OF Sunday laws and having Sun
day declared legal holiday In this
ctate. At a meeting of the governors
the following platform was adopted;
The members of the league, realiz-
ing that the blue laws founded on the
English common laws, have long ceas.
ed TO be effective and recognizing
that men and women of the twenu.
eth century have oulgrown the pas
sive submission to dictation which
seeks to make all follow a path laid
down for them by the zealots, have
organized as u tribute before which
the people may lay their Ideas, ex-
press their preferences and record
their judgment.
DETROIT, Mich. April with
twenty out of twenty-seyen counties
which voted on the local option yester.
day registering for the "drys," Supt
George w. Morrow of the Michigan
Anti-Saloon league. declares the back
bone of the liquor traffic In the state
broken. The returns show that over
500 saloonkeepers will hunt other jobs
after May. The state tells the story
of approximately ten brewers put Out
OF commission and sounds the death
knell of a half thousand saloons
PITTSBURG, Pa. April 6.-Two
boys were killed and six other per.
sons injured, several seriously, early
today when a car on the st. Clair In
cline, running from Josephine street.
south side, TO Mount Oliver, broke
about the center of the incline and
plunged TO the bottom.
One of the dead is Arthur Miller,
15 years old, a glass worker. The
six injured were all glass workers.
Griff Davis sustained crushed arm
and amputation was necessary.
When the accident occurred the car
was half way up the incline. Sud
denly the cable broke and the car
rushed backward, running to the foot
Of the hill where 1t plunged into the
frame station at the bottom, wreck
ing 1t. The car was smashed and Its
occupants buried beneath the wreck
age of the station.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Ajril C.
AT the urgent request of the de
partment at Washington, communicat-
ed to the London foreign office, the
British governor has decided not to
permit Cipriano Castro. former presi-
dent to Venezuela. to land at Trini-
dad.
SALEM. Mass, April 6.-Nearly o.
900 operatives OF the Naumkeag Steam
Cotton company were notified today
that their wages would be advanced
about per cent.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-Senator
Hughes has decided after investigat
ing the pension cases of members of
the Third Colorado cavalry that legis-
lation will be required to place mem.
bers of the organization upon a pen
sionable basis. He will introduce the
measure in the senate. extending beue-
fit of the pension laws to applicants
whether they took part in the civil
war and Indian wars.
Senator Hepburn introduced a bill
10 place members OF the Forsythe
scouts on a pensionable basis under
acts OF June q. 1890. and Feb. 6. 1907
This organization was made up large
ly of volunteers from Colorado and
other western states. and took part
in the celebrated battle of Beechers