Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-23

lem. In anticipation of favorable ac-
tion of the committee large audi |
ence was present at the opening OF
the congress.
The addresses Of the morning scs-
sion were devoted to the good roads
movement. every speaker empnasiz-
Ing the necessity for the construction
OF permanent highways, particularly
In the intermountain country, and
strong pleas made for federal co-opera
ton with the states In the WORK OF
read building.
WASHINGTON, Aug 20.-Secretary
OF tine Interior Ballinger has desighat-
ed seven hundred acres of additional
land in New Mexico as coming within
the enlarged homestead act, making
n total up to date of fifteen and a half
million acres designated in New Mex
leo.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Aug. 20.-The
body of Albert Gerald. prominent
young lawyer, was found lying in the
front yard of his home in Arlington
avenue on the fashionable east side.
with two bullet wounds in the region
of his heart Mr.. Geralds family are
away for the summer and the theory
OF the police is that he was reading
In his library early in the morning
when he heard someone prowlinG
about about the house and on investi
cation came suddenly upon n burglar
who shot him to avoid capture. Then
the police think the burglar dropped
the revolver beside the body with the
Intention of making Il appear a case OF
suicide.
CHICAGO, Aug, 2G.-Statistics com
piled by National Chairman Jones OF
| the Prohibition party from an advance
report of the United States internal
revenue bureau for the fiscal year 1909
put forth as counter to assertions OF
| the Texas Brewers association, thar
prohibition never prohibits and that
more liquor is sold in dry" than in
wet" territory. The assertions are
| contained In statement which reads
as follows:
"On the basis of the official records
issued by the internal revenue depart
ment for the four fiscal years, June
30, 1905, to June 30. 1909, the fact
develops that the liquor traffic during
| that time has come short of its ex
pected sales to the estimated aggre.
] 4.
million gallons OF spirits and ferment-
ed liquors. Reckoning that the aver
age moderate drinker buys four drinks
a day the figures show that the equiva
lent of a million and half men no
longer patronize saloons as they did
| in the year ending June 80, 1907"
| Representatives of the liquor inter
ests asserted last night that the pro
hibition statisticians had been jug
Cling" figures and that the revenues
from malt and spirtuous liquors dur
ing the last two years Increased in
stead of decreased.
DENVER, Aug. 20.-Weak from loss
of blood which streamed from deep
cut in the back of her head. Mrs. OIL
lie School, wife of Louis Scholl, n
cigar maker living at Twelfth and
l.arimer streets, staggered into the
police surgeons office this morning
and made request for aid 1t required
a dozen stitches TO sew up the wound
Mrs. Scholl told blood curdling
| utn ~
her by her husband before O'Clock
this morning. She claimed that her
husband when she was still in bed
had picked her up and thrown her
to the floor, her head striking the
iron bed post. For three hours she
had been helpless in her room, trying
to stay the flow of blood until finally
unsuccessful. she made her way to
the police headquarters.
Patrolman Madsen was detailed to
make an investigation and brought
Scholl to the police headquarters.
| Scholl insisted that his wife had
simply fallen against the bed post and
denied he had assaulted her. AS the
wife refused to prosecuted him the
man was released.
SILVERToN. Colo, Aug. 2o.-1ne
transformer house at the Sunuysidc
mine at Eureka was struck by light
ming last Monday and burned, causing
a loss OF from $4,000 to $4,000
It has been raining in Silverton all
I
week, but not heavily Today 1t Is
very cold and atmospheric conditions
indicate SNOW.
| ROME. Aug. 20.-President w. II
Taft will receive present of two
lion whelps from Pope Plus X. The
lioness was given to his holiness by
Emperor Menelik. who presented her
owner with six fine cubs. The pore
| Will present two to President Tarr
two TO Kaiser Wilhelm and two 10
Emperor Franz Joseph
CHICAGO, Aug 2o.-Rejection by
the North and West Side Street Car
Mems union last night of the proposed
wage schedule. offered by President
Rouch of the Chicago Railway com,