Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

others could not find where the mel
fell through and searching parties ar,
now at the lakes trying to recover
the bodies.
BERLIN, Jan 4.-Former President
Castro of Venezuela was operated OF
in this city this morning by DR.. Israel
I German specialist for kidney com
plants, from which the deposed presi
dent was suffering. The operation is
designed to overcome the effects OF
an unsuccessful one performed in Ven
ezuela year ago.
SUEZ, Jan. 4.-The battleships Con
necticut, Kansas, Minnesota and Yer
mont. composing the first section of
the fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry,
started on their passage through the
| Suez canal at 8 o'clock this morning
They are due at Port Said late to-
night. The weather is magnificent and
large crowd assembled on the Ave
nue. Helene to witness the parade.
TUCSON, Ariz,, Jan. At. A. Cox,
| n prominent mining man of Stana Cruz
county, is reported as mysteriously
missing. The last heard of him was at
San Francisco on Dec. 20, when he left
the Fairmount hotel. supposedly for
Plttsburg. No evidence of his having
wife, who resides at Tucson. fears foul
play as he had considerable money
when last heard from.
BERKELEY, Cal, Jan. 5.-Near
death from starvation, Edwin A. Kip
pie, who stood high in Masonic circles.
was found yesterday in vacant house
at West Berkley by two boys. He
died on the way to the hospital. Kip
pie recently came from Colorado. but
could not get work. Too proud to beg
and suffering from consumption, he
went into the vacant house three days
ago. He had been there ever since
without food or attendance. When he
was found he was emaciated and un.
able to move. His residence was in
Colorado Springs.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Jan. 5,--Ed-
win a. Kippie's friends are not inclin-
ed TO accept the report that he died
Of starvation, although they have no
reason for supposing that he met with
foul play. A strange feature of the
case is the premonition that his moth
er, Mrs. c. A. Ripple of Colorado
Springs, had OF his death.
While dining with friends yesterday
she expressed a sudden feeling that
she was about to receive bad news.
She had hardly returned to her home
when she was told by the worshipful
master of I'll Paso lodge that her son
had died.
Ripple left Colorado Springs some
time ago. Although it is known he
was hard pressed for money, his stand
ing in the lodge was such as to have
enabled him to have obtained funds
for the asking
INEZ, KY, Jan. 5.-Three lives were
lost in an explosion at the home Of
Allen Cassel, wealthy planter, yester-
day. Cassers wife and son burned to
crisp, and a stepdaughter died short
ly afterward. A boy set can OF pow |
der near the crate fire. He noticed a |
small white lump in the can and not
thinking 1t powder threw 1t into the
flames. The lump exploded setting |
the powder in the can on fire and 1t |
exploded with great force.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Jan. B.
A number of passengers are reported
to have been killed when the fast fly |
ing Virginian No. 1, on the Chesapeake |
& Ohio railroad, ran into an open |
switch early today at Saperton. sew
enty miles east of here. The train |
went burling into the side of stee9 |
embankment, and Thomas Edwards |
of Barboursville. the third Oldest en- |
eineer on the Chesapeake & Ohio, and |
Peter Trent of Russell, KY, were in |
stantly killed.
DENVER, Jan. 5.-Having raised the |
last cent he could Christmas day on |
a cheap gold watch and despondent |
because of illness and poverty. a |
stranger. believed to be j. Jackson
ended his life with a razor at CITY |
park sometime last night. The body
of Jackson was discovered in toilet
room near the animal cages of City
park by Bert Seaton. teamster. at
s o'clock this morning. There was a
terrible cash in the mans throat The
body lay in big pool of blood.
The only clew to identify the suede
was a pawn ticket given In exchange
for a cheap gold watch upon waich
loan OF S1.25 had been made on
Christmas day. The applicant gsvo
his name as J. Jackson. The suicide
was a man OF 40 years. There ware
no papers or money on his person.
CHICAGO, Jan. "a romance at
tends the recovery of Miss Margaret
Wiswell, who, two weeks ago acci-
dentally shot herself. Following the
accident Miss Wiswen was removed
to hospital. She is now on her
way to san Francisco where she VIII
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