Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-20

"ouiu nave nad 10 remain in the air
Two hours longer to beat Farman's rec.
ord. Curtiss beat his own record for
ten laps. The fastest lap made was in
1-5. Paulhan tried to beat this but
his time was rs.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1s.-Mrs. Elsie ST.
gel. the widow of General Franz sigel
of Civil war fame. and grandmother of
the Elsie slgel, who was murdered
last August by Chinaman, died last
night. She had never been told Of
her Sranddaughter's deatn.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Goyernors
from thirty states gathered in Wash
ington to discuss problems of state
and national Importance, opened their
three-day session today. Governor VIII.
son of Kentucky, chairman of the com.
mittee on arrangements. presiding.
Governor Wilson declared in his
opinion no better means of devising
improved and uniform state legislation
could have been found than for the
governors of states to come together
and with partisan feeling forgotten.
talk over questions in which all are
interested.
LONDON. Jan. 1S,-Completed re-
turns from yesterdays elections for
members OF parliament make the
standing of the parties to date as fol.
lows; Government coalition: Liber.
ais 10, Laborites II, Irish Nationalists
l6. Opposition: Unionlsts 90. Net
Unlonist gain 30.
LONDON, Jan. ls.-Unless the con
serVatlves take a decided brace from
the decentralization that yesterday
voting indicated, the best polltica.
forecasters today are predicting that
he Liberals, with tho aid of Laborites,
viii control the next parliament with
out calling upon the Irish Natlonalists
loI a single vote.
POTTSNll.LE, Pa. Jan. 18.-Fire at
Ashland, twenty miles from here, today
destroyed block OF buildings before
being brought under control. Among
the buildings destroyed was the opera
house. the telephone and telegraph Of
fees.
SALIDA. Colo, Jan. 1S.-Willlam
Jones. the Denver G. Rio Grande fire
man injured in the head-on collision
near Kobe yesterday afternoon be.
header freight, is not expected to live
| through the day. He is still mcon
scious at the hospital. suffering from
a fractured skull Jones was pinned
against the boiler of his engine and
| terribly scalded. The condition of En-.
gineer Thomas Krulst, who also had
his skull fractured, is much improved
today. All of the injured are expect
ed to recover except Fireman Jones
CHICAGO, Jan. lS.-The final re
port of DR.. Walter Haines. who is ana
| lying the contents of the stomachy
of the late Colonel Thomas H. Swope
and Chrisman Swope, his nephew, OF
Kansas City, will not be ready for
several days This statement Is made
today by John s. Atwood, special coun-
sci for the executor of the estate, who
is in the city to await further informa-
tion from Hanes.
RENO. New, Jan. 1S.-Mrs. Keith
Donaldson. wife of the New York
stock broker, known as the Million
dollar BRIDE because at dinner Civ
en- her by the late j. II. (Sllent) Smith.
her dinner favor was check for one
heritance from her uncle, Charles
Whitney Payne, was yesterday granted
a divorce upon her limiting her
charges against her husband to deser-
tion.
| PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18.-"Tt is
criminal to attempt to make child
that is naturally left handed use its
right hand"
This is one of the several startling
statements made by DR.. Edward An
thony Spitzka, professor of anatomy at
the Jefferson Medical college, one of
the leading brain specialists of the
country. before the Clerical Brother
hood of the Protestant Episcopal
Church at the church houGe on The
History of the Human Brain"
1T Injuries the child's mind" he
adds,
PUEBLO, Jan. 1S.-Pueblo was
shocked this morning by the arrest of
Mrs. Elsie York, wife of Robert r.
York, a prominent Denver G. Rio
Grande railroad conductor of this city.
Mrs. York n few days ago began di.
yorce proceedings against her husband,
alleged cruelty and demanding the
custody OF her children.
At an early hour this morning, York,
who was supposed to be out on the
road, returned to Pueblo and accom-
panied by Detective Grady. found his
wife registered at a local hotel
as the wife of r. G.. Frazier York
broke In the door and attempted to
shoot Frazier. Grady restrained him
but great excitement followed. Fra
zier and Mrs. York were arrested and
taken to the police station.
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