Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-24
TELEGRAPHICNEWS

lslaiiDu must carry InoTt weight thAh
heedemands of the house organiza-
ticl,. His state is behind him and he
expects the delegations from other
states to fall into line.
This is the Interpretation placed by
politicians today upon the announce
nhent made by the Ohio congressional
delegation after its little get-together
caucus of last evening.
The statement is approved by all
the Ohio congressman except Cassidy
and johnson, who was unavoidably alb.
sent, declared It the sense of the
meeting that the presidential recon-
mendations asked in mis- several mes.
sages are most important matters for
discussion and action by congress and
I'VE recognize President Taft as the
leader of the Republican party and
Republicans should be united"
Following close upon previous decla.
ration made by nearly all the Ohio
congressman that they would not vote
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the pledge of fealty to the president
Is regarded as particularly significant.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.-President
Taft has revised his statehood policy
aud made 1t plain TO senators he pre-
fers statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico be postponed a year rather
than take the chance of making a
mistake through unwise legislation
hastily considered.
NEW YORK. Jan. 20.-Jamaica bay
Is one huge highball today. Many
thousands OF gallons of whisky, wine
aud liquors were dumped into the
tides late last night, following a raid
on twenty summer hotels along the
beach.
GOLDEN. Colo. Jan 20.--The jury
in The case of James Wilson, who
shot and killed Arthur Tabb at Stand.
ley lake on Nov is. this morning
brought in verdict OF voluntary man
slaughter.
Both were negroes employed on the
Standlcy lake reservoir and quarreled
over the affections of Kittie Saunders,
n comely octoroon. II WAS shown that
Wilson had told before hand of his
intention TO kill Tabb but there was
seme self.defense features that caused
the jury to find mansaughter verdict
instead OF murder as charged. VIII
son has a prison record and expressed
no surprise at the verdict.
LEAVENWORTH, Kans.. Jan. 90
81 slept very WELL thank you," replied
John r. Walsh, the former Chicago
banker. in response to the greeting Of
the guard this morning at the federal
prison here.
The aged banker had arisen after
his first night as Convict 6S61", had
made up the little cot in the cell and
stood as did the other 900 prisoners
awaiting the order to march to break
fast.
If the prisoner is on the verge of
collapse he has covered up the symp-
toms. His chief concern seemed to
be that he should violate none Of the
rules of the institution. He is even
eager TO carry out to the letter every
order that might be given him and
this he did with cheerfulness that
made his keepers who had seen many
stout hearts give way when finally
emerged into the existence of hun
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NEW YORK. Jan. 20.-Ten thousand
dollars will be presented to Com.
mander Robert E. Peary, the discover.
er of the north pole. at a reception in
his honor at the Metropolitan opera
house on Feb. s.
SILVERTON Jan. 20.-Andrew
Johnson. a Gold King miner. had sew.
eral ribs broken yesterday by a cave
in in one of the slopes. He was
brought to town and taken to Miners
Union hospital and is getting along
as well as could be expected.
COLUMBIA, n. c., Jan. 20.-Charges
OF the grossest violations of ordinary
rules of sanitation and decency and
stilling arrangement OF the board OF
regents of the state hospital for the
insane is contained in reports of the
commission appointed to investigate
the hospital were made public here
today.
Without placing the blame on any
particular persons the commissions re
port states that the evidence shows
that fifteen patients OF one ward were
bathed in the same water in the same
bath tub. That the bodies Of dead
patients are buried one on top of an
other in the same lot That cholera
hogs ate the dead and are kept in the
same lot That wards. even OF the
white women, are run over with YER
min.
The report states that many of the
attendants are illiterate and many
cases of brutality are reported. The
government reports show In the South
Carolina hospital death rate the
highest in the United States.
BOULDER, Colo, Jan. 20.-While at
tempting to escape from the marshal,
Ia.