Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-05
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ed Mrs. Taft in receiving the guests.
I CHICAGO. Dec. IA Colorado man
broke all international records yester.
day by taking the grand champion
ship premium on load of cattle
for the second time.
Al. A. Neale of Montrose startled
eastern cattle men year ago by
sweeping the platter with carload
OF choice Short-horn steer calves.
Yesterday he did II again with anoth-
er load of the same kind. proving his
winning last year was not an accident
Colorado secured the grand cham
! pionship on feeders cattle. the winner
of the purple being load of Grande
Short-horn calves bred in Montrose
| county and fed on Montrose alfalfa
II is the same kind of calves bred
in the same place, and raised on the
Same kind of alfalfa that did 1t again
this year.
| CHARLESTOWN, s. c., Dec Ito
borrow is the date set for the execu.
tion of Daniel Duncan. the young ne
gro convicted of numbering Max Lubel.
sky, liking street merchant last
June.
| Duncan beat Lubelsky's head to a
pulp, and less than three weeks later
returned TO the store and attacked
I.ubelsky's widow
| LONDON, Dec. Queen Alexandra
reached her sixty-sixth birthday ami.
varsary today and was the recipient
of many presents and messages of
congratulation from relatives and her
friends at home and abroad.
Flags were displayed on public build.
ings and the customary salutes were
fired at all naval and military sta.
tions.
The anniversary was made the oc.
casion for family reunion, attended
by King George and Queen Mary. the
Princess Victoria. Queen Maude of
| Norway and other members of the roy.
al family.
VICTORIA, b. c.. Dec. 1.-Unless
saved by executive clemency Thomas
Allen, a gunner of the Royal Canadian
Artillery. will die on the scaffold in
the local provincial jail tomorrow. The
crime for which Allen was senten-
ced 10 death was the murder on Aug
ust / last of Captain Peter Eliston,
his commanding officer.
The crime was committed at Work
Point barrack.
Allen shot the captain down from a
window of the barracks when he was
leaving the company's office, fifty
yards away.
The soldier harbored a grievance
against his captain owing to SEN
tence of imprisonment previously i'm
posed upon him for violation of the
army regulations.
NEW YORK, Dec. MANY MESA.
ges of congratulation from friends
throughout the country reached Saga.
| more Hill today to remind the former
president and Mrs. Roosevelt of their
twenty-fourth wedding anniversary.
CT. PETERSBURG, Dec. Count.
ess Tolstoi is dying.
This message was received here
from Yasnaya, Polyana, where the
countess lives, declares her fever has
reached a critical stage and that her
death is momentarily expected.
The countess is practically grieving
herself to death. When her husband
fled from their home leaving a note
that he wanted to spend the balance of
his life in solitude and meditation the
countess tried to kill herself When
| Tolstoi. Ill and dying, was finally TAX
ell off the train and put to bed in the
home of station agent at Aztapova,
the countess rushed there on a special
train. Her grief when he died was
distressing. She sat for hours at the
side of her husbands corpse and new
er left until 1t was laid to rest at the
foot OF a Poverty Oak
DiAZ BEGINS HIS EIGHTH TERM
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec 1.-The in.
inaugural ceremonies in connection
with the induction OF Gen. Porfirio
Diaz in the office of President of the
Mexican Republic for his eighth sue.
cessive term took place today with a
splendid civic and military display.
The official home of President Diaz
was thronged with thousands of citi
zens of all classes, while senators and
representatives, army officers and di
plomats, all in full uniform. added bril-
liancy to an impressive scene.
In honor of the occasion the streets
OF the capital were profusely deco
rated The manifestations of loyalty
to the president and the republic were
more pronounced than usual, and were
given every encouragement by the au
thorities.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1.-The sec
ond disturbance growing out of a
strike Of Taxicab drivers occurred
early today when a cab driven by Jas
Ashcroft was wrecked by crowd OF
men on the outskirts of the business
district
Ashcroft, who one of the drivers at
tackled Tuesday night, was Just leav