Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-05

high into the air. The yelps brought
Denver, south through Pueblo to La
Veta. thence to Alamosa, thence to Du.
range, over to Silverton. to Ouray,
Montrose. Grand Junction, Leadyllle,
Colorado Springs and back TO Denver.
the road to be known as the circle au.
tomobile track OF the west.
Mr.. Wyman has visited the county
commissioners in the twenty four
counties through which the road will
travel and has incurred their assist.
ance in It's construction. II is the In
tention to try and have the next leg.
islature set aside certain portion
of the internal Improvement fund
for this work and to have 1t accom-.
plished under the direction OF the
Good Roads commission The work
could be done in large measure by
convict labor and the estimated cost
IS far below what might be antlcipa.
ted
Mr.. Wyman is particularly interest.
ed in this project and announces that
he intends to continue In It's work un.
IL II Is done Several of the stretch.
es OF the road are already partially
completed and about all that needs to
he done is to connect up these sections
that are constructed.
LAMONAE, Mo-, Dec. Fifteen per.
sons were seriously injured when
Missouri Pacific passenger train No.
A., was wrecked miles east of Knob
Noster. No, today. II is believed that
no one was fatally hurt. The wreck
was caused by broken rail and all
the passenger coaches were derailed.
Two Pullmans and chair cars turned
over and rolled down an embankment
eight feet high. The smoker was al.
so derailed but remained upright. The
engine and three mail cars remained
on the track. All the seriously In.
jured were taken to the Missouri, Kan.
sas and Texas hospital at Sedalia.
TORONTO, Ont, Dec. 2-An un.
precedented record for hanging in
Ontario will be established during the
two weeks beginning today II all OF
the sentences now standing are car.
ried out. The first to die, IL the ex-
creme penalty Ia exacted, will be Rob.
ert Parker, the aged Hastings county
murderer. The others under sentence
are Thomas McNulty and Mars Dolan
convicted at Barrie Of strangling their
illegitimate child, and Rufus Weed.
mark, the Smiths Falls wife mur.
derer.
OXFORD. Mass, Dec. with an
oft filled clay pipe. Mrs. Catherine
Snay celebrated her one hundredth
and ninth birthday Tuesday, at the
lone of her daughter, Miss Rose Snay,
North Oxford Mrs. Snay has been to.
tally blind for seven years, and for
four years she has been helpless from
the effects of the shock.
Although unable to comprehend
things OF the present. she recalls viy.
idly incidents OF her childhood. Mrs
Snay is au inveterate smoker and her
pipe Is her only comfort. She was
born in st. Mary's, Canada.
WASHINGTON d. c., Dec. with
the opening OF the final session of the
Sixty-flrst Congress but two days away
senators and representatives from
near and far are arriving in Wash.
ington today on every train.
Following custom, both houses will
adjourn soon after their convention Mt
noon on Monday out of respect for
those members who have died during
the recess OF Congress- Five senators
and three representatives have died
since the beginning OF summer. The
vacancy caused by the death OF Sen
ator Daniel of Virginia has been filled
by the appointment OF Ex-Governor
Swanson. Senator Percy was chosen
to succeed to the seat of the late
Senator McLaurin OF Mississippi
Governor Sanders OF Louisiana was
selected to succeed the late Senator
tain the Governorship and appointed
Judge j. r. Thornton to the senator
ship. Some question was raised as
to the validity of this procedure and
the Louisiana Legislature Is now In
special session to settle the mctter.
Lafayette Young OF Des Moines has
been appointed by Governor Carroll
OF Iowa to fill out the unexpired tern