Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-12

tithti iHC Ndbiutt ultttlnS his Ilik
with King George The cabinet mem.
bers. all OF whom are now In the city.
offered their portfolios to the new
king today All were returned to them.
is enthroned
| STOCKHOLM. May 9.-Colonel
Roosevelt's throat was still in bad
shape when he left here at IL O'Clock
this morning for Berlin. but he Is con.
fldent the three days rest before de-
livery of his University of Berlin ad
dress will restore It's strength.
He has a slight cold which has
been aggravated by too much talking"
DIR. Hagener said: This is character
lied as inciplent bronchitis, but bron
chitis has not really developed"
Roosevelt himself laughs at inquiries
concerning his health.
Arriving in Berlin Roosevelt Will
at once become The guest of United
States Ambassador Steele. as the death
OF King Edward has changed the plan
of the kaiser's entertainment of him.
| The trip from Stockholm to Berlin
is being made in a special train fur
nished by the Swedish and German
governments. 1t will reach Berlin at
. O'Clock Tuesday morning.
| CHICAGO. May 9.-wiu United
| States Senator William Lorimer re-
sign from the United States or will
he temporarily relinquish his privileges
in the senate and demand a committee
nom that body investigate his cleo
| lion? These were the all-absorblng
questions here today when the special
grand jury entered upon its second
| week of Investigation of Representa-
tive Whites charges that certain leg
Lorimer for senator.
| simultaneously The Sanganmon coun.
| ty jury at Springfield began an inves-
| tigation of the same charges. Sena.
tor Lorlmer's two new banks opened
their doors today and the senator de
voted his time TO formalitles connect
ed with these openings He declined
to discuss his intentions However,
when asked ii he intended to resign
the senator replied that he had mo
such Intentions
| Dispatches from Washington today
state thai steps TO compel Senator
| Lorimer to resign and seek vindica.
lion before exercising the functions
of his Office further have been taken by
influential members of the senate in
number Of quiet conferences in the
national capital yesterday.
| SAN BBRNARDINO. Cal, May o
While brooding over the possible i'll
effects OF the comets visit, Paul Ham
| merton, a sheep man and prospector,
| became insane and crucifled himself
IIammerton was found where he had
| nailed his feet and one hand to rude
cross he had erected near his gold
| claim last Friday. Although suffering
| intense agony Hammerton pleaded
with his rescuers to let him remain in
his spiked imprisonment. Since the
visit of comet A-l9l0. Hammerton has
been much alarmed and when he learn
ed the earth was scheduled to pass
| through the tail of Halley's comet his
mind gave way and he believed the
end of the world at hand.
| SILvERToN, Colo. May 9.-District
court is In session here today, but
nothing but routine business has been
| done. Actual work will commence to-
morrow, today being taken up with
securing jurors.
DENVER, May 9.-Frank Leroy
Smith. son OF The late Eben Smith,
millionaire mining man, died at st
Joseph's hospital this morning, the
result of having shot himself through
the lungs Friday evening, while lying
on a bed In his home in Logan street
Until the last members of the family
insist that Smith declared the shoot
ing was accidental, and deny he had
any intent of killing himself.
DENVER, May 10.--In an effort to
solve the mystery surrounding the
strangulation of Mrs Katherine vii.
son, who was found dead yesterday
afternoon, the corpse being jammed in.
to packing box in the basement of
her home, the police subjected her
two husbands to a severe crcss-exami-
nation this morning For over an hour
each man was put through the third
degree" by Chief Armstrong Whether
the examination revealed anything or
not, the police will not say.
Certain II is that detectives are
working on the theory that the Japa-
nese house cleaner whom Mrs Will
son engaged to tidy up the house,
committed the murder. This may
however, be a "stalP' on the part of
The officials, il being common prac-
lice on the part of detectives to divert
attention from the supposed murderer
This course was pursued by the au-
thorities In the Rupp case.
| For the first time in four years the
two husbands of the murdered woman
met. AS they faced each other In