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Zhc Cbatbam 1Rccort Wat Cbatbam TRecort). RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one insertion $i. oo One Square, two insertions.... 1.50 One Square, one month...;.... a.09 i. A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 51.50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXX. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1907- NO'. 19. dT-KmT' few WX i I A VI il II A 11 H - v ii, - ii ii ii -is TAR HEEL TOPICS & !tcms Gathered from All Sections of the State 10 SPIT AL DIRECTORS MEET. tie Fiscal Year Ends With a Deficit of $10,000 in the Support Fund, Due to Several Causes. Morganton, Special. A meeting of ie boaid of directors of the State osnita! was held here with Directors -vis. Caldwell. Tate, Shuford, Mc inn, Sa .vvrr and J. K. Norfieet, who as appointed to fill the vacancy iusel by the resignation of Mr. Jos. icobs. present. A deficit of some $10,000 in the ic-port fand for the fiscal year end z December 1st, was reported. This s caused by a cut of $5,000 in the nount of appropriation asked for. ie advance in the cost of wages sd supplies and 'the fact that from e creat pressure for the admission patients the board filled the hospil to its utmost capacity. This r lit forced the board to order more iTiissions in the future than the incvs in band will care for. I A committee consisting of Messrs. hi ford. Tate, Arnifiekl and Mc ampbell was appointed to meet with ; committee cf the board of-North arolina School for the Def and umb upon the matter of a road bc reen the institutions. The matter of the election of spe al wards for tuberculosis patients, ir which an appropriation of $5,000 as marie hy the last Legislature, was ten up. discussed, and upon motion was ordered that the work of erec dii be proceeded with as early as issible. The superintendent, Dr. John Mc impbell. in his able report, sug sted as the most economical way to :ieve the urgent demand for room, e erection of a nurses' ho:ne, and e utilization of the old laundry iilding for industrial purposes, stat z that the conversion of the rooms ed by the nurses on the wards, the wing rooms, and one or more of t he y rooms into sleeping rooms for tients would make room for about ? hundred more patients, and esti ited the cost of the nurses' home d other changes necessary at $1S, r'. He also suggested the erection a new colony building for one bidred men. the cost of which he imated would be $30,000. The wards were evamined by the ml and they, together with the e; buildings and grounds, were md in their usual excellent condi- Wants Presentation at Home, isleigh. Special. Governor Glenn written a very strong letter to the retary of the Navy requestiiv t the cruiser North Carolina shall in North Carolina water when the t of the Si".r te t o the vessel is p re- ted, this to nc a sliver service, the :gn for whi;!i has already been ac- cd. Tie Governor in his letter "ts out that Cape Lookout is a dertul harbor, a natural one, hav 40 feet of water, and that it is lace of safety fit for a fleet to f in. It is hoped that the Navy ailment will have the cruiser f e to receive the gift. The date the presentation has not been fix but most probable it will be in tyring or summer of next year. L charter is granted the Sargent frufacturing Company, at Char He capital stock $50,000, to make ;5 and cotton goods, S. B. Sargent Ldward L. Sargent being the cipal stockholciers. overnor Glenn accepts the Com ply at Weldon as Company K, fd regiment Infantry, National f ntry, National Guard of North dina, its Captain is O. L. Bagley, used to be a cadet at the Agricul and Mechanical College takes the place of the company &leigh, which was recently dis pel lor inefficiency. Governor Glenn had a hearing on application for the pardon of pas W. Dewey, bank embezzler powhern, now serving a term in penitentiary. Ex-Governor Ay and ex-Judge Robinson, of s'Joro, and two ministers, Dunn Ferrays appeared in behalf of while Solicitor Ward and . all "vectors of the Merchants and filers' Bank, of which Dewey was ficr, opposed clemency, among 2 being ex-President Cutler. I15- Chadwick, Blades, Marks and be Commissioner of Agriculture 1 there is a lot of trouble in se- prompt reports from tobacco -uouses. one offender in this eet is to be made an example of. imposes a $500 fine for to make prompt and accurate ana the Agricultural Depart f turned the case over to thp. At- f 7 General so that he can sue Re penalty. After this it will be w upon all who fail to make reports as they should be made. 1 Location of Orphanage. Statesville, Special. The board of trustees for the proposed Methodist Orphanage for the Western North Carolina conference held a meeting in Statesville at Hotel Iredell. A num ber of matters incident to the launch ing of this new enterprise were at tended to, A committee on argoniza tion was appointed, consisting of Rev. '. H. Detwiler, Rev. N. R.Richard son and Mr. Charles H. Ireland, of Greensboro; Rev. G. F. Ivey, of Hick ory; Rev. J. A. Glenn, of Charlotte; Rev. J. L. Nelson of Lenoir; Rev. Harold Turner and Rev. Frank Siler, of Charlotte, were constituted a com mittee on location, the two last nam ed also to serve as a press or publica tion committe. A number of places were offered to the board for the loca tion of the orphanage, among them being properties in Hendersonville, Lincolnton, Rutherfordton, a tract of land in Union county, Lowell, Con nelly Springs and Hickory. States ville, as well as several other places. j is preparing to offer sites. The loca tion oi an institution of this charac ter is regarded as most desirable. The board wishes to obtain a tract of '-nd easily accessible to the railroad, of not less than 300 acres, with an option on adjacent property, if pos sible. ' ' . s Spencer, Special. Oscar Gaddy, the murderer of Foreman Charles Eubanks, of Lane Bros. Company, . near Lexington, last July, was arrest- ' ed at Cutt, a smart station in Tennes see, and is being- held for identifica tion. The crime charged to Gaddy was one of the most brutal in the his tory of the State. Mr. Eubanks be ing shot dead without warning. He escaped and was chased through the : woods, but the race was finally aban doned by the officers. Mr. F. W Clark, of Lane Bros. ComapnA, who knows Gaddy well, has been summon ed "from Spencer fo Ternesee to iden tify the criminal. A lynching is fear ed if he is brought back to Davidson cour.tv now. Wreck Claims Adjusted. Kinston, Special. Within an hour and a half after negotiations were opened Hines Bros, had made a full settlement of all claims growing out of a wreck on their Snow Hill road last Saturday morning. The largest claim was by Amos Fields on account of the death of his son, John Fields, by the accident. The amount agreed upon was $S00. Warren Chamber lain, who lost a leg, received $500 and $100 were paid to Albert Sutton who suffered a dislocated shoulder and other injuries. There were oth er smaller claims, Avhich met with the same prompt treatment. In ad dition to this Hines Bros, pay all medical and hospital bills and burial expenses. Work Begins on Driveway. Salisbury, Special. The first real work upon the Federal driveAvay se-. cuered by Senator Overman, calling for an expenditure of $15,000, was begun Thursday when a squad of hands working for the Southern be gan the tunneling necessary to go un der the- track of the railway. The pile driver has been hammering down the posts preparatory to making the temporary bridge work and the drive way will run under the main line of the Southern. When it has been be gun the real meaning of the beauti ful boulevard will be realized. Tar Heel Brevities. It seems to be the belief that Wake Forest College trustees will allow football to be again played there. Some years ago the college had an exceptionally fine team, which made a good record in the State and out of it, though at that time the game was not nearly so prominent at at present. Shot His Toes Off. Mount Airy, Special. r Bernie Franklin, son of Capt. S. C. Frank lin, who lives near this city, lost a portion of his right foot by the acci dental discharge of his gun Saturday. The muzzle was resting on toe of his right foot at the time, of the accident, the whole load of shot passing through the toes, rendering amputa tion of part of two toes necessary. The young man is getting along as well as could reasonably be expected, notwithstanding he has suffered much since his misfortune. Physician in Exciting Runaway. Winston-Salem, Special An excit ing runaway occurred on Fifth street about 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, when Dr. D. N. Dalton's horse took fright at the advertisement of Vaugh & Co. and dashed off. Dr. Dalton and his driver were in the buggy. The vehicle overturned and the physician and driver were thrown out, but es caped uninjured. The buggy was badly torn up. WAS SHOCKING INCIDENT Lady Who Attends Funeral of a Young Man, Supposed to Be Son of ft Neighbor, Discovers That the Corpse is That of Her Own Son. Columbia, S. C, Special. A cu rious sensational situation suddenly developed at a funeral in Camden when a neighbor, Mrs. Orre, appeared at the home of a Mrs. Langley to pay her respects on account of the death of Wilber Lewis Langley, a . son of Mrs. Langley who had been killed by a live wire while working in Camden for a carnival company. At least Mrs. Langley and her children and relatives and neighbors had been mourning for the dead boy as her son for several hours. Mrs. Orre, how ever, as soon as she went to the cas ket and glanced at the face of the dead youth, recognized Lewis Sowell, her own son by a former marriage. Mrs. Orre screamed with grief and terror and the attention of others be ing drawn more closely to the body it was recognized that Mrs. Orre was correct. A few hours later Mrs. Orre's , discovery was confirmed by the appearance on the scene of Wil ber Lewis himself, who returned home from the country where he had been at work, surprised to find him self being mourned as dead. Preparations were then had for the funeral of young Sowell, which was had at Douglass, near the county" seat. Besides his mother young So well is survived by two brothers and a sister, Mrs. B. Lowery and Mr. Roy Sowell, of Lancaster, and Mr. Ernest Sowell, of Orangeburg. Young Sowell 's death was caused by a shock he received while .attach ing a globe to an ordinary incandes cent bulb. He -was standing on the damp ground at the ' time. There have been several deaths in Colum bia in the same manner until 'a me thod of rigging up these sort of fix tures was hit upon which obviates this danger. November Tobacco Sales. Raleigh, Special. The, leaf tobac co warehouse report made up by the Agriculture Department shows that during November the sales by farm ers aggregated 20,629,943 pounds, this being an increase of about two million-pounds over the October sales, Winston-Salem again leads in amount of sales. Wilson continuing to stand second. Thirty-six places file re ports. Greenville comes third in sales, Kinsfon fourth, Rocky Mount fifth, Oxford sixth and Durham sev enth. Mrs. Longworth's Operation. Washington, Special. Mrs. Alice Longworth, wife of Representative Nicholas Longworth, and daughter of the President, was operated upon for appendicitis shortly after 10 o'clock Thursday. The operation was per formed at the White House by Dr. Finney, of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, assited by Dr. Sophie Nor-hoff-Jung and Surgeon General Rixey, of the navy. Calhoun Trial Postponed. San Francisco, Special. The trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Railways, against whom the grand jury returned 14 indictments on the charge of offering to bribe su pervisors to obtain an overhead trol ley franchise was postponed until February 1st in order to give Cal houn time to get to New York on business connected with street rail ways in this city. Death Duties in England. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's estimate of the net receipt into the Exchequer from the death duties dur ing the financial year is 13,000,000, apart from the expected yield of 600,000 from the proposed increase of charge on estates over 150,000 and the proposed super tax on estates of more than a million each. The estimated receipt, which the last twelve years has been less by 8, 509,000 than the actual receipt, will probably be again this year much less tihan the yield of the duties. The esti mate is at the rate of 250,000 a week. London Daily Graphic. The United States produced one and one-third billion pounds of sugar in 1906, and Cuba .sent to us two and two-third's billion pounds. The coun try made a sweet morsel of this, ac cording to the New York Times, and plucked from the sugar-bowls of oth er foreign" nations lumps aggregating two and one-half billion pounds more. Hawaii, Porto Rico and Java furnished half of the latter importation and Germany, the West Indies, excepting Cuba, and South America the bulk of the rest. The average American citi zen consumed one-half his own weight in sugar, or 76 pounds. Help It Along. One of the significant signs of the recent elections is the indication of a change in the character of the Uni ted States Senate. The day of elect ing Senators on the policy of mixing business with politics is certainly passing. Milwaukee Free Press. WILL NOT RUN AGAIN- President Rooseve't Makes an Authoritative Statement REITERATES FORMER POSITION Following Upon ths Call of the Na tional Committee For the Meeting of tho Republican Convention the President Issues an Ofacial State meat, Declaring That Under No Cir cumstances Will He Be a Candidate For the Office Ee Now Holds. Washington, Special. In view of the issuance of the call of the Repub lican national committee for the con vention the President makes the fol lowing statement: On the night after election I made the following announcement: "I am deeply sensible of the honor done me by the American people in thns expressing their confidence in what I have tried to do. I appreciate to the full the solemn responsibility this confidence imposes upon me, and I shall do all that in my power lies not to forfeit it. On the 4th of March next I shall have served three and a half years and this three and a half" years constitute my first term. : The wise custom which limits the Presi dent to two terms regards the sub stance and not the form, and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination." I have not changed and shall not change the decision thus announced. Leaves Fisld Clear. It appears that the President had been awaiting the call of the Re publican national convention to af ford proper opportunity for making his position clear r.nd unmistakable and thus leaving the field clear for Fairbsnk?, Taft, .Cannon, Knox, For aker and other declared or receptive candidates for the Republican nomi nation. The anounccment that the Presi dent would not accept the Republi can nomination if tendered,' came at too late an hour to become generally known in political circles, but among those who learned of it Democrats and Republicans alike the feeling was general that it left no element of doubt in the presidential situation, so far as relates to the thrid term talk and that it definitely eliminates Mr. Roosevelt from the contest. Some Democrats, however, express a belief that a Roosevelt stampede in the Republican convention would shake his resolution, and that he would prove no exception to the historical precedent in that no American citi zen ever refused a presidential nom ination. Florida Delegates For Rco3evelt. Jacksonville, Fla., Special. The Florida Republican State central committee met here Tuesday and de cided to hold the State convention in St. Augustine on a date not later than February loth for the purpose of electing delegates to the Repub lican national convention to be held in Chicago June 1G. The committee also adopted resolutions strongly en--dorsing the Roosevelt administration and pledging the party to send dele gates from Florida to vote for a can didate who stand for and represents the policies of the administration and who is pledged to their continuance. News and Notes. Printing pressmen in the job of fices in Atlanta to the number of 170 struck on Tuesday. The Fort Pitt National Bank of Pittsburg suspended. Chairman Harry C. New issued the official call for the Republican National Convention to meet in Chi cago June 16, 190S. " Boston Gees Republican. ' Boston, Special. In the closest and hardest-fought eleeiion contest which Boston has known for 'many years, the city went Republican by about 2,000 votes, Postmaster . George A. Hibbard, Republican, defeating Maj-or John F. Fitzgerald, Democrat who was a candidate for re-election the revised returns show the following vote cast: John A. Clouthurst, Inde pendent League, 15.371; Fitzgerald Democrat, 30.054; Hibbaui, Repubii can, 38,0G4. Died From His Injuries. Americus, Special. Ben j amir Lightfoot, the prominent, piantei brained with a club in the hands ol Marion Sims, another planter, oi Desto Saturday, died Sunday morn ing without regaining consciousness I The killing oi Mr. Lntioot is gen erally discussed here as resultinc from a family fued between the men Sims has never been arrested, but i. believed to be in the vicinity ot ms home, near Americas) THE WORK J0F CONGRESS Proceedings is Both Houses of a . Routine Nature Only. Senator Culberson Tuesday intro-' duced a bill to prohibit corporations from making contributions in connec tion with elections and" to provide for the publication of lawful contri butions in connection with elections. The bill is in the nature of n amendment to the law of January 26, 1907, prohibiting national banks and other corporations making con tributions in connection with elec tions and in addition to the law as it stands he proposes a provision mak ing it "the duty of every chairman, campaign manager or treasurer of any political committee or other per son who received contributions in money or other things of value for or on behalf of such political com mittee, or in the interest of any can didate for a political office for the purpose of aiding or promoting the election or defeat of candidates for presidential and vice presidential electors to file with the clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States a statement in writing showing the amount of money or oth er things of value contributed by each person, firm, corporation, co partnership or association, not pro hibited by law, for the purpose' afore said." ' Mr. Culberson stated that the act of January 26, 1907, provides that it shall be unlawful to make money con tributions for political campaigns, but he thought the law should go fur ther and require specific statements, as otherwise it might be evaded. He hoped that the committee on privil eges and elections would use his bill as the basis of an improved measure. Congress Doing Little. Tt is eviilpn? nmv that. Pnnoi-psa will not do very much before Christmas, j Ihe House of Representatives has been adjourning Tfrom Monday to Thursday and from Thursday to Mon day and Avill keep it up until it ad journs for the holidays," which will mean until about the 6th of January. The Senate is doing a littler better. The Senate is looking forward to a fight on the money question. Sena tor Tillman is spoiling for a toav with the Republicans, especially represen tatives of the administration. Clay, of Georgia, and Culberson, of Texas, are read- for a debate. Aldrich, the king of the Senate, blocked the game of the Southern Senators the other day by promising to have the finance com mittee, of which he is chairman, bring in the information desired and make proper recommendations. But, barr ing a lively discussion, nothing is like ly to happen between now and the da3r of adjournment. The Senate was in session a little more than an hour Monday and at 1:15 o'clock adjourned. Very little business was transact ed beyond the introduction of bills. Tho resolutions of Senators Clay and Culbersoa calling upon the Sec retary of the Treasury for informa tion concerning the recent bond is sue of the government came up and in the absence of Senatory Aldrich their consideration was postponed until another day. Senator Tillman presented resolu tions instructing the committee on finance to investigate the recent bond issues, but the absence of Mr. Aid rich was urged as a reason why they should not be acted upon. A resolution calling upon the Sec rectary of Agriculture for informa tion concerning the reclamation of swamp land in the United States and abroad was adopted. The House adjourned .at 12:10 without transacting any business be yond the introduction of bills. It was stated authoratively that the house committees will not be an nounced this week. Everything Quiet in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala., Special. One of the Lowe negroes from the vicinity of Gordo, in Pickens county, where fears have been held for several days that ja. serious clash would take place between whites and blacks, arrested at Tuscaloosa late Thursday night, was taken back to Gordo. Everything is quite at Gordo. The negroes will be given a trial as soon as possible. News in Notes. General Stoessal will be placed on trial before a court-martial on the charge of surrendering Port Ar'chur when he could have held it. The wife of Secretary Toft had two escapes from injury or ieath on reaching Boulogne to board the steamer, President Grant. . Emperor William has returned to London and will devote three days to sightseeing. Though Mr. Bryan's friends are in control of the Democratic Natitncal Committee the claims of Governor Johnson are being quietly presented. Storm Tackles Pensacola. Pensacola; Fla., Special. A storm which struck Pensacola early Friday did considerable damage to shipping here. During the height of the gale, which attained a velocity of 45 miles an hour, the Russian ship Avonia, which was at anchor, in the harbor, dragged her anchors and collided with the British bark Emma Parker, damaging that' vessel to a consider able extent. I Late JSfetsj In Brief A -1 1 MINOR MATTERS OF INTERFST t The American schooner Thos. W. Lawson was wrecked by a fierce gale in Broad Sound, Scilly Island or Saturday night; all on board being lost but one member of the crew. Lynchburg, Ya., was visited by a severe sleet storm on -Saturday, put ting telegraph, tlephone and electric light wires out of business and de laying all traffic. President and . Mrs. Roosoelt sail ed on Sunday to' Hampton Roads, where on Monday he gave the word for the sailing of tho big fleet to ti Pacific. King Leopold of Belgium has offer ed New York a Congo museum and the city has accepted. General Kuropatkin,, testifying in General Stoessal's court-martial, says the Japs ought to have taken Port Aithur nfueh earlier, as it was weak. American naval officers were given a banquet before the sailing of the Wasiihiguvn and Tennessee from Callao.. Bcris i3arafoff, one of the abduct ors, r,f Miss Ellen Stone, the mission ary, -"as assassinated in Bulgaiia by a Macedonian. Prince George of Greece was mar ried io Princess Marie Bonaparte in Athene The, Democratic National Committee d "Med to hold the national conven tion ai Denver, Col.,, on July 7, 190S. President Roosevelt 's elimination fro mthe contest has stirred the 'other Republican candidates to increased activity. Tho Peace Conference agreed to establish a oint court of arbitration for Central America. The Senate passed a resolution calling on Secretary Cortelyou for complette information concerning Government deposits, bonds, note is sues and cleaiing-hoLise certificates. Speaker Cannon announced the new house committees on rules and miieage. There was a debate in the Senate regarding the custom of executive de partments sending drafted bills to be introduced in the Senate. The big battleship fleet is now ready sail for Hampton Roads on its trip to San Francisco. The Interstate Finance and Trust Company, of Big Stone Gap, Va., closed its doors, going into voluntary liquidation for lack of currency. William C. Abbott, of Danville, got out of a sick bed, went to his stable and hanged himself. The trial of Fred Jenkins for the murder of William Smith was con tinued at Culpeper. Tho British-American Tobacco Co., claiming ownership to the S,750,000 cigarettes seized in Norfolk by -the Government in October on the ground that, they were bieng shipped in viola tion of the Sherman Anti-Trust law, filed its answer -to the information filed by the Government. Ex-Governor Black, of New York, made a sensational attack on Presi dent . Roosevelt before the New Hamppshire Bar Association. Governor Glenn's' plan to have the North Carolina rate cases compromis ed failed because, the Southern Rail way would not consent to a trial of the new law. Tho injunction case of Styvesant Fish against voting of Union Pacific holdings of Illinois Central stock came up for argument in Chicago. Bishop Thoburn, of the Methodist Episcopal church, was adjudged re sponsible in the libel suit of Dr. Sam eni Armstrong Hopkins, a woman missionary, avIio got a $500 verdict. Gen. Frederick. Funston arrived at Goldfielfl with troops, but martial law has not yet been declared. R. P. Easton, cashrier of a State bank at Herscher, 111., committed tui cide in the bank. Miss Annie Burkbart, of Pensa cola, Fla., was made heir to a $75, 000 estate by a peddler supposedly penniless. . The C'andaian Pacific Railroad made tho offer to take what Boston and Maine stock the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad holds. The reduction of Territorial votes by tho Republican National Commit tee is taken as a blow to Taft and to Roosevelt as well. Senator Tillman Avili begin the. Democratic attack on the Panama ca nal bond issue by a speech mention ing the Walsh failure in Chicago. Senator Money Avas made chairman of the Democratic "Steering Com mittee. Capt. Van Schaick, of the Philip pines Constabulary, brought over a loving' cup for President Roosevelt from Manilla citizens and may have to pay the duty on it. ' Colonel Gothals will come back in two we-k-? to haA-e the width of'tl.e Panama canal locks decided. . Rescue Avork has temporarily ceas ed at the Monongah (W. Va.)' mines; PROMINENT PEOPLE. Joseph Pulitzer is the latest Amer ican of means to buy a fine steam racht abroad. Victorien Eardou, ' the famous French playwright, is seventy-fivo yeafs old and in vigorous health. Secretary Taft was the Czar's guest for five hours at St. Petersburg, and afterward was banqueted by Russia's Foreign Minister. President Roosevelt entertained a number of his hunting companions at dinner at the White House, bear meat being served. Chancellor Day 'at Syracuse an nounced that he had declined an offer from a lecture bureau for a debate on socialism with Gaylord Wilshire. Sir Courtenay Ilbert, clerk of the British House of Commons, criticised the House of Representatives for pay ing so little attention to the Presi dent's message. Grover Cleveland, seemingly halo and vigorous, made an appeal in New York City to the organization of life insurance presidents for clean business methqds. Henry Ware Putnam, of the Har vard class of '69, has been elected president of the Garmanic Museum Association of Harvard, in place of ihe late Carl Schurz. The Bavarian Baron Hettingh died recently, the last of his race. He has bequeathed large legacies to Munich charities, including 15,000 to assist poor engaged couples to marry. Chancellor von Buelow made a rad ical change -in Germany's system of government when he virtually adopt ed the principle of ministerial re sponsibility to the Reichstag and won its support. The German Emperor sent "a spe cial courier from England with a message of 'congratulation for Dr. Adalbert Tobold, on the occasion ol the eightieth birthday of the vener able laryngologist. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Drouth continues in India. Germany has 40,000 postoffices. Tasmania grows the largest apple. H. O. Havemeyer the Sugar King, died of indigestion. In Algeria the horses outnumber the human beings. South Africa is becoming a great field for musical instruments. Mun'cipal elections in England and Wales brought defeats to the Social ist?. Amateur aeronauts in Paris have lost, interest in the snort since tho sudden flight of the Patrie. Hog cholera in virulent, form pre vails near Marshalltown, Iowa, some herds being entirely wiped out. The Salvation Army anti-suicido bureau reported more suicides recent ly in New York City than ever be fore. Estensive.deuosits of pig iron have been discovered along the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, near Fort William, Canada. Several New York City firms for merly allied with the Milk Trust abandoned the Trust's nine-cents-a-quart rate and sold for eight cents. Work on the Northern Nigeria Railway is now in active progres?. Rails from England have been landed and 2000 men are at work laying tracks. George H. Richmond, who paid $1225 for the book known to biblio philes as "John Milton's Family Bible,", has concluded that it is not genuine. A Rome paper stated 100,000 Ital ians Avho had intended to come to this country will stay in Italy, while 200, 000 more than usual will return from, America. .Mental capacity is the need of tho British House, of Lords, declare influ ential Liberals who are urging th Prime Minister to create a number of new peerages. James Hazen Hyrt offered to com promise for $1,000,000 the Equita ble Life's suits against him to compel restitution, but AtLorney - General Jackson refused to acquiesce. FEMININE NEWS NOTES. The engagement of Miss Theodora Shonts to the Due de Chaulnes has been announced. ' Members of the faculty of New York City Normal College refused to allow tho girls to form a basketball team. Frau von Pr.pp. Ferlin's first wom an driver of a taximeter cab, tool" $30 in fares on the first night of her new career. Many of the sailors on th Pacific cruise will carry T Miles, gifts from Helen Gould, with her name person ally inscribed. Gown.-! valued at $10,000. thf; prop erty of Miss 'Florence Todd, of New Orleans, were seized by the custom3 officials in New York. The engagement was announced i'i New York City of Mrs. Paul Leices ter Ford, widow of tbo novelist, t. marry Dr. L. R. Williams. The Rev. Lucy C. McGee, a" dressed in white, war, ordained vt nastor of ttie Church of the Highp Life in Huntington Chambers Hal!, Boston. Mrs. David Beatty, the late Mar shall Field's daughter, was robbe-I or $25,000 worth of jewelry at her English country house at Melton Mowbray. Mrs. William Jennings Bryan am' her younger daughter sailed from New York City on the steamship Friedrich der Gross?. Thev expect to make a tour of the Holy Land. Mr. Andrew Carnesie placed Mrs. Ida Lewis Wilson, keener of the Limerock light house, near Newport, who has saved eighteen lives, on bis private pension list at $30 a month. Mrs. Anetta E. McCrea, the first woman landscape architect in this country, is the official landscape architect for the St. Paul road, ami consulting landscape architect. for other Western roads. In Holland the born as a warning signal is reserved exclusively for th tse of motorists.
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