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kept In America from the time of its'
introduction by devout New Engend
ers, has been "not only an occasion
when we recognize what we owe to
Almighty God, but as well a time of
good cheer and abounding hospital
ity. Kinsfolk hasten from far and
near that they may sit together at the
family board on Thanksgiving Day.
Parents and children, grandparents,
uncles, aunts and cousins and mem
Bringing Home a Fine Thanksgiving
Turkey.
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In the pleasant cornfield. '
All the summer through 1
Such a funny playmate
Waited long for you.
Snugly housed and hidden -
Where the gay, preen leaves,
Bending close together,
Made his rustling caves.
When the corn was gathered.
When the flowers were dead,
From the lonelv hillside
Peered his golden head.
Now at last behold him,
With his open face,
Smiling broad and cheery
In the darkest place.
Hear him forth in triumph
Throueh the autumn night,
Jolly jack-o'-lantern
With his eyes so bright.
Comic little fellow,
Come to make ycra fun,
When in gray November
Summer sports are done.
HANKSGIVING IN
OLD NEW YORK
u
BY MARGARET E. SANCSTER
ET
Lo: etore New York bore its
English name it was worthily christ
ened New Amsterdam by. the brave
Dutch colonists who were its earliest
settlers. In 1613, the vast cosmo
politan city now known as Greater
New York had for its nucleus four
little houses, occupied by people
whose business it was to collect beav
er and otter skins and sell them to
traders from Holland, whose ships
tad dared the wide ocean in search of
profitable ventures. At that period
Holland led the world in commerce
and the Dutch, then as now, were dis
tinguished for shrewdness, sagacity,
enterprise and an unconquerable love
of liberty. The word "Dutch" signi
fies folk or people, and contains,
strangely enough, a prophecy of the
cosmopolitan character of the town
that in 1614 was named New Amster
dam. In 1844 New Amsterdam was
taken by the English and re-named
New York.
Archbishop Fenelon said long ago
of New York: "When one beholds
this city, one is inclined to believe
that it is not the city of a particular
people, but the common city of all the
peoples of the world, and the centre
of their commerce."
New York itself is a collection of
cities, as it were, merged into one,
under a single government. It is cos
mopolitan, and the stamp of its char
acter was given it away back in the
early days of New Amsterdam. A
stone's throw from those residential
parts of the city that are the chosen
abodes of wealth and fashion we find
crowded quarters where the older in
habitants speak foreign tongues, and
the children only are familiar enough
with English to use it In preference
to the language of their parents.
There are French, Swedish, Danish,
Finnish, Italian, German and Hunga
rian quarters in the great city of New
Wk, and more and more in recent
years has it become sought by an im
mense and steadily Increasing rein
forcement of Hebrews, who find here
a refuse from the persecutions of
cent uies, and a place where their
Peculiar commercial genius may find
room for expansion. The beneficent
agency of the public schools, more
than any other, brings to bear upon
the children of the foreign population
tne spirit of American liberty and
trains them in the elements of good
citizenship and in ardent love for the
flag yf th9 republic.
One is sometimes tempted to won
der what Father Knickerbocker would
think, could he visit to-day the city
f Peter Stuyvesant. Fancy the
Shosts of the people in our picture
trying to find the localities with
hic.ii they were once familiar. Few
traces nnger ln the New Yorfe Qf the
penfieth century of New Amsterdam
in the seventeenth. The hurrying,
oustang crowds, the hurling forward
r the motor cars like the rush of me
wors fiercely projected through space,
re (lf--mmiac clang of electric cars,
ine never-ceasing ebb and flow of pe-
r-s'nans, and more than all else, the
IJV. erni"; Ftrnrf nroo -l,r r
incuc, J-U UI LCCli,
Tomato Soup.
Roast Turkey.
Cranberry Sauce.
Mashed Potatoes.
Eoiled Onions. .
Baked Sweet Potatoes.
Celery Salad.
Cheese Wafers.
Pumpkin Pie,
Coffee.
sixteen, twenty stories high and more,
would amaze any visitant who left
the earth when New Amsterdam was
a little trading village.
Imagine such a ghost in the neigh
borhood of the Flat iron Building. It
might feel more at home on the Bat
tery, but Broadway, through Its en-
Will G. Helwig, Ohio, in Leslie's Weekly.
bers of the clan to the remotest de
gree unite in the celebration of this
peculiarity American festival. Father
Knickerbocker again, and any of the
immediate circle of the Pilgrim Fath
ers, would be horrified beyond meas
ure could they observe the absence
from church on Thanksgiving Day of
younger people who have seized upon
the holiday as especially appropriate
to outdoor games. College football
interferes not a little with the mid
day dinner once universal. Notwith
standing this, which we may hope ia
transitional, our churches are open
and goodly congregations assemble
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OLD-TIME MINSTRELS IN NEW AMSTERDAM.
tire length, would prove a bewilder
ing spectacle. What would a matron
or maiden of the leisurely ways and
generous hospitality of that quaint
period think of modern apartment
buildings, rich beyond compare in
their appointments, but often stinted
for air and sunlight, where families
live in successive layers of brick and
stone, like the cells in a vast hive,
and where a guest chamber or any
provision for entertaining friends has
become traditional? Maiden Lane
was once the favorite haunt of young
people, and many a troth-plight was
changed there. The Bowery was a
place of gardens and farmsteads. The
most rapid growth of the city, how
ever, and its almost miraculous
changes, have taken place in the' last
100 years. Instead of bridges span
ning the East River, a century ago
people crossed in row boats, and as
for tunnels beneath the rivers and
underground railways they were not
thought of in the wildest dreams of
those who lived in New York so lat
as 1807.
Certain characteristics bestowed
upon the town by the Dutch are still
ineffaceable. The city is fearless,
friendly and far-sighted. It plans al
ways for the future. . It still keeps
Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New
Year very much as those days were
kept by the fathers and founders. In
the picture, one sees minstrels going
from door to door, singing to the
praise of Almighty God, while their
friends step over the threshold to
join the song and give them a hearty
welcome. Perhaps we may cail the
little processions of children dressing
in queer costumes and gaily masque
rading, processions we are sure to
see in New York at Thanksgiving, the
historic sequence of the prettier cus
tom of long ago. v
it hua been
I i uauiiS5t 1 tub, "v. . - .
to listen to patriotic addresses from
the lips of eloquent clergymen, and
to sing with heartiest devotion, "Mj
County, 'Tis of Thee." House par
ties fly from the city to the countrj
to spend Thanksgiving, hut they sel
dom lose the distinction of belonging
primarily to kith and kin.
The life of the Dutch in Manhat
tan was full of homely joy. Domes
tic fidelity was the rule and there was
a great deal of wholesome hilaritj
around the fireside. The ladies were
fond of rich dress and wore it oe
state occasions, as did their good
men. Mrs. Amelia E. Barr, in hei
beautiful story, "The Bow of Orange
Ribbon," has painted a realistic pic
ture of social life in old New York.
The book is of perennial attractive
ness. In this year of grace shall we not
find that the list of mercies sent to
us straight from God is by no means
short? We thank God for health
and strength, for honest work and
honest wages, for free schools and
open churches, for good government,
for the love of kindred, for the smile
on the face of the mother and the
clinging hands of the little child.
Alike for the son who reaches his
manhood and the baby who laughs
in the cradle we offer thanks to our
Father in Heaven. ,
When the barn and brye are safe, when
flocks are in the fold,
When far and near the burdened fields
have bowed 'neath harvest's gold,
When clusters rich have drooped from
many a blushing vine,
And genial orchards, wide and fair, have
owned the touch divine,
Then up from grateful hearts let joyful
praise arise
To Him who gives the waiting earth the
blessing of the skies.
The Christian Herald.
HITS STANDARD OIL
Circuit .Court files Decree of
Dissolution.
GOVERNMENT WINS A YICTORY
Judges Sanborn, Vandeventer, Hook
and Adams Concur in Favor of
Every Count Contended For Ap
peal to Supreme Court Will te
Taken.
St. Paul, Minn.t Special. In an
opinion written by Judge Walter N.
Sanborn, of St. Paul and concurred in
by Judges Vandeventer, Hook and
Adams with a special concurring
opinion by Judge Hook, the United.
States Circuit Court for the eastern
district of Missouri Saturday handed
clown an opinion declaring the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey,
an illegal combination operating iu
restraint of trade and orders its dis
solution. The opinion of the court was filed
simultaneously in St. Louis and in St.
Paul.
In this decision the government of
the United States wins a sweeping
victory and according to Frank .B.
Kellog of this citv, who was the gov
ernment's special prosecuting officer,
the government has won every point
for which it contended.
The case will be appealed dircet to
the United States Supreme Court as
the judges who signed the decree, are
in effect the judges of the United
States circuit court of appeals, al
though they were sitting for the pur
pose of trying this case as the circuit
court for the eastern district of Mis
souri. The decree of the court dissolving
the Standard Oil trust becomes effec
tive in 30 days when no doubt a stay
will be granted for the purpose of an
appeal.
When the decree takes effect unless
a stay is granted; an injunction will
issue restraining the Standard Oil
Company from a further continuance
of its business under its present formation.
TWENTY LIVE MINERS.
Parties Searching For and Bringing
Cut the Dead Find the Living.
Cherry, III., Special. The gamut
from deepest despair to an hysteria
of hope was run here Saturday when
20 miners, entombed in the St. Paul
mine for a 'week, almost to the hour,
were brought to the surface alive.
The story of their sufferings and
the heroism of their resourceful lead
ers is one of the most thrilling in all
the black history of mining disaster.
Dawn broke with the bearers of
stretchers moving from the pit mouth
to the tent which served as a morgue
with bodies swollen and scorched al
most beyond human semblance. Forty
of them had been brought up and
most of them identified when the
marvelous report shot through the
prostrate community: "They've
found them alive they've found
them alive."
In a moment the morgue was de
serted; scarcely to be revived while
the crowd, fairly insane with the
great hope which had sprung like a
miraculous flame from the ashes of
despair, rushed to the spot.
All thought was of the men who
were alive. It took six hours to bring
the survivors to the surface. Mean
while a report spread that seventy or
more men were alive in a far reach
of the mine, cut off from escape by
a bank of black damp between their
barricade and the main shaft.
Searching parties on Sunday, how
ever, found no more living and con
ditions crush all hope .of further suc
cess at rescue. Thirty-seven corpses
were removed and buried Sunday.
Awful Anto Tragedy.
Cuthbcrt, Ga., Special. Three per
sons are dead and two probably fa
tally Injured as a result of an automo
bile r Occident here late Sunday. The
dead: ' .
Curtis Wiliams, of Pert Caines, Ga.
James Shepard, of Edison. Ga. Hor
ace Shepard, of Edison, Ga. The in
jured: Miss Helene Mattox, aged 20,
Coleman, Ga. Shepard and Miss Mat
ton were going to be married.
Prominent Pennsylvania Politician
Kills Himself Accidentally.
Franklin, Pa., ..Special. "Acciden
tal, slipped and " was the con
tents of a note found Sunday night in
a dense thicket beside the body of I.
B. Borland, aged 50 years, former
county treasurer and a: prominent
politician, who had been missing from
home since Friday. A wound in the
left leg caused Borland to bleed "tc
death, according to the coroner. The
accident was the result of a hunting
trip. It was evident that Borland
beran to write the note but fell ex-
hausted before he could finish it.
Central Park, New.. York, is to be
lighted by electricity. It will tako
1400 arc lamps to light the park.
Eockfeller Commission to Attend At
lanta, Meeting in January.
Atlanta Ga, Special. The Eocke
f oiler commission for the eradication
of the hookworm disease is expected
to attend in a bedy the first national
conference for the study of this dis
ease, to be held in Atlanta January
18 and 19. Already the chairman.
Dr. Wiliam II. .. Welch, and othei
members of the commission, have
signified their intention of attending.
SAD DEATH JNSALISBURY
Mrs. D. S. Brown, a Helpless Para
lytic, Burend While Her Blind
Father Could Only Give the Alarm.
Salisbury, Special. Mrs. D. S.
Brown was fatally burned at her
home on North Long street Friday
afternoon, dying in a short while.
Every tfiread of clothing was burn
ed from her body, the flesh being
also horribly burned and the flame
being inhaled. Mrs. Brown had
sucered forsome time with paralysis
and, with the exception of her aged
father, Mr. Greene Cauble, who is
blind, was alone in the room where
an open fire was burning, and the
"exact manner in which her clothing
caught fire will never bo known. Her
father gave the alarm and neighbors
rushed in. Dr. W. W. McKenzie was
quickly summoned but he stated at
once that the woman was hopeless,
it being probably the worst case of
the kind to. come to his attention.
Escaped From Doomed Ship.
Wilmington, Special. The. un
known four-masted schooner pre
viously reported ashore on Frying
Pan Shoals Thursday proved to be
the Eleazer W. Clark, 849 t,ons, Capt.
F. W. Wyman, bound from New
York to Savannah with asphalt pav
ing blocks. Both vessel and cargo
were a complete loss, the tugs
Blanche and Sea King and the rev
enue cutter Seminole having been un
able to render assistance Wednesday
night on account of the southwest
gale prevailing along the cost. Capt.
Wyman and crew of seven men left
the vessel at 8 o'clock Wednesday
night in two yawls as she began to
go to pieces and after a terrible battle
with wind and wave until daylight
they were thrown up on Bald Head
Island beach whence they were taken
over to Southport, N. C, and brought
to Wilmington Thursday night.
Forset Fire3 in Euncombe.
Canton, Special. Heavy forest
fires have been raging around Can
ton during the past few days of dry
weather. Just to the northeast of
town, along the high mountains be
tween the. pigeon valley and the New
Found and Leicester section of Bun
combe county great lines of fire have
been seen for several nights. Then
back, in the Mount Pi"gah lands of
the Vanderbilt section can be seen
the blaze at night and clouds of
smoke by day. It is said that these
fires on the Vanderbilt lands are set,
out by hunters to run the deer outside.
Elliott Confesses Killing.
Greensboro, Spe-Ial Hiram Elliott
who with Dan Coble, his father-in-law,
was sent to jail without bond-to
await the action of the grand jury on
a charge of killing Simpson Coble, his
brother-in-law, practically confessed
Friday that he was the man who
struck the blow which resulted in
Simpson Coble's death. The confes
sion of Elliott competely exonerates
Dan Coble of any connection with the
actual killing of his son or assisting
in removing the body.
Cave-in at Brown Creek on the South"
bound.
Wadesboro, Special. The work
men at the crossing of the Winston
Salem Southbound at Brown creek,
north of Wadesboro, had a narrow
escape from serious disaster Friday.
The contractor for the bridge over
the creek is having the excavation
made for the bridge piers and tli3
l ank commenced caving. One of the
laborers noticed the cracking of the
earth and gave the alarm in time for
those working beneath to escape.
Ex-Mayor of North Wilkesboro Ar
rested. North Wilkesboro, Special. J. It.
Caffey, ex-mayor of North Wilkes
boro, was arrested here' Saturday on
a charge of graft and -bribery while
mayor, following the finding of a true
bill by the Wilkes county grand jury,
He gave bond for appearance at the"
March term of superior court.
Excitement About Liquor Selling.
Wadesboro, Special. The continu
ed violation of -the prohibition law
hve was the topic of conversation on
the street Saturday. Friday's issue
of The Ansonian editorially went af
ter the officials for their apparent
neglect oi.duty. One editorial brief
that attraed particular attention
and that caused much of ihe curb
gossip was tb following; "Officers
of the law, as well as mostjof the
citizens of Wadesboro and Anson
county, know that at one place in this
town whiskehas been 'red'-ily fearn
ished' the thirsty for ;ome time."
D. S.T0 SEEKRbPRISAL
Execution of Two Ameicans By
Nicaragua Arouses Government.
WARSHIPS HURRY TO SCENE
The United State Ha Practically Rec
ognized Balligsrency.of the Nica
raguan Revolutionists.
New Orleans, La. Private, advices
froni Nicaragua say that a reien of
terror exists throughout a portion of
me country controlled by Zelaya. Gov
ernment troops are rounding up per
sons suspected of sympathy with the
revolutionists and executing them
without trial, It is stated." More than
500 men suspected of revoliitionnrv
sympathies have been summarily shot
oiu iue uiooay work continues.
Residences are ransacked bv Zela.
ya's soldiers in search of incriminat
ing evidence and when resistance 13
offered the houses are destroyed. Wo
men relatives of revolutionary sympa-
imzciB iiuve Deen suDjected to most
horrible indignities. Nicaraguan ref
ugees arriving at Panama and Costa
Rica declare it i3 time for civilized
powers to forcibly intervene and put
an end to the barbarities.
The United States consul at Mana
gua reports that- two American citi
zens, Leonard Grace and LeRoy Can
non, naa been captured with the rev
olutionists and shot by order of Pre:
ident Zelaya. The execution took
place at El Castrillo, near Greytown.
The A'merican consul asked President
Zelaya to commute the sentences, bit
a reply was sharply made that the
sentence was final.
Managua, Nicaragua. Messrs. Cau
non and Grace, the Americans who
were executed for complicity Ln the
rebellion, were tried at a fair court
martial, held under the direction of
the government. The men, it was
charged, were responsible for placing
dynamite mines which were intended
to blow up government steamers, la
den with troops which, entered the riv
er at Greytown.
Washington, D. C. Announcement
that .thin government is tired' of the
high-handed actions of the small Cen
tral American republics was contained
in a-dispatch sent to the Bluefields
Steamship Company, which sought the
protection of the state department
from interference by the insurgents
now operating against President Ze
laya. A peremptory note, couched in dip
lomatic language, but none the less
direct, was delivered to Senor Felipe
Rodriguez, charge d'affaires of the
Nicaraguan legation, demanding a full
and complete explanation of the exe
cution of the two Americans, Leon
ard Grace and Leroy Cannon, who
were executed by order jof Zelaya,
when they were found in the insurgent
army.
Pending a satisfactory explanation
of the occurrence, President Taft has
refused to recognize Isidore Hazera,
the new Nicaraguan minister. Mr.Taft
is thoroughly aroused by the actions
of the Zelayan government, and ap
parently is determined to make the
lives of United States citizens much
safer and considerably more respect
ed in Central America than they have
been hitherto.
Nicaragua has been one of the Cen
tral American republics that has giv
en this government more trouble in
the last few years than any other,
save perhaps Venezuela under the
sway of Castro. The state depart
ment maintained a. quiet and reserve
that was was described by one diplo
mat as "ominous."
It was learned, however, that both
President Taft and Secretary Knox
practically have determined on the ex
ertion of some forceful moral suasion,
if nothing more, with a view of .bring
ing the Central American States to a
realization of theirr esponsibilities.
It is evident that the temper of the
administration has been thoroughly
aroused, and, if occasion warrants, ten
state department may advise some
drastic action.
Orders have been issued for the
cruiser Vicksburg to proceed in all
haste to Corinto, and the gunboat Dei
Moines will proceed at once to Port
Limon to observe events there and re
port the situation at that point by
wireless.
- Harrisburg, Pa. Leroy Cannon, re
ported shot in Nicaragua as a revo
lutionist was a native of this city,
and was 29 years of age. He had
been living in Central America for
eight years, and in that time had been
heard of half a dozen times as figur
ing in hazardous enterprises. Within
a year word was received that he had
been condemned to die for participa
tion in an uprising, but was saved by
intervention cf the United States.
An effort will be made, by the pa
rents to have the body brought here
for burial.
228 KILLED IN 2 YEARS.
Mortality Reports of Mississippi Rail-
Jackson, Miss. Secretary Maxwell
of the state railroad commission nas
completed a tabulation of the num
ber of persons killed and injured in
lailroad accidents in Mississippi dur
ing the past two years to October 1,
this work having been delayed by
tardy reports from some of the roads.
ti,o ronnrt phows a. total of 228
villed. of which 77 were employees, 10
rfora masRpnerers ana 141 neimer pa
senger nor employees. The total num
I,- i-niVrorl was 2 2fl9. Of Which 1.-
tCl v. J f '
414 were employees, 578 passengers
and 212 neuner euiyisjjreca uw
sengers.
Power Plant Being Built or. the Car.
toogechaye River.
Franklin, Special. Mr. Hen.-.y y'C
Gozard is actively at work on projects
for the development of Franklin and
Macon county. A mammoth dam is
being constructed across the Cartoo
gechaye creek, which will develop be
tween 200 ond 300 horse-power. An
electric lighting plant will l e install
ed for Franklin as soon as possible.
HATCHET MEN IN -DENVER.
Threaten to Exterminate Members of
V 1 1 1 1 1 V 1 I v
Denver, Col. Denvers' Chinatown is
in terror as a result of warnings re
ceived from San Francisco that a
soTirt - rf thirtv hatchetmen are en
uauu v. .
route to Denver to exterminate mem
bers of the Yee Tong, of whom there
are nearly a hundred here. This
action is the result of the long feud
thatJs now raging in San Francisco,
Cal between the Yee Tong and the
On Yick Tong.
MINE GIVES IIP VICTIMS.
Widows Pass Through Lanes of Dead
Bodies at Cherry 111..
Cherry, III. With the lives o
members" of the oxygen helmet brig
ado in constant peril from threatenei
explosions, the work of removing bod
ies from the St. Paul mine began
Three bodies were first removed fron
the bottom of the" main shaft. Elgh
more were carried to the ledge readj
for raising in the next cage brougb!
up. Seventy-flve bodies were gather
ed within 50 feet of the main shaft
In all about 200 bodies were locat
ed, one crew searching and another
carrying the dead to the shaft fo;
raising.
The bodies were placed in a build
ing on the mining company's premt
ses within 50 feet of the shaft.
A carload of canvas sacks to b
used to' wrap the bodies of the vlo
tlms which are burned or mangled
beyond recognition, arrived in Cherry
As a result of the fast removal of th
bodies and the possibilities of the daj
30 grave diggers worked hurriedly
completing the digging of the grave:
in the new cemetery.
The most heart-breaking scenes fol
lowed the bringing of bodies to th
shed for identification and scores ol
widows each anxious to Identify thi
remains of her husband, passed weep
ing before the charred bodies as thej "
lay on the ground.
The screams of anguish uttered bj
the peer creatures as the canvas cov
ers were removed and they were per
mitted to gave on the mutilated bod
ies could be heard half a mile away
Children were not permitted to vie'w
the bodies, except in cases where n; :
adult relatives of a stricken familj
survived.
It is now evident that in about hall
the cases the Identification will bt
impossible. Many of the victims' facei
are so terribly disfigured by lire thai
it is impossible to tell who they are,
and the chance of identifying a dead
miner by his clothes is remote be
cause of the similarity of the work
ing equipment worn by the men.
While the men engaged .Deiuw
round are under orders not to talh
of what they found there, it is. known
that scores of bodies have been seen.
100 U. S. EMPLOYEES FACE CHARGES.
Big . Shake-Up In the Customi
service.
New York Citv. Collector of the
Port William Loeb caused ore of the
biggest shake-ups that has ever oc
curred in the customs department,
when he announced the discharge
from the service of Jame3 F. van,
deputy surveyor of the port, and 18
other customs officials.
The shake-up is the result of recent
investigations into grafting in the cus
toms service in connection with the
wpizhine of importations and a direct
outcome of the sugar scandal.
Washington, D. C. Official charges
of misconduct against nearly 100 em
ployees of the customs service, all lo
cated in New York, have been filed
with Franklin MacVeagh, secretary of
the treasury, following close upon uoi
lootnr t.nph's Riisnenfiion of 22 delin
quent weighers, assistant weighers,
and at least one official oi rans.
wttii f(w evcentions. it is semi-
nffifiailv announced the accused are
to be decapitated by Secretary Mac-
Veagh.
BABIES WILL BE RARE.
Will Be No More Births, Says College
Professor.
ithiea. N. Y. If the oresent decline
in the birth rate should continue for
iko Years, there would be no more
births at that time, according to Pro
fessor Walter F. Wilcox, the statisti
cian of Cornell University.
"It is not the decrease ia tne Dirtn
rate that Is disturbing," said Profes
sor Wilcox, "but rather the fact that
the . rate decrease among the classes
that would inherit the capacity tor
leadership. The figures from Hai-i-arrt
nnilezfi indicate that each 100
graduates produce in the next gener
ation only 73 sons, xne native Ameri
can population loses more by deaths
than it gains by Dirins.
Ban on Big Eats.
r.oinmhia. s. C. Calling for co-op
eration on the part of the women of
ether churches, the South Carolina
Baptist Women's Missionary Union
has launched a movement designed to
put a stop to the wearing of big hats
in church. The resolution denounc
ir, ho nfnrh basket and Merry Wid
ow styles of headgear for Sunday
wear was passea amia great cut-uoi-
asm.
Editor bl Century Dead.
m.iu Vi-.ru f!itv. Richard Watson
Gilder, editor-in-chief of the Century
Magazine, since us ruunuauuu m 1901,
author and
UUU .v..-
lecturer, died unexpectedly of angina
pectoris at the nouse 01 ma biolci,
Mrs Schuvler Van Rensselaer. He
was 65 years old.
Carlo Sheriff Removed.
Sorinofield. III. Governor Charles
S. Deneen declared the office of sher
iff of Alexander county vacant, be
cause Sheriff Frank E. Davis allowed
William James, a negro, and Henry
Salzner, white, uxorcides, to.be taken
from his care and lynched at Cairo
by a mob on Nvember 11.
Tor Conserve Fuel.
Washington, D. C. In view of the
rapidly diminishing fuel supply of the
United States, the great railway sys
tems of the country are to be urged
to adopt measures for economy of
fpi thus assistine in the great worlr
of conserving the natural resources of
the nation.
Women May Be Census Enumerators.
Washington, D. C Instructions to
supervisors who are to take the next
census, beginning April 15, 1910, have
just been forwarded them toy Census
Director Durand. There is nothing ln
the act providing for the taking of
this census, the director says, which
will prevent women or persons under
21 years of age from becoming eligi
ble to appointment as enumerators,
-and he says that in both the eleventh
and twelfth censuses women were em
ployed in such work.
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