H NT* TEMPI! OF PE4CE
" fi ? .. Y f
Foundation of Magnificent Structure to
Promote Closer American Intercourse
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT
With Elaborata Ceremonies tin
Foundation Stone of the New
Bureau of American Pepublics is
Dedicated.
Washington, Special. —In the pres
ence of the President of the United
States, and of representatives of
every other American republic as
well as all branches of the national
government and of the State govern
ments, the cornerstone of the propos
ed new home of the International
Bureau of American Republics was
laid Monday. Addresses lifting to
the ocasion and expressing the great
benefits to be derived from' the for
mation of the Bureau of American
Republics in manv ways were made
by President Roosevelt, Secretary
Root, Mr. Nabuflo, Brazillian ambas
sador, and Andrew Carnegie, while
messages of congratulations and
wishes for success in the work about
to be undertaken were read from the
Presidents of nearly all of the Amer
ican republics. A very large audi
ence listened to the speeches and wit
nessed the laying of the cornerstone.
The invited guests in addition to
those actively participating in the
exercises were Vice President Fair
hanks, members of the Cabinet, the
Alplomatic corps, both houses of Con
gress, the Governors of the States
and prominent citizens of Washing
ton and elsewhere. Music for the oc
casion was furnished by the Marine
Band while the decorations for the
grand stands and smaller stands
erected to accomodate the guests
were made up largely of the flags of
tbe twenty-one American republics.
Director John Barrett, of the bu
reau, in a very brief talk, in which
he referred, \to the great assistance
given by Secretary Root toward the
accomplishment of the work and his
effort in behalf of the advances of
the bureau work, introduced the Sec
retary of State, who is ehairman -of
the governing board of the bureau
as the presiding officer. Cardinal
Gibbons delivered the invocation,
which was followed in turn by an
address by Mr. Root, the reading of
congratulatory messages from Amer
ican Presidents and addresses by
President Roosevelt, Ambassador Na
buco and Andrew Carnegie. Cere
monies incident to the laying of the
cornerstone closed the exercises. In
scribed on the cornerstone arc the
following words:
Cornerstone Inscription.
"Building of the American Repub
lic*. Erected through the public
spirited gift of Andrew Carnegie and
the contributions of all the Repub
lic* upon land provided by the Gov
ernment of the United States. Mav
11, 1908.
The imposing international build
ing will stand on an attractive »ite
covering about five acres to the south
of and in close proximity of the
White House, the State, War and
Navy Building, the Corcoran Art Gal
lery, and that of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. It is also
near the Washington monument. The
dimensions of the building will be
approximately 100x1(50 feet, its main
portion standing two stories above a
high studded basement and being in
tnrn surmounted by dignified babllus
trades. The rear portion in order
to cover a capacious assemblv hall
will rise still higher. The general
architecture will suggest Latin-Amer-"
ican treatment out of respect to the
fact that twenty of the twenty-one
Death Sentence for Two.
New Orleans, La., Special.—Death
sentences were pronounced Monday
on Edward Ilonore and .Tack Pierre,
negroes, convicted of murder. They
are members of a sect of negro
fanatics who last fall barricaded
themselves in a house and defied the
police for several hours. One polifce
xnan was killed.
CoogTossaian Hefiin Indicted.
Washington, Special.—The Federal
grand jury returned au indictment
charging Representative J. Thomas
Haflin, of Alabama, with assault
with a dangerous weapon. The in
dictment contains three counts; two
of which relate to the assault on
I*wi» Lundy, a negro, with whom
Mr. lleflin liad u dispute on a street
ear in this city on March 2>th. last.
The third count charges an assault on
Themaa McCreary, of New York, a
horseman, who was--standing on the
sidewalk and was struct by a bullet
from Mr. Ileflin'a pistol.
Stroet Car Strike, in Erok
ec.
Pensacoia, rla.. Special.—Th?
street car strike was broken Mondav
when 2!) of the union men applied
for their positions and were inimed:-
Atcty put to work, reliever !!„• sink.'-
breakers who l:ave been working ever
sieec the tit!ike was cail d. Tlir> un
ion-mqi b(!«l •• meeting 1o decide the 1
r.f rn;rho Write, but
maiy » fa*/ voted io
republics a#e of Latin origin, at the
same time possessing such monumen
tal characteristics as will make it
harmonize with the general ' scheme
for the improvement of Washington.
It will bo constructed throughout of
steel and concrete, with the effect of
a Spanish stuceo finish and with
white marble steps, foundations and
trimmings. A large reading room will
be a feature where can be seen all
the South as well as North American
publications besides important histor
ical data. A beautiful assembly cham
ber that, for present purposes, may
be called the "Hall of the American
Ambassador," will provide the only
room of its kind in the United Stated
especially designed for international
conventions, receptions to distin
guished foreigners, and for diplo
matic and social events of a kindred
nature. The bureau is strictly an in
ternational and independent organi
zation maintained by the joint contri
butions, based on population, of the
twenty-one American governments.
Nearly $1,000,000 wil|. be, spent in
contsrnction and fitting np the build
ing of which Andrew Carnegie con
tributed $7/)0,000. It will be unipi n ,
'not only for Washington, but in all
the world, serving as an international
headquarters or offices in one nation
al capital of twenty-one American
nations, the nearest approach to it
being the new Temple of Peace, now
being erected at The Hague.'
In tho course of his address the
President said:
"This is a memorable occasion for
all the peoples of the Western Hem
isphere. The building, the corner
stone of which we lay today, empha
sizes by its existence the growing
sense of solidarity of interest and
aspiration among all the peoples of
the New World. It marks our recog
nition of the need to knit ever closer
together all the republics of the
Western Hemisphere, through the
kindly bonds of mutual justice, good
i will, and systematic comprehension.
"At the outset, on behalf of all of
us I wish to thank Mr." Carnegie for
his generous gift—a gift to all the
nations of the New World, and there
fore pre-eminently fitting as coming
from one who has so sincerely striven
for the cause of peace among na
tions; for while we have yet- u hum
path to tread before we can speak
with any certainty of the day when,
wars shall cease from the earth, we
of this Western Hemisphere, by
movements such as that symbolized
by this building, have taken great
strides toward securing permanent
peace among oureslves."
He also extended greetings to all
the republics of the two Americas,
and spoke for a closer intercourse be
tween them, not only in trade and
commerce, but also in the finer rela
tions of life. He expressed his belief
in peace—armed peace, byway of
explanation. He colsed with praise of
Secretary Root.
$125,000 Fire in Charleston.
L Charleston, S. C., Special.—Fire
which begun Monday in the yards of
the Burton Lumber Company, on the
Cooper river near the navy yard, was
gotten under control after destroying
f>,000,000 feet of kiln dried evpress
lumber valued at about $12."),000.
When discovered about noon *lie
flames were eating through one of the
huge stacks and despite the prompt
and vigorous work of the mill force,
aided by volunteers from the navy
yard and nearby fertilizer works, the
fire was driven by a brisk wind until
it. practically consumed all of the
lumber in the yards.
Tornado Kills Eight.
Woodward, Okla.. Special.—At
least eight persons were killed and
scores of others injured in the several
tornadoes in northwestern Oklahoma
Monday evening. Telephone commu
nication is entirely cut off from the
storm-swept area and the otilv othei
means of getting information is bv
stajfe. The nearest point to Wood
ward the storm struck is Mutual.
To Stop Tobacco Growing.
Reidsville, N. C., Special.—A circu
lar has been issued by the ly»ard ol
directors of the Mutual Protective
Association of Bright Tobacco Grow
ers that the entire
crop of tobacco of 190S be pooled at
an average of 15 cents a pound and
that the 1009 crop bo abandoned.
This means that tho associii'ici will
endeavor to have no crop raised next
year at all and count on pooling ol
tobacco to rnUe the price of the wood
to such a figure as will enable tin
farmer to do this.
Judge B. D. White Appointed.
Richmond, Special. Governoi
Swauson announced the appointment
'>t Judge B. D. White, of Princes*?.
Anne, to succeed the late Judge R. E
Boykin as judge of the 2stl
Judge White was f«i
venrs judge of the county court oi
Princess Anne, and was also attornej
for the Commonwealth in many im
portant cases in that court. lie i.'
regarded as one of the ablest mem
bers of tbe bar in Tidewater.
JJ Oood Koads. g
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Farmer vs. Motorist.
That good roads benefit every one
hi the regions throogh which they
run hardly requires affirmation. The
jwnera of motor cars are benefited
ilong with the rest. The latter fact
teems to have prejudiced many per
icns against the good roads crusade.
The State engineer and surveyor of
New York is apparently In the latter
class. In a letter to the Senate com
mittee be objects In great detail to
the suggestion made by the special
committee appointed for the pur»
pose of revising the State highway
laws and perfecting a plan for the
most effective utilization of the
$50,000,000 appropriation toward
good roads.
Doubtless some of his criticisms
are sound, but others of them seeni
the result of a wholly unwarranted
fear that the money will be wasted in
providing automobile trunk lines to
the disadvantage of the farmer's in
terests. The special committee's
plan consists of a network of trunk
lino boulevards connecting the prin
cipal cities of the State. The even
tual purpose, of course, being to
unite all titles and towns by a net
work of good roads. Mr. Skene's
view seems to bo that the first roads
built under the appropriation should
connect the farpier with his market
towns.
That the main trunk lines will do
this In many enses at dnce is obvious
when their feeders have been com
pleted In practically all cases. The
proposal to build these feeders first
with the aid of the State money fur
nished by the fifty million bond
lssuo certainly does not a Just
one. Obviously the' expropriation
should be expended so as to bring
the greatest good Jo the greatest
number. Fortunately , prejudice
against the automobile Is diminish
ing every year as its use becomes
more general. Tho farmers in many
regions have already discovered its
value as a business and pleasure ve
hicle. If they had no other cause
for gratitude they owe It not a little
as a promoter of better highways.-
New York Globe.
Dragging the Roads.
The following rules for using the
road drag were given out by the
State Highway Commission of Illi
nois: ' , . .
Make a light drag.
Drive tho team at a walk.
Hide on the drag, don't walk.
Don't drag a dry road.
Drag when the road is muddy. I
Drag, if possible, Immediately be- ,
fore freeze. i
Begin at one side of the road, re
turning on the opposite side.
Always drag a little eartli toward
the centre of the road until It is
raised ten or twelve Inches the
sides of the roadway.
Do not attempt to move very
much material at one time with a
drag. " ~t"
If the drag cuts too much shorten
the hitch.
The amount of earth the drsg will
carry can be regulated by the driver,
accordingly as he stands near the
cutting end or away from It.
When the roads are first dragged
after a very muddy spell, vehicles
should drive, If possible, to one side
until the road has had a chance to
partially dry out. The exercise of
a very little care on the part of the
users of the road will do quite as
much as the drag toward securing
a smoother road. The law provides
a penalty for anyone who wilfully
ruts or cuts up a dragged road.
National Aid to Good Itoads.
Along with the proposed commis
sion looking to tho development of
our waterways, and tho Appalachian
Forest Reserve looking to the pres
ervation of our forests, we should
also like to see the Government take
up the policy of national aid to road
building. This means, as we have
said before, that besides money for
river and harbor improvement—for
the improvement of our liquid ave
nues of transportation, cities reaping
the most direct benefit—we shall also
have money fcr road building—for
the improvement of our solid avenues
of transportation, the country reap
ing l;he most direct benefit? We are
glad to see that the National Grange
Is vigorously pushing this matter in
both Houses of Congress.
But for tho limitations of spaco
we should also like to mention In
this connection the strong movement
for a parcels poat—a measure of in
calculable benefit to country resi
dents—and the Davis bill providing
for a strong agricultural high school,
supported by the National Govern
ment. In each Congressional District.
But these subjects will lie treated at
greater length In future issues, and
we can now only urge our farmer
readers to let their Congressmen
know that they are interested in-these
things. We ne;d them all—better
care of our waterways and forests,
better roads, the parcels post, and the
agricultural high schools.
sive Farmer.
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•Apparent.
When K is understood that tho
hauling of the 12,000,000 tons of
commodities that annually pass over
the roads of New York State costs on
the average of the ten-mile haul
about twenty-five -cents a ton per
mile, and that, lt»jr the construction of
well-made mcadamized roads, this
cost would be reduced to six or eight
cents per ton mile, the money advan
tage of good roads becomes at once
apparent.
Ecg Dishes.
An odd combination of breakfast
codfish ball* and eggs 1» prepared 1»
this way; Make the fish-balls flat, and
fry them brown; poach some eggs in
rings, and when done slip one on each
ball.
Egg-balls are an attractive breakfast
or luncheon dish. The eggs are boil
ed hard, and the whites removed.
Some minced ham is mixed with white
sauce, and seasoned with a littio dry
mustard, and spread on rounds of
I toast, and one bail Is put on each
slice, and more white uauce, mixed
with the chopped whites, is pouret/
around.—Harper's Bazar.
Vegetable Soup.
Chop exceedingly fine a bunch o«
carrots, half a bunch of green onions,
one turnip, half a small cabbage, . n
head of celery and three or four
branches of parsley. Put the vegeta
bles thus prepared on the Are in a
suitable saucepan with a largo table
spoonful of butter and stir it frequent
ly until the vegetables begin to color.
Then add two tablespoonfuls of (lour;
stir and cook a little, and then add
two quarts of boiling water, a tea
spocnful of sugar, a level teaspoonful
Oi salt and a quarter of a level tea
spoonful of pepper. Bring the soup to
the boiling degree and then draw the
saucepan back where the contents will
simmer for an hour. When ready tc
serve add to the soup a cupful of
boiling milk; see if the seasoning is
correct, pour it into a hot tureen an/
lend to table.
Sunny South Chicken Pie.
Housekeepers are often puzzled as
to what to do with the fowl left from
"yesterday's dinner." It is certainly
no longer suitable to serve as a main
dependence for the next repast. Here
is a recipe for "Sunny South Chicken
Pie," and I think that the family will
the "left-over" with delight
lHjyou will serve It in this way. Pick
the fowl carefully, and use a little
dressing with it, a large piece of but
ter and a dash of cream to moisten the
mixture. Then cook over a slow Are
until the cream thickens. Previously
fine a baking-dish with u}e crust, and
when the crust has btjpn thorough
ly baked, fill the centjffc of the dish
with the chicken and allow to slight
ly brown. Garnish With parsley and
Borvc hot.—B. G., Virginia, in Amerl
can Home Monthly.
An Attractive Dish.
' Not all know that we can have that
summer luxury, cottage-cheese, in tho
winter time. Take the milk as It
comes frdm \the separator in a bright
tin bucket; add to it two quarts of
buttermilk to ripen it quickly. Then
set the bucket in a warm place, any
where you would set bread to rise, be
ing as careful not to scald the milk as
you would not to scald the bread. In
a few hours the milk will clabber or
turn thick enough to almost stay up
In place, when you cut It with a knife.
This Is quite Important. Then turn to
the warmer part of the stove to cook,
taking great care that It shall not heat
too fast. It should also be stirred
while heating quite often and very
carefully. Let it get quite hot, but
not so hot that you cannot hold your
hand In it—which makes it lower than
Rcalding hot. Then take from the
stove and strain through a cloth,
which Is better than a sieve. I use a
clean bushel-size salt sack. Press the
whey out, then place the cheese In a
dish and season to taste with butter,
salt and cream. With your hand work
this until It will stick together and
not be mealy. Then you can make it
Into a roll or In halls, or place It In a
salad bowl and garnish It with oxalls
leaves and flowers or any suitable
green. Sometimes the addition of a
sliced boiled egg Is very nice. All
help to make a very pleasing dish for
the winter table.—Anna M. Mead In
tho New York Tribune.
Hlntc to Housekeepers.
Warm your discolored earthenware
or granite baking dishes weli, then rub
them with damp corn meal. It cleans
without scratching.
To make a rubber plant throw out
branches tie a small sponge around
the main stem where a leaf Joins and
keep the sponge moist all the time.
In putting on the bands to skirts,
etpc, make them long enough to turn
in about an inch. Make the button
hole In this, and being doubly strong
it will not pull out.
A small glass of jelley beaten, a lit
tle at a time, into the cake or pudding
frosting will add greatly to its appear
ance and taste. A little coloring adds
to Its attractiveness. »
V
For okra soup such as one finds in
the South, boil slowly a shin of beel
In five quarts of water with about fifty
okras and a few lomatoes for seven
hours. Then season with salt and red
pepper.
For creamed •cabba~e, boll the cab
bage tender, drain oft the water and
put Into the pot wi;h it a large tea
spoonful of flour, a tabiespoonful ot
butter, a little salt and half a cupfifl
of milk. Cook, stirring until the
sauce is smooth.
An old housekeeper says that cran
berries cooked In her way will never
fall to jell. She cooks a quart of the
berries In two cupfuls of sugar and a
cupful of water for ten minutes after
tho boiling begins. Then Ehe strains
them through a sieve and boils ten
minutes longer. At the end of the
Umo they are turned into a mould.
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MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
City of Atlanta Suffers Severe
Property Loss
ENTIRE BLOCK IS SWEPT AWAY
Fire Which St&rted Early Friday
Morning Destroys Two Blocks in
the Heart of Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.—One million
and a quarter is the loss conserva
tively estimated on a lire which
itarted at 3:30 o 'clock Jft-iday morn
ing and which swept two blocks of
Atlanta business proprcty.
How the fire started is a mystery.
It was discovered in the building oc
cupied by the Sehlessinger-Meyer
Company, bakery. From there it ran
its way in all directions until it
•truck the Terminal Hotel, one of the
largest in the city, and gutted that.
During the early morning hours ev
ery one in the Terminal Hotel and in
numerous other smaller hotels in the
district had warning. There was no
loss of life and no injuries.
Tho insurance on the property de
itroyed is placed by insurance men
st $750,000.
One of the heaviest losers is S. M.
Inman, of Atlanta, who owned the
entire block bounded by Forsyth,
Mitchell and Nelson streets and Mad
ison avenue, and in which were lo
cated the bchlessingcr-Meyer Com
pany, Branch B of the city postoi'flcc,
the Liquid Carbonic Company, a
branch of Central Trust and Banking
Company, and many smaller con
cerns.
The Are was discovered in the ele
vator shaft of the Schlessinger Build
ing and is supposed to have originat
ed from crossed wires running to tho
motor which operated the elevator.
By the time the firemen had arrived
the flames had broken through the
roof of this building, and owing to a
light water pressure, it was impos
sible to check their progress. In a
short time this structure was
tely gutted and the fire was eating its
way through to Station B of the At
lanta postoffice, where mails received
from the terminal station, just across
the square, are distributed.
The employes of the postoffici,
however,, by quick work managed to
save all the mnil and most of the
equipment. Jumping across Mitchell
•treer. the flames made short work of
the Terminal Hotel, the Terminal
Annex, Child's Cnfe and Hotel, and
Child's Annex, nt which point the
firemen succeeded in checking tho on
slaught on the north side of Mitchell
street. On the south side, however,
(he flames continued to sweep every
thing in their path until Forsyth
street was reached, gutting the build
ings occupied by Mediae's Ten-Cent
Store, the branch bank nt the Central
Banking and Trust Company, the
Paragon Store, and tae Liquid Car
bonic Cempcny. The Schlessinger
Building extended half a block on
Nelson street-an) from it the flame*
soon jumped to numerous small
storehouses on Fomyth street, de
stroying the places occupied by Al
verson BrosV Grocery Companv, the
Binders Frame Manufacturing* Com
pany, and the Walker Coolcv Fur
niture Companv. A strong west wind
fanned the flames and scattered
burning embers over tho whole bus
meaa section of the city and threat
ening for a time to cause even great
er lon.
The firemen had many narrow es
capes from falling walls, bat no in
juries of a serious natnre are re
ported.
The guests from the hotel* and
rooming houses in the burned section
succeeded in saving moat of their ef
fects, having been warned in time to
remove their trunks which were piled"
on the plaza in the frout of the ter
minal station, from which point their
owners and many early risers watch
ed the progress of the fire.
Excitement at Hamilton. * k J
Hamilton, Special.—Tobacco grow
ers are in a heat of excitement. A
band of men, declare,] by the growers
to be night-riders, visited this county
during the night. Following their
visit a big tobacco shed and six thous
and pounds of tobacco were destroy
ed on the farm of Barney Harburn.
The invasion of the stronger* and the
subsequent fire have caused the'grow,
era to place their crops under an ann
ed guard.
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Short in His Accounts.
Greenville, S. C., Special. The
grand jury in the General Sessions
Court retumtd true bills in two case*
against. Mr. J. S. Richardson, Jr., a
young man who was until several
months ago Southern express agent .
in this city. Mr. Richardson is charg
ed with a shortage in his accounts of
several thousand dollars. He is now
out of the city, but it is understood
that he will come here and give boi\d.
Tlie case will not come up at this ,
term.
After Matrimonial Agents.
Chicago, Special.—Revelations in
connection with the "House of Hor
rors," operated at LaPorte by Mrs.
Guineas caused United .State District
Attorney Sims to issue orders for the
arrest of every manager of any mat
rimonial bureau operating in the Chi
cago district. Isaac A. Warn, said
to bo a wealthy proprietor of an "af
finity bureau," was the first to b» ar
rested. He was taken on the charpe
of using the mails to defraud in the
operation of the bureau under the
name of Kate Warn, his wife.
Tho Crop Report.
Washington, Special.—The crop
reporting brcau of tho Department
of Agriculture in a statement places
the total area of wheat standing Mav
1, at twenty-nine milious and a half.
This is a million acres less than last
year. The average condition of win
ter wheat is Si) per cent, of normal,
and of that of rice 00.3 per cent. On
sixty per cent of the total acreage
the contemplated spring plowing i»-
reported done.
Five Men Drowned.
Ncwburvport, Mass., Special.
Caught by a big wave as they were
crossing the bar off Plum Island, at
the mouth of the river,,
nine men of this city, who were on a
pleasure cruise in a naphtha launch,
Sunday were capsized and five of
therft were drowried. Captain George
E. .Bailey, the owner of the launch,
and three other men were picked up
hv Dassinc_boats,
Boy of Sixteen Murders Four.
New York, Special.—An Italian
boy, named Nieolli, whose fast name
is unknown to the police, 18 years
old, out the throat of a woman and"
three men and then hacked the bodies
'o in a barbershop near the
Brooklyn Bridge Terminal. The boy
I away with the bloody razor and
is still at large. '
Lame lawyer.
A Scotch aflvocatfc, Tlinpfng dow»
High Street in Edinburgh, overheard
a lady say to her companion, "That
ia Mr. C., tho lame lawyer." Turn
ing around, he replied, "No, madam,
1 am a lame man, butnot a lame law
yer.''—Christian Register..