INTERESTING CASE
Colored Man in United States
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Supreme Court
SENTENCED TO HANG IN S. C.
Charles J. Bonaparte, Former Attor
ney General, Protests That Some
Southern States Attempt to Reduce
the Negro to Captivity—South Car
olina Negro Killed Officer When
Seeking to Arrest Him For Violat
ing an "Agricultural Contract."
Washington, Special.—Protesting
against what lie terms an attempt in
some Southern states to reduce the
negro to captivity, Charles J. Bona
parte, formerly attorney general of
the United States, filed a brief in the
supreme court of the United States
Monday in behalf of "Pink" Frank
lin, a Sfm+44» —Carol inn colored maiii
who on a charge of murder, is sen
tenced lo be hanged.
Franklin, under atw agricultural
conltact" to work for ,7. 1). Thomas
in Orangeburg county, South. Caro
lina, in 1907, quit him before the
contract expired.
A warrant was sworn out for
Franklin's arrest. The constable, H.
E. Valentine, in attempting to arrest
the negro, went Eo the latter's house,
entered and was killed, Franklin was
convicted of the murder.
Mr. Bonaparte's brief attempts to
show that the negro had. a right to
resist arrest and protect himself,
family and domicile, because Ehe sta
tute on which the warrant was based
had been held to he obnoxious to the
• state legislation, violated the federal
constitution and that any attempt to
enforce tile provisions by the arrest
of a person in the situation of Frank
lin constituted a crime against the
United States under the laws forbid
ding peonage.
Money Defeated the Bill.
New York, Special.-—Five thousand
dollars was spent in 1909 by the
New York board of fire underwriters
to crush the so-called anti-compact
bill introduced' in the State Senate
by Senator Thomas F. Grady. The
late George P. Sheldon received the
money from the board and distribut
ed it as he saw lit. Whom he paid
fpr services was not brought out iu
the testimony. It was developed,
however, that in'addition to the, $5,-
000 used to defeat the (itady measure,
the i'oanl spent $.'{,500 during the
sair.e session to kill the liquidation
bill which gave- power to the Super
intendent of Insurance, under cer
tain conditions, to tuke possession
of and liquidate insurance com
panies. llmv it was dilributed could
not be learned.
Pitsburg Lawyer's Shrewdness,
Pittsburg, l'a., Special.—William J.
lirennan, an attorney representing
several ounciimcn whose cases were
called tor trial Monday, t>ct up u
legal obstacle in the path of the graft
scan hers, which, unless bow led over
by the court's decision, may mean
a halt in proceedings and necessi
tate a new beginning.
lirennan's surprise was sprung in
tha Conn of a motion that'tlie ninety
one indictments against present and
former v cou,ncilmen on charge of
graft lie quashed on the ground that
the foreman of (lie grand jury, Ijarry
Neshit, president of the Hank jfcf
Pittsburg, is not an elector "oT
Allegheny county and therefore not
eligible to serve as foreman of the
indicting jury.
"Report" May Not be Confirmed,
New York, Special.—A report in
\\all street just before the close Mon
day caused American Tobacco Com
pany stock to jump $J(i per share.
It was reported that the supreme
court will decide in favor of the
tobacco trust against the government.
Grand Jury Indicts Robbers.
Richmond, Special.--Fred Cunning
ham and Frank Chester, the men un
der arrest in New York, charged with
having robbed the post office here of
$85,(100 worth of stamps, wVre in
dieted Monday by the Federal grand
jury. Inspectors and the district at
torney have left for New York to
liastcn the return of the men to
Richmond. *
"The Way o£,yhg. Transgressor."
Cincinnati, Special.—The sentences
of five members oil the. defunct
"bucket shop" firm of Odell Co., con
victed on a charge of using the mails
to defraud and sentenced to six
months in jail and 'fined S2OO and
costs each, were affirmed by the Unit
ed States circuit court of appeals.
The "Wets" Little in Majority.
Detroit, Mich., Special.—Complete
returns from the'3o counties, in Mich
igan where local option elections were
held Monday show thai-20 counties
voted "dry" and 16 "wet." Of the
83 counties in Michigan, 40 will now
be "dry" and 43 "wet."
Jeff Ooes to Training.
Oakland,CCalf. f Special.—Expressing
entire confidence in his ability to get
into iphysical shape for a long dis
tance fight with Jack Johnson—next
K Fourth of July—J. J. Jeffries ar
fj 1 ; rived from Los Angeles Monday en
route to his training quarters in the
Santa Cruz mountains. He will go to
his camp, accompanied by his man
ager, Sam Berger, and the usual re-
of rubbers and trainers.
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WILL MAIM SIKIPES
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Pittsburg Penitentiary and the
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' Gentlemen Convicts"
Pittsburg, Special.—Th'ere are so
many "gentlemen convicts" among
the 700 prisoners of the Western
Penitentiary that Warden John
Francis announced Monday that
stripes are to be practically aban
doned at that institution.
At present, however, even a bank
president and two former Council
men are wearing the humiliating
prison clothes.
Mohammed "The Mad Mullah."
Aden, Arabia, By Cable. —The fero
cious campaign of Mohammed Ab
dullah of Somailland, "the mad mul
lah," against the Sultanates under
British protection, continues uncheck
ed. Eight hundred of the tribesmen
friendly to the Sultanates have been
slaughtered, vast areas laid waste and
towns razed. Natives in great num
bers are fleeing to the coast. It is ex
pected here that this will lead Eo an
other expedition against the irad
mullah." who has caused the British
government greut anxiety for many
yeurs.
After Atlanta Gamblers Also,
Atjanta, Ga., Special.—That a de
termined fight is to be waged upon
bucket shops in Atlanta was indicat
ed Monday when the Fulton county
grami jury, which two weeks ago in
dicted five alleged bucket shop pro
prietors, handed up to the court an
other hatch of indictments. against
local brokers. The Attorney (Jeneral
announced that the names of those
indicted would not be given out un
til the bench warrants were serv
ed.
Purse For Target Practice
Washington, Special.—The Senate
has passed unanimously the Senate
bill appropriating SIOO,OO for rifle
practice in the schools and univer
sities of the country, and among
civilian clubs. This bill has been en
dorsed by the war department and
by the National Kille Association,
and has received the support of
President Tuft and Ex-President
Hoosevclt.
"Change Your Name."
New York, Special.—Justice Day
ton of the supreme court Monday
ruled that the Salvation Army, found
ed by Gen. Win. Booth, with head
quarters in England, is entitled to
an injunction restraining the Ameri
can Salvation Army from using that
name ( or any title so nearly similar
as to be confounded with "the English
organization.
Giving "Nephews" Privileges,
Washington, Special.—-After three
days of sharp controversy the Sen
ate passed t lie House bill, so amend
ing the Employers' Liability lawyos
to give the State courts concurrent
jurisdiction with the Federal courts
in dealing with suits for damages
growing out of accidents.
Habeas Corpus Application for Morse.
Atlanta, (In., Special.—Martin Lit
tleton and former (!ov. lloke Smith
have practically completed the ap
plication for li writ of habeas corpus
for Charles \V. Morse, and it will
be presented to the United States
Court here this week.
Strikes and Strikes,
New \ ork, Special.— The harbor
boatmen's union, comprising firemen,
cooks, oilers, deck-hands and tloat
men of the marine departments of
four railroads entering New York
City, went on strike following the
rejection of their demands for an
increase in wages from S7O to $75 a
month and a day off each week.
Believes in Labor Organizations, But
Worcester, Mass., Special.—ln his
speech to 2,000 railroad men here the
President declared that be believed
in labor organizations. But as Chief
Magistrate of the nation, lie added,
he believed also in the right of every
man. to labor as lie will, to earn the
wages that be will, and i? he so
chooses, to stay out of labor organ
izations.
Corporation Tax Law Amended.
Washington, Special."—By a vote of
132 to 123 the House adopted a "pro
vision amending the corporation tax
law so as to provide for publicity of
corporation returns upon the discre
tion of the president alone, instead
of upon request of the senate or
house.
Disfranchised 45,000 Negroes,
Annapolis, Md., Special.—More than
45,000 negroes in Maryland will be
disfranchised, so far as State and
municipal elections are concerned, by
the passage*in the legislature of the
bill of W. Mitchell Diggs.
"Leave It Alone."
New Orleans, Special.—ln a com
munication received from the State
department at Washington Monday,
the local United States district at
torney's oflice is upheld in its con
tention that the recruiting of men in
the United States to be used in hos
tilities against a country with which
the United States is at peace is a vio
lation of the law, no matter if there
happens to be no diplomatic re
lationship with the country in ques-
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To be hsfd at Mobile, Ala..
April 26-28
THE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
Miss Lucy Davis Hayes, Sponsor—
U. 8. 0. V.'s Sponsor, Miss Georgia
Whiting Safford
Montgomery, Ala.—Dr. Claren& J.
Owens, commander-in-chief of the
United Sons of Confederate veterans,
makes public the sponsors and maids
of-honor for the organization at' the
general reunion to be held in Mobile
April 20 to 28.
They are as follows:
Matron of honor, Mrs. B. B. Ross,
Auburn, Ala.; ©haperon, Mrs. N. B.
Forrest, Memphis; sponsor ir\ chief,
Miss Georgia Whiting Saffold, Mont
gomery; maids of honor, Alabama,
Miss Clara Ellen Forbes, Montgom
ery; Miss Mary Henry Ruffln, Miss
Nannie Goodbard, Miss Lillie Rad
cliffe, Mobile; Miss Mary Rosalind
Tardy, Birmingham; Miss Annie Lyde
Smith, Tuskegee, Georgia, Miss Lylia
GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS.
Ilutchins, Athens. Louisiana, Miss
Gladys Broadway, Monrot. Mississip
pi, Miss Sallie Hunt, Greenville; Miss
Mildred Merriweather Sledge, Como;
Miss Cornelia Wallace, Como. South
Carolina, Miss Maybclle Weathers
bee, Williston; Miss Ruth Kennedy,
Greenville. Virginia, Miss Avis Wal
ker Grant, Richmond.
Maids of honor for the genera!
staff t'or states not listed will be
named later.
Miss Frances Alexander Dttncah of
Auburn will represent the Children
of the Confederacy,
Appointments for the Louisiana di
vision, named by Commander B. H,
Richardson, are as follows:
Sponsor, Miss Caroline A. ReanauA.
New Orleans; maids of honor, Missel'
Georgia Richardson., Andrea Freder
eichs, l.eila Riddell, New Orleans;
Miss Georgia McDonald, Mobilo:
chaperon, Mrs. P. J. Fredereichs, New
Orleans.
Northern Virginia department, by
Commnnder (\ M. Folder; Sponsor.
Miss Lila Ij. Jamison, Roanoke;
maids, Miss Grace (I. Jinknrd, Ilebo
both Church, Va.; Miss Annie Baker,
Lamar, North Augusta, S. C.-vjuat nm
and chaperon, Mrs. L. F. Fleming,
AuguMa, Ga.
Virginia department, by Comman
der T. W. Spindle; Sponsor, Miss
Mary Darnell, Roanoke; maid, Miss
Mary Hunter Bethel, Snwville; ma
tron, Mrs. William L. MeGill, Peters-
New La., Special.—The
following appointments were made
by William E. Mickle, adjutant gen
eral and chief of staff of the United
Confederate Veterans:
Brigadier generals and assistant
adjutant generals, Julian W. Whiting
and l'rice Williams, Jr., of Mobile,
Ala.
Colonels and aides-de-camps, C. C.
Nettles, Robert Middleton, I). P. Bes
tor, Ed T. Tooiner, Wm. 11. Johnston,
of Mobile, Ala.; George \V. Taylor,
of Demopolis, Ala.; John H. Leathers,
of I •ouisville, Ky/J John W. Tench, of
Gainesville, Fla.; R." Preston Crew,
of Charleston, W. Va. ; E. L. Conally,
of Atlanta, Ga.
Mobile, Ala.^—Commander-in-Chief
Clement A. Evans lias named Miss
Lucy Davis Hayes as sponsor for the
annual reunion of the United Confed
erate Veterans, to be held in this
city April 26 to 28. Miss Hayes is
the second daughter of the late Mrs.
Hayes, daughter of the only presi
dent ofvthc Confederacy,. Jefferson
*Davis. • >■
Work on the "tented city" for
which the war department has ioan
ed tents and cots for the use o;" the
veterans, began with the erection ot
the kitchens and dining rooms and
grading. The "tented city" faces
historic Mobile Bay and will accom
modate 15.000 veterans.
Many of the local churches are
tending the use of I heir Sunday
school and class rooms for the use
«f the veterans.
Postal Bills Report Soon.
Washington, Special.—The House
Committee on Post Offices and Poet
Roads have directed the sub-commU
tec having the postal savings bank
bill in charge to report the completed
bill to the committee by April 15.The
committee also favored April 25 u
a date for a hearing on the proposal
to cstahliah paresis porta. ■■
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EVENTS TOLD TERSELY.
News From Everywhere Printed in
Short Paragraphs.
Cora Osek, 22 years old, was ar
rested at Cleveland after she had
fasted for 45 days. She insisted
she would fulfill an oath of fasting
for two months, even if it killed her.
During the fiscal year 1909 there
were 3,395 births and 3,178 deaths
among 101,717 Indians. This showed
a birth rate per thousand of 33.4 as
compared with 31.2 deaths.
Hugo Lilenthal, a Berkley, Cal.,
Horticulturist, announces the dis
covery of an edible fruit from the
climbing rose.
President Barrett says the greatest
rally of American fanners in history
will be that of the Farmers' union in
St. Louis May 2-8.
Cbas. C. Harper has been appointed
commander in chief ,of the Georgia
Sons of Veterans. Commander Clar
ence J. Owens, of Memphis, made the
appointment.
Harry E. Kelly, postmaster at
Lynn, N. M., is in jail at Trinidad,
Col., charged with having obtained
between $3,000 and $4,000 by issuing
postoflice orders to his wife tyid credi
tors. »
The United States army is going to
be represented by an exhibit atshe
domestic science and pure food exhi
bition to be held in Madison Square
gardens, New York city, September
17 to 24 next.
The advocates of woman suffrage
lost their annual fight in the lower
branch of the Massachusetts Legisla
ture by a decisive vote.
A robber in Chicago uses only his
right forefinger and thumb to com
pel victims to throw up their hands
whfle he takes their money.
The birth of a healthy baby boy in
Dedhatn, Mass., has made Joseph
Hears the father of thirty-four chil
dren.
In Chicago it is a misdemeanor for
liny woman to wear a hat pin which
protrudes from her hat one inch.
The Rev. K. A. llafer, of St. Trin
ity's Evrtngelioal Lutheran church,
Jersey City, has written his congre
gation that baldness forces him to
retire.from the ministry.
Through- the agency of a drugged
cigarette they gave to him, two con
fidence men were enabled to rob John
Smith, of Brooklyn, of $1,.')00 in cash
when his mind became confused and
clouded from the effects of the nar
cotic.
"I believe that Congress will not
lie ready to adjourn before June 20,"
says Vice President Sherman.
('apt. Win. E. V. Jacobs, of Bal
timore, is in bail repute with, milli
ners, who have read of his attack and
capture of bird hunters in the Sand
wich Islands.
The most sacred tradition) -of
Wollesley, Massachusetts College, has
been broken. Into the classes of
this institution, formerly exclusive
to the female sex, there has been ad
mitted a young Armenian, Diran
Hagopian.
"Keallv. ladies, you must excuse
me, I know nothing whatever about
corsets, and if that awful looking
harness you lay before me is a latter
day corset, then 1 don't wonder that
the plaintifT refuses to wear it and
wants her money back," said Magis
trate Barlow in New York. The
plaintiff was Miss Mabel Connolly,
who. purchased corsets which she
avers didn't fit.
Mrs. Maude Ballingfon Booth, head
of the American Volunteers, has made
on appeal to the bird lovers of Mont
clair, N. J., to bell their cftts to warn
the/birds of tabby's approach.
Ellen Holmes. 80 years old, found
dead in her room in a boarding house
in Utica, N. Y„ has brought to light
$:i,954.87 sewed in her skirt. She
was supported by charity.
There are on band in the insectary
at Sacramento 524,00(1,000 lady bugs,
whose weight aggregates more than
a ton. Imported to destroy water
melon insects.
Beseeching Judge Dupy to sentence
him to life imprisonment as an in
curable morphine user. Christian E.
Walters pleaded guilty of larceny at
Chicago, and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for an indefinite term
of from one to ten years.
Armed with two pistols and mask
ed, an unknown individual broke up
a poker game participated in by
eight men near Dante, Va. Thanking
them for their donation he melted
into the gloom with nearly SI,OOO.
FVnnces Hansen, of St. Louis, 25
years old, who for the last, year has
been known as a man working as
such in male attire, was found to be
a woman. Th^ discovery was made
after she had Wen hurt falling from
A third storv window. She was to
have soon joined a church.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has
decided that a "female" is compe
tent, under the Statute*, to hold office.
The supreme court at Nashville.
Tenn., affirmed finding of the lower
court in the case of Marccllus Rhine
hart, the night rider, who killed Rufe
Hunter in Montgomery county, and
sentenced him to be hanged on Mav
28th.
Wu Ting Fang, the retiring Chinest
minister 'at Washingtonwill en
deavor to arrange a treaty which will
provide that the United States shall
help Chipa with her fleet in cage of
China being attacked. 1
REFUSES TO VISIT POPE.
CoL Roosevelt Declines to Ac
cept Conditions Imposed.
Rome, By Cable.—The audience
which it was believed ex-President
Roosevelt would have with tiie Pope
on Tuesday, will not occur, owing to
conditions which the Vatican has im
posed, and which Mr. Roosevelt re
fuses to accept.
"The, Holy Father will be delighted,
to grant an audience to Mr. Roose
velt on April 5, and hopes that
nothing will arise to prevent it, such
as the much-regretted incident which
made the reception of Mr. Fairbanks
impossible f"
Roosevelt 'a reply: "I in my turn
must decline to make any stipulations
or submit to any conditions, which
in any way would limit my freedom
of conduct. I trust that on April 5
he will find it convenient to receive
me."
Fonr Boats at $2,000,000.
Washington, Special.—On the fact
of the bids, the Lake Torpedo Boat
Company, of Bridgeport, Conn,, Sat.
urday suomitted the lowest proposal
for building four submarine boats foi
the United States navy. This.~,wa&
for a type of boat of 450 tons dis
placement and the price for thefoui
boats would be $424,500 each, de
livered on the Atlantic seaboard, and
to be constructed at the Newport
News works.
Congress authorized an expenditnri
of $2,000,000 for the construction oi
these four boats, so that the bidi
are within the limitation for boats
of moderate size.
Oreat Reception to Ex-President.
Napleß, By Cable.—No Americat.
ever got a greater reception than
Colonel Reosevelt did Saturday when
with his family, he arrived here on
the Priz Ilenizrich.
Mr. RooSevelt, attired in a graj
sack suit and wearing a soft black
hat, appeared in splendid health and
spirits. His weatherbeaten face gave
him the appearance of a trained
athlete, lie spoke with a boyish
pleasure of setting his foot again upon
European soil and of feeling that
at last lie was homeward bound.
Postal Granted Injunction
Nashville, Tenn., Special.—Judge
Edward E. Sant'ord, of the Circuit
Court of the United States for the
middle district of Tennessee, hand
ed down an opinion Saturday grant
ing to the Postal Telegraph Cable
Company an injunction against the
Cumberland Telephone and Tele
graph Company, "a Bell Company,"
discriminating against the Postal in
the matter of charges for telephone
service. The decision holds that the
Postal Company is entitled to tele
phone service at the same rate charg
ed other business subscribers.
Maryland Senate Passes Disfran
& chisement Bill.
Annapolis, Md., Special.---The so
called Digges bills for the disfran
chisement of the negro in all .state
and municipal elections in Maryland
were passed by the senate at a late
hour Saturday night. They now go
to the house where their passage is
assured because of the large demo
cratic majority in that body. It is
not proposed to attempt to prevent
negroes • voting at congressional or
presidential elections, the restriction
applying only to state and municipal
balloting.
Baliinger Will Seek Redress.
Washington, Special.—Secretary of
the Interior Baliinger announced Sat
urday that in due tim»> he would in
stitute* proceedings in law against
Collier's Weekly as the result of the
publications concerning him which
are appearing in that paper.
The Czar in Public.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. —For the
first time in many years Emperor
Nicholas Saturday night attended a
brilliant concert at the Imperial
Opera House, given in aid of various
military charities. The intention of
his Majesty to attend the function
had been kept secret," Jand, there
fore, no crowd collected to witness
his arrival and departure.
Church's Crusade Against Fight.
Oakland, Cal., Special.—The church
federation of this district has begun
a crusade against the holding of the
Jeffries-Johnson fight at Emeryville
July 4, by instructing counsel to
take legal steps to prevent the eon
test.
Coal Miners on Strike.
Washington, Special.—Two hundred
thousand organised miners of the
bituminous coal fields of Pennsyl
vania, Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, lowa,
Missou'i, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Arkansas are out on strike.
Wolter Trial April 18.
New York, Special.—Albert W.
Wolter Saturday pleaded not guilty
to an indictment charging him with
having murdered 15-year-old Ruth
Wheeler. The police report that they
had traced another girl to Wolter's
flat, but are unable to find out what
became of her.
Judge Mulqueen fixed the date of
the trial of Wolter for Mondav
April 18.
CAPITAL FACTS.
Interesting News Gathered in
the District of Columbia.
THE AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Personal Incidents and Important
Happenings of National Import
Published for the Pleasure and In
formation of Newspaper Readers.
Same Old Story.
Senator Lodge, chairman of the
select committee which is investigat
ing the cost of living, Monday pre
sented to the senate a mass of data
supplied by consular officers in Eu
rope. Although it is difficult to make
comparison from the forms in which
the data is given, the committee is
convinced that the deductions will
show wages in no European country
have kept pace with the increase in
the United States and that rents and
foodstuffs have advanced out of pro
portion to incomes, especially as ap
plied to the laboring classes.
An official Sixty-rive Years.
Stark B. Taylor, who has served
continuously in the court of claims
ever since its organization in 1835,
first as a messenger upon the recom
mendation of Jefferson Davis, then
a United States Senator, and since
1803 as balitT, died at the age of 90
years. Mr. Taylor, who was a native
of King George county, Virginia,
served ten years in the United States
army, part of tkiit time in the Mexi
can war.
Corporation Disregarded Law.
One thousand corporations in ex
istence at the time of the enactment
of the new tariff law last summer
failed to make returns to the internal
revenue bureau, the provision impos
ing a tax of cent on net in
comes above $5,000. A.number open
ly disregarded the statute requiring
corporations to submit such returns
by March 1, and will be subjected
to heavy penalties.
Drawing Double Pay.
The charge that comtaissioned of
ficers of the. United States army have
been for months and are now serving
as officers in the army of Cuba and
draw salaries from the Cuban gov
ernment in violation of law is con
tained in a resolution introduced in
the house Monday by Representative
Slayden of Texas, a member of the
committee on military affairs.
Weather Maps Discontinued,
The weather bureau lias notified
the subordinate officers of the aban
donment of all weather maps which
the men in charge of the stations
have been in the habit of distribut
ing to prominent firms of the cities.
This aetion is taken as a result of
a determination to curtail the ex
penses of the service.
Publicity of Campaign Contributions.
The McCall bill providing for the
publication of campaign contributions
and expenses was favorably report
ed to the house Monday by Chairman
(Jaines (if the committees on election
of president and vice president and
members of) congress.
Pension For. Ex-President's Widows.
A bill designed originally to grant
pensions of SIO,OOO a year to ex-
Presidents as retired commanders-in
chief of the army and navy, and
$5,000 each to widows of ex-presi
dents, after being amended so as to
deny the intended relief for ex-presi
dents, was reported favorably to the
senate by Senator Shively.
When Women Disagree.
One of the bitterest fights in the
history of the Daughters of the
American Revolution is expected to
take place at the annual congress of
the organization, which opens in
Washington on April 18th. All the
trobule hinges on the selection of a
president-g«|ieral and the "insur
gents" and "regulars'' as the oppos
ing factions are called are sharpen
ing their weapons for the fray.
Another Honor for Mr. Taft.
President Taft has been presented
with a gold tablet representing an
houorarv life membership in the
Liberty society, which
has for its purpose the defense and
protection of imnrfgrants coming to
the United States.
Passengers Pay the Increase.
The New York. New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad Company has increased
its passenger rates. These advances
are due to the inercasSs in Avasies
made recently to the company's em
ploves. t
f>
Protect the National Capital.
The purpose of the Association for
the Fortification of the Entrance of
Chesapeake Bay is to urge the carry
ing out of the recommendations of
the board appointed in 1906 by Pres
ident Taft, who was then secretary
of war, for the fottifi cation of the
mouth of the Chesapeake for the
protection of the national capital, as
well as the cities and towns of Mary
land and "Virginia in the vicinity of
the bay.