News From the National Capitol Briefly Noted
in Passing for the Reader.
IflFI 0VERTURH8 RECENT
Washington, Special. The defini
tion of the word "whiskey" by the
highest Aineircan legal authority was
given when President Taft tendered
the final decision -on the subject in
connection with the construction of
the pure food law with reference to
labeling last week. The President
held that whiskey made of neutral
spirits is whiskey when reduced to
potable strength.
The President covered other details
in his decision and gave directions for
the proper branding of various varie
ties of liquor, holding among other
things that "Canadian Club" whiskey
and whiskey made from a mixture of
"straight" whiskey and "neutral
spirits" may be called a blend.
According to the instructions under
this decision "straight whiskies" will
hereafter be branded as such, but
the brand may be accompanied by the
legend "aged in wood" and whiskey
made from rectified, distilled or neu
tral spirits will be branded so as to
make known the principal ingre
dients. In addition if they so desire
manufacturers of straight whiskey
may also use the word "bourbon" or
"rye" as the fact may warrant.
The President takes Dr. Wiley and
other chemists to task for a "funda
mental error" -is to what the name
"whiskey" has included during the
past 100 years, and he also expresses
the opinion that Mr. Bowers makes
"too much a distinction" in his de
ductions. "If," he says, speaking of
the opinion of Mr. 15owers, "high
vines at from 140 degrees to 100 de
grees when reduced to potable
strength and containing a very small
quantity of fusel oil and flavored by
burnt sugar and whiskey, as he has
found, then the mere improvement
in the process by continuous distilla
tion so as to give a product of from
160 degrees to 185 degrees proof and
Japanese and U. S. Ties.
Washington, Special. That the
friendly relations between the United
States and Japan are growing strong
er every day, was the declaration of
Baron Yasuya Uchida, the newly ap
pointed ambassador of the Japanese
.government to the United States, who
arrived here last week from San
Francisco where he landed on Decem
ber 17. "There is no pressing diplo
matic question for nie to deal with in
the United States just now," he said,
"and I know of nothing of impor
tance that will come up in the imme
diate future."
"What about the question of immi
gration between the two countries,"
the baron was asked.
"That is satisfactorily adjusted,"
lie replied. "We are keeping at home
the laborers and poorer emigrant
cdasses of our country and only stu
dents and members of the mercantile
and other privileged classse are com
ing here. Asa consequence, the num
ber of Japanese in this country is de
creasing. Our laborers are returning
regularly to Japan and none are com
ing to take their places here. There
will be no problem to deal with in that
connection in this country."
Patents Granted Tar Heels.
Washington, Special. Messrs. Da
vis & Davis, Washington patent attor
neys, report the grant, to citizens of
this State, of the following patents:
A. A. Bullock. Dabney, fertilizer-distributor;
A. I). Davis and W. A.
Thompson, Cleveland, Avrcneh; S.
Henry, Lilesville. mail-delivery appa
ratus"; W. A. Wynne, Raleigh, tele
phone exchange system; W. A.
Wynne, Raleigh, telephone system.
Will Stand by Lee.
Washington, Special. Virginia
will stand by the statue of Gen. Rob
ert E. Lee as it stood by the man. If
the marble figure recently placed in
Statuary Hall in the Capitol is re
quired to be withdrawn the State
will, according to those in authority,
withdraw the Washington statue.
Opposition by former Union soldiers
has caused Congress to postpone the
vote on the acceptance of the statue.
Program of Deniccrat3 in House.
Washington, Special. "The pro
gram of the Democrats in the House
at this session is to -keep down the
amount of appropriations bills, and
to vote againsj ship subsidy," said
Minority Leader Chanm Clark.
"The Ilouse leaders are rushing
everything to get the appropriation
measures through and that subject
and the ship subsidy propostiion seem
to be about the oulj7 two tilings that
are to be taken up. We are oppos
ed to the ship subsidy bill. I look
for adjournment of Congress in
April, cetrainly by May 1."
A Unique Present.
Washington, Special. Congressman
Nelson P. Wheeler, of Endeavor, Pa.,
got from his constituents probably the
most unique Christmas present that
Avas ever received in Washington. A
carefully wrapped and tied bundle he
opened and inside of it was found
letters, petitions, resolutions, by the
farmers om Endeavor, Pa., against
the manufacture of olemargarine.
And the Congressman had to pay 53
cents express charges to boot.
II 18 10 WHISKEY-
still further to reduce its fusel oil, is
not to change its whole nature or to
make what was genuine "whiskey"
"imitation whiskey" because of a
slightly reduced trace of one in
gredient, the distinction is too lm
practicable, in my judgment, for the
execution of the law.
The President thinks that an or
der as his decision contemplates can
not be injustice. "Those," he says,
"who made whiskey of rectified, re
distilled, or neutral spirits cannot
complain if, in order to preen t furth
er frauds, they are required to use a
brand which shall show exactly the
kind of whiskey tliev are selling."
Speaking further in the same line
he says:
"The public will be made to know
exactly the kind of whiskey they buy
and drink. If they desire straight
whiskey, then they can secure it by
purchasing what is branded "straight
whiskey." If they are willing to drink
whiskey made of neutral spirits, then
they can buy it under a brand show
ing it. The act injures no man 's
lawful business, because it only in
sists upon the Statement of the truth
in the label."
Elaborating his conclusions the
President says:
"After an examination of all the
evidence it seems to me overwhelm
ingly established that for a hundred
year the temi 'whiskey' in the trade
and among the customers has includ
ed all portable liquor distilled from
grain; that the straight whiskey, is,
as compared with the whiskey made
by rectification or redistillation and
flavoring and coloring matter, a sub
sequent improvement and that there
fore it is a perversion of the pure
food act to attempt now to limit the
meaning of the term 'whiskey' to
that which modern manufacture and
taste have made the most desirable
variet'."
South Needs Immigrants.
Washington, Special. Hugh Mc
Rae, of Wilmington, N. C, who has
studied the immigration question as
it effects the South for many years,
takes the view that the Southern
States will never solve the labor prob
lem or become truly prosperous until,
through immigration, it receives large
accession to its population, says the
Herald. He declares that the immi
grant is profitable to the region where
he makes his home and performs his
labor. He holds that the great ad
vancement of the North and the West
has been in large measure due to the
influx of industrious farmers from
Europe during the last fifty years.
Peary's Future Plans.
Washington, Special. Commander
Robert E. Peary, who holds, exclusive
ly, the title of "North Pole Discov
erer," will devote much of the re
mainder of his life to telling the peo
ple how he did it. He had been wait
ing for the verdict from Copenhagen
before making his plans known. The
grizzled veteran of the icy north evi
dently expects to reap a harvest of
dollars, for he says that from now on
he will write north pole stories for
the magazines and give lectures on
the subject.
Needs in War Time.
Washington, Special To man the
entire Ameircan fleet in time of war
Avould require 3,890 officers and 72,281
men and in time of peace 3,G2.j offi
cers and (10,802 men, according to
Capt. N. R. Usher, assistant to the
bureau of navigation. These figures
do not include officers and men at
shore stations.
Lands May Be Sold.
Washington, Special. Attorney
General Wickersham has rendered an
opinion for the Avar department, to the
effect that the Philippine government
has the power to sell the "friar
lands" in the Philippines in any num
ber of acres desirable, notwithstand
ing the organic act of the Philippine
government, Avhich limited the sale of
the import iSned public lands obtain
ed by treaty Avilh Spain to 40 acres.
W ants Law More Explicit.
Washington. Special. The Presi
dent has decided to send a special
message to Congress dealing Avith the
subject of amendments to the anti-
j trust hiAv, Avithout Avaiting for the Su
j preme Court to hand down its decision
J in the Standard Oil case.
More Playing Card3 Used.
Washington, Special. People of
the United States paid $01,381 taxes
on playing cards during November
last, an increase of $11,401 over the
corre?pondii-g period of 1908.
Poll Tax Payment Fatal.
Washington, Special. -Za,ch Mc
Ge, in Columbia (S. C.) State,
says: "The payment of his poll tax
in South Carolina has cost ex-Representative
John J. Hemphill a $5,
000 position in the service of the
government as a commissioner of the
District of Columbia. It is stated
on good authority that the President
has definitely decided not to send
Mr. Hernpliili's name to the senate
because of the fact trat his eligibility
NORTH STATE NEWS
Items of State Interest Gathered
and Told in Brief.
GETS $17,000 DAMAGES.
Big Verdict in Superior Court Af
firmed by Supreme Court.
Asheville, Special. The Supremo
Court has affirmed the judgment of
the Superior Court awarding $17,000
damages in the case of T. E. Curtis,
administrator, who, as representative
of Mrs. B. Allen Bryant, sued the
Southern Railway on account of the
killing of her husband in a train
wreck at Budd, near Greensboro,
aearly three years ago. It is the
largest ever rendered in this State in
a suit for damages on account of the
death of interstate, but in that it
establishes a new and more liberal
measure of damages in death claims.
Mr. Bryant, a traveling man o
Richmond, Avis killed thirty days
after his marriage to Miss Marie
Curtis, of this city, and because he
was a young man, earning a large
salary, $20,000 damages Avere asked.
Preparing For $50,000 Yield of Tur
pentine Per Year.
Wilmington, Special. A giant cut
of round timber is now in progress
9n the tract of land owned by tho
Rourk Brothers, about 18 miles from
Wilmington. Already 80,000 boxes
have been cut and it is intended to
sut 70,000 more, Avhich is expected
to yield about $50,000 a year of
rirgin turpentine for the next ten
years. this is possibly the largest
round cut for turpentine m .North
Carolina.
Raised $1,500 Worth of Cotton
and
Poanut3 With One Mule.
Tarboro, Special. The Battleboro
correspondent of The Daily South
erner of this place says: "While our
jood friend, W. B. Bullnck, has re
ported an excellent crop on the Cool
Spring farm, II. B. Moore, at Old
loAvn, says Mr. Bullnck is not in if,
that he has a cropper, I hat has sold
11,500 Avorth of cotton and peanuts
from one mule."
Must License Near-Beer.
Raleigh, Special The Supreme
Court which meets again January 8,
has filed several opinions in near
beer cases, and in one, from Union
county, reverses the court beloAv and
hohbj that a sheriff cannot refuse to
issujl a license to sell near-beer. In
amViher decision the court has held
that a city or tOAvn can put any tax .
desired on near-beer. Some places '
made this tax $1,000 and others nave
since the decision increased it to that
figure.
Interesting Career Ends.
Concord, Special. W. A. Smith,
better known as "Sandy" Smith, is
dead. Aged 81 years. He Avas a
prominent citizen of Cabarrus coun
ty. " From 1848 to 1854 he operated
freight lines from Concord to Cam
den, S. C, and Fayetteville, this
State, amassing quite a fortune. He
was among the nrst men to snip cot
ton North after the war. He was
also a prominent metallugist and
civil engineer.
Asheville Save Auditorium.
Asheville, Special. The Asheville
Auditorium, built sveral years ago
at a cost of about $20,000,". lias been
formally transferred to the city at
an appraised value of $22,500. Re
cently and at a meeting of the
stockholders it Avas decided to sell
the big convention hall and playhouse
to the city; the value of the prop
erty Avas appraised at $22,500 and
the city authorities formally voted
to take over the property.
Jailed on Charge of Murder.
Jefferson, Special. Cal, Enoch,
Wesley and Robert Parsons, broth
ers, and Granville B.-ooks, have been
jailed here, charged Avith the murder
of John lesterman.
Military Institute Chartered.
Raleigh, Special. A charter has
teen granted the Tinsley Military
institute, Winston-Salem. capital
stock $50,000, by J. W. Tinsley.
Penitentiary Pann Great Success.
Raleigh, Special. The penitentiary
officials announce that their farm
products this year will bring, the
great sum of $125,000, and possibly
$5,000 more.
Bullets Embedded in Wood.
Goldsboro. Sepcial. The large
lumber companies of Wayne, of
which Nathan 0 'Berry is president,
have this year been cutting timber
from the ' old Bentonville battle
ground, in Johnston. Numerous bill
ets and musket balls Avere found in
the Avood.
Loses Lifs Under Train. -
Lexington, Special. Lindsay Sur
ratt, of Healing Springs township, a
young school teacher, lost his life by
falling and being run over on the
double track. His head Avas cut off.
New Railroad Chartered.
Raleigh, Special. The Lumberton
and Klizabethtown Railroad Com
pan3 Avith its principal office at
Lumberton has been chartered to
build and operate a road through
Robeson and Bladen counties to
Elizabethtown. a distance of tAventv
five miles. The capital is $250,000,
and the incorporators are Gcorire B.
MLood, A. II. McLeod. F. A. Bond.
J. A. McDougald, W. P, McAllister
and others.
J
NORTH CAROLINA
MIJLLJTATISTICS
Labor Commissioner Shipman on
Textile Industry in State.
Raleigh, Special. According to re
turns to the State Labor Commis
sioner, North Carolina has 312 cot
ton, Avoolen and silk mills Avith 3,
143,511 spindles, 55.692 looms, 130,-
355 horse-poAver, 55,128 employes, of
whom 23,358 are females. Sixty-six
per cent of the mills report improve
ment in general proficiency, financial
condition and education of employes;
89 per cent report the labor laws
complied with; 84 per cent of opera
tives read and write. The average
number of hours in a work day is
10. Eighty-one mills use electric
poAver. Sixty-three knitting mills
report 74,440 spindles, 6,954 ma
chines, 6,8(57 employes. Gaston
county leads Avith 4S cotton mills,
Mecklenburg having 22, Alamance
21.
The cotton, woolen and silk mills
return capital stock totaling $51,
0S3,550, and knitting mills, $2,853,
004. The textile industry represents by
far the largest investment in any one
line in North Carolina also in num
ber of employes and amount of Avages
paid. Gaston reports $7,000,000 cap
ital stock in mills, 452,000 spindles,
5.550 looms and 17,858 horse-poAver;
Mecklenburg, $4,247,300 capital
stock, 223,110 spindles, 4,957 looms,
8,955 horse-poAver; Alamance $2,852,
715 capital, 136,448 spindles, 5,605
looms, 7,103 horse-power; Cabarrus,
15 mills, $2,415,530 capital, 243,114
spindles, 5,096 looms, 7,670 horse
power; Guilford, 12 mills, $2,117,520
capital, 204,580 spindles, 5263Jlooms.
ORDER BONDS PRINTED.
rranscontinental Officers Authorize
$50,000,000 Pirt3 Mortgage Bonds
Printed.
Ashevile, Special. The stockhold
:rs and directors of the South At
antic Transcontinental Railroad held
i meeting hecr at Avhich important
jusines matters Avere transacted
diich tend to sIioav that construction
Jiork Avill soon be begun. A resolu
;ion Avas pased authorizing the print
ng in French and English of $50,
100,000 first mortgage bonds of the
rranscontinental, Avhich, it is said,
ankers in France have arranged to
loat. Another important matter
vas the election of H.' R. Neikerson
if New York as vice-president of
he railroad and A. II. Berry of
.cav York as assistant secretary,
rhese tAvo men are said to be repre
sentatives of McArthur Bros., con
tactors, Avho. it is said, have the
jontract for building the road. The
dection of C. J. Harris of Dills
oro and Dr. E. B. Glenn of Ashe
rille as members of the board of di
rectors Avas confirmed.
Colonel Jones is of the opinion
hat early in the spring actual con-itruction-
work Avill be begun.
61 Candidates Installed.
Charlotte, Special. The Mystic
Shriners met here last Aveek in an
nual session and after initiating 61
tandidates, elected the following of
icers: Illustrious Potentate, H. A.
Vlurrill, of Charlotte; Chief Rab
ban, A. J. Crampton, of Charlotte;
Assistant Rabban. J. F. Rhem, of
Sew Bern; R. II. Bradley, Raleigh,
xas elected Outer Guard.
Tar Drppings.
The Anson Building and Loan As
sociation, during its 20 years of life
have not changed officers. Dec. 31st
26 shares matured amounting to
$200,000.
The Charlotte postoffice did over
$135,000 business in 1909.
Mecklenburg issued 610 marriage
license last year, white 292; colored
318
The Talcum Puff Co., of Asheville,
the second largest talc concern in
the Avorld, shipped 3,000,000 cans
last year. An issue of $25,000 7 per
ent preferred stock is authorized.
Wadesboro lias a new building and
loan association.
Judge Sykes at Durham, recom
mended for the Jackson Training
School at Concord, one little Bud
Davis, a small Avhite boy of seven
teen, Avho has been peddling Avhiskey
in Oi nd Durham counties.
Statesville's handsome new Meth
odist church Avas dedicated last Sun
day. Cost $40,000.
A mammoth mass meeting of cit
izens, at Elizabeth City, condemned
the city Avater.
The Quarantine against small-pox
at Rocky Mount has been raised.
At New Bern the Hawk timber
lands and saw mill have been sold.
Price, $7,000. Land, 2,500 acres.
Figures submitted by the internal
revenue officers to Secretary J. S.
Kuykendall. of the board of trade
show that the sales of manufactured
tobacco by the manufacturers of
Winston-Salem during the past year
were 4.357,301 pounds more than
during 1908.
Col. Ashley Home, of Clayton, is
rapidly recovering from his recent
attack of pneumonia.
Wade & Morison, contractors for
railway grading and general con
struction, have renewed their con
tract for another year with the pen
itentiary for 15.0 convicts. For sev
eral years they have employed this
number, paying $1.50 a day for the
laLon They sr.rc building Iavo rail
ways in Luiubetron section.
The American Institute of Electri
cal Engineer:;, embracing more than
6,000 members in all parts of the
world, will hold its annual conven
tion of 1910. Chat lot te March 23-25.
- Baxter Ellis Wocten committed
suicide by sti angulation at Thomas- ,
ville.
NORTH STATE CULLTNGS.
THREE BROTHERS JAILED.
Charged With Obtaining Money on
Bogus Bill of Lading for Cotton.
Wilmington, Special. Sheriff E.
W. Sumniersille and Deputy S. W.
vellum, of Onslow county, passed
ihrough the city on December 28th,
conveying to jail at Jacksonville,
barter Fisher, B. B. Fisher and G.
Ei. Fisher, charged with defrauding
;he banks at Iiichlands and Jaekson
rilo, Onslow county, of about $460
)n bogus bills of lading for cotton
illeged to have been shipped from
Verona in the same county.
They Avere captured at Cerro
Grordo, Columbus county, by Mr. C.
3. Hicks, formerly cashier of the
Bank of Whiteville, who is said to
iav been defrauded by a fourth of
;hc Fisher brothers, and Deputy
sheriff Amraons, of Whiteville. The
Fisher brothers are said to be natives
)f Onslow, but liavo been living in
3eorgia for some time and are said
to be Avanted in several States for
SAvindling banks in much the same
oianner as they operated in Onslow.
As result of the trial of the Fisher
brothers, charged with conspiracy,
tAvo of the brothers a.re in joil in
iefault of bond, also the stepfather,
John D. Fisher, Avas placed in jail,
according to developments of the
crial.
Rockingham Power Company.
Wilmington, Special. It is an
nounced here thzd at a recent meet
ing cf the bondholders of the Rock
ingham Power Company, in Ncav
York, at Avhich 97 per, cent of the
bonds Avere represented, the indepen
lent bondholder plan proposed by
North Carolina inteerst Avas substi
aited for the plan of the reorganiza
tion committee and a meeting com
posed of J. P. Council, Hugh Mac
lae, of North Carolina, and Robert
E. McCormick, of Chicago, was ap
pointed to put the plan in effect.
It is believed iioav that the ob
stancles to the successful financing of
the development, are out of the Avay
and that the property will be
speedily completed along the lines
contemplated by the original pro
moters. Rifle Tound in Hollow Tree.
Greenville, Special. Don Carson,
a young man of Bethel, this county,
while setting mink traps in a creek
near his home a few days ago found
an old rifle in a hollow tree. Inquiry
as to the gun brought out the fact
that it Avas hid there in 18G5 by a
Confederate soldier Avho Avas being
pursued by a posse Avith dogs. The
rifle also bore marks of having been
used in the Mexican Avar, and not
withstanding the long time it had
been in this IioIIoav tree, Avith a little
rubbing-up it Avas ready for use
again.
Our Industrial Conditions.
Raleigh, Special. A showinsr of in
dustrial conditions in North Carolina
that is highly gratifying is reflected
in the Department of State, the Cor
poration Commission and the De
partment of Labor and Printing.
The records in the oiTice of the Sec
retary of State show that during the
past 12 months there have been is
sued 978 charters to neAv industrial
corporations, 542 of this number hav
ing been granted "within the past six
months. There were charters for 26
neAv cotton mill corporations.
Of Interest and Profit.
Winston-Salem, Special. Officials,
division managers and North Caro
lina salesmen of the Virginia-Caro-lina
Chemical Company held a meet
ing here and discussed varous mat
ters relating to the affairs of Vm
company, such as busines conditions;
prospects for the coming year, etc.
Judge Bynum is Dead.
Charlotte, Special. Judge Preston
Bynum, one of North Carolina's
strongest men. died last Thursday.
He had served his state as soldier,
lawyer and judge. He Avas a native
of Stokes county.
Murders Kinswoman.
Wadesboro, Special. Jas. Smith
shot and kiled his cousin, CoraAllen.
She Avas ill in bed at the time.
Smith after committing the deed,
mounted his horse and rode away.
Car Line By Feb. 1st.
High Point, Special. That High
Point will have street cars running
by February 1 is now a .sure thing.
Murdered Across Line.
Asheville, Special. Sheriff Cole, oi
Madison, says the Chinaman avIig
was murdered across the line in
Tennessee, 10 years ago, supposedly
by a confession of Pardee Morris, is
up to the Tennessee authorities.
Gigging Pish in Mountains.
Canton, Special Mountain streams
were frozen over last Aveek and sev
eral parties engaged in the sport of
gigging fish. One party killed 55.
and another 40.
The new phono line has been com
piled to Elkin.
tfieriif Pdcei Into Ctotiiss vViri.
Statesville, Special. While chas
ing a desperate negro, Avhom he
thought at the time had committed
murder, Sheriff J. M. Deaton ran in
to a patent clothes Avira and Avas
seriously injured.
The Scottish Rites Masons closed
their session at Charlotte jast Wed
nesday. The event Avas one of tin
busiest in the history of the ordej
in this State.
NEWS BREVITIES
Condensed from Wide Fields,
Domestic and Foreign.
AS THEY ARE HAPPENING DAILY
Suited to the Wants of Busy Readers
Seeking a Knowledge of What is
Going on.
Wade Higginbotham, a deputy
sheriff of Oeplousa parish, La., and
Ozenc Roy, a farmer, killed each
other in a pistol at Aranaudville.
Benj. Dillon, chief of the Louis
ville lire department, died of injuries
sustained while making a fast run to
a fire.
Frederick Remington, noted writ
er, painted and illustartor is dead at
ms home at Iudgeneld, Conn.'
After one week's illness, Maj. John
It. Cannon, of Manassas, Va., died
Christmas morning at the home of
bis -nephew, 'John-A. Cannon, mayor
of Kensington, Md.
Gen. Booth is ijiaking a determined
effort to cope with the vexed ques
tion of the homeless Avhen in Lon
don. He has gained possession of a
five-story building situated in Great
Peter street, Westminster, which will
be used forthwith for housing home
less men from 12 midnight to 6
o'clock in the morning.
Horace II. Chittenden, son of the
late Lucius E. Chittenden, secretary
of the treasury under Lincoln, is
dead at his home near Burlington,
Vt.
EdAvard A. Springs, a driver in the
Augusta, Ga., fire department, Avas
thrown from his seat on the engine
and both the wheels passed over his
body, causing instant death.
At Birmingham, Ala., during
Christmas there Avere three homicides
and one accidental electrocution.
Fire at Oeala, Fla., completely de
stroyed the Dixon Cedar Pencil fac
tory, entailing a loss of half a million
The scarcity of elephants in Cuba
has caused a Cuban planter to refuse
to accept a shipment of machinery
delivered to his order by a New York
manufacturer. The contract called
for light machinery that could be
packed inland on mules, but the plain
tiff's complaint recites that Avhen the
crates arrived, they could only be car
ried by elephants.
A London special says it is un
officially declared that the internation
al exhibition which was proposed to
be held at Cape Town on the occas
ion of the opening of the union parlia
ment next year has been postponed
for the reason that the exhibition
would not prove successful..
Cotton spinners of Saxony are con
templating remoA'ing their plants
bodily to Texas. To that end, Gustav
L. Hergett, of Boston, is in San
Antonio intervieAving business men
and seeking promises of support.
Because his wife had expressed a
desire to go to her parents' home to
spend Christmas, James J. Blakeley,
35 years old, a railroad foreman, shot
her several times Avith a revolver and
then killed himself at their home in
Algreirs, La.
The Nashville (Tenn.) Railway and
Light company, folloAving a custom in
vogue for several years past, distribut
ed $2,946.(55 among its employes a3
Christmas presents, the amounts to
each employe being based on time of
service and past record.
At Anniston, Ala., Leon Jordan
was killed by Dorsey Mannings, a re
porter and son of Judge Mannings,
during a scuffle at the Talladega
Mountain Home office.
A spreading rail caused a Canadian
Pacific passenger tarin of tAvelve
coaches, four of them sleeping cars,
to jump into a ditch near Chapleau,
Man., east of Fort William, Ont., and
fifty persons were injured, none
seriously.
At Chicago a four-year-old hoy re
ceived a Christmas present of $25,000
from a jury in the Superior Court.
At ShaAvnee, Okla., five worro-euy
it is believed, Aveer killed and seven
teen others Avere injured by the ex
plosion of a locomotive boiler that
wrecked the repair shop of the Chica
go, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
Americans who explored Tiburon
Island, in the Gulf of California, say
it has no rich mines or man-eating
natives.
"Citizen" Ampt, of Cincinnati, left
his estate of $150,000 for free city
convicts.
At least eight persons are dead and
two others Avere seriously injured at
Ilillsville, Pa., at the result of the ex
plosion of an oil lamp in the home of
Santano Cirbo.
W. W. Cummer, one of the most
prominent citizens of Jacksonville,
Fla., is dead. He was at the head of
the big Cummer Lumber Company,
and the Cummer Phosphate Works,
and Avas vice-president of the Cook
Cummer Steamship Company, which
runs a line of schooner barges be
tAveen Jacksonville and Philadelphia
and Providence in the lumber and coal
trade.
"Little Tim" Sullivan, politician,
died in New York.
A Fresno (Cal.) man killed his
Avife, fatally Avounded his two children
with a hatchet, ran under a train and
was killed.
A Pittsburg (Ky.) miner killed his
wife, her mother, a storekeeper and
himself because he was jealous.
Charles L. Warriner, treasurer of
the Big Four Railroad, Avas sentenced
to six years for taking $643,000.
An 8-year-old girl, of St. Louis has
been arrested three times. and accus
ed of shop-lifting and is. again lock
ed up.