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Unci Sam's Sixteen War-Dogs Drop Anchor In
Hampton Roads After ClrcumnavlCatlnf ' -The
Globe Ships In Fino' Trim.
AKBMCA'S UOOUD BUUXOrO TLEBTV -
T :' !': V' miviaojr. -(; -v "
CONNECTICtlTr, QmpL Ihm OrtA.'
C1N8A8, Cpt. dtnte B. TwflMd.
HIKKKSOTA, Cpt.:John Bnbbud.
VERMONT Jpt. fmnk F. Tlobw, "
-, : ssoom) Binsioir. .
Bmt lAAninl IMbrf WdBilcM. Oeamniar.
GEORGIA, ComiiiaJer Geoif W. KKn. v
KIBRA8KX Capt Bffind4 F. Niehokon.
NEW JERSEY, Cap. William H. H. Snthwla&d.
RHODE ISLAND, Capt. Joseph B. MnrdMk.
.t:?:v TBjBBDiyiSipH.; ;.('-:
: Koar JUmiral Beatwi Sdtroeder, Commander.
LOUISIANA, Cpt. Kearath Nilw.
VTROIKIA, Cap, Alexander Sharp.
OHIO. Capt. Thomas B. HAvtod.
MISSOURI, Capt. Robert If. Doyle.
, FOURTH DtVISIOH. -Rear
AAmlral WtQUa F. Potter, Commander. .
WISCONSIN,;- Cap. Fraak BV Beatty.
ILLINOIS. Capt. John M. BoWyer.
KEAR SAROE, Capt, - BamiHon Hutchins. '
KENTUCKTu Capt., Walter C. CoWles.
ITINERARY" OF TEE FLEET.
Left Hampton Reads December 18, 1007.
Arrived Rio t)e Janeiro January 12, 1908.
Arrived Pnnta Arenaa January 31. 1008.
Arrivel Valpariso February J4, 1908.
Arrivel Caliad. February 20, .1908.
Arrived Magdalena Bay March 12, 1908.
Arrived San Franefoo May fl, 1908.
Arrived Honolulu July 16, 1808.
Arrived Auckland August 10. 1908.
Arrived Sydney August 20, 1908.
Arrived Melburne August; 29, 1908.
Arrived Manila October 2.. 1908.
Arrived Yokohama .October 18, 1908.
Arrived Manila, First Squadron October 31, 1908.
Arrived Amoy, Second Squadron. October 30, 1908.
Arrived Colombo December 12, 1908.
Arrived Port Said January 5, 1909.
Arrived Naples January 10,1909.
Arrived Yillefranche January 11, 1909.
Arrived Malta January ,14 1909.
Arrived Marseilles' January 15, 1909. A
Arrived Gibralta January 31, 1909.
Arrive Hampton Roads February 22, 1909. .
Total Distajaee CovredV42,227 adhSK''----Time
Cemumed One . year, two mopths and si'dayST f'
Foreign Countries Visited Fifteen. v
U.
Old Point Comfort, Va., Special.
Enthusiastically welcomed by the
mad blowing of the whistles of a
score of naval vessels and a hundred
or more other, ships, this only to be
drowned out by the thunderous sa
luting .of twenty-one guns from each
of the1 sixteen battleships in. the col-
. umn, America's record-breaking fleet
sailed C majestically ; into Hampton
Roads Mionday. - ' - 1 . ' '
It waa the fleet's home-coming af
ter it circumnavigation, of the globe
the most remarkable continuous
voyage ever made by the warships of
any navy.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
of the' Navy Newberry, who were the
.last to bid the fleet Godspeed when it
left Hampton Roads December 16,
' 1907, were the first to greet it upon
- its return. The President , and his
, . party- of naval officers . and ' ladies
aboard the Mayflower, which was an
chored off Thimble' Shoal Light, about
seven miles- out from Fort Monroe,
sighted the warships as they turned
In through the1 Virginia Capes, then
formally reviewed them. .while they
passed the Mayflower Jn. -.single .col
umn. When, the- fleet had dropped
anchor in the Roads just 'above his
toric bid. Fort Monroe, thif' Mayflower
steamed in' sig.Aa;i4ali4dminl
Sperry, , the commander-in-chief, and
' his flag ofBcers; and : ship i captains
! were received on "board by the Presi
dent, t All, espeeiatly the commander
, in-chief, wen- warmly congratulated
upon the - safe completion of their
- unprecedented eruise. - l -
- Maynower xaea vner Btana.
It. was about 9 o'clock when ,the
Mayflower came from, down the Po
tomac and the Chesapeake Bay and
anchored near Thimble Shoal. Short-
ly after lO o'clock the-deck watch
1 t of the Mayflower-diseovfered' a eol-
' 'I umn of smoke almost-- -directly east-.
, ' ward oyer Cap ' Charles, ' and-half
i an bour later the warships, whieh
' ( had been approaching under- slow
'!'kf'. ,i speed in-order aot to anticipate their
V . scheduled hour., of arrival, cams into
;.'.f ''!-. 'ssight-and passed. the Capes. At 11
.: ;. .' o'clock the fiarship Connecticut lead-UA-
:aV Krivd the TaU-of ,tb Borse
1 .. - Shoe, at whieh point the fleet waa left
-r: by the Mayflower when it followed
: j:1 the baSUeships out of the-Roads at
: ,h the be,Aning of the eruiSe.'' A quar
ter of an. hour, later-the Connecticut
was off the port vbeam' of the May
; flower at a distance of, 3Q0 yards.
When opposite the Mayflower's quar
ter the Connecticut's sis-inch; guns
, bfgan the official salute of 21 guns in
' honor of the navv's commander-in-chief.
Less than ha" of these had
OID liS
been fired when the Kansas, the sec
ond ship in line, took up the sal ate,
quickly followed by the others. The
fleet, which has averaged about 10
knots speed throughout the cruise of
more than 14 months, passed the
President at eight knots and entered
the Roads at six knots.
Admiral Sperry Reports to President
When the Third Souadron had
passed, the" Mayflower lifted anchor
and followed (slowly at a distance.
Some time was necessarily consumed,
owing to the current in the Roads,
caused by the tide, in the ships set
tling into their .berths. When this
was completed, upon the flash of sig
nals from the Connecticut to the
Mayflower, Admiral Sperry personal
ly greeted the President and Secre
tary of the Navy and announced
thai he stood ready to, report the end
of his eruise. ; The report was then
made in person. Admiral Arnold be
ing accompanied to the Mayflower in
launches by the three other rear ad
mirals of the fleet and the ship cap
taina. v : - ' -
following the President's reception
of. the officers; the Mayflower started
back to Washington and ihe officers
and men as many as could be spared
at one time," rushed ashore, most of
them to Old Point, to greet the mem
bers -of their families and friends
who had come from various parta of
the .country to : welcome them home.
The other officers will be? given this
temporary shore leave in , relays of
about , 0nefourth of the number on
each ship'at one time, until all have
had the Vound. After hat, they will
bei granted -such liberty as they can
be, spared' for until the ships proceed
to .their home yards for docking and
repairs." " '" r--o-.'i
Nona the Worse for 42,227 Mils Tri.
' As the battleships came ' in today
looking their fittest and ' apparently
none the worse-for the wear of the
long voyage of '42.227 miles; equal to
almost twice the distance around the
equator, the naval authorities drew a
breath of relief. Not that there had
been - any. apprehension at any time
of any serious difficulties, either in
the matter of navigation or possible
military work; to do, but -because the
handing of sixteen of the most mod
ern and formidable sea-flghting en
gines of the world, the supplying
them with coal, oil and food j the
di&erent ports where stops were
made, and providing the ships, with
the pick of the officers and men of
the navy while on foreign . view, re
qnired careful and almost constant
attention, from the time . tha cruise
was first projected, in July, 1907, un
til the command left Gibraltar a lit
tle over two weeks ago. ;
WITH N. C. UWMJIKERS
Dotoft W tbs Staca Lsgialaivs Oas
4isad-I&tsmtinff lts ma
Vr t Day.
In the Seaate Thursday tba fnllow
iat are among the bills introduced:
- SiarbMk ' Ineorponte . Tsdkisi
River Railway Company. -
ITJiott: Placing all ek-ConfederaU
uUUmJtm .! jwpsko JftLi'ii
.1 Fharrv Attend Resal.rre,
Wive inilding and -loan, asaoei.
Kltta: -Authorise directors f the
Soldiers-' Horn 1 to 'furnish nniforms
t suits of gray; for. ths inmates. W
.The lattswloc S bilk passed flaal
Jtii Bflo 'amend Rerisaj relatiyf 'W
fissnsuig muttauoM.
.Aathonre, boards f eduratioa t
purebass Ashe's "History of North
Carolina." ,: .. r
a In the House the following . uaw
bills were introduced :
Cox, of;;Wake:-- Equalise tax
sediment in the. State..
Cox, 'si Wa'ke rrest' suitsble pub-
He buildings in Raleigh for ths State.
Carries $750,000 bonds for an office
buildings to take the place of the
present Agricultural and ' Supreme
Court Building.
Julian "(by request) : Appropriate
$500 toward suitably marking the
birthplace of Andrew Jackson.
" Morgan (by request): Adopt as a
State song "Carolina,", by Miss
Bettie Freshwater Poole.
Hagemon: Aid Watauga Railway
Company to construct a road from
some point on the Caldwell ft North
ern Railroad to Boone, in Watauga
eounty.
Thursday in the legislative realm
was given interest by action upon
two important measures. Senator
Barringer'a bill forbidding the mile
age ticket practice failed in the Sen
ate by Lieutenant Governor New-
land's vote, and the Senate judiciary
committee voted 9 to 8 for a favor
able report on an anti-trust measure
which follows the lines of the Man
ning substitute. It is termed a filing
down of the the original bill.
The followingare" among the bilk
that passed final reading in the Sen
ate Friday:
Relating to the sale of merchandise
in bulk.
RjlaticA to salaries of bank ex ami-
iTersmaW, the-salaries of each o
than two $2,400. .
H, B. to facilitate the release of
mortgages and deeds of trust.
Amend Revisal as to escapes.
Prevent fraud upon merchants and
traders.
Amend the charter of the Farmers'
Mutual Fire Insurance Association of
North Carolina.
New bills of general interest were
as follows:
u Pharr: Providing for the mainten
ance of the North Carolina room in
the Confederate. Mansion, Richmond.
; 'In the House; the following passed
thirdJ reading: '
' The ' following? are among, the new.
bills offered :
McDonald, of Moore: Allow coun
ties, cities and townships to purchase
first mortgage bonds of railroad com
DSnies organized under the laws of
North Carolina.
C&c, of i Wake: Establish a State
conservation commission to protect
forests and water-powers,
t Connor: Relieve holders of mile
age books and promote convenience
of the traveling public.
- Campbell : Pension all old soldiers
in North Carolina.
kGreen: For the relief of Confed
erate soldiers.
: ... flmltam Increase the pensions of
ttld Soldiers who lost both eyes, bath
arms, both legs or one arm, one leg
or one eye. -
irWttirli lta introHnced in tho Senate
Saturday were in part as follows:
TVimriitnn -AmnA the Revisal as
to the duties and powf r of notaries.
Peele:. Amend the charter of the
Salisburv-FayottevUls : Coast Line
Railroad -Company: - '-.
- irii,,,.. VorhM tli sal of certain
Bareotic drinks toabiUua and re
peal a. clause of Chapter n, Acts oi
1907.-, r . '
trii; . - PmvMa ti ' Anstrahan
CMUVt.i : . w uv - .
ballot for eleotiona in North Carolina.
A bill of general interest mat pass
ed final reading was to compel
A-vnMaa MttinahSa - to make ' nrompt
settlements of C. O. D. shipments. (A
Uliinti Aaannintinn hillY. ..
Think! wiri Jar?e- number of bull
lu;n Vatiflad ht President Pro Teuu
Vr,Hw mhmn anatnr Nimocks TOSS tO
rqtietttaaof-parliamentarjr ' inquiry
98 0f, .toe power ot ine rrewueui, i
Tern.: to ratify vbills.. .'He Cwas in
formed that this matter had been
carefully investigated and that it was
found that there .was ample uw ior
Pro" Tern, to uerform
all tie. functions of the President in
the absence of that official, including
the ratification of bills. ' ' r
Tta Solicit or ' Ralarv bill bv Sena
tors Ormond and Blow, reported fav
orably durlag the morning hour with
a salary of $2,500 specifled, wrs maae
a snecial order for next Thursday on
motion of Senator Ormond. .
In th House Saturday as i& the"?
Senate much business was done but
largely of. local interest. Ths follow
i m v. u:ti.
aiq ra b ua; un now wua lunv
dueed!; . . : . ' ,
Gordon: .'Issue jbond to carry out
set of 107 relative to the care of the
insane, Aha , amount - earried being
$soo,ood o '
Gordon ! t Prevent 1 advertising for
sale and the sale of article to pre
vent eoptjuKv:.;.. I.; . -'
' Koqnef f.. Authorise, eommissioners
of any; ;pnmty where aa xjpeiiment
farm ofiother station has beta estab
lished cj k about to be established
to aid tie Department of Agriculture
by donating hind or otherwise-
Daily f Amend Cbaptsr 349, ,I
of 1903,: relating to givmg and filling'
prescriptions. O
Bras Wf 11: Prevent the iadiscrimi
aate -mMufacture and sale of duplicate-
swftehloek keys.
Weavar: Allow foreign executors
in certain eases to convey land de
vised, ts them without first giving
bond ti. thir Saie.
.. Barney of Johhston : Amend 1506.
Revisal telatrre to the trial of erusav
na cases.',.
Doughton: Amend Chapter 83fl,
Laws of 1907, relative to the salar
of the corporation elerk.
Bolton : Regulate the distribution
of samples of patent and proprietary
medioines from house to bouse.
Turlington:. Allow the Attorney
General a law clerk.
Turlington (by request) : Charter
the Statesville Air Line Company.
Mr. TJnderwood called up the com
mittee substitute for his bill to pro
vide for the electrocution at the State
prison of all felons sentenced to the
death penalty, abolishing hanging in
tho State.
Mr. Ferry, of Bladen, sent forward
an amendment to substitute life im
prisonment at bard labor for electro
cution. ' Mr. Doufcbton was sustained
on a point of order that the amend
ment was not germane,
A committee amendment was tack
ed to the bill prohibiting newspapers
from printing anything concerning an
electrocution save the bare faet of the
execution, but this was withdrawn on
the suggestion of Messrs. Doughton,
Stubbs-and Hayes that it would be
impossible to attach any penalty to
its violation and therefore the provis
ion could not be enforced, aa the con
stitution, freedom of the press ould
not be interfered with.
The bill was passed on its readings
with neither discussion nor division.
Mr. Haymore wanted to protest!, but
he got to his feet too late. The Set
Oes into effect from its ratification,
but will not apply to any case pend
ing at date of ratification. 1
Many private roll-call bills were
passed on second reading. -
The following are some of the new
bills offered in the Senate Monday:
Ormond: Amend article 8 of the
constitution relating to corporations
other than njuni.cpal.
'; Ormond: Auitipd Chapter 100, Re
visal, relative to domestic insurance
companies. '
Starbuck: Permit judgments on
appeal bonds where bankrupts are
defendant. '
Doughton: Amend 4097 Revisal re
lative to the annual appropriation for
education.
Fry : Incorporate Southern Assem-
bly. ' ,
:. President Kluttz announced to the
Senate that the Attorney General had
furnished a ruling that the power and
authority of the President Pro Tern,
to ratify bills in the absence of the
Lieutenant Governor was ample and
sufficient. ' , -
' A resolution was sent forward by
Mr. Scott that when the Senate ad
journ it do so in honor; of . George
Washington. This was put upon its
immediate passage.!
- The Senate at 2:25 adjourned at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning. ? .. ;
.- The following new. bills of general
interest were introduced in the House
Monday:
Gaston: Amend Revisal 450 rela
tive to the prosecution and defense
bonds in cities and eounties. " . ;
Graham: Regulate the distribution
of samples of proprietary and patent
medicines from house to house. '
v;Dowd: Amend Revisal 2870 in- re
gard to building and loan associations
so as to limit their authority to bor
row moneys to an aggregate equal to
one-third of the capital stock. "
'McNeely: Make all roads now
traversed by. rural : mail -delivery
rontaa nnhlia roada. ""-. '
- The revenue bill was, on motion oft
Chairman Dowd, taken up, the House
going into committee of the Whole for,
this purpose Representative1 Ironc
was called to the chair.
: When Section 32, real estate egents
was reached, there was a. discussion
over persons not attorneys being tax
ed for drawing deeds and contracts
for pay, but it was decided to adopt
the section as it is now in the .law,
several' amendments being ' voted
down. ' V J : : "-:::'-r
At 12:30 o'clock the committee of
the whole arose and reported progress
through Section 32. . ; i ?
Mr. Hayes offered the, resolution
Mr.'.Sigmon bad removed the seetion
avowing search of premises for pes
session of mora than two and a half
gallons. Mr. Weaver offered an
amendment to his bill that made a
regular search warrant necessary iri
order io examine premises after com
plaint made, but still the. opponents
were not satisfied and after long De
bate kil'-l the bill. j,
that , when the House- adjourn it do so
in honor of" George Washingtoa. . f.
7 On motion of Mr. Dowd the reve
na and machinery aets were made
the speeial order again for1 Tuesday.
At 2:30 the House took reeees till
8 at night.
- The night sessiott of the Ho.nse
wa enlivened with ,spiey ! debates oa
local fish and liquor questions, with
the result that the bill to regulate the
plaaing of stationery nets in Neuse'
and Trent rivers, Pamlico eounty,
was sent back to the committee; and
the Buncombe bill of Mr. Weaver,,
tightening the prohibition law in that
county with the purpose of prevent
ing the near-beer establishments of
Asheville from selling intoxicating
liquors under cover of their legiti
mate, business, was tabled amid ap
plause. The Buncombe bill called
forth a vigorous " protest from Mr.
Morton on account of the provision
allowing search of premises.
The Burke county bill had passed
prohibiting illegal sale of liquor after
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
In ths Sonata Thursday the sharp
est controversy of the season occur
red between Senators LaFollette and
Penrose, ths former charging that
important bills were held to the last
and rushed through without delibera
tion and the latter retorting that the
former was derelict of duty in his
committees.
The controversy over the legisla
tive appropriation Mil, in connection
with thi much discussed salary, of ths
Secretary of State, involving the eli
gibility of Senator Knox for that of
fice, Was settled in the House Thurs
day when the bill was sent to con
ference and the committee authoris
ed to consider the salary provision as
if in disagreement. This gives ths
committee power to reduce the. pay
from $12,000 to $8,000, its former
figure. The Bepublioana.wars oaarfit
napping when a . resolution by Mr.
Fitcgerald was adopted disagreeing
to the iSenaie amendments creating
the offices of under secretary and
Fourth Assistant Secretary of State.
'After being discussed at different
times for a year, the bill revising,
oodyfyiftg and amending the penal
laws Of the United States was passed.
Vigorous attacks on the House
rules were made by Messrs. Hubbard
and Hepburn, of Iowa. The latter
asserted that members had betrayed
their trust and prostrated themselves
at the feet -of the Speaker who, he
said, had been made a tyrant.
The fortifications appropriation
bill was discussed. The cruise of tho
battleship fleet and the question of
battleship construction received at
tention. The bill was pending when the
House at 5:19 p. m. took a recess
until 11 a. in. Friday.
Not during the present session of
Congress has such a large amount of
legislative business been done by the
Senate as was accomplished Friday.
The army bill, carrying appropria
tions amounting to $102,636,050, and
the pension bill, with appropriations
aggregating $160,869,000 of which
$160,000,000 was for pensions and
$869,000 for fees, etc., were passed.
Forty-five other bills, forty of which
had previously been favorably acted
upon by 4he House was passed.
Three of the great supply measures
of the government passed through
varioul stages of enactment into law
in the House of Representatives Fri
day: ' The fortifications bill was com
pleted and went over to the .Senate;
the sundry civil bill was reported and
the postoffice appropriation bill was
sent to conference. ,
The 'Indian appropriation bill e
cupied. almost the entire time of the
Senate Saturday 'and was, passed with
appropriations aggregating over $9,
000,000. Of this amount about $1,
500,000 was added to the bill by Sen
ate amendments.
Two more of the annual supply
bills, the diplomatic and consular and
the mailitary academy measures, were
passed by the House of Representa
tives Saturday in a" comparatively
brief time. : Neither exeited, much de
bate not were they amended in any
important particular. Tho rivers and
harbors bill also was passed under
suspension of the rules, after Mr.
Keifer (Ohio) had inaugurated a full
fledged filibuster against it in the ex
pectation of securing an amendment
providing for a survey of the propos
ed Ohio canal. . The House also sent
the nensian bill to conference. -
, Following a speech by Mr. Hitch
cock (Nebraska) advocating the im
position of an income tax, the sundry
civil bjlh carrying an appropriation
of $137,000,000, was called up and an
agreement reached whereby two hours
were to be devoted Monday to general
debate.
At 5 :57 th House adjourned Until
Sunday at noon when a special ses
sion was held for the delivery of
of Towa. and Latimer of South Caro-- J
lina, and Representative - Wiley of I J
Alabama. . . ,--Jf
. For two h(:'Mif,
the Bana-trtoiftiBs imfe
ings bank proposal but aa tt.fio';-)'
reaeh an agreement as to a day for j
voting on the measure that Senator : J :
Carter, of Montana, is urging, failed. 4 . -i
. The -reading by Senator McLanrin, "
of Washington's farewell address ,-' ;
consumed the first hour of the see- -
!si6n." '-'Seaator AWrieh obtained the .. . j
consent of the Senate to a reSolntioa .''
continuing the . eommittees of tho . ... 1
-Senate -asibey. now .exist until their . J
successors are ohosen in the next reg- ' :
ular session. . I
The agricultural appropriation bill .
was taken up. The Senate adjourned f ,
at 4:40 p. m. ' : . I
A second speech by Mr. Rainey, of f ;
Illinois, reiterating his former state- .
mehts concerning the Panama canal,
and a bitter arraignment of Mr. .
Rainey by Mr. Burton, of Ohio, fur
nished, the principal incidents in ths . ; ' "
House of Representatives Monday. y
After the Illinois member had spoken
for an hour in further denunciation
of William Nelson Cromwell, Mr.
Burton took the floor to make reply.
He vigorously defended Mr. ! Cnnm "'
well, Charles P. Taft, President-elect -
Taft and others whom Mr. Rainey on S V
a former occasion had made objects -
of his attack. Mr. Rainey, he said,
had furnished no proofs of wrdng- do-
ing in connection with' the purchase ' '
of the Panama canal franchise, but . .
instead had conjured up wrongs and "
buttressed them with slander and ,v .
falsehood, thereby placing himself on .' .-' ;
a level with "the scurvy politician." " '
Mr. Lovering, of Massachusetts, .
joined in the discussion and insisted
that Mr. Rainey had proven nothing. -
The incident was closed by a decla
ration by Mr. Cockran, of New York,
that persons whose reputations were
attacked in the House should have au ,;
opportunity to defend themselves in
the same place.
Following the -sending of the army j
and maian appropriation diiisto con
ference1, consideration of the -sundry ""T
civil appropriation bill was resumed, .
and it was pending when the House . i
at 6 :12 p. m. adjourned, .
Negro Shoots Whits Boy. '
Memphis, Tenn., Special. James
Holman Taylor, aged 16 years, a
nephew of Chief of Police Davis, of
this . eity, was shot and killed near
his father's home in South Memphis;
late Wednesday by Eddie Prode, I
negro. Following the killing ; which
was the outcome of a minor quarrel,
a crowd of several hundred persona
formed and began a search for Prod a,
intent on inflicting quiok punishment.
VEWSY GLE.IONGS.
.
Several more women were attacked!
by a stabber In Berlin.
Dr. James Ewing urges the value .
of vivisection In cancer research,
work.
Officials at St. Petersburg look for
no hostile action by Austria toward
Servia. , ' ;
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
sold $29,864,000 bonds to J. P. Mor
gan St Co.
ftpi-man-American societies be ran
a crusade in New York against the
treating system. .
Russell Sturgis, the architect and -writer,
died in New York City in his
seventy-third year. . , -.-
Fordham 8tudents. New York City,
organixed a club to be devoted eifc -Urely
to charity work. .
Americana and Cubans in Havana .
Joined in a ceremony ot commemora
tlon ot the destruction ot the Maine,
eleven years ago.- ,
The Hawley interests left the Col ,
orado and Southern board and en
tered the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- -way
directorate. y-
An ice barrier formed in the Nia
gara River Just above th American
falls, the water barely trickling over
the great precipice. -, , ,
The Government law making
changes in the administration ot cit
ies and provinces was passed by the
Spanish Cortes at Madrid. ;
The State Department at Washing
ton, D. C., was Informed by cable that
Commissioner Buchanan had signed
a protocol witbe yenesuelajiGov
ernment .'. ' - ",' " " .
AS a result ot ths trip of engineers
to Panama with President-elect. Taft
It is said In Washington, D. C, that -there
will be no change in the plana
ot the Isthmian Canal. ' v -
. -Why Kings Lie Awake. ; ';
A London correspondent says King
Edward eats a square meat Juat be
fore retiring. This closely resembles
a clew to the origin ot the saying,
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown." Louisville Courier-Journal.
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