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TENNESSEE NOW "DRY" No More Liquors Will Be Man* factored in the State. DISTILLERIES ALL CLOSED While No Liquor May Bo Manufactured in Tenneiaee, It May Be Stored and Shipped Into Other State*. Nashville. Tmn Tim low by the hint legislature prohibiting the manufacture el intoxicating liquor in .Tennessee wont into effect Friday at midnight. Forty-one whiskey distilleries and live bin breweries are affected and all announced, It is said, a suspension of operations with the close of the business day. It is conceded, however, that some one Of thPin will minmlt !i .loti overt act for the purpose of testing the statute. Which one, the liquor men declined to say, but it is understood th.it a Chattanooga iiriu is booked to, having the backing of all tho others. One whiskey plant with headquarters here closed down its distilleries during the day, finding its big warehouses full and in a position to supply Its trade outside the state for a long time to come. Other plants here and contiguous closed Willi full stocks. Cue noted distillery in Moore county announced that it has an immense supply of whiskey on hand and that tho price will hereafter he $1 a gallon more than heretofore. They explain the advance by saying that em pioyees who are the heads of families will bo kept on their pay rolls. The amount expended annually in the manufacture and handling of thiB one brand of whiskey is estimated at halt a million. The closing of the plant, It is Bald, will stop a daily expenditure of |500 in Moore county. The management has heretofore brought all the corn produced in Moore coun ty and supplies and stock from the counties of Franklin, .Lincoln and Bedford. Tlie only apple brandy warehouse in the statu is a department of this plant and was also closed. The big breweries, it is said, will devote their attention to the manufacture of soft drinks. MONEY IN TREASURY COUNTED. Not a Cent Found Missing From the United States Treasury. Washington, D. C.?To count the coins and securities in the United 8tat.es treasury it. has taken a committee of tour persons, supervising i i win i ini i v iu luuv c.\pcnn, almost two motnhs. Upon the retirement of Charles 11." Trent, as treasurer, it became necessary lor a counting of the contents of the vaults to be made, and the incoming treasurer, Leo McClung, gave receipt for all valuable. Mr. MeClung will give to Mr '!? u iv?r.r?it.t 1/if <* 1 mil 75W/T tlui exact contents ot tin" - - _tr Ousury. >iot a cent was found to he ttiis.-ing from Undo Sam's pocketbook. It was the quickest count ever made by the treasury, and was absolutely necessary before Mr Treat could be relieved ot' the responsibility of the otttce. si4i.2riii.nnii hivkn away Public Benefactions for 1909 Reach An Immense Total. New York City?The total public brae-factions in the United States during the past twelve months was ?lll,2011,000, an amount Just 1-10,000,out, greater than any previous year in ths history of the country, according to statistics compiled by a New * ork newspaper. The amount this year was twice as largo as was given away last year, following the panic of 1007. The principal benefactors in 1009 have been the late John S. Kennedy of New York. $20,650,000; John D. Rockefeller, $12,852,000, and Andrew Carnegie, $t>,05(),511. Of the total amount given in 1009, over one third was given specifically Kir 11 luciimiiiu wuiiv. The total benefactions In the Cnit-I od States reported in the public pross In tlu( JaBt seventeen years add up to j no less than one billion one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. j $506,000 i uk mine victims. f Red Cross Has Money for . SuffererG by Illinois Horror. Chicago, III. lCrnest I' Hieknell, national director of the Ri d Cross society, who was in Chicago en route to Cherry, 111., the .< ne of the1 recent min? disaster, announced that | Ill- YV< >11 III I U ' III I i: I II' ill IVM II consuls in ('h(eaj<o soon lor lina! disbursements of the relict fund. The total fund io: the bereft families will Aggregate * ')(>,000. (Jut of t Ins : ii 18;") widow and I5!5 children tire to; be cared for. kav ijmphhFe dead. He Was Connected With the Gunness Murders. LaPorte, Ind. Kay l^ainphere,' thii t v biirhi < arfi old, slayer of Mrs. Belle Cfiiiiii' and her children, died of tuberculin if in the Michigan City; im .11111 nt i ii' \ 1 . i-/. h*? wna unrvin^ an imlcturmimtf term of from two to fourteen w ii for ar3on. I .amplify on April 28, 11MI8, 8ft lire In ttu (i'iiiiioh homo, near l.al'orte, and ?( ;ii? : itetl the family. 11 had forrlioi i? i. n employed by Mrs 31**11 r.nni s a workman on Iht fa. in 1' Mowing lli?' lire the hod es 01 s< < il persons who had heeii murder* | i,v Mrs. Uunness were un eart ii - in I tip farm yard. MISSISSIPPI hit I Mil. Ml. Sixty Men Tossed Into the River at St. Louis. bt. i jif, Mo. ?- Throe hundred feel of tl. false structure of the Me Kinloy In i lue, now under eonstru< ; lion aero the Mississippi river, i wore knock. <1 out by an ice jam Six | ty men were thrown into t!i* river, j and ?onie of them may have Iwen d row no*. Tin oroperty loss is estimated at $26o,i hi, and completion of the bridge will be delayed several months. WANItll DONFEDKKATEBiUHEDElMEII French Lawyer Had ae A33eto Confederate Bond and Bill. Washington, D. C. Amusement was created ?it the treasury department , by the receipt of a letter trom 0 1 French lawyer, at Fan, Franco, inclos- < Ing a Confederate bond and a flUO Confederate hill, asking that 1 they be redeemed, as Ihny are "asnets" of an estate he l? settling. The I bond and bill will he returned to the I I u/inil, i* with ttin lnr/trir:iMnn f ifir . t n . i war js over, and, any.iow, tlio bonrl 11 and l?lll Rre worthiest ' ?l i A NEW SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI. Colonel Gordon of Oklahoma Succeeds Late Senator McLaurin. Jackson, Miss.?Governor Noel announced the appointment of Colonel James Gordon of Oklahoma as United States senator from Mississippi to HIHTPPil Into Sunntor \ I VInl 0111.I11 The appointment is temporary until I the legislature can elect a senator for the unexpired term of three years and threemonths and is made with the understanding that Senator Gordon will not be a. candidate for tho unexpired term. While it is not expected that Senator Gordon will serve more than two or three weeks, there Is a strong probability of a legislative deadlock, owing to the large number of probable r>?n<) Wlntao uihn a...? i.? ward, and it is not improbable that be liiglit serve a year or more, in event the legislative deadlock remains unbroken. Colonel Gordon is seventy-six years of age, a native of Mississippi and served with distinction in the confederate army. Excepting a four-yoar term in the state senate during the Vardainan administration, he has not been prominent in public life during the past twenty years. One of Governor Noel's principal motives in sinnoint.inir Hnlonnl flnriWm was to convey a compliment to the soldiers of the confederacy. Jackson, Miss.?Sought at one time by the federal authorities under a $10,000 reward for his capture, dead or alive, for alleged conspiracy in the murder of a president of the United States, and now appointed as a member of the legisaltlve body of that country, is the strango experience ot Colonel James Gordon of Okolona, who has been named by Governor Noel as successor to the late A. J. McLaurln. Colonel Gordon was one of the several confederate leaders suspected of being in conspiracy with J. Wilkes Booth to kill President Abraham Lincoln. He escaped arrest and probable death onlv through the intervention.. It is stated, of a yankeo colonol with whom he had crossed swords in a light In Virginia. During the earlier years of the war Colonel Gordon had formed an intimate friendship with Booth, and after the assassination of President Lincoln the reward of $10,U0t> was offered for his capture. Colonel Cordon went to Canada, and it was several months after the close or hostilities before he found it safe to return home. During one of the campaigns in Virginia, Colonel Gordon had crossed swords with the colonel of a New York cavalry regiment. Both were wounded in the conflict, but they afterward became fast friends. Colonel Gordon wrote a letter to this N'ew Yorker, denying that ho had anv part in the Lincoln consnir acy. and stating that he desired to return home. The former toe took tho matter up with General Dicks, tlu>n in command of the army forces in New York, and tlie latter sent him a passport, and an Invitation to come t<> New York and surrender, which he did. llo afterward satisfied General Dicks that lie knew nothing (it the Lincoln conspiracy. He took tho oath of allegiance and returned to his lioine in Chickasa county, where he has since resided. FLORIDA ORANGES NOT DAMAIiED, Groves Too Far South to Be Hurt by Recent Frost. Jacksonville, Fla.?The temperature has risen generally all over the state from 10 to 80 degrees and no fur ther menace to the orange crop is apprehended. A fair estimate ol the damage done places it far below what was feared might result from n possible long continuance of low temperatures. More than half, probably 7f> per cent, of Florida's orange and grapefruit crop is raised south of an oast and west line running through Tampa, and of this 80 to DO per cent had been marketed. What remained on the tr?'es was not damaged by tho lowest temperature recorded in this section, 2S degreos above zero. What earlv vegetables had bene planted w<*r?' chilled, but it is not believed tliey were killed entirely, and the loss will be easily remedied by replanting. In fact, the injury to vegetation iu the Tampa section will amount to almost nothing. Owing to the faet that following the freeze of lo'.tr> the renewal of orange groveH was largely In south Florida, the amount of damage done then will never bn repeated in the State. Manhattan Bridge Upens. New York City.?Manhattan rebelled out another tratlle-embraeing arm to Brooklyn with the opening of the .Manhattan bridge. This gigantic -pan, of the suspension type, like its twin sistor, the original Brooklyn Midge, was designed to relieve the pressure on the old structure. Spencer Trask Killed in Wreck. New York City. ? Spencer Trask, the head of a firm of hankers which for many yearn acted as fiscal agents of the late Queen Victoria, was crushed to death when his private car was wrecked while returning to New York from Yeddo ,i Hilled, 43 injurfifl 111 WHICH. Trenton, Mo. Throe people, two of whom were women, wore killed and at least forty-live injured when I lock Island passenger train No. H, the California special, was wreck, d t wo miles south of hero. The cause ol the wreck Is unknown, although il is thought to have boon caused by spreading rails. New Pacific Fleet. Washington, D. C.?On accout ! ol the growing importance of American Interests in the Par Kast and the dif ncuiiy (ii ;MimimHUTm? me wnoic fleet as now constituted, the navy department hu? decided to divide the i'ac.llic fleet into two separate (loetH, to he known hh the Asiatic fleet and the pacific fleet. The commander or the new Asiatic tU?ot will he Hear Admiral Hubbard. Hear Admiral Harbor will command the Pacific fleet. Peary's Fare Froslblttfin. Washington, D. C. Hoht rt JO. Peary had his tars froslbl'ten When his automobile stranded in t!>n remote regions of Maryland, ivary, Iressed in thin evening clothing and j Ibw shoes, was compelled !<? jump nit In (In* snow and Face a hitlng i wind while he walked about a mile '/??* ! I (J I U t ' fl / ' I I I The miw or the place whora I'na ry''. automobile Ktrandcri was UradUVs I,.in? lie was en ronto from \ 'aahintgon to Druminoml, M<l , i distance ot noven in I If h, aooonipan. (I by ?il' ' fce and IiIh Hitler In-law. jfe. 14,974.448 SOLDIERS That Many Fighting Men Are g Available in United States. c TWO INSPECTIONS ANNUALLY \ State Troop# Will Bo Examined for Field a Duty and on the Condition of Armnment and Equipment. t t Washington, D. C. ? Satisfactory conformity by January 21 with the * Dick militia law, so as to enable all 1 the states and territories to share in f the amounts appropriated by congress c for the maintenance of the organized j militia, is predicted by Lieutenant r Colonel Weaver, chief of the division I of militia affairs, in his annual report \ to the secretary of war. This law t requires that the organization of the r militin hv tliot " ' vuuv uutc III HO L ue L11U I Hamc (18 that of the regular army, it t it is to patricipate in the federal funds. Only the states of Pennsyl- 1 vania and Delaware were reported a as not conforming, with the exeep- t tion of the bands, and in those states p he believes conditions will conform \ by January 21, 1 Tho strength of the organized mill- j tie of the several states and territo- t ries last spring was tlxed at 118,5(21) 1 Officers and rnllst<?d mon Ati - male is made that there are in the 1 United States 14,974,448 males avail- r able for military duty. It is announced that hereafter two r militia inspections will be conducted t annually. That in the spring will be 1 made to determine the sulllciency and f the condition of armament and equip- n ment of tlie troops; the other, during / the period of encampment, to determine their elllciency for Held duty, t In commenting on the reported F hardships experienced by the militia- r men last summer in the maneuvers e in Massachusetts, Colonel Weaver c says that "a caroful examination ot v the conditions does not reveal that c Hioro \vn? nnvfKlnr* no*?Hnnln??l? Air .. v...., w....e ,.,.,uvuiaiij Ull- II ferent from the hardship resulting t from the exigencies of the situation, t GOVERNMENT DEAD LETTER SALE. Demand Was Stimulated by Lottery " Luck. Washington, D. O.?Lottery luck has so stimulated the demand for " otiier people's property lost <>r stray- j] ed in the mails, that the postothce department, in its recent annual sale of v the dead letter oillcc, averaged (j 1 cents more for each parcel than the 0 year before. A report shows tlie recent sale r brought aggregate receipts of $10,- i( 378, averaging $1.35 lor each ot the 7 7.V<? Hopnlnnt .loronlc U The speculative demand tor the f) packages, whose contents were only sparingly made known, and their value lel't an unknown factor, was refleeted in the overcrowding and the calling of police to quell a possible * riot and avert personal injury to the n bidders. Many of the parcels sold in ? the government-conducted game ol chance were prizes; others were vir- (J tually worthless. j' liliflll NFWS Klili SillPl' 11 Supreme Court Allowt. Tennessecans n Time for Good Behavior. c 1 Washington, D. C.?Although a lit tie lute, the supreme court of the United StateB made a Christmas present to the Tennesseeans who ajje confined In the jail of the District of Columbia on a charge of contempt r, of that court. The court allowed tnem ttit' nvo days a month commutation granted for good behavior un- * dor the code of the District. This j, will reduce the terms of the two- .. month prisoners by ten days and will insure their freedom by January 4th. { The three-month men will each re- () ceive a reduction of 15 days, being i freed the first of February. {) The lirst men to be liberated are , Jeremiah (Jibson, the deputy sheriff; ' Henry l'adgett and Richard Mayse. } Sheriff Shipp, Luther Williams and v Nick Nolan are the JMVdav men. II PEACHES NOT 1IUHT. ? Georgia Growers Not Disturbed Over s Recent Cold Spell. Mnrshallville, Ga.?I'each growers | are not in the least disturbed over j| I the results of the recent coWl weath- ^ | or, and, in I act, many of them de- .. clare that the low temperatures will j really result in good for next year's <r?,p- . , , , ,, tl IVviJOl In ICCl'IVCIl X I (Jilt iUIJHCeill f. points ti ll ill soiiH' of (lie lowest teni- t( peratures ever known hero, but. at this season of the year there is danger of the trees bring killed, and Unfreezing of the earth will tend to kill ti various destructive insects. d All prospects are for one of the 0 best crops ever known next year. ^ COLLEGES VOTE FOR FOOTBALL. ? Colleges Want to Retain the Amer- 1 ican Game. 11 New York City. Kitty colleges out 11 of annroximateJy eighty-oiirht in the r Intereoilegiate Athletic association ^ have voted for the retention of the American football game, with the c elimination of mass plays and other '' i dangerous plays. " Five Instiutions voted thut the present game is satisfactory, except tl in mirtur details; seventeen favored ti the Kngllsh game or Rugby; seven ti took a midway position between the r American game and Ilughy, and nine P 1 voted that either the American gam* a should be radically changed or Hug- b hv substituted. Ii WONDERFUL SUBMARINE FEAT. h Boat Dived Under Sinking Vessel anCi v Brought It Up. p I l.pulon, France. ? The submarine v ! cigo'yne performed a remarkable lite- ^ saving feat during a recent storm. w 'Ihe boat was practicing a diving in j, tho open sea, when the commander saw a large Halting boat sink. Tho c submarine dived right under the Hah- j, ing craft. I he Cigogno rose to tho 0( surface, lift ing tlie boat and holding 8I it above water long enongh to take j off the crew. j (iOVERNOH FREAK FINED. , governor or nawan i raveiea on Jap- II ancse Liner to Honolulu. San Francl?co, Cal.?When Govern* !! or Krear or Hawaii, who has boon in . Washington on government business, (> i turnu in hiH expense account, he will w confront the United Btates Auditor n with a problem. o ljo sailed for Honolulu on a Japan- b one liner, and under the < ant wise b navigation act, was torced to pay a tl federal line or |400 Imposed on pan n sengora traveling botween two Amer- h ionn porta on a foreign ship. v, V'-M % * - , 68,000 PtllPLE WANTtB. Government Want* Men and Women to Help Take Census. Washington, D. C.?Any person ot ;ood judgment, who has received an rdlnary common noiinnl ?dm'.ation. an readily pass the test to be given ippllcants for census enumerators' laces on 3aturday, February 6, the late finally set by United States Conus Director Durand, acordlng to an innouncemont from the consus bueau. This will be comforting aBsurince to the several hundred thousand (ersons who are believed to be conemplating application for the places. *v ** mo ontj/iiaviuaiijr nuiit;u ai tut? >ureau that tbe test will bo an emllontly reasonable and practical one, imllur to that applied to applicants it the twelfth census. It will consist >f lining out a sample schedufe of >opulatlon from a description, In narativo form, of typical families; and n the case of enumerators whose vork will bo in the rural districts, hoy will be called on to fill out an idditional sample schedule of agriculiire from information furnished by lie census bureau. All persons, whether women or nen, who may desire to become cenius enumerators must bo citizens of he (Tnited States, residents of the luporvisor's district for which they vish to be appointed ; must be not ess than 18 nor more than 70 ears of age; must be physically able o do the work; must be trustworthy; lonest and of good habits; must have it least an ordinary education and nust be able to write plainly and with easonable repidlty. Those who can comply with these equirements are invited to put In heir applications, as there will be at east 08,000 enumerators' places to bo illed by the middle of March in prepiration for the enumeration beginning ^pril 16. Application forms, with full instruc-ions as to tilling In and complete lnbrmatlon concerning the test and the uethod of appointment can be securid by writing to the supervisor of lensus for the supervisor's district in rhtch the applicant lives. All appli ations proprely tilled in must be lied with the supervisors not later han January 26, as any received af er that date cannot be considered. "DIXIE" FIBSf AMERICAN SUNG. Yankee Doodle" Is Second in the Popularity Contest. Washington, D. C.?"Dixie" has nally boen officially proclaimed as rst in American songs and music in patriotic popularity." Such is the erdict of O. G. T. Sonneck, chief of he division of music of the library f congress, who has just issued from tie government press an exhaustive eport on four famous American mus^al compositions. "Yankee Doodle," he says, though o longer a national song, is still a ational air, and second only to Dixie" in the popularity contest. The origin and evolution of "Vanee Doodle," "Star Spangled Banner," Hail Columbia," and "America" are reated in full detail in Mr. Soneck's volume, and lac similes of the riginal manuscripts are given. l ho history of "Yankee Doodle" is escribed as "a perfect maze of conic-ting stories" and countless addilona to nnd variations from the orignal. As many as fourteen variations f the "Star Spangled Banner" are oted, accompanied hy a gradual proess of polishing "and modiilcation. 'ho year in which "America" was Washington, D. C.?"Is 'Dixie' more opular than 'Yankee Doodle?'" This question, apparently, has diided the country into two camps. The innocent abortion of Otto G. Sonneck, chief of the division of lusic of the library of congress, in 11ii imi\ (i 111 >11 \m :\iiiv;i iv.au uaiuuuu ongs, that "Dixie" was more promnent in patriotic popularity than Yankee Doodle," has stirred up a ornet's nest, and even resulted in hreats of death to Mr. Sonneck. His llice in the congressional library has een swamped with letters from varius parts of the country, in which he writers take exception to the tatement about "Dixie." Some of iiese letters threaten Mr. Sonneck 1th dire punishment, and Mr. Soneck baa requested the suppression f further mention in the newspapers f bin work on American national ongs. Another Effort to Ilml Mission Girl. Louisville, Ky.?The Kelliu r tamly, in a last effort to i m sonic [dings of their daughter, Alma, who lyBterlous disappeared l'nui homo tiree weeks ago, have sent letters > every grand lodge of \I; <>ns in tc i niiea siaios ana i nii ia, ronesting that they exert ev<.. effort ) locate the missing child. Newsy Paragrapha. II is reported In Charlotte, N. nit the Dukes have In contemplation le building shortly of some twenty r more big cotton mills along the anks of the Catawba river. William 1*3. AnniH, the pubiisher ho was slain by Captain l'eter C. lalns, Jr., at the ISayslde Yacht club, i August, 1908, left an estate valiwl of /.nlw o#iAA?>/l(n? f ^ ?h/. * *1 Ut villi,! f'l'"7 <IVVWI <1 I llfS IW II1U t'port. just placed on file In New ork City. The chief Item in the suets is |ir?o, the proceeds of the atboat In which Annis was standig when shot down by the army ofeer. The National Power Hoat assoclalon lias offered a $500 gold trophy > the Hist motor moat making the azardous trip through the whirlpool upidH below .Niagara Kails, and ower boat enthusiasts have added cash prize of 51.000. The trip has oen made but once, anil then by a irge steamer, the Maid of the Allst. i For the first timo slnco Halley's ornot reached this section of the oavens on Its present visit, It is isible to the naked eye in New York, releasor Eastmas of Columbia unierslty, has been studying the comet lthout uso of a telescope. For two 'eeks it will be visible and it will e plainly seen for sevoral nights. The Norwegian freight steamer apua, with her crow of twenty-three, as been given up for lost. The vesb1 belonged to the SlOinan line and ailed from Hamburg Decembor 1 for ienoa. Hhe was last sighted two ays later. Mm Kmmil Itufli-v dinrl in < ondon, Conn., flvo montliH ngo, leavig a comfortable home to her I au k 11 ?r, Miss Alice Hailey, but she left ttle else. Miss Hailey took a noIon to go tlirough an old cedar chest aat. her fathor, captain William Hally, had carried to sea with him 'hen lie wa? master of whaling- ships \any yearn ago, and at tho bottom f the chest she found three hank ooks which showed that $3,514 had eon deposited. A hurried calcul.*.on was made, and it was found that cmpound Interest for twenty years ad accrued, and the account is now orth ci^alderably over #iu,uuo. J$W; ^ FABULOUS FARM VALUES $30,000,000 Invested in Agriculture in United States. 7,Q0U,Q00 FARMS IN COUNTRY Value of Farms in the South Have Increased 58 Per Cent Within the Last Ten Year*. Chicago, ill?The United States has $30,UUO(OUO,UOO invested in farm lands, farm buildings, machinery and live stock, according to a census, tho ! mSll 1Of Whi/?h h?t/o 4*i?af w* ?? ui?T v JUUV uvcu mum.) public. From 1,000,000 in looO, the number of farms has IncreaBed to nearly 7,000,000 lu 1D09, and the report adds; "No such increase In agricultural land values" was ever known beforo in the history of the world lu any country. The value of farms in the United States has increased. 44 per cent more than in 1UOO, tho llgures of that year showing an increase of 25 per cent over the previous decade." The most remarkable llgures presented show that the western section, which includes New Meico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and other states, has, within the iast 10 years, shown an increase in the number ol farms of 100 per cent. At the same time the value has increased S?s per cent and the products 211 per ceut. Values of farms in the south central states have increased 58 per ccnt and In the uorth central states 43 per cent. In the north Atlantic states thoro has been an Increase In value of 13 per cent and In the soutli Atlantic statea an increase of 34 per cent. WU TINCi FANUlitPAKTS. M Ssys "You Americans Worship Almiahtv Dollar Too Much." New York City.?"I'll be back here in 11)59, 50 yearB from now, just as sure as 1 sit in this chair," declared L>r. Wu Ting Fang, retiring Chinose minister to the United States, as he bade goodbye to his friends on sailing for Europe. Dr. Wu smiled broadly as he made this assertion, but he declared that he was not joking. He expreBBed his grief, however, at the improbability of .meeting his present day auditors on the auspiciouB day of his return, a half century hence. "1 hope I'll lind you all here, but 1 fear 1 won't," he declared. "The trouble will be with you, not with me. And your trouble?the trouble of Americans?is too hasty eating anc{ too little atteution to the proper mode of living in many other things." One of the party asked the diplomat how old ho is now. "It is the privilege of a lady in this big land of yours not to tell her age if she wishes not to," replied Dr. Wu, smilingly hiding his luce with his hands. "May 1 not be presumptuous enough to extend that privilege to myself. What my ago is now will in no way prevent my returning hero in 50 years. Change your mode of living, and you will be as optimistic on the problems of longevity as 1 am. "You Americans worship the almighty dollar too much," the diplomat concluueu Willi ins customary naiiKness. "I, by no means despise it, but one should not permit a desire for money to cause him to forget all the rules of health." NOlHlNli FOUND ONTREASIIRE ISLAND Mystery Surrounding California Island Haa Been Dissipated. Nogales, Ariz?The mystery and glamor surrounding Tlburon Island, Gulf-of California, has been dissipated effectually through the return of the seven Americans who explored the island, which they supposed to he inhabited by man-eating Indians, and to contain hidden treasures and rich mineral deposits. The party was headed by Professor Jayette A. Joss. At Quaynias the explorers bought a linnf t v t'< i v i k i (m i 11 if fnr n t!irr>r? months' stay and proceeded up the gulf, landing at Keno bay, on the mainland. Ilero they were visited by twenty Serl men and women, who proved friendly and who informed them that there was nothing of valuo on the island. However, they crossed the island, established a permanent camp, and lor live weeks prosecuted their explorations, llndlng no indication of anything of value, or of great interest. The island is twenty miles wide and thirty-flvo miles long and is of volcanic origin, liood grass abounds and there Is .some running water. It contains no human beings, but hundreds of deer and myralds of wild pigeons. mscripuuuH wurtj iuuiiu, proving the visit tbere In 1SJ05 ot a roscue party In search of traces ot the Grlndell exploring expedition, lost the year before. TAFT WILL FllillT FUTURE GAMliLlNG. President Wants to Prevent Future Gambling in All Products. Washington, D. C.?Gambling In futures is to form tho subject of a conference to be held at the white house. President Tart proposes' to arrrive at a method, if possible, of preventing any unnecessary amount of stock market trading In future deliveries of wheat, corn, cotton and other produts. The federal authorities have made inquiries as to gambling in futures as j a general proposition, with the result that a decision has been reached that the government should deal with this question so far as it lies within its power. PRICK OF I10US ADVANCING. Porkers Bring High Prices on St. Louie Market. Kansas City, Mo.?Hogs brought $8.fi<> on the Kansas City market, the highest mark since 18X2. Packers said tho high price marked another step in tho constantly increasing value of hogs. ttt. Louis, Mo. ? Two carloads of ho^.s -:ol<l on the local market at $8.75 per hundred pounds. This is the highest price paid on the local market j since 18S10. 188 PELLAURA CASES IN ONE TEAR. 91 Missi98ippians Died From the Effects of Disease During 1000. Jackson, Miss.?StatlBtlcn of tho ^tato board of heatlh hIiow that 188 cabcr of pellagra wero under treatment in MlHHiaRlppt during tho year juHt clOBiiiK- Twenty-one cases worn treated at the charity hospital at Vlcksburg. Ninety-one deaths occurred. The heaviest mortality Is reported from Lauderdale county, where, out of forty-three cases, twenty-oix deaths occurred. ffl LATE NEWS NOTES. General. Abraham Lincoln's old law oillce ww burned at Danville, 111. The building, which he used when riding circuit as an attorney, was used aa a museum in late years. Home of the relics were civil war sheila which exploded In the tire. Gmbodled in the forthcoming report i Of th? Mow Vni>lr '~ ' . v... i uuiug VUIUIUiasion will be a statement taken from the books of tho various racing associations to the effect that the state baa lost more than 1200,000 by the operations of the anti-race track gambling laws. Before the passage of these laws the state collected a 6 per cent tax on the receipts of tho association. In 1907 the most prosperous year of the turf hore, more than $250,000 was paid over to the state under this tax law. The trustees. of the Carnegie instl tuie nave decided to withdraw the 110,000 annual support or- the organization from L.uther Hurbank, the plant wizard of Santa Kosa. Word to this effect cornea from Washington, whero the trustees of thp Carnegie institute recently convened. The commercialism which, it is alleged, has been a feature of*the experiments of Luther Durbank, is given as the cause. l'ho special committee of Copenhagen university, which investigated Dr. Frederick A. Cook's polar records, is now considering whether or not it will publish a second report, giving further details of ltB work. If the committee should decldo to do so, it will Issue the report about the middle of January. A member of the committee said that somo of the details of Cook's narrative of his oxDOdltlon Wfll-n fnhflontft*! ' * m ..^,w 4vmvvu auu 1md 1>?- ; pers showed that ho had used calculations furnished by Captain Loose. The second report, he argued, would prosent evidence to that elfoct. A child born recently to the wife of A. A. Dunn of Baton Rouge, La., forty-nine years old, makes his thirtieth child. Of the thirty children there are seven sets of twins. Three wives are mothers of the children. By his first marriage twolve children were born, among whom were three ooio ui twins, uy nis second marriage ten children were born, among whom were four pairs of twins. By hts third wife eight children were born. All the children are now alive. The oldest is 25 years of age. Possibilities almost unbelievable In wireless telegraph are developing daily in New Orleans. John Munford, operator for the United States Wireless company, says no development in wireless now surprises him. From New Orleans to Chicago is a long distance and this has been about the limit that the New Orleans station has been able to go, but Mumford, while sitting in his oiiice heard a call and jumped to the machine. He thought at flrst it was Mobile calling, but much to his surprise, it was New York communicating with nhi. cago. This Is a record for the land stations, and proves that messages can soon he Hashed through the air to New York from New Orleans. Washington. In the south and west, and particularly in cities, there Is a shortage of men willing to earn government mono V Jl? PAnana onn mn??n f enumerator receives so much per name, or per day, deponding on hia territory, and earns on the average $G0 for his entire work. In cities of over iive thousand inhabitants tho enumerator must finish his work in two weeks, but elsewhere one month is allowed. Time lor applications for these jobs expires January 25 next President Taft has almostvpompleted a special message ho will send to congress when that body reconvenes recommending legislation he desires on interstate commerce IUw and the Sherman anti-trust act. It lias frequently been decided in the press that Mr. Taft has any idea of recommending changes in the Sherman anti trust act. He has nevertheless told some or his caller* that he means to stand firm in his determination to urge upon congress the enactment of a national incorporation act. Admiral George Dewey celebrated the seventy-second anniversary of his birth the day after Christmas. Except for a Hood of telegrams and personal messages of congratulations, nothing disturbed the serenity of the Dewey household. The admiral has not been in especially good health for somo time, and, therefore, all of his engagements were waived. Representative Lloyd of Missouri chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee, when ho returns noxt week,will eall a meeting of the executive committee to discuss plans for tho next campaign. The democrats nre contldent of electing a majority to tho next house and say that to make assurance doubly sure they will start In early on a campaign of education. Unless the state department Is able to show that it has received assurances from the Mexican govern* ment that James A. Cook, the American conductor now in prison there, will be given a speedy trial, it Is probable that the whole question of tho treatment accorded American cltl./o.ic lr> ...III -<?? ? ........ ... m< ?.VU 11111 IMJ ?1I?H1 UU tho floor of tho house. It Is possible that a rosolutlon of inquiry will be introduced. Harvey Wiley, chief chemist of the department of agriculture, la reported to be seriously considering the advisability of resigning his ottlce. He is said to be much piqued because President Taft overruled his doclslon upon tho question, "What Is Wlils key?" The report of the retirement of Speaker Cannon has again been revived, with more or less elaborato detail. The latest Is that "Uncle Joo" will not retire from congress, but. at the close of the session he will announco that he is serving his last term as speaker, having made a record for continuous service In that office. With such an announcement, he will, It Is declared, destroy the lssuo of Cannonlsm In th'j congressional elections net fall and at the same time leave the Held open to aspirants wlhtout creating petty Jealousies. Further legislation by congress will bo necessary before the ?5,OUO appropriated by that body, In PJ04, for pro* curing a Bite and plans for the proposed monument to Thomas Jefferson will be nvallabie. In 19U6 Augustus Ht. Gaudens, thon in poor health, consented to make design^ for the memorials, but his death Intervened before the work had been finished. There Is a law requiring unepended balances yearly to be turned Into tho treasury. The comptroller of tho treasury, In response to an inquiry from the commission, replied that the |6,U00 wan 110 longer available for the puropse. PALMmflJTATENEwi Columbia, 8. C.?"Richland county leads all other counties In the state, reported so far," said Commissioner Watson, "in the matter of good roads constructed. Reports have been received by the commissioner from twenty-lour of the county supervisors. These reports contain data as to road construction, cost of maintenance, miles constructed during the past year, kinds of material used and other detailed information. According to the reports sent in by the supervisors of twenty-four vvwuvivp iuci v nio UU W UUIliyi^lt'U Z," 286.5 miles of Band-clay roads, against 1,575 miles for all of the counties in 1904. Tiiia Is an increase of 710.5 miles of sand-clay roads. There was in South Carolina la 1904, sixty-nine miles of macadam roadway. The twenty-four counties alone this yoar report fifty-two miles,, there being three miles constructed during the past twelve months. Tho ni.mKAr A uv UUUIUOI Ul 1UI1CO Ul glttVt'l roads in South Carolina in 1904 was 179. Twenty-rour counties report as having sixty-five miles of this kind of roadway at the present time. In the twenty-four counties thero are 2,433.60 miles or improved roadways. Thero were constructed in 1909, 584.6 miles of improved highways of all classes. The coat of maintenance according to the 'report of the supervisors was. from $2 to f 150 per mile. The average being from $20 to $35 per mllo. No reports have been received from from such good road counties as Unmn?/^n r%U ~-1 ~ ? * luui^iuu, uuniicDiuu, munuuiu, in)*ington and Pickens. The expense of building those roads varies widely according to the reports, particularly in tho matter of maintaining convicts, tho cost being per man from 20 to 76 cents per day. Hichland county loads all other counties in the matter of construction Tho gnti,l./.lov ? wtwiu vm/ I UUU DCV'llIO LU UO BUp* planting all other methods of construction. Greenville, 3. C.?At a meeting of the executive committee of the Cotton Manufacture) V association here an appropriation of $1,000 was voted to aid tho United States farm department work In tills state. This Is the first substantial contribution made In. this state to aid tho work. No state aid has ever been given tho farm demonstration WCirkfTR tli? ravrmnoa in the past coming from the national government. The money was given with a view of specially conducting the work ot breeding cotton for the purpose of producing such a staple in this state as the mills may use, so that the cotton will not have to he secured from other states of the south. Florence, 3. C.?At the regular monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Atlantic Coast Line, in New York, a resolution was passed authorizing the president of that system to have surveyed at the earliest practical date a line for a railroad from Hartsville, In Darlington county, to McBee, S. C., thence to Monroe and to Charlotte, N. C. He was also authorized to have another surveyed from Wadesboro to Monroe, N. C. This item of news is authentic, having been secured direct from tho official family of tho Coast Line. It seems- as if the Idea is to reach i>uurKJue, in. tj., r.nu me nnuuing or a line rrom liartsvlllo via McBee qr >. Monroe would make a direct line/* The line from Wadesboro to Monroe would then touch at Monroe and the Coast Line could then get IntoCharlotte with coal direct from the coal fields via the Norfolk and Westorn, the Southbound and the Coast Line. The route is to the north of Black creek, thirteen miles in direct line to McHee. where connection is made with the Seaboard and also with tho .T^IforHon rnll?'An/1 tuliJnh some twenty miles towards Monroe and Charlotte. It Is a matter of time only, In any event, till this rich agricultural portion of the Pee-Dee Is opened up by rail to Charlotte and vicinity, and the railroad company which gets in first will be amply repaid In freight. STATE CAPITAL NOTES. ....That South -Carolina is being made tho dumping ground of the nation for impure and spoiled food-stuffs for both man and beast will be stated in tho annual report of Commissioner Watson, in which he will ask for rigid inspection covering all products. "The people a>e being robbed," says tho commissioner, "by reason of short uroiirl.t no..l/n?nu a r>/I l?u ~ f ?^.n..v .??.r,v.r., uiiu 1/7 HID nilio III inferior qualifies of illuminating oils, all because oI the lack of any kind of inspection of these products." ....Great progress has been made !n South Carolina during the past year in education. The state is building school houses at the rate of about one hundred each year, there being ono hundred and twenty-four constructed during the past year. Although the educational system Is a strong one, more are some changes needed for tho betterment and these will be recommended In th annual report of the state superintendents of education, Mr. Swearingen. ....It is understood that superintendent (Jriflith'a annual report to the legisiatu.-o will show that thero has. been a profit of about 180,001) from tho penitentiary farm. It is suggested that some of tills money bo used to build brick stockades for tho DeHniissure and lioid rnrmn wlilr?h or? in Sumter and Kershaw counties. The farms produced tills year about nine hundred bales of cotton; other crop* include r.wenty-threo thousand bushels of corn and twenty thousand bush' ols of oats. ....All constitutional requirement* aro met In the opinion of Assistant Attorney General Deliruhl In the pe- . tltlon submitted to Governor Ansel by the people In that section of Oconee county, who dosire to bo annexed to Anderson county. 'PhofA Itnn Iw.nn I ? , , . . i ncin > <*? iivcn mm u 111 ll>r<J V inent in the live stock Industry In Houth Caro.ina during tho pant year. At the meeting of the association to bo held in fr obruary It wll ,?<phown that many cattlo farms bkfs been started during tho yenr In various, uarts of the atato and are prospering ....A letter has been reeolved by Governor Ansel from M. T. liretz of Newport, Penii., In which it Ib stated that he has a knapsack, which was leu in nn aiiiuuianco nrter tno Dftllio of Fredericksburg, and that he wishes to return it to tho owner. The name on the cover was B. B. Brooks, Lockport, Ua. ....In hia annual report Commission* er Watson will advocate the passage ui mu ?vv i wfiiii inn i.uviuu nvwunmo to be furnished IiIn otlice just as now done In the case of tobacco. The reports would bo roqulred of cotton Kilmers and buyers. In the case of the ginnera the number of pounds and I hnlos ginned would bo sent in