Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 08, 1910, Image 7
Fra ming an Issue for the Com
lng Campaign s
TAFT'S SPEECH IN MICHIGAN
Points Ont the Demands and Conten
tions of the Socialists, and Admits
That it is a Very Gravo Problem,
and One That Has Kot Yat Bean
Solved by the American ?aople. j
Jackson, Mich., Special.-President
Taft Saturday proclaimed socialism,
as the great problem that confronts
_ the American people, the irrae t!utf
~ is soon to come and that must b?.
skillfully met. He predicted that the
'American people must soon determine
s "whether it shall trust the same party
with the solution of "that problem
% than which we have had no greater
in the history of the country."
Mr. Taft spoke with gres-t earnest
ness and his remarks seemed deeply
to impress his hearers. By many , his
words were taken as framing an is
sue for for the coming campaign. ?
He said: "The issue that is being
framed, as it seems to "me, is the
. issue with respect to the institution
of private property. There ai?,
those who charge to that institution
the corporation abuses, the greed and
the corruption that grew; out of those
abuses, the unequal distribution of
property, the poverty of some and the
undue wealth of others, and therefore
/ say 'We will have none of it und we
must hove a new rule of distribution
that for want of a better naree we
shall call socialism;'
"On the other hand it is contended
that it is not the institution of pri
vate property that shall be abolished,
but only that the time has- come, in
which it is necessary to lay down cer
tain rules restricting and .ngulating
thc use of that private property which
"shall not deprive the world of in
: dividual, effort but which shall still
keep the law and the oppoitunity to
use private property under such con
trol that these abuses may be wiped
nut and the boon of individual effort
still be left to us.
"Now, my friends, fha'; presents a
great and difficult problem that I em
quite willing to admit we. have not
yet solved."
Automobiles Bailing Men.
New York, Special.-There are so
..:many young men coursing about the
country in automobiles and their
pleasure absorbs such a large share
of the productive capital pf the coun
try that Chancellor James R. Day of
Syracuse University believes it is be
coming a question if the automobile
is not a curse to the country.
TI,? ?lianAp.llar jrca? sneaking to the
.ff 'ie University
S 3 and seliVcle
n ii to mc bile as a
" Justration" o?
a n is not sucri
and. clerks and
. b id,, "who need
li are mortgaging
t usa?ds and dos-,
-en "hy.-their hi
ll ni of -pleasure."
g*? . ! ?3 accountable
-t es, for a lower
at It Didt
, Special-Presi
the annual corn
on at Bryn Mawr
laughter Helen is
for his subject
for Women," thc
that.be favored
n of 'womeri, and
y dissented from
-*e higher education
.0 wem foy thc dutieg pi*
*w mi mother,
Gold 8t?imp6df?8,
Iditarod City, Alaska, Special.*
(Via Kaltag, Alaska,)-Th?ec hun
dred and tfty prospectors, the first
party of stampeders to reach the new
^ Iditarod gold fields, reached Fair
banks Sunday after three-veeks trip
down the Yokon river.
Uncle Sam After Murderer.
Washington, Special.-The Sfyte
Department will render every.possible
-assistance to the Louisville,.Ky,, au
thorities in tracking the murderer of
-little Alma Kellner.
Bisked Life For False Teeth, i
East Point, Ga* Special.-i-A. Gold
berg, a merchant, barely missed death
Saturday morning when he attempted
to rush into his burning residence
and secure his set of false teeth.
Friends barely reached him in time
to detain him.
Bride in Agony Ten Years.
New York, Special.-When Mr. and
Mrs. Asa Cummings,, of Binghamton.
.,N. Y., were married 10 years ago their
friends showered them with rice.
One kernel lodged in the bride's
ear. For 10 years it defied the efforts
of physicians and surgeons tp dis
lodge it. Three fruitless operations
were performed, and a-short time agc
#he entered the Post Graduate Hos
Sital here far treatment; Brain fever
eveloped and she died Saturday.
Important Action of Mayors.
Winston-Salem, Special.-The State
Municipal association,1 the closing ses
sion of the second annual convention.,
unanimously adopted a resolution-in
troduced by Walter Clarke, Jr., of
Raleigh, indorsing the commission
/form of city government.
It is also to ask the legislature tc'
enact a general law allowing citiea'f j
by popular vote to adopt'the com
mission form of government. Mayor
F. ?. Tate of High Point was electee*
president of the association and i'
was decided to hold the neat annual
session ia ftaleijffi)
HONOR MEMORY DAVIS
Six Southern States Unveil
Memorial Windows
I Petersburg, Va., Special.-Six Sou
thern States Friay, the 102d anni
versary of the birth of President
jefferson Davis of the Southern Con
federacy, honored the memory of
tEeir soldier dead who fell before this
city during the war by dedicating
memorial windows in the old Bland
ford church here, in the cemetery of
which lie buried these martyrs of a
Lost Cause. The ceremonies were
under the auspl.es of the Ladies'
Memorial association.
F. H. Weston, State senator, repre
senting Gov. Ansel of South Carolina,
presented the window given by that
State and made the address.
Alabama's window was presented
by Gen. C. Irvine Walker; Congress
man J. W, Collier, of Mississippi pre
cented the window of his State; the
Tennessee window was presented by
Capt. Carter R. Bishop of Mississippi,
and Miss Mary Harvard unveiled the
Arkansas window ' and Miss Fannie
Constable the Maryland window.
The six windows were accepted hy
Gov. William Hodges Mann of Vir
ginia, on behalf of the Ladies' Memo
rial association of Petersburg.
With the unveiling of the six win
dows Friday, all of these Southern
States now.are represented in Bland
ford church; except Georgia, Florida.
anU Texas.
17. S. Court of Customs.
Washington, Special.-With two
hundred and twenty-five cases on its
dockets as a starter the latest Federal
court, the United States court of cus
tom appeals, will begin business Tues
day.
It consists of Presiding Judge Rob
ert M. Montgomery of Michigan; and
Associate Jtidges William H. Hurt of
Montana; James F. Smith of Califor
nia ; Orion M. Barber of Vermont and
Marion De Vries of California.
The term of the court will probably
run through June and July, ?he
court may adjourn then until Septem
ber or October.
.One of the niles permits attorneys
before the Federal courts or the
court of last resort in a State or ter
ritory to become a member of the bar
oither by recommendation by a judge
in one of these courts, or upon motion
by an attorney of the customs court.
Whew! Some Dividend.
New York, Special.-One of the
largest "melons" ever sliced for the
delectation of stockholders will be
cut by the Singer Manufacturing
?o?npany, which has called a meeting
of directors on June 18 to declare a
$0,000,000- stock dividend to its
shareholders.
Is It Necessary?
Washington, Special. -General
Clarence- H. Edwards, chief of the
Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War
Department, will leave for.the Phil
ippines the last of June to make an
Extensive" inspection of the govern
mental machinery of the islands.
Baptist Missionaries Watery Grave.
Bombay, By Cable.-Miss W. Wil
iams and Howard Bishop, missiona
ries of the American Baptist Society,
frere drowned while sea bathing in
the gulf of Bombay, at Bulsar, north
)i this city.
Bishop lost his life in attempting
x> lave his companion, Miss Williams.
Trophies of the Kick.
New York, Special,-Mrs. Mary
31air Brokaw bas asked the Supreme
jourt in Brooklyn for an allowance
>f $8,000 w^th which to contest the
tppe*l which her husband, W. Gould
Jrokaw, has taken from the separa
ten decree recently granted hep,
Young Lady Bat on Bnrglar.
New York, Special,-Unmindful of
\, revolver which he leveled at her.
?Yeda Dolinsky, a girl of 20, tackled
i burglar in her parents' home early
Sunday and floored him with a seltzei
)ottle. She followed this by breaking
i tumbler on the burglar's head,
?tunning him, then sat on him until
lelp arrived. She is the daughter of
i silk manufacturer.
Innoncent of Murder.
St. Louis, Special.-Mrs. Dora
Slizabetlr- Doxey was found not guilty
Saturday by the jury which heard
be evidence against her on a charge
>f murdering William J. Erder with
irsenic. She was rearrested on thc
iharge of bigamy.
A Month to Pass $110,000,000.
Washington, Special.-After serv
ng as a vehicle for political debate
n the House of Representatives, for
learly a month, the sundry civil ap
>ropriation bill, carrying proposed
ippropriations aggregating $110,000,
)00, was passed Saturday.
Taft Honors Memory of Custer.
Monroe, Mich., Special.-President
raft Saturday joined with the peo
ple of Michigan in paying tribute t?
;he memory of Major General George
Armstrong Custer. He stood beside
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer, the widow,
jf the Civil war soldier, and
martyr of the "Little Big Horn," af
me tugged at the long streamer of
:avalry yellow ribbon which released
the flags and unveiled the splendid*
bronze equestrian statue of Custer.
Very Late About Important Matter.
Washington, Special.-Autboriza
:ion for the compilation of the mili
tary and naval records of the Revo
lutionary, War, with a view to their
publication, is contained in a bill re
ported to the Senate Saturday from
the Committee on Military Affairs,
rhese records are greatly scattered
md it would be a gigantic task to
ind and assemble them in satisfac
tory manner. For this purpose it ia
sr cpo s ed that an appropriation o?
350,000 shall bc made*
BILL PASSED AT LAST
Railroad Measure Passes Sen
ate After 12 Weeks.
TWELVE DEMOCRATS VOTED NO.
' Senator LaFoUette Incorporates
Amendment" Permitting Widows
and Minors of Deceased Railroad
Employees to Ride Free on Trains
Washington, Special.-The Senate
passed the administration railroad
bill Friday night. It had been under
consideration for more than twelve
weeks and practically no other busi
ness except appropriation bills were
considered in that long period.
Only 12 votes, all of these by Dem
ocrats, were recorded against the bill.
The practicable unanimity with which
the measure was passed ivas due to
the radical changes ma ie in the
measure from the form in which it
was drafted by Attorney General
Wickersham, foilcwing numerous con
ferences at the White House on the
subject of amending interstate com
merce laws.
Had it not been for the retention
of the sections to create a court of
commerce it is likely that the votf
?or the bill would have been unani
mous.
An amendment by Mr. La Follette
permitting railroads to issue passes
to the widows, during widowhood,
and minor children of employes kill
ed in the line of service, was accepted
.without division.
The only provision in the bill ap
plicable io ether than railroad cor
porations is one regulating injunc
tions by the Federal cor.rts which
suspend the operation of State laws.
1* is provided that such action shall
be taken only when pi*esented to a
justice of the Supreme Court or a
circuit judge and heard by three
judges, one of whom shall be a Su
preme Court justice or a circuit court
judge.
Clark to do as North Carolinian.
Washington, Special.-Repr?senta
lire Champ Clark, minority leader of
the Housu, has set for himself an ap
proximate agc limit in public at
about 75 years of age.
"The people may set my time of
retirement a little earlier than that,"
he suggested laughingly when discus
sing political age limits with a news
paper man. "So far as I know the
only public man who set an age limit
on his service and lived to it wa?
Nathan Macon, of North Carolina,
Speaker and Senator," said Mr.
Clark. "When ia his prime he set
the exact age at which he would re
tire. When that day arrived he was
in the middle of a Senatorial term,
but kept bis word and resigned. He
was one of the greatest men of that
era."
Another Police "Theory."
Louisville, Ky., Special.-It is now
the police theory that th? Kellner
child, who was late for the church
service, was discovered alone in the
church by Joseph Wendling, the miss
ing .janitor,^ AssaaHcd nod" murdered
and her body dragged through the
church and dropped into the base
ment through a hole in the sacristy.
Another Newspaper Prize.
New York, Special.-The New
York Times announces that it has ar
ranged with J. C. Shaffer of The Chi
eago Evening Post for an offer of
$25,000 for an aeroplano race between
Chicago and New York.
Subscribers Must Pay in Advance.
New York, Special.-Mayor ?ayr
nor announced Tuesday on behalf
of the New York World, and the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, a $30.000 prize
for a successful aeroplane flight from
New York to St. Louis.
Elephant Stole Lady's Diamond.
New York, Special-The authorities
at the Bronx zoological gardens re?
gretfully admit that Alice, the biggest
elephant at the zoo, is a thief. She
stole a diamond ring from Miss
Elizabeth Morrell, of Chappaqua, N.
Y., who was feeding crackers to her.
The ring, which was on Miss Morrell's
finger, was loose, and Alice apparent
ly snatched it under the impression
that it was good to eat.
Let It Bs Soon.
Atlantic City, Special.-Industrial
conditions \vere condemned and res
olutions urging that the church take
steps to improve the conditions of
the working classes were adopted at
the closing session of the general as
sembly of the United Presbyterian
church, held here._
"Pied" a Newspaper Office.
Lead, S. D., Special.-A mob broke
into the office of the Black Hills
Daily Register, of this city, and with
sledge hammers, destroyed three
presses and a linotype machine.
The attack is attributed to labor
troubles.
Foreigners in Danger in China.
Washington, D. C., Special.-The
city of Nanking, China, has been
posted with placards inciting the peo
ple to the destruction of foreign life
and property.
Prerident's New Private Secretary.
Washington, Special.-Charles D.
Norton, of Chicago, assistant secre
tary of the trerrsiry, was appointed
secretary to the President Wednes
day.
Convict's Heroism Rewarded.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.-As a
result of heroism during the fire which
cremated 26 negro convicts, at Lu
cile mines on May 15th, last, Nathan
Page, a life convict, will be paroled.
Page dashed into the fire and saved
J. O. Thompson, one of the guard?
who had been overcome by the fumes
of the burriing oil while trying to
unlock the cell in which the loss o?
life took place. Suggestion of th(
coroner's jury that this be done hen
the -approval of th? convict board.
? I M "ll ? j III ' ' "I j l l
COY. CALIS LEGISLATURE
Extraordinary Session June 14,
Take Action on Bond Issue.
Raleigh, N. C., Special.--Governor
Kitchin issued Friday evening a pro
slamation calling the North Carolina
General Assembly to meet in extra
ordinary session here June 14 to take
action as to the impending $3,430,000
refunding bond issue? to take care of
bonds falling due July 1, the neeessity
for the special session being the in
ability of the Council of State to mar
ket the refunding bonds at this time
\n sufficient quantities under the re
strictions of the legislative act auth
orizing them to meet the July bond
obligations._ ..
Mr. Ballinger Will Resign.
Washington, Special.--Richard A.
Ballinger will resign his post at the
Head of the interior department. His
resignation will be accepted by Presi
dent Taft, who is aware cf the inten
tion of Mr. Ballinger to surrender
his portfolio.
The resignation will be submitted as
soon as the investigating committee
shall have filed its reports exonerat
ing Mk*. Ballinger of the charges
brought against him. That this will
be the nature of the report is not
doubted, although one, and possibly
two minority reports will be submit
ted, o dither of which will relieve Bal
lingsr of blame.
Information of Secretary Balling
er's Miteation to resign comes from a
source whose reliability is entirely be
yond question.
Southern Spending Money.
Washington, Special. - Contradi
for locomotives, rolling stock, steel
rails and fittings, involving a t?tal
expenditure of $7,290,000 have been
let by the Southern Railway company
according to announcement made
Wednesday, thus carrying qut the
statements as to ordera to be given,
contained in President Finley's an
nouncement of March 17. -
By these contracts 75 locomotives,
3,620 all steel 50-ton coal and eoke
cars, and 10 .combined passenger
baggsge cars are to be added to the
motivi power and rolling stock equip
ment of the Southern. In addition
to this, contracts have been let for
46,000 tons of 85-pound, steel rail and
for 180,000 improved joints for use
with this rail.
Disaster in New York Subway.
New York, Special.-Two hundred
hysterical woman, screaming children
and panic-stricken men fought, their
way through a dense smoke in the
Mott avenue subway station in the
Bronx Thursday, striving to escape.
Only one elevator was available to take
them to the, street, which, is 65 feet
above fae subway level at this point,
and the crush to reach this exit on
the five flights of stairs which led to
the surface increased the panic.
Fifteen persons were overcome by
smoke and two men were injured
seriously enough to require hospital
treatment.
Fire in an automatic pumping sta
tion caused the smoke. The damage
was nominal. ?Sgr
TS?4?OV. Polk in Democratic Race.
St. Louis, Mo., Special.:-Missouri
Democrats of all factions st a dinner
Thursday night heard former Gover
nor Joseph W. Folk announce- the
principles on which, it is said, he
will seek the Presidential nomination
in 1912. The dinner was in charge
of men who have been promoting the"
boom of the former governor,
t
Identified by Teeth. .
Charleston, W. Va., Special.-Gin
seng diggers in the mountain of Fay
ette county found the bpdy of Mrs.
Rachel Carter Martin, who suddenly
disappeared while on a visit to her
brother in January. }P08..
The bodv was identified by p?culiar
Billing of the teeth. ?>
Ko Aid to Special Railroad.
Washington, Special.- President
Taft says .that during his administra
tion he will not lend big approval
to legislation designed to give govern
ment aid to specific railroad intereste
In Alaska. Instead, he favors a gen
eral law which will apply to all who
comply wi^h its provisions; a law
modeled after the policy which for
year? has been in effect in the Phil
ippine islands. ,
Would Combine Memorial Days. "
Richmond, Virginia, Special.
The Rev. James Cannon,' Jr., a
proDiinent Virginia Methodist and
delegate from the general Southern
board to the World's Missionary Con
ference at Edinburg, Scotland, advo
cates the combining of Decoration.
Day of the North with all Confeder
ate memorial days in the South into
tme celebration.
A Murderer at 80.
Bluefield, W. Va., Special.-John
Dent, 80 years of age, shot and killed
Henry Watson at Clintwood, Va.,
Thursday.
Rural Carrier Remembered.
Washington, Pa., Special.-George
?Vhite, a farmer and rural mail car
rier at Rea, has delivered to himself
i letter from a lawyer in a western'
state informing him that one Patrick
Sullivan has left to him in his will
?10,000. White, who first took it as
a joke, has remembered that 15 years
ago he befriended a peddler whose
name was Patrick Sullivan. He had
Dften treated him to meals or lodging.
Terrific Tornado in Augusta.
Augusta, Ga., Special.-A tornado
here Thursday night, reaching a velo
?ity of 62 miles an hour and lasting
for 16 minutes did more damage than
any in the history of the city, with
the exception of the great tornado in
1878. _
Death From Unusual Fall.
Cleveland, Special.-Plunging head
foremost down a flight of stairs, and
through the window of a door, Wil
liam Raddalz, 36 years old, had bis
head almost severed from his body by
the 1 roleen glase?
TBE NEWS MINUTELY TOLD
The Heart of Happenings Carved
From the Whole Country.
. The month of May contributed a
ghastly record of 30 suicides in Penn
sylvania.
Ninety-five per cent of the moving
picture places in Nsw York are dens
of iniquity.
In Louisiana, under the present
statutes, the appearance of any child
under 16 years of age in theatres at
night is prohibited.
Cuba willingly authorizes the rais
ing of the wreck of the battle ship
Maine, and will give every assistance
to the Americans in the work.
The supreme court of the United
States set the corporation tax cases
for reargument at the beginning of
the next term before a full bench.
The directorn of American Snuff
company, New York, have decJarecV
a quarterly dividend of 5 per cent,
and an extra dividend of 2 per cont.
The Souih Atlantic States Corn ex
position which is to be held in Colum
bia, S. C., from December 5 to S
is attracting attention all over the
South.
Five thousand bales of Southern
cotton are on their way back to Sou
thern spinners after a journey froa
the South to Liverpool aad from
Liverpool to New York.
Lack of faith in banks and th?
use of an old vest as a depository
cost Dominick Rosato his life sav.
ings of $747, at Chicago. His wift
threw the vest in the fire.
The output of the government'!
smokeless powder factory at Picatin
ny, N. J., arsenel is to be trebled
soon. The factory will be able to
turn out 3,000 pounds daily.
In an opinion handed down Wed
nesday, the Interstate Commero?
Commission declined to issue an or
der which might disturb the system
of rice rates in the South.
Police records of Gary, Ind., foi
May show that one person in every
40 in the city was arrested during
the month. The saloons, which re
opened May 1, number 135.
Ex-Governor Robert B. Glenn hal
been making a series of lectures in
Newark, N. J., in behalf of the Na
tional Religious Training School and
Chautauqua foi the Colored Race.
"I'd rather be known as a boodlei
than a Uar," said State Senator Dan
iel Holstlsw in an interview at
luka, 111., speaking of his confessioc
to accepting a bribe of $2,500 as a
legislator.
Although ?he New York market re
ports show that butter receipts in
May were larger than usual, the pricet
of the bost grades ara higher no\r
than they have been before at thii
time sin se the civil war.
By a vote of 31 to 25 the senatt
refused to challenge the supreme
court of the United States to anothei
decision regarding the right of com
mon carriers to transport commodi
ties produced by themselves.
The supreme court of the United
J?!4<**et--JWetm5s"aay ?TTvanced^?e n?f
called government Panama cana'
libel suit against the Press Publish
ing company of New York for hearing
the first Tuesday of next October.
Gov. Hadley and John H. Curran
commissioner of immigration of Mis
souri, have started a fund which is
expected to reach $10,000, to bc given
to the aviator who in 24 hours shall
fly from St. Louis to Kansas City, *
distance of 288 miles.
Ip a far-reachig decision in th?
case pf Monrpe Hampton, a negrc
bpy pf 12, sent up foi two years in
Lauderdale ccunty, for burglary, th?
Alabama supreme court held that nc
confession of a child under 14 yeatf
pf age, cpuld be used toward convic
tion. As a result a new trial wa*
ordered,
Eighty-five employ?s of tho Treas
ury Department received "vacation
notices" Wednesday, which mean
that they were permanently relieved
from duty,
King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy
thinks highly of the American Crosi
of Honor Society, and ha3 sent
Thomas Herndon, at Washington, the
president, an autographed photo
graph of himself as a token of hi*
friendliness to the organization.
A collar which a couple of yean
ago became soiled in one day can now
be worn for two days in Chicago,
so great have been the strides in
abating the smoke nuisance, according
to Cii-y Smoke Inspector Bird.
Miss Sarah E. Peck, a member of
the faculty of Union College, Lin
coln, Neb., was fined by United States
District Judge Munger $10, after she
had entered her voluntary appear
ance. Miss Peck was indicted by.?
Federal grand jury on the charge that
she wifully refused to give her age
to the census enumerator or to an
swer questions as to whether she had
been married or divorced. Her ?ge
has not yet been made public.
Aerial navigation has made such
rapid progress that Secretary of
State Knox and the government of
Mexico are negotiating an aviation
treaty governing the pasage of air
ships across the border line betwen
these two countries.
Memorial Day was observed at
Paris by all Americans. The embassy
and consulate waa closed and Am
basador Beton and Consul General
Mason made a trip to the Cemetery
of Picques to lay flowers on the
grave of Lafayette.
Not one cent of the Rockefeller
million dollar fund for the investi
gation of the hookworm disease will
be spent in Texas. The State Board
of health refuses to contribute an
equal share of the fund.
Kissing as a perfectly safe pastime
has just received the O. K. of Dr. A.
M. Worthington, a professor in the
Harvard medical school, Boston. Per
sons who refrain because of fear of
the interchange of bacteria are mar
tyring themselves uselessly, the edu
cator told his audience at a lecture
on "Man and His Bacteria."
BABY GIRL MURDERED
Alma Kellner, Who Disappear
ed Dec 8th, is Found
Louisville, Ky., Special.-The body
pf 8-year-old Alma Keiner, -who has
Oeen missing from her parents home
.ince December 8, was found in an
unused cellar of St. John's Parochial
School Monday.
Th? child was murdered and the
??dy dropped through a trap door
into the under ground pasage. The
discovery was made by a plumber
who was pumping water out of the
cellar.
When he- had pumped out most of
the water ho saw a child's shoe pro
truding from the damp debris. Tak
ing hold of the foot be found th?
body of a child wrapped in a,carpet.
.As he unrolled the carpet the flesh
fell from the child's body.
* One week after the child disappear
ed Fred F. Kellner, the father, offer
ed a reward of $1,000 for informa
tion leading to the recovery of his
daughter.
On the same day Governor Wilson
offered a reward of $500 for the ar
rest and conviction of the kidnappers.
Died in Interest of Science.
New York, Special.-F?mes from
an alchemist's furnace heated to a
temperature of 4,000 degrees in the
world-old quest for the secret, turn
ing base metal into gold and silver,
were what brought death to C. C.
Dickinson, the New York banker, ac
cording to a remarkable statement
by Dr. W. F. Lange, the physician
in whose laboratory the accident oc
curred.
Dr. Lange claims to have discover
ed a process for increasing an atom
of silver te 100 times its original
size and weight by thc addition of
baser metals, the result being still
pure silver of fineness equal to that
of the oringinal atom. Dr. Lange said
he had interested Mr. Dickinson in
proposals for taking up the work on
a laree scale and that thc latter had
developed pneumonia from inhaling
gases while bending" over the furnace.
Crystals Fall From Sky.
Essex, Iowa, Special.-Supposedly
due in some manner to the comet, a
shower of small crystals occurred in
Essex last Thursday afternoon.
Boxes of the pebbles have been sent
to the State geologists for examina
tion. The shower came up late in
the afternoon and appeared at first
as a light mist of rain.
At the time the sky was perfectly
elear. For several minutes particles
of stone, accompanied by a light ash
or dust, fairly rained down, but not
with force sufficient enough to cause
any damage.
The little stones are only one-third
as large.as a pea and perfectly trans
parent and water white.
Sues U. S. Attorney for Slander.
Washington, Special-Christopher
P. Connolly, a lawyer of Montana and
New York, and a well known writer
for magazines, has filed suit in the
Supreme Court of the District of Co
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alleged stander from Oscar Lawler,
assistant'Attorney-General for the In?
terior Department.
Expehsivo to Run For Office.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.-The
expensiveness of running for gover
nor in Alabama is indicated in the
iworn stat?ment of II. S. Mallory,
Jefeated statewide prohibitionists, be
fore the May 2d Democratic pri
mary, that it cost him $10,991.03,
tnore than two years' pay by $991.03.
Worse Than Mississippi.
#ew Madrid, Mo.,. Special.-A mph
avenged thc insult of a negrp striking
i white man Monday when the}
itgrraed the jail, took the negro to
the hanks of the Mississippi river and
joched hirjJi
Saw Him Shoot Sheriff,
Savannah, Ga., Special.-Eddie
Slake, a negro man, is under arrest,
ts is another negro who declares he
nw Blake shoot James W. McIntyre,
fr,, city court sheriff, to death in a
jond-to.hand fight on the Augusta
'Dad, a mile from the city, Saturday
i>gbt. The sugpeet will make no
tatemen t.
Southern No. 36 Wrecked.
Washington, Special.-Reports re
lived at the headquarters here of
he Southern Rail tray are to the ef
'ect that three passengers, seven mail
ilerks, a fireman and an express mes
renger were injured in a wreck of
rain No. 36 at Sycamore, Va., Mon
lay.. The engine was overturned, but
tone of the four coaches and three
:ars which left the '-rack toppled
?ve*.
Street Car Collision.
Oakland, Cal., Special.-As a re
mit of the head-on collision between
wo street cars of the California
electric railway, near Leona Heights,
ilonday, C. A. Christensen, motor
nan of one of the cars, is dead and
?0 passengers suffered injuries that
n some cases may result fatally.
Ex-President's Widow Back Home.
New York, Special.-Mrs. Grover
Cleveland and her children, Esther,
liarion, Richard and Francis Grover,
irrived here Sunday from Europe on
ward the steamship George Washing
on. '
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Old Line Companies.
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CAPITAL FACTS.
Interesting News Gathered ?in
the District of Columbia.
THU AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Personal Incidents and Important
Happenings of National Import
Published for the Pleasure and In?
formation of Newspaper Beaders.
Probably True at Other Places.
Col. W; C. Haskill, Superintendent
of Weights and Measures, declared
that practically all the 300,000 bar
reis-of flour sold in Washington were
short four pounds each of the adver
tised weight and that Washingtonians
were paying annually $42,000 for
flour which they never rsceived. Other
items were in proportion, he said.
Nearly every package sold in grocery
stores waa short four ounces, accord*
ing to the investigations of his of?
Seers, Colonel Haskell said, and bot*
tied goods were short in quantity
too.
Diet Won't T)o for a Ploughhoy.
Speaker Cannon bas solved the
problem of the high cost of living.
He explained his system to 100 vis
iting school boys'of New York and
Philadelphia. He says he spends
only 10 cents a day for breakfast,
taking but a cup of coffee and an
egg sandwich. He declared that
when he is recklessly extravagant hi
spends a nickel more for an orange.
"When a boy, I learned to kee|
within my income," he said. "Now
I am able to do it and thus can save
a little for a rainy day."
Not In It For Money.
Preachers are the poorest paid
class of men in the country, accord
ing to statistics compiled by the
Census Bureau. The average pay ol
the clergymen is computed at $663.
City preachers get much higher
wages than those in charge of rural
flocks, except in Catholic churches.
The remunerations are fixed by
diocesan authorities. The highest
average paid by any denomination is
to the Unitarians, $1,653 per year.
Homing Pigeon in Fast Company.
A homing pigeon with reportorial
instincts flew into one of the windows
of the Senate press gallery Monday.
It seemed quite exhausted, and had
evidently found an unexpected harbor
of refuge when it darted under the
Capitol portico after a long flight.
Some of the correspondents revived
the bird with a little lemonade, and
dispatched it on its way. The pigeon
bad on its leg a band marked: "P.
B. 11-490-J. X."
Soldiers to Establish Clubs.
At several military posts the en?
listed men are being induced to es*
tablish soldiers' clubs outside of thi
reservation and beyond the govern
ment control where in addition to the
useful facilities of the garrison hall
within the post they may obtain beer,
" tv?-uiin??_nn fi nf li ni lr, >??: n-gi fl fl
der such regulations as will prevent k
intoxication or excess.
One in Washington Too.
Senator Gallinger introduced in
the Senate the joint resolution which
has already been introduced by Rep
resentative Moore in the House, foi
an exposition in Washington to cele*
brate the completion of the Panama
canal. The resolution was referred
to the Committee on Industrial Art
and Expositions.
No Canteens At Soldiers Homes.
The House, after vigorous debate,
voted to refuse authority to national
homes fpr disabled volunteers to
maintain canteens where the homes
are within five miles of tpwns when
liquor is legally aold.
Needf ? Light Job.
Upon bia own application to bi
relieved of the duties of secretary to
tho President, which, it is said, have,
been so heavy as to threaten hil
health, Fred W. Carpenter has been
Appointed by President Taft to be
United States minister to Morocco,
to succeed H. Percival Dodge, a post
which Mr. Taft believes will benefit
Mr. Carpenter's health.
Bed Cross Sign for Ads.
"The cross is the emblem of tin
Christian religion. I do not believe
in giving any one organization a
monopoly of its use. Therefore, 1
object to the consideration of tb?
bill."
Representative Crumpacker, of In?
diana, with the above objection.
6truck from the unanimous consent
calendar of the House a bill to pro?
hibit the use of the Red Cross sign
by any save the American National
Red Cross Society, the measure beipg
particularly directed toward those who
use the insignia for advertising pur
poses.
Stamp Book Contract Renewed.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock has
approved a contract with the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing for a
period of four years, beginning Janu
ary 31,1911, for the manufacture and
printing of postage stamps. A pri
vate corporation submitted a bid
$17,000 lower; but, as the bureau ex
pects to adopt methods which will
save the Government $180,000 a j sar
in the expenditure of $625,000 on tbs
manufacture of stamps, the contract
was awarded to the burean.
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