The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, January 27, 1910, Image 5
IWSSHINGTON
News From the National
in Passing fo*i
hi ^
Transportation of tjy' * .
railway, steamship ft^ing into its own.
ttar routes cost, Jiis great country is
faring the flse^'favorable advertising.
90 1909 $83y^as a ?00<1 word for it.
These'ar'VCC('CI,te^ intprnal improve
annual the last decade and a
Sfcorn* e attracted the attention of
J1 J entire country.
^J^Recently Secretary Wilson, of the
, United States Department of Agricul/
ture, made a flying visit to North
Carolina, the occasion being the annual
meeting of the National Farmers'
Association, and was so impressed
with what he saw that he has
never lost an opportunity to speak
of it.
"Why," he said, "the boys of the
South have pulled their coats off
and are at work. They are farming,
manufacturing and trading. You
have great cotton mills and still
greater tobacco factories. White and
eoiored people are at work, earning
good wages, building homes and bank
accounts and developing the country.
In every way possible, said Mr.
Wilson, his department was going to
help the South. This does not mean
that ho is going to single it out for
that purpose, but, as a part of the
Union, it is to have its share of attention.
He spoke of the progress of
the boll weevil and the necessity for
diversified farming, so when the little
insect makes cotton growing unprofitable
the lands can be turned to
something else. The com crop for
1909, he declared, was greater than
for any other year. More hogs and
more cattle should be raised. Dr.
Seaman A. Knapp is organizing the
government forces in Dixie with a
view to improving the methods of
producing corn, beef and hog meat.
His efforts so far have been very successful.
Rural Mail Delivery.
At a conference of 30 members of
the house, all of whom are authors
of bills to improve the rural free delivery
service, a motion to embody
the following propositions was unaimously
agreed upon: Increase of
on|nw? tL'DAA a ? d.1 AA/?
ouiai v nuui T3uu iu -ti,uuu per aunum
tfith the basic length of routes at 24
miles. Tbe proposition provides a
sliding scale for the payment of additional
compensation for every mile
or fraction thereof in excess of 24
miles, and for a reduction in salary
along the same scale. Heretofore the
maximum salary has been $900, with
no allowances for increased length of
route.
Uniform State Laws.
In addressing the National Civic
Federation President Taft and Gilford
Pinehot former chief forester,
spoke from the same platform. The
President's speech was a careful presentation
of the needs of uniformity
upon the parts of the States in laws
looking to an amelioration of existing
conditions. Pinehot's address
dealt with forestry, and lie stated
that the forest situation offers a
field for uniform action and for cooneration
hot wonn tli? Ki'itoo tliom
selves and between them and the
nation. Judge Alton I?. Parker was
temporary chairman, and also addressed
the meeting.
More Wheat Thar. America.
The United States has lost its
place as the greatest wheat producing
country in the world and Russia has
won that distinction. Russia last
rear produced the remarkably large
harvest of 78.'),000.000 bushels, which
constitutes the largest crop ever har^
^fV vested by any country and 26,000,\
1000 bushels greater than that of the
lUnited States.
lailroads Wiu Case.
m The Supreme Court denies petition
v*f the Macon Grocery Company and
other wholesale dealers in groceries in
Georgia for an injunction to restrain
railroads in the Southeastern Freight
Association from putting into effect
August 1, 1908, a general increase in
rates on fresh meats, grain products,
hay and packing house products.
Want Name Changed.
A party of Robeson county, N. C.,
people, among them some Crotan Indiaus,
were here to see about having
_ the old name Cherokee given to the
\Troataii3 so that they will get the
proper standing in the community.
They will work through Mr. Godwin.
Will Malrn Tlimnerato HtanH
That an effort will be made to take
a strip of Virginia and add it to
the District of Columbia lias been
common talk here for some time.
The Virginia delegation in Congress
is prepared to make a desperate fight
against any plan to take back the
land.
Mora Aid For Workman.
' _ To strengthen the employers' Hall
...jjbiility law so as to afford greater preelection
for employes, is the object of
? bill now being prepared at the Delpartment
of Justice as an amendment
jto the existing statute.
ITtft For Civil Pensions.
y President Taft has given his forjpaal
indorsement to the movement
'looking to a civil service pension
j?jp/__
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al Capitol Briefly Noted
tr the Reader.
Wj HflP lit SOUTH
The New York Sun, summing: up
the "Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy"
among other things savs:
' What probably will continue to
be known under its present designation
of "The Ballinger-Pineliot Controversy"
has been constantly astir
;in otlicial circles since August 11,
i Inst, when the Chief Forester hastened
I to the White House to urge the President's
direct intervention against his
[Secretary of the Interior. It simmered
through the President's period
of rest at Beverly, broke out afresh
in what are known as 'The Glavis
Charges' and iinally reached its first
crisis on September 15 at Albany.
"With the meeting of Congress a
I resolution wa? introduced calling for
a Congrcssio al inquiry into the
I whole situation. And then came a
step that had not been antieinnte?l
land was out of the government rouitine,
and apparently was aimed at
making the conflict as dramatic as
possible. Mr. Pinchot succeeded in
having read upon the floor of the
Senate a letter reflecting upon the
President nnd enforcing his own dismissal
as the only possible consequent
act. A day's session of the
President's Cabinet preceded the decision
to dismiss. And that leaves
the possible 'Ballinger-Pinchot' investigation
now merely a question of
investigating a single officer of the
government on charges which the Attorney-Geneial
has ridiculed and on
which the President has passed judgment."
Fight on Ballinger.
Monday the so-cclled BallingerPinchot
controversy was revived when
sensational charges against Secretary
Ballinger of the Interior Dennri nmnt
was made. The charges are that
when Ballinger became commissi oner
of the general land office he reduced
the salary of Clerk Wright so that
the salary could be given to his
nephew, Jack Ballinger. The matter
j will be investigated. Ballinger is'
sues a statement saying the charges
are false.
Selected By Democrats.
Representative Rainey, of Illinois,
and James, of Kentucky, were last
Saturday selected as nominees for
the Democratic representatives of the
Ballinger-Pinchot investigation committee.
The selection was ado at a
caucus of Democratic 1 resent atives.
Counsel at Ballenger Probe.
The Senate and House conferences
on the Ballinger-Pinchot resolution
of investigation reached an agreement
which, while not yet formal in
its motive, will stand. The House
wins in every important particular
of difference between the two Houses.
The investigation by the agreement
is limited to the present Comrress,
nn,l wi(n??i? ?:>i I 1
....... n.fUVKIVa Will lit' | I'l'IIIll It'll 10
I appear with their attorneys and be
< legally represented.
I concessions to the House.
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Lse Greatest Southern General.
In reply to letters sent out by
Ohas. A. Culberson, of Texas, to
general officers of the Southern arniv
to express their opinion as to which
of the Southern commanders should
be ascribed first place as the loremost
soldier of the South, the replies
follows: General Robert E.
Lee, 35; General Stouwnll Jackson.
4; General Joseph E. Johnston, 2;
General J. E. H. Stuart. 1; General
P. G. T. Ileauregnrd or General Richard
Taylor 1; undecided 1.
Wants Money For Granby Dam.
Representative Lever of South
Carolina, presented to the rivers and
harbors committee a brief in behalf
of an appropriation for raising the
Granby dam. Mr. I/ever says that he
is confident that the committee will
put in the bill what Capt. Adams
recommends and he hopes this will
be for $50,000.
Wilmimrtnn ftitirpna Pmio.i
The business people of Wilmington
do not want S. M. King for collector
of customs, in their town. It
was said at the White House that
dozens of telegrams protesting
against his appointment were being
received by the President.
Unveiling Plans Called Off.
All arrangements for the unveiling
of the Calhoun statue in this city on
January 19 have been called off.
Govenor Ansel having decided uj?on
this step, after learning that a resolution
had been passed by Congress fixing
March 12 as the time for these
exercises.
Defends His State.
Provoked by published charges that
the Burley Association, the tobacco
raisers' protective organisation, had
controlled the courts and the legislature
of his State, Representative
Kantrill of Kentucky, in a passionate
speech defended the people of his
State as law abiding. He contended
that in opposing the tobacco trust
they had exercised their rights in a
lawful manner.
' WEEK IN CONGRESS.
Taft Gaining Support and Shows
Tact in Avoiding Clashes.
Washington, D. C., Special.?This
week probably will see the begin ing
of work by the joint special committee
which has been named to investigate
the subjects popularly
grouped together under the title of
"the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy."
and from now on this affair will occupy
an increasingly conspicuous
position in the news of Congress.
The President's Federal incorporation
bill is expected t<> have the
hardest sledding of any measure in
his legislative program. Land bills
and measures designed to carry on
the work of conserving natural resources
will receive careful attention
at the present session.
Activity, such as has seldom if ever
before been displayed by committees
so early in the first regular session
of a Congress, is now in evidence in
both wings of the Capitol. Although
there are practically three parties?
the "regular" Republicans,. the
"insurgent" Republicans and the
Democrats?maneuvering for political
advantage, there are signs on
evefv hand that President Tnft Inst
coring his characteristic "middleof-the-road"
course, is daily gaining
supporters for his legislative program.
When the 1 louse Siltisfioc I lie ^nle.._
lion of Represent alive Graham the
investigation of the Ballinger-Pinchot
controversy will begin in earnest.
The committee consists of tlie following:
Senators?Knute Nelson of Minnesota
(chairman); Frank I'. Flint of
California. George Sntherlaml of
Ctnh. Klihu Root of New York.
Thomas H. Fainter of Kentucky and
Duncan 11. Fletcher, of Florida.
Representatives?Samuel \Y. McCall
of Massachusetts. M. K. Olmstead
of Pennsylvania. K. 11. Madison
of Kansas. Kdwin Deuhy of Michigan.
Ollie .lames of Kentucky and
James M. Graham of Illionis.
tax on oleomargarine:
House Committee on Agriculture to
Hear Evidence February 9th.
Washington. Special.?Representative
Burleson of Texas, Saturday appeared
before the House committee
on agriculture in behalf of his hill
repealing the tax on oleomargarine. ;
which tax. he asserted, was responsible
for the present high price of
butt re throughout the country.
Before this tax was imposed, Mr.
Burleson said, there was manufactured
annually 130.000.000 pounds of
oleomargarine which he characterized
as a pure and wholesome food product
:;ud which sold l'or from 12 to
18 cents per pound. The price of
butter was then 20 and 30 cents per
pound.
The production of oleomargarine
l.us been diminished (iti per cent, he
said, as a result of the tax. and the
price of butter has gone up from _S
to 00 cents a pound.
Passage of the law was secured.
Mr. Burleson charged, b\ the National
Dairy I'nion. and by a 'stupendous
lobby which, it is said, expended
a vast sum of money.''
Mr. Burleson said that he I
j resented many associations o4 c.Mtle
J growers, cotton seed crushers associations.
national retail grocer- associations
and Western and Southern
chambers of commerce in demanding:
the repeal of the tax and the
lowerin r of the priee ci butter.
The House commit lee on agriculture
will hear evidence on Kebruarv
Oth.
New Hope Given Morse.
New York. Special.?By Judge
Hough's ruling that the presence in
the grand jury room of John P.
Fernsier, an expert accountant, in
any capacity except that of a witness
was prejudicial to Heinze's legal
rights. He gnashes the indictment
'against him, thereby giving new hope
to Morse for a new trial.
Pinchot Chosen President.
Washington, Special.--The election
of Clifford Pinchot to succeed Dr.
Charles W. Eliot as president of the
National Conservation Association,
is announced.
Secession Movement Falls.
Atlanta. Ga? Special.?President
Chas. S. Barrett, of the National
Farmers' Union, says the Texas and
Oklahoma farmers will remain.
New Comet Visible?Not Halley's.
Washington, Special.?A new
comet, outshinging Venus in brliliancv,
is visible in the sky. Along
the Atlantic seaboard in the South
where the skies are not clouded it
can he most clearly seen. Although
unidentified bv the scientists it is unmisakably
distinguished from Hallev's
comet and the astronomers at
the naval observatory here have
trained their telescopes upon it night
and day for nearly a week.
In North and South Carolina, between
6:30 and 7 p. m? it was visible.
Richmond Views the Comet.
Richmond, Vn., Special.?Hundreds
of people viewed for the first time
here just before and during sunset,
the comet recently discovered from
Johannesberg.
Watson Challenges Bryan.
Atlanta, Special.?Thomas E. Watson,
the Populist, is so eager to meet
William J. Hrvan in debate on the
subject of foreign missions, that he
offers to give the Nebraskan $10,000
if be will accept the challenge.
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BOYCOTT SPREADS.
Louisville, Ky., Fraternal Organization
Cuts Out Meat.
GEORGIA TOWNS JOINS RANKSSecretary
Wilson Says Farmers
Should Raise More Meat?The
Orange Judd Farmer's Statement.
Chicago, Special.?The most notable
acquisition to the ranks ot' the
anti-meat cause came from Louisville
Saturday where twenty-one lodges of
a fraternal organization adopted resolutions
that all members refrain
from eating meat more than once a
day during February.
Cleveland, ()., credited with being
the originator of the scheme, now
has .'((),(TOO names enrolled while Kansas
City reports 80.000.
The heads of the leading packing
houses ot Kansas City and Chicago
refused to discuss the effect of the
movement on their business.
Many ether northern, western and
southern cities are to join in the
meat boycott tight.
Indianapolis. >1. I am aim i oieuo
, report oil that the attempts to launch
a crusade against prevailing high
prices in llioso cities lunl so far failed
From St. Paul came the information
that Labor ('oininissioiier MeIOwen
hud declared the inhabitants
of Minnesota were too prosperous
to feel the effects of the hisrh prices.
Apropos of the inovenient. The Orange
dtidd farmer makes the statement
that l!tlt!> was the most prosI
perous year ever known in the live
sto? k industry accorditig to the annual
census review of farm stock.
"The total value of all classes of
live-stock in the country of January
1. 11)10. was $4,880.r>ti8.0(M," sa\s
that periodical. "The increase dnrin;r
1JKW) was the greatest ever recorded
in twelve months, amounting
to $f>li0.()()0.000.
There is an increase in the numbers
of all classes id' animals except
beef cattle ami hogs, showing an increase
in numbers and a heavy advance
in average values per bead at
the same time. Cattle, at her than
milch cows, total -18.7SO.OOtt head,
worth on an average, ijr.20.7li each.
The number of sheep is increasing
raiiidlv :nul now stands i Jti.lMIO
worth $4.07 each. I loirs showed a
marked decline in mini hers, reaching
only 44,0(>(i,000 hut the price per
head. $0.1") is the highest on record.
"Willi the exception of heel- cattle.
every class cd- animals showed
the highest average price ever recorded."
Secretary Wilson Says Farmers
Should Raise More Meat.
Washington, Special.? " I'ndonhtedly
if the farmers were raising
more meat the price would he reduced,"
said Secretary Wilson cd'
the Department of Agriculture in
commenting upon the widespread
boycott against meal products.
"There are not enough people on the
farms raising fond and loo many
people are going to the towns to he
fed.
"Three-quarters of a million of
people," said Secretary Wilson, "are
corning to the I nited Stales annually
from abroad. They do not go to
the farms where thev might help
raise food for the nation. Farmers
cannot get help. They go to the cities
and they have to he fed. The cities
produce nothing to eat although they
do produce something to drink."
"Have you any "plan for inducing
people to go to the farms where they
lime helo to raise food-. '" the Sec
retnrv was asked.
' Jim llill says they will go there
when they got hungry." said the Secretary
after shaking his heail in rep!y
to the quest inn.
To Investigate Alleged Meat Trust
in Missouri.
Jefferson City. Special.?Attorney
General Major tiled petition with the
Supreme Court for tin* appointment
of an examiner to take testimony in
proceedings to aseerla'n whether
there is a trust or eonihinatiou of
meat packers in Missouri to control
prices of meat.
To Abstain Thirty Days in Macon.
Macon, (la.. Special.? The Central
Labor Union pledges its members to
abstain front eating or buying meats
for thirty days.
Boycott in Augusta.
Augusta. Ga.. Special.?A boycott
to all meats for a period of JO days
as a practical protest against "trust"
methods is the substance of a resolution
which was adopted by the local
typographical union. The central labor
union adopted a similar resolution.
Baltimore Ministers Applaud the
Meat Boycott.
Baltimore. Md., Special.?Many
of the ministers of this city in their
sermons applauded the meat boycott
and urged the members of their congregations
to support the movement.
Nashville Enters the Fight.
Nashville, Tenn.. Special.?Because
of the prevailing high prices
of meat the Nashville Trades and
Labor Council unanimously adopted
resolutions urging labor union members
and sympathizers in Nashville
to abstain for JO days from eating
meat of any kind.
Norfolk Union Men to Take Action
Norfolk. \ a., ?pecial.?Delegates
from thirty-two unions, whoso membership
consists of thousands of
skilled workmen, will meet to consider
the advisability of boycotting meats
while the present high prices prevail
Petitions also are being circulated
pieadging the signers.
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CONSIDERED STATE LAWS
Platform of Civis Federation is
Stated in a Number of Resolutions.
Washington, Special. ?Agreeing
that there should be uniformity in
State laws utTecting not only commercial
matters but likewise those
that pertain to the well-being of the
individual, the Fivic federation at its
final session adopted a number id'
resolutions. Among tle.n were those
recommending to the (joveruors the
adoption of uniform laws for the
protection of children employed in
industries; favoring a uniform insurance
code for adoption by the several
States; uniform legis.ation on the
subject of gathering and preservation
of vital statistics; endorsing the
conservation of American forests and
referring the same to the committee
on uniform State laws.
The conference further adopted a
resolution recommending to the
tinventors of the scleral States and
to the States themselves that workmen's
compensation acts, fair to the.
employer and employe and just to
the State, he uniformaly substituted
for the present system of employers
liability for injuries received in and
arising out of the course of employment.
A resolution was passed recommending.
'o .'lie respective States
consideration of the development of
water power and their regulation on
non-navigable streams, with a view
to bringing about uniformity of State
legislation looking to uniform cooperation
between each State legislation
looking to uniform co-operation
between each State ami the Fedj
eral government in the development
i ami cotilrot ??f water |tower.
STRESS RIGHTS OF STATES.
Addresses on Necessity for Retention
of Power Feature.
Washi!i!;toK. Special. ? "State
riirlits" was the burden of most of
'the addresses delivered at the conj
ferenee ol' governors with particular
reference to 'lie eotiservation of roJ
sources and the regulation and supt rj
vision < !' public service corporations.
An intcrchanjro of views on these
two subjects showed a unanimity of
opinion as to the necessity for State
activity. A feature of the session
was a speech by Ambassador l'.rycc.
I who believed the conference would
; emphasize the iiu|M>rtanee of the
j Governorship and that the ehiei exlocative
of each State- was comiup
I more and more to be looked upon
! as the personal representative of tin
i people of his State.
After perfectinir concrete plans for
| future conclaves .the conference of
! .Governors adjourned to meet at one
* flu. Stt'lf ji ..(lull t.lo o I ..
tworn Thanksgiving and Christmas
j ot' t!io current year. the exact time
; and place to bo determined by a committee
.which was appointed.
HEALTH CONFERENCE.
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j Officers Chosen From the Different
States at Atlanta Meeting.
Following ure the officers elected
at the Southern Health Conference
at Atlanta, tin., last week:
President?I)r. II. F. Harris. Atlanta.
Secretary- -\Y. <1. Cooper, Atlanta.
Vice Presidents.
Alabama? Dr. 11. <1. Perry.
Florida?Dr. Hi rain Ityrd.
Georgia?Wiliner L. Moore.
Kentucky?Dr. d. 15. Marvin.
Tennessee?Dr. J. A. Albright.
Virginia ? Dr. K. G. Williams.
North Carolina- -Dr. If. II. Lewis.
Mississippi?Dr. S. II. MeLain.
Arkansas?Dr. K. II. Martin.
South Carolina?Dr. Win. Weston.
Texas?Dr. W. M. Brumby.
Louisiana?Dr. G. II. Dock.
District of Columbia?Dr. \V. C.
Woodward.
Oklahoma?Dr. .1. L. Scholar.
I'nitcd States Army?Maj. B. D.
Taylor.
I'nited States Navy?Past Assistant
Surgeon J. II. White.
Hawaii?Dr. W. I). Baldwin.
Peonage Verdict Stands.
New <trleans. Special.?The I nitcd
Stales circuit court of appeals at
New Orleans affirmed the verdict
rendered in the federal court for the
southern district of Florida in the
case of .Tames (Traham, who was
found guilty of holding a white man,
James McCnnts in peonage. (Iraham
was sentenced by the lower
court to serve Id months in the federal
prison at Atlanta and to pay a
fine of $f>00.
Cook Verdict Confirmed.
Copenhagen, Mv Cable.?The committee
of the Cniversity of Copenhagen
has completed its examination
of Dr. Frederick A. Cook's original
notes, and confirmed its previous
conclusions that not the slightest
proof that the explorer reached the
North Pole hud been submitted.
$10,000 Purse For Peary.
New York, Speeial.? A national
testimonial for Commander Robert
E, Peary, and a purse of $10,000 for
the intrepid explorer is planned for
the evening of February 8 at the
Metropolitan Opera House, (lovernor
I TInolino will
r MUgllVO U 111 I'lUMUr.
Calls Primary For May 10.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?The
Floriila State Democratic, executive
committee met here and called a primary
election to be held May 10 for
the purpose of nominating United
1 States Senator, Congressman, and all
, State ami county offices. A second
. primary will be held June 10 for the
I purpose of tilling: offices where candidates
failed to receive a majority in
the first primary.
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NEWS Bum flf f
Condensed from Wide Fiefd
Domestic and foreign.
AS THEY ARE HAPPENING DAIL< .
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Suited to the Wants of Busy Reade
Seeking a Knowledge of What
Going on.
Len G. Broughton, of Atlanta, ht
challenged Thus. K. Watson for
joint debate at the Tabernacle in ths
city, on "The Foreign Missionoi
i Movement."
| In a decision handed down at Da
; las, Texas, the court of civil appea
; upheld the new law requiring expres
l companies to pay im occttj a ion ta
i of $5,000 for handling C. O* 1-. whi:
, key shipments.
; Brantley of Louisiana has been ap
I pointed to succeed Griggs on th
' committee of ways and means in Con
! grss. J
Martinsville. \V. \'a.. is ma'cing a
determined effort to get a new Balti-f
more and Ohio passenger statioi'1'
Gen. iful'us X. lthudes. edit?(>
the Birmingham News, is dead. l"
The West Virginia Shippers,s
social inn was oreani/.ed at Cls?
burg and passe?l nvolutions det|?
iug a Congressional investigati?\r
the Bait in ore ami Ohio Huilroa'*
As proof of their possession o
Kcllner girl, of Louisville, the a.
ttilV Clin t I..?r> itoooiilo .? lot n
oviii <? I jHitvino il lilt UL
dross. r
j .1. Polk McAllister. past j:*"
mast or ??i" West Virginia vHi'^
lows, lias disappeared from his In
i in Klkins.
| (Georgia has organized a perm ane
association known as the (jeovg
Anti-Tuhoroulosis and Sanitary S
eioty.
The Boston F.lovoated Railwr
! Company voluntarily raised its or
ployes' wanes.
Milk producors in Chicago plan
national association with bett<
prices as its aim.
1 I A score of Italians, among then
the man supposed to he the brains oi
the plot to assassinate Petrosino,
have been arrested around New York
on ehanres of counterfeit inn:.
The Mayor of San Frnneiseo want
. Chinatown restored, as be deems tl
Celestials an asset to the city,
j The lirst suit attacking the Fed*
j al Corporation Ta\ law as uneonsti
j tutional was filed in Cleveland.
A St. Louis judgd wept at having
to send two young bank clerks to the
penitentiary.
The Bronx Park Commissioner in
New York dismissed 1">S men in re
spouse to .Mayor (layi.or's admonition
against padded pay rolls.
The use of oil as fuel on locomotives
lias proved more or less of a
failure.
.Miss Marsrar"t Ilowlatid. heir to
$1,000,000, wed i.vr father's chauffeur.
(invemor Fort, of New Jersey, in
his message to the I.ecislatlire, scored
Sundav law violations in Atlantic
City.
FanHinm flew 4.000 feet hitrh at the
Los Angeles meet.
Governor Harmon, of Ohio, blames
laws of Congress for the increasing
cost of living and asks a remedy.
Ten children ami their mother
were killed when a miner thawed
an explosive in his home at Charleroi,
Pa.
The price of shoes is going up. The
National Shoe Wholesalers' Association
?ays existinir prices of leather
and materials make the increase necessary.
China has decided to open two
towns in .Manchuria to international
trade.
At Washington Fred S. Clinton,
while asleep, fell against a red-hot
stove and was almost hurned to
death.
Pit ominous coal miners will ask an
increase of 10 per rent.
At Cleveland. O., the anti-meat
strike, as a lilow at the increase cost
of living, is in full swing. It is
estimated that lull (>000 men have
signed a pledge to abstain from meat
for a month in an rfl'ort to break the
high prices.
. ii^K imin i n.11jit- inni oacicnaladen
aiiik lias been given typhoid
patients in certain Washington hospitals.
Baltimore lead all American ports last
year in the exportation of corn.
Miss Maude Sanders, 20 years old,
was made a deputy recently by the
sheriff of Pulaski county, Ind., and
single handed she took a prisoner,
giving the name of John I)oe, from
i Winamie., to the jail at Knox, and
i delivered him safely to the sheriff of
; Starke county.
American waist and dress manufae!
turers, in Now York, have under
| consideration a corporation capit&liz!
ed at $.'100,000,000, which would eon,
trol the manufacture of all women's
; wearing apparel.
Col Theodore Roosevelt, qf > the
Harvard class of '80. lias been elected
president of the Harvard Alumni
Association, to succeed President
Charles Kliott.
It Is estimated that 41,f>99,800 tons
, of snow have fallen in Chicago this
winter, and a fortune has been spent
to clean the streets. Pneumonia and
other troubles have made it a disastrous
thing of beauty and ugliness.
Major George C. "Waddill, a wellkn,.wn
Southerner, died in the hom*
of his daughter, Mrs. S. S. Cathings,
Livingston, Statcn Islands, N. Y.
Dr. Jas. Boyec, president of the
Woman's College, Due West, S. C.,
suffered a stroke of, appoplexy last
Tuesday.