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The Results of July Fourth: Fortyfour
deaths and a record number of injured
were the nation's tribute to the
"Glorious Fourth." Three persons were
killed in New York city and there were
384 hurt, many fatallv. Two of th? v?o.
tims there were little girls and the third
a ten-year-old boy. The celebration was
responsible for more than 100 fires, the
total damage being estimated at more
than $50,000. Every section of the country
contributed to the harvest of death
and injury, and it is expected that the
death list will be greatly swelled In the
next few days.
Three Hundredth Anniversary: Thou
sands gathered at Lake George last week
for the tercentennary celebration of the
discovery of Lake Champlain by Samuel
DeChamplain in July, 1609. Ticonderoga
was the center of activity. Famous men
from the United States * ..d Canada gathered
there. President Taft and Earl
Gray, governor general of Canada, spoke.
Others taking part were Senator Root,
Secretary of War Dickinson, Vice-President
Sherman, Speaker Cannon, Governor
Hughes, Governor Prouty, of Vermont,
and the British and other foreign
ambassadors, Cardinal Gibbons and
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Wright for Chief Justice: According
to rumor at Washington, former Secre-.
tary of War Luke E. Wright, of Tennessee,
id to be a member of the supreme
court bench when Chief Justice Puller
retires. It is well known that General
Wright was close to President Roosevelt.
This fact was shown by his appolntment
as ambassador to Japani and
later to the cabinet. His standing 'as a
lawyer is of the highest. Those who
profess to be on the inside declare President
Taft will name the Tennessee lawyer
as a supreme court Justice just as
soon as Chief Justice Fuller retires.
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when on strike have a right to boycott
the concern against which they are striking
and that they have the right to use
pickets in an effort to restrain others
from working as well as to persuade any
customers from doing business with the
concern, is the opinion handed down by
the supreme court of California, in the
case of E. G. Pierce against the Stablemen's
Union. The court's opinion is directly
opposite to the views on the subject
expressed by President Taft, who
holds that no union has the right to
picket or boycott; although it has the
right to strike at will, refusing to work
for all time, but not preventing others
from working?
The Largest Flag: The chief event of
the celebration of Independence day In
Pittsburg, Pa., was the unfurling with
approDriate exercises of the largest flag
in the world, which was hung over
Grant street. The flag, a gift of the patriotic
women of the city, is 160 feet long
and 80 feet wide. The stripes are six
feet wide and each star Is five feet from
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tip to tip. The flag weights 1,200 pounds
and contains 12,800 square feet of surface.
At the Summer White House: President
Taft has taken Mrs. Taft and children
to the "summer white house."
After installing Mrs. Taft in the new
home, the president went to Norwich,
Conn., where he delivered an address at
the exercises commemorating the 250th
anniversary of the settling of that city.
On July 6, 7 and 8 the president was at
Lake Champlain for the 300th anniversary
of the discovery of the lake. Mr. Taft
has decided to stay at Beverly getting a
good rest until September. At that time
he will eo West to the Alnskn.Vnknn.Pn.
ciflc exposition, spend a short time in
the inter-mountain states and the coast
states, and after that turn to the South,
in which section he has promised to make
several speeches. This change is due, in
part, to the long time congress has been
in session.
Chinese Tong War Feared. Every
Chinaman in New York was searched by
detectives and policemen last week in
an effort to seize concealed weapons and
prevent street battles in the war of rival
Chinese tongs that threatens to break
out anew as result of murder of Elsie
Sigel. In .Chinatown a condition bordering
upon martial law prevails. The police
believe that the present fued between
the Ong Leong Tong and the Hip
Sing Tong will prove the most bitter ever
engaged in by these secret organizations.
So serious has the situation become
that the United States government has
stepped in ana is trying to r.... a stop
to the war.
Night Riders to Have a New
The supreme court has reversed iv J :
manded the cases of eight night riders,
six of whom were under sentence of
death, charged with the murder of Captain
Quentin Rankin on the shores of
Reelfoot lake. Of this the defendants,
Garrett Johnson, Tid Burton, Bob Ransom,
Fred Pinion, Arthur C. Loar and
Sam Applewhite, were sentenced to be
banged and Bud Morris and Bob Hoffman
wore sentenced to twenty years imprisonment.
The men were convicted principally
on the evidence of Tid Burton,
who confessed and turned state's evidence
against the night'rider band.
England Encroaching on Liberia: The
official report of the American commission
recently appointed to inquire into
the question of alleged British encroachments
upon Liberian territory will create
a sensation In the United States and
be very unpalatable to the British government,
it is confidently stated by a
correspondent at Freetown. Africa. It
is not believed, however, that any grave
diplomatic complication can arise from
the report, for there appears to be a tacit
understanding that the British government
upon finding that there is patent
proof of the alleged encroachments will
recede from them with :.s good grace as
may be possible, laying the entire responsibility
upon the local colonial officials.
rH. July 14, 1909.
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Greenville, S. <L
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