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At Home.
A Statue of John C. Calhoun, for the
Hall of statuary in the Capitol at Washington,
has been completed and accepted
by the _^mmittee of the South Carolina
Legislature. It will be presented to the
nation on January 19th.
The State of Virginia has prepared two
statues for the Hall of Statuary In the
Capitol?one of George Washington, and
the other of Robert E. Lee. There is objection
raised by some to the acceptance
of the latter by Congress, and some of
the State officials are suggesting that
the United States may have the choice of
accepting both or of accepting neither one.
The matter will come before Congress.
It will be remembered that on his rppfint
visit to Richmond, President Taft doffed
his hat before the statue of Lee in that
city.
An Interesting Experiment shows that
the bark of a dog proceeds from its larynx.
A mild current of electricity applied to
the throat of a dog that was dead caused
him to bark or to howl.
The Christmas Edition of The Atlanta
Georgian is a remarkable paper of 108 full
size pages. It contains admirable pictures
of its leading citizens and excellent illustrations
of the growth and development
of the city in the years that have followed
the civil war. The Georgian is
a paper to be commended for its man
agement.
Last Sunday's Storm in the Northeast
was both severe and peculiar. A furious
gale (70 miles an hour), along with
high tide, swept a billow fourteen feet
high along the coast north of New Jersey.
In New York City it filled the cellars
along the East River. The snow from
Washington northward was more than a .
foot in depth, (in Uhiladelphia 16 inches)
but in the streets and in railroad cuts it
was from ten to twenty feet in depth.
Telegraphy service was paralyzed and
railroad trains were all stopped.
The Growth of Atlanta. In the Christmas
issue of the Atlanta Georgian we find
a statement of the increase in bank
clearings for seven years past. The increase
is 175 per cent, a phenomenal
record. In 1900 the bank clearings were
$90,000,000. In 1909 nearly $400,000,000.
The Postoffice Receipts of Atlanta in
1865 were $47,979; in 1900, $319,315; in
1905 they were $605,874; in 1909 they
were $905,918.
Mr. Chas. L. Warriner, the treasurer
of the Big Four Railway, has been sentenced
to six years in the penitentiary
for his theft from the railroad of several
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ITH December 29, 1909.
hundred thousand dollars.
The Young Men's Christian Association
at Bowling Green, Ky.f has received a
Christmas present of five thousand dollars
from Mr. W. L. Burton.
U. S. Senator A. J. McLaurin, of Mississippi,
died December 22, at his home in
Brandom. His death was sudden, due
to heart failure, while seated in a rocking
chair in his library in front of the
grate. He had recently recovered from
an mness due to ptomaine poisoning.
The New Battleship, Utah, was launched
at Camden, N. J., (opposite Philadelphia)
last week. It is at present the
largest and most formidable vessel of our
navy. Two other ships are under construction
which promise to be even more
powerful.
The Switchmen's Strike on the railroads
in the Northwest is reported as
having been brought to a happy conclusion
through the intervention of Governor
Eberhart.
The Steel Trust has distributed to its
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$2,000,000, out of the profits of the year
1909. Sixty per cent, of this bonus will
be paid in cash and forty per cent, in
stock of the company.
Abroad.
In Nicaragua the insurgent army has
won a signal victory, and is now marching
against the capital city, Managua. President
Zelaya has abdicated in favor of
President Madriz. It is reported that Zelaya
has sought protection on board a
warship of Mexico.
In Denmark, the University of Copenhagen
has passed upon the diary and .
specifications furnished by Dr. Frederick
Cook, in support of his claim to have
reached the North Pole. The University
has decided that the documents are not
sufficient to sustain his claim; and it is
rejected.
In Siberia the Russian authorities are
massing troops on the Korean frontier.
The report is that Japan is getting ready
to annex Korea, and that Russia is preparing
to resist the movement.
In Africa Kermit Roosevelt is reported
to have Succeeded in shooting a sitatungas,
a rare animal even in Africa.
In Korea the Prime Minister of the Korean
cabinet was stabbed to death by a
young Korean who had been educated in
the United States. The minister was an
opponent of Prince Ito, and a zealous
friend of Korean independence.
In Roumania the Prime Minister was
shot last week by an anarchist.
In India the chief magistrate of Nasika
in the Presidency of Bombay, Arthur M.
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23, by a native. The motive is said to
be revenge for a sentence of life imprisonment
upon a kinsman of the assassin.
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