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VOL. XXIV.
BIG REVENUE FROM TAX
Two Per Cent on Earnings of
Corporations.
$30,000,000 WILL BE RAISED
Tax Will Not Be Collected Except Upon
Earnings of Corporations in Ex
cess of $5,000.
Washington, D. C. —A final agree
.tnent on the terms of the amendment
to be proposed to the pending tariff
bill for the imposing of a tax of two
per cent on the net earnings of cor
porations was reached by President
Taft and the members of the finance
committee of the senate at the most
important conference held at the
white house since the incumbency of
Mr. Taft.
The whole matter was threshed out,
following a dinner given by the presi
dent in the state dining room in the
white house. Gathered about the
board were Attorney General Wicker
sham, Senator Root, Secretary of
State Knox and Senators Aldrich,
Burrows, Penrose, Hale, Cullom,
Flint, Smoot, McCumber and Lodge
Speaker Cannon, Representative
Payne, chairman of the committee
on ways and means, and Representa
tive John Dwight of New York, the
republican whip of the house.
The terms of the measure as final
ly agreed upon provide that all cor
porations having capital stock isssued
for profit shall pay a tax of 2 per cent
upon their net earnings. Corporations
coming within the designation will be
compelled to make returns to the spe
cially designated agents of the bureau
of internal revenue of the treasury de
partment, giving the amount of their
gross receipts, capital stock, bonded
indebtedness and all other visible
debts.
Each corporation will be allowed a
$5,000 exemption, which means that
the tax will not be collected except
upon earnings in excess of $5,000. It
is intended that the tax shall become
operative immediately upon the pass
age of the law. The life of the meas
ure was made indeterminate instead
of two years or some other fixed ar
rangement, such as has been sug
gested originally.
The present year's tax will be col
lected July 1, 1910, the beginning of
the next fiscal year.
Estimates place the probable
amount that would be raised by the
2 per cent corporation tax, taking into
consideration all the exemption stated
from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000.
EXPLOSION IN COAL MINE.
17 Men Killed and 16 Injured in a
Pennsylvania Mine*
Wehrum, Pa. —As the result of an
explosion of gas in Mine No. 4 of
the Lackawanna Coal and Coke Com
pany, seventeen miners were killed
and sixteen injured. With one excep
tion, those killed were foreigners.
With few exceptions, those injured
were Americans.
Superintendent A. M. Johnson said
that while the mine has always been
regarded as non-gaseous, the explo
sion was due to the ignition of a pock
et of gas by the open lamp of a
miner.
Superintendent Johnson called for
volunteers to enter the mine. Several
women offered to go, but these were
ordered back. With wet handker
chiefs tied over their faces, the first
squad of the relief party started down
the shaft. Of the eight who start
ed, four came back conscious. The
others'were pulled to the surface wit^
ropes. A second and a third pari^
entered, only to be driven back by
the deadly gases.
Oxygen sent by the Cambria Steel
Works, aided the searchers, and with
safety helmets a fourth rescue party
succeeded in bringing twelve bodies
to the surface. Later, five more bod
ies were recovered.
ALCOHOL HABIT GROWING.
Doctor Says That Drinking Increases
Among Business Men.
Detroit, Mich. — “Notwithstanding
the prohibition wave that has recent
ly swept over the country, there is
every reason to believe that the al
coholic habit among business men is
steadily on the increase,” declared Dr.
Frank C. Richardson of Boston, in an
address before the Society of Neurol
ogy and Psychiatrics, held in connec
tion with the American Institute of
Homeopathy, which is in session here
this week.
Dr. Richardson declared that the
strenuous American business life is
producing in many of its followers a
neurosis partaking of the character
of neuresthenia, psychastehnia and
hysteria.
While Dr. Richardson held nicotine
to ,be also a producer of neuresthenia,
he regarded it as less injurious and
less destructive than alcohol.
UNIQUE WEDDING.
Thomas Lawson’s Daughter to Wed
Under Apple Tree.
Scituate, Mass. —In the midst of
eleven acres of roses, James E. Lord
of Chicago and Miss Marion Lawson
will be married June 30.
The daughter of Thomas W. Law
son has planned a ceremony, which
for environment will be absolutely
unique. The estate at Dreamland af
fords opportunities for this. One of
the features of the place is a tract
of about eleven acres, which is just
now a solid massof roses in full
bloom. In about the center of this
huge rosebed, there is an isolated ap
ple tree, and under this tree Miss
Lawson and Mr. Lord will stand
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5-F6OT SHELFJLIBRARY.
List of Books Chosen by Dr. Eliot for
General Educational Purposes.
Boston, Mass. —Dr. Charles W. Eli
ot, former president of Harvard uni
versity, has made public a partial list
of the “five-foot-shelf” library which
is to contain the best works of Eng
lish literature, especially adapted for
the person seeking a general educa
tion.
The works announced by Dr. Eliot,
in addition to the fifteen formerly
named, are as follows:
Johnson’s “Volpone,” Beaumont &
Fletcher’s “The Maid’s Tragedy,”
Webster’s “Duchess of Malfa,” Mid
dleton’s “The Changeling,” Dryden’s
“All for Love,” Shelby’s “Cecil,”
Browning’s “Blot on the Escutch
eon,” Tennyson's “Becket,” Goethe’s
“Faust,” Marlow’s “Dr. Faustus,”
Adam Smith's “Wealth of Nations,”
“Letters of Cicero and Pliny,” Bun
yan’s “Pilgrim's Progress,” Burns’
“Tam O’Shanter,” Walton’s “Com'
plete Angler,” “Lives of Donne and
Herbert,” "Autobiography of St. Aug
ustine,” “Plutarch’s Lives,” Dryden’s
“Aenid,” Chaucer’s "Canterbury
Tales,” Thomas A. Kempis’ “Imitatinft
of Christ,” Dante’s “Divine Comedy*y
Drawin's “Origin of Species,” “Ara
bian Knights.”
DECLINE IN EXPORTS
U. S. Exported $200,000,000 Less Mer
chandise in 1909 Than in 1908.
Washington, D. C. — The United
States exported $200,000,000 less mer
chandise in the fiscal year which ends
with this month than in 1908, accord
ing to a report issued from the bu
reau of statistics. The cause of the
falling off is not known, although
there is a general decrease in the
sale of merchandise in the greater
part of the world. The total value
of domestic merchandise exported in
1908 was $1,835,000,000, while in 1907
the figures show exports of $1,854,000,-
000. The figures made public sho’w
that the decrease is approximately
$50,000,000 under the exports of 1906.
There is a marked falling off all the
way round, for instance: the total
imports of our largest customer, the
United Kingdom, were in the ten
months ending with April, 1909, $123,-
000,000 below those of the correspon
ding months in the previous year.
Canada shows a decrease of $68,000,-
000 in her imports; German, $101,000,-
000, and the other nations correspon
ding decreases.
Manufacturers of iron, steel copper
and wood show a falling off in demand
abroad. The greatest falling off, how
ever, was in foodstuffs and manufac
tures, each being about $90,000,000.
The decrease in cotton is about $lO,-
000,000. The principal articles in
which the falling off in our own ex
ports occurs in cotton, corn, wheat,
meats, manufactures of copper and
manufactures of good. The figures
of the bureau of statistics show the
total value of cotton exported in the
eleven months qnding with May, 1909,
at $4,302,925,707
LITTLE WATERMELONS INTRODUCED.
Large Quantity Being Raised by Unit
ed States Government.
Washington, D. C. —Individual wa
termelons about the size of a cante
loupe, of delicious flavor, in color yel
low and red, which can be grown in
any section of this country, have been
introduce-! through the department of
agriculture by Horace G. Knowles,
former American minister to Rouma
nia, who discovered them in the foot
hills of the Carpathian mountains in
Roumania.
For use in hotels, restaurants, clubs,
on dining cars and elsewhere, the new
arrival will fill a long felt want. Ex
tensive experiments have been made
by the department through its num
erous stations, which prove that cli
mate conditions, soil, etc., in practi
cally all parts of this country are
adapted to the growth of the melon.
This season a large quantity are
being raised by Vie government for
the purpose of se^d propagation and
for the introduction to the public.
It is proposed to name the new
melon Princell Marie, in honor of the
crown princess of Roumania, whose
guest Mr. Knowles was when he dis
covered the melons.
FATAL AUTO SMASHUP.
One Killed, Three Hurt, When Elec
tric Car Ran Into Machine.
Anderson, S. C. —In a collision be
tween an interurban car of the An
derson Traction Company and an au
tomobile at Breazale's crossing, nine
miles east of Anderson, one is
one fatally and two seriously injured.
Some defects in the mechanism ol
the automobile caused it to come to a
standstill on the car tracks, and the
electric car smashed into it while go
ing at a high rate of speed, down
grade;
James H. Cobb, superintendent Bel
ton Cotton Mills, Belton, S. C., wa^
killed instantly.
The injured are: Rev. D. D. Rich
ardson, fatally, Belton, S. C.; Rev.
E. A. McDowell, broken shoulder and
arm, Ninety-Six, S. C.; Mrs. D. D.
Richardson, bruised about body.
Seaboard Air Line Buys Road.
Chera, S. C. —The Seaboard Air
Line bought the controlling interest
in the Chesterfield and Lancaster
Railroad. The negotiations were con
ducted by Judge Watts, general coun
sel for the Seaboard, through the
Bank of Cheraw. There will be no
present change in the management
Harriman Made $2,000,000.
San Francisco, Cal. —Edward H.
Harriman cleaned up $2,000,000 by sell
ing the Central of Georgia Railroad
to 'his Illinois Central system. Mr.
Harriman purchased 50,000 shares of
Central of Georgia stock at $6O a
share. The Illinois Central has bought
them at par, $lOO each.
THE TRIBUNE OFFICE REMOVED TO 462 WEST BROAD STREET.
SAVANNAH. GA„ SATURDAY. JUNE 26. 1909.
BANDIT LOOTS BANK
In Frontier Style Banking House
at Ft Worth, Tex., is Robbsd.
CASHIER GAVE UP $B,lOO
Robber Made a Clean Getaway—Train
on Canadian Pacific Held Up.
Express Of Lee Robbed.
Fort Worth, Texas. —In true fron
tier style a lone highwayman, describ
ed as genteel in appearance and nat
tily dressed, robbed the branch bank
ing house of the Waggoner Bank and
Trust Company in the most central
section of the down town business
district of Fort Worth of $B,lOO in
Currency, made his escape and has
succeeded in evading the searching
parties of police and citizens.
The robbery was the most daring at
tempted in Texas in years. Cashier
Walter E. King was alone in the
bank at the time, balancing the trans
actions of the day when a well-dress
ed stranger w’alked in.
As the man approached the win
dow of the cashier’s department, King
looked up and down the barrel of a
•revolver.
“Make a move or a noise of any
kind and I’ll kill you,” was the greet
ing, declares Mr. King.
The cashier complied and stuffing
the roll of bills, $B,lOO, in denomina
tions ranging from $1 to $2O, into his
bockets the man backed out of the
(Joor under cover of his pistol and as
Mr. King ran to a telephone, he saw
the man walking down the street and
mingling with the crowds with an
apparent air of unconcern.
The police reached the scene five
minutes later, but the stranger had
disapeared.
At the time of the robbery several
hundred persons were in the vicinity
of the building and many noted the
arrival at the bank and the departure
of the man, but his manner gave no
(indication of his purpose.
Several declared that he eiimbed
into a waiting automobile after walk
ing several blocks, but the police place
kittle credence in this assertion, ana
it is believed he still is in Fort
Worth.
According to Cashier King, the man
was about 35 years old, tall and slen
der and apparently a man of refine
ment, and was modishly dressed.
The loss to the Waggoner bank is
covered by insurance. The bank has,
however, offered a reward of $l,OOO
land a like sum will probably be offer
ed by the city for the capture of the
highwayman.
Vancouver, B. C.—Six masked men,
armed with revolvers and rifles held
up Canadian Pacific westbound ex
press No. 97, near Ducks, searched
three express cars, and. failing to find
anything of value escaped
Just ahead of No. 97 was the St.
.Paul express, which had picked up 90
bars of silver bullion, at Revelstoke,
and the authorities believe this was
the incentive for the coup.
Green Bay, Wis. —Two bandits en
tered the night office of the United
States Express Company here, and at
the point of a revolver compelled the
man in charge to open the safe. They
(secured $5,000.
Ithaca. N. Y. —Robbers blew up the
tease in the Citizens' National Bank at
Locke, a village twenty miles north
of this city and fled with between
$2,600 and $2,700, most of which was
in $5 bills. They overlooked about
$5,000 in gold.
BAN OF HERESY.
Prof. Foster is Expelled from Minis
ters’ Conference of Chicago.
Chicago, 111. —Professor George Bur
man Foster of the University of Chi
cago, whose denial of the divinity of
Christ in a recent book, has stirred
Chicago Baptists to a high pitch of
resentment, was dropped from the
'Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Chi
cago.
Hisses, yells and general confusion
made the meeting one of the stormiest
ever hell by churchmen in Chicago,
and it resembled a political meeting
in a rowdy ward.
The conference has not the power
to expel him from the church, and
no definite action was taken.
BARROW, THIRD ARBITRATOR.
To Act in Dispute Between Georgia
Road and Firemen.
Washington, D. C. —In view of the
declination of Bishop Candler of
Georgia to act as arbitrator in the
strike of the Georgia Railroad fire
men, the arbitrators agreed upon Da
vid C. Barrow^ chancellor of the Uni
versity of Georgia as the third arbi
trator.
Athens, Ga. —After having given
•arefal consideration to the invitation
extended him to become an arbitrator
in the Georgia Railroad strike ques
tion, Chancellor David C. Barrow
reached the conclusion that it is his
duty to accept.
LOCKED JN BOX CAR.
Girl Goes from Kansas City to Denver
in Three Days.
Denver. Colo. —While Mabel War
ren, aged thirteen, was playing in a
box car in the Kansas City freight
yards, she fell asleep. When she
awoke she found that the car was
moving, it was dark and her screams
tor help not answered. Then she
cried herself to sleep. She awoke
again and heard rain on the roof of
the car when stops wpre made, but
could not make herself heard and was
carried west. The car rolled into
Denver three days later and yardmen
heard faint cries for help. They
found the girl nearly starved and sent
her to the police station.
CUTTON IS BACKWARD. .
Ram is Keeping Labor From the Fields.
Plant is Very Small.
Memphis, Tenn.—The Commercial-,
Appeal, in its weekly summary of the
cotton crop, says:
“In all states east of the Mississippi
river and in Arkansas, cultivation is
backward and the plant is small
Some progress was made during the
past week, but in many districts of
this territory heavy to moderate local
rains fell and kept the labor from the
fields. There is much grass. On some
of the lowlands it is still too wet for
cultivation, and on such lands the
cotton will be abandoned.
"There are only limited local excep
tions to this general condition.
“Some of the cotton worked out ear
ly has again become foul, and corre
spondents are of the opinion that with
the best of weather, cultivation will
not be normal before July.
“In Oklahoma and Texas, the rain
fall was beneficial. The crop during
the week made rapid advancement. It
is generally in a good state of cultiva
tion and is regarded by correspond
ents as promising. The Texas crop
is still late, and boll weevils are be
coming more numerous.
OUR GREAT FOREIGN TRADE
American Plows Are Used in More
Than Seventy Counties.
Washington, D. C. —As evidence of
the wide distribution of American
manufacturers the bureau of statis
tics issued a statement showing a
part of the volume of American trade.
In the case of mowers and reapers,
for example, it is shown that no lass
than seventy-five countries and colo
nies were the destintions of this class
of manufactures. Russie in Europe is
stated to be the largest purchaser.
American plows and cultivators are
turning up the soil in more than sev
enty countries and colonies of the
world; American billiard balls were
largely e-xported; stove polish in im
meijse quantities found its w r ay into
the United Kingdom, Mexico, Cuba,
Central America, Australia, New Zea
land and the Dutch East Indies;
American candles light homes in
more than forty countries of the
world; nearly $5,000,000 worth of a*
tomobiles were sent to various parts
of the world; street railway cars to
more than fifty countries; bicjCles tc
more than sixty countries; baking
powder to more than forty countries;
. w r atches to seventy-five countries;
cotton cloths to seventy countries;
and binder twine to seventy coun
tries.
Other countries and sections of the
world to which American merchan
dise is sent included Greenland and
Iceland, Gibraltar, Tripoli, Falkland
islands, Canary islands, Klao Chau
the German port in China, Port Ar
thur and Talintwan. Japanese port;
China, Morocco, the Congo country
in Africa, Servia, Roumania, Tasman
ia, German Oceania, French Oceania
and British Oceania.
“PAT” CALHOUN GETS MISTRIAL
Jury in Notable Case Stood 10 for
Acquittal, and 2 for Conviction.
San Francisco, Cal. —Terminating
in a disagreement of the jury, with
ten men determined on acquittal and
two steadfastly resolved upon convic
tion. the trial of President Patrick
Calhoun of the United Railroads has
ended.
Five months and a week had trans
pired since the wealthy street car
magnate, a descendant of Patrick Hen
ry, made his first apeparance in court
to answer to the charge of offering a
bribe of $4,000 to a supervisor to ob
tain a privilege for his corporation.
“I am ready to try this case again,
and I will go ahead tomorrow, if nec
essary,” said Mr. Heney, an hour at
ter adjournment. Mr. Calhoun said:
"Of course I am disappointed at the
failure of the jury to acquit me of the
unjust charges against me. I should
have liked my vindication by the jury
to have been absolute.
RULES FOR LONG LIFE.
On His 97th Birthday Chicagoan Tells
How to Live.
Chicago, Ill.—After eating a hearty
breakfast, E. F. Robbins, 97 years old,
gave the following rules *or long life
to friends and relatives on his birth
day anniversary.
Don’t worry; it doesn’t help a bit.
Be cheerful under all circumstances.
Live simply but freely.
Have a good time, but have an eye
on the future.
Be kindly and keep your temper.
Love your neighbor; don’t try to do
him.
Never give advice; it’s bad policy.
Observe the Golden Rule.
Newsy Paragraphs.
The Louisiana Historical society
has inaugurated a movement to se
cure the original ordinance of seces
sion adopted by the people of Louis
iana, which is now in possession of
the war department at Washington.
The representatives of the state in
congress have beeen requested to use
their efforts to place the document
once more in the possession of the
state of Louisiana.
W. J- Pilkington of Des Moines,
lowa, editor of The lowa Trade Jour
nal, has taken absolute charge of ev
ery business house in Dexter, lowa, a
town of 800 persons, for seven months,
for the purpose of proving that city
methods would benefit the dealer in
small towns. Mr. Pilkington has plac
ed the town in the hands of Guy
Pogue, who is personally conducting
every business in the town, from the
bank to the lumber mill. At the end
of seven months, he declares, profits
will be doubler, business will increase,
trade will be attracted to Dexter from
other towns and the business meth
ods will become metropolitan. Mr.
Pilkington believes in advertising, and,
as a result, the Dexter paper has more
advertisements that it ever had.
CONSTITUTION OFC.S.A.
Historic Document on Exhibition
in Library of Congress.
Original Copy Loaned to the Govern
ment by J. W. Deßenne ot
Savannah, Ga.
Washington, D. C. —There has been,
ieposited in the library of congress
and placed on exhibition in the man-,
uscripts’ division the original engross-*
3d “permanent Constitution of the
Confederate States of America.”,,
The constitutionw as adopted on
March 11, 1861, by the Confederate
Congress at Montgomery, Ala., and
signed by delegates from South Car
olina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana and Texas. When,
the capital was moved to Richmond,
it was carried to that city and, upon
the evacuation of Richmond, was sent
with other papers farther south,where
it was rescued by Mr. F. G. Defon
taine, at Chester, S. C., from a band
of looters.
Mr. Defontaine kept this and other
documents for some years and, in
1883, it passed into the hands of Mrs.
G. W. J. Deßenne, whose son, Mr. W.
J. Deßenne, of Savannah, Ga., now
owns it, and has recently deposited it
as a loan with the librarian of con
gress.
FORTIFY THE MISSISSIPPI.
Commercial Bodies Urge A«tion by
Congress.
New Orleans, La. —Because the na
val bureau at Washington has been in
different to the Mississippi river the
federal government has sadly neglect
ed the defenses of the valley country
by leaving its gateway to the sea
practically unprotected. Should such
a policy on the part of the government
continue, in time of war the enemy's
warships could be kept out of the riv
er only by destroying the jetty chan
nel. This channel has cost much mon
ey and required many years to open
up and might be closed indefinitely.
Upon its integrity depend the com
merce and cheapness of the freight
rates from the valley to all foreign
markets. With the opening of ths
Panama canal the cities of the valley
will begin the upbuilding of a vast
import and export trade.
In older to place the facts squarely
before the people of the valley the
commercial bodies of New Orleans
have adopted resolutions
In closing, the resolutions say:
“That our senators and representa
tives in congress be and they are
hereby requested to immediately pre
sent these preambles and resolutions
to the secretary of war and the sec
retary of the navy, and to urge upon
them the necessity of immediate and
adequate defences at the gateway of
the Mississippi valley; also, to urge
upon congress the necessity of legis
lation for the establishment and con
struction at this point of a fortified
naval base of the first class.”
DEAD BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE.
Forty-Five Persons Who Have Died
Recently Were Resuscitated.
New York City.—Forty-five persons
who have died recently form the ba
sis of a most remarkable report on
bringing the dead back to life, accord
ing to The Medical Record. Of the
forty-five cases treated under the new
theory of manipulating the heart oy
Ihe hand, seventeen patients were re
tuscitated, nine with complete recov
। ry. The remaining eight died after
a short time. Forty of the cases
treated are said to have been due to
the anaesthetic administered. The re
port says that in each instance imme
diately after death ensued, or not
more than five minutes afterwards,
the chest was opened and the heart
was given a direct application of man
ual massage.
"After the chest cavity has been
opened, the hand is forced in and the
heart is grasped, and pushing toward
the anterior thoracic walls,” accord
ing to The Medical Record, “and tho
ventricles are squeezed rhythmically
at about normal beats. Sometimes
fifteen minutes elapse before any re
sponse is obtained. During all the
time assistants should be busy with
artificial respiration, saline and adre
nalin infusions, tongue traction, intu
buation or trachaeotomy and elevation
of pelvis and legs.”
TEN KILLED IN COLLISION.
Forty Seriously Injured in Indiana
Trolley Wreck.
South Bend, Ind. —Ten persons were
killed and forty injured in_a wreck on
(he Chicago, Lake Shore and South
Bend Railroad in Porter county, In
diana, two of the big electric ears
colliding head-on. According to Gen
eral Manager H. U. Wallace, the
wreck was due to a disobedience of
orders by Motorman George A. Reed
of the eastbound car, who was killed.
SOUTH AMERICAN - PRESIDENT QUITS.
President Reyes Has Fled From
Colombia.
Colon, Panama.—Advices received
here confirm previous reports that
General Raefel Reyes, president of
Colombia, has abandoned office and
sailed for Europe.
The recent trend of affairs In Co
lombia makes the departure of the
president a matter of no surprise, for
it has been openly asserted that his
voluntary resignation from office was
the only solution for Colombia’s po
litical troubles.
The support given by President
Reyes to the United States-Panama-
Colombia treaty was responsible for
the prevailing dissatisfaction.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
The commission authorized by Ten
nessee legislature to select a site for
(he monument to Senator Edward
Ward Carmack, who was killed on
(he streets in Nashville last Novem
ber, has decided on a location. The
monument will be placed just above
(he south entrance to the state capi
tol grounds. It is proposed to erect
on the site mentioned a memorial
costing $25,1)00. The subscriptions to
the memorial fund have been coming
in in a satisfactory manner so far.
The work of erecting the monument
will be pushed as rapidly as is con
sistent with the best class of the
work and the proper completion of
the same.
The American Institute of Bankers,
in session at Seattle, Wash., decid
ed to hold next year's convention in
Chattanooga, Tenn. The following of
ficers were elected: President, New
ton D. Alling, New York City; vice
president, George Jackson, Chicago;
secretary, H. G. Proctor. Richmond,
Va.; treasurer, Louis H. T. Moss,
New Orleans; executive council,
Frank Cerini, Oakland, Cal.; W. S.
Evans, Philadelphia; E. C. Pinney,
Minneapolis; D. J. Lyons, Providence,
R. I.; chairman of the executive coun
cil, Ralph C. Wilson, Chicago.
Joacquin Miller is planning to es
tablish a colony of poets and to con
duct a school of poetry near his home
at Fruitvale, in California. He has
given an acre of land to Henry Meade
Bland and anotther to Herbert Bash
ford. They expect to build cottages
there and help found this colony.
Mrs. Bellamy Storer, wife of the
former American ambassador to Aus
tria-Hungary, has established a new
society, the aim of which Is to obtain
from steamship and railroad officials
permission to allow pet dogs to trav
el first-class with their wealthy mis
tresses.
Abdul Hamid has been summoned
to appear in court as the defendant
in a suit brought by a former court
jeweler, who seeks to recover $20,000.
The jeweler alleges this to be a por
tion of the loss he sustained when Ab
dul closed his shop and exiled him
for having business relations with
Rschad Effendi, the present sultan.
The railroad companies are closely
wattching the use of a mechanical
"fireman” on some of the big engines
of a northern road. These devices
have been installed to meet the neces
sity of a more satisfactory way of
feeding the furnaces on the monster
locomotives, which ar? now being em
ployed, the human fireman being hard
ly equal to the task of feeding in the
fuel. The mechanical stoker seems
to be giving satisfaction, and it Is
probable that the roads will adopt it.
The American board of commission
ers of foreign missions will start In
July to raise a fund of $2,000,000 for
Yhe enlargement of all the educational
institutions in foreign lands under its
supervision. Fully one-third of thee
amount will be used in Turkey, ac
cording to an officer of the board. The
growth there has been greater than in
other countries. Many of the colleges
in Turkey and China cannot accom
modate all of the students that anply
for admission. A permanent endow
ment fund of $lOO,OOO for each institu
tion is desired by the board, which
believes that an income that can be
depended upon will insure better work.
Washington.
A complaint was filed with the in
terstate commerce commission. It was
against two hundred and one inter
state carriers by the Florida Fruit and
Vegetable Shippers’ Protective Asso
ciation of Jacksonville. Fla. It al
leges that the growers and shippers of
citrus fruits and vegetables from Flor
ida points were subjected to unjust
and unreasonable rates of transporta
tion to points in northern and west
ern states, and to undue prejudice and
disadvantage and discrimination in re
frigeration charges by the railroads.
It is improbable that a decision will
be reached in any of the cases be
fore some time next fall, if the sum
mer recess of the commission is taken.
Representative John L. Burnett of
Alabama who is a member of tho
house committee appointed at the last
session to visit the south and inves
tigate the alleged peonage system al
leged to prevail there, said that the
committee had visited Alabama, Flor
ida, Arkansas and Georgia, and later
would look into some cases alleged tto
exist in West Virginia and Missis
sippi. A few irregularities were found
in some of the states, he said, but the
reports received were largely exag
gerated.
’ Secretary Wilson declared most
amphatically that the statement pub
lished thatt he Intends resigning in
(he coming fall is entirely without
foundation. He has no intentioon of
leaving the cabinet, he said, and ad
ded that if President Taft desires his
resignation, he knows nothing of it.
“A hint from the president will be the
Only cause for my resigning,” he con
cluded.
Secretary of Agriculture James Wil
son of lowa will leave the president’s
cabinet in December and Representa
tive Charles Frederick Scott of the
Second district of Kansas, will be
named as his successor, according to
reliable information given out. Mr.
Scott is chairman of the house com
mittee on agriculture. Secretary Wil
son has broken the record for length
of continuous cabinet service. He
will have served thirteen years when
he retires in the winter.
The propaganda of good roads in
Louisiana recently announced by Gov
ernor Sanders, has found an ally in
the United States government. Two
experts from the department of agri
culture have arrived in Baton Rouge
to assist in the construction of model
roads throughout the state.
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