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BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL
V' OL. XII.
U.S.TROOPSLEAVE CUBA
Army to Begin Evacuation on
New Year’# Day.
EVACUATION AT INTERVALS
Soldier* Will Not Leave at Onece—
But Cubase at a Rule Pleated at the
Departure *f tee Troopr.
Havana, Cuba. New Year’s day
will witness the beginning of the
evacuation of Cuba by the army of
pacification, which has been in pos
session of the island since the be
ginning of the provision government.
October, 1906. The Brst provisional
regiment of marines, numbeiing about
900, will be among the first troops
to leave. About half this regiment
will sail from Havana on January 1,
on the cruiser, Prairie, which will re
turn about the middle of the month
and embark the remainder.
Headquarters companies, A, B, C j
and D, twentieth infantry, will em
bark on the transport Sumner, at Ms
tanzas, on December 31. From there
the transport will proceed to Hava
na and embark companies F, Q and
H, stationed at Guanajay, and com
pany E, stationed at Guinea.
From that time on, the transports
Sumner and McClellan will he deploy
ed In the embarkation at intervals of
the remainder of the array. Battery
F. third field artillery, and the fif
teenth cavalry will sail on February
2. The headquarters army, eleventh
cavalry, the Mountain artillery aud
fifth infantry, the eleventh Infantry j
and the seventeenth Infantry willj
leave Havana about February 27 for
Newport News. It is the intention
to have all of these appear in the
Inaugural parade at Washington.
This leaves only two companies of
engineers and two battalions of the
seventeenth infantry. These troops
will embark April 1, which will com
plete the evacuation.
The embarkation of the troops will
be effected with as little ceremony as
possible. The purpose In deferring the
departure of a portion of the seven
teenth infantry until April 1 has been
the subject of considerable specula
tion, but it is believed this was agreed
upon at a conference between Gov
ernor Magoon and Presideut-elect Go
mez. It probably is for the purpose
of keeping the barracks and quarters
In good order until it Is possible to
turn over to the Cuban authorities a
model camp.
Cubans, with the exception of a few
who profess to fear that disorder will
follow the evacuation of the island,
are greatly pleased at the departure
of the American forces, as marking
the complete establishment of inde
pendence. All show the kindest feel
ings toward the troops.
CONGRESSMEN GO TO PANAMA.
Sailed from Charleston, S. C., for
Colon.
Washington, I>. C—To familiarise
themselves with conditions under the
present form of government of the
Panama canal zone and to consider
what changes, if any, are desirable,
twelve members of the house commit
tee on foreign and interstate com
merce sailed front Charleston, S. C-,
for Colon.
It la not thought that any measure
having for its object a change in the
form of civil governmen’ for the
xone will receive the consideration
of congress at the present session,
but as all but two of the members
of the committee will be members of
the house in the sixty-first congress,
the committee will find the informa
tion secured now of value later.
There has been some discussion of
the advisability of attaching the zone
to one of the southern circuits of the
federal courts.
The congressional party not only
will investigate this matter, but also
will look Into all phases of the con j
strucllon of the canal.
The committee has not had under
amsideration any suggestion to in
clude the courts on the zone In one
of the federal circuits, nor has there;
been any suggestion made to it that
labor conditions there are unsatis
factory.
CONSERVATION CONGRESS CALLED.
All North America to Be Represent
ed at Washington.
Washington, D. C. —Announcement
was made at the white house of h
proposed plan for a conference look
ing toward the conservation of the
national resources of North America,
to be held at the white house on
February 18.
Letters suggesting the plan have
been addressed by President Roose
velt to the governor general of Can
ada and to President Diaz of Mexico.
The main object of the conference
will be to point out that natural re
sources are not limited by the lines
which separate nations, to develop a
better knowledge of the resources of
each nation on the part of the others.
BIEATIqOUTgICAL GARDEN.
May Be Made of Cat Island in the
Mississippi Sound.
New Orleans, La.—To make of Cat ;
Island, a large tract in Mississippi !
Sound, a great zoological garden and
breeding place, is the intention of j
well known gentlemen of New Or-!
leans and Boston, who have complet
ed negotiations for the purchase of;
the property, as announced by Frank
M Miller, president of the Louisiana
division of the Audubon Society, who
will be president of the purchasing
company.
Mr Miller states that Captain Wil
liam Spriukle, game warden of the
National Audubon Societies, will be
placed in charge of the island.
Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of Banks County.
PLEDGE _AJD TO SOUTH.
i Mother*' Congress Plan to Ameliorate
Southern Sural Life.
Washington, D. C.—Whatever aid
or influence the National Mothers'
Cocgrese can render towards the
amelioration of southern rural Ute
conditions was pledged by its presi
dent, Mrs. Frederick L. Schoff of
Philadelphia, to the country life com
mission at a hearing given by the
latter organization at the department
of agriculture.
Mrs. Schoff appeared with other
members of the mothers' congress,
to ofer the active co-operation of
their organizations in their move
ment to better the conditions in home
life, particularly the social conditions
of the average country home in the
south, and to teach modern methods
of cooking. On behalf of the com
mission, Professor Bailey, the chair
man, expressed gratification at the
interest manifested by the congress
in the proposed work. Secretary Wil
son was an interested spectator, and
gave the commission some sugges
tions relative to conditions of farm
life In the country.
Dr. Charles W. Stiles of the public
health and marine hospital service,
and a member of the country life com
mission, described in detail the al
leged unsanitary conditions of the
average country home in the south.
Dr. L. H. Knapp, In charge of the
department of agriculture’s farm dem
onstration work In the south, advanc
ed three schemes for the betterment
of rural conditions In southern states.
“One of the most Important steps
In this uplift work,” said Dr, Knapp,
■ls to help the southern farmer get
out of debt, and I might say that he
Is less In debt than he was five years
ago. Secondly, I would revolutionize
their homes, and, third, I would lake
over their schools and readjust them."
NEW VENEZUELAN CABINET.
Gomez Takes Venezuela Affairs Into
His Own Hands.
Port-of-Spaln, Trinidad.—Vice Pres
ident J. Vincente Gomez, to whom
General Cipriano Castro handed over
the presidency on his departure for
Europe, has established anew gov
ernment In Venezuela.
He has replaced the Castro minis
try with new men who favor ousting
Castro from the presidency.
Secret advices received here from
Caracas, where the strictest censor
ship Is being observed, Indicate that
the whole of Venezuela has been In
a foment ever since President Castro
Tilled and that the crisis was reach
ed a few days ago when it became
necessary for Acting President Gomez
to take decisive steps, which he did
bv eliminating from this cabinet those
who were closely affiliated with the
Castro rule and under the Castro dom
ination.
The revolutionary factions, which
-*.hiod rt'ength with every hour of
Castro's absence, played a prominent
part in the demonstrations agatnat
the absent president,
USE FOR APPENDIX.
Surgaon Applies Medicine Through
Much Abused Organs.
London, England—The vermiform
appendix, which has been looked up
on hitherto as a useless and even
dangerous organ, has at last justified
its existence, according to a state
ment made by the surgeon of a Lon
don hospital, "where the appendix has
been shown to be a great help in
treating, diseases
“One of the greatest difficulties of
medicine.” said the surgeon, “Is to
apply medicine to the lower Intes
tines. The appendix has now been
made use of as a short cut by which
we can gain readier access to this
part of the digestive tract.”
This Is a matter of Importance,
since In ulcerated conditions of the
intestines it is necessary to continue
medication for weeks or months. This
making use of the appendix does not
'essen Its danger as a favorite focus
for inflammation and abscess forma
tion, but at least It removes some of
the stigma which has hitherto bten
at ached to it by the profession.
INPORTS ANO EXPORTS LESS.
This Condition Has Prevailed the
World Over.
Washington, D. C—That the fall
ing off of approximately *300,000,000
in imports and perhaps *150,000,000
in exports in the Untied States dur
ing ISOB, is merely part of a general
condition which has prevailed the
world over, is shown by the month
ly statement of the bureau of statis
tics. Of the twenty-five principal
countries of the world, whose foreign
commerce the bureau records month
by month, ail but four show a falling
off in exports.
These marked reductions in the
United States are not entirely the re
sult of a falling off in the quantity
of merchandise moved into or out of
the country, says the statement.
Chicago Has Savage Visitor.
Chicago, 111.—A head hunter from
I the savage Philippine tribe of Pin-
I guanes has arrived here, The visitor
! accompanied Dr. Fay C. Cole of the
! Field museum, who ba3 returned
i from a two year expedition.
The native will assist Dr. Cole in
j working up the linguistic and ethno
| logical material he gathered.
Portuguese Statesmen Flee.
Lisbon, Portugal.—Portugese states
men are stampeding from the capital
to escape being called upon to accept
cabinet places.
So great is the fear that the mon
archy Is doomed under the rising tide
<Jf revolution that leading men are
refusing positions in the cabinet.
HOMER. BANKS COUNTY. GA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1908.
MANY ACTS OF KINDNESS
Marked l&t Passing of the
Christmas Festivities.
NEW TORI AND LONDON
Outdid Thstataivas in Casing for tlso
Many Thsntnnds at Homeless
People Withia Their Gate#.
New York City.—Opening wide the
hand of charity to make the day one
of joy and gladness for the poor and
unfortunate, aud freely drawing upon
the stores of plenty and happiness at
its disposal to spread holiday cheer
from the highest ts the lowest strata
of its population, the city of New
York celebrated Christmas of 1908 in
a way that not only lived up to the
beet of Its traditions, but set anew
standard for the dispensing of holi
day blessings upon its millions of In
habitants. The unfortunate iu tho
jails, the IU In the hospitals, the poor
in tlielr homes and the destitute and
helpless in institutions all were re
membered. That not far from 100,-
000 persons were assisted by means
of donations of dinners and the like
is conservatively estimated, while the
total of those reached at first hand
and by Indirection through tho gene
ral outpouring of beneficence is be
yond the possibility of anythiu* like
accurate enumeration.
London, England.—The dark side
of the English Christmas of 1908 wns
the great number of unemployed, and
the distressing prevalence of desti
tution and Buffering. This is seen
principally in London and at Glas
gow and along the Tyne and other
ship-building centers, where many
establishments have been closed, and
thousands of men are out of work.
A small band of shabbily dressed,
miserable looking, unemployed per-
BtJns paraded the fashionable shop
ping streets. Its members shouted in
unison as they marched: "We Want
Work.” The Salvation Army and oth
er charitable institutions gave din
ners to many thousands of destitute
persons, but these Christmas dinners
were tiny, when compared with the
ueeds of the unemployed.
Augusta, Ga. The Christmas
events for President-Elect Taft were
his participation in the annual handi
cap golf tournament of the Country
Club, in which he won from Major
J. B.’ Cumming, president of the club.
He rode a dozen miles on horseback
in the afternoon, and with his entire
family dined at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Langdon Thomas in the evening.
Augusta's distinguished guest was not
left unmindful of Christmas cheer by
her citizens. Mistletoe, holly and bas
kets of cut flowers were offered with
hearty good wishes, and received In
the same spirit.
Deaver, Col. Down-hearted and
discouraged because he was out of
money and oould not make his wife
happy with Christmas presents, Thos.
Hamline, a plumber, killed himself by
sending a bullet Into his brain. The
suicide wan committed in the pres
ence of his wife, who had Just given
him a small Chrlstmaa remembrance.
Detroit, Mich.—The police offlcois
attached to the Hunt street police
gtation In the part of the city, where
poor children abound, made the
hearts of fifty little ones happy Christ
mas with a Christmas tree 111 tho sta
tion. The officers, who took pains to
invite those children whoso stock
ings promised to be most scantily
filled, distributed candy and smad
toys among their little guests. Three
little folks who were expected did not
arrive, and the lieutenant In charge
sent a big patrolman for them. He
brought the tots to the station desk,
where it was decided that they had
been "too good,” and as punishment
each was presented with a silver
dollar.
Pryor Creek, Okla.—Deputy Sheriff
Nicholas Mitchell was shot and killed
at Hogan Institute, 15 miles south of
here, when he attempted to quiet a
disturbance at a Christmas celebra
tion.
Johnson City, Tenn.—Robert Par
due, 19 years old, had his left arm
blown into fragments by a cannon
cracker Christmas evening. The
injured member was amputated
Quitman, Ga.—Because he did not
have money enough to provide the
usual Christmas toyß for h(s children,
C. A. Easters, a farmer near here,
deliberately planned his own death,
and died as he had planned. Leaving
the home where the children were,
he walked a short distance away, fit
ted his shotgun over a forked stick,
pressed his breast against the muzzle
and pushed the trigger with a stick.
Macon, Ga. —Christmas In a dry
town was the novelty to be watched
and the leading business men did not
fail to study the situation. The ex
press office has been overcrowded
with incoming "wet" goods.
It was the first celebration witnessed
in Macon without the saloon sinco
1823, and was to the last a season
of fun and frolic that has thus far
cost little by mistake aud crime.
Blackshear, Ga.—As a result of the
premature explosoin of an improvised
cannon Christmas Day George P.
Gregory will lose the thumb and fore
finger of the left hand. Jim Hendry
is burned about the face and Remur
Brewer, a young boy, Is painfully
wounded In the left thigh just above
the knee.
Americus, Ga.—With whisky pro
hibited and fireworks suppressed,
Americus enjoyed the most orderly
Christmas in twenty years, unmarked
by drunkenness or casualty. Not
one arrest was made for drunkenness
against sixty last Christmas under
open saloons. Christmas exercises
and the usual festivities (haracteriz
ed the day here. Several jailbirds
were given freedom In celebration of
the occasion.
THREE KILLED IN STREET DUEL
Ocille, G*., Police Officers in Deadly
Fight with Two Brothers,
Ooilla, Ga.—Within a stone’s throw
of each other, their life blood making
crimson the shaded streets of this
quiet town, three men were instantly
killed, and an officer of the law re
ceived mortal wounds. The dead are:
Charlie Moore, Virgil Moore aud
Leesard Smith. Policeman Cain Wal
ters la fatally Injured.
Jaek Sheppard and Charlie Moore
mot Police Officer Walters on tho
stroot. Just after passing the officer,
Sheppard, It Is stated, fired a giant
eamnen cracker. The officer remon
strated with him for tho act, where
upea Moore took the side of Shep
pard, and words passtd between tho
trio.
Moore, it la said, became violently
angry and attacked the officer with
his pistol, shooting at short range.
Sheppard got out of the way and took
no hand further than that related in
the tragedy. The officer, mortally
wounded by Moore's first bullet, fired
upon Moore, killing him instantly,
Leonard Smith, a son of Chief of
Police Smith, rushed to the officer's
nid. At this Juncture. Virgil Moore,
brother of Charlie Moore, went to
help his brother, and, it. 1b said,
fired upon Smith. Smith, like the of
ficer, returned the fire upon his assail
ant, shooting him dead In his tracks.
Smith lived only a few minutos.
RE-UNION SCOTTISH RITE MASONS
To Be Held in Atlanta's New Temple
Next Spring.
Atlanta. Ga.—The dedication of At
lanta’s new Masonic Temple, now
about completed, will mark a general
revival among that branch of the Ma
sonic fraternity known as the Scot
tish Rite.
Plans are under way for a spring
reunion of the Scottish Kite to be
held <n Atlanta next April, which will
bring to the city many of the distin
guished and prominent citizens of the
country. Including Hon. James D. Rich
ardson of Tennessee, the grand com
maudor of tho southern Jurisdiction,
and the full official divan of the su
preme council, the chief governing
body of the rite, whose headquarters
are at Washington, D. C.
During tho reunion the degrees of
the rite, fourth to thirty-second, Inclu
sive, will be conferred with full cer
emonials for tho first time in Atlanta,
on a dedicatory class of more than
two hundred, representing every sec
tion of Georgia, and the handsome
and perfectly appointed apartments
of tho rite on the upper floor of the
Temple will be dedicated and formal
ly opened. The apartments Include
the largest stage of modern construc
tion yet erected In the southeast. Con
tracts for the scenery, more thaa one
hundred pieces, necessary to properly
exemplify the work, together with a
mammoth lighting plant, to coat ap
proximately 12.00(5, have been closed,
and will be Installed as quickly as the
artists can complete the work
It Is safe to assume that nothing
so ambitious as this reunion has ever
been undertaken by Scottish Rite Ma
sons of the southern Jurisdiction, and
the Indications are that Masonic stu
dents from all America will gather at
Atlanta to witness the ceremonies
and enjoy the work.
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
If congress decides the president is
underpaid and passes the Hourne bill
to increase the salary to *IOO,OOO per
annum after March 4, next, Presi
dent Roosevelt will sign Ihe bill. Not
that the president thinks he has been
underpaid, but he has had seveu
years' experience running the execu
tive establishment, and he says it
takes good management for a man
with a family to run the place and
“keep up appearances” without spen
ding more than he Is paid. The pres
ident recently has talked most frank
ly with some of bis callers about the
expense and the problems involved
in maintaining the executive estab
lishment. The government furnishes
the establishment, keeps up tho
grounds, maintains the stables and
greenhouses. It also makes provision
for the traveling expenses of the
president. Hut the president must
pay for all entertainment, out of his
own prse. Princes must be entertain
ed in style and circumstances befit
ting his station and rank. Of course,
it was not Theodore Roosevelt., the in
dividual, who did tho entertaining; it
was the president entertaining a
member of a ruling house of a great
friondly power. Yet every penny of
ihe expense came out of the modest
salary of the president. Likewise for
mal functions of the official year have
to be made In the same manner. The
present president is in rather a com
fortable situation, but not every ex
president is so fortunate and the pres
ident believes the idea of granting a
life annuity to ex-presidents, say *lO,-
000 or *IB,OOO, a good one.
If the plans of the W. C. T. U. of
Delaware are successful, the giant
20,000-ton battleship Delaware, which
will be launched here on February 5,
will be christened with water. The
battleship Kentucky, the only vessel
of her class ever christened with wa
ter at this yard and hundreds of bot
tles of whisky were broken against her
hull bv Kentuckians when she went
down the ways.
With the increasing popular'ty of
aeroplaning and ballooning and the
consequent perfection of various air
craft Cortland F. Bishop, president
of the Aero Club of America, pre
dicts that within a short time the
United States supreme court will be
called upon to settle the seemingly
fantastic question of rights of way
through the air.
LABOR LEADERS GUILTY
American Federation of Labor
Officials Given Jail Term.
AN APPEAL WAS TAKEN
President Gompert, Vice President
Mitchell and Secretary Morrison Re
leased On Bonds.
Washington, D. C. —The famous
contempt case of the Buck Stove
Range company against President
Gompers, Vice President Mitchell and
Secretary Morrison, of the American
Federation of Labor, has been deem
ed by Justice Wright of the supremo
court of the District of Columbia, ad
versely to the federation officials.
President Samuel Gompers was
sentenced to twelve months' Impris
onment; John Mitchell, second vice
president, to nine months, and Secre
tary Frank Morrison to six months.
Justice Wright severely criticised
the course of Gompers, Mitchell and
Morrison, and said they had "set
themselves up as a tribunal higher
than the lawful courts of the land.”
Before sentence was imposed Jus
tice Wright asked each of the defend
ants if he had anything to say way
sentence should not he pronounced.
Mr. Gompers rose and addressed the
court, saying he was not conscious
now nor had he ever been conscious
of any violation of the law of the
land. He said this case was one of
Hie struggles of the working people
against ages of tyranny and denied
that the American Federation of La
bor attempted to be higher than the
courts.
President Gompers, in an editorial
in tho Federations of January last,
made known his Intention not to obey
tho court’s order, contending that the
Injunction issued was in derogation
of th 2 rights of labor and an abuse of
the Injunctive power of the courts.
Gompers, Mitchell ami Morrison sub
sequently were cited for contempt
and this phase of the case has been
tvefore the court for many months.
On notice of appeal Gompers,
Mitchell and Morrison were released
on bonds.
According to Indianapolis dispatch
es, the United Mine Workers were
preparing to take quick action if the
officials had not been released. Just
what action was vontemplated was
not revealed.
EVERY WOMAN A VENUS.
Suzanne Cocroft Claims This to Bo
the Sacred Duty of Her Sex.
Chicago, IU. —Susanne Cocroft, in
an address to her box, says, It is
the sacred duty of every woman to
become a Venus.
“Glossy hair pearly teeth, the glis
tening eye,” she says, ‘are not. signs
of woman's vanity. They are the
powerful tools that she may wield for
good and It. is her duty to use them.
Beauty is educative. A graceful stat
ue. a beautiful landscape, educates
and inspires. Why should not the
graceful form or the beautiful face
do the same?
"Nowadays men haven t the time
to visit art galleries, but women can
bring the beauties of the art galleries
into the homo. Every woman can be
a Venus. You can’t change hone, to
be sure, but you can change the mold
of the flesh to suit yourselves.
MISSOURI BARS STANDARD OIL.
Great Trust is Forbidden to Do Busi
ness in State.
Jefferson City, Mo. —The supreme
court of Missouri has handed down
a decision ousting the Standard Oil
Company of Missouri and the Re
public Oil Company from the state
of Missouri, forbidding them ever
again to do business in Missouri, and
dissolving the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany of Bt. Louis.
In addition e.*ch of the companies
is fined $50,000 The order dissolving
the Water-Pierce Oil Company will
become effective January 15 next, un
less the company, on or before lhat
date, furnishes to the supreme court
satisfactiory evidence that it intends
to operate as an independent con
cern.
HEATRE FOB CHOSEN.
Only Little Ones Are to Be Admitted
to the Play House.
New York City.—Details of a the
ater in New York, designed exclusive
ly for the entertainment of children,
are soon to be announced, according
to L. Frank Baum, playwright and au
thor of fairy tales. It is hoped to
open the edifice in October next.
“We have *1,150,000 capital sub
scribed,” said Mr. Baum. “All of this,
with the exception of *150,000 is New
York capital. Mrs. Carter Harrison
of Chicago is interested, as well as
society women in New York.
“The plan is to have an octagonal
theater with seats in the form of the
old pews which will seat about 1,400.
JOHNSON IS CHAMPION HEAVYWEIGHT.
Given Decision in Australia Over
Tommy Burns.
Sydney, N. S. W.- —Jack Johnson,
the big negro from Galveston, Texas,
is the worlds champion heavyweight
pugilist. He won the title in tho
arena at Ruchcutters Bay from Tom
my Burns, the Freneh-Canadian, who
had held it since James J. Jeffries
relinquished 1
The end came in the fourteenth
round, when the police, seeing that
Burns' was unable to defend himself,
mercifully stopped the fight.
Burn3, in an interview, said: “I did
the beßt I could and fought hard.
Johnson was too big and his reach
was too great.”
NO. 4
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Christinas stockings ten feat long
and made of canvas were hung from
the lowest points on the new Quesns
boro bridge, which spans the East
river, in New York City, on Christ
was morning, by members of the
Queehsboro bridge celebration com
mittee. Intended for river men. the
stockings were hung so that they
could be reached with a pole from
the deck of u tug. Tobacco, service
able gloves and other practical gifts
were in the giant stockings.
The cathedral at Roeskilde, Den
mark, the burial place for centuries
past of Danish kinds, was looted by
burglars recently and large numbers
of costly gold and sliver wreaths,
urns and shiolds were carried away.
The tombs of both King Christian
and Queen Louise were robbed of all
the valuable gold and silver memo
mcrials sent by the crowned head3
of Europe and the cities of Den
mark.
James H. LaCoste, business mana
ger of the News and Courier, died
at his home in Charleston, aged 60
years. He has been connected wim
the News and Courier for thirty
years.
A German gunsmith named Schrod
er has invented and patented an ex
panding bullet adopted for the de
struction of dirigible balloons. Tho
bullet can be fired from the regular
Infantry rifle.
The pope at Rome has fully recover
ed from his recent illness. He re
ceived Archbishop Ireland of St.
Paul, in private audience,- speaking
cordially of the archbishop's last vis
it in 1905.
Six common councilman, one se
lect councilman and two bankers of
Pittsburg, Pa., are under arrest on
charges of conspiracy, corrupt solic
itation and bribery. The arreßts were
almost directly due to a bank exam
iner, who, at the instigation of Pres
ident Roosevelt,ascertained that Pres
ident W.W. ltamsey and Cashier A. A.
Vilzack, without knowledge of the
board of directors, arranged to pay
a large amount of money in return
for the German National Bank being
made a city depository. They were
at once dismissed and their success
ors elected when the board of direc
tors of the bank learned the facts.
The skeletons of three human be
ings, undoubtedly belonging to a race
long since extinct, were brought to
light in a cave uncovered in the con
vict stone quarry in the Nevada state
prison, near Carson City. The remains
are well preserved. The skulls are
unlike any yet seen and were indica
tive of a race of much less Intelli
gence than the Indian. The tooth are
peculiar, in that the incisors are about
half an inch longer than the other
teeth in the skulls. Students claim
that this would indicate a ferocious
people.
Heath was victor in a race of Miss
Ada Grantham of Chicago to the bed
side of her sweetheart, Emil J. Hllty,
who was ill with typhoid fever at his
home in Birmingham, Ala. An hour
before she reached that city, he died.
Miss Grantham is said to be pros
trated and her parents have hurried
Bouth to he with her.
Waihington.
If money has anything to do with
making an inauguration a success,
that of President William H. Taft on
March 4th next, will be the greatest
this country has over seen. Already
Chairman Alles of the finance com
mittee has in his possession a guar
antee fund of *75,000, which is $12,-
000 larger than the total amount re
ceived four years ago, and it is ex
pected that before the contributions
cease the fund will be considerably
larger than at present. The chmf
source of revenue for the return Of
tills guarantee fund is tho Inaugural
ball, which brought ’in *46,000 four
years ago, while the income from U>o
reviewing stands was about *20,000.
It is expected that there will be at
least 200,000 visitors to Washington
at. inauguration time, between 76,000
and 100,000 of whom will be cared for
outside of hotels.
The ways and means committee has
begun the work of framing the nuw
tariff bill, to be presented to the ex
tra session of congress. Andrew Car*
negie appeared before the committee
to testify as to steel, its production
and cost. He was the final witness
before the committee. An attempt
was made to have him amplify with
facts and figures his recently pub
lished statements as to the desira
bility of reducing the present tariff
on steel and its products
By a Costa Rica decree the Impor
tation of cattle is made free from
January next, when the payment of
premium on cows and calves will also
be discontinued. Until January 1,
1912, however, the government will
pay the sea and land freight on fine
breeds of cattle imported from the
United States or Europe.
The president, did not leave Wash
ington for his last Christmas In office.
The fact that the president is pre
paring a message to congress on the
secret service matter, perhaps, may
have had something to do with this
decision.
H. A. Gudger of North Carolina will
be appointed by President Roosevelt
to be chief justice of the supremo
court of the Panama canal zone for A
term of six years to succeed Dr. F.
Mutis Duran, whose term expires on
January 1. It Is understood that Sec
retary Wright has commended to the
president this appointment. Mr. Gud
ger is an associate justice of the ca
nal zone supreme court, and has made
a satisfactory record. He formerly
was in the consular service.