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CAPT. SHIPP
Ex-Sheriff of Chattanooga
90 Day* in Jail.
SUPREME COURT _
Deputies Ai*o Sentenced—Charged
No Effort W«i Made to Prevent
Lynching of Negro.
Washington, D. C—The
court of the United Slates
ed sentence in the case of
Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp, former
uty Sheriff Jeremiah Gibson and
ry Padgett, Luther Williams, Nick
Nolan and William Mays, all of
tanooga, Tenn., charged with
tempt of that, court.
Shipp, Williams and Nolan
sentenced to ninety days and Gibson.
Mays and Padgett to sixty days in
the District of Columbia United
States Jail.
Williams’ attorneys asked that they
be allowed to serve the sentence
some southern jail because of his ill
heatlh. The application was denied,
Chief Justice Fuller in
sentence said In pari: heard orally
"You have been fully further
and by printed brief and after
consideration you have been found
guilty. You have also been permitted
severally to present petitions for re¬
heatings and move that, leave be
granted you to die them, which, after
■ consideration, have been denied. We
need nt dwell on the restrictive con
sequences of permitting the transac
tions complained of to pass into a pre
cwJent for unpunished contempt.” •
The contempt cases grew out of
lynching of Ed Johnson, a negro, con¬
victed of assault on a young lady four
years ago, Attorneys for Johnson car¬
ried the case to the supreme court
and it was while pending a hearing
on the appeal and Johnson was in
the countv jail at Chattanooga in
care of Sheriff Shipp, that, the prison
was stormed and the negro lynched.
The trial of Johnson was very dra¬
matic. The assaulted girl, who principal was
seriously injured, was the
witness and fainted several times
during iht trial. After the trial she
was taken to the home of relatives
in Indiana, where she died within a
short while.
Captain Shipp, who is-an ex-confed
erate soldier, spent a small fortune
in defending his case, then friends
came to his assistance and, it has
gone through all the courts.
The charge against the sheriff and
deputy was that they were In a con¬
spiracy to permit the effort lynching guard ,of
Johnson by making no to
him. in¬
The supreme court was much
censed by the lynching and at its in¬
stance the attorney general institut¬
ed proceedings against Shipp, who
was the sheriff; the jailer and twenty
others supposed to have been Impli¬
cated in the lynching, charging them
with contempt oh, the supre me court.
EDEN A MYTH.
Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah Called
Muck-Rakers.
Lawrence, Kae__The prophets
Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah were
classed as muck-rakers and many of
the stories of the old testament were
termed myths by Dr. Charles Foster
Kent of the Yale divinity school, in a
lecture before students of the Univer¬
sity of Kansas here. ,
"The prophets of Israel were the so
clal reformers of their times,” he said,
“They were muck-rakers, to use a
present-day term. They were Isaiah. sensa¬
tional in their methods, notable
Ezekiel and Jeremiah. that
While Professor Kent believes
many of the stories in the old testa¬
ment are myths, he sees good in them.
He says the prophets were teaching
a simple people and were forced to
use extraordinary means to drive
home the points.
In discussiug the story of the Gar¬
den of Eden, the speaker said he be¬
lieved it to be a legend that served
a good purpose, being well fitted to
the child-like minds of the people to
whom it was first related.
TO PREVENT SUFFERING.
One Brother Will Go to Jail While
Other Supports Family.
Boston, Mass.—Morris Weis will
support hie own family and that: „o t
his brother while his brother, Har¬
ris, is serving a 12-months’ sentence
in jail, and afterwaids their positions
will he reversed if the court accepts
the suggestions of United States Dis¬
trict Attorney French. The brothers
were convicted of concealing assets i
in bankruptcy. WUcu Harry Weis
.
was sentenced Mr. French suggested;
that the sentence of Morris tie
pended until Harris was free, in or ,
der that their families, which are!
large and in straitened circumstances, j
might be provided for.
G. & t. KlfAD 15 MED.
Road Was Built and Formed by Pur
nfZ^T£’3o Augusta e 2 Vg
train service from to Mam
The mad will operate a solid
deilv between Augusta. Ga., and
Ron, Fla., using the Central of Geor
ala Railway between Augusta, Ga.,
and Mlllen, Gft., connecting at Vidalla,
from and to Savannah and points
west of Vidalla from the Seaboard
Air Line Railway, from Macon via
Macon Dublin and Savannah Rail
wav way, and and V at Hazlehum^Douguu, Hazlehurst Douglas,
lacoochee, Valdosta,
connecting railways,
PREACHERS TALK AGAINST CHURCH.
‘2HS:::: notable deliverance j
son made a to
the Virginia Methodist Episcopal con-;
ference here on the subject of the!
lack of orthordoxy on the part oil
oreachere He said some men go into;
tire ministry and feed their families
out of the proceeds thereof, but stand
in the pupit and poison the minds of;
he oeople against the teachings of j
the church.
$30,000,000 IS STOLEN.
Sugar Trust Has Under weighed Every
Cargo for Twenty-Five Years,
New York City. — New facts
•'the brought to light diclose the fact that
American Sugar Refining corn
! party, better known as the sugar trust,
; has stolen the enormous sunt of $30,
| through under-weighing of importa
j duties. lions and As undpr-payment, of federal customs in
j a result more
diciments have been drawn up.
The facts reveal the trust’s wbole
I sale corruption of customs officials
j and its covert bribery of politicians
to accomplish Its ends. The customs
under-weighed the importa
tions and the politicians kept tnem in
their job*.
it appears that the trust has been
stealing from five to ten per cent du
e8 on every cargo of sugar brougnt
the United states for the past
; twenty years.
The prosecution of the sugar trust
R is understood, is taking cognizance
of these facts. The methods revealed
have given the United States autnori
ties cause for considerable thought
and much planning,
The accusation is made that the to
I bacco trust has been importing the
product in bales listed as nller, which
pays a certain duty, when the bales
also contained wrapper tobacco. The
latter should pay a eonsideraoly higu
er duty. The government authorities
have under investigation the sugar
importation of the Arbuekle brothers.
It is claimed that there is a discrep¬
ancy between the original Invoices
of the sugar and the weighters’ re
turns, Jt is this on which the claim
for repayment of back duties will b«
made.
in the recent developments of the
flgnt on the trust, the corporation has
been forced to give up more than $2,
' 080,000. Thy exact showing is:
Fines for rebatiug, which at the
time imposed were four times as
large as any precedent, $ 168 , 000 .
Punishment for cheating the gov¬
ernment with false scales, $135,000.
Back duties paid when the trust
was convicted of defrauding the gov¬
ernment with fradulent scales, $2,
000 , 000 .
Total, $2,303,000. handed
The federal grand jury
down an Indictment against Oliver
Stitzer. Thomas Kchoe, Gene Vala
ker, Edward A. Boyle, John R. Volye
and Patrick J, Hennessy, employes of
the American Sugar Refining com¬
pany, on the Havemeyer and Elders
Piedsons Williamsburg plant.
HARD TIMES IN ENliLAND.
Labor Conditions Going From Bad to
WoVse.
Washington, D. C. — Labor condi¬
tions in Great Britain are going from
bad to worse, judging from the re¬
port of John L. Griffiths,, consul gen¬
eral at London, to the department ot
commerce and labor.
Wages are being lowered and the
hours of work are decreasing, while
an alarmingly large increase in the
number of those who are registered
as unemployed Is giving grave con
cern. Last year, during the entire
twelve months, the wages of 404,090
persons were reduced
The gravity of the situation is vivid¬
ly set forth by the statistics of the
unemployed, prepared and compiled by
the British government. These show
that In the first three days of regis¬
tration in London last month 2,500
persons applied for work than in the
corresponding three days of October,
1908. before
There is at present a bill
parliament, drawn by the trades
boards, which, if it becomes a law,
will authorize the board of trade to
establish a minimum rate of wage in
all trades where there la satisfactory
proof that the scale of wages paid is
unusually low or unfair to the work¬
ers.
SOUTHERN DiUTcRi MEET.
Dr. W. W. Crawford of Hattisburg,
Miss,, Elected President.
New Orleans, La.—The third an¬
nual convention of the Southern Med¬
ical association adjourned after elect¬
ing Dr. W. W. Crawford of Hatties¬
burg, Miss., president; selecting Nash¬
ville as the next place of meeting and
adopting several resolutions.
A resolution was unanimously
adopted indorsing President Taft's
proposition that there should he es¬
tablished a federal health department,
The association also went on record
as strongly favoring the acceptance $1,000,000
of Mr. Rockefeller’s gift of
for a campaign against the hook worm
disease and instructed the councillors
to prepare resolutions thanking the
donor.
Dr. Oscar Dowling of Shreveport,
La., was elected secretary and treas
vuev. The following vice presidents
named: Dr. J. F. „ Mclnstry, rlor*
were
Dr. W. S. Leaders, Alabama; Mississippi; Dr. H. L.
Dr. 1. R. Kinder,
Harris, Georgia: Dr. George Dock,
Louisiana; Dr. Frank Jones, Tennes
see.
Governor Haskell Must Stand Trial.
Chickasha, Okla.—Federal Judge J.
A. Marshall overruled the demurrer
and fl°ve er ffiher Ch oSthonm„ s H m
to a large number of tow lots
Muscgee. Okla.---
* jj mg „„ HaiTiman’S Tomb,
Arden, N. Y.—A time clock has
been placed at the tomb of L- H. Hai
riman, on which the night watchman
records each of his visits The grave
has been closely watched since the
death cf the railroad magnate, and
Ume clook has becn stalled to
check the watchman.
State Receives “Conscience Roney."
Columbia, S. C—The dispensary
rrj^iHr whiskey concerns, one $9,000 and the
other $a00. The money m in the
bank, but the names of the firms are
not given out yet.
This makes $41.000 altogether re¬
in tins manner. Attorney
Felder says more is coming, and he
will bring the total up to a quarter
of a million dollars before the tnves
ligation closes.
’NORTH HAS HOOK WORM
1
Hygiene Expert Has Been In¬
vestigating the Disease.
i NOT CONFINED TO POOR
Observation* Have Shown Ten Time* a*
Many Sufferers in New York a* in
Southern Factory District*.
Nasnville, ^ , Tenn—Miss
Susan Law
fence Davis, a hygienic expert of New
York city, is here en route east from
a trip through the south, where she
lias oeen investigating tbe hook worm
disease. She is m position to speak
authoratheiy concerning only certain
tetuons, but her investigations urns
tar tenet toward tne conclusion that
there are no more, if as many, hook
worm victims in the south than else
where. She declines to make a posi
live assertion until she has
her investigations further.
Miss Davis nas just spent
months in Madison and adjoining
counties in Alabama investigating
hook worm conditions. Her oUerva
tions have covered the states of Tex
as, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Georgia, south Carolina, Ohio, New
York arid the District ot Columbia, in
these states she has found relatively
fewer sufferers from such parasites
the southern than 111 tne northern
eastern states.
“My observations have shown,”
said Miss Davis, “fully ten times
many sufferers trom the parasites in
New York as in the factory
of Alabama, wnich I have just
AUd 1 have examined several times as
many people in Alabama as in
York. I, do not find that the parasites
are confined to the poor and shiftless,
1 have found many victims among the
wealthier classes in the best resi
dence districts ot New York ’city.”
# WAGES WAR ON BEETLE.
Department of Agriculture Has
Started Campaign.
Washington, D. C—The department
of agriculture has begun a campaign
of extermination against a beetle that
Is causing much damage to pine logs
in the South Atlantic states. This
beetle fa known as the Southern Bine
sawyer, and investigations made
show that In Massissippi alone, from
75 to 90 per cent of the trees blown
down by a recent, storm were infested.
it Is’ estimated that storms that
passed over the southern states in
1907 and 1908 blew down more than
two billion feet of lumber, and all of
it was damaged by the sawyer.
Thanksgiving Proclamation
Issued by President Taft
Washinqton, D. C.— Presi lent Taft has Issued his Thanksgiv
ing proclamation, Thursday, November 25, as the date
for the observance. In
The proclamation this styp, part.: have been highly blessed. No
‘■During past vonr we have
great calamities of flood or tempest or epidemic sickness
befallen us We have lived in quietness, undisturbed by wars
or rumors of wars, peace and the plenty of bounteous crops and
of great, industrial production animate a cheerful and resolute
people to all the renewed energies of beneficent industry ana
material and moral progress. It. is altogether fitting that we
should humbly and gratefully acknowledge the divine source ot
these blessings. the twenty-fifth day of no
“Therefore, l appoint Thursday, I call the
vember, as a day of general thanksgiving, and upon
people on that day, laying aside their usual vocations, to repail
to their churches and unite In approriate services of praise and .
(Signed.) “WILLIAM H. TAFT.
SEEKING HOMES IN SOUTH. I
Influx of Steelers Predicted by Sec- |
retary Wilson.
Washington, D. C—Secretary Wil-]
son of the department of agriculture,
is not satisfied agriculturally with the advancement] !
of the south as com
pared with its gains in manufacture,
Ho has just returned National from the annual ]
meeting of the
i n "umT st a te^he^mad e *a nrinveati gat ion
ofu sHis
i that!
WhUe the manufacturers of
section have wrested control of the.
cotton and other mills from outsiders,
the farmers of North Carolina have
not been keeping up to the same
darffi of enterprise. During his visit
to North Carolina, the seretary visit-;
ed Raleigh, Durham and Greensboro,
making excursions from those poiqts
into the adjacent country. within
Mr Wilson declared that
the near future there is certain to be
an influx of northern and western
farmers 'to North Carolina and other the
t out hern agricultural states, for
roi ihera and western lauds, can he
sold at a price per acre sufficient to]
buy two acres in the south.
WILL REORGANIZE NAVY. ]
Ha Been Sanctioned „ .. .
Meyer’s Plans ve
By President Taft,
Washington, D. C—beer el ary May
ere’ plans for reorganization of riiej
navy have received presidential sane-:
tion. The secretary went to Rich
raond. When the “Taft Day” was
to the president, according to a pr,
vious arrangement, and outlined to
sclteme for improving the ’
him his
efficiency of the navy. The president
anproved of Mr. Meyer’s plans
thK will form the basis for the report;
of the secretary of the navy to the*
coming session‘of congress.
HURRICANE IN HAYTI. ]
. I i
MUCh Be*" „ 1 ReVrt«d
on I.Und.
Cape Haytien, Hayti—Although
Hayti has experienced one of the i
most violent storms in its history
there were no signs or reports of an
earthquake in this vicinity. Much ;
damage is reported, and numerous fa-j
talities have occurred.
Cane Haptien is cut off from its
customary food supplies by the floods,
and the people are suffering severely j
in consequence.
1 100 PERSONS DROWNED.
Steamer* Collide Near Singapore and
One Goe* Down.
Singapore, Strait Settlements—The
mail steamer La Seyne of the Mes
sageries Maritime* service, running
between Java and Singapore, and on
hear way to this port, was in collision
1 Kh-lndk with the steamer Onda, of the Brit
line, and sank within two
minutes. includ¬
Seven European passengers,
ing Baron and Baroness Beniczky, the
captain of La Seyne, five European
officers and eighty-eight others, com¬
prising native passengers and mem
pers of the crew, were drowned.
The rescue of sixty-five persons,
practically from the jaws of shoals
of sharks, formed a thrilling incident
The accident occurred in a thick
'
. Tbe ve .- se i s were steaming at
SD(jed and the Seyne was cut
almost in half. There was no time
for anic nor j or any attempt on the
, ( of officers of the foundering
r t0 „ b e t out the boats. The
““ J ' of tbose on board were
ht their ber ths and carried
d with the vesse ]
| The ot the collision brought
. Q nda to almost a dead stop, and
‘ ' slowed and
ifleB mere at once
h . lowered The rescue work
“ * only the
“ thrilling £ for not was
6 partie impeded by the dark,
. : h ala of shark8 were already at
^Lge those dinging watfr. to pieces of
* in the 111
® t p persons from the
, steamer were finally dragged
t0 the boats and brought by the
I ! Onda to this port. sharks, Many of and them several had
been bitten by
| were severely in jured ._____
MILLION TU FIGHT DISEASE.
-
.
Of the Sum of YfOO.TOO Will Be usea
to Save Tuoercular Children.
New York City.—For fighting uis
ease separate gifts totaling nearly a
million dollars were annotineetl in
New York. Of this sum $700,000 is to
he used for the establishment of_ a
preventorium for chil¬
dren, while $150,000 was given by >lr
and Mrs. William C. Sloane for a 7
story additkm to the Sloane Maternity
Hospital. with the tuberculosis , , ,
In connection to take
preventorium, which proposes children
from New York tenmente
who have been afflicted with tubercu¬
losis and restore to normal health.
Principal contributions to the work
were made by Nathan Straus, Miss
Dorothy Whitney, Henry Phipps, Isaac
N. Sellgman and Jacob H. Schiff. Mr.
Straus’ gift includes a $500,000^ cot¬
tage and estate at Lakewood, N. J..,
once occupied by the late Grover
Cleveland. There the new institution
will have its home, Miss Whitney
contributed $100,000 endowment fund.
General Labor Strike Planned.
Philadelphia, Pa.—Plans for a gen
eral strike by wage-workers through
out tiie country for a period of two
weeks, beginning on the day the offi
cers of the American Federation of
Labor are imprisoned for contempt
of court, were inaugurated here at the
meeting of the Central Labor Union
representing about seventy-five thous
workers in this city.
Newsy Paragraph*.
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—
*552 000 against St Clair county. Mis
souri, m the federal cour at Kansas
City, because that county in 18,-')
floated bonds for the Lebo and M
railway, which was never built,
"Men will be no longer able to hide
under the excuse that the majority
01 women do not want the ballot it
the suffrage clubs of Chicago do what
is expected of them we will convince
all of the national figures that enough
women want the ballot to make it a
live issue for any campaign. ihus
spoke Dr. Anna Howard Sraw. presl
cent of the National Womens Suf
frnge association at a luncheon,
"What, we need is a little more gusto
and display.
Thaf oral betting does not consti
tute bookmaking within the meaning
of the so-called ami-race track gamb
j lng laws 0 { \ ew York, is in effect,
tUe decision of the court of appeals in
^j banj - \ y.. affirming an order of
k lower courts for the discharge
from custody of Orlando Jones and
Sol Lichenstein, who were indicted on
L'poon. The storm was especially se
vere in Capiz province where many
homes were destroyed. Five thousand
persons are hdmeles;, and much prop
and crops were destroyed. The
wind, which was of hurricane force,
was accompanied by heavy rains, and
much of the country is flooded.
Major Thomas H. Hays, formerly
inspector general of the confederate
army, at one time second vice’pres,
d e"t of the Pullman Palace Car com
pany, died at his home in Louisville,
Ky„ aged seventy-two. He was wide
ly known in Kentucky politics.
King Edward , celebrated his sixty
eighth birthday at Sandringham plac*
surrounded by most of the members
of his family and a few intimate
friends. Telegrams of congratulation
were received by his majesty from all
parts of the world. His health is con
siderably improved.
COAL MINE TRAGEDY
Nearly 400 Miners Killed in Dis¬
aster at Cherry, 111.
CARELESSNESS CAUSED FIRE
Hay in the Mine Stable Caught Fire and
Before It Could Be Extinguiihed
Ignited the Coil Vein.
Cherry, III.—Nearly four hundred
human beings, men and boys, it is
now believed, are dead in the St. Paul
mine here, though experts, who stlc
eeeded in penetrating the smoke-filled
air shaft to a depth of three hundred
feet, returned with a ray of hope for
the grief-stricken relatives of the en
tombed victims.
That the fire has been extinguished
was the conclusion of mining experts
and inspectors sent here by Governor
Deneen to investigate the calamity
and its causes. For more than thirty
hours the prisoners were subjected to
smoke-filled veins.
That life could exist under the ter
rible conditions apparent is doubted
by many, but because no trace of
high temperature was found in the
depths cf the mine, friends of the
miners and even officials of the com
pany, have hope that the victims may
have found safety in some recess of
the mine.
The list of the missing men was
compiled in the offices of the mining
company, and it reached the total of
385, including the dead whose bodies
were taken from the burning rages
It Is thought that this list might bo
increased. One hundred and seventy
men who entered the mines have
been hnf] accounted for. The company
fng uT semes ef tracers at work
he That employes and the officials
adm ted the number of men
prisoned was greater than they
herf hei ever! to he nossible
Among the missing are many Amer
leans who families have livCHl for years and
reared in Illinois Though
the majority of the miners are for
eieners yet all had their homes
or in the surrounding towns and vil
Jjjgpg the thirteen heroes
The storv of the
who went down to their death in
blazing shaft of the Cherry mine, and
of the cne man who came back,
ed by fire and blackened by smoke,
to tell the tale, is being related here
in all Its details and forms, one of
the most enthralling narratives in the
history of mining in this country.
Standing out above all the others is
the story of Dr. L. B. Lowe, the "man
who came back,” the only one of the
heroic fourteen who survives to etll
what happened. b fn! ,
Seven times ® the
cuers began ^ . w int0 ‘
U ng f , jn
a a lint lint and h,T each ’ rime he brought to
’ of saved Twen
. five'miner h inM him.
tv s owe theh lives to
I K bands are badly burned, hut he
shows no other scars When asked to
fiASf'rihp his experiences, he merely
shrugged smuggeu his broad shoulders, and
•1 couldn’t have done anything
more than I did It is not worth
ing about. Besides, I am too busy to
, j k „
“ brought to light mar.*
Th e disaster
unnamed heroes. superinten
\V M Taylor, general
dent of mines of the St. Paul com
pany, is a pathetic figure at the scene
of {he catastrophe. '
AMER VICTIM OF FOOTBALL.
Christian, of University of Virginia,
Dies of Hurts Received in Game.
Washington, D. C.—Football has
claimed another victim in Archer
Christian, the eighteen-year-old left
half back of the University of Virgin¬
ia team, whose injury in the game
with Georgetown university was fol¬
lowed by his death at the hospital.
An autopsy disclosed that death
was due to cerebral hemorrhage, fol
lowing concussion.
The death of Christian has put an
end to aji football playing by George¬
town and Virginia for this season.
Profundly stirred by the fatality,
the district coroner has sworn a spe¬
cial jury -of prominent citizens, whose
duty it ‘will be to suggest, if possible,
some modification of the rougher fea
lures of the game.
MME. STE1NHEIL ACQUITTED.
Woman Accused of Murdering Hus
band and Step-Mother Freed.
Paris, France—Mme. Marg'herita
Steinhall was acquitted by a jury
of the murder cf her husband,
Adolphe Steinheil. a noted painter,
and her step-mother." Mme Japy.
To some degree sentiment and a
stuffy, crowded courtroom favored the
prisoner. With the appearance of the
jury an instinctive feeling of acquit
ta! flashed through the courtroom. A
dramatic scene follomed.
_
CANAL HALF COMPLETED.
All the Work Will Be Finished in the
Next Four Years.
Washington, D. C.—-The cut at Cu
lebra, the backbone of the Isthmus ot
Panama, was half completed on Oc
tober 23, according to reports from
the canal zone. At that time, 39,002.-
299 cubic yards had been excavated
and a like amount of digging remain
ed to be done.
This gigantic cut will be nine miles
long, and will have a width of three
hundred feet at the bottom which will
be forty feet above the sea level, the
normal level of the water being fixed
at eighty-five feet above the sea. Its
completion is said to be assured with
in four years.
ELIOT’S RELIGION WORN OUT.
Bishop Gailor Doesn’t Approve of
New Religious ideas.
Montgomery, Ala—In a discussion
of the church work in the various
dioceses of the department of Se
wanee. Bishop Th omas Gailor, of the
Episeopal churfn of Tennessee, ad
vcnc-ed the theory that education is
the solution of all church problems.
He deplored the new religion which
is championed by ex-President Elliott
of Harvard on the ground that “it is
old and Vorn out.”
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Edward William Bedford, the Cana
dian who was arrested in London,
England, charged, on his own confes-
3(on with the murder of Ethel Kin
t-ade at Hamilton, Ont., has now ad
mPted that there was no truth in his
story. On being brought up in the
Bow street police court, however, he
was again remanded in order to allow
tbe police to make more complete in¬
quiries.
Joshua Strange of Indiana was
elected president of the Farmers’ Na¬
tional congress, at the closing session
of the meeting in Raleigh, N. C. The
other officers chosen were as folows:
Charles Sanford of Ohio, first „ vice
president; O. ,P. J Jewett of ttansas
second vice president; ^ \\. L. Arnos ot
Wisconsin, treasurer; George Whitta
ker, of Massachusetts, secretary ;
John Kimball of Maryland; R. M.
Surles, of Nebraska; and O. D. Hull,
of West Virginia, assistant secretar
ies. A. C. Fuller of Iowa the retiring
member of the executive committee,
was re-elected. J. M. Stahl of Chi
cago, was chosen legislative agent,
Following the publication of the
centennial edition, July 12, 1908, of
)be st Louis Republic, that newspu
per U)0 ^ an active part in the forma
rjon 0 j a century club of American
newspa pers composed of weekly 'and
journals ‘ that are one booklet hundred just
y Carti 0 id tft’ older. A
J )ub jj s ij e( | by the Republic that describes
thg e } g hty-two papers are mem
| )ers 0 f the club. There are .fifty-five
( j ai i ies and twenty-seven weeklies,
1WGIIt j£ y-two of which are published in
ng i andi thirty-eight in the mid
^ Atlantic states, nine in Ohio, one
jndiana, eleven south of Mason
and Dixon , a i ine , and one we st of the
* . , . river .
Ml* 3 baiafi s ab T 1. Rorer Korer, tbe me famous ianiuu
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culinary expert, has shocked the
Mothers’ club of New York city by
declaring that no men should have
anything to do with the bringing up
of his son, other than providing food
and clothing for him. In discussing
the subject, “How to Mould the Boy’s
Character,” Mrs.. Borer said. ’Y en
are not fit to bring up children. Taey
are too irritable and cross to assume
any control of their children, laigely
because of their worries in the pres
ent condition of the commercial
world, Men are not sufficiently gift
ed with patience to teach children,
An explanation of what was believ¬
t0 have been a bofi er explosion on
a Lake M i C higan steamer was furn
j sbed with the discovery of a huge
meteor on a farm five miles south of
Man j Stee Mich. The meteor was still
, projects
warm and ten f ee t of it
above tbe ground. The spot whe^e it.
fe)J . g about ba jf a m ji e f r0 m Lake
y-jehigan.
Judge Thomas G. Jones, of the fed
eral court, si^Wure in Montgomery, Ala., has
affixed his to an order for
the sale of the properties belonging to
J- A. Piestwood of Covington county,
Alabama. Several chapters have been
added to the Prestwood case, the first
three being made up ot allegations by
various cotton merchaftts that h>,
planter had failed to deliver future
cotton which had bee n con tracted fc*.
The merchants allege’-^, loss be
cause of such treatment, of about
$30,000.
The name of Cyrus Hail Mccor
m ick will be the first admitted to the
Illinois Farmers' Hall of Fame at the
University of Illinois. Exercises at
tending the admission will be held at
the university December 15. McCor
mick’s name is honored by virtue ot
his invention of the reaper, which
has revolutionized agriculture.
The General Grand Council of Roy.
al and Select Masons in session in
Savannah, Ga„ has elected officers as
follows: Graff M. Aeklin, Toledo,
Ohio, general grand master: John Al¬
bert Blake, Boston, general grand
deputy master; Edward W. Welling¬
ton, Ellsworth, Kas., general grand
principal conductor; Thomas E.
Shears, Denver, Col., general grand
treasurer; Henry W. Mordhurst, Fort
Wayne, Ind., general grand recorder;
George A. Newell, Medina, N. Y., gen¬
eral grand captain of guard*; Fay
Hempstead, Little Rock, Ark., general
grand marshal; Joseph C. Greenfield,
Atlanta, Ga., general grand steward.
Charters were granted to the follow¬
ing councils: Black Hills council,
Lead, South Dakota; Tyrean council,
Missoula, Mont.; Adoniram council,
Washington, D. C.
Washington.
“Humane latvs for children under
eighteen years and for animals.”
That is the caption over an executive
order of President Taft as printed in
the Canal Record, the official paper of
the isthmian canal commission, just
received in Washington. Offenses
against children and against animals
are rnade misdemeanors. Any agent
0 f a regularly organized humane so
ciety j n the canal zone may be com
missioned as a special policeman to
enforce this order.
It remained for the isthmian eanai
commission to give the latest exenapli
fication of the old saying, “The Bet
ter the Day the Better the Deed." Ac
cording to an official report just re
c-eived in Washington, “the greatest
amount of concrete laid in a Single
day was placed on Sunday, October
24, when 1,304 cubffi yards were ad
ded to the 33,248 cubic vards that had
been placed up to the close of work,
October 23 ” The largest number of
employes at w-ork on the canal and
Panama railroad has just been report
ed Washington. The force number
£d 33,210. A decrease in the number
0 f skilled American employee, was ex
plained as indicating a tendency to
ward a reduction in the number of
supervisory positions.
The state department has received
a report from Vice Consul General
Risdorff at Frankfort. Germany, stat
j ug tbat a Q em! an publication has
caused a sensation in military circles
by describing a new appliance for a
g aa to enable the soldier to take aim
a ^ great distances in complete dark
ness. The inventor is an engineer of
Dortmund named Izel. A telescopic
searchlight, containing a small elec
trie lamp, is fixed to the barrel be
j ow tbe stGck Military_ authorities
are said to have made successful
trialis and all shots took' effect.