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So G. Grosvenor Designatas Re
cent Southern Congress.
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A GREAT OFFICE BUILDING
This Building will be Home of a Per
tistant Southern Propaganda
at Hom> and Abroad. -4
Montgomery, Ala.—That the clarion
call to the southlend, awakening it
to a new era of industry and com
mercial progress, has been sounded
through the recemt southern congress,
is the opimion of G. Grosvenor Dawe,
director gemeral of the congress. Mr.
Dawe, in an interview with' a repre
se:lbauve of wthe Associated Press,
said: ; ;
“The Southern Commercial Con
gress was a stupendous projeot with
@ complex purpose. It was designed
to make the south know itself; to
wmake the south know .and utilize the
most fitting moment for such a con
gress that has never ooccurred in
American. history,
“The spirit of the congress was not
to boast that the south was more gift
<d than the north, nor to stir up ani
mosity, but simply to declare that the
south, with s possessions, needed de
velopment_in order to bring the na
tion to its’ proper development. The
clarion ecall of the econgress to the
men of the seuth was for them to
Hve™at the gouth because the nation
needs a greater wsouth.
“Hence the stupendous plan of the
congress natufally led eager and able
“minds to ?,v_dlve a still more stupen
dous planjand one that is just as
“sound and .as sane, but which could
.40t _have boen possible except as an
outgrowth of the congress which sug-
RBested it. The .project is a great of
fice buildiggf#nd auditorium in Wash
ington, a city in: which no .satisfac
tory auditorlgym a@n be found and in
whieh office ‘room is- at a premium.
~This great bwilding will be the homsa
of a, persistent southern propaganda
At home#and abroad, and its rental
will be*devoted to the furtherance of
~all ecommereial projects in the south
tirat. wAll" aid in bringing that section
Antof a parity of development with the
rest of the United States. There will
be majntained- there an exposition of
Tepburces “ arranged in such a way
a 8 to bring immediate results.
“In_a Toom devoted to health con
ditiong“would be the great facts of
the south’s advancing sanitation,
thus demonstrating the vettiness of
preseént fears as to the south. With
similar perfection of detail the whole
projeet will be carried out. -
“We are fully aware that many
men for* many’ years have rendered
many services to the south by compil
ing statistics, by promoting develop
meat along special lines of railroad
and by pushing iandividual enterprises,
but never before in the history of
the south has there been a long, care
fully sustained co-operative effort
among the leading business interests.
This now promises to come into be
ing, and $250,000 is already in sight
for the purpose.” ’
RULES FOR SEA WARFARE.
Powers Agree on Code of Laws for
the [lnternational Prize Court,
London, England.—The views -of
the ten powers, the delegates from
which are assembled here to decide
upon a code of laws for the inter
national prize court provided for at
the last The Hague conference, makg
a deeidedly bulky volume. Some of
?:3 powers, like Japan, have submit
their proposal in the briefest
form, while others, mnotably Great
Britain, support their views with ar
gumetits and references ‘to decisions
which British naval eourts have giv
in historical naval cases.
The United States, too, has gone
into detall on the various subjects
which she thinks should receive eon
sideration while Germany has sub
mitted a draft code of laws.
The suggestions of the TUnited
Btates are: Warships of the United
gta,tel of America ean seek asylum
uring war is a neutral port subject
{0 the limitations prescribed by the
port authorities,
Such ships must conform to the
regulations of the port authorities re
flrdlng length of stay and interval
0 be observed before going to sea in
pursnit of any enemy or after depart
ure of the enemy’s ship.
Merehant ships, yachts or neutral
vesgels ocarrying or picking up bel
!:gnront wounded, sick or shipwreck
, should not be captured on ac
count of such acts, but should still
?19 subject to capture for any viola
fons of neutrality they may have
eommitteed. Merchant ships under!
escort of warships of their own na
tionality should be exempt from the
right of search on proper assurances
being given by the commander of
the eonvoy. |
QGreat Britain and Japan agree with
the United States on the majority of
points, ‘
- RIGHT OF APPEAL |
For Government Asked by Attorney
General Bonaparte, |
Washington, D. C.—That the United
States should have the right of-ap
peal to the supreme court of the
United States as a matter of right,
whenever a conviction is reversed on
appeal by the defendant to a circuit
court of appeals, is the opinion ex
pressed by Attorney General Bona
parte in his report for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1908.
In &ls connection he cites the case
of the reversal of the fine of mores
than $29,000,000, in which an applica
tion for the allowance of a writ of
certiorari has been made to the su
preme court.
~ COULD DESTROY CITIES, f
Aeronant Sailed Over Los Angeles,
Cal., Dropping Bombs,
Los Angeles, Cal.—To demonstrate
how easily a hostile force, equipped
with a fleet of airships, might destroy
an American ¢ity, Roy Knabenshue,
the aviator, eircled over Los Angeles
in his «irigible balloon and from the
darkness above dropped harmless
bombs on the roofs of the city hall
and other public bulldings. Neither
Knabenshue nor his craft could be
seen from the street, ‘
VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS.
Importact Figures Given Out by the
Agricultural Department.
Washington, D. C.—The production
in 1908 and farm valuc on December
1 of important farm products, accord
ing to the final revised estimates of
the deparument of agriculture, is as
follows;
Corn, 2,668,651,000 bushels and
farm value $1,616,143,000.
Winter wheat, 437,908,000 bushels
and $410,330,000. >
Spring “wheat, 236,694,000 bushels
and $23v6,496,000.
Oats, §07,156,000 bushels and $3Bl,
171,000.
Barley, 166,756,000 bushels and $92,-
442,000,
kigures for other crops include:
Rye, 81,851,000 bushels and $23,
455,000,
Buckwheat, 13,874,000 bushels and
$12,004,000.
Flax Seed, 25,805,000 bushels and
$30,677,000.
Rice, 21,890,000 bushels and $17,-
771,000.
Potatoes, 278,985,000 bushels and
$197,039,000,
Hay, 70,798,000 tons and $635,423,-
000.
Tobacco, 710,061,000 pounds. and
$74,130,000.
POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
Complete Figures on National Elec
tion Have Been Compiled
New York City.—The total popular
vote of the various presidential candi
dates at the last national election was
made known in an official form by
the filing of the last of the official
vote, that of Michigan. The total
shows the following votes cast:
Taft, republican , . .7,637,676
Bryan, democrat . .6,398,182
Debs, socialist . , . 448,453
Chafin, prohibitionist 241,252
Hisgen, independence 83,186
Watson, populist . , 33,871
Gilhaus, social labor. 15,421
Total. . ~ . . .14,862,239
This grand total exceeds by 1,341,
531 the total number of votes cast
in the presidential election of 1904,
when the grand total was 13,510,708.
Compared with that election the
candidates of the republican, demo
cratic and socialist parties increased
their vote this year. The reverse is
true of the candidates of the prohibi
tion, populist and socialist labor par
ties. :
The biggest difference in a party is
shown in an increase for Bryan of 1,
315,211 over the total vote cast in
1904 for Alton B. Parker, the demo
cratic candidate. Taft received 14,
190 votes more than were polled for
president Roosevelt in 1904, and Debs
ran 45,368 ahead of his predecessor
on the socialist ticket.
The heaviest loss is shown by the
populists, who, with the same candi
date, registered 83,312 votes less this
year than in 1904, when their total
was 117,183. The prohibitionist can
didate, Chafin, ran 17,284 votes be
hind the 1904 mark of his party, and
Gilhaus, the socalist labor candidate,
received only about 50 per cent of
the vote given,to Corrigan, which was
31,249 in the previous presidentiul
race. ‘% SN e
ELEVEN SOLDIERS BEAD.
Methyl Poisoning Resulted from
Drinking Columbian Spirits.
Washington, D. C.—General Lasker
H. Bliss, in command of the force in
the Philippines, has reported the
death of eleven enlisted men of the
eighteenth regiment, stationed at
Camp Keithley, Mindinao, from meth
yl poisoning, resulting from drinking
Columbian spirits. &
Pian Air-Ship Express.
Berlin, Germany.—The newspapers
of Berlin publish details of the plans
of a German company, with headquar
ters at- Frankfort-on-tbe-Main, which
purposes to build seven airships and
maintain regular sailings between
twenty-four German cities. A numben
of capitalists and sporting men are
said to be interested. The papers,
however, treat the idea with scepti
cism,
Mutiny on British Warship.
London, Eng.—The third mutiny
aboard a British warship within the
last few months took place recently
on the cruiser Amethyst, where the
disaffection of the crew culminated in
the men throwing the gun fittings ov
erboard, The admiral stopped the
shore leave of the Amethyet’s men. i
Emperor Willlam a Teetotaler.
Berlin, Germany.—lt iz semi-omc'lal-}
lv announced from Pottsdam palace
that Emperor William has pledged
himself to abstain from alcoholic
drinks for the rest of his life, ‘
He will have a special drink with
the sparkle of champaigne, absolute.
ly non-alcoholic, for use on state oc
casions.
Cashier Short $85,600.
BSomersworth, N, H.—An unexpect
ed visit of Bank Examiner N, S. Bean
at the First National bank here un
covered a defalcation estimated by
the examiner at $85,000 and immedi
ately following the discovery Fred M.
Varney, cashier of the bank, was ar
rested !
Elected President of Hail,
Port au Prince, Hayti.—General An
toine Simon, the leader of the last
revolution in Hayti that resulted in
the flight of President Nord -Alexis.
from. the capital, and who made his
triumphal entry into Port au Prince
ten days ago has been elected presi
dent of the republic
President to Produce Evidence.
Washington, D. C.—President
Roosevelt’s reply to the resolution of
the house of representatives demand
ing the specific reason governing his
annual message to congresg as to the
abridgement of the secret service
powers will be ready for congress as
soon as it re-assembler °
Although the president has not in
timated to his callers the exact scope
of his reply, he has made it clear
that he “will produce the goods” ]
TAFT APPOINTS KNOX
Former Attorney General An
nounced as Premier of Cabinet.
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PRESIDENT-ELECT WELCOMED
By Augustins---Lost no Time in Inspect
ing Golf Course ard Pronounced
Thom Fine,
Augusta, Ga. — Willlam H. Taft,
president-ebect of the United States,
announced the appointment of United
States Senator Philander C. Knox of
Pennsylvania as secretary ’ state
in his eabinet,
The announcement followed the re
ceipt by Mr. Taft of a telegram con
veying the information from M.
Knox that he would accept the pre
miemship of the Taft cabinet, Mr.
Taft, without delay, made the an
nouncement that the matter was set
tled.
In giving the details of the nego
tiations, he said that the offer was
made to Mr. Knox in New York; that
since the offer he had not heard from
Mr. Knox until the telegram he re
ceived npon his arrival here.
“l feel that I sm to ba congrat
ulated in securing the service of Sen
ator Knox in my cabinet,” said Judge
Taft, in making the announcement,
and making the statement with the
understanding that he was to be quo
ted. “In selecting a secretary of
state, I wanted first a great lawyer,
and, second, a man who would fill the
public eye, not only here, but abroad,
as a man who stands out pre-eminent
ly as a great American.
“Mr. Knox was a great attorney
general; he was a prominent candi
date for the presidency, and is rec
ognized in the senate and elsewhere
as one of the great lawyers of that
body.”
Judge Taft also feels that from a
political viewpoint the selection of
Mr. Knox is most happy. He explain
ed that there was often a feeling that
the state of Pennsylvania, with its
assured republican majorities, often
was slighted in the matter of recog
nition in the high councils of the
party.
Senator Knox's first appearance as
a national figure was when he en
tered the cabinet of William McKin
ley as attorney general, in 1901, to
succeed John W. Griggs of New Jer
sey. He was continu in the same
office by President Roosevelt, and
continued to serve until he resigned
in 1904 to accept the appointment of
United States senator from Pennsyl
vania. 5
The arrival of the Taft family in
Augusta, with the exception of Miss
Helen, who is to reach here later,
‘caused no small amount of joyous “ex
citement and demonstration on the
part of the residents of the city. The
reception accorded the president-elect
was ample in expressing the feeling
of cordial southern hospitality.
Judge Taft lost no time in getting
out to the golf course, and pronounc
éd it much to his liking, although he
_said l:;owoglg have to get tam}l;iar,
‘withthe. sand greens, which' were a
little ama&r his :flf Wfi
grass, FOEREL o “‘ o
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GINNERS ISSUE ESTIMAT 2. =
Bales of Cotton Ginned Amount to
: 11,872,000 on Dec. 13. e
Memphis, Tenn.—The National Gin
ners’ Association estimates the
amount of cotton ginned to Decem
ber 13 at 11,872,000 bales. The esti
mate by states follows:
Alabama .\ . o 0 e o 1,270008
Arkenses .- . o 843,000
FIOVIAR 1. v 64,000
Georgia- . . . . . 1,847,000
Lonisiama ~ il 436,000
Mississippi. , . . 1,446,000
Migsourt ~ o 4 50,000
North Carolina ~ , 624,000
Oklahoma . v s 504,000
South Carolina , . 1,130,000
Tennessee , , . . 300,000
TORABL. & . g ROO
Virginia and Ken- |
PUCRY » o o e 11,000
b s sialan
Total o i e 35,8800
GENERAL ZIMMERMAN APPOINTED.
Named to Succed Gen. Carlisle as
Commander of 8. C. Div. U. C. V.
New Orleans, La.—General Willlam
E. Mickel, adjutant general of the
United Confederate Veterans, by com
mand of General Evans, commander-i
in-chief, issued a special order, offi
cially announcing the death of Major
General Thomas W. Carlisle, com.
manding the South Carolina Division
United Confederate Veterans, and
naming Brigadier General Zimmer
mean as his successor.
General Zimmerman is directed to
take charge and to place in command
of his brigade the neéxt ranking offi
cer.
HELD FOR LIBEL.
W. R. Hearst’'s Publisher, Sued By
John D, Rockefeller, Jr.
New York City.—A charge of crim
inal libel, made by John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., resulted in the arrest of
S. 8. Carvalho, president of the Star
Publishing company, pubiishers of
Hearst’s New York American.
Mr. Calvalho was paroled until De
cember 26, for examination,
Mr. Rockefeller’s action tesulted
from an article appearing in the New
York American of December 17, un
der a Chicago date line, headed, “J.
D. Rockefeller, Jr., Originated Peon
age in Stockdale, It is Said.” He held
that this was libelous and calculated
lo injure his good name, %
FLEET NOW ON LONGEST LEG.
Through Indian Ocean and Arabian
and Red Seas, 5
Washington, D. C.—Rear Admiral
Charles 8. Sperry, commanding the
American battleship fleet, cabled the
navy department that the fleet had
made its departure from Colombo,Cey
lon, for Suez, The meesage was in
cipher and very brief. The fleet has
hegun the lomgest single leg of its
world cruice through the Indian
Ocean, the Arablan and Red Seas,
~ PHOCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
:Matten of Importance Before th
Nationai Lawmakers.
After passing a bill granting to the
‘South«ern Pacific Railroad Company a
right of way across _the Fort Mason
military reservation in California, the
house of representatives Saturday ad
journed until Monday, January 4,
1909.
A Dbrief session of the senate Sat
urady was devoted to routine busi
ness, Several messages of minor leg
islation were received from the pres
‘ident, and bills and other measures
iwere introduced. The senate then
adjourned until January 4, 1909,
Because of the general exodus of
members for their homes for the
Christmas holidays, the attendanee in
the house of representatives Friday
was far short of a quorum. Never
theless, a good deal of business was
transacted. This consisted mostly of
the passage of war claim bills, sonie
of them giving rise to considerable
discussion.
The house of representatives
Thursday by unanimous vote adopi
ed a resolution requesting the presi
dent to supply it with any evidence
that may be in his possession that
will justify the statement in his last
annual message in relation to the
attitude of members of congress to
ward * appropriations for the secret
service of the government,
Senator Rayner of Maryland intro
duced a resolution Thursday and ask
ed that it be referred to the commit
tee on naval affairs, instructing that
committee to consider the president’s
orderg transferring the marine corps
to the army: whether the president
has the authority to issue the order,
and if so, if the efficiency of the
corps has not heen curtailed, and
whether congress can prepare rules
that will bind the president as com
mander-in-chief, A mesage from the
president was read, advocating a
change of method in the government
of the District of Columbia. The
president favors government by a sin
gle commissioner to be appointed by
‘the president instead of three, as at
present. Senator Bourne introduced
a Dbill to increase the president’s sal
ary from $50,000 to SIOO,OOO, and the
vice president’s from $12,000 to $25,
000. The senate adjourned until Sat
uurday.
The senate Wednesday decided to
enter upon an investigation relative
to the portion of the president’s an
nual message, which criticizes the ac
tion of congress in prohibiting the de
tail of secret service men to duty: in
other departments. It was decided
that Senator Aldrich should stand as
sponsor for the measure, and the
Rhode Island senator presented a
resolution authorizing the inquiry.
. The house Wednesday defeated by
89 to 103 the Garrett amendment to
the penal code bill penalizing the
transmission by mail of any adver
tisement or information having ref
erence to dealings in futures where
the delivery of the article bought can
not be made. Although two meecting
of the special committee of the house
to recommend action on the presi
dent’s reference to. the motives of
| congress in laying a limitation on the
i mrflee force were
s, the mmittee was unable to
ck ach a unanimous agreement
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NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
The record Christmas gift of the
season was made when David T. Hau
bury of San Francisco, Cal, turned
over to his wife property
valued at four million dol
lars, Although Mrs. Hanbury as
sumes legal possession of the vast
holdings, she will not exercise abso
lute control until after death of her
husband,
President Kellogg of the Metropoi
itan Psychical Society, an organiza
tion which holds that all ghosts are
piffie and less, has written a letter
to Dr, Isaac Funk offering to pay Dr.
Funk $5,000 if he will produce a
ghost—any kind of a ghost, so that
it is not a frazzled thing of phospho
rus and nun’s veiling, living in a
medium’s cabinet,
Mrs. W. A. McGuire of Chicago
who lost a bag containing money and
valuable papers, advertised for the
property in these words: “Finder
may keep half the money, or, if vir
tue is not its own reward, keep all
the money, but please be human
enough to return personal belongings
that can be of no service to other
than the owner. Do not adopt the
creed finders are keepers,”
The British admiralty has decided
that in future all small naval craft
shall be constructed to use both coal
and eil fuel., The oil-burning system
has been used for a consideranie
time, and many of the destroyers-and
torpedo hoats are designed exclusive
ly for the oil-burning system. All the
modern battleships and cruisers of
the navy are also constructed to use
either coal or oil,
Dr. Birdsong pleaded guilty in court
at Jackson, Miss.,, to murdering Dr,
Pitts and was sentenced to life im
prisonment. The plea was the result
of an agreement hetween counsel,
Between one thousand eight hun
dred and two thowsand union miners
on Paint Creek, Kanawha county,
West Virginia, quit- work in obedience
to,:‘t‘e strike order by President Ben
Davis of District 17, United Mine
vvorliers.'}r
quetn -eleet T.illy of Connecticut
has named Theodore Roosevelt, Jr,,
of Thompsonville, Conn., as a major
on his staff of military aldes.de-camv.
In making the appointment, Mr, Lilly
says, he was influenced by his ac
quaintance With young Roorevelt
and admiration for his many sterlirg
qualities,
. The body of Chief of Police Biggy
of San Francisco, Cal, who was
drowned from the police launch “Pa
trol,” opposite Alcatraz island, in San
Franeisco bay, on the nizht of Novem.
ber 30, was found by the crew of a
freight boat. It was floating off
Goat igland.
Four persons were killed at Mar
tinsburg, W. Va., when a pier and
gpan of the new bridge across the
Potomas river collapged. Four others
were periously injured. Sixteen men
were precipitated sixty l’eet into the
river.
CASTRO’S RULE OVER
Infuriated Mcb Loots Caracas
Destroying Valuable Property.
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PILTURES OF CASTRO BURNED
El Constitucional; the Presidents’s Offi
cial Organ has Suspended Publication.
Castro Don’t Believe it.
Caracas, Venezuela—The people of
Caracas arose against President Cas
tro, An infuriated mob, unhindered
by the police, swept through the city,
wrecking the property of his hench
men and his closest friends. The
people rounded up all the statues and
pictures of President Castro from tho
clubs and other semi-public buildings
and” burned them with rejoicing on
the Plaza Bolivar, Castro’'s rule in
Venezuela probably is ended.
In spite of Holland’s warlike aotiv
ity on the coast there have been no
demonstrations against the Nether
lands; they all have been directed
against President Castro and Acting
President Gomez.
The first building to be attacked
and looted was that of the lottery
monopoly. The officers of the state
enterprise that has enriched itself at
the expense of the people were ran
sacked and pillaged. Furniture was
broken and thrown into the streets
and thousands of lottery tickets were
destroyed. :
The crowd then moved to the print.
ing office of El Constitucional, the or
gan of Presitdent Castro, of which
Gumersindo Rivas is editor, and pil
laged it completely, A steam laun
dry belonging to Senor Rivas also
was wrecked.
The crowd then turned {its atten
tion to several drug stores belonging
to Senor Thielen, a son-in-law of Gen
eral Tello Mendoza, and turned them
inside out.
The statues and pictures of Presi
dent Castro were made into a huge
bonfire on the Plaza Bolivar, The
crowd cheered as the flames complet
ed the destruction of these effigies of
the dictator,
Numerous inscriptions setting
forth the virtues of Castro and extoll
ing his powers next attracted the re
taliation of the mob, and every in
scription bearing Castro’s name was
hacked out and erased.
Some of these legends were earved
on the public buildings of the ecity.
El Constitucional has suspended
publication and Caracas is practically
without a mewspaper.
Berlin, Germany, — President Cas
tro of ;Venezuela, maintains his com
posure in the face of alarming reports
which have been published here re
garding the disturbances in Venezue
la. When dispatches were shown to
him that the people of Caracad had
arisen against him, burned the pic
tures and statues of the president in
the public square, and had made an
attack on a number of buildings, in
cluding the storgs of several of his
warmest adherents, and that several
persons had been killed, Castro sald!
“I don’t believe it. 1 have had dis
patches from Caracas, but they said
nothing of the kind.”
U. §. MAY SUE N, Y, WORLD.
In Special Message to Cov:lgrou the
President Demands Redress.
more emphatically denunciatory than
ever before used in a similar docu
ment, President Roosevelt excoriated
Joseph Pulitzer, editor of The New
York World, for attacks on the ad
ministration in connection with the
Panama canal purchase.
Mr. Pulitzer's charges are charac
terized as scurrilous and libelous, and
the president brands.him as a villi
fier of the American people,
Repeated peals of laughter greeted
the reading of the opening paragraph
of the president’s message to cou
gress on the Panama canal charges,
He asserts that the government: will
proceed against Mr, Pulitzer for Ili
bel. The message is considered one
of the most merciless denunciations
ever administered by a president of
the United States.
The message elicited the greatest
interest in the house. The members
gave close attention during the reading
of the document, and there was a rip
ple of laughter over the president’s
characterization of Joseph Pulitzer,
publicher of the New York World,
The message, with its accompanying
papers, was referred to committee,
New York City.—The World, in the
course of its answer to President
Roosevelt’s references to that papear
in his special message to congress,
says:
“Mr. Roosevelt is mistaken, He
canont ‘muzzle the World.
“SBo far as the World is concerned,
its proprietor may go to jail, if Mr,
Roosevelt succeeds, as he threatens;
but even in jail the World will not
cease to be a fearless charmpion of
free speech, a free press and a free
people.”
MILLIGNS SAVED FKGM SEA. |
Life Service Saves Many Lives and
Much Money. |
Washington, D. C.—~The report of
General Superintendent Kimball, of
the life gaving service, shows the ser
vice now comprises two hundred and
eighty stations,
Disasters to documented vessels
during the year were three huwndred
and eighty-six, with three thousand
seven hundred and forty-nine persons
aborad, of whom only sixteen were
lost, The estimated value of the ves
sels was $9,776,725, cargoes $3,135,-
190, making the total value of the
property endangered $12,911,915, ot
this amount, $1,855,110 was lost,
WRIGHT’S GREAT FEAT.
Aeroplane Goes te Height of 240
Feet—Glides Smoothly to Earth.
Le Mans, France.—Wilbur Wright,
the American aeroplanist, made a
most remarkable flight in his aero
plane, Instead of raising gradually,
the machine shot up like a rocket
to a height of two hundred and forty
feet, The aeronant then permitted it
to drop about fifty feet, at which atti
chine glided smoothly and landed
gracefully, (
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Aseending in an airship in order to
be able to scatter money among the
people with more quality is the ex
perience of E. 1. Oscar Hart, a min
ing man of Skiddco, Cass. At an
amusment park in Los Angeles, Cal,
Hart ascended for twenty minutes in
an airship while he threw handsful
cf money to a crowd of two thousand
people below, He is said to have dis
posed of a considerable sum.
With two hundred and sixty seal
skins taken nearer the south pole
than any sealers have Dbeen before,
the sealing schooner Agnes G. Dona
hue has arrived at Dunban, South Af
rica, The Agnes G. Donahue
left Halibax, N. S., September 1 on
what is to be the longest sealing
cruise ever taken.
Arrangements have been made
looking to the establishment in Pe
kin, China, of an American branch of
the International Banking corpora
tion. This is the first American bank
in the east to join the group of Brit
ish, French, German and Japanese in
stitutions which has been in exis
tence here since 1902. The purposa
of the Pekin branch is to test the op
portunities for American capital, es
pecially in connection with the devel
opment of Manchuria.
“Insanity grows three times as
fast in proportion as the increase in
population in the United States.” Dr.
David Paulson, president of the anti
cigareet league, made this statement
in Chicago recently. “Chinn,” he con
tinued, “used twenty-six grains of op
ium last year for every man, woman
and child. The United States used
fifty-six grains, There are at least
one million opium users in this coun
uy.”
The people of Chicago are suffering
from melancholia because they have
too few amusements and too much se
verity in life. They ought to get all
the wholesome fun possible out of
life, This was the view expressed
by the Rev. Johnston Myers, in an
address to Baptist ministers of that
city, The speaker made a plea for
the theater, the dance and a more
tolerant_application of religion,
The aty council of Bessemer, Ala,,
has included an item in the annual
license schedule of that city-imposing
a tax of §SO a year on bachelors over
the age of thirty.
Washington
Under authority of the recent Riv
ers and Harbors Congress convention,
Representative Randsell of Louisiana,
has announced the appointment of a
“committee to prepare measures to be
intrcduced in congress providing for
an issue of $500,000,000 bonds for
financing the national waterway pro
jects and to create a commission to
investigate the waterways here and
abroad.
It is not feasible and desirable at
the present time for the government
to purchase, to install or to operate
pneumatic tubes. This is one of the
‘gxost important conclusions reacl:;d
by a commission ap mu;% 7 the
|‘ postmaster general w%gquf 'Jx?t% the
question of the Teasibility anfl desir
ability of the government purchasing
\ and operating pneumati¢ tubes in the
cities where the service is now in
stalled, which was transmitted to
congress by Postmaster General Mey
er, the conclusions of which he ap
‘proves. e 3 "l
. Secretary Strauss has referred to a
special committee in the department
of commerce and labor the advisabili
ty of calling, together important la
bor leaders, publicists and directors
of blg industries to consider several
questions of importance throughout
the cov ‘~v, He suggested that the
meeting . " °'l at the department of
commerce and labor about January 2.
An order had been signed by Post
master General Meyer advancing two
hundred fourth-class postoffices to the
presidential class, effective January 1,
Postmasters of the presidential ciass
are allowed salary of from SI,OOO to
$1,600 in place of the fourth-class
stamp commission,
The president hag sent to the sen
aate the following nominations: Mem
ber of the Isthmian canal commis
sion, Lieutenant-Colonel Harry F.
Hodges, corps of engineers, Captains
to he rear admirals: Willlam P. Pot
ter, Newton E. Mason. Register of
land office; Harry H. Mpyers, at Lit
tle Rock, Ark.
In his report to General Marshall,
the chief of engineers of the army,
Captain G. R. Lukesh, who was sent
to Pine Bluff, Ark., to ascertain
whether additional funds are necese
sary for the work at that place on the
Arkansas river, says the balance of
the $19,000 fund available at the be
ginning of the present emergency s
insufficient for the protection work
needed “for the safety of Pine Bluff
against the high waters of the com
ing winter,
Portraying Augustus Saint Gaud
ens as a great sculptor, whose works
will stand in the very forefront
among the masterpieces of the great
est periods and the greatest people,
President Roosevelt at an exhibition
of St. Gaudens' works at the Coroces
ran Gallerp of Art, under the auspi
ces of the American Institute of Arch
tects, paid eulogium to that artist’s
mastery of his craft,
In announcing that the new 10-. cent
special delivery stamp would be
placed on sale in Washington, the
postoffice department called attention
to its opposition to digcontinuing its
use of that stamp. This is despita
the authorized practice of affixing
the words “special delivery” written
or printed on the envelope, in addi
tion to the ordinary postage 1,
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The report of the French tobacco
monopoly, shows that the French na
tion last year consumed $100,000,000
worth of tobacco, upon which the gov
ernment made a 'profit of $75,000,000.
With a view of letiing the puble
know what influences operate upon
it through the press, Representative
Cooper (Texas) introduced a bill in
the house t@ exclude newspapers and
magazines from the mails unless the
names of the owner and editor or of
ficers, direetors and stockholders are
printed on its front page. .