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FINE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Financial World is Cheerful on
Threshold of New Year.
As a Result There is Good Investment
Demand for Capital Flotations.
* Large Resources at Hand.
New York City.—Satisfaction with
the solid achievement of the year and
confidence in the promise of the lu
ture are the feelings of the financial
<community on the threshold of the
new -year.. The effective expression
of this feeling is found in a level ot
prices of securities near the highest
for the closed year and higher, in
fact, than for twenty months past,
The depth of despondency froma
which the financial world was but
barely emerging a year ago, neeas
only to be considered in a general
way to realize the wide progress to
wards betterment which present con
ditions represent. As a register of
the measure of this past achievemeny,
the stock market possesses less in
terest than in its function of antici
bating by speculation the course of
events to come,.
That the past achievement is fully
reflected in the extent of the advance
of prices, which has occurred, is the
accepted opinion of all competent ov
servers, the problem of the market
turning rather to the question of how
far -the improvement in conditions
Jjustly to be expected in the future,
has already been covered in the spec
ulation, 2
+ The brightest hopes are based Qn
the complete restoration of credit,
which has occurred, and the resulting
good investment demand for capital
flotations. The rapid absorption of
new bond issues and the large demand
in the open market for older bond
issues of all grades, is the substan
tiel evidence of this condition. It 1s
a condition of vital importance to
the further work of rehabilitation to
be done before the full measure of
former prosperity is restored.
With the excellent -demand for in
vestment now established and the
abundant money market resources,
which are looked for early in the new
year, very large resources are expect
ed to be placed at the command of
the great railroad and ixdustrial cor
porations for resumption of suspend
ed and postponed outlays. The quick
ening effect of this influence is ex
pected to be felt throughout the world
of industry and business in enhanced
consumptive demand for all grades
of products and merchandise.
The extent to which the revision of
the tariff in prospect may serve to un
- settle business and halt demand for
products in expectation of *price
~changes is a subject of some uneasy
conjecture. The European political
outlook is not left out of considera
tion, owing to the current of uneasi
ness, lest, with the opening of spring,
the unquiet conditions in the Balkans
may cause an outbreak. The cond!l
tion of winter-sown grains is not fully
satisfactory and brings into view the
aiways important. influence of the
coming year’s agricultliral product.
There is feeling that the property
“Josses of the' Italian !lamity may
call for future adjustmeénts in the fin
-ancial markets. The/ situation thus
briefly summarized’ shows the inevi
table ambiguity at all times. existing
.in a financial prospect.
U. S. BATTLESHIPS AT SUEL
Fleet Arrived There Two Days Ahead
of Schedule.
Suez, Egypt—The TUnited States
Atlantic battleship fleet, completing
two days ahead of its schedule tho
next to the longest run of its world
girdling cruise, arrived here from Co
lombo, a distance of 3,440 knots, from
which place the.fleet sailed on Decexi
ber 20th, The loss of a seaman from
the battleship Illinois, who fell over
board, and was drowned, as previous
1y reported, was the only accident to
mar the voyage from Colombo. The
Illinois remained on the scene to
search for the sailor, and is a little
behind the ficet. At “Port Said the
crews will coal the battleships with
all possible speed, so as to be in po
sition to go promptly to Messina, if it
is finally determined to send thein
there,
BANK EXAMINERS &0 LOSE FEES.
They Will Be Fut on Salary and Ex
pense Basis,
W*hingtcn, D. C.—National bank
examiners will be put upon a salary,
or per: diem and expense basis, and
the present fee system will be abol
ished, if recommendations made by
Secretary Cortelyou, Comptroller Mur
ray and Deputly Comptroller Kane of
the treasury department, are carried
into effect, Members of the nationalt
monetary commission, who will trans
mit the suggestions to congress, Lov
enactment into law, believe that the
proposition will meet with favor.
T 0 FIGHT FOR STATEHQOD.
New Mexico ant Arizona Will Renew
Their Efforts,
Washington, D. C.—New Mexico
and Arizona are preparing for anoth
er brilliant dash for statehood. This
time they will co-operate, but the ef
fort will be for two states, instead of
one. Both territories are hopeful of
success, New Mexico has been try
ing for almost sixty years to get into
the union, and Arizona for.. almost
half of that time. At the beginning
of a session of @ngress their labors
are renewed, So far they have been
disappointed owing to the ' feeling
among conservative eastern senators
and representatives that the territor
ies are not prepared for statehood.
SR s
: CRISIS IN CHINA.
Sudden Removal of Grand Councilor
Causes Protest by Powers,
Peking, China.—The members of
the diplomatic corps in Peking are
—~all.nigh thunder struck at the sud
den dismissal of Yuan Shi Xai, the
grand councilor and commander of
the forces,
The step is believed to be the out
come of a Manchu plot, and it is
thought that the Japanese represeu
tatives had inkling of what was on
foot.
T 0 AID EARTHJUAKE VICTIMS.
President Roosevelt Has Sen: $300,000
, “Worth of Supplies ta Italy.
Washington, "D Q.. <= President
Roosevelt has announced that he hus
sent ships with $300,000 worth of sup
plies to Italy, that he will ask cou
gress for additional aid and that he
has offered the use of the™ battdeship
fleet to Italy,
The announcement is made in a tel
egram made public at the while
bouse which the president sent to
Patrick ¥. McGowan, chairman ot tne
American Tltalian general relief com
mittee, New York city.
The telegram follows: : .
“l earnestly wish success to the
American Italian general relief com
‘Tee ih its great mass meeting at
Madison Square garden. It is, of
course, gmt possible for me to attend
in_persen. I am decing everything
that can be done to get aid to the
suffering, and on account of the ex
lrieme urgency of the case, have seut
two supply ships with thrée hundred
thousard dcllars worth of food and
““ions without waiting for the au
thority of congress, beiung confident
wae vongress will approve of my ac
ticn. I sh@l also ask congress for ad
ditiorfal aid, and throughout the com
ine week, will keep in the closest
touch with congress, and through the
state départment, with tlaly, so that
everything possible to be done by tne
Un'ted States may be done. :
“Furthermore, I have cabled ‘the
‘talian government proffering the ser
vices 'of any or all of the battleship
fieet if such can be of use in this cri
sis.
*(Signed.)
*"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
Paris, France.—The Figaro pub
lished the following dispatch from
Rome;
“As each day gaes by, the disaster
appears more horrible, terrifying aud
immense, It is without precedent in
the history of the world. In the early
dispatches I spoke of over 150,000
dead. This number doubtless will be
exceeded, for new it is conservatively
iinated that 200,000 persons perish
ed miserably in this staggering catas
trophe ang the worst is not yet
known, The scourge has not yet
done its final work.
“The tremblings of the earth con
tinue with sinister rumbling, and at
times jets of Dboiling water surge
from the crevices. +The sources of
the streams are poisoned with putrid
matter. -
“In spite of herculean efforts, the
succor still is insufficient. In the more
remote regions the unhappy injured
are dying for want of food and medi
cal treatment, Dogs and swine, en
raged by hunger, spring upon the
wounded and devour them. Insatia
ble fire and uncontrolled famine will.
enexorably claim, their victims.
Rome, Italy.—The great danger
which the king and.queen of Italy are
facing in their noble efforts among
the stricken people of Sicily and the
south was brought home to the peo
ple when word reached *here that
Queen Helena had been injured. For
tunately, her injuries proved to be
not severe, but it is realized that at
any moment another® calamity might
happen, involving the serious injury
or even the death of their majesties.
Financial contributions for the re
lief of the sufferers have come in so
generously from the United States
that Ambassador Griscom, who has
been notified of these donations, is
taking a prominent part in the. relief
work being forganized in Rome,
No news of the death of any Amer
icans, excepting A. S. Cheney, the
American consul at Messina, and his
wife, and the members of the Pierce
family, has been received from any
quarter, -J. H. Pierce was. formrly
American consul at Messina. :
An Italian, who has resided forty
years in Messina, said he was confi;
dent there were no Americans in the
city at the time of the disaster.
The American gunboat Scorpion
has arrived at Messina and her com
mander placed his vessel at the dis
posal of the American embassy ofti
cials and the consular authorities for
the assistance of Americans and the
protection of ‘their interests in Sicily.
The Scorpion, like other forign ves
sels, will also transport refugees
from the affected districts, carrying
messages and co-operate in all pos
sible ways with the authorities in the
alleviation of distress. If, in the
meantime, the bedies of Consul Chen
ey and his wife are found, the Scor
pion may transport them to Naples.
whence they will be shipped- to the
United States. ¢
Will Save $5,000,000 Annually.
Columbia, Mo.—As a result of per
fecting a serum that is an antitoxin
for hog cholera, the Missouri Agri
cultural college guarantees the state
legislature that with an appropria
tion of $45,000 a year, it will save the
farmers of Missouri from §1,000,000
to $5.000,000 annually, The college
announces unequivocally that it now
is prepared to vanquish hog cholera.
B
Rues Gets 14 Years.
San Francisco, Cal.—Fourteen years
in the penitentiary. the maximum
sentence provided for bribery of a
supervisor, was the penalty meted out
to Abraham Reuf, who for year:s di
rected the political destinies of San
Francisco as adviser of the city ad
ministration of FEugene E. Schmitz,
former mayor of the eity.
Reward for Kindness.
Chicago, 111.—West Freeman of this
city has fallen heir to more than
$3,000 as a reward for a kindness
done an aged woman seven years ago.
While in London in 1901 Frecman
saw -a woman knocked :}/own by .8
cah. He went to her assistance and
carried her to his room.
s e s S
' To Raise Price of Prinfing.
New York City.—At a mass meet
ing attended by more than two hun
dred employing printers of this city,
an organization was formed so: the
purpose of raising the price of print
ing. "
it was the unanimous opinion Ot
the printers that the printing business
was in bad condition; that while the
cost of’ printing, price of materials
and wages paid had materially ad
vanced and daily working bours of
printers had decreased, 5
RECEIVERS F0RA.,8.& A.
wright aie Appointed.
Panic One of the Causes of the Receiv
ership Proceedings---Conditions
Only Temporary.
Atlanta, Ga-—The “Atlanta, - Bir
mingham and Atlantic railroad, the
creation of Harry 'M. Atkinson, a
trunk line with a terminus in Atlan
ta, another at Birmingham and yet
another at Brunswick, with steamers
and docks at the Georgia ~seaport
town, Yis now in the hands of two re
ceivers, H.-M. Atkinson, president ut
the line, and Preston 8. ArKwright,
its vice president, being named by
Honorable Don A. Pardee, judge, of
the United states circuit court.
Because the Atlanta, Birmingham
and- Atlantic could not pay interest
due on bonds the first day of the
present month the owners of the roud
decided it were better for all inter
ests concerned to ask that the prop
erties be placed in the hands of a re
ceiver,
The papers show a suit by the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
against the Old Colony Trust com
pany of Boston, trustee; and is of a
friendly nature, as is shown in: the
answer of the @id Colony Trust com
pany by its attorneys, Richard Olney,
secretary of state under Cleveland,
and Guy W. Currier,
This means that the financia‘l‘}&:‘crip
pled condition of the comill =a
temporary J condition which it is re
cognized .cannot prevail long—will
not, be permitted to render it a prev
to- creditors and bondholders, and
that the operation of its system will
continue uninterrupted until it is
once more on its feet, economically
speaking, and is able to meet all its
obligations.
ATTEMPT TO ASSAINATE
Attorney General Coldwell of Tennes
..see Fired Upon by Night Riders.
Union City, Tenn.—An attempt to
assassinate Attorney General Cald
well was made near his hcme here,
He was followed from the depot by a
man, who-shot at him twice as he
neared his home. Union City is not
welllighted, and, as the man rafi af
ter firing the shots, 'the attorney geu
eral could not identify: his assailaet.
A little behind the attorney generul
was the local Associated Press corre
‘nendent, who shot twice at the
would-be murderer, but missed him.
The alarm was sounded, and a cor
don of soldiers and posse of citizens
searched the neighborhood, but with
out avail. :
The attorney general was on his
way home for the night, accompanied
by the newspaper men, when they
noticed they were being followed.
When the reporter dropned behind
his companion, a shot was fired, and
then another, both, however, going
wide of their intended mark. The co.-
respondent fired twice at-~a shadow
skulking in the street opposite, and
Mr.~ Caldwell fired once, but none ot
their bullets took effect, the shgdoy.
disappearing.
ne town is full of people of the
Reeclfoot Lake region, the stronghold
he night riders, many of whoin
have been drinking, but the town 18
being patrolled, and no further: trou
ble is anticipated.
PAPER FAMINE THREATENED,
Low Water May Cause Several iills
: to Close s
Glensfalls, N. Y—That a famine in
the news print paper market is like
ly to result from a much longer con
tinuance. of the present dry spell in
paper-making territory is gndicated
in statements adopted by the officials
of the International Paper' company,
Many mills, which have been cogi
pelled to run on short time in sev
eral departments owing to low wa
ter, will be forced te shut' down en
tirely within four weeks unless rain
falls, the officials say.
Such a shut down, owing to the
fact' that the company has no reserve
supply’ of paper, would, it js said, cut
off shipments to a number of big dail
fes. o
BIG TOBACCO DEAL MADE.
15,000,000 Pounds of Dark Tobacco
¢ ‘Sold.
Hopkinsville, Ky.—After an all
night session between representatives
of the Imperial Tobacco Cdmpany,
and the independent buyers and the
Planters’ Protective Association,
terms were agreed upon which wiil
result in the sale of 15,000,000 pounds
of dark tobacco. The Imperial had
hitherto objected to close packing
in the hogshead and the associafion
agreed to put no more than 1,500
pounds in each hogshead. This is
the first considerable sale of Ken
tucky’s dark crop, and will be rati
fied shortly.
NO SOUTHERN TAFT CLUBS.
President-Elect Objects to Such Or
ganizations Being Formed,
Augusta, Ga.—President-Elect Taft
has effectually put a quietus on the
desire, which was beginning to devel
op into activity, to organize “Taitt
Clubs” throughout the South, Mr.
Taft doubts the wisdom of epeour
aging at this time political activity'
ip any form, :
Mr. Taft declared himself against
the “Taft Club” propositivn, Should
it become expedient at some future
time to encourage the organization
of the “independent” demececratic ele
ment of the south, he believes such
organizations should be called exaetly
what they are, “independent.”
. PAPERS AND RAILROADS.
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Question of Transportation for Adver
tising Soon to Be Decided.
Washington, D,» C.—~Whether news
paper and magazine publishers may
legally accept transportation over the
railroads in return for advertising in
their columns probably will soon be
decided bv the supreme court of the
United States, The Chicago, Indian
apolis and Louiszville Railway Com
nanv_ generally known as the Monon
route, has broughts to that court a
ace involving this question.
PROHIBITION INCREASES,
Vast Stretch of Territory is Absolutely
Out of Liquor.
. Washington, D. C.—A wave of pro
hibition has swept with such remarx
able effect over the south and sen
timent has so crystalized against the
saloon and its kindred evils, that the
dawn of the new year opens upon a
vast stretch of territory absolutely be
renl of " ligquor, whilg the area where
anti-prohibitionists have triumphea
marks the battleground for impending
fights for and against the sale of in
toixcants.
Significant of the magnitude this
problem has assumed is tie fact that
in many states prohibition looms up as
a political issue of chief concern to
the voters; obscuring other municipal
and state questions, Other states
have disposed of the issue, temporu
rily at least, by the passage of stat
utory laws, whose efficiency must yet
be tested. In still other states, the
will of the majority expressed at lo
cal option elections has restricted tho
sale of liquor to the larger cities,
where the liquor men generally are
fortified against attack from the tem
perance folk.
Reports reflecting accurately the
political stage of the prohibitioa
movement in the south show that
more than half the south’s territory
is “dry’ absolutely, and that in the
remaining area listed as “wet” the
sale of intoxicants is upon a restrict
ed scale, It is evident that cities are
the only remaining strongholds for
the saloons, and it is unlikely that
this condition will be modilied, except
through a radical change in political
thought, through failure to enforce
‘the laws against the liquor traffic, fail
ure to solve the prcblem growing out
of deficits in county, municipal and
state treasuries from @ loss of the
whisky tax, or inability to cope with
the illicit sale of whisky.
Georgia now holds the center of the
stage and for a year has been experi
menting in what is strictly a “near
prohibition” law, in that it forbids
the sale of liguors containing more
than 4 per cent alcohol, State-wide
prohibition laws became effective on
January 1 in North Carolina, Alaba
ma and Mississippi, in each of which
a majority of counties had heretofore
prohibited the sale of tiquor. Prohi
bition advocates in Louisiana have
suspended their fight to test the new
Gay-Shattuck law for the regulation
of the liguor trafic, which also be
came operative January 1.
The anti-saloon people say they will
be content if this law is enforced rig
idly. Tennessee is the cnief ceunter
of interest among the other states
where state-wide prohibition fights
are in progress. The prohibitionists
assert that a state-wide bill will pass
the legislature which they expect to
organize and control. With the back
ing of the state machinery, the local
option forces are equally confident
that such a bill will meet defeat.
Florida is partly dry through local
option, and, like some of the other
states, the sale of liquor principally
is confined to the cities.
GATUN DAM DEFENDED.
Former Engineer Stevens Writes of
: Plans for Canal.
New York City.—John A, Stevens,
formerly chief engineer of the Pan
ama canal, in a letter published in
The Engineering News, defends the
Gatun dam, declaring there is no jus
tification for the sensational reports
attacking its design which recently
have been circulated, He states that
the dam is being built acrually mucn
wider and higher than safety requires
merely as a concession to prejudice,
. ‘Mr. Stevens suggests that the pub
lished attacks on the cana! plans and
methods of work are in the interest
of the Nicaragnan route, and he de
clares that, in his opinion, the Pan
ama canal has been wjsely located
and properly planned.
WAR ON MECHANICAL MUSIC.
Dr. Needham Says Interpretations
Cannot Be Reproduced, ;
. Washington, D. C.—Music teachers
from all over the country, who ar?
here attending the thirteenth annual
convention of the Music Teachers’
National association, heard a vigor
ous address by Dr. Charles W. Need
ahm, president of the George Was
ington university, sounding a keynote
of opposition to mechanical music
players and producers, ‘“You can pho
tograph the human face, but not the
soul; you can copy sounds, but not
interpretations., These inventions dre
wonderful as inventions, but 1 have
yet to hear machine-made music
which moves me like music whicn
comes directly from the human
mind.”
. NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
Fire destroyed the saw mill plant
‘and. large basket factory of the Love
lace Lumber company at Brewton,
'Ala. The estimated loss. is - $200,000
or $250,000, partially insured, The
‘plant was one of the largest and best
lequ}pped in the south,
A meeting was held at Bath, Me.,
of friends of Banker Charles W,
Morse in an effort to aid Morse se
cure a new trial, DBath is Morse’s
native place,
The department of agriculturk and
commerce of Japan is being prevailed
upon to grant a sparrow-destroying
‘subsidy, In some parts of this dis
triet the English sparrow is becom
ing a pest, having devoured the rice
crop.
. With a bhalance of $397,267.25 on
hand, the relief corporation which
had charge of the distribution of the
fund donated to San Francisco "at the
time of the fire of 1906, will turn this
money over to the various charitable
organizations and go out of existence,
During its existence the corporation
distributed $9,553,140.76.
Civil employment under the gov
ernment for soldiers honorably dis
charged after sgix years’ service s
recommended by Major General Fred.
erick D, Grant, commander of the de
partment of the lakes, in his annual
report. Such positions as = messen
ger clerks, ete., in the war depart
ment, should, he says, be given to
honorably discharged soldiers with
out examination in preference to oth
er applicants. Such a system, he con
tends, would greatly assist in secur
ing a high class of reserves for army
service,
Was the New Year's Reception
at the White House.
Although Saddened By the Recent Ca
lamity Which Has Befallen the
People of Italy. :
Washington, D. . — President
;Roosevuu and over 6,000 people, rep:
Uesemiug every land and every stae
~and territory in the union exchangea
happy new year greetings at- ihe
}white house. For three and a half
hours the president stocd receiving
his gusest and when- the reception
was -ended last year’s record of at
tendance had been broken by over
700, Many men and women distin
suished in the ofiicial and social liie
i Washington were present, )
The brilliant court dress of mem
\bers of the diplomatic corps gave a
picturesque aspect to the annual
function, which throughout was mark
ed by an absence of tormality, The
number of small children” who were
brought by their parents to shake
hands with the president was unpiu
cedented.| P
Contrary to the custom of recent
vears, Mrs, Roosevelt and the ladies
of the cabinet remained in the red
room throughout the function.
A shadow of sadness was cast over
the company by the recent terrible ca
lamity which has fallen upon the [tai
ian people, whose ambassador was
present as the dean of the diplomatic
corps and by the absence of the rep
resentatives of the emperor of China,
who is wearing a badge of mourning
for the late emperor and dowager
empress of his country,
The descent of the presidential par
ty from the private rooms to the blue
room was one of the most picturesque
features of the day. As the presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt started down
the staircase, followed by others ol
the receiving party, a flare of, trum
pets resounded throughout the man
glon, The Marine Band, in brilliant
scarlet uniforms, was stationed in the
stately hall. The strains of "Hail to
the Chief” greeted the president as
he reached the main floor and turned
to enter the blue room,
Chief Justice Fuller and the asso
ciate justices of the supreme court
of the United States led the entire ju
diciary present, after which came sen
ators and representtatives 'in con
gress.
Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell,
chief of staff, led the army, which was
very fully represented, all of the of
ficers being in full dress uniform. The
navy also was well represented,
The officials of the government rep
resenting all important bureaus of the
various departments, were followed
by representatives of the various
patriotic societies, which had been
given places of honor in the line.
Owing to the ideal weather condi
tions, the attendance of the general
public was remarkably large, The
president enthusiastically greeted the
public, and not a sing’e new year
wish was extended to him that was
not returned. He especially welcomed
a group of Quakeresses, who appeaer
in their tidy caps and gowns.
The exact number attending the re
é¢eption was announced by the auto
matic courter to have bheen 6,053,
* (attle Disease Killed Out,
Buffalo, N. Y.—~No case of foot and
mouth disease in animals has beeen
found in New York state in the last
nineteen days and both state and fed
era] authorities are so confident that
they have the outhreak smethered
that orders have been issuted modify
ing the guarantine regulations., They
permit the interstate shipment of
hay, straw and hides from any part
of New York state except the coun
‘lies of Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Gen
esee "and Monroe, where the state
quarantine regulations. are still in
force. ! ;
Goal Production Off.
Birmingham, Ala.—Ass:stant State
Mine Inspector Edward Flynn esti
mates that the Alabama coal produc
tion in 1908 will show a falling oft
of 2,000,000 tons as compared with
the produection last year The de
pression during the greater portion
of the year and th- strike of the
union miners, which continued for
more than eight weeks, caused the
deerease, The production in 1907
went about 14,000,000 tons. :
Nodel of Statue Accepted,
Savannah, Ga—The model of the
heroic statue of General Oglethorpe
to be erected here at a cust of $40,-
000, of which the state contributes
$15.000, has been by.the monument
commission, i 3
Daniel Chester, the French sculptor,
ard Henry Bacon, who designed the
pedastal, are here, and were guests
at a dinner given by J, Rendolph An
derson,
Indiana Honors Dead Soldiers.
Vicksburg, Miss.—Sixtesn manu
ments. and fifty-three anarkers, erect
ed by the state of Indiana to the
memory of the soldiers of that state
who were killed here during the efvil
war, were dedicated and formally
transferred to the United States goy
ernment by Governor Hanly. of that
state,
Rebater Fined $15,000,
Little Rock, Ark.—Judge Trieher in
the federal court imposed a $15,000
fine on T. H. Bunch, a prominent
grain dealer, who pleaded guilty gevy
eral weeks agn to having accepted
rebates from the Missouri Pacific and
§t. Louls Iron Mountain and South
ern, ; 2
Editor Hemphill Dead.
Columbia, 8, C.—General Robert
Reed Hemphill, editor of the Abhe.
ville Medium, died at his home in Ab.
beville, General Hemphill was in his
sixty-ninth year and was one of the
best kpown newspaper men of this
state, Y
He served with- distinction in the
confederate army and had represent.
ed his county in heth branches of the
legislaturé, At the time of his death,
General Hemphill was clerk of the
state senate, .
LATE NEWS NGT!'ZS.\
General. N S
A retition hes héen gent by the rep
resentatives of twenty thousand lm‘o&'
voorimon of Wilkesbarre, ‘Penn,, to
Fresident Rodseveit, asking him to
parden Messys, Gompers, Mitchell
and Morrison, who were last week
Fonlenced to prison by the supreme
court of the Distriet of Columiia for
contempt in the Buecks Stove and
Ranze cage, i
When an olq trunk, was openecd by
the coronor at Cincinnati,Dhio, iu an
ctiempt to discover the lelatives of
John ey Vaux, aged 73 years, who
drepred “dead in that city, currency,
government bhonds and bank securi
ties worth more than 344,000 were
discovered. There was also found a
letter from Harriet ¢, Spinelo, 1013
South street, Bernard street, Phila
delphia, who seemed, from its_phras
ing, to be a cousin of the dea*man
and a telegram was at once sent her
notifying her of tae death,
One hundred men armed with axes
and dynamite blow up the chapel of
the “Holy Rollers” at Jefferson, N, H.,
and ordered Joal D, Wright, leader of
the sect, to leave town,
Allegations of unfaithful adminis
tration of her father’'s estate are
made against Mrs, Emma F. Sully,
wife of Cotton King Dan J. Sully, in
a suit filed at Providence, R. I, tn
behalf of Horace B. Knowles’ Sons
against Mrs, Sully’s surety. :
That the shipbuilding industry in
Maine ig gradually increasing in vol
ume to ,lts former great proportions,
is believed to be indicated in the ste"
tistics of the Maine vards during the
past year. 3
President Roosevelt and his entire
cabinet, the governor of Ohio, the
governors of all southern states, Gov
ernor-clect Joseph M, Brown of Geor
gia, Senators Bacon and Clay, the en
tire Georgia congressional delegatlon‘)
and prominent southerners have been !
invited to attend the dinner to be giv
en by the Atlanta chamber of com
merce on the evening of January 10,
at which President-elect Taft is to
be the guest of honor and chief
speaker,
Washington,
Cabinet officers are submitting to
President Roosevelt their reports in
answer to the Aidrich resolution, us
to the secret service, and it is consid
ered probable that the President will
have ready to submit to the appropri
ations committee of the senate all
these reports soon after the re-assem
bling of congress, It is the presi
dent’s intention to aect promptly in
this matter,
Mrs. Ella Relica, a clerk in the sig
nai office, will be the next social see
retarv at the white house and Miss
Elizabgth Hagner, who now - dictatés
the ‘social lists of the president’s
wife, will be given a position in the
surgeon general’s office, according to
an unofficial announcement, Mrs, Rel
fca is prominently connected with
the social set in Washington, She has
~ained a certain distinction through
her efficiency as a whist player ana
has made a little pocket money by
giving lessons in bridge. T
Postmasters will not in the future,
on the pain of dismissal, he allowed
to sou‘mt the mailing of matter at o
their offices by persons living or do
ing business within the delivery of
another postoffice, according to an or
der jssued by the postmaster generad,
amending the postal regulations, The
order further provides ihat tm\rth
class postmasters are Instructed not
to claim eredit for cancelling post
are stamps, on matter diverted from
other offlce?"to their offices for mail
ing. ’
The president has invited the fol
lowing engineers to accormmpany Pres
ident-elect Taft on his trip to Pana
ma: Arthur P, Davis, chief enginesr
of the reclamation service, Washing
ton, D. C.: John R. Greeman, Provi
dence, R, 1.; Allen Hazen, New York
City; Isham Randolph, Chiecago;
James Dix Schuyler, TLos Anggles,
Cal,; and Frederick P. Stearns, Bos
ten, Mass. Alfred Nohle of New York
city was the first engineer invited by
the president, but he was unable to
leave his present work, It was on his .
recommendation that the ‘engineers
announced were selected, .
NMinetgen million pupils 'of all
grades and clagses were cnroled in
the public and private schools of the
Upited States a year ago. according
to the statistics in the annual report,
of the commiscicner of education, El
mer Elleworth Brown, TDwurine the
nast figeal year the commissioner pre.
dicts that the nimber of seckors af
ter learnine have snbstantially 4in
creasced, althovgh flaures on their
numbers cannot now bhe corrected,
Disenssing the new education iden
I the south, the commissoner eays it
Pas . been largely brought about by
the, combined efforts of a remarkable
group of educational leaders, =ome of !
whem have now heen in active eo
operation in behalf of the desired im
provements for a goodly number of
years, at
Thére is to be a blg slump 'in the L
American caviare market, with’ cor
responding raise in prices in the near.
fufure, dve. to a new fisheries treaty
vfiat has been drafted for adoption he
the United States and Canada. It ig
intended to control the fishery indns
rv en the Great Lakes, a matter that. .
{,afl been the subieet of intornational_
neeotiations for many years, :
No American steam vessels entened
the port of Buenos Avres during eith
er August or September 6f. this vear.
Consul Alban G. Snyder reports from
that port that during August a stegm
tonnage of 211,166 entered ‘' the pdrt,
and during September a tonnage of
230,340: Im each month the British
flar floated aver a little more than
half of the vessels entering Buenos
Ayres. :
Sceretary Root has asked congress
for an appropriation of $50.G00 for the
uge of the International Prison con
gress, which will meet in Washing
ton in 1910. The congress will.be
as large in scope as the Internation
al Tubercular congress which met
in this city recently..' The ‘associa
tion is preparing a list of ‘;quextions
for discussions: at = the °congress,
which will deal with matters ot}
world-wide: interest. A prominent ¢
feature will be the attention devoted
to crime preventative and child-sav~
ing {Lgl)flcles.