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KUNG HAI FAT TOY!” SAYS JOHN CHINAMAN Celestial New Year Will Be Celebrated Next Thursday. By PAUL E. WILKE*. I’,Mirations for one of the r»l«i if the year are now twine made aV ,|„ Chinese colony of Atlanta. Some i van foaling In anticipation of fill- i,„ U1 , on the good feed which la cum- , nK to iliom In lean than a week. for he It known that on February n ,o xt Monday nlghl—New Year's will lie celebrated. And, of course. Tuesday la New Year'e day according Chinese way of reckoning time. Ton there will be celebration! ga- , ,f , ouree the Chlneeo won't hire a hall nr.d get political oratore to read | lhe Declaration of Independence and do the apreud-eagle act. They .don't rriebrau their Now Year that way. liter will they make arrangements iiiih the owner! of factory whittles to w „„ them for n half hour and keep lanplc awake. nut titty will celebrate the comine „f the new year and the ending of the .,1,1 In a titling manner only ae celes- . know how to celebrate. VI,rally large etorts of rice and pe- hulking dried hah with huge ttiiilhK i yea and funny curling talla. nariher with Junk to make chop ouey nil .It licloue birds' neats, ducks' feet III,I other delicacies are being laid WILL BE DEFEATED IN LOCAL ELECTION , - ».—Cobb county la todhy In the throaa of a local elec tion on' the question of the Issuance of bonds to the amount of tilt 110.000 for the Improvement of publlo rondo. The rote » very light, and from present ‘ cations It will not carry- A two-thirds majority la required for the plan to carry. This Is UN votes In the county. There are (00 necessary In Marietta, and at noon only about (00 had been cast At thla rate the Issue Is lost. l'„r tit. Chinaman feeds well tn New yrjr's eve and Now Year'e day proper. Kuna Hei Fet Toy. It Is Hung f Hal Fat Toy with him. That's what he talla 1 New Year. The —KiiiTT** means some part of the New year and the "Hal Fat Toy" means an ther part. Just which Is not tranalata- t,i,. but In the altogether the jumble of words mean New Year. The Chinese reckon the years ac- ronilnc to the reign of the emperor and ,h, year thut Is almost ended le the meat . -second of the reign of Em- ... r. r Kwong Soye. vnl the year that will enter on t„, nUht of February 11 will be "23 " All the Chlntse colony Insist and de. date that It won't mean “2J for K.o.ny, It might, though, for every- DOWN IN HUNTER STREET. In Hunt#r str##t is the headquarters of the almond-eyed of Atlanta. a a till] H«ro they find the dtlicacios of their own land, here tfcey gather 'for friendly chats. Here ie the test of Chinos# Mantonry, for tho Celestials have their own lodgoe of this aneiont order. IIHIIW .w., that his mother. Tel An. the dowager empress, le distinctly the hud .niIhi. In Chinese politics and poor Kwong does Just like the old lady says, la fact,erst An.might be called the ..ntli.il boss, while Kwon* le Just i, flsurohesd. • But .til that's got nothing to do with tut. cflcbratlod 111 Atlanta of the Chi nese New Year. William F. Lee. The most prominent Chinaman In At-, ' . nn. and the leader of his race la \\II- ' lo». of If Beat llunjer etreei. | V. H. k.tits'll store there where all the '| n FT' tlcttT-lo the henrl of a LIllMnWB k<q« .at sola. Thai la. nearly ell. It any hop Is k(pt-there nobody known! m\ thing about It- But there are tiny | tamp* there .by which the dellclona pills ..I dreamy wealth and affluence may t» loki-d. •*.*■■ Anyway*. Lea'll'.tU tooth nqueexe In, Chinese affaire In Attahto, and he says, the .tent this year will be an Inlef- I'ttlni* one. All good Chinamen pay up all tlielr debts on New Year's eve. «n.l If Kill the dew year an over again. Th.li * the custom. But Lee avers by all the bones of his departed ancestors nut then. Is a "heap Chinee man who. !).. pay up." He sayii: "CHaod Chinee play up debts like glood Englee^and heap had Chinee like bad Englee. means there are deadbeats among the fhir *e just like there are amonv Americans. •’ , . Then, t.Kt, New Year'e day'Is a day Then, too, New Years nay non) . feasting among the Chinees. They -atall the good things which a t hi. nsituin ,*U loves and they make merry. Ti.* said that some, loo, hit the hop. a* It Were, after the good meel and >« pleasant pictures. However. Lee know* nothing about that. Lee doesn t •moke himself and he doesn't pry Into hi* n. le' hors' affaire. Get New Year Shave. Those Chinamen who have queues HAPPY NEW YEAR! The queer characters are "Kung Hei Fet Toy,” which it a New Year's a resting. shave of tHe head on New* T-hC* eve and leave nothing on the top •f ihelr head but the queue. They also t >• htitits and put on nice dean clothe*. Hut. of course, thle doesn't "-.in that they wait until New Year’s do to do this. They Just take an ex- irn on.* on that day. ■are *ay* the Chinees have been cel- -braiing New Year's day for over.(.000 w *r- It.* declares China has had more [h.tn :,!Hm emperors and' there have t» -n *.. eral new years for each one. tie i-iis something else about the i (.he -., calendar. The year twenty- la thlrti ktp months. A Chinese month '‘ .niy thirty days, »o to get even wish time they throw In a year of thlr- months every three year*. The 'hat Is almost here—(3 for Kwong reign—will have only .twelve m hut again In I(0( there will be months. ’.Lee also telle that ry sixty yean the Chinese New * on January 1 of the modem The last time thla happened \ - three years ato, and It will ■sum In 1(24. * ve.tr that Is juat ending has two i tii „f April, tha second being , it- intcrcalaray month of April. , l hu e nn East Hunter street Is . r ‘"' , ; * Juss House and a ron- .-■o , 1 "* l' ta re for tha Chinese. It la o l'inarters for the Chinese Free -■ n >.,. t,.|y, and | t will be then that "m crowd will hang out on i i * u* * e\e end on New Year’s day. an. , i'"s*.* won’t work on that day. yj I. r v heed a clean shirt or collar '“V! b *. M#r Wt It out of tha ip "" Monday night, for there t» n ", h |ng dotn, on Tuesday. If > ' ,u w * nt *° make a hit with k on Monday, Just say: k.init Hal Fit Toy.” Cherlee Lawless. '"•■ral services of Charles Law. 1 'tied Wednesday, have been ■I until Holiday afternoon at 1 ■*' ,h « North Atlanta Baptist CORPORATIONS MAY PAY PINES Unless those corporations both for eign and domestic doing business In Fulton county who have not registered with the ordinary and paid the special tax get busy, there Is a probability of the grand Jury Investlgailng the mat ter and It Is possible that Indictments will follow. It Is estimated In the ordinary's of fice that there arc 600 or 1,000 corpo rations both foreign and domestic do ing business In Fulton county which are subject to this occupation lax. and yet only abilut 10 per cent of them have compiled With the law. The lax va ries according to the capital st.jck and ranges from 15 a year to (too. E. H. Amilen. Tile funeral services of E H. Ami- Ion. of Stockholm. Sweden, who died suddenly Wednesday nlght-at Cl Hous ton street, will be conducted Sunday afternoon at the chapel of II. M. Pat- f -Inn & Son M 2 o'clock. The In- {Iment will be In Wgatvlew cemetery. WHAT IS THI*f The Chinaman who wrote II wouldn't tell. But he.aald It was “all right." HALF MILLION GAIN IN BANK CLEARINGS Bank clearings for the past, week show an Increase over the atone week lest year of I505.4S2.70. The statement showa the week's clearings to ba 16,- 4*7,151.(1. The clearings for the day were Ilf5,(21.72. a decrease from the aatne day of lfOS. BREWER BtJSCH IS GOING WEST Adolph Busch, of Bt. Louis, and hla party of about thirty relatives and friends, arrived In Atlanta shortly, after 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon on n spe cial train on the Georgia railroad from Augusta. Tha millionaire brewer le en route lo Pasadena. California, ona of the most exclusive aummer resorts on the Pacific elope, where the remainder of the winter will be spent In search of health. IT'S DECLARED; REBELS ACTIVE Fate of thpVenezulla President Kept Secret. Kingston. Jamaica. Feb. (.—The of ficers of the steamship Trent, which ar rived * here from Colon, declare that President Castro, of Venezuela, Is dead and Vice President Gomel is conceal ing thq fact. General Herandex, who la a passenger on the Trent, Is going to New York to raise funds to elan a rev olution. ■ ' The Tribune says: "The long-planned Insurrection of General Ai\tcy> Parades against Presi dent Castro, of Venexuele, has begun. Nleonar Bolet. the local repretentative of General Parades, recalved a cable gram yesterday from the revolutionary agent at Port of Spain. TrfOldad. which rontalned-tbla one word ‘aalgne.' which In cipher code, arranged betwetn lhe two points means 'Antonio has landed r.t Pedemalev. 1 The message bore yes- terday's data ao the landing was ef fected probably bn Wednesday," EOT SHUN IN A SHAFT E Burning Timber Ends the _LLv.es._of Miners. LINCOLN FARM ASSOCIATION- NATIONAL PATRIOTIC SOCIETY; , ITS FIRST YEAR; ITS PURPOSES Has Acquired Title to the Birthplace of Lincoln. MEMBERSHIP IS TO BE OP THE MASSES Contributions of Prom 25 Cents to $25J)0 Will Make Up the Memorial. Since that strong yeoman plot Thomas Lincoln, moved his family across tha Ohio Into the almost un broken wilderness of Indiana, lbs little farm In tbs heart of Kentucky on which Abraham Lincoln was bom has boon loft In n state of neglect. Blnoa the 'day* whan little Abraham 'played around tha cabin door near tha fxrtous rock spring that lies In tha center, of the 110 acres which hie father claimed, this historic ground has been transfer, red by title but three times. A year ago last August thle “little model farm that raised a Man," as Marla Twain has happily called It, was placed on sale at auction on the court house steps at Hodgenvllle. the neigh boring town, to free It from the entan glement of a protracted litigation be tween n private eatete and that of a religious aocley that had triad to ac quire It. "At** (ke~ tAw# - commoawf 1th n f Kentucky directed this public sale It woe discovered that thla historic spot was coveted by at least two large mer cantile establishments. both of which were planning to exploit It for com mercial ends. To prevent this, and believing that thla birthplace of* the "Ftret American” should forever belong to the American people, ona of the pub- nmer, and at Wllkesbarrfc Pa.. Feb. (.—Seven bodies at miners have been extricated from the Wunsmle mine of lhe Lehigh and Wllkeebarre Coal Company. The men were suffocated to death by burn ing timber In the mine. One other man U atlU thought tu be burled In the mine. Three hundred men were worhlng In the elope when the fire eterted, and all but eight escaped. Sim HURT Two Fast Street Cars Crash at Grade Crossing. Philadelphia, Feb. 9.—In a col- lisipn between' two trolley can at the South Fourth street cross ing of the Pennsylvania railroad this morning, sixty employees of the League island navy yard were more or less seriously injured. Slipped on lee. Mre. Laura Howell slipped on tha tee at tho corner of Houston and Lamp- kin streets Thursday night, brooking oooGoooooonoooooaoooooooofi o o O THAW TRIAL OBTAILS O O BARRED FROM CANADA. O O O O Ottawa. Ont., Feb. (.—The poet- O O master general announced In the O O house last 'night that newspaper. O O publishing the details of the Thaw O O trial would be denied tranamlsalon O O through the Canadian mails. This 0 O statement wee evoked by a com- O O plaint from Dr. Btocton. member O a for Bt. John, N. B., of the pnbllm- O O lion In n local paper of Mrs. O O Thaw’e evidence. . O 00000000000000000600000000 her left leg. Friday morning (he wee MUST ANSWER CHARGE moved to the Tabernacle Infirmary, where she I* reported to be reefing easy. Mre. Howell resided at 10 Lamp- WILL HA VE NO EXHIBIT. AT JAMESTOWN EXPO. Special t' Macon. The Georgian. ii» Feb. (.—U now seems Macon and probably lhe u'enrsu will not be represented state of tleoigi* Exposition. The e't "tf the plan w»t doubtless be d«>- fste of lto l’i»|| litl , aken ,|||* Meek. usketl lo furnish a j.-ti the structure elded by Ihf Macon has ■ room to Bull*—-- » r ect. which thla stats Is "> 're* <. the present there hoe been no Inclina tion nn the part of tha mayor and coun cil and the Chamber or Comroorce to take part. It looks as If Macon will not contribute lo this etgerpriee. There Ire some'who are dleplhaaed.'and feel that the officials who should lake the matter. People wno know whoa fairs _ have bean good for here are by no but up to means Inclined to donate to Uie project. OF DRUNKENNESS Rpcelat to The (InirjtllB. Jackson. Miss.. Feb. (.—Judge Rob ert Cochran, of Meridian, who recently horse whipped H. T. Jenkins, of Meri dian. must answer lo the charge nf drunkenness today at Newton. Jen kins filed nn affidavit against Cochran charging him with thla crime, and the warrant for the arrest of Cochran has been sent to Meridian for service. The filing of the affidavit created a considerable sensation at Newton. live American cltliens In forming a na tional asaoclatton for tho preservation of thle ground. Thle group of cltlsens, acting se n self-appointed board of trustees, or ganised tha Lincoln Farm Association, hlch was promptly Incorporated under the laws of tha state of New York. The title to Uia Lihcoln birthplace farm waa transferred to thla associa tion. and the program for enlarging the membership of the society was at once 5**un- IWiMje Rather than mkkq; It poam^for “’a . few men nf great Yrealth to ebfflrtbute ID** eumi tn the development of tide national shrine It was decided to re ceive Into membership In the society anyone who contributed to the general fund of the. association te small a sum as 26 cents, and to limit nil contribu tions to (21—thus * making the great memorial to Lincoln represent JJie trib utes of nil ths people, who In loved and eerved, and not that of a jivtlllegfit* few*. ... ■ ‘ The purpose end plans of thla new patriotic society thnt was to make this Kentucky farm, almost In the center of population nf the Untied Btatea, worthy companion of Ml. Vernon In tho affections of* our countrymen were placed before the president nf the Unit ed mates and hla cabinet, one of whom was one of*the organisers of the so rlety. All gave It most enthusiastic LINCOLN IN 1907 Prom Celller’e Per February f, 1(07. I-unking backward at men who here greatly llred Is ever ose ef the etresgth- prtvUefes ef time coming.after, lime who hare rises te high f ths fate re. And no better model has been set bsfon those with which America Is blessed, r ef oar I Meter?, thee nnlurnt In die etorr ef oar eoutluent. Uncnla mure' then say other In refemaee to ths deeds aad,priiirt|>lce of oar day. What IJncols avs deae le aa allegation that ever rsrrlee weight; and this ml ad tor wisdom, rhsrtty and devotion; for ao amt voaid ha' ■unde tc la'raSl npon by enppesBfO'/ every mlad tor wisdom, chart ambition: Mr ell that pteeue virtue, mt egotism. Sous, cruelty, or luste. Is because he iuesssre" and' reality: iff**L4U __ “A greet man." anld the eldaneiu J*rr ms. m |— T lltjr aui] ’ right, i lUajwrtftL ttnWH •ie effeble In hie con%>rer, frevrdne In hie temper., and eqnelly removal from end pride.' And another philosopher ceils,him , greatest Ij**» vlrSt the greatest chief ■ri hall with lama. •• That erer peopled hell with heroes. 1 It lei • rlew of greet ness whleh grows stronger with the freeing < le e view to whleh the appreciation of Lincoln la largely doe. Hie wit e spirit of meretlfy. It wee hnwble. He sew this little world iiy the landmarks of eternity. MdUtr. ■„ . Ueeoln T s poetry end humanity of vletoa rqoalfd hla clear throat of mind; they nrg pert of that Image whleh Iltee lo the heart of man. Lincoln's farm will be dedicated to the public In. HOI. Those acres on which the child Abraham drat aaw the dag will lie turned over to tho nation 'last oho hundred years Worn the time when ho wss I men. The prepare ties of this tract for Its memorial purpose might have been accomplished by a tow n happened to have wealth. It le far more fitting that It ekoald by the ueu end women end children of all <mr states, end we Id let Ten nf sll oar listen, amt we Invite nartlclpettun of those from whom a quarter of one dollar to a mighty these Silver pieces corns from Melee to California, from Sooth Carol "May one who tostht to honor for the Booth Uncovered stand and slag hy Uneoln's graver* lie ires of the gosth as mart, it of the Morth: ef the East ee of the West! nf today as of the period In which his body lived, nie childhood and Tinted by bis people, will he an expreealoa ef our effect Ion sw west) (MOM and e monament forever to tho services which he wee permitted Is sorrow and devotion to par- to the rude timbers that first sheltered the sad humorist of the Bengamon. And when at last the special train that bore It. brilliant In red, white end blue, crossed the Ohlojnlo Its native border state It waa met at the LoutoVttle depot with martial music and military honors. It was carted through the city s streets and placed In the city's perk, where t’olonel Henry Watterfion and Adtol E. Htrvenson. former vice president of the United filet ee, made the formal ora- tlons WMcaimn*~Beck to If native sail the cabin In which Abraham Lincoln waa born. Co-operation by Living Commanders. The moat cordis] co-operation hoe been pledged by many of the surviv ing commanding generals of the Con federate army, and the Grand Army of the Republic has officially Indorsed the work of ths association, and empower ed Its commander-in-chief to chit upon Its upward of 4.000 poets to lend their aid In giving publicity to the work and to enlisting all patriotic cltlsens as members of lhe association. Un ths 12th day of February. I(0(, the najlon will celebrate the one hun dredth anniversary of Lincoln's birth. Oh thnt day the Lincoln Farm Asso ciation will dbdlcats tho birthplace fffrm (a (hn A marinan Tim farm to the American people. The principal address will ba made by President Roosevelt, and the nation's moat dlstlngiilehad. representatives, Ne rnitlnnnj psrk within our'.Vest do main ran emphasise our national Ideals and our abiding union as will this birthplace farm. II will symbolise to our posterity tin ..T. strong heroism that toft* the New land ntllg and the tortile valleys of Vir ginia, self-suOcIent In their needs, to hew n nation out of n wilderness. It lies In the neutral elate that In our great crtols waa torn by Its loyalty to all the etara on tb# flag. It will forever be a monument to our Union rxtbetr than to our lamentable difference*— and It will be the moet signal tribute ever paid by the American people to the nation's greatest servant in Its hour of greatest need. Invitetlone to American People. Is it not a cause WOfthy ST fh» db- operatlon and old at every living soul who to proud to be on American? It Ibis be so, the board of trustees In vitee you moet cordially lo Join the association by sending lo lie treasurer, Mr. Clarence H. Meckay, at T4 Broad way, New York, any sum from Xi cents lo til. and they urge you to Invite your friends to Join. It le to the American people that the board of true-, tees must appeal. By l(0( the Lincoln Farm Association should hare a mem bership of halt a million loyal Ameri cans. If the American people will themselves make this possible, the Lin coln centenary will be. Indeed, one of the moet significant events In the na- The 1 trustees of Iho UnCdm Farm Association ore: Joseph W. Folk, president; Robert J. Collier, vice presi dent; Richard Lloyd Jones, secretary: Clarence H. Meckay, treasurer; Joseph H. Choate. Henry Wattarson, Augus tus Salnt-Oaudens. William H. Toft. Lyman J. Gags, Norman Hapgood, Horace Porter, August Balmont, wil liam Travers Jerome, Samuel It CM-” ravers Jerome, Samuel L. Cle- Edward M. Shepard. Ida M. Tsrbell. Cardinal Gibbons. Jsnktn Lloyd Jonas. Charles A. Town*, Albert Show and Thomas Hostings. then laid before members Htntrs senate and house of representa tives. governors of states, men of let ters rvrrywhera, and educators of na tional fame. With their unqualified In dorsement, a year ego tnls week the Lincoln Farm Association, through the pages of some of the most prominent ' monthly publications end weekly and the newspapers throughout the coun try, appealed to the American public for members. The response wee Im mediate and generous. Subscriptions came In from every elate In the Union —North and South, East and West. To every subscriber the association Issued hnndaome steel engraved certificate W. H. Childress. The funeral services of W. H. Chil dress, who died In Copenhlll Wednesday night, will l>r conducted Bundsy In lhe .'clock. The body will be taken to Palmetto, Go., for interment Lincoln, a picture of tfto tog cabin In which he was born, the White House as li appeared when he occupied It. lit* autographs of all the officers and trus tees. and the noal of the association. The nntnee of these members arc filed In card catalogues and claailltrd by stairs. Whan the list of members hn* been completed and the constructive work of lhe association has culminated In thr centenary of February 12. 1(01. this list will ba preserved and gunrded In the Historical Museum, which win havr been eraettd nn the farm, os tho honor roll that built the Lincoln Farm Memorial. Cabin in Whleh Lincoln Wee Bern. During the year the trustees of the association have placed the farm under lhe iiersonal charge of a competent caretaker, who lives on the ground. They Imve sent Mr. Jules Guerin end Mr. Guy Lowell, two of America's fore most landscape architects, to survey the ground and pUri.lls development, and they beta purchased the cabin In which Lincoln waa borp from the eper. ululnrs w ho took It from the little knoll where It ortgtnelly-etood and*exploited International expositions This cabin « as found stored. In e cellar at f'ollegv Point, on 1-ong Island. New York. The IVnnsylvenla railroad provided a apt- dal car, which Mr. John Wnnamaker decorated with flags and the national colors. The governor of Kentucky sent to New York n special squad of bids militiamen to eocort the old weather worn log* Lincoln’s old Krnturky home, bock to Its native soil, lie ride ■•> Louisville to historic. It rested a day under military guard at Philadel phia. Baltimore. Harrisburg. Altoona, Pittsburg. Columbus ami Indianapolis. Thousands of cllltens came.Jo see end begged lhe privilege of toucning lh- sacred pile. Mayors of clllrs and gov ernors of slalea paid c|.«»e»- inns CONGRESSMAN RIXE Y ‘DIES IN WASHINGTON Washington. Feb. f.—John Franklin Rlxey. Democrat, who represented the Eighth congressional district of Vir ginia In.ths house, to dead. Hr was born In Culpspper county, Virginia, August I, 1164. He was n lawyer and farmer. For twelve yearn he was commonwealth’s attorney tor Culpepper county. He had been • member of fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, flfty- seventh, fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth congresses. MUDDLE COMPANY GOES TO RECEIVER in the absence of Judge John T. Pendleton, Judge George F. Oober, of tho Blue Ridge circuit of the superior court, has signed an order naming W. 8. Lincoln, of Msrbls Hill, On., tem porary receiver of the Southern .Marble Company and ordered that reasons be given on. March ( why a permanent re ceiver should not bo appointed end the affairs of the company wound up. This was In response to a petition filed by O. W. Norcrose, A. J. Park. W. J. Denholm and H. J. Cross, of Worcester, Mess., and V. W. Divert, nf Cleveland. Ohio, against J. C. Hul- livnn, < ’. A. Moore, administrator of the estate of A. T. ARTIST GUTHERZ WAS WELL KNOWN IN ALABAMA TOWN Decatur, Ala., Peb. (.—Csrl authors, the famous art let, who has Juet died In Washington, D. C, to well known here, where much of his boyhood woe spent. Hie wife was Mies Kata Scruggs, who wee born and reared In Decatur. Mrs. Busan Murphy Nelson, of De catur, to a slater of Mrs. authors. Mrs. Bessie Burdette. Mre. Bessie Burdette, the wife of W, M. Burdette, died Saturday morning at I o'clock at the family residence. (6 Powell street. The funeral waa held at (he chapel of Greenberg, Bond A Bloomfield, at It o'clock Saturday morning. The body woe sent to Gaines ville. Ga.,UFor Interment. 1 city; W. A. Fuller, of Fulton eoaaty, the Southern Marble Company and lhe Fenners' Loan and Trust Company, of Wing, nf New York New York. NEWS FORECAST OF COMING WEEK Washington. Feb 9.- The case nr Representative Blnger Hermann, of Oregon, who le charged ivlth the destruction of certain letter ptwi copy books when he retired from the office of commissioner of the general land ufllcr, will come up for liisl In the dletrict criminal court on Mon day. *~ ,’* Tho second section of the class of 1(07. United mates Naval Acad emy. will tic graduated at Annapolis Monday. Secretary Metcalf will de liver Hie diplomas to the graduates. - , Many visitors end tourists will Dork to the South during tho week to attend the nnnual Mnrdl Oras celebrations In New Orleans and In Mo- bile, Peneiicula and Notches. Tuesday the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln will be absolved throughout the country In the ruetomary manner. Klnr Edward will open parliament with full stele ceremonial on Tueodav. The thirty-first nnnual bench <how of the Westminster Kennel Club Will open Tuesday In Madison Bqu.tre Garden. Naw r Yo(h, arid continue through the week. . * . * *'i The National American Woman Suffrage Association will begin Its thirty-ninth annual convention In Chicago Thursday. , ,*-t, • Michigan Republicans will assemble In state convention st Grand Rapids Thursday lo nnine two candidates tor Justice of the supreme court, two candidates for regent of the elate university, * and a candidate for member of the state’board of education. A motion Is to Iw argued at Findlay. Ohio, Friday lo quash the to- dlctmrnta recently found against John D. Rockefeller, the Standard OO Itsmitany and Its subsidiary concerns. , * .. . ■*~.j>;. Four man, three whites and one negro, are to pay the penalty an the gollown It, Kentucky Friday for Crimea they have committed Two of the men are lo ills for criminal assault and two tor murder J.