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10,000 HANDS SHAKEN
BY PRES. ROOSEVELT
ON NEW YEAR’S DAY
~Ab W&JJt— Wko Said * Race-siucide ?
Last Season’s Record
Is Smashed, Say
Old Timers.
LONG LINE OF FOLK
LEADS UP TO HOUSE
Foreign Potentates, Array
and Navy Officers and
Common People See
Chief Executive.
Washington. Jan. 1.—Nearly 10.000 Ameri
can cltlxcns. representatives of
tentnte* and powers, officers of the army
and navy, statesmen. Judges and office
holders. shook bands with President Rooae-
▼#lt today.
It was the annual Now Year’s reception,
the' first of the list of Important social
•vents of the white house season, and the
president was "at home" to all the world.
Lest year the executive shook hniul* with
Just persons and was engaged upon
the task until 2:46 p. in. If those who have
watched the annual rush for the president's
right for several yenrs are any good Judges
of numbers, the present year’r, procession,
at the white house will break nil past rec
ord*.
The great line of gold-laced officer*. !m»-
■pangled diplomats, blue-con ted veterans,
aud well-groomed plain people, extended
from the front doors of the white bouse
down the winding walk to Pennsylvania
avenue, west on the avenue up past the
atate. war and navy building and south on
fitoventeenth afreet to the Corcoran art gal
lery.
Policemen’* Hands Full.
Although 11 o’clock was the hour an
nounced for the beginning of the re
ception, the line began to form outside
the White House grounds as early ns
8:30 a. m., and within half An hour the
policemen who were assigned to the
Job of maintaining order, had their
hands full.
Now and then a more than ordinarily
enthusiastic free-born rltlxen would
move up a few puces and dispossess
tome other equally free-born gentleman
in the line, and an argument wits pre
cipitated* j
At.. A ~*ukv though, everyone In the
long, Bred, waiting line was In the best
Joked witli his n*uxe;
UPS DRILL
Go Through Army
Tactics With Rifles
on Campus.
Honolulu, Jan. 1.—Japanese In com-
pantos of forty are having Infantry
drills dally with lilies on the campus at
the Japanese school.
fiiTil three nights a week the
men gather in the school grounds, and,
armed with rifles, go through the close
and open order drills very quietly, and
the manuul of sighting and utmlng the
rifle. The men are not raw recruits,
but execute the orders of the drill with
the swing and order of regulars.
During the day the rifles are kept
locked up. A Japanese training ship
has arrived with u large number of re
serves aboard. A steamer has also ar
rived manned and officered by Juponeae
officials, and in her hold oru the guns
which were mounted fg» her decks
while she was u converted cruiser and
army transport during the Russo-Jap
anese war.
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O BRIDE KISSES 400
O GUESTS AT WEDDING. O
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O 8t. Louis, Jan. 1.—Jacob Qlas- 0
O ner, who was married to Mis* O
O Lida Xletvtan. has a line dlaposl- 0
O tlon. Immediately after the wed- 0
O ding ceremony Ills bride began 0
O kissing the guests. She kissed 400 0
vlthln an hour, and then gamely 0
O asked if anyone lmd been over- O
O looked. Her husband said he did O
O not care how many she kissed. 0
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4,000,000 CHINESE
REPORTED STARVING
London, Jan. 1.—The latest estimates
allow iliot 4,000,000 persons are afarving
In the north Anhui province, China.
Ow ing to-the excessive ruin- niul fall*
4lht4£<fis.cr4i|bi:artdt:'..
ly growing worse.
N AND B. & O.
BY U. S. COMMISSIONER
WashUmton, .Jan. 1.—Investigation
.Into the operation* of tho block signal
nyntema of the Southern and Baltimore
and Ohio railway! will be mndc by tho
Interstate commerce ' commission, ac
cording to an announcement made to-
flay. . *
Tho cdmmlMton will make a cartful
and thorough an InveatUratlon into, the
operation of signal systems In cohnec-
tloh’wlth the wreck In which President
Kpeneer, of the Southern, was killed a
month Ago. and also Into the wreck at
Terra Cotta Sunday night.
■ The first session, of the InvestlRgtlon
will be tielil In this city Vrtday. They
are expected to lent acvernl days. The
members win move to the scene
both wrecks and such other points a*
may be found necessary In order to
make a complete Invedlantlun of the
system of signaling which has been
ndopted for safoty to the traveling
public.
COL. LON LIVINGS! ON
SEEKS A MAUD ORDER
AGAINSTN.Y. EXCHANGE
Washington, Jan. 1.—Forgetting that It
waa a half-botliay .In the departments. Rep
resentative ton UvlafWon. of Georgia, got
np tt PMtthHtfrikdnl Cortolymi’s office
^ aQlfuottn to make formal
npplleatfcn for a fraud onler sgain*t the
New Yark‘“Cotton Exchange. He wllLJ**
there again tomorrow to file charge* upon
Cloaca fit-| he
>f« hoc* ug';<
tea ha neat t
change will In 1 heard before the department
take* action.
Representative lturle*on. of Texa*. Is at
work on a hill to prevent bucket whopping
n* far n* the federal government tuny do It.
It will forbid telegraph ronquinleti to-trail
Gunibllug will Uo il« itipd
ttoils in which no m-tiinl deliv
tended. mill evidence that the NV\
change uses "dog tail'' vottou for the
true* of ibitvery would be accepted,
lturb-soii thinks, n* proof that It* tnu
tlon* are merely spe« iilatlve.
any trail one
‘ v I*
York
DID DOT DEED
Hildebrand A sseri:
That Flag Hid
. Signal.
OPERATOR PHILLIES
TO BE EXONERATEI
Dcatlr List iajkely ttr
60—Several Injured
, Persona Dying. *
Waablngtoo, Jan. L~8a badly Injured ;rr
many -of those who wore taken alive from
the wrsekas* of Baltimore had Ohld train
No, «, which waa wrecked Sunday, at
Tam Cotta; that .lt la hollered the death
Hat will grow to atxty. naif a doaen of
tho Injured iwawagera, now In hrepHala la
thlw city, are In such condition that It ll
practically certain they can not sarvil
The railroad official, are proaaeatu
Intent tan lion to dx tho blame for the <
ter. That Ulltsn V. Phillips, tho ops.
at the Taknuia block station, will be oxon*
crated la evidenced by n statement-math) by
Ucorral anperlnterfdeot Todd.
Train Crew Arraafid. ' ""
Tokoma la tbe last sicnal station passed '
by tbe equipment train, which, while go
ing at a high rate at speed, crashed hits
the rear of the paMeofer train, complete,
ly teleecearina tr. Mr. Todd rare Phil.
Ilpe wan ornglag Inatrncttona when Be went
horns at «» o'clock, lea*In* the double
sreen slciinl hurulaa.
The srueml anpennlrndmt
eh,rye agi '
iadlrates
most rest upon tbe en
the equipment train. T
nrreeted. and an held |
gntlon.
• “J Didn't ftaa digital."
They are Harry B. ITIldebi
Ira C. McClelland, fireman; 1
myer. rood actor; Ralph Butter, tmkea
and WllIMm A. Norris, f
Hildebrand
rnylna nil I
THERiCE MILLIONS:
COLLEGE GETS CUSH
Galveston. Texas, Jan. 1.—Albert T.
Patrick having been denied an Interest
In the ‘«e«tfiu»~ of the late William ,M.
Klee, for w hole death he was convicted,
the ox ecu {or* of the will have turned
over th>- t'state to the trustees for the
establishment of the nice Institute, for
which 44,000,000 wan -provided. Two
ndlllons iua-W bQ iwle-1 for buildings
and equipment and $4.000,GOO for the
endow merit of the Institute.
CITY BEGINS NEW YEAR
WITH FINE BALANCE
IN HER TREASURY
TROLLEYS CRASH;
MOTORMAN DYING
'LACKOF 31 R1HRE CORDS
MAKES LAW A FARCE"
\ ; H. P, MEIKLEHAM. AQBNT LINDALE MILLS.
of the Massachusetts Mills In Georgia,
one anibng the largest mills In th South,
iiny respects a model mill community, bo
wl tl proVe more or less of a farce t>«cau*c
are kojm in the state.
concernIBg the effect of tbe law on the mills
speak* with the directness ami blmunvM for
say*
Harry P. Melkleham. agotjt of the Masiachu
located at Lindale, near Rom
and whkh In coniideml in t
liavgft the new child labor law
no wetWl of births or death!
Agkffd for an expression <
.of thft tUUfi >!r. Melkleham s
which he It wdll known. He
whether it w|ll haf
excapt tb’ put uaio the worry and exm
* * * ‘ to Rome.(five mlleaT to inn* “
M I cannot nay
“
mych effect one way .or the other.
miHht tending our opaVativea from
their affidavit* befon‘ % the ordinary,
ally every other mill
m nn this child labor MU*
Wilmington. Del.. Jan. 1.—The dense
• »g of this morning and a mlaunder-
tandlng In signals combined, resulted
in a head-on collision on the People'*
railway on Twenty*thIVT! street this
morning.
Motormnn John Farrell was pinioned
beneath the operating machinery and
the front platform of the enr nnd'se
riously Injured. He may die.
Law and Order Laagua.
Bpeclni to Tbe Georgina
Brunswick, Go.. Jun. 1— A meeting
was held yesterday In the study
of the pastor of the First Baptist
church for the^. purpose «sf forming on
organisation to he known as the Law
and OrderJ«ctyru*. A'number of.prom-
Inent. dtixens'were in attendance. In
cluding the pastors of all the church#*
In this city.
lore than I150.MQ In rush will l»e carried |
•r from the administration of 1906 Sol
administration of 1907 than waa carried
•r from lis*.
lie comptroller’* Iralnnee on January 1.
waa $311,541.44. The Iralnnee op into I
v 1. 1JW7, Is $450*.This shown the|
nunry l. I9»m—
t’oniptroller's lral*nee
rolled Ion* during the year
Total to lie accounted for
Totnl dlaburayincuts during the yeur
i u*ry 1, 1*>V—
UompftTiller’s I mis ace
Warrants oiitHtamltug
awry 1, 1907-
rnsb In Maddox-Rucker Ranking <’*ni;
<*u»li In Lowry Niitloii*l Rank ....
Total ca*l» In Irank* ond treasury
unary 1. 1907-
hI. t-urrletl from 1906 to 1M7:
For (icrpetunl charter fund
For Itond sinking fund
For lull mice newer ImiimI sale
for outstanding warrants ..
For IWrtulHW'light blit
of th.
nl council
t forth In
.$ SI.26S..16
. 59,1SS.3H
Ry.ph.9H
,. N'.-.'AM.ar,
.a -$#^969.21
Pryor At red
For Ira lance Wiishlngto
For’ acliiml vouchers
Street Vlfl.dCt
ii \ vonehrt* -
iindy hospital
rauy liosplfgr
’ Grady hospital bnUeys .
For city hall
I 'or pork voucl
For iwldge voi
i:
r.nou.ua
12,IW0.tlM
1.495
. f ItkOfi
\ fcx.4»)
1*55
: sftg
3h.Wl.31
. .H‘h'.«8.21-$4h-».Xi .I
HiEianr
FALLS OH EIIEIIK
A. flywheel welgltltig five fops broke
loaae from the derrick with' w hich the
big plica of ir«xn wam befog unhtaded
at the Pratt Laboratory shprtly aftef
on Tuesday, fulling upon ‘J. K. Ore
nnde, one of the • erpployees^badly
crushing one of hit legs. ,
He was hurried To the Presbjharian
hospital and after an examination of
the wounds, it is thought that the leg
will be amputated. Grenade was suf
fering greatly when moved., but ahowed
underfill nerve. Ha was almost un-
msclous when , the . hospital was
Mr*. Kaunft
who wag
nlifkt a, hft
from
rve, I* won *Ad
h.r .nfifaWM. ht)
tho ]K,Mi».\V>y )'o
IJIqblMM aroirao.
ltorhiK tho wrok
•iiVpixod to hovv
:ui-r,l* bretl
Inc hor bfiti. Bopetl
hkrtoottt
Jones Bought Sixteen Eggs
Cif Gfocer Jenks for 24 Cents : ^BM
.Inlotcqt. *»0re of
CHARGES OF GRAFT
GAINST VARDAMAI
MADE BY WARDER
Special to Tbs Ueorglau.
Jacksun. Miss., Jan. 1.—A big sensa
tlon was created in political circle*
11* morning when Warden J. J. Henry,
f the penitentiary, who got?# nut of
(flee today, submitto<J a report
hleto he charged Govetnor Vurdemion
| with grafting In tuppbrt of thta
frdtp djwtaiu cRFr
JtHek-la ihn
*
statement of the •chrtagi »oTu-
■Dudfay Proiacd by Ptruvijn*.
New Y rk. Jan t —A farewell rx»-
ptir.u \»uf. given to the retiring Aimr-
»n minht* v b* Peru at Lima. Peru,
charge lie said that on a recent
j st. Louis the governor and metnb
I'tif the imard of control purchased a lot
i of mules, the gixv^rnor at the same time
buying a saddle horse, which he shipped
T« expense of the ataie.
created a great stnoa
circle*
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ft ' Lr * i
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jvafUrx of Utq^RMka
tendon lubtHeqn W
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'I bv ,l 1.::,' It "•)« npnvnanl S
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• witilrm onjt 10 a tou-t thktthv uhuMiQJreap«jltfiHt
t thosWru rtonrras Mr, UuiUv>"* <1«- O i *
riTruno. nml J
Mrnimt*,
tho t»t of hvr protoa(*|f i
ui-txhbon to Wonio. npprrh
Th* report of,' th* ill
nialBtr ilno to tin f*et
lor, whoa «ho Mt Bo
klttrni Hi th* homo. L
whfit oh* voiwtdorefi. viSktont ft
rihvonrtnf thre* poovtiloio.'tho 1
ram* htuwrj auit 1 pqti
Th*,1 h»|i* op-iurt »
hni.ll> ootid—t Hr. t-ht
nuit hr nuuM 0* lot
wore turn a Uni to 111
woman. Tom
In luvretl«*ttnc tho re*
anri l ureilnr.reorotoB. Tl
■'nn-ivil Mrs HrtBtaUF lh.
ui'jihon
It wii* Irernnl
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■if liwjmo In'tit
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atiwt. on* o)
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the bout* Of Ml
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