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Summary of TLbents as They Happen
Fastest Mile by Steam Locomotive.
Clayton, N. J., Nov. 14.—What is
said to be the fastest mile ever made
by a locomotive on a track containing
curves was covered today by steam
locomotive No. 6006, which is being
used in the special tests being con
ducted here by the Pennsylvania rail
road, when it traveled a mile at a
speed of 91.6 per hour.
The trial was made over the spe
cially built track between this place
and Franklinville. —Louisville Her
ald.
Tobacco Buyer Beaten by Mob.
Hopkinsville, Ky., Nov. 14.
While stopping at the home of Wil
liam West in Christian county, a few
nights ago, John Wicks, a prominent
tobacco buyer for the Italian Regie,
was taken out and severely beaten,
with a stick by six masked men.
The family had retired at the us
ual hour and shortly after midnight
they were awakened by men calling
for Wicks.
Finally Mr. Wicks went to the
door when he was seized by the
arms and covered by two pistols and
taken about 200 yards and beaten.
After being beaten Mr. Wicks’
horse was led out and he was forced
to get on the animal and return to
this city. As a parting warning one
of the men said to him: “Damn you,
go back to town and stay there, and
if you ever come to this neighborhood
again you will look up a limb.”—
Louisville Herald.
President Objects to Motto.
President Roosevelt says he looked
into the law and found no warrant
for “In God We Trust” to be on
United States coins. He says in part:
“When the question of the new
coin came up we looked into the law
and found there was no warrant
therein for putting ‘ln God we
trust’ on the coins. As the custom,
although "without legal warrant, had
grown up, however, I might have felt
at liberty to keep the inscription had
I approved of its being on the coin
age. But as I did not approve of it,
I did not direct that it should again
be put on. Os course, the matter of
the law is absolutely in the hands
of Congress, and any direction of
Congress in the matter will be imme
diately obeyed. At present, as I have
said, there is no warrant for the in
scription.”
Vice-President in Train Wreck
B iltimore, Md., Nov. 12. —Vice-
President Fairbanks, while return
ing from the funeral of Judge Mc-
Comas with a party of court officials
in his private car, was in a wreck
on the B. & 0. railroad near Weav
erton, Md., tonight. Monday night
there had been a freight wreck near
Weaverton and a portion of the track
had been cut out pending repairs in
the roadbed. In the meantime trains
had been using a freight siding to get
around the damaged spot.
The order to use the siding was
rescinded last night and the Vice-
President’s special was to use the
regular passenger track. Engineer
' WATSON’S WIMLY JBFFIRSGNIAN.
Tabler opened up his locomotive and
went ahead, but instead of going down
the main track hei ran along a freight
siding to where the tracks had been
cut out and there was a dead end to
the tracks. Both locomotive and
tender sank into the soft earth. The
train was jarred but no one injured.
The Vice-President’s car was attach
ed to another train and proceeded to
Washington.
Among those on the train besides
Vice-President Fairbanks were Chief
Justice Shephard of the district court
of appeals, Chief Justice Clabaugh
of the district supreme court, Asso
ciate Justice Gould of the district
supreme court, Dist.-Atty. W. Baker
and others.—Boston Herald.
Prohibition Passes in Alabama.
Crowd cheers as prohibition bill
passes. Alabama legislature passes
law prohibiting sale of liquor. Whis
key interests make but little effort
to stem the tide.
The house passed the Carmichael
prohibition bill by a vote of 66 to
25, the full number required by the
constitution.
The closing plea was made by
Speaker Carmichael. The bill be
comes effective Oct. 1, 1908.
Japan Blocks American Trade.
Sin Francisco, Nov. 15. —The
Chamber of Commerce of this city
resolved to ask the California dele
gation in congress to inquire into the
action of Japan in alleged attempts
to override the treaty existing be
tween the United States and Korea.
The matter was called to the atten
tion of the commercial organization
by H. H. Hulbert, who, it is said, is
the official representative in Ameri
ca of the deposed emperor of Korea.
Hulbert addressed a communication
to the Chamber of Commerce in which
he stated that Japan had taken the
initial steps of a course, which, if
carried to fulfillment, would mean
the destruction of American influence
not only in Korea, but in China as
well. The United States has a close
trade treaty with Korea. Under
this agreement American goods enter
the hermit kingdom upon the pay
ment of a 7 per cent. duty. In the
process of reorganization of the af
fairs of Korea, Japan has undertak
en to revise its customs arrangement.
This rearrangement, it is stated, con
templates a customs union between
Japan and Korea, with the result
that goods from the United States
will be charged the same rate of
duty in Korea as in Japan.—Bir
mingham News.
Metcalf, Head of Navy.
Washington, Nov. 14. —Ensign Met
calf, son of the Secretary of the Na
vy, and fiance of Miss Butters, has
run afoul of the rule in the navy
that no officer may marry without the
consent of the Secretary of the Na
vy.
The young man is twenty-one and
does not need the consent of his par
ent. As father of the you tig man,
Mr. Metcalf is willing to say, “God
bless you. Go ahead!”
But as Secretary of the depart
ment, with the interest of the navy
at heart, and the established rule
that ensigns are considered a bit un
derpaid to sail the matrimonial seas,
the Secretary says, “No, young man,
you had better wait until you are at
least a lieutenant.”
Then, as the young man’s father,
he is in a position to sympathize with
him and tell him what a hard-heart
ed department it really is that com
pels a young officer to wait until he
is a lieutenant. But if the young man
ignores the advice and weds, he is
liable to be court-martialed and dis
missed.
When Ensign Metcalf talks matri
mony with his father, the boss of the
Navy always has it understood
whether he is being addressed as
head of the department or head of
the family.
As his superior officer, the young
man dare not question the order of
his commander. As a father, Metcalf
senior is in perfect accord with Met
calf junior.—New York American.
Plot to Kill Emperor Frustrated.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 9. —What is
believed to have been a carefullv con
ceived plot to take the life of Emper- •
or Nicholas while he was en route
from Peterhof to his winter palace at
Tsarskoe-Selo today was frustrated
by the vigilance of the guards. Ear
ly this morning a guard discovered
six men trying to cut the wire of a
semaphore signal at Ligovo station, at
the junction of the railroads to Peter
hof and Tsarskoe-Selo. The guard
attempted to a nest the men, but w T as
fired upon and wounded. The shots,
however, aroused the officers and
guards at the station, and several vol
leys were exchanged between the out
laws and the soldiers, the former es
caping without injury.
The police profess to be unable to
understand the attempt to cut the
semaphore, as such an act could hard
ly work any harm to the imperial
train, which was due to pass a few
hours later. It is generally believed,
however, that the outlaws intended
to prevent the use of the signal with
the object of bringing the train to a
stop at that point. No arrests have
been made. —Seattle Post.
First Snow Falls on Long Island.
A full half-inch of snow fell ear
ly yesterday morning at Wading Riv
er, Long Island. William Colch, a
conductor of the Long Island Rail
road, at 7:04 o’clock in-the morning,
walked through the snow from his
homo to the train. The “.white man
tle” quickly disappeared, however,
with the appearance of the sun.
Snow fell in many places on Long
Island, varying from a few scatter
ing flakes to enough to make a white
covering. ,lt was the first snow of the
season. —New York American.
Steel Trust Buys Big Ccke Co.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 14.—-The H. C.
Frick Company has completed the
de>al whereby it acquired the George
L. Whitney half interest in the Hos
tetter-Connellsville Coke Company.
The company is capitalized at sl,-
500.000 stock and $1,500,000 bonds.
While the 11. C. Frick Company,
which already owned one-half of the
stock, bought Mr. Whitney’s inter
est, the real purchaser is the United
States Steel Corporation, and this is
its most important acquisition since
it obtained control of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron property.—Georgian.
To Launch a State Today.
Washington, Nov. 15.—With an
eagle quill pen, President Roosevelt,
at 10 o’clock tomorrow, will sign the
proclamation that will make Indian
Territory and Oklahoma a state. No
ceremony will attend the signing, the
effect of which will be to put in mo
tion the machinery of the state gov
ernment at Guthrie, Okla., which, ow
ing to the difference in time, will
turn its first wheel at 9 o’clock. The
pen will be turned over to Governor
Frantz, who will deliver it to the his
torical society of the new state.—
Chattanooga Times.
President Has Narrow Escape.
Wasington, D. C., Nov. 15.—A tem
porary platform in the vestibule of
Andrew Rankin Chapel at Howard
University where President Roosevelt
is to speak this afternoon gave way
about 2 o’clock and about fifty peo
ple were precipitated about ten feet,
many receiving slight injuries and
one student of the university hav
ing his head broken. Several of the
injured were taken to Freedman’s
Hospital, close by. The fire depart
ment was called out and for some
time considerable confusion pre
vailed. The accident occurred before
President Roosevelt reached the chap
el.—Nashville Banner.
THE MAIL SUBSIDY.
Post Office Department—Office of
General Superintendent Railway
Mail Service.
James E. White, Gen’l. Supt.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 4, 1898.
Hon. A. C. Shuford, House of Rep re •
sentatives, Washington, D. C.
Sir: Replying to vour letter of
January 29, to the Postmaster Gen
eral, asking for “the schedules of
the mails on all through lines run
ning from Boston and New Ycrk to
Atlanta, New Orleans and other
points in the South, also the number
of daily trains over each through line
carrying mails to Southern points.
Has the railroad to which the extra
appropriation of $196,000 is applied
put on an extra train, or changed its
schedule by reason of said appropria
tion ? If so, was such change made
especially to facilitate the mails, and
without such appropriation be detri
mental to the railroad receiving it?
I beg to state:
First: Between New York and Bos
ton there is but one direct line—the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
R. R., which runs through trains al
most hourly between Boston and Now
York, either byway of Springfield,
Mass., or Providence, R. I. Be
tween New York and Washington,
there are two linos, the Pennsylvania
and the Baltimore and Ohio (Phil*.