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Newspaper Page TextmJU.-J,.l. J...J.I.I L...1J ill.J.1.1- ... II' . 1 . . . jf i NEWS ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. ' Congrats Convenes Washington, Jan. 4 A lowering of the bare In favor of fermented, malt or fruit beversgoa at army poat ex-Chang- and on army transports, but permitting "no distilled nor arlsnt spirits to be aold,"ti provided by a bill Introduced In tha house by Representa tive Parker, chairman of tha Judiciary committee. i Tha maiura provides that tha favor ed beverages may be aold, under prop r regulations, by enlisted man or ou r persons authorised. Tfa increased eoat or living wai tha subject of concurrent resolution offered In tha liouie today by Repre sentative Hull, of Tanntaaaa. It pro vides for a Joint committee of the house and senate to investigate and report what iemdlea may be affected through legislation.. Secretray Wilson, of tha Dapartmant of Agriculture, baa ordered a sweeping inquiry or tha seme nature. , "I realise," aald Secretary Wilson, "that we have undertaken a big coo- tract, but wa can carry It out Wa bav tha men and a hava tha money A bill making sweeping changealn tha Interstate commerce lawa for tba regulation of rallroada waa Introduced today In tha House by Representative Mann of Illlonia, chairman of tha com mittee on Interstate and iorelghn Bom meree, Kepreaentative Hawley today In troduceud bia bill granting to tba State of Oregon tha right to make Ilea se lection , equal In arer and value, to all school lands embraced In forest reser ves. Lata today after a conference with Senators Aldrlch and Root and At tor ney-Ceneral Wickerabam, President Taft decided to revert to hla original plan of combining bia vlawa aa to amandnienta to tha Interstate com' merca and anti trust lawa In one mee- aaga, which be will send to congress. Thursday noon. An aggregate of 16,844,000 of re pairs to naval vaasela la provided in ea- ; timatea tha secretary of tba navy to day submitted to the bouse. The recent legislation required recoro- mendatlona for authorisation where re pairs are to exceed 1200,000. FOREIGN TRADE S 1. 4 7 6, 000.000 Importa of Raw Materials Lead Ex ports of Cotton Show Big Washington, Jan. 6. The foreign commerce of the United States In the year 1908 will exceed In value that of any earlier year, with a alngle excep tion. The Importa will be larger than In any previus year, while the exports will fall alightly below those of 1906 and 1907. ; The above la an estimate of the year's trade based on official figures for 1 1 months aa presented by the bu reau of atatlatlca of the department of commerce and labor. Aaauming that the twelfth month, December, ahowa figures of importa and exports approx imately equal to thoaa of the Immed iately preceding month, November, the Importa will aggregate about 11,475, 000,000, and the ex porta about f 1,760,. 000,000, of whlcb approximately $26, 000,000 consists of foreign merchan dise exported, and tha remainder, II, 728. 000,000.- domestic products. Importa free of duty will be larger than in any earlier year in the history of our commerce and will . aggregate approximately $700,000,000, againat a little over 1500,000,000 in 1908 and 1636,000,000 in 1907, the high record year prior to 1909. Dutiable importa will amount to about 1780,000,000, and will be larger than any preceding year, except possibly in 1907, when the total wsa $787,000,000. This esti mated total of $1,476,000,000 of im porta in tha year exceeds by over $50, 000,000 tbe highest Import record of any earlier year, that of 1907. Of thia $1,476,000,000 of Imports, about $526,000,000 ia raw material for use In manufacturing and $260, 000,000 partially manufactured mater ial for further use in manfacturing, making the total value of manufacture era' materials imported nearly $800, 000,000, or more than half the entire importa of tbe year. JAPAN SEtKS NEW TREATY. Ambaasador Uchlda Hopea Immigra tion Law Win Ba Revised. Washington, Jan. 1 Among the first official acta of Baron Uchlda, new Jap anese Ambassador, will be a aeries of atepa leading to a propoaal to the United Statea for a modiBcatlon of the Root-Takahira agreement 1 whjch im poses limltstions on the immigration of Japanese laborers to the United Statea. While the subject is now being spoken of in a conservative vein, ft ia aald that such a duty ia one of those especially imposed upon the new Am bassador by his government It, ia also repotted that Japac. wishes to terminate in 1911 its treat! of com merse and navigation with theXUnited Statea. . i : , . V To what extent Japan will ask lor a modification of tha Root-Takatira agreement haa not been learned. i Dennett Aaks For Probe! ' V Washington, Dec. 80. Represented tive Magulre, chairman of the bouse committee charged examination of tbe accounts of the Interior Pongrfrnjr. announced today that at tha request of Lanii Commissioner Dennett, his com mittee would investigate .charges re cently made by Representative Hitch cock, of Nebraska, of Improper pur chase of furniture by the general land office rut of the fund provided for the investigation of public land entries. CONSOLIDATE REPUBLICS Minister Barrett Says This Will Outcome of Trouble, Washington, Jan. 4. Consolidation of tbe live Central American republics Into one government ia tba plan the State, department la working on, accord ing to Information from an authorita tive source tonight In the Immediate future only aucb stop aa will bring about the commercial development of tbe countries, their establishment on a sound financial basis and the stlmul Hon oi an entente between tbe repub lics, are contemplated. inenrsinoieor the new program waa Bounded by John Barrett, director of tbe bureau of American republics. In bis recent Toledo speech, Barrett declared that eventually tbe United States of Central America would be an accomplished fact On tbe heels of thia announcement eame the declaration of 8enor Creel tbe special agent of Mexico, who said on leaving Washington: "Tba United Statea and Mexico will continue coopeartlng to bring about peace in Central A merle and to o-ise -..II J l . ... ... . . " oho suiwunce to me Washington con vention or 1907 and to develop a feel ing oi nign respect to the International court at Carthage." it la positively stated that the U. tlons of (he United Statea and M..l. have not been strained in tbe slightest 07 uw mcaraguan episode. It I the COonvlctlon of the nrumt administration that the influential ele ment Of the republics can be won over by giving a staple beaie of commerce. Tbe removal of Zelaya means the elim ination OI the troublemaker of Central America. It la neceaearv to tba sue- Of the Plan to eliminate all traeaa of Zelayaniam, for the reason if Ma oris shows any disposition to compro mise with Zeis van ism. bia chances for recognition from the United States are small. CAN'T EEACH HIUHXB-Tjpg. Taft's Brother Is Their Attorney, and Roosevelt's Relative la Manager. Bhrevenort. La.. Do at IW1..1.. that if Mark llaana had died six months sooner, ha would aot have bees tried and sentenced to jail for having represented a corporation that hid a ease pending before a government de partment, ex Senator Burton, of Kan Ma, today severely criticised President Taft and former President Koosevelt "The men higher tip in the sugar fraud eae will never be molested, be cause Mr. Taft 'a brother ia attorney for the sugar trut, and Mr. Hoosevelt's brother in law is virtually the mana ger," declared Burton. "The sngnr trust is the most powerful agency In federal politlra. It exercises more power in forming the national nnlie than any other agency. To it I owe the trial which reunited in my impris onment. burton was tried and sent to nil fnr a oner icrin ror having represented a corporation which had Interests in the nands or one of tha federal depart ments. I first incurred the enmitv nf I?... velt," Hnrton continued, "for havino threatened to oppose his Cuban Klicy, wmvq nit-am lemng in cunan sugar on a basis that threatened to thmttla 11,. mrant beet suear industry. "After the nassinir of a few ver Taft comes along with his Philippine policy, capital haa begun to turn to he beet sugar industry amiin. anil tha Philippines industry scared it away. "Koosevelt opposed my Cuban policy, and at the same time ho feared I would head a delegation at the national Re publican convention for Mark Ilanna. If Ilanna had died six months earlier, there would have been no eharirea against me, and I Would still be ia the senate." Mexico Acta Within Rlgets. Mexico City, Dec 80. The Mexican government haa acted wholly within Its rights thus far and according to Its legal methods in the matter of the American railroad conductor, Cook, said Charge (.'Affairs Bailey, of the United States embassy, here tonight "Tbe crime with which Cook stands charged," continued Mr. Bailey, "is not bailable under the Mexican laws, and they bave a legal rigt to keep Cook in custody six months before rendering a deciaion. He haa been in Jail four months. The case ia waiting the re turn of the letters rogatory from Gen eral Manager Clark of the Mexican line, which have to do with the charac ter of Cook." Patrick Hcnr's Body to be Moved. Richmond, Jan. 6. It haa practical ly been determined to move the body of Patrick Henry from Red Hill, Char lotte county, to thia city for reburial in the churchyard of the old St John'a church in which Henrymade his famous revdtationary speech. The present grave ia in the rear of the old Henry house at Red Hill, unmarked except by a email slab. A bill ia to be presented to the Virginia legislature in January appropriating funds for a monument Panama Canal Work O. K. Washington, Jan. 6. Construction work on the Panama canal not only la prcstsd'.rj splendidly, but tbe iysUin of administration Is excellent, in, spite of the criticism directed againat it Thia is the concensus of opinion of the senatorial committee which returned to Washington today, after a visit, to the canal xone. In the party were Senators Oliver, Penrose, Carter, Dix on, Heyburn and Clark. . MOR8B IS BITTER, Convicted Banker Claims Re Has Been Made a Victim. new rorx, jan. 4, with a supreme uuort to oe cneeriui, but with emotion occasionally getting the better of him. Charles W. Morse lift New York today wi oegia a to-year sentence to tbe led sral pritoa at Atlanta, (ia., for viola lion of the national banking lawa. before leaving the Tombs, where be nad been confined for the greater part uf tbe last year, Morse received bis wife and two tons and then the news- paper men. lie was too. affected to 4av anything, but handed out a e fully prepared statement. Morse jeri at iu:l o'clock la cus tody of Deputy United States marshals. ins party occupied a stateroom. Moras 's statement is bitter and dra mane. "I am going to Atlanta to begin penal servitude under the moat brutal entence ever pronounced against eltlsen Id a eivllised country,1' Is his opinion of the sentence. have hoped," the statement con tiauea, "with that hope which comes iroia a consciousness of my Innocence that I will aot bave to close out for. ever tbe light and liberty of tbia world iinuor suca an loauman sentence. 1 have felt that tha fact that I bad paid a flue of 7,000,000 and served a year Id prison would sstlafy tba ery for a victim and I have steadily believed that the eourta wonld be compelled ia give me a new trial, "When I learned that the private aeiecuvea or tas prosecution were the keepers of the jury, that the jury drank ime mea opon a Jaunt or a holiday, rather than citizens engaged in a se rious service, and thst as a reault. two 01 mom were rendered ooBt, I natur- ally hoped I would be allowed another trial by another jury, free from these hostile lnflnene.es. "It seems, however, thst the eonrts niena le establish the Draetleee which make rum drinking a part of a jury service end private detective mm the custodians of a Jury a permanent lastl. luuon. by mis sentence and judgment i may oe urouirnt to ruin I but tha dam age done to me ia not half aa import ant aa the Injury to the adininistra tion of justice. I am now up in years mun, wiid me passing of time, ymm aiaof out tas record of my con viction and the way It was bronchi aooui win remain a Iaatlne- and dan. gerous sxsmple of a government gone mau in soarca or a Victim." on, toukd m athabauoa. Secret Borlnga Show Inexhaustible Supply, Ommittee Is Told. Ottawa, Ont.. Jan. 4. Evidence nf the value of the Athabasca oil Oelds has been given before the Dominion senate committee br Alfred von Ham morateta. lie stated that for the laat oight years he bad been exploring tbe field between 320 and 850 mi lea north of Edmonton, and that some of the wells had revealed the presence of oil and gas in large quantities. v Tha wells varied in denth from 2S0 to 1,200 feet He ahowed samples of naphtha oil and of oil collected in thm sand. He declared that in the wells which he waa boring there were inex haustible supplies of this material. Near the aurfeee it was found in a hardened state, while 60 feet lower down it was found in a aemi-liauid condition. His work had beea carried on secret- Jle declared that there waa no foi oundation for the statement in tbe prospectus of the California A Alberta Oil company that it had discovered oil on a 10,000 acre property 30 milea north or Kdmonton. A IS CUTTERS ASS READY. Aviators Arrive in Kew York From Paris Leave for Los Angeles. New York, Jan. 4. Edwin Cloary, who arrived here from Paris a few days ago with seven aeroplanes, wbieh be expects to try oub. during aviation week at Loa Angeles, and Paulhan, who will arrive tomorrow, will leave for Los Angelos Monday next Four of the machines are of the latest model aeroplanes, two Bloriot's and two Far man's. There Is also an Antoinette, one Far- man and one Bleriot, which Mr. Cleary expocis to nse during the aviatiotl show week. He expects to break bis own record for speed, height and dur ation.' His record already is more thae 1,800 feet for height and witb his 50 hone-power motor in a new Bleriot be expects to be able to travel in the air at the rate of 60 miles per hour. Paulhan is under contract at a big salary. 100 Days Weston's Limit Now York, Jan. 4. Edward Tayson Weston, veteran pedestrian, announced today that he will make one more transcontinental walk, and get from ocean to ocean in 100 days. Weston will start from Los Angeles et 4 o 'clock the afternoon of February 1, and will be due in New York May 28. Hie hike from New York to San Francisco early Inst summer took him 105 days, but on that journey be encountered a long series of storms end unusually hot weather. He is sure that he can cross the United States in 100 days. . South Pole Next Goat Worcester. Mass. Jan. 4. Donald B. McMillan, member of Commander Peary's polar, expedition, and Captain namoit, wno commanded rearyg snip, the Roosevelt, today said that they would like to be members of the expe dition to seek the South Pole. Cap tain Bartlett said: "I have heard of such a trip being planned. I may be selected to command the ship which will carry the expedition southward. I think the Roosevelt will be selected, if the expedition goes through." Heavy Steel Is In Demand. Now York, Jan. 4. Specifications on wuuhum ur uuieueu sural proauota were heavy in tbe last week of the year, notably for structural material, steel sheets and wire products. Orders for small buildings in various parts of the country have been placed, sailing for 25,000 tons of fabricated steel, making the December total 125,000 tens. Contracts for 1909 aggregated almost 1,500,000 tons. , Fa The year 1909 is destined to fifure ai an Important one la history. What 1 twelvemonth it bas been, and bow treat Its manifold wondera of happen- b$ and accomplishment: Flying sertalnty; the North Pole discovered; Turkey reformed; Persia reformed; England's Ideas of the ethics of taia- lon upnet; India restive; China sub jected to a mans of new Impressions; Belgium passing under a new and, it is to be hoped, more beneficent rule; rvente now In progress In Nicaragua tbat may lead to a further extension if civilization and peace; the distance icross the Atlantic further shortened; :he distance across our own country tbout to be decreased; wireless teleg raphy entering Into the realm of com mon utility; efforts now being made for tbe better protection of ilfe In nines and on tbe great waters. If tbe cave man lived to-day be could aardly repeat hla now famoua declara tion. "Romance is dead." By science. sontrary to many fears, wonder and mystery bave been increased. The year 1909 is associated with svents of supreme Interest and impor tance at borne and abroad. A glance it this summary will recall them to mind, and preserved for future refer- inr It will be found a valuable aid " all: JANUARY. I China depoaes reform Grand Councilor Tuan Shi KaL I Earthquake rocks Btrombol! Isl snd and parts of Sicily and Southern Italy.. , .American warahip Beet ar rives at Sues and sends boats to relief of Mceslna. 4 Supreme Court voids I2t,ft00.00 One a sa Inst Standard Oil Co. a-T Severe cold wave envelops country. , 7 Nlg-ht riders convicted of murder In Union City, Tenn. s-Rev. J. H. Carmlchael kills Old or Brown lo Church at Battle Run, Mien. 10 Twenty-four men killed In mine xploslon in Zeivler, 111. 11 Rev. J. H. Carmlchael, preacher murderer of Battle Run, Mich, kills himself In Carthage. 11L 12 Explosion In mine near Biuefleld. W. Va, takea ISO lives. 14 Death of Vice Admiral RoJest- rensky in St. Petersburg. 1 T. Jenkins Haina acquitted of complicity in murder of Win. E. Annla. -Great strike of hatters In Eastern States begins. 1 Ellhu Root elected Senator from New York. 10 sixty Uvea lost by burning of a-sierworks crib In Lake Mlchlsan. oft Chicago. ii Sentence of Herman Billek. Chi cago poisoner, commuted to life Im prisonment.... Congress votes to build two large battleships. .1 13 Six thousand die In earthquakes In Central Persia. H Liner Republic sunk near Mar tha's Vineyard, stter collision with Italian steamer Florida; six Uvea lost. X Death of Coquelln. French actor. 17 Former State Treasurer Frank P. Olasler. of Michigan, convicted of misapplying State funds. IS United States withdraws from rovernment of Cuba; Gomes is Inaugu rated President Earthquake and tidal wave de- restate southern coast of Spain fierce blitaard aweeps United Statea FEBRUARY. 4 Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma Indict - Id for land frauds. . t Disastrous floods in Germany. S Battleship Delaware launched at Newport News. 10 Anti-Japaneae legislation defeat- id In California Aaaembly. 13 Centenary of Abraham Lincoln's birth generally celebrated over United Statea. 13 Train held ud and robbed near Denver.... Protocol with Venesuela ligned. 14 Three hundred die In burning theater in Acapulco, Mexico. 17 Death of Apache chief. .Qeronl- mo....Dr. Jas. B. Angell resigns preal- lency of Michigan University. : : 11 United States fleet arrives oft Hampton Roada after globe-girdling trip.. ..Bloody race riots In South Omaha, Neb.... Death of Carroll D. Wright. 1 12 Great naval pageant at Hamoton Hoada. - 4 MARCH. 1 Death of E. J." (Lucky) Baldwin. aoted turfman. 3 Fire In New York tenement houaa kills ten persons. 4 Wm. H. Taft and Jamea a Sher man Inaugurated as President and Vice President .... Sixtieth Congress ad- lourned alne die. , (Death of Joseph W. Blvthe f Iowa. I Tornado at Brinkley, Ark. Naval battle between Nicarariri and Salvadorean vessels. IS Congress convenes In extraordi nary session.... Death of Mrs. Eleanor UacCartney Lane H Death of George T. Angell. 7 Payne tariff bill Introduced in Congress. . 18 Willie Whltla kldnaoed from Sharon, Pa. 19 Parkersburg, W. Va.. flooded b xploslon of water tower. 22 Willie Whltla restored to father In Cleveland, J10.000 ransom being paid.... Gov. Curry of New Mexico re signs. - Million tor Caaoer Research. By the will of the late George Crock er, Columbia la to receive 81,000,000, to be used In conducting original research for the causa and cure of cancer. Both Mr. Crocker and his wife died of this laeaae, - 8pokaae Fight Contlaaes. - Ten more I. W. W. men who ; at tempted to speak on tha streets of Spokane were arrested and Jailed. Fif ty of the agitators who had served sentences of thirty days were released. They told of horrible conditions and brutal treatment In the holes which were ussd as Jailing places. - mm-tr 1 1 WWiZM uu U AJ.kl e.AiY .aft. WUjliSi Ue 1 w(ji 1 m ' If J. " XI Man and woman, kidnapers .of Whltla boy, arrested in Cleveland. Ex-President Roosevelt sails for Af rica, Prince George of Servla nouncea right lo succession. . 7 Creek Indians ambush officers near Hickory Ground, Gkla. APRIL. 1 Federal prison In Ft Leaven worth, Kan- burns- Oreat lire In Fort Worth, Texas. ....Death of Admiral Cervera. -7 Country swept by destructive storm. Death of Helena Modjeaka, great rouan actress. . a Death of Ethan A. Hitchcock, for mer Secretary of the Interior. ...Payne tariff bill passed by House.... Death of F. Marlon Crawford. American novel - let. 10 Cipriano Castro forcibly expelled rrom Fort de France. Martinique. Death of Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet -22 Death of Gov. Ltlley of Connect! cut.... Theodore Roosevelt lands at Mombasa, East Africa.... Death of former Senator David Turpie of Indi ana. 23 Gov. Willson of Kentucky par dons alleged Ooebel conspirators.... Death of ex-Sen.' Stewart of Nevada, 24 Constantinople taken by consti tutional army. 25 Sultan's palace In Constantino ple surrenders. 27 Abdul Hamld deposed and his brother Installed aa new Sultan of Tur key. Mehmid V. 20 Daughter born to Queen Wllhel- mlna ; of Holland.... Severe stem aweepa lake States. MAY. 1 Strike of lake seamen begins. 3 Second peace congress begins In Chicago. ( Steamer Adella Shorea goes down In Lake Superior. Jamea Boyle convicted Of Whltla kidnaping. ( Mrs. Helen Anna Boyle convicted of Whltla kidnaping. Death of Mrs. Aua-usta J. Evans wiiaos. 10 Mehmid V. made Sultan of Tur key by sword ceremony. 11 Capt Peter Halns convicted of Annla murder Twenty persons drown ed In Ohio River near Pittsburg. 14 Tornadoes In Kansas. Missouri and Oklahoma. 17 Tracy A Co., brokers, fall ia New York. .: 13 Death of George Meredith. En glish novelist 19--Death of Henry IL Rogers, Standard Oil magnate. 24 Five children burned to death during school exerclaea In Central City, Ky. 26 Earthquake shock felt In Illinois and adjoining Statea William Lorlmer elected Senator from Illinois, 29 Tornadoes in Oklahoma..,. Mad den, Pouchot and Boyle convicted of labor grafting in Chicago. JO Zephyr, Texas, destroyed by tor nado. , Jl'lVB. 1 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition opened In Seattle. 2-3 Rlota marked street-car strike In Philadelphia. . Death of CoL A. K. McClure. Ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie. Canada, damaged by boat.... Elsie Si- gel murdered by Chinese convert in New York. 10 Death of Dr. Edward Everett Hale. 11 Liner Slavonla goes ashore In Asorea, . ' ' 12 Earthquake devastates section of Southern France. . ' 13 Corporal ahoota three officers at Ft Dea Molnea, lowa. ' ' 14 Death of President Penna of Braxll...One hundred and forty-nine perish In burning ahlp near Aomon, Japan. . 18-19 Automobile races at Crown I XUIIli. 1IIU. 1 . t a 19 Nine persons killed In collision of lnterurban cars near Duna Park, Ind. 1 22 Daughter born to King ' and Queen of Spain. - 23 Mine explosion at Wehrum, Pa., kills seventeen men. - ,: ' . 24 Death of Sarah Orne Jewett American authoress. , IT Bomb explosion In Chicago in- Jurea aeven persons and does 150,000 damage. . -, " ' - JIIH.Y. 1 Earthquake at Messina, Sicily.... Sugar trust officials Indicted In New York. - v: ; .. - i S Tramp murders four persons near Rudolph, 8. D. 4 Patriotic celebrations take twelve fewer lives than In 1908. '' 7- 10 Floods In Missouri valley. 8 Senate passed tariff bill. ' THIS AND THAT. Dogs valued at 3100,000 were recent ly on exhibition at the dog show In New York... The controlling Interest of the Chris tian .furnishing Company of St Louis haa been purchased by R, A. Long, of Kansas City, for $100,000. .: "Grand view," the Lawrence C. Phipps residence In Pittsburg. Includ ing twelve acrea of land in the east end, haa been sold to Walter P. Fraser for 1575,000. , President Taft haS accepted an Invi tation to attend the conservation con vention to be held at IndiananoU. in -Vv wtf w w y J W 11 Death of Prof. Slmoa Keweoma, 'j 1 astronomer. A J 12 Naval maneuvers begin c9 Mae ', I sachusetts coast. . . .Steamer John D. Cowle sinks In Leke Superior with fourteen of crew. ' ...... 13 New Shah proclaimed Ia Persia. . .. .Bnell will case decided In Clinton. I1L 1 Ella Oingles ease In Chicago ends In her acquittal. .. .Tunnel under Hudson between New York and Jer sey city opened. 24 Tipton. Ind, bank robbed of If. 000 by assistant cashier. 24-23 Riots and carnage in Barce lona. Spain. 20 Severe earthquakes ha Mexico. 21 Osaka, Japan, has great Are..,. Conference report on tariff paaeedl ky House. AICIST. - f Payne tariff bill passed by Senate and signed by President.... Congress adjourned. ...Chicago street car mea voted to strike. 10 Alabama Senate passes Income tax act. ...Death of CoL A. A. Pope, and of Richard Golden. 12 Court holds Harry K. Thaw to sane. 13 Death of Rev. Hiram W. Thomas of Chicago. 19-21 Fatal automobile accidents fas Indianapolis. 27-23 Destructive floods In Mexico. 21 Pennsylvania, train held ud Dea Lewlstown, Pa. SEPTEMBER ; . 1 News received that Dr. F. A.' Cook. American, discovered north pole April Zl, l08. Labor day. . . .Peary reports dis covery of north pole. a Death of Gen. H. C. Corbln. 9 Death of E. H. Hani man. 11 Halley's'comet sichted from Hei- delburg President Taft names tariflf commission. It President Taft begin It is West ern trip.... Secretary Bellinger cleared of Alaskan fraud by President Taft 21 Explorer Cook" arrives at New Tork. 22 Death of Robert Hoe. printing press manufacturer. 25 Hudson-Fulton celebration be gins In New York. 29 Death of Col W. IL Morrison. 30 Peary reachea New York. OCTOBER. B Fatal collision on Illinois Centra. Railroad near Farmer City, I1L Death of Dudley Buck. . organist and composer. 11 Key West devastated by hurri cane, .j. 15 Steamer George Stone wrecked In Lake Erie. 1 Prealdents Taft and Dlas meet on International border W. L Bu chanan, ex-mlaister to Panama, dies In London.... Nebraska bank guarantee law found Invalid. t 19 Death of Prof. Caeaare Lombre- so, Italian criminologist 21 Death of U. a Senator IL N. Johnson of North Dakota. 23 Nlcaraguan troops defeated bv Insurgents. 24 Death of Justice Rufus W. Peck- ham of United States Supreme Court. xs Prince Ito assassinated at Har bin Steamer Hestia lost in Bay of Fundy; thirty-four persons drowned. ..Death of Gen. O. O. Howard. 2' Government troops defeat rebels at Salamis, Greece. NOVEMBER. 2 State and municipal election a. 8 Eight men burned to death ts Brooklyn (N. Y. flre. . 11 Negro and white man lynched ta Cairo, 111. IS Horrible mine disaster In Cherry. III. . . .Mme. Stelnheil acquitted of dou ble murder In Paris. 10 Death of Chan. N. Crlttentoa. philanthropist 18 Death of Richard Watson Gtld- Warships ordered to Nicaragua. 20 Twenty-one men saved alive from Cherry mine.... Sweeping decis ion againat Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. , ! 29 "Weta" win In Alabama elections. ..Zelayaa army In Nicaragua de feated by insurgents. 30 British House of Lords relecta the budget bill.. ..Switchmen of north western roads go out on strike. DECEMBER. 1 Diplomatic relations with Nicar agua broken off. t Regular aesalon of Congress onen. ed. 33750.000 lire in Kalamajoo. IS Tenement fire In Cincinnati ends seven lives. .,,... ... ,- IS Zelaya realgna presidency ef Nicaragua. 17 Death of King Leopold of Bel gium. Prlae tor Taberealaale Car. Yale University haa become the cus todian of a prise of 3100.000. the name of the donor remaining a secret but known to be an alumnus of Yale, which s to be given to the person who Brat discovers a cure for tuberculosis. The trustees have Invited many well-known physicians to become members of a board whose duty it will be to paaa on the merits of cures submitted. The In terest on the money will be used In In vestigating such cures and to pay the expenses of quarterly meetings of the Advisory Board. To prevent the con sideration of bogus remedies, one con dition ia that any remedy to be con sidered must have been In uae Ave years and backed up by testimonials that It haa resulted In cures. The ob ject of the prise is to encourage the' seeking of a cure. Charles P. Taft brother of the Pre a- Ident, has purchased a rare portrait probably the finest of Ha kind In the world, in Limoges enamel, for which It is understood me paid $100,000. It ia a yitx tmK ui uie auae 01 Mevers,- by , Limousin, a sixteenth century artist. Syrian immigration may be conaid- 1 ered soon by the President's cabinet The courts have held that Syrlana arw entitled to naturalization, but ths nat uralisation bureau haa taken the opposite- view. " . r The Chicago, Milwaukee and Bi. Paul Railway has lust baaa award? J