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The plea of Pittsburg's money lader.
paranoiac wi.l not be heard
MUST REMAIN
AT MATTEAWAN
For the present, at least. Thaw rttt>»t
a'ay in the madhouse prison, aa one
suffering from the insanity which he
himself claimed caused him to kill
White at Madison Square garden.
Ujl.i States Snprme Coal F.e^sej to
Thaw's application waa presented tu
Pp' lfg th1 P'itP
DCUCW ,UL io.1*
t,‘<’ eourt some time ago. but waa not
mudr public, ami It was rot general!'
' known that such a step had l«een taken
until the adverse ruling waa annootMcl
TH .W S LAST CHANCE EIHADSTED
TELEGRAPHIC SUNNY SOUTH
NEWSIN BRIEF LIKE PORTLAND
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New Orient ani Oreion't lelnpolis
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I ooliah Story About Ingersoll,
Washington. Dec.. 20. The door of
the supreme court of the United Stat« a
wu closed today against Harry Ken
dall Thaw.
At the aame time the door of the
asylum for the criminal insane at Mat-
ti-awan closed more tightly than ever
before uoon him.
Justice McKenna handed duwn a
ruing in which the nation's highest
tribunal refused to review hie case.
Thia w as the close of one of the
most stubborn of all the efYorta of the
slayer of Stanford White to gain hi»
freedom.
The case, which has run the gamut
of the courts of New York and probably
has received more publicity than any
other criminal case of thia generation,
ia nearing the limit of legal recourse.
The august judges of the supreme
court will rot review the pitiabie ami
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The foolish story that Colonel Bober’
Inga-rnoll "recanted" at some tims oi
other ami "did not believe the ductrim
‘ he preached” han been revived, it
; aserna. by an evangelist at Silverton
Il used to be fashionable in < rthmfo»
circles tu repeat such tictiona almut
Voltaire. Ihemaa Payne. Gibbon an«'
everybody e'ae who did not accept th»
fashionable theology of the r day, but •
growing regard for morality ha« limn
ed tlie practice to the ignorant ar <
unscrupuloua.
Intelligent preacher»
understand that their faith has nolhu >
to gain by propogating falsehood.
Colonel Ingersoii | res« bed r.o doc-
trine wh eh needed recantation, Hi*
criticism U|a>n the Bible were tnt»
among German scholar« when he mad«
them.
To recant them would be tu th
in the face of history ami philology
The common report that he waa ai
atheist ia untrue.
A glance at hi
lectures will show that hi« faith n
Providence was profound
It ia a pitv
that any evangelist should deem H
necessary to nlandrr the dead in vrdei
to advance the kingdom of the l.«jr«l ol
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Oregon City la reported to have 50
Chicago, Dee. *>. Portland. Ciregot
•aaes of typhoid fev«r.
and New Orleans, l-a., enjoyed precisely
the tame temperature Sutxiay a mm -
The firtune of the late King Leopold,
mum of 3M and a maximum of 4» de
of Belgium, in fflD.OuO.OOO.
green.
Montgomery, Ala , waa only
Portland ia holding a fancy poultry four degrees warmer than Port lam'.
<how, thin week. More than 1000 bird» Memphis, Tenn., was 16 degrees colder
ire on exhibition.
El Paso. Texas, where the |>ruapectur
Amis brimstone ami other evaleocea of
Chicago's expense» for the v«ar 1910
hades by digging down two foot, was
will lie 9o&(M)0.0U0, which is 93.000.00ii
14 degrees colder than Portland, ('in-
n exc.aa of any year prior to thia date.
■ rinnatl waa 20 «legreen colder. San
ExSenator Harns, of Kansan, died Antumo, Texas, onMnanly «me of the
it the home of a relative, in Chicago, hot teat spots in the Union, was eight
>n Tuesday. Mr Hsrrin waa senator degree» under Portland.
rom IW7 to 1903.
»Haar com uknkral
Detective Joe Day. who struck a lot
Everywhere the mtenar cold nrevail»,
■ hum he waa arresting, several blows «•hlerty accompanied by high wimia and
i i the face, wan placed on trial for ar- hard sn«iw. In Canada there ut grave
suit on a minor, on W«-vines lay.
Otar tor the wheat crop as the winds
Walla Walla. Waah., on Monday, have swept the anow from the field»
.<>t»-d on the temperan<-e quest ion and »'«I it is altogether likely that the crop
'he "weta" carried by a majority of Will be frutrn. as it has no protectior .
Rrnorta of disaster to th«- orange ami
. The election wan warmly cor.-
other cro|* in the Gulf t os at country
«-»taxi.
came to eummlaalon merchants tmlav
Judge Lurturi of Tenn., waaratinrnnsu The cokl wave has spread over all the
an Just re of the United Statoa Supreme-
South with the exception <>f ths extreme
tiurt on Monday. He waa app>inte«l lower |n»rtions «»f Florida.
The valley
by Proaxlent Taft, tu aurcred Jlpi t iee region uf Ixiuistana is suffering in a
P««ckh»m, deceased.
l«a»er tb-gree liecause of the Mississippi
F. II Overman, editor of theShsnico which lern|wrs the effect of the cold
Star, wan arrvatevl at Antelope, Moo- wave.
ay, a« u««d uf '»suing an allcgeil
Minnir. wkst swntitw
worthless check. Overman la wanted
tn the Mnldl«- W«-st intense suffering
n S|»»kane.
is reported among the people ami live
The State Railroad Comm salon has stock la perishing. There ia not much
-eceived a petit-on asking that »regular fear for crops throughout the Middle
passenger train be put on the C. A E Western wheat belt, as the ground ia
railroad,
from Albany east,
The heavily blanket««! with »< m > w . from
pet.lion was filed by E. S. Payne, a Minnesota to the low«-r tier sf Texas
counties.
Tennessee and Northern
merchant of Gates.
Alabama have two inches of snow, an
Secretary Ballinger, of the Interior almoet unprecexb-nUxi COtxlltion.
department, will insist that congress
In all the large cities from iJenuer to
investigate all phaa<-a of the Ballinger- New York chantable aecieties are
Pinchot eontroveray and the truth rushed to the limit to care fur the needy
ascertained concerning the Alaska coal who were unprepared for the hard
lands.
siege. Fires are numerous everywhere.
Next Monday the Brotlierhood of Eleven families in thia city were driven
Railway Trainmen will nsrve notice u, ■ to the atreeta in their night clothing
on 75 railway* raat of the Mississippi early thia morning. Trains from every
river, of a demand for an increase of direction are stalled or badly delayed
wages, from 5 to 40 per cent. About and all freight business of the North
75,000 of the Brotherhood are employed west is lieing abandon«^, in the supreme
effort to get pasaengrr and mail trama
on the road* affected.
through
Iteporta of death by freezing
The present frosty weather, snow
came from Ave atatea, including seven
ami ideet, which now exists over the
jieraona tonight. No word has yet l»een
major portion of the South, ia looked
had of aeveral huminxi sailors on Lake
upon as a boor. as frost will destroy
St. Clair, and it is feared all have
the Cotton boll weevil, the greatest peat
perished.
the cotton planter has to contend with
350 Walla Walla people contributed
port ions of their cuticle to save the life
of a popular electric lineman, who had
l>een badly burmd by coming in contact
with a live wire. The akin waa used
for grafting on the burned portiona of
the lineman's body. He will, probably,
now recover.
THESE DAYS l>» UPPOKfUMfY.
These should be great days for young
men. We aay that if any one boy is
heir to a fortune and another has but
his hand« and brain for capital, the two
l»oye start on an entirely different foot
ing.
The one has to carve out all that
he may hope to |s«aea«, the othcu ia
Judge Joshua J Walton, of Eugens, encouraged by the confidence and a|>-
Was found dead at hia borne in that plauae of all around him. ami e nd I ess
city, last Momlay morning, Hr had opportunities are open to him. Thia is
One has a
attended church twice on ths pr<-vious true In a Ananeial sense.
day. When hia wife went to call him fortune ft* a basis, what the other is
to breakfast, waa the first intimation to obtain must be by the facullic»
But thia refers
that he had panned away, an he appear which he |>un»«-»se»
ed to be in excellent health when he re only to the power tn obtain wealth,
tired the evening l<efore. Heart trouble materia) wealth, money, lamia, securi
ties and the opportunities to gain more
in annigned an the cauae.
wealth.
In all other things the poor boy may
For Saie at On«.»
t»e the richer of the two and may be
[»welling house, 4 room» and nearly equipjted to enter special realms of
one block of ground. 1 good couch. 4 knowlolge which the other's wealth
chair», 1 table. I ataml. 1 No. H rtok may never be able to buy an admission
stove and I airtight stove, 2 bed stead» ticket tn.
ami apeinir» ami I good 96.50 mat trice.
It is in thia last sense that we say
Will aell cheap. Inquire of O. W. these should be great days for young
Compton.
men. for, when it comes to capital, al1
the wealth of the wisdom of the centur
Moreover,
The N ew » will be glad to aupply a r* is at their die;ioaai.
luring the past half-century, the akill
copy of the paper free, regularly, to
of inventions and mechanics, has mmle
any one who will auoply item» of new» all the euridition of the past obtainable
weekly frotn anv and all of the aur- at a price which a hundred years ago
Then,
rounding neighborhonda. Rome one in would have been impossible
too, in the past half century the spirit
evarv ne’ghborhood »houbl be wilbng to
of investigation has not only opened a
take up thia work for the intereata of thouaaml new AeLls. but it has made
themselvrs and ncighbora.
(clear that a world of thing» which men
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REPORTS ARE
INDEFF1NITE
accept an problems solved, has as yet
hardly i»ren so much as investigated.
Ihe moat familiar of these may l«e
seen ia changes which have come in the
tilling of th«« soil. Fur ages men have
plowed their land, planted their seed
ami gathered their harvests, but that
what they were doing ought to be re
duce«! to an exact science, no more
crossed their minds than it did the
patient beasts that plowed their held»
But the science of chemistry grew
apace, and st last one umpired man
analyied the soils. then found the cum
lament factors in what the soil pro
duced. and su by alow- degrees waa able
to tell what any certain suit would best
produce
From the »oil the inveatlga
lis Reporìi Disctmry ol Itu Nertk M
lion went to the water an«l its relation*
is Clothed it I Oenstf
to the soil w> re studied; what the cf
.n't of a lack of moisture or excesaiv«
U hr Ev«r
moisture had uj«»n lands.
Then cli
mat«-» ha«i to lie studied. w hat woul>
dounsh la st where th«- growing season
Copenhagen, lire., .Xi
That tl»e
was three or Ave or »«-ven months «h
ration. Then when the rainfall w»» 'ommlttes investigating the polar data
ight and irrigation im| ussible, w hai •f Dr. Freder< A. Cook will return a
eport neither favorable nor ad verse to
condition of the soil would longest re
is claims, were th« prediction today of
tain the moisture of the winter an«
spring. 1 h< ti the • tuniiea of plane i numl«er of the faculty of th«« Univer
came up fur inv> »ligation ami how the) sity uf C openhagen who are cognisant
>f the deliberation» of the committee.
cuul«l be baltlled. became a problem
The savants of the Danish university
A few year» ago from the south ol
France then- went up to Paris a cry v’b.o ar<- >• rv it g <>n lh<- --unmitt«« are
that a |>araaite waa destroying the vine «aid to be deeply embarrass«-«! by th«-ir
yard» on which the people by thouaamli
ormer chami»ion»hiu of Dr. Cook,
de|a»mied for bread.
Pasteur in hl» oupled with their inability to Ami any
laboratory
invest igatmi,
found th« thing approaching acceptable proof in
enemy atxi how to aulslue it, and th« .his reports, ami tu be casting about for
vlneyanln were saved That was |«>ani i way to retire gracefully from the
tie at the time, fifty yearn prior then •ontrovsrsy.
Rumors have leaked from the c«»m-
would have been no remetly.
Thn-<
thousand years ago. when the quest lot nit tee room that the data submitted by
waa how to get bread for the thousand» 'ook is »<• incomplete that Cook's
*. I' in-Babylon and Nlnevah, by « ■ traencr before the committee wouhl
mt aid the work, and that he would nut
accident it was discovered that by irrl
gation the product of the great valleys is ask««! t<> ajipear.
north ami west of those cities, could lie
doubles). But that lesson was so lift 1«
cherish«<1. that lens uf thiainamla of
farmers in our country have seen their
croi» )>eriah through drought, thougl
great streams of water ran througl IIPIOMIIIC NOMIMIIONS
IRE SENT II
their farms
CONGRESS
That ia. the experience ami the in-
vestigalions uf the pant Aftern year*
have shown, that through the ages, th«
work of the farmer has not produced
Washington,
Dec.
— Pr. »ident
half what it should have <k>ne, ami this Taft sent to tlie senat«- t«»-«lay the f»|.
la so iialpalde that cotift«lenl prr-lictions lowing nominations of Arnbaanmlora
are made that in the coming Afty years ami Minister»:
the increase of th«- foul product on
Robrrt Bacon, of New York, Ami aa-
latMla alreaily cullivagatcd will mor« <ador to France.
than kwp |>a<-e with the increaae of
Richard (' Keren», of Miaaouri, Am-
|«»pulation.
Ami thia ia only one Arid. baaaador to Auatria Hungary.
The progress has been quite as great
Henry Lane Wilson, of Washington,
along all the imluatrial tinea. Thia i* Ambassador U» Mexicn,
what maki-n us aaj that the««- slxtuld be
< harte« Page Bryan, of llltr <•
gr«-at days for young men. for not only- Minister to Belgiiim.
are new Avkia being o|»en«««i constantly,
William James Calhoun, of Illinois,
but increased intelligence makes dear Minister to china
that the old field« are, na yet, nut half
Henry P Fiet« her, of l*ennay|vania.
explored, but are waiting the conquest Minister to Chile.
of the imluatrioua. the enthusiastic ami
Henry T. Gage, of California, Minis
ami the
brave
ai-eker. Goodwin's ter to Portugal.
Weekly, Salt luike t'ity.
It. B. Reynolds llitt, of Illinois, Min-
istar to Panama.
John B Jackson, of New Jersey,
Shelburn Siftings.
Minister to Cuba
Mr. amt Mrs. Blatchfortl, of Plain
Fenton It. McCreery, of Michigan.
view, have been visiting their eons, th«
Minister to Homiuras.
Blatchfortl Bros., successors to G. W.
Mwin V. Morgan, of New York,
Mattson.
Minister to Paraguay.
Mrs. (»«■orge Gibbons went to Albany
I.auritx S 8wenaon. of Minnesota.
Saturday, for an over Sunday visit with Minister to Switx« rlami.
her'laughters. Mm J, W. Miller and
('harks W. Russell, of Washington,
Mias Agnes Gibbons.
D. ('. Minister t<, Persia.
Walter Churchill and non l.luyd, of
Horace K. Knowh-a, of Delaware.
Wren station, are visiting with W. E. Minister to Santo Domingo (transfer
Churchill and family.
red from Nicaragua. J
Mr. anti Mm. A. P Rusnell were in
Albany Thursday visiting with their
(Koch Gleanings.
•on Rufus, who ia employe«! an steno
Fre«l Gooch was in Albany on a busi-
grapher in the county clerk's office.
n«-ss
trip, last Friday, returning Satur-
Dennis Trexler returned
Momlay
lay morning.
from a several months stay in Wash
A number of the young folks am
ington. He will return to hia work
talking of attemiing the maMpirrade
after a short visit with hom«- folks.
ball at Lyons Xmas eve.
Mm. W. II. Rolx-rts ami non Edward
Mrs. II. Phillips has eighteen regular
came home Thursday after attending boarders to cook for.
several daya visiting in Albany.
Mr. Munroe, of Lyons, who for aonm
Mm. George Vermin who haa l»een months has been in Fred (hmch'a em-
very sick ia rapislly improving.
oloy, fell hnd broke hia arm between
Richard Struckmeir, of Thomas, the wrist anti elbow.
loaded a car of Wnml at thia place, last 1 Fred Goo-h is doing Ane work with
Wedneatiay.
bin donkey engine.
Frank Gooch ia
l.aat Sabbath was the election of of- the engineer.
Gooch in booming with thirty work.
Acem for the Sunday school for the fol-
lowing year. The officers elected were: Ing men.
Mr Fred Marilla, of this city, ia
Sup’t, Stanley Taylor; Sec., Nona
Miller.
Treasurer,
Anna
Stridel; <l<>ing blacksmith Imaineaa in Mill City
Li bar«an, Theron Russell; Organist, going and coming on horse l»ack morn
Mm. Taylor; Chorister, Mr. Taylor, ing ami night.
Mrs. II Phillipa waa in Scio Montluy
Janitor, Homer Runaell,
returning Tuesday, banging home h. r
Ira S. Trexler left Sunday for a few
daughter. Ilasel. who has been »taying
«lays «Uy i« Portland.'
with her sister. Mra. C. G. Gough, ami
A petition to the Manon ami Linn going to school.
county courts in being circulated,
Mr. ami Mr». 8. C. Dilley leave for a
pr aying for a steel brxlge to lie built at
t.» her folks In Wash)-1
thia place. The people in general are
Wednesday, expecting to be gone for a
very anxious to put their signature to week or ten days.
same.
Mrs, EfAe Miller, nf Stayton was in
A. Osborn and non are improving the Gooch on Itusineas .Saturday, leaving
look« of their town property by the ad f«»r Stayton Sunday morning.
dition of a new si«ie walk.
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