NEWS OF THE WEEK
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou will, when he retires from
the cabinet, accept the presidency of the Consolidated Gas Com
pany of New York.'
Blanche Walsh, the famous actress, is confined in a Kansas City
hospital by serious illness, and all her theatrical dates ha/ve been
canceled.
Friends of Banker Morse, who was recently sentenced to the
New York penitentiary for fraudulent banking, have come to his as
sistance and the necessary bail bon<J has been raised for his re
lease, pending the appeal.
Four hundred German girls arrived in New York last week on
a North German Lloyd steamer. They are enroute to Oregon in
Oregon in response to an appeal from the unmarried farmers and
ranchers of that state, and they all expect in the near future to be
comfortably provided with homes.
Five Slavonians have been arrested at Oakland, Cal., charged
with being implicated in the blowing up of the home of the super
intendent of the sugar refinery works on February 5th. They are
men that were formerly employed at the works, and are known to
have been very bitter against Superintendent Hartman for the part
he took in the labor troubles.
Ralph Williams, a nephew by marriage of John W. Corson, is
in jail at Seward charged with the murder of Frank Dunn at Su
sitna station on January 21. Williams claims that his act was en
tirely in self-defense. His story is to the effect that Dunn and his
wife engaged in a bitter quarrel, and Dunn started to kill his wife.
He says that he saw that there was no doubt of Dunn’s intention so
he rushed to the rescue of Mrs. Dunn. Dunn then turned on him,
he says, and would have killed him had he not shot in his own de
fense. Williams’ story is generally believed and it is thought that
the trial will be nothing more than a perfunctory affair...
The United States senate has passed a bill which appropriates
$12,000 for the purchase and maintenance of an automobile for Mr.
Taft. The house last week appropriated $16,000 for expenses to
be incurred in the inauguration of Presidentelect Taft.
The Northern Oil Company has been incorporated in Seattle
by Vancouver business men. The avowed purpnse of the company
is the acquisition of lands supposed to be oil bearing in the neigh
borhood of Katalla. The capital stock of the corporation is $2,
000,000.
Violet Brierly, a wealthy eastern woman who recently went to
Denver, while in a despondent mood over love affairs, last Satur
day leaped from a window of the eighth story of a hotel to the
stone pavement, and was smashed beyond recognition.
The California legislature last Saturday, after patiently “stand
ing for” the periodical scoldings delivered by President Roosevelt,
passed strong resolutions in which the President was in plain lan
guage told to mind his own business and to cease meddling with
California’s affairs, and that the legislators considered themselves
capable of making laws suitable for the needs of the state without
his interference;
Frederick Small, a Boston merchant, accuses A. H. Soden, the
prominent Massachusetts millionaire, national bank director, and
formerly manager of the Boston baseball club of the National
league, with having drugged him, and while in such condition, win
ning the affections of his wife. Small has brought suit for $500,
000 damages against Soden. The suit and accusations have cre
ated a sensation in the “Hub” owing to the prominence of the de
fendant.
After trying for live weeks to secure a jury in the Patrick Cal
houn graft case in San Francisco, the case has been postponed on
account of the nervous collapse and breaking down of Special Pros
ecutor Heney. Although Heney has been looking quite well, his
physicians say he has not had a well day since he was shot by
Morris Haas.
At Springfield, 111., on the 12th, William J. Bryan delivered
an eloquent and patriotic address at the Lincoln centennial exer
cises before the largest crowd ever assembled in that city.
President Roosevelt, accompanied by Secretary of War Luke
E. Wright, attended the dedication ceremonies of the monument
erected at the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, at Hodgenville, Ky.,
on the 12th, and delivered an address which is said to be one of
the most powerful he ever made.
Just prior to the adjournment of Irish Nationalist party con
vention at Dublin last Saturday, John Redmond, the party’s leader,
declared that the only obstacles standing between Ireland and
home rule were the wicked dissensions that exist within the party
itself. Mr. Redmond made an eloquent appeal for harmony among
all the friends of Ireland, and begged of them to work unceasingly
for the one great desire. The Irish Nationalist party voted unani
mously to erect a suitable monument to the memory of the great
Irish leader—Charles Stewart Parnell.
The lower house of the Idaho legislature by a three to one
vote last Saturday passed a local-option bill.
Col. James Hamilton Lewis, who recently arrived at Tokio,
on a special diplomatic mission for President Roosovelt, in a re
cent interview stated that there will be no war between the two
nations.
Splendid Exercises
on Lincoln Day
Through the untiring efforts]
of the Lincoln-day celebration
committee, the people of the camp
enjoyed a most pleasant and pro
fitable program last Saturday
evening in the large lobby of the]
Hot Springs hotel. The occa- j
sion called out one of the largest
gatherings of' the winter, and
every feature of the exercises
were timely and interesting.
The meeting was called to order
by J. P. Nellany who, before
reading tho governor’s holiday
proclamation, gave an. instruc
tive talk on the life and charac
ter of the “Great Emancipator*'
which clearly showed that the
subject was, with the speaker, a
favorite study.
The national anthem, “Amer
ica,” was pleasingly rendered by
a quartette, with piano accom
paniment.
Frank Brennan, in his original
manner, told several amusing
Lincoln anecdotes which were
heartily applauded.
Commissioner Bevington pre
faced, his splendid reading of
“Lincoln’s Gettysburg Speech”
with a few minutes’ talk which
gave a good insight of the greal
man’s wonderful genius.
Harry Turnbull sang a solo.
Mrs. Hall read an interesting
article on the love affairs of the
War President.
The lobby was quickly cleared
of the chairs and tables, and as
soon as the orchestra could “get
in tune” the crowd was ready and
eager for the big ball. The reg
ular hotel orchestra was re-in
forced by Messrs. Pask and War
ner, with cornet and violin, and
Leftenant Schick witn mandolin,
and the spirited music made ev
erybody feel like dancing a few’.
It was ’way after # midnight
wrhen the last waltz was played,
and the crowd went homeward
weary and happy.
The committee, and others as
well, were much disappointed
over the non-appearance of Miss
Dealy, who was programed for
an appropriate reading. The
lady found it impossible to attend
owing to the illness of her sister,
whose health of late has been any
thing but satisfactory.
The life-size portrait of Lin
coln which occupied a conspicu
ous place in the hall wTas the work
of Mr. Dewey, and it wTas a very
good picture, too.
Fence Not
Good Deed
A case was tried in Valdez recently
to compel one man to pay another man
for a lot around which the plaintiff had
built a fence some time before. Hav
ing built the fence ho was waiting until
someone wanted it and would be will
ing to so pay. The defendant had seen
the fence, but did not think it consti
tuted title and, disregarding it, entered
upon the land and built a house. The
jury found a verdict for the man who
built the house rather than the man
who built the fence. It is an excellent
i precedent.—Douglas Island News.
The Great Northern railway plans to
spend over $1,000,000 in building a
bridge to cross the Columbia river.
The structure will be more than a mile
and a half long. It will be supported
by 48 concrete piers.
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