Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-02-22
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ures So feet in diameter at the base.
These monuments are supposed to
be the work Of the Nahuati race.
Fragments of structures found
around them are made from volcanic
rock, and are covered wi h hierogly-
phics. Many human bones and clay
idols are also found.
The reason why committee of
Congressman which was to have in
spected the New York Post Office
this week has put off the job until
next week is, according to the New
York journal, because the attrac-
tions at the theatres of the metro
polls will be much greater than they
happen to be just now.
Superintendent Jasper, of the New
York public schools, thinks the epi-
demic of whipping scholars that has
broken out among the teachers may
be attributable to the fact that the
Withholding of their pay has made
them discontented and short-tem-
pered, while prize fighting and it's
glorifcation has rendered the boys
combative.
A new view of the causes of the
calamitous contest in South Africa
is presented in an article contribut
ed to the North American Review
by Mr.. Montague White, recently
Consul-General of the Transvaal in
London. 1t is admitted that such
general cause as capitalism, iingo-
ism and vindictiveness had much to
with bringing on the war
Since Mr.. Rockefeller's share of
the Standard Oil Company's divi-
dends gives him an income of S32,-
100000 year from that source
alone, Mr.. Carnegie's statement that
the oil king is the richest man in the
world still holds good, despite the
remarks of Mr.. Frick, which credit
the iron king with only 1924, 100000
a year.
When Mrs. Lawton reached San
Francisco she found several hundred
letters begging for loans or outright
gifts from the fund raised for her
and her children If there have been
any beggars for portions of the in
Vulnerable funds raised since the
Spanish war for loving cups' 'and
what not it would be inter esting TO
know it.
DR.. D K Pearsons, of Chicago,
who has already given away two and
a half millions OF his fortune to col
leges and charitable Institutes, is
preparing to dispose Of the remain
ing million and a half in the same
way, with the provision that he re-
ceive an income Of $4,000 year for
himself and wife during the remain
der of their lives DR. Pearsons Will
be 80 years old IN few weeks.
The cost of the Philippine war
and the necessity of large naval
outlay have forced the Republican
leaders in Congress to call halt on
the shipping subsidy bill, to reduce
the virtual appropriation to the Mic
aragua Canal to ten millions, to limit
river and harbor appropriations to
work already authorized and to cut
the financial garment according to
revenue cloth in various other i'm
portant particulars.
Roland B. Molineux received no
visit from any of his family to cheer
him during his first Sunday in Sing
Sing Prison DIR. Kennedy, condemn
ed for the murder of Dolly Reynolds,
is the only prisoner with whom Mol
ineux has had any conversation
They stand at their cell doors and
talk, but they cannot see each other.
This week will be the last on earth
of Antonio Ferraro. The sound of
his voice raised in prayer was heard
most of the day by Molineux. Fer
raro's cell is nearest to the door
leading into the death chamber.