Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-04-26
GENERAL NEWS.

49, - 49, "
The Illinois Supreme Court has
declared the law prohibiting the use
of the flag for advertising purposes
unconstitutional, holding that such
a law interferes with personal lib
erty.
It is noted that British Columbia's
proposal to repeal the alien law.
which practically closes it's mining
regions to Americans, is coincldent
with the discovery at Cape Nome OF
gold mines that are probably richer
than those Of British Columbia.
It is greatly to be hoped that the
bloodhounds who are to hunt a man
for the amusement of the sporting
element OF fashionable society in
Richmond Va, will not overtake the
neighborhood of a tall and strong
tree.
AS to who "made" Dewey Secre-
tary Long does not remember
| whether he wrote the order that sent
the Admiral to Manila Bay or not.
He is inclined to think not, however,
because, says he, the word "com-
mence" is used in it. Such a word in
such a place will not go in Boston.
The Clark Senatorial contest, if
continued, is likely to become a case
not so much of wire pulling as of
leg pulling. People who want the
mining magnet to keep up his fight
are credited with realizing that he
has the price Of another seat and
with believing that he is still a good
thing
According to one New York paper
a law is to be passed creating a new
cabinet Office, the occupant of which
will be Secretary of Colonies with
the title of Secretary Of Commerce.
The anti-imperialists will doubtless
seize upon this to point out that
commerce and colonies mean the
same thing
AS measured by G. G. Martin, the
engineer Of the Brooklyn Bridge, tbs
centre is 135 feet above NEAR high
water; as measured by the War De
partment for the passage beneath
the structure of the training ship
Buffalo this distance is 1872 feet. Mr.
Martin claims that the bridge has
been made to sag three feet by the
extra weight of the trolley cars.
Because Oliver Wendell Holmes il
a poem written over twenty years
ago red to the first Marshal O.
the class Of 1900 at Harvard as The
young Mustacheoed. M arshal," the
Harvard seniors now want W. A. NJ
Burden their first class marshal, tt
let his mustache grow in time for tn.
class day procession. Mr.. Burde1
has as yet kept a clean upper lip.
WI Ting Fang, the Chinese Min
lister at Washington. though an en-
thusiastic automobilist, has hereto
fore always hired a machine for hi
regular morning dash. Now he hat
ordered one which will be hi
own. It is to be colored the gaudies
yellow of which the painter is capa
BILE Senator Depew's automobile i
painted a deep red and Senate:
" olcott's a light brown.
They certainly do things in Ne1
York. Carl Flsher-Hausen, Will
out driving with his wife the othe
day, was thrown from his carriage
: he and Mrs. Fisher-Hansen bein
rendered unconscious, and before tn
police or the doctors could reac
, him he was robbed of s217 he hal
pened to have in his pocket. Tni
, occurred in the daytime at Ninety
seventh street and Fifth avenue.
: Admiral Dewey, whatever his NJ
ton of the task of being Presiden
never said it was easy to be a can
didate. and now when he goes t.
Chicago he is to grapple the mome1
cous question as to whether he sha
review the parade from the CRANE
stand put up by the contractors c
from the stand erected by union l,
Dor. Thus his choice of a platform
inviting him to the consideration
a few live issues he had not arran.
ed for.