Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-10-31

The book abdul Hamid Intime,"
which has just been published in Swed-
fish translation, was prohibited by the
Swedish government at the request of
the Turkish minister. A jury bf well
known Swedish authors and journal
lists has decided that the book Is not
criminal.
There will soon be no newspapers
left in Finland If the Russian govern
ment continues It's crusade. Two dali
lies, Pojalainen and Wiborgbladet,
have been suppressed, and the pub
lcatien of four other papers has been
suspended for periods of from 15 days
to four months.
In a recent lecture at Gresham col
! lege DR.. Symes Thompson In speaking
| of the effects Of climate remarked that
it had become necessary to sublet Eng
lfsh government work in Egypt be-
cause it was found that the natives
would only work when chastised, and
! it was a rule that a British officer must
not strike q native.
An English organization known as
the Decimal association. with head
quarters at Botolph House, East
Cheapside, London, Is promoting by
means Of distributed literature the
adoption Of the metric as the legal sys-
tenn of England. The matter which
they send out is Interesting and may be
a for the asking.
! Russian detectives have been told off
to watch Russian students studying
In Germany for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether they have had any
thing to dc with fomenting he dis
turbances in Russia. German students
in Berlin have been molested by the de-
tectiyes, who have followed them into
houses INC cafes and questioned them.
Consul Mahin Of Reichenberg says
| tlHt, according to q report from Brus-
sels, a Belgian engineer by the name Of
| EaR&an@ay has &s&cevers& q nas$hod by
/ srfsch smoke can be turned Int light.
| In operating his device the inventor
collects the smoke from any kind Of a
fire and forces it into a receiver. 1t is
| Their saturated with hydrocarburet, and
a brilliant light results.
The Salvation Army commander
| some three years ago bought 1000 acres
| of land in Colorado, to which has late
| ly beer added 1000 MORE, and the
task Of colonizing great farms in the
west with the surplus poor Of the cities
is being prosecuted with great earnest
ness and with great success as well.
These farm colonies are now being
multiplied in all parts Of the country.
The Paris fire department has adopt
ed automobile fire engines and hook
and ladder trucks, and they are notably
superior to the old apparatus. The en-
gines are I'll by storage batteries. The
electricity is used net only to propel
the engine, but to work the pumps also.
There Is no delay getting up steam,
and one charge of The accumulators
will keep the pumps going five hours.
For a number Of years the largest
ships using the Suez canal have sailed
under the German flag. Further, Ger
many has on the average larger ships
than England, for while the average
size of the German vessels is 4,431 reg
istered tons the average size of British
vessels is only 4,016 tons. Twenty
years ago only 15 German vessels
passed the canal, and now b number
has reached 1852.
A Paris schoolmaster has petitioned
the French chamber against kings still
being portrayed On French playing
cards. He suggests that kings should
be replaced by pictures of Theirs, Mac
Mahon, Greyy and Carnot and queens
by equally prominent republican WON
en-. The parliamentary commission sit.
ting on the petition has replied that the
change Is impossible since 1t would
ruin quite a number Of playing card
factories.
An imperial ukase DEGREES the build.
ing of the Russian Northern railroad,
which is to connect st. Petersburg,
Tichwin, Tacherepovetz, Valogda, But,
Galitch and Viatka. This line is to be
begun next year and will be built by
the government, as also>a branch from
Bui, to connect at Danilow with the
Moscow aroslavl-Archange line. A
part Of the latter is to be broad gauge,
and a bridge is to be built to cross the
Volga at Yaroslavl.
A New League.
The National Locomotor Ataxia
league has been organized, with an Of
flee in New York. The object Of the
league is to promote research for a per
manent cure for the disease, says the
New York Medical Journal. It is the
Intention of the league to offer a re
ward Of $4,000 for the discovery of g
guaranteed cure. It is believed thai
there are from $4,000 to 10000 sufferers
from locomotor ataxia in this country
all Of whom, it Is hoped, will become
members of the league, and by contri
buttons from them and others and witt
government aid it is expected to secure
the money to build a sanitarium.