The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-14
News OF
A Week
Paragraphic Photographs Of the
Worlds Doings


judge OF the court Of appeals was the
point abou which turned most of the
argument ii an appeal from decision
of the appellate division Of the supreme
court favorable to William r. Hearst.
1t was because OF this "dictum" that
the appellate division held it had to de
eide in favor of opening ballot boxes
and reeanvassing the votes. Mr. Par
ker, feaking as counsel in the new
case. frankly admitted he had made q
mistake when he wrote the "dictum."
sIt1ss wrong to suppose that the
weakly AID the smart set of New
York are beyond redemption Fifth
avenue is just as accessible to the voice
CT religion is Piccadilly and Park lane
proved to ne in London What New
York society needs is a great revival
in it's midst Thus spoke the Rev.
Reuben A. Torrey, the evangelist who
will try to reform New York society
after converting many Of England's
nobility and London's smart set from
the error of their ways.
A conference on immigration, partici-
pated in by the governors of many
states and by nNmerous national or
gan;zaticas. was held in New York
city under the auspices of the National
civic federation Andrew Carnegie de-
clared that if he owned America he
womb give premium to every imlni-
grant with sufficient energy to save
enough money to come here. Resolu
lions favoring the admission of Chinese
professional men. students, etc, were
adopted.
The climax Of 4 series Of remarkable
devalo,,4nents in rho mystery surround
mo the dea4b ~ Mrs Naraaretta Todd
whose bosly WIS found on the tracks
of the Philadelphia and Reading rail
road near Philadelfh,a. has cone in
the absolute denial by Lors; Il. Todd
owner of the Hotel yeaaome, that the
woman was lis wife. 1t waa general
Il understood tliat she he'd married
Todd and that later .C.voYce was OBJ
tanned bv hin.
prince MIN yneno Ffban of tlle rava
rxoroan fa7.,i4v Karaa,s s-.c,.4.,t s,.l.,.-..,-
sador 70 $40 president Roosevelt. an
,o,,ncad m his arrival here that IN al
nrobabilitv he viii be obl-4el bT Io-
rean custom to commit suicide. as sid
his hra+har. Prince Min Yong Shaa.
recently Min Yong Whan cut his
THROAT as 4 protest against the Jap...
nese nrotectorate over Ko-ea.
r,....4,. ~ Tho r-,;4od St,tas S+nat
,.a,noration have if is said. determine
that the concern must be i'd of Viii
liam Ellis Corey. its president. on ac-
comm Of his marital troubles. Mrs.
Corey has left her husband His name
has been connected with that of an
actress we'll known on the comic opera
staqe and most of his relatives have
+urned against him.
Sae.ota,.,- of the NAVY RonaDarte esti-
mates fhe amount of money that will
be REQUIRED for the navy Cor the year
1907 At e1e1 ST.. 1852. an increase Of
S31 $50 so 81. He recommends the con
struetiap of two battIeships. two scout
cruisers. four destroyers, two subma-
rjnes and three gunboats, at a total
cost Of S23 100000.
At the annual meeting of the ma
tional labor committee, held in Wash
ington, Mrs Florence Kelly, secretary
Of the National Consumers league de-
ciared that England, Germany aad
France Were far in advance of the
United States in matters affecting chill
,fIrpn while the United States was on u
par with Russia.
In Boston prominent citizens attend
ed mass meeting to protest against
the suggestion made by the secretary
of the navy as to the historic frigate
Constitution, now tied up at the
Charlestown navy yard. Secretary
B0naparte suggests that "Old Iron
sides" be either dlsmembered or used
as target.
The Betsy Ross Flag House assoeia
ton, organized several years ago Il
raise funds to purchase and maintain
as a permanent museum the house il
Arch street, Philadelphia, where Betsy
Ross made the first starry banner. an
nounces that the last dime for tn
fund has been subscribed
The New York World says that At
4erncy General Moody will begin
prosecution of the Standard Oil com