The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-07
News of
A Week
Paragraphic Photographs Of the
Worlds Doings

The announcement made in New
York city that J. p. Morgan had taken
over the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton railroad, relieving the Erie Rail
road company from its purchase, was
the cause of an assertion that Morgan
j is q loser of millions in the transaction.
Morgan bought the Cincinnati Hamil-
ton and Dayton from syndicate for
the Erie. and ii is now said that it was
the worst bargain he ever made, as he
is said to have purchased the road
without very valuable terminal facili-
ties in Detroit Toledo and Ironton,
previously transferred to another com
pany The c., Ell. and ID. has been or
dered into the hands of a receiver, and
George w. Perkins, partner of Mr..
Morgan, has been elected chairman OF
the road.
In its twenty annual report
! the civil service commission says: THE
/ great defect i'll the federal service to-
day is the lack of opportunity for am
bilious, well educated young men. All
the higher positions are outside the
1 competitive classified service, and
there is not sufficient inducements for
( the most capable men to enter the ex-
aminations, as they can do better by
seeking employment in large corpora
lions, trusts and other institutions"
At the Kansas conference of the Ma
tional Reform association a resolution
was adopted asking that the following
be inserted after the first clause in the
preamble of the constitution of the
United States: Recognizing God as the
author of civil government, Jesus
Christ as the ruler of nations and the
Bible as the standard by which to de-
eide moral issues and national life"
A persistent rumor that Chauncey
NJ. Depew had resigned the United
States senatorship, to which he was
elected by the legislature of New York
last January, was disposed of by Gov
ernor Higgins when he said, 81 have
not received the resignation of Senator
Depew nor any communication or in
tination from him or any one else in
dicating that he intends to resign"
Senator Foraker has presented to the
senate committee on interstate com
merce the draft of his bill to amend
the interstate commerce law. The SEN
ator stated that he had tried to meet
the complaints against present railroad
regulation and at the same time avoid
comforting upon the interstate com
merce commission or any similar body
: tho ,apxxaf. oxrar iIrOad f,afoc
All was jubilation in the camp of
William r. Hearst and his supporters
as the result of the opening of four
ballot boxes before Justice Amend, and
/ Austen G. Fox, Clarence j. Shearn and
1 the associated counsel for the Munich
pal Ownership league are now conf
dent that the recount will seat not
only Mr. Hearst in the mayors chair,
but will elect all his ticket.
In the court martial of Midshipman
Meriwether on the charge of causing
the death of AIidshipman Branch in a
fist fight at the Naval academy Meri-
wether testified to nagging by his op-
ponent Testimony was introduced to
show that Branch's death was caused
by his head coming in contact with
the floor and not by the direct blows
of Meriwether.
In Philadelphia former Director of
Public Safety A. L. English, former
City Architect Philip H. Johnson,
James d. Finley, a former city en-
ployee and John w. Henderson and FL.
Baton, members of contracting firm,
were indicted on a charge of conspir-
acy to defraud the city in connection
with the construction of smallpox
hospital.
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte esti-
mates the amount of money that will
be required for the navy for the year
1907 at $121, $50, 1882. an increase of
|. $31, $50, 1927 He recommends the con-
struction of two battleships, two scout
cruisers, four destroyers, two subma-
rines and three gunboats, at a total
: cost of S23,3O0,OOO.
d. Lieutenant Charles Pendleton of the
Philippine constabulary is accused of
shooting native policeman who or
dered him to light the lamps on vehi
, Gle which Pendleton was driving Pen
dleton's family live at Atlanta, Ga. He
was formerly q sergeant in the Seven
ty-frst regiment of New York. He has
been held for murder.
Professor George III. Howison, head
4 of the department Of philosophy at the
, University of California, declares thai
a animals have reflective capacity anc
: also that they are capable of immorta
existence His views are supported
n by Rev. DIR. Emil g. Hirsch. wei
known rabbi of Chicago
Mrs. Mary Bass of Louisville, KY.
: the original of Mrs. Wigs of the Cab
bage Patch" asserting that she has
I been subjected to annoyance. humilia
ton and ridicule by the presentation Of
the story on the stage, sued Lebler s
Co., theatrical managers, for $250,00t
in common pleas court.