The Monmouth inquirer., 1906-09-20
News of
A Week
Paragraphic Photographs Of the
Worlds Doings

Lieutenant General Henry g. COrOln
was retired, having reached the age
of sixty-four years General Corbin
has had long military career, having
entered the volunteer service In the
civil war in 1862 as second lieutenant
in an Ohio regiment. As adjutant gen
eral of the army during the Spanish
American war he was practically head
of the military forces General Ar
thur Macarthur, the hoy colonel of
the civil war, has succeeded General
Corbin as lieutenant general of the
army.
On the eve Of his wedding day, when
he expected to marry young woman
of Brooklyn, William Frank Thober of
| Newark, n. j., was forced to wed q
girl whom he had deserted months be-
/ fore in his home city. His intended
wife acted as bridesmaid, and the cere-
mony was performed in her home, to
I which the man all unsuspecting had
! come.
/ Municipal ownership won a victory
in Chicago when Judge Windes in the
circuit court refused to enjoin the city
authorities from issuing certificates I'M
4 der the Mueller law for the purchase
of the street railway companies in any
sum not over $75000,0O0. The case will
be appealed.
After displaying rare heroism in the
study of leprosy Eugene II. Plumacher,
! consul at Maracaibo, Venezuela, has
decided that the malady is not CON
( tagious, but is hereditary to degree
not reached in any other disease His
report indicates that leprosy is durable.
For twenty-five years Caroline Os-
born of Baskerville, Conn, has kept the
vow she made when her father for
bade her marriage to her lover The
girl declared she would never speak to
her father or another man again or
permit man to look on her face.
In Columbus, O.. great crowd gath
cred at the unwilling of the Mckinley
statue to see Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
daughter of President Roosevelt In
the crush that ensued two women were
injured. The exercises We're postpon-
ed for several hours.
One-third of their deposits in cash
and two-thirds in preferred stock of
the reorganized Real Estate Trust com
pany of Philadelphia is the proposition
which depositors eagerly accepted. ac
cording to Receiver Earle's plan of re.
organization
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson said
New York city was in danger of a
! 70 + ic
made Immediately by nearby packers
! to act in conformity with the new
meat inspection laws which go into
effect Oct. J.
After rejecting many titled suitors
including prince, Miss Madeline Ives
Goddard, the only daughter of Colonel
Robert H. l. Goddard, the Rhode Is
land millionaire, has been betrothed to
the Marquis Rene dAndigne of France
The Star newspapers of indianapolis,
Terre Hsute and Muncie, Ind, have
adopted the new spelling of 1S9 of
the 300 words recommended by the
Carnegie spelling board and Endorsed
by President Roosevelt.
The New York Herald said that
James B. Reynolds, who was one of
the presidents meat investigators, is
tneuiring into conditions on Ellis island
under personal instructions from Mr.
Roosevelt
Vessels of the navy viii pay no more
unofficial visits to Portland, Me, be-
cause enlisted men have been dubbed
by the police and have been discrimi-
mated against by theater and hotel
keepers.
Indictments have been found by the
Pittsburg grand jury against Angus
tus Hartje, John s. Welshons and Cliff
ford Hooe, charging them with con
spiracy to defame Mrs. Mary Scott
Hartje
In view of the Indifference shown by
the American people toward the suf
ferers from the Valparaiso earthquake
and fire it is probable that the presi-
dent will appeal again for contribu-
tons
James Henry Smith of New York.
known as the richest bachelor" OF
that city. was married in Scotland to
Mrs. William RhineIander Stewart
His fortune is estimated at S50000,0O0
In the manufacture of alcohol from
corncobs and cornstalks at small cost
the department of agriculture is devel 4
oping a new industry that the depart
ment says is likely to be of great value
Charles H. Nichols, engineer of the
Connecticut shelIfish commission. de
clared after careful examination that
the Long Island sound oyster set OF
1906 was almost a complete failure.
Because there is no statute to au
thorize the payment of a clergyman to !
offer prayer at the opening of court
session in Connecticut this ancient Gus
tom has been abolished.
Contrary to constant rumors, Nicho- I
las Longworth. the presidents son-in- |
law, was renominated for congress by 7
the Republicans of the First Ohio dis !
trict without opposition. @e
An unusually strong snaeze caused /
the dealt, Of Charles Pfeffer of West /
New York, n ]. The immediate cause !