Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-31

stant Among tho 81 ciai lheiueh's
4 OF the yenr 4 the UIed states or
Its insular possessions may pe men
toned the ,Iomes,o,,o opposition; the
holding OF the first Il graz aasemoiy
election IN IN. phr,,, ines, and the
opening of that body october, ana
tho entrance of okla oma into the
sisterhood of states. striking mel
dent OF the year was the CONVICTION
! OF the former mayor san FRANCISCO
for inalfeasance IN ogce and the re-
| demption of that city ny the FORCES
of good povern,non, Perhaps mem
ton may not be out OF place. mere
of the long cruise to ahe Pacific. be-
gun on Decembar IN ,>f sixteen bat
tlealdps, Carrying 'o'npieheht oil
practically $1,000 menS
An authority on sue p matters mas
compiled statistics when show that
nearly $t2o,OOO.Ooo has been given
to charitable and edu lfationnl insti-
tutions and other ontd rpr'ses uu'ius
the year In the UniteAn S'aes oiohc'
The gifts are grouped az ioiiows: Eo.
nosition $61. 7s7 977. IA llerles, muse
ums etc. s2s1e1 mn. miscellaneous
charities, si5.1SG.3OO; cl 9urohes' young
Mems Christian Assoc ciatiohs anu
home missions 81 oar BOO; hospitals,
homes and asylums, Ns1oes'ouo; IL
brnries, $2,i32,OOO. 1t Is interesting
to note that about on }e-htth OF TINS
sum was given bv ,vo nen. Chief of
these donere WAC Mro Russell Sage.
who, In the dlstrlbutidh oi me Vas'
estate LEFT 10 ber H., her husband
has distributed nearby $lf'ooo'oou.
Oh the men who haveE lh"ue up ehe
bnlance or Tho rroo, Eltotal, John d.
Rockefeller leads HIP gave away
;42,s5OO0O. chiefly for cd Dlucationai pur-
loses. II. G. Frlck COT mes next win
lbout $lO.OOO.OOO. p. n H. Wadenei
ollows with Ike s,r i, and Andrew
Carnegie with a little less 'hah ~
100000.
Perhaps It might he wen az th'
BEGINNING of the now M yeaS TO sN'
hought to the good wh'co is 'h'
esnlt of grAa, rcrtunlfs we neil
great deal about The vi's OF wea'''
einr concentrate, l., the hands 81
lev helsons, bur wag no nut hea'
0 much about the goos the r'ch W
NIL IL will, ba ,yo,, i, we remember
nat some of the rich AZ ' '''s country
re aiding humanity to vs. e@t 3'.A.'
"hiie We dep'ore inc O of wealth. we
from inc sohcen'ra''0A teful for the
shouia not pe ui'sssayEJfrom 1t.
dressings WINCH COME readily lend
Events of a kind not 1ral class iflca-
Ing themselves TO gcneEbItlnp re.
tlon have not been lad Of tho ven,
markahle achievement Bblishment a
was the regular estaH across N,
wireless cotnmuhic'e'ioh!3 time between
aliahtic' the u'su'llice III Lad been per.
the shores of which lthe Iusitanl;
cepupiy lesseneu Wy long nntowart
some weeks before. Am the destruct.
events may be recalled Elton. Jamaica
I'VE eartnquake at sings espread seis-
N January aud the VIGIL, at n date
mic disturbance In ApAersary Of the
very e'ose 10 the ahni'He of last year
San Francisco earthpuakIe crowded with
There have been years bnt old 1907
more striking events, not entirely
WIZ SO down IN nistor4g her sister
undistingulshed amonV
years.
5e poor hard
If you think that thSoesn,t earn
working congressman date The case
his wages just contempt WIN has al
of Tennessee members. or eourse
ready introduced 900 billy are about.
nobody knows what theroaablv aver
and none of them will 10 has LET his
be heard of again, but lsas on deck
constituents know he Sne b,s share
and in action. He has dcongress will
| In Introducing bills. lflthe fan,t Of
! not pass them that's
| Congress, .e=a
/ In Omaha
il theasricai ihaaass I'd cigar and
checks me haif smoSpatrons. and
elsatette nu'.s ol ms III get back
/, guarantees each man IL a,so aaa