The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-07
MISCELLANEOUS
Fastest Cruiser Launched.

Fastest Cruiser Launched.
At the Fore River shipyards, Quincy,
Mass, the scout cruiser Birmingham,
designed to be the fastest vessel in the
navy, was launched, being christened
by Miss Mary Campbell, who was APP
pointed by the mayor of Birmingham
as the prettiest girl in the city.
Officers Must Learn to Ride.
Secretary Of War Taft has made
public q letter from the president or.
dering him to cause physical tests of
field officers Of the line to determine
their ability in Workmanship. The
president Gays he has personally OBJ
served some of these officers who were
unable to ride~even a few miles at an
increased gait. He suggests that the
tests should be thorough and should
consist Of ride of not less than If
teen miles, at least ten miles Of which
should be at the trot and gallop.
Death of Mrs. Mckinley.
After lingering in a semiconscious
state for several days the widow Of
President Mckinley died peacefully in
her Canton co. home, May 26. During
the days that preceded unconscious
ness Mrs. Mckinley prayed that she
might die. saying: why should l lin
ger? He has gone. Life is dark l am
weary and would rest" She had suf-
fered for years from paralysis. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, with Secretaries Root,
Garfield ard Wilson and many other
men of official prominence, among
them Vice President Fairbanks, JUS
tice Day, Senator Knox, Governor Har-
ris and a large number of Ohioans,
was present at the funeral. The pres
idential party rode to the place of
burial, where the body of Mrs. McKin-
ley was laid beside that Of her hus-
band.
Texas Tornado Kills Fourteen.
Windstorms over the northern part
of Texas caused the death Of fourteen
persons and the injury Of scores
Typhoon In the Carolines.
A typhoon devastated the Caroline
islands March %, but only recently re-
ported in Australia, killing not less
than 270 persons.
Theodore Tlton Dead.
Theodore Tilton, last principal in the
famous Beecher-Tilton trial, once a
promising poet and novelist, died in
Paris, May %, where he had lived for
years in poverty and obscurity.
Americans In Hall of Fame.
Bronze busts Of fourteen Americans
were unveiled in the new hall Of
fame which circles the library Of the
New York university Thursday. with
elaborate ceremonies, IN whicl, the
governors Of New York and Massachu-
sets, city dignitaries and college facul-
ty and students took part. The names
thus honored by formal vote Of the
electors are Emma Willard, Mary Lyon,
Maria Mitchell, John Paul Jones, Alex
ander Hamilton, Louis Agassiz, James
Madison, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses
s. Grant, Robert e. Lee, John G. Whit
tier, James II. Lowell, Horace Mann
and w. II. Sherman.
The Negro and the New South.
Ray Stannard Baker in the second Of
his series of articles for the American
Magazine dealing with the negro prob
lem condenses his observations into
this phrase: 'They want the new
south, but the old darby" He said he
had the experience of being told that
no northerner can understand the ne
gro as well as those who have lived
with them all their lives and then Of
finding that these men rarely knew
anything about the better class OF ne
groes-those who were In business or
In independent occupations and who
owned their own homes" On the 9th
err hand, the best negroes did not know
the higher class Of the white people in
the south and based their suspicion
and hatred upon the acts Of the poor
white trash, To this he attributes
the danger Of the present situation.
Lumber Production Bulletin.
The national forestry service has
made public its estimate of the annual
production of lumber in the country at
100,000,C00 cords, valued at $1,020,00O,-
600. The state of Washington ranks
first with an output of 4,00O,000,00o
feet, and next I'm order come Wiscon-
sin, Louisiana, Minnesota, Michigan.
Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Mississippi.
Oregon, North Carolina. California,
Texas, Alabama, Maine, Virginia,
Georgia, West Virginia, Florida, New
York, Tennessee. South Carolina. Ken
lucky, Missouri, Indiana, New Hamp-
shire, Ohio. Vermont, Massachusetts,,
Idaho, Montana, Maryland, Iowa and
Illinois.