The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-05-14


bama, and the other is to annex the
Northern neck of Idaho to the state
of Washington. The chief argument
in favor of the change in each case
is that it would place the region IN
question in the state with which 1t
is most closely allied in interest.
Most of the business of Pensacola,
the leading city of West Florida, is
with Alabama, and if it were a part
Of that state its importance as an
export point for Alabama products
would doubtless be heightened. 1t is
also considerably nearer to Mont
gomery than to Tallahassee, and
nearer Birmingham than Jackson
vile. The panhandle" of Idaho has
very direct railway connections with
Boise ana Pocatello.
By the overwhelming vote of 167
to 46, and following a two hours
debate, the House Of Representatives
Wednesday again went on record
against the re-establishment OF the
canteen in national soldiers homes.
In the course of the discussion a man
giving his name as George F. Grid
Icy of Providence, R. l., unfurled an
American flag and proceeded to make
an address from the gallery on the
temperance question. He was
promptly taken out. Perhaps the
real sensation of the day was an adj
mission of Mr.. Bennett of New
York, q member of the immigration
Commission, that he had, under the
old immigration law, "railroaded"
the naturalization of many foreign
ers in one day.
Charles G. Clapp, who recently re-
turned to Boston from Mexico,
where he has been in charge OF
Thomas W. Lawson's mining inter-
ests, has called the attention of Pro-
fessor Agassiz to a remarkable dis
covery made by him. He found IN
Mexico a cave containing some 200
skeletons of men each above eight
feet in height. The cave was evident
" the burial place of a race OF galnts
who antedated the Aztecs. Mr.. Clapp
arranged the bones of one of these
skeletons and found the total length
to be 8 feet II inches. The femur
reached up to his thigh, and tn
molars were big enough to crack
cocanut. The head measured eigh-
teen inches from front to back.
Physicians of Cincinnati who have
studied the case Of Eta Saulters, a
young woman who attempted suicide
twenty-six times, say suicide is dis
ease and that it is infectious. This
theory is endorsed by others who
have given the subject study. The
case of Miss Saulters, who has been
dubbed ''the Suicide Queen" by the
police and newspapers, is a remark
able one. Her twenty-six attempts
at suicide cover a period of nearly
three wears. and she has adopted a
great variety of methods of self
slaughter, none of which has proven
successful.
James Long, farmer of Troy,
Tenn, is in Memphis being treated
for rabies by DR.. Louis L. Leroy.
Some time ago a mule owned by Mr..
Long was bitten by maddog The
animal was locked up and watched
for a time to see if the dog bite had
any bad effect. The dog was killed.
Wednesday the mule showed signs
OF madness, and bit Mr.. Long upon
the shoulder. Mr.. Long hurried to
Memphis to undergo treatment. The
mule was killed.
Henry Reiber, paying teller, and
John Young, auditor of the Farm
ers' Deposit National bank, of Pitts
burg, Pa, who are in Jail in connec-
ton with a defalcation of 1,500,-
900, were indicted Tuesday by the
United States Grand Jury. The in
dictment charges the former en-
ployes with the embezzlement Of
$118,0Oo.
BY the explosion of boiler in
the plant of the W. c. Wood Lum-
Der Company at Collins, Miss, Sat-
urday morning two men lost their
lives and the plant was practically