The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-09

On July 18th Justice Mills At Wb,t.
Plains. New York. will decide Al n
whether or not the question Of Harry
X. Thaw's sanity shall be brooebt he
fore jury.
William f. Walker. abscondlpe treaa.
urer Of the New Britain, Connecticut
Savings bank, will be extradited nv
the Mexican government. the Supreme
Court OF Mexico having decided
against his appeal
Elihu Root. secretary OF state. began
Monday at Muldoon's sanitarium at
White Plains, New York. course of
physical training intended to put him
in physical condition for another
year of hard work at Washington.
The christening of the infant son Of
King Alfonso under the name Of Jaime
took place Monday In the chapel house
at La Granja with all tho pomp and
ceremony of the Spanish court. The
prince howled Justify throughout the
proceedings.
Mayor George B. McClellan's title to
the office of mayor OF New York City
was made clear by the decision OF
Justice Lambert in the Supreme Court
June Both, when he ordered Jury TO
render verdict that Mcclellan was
duly elected mayor In 1907.
Detailed reports received at Hong
Kong from the floods In Southern
China show that hundreds OF people
have been drowned and thousands are
starving In the destroyed villages.
The government has appropriated $780,
600 for relief fund
Seattle Japanese have decided to
withdraw their children from the pub
lie schools because. as was alleged at
meeting of the Japanese association
OF the state of Washington, the educa-
tion given Is not satisfactory to them
They propose to establish schools OF
their own with Japanese teachers
The Venezuela court of cessation. on
July list, confirmed the decision of the
civil courts of first instance condemn
ing the New York & Bermudez AS
phalt company to pay fine Of $1,000
900 to the Venezuelan government. No
appeal from this last judgment is pos
sible.
London has been having some re-
markably clear, bright weather. 1t has
been almost as light as day up to 10
O'Clock at night, and even at midnight
the sky has been clear enough to read
without the aid OF artificial light. Some
say they have been able to play tennis
up to quarter of IL.
Six young college graduates con
nected with the Young Mems Christian
Association sailed from New York on
the 1st instant in the steerage in the
Holland-American liner Rotterdam for
year of study in the countries of Eu-
foIx fx.,x 1t
country is most marked.
The American Salvation Army has
been notified to stop work in Pitts
burg. The officers of the army were
told that II they attempted to continue
work there they would be arrested.
The police declare that while the army
collects large sums of money, it can
give no satisfactory account as to what
becomes of 1t.
At Hammondsport, New York, July
9th, Glenn H. Curtiss made an ascen-
sion in the aerodrome No. 3, the June
Bug, and for the first time in the series
of trials made a turn during the flight
and faced directly toward the starting
point. After covering five-eighths of
mile. Curtiss brought the machine
down with slight damage.
Before crowd of 5000 persons j..
B. DeRosier of Springfield. Massachu-
sets, beat the motorcycle figures for
mile with a flying start on the new
banked track at the Clifton stadium at
Paterson. New Jersey, July 9Th by
covering that distance in fifty-six sec
onds flat. The former record was
made by C. Hoyt of Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts. in 1905. The latter's time
was Sc 2-5 seconds.
Official announcement was made re-
Gently by Vice President Mohler that
extension work on the Hartman line
will begin July 1st where it was
stopped several months ago because
of financial unrest which threatened
the country. Work will begin on the
Athol hill cutoff in Colorado, and ex-
tension Of the branch line up the North
Platte river from North Platte to