The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-04
LATE NEWS NOTES.

IN a sensational coIloquy

English house OF commons Il
Asquith declared the British
plans, which provide for an IN
of the navy so that it may exc
1 per cent the combined siren
any two nations, to mean al
powers wherever situated BaI
to declare whether this meant
ing the United States, he repeat
original answer and declined I'd
The men responsible for
and corruption in San F-aEcis{
not their tools will suffer, If r
J. Henry has his way He is
recovered from his wounds til
has outlined the future action
district attorney. He empha
declared his life work would !
ried to completion.
Two arrests Of men under s.
ance is expected to complete
rounding up Of a gang of alleged
terfeiters that has been floodin
cago with bogus five dollar bill
young women are already und
rest.
Laing Ching Kwai, special Ct
commissioner of education to 1
ca, was robbed of valuable b
including his passport, at the
man house in Chicago. The rd
occurred while the distinguish
itor was dining at Chinese r
rant near by.
Having horror of mice sine
ly childhood, Miss Mary Isabel
Of Florence, N. j., died Of fright
a mouse, pursued by the famil
darted across the kitchen floor
home. Miss Mead was well ]
socially.
Joseph Orscher, aged As, a bri
er, repairing the masonry of a.
ing in New York City, fell fro
scaffold, sixty feet, to the pave
A doctor was su mmoned, and W
\ tonished to find that Orscher's
injury was apparently disl
shoulder. He is apparently all
The week, Dec ember 7-12 is
in the history of the country.
| that week will meet in WASH
the governors of all the state
their advisers, asI the National c
lvat1ve commission, to list the re
les of the United States; the So
commercial congress, to interp
the voice of auf hority, the, res
land possibilitiesE of the south
National Rivers and Harbors co
70 work for a coherent policy
development of Il e great natura
lof transportation; the National
cil of Commercel to consider t
portant features of commercial
tions at home a1ld abroad: the
mission ON Coun try Life, to &C
rulRl sonditions in every respC
Warrington
Honorable Gifbrd Pinchot,
dent of the National Consel
Sommissio|n, and Ichief forester
United StAtes, will address the
ern Comm ercial congress on N
night, December on the &c
cal MeaInin of the APPEAL
Ban9e." In addition to this s
tler@ will be an Elaborate disl
s.arAsi diagrams, maps, etc., /
tern ant Aotherwis b.
Contfacts for about 10000 t
steel armdr for the battleships
and utah have been awarded
secretary of the navy. The Beth
CarnFgle hnd Midvale companie
each giVe1h a contract for abol
third of til be armour.
In a quket and simple name
ute has I'll sen paid at the Chin
gatioh to the memory of the
ed e1nperdb r and empress dowa
China RI Practically all the m,
of the dig blomatic corps, Vice
dent Fairl banks, several memt
the supreIk ne court and assista,
retaries Of t the various executt
partn4ents attended. President
welt sent one of his military
Colonel C1 larles S.. Cromwell, W
the presid ent's card and those
secretary Ito the president and
tain Arch ibald Butt, another n
aide. Sed :retary Root was ST.
from an pdisposition and sent
sage OF s ympathy through HUI
Wilson, assistant secretary Of
as dill ais 3 Admiral Dewey thro
aide.
AdniraI Sperry cabled the n;
part1ent that he would alloy
men ot thTe Atlantic feet shor,
at Mtnila and permit them to
ipate IN an parade and various
tiles arran hged in their honor. F
a few exisp ting cases of cholera
PHILIPPINE capital are isolated
to be a n Aenace to the health
fleet.
Major GIbsneral John F. Westc
in commabad of the Philippine
has been d fssigned to command
partment 4 Of California, with he
ters at Sal n Francisco, vice Br
General Fl red A. Smith, who
assigned II 10 other duties. MajC
eral w! P.I Duvall will succeed
Philippine command.