New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

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CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
-v1st c.d ne Republican campaign costT'
--re report CO George p Sheldon treasurer OF
-. Republican National Committee, showed that
TIE Republican campaign 6und IN the recent cleo
.,on was e 1855 2 This did not include s62o. .15o
elected and usec BY state committees The Demo
cratic national f-nd vvas ss3e644 Y. c. P. Tan gave
.l1o aua the Union League Club. OF New York.
ssx--. Lar Anderson. Cf Boston and G. A Gar
-etson Ee1oa0 each- TIE Union League Club Of
PHILADELPHIA - 500: Andrew Carnegie and ]. P.
Morgan 81 1p each: Alexander Smith Cochran and
william y Cromwell of New York and J. n.
Bagley. o. N5ch.gan, $1,000 each ant NJ G. D.
Borden WhtteIsw Rsid, Frank A. Munsey and
Jacob Z. Scht1- u New York $1,000 each VIII
fan P Hearst . shown contributed 81 S5 TO
The campaign fund Of the Independence party The
oafy other contribution vas SaT -"
Politics little tame novT'
's5ove-nor Hughes n bis nrz1 speech since his
-e-elecr1on sczte6 tha1 be would pursue TIE policy
q hls nrBt Administration snd base hts appoint
nerts merit He made strong pisa for home
r-le for New York Cty Governor Albert 3. Cum
Iains ot Iowa was elected United States senator
. succeed the late wLlia-u 3. Allison
Nj TAT offered 70 Frank e Hitchcock. chair
Of the Republican National Committee the
covenant was entered into between rhs United
States and japan covering the policy ot the TWO
countries = the Pacific. TIE agreement IL based
t'se idea OF encouraging and defending 1ree and
peacesul commercial development fa the Pacific.
Il contains not ouIy mutual guarantee 70 respect
esck others esrr1to-4aI possessions there but
fires the attitude OF the Two countries toward
China binding each 70 defend ChIna's independ-
ence ana integrity b. every peaceful means and 10
E.vs equsI Commercial opportunity IN the Chinese
Enp1rv 70 81 nations
COST OF TEE FOG.
"Trezs that three dsyF fog cost somebody a
Few collars
Z the thickest and most tenacious FOG n
TIE csty's history Il paraIyzed shipping and har-
Dor traffic The salIiags and arrivals OF transat-
la1-tc steamships were delayed, large fleets OF
coming ana outgoing vessels held at their
wha-ves OF forced 70 anchor outside the haTbor,
ard large shipments OF provisions en6 merchandise
held Up The Panama liner Finance sank
after E collision with the White Star Sretghter
George Three passengers and assistant
g1eer On She Finance were drowned. The fog lift
- inst time the price OF Thanksgiving
turkeys from soaring. Il was estimated that the
toz Inflicted loss OF s0oOo shipping interests.
IN FOREIGN LANDS.
What was doing Il the foreign aeIdg'
Nine SretnheIl, the murder OF whose husband,
artist has been one Ct the sensational criminal
mysteries Of Paris, arrested following con
faSston that she knew the murderer, the son Of
.5--re- servant, and had tried 70 fix the crime on
Others 70 shield him, because she feared him Her
revived the scandal connected with the Iys-
Je-.9us death OF Felix Fsure President Of France
n -sss- Nine Ste!nhen with him when he died.
and one newspaper openly charges that she poi
s1ue5 hin The a-atr threatens to breed a scan
ca which VII involve high French officials.
Fed Marshal Lord Roberts expressed the cen
vic-ioa the English House OF Lords that the
lack O.. & military fcrce sufficient 10 make hope
less -he attempt Of invasion would n al prob
ability be the cause OF the loss % Great Britains
supremacy at Ee pointed out the compare
tive with which Germany could land
a--y The shores of England Under the present
conditions England would te forced, he said. 20
submit most hJTEiacing demands. He said Ger
many could gather and transport 70 English shores
IN quick tine two hundred thousand soldiers. Al
most daily attempts 70 murder British officers IN
india Etrengthened the belief. already firm IN Brit
Ssh Official circles e rebellion n India IS imminent
Another Irish land bill 70 carry out the pro-
visions 4 the faad purchase act was Introduced in
the English House Of Commons By Augustine Bir-
Tel. chief Secretary FOR Ireland, who estimated
that 800 90 was necessary satisfy the land
hunger Of the tenants. The completed transfers OF
LAND Up October g. represented G25 10000 which
had practically exls- -steC the amount realized
from the issues Of land stock
The British steamer Sardinia, OF the Elleruan
L.ne. haillng from Liverpool and bound for Alex
Endria. with Of forty-fOur Englizhmen,
eleven first and six second cabin English passen-
gers and nearly two hundred Arab pilgrims caught
fire while entering the port OF Ealetta, island OF
Malta and over one hundred lives lost The
EIglisH officers stuck 70 their posts and perished.
Counsel for Count Boni de Castellane. who is suing
his former wife who Miss Anna Gould,
the wife Of Prince HeLe de 6agan. for the custody
has three children. assniled IL scathinF terms
the acts sad reputation OF ire prince and his
RpouEs
What else wss there cf trtsrestr
"Akvancs sheets cf q census 6unettn. covering
he stzt.stscs af marriage and civorcs for ths last
twenty years, showsd nearly twelve million mar
rtsKes and one million marital failures for the
period investigated The exact number, S45s25, IS
nearly three tilpes tn excess OF the number re-
ported for The preceding twenty years S-s,3lS It
was estimated that at the end OF the forty-year
period divorces were increasing three times as
fast as the population, aid tie available data IN
oicste that not fewer than marriage IN twelve
Is ultimately terminated by divorce. Divorce figures
e9peer 10 be higher ia the United states t-lan IN
any of ne other countries for which statistics
have been obtained. wives obtained twice as many
divorces as husbands
An equestrian statue OF General Phihp II Sher-
idan xss unveiled in washington the President.
Brssoier Gensrxl Horace Porter snd L1ks z
gaxAt se0stsxy 81 wsr. making sAAxs~ss@ A@r