The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-11-26
The News
Domestic

The hOOf-and-mOuth disease has
appeared In Philadelphia and several
cattle we're killed as a method OF
precaution. The Pennsylvania au'
thorities are taking vigorous meas.
ures to check the spread of the dis
ease.
There were a number OF callers on
President-elect Taft at Hot Springs,
and a variety of subjects were dis.
cussed. Among his callers was Judge
Crumpacker, of the House Ways and
Means Committee, who assured him
that the tariff would be honestly
revised.
Charles A. Walters. a veteran OF
the Civil War, and his daughter,
aged 40, were found dead in theii
apartment, in New York. from inhal.
ing gas. 1t is supposed that theJ
committed suicide.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has written
an article for December Century, In
which he favors tariff revision, but
insists there is no occasion for hastt
or for any revolutionary step.
Mrs. Peter Van Vlissingen, wifJ
OF the Chicago forger, said that hei
husband had kept ali Of his doings
a secret from her.
An official OF the Boston Steamship
Company, at San Francisco, owners
of the bfg steam freighters fremont
and Shawfnut, is authority for the
statement that the government is ne
gotiating for the vessels with view
to using them between New York
/ and Panama.
John Krauss, who is said to have
been connected with the Pacific State
and Sunset Telegraph Company, of
San Francisco, committed suicide In
his cabin on the steamer Adriatid
while the vessel was going from
Cherbourg to Queenstown.
Edward, Ira and Mrs. Sarah Nor
ris, executors of the estate of the late
Nelson Morris, filed an inventory in
the Probate Court. Chicago, the value
of the estate being fixed at about
100000.
G. E. Weiser, the Anaconda
banker on trial at Butte, Mont, for
the second time for forgery in con-
nection with the failure of his pri-
vate bank in Anaconda. was found
not guilty.
The State Live Stock Sanitary
Board officials have not yet received
any detailed information about the
English embargo on Pennsylvania
cattle because of the prevalence OF
the foot and mouth disease in Penn
sylvania
Samuel E. Campbell, an auto:
mobile dealer, was held criminally
re eponsible for the death of Rev.
DR.. G. Brinley Morgan, of New Hav-
en-, CT, who was struck and killed by
Campbell's machine.
The necessity for a trained mill.
tary body among the citizens of this
country was emphasized by Major
General Franklin Bell in an address
before the Association of Agricultur-
al Colleges and Experiment Stations
Rear Admiral James B. Adams, re-
Gently promoted, has been relieved
of duty as captain of the New York
Navy Yard, and ordered to assume
command on the naval station al
Charleston.
The Stock Exchange creditors o.
A. o. Brown & Co. received a 21 pei
cent dividend on their claims from
the sale of two Stock Exchange seat
for $4,000.
Unofficial advices received at tn,
Navy Department state that the sal
wage of the Yankee, wrecked OF
Spindle Rock. at the entrance o.
Buzzards Bay, will be complete.
Capt. N. e. Niles. U. S. ~, ha:
been detached from duty In command
of the Hancock, New York Navy
Yard, to duty as governor of the
naval home, Philadelphia.
No Arabic numerals appear on the
new issue of twO-cent stamps, more
than 200, 100000 of which have jus!
been printed and placed on sale BY
the POstofIice Department.
John ID. Rockefeller, president OF
the Standard Oil Company, made his
appearance as a witness for the de.
fence in the federal suit to dissolve
the sO-called Oil Trust.
The name of George A. knight,
the gifted California orator. who
seconded Mr.. Taft's nomination al
Chicago, is the latest figure In the
Cabinet gossip.