The Holly chieftain., 1909-11-05
New York City's tentative budget
has haen announced and amounfs n

has been announced and amounts =
sl63. 900. which, with the appropri-
alton to the dock department OF ST.
S21. 1862, and mandatory increases de-
Quoted, shows q net increase in the
budget over last year of less than
81. 100000.
A terrible cloudburst occurred in the
state of Tabasco, Mex, October rs,
destroying crops and forests. From
north to south. across the state from
the Mescalapa and the Grijalya rivers.
the entire country was left a waste.
Only the high mountain villages and
plateau farms escaped from the rush
ing waters.
Prince Ito Of Japan was assassf-
mated October 26th at the railway sta
tion in Harbin. Manchuria. by Ko-
rean. who had two companions. The
prince. received three bullets and died
within few minutes. The assassins
were arrested and declared that the
act was In revenge for Prince Ito's
cruelty while governing Korea.
I'm my opinion canoeing and row.
ing are more dangerous than football"
said Prof. George W. Patterson of the
University of Michigan, when asked
what the effect of Cadet Byrne's
death in the West Point-Harvard
game probably would be. Professor
Patterson is chairman of the board of
control Of athletics at the university.
In Maryland the amendment to the
constitution to practically disfran-
chise colored voters is the issue that
is attracting notice. The Republican
leaders are fighting the amendment
tooth and nail and they profess great
confidence they will defeat it. If they
do it will result in placing Maryland
in the doubtful column politically in
stead Of making it solidly Democratic.
The right of corporation to organ
ize subsidiary corporations to conduct
part Of their business has been sus-
tained by Judge Elmer B. Adams OF
the United States Circuit Court of APP
peals at st. Louis, in deciding suit
brought under the Sherman antitrust
act. Many of the points at issue are
considering in the governments suit
to dissolve the Standard Oil Company.
The will Of Francisco Ferrer, who
was. executed at Barcelona for con-
spiracy against the government of
Spain, has been published in Paris. It
charges the executor to continue the
publication OF Ferrer's works on mod.
ern schools and education. The tes.
tator stated that history would vindi-
cate his innocence. but he abjured his
friends not to bother about his mem
ory. as lin this life only acts count"
Four weigters at the port Of New
York made confession Of fraud and
named the bribers, resulting in con.
viction and punishment. For this the
weighers were promised immunity and
continuance in the service. The ac-
tion of Collector William Loeb, Jr., in
this case has been strongly denounced
by Federal Judge Holt. but is de.
Tended by the collector on the plea
that he could find no other method Of
stopping the frauds.
John Stewart Kennedy, lawyer, H.
nancier and philanthropist, died at his
home in New York City on the 31st
ult. of whooping cough. He was with
in two months of his eightieth birth
day. Mr.. Kennedy was director of
many large corporations, including
the Northern Pacific railway. He was
president of the board OF trustees OF
Robert college, Constantinople, and of
the American Bible house there, and
was chairman of the Presbyterian hos
pital and United Charities board OF
New York
The Wisconsin University baseball
team, 16 strong, returned by the
steamer Tango Maru, reaching Victo-
ria, B. c., October 9th, after playing
series of nine games in Japan Five
games were won. One game, which
went nineteen innings, was won by
the University of Keito. two to one.
The Wisconsin team YVES entertained
profusely, their sportsmanlike conduct
meeting with much appreciation.
Count Okuma, the sage Of Mito, enter
tanned the team, breaking a precedent
by shaking hands with all the party.
President w. G. Brown Of the New
York Central & Hudson River rail.
road, recently announced that the
management had entered upon cam
paign of extraordinary expenditures
to meet extraordinary traffic de-
mands. The company had placed con.
tracts in the last few days, he said,
for $25,O00,O0O worth of new locomo-
tives, passenger and freight cars. and