The Elbert County tribune., 1909-03-18

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his affairs FOR at least two years abb
sence abroad in Africa and Europe.
AT Wilmington, Del, on the 6th inst.
eighteen culprits were whipped at the
yorkhouse for various offenses, princi-
pally larceny, and the total number of
lashes inflicted was 255.
One result of wire prostration at
Philadelphia due to the blizzard will
be the establishment by the city Of a
wireless plant on top Of the city hall
tower.
General Booth will be eighty years
old on April 10th. and. all over the
world, Salvationists of every degree
and almost every color are preparing
to celebrate the event.
The steamer Empress Of China.
which arrived at Victoria, B. c., on the
18th inst. brought news OF landslides
burying three villages, involving the
loss of hundreds of lives, probably
over thousand. at Pendjolo, Java
b But one man, one woman and two chill
dren escaped to tell the tale. A part
Of Kentjana mountain fell.
a wireless dirigible airship, invented
by Mark o. Anthony, New York
electrical engineer. is to be construct
ed In the balloon factory OF Leo Ste
vens in New York City. It will be
about sixty feet in length, with suffi-
cient buoyancy to carry 900 pounds of
dynamite. and capable OF being steered
from the sround at long distance.
Experiments in the dispersion OF fog
are being made on the English chan
mel by NJ. Dibos, French engineer.
The means used is a combination of
Hertzian waves and blowpipes, In from
20 to 30 minutes thick fog dispersed
over zone of 200 yards. Encouraged
by this success, the experiments will
be continued.
As demonstration against the SEN
fences imposed upon Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison by
Judge Wright in the Superior Court of
the District of Columbia, more than
1000 members of labor unions paraded
at Boston Sunday. A resolution was
passed declaring that Judge Wright
was biased and the laws directed at
one class only.
The February statement OF the Cop
the stock OF marketable copper OF all
kinds on hand at all points in the
United States March LIST was 173 ,2S4,-
24S pounds, an increase OF $4,000, 900
as compared with February LIST. The
production during February was 1Os,-
700.S17 pounds. and deliveries aggre-
gated 74,546,G1a pounds.
Head officers of the Modern Wood
men of America, who have been at
Cssorado Springs inspecting their new
national sanitarium north of the city,
announced that the order will spend
during the spring the first installment,
$4,000. of the $500,000 to be devoted
to buildings and equipment. A cen
tral building and another colony OF
sixty tents for patients are the imme-
iiate improvements contemplated.
What is said 10 have been the first
christening of an -aeropane In the his
tory of the world took place at Morris
Park, New York. on the 14th inst, IN.
der the auspices of the Aeronautic So
sciety. Practically all the ceremonies
which attended the launching of ship
were performed, including the break
ing of a bottle of champagne on one of
the steel bars of the machine. The
Sponsor named the new craft New
York No. L.
new company wants 10 build an
"inter-terminal belt line" for passen-
gers and freight In New York City.
The proposed line. which includes both
elevated and subway roads at various
portions OF its route, practically circles
the city, taking in the entire water
front and touch also the Grand Central
station and the Pennsylvania new
terminal. The scheme has the back
Ing, 1t is said. of foreign capital. The
cost will probably be between $50, 900.
900 and 100000, 900.