Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-31
General News Notes

BRIDGEPORT. Ohio. Dec 2S.-sixty
passengers. 80 of them women, spent a
night of terror aboard the ferry boat Cha
ron, from Bellaire, Ohio, to Benwood. w!
Va, which became caught in an ice
gorge in the Ohio river at 8 o'clock last
night and floundered around until a. m.
today.
All were landed in small boats at day
| light without injury. Fear that the ferry
| boat would sink caused panic-stricken wo-
men to offer up prayers and the cries of
| small children made the night extremely
| uncomfortable and exciting.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 2s.-Transporta-
ton facilities were slowly resuming
normal conditions today Trains were
| 40 minutes to two hours late, COM
pared to seven and eight hours yester-
day.
A light snow continued to fall to-
day, but within "a hours IL is expect
ed the present inconvenience due to
the Christmas storm will be over.
CHARLOTTE. N. c., Dec. &.-with
many noted educators of the south in at
tendance. the Southern Educational assoc
citation began a three days session here
today. Four hundred delegates were pres
expected before the convention ends
In welcoming the delegates. Superin-
tendent Joyner, of the North Carolina
schools, recounted the progress Of educa-
ton in the south in the past year. and
pointed out that during 1909 new school
house had been built every day in North
Carolina. Mayor Hawkins also delivered
an address of welcome.
NEW YORK, Dec. Embarked i'm
provement was noted today in the condi-
ton of Prof. william G. Sumner. of Yale
| university, who was taken seriously i'll
yesterday while here to attend sessions
of the American Historical and Economic
associations. Professor Sumner passed
comfortable night and today his ply
sicians expressed themselves as satisfied
with his progress toward recovery.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8-The American Bible
Si25. 600 between now and next Friday 1t is
that much short of the $4,000 subscription
which 1t has been endeayoring to raise In order
| offered by Mrs. Russell Sage.
Officials Of the society say there Is small
likelihood of raising the necessary sum. They
hope that Mrs. Sage may be induced at least
to duplicate the amount already subscribed.
NEW YORK, Dec. &.-Stormbound in mis-
suburban home. Magistrate Geismar called bis
court to order over the telephone and disposed
OF six cases which were ready to be heard.
, Five OF the cases were OF persons VINO l3G
overeelebrated Christmas and the other was an
assault case.
Tho magistrate had the policemen who made
the arrests swear to their complaints over the
telephone and then had the prisoners make
their pleas IN the same fashion. The courts
decisions were then announced over the wife.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 8.-Clarence
LeBus, president of the Burnley Tobacco
company, in his answer to the suit filed
against him, the society and Alonzo Fer
guson, the vice president by the z. o
Shelby Tobacco company, in the United
States circuit court here. fatty denies
that the Burley society is a conspiracy
or combination in restraint of trade.
LeBus admits that the Burley society
was organized for the purpose of general
Improvement of the quality, method of
growing and handling of Burley tobacco.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-More than 1000
political and social economists participat-
ed today in the first meetings of the an
niversary celebrations of the American
Historical association and the Ameri-
can Economic association.
PORTLAND. Me, Dec. "a sectionl
of a coasting schooner's cabin was found
today on the northeastern point of Peaks
island in Portland harbor. The wreck
age had not been identified this afteT |
noon.
NORFOLK. Va, Dec. 27.-Passensrs
who left Norfolk last night by steaTer
are still torm-bound at Cape Charles!All
Geographic communication is cut off nrth
of Cape Charles.
BOSTON. Dec. 2s-The discussion Of
subjects of Importance to the scihtihc
world was continued today by the inert
can Association for the Advancenfnt OF
Scientists. |,
The meeting of the American qemical
society, the largest organizatio7 of Its
kind in the world and the most ihportant
affiliated body of the association, was
begun today. The remainder ~ the sci
entists were divided up intq sections,
which held meetings in differeft parts oil
the city.
PHILADELPHIA Dec. IS. Bernard II.
Bail, second vice-president and genera
freight traffic manager of the Phiiadel-
phia and Reading Railroad company De
came violently insane at his office TO-DAY
Overwork is believed to be the cause
For years Mr. Bail has been considered
one of the greatest freight traffic experts
In the country.
CHICAGO Dec. @.-Re7 w. F. Bostick a
nost ordinate divinity student at the Univer- |
sity Of Chicago probably will suffer the ampu- |
ton Of botS feet as the result Of his cour-
sgeous effort TO walk ~ miles through driv- |
ing snow storm, last Sunday night, IN oruer 70
reach the Christmas celebtatio OF a little bap-
fist church at Yorkvile.
pathetic feature is that the misfortune
might have been avoided had the minister not
been turned away from the door OF farmer
house at which he had dpplied for shelter and
assistance after he had bacome exhausted in the
deep snow.
COPENHAGEN. Ddc. 2S.-The special
committee Of Cope1hagen university.