The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-31

1t rs reported that the building q
the Amur railroad. 1880 miles long. at
cost of $15O.OOo.O00 is being hurried
owing to Representations of Russion
off1cials that there is danger Of Sec
ond war with Japan in consequence OF
the struggle for control in Manchuria.
1t Is proposed that the French cham
ber Of deputies shall vote by electricity
next year. A screen will be placed
near the secretary's table containing
the names Of the deputies. and against
each name will be Ave spaces. marked
Present" Absent" YES" NO.
Vote unrecorded."
The merger of the Utah Copper
company and the Boston Consolidated
Copper company has been finally ef-
fected. The consolidation, it is said, is
without prejudice to the proposed abb
sorption of the Nevada Consolidated
company by the Utah company.
Admiral w. S. Schley (retired) has
called upon Commander Peary to sub
NIT the proofs that he reached the
North pole to the consistory of tho
University of Copenhagen. Admiral
Schley boldly reiterates his belief that
DIR. Cook also reached the pole.
The finance committee of the United
States Steel corporation has voted to
offer the employees of the corporation
the opportunity of subscribing to Its
preferred stock at $125 share. In ad-
dition bonus of $1,0O0,0OO in COM
mon and preferred will shortly be d.
vided among the employees.
Robinson Watson, in a statement
telegraphed to New York from Mon
treal, reiterates that his brother, Will
liam Watson, the English poet, now in
Havana, is insane, although the poets
wife, who is with him, is unaware of
her husbands mental condition. Mrs.
Watson has cabled from Havana that
the statement is wicked attempt to
injure her husband
The battleship Utah, the greatest
warship ever built in the United
States, was launched December 23rd
from the yard of the New York Ship
building Company at Camden, N. ].
The vessel was christened by Mary
Alice Spry, daughter of Governor Spry
OF Utah, who was present with his
family, together with the members of
Congress from Utah and representa-
tives Of the Utah Legislature.
In his opening address to the inter
national Zionist congress at Hamburg,
David Wolffsohn Of Cologne, president
of the executive committee, said that
Zionists must not believe that it IL
their duty to follow the Young Turks
without discrimination. They are
merely political party of the Otto
man empire and 1t would be tactless
and unwise for the zionists to mix in
Turkish political affairs by committing
their cause to any political party.
The American expedition arrived at
Kamjala. Uganda, December 21st.
and was received by Sub-Commis-
sioner F. A. Knowles. Colonel
Roosevelt came by motor car
from Entebbe and the others arrived
on the steamer. Before leaving En-.
tebbe, Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit
Roosevelt had luncheon at the gov
ernment house and held public re-
ception. In the afternoon they visited
the Mill Hill mission and later re-
ceived King Daudi Chwa of Uganda. ~
A committee which was appointed
by the Brooklyn neighbors of DR.. Cook
some months ago to raise funds for
the erection of monument to the
explorer, has decided to go on with it's
work, in spite of the cables from Co
penhagen. "Dr. Cook" according to
one member of the committee, 'as
noble martyr. The rest of the world
may take the word of those indoor
polar explorers over in Copenhagen,
but his neighbors in old Bushwick
know that DR.. Cook discovered the
pole. because he told us so himself"