Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-24

track near St Louis yesterday. according
to a dispatch received late last night.
Blakney, who was en- route home for the
holidays. stepped from the train while
asleep, it is presumed.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-Theodore P. Shonts,
president of the Interborough-M etropolt-
| tan Street Railway company, of New
York arrived here today to reach the
bedside of his dying father, DR.. Henry
Daniel Shonts. ~
Dr. shonts is 81 years old, and soon
after his son arrived, physicians admin
ligtered oxygen to prolong his life.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21-Chancellor James
II. Day, of syracuse university, is q firm
believer in the old-fashioned Christmas.
| In his farewell address to the students
who left for their holiday vacation today
| he said:
IT urge you all to celebrate Christmas
in the old-fashioned way hope that you
will be favored with plenty of SNOWFALL
| ing and good sleighing while you are at
homa. If the sleighing is good / hope the
young men will all learn to drive with
one arm If I were girl l wouldn't &C
driving with a young man unless he
could drive with one arm.
/
NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Mrs. Martin
and Mrs Snead, who are held in the
| ''bath-tub' case, both heavily yelled,
I were brought into court this afternoon.
! They were accompanied by their coun-
! sell FRANKLIN w. Fort aud Col. Robert
= Haire. Mr.. Fort announced that he APP
/ peared as general counsel for all the
women prisoners, including Miss Vir-
| ginia wardlaw, who is in the jail of
Morris county, N. J.
! He said that he had advised the wom-
] an under arrest here not to fight extra
| dition proceedings, but that Mrs. Mar
/ tin had insisted upon resisting removal
! to New Jersey and had obtained Mr..
! Hare to look after her contest in this
I particular. Mrs. Sned was ready to 60
; to New Jersey at any time, Mr.. Fort
j stated. She could not go now, however,
!, the lawyer declared, as she was under
Larrest and the extradition proceedings
/ would have to take their course.
! The court proceedings were adjourned
until Friday.
WASHINGTON, Dec 22.-Dr. WI Ting
Fang, the retiring Chinese minister, to-
day promised a delegation of business
men who were bidding him fgarewell,
that he would return to the United
States for visit so years hence If he did
| not sooner make the trip
| Incidentally the minister said he saw
no reason why a man should not live to
be 200 years old IL he met no accident and
! did not get sick, at the same time in
ferentitlly suggesting that he expected to
make his span of life cover the 2OO--year
period.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-Speaker Can
non left Washington for Danville yester-
| day. The only reason he could give for
| going home this year to spend the holi-
] days was that the chimney in his house
here is not big enough.
WASHINGTON, Dec. n-NearIy half
the fire department turned out shortly
after l o'clock today, and rushed to the
White House, where it was supposed their
services wer badly needed.
! There was a stampede to locate the fire,
but IL developed that one Of the automat-
ic alarms had gone off by accident
/ LOUISVILLE, KY. Dec. 2.-In his an
nual report to the directors of the Model
License league meeting here yesterday,
| President T. M. Gilmore asserted that the
i Anti-SaIoon league is crippled financially,
| and will live but two years more.
All the officers of the league were re-
elected.
| wINsTON-SALEM, N. c., Dec. n
While four ladies from this city were out
4 automobile riding last week, a man from
| the country, who has a grudge against
| the benzine buggies, held them up with
a shotgun and dared them to move.
| The ladies were forced to remain in
| the road for some minutes, and finally
! the man left after pointing the gun al
! them several times. The man was cap
| tured and put under bond.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-The president
also nominated George Stone, of 'Califor-
mia, to be naval officer of customs at
| san Francisco, Cal, and Howard c. Sho-
| ber of South Dakota, to be auditor for
] the interior department in this city.
! He sent in the nomination of Charles H.
West, of Greenville, Miss, to be a mem
Der of the Mississippi river commission.
| an appointment which was agreed upon
yesterday.
| NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Butter and
eggs have scared to a record figure in
| New York's holiday market. The best
| good butter was quoted today at from
| AZ to As cents retail while So cents a
dozen was the price for freshest eggs.
| WASHINGTON. Dec 22.-Lieut. Will
| liam H. Clopton, Jr., of the 18th cavalry,
has been designated by the war depart
| ment as captain OF the army cavalry
| team to compete In the national rifle
match for 1910 and Lieut.. George c. Shaw,
of the 9th infantry, as captain of the
! army infantry team.
! GREENWICH, Conn, Dec. 22.-Percy
] Z. Rockefeller, son OF William Rookie
! Teller, who was operated on for appendi-
| citis here a fortnight ago, is recovering
| rapidly. No announcement of his illness
! was made public until today