The Colorado statesman., 1909-01-02

st. Petersburg, was given an audience
by Emperor Nicholas at Tsarsko-Selo
Christmas Day, and was presented
with portrait of the Empress.
Harvey Hazel, the seventeen-year-
old boy, who murdered his mother with
hammer at Toledo, Ohio, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree,
verdict that calls for life imprison-
ment.
st. Petersburg still continues to suf-
fer from the Asiatic cholera There
were eighteen new cases and five
deaths from the disease Monday. This
has been the daily average for the last
month.
Tom Longboat, the Indian long dis
tance runner, was married to Miss Lo-
zetta Miracle at Toronto December
2Sth. Tom Flanagan, the Indian man
ager, was best man. The bride was
given away by her brother, an Indian
chief.
Just before making a flight at Le
mans, France, Wilbur Wright, the
American aeroplanist, discovered that
some one had filled the oil box of his
aeroplane with gasoline. The discov-
cry probably prevented a serious acci-
dent
The Hague foreign office has made
the statement that the trouble between
Venezuela and Holland is regarded as
Professionally at an end and that The
Netherlands intends to hold its hand
pending the progress of the new Co
mez administration.
The best man in the world from the
pugilist's standpoint is now Jack
Johnson, the giant negro who defeated
Tommy Burns at Sydney, New South
Wales, in fourteen rounds on Christ
mas Day, winning the heavyweight
championship of the world.
AS holiday diversion December 26th
the President-elect made an excursion
to Aiken, s. c., and played golf on the
famous Palmetto links. Mr.. Taft was
accompanied by Mrs. Taft and the
three children and John Hays Ham.
mond, his wife and children.
Germany is not able to supply it's
home demand for eggs, according to
Consul General Richard Guenther of
$34,643,000 worth of eggs were i'm
ported, this representing about 3,OOO,-
100000, or an average of 46 per capita.
The Steel corporation has issued a
Christmas bonus to all employees hold
ing stock in the company. 1t is esti-
mated that siXty-five per cent in num-
ber of the holdings are in the hands
of the workmen. The net earnings are
expected to run between $25,000,00
and s26,000,OO0 for the quarter.
One of the periodical expulsions of
Hebrews is now going on in Finland.
Thirty families have been ordered to
emigrate at once. The Senate on the
basis of a narrow Interpretation of the
law maintains the issue of individual
licenses emitting residents in Finland
for six months, these being renewable
only at the Senate's discretion.
President-elect Taft will be in At
lanta from 1 p. m. January 18th to 3
p. m. on the next day. The leading
feature of the visit will be banquet
Friday night, at which Mr. Taft will
be the chief speaker. About 100 will
attend, representing every section of
the South. Mr.. Taft will be given an
opportunity to deliver a message to
the entire South under appropriate
conditions.
The architects for the Geo. w. Clay
ton School for Boys in Denver have
taken out building permits which in
clude two-story and basement admin
istration building to cost $4,000; a
two-story and basement dormitories to
cost 100000 each; two-story and base
ment dormitories to cost $4,000 each,
and one-story stone power house to
cost 100000. Work has already begun
and the foundations are partly up
The national forests this year sup
piled 100000 Christmas trees, the
forestry service estimating that one out
of every four families observed the tree
custom at Yuletide. Clifford Pinchot,
United States forester, upholds the
Christmas tree custom and believes it
should be maintained He says that
the damage in cutting young ever
green's for use at Christmas is infini-
tesimal when compared with the loss
of forest resources through fires and
careless methods of numbering.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.