Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-07-21
NEWS FORECAST
FOR COMING WEEK
Second Trial of Patrick Cal
heun Will Begin
Monday.
GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT
Reinvestigation of the Circumstances
Surrounding Death of Lieutenant
Sutton at the Naval Academy Will
Be Held.

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second trial of Patrick Calhoun, pres
ident of the United Railways of San
Francisco, on charges of having Of
fered a bribe to a supervisor to vote
| for an overhead trolley permit in
| 1906, is fixed to begin Monday The
first trial of Calhoun, which was con-
cluded only a few weeks ago, resulted
in hung jury.
A board of officers will meet at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis Monday
to reinvestigate the death of Second
Lieut.. James Sutton, of the Marine
Corps, who was mysteriously shot at
Annapolis on October 13, 1907 A court
of inquiry held shortly after his death
decided that he had committed sui
eide. The mother of the young Off
Ger, however, declares that she has
evidence to porve that her son was
tracted much attention, and it is
thought possible that developments of
sensational character may result
from the reinvestigation.
His Eminence James Cardinal Glib
hons, of Baltimore, will celebrate the
seventy-ffth anniversary of his birth
Friday next. The event is one of in
terest not only to the people of Bal
timore, but to those of the whole Unit
ed States, in which he is the primate
of the Roman Catholic Church.
The last two of the four tunnels
haitian Railroad Company connect
New York and New Jersey are to be
opened to traffic Monday. The open
ing marks the virtual completion of
the great McAdoo tunnel system, con-
structed at cost of 6O,00C4OO0 and
declared to be the greatest engineer
ing feat OF the century. The first
train through the new tunnels will
carry a large party of notables and
its arrival in Jersey City will be ap-
propriately celebrated.
Republicans of Virginia are to meet
in convention in Newport News to
nominate candidates for governor and
other state officers to be voted for at
the next election. Although the state
has heretofore been strongly Demo
confidence that conditions are decid-
edly in their favor this year, owing
to dissensions in the Democratic par
ty. A. p. Gillespie, prominent law
yer of Tazewell county and a personal
friend of President Taft, is mentioned
for the head of the ticket.
Rear Admiral Edwin K. Moore, COM
mandant of the Portsmouth navy
yard, will be placed on the retired list
Saturday on account of age. Capt.
Frank A. Wilmer, who for some time
has been in command of the cruiser
Pennsylvania, has been named to sue
ceed Rear Admiral Moore at Ports
mouth.
The city of Bath, famous as the re-
sort of the English world of fashion
in the days of Chesterfield and Beau
Nash, is to be the scene during the
week of an historical pageant which
promises to eclipse in brilliance all of
the similar spectacles that have been
feld in England during the past few
years. For Americans the celebration
at Bath has been given added interest
by the invitation extended by the Eng
lish city to all of the cities and towns
in the United States bearing the same
name to send representatives to the
pageant. There are more than doz-
en- cities and towns in the United
States of the name of Bath and several
Of them have accepted the invitation.
Washington will follow with close
interest the proceedings of the Colon
| b,an Congress, which is to assemble
in Bogota Tuesday. The latest advices
from the South American republic re
port very critical condition OF af
/ fairs there. AS the result of the hur
ried departure of President Reyes fol
Europe, the various political parties
which few months ago seemed to b.
united, are now completely disorgan
lied, and there are indications tha
Colombia is on the verge of a grea
: revolution.
INGRAM SENT TO JAIL.