The Holly chieftain., 1909-04-02

George Robertson. driving a locomo-
bile car. broke the worlds record for a
gasoline car for ike miles at Dayton,
Ohio, March 2tih. Time, PAS Is.
Admiral George F. Beresford. COM
mander of the British channel fleet.
hauled down his flag at Portsmouth
March 24th, thus ending fifty years of
actual serice.
Melbourne dispatch says that the
commonwealth government has de-
cided not TO offer a Dreadnought TO
England, preferring to adhere to her
settled policy of defending Australia.
Emperor Nicholas has conferred the
Order of the Grand Cross of Alexander
Nevsky upon President Diaz. The Or
der is one of the highest within the
gift of the Russian sovereign.
In an automobile race at Dayton,
O., March 23d, David Bruce Brown.
the millionaire amateur driver, ran
his machine mile In .hirty-three sec
onds, breaking the worlds amateur
record of IS 3-5, which was held by
him.
The Pope received Hart o. Berg, fl
nancial agent of the Wright brothers,
and said that when Wilbur Wright
came to Rome he hoped the daring
aviator would fly directly over the
vatican so as to give its occupants a
chance to see the aeroplane.
The Panama libel cases against the
Press Publishing Company and Caleb
V:n Hamm, one of the editors of the
World. will not be dropped SO long as
made by United States Attorney Stim-
son in New York.
The leaders of the Socialist party
and the Socialist newspapers of Paris
comment with jubilation upon the out.
come OF the strike of the French teIeg-
raphers and postmen. They call it a
victory over the government which
the government can never retrieve
Mrs. Grace L. Sankey has obtained a
divorce from John E. Sankey, the eld-
est son of the late Ira d. Sankey, the
evangelist who became famous during
his tours with Moody. The Sankey's
were married in 1893 and have one lit
tie girl five years old.
+ holy war is again threatened in
Morocco. Reliable news received at
Washington says that F'ez and the sur
rounding country, including the town
of Mequinz, some of whose principal
supporters In Fee, have deserted and
have Joined in the revolt proclaiming
the pretenders and a holy war. The
situation in Fez is critical.
In support of the contention of lead.
ing railroad officials that the present
rates paid by the government to the
railways for the transportation of mall
| are far too low, julius Kruttschnitt
vice president of the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific system, has pre-.
pared pamphlet making an exhaus.
tive argument for an increase.
A telegram March oath from Nom.
basa, British East Africa, where eX.
President Roosevelt is going, says: The
popular sporting season is at an end.
The records for the four months show
the killing of 10 lions, including two
maneaters, and 5000 head of other
game. During the season nine natives
ami. four white men were mauled by
lions.
At Russ, remote town in Laclede
county, Mo-, March 22nd, Rev. Martin
ID Jackson, aged forty. shot and killed
Rev. Solomon Odell, aged forty-six.
Johnson is the Baptist minister of the
re:ghborhood, while Odell was the
Presbyterian divine at Russ. They
GUarreled over business matters re-
lated to rival telephone companies in
which they were interested.
Two hundred merchant tailors from
centers of fashion SO far removed from
each other as Portland, Me-. and Kan
sas City, Mo-, were present at the
opening of the American Style and
Fashion show in New York City. 1t
appears that even the present freak
styles in coats are to be outdone the
coming season, coats being fashioned
with pronounced curves at the hips.