The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-07

to bear . remarkable resemblance to
his dethroned brother His hps are
thick and slightly protruding: he has
the same curve to the nose and his
hair II untinged with gray. but in 9TH
er ways he shows signs OF Times raw
ages. t.Se
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany of New Jersey and the New York
corporation of the same name, on the
zsth ult.. BY the payment OF about
$4,000 completed the payment of
fines and claims amounting to about
$2.OOO.000 due the government on ac-
count Of frauds on the revenue.
BY the breaking OF rope fire es-
cape Miss Jeanette Tandy Of Veyay.
Ind. . sophomore 1t Wellesley Col
lege. Mass. fell two stories and suf-
fered serious injuries. Miss Tandy
was fulfilling the college requirement
that each student at intervals make .
descent on the fire escape.
AT the Grant birthday dinner Of the
Union Club in Phiiadelphia. Preadent
Taft paid an enthusiastic tribute TO-
the memory Of General Grant as .
man. as = soldier and as president. He
said that. believes that the spirit
shown by Grant and Lee at Appomat-
tex Is today triumphant.
The deposition OF Abdul Hamid as
sultan-of Turkey. 70 far as he person
ally T. concerned. is not regretted in
England. For years English diplo-
ioats have been fighting against the
intrtKnes emanating from the Yildiz
rAlace and they never really knew
whether the Sultan was their enemy
or their friend.
William e. Corey. president of the
United States Steel Corporation, is try
ing to form big combination Of the
copper interests Of the country. Mr..
Corey and his friends recently called
together forty of the leading
copper men of the country and sub
mitted his plan to them. Practically
all favored the idea.
In an address before the New York
bar Attorney General Wickersham
stated that the shermon antitrust law
will be enforced by the Taft admins
tration. Rebates will be prevented SO
far as possible. The work of the
Roosevelt regime in this direction
will be carried forward with vigor
though by different methods.
Severe earthquake. shocks are re-
ported in Kameron. West Africa. The
disturbances d have compelled the COL
onial German government to vacate
Buea and remove temporarily at Du-
fla, Buea Hes on the slope of the
Maron mountains at an elevation of
1000 feet. The uountains are vol
csnic and 100 years ago some Of the
ctaters were active. =, (
f.. A dispatch to the ~ London Daily
Telegraph from Constantinople says
that In an interview Enver Bey. one
Of the leaders Of the Young Turks. de-
clared that they had proofs that q mas
sacre Of all Turks suspected of liber-
alism had been protected. in Constan-
tinople, and was only prevented by
General Schefket's. Fastening the occu-
patton Of the capital. ..5
The Areo club Of Sarthe, Tenn, has
applied to the public officials depart
inent asking il to cooperate In the pre-.
sentation Of a work Of art to Wilbur
and Orville Wright as souvenir Of
their flights at Lemans. It is proposed
that this shall take the shape Of a
group representing the. Wrtghts dis
covering the secrets Of flight. by some
celebrated sculptor.
AT Lemansy France, the sarthe Aero
club gave farewell banquet to Will
bur and Oryille Wright. the American
aeroplanists. The president oe the
club, M. Bollee, presented Wilbur
Wright with a bronze group represent
ing the genius Of aviation, revealing
the secrets of flight to the brothers.
He also handed him checks for the
clubs two prizes which were won by
Mr.. Wright.
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