Washington telegraph., 1909-01-01

| the relations of that country with
the United States is the opinion Of
State Department officials, who read
the Associated Press dispatches
from Port of Spain telling of the
appointments of Vice President Go
mez. This depends, however, on
the constitution of the new body and
whether the vice president and the
element composing it are willing
and anxious to resume diplomatic
negotiations with the United States.
| The eliminating from the new cab
met of those who were closely affili-
ated with the Castro rule is gratify-
ing to the officials at Washington,
who hope that under the new order
of things some progress may be
made toward the adjudication of
tne claims of the United States
against Venezuela which have been
pending for so long . time. If
Venezuela, under the new dispen-
sation, shows a disposition to re-
sumo diplomatic relations with the
United States, the State Depart
ment would lend its aid in that di-
rection without hesitation.
Because he did not have money
enough to provide the usual Christ
mas toys for his children, c. A.
Easter, farmer near Quitman, Ga,
deliberately planned his own death
Christmas morning and died as he
had planned. Leaving the home
where the children were he walked
a short distance away, fitted his shot
gun over a forked stick, pressed his
breast against the muzzle and pushed |
the trigger with stick. His wound !
was terrible one. His wife and |
several small children ran out at
the sound of the shot and found him |
dead.
Queen Alexandra's well-known
interest in the Salvation Army was
emphasized Tuesday in telegram
to General William Booth, COM
mander-in-chief of that body, wno
was recently operated upon for
cataract. The teleg Fam follows:
Il have felt SO mucH for you and
hope the operation v be success
fnl. ! trust YOU ard ting on to-
ward complete recon and that
the sight you need 81 much will
soon be entirely restored" General
Booths physician believe that he
will recover his sight.
The Chicago & Milwaukee Elec-
trio railway will hereafter refuse to
carry intoxicated persons on its
cars. When the walking between
towns is not good, a decided dimin-
uation in that class of patrons is
expected. The reason assigned for
the order is that some of the cars
nave no smoking rooms and it is
not desired to carry 'drunks" in
the same compartment with women
and children.
At Ensley, Ala, Christmas after
noon Mrs. j. Lawie, after seriously
cutting J. w. Griffith in the breast
and throat, was instantly killed by
the man whose life she had attempt
ed. The cause of the difficulty is
not known. Mrs. Lawie was the
proprietress of the Steel City Hotel
and Griffith is an employe of the
steel mill. The trouble occurred in
the hotel.
Col. J. W. Colenbrander, who
headed British regiment of fight
ing scouts during the Boer war in
South Africa, who was born in that
country and has lived there ever
since, told President. Roosevelt that
he would probably not get any ele-
plants if he followed the route ne
has mapped out for himself in cen
tral Africa.
More than thousand persons
were made homeless and 800, 600
worth of property was destroyed by
fire which burned out an entire
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