The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-01-06

The Motor Boat club Of America
has accepted the challenge of the
British Motor Boat club for the inter
ish challsngers that their entry of two
boats will be received. The date for
the race is Saturday. August 20. 1910.
The course is yet to be selected.
Governor Noel has announced the
appointment of Col. James Gordon of
Oklahoma as United States senator
from Mississippi to succeed the late
Senator A. j. McLaurin. The appoint
ment is temporary until the Legisla-
ture can elect a senator for the unex-
pired term and is made with the un-
dsrstanding that Senator Gordon will
not be = candidate for this term
The battleship Utah. the greatest
warship ever built in the United
States, was launched December 23rd
from the yard of the New York Ship
building Company at Camden. N. J.
The vessel was christened by Mary
Alice Spry. daughter Of Governor Spry
of Utah. who was present with his
family. together with the members of
Congress from Utah and representa-
tives OF the Utah Legislature.
Charges that some physicians in
adelphia deliberately prolong the
period of illness OF patients and neg
lect the use OF anti-toxin in order to
increase their income. are made by
DIR. Joseph S. Neff, director OF the city
department OF health and charities.
who offers this reason for the in
crease in diphtheria for the present
year. while all other preventable dis
eases show a decrease.
Francis j. Heney Of San Francisco
has filed formal complaint in his New
York suit against William II. Crocker.
the California millionaire. basing his
action on an open letter bearing Mr..
Crockers name which appeared in a
New York evening newspaper Decem-
ber srd In which Mr.. Crocker defend
ed his action in first supporting Heney
in the San Francisco graft prosecu-
tons and later withdrawing his sup
port.
Colonel James Gordon of Okolona.
Mississippi. who has been named Unit
I'D Sistes Senator by Governor Neei
as successor TO the late A. J. McI.au-
rim. was ono OF several Confederate
leaders suspected NJ being In con-
spiracy with j. wilkes Booth to kill
President Lincoln. A reward OF $lO.-
900 was offered for his arrest. He
later succeeded in satisfying the au-
thorities that he WAS in no way impli-
Gated In the crime.
Neon. n newly-discovered gas. is the
cause OF the aurora borealis. according
to a statement made at Boston by DIR.
w. :. Dudley. head NJ the department
of chemistry mt Vanderbilt University.
before the division OF physical and in
organic chemists OF the American As
sociation for the Advancement OF Sci.
cnce. Dr. Dudley showed what he
claimed to be the only sample OF
neon now In this country. 1t requires
over 100 tons OF air to get pint OF
neon.
Justice Mclean of the Supreme
Court OF New York. has signed an or
der making final adjudication OF the
81 ,000. 900 estate of the late DR.. Thorn
as W. Evans. the American dentist OF
PATS. VINO rescued tue FUpress r-u-
genie from n Partisan mob September
5th. 1871. four days after the battle
OF Sedan. The decision will make II
possible for the city OF Philadelphia
to proceed with the erection OF the
Thomas w. Evans museum and dental
college. which will be DR.. Evans chief
monument. About 36.000.000 is now
available.
The special committee OF the Uni
versity OF Copenhagen that investi-
gated DR.. Frederick A. Cooks polar
records. is now considering whether II
shall publish n second report, giving
further details of its work. II the COM
mittee should decide to do so. 1t will
/ issue the report about the middle OF
January. A member Of the committee
/ says that some OF the details of Cooks
narrative were fabricated and his pa
/ pers showed that he had used calcula-
tions furnished by Captain Loose. The
second report. he added. would pre-
sent evidence to that effect.