The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-03-23

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The conservation Of credit and a
warning against the riotou' abuse OF
private and public wealth was the
theme of an impassioned address by
James J. Hill, chairman Of the Great
Northern railroad directors, before
the Minnesota conservation congress.
After three days Of sightseeing and
entertainment in and about Khartum,
former President Theodore Roosevelt.
accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and
their son Kermit and daughter Ethel,
left there on a special train on their
way to Cairo.
In a speech before the Chicago
Traffic club during the st. Patrick's
Days celebration President Taft said:
!"I am against railroads only when
they violate the law. But every man
mist have his day in court. would
be coward If did not consider
every interest affected before passing
upon legislation. l am not afraid Of
the people Of the United States
They are fair when you can get the
facts before them. But sometimes 1t
is difficult to do this"
Paris judges have ordered Anna
Gould to pay lump sum of $4,000 to
the parents Of Count Boni de Castel-
| lane, and also $500 annuity.
One of the two American woman
tourists in the holy land who were
shot by fanatical Afghan. has lost
an eye. The Afghan, who has been
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A manual of economy in cooking
| the cheapest cuts Of meat has been
prepared by the department of agricul-
ture at Washington and may be had
by housewives for the asking
Beth Lawson, fishing from skiff
off the ocean end of the San Pedro
(Cal) breakwater, hooked a 60-foot
brown whale. which later made for
the open sea. carrying pole and line
with 1t.
Lemuel B. Patterson of Chicago, one
of the indicted members Of the beef
trust, vice-president of the National
Packing Company, voluntarily surrend.
cred himself to the court of common
pleas of Hudson county, New Jersey,
and pleaded not guilty to the indict-
ment charging him with conspiracy
to manipulate the price of foodstuffs.
He was released on $500 bail.
Sixty million gallons of water will
be drained from a reservoir at Yon-
kers, N. Y, to discover whether
body is hidden there or whether
note describing suicide was hoax.
The United States supreme court
now has before it the completed case
of the government against the Stand
ard Oil corporation of New Jersey.
When the august body will render the
momentous decision that will either
perpetuate the great Rockefeller cor.
poration or else dismember it, is
matter that the court will make
known at its own good pleasure.
During the debate on the admin
stration railroad bill in the senate,
Senator Aldrich made a statement
which senators construed as an at
tempt to read the Iowa senator out
OF the Republican party. Senator
Cummins came back with the declar-
alton in effect that the Rhode Islander
was not representative of his party.
That he would fight the Taft rate
bill to the finish even though it might
the party, Senator Cummins of Iowa,
in effect, declared in the senate he
was making the initial speech on the
railroad bill and commenting espe-
cially upon the history of the measure,
which he said had originated in the
executive branch Of the government
rather than in congress-
Democrats, Republicans, "Wets."
"Drys," Socialists Prohibitionists and
independent candidates seeking office
went forth into the highways and by
ways and rolled up the heaviest regis
tration in Chicago's history. While
many factors contributed to the result
1t is conceded on all sides that tho
enormous registration is due to the in
tense interest with which the vote on
the saloon question is awaited
After paying a second visit to ON.
durham, Col Roosevelt, accompanied
by Slatin Pasha, proceeded to the
American mission at Khartum and ad
dressed the students, numbering more
than 200 and several hundred old
Syrian Protestant collegians. The
| former wore tarbooshes, red silk caps
with tassels, while many of the latter
were picturesquely attired.
Sweeping Democratic successes In
town elections throughout New York
state were reported to legislative
leaders at Albany. Towns that never
went Democratic before are reported
as having "flopped."
The Cleveland elm at Caldwell, N,
j., under which Grover Cleveland spent
many pleasant hours when boy,
has been felled to make way for a
butcher shop and fruit store. The
tree was planted by Rev. Stephen
Grover, first pastor of the old Presby
terian church. and for whom Cleve