The Williamson enterprise. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1907-1911, 1911-02-09

made in an article written by Cleve-
land Moffett and published in the
February number Of Hampton's Maya
zine. were made public. Suits for
$350,000 damages. alleging libel, had
been instituted by the Standard Oil
company.
Seventy-five revolutionists and
twelve soldiers were killed in battle
at Sierra Monija, near San Lorenzo.
chihuahua, January 30, according to
an official telegram received In Mex
leo City.
Prince Tsai Chun, brother of the
prince regent of China, will pass
through the United States on his way
to London to attend the coronation of
King George " The prince will leave
China in May
The kaiser and the twenty-five other
ruling sovereigns in Germany will not
have to pay the new tax on the lin-
earned increment from land. When
the reichstag read the bill for the
third time 1t restored the exemptiS
clause
all negroes, were suffocated at New
ark, N. j., in caisson in the Passaic
river 1t Is understood that the acct
dent was caused by the dropping of a
huge metal bucket loaded with mud
and stone.
Champaign county's grand jury in
vestigation of alleged voting by Uni
versity of Illinois students fizzled out
completely when the inquisitors ad-
journed without taking action.
The United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea convention at Columbus, o., adopt
ed by vote of LIB to 967 an amend
ment to the constitution expelling
any member of the organization who
belongs to the American Civic fedora
ton. John Mitchell, an officer in the
federation, Is given until April / to
withdraw from one organization or
the other
The executive committee Of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
roads at New York voted to complete
double tracking Of the lines from the
Missouri river to San Francisco. They
will also double track the Oregon
Short Line, total of 1873 miles. The
cost of the double tracking will az
gregate upward of $75,00o.000. which
will be distributed over a period OF
five years.
The battleship Delaware sailed from
Hampton roads carrying to Valparaiso,
Chile. the body Of the late Chilean
minister, Don Anibal Cruz, who died
| In Washington last year.
Relatives and attorneys who have
been searching for Dorothy Arnold,
| the pretty New York heiress, who has
been missing for nearly two months,
have practically given up the search
for her and announce that it 4s their
belief that she has met with foul play.
Joseph G. Robin. the New York
| bank wrecker, whose latest conten-
tion Is that he Is the second son Of
| Alexander II. of Russia. was declared
sane by jury in the face of the tes-
that he Is insane.
Fire which caused panic and for a
time threatened the lives Of 40 young
women students destroyed the main
building of the Maryland College for
Women at Lutherville Baltimore
county. Md, entailing loss Of $50. 900.
Bankrupted by his losses in Ngamb.
ling, which his wife and young son
had vainly begged the police to stop,
Gustave Postler held up the bank at
the Saratoga Social club. San Fran
cisco, and was shot dead in the revolt
yer fight which followed.
While attending a meeting of Epis-
copal clergymen in the Philadelphia
church house Rev. J. Saunders Reed,
rector emeritus of Trinity church,
| WATERFOWL. N. Y, was stricken with
/ heart disease and died In a few min
utes.
Friends of Carrie Nation have re-
ceived information that she is sinking
rapidly and that her death Is immi-
nent Mrs. Nation suffered a nervous
collapse a fortnight ago and recently
was taken to private santtarium near
Leavenworth. Kan.
The last public utterances of Pres.
ident Mckinley in favor of reciproc
ity, made the day before he was as
sassinated at Buffalo, N. Y. were re-
called by President Taft in an ad
dress at the Ohio society's anniver
sary banquet at Washington in com,
memoration of the Mckinley birth.
day. in urging the adoption of the
Canadian-United States tariff agree.
| ment
The food situation in the Ohio river
valley is exceedingly grave. Three
lives have already been lost by drown
ing. while property damage has been
considerable.
1 The first blind pupil to graduate
from the public schools OF New York
is William Schenck, fifteen years old.
Of Bayside, L. l., who will receive his
i diploma next week
A miniature gas plant like the one
which brought death to thirteen per-
sons In New York, December 10, has
been set up in courtroom to aid the
coroner's jury in reaching a verdict.
/ Overland trains on the Western
Pacific road have been compelled to
return to San Francisco and Winnie
mueea, New, because of two heavy
landslides in the Feather river can
yon.
4 There is mystery In the death of
Prince Tchin Pomil. former Korean
minister to Russia, whose body was
found hanging in his lodgings In a