The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-12-21
GEN e ERAL.

GENERAL.
Georgie, North Carolina and South
Carolina have sinned thus far this
year moro cotton that even before.
The bank and postoffice at Fancy
Prairie. forty miles southwest of
Bloomington. ILL.,. were blown by four
bandits.
The Board Of Aldermen OF New
York adopted resolutions soliciting the
Democratic national convention for
that city.
Two young officers from the PYesi.
dents yacht Mayflower. have been or
dered to Berlin to study German ship
building methods.
The Atlantic Coast Line train from
Savannah. Ca. to New York. was
stopped by robbers near Hardeeville.
8. C. Several sacks OF registered mail
were taken.
b. X. Tormey. 4 cattleman. who.
with his wife. moved to st. Louis
about four months ago from Ault.
Colo. is mysteriously missing. and his
wife fears he has met with foul play.
Mrs. Eliza E. Phillips OF Spokane
obtained n verdict Of $4,000 against
Mrs. Matte A. Thomas. formerly OF
Butte, for alienation OF the affections
Of Mrs. Phillips former husband. John
W. Phillips.
A verdict OF mot guilty" was re-
turned In New York. freeing Lillian
Graham and Ethel Conrad Of criminal
charges on which they had been held
for shooting the millionaire sportsman
and hotel proprietor. w. =. d. Stokes.
Califoruia's State Board Of Phar.
macy 10 bringing to . successful con
ciusion. one Of the most far-rsachins
anti.vice crusades ever attempted in
tho state-the stamping out OF the
sale and use Of opium. morphine and
cocaine.
The second trial Of Dr. b. Clarke
Hyde on q charge Of numbering Col.
Thomas II. Swope. ended in . mistrial.
Harry W. Waldron. the Hyde Juror
who escaped from the custory OF .
deputy marshal. returned home and
was found insane by Judge Porter
field. and all Of the jury was dis
charged. wAidron was not punished
and was permitted to do home.
As direct lead into the heart OF
the alleged dynamite conspiracy. Dis
trict Attorney Charles w. Miller. while
the federal grand Jury held its first
nearing In the case In indianapolis.
took up the question as to who fur
nished the money for purchasing and
paying the expense OF carrying about
the country the explosives by which
up.
Fifteen experimental farms of forty
acres each will be opened in the
spring under the charge Of instructors
OF the agricultural colleges OF Louis
lana and Mississippi. where the farms
will he selected. The Illinois Central
railroad will pay for their mainte-
nance. The land will be worked by
the owners from which II il leased.
but under the direction Of the schools.
Each farm will be open to inspection
Of farmers living near by.
With little trace Of friction, the Re-
publican national committee met with
open doors In Washinton and formu-
lated preliminary plans for the cam
paign Of 1912. The program ssreed
upon was carried out expeditiously In
two short sessions. Chicago was chos-
en- Us the national convention city and
the call was issued for the assembling
Of delegates on Tuesday. June 18th.
The vote on convention city resulted.
Chicago. az; Denver. z; st. Louis. 1.
Charges that vote buying and sell.
ing Ia done in the "open market" In
Fayette county, Pennsylvania: that
notorious trafficking there rivals the |
sensational disclosures made in Ad- |
ans county. Ohio; and that the United |
States Steel Corporation, through its
subsidiary companies. 10 q party to the |
bribery and intimidation OF voters
were made In Washington by Jesse H.
Wise of Waynesburg. Pa, . defeated
candidate for Congress. before the
House Committee on Elections.
Four women and . man were bound.
gagged and excepting one woman.
robbed In Chicago In one day re
Gently. by what the police believe to
be the same band of robbers.
1t 10 reported that Miss Katherine
Force, elder daughter Of William H.
Force. and sister Of Mrs. John Jacob
Astor, 10 to Be married soon after
January 10. In New York. to Henry
. young broker. Miss
whose beauty 10 Of the
same classic type ~ her sisters. has
not followed Mrs. Astor's example in
The choice Of 4 husband.