The Holly chieftain., 1912-01-19
GEN ERAL.

With 240,010,000 gallons OF purified
water in the reservoirs the St. Louis
water crisis has passed.
The plant-of the knabe Brothers
Piano Company in Norwood, Ohio,
was burned with loss of 100000.
Robert Bacon, ambassador Of the
United States at Paris, has confirmed
the report of his resignation.
DR.. Harry Elgin Webster, in court
in Oregon. H., formally pleaded gull
ty to the charge of numbering his
wife, Bessie Kent Webster.
Wisconsin's income tax law, en-
acted by the last Legislature, was
held to be constitutional in a deci-
sion of the State Supreme Court.
Five children of irwin Carlile, were
burned TO death and Mr. Garlic was
seriously burned in fire which de-
stroyed their home at Brainerd, Mimi
The Calumet g. Hecla Copper Min
Ing Company of Boston, have advanced
its price for the metal to 10 cents in
Europe and l4a4 cents in the domes-
tic market.
John Grier Hibben, Ph.D., professor
Of logic and philosophy of Princeton
university has been elected the fourth
president OF the Institution by the
unanimous vote OF the board Of trus-
tees.
Relief from the low temperatures
prevailing over Iowa, Nebraska, Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Oklahoma is in
sight. 1t is raining in the Northwest
and the storm center is turning this
way.
When an express train on the New
York division of the Pennsylvania
railroad crashed into a light station
wagon at grade crossing in Torres
dale, Pa, suburb of Philadelphia,
five women and one man were killed.
William Twiman, negro, murdered
his father, Turner Twiman, shot dead
deputy sheriff, seriously wounded
three other deputies and slightly in
jured Sheriff Harley Hamill, the lead
ers in posse Of more than hum
dred persons, at Rochester, N. Y.
Executive heads of 1000 corpora
tions, capitalized at $1,000,00O or more
each, have been invited to meet in
New York early in February to or
ganize the Society for Promoting Ell
ficiency. 1t is expected that upward
Of 1000 will attend. The society is to
be national
Committees of representative Ger.
man citizens will begin, within the
next few weeks, to raise a fund of
$50.000 for the international tourna-
ment of the North Amrican Gymnas-
tic Union, which is to he held in Den
yer in July, 1913. More than 10000
athletes from the United States and
Europe will attend.
The storm-swept Atlantic coast is
pilling up record of shipwrecks and
suffering that promises to eclipse the
havoc of all previous rigorous and Sc
we're winters on the Eastern seaboard
During the last fortnight-and the
end is not yet in sight-the revenue
cutters patrolling the coast have been
called into greater activity than ever
before in their history.
About is per cent of the depositors
in the postal savings banks are mar
ried women over whose money on de.
nosit the husband has absolutely no
claim. OF the 1859 depositors on
June 30th, the latest date for which
figures are available, 2.159 were mar
ried women and 1850 foreigners.
While no statistics have been pre-
pared, it is estimated there are now
about 100000 depositors.
There are serious defects in the
general mining laws of the United
States as applied to Alaska, and these
defects are becoming more apparent,
according to Gov. Clark, who sets
forth his views in his annual report
to Secretary of the Interior Fisher.
The existence Of provisions tending
to retard development and to encour-
age more speculation has been com.
planned about frequently by intelligent
and progressive mining men in the
United States, he says.