Al! the parties in interdfct have now
been heard by the president and Sec
retaries Root and Taft. Their repre
sentations have been given full consid
eration, and it is also known that he
business and personal reputations of
some of these persons have been sub
jects of most careful and searching
private inquiry, which is expected to
have a most important bearing on the
decision to be announced next week.
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BOYS HAVE RIGHTS.
A Mississippi small boy climbed a tree
and was shocked and seriously injured
by coming in contact with a live elec
tric wire. Suit for damages was
brought by the boy’s father and the
electric company contended that the
boy was out of his proper place in
the tree, and the company was not to
blame. The lower court decided to
this effect, but the supreme court of
the state has reversed the judgment
of the lower court on the ground that
a boy has a right to climb a tree.
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LET ’EM FIGHT A LITTLE.
It appears that the governments of
the United States and Mexico, solic
itously inclined to use their good offi
ces to bring about peace between Hon
duras and Nicaragua, have concluded
that It is necessary to let those bellig
erent bantam republics knock them
selves a while before the proffer of
arbitration shall be made. Nations are
like individuals; they can sometimes
be more easily parted after they have
felt the punishment of their fighting.
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WELL-KNOWN WRITER DEAD.
Special to the Banner.
Carrollton, Ky., February 23.
George Dallas Mosgrove, Confederate
veteran and widely known writer, was
found dead on the turnpike near here.
