Show LITTLE TELEGRAMS CHICAGO Jan 1 The I.-The The month closing yesterday went Into Chicago's records as Its coldest December with the exception Of those of ot 1872 and 1903 The present winters winter's 10 lo 7 below blow zero was reached at 4 a m m. yesterday but does not stand as the years year's record 10 below havIng haying hav hay ing been reached on January 6 TRENTON N. N J J. Jan 1 The The Delaware Delaware Delaware Dela Dela- ware and Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone Telephone Tele Tele- phone company a branch of ot the Bell system tem tern tiled flied an amended certificate here yesterday Increasing Its capital stock ft from m m- to SANTIAGO Chile Jan 1 the new year Chile will adopt at of eastern standard time Under the new reckoning t the time In Chile will Chile will correspond come corre spond rt with a gret gre t the e eastern n time l ec division divi t sion slon o of the United the territory from the an anan and an Irregular line from fron Detroit to 0 Charleston Challes Charles ton S. S C. C W WASHINGTON A Jan 1 An I.-An An offer to purchase the steamer Roosevelt In which Commander Peary made his last trip to the arctic regions preparatory to his dash to the north pole has been declined by the treasury r department a The ThO promoters ers cis of t the Peary e e expedition ion were rl of the oj opinion that the It I would be available for fOI patrol duty In Bering SEal sea for the I purpose of preventing n sealing l Assistant nt Secretary efe however however how how- ever decided that the Roosevelt was not the type of vessel best adopted for the service indicated CAIRO Ill Iii Jan 1 1 gorges formed In the Mississippi river at Hick Hick- man Ky and sad for a time yesterday there were e grave e fears e of a fI flood T The water 1 was forced as far up as s Cairo The e situ situ- atlon here caused great uneasiness Today Today To To- day the gorges broke and the river held Jo 10 its channel Both the Ohio and Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mis Mis- rivers are running full of Ice t CHICAGO Jan 1 Frani 1 t. B. B Noses Noyes publisher of the Record Chicago Herald last night gave out the following signed statement statement- My My friend Mr 1 Herman H II Ko Kohlsaat has this day acquired the Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Record Herald and tomorrow tomorrow to to- to morrow morning the pape will be under his control contro m SEATTLE SEATTIE Jan 1 Rev Reused sed estimates of the Alaska and sound salmon saimon pack for 1909 1900 place e the to total at al at cases Eases v valued at 0 The Alaska pack was worth nearly more moie than that of ot the sound S SAN SAN FRANCISCO tan Jan 1 Charles I.-Charles Schwartz who was convicted tel telof of violation of f the Otis Walker 0 s law by placing a on a lb baseball b game I w was sentenced to thirty Jail NASHVILLE Tofu Tenn Jan Jin 1 The The state state law prohibiting the m manufacture of in In- In liquor In Tennessee went vent IntO Inta effect e at midnight d one Forty distilleries t l r and five big breweries erl announced itc a SUSpension sus SUS- pension of operations with Uth the close business yesterday 9 p o 0 GLOUCESTER Jan 1 The I.-The The se exacted a toll toil from Crom th fleet In 1909 1009 of four vessels and foi forty sey ty-sev ty en men and left twelve widows twenty five an WASHINGTON B Bai i I linger of the Interior has stored to the public domain r 37 i or oC land In I a aCI CalICo rn al This a tion w v taken ken a f of information furnished the fhe interior by the geological t t C la lai having previously been withdrawn as probably roba bly valuable as oil oll Vi Suds The ar art of ot lands still withdrawn 4 co comm aln oil aggregates 3 12 MIlA |