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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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The Atlanta Georgian.
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
of commerce lost Wed
liorimchlv Impreiwod and
| convinced by the great engineer of the superior claims
of the lock canal. If a motion had bec-n made In that
meeting at that time, there la no man who doubts that
i It would have been carried unanimously and enthuslas-
would be easy to reduce the names to that of the car-1 glory and prosperity of this splendid commonwealth,
penter, the sawyer, the smith—save the mark!—or some land no one phase In the history of these Georgla-Care
of the Twelve A|>ostIes. i llnans has beeo more quickened through loyalty, t.ot lees
Since the people themselves are to be translated, j t0 the commonwealth of their residence than to the com-
why not their names? It would afford Infinite relief to j m0 nwealth of their nativity, than these annua! festival
a long suffering public, so we go on record In f» v or ; pc^giong | n which the glories of both states are magnl-
I tlcnlly and by a rising vote to endorse the type of canal | of Congressman Burke's bill and endorse Champ Clark's fled an( j r ei>eate<I for the respect and honor of the present
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Thyself or others careless talk may wrong.
—Sir John Denham.
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Let Us Stand by Shonts and Roosevelt.
From muttering* already heard at Washington and
mom particularly voiced by Senator Halo In the aenate,
qulto evident that there will be precipitated at an
early day a fierce contest, over tho type and nature of
Panama canal.
1’pon one aide of this question standi the official and
repr---putative engineer, who hai the matter In charge,
and whose fame and repute must rest upon the successful
and effective construction of this mighty water way.
k i pun the other sldo stands s motley company, aomo
^ of whom may be sincerely canght by the superficial
i "sea level canal" Into advocating that type upon
Imsls of a supposed simplicity and effectiveness.
Joined to this Is another company of protcstanta,
w hose motives are, at least, open'to the widest suspicion.
Neither we nor our representatives In congress can af
ford to blind ourselves for a moment to the fact that
there nro vast corporate interests In this republic whose
prosiwlty will bff Impaired by the canal. With trans
continental freights taking from nine to thirteen days
to cross the continent by rail from San Francisco to
New York, and with fast sailing vessels making the trip
through the Panama canal In a little over 14 days, one
can see that the enormous savings In freight by the water
route will Inevitably force down the rates of trans-contl-
ncntal freight, and diminish the volume of the shipments
mrnbi by rail.
This furnishes a motive for opposition, which In
this material age la the most vigilant, the most tire-
l< ss, the most unscrupulous and the most effective In all
the channels of legislation and irawer which deal with
p: cat enterprises and with popular rights.
It may be simply set down as a certainty that the
tnms-contlnental railways, through their vast and pow
erful lobby, will bring to bear every agency of Influence
in their power, either to thwart the completion of the
ennui or to give It to the world ao handicapped and In
cffcctlre that Its power for service and for reduction of
freights and of tlmo will be greatly curtailed.
Theodore P. Shonts, who Is the official chairman of
tbo Isthmian Canal Commission! and himself one of the
fitst engineers of tho world, and his staff of subordinate
engineers, are all agreed that the lock canal Is both
quicker In construction, more durable In type, more ef
fective In use. and will admit of greater speed and larger
tonnage In Us vessels than the sea level canal.
Mr. Bhonts and his coadjutors demonstrated conclu
cicely In his Atlanta speech that the sea leval canal
i> not nearly what the world understands it to be; that
It Ik not as Is popularly thought, a straight, open and un
tun erupted channel through which shlpa can freely pass
from ocean to ocean, but Is, In the first place, equipped
with a largo tidal lock, the most objscttonsble and dan-
gt-urns lock from the operating standpoint In use, while
the Ken level cans! Itself I* a deep, narrow, tortuous
gorge which ships cannot navigate, even according to the
estimate of the men who recommend that type of canal,
at a greater speed than four miles an hour.
Mr. Shonts unhesitatingly predicts that If the sea-
level canal waa finished, within thirty days after lis com
pletion congress would be celled on for an appropriation
to begin tho Indispensable work of enlarging If. He
showed clearly, first, that the lock canal could bo com
pleted for about halt the cost and in about halt the time
of the sea-level.
Second, that It would be adequate .for all commerca
which can be reasonably expected to seek that route dur
ing tho next one hundred and fifty years.
Third, That It tt should be necessary the lock canal
could be more cheaply and more quickly enlarged than
the sea level canal.
Fourth, because from the operating viewpoint, the
fast largo ships could be put through more safely and
more quickly than through the sea-level canal.
And last, that the eslmated cost of operation will
save to tho government every year In the lock canal $2,-
340,000.
Now, It will be realised that Mr. Shonts has no pos
sible Interest in the lock canal beyond the tame and rep
utation which he le to hand down td posterity In
this great achievement. There can he no possible graft
to hint In advocating the cheaper of the two canals, and
he is rich enough with his millions of money to be be
yond tho reach of bribes or grafts, even It be were capa
ble of being tempted In that direction. Further than
i this he Makea bis professional Judgment and that of hie
jemini-m and capable subordinates upon the superior de-
: suability In every way of the lock canal, and In this
view be hat th* thorough indorsement and the hearty
co-ni-erstlon of the fearless and honest, even If eome-
tlmcx mistaken, president of the United Bute*.
Now. In this Serce light which Is Impending over the
type of canal, we have what seems to be a very distinct
balance of the contending factions. Upon one side the
pr.-Hdont, the professional engineer and his subordinate
engineers, with their official and professional assur
ance of the superiority, economy and efficiency of the
lock canal, and with no possible motive behind It except
to hand down to history at the earliest time the achieve-
ment of a great work which will fix the substantial ra
il in- of Its builders In future generations-
' On the other side, a mistaken conception of the na
ture and structure of th* sea level canat, and the exis
tin' « of s vast and powerful corporate lobby, who have
a iii-tlnct and clearly understood Interest In delaying, If
not in actually crippling the entire schema of the Isth
mian canal.
From general principles and from past experiences
t. . re Inclined to distrust and oppose that legislation
w blch la favored by the transcontinental lobby and the
»< viators who usually vote with It
Under these circumstances,-what would seem more
natural than that representative newspapers of the South,
an-: i. iresentaUve public men of the South should stand
>■> Shonts and the president In the light for the lock
caul serosa the Isthmus of Panama.
'll.ere was not a man among the several hundred
going and unusually representative Georgians
proposed by the president and his great engineer.
Tho Georgian sincerely trusts that our representa
tives In the senate and In congress will give to these
matters the same fearless and disinterested considera
tion which they are accustomed to do. and wo confi
dently believe that In this view of it. unless there be
some genuine and convincing reason not yet made man
ifest, they will give their votes and their voices to the
lock canal of Shonts and Roosevelt.
The Need for Parks.
Nothing that- has recently been suggested lias met
with more general Indorsement than the communication
from Mr. J. G. Ross man recently published In The Geor
gian In favor of tho purchsse of a small pork nrea in the
central portion of the city, as a breathing place for the
general public, for public conveniences, and other pur
poses not met by the larger pleasure grounds like Grant
Park and Ponce DeLeon.
It Is agreed that s suitable site for such a park In
the central section of the city would cost a eonalderablo
amount of money, but It must be borne In mind that fire
or ten year* from now the same sit* will cost consider
ably more money, and the time to prepare for the
future Is before values have advanced any further.
This Is not any spasmodic effort on the part of At
lanta alone, but there Is r. general movement all over
the country In favor of amall parks scattered throughout
the large cities. St. Louis Is now In the midst of an agi
tation in fgvor of Issuing $670,000 In .rands for the pur
pose of Increasing the number of these parks and the
proimsltlon Is receiving cordial support. In advocating
this movement It Is pointed out that New York has 43
small parks and squares and municipal playgrounds, and
Is equipping all of her school buildings with playgrounds
surrounding the building or on the roof.' New York has
spent $10,000,000 In the past ten years for these recrea
tion places.
Chicago oas 36 small parks and square*, already con
structed and equipped, and 32 planned or In process of
construction, and 11 municipal playgrounds. Chicago
has spent within the past ten years $2,600,000 for these
recreation places.
Boston has IS small parks and squares, IS public
playgrounds and four bathing beaches. Boston has a
playground within a half mile of every child-In the
crowded portion of th^ city.
Cleveland has nine small parks and squares and eight
municipal playgrounds.
Bt- Louis has ten small parks and squares and one
municipal playground.
The enormous cost of small park areas in London,
New York and Chicago I* sufficient evidence that At
lanta aboutd secure them now before real estate values
increase to almost prohibitive prices.
^ The San Francisco disaster proved the value of
small parks and oiien spaces In checking the spread of
Are nnd In furnishing a refngo for the homeless thou
sands. Atlanta needs these open spaces In the crowded
districts.
Small parks and playgrounds In the crowded dis
tricts decrease Juvenile crime; decreaso the death
rate, especially ambng the children; aupply light and air
to all the community; furnish dally recreation and pleas
ure to the people, and aid powerfully In the develop
ment of a wholesome aod healthy cltlienshlp. They are
the safety valvoa for social discontent, because they
supply to the people those opportunities for recreation
which rightfully belong to them.
The city of Atlanta could not make any better Invest
ment than to purchase one or more sites for small parks
In the congested section of the city before It Is too late.
Kjier-rh, oven before he delivers IL
Burton's successor In the senate Is a farmer,
garden seed appropriation will sit up and take notice.
Qttoen Victoria will not even wear a bombasine
dress now.
Americanize the Hard Names.
King Chrononhotonthologoa was not tha only man
who ever had a hard name.
In a moment of aberration we might remark that
Wood and 8tone, and the like, are equally hard.
But In the sens* of the difficulty of spelling and pro
nouncing them they are to be reformed If a measure
which has been introduced In the house of representa
tives by Congressman Burke, of Pittsburg, becomes a
law.
He has prtpared an amendment to the naturalisa
tion bill which provides that foreigners with unpronounce
able names will have to adopt some good old Ameri
can patronymic If they wish to be taken under -he pro
tecting wing of tho United Btates government. Champ
Clark, wo are told, will make one of bis characteristic
speeches on the subject and others no less gifted will
push along the work of reform.
This Is as It should be. The names which we are
sometimes called upon to pronounce can, In point of fact,
only be pronounced abominable, and It Is time to call
for a new daal. v
It Is pointed out as s practical tact that the work
of amalgamation will be greatly facilitated If our natural
ised cltlxens, and particularly those who are exchanging
the autocratic rule of the Romanoffs for the freedom of
the United Btates, w^l only take up with aome ( good old
name which our experience with subecrlptlop lls'n and
open aaoount* and high dlvea and stolan Jewels has made
familiar.
There Is a practical bearing to this sort of thing.
Some of the subjects of the Caar, when they come ovei
hero and get Into trouble, make it almoet Impossible for
the newspapers to gtvo them a square deal, and In thr
event that they wander off to some other country and
get Imprisoned they are liable to be taken ouL tried and
executed before we can ever get their names properly
transmuted to the constituted authorities In a protest
against their punishment. This placet a well meaning
government In a very embarrassing predicament and la
liable at any time to Involve us In diplomatic compiles-
a.
Volumes of eloquence could not bars been more ef
fective than the ruse adopted by Congressman Burke,
when he sent a Ust of these Jaw-breaking names to the
clerk's desk to be read, preparatory to his discussion of
the measure be has Introduced. It wsa an obvious
Imposition on the reading clerk. It sounded like the
death list of the engagement around Mukden or a call
of the roll of the downs.
We have no doubt that the house looked tike a rustic
Sabbath with a bust saw whirring stridently In aolltude
In the middle distance.
In nine case# out of tan It la possible to translate
these names literally and make them Into very Intelli
gible English. M they would cure themselves or the
Ucbes" and the "koffs," which seem to afflict them, It
Two Typical Young Atlantans.
The most Interesting thing In all Atlanta Is the peo
ple of Atlanta, and no subject of editorial comment can
be more timely and proper than the people who make
or help to make this twentieth century city.
Among these, and among the most vital of them, are
the two young men who have Just consummated In the
real estate business, that large and Important transac
tion recorded In our columns on Monday.
Forrest and George Adair have Invested on thjlr
own part, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars Id the
purchase of two pieces of property on Whitehall and
Peachtree afreets, which at one stroke brings them Into
the list of Atlanta's large real estato owners, as they hnve
long been perhaps the oldest and largest real estate firm
In the city.
The lesson that this transaction carries Is. a two
fold one. It Is a lesson of method, and a lesson of Telth.
Forrest and George Adair inherited nothing from
their distinguished and popular father but the real es
tate business which they now control. Outsldo of this
legacy, every dollar of his fortune went to the mother of
his children. With rare Judgment and fidelity, these
young men have concentrated their entire time and at
tention upon the business which came to them by In
heritance.
They have absolutely and studiously avoided a con
nection with any other busir.es*.
They have refused to be directors In any other cor
poration except one of a purely social nature.
They hare refused to lend themselves tolnvestment
They have refused to lend themselves to Investment
In any other form of making money.
And they have, by mutual agreement, cut themselvos
off from any posstblo contact with personal |<olltlcs or
from tho holding of any office, city, county or state.
They have simply single shotted tho real estate bus
iness In Atlanta. They do nothing else, they depend
upon nothing else, and they are connected with nothing
else.
They have not a dollar of money which they have
not made themselves.
They have not a dollar of money which they have
not made In the real estate business.
They have not a dollar of money which they hare
not made In the real estate business In Atlanta.
And on Saturday they Invested s quarter of'a million
dollars In their own names In the real estate of Atlanta.
The lessons derived from this transaction relate first
to the value of concentrated, consistent effort along a cer
tain line of business. They carry a further Impression
of an absolute and unvarying faith in the real estate of
the city in which they live.
And they demonstrate conclusively that that faith
was well founded In a city like Atlanta, and that any
man who plants his business upon this confidence and
holds to It as steadily, as loyally, and as lnt$Illgently
as Forrest, and George Adair have done, will reap tho
logical and Inevitable rewards which have come to them.
Now there can be no lesson to young men growing
In business, In trade, or in the professions in Atlanta,
more wholesome than the history of these men ns ex
pressed In the paragraphs which we have written above.
Faith, constancy, Integrity and Intelligence, Joined to la
bor, conquer all things, and Forrest and George Adair
have already conquered not only the question of a
worldly competency at an early age, but they bave
conquered as well the respect and confidence of their
fellow men, and deserve to rank among the first and
most useful forces In the progress pf the twentieth cen
tury city of the South.
( generation.
J The South Carolina Society Is not peculiarly an
The institution of Atlanta. Let that be clearly understood
It is the "South Carolina Society of Georgia." and its
scope Includes those native sons of the Palmetto state
who. In every portion of tho state, Join their unlm-
poached loyalty to Georgia to a tender and reverent
memory tor their native South Carolina.
New York now has an excellent outlet for her spoiled
meat. She can feed It to the Dew python. Ho doesn't
know any better.
The South Carolina Georgians.
The South Carolina Society of Georgia, whose ban
quet on tie twenty-eighth of last June was Justly reck
oned among the most brilliant events In Atlanta's social
history, has announced another grand banquet on the
evening of June 28, 1906.
Governor Heyward, Senator Latimer, Hon. Mllledge
Bonham and other prominent South Carollnans will bo
guests of the society, and Its annual celebration prom
ise* to rank henceforward among the leading social
events of the South.
Georgia Is rich In the element which South Caro
lina has contributed to Ita cltlienshlp. The name* once
linked with the Palmetto state are now a pari of the
“Samanthy Bjllins.”
Miss Georgia Elizabeth Duncan, of Atlanta, has given
to the’ world through the Mutual Publishing Company
of this city, a very charming little volume entitled
“Samantha Blllins of Ilangln-Dog." and the volume
has met with a cordial reception by the critics and liter
ary folk of the state.
Miss Duncan has been for some years well known
as a popular figure of Atlanta society, and as a delineator
of tho cracker dialect in Its best and purest form. Sho
has been a striking and much desired feature at tho
amateur theatricals and entertainments given by tho soci
ety folk of the city, and her advent Into literature will
undoubtedly be applauded by a large and admiring circle
of admirers.
We can offer upon our own part upon “Samanthy
Blllins of Hangln-Dog" nothing that will be so pertinent
and so Impressive as that which comes from Mrs. Lundy
H. Harris, that brilliant and now famous literary woman,
of Georgia, residing for the time In Nashville, Tonn.
Mrs. Harris says of the book:. v
"Samanthy Blllins of Hangln-Dog" Is the most de
lightful book I have read In many a day. I have Just
had time to read IL which accounts for my delay In
making comment upon It. I rejoice In and for my Geor
gia friend. Miss Duncan. Her book Is the sincere ex
pression of the heartiest and simple sympathetic Inter
pretation of one of the most admirable types of human
nature In Gils world to me. The Illusion Miss Duncan
produces Is so perfect that It Is tho sweet, quaint reality,
and her vocabulary Is delightful. I envy her In that be
cause it Is so much better than my own, when I have
tried to Interpret the samo kind of dialect character.
“I thoroughly admire and cordially commend to
Southern readers the delightful quality of 'Samanthy
Blllins/ ”
This Is comment from one of the highest .critical
authorities of the South. The Georgian adds Us own
endorsement for the naturalness, the kind humor and
the sweet sincerity of this little volume, which ought to
add materially to the prosperity and to the fame of Us
author.
The current Issue pf Harvle Jordan's Cotton Jour
nal has for Us outside page, the handsome face, and
the handsomer record of John D. Walker, of Sparta,
who raised $10,000 from Southern banks for the South
ern Cotton Association.
Mr. Walker's years, though ftw, have been the record
of -constant and progressive achievement He Is not
only one of the strongest forces In the Industrial and so
cial life of middle Georgia, but he Is at the age of 28—
President First Natonal bank, Sparta, Ga.
President Bank of Wblto Plains, White Plains, Ga.
President Jones County Bank. Haddock, Ga.
President Bishop Banking Company, Bishop, Ga.
President Bank of Harlem, Harlem, Ga.
President Farmers and Citizens' Bank, WatklnsvUIe.
President Bank of Gray, Gray, Ga.
Vice President Merchants and Farmer*' Bank, Da-
vlsboro, Ga.
President Sparta Oil Mill, Sparta, Ga.
President Union Store, Sparta, Ga.
Water main* on the big streets of New York have
been exuding striped bass of late. The health depart
ment must have been making a noise like a worm.
The Canine* war between gringoes and greasers Is
at an end- Colonel Greece's martial experiences with
Lawson stood him In good stead.
President Cassatt and Senator Depew are ready to
testify that these “Don’t Worry Clubs" sre all right—In
theory.
The Tampa Tribune la calling the bride Queen Eliz
abeth. We thought “Good Queen Bess" turned down the
King of Spain.
It Isn't a minute too soon to begin the crusade on
the toy pistol, If the Glorious Fourth Is a month off.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 4.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—F. M. Psxton, E. R.
Robert*. W. H. Smith, C. Daniel, J. W.
English, Jr.. C. W. Moody. Mrs. M. V.
Walker. C. Balt Mrs. C- Daniel, Mrs.
M. C. Harden, J. W. Smith.
MACON—J. 8. Budd, C. E. Hsrter,
B. F. Roushe, Mtsses Halt.
“Th* Brilliant Georgian-"
To th* Editor of The Oeorglan:
Though I am a lady, I am an
ardent admirer of your delightful
Georgian. I congratulate you most
heartily on so perfect s paper
In evety reaped. It la. Indeed, a pleas
ure and light In our household. In the
evenings papa and the boys hare a
perfect wrestle over Its newsy pages.
Long Hf* and prosperity to th*
dear Georgian and Its brilliant and he
roic editor. Since rely.
MRS. ED C. SMITH.
Jskln. On., Jdne 1 1904.
TAPI* AND TARB.
™ of Hooks. May S.)
Ishrd hr the samo of
>me Is Tape, forthwith
and with a fentsl r*i... _
Request that Tahb be changed to Tspp.
And Justly, too: If one to- Tspp.
It Is Indeed s grave mlshspp.
all should (SM> and Idabb
... BT tho protest; also grsbh
stylos keen, and ask. nuuhapp.
That he, ss Tahb, bo not rallrJ Tapp.
'Ware sharp then, every .rUI.-rti.-ipp.
And mix not so these Tnbh ami Tnpp;
To wsrd off safely senipp aud atabh
Keep UM tm Tspp nnd labh on Tuldx
-Emma Carlrtou it, New V.-rk rim.*.
Sen Albany, lad* May S> tad.
AUGUSTA POST,\ T P. A.,
THANKS THE GEORGIAN
To the Editor of The Oeorglan:
It affords us great pleasure to hand you a copy of the following reso
lutions which war* unanimously adopted at the regular meeting of Post
E, Travelers' Protective Association. Augusta, Os* June 2, 1904:
"Whereas, th* Georgia state division of the Travelers' Protective Asso
ciation, In convention assembled at Albany, on the Jd and 4th of May
19*4. passed resolutions asking the rallrneds of the state of Georgia to
grant them a S,Mn interchangeable mileage book, also to make the present
I,0#4 mileage book Interchangeable; and.
“Whereas, the Hon. John Temple Graves, through the editorial col
umns of The Atlanta Georgia. May 29, 1904, has so ably and forcibly sst
forth our causa In this matter; be It resolved:
"1. That Post E. Travelers' Protective Association, Augusta, Ga* In
regular meeting assembled, do offer a vote of thanks to The Georgian and
Its talented editor for their kind and timely assistance In a Just cause.
“3. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to The Georgian.
"3. That a copy of these resolutions be spread on our minutes.”
The resolutions were offered by T. F. Bergeron, member of Poet E.
and were seconded by H. D. Calhoun, ex-state president.
Augusta, Ga* June s.
Jack London as a Musician.
Jack London, the author, waa Intro
duced one day to a musician.
"L too, am a musician In a small
way," London said. “My musical tal
ent was once th* means of saving my
lifa“
“How was that?” the musician asked.
"Thera was a great flood In our town
n ray boyhood,” replied London.
When the water struck our bouse, my
father got on a bed and floated with
the stream until he was rescued.”
■And you?” said the musician.
“Well,- said London, “I accompanied
him on th* piano."—Ladles' Home
Journal.
The belief I* fast gaining ground
that Governor Warfield, of Maryland.
a candidate for the United States
senate to succeed Senator Gorman,
and with that end In view that he
wtli be In the field for a renomlnatlon
for the governorship.
CURIOUS FACT8.
Lord 6 weed month, first lord of tbs British
admiralty. Is so assiduous collector of oM
chin*.
The name California first appear,-,I lu an
asoaysssa* Spanish romance published In
W0. It toM of an A mason queen, Cnlsfia.
whose realm was relied Californio.
Koenig Invented IhTTiestn printing press.
Ills partner. Hensley, chested him. Koenig.
* weehf UOr work!If foe about a
JarqnsM. the Investor of the fsmoos
invention to the garsnusest nnd all he got
la rstsrs was s pesshra of SLOOO s f t
^Vlwah,m n |!i1 , »oA^, , n5i T tly*h5l5J|
W.^tlsgtew
ftjrrai'frara tho Ijidtan raoldra's"**'tor
LnirtUb bn*t«n<I. TVrr U to be a ••Pom-
h 1 nta * .•* th* JiiEitow nnwltlii.
wbe® the todel* will hold 0m |4«co. ’
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O POLITICS AND POLITICIANS, o
0OO0OOOO00OOQ OOcoc g
General Horace Porter, recently am
ha.«Karlor to France, Ik -aid to be , h ‘
choice of Chairman B. B, Odell for the
Republican candidate for governor of
New York.
O. H. Truman, whom the Democrats
of the Seventh Kansas district havl
nominated for rnnerc, | s an oMaln _
ed minuter of the Christian ehu7rh'
He was ordained In 1S74, and has h«<5
Ncdira-ki" Kan!m! '' Missouri *53
11res for
next state to
. "A ‘he million,
the United State*
senate. Senator Patterson, whoso
term expires next March, has an.
nounce.l that he will not run again
The millionaires who will probably en
ter the race for Senator Patterson's
seat nre Thomas E. Walsh, the mining
klmr: Dave Moffatt, the railroad mag
nate. ami Mr. Guggenheim, th* head of
.a- * • " .Refining
the American Smelting nnd
Company. The outlook Is that ihers
will be lively times at the next
slon of the Colorado leglsalture.
The success of the "Insurgent" Re-
publican faction In South Dakota
means that Representative Eben W
Martin, the author of the houa* reso
lution under which the beef trust waa
Investigated by the commissioner of
corporations, and Representative
Chari** H. Burke, who was recently
made chairman of the executive com
mit: ih>- Republican ■ - , .
campaign committee, will be retired to
private life.
The Oregon election this week Is th*
last state election to be held until
.September, In which month state elec
tions will be held In Arkansas, Ver
mont and Maine.
Indlnnn Democrats are to assembla
In Indianapolis tomorrow to name can
didates for tho state ofllces to be filled
at the fall election.
Another convention to te held
shortly Is that of the Minnesota Re
publicans, who meet In Duluth next
week to name a full state ticket.
Lively contests are on for several
places OB th* ticket, and the convention
pormlses to be of more than ordinary
Interest.
Republicans of th* Ninth Missouri
district meet at Warrenton today to
name a candidate to make the race
against Congressman Champ Clark this
folk
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 6.
1481—Execution of conspirators to as.
sasslnnte Lorenzo D1 Medici.
1533—Ludvlco G. Ariosto, Italian posh
died.
1599—Diego Velasquez, Spanish artist,
born.
1606—Pierre Corneille, French dra
matist, born. •
1645—Christina voluntarily abdicated
throne of Sweden.
1660—Treaty of Copenhagen.
1710—Duchess De La Valllere, mistress
of Louis XIV, died.
1742—General Nathaniel Greene, Amer
ican revolutionary leader, born.
1765—James Otis proposed an Amer
ican congress In Mosaschusett*
assembly.
1799—Patrick Henry, American orator
and statesman, died. Born May
2$, 1736.
1808—Joseph Bonaparte made king of
Spain.
1829—Major General Henry Dearborn
died.
1855—Bombardment of Sebastopol re-
opened.
1861— Count Cavotri Italian statesman,
died. Born 1810.
1862— Memphis, Tenn., taken by th*
Fedemls.
1867—Alexander of Russia narrowly es-
cupel u.-.-nsKlnnti>>n In I' I
1878—Pope apponled to the powers to
protect Catholics In Turkey.
1880—Mount Vesuvius railway formal
ly opened.
1889—Great fire In Seattle, Wash.
1891—Cornerstone of new city hall at
SL Louis laid.
1893— The Infanta Eulalia of Spain
arrived In Chicago.
1894— Lord Rosebery’s colt Ladas won
ths derby.
THE 8MILE8 OF TODAY.
■Ip ones im
For the king. If he lose hi* scepter.
Is ths sport of the lioor and rlowo.
If tbe world In Its goings nnd comings
In tbe heat of approval saute
Never think It la ...lid nnd Insting;
It la but for a little wbllc.
Are tbo lines of the net and s psrt of thr
play.
When tbs smites sre all gone snd tbe roeel
sre dead
Hold It np through-th* scorn, never town
your bead.
For the birds come again nnd breese* sra
warm , .
In tbe Iraves of tbe oak that baa weathered
tbe storm.
Crash chance If yonr chance woold cmat
8m^e°fate If your fat* should frown.
For the road to tbe crown snd ucepter
Is tbe rood that Is beaten down
Ry the feet of the men who hured
i the din of the bottle thetr bosom*:
'Tin tbe road of tbe men who dared.
H “ TI* B HUIJ 10*111 Jr . . skaff
Though the profit bo small do tbs best thsl
When"the'smiles are all gone and tbe roan
I-sbor on through their scors, sever lowei
For fbc*blrda^klof a^sln and t* *>r***«•
•r» warm
Is the leaves of the oak that hat weathered
the *^___-C_H_B«x>ey.
A WI8H FOR MY FRIEND.
(By M. T. Singleton.)
Aa light aa the dew on the rlolat
Aa Tight aa the foam on a
Aa light as the mist o’er the rlolet ereepJJJ
May tha caret of thla life erer reft upoi
the*.
Aa aoft aa the lots to tbe aephyra lepjrjjjf
* Aa soft aa tbe ham of the hooey-tooec
At toft 'as the huah when toe
May Vll'.- dln of life's battle e'er "P*
thee.
As Hght aa tbe blush of thrf brightest <4
As 'brig&t a* thy face. In It* I***'*'
As bright as tbe west when daylight re
Be tke future tvhb h FortuBU I* P* l “ ,l,,
for thee.
Aa true aa the oak to the Tint **** **
twlaee It. ^
An true as tha atnrs to th* aallor
Aa true at tbe uhmjii to the aim that
shines It.
May th.* heart which
erer to the
thou trastrsl *<