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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SAYS HE GOT OFFER $3,000 TO VOTE AGAINST HEARSI Benuett.CIiarges Pat McGar- ren Vouched For the . Payment. Buffalo, N. T., Sept. 25.—State Com- mltteerruCn Jdmes O. Bennett, of £11- ver Creek, Chautauqua county, says he was offered $3,000 yesterday to desert Hearst and'to^ assist * the Ryan-Bel niont-Sheehan ring of corporation Democrats In organizing the Demo cratlc state convention. He says he was told .to meet Joseph Fanning at Main ancDEagle streets and discuss the subject further. Fanning came from Indiana two years <agf). He waft, a partner there of Thomas Taggart, chairman of the Democratize national committee. Fan ning was In the national hendqunrters In New Tork during the .Parker cam paign and August Belmont took a fan cy to him. Fanning is now^ In Bel mont’s office. Bennett went to William J. Conners’ headquarters and reported the matter. Mr. Conners advised Bennett to see how far the element opposed to Mr. Hearst would go. Bennett left the Iroquois hotel, met Fanning and they entered Into earnest conversation. They talked for live minutes and parted. Bennett, on reaching the hotel, wont to the third floor, as per arrangement. Fannin** went to the room occupied by William F. Sheehan on the first floor. Pat McCarren was standing In the long corridor, and as soon as Bennett .walk ed out of the elevator McCarren ad vanced and the two men met. They talked for about ten minutes. When the talk was over Bennett said McC’arren’s Anal words were: “You deliver the goods; we’ll do our part. How can we know that you will vote with us?" “That plan works both ways,’’ Ben nett declared he answered. "How am I to know tlmt you will make good af ter I have played the game for you?" "You can depend on me," said Mc Carren. "My word is good.” Bennett refused to agree to tlmt pro- posltlon.and there the matter ended. SHOT BREAKS GLASS IN UNCLE REMUS’HOME Forty citizens, armed with Winches ters. patrolled West End Monday night to preserve order. A meeting of West End residents was held Monday evening at 7 o’clock at the corner of Lee and Gordon streets. One hundred and fifty of the loading citi zens were present. Sheriff Nelms was chairman of the meeting, and Rev. M. L. Troutman, pastor of Park Street Methodist church, secretary. One hundred and fifty citizens were sworn In as officers of the law, and forty men were detailed for duty Mon day night. John Jentzen, chief of the sanitary department, was made chief of the night watch. Absolute order and quiet prevailed until 5 o’clock Tuesday morning, when a disreputable looking negro slouched down Gordon street. The patrol called upon him to halt, but Instead of doing so the negro began running. Instantly the patrol began firing. One shot entered the home of Joel Chandler Harris, but did no damage other than smashing a window glass, and arousing the sleeping household. None of the shots struck the negro and ho quickly disappeared. The fusillade of shots, however, brought slumbering male West Enders to the streets, clad In various and often picturesque dishabille. Pajamas of many cuts and colors, nightshirts that failed to hide hare shanks and shivering limbs, pattered down the street in the early dawn. And the weapons In evidence were of all de scriptions—Winchesters, revolvers, new and ancient, old shotguns, clubs and other things—were clasped In the hands of the alarmed citizens. Finding that the trouble was not se rious. the slightly clad male citizens returned to warm beds^for another snooze before the busIness"Uay began. The citizen patrol will be maintained nightly until all possibility of trouble has ended. CONFEDERATE VETS TO TENDER SER VICES EI- IS FOR HIGGIN'S PLACE New York Republicans May Nominate Him for Governorship. DEAD AT JELLICO The splendid old veterans who fought through four years of the civil war, are ready to come to the aid of civil and military authorities In the work of es tablishing order in Atlanta and Fulton aunty. For the purpose of tendering their services to the mayor for any duty re quired of them a meeting of the mem bers of Camp Walker, United Confed erate Veterans, Is called for Tuesday evening at 6 o’clock at the headquar ters, 102 South Forsyth street. The official call was Issued Tuesday morning by Commander F. A. Htiburn, and Is as follows: Attention, Camp Walker, U. C. V. You are hereby commanded to report at camp headquarters, 102 South For syth street, at 6 o’clock, to tender our services to the mayor of the city. F. A. HILBURN, Commander. JsG. RAMSEY, Adjutant. WOMAN DIES OF FRIGHT AS NEGROES ARE SLAIN 11 The Town Appeals fox’ Help. Explosion Charged to Railroads. Watching an enraged crowd of men shoot to death on the front porch of the home of Park Commissioner Rob ert H. Manley, 401 Crew street, two negro men, charged with having been members of the mob that ambushed u party of county police and killed Coun ty Officer Jim IJeard, an Innocent wo man met death. Mrs. Robert C. Thompson, of 495 Crew street, soon to become a mother, Pushed to the front yard of her home Monday night when sounds of shots were heard. She saw the bodies of the negroes, Sam McOruder and Wiley Brooks, riddled with bullets. Without a word. Mrs. Thompson fell, and when her family reached her they found that she had expired. She was the wife of Robert C. Thompson, an employee of the Excelsior laundry, and was 35 years of age. Besides her hus band, she leaves two sons, aged 10 and 7 years. Events leading up to this tragedy came swiftly at 10:*30 Monday evening. Sam McGruder and Wiley Brooks had been arrested ns members of the mob of negroes that llred on the county of- i fleers earlier In the evening, on the Jonesboro road, killing Jim Heard and wounding Officers Odum, Eubanks, Jordan and Citizen Ernest Smith. The negroes were being brought to the Tower on a Lakewood car. When the car reached the corner of Crew and Jefferson streets It was stopped by a posse, and the officers began a strug gle to keep their prisoners. In the row the two negroes escaped and ran up Crew street with the crowd In full cry behind them. As they reached the homo of Commissioner Manley, Mc Gruder and Brooks turned Into the' yard In an effort to escape. As they reached the front steps the crowd be* gan pouring shot Into them and both fell, riddled with bullets and buckshot. Believing both dead, the crowd quickly dispersed, leaving the bodies lying at the steps. Commissioner Man- ley telephoned for the Grady ambu lance and the .desperately wounded ne groes were taken there. Shortly after reaching the hospital Sam McGruder died of his wounds, Wiley Brooks’ Injuries are severe, but ho will recover. Saratoga,,N. Y., Sept. 2*.—Following the letter of Governor Higgins an nouncing his withdrawal as a candidate for renomination, a boom was started for former Governor Frank S. Black, and today his name Is the most talked of ns a possibility as the hour ap proaches for assembling the Republican state convention. Timothy L. Woodruff, who was lieu tenant governor with Black, Is backing the boom, and so are National Commit teemen Ward, Louis F. Payne, Corne lius B. Collins, George W. Aldridge, James S. Sherman, chairman of the Republican congressional campaign committee, and other of the Black "old guard." It Is the moit powerful combination that has yet been formed. Lieutenant Governor M. Linn Bruce seems to be the candidate of the Hig gins men as well as of many delegates from New York, but booms for Hughes, Black, Bracket, Wilcox, Parsons and a half dozen others are resounding through the hotel corridors. Odell, de spite his defeat in New York last week, has considerable strength In the con vention. and may become a factor In case of a close contest. • PARIS IS TERRORIZED RY GANGS OF FOOTPADS ♦ Police Are Afraid of / Powerless to Cope with Criminals. i THE THEATERS irtHItlMHIHHMtftHlMMMI Jellico, Tenn., Sept. 25.—At the cor oner’s inquest yesterday testimony was heard which increased the death list of last Friday’s explosion from seven to twenty-two, and live are still mlaslng. Fifteen men who were stundlng near the car were killed by the explosion. A country woman came hero search ing for five children to whom she gave permission to go to Jellico Friday and attend a circus. It Is feared they were killed by the explosion, and that the full list of dead may reach twenty- seven. The body of an unknown girl, probably 2 years old, was found In a Held a half mile from the scene of tho exidoBlon. It was perfectly nude, but not mangled. The coroner's Jury rendered a verdlot that the explosion was due to the crim inal negligence of either the Loalsvillo and Nashville or Southern Railways, or both, or their employees. The mayors of Jellico, Tenn., and Jel- l!n>, Ky., have issued an appeal for help. CORPORAL WHITTEMORE THROWN FROM HI8 HORSE. < 'orporal Joe Whlttemore, of the gat- ling gun squad on duty at the scene of the Brownsville rioting Monday night, was thrown from his horse Tuesday morning about 9 o'clock and his foot sr-verely hurt. Corporal Whlttemore had been relieved from duty and had tarted buck to the city when the acci- occurred. He came to town and his injured foot was dressed. NOTTOBE CLOSED Policemen, However, Warn Many Not to Go to Boulevard. 1 REAL TROUBLE* OUT ATPITTSBURG Negro Undertaker’s Wagon Was Fired Upon i bv Crowd. Atlanta’s night school was closed Monday night, and will not resume un til the excitement In the city has com pletely subsided. Superintendent W. F. Slaton deemed It inadvisable to at tempt to have the pupils In the night school to come out on the streets as long ns the slightest danger existed. Attt»ndance was small at Boulevard public school Monday morning. This school 'is located at the corner of Boule vard and Irwin streets near the negro settlements ami not far from a large colored school.. Parents were a little afraid to have their children go Into that vicinity ut this time. Policemen stationed near the school warned many hlldren not to attempt to go Tuesday morning. The recent events have affected, more or lew, the attendance at practically At 9:30 o’clock Sergeant Lamar Pool©, accompanied by Officers Loyd, Pute and Dunton, hurried to Pittsburg, a call having been sent In from Ran dall’s coal yard, to the effect that the negroes had mobilized and were march ing on the whites. The report went on to say that several negroes were barri caded In a tymse ut 381 McDaniel street and were firing at every white person that pussed. When tliq officers reached the place everything was as quiet as a May day, except for a gang of about 20 white youths and young men standing in a group. Some of them had Win chester rillcH. Others had* pistols, while some hud shotguns. The officers were directed to tho alleged fort- They searched the house and the one next lees, me ttUfimuuvc m |Mauito»; . .. , nntlilnir 1 .... the city pchools. though the falling e off In many of them has been very slight. Now For Fall! Is your fall Raiment ready? Is your wardrobe prepared for the cool nights? We have a stock of fall • lothes, hats and furnishings that it will pay you to see even though you don’t buy. It’s the most com plete and up-to-date iu town. Our clothing conxes from tho best makers, aud our furnishings are from makers of equally high reputation, and this is the best part of it. You can get the very best of every thing at moderate prices. Courteous salesmen will show you through. We invite vour inspection. ESSIG BROTHERS, “CORRECT CLOTHES FOR MEN.” 26 WHITEHALL STREET: A mall carrier came along and said that tlie undertaking wagon of David T. Howard, driven by a negro, was on its way to the house of James Wil liams, No. 395 Smith street, when tho driver was tired upon and was forced to return to- the city without going to the place of death. There was no other sign of trouble, so the officers came back to the city. Deaths and Funerals. John Johnson. The funeral rites of John Johnson, who resided nt 25 1-2 South Pryor and who died at the Grady hospital Inst Friday with fever, were held at Ililburn Sc Holland’s undertaking establishment Monday morning at li o’clock. The Atlanta Stone Rutters’ Association were present at the funeral, Mr. John son being a member of that organiza tion. The Interment took place at West View. Mrs. Rosa Brandt. The funeral of Mrs. Rosa Brandt was held Monday night at 8:30 o’clock the residence, 24& Washington et. The body was sent to AUr gusta for interment. APPROPRIATION MADE FOR DISTRICT SCHOOL. By RAOUL DE SAINT RENE. (Copyright, 1906, by Hearst News Serv ice.) ( Paris, Sept. 25.—A reign of terror once more holds sway over the French capital, but this time the terrorists are foot-pads and assassins, not revolu tlonarles. Scarcely a day passes that some shocking crime does not take place In the very center of the city, among the crowded streets In full day light. Tho police are either powerless against these creatures or afraid of them! The other afternoon a couple of Apaches were sauntering down tho boulevard when they saw a workman seated at a cafe table drinking cold beer. Just look at that cheek.", said one of the Apaches, “him sitting there having Iced drinks while we haven’t a cent to buy a drop of absinthe," and thereupon he whipepd out a revolver und shot the workman dead. It suffices for the Apache to take a dislike to a man’s face or his clothes for them to shoot or stab him on the spot. For several years no Parisian has dared stir out after nightfall un armed, but now peaceful citizens are obliged to carry weapons for self pro tection by day as well. Tho demoralization of the French chauffeur is due to the enormous wages paid by the American employer abroad, Is the theory advanced by M. Paul Mcyan, who writes on this sub ject In the Franco Automobile. He declares that Americans abroad pay their chauffeurs two and three times ns high wages ns do Europeans, and us an example of the extremes to which American automobllists will go In this direction cites the examples of the Into Clarence Dtnamore, who paid his chauffeur, Braun, ^2,000 francs a French automobllists are apt ta be very bitter against American owners of motor cars in Europe. They say that not only do they spoil their chauffeurs by allowing them enormous wages and almost unlimited license upon the road, but they arc the most selfish and in considerate of the safety of the general public, and other motorists upon tho rond than any other people In the world., a "No wonder we take to the airs,” said a celebrated aeronaut, who used to be an expert motorist. ‘Lately tho Americans have driven us off the earth with their devil-may-care driving.” KING Of ENGLAND SETS A TIMEjOR DINNERS He Disapproves of Tenden cy to Make Dining Hour Later and Later. JANE HENNARK, IN "THE TOAST OF THE TOWN.” S|»f*«*Inl to The fiiHtrginii. CmingUut. G.i.. Sept. X lu It/ general pr»*«.*ntiut that the Ixwrtl of county *•:!?«* $2.«*» and tin* l»onnl .•n'lege for this illstrl- •'ifXeiiS «.f the count ,4tier part of this v ».f tnkltifc coutrlhuthu, .—The grant} jury nts n*«*oiiiiiu*nile»| rounulK4foiu*rs do- xf education It.iw) /lining the n**'vtoiry •cure toe agricultural ■t. A '.licetins of the v Will In* eillel the «*«*k f»r tin* pun*'#* x lu ui:tke larger the THE WAY OUT. Change of Food Brought 8uccess and Happinatt. An ambitious but delicate girl, after falling to go through school on account of nervousness and hysteria, foqnd In Grape Nuts the only thing that seemed to build her up und furnish her the peace of health. "From Infancy,” she says, "I have not been strong. Being ambitious. to learn at any cost I finally got to the high school, but soon had to abandon my studies on account of nervous pros tration and hysteria. "My food did not agree with me, I gre\\ thin and despondent. I could not enjoy the simplest social affair for I suffered constantly from nervousness in spite of all sor*« of medicines. "This \yretched condition continued until I was 25, when I became interest ed In the lettorH of those who had cases like mine and who were being cured by eating Grape-Ntits. “I had little* faith hut procured a box and after the first dish I experienced a lieculiur satisfied feeling that I had never gnlned from any '»rdlm iy food. I slept and roHttd better that night and In n few days began to grow stronger. ••J had a new feeling of peace and rest fulness. In a few weeks, to my great Joy, the headaches and nervous ness left me and life became bright and hopeful. I resumed my studies and later taught ten months with rase—of course using Grape-Nuts every day. It Is now four years since I In*gan to use Grape-Nuts, I am the mistress of a happy home and the old weakness lias never returned.” Name given by IV,stum <!o„ Battle (’reek, Mich. There’s a reason.” Read the little book, “The Hoad to Wellville,’’ in »k*s. Little Chip uffd Mary Marblo and a company of protty # girls and capable as sistants, appeared at the Grand In "Wonderland" Monday night. On account of the troublous times, there was a small audience present, but a more appreciative lot of theater goers could not have beeh found. While the supporting company was not ns strong as it might have been, still with Little <’h|p find .Mary Marble, there was not a dull moment from the rise to the fall of tin* curtain. “The Toast of the Town." It Ih not saying too much that Miss Jane Konnnrk never appeared to better advantage than as Betty Singleton never satisfied her follower** as com pletely. The role Ih one which calls on the actress to portray very various emotions, from the comic to tho tragic note. Miss Kennark appears in many fine scenes In “The Toast of the Town,” some delightfully .comic, some sweetly pathetic, while others are Intensely dramatic. In other words, Betty Is a great role and Miss Kennark has risen with great success to the opportunities presented. There Is a striking con trast between the first and last acts of the phiy. In the first, Betty Is discov ered In the height of her success; su premo. happy In her love, and bub bling over with animation. Then Betty meets with the deepest of disappoint ments, an unrequited love, and in the last net we have her In as sweetly pathetic u scene ns has been known to the stage In years. This act, while one of the best In the play, Is the quietest, and yet it mnkes the deepest Impres sion of any of the four. Wo have had three nets of bustling comedy and stir ring dcanm, and then follows the al luringly pathetic. It Is rather curious that this last act, which leaves no dry eyes, should be considered one of the very best in tho pluy. In this act Miss Kennark surpasses anything that she has done in recent times. Mr. Fitch has sounded a deeper note In “The T«*nst of the Town” than In any of his later plays; yet, wo have the author at his best throughout. Despite its big ness, “The Toast of the Town" has a lighter side which Is brought out with delightful effect. LcIP.r Yuno Is cap tivating as Itoxanu, a silly, rude and mercenary young actress jxerson, and the can. can be said In the fullest measure of Bertha Livingston ns the pert old dowager. Miss Kennark will appear Wednes day and Thursduy at the Grand. George Cohan's Popular Piny. Klaw & ErJanger announce for next Tuesday and Wednesday one of their biggest successes; "Forty-live Minutes From Broadway.” Tho story Is told In three scenes, the locale of which Is New Rochelle, suburb of New York, just 45 minutes from Broadway by rail—hence the tl- Ite. The scenes represent, the exterior of tho Castleton mansion in tho morn lng, the drawing room of tho same In the evening, and tin* railroad station the next morning. Corinne plays the role of Plain Mary, a servant in |the Castleton household, a character untque In Its conception, giving to Cor inne excellent opportunities for the display of her versatility, as there are several situations In which she Is re ported to hnvo shown considerable motional power. Revolving around Mury in the development of the story are a young millionaire, u soubrette, Flo'ra Dora Dean, with a mercenary mumma, a young district attorney, sev eral local celebrities, and "Kid” Burns, a young man who has long basked In the white lights of Broadway, and who finally comes to -New Rochelle as the private j#>cretary of the newly budded mlllloisalre. This work Is regarded by all who have soon It us Mr. Cohan’s best play. NOTED MEXICAN WAR VETERAN DIES IN CHARLESTON, AGED 83 Charleston, S. C., Sept. 25.--O. R. Levy, one of the few survivors of the famous Palmetto regiment, of Mexican war fame, died here late yesterday afternoon, ago about 83 y«*urs. lie hud an Interesting career, holding office In Charleston ns a Republican and later as a Democrat. Ho was several years a magistrate In Charleston county holding that office at tho time of hit death, being re-elected at the last prl tnary. HIT was a Catholic In religion. FOUGHT DESPERATELY WI7HBLA CK ASSAILANT Special to The Georgian. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 25.—For two hours ear ly tdUjiy, Mrs. J. Toucbxtoue fought des perately with a negro brute, wlyi attempt' criminal assault at her hotuo iu (ink* dale, a scibugb of Mo bib*. Only through superhuman efforts en tho woman’s psrt was the negro frustrated In Ids designs. In her desperate styugg's, the* Jbruflme lu tho room wiis wriM-kod. the negro at tempting to choke Mrs. Ton.-intom*. i:\citement runs high, and if c.iught the negro will be lynched. Trouble is feared dety of late Is announced In the en gagement of Vlcbrme Jehan do Rohan, son of the Dus de Rohan, to Mile. Anno de Talhouet Roy, daughter of the marquis of tlmt name. The Rohan family is one of the richest and most distinguished in France. The duke 1s the owner of the Chateau of Jcsseiin, in the province of Morblhnn, celebrated os one of the his torical and ni 'hlfccturul gems of Brit tany. The duch.-ss i a i«u’t. •.«* of coti- sblerab! • talent. Shortly before her last voltim * f verson was published «ho prrsrmod -v. ail ndtrfnc#* sheets to The An 1 . ti, » murk of her ad miration tor the Intel’, ctuul develop ment of the Amer. an |«*>plo. The Dlieheju. . ib nun l-S a COUSln of the Marquis do ‘ ’a dpllune. Parisians hi. already consuming oysters as fast us th* markets eun sup ply them. Tip ton -d heat of lb** curly days of September had no idTeot in scaring the Parisian from an oyster diet, und from the first day that the succulent Wvulv.* appeared «<n the res taurant tables It has boeri eagerly con sumed. x Tho most r- pubtv oyster In Paris is called the Portugal.'. Its popularity I'? mainly due to »•-. cheapness, fur It Is the most inexpensive of all Though i call'd Portuguese, it Is ready nosed on ch soil, but has a portueguese ori- J Vjow Readlri The chate au possesses one of the finest game preserves in France and it is considered umong tqHtrtsrnen a great honor to be allowed to shoot over them. The countess’ children are with her. fount Bonl lias gone to the depart ment of the Basses-Afpes to manage ids re-election campaign. Owing to his invalidation by tin* chamber of depu ties the polling will be done all over again. The count has two formidable rivals, ana the chances rtf his re-elec tion. seem serious. The story of his family difficulties was rath« r overdone by his political enemies at the time of his election ln>t spring, and there is now u revolution «>f feeling in his fa- or. -which will probably result in his ■turn to the chamber. There fs In the t’afltelinne household .persist* nt rumor that a reconciliation going to take place between the >unt and the countess. TIt* up ' r servants report tbaf Judg. i" from conversations held in their repence by members of the countess' family the signs all point toward her Inejlnntlon to relent and tnko her er runt husband to herdieart again. ountes* spending the nlfieeiit '-haT- has invit* .i 1 and Cruppi. Mstellune Is In her innv- vhieb she rs, Messrs/ Kelly l will be placed Play for Monuqi*«t Fund. io The Georgina. Montlcello, On., Sept. 23.—Tho Ray ling «’lub, of Montlcello, will present! “Midsummer’s Sight Dreams” ut the opera house here Friday night for the ht*n**fit of the Confederate mon ument fun*!. The proposed m -mitnent th»* the hunting season, old court house now stand*. “t where the By RICHARD ABERCORN. (Copyright, 1906, by Hearst News Ser vice.) 4 •* ’ London, Sept. 25.—A momentous change has taken place In habits of London society. Initiated by the king. Ills majesty disapproved of the ten dency to make the dinner hours later and later, and has decreed that the fashionable dinner hour shall be 6:30 to 7:30 o'clock. Before this change was Instituted society dined from 8 to 9 o'clock. The dinner hour, which is a return to ear lier manners, is welcomed by every body. It will benefit the theaters, which lost many patrons through the late din ner hour, and It will also send more people to the restaurants for supper. People who d'ned at 8 o'clock were not always Inclined for supper afterwards, and could not reach the theater before the middle of the performance. The distress In London through lack of employment • will be greatly mitl-‘. gated during the coming winter by a' system which has Just -been Inaugu-i rated. A "labor exchange" haa been opened in each of .the twenty-seven, metropolitan borougha for the purpose of organizing the supply of labor to: meet the demand, and finding work) for the thousands of Idle workmen. ’ The system of a provision of the un employed act of 1905, under which a small yix, levied for the purpose, pro duced nearly $150,000, of which about $54,000 has been spent in establishing these labor exchanges. Each exchange Is connected by tele- I phone with a central exchange, where- < by a demand for labor in any district may be communicated to all the other exchanges, and men supplied from dls-j tricts where the demand Is^ small. A new club for "gentlemen’s gentle- I men" is to be opened In Mayfair by Lady Hope, who for some years haa I been doing good work among the do-{ mestlcs of society. Lady Hope has established seven or. eight clubs for male and female ser vants, and the membership of menser- vants had grown to nearly 1,000. Tho new club will be a comfortable rendezvous for footmen, valets - and butlers, provided with a restaurant, j sleeping room and outfits for all sorts of games. It provides a meeting place for mensorvants. greatly preferable to the saloons, which they usually fre quent. Death is to be the theme of George Bornard Shaw’s next play, on which ho has been at work during his vacatlpn In Cornwall. Apparently the new piece, although s "all about death," will not be a tragedy ns Mr. Shaw described It as "the most, amusing ' play he has ever writ-1 ten.” It will be In five acts, with tho fatal climax at the end of the fourth The play is the seqijoi to an artiole written by William Archer, the famous critic, in which he declared that Shaw could, not claim to be-a,great drama* . tfst until he had "faced'the king *-f terrors on the stage.” Shaw took up the challenge and has written this new play "all about death,” which will bet produced In London during the coming season. It la called "The Doctor*fi Di lemma.” The first case of graft In the royal navy has come to light In connection with the loss of the battleship Montagu, which went on the rocks at Lunday Ta-, land) and after repeated attempts to refloat her has had to be abandoned. ; The attempts to salve this vessel,, which cost about $7,000,000. have re-|‘ vealed, according to the salvage men, 1 serious scamping In her construction. Ah she was built In the government dock yards at Iievonport. and not a| private yard, the soandal Is brought home directly to the naval construe- 1 1 tors. The alleged defects include the stint- i lng of rivets, tho omission of which made tho "watertight" bulkheads Inse cure, and the use of leaden rlveta und 1 even wooden plugs instead of steel rivets. The * courtmartlal of Captain Adair and Lieutenant Dathan will probably bo' followed by an Inquiry Into tho scan dal of the Montagu’a faulty construc tion. English Mohammedans are to have a j mosque In London. Plans for the edl- f flee are already drawn. The $500,0001 necessary for building is on hand, but' the final selection of a site haa not yet been made. It will be In the west or southwest of London, and Bays-' water and* South Kensington aro spoken of as the probable neighbor- . hoods. The Mohammedans In London num ber about 3,000. and they constitute In proportion to their size the richest re ligious community in the metropolis. The Islamic celebrations which the public have been privileged to see, have been os remarkable for the smart dressiness of the celebrants as for the novelty of the ceremonies themselves. The new mosque, which Is’designed by W. J. Chambers, who also prepared the plans for the Waking mosque. Is* to he an edifice of luxuriant domes and exquisitely fashioned mlnaretM. The architect’s desire Is that the building should be of pure white, with the domes, gilded. Others interested prefer it should he green—the color of Islam. Australia contains more unexplored territory In proportion to lta size than any other continent. Motoring has greatly Increased In favor In Belgium, as the roads aro gen erally very good, being hard ami Hinooth and fairly well kept. It has Just been brought out in the house of commons that Englishmen are drinking lighter beer. The decreax* in gravity for the last six yeir.s haa amounted to un average of 1.41 de grees, and as the tax la less .on iighrar beers, the revenue loss to the govern ment is $1,654,610. Acetylene lighting Is quietly gaining favor, and the Oerman Acetyl* n* Asso ciation finds the gas Is supplied the public by*76 places In Germany, 202 In the United States, Id In tin- Unit'd Kingdom and 10 In the British colon ies, while Germany alone has 75.000 private installations. The City National bank and M« -^srs Speyer & Co. agree to form a company to build, or have built, and tq own and operate the proposed 'Bolivian aytn, u\ of railways. The effective capital of the company to be $26 f 763,00e, 512 - 1CC.90O of which to be furnished by Bolivia and $14,600^000 by the rs The discovery of anthracite coal in