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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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muat be signed. No anonymous communication will be
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are incleetd for the purpoee. Our correspondents are
urgently requested to abbreviate their letters as much
as possible. A half a column will bt read, whereas a
full column will ba passed over by the majority of
readers.
A Model Line of Action for Negroes.
Nothing can better illustrate the injustice of
the assaults upon innocent negroes than the atti
tude, not only of many individual negroes, but of
many communities of negroes in this section of tho
•tate and in the entire state.
At College Park, for instance, when the editor
of The Georgian returned to his home on Sunday
afternoon at 5 o’clock from a public meeting he
found ten of the leading negroes of Dark Town,
the populoua negro suburb of that community, who
had been waiting for two long hours in his back
yard to confer with him.
The negroes asked what had been done at the
meeting and what was going to be done with
them.
The editor of The Georgian responded that in
the law-abiding town of Collogo Park no good nc
groes had anything to fear from any man in that
community, cither young or old. lie believed that
we had the best negroes in Georgia, that ho re
called the fact that since the foundation of the
town some ten or fifteen years ago a erime had
never been committed by a negro in College Park,
nor had there been a disturbance of any kind be
tween the races.
The negroes were greatly pleased at this as
surance, and the spokesman of the group said:
“Now, Mr. Graves, we wish to ask through
you of your white man’s organization, that Dark
Town in this little city ought to be Also on your
alarm list, and to promise you thnt if that alarm is
sounded at any hour of the night or day, we will
come with our guns in our hands nnd stand side by
side with the white men in shooting to death these
lawless negro scoundrels who would do so much to
ruin and wreck tho reputation and prospects of
our race.”
Now this was said by negro men whoso pre
vious characters were so solid and substnntinl thnt
the profession was justified by those who spoke it,
snd the incident speaks volumes for the real feel
ing of good will which may grow up between res
idents of communities who have lived for so many
years upon such terms of mutual kindness ami
helpfulness and good will as have the white men
and the negroes of Atlanta’s ideal suburb.
Since writing this article we have received
from the authorities of Clark University the state
ment that if there should bo any organized effort
on the part of Inwlcss negroes at nny time to at
tack this town or any section of it, Clark Univer
sity would he glad to respond to n call for its or
ganized rank of students to como to fight in de
fense of Atlanta against these alien and lawless
'members of their race.
This is the wisest nnd most hopeful talk thnt
has come from the negro race. It will do much
to close the present incident and to prevent its oc
currence.
Will other negroes fall in line with this loyal
volunteer!
Suppress Our Own Lawless Element.
Now then, under the conditions which surround us,
the authorities should openly and (rankly announce that
any man. young or old. boy or man who wantonly without
provocation attacks or Injures a negro of any age or sex
In this city should be dealt with to the full extent o( the
law and tho full measure of his crime—by Imprison
ment If the negro Is seriously Injured, and by the ex
treme penalty of the law it the negro Is killed. What
ever explanation can be found for the slaughter of the
mob tn tho time of frenzy. In a timo like that of Satur
day, the mob understands now that tho attack of tRe
dominant and victorious race upon the weaker race. Is
not only cowardice but murder, and should be punished
definitely and sternly, just as cowardice and murder are
punished.
An Important discovery has recently been made at
Newcastle. England, of a new process for making a high-
class steel for boilers and ships which, according to
Consul Metcalf, will enable the vessels to carry considera
bly more cargo.
FOr the first time In the history of the port of London
a cargo of tea hns been discharged by electricity, the
Huntsman, of the Harrison Line, having discharged such
a cargo by a system of continuous rollers worked by elec
tricity In tbe London docks.
The One Thing to Do.
In tho present time of excitement and unrest,
every negro in Atlanta whose character is not well
established should be promptly disarmed by the
police or military authorities!
Nothing else will touch the core of the situa
tion. Nothing else will insure the peace and quie
tude of the city. The white race ia under full con
trol of a civil and military rule which can easily
restrain any further outbreak among our own pco
pie. The deepest spot in this crisis is in the exis'
tenec and liberty at large of negroes heavily
armed and full of malice and vengeance.
There is no possible safety and no possible wiS'
dom outside of taking these weapons away from
them. The police and the military authorities have
done unusually well. The arrest and disarming of
257 negroes this morning is a strong step fii the
right direction and has done more in an hour to
satisfy and tranquilize the minds of law-abiding
people than anything that has yet been done.
Now let this work go on ceaselessly and with
remorseless vigor. The police represent the city,
the military represent the state. Both of them
represent authority, government, and law.
They are the men to effect this disarming of
the negroes, and we insist upon it that this period
of crisis should be utilized by removing danger
ous weapons from the hands of irresponsible and
reckless men who might be willing to use them
under provocation. If necessary every ward ought
to bo organized into a military precinct with a
captain or a centurion at its head. A call or a
whistle or the sound of so many guns ought to be
able to summon overy mar. in that ward or in that
block to the defense of his property or his family.
And if the police and tho military distribute their
forces, not only throughout the city but more es
pccially at this time throughout the endangered
suburbs, they ought to be able within three days to
remove every woapon from every irresponsible ne
gro in this environment.
If this is done, we know well that there are no
moro guns and ammunition that can be secured by
them. And when this is done wo may be perfectly
nHsured that the negro will go back to his business
nnd will settle himself into the quietude at once.
The thing that makes him defiant and dangerous
is a weapon.
There is no other way, and there being no oth
er way this way should be followed resolutely,
vigorously and at once. Wo trust that the mayor
and the admirable Colonel Andorson, of the Fifth
regiment, in command of tho military situatipn,
will realize the situation and will act with the same
vigor nnd promptness that they have shown from
the beginning of this disturbance.
The universal cry of the people is to disarm
the reckless negro.
Russia’s Record of Assassinations.
The number of Ruulan officials who have been
killed during the paat two yeara preaenta a fearful array
of evidence that the red revotutlonlete are In dead
earneat. Here la a partial Hat:
1904—-
June 18—Gen. Count Bobrlkoff, governor general of
Finland.
July 28—Minister of tho Interior Von Plehve.
1906—
Fob. fi—J. M. E. Solaalon Solnon, procurator general
of Finland.
Feb. 10—Governor Ooneral Tcherkoff of Warsaw.
Fob. 17—Grand Duke Serglua.
Feb. 18—Mayor of Vagarahapzo, trans-Caucaaus.
March 7—Chief of Police Jeletchln of Bylestock.
March <4—Governor of Baku.
July 1—General Cernultutsakl, chief of Bessarabia
gendarmes.
July 11—Major General Count Bhouvalouff, prefect
of Moscow.
July 21—Colonel Kremerenko, chief of police of Hel
singfors.
8ept. 2—Prince Erlstoff.
Oct. 13—Assistant Chief of Police Oscovky, Chlncff.
Dec. 1—General Sakaharoff. at Baratoff.
Dee. 29—Chief of police of Moscow.
1906—
Jan. 2—Governor and chief of police of Krasnoyorak.
Jan. 11—Colonel Dragomlrolf, chief of police of
Irkutsk.
Jan. 15—Major General Ltssoskl of Penza.
Jan. 30—General Grlaxnoff, chief of staff of viceroy
of Caucasus.
Jan. 31.—Privy Councilor Fillonolf of Poltava.
Feb. 21—General Dachurchlck and family, in Aska-
bad.
May 14—Vico Admiral Konmltsch, commandant of
St. Petersburg.
July 11—Admiral Chukln. commander of the Black
sea fleet, In Sebastopol.
Aug. 24—General Zameattn, personal secretary to
Premier Stolypln.
Aug. 24—Court Chamberlain Davtdoff and Veronln.
Aug. 26—General Min, commander of tho SemtnoVaky
regiment.
Aug. 27—Colonel Rlomann of the Semlnovaky regi
ment.
Aug. 27—Genoral Vonllarllarskl, acting military gov
ernor general of Warsaw.
In addition, numerous attempts have been mado on
the Urea of scores of others, ranging from grand dukei,
Baron Stahl and General Trepolf to the more humble at
taches of tho czar's household.
Never before was Russia so entirely a "despotism
tempered by assassination.” It may be the worst means
that could be adopted for the Interest of the people, but
the reign of blood and terror Is on to a more fearful
extent than evor before.
Vico Consul A. D. Platt Reports that the IrlBh Auto
mobile Club has arranged to hold a show of motor cars
on the ground! of tho Royal Dublin Society at Balia
bridge, Dublin, from January 5 to 12, 1907.
During the last ten years the single product of alapl
fiber has yielded In Yucatan the enormous sum of 297,-
000,009 Mexican silver dollars.
Two ancient earthenware crocks, containing bronze
and silver coins of the Roman period, have been dug up
Groveley wood, England.
OUR PLATFORM—-The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec
tric light plants, as tl now owns its water works. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60 cents,
with a profit to the city. This should be done at once. The Georgian believes that if street rail
ways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they
can not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and it may be some years be
fore We are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW
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| a Step. Take It Now—Become a Member of “The
| League.”
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE
APPLICATION BLANK.
I hereby make application for membership In the MUNICIPAL OWN
ERSHIP LEAGUE.
I favor the ownership of a gas and electric lighting plant by the city
of Atlanta.
Remarks:
Dale 110.. Name
Addre
Occupation
Note.—Cut out and return to THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
A CLEAR DEFEN8E OF
THE NEW SPELLING.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Your correapondent from Sanders-
vllle, Ga.. evidently does not under
stand the matter of simplified spell
ing.
The subject of simplified spelling ap
peals to all citizens. The parent Is In-
ereated In seeing that hie child Is not
driven to the verge of delirium In try
ing to master some of the ridiculous
combinations of letters that we now
have Joined together for the purpose
apparently, more of the befuddling the
brain than to carry any Intelligent Idea
of the sound of the word we are trying
to express. Aisle, island, dough,
lo express. aui«, ihiuiiu, uuuhi*.
through, knew, myrrh, physician and
phthisic are Just a few samples of
thousands that can be enumerated.
The business man Is Interested, aside
from patriotism and common sense, be
cause the move la a time-saver. Take,
for Instance, program, catalog, tho, al-
tho, dropt and prest, by using even
these six shorter forms, 14 useless let
ters are discarded, a saving of 10 per
C *Reaeon dictates that the written or
printed word should represent only the
sound heard In the spoken word. Then
why throw In a lot of useless cumber
some letters that serve no good pur
pose whatever.
Economy requires us to dispense
with silent, useless letters. Why em
ploy either a clerk or a letter that per-
orms no duties? . ,
Dictionaries do not originate or de
cree spelling. They record usage; they
tell what has been custom, that Is all
there Is to dictionaries.
Changes In our words are constantly
going on; very slowly, so why not let
■ ... ohantrmm with
■III UK I’ll I vwiy • * ...
us effect these necessary changes with
aa little delay as possible and get
through with a much-needed reform.
As I understand It, the simplified
spelling board was created for the
purpose of expediting this "‘‘‘“"‘J
change and as far aa poslble guiding
ft in the direction of simplicity and
economy, with due respect to present
existing rules and the analogies of the
ltt Th U oy**Ht n te positively that they are
not In fHvor of any frcakUh orthogra
phy of any kind like the mla-ftt apelllng
of Josh Billings and of
graphert. They claim that the English
anguage bids fair to become the world
language and that a* soon aa the at
tention of the people can’be called to
Its present chaotic condition that every
one will gladly help In the effort to bet
ter It and thereby aid in hastening the
THE NEIGHBORS DISPUTE.
BY Earle E. Griggs.
Raid Neighbor Ward to Parson Jones, with
.... features drawn forlorn:
My brother, let me tell you that your
hens nre In my corn;
The corn which I have planted, and am
wnltlng It to sprout;
And now, please, dear jpnrson; please keep
your chlckotis out.
Said Parson Jones to Neighbor Ward, as he
. .. "Tinkled up his brow:
*My chickens nre qnlte healthy; corn won't
hurt them nnvhnw!"
hurt them nny how.
And with them? words lie turned away nnd
left his neighbor-friend
help to lend.
Neighbor Ward went In the bouse with fea
tures set and hnrd
As he noted thnt the hens ngnln had come
Into his yard;
Ho took his mustle-loader from the crooks
above the door.
then a roar.
there lay two chickens dead;
He took them to the parson with a la
quite, quite forlorn.
But Ills eyes each held a twinkle as
said: "Both killed by corn!"
REMORSE.
Tears nre tbe penalty, where there Is no
n trinity.
Though Inst It comes masked In the ral
ment of Lore,
Like a mrenin to the ocean that's foul with
pollution.
And so like the stream the rain and the
ocean
Our lives they are blending In pleasures
snd pain,
__ _ met not our fate In the hopes
thnt have perished,
Let the past be forgot, and try o'er
ngnln.
Let n stone-heart forget and yoti'll And
yours the same.
• R. B. HYNES.
Haslchurst, Os.
“TO A FRIEND/
Thefe are times when I ntn lonesome.
There are times when I am sad.
Yet the thought of truest friendship
Oftentimes does make me glad.
take Its proper place as
world language.
worm mmsuoao. R* *5T!Si!!-«nn*d*by
thle goal, however, Is handlcajppeobj
one thing and one only—Its Intricate
and disordered »P* llln fi aila^trangsr
It a puzzle to the child and stranger
within our gates and a my*‘ e ry ,0 Uic
stranger beyond the sea.^ Yours^
Atlanta, Oa. _
Passing bubbles under ships by an air jet, or lubricat
ing with kerosene oil two or three times a day, has been
suggested as a means of lessening friction.
Where London consumes 90,000,000 gallons of water
day. New York consumes 600.000.000. Where London
as an area of 118 square miles, New York has 326.
An English railway locomotive bra an average life
of fifteen years and an earning capacity of $300,000.
AN EARLY advocate
OF EXTENDING THE W. & A.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
When I was about 26 to 30 years old,
In I860 to ’64. I wrote several articles
advocating the extension of our slate
railroad to tho seacoast. and those arti
cles then were termed visionary and
Impracticable.
Had this advice been heeded then
our state road would have been run
ning to the seacoast and been worth
some 140,000,000 to 150,000,000, and been
built by convict labor, as I advised.
In 1880 I wrote The Tribune, of Rome,
Oa., an article In which I referred to
these articles, saying over 25 years ago
I wrote favoring convict laborers being
employed In extending the w. A A.,
doubling Its track. Improving public
roads, bridges, etc.
Time only has Increased my opinion
of this greater development of our state
road, and I nm real glad to see now this
lew being so generally accepted.
Don't know whether Mr. Bell can go
back of me In this record, but I do
know that then my Views thus ex
pressed were the first I hail ever seen
In print and that they were not at all
cordially received, but were hooted and
Jeered nt then, and I nm very afraid you
and others have waited too long to ob
tain the lasting benefits that earlier
action would have given us. •
I believe now you will eventually find
that the only solution to the railroad
problems Is not government control
by law, but government ownership
must come.
I haven’t any sympathy or confidence
In any other effort for contrnllng them.
!t Is perfect nonsense to claim that
the creature Is greater than Its creator.
Uncle Bam can, and will, be made to
run the railroads In the Interest of all
the people, Just as well as he does the
postoffice department, and 1 for one of
the great majority of Americans would
like to see Hearst and Bryan or Rrynn
and Hearst leading the hosts on this
platform to victory In 1908.^
GEORGIAN.
I signed my former articles on W. &
A. railroad extension as Georgian and
some as J. Q. B. Erwin.
Yours truly.
J. G. B. ERWIN.
If Hearst came first and Bryan sec
ond I think It would be a better card.
Don't expect, at 70 years of age, to
be In many more presidential racea If 1
should live to see UR next ons.
In my prayers to "Our Fnlher"
I would not forget a friend,
Who hns pointed me to Heaven
And n helping hand did lend.
in n ion»*iy, wiuiin |iri.
Ami ho tohl ine that thla Jeaus
Came to *avo a dying world.'
Ad ho told mo If I d truat Him
lie wtinld nink4‘ mo pure and free.
And I prayed, "Ob. moaned Saviour,
From thla hour I’ll look to thee."
I’m doing luiRlnoaa now with »
I'm ao glad I'm In Hla kfrvlce.
Glad I know the bleated Lord.
.ord, I pray thee keep him faithful,
Apply the blood nfronh each day,
Irlng nlin to thyaolf, dear Father,
Theae few tinea are reverently dedicated
tn **W.,” the dear friend who showed me
the way to go home. 8. F. D.
VANITY.
There la a ...
That's flashed with Love's passion,
I fa petols l»egulle nnd Ita nectar la nweet.
The dews of the morn, ns Jewels do ndhrn.
The blush of thnt rose In her shady re
treat.
Rumble lw*e lovers and honey-flower rovera,
They tarry nnd linger to kits In the
shade.
In search of the rlrheat, fatigued with their
pleasures,
The rose never thinks thnt her behuty
will fade.
But tempest nnd storm, ere the next morn.
The maiden-blush petals lay scattered
around.
Bereft of her Iteauty, no rover or gallant
Come to sip honey from the queen of fair
flowers.
Behold here a lesson thnt Is often a bless*
The n |»ue oft the rainbow to storm will
How blest Is contentment In modest con
dition.
The beauties of pleasure are not what
they seem.
Haslchurst, Ga.
I\ B. HYNES.
"A FOE TO THE DEMAGOGUE."
(The Charlotte, N. ('., News.)
Were you to ask us who draws the
line between the patriot and dema
gogue and lifts aloft the former and
carries you with him In your heart of
hearts; who depicts the demagogue of
his true colors and makes you tremble
at his destructive power and detest his
methods; who urges you to manly duty
In rhetoric, sublime; who delineates
with a How of language like a crystal
stream .from an exhnustless fountain;
who points to the goal of civic virtue
and patriotic prpwess in terms that
stir xtlthln you all the chords of your
better self like the skillful touch on the
strings of a guitar, we would tell you
John Temple Graves. His lecture at
the Academy of .Music at Charlotte on
the night or the IIth, was grand be
yond our language to convey. The
best we can say is that we love him.
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One of the most useful things to
have about the house Is a Standard Oil
magnate. Run through a wringer dal
ly, he will yield enough money to keep
the automobile In repair and to buy
chicken sandwiches for the cat. Of
course, It Is advisable to give the mag
nate a rebate on all sums extracted
from him. This will keep him in good
temper, and with care he will live to a
good old age.
The society butterfly pays much at
tention to tho etiquette of calls, but
for the ordinary person the only rule
that must be remembered Is this:
Never call any one unless ready to back
up your remarks.
i GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Sept. 25.—Think of J oh .
D. Rockefeller talking baby talk to «
sick, fretful baby on a railroad train!
That's what John D. Ill has done for
the oil king. The story goes this way .
Seated In a coach on an Ulster and
Delaware railroad train when it left
Kingston station was a pale youns
mother with a sick baby In her arms
The Infant had the whooping coug h
and between paroxysms of coughlns
cried lustily, to the annoyance of the
other paesengers In the car. Across the
aisle was an elderly man, tall and
smooth-faced. With him was a fault-
lessly dressed young man. The elderly
man smiled kindly at the crying baby.
When the young mother dropped the
nursing bottle the old man ricked it
up and handed It to her. 1
"Don't cry, baby," he said soothingly
'Be a good baby. Mamma’s very ured
Be a good baby for her sake."
Then he smiled and cooed to the
baby until the little one stopped crying
and began to goo-goo at him.
"Now smile at me," said the old man.
and the baby crowed.
With baby talk, the old man soothed
the child until It fell asleep. The moth
er looked her gratitude and the other
passengers sighed with relief.
In opening ennned stuff he careful not
to saw otr the top of your finger. You
may not need It, but It Is a pity to spoil
the sst.
No home should be without hooks.
At least the "hundred best” should be
tastefully arranged on the washtubs or
In the cellar. Among the hundred beat
books are to be found most of the
Mets.
In washing dishes It Is Inadvisable to
break any but the dirtiest. This saves
time and money, for It takes a long
time to gnther up the pieces of dishes
flung against the celling In a fit of
pique.
\^hen writing out an order for the
butcher or baker, don't lose time both
ering about whether "roast" Is spelled
"rost” or roste;” let It go any old way,
and add "a la T. R."
Lemons should always be kept In the
house. You never know when a guest
may require to be handed one, and, In
addition, lemons make delicious flavor
ing for roast beef.
Blacking for shoes can be made of
while lend. This gives a distinguished
air to the tootsies, and makes the wear
er look as If he had trampled through
a sack of flour and didn't care a hang.
Cigar ashes should be carefully pre'
served. They make an excellent prep,
station for putting down the back of a
stranger's neck.
A simple remedy for toothache Is to
pull the sufferer away from the tooth,
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Anderson theater.
Usry
Ullda Spoil*, who began the season with
"I-aily Jim,” will sonu appear In a new
play of modern English life, called "John
fiudsou's Wife."
Maude Adams hns two or three short
ays In hand that she Intends
inlonnllr while the la appearing
' - ' Ady hy
Barrie la writing for her.
ceiled her In the character In America*
For once an actor lilfs died rich. Toole.
the Knalhh comedian who recently paateti
. left — ----- - —— — ■ ■
Ida Conquest Is to be the lending lady
with Kyrlc Ilcllew Id his production
“brigadier Uernrd."
It I, announced Hint Yvette Gullhert It
appear on tho Loudon stage In an
ttatlnu of '* * ■
Water*.
adaptation of (Icorgc Mooro'a novel,
time* U'utufl "
Lillian Hush'H’h now comedy, "Barbara •
Millions," Is by 1'aul I’otter, nml is found
ed on Francis DeCrosItte’s "Le Uouheur
Mcsdamcs."
Fnnny Ward Is to create tho principal
S nrt In Hartley Milliners' now play, “A
Inrrlago of Henson."
next season.
Oolgotlm.
(THE eTiITI(QUAKE.)
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bald and rugged
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Month, to suck dry lust life-blood, rich
and rnro.
Which poured o'er thee
cleansing (hie;
Thou battle Held where fiercest foes eol
lldc— .
he sei rled, crystal-armored hosts of heaven
And all bell'.
pride,.
by the arch adversary It
Thou, ilotgothn, didst
tin re.
When light anil life had atl tbelr haulier,
‘ 'led:
rbh the Vry that cut the awful
devils In their rage and
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York Churchman.
THE SUN8HINE FRIENDS.
(Zchulnn Tlmes-Juurnal.)
The Atlanta Georgian of Wednesday
afternoon referred to some of Its con
temporaries as "sunshine friends" of
Bryan, that two yearn ago some of
these great journals that are now-
jumping on the band wagon and prais
ing the Nebraskan to the sky had
business away from Atlanta when the
distinguished gentleman was visiting
there. The Georgian lias a right to
lam hast them thus anil It must be a
pleasant dose to deAl out.
The old man of the baby talk was
John D. Rockefeller.
And despite the melancholy expe
rience of Andrew J. Cassatt, Mr
Rockefeller was not at all afraid of the
whooping cough apparently. It |,
gratifying to learn, by th# way, that
Mr. Cassatt Is making satisfactory
progress toward recover}-.
The big meeting of the Astor and
Wilson clans will take place tomorrow
or Thursday In Newport
The John Jacob Aston and their
son, Vincent, aro expected to arrive
from Europe on the Kron Princes Wll.
helm and 51. Orme Wilson and his wlte,
who was Caroline Astor, are expected
In Newport hourly, with their sons.
Mrs. G. Ogllvle Haig, who It visiting
friends In Boston, will return to New
port, where she had been caring for
her mother until a few days ago.
M. Orme Wilson’s parents, the R. T.
Wilsons, are still at their Newport cot-
tage, and Mrs. O. T, Wilson, Jr., who
has been In New York for several
weeks, will return to Newport tem
porarily.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was
Grace G. Wilson, Is still giving dinners
and living up to the mid-summer seal,
at Newt
t Newport.
The Cornelius Vanderbilts expect,
however, to close Beullelu on Sunday
and return to New York on their steam
yacht. North Star.
The plans, however, of any one In
this family reunion are subject to
changes, depending on the condition of
5Irs, William Astor.
, A marriage secret o( nine years'
standing has been shattered In the an
nouncement that Dr. Isabella Avelllno
Franchl, of this city, was wedded to
Dr. Frank Eugene Hammond, In De
cember, 1897. Dr. Hammond's resi
dence was In Freeport, L. I„ but for
more than eight years he has lived In
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Although he failed to atop the wed
ding of his son, when h* broke an au
tomobile record- hutrylng from New
York to New Haven to halt the cere
mony, W. F. Carlton, the millionaire
banker of New York, succeeded In
wresting the youth, William Carlton I
from his bride, formerly Miss Ethel
Thompson, a "college widow," an hour
after the marriage. He rushed the
young man back to New York and. It Is
asserted, he Is keeping the lad In hid
ing, or already has started him tor
Colorado College, to enter which he
had been studying In New Haven at
the Booth Preparatory School.
Young Carlton gave his age as 21,
but It Is said he Is about 16. The
father did not hear of the proposed
marriage until a few hours before the
time set. Then he hastened to New
Haven In his automobile, but arrived
too late.
The fourth season of the Nathan
Strauss milk depots, for the distribu
tion of pasteurised milk In the public
parks and on the recreation piers
hns closed. There were dispensed
471,866 bottles more than last sum
mer. The total number given away, or
sold for one cent a bottle when the
receiver felt able to pay, was 3,142,262.
The number of glasses of milk drunk
was 1,078,404.
In a final efTort to settle a case which
would have puzzled 8olomon, Alderman
Donohue, of Wilkesbarre, Pn., who hutt
u reputation for novel decisions, made
the disputants pull straws and decided
In favor of the winner.
Mlsa Minnie Gunter owns a cat,
which, while at the home of Miss Fan
nie Moore, had three kittens. Ml»*
Moore claimed the kittens, and when
she would not give them up, Miss Cus
ter locked up the cat. Miss Moore ac
cused her of cruelty to animals, and
the humnne society sent Officer Haffert
to investigate.
In thla manner the case got before
Alderman Donohue. He could not find
legal authority for deciding the owner
ship of the kittens, and ordered tho
two women to pull straws. Miss Cus
ter won. She will give Miss Moore a
kitten when It Is weaned.
An.ordinary New Jersey pullet yes-
terday ufternoon held a Christopher
ferry boat 20 minutes, obstructed traf
fic and landed two men In the Jeffer
son market court.
Charles Winters, a West Hoboken
truckman, reached the ferry about 3
o'clock with a load of chickens, one
adventurous pullet managed to escai>e
from a •
aboard the Pittsburg. Frank Bernardo
caught the bird. Winters demanded It.
There wns an nrgument aa to who hnd
the bent right to It. It was finally de
cided by the crowd that Winters was
entitled to the pullet. Instead of re
turning hla prise gracefully, Bernardo
flung It at Winters and the bird got
away again. ,
The crowd chased the pullet through
the ferry houre and amid the trucks on
Went mreet until It was finally recap
tured.
TWILIGHT.
Twilight Khmlowa fall, aoftlr grar
Hiding tile light of vanishing dart
!’“ r i'h- elands, gold tipp'd. I,nnk |!|g|,
tjnfnnt the nlght-ldne of a mininier »kt-
Ivnlf. 'eJim “'tie, sleepy mm*
\\ hlti* fn t'fllt'H lilt flu* flowern ntinm
A frnitnince. rich, Ntenl* thro tin* »lr ’
Ami u »trunge, sweet bm»l» Ik i*\4*rv where
ETHEL SaSoX. I
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
3EPTLMBER 25.
1)51—King Stephen of Engined died*, . .
IjM—FniiHMiti |h•nre of religion eBtnhlltb**!
nl Aiitfuhurg.
1777—Colonel Eihnn Allen captured bjr Brit*
!*h near Montrenl.
1*57—Belief of Ltteknour. „ . .
18ft!— IIiiIhmim rorptiM iniRpemled bjr Lnliea
Mtatc* government.
1*70—Siege of Ui.rlH Itmn. . , .
IK*—Ilf Vision of hrej-lUM rase ordered I'J
French mldnef.
1»W- Gen-nil J'dii* U
I'm Inter, of lllluolf,
died. Born .September 13, 1517.