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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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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 the
state 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 populous 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 College Park no good ne
groes had anything to fear from any man in thnt
community, cither young or old. lie believed that
we had the best negroes in Georgia, that lie re
called the fact that since the foundation of the
town some ten or fifteen years ago a crime had
never been committed by a negro in College Pnrk,
nor had there been a disturbance of any kind be
tween the races.
The negroes were greatly pleased nt this as
surance, and the spokesman of tho 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 that if that alarm is
sounded at any hour of the night or day, we will
come with our guns in our hands and 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 the reputation and prospects of
our race.”
Now this wns snid by negro men whose pre
vious characters were so solid and substantial that
the profession was justified by those who spoke it,
ami the incident spenks 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 kindnesa and
helpfulness and good will aa 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 tho state
ment that if there should ho any organized effort
on the part of lawless negroes at any time to at
tack this town or any section of it, Clark Univer
sity would be glad to respond to a call for its or
ganized rank of students to eomo to fight in de
fense of Atlanta against these alien and lawless
members of their race.
This is the wisest and 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.
Sow then, under the conditions which surround us,
the authorities should openly and (rankly announce that
any man, young or old, boy or mnn who wantonly without
provocation attack! or Injures a negro of any ngc or sex
In thla city should be dealt with to the full extent of the
law and the full measure of his crime—by Imprison
ment If the negro Is seriously Injured, and by the ex
treme penalty of the law If the negro la killed. What
ever explanation can be found for the slaughter of the
mob In the time of frenxy, In a time like that of Satur
day, the mob understands now that the attack of the
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 has been discharged by electricity, the
ifnntaman, of the Harrison Line, having discharged such
a cargo by a system of continuous rollers worked by elec
tricity Id the 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 is under full con
trol of a civil and military rule which can easily
restrain any further outbreak among our own peo
ple. The deepest spot in this crisis is in the exis
tence 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 arreat and disarming of
257 negroes this morning is a strong step in 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 ahould be utilized by removing danger
ous weapons from the hands of irresponsible and
reckless men who might be willing to use them
undef provocation. If necessary every ward ought
to be 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 every man in that ward or in thnt
block to the defense of his property or his family.
And if the police and the military distribute their
forces, not only throughout the city but more es
pecially at this time throughout the endangered
suburbs, they ought to be able within three days to
remove every weapon from every irresponsible ne
gro in this environment.
If this is done, we know well that there are no
more guns and ammunition that can be secured by
them. And when this is done we may bo perfectly
assured that the negro will go back to his business
and 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 he followed resolutely,
vigorously and at once. We trust that the mayor
and the admirable Colonel Anderson, of the Fifth
regiment, in command of tho military situation,
will realize the situation and will act with the same
vigor mid promptness that they have shown from
the beginning of this disturbance.
The univenal cry of the people is to disarm
tho reckless negro.
Russia’s Record of Assassinations.
The number of Russian officials who have been
killed during the past two years presents a fearful array
of evidence that the rad revoluUonlsta are In dead
earnest. Here ts a partial Hat:
1004—
June 16—Gen. Count Bobrikoff, governor general of
Finland.
July 28—Minister of the Interior Von Plehve.
1005—
Feb. 6—J. M. E. Solanlon Solnen, procurator general
of Finland.
Feb. 10—Governor General Tcherkolf of Warsaw.
Fob. 17—Grand Duke Serglua.
Feb. 18—Mayor of Vagarahapxo, trans-Caucasus.
March 7—Chief of Police Jeletchln of Byleatock.
March 24—Governor of Baku.
July 1—General Ceritultutsskl, chief of Bessarabia
gendarmes.
July 11—Major General Count Bhouvaloulf, prefect
of Moscow.
July 21—Colonel Kremerenko, chief of police of Hel
singfors.
Sept. 2—Prince Erlstoff.
Oct. 13—Assistant Chief of Police Oacovky, Chlnoff.
Dec. 1—General Sakaharoff, at Saratoff.
Doc. 20—Chief of police of Moscow.
1906—
Jan. 2—Governor and chief of police of Kraanoyorsk.
Jan. 11—Colonel Dragomlroff, chief of police of
Irkutsk.
Jan. 16—Major General I.lsscxkl of Penza.
Jan. 30—Gonoral Grlaznolf, chief of staff of viceroy
of Caucasus.
Jan. 31.—Privy Councilor Fillonoft of Poltava.
Feb. 21—General Dachurchick and family, In Asks
bad.
May 14—Vice Admiral Konmltsch, commandant of
St. Petersburg.
July 11—Admiral Chukln, commander of tho Black
sea fleet, In Sebastopol.
Aug. 24—General Zameatln, personal secretary to
Premier Stolypln.
Aug. 24—Court Chamberlain Davldoff and Veronln.
Aug. 26—General Mtn, commander of the Semtdovaky
regiment.
Aug. 27—Colonel Rlemann of the Semlnovaky regi
ment.
OUR PLATFORM—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec
tric light plants, as it now owns its water nwrits. Other cities do this and gel 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 underlaying. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW
: you WILL Never Move Unless You Take the First :
j Step. Take It Now—Become a Member of “Tim j
j League.”
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE
APPLICATION BLANK.
I hereby make application tor membership In the MUNICIPAL OWN
ERSHIP LEAGUE
I favor the ownership of a gas and electric lighting plant by the city
of Atlanta.
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Note.—Cut out and return to THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
A CLEAR DEFENSE OF
THE NEW 8PELLING.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Y6ur correspondent from Sandera-
vllle, Ga., evidently does not under
stand the matter of simplified spell-
The subject of simplified spelling ap
peals to all citizens. The parent Is In
terested In seeing that hls 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 purposo
apparently, more of the befuddling the
brain than to carry any Intelligent Idea
of the sound of tho word we are trying
to express. Aisle, Island, (lough,
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-
came tha move Is a tlme-aaver. 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- 80 per
^Reason dictates that the written or
printed word should represent only the
sound heard In tl\e 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
forms no duties? ... _
Dictionaries do not originate or de
cree spelling. They record usage; they
tell what has been custom, that Is all
there ts to dictionaries.
Changes In our words are constantly
going on:- very slowly, so why not let
he effect these necessary changes with
as little delay as possible and get
through wnh_a much-ne.ded refonn.^
As I understand
spelling board was created fof the
purpose of - expediting this natural
change and as far as poelble auldlng
It In the direction of simplicity and
economy, with due respect to present
existing rules and the analogies of the
'“^ii^riate positively that they-are
not In favor of any freakish orthogra
phy of any kind like the mls-flt spelling
of Josh Billings and of the comic para-
graphers. They claim that the English
anguage bids fair to become the world
language nnd that as soon as the at
tentton of tho people can he c a'led to
Its present chaotic conditionthat e\ery
one will gladly help n theeftorttobet-
ter It and thereby aid In hastening tne
dftv when the EngU»h language »hau
take 'its proper place ajUk. unv.r«U
tws rl goa^^ver 1 "- V
one & and oni only-lts Intricate
nnd disordered spelling, which makes
It a puxste to the child and stranger
wlthtS our Bates and « ">y«tm- to Jhe
stranger beyond the sea* gours^ry
THE NEIGHBORS DI8PUTE.
BY Earle E. Griggs.
Solil Neighbor Word to Parson Jones, with
features drown forlorn:
"My brother, let me tell yon that your
hens ore In my corn;
The corn which I hove planted, nnd am
waiting It to sprout;
And now, please, dear parson; please keep
yonr chickens outP*
Said Parson Jones to Nelghtior Ward, as he
wrinkled up hls brow:
"My chickens are quite healthy; corn won’t
hurt them anyhow!"
And with these words he turned away and
left hls neighbor-friend;
Chuckling nt his own keen wit, nor offered
help to leud.
Neighbor Ward went In the house with fea
tures set nnd hard
As lie noted thnt the hens again had come
Into hls yard;
He took hls tnuxxlc-loader from the crooks
nlmve the door,
Then hls face relaxed Into a smile; a lough,
nnd then a roar.
there lay two chickens dend;
IIo took them to the parson with a look
quite, quite forlorn.
Though lust It comes masked In the rai
ment of Love,
Like n stream to the ocean that’a foul with
pollution.
It will mingle with the wntera that comes
from above.
And so like the stream the rain and the
Our^fves they are blending In pleasures
and pain,
If we met not our fate In the hope*
that hnve perished.
Let the pnst be forgot, nnd try o er
Let n stone-heart forget and you'll find
yours the same.
Hsxlehnrst, Ga.
R. R. HYNEB.
“TO A FRIEND,”
Aug. 27—General VonllarllarakI, acting military gov
ornor general of Waraaw.
Ih addition, numerous attempts have been made on,
the llvea of seorea of others, ranging from grand dukeg,
Baron Stahl and General Trepoff to the more humble at*
tachea of the exar'a 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 ever before.
Vice Consul A. D. Piatt reports that the Irish Auto
mobile Club has arranged to hold a show of motor cars
on the grounds of the Royal Dublin Society at Ball»
bridge, Dublin, from January 5 to 12, 1907.
During the last ten years the single product of slgpl
fiber has yielded In Yucatan the enormous sum of 297,*
000.000 Mexican silver dollars.
Two ancient earthenware crocks, containing bronse
and silver colnB of the Roman period, ^iave been dug up
In Groveley wood, England.
Passing bubbles under ships by an air jet, or lubricat
ing with kerosene oil two or three times a day; haa been
suggested as a means of lessening friction.
Where London consumes 90,000.000 gallons of water
a day, New York consumes 500,000,000. Where London
as an area of 118 square miles. New York has 326.
An English railway locomotive has an average life
of fifteen years and an earning capacity of $300,000.
AN EARLY ADVOCATE
OF EXTENDING THE W. A A.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
When I was about 25 to 30 year* old,
In I860 to -64, I wrote several articles
advocating the extension of our sta«
railroad to the seocoast, 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 seecoast and been worth
some *40,000.000 to *50,000,000, nnd been
built by convict labor, as I advised.
In 1880 I wrote The Tribune, of Rome.
Ga.. an article In which I referred to
these articles, saying over -5 years ago
I wrote favoring convict, laborers being
employed In extending the YV. A A,
doubling Its track. Improving public
roods, bridges, etc.
Time only has Increased my pplnlon
of this greater development of our state
road, and I am real glad to see now this
view 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 had ever seen
In print and thnt they were not at all
cordially received, but were hooted and
Jeered nt then, and I am 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 controllng them.
It Is perfect nonsense to claim that
the creature Is'greater than its creator.
Uncle 8am con, and will, be made to
run the railroads In the interest of all
the people, Just aB well as he does the
postofflee department, and I for one of
the great majority of Americans would
like to see Hearst and Bryan or Bryan
and Hearst leading the hosts on this
platform to victory In
H GEORGIAN.
I signed my former articles art W. ,
A. railroad extension as Georgian and
some as J. O. B. Erwin.
Yours truly.
J. G. B. ERWIN.
If Hearst came first nnd 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 races If I
lion Id live to see the next one.
loos moke me glad.
In my prayers to "Our Father"
I would not forget n friend,
Who has pointed me to llenven
Ami u helping hnml did lend.
Ad he told me If I’d trust Him
He would make me pure nnd free.
And I prated, "Oh, Mexsetl Saviour,
hour I’ll look to thee."
I’m doing business now with I
I’m so glad I’m In Hls service,
Glad I know the blessed Lord.
Lord, . .—, — r —
Apply the blood afresh each day.
Bring him to thyself, dear Father,
When this life shall pass away.
These few line* are reverently dedicated
to "W„" the dear friend who showed me
the way to go home. 8. F. D.
VANITY.
i garden
..ml Its tie.
_ _ :!»e morn, as Jewels do ndhrn.
The blush of thnt rose In her shady re
treat.
Bumble bee lovers and honey-flower rovers.
They tarry nnd Unger to kiss In the
shade,
In search of the richest, fatigued with their
pleasures.
The rose never thinks thnt her benuty
will fade.
But tempest nnd storm,
the next morn.
lit 4flll|itBl •VUXMJ, v-ti- me ucai ■
The mniden-triush petals lay scattered
around.
Bereft of her Ireauty, no rover or gallant
Came to sip honey from the queen of fair
flowers.
Behold here a lesson that Is often a bless
ing,
> hue of the rainbow to storm will
.jirn.
How blest Is eontentment In modest con
dition. ..
The lienutles of pleasure are not what
they B4*em.
Hnxlehurst, Ga.
I\ B. HYNES.
“A FOE TO THE DEMAGOGUE.”
(The Charlotte, N. C. t News.)
Were you to ask us who draws the
line between the patriot and dema
gogue nnd lifts aloft the former and
carries you with him In your heart of
hearts: who depicts the demagogue of
hls true colors and makes you tremble
at hls destructive power and detest hls
methfjds; who urges you to manly duty
In rhetoric, sublime: who delineates
with a flow of language like a crystal
stream from an exhaustless fountain;
who points to the goal of civic virtue
and patriotic prowess In terms that
stir Within 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. Ills lecture at
the Academy of Music at Charlotte on
the night, of the 11th, was grand be
yond our language to convey. The
best we cun say is that we love him.
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One of the most useful things to
have about the house Is a Standard OH
magnate. Run through a wringer dal
ly, ha 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.
In peeling potatoes care should be
taken to save a little of the core.
The society butterfly pays much at
tention to the etiquette of colls, 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.
In opening canned stuff be careful not
to saw off the top of your finger. You
may not need It, but it is a pity to spoil
the set.
No home should be without books.
At least the "hundred best"'should be
tastefully arranged on the w*ashtubs or
In the cellar. Among the hundred best
books are to be found most of the
Meta.
In washing dishes It Is Inadvisable to
break any but the dirtiest. This saves
time and money, tor It takes a long
time to gather up the pieces of dishes
flung against the ceiling in a fit of
pique.
When 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
white lead. This glvep 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
aration 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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The now plsjr house erected for the Shu*
berts lu Louisville Is to bo called the Mary
Anderson theater.
Hilda Spoug, who l«gan the season y
•Lady Jim," will soon appear In a new
play of modern English lire, called "John
Hudson's Wife."
Tau" this winter. ^ .. r
sou she (• to have a new long piece, which
Barrie is writing for her.
Jt seems that JVance O’.VeJl Is to act
Zoraya, in Sardou's "Sorceress," for tho
-rreater part of this seasoti. Mrs. Patrick
.nniphell and Muie. Bernhardt hnve pro-
eded her In tho character In America.
For once an actor hot died rich. Toole,
he Eugll*li comedian who recently pjiHfled
nwiyr, left an estate of 1200,000, though he
acted but little in hls later year*.
It Is announced thnt Yvette Gullhert Is
Francis DeCrosItte's "lae Boubeur
I nnny Ward Is fo eronto tho principal
art In Hartley Mi * -*
Inrrlnxv of Uonsou.
Andrew Muck will
Kcotland mid Widen
next xt>n*on.
;
gossip;
Golgotha.
(THE nTimtquAKi;.)
rock, skulllike und
Mouth*
nnd wire,
Which pourctl
dry
life-blood, rich
thee Its p roc I mv
lt*nlining tide;
Thou battle Holt! wherq Hereout foes col
lide—
The serried. crystal-armored hosts of heaven
And nil belt's devils in tholr rage nut!
pride,
By the nr*di adversary loti nnd driven.—
Thou, GoSgothii, didst Nnture's protest
dare.
When lljgltf »Sd life tad all their batmen
For with the cry that rut the awful
f ttaom,
**nth Ids Inst and sharpest arrow
hurled.
Came, with the rending rocks mid thtifi-
York Churchman.
the sunshine friends.
(Zebulon Times-Journal.)
The Atlanta Georgian of Wednesday
afternoon referred to some of Its con
temporaries as "sunshine friends" of
Bryan, that two years 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 has a right to
lambn.st them thus and it must be a
pleasant dose to deal out.
TWILIGHT,
Twlllalit shadow* fall, softlv gray.
Illdlmr the light of vanishing day;
Purtile clonds. gold tipp'd, l.nnk high
n\wi '‘Md biiio of u summer sky
li'Uj.* 'blrp low a little sleepy hOii--
U hlle Hn-tlies tilt the flowers nnioiig;
A fragrance, rich, steiils th/o the up*
Ami u atrauge, sweet hush is t
Utah Is everywhere.
ETHEL MA8UNI
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Sept. 25.—Think of J oh „
D. Rockefeller talking baby talk to a
•lek, fretful baby on a railroad train-
That'* what John D. Ill has done foi
the oil king. Tho story goes this way
Seated In a coach on an Ulster and
Delaware railroad train when it |,( t
Kingston station was a pate youn*
mother with a sick baby In her arms
The Infant had the whooping cough
nnd between paroxysms of coughing
cried lustily, to the annoyance of the
other passengers 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 youtig mother dropped the'
nursing bottle the old man picked it
up and handed It to her.
"Don’t cry, baby."’ he said soothingly
"Be a good baby. Jfamma's very tired’
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
tho child until It fell asleep. The moth
er looked her gratitude and the other
passengers sighed with relief.
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 the way, that
Mr. Cassatt Is making satisfactory
progress toward recoyery.
The big meeting of the Astor and
Wilson clans will take place tomorrow
or Thursday In Newport.
The John Jacob Astors and their
son, Vincent, are expected to arrive
from Europe on the Kron Prlncez Wil
helm and M. Orme Wilson and hls wife,
who was Caroline Astor, are expected
In Newport hourly, with their sona.
Mrs. G. Ogllvie Haig, who Is 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, hre still at their Newport cot.
tage, and Mrs. O. T. Wilson, Jr., who
has been In New York for several
weeks, wilt return to Newport tem
porarily.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbltt, who wm
Grace O. Wilson, Is still giving dinners
and living up to the mid-summer scale
at 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
Mrs. William Astor.
A marriage secret of nine years"
standing has been shattered In the an
nouncement that Dr. Isabella Avelllne
Franchl, of this city, was wedded to
Dr. Frank Eugene Hammond, In De
cember, 1897. Dr. Hammond’s resi
dence wns In Freeport, L. I., bul for
more than eight years he has lived In
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Although he failed to atop the wed
ding of hls son,’ -when he broke an au
tomobile record hurrying from New
York lo New Haven to halt the cere-
rrjony, W. F. Carlton, the millionaire
banker of New York, succeeded In
wresting tho youth, William Carlton
from hls bride, formerly Miss Ethel t
Thompson, a -college widow,*’ an hour I
after the marriage. He rushed the
young man back to New York and, It Is
asserted, be Is keeping the lad In hid
ing, or already has started him for
Colorado College, to enter which he
had been studying In New Haven at
the Booth Preparatory School.
Young Carlton gave hls 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 hls automobile, but arrived
too late.
■The fourth season of the Nathan
Strauss milk depots, for the distribu
tion of pasteurized milk In the public
parks and on the recreation piers
hus closed. There were dispensed
471,865 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 *,142,251.
The number of glasses of milk drunk
was 1,078,404.
In a final effort to settle a case which
would have puzzled Solomon. Alderman
Donohue, of Wllkesbarre, Pa., who has
n reputation for novel decisions, made
the disputants pull straws and decided
In fuvor of the winner.
Miss Minnie Ouster owns a cat,
which, while at the home of Miss Fan
nie Moore, had three kittens. >li»*
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 humane society sent Officer Haffert
to Investigate.
In this manner the case got before
Alderman Donohue. He could not linn
legal authority for deciding the owner
ship of the kittens, and ordered ihe
two women to pull straws. Miss Cus
ter won. She will give Miss Moore »
kitten when It Is weaned.
An ordinary New Jersey pullet yes
terday afternoon 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 wljh a load of chickens, one
adventurous pullet managed to escape
from a ■ >r ..
aboard the Pittsburg. Frank Bernard-)
caught the bird, winters demanded It-
There wns an argument as to who nan
the best right to It. It was finally de
cided by the crowd that Winters was
entitled to the pujlet. Instead of re
turning Ills prize %racefully, Bernard"
flung It at Winters nnd the bird g-'<
away again. .
The crowd chased the pullet ihrougn
the ferry house and amid the trucks on
West street until It was finally recap
tured.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTLMBER 25.
1154— 1 King St<»|)ln»n of KiifflitMl dtol*,
1555—FninntiK !*.«•* of rHfefoti VHfttW/sW
1777—• 'oloiiel Ethan Allon captured by B rtt
l»h nonr Montreal.
IfiST— Relief of Lucknow. . , .. ltA i
1SK.*— llnliciiH (’orpin* auxpemled by 1
States government.
l*»7o— Siege of l»nrt* ticgaii. , .
1SR*— Revision of Dreyfus ease onlend ‘7
French cabinet. .
Im General John M. Palmer, of JIN u 01 *
tUoJ. Born Keptewber & BUT.