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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. r J Telephone ■ I Connections. Subscription Ratet: ’ Published Every Afternoon One.Tear........ $4.50 Except Sunday by j Six Months ...... 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO.' 1.25 at 25 W. Alabama Street, By Carrier, per week I0c Atlanta; Ga. Entered •• eeeond-ciaia natter April ts, IMS. at tbs Postoflea at Atlanta. Ga.. under act of congress of Maren S. 1ST*. Subacribera failing to racalva THE GEORGIAN promptly and ragularly, and raadara who can not purchaaa tha paper where THE GEORGIAN ahould be on eale, are requeated to communicate with the Circulation Manager without delay, and the com plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephones! Bell to7 Main; Atlanta 4401. SMITH A THOMPSON. ADVERTISING REPRESENTA TIVES FOR TERRITORY OUTSIDE OK O E O R O 1 A. Eastern Office.: Western Offleee: Potter Uhl*., New York. Tribune Bldg., Chicago. The Georgian call* tho attention of Its multitude of correspondents to these facta: That all communications must be signed. No anonymous communication will be printed. No manuscripts will be returned unless stamps are Inclosed for the purpose. Our-correspondents are urgently requested to abbreviate their letters as much as possible. A half a column will be read, whereas a full column will be 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 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. Remarks: Data ISO.. Name Address Occupation , 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. 000O000000000000000000O000 O 0 to Household notes. to O to to By Wex Jones. O O 0 00000000000000000000000000 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, 00000000000000000000000000 0 0 0 PLAY8 AND PLAYER8. 0 O O 000000O000000O00000000O000 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.