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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
JOHN TCMflE GKAVIS. Uit$r.
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THE GKOROIAX print* no unclean
or objectionable advertising. Neither
does It print whisky or any Honor ada.
owue Ita waterworks. Other cltlee do
this and got caa as low na 60 centa.
with a profit to the city. Thta should
he clone at once. The Georgina be
lieve* that If atrect railway* can bo
operated successfully hy European
cities, as they are. there Is no good
reason why they cannot bo to operated
here. But we do not believe tbla can
he done now, and It may be some years
before we arc ready for ao big an un
dertaking. HtJI) Atlanta should set Ilf
fact in tbit direction NOW.
The Last Rally of the Polioy
Holders.
The noon hour of December the
}8th li the last day on which ImllotH
can be received In Now York to CX‘
L proas the choices of the policy holder,
for the officers and director# In the
New York Life anil' Mutual insurj
r ancc companies, whoso campaign for
■ Election la now In progress.
Up to thin time about 40 per cent
of the policy holders In those com
panies, have voted.
' The International Policy Holders]
Committee has without funds, except
thoso furnished by Itsolf, inn do a dill
■ gent and laudable personal canvass
of the policy holders, and on the
other hand the insurance companies
r it Is alleged, have converted and or-
gatftxM ‘over 20.000 agents and other
emplayees to a vast campaign com
mltteo for the. ticket nccoptnblo to
the present management of these
great companies.
With such men as Richard Olney,
George Gray, Russell Conwell, Charles
Kmory Smith, Henjamin Tracy, the
governors of six states, twenty con
freumcn, members of the house of
lords' snd parliament, and many
other , inen of largo business affairs
that constitute the policy holders'
committee. It la Impossible to Im
agine that this Itofty could be animat
ed by any selfish or ulterior motive
or anything beyond the best Interests
of the Individual policy holders In
those great companies..
These men are working to reorgan
lzo these great and potential com-
linnlea under the beat possible men
and the wisest possible methods for
Tim welfare of the stockholders In the
future. It becomes then a matter of
very great consideration to llie stock
holders that each Individual holder of
stock should cast a ballot before the
18th of December.
The Charleston News ami Courier
in commenting upon this election Is
rF'sponalble for the statement that
liollcy holders who have given their
promise to the agents of the New
York Life, and the New York Mutual
Life Insurance Companies, have the
right under the law to recall tholr
proxies and to vote whatever ticket
they prefer. If they have only given
tholr proxies and not voted tholr
ticket they can yet vote In tholr own
immc If they choose, for any ticket
which their Judgment may prefer.
- The matter Is one of extraordinary
importance and every individual pol
icy bolder should realize It and oast
bis Intelligent ballot for the host man
according to his choice.
THE TREASON CP THOSE WHO OPPOSE MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP.
What an abject reflection, upon popular government is that which
makes the first and principal argument of those who oppose the doctrine of
municipal ownership.
Whatever the varied forms In which their objections run, tbs gist and
fundamental-ref their protests always revolve around the proposition that the
government cannot manage public utilities without graft, without political
corruption, without the formation of political machines, and tHat It cannot
do so effectively at any time. Behind this stands the argument expressed
and Implied that private corporations can and do accomplish these things.
This argument Is In Itself a reflection upon popular government in the
country In which wo live. It is an aspersion upon the capacity of the people
to rule. It Is a mild form of treason to the form of government under
which we live.
The best refutation of this argument may perhaps be found In the demoli
tion of its second proposition, that private corporations can conduct and
control public utilities perfectly where the government will fall to do so.
And, to answer this argument, one has only to cite the facts of the presr
cut day. Olio has only to call attention to the picture of the meat trusts
reeking with barbaric cruellies and corruption In the West; to the coal
trust's cruel mid extortionate demands upon a freezing people, and to
the loo trust equally remorseless In Its unwarranted reach In the torrid sum
mer after the hard earned dollars of the poor. One has only to recall the
Insurance scundals In which money Is appropriated and prostituted to politi
cal partisanship In the bunds of trusted officials; and as a crowning evidence
of failure one has only to point to the American railway system, reeling
and staggering under the weight of a public patronage which has been long
anil slowly growing, and whose culmination ought to have found any prudent
IxHly of executives prepared and equipped to meet it.
The argument against municipal' ownership that the government Is Inca
pable of managing these public utilities, lias In Itgelf a species of treason
to our system of government and an attack upon the Democratic party.
The wholq government Is founded upon the democratic Idea. Democracy
means the rule of the iieople, and democracy In - Its existence and In its
spirit ImplleB not only the right but the capacity of the people to rule them
selves. Therefore to attack tho capacity of the people to rule themselves
or to govern commodities nud utilities of individual life, Is an aoporalon upon
tho government and a weakness of faith In democratic Institutions.
It la In fact a usurpation of the authority of government for private
mono|x>lles to assumo' direction of these great public utilities.
If popular government has been In any sense a failure In this country li
Is purely and simply because Its functions have been so greatly Usurped
hy private raonoiiolists In the control and direction of tho great public utilities
which belong to the people.
And |ho best way to restore the government lo Its democratic form and
purpose and lo perfect its functions Is to put Into tho hands ot the people
through their chosen ngents and officials the control and direction of those
general Interests and those great public utilities and commodities which
wrap so closely nround the |>cople‘s lives, happiness and prosperity.
In point of fact the people under favorable conditions have never failed
lo demonstrate their capacity to manage qnd control the Interests which
were nearest lo them. If at any time there has been a failure or a weaken
ing along these linos, it has only needed the stir and quickening of the pub
lic conscii-nco and the public Interest by the public press to arouse tholr
representatives to u full nnd capable discharge of their duties.
Tliehe Is one shining And Irrefutable evidence of the people's capacity
to manage these affairs which answers completely and nlways and every
where the skeptical, doubtful and hypocritical apprehension of tbo monopo
lists who profit by private control.
Tho distribution of letters and packages and newspapers through the
mall la the postoffleo department Is one of the greatest and most vital utilities
that concern the life of any people.
And yet the faot stands out crystal clear that this great public utility of
the ninll service as managed hy the government Is today the most perfect, the
most blameless, tho least criticised, and hy all odds the most economically
conducted department of the American government. Uncle Sam's malls are
all right. Thoro is not In tho wldo world n Iwtter system or a more i>erfect
department of governmental or of Individual control of a public utility than
this.
And If the government la this great Interest can cdntrol nnd direct so
perfectly the-workings of a^rqat public interest. It Is an unanswerable argu
ment to prove that It can do so In every other Instance In which tho responsi
bility Is laid ti|xm its representatives. .
Tho posteffice department Is tho one Insurmountable argument of logic and
of fnct which confronts and confounds the opiiononls of municipal nnd govern-
montaj ownership. ,
Moreover, all human development is progressive. Whatever Is ltn|>erfect
In ourselves and In our government today makes the problem for tho future
to correct and to solve. The defects of our government ami of our system arc
tho chief cohconi of statesmen; publicists, the press, tho pulpit, tho bar and
tho represantattves of the people nro all engaged In perfecting popular govern
ment and bringing. It .to Its high estato of completeness everywhere.
Municipal ownership Is only one of the many problems which enlist tho
Judgment attd patriotism of the future.
Americans, Republicans, Democrats, believers In popular nud representa
tive government cannot lie faithful to the Ideals nnd to the spirit of our Institu
tions If they fail to fall In lino with the plan of putting all of our public
utilities nud commodities Into the control of tho |>eoplo through the public reii-
reaentatlves, whom It Is their duty to uppluud when right, to correct, when
wrong, and to regulate at all times by tlielr ballots and by their brains.
from a county of prejudice to a county of Impartial consideration. This,
too, at present Is a privilege enjoyed only by the'criminal and not by the
state. In point ot tact under our present laws every advantage within the
scope of tho law is given to the criminal. The opportunities are hla, the
balances of advantage are all with the criminal, and the state, which
represents society and good men and good women. Is af a total inequality
with the vilest criminal In the matter of securing even and Inexorable
Justice.
The coming Sabbath Is given over to the ministers ot Atlanta. It Is
the pulpit's day and the press has no desire either to anticipate the voice
of the pulpit or to dictate Ita utterances.
But we do make bold to say that If our Christian ministers in their
well-meaning efforts to advance the civilization of the times, would do a
wise thing, they wilt not fall to agitate for these reforms which will ex
pedite the processes of the law and establish the state upon'a basis of
equality with the criminal In the trial of capital offenses.
All of which is respectfully submitted to the preacber-publlclsts who
will occupy the center of the stage In the morning hour of the coming
dabbath day.
MR. HEARST CAN DO WITHOUT THEM.
The statement la made from New York that Messrs. Norman E. Mack
and Chairman Connors, of the Democratic state committee, have turned
their backs upon William* R. Hearat and will henceforward oppose him in
New York politics.
- This Information Is neither Important nor especially Interesting. It has
been the custom of these men and of other men of their type always to deny
a defeated candidate whenever he la for a moment under the ban of the
ballot, and to rally with servile promptness to his banner whenever his
cause seems to be once more In the ascendant.
Messrs. Mack and Connors were cot willing supporters of Hearst In
the last campaign, but were whipped trembling Into llne,oeblhd his can
didacy because It furnished their political organization the only possible
hope of escaping third place In the state campaign and of being deprived of
the patronago which belonged to the second party In New York politics.
Men llko Messrs Mack and Connora are given to remembering no obli
gations and to forgetting all benefits, both to themselves and to their party.
An Illustration In part of the policy which these men purBue was given
in tho Urj-an reception In New York during the last week of August. Either
by appointment or by assumption, in charge of this reception, these gen
tlemen went to work nnd appointed on the committee to wejeonie Mr.
Bryan, many men throughout the country who had been either his treasona
ble friends or his malignant enemies, and In many cases omitted those who
had been the loyal and unflinching adherents of the great Commoner of Ne
braska. In many Instances these omissions were so flagrant that public
opinion demanded a correction and the substitution of Mr. Bryan's friends
Instead of his enemies. Jn the case of tho editor of . The Georgian himself
this omission was perpetrated until the editor In full realization of his
consistent and loyal friendship fob Mr. Bryan did not hestttate, both by
word of pen and through the Ups of a friend, to protest against the un
gracious and Illogical selection of the committee.
It may be said, however, to the credit of these gentlemen that In this
instance they promptly corrected these mistakes when called to their at
tention, and illustrated the fact that their choice was one of Ignorance
rather than malicious disregard of the proprieties and amenities of political
affairs.
Whenever Air. Hearst needs the support of Messrs. Mack and Connors
in New York, he is likely to he In possession of the power which will enable
him easily to secure It.
And If he should see lit to go into the race without their cordial sup
port it Is quite likely that his success will not be materially affected by tho
defection of either of them.
NTO HEARTS OF
The very Interesting announcement
made that Rev. Crawford Jackson. chair
man of the Georgia Juvenile Reformatory
committee, will In* married to Mlaa Cora B.
Coi. of Greensboro, N. C„ on Thursday,
December, at 4:30 o’clock In the afternoon
Id tho parlor of the Weat Market Street
Methodist church. Greensboro. _ ^
Mlaa Cox la the daughter of Rer. and
Mr*. J. 8. Cox. of Greenaboro, and. like
Mr. Jnckaon, la deeply Intereated In the
juvenile reformatory work. It was while
visiting Greenaboro on thla work that Mr.
Jackson met Mlaa Cox, and the romance be-
I fan. Tbe affair soon ripened Into genuine
ove. nnd la now followed by the announce-
of tho approaching wedding.
-..-a Cox la a member of the Hoclety ot
Friend*, or a “Quaker.” nud the paator of
her church, aided by a Methodlat mlniater.
will perform the ceremony. Immediately
f tfter their marriage they will come to At-
anta to reside, and on the crenlue of De
cember 28 a reception will be held at the
a recen
r» Jaeki
eon In College Park.
SEABOARD TO ISSUE
$18,011,000 OF BONDS
Part of Money Received
Prom Sale To Be Used
in Development.
I GOSSIP
Depcar la dapper cnoiyth tu suggest
his belief that he has been forgotten.
It Is Just as well to keep Cap Joy-
ner busy. When left without employ
ment he la perfectly wretched as a
loafer.
There Is nothing truer than the
proposition that reaction Is equal to
action. Note the pendulum swing of
public sentiment In the case of the
Rawlins brothers. *
The president is undoubtedly the
I - ad of his cabinet household. There
are some great* men In that political
group- Root and. Taft at least are
giants, and to dominate such a cabinet
lifts Roosevelt up pretty near to the
i i-toric level of Lincoln, who was not
overshadowed liy Charles Sumner and
l l.ad Stevens, and Seward.
THE PREACHERS’ OPPORTUNITY NEXT SUNDAY.
It Is announced by ex-Governor Northeu, president of tho Business
Men's Gospel Union, that on the coming Sunday every pulpit In the city of
Atlanta will thunder an appeal for the supremacy of the Ins- nnd the establish
ment of order In our Southern civilization.
Tho Georgian will await with great Interest and expectaucy the nature
and the form of these expressions.
It is In the ;>ower of the pulpit, ns an agency of civilization, to do
something (much In fact) toward tho creation of public-opinion along whole
some and effective lines.
If these npiienls which the ministers of the city ate to make on Sab
bath morning shall take a comprehensive and n comprehending line, they
may accomplish much good nnd istlnt public opinion to n direction In
which It can lie brought to bear upon a wholesome and necessary reform of
our criminal law. The menace In most public discussions with general
participants Is the danger of overdoing things.
It apiiears to The Georgian that the necessity Is past for any very ex
tended comment upon lynch luw. or tt|ion the events of the last two
months. I’ttbllc opinion along this line Ims settled Into a very well recog
nized channel, and It Is pretty well established that we are to have no
more lynelilngs in the state, at least for a long iwriod of experiment. It is
also very much to Ik> ho|ied that If the pulpit shall give Its time to the dis
cussion of lynch law, It will, not fnil lo give even more time to the denuncia
tion of the crime which has always produced lynch law.
Beyond this phase of the question there Is room both In the press
nnd the pulpit for the creation of a wholesome nud essential spirit of re
form In tht criminal laws of onr country. A wise and incorruptible Jurist
of this city said on yesterday to tho editor of The Georgln'n that we are al
most in a state of niiarehy In some of our relations to law and order In
this country. This same gentleman made the astonishing statement that
no man worth $5,000 had been hung for murder or for any other capital crime
within the present generation, and ho went on to pay that the financial ca-
imcity to hire legal talent- of the highest order was equivalent almost to
a guarantee of escape from the commission of murder and the other capital of
fenses in the cotie.
What this country needs Is a Reneral amusement In favor of the main
tenance of law ami order and a vindication of the majesty of our statutes
against criminals rich aud poor.
There are two things which an aroused public opinion can help mightily
to establish into a reform of our criminal law.
First of these it should lie made possible for the slate to ask for a
new trial In cases where the law .and the evidence have been violated by
Juries and wln-re. unusual conditions have prejudiced the verdict of the
panel In the box. At tbe present time It Is only the criminal who can ask
for a now trial, and If he la turned loose under any condition or pretext or
wave of prejudice, he Is exempt from any further trial to the esd of time.
The state should have nn equal right. *
There should lie further than this, a reform of the criminal law by
which the state as well ns the criminal can have the privilege of changing
the location of a trial and of removing the hearing of a criminal offense
w
THE ENGINES
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
(Copyright. 1906, by American-Journal-Examiner.)
HEX wo read In tong, or story, of the herocH crowned with glory,
Who have fought In famous battles of the past,
We are prone to sit d^wn sighing, for the heroism dying
From the world of men with whom our lot Is cast.
And we sorrow for our Nation, cursed with soft degeneration
Aa It follows down the path the Romans trod. _
When no mighty purpose thrills it, when but lust for riches tills It,
It has lost the great creative spark of God.
'Twos but yesterday one doubted men had courage still, and flouted
At unselfishness, “Mint vague, unmeaning word;’’
Then there came a sound like thunder and the doubter saw his blunder.
'Twns the passing of the Engines that we heard!
For.they broke upon our quiet *.;1th a mad and reckless riot,
Aud they shattered all tho silence Into sound.
How the engines hissed and spattered, how the flying horses clattered,
As their iron hoofs sped by us with a bound!
And the men with knightly bearing, on to smoke and battle faring,
Heemed Ilka heroes of an age of war and strife.
For they boldly courted danger, aiding foe and friend, nnd stranger.
With tho courage *tlmt outweighs the love of life.
Facing flame nnd falling ember, not a man paused to remember
Home, and wife, and little children, left behind.
Rushing In through smoke and cinder, not one selfish fear could hinder
Or drive duty from the throne room of hi * mind.
There was some one yonder calling; and though mighty beams were
falling
And the smoke was like a raging devil’s breath.
Still without one moment's waiting, or a second's hesitating,
On they leaped, nnd wrenched a human life from death!
“Nay, true courage has not vanished, nor has Time nil heroes ban
ished,"
Spake the doubter, with concession at the last.
"In this dally scone of Duty lies unselfishness and beauty.’*
And he *jnod with head uncovered as they passed.
Baltimore. Md„ Dec. 7.—Holder/* ot
the stock and voting trust certificates
of the Seaboard Air Line railway have
received notification of the plan of the
company to issue $18,000,000 of 5 per
cent bonds. The bonds are to be se
cured by a* mortgage or deed of trust,
and collateral trust agreement cohering
the property of the dbmpany and such
securities ns the directors may deem
advisable, and are to be due onr Febru
ary 1, 1937.
It Is proposed to use the bonds In
paying off the three-yeays fives due
next Alai ch nnrl taking up the notes of
the company, ns well as to provide for
future development of the property. A
meeting of the stock and voting trust
certificate holders has been called for
January 10, 1907, to voto on the plan.
It Is projKhsed to Issue early next year
$7,300,000 of the bonds and the holders
of the stock and voting trust Certifi
cates of the .Seaboard Air Line are to
lmve the right of subscribing to the
new Issue at 90 and Interest to the ex
tent of 12 per cent of their holdings.
IMMIGRATION NEEDS
CONCERTED ACTION
Colonel .V. F. Thompson, of Chattanooga,
called upon Secretary Cooper, cft the cham
ber' of commerce, Tuesday, to discuss tho
recent Immigration meeting held In the
1'ledmont. with a view toward getting
ideas and necking to aecure the co-open»
flow of tho local organisation.
rolonet Thompson Is editor of The Trades
man, nnd Is thoroughly acquainted with
thla subject. He la of the opinion that
concertlve-action Is absolutely essential to
success. lie attended ft meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of tho Southern Immigra
tion mid Industrial Association, nt which
time the policy was adopted to eliminate
friction wherever possible.
DR. HUBBARD TALKS
TO HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
Dr. Wllllnm G. Hubbard, vice-president of
the Amcrlciin Peace Society, delivered
very Interesting nud Instructive address to
the studeuta of the Hoys' High School
Thursday morning.
Dr. Hubbard's subject was "Arbitration
Rather Tlunt War as a Means of Settling
Disputes ot Nations," and. although ho had
ontend with the deafening roar of the
heavy rain falling outside, lie was given
the closest Attention. v
Dr. Hubbard Is a minister of splendid
ability and a speaker of great force. Ho
was a college elaaatnate of Vice-President
Charles W. Fairbanks. Resides his connec
tion with the peace society. Dr. Hubbard
Is genera! Mipcrliitendcnt of the American
Unllwny Literary Union for the suppression
of pernicious literature.
Tue studeuta of the High School elected
Dr. Hubbard an honorary member of their
debating society.
NATURE’S BAROMETER.
Is peculiarly sensitive to atmospheric eondl-
l$e
.iously. the twigs mu'l leaves per
form curious movements, each of which
has Its definite meteorological significance.
By the nh! of these movements the expert
chii prognosticate tho weather with remark
able iits-uracy. It Is nssorted that weather
forecasts can lx; made from two to seven
days ahead of raiu or fog, the area
, „ Jays ahead. Hitch
a plant would be n bo<tu Iii every home. No
household would be complete without one.
Every one would be a meteorological expert,
aud the government’s weather bureau would
" useless.
. to know
when to wear a raincoat or to carry an um
brella, and not have to depend on the va«
gnrlcs of the professional forecasters. The
weather bureau reports are often ns confus
ing as n cryptogram. Here is a sample
weather report: "Rain or snow, fair or
colder, with rising or falling barometer;
light southeasterly winds or heavy -prevail
ing winds from the northwetf, followed by
a warm spell or xero temperature.’’ To the
uninitiated auch n report Is misleading. The
more one studies It the less one knows. It
Is confusing as n lawyer’s brief with Its
Interminable and Intolerable partlee of tlie j
first part and parties of the second part.
Its wherefore* and Its therefore* and Itsj
dejKiru'tit# and Its aforesaid*. The barotne-'
ter plant, however, will drive the profes
sional foreeaater out of business and life
will become more tolerable for the ordi
nary mnu who »ltuply wants to he weather-
wise enough to know when to wear goloshes
and carrv nn umbrella against the rain. The
barometer plant will give him the desired
Information.—Rochester Poat-Kxpreas.
BITTING BULL USES PHONE.
company.
also.
He put down the instrument finally nud
fur hours was even more gloomy than
usual, nt Inst beginning to talk to himself,
something very rare for the Indhtn. Asked
'If ho was dissatisfied With Ids neconintoda-
lions or If there was anything they could
do for him, be broke forth at hist:
"No, I’ui finished. It’s all right when the
«* h, *e man’s plaything talks
'« language, but when it li
red man’s tongue
It Is believed In the ___
oldent Is fairly well known, that this talk
over the telephone between the two Indians
hail n considerable Influence In shortening
the Indian tram.—Ilouafon Herald.
CHALLENGE TO DUTY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I call your Attention as a citizen to
the fearful need of paint on some of
our bridges and viaducts. I«ook at
Peters street viaduct. After the paint
cornea off Iron and steel decay worse
than wood does. Air. Editor, what Is
the use In erecting these structures If
our council hasn’t got enough fore
thought to keep them thoroughly paint
ed? This neglect seems strong*.
TAX-PAYER.
EXCELLENT REPORT
IS SHOWN FOR YEAR
Iii a report of the Central Juvenile
Protectory, recently made, tjie'auditing
committee states that Treasurer W. It.
Hammond -has a balance of $40u oil
hand. The total receipts from Febru
ary 1, 1906, lo November 30, 1906,
amounted to $4,961. Over f*0 cities
were visited during the year hy the
Rev. Crawford Jackson, in the interest
fit the establishment of a juvenile re
formatory.
.TOE GLENN LEAVES
AFTER IIIS ACQUITTAL
Attorneys of Joe Glenn, the negro
who was tried for alleged criminal as
sault on Airs. J. X. Camp, have not
heard from the negro since a short
time after the trial, nnd are making a
search for him. Glenn was given a
ticket to Columbia. Ala., Just after his
acquittal nnd a tecoiutnenUatlon to a
farmer nt that place. He has never
presented the recommendation and his
thereabout* Is unknown.
"Ye*. my son."
"How much ‘dough’ doe* It take to make
ft bank rollV*—Yonkers Statesman.
"John. I'm afraid our Jitmuie Is asso
ciating with bad boys."
"Why so?’’ Hike] tbe father.
w him spit twice through
uting all ary pie*.
Mr. Jubb—Well, I d
n* don't die in the
version of the Sitting Bull telephone atory.
Hitting Bull had be»*n captured by the
United State* troop* and waa held in close i M**iger.
confinement. Ho also was another obstrep
erous Indian held In confinement at a post "Officer, it 1*
about lOu miles away. The officer In charge man waa so drunk when you .
of Kitting Bull had been chasing tbe In-: np that he could not tell hi* own name,
ilhius for two month* snd was wonderingj Is that no?"
what he would do with the captlre. In an' "It Is not. sir. He told me that hi* tu
Inspired moment he decided to arrange] was Xorvsl, sir, and be also Informed ...
an Interview between the two Indian* over | that his father U lu the sb«vp basilic** lu
tbe tel#phone. After the necessary ringing the tlrur ‘ *’ * '* *“
up Sitting llfill was asked If Ur cared to Journal.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
Nen- York; D,c. ■ 7.—We have . had
man and superman.' now why not the
super-auto? Anyhow, J’ve discovered
it ai the automobile ahow In Grand
Central palace.
Not only the Llmoulnoe and the
touring can at’the show come in for
attention, but close inspection is given
the commercial motor vehicles. In this
class Is the real monster of the ahow,
a MOO-pound American truck, oper
ated by a four-cylinder gasoline engine
of 35-horse power.
Solid rubber -7-Inch tires envelop
wheels 118 inches between centers. The
truck Is of the sectional side stake
type, with platform 12 feet by 5 feet.
Change speed gear Is of the planetarv
type and the drive Is by heavy side
chains. There Is a suggestion of the
locomotive In the design of the operat.
Ing levers and the running board.
William B. Leeds, who purchased
Rough Point, Newport, from Mr. anti
Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbilt for about
$509,000, has arranged to Improve tiie
place extensively.
No matter how women elsewhere
may favor the round skirt that doe# not
touch the pavement, many fashiona
ble dames In Washington stick to the
form of garment that makes a street
sweeper's Job a sinecure. Almost all
the tailor gownv seen In Washington
since congress convened have trains.
Mrs. Metcalf, one of the most charm
ingly gowned women In the city, has a
brown velvet gown trimmed In gold
thread, w ith a long coat Opening over
a waistcoat of white lace. Mrs. Taft
wears balck cloth of a similar cut, with
a soft silk bodice.
Mrs. McDonald McLain, president
general of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, Is Tn Washington for
special board meetings.
General nnd Mrs. John C. Black have
Issued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Helen Black, and
Captain Stephen Abbott, U. 8. A., De
cember 27.
Going away, dragging a figurative
kite s tall composed of the Initial letters
of the various societies to which he
belongs and the degrees he ‘possesses.
Count Victor Glclschen, lieutenant col
onel In tho British army, will leave a
large gap In Washington.
Count Victor was at the forefront of
eligible bachelors. He Is barely 10. nnd
Is good looking. He Is a cousin of tile
kaiser and King ICdward waa hie god
father. Ho found himself In danger ot
breaking down under the strain of so
cial festivities and so he asked to he
relieved of his duties In Washington.
A reasonable compensation for the
discomfort of seasickness Is reckoned by
Mrs. Rlwka Hclietn, of Omaha, Nebr.,
at $1,060. She has sued the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship Company for
that amount, alleging that the ship In
which she was brought from Bremen
to New York a year ago behaved ■<>
badly that she was made seasick and
has not been well since.
Mrs. Sehrln’s petition alleges that her
husband engaged passage for he# on
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Urossc, paying
$61.25 for transportation from Bremen
to St. Louiq. The steamship compan',
however, failed, to get notice to her at
her homo In Russia In time for her to
reach the ship before It sailed. 8!i"
waa given pussage on the Chemnitz, a
much slower and Inferior ship.
So far as known, Margaret Si. Bill
ings, daughter of Captain W. L. How
ard. of New Haven, will be the only
American woman present at tho Ber
lin court on January 18. It Is possllbt .
however, that Grace McMillan Jarvis,
grand-daughter of Senator McMillan,
will be presented. She Is now the
guest in Berlin of Baroness Von Ket-
teller, widow of the German dlplomst
who was killed by the Boxers In Di
king. \
in reference to presentations, It may
be mentioned for tho first tlfne that
Ambassador Tower last January was
overruled by the state department re
garding the presentation of «3thi‘l
daughter of H. Wlnthrop Barnes, of
New York. Mr. Barnes applied to Mr.
Tower In the ordinary way to secure a
presentation.
Mr. Tower refuocd on the ground that
he did . not know Mr. Barnes or any
thing about him. Mr. Baines then
wrote Indignantly to the stato depart
ment and urged his case so successful
ly that the department ordered Mr.
Tower to make the presentation and It
was done.
It was noticed that Miss Barnes was
never Invited to any subsequent couti
functions, it Is .almost the Invariable
custom to extend such Invitations to
young ladles who have been presented
at court. It Is understood that .Mr.
Barnes Is now on the warpath In Amer
ica, to obtain redress for the wrong
which ho believes was done him nnd
his daughter.
Surely there will be a rush of women
to hear Anatole France, when he lec
tures In Washington on the Invitation
of the Alliance Francalse. That de
sire to hear him will be based not so
much on tho fdet that lie Is one,of the
most charmingly graceful and Imagi
native of modern French writers as on
the I'li'cumstnncc that he will talk on
such Interesting topics as "IIow to
Dress Well," "The Kthlcs of Fine Ap
parel,” "Feminine Dress, tdodem and
Ancient" and 'The, Culture of Dress. '
Women who are Interested In the lec
ture are working to make It a success.
Among them are Mme. Jussuroad. nife
of the French ambassador; Mrs. Roose
velt, Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Dewey.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
DECEMBER 7.
1777— BattL* of CbNtlBt Hit!, l’a.
1915— Ex^utlon of Afarslinl NVjr.
1839—General Hir Ualvm lloury lluller
lH»rn.
1S67—Resolution of JuilMarjr <‘ommlttre to
ttnp^arli ITrsl«l«’iit Johnson voted down
In the house—102 to 57.
1875— Hteamahlp Deutschland wrecked on
the Galloper Hands: fifty lives loaf.
1891—lAi*py. Mfe murdere, electrocuted at
Netherlands over
caused severance A/t diplomatic rela
tion*.
1»2-Ex-Hpeaker Thomas • B. Reed died.
Korn October 18. 1835.
ljsq-It.nl lirwik lu mnrfcft ruusc#) |$artlj i,j
ntracks «hi Auialgauuted Copper lir
Thomas W. I.aw*o*i, a Boston stock
broker.
New York. Dec. 7.—Here are some of
the visitors in New Y’ork today:
ATLANTA-A. S. Redding. Mrs. C. Row*
n, J. I!. Ilrowue. l\ W. fox nml YV. T.
Gentry. ✓
IN WASHINGTON.
WuHhlngton. Doc. 7.—^Visitors here today
Include:
GEORGIA—Edward H. Barnes. Atlanta:
John t’oaU, Coltnnhn*; oawell It. Ere,
i Maurice Walton. A. Blackshear. U. E. Al
len. William M. Dunbar, E. F. Y’erderj*
August^.
A THEORY.
i By Ella Anglin Verne.)
Let tbe growling moan of winds tbit blow
Enrage the troubled spirit;
It Is Choir dying breath.
The greatest and the smallest of the "ebb
and flow"—
That hnre one spark of merit—
Are all averse to Death.
J. Lee Barnes.
J. I-ee Barnes, manager of the Ara
gon hotel, ha* been appointed vice
(rrestdent for Georgia of tbe Hotel
Men’* Mutual Benefit ANsoclatlon; .* He
U one of the beat-known hotel men of
the South and the honor conferred
upon him is a signal one.