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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
■SATURDAY, DECEMBER S. 1
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and electric Ilf lit plants, as It now
owns Its water works. Other cities do
tbla and get gas at low at €0 esuta.
with a profit to tbs city. Tbit should
be done at ones. Tbs Georgian be*
llatas that If street railways can ba
aperated successfully by Europtan
cities, as they ara, there la no good
reason why they cannot be so operated
here. But wa do not believe this can
be dene now, sod It may be some years
before we are ready for so big an uo*
dertaklng. Still Atlanta should sat Its
face lu that direction NOW.
Major Hubner’s Poems. sadness the wings to bear a little family to the happiest Christmas that they
, , have known In many years that are past, and perhaps the happiest Christmas
The appearance of a new booh of thBt thcy know Jn many year , that ar0 t0 comc
The Georgian thanks Atlanta for Ita reaponilve spirit toward a human
cause. and glorlci In thla goodly city wboeo warm and tender heart has always
been equal to its bright and aggresalro brain.
There is nothing better than our dear Atlanta. It has its faults for it
is human, but In the grand aggregate of Its virtues, of Its achievements,
of its progressive initiative in the South's development, lu Its stately examples
of modern architecture, and above all else in its big and tender heart over-
flowing in a thousand charities, there Iss nothing better and nothing nobler in
♦be galaxy of the cities than our own Atlanta.
poems by Charles IV. Hobner is a mat,
ter of nibre than ordinary luterest to
Atlanta.
For Atlanta loves Charles \V. Hub-
her and lioldB him Bide by side with
Stanton In her tender and high re
gard.
In all the years of his life in Atlan
ta he has been as beautiful In bis prl*
vate life, and as rhytbmlc in his rein-
tlons with his fellow men as his
verses have been iambic and true.
Charles Hub’ner is a growing figure
in the literary world. He has been
so modest and so little pushing that
we nt home scarcely recognize the
work which lie has done. Henry W.
Longfellow says of his poems that
they are simple and true. Oliver
Wendell Holmes gave high praise to
his tribute to the memory of Bayard
Taylor. Alex Stephens was one of his
great admirers, aud John 0. Whittier
declared that Hnbncr's poems always
impressed and pleased him in an unu
sual way. Mrs. Sidney Lanier loved
no poem better than the sonnet that
Hubner wrote in 1881. and Edmund
Clarence Stedmnn eulogized bis ency
clopedic knowledge and his- literary
touch. The now volume which bears
the single title of "Poems" contalus
some of the Atlanta author's best and
most finished work.
It is handsomely printed on a fine
grade of paper, and with a beautiful
binding, is at the small prico of one
dollar, a lovely souvenir of Atlanta’s
literary genius to send in Christmas
greeting to our absent friends.
SHOULD A CLEAN LAWYER DEFEND A CRIMINAL CLIENT
WHOM HE KNOWS TO BE GUILTY?
Should an honest lawyer defend in courts of lsw a criminal charged
with a heinous crime of whose guilt he Is assured?
Chester Gillette, charged with the brutal murder of one of the tendereat
and truest little women that over loved an unworthy man, has been de
fended through weary weeks of litigation by able attorneys who have dis
puted over his guilt or innoceuce aud have fought the battle for bis life
through all the various and perplexing Intricacies of the law.
It transpires now that toward the close of this famous trial, the attor
neys for the defence received a full confession from tho prisoner of his com
plete guilt, aud tho stntcmeut tlint he bad with a tennis racquet in his
band ItouUu to 1 iionsIbUlty the little woitinu that loved him liotter than
her life, and had tossed her overboard 1o find a grave In tho deep bosom of
a Northern lake. •
Knowing Gillette's foul aud unsiieakablo guilt, carrying through every
later ■ moment of tlio (rlnl tko confesslonn of his violation of the law of na
ture and of God. filled with disgust for the unspeakable cruelty, tho unutter
able cowardice, and the craven lying of their client, the attorneys for the
defense fought yet ills trial to tho etui with relentless vigor, and In their
filial speeches even indulged In bitter personalities toward each other over
the fate of the wreieli for whom no punishment within tho pnlo of the law
could possibly expiate ills cowardly and Infernal crime.
Now the (jm lion Is, was ail this within the othlcs of the law?
ft is true that tho lawyer by the codes and ethics of his profession has
a right to aoce.it as a client a criminal charged with crime and to forco at
the hands of tho Jury and the attorney of tho state tho development and
proof o' guilt I.t onler that the great cads of justice and the law may bo
attained.
We siiPiH-.ee that this custom is based on the theory that the Impartial
law demands that guilt must he mmlo crystal clear before Its stem revenges
are pronounced.
Hut in tills case aud in sumo other cases which may occur or perhaps
have occurred id ready, lawyers of high personal character and repute,
holding in their hearts the confession of guilt nml of crime and outrage
against society ami tlte state, stand up before courts of law to defond one
whom they know beyond all question to be unworthy of defense, to save
,rom the gallows or from Ilio penitentiary ono whom they intuitively
know to deserve the last limit of legal punishment, and to rhoat If possible
tho waiting gallows of one whom they know to lie its proper victim.
There can lie no quest Inn hero of justice or of tho majesty of law. There
can be no desire to bring out tlte (acts that perfect Justice may lie done.
There is nothing left in doubt, there is no legal principle lo be vindicated,
mid nothing In tho wide, wide world seems lo Justify the defense of it crim
inal who has confessed Ills guilt except a hair-splitting theory or the fee that
the criminal may have in ltis pocket to pay the lawyer who helps him
cheat the gallows.
In this period when we are dealing so much with law and order and tho
reform of criminal statutes. The Georgian believes that the conduct of the
attorney* In the esse of Chester Gillette presents an interesting question
which we would like lo hear discussed between representative ntemhera of
the Atlanta bar.
Wo do not know, and have no reason to toliero, that any attorney
in Atlanta has over defended a criminal whom ho knew by confession to be
-inilty of a capital offense. There is and there can be nothing personal in
i he reflection* which wo have derived from thla New Kngland trial. But we
honestly believe that it* discussion at this time by lawyers of tlte highest
i M „t would be both of interest and of profit, and that out of It ntuy conto
im , fscnlial and ethical reform In the customs which prevail In other ctr-
■ nits and before the courts of other states.
THE PRESSING PROBLEM OF OUR SCHOOLS.
The story told iu our local columns on Friday of
the crowded state of the Alanta schools, does not make
pleasant reading for the people of this twentieth cen
tury city,
Atlanta has always been proud of its public school
system, and we have boasted for many years of the ex
cellence of our curriculum and the conditions with
which.we have surrounded our growing youth.
But it is quite evident that Atlanta’s ever-increas
ing population has out-grown and overtaxed our pres
ent school equipment just as strongly and almost as fa
tally as the commerce of the country has outgrown the
equipment of the railroads. v
We are suffering a mental tragedy iu the inability
of Atlanta to provide facilities for the use of its chil
dren. It is absolutely beyond the spirit of our modern
educational system that there should be discrimination
either by the city or the state iu the education of its
youth, aud whenever we set out to establish- public
schools, they are injurious aud to that extent they are
immoral if they are not built upon the plan of providing
for all our children who enjoy the advantages 'which
they arc intended to convey.
The story iu our news columns speaks for itself.
And it is the tale which should instantly arouse Atlan
ta to its fullest and highest activity in the matter of
remedy.
We do not believe that any citizen can read the eol-
Jection of facts, the story of the enrollment in the
school measured with its actual attendance, the start
ling and magnificent increase shown iu the enrollment
of succeeding years, without feeling that here is a prob
lem practical, present and tremendous which calls for
Atlanta’s full, swift and heroic action at the earliest
possible moment.
We are following up today the story of yesterday
with additional facts which will carry a message of
warning and of. inspiration to civic action without de
lay.
Atlanta is today at a high tide of wealth and rep
utation and of prosperity.
But all our glories are obscured and our laurels are
dimmed if we permit our public schools to sink to the
level of inadequacy to the demands of that young At
lanta upon whose shoulders rests the preservation of
our future glory and prosperity.
JAPS NOT IN POSITION
TO BEGIN WAR AGAINST
THE AMERICAN NATION
Mrs. Logan Discusses’
“Yellow Peril” and
Congress.
By MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.
Hjw»ela I < 'orr*»*pondoiM'*\ •
Washington, Deo. 7.—Mucli-flbnsed cod-
gross, convening De<*eiftber m. Begun the
lust session of tho fifty ulntt*congress un
der circumstances of peculiar Importance.
To attempt to foreshndow what will In*
accomplished In tho scventy.flve working
days uutil March 4, outside of the pass
age of appropriation l>U!s, would lie ab
surd. There will, doiiblleee, bo keen dis
appointment In many directions in the
ninouut carried In some of the most Impor
tant appropriation hills, and still greater
disappointment on nrootnii of the probable
refusal of congress to pass the ship subsidy
hill, the Philippines tariff hill, the national
Inheritance tax, the immigration bill, tar
iff ami currency reform aud other bills of
greater or lesser consequence.
Canal Recommendations.
It Is claimed that tho president's recom
mendations on tho Panama canal will bo
based upon lilt personal observations of
stupendous project, and will lie lit
tic mote than to urge the appropriations
which will be asked Tor, aud which have
l»een expected from the roports 'and ex
planations of the status of the enterprise
heretofore made by experts to cougress.
No much has beeu said and written on*
the subject of the Panama canal. It is
hardly imsslble that there was anything
new to Im* discovered by the president
with nil his astuteness, untiring energy
MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.
rood faith in protecting Cabans evou from
hemselves, and If they are.not .to-be nl
lowed to repeat their folly In playing states
men It will be a rather expensive matter
for the Uulted States.
The personal Jealousies, innate Indolence
and revolutionary spirit of the natives of
oml keen Intuitions.
There Is a disposition to magnify
Insignificant dissatisfaction of the Japan
esc over alleged discrimination against
them lu the California schools—some go-
Ing so far ns to predict war lietween
Japan and the United States, and that
Great Britain. Germany and even Prnneft
— ready to oucourage the breach, so flu»t
they may step in and make ndvantnceou
•lal alliances with Japau nnn tin
id loss of the
THE SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY.
On Thuruduy we commented upon the establishment of the Kentucky
Society and its first Annual banquet nt the Kimball House on next Monday
evening.
it Rives us pleasure now to announce that the South Carolina Society will
hold Its second annual banquet under its new organization on the same
evening and in the same hotel.
Georgia bus always been rich iu its gallant nml chivalric South Carol!-
nans. They nro everywhere patterns of courtesy and models of every manly
virtue and of every civic grace. They embody nml perpetuate the tradi
tions of a race that have enriched all tho maimers and tho morals of tho
republic. It Is a great race that has produced brave men and beautiful wo
men and made history in heroic fashion for n hundred years. It is a race
that has given to the republic Its'most illustrious statesmen and has fur
nished one of the noblest miracles of recuperative !tower iu the nnnnls of
tho tiroes. For South Carolina today vies with Massachusetts In Its manu
factures. while in its agricultural progress it lends ih proportion almost
every commonwealth In the South. It is separated from Georgia by a stream
narrow as division and liquid ns difference which tins been always the tic
that bound us rather than tho barrier that divided.
Georgia may well rejolco In a citizenship which is enriched from two
such noble and historic streams of people its those who celebrate their na.
tlvo commonwealths In the festivities of Monday night.
And so. lifting our glasses to South Carolina, where glusses will be in
evidence, and lifting our hats to Kentucky, where Adam's ale will be tho
only I leverage, wo salute the gallant representatives of both of these states
and wish for them n happy evening full of joyous reminiscence of jthelr native
glories and of renewed loyalty to the adopted state which cherishes them
among the Hirst honored of her glorious sons.
•onimerrlnl nlltiuices with Jaj
East, to the discomfiture nml
United States. It Is difficult to Itelleve
such n scheme possible; to say nolhlng of
the tremendous snerlilee of human life
and treasure thoyNvould incur by such a
step.
Japs Under Obligations.
It Is au open secret that while the Jnp-
ncso were successful In their wav with
IlURNln, they are under obligations to the
*nlt»*d States, enpeclaly for having brought
about peace when they were near the end
of their resources ut men nml money to
cnnble them to longer continue the strug-
fflr
ailed every source
the signing of tin „
They have had students In. many of our
olleges. They have had men In the dis
guise of sorvuiits on hoard our ships. They
have employed > Americans ns tutors In
finance, agriculture, science nml every
known craft, and these instructors Imvo
reported wonderful aptness on the part of
the Japanese. They have learned all they
could In the United Htntos nml Europe of
western civilisation, which, added to the
marvelous Ingenuity nml cunnlug and their
Oriental* skill and patience, born of their
disregard of tho flight of tithe, has made
them n wonderful people. Their totul In
difference to the preservation of their lives
when lighting for the mikado makes them
n most undesirable foe.
Not Prtpsrtd fpr War.
They learned, however, the cost of war
lu men and money lu their wars with
China and Uussla, nml though their popu
lation Is still far too great for tho area
of their Island kingdom, they arc not lu n
position to begin a war with the United
8fates. They know furthermore that Eu
ropean powers have iio special love for
them, mid that no matter how generous
the promises of support should they Ih*.
come Involved with the United Nfates, that
they would not ls» sure of them, except nt
n nil noils cost to them lu the surrender
of commercial advantages. They are too
luestloii of war lietween Jnpnn and the
United Htntfs. 8hip subsidies, increased
navy and other desired legislation might be
furthered If a conflict was Imminent.
There are fur too many almost vital
questions that can not possibly bojvached
iu tin* very short time lietweeu now nud
March 4. All extra session has been sug
gested, and it Is not an Impossible solu
tion of the many problems peudlng. Our
country has grown to such enormous pro
portions that we can no longer crowd Into
the short sessions m* emigre** the legisla
tion which sufficed Tor ihc olden time when
-the population was not half what It is to*
day. It would 1m* ItupqsftlhU* for men to
work hnrder or more continuously than do
the majority of both houses of cougress.
bnt the demands of the countless thou
sand** who nppenl to congress and the dis
position to thrust upon congress the re
sponsibility of the sell lenient of questions
which should be decided by individuals has
I u> such au alarming extent ns to
or patriotism.
n who -hilj
in their Indcpena
They have crucified
the men who .have done most to aid them
xmaence, and It Is lucky that
there
.provision that the United States reserved
the right to put down rebellion nml insur
rection nud to preserve order throughout
the Island: otherwise the president would
rtbt have had the right to bnvc gone to
President Palum’s rescue and beyond ques
tion anarchy, discord, murder and every
cjice of the army alone protected President
Palma nud his cabinet who were loyal to
him from assassination.
It will take at least half a century to
eradicate the evils nml Insurrectionary spirit
nml prepare the Cubans for even territorial
or colonial relntlons.
Magoon Hat a Task.
Governor Magoon has n task to adminis
ter Calmii affairs with the unreliable nml
mercurial population with which he has to
deal. The probabilities are that he appre
ciates this matter keenly and that he can
not trust even those who profess unswerv
ing loyalty. Like their antecedents, they
have a stiletto hidden though they speak
honeyed words.
Many Americans made In vestments In
Chibs In good faith after the Spanish*
Amerleiin war. and there Is no reason why
the government of the United Ntntes should
•xert Its oower to protect tho Cubans
each other, nud prevent the Interests
le citizens of tho United States and
perhaps the citizens themselves from laying
sacrificed on the altar of Cuban Insurrcc-
lug themselves In dissipation and overt
acts simply lH>cnuse they clamor for thejr
Independence, which to tho average Cubau
means license to follow bis own sweet will
and to he exempt from labor of any kind.
It would he far better for the army to
remain on duty In Cuba Indefinitely and
that annexation should be granted so that
law-abiding. Industrious Inhabitants of Cuba
might convert the rich resources of the
Island Into profit aud redeem tho Queen of
**“ i bankruptcy and self-de-
MUS. JOHN A. LOGAN.
DR. W. J. HEARN HURT
IN PHILADELPHIA
The Atlanta friend* of Dr. XV. J.
Hearn, of Philadelphia, have been
grief stricken over the announcement
of h|s critical illness. He sustained
injuries in an accident, which will
probably prove fatal.
Dr. Hearn was out driving when his
horses became frightened and ran
atvay. His carriage collided with an
other, and he was thrown violently to
the ground. Ills head strllng a tool
chest. His skull was fractured. He was
taken to a hospital, where his life Is
despaired of.
Dr. Hearn is well known in Atlanta,
being nn honorary member of the
Homosassa Fishing Club. He Is a
noted surgeon, and dean ot the faculty
of the Jefferson Medical College.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
matter* and even Individual Interests
one and all brought t*fore the people’s rep
resentative*. which really have no right to
THE “LITTLE WOMAN ” GOES TO TRINIDAD.
Xo right appeal was ever planted In Atlanta’a generous heart that did
not swiftly and aottly bear lta abundant fruit.
A week ago The Georgian told the story of a brave little woman born In
Georgia and married In Atlanta, literally fighting her way with her noedle.
,with herqio courage and cheerfulness, across the continent to carry her
consumptive husband to a lr»t hope on the plains of Colorado.
It was a simple story, told without pretense aud without coloring of tact
oi l'.mcy; but it atruek the heart of a people who have never failed to re-
-j.ond to every generoua ImiflIHe and to every opportunity for a noble deed.
r.eforc the new week was bom the contributions began to roll in for the
I.nlc woman, traveled so far as the Ozark mountains of Arkansas, and
iili eve ry contribution came a fervent "God bless her," from generous hearts
genera** handa that aent In tlielr willing dollars to her help. The
< oiitributlMg capie from all classes and from all sections, A check from
South Carolina, a ebaefc from Florida, one from Lumpkin, one from Fit*-
, ...I,]. BU ,j from a dozen geueroua bands lu the city of Atlanta. One noble
lira:rail merchant on Whitehall street whose heart has never yet been un-
i, spoDtlve to any genuine hurnau need, would have been willing lo contrib-
„, e tho whole amount of the little woman's passage to the softer West,
j, was | ie gave nearly one-third of tho entire amount contributed
],,, cause. Lawyers In the busy stress of life, merchants prosperous
i<i moderately prosperous, profesalonal moa, clerks and above all cm-
! )o .narrow mesua, aud other women poor and struggling, sent In their
H tt j„ m ite for a little woman whose heroic struggle touched the hearts of all.
The 'Frisco railroad, reached through the heart of lu. generous represen
tative In Atlanta, offered to tend from thla city a ticket lb Colorado for
mir-half faro and the balance o* the amount was speedily contributed.
Vid so It la that generous rfnd noblo hearted Atlanta inalled on
- r ;.eet: and a ticket that will carry to a home of bmve snd heroic r
Reviews and Reminiscences
By JULIAN HAWTHORNE.
J ack London may t># convidcreii an
rxtmnnllnary person; a combination
of mlu»l nml nature seldom met with.
Men with U!s natural Instinct* and
phy*l«-(tl proollvltlo* do not commonly «nre
much about tin* things o( the intellect: they
arc*too crowded with Ilf* to look Inward
anti "tamlno the auhjectlvo nt|iect of ex
Utern-e. But London * * * *
\ h*» a 1
oufkit nu
slow
either the material or the mental sphe
alone: he must live, feel, examine and re
port upon i*otli alike. That lie I* not >-ati*-
fled tilth the world a* it i*. i* apparent
from his Inclination to wlmt he would call
No. isiisai: which may not Im* another man's
Socialism, but It has Its special Interpret!*-
tlon for him. lie la very interesting as a tmuiey. no doubt,
bsuotnenen. but not at present essy tot share of it: but
own sake. r
shown In the nnmbo. ...
but It saerltiees much of Its
dialing In so many directions: he has nor
Impetus of hi* mind
uroductlo__,
ffeet by ra
yet decided In
central#*-what is Ids metier. _ _
he takes all knowledge to Im* Ids province;
but he U not of the llnconiaii temiH*rnun*ut;
other. l.lke me young
to “tear down this tlK
set up something more rational
utsl. He does not like to write
assured me, when I bad n talk
tiresome old sky.” and
ago;
r;:; 1
him In California a luiiple of yBiPWBP
^jrlte* for money: hut here I must take
• Itb him: he write* for
and je*tw an author's fair
would make money
differ
SewTlbe’or’* solve; because^ be Is growing | some other way. If be were res Ur averse
— -* ■“ bggan Hn H|| gg —* *— tu<
rjptdlv. and changes, whether or not he \% i fro
aware of It. from day to day, aud, perhaps, i «r affairs,
from hour to hour. With one foot yonder *uage b!
and another here, he does u*»t belong to'venture:
he arena
.ertng l
But. meanwhile, be must as
suage bis Immense thirst for romautb- nd-
s.i, u ■**«.»«. >ug to'venture: he want* to live au oven more
any category, and If he did he would be- J stirring and strange story than lie has y.-t
long tomorrow to another. No other man written *,* he Im* don#* what so many
of the same prominence and forre H should ; romnutle youth* have talked of dolng-he
surmise* I* destined to undergo such j b*” made blmsHf n ship and will set sail
changes of view aud aim as In* 1*. «i*on the great son*, and explore the I*.
Karls Ixmdon lifted himself out of the i "L. 0,her *’ u ®d er * thrre-
ruck, and felt th-> Innate artist Instinct j fj? **uu£ ’ forth "jwt TbSuNhli
to express what be experienced atn! saw*., tini«*. This e\|ie#|ltlou f* more like the old
but before long be hsd nlntyed head over j fairy story escapadH* than anything else In
heels Into philosophy, snd Indulged bis owji our *#♦*: Nchehen-sade would hav found
ulatlons as to the rignmoanFv stul trend j lu It a them#* for a One Thousand and Nee.
M1 *bt*» Entertainment.
'* own hand will Ih* upon the till.
Id* own whim will detenuim* hi*
.oui (Hi** hour to another. Unlike
imtifh' her.***, however, this Urine#*
IVini' -H along with him. an#i they
speculation* as to inc siguiatuniv mm irenu i in it « tn«>i
of things In general. He took to Interlard oml Night
■ I . Londo
juU In such hook* ar the "Lett*
w lib'll he wrote with Mis* Ntmnsky tw«
three year* ago; and In the extravagant -other r..i
••OiiceptliMi of hi* **Sea Wolf.” florh Int#*.-j take* (•!•
larding* are «'#»t art. #*f •■oarw; but they will n»h
are striking *imI at mug ir» tbemseir
the
•tlllOT
»*if
tufts
Iioiihc of rougses*. Hut
tide a member who would refuse to In
troduce any bill or (mtltlon from n con
stituent. Senators and representatives are
considered the servants *>f the p#*onle. and
n* sueh they must do the people's bidding.
Extra Session Csrtgin.
The eoutlnu«)us agitation of the tariff re
adjuattiwnt will assuredly end In an extra
sessllnu nt some time in the near future. No
regular sesloon with its voluminous bills and
resolutions could give the time required for
the diseusston of the tariff. General linn-
cock's'suggestion, when he was a candidate
for the presidency, that It was a local Issue
provoked much ridicule, but one must admit
Hint the congressional debates betray a de
rided tendency to protect local Interests by
n high tariff. . . • .
on#* thtug congress will do, and that Is.
they will pass the necessary appropriation
bills for tli«? maintenance of the govern
ment and Ita potent arms—the army and
the navy—uo matter whnt else must wilt.
There is much discussion as to whether
or not the advocates for Unban annexation
will make their npp#»:iraucc this session. It
Is thought more than likely that they will,
beenu*e of tlm fact that the elections lu
Cuba have be«*n flx»*d for next June, and If
Annexation propositions could be note#! upon
favorably It urould dtxpens#* with the ne-
cesslty «>f holding these farcical elections.
Cubans Hava Failed.
It Is evident to every Intelligent tuind
that the ex|>erliuent of self-government lo
Uuha has proven a most dismal failure, and
added another proof of the cntiiv unfitness
of the people whose origin cow#** from the
Latin races for IndepenAriice or the estab
lishment of a republic. Noun* one has wisely
Mid they have not yet learned the real se
crets of building a republic hccaus#* they do
not understand M*If-nbuegat!on.
It Is not a question of party policy but of
DECEMBER 8.
1792—Henry Lauren*, Month Carolina states
man. died. Born 1?J4.
W29— lleury Tlmrod, poet, born.. Died Oc*
tober fi. 1S67.
1S32—HJornstJerne HJoruson. Norwegian
poet and ilrnniatlst, born.
1841— 1 Thoms* II. Bard. United States sena
tor from California, l»orn.
1883—Trial of Dr. Meyer, the alleged mur
derer by poison, began iu Now York
city.
1903—Herbert Npeneer, English philosopher,
died.
1904—Mr*.
* windier, imprisoned In
Born April 27, l*2fc
t’assle Chadwick, millionaire
-* * the Tombs,
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Dm. 8.—Hero are kb« of tho
rl.ttor, In Now York tojnv:
ATLANTA—J. It. IIoxHoy, It. E, Miller,
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
Xew York, Dee. S.—A racing car that
weighs about 5j)0 wounds has been put
on exhibition at the uutomoblle show.
, Among the four note models Installed
during the day was a rating machine
with cylinder engine of 40-horse power.'
weighing In complete racing trim, only
500 pounds. This car, designed and
constructed by It. W. Harroun, of Chi
cago, has been driven at 70 miles nn
hour on the road and is to be taken Jo
■Florida for the speed tournament next
month.
Senutor Francis G. Newiands. of N’e-
jruda, sailed hurriedly on La Lorraine
to see Ills daughter, Mrs. Von Bre-
dow, who Is very ill In Berlin. Mrs.
Xewl'tnds accompanied her husband to
the ship.
Govcrnor-elect Hughes of New York
will have a conference with President
Roosevelt. Mr. Hughes will bo .enter
tained at the white houee during his
visit next Wednesday.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s house party ot
former classmates at Yale, and known
as the "Growlers' Club," has returned
to New York after being at Oakland
farm since last Saturday.
The cynic who wrote that “a wom
an's happiness is In Inverso ratio to
her wulsi measure" well might point in
justification to the new elastic belts.
These reduce tlte waist line to de
lightful trimness, but cost In the pres
ent form, In the neighborhood of $50i.
Many of their wearers admit that, for
them, this is an extravagant sum to
expend on a single girdle, but they seem
to regard the etfeet of slenderness pro
duced by thclhlgh-prlced belt as well
worth teinporiu'y financial embarrass
ment. •
Tangier correspondent sent word!
that Mr. Guinmerc, the American min
ister at Tangier, has obtained satis
faction from the sultan for Injustices
Inflicted by Moors on American citi
zens.
The Ponanskl Cotton Mill at Lodz,
which employs 7,000 men, has bem
closed Indefinitely owing to the dis
putes with the workmen.
Mary Chippewa Indians at the Grand
Portage reservation In Minnesota are
starving through failure to get the cus
tomary allowance of food and pork
from the government, and have sent a
pathetic appeal to Major S. W. Camp
bell, Indian agent, of Ashland, Wis.
President AmAdor, of Panama, has
adopted a unique method of preserv
ing the speeches made by himself and
President Roosevelt In connection with
the American president's visit to his
country November 15. These address
es have been printed In both Kpnnlsli
and English on sheets about hulf the
size of an ordinary newspaper puge,
with an artistic border, under the title,
"President Hoosevelt’s Visit to Pann-
ma."
A larger number of copies have been
sent to the white house and offices of
tho Isthmian canal commission, and a
decorated copy, printed on parchment
and neatly roamed, has been presented
with President Amador’s autograph to
President Beoserslt.
Mrs. Louise E. Carttr-Payne, best
known as Mrs, Leslie Carter, the ac
tress, has secured a writ of attachment
against the property of hor former
chum. Miss Norma L. Munroc, to se
cure a claim of 812,000. I
In her application for the attach
ment Mrs. Payne says she has reason
to believe Mias Mur.ros has gone to
Paris with the Intention of defrauding
her creditors.
Mrs. John John EUis Roosevelt,
whose husband Is a cousin of the pres
ident, has applied to Supreme Court
Justlco Davis for an ordor permitting
her to visit, without restraint, her sis
ter, Mrs. Constant Andrews, who has
been for three years In a sanitarium
at Whlto Plains. Mrs. Boosevelt also
wants to have her physician. Dr. Ved-
der, permitted to see Mrs. Andrews at
will.
With the wind-up this evening the
members of tbs Automobile Club of
America will celebrate the greatest
show In their blstory by a dinner nt
Sherry's.
The occasion will mark the first pub
lic speech of W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr, who
has been prominently connected with
the advance of automoblllng, but who
has heretofore refrained from giving
public expression to his views.
Tho entire list of speakers Is distin
guished rand includes Qensral Horace
Porter, Patrick Francis Murphy, Gsn-
eral Nelson A. Miles and the Rev. Mel
ton Merele Smith.
Frederick Vanderbilt Is destined to'
rival ills eldor brother, Willis K, In
the motoring world.
Young Vanderbilt has been an eagar
and careful student of every machine
In tho allow, and although he lias four
cars already, he bought a runabout, a
low, cunning-looking car, that Is built
expressly for speed.
A Reconciliation.
Marie-Are jou sad Id* good friends
now? I thought yon used to he enemlss?
Jessie—Ho we were, bur elsce she wts 111 '
she has grown so ugly that I haven’t the
heart to hurt her any more.—Fsmllle-Jonr-
nal.
ar turn
•hat In
*■( **f au thmoeit u*»t i
In* will forget all aliout
Joy unit tiriHHVufMtlou of actual eiperienee.
At ull events. It Is comforting to reflect
licit lii this practical age a mun Is found
Willy to give iqi years of his life to sueh
ti enterprise. And when he gets baek—
f Isuk he ever should get—me shall lutiigl
■saiiior,s1 on his tale—If tale he chooses I
then to tell. He lc:iv lire us tong us Klnd-
I'Uil. nml become i*ouversnnt with tunrvels
» -trutige mat fnselnutltig. We, menu. J
Idle, sill isiiitiiiiie to uttnch our eeunont*f
mid suciotog|i-,d problems, nml will Imp,* j
int we ainy is* aide to sue. when we *
him on tils retiirn„"ib*hold, we, too,
OBA
COMPLETE
MAKES
CHRISTMAS
CHEER
AND LASTING.
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Kodak pictures taken now make Christ man cheer la.st
ill the year.
A Kotink and a few fla:<h sheets for Diking a picture
f»f a whole room full of happy young i»eopIe l» all you need to
make the CHrlstmua spirit complete.
Just think of taking real photographs with a Kodak by merely
pressing s little button; pictures ao natural that they almost
speak.
Then they coat no little: Si and $2 for the Brownies and up
to $35 for the larger-aUed Kodaks, and anybody, even a child,
can handle them.*
i*ome in and *<*e them or look at tfie window.
We do dex’doplng and printing and have all klnde of fr^sh
Kodak supplies. —
A. K. HAWKES CO.,
14 WHITEHALL ST.