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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, ■SATURDAY, DECEMBER S. 1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN 'ohm nunt a*Arts. w»*r. 1.1. stnr. Miiiktr. Published Every Afternoon (Except Sundnyt By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At a Weet Aluhgma St., AtUnti, G». Subscription Rates. One Tear Hg Sis Months H? Three Months A...~ >•* By Carrier. Per Week w d-class mall matter. Chicago office Trlbtine BMr. New York Offlc Potter Bid*. If you hare any trouble getting THC GEORGIAN, telephone the Circulation It It deslrabta that all eommanles* ttont Intended tor publication lu TUB GEORGIAN Ix* Ilmltrd to Words In lenftb. It It Imperative thtt they !>• •lgn*d. nt no evidence of good faltb. tboufb the name* will be withheld If reqaMted. Rejected tnsnnscrlpts will not he retorueu unless stamps art sent for tbtf purpose. THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean or objectionable advertising. Neither does It print wbltky or any liquor ads. 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. MW 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. 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