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i THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TUESDAY, DECEMBER S. 1**. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon « 'Except Sundsj) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 8 Wctf Alstom* St., AtUoU. Ge. Subicrlption Ratct. Goe Tear $£•£} Rf* Mentha *•» Three Month* t2$ Ry Carrier. Per Week •» TeK'pnnuea ceuupctlnf all departmeota I .on* dlftatice terminal*. Minltb A Timm pic ii. uilvertlalnK rep- resentatlrea for all territory oatstff# of Georgia. Chicago Off!re Trlbnne BMr N*ew York Office Potter RM* Department nnd haro It fdled. Telephones: telephone the Circulation ‘B'?rX r u r :r,: ftona Intended for publication In HIE GEORGIAN lie limited to 400 words In lenefh If (a Impemtlre that they be *lfne<l. i*■ tii» . videlice of *ood fnllh. tho'irli Hi** Mime* trill lie withheld If r cteil manuscript* will unless stamps are sent THK r.KOUMAS print» wo iiweleao «r obfeetfottable ndrertlalnr Neither •loea jt inlut trlilakr or any liquor ad*. and electric light plant*, ns It now Mere* that If street rail ways tern tod *iici«ea!iftilly hy R n r o p c a n tic*, n* th'»y are. there it Itn |p»od reaaoir why they cannot bo «o operated here, lint tte do not believe Ini* can be done now. nnd It may l*e some year* face In tint direction NOW. Another Presidential Sensation. The Washington Punt lias collated extracts from several leading newspa pers which convey an amazing aeries of statements made by President Roosevelt. These extracts covering "what pur port to be Interviews with the presi dent by reliable parties declare that the chief executive will veto nny bill passed by congress seeking to restore to the army the discharged negro sol dlera of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, or any bills attempting to "correct" their military records: that If congress passes such hills over his veto he will pay no attention to such laws unless they are affirmed to be constitutional by the United States supreme court, and that "even were Impeachment proceedings Instituted he would cheer fully awnlt their outcome." It these statements were published lu newspapers given to misrepresen tation of the president, they would carry tliol ■ own denial on their face. Hut they are printed In Journals which are represented In Washington by comiietent and eonsclentIons men. who are not given to reckless speech. It Is tills fact which will probably prompt the president to mnke a cor rection of the stories which picture him aa being ready to ignore luws which do not meet his approval nnd aa daring congress to hmieach him for such violation of his oath of office. The Post Is staunchly loyal lo the executive, but concludes that the ■tatements, published apparently op- on authority of the president himself, appearing In journals of known relia bility are of such an astounding char acter as to call for prompt official denial. The president cannot afford to permit any newspaper, however friendly, to place hint lu such a false . position before the country. Hope you got everything In your flocking that yon deserved. The Washington Herald thinks that the mail who married successively ■lx sisters minimized the mother-in- law peril. THE DUTIFULNESS OF GLADNESS. What Is this thing called Life? And how shall we use It to the best results? Life Is the comprehensive word of all our human speech. It compasses the earliest throb and It contains the parting pang. It Is the tumult into which we enter from the secret realm of Biience, un willing and unwitting, to bear our parts of passion, praise or service to the predestined end. It Is the school of preparation In which we frame our purpose, fashion our resolves, sharpen our weaiions. discipline our forces and buckle on the armour which we wear for serious war. It Is the arena in which we fight our enemies, foil our foes, win our battles, experience our defeats, gather our riches, reap our harvests, suffer our sorrows, shout our alleluias, ripple our laughter and shed our blinding tears. And It Is the thing we leave—protesting to the lust lingering mo ment—when In the ante-ehatuber of the hereafter, we put off the gaudy trappings of our fierce endeavor and In the white silence of a shrovd go softly out to meet the matchless mystery of death. And life Is wlmt we mnke it. In Its last analysis, here und hereafter, " TIs in ourselves that we are thua and thus." Just as we plan and work It. Just as we weave and wear It. the garment of our days becomes a robe of purple or a sable gown of gloom. If we plan In good cheer, weave In good deeds, anil color It with the red blood of human kindness, it la the garb of fellowship and helpfulness and happiness while a thread remains. Hut If we pattern It on sneers, scant Its proportions by our greed, wrinkle It with til-temper, patch It with little envieH and dye It with selfish scheming, it clings to us and cratnps us In a hideous and somber coat ol discontent. It is not Intended that life should be selfish or be sad. It Is the gift of the Kternal. and He meant It both for service and for Joy. The Ju lies of life are not deciier than its delights. The responsibilities of living are not more evident Ilian Its obligation to rejoice. We cannot fling Into the face of the Onini|Hitent the Ingratitude or selfishness nr sadness In the possession of His prlceles gift. For Rod who gave It has made life beautiful and the world a palace of delights. Kor every fleck of shadow He has written corresponding light. He has Impressed In providence the dutifulness of Joy. He has shot the days with sunshine and spangled the darkness with the ra diance of Hie stars. He has made a dawn for every midnight, and re deemed the blackness by crowning Aurora as Its queen. He has niude Ills clouds a shield against the sweltering heat and gathered their teara Into the beneficence of rain. He has stilled every tempest In Its limit, silver lined His shadows and ralnbowed every storm. He has hroldered sadness with rejoicing, sprinkled gloom with comfort, brought beauty out of ashes, given balm for bruises, melody for mourning, and even over new-made graves and above the murk and agony of death. He has lifted the shining finger of eternal hope. It Is our sweet and simple duty to be glad. It Is as well our duty to he kind. The Master Builder has. left no room In life's great structure for one matt alone. No man llveth unto himself and unto himself no man shall die. Our lives are locked, our duties Interchange. Heart to heart nnd hand to hand Is the alignment for the weary marches ns for the dress iiarade. Providence points the way to fellowship, and hrlpfulues Is whispered and thundered In Nature as in Grace. The husbandman plows his furrow and from the scarred and wounded soil comes bnck the harvest to his hand. He tickles the fat sides of the hill with his harrows and they laugh In responsive plenty to the touch. The little raindrops are glad to feed the rills; the rills go singing to the rivulets; tile rivulets run laughing to the brooks; the brooklets leap rejoicing to the rivers; the rivers roll, helpful and majes tic, hearing their Mutely contributions to the encircling sea; and the Infinite ocean—mingling Infinite sweetness with Infinite strength—lifts up Its vapors to the beckoning sun which In Its kindly ministry bears them backward In tender mists to make new rain nnd bless the harvest home—a ceaseless circle of helpfulness anil heartiness, of beneficence and of radiant cheer. Ah God! How can men miss the lesson which Thy goodness teaches In the rolling waves and In the smiling fields? Helpfulness and Cheer, lleartfulnesH and Kindness, Fellowship and Fraternity, Happiness and Hope—and Heaven bending blue above us all. CHRISTMAS A 7 KIMBALL; WHEEL OF FOR 7 UNE SPINS FOR E VER YHOLIDA Y GUEST Aside from a menu that would tempt the' most fastidious and exacting efff- ctire In the world, guests of the New Kimball palm room Tuesday evening will have a most delightful additional test. A great symmetrical cedar stands In the center of the room, every limb laden with gifts beautiful and useful. During the dinner period Tuesday evening each guest will be entitled to a gift front the tree. To one side, guarded by Kris Kringle, rests a great cake in the form of a wheel of fortune. The guests will spin the arrow and receive from the tree the numbered gift corresponding to that one which the arrow point rests. At the base of the tree pigeons from Manager Will Zimmer's famous pigeon loft add to the picturesqueness of the arrangement. When the palm room Is flooded with light Tuesday night and the tree is ablaze with multi-colored electrl globes it will be a fairy-like scene. Oi long tables on one side of the palm room is a wonderful display' of game of all kind and the finest of meats which will go to make the Christmas dinner of the New Kimball's guests. THIS DATE- IS HISTORY". KATIE, BAR THE DOOR;” NO IOM AND JERRY AFTER 4 O'CLOCK CHRISTMAS EVE IN MEMORIAM By Edw. S. Van Zile At 4:10 Monday afternoon the man with a purple olfactory organ shiver ed, buttoned his ragged coat closer and hurried eagerly toward the swinging doors. As he reached hi* destination he pushed gently on the swinging door. It didn't budge. $Ie shoved a little hurd- cr. Htlll no yielding. A pained look crept into the face and pufpled to ol factory organ a deeper tinge. “Whas six? 'Hmatter thiz plaz?" he asked anxiously of a passing pedes trian. “Closed from 4 o'clock Monday after noon until Wednesday morning." "Hawfl treat po* man siz way. Guess 'll have go dry." ' Lots of that kind butted into the locked doors Monday afternoon, but the masses of Atlnntars approved the may-; or's> orders closing the saloons, retail and wholesale, until Wednesday morn ing. The effect was apparent. Those un fortunate.*? who cannot resist taking more than Is good for them had to stay sober, and others who might have yielded lo temptation had temptation removed. Christmas Day was unusually quiet and orderly. Very few cases of drunk, enness were seen anywhere? Commen dation of tlte mayor's order In closing the saloons at 4 o’clock Chrinmas eve was heard on every side. DECEMBER 25. 1742—David Garrick scored triumph nt Good- innn’* Field theater III the •‘Fop's Fortune." 177G—list tie of Trenton, X. J. 1821—Clara Barton, fatuous elrll war nurse, Imh-ii. 1828—Patrick K. Glluiore. fatuous Immluiu*- ter. iMirtl. I Med September 24. 1882. 18X7—Colonel Taylor <nf forward* president of the Culled StHfesi. Ill command of «k»0 troops, I'cjiuIs4hI large liody of In dians near Big Water lake. 1844—Conut Isiuusdorff, Busalau atateaman, born. 1888—President Johnson Issued universal amnesty proclamation. 1871—Outbreak of Ku-Klux nt Mnrshull. Mo. 1898—Great Britain Inaiijriirntcd Imperial penny |M»*tage. PRISON SENTENCES FORSURRENDE 1 GOSSIP Russian Officers Are Tried and Found Guilty by Courtniartial- KINDNESS NOT FORGOTTEN; CHRISTMAS BROUGHT GIFT TO OBLIGING ATLANTA BOY (From Coiller'a* for December 20, 1806.) The mldnlghtjiour la aped. And distant*bells come faintly to my ears: Old Santa Hlnus Is dead! I wish you "Merry Christmas," but a tear Creeps to my smarting eyes: For I have lost a friend of yea- t ci year, Whose Jovial disguise Made midnight Joyous; as the love of man Shone from him like a light That burned within his bosom— made of bran— And snow-clad Helds of white Seemed weird to me because his reindeer ran. Rut Santa Claus Is not! If so It be, let's raise to hint a stone. In name of little i grown. And on this pillar white. 'Neath skies as bracing his Let carven words Indite The love we bore him In an epi taph. And round the marble base. In fearful tnem’ry of our child hood Joys, We. gray-halred babes, shall place The long-lost fragments of for gotten toys. And where the dipper shines On wan, white fields of wintry Ice and snow Shall rise pathetic shrines— The skates nnd knives and sleds of long ago. V Then from that mournful mound That marks his grave we'll, weeping, turn; nor pause To heed the solemn sound Of phantom sleigh-bells. Fare well, Santa Claus! Don't pick out the crimes and sordid things now to feed your pessimism. Many good and beautiful deeds re corded at this season ought to raise our optimism to top notch. Atlanta has renewed faith iu the genuineness of Santa Claus today. Presldeut Roosevelt has stopped gunning for big game in Washington long enough to hunt the smaller kind down on bin Virginia farm. Where the Georgia Delegation Live in Washington. PLAN TO DRIVE OIL TRUST OUT OP FIELD When young Willie D. Cochran, of English avenue, went to the assist ance of an old gentleman, suffering from illness, last August on a hot day, he little thought that this act of kind ness would make such u deep impres sion. e saw an old gentleman, hardly able ?arry his dress suit case, and his young heart was full of sympathy. Re membering the teachings of his mother to be kind and thoughtful, he took the old gentleman's luggage, and It was upon the young lad's shoulder that the sick inan leaned until he reached the Terminal station. He accepted the gentleman’s thanks, but politely refused any compensation. He gave his name and address, when asked, nnd the Incident passed out of his mind. But Monday It was brought back to him when ho received a package through the mails with a Columbus, Oa., postmark, and with that package came h letter from D. B. Palmer, a well-known attorney of Columbus. The letter was from the old gentleman he assisted, and the package wus a hand some Christmas present from the same man. From Man Who Ramsmbsrad. “Possibly you remember," the letter read, "helping a man who was ill and hardly able to walk. It was last Au gust, when I was returning home after being away for my health, and It was upon your young shoulder that I leaned. I appreciated your kindness, and I send you under separate cover a remem brance with my best wishes for your success in life and wish you a merry Christmas." The Atlanta boy whose kind heart made an old man feel thankful lives with his father and mother, and he assist* his father in his coal business at Bellwood avenue and Chestnut street. "I have always told Willie," said Mrs. Cochran to a Georgian reporter Tues day morning, “to he kind and thought ful, and that even if he was not re warded In this world he would be in heaven. I nm proud of him, and It makes my heart glad to know he was able to be assistance to this gentle man. He Is a good boy. Is Willie.” The lad is 17 years of age and Is bright and gentlemanly In his ways. He says he helped the gentleman be cause he appeared to be HI. and that It was no more than his duty to be a* courteous as possible. "Such an act ns this," concluded Mrs. Cochran, pointing to the contents of the package from Columbus, "great ly encourages a young man and shows that the little kindnesses one may do in this world are appreciated." SU Petersburg. Dec. 23.—The court- martial which has been trying Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and 78 officers of his squadron for surrendering to the Japanese at the battle of the 8ea of Japan on May 28, 1905, handed in Its decisions last night. Vice Admiral Nebogatoff, Command er Llchlno, of the coast defense Ironclad General Admiral Apralne, Rear Admiral Gregorieff. of th* coast defense ship. Admiral Hheaveln, and Lieutenant Smirnoff, who succeeded to the com mand of the battleship Nicolai I, were sentenced to death, but In view of ex tenuating circumstance* and the long and otherwise blameless careers of these officers, the court will petition the emperor to commute their sentences to ten years’ Imprisonment in a fort ress. Four other officers are sentenced to rhort terms of imprisonment In a fort-, ress, while the remainder are acquitted of the charges brought agaitfkt them. * By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. ‘ Ne«- York. Dec. 2».-”Do you know If you have the automobile voice?" i, a .question 1 sometimes hear among those who have developed the "motor eye." the ''motor manner" ar.d Its af fection. There Is somethin* In automobllln* It Is said, which affects the voice, and takes nil the sweetness out of It. "The up In the head roll of the words which many affect, almost drives me mail." remarked n nian yesterdav "Mv daughter began It as soon ns she 'came not. 1 can't break tier of It. it’s H habit now. ,My son has cultivated It and my wife—I wish some one would tell what's the matter." "Why, It’s the motor voice" •dir Henry .Moi timer Durand, Brit ish ambassador, has written a new novel. Its title and general character are known as yet only to a few per sonal friends. The ambassador already has a novel of Kngllsh life, "Marlen Proveryn," to his credit as an au thor. ( Although It Is not generally known Sir Henry .Mortimer knows Amerl -an history as few Americans know It possesses a aplcndh’ military know I- edge of the campaigns of the civil 4,000 PRINTERS ON STRIKE MUST BUY XMAS TURKEYS Chicago, Dec. 25.—The 4,000 printers who are still on strike in the United Htates for an 8-hour working day will receive today a Christmas present from the International Typographical Union of 520,000 The money will be divided equally among the strikers, each re ceiving $2.50, In addition to their reg ular weekly strike pay. One condition goes with the union gift. This Is, that the money shall be expended to purchase a Christmas tur key for the families of the men. The Illinois supreme court yesterday confirmed fines and imprisonment sen tences imposed upon Michael Flanner- In, John M. Shea, Charles F. Woerner and Harry Brown. They were sen tenced for violating an Injunction is- sued against the Franklin Unton of Press Feeders. PRESIDENT SENDS GIFTS TO PUPILS OF SCHOOL MOST BE STOPPED Washington. Dec. 25.—The state de partment has been advised by Mr. Thompson, the American ambassador to Mexico, that the president of the Mexican republic has taken prompt action looking to the remedying of the damage to property In the Imperial valley, as the result of the overflow of the Colorado river Into the Salton sink. President Diaz, through the depart ment of formento. colonization nnd In dustry. has advised the Compunla de Riegos y Terrcnos de’Ia Baja, of Cali fornia. that in view of the irreparable damage which property Is liable to suf fer In the Imperial valley. In case the overflow of the Colorado river con tinues toward the Salton sea, tiie pres ent condition must have a prompt and efficient remedy. For 'this purpose the chief executive has brdered that the company should demonstrate to the satisfaction of the chief of the Mexican boundary and river commission, within the peremp tory term of ten days that the company possesses, “has nt its immediate de posit nnd shall Invest In the proper way, the capital. Implements, laborers and all such elements ns may be in ti l*l>ensable to (within the term of three months designated for the purpose) control the situation of the Colorado river, close the open gap on Its bor ders, and deflhltely return the waters to their old bed." TOOK THE DIAMOND, LEFT THE "PHONEY" If the president cares for roast beef he will be able to satisfy his liking to day. There started from New York yesterday one of the largest roasts vm. signed to the president that has left New York for some years. George Grlot, a butcher, felt Impelled to ship It because the steer was a namesake of the president and was fa mous among his follows. He was a short-horned Western st*»«*r that was so heavy his legs bowed when he walked. H? was carefully ami ten derly reared and when the time cumr for his supreme act, he wus purchased by the New York butchers’ trust, which In turn disposed of him for $500 to Mr. Grlot. This seems to be a milllon-dollnr Christinas everywhere. Twenty million dollars spent for gifts is the most con servative figure given out by Phila delphia's greatest merchant*. The hol iday sales this veer have exceeded every * estimate. The big department stores were simply swamped by tlw ! t ush. A week ago Chicago merchants esti mated that this year's holiday business would exceed by $1,000,000 that of h year ago, \Milch was $17,000,000. Fig ures now Indicate that by tonight tin aggregate noliday business of State street will have reached $20,000. n0<-. Gifts of money will be made to em ployees by Crane Company, $350,000; Charles G. Gates A- Co.. $250,000. Twelve million dollars is a conserva tive estimate of the amount of money in Pittsburg and its suburbs for Christ mas presents during the past week. This estimate is made by merchants and bankers. It has been by long odds the greatest year In the history of the city. The supreme court of the United States has affirmed the Judgment of the Illinois courts in holding that the suc cession tax of $7,000. ussessed against the board of education of the Kentucky conference of the Methodist Kplsoopal church. Is valid under the Illinois stat utes. This money was bequeathed to the conference by Fanny Steed, of Ken tucky, her property / being located in Chicago. In official circles here, it Is stated that the quarrel between Lady Su*an Tounlty and Ambassador Durand’s family Was purely n drawing room af- ialr, which originated In Ludy Susan’s attempt to take precedence of lJuly Durand, who ranked only as the wife of a baronet, whereas Lady Susan was the daughter of the seventh earl of Al bemarle, and a member of the Keppel family. As Lauy Durand tanked her as the wife of an ambassador, and conse quently took official precedence »f Lady Susan, the latter was piqued, und cam paigned f.oclally against Sir Mortimers SpOU*e. ^ _ a a * f Washington. Dec. 25.—The govern ment yesterday took the first step in the direction of driving the Standard oil Company out of t,ho southwestern Held when it promulgated regulations, under the terms of which the biggest independent oil pipe line in the world will be constructed. Some weeks ago the nnouncement was made that a concession had been granted to the Mellen Company of Pittsburg, to erect a pipe line over reservation lands, from Bartlesville, Indian Territory, to points in Texas, with a view to affording an outlet through gulf ports to the product of the Indian Terrltory-Oklahoma field. The Independence of operators In the southwestern field from present and future moho|M>lte*. the officials of the interior deiatrtment believe is thus in sured. The Mellen* were the pioneers In the fnde|>endcnt movement against the Standard OH Company. They hav operated with success against t lie Standard oil Company In various see tlons of the country. The line which they will construct by authority of the government, It I* estimated, will cost $8,000,000. Under the regulations Issued yester day U jvlll be Impossible for the pro poned pipe line ever to fall Into the hand* of the Standard or any other monopoly. The regulations were pre pared by Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, his prospective successor, James R. Garfield; Indian Commission er France* E. Leupp, and the law of ficer* of the department. Their pro visions are hard and fast, and arc ex- !»ected to prove effective In the battle uguinst the monopoly in the south western oil fields. 8ENATOR8. Augustus O. Bacon, 1757 Oregon avenue. A- 8. Clay, the Normandie. CONGRE88MEN. W. C. Adamson, the Oxford. C. L. Bartlett, the Shoreham. Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois. W. Q. Brantley, the Chepin. T. W. Hariwlck. the Shorehaiu. W. M. Howard, the Bancroft. Gordon Lee, the Hhorehsm. E. B. Lewis, the Metropolitan. J. W. Overstreet, tbe Metropoli tan. L. V. Livingston. 1918 Biltmore street. ^ J. M. Griggs, tbt Metropolitan. LONG HOLIDAY FOR LOCAL RAILROAD MEN Christina* will be a general holiday f»r the office men of the railroads In the general offices. Most of them closed at noon Monday and will remain closed until Wednesday morning. All the commercial office* Will remain dosed Christmas day, only the ticket office* will remain open on this day. RAILROAD LET8 CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE STEEL tpedai to Tbe Georgian. Bristol. Tenn., Dec. 25.—The South western Railway Company, now con structing a line of road from the Vir ginia coal fields to a deep water con nection on the Carolina coast, ha* let the contract for nearly 8,000 ton* of fabricated steel for use tn the con struction of the more important bridge* along the route. PLAYERS' CHRISTMAS WAS MADE MERRIER Nearly all the membet* of the the atrical profession visiting and living In Atlanta were banqueted Monday night by the Intel national Alliance Theatrical Stage Employees und the Theatrical Mechanics’ Association at the rooms on Forsyth street. it was a royal Christum* festival, with all kinds of good things to eat nnd plenty of Christina* ••spirits" to help the good time along and lend color to the tonsts and responses. A clever program, consisting of reci tations, song*, impromptu talks, ami seven;! delightful little skits, added much to the enjoyment of the slon. New York, Dec. 23.—President Boose- tyear Mr. Roosevelt has sent some sult- velt never forgets the school children -**— of the Fort Cove school at Oyster Bay, nt Christmas time. The president's own children received their prelimi nary education nt this school, and each able gift*. He sent the principal of the school a check for a substantial amount, and to each pupil he sent some little gift, such as a book. The teachers were also re membered. A CTRESS CLAIMS $15,000,000; LETTERS ONLY EVIDENCE Philadelphia, Pa.. Dec. 25.—Letters from him, furnished by his wife, con stitute the evidence upon which Carrie Sxvayne, a soubrette, who toured Amer ica and Australia almost twenty years ago. expects to be awarded by a Jury half the $30,000,000 which Frank Gard ner. who was her manager, is reputed to be worth. She alleges that his fortune Is large, ly the result of her work, and in the letters to his wife it Is said that he practically admits this. Miss Swayn* thought for 18 years that she was Gardner's wife. Then she found that he had a wife living at So. 2441 North Nineteenth street, this city. Some clever thief, by substituting a bogus Htone, succeeded in getting away with a diamond ring valued at $200. in the jewelry store of A. Holssnmn, 94 Whitehall street, dining the holiday slumping rush .Monday afternoon. The identity of the thief is unknown, but the robber}' "’a* reported t<» the police. It is not known Just when the rob bery occurred, but when one of the clerks went to look over a tray of dia mond ring* which had been displayed to a number of prospective purchaser* a sport time previously, the “phoney" stone. In a brass setting, was found among the gem*. PARTS INSISTS THAT HYDE IS TO WED 'AN ACTRESS Paris. Dei*. 25.—That Pails Insists that Jiinies H. Hyde and Mile. Yvonne liarilck are engaged to be married Is shown by the following Item which np- beared In I.e t'rle De Purls and which boulevsrdlers assert refers to Mr. Hyde and Mile. Harriett. "Hobby Indeed Is the beautiful mem- her of the t'omedle Franchise, who hos captured u rich American. She de munded a holiday from her manager and started for Venice with the elect of her heui't. From Venice the actress sent to the manager of the t'omedle Frunratse her resignation. Her friends soy she will return to Paris'only after her marriage.” REBEL IS CHOSEN CHIEF OF ECUADOR Guayaquil, Kcoador, Dec. Si.--Gen* end Kloy Elfaro has been elected to be constitutional president for four years. in January last. Rlfaro revolted against President Garda which canned him to fiee from the country, and re organize the government. FATHER GIBBONS SUFFERS RELAPSE Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, La.. Dec. 25—Rev. Wil liam Gibbon*. 8. M.. who has again l*»«*n removed lo Hotel Dieu, suffering from a relapse of his recent Illness, is sinking fast, and It Is believed that he cannot recover. WHIPPED OUT PISTOL AND KILLED TWO MEN 5 peclol to The Georgian. Macon, Qa., Dec. 25.—As the result of n quarrel at Cochran, Go., Sunday Qordon McDonald shot and killed Co- ley Cheney and Herrhel Bums. Mc Donald went to Burns' house and en gaged In a dispute, and when Cheney anti Burns showed a disposition to tight McDonald whipped out a weapon and killed both men. All the parties are while, ami well-known In the com munity where the tragedy occurred. WRITES TO "WIFE, THEN TAKES POISON Pittsburg. Pa.. Dee. 25.—Frank i. Russell, of Duboise. Pa., private secre tary to John K. DuBolse, millionaire lumberman, committed suicide at the Hotel Henry' some time last night by- taking poison. His body was not found until this morning. From a letter und many promissory notes found on his body It Is evident that Russell had gone wrong ’ financially. He left a young wtfr and child. Before killing himself Russel; wrote a pathetic letter to his wife. In which he said he didn't mean to be d' but got started In wTong doing and had I to keep It up. This Is said to be the sum total the Durand-Tounley difference. HiRh officials In a position to Judge airu- rately. sav that such a petty rivalry could not have been responsible !"t' Ambassdor Durand’s retirement. "A British ambassador Is not sub ject to recall, because Ills wife ami an other woman In the embassy staff hav< a social feud," said one person today who Is In close touch with the case. .Members of the Interstate common r commission declare that every time a railroad official wants to get out of ex tending some favor or concession to a patron the explanation is made that the provisions of the Interstate commerce act forbids. A night or two ago one of the cmn- mlssiotiers wired a railway official a-K- Ing for a berth reset vation. "Cr.n't reserve," came the reply. ' H • violation of the Interstate commerce act.” . This aroused the commissioner, indited another message as follows: "Hv M'liat authority do you claim nw It is a violation of the law to reserve a berth?" This was received In response: “Ruling of commission against res ervation." „ ... ,,,„ "Please refer me to ruling, saia . ommlssloner .n his third message, ini member of commission." . The last message from tbe rallrcau man read: ... , „ '•Berth reserved as per your requ DECEMBER. The cheerless sun hangs low; lb'- h*™ Blows with a bitter breath from oR um Brown ore the southern slopes, where late ly dinned s . The gnuzy locust and the golden ■ Anil fondly revel In the vanished doys- l•■|llrer tlmn when their glow-lint was run. Thdr many nets drift useless on the gO'C- • Their Imuis along, the bsrrro shore si- Ami lint the billows never-ending wsll Bent* on the ear In dreary monotom. Gone ore the ships which bore lo •»“>• filer’s prime . _ ..—is The wealth of prosperous ports; a •mo rals on the sen's dlui verge « llttl—tj**!--. Then fortes and lo forgot Ilk' *" me tale. And oil Is voeoney—sore when, moyh*’: ,. A sen bird, harrying through the fom"* In from the sterile pgnturea of the seo. .a -- n..,c -thwort ins shadow 'thwart °./ ni . , L , nY;«' a 2JVe,p , ;?%.r ,tr .o*d“ ,, h'-i be*dtshoneM, • 0 »' ,,,r Olne and had TIM oil this dreariness be oTcrposi;