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COTTON SEED OIL TRUST.
For the benefit of our readers, espe
cially those Interested In the production
of cotton. I call attention to the follow
ing special dispatch recently sent out
from New Orleans, which will throw
some light upon one of the problems we
are likely to face thia fall and winter:
“New Orleans. Sept, L—The leading
cotton seed men of Louisiana and Missis
sippi met here last night to fix the price
they would pay the farmers for corCm
-eeed~thli season. The meeting eras strict
ly private, but it is known that most of
the leading members of the National Oil
company, which controls the price of cot
ton seed and cotton seed products, were
present. The price agreed on was 11
cents free on board river with the usual
rebate of one cent per sack, equal to a
rate of 12 cents free of board tail. This is
a much lower figure than the farmers
received for their seed last year.”
Less than » days ago I wrote an arti
cle on •'Cotton Seed Prodacta/’ in which
I expressed apprehension that the recent
wholesale purchase of southern oil mills
by a syndicate organised for that pur
pose. would result .n an early attempt
to reduce the price of cotton seed. If the
oil mill people, in accordance with the
information in the above dispatch, are
making an effort to put down the price
of seed to 12 cents net per bushel to the
farmer, there is but one course for the
farmer to pursue, and that Is to keep
his seed at home.
Cotton seed at 12 cents per bushel
means only 3S.CO per ton. which is HOO
cheaper than the oil is worth in a ton
of seed at present market prices. In the
old states east of the Mississippi a ton of
cotton seed is worth 512.00 to 215.00 per ton
as a fertiliser on land. West of the river,
where the farmers do not need the seed
for fertilising purposes, they are worth
equally as much for fattening beef cat
tle. Beeves can be fattened for a short
period of time with cotton seed and on
as profitable a basis as by feeding the
meal and hulls. The mills should give
some good reason why cotton seed should
be a hundred per cent cheaper this sea
son than last other than their ultimatum,
. that they only intend to pay 12 cents per
bushel. *
Evil of Monopoly.
The great evil of a monopoly of any
kind is that its power may be used to
the Injury of the producer on the con
sumer. A trust, as we understand its
meaning in the commercial world, is a
combination of capital tn the hands of
a few men for the express purpose of se
curing absolute control of certain com
modities. break down competition, dic
tate prices either as purchasers or sellers
and force the producer and consumer to
accede to whatever terms the trust pro
poses to make. The producer of an hn
purtMit and valuable article of com
merce can keep posted on the true value
of his products and by the introduction
of good business methods and co-opera
tion became largely independent of the
dominating influence of any kind of trust,
no matter how powerful it may be finan
cially. The consumer on the other hand
is more helpless and to a certain extent
at least must bear the additonal bur
dens of higher prices. Capital, whether
it be in the hands of few or many, when
concentrated, becomes the most powerful
factor in the world and can be used suc
cessfully as the agent of either good or
bad influences. The combination of cap
ital has come to be one of the most pop
ular methods of the day in shaping the
course of nearly all bustnssa interests tn
the commercial and industrial lines of
trade. The organisation of the trust Is
getting to be as common in financial cen
ters as it was a few years ago to organ
ize a country bank with small capital.
Both Federal and state laws seem pow
erless or Indifferent to the rapid devei
roent of monopolistic power. Whether or
not any law could be passed which would
absolutely put a check on the growing
disposition of capital to combine, is a
question which has not yet been fully
tested. Certain it is that legislation must
become necessary to abate any evil. when
it grows beyond the endurance of the
public. -
North Carolina Moving.
Tn another column on this page will be
found a call which has been recently sent
o_t by the North Carolina State Alliance
bearing directly upon the cotton seed this
season. I have mailed a copy of their cir
cular to the official heads of the Cotton
Growers' Protective Association in ail the
cotton states, and requested them to pre
sent the matter to all sub-branches of the
association in the various counties tn their
respective states. Legitimate and fair
prices for our cotton seed is of equal im
portance with thnoe for lint, and the two
products are entitled to equal considera
tion.
The cotton seed market can be more
easily controlled by the producers than
can the market for their cotton. But few
farmers are forced to sell their seed
within a limited period of time; while
thousands are often compelled to part
with their cotton as fast as it is gathered,
in order to meet maturing obligations due
for the purchase of supplies or other nec
essaries to make the crop. Every indica
tion at this time points to an advance in
the price of all the byproducts manufac
tured from cotton seed. The shortness of
the corn crop in the west will call for
more meal and hulls for feeding cattie
thia fall and winter. There will be less
lard tn the market, because of the scar
city of corn with which to fatten hogs,
hence an Increase in the demand for lard
made from cotton seed oil.
The country is in a highly prosperous
condition and there Is starting up a re
vival of trade in all the different mar
kets of the world. The mills made money
Skillful Treatment.
To successfully treat any disease, a perfect understanding of the ease in all Its
bearings is absolutely necessary. Especially is this true of Chronic Diseases, which
t explains why they cannot be cured by the average
physician. A complete knowledge of these diseases can
be obtained only by years of constant study and ex
perience, which ft is impossible for the busy practic
ing jdiysician to acquire. My claim to superior ability
is based upon the fact that for 30 years I have de
voted myself to the cjoee study and treatment of Chron
ic Diseases, and it is but reasonable that I should know
mors about them than the average physician, no mat
ter how competent he may be in general practice.
I keep tn elose touch with' late discoveries tn medi
cal science. I employ no old-fashioned methods of
treatment. My patients are among the best people of
the south, who have found me skillful, honorable and
upright in all my transactions. All who suffer from
any chronic disease, such as Bladder and Kidney Com
plaint, Nervous Debility. Stricture. Varicocele. Blood
and Skin Diseases. Rheumatism. Catarrh. Diseases of
Women, etc., can receive from me the most expert and
skillful treatment obtainable anywhere. I Invite free
consultation either at my office or by mail. Send for symptom blanks explaining
my successful plan of home treatment. '
Office bears 8:30 a m-to 3p. as. A NEWTON MATRA WAV, M D. '
Saadays 10 a. at. f p- m. Salt* 38 Inman Building. S. Broad St.,
Private Reception Rcem for Lalies. ATLANi A, Oa.
thio year, when demand for their products
was not so strong as it will be this
winter. Just why the oil mill people have
agreed upon a price so low for cotton
seed thia season is hard to in
the face of ’ existing facts, unless they
expect to make the farmers pay in one
season the extra prices they have been
paying to get possession of the mills
they now own. It is up to the farmers to
say whether, they will quietly submit to
12 cents per bushel for their seed or
whether they will demand 21 cents and
enforce its payment or not sell. This is
the problem< which confronts us.
HARVIE JORDAN.
TO THE COTTON FARMERS AND GIN
NERS OF NORTH CAROLINA. .
In according with a resolution at the re
cent meeting of the State Farmers’ Alli
ance authorising the appointment of a
committee to Issue an address to the cot
ton farmers, ginners and others interested
in procuring better prices for cotton seed,
this committee met Tuesday in the city of
Raleigh and authorised the following let
ter:
HILLSBORO. N. C.. Aug. 21. MOL
To the Cotton Farmers and Ginners of
North CaroMna: • •
Gentlemen—This letter is issued for the
purpose of awakening in you an interest
in and appreciation of the value of the
cotton seed crop this coming season.
, As is well known, the corn crop In the
I corn growing states is short; In fact, it
I Is short in most sections of the United
' States. We all know that a short crop
I means higher priced corn, which In turn
■ means higher priced hogs, cattle, etc., and
for their products. As these products ad
vance in price, substitutes, such as com
pound land, oleomargarine, butterine, etc.,
i largely take their places. These substi
tutes contain cotton seed oil, hence the
demand for that will probably be greater
than ever before, consequently higher
prices. The cattle feeders of the west will
have to substitute some other feed for
corn, and as cotton seed meal has proven
to be better than corn for this purpose, it
la but natural that they will largely sub
stitute cotton seed meal for corn the com
ing season. In consequence of these de
mands cotton seed meal and oil will both
bring higher prices than heretofore. This
being true cotton seed also should bring
higher prices than they have been selling
for.
Within the past few months a syndicate
has been taking options on oil mills, and
now, it is reported, they own more than
50 per cent of the mills in the south, or its
equivalent in output. The American Cot
ton Oil company, it is claimed, owns 40
per cent, so there are lees than 10 per cent
in output, according to this calculation,
that are independent mills.
From recent occurrences it is probable
that these two oil companies, controlling
over 90 per cent, of the cotton seed oil
products of t..e south, may combine or
have an understanding as to the prices
to be paid for cotton seed. The situation
Is such that, in our opinion, the farmers
should take some action to protect them
sglves and have some voice in naming
the price their own products will well for.
This can best be done by co-operation in
setting, which can be accomplished. The
cotton- seed crop of North Carolina will
probably be at a low estimate. 10,000,000
bushels. Os this crop 7.000.000 bushels
will probably be sold, a* by co-operation
of the farmers the price can be advanced
10 cents on the bushel. »«. will give to the
cotton farmers of the state <700,000 more
for the crop than they otherwise would
-get. but concert of action will be neces
sary to obtain the desired results. It is to
be hoped that the farmers in all the cot
ton growing states will take similar ac
tion. To that end this letter wllj be
sent to every southern state, that success
may be assured.
We deem this of enough Importance to
suggest that the farmers meet in their
respective counties at the court house on
Saturday. September 21, and select dele
gates to attend a state meeting to be
held in the city of Raleigh. Wednesday.
September 25. If it is deemed advisable
township meetings can be held earlier
than September 21; each tqwnshlp or
neighborhood can determine this for
themselves.
The short corn crop and the high prices
consequent thereon have made this a
golden opportunity for the cotton farm
er*. and it Is for them to say whether
they will take advantage of It or leave
all the profits arising from these condi
tions to the cotton seed oil mills. You
may rest assured that they will not turn
them down. In justice to your own in
terests you should step forward and offer
to share these profits with the mill men.
This letter is addressed to every cotton
farmer and ginner in the state, from the
least to the largest. Let them all co
operate. Let no reasonable excuse keep
you away from the meetings.
T. B. PARKER. 8. B. A.
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
H. D. C., Feasterville, 8. C.—Having a
very fine broomcorn patch I write to your
valuable paper for some advioe- as to the
proper way of handling and curing and
selling it. Please give me any advice you
may know about it and I will heartily
thank you for same. Best wishes for
your valuable paper. I am a subscriber.
Answer—Cut the heads when tn the
blossom, though it does not matter mate
rially to cut later, if the mature seed are
wanted. Leave about 10 or 12 inches of
the stalk to the head. Lay the brush up
on racks tn lasers about four inches deep,
under shelter until thoroughly cured.
Then take a curry comb and clean the
heads of the seed, or get a cleaning ma
chine if the crop is large. Endeavor to
keep the heads straight and smooth while
drying. After cleaning, bale the brush in
small bales weighing about 300 pounds. In
placing the brush In the bales turn the
butts outward at each end, and lap ths
pieces of brush across the middles.
P. G. 8., Buford, Go lam a subscrib
er to The Journal and like it very much.
Please give me some information through
The Journal how I can get rid of bugs
on my cabbage. They are yellow with
black specks on them. They are as large
as peas, and suck the sap out of the cab-
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1901.
bage, then the leaves turn yellow and die.
Answer-Mix an ounce of Paris green
with 10 pounds of flour and lightly dust
the plants over early in the morning
while the dew is on. This will kill the
bugs and the-poison will entirely disap
pear from the plants tn two weeks after
application.
What a Wonderful Discovery
IS PERRY DAVIS’ PAIN-KILLER! It not
only cures the Illa of the human family, but
Is also the sure remedy for horses and cattle.
It has never been known to fall In a cure of
the worst cases of colic; and for sprains, galls,
etc., it never falls—try It once. Directions ac
company each bottle. Avoid substitutes, there
is but one Pain-Killer, Perry Davis’. Price
25c. and 50c.
WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR.
Tragic Life of Woman Who Is Now
Insane.
GAINESVILLE. Ga., Sept. 12.-One of
the most interesting lunacy cases In the
history of Gainesville is that of a negro
woman named Mandy Pruitt. Her life
has been one of tragedy, and now the
last scene before the curtain falls and
her feet slip from the stage of action has
a touch of pathos in it.
Years ago she, in a drunken condition,
defied arrest by Chief of Police Kitrell
and Policeman Towery. She was near the
Southern depot at the time, and when
Chief Kitrell advanced to arrest her over
her protest her father, John Pruitt, shot
and killed him. Mr. Towery in turn shot
the negro down, who also died Instantly.
Mandy was then arrested as Chief Kitrell
and her father lay dead on the ground
neAr by.
Her life from then on has been a
checkered one. Last year the house she
lived in was burned and later she begged
bread on the streets. She received no aid,
as her mother and brothers were alive
and had plenty. Recently she became a
raving maniac and was captured near the
spot where the double killing took place
on her account a number of years ago.
H. H. Towery, who shot her father then
after he had shot the chief, is now chief
of police, and he, with Policeman Prater,
captured her yesterday and landed her in
Hall county jail, where she will remain
until there is room for her in the state
sanitarium.
It Is singular that Mr. Towery should
have captured her on these two occasions
on practically the same ground with their
date so far apart.
Your correspondent called to see her at
the jail and found her raving. She is a
maniac beyond question. The people who
live in the vicinity of the jail were great
ly desturbed by her ravings last night.
She simply made the night hideous. She
can be heard several blocks, but as the
state sanitarium is full her hideous oaths
must be borne with by those in hearing
distance. One peculiar act of hers is to
lick out her tongue like a snake. She
will eat no food, but has gnawed off the
corner of the mattress that she is on.
The life she has led, the manner in
which she uses her tongue like a snake
when she is approached and the way she
gnaws the mattress like an animal is
food for thought. It is a terrible life with
an awful culmination, though it be only
the life of a poor negro woman, whom
we are informed was, when she was at
herself, one of the best cooks in Gaines
ville.
TO PREVENT CHILD LABOR.
To Pass Law at Next Session of the
Mississippi Legislature.
JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 13.-An effort is
being made in Mississippi to have the next
legislature adopt an amendment to the
labor laws of the state now on the statute
book, preventing the working or employ
ment in mills, factories, etc., of children
of tender years. This movement has been
started and those who are at the head of
it state that they will never tire until
such a law Is passed. The laboring people
of the state are making this movement,
and in their strength they say that they
can meet with nothing but success, and
that the next legislature will pass a child
labor law.
For the legislature to consider the mat
ter at all it will be necessary for the gov
ernor to call special attention to the ques
tion In his message, and toward this end
the editor of The Labor Journal of Mis
sissippi has written a strong communica
tion to the governor urging him to em
body such a suggestion in the message to
the legislative body, which meets during
the month of January. Governor Longino
has given out no information as to what
he will do in the matter, but if he does
not embody the question in his special
message to the legislature it will be
brought up when that body convenes
again in regular session.
The letter written to the governor is
strong and to the point. It says that in
the Stonewall Cotton mills children be
tween the tender ages of 10 and 11 are em
ployed and are made to work from 12 tol3
hours a day and are forced to undergo
many hardships and privations, and that
these children are wearing their lives
away with neither the opportunity of edu
cation nor facility for the healthful recre
ation which is ne-..ssary for the proper
development both of body physically and
mentally.
Whether the laboring men of the state
and those who are at the head of this
movement will meet with success yet re
mains to be seen, but it is shure they will
make a determined effort for the passage
of such a law.
north Tole explorers.
CHRISTIANA, Sept. 13.—A message,
dated August sth, and received byway
of Hammerfeet, from Evelyn B. Baldwin,
head of the Baldwin-Ziegler north pole ex
pedition, says:
“America, latitude 78, longitude 38.
Seeking passage northward through ice,
all well.”
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Here is Snow Drop and her stepmother,
but the Prince is near, too. Can you And
him? ‘
ENTIRE SOUTH MOURNS
DEATH OF PRESIDENT
The Journal had anticipated the desire
of a great majority of the southern people
to show their respect for the dead presi
dent by sending a carload of flowers to
Washington to cover the casket which
contains the body, but it is gratifying to
know that the movement will meet the
approbation of other papers throughout
the state, as evidenced by several tele
grams asking The Journal to take the
matter up.
The Journal will be glad to receive con
tributions for this purpose and take the
responsibility of making the purchase and
sending the flowers to their destination.
The Journal will head the list of contri
butions, and it is certain there will be no
trouble whatever in raising a sufficient
amount in a very short time to make rhe
purchase.
ROME. Ga.. Sept. 14— Major John 8.
Cohen, managing editor of The Journal:
It is suggested that the people of Georgia
send to Washington, through The Atlanta
Journal, a carload of roses and other
southern flowers to be placed on the
grave of our lamented president.
HOUSTON R. HARPER,
Associate Editor of Rome Tribune.
CEDARTOWN CITIZENS
ASK JOURNAL TO ACT.
CEDARTOWN, Ga., Sept. 14.—Cedar
town suggests that Georgia send a floral
tribute to his funeral and that The Jour
nal act as treasurer to receive contribu
tions from cities of the state.
At a large mass meeting of citizens held
at the courthouse at 11 o'clock this morn
ing, called by Mayor L. 8. Ledbetter,
strong resolutions were adopted express
ing regret at the death of President Mc-
Kinley.
FLAGS AT HALF MAST
IN MARIETTA TODAY.
MARIETTA, Ga., Sept. 14.—There is a
feeling of great sorrow here today over
the sad news of the death of President
McKinley.'
Following so closely upon the joyous
intelligence of Thursday that his condi
tion was most favorable the news of his
death comes in the nature of a severe
shock. The flag at the National ceme
tery here was Jowered to half mast this
morning and though still in plain view
bespeaks most audibly in its silent way
of the awful intelligence of the death of
the nation’s chief executive.
The Journal's extras were eagerly
sought on the arrival of the morning
train and the details of the last hours of
the president were read with a feeling of
great sorrow.
SAVANNAH IS DriAPED
IN MOURNING FOR PRESIDENT.
SAVANNAH. Ga., Sept. 14,-Savannah
is filled with sorrow at the death of Mc-
Kinley. Every building with a flagstaff
is flying the United States flag at half
mast.
The City Exchange is covered with
black cloth; on the mayor’s desk is a pic
ture of the president draped in crepe.
Shipping is displaying flags half-masted.
The board of trade and cotton exchange
are closed.
Council will meet at 4 o'clock to pass
resolutions of regret at the president's
death, and appoint a committee to repre
sent Savannah at the funeral.
The Spanish vice consul called upon the
maydr today to express his regrets at the
president's death. a
ATHENS MOURNS LOSS
< OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY.
ATHENS. Ga.< Septs 14.—The Journal
was the first tp bring the news to Athens
this morning of the death of the presi
dent.
The bulletin was Immediately put on
board and draped.
Soon the entire city had the news and a
gloom was everywhere. The postofflee is
appropriately draped.
DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT
A PERSONAL AFFLICTION.
WILMINGTON. N. C.,'’ Sept. 14.—At a
mass meeting of representative citizens
of Wilmington today appropriate resolu T
tions were adopted upon the death of
President McKinley. In the resolutions
is embraced the sentiment that in his
death that of a soldier, statesman and
patriot, we have not only experienced a
national, but also a personal affliction.
His lofty character, his calm, wise states
manship. and his excellent diplomacy in
handling our foreign affairs during a very
trying and exciting period of the world’s
history have moved the hearts of the
people as the heart of one man is moved,
and have brought the country to the front
line of the ruling world powers.
The meeting was largely attended.
WANTED TO LYNCH MAN
WHO CRITICISED PRESIDENT.
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Sept. 14.—Only the
intervention by. those of cooler heads
saved Brunswick from having a disturb
ance of no little magnitude last evening.
Language uncomplimentary to our lamen
ted president was atrlbuted to S. Saue
vessig, a Polish shoe maker. This for
eigner during the evening had come near
having a difficulty with one of our citi
zens about the same matter, and when
his utterances became generally known
last night a good sized crowd collected
with the purpose of mobbing him. They
were counseled not td take action and
were finally pursuaded to desist.
FLORIDA FLAGS AT HALF
MAST FOR THIRTY DAYS.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.. Sept. 14.-Gov
ernor Jennings this morning issued a pro
clamation reciting President McKinley’s
death from assassination, paying tribute
to his personal worth and distinguished
public services, and in token of sorrow for
this great national loss directs that the
flags upon the capitol and all other pub
lic buildings of the state, including armo
ries of state troops, be displayed at half
mast for thirty days, and that all state
offices be closed on day of the funeral.
Officials and citizens are requested to
unite in appropriate tokens of sorrow and
respect.
All the administrative officers met in ex
ecutive office and passed resolutions of
profound sorrow at the news of the presi
dent’s death, and denouncing the assas
sination as “an act of an enemy to civili
zation and to Christianity.” They de
clare that President McKinley’s "spotless
private life and his capable administration
of the people entitle him to be remem
bered as one of America’s greatest patri
ots and citizens.”
MASS MEETING IN ROME
EXPRESSES SORROW.
ROME, Ga., Sept. 14.—At a mass meeting
of several hundred citizens at noon today
resolutions were adopted deploring the
president’s death. ''
GADSDEN APPRECIATES
JOURNAL’S ENTERPRISE.
GADSDEN, Ala., Sept. 14.—The prompt
manner in which The Journal furnished
information relative to the president’s
condition is spoken of in highest praises,
it being the only paper that furnished bul
letins to this city.
MEN AND WOMEN
WEEP IN ROME, GA.
ROME, Ga., Sept. 14.—With the an
nouncement of the president's death a
pall of sorrow pervaded all of Rome.
Strong, stalwart men and bright, beauti
ful young women wept copiously. The
city is enshrouded with gloom. All the
business houses are being decorated by
Undertaker West with white and black
crepe. Flags are at half mast. Memo
rials will be held in the churches Sunday.
EXPRESSED SYMPATHY.
CEDARTOWN, Ga.. Sept. 12.-Camp 403,
United Confederate veterans held a meet
ing yesterday and unanimously passed the
following resolutions in regard to the at
tempted assassination of the president:
"Whereas, an attempt has been made
by a dastardly assassin to take the life
of the president of the United States, be it
"Resolved, first. That we, the Confed
erate veterans of Polk county, Georgia,
do most sincerely deplore the outrageous
attempt upon the life of one whom we
have learned to honor and esteem because
of his wise and impartial administration
of governmental affairs one who knows no
north, no east," no west, no south, but
whose great loving heart takes in all the
people of this great nation.
"Resolved, second. That we regard Mr.
McKinley as one of the greatest living
Americans—a president without a peer,
a statesman wlthmit an equal, a patriot
who has no superior.
"Resolved, third, That we are rejoiced
that the latest dispatches report improve
ment in his condition, and we pray God
that He will spare the life of this great
and good man. this tender, loving, devo
ted husband, to his country and to his
family.
"Resolved, fourth, That we request
the congress of the United States to en
act such legislation os will punish with
speedy death the murderous assassin who
attempts to take the life of a president of
this great nation. We also favor such
legislation as will banish from America
all anarchists and nihilists and forbid un
der severe penalties the immigration of
all foreigners unless they are known to
be good, orderly, ’ < reputable citizens.
’America for Americans’ is our platform.
"Resolved, fifth. That language fails us
to express our indignation at the utter
ances of Senator Wellington, if correctly
reported, and we unite with The Atlanta
Journal in demanding his prompt expul
sion from the United States senate. No
man entertaining such anarchistic sen
timents should be permitted to bold any
office of honor or trust in this country.”
SYMPATHY~FOR PRESIDENT.
Washington County Jurors Deplore At
tack on McKinley.
SANDERSVILLE. Ga.. Sept. 13.—The
grand Jury of Washington county has
just adjourned. In their general present
ments they say:
“We embrace the opportunity as grand
jurors in behalf of the people of Wash
ington county, to express our great ab
horrence for the dastardly act committed
on our president, William McKinley, at
Buffalo, N. Y., last Friday, September «,
and we express the hope that a kind
Providence may restore him again to
health and usefulness.”
This awful crime has cast a deep gloom
over the entire community, and our people
are deeply grieved at the discouraging
news coming from the bedside of the be
loved patient this morning.
“THE QUEEN OF ANARCHISTS.”
Not even in derision does a woman so
hardened, so devoid of womanllnesr. de
serve the title of "Queen” conferred upon
her.
If an anarchist should be shot as sum
marily as a rabid dog, what shot id be
done with such a woman as JJ'-s Gold
man, who frankly acknowledges that she
is an anarchist, but at the same time
tries to exculpate herself by saying she
does not advocate violence, as that is
not the first, last and greatest principle
of anarchy.
It is enough to bring the blush of shame
to the face of every woman that one of
her sex, “though not of our nationality,”
should utter such words as are attributed
to Miss Goldman.
Tenderness and gentleness are as nec
essary to the title of womanhood as rain
and sunshine is to the perfection of flow
ers. Since she has none of these requi
sites, she has forfeited her right to the
respect due to womanhood and should be
dealt with the same as though she were
a man, even more so, for she is capable
of doing infinitely more harm than if she
were one.
It is time this country was waking up
to the danger it is drifting into by al
lowing anarchists and anarchistic meet
ings here. The narrow escape of our
president, who has endeared himself in
the hearts of the north and south alike,
should be a warning to us of the danger
we incur in allowing such characters to
land here.
I am glad to see The Journal, which is
to the fore as usual, advocating the sup
pression of this nefarious organization
which is seeking a foothold here.
MARY E. BRYAN.
Woodbury, Ga.
All Departments Close in Washington.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—After a con
ference this morning between Secretary
Hay and Acting Secretaries Gillespie and
Hackett an order was issued by direction
of the secretary of state, closing all ex
ecutive departments of the government
throughout the country as a mark of re
spect for the president and all employes
were dismissed for the day.
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THE PRESIDENT’S HOST
CHARACTER AND G. MILBURN, WHOSE
HOME SHELTERED THE WOUNDED CHIEF MAGISTRATE.
A special to The New York Tribune from
Buffalo says:
The name of John .George Milburn, in
whose beautiful home the wounded presi
dent is lying, has within the last ten days
become known in every quarter of the
globe where there is sympathy or anxie' y
for William McKinley. It is something
that Mr. Milburn would not have sought
or desired under ordinary circumstan
ces, for he has always disliked everything
that approached parade and notoriety,
and has never put hknself in the way of
public applause.
For twenty years or more John G. Mil
burn has been known as one of the ablest
lawyers In the western part of the state.
In Buffalo he has belonged to that class
of men who do not Intrude themselves in
to public matters, but whose opinions,
when given, count for much—the sort of
man whom the newspaper reporters fly
to when the soundest judgment upon the
gravest affairs is to be had. When the
z business men of Buffalo decided to build
the Pan-American exposition it was this
sort of man they waqted at the head of
the great undertaking, and they selected
John G. Milburn because he was a giant
intellectually, a gentleman always, and
honest beyond the suspicion of any man’s
doubt.
By birth he is an Englishman. He was
born in the north of England 50 years ago
and started in life as a mechanical engi
neer, a profession in which his father
gained considerable prominence as the
builder *of the high level bridge at Ber
wick-on-Tweed, the Tyne docks at New
castle and other works. But young Mil
burn had made up his mind early In life
that he wanted to be a lawyer, and, tak
ing hasty and unexpected leave of the
draughting room, he sailed for America
in 1869, and soon found an opportunity to*
study law in the office of Wakeman &
Watson, at Batavia, N. Y. In 1873, after
four years of the most laborious prepara
tion, he passed the bar examination, but
was not permitted to practice because it
was discovered that he had not been in
the country long enough to gain citizen
ship. His case was taken up by a number
of influential men in the state and a bill
was introduced in the legislature to waive
his alienage and give him the privileges
of full citizenship. The introduction of the
bill aroused Inteqse opposition, and, after
a protracted storm of antl-Brltish oratory
in the senate, the measure was passed
and became chapter 7 of the laws of 1874.
Thus It is that this alien is today repay
ing the efforts of those who aided in mak
ing him a citizen by the tenderest care
of the nation’s chief ruler that human
hands could bestow.
In appearance he is a type of the sturd
iest manhood, both physically and intel
lectually. He is six feet tall, well pro
portioned, with broad, regular features
and the impress of' character and deter
mination upon every line. His manner is
pleasant and cordial always, with a style
of candor and deliberation that adds much
to his force as a speaker, whether in se
rious argument or in lighter vein. As a
public speaker he has enjoyed great pop
ularity for years, and usually chosen for
the most conspicuous duties of this char
acter at all important affairs in Buffalo.
As a lawyer he has for the last fifteen
years been a member of the firm of Rog
ers. Lock & Milburn, the leading law firm
in Buffalo, and has been retained tn most
of the important civil cases in the local
courts In the last decade. He was within
the last year retained by ttie defence to
argue the appeal in the Mollneux case,
and he made a powerful argument for his
client against David B. Hill, who appear
ed in the case for the district attorney of
New York.
In politics he is an old style Democrat
and supported McKinley each time he
was a candidate against William J. Bry
an. But he never sought or accepted po
litical honors. There has never been a
time in ten years past when John G. Mil
burn could not have had almost any
honor of a political character that the
city or county could have given, but he
seems without ambition in that direction.
Although a man capable of great
achievement and a hard worker always,
yet he has the sublime faculty of taking
life easy, and no matter how many the
burdens upon his shoulders or how great
the mountains of work before him, he
never falls to find time for a pleasant,
MR. BR YAN ON THE SHOOTING ,
OF PRESIDENT WM. M’KINLEY
In the last issue of his newspaper. The
Commoner, which has just reached At
lanta, Hon. W. J. Bryan has the follow
ing leading editorial under the caption,
"The Nation Mourns:”
The nation bows in sorrow and in hu
miliation—in sorrow because its chief ex
ecutive, its official head, is passing
through the valley of the shadow of
death—in humiliation because the presi
dent of our republic has fallen a victim
to the cruel and cowardly methods em
ployed In monarchies where helpless and
hopeless subjects sometimes meet arbi
trary power with violence.
In morals and In the contemplation of
law all Ilves are of equal value—all are
priceless—but when seventy-five million*
of people select one of their number and
invest him with the authority which at
taches to the presidency he becomes their
representative and a blow aimed at him
is resented as an attack upon all.
Beneath the partisanship of the indi
vidual lies the patriotism of the citizen,
sometimes dormant, it Is true, but al
ways active in hours of peril or misfor
tune. Wnile the president’s life hangs
in the balance there are no party lines.
The grief of personal friends and close
political associates may be more poign
ant but their sympathy is not more sin
cere than that extended by political op
ponents. Although none but hie family
and his physicians are admitted to his
room, all his countrymen are at his bed
side in thought and sentiment and their
prayers ascend for his recovery. It was
characteristic of his thoughtfulness that,
even amid the excitement follow'ng the
assault, he cautioned his companions not
to exaggerate his condition to his invalid
wife.
The latest dispatches give gratifying
news of his improvement, but there is
still deep solicitude lest unfavorable
symptoms may yet appear.
And the humiliation! Are our public
servants —those who are chosen by the
people and who exercise for a limited
time the authority bestowed by the peo
ple—are these io live in constant fear of
assassination? Is there to be no differ
ence between our constitutional govern
ment and those despotic governments
which rest, not upon the consent of the
governed, but upon brute force?
There is no place for anarchy in the
United States; there" is no room here for
those who commit, counsel or condone
murder, no matter what political excuse
may be urged in its defense. The line be
tween peaceiul agitation and violence is
clear and distinct. We have freedom of
speech and freedom of the press in this
country, and they are essential to the
maintenance of our liberties. It any one
desires to criticize the methods of gov
ernment or the conduct of an official, he
has a perfect right to do so, but his ap
peal must be to the Intelligence and pa
triotism of his fellow-citizens, not to
force. Let no one imagine that he can
improve social or political conditions by
the shedding o. blood.
Free governments may be overthrown,
but they cannot be reformed by those
who violate the commandment, "Thou
shalt not kill."
Under a government like ours every
wrong can be remedied by law and the
laws are In the hands of the people them
selves. Anarchy can be neither excused
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deliberate word with the man who drops
in upon him. His beautiful home at No.
1,168 Delaware avenue is a palace wherein
there is ever good fellowahln and a hearty
welcome for him who enter*. Often it is
a workshop of the busiest sort, but al
ways it is John G. Milburn’s home, and
that means it is a place where whole
souled hospitality belongs with the at
mosphere.
Nor is he alone the maker of the at
morphere of hospitality in the Delaware
avenue home. Mrs. Milburn is a woman
of the kindliest disposition, and has much
of her husband’s studlness of character.
They have three son, John, George Jr,
and Devereux, who are in Oxford uni
versity, England, and Ralph, who is much
younger. The Milburn home is situated
in one of the most delightful sections of
Buffalo, on a broad avenue, where the
morning sun and the fresh air from the
park reach it unobstructed, and in all
the land the unfortunate president could
not have fallen in a spot where his every
need would have been more carefully sup
plied.
Never but once since his coming to
America 1 as Mr. Milburn had his resi
dence outside of western New York.
Shortly after being admitted to the bar
he went to Denver, Colo., where he form
ed a law partnership with United States
Senator Edward Wolcott, but he did not
like the west, and after a year’s residence
in Denver returned to Buffalo, where ba
has since lived.
Like their father, his son* are big.
fellows, and in the last year the newspa
pers of the United States have ttrtd some
gratifying things about the achievement*
of the Milburn boys in the athletic con
tests at old Oxford. The good work of
his boys is a matter of considerable grat
ification to Mr. Milburn, and, added to
his pride as a father is also the pride that
his boys are Americans, and as such have
won their laureta.
John G. Milburn came to America a
poor boy, and the success be has achieved"
has been due wholly to his own industry
and strength of character. After he had
begun to make some headway as a lawyer
in Buffalo he sent for his younger broth
er, Joseph, in England, and started him
on the road to the legal profession. But
Joseph did not tak* easily to the law,
and turning his mind to more serious
things, studied for the ministry and is
now a successful pastor of a church in
Chicago. \
Nen-ous exhaustion and d«billty ars th* ef
fects of a trying summer. DR. SIEOERT S
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nor tolerated here. The man who pro
poses to right a public wrong by taking
the life of a human being makes himself
an outlaw and cannot consistently appeal
to the protection of the government
which he repudiates. Ha invites a return
to a state of barbarism in which each one
must, at his own risk, defend his own
rights and avenge his own wrongs.
The punishment administered to the
would-be assassin and to his co-consplra
tora, if he has any, should be such as to
warn all Inclined to anarchy that while
this is an asylum for those who love lib
erty it is an inhospitable place for those
who raise their hands against all form*
of government.
DAVItTsCORNS “ANARCHY.”
Irish Nationalist Who Resigned Hl*
Seat In Parliament Talks.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13.—Michael
Davitt, the Irish nationalist who resign
ed his seat In the British parliament on
account of the Boer war, has arrived in
this city en route to Cape May, where be
intends to rest a few days. In an inter
view Mr. Davitt reiterated his previous
ly expressed opinion that the power of the
British government is broken in South
Africa.
Mr. Davitt also said:
“In all discussions of revolutionary
movement or agitation, I have no expres
sion which could be construed to favor
assassination or anarchy. The very word
anarchy Is a negation of all that make*
for ultimate good.”
ELECTiONLAWFROMISED.
HAVANA. Sept. 13.—The constitutional
convention has not yet given to Governor
General Wood the electoral law. although
it has been promised. The delegates as
sert that they will hand it over today.
Nominally the law was complete about
three weeks ago. when the draft was turn
ed over to the committee on style for
final revision, as the clauses were in a dis
orderly condition. It was returned to
the convention last week and was suppos
ed to have been handed to the printers,
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