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NATIONAL CAPITAL IS FUUJJF KICKERS People There Are in Washington Who Kick at Crowin;: Roosters, Sneezing Men and . oisy Trolley Carsand Then at All Things in General. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Washington Dec. a.-There are kickers in Washington There are kickers everywhere But at the national capital one can probably find a greater aggrega tion of complainers than anywhere in this broad and plenteous land. Not long ago a woman complained to the police that the crowing of a tiny bantam rooster in a neighbor's yard awakened her in the morn ing. thereby causing her great physical injury and disturbing her peace of mind. There is no great amount of commerce In Washington and hence the streets are very quiet.. A person who has been sleep ing under the rumbling, wheezing and roaring elevated trains in New York, would find a perfect paradise in the death like silence in the streets of Washington at night One of the street car compa nies for the convenience of its patrons recently put on some very large and hand some earn. But the nolee was a trifle loud er than the ordinary cars and there wm a complaint. As the company was put to greater expense in instituting the new service, it gladly sold the big cars. But the palm has been awarded neither to the kicker on bantam roosters, nor yet to the s'treet car kicker. It Is being waved in glorious triumph by the man. who would have sneezing abolished among pas « nengers on street cars. This Individual has written a communication to a local news paper in which he urges the press to com mence a vigorous crusade against the "un protected sneeze. ” He goes on‘to recite that a German scientist stated that in the aet of sneestr.g a person scatters the resulting spray over a radius of 30 feet. The writer charges that by sneezing the germs of influenza are turned loose and go rampant about the car on their death dealing mission. They are caught in the dainty nostrils of the spirituelle little girl who studies her French lesson on the way to school; they'sprint up the probosts of the brutal-looking man. who is reading an account of the prize fight in an extra edition; they penetrate the nose of the congressman who sits over in one corner struggling with problems that may cause the downfall of the nation. On goes the germs; every one gets them, but the motorman. who has the first call on fresh air. Every one gets to coughing. The whole air is full of in fluenza and the people look as if they are on their way to the hospital. The reform of the sneezing habit has not yet been ta ken up in Congress, but there is no tell ing what may be done about it in the Dis trict of Columbia. Time may come when the street car conductor may take the sneezer by the nose and lead him strug gling to the platform. He will be told to go and sneeze in the park and a plague upon his microbes will be uttered in unison among the rest of the passen gers. The conductor will be given a gold medal for his gallant services, the same as if he had shivered and chewed grass on San Juan hill when other people were fighting. Thne may come when passen gers on the cars will wear nose-protect ors. But in the meantime stand back and let the anti-sneezer wave his pennant. A little incident happened In the cloak room the other day. which goes to show that Congressman Cooper, of Texas, la not devoid of humor. Congressman Ben ton. of Missouri, drew from his inside pocket some cigars and passed them around. "Take one.” he said to Cooper. ~I think you will find that something like a cigar.’* Cooper took It. lit it, turned it ©Ver critically and said; "Yes. It does taste something like a cigaj- what is It?** Representative Otey. of Virginia, always has something funny on hand and oc casionally convulses the house with his quaint sayings. He was asked by a cor respondent the other day for an expres sion on the Schley court verdict. He re plied: "Sampson slew a thousand Philis tines with the Jaw bone of an asa. but Schley hasn't been killed by the Jaw bones of a thousand asses." His reference to the navy department is readily appreci ated by the friends of Schley. Congressman DeGraffenried. pf Texas, who. by the way. is a Tennessean by birth. Is proud of the fact that he is so well known tn Washington. He is called the "Black Edgle of the Piney Woods.” His hair is not so Mack now. however, as it used to be. Some thne ago one of his constituents in Texas was remarking on his popularity, which waa questioned by a stranger. To settle the controversy they made a bet. which was that a letter be forwarded to Washington addressed simply: "The Black Eagle. ..ashington. D. C.“ The letter came and was at once placed in DeGraffenrted's box. much to his delight when he opened it. It con tained a taa-doliar note, which he sent back to the winner. There seems to be an epidemic of crime tn the District of Columbia Following on the mysterious Bonlne case came the ■till more mysterious Dennis assault. Samuel C. Pressley committed suicide in the house next door to the Dennis home and three squares away in one of the public parks a woman was threatened with assault. Several other murders fol lowed in dose succession. Even the most casual observer has noticed that crime and suicides go in twos and three togeth er. Taere appears to be something in ■uiclde which is suggested to people who have been thinking of self-destruction and who have been hanging on the brink, needing only an example or a little en couragement. It has been suggested by some that Washington is not well policed, but It would seem that there are police men enough but perhaps some of them are not as swift as the Naahv*.ie police men who could not cateh a band*- who was riding in an ice wagon. The explan ation perhaps lies more In the fact that when there is one murder or suicide sev eral more are sure to follow. "Members of congress do not dress as well as they did some years ago,** observ ed a well known F street tailor. "Ten or twenty years back nearly every congress man had his clothes made by a tslor, but today I venture to say you will find that the majority of them wear ready-made ■tore clothes. I cannot explain the change, but I am tempted to believe that there Is something tn its coincidence with the decline of big men in the house and sen ate. Where are the great men in the ■enate? You will find only a few that stand out above the average senate, and you will find fewer still in the house. Ten years ago I had from forty to fifty con gressional customers and today I have •nly three or four." The tailor’s observation tn regard to a more negligence in dress is undoubtedly true. In the senate there are proportion ately more well dressed men than in the house Borne of the house members look as if they had stood at a distance and had their clothes thrown at them. Ex-Sena tor Walcott, of Colorado, was considered the best dressed man on the floor of the ■enate. Senator Hale is particular about his dress and Senator Platt, of New York, la always dressed in deepest black and Foremost In the South. Dr Hathaway has Jeng been acknowledged the leading specialist In the south, and has cored more chronic diseases than any ten ether physictars Write him about hla suc eeooCßi system of home treatment. J. NKW TON HATHAWAY, M. D.. M Inman Bldg. Atlanta. 3a. presents a neat appearance. Senator Spooner, for instance, who la one of the brainiest men in the senate, seems to Just wear the first things that he happens to pick up in his room in the morning. Senator Hoar wears dinky little hats and he hasn't much use for a hat brush. In the house Representative Shattuc, of Ohio, wears the noisiest waistcoat and generally the same one session after ses sion. Representative Loudenslager. of New Jersey, looks neat all the time and the red carnation is never missing from his button hole. Representative Richard son. of Tennessee, the floor leader of the Democrats, known in Tennessee as the "Tall Sycamore from Rutherford." wears black always. There are three events that happen in the press gallery of the capitol with regu larity every year. Ex-Governor Francis, of Missouri, sends a box of cigars, another friend of the boys sends oysters and the Texas Midland railroad sends memoran dum books. The Texas Midland is a short road, but is considered perfect in every way. The arrival of the books this year recalled a story which Is told on Jay Gould. Mr. Gould had a proposition from the president of a line that was only 20 miles long to exchange annual passes with him. Mr. Gould in reply said: “My friend, my road is a thousand times long er than yours, and I don’t think an ex change would be exactly perfect recipro city." "But my road is Just as broad as yours." returned the little railroad man. There is a revival of the rumor that typesetting machines will be placed in the new government printing office when it is completed. All the work in the printing office is now done by hand, presumably for the reason that more people can be provided with jobs. There Is quite a stir among the employes, for the installation of typesetting* machines would mean the discharge of some 300 or 400 employes. It would seem that the machines should be Introduced. The amount of work done in the government printing office is some thing wonderful. Especially during con gress is there a great rush to get out ail the ollls and voluminous reports that are made. Then, too. the census office has caused quite a volume of work for the printers. The work could be done on ma chines at a great reduction in expense, but members of congress who have to take care of constituents will be slow to make the innovation. TROLLETS COLLIDE IN THE DENSE FOG CHATTANOOGA MOTORMAN AND TWO PASSENGERS SERIOUS LY INJURED IN COLLISION. CHATTANOOGA. Dec. 24—Last night at 11:10 in a dense fog which covered this whole territory two cars of the Chatta nooga Electric Railway company, both going at full speed, crashed into each other badly injuring one of the motormen and two passengers, and seriously bruis ing a number of others. The accident was caused by the inabil ity of the motormen to stop their cars when each saw the other, as it was Im possible to see more than a few feet ahead. The cars themselves were rather badly torn up and caused a great deal of trouble. Physicians were hastily sum moned to the scene and rendered the aid in their power. The injured are Bud Holmes, motorman. W. D. McClusky. Passenger, name unknown. The extent of the injuries could not be told. Holmes had his leg broken and is seriously.injured about the head and may die of he Injuries. The same is true of McClusky. The other passenger will re cover. A number of others were more or less hurt, but none of them seriously. It is thought. WILI’DEYELOF THE ZINC FIELDS THE CHATTANOOGA CAPITALISTS HOPE TO FIND RICH REWARD IN KNOX CO. ZINC DEPOSITS. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 24 —J. W. Adams, who is the principal owner in the zinc fields recently acquired at Mascott, in Knox county, said the company would begin at once to develop the lands. About ten years ago these gentlemen purchased about 2,000 acres of mineral lands, containing rich deposits of zinc. Numerouz testa have been made and the entire tract was found to be underlined with zinc ore of a very superior quality, which bids fair to rival tn quantity as well as in quantity the output of the Joplin mlnea On the tract recently purchased by Mr. Adams and. associates there are excellent water power facilities, which will be utilized in connection with the mining interests. The gentlemen who are Interested tn the company besides Mr. Adams are H. Clay Evans, W. J. Boodman, Washington, D. C.; Dudley Baldwin, Jr., Cleveland, O.; F. I. Stone, of Atlanta. FIREMAN TWO ARE INJURED HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 24.-Flreman Haden Cochran was killed; Fireman John Colburn and Arthur Sandlin were badly injured as the result of a falling wall in the big fire district here Sunday morn ing. It was about 7:30 o’clock when the men were winding up the fight on one of the most disastrous fires that has visited this city since ISJd. Shortly after 1 o’clock Sunday morn ing. fire, the origin of which is yet un known, was discovered in the rear of the Alabama Implement company on Com mercial Row. and before the Huntsville fire department could get the flames un der control a damage of 360.000 to build ings and stocks of goods had been sus tained. 'ihe Are was gotten under control about 4 o’clock, but the Are company wanted be sure of their work and remained with the ruins until nearly 8 o'clock. Fireman Cochran, deceased, and Colburn and Sand lin were standing within the door of a few feet of a crumbling wall which fell on them. Cochran was buried beneath the debris, and it took over half an hour to extricate hts remains. Colburn and Sand lin were badly mashed, but were not se riously injured. The remains of the brave dead fireman were carried to New Hope, Ala., his old home, today for interment. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 190 L ON WELD TROLLY CAR MOTORMAN DIES ’FRISCO TROLLEY TAKES PLUNGE DOWN INCLINE TO DESTRUC- TION BELOW. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 24.—One person was killed and nine others Injured In a peculiar accident on the Gillmore street electric car line last night. The dead are: MRS. MART PHELAN, domestic, taken to railroad hospital; died from fracture of skull. Injured: Mrs. M. K. Mansle, wife of William Mansle, foot crushed and scalp wounds, will recover. Mrs. Mary Kelly, domestic, contusions and suffering from shock. Robert Keller, sprain of right thumb and contusions of knee. Robert Rodgers, cut over eye and con tusions. Miss Josephine Flgley, contusion and cut over forehead and bruises on back of head. Mr. Turner, contusions and shock. Mrs. O'Connor, Injuries very slight. A. J. Dautchman, motorman, slightly hurt. Roy Phelps, conductor, injuries very slight. For four blocks south of Union street the grade Is so steep that the cars have to be pulled up hill by special machinery. As a car containing fifteen people had neearly reached the top of the hill it broke loose in some manner and rushed down the grade with frightful speed. It kept the track until Union street was reached. Here there stood an empty car wait ing to be hauled to the summit. This construction was crashed into and wreck ed by the runaway car which then jump ed the rails and was brought to a stand still by a telegraph pole which it struck with terrific force, completely demolish ing the car and scattering its occupants in all directions. > Help was at hand and the Injured pas sengers were given immediate care. shdowTnlome MAY ENO FATALLY LANGDON BOWIE SHOOTS DUNK LOCKLEAR IN ANCHOR DUCK MILL. 1,1 ' ■■ A ROME, Ga., Dec. 24.—Langdon Bowie shot Dunk Locklear in the groin this morning inflicting a serious wound. The shooting occurred at the Anchor Duck mills, near East Rome. It is alleged that Locklear cursed and assaulted Bowie with a plank and during the quarrel Bowie secured a pistol and shot Locklear. The wounded man's con dition is grave, but not necessarily fa tal. Bowie holds an official position with the Duck mills and belongs to one of the leading families in Rome. He is 20 years old. Bowie is held in the sheriff's office on the charge of assault with intent to mur der. Bowie will give bond. Locklear is a laborer in the mills. He is 30 years old and married. Bowie is represented by Hon. Seaborn Wright. GAS CAUSES PANIC IN CHURCH IN OHIO COLUMBUS, Dec. 23.-The janitor at the Second Baptist church, during the services last evening, attempted to regulate one of the natural gas heaters and turned the damper the wrong way, sending the sur plus of gas into that portion of the audi torium occupied by the choir. Mrs. Susan Jordan was the first to suc cumb and almost immediately Mrs. Mar tha Jones fainted. Before they could be removed Miss Lena Moss, Miss Bertha Davis and Miss Edna Payne were over come. The five women were removed from the building as soon as possible and the congregation dismissed during great ex citement. A panic was narrowly averted. jennieltewart dies AT TABERNACLE HOME Jennie Stewart, who was recently tak en to the Tabernacle Baptist Home for Women and Children, died Sunday at the Grady hospital from the effects of an operation for dropsy. She was first sent to the Home for Incurables by the police, who had taken her in charge, and later was sent to the Tabernacle home. A Christmas Dinner With Wheeler's Cavalry It waa Christmas, In 1863. that three rebel cavalrymen stood around their campfire, toasting themselves alternately on one side and then on the other In a vain effort to keep warm. They were, as a rule, not given to growling, as they had long since learned that it did no good. But it had been cornbread and cowpeas for breakfast, with no better prospect for dinner, and they were cold and tired as well as hungry. "Now, if I was at home I would have for dinner today”—but he got no further, for he was met with a chorus of “Dry up. Bill, we can’t stand such talk as that,” and Bill subsided. "I, for one, don’t like it,” said Dave. "Well, what are you going to do about it?” replied John. The first ray of hope camo from John, who said that he had heard some geese In the direction of the creek, and thought he would go and water his horse. There were four in the mess—Dave, and John and Lucius and Bill. There had been five, but Jim had gone on his last ride a few months ago. and we were to see him no more this side of heaven. He had been our boss forager, and we felt that had he lived we would not have been reduced to such straits as now con fronted us. By and by Jonn returned from watering his horse, with something in a sack tied to his saddle, and visions of roast goose floated through our hungry brains. Had any of us ever heard Sol Smith Rus sell’s "goose with sage and Inguns” we certainly would have sung it. But alas, for human hopes, that must have been the goose which saved the Roman army. We cooked it for hours, then put soda in the pot and cooked it some more. Result: We could not stick a fork in it much less eat it. About this time Lucius came in from a scout, tired and hungry, and when he learned the prospects for dinner he was mad. Now, Lucius was a Christian (is a Christian yet for that matter) and used DEPOT COMMISSION TO MEET JANUAfIY 6 GOVERNOR CANDLER AND G. V. GRESS HELD A CONFERENCE TUESDAY MORNING. Governor Candler has leeued a eall for a meeting of the depot commission to be held In his office at the capitol on Janu ary •. 1902. G. V. Gress, a member of the commis sion and author of the depot bill,, called on the governor last Tuesday and dis cussed the advisability of getting the com mission together at an early date. It was agreed between Governor Candler and Mr. Gress that January 6 was the best date that could be selected, and as a result of the agreement Governor Candler has Is sued the call. John F. Holder. J. Ferris, Cann, of Sa vannah, Byron B. Bower of Bainbridge. Thomas Egleston, of Atlanta; W. A. Knowles, of Rome, and G. V. Gress, of Kramer, compose the commission. Gov ernor Candler is ex-offldio chairman of the committee. . • Damages To Be Discussed. The question of damages to the property on Pryor street will be the first matter discussed, and an effort will be made to ascertain the amount of damages which will accrub as a result of the closing of the street. It is probable that the com mission will be engaged In this work for several days. When this work is com pleted the railroads will be conferred with regarding the acceptance of the terms of the bill. While no definite announcement has been made by the railroad men it is generally believed that an of the railroads will accept the terms of the bill. The bill provides that the railroads .shall pay an nualy six per cent of the eost of the structure. This rental must be paid until the lease of the N. C. and St. L. railroad on the W. and A. railroad expires. Closing of Pryor Street. It has been suggested that Instead of constructing only a, subway for foot pas sengers that a sub-way for vehicles and foot passengers both be constructed. The commission, it is understood, will dis cuss this. The bill provides that the com mission shall have the power to. close the street, and also gives it authority to pro vide for the subway for foot passengers. It is estimated that a subway for vehicles as well as foot passengers will cost no more than the subway for pedestrians, and it IS probable that the commission will decide to construct such a subway. In this event it is very likely that there would belittle or no damages asked. Gov ernor Candler, is is understood, is in favor of such a plan, and it may be that he will recommend It to the copimlsslon. Meeting an Important One. The coming meeting of the Depot com missioners is a very Important one. It la likely that nearly all the leading railroad men of the roads entering Atlanta will be requested to attend first meeting of the commission, and the sentiment of the rail roads regarding the new structure can be secured. Os course if the railroads do not accept the terms of the bill there will be no depot, but the. rental is regarded as being so cheap, and there is hardly any doubt but that the railroads will accept. A prominent member of the commission Is quoted as saying that he understands that the railroads will come into the new sta tion as soon as it Is completed,'and that they will be glad to do so. Every member of the commission will be present at the meetihg next month. Every member Is deeply Interested in the question of the state having a new depot, and each man has pledged himself to all that is possible to £e|a new depot built. During the time tfltP members of the commission are engaged in the work on the new station, they will receive the same per diem paid them aS legislators, $4 per day. Work to Begin Soon. Governor Candler had hoped that the bill would pass the legislature of a year ago, as he desires to help the state in getting what he thinks will be a paying invest ment. The governor, however, w..» be on the commission for nearly a year and will be of great assistance to the members of the commission. He is an experienced man in such work, as for a number of years he was a contractor. While the funds for the erection of a new station are not available until 1903, it is supposed that the work will begin at once, as several welt known contractors have expressed a willingness to begin work on the structure and take the pay ments whenever the state sees flt to make them. The idea of the commission Is to begin the work as soon as possible, and It is said that by the time the next legislature meets a great deal of work will have been done on the new station, and that within a year from next July the station will be ready for the railroads and the people. Boss Croker Home Again. NEW YORK, Dec. 23—Richard Croker has returned from his brief visit to tho farm owned by David Gideon, near West Baden Springs, Ind. The train upon which he traveled was several hours late In reaching the city. to preach to us about the sin of foraging, but on this occasion his faith gave out, and he offered to pilot us to where he had passed some sheep grazing on a hill side a few miles from camp. There was no time to lose, as the day was wellnlgh spent, and it looked as if our Christmas dinner, if we got any, would be at a too fashionably late hour to suit our appetites. Lucius went ahead to show the way, Bill came next with the gun to act as executioner, and Dave followed tc play butcher, a calling he had followed at home; while John re mained in camp to bile the goose some more and see If he could not wheedle Nat Wright, the teamster, out of some salt—we having used up our scant sup ply on the cast iron fowl in tne pot. We soon found the sneep. Iney were wild, but Bill brought one down at about 100 yards. We hamstrung It and hung it on a lock of the fence. Dave pro ceeded to skin it “down’ards,” and dressed It to the queen's taste. We were soon back in camp, not, however, without an encounter with the outside guard, but we "squared” him by promising to divide. John had been successful in his quest for salt, and by 9 o'clock we sat down to a feast of fat mutton, cornbread and cowpeas, with goose to look at, but not to eat. Well, that was nearly forty years ago, and since then I have eaten some rare good meals—cooked by famous chefs In splendid hostelrles. but never have I eaten a meal that tasted as good, and I can thoroughly sympathize with the Georgia judge who said he would give SSOO for a ginger cake that tasted to him like It did when he was a boy. We rolled ourselves in our blankets and were soon sleeping the sleep of the just, with consciences void of offense. And when at early dawn the next morn ing the bugle sounded, “Better saddle up, better saddle up. better saddle up your horses.” we mounted cheerfully, know ing that with haversacks well tilled with cold mutton we were fortified against the hardships of the day. (Private) W. C. DODSON. | Thrilling Experiences of An Amateur Truck Farmer I met a man in the Kimball arcade last night who had an especial interest for me. He was—but never mind, he i» from Macon, never mind the name. He is a good man at heart and means well, and while I have for given him. I can never forget that he was the cause of my owning a truck farm once upon a time—or rather of growing truck on * farm which I already owned. That ie, if you can call a thlrteen-acre suburban place, four miles from Macon on the Vlneville road, a farm. I will relate the story, anyway, as a warning to others. • He told me there was money in truck; even went so far as to show me from his own books what he was doing on ten acres. I afterwards became morally convinced that he padded the returns. Not to deceive me, oh no; but to deceive himself—he hated to admit that he was not making money out of everything he touched. You have seen those sort of fellows. He didn't tell me, of course, to grow . truck. Perhaps he was Indulging in a little vanity by merely showing me what he could do without so much as trying. But I fell a victim to the temptation, and I went forth and sowed. Such portion of my place as was not given over to an amateur attempt at landscape gardening, a tennis court and a site for a lake—as soon as I got the money to arrange for a water supply for it—was planted in garden sass, every foot of it. I went on the principle that If one dose would do good, two would do more good. Instead of one quarter acre in English peas, beans, cabbage, etc., I planted from one-half to one acre. I always had the natural instincts of a monop olist and I wanted to do it all. I was going to boa wholesaler In truck. The small fel lows wouldn't be able to touch me in price or in ability to supply the stuff'in quantities. I must say the soli, climate, season were all with me; they seemed to have entered heartily Into the project. As the truck grew and flourished I became more and more ex huberant. I stayed out home until 9 or 10 o’clock almost every day to watch the truck grow and see that’ the hands were keeping things moving. Then I quit business early in the afternoon to get back out home and see If It was all there. I gave up theatres and clubs and everything at night to read farm journals and every kind of article on truck ing that I could get my hands on. I got all of the Georgia Experiment Station reports and I fairly devoured them. I bought a book called "la Ten Acres Enough?" In which the answer, of course, was very much In the affirmative, and showed why. The man in the book made over SB,OOO a year on ten acres, and simply sat around in the shade. [Some day I intend to writs an answer to 'that book, the title of which will be "Ten Acres Is Too D Much.” I believe there is a field for such a book. It will not be a work of fiction like the other book, but a simple recital of things that have happened.] Anyway, we all kept under full speed for about three or four months, and then the time caine to market the truck and harvest the dollars. My wife had it figured out almost to a cent how much the entire crop would bring at the prevailing market prices. She had, from time to time, been counting th* things as they grew in the rows. It was such a careful, piece of financiering that I felt proud of her. But, then, women are always more precise in their business meth ods than men. She had figured out that ths whole crop would bring something like $2,600, I think it was. And then she added, "If you sell It.” I looked at her sharply, but of course I saw that couldn't have meant any thing. It was a very natural remark, after all. Though at times I had known her to be slightly sarcastic. Still, there was noth ing to be sarcastic about' here. Os course we would sell It, and. after months of study, I had figured out a plan for doing It that was almost Napoleonic in its conception. We got all hands apd all the family to gether one Friday soon after dinner—l stayed home all of that day to superintend tho work—and began to pick and dress vegetables. My wife and her mother and the children and cooks attended to this latter work be cause it had to be done just so. Everything was fixed up as If it was intended for a vege table show instead of for market. It looked good enough to eat without cooking. The stuff was sorted out and then tied up in five and ten cent bunches and crates so as to save the buyer trouble. It was a beautiful sight to behold We had determined to send our wagon to the city market Saturday morning and give the people a surprise—have It make a lasting reputation for Itself, both on account of the freshness and neatness of the vegetables, and for the quality and llbeiallty displayed. We put about as much again as was customary to put in a five or ten cent bunch. We had the wagon washed until it shined, and the horse was slicked up more than ever, and we even decided to use the buggy harness on him for the occasion. The negro driver or Let America Vindicate Him. BY. WALKER LEWIS. The majority finding in the Schley court of Inquiry is not only a disap pointment, but an outrage. The evi dence before the court was also be fore the people, and to the people it was a sufficient vindication of the great admiral from the mean and ma lignant persecution that followed his splendid services at Santiago. But in the face of the evidence a damaging opinion has been handed down to the navy department. "Handed down" is right. It is very accurate in statement. The court was not very high, it is true. If Admiral Dewey were not in it it would not rise high enough for respect. The judge advocate from beginning to finish con vinced the country of his bitter preju dices and made a display of nothing so unmistakably as of his capacity to browbeat and calumniate. The two ad mirals to whom he addressed his par tisan epithets and unfair Inferences may be men of ordinary fairness in common matters, but their perfect agreement in eleven out of twelve counts raises a just suspicion against their constitutional fitness to pass upon this case. The advocate and the admirals had an attack of flunkeyism, and they did the job to their master's satisfaction. They went to the Schley inquiry to exculpate the navy depart ment rather than to vindicate the appli cant for justice. They "handed down" an opinion! The navy department had among its officials, in the opinion of the people, a gang of conspirators who intended to deny Schley the glory of his great victory at Santiago and to de grade him in the eyes and esteem of his countrymen. In their approach to blind FORTY-SEVEN MILES IK THIRTY MINDIES LONDON TRAIN TO BRIGHTON TO BE ONE OF FASTEST IN THE WORLD. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Faster even than the train service between Philadelphia and Atlantic City, N. J., will be that which it is Intended to maintain on the proposed electric railway from London to Brighton, power to construct which will be applied for next session in parliament, says the London correspondent of The Herald. The road will be forty-seven miles long and the trains are to make the distance in thirty minutes. Jt is proposed to run a twenty-minute service each day from 8 o'clock in the morning until midnight. The London terminus will be at Lupus street, Westminster, and the trains on leaving that station will cross the Thames by an iron bridge and proceed on a trestleway to Peddlngton. There the road enters a tun nel for part of the nine miles to Red Hill. The rest of the way Is principally In the open to Brighton. The carriages are to be of the Pullman type. RESIGNATION OF GERST HAS BEEN ACCEPTED • BUFFALO. N. Y.. Dec. 24.—The board of aidermen has accepted the resignation of City Treasurer Philip Oerst, whose accounts are now undergoing an investigation. Gerst has publicly admitted that there was recently a shortage in his accounts of over $50,000, but claims It has been made good. head salesman was told to put on hts Sunday clothes next morning, and when he showed up not looking quite well enough I gave him ah old white vest and a hat. The vegetables had been kept In tube with ice on top of them all night, so the next morning they looked as fresh as ever. Wa were all up at 4 o'clock to eee them off. They were placed In the wagon with as much skill and cara as a florist could give to his ,how window. And that wagon was one huge bouquet of beets and turnips, and cabbage and lettuce* and onions and peas, and pota toes, and the Lord only knows what all. Wo gave the negro driver his last Instructions and then waived him an adieu. We-stood on the porch until we saw him pass safely out of ths front gate and up the road In the early morn ing light. I got to thinking about It afterwards and It occurred to me that that nigger seemed to have a very bored look about him that morning. He wasn't exactly sulking, but ho seemed to feel a sort of conscious superiority. I thought at the time that it was because he was proud of his mission. Or maybe he didn’t like It about being waked up so early. Or maybe, again, the strain of responsibility was telling on him. However, it didn't matter. He was instructed to telephone us when he got there and if he got a good position In tho line of wagons so that we would know everything was all. right, which he did, much to our Increased joy. I went to town earlier that morntng and drove by the market house purposely to eee the wagon and If everything waa going all right. There It was, almost at the head of the line, the beat looking thing there. As the negro waa waiting on a happy, pleased looking customer at the time I drove by without stopping. I noticed that the wagon seemed to be still a little full, but that was not surprising, as there was a heap In it when It left home—about $26 worth In all, according to an exact count made by my wife; and she had recently learned the pre vailing market price of everything. I drove home later than usual that even ing, and I didn't go by the market, because the negro had been told to go straight homo with the money as soon as he sold everything, which we calculated would be before noen. When I reached home my wife met me with agonized face, and said Henry hadn't come home yet “That scoundrel has made off with the pro ceeds of tho entire load, and left the horse and wagon there,” I said. "We might have known ft.” Just then the telephone rang, and I went in to answer. It was Henry. "Boss, I thought I’d better ring yer up,” he started out. I could tell by hla voice that he was drunk. "Yes, I guess you had; what tn thunder have you done with that money?” I demanded. "I got It; but I thought you was cornin' by here befo’ you went home, so I better keep it and give it to you.” he replied, with some show of calmness. I began to feel a bit re assured. "But you were told to bring It home to my wife as soon as you had sold out," I an swered. “Yes, sir; but dat’s it; I ain’t sol’ out yit." and I thought I heard a low, sarcastic chuckle come over the wire. “You haven’t,” I shouted. "What In the devil have you been doing?” And then it oc curred to me that maybe the fool thought he had to wait until he sold the last bunch of onions, so I queried more calmly, "Well, how many have you left?” "Got 'most all ’em, I spec; but, boss, I bln right hyar,” came the fatal words. I couldn't ask anything more, but merely waited to hear the worst. ’’l sold a dollar and seventy cents wuth in all,” he went on, "and den de boss en me hav* to hav’ dinner and dat was fifty cents, so I ain't got but er dollar twenty lef.” “The h— you haven’t,” I managed to speak out coldly and reproachfully In utter defiance of all the telephone company's rules. "No, sir, boss; all dese niggers down here seem to have dalr reg'lar customers *en dey pass me by. Some womens say *dem vegter buls look too clean *«n fixed up; must be somethin' de matter wld ’em.” I was dismayed and I eoudn't for the life of me look my wife in the face, notwith standing she kept asking, "What on earth Is the matter, dear?” I determined to make a temporary bluff at any rate. “Well, take what you haven't sold, Henry,” I answered In a kindlier tone, "and leave at Mr. So and So's home, with my compli ments,” I directed, naming every one of my acquaintances In the city whom I thought could possibly be In need of vegetables and wouldn't be afraid of clean ones. “All right, str; but, boss, ken I use de dollar to git me a little Sad'dy night licker?” came Henry's appealing voice. "Yes," I replied In an even more kindly tone than before, though I Intended to slight ly tinge it* with sarcasm, "but be sure and justice their voice wu the voice of Jacob, although the hands they used were surety the hands of Eaau. Jacob got his brother’s birthright and blessing by goat meat and lying, and the whole concern here, court and counsel, give evidence that they have studied that historic transaction with out abhorrence of its infatny. The majority handed down an opinion from the seat of justice they dishonored by their presence. It was a travesty and a disgrace, and another instance of how man “can see the good but to the bad incline.” Nothing more unjust, or more disgraceful, has ever sprung out of the American navy department. Well, one Dewey outweighs the two rear admirals. He dissents from their opinion in every count, and not only exonerates Schley but puts upon his manly brow the crown of a hero and victor. The country believes in George Dewey, ana it believes in him more than in Admirals Ramsay and Benham. He knew something about modern war ship fighting, something about the difficulty of coaling, some thing about the need of full bunkers, something about the importance of holding the squadron together, and something about what is due a man the importance of holding the squad ron together, and something about what is due a man that issent to sink an enemy, and succeeds in the under taking. How in common sense can a common sense man reprove an officer for succeeding? George Dewey can’t do that. He does more. He says what we all know and what the navy depart ment dislikes Schley for knowing, that he was in command at Santiago and ft SMOOTH FORGER WORKS CHATTANOOGA CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 24.—The Citizens' Bank and Trust Company is the victim of a very smooth piece of forgery. Some time Thursday a middle-aged white man of rather heavy build and Intelligent appear ance presented himself at the cashier's window of the Citizens' Bank and Trust Company and stated that he was M. W. Parker, of Memphis, and was expecting a certified check from the firm of Chism Bros. Co., of that city for the amount of 3157. A day before the bank had received the following letter: "MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 18, 1901. "Citizens’ Bank and Trust Co. “Gentlemen: Enclosed please find our certified check for 3157, payable to M. W. Parker, whose signature we enclose. Please pay only to party whose signature corresponds with the on enclosed, as you may accept the signature as identification. "CHISM BROS. CO.” Relying upon the letter the money was paid to Parker without hesitation. He has not been seen here since. The check was sent back to Memphis for payment and Saturday the bank received a telegram from the First National Bank of Memphis saying that the check had been pronounc ed a forgery. The case was immediately reported to the chief of police who has had at once a circular sent out offering; a reward for the apprehension of the crim inal. Chief Hill says this is about the slickest Trick he has ever heard of. Par ker’s method of mailing a letter as Iden tification ahead enables him to work one city after another. OR ' “TEN ACRES TOO MUCH.* BY THOMAB W. LOYLESS. bring the balance of the money home.” I could hear Henry. chuckle over that 'phone four miles away. "But, boss, you ought to let me get a little supper wld dat twenty cents if I got to drive all night firin' dis load 'er truck erway,” again spoke Henry. "This was the last straw. I looked around to see if my wife was still .listening, but she had gone. "Yes. Henry.” I replied with killing kind ness, "but If you don't succeed in giving all those vegetables away during the night, kindly dump them into the Vlneville branch on. your way home, for if you bring a fl leaf of them back here I'll kill you, and if you don't report to me first one when you get hero I’ll kill you again.” ‘ Henry seemed to grasp the situation, so I hung up the 'phone and went in to face my. wife. She met mo with a plaintive, inquir ing look. "What happened to him, dear?” she asked anxiously.- > ■ - "Nothing at all,** I laughed—but it was a . metallic sort of laugh—“except that the fool •, thought he had to stay there forever If neces sary In order to sell a few remaining bunches ’ of beets and a few heads of cabbage and things . that had probably become bruised while under the bottom of the load. It waa a big load, you know, and this was to be ex pected. I told him to go take them to a few friends of ours and come on home,” and then I laughed merrily and tried to seem pleased with the world. "Yes,” she replied, "but you gave him about two dozen names to take them to, and. you absurd thing, don't you know there won’t be a cabbage leaf or a beet around if he tries to distribute them among that crowd. Why don’t you try to stop him somewhere, and tell him to leave them all at one place?" "But maybe they haven't -room for—l mean maybe they don't like vegetables,” I stam mered. "Anyway, better let It go as I fixed It; maybe it will work itself out all right af ter all. He's got all night in which to do It In, and they'll all be repaid for being waked up.” I went on heedlessly. ' ‘What, by being presented with a turnip each or an Irish potato?" shouted my wife. "They’ll all think you are drunk and— Say, has Henry sold any vegetables at all?" de manded the wife of my bosom In that cold, haughty, superior sort of way that always brings mo to her terms. "Well, to tell you the truth, my dear," I managed to say after a little time in which to commune with myself. "I think he sold all of them, and is simply trying to beat us out of the money; that’s why I told him to take what was left to so many different peo ple. That's how I'll catch up with him. Now, admit, a woman never could have thought of that pleee of strategy, could she? Regular Sherlock Holmes, ain't IF* "I don’t know, but I rather expect * Munchausen. However, I mean to have every cent of that money,” demanded my wife in a business-life fashion. "Why, of course, my dear, that has been my Idea all along, you know. And what’s more, you shall have all of the truck on the farm, sell It yourself and take every cent of the proceeds.” I was half afraid she would refuse it. That seemed to appease her, and we dined In peace, but with more or less doubt In the minds of both of us. In hers as to wheth er or not I had told her the truth, and in mine as to whether or not she would- ever find out. Anyway, Henry got In shortly after mid night. He had evidently Invested the dollar, and In all probability the twenty cents, too. in "Sad’dy night licker'* all right. But I couldn't say that I blamed him. He had run into somebody and broken a wagon wheel . on the wsy out. But there was not going to be any differences between Henry and me If I could prevent it by diplomatic and even liberal treatment. “Yer sho oughtn't blame me. boss,’* was the first thing he managed to blurt out. "Blame you, h—,*' I snapped. “I congratu late you for getting home with the horse and wagon, even if one wheel is gone. But It's all right; just don't you ever say a word to anyone on earth about It If yon do I’ll kill you .and if you don't I’ll increase your wages.” I think Henry grasped the situation. Least wise he made the compact. Then we made a mental calculation that he had sold an Imaginary $24 50 worth of vege tables and given away the other SI.BO worth, so I went back into the house and settled up with my wife on that basis. She took it, but seemed to think it was careless management that I didn't make him sell the other $1.50 worth. However, she ran the truck farm after that and kept the proceeds of all sales, while I went back and settled down to newspaper work again as of old, and tried to pay up what I had lost on the truck farm. deserves the glory the country accords him for that splendid triumph! Well done admiral! It is not strange that you also were a hero at Manila, and illustrated in that historic harbor the prowess and glory of American sea men. Dewey's opinion is the real majority opinion! He Is more than they all. And behind his voice, pleading for Schley and Justice, with the exception of a few hoarse, croaking expressions, will rise in wave after wave of popu lar indignation, the disapproval and condemnation of the court’s unfair and iniquitous findings. He wIH carry the case to the people! From an un just court to a tribunal of highest Ju risdiction and unerring arbitrament. Schley has been wronged, and he will be righted by his countrymen. Civil courts and congress and the people will answer the department and its temporary triumph with such a rever sal as shall not be forgotten in a gen eration. The people will not consent to see their greatest hero deprived of his rights and then dishonored, and they are not unlikely to stand by him • to the full vindication that comes by a call to the presidency. That court of Inquiry is the Long contribution to his nomination for the highest Ameri can magistracy, and it will take tre mendous work to defeat him if he is put before the country for that honor. The man who bravely walked the deek of the Brooklyn during the battle storm off Santiago when Shafter was about to retreat, in spite of Wheeler's opposition, may yet walk the portico of the white house as a great presi dent. FIGHT ON CASTRO CREATES ALARM REVOLUTION TAKES VERY SE RIOUS TURN IN VENE ZUELA. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The revolution against the Castro government which has broken out in Venezuela is a serious af fair, according to the Fort de France, Martinique, correspondent of The Herald, The first leaders to rise against the president were Generals Luciano Men deze and Sedeno. General Mendoza is pres ident of the state of Arazua and General Cedeno Is director of customs at Puerto Cabello. General Mendoza is now marching upon La Victoria, an important point in the vicinity of Caracas .General Cedeno wishes to rescue General Ramon Guerra, formerly minister of war, who is a pris oner in the fortress of Puertro QabeHo. The insurrection has spread eastward to ward Barquisimeto. in the state of Lara, and toward the state of Falcon. The insur gents are well armed and are about to receive a further supply-of guns, rifles and ammunition. The Venezuelan war ship Postaurador has arrived here to watch for and try to intercept the steamer which is bringing these munitions of war for the revolutionists. The warship Gres po, which arrived here recently, left very soon afterward, without disclosing her destination. General Natos. one of the revolutionary leaders, has just reached here. 7