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IT POINT OF PISTOL
TWO MEN HOLD UP
THIS FASO BANK
ROBBERS HAD LOST THEIR MON
EY AT CARDS AND THOUGHT
THEY COULD ROB AS
WELL.
OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. 18.—Two unmasked
robbers held up a dozen men In a gamb
ling room over a saloon at Fourteenth
and Douglas streets early today and se
cured the cash box and s3v in money from
the owners of the place.
They were captured ten minutes later,
however, by the police and locked up.
They gave the names of Frank Williams
and Frank Jones.
The robbery occurred in the heart of the
city. They drew revolvers and ordered
the tqen tn the room to hold tip their
hands.
After securing their money and the cash
box of the concern, they rushed down
stairs Into Douglas strset. where a po
liceman gave chase, firing several shots
after them.
A riot call waY turned into the police
station and a wagon load of officers re
sponded.
One of the robbers ran out of an alley
Into the arms of a policeman, the other
was found in a hallway.
At the station both men admitted their
Identity and said they had lost their
money In the place and that they thought
their game was as fair as that of the
gambling house.
AU of the stolen money was found on
the men
The men were seen lounging about the
• room where the robbery occurred during
the evening, but the proprietors say they
lost no money.
The police think they are the men who
a week ago held up a Kansas City pool
room and escaped with »I*X>. They are
said to answer the description given by
the Kansas City police.
RUMORSAYS BOYKIN WRIGHT
WILL SUCCEED TERRELL
It is now regarded as a certainty that Boykin
WWgM. of Augusta will be appointed attorney
general to succeed Hon. J. M. Terrell when
Im resigns this week to make the race for
Governor Candler ha» made up his mind who
ho will appoint, and while he has not given
out any information as to who that man will
be. it is generally reported at the capitol that
the Atwusta lawyer will be the man. Judge
Allen Fort and Judge N. L. Hutchins were
prominent!' spoken of for the position, but it
is believed now that Mr Wright will be the
next attorney general. It is understood that if
he Is appointed he will not be a candidate for
the long term.
FORM™
NEAR WAYCROSS
BLAZE A MOST DISASTROUS ONE.
WELL KNOWN FARMER DIES
FROM BECOMING OVER
HEATED BY FIRE.
s
WAYCROSS. Jan. IC—The worst forest
fires over known In this section have
been raging In Ware county since Satur
day night.
It to not known how these fires started,
as is always the case, but it to reported
that either the sparka from the trains
or from fires of section hands, burning old
crossties, or that crosstie camps are re
sponsible for them.
They caught somewhere between Mc-
Donald and Waresboro and the brisk
winds that were blowing Saturday swept
them like a fiery hurricane over ten lots
of land, burning everything in their wake.
Sunday morning the fire reached the
plantation of Mr. W. B. Inman, eight
miles southeast of Waycross, and he with
bis help went out to save his fences. They
fought fire all day and in the afternoon he
became overheated and died from the ef
fects Monday morning. Mr. Inman was
one of the best citizens of Ware county.
Parties who came from the fires say
they are rushing on with mighty fury to
the south and will not be stopped till they
reach Cane ereek, the dividing line be
tween Ware and Clinch counties.
Those who saw it Saturday night and
Sunday say it was the fiercest conflagra
tion evr known in thia section.
The flames would leap into the air a
hundred feet and burn the tops off tae
trees. The flames would wrap around a
turpentine tree and burn it down In a
few minutes. Thousands of taW trees
were ablaze at once and It was like a
torchlight procession of mighty giants
marching through the forests. It will not
be known for several days just how much
linage has been done, but it will reach
up into the thousands, not to speak of
the terrible devastation it has wrought to
the forests.
Baby Found Death in the Flames.
SPRINGFIELD. 0.. Jan. 18.—A fire
which started in the house of Ri I. Spears,
at Harmony, a small town seven miles
east of this city, destroyed the house and
contents and burned to death the two
year-old daughter.
Four children were sleeping In the room
in which the fire started. The father
heard the eldest daughter scream and hur
ried to the rescue. He succeeded in get
ting three of the children out of the house
and was himself badly burned in the es
. fort.
Just as he started in after the baby the
roof fell In and the 'child was consumed
i by the flames. -
No Money Wanted
Simply Tell Me the Book
• You Need.
Please write a postal to know what I
■pent a lifetime in learning. It is a
way to get well—often the only way.
With the book I will send an order
on your druggist for 6 bottles of Dr.
Shoop’s Restorative; and he will let
you test it a month. If satisfied the
cost is 05.50. If it fails I will nay your
druggists myself.
Think what that means. . On any
other remedy such an offer would bank
rupt the maker. But I have furnished
my remedy to over half a million people
?n just those terms; and 39 out of eaclf
10 have paid for iL because they were
cured. When it fails not a penny is
wanted.
My success comes from strengthening
the inside nerves. I bring back the
power that operates the vital organs.
Nerve power alone can overcome this
weakness. I pity the sick one who lets
prejudice keep him from getting my
Simply State Book No. 1 on Dyspepsia,
which book you Book No. 2 on the Hcort,
. ■ ■ - Book No. 3on the Kl-taey*.
want, and addrwo No . 4 for Women.
Dr. Shoop. BoxMC. Book No. S tor Men. (sealed.)
Racine. Wto. Bonk No. 8 on Rheumatism.
Mild cases’, not chronic, are often cured by
on* or two bottle* At drvggisir
MINERS ARE HURLED
TO INSTANT DEATH
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Jan. 17,-Word
was received this morning by WlUiam
Nixon, purchasing and sales agent of the
Cumberland Coal and Coke company, of
a serious accident’ that occurred at the
company's mines at Millstone. Tenn., last
evening about 6 o'clock, in which two ne
gro miners were killed and several others
injured.
It appears that after their day's work
was over, the men stole a lever car be
longing to the company and started down
the railroad for a ride. They were going
down grade at a high rate of speed when
they crashed with terrific torce into a
train of empty cars, which were being
pushed by a locomotive to the mines.
Lon Newell, from Anderson, 8. C„ was
instantly killed.
Floyd Thompson, from Bluefield. Mont.,
had his skull fractured and died in a
short while.
Walter Davis, from Coultersvlle. Tenn.,
also had his skull fractured and is tn a
precarious condition.
Green Pierson had his shoulder badly
dislocated, but will recover.
Six other negroea were also injured, but
none fatally.
The injured men are being attended by
Dr. Schwerin, chief surgeon of the Ten
nessee Cent cal railway and Cumberland
company.
juogejTlSkin
ANNULS EDICT OF
THE CZAR
M. GERSHONOVITCH, WIFE AND
SEVEN CHILDREN ARE AL-
LOWED TO CHANGE THEIR
NAMES.
Judge Lumpkin on Friday annulled
an edict of the exar of all the Russias
and declared that it was not necessary
longer for M. Gershonovltch and Rebec
ca Gershonovitch and their seven children
to continue to attach the suffix “ovitch”
to their names.
In the petition of M. Gershonovitch and
his wife for a change of name it was
alleged they were natives of Russia, but
were now naturalized citizens of the Unit
ed States. The petition stated that the
original name of their ancestors was Ger
shon, but that when some of their people
took up their residence in Russia they
were compelled by an edict of the czar
to place the suffix "•ovitch” to their name
in order to Russianize it.
The petitioner said his people placed the
suffix to their name and since his birth
he has borne it.
In asking for the change of name, the
petitioner states that the name has caused
him great trouble as it is very difficult
of pronunciation by Americans and more
difficult of spelling and that at times it
has been a source of great humiliation to
him to have such a name. (
He explained that the suffix “ovitch”
means when translated, “the son of.”
Judge Lumpkin signed the order and
granted the relief prayed for and here
after the Gershonoviiches will be known
as simple Mr. and Mrs. Gershon and their
seven children will have the same cog
nomen.
TO CROSS ATLANTIC
IN THREE DAYS’ TIME
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—To clip from
twenty-four to thirty-six hours from the
record time for crossing the Atlantic la
the promise of the New York and Eu
ropean Steamship company, a new trans-
Atlantic steamship line, which offers as
surances of a speedy fulfillment of its
pledge, says The Tribune.
This company, which has alreadv ap
plied for pier privileges in this city and
formulated the larger part of its plans,
expects by the substituting of the tur
bine engine for that now in use to secure
a constant speed of thirty knots an hour
in its new boats.
Such a speed will mean that passengers
can be carried from this country to Eu
rope in a little more than four days. The
success that has attended the use of the
turbine engine in Europe, especially the
remarkable speed that has been secured
thereby, has naturally raised the ques
tion as to its adaptability for trans-At
lantic steamers. In this connection a
strong company has been organised and
plans have been pretty well completed for
this new line.
To cut off a day In the time of crossing
the Atlantic will mean to bring enormous
profits to the steamship company which
succeeds in doing it. Fast mails, not only
of this country, but those begin
ning to pass through from Australia and
the far east, will naturally fall to the
steamship company that can handle them
quickest. Delivered at Queenstown, these
mails could, according to the plans of the
New York and European company, be
carried in three days and seven hours, a
reduction of two days from the present
time. Os the importance and value of
turbine engines President R. H. Thurston,
recently spoke at length before the so
ciety of mechanical engineers.
SHARKEY-MAHER FIGHT
WAS A GLARING FAKE
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18.—Tom Shar
key and Peter Maher fought two and a
half rounds of a spiritless contest here
last night at the Industrial Athletic club
for the championship of Ireland. The
fight, or sparring match, was stopped in
the middle of the third round by Referee
Rocap. whip stepped to the side of the
ring while the audience wqs crying “Take
them off!” “Fake!” and said: “Gentle
men, I was asked to referee a contest;
this is no contest.” And the match was
called off.
Sharkey. Maher and James H. McFar
land, of the Industrial club, were arrested
yesterday afternoon on a warrant charg
ing them with conspiracy to break the
peace. Five thousand dollars bail was
required of each and this was evidently
the cause of the weakness of the contest,
for both the pugilists had promised the
judge when released from custody that
there would be no knock-out blows-, and
their release took place only on that con
dition. When the ffght was called off
both Sharkey and the president of the
club attempted to address the“%udience
but their voices were drowned in hisses.
There were 4,000 people present.
NELLIE M’GRIFF FREE;
NOT GUILTY OF ARSON
AUGUSTA. Jan. 18.-Nellie McGriff, the
white woman committed on a charge of
arson, for firing the police barracks and
causing the death of a negro prisoner,
was late yesterday afternoon acquitted
in a preliminary trial before Judge Ben
nett. The evidence seemed to show con
clusively that the fire originated from the
stove.
Mr. S. L. Moore Dead.
STATESBORO. Ga„ Jan. 18—Mr. 8. L.
Moore, father of Hon. S. L. Moore, Jr.,
died last night. Mr. Moore was in his
eighty-ninth year and until a short time
since was quite and did not look
to be more than sixty-five yea ft) of age.
Mr. Moore for years was a leading mem
ber of the Methodist church. Mr. Moore
comes of a Ipng lived family and is sur
vived by two Vrothers upwards of eighty
and a sister ninety-four years of are.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 20. 1902.
ftriAHUHISTSDLDIEH
MADE THREATS;
SENT TO PEN
PRIVATE, THREATENED ROOSE-
VELT, IS DEGRADED AND SENT
UP FOR TEN YEARS
AT LABOR. ,
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18.—A special to
The Oregonian from Astoria, Ore., says:
Frank Rakowlski, a soldier in the
United States army, was today degraded
■t Fort Canby and sentenced to ten years’
imprisonment in the military prison on
Alcatraz Island, Cal. Rakowlski had
threatened to assassinate President Roose
velt.
Rakowlski was a member of Captain
Cioke's company stationed at Fort
Stevens. He was on detached duty at
Fort Columbia, Wash., when he voiced
the anarchist sentiment, and after arrest
by the civil authorities was turned over to
the military officials at Fort Canby. He
was tried before a general courtmartial.
A few days before Christmas Rakowls
kl became intoxicated at Chinook, and
while In a saloon there made the follow
ing statement:
“President McKinley got what he de
served. My time of enlistment In the
army will soon expire and when it does
I will see that President Roosevelt gets
the same dose that Czolgosz gave Mc-
Kinley.”
Rakowiskl’s sentence is dishonorable
discharge, forfeiture of all pay and al
lowances and confinement in the military
prison at Alcatraz Island for a period of
ten years.
Captain Cloke stated this afternoon that
he knew little of Rakowlski except that
he formerly resided on Milwaukee avenue
in Chicago.
“The man seemed to be a quiet fellow,
said Captain Cloke, “and prior to the time
of his anarchic utterances at Chinook
never gave any trouble. He was drunk
when he threatened the life of the pres
ident." ’
Soldier En Route to the Island.
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 18.—Frank Row-
Isaki, the degraded aoldier, who threaten
ed the life of President Roosevelt, passed
through this city last night, under guard,
on his way to California, to serve his sen
tence of ten years on Alcatraz island.
ATLANTA ZOUAVES
WILL APPEAL TO
GOVERNOR
CAPT. SMITH SAYS COMPANY IS IN
GOOD SHAPE AND SHOULD
NOT BE MUSTERED
OUT.
Captain F. L. Smith,, of the Atlanta,
Zouaves, appealed to Adjutapt General
Robertson Saturday for another in
specticn of his company before an order
was issued mustering the company out of
service.
He was referred to Governor Candler by
the adjutant general, and an the governor
was out of the city, nothing could be done
in the matter until his return. The recom
mendation of tlx- military advisory board
have not yet been filed with Governor
Candler, and the Zouaves will have pfpnty
of time in which to jnake their protest.
Captain Smita claims that it w’ould be
unfair to muster the company out of the
service just now, as when the inspection
was made by Inspector General Obear in
November he was not in command of the
company, and that since he assumed com
mand, nearly all the company debts have
been paid, 16 new recruits have enlisted
and the membership of the organization
has been brought up to 61. \
The recommendation in the report of the
inspector general ai.d the action of the ad
visory board in sustaining the recommen
dation was quite a surprise tc Captain
Smith and the other members of the or
ganization, and as soon as the news was
learned by Captain Smith, he hurried to
the office of the adjutant general to enter
a protest.
Another inspection will be requested by
the company at once. As Governor Can
dler has not yet passed on the report of the
advisory board it is possible that he -will
order another inspection. The company Is
one of the oldest in the service of the
state, and its record in the past will go a
long way when the governor Is requested
lo suspend action until another inspection
has been made
CAUGHT WILL CRAWFORD
- ON CHARGE OF PERJURY
Will Crawford. 22 years old, is again In
the hands of the police. This time he is
wanted in Gainesville by his bondsmen,
who wish to surrender him in the case of
perjury against him in Hall county, grow
ing out of the trial of Will Evans, charged
with murder, but convicted of man
slaughter.
Crawford was arrested on Marietta
street Thursday by Officer Dobbins.
Some time ago the Hall county sheriff re
quested Chief Ball to have his men keep
a lookout for Crawford and this w’as done.
Before he was located, however. Chief
Ball received a letter signed with the
sheriff's name, saying that Crawford was
no longer wanted. The policemen were
notified and the search stopped. Since
that time Crawford has been seen by a
number of officers and only Wednesday
paid a visit to the jail. • He was of course
not arrested, as every one thought he was
no longer wanted.
Thursday the sheriff called at head
quarters and told Chief Ball he had not
written the letter, the one saying Craw
ford was not wanted. He stated most
positively that he was wanted.
The question that is worrying the chief
and the force is who wrote the letter to
which the sheriff’s name is signed.
Crawford refuses to discuss his case at
all. He is a young man well known to
the police. • .
In the Evans trial Crawford was a wit
ness and it is from this that the perjury
case grew. Dave Looney, ex-city detect
ive. worked up the evidence for the de
fense and Evans, though charged with
murder, was convicted of only manslaugh
ter. He was sentenced to seven years in
the penitentiary, which time he is now
serving.
PITCHERSOFCARDS
CITED TO TELL FACTS
lAQISON, Wls.. Jan. IS.-The Wiscon
sin University faculty, under the lead of
Acting President Birge, has instituted an
investigation into the alleged poker play
ing propensities of students at th* insti
tution and it is reported that about 200
young men have been cited to ap>
pear and tell what they know about it.
President Birge is in Milwaukee and no
o‘ e here will admit knowing the exact
facts.
NEGRO PHYSICIAN ARRESTED
BY POSTAL AUTHORITIES
James E. Asbury, a negro physician, is
in the Tower charged with embezzling the
postoffice funds at the sub-station at 182
West Mitchell street. Asbury was ar
rested Thursday by United States post
office inspectors and carried before Com
missioner Colquitt. In default of JI,OOO
he was remanded to jail. It is claimed
that Asbury is from JSOO to J6OO short in
his accounts, the money being obtained
through the sale of stamps and money or
ders belonging to the postoffice depart
ment. The shortage is now under inves
tigation by the postofflee authorities and
a full report will be forwarded to Wash
ington in a few days. •
Asbury, in a statement made shortly af
ter his arrest, stated that some one stole
a lilt of money out of his safe in the of
fice. the exact amount of which he does
not remember, and in using postoffice
funds he intended to repay them. The
postrtffice Inspectors, however, he said,
made an Investigation and found that he
had not made a correct return of what
he had received.
Asbury was appointed clerk in charge
of the sub-station at No. 182 West Mitch
ell street May 1, 1899. He has always stood
high both as a colored citizen and a physi
cian. He came to Atlanta about twenty
years ago from Nashville, and has been a
practicing physician here* since that time.
MRS? MARIE KfilES
WINS CONTEST
OVERJILL
JURY REACHED VERDICT AT 12
O’CLOCK LAST NIGHT—WILL
BE APPEALED.
r
A verdict in favor of the defendant and
the legally married wife of Jacob Kries
was rendered in the superior court by the
jury in the famous Jacob Kries will con
test, which went to the jury at 1 o'clock
Thursday afternoon.
Jacob Kries, over whose estate valued
at $15,000 the contest has just been waged
had an eventful career. He wes born in
Strasburg, Germany. He came to this
country after a disagreement with his
father about attending a university which
the son did not wish to do. The father
was a wealthy citizen of Germany.
He came to Atlanta and became a butch
er. He was an honest, upright man and
readily obtained the esteem of those who
, came in contact with him. He was also
highly- educated and a linguist of consid
erable ability, speaking as many as four
languages.
He was very successful in his business
career in Atlanta and soon accumulat
ed a large fortune. About 1863 he met
Mrs.* Sallie Kries and lived with her, pro
claiming her, at various times, fee his
wife without ever having secured a mar
riage license or had a marriage ceremony
performed.
He lived in Georgia and Tennessee. Soon
after the close of the war, he returned
to Atlanta and again by his splendid busi
ness methods accumulated more money.
About 1875 he met a Mrs. Meister, whose
husband was at that time living. With
Mrs. Meister he left tor Europe and later
was married to her. While in Paris, Lon
don and other, large cities he spent money
lavishly and lived extravagantly. In a
year or more he returrted to with
very little of his former wealth.
Mrs. Melster-ifrTW continued to live
with him as his lawful wife. She died,
and In 1895 Mr. Kries married Mrs. Marie
Kries. who has nbw been declared his
lawful widow and heir to his estate which
he accumulated after returning from Eu
rope.
Mr. Kries had several cousins who are
now living in Atlanta. He had many
friends in the city, and was regarded at
all times as a very substantial citizen.
METHODIST DEACONESSES
MAY BE ESTABLISHED
~A question that is being much discussed
just now among both ministers and laity
of the Southern Methodists is a proposi
tion to create deaconesses in that church.
Tlfe idea of creating deaconesses in the
church, it is understood, emanated with
the Home Mission society. Strongly ad
vocated by them the idea has gradually
attracted attention and been discussed' in
different quarters of the church until it
has grown into a question of goodly pro
portions upon which the church is wide
ly divided and which will undoubtedly
come before the general conference of the
church which meets in Dallas, Tex., in
May.
The general plan for the establishment
of deaconesses in the church is modeled
very much after that of the Northern
Methodist church, which has had the
deaconess for a number of years. As to
the details of the plan, however, there
is as much divergence of opinion as to
the. general idea. The most zealous ad
vocates of the deaconess want her to be
regularly ordained and they believe that
the early history of the Christian church
will warrant the church in taking this
step. The more conservative and perhaps
the majority of the favorers of the idea
would not go so far. but would be in
favor of the appointment of the deacon
esses by the bishops.
The question is an important one, and it
is impossible to forecast the action which
the general conference will take when it
meets in May. A number of the confer
ence have memorallzed the general con
ference to create this new bod}' of officials
in the church and the matter will certain
ly be brought to an issue at this time.
Bishop Warren A. Candler was asked for
a statement in regard to the matter, but
declined to talk. The matter, he said,
was one for the general conference to act
upon, and as an official member of that
body he would not be quoted until the
conference acted.
BLACK And RICH
Is the Way Postum Coffee Should Be.
A liquid food that will help a person
break a bad habit to worth knowing of.
The president of one of the state associa
tions of the W. C. T. U.. who naturally
does not want her name given, writes as
follows: “Whenever I was obliged to go
without coffee for breakfast a dull, dis
tracting headache would come on before
noon. I discovered that, in reality, the
nerves were crjing out for their accus
tomed stimulant.
At evening dinner I had been taught by
experience that I must refrain from cbf-»
fee or pass a sleepless night. In the sum
mer of 1900, while visiting a physician and
his wife I was served with a most excel
lent coffee at their dainty and elegant ta
ble and. upon inquiry, discovered that
this charming beverage was Postum Food
Coffee, and that the famyy had been
greatly benefited by leaving off coffee and
using Postum.
T Was so in love with it. and so pleased
with the glimpse of freedom from my one
bondage of habit and so thoroughly con
vinced that I ought to break With my cap
tor, that upon my return home I at once
began the use of Postum Food Coffee and
have continued it ever since,' now more
than a year.
I don’t know what sick headache is now,
and. my nerves are steady and I sleep
soutid generally eight hours regularly. I
used to become bilious frequently and re
quire physic, now seldom ever have that
experience.
I have learned that long boiling is abso
lutely essential to furnish good Postum.
That makes it clear, biaclf and rich as
any Mocha and Java’tdend. Please with
hold my name, but you may use the lettar
fo* the xood it may do."
ROBBED, CHOKED
LEFT ON TRACK
TO BEKILLED
CHARLES BRADSHAW NARROWLY
ESCAPES DEATH—DRAGS HIM-
SELF FROM THE TRACK AS
TRAIN RUSHES BY.
BIRMINGHAM, .Ala., Jan. 18.—Charles
Bradshaw, who keeps a meat market at
Vincent, Ala., had a thrilling experience
and a narrow escape from death near
Childersburg while out on a beef buying
expedition. He was assaulted and choked
into Insensibility and relieved of $l4O in
money by a couple of negroes, who, after
the robbery, placed him upon the railroad
track, where he would be mangled by the
first passing train.
He did not revive until aroused by an
approaching train, and it was with great
difficulty that he pulled himself off the
track. As It was, he had. two fingers
mashed off by the wheels of the engine.
As soon as the facts became known a
party went In search of the negroes and
two men. alleged to be the parties who
committed the assault, were arrested.
They are George Bradford and Link
O’Neill. They have been placed in jail at
Columbiana. .
ROW OVERR. E. LEE
MEMORIAL IN ROME
ROME, Ga„ Jan. 17.—A spirited discus
sion has arisen among the Daughters of
the Confederacy relative to the celebration
of General Lee’s birthday Sunday at the
First Methodist church. ;
The program has been made and Rev.
Dr. Frazier, the pastor, selected to deliver
■ sermon on the life of the great Confed
erate commander. Crosses of honor are
to be conferred upon a number of veter
ans.
Since the program and arrangements
have teen made a decided protest was
filed by a contingent of the Daughters. A
leading member said: "The use of the
Sabbath is for God’s glory, not to eulo
gize a Confederate general.”
This argument is answered by others of
the Daughters, as follows:
“They held the McKinley memorial on
Sunday and no criticism was heard. It
would be a good thing to get all the vet
erans In church on Sunday.”
As a result of the difference of opinion
Rome Daughters of Confederacy Agree
ROME, Ga.. Jan. 18.—The Daughters of
the Confederacy have decided to hold the
Lee memorial Sunday at the First Meth
‘ odist church as first announced. All dis-
I ferences have been pleasantly arranged.
| Dr. Frazier will preach the sermon.
LORD ALFRED SAILS;
GLAD TO LEAVE US
NEW YORK. Jan. 17.-Lord Alfred
Douglas, former friend of Oscar Wilde
sailed for England yesterday by the White
Star steamship Teutonic. Lord Alfred said
he was glad to be leaving these shores
and was never coming back. He would
have nothing to say about the Metropoli
tan club of Washington and the withdraw
al by that organization of its visitors’
card issued to him at the request of one
of the attaches of the British embassy.
Nor woul<l he make any reference to the
sonnet which he wrote for The Herald
and dedicated to the club which had de
clined to have anything to do with him.
Lord Alfred’s face was clouded when
the reporters found him In his stateroom
clad In a long raglan.
“All I want to say,” he announced
gloomily, “to that I am very glad to leave
this country—very glad. And I will never
come back again,” l;e added impressively.
“This country is God forsaken.” And then,
pensively, “presently a Lord Douglas for
saken one.” '
“Would you like to make any statement
regarding the Metropolitan club?” he was
asked.
“I wish you would go away,” he said.
The reporters went.
IEOOM .
ROAD K SUCCESS
LARGE ORDERS FOR MATERIAL
HAVE BEEN GIVEN—WILL GO
OVER ROUGH COUNTRY.
TALLULAH FALLS, Ga.. Jan. 18.-Pre
liminary preparations looking toward the
construction of the Tallulah Falls rail
way to its objective point, Franklin, N.
C.. continue to manifest themselves In this
section. A very large order for trestle
timber has been given out and contractors
are in daily consultation with the able
general manager of the road, Stanhope Ir
win. • , .
■ That the road will be built to Franklin
is almost a certainty now. and when com
pleted no line of travel will be better
patronized. Mr. Gilchrist, formerly of
Montgomery. Ala., is the civil engineer of
the construction work now under way. and
with him at the helm success is assured.
For though many miles of the new line
will enter a country as rough as the scen
ery is grand, nevertheless Colonel Gil
christ. whose engineering feats in Dakota
and Minnesota were the envy of his col
leagues, indicating the power of his mas
terly brain and guiding hand, will, if left
alone and given a free rein, be a prime
factor in bringing this work to a complete
and satisfactory finish.
This new railroad will open up a sec
tion of country almost unknown to the
citizens of our state. Its agricultural
lands, its glorious forest timber and mln
eral wealth will indeed be a revelation to
many.
Options are being now bought and sold
on timber, water power, mineral and
much more besides. There is something
left, and always will be, that np man
can control in this glorious mountain re
gion, and that is climate. And as a re
sult of climate, “good health.” It is the
cheapest thing in these mountains today—
for it is free to all comers, rich and poor
alikf.
ROBERT BURNS CLUB ~
WILL HAVE BIG BANQUET
Preparations are being made for the,
celebration of Robert Burns’ birthday by
the admirers of the Scotch poet in Atlanta
and the occasion this year promises to
eclipse all previous efforts.
The celebration will take place on Sat
urday night, January 25, at the Kimball
house, where the Burns club has arranged
for an elaborate banquet after the usual
Scotch order. The usual refreshments
will be served, including haggis, the
Scotch dish of chopped meat, always
to be had upon such occasions.
The evening will be marked by informal
ity throughout. The program which is
now In process of preparation will In
clude speeches and selections from the
poet. Hon. J. H. Lumpkin, presiding
judge of the Fulton superior court, who
has delivered the chief address at the
celebrations for several years will again |
be the speaker this vrar.
Horse Sense.
” Any fool can take a horse to water,
bnt it takes a wise man to make him
drink,” says the proverb. The horse
eats when hungry and drinks when
thirsty. A man eats and drinks by the
S clock, without re
gard to the needs of
nature. Because of
careless eating and
drinking ” stomach
trouble” is one of
commonest of dis
eases. Sour and bit
ter risings, belch
ings, unnatural ful
ness after eating,
dizziness, headache,
and many other
symptoms mark the
beginning and pro
gress of disease of
the stomach.
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en Medical Discov
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the stomach and
other organs of di
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organs which have
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allied organs of digestion and nutrition.
It strengthens the stomach, purifies the
blood, cures obstinate cough and heals
weak lungs.
«I was taken with Grippe, which resulted in
heart and stomach trouble,’' writes Mr. T. R.
Caudill. Montland. Alleghaney Co., N. C. "I
was unable to do anything a good part of the
time. I wrote to Dr. Pierce about my condition,
having Gill confidence in his medicin*. He ad
vised me to take his ‘ Golden Medical Discovery.’
which I did. Before I had finished the second
bottle I began to feel better. I have used nearly
six bottles. I feel thankful to God for the bene
fit I have received from Dr. Pieree’s Golden Med
ical Discovery. I can highly recommend it to
all persons as' a good and safe medicine.”
Dr. Pierce’!} Pleasant Pellets keep the
bowels healthy.
JACKSON PYTHIANS
VICTIMIZED BY
IBJILIFF
HE \CAUSES AUDIENCE, WHICH
HAD GATHERED TO SEE INSTAL-
LATION OF OFFICERS, TO
BE DISMISSED.
JACKSON. Ga., Jan. 18.—The Knights
of Pythias In Jackson are angry today
because J. E. Wells took it upon himself
last night to disperse a meeting which
had gathered to witness the installation
of some new officers. S. J. Hall and Wal
lace Rhodes, of Atlanta, were invited
here to install the new offlcers, and. ar
rived yesterday afternoon. The installa
tion was to take place in the superior
court room. A large crowd had gathered
to witness the exercises, and while wait
ing for the Knights to appear, Colonel
Threatt Moore, at the request of J. E.
Wells, announced that there would be
'no installation exercises.
It is said that the trick was put up by
parties who are sore over an election
held in the lodge here some time agot
Colonel Moore was an innocent party to'
the scheme and no blame is attached to
him.
The following has been is
sued by the lodge here explaining their po
sition in the matter:
“To the citizens of Jackson: We the
undersigned members of the Jackson
lodge beg to apologize so those who gath
ered at the court house last night at an
invitation to witness the public installa
tion of the offlcers of the Jackson Lodge
K. of P. One J. E. Wells, without proper
authority represented to Col. J. T. Moore,
that he had been Instructed to declare
that there would be no installation as
contemplated, and thereupon Wells’ re
quest Mr. Moore did makp such an an
nouncement. We attach no blame to Mr.
Moore. We regret these unseemly pro
ceedings. They were unwarranted and
malicious and condemned by the best ele
ment of the Jackson lodge. We have
apologized personally to our. visiting
guests.
“Respectfully. - ,
“B. P. Bailey, R. B. England, R. 8.
Brown, C. W. Buchanan. C. P. Car
michael. W. J. Wood, L. M. Crawford, R.
A. Franklin. A. T. Buttrill, W. H. Mal
lett, H. S Williams. J. A. Warren. K. T.
Bailey, B. F. Watkins. W. M. Brown and
Z. T. Buttrill.”
When the announcement was made that
there 1 would be no exercises there was
great disappointment and the crowd dis
persed. The indignation of the members
of the lodge was great when they learned
of the trick that had been played on them.
J .E. Wells, who Is said to have been the
cause of the affair Is the Mhillff who raid
ed the Indian Spring poker room last sum
mer and who achieved considerable noto
riety as a result. The members of the
lodge are angry with him today, and some
sensational developments may follow.
SENATOR MALLORY’S
SISTER PASSES AWAY
PENSACOLA, Fla., Jan. 18.-Mrs. T. F.
Kennedy, sister of Senator 8. R. Mallory,
died yesterday in New Orleans after an
illness of several weeks. The remains will
be brought to this city sos Interment. The
funeral will possibly occur tomorrow af
ternoon. and the Interment will be made
at St. Michael's cemetery, in this city,
where sleep the lovable lady's aged and
noted parents. Senator Mallory is in
Washington, attending congress, but a
message received here last night says he
will be here for the funeral. The Mallory
family are nearly all here.
GUERRY WILL SPEAK
AT MONTEZUMA
MONTEZUMA. Jan. 18.—The Phil Cook
chapter U. D. C., of Montezuma, will cele
brate General Lee’s birthday on January
20th. Hon. Dupont Guerry. of Macon, will
deliver the address. Crosses of honor will
be presented to the veterans by Mrs. J.
E. DeVaughn, president of the chapter.
An elaborate program consisting of music
and short talks has been arranged. The
exercises will be held in the chapel of the
Montezuma Institute.
Deep Mystery Baffles Truth.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 16.—The victims
of the mysterious murder and assaults
of yesterday In the Polish colony in
Spring Alley are still In a precarious con
dition. and their turn for life or death
Is yet uncertain.
SHAW & CAMP~
SELL MACHINERY
In this issue of The Journal, is an ad
vertisement of Shaw & Camp, who sell ;
many famous brands of machinery. Their
large warehouse, at 47 South Forsyth
street, is filled with a fine stock of various
engines and machines. They buy outright
from the makers and sell at a small profit
cr> tsrros.
COMMISSION FILES
CHICKAMAUGA
PAHKREPORT
DETAILED INFORMATION OF IM
PROVEMENTS AND CONDITIONS
IN MILITARY RESERVE
ARE GIVEN.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Jan. 18.—Th*
annual report of the Chickamauga-Chat
tanooga National Military Park Commis
sion to the secretary of war is just made
public. The report. In part, says:
• It appears from the report that we
have now 71.36 miles of Improved roads in
the park. There has been expended for
road construction and betterments, sll,-
077.57, which Includes the laying of nearly
four miles of standard paved guttering,
the building of 92 head walls with ham
mered atone coping, the hauling and
spreading of 6,004 cubic yards of gravel,
the construttlon of forty-two stone cul
verts. and the laying of 17,100 square feet
of stone revetment.
The only road construction, besides that
heretofore ordered and specified above,
which the commission desires, with your
approval, to build, during the coming
year, is the road from Rossville to Mc-
Farland’s Gap, a distance of 3.5 miles, be
ing the road over which the union army
withdrew from the Chickamauga field to
Rossville, at the close of the fighting the
evening of the second day. »
The central driveway of the park, which
passes through, or overlooks six of th*
seven battlefields embraced In the park
project, is, by the finishing of th* La
fayette road extension, now complete. It
is 30 miles long, and General
Sherman's battlefield at the north end of
Missionary Ridge, along the eight miles
of General Bragg's line of battle on that
ridge, through the centre of the Chicka
mauga field, and the thirteen miles be
yond it, over the theatre of General
Bragg's movements between his with
drawal from Chattanooga and his subse
quent movements previous to the battl*:
of Chickamauga.
The health of the ten square miles com
prising the Chickamauga Park has been
excellent, as has been that of the adjacent
region for several miles in all directions
around the park. There been no
death within its boundaries, and only one
case of typhoid and two of malarial fe
ver, all in one family, and all traced to *
the polution of a well, caused by drain-,
age from barn and house seeping into it..
These cases were a mile from the park. ||
The water supply in all sections of th*
park continues abundant and excellent.
The attention of the secretary is very
reluctantly called to the mutilation *f th*
official roatdrs of this commission in the
report of tae Indiana commissioners for’
the Chickamauga National Military Park. 1
In the published report of that commis
sion there is included, what purports to
be a transcript of the official roster of the
Union and Confederate armies as pub
lished by the national commission. An
examination shows various serious
gee/In the reproduction of thia official
ument, arising in part through omission *
of certain clauses in the text, in part
from direct changes, and in part by In
terpolations. each of these perpetuating
erroneous history and doing it under guise
of the authority of this commission. Thia
column also contains quite a number of
erroneous transcripts of authorised in
scriptions on Indian monuments and
markers, ax they appear the..field.
' This misuse of official documents and in
scriptions to the more to be regretted
since It must discredit a volume which
shows much excellent and valuable work.
SHAMROCKUijS. ■
NOW J CERTAINTY
SIR THOMAS IS DETERMINED TO
MAKE ANOTHER TRIAL FOR ’
AMERICAN CUP.
LONDON. Jan. 18.—A Shamrock TIL
make a trial to “lift” the America’s cup
Is now a certainty. The denials of such a
move by Sir Thomas Lipton are based
only on technical grounds, inasmuch as
a signing of a formal contract has not
been made.
There is no doubt that Sir Thomas ha*
arranged with William Fife to build the
new challenger, for when asked of it the
Irish baron made no denial. ,
It may also be added that the associa
tion of William Fife and George L. Wat
son in the construction of the next chal
lenger 1b likely to be even more intimate
than was forecast in yesterday's dispatch.
These two yacht designers are now appar
ently willing to form what amounts to *
partnership over Shamrock 111. That Mr.
Fife is to have the major share of th*
work in constructing the new yacht la
greatly due to Mr. Watson’s declination
to leave home again for any length of |
time, so long as his mother, who is in del- ■'
Icate health, remains alive. • >
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its Lookout Mountain ss a dealer In relies
and quaint curios, attempted to commit
suicide at his home in St. Elmo last
night by drinking a bottle of laudanum.
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