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REPORT MADE
TOTHEHDUSE
ON DEPOT
THE COMMITTEE TELLS OF ITS
WORK-REPORT INCL UDES
CORRESPONDENCE AND IT
SAYS WORK WAS IN VAIN.
The report of the joint committee of the
senate and the house of representatives
for the erection of a union passenger sta
tion in Atlanta, appointed under a reso
lution adopted last year, has been com
piled by the state printer and is being
attributed among the members of the
-house and the senate.
The report is a rather voluminous pam
phlet. containing vi printed pages, and
gives In full all the work that has been
done by the joint committee in its efforts
to build a union passenger station upon
the state site in Atlanta. It contains all
the correspondence the committee had
with the various roads entering Atlanta,
with the city council, and with the archi
tects who were empowered to draw up
plans for the erection of the new depot
here.
The first letters in the report are those
from the presidents of the different roads,
announcing their willingness to co-operate
•with the state in the erection of the new
depot, provided suitable room could be
found on the state cite to accommodate
the growing demands upon a union pas
sen ger station in Atlanta.
The report further shows that, in com
pliance with the request of President
Samuel Spencer, of the Southern road,
a meeting of the committee and personal
representatives of all the roads was held
in Atlanta, in the building, on
February 19, 1902. and that at this meet
ing it was decided to have the leading
architects of the city submit plans for
the erection of the new passenger sta
tion. Several of the architects replied,
and. owing to his eminence in his profes
sion. Mr Bradford L. Gilbert was desig
nated to draw the plans. No money for
this purpose having been appropriated,
the money was raised by voluntary con
tributions.
On February 26. 1902. President Spen
cer wrote to the committee, laying be
fore it the difficulties of erecting a pas
senger station on the site owned by the
state, but announcing the determination
of the Southern to co-operate with the
state if feasible plans could be secured.
On March 31st. Mr. Gilbert submitted
rough plans for the erection of the de
pot. in which he recommended the clos
ing of Pryor and Loyd streets, the rais
ing of the tracks and the erection of the
depot of steel. This plan provided for
the erection of nine through elevated
tracks, with passenger waiting rooms, ex
press and freight offices and the like on
the ground floor, beneath the tracks. He
estimated that the actual construction of
the depot would occupy about one year.
It Anally, however, became impossible
for the ccmmittee to secure the consent
of ail the railroads to enter the new pas
senger station upon the terms demanded
by the state, and the different corres
pondence to this effect is printed in the
report, which ends with the following
statement from the committee, signed by
all its members:
"Thus it becomes apparent that the in
ability of your committee to obtain the
consent of all the railroads at present en
tering the union passenger station to the
building of a union passenger station on
the state's property on which union pas
senger station now stands, and the refu
sal of the mayor and council of Atlanta
to consent to the occupancy of any portion
,o Wall street by L.e proposed structure.
• rendered further progress in the efforts
of your committee to erect the proposed
station under the terms of the act of the
general assembly Impossible. The provis
ion of the law under which we were act
ing that a contract must be entered in
to by each of the roads entering the city
of Atlanta to become the tenants of the
state or of the lessees of the state road
unless the termination of the present
‘ lease, was fatal Os course the state has
the right to condemn so much property
as may be necessary for the purpose of a
new station, but your committee was not
clothed with this power. They could do
nothing to protect the interest of the state
v thout the consent and co-operation of
railroad companies whose interests do
-not harmonize with the interest of the
■state.
•This committee was not raised for the
purpose of advising the general assem
bly and it will not presume to do so. but
ft has been demonstrated through these
■negotiations between this committee and
the railroads, that no agreement can ever
be reached between the conflicting In
terests. and that If the value of the state's
railroad, now worth twelve millions of
dollars, is to be preserved, provision must
be made for the erection on the present
site of a union passenger station without
. waiting for the assent and approval of
any person or corporation.
•It is the opinion of your committee
that a union passenger station con
trolled by the state is essential to the pro
tection of the state's property and that
a failure to build a union station will de
crease the value of the state road to
an extent which cannot be estimated at
this time. It is our opinion that this is
a vital question to the Interests of the
state and one that merits your most earn
est consideration.
••Respectfully submitted.
A. D. CANDLER, chairman;
•THOMAS EGLESTON,
"JOHN N. HOLDER.
"J. FERRIS CANN.
"W. A. KNOWLES.”
Coronation medals mads of gun metal have
been presented by the king to the household
police at Windsor Castle.
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Send me no money—simply a postal card,
stating the book you need.
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Restorative. Tou may test it a month to
prove what it can do. If it succeeds, the
cost is 15.50. If it falls. 1 will pay the
druggist myself.
I will leave the decision to you.
I risk those six bottles on the faith that
my Restorative will cure. I have risked
, tnem tn hundreds of thousands of cases.
. and 39 out of 40 have paid because they
got well.
Otherwise not a penny is wanted.
After a lifetime of effort I have learned
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ALMOST UNDER
ENGINE'S WHEELS
THE NARROW ESCAPE OF YARD
MASTER J.T. ELLIOTT.
He Rolled Off the Track Just In Time
to Save Himself From a Horri
rible Death.
PITTSBURG. Pa.. Oct. 29.—Yardmaster
J. T. Elliott had a narow escape from
death in the Pennsylvania railroad yards
which was atended by circumstances
that were peculiar in more ways than
one.
He had just thrown a switch and was
crossing the track in front of an engine
when he was seen to stagger and then
suddenly to collapse. He fell almost
under the pilot but fortunately rolled
off the track to one side. He was not
injured.
“After that.” said he to a reporter, “I
made up my mind to quit work. The
fall which might have cost me my life
was caused by a nervous trouble and
might occur again at any time.
"But you don't seem to have the trou
ble now.” remarked the newspaper man.
"No. 1 am all right now. Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills for Pale People brought me
around again after the doctors had
nounced me incurable. The trouble began
with a severg pain in the legs and the
physician at that time said .. was mus
cular rheumatism. He gave me medi
cine w’hich 1 took for some time without
seeing any improvement. The pain con
tinued and my strength kept ebbing away.
I noticed that I was not as agile as I
used to be and could not catch and
climb a moving car as readily as I once
did. Then came my narrow escape and
1 gave up work.
“A different physician -this time said 1
had locomotor ataxia, but I only grew
worse under his treatment. I began to
have attacks of vomiting, one of which
lasted for sixteen aays. I grew thin as
a skeleton and very weak. Finally I had
a consultation of three Pittsburg phy
sicians and they pronounced me incura
ble. The pain in my body and legs con
tinued to increase and became so severe
that I had to take morphine sometimes
to get a little relief. I became just about
helpless with no control of my legs.
“During the Christmas holidays in 1901
a friend in lowa City sent me a clipping
from a newspaper telling of a remarka
ble cure of locomotor ataxia in the case
of D. C. Peak, of Milwaukee, Wls., by
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People.
So I began taking them. I followed direc
tions carefully and soon began to im
prove. It was gradual but sure and now
I am like another man. I can go around
and took a three weeks’ trip a little while
ago without experiencing any bad re
sults. I have not had a pain or a vomit
ing spell since I began taking Dr. Wil
liams’ Pink Pills.”
Mr. Elliott was in the employ of the
Pennsylvania railroad for fourteen years
as brakeman, then conductor and finally
as yardmaster. He lives at No. 5815
Parker street, Pittsburg, Pa., and is
ready to corroborate the above state
ment His cure from locomotor ataxia
is only one of many accomplished by Dr.
Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People and
furnishes aditional proof that this is not
ar. ordinary medicine. Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills are wonderful in their potency
in nervous troubles, small or great, and
as they are on sale in every drug store
throughout the country, they are within
reach of all. That they cured such a
severe nervous disorder as that of Mr.
Elliott, proves the power of the remedy
in lesser troubles, such as sciatica, neu
ralgia, nervous headache. St. Vitus’ dance
and nervous debility.
At all druggists, or direct from Dr.
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.
Y.. fifty cents per box; six boxes for two
dollars and a half.
VETFINDSGOMRADE
AFTER 37 YEARS’
SEARCH
THEY FOUGHT TOGETHER BRAVE
LY AT JONESBORO AND HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO FIND
EACH OTHER.
MACON, Ga.. Oct. 28.—A letter was re
ceived in Macon yesterday that contained
a greeting from a Confederate veteran
in Rosser, Ala., to another in Macon. The
two had been looking for each other for
the past 37 years and had not been able to
locate each other until a few days ago.
The two men are C. P. Roberts, of
Macon, and J. A. Davison, of Rosser,
Ala. The mutual discovery was made in
this way:
About two weeks ago Mr. Davison sent
a letter to a Georgia, paper which gave
a vivid portrayal of how the union battle
flag was seen in the thick of the fight at
Jonesboro and how a gallant southern
youth, named C. P. Roberts, made a dash
for it, and was not expected to be seen
alive again. The paper ended by asking
if any one could give any Information
about the man who .made the heroic at
tempt to take the flag and was himself
captured.
Judge A. L. Miller saw the .letter and a,t
once called the attention of Mr. Robert*,
who wrote to his friend, asking him to
attend the reunion at Columbus. A reply
was yesterday received, which was in
part as follows:
"Is it possible that you are still among
the living and | have at last located
you? I can hardly realize it. Wish I
could tell you how much I have felt since
the receipt of your letter yesterday. It
would give me much pleasure to attend
the annual reunion at Columous which
you suggest. I can think of nothing that
would give me more pleasure than to
make the trip.”
Mr. Roberts tells an interesting story
not known to his friend how, after he was
captured and was being sent northward
through Tennessee to be imprisoned on
Johnson's Island, he leaped from a mov
ing train and took to the woods, making
his escape while shots were being fired
from the rear at every step.
BOTHA AND DELAREY
WILL VISIT AMERICA
LONDON, Oct. 27.—General Dewet in
formed a representative of the Associat
ed Press today that he would sail for
South Africa November Ist. He added:
"Botha and Delarey still intend paying
a visit to America.”
Engineer and Tramp Killed in Wreck.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 27.—The north
bound train on the Mississippi Valley,
which left here at 10:15 last night, was
wrecked south of Baton Rouge as a re
sult of running into a drove of cows. The
entire train was ditched.
Engineer Harry Kohlman and a negro
tramp were killed. Monroe H. Hughes,
the negro fireman, was fatally injured.
The passengers had miraculous escapes.
None of them were hurt.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOUBNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1902.
MANY GRAVES
YAWN FOR
NATIVES
CITIES IN THE ORIENT ARE AL
MOST DEPOPULATED BY RAV
AGES OF CHOLERA AMONG
ALL CLASSES OF PEOPLE.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 28.—The fearful
ravages of plague and cholera in the old
world are set forth in mail advices re
ceived by the marine hospital service.
From Manila Chief Quarantine Officer
Perry makes a conservative estimate that
the cases of cholera that have actually
occurred in the Philippine islands since
March 20 last, aggregate 75,000, with a
mortality of 75 per cent.
He says, under date of September 19.
that the disease has practically disappear
ed from those provinces first infected, but
those most recently affected are suffering
severely. The province of Iloilo and the
adjacent province of Negros are badly in
fected and the situation Is alarming. Some
of the towns In these provinces have lost
10 per cent of their population and the
epidemic continues severe.
In Japan the latest advices show that
there have been 4,349 cases and 1.650 deaths
from cholera. The cholera situation in
China is summed up as follows:
Provinces of Hunan and Shansi, the
cities report as follows:
Nanking, epidemic, 40,000 deaths; Foo
Chow, epidemic: Shouyang Helen, epidem
ic, 3.000 cases per day: Hsln Chou, epi
demic; Taiyuan Fu, epidemic; Hsia Oti
entse, epidemic; Shouyang, epidemic.
Shihlich. epidemic; Chenglochlen, epidem
ic; Kinkiang, reported; Nanchlngfu, re
ported; Cheoyang, reported; Hankow, re
ported; Tien Tsin, reported; Soochow, re
ported.
In Hong Kong since the beginning of
the outbreak there have beer\4s9 cases and
396 deaths. Notwithstanding this the lo
cal authorities declare the colony free
from plague infection.
According to the report of a represen
tative of the director general of the Egyp
tian health department the cholera epi
demic continues to claim a very large
number of victims. The number of infect
ed places increased to 1.557. The number
of cases registered during the week ended
September 15, amounted to 9,465, with 8,278
deaths.
Os the 28,520 cases of cholera registered
between July 15 and August 15, 23,884 were
fatal. During the four days from Sep
tember 15 to September 19 there were reg
istered 4,048 cases and 1.050 deaths.
Suez, betweea September 15 and Sep
tember 19, 29 fresh cases were registered.
In Damietta the dally number of cases
recorded is said to be 20.
Karnak and Luxor are also • Infected
with the disease.
In Alexandria during the week ended
September 15, 64 cases of cholera occur
red among Europeans, with 41 deaths, and
during the following days 35 cases and 25
deaths were recorded.
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prominent~men"will
ADDRESS DEMOCRATS
A rally of the Democrats of Georgia
will be held next Friday evening at the
Grand under the auspices bf the Toung
Men's Democratic League of Atlanta.
There will be speaking and music and
shouting for Democratic principles and
maybe an entertainment of some kind
after the rally at the Grand. The execu
tive committee of the league will meet
this afternon in the office of Van A.
Batchelor, president of the league, for the
purpose of discussing the advisability of
giving a banquet or some other kind of
entertainment to the distinguished Dem
ocrats who will be in Atlanta for the pur
pose of attending the rally.
Among the speakers at the rally on Fri
day night will be United States Senator
A. 8. Clay, United States Senator John
T. Morgan, Hon. Patrick Calhoun, Hon.
John Allen, of Mississippi, and others
whose names are equally well known to
the Democrats of this country,but who are
so far removed from the possibilities of
a presidential boom as to give tone and
character to the rally and preclude the
possibility of the thought that they are
speaking for their own interests or tor
anything else than the good of the party.
Invitations have been extended to the
Georgia senate, the house of representa
tives, state house officials, the mayor and
general council, city hall officials and
other prominent local men to attend the
rally and they will all doubtless avail
themselves of the opportunity for hearing
distinguished men who are coming to
Atlanta for the purpose of giving the
young men of the city and the benefit their
views upon the national questions that
are the issues of the two leading parties.
Hon. Patrick Calhoun is now in Texas,
but will arrive in Atlanta in time for
the rally, coming here especially for that
purpose. On his way here he will call
by for Senator Morgan and they will come
together.
SIGHT OFLUKE'CARSON
HAS BEEWRESTORED HIM
Luke Carson, an old and highly respect
ed resident of Savannah, is at St. Joseph’s
infirmary, where he has undergone a suc
cessful surgical operation, resulting in the
restoring of his eyesight.
Mr. Carson’s first visit to Atlanta was
in 1840. He is a careful observer and his
talks of old times in Savannah are as in
teresting as a fascinating novel.
The "ante-bellum days” and the people
whose names are historic are familiar to
him and come back as real as if tney
walked and talked again in like.
EMPERoFfRANCIS JOSEPH
HAS A NARROW ESCAPE
VIENNA, Oct. 27.—While Emperor
Francis Joseph was driving from his
country place at Schoenbrunn today the
horses attached to his carriage became
unmanageable and he jumped out of the
vehicle and walked the remainder of the
distance to the Hofburg.
No one was hurt but great excitement
was caused by the rumors to the effect
that the emperor had been ljured.
CASTOR 1A
For Infants and Children.
fiid Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of
+ ♦
♦ SECRETARY WILSON ♦
+ THANKS THE JOURNAL ♦
4> POULAN, Ga., Oct. 11. +
«i* Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga.: ♦
4> Gentlemen —I want to thank +
4> you for full and correct reports +
+ you gave of our recent nut <•
4* growers’ convention and son the ♦
4* kind editorials in reference to 4*
4* the Industry. , 4>
4* Very truly yours, +
4* J. F. WILSON, ♦
4* Secretary National Nut Grow- ♦
er s’ Association. 4*
4» ♦
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ROOSEVELT CELEBRATED
BIRTHDAY MONDAY
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—President
Roosevelt today quietly celebrated the
44th anniversary of his birth. He was
down in his office early, going over some
matters with Secretary Cortelyou, who
had just returned from Canton.
Many messages of congratulation were
received and numerous remembrances ar
rived during th -’ morning. Among the hit
ter were many flowers.
A committee representing the Hungarian
club, of New York, of which the president
is an honorary member, in accordance
with their custom for several years, called
to congratulate him upon his anniversary.
The committee consisted of Marcus
Braun, president of the club; Julius Wolff,
John Blau and Edward Kohn.
Several members of the cabinet also
called to extend their congratulations,
Secretary Hitchcock being the first to ar
rive.
OPERATORS KICKING
ON THE ONION
AGAIN
_____ *
BAER OBJECTED TO MITCHELL AS
REPRESENTATIVE OF ORGAN
IZATION—MITCHELL RE
PLIES.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 28.—Before opening
the proceedings the members of the com
mission representatives of the contesting
factions were photographed. Judge Gray,
the president of the commission, then
read the order creating the commission,
and in a general way outlined the pro
ceedure to be followed in the presentation.
He stated that, in accordance with the
Immortal practice among English speak
ing peoples, the commission would first
receive the statements of demands of the
miners who were to be regarded for the
purpose of this case as the prosecutors.
The reply of the other side would then be
heard. Judge Gray said, in order that the
commission might have before it a defi
nite issue.
At the conclusion of Judge Gray’s re
marks, President Mitchell stated that he
had with him the fdrmal demands made
by the miners upon the company and at
the suggestion ot Judge Gray he read the
statement of the miners’ demands adopted
by the Shamokin convention, the rejec
tion of which resulted in the strike. Wal
ter Edward Weyl was also present as a
representative of the miners. The hear
ing room was crwwded with theypeople
Interested In the c:hse and with spectators.
President Baer objected to the appear
ance of Mr. Mitchell as a representative
of the United Miners’ Union of Ameri
ca and added that he had no objection to
offer against Mr. Mitchell’s appearance as
a representative of the United Coal
Miners generally. Mr. Baer’s object was
to avoid the recognition of the mine work
ers’ union as an order.
Mr. Mitchell replied that the objections
raised as to his status were not involved
in the case. He said that he appeared as
a representative of the anthracite coal
miners, and distinctly refrained In his re
ply from mentioning the union.
LABOR AND CAPITAL
MEET PEACEMAKERS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—While the coal
strike commission was in session the mine
operators proposed to place a special train
at the disposal of the commission if it
was desired to visit the mines.
After adjournment the commission in
executive session decided to reject this of
fer of the operators.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The anthra
cite coal strike commission met at 2
o’clock this afternoon in the hearing room
of the Interstate commerce commission.
All the members of the committee were
present, occupying seats on the bench.
Mr. Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers, and District President
Fahey appeared for the miners, and the
coal carrying roads were represented as
follows:
President Baer, of the Reading rail
road; E. B. Thomas, chairman of the
board of the Pennsylvania Coal com
pany and Hilsdale Coal and Iron compa
ny; Alfred Walter, president of the Le
high Valley; W. H. Truesdale, president
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern; David Wilcox, vice president of the
Delaware and Hudson; John B. L. Herr,
vice president of the Scranton Coal Com
pany and Elk Hill Coal and Iron com
pany; J. H. Torrey, attorney for the Del
aware and Hudson, and G. I. Cowan, at
torney for the Lehigh Valley company.
The Preliminaries.
Notwithstanding there are quite a
number ot details to be arranged, the
members of the commission are hopeful
that they will be able to complete the
preliminary arrangements at one sitting.
So far as the operators and miners have
expressed themselves, they have indica
ted a willingness to subordinate their
desires in the matter of time and place
of hearing to the wishes of the commis
sion. It is the general understanding
that practically all the meetings for the
taking of testimony will be held in the
anthracite regions, and it is believed
that the commissipn will be able to get to
work during the present week.
Another preliminary question which
will require attention is that as to the
questions to be taken up by the commis
sion. Mr. Mitchell, who reached Wash
ington at 2 o’clock this morning, accom
panied by District President Fahy, will
press for a very general inquiry, while it
is understood that the operators will seek
to restrict the inquiry.
Dr. Charles P. O’Neill, assistant re
corder of the commission, called on
President Roosevelt today to pay his re
spects. Although the president feels that
matters involved are now out of his
hands, he took occasion to impress upon
his visitors the great importance of the
investigation and the far-reaching char
acter of the results to be achieved.
FOUR WIVES LAND
FLORIDIAN IN JAIL
PENSACOLA. Fla.. Oct. 27.—A surplus
of wives has caused Silas Ramer, a white
man, to take up residence in the county
jail. He was arrested yesterday for con
temnt of court and the storv of a multi
plicity of wives has developed therefrom.
Although by no means handsome, Ra
mer, during the past ten years, has had no
less than four wives. Twft of these are
known to be living, and it was from this
surplus that his troubles emanated.
TOY SHIPS TO
INCRUSE
SPEED
ADMIRAL O’NEILL, OF ORD
NANCE BUREAU, WANTS ALL
ON BATTLESHIP TO BE REAL
FIGHTERS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27 —Admiral
O'Neill, of the naval bureau of ordnance,
in his annual report made public today,
says that the ordnance bureau wants 313,-
182,806 next year, of which amount $lO,-
000,000 is to be devoted to arms and arm
ament for the new warships.
Admiral O’Neill says that for the first
time in years the manufacture of armor
has progressed In a satisfactory manner;
612 tons were delivered at the various
ship yards during the year, with prospects
of largely increasing the deliveries.
No improvement worth speaking of
seems to have been made in the quality
of the armor of late. Guns, powder and
projectiles have each made a decided ad
vance, rendering it all the more necessary
that there should be an Improvement in
the quality of armor, but none seems
to be in sight at present.
With the exception of ignition and shell
powder, no black or other than smoke
less powder has been purchased or manu
factured for the navy since the Spanish-
American war. All new ships, beginning
with the Kearsarge and Kentucky, have
been supplied with outfits of smokeless
powder and, in addition, some thirty of
the old vessels have been thus supplied.
The manufacture of smokeless powder
during the past year has progressed in a
satisfactory manner, so far as quality Is
concerned. Though not so much as to the
amount delivered.
New Shell Is Invented.
The most interesting event during the
year in connection with projectiles. Is the
development of a new type of shell, com
bining the advantages of the armor
piercing with the common shell, that is,
having the perforating power of. the reg
ular armor-piercing projectlie with the
capacity for a large bursting charge. The
requirements for these shells on the esti
mate are that at a prescribed velocity
they shall completely perforate, unbroken,
a plate of hard faced armor, a calibre
in thickness, and then be in condition for
effective bursting. A number of shells
of this description have been ordered,
and the first three lots have successfully
passed the requirements. These shells
are fitted with soft caps.
A novel device tried during the year
was the “tracer,” which renders a shell
visible during the night to the gunner,
but invisible to the persons at the tar
get, this being accomplished by the inser
tion of a burning composition in the base
of the shell.
The use of the electric power for hand
ling guns and turrets Is unqualifiedly en
dorsed as better than any other system.
Progress of Artillery.
Admiral O’Neill finds that the best way
to illustrate the tremendous development
of artillery In late years is to cite two
cases, that of the six-inch gun and the
12-lnch gun. The former used to weight
only 4.8 tons, was only 30-caliber in length,
with a muzzle energy of 2,773 foot tons and
a practicable rate of fire of two and a half
shots per minute. The new type Is 50-cali
bers in length, uses smokeless powder,
weighs eight tons, can be fired eight times
per minute and has a muzzle energy of 5,-
83Q foot tons. In other words It is 600 per
cent more powerful than the old gun. The
12-lnch gun shows an Increase in energy
over the old gun of 35 1-2 per cent.
Admiral O’Nehl says that no such rate
of Increase is looked for in the near fu
ture.
There is to be a general revolution of
the batteries of the older ships.
Speed vs. Armament.
Admiral O’Neill has much to say re
specting speed versus armament. He ar
gues that a ship is naturally a compromise
between various necessities and says:
"All nations are afflicted with the speed
craze at Intervals and this country is no
exception, and unless each batch of new
vessels can equal or beat the world’s rec
ord, they are usually characterized as fail
ures, and in deference to public sentiment
the tendency is to design vessels of the
highest possible speed, irrespective of the
uses for which they are intended' and in
consequence enormous sums of money
have been expended by several countries
in producing large and fast vessels, which
have but trifling value for fighting pur
poses and today it requires no little moral
courage on the part of the designers to
subordinate the popular element of speed
to other qualities no matter how impor
tant the latter.”
Admiral O’Neill further says:
“It has always been the policy of the
United States to provide its vessels of all
classes with great battery power; that is.
to so arm them that they shall be superior
to foreign vessels of equal class in that
respect, and that sentiment still prevails;
and while, we have, in a few instances,
subordinated all other elements of speed.
It is not likely to occur again, and the
consensus of opinion at the present time
is in favor of applying large percentages
of weight for armor and armament rather
than to assigning it for the purpose of at
taining the last possible fraction of a
knot speed.
No Mistake Made.
“The bureau is convinced that no mis
take has been made in the adjustment of
speed armor and armament of these ves
sels. The best vessel Is not necessarily me
one that can most quickly get in or out of
battle or keep eut of battle, but is rather
the one that can remain in battle the long
est after she gets there.
"It Is safe to say that any vessels of
this class, of equal displacement having a
higher speed are deficient in some of the
important qualities which these vessels
have.”
Os the submarine boats, the report says
that no important development has taken
place during the past year, either here or
abroad, though quite a number of these
vessels have been built or are in course of
construction.
The last chapter of the report is devo
ted to an urgent plea for the better in
struction of officers and men In gunnery.
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miss jelTnTelawtell,'
OF GRIFFIN, IS DEAD
GRIFFIN. Ga.. Oct. 27.—Miss Jennia
Sawtell. daughter of Colonel J. P. Sawtell.
died this morning at 2:80 o’clock, after an
Illness of three weeks from typhoid fever.
Miss Sawtell was one of the most lova
ble young women in Griffin. She possessed
many noble traits of character, was gen
erous with her affections and abiding in
her fidelity to her friends. All who knew
her loved her. and sue happily possessed
the knowledge of winning people’s hearts.
Her death has brought sorrow Into every
home in the city.
What Goes Up
riUSTCOME DOWN.
Nothing is more certain than that the
use of so called tonics, stimulants and
medicines, which depend upon alcohol for
their effect, is injurious to health in the
long run.
What goes up must come down and the
elevation of spirits, the temporary exhil
aration resulting from' a dose of medicine
containing alcohol, will certainly be fol
lowed in a few hours by a corresponding
depression to relieve which anouier dose
must be taken.
In other words, many liquid patent med
icines derive their effect entirely from the
alcohol they contain.
Alcohol, and medicines containing it, are
temporary stimulants and not in any senrtf
a true tonic, m fact it is doubtful if any
medicines or drug is a real tonic.
A true tonic is something which will
renew, replenish, build up the exhausted
nervous system and wasted tissues of the
body, something tnat will enrich the
blood and endow it with the proper pro
portions of red and white corpuscles
which prevent or destroy disease germs.
This is what a real tonic should do and
no drug or alcoholic stimulant will do it.
The only true tonic in nature is whole
some food, thoroughly digested. Every
particle of nervous energy, every minute
muscle, fibre and drop of blood is created
from the food we digest.
The mere eating of food has little to do
with the repair of waste tissue but the
perfect digestion of the food has every
thing to do with it.
The reason so few people have perfect
digestion is because from wrong habits
of living the stomach has gradually lost
the power to secrete the gastric juice, pep
tones and acids in sufficient quantity.
To cure indigestion and stomach troubles
it is necessary to take after meals some
harmless preparation whicn will supply
the natural peptone and diastase which
every weak stomach lacks, and probaOiy
the best preparation of this character is
Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets which may
be found in every drug store and which
contain in pleasant palatable form the
wholesome peptone and diastase which
nature requires for prompt digestion.
One or two of these excellent tablets
taken after meals will prevent souring,
fermentation and acidity and insure com
plete digestion and assimilation.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are equally
valuable for little cnildren as for adults,
as they contain nothing harmful or stimu
lating but only the natural digestives.
One of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will
digest 1.800 grains of meat, eggs or other
wholesome food, and they are in every
sense a genuine tonic because they bring
about the only natural way a restorative
of nerve power, a building up of lost
tissue and appetite, in the only way it
can be done by the digestion and assim
ilation of unwholesome food.
FOUR ORPHAN sTstlrS
ENTER MUMFORD HOME
MACON. Ga.. Oct. 28.—Through the
recommendation of B. P. Oneal. of the
Parrott Lumber company at Richland
Ga., four little girls who are sisters, were
received at the Georgia Industrial Home
yesterday.
The little ones were met at the depot
yesterday morninc by Kev. W. E. Mum
ford, who is the founder and superinten
dent of the home and taken directly to
the Industrial Home farm which is two
miles from the city out on the Forsyth
road. Mr. Mumford said that the insti
tution w’as already crowded, having az
inmates about 250 orphan children, but
that he could not refuse them as long
r- they continuea to come to him from all
parts of the state.
He said that the children received yes
terday were left with an aged invalid
father in an utterly destitute condition,
being cared for each day by the good
people of Richland.
Dr. Mumford continued:
”1 was obliged to take them in for
there was nowhere else for them to go.”
SUPULMN.DF
SOLDIERS' HOME,
ISJEAD
BRAVE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
' I
DIES IN EATONTON AFTER AN
ILLNESS OF SOME WEEKS
FROM CARBUNCLE.
EATONTON, Ga.. Oct. 27.—Captain Jas.
L. Wilson, superintendent of the Georgia
Soldiers’ Home at Atlanta, died here this
morning. He had been ill for several
weeks. The end came at the home of his
son.
Captain Wilson’s death resulted from a
carbuncle on the back of his neck. He
recovered from an Illness caused by this
affliction once, but had a relapse from
which he did not rally.
During the civil war he was a member
of the Twelfth Georgia regiment, serving
with the Putnam Rifles. He was a brave
soldier and received several wounds in
battles. He had served as sheriff of Put
nam county and made a faithful officer.
Captain Wilson is survived by two sons,
his wife having died several years ago.
He was 63 years of age. and had been in
charge of the Soldiers’ home since it was
opened in 1901.
The funeral took place with Masonic
honors this morning, an! the interment
was at the old family buying grounds.
KING OF TROTTERS
WILL VISIT ATLANTA
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Oct. 27.—Cresceus.
king of trotters, will visit Atlanta on No
vember 6th. This decision has been finally
reached by Mr. Ketchum, the owner of the
great horse, and the foreign trip has been
abandoned.
Cresceus will make a tour of the south,
going through Georgia. Alabama. Florida
and other states, and giving exhibitions,
as follows:
Atlanta. November 6; Montgomery, Ala..
November 13; Macon, Ga.. November 20;
Birmingham, Ala., November 27; Augusta.
Ga.. December 4; Savannah. Ga., Decem
ber 11; Jacksonville. Fla., December 17;
New Orleans, December 25.
It has been proposed to have Bobbf
Walthour, the king of cyclists, go against
the great trotter unpaced for a mile, let
ting Walthour give Cresceus a slight han
dicap. The proposition has also been
considered by the fair directors and if
Mr. Ketchum, the owner of the trotter,
will consent the race will prabably be
put on.
DRANK TO HIS COUNTRY
THEN BLEW OUT BRAINS
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Alfred Petorson.
a Swedish piano maker of this city, after
being out of work some time, became
down-hearted. H.s friends told him to
cheer up. He told them he would be glad
to do so and invited them to form a par
ty at his house. The guests arrived and
after an evening of gayety Peterson arose
to propose a toast. He said:
“Here's to our dear fatherland, to which
my spirit will fly."
Peterson drew a revolver as he conclud
ed, and before his horrified friends could
interfere, he fired a bullet through Iris
brain and tell dead.
smi MJRIft
BURSTS OUT
IITUHE
WITH TERRIFYING NOISE AND
SHOCKS THAT REND EARTH,
GREAT MOUNTAIN BECOMES
AN ACTIVE VOLCANO.
NEW YORK. Oct. 28.—Since Saturday
morning the volcano of Santa Maria, in
the department of Quezaltenango, north- |
western part of Guatemala, has been In
eruption, cables the Herald correspond
ent at Managua. Nicaragua.
The eruption is attended with a terri
fying rear and shocks are felt all over
Nicaragua, Salvador and Cosca Rica.
No damage has been done here, but
there is great alarm.
Santa Marla has not been considered
an active volcano.. There are several
towns and villages near it. It is only
about ten miles from the recently ruined 1
town of Quezaltenango and fifteen miles ■
from Mezatenango, which has about six ‘
thousand residents. The height of the
volcano is 12,457 feet, or about three times
as high as Mont Pelee. in Martinique.
Guatemala suffered severely from
earthquakes several days last April when
many towns and villages along the Cor
dillera were either totally or partly re
duced to ruins. The town of Quezalten
ago and Amltitland, capitals respectively,
of the departments bearing the sama
names, were destroyed.
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
MAKE WAR ON WHISKY'
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 28—The year’s
meeting of the Society of Friends yester- '
day. at their closing session. Issued the fol
lowing call io all the Christian churches:
"To the Various Christian Bodies In
the United States: Dear Brethren In
Christ—We are confident in the belief that
the concensus of opinion of the profess
ing Christians of our land Is opposed to
the evils of the liquor traffic, and we find
a want of co-operation in practical effort
to give effect to this opposition, because
none of the propositions heretofore made ■
has met the approval of the general judg
ment of Christian people. We recognize
that this is the case in our own body and
we believe it is likewise true of others..
As a result, the church exerts far less In
fluence than it should, to prevent the ;
evils produced by this great cause of'
poverty and crime, and which is also, a
most serious obstacle tOjthe spread of the
gospel. We are deeply impressed with,
the conviction that an earnest effort
should be made to ascertain In what way
Christians can exert a united influence
In this cause and by what means they
may work together.
“We, therefore, invite the governing ‘
bodies of the various denominations of
Christians In the United States to appoint
delegates to represent them In a confer
ence to be held In the city of Washing
ton to begin on the second Wednesday ;
of March, in the year 1906. The decisions
of this conference should be reached only
in practical unanimity and therefore it is
unnecessary to indicate any limit to the
proposed representation.
"Believing that this proposition will
meet with your approval ants practical
co-operation we have appointed James
Wood, of Mount Klsco, N. Y.; Rufus M.
Jones, of Haverford, Pa.; Timothy Nich
olson, Richmond. Ind.; Benjamin F. True
blood, Boston, Mass., and Edmund Stan
ley, Wichita, Kan., with one additional
delegate from each of eleven yearly
meetings to represent us at the confer- •
enee.
"In the faith and love of Jesus Christ, ■
we are your friends.
(Signed) "EDMUND STANLEY,
•Presiding Clerk.
"EILWOOD O. ELLER, Recording
Clerk.”
(Signed by direction of the meeting.)
GUILTY MAN DECLARES
THAT HE OUGHT TO DIE
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 28.-Judge
Alford, in the criminal court today, passed
the death sentence on Ora Copenhave*-.
He will be hanged In the Michigan City
prison, February 12, next. On the way
back to jail. Copenhaver said:
"Well. I’ve nothing to live for. I did
the dastardly deed and I ought to die. I
don’t care.”
Copenhaver killed his wife because hs
was jealous of her.
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