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Vienna News.
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VIENNA,
OEORQIA.
Maxim Gorky has received the high
est tribute paid by the Russian" gov
ernment to Intellect and literary gen
ius. He has been summoned to appear
before a police tribunal to answer
charges of political offenses.
Another meritorious so-called mod
ern invention—the water-tight bulk
head—is now attributed to Chinese ex
perience. In a paper presented to the
Institute of Marine Engineers the use
of the bulkhead principle on Chinese,
junks from time Immemorial was
pointed out 1
President Angus M. Cannon in a dis
course at the Mormon Tabernacle In
Salt Lake City, Utah, severely re
proved the young people who marry
Gentiles. “Look around you,” he said,
“and you will see that many of our
girls have married outside of the
faith and many of our young men have
married women who are not of this
faith. They have forgotten the obliga
tions they are under.”
\ GEORGIA. }
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Brief Summary of Doings
Throughout the -State;
Beck Quits the Race.
Rev. A. J. Beck, of Clarkaton, has
withdrawn from the race for the
school commlsslonersbip. He retires
In favor of W. B. Merritt. This leaves
three men still In the field. They are
the present Incumbent, R. G. Glenn,
Mark Johnston and W. B. Merritt.
Relied Is Offered Stockholders.
Judge Bon A. Pardee, of the United
States circuit court, does not wish the
affairs of the Interstate Building and
Loan Association, of Columbus, to be
wound up In the courts, unless ^ils
course shall be deemed absolutely nec
essary, and has given the stockholders
an opportunity of reorganizing the as
sociation.
Sir Philip Burne-Jones, the English
artist, says every city has 1U own dis
tinctive odor. The Bmell of London Is
particularly pungent and rather un
pleasant, due ppsslbly to the smoke.
The odor of Paris Is entirely differ
ent, rather pleasant. The atmosphere
of Venice has a peculiar flavor of the
sea. The artist's sensitive qlfactories
found the odor of New York not at all
unpleasant. He says It approximates
a perfume.
For Widows of Slain Officers.
As soon as It became known through
out Atlanta that the wives of a num
ber of policemen had become widows
as a result of th riot of Saturday morn
ing, patriotic citizens realized that
steps should be taken to care for wid
ows and orphans, and voluntary sub
scriptions bpgan to pour In and the
Indications are that a handsome sum
of money will be raised.
ed the senate was taken charge of
by Senator Bacon, who secured a fa
vorable report from the Judiciary
committee, of which he Is a member,
and, with this, the prompt passage of
the bill.
The acknowledged facts concerning
this case of Mr. Mix seem to argue
that there Is every warrant for reliev
ing him from his responsibility as
surety. Mr. Holt, who was postmas
ter at Valdosta, was Indicted for em
bezzlement in the United States dis
trict court at Macon in 1894. In Jan
uary, 1895, Deputy United States Mar
shall Ayers induced Mr. Mix to be
come surety on the appearance bond
of Holt. Mix was not well acquainted
with Holt and signed the bond upon
the representation of Ayers that noth
ing would become of the case.
After having made this appearance
bond, the defendant appeared for trial
at both the May and November terms,
1895, of tbe court, and at each time the
case was continued by the govern
ment. Holt was on his way to appear
at the May term, 1896, when he and
i Mr. Mix was informed by Chief Dep
uty Ayers that they need not attend
court, as the case would never come
up. After an Investigation of the
books and accounts of the postmaster,
Holt, the claim of the government was
considerably reduced and tho amount
that was found to be due the govern
ment has been fully paid.
BILL ARP’S LETTER
Bartow Man Writes of Volcanoes
Earthquakes, Eto.
REVERTS TO ST. PIERCE CATASTEOPflE
8ays We 8hould Be Thankful that We
Live In a Section Secure From
8uch Calamities—Tells of
His School Days.
Efforts to End 8trlR© at Augusta.
An effort Is being made to terminate
the cotton mill strike at Augusta, now
In Its sixth week. A petition, circu
lated among the King mill operatives,
asking that the mill be started again,
has already been signed by several
hundred non-union employees. The
union workers express their determi
nation to remain out as long as the
commissary supplies their wants.
- Public opinion in our own country,
remarks the New York Commercial
Advertiser, Is so many-tongued, has
reached such greatness In volume and
liberty In scope that It is certainly
a unique phenomenon. Not only do
moro people have their say in our
country than In any other, but more
people have their say about more
things. “Brother Jonathan” has been
in danger of losing his character In the
largeness of his speech.
Rifle Practice at Macon.
The Georgia state encampment for
instruction in rifle practice will be
held at Macon, beginning June 7, to
last one week. Teams not to exceed
five men will be ordered to Macon
from each company In the state, and
in addition to rifle practice, Instruc
tion will be given In regular camp
duty, In guard mount, and, as far as
may-be possible, in drill.
Jailer John L. Whitman of Chicago
said the other day in a lecture before
a woman’s club on “The Cook County
Jail as a Moral Hospital,” that, In his
opinion, If the family history of a bank
defaulter were examined, It is prob
able that some one of his ancestors
would be found to have been a short-
weight grocer or a petty criminal
against society. “Crime,” he added,
"Is a disease, and Its only cure Is kind
treatment—not punishment, which has
the appearance of revenge."
Big Fair For Atlanta.
This fall Atlanta will have the big
gest fair and horse show In Its history.
The guarantee. fund of 110,000 has
practically been assured and It is only
a question of arranging the details.
The buildings at Piedmont park are
now in better condition than ever be
fore. They have- been improved dur
ing the past few years and these Im
provements have been kept up. As a
result, It will not take a very great
expenditure of money to make a splen
did fair and horse show a possibility.
London mothers have In some way
acquired the notion that the air of
the underground tunnels is good for
all manner of Infantile diseases, In
cluding croup, whooping cough, wind
colic and teething, and some of them
ride to and fro with their little charges
day by day for no other reason than
to submit them to its supposed cura
tive Influences. The theory, of course,
is a pure Illusion, apd English medical
men advance various explanations of
Its origin, none of them over-plausible.
The wonders of chemistry applied
to the production of “fake” foods are
easily explained to the public, yet
they are in some cases unbelievable.
It Is dlfllcult to understand, for In
stance, how the perfect imitations of
fruit preserves which are now on the
market can be produced from wbqlly
foreign materials. It would seem, too,
to the ordinary understanding, that
the Intricate chemical methods of imi
tation would cost more than the genu
ine process. But there is always, of
course, some margin of advantage to
the manufacturer in the making of an
imitation. The difference of a small
fraction of a cent in the cost of
pound of the commodity at wholesale
amounts perhaps to a substantial divi
dend to the stockholders of a big pack
ing. preserving or dispensing corpor
ation. The public has at least the as
surance that it chemistry can produce
these Imitations so that the ordinary
palate or eye cannot detect their na
ture, chemistry In turn can reveal the
fraud and therefore punish it, if the
Jaw Is properly framed and energeti
cally enforced, comments tbe Wash
ington Star. ‘ \
Will Greatly Benefit Cedartown.
The story of the sale of the East
and West railroad to the Seaboard
system means much to the develop
ment of the state and the various in
terests along the entire line of road
from Atlanta to Birmingham. But the
people of Cedartown and Polk county
aro especially concerned In the deal
and the future of this enterprising city
Is now absolutely assured in many
particulars.
Cedartown Is about half way be
tween Atlanta and Birmingham, and
will in all probability be the relay
point for all trains and crews on this
division. The railroad shops of tho
East and West are in Cedartown al
ready, and the same naturally will ob
tain under the new regime. Cedar
town furnishes more freight and traffic
to the East and West than all other
points along tho entire road, and re
ceives a like amount. The Central
of Georgia railway from Griffin to
Chattanooga is a competitor of the
Seaboard Air Lins, and this being the
largest town along the new division ,of
the Seaboard its business and impor
tance are apparent to all.
To 8tart Up on 8unday.
On Saturday the last spike will be
driven In the ling of the Atlantic and
Birmingham railroad between Fitzger
ald and Cordele, and Sunday the Hue
will be thrown open to the world for
business.
On that day another beautiful pas
senger train will be put on and a dou
ble dally service put Into operation.
The growth of the Atlantic and Bir
mingham In the past few years from a
tram road to a trunk line affords one
of the best Illustrations of railroad
evolution that has occurred within the
borders of the state of Georgia.
Appeal For Doltle Pritchett.
Another appeal hOB been made to
the prison commission for the pardon
of Dollte Pritchett, the young girl who
was sentened from Cherokee county
to life imprisonment in the peniten
tiary for Infanticide. At this hearing
her mother, Mrs. Pritchett, was pres
ent and agreed to allow the girl to be
sent to a reformatory until It was
thought tho was able to distinguish
between right and wrong.
The prison commission would have
pardoned the girl Some time ago If
consent had been given by her pa
rents to allow the young woman to be
sent to a reformatory. This Mrs
Pritchett would not do, and of course
the commission did not feel authorized
to release the girl. Now, however, a
favorable recommendation may be
made to Governor Candler.
Governor Acted Promptly.
During tho Incipient rioting In At
lanta Saturday every precaution was
taken by the governor, county and
city officials to prevent a general out
break. All the troops In Atlanta were
kept under arms in their armories,
ready at a moment’s notice to proceed
at once to any point where trouble
might he orewlng.
A heavy guard of 150 men was kept
on duty at the scene of the riot In
Pittsburg. Governor Candler declared
that he Intended doing everything In
his power'to prevent a repetition of
the trouble, and It was at his orders
that the military were kept In readi
ness to respond promptly to any
alarm.
The governor announced that the
lives and property of Innocent negroes
would be protected from mob violence
and he Instructed the officers In com
mand of the troops to see to It that
these orders were carried out. The
soldiers were told to prevent trouble It
possible, but to quell rioting at what
ever cost: His orders were:
“Don’t shoot until compelled to, but
when you shoot, shoot to kUl.”
This prompt and determined action
on the part of the chief executive
stimulated the military to action and
the soldiers went on duty fully prepar
ed to carry out the governor’s orders.
President Vetoed “Relief” Bill.
A Washington dispatch says: The
action of President Roosevelt in veto
ing the bill, recently passed by con
gress “for the relief of Harry C. Mix,
cf.Macon, on account of being surety
on the forfeited appearance or bail
bond of A. F. Holt, charged with em
bezzlement while postmaster at Val
dosta,” has called forth adverse criti
cism from senators and representa
tives who have Investigated the case.
The bill was Introduced In the house
by Judge Baftlett, and when It reach-
Georgia Cities Fare 8plendldly.
According to a Washington dlspatrh
the senate committee on public build
ings has agreed to amendments In
creasing tho appropriations for pub
He buildings at Athens, Macon and
Rome. The Athens appropriation Is
fixed at 1100,000 Instead of $75,000, as
in the honse bill. The appropriation
tor Rome will be $8,000, for an addi
tion of land to the present site.
The Macon appropriation, as now
agreed on. Is $120,000, and there 1s
possibility of an Increase of this to se
cure a still larger appropriation for
the purchase of land so as to cover the
half square upon a portion of which
the present building is located. The
bill has not yet been completed, and
It Is possible that there may be fur
ther. changes. The tendency of the
committee Is, however, against any
large Increases and against new build
ings for smaller cities. It is probable
this will stand In the way of Gaines
ville and ThomasvUle.
If you nave something to er'i let
the people know it. An advertisement
In this caper will do the work.
It Is a fitting time to think about
volcanoes, earthquakes and other In
ternal and Infernal things that are go
ing on In the bowels of the earth. We
can see upward and outward for mil
lions and billions of miles, but the In
side of this little world is all unknown.
We live upon its crust and eat and
sleep and dance and prance and fight
and talk war and politics and trusts
with no thought of how near we are
to the fires that are burning under
us nor when they will break out and
consume us all, as they certainly will
some time according to scripture.
Those Infernal fires have been burning
for thousands of years, and the myste
ry Is, why they have not- burned to
tbe surface long before this. Where
does the heat all go, and where are
the escapes—the chimneys—for smoke
and the ashes and lava? Surely these
few volcanos can't discharge It all.
The word volcano, or vulcano, as It
used to be called, comes from Vulcan,
the god of fire, and the ancients be
lieved that the old fellow had his
shops and furnaces down there, and
sometimes when he blowed the bel
lows too hard the fire bursted out
through a hole In some mountain and
the melted rock spouted up and run
over the tank and washed down in
the form of lava, which is another Lat
in word, and means to wash. Volca
noes are Vulcan’s chimneys and as
far back as we have history, sacred or
profane, these chimneys hal.e had
their periodic discharges. Some wri
ters believe that there was one of
these not far from Sodom and Go
morrah, and those cities were de
stroyed like Pompeii and Herculane
um, or more recently like St. Pierre In
Martinique.
A few years ago two of my boys
took a sea voyage from New York'to
Trinidad and stopped at all of these
little islands and historic points. They
told us of Martinique, where the Em
press Josephine was born and lived
until she was 15 years old, and whose
beautiful monument they saw. Un
happy lady! The world is still weep
ing for her. They climbed the heights
of this same volcano and looked down
into its crateV, for it was quiet and
peaceful and had not had an eruption
for fifty years. The island Is small,
very small, not quite as large as Bar
tow county, but had a dense and mon
grel population of 180,000 people—
chiefly Indians, negroes and Chinese.
The whites numbered less than 10,000,
of yhom only 1,200 were French. Just
think of It. Our county is about 25
miles square and Is quite thickly set
tled and has 25,000 people, while Mar
tinique had seven times as many' and
most of them negroes. These negroes
were all slaves until 1843. They live
chiefly on fruit and anything they can
pick up or steal. My boys amused
themselves by throwing dimes Into the
water that was from 20 to 30 feet deep
and the little negro boys would plunge
In and dive to the bottom for the mon
ey and always got It.
Then I got to ruminating about
Vesuvius and Pompeii and Herculane
um. I used to speak a speech about
ancient Greece' and Rome and Thebes,
and I always said Pompyeye and The
bees, for that was right then, and so
was Sisero for Cicero, but they have
got new ways now, and 1 don’t know
where I am at Vesuvius has been cut
ting up for more than two thousand
years. It has hod nine eruptions, but
there are still people living on its
slopes and cultivating them. Its enor
mous crater is two miles around and
2,000 feet deep, and the accumulated
lava sometimes raises' Its bring 800
feet during an eruption..
When Spartacus, the gladiator, was
beselged by the Romans, he, with
bis little army of seventy men took
refuge In that crater, for R was quiet
then, and killed 3.000 Romans who at
tacked them on Its brink. The great
orator, Cicero, had a beautiful villa
at Its base, but In the year 75 A. D.
old Vulcan fired up his furnace and
belched forth fire and smoke and lava
and ashes and burled those two cities
sixty-five feet deep, and changed the
sea shore and the river so that their
sites could not be found and when
found by accident they were two miles
Inland. For three centuries excava
tions have been going on and of late
with great energy, and the veritable
homes of. tMe cultured people have
been found fiUed with ashes and cin
ders that have preserved them all
these centuries. These -homes and
halls and churches and temples have
been cleaned out and even the paint
ings on the walls have been restored
and the beautiful marble sculpture
cleaned and renewed Just as it was
when the awful calamity occurred. The
celebrated sculptured figures of Lab-
coon and his sons strangled by a ser
pent ft as found to be In perfect con
dition. In some of these beautiful
homes of the wealthy the tables were
set tor a feast, and in the temple were
found the gold and silver adornments
that are usual In such places. In the
Temple of Juno there were the corpses
of 300 people who fled there for safety,
but Juno was powerless and they all
perished, just as did the 3,000 at St.
Pierre who fled Into the Roman Cath
olic cathedral.
The fate of all these cities was very
similar, for it was not lava that de
stroyed them, nor was at St. Pierre,
but a shower of cinders and ashes,
and these are preservatives of any
thing that they encase.
When we consider all such calami-
tfes a grateful and thoughtful people
will be thankful to our heavenly Fath
er that we live in a land remarkably
free from calamity or affliction. No
volcanoes hang their threatening
peaks over til. The noisome pesti
lence does not visit us by day or by
night. Cadaverous famine does not
darken our households with Its awful
distress, but we live In peace and In
plenty, and the lines have fallen In
pleasant places.
It Is a fitting time now for those who
like to read romance that Is founded
on fact to take up that good old book
of Bulwer’s, “The Last Days of Pom
peii,” and read it again.
I have just received a pleasant let
ter ]
from a North Carolina friend ask
ing me what I think of Carroll’s book,
“The Negro a Beast,” and he asks.
"Do you believe the nigger Is a beast?”
I answered.at the bottom of his letter,
“Which Nigger?”—B. A., In Atlanta
Constitution.
ALFONSO IN DANGER.
Anarchists Were Ready a id Pre*'
pared to Annihilate Young
King of Spain.
Advices from Madrid, Spain, state
that an anarchist plot against King
Alfonso has been discovered and six
arrests, including that of Gabriel Lo
pez, an employee of an insurance com
pany, have been made. Dynamite car
tridges were found on the premises
where Lopez was arrested. Lopez
says he received a package of car
tridges from another anarchist with in
structions to throw them at the mo
ment of the passage of the royal car
riage In Saturday’s procession.
The discovery of the plot against
the king Is confirmed by the newspa
pers. It Is now said that the nine dy
namite cartridges were seized. Fur
ther arrests have been made and the
prisoners Include six medical stu
dents, a printer, a carpenter and a
mason.
The captured cartridges are being
analyzed by military authorities.
According to the Madrid newspa
pers, the police have bad an inkling
of an anarchist pilot against the king
since last March, and In April they
discovered an anarchist meeting place
In a fashionable quarter of Madrid.
Three Andalusian anarchists ar
rived In the city May 2, and were ar
rested shortly after their arrival.
FIVE DIE IN COLLISION.
Passenger Crashes Into a Stock Train
With Frightful Results.
A special from Lincoln, Neb., says:
Five men were killed and six others
Injured, two of them seriously, in a
collision on the Burllng's Billings line
Saturday.
All of these, save the fireman,,were
riding in the smoking car at the time.
This car was reduced to kindling wood
in part '
The collision occurred a mile east of
Hyannls, Neb., between the Portland-
St. Louis flyer, eastbound, and an ex
tra utock train bound west, with twen
ty-five carloads of cattle. There is
nothing to Indicate who was responsi
ble for the two trains, moving In op
posite directions, being on the same
track.
A QUAKE IN VIRGINIA.
Earth Tremors and Ominous lium-
|bllngs Frighten lVarlsburg Citizens.
Pearlsburg, Giles county, Virginia,
reports that an earthquake of consid
erable severity was felt there Satur
day night about 11 o’clock. It was ac
companied by rumblings which lasted
some time
Philadelphia to New York.
The executive committee of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers
at a meeting Monday decided to move
the general offices of the association
from PhlladelpWa to New York.