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ECLIPSE A GREAT SUCCESS
Millions View Grand Phenomenon Along the
Path of Partial and Total Obscuration.
THE ASTRONOMERS SUCCESSFUL
Government and Collegiate Out
lay More Than Well Expend
ed In the Thousands of
Successful Photo
graphs Taken.
The eclipse of the sun Monday was
a phenomenal success and visible
throughout North America, Europe
and Africa, but total only in some
parts of Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia in the United Stater.
It was an event of first importance,
not only to astronomers hut So the
world at largo. It was unprecedented
in more than one respect. Its path of
totality instead of extending through
sparsely settled regions or running
over vast expanses of water, crossed
six states in a populous portion of
the country, all of the region being
easily accessible by rail or water.
It has been eleven years since a simi
lar event was witnessed, but the ad
vancement of astronomical science
and the marvelous improvements in
telescopes, photography aud electrical '
appliances insured more complete ob
servations than ever before known, j
The United States government and all 1
great educational institutions made |
elaborate aud coatly preparations to j
get the best possible observations,
and millipns of dollars were expended
in this way.
While great interest attached to the
eclipse itself, the object of tbo astron
omers composing the “eclipse expedi
tions” from all parts of the country
was not alone to observe the passing
of the moon beforo tbo sun, but the
study of the corona. This particular
branch of the many phenomena gener
ally attending an eclipse has always
been an unsclvable problem. It is the
belief of many astrouomers that the
eorona is a product of the sun and has
nothing to do with the earth or moon,
as formerly suspected.
Generally speaking, the observations
taken by the astrouomers Monday
were confined to threo separate lines
of work—the old method of tele
scopic observation, viowing of the
eclipse with tho naked eye and the
photographing of the phenomena of
the eclipse. The path of totality be
gan at the Pacific ocean, just west of
Mexico. It passed eastward across
Mexico, and entering the United States
near New Orleana, proceeded in a
northerly direction until it left the
continent close to Norfolk, Va.
Tho higher altitudes gave reason
able assurance also of clearer atmos-'
phere and at this season of the year 1
less clouds are generally found, es- i
pecialiy in Alabama, Georgia and
North Carolina. While the eclipse
was visible all over the country, it j
was only within a path of about 55 !
miles iu width, extending from New
Orleans to Norfolk that the obstruc
tion was complete. It will be readily j
seen, therefor®, that a difference of
five miles iu this belt made a differ
ence of one-fifth in the matter of time
iu which the obstruction could bo wit
nessed and a position near the central
line of totality increased iu geometri
cal proportion to the stupendous gran
deur of the phenomenon.
Then it crossed the Atlantic, touch
ed Portugal, and afterward passed
across northern Africa, leaving the
earth finally near the northern end of
the Red Sea. In this country the
cities of New Orleans, Mobile, Mont
gomery, Raleigh and Norfolk were in
the totality path. Resides these cities
the path of darkness included thirty
other towns, which are large enough
to have their names on the map. Few
if any observatory parties were located
at the large cities for tho reason that
they lucked the altitude, and an unob
structed view for any distauce was not
to bo found.
At Barnesville, Ga., where the gov
ernment observing station was located,
the weather was very good, and the
conditions nuder whioli the observa
tions were made were good. The pro
gram was carried ont without inter
ruption, without accident or delay.
Twenty photographs were secured on
the live cameras mounted on the polar
axis, and four photographs w’ith the
large photc heliograph. The trans
parency of the sky was good and the
steadiness of the air was excellent;
iu fact, is was unusually good. As
far as known the observations were
entirely successful.
Eye observations of the solar prom
inences aud also the corona wore
made, aud also observations of the
shadow bands both by eye and by
photography. Professor H. C. Lord
also made entirely successful obser
vations, and although of such a char
acter as to make exceedingly sharp
| work necessary at critical moments,
he seems to have succeeded admirably.
The photographs will probably be
developed in Washington.
Everything was in readiness weeks
ago at Tbomaston, Ga., where the
Lick observatory expedition had a
Bplendid site. Astrouomer-in-charge,
Professor W. W. Campbell, brought
several tons of scientific instruments
all the way from Mouut Hamilton,
Cal., aud was the first astronomer to
reach tho coveted shadow path. He
was assisted by a splendid corps of
assistants.
The eclipse as viewed at that point
was a perfect success, both from an
astronomic and popular standpoint.
What results have been accomplish
ed will not he known uutil the forty
threo photographs taken during the
period of totality have been developed,
At Siloam, Ga., the observations
were a complete success. The sky
was clear at this point and tho full
program of the eleven photograph ex
posures was carried out. The corona
uppeared strikiugly like that of the
eclipse in India in 1898.
In South Carolina the day was
cloudless and the special agents of
tho government were afforded a sple*-
did opportunity to study the phenom
ena of the eclipse. Representatives of
the government weather bureau made
extensive observations at Newberry.
The South Carolina college was at
Little Mountain, the University of
Virginia at Winusboro and other bu
reaus and institutions had observation
parties at 29 points in the belt of to
tality in the state.
In Columbia the stars came out and
for 89 seconds tho sun’s light was ob
scured. There was an unnatural green
ish halo over tho surrounding couutry
aud the temperature fell 10 degrees.
At Rutgers college eclipse station at
Winnsboro, S. C., twenty photographs
of the sun were secured during the
totality with different cameras aud un
der varying times of exposure.
Observations of the eclipse for tho
weather bureau were taken at the
Tuskegee Normal aud Industrial in
stitute at Tuskegee, Ala. A perfect
crescent with decided diminution of
light was visible at 7:13, and totality
ensued at 7:38, its length being one
minute and 15 secouds. At the in
-1 slant of totality a cold wave seemed to
pass over the earth aud stars were
plainly visible.
The day was anything but one of
rest to those who represented the Har
vard and Blue Hill observatories, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
oly, St. Louis university, St. Xavier
university and Creighton observatory,
Omaha, Neb., all stationed at Wash
ington, Ga.
A clear sky and ideal weather pre
vailed at the hour it was most wanted
and splendid results followed.
Ab ViKWED ABROAD.
At Ovar, Portugal, the weather was
clear, and the English expedition ob
served the eclipse satisfactorily.
• At Tripoli the eclipso expedition,
under Professor Todd, of Amherst
college, completed successful observa
tions with twenty telescopes, includ
ing a twenty-four-inch telescope. The
corona was for fifty-two seconds and
was an exact duplicate of that of Jan
uary, 1889, completely confirming the
eleveu years’ period of corona variation
at tho sun spots. The weather was
splendid.
The conditions in London for ob
servations of the sun’s eclipse were
fair. The day was somewhat cloudy,
but at 2:47 p. m. the sun shone out
brightly and the circular shadow over
the disc was remarkably clear cut.
The sun was intermittently obscured,
but the observer had ample opportu
nity to obtain valuable results.
Intense interest was displayed in
the solar eclipse in Madrid, Spain. A
number of excursion trains were run
|to Argamavilla. Elshe, Navalmoral
1 and Plazeucia, where astronomers
from all countries of Europe assem
bled. M. Flauimarion reported from
France and Joseph Norman Kockyer,
Great Britain.
Bright sunshine and a cloudless sky
prevailed everywhere. The British
astronomers assembled took photo
graphs every ten secouds.
The eclipse was observed at Algiers
under fine conditions. The sky was
almost cloudless and the atmosphere
almost transparent. Observing par
ties were present from England,
France, Germauy, Italy and Switzer
land, the largest being tho British.
As totality approached the effect was
weird. •
When the last ray of sunlight faded
the corona instantly shouo forth, un
usually large and brilliint, extending
to Mercury, shining with intense white
luster two degrees away.
The shape of tho corona was almost
exactly that of the eclipse of 18*8 as
seed in the United States; namely, two
wings, one shooting nlmost vertically
upward aud the other downward, both
almost exactly on a solar equator.
| MORGAN OPPOSES MEASURE
Declares Spooner Philippine Bill
Gives President Too Aluch
Power.
Discussion of the Spooner Philip
! pine bill was continued in the senate
I Friday by Mr. Morgan, of Alabama.
On tho general question of the owner
ship and government by the United
States of the Philippine Islands he
was in accord with Senator Lodge, but
he regarded the pending bill as un
wise and dangerous legislation be
cause of the great power it placet! in
the hands of the president. He was
satisfied, however, that the measure
would not be passed by this congress,
aud declared that it was being used as
a foil to thrust aside the Niearauga ca
nal bill.
Much of Senator Morgan’s speech
was devoted to the canal bill and to
denunciation of the efforts to prevent
its enactment at this session. Mr.
Morgan attacked the Spooner measure
as concentrating all the power over
the Philippines in the president of
the United States. It was legalizing
absolutism and took away from tho
senate the power to confirm the ap
pointments of the president.
STOPPED BY A MOB.
Jclin Moran, Alleged llapUt, Back In the
Atlanta Jail.
John Moran, a negro charged with
assaulting a white women in Floyd
county, Ga., was taken from the Tower
in Atlauta Friday morning and started
on the way to Rome for trial.
Had Deputy Sheriff W. G. Duuehoo
not been stopped at Cartersville a
lynching would have undoubtedly oc
curred at Freeman's, on the Rome
railway.
A band of 100 to 150 determined
men, grimley silent and thoroughly
masked, flagged the train and search
ed it thoroughly, but were foiled by
quick work of the officers.
Moran is charged with having at
tempted to assault Mrs. Abner Camp,
of Floyd county,a member of a promi
nent and highly connected family.
Her heroic defense and cries frighten
ed her assailant and he fled. He was
hotly pursued but escaped, not being
captured for several days.
All this, of course, came to the
knowledge of Sheriff Camp and the
other officers. Deputy Dunehoo was
wired to leave the train at Cartersville
with his prisoner and proceed in a
buggy toward Atlanta uutil he caught
a return train. This he did and thus
saved Moran from mob veageauce.
M’KISLEY AT FREDERICKS BURK,
■Witnesses Lsylnj of Corncr-Stono >t
Heroic Granite Shaft.
On the ground over which the old
Fifth corps charged at Fredericksburg,
Va., President McKinley, his cabinet
and General Miles Friday witnessed
the laying of tho corner-stone in a
shaft which will perpetuate in bronze
and granite the heroism of the Army
of the Potomac.
It was an impressive ceremony and
rendered the more so by the fact that
among the hundreds w’ho witnessed
the event were noted leaders of both
the Federal aud Confederate forces.
The monument was the personal gift
of General Daniel Butterfield to the
National Memorial Association.
PRIVATE SPECULATIONS.
Partner Crocker Tells How Price, Mc-
Cormick & Cos. Failed.
Ceorge Crocker, of the firm of Price,
McCormick & Cos., of New York, who
is iu Rome, Italy, informed the cor
respondent of the Associated Press
that ho was the chief partner of the
firm and that the failure was a great
surprise to him.
“In my opinion,” said Mr. Crocker,
“the failure was probably caused by
private speculations in cotton of a
member of the firm, unknown to the
other partners and contrary to the
rules of the firm, which absolutely for
bid speculation.
EltiHl-UOUR DAY
Is Recommended Iu Iteport To Congress
of the Industrial Commission.
The industrial commission, iu its
report to congress on labor legislation,
recommends improved legislation to
the state legislatures rather than to
congress directly.
“The snbjeot of greatest public
interest today,” says the report, “is
perhaps that of the regulation of the
hours of labor permitted iu industrial
occupations, and especially iu facto
ries.”
MOB ATTACKS CAR.
St. Lonlt Policemen Fire Into a Crowd
and Volley Is Ketnrned.
A car on tho Jefferson avenue line
at St. Louis as attacked Friday after
noon by a crowd of men aud boys,
several shots being fired. The police
man on hoard the car returned the
fire and in all about 100 shots were
exchanged. Peter Wells, a patrolman
who was riding on the front platform,
was hit in the left armpit, the bullet
producing an ugly wound. It is not
known who fired the shot. It was
rumored that two men in the crowd
were shot, but they could not be found
by the police.
VETS AT LOUISVILLE
Battle Scarred Heroes Take Pos
session of Kentucky City,
THE LARGEST GATHERING EVER HELD
General Gordon. Tlielr Beloved Chieftain
Gets n Tremendous Ovation—Maimed
Battalion Great Attraction.
9
A Louisville special soys: Surround
ed by waving banners bearing the fiery
cross of the Confederacy, listening to
the cheers from the throats of 3,000
men who wore the gray, and confront
ed by the waving handkerchiefs of
hundreds of ladies, General John B.
Gordon, commander of the United
Confederate Veterans, Wednesday,
formally opened the tenth annual re
union of the order, which, in point of
attendance, is the largest ever held
since the inception of the organiza
tion.
For an hour previous to the time set
for the opening of the meeting the
veterans and their friends made their
way in a steady stream to the hall and
by 11:30 o’clock it was well filled.
At the conclusion of the doxology
General Poyntz, the presiding officer,
introduced Mayor Weaver, who wel
comed the visitors in behalf of the
city of Louisville.
The mayor, whose speech wa re
ceived with much applause, was fol
lowed by Colonel Thomas F. Bullit,
who welcomed the visitors to Louis
ville in behalf of the board of trade of
the city.
As General Gordon stepped forward
to receive the keys he received a strong
evidence of the regard in which he is
held by his comrades of the associa
tion. They sprang to their feet en
masse, climbed npon chairs, waved
hats and handkerchiefs frantically and
cheered again and again, aud General
Gordon was visibly moved by the re
ception he met, and for several min
utes he stood bowing his thanks.
When quiet was restored again he
spoke in part as follows:
“No man is gifted enough and no
words are strong enough to tell Ken
tuckians what we feel at this hour and
how deeply we feel it. Shall I say for
my comrades and myself that we are
grateful, profoundly grateful? That
would be in the presence of such
a demonstration the merest common
place, the needless statement of a pa
tent fact, which you already know or
can plainly read in these moistened
eyes and quivering lips. Shall I tell
you that we are amazed; that w'e are
unprepared for such a display, such
exhuberance of hospitality, such
warmth and prodigality of welcome?
I cannot say that, for it would be un
true. We knew beforehand what to
expect of this great hearted people.
“We have come to find not only
that is true but that the half had not
been told. What can I say, then,
what can any man say or do to repre
sent to this people the responsive
echoes of our deeply stirred sensibili
ties? If I possessed the mystic power
to catch and transmute into burning
sentences the thoughts of these brains
and the rhythms of these hearts, I
might hope to give you some concep
tion of our appreciation of this Keu
ti’cky greeting.
“Why has not some Edison or some
gifted scientist, moved by a genius
divine, invented some means of photo
graphing humau emotions? Why did
not that crafty delver into nature’s se
crets, who discovered the X-rays, give
us a double X-ray powerful enough to
expose to Kentucky’s view the emo
tions of these men? If such an instru
ment were at your command this
morning, you would see inscribed
upon these hearts, in indelible letters,
the beloved name of Kentucky.
“The truth is, gentlemen, that your
state holds a place among her sisters
that is not only unique, but decidedly
picturesque.
“Heaven bless, protect and guide
Keutucky. May harmony and Chris
tian fellowship rule in all her counsels
and peace, joy and plenty abide for
ever in all her homes.”
No delegation of veterans has been
accorded such an ovation as that given
the Atlanta, Ga., battalion of maimed
veterans. From the depot to their
quarters they were cheered by the
thousands who thronged the streets
and the impressiom they made equal
ed all expectations.
COCKRAS HELPS BOOKER.
New Torker Contribute* 8500 to Ttukeeee
Normal ami Industrial School.
Honorable Bourko Cockran became
so much interested iu the cause of ne
gro education upon the occasion of his
recent visit to the south that he has
made a donation of §SOO to the work
of the Tuskegee Normal aud Industrial
Institute at Tuskegee, Alabama.
Strikers Lose Fight.
The strike of the union street car
men in Kansas City has been called
ofl’ unconditionally on the part of the
strikers. The men are free to secure
reinstatement upon individual applica
tion.
Social Slccory,
Henry Fawcett, says S' r cv
Russell, had an extraordinary
for persons. On e night Sir F 7
was in the House of Commons
a debate, under the gallery ’ hear
A friend Introduced him to Mr p
ce. who, learning why h,
mheV^^'hn
ar ®' H e I 3 going under the *
Three or four years later. Sir Edward
was presented to Mr. Fawcett who
was then chief guest at a political din
ner, and said to him, in <‘ tho u
conventional mumble:" 1
“I once had the pleasure of heln* in
troduced to you, Mr. Fawcett, but it’,
a long time ago.” *
"I remember,” sard be, “you very
kindly looked after my father under
the gallery at the House.”
And this was the memory of a man
totally blind.
Bits of Femininity.
Yellow lingerie Is quite the fete**
cry.
Shaped flounces are once more la
demand.
Nine out of ten of the new tailor
frocks Include the waistcoat.
Leather belts are now made circular
either of patent leather or suede.
Fashion counsels flat lines over the
shoulder, if you would be smart
A sign of this year’s shirt waist is a
shallow', stiff cuff fastened with a row
of three buttons.
The newest bolero for everyday is
cut with a belt that fastens it snugly
to the figure, the front of the garment
being left free.
Delicately painted bolting cloth or
mousseline Is much used for waists.
A scallop finish Is at once smart, and
simple for everything, from a boulord
to a challie or wash gown.
Sleep Changes the Verdict.
The Jury la a recent law suit unanimously
agreed upen the verdict, sealed It and went
home to bed. After sleeping over It, they dis
agreed the nezt morning. This shows tin
power of sleep to sirongthon tho human mind.
Thosa who are troubled with Insomnia should
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Dissimulation.
‘‘Yes,” replied the beautiful Geraldin*
naively, 1 felt like thirty cents, but I gm-ss
nobody suspt cied, I talked so like tixey.—
Doiroit Journal.
Futnam Faijei.es3 Dtes are fast to
sunlight, washing and tubbing. Bold by
all druggists.
Her Preference.
Nlinis’or —Now. little girl, yew want to b#
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Etliei— No. tir; i\l rather sing in the
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