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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 try llostotter’s Stomach Bitters. It puts the stomach In good condition aud induces sweet, sound sleep. It is the best of remedies for kid ney, liver and blood disorders. 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# a Christian, don’t ><r.? Etliei— No. tir; i\l rather sing in the choir. — Puck. 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