About Twice-a-week telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1899-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1907)
6 THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 1T, 1907. EIGHT MEN FOR THE TERRA HFLD 11.IM.M4 bales HMD 10 JAN. 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—The coro ner* Inquest over the Terr . Cotta, wreck of Sunday night, December 2". tonight held for the action of the 1 grand Jury if.irrv H. Hildebrand. enigneer of the "dead" train "120; Frank T. Hoff- mier, conductor of that train: P. F. Dent, night train dispatcher tit Balti more: Win. K. McCauley, division rotor of the Baltimore A Ohio; B. I,. Vermillion, engineer of local train No. *ct. inio which 2120 crashed: Georpre W. Nagle. conductor of train No. 06; J W Keller. Jr., trainmaster of the Baltimore A Ohio, and Wm. M. Dntrow, the telegraph operator at Silver Springs. All the men held except Ti.nl, McCauley and Kcllev. were in the building where the inquest was held and were at once placed under a rresf. Just before the Jury retired today Charles W. Callaway, superintendent of the Baltimore and Ohio was asked by the coroner If he had heard all the testimony and he replied that he had. He was asked If he could point out any rule which had been violated by any witness In the case. Mr. Galloway replied; "They have all been violated; ail the rules relative to the movement of ttalns.' Mr. Galloway says that In his opin io, . the engineer and conductor of ;• I - o, the "dead” train, were equally sponsible. He was asked if he was surprised at the disclosure apparent ly showing laxity among the operators ' regarding the rules governing their | positions. He said: "I am surprised at their disregard of their trust. I can only say that In operating a rail road you must depend upon the fidelity and trustworthiness of the employes. If they arc lacking In that I know of nothing that will compensate for it.” The verdict of Dip jury was that the deaths were caused by impact, due to the neglect of Operator DtiTrow In dls- plnylng an improper signal to tho crew of train 2120, and directs that Pu- trow l,c held for the action of fho grand jury. The jury also held for the grand Jur\ those already mentioned as responsible In a lesser degree for the deaths. The Jury arraigned the block system ns noi affording satisfactory protec tion to tho lives and property of Its pntrons. arraigned the system of wages paid the operators and signal men on The road and recommended that all block signal stations he kept open twenty-four hours a day and no addi tional duties given the operators aside from working the signals and attend ing to their telegraphic duties. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 —The Census Bureau today Issued a report upon cotton glnnlr.g, showing that up to January 1. th'-r" were 28 2TO active ginne; les in ope ration. and that 11 75*1.944 bales were Finned compared with 9.-725,426 I,ales for 19"5 Round hales were counted as half baJ* s. By States, the number of bales ginnd and the number of ginneri* s in operation are given as follows: States. Rale.. Ginneries. 1.199.740 8.62* I Alabama Arkansas Florida . Georgia Indian Tf 732 ‘ippf Missis Missoi Nmlb Carolina. Oklahoma South Carolina. Tennessee TexVs Virginia .1,288,697 38.01 . 572.143 . 349,677 868,328 . 242.119 12.907 274 ,551 535 2.753 29! 3 128 News in Paragraphs CLEVELAND. Ohio. Jan. 9.—A tidal Lake Erie today wrought hav- r of s f-H inland bal' cluck'd is 34.16S. Tho sea island < for lf»06. distributed by Starts is: FI 23.144; Georgia. 2.' 7.428. South Carolina. IT WILL BE LONGESI RAILROAD IN ETAST FORESTRY DISCUSSED BY ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.—Forestry. Its purpose*, lls methods and its nc- complishments, were considered at the nnniiiil meeting of the American for estry association held at the New Wil lard hold where in a meeting of the directors of the agricultural depart- men;. the session of the association Was tailed to order. Secretary Wilson, who preisded. laid great stress in his opening address upon the Importance of preserving of the forests of this country. He ex pis!pod that there will he little iike- llhood of getting an appropriation through this or any other congress for Hu proposed reserves in Southern A pa'.ictilan ranges and in the White Mountains. He stated that the ef forts of the department and others for several years past have oeen unavail ing end that in consequence, it would lc hotter for the states to make for- tutry a state h sue. inasmuch as it would redound to their own respective inierests in the future. Alfred Gaskill spoke on the necessity of securing a more vigorous expression ' from the people of the New England .'•nil the Southern Apn’achlan stares that the reserves are wanted. One . motion the board of direct vs was ask ed to call a convention of the govern ors of the states interested directed in the Southern Apalachinn ;.r.d White Mountain forestry bill for January 18 in Washington to consider further the passage of the bill. | ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 9.—A charter j was granted today to the Savannah, Augusta and Northern Railway Com- I pany to construct a line from Savan- : nail to Rossville, Ga., on the Georgiu- Tennessee State line, just south of I Chattanooga, to which point it is ex pected to continue the road. The cap- , ital of ihe company is authorized at | J8.onn.iino. divided into five million * common and three million preferred • stock. Among the incorporators is Ed- I ward M. Rice, of New York city, the . others being citizens of Bullock County, 1 Georgia. The proposed line is to be 402 miles in length, the longest of any j railroad wholly within the State. It ! will traverse twenty-five counties, in I the richest section of the State, touch ing a.number of important towns and cities. mong dozens of launches and small boats, fishing paraphernalia and other '■raft at the Rocky River. Just west of :he wave. A wave six feet in height struck the boat house *>:’ the Clif ton Boat Club, partially demolishing it and unloosening many of the launches and other boats which had been placed there in winter quarters. A numb were wrecked, as were hundreds of J nets of fishermen in that vicinity. ^ HELENA. Montana. Jan. 9.—The ! lection of Congressman Joseph M. Dixon to the United States Senate to d Senator Clark, was assured to- night, a caucus of the Republican mem- | bers of the legislature giving him 49 . 22 for former Senator L»ee Mantle. Dixon was born in Alamance * County North Carolina. He located in Missoula. Montana, in 1995. and was j elected to Congress in 1902. He is 38 years old. WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.—In response to a request transmitted to other Gov ernments by the State Department at the instigation of he Navy Department, nearly all foreign countries have ac cepted the Invitation of the James town Exposition Company to be repre sented by a military or naval display. Some countries have indicated that they will be represented hv a delega tion of army officers, while others have announced their intention of sending one or more warships. J take place at Hampton Roads, near I Jamestown Exposition. June 10. I MILL EDGE VTLLE. Ga.. Jan. 9.— Baldwin is already in the prohibition ranks and has been for several years past. Today the liquor question was again submitted to the voters of the county. This election was brought about on a ! petition of the whisky element. Seven ■ hundred and seventy-seven votes were | cast. Six hundred and forty-three j votes for the dry ticket and one hun dred and thirty-ferur for th>- wet side. ! showing a majority of five hundred and . nine for prohibition. NEW YORK. Jan. 8.—With a note lying nearby, in which he had written that "Life is a rarebit dream," the body of Albert A. Chittenden, an artist of | some note, was found in his luxurious ly furnished apartments on West Twenty-ninth street today. Chittenden had committed suicide by inhaling gas and had been dead at least three days. Pinned on his waist coat was the following: "Life is a rarebit: It's a funny dream; but enough, I am ready ro awake to some thing less ridiculous.” THE NIGHT OF THE YEAR; SLEEPING TIME OF NATURE EUREKA. Cal.. Jan. 8.—In a battle be tween union and mu-union longshoremen tonight, one non-union man was killed, one fatally shot and one union man probably fatally shot. CHARLES CITY. la./ Jan. 9.—Jas. Cullen, a well to do citizen of this place stabbed and killed his wife and stepson today and .then attempted to kill himself. He changed his mind, however, and started for a doctor. He [ was arrested. EVANSVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 9.—The biggest flood in the history of the Ohio Valley is imminent. With the river here five feet above the danger line, excessive rains have fallen all along the valley today and continue tonight. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. Traffic Managers Closely Questioned CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—Two attorneys representing the Government made de termined efforts today to induce traf fic managers of transcontinental rail roads to admit that the concentration of ownership means the stilling of com petition in railroad traffic. The attor neys were Messrs. Severance and Kel logg, and the traffic managers were J. C. Stubbs, of the Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific system, and J. M. Han- naford. of the Northern Pacific. Both men contended that despite the con solidation of interests that has taken place between the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific and between the. Northern Pacific and the Great North ern. competition between the lines, which are under one ownership, is as sharp today as it ever was, because of the efforts of the managers of the individual lines to make reputations. RICHMOND. Va.. Jan. 9.—P^rc Martin, who was arrested at Hunting- ton. W. Va.. charged with complicity in the recent Seaboard train robbery near LaCrosse, Va.. has signed a con- focsio" that he alone did the work. He says Powley, under arrest in this city, had nothing to do with it. ST. LOUTS, accounting of the Circuit member of t George J. G n Stephen P ants Mo.. Jan. 9.—Suit 'or an f funds was filed tnda.v in Conn hi- R. D. Pulton a if JiftJe Kanawha Syndicate, uld. Joseph Ramsey. Jr.. aM Flkins ar^ among thr* defend- amerl in the suit, which grows out 000.000 deal by the c *yndieate in West Virginia coal lands and two small railroads. ATLANTA. Ga.. .Tan. 9.—Miss M«al!y Ball, daughter of John C Ball, who lives at 19 PTarold street, has been missing from her home since Thursday before Christmas, and all effort by the 'police to locate her has proved a failure. It is stated that for months she has appeared to he dissatisfied with her homo, r has been heard to make threats that : intended to leave. Her dissatisfaction, it is said, is due to some opposition to her receiving the attentions of a particular I young man. ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 9.—Charles L. Glessner. secretary for Associate Justice Peverly P. Evans, has tendered his resig nation. to take effect Monday. He will go to Outhbert for the purpose o? en gaging in the practice of law. Mr. Gless ner has seen service covering 19 years with the Supreme Court of the Rtat rt . will h#> succeeded by Mr. Tomlinson Fort, of Americus. ATHENS. Ga.. Jan. S.—This morni about 6:30 o’clock, all the people in t Mr- Stubbs' examination covered all | "vinu^rad^earii^ltre^tn^refy^keniS by the points traffic Pacific Pad ti< which onnected with the history and arrangements of the Southern , the Union Pacific, the Central and many of the allied lines are now under the control of 60V. GLEilX TO READ his issuer E. H. Harriman. Mr. Stubbs asserted from first to last that the Union Pa cific never had been an active compe titor of the Southern Pacific on Cali fornia business, for the reason that it j had no outlet beyond Ogden over its i own rails direct to California. Such I competition, he said, as had existed ! between the two roads, is still in ex- i istence. Tile Union Pacific, he stated, was and is. only a link in the transportation between the Missouri River and Cali- | fornia and not a separate and complete I transcontinental line. Upon the sub ject of stifling competition, Mr. Stubbs ; declared that it was not possible for i this to be done, no matter who owned I the parallell lines under consideration. Subordinates with reputations to make or to sustain, would work for the in terests of their lines against all other lines, and competition must therefore inevitably follow. He asserted that James J. Hill is probably the leading railroad man in this country, but that he canot, if he would, abolish com peti tion between the Northern Pacific and tile Great Northern because of the per sonal spirit of the men he employs. Mr. Hannaford was questioned for a much shorter time than Mr. Stubbs, hut he expressed similar views regard ing the stifling of competition. The only other witness of the day was M. C. '.Markham, traffic manager of the Missouri Pacific. Teaming of a negro woman, and on investigation it was found that Pa tience Raker, an old dnrkv about 60 years old. had been knocked down by an unknown negro man. who had made his escape’. NTCHOLLS. Ga.. Jan. 8.—Mrs. Mat- tie Meeks, wife of A. J. Meeks, the Mayor of Nieholls. died of menigitis at S:30 o'clock this morning. She suf fered only two days and died after the brief illness of forty-eight hours. Up to the time of the attack she was in good health. ATLANTA. Jan. S.—Rev. Rutherford E. Douglas, of Macon, was today com missioned by Adjutant-General S. W. Harris chaplain of the Second Regi ment of the National Guard of the State, with the rank of captain. ATLANTA. Jan. 8.—Governor Ter rell today offered a reward of J20Q for the capture and delivery to the Sher iff of Stewart County of the unknown negro who a few days since shot and killed C. C. Carter, of Richland, Ga. RALEIGH. N. C., Jan. 9.—Gov. Glenn will read his message to the general assembly in joint session at noon instead of transmitting it in the usual way. in writing. Several days ago it was published in the papers that the governor intended to deliver his message orally and the publica tion provoked a great deal of adverse criticism. When the matter was pro- ■ . sented in the house today inviting) the j per. It tells now you stand on governor to address the legislature in- stead of sending a message, an acri- tnonius debate ensued in which leading Democrats criticised the governor se verely. The. only Republican who spoke was Mr. Harshaw, the leader of his party, who favored the innovation. The resolution v.-as adopted. It has been the custom ever since North Car olina was a state for the governor to transmit his message in writing and NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, i Examine label on your pa- the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. it was claimed In the house today that the constitution required him to do so. AMARTO RELEASED ON THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND DANVILLE. Va., Jan. 12-year-old ley's, on the 9.—Fred Amart.-i. charged with the murder of Joe Pretrollo, Maggie Sullivan and her son l.awrence, at Mot- morning of December 29, was allowed 81.000 hail today. A num ber of witnesses, most of them mem bers of the immediate family of the accused, testified that Amarto was at his home asleep at the time of the shooting. The main eafidep.ee against him is the ill feeling between the two families and the discovery of an empty pistol with Nood on it between the mattresses of the bed of Amarto. Un less some additional evidence is se cured. Amarto's alibi will probably prevail and the triple tragedy go un solved so far as the law is concerned. MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.—Represen tative Meyer, of Louisiana, addressed the house today while the army ap propriation was under consideration on the bill accepting the cession to the United States of the Chalmette monument and grounds in parish of St. Rernard. and appropriating $25,000 with which to complete the Chalmette monument to commemorate the valor and sacrifices of the American army in :hc battle of New Orleans. The Chal mette monument was begun by the Jackson monument association in 1SS5. It is located on the Mississippi river. Southeast of New Orleans, and Mr. Meyer said that it is entirely un worthy of the event it commemorates. COLUMBUS. Ga.. Jan. 9.—Council I Gordon Parker, tbes ix-year-old sdn ! of A. V. Parker, met a horrible death !at the corner of Second avenue and ! Railroad street this afternoon. The lit- i tie fellow attempted to board a mov- ! ing Central of Georgia freight engine I and fell under the engine. His body j was cut in two and terribly mutilated. I On several occasions he had jumped on moving engines despite warnings. ATLANTA. Ga., Jan. 8 —Mr. R. S. Wil liams. one of Sumter County's most pros perous farmers, was in Atlanta today for the purpose of selling two carloads of sweet potatoes. He hopes to realize 70 cents a bushel for them. Mr. Williams has gathered 80 bushels of oats to the acre on his farm, and believes in diver sified farming. ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 8.—During the year 1906. Secretary of State Cook granted charters for 70 banks, with an aggregate capita! of approximately $3,000,000. These do not include the I National banks chartered during that j year. The fees paid the Secretary of ' State for these charters were $3,500, being | $50 for each hank, all of which went into the State's strong box. Only 3.300 j corporations registered with the Secre tary of State during the same year, leaf ing. in all probability, as many more who failed to comply with the law. BARON WILKES SOLD FOR A LARGE SUM LANCASTER, Muss., Jan. 9.—The sale of Baron Wilkes, the great trot ting stallion to 13. Krell. of Carthage, Mo., was announced today by Col. John E. Thayer, who has owned the great horse for the past eight years. The purchasing price was not disclosed. Col. Thayer purchased Baron Wilkes from R. G. Stover, of Paris. K\\, pav ing. it Is said. $25,000. Baron Wilkes has a record of 2:18 and has sired many famous trotters. GEO. T. BETTS ARRAIGNED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT ALBANY. Ga., Jan. 9.—Today's ses sion of United States court was enliv ened by arraignment of George T. Betts, wealthy and prominent citizen of Ashhurn. on a charge of contempt of court. Betts failed to appear Mon day to answer to his name as juryman and yesterday an officer was sent to bring him before court to answer to charge of contempt. When arraigned this morning Judge Speer set the case for tomorrow morning and suggested that defendant employ counsel to con duct his defense. J. J. Wilson, postmaster of Poulan, entered plea of guilty to violating pos tal laws. Further hearing of the ease will be had tomorrow. Several other cases of minor im portance were disposed of. including that of Geo. T. Northrup vs. John E. T. Gibbs fnm Worth County, Gibbs winning his case. ATLANTA. Jan. 8.—The will of the late J. M. High, the dry goods mer chant. was probated in solemn form in the office of Ordinary Wilkinson to day. The deceased, it is said, left an 'estate valued at $400,000. All of the real estate and personal property was left to his wife. Mrs. Hattie Wilson High, who will qualify as administratrix. HOUSTON. Texas. Jan. 8.—The strike of the Southern Pacific Railroad firemen was formally declared off to day. A rich tint of russet over all the forest, a paler hue on prairie and plain, lightened by lines and curves of tan, where country roads and farm paths wind in and out. Everywhere are fallen leaves, piled in fence corners, scattered in thin layers over garden and lawn, dancing and flitting before the keen north wind like merry flocks of bonnie brown birds or queer little fairies from Lilliput land, hurrying home before winter freezes them. The outdoor world would remind us of the waning year even though we knew it not' from calendar and cus tom.- Silence everywhere, in field and ! forest, the short hours grow shorter, j the faint light-lessens, the trees stand ! shivering in their scant clothing, the I keen, cold winds whistle from out the j frozen North. The months have roiled around and brought the twilight of the year, the sleepy time for nature's happy children. And all the little flower folk, j the plant fairies, in green and gold and I red. are listening to the evening lui- j laby and cuddling down like babies j in Mother Nature's trundle bed, ail covered with a quilt of leaves, and waiting for a blanket of soft, white . I snow. I Everything is there the same quiet preparation, kind care for the tired and j worn-ont plants .She saves the seed and protects the roots, and tucks them up where ice and cold can never molest or i make afraid. For winter is not. as many people think, a time of universal death , and decay: it is rather the time of rest ing, of sleepin for the next year's spring, when all these brave plant folk will live again. The sleep of plants is a very real thing, amounting in some instances to a total suspension of all activity, a complete recore of every pa.rt. These green and growing things are not in animate creatures, as some would say. They indulge in many fancies that seem to be regulated not by blind law, but by impulse or sensation, almost like human folk. They live, they breathe, they wake, they sleep. If the sun shines hot upon their roots they shrink away from it: if they are tickled with a feather they wriggle: if touched by- caustic they jerk from side to side. Went Into Gentle Sleep. Very early in the fail they heard the first soft whisper, grew sleepy, dropped their leaves and waited-. And now tho autumn winds sing their sweet lullaby to a world of sleeping plants. Nature demands a resting spoil for all her children. Even in countries where frost never comes and flowers bloom all the year round, it is observed that the trees grow weary and drop their leaves for a brief rest between sea sons. In the plant, as in the animal world, some are rough, some are smooth, some stolid, some very sensi tive. Rome can bear the storms and winds of centuries, others fade and die at the first touch of frost. Many plants, like many human be ings, thrive and flourish best in the ouiet country. There they can tuck themselves up and sleep through the night, but in the artificial light and impure air of the city they are trou bled with insomnia and often die front lack of rest. Even in the growing sea- on they need a short sleep. All day the sap or life blood ascends from root tip of plant, where it evaporates in the sunshine or is absorbed by the viral forces and changed into cell or living protoplasm. Have you ever witnessed the trans formation scene? Soon as the light begins to fade, a wondrous change steals over leaf and flower. Watch the pink clover blossoms as they go to sleep. When the gray shadows creep across the fi two side leaves of each triple cluster turn slowlv forward and fold together, like the lids of a book; then the middle leaf curls over them, and they to bend forward as if in prayer, and sway from side to side, or downward, as if bowing in response to nature's vesper hymn. The members of the great bean fam ily are most regular in their sleeping habits, and go to bed as if trained by a careful mother, as do also the locust, the acacia, the wistaria, the daisy, the snlanum. the dandelion and many an other familiar plant. How wonderful the thought that these growing things we call senseless, inanimate and with out power to move are in reality exam ples of perpetual motion. At night the willow twists its leaves into the queer est forms, the tomatoes and grape vines hang wilting and drooping, and many climbing plants turn strangely in the hours of darkness. Even those plants that seem to he dead, whose stems are dry and lifeless, are never theless. most intensely alive. They are not dead. but sleeping—beautiful thought—never to be forgotten when human life seems lost and gone out in hopeless mystery. One of Nature's Mysteries. The winter sleep of plants has been,, and no doubt always will be, one of nature’s puzzles. Philosophers have spent hours of study, practical botan ists hav£ tried innumerable . experi ments. but we know but little more than did our fathers before us. Dar win says: "The so-called sleep of foliage seems to be an effort of nature to bring the leaf surface into a verti cal position, and thus put a check upon transportation. The leaf may 6e folded along the middle or raised up right; it may turn over sideways or dangle with point toward the earth. But in ail these sleeping positions it is the edge of the leaf, and not its broad surface, which is turned to the light. This is why we find old leaves, or dead ones, curled up or twisted into such queer shapes. While their life is fading away, their strength vanish- to wake up at about 7 o'clock and go : to sleep at 5; the arenaria rubra to be i awake from 9 to 3: the white water : lily from 7 to 4. the common mouse ear hawkweed from 8 to 3, the scarlet pimpernell to waken at T and close J soon after 4. tr igrpognn to open at 4 ! i In the morning and close just before 12. j whence its English name. "John go to J bed at noon." English peasants in some districts are said to regulate their 1 dinner time by it. Other flowers are fond of the night, hut these are very j uncommon. In the plant world; as in | the animal, most reputable folks keep early hours, do their work by daylight I and sleep when it grows dark. One of the special wonders of the St. I Louis world’s fair was the floral clock, whose hours were marked by the j sleeping and wakening of flowers. It ] wonderful to think of the life now ! j hidden under the frozen ground. I In the autumn we set out bulbs for ' I the spring blooming, and nature does | the self-same thing, on a larger scale, in her vast garden. She sets her bor ders everywhere in order, and covers | up the living plants. Then she stores i seed, and puitecis roots. The snow falls upon them and keers them warm, the rains and sleets prevent them from dying of thirst, and no tender human mother could more lovingly care for her babies. She cuddles them with soft zephyrs, she rocks them with the merry winds, and under the brown leaves they take their winter sleep. A few short months of silence, "safe-sheltered in the arms of mother earth,” sweet sleep, unvexed by evil spirits, and lo! a sudden wakening! It will be springtime, the morning of the year, the long night over and forgot ten!—E, A. Matthews in St. Louis Globe-Democrat. RUSS GENERAL VLADIMIR SLAIN BY AN ASSASSIN GOVERNOR COI'S HUH KESSASE NASHVILLE. Tenn., Jan. 9.—Gov ernor John I. Cox sent his formal mes sage to the Legislature today. Among other things, he suggested tho re-es tablishment of a bureau of immigra tion. the enactment of an anti-race track gambling law. and recommends additions to the child labor law. Tho Governor suggests a law inhibiting railroads from owning coal lands or engaging in coal operations; discusses publicity as a means for regulating corporations, and recommends a law to prevent public-service corporations from owning or controlling newspapers. The necessity for legislation to safe guard life-inurance policy holders from imposition and the diversion of their funds is urged, and the Governor recommends the enactment of laws providing standard forms of policies, the regulation of annual apportion ment and accounting, the prohibition of using funds for political purposes and requiring companies to invest in Tennessee a ratable per cent, of re serve on policies held in this State. Soap Scraps. The “left-overs" of soap which are thoughtlessly thrown away in many households, if not in most, may be used to advantage in more than one way. Scraps of fine toilet soap should be laid aside as discarded until several pieces have been collected. If these are put into a small cheese cloth bag. the closing being securely tied or sewn, it will be found vastly more conve nient for use in the bath than a piece of soap, than which nothing is so elu sive when one’s hands ttve wet. A small loop sewn to the bag will erve to hang it up near the bathtub Hof Meta! Burned Several Workmen PITTSBURG, Pa.. Jan. 9.—As a re sult of an explosion of a furnace at the Eliza furnaces of the Jones and L.tugh- lin Steel Works tonight, three persons are known to be dead, seven are in a hospital with serious burns and in juries and 24 missing. The ex plosion was caused by an accumula tion of gas at the base of the furnace, around which were working 35 men. wash bowl, for it should not be | All of these but one man escaped in left lying in a damp soap dish Odds and ends of laundry soap make an excellent soft soap if boiled down slowly in enough rain water to cover, with a generous tabiespoonful of kero sene added. If rain water is not available, a small lump of soda will serve to soften the water. Not much of this should be used, however, or the soap cannot be safely used for washing flannels. This soap mixture will be found an efficient aid in the cleansing of badly of quiet preparation j soiled clothes and the scrubbing of dirty floors. Pieces of scouring soap, in which there is always a large admixture of sand, should not’ be mixed with the laundry soap, but should ■ be put into bags of thin flannel, in precisely the. same way as the totlet soap, and used only for scrubbing. It is a good plan to keep separate tins for the reception of the soap pieces—one for fine soap, another for laundry soap, and a third for scouring soap. Scraps of soap containing naphtha should be put into a receptacle by themselves, as, being essentially cold-* water soaps, they will not assimilate with other cleansing agents. .PATTI TO REALLY RETIRE. jury. Without warning and with | roar of artillery, tons of molten metal I were poured over the workmen and for j a space of 30 feet about the furnace, I the metal ran to a depth of four and five feet. Two alarms of fire were sent in, and all the ambulances in the city were called. The seven who were able to escape from the hot metal with their lives, were taken to a hospital, but it is thought the 24 missing men have been buried in the mass of steel and their bodies consumed. HOKE SA1ITH GIVES CREDIT TO ROOSEVELT ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 8.—At the annual dinner of the Atlanta Freight Bureau tonight. Governor-elect Hoke Smith spoke at, some length on the railroad problem. He said in part: “This is no party question. I long to see the leaders of botli parties represent the rights of the people. I give credit, with pleasure, to President Roosevelt for what he Democrat ment of the disposed to protect popular rights, led ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 9.—Lieut. Gen. Vladimir Pavloff, the military procurator, or advocate general, gener ally known since the days of the laia Parliament as "Hangman Pavloff." from the epithet constantly applied to him by the radical deputies, was shot and killed today while walking in the garden of the chief military court building, near the Moika canal. The assassin, who was disguised as a workman, was captured after a long chase through the crowded streets, dur ing which he fired about forty shots from two revolvers which he carried, killing a policeman and wounding a small boy. When taken to the police station General Pavloff’s slayer was in the highest spirits, chaffed the investigat ing officer about the inadequacy of the police precautions, and described with gusto how simple and easily his plan was executed, answering the officer's questions with laughing jests. The crime was executed deliberately and showed evidence of the same care ful preparation which was charac teristic of the murders of General Ignatlff and VonDor Launitz and un doubtedly was carried out by the same organization, which it is reported has sentenced Emperor Nicholas and sev eral of the ministers to death. The assassin, who wore the uniform of a military clerk attached to the court, succeeded in obtaining an entrance to tlie garden under the pretext of sub mitting a report to the military procu rator. He approached the unsuspect ing general wiihin arm's length, drew an automatic pistol and discharged sev- i eral shots into Pavloff’s body. Every i shot was well aimed and two of them ' tore a gaping wound in his breast" ■ from which the general expired while i being carried to his apartments, which were located in the same building. The ! assassin ran down Glinka street, past 1 the Imperial opera house, with a crowd i of thirty house porters and court at- ■ taches in close pursuit. j A policeman stationed in front of the ' opera house attempted to seize tho assassin, but was shot down by the lat ter. who turned and opened fire on his pursuers, wounding a boy. The assas sin resumed his flight through the streets, firing at the police officers and house porters who attempted to bar his way. When his ammunition be came exhausted, he was intercepted and captured at Lantern lane. The information which the social revolutionists have been able to acquire of the movements of its mark ed victims, indicates the existence of widespread treachery in the military court, and the greatest alarm is felt In official circles, where, it is believed that a reign of terror in St. Peters burg has begun. The assassin of Gen era! Pavloff was apparently informed by an accomplice among the court at taches that the general was in the gar den at that hour, as the garden is en tirely enclosed and today is a holiday, and the military procurator was not following his usual routine. General Pavloff sprang into national » 1,1 luk iJtuj.ie. 1 giv- viauii, , General Pavloff sprang in*o national hafdoSe and a"th?u°|hT e am I Prominence when he was delegated by . I hope that the progressive ele- i Y* ai ’ Minister Rediger to ansut. >.ie he Republican party, the element I interpellations of the Government In the lowe LONDON. Dec. 23.—To all her ad mirers—in other words, to the vast ma jority of the world's music-lovers—the news of Madame Patti’s impending re tirement will come as a real blow. She is one of the very few links with the great past now left to us. one of the very few singers who really understood their art and practiced it to perfection. Fortunately, however, it need not be presumed that because the great singer is retiring we are never to have a chance of hearing her again. “Profes sionally, said Madame Patti, in a chat at Craig-y-Nos, the other day, “I am retiring, and my decision is irrevocable. After December there will be no more provincial tours. Am ,1 sorry? Of course I am. My friends are so kind, and I love singing to them. “However, though my professional days are over, I do not mean to stop singing in public altogether. I shall sing for my own pleasure, and I shall sing for the poor. “And if I get tired of myself,” she continued with a smile, “I shall always have Jean de Reszke’s offer to fall back upon. ‘You will not want to do nothing when you retire,’ he said to ■ me the other day, ‘so come and take up your quarters in my studio. I will tell my pupils what to do, and you shall show them h’cw to do it!” “Did I ever find learning a labor? ■Well, I can't honestly say that I did. Id they begin to nod, the I x suppose that I am what they call a very quick study. The technique of singing never gave me much troub e. while I could learn a part almost as seem j quickly as I could play it through. I i remember learning Dinorr.h in a single i night, and singing it in public three days later. Memorizing seems to come | naturally to me, and after hearing a Wagner opera for the first time I can I sing every melody and every motif In .’ it. Speaking of Wagner reminds me I of another thing that I shall do when I retire. I shall spend half my time in listening to his operas—“The Ring." “Tristan,” “Die Meistersinger”—there is nothing like them. The Baron and ] I are both devoted to Wagner. We never miss a Bayreuth Festival, and Covent Garden during Wagner-time is one of the joys of our lives." “And what do you think of the per formances that they give there in these days?” I asked. "They are superb!" said Madame Patti. “It is now so seldom the case, as it once was, of the star first and the rest nowhere. The ensemble is ideal, as indeed, with Richter at the conductor’s desk, it could hardly fail to be. And what a man he is! Such mastery!" “Out of the thirty-odd parts that are generally supposed to form your repertoire, which,” I asked, “was your favorite?” “Oh,” said Madame Patti, “Violetta in ‘Traviata.’ without a doubt. There are many others that I loved—Zerlina, Rosina Lucie and Aida being, perhaps, the chief; but there was no other in j which I felt quite so happy as in this. Violetta seems to me to be the very ideal of what a part ought to be. I lave singing and I love acting, and where is one given more room for the practice of both arts than in the part of Violetta? The first part affords one a chance of proving one's mettle ; as a. floriture singer, the second part must be really lived. ! “Of all the singers that I ever play ed with I think that I liked Mnrio best. : Poor man! he was well past his prime | _ . , . . when I first knew him, bu,t he was an | I incomparable artist. Later, of course house of Parliament in re- I by President Rooseveit. ’ will prevent the I gard to courts-martial and • executions | toffs_ °f corporations and the''reactionary | in thc Baltic provinces and in Pb- .. . ’ * Tj le military procurator justified i element of the Republican party, frra: coming again into control of that par ty.” t ATLANTA ALDERMAN WANTS BOND ISSUE FOR $1,000,000 I ATLANTA, Jan. 3.—Councilman T. D. Longino. the newly elected member from the Seventh ward, has introduced a resolution, the passage of which he will urge with ail of his power, to se cure an amendment to the city char ter so as to authorize a bond issue of $1,000,000 for much needed improve ments. With this money the Council man wants the waterworks system en larged. two septic -tanks for the dis posal of sewerage erected, additional land. thehe with such cold bloodedness and disregard of the sentiments of tho ■ members that it aroused the indigna tion of almost the entire house, and he was driven from the rostrum with .cries of “Murderer,” “Hangman.” “Assassin.” When the general next appeared In the House he was not allowed to speak and was threatened with personal vio lence. The murderer of 'the general wt*s a large land owner. After the dissolu tion of Parliament he organized tho Protective Political League with the object of combatting the radical pro jects for the separation of landed school houses, and a new and modern , - hospital, and an electric lighting plant. I estates^ and participated^acuyely in t. At first blush it would appear like fore number nine foot into a number five shoe, but the Councilman thinks that $1,000,000 will pay for these things. Low Wages in China. 1 Harry L. Paddock, consul at Amoy, transmits the following report on farmers and scale of wages paid in China: The farmer • is up before daybreak and at work in his sterile fields—fields whose productivity has been exhausted except under high fertilization—and he returns to his little shanty after nightfall. To the view of the foreigner he never rests, and for this never- ending labor he raises a crop of rice or corn that does not support his family for the year. His clothing consists of a loin cloth in summer and a coarse cotton suit in the winter. He is sim ply an example of all the laborers and artisans of China. All work hard to live and all receive a compensation commensurate with that of the farm er. The following scale of wages will give some idea of the daily returns received for labor done (in United States gold). Laborer, 10 cents; ma son, 15 cents: artisan. 10 to 20 cents; and clerk. 40 to 50 cents. present electoral campaign. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 9.—Genera! Dratchevsky, formerly Russian inspec tor general of railroads in Finland, has been appointed prefect of St. Peters burg in tho place of the late General Vender Lauintz, who was recently assassinated. General Dratchevsky has been prefect of Taganrog. Startling Developments at Fort Reno During Inves tigation Father of 33 Children. ! From t.he London Chronicle. There is in the Solly Oak Work- house an inmate named John George Stratton, who is the father of thirty- three children. His ca:?e came before the guardians this week when in quiries were made as to a mainten ance. contribution from his family. Stratton is 90 years of age, and his third wife, who is with him in the in stitution, is 67. His thirty-three chil dren are scattered all over the world, and none is in a position to assist the father. His first child was born two months after Queen Victoria came to the throne. It was a girl, who has now at tained the age of 69, and lives in London. His youngest child is 24, so it 'will be seen there is a difference between the first and last of forty-five years. EL RENO. O. T.,. Jan. 9.—Belief of the army officers at Fort Rer.o that :t conspiracy to murder every white offi cer at Fort Reno, beginning with Cap tain Edgar A. Macklin, against whom it is said mgny negro soldiers at the post entertained a grudge, as a result of the affair at Brownsville, Texas, and the discharge of the negro soldiers that followed, became known today as a re sult of the preliminary hearing in the cass of Edward L. Knowles, corporal of Company A, Twenty-fifth Infantry, who was held on a charge of assault with intent to kill Captain Macklin. Knowles was bound over to await the action of the grand jury. All of the officers now go heavily armed and pro tected throughout the night. Every ef fort has been made by the officers to keep the alleged conspiracy a secret, but it is learned that an investigation is now being conducted at several ar my posts throughout the country and several arrests of the members of the troops recently discharged in disgarce are expected to follow. Information was received here tnv night that the arrest of a negro soldier was made at La Junta, Coio., today. Suspicion rests upon negro soldiers at Fort Niobrara, Neb., and at three other points. Predicament of the Large Lady. From the Argonaut. It was on a suburban train. The young man in the rear car was sud denly addressed by the woman in the seat behind him: “Pardon me. sir." she said, “but would you mind assisting me off at the j project* was first referred next station? You see. I am very j committee, which recommended large, and when I get off I have to go backward, so the conductor thinks am trying to get aboard and helps me on again. He has done this at three stations.” I CHICAGO. Jan. 7.—Announcement was made today by the trustees of the University of Chicago that John D. Rockefeller would soon endow the University of Chicago with $3,000,000 to maintain a fund for superannuated professors of the institution. COLUMBIA. S. C. Jan. 9—By a vote of 21 to 16. the South Carolina senate today adopted a resolution endorsing the action of President Roosevelt in the Brownsville matter and requesting the South Carclina delegation in con gress to support this course. SAVANNAH. Ga., Jan. 9—Mayor Myers was advised from Washington this morning that the presentation of a silver service to the battleship Geor gia from the people of this state would to retain their outlines, so tbev fold ! their hands, close their eyes and wait ! patiently for the end.” Likened to Human Slumber. Well may the sleep of plants be call ed a real thing, and wonderfully like that of man and animals. Many flow ers close their petals during a rain to prevent the pollen or honey from being washed away. Many flowers go to sleep at certain hours of the day. as human beings take a nap. We can well understand why the cat or dog grows tired and wants to rest. But why should flowers sleep? They toil not, neither do they spin, yet it is cer tain that they need rest. It is wonderful to watch the flowers wake up. There are early risers, and I others who seem to require a longer | sleep. The daisy opens her leaves a» j sunrise and closes them at sunset, I hence the name. The dandelion is said 1 came Jean de Reszke, who was really quite Mario's equal, and I don’t know that I enjoyed playing with him less than I enjoyed playing with Mario. Of course, I have never su.ig with Ca ruso. but I envy those who do. To see him in Pagliacct is an experience that one is not likely to forget. He sends one away with a catch in one’s throat, and of how many singers is it possible to say that? “Oh. yes: I have often received 1200 pounds a night, but that is not my highest fee, for at Monte Video I received 1200 pounds a night during two consecutive seasons of sixty nights each. I remember that during one week I sang four times at that fee, and I fear that the prices the man ager had to charge for the seats rath er taxed the resources of Monte Video music lovera.” Some interesting statistics have been collected by Vice-Consul Arnold, at Foochow, concerning the great decline . in China’s tea trade. From 1678, when APPROPRIATION FOR WAR DEPARTMENT CUT LOW WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The House committee on appropriations finished its consideration of fortifications today and decided to report a bill carrying an appropriation of $4,411,000. This sum is nearly $7,000,000 less than the estimate submitted by the War Depart ment. The rejection of the plan of the Taft board to build an island at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay for de fense was probably the most import- nt. step taken by the committee. The sub- that an appropriation be made for a sur vey and the securing of full informa tion. But the full committee eliminat ed the proposition entirely from the bill. HEARST ELECTED CHAIRMAN IND. LEAGUE COMMITTEE NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Wiliam Ran dolph Hearst was today elected chair- tea was first introduced into England, i m an of the State committee of the until 1837 China held exclusively the , tea trade of the world. Then India began to enter the tea market. The Chinese trade reached high tide in 18S6. with a total export of 300,000,000 pounds. In 1884 China furnished about 72 per cent of the world's total, India ' and Ceylon 18 per cent, and Japan and Formosa 10 per cent. But in 1904, : when the total consumption had in- i creased to 644,000,000 pounds. China ' contributed only 30 per cent, India and | Ceylon 50 per cent, Japan and For- j mosa 10 per cent. The decline in China is ascribed to careless methods | of cultivation and preparation of the ileaf. Independence League. On Tuesday. January 1, about thirty members of the State committee met, and during the absence of Chairman Max F. Ihm- sc-n, elected Thomas F. Long as chair man. Today’s meeting was called by Mr. Ihmsen soon after he returned from abroad. It is claimed by Mr. Ihmsen and his adherents of the com mittee that the earlier meeting was illegal because it was held on a holi day, although the rules provide that the committee shall meet on the first Tuesday in January. The session to day was executive, and admission was by card. Mr. Long and his adherents flyers not present. ,7 INDISTINCT PRINT
