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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!
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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
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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,
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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.
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