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8 THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPE TUE3DAYY, FEBRUARY 26, 1907. a i ROYAL IFIRE BROKE OUT WHEN BOOT CLOTHES 1 FIREMEN AT FUNERAL ALTOONA LYRIC THEATER BURNED ALTOONA. Pa.. Feb nr tod.. Tt MADRID lT)»-nt.- f ■: house o: .-? H.r 24.—Arrange "lMHICR, s. c., .Li •' ..r.i- of :h? tVl-i'l last M. Mnj. ■J Ki C totion.‘and sained to destroy the ; JCugcne Stansill and was fighting roof when an ex ert on the Interior, round and severe- .ised by cross' on the stage. The hou. ast November. The loss . J. D. Hicks and D. law offices 510,000 TOTAL $525,000 HELPLESS CARNIVAL j FREAK BURNS TO DEATH in the $60,000 FIRE IN MILLVILLE. N. J.. 1 | STARTED AMONG CORN HUSKS. d law library. Several other j of the bui'ding lost heavily and | ince Is only partial. While running to the lire Win. W. Redding, of Dixon, Ill., a visitor to the city, was stricken with paralysis, and is in a serious condition at the Altoona hospital. itting out the Slate roofing. An Alleged Second PocaFiontas. Bangor (Me.) Dispatch to New York Fire- ! World. 1 man Frank Lyman was also severely cut by flying slate, but not seriously. Stansill was taken to the hospital and I may recover. MILLVILLE, N. J., Feb. 24.—A fire, which started today in the livery stable of Jere Clark, on High street, burned out nine business places, and caused a loss estimated at $60,000. The fire is supposed to have been started by the dropping of a match into a lot of corn husks in the stable. COLUMBIA. S. C., Feb. 24—-Wild Rose, the monkey girl from Yucatan,” freak which has been on exhibition here by a carnival company, was burned so badly last night that she I died early this morning. She was for- j ty-five years old. ignorant and idiotic. ; making her wants shown by inarticu- ’ late souds. She was left alone, locked up in a room. A dog's frantic yells ! attracted attention to the fire. BAILEY IN HASTE TO GET TO WASHINGTON EXPRESS RAN INTO AN OPEN SWITCH the Govern- Elephant a Financier. From the New York Times. Gumbo, the trick elephant of Bronx Park Zoo, and Jack Gleason his keeper, have been in the banking business for I several weeks under the name of •Gumbo & Gleason.” This partnership st dissolved yesterduy in con- j the papers, C*ipt. Smith mode 2. visit hv ntnccon I to the Kennebec Valley, ascending the river to the ; chief village of the Cabas- sas tribe of Indians, located where now Robert H. Gardiner, of Gardiner, has, in rummaging through some old pa- | pers relating to the early history of f the Kc-nnebec river, discovered that Po cahontas was not the only Indian maid en that saved the life of Captain John Smith—that there was a Pocahontas in Maine named Seboois. who died ro mantically while shielding the gallant * captain from arrows aimed at him with deadly intent. In the summer of 1614, according tp I STREET RAILWAY BARNS DESTROYED BY FIRE. WARREN Pa.. Feb. 24.—Fire today destroyed the barn? and contents of the : Warren Street Railway Company, and jaused a loss of $125,000. Its origin is unknown. Only four cars were saved. SCARED BY ALARM OF FIRE ITALIANS STAMPEDED CHURCH Jng will In all the high Shildren whenever they s have up to now -spring to a common it by the royal physic- hamlet In Asturias or tyrant has always got royal family than the Even now King Al ly bored by visits from id is expected to pro ber whole family, good fifth generation. fancy the future King (or and If not useful she !. wearing the splen- ime of these dames— trimmed .with fecarlet d. low-buckled -hoes, gold em- uence of the discovery by Gleason es 1 of the business^methods of his asso- se • elates. ‘ — ■ I- i A cigar box bearing the sign of the io ' firm, “Gumbo & Gleason." hangs in g. J front of Gumbo’s stall in the Zoo. In i-’ this visitors are expected to drop them it pennies and nickels. Gumbo aeknowl- ■s edges their donations by ringing a lr little bell. £ rg Of late Gleason has noticed that re- :e ! ceipts have been falling oft, though at- >e tendance at Gumbo’s levees was as large as ever. Accordingly, Gleason put nails Into the cigar box in such a way that, should his old friend and partner be robbing him, the nails would scratch his trunk. Still, returns were small. Gleason resolved on strategy. Seeing yesterday that Gumbo made several trips to his back room, Gleason closed the door, leaving Gumbo outside. A careful search among the rafters then revealed nearly fifty nickels and thirty pennies. “I ought to dissolve partnership after that.” said Gleason, “but as the money Is refunded and I know the hiding place. I guess you’ll find us at the old stand.” stands the city of Gardiner. Seboois, daughter of the chief, famed among In dians for her beauty, seems to have been something of a flirt for Captain Smith had scarcely set foot in the vil lage when she struck up an acquaint ance and began the practice of all the COLLEGE OF ST. MARIE BURNED CHICAGO, Feb. 24— More than a dozen women and children were in jured. several of them seriously, in a fire scare in an Italian church today. Two hundred persons became fright ened by escaping vapor from a radi ator and rushed from the building. Most of the injured were trampled on or cut by glass from a window which was demolished. with a r pagan shower of chains the neck and long earrings. rciest Flesh-Eating Animals in Percentage of people, even of ho feel an interest in wild ani- that the largest if brought ek ru fould not he capable or the cat-like spring >n. It would not attack, but naln entirely on the defensive, its adversary with blows of dlty and terrific force as at Uustrate Its superiority not trength, but in action. I do e that there is an animal in ! that can act more quickly voly or can aim its ■ blows iter certainty than the bear, go brown boars of the ^Uaska . south of Bering Pea. are O largest bears of the world, evident that there is no part ■ "id outside of America in h large flesh-eating animals The bears nro llesh-eaters. arotis, yet there are none of’ depend upon flesh for food, most of them flesh compris- s y small percentage of their New Shah Has Eut One Wife. Persia’s new ruler has no harem, in the sense of a multiplicltv of wives chemisette, ! and odalisques, differing 1n this respect nd knotted | from all of his predecessors on the throne. He has but one consort, to whom he accords a degree of com- raderie and consideration rare in Oriental life. She is a woman of much education, and, like him, speaks French perfectly, and is imbubed with ail sorts of Gallic tastes and Views. Her dress is always in accordance with world ’are | the latest dictates of Parisian fashion, nerally and she keeps a Parisian coutouriere ages. I of some note, with two clever French assistants and several modistes, per manently attached to her household and busily employed. The Shah’s wife bears the title of Anlsed Dowleth. which means “Com panion of the King." and she is the mother of the young Crown Prince. Houssein All MIrxa, whom his father has just proclaimed heir apparent. In stead of waiting until the very eve of his death to make any arrange ments for the succession, which has been the practice until now. When it Is stated that the Shah Fath All had over a thousand wives, and left 5,000 living descendants at the time of his death, it will be readily seen that the new ruler of Persia is a reformer of the most radical type and a man im bued with principles and views calcu lated to commend him to the good will of Western nations. overfill al together in bassas feminine society in order to win bis favor. Although Smith was a most gallant and courteous man, the princess, made little headway, for the object of her affection was occupied with important affairs and had no time, even if he had had the inclination, for. sentimen tal adventures. When, having been most cordially received, Capt. Smith and his men were ready to take their departure, one of his lieutenants, named Hunt, a quar relsome and ambitious man. mutinied, and, joined by some of the party, set out on a new expedition, taking along with them several of the Cabassas tribe as captives. The chief of the tribe, not knowing of the mutiny, and thinking the whites to be all of one party, pursued Cap tain Smith’s band with a large force, eager for revenge. Schools, wishing to warn the captain, ran on ahead of the avenging braves and came upon the white men just as they had encamped for the night a few "miles down the river. The chief and his warriors were close behind and just as Seboois flung herself in front of Captain Smith a shower of arrows fell upon the camp. One arrow pierced the devoted maiden’s breast as she stood shielding the cap tain, and thus, while he was saved, she foil dead at his feet. AT MARIEVILLE, CANADA. MONTREAL Que., Feb. 24.—The College of'St. Marie, at Marieville. was burned to the ground Saturday. Two hundred and twenty-five students es caped. Many of them lost their ef fects. The loss is $100,000. $75 000 Fire in Elmira. N. Y. ELMIRA. N. Y. Feb. 24.—A fire to night on Gerity Bros’, wholesale dry- goods house, at Lake and Carroll streets, caused $75,000 damage to stock and building. Church in Elmira. N. Y. Burned TROY. N. Y. Feb. 24—Woodsidc Presbyterian church was destroyed by fire today. The loss is $52,000. $100,000 Fire at Muskogee, I. T. MUSKOGEE. I. T.. Feb. 24.—Fire today destroyed the Culberton build ing. causing a loss of $100,000. AMERICAN STUDENTS The largo brown hoars ind those of the Alaska which 1 shall make spec usually travel to the so th hit skan Boar,’ e February if tho North Peninsula. to al reference, when first t “Hunting by Andrew Scribner. CABINETS; U. S. AND CANADIAN. ?eretar.v remind 3 duties Wilfrid lam don: of Choi Bob Evans on tile Navy. From the National Magazine. 1 entered the navv in the old days "Of sailing craft, when every man In the seev- ii o was. first of all a sailor. Yes. I have witnessed the flogging, which was then a standard punishment In the navy, and am familiar with many of the ol r customs which have long since passed away: yet which posses n picturesque and charm ing Interest in story books. I now have the proud distinction of belonging to the new navy: and it is with this nwv—the navy of today—that we have to uni. If every American citizen eottld realize the efficient and practical utility of the United States naval service as it now exists, there would 1“' no !:< ntuney in appropri ating sufficient money to create and main tain a navy adequate to our standing and needs ns a nation. I have long been interested in watching the personnel of the recruits. We have those high-tempered, quick, alert young fellows—after they have learned the first lesson of self-cni.tro!—the lesson of dis cipline and obedience, that means as much for themselves as it does for the service—I love them. They have made the American navy ■wlint it is today. There is a glint of "go" and intelligence in tho boys who pacq the decks of the American men of war.' Strange as it may seem, a large proportion of our best recruits have come from tiie farms and interior, inland cities of the Middle West. Once neensromed to the sea. they seem to take to their duties with a zeal and enthusiasm that equals even that of the well-seasoned sailors of the coast towns. If you ,-ould see the boys as I have seen them: working and studying to perfect themselves and win promotion, you would be no less enthusiastic than President Roosevelt was after liis trip on the Louis iana %> .•': ’ •• witnessed with his «.\vn eves the progress whleh we are making. Tile 1 . i' 111 d, - i V ■■ i to s ,.,. some export target practice during the summer, and we were fortunate enough to make a rec ord which stands out prominently in the history of marksmanship. When you consider the difficulty under which this Paul Nash. United States consul at Venice, suggests that an interesting comparison may be made between the results of instruction in foreign lan- uages in Italy and the United States, showing the practical superiority of the former. He says: “Hundreds of well-educated Ameri cans annually pass through Venice, and although probably nine-tenths of them have had several years of in struction in an European language not one-tenth are capable of speaking a dozen connected words of anything but English. “Even college graduates, fresh from prize winning in French or German are generally unable to speak either language, although capable of writ ing an excellent thesis on their his tory, philology, syntax, and litera ture. This is the result of teaching French and German in much the same way that Latin and Greek are taught. The pupils of the Royal School of Commerce in Venice (one of the schools which prepare for the diplomatic and consular service), after one year's instruction in English, are able to understand and to make themselves understood, and at the end of the second year converse with com parative fluency. “If one desires to learn a language for the sole purpose of reading it in telligently, and appreciating the fine points of its literature, then the meth od employed in American colleges is satisfactory. If, however, one’s object is to be able to use the language for practical purposes, it is obvious that an enormous amount of time is wasted by American students. I suggest that the question be investigated by teach ers at home, and shall be glad to an swer any inquiries on the subject.” Colporfers Visit All Foreigners Work Done Daring" Year in Disseminating of Christian Literature THAT'S SO. j work of firing : 1 1 sen i? carried out and i the exactness with which the calculations 1 i.le til.nle- Tie; iilliv made. but executed — ' i: -t’.uvs tit.- r —which nmv he • ob- j tnined hv what President Rosevelt lias so j often Insisted upon—"preparedness.” Silk Flowers For the Table. j From the New York Press. ! One of the newest and most artistic I table decorations, designed for the l hoste's for whom cut flowers are not available. Is of flowers made of ribbon or silk with natural greens to show them off. Miss Satterlee. daughter of j tho Bishop of Washington, who is al ways seeking new things for her Girls’ i-TVn.l'.y Sociotv. tolls of the way a hostess decked her tabic when she was asked to luncheon in eastern Maryland. In th-' center of the snowy cloth was a I large green straw box. home-made and graceful, and the lid was pink rose? and garland NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on vour pa per. It tells how you stand on the hooks. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. SARAH LINCOLN’S GRAVE. Bloomington (Ill.) dispatch to Chicago News. The grave of Sarali Bush Lincoln, who reared Abraham Lincoln, her stepson, lies unmarked in Cole County. It is well- nigh forgotten by the present generation. Nancy Hanks Lincoln, who died after giving Licoln birth, was the first wife of Thomas Lincoln. Sarah Bush Lincoln, the second wife, was from Kentucky. She was the only morher Lincoln really knew, and it was she who had the real influence in formulating his character. Thomas Lincoln died in 1S51 and his wife. Lincoln’s stepmother, in 1S6D. „*\.ll that is left of the old home of Thomas Lincoln is a little cairn of foundation stones and bricks from the fireplace, which is shadowed by two old trees, now dying. These trees had been set out by | the elder Lincoln when he first built the log cabin. The old 'Tirdon cemetery, in which Thomas and \ rah Lincoln were I buried and where the latter’s grave is un- marked, is located a mile west of the old Lincoln home. It is a typical country I graveyard, aad is in a very isolated local- I ity. A pile of brush has been placed over ] tlie grave of Mrs. Lincoln, a sorrowful j neglect of the woman who had much to i the native lantniasres the nre^- ! Jo in giving the country a man whose rare jn me native languages me j>res- | name is immortal WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.—The Washington meeting of the American Tract Society tvas held today in the Congregational church. Rev. Merrill E. Gates, D. D.. honorary vice-presi dent of the society, former president of Amherst College, and now secretary to the hoard of Indian commissioners, presided. Rev. Z. R. Dyott, pastor of the United Congregational church of Brooklyn New York, preached the ser mon, and Rev. Dr. Judson Swift, the field secretary, made the report sub ject of the sermon, “Religious Knowl edge.” It was a most earnest and eloquent plea for the dissemination of Christian truth, showing that a true knowledge of God, is the strongest force for righteousness, both with the indi vidual and the nation. The secretary reported sixty-nine new publications, and two new peri odicals, and added to the society dur ing the year. The new publications include fifteen different languages and the total number, of languages and dia lects in which the society has published Christian truth is 173 and the grand total of all publications from the home office for eighty-one years is 759.S43 C65 copies. , The report says: Colporters Did Much Work. “The colporters employed during the year have made 279,430 family visits and have distributed 63,520 volumes, making the total results of colportage for sixty-five years 15,955.853 family visits and 16.651 458 volumes dis tributed. and 9.375.9S3 in which prayer was offered or personal conversation had on the subject of Christianity. “The greatest problem looming on the national horizon is that of immi gration. -The figures indicate that with the fiscal year ending June 30 next, more than four million immigrants will have arrived during the preceding four years. They must he lifted to the plane of good citizenship. The Christian lit erature published bv the American Tract Society is indispensable in this work. The society’s colporters meer and welcome them at Ellis Island, the nation's gateway, and also follow them to their home? with the literature and a personal visit. The children and youth are not to the mission stations and Sunday schools. The tract society is distributing literature among the immigrants in thirty-four languages and dialects. Mission Work in Islands. “The mission work in the island possessions is largely dependent upon the Spanish publications of the Amer ican Tract Society. It is over 300 dis tinct publication in Spainish prove to be the strong right arm of the mis- sionery. One of the mission superin tendents in Cuba writes, ‘your New Testament with notes in Spanish is like manna from Heaven for these people.’ “The call for Christian literature at the foreign mission station is unprece dented. A missionary forty-two years in the mission fields says, ‘with an adequate supply of Christian litera- Shall Millionaires Run ment? Wall Street Summary. Wealth’s dominance in political and public life nowadays has been the sub ject of numerous criticism. So totally changed are present conditions from those of a former generation that small wonder is expressed at the thought that has arisen in some quar ters, that the Government is passing into the hands of the wealthy. The United States Senate is no longer re nowned for its scholarship, but for its wealth. Statesmen have gone and millionaires now fill their places. The “millionaires’ club” is a facetious but truthful alias for our Upper House. Contending that none but men of vast wealth can represent the United j States abroad, Senator Albert J. Bev- ! eridge, in Appleton’s for March, perti- I nently asks if the Government’s oper- I ations are going to pass into the hands j of the country’s millionaires. That is, if the people are to be shut out from participation in the conduct of their own Government and hand over its \ destinies to the plutocrats. One cause ; in particular, says he, is largely con tributing to such a result. In verifica tion, he cites the case of the late Sen ator Hoar, who once said to him on this question: “When I came to Washington I had accumulated about a hundred thousand dollars from my practice of the law. If I complete an other term it will practically all be gone. It has been used up in addition to my Senatorial salary, in the com mon expenses of daily living.” “And yet it is well known that this most learned as well as one of the most useful men in public life." says Sena tor Beveridge, “lived in extreme sim plicity.’’ Nor did he stop with Senator Hoar. Several cases were referred to in wjiich Senators lived in obscurity, tf not meanness, to eke out a living and do the full measure of their duty to their country. These are men of long experience in the Senate, upon whom the country may look with pride and admiration. Ono lives in a single room: another in two small rooms on the top floor of an apartment house. On the toher hand the millionaires in dulge in elegance and sumptuousness, give elaborate entertainments, main tain costly equipages and set a pace that the Senator of slender means must forego. Hotel rates are extor tionate; from $3 to $3.50 a day for the i cheapest room without meals, and no _ | reduction for a monthly term. ■ Meals laSt are still more expensive and together I with the cost of entertaining consti tuents, who are constantly “dropping in,” make the lot of the struggling statesman far from happy. Hence, he says: “None of these things is known to the American people. All of them should be known by the American peo ple. They are causes which are work ing an infinitey important change in our Government. I doubt whether any practical situation exists more serious than this or fraught with more pro found consequences to the American people. The Government is passing into the hands of the rich; the poor man or man of moderate means is being crowded out of the people's ser vice. As to the unreasonableness of this extravagance • • and • prodigality with such' pernicious results, he remarks: “You will say at once that such a scale of living is absurd, and I say so. too; that it is flagrantly wrong, and I say so. too. And it is to call the attention of the nation to this con crete. immediate, growing, and criti cal evil that I am writing these words. Let me repeat again that it is becom ing every day more difficult for any but a rich man. and a very rich man at that, to live in comparative decency in Washington.” The reason for this is found in the constantly Increasing number of vastly wealthy men who have entered public life and are living at startling expense. Old-time simplicity is gone, and a re gime of almost Roman luxury and splendor has begun. The late Secre tary Whitney was the pioneer in this departure, and Calvin S. Brice and Vice-President Morton nobly “kept up the pace.” Thirty thousand dollars a year is a modest estimate for one of this gilded class to spend, and seventy- five thousand dollars is the amount spent by one man in one year to main tain himself and wife! Senator Beveridge contrasts the riotous spending with the sober tastes and simple economy of Conkling. Thad- deus Stevens John A. Logan, Lot M. Morrell, Sjimner, Wade and Fes?enden. AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 24.—'It is ex pected that the findings of the legisla tive committee investigating ' charges against United States Senator Jos. W. Bailey will be reported to the two Houses of the Legislature not later than Tuesday. Senator Bailey and his attorneys are urging upon the committee the need of haste as Senator Bailey announces he will leave Thursday in order to re port in Washington by March 4, to be installed as Senator. A discussion is now on as to whether or not the com mittee will have any right to .report anything but the evidence. The , ... . .. friends of Senator Bailey are of the I th A™thcnlgh ttu^'accident J 'c PITTSBURG. Pa.. Feb. 24.—The Phil adelphia Express on the Pennsylvania Railroad due to arrive hero at 6:35 to night. ran into an open switch in the yards at Sixteenth street about 7 o'clock tonight. The ambulances of the Western Pennsylvania and Allegheny General Hos pitals were hurriedly summoned to the Union -station, but according to the rail road officials and hospital physicians, no one was injured. The New York Express, due here at 1 o'clock narrowly escaped running into the Philadelphia train and caused' a panic among the already frightened passengers One coach on the Philadelphia train was telescoped and two others derailed. The train was late and was running faster heart before it bec.tr said a numbe seriously injur' porters were street yards, no person the opinion that tho committee can also make its suggestion that there is noth ing in the evidence to in any way re flect upon Senator Bailey, if this procedure is followed the minority of the committee will bring in an adverse report asking that the House take full > t j on was refused recognition of the evidence and act | upon it as they see fit. It is also stat ed that some of tne opponents of Sen ator Bailey will make an effort to pro long the agitation, even to the extent of taking the matter to Washington, in the way of a memorial. The following statement was handed to the press tonight from Senator Jos. W. Bailey's headquarters: Statement by Bailey’s Frier.ds. “Many friends of the supporters of Senator Bailey throughout this State have requested us to notify them when the report of the investigating com mittee would be before the Legislature for final action and in response to tha request from such a great number, we deem it proper to say to them that our information is that steps will be taken in the Senate on Monday looking to immediate and final settlement of the issue in that body. We are also ad vised that-the sub-committee of tho House has about completed its labors. This being the ease, tho full committee will doubtless report to the House some time Monday its findings. Based on this assumption, the report of the House committee will be before tjie House for consideration on Tuesday morning. In our opinion this report in its findings will clearly exonerate Sen ator Bailey and vindicate him: and it would seem that no reasonable man ought to deny him the fullest exonera tion and the most vindication of every charge made against him before he returns to Washington to qualify as Senator from the State of Texas for another six years. However, we do not desire to disappoint our friends, or deceive the public. Senator Bailey has many , political as well as personal enemies who will doubtless seek as a last opportunity to undertake to hu miliate him at and injure him abroad by casting their votes against such a resolution of vindication as he would be entitled to. There certainly cannot be a very considerable number of those after the committee hearings, and most of them liretofore have heard from their constituents.” it The ■me tit- known. * of pass' d and many nev rushed to tlir Sixteenth Aside from stating that n injured, all informa- itrst rep had b, ■soaper ■ of the titles the “Georgia Lumber Com pany” had become financially embar rassed, and was unable to meet its indebtedness to the Western Bank of New York, at Rochester, and the lands, which were pledged as security for the debt pas?ed into the possession of the State of Indiana. By authority of the Legislature of Indiana the lands were sold, and in the course of time were transferred from owner to owner, and in 1S77 became the property of George E. Dodge of New York, in whose honor Dodge Countv was named. Many per sons think that the county was called after Norman W. Dodge who died in New York State last week. Norman W. Dodge was a brother of George E. Dodge, and the lands in question were sold and transfered to Norman W. Dodge by George E. Dodge somewhere between the years 1SS6 and 1SS9. t + Caught on l the Wing J ■! I'll I I d'H'-H- By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET. Speaking of immigrants. One of the most brilliant minds-that ever flashed its brightness in this city and State was an immigrant. Ha. came to this country a poor Irish boy, and settled first in Athens, where he commenced business life as a drug clerk.- On one occasion the struggling youth: made a speech in a debating society in the Classic City, which, .attracted the at tention of that great Georgian. Chief Justice Lumpkin, who suggested to him that he become a- lawyer. Ho accepted the advice, read law, and by a special acrt of the Legislature was allowed to practice. He located in Ma con to pursue his profession, and soon became noted as an orator and advo cate. The brilliancy of his intellect and the magic of his' eloquence at tracted the attention of the State, and these qualities brought him. fame, for tune and high judicial position. He had a most delightful personality and a sunny temperament and generous na ture, that made him very popular. He was judge of the Macon. Superior Court circuit, and in 1S71 was. made chief jus tice of the Supreme C-ourt of Georgia. On his retiren it from -his exalted po sition he. became general counsel of the Pullman Sleeping Car Company. The foregoing is an epitome of the career of the Irish immigrant, youth—O. A. Lochrane. ..... Soon after George E. Dodge came into possession of the lands he com menced to develop the immense timber interests. Great wealth immediately flowed from the wonderful forests, and a tremendous business was built up in lumber and naval stores. The construc tion of railroads through this timber domain wonderfully increased the value of Dodge’s possessions, and- if the de parted spirits of the Portland company couid have looked back from the un known country to which they had long since gone they would have seen George E. Dodge realizing their once bright dreams of untold wealth from the products of the primeval pines In which they invested a half-century be fore. But while Dodge was growing richer and richer year by year from his capacious saw mills, turpentine and export lumber, he was having his trou bles with .alleged squatters and so- called “land grabbers.’’ “Under the j laws of Georgia, mere possession by ! residence, or fencing or cultivation of a lot of land for twenty years, under i claim of ownership, will give tho squatter a prescriptive title- and a mere color of title a deed from a man who has no title at all. with posses sion under it for seven years, will give, ’ in its practical operation, a prescrip tive title superior to that of the true owner of the legal title, unless the true owner, when he brings his suit against' the squatter, can show that the latter • actually knew that the person fr:m whom he bought had no title or other fraud facts which it is seldom prac ticable to prove.” Mr. Dodge brought a great many ejectment suits ns tho records in the United States Court at Macon will show. Yesterday I described a good deal of this litigation in an article on the famous trial of Luther A. Hall et al. I believe that many persons who settled upon these lands purchased them in_j;ood faith and were in no sense parties to any fraud. In, my opinion, some of these so-called squatters honestly believed they were the legal owners of the lands which they claimed. Among them were up right and law-abiding men. In this timber section is the abode of some of Georgia’s most sterling and trust worthy people—men who conscienti ously believed they had lawfully come into possession of lands claimed by the Dodges. TO PREVENT WIDENING BREACH IN CREVASSE. NEW ORLEANS. La.. Feb. 24.—Con trol was secured today over the danger ous crevasse near Jesuits Bend, the State engineers succeeding in “tying in” tho ends of the broken levee so that the breach did not widen. It was announced that if the situation become threaten ing the crevasse can be closed, although at great cost. It was decided to let the break flood the surrounding country at least for a few days. It is not often' that' one hears of a man of the age of seventy-two play ing on a violin more than a half-cen tury old. Captain John W. Dozier, of Earlier, m the days of Clay, Calhoun i Macon has lived two years beyond the and W ebster. living expenses were still allotted three score and ten, and fre- less. Adverting to the general in- j quently he enjoys life by playing ™ MUSCOGEE SUNDAY TRAGEDY IN WHICH NEGROES FIGURE honeysuckle, but when the lun was over the hostess lifted the lid of i ; her centerpiece and displayed her fa- vors. an assortment of similar ribbon " -e? dainty as if they had just been plucked from the garden. Hawaii Has a Sea Serpent. Honolulu Cable to New York Herald. Native fishermen have been driven from their favorite firounds through terror of a sea serpent. The monster -.? described by them as a serpent, but -°me of the less terror-stricken peo ple think that it is an eel. In any went, the monster is about ten feet n length, and is about as big around : -.e body as the neck n£ an averaged- si:e n-..r.. It attacked some natives recently, causing them to drop their spears an t lights in terror and flee The grave of Thomas Lincoln was only marked by a white oak board, placed there by Abraham Lincoln himselg in overed with 1S51. until in 1SS9. when the present plain of trailing ! white marble shaft was erected. On its hv j' .1^ u - ^uches Ji today disci jury as justified. d by the her recently, and it e eel followed some h inside of the reef, -s an he induced to 'ater in the neigh- the big serpent or face is the following simple record: "Thomas Lincoln, father of the martyred President. Born January 6. 1778: died j January 15. 1351.” The last visit of Abraham Lincoln to the graves of his parents was In 1861. just before he was inaugurated. He en tered the old homestead where his step mother was waiting for him. He took her in his arms an- tried to comfort her when she commenced weeping. She de clared that she would never see him again. ■"Why. mother?" he asked. She replied: “Abe. you are such a good man that thev will kill you.” He little dreamed of the prophetic char acter of her words. Lincoln then cut sOrr.e markers with a saw and axe and placed them on his father s grave. He marked the initials of the dead with his pocket knife. These markers were stolen by tom,- wretch after he was assisinated. In the afternoon at the old town of Farmington, a mile north of the Lincoln home. Lincoln was given a farewell re ception. He there bade farewell to his beloved stepmother. He adored her and she loved him even bettor than she loved her "Wn children. The parting was a pa thetic one. She was so old at th»- time of his death that she was completely pros trated and could not go to Springfield. It is a sad commentary on the justice of mankind that while so much is said about the neglected condition of the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the woman who gave Lincoln birth, few. if any. remember Sarah Rush Lincoln, who was the one 'ho I insp ired him to higher aims. could do ent force of missionaries much good ten-fold.’ “The crying need of the hour Christian literature abundantly sup- crease in living expenses everywhere throughout the country, he makes a telling point when he says: “But not withstanding this, the salaries of Con- ] gressmen and Senators remain precise- lv what they were forty years ago.” The desire of the wealthy to live on : a scale proportionate to their means ; he dees not consider reprehensible, “but the result of it,” he sagely adds “is a very serious matter to all of us.” Literature and law are resorted to for ; additional income, hut the former is meagre and the latter fragmentary. The only paying practice for a lawyer . today appears to be “corporation” bus- i iness, and that “in some form or an other touches national legislation, eith er directly or indirectly, in a variety of ways.” Hence, it is forbidden ter- j ritory. Salary increases will not materially aid in this dilemma. The only solu tion is for the people to make up their minds to keep rich men out of office unless of rare and conspicuous states manlike proportions. This would give the nation the service of rich men who are real- statesmen, like Washington, and of poor men who are real states men. like Lincoln. “But if this is not done the Republic must be exclusively a violin that was given to him by his father fifty-one years ago. And what is more, he is often accompanied by his wife on a guitar which was pre sented to her fifty-four years ago by her cousin, the late Mrs. Thomas Hardeman. Mr. E. B. Dozier, chief operator at the Western Union office in this city, joins in with his parents and makes music on a bass violin which his father gave to him when he was eight years old. Quite an arrav of old instruments, and a very musical family. COLUMBUS. Ga„ Feb. 24.—Musco gee’s Sunday tragedy today was at Lindsay's creek, a few miles north of the city. West Rodgers, negro, shot and fatally injured Doss Williams, an other negro, and is at large. The past several Sundays in this county have each been marked by some shooting affray. plied and well distributed. The forces : ff° ve rned by the lords of gold who may that make for righteousness must be I statesmen may-be^ figureheads, or both encouraged and emphasized may be something else. His trenchant throughout the nation. Education , . , , alone is powerless to make character I Decidedly the rich man who is not or transform the individual or com- | P re '® m j, nent , in statesmanship must go. monwealth. The public schools, col- also the demagogue must go. leges and universities do not have as ■ Decidedly something more than millions a distinctive part of their curriculum i a purchased public reputation on the saving of souls or the training of ? ne hand, and flaming appeals to Christians. The gospel truth on the passion and class hatred on the other It is surprising the number of people in Macon that have mining invest ments. There are several companies represented here, and the outlook is more are coming. Some are interested in mines in Arizona, some in Colorado, others in Mexico others in Alaska, and still, others in Lower California, and perhaps elsewhere. In this connection it may be stated that Mr. Fabian Min ton. after having been with the Ex change Bank of Macon for twenty-sev en years, will retire from this institu tion on March 1 and devote himself to his duties as secretary and treasurer of a mining company, with headquarters in this city. EULOGIES ON DEPARTED • IN HOUSE AND SENATE. WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.—Eulogies on the lives of the iate Senator Rus sell A. Alger, of Michigan, and the late Representatives Henry Cullen Adams, of Wisconsin, William H. Flack, of New York, and J. H. Ketcham of New York, were pronounced today in the House, which convened to pay trib ute to these statesmen. Many of the members delivered euiogie?. Mr. Lever, of South Carolina, was among those who spoke in eulogy of Mr. Adams, and Messrs. Hay and Lamb, of Virginia, among those who paid tribute to Mr. Ketcham. printed page must be proclaimed throughout the land. “The tract society’s resources are exhausted and all of its work crippled and enlargement impossible owing to the absence of funds. Not less than one million dollars is needed imme diately to enable the society to greatly increase its colporters and provide the Christian literature required for world-wide evangelization.” Sorry. From the Cleveland Leader. A correspondent who wishes to remain anonymous sends us some verses entitled “A Winter's Dream." The author says: ”1 hope you will print this, as I want" to earn a little money." I don't know where I ever gaye anybody the impression that I paid money for "ontributions. The Lead or pays me to fill this column with my own stuff, and I’m cheating when I use any one else's. anyhow. Only sometimes when a contribution is good enough—or bad enough—I consent to use it. But iioney—nay, nay. hand, must be required of would-be public men if the Government of, by and for the people is not to be run ex clusively by Croesus and Jack Cade.” LIFE. From an Exchange. Life—what is It? Ah, who knows? Just a visit. I suppose; Joy and sorrow For a day, Then tomorrow We're away. Youth, and morning. Manhood, noon; Age—the warning— Night comes soon; Shines a star to Light us: then ’Tis not far to Home again. What are the Dodge lands of which we have heard so much in the United States Court at Macon, in the news papers and elsewhere? About three- quarters of a century ago. on October 18, 1833. soon after Macon had been incorporated as a city, a number of capitalists of Portland. Maine, formed themselves into an association to buy large tracts of pine land in Georgia, and for this purpose sent Abram Col by, Stephen Chase and Samuel E. Crocker as their agents to this State. They bought three hundred thousand acres of land in what was then known as Wilkinson County, but now lying in the counties of Dodge. Telfair, Laurens and Montgomery, these four countie? having been created since the said pur chase. The deeds were taken in the names of Colby, Chase and Crocker, but on the granting by the Legisla ture of a charter to the “Georgia Lum ber Company.” which legislation was obtained by the three men. they exe cuted a deed from themselves to the company, which was composed of the Portland capitalists for whom Colby, Chase and Crocker had been acting as agents and with whose money the binds had been bought. Fifty years after wards certain parties claimed that the deeds were defective and had not been properly executed. But before this at tach had been made on the the validity BATTLE FOUGHT IN CENTRAL AMERICA. CITY OF MEXICO. Feb. 24.—Dr. Baltnzaar Estupinian. minister to Mexico from Salvador and Honduras, tonight re ceived the following vague cablegram from the Honduran government: ' 'Nicarauguan forces have invaded Hon duras. Fierce battle ensued.” This is the first word Dr. Estupiyfan has received from the government of Honduras for several days and gives no details of the. battle or where it was fought. No further Central American news has reached this capital during the part 24 hours. CHARGED WITH BRIBERY ERAMLEY GIVES t-’F COLUMBUS, O.. Feb 23.—M. F Bram- ley, president of the Cleveland. TrinHad Paving Comnanv. charged with giving Fred Lied, dirf-ejor of nubile service of Columbus, a bribe of Si 030 to procure a paving contract, arrived tod.-iv and sn-- rendered at police headnuarters. In bonds of $500 Bramley was released. ’ A vr-ni affidavit, charging Bramley with having agreed to give $3,000 each to Direct s Lied and Tunnel, with the board of public service, has be°n fled. ’ ur Orly one war rant has been issued. Mr. Bramh-y de-fi. d that he hai] offered ?. bribe or that he had authorized any emnloye of the paying company or any other person to pay money to procure contracts. Exauisite sarcasm. Fro mthe Philadelphia Pr ?.?. Being a press humorist is for a cripple, but . it does though a healthy. • abje-hodi ought to be willing to work fo: Touching Fidelity. From the Washington Tin-' ~ That worried look or the fr - member of Cpngr.-. s is .it- > t/ that he may not be • able :. extra $2,500 worth of work.