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history of the <■ >untry may bet .Such are the results which had their
I jn:o two periods: the first ex- beginnings in the colony
mg from :
he English
colonies to th
Revolution, ti
wlodgment of
rolonics to th
in the colony of James-
eUlemcnt I town, which we are accustomed to
• close of j think of as the birthplace of the Amer-
e second I lean nation. The wonderful story,
the inde-
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art, science, Inven-
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tnd
n:entous In the history of the world,
is worthy of national illustration and
commemoration and of the sympathy
and participation of all civilized people.
It is the object of the Jamestown Ter
centennial Exposition to organize an
appropriate celebration of those great
events in the history of our country
and progress of the world.
the caharacter and scope of the
ttlemcnt of principles exposition have not been always cor
rectly appreciated, it may be well to
state its purposes as officially declared,
and then to Inquire how the actual
preparations and arrangements fulfill
the original high objects of commem
oration. The charter granted by the
State of Virginia to the Jamestown
Exposition Company on March 10, 1902,
recited In the preamble, interalia:
"It is the desire and purpose of the
people of this commonwealth to fit
tingly commemorate the third centen
nial of the settlement effected at
Jamestown on the thirteenth day of
May, In the year sixteen hundred and
seven.
“The most fitting form of such a cel
ebration would be to hold a great ex
position in some one of the cities of
Virginia, in which all our sister States,
and, If possible, all the English-speak
ing people of the earth, shall be in
vited to participate, and where shall be
displayed the products of peace and
the fruits of free institutions In all
realms.
"It is the opinion of the General As
sembly of Virginia that such exposition
should be held at some place adjacent
to the waters of Hampton Roads,
whereon the naves of all nations may
rendezvous in honor of the hardy mar
iners who braved the dangers of the
deep to establish the colony."
And in the act it la further declared:
"The eompany shall select a suitable
name designating the said exposition,
which name shall be commensurate
. with the great significance of the event
ion. never loosed |r commemorates, and shall contain £he
inalienable rights | -name of no city. It shall also have
and actions upon which human ?
Is well end flraniy constituted, we flpd
a national development which has Bp
p.ir I, • ! In ■ h• • ry .f ::: cikind. No
other notion of ancient or modern
t rnt - grew during a century and a
quarter from birth to a maturity of
principles and of power, of dominating
influence upon all Governments and
people. Whatever of foreign evils we
have Imported through a practically
unrestrained Immigration, the laws of
our national life, founded upon the best
precepts of ages, have preserved and
advances the highest principles of hu
man liberty. Whatever difficulties and
failures we have mot and yet endure,
the people of the United States are to
day among the foremost In moral prog
ress and in just aspirations for the fu
ture.
Yet the attainments of the nation
had their genesis in that earlier period
of Colonial life. At the times of the
first permanent settlements of Virginia
and Massachusetts, the people of Eng.
, land were representative of the highest
type of civilization then existing.
Through foreign wars and domestic
controversies, through many wrongs
and tyrannies, they had conceived eer-
tnin rules of national existence, which,
often broken and trampled upon by
parties nnd monarchs. survived In the
conscience nnd resolved of the people
as the heritage, the very birthright of
freemen. These high views were trans
mitted with the first colonies to the
soul of our country. The Puritan never
succumbed to oppre
his grasp upon thosf
which come to man from God. The I power to erect at Jamestown or else-
Cavaller was an agent in the establish- where a suitable permanent memorial
ment of beneficent rules of a free Gov- | D f such caharacter as to it may seem
ernment. If we find among both types most appropriate and proper, the exe-
Indivlduals who had no views except cu tion of a memorial at Jamestown to
of self-advancement, tt Is equally true j )e subject to the consent and the de
bit they were dominated by men of [ P i Kn t o be subject to the approval of
1 the Association for the Preservation of
character who were Inspired by
earnest desire to promote the future
good of their country and posterity,
regardless of their pcsonal Interests or
profits.
Among the men who settled at
Jamestown on May IS. 1607. there were
loaders of high conception of Govern
ment nnd In the colony of Jamestown
were the first assertion of social and
governmental principles which lie at
the foundation of our natlonnl life.
Virginia Antiquities.”
On March 3, 1903, Congress passed
an act, which declared In part:
“Whereas, It is desirable to commem
orate In a fitting and appropriate man
ner the birth of the American ration,
the first permanent settlement of Eng
lish-speaking people on the American
continent made at Jamestown, Va.
the 13th day of May, 1607, in order that
the great events of American history
Rome of the acts of that colony were j which have resulted therefrom may be
the beginnings of our Constitution. j accentuated to the present and future
The movement for the colonization j generations of American citizens; and
of Virginia, following . the treaty of I whereas that section of the common-
pi ice between England and Spain. In : wealth of Virginia where the first per-
1605. was national In scope It became I manent settlement was made conspicu-
one of the Important factors in the i ous in the history of the American na-
polltles of the period: not only in Eng
land and America, hut in France. Spain
And the Netherlands: not. only In the
contest then going on between Protest
antism nnd Roman Catholicism, hut in
the conflict between the Crown and the
Commons. While the Plymouth colo
nists were Independents and those of
the Massachusetts 'Bay tieUlements
Non-conformists, thev held the same
Christian faith ns those of Virginia.
The emigrants to Jamestown, notwith
standing the presence of a few Roman
Catholics, were not only distinctively
I’totestnnt hut representative of a na
tion practically undivided In faith nnd
united In faith the Church of England.
The minister of that church took an
native part, from earnest interest. In
the colonization of Virginia: and tho
sermons, state papers nnd records of
the time show that the work of the
church was the first Important element
of colonization and of subsequent in
fluence and effect upon the Govern
ment and Institutions of the new land.
The first charter began with the de
claration of propagation of the Christ
ian religion: and the objects of the ex
peditions under Gates and Delaware,
stated In the letters patent. Included,
as the first, advancement of Kingdom
of God.
Tho work of the church was supple
mented by the early Institution in Vir
ginia of the family. The practice of
divorce, too frequent and unjustifiable,
disrupting family ties, has not -broken
seriously the vast number of homes
•wherein tho family life makes the sta
bility of this nation.
G-’od Governors settled the proper
relation of the colonists toward those
in authority and a rightful intercourse
nmong men; nnd. when venal rulers
broke those established associations,
protest nnd reslstan
the Government, pr:
Crown, fallen continuously Into the
hands of competent and good men and
ti<m by reason of the vital and mo
mentous events which have taken place
there In the Colonial, Revolutionary
and Civil War eras of the nation, in
cluding not only the first permanent
settlement of English-speaking people,
but also the scene of the capitulation
of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. and
the scene of the first naval conflict be
tween nrmor-clad vessels, the Monitor
and Merrimac; therefore be It enacted
that there shall be inaugurated in the
year 1907, on and near the waters of
Hampton Roads, In the State of Vir
ginia, as herein provided, an intern-
national naval, marine and military
celebration, beginning May 13. and
ending not later than November 1,
1907.”
The act appropriated $250,000 for the
expenses of the celebration, which in
cluded $50,000 for a permanent monu
ment upon the place of the first per
manent English settlement at James
town, and authorized the President “to
Issue a proclamation of the celebration,
setting forth the event to be commem
orated, inviting foreign nations to par
ticipate by sending their naval vessels
and such representations of their mil
itary organizations as may be practi
cable and to have such portions of our
army and navy assembled there during
the said celebration as may be com
patible with the public service.” The
militia of the several States were also
invited to participate.
This celebration, directed by Con
gress, is in close proximity both in
time nnd place, to the Jamestown Ter
centennial Exposition organized under
the law of Virginia, and it was un
doubtedly Intended as an aid to that
exposition, but the two arrangements
are entirely separate in control and in
character. Congress entered Into a
allowed. Had j fl| rec t national participation in the ex-
ling from the | position by a law passed in 1906, which
will be presently explained.
Officers of the army and navy are
brought uniform g ■ ! results, a repro- i obedient to law, the loyal servants of
tentative system would have been long : the people, and they do not indulge in
postponed. In lt>19 there met at commendation or criticism of their
Jamestown the first legislative assent- rulers.- But it may not be improper for
bly of America. It cons sted of twen- I one a [ them to point good reasons for
11 j tho act of Congress and the appropri-
a : ater.ess of participation by the army
ty-two members, two of each from
eleven boroughs. One of the first acts
of the ttMembly was to insist uabn t|w
principle of the Declaration of Rights
of 1776. that no man or set of men are
entitled to exclusive or separate emol
uments or privileges from the com
munity but in consideration of
services. The colony came to the fir
stage of civil and religious freedom and
cl progress through representative
Government at a time when, in Eng
land, parliamentary legislation had
been disuse! during some years under
the rule of James I. Then began the
colonist struggle between a represent
ative Government of the people and
personal rule. There were times of
protest an 1 rebellion against govern- j
mental wrong, the subversion of law I
and navy in the great national event,
but keeping in view that their pres
ence will not be the main feature but
will be collateral and subsidiary to the
arrangements and objects of the
^ ;c j Jamestown Ter-Centennlal Exposition,
a congregation of peace and not for
wa r.
It may be rightly affirmed that there
would he no exposition in 1907 but for
the past services of military and naval
bodies. Had the English navy been
crushed and destroyed by the Spanish
Armada in 156$. the English settle
ment of Virginia would not have been
I effected: and a history of this land
may have been made by another peo
ple. In the Colonial and Revolutionary
and tyrannous absorption and misuse wars Of our country, the military and
insure*
Jr., in
Amerli
Who
and bo
:- by Governors, such was the
:i->n "■ ‘d by Nath.anial Bacon,
676. just a century before the
n Revolution.
tho people elect their rulers
ke the laws, the Government
wl reflect the caharacter ar.d attain
ments of the people, and a country will
be eventually, in moral and govern-
mund. The first representative Gov
ernment at Jamestown antedated all
others in this country: the beginning
of the conflict between personal and
popular control. From that time to
the present day there has been a strug
gle for good Government of the peo
ple. Through that contest there has
been exemplified in our colonial and I
national life every phase of culture, ,
enterprise, her ism and sacrifice. The
church has taught the observance of :
th, precepts of the religion of Christ. •
I. aislation has given sanction to high!
principles. In jurisprudent e, dlpio- |
n-.u-y and international relations the ,
course of our nation is marked by jus
tice and generosity. Education and I
;-eien,o illumined the path 'f progress, i
It: military annals Washington lead*
the long line of heroes. The story of
th;, navy beams with the ligh
trlous names. Every conflict
or peace in which our cour
been engaged glows will
splendid courage. In all lines
fort, though obstacles and evil
the way. the goal is a true ?
tulavn,emont of our country.
of illus-
of war
has
Mures of
-s of ef-
lie in
ervice and
naval forces have borne honorable
parts often of decisive importance.
The story of America cannot be writ
ten without" many chapters upon the
real services nnd devotion of those men
who put on the uniform of the army
and navy, or wore that of the citizen
soldiery. The celebration of the birth
and growth of the nation would be In
complete without the presence of those
arms which made the commemoration
possible. The Congress recognized tho
army and navy and the militia as an
element of our national life and history
worthy of representation at a gather
ing of citizens of all States, to rejoice
over the past and gather fraternal and
patriotic spirit for the future.
War is a calamity always to be de
plored. but not always to be avoided.
War is to be judged as to its object.
Its necessity or possibility of honora
ble avoidance. No American will af
firm or admit that the War of the
Revolution was on the part of the
colonists, an unjust war. that it did
hot possess the elements of honor and
necessity which secure the approval
of mankind. There are righteous
causes of war. and wars of gross in
justice. The hopes of many people
are fixed upon a peaceful settlement
of international disputes, a hope held,
perhaps not more earnestly than by
those who in the event of war.
have to do the fighting. But as
as of ambition, of annexation
and of conquest occur, a peoplp is not
Justified in neglecting means of right
ful defense. England without a navy
would have been helpless and broken
before the Spanish Armada. And to
day our own nation cannot disband its
army and navy while it has great in
terests to guard in the presence of
vast forces to which it may be oppos- ,
ed. Had the United States possessed
in 189S its navy of today, there would ’
have been no costly and bloody war;
for it is well known that Spain entered
upon the conflict in the confidence,
which but few of her people did not 1
share, that her navy would vanquish
our own. We are in the Philippines
and we have a duty there. We have
a Pacific coast as well as an Atlantic, ■
to defend. We are about to guard the ;
Isthmus of Panama for the benefit of
the world. Far-seeing patriots cannot
be otherwise than unhappy and anx
ious, in recognition of the fact that
our defensive preparations do not ex
ist or are inadequate. For. surelv,
-while our country will not seek war
nor enter upon a conflict not just and
necessary, the possession of suitable
means of defense, commemsurate with
our internal greatness as a nation,
must be regarded as the best assur
ance of peace and of continued happi
ness.
The full military powers of our
country will not be displayed at the
exposition, but the national guard of
the several States and the army and
navy will be modestly represented, and
the officers and men will be there in
a spirit of friendliness to all our vis
itors from foreign lands. It is under
stood that upon the opening of the ex
position by the President of the Uni
ted States and upon the arrival of any
military representatives or naval ves
sels of friendly nations, there will be
present such of our national military
and naval forces as may be assembled
without detriment to the public ser
vice in the course of their regular
employments. The ceremonies will be
on the exposition grounds and they
will be chiefly of a civil character.
The scene will be splendid In its civic
nature, and it Is intended that the
battalions or companies of the army
navy and national guard shall fill their
proper place in an imposing event
commemorative of the history of the
nation. Subsequently, there will
main at the exposition a detachment
of each arm of the military service
and a division of naval vessels for
the purpose of exhibition to the citi
zens of the United States. There is
not a State and not many counties In
the United States that have not citi
zens in the army and navy. All the
people support the army and navy,
and they do it willingly, and it is
right and proper that the people who
visit the exposition shall have an op
portunitv to see something of thi
great forces of national defense which
they have created and maintain. But
there will be no carnival of war nor
inspiration of military conquest. It is
expected that many friendly nations
will be represented by naval vessels
nnd a few bv companies of soldiers,
illustrative of their military arm.
We come now to a brief statement
of the principal and more Important
measures of the Jamestown Exposi
tion Company, intended to give prom
inence to the civic history of our
country, commemorative, educational,
historical and patriotic. Nearly all the
buildings are illustrative of architec
ture of the colonial period, with many
reproductions either exact or upon
reduced scale. The principal build
ing. the auditorium, with its annexes
of historic art and of education, fronts
upon Raleigh square, which will be a
floral design, and overlooks Hampton
Roads. The auditorium is provided
for the use of numerous congresses or
conventions, of which, up to the mid
dle of February, one hundred and
nineteen had arranged their programs
of attendance and work. A hall of
congresses will be provided, with
seating capacity for 8,000 persons.
This hail is entered from outside the
exposition grounds, and It will be used
for religious services, morning and
evening, during the entire period of
the exposition. The conventions rep
resent many associations and lines of
endeavor, industrial, educational, pro
fessional, commercial, technical, fra
ternal. religious, historical and patrlo
tic. The Tidewater Ministerial Union
is arranging regular evangelistic ser
vices at the exposition. Perhaps the
most prominent of the conventions
will be historical and fraternal.
The exposition exhibit buildings in
clude:
Manufactures and Arts. 550 feet
long, 280 feet wide.
Machinery and Transportation, 550
feet long, 280 feet wide.
States’ exhibit, 500 feet long, 300
feet wide.
States' exhibit court, 250 feet long,
90 feet wide.
Mines and Metallurgy, 250 feet long,
100 feet wide.
Mines and Metallurgy annex, 100
feet long. 100 feet wide.
Food Products, 300 feet long, 250
feet wide.
Marine, 300 feet long. 90 feet wide.
Power and Alcohol (denatured), 300
feet long, 150 feet wide.
Graphic Arts, 150 feet long, 150 feet
wide.
Agricultural Implements, 100 feet
long. 100 feet wide.
Transportation. 250 feet long, 200
feet wide.
Transportation, 200 feet long, 100
feet wide.
Foods. 100 feet long. 100 feet wide.
Forestry. 100 feet long. 50 feet wide
Manufacturers, 100 feet long, 100
feet wide.
Virginia Mines and Timber, 250 feet
long. 100 feet wide.
There is under construction an ad
ditional fireproof building. 300 feet long
by 90 feet wide, which has been found
necessary to house the exhibits of his
toric art. Arts and crafts (four build
ings), education (college and univer
sity), education (primary and secon
dary), buildings of incorporated com
panies and individuals for special pur
poses. Thirty States have appropri
ated money for buildings, for the use
of their citizens and for historical ,a>:-
hibits. Eighteen of these State build
ings are built or building.
Congress, by act of June 30. 1906,
provided for exhibits at the James
town Exposition from the Smithsonian
Institution, the National Museum and
the Library of Congress, of such ar
ticles and materials of a historical na
ture as will serve to impart a knowl
edge of our colonial and national his
tory. from the War and Navy Depart- j
ments. the life saving service, the rev
enue cutter service, the army, the navy. I
the light house service, the bureau of j
fisheries, and an exhibit from the Island |
of Porto Rico.
priation of $100,000 in aid of the Negro
Development and Exposition Company
of the United States of America, t
enable it to make tin exhibit of th
progress of the negro race in this
country At the exposition.
The amusement section of the expo
sition will be similar to that of pre-
| vious expositons, like the Midway
! or the Pike, with many novel features.
! The lamented Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, first
president of the exposition, suggested
one day in a humorous way, that this
section would be a rendezvous ’for In
dians and might be called the War
path. The name stuck, though not de
scriptive of the prospective pleasures of
the section.
Among the amusements may be no
ted balloon ascensions, athletic sports
and games, military exercises of the
army detachment and National Guards,
boat, races, and musical performances.
The second and third weeks in Sep
tember will be marked by the yacht
races under the management of a na
tional organization, the Jamestown Ex
position yacht racing commission.
Doubtless the West Point cadets and
the midshipmen of the Naval Academy-
will contribute some exposition of their
skill, athletic or professional, during
their brief visit.
During the last eighteen months there
has sprung up a city upon the expo
sition grounds, and the improvements
of the landscape in connection with the
natural features of the site have made
a scene of singular beauty. There
will gather people of all classes and
from all parts of the country, and each
will find some object of interest. The
Governors have settled rules which will
insure good order and the conveniences
and pleasure of all worthy visitors.
Gambling, betting, the sale of intoxi
cating liquors on the grounds, and dis
orderly conduct of any kind will be
suppressed. The exposition will be
closed on Sundays. It appears that the
program of exhibits, exercises and ar
rangements is worthy of a great com
memorative assembly. People of the
North. South and West will meet un
der the impression of historical pic
tures and scenes which belong to all.
There must arise a new interest and
study in the -history of our country,
for the educational and historic feat
ures of the exposition will overshadow
all others and be of the most perma
nent effect. It cannot be doubted that
a new spirit of union and patriotism
will appear from the exposition to ev
ery part of the land.
WHAT DO THE DEAD CARE?
By Graham Hood, in New York Ad
vertiser.
A few days ago a woman came to
me to ask for financial assistance. As
she was Loth an honest and an in
dustrious old woman I felt glad that
I had been able to help her until she
chanced to tell me that her son. who
had just died, had left something more
than $200 in life insurance. That she
should have had such a sum of money
less than ten days prior to this time,
and that she should now be in danger
of dispossession seemed inexplicable.
So I asked her about it nnd she told
me—told me quite frankly—that all
the money had been' spent in paying
for the funeral. In spite of the "fact
that the debts that she had contracted
would never have been incurred if it
had not been for her boy’s sickness
she had neglected all of them and had
expended every cent of his money in
giving him just as fine a burial as it
would procure.
Senseless as the whole thing seem
ed to me, I know, of course, that her
case is by no means an uncommon one.
The same thing Is happening every
day, and will continue to happen in
just the same way until the people
have been educated up to the fact that
nobody has the moral right to assume
extravagant responsibilities for the
sake of the dead when such expendi
tures are bound to deprive the living
of just so many necessities.
Nobody with any soul would ever
be guilty of suggesting that the dead
be treated with any sort of disrespect.
If you have a heart in y.our breast it
revolts at the idea that anybody
should be buried in the pauper's field,
and when the body so threatened is
that of a person who was known to
you you will be liable to go far out
of your way and to exert every effort
to prevent what seems to be a hor
rible catastrophe. In this you are jus
tified, but there is a wide step between
this decent tribute to humanity and
the indecent extravagance that re
duces the living to iticonditlon of want.
Of course this does not apply so'
strongly to a person who has plenty
ill RAILROADS
TO 8E DIBIT
H. HARRIMAN SAYS PRESENT
GUAGE MUST BE WIDENED
TO SIX FEET.
Washington Dispatch in New York
Sun.
Following his announced intention of
taking the public into his confidence
to a greater extent than he has done
heretofore, E. H. Harriman let ij be
known that he would be interviewed.
Discussing railroads in the abstract,
Mr. Harriman said:
“The railroads of the United States
will have to be rebuilt with much
heavier rails and with a gauge of six
feet, instead of the present gauge of
four feet eight and one-half inches.
This change will come within the next
ten years, and the roads of 1917 will be
much in advance of the roads of
1907 as the roads of today are an im
provement over the roads of 1S97.
Either locomotives of such size that
nobody now can imagine them or elec
tric engines will have to be provided.
think in time the latter will be more
feasible. The locomotive with the pres
ent gauge of tracks has reached its ca
pacity. The freight car of the present
will have to give way to an all-steel
freight car. which will be two feet
wider, two feet higher and several feet
longer. It will at the same time be
possible to make the car much lighter
in proportion to carriage capacity tha*i
the present car, and this will effect a
great saving in the cost of transporta
tion. Grades will be reduced every
where. tunnels will have to be en
larged, bridges must be rebuilt to make
them equal to the strain of increased
loads that will pass over them. To
do all of these things will cost bil
lions of dollars—nobody can tell how
many billions.”
This brought Mr. Harriman to the
subject of finance, and he deplored the
fact that the money question and tho
tariff question of the present day had
not been settled before the railroad
agitation was begun. While declaring
that the recent rate legislation had not
Jnjured the railroads, he expressed the
belief that it had had a tendency to
advance the price of money to rail
roads, and declared that the Interest
which railroads were paying now was
from 25 to 33 1-2 per cent higher than
it was a year or more ago, and this
not for any other reason than that
lenders of money did not know to what
extreme the agitation against railroads
would lead. Three and a half per cent
was a good interest rate in France, yet
the French lenders were charging the
American roads 4 1-2 and 5 per cent'.
“I do not consider the money ques
tion settled by any means," continued
Mr. Harriman. “It will become a live
ly issue when hard times shall come
again; as they undoubtedly will, al
though there Is nothing in "the present
situation which would lead me to be
lieve that there is any danger in the
immediate future. They may not
come within the lifetime of any man
now living. I think it would have
been better, too, if there had been a
modification of the tariff before the
railroad agitation was begun.
“There has been a growing suspic
ion against railroads,” continued Mr.
Harriman. “and it ought to be dis
pelled. There ought to be greater co
operation among the railroads, the
general Government and the public. I
believe in Government regulation of
railroads, but I believe also that the
combinations of railroads should be
legalized to the extent that such com
binations will aid in cheapening trans
portation. Such combinations are a
present-day necessity, and the Gov
ernment in exercising its right of reg
ulation should recognize that neces
sity. Then the Government and the
railroads can co-operate and the pub
lic will be benfited.”
Speaking of the construction of the
Panama canal Mr. Harriman said that
the statement was untrue that the
trans-continental roads were doing
what they could do to hinder the con
struction of the canal. It was noth
ing but the old cry against the rail
roads, he said.
"I was asked by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.” Mr. Harriman
went on, “what I regarded as the
greatest of my railroad experiences.
My reply was that I considered -tho
closing of the break in the Colorado
river as the most remarkable achieve
ment of recent history. In the hand-
HEART OF LOUIS XIV
Strange Story of Its Being in Westminster Abbey—Recovered from St.
Denis—Bankrupts Barred from Houses of Parliament.
(By William E. Curtis).
LONDON, Oct. 23.—The fact does
not appear in the guide books, nor is
the story told in any of the numerous
works that have been written about the
noblest temple of worship in England,
but a friend gives me a weird tale
about "the heart of Louis XIV., the
greatest King of France, being buried
in Westminster Abbey. He got the
grewsome- facts from the late Sir Wil
liam Harcourt, the Liberal leader,
whose widow is an American, the
daughter of Mr. Motley, the historian.
The Harcourts, it seems, had many
French connections, who fled to Eng
land for refuge during the Frencn rev
olution. Among them was a canon of
the cathedral of St. Denis, the royal
mausoleum of France, where fifty
Kings and Queens are buried in rows
of tombs. When he was about leav
ing the Harcourt mansion to return to
his home across the channel, the canon
expressed the gratitude of himselt and
two or three of his associates who had
enjoyed the hospitality of his host, and
produced from his pocket something
that looked like a pieec of leather.
“I was in the cathedral of St. Denis
when the royal tombs were broken open
by the mob,” he said, “and the ashes
of the Kings were scattered to the
winds. This," and he held up the in
significant looking object, “is the
heart of Louis Quatorze, which was
kept in an urn on the top of his sar
cophagus. I managed to save it and
would like to leave it with you until
affairs are entirely tranquil in France."
But the abbe never called for his
strange memento. He died of an epi
demic shortly after his Teturn to ihis
country, and the Harcourt family found
themselves in a dilemma. Not know
ing exactly what to do -with the relic
they concluded to do nothing and await
developments. The heart was careful
ly stowed away in a cabinet, but was
occasionally brought out for the inspec
tion of visitors. The late Dr. Buck-
land, while dean of Westminster, was
a guest at the mansion on one occasion
and asked to see the weird curiositj’.
He was a very eccentric man and at
that time was very old. He took the
heart in his hand, rubbed it with a wet
finger and then for some reason or an
other placed it in his mouth. The ejac
ulation of the astonished company
seemed to rattle the distinguished pre
late and he swallowed the heart while
gasping an explantlon. The old man
fainted when he realized what he had
done, and a physician whom they called
declared that they had better let well
enough alone because he could never
digest the thing and might throw it off
his stomach.
But he never did. He died a few
weeks later from senile debility, so the
doctor said, but it is entirely probable
that the tough old heart of Louis XIV..
which had suffered a variety of violent
emotions, hastened his end. It was an
overdose of heart, and by this strange
combination of circumstances the heart
of Louis XIV. is now reposing in West
minster Abbey with the body of
English dean for its sepulcher.
from, ar.d if the latter chose to answer,
could act upon the evidence, but tho
defendant could not bo compelled to re
ply unless he desired to do so.
Bankrupts Barred From Parliament.
Bankrupts, men who can not pay
their debts, are not eligible to the
Luxuriance of Names.
In a chancery suit which was re
cently decided by a London court, the
heirs to the estate, six in number, bear
the following names:
1. Mabel Elmlngham Ethel Hunting-
tar Beatrice Blazonbarro Evangeline
Vise de Lou de Orellana Plantagenet
Taedmag Saxon.
2. Lyonesse Matilda Dora Agnes Er
nestine Curzon Paulet Wllbraham Joyse
Lylup Ydwalio Odlin Rugonie Bently
Saxon i a DysarL
3. Xestor Egbert Lionel Taedinag
Hugh Erehenwynne Liona Esa Crom
well Orma NaVHle Dysart.
4. Liona Decima Veronica Edyth
Undine Cyssle Hylda Rowena Vyola
Advla Lionella R yglna Ursula Isabelle
Blanche Lelins Dysart.
5. Edith Regina Valentine Myra Pol-
worth Avelina PhiHippn Kolantha de
.Orellana Plantagenet.
6. Lyonulph Cos Patrick Bruce Berke
ley Germain TulUbardlne Petersham de
Orellana Dysart Plantagenet.
Each of the persons above named was
awarded £30,000 front the estate of
their relatjve. Lieutenant Toiemache
Ralph William Lionel Blazenbury Wll
braham Tolemache-Tolesntache. and,
although we are told that a rose by
any other name would smell as sweet,
it is evident that they need the money.
It would be interesting to know the
names of the rest of Lieutenant Tolo-
maeho Tolesmache-Tolemaebe, with
sisters and cousins and aunts.
To Rid London of Smoke.
An electrical engineer named Arnold
Lupton, who has been engaged in set
ting up power plants on the Canadi-u
side of Niagara Falls, has recently s ib-
mitted to the London county council a
comprehensive scheme by which lie pro
poses to rid London-of smoke. It Is esti
mated that the damage suffered by people
in London from the smoko nuisance is as
imfch ns $10,000,000 a year, without con
sidering tho inconvenience. It is also
asserted that the fogs which often com
pel a suspension of business for days at
a time are very largely due to the soot
In the atmosphere, which becomes satur
ated with moisture. The damage to tho
stocks of tradesmen alone during tho
winter season amounts to millions of dol
lars. and valuable paintings, statuary and
other works of art are sometimes ruined
by the smoke and soot that sift in
through the windows. London is one vast
workshop. The mechanical Industries are
scattered over tho entire area and are not
massed in a single section as they often
are in other' cities. There ’are factories
in tho most fashionable quaters of tho
west end. and with chimneys that emit
vast clouds of d'-nsc smoke. The houses
of London are generally warmed by open
grates in which soft coal is burned.
There are very few furnaces, and steam
heat can be found only In the most mod
ern buildings. Taking it altogether, the
people here suffer from the smoke nui
sance more, perhaps, than those of any
other city. Hence any proposition that
will cure this evil or diminish the dam
ages will receive serious attention.
Mr. Lupton proposes that the county
council, which is the legislative nnd exec
utive authority for greater London, shall
pet up several large generating stations
an j at the nearest coal mines in Derbyshire,
and build cable lines for transmitting
electric heat, light and power to the city.
Ho would warm tho house, cook the meals
and turn the wheels of all London by
. ! force generated 150 miles distant, and has
British Parliament, and if they be- i p r p Se med a series of tallies to demon-
they - - -
come insolvent after election
must resign. The act says:
“If a member of the House of Com
mons is adjudged bankrupt, and the
disqualifications arising therefrom aro
not removed within six months from
the date of the order, the court shall
immediately after the expiration of
that time certify the same to the
House of Commons and thereupon the
speaker shall declare the seat of tho
member vacant.”
Nor can a bankrupt sit or vote In
the House of Lords, or in any com
mittee thereof, nor can ho be elevated
to the peerage, nor can he be elected
as a peer of Scotland or Ireland. If a
hereditary peer becomes bankrupt his
seat is vacated until he pays his debts
and in case of a representative peer
a new election is held. This might
be a good rule for the Senate and the
House of Representatives at Washing
ton. It is based upon the theory that
a man who can not attend to his own
affairs properly is not competent
strate the economy as well as other ad
vantage of the scheme. IJis figures show
that one ton of coal at the mines will
furnish a- much power as three in Lon
don. and there will he a great advantage
in tho saving of transportation.
stand for many years to come. Tern- i Parliament shall have sufficient in-
porarily at least the Colorado river ; come to. enable him to five according
has been conquered, but like the Mis- to the dignity of his office, for he re-
sissippi in its delta region, it will bear ■celves no compensation whatever from
watching always. The people of the
of money, for. while It is true that it ; n n g of rock and stone our engineers j look after those of a nation. It is also
would be far more appropriate for the ■ made a record which . is likely to 1 considered necessary that a member
living to give that money to people 1
who are starving and freezing to death
for want of the bare necessities of life,
It Is their own money, and there is no
law to prevent them from wasting it
upon elaborate funerals and extrava
gant floral displays. But wasted it Is,
though, when an equal sum. if given
to the poor, would be a far finer trib
ute to the memory -of the man or wo
man who has gone.
It is. and it will probably always be.
difficult to make the remaining mem
bers of a bereaved familv believe this.
Deprived of the one who has been
loved, it seems to them as though
nothing could be too good nor too
imperial valley are naturally greatly
rejoiced at- the successful work of the
engineers of the Southern Pacific
Railway.”
Mr. Harriman closed his interview
by saying that President Roosevelt,
he believed, had come to'a realization
of the necessity of railroad and Gov
ernment co-operating, and that he be
lieved that the President saw the ne
cessity of legal combinations in the
interest of cheaper transportation.
the Government.
When Parliament meets in October
it is expected that at least one seat
will be declared vacant and a new
election ordered, a prominent member
of the House of Commons having
been ‘ involved in bankruptcy proceed
ings since its adjournment. There
was a similar case in the last Parlia
ment. One of the Irish members was
ordered to "withdraw from the House
until his bankruptcy shall have been
IN TP STATES
ed. The feeling of pride, too, may
enter into tho to some extent-
just as it did in the case of this wash
erwoman who spent her last pennv to
give her bov just as fine a funeral as
other families in the neighborhood
had given their dead: but," however,
we may look at it. it cannot be re
garded in any way but as deplorable.
If It were true, as some of the
heathen peoples think, that the dead
take an interest In worldlv affairs aft
er their passage from life, we might
be justified in following them to the
grave with the most elaborate dis
plays of grief. We ' might even be
justified in doing as the Chinese do.
and heap up food and drink around
the new-made grave that the soul of
the departed might come to satisfy his
hunger and thirst, but we do not’hold
any such opinions. Instead we
have been taught to believe that the
body that is left when the soul has
taken Its departure is but so much in
sentient clav. and that, so far as the
feeling of the dead are concerned, the
method pursued in their disposal is a
matter of no consequence.
If the dead cared for ail these fancy
trappings and bright trimmings, for
the plumes and the flowers, nobody
would have any right to object, how-
trut so
and know
trative of the resources and Interna- ; nothing about it such expenditures
tional relations of the American repub- become a useless waste of money,
lies, in the Government buildings. 1 especially when the living deprive
Twelve American republics have ac- I themselves of actual necessities in or-
costly when the question of this final • Air. Harriman said he spent a very
expenditure in his behalf is concern- I pleasant week in Wasihngton. He
The bureau of American republics I ever great the expenditure
was invited to make an exhibit iilus- long as they don’t care s
cepted invitations to participate more
numerous representation than ever be
fore. The act further directed the
erection at the exposition of suitable
buildings for the Government exhibits,
a suitable building for the exhibit of |
the life saving service, a fisheries build- I
ing and aquarium, a building for u'i> as j
a place of rendezvous for the soldiers
and sailors of the United States army
and navy and of foreign armies and .
navies participating in the celebration,
an a similar rendezvous for army and j
navel officers participating (seven j
buildings in all!
der that these mere remains of what
was once a man may be honored to
an extent that the man himself was
never honored during his life. Treat
the dead with respect, by all means,
and bury them decently, but remem
ber that a heartfelt tear dropped on
the grave is a far more appropriate
tribute to the virtues of the man who
has gone than all this senseless dis
play and costly ceremony.
COLUMBUS, Ga., March 17.—Tho
Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index
will say tomorrow in its regular weekly
issue:
“Included in the reporth to the Index
this week is .notable news of additional
developments in Georgia and Alabama
of water power of more of the large
and numerous streams which in these
two States begin to descend through
shoals ana waterfalls to the level of
the sea. Announcement Is made that
the General Electric Company has pur
chased the power rights of Jackson
Shoals on the Choccolocco near Talla
dega, Ala., and will develop this power
extensively at a large cost. In addi
tion to furnishing power for manufac
turing purposes, an interurban elec
tric railway between Talladega, Annis
ton and Gadsden, Ala., is contem
plated.
"The Bibb Power Company, Macon,
Ga., previously noted, has effected or
ganization, applied for authority to in
crease its capital stock from $1 on.000 ,
to $5,000,000 and proposes to develop
superseded or annulled, or until his j 50.000-horsepower of electric energy at
creditors, proving their debts, shall ! plants on the Oconee, Ocmulgee and
have been paid or satisfied to the full
left here for New York tonight.
Has Tobacco Hart.
•Baltimore Dispatch to New
Herald.
The case of an eminently respectable
woman of Baltimore, who is suffering
with tobacco heart in one of the city
hospitals, but who never used tobacco
in her life, has been brought to the
attention of Commissioner of Health
Boley.
The name of the woman has not
been divulged, but the doctor explains
the case as follows:
"The lady in question has been liv
ing in a tobacco smoke infected atmos
phere for years. First her father, then
her brother, next her husband, and
finally her sons smoked. In the win
ter, especially when the house is tight
ly closed during most of the day, she
was living entirely in a smoke-filled
atmosphere.
“It was natural that she and the
hundreds of other women who live un
der the same conditions should inhale
tobacco smoke. It is the inhaling that
hurts. "Women living under the con
ditions I describe are actually eating
tobacco smoke for long periods, and
although they don’t feel the ill-effects
at the time, may eventually develop
tobacco heart.”
amount.” Mr. McHugh, for that was
the gentleman’s name, vacated his
j seat, but made a compromise with his
York creditors and was at once re-elected
j without opposition.
Kissing the Book.
Flint rivers. It is announced that con
struction work will begin in the early
summer upon a power plant on Little
river that will represent when com
pleted a total investment of $2,000,000.
With the enormous waterpower devel
opments in North Alabama, to Colum,
The act further provided for two i th
Our Mineral Production.
From Mineral Wealth.
The mineral resources of North America
are practically inexhaustible, and though
hav<
piers. extending from the exposition
into the waters of Hampton Roads,
forming a basiin or harbor. The piers
are In course of construction, giving
location to the exposition names. Susan
Constant Pier, Godspeed Pier. Discov-
will i cry Landing" ar.d Smith Harbor. The
act also promise! for the erection of
a permanent landing pier at James!
town Island.
The act further provided an appro-
alren dy been developed more
extensively and systematically than
any other country, the next few years
promise more wonderful results than have
heretofore been accomplished
The production of metals in the United
States in 1905 was:
Aluminum $ 3.200.000
Copper 136.837.S60
Gold (fine) 87.048.237
Iron (pig) 377.540.S62
Lead 3 n 357 702
Silver (fine) 35 850,955
Zinc 23,733,635
Motor to South Pole.
London Cable to the New York
World.
“To the south pole by motor car.”
If this is a dream, the new British
south polar expedition, which will
leave this country in October. will
try to make It a reality.
The expedition will be commanded
by J. H. Shackleton. who was third
lieutenant of the discovery in the na
tional antarctic expedition. He will
take with him a powerful automobile.
Many polar explorers believe a mo
tor car can be used most advantag
eously in traveling over great ex
panses of ice. The car will be modi
fied from the ordinary type but an
automobile it will be, with body, en
gine and wheels.
A Fighting State.
From Outing Magazine.
Whenever you scratch Kansas his
tory you find a fight. No territory of
equal size has had so much war over
so many different causes. Her story in
Indian "fighting, gambler fighting, out
law fighting, town-site fighting nnd po
litical fighting is not approached by
any other portion of the WesL
An agitation is going on In England I bus. Ga., Albany. Ga.. and other points
again compelling witnesses to kiss the j in Georgia and Alabama, readers of the
filthy cover of a Bible in court. It is ! Index are familiar. These developments
shown that the same copies of the I n°t only represent
scripture have been used for a gener
ation for this purpose and the doctors
say that they have undoubtedly been
the means of communicating disease.
The medical associations have again
and again recommended the adoption
of some other method of pledging a
witness, and the lawyers admit that
the kissing of a Bible does not make
the slightest difference with the tes
timony of a man who is willing to
commit perjury. An illustration of
the indifference was furnished tho
other day by a Chinese who was call
ed to the stand in one of the London
courts and was asked how he prefer
red to take the oath. He replied:
“Allee samee breakee platee, kiilee
eookee. smellee bookee.”
Publisher Assumes Responsibility.
A decision of great importance to the
newspaper profession has recently been
rendered by the Court of Appeals of
Great B'ritain. In a libel suit brought
by a commercial firm aginst a trade
paper, the plaintiff endeavored to show
that the defendant had been used as a j
tool by a competing firm in the same
business, and to establish that fact he
| was closely questioned as to the
source of the information upon which
| the article complained of was based.
The defendant refused to give any in
formation on this subject or to divulge
his sources of information in this par
ticular case or in any other. The lower
court ordered him to answer the ques
tions, and. as he persisted In his re
fusal committed him to jail for con
tempt. The Court of Appeals promptlv
revoked the order of committal and
took the ground that the publisher
and not his informant was responsible
for whatever damage the publication
caused: that it was a matter of nocon-
sequence whether the writer obtained
his information from Tom, Diok or
Harry. He assumed all responsibility
when he repeated it. no matter what
source it came from', and could not ab
solve himself from blame by quoting
his authority, nor could a. complainant
involve the source of the Information
in the case. The court decided that
the piaintiff had the right to ask the
defendant where his information came
t investments of
themselves, but they are active and at
tractive promoters of manufacturing
industries of varied character, and im
port f.nd far-reaching factors in indus
trial growth. Georgia and Alabama
have une.qualed climatic and labor con
ditions and ample transportation ficil-
ities. -With power furnished at sma.l
cost, they afford unrivaled opportun
ities for profitable manufacturing—
with raw materials at the doors of the
factories.
“Bids are asked for making interior
improvements in the Federal building
at Macon, Ga.
“Among things reported by the Index
this week are: $300,000 realty and trust
company. Bridgeport. Ala.: $20,000 Ignd
company, Waycross, Ga.: $300,000 bank.
Montgomery, Ala.: $400,000 enlarge
ment and Improvement of fertilizer fac
tory Augusta. Ga.; $100,000 foundry
company, Gadsden, Ala.: barrel factory,
Pelham, Ga.; concrete machinery plant,
Atlanta, Ga.: $30,000 Woodmen of tha
World building. Mobile, Ala.; three
story hotel. Valdosta. Ga.: $10,000 hotel
near Mobile, Ala.: knitting mill near
Augusta. Ga.: light pant and water
works, Thomaston, Ala.; power plant,
Milledgevilie, Ga.: railroad extension
from Brooklyn to Andalusia. Ala.; gin
nery and excelsior plant, Gainesville,
Ga.; $25,000 school hu’ dings. Decatur.
Ala.; theater. LaGrange, Ga.; output of
a company's brown ore mines in Geot -
gia to be increased fr in 500 to 2.000
tons daily: proposed municipal bond is
sues for public improvements as fol
lows: Columbus, Ga., $100,000: Ensley,
Ala.. $100,000: Elberton. Ga. $20,000;
numerous business buildings, churches,
residences and construction contrac'S
awarded, among the number being one
for a $150,000 warehouse at Birming
ham, Ala. It is reported that the ere‘-
tion of a seven story office building is
projected at Montgomery, Ala., but as
yet this has not been confirmed.”
AN OPEN SHOP.
From the Edmonton Morn ! ng Journal.
The labor unions of Chicago h^ve
purchased a cemetery, where only
members of the union may be burled.
—News item.