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i THE TVYTCE-A-'WEEK TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1TOT-
Famous Sons of Brown
PROVIDENCE, H. I. M.iv 11.—What 'head of the university, Ur. Faunce.
prom!*" to b lr n wav the most re- Governor Stokes who Is a Philadel-
rr.irkable commencement ever ceie- 1 phlan by birth, came to the university
d at
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being plannei
nlumn! romint
try it Is cxpi
three Govern©
American university is \ with a reputation for fine scholarship,
at Brown, for among ; which he had made at the Friends'
from all over the coun- School in this city, a Quaker Institu
ted that there will be tlon. He was graduated from Brown
a r;ov. Hughes or New tin the clans of "S3.
York, Oov. Stokes of New Jersey, j Governor Higgins, who graduated In
ar. l Gov Higgins of Rhode Inland, the daes of 1898. and who Is the young-
Gov Higgins need only ride down > eft <*l«* executive ever e'ected in
Capital Hill and then up College Hill, j Rhode Island, tells the following story.
No other American college. It Is be- which shows not only how he came to
Ilr-vcd. has ever had three graduates enter Brown but explains how through
\
occupying Governors’ chairs at , one
time, and the rare record will probably
be made the occasion of a demonstra
tion unique In the history of American
institutions of learning. The three
Governors are all enthusiastic Brown
men—Mr. Hugh** is a trustee of the
university—and can be depended upon
to help their classes, those of '81, ’83
and ’98 respectively, to make the most
of their reunions.
Brown’s record In the political world
is a most extraordinary one. Although
no Brown man has yet been elected
head of the nation, the university
boasts of the greatest trio of cabinet
statesmen enrolled in one college,
namely. William L. Marry, of the class
of 1808 who waa Secretary of State
under Pierce; Richard Olney, who as
President Cleveland’s right hand man
was the real hero of the historic Ven
ezuelan crisis, and John Hay, who be
gan his political career as Lincoln’s
confidential secretary a few years after
his graduation from Brown.
Olney and Hay were contemporary
students, the former graduating In
1806 and the latter In 1858. When Hay
entered Brown he took a room In the
most historic-of all the college build
ings here. University Hall, which was
erected In 1770. and which during the
Revolutionary War, when the college
tVaa closed, served as barracks and
hospital for the combined French and
American troops. Olney was also a
resident of University Hnll. Later.
Hay took a, room on one of the upper
floors of Hope College another ven
erable building within the campus
precincts.
Mr. Olney, who Is still practicing
law in Boston, was a straightforward
student, eager. Industrious, painstaking,
a youth of marked promise. The Ol-
neys for so many generations have
been Identified with Rhode Island pro
gressiveness that the young man was
the subject of great expectations.
When Hay wnar a student at Brown
he showed an aptitude for literature,
and he had more poOtry than lnw In
mind when he left the university to
make a place for himself In the world.
He wns then' a ’•shy, dreamy, poetic
youth." Through his uncle. In whose
office he began the study of law, he
was brought Into touch with Lincoln,
and after he had won Lincoln's confi
dence he had the privilege of choosing
between diplomacy and literature. 'By
Brown men he Is remembered no less
for his work as a biographer and poet
than for his historical achievements In
the realm of International politics.
The year Hay was graduated. 1858,
there was only about 200 students at.
Brown. Of the small company of
teachers at the university half a cen
tury ago. 'but one remains—Professor J
Albert Harknes*'. who Is said to have
taught more Americans Greek and
latln than any other teacher in the j
country,
Its !K>era!lty the university has always
CHESS HEN Will
E
ATLANTA. Ga.. May 11.—Among the
Interesting features of the coming con
ference of business men on the subject
of education, to be held In the Senate
chamber at the capltol on Friday. May
24. will be a discussion of the subject of
Federal aid to education, which has just
now begun to widely agitate the public
mind. An address on this subject will
be delivered by Senator A. S. Clay, who
is thoroughly familiar with Its past his
tory, and who will be able, unquestiona
bly. to give the conference some valuable
had special attractions for ambitious j Information In this direction,
hard working students; This conferem*. as has been stated, will
“Twelve vein -t-c i-ct T„„e - be composed of 50 prominent Georgia bus-
tJtJvn,,?, ^ ,1^ ’! une a 5f r C 1 iness mrn from every section of the State,
tain young man graduated from a high , four being appointed from each Con-
school In Rhode I'land. He was anx- gressional District, and six from the State
lous to secure a college education, but ■ at large. The appointments were made
his means were scant and inadequate ■ by S. M. Inman, of Atlanta, as the result
Early In the following Julv he oddreas ; of a conference of Georgia educators re-
ta, ‘i. a “ cently held at Plnehurst. N. C., and Mr.
, a le.ter to President Andrew’s stat- j jnman will preside over the sessions held.
Ing the facts In his case. The most the It is proposed through this conference
young man had hoped for was some ' to Interest the business men of Georgia
adviee as to how to get through Brown ' ln educational work which needs to be
Within a few days a letter came back
from Dr. Andrews, saying. ’Come In
and register at the opening of college
In September, and I will see that your
tuition Is cut In half.’
That concession, continued through
the four years of the college term,
was a very material factor In aidlrv
the young man to get a Brown Uni
versity training. After commencement
day. four years later, the young man
walked Into the president’s bouse at
the corner of Prospect and College
Streets In Providence, and thanked
him for his assistance. The young
man was your humble servant^ and
in view of the above facts, I want to
ask you, my fellow Brown men. if you
think it the slightest bit strange that
I feel a special joy at every mention of
Andrews’ name And a particularly
grateful pride at every thought of old
Brunonla."
The coincidence of three Brown
given an added impetus, and It is ex
pected some important pkms for further
ing the educational 'movement In the
State will be mapped out.
The program for this meeting was
completed and sent to the printer today.
It will be ready for distribution some time
next week.
The - morning meeting in the Senate
chamber at . the State capltol will be
opened with prayer by Dr. W. W. Lan
drum. of the First Baptist Church. After
a brief address by Chairman S. M. Inman,
permanent organization will be perfected.
The following addresses and discus
sions upon the topics will then be made:
“The Proper Scope of Education,” G.
Gunby Jordan. Columbus.
“The State’s Duty ln Educating Her
Children.” W. A. Covington. Moultrie.
“The Training for the Practical Affairs
of Life Which Our Schools Should Give
Our Children.” J. Pope Brown, Hawkins-
vllle.
“The Property Holder's Interest In the
Education of the Masses,” Judge Thomas
G. Lawson. Eatonton.
“The Unification of ■ the Educational
Forets of the State,” Judge E. H. Cal-
men occupying gubernatorial chairs ! laway. Augusta,
led Gov. Hughes at the recent dinner
of thi> Rrnivn ohiia i<- v^m* 1 foe* Goor^i& Educjitinnsl Associtition,
l T” York ’, t0 Prof. T. J. Woofter. University of Geor-
refer to it by saying that it was slm- ! gia. Athens.
ply a case of “Brown bunching her ! “National Aid for Education,” Senator
hits.” and the happy use of the lan- ! A - s - Clay. Marietta,
guage of the national game Instantly , Th ® visitors end members of the con-
endeared the hero of the Insurance In- I ? wllj participate In a luncheon at
vestlgatlon to all around him. “There
SAYS HI RATES
ME REASONABLE
DECISION OF INTERSTATE COM
MERCE COMMISSION IN EN
TERPRISE MFG. CO. VS.
GEORGIA R. R
TYPHOID DISCOVERY.
pivot, and since that time, several
thousand years ago, the only great im- ~ ”—~ J _
provement has been the addition of a Case of Cook Who for Years Has Been t i ifYSTf" /—v
Breeding Place of Germs. J ll Ull
CO.
I foot-power to revolve It
! The ruins of Bismva clearly revealed Holland, in the Philadelphia Press,
the early history of the brick. Down • Some time in August of last year, the
in the lowest and most ancient strata ! oldest daughter of Maj. Charles Eliot
of the ruins unbaked bricks of mud -warren, cashier of the Lincoln Bank.
been moulded into rectangular blocks. anfl a “° °f high authority in the Na-
and placed in the sun to dry. The tlonal Guard of New York State, be-
poorer of the natives of Mesopotamia • came 111, and there was speedy diagno-
still employ no other building mate- j s j s 0 f the case as one of typhoid. Maj.
rial. It was not far from 4500 B. C. ‘warren and his family were living ln a
not
Is a metaphor much in use at Al
bany." the Governor went on- “about
the value of three of a kind.” Se
riously, Gov. Hughes said that he
thought Brown was especially fitted tr>
make Governors. "It is a college.” he
said, "which dominates the life of its
students and graduates and we can't
escape from its Influences.”
Gov. Hughes is as enthusiastic a
Brown man as he was when, together
the Atlanta Chamber rif Commerce,
this luncheon five minutes' speeches will
he made' by several members of the con
ference and by guests.
At S p. m. the final meeting will be held
in the Kimball House hall room at w-blch
the report of the committee on resolutions
will be made. Tills committee Is com
posed of C. IT. Candler. Decatur, chair
man: H. A. Matlmw-s, Ft. Valley: L. C.
Mandeville. Carrollton: Thowas G. Law-
son. Eatonton: ex-Gov. H. D. McDaniel.
J. N. Holder, Jeffersonville: W. S. West,
Valdosta.
Addresses will be delivered bv C. M.
with another clergyman’s son, a boy , _ _ _. _.
from Stonington, Conn., he occupied a Candler. State School Commissioner W.
room in Hone College Last veer on E - Merritt Lawton B. Evans, of Augusta,
room in wope uonege. Last year, on , at .,j c B oihson. of Columbus.
the twenty-fifth anniversary of his l Addresses by Gov. Jos. M Terrell and
graduation, his alma mater gave him ! Governor-elect Hoke Smith are reserved
the honorary degree of doctor of laws, for the conclusion of the eonf“rence. the
; gathering of which is looked forward to
j with much interest in educational circles.
COTTON SEED CRUSHERS Great Britain, Germany and
_ nl - ' Italy Will Have Been
ASSOCIATION TO MEET PaidbyJaly . 1
! WASHINGTON. May 11.—Payment
ATLANTA. Ga., May 11.—L. A. Ran- [ of the claims of the United States and
Plans are op foot to erect a building ! som. district manager of the Southern seven other nations will be begun soon
here whleh will be known as the Hay Cotton Oil Co., who is chairman of the after July 1, next. At that time the
Memorial Library, ai.fi which will rep- j rules committee of the Inter-State Cot- clams of Great Britain, Germany and
resent the tribute of the alumni to the ton Seed Crushers’ Association, and it Italy will have been liquidated and
man who is regarded in some respects i s sa j r ] w ju be elected president of this : the deferred creditors will come in for
as Brown's most distinguished son. A association, will leave on May 16th a settlement.' It is estimated that six
large sum has already been raised by j in company with E. P. McBurney. the years will be required to settle the
subscription, but those In charge of tho j Georgia member of this committee, to claims held by the eight deferred cred-
project are taking their time, so that ! arrange for the rules to be submitted itors. as they amount to something
when the memorial is completed, It w hen the convention meets at James- i more than one-half of the total debts
will be in every way worthy of the j toW|) on May 21st for four days ses- ! against Venezuela at the time the
subject. The library will 'be used to s j on I awards were made by the Hague trib-
In’ view of the agitation in France ; unal fo «r years ago. The preferred
for an increase in the duty on cotton . creditors were Great Britain, 9,401,267
seed oil. and on account of the gener- i German}- _.091,908 _and Italy
al conditions prevailing during the j 5,<8o,9®_. a total of l«,2i9.137 bolivars,
crushing seapon just closing, the an- I The awards to the other c.aimants were
WASHINGTON, May 11.—Decisions
in six cases were handed down today
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, one of the cases, that of the En
terprise Manufacturing Company, of
Georgia, against the Georgia Railroad
Company and others, involving the
rates on cotton goods and cotton waste
from Southern points to Pacific coast
terminals, being of great importance:
The decision in this case was rendered
by Commissioner Lane and is against
the complainant, it being held that the
higher freight rates on such goods
from the points in the South to the
Pacific coast are just and reasonable.
In its announcement the commission
says:
"The fact that such rates from the
Southeastern States are higher than
those obtaining from the New England
States does not in and of itself estab
lish the unreasonableness of the high
er rates, as the conditions existing at
the two localities are dissimilar.
"The New England mills, which sug
gest by the competition of the more
favorably situated Southern mills from
the standpoint of the production, are
entitled to such advantage in rates as
they have from being situated at
points closer to ports where cheap wa
ter competition has been established to
the Pacific coast points of consump
tion. The existence of a lower rate in
the somewhat remote past does not
necessarily prove anything of value in
ascertaining the reasonableness of a
rate existing today.”
In the case of Tomlin-Harris Ma
chine Company, vs. the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company and
others, it was shown that the rates on
coal and pig iron from Birmingham,
Ala., to Cordele, Ga., from $1.70 per net
ton and $2.75 per gross ton. respec
tively. and from Birmingham to Macon,
Ga.. are $1.60 per net ton and $1.60
the Wing
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By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET.
Yesterday while Hon - . W. A. Coving
ton was delivering his splendid ad
dress at Wesleyan Female College
there passed in review before my
mind’s eye some of the distinguished
men of the past who have spoken
that the first burned bricks were made, i v>„,.
The inventor no doubt was some ob- ; s “ rnme r cottage at Ouster Bay,
serving half-naked Babylonian who ■ more than a half mile distant from the
noticed that the soft mud upon which : summer home of President Roosevelt, from the platform of Wesleyan. There
he built his camp fire became as hard ! Xo other case of typhoid was reported vrere bishops. United States Senators,
as a stone. So well were the early . ■ thqt vi] ] asro but -..ifh the excention p on S r essmen. foreigfi ministers,
bricks burned that even now after | in e „ , b "‘ ,, v , ® ^ P !„" Judges, cabinets members and others
more than 6 000 years, upon the upper j “*<• Marren himself, his son, a lad prominent in the highest walks of
surface of every brick may be seen -.of ten years of age, and one of the public life. I saw Judge Augustus
the Impressions of the fingers of the ; servants, the entire family was soon Baldwin Longstreet, the delightful hu
man who shaped them. Because of
their convex surface they could not
well be laid flatwise in the wall, as
modern bricks are placed so the an
cient mason set them upon edge, lean
ing them against each other, herring-
bone-wis.e, as the archaeologist would
say, leaving large spaces between
them to be filled with soft mud or
with the bitumen from the hot springs
near by.
The Brickmaker’s Mark.
The maker's mark upon our modern
bricks is not a recent invention, for it
has been employed from the time
bricks w-ere first made. In ancient
times, bricks were not manufactured
by one person and sold to tne general
trade, but, as now In some parts of
the modern Orient, if a person wished
to build, his first duty was to make
and bake his bricks. It was then the
king alone who aspired to structures
of burned bricks, and, therefore, only
the royal mark appeared. The first
mark upon a brick of about 4509 B.
C. was made by Jabbing the end of the
thumb into the soft clay; the thumb
mark was succeeded by an impres
sion from the end of a round stick.
Between 4500 and 3S00 B. C., an in
teresting series of brick marks was
developed. The first of the series was
a line drawn lengthwise with the fin
ger along the surface of the brick:
the next generation dre\y the line diag
onally.-the third added another diago
nal line which crossed the first. The
other rulers continued the series with
two. three, four, and five lines. In
prostrate with the disease; in three
cases assuming something like a ma
lignant form. There were six cases in
all, including those of the servants.
After a prolonged convalescence, all
were pnonounced cured.
This unusual case was brought to
the attention of Dr. Soper, who has act
ed frequently for the State of New
York when there have been epidemics
more or less widespread of typhoid fe
ver. He Is a recognized authority upon i
morlst. whose “Georgia Scenes'* and
“Ransey Sniffle” will live forever. His
genius illumined the literature of the
South and won him national reputa
tion. He was one of the very first
trustees of Wesleyan, being appoint
ed in 1836, the year the institution was
incorporated by the Legislature as
“The Georgia Female College,” t’-e
name being changed later to Wes
leyan. The doors of this “Mother of
Female Colleges” were opened to the
this disease, as well as upon sanitary i public on January 7, 1S39, and at the
engineering. Dr. Soper caused a thor-' close of the exercises that year Judge
ough analysis of the drinking water to ! Longstreet delivered an address, the
be made, and this disclosed no typhoid first literary oration in the "history of
germs. He thereupon made careful in- j the Institution. Longstreet was
spection of the plumbing and sewage, known as a lawyer, author and educa-
and of the grounds around the house, j tor. He served in the Legislature, and
of the seashore, for some surmised that ! in 1822 was elected circuit judge,
the contamination might have come. | Later, resuming the practice of law in
as it sometimes does, while bathing, j Augusta, his naitve etty, he establish-
There was absolutely nothing to justi- j ed the Sentinel which, in 183S, was
fy even a suspicion of the origin of consolidated with that other venerable
this disease, and no other case was | paper, the Chronicle. Judge Long-
reported anywhere in the village of
Oyster Bay.
It remained, therefore, to obtain
record of the manner in which vari
ous members of the family had lived
within the period necessary for the
development of the typhoid germs. That
investigation caused a strange and un
defined suspicion to attach to the cook,
who was the only one of the servants
irot smitten by this disease. She had
come into the family within the time
or practically within the time necessarly
for the perfection of typhoid germs,
With this faint clue, Dr. Soper began
other investigations. He speedily learn
ed that in the family from which this
_ , 3SOO B. C., Sargon the king who ta
per gross ton respectively. Cordele he- j trodueed square bricks, was among the , , , „ „ „ , m
ing a nearer point. Under complaint i first to stamp his name and titles unon ! cook had come to Maj. Warren, there
that such rates to Cordele are unrea-; them a cus tom which has survived i aati
sonable and unduly discriminatory the : j n one form or another until now.
commission, in an opinion by Commis- j - We are tola that the dress of the
sioner Lane, holds that upon the facts ! ars t human pair was made by fasten-
shown the coal rate, is not unreasona- j ] n g, go. leaves together. The dress of
ble or discriminatory, but that the pig j ( be ear ]y Babylonian, as we learn
iron rate is unjust and excessive. The i (rom th 4 statues and statuettes from
carriers are ordered to put in force on [ the Bismva ruins showed but little im
or before June 15, 1997, a rate of $2.1. r
per gross ton on pig. iron from Bi.r
mingham to Cordele.
EASTERN RllllS TELL
STORY OF B«
to put in force on ' the Bismya ruins showed but little
97, a rate o( provement upon it. The dress wa
narrow band about the loins, which, in
time grew wider until it extended from
the waist to the knees. It is difficult
to distinguish upon the erode clay and
stone images the material employed in
the dresses, yet it appears to have con-
i sisted of bands of leaves overlapping
each other as shingles upon a roof,
or of skin, or of strips of wool, lightly
attached together.
Weaving by the Babylonians.
It is not known just at what tftne
the ancients first wove cloth. Proba
bly the weaving of cotton and wool or
house tho enormous quantity of mis
ccljuneous books which the college has
received and collected from time to
time.'’It will be entirely distinct from
the celebrated John Carter Brown Li
brary. which Is devoted exclusively to
Americana, and which is used by spe
cial students from all over the country.
The Hay Memorial Library will be used
for general purposes. It will be to the
students at large what the library of
tho old dnys was to Hay himself,
as follows: France 2,667,079 bolivars
Spain 1,974,081; Belgium 10.89S.643;
Sweden and Norway 174,359: the Neth
erlands 544,301; United States 2,333,-
711 and Mexico 2,577,328, a total of 38,-
429.376 bolivars. A bolivar is worth
about twenty cents, making the total
debt about $7,685,875.
nual convention becomes of great im
portance. not only to the crushers
themselves, but to the cotton growers
of the South as well.
Any condition that might unfavor
ably affect the cotton oil industry
, ...... . . . would react on the cotton growers, not
place of intellectual refreshment and , only in the value of the seed, but in
..V/ln on ' tt i | the markets for cotton seed meal and
if Brown University had done little hulls now so extensively used for tat- i a ttui iniTCTT AA a i/pp
else during the last half century than tening cattle and for dairy cows. The AIIY JUUfcl I lYlAlVCO
to lav firm nnd broad and Fure the \ cotton seed manufacturing* Interests j
foundation of thorough training and ! has within twenty years become one of j
sound thinking in the mind of John | the South’s important Industries. The
liny," said one of the speakers, at the most important committee of the As-
lnst commencement, "she would have ! sociation. Is the rules committee, whose '
gone far to Justify her existence. No ! duty it is to prepare for the considera-
hlgher tribute to the worth of her j tion of the convention, the rules that
govern the trancation in cotton seed
products between the members of the
association and in the trade generally,
both in this country and in Europe.
The commerc'al exchanges of the
SENSATIONAL CHARGE
mental discipline could be paid or ask
ed. She showed what she could do
with an intellect of the first rank."
Of the three graduates who as Gov
ernors of States will be proudly wel
comed here In June, the best known Is country '.Ike the Atlanta Chamber of
Gov. Hughes, of New York, who en- I Commerce, N. Y. Produce Exchange,
tered Brown In the sophomore class Savannah Cotton Exchange. Savannah
Jn 1S73 and wns graduated In 1881. : Board of Trade. Cincinnati Chamber of
Gov. Hughes had spent two years at Commerce. Memnhis Merchaots ex-
Colgate. then called Madison, but h*. * c*-„,ngo. New Orleans Board of Trade,
wanted to live ln a larger world and Columbia Chamber of Commerce. Louls-
tn he came to Brown. Gov. Hughes
has been claimed by no less than four
colleges, for after leaving Brown he
studied law at Columbia University
and later he taught law for a while a
LEXINGTON, Ky„ May 11.—Attor
ney Beverly Jouett, in his opening
statement before the jury here today
in the case of Judge James Hargis,
charged with the murder of Jas. Cock-
rill, at Jackson, made the sensational
statement that he would prove that
Hargis said that he would not kill
Cockrill himself, but that he would
help defend the man who would kill
him.
Jouett said that he would prove
that Judge Hargis and Ed Callahan
paid Curt Jett. Jno. Smith and John
Abner to do the killing.
Jouett referred to a newspaper In
terview with Hargis in this city five
davg after the murder, when Hargis
said;
From the New York Evening Post.
As the excavator uncovers the ruins ; the fibres of plants, was suggested by
of long past civilizations, in ancient ! tIle re ®^ taats which were taafie at an
exceedingly early date. • No woven
Egypt, and especially in Babylonia. p00ds ^ the % arUest Babylonian
the antiquities which he discovers, i times have survived, but that they
crude as they may seem, often tell a 1 existed, we are certain. In the ruins
story of unusual interest. A shape- „f a house, containing inscriptions
less piece of clay, a minute fragment | a a tj n g from about 3S00 B. C.. we un-
of earthen jar, a bit of polished stone, [ covered an earthen jar which had been
a sea shell, or some other apparently j sec urelv sealed with mud. Breaking
worthless object, if found at a certain ■ t j, e mu ',j covering away, we found upon
depth and with certain surroundings, j | ts un der surface the distinct impres-
may reveal far more regarding primi- ' Pion of the threads of a woven cloth,
tive man and how he lived, than the - The cloth itself had entirely disap-
more beautiful antiquities'”Which adorn') peared, but the impression showed
the show cases of the great' museums. • t bat it had been placed over the mouth
Bismya. the Babylonian ruin, which | Q f t he jar. and then smeared over with
the excavations for the University of j mna
Chicago have recently exposed, and | T o most people it is a mystery how
which represents the oldest city now j t ]j e American Indians formed their ar-
known revealed in its lowest strata ) rovs . heads and other implements from
material which has yielded an unusual i the hardest of stone. Still more re
abundance of light upon the origins of j markable was the work upon stone in
some most common things. As val- j t h e ancient Babylonian times. The
liable as were the marble statues from | 0 hJef weapon of war was the sling,
the Bismya temple, the gold, jewelry j w j t h its bails of hard clay yet stone
from the graves, and the beautifully ! arrow heads have been found. The
engraved and inlaid vases of alabas- ; most common of all stone implements
ter and onyx, still rnore valuable for j was the flint saw. an exceedingly thin
the study of primitive civilization were j p j ece Q f stone, about half an inch in
the little fragments of clay and stone j -widtli and with notches upon both
to which most people would hardly I edges to serve as teeth. With the frag-
give a passing glance. I ment of one I had no difficulty in saw-
Whlle X was standing at the edge of j j n? through a stick of considerable
a trench which was bcing.cjug through j size.’ The lathe for turning stone was
the residential portion of' Bismya, a i known as early as 4500 B. C., for beau-
workman upturned with his pick a i tifully turned vases of onyx, alabaster,
small clay object the.size of a large j j» ran ite. and • porphyry from that age j the~s'trait-jacket, a gentle but restrain
orange. Carefully brushing the dirt appeared at Bismya, and a large num- j ins apparatus, did she at last submit
her of small stone cylinders upon g be was placed Jn the ambulance and
which were engraved various devices
seven cases of typhoid fever. The head
of this family was a man of affairs,
whose name is a familiar one through
out the United States, and even Eng
land.
Next Dr. Soper, having learned
what family this cook was previously
employed, made inquiries there, an
found that in that family every mem
her but one had been stricken with
typhoid; and so on he carried his in
vestigation back seme three years dis
covering that in every family where
the cook had been employed there had
been from one to five or six cases of
typhoid fever.
Dr. Soper then learned the address
of the family in which the cook had
obtained employment after her ser
vice with Maj. Warren’s family was end
ed. That was a family living in the
vicinity of Central Park, and in it there
had been several cases of typhoid, one
of which was fatal.
Dr. Soper, had therefore demonstrat
ed to his own satisfaction, at least, that
it was something more than coinci
dence. that there was some contamina
tion or communication of typhoid
germs for which this cook was uncon
sciously responsible. A statement of
that kind Justified action by the board
of health and to that body Dr. Soper
communicated the result of his inves
tigation, and called upon it for assist
ance. There was but one way in which
assistance could be given, and that
Was by practically taking this woman
prisoner, and subjecting her to the in
dicated tests, so that it might be dis
covered whether or how she commun-
ioeted typhoid germs.
The officers of the board of health
thereupon went to the house a few
davs ago, where this woman was em
ployed; she became hysterical when
she was brought into their presence,
really beside herself with fear; she ran
out of the rear door, and in some way
leaped the railing or fence that sepa
rated the back yard in that block, en
tered the house next door, and ran
creaming through it, at last hiding her
self, or trying to do that, in the cellar.
Thereupon the board of health called
upon the police for assistance; an am
bulance was also summoned, and in it
was a strait-jacket. Not until six po
licemen. men -of great strength, had
taken this woman and applied to her
from it, he examined it, .and, observ
ing that it was so light that it must
be hollow, he shook It at his ear. A
faint sound came from within. Later,
as the clay became free from the mois
ture of the ground, the sound became
louder, closely resembling that made
by a baby's tin rattle. Indeed, the lit
tle clay object was the rattle of a
Babylonian baby of 6.000 years ago, for
that was the date of the inscriptions
found in the encasing dirt. The rattle
was made by placing a few pebbles
in a small saucer-shaped dish, and be
fore the clay was dried, a similar dish
he is killed, and as County Judge will
vllle 'Board of Trade, who have sent
delegates to this convention, and others
are governed in their dealings in cot
ton seed products, amounting to over
_ $100,000,009 annually, by'the rules of
Cornell. Indeed he probably has the ' the Inter-State Cotton Seed Crushers’ “° k ‘‘ f tQ fin[1 OIlt hi< r
widest university connections of any Association. It is of the utmost im- , ^r” P
American today In public life. But his portance. therefore, that the rules com- j ou ’ ct t denied that feud feeling h-d
alma mater is Brown and In Brown mittee or the association having this re s° lt ed in the Cickriil kTin- and
his son. Charles Evans Hughes.'Jr., is matter in charge, shall exercise the that Harris had Cockrill killed and
now a.student. In fact, the Governor’s , greatest care, based upon good judg- stood ta the way of Str,ta J, f the B sma >’. a Temple there
'ence In the prep- .wadis’ambftiL Touett- s i ?PP® ar ®? 3 ® veral . P r .d nary sea-shells,
. . _ , , , was inverted upon it, and as the edges
Cockri.I was a bad man, I am glad j were pressed together, a hollow spher
ical clay ball, with the pebbles inside,
was formed.
The lamp is a common thing, perhaps
so common that it may seem to have
always existed. In one of the lower
son lives In the same hall in which his ment and long experience
am tlon of these rules.
TRAIN AT CROSSING
father lived, though not in the same
room.
Gov. Hughes had n brilliant record
at Brown. At the end of his Junior ;
year he was awarded one of the spec
ie:! premiums for English literature
lad bo also received an appointment | -p.is7/v nf\A7C f/II ¥ r— r\ ntv
t the select literary fraternity, the TWO OOYb KILLfcl) BY
,il Beta Kappa. In his senior year
he took another special premium for
general attainments and won the po
sition of class prophet Otherwise, his
student career was a quiet one. He
was noted for bis devotion to English
literature: in fact, in his sophomore
year he was suspected by his fellow
students of spending more time read
ing novels than doing anything else.
The reason for this wns that he had
gone back a class in order to im
prove his knowledge of modern lan
guages. So far as Latin and Greek
and mathematics were concerned he
was qualified to enter the junior class
when he v-ame to Rrown. The spare
time that came to him through his
having already met clnss requirements
as to ancient languages and mathe
matics he devoted to improving his
n-.lnd by reading standard English fic
tion Hence the idea which his class
mates got that he was simply drifting
with the tide. This idea was upset
when, later on. bo began to study for
rank and won some of the most high
ly prized honors.
But Governor Hughes never became
a grinu.” He wr* a prominent mem
ber of the Delta ITpsllon farternlty all
through his college course, and in tlrs
cotini •::'■> found opportunities enough
to Indulge his aptitude for debate. “He
v ■> a g >od. reliable student," says one
c;' hl> professors, "and in this respect
was ik most clergymen's sons.” Brown
wns still comparatlvelv small n quarter
of’.: eenturv ago. In Governor Hughes’
w-,1 ’moot of i- caused a sensation as this is the first
^ t im e these direct charges have been
three dal's ahead of the convention on
May 13th to take up this important ’
wprk - OIL COMPANIES FINED
FOR FALSE CERTIFICATION
““"S’- .cements ; £'The interior' of which still clung "a
WILMINGTON, N. C., May 11.—In
the United States District Court here
today before Judge Thos. R. Purnell,
i the Laurinburg Oil Company and the
May 11. Jud Lumberton Ginning and Oil Company.
ed nine and against whom indictments were re-
FITZGERALD. Ga..
Rook and Jno. Rook. J
“’even vears, respectively, were killed turned earlier in the week by the grand
bv a train on the Ocilia and Valdosta J ur >'- charging them on eight counts
Railroad this afternoon. The boys ® ach with having violated the Inter-
were driving in a wagon. As they ap- state Commerce act, in obtaining a
preached a crossing they failed to see freight rate lower than that in effect
the train, their view being obscured by ' vith the common carrier serving them,
a warehouse and some box cars on a by means of a false certification of
siding. Nor could the engineer. Dan weights, submitted to the charges as
Meeks, see the boys in the wagon. The corporations and were fined $10,000 and
train was moving slowly and could the $6,000 respectively together with the
engineer have seen the boys he could
probaly have stopped it in time to
prevent the accident. As it was the
: team struck the engine and the boys
I were thrown beneath it. one having
i his head cut off and the other hav-
I ing his body severed at the middle.
I The coroner’s Jury exonerated the
I train crew.
;ALLEGED QUADRUPLED
MURDERER ARRESTED
5-1
it the
and under his
not
univer?
ROANOKE, Va.. May 11.—Policeman
W. J. Rlgney. of the Roanoke city po
lice force, this morning arrested Sam
Moore, a negro, who is charged with
the murder of his wife, another ne
gro woman, and two negro men in
Danville. Va.. several weeks ago.
Tr.e dead bodies of the four negoes
were discovered lr. a room at the Rev.
W. H. Atwells. Suspicion pointed to
Moore as the slayer of the quartette,
it being alleged
gonce on his wifi
whisky which his victims drank. Moore
made hi< escape and came to Roanoke
costs.
At the suggestion of District Attor
ney Skinner the cases as to the offi
cers and directors of the mills were
nol pressed, with the exception of the
case of R. E. L. Corell. superinten
dent of the Lumberton mill, for whom
the corporation would not become re
sponsible. The case as to Corell was
continued to the October term. The
maximum penalties in all of the counts
aggregated $S0,000 and the cases have
attracted attention because of these
being the first cases of their nature
instituted by the commission, the ship
per and not the transportation com
pany being the defendant.
Child Murdered for Vengeance.
JERSEY CITY. N. J., May 12.—A
child murder, with vengeance upon the
father as the suggested motive, today
furnished the police with an unusually
sensational case. To all appearances
initc 25-i stud- it being alleged that he sought ven- I Andrew, the four-year-old son of John
Today the | gonce on his wife and poisoned some ; Mullaney, superintendent of the Bow-
’ .* s:::il- ) whisky which his victims drank. Moore , n Cotton Mills at Cedar Grove, was
ban 900. ; made hi-' e.-.-ape and came to Roanoke deliberately killed by a blow on the
taken ! w ere be has been living since the head and the body thrown into a clump
Dr 11- rime. He made resistence when ar- of bushes within 300 yards of his home
! rested today and will be carried back j The little fellow went from the house
t, the present • to Danville to face the charges.
■ to play this afternoon.
black deposit. For a long time it was
difficult to understand the purpose
which the shells had served. Later, as
we were digging at a higher level, we
discovered a conch-shell, from which a
section had been cut so that it formed
a perfect dish, while the valve resem
bled an elongated nose of a frying pan.
In this shell also was a biack deposit.
The conch had clearly served as a
lamp. The sea-shell, therefore, seems
to have been the first lamp of primitive
man. Centuries later, -when lamps be
came more common, and shells could
no longer be found to meet the demand,
stone was cut into the shape of a shell
and its valve. A number of beautiful
alabaster and marble lamps, some plain
and others more or less decorated, were
found at Bismya, all resembling the
shells from which they were copied.
It would be interesting to know what
oil the 'Babylonian of 6,000 years ago
burned in his shell lamp, and how he
discovered that oil could produce light.
We can only imagine that the fat of
the mutton, which he was roasting over
the campfire, ignited, and, flaring up,
lighted the darkness about him. In
time he learned to collect the mutton
fat into the dish, and to place in it a
wick of the cotton which grew wild
along the Euphrates river.
Fragments of Pottery.
Down on the desert level, far below
a large temple which was constructed
about 4500 B. C:. and beneath thirty
feet of earlier ruins, we found a thick
layer of clay pottery fragments of an
antiquity so great that it is difficult to
estimate their approximate age. Some
have come to light.
The cylinders, perfectly turned, are of
the hardest stones—lanis-laznii. crystal,
jasper, and meteoric stone. The devices
unon them are so exceedingly well exe
cuted that the attempts of the modern
manufacturer of spurious antiquities are
general inferior.
Various explanations of the origin of
t>*r* phuroh have beon advinowi.
Whether the clock tower of the mediaeval
cathedral, or the dome of the Jewish syn
agogue. or the Mohammedan mfnaret, or
the Egyptian obelisk he regarded as an
aneestor. we find its first parent in the
temple of the earliest Babylonian days.
The first temnle was but a mound of dirt,
unon which the Image of the god anq fbe
offerings to it were placed. As civilization
increased the mound grew higher, with
various stages and exterior' stairways.
Later, chambers for the priests about t'“t
base of the tower were constructed, aft!
the shrine was transferred from the sum
mit of the tower to them, yet the tower
remained. The ruins of one tower near
Bahylon will reach 153 feet above the
plain.
brought to the Reception Hospital.
After a little while her terror was
subdued, and she became persuaded
that no one wished to harm her, nor
was there any intent to keep her in
prison, as she feared. In due time
thorough test revealed the amazing fact
that the vital organs of this woman
were veritable breeding places of ty
phoid germs. A little inquiry showed
that she had been desperately ill with
the disease some six years ago. but
•had perfectly recovered her health, to
all appearance. Yet, since, twenty-
four patients have fallen ill with ty
phoid because of communication of
this disease from her to them. One
of these cases, at least, was fatal.
It may be, of course, that there Is
something in the case of this woman
that is abnormal: that her .record is
unlike that of the majority of those
who, having suffered from typhoid, have
recovered. But on the other hand the
woman in her vital organs carried for
street was president of Emory College
about ten years, his administration
continuing until 1S4S. He fell to
sleep at Oxford, Miss., September 9,
1870.
In this review I also saw Walter T.
Colquitt eminent as an orator and
statesman, especially renowned in the
golden days of eloquence as a stump
speaker. At the Wesleyan commence
ment of 1S45, while he was famous as
a member of 'the United States Senate
from Georgia, he delivered an oration.
Like Judge Longstreet, he was named
one of the first trustees of Wesleyan,
in 1S36, and like Longstreet Colquitt
was a circuit judge: and also like
Longstreet he was licensed to preach
by the Methodist Church. He was re
peatedly elected to the lower branch of
Congress, and in 1S43 was chosen
United States Senator, resigning in
1848. He was considered almost in
vincible in political debate. His meet
ings with Alexander H. Stephens on
the hustings are among the traditions
of the State. It may not be generally
known, but in his day Senator Col
quitt was -celebrated as a violinist.
This brilliant man died at Macon in
1855, aged about 56 years.
Thus civilization, which we are inclined I a (- ] caff t s i x years living and powerful
to think is modern, or perhaps never | tvt>hoid germs .although she had her-
quite so advanced as now. and which we JfSL.-1 rp h
would believe is largely the fruit of our ) self recovered from the disease The
own labors, is shown to he of an exceed- ; germs which infested her were power-
inely slow growth. To almost more than | less to do her no other harm, since those
any other man the gratitude of the wo-id which had brought her to a sick bed
is due to bim who discovered that the \ w ith typhoid had done all the harm
clay beneath his camn fire had burned
hard—he thus discovered the brick of
which most of the great structures of the
modern world are made: or to that other
ancient who accidentailv revolted the
board unon which he was shauing clav.
for he invented tho potter’s wheel. a hd
the beautiful shapes of modern ceramic
art resulted: or to him who first inter-
possible.
Distillery Destroyed.
PELLEVILLE. Ont., May 12.—The
distillery and grist mill of the H.
Corby Company were today destroyed
by fire, originating, it is believed,
- The
twineq tho fibres of the leaves as a cover- from spontaneous combustion,
ing for his • nakedness—lie invented the loss Is placed at $250,000.
art of weaving.
EDGAR JAMIES BANKS.
Field Director of the Recent Rtbvlonian
Expedition of the University of Chicago.
SAVANNAH DISCOVERS
UNWRITTEN ORDINANCE
SAVANNAH. Mav 11.—"While . try
ing a case before Recorder Schwarz
today Attorney Dan Chariton sprang
a surprise upon that official and all
the police. The defendant in the case
was arraigned for having left his horse
untied on the streets. The attorney
asked under what law or ordinance
the arraignment was made. The Re
corder stated that it was under the
city ordinance prohibiting the prac
WATTERSON RISES TO INSIST.
of the pots from Which the fragments j tlce aad prohibiting hackmen going to
came had been made by hand: others i slee P ln their hacks.
showed traces of a most primitive pot
ter’s wheel. The potter who, while
forming a vessel, turned with one hand
the flat board or stone upon which the
clay was resting, a.s he shaped it with
the other, invented the wheel. The
earliest “thrown” vases were not ex
actly circular, for the board upon which
the clay was formed did not revolve
evenly as about a central pivot. The
first step in the development of the
'•.Wheel was to attach the board to a
Says Roosevelt Positivoiy Tabooed Third
Term.
From a Louisville Dispatch of Yesterday.
In answer to a direct interrogation of
the Boston Journal and the Washington
Times as to his authority- for saying that
he accepts Mr. Roosevelt’s word touch
ing his renunciation of a third term.
Henrv Watterson will print the following
in the Courier-Journal tomorrow:
“Most willingly we answer. Except
that the editor of the Courier-Journal had
direct and precise information, he would
have made no such statement. It came
to his knowledge last winter that in a
company of journalists—many in number
—the President said:
“ ‘I know that you do not trust me, but
whv can't you trust me? Why can't you
believe me—have faith In me? I tell vou
now. upon my honor, that if the next Re
publican National Convention nominates
me and adjourns it will have to reassem
ble, because I will not accept the namina-
tion.’
“This came to Mr. Watterson straight
from Washington. It came from two re
sponsible sources of information. It was
There is no such ordinance,’ said 1 coupled with the assurance that those
Mr. Charlton. Sure enongh there was
not. The minutest search failed to
discover it. Since the time when the
memory of man runneth not to the
contrary, fines have been imposed for
these offenses.
The Recorder says the city will have
to refund all such fines, aggregating
many thousands of dollars.^ He will at
once ask the passage of such an ordi
nance.
who had believed the contrary', went away
convinced that the President meant it
and would abide by it. and hence they
took him at his work and dropped their
former opinion.
“As there was a number of journal
ists present and the incident haopened in
Washington, the Washington Times at
least should have no trouble in verifying
the truth of it. Anyhow, the editor r.f the
Courier-Journal believes it and accepts it
as final, and hence he. too. hag said
.■Sie ‘takes the President at his word.’ ”
I saw L. Q. C. Lamar, the Southern
paladin, master of eloquence and
rhetoric. He was conspicuous for his
ability and oratory ln an era of ex
ceptionally brilliant Americans. Ho
was a leader among patriots and
statesmen, and stood in the first rank
.of jurists. He was the commencement
speaker at Wesleyan in 1855, and his
address was a classic. Soon after this
the eloquent voice of Lamar was heard
in Congress for the first time, and ln
due season his wonderful gifts carried
him to the zenith of fame. His en
counter with the lordly Conkling in the
Senate, in 1879. is historic. Conkling
had been balked in certain procedure
by the Democrats. He was exceeding
ly angry, and became rather insulting
to the Democratic side. In his arro
gance he charged the Democrats with
bad faith. This accusation stirred tho
Southern blood of chivalry and cour
age which coursed through the veins
of Lamar, and he said:
With reference to the charge of bad
faith that the Senator from New York
has intimated toward those of us who
have been engaged in opposing these
motions to adjourn, X have only to say
that If I am not superior to such- at
tacks from such a source. I have liv 'd
in vain. It is not my habit to in-
duge in personalities, but I desire to
say here to the Senate that in intimat
ing anything inconsistent, as he has
done, with perfect good faith, I pro
nounce his statement a falsehood,
which I repel with all the unmitigated
contempt that I feel for the author
of it.”
The imperial Conkling was astonish
ed Several feathers had been plucked
out of his lofty plume. The lance of
the Southern cavalier had well nigh
unhorsed him. But this was what he
said in reply:
Mr.* President, I was diverted dur
ing the commencement of the remark,
the culmination of which I heard from
the member from Mississippi. If I un
derstand him right, he intended to im
pute, and did in . plain arid unparlia
mentary language impute, to me an
intentional misstatement. The Sena
tor does not disclaim that 1 understood
the Senator from Mississippi to state
in plain and parliamentary language
that the statement of mine to which
he referred was a falsehood, if I caught
his word aright. Mr. President, this
not being the place to measure with
anv man the capacity to violate de
cency, to violate the rules of the Sen
ate, or to commit any of the impro
prieties of life, I have only to say if
the Senator—the member from Missi3-
gippi—did impute, or intend to impute
to me a falsehood, nothing except tho
fact that this is the Senate
prevent me denouncing him
blackguard, a coward, and a liar, and
understanding what he said as I have,
the rules and the proprieties of the
Senate are the only restraint upon
me.” . ....
The stillness of death pervaded the
Senate as Conkling finished speaking,
and all eyes were turned upon Lamar,
who calmly arose, and with perfect
coolness and deliberation gave this
burning retort which blistered Conk
ling all through his life, and lives in
flaming letters till this day:
“Mr. President, I have only to say
that the Senator from New York un
derstood me correctly. 1 did mean to
say just precisely the words and all
that thev import. I beg pardon of the
Senate for the unparliamentary lan
guage. It was very harsh; it was very
severe: it was such as no good man
would deserve, and no brave man would
wear.”
While in the Senate Lamar was ap
pointed Secretary of the Interior by
President Cleveland, but retired from
the cabinet to become associate jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, and was occuping this
high office when he died on January
23, 1893, in Macon, the City in which
he commenced the study of law in 1S45
on his graudation at Emory College,
Georgia.
I
would
In this line of illustrious men who
passed in review and were commence
ment speakers at Wesleyan, I also saw
Herschel V. Johnson, who was the ora
tor on this platform in 1853, the year
he was first'eleeted Governor of Geor
gia. He had previously been United
States Senator. He was distinguished
as a jurist, orator and statesman, and
as a candiate for Vice President on
the ticket with Douglas became known
throughout the nation.
I saw Henry R. Jackson, of Savan
nah, patriot, soldier, jurist, states
man and poet; who was also an ora
tor of great fervor. He was the Wes
leyan speaker in 1S52, and In the fol
lowing year ho went as minister to
Austria, serving until 3S3S. Lat
er he was appointed minister to
Mexico. He was a colonel in the