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OCILU DISPATCH.
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OUlI.r.4, GEORGIA.
HFXDERSOX & HANLON, Publishers.
The late Colonel Waring’s report on
Havana declared that unless the most
thorough sanitary reforms were im¬
mediately instituted in the Cuban
capital there would be an epidemic of
yellow fever in this country.
The model town of Pullman has
ended its career as a community
fenced in by the rules of its late pro¬
prietor. The idea was anomalous and
contrary to the municipal life of the
country. That Mr. Pullman should
work out a plan for a town as if the
latter were apart of his estate was not
inconsistent with the ambition of a
great capitalist and manufacturer; but
he forgot what municipal initiative and
responsibility mean, and how Ameri¬
can. national life had its start iu mu¬
nicipal beginnings. A decision of the
Illinois Supreme Court now makes
Pullman a part of Chicago, where it
can learn to think and act for itself.
The decision is also a reminder to cor¬
porations that village or town life
should not be treated as an investment
schemo appended to a manufacturing
concern.
The Government of Sweden,
through its statistical department, has
compiled a tabulated statement of the
number and distribution of telephone?
in use throughout the world—the
compilation including 1895, 1896,
1897 and 1898 records. The growth
of telephonic communication is well
illustrated iu this. The number of
instruments in use in all countries is
given as 1,288,163—or, approximately,
one for every 1000 inhabitants of the
earth. The United States naturally
leads, with nearly 773,000 (the 1896
record), with Germany in the second
place, recording 151,000. The total
distance eovered by the wires is
1,509,500 miles. Of course, when
the inhabitants of barbaric countries,
like a large part of Africa and of Asia,
are eliminated from the calculation, it
is likely that we have at least one in¬
strument for every 800 inhabitants of
those parts of the earth where the
telephone system is known and used.
Compressed air has been developed
as a great power, and is soon to be
put into practical operation on cer¬
tain railroads. Think of ail the dirt
and dust that would be 'saved the
summer traveler were cars to be oper¬
ated altogether by this force! Private
street carriages may also ultimately be
run by it. The co3t is said to be
Blight, and the power enormous. Na¬
ture is nothing if not prodigal with
her favors, and her secrets are never
intended for the special few, phil¬
osophizes Harper’s Bazar. So soon
as the majority can understand the
latest of them she yields it over, and
she is not half as reluctant about re¬
vealing herself as we are slow in per¬
ceiving what she extends to us. It is
interesting to remember that the hith¬
erto invisible and immaterial forces
are those which within the century
have been put to the highest use, and
that while men have been mourning
the decadence of those crafts which
made the glory of other times, they
have been steadily progressing into
the realm of higher revelations and
to excellence ou a different plane.
Massachusetts has been the first to
establish a State sanitarium for con¬
sumptives, founded upon the princi.
pies of the great sanitaria in Europe,
and a special interest attaches to the
first report of the institution, particu¬
larly as the Legislatures of some other
States are to be asked to create like
institutions. The visiting physicians
of the hospital say that it has been a
source of gratification and surprise to
see how quickly and contentedly the
patients have adopted the speoial hy¬
gienic methods used for treatment,
viz., almost constant life in the open
air, whether by walking or reclining
on the piazzas^ and the ingestion of
nourishing food, The remarkable
change in the aspect of these patients
after even a short stay at the hospital
at Rutland would convince the most
casual observer of the efficacy of the
treatment upon the general condition
of the patient. They say the moral
effect of this somewhat military disci¬
pline is an important factor in ac¬
complishing at the hospital what
would be almost impossible at home
They believe it will ba not only a ben¬
efit to individuals, but an object les¬
son to the whole community, to prove
the value of fresh air and good food
for not only the cure, but the preven¬
tion of disease.
SACKED MONKEYS.
INDIA’S PECULIAR CHURCH OF
JOCKOS.
Screeching of the Izittle Q-jadrupeds
Mingle With the Chanting of the
Kichly Robed Priests of Hinduism—
Queer Ceremonies,
The sacred city of East India is Be¬
nares and the tourist who visits this
mecca of the Hindus will carry away
with him memories of as unique a place
as it is the lot of either American or
European to visit, says the Philadel¬
phia Record. As the first streak of
dawn breaks in the east the sojourner
at Benares is awakened by the beating
of gongs and the yelling by the Hindu
populace of “Sati Ram.” Opening his
bedroom window, the visitor sees be¬
low him hundreds of Hindu men and
women dressed in the peculiar Indian
fashion. Some are going to the great
holy dam to perform their morning
ablutions; others who have complet¬
ed this duty are on their way to the
various Hindu temples, crying out the
name of their favorite god and beating
brass gongs. The sight witnessed on
the streets of this city at sunrise is a
never-to-De-forgotten one. Human be¬
ings, monkeys and tame sacred bulls
make it next to an impossibility for
the stranger to pass along. At first
one imagines that a great circus has
arrived in the city. The monkeys, sac¬
red to some god or other and of every
size and description, thrust their hairy
hands into the baskets of the passers
by and into the windows of the con¬
fectioner, taking whatever they can.
Not a murmur is raised, not a protest
is offered; in fact, the Hindu believes
it to be a piece of rare good fortune
for him during that day if one of the
monkeys or bulls will only appropriate
some of the contents of his basket or
store. The bulls roam at will iu the
market places, trampling vegetables
under their feet and eating the choicest
that the market can afford. Instead of
beating the bulls off his products, the
Hindu all the time sits as an Egyptian
mummy, with never a sign of disap¬
proval. To object would mean the
breaking of his caste, and caste to the
Hindu is dearer than all else on earth.
After the visitor has gone a short dis¬
tance from his hotel he comes to one
of the great Hindu temples, with gro¬
tesque carvings of hideous-looking gods
and animals adorning the exterior,
while on the inside a perfect bedlam is
going on. At the temple, as on the
streets, are hundreds of sacred mon
keys, who rush pell-mell over the vast
edifice, stealing whatever they can lay
tbeir hands on, and emitting ear-split
ting screeches at intervals. Gongs are
beaten, Hindu priests come out and go
through clownish performances, and
the worshipers make the atmosphere
stifling with the burning of sacred
wood. For hours each day this mode
of worshiping is carried on. Woe to
the Hindu who raises his hand against
either bull or monkey, for, though
these animals viciously attack him, he
would be ostracized from his race for
ever. The tourist leaves the great
holy city of Benares with the feeling
that it is far better to be a bull or a
monkey there than a human being.
IN AND ON THE WAY TO THE KLONDIKE,
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This view is taken from near the
mouth of the famous Eldorado—the
creek which, up to the present, has
yielded more gold than any other
creek in the Klondike. Almost every
foot of the ground shown in this pic
ture contains good “pay”—even the
SURE BOND IN CONVERSATION
Two Wearers of Eyeglasses Need Never
Be Uncongenial.
He is one of those enthusiastic men
whose hobby is his friends. His chief
aim in life seems to be getting those
he most admires together in his home
or at the club, and then leaving tnem
to get acquainted while he writes a
letter or attends to some equally un¬
important piece of business. Not long
ago he caused to become acquainted a
man whose one desire is to thoroughly
understand agriculture and a broad¬
minded, free-thinking lawyer, who
cares no more about why things grow
than a goldfish does for a mouse. They
are both intelligent, hut the only thing
similar about them is that they both
wear glasses. “Mr. Jones, this is Mr.
Brown. Now, if you will excuse me,
I’ll write a letter,” said mine host in
his usual way, as he withdrew. They
jioth lighted cigars, and the lawyer be
gan a story of the day, but it fell flat.
Then he told a better one, but the
agriculturist merely smiled a faint,
far away smile, The lawyer
talked of a difficult case he
had just won and of numerous well
known cases over the country, but
called forth no answering remarks
from his companion. He discoursed
at length upon the theaters and all
the latest music hall gossip, but to
no avail. He narrated of the virtues
and failings of past and modern liter-
ature, religion, art, science, the Aus¬
tralian ballot system and national
politics. His companion listened, but
said nothing, showing he was not
interested, In despair, the lawyer
commenced a discourse on the mete¬
oric showers, when he noticed the ag¬
riculturist removed his spectacles and
wipe them on the corner of his hand¬
kerchief. A bright idea came to him.
“I see you wear spectacles,” he said.
“It is said there is a vast difference
in results of wearing nose glasses and
spectacles. I suppose you have worn
both? Can you tell me what it is?”
The agriculturist had, could and
did. He talked on what was the mat¬
ter with his eyes, what he did for
them, how certain lights and things
affected them, what sort of prisms to
wear, who is the best occulist, and
listened attentively and eagerly to
like remarks from the lawyer, When
mine host returned, they were still
discussing the subject, and were ap¬
parently the best of friends. Which
goes to prove that, no matter how far
apart your everyday lives may be,
whether you are a man or a woman,
if you wear glasses there is always
a bond of fellowship and interest be¬
tween you, and an open sesame to
conversation. Try it some day and
see.
What One Woman’s Vanity Cost Her.
A curious story comes from Monte
Carlo, the heroine of which has, says
the Paris correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph, lost a large sum through
excusable feminine vanity, She en
tered the Salle while a former friend
and protector of hers was winning in
a sweeping style that seemed destin
ed to break the bank. “I am so glad
to see you here, Prince, and in such
luck, too,” she exclaimed. “Do tell
me a lucky number; it is sure to win,
for you are now in the vein.” The
Prince generously placed a pile of gold
louis before the vivacious lady, whose
beauty had successfully defied the ef¬
fects of thirty-six winters, and said:
“Put it all on the number of your
years and reap a golden harvest.” The
lady reflected, hesitated, and then plac¬
ed the pile on twenty-seven. An in¬
stant later the croupier sang out,
“Thirty-six red wins.” The lady mut¬
tered, “Ah! mon Dieu; thirty-six is
exactly my age,” and fainted on the
spot.
Why He Limped.
Calmly to put away glory thrust up¬
on him by fair women is a pitch of
honest self-abnegation possible only to
I a genuine hero, of the type described
; by the Buffalo Express. A soldier boy
! of the Fighting Thirteenth, on his le
j turn to Buffalo, walked with an engag
ing limp, which excited the curiosity
and sympathy of the patriotic women
who surrounded him at the railway sta¬
tion. “Was it done by a dreadful Mau
ser bullet?” asked one. “Will you be
crippled for life?” queried another, “I
: am sure he was shot while carrying a
! wounded comrade off the field! gushed
a third. The crippled veteran, as mod
J j est barrassed as he was by these brave, tributes, was visibly and em- as
j soon as he could quite simply: master his “Ah, emotion wan!
he remarked g
j ’Taint nawthtn but a boil on me
| knee!”
hillsides, in many places, having prov
ed as rich as the valley. There is no
known spot in the whole world that
contains so much gold in a correspond
ing area as that shown in the above
view. Like most of the good pay
spots, it stands in British territory.
Woman to Woman.
From the Detroit Free Press: She
was a pleasant-faced woman, middle
aged, and with an air of good will to
everybody, even those of her own sex.
When she got on the street car there
was just one seat left, and she walked
toward it. But another woman had
boarded the car right behind her. She,
too, was middle-aged, and, though still
plump, her hair had wider gray streaks
in it than the coiffure of the first lady.
The latter, seeing a woman apparently
older than herself, stepped back from
the seat she was about to take, and
said: “Won’t you take this seat, ma¬
dam? You probably need It more than
I.” If it had been a man that offered
the courtesy, of course, that slightly
elderly lady would have accepted it
with a smile, and, perhaps, with a
“thank you.” But this was a woman,
and it was another story. She sniffed
the air disdainfully, and said: “The
idea! I’m no older than you. Take the
seat yourself.” And the other passen¬
gers all found something outside the
car to attract their attention.
A Very Costly ripe
Four hundred thousand dollars is
the estimated value of the pipe which
the Shah of Persia smokes in public
on state occasions. It is called “II
Ka.lidin,” and is entirely encrusted
with diamonds, rubies, pearls and
emeralds.
WHERE SNAKES ABOU
A Curious Spot Where Thousands of
Snakes Congregate*
Save In the imagination of some
unfortunate victim of delirium, there
are few men who ever saw more than
three or four snakes together in any
place on the earth’s surface. Were
you to ask naturalists they would tell
you that the tendency of snakes is
not to congregate in any one place.
Yet contrary to seeming laws of na
ture there Is a place which is infested
by them in astounding numbers, so
vast that it is the wonder of all those
who have looked upon it. This land
of snakes is known by either of the
two unsuggestive names of “Linkville”
or ‘‘Klamath Falls.” and Is situated in
an obscure corner over the California
border line in Oregon. It may be
reached in twenty-four hours’ travel
from San Francisco. You have only
to take the northern-bound train for
Ager, thence a stage line of about
twenty miles conducts you to your
destination. It is impossible to asso
elate “snakes” with the beautiful and
varying scenery through which you
pass as far as Klamath Hot Springs.
Trees and streams and all the glories
of mountain scenery greet you on
every hand. You drive through a lux¬
urious growth of evergreens and
shrubbery; you cross and recross nu¬
merous streams; you breathe the soft
air of Shasta and Siskiyou. But when
you have left Klamath Hot Springs a
few miles behind there is an appre
ciable difference in the landscape.
Sparsity of vegetation is the first ob
servable change. At every turn of
the road the aspect becomes more bar
ren. more forlorn and more desolate.
Finally, you seek in vain for a tree
or a shrub, and at last, dust-covered
and weary, you pull up at a dry,
withered village, that produces noth
ing on its hard, rocky soil but revolt
ing snakes. You have reached Link
ville, the haunting retreat of serpents!
There is a bridge in Linkville that
spans Klamath river. From this
bridge, which is a vantage point as
far as view is concerned, a most ex
traordinary sight meets the eyes.
Along the river banks, at irregular
intervals of a few yards, are seen dark
balls ranging from a foot to three feet
in diameter. They are stationary and
as passive as a boulder, which they
resemble in color. But if a stone is
hurled at any of these strange
spheres, to your horror snakes will
craw] off in every direction and the
ball will melt away as lard melts in
a frying pan. The repulsive creatures
that have thus been coiled up in a
perfect sphere glide away under rocks,
and one minute later not a snake is
to be seen in that particular spot. But
the other balls of snakes in the vicin¬
ity are little disturbed by the stone.
A close inspection will reveal only a
moving head or twitching tail in the
mass that before looked like an im
movable boulder. Those that were
scattered, however, may later seek the
neighboring spheres or in a few mtn
utes slink out of their hiding places
and reassemble themselves in balls.
They’re Only Artesians.
During the recent strike of ladies’
tailors the proprietor of a well-known
uptown establishment was endeavor
ing to explain to an interested cus
tomer the difference between the kind
of work which is done in an establish
ment like his and that done by the
shambling wretches who were fighting
for “recognition” and their right to
better pay. “You see,” he explained,
“men who never see a fine garment on
a lady and who have no opportunity
to observe and learn what good style
is cannot he expected to turn out ar
tistic work. They can never hope to
become artists; they are simply ar¬
tesians.”
Something 1 Similar.
“The expression O. K. is an Amer
icanism, I am told,” said the English
man. “True,” replied the American,
“and yet that is but little different
from a term much used in despotic
countries.” “Indeed?” “Yes; in Rus
sia, for instance, there is the ukase.”
—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. I
RECENT INVENTIONS. .
An improved crutch has a rubber
tip at the bottom for use in ordinary
weather, with a steel point placed in
side the rubber and attached to a knob
on the side of the shank by which it
can be pushed when the pavements
are slippery.
To prevent check reins from slip¬
ping of their hooks an Iowa man has
designed a holder formed of a leather
disk from the center of which a sec¬
ond disk is almost cut, leaving a por¬
tion unsevered at the rear, with a slit
in the inner disk, which fits tightly
over the hook. I
Ropes of all sizes can be automatip
ally measured by a new machine.
which has a roller journaled in a
casing around which the ropes are
passed and then extended through
openings of different size to
spond with the diameter of the rope,
the roller turning pointers on a dial
as it revolves.
A Minnesota woman has designed a
buttonhole opened for use with but
tonholing machines, consisting of a
central handle with one end formed
with a tapered point to cut the hole
open, when the tool is reversed and
a flat, double-edged blade is used to
make the hole of the proper length,
A handy clothesrack for use outside
of windows is formed of a number of
bars hinged together to unfold on
either side of the window, with rods
running across the window from one
set of bars to the otber, to be brought
within easy reach for hanging the
clothes and extended for drying them,
WHEELER DPHELf)
BY COLLEAGDES.
—--
Doughty Little General Will Keep it
His Seat In Congress,
THE RESOLUTION FAILS.
Vote Was a Decisive One—Scram¬
ble For Consent Bills.
A Washington special says: At
Thursday’s session the house refused,
by a large majority, to consider the
report of the judiciary committee, un
seating General Wheeler and his three
colleagues. It was a striking tribute
the great little general, for it was
his popularii y that caused his associ¬
ates in the house to refuse to take up
the case.
Of course they had the best kind of
excuse for declining, because of the
shortness of time remaining; but in
reality the reason they did it was be¬
cause of their friendly feeling for
Wheeler. The report of the commit
tee, however, established as well as a
report could the law in the case and it
will be a precedent for the future.
The political division upon the vO*te
wag significant. The vote stood 77
a y es oas t by 21 republicans, 43 demo
CJ a t s an( j 13 populists and 146 nays,
cast by 101 republicans, 44
aU( j j populist,
A half a million dollars each was
appropriated under suspension of the
rules for the pan-American exposition
a t Buffalo aud Ohio Centennial at
Toledo.
The senate bill carrying §1,000,000
for a uew building for the department
of justice was passed,
A number of conference reports on
minor bills were adopted,
There was a great scramble for un
animous consent legislation when the
house met at 11 o’clock. With the end
of the congress only forty-eight hours
off almost every member had some lo
cal measure he was trying to sescure
from death on the calendar and they
stood in the area in front of the upeak
er’s rostrum ten deep clamorii g for
recognition.
A number of bills were pissed
th ...... authorizing van
» m a series
ous officers of the government to ac
eept decorations from foreign govern
MUST STAY ON BOARD.
Officers’ Wives Not Allowed to Land
From Transport at Manila.
US organ . The
wives of the officers and other women
passengers were not allowed to land,
the authorities considering the condi
tion ashore to be too unsettled,
Thursday was the. hottest day jo f the
season, but fortunately all Was Tjiii^i
inside and outside our lines investing :
the city, and the majority of tht men
were kept in the shade,
Th 0 011 P 0sds beyond feajn Pedro
Macnti . were hied u P°h ^y the .-ebels
from the walls of the Guadeloupe
cHnrcH. A gunboat advanlcec 300
y al ' ds beyond the lines and Cleared
awa T be enemy with gatlmgs. No
casualties are reported.
Go “ er f! \ Illler hflS J? e ® n ,°J d f ed to
garter bis troops in Iloilo in the cus
ton ? h °T e or ° ther P ubbc om ‘ dm S s
a “ d authorized , to make the necessary
Ranges at a cost not to exceed §40,000,
tlle 8ame tc J be P
) f
STAMP PEOPLE SKIP.
A New Tennessee Law Had Prompt
Effect In Chattanooga.
The two Cl®! stamp companies
enn.,
folded their tents and silently stole
away Thursday, going nobody ^n^wa
where, and about §1,000 worth of
their stamps now in the hands
of the people and as many more
in the hands of merchants are unre
deemed.
This action of the companies grows
t °f the * „ few days
ou aw passed a ago
by the state legislature in which these
companies are heavily taxed for doing
business in this state. It is stated
that their books now out will not be
redeemed and there seems to be no
way to force their redemption.
PRIZE MONEY DISTRIBUTED.
Checks Are Sent to Men Who Cap¬
tured the Spanish Steamer Rita.
In th i United States district court
ftt charleaton Thursday Clerk C. J. O.
Hutson made out. and Judge Brawley
signed 295 cheeks to the officers and
men 0 f cru i ser Y a !e for their share
0 j, mone y accruing from the sale
0 j Spanish prize Rita,
After the Rita had been captured by
the Yule and had been sent to Charles
ton y, e government bought her for
$125,000. The prize money to be di
vided amounted to $59,000.
Captain Wise, of the Yale, was sent
a check for $8,991, and the smallest
amount received by a seaman was $76.
TEXAS CONGRESSHAN DIES.
:
j Representative Crawford a Victim of
j Heart Trouble In Washington.
Representative John W. Cranford,
of the fourth congressional district of
Texas, died at the Providence hospital
, Washington Thursday night of
! in
Heart disease and other complications,
Representative Cranford was about
thirty-six years of age, and was serv-
1 ing his first term in congress.
HKlVAThS GIVE TESTlMl
Regarding Canned Beef, Wh
tains Miles’ Statement
There were several interest
velopmonts in the beef court («■■
at Washington Thursday. ojfWB
field day for the volunteer men fiJH
service, the waiting room being
all day with regiments members which of the sert^H vajj^J
volunteer
Cuba and first Porto of these—Clarence Rico. ^^^9
The
of sensational the First volunteer eugineers-4[|^^H hardship
a story of
inhumanity suffered during his scrvflH
describing the than canned has roast l>cef^^| be^^J
harsher terms ever
been article. applied Later to in that the much day Lieute^^H discu^^H
Sewell, of United the volunteer States army, battalioi^M who^^^H
major contradicteiM
which Walters served,
story Walters, comp.etely. in his testimony, said^B 9^9
the the first transport can of going beef to he Porto saw opene^H ilicoM^H
worms in it and a few minutes
being opened developed such a |<®
odor that it was impossible to
about. He ate some of it and
made been violently trips sick. before He and said was^^HH ke^^J
on sea
seasick. The men of his
complained of of the his meat battalion aud nen^| we^H
of the men
throughout most of the voyage as < 3B
suit of eating this meat. wa9
After reaching Porto Rico he
sick for a week as a result of the cohW voy®
age. At least two-thirds of his
pany wgre fully as sick as he and froj®
the same cause. Herbert Hicks, of ^9
Captain
M, Second Massachusetts,
with an account command of the in canuel^^H Cuba. 9
used by His
description of the meat did not
it quite so repulsive Rico, as but that he servet^H
Walters in Porto
way ing to “a the slimy, taste, stringy without mass, nnIBB ij9
aud nized without hs form except that could by the be^^H
meat'
fat with which it was soaked.
ness was shown several of the
hand with the commission, tun^^
that they were not the same
had seen in service. Walters shofl m|9
the same statement on being jfl
the same cans.
denial A important by James development Farnan an®|H wa^^^H
one Christine|^B
attributed to Dr. Maxwell
Philadelphia, with chemicals that they had in seen Om^H b^|
injected an
packing house. what he
Dr. Christine explain that
had seen was the pickling of corn
meats, the brine being injected into
the in the meat pickling to save vats. several weeksjg®!
Lieutenant George Taylor, late^H
the Sixth Massachusetts, who said hel
was a groceryman before entering the J
service, said his regiment served ini
"
Porto Rico. They had very little
tliat they could, eat on the trip down.
They sometimes had bacon, but no
chance to cook it, and had to throw it
overboard. They had canned roast
beef, which they could not eat, and
had frequently only canned tomatoes, .a *
hardtack and coffee. Asked if he
thought any sickness in his command bad*
was caused by the food the men
to eat, he repled: wh&B
“I think it was more due to
we did not have to eat. When we
to Porto Rico there were thirty of ot9
men so sick that they were nevw 9
landed.” an®
He had been a grocer ten years
had seen canned article roast beef than before, ha^H b^H
it was a better
seen beef, in however, the army. His trade.iflj wiiia’.IJH
was very
L egislators.r ECESST^W
Tennessee Assemfbiy Gives CojjimiJ j
teemen More(Time to Work,
In compliance: with a resolutid
adopted body by took the another Tennessee legi.slatuj FridJ
that recess repr$senl
until the 14th inst. It was
ed that there could he no judicial rt
form unless draft the the bill. committee was ghj ®
time to
Senate bill amendments agreed to to and the tk^H tra^f
struip were a<m®
goes to the governor. It taxes
§501) and merchants using stanif®
GEN. I OR AL ARRESTES!
Will Be Court rnartialed FoiBi
dering Santiago to ShanH
A special dispatch from Mad®
General Toral, who command"
Spanish troops at Santiago de CuL
been arrested and imprisoned,
to being tried by eourtmarfcia®
charge of capitulating to GeneflB
ter at that place on July 14, lafl
flARTlN MAHON MISSli
Fayne Strahan Moore May Be fo, '
ed as a Consequence. Strahi^^B
The jury in the Pet
was completed at New York
but the court was compelled toadfl
the case because of the abseBH
Martin Mahon, the principal wiM
have for the been prosecution. trying to Subpoena find Mahon® se^H
week, but up to date they have®
been able to put their hands on iM
and the judge declared that he in
contempt of court.
There is now no doubt that Mahc
has skipped New York to avoid a;
pearing as Pet Strahan’s prosecutor. .
FORFEITED LEASE.
Southern Takes Charge of Rapid TrflH
sit Line In Chattanooga. 9
The Chattanooga Rapid Transfl
company has been transferred to' the.
Southern railroad, including-the, belt
line from which it was originally
leased. It is understood that the Rapid
Transit failed to fulfill some parts of
the lease. The Southern took posses¬
sion Wednesday. It is said that it
will be used as a great switching yard.