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OHM, A, GEORGIA.
HKNDERSOfi 4 HANLON, Publishers.
If you are enthusiastic over ilie
automobile you are aUtomad; if an
enthusiast, an automaniac; if you own
or desire to own a motor carriage, a
victim of automania. Those are the
latest additions to the English lau-
gauge.
I’Ue metric system ot weights and
measures was introduced into fter-
rnuny shortly after the Franco-
Gernmn war, but the Germans in
geueral, in their every-day dealings,
continue the use of the pound almost
exclusively, especially the older peo-
pie.
Only iti New York, Buffalo, Yonkers,
Boston, Chicago, Brookline, Provi-
deuce, Philadelphia, and Worcester
are public baths maintained, But
public sentiment is developing to such
an extent in other cities that it will
not be be long when the municipality
without a public bath will be the ex-
eption.
F'rauce, so says Archbishop Irelaud,
and so say ail careful observers of
current , events, . suffers from , an elo- ,
ment of instability because she retains
a large portion of the monarchical
system. The time is not distant,
however, when she will make radical i
chauges , in this . respect, . slough , , ofl ,, the j ;
antique methods which she has in- ,
herited, and adopt the republican
principles which have made us what i
we are. Wh. n she does that the
rumors of imperial intrigues with the 1
purpose of re-establishing a throne
will cease.
Lady Georgina Vernon, daughter of
the tenth Earl of Haddington, is well
kuown as an authority on dairying as .
an occupation for women, She spent i
some time in Normandy studying into |
French methods in cheese-making. j
She strongly urges the practicability
of dairying for women as a seif-sup-
por ting industry, but says that cheese I
would be the most profitable branch
of the work. Most of the bad butter, j
she claims, comes from small dairies ;
with only two or three cows. It is te i
be hoped, remarks Harper’s Bazar, j
that many women of this country may .
be induced to follow some of her sug- j
gestions, going into the manufacture
of some of the more delicate cheeses, i
During the Paris Exposition there
will be ovor a hundred congresses ol
all sorts, kinds, tongues aud conditions,
comprehending everything from a
bacillus to the universe itself. There
will be a great hall, two-thirds on laud j
and one-third on water, with vast
galleries and such arrangements that j j
thousands can be meeting at ouce.
For instance, the 7000 members of
the Congress of Medicine will be i
divided into 23 sections, and not only
will each be taken care of, but the
. members will all be entertained and
will have special opportunities for
visiting the Paris schools and hospi-
tala. This illustrates the whole pro-
position. It shows that Paris is doing
everything to gel, the world to visit
her, and that she will exhibit all her
varied interests to the millions that
attend her eud-of-the-century show,
Tlie attendance promises to be enor-
snous.
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Unexpected success has followed
the opening in Philadelphia of a |
children’s branch of the public library.
It is the first library of the kind in
the city, and the children have availed
themselves eagerly of the opportuni- :
ties it offers. Although it has beeu in
existenoe only three months, there , ;
are about 2,400 names registered on
its books as regular readers. “With .
clean hands and a clean face” is the
only rule of the place, besides that of I
1
orderly , silence. .. During . the , wLola . .
time of its existence no child has had ;
to be seat out of the library for 1
misoonduct. Even on rainy days, when
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the place is crowded, ’ order and
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silence always , prevaJ. , The , little folk ;
come in and are allowed to go straight ;
to the shelves iu search of reading
matter. Each child is allowed to take
out two books at a time, one of them
fiction and’the other instructive. s
On !
the average, the child readers are j
about 14 years old, and the boys out-
number the girls nearly four to oua. I
History is the favorite literature for j
the hoys, while the girls revel in fic-
tiou. It is said by the library people, i
the credit of the children and the j
to
shame of their elders, that the pro- j
portion of instructive books taken out :
far advance 1
by the little ones is in of i
those perused by older card holders.
KcPp nhreast of these stirring times b-y
tubwibing for your home paper. The. price
is ttlile, and you cannot afford to he without
it.
TWENTY YEARS.
Somewhat back frcm the well-trav¬
eled turnpike stood a low, red farm¬
house, overshadowed by giant poplara.
On either side of the weil-beaten path
were beds of mignonette, bachelors'
buttons, ladies’ delight and nodding
nasturtiums. A thriving bush of south¬
ernwood that had long outlived the
hand that placed it there flourished by
the broad stone step and a tall cinna-
mon rose that has clambered its way
above the level of the half-open win-
dow nodded and swayed to and fro as
if impatient with the cords that held it,
and as though it could no longer con-
trol its curiosity had thrust several
fragrant blossoms Into the room within
wh01 ' e a kindly faced woman was bus-
51y the few article, ot furni-
ture. As she moved about in her cn-
ergetlc fashion she hummed in a sweet
yet tremulous voice the strains of an
old-fashioned hymn.
Martha Kidder, or “Marthy,’’ as she
was familiarly called by the neighbors,
was a woman of perhaps 50 years of
age, long since past her first youth,
bu ‘ possessor of one of those faces
from which the youthful expression is
never eliminated. She was of medium
height and rather spare in form; her
still abundant hair was drawn smooth-
ly away from the placid brow and fas-
tened in a neat coil at the back of the
head. The lilac-sprigged gown of soft
delaine, with its linen collar, was se-
cured at the throat with a quaint, oval-
B haped breastpin, in which was a
braided lock of faded hair,
^ she ffloved abQUt jn her quicki
nervous fashion she gradually drew
near the window, and, attracted by the
nodding rose, whose fragrance filled
room > she leaned her tired aim
upon its narrow ledge and gazed lov-
, ngly OQ the mtle garderi , below .
Martha Kidder was an ardent wor-
Bhiper of nature, and this June after-
noon, standing by the open window,
9be d ran k in the beauty of the land¬
scape spread before her till the lone¬
liness of her solitary life faded away,
even as the misty clouds of vapor were
rising from the bosom of the distant
Gontoocook. A golden robin perched
on the catalpa tree broke into an ec¬
stasy of song and a straggling sun¬
beam glinted in, shining across the
room with unwonted brightness. Turn-
ing reluctantly from the scene, Mar-
tha resumed her work, and through the
open window came stealing the sooth-
j ng strains of “Cool Siloam's Shady
Rill.”
Gradually the long June day drew to
a close, the western sky was stained
with splashes of gold and crimson and
the sinking sun slowly disappeared be-
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"MARTHA, DON’T Y'OU KNOW ME?”
hind the distant hilltops, giiding the
farmhouse windows till they glittered
like burnished gold; the frogs began
to peep and the katydids took up their
lnoessaut strain, and silently the twi-
light crept over the New Hampshire
hills,
Taking her sunbonnet from its nail
by the kitchen dresser, Martha made
ready to carry the night milk to the
city family at the boarding-house, a
mile distant from the Kidder farm. Se-
curely fastening the wide front door,
she tripped down the narrow path,
pausing to pick a spray of mignonette,
Which she fastened in the folds of her
kerchief. As she walked along the
““the echtaLes^sfafstilllummed the
same old song. Passing the little
grass-grown burial ground, she paused
by its low stone wall, her eyes resting
loyi ^ ,y a ™ ° f ston eB some '
what apart from the others, the t near-
est bearing the nam0 of Hannah Kid-
(j er , aged 16, painted in rude black let-
ters on the tall, moss-covered stone,
aad aow nearly obliterated by the
etoms of forty years ’ A “ ist cama
over the v . woman’s , eyes and she pressed
tier wrinkled ha.nd t» her thr-oa.t, wliere
it gently rested on the brooch contain-
ing Hannah’s hair. Resuming her walk,
sbe s00n reached the boarding-house
and quietly started homeward.
As the good-natured host drove up
wlth the evening maU , he shouted to
his wife: “Ann Maria, Abel King’s
come home, after twenty years, and we
a!1 thought him dead. Rich as Croesus,
bo folks say. Guess Marthy wishes
she’d treated him kinder when he
asked her to marry him ’fore he left.”
The moonlight flickered through the
branches of the trees, casting fitful
shadows along the dusty turnpike; the
brakes and sweet fern nodded by the
roadside; the white birches stood out
In bold relief against a background of
spruces and hemlock, and a deep si-
lence, broken only by the wind in the
P* nes brooded over all.
Martha did not hasten on the way,
but often paused to enjoy the beauty
of the nlght An overhanging branch
of moose bush loaded with creamy
blossoms brushed against her cheek,
and she paused to gather its heavily
scented flowers. Suddenly the silence
was broken by the sound of footsteps,
A man was rapidly approaching, and in
the moonlight the form seemed
strangely familiar, Suddenly
stopped; then, stepping to the wom¬
an's ’side exclaimed: "Martha, don’t
you know me?’’ In a voice
with emotion, she cried: "Abel, Is it
you? They told me you were dead.”
The moon shone out from behind a
fleecy oloud and Its beams flooded the
wooded slopes of old Monadnock till
the placid river at its base shone like
burnished silver, but its softest beams
fell on the bent forms of a man and
woman, who never more would walk
life’s road apart.
HOW CUBANS LIE.
They Have No Moral Sense Where the
Truth Is Concerned.
It is often hard to tell whether a
Cuban lies to you from ignorance or
malice, says Herbert Pelham Williams
in the Atlantic. On ordinary occasions
and about matters that do not promise
to affect himself, he is fairly truthful,
but he seem to know no reason why
he shouldn't tell a lie if he wants to.
To the average Cuban who has always
lived on his own island a lie is a thing
to tell whenever it will serve any use¬
ful purpose—such as getting him out
of a scrape, or securing an advantage,
or getting money out of somebody, or
conciliating some one, or creating a
good impression. Here the absence of
a moral sense becomes apparent. With
the Cuban lying is not a matter of
right, but of policy, his short-sighted¬
ness preventing him from perceiving
that today’s advantage may be to¬
morrow’s loss. The statement, com¬
mon among Americans who have lived
in Cuba,, that the Cubans are all liars,
is much nearer the truth than most
generalizations. Though they usually
tell the truth, nearly all of them dis¬
seminate or equivocate whenever they
see occasion. Hence it is not always
easy to tell what a Cuban thinks or
how he feels about the future of the
island. He sometimes tells you what
he thinks you want to hear. Every
man of property wants Cuba to be un¬
der American control, but he will not
admit it before a crowd, or even to an¬
other Cuban, unless convinced that he,
too, is heartily in favor of it. The
trait appears, likewise, in accounts of
the Cuban army. However, it is only
fair to say that the glowing descrip¬
tions given by the Cubans of the per¬
formances and the glorious victories
of that somewhat mythical force are
not intentional, deliberate, cold-blood¬
ed lies. Carried away by imaginations
as fertile as the soil of their island,
they actually believe their own mon¬
strous inventions. For,' after all, the
Cuban loves better than all other
things on earth to strike an attitude,
to pose, to strut and brag and make
himself out a great man and his gen¬
tle fellow-islands a great nation.
Thousands of Cubans really believe
that there was once a band of men
worthy to be called a Cuban army, and
that they fought battles. Others ad¬
mit that there were merely little com¬
panies of starving stragglers, who
sometimes fired their two cartridges
apiece from ambush at Spanish scout¬
ing parties and then scattered. But
they all think they did great execution.
Get some American or Englishman
who was with them to tell you his view
of it. It will he discouragingly differ¬
ent. Cuba is infested with "after the
war”. ( soldiers, braggadocio mock he¬
roes who never got within earshot of
fighting.
A Moving Letter-Box.
It almost seems as if it must be an
American invention—the automatic
letter box which is being placed in new
apartment houses in Paris, although
the French are pluming themselves
upon it as a native noveity. In the ves¬
tibule of the house are placed as many
of these letter boxes as there are ten¬
ants in the building. In general appear¬
ance there is little difference between
the group of boxes and those to he
seen in the vestibule of any flat house
in this country. Instead, however, of
retaining the letters, cards and so forth
until some one descends to get them,
the Paris invention promptly delivers
its contents to the person for whom
they are intended. Thus, when the
postman has a letter for Mr. So-and-So
he deposits it in the box bearing that
gentleman’s name. The missive opens
a lever at the bottom of the box, which
thereupon moves upward until it comes
to Mr. So-and-So’s apartment. There,
by an ingenious mechanism, the con¬
tents of the box are emptied into a re¬
ceptacle in the hall of the apartment,
and a hell is rung automatically to no¬
tify the servants that a letter has ar¬
rived. Its duty done the box descends
again to take its place with those of
the other tenants in the vestibule. Aid
not a letter alone, but even a visiting
card dropped into the box will speed it
on its upward errand, so light is the
weight required to operate the mech¬
anism.
Sympathetic Burglar.
New York Press: To save a baby’s
life a burglar in Brooklyn gave over
his intent to rob, summoned the child’s
mother, confessed his mission, express¬
ed his sympathy and fled. The bur¬
glar had broken into the flat of a po¬
liceman, Patrolman John Farrell.
Marguerite, the blue-eyed,flaxen-haired
baby, had been tucked away in her
crib. A little before midnight Mrs.
Farrell was awakened by a strange
voice. “Get up,” commanded the in¬
truder. “Get up at once. Your child
is dying. Hurry.” The mother ran
to the child just in time to save uer
from death, and the burglar went out.
The baby’s father, the policeman, was
on duty.
Crushed Velvet.
Velvet that has become crushed may
he restored by placing the linen side
of the dress over a basin of hot water.
HOW TO OVERCOME INSOMNIA
Sleep May lie Induced 1>r Holding Oin'i
llrcath f»T a Time.
From the New York Press: In these
days, when the mercury Is trying to
leap the hundred hurdle, the hardest
problem of New Yorkers Is how to get
to sleep at night. Turn and strive as
one may to place himself, sleep won’t
come. A prominent Now York physi¬
cian, himself a sufferer from Insomnia
for many years, has discovered a brand
new way of putting one’s self to sleep
almost instantaneously. It has worked
well in hie own case and never lias
failed In the many trials he has made
upon his patients. After taking a deep
inspiration the breath is held until pos¬
itive discomfort is felt. It is then let
gently out. The process is repeated a
second and a third time, and this is
as a rule sufficient to obtain sleep. The
mind must be fixed upon the experi¬
ment and one’s thoughts must not be
allowed to wander. Insomnia is pro¬
duced by two kinds of cerebral activity
directly opposite in nature, a too active
cerebral circulation and an insufficient
cerebral circulation. The former can
easily be recognized from the throb¬
bing and pulsating arteries. The self¬
asphyxiation of the patient causes a
flow of nervoue blood to the brain and
an increase of the carbonic acid and
waste products of decomposition.
These products, carried to the brain by
the blood, overwhelm its centers and
so produce sleep. Dr. Johann Meuli-
Hiltz, a German physician, writes en¬
thusiastically about the effect of sleep¬
ing with the head low as a means of.
obtaining the most refreshing slumber.
He raises the foot of the bed so that it
forms an inclined plane. He says that
the sleep thus obtained is more benefi¬
cial: that one awakens with a clearer
head, a wider mental horizon. He as¬
serts that the neck increases in size,
that the cerebral circulation is im¬
proved and the influence upon the
lungs is so great that it can' lessen the
tendency to consumption. He recom¬
mends that the lowering of the head
be done gradually, and says that in¬
somnia often is caused by sleeping
with the head too high.
LEARNED TO RIDE
A Bicycle witbin tiie Sacred Precincts
of the White Some.
Washington correspondence Chicago
Tribune: To an usher of the white
house belongs the distinction of being
the only person who has mastered the
silent steed with the east room of the
executive mansion as the riding aca-
demy. For obvious reasons his name
is withheld from publication. Like all
learners he needed assistance in bal-
ancing, and another usher was called
in to render the service. The learner
mounted the wheel in an awkward
manner, and was trundled toward the
south end of the big parlor, when his
teacher let go with the usual result.
The force of the fall broke the huge
crystal chandeliers, and the bump could
be heard plainly in the president’s of-
flee. This misfortune did not deter
the student, and he bravely mounted
the wheel, started off again, and after
wobbling along a few feet came down
on the heavy carpet. This performance
was repeated several times, and then
the first lesson ended. The next day
a second lesson was taken with little
better result. But the usher perse-
vered, and every afternoon for a week
after the house was closed to visitors,
he took a lesson until he had fairly
good command of the unruly wheel,
Then he began to “speed.” The rec-
ord he made was creditable to a be-
glnner, and the novelty of riding a
bicycle in the white house was thor-
oughly enjoyed. The usher is now one
of the best riders in the city, but
neither the president nor the chie’f
usher knew what caused the house to
shake as if a small earthquake had j
visited the city during the week in '
question
New Zealand Parrot.
In New Zealand there is a peculiar
kind of parrot found, which does not
seem to exist in any other place. The
natives call it the “ICea.” It inhabits
only South Island, in mountainous re-
gions, and was formerly a vegetable
and insect-eating bird, but when sheep
were introduced into the country, it
began to frequent the various stations,
especially where sheep had been killed, |
and it was observed to feed upon the
offal. Later on it acquired the strange j
and objectionable habit of destroying
live sheep, for which purpose a number
of these parrots band together and
hunt out a weakly member of the flock
which they worry and torment till it
falls tc the ground. Then the vora¬
cious creatures attack it on the flank,
where the skin is thinnest, and even
before the animal is dead they are de¬
vouring the kidney fat, which they
seems to prefer to all other food. This
seems to be one of the most remarka¬
ble instances known of a sudden
change of habit.
Scorned to Do It.
“Isn’t it heartbreaking,” said the sea
turtle, “that the Egyptian ibis in
dead?” The crocodile stretched itself
wearily in ita tank and •replied, with
a smothered sob: “It is. I could shed
tears, but I will not! They would only
amuse the scoffers!”—Chicago Tribune.
Exercise.
Washington Star: “We have walked
eleven miles this morning without
stopping,” said one Filipino soldier,
discontentedly.
“That’s so,” answered the other. We
might as well join a golf club and be
done with it.”
Missouri Lead Mines.
Eight thousand men are engaged in
mining lead and zinc in Missouri. The
total output for 1898 v/as 74,900 tons
of lead and 140,000 tons of zinc.
THE DEPOT PLANS .
NOT IN EVIDENCE
Railroads Entering Atlanta Defy
Commission.
THE ORDER WAS IGNORED
Status of Affairs Grows More
and More Interesting.
The railroads entering Atlanta, Ga.,
have abandoned the idea, if they ever
seriously entertained it, of voluntarily
giving the Gate City a new passenger
station.
They have failed to file plans, and
now they are up against the commis¬
sion. The board will meet again in a
few kays and see what it can do with
theta for disobeying its order.
At Thursday’s meeting the lessee of
the state’s road declared that it is ab¬
solutely impossible to get the roads,
the city and state to agree. Major
Thomas, representing the lessee, sug-
guested that the state should patch up
the old shed, which four of the roads
claim to own.
If the state does not do that, he pro-
posed that his company would stand
part of the expense of patching.
This would mean the continuance
of the dangerous street crossings at
grade, a menace to life which the city
has considered far more objectionable
than the inadequate old shed.
All the roads say that Major Thom- He j
as holds the key to the situation. !
says there is no hope of getting a new
union station.
In the face of this announcement,
the Southern railway takes an opti¬
mistic view of the situation. That
company says it does not think the
question of locating a union station
on the old site has been exhausted,
and asks for more time. Several times
in the past, the Southern representa¬
tives have expressed doubt about the
advisability of using the old site for a
stati ? D U ‘«> »anow.
None of the , other roads suggested
anything that would tend to solve the
problem.
Fines May Be imposed.
So the commission is looking '
dow
into methods of procedure. j
The roads have not filed plans, and :
the next question is to fine them. The
law fixes as the penalty a ‘fine not ex-
ceeding §5,000. The fine, if im- j
posed would go to the state. Six !
roads enter Atlanta. If the max- :
imum fine were imposed and collected {
it would amount to $30,000. ;
The commission can cite the roads :
every thirty days, and in the course of
two years might collect enough in fines
to build a magnificent station. i
At Thursday’s meeting the board ■
asked Judge Atkinson, the legal mem- •
her. for bis opinion on the way to pro- !
ceed against the roads. Judge Atkin-
son assured his confreres he would j
ba ^e his opinion ready when the board !
meets again. I
President Thomas_ has been advised
to confer with the 1 railroad commission i
ftnld the legislature’s special commis- -
s i°u. One idea in getting the pr'esi-
tlent of the lessee company and the
legislative committee together reached is to see
tf any agreement can be on
which the legislature can act looking
to the state building a union passenger .
station and renting to the roads. i
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7 - 11 ? Sum of °,* $ 6 x he’Past 3 820 Was Paid Out
D u t Year *.
„„ ’The annual , report , of . .
commissioner
of pensions f ° r Georgia, Richard John-
son> Lias J Ust b 0 ® 11 issued from the
P r f Bs; Th rl ® *' e f or * Jf . ? ne of most
interesting , , that will be issued , this year
irom the capital, anti shows some very .
important changes nave taken place in j
the pension rolls during the present '
administration, ,
To begin with, the report shows that j
the pension accounts for the fiscal year j
just ended has increased $13,060, the ;
total amount for the year reaching
$652,820. j
There is also an increase of 731 pen- ;
sions this year as compared with last j
year. There is increase » of 731 j ’
an new
claims paid this year as compared 1
together with last with year. other These items, increases, of inter- taken j
the tax and are public j j
est to payers gen-
erally as well as of great interest to .
the pensioners. j
ACTRESS NOT RELEASED. I
Judge Estill Refuses Bail to Hiss 1
Julia riorrisou.
At Chattanooga, Tenn., Wednesday,
Judge Floyd Estill refused to grant
Miss Julia Morrison, the murderess of
Actor Leidenlieimer, hail, and she was
returned , to jail . to await the ,, January
term of court. When Judge Estill
announced his decision Miss Morrison
broke down and wept bitterly.
T In delivering ..... hie decision Judge _ _ Es-
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till stated the proof against the pris- ,
oner was of such a damaging nature :
that under no circumstances, would !
he admit her to ban. /ie said the i
state had conclusively proven that the \
murder was malicious, willful and
premeditated.
STRIKERS ENCOURAGED.
flany More Workers at Cramp Ship
Yards Quit Work.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: Forty
men employed at Cramps, representing ;
various trades, joined the striking
employees of that company Thursday.
The strikers held a meeting and receiv¬
ed reports showing there are not more
than five hundred mtn at work and
that nearly fifteen hundred are on a
strike.
IVKINLEY’S SPEECH
On Presenting Admiral Dewey the
[Sword of Honor at the
National Capitol.
In presenting to Admiral Dewey the
magnificent sword at Washington
Tuesday, President McKinley said:
“Admiral Dewey: From your en¬
trance in the harbor of New York with
your gallant and valiant ship, the de¬
monstrations which everywhere have
greeted you reveal the public esteem
of your heroic action and the fullness
of the love in which you are held by
your “The country.
voice of the nation is lifted in
praise and gratitude for the distin¬
guished and memorable services yon
have rendered the country, and all
the people give yon affectionate wel¬
come home, in which I join with all
my heart. Your victory exalted Ameri¬
can valor and extended American
authority.
“There is no flaw in your victory,
there will be no faltering in maintain¬
ing it. (Great applause.) It gives me
extreme pleasure and great honor in
behalf of all the people to hand you
this sword, the gift of the nation
voted by the congress of the United
States.”
The president handed the admiral
the sword with a deep bow, and there
was a roar of applause as Dewey re¬
ceived it. The crowd was hushed as
he turned to reply. Admiral Dewey
said:
“I thank you, Mr. President, for
this great honor you have conferred
upon me. I thank the secretary of
the navy for his gracious words. I
thank my countrymen for this beauti-
ful gift, which shall be an heirloom in
my family forever as an evidence that
republics are not ungrateful, and I
thank you, Mr. Chairman and gentle¬
men of the committee, for the gracious,
cordial and kindly welcome which you
have given me to my home.”
CAPTAIN CARTER IN COURT.
Habeas Corpus Case is Heard, But
Decision Is Reserved.
Oberlin M. Carter, the engineering
capta i n> who is under sentence of five
y eftrs ’ imprisonment after conviction
on the charge of conspiracy to defraud
the government, was taken from Gov-
ernor’s Island to the United States
circuit court in New York Wednesday
0 n a writ of habeas corpus in his be-
h a )f obtained Monday. Judge La-
Combe was on the benoh.
On the question of sentence it was
claimed by Carter’s attorneys the
court had acted in excess of its pow-
grs, beyond jurisdiction and contrary
to law.
Colonel Clous, in reply, held that
the action of a courtmartial cannot be
reviewed by any civil court,
Counsel submitted hriefe. Judge
LaOombe reserved decision on the
writ and ordered Captain Garter back
to the custody of Captain Roberts, of
Governor’s island,
PETITION FOR PEACE.
McKinley Urged to Intervene In Fuss
Between British and Boers.
xhe New York World telegraphed
| 0 j> re siderit McKinley the first in-
bailment of signatures to a petition
as jjiQg him to offer the friendly ser-
v j ces 0 f the United States in mediation
t, e tween Great Britain and the Trans¬
vaa p
Among those who have signed the
petition to the president are ex-Sena-
tor George F. Edmunds, ex-Secretary
J- Sterling Morton, John Sherman,
Major General O. O. Howard, David
Stary Jordan, president of Leland
^tandford university; Donald G.
Pitched, j ame s D. Phelan, mayor
Q f g an Francisco; William F. Warren,
president of Boston univeisity and
otbers .
CHAMPION THIEF DEAD.
Notorious “Jimmie’’ Logue Dies In
Philadelphia Alms House,
A Philadelphia dispatch says: Worn
out by years of confinement resulting
from his long career in crime, “Jim-
my” Logue, the famous ex-convict
who is believed to have stolen more
money than any other thief of his
time, and who was, perhaps, the best-
known bank robber of the age, died in
county almshouse Wednesday at the
age of sixty-two years, consolation be-
He sought religious
f ore he died. Logue is supposed to
have had a fortune at one time of
about $300,000:
CHLOROFORflED BY ROBBERS.
Knoxville Woman Forcibly Drugged
By Two Burglars.
A sensational burglary occurred at
Knoxville, Tenn., at an early hour
Wednesday morning. Two masked
burglar8 entered the residence of O.
j^ Xrainum and held his sister, Mrs.
Kimbrough, while they chloroformed
her. They then searched the room,
where Trainum> who is treasurer of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
. iliee r S> tad Beveral hundred dollars
concealed . They aecared some of it,
j )U j. Kimbrough had hidden the
\ t whioh th did not di8 -
eover.
•4 FOR BARKER.
SHORE DUTY
Fortner Commander of the Battleship
Oregon Gets An Assignment.
Captain Robert 8 . Barker has been
assigned to command the Norfolk navy
yard, relieving Admiral Farquahar,
who takes command of the North At¬
lantic station. Captain Barker will
become a full rear admiral within a
month. waiting orders.
At present he is on
Captain Barker commanded the battle¬
ship Oregon.