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probing charges against swayne COMMITTEE hears stripling XVMI. DENIES STATEMENTS MADE uv STOCKTON. ~ AVn Never More Mli :,,k<-n la HU Lilt," Sold Stripling, V\lio Who Aliout to Proceed With i:\prexxfcn of HU Opinion of siockton When He Won Stopped 1,, the Committee— Swayne Not nt Stripling’* House AVhen Stockton Claimed* Washington. Nov. 28.—When the ?w4 y::e Inquiry before the House jud;* ;;irv Committee was resumed to day Joseph N. Stripling, United States d'striet attorney of the Southern dis try; of Florida, was called by the de- He was appointed district at first during the Harrison ad i ,:nis:ration. He denied the statement n ale by the witness, J. N, C. Stock ton, who had testified a few days ago that Stripling had asked that the war on Judge Swayne cease, and that if Stockton would bring about such a result he (Stripling), was in a position to see that Stockton could have what he wanted in the way of receiverships. ■Stockton was never more mistaken in his life.” said Stripling. Mr. Stripling said that Stockton came to Ills house, but once and then on business of Stockton’s and remain ed but a few moments. Stripling started to give an emphatic statement of his opinion of Stockton. This was objected to by the prosecu tion and the objection was sustained by the committee. Mr. Stripling denied the testimony of John Wurts, taken last spring, re lating to an alleged offer by the gov ernment for the employment of Wurts as counsel in certain election cases in Florida. Mrs. Stripling substantiated the tes timony of her husband regarding the visit of Stockton at the Stripling home. She stated that Judge Swayne was not at their home at the time Stockton call ed. Stockton had previously testified that Judge Swayne was in an adjoin ing room when Stripling made the proposition to cease the fight on Swayne. Philip Walter, formerly clerk of the United States court in Florida, testi fied regarding the election cases in the siate, and denied the testimony here tofore given by John Wurts. IV W. F. Fordham testified re garding the death of Charles D. Hos kins, who was alleged to have commit ted suicide on account of his prosecu tion through Judge Swayne’s court. W. H. Hoskins, who was the prin cipal witness in a case before Judge Swayne, and father of Charles D. Hos kins, testified regarding the departure of his son for Pensacola, where he died. He said his son told him that he would rather die than go before Judge Swavne. John Wurts, formerly an attorney of Florida, now a professor in Yale Law School, made some corrections and ex planations of his testimony given last spring. He said he had no purpose of reflecting upon the Attorney General, with whom he had held a conversation regarding the judges of Florida. Benjamin De La Rua of Florida re iterated his testimony given before the coroner's jury concerning the death of C. D. Hoskins. The committee than adjourned until Friday. NEGRO SHOT TWO. He Also Fired a< Woman Who Had ltefused Him. Philadelphia. Nov. 23.—Prompted by jealousy Frank Saylor, a negro farm hand, at midnight shot and killed Henry Henderson, aged 23 years, and when he was overtaken bv George Henderson, Henry's uncle, fatally shot him also. In addition he fired two shots at Ella Scott, whose refusal to accept his attentions aroused his jealousy. Saylor escaped Into a dense woods and has since eluded capture. another theory now. N I* That Bates Wna a Victim of a Labor Union Plot, Chicago, Nov. 23.—A labor union con spiracy is the latest explanation of the automobile tragedy near Lemont, 111. According to this theory, John W. Hate. Jr., the young chauffeur, was the victim of bullets intended for Ed win Archer, a vital witness for .the prosecution in a criminal aase involv otficiais 1Um * Jer 0t C * ,lca *° 'hbor union Archer was an employe of the same vn,i, n ",' b e coni Pany for which Bate lie, i e, Archer has for months be himself in danger, since he gave -Vr. ny ! n the C£UM> of an alleged m.i.l ssionai slugger, who was charged Tiiru a, ’ (ac * < hig non-union electrical •h*u’ A Partial confirmation of uw theory is the fact that “Dove” is ° havG avowed himself an elec ldenfltv '!; hil . e ca "tally explaining his >, nrv ■ during an attempt to hire a e, bußKy ln Joliet the day aft et 'h<- tragedy. Strikers CmTsp.l TronMr. 1) P 'iu S ’, Nov ’ 23 -—A series of strikes d-w ft f, ov f rnment arsenals, and pow- ToVlm, l° re * at Brest and assuming menacing propor riM le‘, V vp strikers at Brest war m„!ITi" ,tr *. tlcil to-day. and there of ,i h hJlnor disorder. Large forces various , , VP concentrated at the m tel lS ' w Th# ’’'‘‘‘hOT Included *.v-W”*- ,huß Interrupting * omental dispatches. lii.l*,. Woods nisiiunlllted. Poi'uUon k rt ?*? Nov ' 23—10 Cor an: , um . od to-day Judge Woods H,„ „ , f that owing to his connec h , . 1 V he parties to the defense. It J 1,01 Blt 1,1 ,h<> caße Charles e„ , i t h bl ,r n the young banker chars f. V J h * 'nurder of Dr. Fred Le physician. The hearing th ■our t "° M t 0 the Janu ary term of f* a ke Your Own * cc Cream. ■- •“ th * Je/i-O fee Cream POWDER "s!ufk?2jS?!i &2r* M i* on**** |V - /J22sffl* *• P*kr>forluk **• ©*t ifec )fN, Ul(or> .V.k Printed by Morning News and New Y'ork Telegram. THE CZAR IS SAID TO STAND FOR AUTOCRACY. Eiuprm Ham no Desire to “See Her Sou Blown I'p,” St. Petersburg. Nov. 23.—The meet ing of the Zemstvoists is ended, the members to-day dispersing to their homes, and in a few days the news of their action will be spread throughout Russia, to the Finnish gulf, the Cas pian sea, Poland and the Ural moun tains. They are leaving in high spir its, confident that no matter what the immediate results, the days Nov. 19 to 22 will mark a turning point in Rus sian history. "The Rubicon is crossed. No retreat is possible,” is the unani mous sentiment. At last night’s joint meeting of edi tors and literary men and the Zemst voists the greatest enthusiasm pre vailed and the fullest support was pledged to the programme added. Interior Minister Sviatopolk-Mirsky has Informed the Zemstvoists that he will lay the memorial resolutions be fore the Emperor, and while he made no promises regarding his personal recommendations, the Zemstvoists are satisfied that the Prince will not leave the Emperor in the dark regarding the breadth, strength and import of the movement. There is an intimation that the Em peror has already been advised of the action of the meeting, and has ex pressed himself as unfavorable to it. According to a story which is told with much circumstantiality, M. Po boedonosteff, the procurer-general of the Holy Synod, Informed the Emper or that in his opinion autocracy had reached the parting of the ways. There was no middle course. He must hold firmly to the old regime or be pre pared to grant a constitution. Thereupon, the story goes, the Em peror called a family council, at which opinion was practically united against yielding an iota. The young Empress, when asked for her view, Is said to have replied briefly: "I do not wish to see my so/i blown up.” Such stories, however, partako of the nature of common gossip in St. Petersburg, and although repeated in well Informed circles, may have little foundation. GREEKS ARE'READY TO BEGIN RETALIATION. Washington, Nov. *23.—A report re ceived in Washington through official sources, say that a state of anarchy has become epidemic throughout Mace donia. that public security has by no means been restored, and that assas sinations of Christians not In sympa thy with the Bulgarian revolutionary movement, are of daily occurrence. It says that Greeks, us a rule, are the victims, and large numbers of them have been tortured to death or burned alive, with the result that the Greeks have started bands across the frontier of Greece wKh retaliation as their purpose. FEARED THAT STEAMER HAS BEEN LOST AT SEA. Sydney. C. 8., Nov. 23.—N0 tidings of the steamer Htord (Nor.), reported last night from St. Johns. N. F., as being long overdue, have yet reached here. Resides her captain, she carried a crew of sixteen men. It is feared that she foundered in the storm which swept over the Cape Breton coast on Thursday last. The Stord is a wood en ateamer of 223 tons register. Will Open n New Orleans. New Orleans. Nov. 23.—The opening to-morrow of the Crescent City Jock ey Club’s meeting promises to be a record breaker. The Inaugural hand leap, the feature of the programme, has a field of fourteen very high-class horses and the weights have been so adjusted as to make It a hard problem to solve. The weather ts clear and balmy, and the track lightning fast. SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1904. ONE MORE TURKEY TO CATCH. HAD MARRIED A CONVICT. Dll Not Know Until His Son-in-Law Made It Known. Columbus, 0., Nov. 23.—A remark able romance was abruptly terminated to-day when Russell B. Drake, alias James Russell Lowell Miller, a paroled convict, who has been living in Co lumbus since his release, was returned to the Ohio penitentiary for violating his parole. Drake in August last, married Miss Nora K. Schoemer, an accomplished ‘ musician of Cincinnati, under the name of Miller, the ceremony being perform ed at the home of the bride in that city. He first saw her at a concert in which she appeared at Columbus about a year ago, and they subsequently met at Cincinnati. No intimation of the fact that her husband was a paroled convict reached the wife until yester day, when a statement signed by Drake’s son-in-law, Charles K. Heidel berg, of Bowling Green. 0., revealing the fact, was published In the news papers. It was through this state ment also that the prison officials learned that Drake had violated his parole by assuming anew name and by marrying. There was a pathetic scene at the apartments of the couple at the Al hambra to-day, when Drake was taken Into custody by an officer from the prison. His wife had previously an nounced her intention of remaining loyal to him and help him live down the past, but she was prevailed upon by her mother to return to her home In Cincinnati. RAILROAD TO KEY WEST. Official Information That Indicates One Wilt Be Bntlt. Tallahassee. Fla., Nov. 23.—The Railroad Commission to-day, upon ap plication of the Florida East Coast Railway, granted that road the privi lege of charging a 4c per mile pas senger rate between Homestead, tho present terminus, and Key West. The passenger rate on the line of the Flor ida East Coast Railway, now in op eration, Is 3c per mile. The Railroad Commission allows the higher rate on the extension, because the work of construction will be very expensive, and the road will traverse an unset tled territory. The question of constructing a rail road to Key West has been consid ered In railroad circles for some years, but this is the first official information looking to that end. WEBER CHARGED wiTH MURDER OF HIS MOTHER. Auburn, Cal., Nov. 28.—Adolph Web er must now answer In the Superior Court for the murder of his mother, Mrs. Mary Weber. Justice E. O. Smith to-day signed a warrant remanding the youthful de fendant to the custody of the sheriff, and holding him for trial before the Superior Court. Attorney Tabor will commence pro ceedings very shortly to secure his client's release, on the ground that the evidence shown In the committal is immaterial. Odors of Perspiration from ami |Jts, Royal Foot Wash mamaamammmmamsmmmmmmmm feet, ate,, by Stops Chafing, cures Swearing, Itching Swollen, Tired Feet, tie at druggists, or prepaid from EATON DRUG CO., Atlanta, Ga. Meaty batik U aut satisfied, gamble for I- sent clamp. LEVY SAYS HE WILL HAVE AN EYE WITNESS. New York, Nov. 23.—Abraham Levy, Nan Patterson's attorney, declared to day, that although the prosecution has erected several strong barriers through which the defense will have to batter its way to secure the acquittal of Miss Patterson, he had no fear that they would not succeed. He asserted that he would bring forward a witness who would tell a convincing story of hav ing actually seen the shooting. This witness was a passenger op a street car passing across West Broadway, a short distance from the scene of the tragedy, he said, and in his narrative he will swear from where he stood, though his glance was but momentary, he saw Nan Patterson’s companion in the cab grasping a revolver in his hand, and struggling with the woman who was endeavoring to wrest it from him. obituary! Mrs. J. W. Worsham, Covington. Covington, Ga., Nov. 23.—Mrs. Car rie Hyer Worsham, wife of Supt. J. W. Worsham of the Covington Cotton Mills, died at 2:30 o’clock this after noon after an illness lasting eight months. Mrs. Worsham, it will be remember ed, -was the victim of a frightful ac cident at the mills, of which her hus band is superintendent, on March 2. While removing some hot house flowers from the Basement of the mill her hair was suddenly caught by the shafting of the moving ma chinery, tearing the scalp completely from her head and inflicting ,other serious Injuries about the body. She was unconscious for several days after the accident, and for months was in a precarious condition. The patient was attended by the best medical skill obtainable, and until complications, oc cured, a few days ago, which superin duced death, her friends entertained great hope for her complete recovery. Mrs. Worsham was one of the best known and most highly cultured wom en in Covington. Her beautiful, Chris tian character endeared her to a host of friends throughout this section. She is survived by her husband and two children. Ethel and Ruth, besides five brothers and numerous other relatives. The brothers are Joseph, Robert, Prin gle and Doc Hyer of Orlando. Fla., and Thomas Hyer of Atlanta. Funeral services will be conducted at Midway Methodist Church, Friday by the Rev. George W. Duval, the Interment being at Oxford. John kerngga, Ousley. Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 23.—John Scruggs, the oldest citizen of Lowndes county, died at Ousley yesterday. He was 95 years old and was in good health until a couple of weeks ago, when he had a fall which hastened his death. He could read without eye glasses until the day of his death and had never used them. He is survived by several children, Messrs. Jesse and Charles Scruggs, Mrs. H. R. Ousley of Houston, Tex., mother of the Texas poet, Mrs. W. H. Bryant and Mrs. Mc- Gauley of this county. He was reared in Screven county, but had lived here for sixty years. llm. John Kearney. Mrs. John Kearney died elarly yes terday morning at St. Joseph’s Hos pital, where she was taken last week in a critical condition. She leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss. The funeral will ttike place from the Sacred Heart Church at 8:30 o'clock this afternoon. The Interment will be In Laurel Grove Cemetery. Mn. NfiMfin iimin, < ntlilirrt. Cuthbert, Ga., Nov. 23.—Mrs. Susan D. Gunn, widow of the late John McK. Gunn, among the oldest residents of Cuthbert, and well known throughout this section of the state, died last night, after an Illness of several weeks. ARMOURED CRUISER MADE A FINE TRIAL. Excellent Showing of the New Ves sel Pennsylvania. Boston. Nov. 23. —The armored cruis er Pennsylvania in her official trial trip off the New England coast to day made the highest speed, with the smallest relative expenditure of fuel, of any armored vessel so far built for the United States Navy. Her contract called for 22 knots and her average speed for the four hours trial was 22.43 knots per hour, while her coal con sumption was 2.2 pounds per horse power per hour. Her builders. William Cramp and Son of Philadelphia, made no attempt throughout the trial to push this, their greatest vessel, but on the other hand bent their energies to exceed the gov ernment requirement at most economic expenditure of fuel possible. Her trial was. therefore, first of the numerous tests over the Cape Anne course where speed was not the sought for object. The day was perfect for the trftl.l, a moderate breeze at the start falling to a flat calm at the finish, while the sea throughout was very smooth. Although the Pennsylvania started slowly, being nearly a quarter of a knot below her requirement over the first two legs of the course, she gath ered headway as she went on and over one leg of five miles of the forty-four to the turn averaged 22.53 knots an hour. After making a remarkably quick turn at the upper end of the course, she started back and only once In the seven legs to the finish did the speed fall below 22V4 knots, while at one time for 6.6 knots, it was 23.2. There was considerable interest in comparing her effort to-day with that of her consort, the Colorado, which preceded her from the Cramps yard only a month before. While the latter made a 6.6 knot spurt at a rate of 23.294 per hour, her average for the entire course of 88 miles was 22.26 knots compared with the Pennsylva nia’s 22.43 knots per hour. The economy in fuel consumption, according to Edwin 8. Cramp, was due to the <rlgid discipline in the fire room and the excellence of the boil ers. The firemen distributed the coal regularly and evenly, with the result that the boilers steamed freely. At no time was there an attempt made to race the boat, although Mr. Cramp stated at the end of the trip that he was confident that the Pennsylvania could have made an average of 23 knots. The engines developed a horse power of over 28,000, while the propellers av eraged 128 revolutions per minute. WRIT oTeRRoTwAS DENIED FOR DUNCAN. Montgomery, Ala., Nov|. 23.—The Supreme Court to-day denied a peti tion for a writ of error ln the case of Frank Duncan of Birmingham, who is sentenced to be hanged Friday. His wife is here pleading with the Gov ernor to commute the sentence. KILLED IN AN ASYLUM. Investigation of the Choking ot (.loaner to Be Made. Chicago, Nov. 23. —Samuel H. Glos ser. a patient in the county asylum for the Insane at Dunning, was choked to death last night, and to-morrow the coroner will endeavor to ascertain whether he was killed by Alexander Harper, a colored man, who is also a patient in the asylum, or whether It was done by John Conway and Scott Hogan, two of the asylum ‘attendants. Hogan and Conway assert that Glqh ser was violent and that Harper as sisted them in placing him under re straint, and Harper declares that both the attendants kicked Glosser and that Hogan choked him. The trouble started with a fight be tween Glosser and Harper, In which the former was aggressor. He was finally strapped to his bed by the at tendants and Harper but working loose from the straps that held him, he again attacked Harper. Two at tendants came to the assistance of Harper and a desperate struggle en sued. Glosser soon became unconscious and one of the physicians was called, who pronounced Glosser dead. His wind pipe had been broken in the se vere choking he had received, and his body was terribly bruised, there being many marks of boot heels in the flesh. LOST HER LIFERS THE RESULT OF HER DREAM. Chicago, Wov. 23.—As a result of a dream. Mrs. Lizzie Couet, 41 years old. lost hfer life to-day, and her hus band and Infant child were fafally burned In a fire which destroyed their home. The woman dreamed that her savings had been stolen from a hiding place in the bottom of a sugar Jar in the pantry. St'artled by the reality of the dream she took a lamp in one hand and her baby under her other arm and went to investigate. The lamp fell from the woman's hand and ex ploded. Her husband, aroused from sleep in an adjoining room, made a brave at tempt to j>ut out the flames and finally succeeded with the aid of a matress, but only after hq as well as the wife and child had been frightfully burned. Mrs. Couet died while being taken to hospital. MEMORIAL TtHUDGES WHO REPUDIATED ACT. Frederick, Md., Nov. 23.—A hand some memorial tablet erected to the memory of the twelve Frederick coun ty Judges who. In Nov. 23, 1763, first officially repudiated the British stamp act, was unveiled in the Frederick county Court House here to-day. The ceremonies were participated in by Gov. Edwin Warfield, Judge James Mc- Sherry, chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, Mrs. Donald Mc lean of New York; Miss Bailie Con rad Fauntleroy of Staunton, V*a., and others. Answers Dove's Description. Chicago, Nov. 23. —A man giving the name of George Weeks, and who an swers the description of the mysterious "Dove,” for whom the police of four counties have been searching since last Saturday as the possible murderer of John W. Bate at Lemont, was ar rested to-night at Kinsman, a small town fifty miles southwest of Joliet. He denied ail knowledge of the mur der of Bate. When arrested Weeks was dressed In the Identical manner as was "Dove” when he left the 'au ditorium hotel In the automobile with Bate. _ Sent President's Turkey. Washington, Nov. 23.—For twenty five years Horace Vose of Westerly, It, 1., has presented each year to the President of the United States a fine turkey for his Thanksgiving dinner. Mr. Voss's bird arrived at the White Hmhm to-day. It la a fine specimen, weighing between M and 40 pounds. Catarrh of the Lungs Often First Stage of Consumption MISS FLORENCE KEN AH. I * " wnwnrw Miss Florence E. Kenah, 434 Maria street, Ottawa, Ont., writes: “A few mouths ago I caught a severe rolrl, which settled on my lungs and remained there so persistently that I became alarmed. I took medicine without benefit, until my digestive organs became upset, and my head and back begun to ache severely anil frequ cntly. “I was advised to try Peru tin * and a Ithougli 1 had little faith I felt so sick thut I was ready to try anything. It brought me blessed relief at onoe, aiul I felt that 1 had the right medicine at last. Within three weeks I was com pletley restored, and have enjoyed perfect health since. “I now have the greatest faith In Periinu.”—Florence E. Kenah. WOMEN SHOULD The cold wind BEWARE Ol’ and rain, slush CONTRACTING and mud of No- CATARRII. vember are espe cially conducive to catarrh of the lungs. Few women escape. Upon the first symptoms of catching cold Poruna should be taken. Colds lead to catarrh. Catarrh ends in con sumption. Delays are dangerous. l’e-ru-na for Colds and Catarrh. The following interesting letter gives one young woman’s experience with Peruna: Miss Rosa Gerblng. a popular socie ty woman of Crown Point,lnd., writes: "Recently I took a long drive In the country, und being too thinly clad I caught a bad cold which settled on my lungs, nnd which I could not seem to shake off. I had heard a great deal of Peruna for colds and catarrh and I bought a bottle to try. I am pleased that I did, for it brought speedy relief. It only took about two bottles, and I consider this money well spent. “You have a firm friend in me, and I not only advise its use to my friends, LOGIC OF THE BACKWOODS. Story of n Country Judge unit a Trial In a General Store. From the Seattle lAist-Intelllgencer. "The clearest and moat logical legal reasoning I ever heard,” said an up town hotel manager a day or so ago, "was in a backwoods town In Maine some years back, when I was on a hunting trip at Moosehead lake, in the northern porttoji of the state. “There was a man named Jake Heff ner, who was accused of arson. The evidence presented in the trial, which was before a justice of the peace who wore a long beard and chewed tobacco assiduously, proved conclusively that Jake was guilty, but It was his own barn that had been destroyed, and the Justice did not seem to attach much importance to the case. “The trial was held in tho backroom of tho country grocery store, and was well attended. Everybody either smoked, chewed or consumed crackers and cheese at the expense of the store keeper and In honor of the occasion. Nobody thought of removing his hat, for It was very far removed from civ ilization, where the law is not nearly as majestic as elsewhere. “When the testimony was all in tho Justice took a fresh chew of tobacco and addressed the prisoner. ’Jake,* he said, ‘I reckon me and the boys would like to hear from yuu on this case. Most every man in town has had his say, 'ceptlng you. Take the stand, Jake, and Ifil fire a few questions at you.' “Jake stopped whittling and took the stand. The Justice eyed him in a fath erly way as he placed his 6 feet 2 of lunky manhood on the chair. “ Jake,' he asked kindly, ’Just be tween us boys, did you burn that there barn down?” “ ‘Guess I did, Jedge,’ was the non chalant reply. “ ‘What, did you have agin that barn, Jake, to make you act so all fired foolish?’ “Jake grinned and shoved Ills hat on the back of his head in a sheepish way. ’Wal, you see, it was this way, Jedge. I allow I had been drlnkin’ too much that night, and 1 allow I set that barn on fire to see It burn. That’s all I know about the case till they told me to come up here and be tried.’ ” ’Wore that there barn yourn, Jake? Did you owe any money on It, or was It yourn free and clear? That’s the point.' ” ’lt were all mine, Jedge. I lifted that there mortgage on my farm more’n a year ago.’ ‘ The Judge expectorated guilelessly into the stove. Boys,’ he said, ‘I guess we’ll call this here case plumb off. Jake owned I hat there barn free and clear, and if there is any man in this state that ain’t got a right to sot fire to a bulldln’ of his own I hain't heard no law about It. This here Is a free country, and it ain't the plan of the law to squelch freedom. Jake didn't have no right to get drunk, because the laws of the state says that llkker is prohibited within the borders of the commonwealth, hut I allow that Jake has got a right to burn up every thing he owns if he wants to. drunk or sober. Ain't that the law. boys?’ "Jury and spectators ’Jedged that It was, and the case was called off. I believe that backwoods Judge Is one of the most commonsense barristers In this country.” lightlcures many things. Kma of the Nun ntnl Incandescent Built* Now Used. Chicago Tribune. Groping in the dark for new ways of alleviating the woes of humanity, the scientists discovered—light. Under various names It has come into favor as a curative agent. Radium, the Roentgen rays, the Flnsen fight and the sunlight filtered through colored glass have all been tried with success ill the treatment of disease. No med ical man now scoffs at the sunbath as a means of Improving the health. En thusiasts In the profession have even gone further than this and invented an electlc light bath that Is coming ir.to popular favor. At first sight It would oeem that a but have purchased several bottles to give to those without the means to buy, and have noticed without excep tion that It has brought about a speedy cure wherever it has been used.” —Rose Gerbing. Fe-ru-nn Contains No Narcotics. One reason why Peruna has found permanent use ln so many homes Is that it contains no narcotic of any kind. Peruna is perfectly harmless. It can be used any length of time with out acquiring a drug habit. Peruna does not produce temporary results. It is permanent ln its effect. It has no bad effect upon the system, and gradually eliminates catarrh by removing the cause of catarrh. There are a multitude of homes where Pe runa has been used off and on for 20 years. Such a thing could not be possl ble if Peruna contained any drugs of a narcotic nature. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. All correspondence held strictly confidential. patient shut up in one of these new baths would be scorched to death, for tho bath Is nothing more nor less than a number of Incandescent lights placed In rows on the inside of a big box. The patient is wheeled into this box and the door is shut, only his head being allowed to remain outside; a hole in the door providing for this ne cessity. With little to protect him from the heat of the lamps, the pa tient is left inside the box until he is in a profuse perspiration. Any one who has placed a hand on the bulb of an incandescent light globe after it has been burning for some time will realize what a hoat would emanate from a score of these lights throwing their radiance into a closed box. Yet the advocates of this novel method of treatment argue so plausibly in favor of it that the scruples of those who see in it anew method of tor : ture scarcely find good foundation. 1 Here is the fine of argument taken by one who uses the bath systematically in his treatment of patients: ”1 have proven It to be superior to & Turkish, or any form of vapor bath. While a thorough sweating is useful as a cleansing process, and in nipping in the bud any sudden attack of pneu monia, its benefits cannot be safely enjoyed by patients suffering from dis eases of the lungs or heart. On the contrary, electric light baths are not only perfect as sudatories for the healthy, but their curative value for the sick are wtlhout any attendant injury or danger. All pressure of the condensation of water upon the skin is done away with. The head being entirely free, there, is no pressure or giddiness, and for the same reason the patient is continuously supplied with pure air. Instead of inhaling, as in the Turkish bath, the poisonous exhal ations of other persons in the bath apartment.” At the Polyclinic Hos pital in Philadelphia an interesting collection of photographs is preserved, showing the marked Improvement made by patients treated with the Ftnsen fight for lupus and cancer. Shining through a huge blue lens the light of the sun is focused on a smaller lens, which tn turn Is pressed against the part to be treated; a steam of water flowing through a rubber tube keepn the rayH from acting as a burn ing glass and scorching the patient. In this hospital a special department has been set aside for treatment of patients by the Flnsen light. In an other part of the ward can be seen an apparatus for administering treat ment by the white rays alone. The patient is seated In a chair, and the rays directed upon the spot to ba treated. The germs of disease, ac cording to the physicians at this hos pital, speedily begin to writhe and wriggle under the discomforting in fluence of the electric fight rays and finally yield up the ghost and permit nature to proceed with the cure. Not only are the various fight ap parati being used for the treatment of skin diseases, but in gome Institutions nerve disorders are being relieved by the afflicted one basking In the radi ance of electric rays. The recent as sertion that light rays could be used as an anaesthetic may not, in the opinion of some, be wide of the mark. Physiologists long ago advanced the opinion that the rays of the arc fight possessed a soothing, pain relieving effect and exercised a surprisingly strong restorative power upon the whole nervous system. The theory of the curative properties of light is not new but the surprisingly large number of novel methods now in vogue of effecting a cure’show that great features of scientific advance In light as a healing agent is one of the the twentieth century. Snowfalls Were Henry. London, Nov. 23.— Unprecedented snowfalls continue In the British prov inces. Many plsces and villages are Isolated and everywhere in the north railway communication is delayed and In some Bants entirely stopped. There are Instances of funerals being snow bound between the house and the ceme tery, and children have had to be dug out of drifts between their houses and the echools. Go to Americas Lessor. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 22. —Pitcher Ragan. Catcher Clark and Fielder Matthews of the Birmingham South ern League Club to-day signed con tracts with the Bt. Louis American League team. 5