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EDISON GETS IRON BY ELECTRICITY New Process Recovers Ketal Contained In Loy/ Grade Ore. EXPERIMENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL Produces 1,000 Tons of Almost Chemically Pure Iron Per Day. ORE POWDERE9 AND DR3PPE2 NEAR MAGNETS Iron Is Deflected and Non-Mptalllo Matter Falls Away—Process Is Entirely Automatic. New York, October 27.—The Electric En gineer will publish tomorrow the first au thoritative account of Thomas A. Edison's success in recovering by electrical means the iron contained in low-grade ore. The Inventor’s experiments have been carried on during the past six years at the old Ogden iron mines, a few miles from Dover, N. J., where he has built up a plant cover ing several acres of ground, and which, after many experiments, is now capable of ptoduclng daily from 1,000 to 1,500 tons of almost chemically pure iron. The ore work, d contains on the average about 25 per eent of Iron, and resemble?, in appearance a very poor quality of gray rock. Mr. Edison states ilia: there are 200,W0,000 tons of this ore on the land Im m< dlately surrounding his plant, front which can be pro'need 50,000,000 tons of iron. Ills process, in brief, consists of blasting tlie ore from the mountain sides, and then by means of st. am shovels and miniature railroad ears conveying it to massive crushers, where it is broken up and passed on to oth< r mills, where it is pulverised. The powder is then allowed to fall in close proximity to electro magnets, which deflects the iron to one side, and the non-metallic matter falls to the other sid • by gravity. From the. time the ore is blasted until It Is resolved into this metallic form and com pressed into briquettes for shipment, the process is entirely automatic, HENIO' GEORGE’S DEATH; ITS POLITICAL EFFECT By Jos: Ohl. The death of Henry George can have but one political result —to insure the elec tion of Judge Van Wyck. It will always be a mooted question how large a vote Henry George would have polled in the election next Tuesday; but that there was great enthusiasm shown by many of his followers, that during the closing weeks of the campaign George had taken a very big share of the hurrah of it all and that he was a. dangerous fac tor to democratic success will now be acknowledged by many of the politicians who for their own purposes have hereto fore been belittling" his candidacy. In 1886 lie m ide what was, under the circumstances, a phenomenal race for the same olliee. He was beaten, though his followers have always b TeVed—many of them, at It . .st—he- was counted out. In this campaign he inherited the benefit of that ft'-ling. Many worlAngmen who.-:- candidate he was in that former canvass, wore back of him in this race, for s ini-m u tai reasons. In the campaign of I'l labor questions were prominent, and labor V ad ers took tip Henry George, knowing his un doubted honesty, realizing how sincer ly his heart at all times beat for the welfare of th- downtrodden cln.-'.-K.-s. -They found him a splendid candidate, and the result wits phenomenal; but scarcely less phe nomena! has be>n the d<v lopment of en thusiasm under this candidacy. There set ms to haw.' been no real reason for Henry < f orgo running for mayor this tint . Th< d m cratic ticket, n<>m nat< 1 reg ularly through a convention tin- delegates to which were regularly cb.m.'-.-a in demo <-r:ti ie primaries, was an excellent one throughput and has gone through this heated campaign without any criticism !>■■- j*ond the single declaration tl at It Is a democratic ticket. No min lias been abb to say a word '.a.:.st Justice Van Wyck, who heads lit” tie'” t, or any of tie other Tien upon it. There was no ■■all for a. distinctly labor tick* ’.. T.iere was a t”n d< r.cy on the ipnrt of some, of the silver men to bring out a candid.”!” and run him on national issues, and for a. short while Mr. George's declaration that be stood . . a ■ • . form did create a good deal of enthusiasm among these people; bi when 1 ' lyse his position upon tli-.- linan.sal question ami tariff as explained in interviews give i to tlie (public, they saw that the indorsement of the Chicago platform was evidently made simply and solely to catch votes. Mr. George’s managers had b- n shrewd enough to sec that there was a chance to Secure support in this way, and he had lent himself to it through a mistaken idea, us 1 s’e ii, of the nr >ning of the Chicago platform. Tlie enthusiasm which came to him on this account, died out; hut if wo are to b.-l: ve the newspaper reports, there has been ad. elded im rem in the George movement during the past Iwo weeks. How much of this newspaper talk Is gen- .. I® .. ■ I . .. O () ; A Cougher s Coffers • 11 may not bo so full rs he wishes, but if he is ( i wise ho will neglect his coffers awhile and A attend to his cough. A man’s coffers may be so secure that uo eno can take them away ( ) ®from him. But a little cough has taken many /•© a mom away from his coffers. The “slight L J /©A cough ”is somewhat like .the small pebble that f * '■■■■ lies on the mountain side, and appears utterly >■< insignificant. A fluttering bird, perhaps, starts J , the pebble rolling, and the rolling pebble begets an avalanche that buries a town. Many fatal Vk/ diseases begin with a slight cough. But any A .7© cough, taken in time, can be cured by the use of ® ■ o ; Ayer s Cherry Pectoral. ( More particulars about Pectoral in Ayrr'u Cnrebook, roo pages. ( k' ;J 25- Sent free. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. @. _ © uine and how much has been manufactured by the (inti-Tammn.ny newspapers for the purpose of drawing votes away from the regular democratic ticket, It will now never be known. Mr, George’s campaign has been directed particularly against Tammany, A large number of his close followers and sup porters, tfio men who have been active in handling hls campaign, will probably vote against the regular democratic ticket now; but it Is only reasonable to believe that the majority—the great, majority—of the men who would have vqlcd for George will now vote for Van Wyck an against the two re publican candidates, Low and Tracy. A few men may go to l/iw on the theory that tho Low movement and George move ment, being protests against party organ ization, were in a sense close kin; but if George would have had any gscat support, if hls vote would have run up as high ns fifty or sixty thousand or above that, tho great majority of these votes must neccs- I sarily have been cast by men who are at j heart democrats and who, now that there ■ is but one democratic candidate in the j field and he worthy of their support, will I cast their votes for Van Wyck. The dem- ; ocratic candidate will not poll as many | votes as he wotdd have polled had there * never been a George movement, but ho will ; poll a great many thousand more than he would have received had the race been run j through as a four-cornered race to the finish. The death of Henry’ George removes one of the most remarkable characters which ( America has produced. That he has be- . come a very decid’ d entity In the political i , and economical life of this country does , not need demonstration. He was a man of ■ undoubted ability—a dreamer, perhaps, and a theorist, but one whose dreams and whose theories were for the benefit of the masses of tlie people. He has b-cn c.tlle 1 ; anarchist, socialist, and almost every term ■ i of opprobrium has been applied to him; he t j was none of these. He became, through his writings, the principal advocate of a j ! system of taxation which in theory lias ; ; much to be said of it. Through his teach- . ! Ings, that which is known as the single ! , tax theory has been growing' mid -übt -lly . , stronger, until It may be, even if it is not i now, one of tho political issues of the : future. A victory for Henry George m tills municipal election would have precip itated that issue. Though b ■ would have had no power or ability to test its efficacy as mayor of the city, lie would have made it a very important Issue in the polities of I tho Immediate future. That bis death will . 1 retard its growth seems likely, but bis t I books live and ho has a great many disci- • j pies who ar. sure to keep up the work in ■ which they are now engaged. | The spectacle of a. man like Georg, being ‘ a serious candidate for the olliee of mayor ' of tho greatest city in this country is ■ rather a peculiar one. Nobody it tn ever , doubted the honesty of the man or liM sin cerity In believing that there was a call for him to enter this contest in the Interest ■ I of the working classes; but hls whole life , has been foreign (o everything which would seem to Indicate a chance for sue- : ' cess In this particular line. An honest ’ ! man who is Inexperienced In ti e wiles of city politicians and who has confidene in tl;. men Immediat’ ly mound him, is prob- I ably’ the most tin nfe man who could be ' put in such a position. A theorist and a ; dreamer, he had no practical grasp what- I ’ rv.r of tiffairs sttcih as would bo absolutely ia cos ary to on. assuming so great i. re sponsibility. However .‘ Irons.-, a eantlidaie he might have b- ■ it, I do not see how it could be expected that ho would b- any- I th! .gels, thin a v.uk chief x •; ::lv-’. His whole career . .'tows that I'. ■ I ■ a lacked ' practical ability; and It is a practical abil- : ity to cope with dishonest :..”it nml dis honest scheme:’, mid to dis riininnte bc- . tween tl:>- honest mid the dishonest that is ! the most nee ess ary' characteristic for a. man In such an ofiice as that of the mayor ■ of New York. Henry George was a delightful man per- ■ sonally, and one of the most interesting I ' talkers I laive ever met. Epon two occa- I sions It has been my fortune to talk with ! ■ him, or rather to list, u to him. The last of I I these was a few days ago tit hls head paar- ; tors at th. I'nion Square hotel in Now i York. I was an early’ ■ alb r m d so i d him at a time when he was Jn< lined to .’bat about himi’elf, about his views and about ’ his chances. In persona! e.pp. at .mice he I was short in stature, about five f. et and I live Inches in height and weighing no more i than 125 pounds. The pictures you s. e of | him show the George of ten y< rs ng'.; as ' I saw him his face wa not so ' 11. his , hair was thinner and his beard very much i grayer. Spectacles wrought a decided ; change In hls appearanc. from the . handsome lithographs which have been 1 spread over New York by his followers | during this campaign. ! He would not talk for publication, but : went over with me. the Interview which ho | had given the day- before to Maurice Low I for 'I:.- London Chronicle, indorsing It as ; correct. Then he went on to give briefly i his ideas about citv affairs. He had not nt ! fait time given this to tho public, and It j : was only' on condition that I should not ; quote him that lie talked at all. It is not : ’ of sufficient interest to the people of the i i south to reproduce these now; but the Im- i pression which his “Progress mid P iverty" i had made of his being a theorist I found i TITE WEEKTjV ( o n TfITUTTON: .ATLANTA. GA., MONT>AA\ NOVEAIUhft 1, 1897. fThe Fifth Missing Word < q \ Will be duly announced next Monday, November Bth. The Contest closes with the last ( mail received in The Constitution office today (November ist). The percentage for the past week amounts to $159.85, bringing the amount to be paid out to $1,028.15, which Includes the SSBO brought over on September ist from the former contest, and to this will be added 10 per cent of tlie remaining subscriptions received on the. contest. The word has been named by several contestants. To avoid losing a week on the New Contest we announce today the details of the Sixth Missing Word Contest and an entirely new sentence to solve. Read it sure, tell your friends about it and get the SSO prize for the first correct word, in addition to your chance at the 10 per cent fund, wnich will probably be $1,600. rrtno -ZV'tleurtGb OoiD.eß'titiUL'tiorA.. 1 emphasized by hls talk upon municipal as- I fairs. Ho seemed to hnvo no grasp of tho 1 practical problems which would present 1 themselves to one in the office to which 1 he aspired—though full of declarations of i love for the people which y’ou could not i help believing were not declarations of the politician but of the honest and sincere ; man. He dealt entirely in generalities, did not know the provisions of the laws which i were being so much discussed so generally, and contented himself with fie declaration that he “would'see that the laws, whatever they might be, were enforced” —and ho meant It. I He had not then entered Into the heat of 1 the canvass. Erlends had been pointing for • the inspection of hls mental eye a brilliant picture of tho victory' that was to come, and be was in tlie b. st of spirits. During the past ton days or two weeks there has been a great change. He has devoted his time almost entirely to tirades against first Croker, th- n I’latt and then both together, and so virulent have been i these ."..tti’oks that. In tho newspapers at i least they' became the overshadowing feat ures of the campaign so full of sensations. ! Tt Is the privilege of every' man who wants office in New York and v. lio is not on either ■ of tho “regular” tickets so heap abuse upon | the bosses, and ordinarily this sort of thing ; attracts little attention. But these attacks I have I decidedly out of the ordinary. They- were ex traoi\lina.ry, coming Irom George whose make-up had alway s S’ etm <1 to contain none of the vitriolic qualities cal culated to call forth such utterances; and tl-cy wore extraordinary becau ■- of their wild n>-.! silly <i”-dar?.fons. George's talk : of ‘'putting Croker In jail’ if be were 1 elected n.ayoi- and a lot more on tne same ! line sounded .it first simply like the silly ■ tot of the tyro in polities. But as It beeatne 111,:: ■. ■. . dressed up as it w ’ at t mes ’ by explosions of profanity, the conviction came iiv, r a great many people that some thing wa:. wrong. 'ltie niild-maniiered student damned ' in ker and 1 rtt as “cr k;. thiev. . robbers, traitors, < -eatures, blackm; levs, corrup tionists, traders i.i votes, disgraces to New York, Siamese twins of corruption. ’ lie said; “They had better leave the country ■ quick;” declared: “I'll do my best to put them both in Sing S.ng;” stated that ; “Judge I’ryor paid $l5,uCO tor his nomination : and will not deny It; it cost the father of Judge i -.graham $22, to .“--t him his place, ■ ' and wound up with tills out ours t: 'Did t'ro- . kef control r l. irnmnny from abroad? Damn , it, everything r .uivs that. But if I'm el ct .d I'll allow no guilty man to escape, and, , by God, 111 do as I said. It, an Interview he declared: "Os course i they will not have me .a; lasted. I have ■ uttered no libel against Crolo r or I’latt i or tl’.eir creatures. They arc beyond I'i‘el. Evi ry word of eondeni-u:' h’o :nd censiii" : that J have ut' ■:■■'. a. dust them 1 rep .it. I Tiny tire commo:, thieve.- and bliiekmui - i ers. robbers of tlu people, traitors to prin- ■ clple, e<m:mon eri oks a” 1 low-lived cor : ri’.pi.toms:-. Ai r. st me? Let them do it. ■ They dare not. They know that my el.e --i tion means a cell in Sing Sing for them. ! And 1 am more confident tonight than ever j that i will be elected." And th- c- is much more in the same i strain. | You may recall that, In hls first inter- I view in reply to Mr. George. Mr. Croker , i said that was very evident tbit "the i strain upon Mr. Georg” hud been too i jrreat.” He said no more than that, but i ■ bis declaration meant bis critic was suf- ■ faring from some mental disorder brought ! on probably by the heat of the campaign. i'ro’,.<r dots mn ' :1k mia-h, bul when be . • ;, ami It I””'’ | like he diagnosi d tout case just as he so : oiton so clearly <li;'j;n<' e.s pulitic.il situa- I tions. \\ <• are mid that during the past two or thr<- days t'-- -<• h‘D’ I nso c ' a <h.GC-;e : in the phy jual condition of Mr. i that tlio.se closest to him have la on alarm ed. The night before death came Al Lewis, ; of Tlie New York Journal, saw him al his j hot. 1 and wh it wrote for his paper I bears the stamp of prophecy. " i'he Henry i George I found," said lie. “was not tin ■ Henry George I had mot fewer than two months ago. When I taw him last lie was i tranquil, quiet, oven steady as to nerves, j rational, sedately contentod, talking of hls ' books and his tax decrease. Today I met I a man haggered, pinched, with a face thin ! and peaked as a pen. His eye roved, his ; hair was tumbled, the theater of disorder. . If ho was the picture of anything, it was hls unfed ambition mri':-’ desperat**. 'i here was despair in hls face, too, a.s if in a dim I way he looked into a future black with j disappointment. 1 tell you it was a shock to sec the man.” ft was not “unfed ambition.'' and It can not be that the future into which hls eyes ex-.’it then were !■ oking can be for him ; black or disappointing. Hls life has been devoted to ;tu holiest effort to am< iior itc tlie conditions of the downtrodden; he has ( earned, if any man can earn, the reward ' of life everlasting. Tit” triw. dy of bls death is a. great | shock. Tlie whole world knew him. He | was not great in all lines, but bo was the ; one Xi'.n of hls generation who impressed , IPs o-onomic thoughts and theories upon ! tlie world. TELEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATION Cleveland Receives Messages from i Prominent People. Princeton, N. .).. October 29.—Master Clcv< land enb ri d upon the second day of j his life this morning, m ver dreaming what | ii stir h” had ir. il’d in Hie world. All day long tel”.i;rarns of eongrtitulation i b.'tvv been pouring in from I’libinet ofllc. rs, | political !■ aders. party men and both per- : sonttl and professional friends ot Mr. Cleve land. Mrs. Cleveland rested comfortably. A California woman to keep a vow made upon the condition |hat heaven would re st.,re her sight has walked on her bare kne.-s a .pKirtcr of a mile over a stony road to churcw once a year for sev enteen years. RAIN FOR FOUR DAYS ON ONE SPOT Remarkable Phenomenon Discovered in i tho Macon Cemetery. A GENTLE SHOWER DESCENDS i On a Lot About the Size of an Ordi- ; nary House Parlor. * I WHILE THE SKIES ARE VERY BRIShT ; Lot Is One Where Union Soldiers Were Buried, but Whose RemaiiM. Have Been Removed. ! Macon Bureau Atlanta Constitution, i i Brown House, Macon, Ga., October 25.-- j .Macon is aitir today over the strnngi st, : weirdest of phenomena. ; It has been raining at a certain spot in ' Hose Hill cemetery four days wilhou. a. i speck of a cloud on the .sky above. This ' aanouncement wits m id. over the teb l phoi.e. ibis morning by Sexton Hall at tils office in lb” cemetery, when l-.e hud called up tlie mayor's olliee and a.-keii that some ■ reputable citizen or city ollie.al might be ! Seat out to witii’ ss the p.i !iom”.ion. ! ImncJlntely the irm-gtav iiu.r wbic.i ' crowns the brow of .Mayor “Da. sy“ Price j began tbristle with consternation and ; a.iarm. He turned the mat ter o vet to Cuio- • itvl Bridges Smith for Investigation. In I a very short will • Coplain .Monroe Jorns, ! elilet of the fir” ..’’part t i”til, wits sut-iai.ja- • cd, and in company w.th a Constituti .n I rept’esi ntative, was mi hls way to the < em ] ct. .y to ii;v itigat' . I Tin most i ' markable part of the re port of sei.ton was that it is perfectly true. .. ■■■■; ;■. over the. hills of Ro c H.li nuat’.y on a : I’ll.’, d slope ot .-i Hie Mint..-I-’. r.'.<r, there ,s a co.'n. :’ Once sl.pt union so.diet's Ot Wia-oas army who fell m cattle around 2.1 icon. With one or two except otis the gi'iivcs u. the union soldiers were relieved of tlie.r ! bones a numb, r .£ years ago, when the ■ ashes of th’’ dead were removed to ti.e ! I'nioti cent', tery at Naslivili . Since that i time this i'lirtlcu ir lot in Ros ■ ft ill cem- i etery has •n b i as de unused, unnoticed. : . A few day •. ic the labor* rs were at I work at the dir. ■: on of the sexton in that I lor: :;:y. o . o', t m i»f. -d th” -l>”’. tmd ! altb.ougli It '-'a ■><•::.et.y clear day, wit.i ! a .-J;y as bln. m 'he water.-- of th.- y .ls of . Mexico, re noiici'i mat it wits rail. : -; o:i i ” the s • o! ; the average be'iA- par.or. lie wm- du:.. pan:.!'d l< r :d - i!i d mull ted an ”.. u . ulnt.om more prayer ta’.ati o. - i men'. I'mitlly h- muster ’d up ne:’<’ : v.neer th” shower to “sie if ' eyes didn’t tall h m,” as he puts it. lb; fom... tl.it tile A'.mg drops of wale, wer realty wi t. al'.l’.on b. tlrny were 'no' falling sullii'ii iitly fust to drench the ground. He rcportei ’ • on H who is one of the best known and highly - .- >■•eted eilbi ns of Ma. on. ll.’, <>t cour.-. , g; th. negro the men y “ha- ' mg that tin daily’, would not be iiittyi.ed on’, of h: nirraiiw. :’. -■ - .on .••■.ud to I go to the i-pot who him. He found whit ; the man had r ported was strictly true. 1 He was likewise amat'.ed ttt.d n ie.tr 01 1, jng inti;,, id nt. ltd tiotidi.L’ abotii : ..<• ' tffalr until he 'mid v..,1e flirt!’ r iuv. -ma- After four lays. s. -ing tli.it the drilling rain was .-mH la'dln,”, t.iere, lie «K- I termined to report it at headquart, rs, and ' did so today. j ' Num. rot s callers have visited the spot : in the cemetery today. t" fact, t-extou ' Hall has shown so many there he is tlior ougbly fatigu'd witii the exercise. The ' pt on..iu< ton i.’iunot be accounted for by ■ ' those who b.ive witnessed it. That it '.s | 1 ram cannot b._- doubted, for the drops can ; !b • se. it fallmg from above the tops of I tall blaelgam and hickory tree, between ‘ ’ which tic shower seems to make its way io ; | the ground. Dur.t g the entire day the ram j | has l>. ”ii fall ng between these two tre.B • paar the foot of tin lone hill n the ec.ne- i t» rv, all the while the son fairly beaming I ' d > .tt as bright ns could be on the cl> arcst, I I lairest of sunny autumn days. Citizens i who have visi . i the scent’, of course, | ll: ,. j, .r. .1 at by tin. ■ who have not seen • i.. but th. ir amazement is too genuine for i tl’e’n to be ch. ::te*.< by ria.eulc’ out of .hi* : really thrill ng obs. ivation they have made. Ti: s Incident revivi 't another story at.'r.it I Macon’s beautiful ”• met.-ry, A few years I ago Undertaker Dennis Keating discovered [ that at a- certain spot in the cemetery, b' hind a hill, there could be hoard the noise of picks digging away with n the bosom of th. ear'll. Mr. Keating, who is I one of tlie best known citizens of Macon, it r. ady to make affidavit to this at any t ini.. It is bellev.d by many Maconites that If t a f. w more uncanny discoveries are made m Rose Hill crniet.ry the people of the Central City will be afraid to die and go j RAILROAD OFFICES BURNED. Clerk’s Lighted Cigarette Was th? Cause of the Fire. ) St. Louis. October 27. A lighted cigarette dropp'd by a thoughtless clerk is supposed to have caused tho fire which this after- I noon pi-actica ly c”ti d the white stone ; building at the corner of Seventh and 1 Chestnut streets, 0.-.-ttpied by the general ■ offices of th.- Wabash railroad. t At 1:25 o'clock, just after the clerks had I returned from their noon recess and wore ■ beginning work, a policeman standing m . tiw- corner below noticed a small tongue ; of flame shoot out from a window in the , fifth story of the-building, which was used as a storage attic. Instantly a puff of I I dense black smoke followed and the officer | ! rushed Into the building shouting the i alarm. Instantly there was a confused ■ rush for every means of exit. fortunately the stairways were wide, I tho building in former years having been I used for the public school library and the polytechnic institute. The attic was stored with old papers and | documents, and within five minutes was a roaring furnace. The whole floor seemed to suddenly burst into flume in every part. During all the excitement seven young women employed in one of the inner mail ing rooms on the fourth floor had not been notified and were still working, un conscious Os their peril. When they did —.— ", discover their situation they found, to their hot rot - , that it was impossible to reach the stairs, as the stairway was burning fierce ly. They appeared al tho windows and a cry of horror went up from the streets. “The fire escape," shouted the crowd and the youqtr women, comprehending, disappeared and n moment later climbed out on the Iron platform of the <‘.sctipe. They hesitated but advancing flames gc.ve them determi nation and they started on their descent, ranching the street In saf- W' as a thunder ing cheer went up, ■ TELLER SCORES REPUBLICANS. Says tho Party Will Be Controlled by the Gold Element. ' Pottsville, Pa., October 26.—A letter bear ing on political conditions generally, from i Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, has • been received by William Wilhelm, ropre t sentatlve of the republican silver party, in ! tills county. Among other things. Senator ■ Teller says; "i have never said I thought there was little hope fur bimetallism. That is one of the many falsenoods of the gold press. 1 have said there is no hope fur it under i th- McKinley admmistrati’jn and 1 am coti i lident that nothing will be dune fur the | Alain peuple of tht country during this ad ministration. 1 have no interest in the ' fight between Tamman*’ and the republi ! cans, i Uu l.ot hope for G< ot go's election, although it would please me greatly if he could suece'd. Tit” .bt’lio.i of the Tani : .■ ■. i ll” will not indicate that the <;• nr.cratic party of the country is going to : abandon silver. “Tlie democratic party Is ■ oinmitted to silver and will continue on that line, a.) d the gold democrats will go Io the republi can party and the influence of trie gu'd democrats will hav. the < ll’ect of so de g'.’i lit.g and debit.dug the party as to make th. o 1 libtrty-lovlng republicans leave it. I , x|>. ■ t to sec tlie r ptibi'.’ in party in tli” It a lids of tit'.’ gold republican: and He gold d'mot rats, and under th- domination and ■ i.iittol of the worst element . ver known in American polities. “I do not cure what, your Pennsylvania platform about hi p r capita eircultr- i;.”... Go-, ■ ~..r H Im s and all the i'”- pul lit an* 1< r ■ f your s ite und. rstand that that pl.atf rm tvtu; made to get 1 to ollie ■ on. .ind I expect to see th” influence l” ' ■ • ’ ” ! . ” lot" .-<■ .;;!■'■« io r.’tir< th. are. b eks and tr”ic-- i.iry n0t.... and to bi the b.cks and b’tnk ei” of 'it.- .’oncry issue -it.■ -<>r pup ’i' money ti er ’’.ink' tit >antry i.. •ds mid 1 i : '' ’ fnt r. st of tin b.’t.’ s end i. ii!’ rs and not In the inter, st of comma co or t! p< ople. “Ti e light for sflv- r ; Gill on and w'll b” until W” t a're It', on mon.-tnry sy ten-, md we neve’ will ’ 'V” his until W” ; . mints for gold and at a rate i'. b< iritabl:shed by law. WANT TO PREVENT OVERFLOWS. Sub-Committee Ob i ai.nin£ Trformation About MiFrtrsippi River. ut L. '’A. tint..’ , r 2!’- ; Nelson, of Minnesota: Ga'l ec r. of N -w Hampshire, and I’.crry. of Ark.t' -’. n - ’mb. rs of a sub- committee of ii.” .■.■'n”i :t< ’ on commero'* of '' ■ ■ i''. ■ 1 ': ’ . : ■ con- f t’ nee tod.iy wit!: th” m.-m'i’t's of toe M ' onri river eeinn;': : n. The commit'ce wm appoint.j nv cor>- g■.’■■■-. to r.to t'n ,'t” at •-■ vt •• . by bllor ot rwi is to wlmtl Missiseipp! rv- ’■ a lie i>”c\-< it.»l Almost ti e entire fe’”i’i;.,n was .•.>!■• t m .! in ink ing the testimony of Li.*t:t’■ m: t'.dor.'l Stickney, chief of engineers, which dealt icily with facts and figures regarding the dis.istro’is floods of last spring. In the op monos Colon”! Stick:’.’v the fi.'Oils on tin low. r M -isiss'.ppl w. re cmisc.l I. th” ..V'.rlio.v of t tie Chi', and i’.s tribu taries ni’.l the r.s.- of the uno :’ Mi:- ”.-<.pp: only ten.led :o f.i .b./g tin higit wal. :. When ai kcd bv Sen: tor N'’.son if be thought t' bul'.dmg of a system of reser voirs along the Oh o would I- ssen th” dnm. r of i repetition of such a flood, Colo- 11. Sliek.’iy replied In tho negative. He gi.vo as iii- reason that 11’ d.d not think sul i”ient ~r. ■: could be foui d al.nig tin: Ohio lu bu id 1. s. avoirs large and deejt enough to cairy oil' water sufficient to materiallj I” ■< n tit. danger arising from such mi uvei’fiow as oceurre,! last spr ng. During th” past ten days the committee has beeal up lu the. head wt.i.rs of the Miss:.- Ppi examimng lb” reservoirs and has tai;, u testimouj al St. Paul, Ruck Is.and a i.d Sioux Clly. I ctm tn■» purpose ot the < t< C Up<»ll th*.' UQI 'Jl' Lull ul its 1 : h))'.s Id i* to Dike a L« ill procut d to ?< w , C.rtSUli ••Liilltt 111:. Ill' ♦•Di-llf I'l/.’-r M Stppl, but tho ye.low fever now pr. ’.mliag in lii’.' south wi»l cuusv inc publpoiiviiiunt ol ,suun piiiurf. HD IS ON A SPELSIAL MISSION. A Distinguished* Member of Gomez’s Stuff on Al Li it: ion to vVashing lon. Wajcios.-i, ...... G.tobr LJ. (..Special.)— A membtr of <;«.:• tut ....m /.'s stab', who is comm.s . oi.e'.i to p-. rl >rin an important niission to lilt L'rilted Stales go .nt am. iu, a ,'l yesterday muruiug for Wasl ngton, niter spe’t...i:ig a day With the Cubans in Tne gentleman's name camnot be divulg ed, and it i.« oalj in .ir.’. to sty that he is a high officer of the Cuban nriny und a special ambassador to this govern ment from the presence of Goiaez. He came direct from Gomez's hcadtpiurters, mid is In possess on of informal.on con cerning Cuban affairs th it is valuable. Mu. co, be said, died In battle from n wound from the enemy's gun, and was not betrayed and as has been the gciiertil supposition. There are 55,000 armed soldiers In tho Cuban army, and an ag.gr'-.-sive campaign will be commenced by Gomez hi about two months. Six months is all the t me the Cubans require to win if ".lorn fur their island. There are it.ooe Cuban soldiers in the province of Havana, and they keep General Weyler In a state of fear and ex citement. The gentleman said ho could not discuss his mission b for.- reaching the proper olli citjls in Washington. Lavigne Beats Walcott. San Francisco. October 29.—0 n no similar occasion has such a crowd ever assembled in Mechanics’ pnvil on as that which pour ed into the big building tonight to witness tho Lavigne-Walcott, fight. While the attendance at the Corbett- Sharkey tout and the notorious Fitzsim mons-Sharkey fiasco were something enor mous. the crowd came to see the big men In ring costume rather than with the hope of seeing a gloat contest. But tonight every one came with the expectation of seeing a decisive encounter ■■•■tiv.en tho two greatest fighters in the world at their weight. The arrangements made by the Occidental Club for the comfort of the public were most elaborate. A squad of fifty police men guarded the entrance and kept back the. surging crowd which g thronged the streets in tho vicinity of th* pavilion. Tho ushers were attired in Turkish costume of the most fantastic colors in order that they might be easily distinguished. A large force of Pinkerton men supervised the seating of the spectators and all who held the proper credentials were placed in their seats without eonfus'on. Betting mt the fight had be»n brisk nil day. Thousands of dollars were poured into tlie poolrnmns tonight, the great bulk of which wits placed on l-rtivlgnc: Two days ago Waleott Was the favorite with small betters at H to 10. At S o’clock tonight pools were selling at 19 to 6‘/4 with Lavigne fa vorite. While the evening's programme was late In opening, the pre! mlnarles between local boxers were curtailed, and at 9i50 Joe Wal- I COtt stepped Into the Hug wrapped hi a j long gray bath robe. Be was followed by Tom O'Rourlie, George Dixon anil Joe Cot ton. Walcott was warmly applauded, but It was discounted by the rofti' of applause which greeted George Lavigne ns lie fol lowed the colored man into the ring. La vigne's seconds were his brother, Billy Lavigne, Tim McGrath and ll.lly Arm strong. When Lavigne and Walcott dropped their robes their splendid oondltlon was appa rent. Tho gong sounded at 9:55. From start to finish it was apparent to all that it was Lavigne’s buttle. He hud Walcott bloody and groggy in nearly every round and In tho twelfth Waloofl’B seconds threw up tho spunge. Lad of Eighteen Lowers Record. Chicago, Oct i her 25.—Emllu Bchuler, of the Morse Cycling Club, lowered the triple , century amateur record made recently by J. Hoffbauer by sixteen minutes, finishing | strong. i Schuler rode the first seventy-five miles i unpaced, finishing the first 106 miles lu 8:35. He rested one hour and thirty minutes and started out on hls gecond century, riding i unpaced and in total darkness in 11:50. Hls j actual riding time for the 300 miles is j twenty-eight hours fl'H-eight minute:’, and i I total 'time thirty-four hours und clghtoeu t minutes. Schuler Is only eighteen years old. THE OLD MAN WAS EIGHTY SIX Had Married a Young- Wil's About a Month Ago. Horne, Ga., October 30.—(Special.)—News i has just reached Home of a most cowardly and brutal murder that occurred today i about sixteen miles from Rome on the up per < dge of Floyd county. Old man Cornelius Burns, one of the pio i neers of this comity, and one of the most I highly respected men in all this s. ction of . the state, was found dead in his cotton ■ : patch about noon today, his head having : th ■ appearance of having been struck with ■ sorte blunt instrument, probably an ax , | h.i.’id ”. 'i't.c .11 man’s : kull was crush’ d and his i i .oi. i.’.m was shocking in the extreme. ■ Burns w.-.s <.i|” i.ty-Mx years old, but not- ' I witbstandcig this, was as hale and hearty | I ; s line W'-’ll VI \”d man .1 >)■ Ab >ut ot ” i month ago th-, old mm was marrie'l to a I ciittrm./ jniniK mighbor. and it ’vtas j ' thought had not nil en. my in tin world. | There is absolutely no cb w to the per ! pctr.’i'or of Hi’ crime, and the aflair Is ! shroud d in a ) :• at d. tl of my: f’-ry. Burnsw.su f;. .uiliar figure on tin streets ' of lloiiK’ atiH Li: ‘L Hh has catr-wd | univ« rsal sorrow and iiidiv.natlon. THE FATHtR HID HIS WEALTH Daughter Dug Up the Yellow Metal Alter His Death. Irwinton, Ga.. Octob r 30.- tSpeelal.)- , Get ■:■• :■ adjaurned ’■ rm of ■ 1— ; sup. rior court is! in s. ssion here this w- k. ! Tl,.’ .’.is c. C. Bark r vs. M”. tat: ; Helton lias bt- n dragging along s.ow.y im the I”, t two day:-’. ' is a suit broug it lu reeov’ r $13,000 in g \\ . C. Parker, the fa her of b.’ i P • ■ tiff ami .i -I'endant, was a rich old g a i. .. w.. ■ bell vt d in I” '-'Ping ” n li iLd. Afivr his death s< vcrnl puts oi g,] . d >vi • d buried aroui d the . His daughter, then Miss V. tl P trker, now A!:’.-. ’ .'.'•ii, w is tiD 1 un*s <i: '' ' «;{ . ;!• ■:•. i.nni.; :ii’ d. A. soon its tiie old g. titl m- , died W;:- I IJam Helton, who is fend of : urn i'.sr.- ■ in ;, e.-tll ’ i upon Miss Parker, v. .. :s abmit tit t■• years old. 1 they wi re oon mar- ried. Il is c. .inn *1 that. .Mr. !■■ m : has In ids po.-.-es.-lon a P' t of ; old worth $13.01)0. Tb”ie is a large family ai.d it !’ divid. d mi the question, sonic siding witii ! tlie brother, some witii the si-1 r. J . M. Hu .1” . br< ’ her-in . w to the ptir ■ ties, testifi. d. or made aflidavl . that h' assisted -Mr. Helton in digging up t1...; ii of gold and put ting it in atnit’.ier nurin I place. He '.hen Void the pniintill .’.bout th • f.nu and told where the r. 1 w s bur. : When search was mail it was . ’.vo im,’ . tin? money had aga'ti been rein ,v”d, and in: lead of finding t!>•• t old, pi' •••- broio n jar and The < 'or.s I’.’.iti >n !>■ .tr.i.;.; tit. ad- . : dr. s of AV- J’. H. ll.m was found. i Mi.ek Hughs, tin- principal witne: for 1 th< plaint iff. wa s mystet iously murdered i Lemb. r of I-'. l '. Ihe ju:’f is t.o.v m. ”'i ; t1,,. ease. Old man Parker wm, worth . m arly SIOO,OOO. SEALING WILL NOW r: .TOR. Bering Sea Conference Has Reached a. Full Agieemcnt. ■ Washington. Gel •!>. r -Complet” old • ! clnl information wits glen today to IP | exclusive annouin-’ meat mad.’ in lb - ' I conference had r- icln d an .nrrc’-m”iit for • the complete suspension of th” right ot j pelagic sealing. | Tli.. 1 acceptance of Russia and J .pan Is I even mor.- positive than has been hereto fore Stated, as the d.d.-gat- ■ from tin - I two couiHrL s aeef :>t th * pr *’> •-* i“n. r ■- • serving only th< ri;;ht to co’’ , .miui * ! aeffiun to their r. sp ••tiv- a \ ns lor | the purpose of having it appro-” I. I This has been done by cab!. . In :It ' meantime, howev U the . pta n. ■ - stand, ! and the proposition Is regarded as an ae j ' compli.shed fact. Tho only question which ft is felt < in ' arise is the disapproval at St. I'. ’• f’lntr.: i or Toklo of what the delegate- have dm, . i and tl’is is not anticipated. | The proposition consists , f thr.” main j features, of an altcrmitlvc chn r;i.’t< r. i The first contemplate-; an ibsolute stis- , p.-nsion of .’ill tlie pelagic. : . al ng. : Another is for r, slriclbm of such sealing , Within very narrow limits. The nature of the third proposition is not , fll-closed. The action of tho conference in scekiti.’,' the co-operation of Great Britain re' >”i . , ’ breach. Is a apt eial : of gratification among those int. s c,i. I I Canada continues to br'ng to bear influ- ' i ence in the way of Immediat” sa tint a.-:. .> y i agreement which shall include not only th.- l.'nited Stabs. Russia a’l.! J/p.m. but , also Great Britain and her colonies. i The contlnui d absi nee of Mr. M■■ oun, the I Canadian d.'b eale. Is it source of .-urpri e ! and no lit th- irritation. Herndon’s Partridge. Haralson. Ga., 'ktobcr 2S. I'M tor Con stitution. Dear Sir: Your favor of the 26th instant just teceivctl containing eheek No 9X4 for $lO, for which you have my thanks. Your agent, \V. O. H liHNDON. ' Stricture and Varicocele Permanently cured. !'articuktrs free. Dr. Tucker, Broad st., Atlanta. Ga. A San Francisco street railroad line pro vides rucks for bicycles and makes a charg.* of 5 cents each for their transportation. NEVER FAILS FO CUI CONSUMPTION AND 1.1 TROUBLES IN ANT • CLIMATE. I An Eminent New York City Chemist and Scientist Makes a Now Discove ry and a Free Offer to Our Readers. CORRESPOHDEKCE- DVIGE FREE. Tha I'u.ct han boon established that tho honored utia alntmgiilshed ciieinlst, 'l'. A. aiocum, of NCw York ally, has dlscovorvd it reliable eut<t for Consumption (I’uimo nary Tuberouionlsi and all bruuc.lilti 1, throat, i lut.g and chcbt troubles, stubborn coughs, 1 catarrhal ulfrcL cus, u<;'jf’.ih., g< neral .!o ctluo and w<...ki.uii.-.. 10.-’.s of flesh und all conditions of wasting away, and to make Its wonuerful merits known, ho w.ll send three me bottles (uil d. rent) of his Now Discoveries to atty uflL.ncd reader of Tho Atlanta Constitutlou who will write tor them. Already this "new scientific system of I treatment'' has, by Its t.mely use, perma ' nently cured thousands of apparently hope- I less cases, and It seems u necessary and : humane uuty to bring such facts to the attention ot till luval as, that they may be I benefited thereby. I Chem stry and science are dally astonlsh : lug the world will, ii., w wonders. The te seurches and experiments of this great I chemist, patiently carried on fur years, ■: have culminated In results as beneficial ' to human.ty us can I claimed for any I modern genius or philosopher. The med ■ il pro’- -. u. I.roughout Am<r- I lea and Htt: pc ar. u; unanimous In i tt.” opinion ’ri it nearly all physical 611- i merits nsturi.l!” b the j n.i.ati'.n <>f : consumption. The till c e i lie in the snort, cokl days aster than Iti the z long, hot days of s’ir,uner. ...1 the dreaded ais e.’.i to be et'.r.abb bey.. "1 a doubt, in tiny cl'mate, and I Xmcrlean and i’ ': ■' ■ tori” thous t.u'ls < t leitcri; of h. art felt from those benefited mid cured In all parts of the I world. Consumption, uninterrupted, means sneedv and certain death. I y., - nn . > r t.f.’Ucd With, any ”ty The doctor ' coji-T'-fs it Lis • •>!’’ •inna’. duty -a duty wl’ie'a b. os to suffer'ng humanity—to I donate a tri I of !” ’ mfMlilfl” cure. I wr te to T A. I’locum. M. < -'8 ' pi, . giving full address i aid thrtefrec !■’ ’’!”'■ till different) of w'tli fti'l hetru”. a:.- 1 . :o .ay itbtete.l rcao i . ... Ml, ■ AHan; . ('■ ! I nt ion. ... n I ci’.nr'-’e for . ..rrespondcnce i ' j-,' ■■in'-’ i« wc do of th” und'lubted j , {!i( . ' •... ~ /” Cure. ev. ry us- A,. : id ..ilviint’’",; of this most ! liberal pi opositlon. ... . peal treatment tmt will it.-,.. ♦».»»!’»’ i' I uonsumptl ’a : 1 ' i wlll cur (most ' '' ,' '.eii you Law r W«’^' n .. ~ .. | n • Ytlnnta 1 lonsfltutlcu n.id it’-i.tly ”1J : .*. SOUTHERN COTTON FACTOR Destined To Me.ke the Cotte for the World, T’’"! : '• IpliM. ’ • ' i 'i'on of I h '.v 1 ’.ii" Li • I ' 'fa<■ t ui' ■’ A’.• >• *ia ‘ < ; ii a ’;, r ’ : techn.eiil papers were read. -t.. p - R- ! (loo.!”.“ <llll I”:’ wh’<’■> he t" 1 Id : “It is wed known tl it southern r « < rn on ni• •• Iis:»: and * >»a y s" laLrics an , • Tho j..:■ Os munuf ■■ tureis h tve been ~ , n,”’. ■ ■ . j t'. 11 ii ■ i tie lire s ■>. goo.is ! t lie lit"' ti lt "bf i’turn” . . i tl, sl-ti’.’ uts .. , ' , ■ t ri'ii.it more than the ‘ ' .' A ■. .: tli z ' ' ' Mon n . ' . nd tar ft e, . —La - left." Cotton Men Virtt the Couth. w : ' <)<■*!•» •’’ Am i"t fifty w . i.• ; N. .. ;-L. ' Mun- ■ • mV' i : .n \\ a.- ’a •• -nn lot iy and I’ ll to- • t ■■■ ’ ' ■ ■ ' 1 m lvL.iT' of th ' : mid <hsttlet.* i W il! . ■ . . ■ pdlls in :■ cted. , ■ ' .’. . boro mid ; . " ■ ■ visited. Smd .y ; ' ' ’ .' .. ’ and I w”';'‘i’.,.■ nd. ' i'i ” trip wiil O””upy a. . to inf-rm the N”w F.iigluid . 'A' i ( .t il:.. i ...... i t.i Uiv«s tn ant’s.” et ut’er ■ of I IP tie M,.. "f ti ■ Cabot M.iiufnetui- Sen i ' 1 >! Statement. ■ ‘ ■■ ■ ■ In tie ■:■. .!.•;..a” in- it"’’, mi.l the i in.-cran-e jottm.:ls i.re .1 voting a l it’; o amount o' to several new features In ■ ' oLi-LL «!'. imi'iie Churl’s L. D. llirid. e, 1 a bro and a bns.imss partner to tho i late Tli J- i■’ • ■ • whose ■ ■ . ■ .i” ;’!. o eu. i” ! last fn'l al L i!t”.v.to,l. <1”- : clares that lit”’’’ h . u a ■■ mspiraev 1 against the insurance eumjiani’’ ; . He ■■” 5 s I his br >ther secured th insurane after ' having det< rm!ne.l to comm!’ .-uieide, and i tltat th” d< all, of bis ir had h<e:t i carefully planin .1 I’d v. 11 .x - ett.l. He sa vs lie v. a • told by 1.- br .tin rth t I SU!”ide was intel bi!, but i'lat be I'Cgg. ! . lii:. brother f.n inotc than tltr. e hours tot : to kill himscif. At tills tin... < ys i'”i:i s i Deibrldge. !>■• Was imeee. ::1 In hi” en treaties and hls i: ■ I : • i > <l. 1 : ov ■hr -ci ■ - <‘n :t o !:■ ’ ■ • :■ ■ ’ s.iys Deile i.i,. his broth ’’ t' ■! to.tif d ■ wia a pistol in tli. room in tlie presence of bls w!fe. ’., . c W. M ■ '.lt ' ' '- bi idge d< ■■ datem uts made 1 • . ■ ■ '■■■>■ v I'als. in 'heir . \ er? p.i it i a ar. Tie • .ni sei for Mrs. I) 1 i.: i. I - ”, who nr qiiaitu •! will, ‘tie . :• s in th. .• dc.’i >r. that D 11.ri.1e,” 1.ri.1e,” b i gio sly misr. pr. ...’.it'd the sltu- : afoit and ilia:, he is e.t ter ■ .tzy c.' i seeking revenge by alt’ m? in- to further harass and worry Mrs 1 >.• i l »ri.l-• e. NORTH GEORGIA CONW A” Tho north Georgia confe: Methodist church will tin ■ N in AH-., ns, and will b • lu - ” days, Iran; .etlrg th. usual . teas, making report-, : mi ant a; pointments for the year be It Cti:. The so.- Mon will ' ' r r ‘ :< Bist ep < Imrl. s B. Gallow.’.y. bishop of it's church. H n . 'leijptlon'. I!.’. <•’. n|: ’• 'lt P’ ”1' I, gtan. an.i ho will r. e. An i come to the presidency of t 12