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GAVE WATER CURE TO
THE INSANE.
Sheet Held Over Refractory Patient’s
Face While Water Was Poured
On— Topeka Asylum Attend
ant Tells Committee
How It Was Done.
‘ I
Topeka, Kans.. May 6.—lt has been cus
tomary to administer tho “water cure*’
to refractory patients at the Topeka asy
lum for the insane, according to the tes
timony of Miss Knox, of Topeka, given
before the legislative investigation com
mittee today. Miss Knox said that the
“water cure’’ frequently was administer
ed while she was an attendant at the
asylum. She was employed there during
Governor Stanley’s first term, and the
head attendant of the ward in which she !
worked was Miss Houston, who left the
institution to be married. It was by the
order of Miss Houston, according to the
testimony of Miss Knox, that the “water
cure’’ was administered.
“How was the water cure administered
tn the patients?" inquired Mr. Jenks, of
the committee
"When a patient refused to obey the or- I
ders given by Miss Houston," said Miss j
Knox, ' the attendants were ordered by
Miss Houston to throw a sheet over the]
patient’s head and draw her to the floor. I
M allo tlio attendants held the patient, j
Miss Houston poured water out of a ■
jan on the patient's face. The water was ,
poured fast and the pouring continued i
until the patient agreed to obey orders." |
"Was this done very often?" asked ,
Mr Jenks.
“Yes.” was the reply; “It occurred very I
often during the time Miss Houston was ,
tttendar.t. which was the first year 1 was ;
there."
The "Thiuginess” of Tilings.
Before one can accomplish much in any I
Sold of endeavor h< must understand Hi
particular line of business “from the
ground up”—he must be able to go to the
core of his work and get at the "thingi- |
ness’’ of the thing, as it were. Precision I
In statement, tor example, is a very es- '
sential accomplishment. Mimi yet how
few ever attain It. \\ • re. you r<‘qu<-.-t. d
to define the simple word “thing would
you not be embarrass'd? Webster de
fines ■■thing'' thus: • Whatever exists or
1= conceived to exist, as a separate lieing. |
whether animate or inanimate.' Simple I
enough, isn’t it?—and yet not one person]
in a thousand could clearly define the
word. When It comes to harvesting ma - .
coin's, however, ac-miate information
seems to have t>e«;i more generally .ii’ ]
somiiat'd Th' majority of ,igr: iitur
jsts have a favorite binder to harvest
their crops, and they can explain why
they prefer that particular machine.
X mor g the man ••x• ■ ii>si y • - features of th'-
McCormick Binder there at’" two things,
that specially appeal to every practical
farmer the improved needle and the sfnt-(
> kn ,tt< r: nd thest two features ma- I
•. ■, making the McCormick
11,0 favorite machine of the f .rmrr.
SOUTH’S INTEREST GREAT
IN MANCHURIAN DISPUTE.
Southern commercial interests are vital ]
’v 'oneerned in the present critical situ- ,
ation of affairs ’ etwecn the Russian and ;
tne < -nines" governments.
Or the several million dollars worth of ,
cotton goods made by southern mills fori
the Chinese market, approximately’ SOI
per cent perhaps even more-goes to toe I
Manchurian port of X-webang. and the |
. ; '
either through an edict or by high tariffs, ;
wo lid 1.0 .' .serious blow to the southern
cotton industry. Ol almost equal Im-]
portanee •" the future of American com
merce with thi ■ great province of China, j
Is the proposition of 1: issia that there,
shall be no increase in the number of open ]
ports and that no more foreign consuls :
s.i.i ’ admitt< d.
This is direct and pre-'-intr interest •
r-.iiH’, j are in the pr< • **nt Man<*?v-:rian
q-nsii■•>!!. Involved in this question in a
i>’ .‘fi'i’ i' -o’, e i? ‘!’r thi - : i i'll* p;;rt■ h'Ti
■if :tv f.'ninese empire am*W th* p
«,f Europe. which wo aid necessity*
greatly affe« t Anieria-i > >ni:n»r*'o in all
..- fdnfi-s at The and if < h-rni.t:«•
i’ls.sts upon g-.hiding- up nt i ’h
pl:i< os n‘ Chine s terr.h'rv in retaliation |
for th’ practical »"xt*?i: h>n -f Ru P’.n
sovereign!?, ov-r :no great northern pi"’.
■ < h o? Hity Xrner
restrict!'::■« will br- -w-u ' a p’ a 'i-’H ■
Great Britain tudax t"r n
.’•or policy in the V : “ . .Hoy, that .
grell ’ ■'-• 'I •i ’ i w .i: • i• t- |
Another Big Prixe
Story Contest
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WILL BE BY
THE SUNNY SOUTH I
IN ITS ISSUE OF—
~ May 30. —■ ;
This forthcoming contest will be the largest yet conducted by d lie Sunny
South, both in the size of prb.es and scope. It will be especially projected
■ < for amateur writers and conditions will boon a liberal basis. } >
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!i
There Will Be No Subscription-Catch To Mar
the Effectiveness of Competition.
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The Mew Contest Jinnounced May 50th.
Watch Out for Prizes and Conditions.
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A- . . - _ . . - -
ered the British sphere of usefulness, but
it is conceivable that a spirit of retalia
tion may’ control her actions in the future
and that a tariff wall will be built here
ns well as elsewhere. The United States
being unalterably opposed to the dis
memberment of the Chinese empire and
to the acquisition for herself of Chinese
territory, would ultimately be a great
sufferer.
It Is. however, in the immediate ef
fect of Russian domination over Manchu
ria that southern cotton mill men arc
particularly interested. For some reason
the American mills have done little or no
business in southern China. Hong Kong
is a free port. No record whatsoever is
kept of imports and exports because no
unties are put upon them. and it is im
possibie to know just how small a per
centage of the cotton goods trade pass
ing through that port belongs to the
United States. it is a fact, however,
that the percentage is very small. Amer
ican manufacturers have never gone to
work to make the light cotton fabrics
used in that southern section of China. ]
or at least, have never been successful ;
in wresting any material portion of the ]
trade from the English and German mills, I
which, through n number of years, have l
been supplying these lighter goods. 1 lie I
United States, on the contrary, has been I
very successful in furnishing heavier '
goods for north China, and especially for i
Manchuria. Into this port of Newchwang ]
goes approximately S< p«-r cent of the.
cotton goods shipped by American mills
to China, and almost, all of tin goes from .
our southern mills.
It is among the possibilities that, de-I
spite all of her protestations of friendll
ncss toward the United Sb«t‘ s. Russia
may. for political reasons. ci'': e the doo’ ,
of this port to Ameri'.tn goods. Or, as
lias been suggested, may. by iu r control j
of the railway, divert, traflic nom New- ,
ehwang to iter own port of I'alny in such
• i wiy is to greatly in...ire American I
commerce? B< ause ol uis possibility,
the people or th- south hao u local as •
Wt 1! a.- a nntinval in'. ' • '* •' J
incuts of the past lew days.
Ru ia’s demand of China tl tno more .
open ports be opeimd in Man. huri.i is I
made with the full knowledge that the j
I’nito.l States is now negotiating a new ■
commercial treaty with the < liiti• cm- ,
pir. . which contains the provision t.i.it j
Moukdcn, the principal city of Mam-hu- .
ria, and Takushan. a city on the < oast
between I'altiy and th- Vilu nwr. snail j
be open to commerce and r* cognized as |
consular posts. It is a iiltie. Uiflicult in:
the face of this demand tn .c c-pt at |
their !:t yalue Russi i s voiulile asset- i
tions of friendship toward the United,
States and h'-r as-uranees. heretofore fr<- |
.pimtly re| led. that Am. rl. an eonimer- |
rial interests will be car.-tully cotis"r\ed|
by Russia m any event.
The plain facts are that Russia, despite J
all lier promises to leave Mapehijiia anti :
iter denials of desire to retain control ,
over this great northern provin e. lias i
determined licit tie- lime ba; for;
lier to force from China what would lie ,
.aeknowb dgment of her pi .< t : -al control :
of that immense teriiiary Ih< c .anb. i
no doubt of tile character ol in r de- I
mands, and there should lie. no surprise .
that they have been made. I’.w’iy stu
dent id ’ tile I’ar Eastern ;ii. s>ioii lias
known that Russia would never lei Man- '
■ii'iri . slip -m le is? i’loin th.
.ia- when tiie gr i;i ? v of It t - ian vie.-
torie was scored by uravieft in se
curing to Russia the vast iirri: .ry of
Siberia there has never been a question
about lier ultimate control of tiie great .
province of the Chines.- empire just to I
the south. This control Russia, exercis. s I
l.nlin. The i’.ox - tr.'Ubli'.- gave the czar
the excuse t.» fl.- d M ■nelv.ri., with his i
armies ostensibly. to restore peace
through love for China, and In the desire I
to preserve her integrity. Tito Chinese ,
government troops could do nothing in -
this ilne. and the Box. rs g.iv- Ru si:., am :
pic ex.-use for putting Into effect the j
plans which h.i.l ’■■■on . pre-:
pared Then the itri>-'tf.;: of railway
'.inns to conn.’et with the Hessian rail- .
road through Siberia w.- s pushed for- I
ward with wonderful activity: a line to |
TV-kin was .-..mmenerd: Tort Arthur Rus- .
slit’s outpost was connected with the I
main line from St. T’-‘torsbu' g. and Rus ■
-•Im troops were garrisoned nt everv st.n- :
tion-for the protection of th,” railroad
properties.
• This explanation of il •’ purpose o’ the 1
, presence of th c troops was legitimate
I enough. The Russians linve done- good
I work in preserving order throughout :
M,-.r: -hnri.a. ’i'iieir Interests' are urulonbt- ;
1 .'diy far grc.il- r l-i norlliern Cliin.'i than ;
Hmse of the peopp. of any other foreign ]
government. ?•.,! it is probable that tiie '
■ rrilHi? <<f R issfa. wlil.'h corno >
frnrn thn c.ij.ita'c <»f otl;* r na- ■
tinns. wnuhl ’i..” Aut lit!!- 1 rffc.-t upon]
A merit an publi • nßmt nt wore It not |
i for the a n;>.< rent wid.- diser*';<an:’ V be ■
t’.v. • • pr ns .and Ru -lan '
p’c ■- ! i-i ■ ■ tr a P-d In the i
: !••. th.- czar's government that !t j
i h.id ’;i» internh»n -of r- tainiug hold upon ]
Maneliuiia, and th* fact of the romarka- '
hi” dcm.iiid which has just been made '
i nip-:; th- impt-rHi government at I’*.- j
De,.ember. -- ■ etaiy of State |
lie.', addressed .i note to all th 1 p<»wcrs, .
whieh v.a -, in . if* cl. a r- quesr th.il they
tlieir int ■■ ■ \their |
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 11, 1903.
The Russian foreign minister, replying I
to this note, said:
“As to the ports now opened or here
after to be opened to foreign commerce
by the Chinese government, the imperial
(Russian) government has no intention,
whatever, of claiming any privileges for
its own subjects to the exclusion other 1
foreigners.’’
in tiie face of tills broad declaration. I
Russia demands that no other ports or
towns be opened to foreign commerce; .
that no more consuls be admitted —Rus- ;
sia being safely entrenched in the pres
ent commercial centers of th * territory "
and. further, that no fiireignors. except
Russians, be employed in Hie public serv
ice in Manchuria: that Russia he given
the exclusive privilege of using the Man
churian telegraph syslcm. ami that the
customs rciM’ipts of Newehwang be de
posited in the Russian bank, in a word.
Russia is plainly demanding for her cit
izens the very advantages which she i
claimed she would, under no circum
stances, demand.
According to advices from Pekin, this
demand is presented in a. heads-I-win;
tails-you-losc manner that ought to excite
the envy of even the artists upon the
i committee of the American house of re P~ j
' resents lives, who devised the “on bloc .
' rub s of the closing days of the last con-
I gross. Russia is playing both ends against
' the middle, or rather In favor of the
i middle which means herself. Russia an
; nounccs to China that she will not evae-
I uatp Manchuria, unbss China agrees to
tic so specified demands, which would vlr- i
I tn.illy li ujd ov< r the administration of
: that pr<iviii ’o to Russia. if ( hina, re
' fuses. Riis.-ia wid run things ns she is i
i r.->w doing; if (’hina consents. Russia will
run things tin re by China s authority ;
Th;.-, ) 7h*’ Juation in a nutshell. 'l'iie
] government of I’m’ I’nit* I Stales is in- ;
! iPv -S' d becaus,’ it i- th- busine. -of the :
; governm-mt t*» s* <• that its citizens have
equal rights with other foreigners in ■
f O hi, 1 RiissiP.’ demands on their
1 face < <)nst i t:<t<• s d:. tiii-'t hr- aeh **f fa ith.
We in the sou the n states are part icular
: ' • ■ ac h o f fai t h
■ ’
; lv till us with doubts of the genuineness ■
, >!' j>•i--• j. ]■ < pl<*ii ii. * - that our com me i< e
' with Manchuria shall in no way be <lis- I
: turlioJ or dis.-riminated.
' AViint can do about it'.’ Protest, and ;
1 y.-t mor.- Ru. -i in i romise.- that Is all. i
; If there is to lie any fighting, it will he I
I pre -pit.,i. .1 by Japan, which considers I
Ru tian control M in •hui a a di?tin t ,
' menace to h« rself and which has nevei
quite i.-.ovcr- 1 from her chagrin at los- '
i ing Port Arthur through tile maihina
| lions of Ru ... The pr< amble of tiie
■ English-Japane— all' m-e s iys this:
| ’The ? >v< mitten- of Great Britain and '
: Japan, aetii.itedsolely bv a desire t<> inain-
: J., n.i.-ne. and territori'.l integrity of the
in those countries for the commerce and
■ industry of all nations, hereby agree as
. follows.”
Th' i ■ vi ions of this treaty are well-
I known. It provides that If the Interests
,f ora of tin con I r.i .ting parties should
' ii.' threatened by foreign aggression or ‘
i domes'.distiirbir■ it would lie adinis-
| sable for that party to take steps to
' s-. f.'guard its interests, .".nd if war with
another power should ensue as a result,
i.lie other high coni' acting party would
maintain a strict: neutrality and use its
i’ tliicnee tn prevent .'till oilier powers
’’rotn Joining in tit. iiostliltles against Its
ally; am!, further, if another power or
mlier powers should join in such hostili
ties tins ir ulr.il eontr." -ting power would
i.ime to flic m-si-tance of its ally.
In other words should Japan decide to
(fight Russia. England would warn all
“(her powers to keep Jhelr hands off; if
] they refused to do this. England would
] take a hand as Japan's ally.
Tile dang'-r of wa> 11.-s ;n Japan's attl
fi'de. Tim little nation Is spoiling for a
ficbf. Great Britain may be able tn r,y- ]
: str:,i.'> her fr, m taking tills step, but the
: temper of the Japanese is. altogether
tv.ar-like. and according to Japanese
■ id.as, there would lie full warrant for
fight in China's a.'.'.'iit’rig the Russian
| programme.
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>ffic notified the Unit'd States eni
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SOUTHERN LOSES ITS
NEW LINE,
United States Court Holds Southern
Had No Right To Purchase At
lantic. and Danville, But That
No Advantage Has Been
Taken of Pur
chase.
Richmond, Va.. May s.—The United
States circuit court of appeals has af
firmed the decision of the Inwrr court in
the case of the Interstate commerce coni
] mission against the Southern railway, In
whieh the plaintiff claimed that in pur
chasing the Atlanta and Danville rail
way the Southern railway violated tne
i anti-trust act.
T lie object of the suit, was to secure a
, reduction of the freight rates at Dan
■ villo, Va.. which were claimed to be ex
: eesslve conpared with tiie rates in force
in Richmond, l.ynchhvrg and other south
ern cities. Tiie plaintiff contended that
’ the Soutlurn raib,.. .y sought to take
advantage of it- wrong in violating
tiie anti-trust .nt by treating Danville
. ,'s a non-competitive point and charging
rates on freight tbit are nearly double
what they are to , Mnpetltivo points.
Tiie court below in rendering its decis
ion. said tl'.<> eviil. a e is that, while there
i was emnpetiti, n m soliciting business be
-1 tween th" South'-it ami the Atlantic and
Danville, this competition did not reduce
. rates; that tiie f t that th,. Danville
were as low ,s tiie Richmond and
Lynchburg rates prior to ISS'i does not
.ifteet tiie quest:.that tills was prior
to the passage ol the anti-trust, act and
; prior to the rolu iion in tales by the
: Norfolk m l w. stern and tiie Chesapeake
I and Ohio, and that the wrong, therefore,
that is charged -gainst the Southern
railway is til", p .remise of the Atlantic,
ami Danville road but ns the rates are
is low as they I were at the time of
. the purchase, It d ..-» not appear that the
defendant has t.-ilom an Inequitable ad
vantage of tiie par iiase.
How Out Bible Takes.
The Premium Bb’le cante to hand last
week.
We are delight--.• wlfh it and consider
It tiie most comp:, io work that we have .
■ver seen.
We shall always appreciate It as » i
Christmas present from you. as the cost
Is too -rnn.l to count, compared to Its ,
real value. L. L. HINE.
Miakka, Fla.
GENERAL MILES AND SOME
OTHER "CRITICS OF ARMY”
By Jos: Ohl.
It Is Itisf possible that those strenuous
enthusiasts over tie army who have been
indulging In cri'iclsms of what they
’ sneerlngly call ■ i’ln? mlsrepresenta
- tlon'' and who h .0 cried out that criti
cism, when clearly aimed at individuals,
was casting a slur upon the American
. soldier, may have less to ’ay now that .
the hea l of the army. Lieutenant General
Miles, has made r"f. fence In his official
reports to some of “ oc. rrcnces which
I other men in high mill'*r:ty have con- ,
1 sidered it best to cover up
No man can accuse <General Miles of be- (
Ing anything else than an ardent, enthu- |
siasti st.pporte ' of the .American army, i
He has spent, his life as a soldier, and
' if there is any man in the United States
who know’ wliat a soldier should do and
what he should not do. It is tiie present
load of the army When it ■ mi.-s to war
( fare. Miles Is neither theorist nor ama- !
teui' Whatever may have been said :
against him by h! crith s, it has never
>.. "n suggested that, ho do*’ not know tiie
I-usine-c of tiie soldier. Nor has it been
I suggested, so far as T can recall, that
<;<ueral Miles has ever been charged with ,
undtii' li tii. >1 toward those against whom
lie was figliting. There is no mawkish sen
timentality in the rian's makeup. He is
a soldier all over; and wlien lie deems it
I necessary to lay bare conditions as they
] are revealed in the report, which has just
oeen made puhil- . tiie American people]
will be very likei. to believe he has full
warrant.
Doubtless some republican organs will ;
raise the cry that liis report Is made to i
'embarrass 1110 adm'mistr.ifion. They may
i even charge him with such ulterior mo
tive:.- as pos-. ssib.. politi, i! ambition. But.
the people will hardly listen to such sug
gestions—certainly they will not when
they take the fa “ into consideration that .
Iliis was as a eoi Hd.'titial report and that
Hs content: were " made public by Gen
-1 ■ r.il Miles. Thor.- |s po .sand stand play ]
.n his part lie Has said nothing about I
the contents of ii:s report, but certain I
men who hav b. ■ll active in tlieir efforts ]
to run down tile p 1 1■ ■ sensible for mis- ;
. onduct in tiie I'i.llippines were so in
sistent In their d'-mand that his findings 1
' bn m id.- puitlic t.-'t the war department j
I authorities final!, consented.
General Miles 1 not lite only offb-er of
the army who h:is riticised the men who
have had a part in these disgraceful pro
1 coedfngs. but ho bettor situated than ]
many others. bo-p, ; in a position to re
port his findings ,- 1 bls views to tiie war ,
] department authorities.
] Some time since a good many self-ap- I
pointed defenders of the army took It :
, upon themselves to raise a holy howl .
; against a represi ■ itivc of The Constltu- 1
tlon who undcrt'i"l< to present a few of the
( facts concerning a:i.-.-conduct of individual I
'officers and soldi''r. whieh lie found dur- j
I ing a visit to th, Islands. And yet all of I
.tiie facts upon which those arti
cles were ba ,! were furnished
' lay officers of the army—men who,
i like General Miles, felt keenly
the disgrace brm. :ht upon the American i
army and the American Hag by the acts I
of a few men. Soo of these offending of- :
j Heers were volunte.-rs. some of them reg
| idars; their -of individ-
j uals. but tiie influence of these acts was |
| far-reaching.
I General Miles refers to he fact that :
: these atrocities w -re emidemned by Gen
i erals Lawt.m, AV.ide, Sumner. Loe. Bald- j
win ami others; tie - were also condemned
. bv th" great maj..rily of the substantial. 1
I thinking nnm who wear tip- uniform of !
! American oilli-or.- But as General Miles
I sa; “With certain otlle> rs the impres
sion prevails that such acts were justifiable,
! .and I felt it my luty in order to i-ori-oct
such erroneous :m,i dangerous impres
sions. and t<> prevent tile possibility of
such acts being committed in tiie future
which must impair tiie good name- of
American arms ,i.,i bring discredit to our
service for all time, to direct that any or
<l rs or circulars of personal instruction
whieh would in-mh,. or ~.-mirage any act
of cruelty bo annulled.”
It was because, of the almost inevitable
I effect these acts of barbaric cruelty would
have upon tiie y mger officers that older
officers wi re outspoken in tlieir criticisms
even to mo. ;l newspaper man; lr.it they
were not in a. position to openly condemn
the nets authorized by tlieir superiors,
and most of tin- acts complained of wore
| either authorized by indirection or wink-
I ed at whim committed.
i The high officers cognizant of or rc
| sponsible for th-sc jets are the persons
I who have reflected upnn flic American
| army, not tiie men in greater or less ile
-1 gree responsible I'oi - bringing the facts
before the public. The efforts to cover
up the misdeeds of individuals have hurt
rather than helped the army, and those
officials who have conspired to such cov
ering up are the real enemies of the army,
not General Mlles and not those who were
instrumental in throwing the white light
of publicity upon the offenders nearly two
years ago.
It will perhaps be just as well to with
hold further criticism of Russia for lier
demands upon China until we learn ex
actly what those demands arc. It. is Just
possible that, the heathen Chinese has,
witli ills ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain, been stirring us all up
by misrepresenting the real nature of
those demands.
First, Hobby Collins sends through
I Reuters to the Associated Press a synop- j
sis of the Russian demands; then Minis
ter Conger cables Secretary Hay an ex
actly similar synopsis—each gentleman
evidently convinced that he has the facts.
London hears tiie same report from Dr.
Morrison and through the foreign office.
The nations of tile world are on their
ears and dire things are pr.-dicteri.
Now comes the “highest possible au
thority” at. St. Petersburg and enters
pointed disclaimer to all the most im
portant allegations. The Russian foreign
office takes up tiie published synopsis
of the demand made upon the Pekin
authorities and declares four of the al
leged demands absolutely false- that is
not made bv Russia at all -and under
takes to show that most of the other
demands were not of the character rep
resented.
There has been no demand that no
more Man -hurfan ports be opened to for
eign commerce, says this high Russian
authority; no demand tiiat no foreigners
save Russians shall lie employed in the
administration of Manchuria: no demand
that Russia shall control the Chinese
telegraph. There has t'jen no mention in
the pourparlers, tiie Russians declare,
about the prohibition of more foreign
consuls in Manchuria. With regard to
tiie demand that “tiie present status of
The administration of Manchuria is to re
main unchanged," the Russian comment
is short: "Unimportant.” With regard
to tiie bugbear of tiie New Chwang cus
toms receipts going into the Russian
bank, tlu- St. Petersburg authoriti, s
point out that such is tin- present ar
rangement. The Russians do acknowl
edge having made tin? sugg-sti'in that
a sanitary commission lie organized un
der Russian control, and claim tills is
very important since cholera was intro
duced by an English vessel in 1902. Tic
idea of a Russian sanitary eommission
i is calculated to .provoke smiles on the
part of those who have had to do with
the subjects of tiie czar. Again does
Russia declare that “the integrity of
China is already adopted Into tile Rus
sian programme,” which ought to mean
that Russia will join with the other pow
ers in upholding Hint Integrity—but
whieh may in the Russian mind mean
something entirely xjlfferent.
In any event. It may be best to wait
i until wo can have practical agreement
as to the real meaning of these Russian ,
1 demands. It is among the possibilities
i that some foxy minion of the dowager
: empress may have liei n stringing ‘he r t
of us in order to pre. tplta.te trouble with
Russia.
A man who knows more about tiie
Mohammedans of today than any other
: outside the faith is in Atlanta. Ho is
Mr Budgett Moairin, of Ixmdon, one of
tiie best known of world-travelers. Mr.
Meakin was for six years a resident of
Morocco. At, Tangier he was the pub
lisher of The Tinies of Morocco, a news
] paper published In English, ami during bls
residence there ho traveled through all
■ parts of the sultan's domains, acquiring
not only a knowledge of the people such
as is possessed by few outsiders, but ac
quiring a thorough knowledge of the
Arabic language. He has written a three
volume work on Morocco and her people
: which is considered a standard work
the best, in the English language.
The study of the .people of tliis North
African country led naturally to a study
of their religion, and this gave an in
sight Into Mohammedanism, v h in
spired a pursuit for knowledge upon this
sam» subject through all of the M -iiam
medan countries. He has studied the
Mohammedans of today in all tiie coun
tries of northern Africa, in the domains
: of the suitm of Turkey, through India.
| Arabia, Pei sia, Java, Sumatra. Borneo
the Malay Peninsula. China. Turkestan.
Siberia, and other corners of the world
in which tiie Mohamnn-dan religion has a
foothold He has in preparation an elab
orate work upon tiie adher'-nt.s to this
faith as they are found in such vast
numbers throughout Asia and the far
East today.
Mr. Mea.kin's pre. ent visit to tlilr ’ m
try has to do with another line of inves- ]
tigation to whieh he has devoted much
study in al! the countries lie lias visited. ;
1 Tills is flic housing problem, lie is study
i ing the industrial situation with p.irtlcular j
: reference to tiie moral side of th" r"'.i- .
! tions between employer and employee—
] between capital and labor. The problem
. of tiie proper housing of the laboring
, classts has become an acute one in Eng
land. 'l'lm agitation for improved condi
tions has been taken up by what is known ■
as tiie Shat'tsbury Industrial Betterment
■ Association, and it is under the auspiei. s
of tliis association Unit Mr. Meakin is
making his present tour of investigatimi
through tliis counlrj? After having de-
1 voted some time to ills investigations in
New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore and
: Washington, lie has come to th' smith
with a view, particularly, to looking into
conditions around the southern cotton
, mill- and other manufacturing cstabllsii
ments. 11" spent several <la> ■ in North
Carolina, then ran down to Jacksonville.
■ and from there came to Atlanta. Tiie
I southern sj stem of individual homes tor
employees finds strong indorsement at l:i.s
hands.
"Tiie deplorable condibicn of the Inhab
itants of the crowded tenement districts
1 of London can hardly be imagined or de
' scribed," said Mr. Meakin, in discussing
] the subject of his investigations yester
day “I would rather be the Chinaman
; of Canton living in his dirty hovel than
1 the Inhabitant of some of the places I
■ have seen in London or In the east "ide
; of your own New York -and you know
for yourself how the Canton Chinaman
' lives. The conditions surrounding the
1 Chinaman, the conditions under which
ho was brought up and under which he
lives, make it far more core.fort ibl- for
him than the conditions surrounding
. many of tiie people of our great cities
' make for comfort, or pltisi'al or moral
welfare, for them.
i “What I mean Is not that the hovels
of the Chinese are suitable I'or persons
raised to our habits of civilization, but
i that they arc far better for those poop’"
than many of th" crowded tenements are
for our own people. The Chinamen got
some part of the air and sunshine, a far
: creator nart than is given to poor fnhnb
' itants of thousands of tenements in Lmt
| don. We all know where the trouble li ".
! It Is the gr.?"d of the people who build
I and own such iWtces. The poor in our
largo cities are forced by circnmst moos
to «pok habitation w’torc thov can find It
and tho result is thov have to live In
r"Iso-.’ii!o ciunrtors from which air and
sunshine are almost entirely excluded.
“Now n-o p-o not c-vlnrr out that tho
poor and lowly of tho world must be
given paln-is or lartre qiiartm*s; thov
‘ cannot exnoot an'thlng of that sort; but
wo are seeking to obtain for them such
improvement in their horsing ;ts the con
ditions of our civilization demand :ird
which arc reasonably justified. Ours is
neither a labor nor a religious oreaniz 1
tion. It is an organization for the b"f
tornient of tho social mor ils of tho
masses—using tho word morals in the
broader sense. As things arc now. the
poor of our great cities have to seek
hom s in the badly lighted, poorly venti
lated tenements, which are kept in tills
condition by the greed of tlieir owners
and tiie laxity of the laws, and such con
ditions will obtain for all time unless
there is sensible agitation. The people
with whom I am associated have banded
Im
If so then your system is out of balance, and ] | /;■ p. V J
there is a Haw somewhere in your constitution, [?| // j '■? j
and a possibility that you are losing' health, too. Lt? i '*]
The falling off in weight may beslight, but itniakes ;
a wonderful change in one’s looks and feelings, and • ;?[ /
unless the building up process is begun in time, L > r - -'3
vitality and strength are soon gone and health ?"
1 quickly follows. If you are losing weight there is ? ”• • J
j a cause for it. Your blood is deteriorating and
' becoming too poor to properly nourish the bod;.-, and it must be purified
! and enriched before lost weight is regained it requires something more
; than an ordinary tonic to build up a feeble constitution, for unit. "S me poisons
! and germs that are lurking in the blood arc destroyed, they will further irn
■ poverish the blood and weaken the system, and you continue to lose weight.
1 In S. S. S. will be found purifying and tonic properties combined. It
not only builds un weak constitutions,
but searches out l and destroys germs WONDERFUL GAIN IN WEIGHT,
i and poisons of every description and Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 10,1603.
cleanses the svstem of all impurities, Some years ago my general health
thus laying tiie foundation for a K»vo way; my nervous system was
healthv, steady increase in weight pattered, and I could get nothing to
i . D do mo any good, till I began to use
and future gOOC. health. S. S. S. I commenced to improve at
hood nmy be bountnul and the once. My appetite became splendid
: appetite good, bu t still the SJ’Stem anc i f ro m 135 pounds I increased to
weakens and we remain poor in flesh 180. I became well again by taking
: unless what we cat is properly digested 3. 8. 8. and would take no amount for
- and turned into rich, pure blood. the good it did me. My health is
i S S. S. re-inforces the Stomach and now Perfect, and I believe if every-
I aids the digestion and assimilation of bod r wou!d a bott ’° of S ’ H
. . . . • , . ... occasionally, they would en;oy lil®
food, and there is a rapid up-butiding ft(} j amdoin{r . w . L . WINSTON.
I of health and strength. S. S. S. acts
: promptly and beneficially upon the nervous system, strengthens and tones
it up, and relieves the strain by producing sound, refreshing sleep. You
can find no tonic so invigorating as S. S. S., and being composed exclusively
of roots and herbs its use is attended with no bad effects. Old people will
find that it braces them up, improves the circulation of the blood, and
stimulates all the bodily organs, and
persons of delicate constitutions can
‘ 1 take S. S. S. with safety, as it does not
derange the Stomach like the strong
tek.' 8 I 1 mineral remedies, but acts gently and
without any shock to the system. Those
w j lose feelings tell them they are not
strong or well, and who are growing thinner and falling below their usual
weight, should take a course of S. S. S. and build up again. S. S. S. is
recognized everywhere as the leading blood purifier and the safest and best
of all tonics. We cheerfully furnish medical advice, without charge, to all
who will write us. SWIFT SPEC/FUC CO, 9 Z 3 TZMiTA,
tli- mselvefi for just such agita
tion. Wo lia ve the cooperation of all
sooi.il economists ami philanthropists who
have looked into the subject at all.”
I..idios who ar«> in promoting” the
Uiriritios Conference, which Is to meet
In Atlanta mxt month, have ask’d Mr.
M»*nkin to lecture in Atlanta, and he has
eons*'r.tod to do so tonight. There will
b * .1 » admission charge The lecture will
be given at tho Woman's <’lub. and if
Mr. Mo.ikin is as interesting as a lec
turer as he is in the role of traveling
cam;- • nion, 1 can promise a treat.
MANY BIG CONVENTIONS
COME HERE THIS SUMMER
The summer convention season in At
lanta, which has begun with the National
Conference of Charities and Corrections,
is going to be one of unusual interest
and Importance.
So far there are eight conventions of
state. Interstate or national scope booked
besides the meeting of the Georgia legis
lature and other gatherings which are to
lie held in Atlanta this summer.
One of the greatest advertisements
' which Atlanta has ever had. and one
from whi' h she receives a most lasting
benefit, was from the people attracted
hero by the first cotton exposition and
those succeeding it. The bringing of
people to Atlanta often makes them
residents, for it Is no unusual thing to
hear New Yorkers say: “Jf I should
leave New York I would rather live it'
: Atlanta than any city I have ever seen.
According to the record of convention
■ dates kept. Mr. Houston 11. Harper, of
the Piedmont's publicity bureau, the
following ore the convetlons whieh will
meet in Atlanta this summer:
National Association of Charities and
I Corrections. May il l- Attendance esti
mated at LOW to 1,2 0-
Sotiih'-i'n Clothing Manufactnror’. Inter
st.U'. Mav Attendance estimated at
. W to JiU.
Sou th,; i tern States Hill Foster.’’ Asso
( ci'it. 'ii. May IS Attendance estimated
i at 100 to 150.
Georgia Knights of Pythias. May 19 to
' 20. Attendance estimated at 7"0 to I.W’
Odd i j| .lows. May 2'l to 2S. At
i tendance estimtited at 4UO to 000.
Georg Bank rs' Ass 'cintion June .
i to It)/'Attendance estimated from 300 to
"(o-nrgia legislature. June 24. Two 'nun
i ni-fd and twenty-five members, besides
rks .- ■ei ctaries and other officials.
I' tpti’t Young People’s Union of Amer
; lea? iisUonal. July ? to 14 ' Attendance
' estimat'd tI.IHU to 8.000.
Do You Suffer with Piles?
Do thw protrude?
I i>. thev bleed?
Do thev pain you? , ,
; Do -'.-u have mucous or bloody ols-
! ’ ! l ir <“i" ' eortainlv cure vou. Write me
full-, Advice perfectly free Dr.
Tucker. 15 Broad street. A'lanta. Ga.
DOCTORS AT NEW ORLEANS.
Interesting Session of the American
Medical Association.
| Now Orleans, May 5 With a record
breaking attendance both In point of
‘delegates and visitors and with many
I distinguish' d physicians, surgeons and
i Pi-icntists present, the fifty-fourth annual
meting of the American Medical Asso-
Gatimroponod hero today at. th" Tulane
theater, where a cordial welcome was
, extended to the association.
[•resident Hillings presided over the
h ,, l!S e of delegates In the afternoon. In
his annual report ho stressed the im
e , f ci , ating the standard of
medical edm.-ation in the United States.
Ninetj ight ol I' lo medical schools of
■ ..-ij-itrx he said, were private cor
iuoi'i'tons -inequipp. d to teach the funda
‘ , m... Heine. Medical education
! of lim future most be based on the status
of medical science. That basis is rec
. o-mizi d now. 'out attempted m a great
‘ miiioi'ity of tho medical institutions in a
. . ,?....rib-iii 1 way. He thought a uni-
I
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AMERKJAA’ SL’l*l*LY CO., Mu In bu, Mein ph I % Tenn,
( | Mg i aMM s
I versify medical course a pressing ne. es
. | The report of the trustees shower! for
: the year total receipts through The Medl
. j cal Journal of $130,021. There is a . (.i!
! “ash balance on hand of $21,590.6“. Tho
| association owns a building upon whi.-li
: $76,000 has been spent. In five yt?ars tho
membership of tjjo association has ai-
I most doubled.
' The tw-l'-ve sections of the association
held afternoon sessions In various parts
of the city and listened to tiie reading of
interesting papers. Dr. A. F. of
Omaha, delivered an oration on surg.- v
tonight. There were many sect'' din.
i ners, and smoker.-; provided by the local
1 committee and clubs.
Dr. Adolf Lorenz, of Philadelphia, who
i has come into promln’nce during tiie last
: twelve months through his method of
: hand surgery, was the center of attrac
i tlon in tho lobby of the St. Chalos hotel
I last evening, whore he held an impromptu
: reception of, physicians and surgeons, who
, : are here to attend tho convention. Every
! medical man nr'"-onf was desirous , £
I i shaking hands with the great specialist.
■ ■ Many ladies, both local and visitors, took
, I advantage of the occasion to be presented
. to Dr Lorenz 8. ".'iking of his spoclai'v
I in healing the unfortunate cripples Dr.
I . w nz '-" .if
“The method is not new; It was first
: ' given to the world about fifteen years
I j ago and when it first camo o’r I began to
j | study and practice It until It is what you
. I soo today. I am gratified that. I have been
I able to do something for humanity In this
i line, and expect to see this special lipa
' ] surgery in general practice Jjofore man
j years.”
Dr. Lorenz’s Statement.
i j Now Orleans. May 7.—Pathetic scenes
; , attended the appearance of Dr Adolf
! T-oronze at the charity hospital tclay.
; i The news that ho would perform another
l operation attracted f’ftj’ (jr more raw
I with deformed children and a mu’*:'■:
i of curious people, who filled th" h i w.i s
i and grounds of tho Institution.
i Many parents begged the privilege •'*
• , submitting their chiidre nas subjo. :: .:
; the doctor was only able to select one. a
I club-footed little cripple. He desired a
j case of congenital hip dfslocaU-m. but
i : said he had been able to discover none
1 here, though they were common in oth-r
i sections that he had visited.
] The ampltheator was filled with d “ ia.
nurses and hospit.a’i attendants when t:A
| operation was performed. It req fired
I more than an hour, snd was apparent?- a
iccess Di Lorens took ■ at ths
I conclusion, of the operation., to re;?.' to
i some of the crilicn'iiis that b,:vi. beeii
| leveled at him.
: 'll is charged that 1 claim to be tho
I originator o£ the method of bio ihess
I surgery," he said. “1 do mu claim .my
priority of treatment whatevei. Soma
smart midwife of the middle ages proba
bly first tried this meUmd. 1 omy claim
t ■ have introduct d more st st m.
technique ami thotoughne: :nt■' tm- "''l
i method, which was ing ne :t ed,
l though w ithout suffici'. nt I un
now only trying to make Ulis merti .*..1
popular tor the benefit tiiat will accr.te
| to ali mankind from it, and I thin:-. I
; have ineid, ntally made quite a. sue -'-s
out of it. The dissecting knife has pl: ;• -'4
] out in the treatment o£ the club-foot.'
Dr. Ixirenz was warmly applauded w;-. -t
; he concluded, lie said lie hoped that the
I physicians here would take up his meth-
I od and apply it. They could succeed as
| he had.
Dr. Lorenz had gre.it difficulty In get
; ting away from the hospital, being pa
! thetlcaily appealed to by many mothers
■ and fathers, who had brought crippled
I children with them.
. .
TWELVE DAYS ON PEA SOUP.
I San Juan, P. 1., May B.—The American
I schooner James Slater, of Port Jefferson,
i Long Island, thirty-four days out from
: Savannah La-Mar. with logwood for New
York, put in here yesterday, having been
| driven back from off Cape Hatteras
I April 24.
The crew had been subsisting on pea
I soup for twelve days and were very weak
The steward, William Holcombe. of
Charleston, S. C.. was in a comatose con
dition. The men had been working at
the pumps at regular intervals fur a
month.
