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mmamm THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. mo.vdat. sr.rrrMnrii so. ivn. ■THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 3 West Alabama St. Atlaota, Os. Subscription Rates: one Year (U| Six Month J S’ One Month . •» By Carrier, Per Week Telephones connecting all depart- mente, Long dJstaece terminals. telephone the circulation department nnd have ' Telephones: I 4101. the circulation drpnrtmi It promptly remedied. Bell 4!iff main: Atlanta i ffotecrlters desiring their Georgian diet : tinned must notify tbla offlre on the date or expiration; olberwleo, It rml be continued et the regnlar sub scription rates until notlca to atop la reeelred. In ordering a ohnnge of oddrese. please give the old as well as the new . address. It Is desirable that all rommnalea. tlnna intended for pnbllratlon In THU OBOBOtAN AND NKWB Its limited to ft*) words In length. It la tmperatlre Ihnl they bo signet!, ns an erldanca of art****I faith. Dejected manuscripts will oot lie returned unless stamps are lent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectionable sdrertli- lug. Neither docs It print whisky or any liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS stands for Atlanta's own- >ng Its own gas and electric light plants, as It now owns Its water work* Other cities do this and get gas aa low aa CO cents, with a prodt to tha city. This should be done at once. TIIE GEORGIAN AND NEWS bclleree that If street railways can be operated successfully by European cities, aa they are, there la no good - reason why they ran not bo ao oper ated here. Rut wa do not bellera Ibis AMUSEMENTS. WU- ■The p THE GRAND— Mondny night, “on Lackaye In “The Bondman." -THE BIJOU—Monday night. Candy Kid.” THE ORPHEUM—Monday night, vaudeville. ' PASTIME THEATER—Vaudeville. SOUTH SIDE THEATER—Vaude. Vllle. ST. NICHOLA8 AUDITORIUM- M Mtday afternoon and night, skating mid fancy exhibitions. * HAGENBECK-WALLACE CIRCUS. Monday matinee and night, corner Jjs. kson street and AOburn avenue. . Tho Columbia State Intimates that ,TThe Georgian mixed It* metaphors In ^Inscribing the swarming of the Qcor- kla politicians. Wo might easily do- semi, ourselves against tho rhetorical aspersion, but we prefer to say that the politicians themselves aro much jnoro mixed than tho metaphors. ; Tho Columbia Record speaks ot 1 “Editor Graves' Rhetoric” when I It should have been “Editor J Graves’ Logic.”—News and Coir ■ rlor. Well whether "logic” or "rhetoric" | the comment which evoked tho para- ; fernph was at least truo. And If truth Jsn't logic, It ought to bo. ' * i i Can It be, we beg leave to ask, I possible that Colonel John Tern- , { pie Graves, of Atlanta, Ga.. fame, ! . has gone stark raving craxy? The Idea of calling Tom Watson a »| Democrat! Preposterous!—Aus- * tin (Texas) Statesman, i We are willing to wager a Georgia I watermelon against a Texas gopher ' that two-thirds of The Statesman's j subscribers agree with The Georgian. The newspaper headlines are \ 'now calling him “Governor II. Smith” for short The Atlanta Georgian started It and The Con stitution seems only too glad to follow suit Whtlo this Is not reverential, ■till, it Is more re spectful with the period after the H than with a dash after It, as somo folks put It.—Griffin News. The “dash” ta only applicable} when he Is after the Iniquitous trusts. Among all the Democrats named for the high estate. The p Georgian Is first ot all tor a Southern candidate—Hoko Smith, Culberson or Aycock, of North Cafolina, or Braxton, of Virginia y —next for-Bryan o> Hearet, who, if they'lived In Georgia, would be our first And then for Cbanler. uf New York, for his gallant loy alty, bis dean record' and his commop sense.—Atlanta Geor gian. How about Roosevelt T Has Brother Graves changed hts mind since, at a Chattanooga banquet. In Mr. Bryan's presence, he urged that gentleman to ariBe In the noxt national convention and nominate Roosevelt for presi dent? We (ear John Temple Is a flfkle jade of the masculine gen der.—Nashville American. No, there has been no- fickleness Dor change of, mind. We are loyal to the original Suggestion, until It be comes evident that we can win with a Democrat who Is able and willing to light mid win tho battle of the peo ple against predatory wealth. Mean while w-c said at Chattanooga that If the party would not go with us In this manor of expediency we would go with the party, and In the list above we have simply exercised the right of • voter to name In order our "prefer ences" among Democrats. DON’T OVERTAX THE TEACHERS. The Georgian published on Saturday a suggestion of protest on tho part of tho school teachers of Atlanta over the several now require ments and regulations which entail upon them additional work In con ncctlon with the Saturday Normals. Tho Journal of Sunday published a statement from Superintendent W. M. Slaton and Commissioner Courtlandt 8. Winn denying that the new regulations entail hardships upon tho teachers, and Intimating that there Is no general objection to them on the part of tho teachers. We are not disposed to engago In any controversy over tho matter, and Tho Georgian Is always Inclined rather to agree with constituted nu thorltlos thay to differ from them. But we aro fully convinced that tho Interests of education will be beat subserved by withholding any additional burdens which can bo put on the teachers already doing a full measure of work In tho city schools. The moderate pay of Atlanta teachers does not Justify tho Imposition of additional work and embarrassing requirements, unless those things be absolutely necessary. Tho Atlanta schools under Professor W. F. Slaton have been very auceeasful and hold a high rank junong the schools of tho country. Wo feel confident that they will be Just as successful and maintain Just as high a rank under Professor W. M. Slaton, tho accomplished son, who succeeds him. The Georgian Is persuaded that the teachera' view takes the correct position when they protest against giving pearly tho whole of their holl day to an attendance upon a Normal School. No class of workers In our civilization do more patient or laborious work with their minds and nerves /hsn the teachers. No vocation Is more taxing upon tho nerves, and to no field of workers In the republic I* the Saturday holiday more restful and necessary than to those who teach. Tho spirit of this age Is not one of increasing the hours of either Intellectual or physical labor, but of shortening both, and It would be In finitely better that all things should go slower than that the forces which are to make our civilisation and educate Its coming , factors, should be worn out before their prime by a serious tax upon both nerve and body and brain. Nothing short of absolute necessity would seem In this age and under the humnno and Intelligent methods If our time, to justify the Isylng of any additional phyalcal and mental tax upon teachers whose work It already so laborious and trying. We present this view not as a matter of controversy, but as a plea for serious consideration on the part of the authorities. A PRUDENT HINT TO THE AUTOMOBILIST. A business man of high repute writing' to The Georgian suggests that the newspapers of the country should advocate a law forbidding tho manufacturers of automobiles to' construct them with a speed capacity of more than fifteen miles an hour. This gentleman, speaking from an experience covering a very con siderable travel In his machine throughout the country, recites the vari ous Instances which have come under his observation of tho danger of speeding along tho country, highways, where out of tho woods, from fonco corners, and from cross-roads, collisions occur and accidents en rage tbo people against the owners of tho automobiles. Very generously from his own standpoint he takei the position that because so small n proportion of our population aro the owners of auto mobiles that the vast majority who are not so fortunate should not bo Inconvenienced and frightened and hustled out of the way and actually endangered by the speed of those rushing machines and tho dlspoiltlon of their owners to utlllxb that speed. All of which Is very generous sad very considerate on tho part of our correspondent and might doubtless be made practical but for tho fact, which our correspondent seems to overlook, that In the construc tion of automobiles tho capacity for speeding Is also tho capacity for hlll-cllmblng and that If tho power to make speed were diminished In tho construction of the machines, that the power to climb hilts and to pan through heavy roads would also die with the power which Is so often used for speed. The Georgian la hoping that Instead of any drastlo legislation touch ing those new and wonderful engines ot transportation, tho Intelligent organisation which represents the owners will be able to persuade those owners month by month and year by year to the prudenco as well as to tho hbmanlty of consideration for tho many, and that with tho first craxo for lightning speed having exhausted Itself that the automobiles ot tho future will be content to go at a more moderate into except upon thoso occasions when tho conditions justify racing without endangering the public. It would be a manifest hardship to legally prevent a gen tleman from using his machlno at such a rato of speed as to covor the distance ot 200 miles a day. Tho point of wisdom Is that tho wealthy and Intolllgont who own these (rest machines should realise the rising protest of the people against their careless or reckless use and In view of the posalble dan ger of adverse legislation to practice everywhere the klndnesa and con sideration upon the city and country roads which will disarm tho prej udice of the many and do away with the prospect of legislative restric tion. THESE SPLENDID YEARS. We are so busy making progress and money In this great era that we rarely pause to weigh our pod fortune or to measure tho bonefl- cent conditions which surround us. Hero Is a man who has dono this for us In effective style and his utterance Is worthy to bo read. Tho School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance of Now York Uni versity opened Its eighth year Monday evening with tho largest enrollment. In Its history. The opening exercises were attended by a largo number ot alumni and Interested friends of the school, as well as by the student body. Among tho new students enrolled this fall are representatives ot almost every state east of the Mississippi, and of several foreign coun tries, Including Brasil, Venezuela, Oermony, England and Japan. Dean Johnson spoke of tho growing demand (or educated business men In the United States. On account of tho greatness of the conntry and tho wide reach of Its business enterprises and the marvelous speed with which Its resources are being developed Intelligence Is as necessary In business as In any o^ the professions. “Tho young man.” he said, "who enters business today armed with both Intelligence and conscience Is bound to succeed. There never was a time In tho world’s history when the prises ot trade and Industry were so great as they are now or so easily won. The men who tell you that tho day Is past whon a young man of small capital can win out do not know what they qre talking about. Tho calendar was never so full of lucky days for the young man. The amount of capital In hla pocket Is of small significance, but the quantity and quality of brains under his hat aro ot tremendous importance. “You are entering business at a most auspicious time. - Let mo warn you against the croakers and pessimists. You will hear them say that the United States Is doing too much business, that a few multi-mil lionaires are exploiting Its natural resources; that the managers of our corporations aro corrupt, and that In consequence we are on the ragged edge of great disaster. "Do not believe a word of talk like this. There Is more conscience In business today than there was 2G years ago, and the dollars which . are flowing Into our profit and loss accounts are cleaner than they ever were before. You ere having the good fortune of living In a country which has never disappointed those who had faith In It. It has already attained a giant's stature, but the clothes that fit It today will be out grown tomorrow, t “Just at present It appears to have a slight attscU of neurasthenia which Is producing some sore spots on that end of ihe spinal column which Is located In Wall street, and eome of our final dal doctors attrib ute the lllnete to what they call the nagging and belligerent Inquisitive ness of our chief executive. 1 am not going to stop 'in defend President Roosevelt, but I do want to Impress upon you this truth: The Uuttcd States is too big and Its prosperity too well grounded to be upset by any one man or group of men. All the forces ot nature and all the energies of men are combining at the present time to bring about In this country an Increase la the production of wealth during tho next U years which will make all the ladustrial and financial achievements ot the 19th cen-- tury seem lilUpullan to contrast," Growth and Progress of the New South tbo onward progr*** of the South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY plumbing HtippIIo*. Kiel Manufacturing nnd Supply Company lias bee a • * • The company will manufacture Kinanga Laud and Development Company, of Pennaboro, hai been Incorpo rated with n subscribed capital of $50,0001 . — , Another concern to known na tho Sutton Stave and Lumber Company baa received o charter nt Martlnshurg, W. Va. The South Chnpmnn Lumber Company la a new organization at Palmer, W. Va. — - • - - — —•»» -*—build mill* nnd buy nml 1 nnd lumber. At Houston tho. Weber-Diiellor Conatr’uctlon Company hoe been chartered with a capital of 1250,000. A concern to be known as the MeCee 8wltch nnd Signal Company has been In corporated at Dallae, Tex.; capital fl),000, . . ^ .. . The San Antonio Brick Cornpan) of San Antonio begins business with n Capitol of UOO.OOOl 7 At n meeting of the directors of the Jlarry Brothers Manufacturing Company, held recently nt Dallas, Tex., the capita! of the concern, which has n plant In bow Orleans, La., ns well ns in tin* Texs* city, was increased from $10,0o0 to $1.><',000 nnd a new charter applied for, the charter being grouted Immediately. Tho paid- up capital of the company Is now $120,000. M ^ Improvements aggregating $10,000 will be made at the New Orleans plant. There will be built a new structure of galvanised Iron, In which will be Installed modern machinery for the manufacture of galvanized Iron tanks, as the demand for this product is greater than the output. , The contract for the extension nt the waterworks plant nnd sewerage system at Cordele, On., has been let nnd the sum of $45,000 will l»e expended in these Im provement*. while several thousand dollars are being expended on street grading nnd making preparation for paving. A county court house and jail I* also being S 'ted at a coat of $».00O. The Tenneaasee Phosphate Company and Held Phot ic Company of Nashville, T«nii.. are seeking site* for factories, and expect to In hutldlng in the next month. Those two plants will add materially to the manufacturing ent^rprlBc* ot CortM* nnd largely Increase ifa population. THE OKLAHOMA VICTORY It la not necessary to say that the result In Oklahoma Is a great victory (or Democrats. The victory speaks (or Itself. It Is not necessary to say that tha faithful Democrats of Oklahoma and Indian Territory are entitled to the highest praise for tho good work they have accomplished. From every sec tion of the country come words of con gratulation to the Democrats of the new state that le prepared to enter the Union under particularly fortunate con ditions. Particularly fortunate, we say, be. cause Oklahoma's brief history la In separably asaoclated with the Idea of popular government. When It came to the selection ot men who were to write the constitution of the state It was urged by . many that Oklajiomana, re gardless of political prejudice, ought to entrust that duty to the party Just then dominant In the Federal government, But In the campaign for the constitu tional convention the promise of Demo crats seemed to accord with the pur pose of the Oklahomans to obtain a charter that would make It plain to all men that government of the people, by the people, for'the people was to be the shibboleth for the new state. The result was the Democrats won by a large majority In the constltu. ttonal convention. It Is not an Idle statement to say that tho proceedings of Oklahoma's consti tutional convention were marked with a determination on the part of Its mem bers to prepare a constitution that would Insure to tho people of the new state practical control, for all time, over their public affairs and their public servants. It la no Idle etatement to any that never In the history of deliberative as semblies has any body of men Been ac. corded more general recognition for pa triotic effort than was given by men of all parties to Oklahoma's constitutional convention. In all the proceedings of that great gathering there was no breath of scan dal. No one complained that the mem bers of the convention were looking out for special Interests. No one suggested that their work left loop holes for cor porations. It wae said that the consti tution was too long, but some who made that complaint meant that It was too explicit In Ite efforts to safeguard the public Interests. When the attor ney general for the United States pointed out w-hat he conceived to be certain defects the constitutional con vention made correction accordingly, It Is not strange, then, that It was with some degree of confidence that the men who wrote this constitution sub mitted their work for the approval of their fellow cltlsens. With significant emphasis the people of the new state have approved that work nnd they did It In the fsce of the Implied threat that approval of the constitution and a Dem ocratic victory meant rejection of the constitution by a president elected as a Republican. The strong personality of Mr. Roose velt figured conspicuously In the Okla homa campaign. Every Federal office- holder In the two territories was fight ing hard for Republican victory, nnd not only was the great prestige of a fiatlonal administration employed at every point, but the administration wa* represented In a particularly clear way by the personal participation of the heir apparent to Mr. Roosevelt's party robe. And when /Mr. Taft bluntly ad vised the Oklahomans to vote against the Democratic constitution his advice was freely Interpreted as a reminder that the Republican national adminis tration had the power to unmake the constitution. But these Influence* were of no avail. Oklahoma nnd Indian Territory ambi tious for statehood, wonted to Insure for the new commonwealth popular government In Its best sense. To this end they entrusted the work of making a constitution to the Democratic party and the Democratic party proved Itkelf faithful to the trust. The fidelity shown by the Democratic constitutional convention and the pur pose displayed by the Democratic can didates for office have been recognized and rowardod by a victory so complete that It must give encouragement to all men who participate In politic* In tho hope of deriving from government "the greatest good to the greatest number.' ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Army Orders. Washington. Sept. 10.—Captain Geo. P. Howell, corps of engineers to Phil ippines. First Lieutenants John H. Kingman and Herman H. Rogers, of corps of engineers, report to command ing general, Philippines division. Sec ond Lieutenant Carlos J. Strolbrand, corps of engineer*, from Company B to D, First battalion engineers. Naval Orders. Captain J. E. Plllsburg. additional duty a* member army and navy Joint board, Washington. Commander J. O. Qulnby, detached, Cincinnati, home, to wait order* Commander O. H. Peters and Lieutenant Commander W. W. Bush, detached, Raleigh, home, to wait order,. . _ _ _ Lliwtennilt Commanders G. R. Evans and J. F. Hines nnd Lieutenant O. F. Neal, detached, Cincinnati, home, wait orders. _ Lieutenant O. C. Sweet, Ensign* H. Claude, H. A. Steward and A. H. Richards, detached, Raleigh, home, wait orders, _ .. , Ensigns O. Hill. P- p. Bassett and J, . Hart, detached, Cincinnati, horns, to wait order*. Midshipman H. J. French, detached, Cincinnati to Milwaukee. Midshipman A. J. Cshnley. Jr., de- tached, Raleigh to Milwaukee. Movements of Vstiels. ARRIVED—September 27, Strlngham Fort Totten, New York; West Vir ginia, Colorado. Maryland and Penn sylvania at San Francisco. September 28. Adame nt Aden. Arabia. . SAILED—Dolphin from Washington for New York; Cincinnati and Raleigh ordered out of cbmmtsslon. navy yard, Mare Island. THE “INCIDENTS” OF PRE8ENT TRAVEL. To the Editor of The Ororglsn: "One wholff sml two holt tickets to At- hints, please,” Mid the lady at the window. The ticket agent of the Weatern and At lantic road at Marietta craned hla nee): In order to get a better view of the two over- crown applicant* for half fnrea. "Very sorry, innflnm. lint the children nra over one'' said he. A heated and somewhat on,- aided delmte then ensiled between the two over what appeared to be the follow- '"^Iteaoived. That the mother of a child knowa more about lla age than any Igno rant, Impudent Ink^llugrr that erer worked for a corporation.” In'- lady at the win dow took the affirmative, and after dls- canning that aide of the question at some length the announced her Intention of ap pealing to higher nml more Intelligent au thority, amt left without listening to the detiater on the negatlre aide. She entered the office of the long-d stance telephone and relied op Superintendent McCollum of the Atlanta office. When she commenced to talk nhe looked at a small clock which hmig on the wait Just In front of her. to make ante that «ho did not consume more than three minute*. She talked rapidly, glancing frequently at the little clock: aha explained In' detafl totte Atlanta offlrln Juat what had occurred at Marietta, and | - .L .... <o««i.l.ieahl.i tlril.a aefa-lsi.W hllP "What nro the charge* please?" the In qulred of a gentleman Inibe office. "Ninety conta, madam," enmo the polite reaponte of Manager McClatchey. “Oh, mercy! There mnat b« some mis- take. The little clock on the wall there," ^"lUi^lopped”broke In the smiling man ager na he reached for a pad of blank re ceipt* Site Inquired for Ibe book store, nml a few mluulea Inter was seen hurrying to the train with a copy of "Tom Watson* Maga.ln." In ter han,l. Marietta, On. PUBLIC UTILITY LEGISLATION. To the Editor of Tho Georgian: I entirely agree with "Lone Citizen" Lee In hla speech before the city coun cil, published In The Constitution of the 27th. To my mind, there Is no satisfactory reason why any matter relating to public utilities In the city of Atlanta should be referred to tho raff, road commission. The city council of Atlnnta should be fully capable of deal ing with these questions In tho Interest of Its citizens. The 6-cent fares on street cars, with transfer prlvllego, Is low enough, and the charges for gas and electric light are not excessive, but the council' should see to It that good service Is rendered and should co-op- erato with the public utility corpora tions in a conservative and conciliatory manner toward a gradual improvement of existing conditions. So far as the railways are concerned, the same policy should be pursued by the railroad commission, namely, that of requiring better service rather than enforcing unreasonable reductions In rates. For Instance, It Is a poor argu ment on the port of the commission that because the Western and Atlantic and Atlanta and West Paint railroad* owing to their superior service, secure more travel nnd better result* than their competitors, they should bo re quired to charge a less rate per mile for the transportation of passengers. It Is true, of course, that the geographical location of these railroads gives them a natural advantage, but It Is likewise true that they have utilized this ad vantage by giving close and careful at tention to detail In the management of their properties, thereby satisfying the public demands to a greater extent than have many ot th* other compa nies. What the public needs first of all Is good and prompt service by all the railway* both In the handling of pas sengers and the shipment and delivery of freight, and If such service la ren dered there will be vary little- grum bling as to the rate* provided they are within reason. The Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlan tic railroad should be especially en couraged, a* from my observation It Is building up a system which will be an object of pride and congratulation to every cltlxen on Its line, and should be an Incentive for other railroads In the state to better their condition so far as lies In their power. A. MADDISON. IMPROVE THE CROSSINGS. took sp consblershle time Hnoir ter opIu-lTo tte Editor of The tieorgtsu: on of the Individual who arils tickets far | Can “on not help to bars tte street cross- the rotnpanjr at tbla office. She also made 4ne» made ao as to lw pleasanter to walh eome recommendations In regard to for-1 across? Home of the crossings are a dls- taln dinners In the office form- at this I grace to the city, as they are on ruble tilace. When she ted replaced the re- stone. TOI’UlbT. reiver she looked at the little clock again. Atlanta, Sept. rr. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS. Capital $200,000.00 Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00 Commercial accounts invited. Interest, compounded twice a year, is paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT 4 °!o THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS A Thrilling Story of Mystery andAdoenture 8YNOPSI8. Frank (tho hero) and Reginald Bracohrldgc (cousin*) meet Mme. Vern Slnvlnsky, * beautiful woman, nt Saratoga. Sho I* him "a bit of claim* ho has .. that "the others paper and ft stone. nf the rolsulng fragment and — ....I wore then In th® hot®!. Frank rescues her and Is glren * with nerm!*!*on to open it when he think* right time lin* com*. A telegram ID* ices the sudden death of Reginald • m.uCr. Frank Is mode executor of tho os* late. Reginald Is charged with forgery, and calls upon Frank to save him from arrest. A maid rushes Into tho room nnd tells Reg inald Ids wife Is dead and that he Is r ed with her murder. Frank nnd Ret,— - leave the house bv a secret passngo ana reach the Dracebrldga country fcmno on Long Island. They embark In an airship. Reginald Is sent to France. Frank learns that tho physician who attended Reginald s wife resembles Dr. Mueller. He hlrei a fnrm In Ohio near tho place where this doc tor lives. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter of a judge Id Ohio. Is brought Into tho story. Dr. Muellor falls In lovo with her. He seems to know her brother, a painter, who reside* abroad. Sylvia. Dr. Mueller and a girl friend visit "The Hollow," on old house, Mid to be haunted. Raymond Thurston returns home unex pectedly and Is greeted by bis sister during *he temporary absence of her fiance. S/lvIn and her brother go fofc a walk ml meet Basil, who quarrels with Ray- aond. The following morning Ruth Pritchard Is found In tho woods near tho Thurston homo, unconscious. When sho recovers conscious ness, her mind Is apparently unhinged with some horror. Raymond Thurston Is found In the studio, shot through-tho heart. Sylvia suspects Basil of tbo murder of btr brother. Sylvia prepares to visit Florida In aoarch of health. Nurse Mason appears on tho scene, and It develop* that sho and Dr. Mueller nrq greater friends than appears on the surface. Mueller and 8ylvla aro married In New \ork. Rose Thurston admits she told a falsehood to shield Basil from suspicion of having !>i’tr-!.'iv.| Raymond. Mueller, fearing t*. who is stopping with . home unexpectedly and bouss unobserved In order "the coast Is clear/* lie well meet and she brands him ns "l)r. Newell, of Black Horse Inn poisoning fame/* Basil Thurston returns home nnd de mands to see 8ylvln. Muellor tells his wlfo she must not see her cousin. Ruth Pritch ard returns to consciousness. 8be accuses Muellor of the murder of Ray mond. 80 does Ba*il, who steps Into tho room In time to hear the girl's words. Mueller escapes during the excitement. Syl via Is convinced of his ~ ‘ ■- taller. MMBHMHPipBIPinmr< Frank- BracoJ bridge arrives with detectives In search of ■■Num Mason and Mueller steal mum. i u i*., i in - tiuui ruuu. gin, xqtintiilrrlnf: the money with which Ills cen.ln supplies him. "Through the New York and Buffalo departments we found that tho state ments of Mr. Bracebrldge. were true nnd that the telegram was delivered he described. I at once obtalnod copy of the missive—" .Here Loftus hesitated, but Inspector Lav 1 n nodded to him to proceed. The detective ttroducod the document In question nnd handed It over for the coroner's Inspection. The latter adjusted his glasses and read It over and over again. Then with a puzzled look he turned to the Jury. "Hum!” aald he. "Thla la In French nnd rather cryptic. It reads like this: Back again—go no further—come on the quiet.—Usurla." CHAPTER LXXVIII. The Cryptic Message. This was puzzling, Indeed. -Will you permit me to see and take copy of that?" Frank asked. "Certainly,’ sir." was tho courteous response, and In another moment tho document was In hla hands. This Is what he transcribed In hi* notebook: Retourne—n, vas plu* loin—vlen*— derobe. URSULE." Not a glimmer qf enlightenment was there In this, and ns Frank returned It to the coroner he said: "Very cryptic. Indeed, sir. It Is quite unintelligible to me.” Detective Loftus then resumed hla evidence. "This telegram, as you say, didn't *eem to throw much light upon the subject beyond the fact that by pre- arrangement, very likely, she returned at once to New York, leaving the corpse to take Its chance at the Cleve land station. But upon Inquiry I found that she hail not returned to New York. The officials were absolutely certain upon that point. She had, upon the departure of the train, suddenly dis appeared from the station, and al though I put myself In communication with the Buffalo police, no trace of her has been obtained up to the time ot my leaving headquarters this morning.” "They would have wired you at once, suppose, had they obtained a clew to her movements,” observed the coroner. Precisely," answered Loftus. "Those were my Instructions. ■We wired Detective O’Donnell, who is now In New York, to see the man ager of the hotel where Reginald Bracebrldge had been staying* nnd ho sent back this as the result ot hi* In quiries.” The detective rend: " 'I have come to make Inquiries,' Donnell said, ‘about a gentleman who has been stopping here, I believe, for some tlme-s-a young man named Regi nald Bracebrldge.’ " 'Oh,' said he. ‘a relative of hla was here the other day and seemed anxious to see him.*. “•His name?" I asked. “He started at that, not knowing who was. However, he said very politely: ”'I forget for the momenCbut YwIIlIgram^nuty'i/aa'the one most rit»lly Certain. * IntnenolA.I It* Iho PIHA fillXtTCSt thftt O ascertain.' "Kn went over to the telephone and In a moment or two returned. '"HI* name la Frank Bracebrldge.* he said; 'and he Is the guardian of the young gentleman you have Inquired about, who Is now In Boston.' “'Oh, no, he Is not,' I aald. "Again he stared very hard at me. "•May I ask/ said he. 'with whom I have the pleasure of conversing?* “I simply gave him my name, add ing: The dead body of that young gen- tleman Is now In Cleveland. Why do you say that he Is In Boston T" “He seemed staggered for an Instant, and then went over to the telephone again. “ Til tell you why In a moment,* said he. and presently a clerk entered and handed him a slip of paper. This In turn he passed over to me. It was a telegram. 1 pocketbook. No more conclusive proof of Frank's Innocence could be adduced than this He saw that conviction writ large In the face of every Juryman and rejoiced greatly thereat. A subsequent visit to another hotel established In the most unequivocal manner that Mme. Blavlnsky had been in residence there for several week*; that site left ostensibly for Cleveland on tho date of Frank's visit to New York with a Saratoga trunk exactly answering to the minute description of the one In Cleveland. She had not since returned. And thus the matter stood, every thing being triumphantly In Frank's favor. But a great surprlso lay In wait for him. For a number of reasons he wa* much Interested In tho evidence of the next witness—a Mr. Harris, money lender by profession. Ho had viewed the body and recog nized It at once as that of a client to whom he had advanced several thou sand dollars. The name of that client was Reginald Bracebrldge, of New York. Ho had seen his father’s will and knew that the young man's simple note of hand was amplo security for his money. The last advance had been made about ten days previously—the amount, 15,000, having been sent In bonk notes by registered letter to the hotel In New York where Bracebrldge stayed. He had kept a memorandum of the numbers of the notes, which was at the service of the authorities. The evidence that followed was a little more startling. The surgeon stated that. In conjunc tion with a well-known colleague, who was In court and would confirm his statements, ho had mado a careful au- t"piy "f tit" body, nnd up to tho present moment ho was unablo, with any ex actness, to state the cause of death. Not a trace of vloleneo was discover able upon the body; all the organs ex cept the crushing of an arm, were In a perfectly healthy condition, and yot ho was convinced that death was duo ta somo cxtranoouB cause. Certain Indica tions pointed to cerebral congestion, but how produced It was as yet Impossible for him to state. Ho candidly admitted that the case was an unusual, and. In somo respects, an extraordinary one— and ho would suggest that further and exhaustive Investigation be mad* Hla medical collonguo confirmed this curious evidence, and then the surprlso suddenly came. Tho Inst witness • was still In tho box when Frank saw Barker elbowing hls way through tho crowded court room In hls direction. Without a word ho thrust an open envclopo Into Frank’s hand. Frank took out the Inclosure nnd road with nbsoluto stupefaction the following telegram from Boston: "Bracebrldgo. New York: Young man named Reginald Bracebrldge died here this morning from result of motor car accident. Your name and address found upon hls person. Large sum of money and Jewelry In hls possession. Can you como at once? Body will be kept forty-eight hours. -REGNAULT. "Hospital 8t. Jean, Boston." The messago had evidently been for warded from N ow York to Cleveland. CHAPTER LXXIX. Astonishment. This was so astounding that for a moment It fairly took Frank's breath away. He read It over a second time and a third. What on earth could It mean? There could not be the slight est doubt as to tho geuineness of tha telegram. Still, tho Idea of there be ing two dead Reginalds awaiting burial was simply grotesque. Hls brain was In a hurly-burly of strange Imagin ings when the voice of the clerk re called him to the necessity of taking Immediate action In this unheard-of conjecture. "Shall I send a wire In reply?' he asked. "No, Barker," Frank said, “I will at tend to that myself Meanwhile, sit down. I shall probably need you pres ently." Then, aa the lost witness was leaving the box, he arose. “Mr. Coroner," he aald, "something very unexpected and startling has turn ed up In tho shape of *-tel#gram I have received from Boston. It lies within your discretion to make It public or not at this stage ot the proceedings. "I would merely suggest, however, that during a week's adjournment, which, In view of the medical evidence, I now take to be Inevitable. I should have ample opportunity to verify or otherwise the extraordinary contents of this telegram.” . With that he handed It up to him, and aaw amazement written very large in deed on hls face as he read the aston ishing document. , , . For a full minute he seemed lost in reflection. Then, turninr hls eyes in Frank's direction, h* said: "The case becomes more end more mysterious. We have hod In Mr. Har ris an Independent witness to the Iden tity of the deceased. I took that to be quite conclusive." The Tangle Deepene. , "As did I." Frank answered, and * have not tho slightest doubt In tne Still, In view of this tele- Interested In the case, suggest that further witness on this point, tn> man aging clerk, Mr. Barker, who hasi Just brought me this telegram, non called? He has met the deceased on many occasions, and could not posslblj be mistaken as to hi* Identity. The coroner cordially acquiesced in the suggestion. Mr. Barker was con ducted to the neighboring morgueto view the corpse, and during hi*‘*b , ence the whole court room was on the tiptoe of excited expectation as to »no' strange thing was now about to nap ’’“upon Ills return Mr. Barker wentdnto the witness box and swore In ‘he mos categorical manner that the dece ' was Reginald Bracebrldge. and none "'whereupon, the coroner tho Jury that In the Interest* of Ju« • the contents of the telegrami» »uM “ yiti,i.,'i,i r..i- tif , .*. co | ) y *L and Detective Journal the Inquiry for a *»/**• , « Loftus nod recourse once more to ills Continued in Tomorrow* Georgian*