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ANI) NEWS stand* for Atlanta's own-
orks. Other cities do this and get
gas os low ns r>0 cents, with s profit
to the e|tr. Till* should be done at
oner. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
beiietra that if street railways can be
opera tsd successful^ by European
eitlts, ns they are, there Is no good
reason why they can not l*e so oper-
sted here. Rot we do not heller# this
can be done now, and It may be some
years bofor# wr# are ready for so big
an under! iking. Htlll Atlanta nhnuid
set Its foe© In that direction NOW.
Is This Ambition?
A Washington special to ths New
Tork Herald sax*:
Very great Interest was felt In
the news that President Roosevelt
had Informed Assistant Postmas
ter Oenarnt Hitchcock that no
Federal offiqpholder* were to go as
delegates to the next Kcpublleifn
national convention Instructed to
vote for him. The Interest was ao
great because the announcement
evidently means that Air. Rooee-
relt recognizes that the danger of
hie being templed beyond the pow
er to decline Is great and that he
does not want It said that h. con
nived at his own combination and
permitted the Federal officeholding
crowd to butcher Secretary Taft
end all the other candidates for
tbeir chief.
The statement Is also made that
if anj- Federal officeholder doe*
violate the Instructions the presl- -
dent will remove him. The aim
of the president seem* to be to put
an end to the talk that he la se
cretly working to bring about hi*
own nomination and using Federal
r>»tron«ga and Federal office
holders to accomplish it.
Does this, In llooecvelt, team ambl
tlous? Ambition should he made of
nerner stuff. And yet the Brutuses
and Cassiuses say he la ambitious, and
surely*they are honorable men. The
j reeldofit doe* not wall for Ibe Luper-
cal to refute the third term. He would
fortify himself ngntnst the temptations
of the fateful day. To those tealout
souls of the plc-counter who would win
a present smile and maychanco a
larger slice at future dispensations, he
Issue* the stem mandats that the}
shall not bo present to send up the
selves of applause and start tht fren
zied cheera that might causa him to
(alter In hla determination to put by
the crown. And the president makes
good for his sincerity In the matter by
'threatening the official heads of any
who shall vlolats the order.
This la making It almost too real
istic for grandstand play, and It be
gins to look ns If Theodore Roosevelt
really meant what he said on election
ntght.'
Popularity of American Merchan
dise.
The popularity of American mer
chandise In foreign market* In various
tarts of the world Is Illustrated, to
some extant at least, In a publication
just Issued by the bureau of statistics
of the department of commerce and
labor, entitled, "Statistical Record of
the Profret* of the United States,"
by the two pages devoted to
the foreign commerce of the
principal countries of the world and
the share of that trade with the United
States. These statements show that
of the Imports of Canada. <o:« per
esnt were drawn from tha United
States, and of her exports, If.i per
centfwrre sent to the United States In
the latest year for which statistics are
available. Mexico took <1.2 per cent of
her Imports from the United 8tates
and rent «S.< per oent of her exports
to this country. The Central American
States taka a large share of their Im
ports from the United States: Hondu
ras, (> per cent: Guatemala, nearly <5
per cent, and Salvador, It per cent;
while of their exports Honduras sent
to the United States In the latest year
for which figures are available, S7 per
cent; Nicaragua. DO per cent; Coeta
Rica, 4i per cent; Guatemala, Si per
rent, and Salvador. 22 par cent. Cuba
took In 1208, the latest year for which
statistics are at hand, it t per cent of
her imports from the United States and
r< nt p 84.2 per cent of her exports,
chiefly, of course, sugar and tobacco.
Brain took 11.4 per cent of her Im
ports from the United Stalee and sent
to us St.l per cent of her exports.
China took In 1208 10.4 per cent of her
Imports from the United States and
tent to us l«.t per cent of her ex
port,; and Japan took 117 per cent
for her Imports from this country and
t»nt to us 22.7 per cent of her ex
port*.. The United Kingdom, the larg
er ic porting country of the world,
took 21.8 per cent of her Imports from
the United States and sent to us 7.4
pe: cent t,f her exports; while Germa
ny took ll.t per cent of Us Imports
* r< oi th* United States and In return
,,n ‘ to this country 2.5 per cent of Its
X ezporte.
“BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS CHARITY."
One of the greatest apostles of charity Is coming to Atlanta on Sat
urday to speak at the Grand Opera House Sunday afternoon In the Inter-
cats of the Associated Charities of Atlanta.
Jano Addams and n Miss Starr some eighteen years ago rented a lit
tle room from a Mr. Hull, on Halstead street, Chicago, and began what
Is commonly called settlement work—not religious work, but betterment
work—tflilift work. They took In the daughters of the poor, the lowest
classes of all creeds and nationalities, and began to teach them higher
things and open.tlie windows of sunshine to light their gloomy llvep.
The past week a lady called Mrs. V. H. Krcigshaber, whoso guest
Miss Addams will be, by telephone and asked If It would be possible to
have about a two-mlnute visit with Mfss Addams when she camo, which,
of course, she was promised. She said, "You know, I am conducting an
art class In Atlanta and ns I got my start In Miss Addams' settlement
school, I feel that I would so like to see her again.”
This room In Halstead street was soon outgrown and before long
the entire house was rented from Mr. Hull and was known thereafter
as Hull House. Now, after eighteen years, Hull House does not mean
one house, but means eight buildings, all devoted to this work, with clubs
and classes of all kinds, entertainments and what not, that are devoted
most wisely to the needs of the nine thousand people a week that pass lta
doors.
Not religious In Its nature, but broader than religion—tor the great
apostle said of faith, hope, charity that the last was the greatest, and
this woman's life has been given It
It Is a notable thing that Is most forcibly brought to the attention of
travelers that most of tho work of foreign missionaries la given to teach
ing and not to preaching. In the great cities of Japan and China, one
will see large classes of grown men standing In lino like children, say
ing their A, II, C’s after tho teacher, who Is no less than an evangel from
somo church In our midst that has generously sent her to do a part In en
lightening humanity. A half hour may be given to Bible study, but tho
heathen will discover tho spirit of tho teacher before he has gone far
with his studies. Doing good knows no creed, no dogma, no denomination.
Christ, the greatest apostle of charity that history records, did not leave
the record that Ho was a Hebrew, a Catholic, a Protestant, or any of tho
hundreds of sects that wo divide ourselves Into nowadays. But the great
est record He left was that Ho went about doing good.
This womnn, not a Hebrew In religious belief, comes as the guest of
ono of the loading members of Rabbi Marx's congregation, Mrs. Krcigs
haber, to whom sho Is bound by the sympathies of a fellow-worker, Mrs.
Ki'clgshaber liavjng spent eleven. years In the same tnirk (n Indianapo
lis, Cincinnati and Philadelphia. Tho democracy of true charity Is one
of Its delights, and wo pity the man or tho woman who would first ask
If the hungered be Christian or Infidel, Jew or atheist, before the lovo of
fellow-man would make him sharo bis meal.
Miss Addams comes to speak In behalf of our charities In Atlanta, as
the guest of our local organization that Is doing far-aud-away more to re
lieve suffering and prevent annoyance by Impostors than any ono has any
Idea of.
There Is nothing that so Justly deserves the support of our buslnoss
men ns docs this association. Men never know who Is worthy of help.
Beggars and Impostors Infest ovory community. One Is appealed to by
their talcs of suffering and want, and while one may bo deserving, the
next will probably be tho owner of real cstato worth twice the holdings
of the giver—ns has been tho case In this and many othsr cities. What
a relief, thon, Is a practical organization, conducted on puroly buslnoss
principles, not ruled by any church or society, existing ns an Important
department of our city's government, but supported by the people.
Men everywhere, when appealed to, nro free from the responsibility
of deciding the worthiness of tho applicant and have only to refer them
to tha association, whofo the caso will bo handled on strictly business,
though kindly lines. Bo efflclont has boon the work of Mr. Logan and
his helpers that It is the rarest thing to see a beggar on the streets of
Atlanta. Sixty beggars and Impostors have been taken from our Btreeta
by tho association within the past year.
There have been 801 new applications for assistance attended to In
tho last twelve months, and 900 tho year before, many of which are still
being looked after In addition to tho new ones.
Ono hundred cases have been put Into solf-supportlng condition; 434
out of tho 801 have been temporarily helped with money, beds, etc., while
seventy-five desolate homes havo had tho voluntary services of physicians
through the helpful offices of the association, and forty-ono trained nurses
have given their services to tho sick.
A short time ago the "visitor” from the association was called to ono
of the poorest of homes. Tho mother was slowly dying. Dirt and pov
erty had almost triumphed over the little thlrteen-yoar-old daughter, who
was trying to take mother's place and nurse, too, the father working as
host he could. In a few days the Angel of Peace wafted the spirit from
the troubled breast and grim disease had but the remnants of the body
In lta grasp. The 'little mother” had lost somo of her responsibly—she
had no one to nurse now. Tho “visitor," with monoy from ths associa
tion, attended to ths funeral arrangements and than, with transportation
supplied by the oily through Mr. Logan's office, tho body was carried to
tho little homo town not Tar from Atlanta. Tho "visitor” went back and
fumigated the rooms and the clothing they had, and now that child Is
keeping tha homo together, with tho aid of the "visitor" from the Asso
ciated Charities of Atlnnta.
As wo sit around our firesides tonight, with tho llttlo heads bowdd at
mother** knee, and hear repeated after us In the voices of fairy land,
“God bless the poor and needy for Jesus' sake, amen,” let's lay the paper
down a few minutes and see It through the darkened windows we can not
catch the sobbing of the little one* ns they aro hushed to sleep by little
sister, whore mother might have been had charity been bountiful enough
to have reached her before It was so late.
Miss Addams speaks on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
THE PISTOL-OARRYING HABIT.
The majority of murders In the South can bo directly traced to. tho ,
pistol-carrying habit, which for years has been a menace to public safety.
Tho greater number of cases of manslaughter In this section aro due to
the ready Impulsive use of the pocket pistol In tho hands of men and
boys whose brains are Inflamed with drink and whose ronson Is tempo
rarily dethroned from tbo use of stimulants or drugs. Tho press of tho
South has for yearn attempted to combat this dangerous habit, bringing
to bear upon this menacing evil tbo force of argument and Invectlvo.
Thus far but llttlo has been accomplished toward abolishing the pocket
pistol and It wilt probably continue to Jeopardise the lives of men, wom
en and children until effective legal enactment makes It unlawful to con
tinue the practice as It now exists. The Alabama house of representa
tives now In extra session at Montgomery has Just passed tho John pistol
carrying bill which provides that no gun shall be sold In that state with
a barrel less than twenty-four Inches long. The bill also provides against
the sale or barter or having possession of small deadly weapons, such as
pistols, dirks, bowle knives, brass knucks, or sling-shots, making the same
a misdemeanor, for which the maximum fine shall be one thousand dol
lars and the offender liable to be sentsnoed to hard labor. The vote In
passing this bill—51 to 5—Indicates the awakening of a proper public *
sentiment regarding this Important matter. It Is to be hoped that other
Southern legislatures will take early action regarding the pocket pistol
habit similar to that of the Alabama law-makers.
Rev. W,L. C. Hunnlcutt, a well-known Methodist clergyman, has re
cently published In a Georgia exchange a notable article on the danger of
pistolcarrying. What Dr. Hunnlcutt hts written deserves the careful con-'
slderatton of men In public and private life and should do much toward
crystallizing a Sentiment upon this subject which shall result at no dis
tant day In a law which will prove effective In abolishing pistols from the
pockets of all classes of men. Dr. Hunnlcutt In discussing this vital
Issue says:
"It perhaps has not occurred to many minds that the pistol
Is a public enemy and ought to bo abolished. In the name of hu
manity I arraign the pistol for trial, conviction and extermina
tion.
"The law against carrying concealed weapons has about
reached the limit of effectiveness. Its force has always been
largely educational and tboae who still carry pistols are quite be
yond the reach of educational Influences. Pistols will be carried
concealed as long as they are made concealable. Let them be
abolished, and let the shortest lawful gun be three feet long.
"The Idea that plstoli put teen on physical equality U a com
plete delusion. The man who ‘gets the drop' on the othsr has
immense advantage, whether he be weak or strong.
"Equally great Is the other delusion that a man may pro
tect bis life by carrying a pistol. A pistol on a man’s person Is
often at once the cause of his being shot and the Justification of
hla alayer. Rarely, If ever, la a man Hanged for killing another
who had a pistol oil hla person.
"The pistol la not only the Inatrument but the occaalon, sine
qua non, of many homicides. Whisky fires the brain, while the
hand fires the pistol that sends thousands of our citizens to un
timely deaths every year,
"The pistol Is one of the most unmitigated and most Inex
cusable of evils, and the Christian people aro largely responsi
ble for Its existence. It ought to be a crime for a man tojiavo,
use, buy or sell a pistol. When the Christians In the land rise
up In their might and say that pistols .must be nbollshed It will
bo done. We are verily guilty concerning our brother In this
matter. Will tho men of this day wait until the women come
forward, as they did In the recent temperance crusade, and lead
to a victory whose chief glory shall belong to tho women? They
have the example of Deborah of old to assume leadership when
men have not the necessary courage:”
Growth and Progress of the New South
Th© Georgian here records ench day
*oine economic fact fu reference to
the onward progress of the South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Apparently tailoring the ©o-enlled flnnnelal flurry. legitimate development con
tinue.* at tin* mmal pnee In th«» Southern •utter. Report* to The Tntdeftnfn during
tho week ending November 20, ure the l»**i* for the following list of new Induatrta*
established In that brief period. It will lie noticed that In several Iu»tnnce* seven
figures »»ro required to represent the capitalisation, and ns this Is n common occur
rence every week It might lend to th© conclusion thnt the South hna millions for
legitimate investment, hqt nothing for gambling speculation. Among tlib heavily
capitalized new concern* of the week are n ILCOO.OOO Imllding nnd loau company
In Missouri; a 21,030,000 manufacturing company and n fl. f inlulng company lu
Oklahoma; a $150,000 coni and coke company and a $150,030 oil company In Went
Virginia; » $530,000 mining company In Texas; a $125,000* construction couipnny In
North Carolina: four lumber companies In Mississippi; $ fOOQ.OOO land company, *
pbonieonlH^I
Mississippi—Durant. $S.<
Meridian, $50,000 planing inlU;
,000 lumber company; Liberty, $10,000 Imnher company;
r _. _ ; Hattiesburg. 263.0W lumlier company; Ihtssfleld, $10,-
000 Iumbi*r company.
MLSSorm-8f. Louis, $25,000 electric supply company. $28,400 land company;*
Cape Girardeau. $1,000,000 building ami loan company; Kansas City, $50,000 mining
company, $20,000 overall company. .
NOItTIICAROLINA—Raleigh. $25,000 eold storage plant; Washington, $125,000 con
struction company; Lowell, $23,030 rheinlrnl manufacturing company.
OKLAHOMA—Oklahoma City, $203,000 medicine factory, $30,000 coon factory,
$1,000,000 mnnufActurlng company, #{*.030 maiinfnrtprJnsr company. $4(XX030 steel east.
Ing company; Clinton, $2.3,008 development company; Okeeue, $35,000 cement platter
factory; Colony, telephone company; Hbawne©, $18,000 Ice factory; Guthrie. $75,000
Ice and fuel compafiy: Guyinon. $10,800 land company: Enid, $1,080,000 mining com
pany: Karlsboro. investment company; Blackwell, $5,000 oil and gus company; Sup
ply, $10,000 development company, ,
TEXAS— I’ales tin*, cement block factory; Mtd, $3,000 light and lea company;
Dallas, cotton chopper company;- Houston, $150,000 building company; Wallis Sta
tion, $10,000 lumber company; waxahnchle, IJGO.OOO mining company.
VIRGINIA—Cape Chari#*, 13,000 brick works: White Ilall. telephone system;
Petersburg. $180,008 land company; Alexandria. $50,000 land company.
WEST VlUOINIA—Wheeling. #10,000 development company; Martintbnrg. $15,000
manufacturing company; Grafton, $150,000 coal and coke company; HDtervJIle,
$150,000 oil company.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital . . . ‘ . . . $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
• Commercial Accounts Invited.
Four Per Ceht Intersst Paid on Savings.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
From Savannah corns* the Interesting
news that the question of which Over*
street—J. Vf. or E. K.—will stand a*
Screven county's candidate for congress
from tho First district, Is to be loft to
a vote of tho cltlxen* of the county.
That ought to prove a mighty Interest
Ing event In politics. The Overstreets
are cousins, but they lambast each oth
er politically a* though there were no
blood ties.
J. W. Overstreet represented tho
First district for the short tsrm after
Congressman Lester’s death. He liked
that brief sitting so well that he hna
evidenced more than a willingness to
do It again. E. K. Overstreet repre
sents the seventeenth district In the
Georgia senate. He Is not at all ad
verse to showing the first district how
It ought to be represented In congress.
The fjjr will probably tty in Sr -ven
county, until the voters determine
which. In their Judgment. I* the best
man In the meanwhile half a dozen
others are humping to land the Job.
Representative W. H. Burwett, of
Hancock county, was a visitor to the
capital Thursday, paying hts respects
to Governor Smith and discussing the
probability of an extra session.
Mr. Uurwell expressed satisfaction
with the order of the railroad commis
sion, abrogating free passes on Janu
ary 1. As a matter of fact, he Is tho
author of the anti-pass hill adopted os
the commission’s standard. It was his
substitute for the Hall bill accepted by
the house committee, and which got
through tha senate last summer. It
met the breakers In the final mlx-up In
the house. It Is practically the national
Hopbum taw, with certain modifica
tion, to meet local conditions within
this state, •
"Everything la In rondlneas to open
the Tenth district agricultural school
In January." said Mr. Burwell. EWe
have d finely equipped school, and the
right man In John Rogers to head It.”
The many frltnds of Ed Calloway will he
grathted to l.iira that ho Is l::i|irnrliig lu
icalth at hts old homo In Forsyth. Joe
turns, manasrr of tho Kimball, ‘
John T. Cooper, former mayor of Atlanta
nml now eomieetoil with tho detective de
partment, wilt Irate thle week fnr Alabama,
5 here he will spend n furlough of ten days.
e will go to Montgomery, where ho was
married end baa many friends.
An Interoatlnt program has I men arranged
by the Atlanta Turnera' Association tor
Sunday evening next, when the member* of
the asaoelatlou nnd their families will lie
uteris Ined at the hall of the aasodstlonoa
.forth Forsyth stmt. Mask will be fur
nished by the singing saetlon of tho Atlanta
Ttyn Vereln and Wcdemeycrs bend,
Th. annual meeting of the Southern As
sociation of Bookkeepers wlU Its held In
Atlanta next tunutb. Arrangements for tho
meeting sr* now tiring made by the execu
tive commutes Of tho orsenlsstloo. but eo
far no date he* been flxed. they- are
J lsrat fifty merahera of the nssoclntlnn In
tUsta and th* nttendnnec U expected to
be a large one. A banquet will be one of
th* features.
Th* atoekholders of the nartwell Railway
Company elected the following director* at
meeting held In tho office of J. 8. II.
Thompson, of tho Southern, on Monday:
A. B.Andrews, president, Raleigh. .V C.S
J. T. rnruthere, Atb.ua; Asa <1. Cam"--
Jr., Atlanta; A .O. McCnrnr, Hartwell,
E. II. Bcnaon, of Hartwell.
The many friends of little Mtn £S
Venter, daughter of Mr. sod Mr*. A. M.
Vomer. 41* Gordon street, are glad to know
she It fait recovering from a four weeka
lUnrta of typhoid fever.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Or dor a.
Washington, Nor. 22,—Major Henry H.
Benton*’ Third Infantry, to Ontario; Qusr
tennaster Sergeant Clarence B. Reulwrt,
Third compnny coast artillery corpa, from
general hospital, Washington barracks, to
Fort I>*renwortb, with rlrw to final com
petitive examination for promottou to sec
ond lieutenant; Sergeant Frank A. Avon
dale, Nlnrty-Nccond company coaat artillery
m from army and
prlnga. trnnsferr
oral service, Infantry,
porting to recruiting officer for duty.
Navy Orders.
Captain J. M. Bowyer, detached navy de
partment to command Illinois.
Paymaster It. Hpenr, detached navy yard,
Mare Island, December 27, to navy yard,
Paget Sound, January 2,
Naval Constructor F, B. Zubin, detached
bureau of conatrurtlon and repair Novem
ber 29, to. naval etatlon, Snn Juan.
Movamtnta of Vtstela.
ARRIVE!)—November 17, Dnbaque at Tar-
K t Grounds; November 19, Sterling at'
mberi Point; Lebanon pt Key We*f.
SAILED—November 77. Dubuque from
Guantanamo for Target Grounds, off Cape
Crus: November 19, Tennessee nnd Wash
ington from Montevideo for Puntn Arenas.
E rofltahle than 5 or 18 rents hiyl been. And
nder the stluiumtlon of letter profits the
roads bad vastly Improved their facilities
for transporting passengers with comfort
nnd snecd niul safety. Mr. Callaway does
not deny any of these facts, and he need
not l>e expected to deny them. Few men
He .
that :
road - ,
that have been __ ...
since the Inangnrittlau of these reform
S ienaures. The positInu of thi> reformers,
owever, has not been taken In Iguornner
of these things. JInt them Is no doubt
thnt reduced rates will fill up the cars that
are now hauled from cud to end of the
roads more than half the time less than
half full of pnaaengers. The expense of
hauling empty cars Is pretty ulgh ns great
ns It Is to bnnl loaded ears. When the cars
are fine passenger coaches nnd less than
half th© seats nr© occupied half the time
thousands of dollars Invested in those fine
trains are making no dividends nt nil.
The tendency of lower rates would lie to
111 up the cart every day. People would
mt wait for "excursion rotes' 1 to "go to
•wn." but would go na it suited them to
go. The effect of that would !»o to Increase
the profit of every run for *very day In the
year, and vastly to augment the general
Income ©f the road.
The railroad men know all this In true.
kick because the
■MPVPVHiPH .Savannah on Jnnl
ryli The taMpM «***■*»■? ! n
"scon In September and It It planned tt
greatly enlarge Its memliershlp at the Fa-
vannsu meeting. Georgia bote] keepers *R
over the state nre being !niif*4 »o loin and
srransements arc being made for a nig con-
MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN ARGUMENT
MADE BY MR. JAMES CALLAWAY
To the Editor of The Georg ten:
s It la hard for me to differ from James
Callaway. No mnn living la a closer friend
to me then he Is. None except my own
Aid
lave
baited *a ’question between oarsrive». nil
tiotb of us have lieeu ever ready te debate
with anylmdy ej»e.
Commenting on my recent "open letter
lo Governor Btnltb." he overlook* the
main t^fnt In my letter. Just as a inert
sophist might have dona, thou ah he le no
sophist. My letter was written to remind
the governor that the railroads and thHr
friends kicked-just ns they are doing now—
when the 3 cent rate was establish^. Bnt
♦he? found th© J-cenf race decidedly more
rnenta and have to l>orrow Iras money to
do It.
But for the firat time In th© history of
base public utility corporations they nr©
not allowed to make their own fertuk with
an unrepresented, passive and helpless pub-
1U*. The creation of th© railroad commis
sion, as It Is now constructed. Is simply
compelling these corporations to deal with
an accredited agent of the public, nnd make
fair and Just and reasonable terma on which
the corptirnIlona may serve the public and
what the public shall pay for thnt service.
It Is no greater hardship that the railroads
should have to come to an agreement with
Its patrons about the service nnd the com
pensation than that I should have to come
to an agreement with my washerwoman
about the servlc*e she may render and the
amount I shall pay for It. For all these
years the corporations have settletl prices
ahd things in meetings of their qwn offi
cials and the public baa not been consulted.
Tho railroad commission law now says to
the railroad* and the gas companies: You
must make your contracts as to public
service with this rommlsslon. This Is all,
and It Is certainly fair.
Under the ©id taw governing corporations
that was lu- full force thirty.-two yeare ago,
when I was a Inwjrer, It was a rule of law
that corporations bad' no rights that were
were not nllowetl to do It. These lllustra
tions are mere Illustrations, not to show
what the law was but to show smoothing
of the principles by which corporations
were controlled by the courts, lit those
er generally protected the
prejudice to the rights of
i nr hurt to the public. But
uurtnr tue last twenty-five years the courts
have feuded more ami more te disregard
that old doctrine, nnd to recognise the
common law rights of corporations as being
shout the same as th© common law rights
of natural persons. That baa made It |Nir.-
slide for the corporations to form the trusts
and combine* that hsv# l»een oppressing
people so feorfnlly for tbe last twenty
rears. These oppressions have mad© It sl>-
rolutely necessary that the corporations
should bo restricted, (.cgtulntlon bid to do
It. And th# railroad commission was con
stituted to meet that condition In New
York, and our legislature has made a good
bnt slightly modified copy of the New York
statute.
It will all come right In n little whlR
The railroads will soou find plenty of money
and will go ou with thrir work.
THE PARMENTER MILLIONS
. . . A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure. . .
(Copyright, 1907, by Arthur W. Marchmont.)
By AETHUR W. MARCHMONT.
Author of “By Right of Sward," “When 1 Was Czar," Etc,. Etc.
Synopsis of Previous Instalments.
Fearing that sho nicy not l.e nlilo, sntla-
fnctorUy, to explain her proaonro In tho
house to tho foreign tnlul.trr ninl Jack,
Olivo ran* ntvny. Stir oludc, tiro of tho
•errant. *rho nr* unit In puriult, and I.
non hark a, tho Hnrtnutnn apnrtm*nt>.
trhrro >h* loarnn thnt Karl ha. gono to or*
hor, Anna foar* bor brother hna been rap
tured, and lieeomr. nunplclon, of Olivo.
Karl and ltoaou.toln arrlre Inter, however,
anti the tatter .ends to Gilbert Morrldew
for further orders.
Anna threw her arms round him,
hugged him tearfully, and fussed over
him as a hen over a returned chick;
and then In a curiously nervous man
ner told him what she had feared, and
a garbled story of her suspicions of
Olive.
ICarl was very angry with her nnd
would have caressed Olive, but she
was quick to see her chance to evade
this.
"No, Karl,” she said, drawing back,
“Anna has shown that she hates me;
she has abused me for a traitor, and
has kept me os a prisoner, when I
could have gone out to help you. I
will not come between brother nnd
sister."
Rosonsteln was meantime eager to
learn what had occurred and broke In
at this point. "Tell us what happened,
Karir
Hut ho was too furious with Anna
for her treatment of Olive to listen and
a hot wrangle ensued, In which Olive
hod a glimpse of the real nature of the
man; almost brutal in its selfish fierce
ness.
And in the midst of the quarrel tjie
reply to Rosensteln’s message to Mer-
rldew arrived.
At this Karl's wrath was turned.
against Rosensteln—that he had dared
to Interfere nnd accuse her to the
leader. They would have actually
come to blows, indeed, had not Olive
herself intervened, ■
•T do not mind, Karl," she declared.
‘Why then should you? You must
not quarrel on my account Let us
hoar what Mr. Mawford says.”
The message was then delivered; and
Olive listened with a chill of dread
and foreboding.
She saw at once the significant dan
ger It threatened to her.
CHAPTER XXIV,
Crisis!
The meaange which Merrtdew sent
In reply to Rostensteln was that there
was evidently treachery somewhere;
that the matter must be sifted to the
bottom; and that as there was a
meeting that evening to consider an
other Instance of the same sort, Rosen
steln was to see that Rosa Baumsteln
attended also.
Olive had presence of mind to affect
Indifference and to agree willingly to
attend the meeting; but she did not
hldo from herself the virtual certainty
that Merrldew would recognlto her un
der such circumstances.
Her one chance now was to find an
opportunity of escaping; but Rosen
steln made this impossible. He was a
dogged, sullen man; and Karl's bitter
words and fierce threats had changed a
tendency to believe in Olive into a set
resolve to moke matters as unpleas
ant as he could for her. He would
make her feel the anger he was rather
afraid to vent on Karl.
On hearing the message, Karl broke
into.a fresh passion and loaded Rosen
steln with abuse. But the tatter made
no reply. He sat with arms folded,
leaning back In his chair, a block of
Impassive obstinacy.
’’Tell us what happened at Crom
well Gardens, Karl,” said Olive, after
a time, to stem the torrent of his an
ger. >She began to fear that there
would be bloodshed unless he was In
some way checked; and after a last
burst of Indignant vituperation of Ros-
cnstcln. ho told them.
Nothing, of course. What did they
think? That I am a fool?" and h*
glanced fiercely at his sister and Ros
ensteln,. and laughed very angrily.
Did they think I should Just walk up
to the house and ask for you? Fools!
waited about near the house and
soon perceived that something was
amlSH. I suppose I have eyes!" and
again he turned on the others. ‘1
waited, perhaps, two hours or three
hours, and watched: I guessed the
reason of all the commotion; and my
fear was that you had been discovered.
After a long time I saw the police go
to the house; a detective Inspector
frotn Scotland Yard. I knew him—in
spector Robson—and I looked every
moment to see him bring you out In
custody, Rosa. But the time went on
and nothing happened; and then he
left the house in the company of that
S oung fellow from the foreign office,
ir. Fenwick, and they drove away to-
gether. And still I waited; and next
the minister himself left in his carri
age, and then I knew I could safely go
to the house.” . >
“Did you venture that?” asked Olive.
"There was no risk. I asked to eee
the housekeeper, that silly woman. Mrs.
Orlmston, you know how she talks and
talks and talks until your head swims.
Well, 1 asked her for the chapter of
a servant, saying 1 was Lord Pottcr-
btjry's butler. I gave her a name at
random; she declared of course, that
no puch girl had been with her, and In
a few minutes I had the whole story
about you. Rosa She Is a fool, that
woman. And then I came away to find
all this silly trouble made her*."H^H
"It was very clever,. Karl," said
Olive; and then described what had
passed at the house before shs had
run away.
All the time the two were discussing
this, neither Rosensteln nor Anna mad»
a single rsmark; but when Olive con
cluded, Anna went to her and wanted
to kiss her and make It up.
“I am sorry. Rosa. I have done you
a wrong. Forgive me. I was beSIdo
myself on Karps account."
"No, Anna. I can not forgive like
that I should not msan It; and I will
not say It.” Olive was resolved to
keep the breach open between them
because of the use she could make of
It with the brother. ,
'Ah, make It up and let us be as wc
have been," said Karl. "It waa 'only
Anna’s love for me that drove her mad
for the time. I have forgiven her.” he
added with the air of on# who has done
k gracious self-sacrlfirlDg thing
na has made that Impossible. When
this Is settled, I shall go away again.
I am alone, but I will not bo called a
tiattor. I will stay here tonight; but
tomorrow I shall go away.”
•"You eee now what you have done.” .
he cried fiercely to his sister. "If you -
do not persuade Rosa to stay, I will
never forgive you;'' nnd at this Anna
burst out ngaln Into a torrent of tears.
Karl did his utmost to reconcile tha
two, but Olive remained firm, and in
order to get away from the unplearant
scene, nnd also to carry out her plan
of escaping from the house, she de
clared she would go to her room and
wait there until the tlmo for the meet
ing.
"She can not leave tho room,” said
Rosensteln, breaking his long silence.
"Am I a prisoner, do you mean?" she
naked angrily,
"You can not leave the room,” ho t
replied doggedly.
"I should Hko to see who will stop !
her," put in Karl. "Of course, you can
go if you wish, Rosa."
She turned to the door, and Rosen
steln rose to leave with her. Karl faced
him at once. "Christian, wc havo been
friends nnd comrades a long time. But
I won't allow you to do this."
They are Gideon Mawford's orders,
Karl. You know the penalty of dis
obedience.” . ♦
"I am responsible for Rosa. You
shan't c!n tills, I sav. You can g...
Rosa," and he threw tho door open and
stood between her and Roesnsteln.
The tatter, called to the other man,
but before th*y could prevent her,
Olive allpped out and ran up to her
little room above.
She waited a moment listening to
the altercation, and presently heard one
of the two place a chair by the front
door whtle the other went to the back.
Her escape was cut off effectually in
this way; and she went In and sat
down to think.
It was an awkward plight. The worst,
she had yet had to face. Sho would
have to attend the meeting, unless sho
could find some means of slipping away
while they were all on tho road to the
r lace.
Her only chance. If that failed—and
she could not persuade herself to hope
It would succeed—was thb desperately
thin one, that Gilbert Merrldew would
fall to recognize her, qnd that she would
be able to give such an account of hor-
self as would satisfy him of her good
faith.
To this end sho went carefully over
every detail of the fictitious history ot
Rosa Baumsteln'a life wtitch she hod
before thought out, and sought to arm
herself at every point.
The story was that she was the child
cf poor parents in Eisenach; that her
mother had died there and that her
father had then taken her to America
He had tried to get work as a laborer
In New York, had failed and had boon
killed in a street fight In the Bowery,
lhrown on her own resources she hail
been forced to steal In order to get
bread, and had been caught and aent
to prison.
Some people had taken compassion
on her when she left prison and had
found money enough for her to return
to Germany. Rut sho hod come to Lon
don Instead, as a woman on the ship
In which she had crossed had told her
she would be able to get work there,
and had mentioned the name of the
Hnrtmartns. .
This was the weak link In the chain,
nnd try as she would she could think of
no way of itrengthenlng It without
bringing In Belma's name, a course she
was altogether unwilling to take unless
driven to extremes. The only thought
which occurred to her w»* to declare
that the people on the vpssel had for
bidden her to glvs thslr names.
Having resolved to moke the mast of
(list excuse. In default of any other, she
turned to consider the story she should
tell about the events at Cromwell Gar
dens. This was comparatively easy.
She had really found out nothing of
consequence, even If she had been
wishful to tell It. There could be no
harm In saying that the minister lay
In bed late In the morning and that
Jack brought papera to him which
were dealt with In the room adjoining
the great tnan'a bed room; or again,
that no papera of any conaequence
were kept at the houae.
But there was the terrible alterna
tive to be faced—that Merrldew rec
ognised her. She eat with puraed lips
nnd frowning brow sa sho thought of
this, nnd tried to form some plan of
action. She saw the peril ahead of her
quite clearly, and It frightened her.
Her very life would be at stake.
She had seen for herself that these
men were resolute, desperate and very
dangerous. They were staking their
safety and perhaps their lives on the
Issue of the conflict they carried on
against society nnd the law. Treachery
waa the one great capital crime they
would never pardon. Their own aecu-
rlty made It essential that any act of
the kind should b» punished to the ut
termost. • And. If Merrldew recognised
her, a single word from him would be
her death sentence. •
That he would gladly speak thnt word
It was Impossible for her to doubt. Her
death meant everything to him In re
gard to her father's fortune. He had
already planned It, Indeed, she believed.
In thnt attack upon her on the Journey
to Sheffield.
Nor could she look for one single
syllable to b<9 uttered In her defense.
While Karl Hartmann believed th her.
he would stand by her. But when he
learned that she had not only betrayed
the rest, but had fooled him In order
to, get the opportunity, bate would
take the place of every other feeling
and he would become her worst enemy
and the loudest In demanding her pun
ishment. . ,
She had bfon playing with fire, had
trilled designedly with these fierce pas
sions. and had aroused force* widen
would be mercllees In the hour of her
discovery*
Her thoughts might well be gloomy,
and when Anna came at length to call
her to go with them, it was oili
could 'do to assume the air of Indiffer
ence and composure by which alone she
injctiunr. ff ~We *hall never win be a* we l av# could hope to fight off dUcovery.
IN L. D, IHLLifSR. ^ Utn, Kan, replied Olive firmly. ‘‘An* Continued in Tomorrow*# Georgian*