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I 11Hi ATUAJNTA WBiUKUIAjN AJNJJ JNiUVVtt. [THE ATLANTA GEORfilAN tr.ND NEWS) Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) ■y THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At B West Alabama St., Atlnntn, Gn. On© Y< Subscription Rates: Month Carrier, Per \Y©ek :S Telephones eonneetln* all depart ment*. Long distance terminals. »tlre* for all territory outi Georgia. Cblearo Office .... Tribune PnlMIng. New York Office .... Brnnttrick Bldg. If you bare any trouble cutting THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS, telephone the circulation department and bare It promptly remedied. Telephone*: Bell 4927 main; Atlanta 4401. Snbaerll»era desiring TIIE GEOR GIAN AND NEWS discontinued moat notify this office mi the date of capta tion; otherodae. It will be continued at the regular auliacrlptlon rates until notice to atop Is rectiretl In erdcring a change of address, pleoee giro the old Vs well as the new address. It Is desirable that all rommunlea. tions intended for jail Id leaf loti in TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS lie limited to words In length. It Is Imperative that they 1# signed, sa an cTldenct of good faith. IMrcteil mann script a will not N- retnrned milcea stamps are sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEW8 print! too VMlenn or objectionable advertis ing. Neither does It print whisky or •ny liquor ads. ont PLATFORM: TIIE GEORGIAN 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*