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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
BATT*TU>AT, JINF!
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Atlanta, Ga.. ondrr'act of congress of March X. U1S.
THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
"It Is Indeed a desirable thing to be well de
scended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.”
—Plutarch.
Saturday Evening.
The bloody eclipse of m brilliant life, In which one
upon whom Fortune had lavished her most splendid gifts
became the shuttlecock of her Irony and went down to
dusty death In ibe midst of mirth and revelry,' has ab
sorbed the Interest of two hemispheres during tbe week
now drawing to a close.
We have already Indicated that there are no lessons
to be learned from this Iliad of teara which time and ex
perlence have not taught with tedious reiteration ever
since tbe melancholy hour
"When Eve had led her lord away
And Cain had killed bis brother.”
We can only repeat that this Is true. And yet, at
an hour when the moral sensibilities of the world are
more deeply stirred than they have been for years—at on
hour when even the flippant worldlings pause to meditate
upon the heart-ache that Is twin-born to selfish pleasures,
there Is an Inspiration to reflect upon at least one aspect
of the deatb-crowned saturnalia.
Out of the tangled woof and web of clews one fact
secmB clearly to appear: That a man, endowed with more
than moderate wealth, possessing In superior degree the
talent, the magnetism, the nameless charm by which
men cast a subtle spell over those who come within the
circle of their Influence, employed these rich endow,
ments to accomplish the overthrow of Innocence and
honor.
For purposes of these reflections It matters HtUe
whether his Insidious artifice pursued the object of Jils
former passion beyond tbe altar and the ring or rested
with the Ineradicable canker Implanted In the years gone
by. one who follows the tragic story as Its tear-stained
leaves unfold can hear. In Imagination, the heart-broken
vnil of that earlier bride In the acrlptural allegory: "Thtf
keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.”
The opulence of the Orient could furnish forth no
hioro Impressive phrase to express the bitter depths
of dosolatlon and of shame. The manners and tbe cus
toms of the times required that no unsullied wife or
daughter In the Hebrew commonwealth should go tin
veiled. Tho nicety of honor prescribed that tbe eye
of tbe stranger should not see her face—a custom of
the Orient so deeply roofed that It still prevails today.
And tho keepers of the walls—they were tbe watch
men, the guardians, the civic towers of strength. Thoy
were the Incsrnatlon of law and order, the refugo of the
weak, the defense of helpless Idnocence. If this pro
tection was withdrawn,,whither could they fly In hours of
dnnger? How hopeless and helpless they were Indeed
wlioso face was sacrilegiously revealed to every vulgar
eye and made the target of every Insulting leer!
There was a pathos which the occidental mind can
hut dimply comprehend In that piercing wall which
breaks through the Song of Songs: "The keepers of the
walls took away my veil from me."
It 1s not alone In allegory, not alone Ih 1 far J\idoa
that this walling cry rises above the mirth and laughter
of the world. Out of the languorous light and perfume
of an Inebriating atmosphere where liner sensibilities are
steeped In rosy dreams and the sentinels of oonsclcnce
are lulled to sleep with lutes and lotuses—out of this
Adonis-garden of a night, conjured up by minds that are
masterful and mesmeric—there comes with sickening
frequency and clearness the stricken cry: “The keepers
of tho walls have taken away my veil from me!”
And then tho fierce light of tho garish day—the face
that fain would hide Its beauty from the gloating eye of
levity or tbe chilling stare of scorn. Her happier sisters
pass her—veiled. The daughter, wife and mother—relied,
Veiled, veiled! The very casements of uncontaminated
homes, curtained and secure, seem to echo with withering
mockery, “veiled, veiled, veiled!'*—whllo In her own
'bitter and blighted heart murmurs the same melancholy
monotone. "The keepera of the walls”—not the bdggars
at the gate nor the outlawed thieves on the highway to
Jericho, but the guardians of social honor and civic
law, tbe keepera of the walla—"have taken away my veil
from me!"
How long Is the glamour of wealth an eminence to
daxsle the eye of Justice? How long Is vice to flaunt
Itself la the livery, of virtue, because the texture of
Its mantle Is cloth of gold?' Are the unspeakable orgies
which do on In tapestried eyries above a glittering pleas
ure garden to escape the avenging thundeVbolts while
Mott street conies are harried from their burrows by the
sleeptess beagles of the law? Is vice to continue less vi
cious bcause It flaunts Itself on a splendid scale?
The stricken daughter of Jerusalem la not alone In
her agonising cry: "The watchmen that went about the
city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; tbe
keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.”
Its faculty to any college south of Johns Hopkins
Baltimore.
With two acres of ground directly fronting the Grady
Hospital, with a faculty of thirty or more of the foremost
physicians and. surgeons of Atlanta, and with tbe splendid
environment of nearly four hundred pupils, with a chem
leal, physiological, pathological and bacteriological lab
oratory of the best quality annexed, this Institution Is
worth a visit to anyone who wishes to be Impressed
with the splendid development of Atlanta along the high
lines of the modern art of surgery and healing.
The Atlanta College of Physicians and
Surgeons.
The advertisement of the Atluuta College of Physi
cians and Surgeons In today’s Georgian marks a very
large and progressive step In Southern medicine.
The consolidation of the Atlanta Medical College and
tbe Southern Medical College took place In 1*98. since
that time the Atlanta College of Phyalclans and Surgeons
has marked a steadily progressive career. The new build
ing, ItOxSO feet, now rapidly nearing completion on the
site of the old Atlanta Medical College. Is one of the
handsomest and In all respects one of the completes!
buildings' consecrated to medicine In the South.
Tbe completion of this building, Jolnad to the other
large and ample buildings on tbe splendid tract of ground
which comprises the college property, makes the Atlanta
Coltsgi of Physicians and Surgeons In literal fact the
Un equal in t-i'ii; n.eni and the easy equal In the merit of
Lincoln, Watterson, and History,
Col. Henry Watteraon la now engaged In the phllan
throplc work of defendlrg Abraham Lincoln from the
charge of Illegitimacy—before northern audiences, of
course.
Col. Watteraon Is always InteresUng, but.rarely re
liable or Important. The trouble with the Kentucky
editor la bis persistent bid for notoriety and applause
from the clubs and gatherings that furnish applause—
and gate fees In the North.
A few years ago, and after Jefferson • Davis dledy^
the Colonel asserted before an applauding audlcpce—In
Chicago—that sixty days before the collapse of the Con
federacy Jefferson Davis and hla cabinet refused from
Abraham Lincoln and hla cabinet terms' of*surrender
whlch'every suggestion of prudence and of statesmanship
should have moved them to accept. In the absence of
any other defender the editor of The Georgian .entered
the lists of controversy against Henry Watterson upon
this proposition. We put upon the’ witness stand In
complete refutation every member of'the Confederate
cabinet living and dead, and every member of the Con
federate commissioners living and-dead. The contro
versy lasted two years. At tbe end of that time Colonel
Watterson was compelled to surrender, and this he did,
not to the man who had proven Ilia inaccurate reflections
upon the Confederate government, but’to 'Jobn H.'Rea :
gan, of Texas, postmaster general of' the' Confederacy,
who had written a letter Indorsing‘tile position''which
tbe editor 'of this paper had assumed.
Two or three years later iHopklnson Smith asserted
In New England that “Uncle Tom's Cabin” was .doing-
damage to the fraternal spirit of the country, and ought,
to be condemned. Henry Watterson, speaking again' to'
and for tbe applause of some Northern gathering, rushed
to the defense of Mrs. Stowe's book, and declnred that
it was a faithful picture of Southern life and the author
a great woman and benefactor. The editor Of this paper
Joined Issue again with the foolish utterance, and'
proved Mr. Wattorson’i maudlin error from the records
and from history. The controversy had no direct result
upon the colonel's expressed opinion, but the best proof
of tho strength and truth of our contention was found In
tbe fnct that at the close of the controversy Colonel Wat-
terson’s own state of Kentucky passed an act through
Its legislature forbidding the presentation of "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" upon any stage or platform Ini that com
monwealth.
And ao It has come to be well understood that Col.
Watterion's history Is always largely colored by the
audience and occasion before which he speaks and that
his facts ars always to be accepted with the proper and
prudent amount of salt.
It la a very generous and. a very popular thing to
argue before a Northern or a Southern audience the
question of Lincoln's legitimacy. We love and honor
Lincoln In the South as much as they do In the North,
and ns Jealously guard his fame. But the truth of history
Is somctfyiug that will come out, and the evidence 'Id-
support Lincoln's Illegitimacy Is much clearer and strong
er than that which goeii to prove the regularity of bis
birth. Of course the public deslrp and tendency Is to
bellevo the bettor thing.
Lincoln's paternity has been credited to various n»
of greater or leas repute. There never was a scintilla
of fact to support the suggestion which The Macon
Telegraph revives that linked him with John C. Cal
houn. That was a mere rumor born of the romantic
design to link a great man to a great ancestor. It la of
part with the gossip that made him the half brother
of Jefferson Davis. Richard Owsley, of Kentucky, was a
nearer and better based suggestion.
But the strongest evidence pro or con In this famous
case, made Lincoln the son of a neighbor In Hardin
county, Kentucky. Upon this line General Jambs Wil
son, of the Federal army, who was the captor of Macon
and of Jefferson Davis In our civil war, and who was later
advanced to high command In Cuba under the McKinley
administration, told the editor of The Georgian that
he had spent an entire winter In southern Indiana and
Kentucky In vigorous and exhaustive Investigation Into
this matter, and that Lincoln's Illegitimacy was at well
attested as any fact In history.
But what does It matter In the record of the great
war president? Lincoln was a great, good man—one of
the greatest and broadest and kindest In the world's,
roster of great men. He has passed Into an Immortality
upon which the rosea of Georgia and Carolina fall as
softly as tho rosea of Kentucky and Illinois.
He la not the first great man who has lived under
this sad and melancholy shadow of birth.
Alexander Hamilton was an Illegitimate, by the tes
timony of his most ardent biographers. There are wise
men and strong men In the editorial sanctums of north
ern New .'ork who will tell you from the records that
Martin Van Buren was the son of Aaron Burr, and that
Burr In turn was the putative father of Samuel J. Tilden.
The great brain and the great soul rises above all
adverse conditions and tbe Vorld acclaims the man and
the hero that lived and forgeta the Irresponsible child
that suffered In another's aln.
nmn nr more than that rarely reaches the eyes of more wafl mustered into service and ordered to itjiort to Gen
than a pitifully smalt number of readers. ! t'tal Magruder at Yorktown.
We love to hear from our friends. We surrender! After some service about Yorktown. General Johnston
to them dally our space with cheerfulness and suppress j ordered Its evacuation, and the Cobb Legion returns d to
editorials and news matter to give room to their opln-1 Richmond In tho course of events. Colonel Cobb was
Ions, but we will have to announce definitely and finally i promoted to the position of brigadier general. Major
that we cannot, except In rare instances, publish com* j Pierce M. B. Young was promoted to colonel of Cobb s
raunlcations that are as much as a column In length. [Legion In 1862; was appointed brigadier general of ca\*
“Home, Sweet Home” for the Home
Comers.
That Is a charming and timely suggestion which
Mr. James L.' Fort, of -America's, ■ makes through The
Georgian today to those wbq have Ip charge the arrange
ment for opr hofne. coming celebration 'Jn, October.
Wliat could be sweeter arid what more beautiful to
our exiled aona and daughters who are living In other
commonwealths, than to have their return to this dear
old native state efrelo and "center* about tbo Immortal
song written by John Howard Payne, who. although born
Jn‘Neyr York qlty.jllled "In, Georgia and wrote* la this
state the song that has gone around the world?
• Surely this furnishes a suggestion which our Home
Coiners committee could utilize with great profit and ad
vertlse with Immense effectiveness . throughout. the
length and breadth of the territory which our former
Georgians have Inhabited and developed. Tbe soqg
should run like a'silvef current of loyalty through'every
day of the celebration, and If we should make also the
occasion to erect here at that time a monument for the
Ijnmqrtul singer. It would make a distinct and definite
center for this Home Comers week.- w. —- -a
We commend tbe suggestion right heartily to those
who have this matter In charge, and If they should not
deem.lt appropriate to honor Payne, then we might; off.
Mr. Fort snggests, transfer the central thought of the
Home Comers Week to the unveiling of Oglethorpe's
monument at Savannah. "As he whk the (founder/ It
would seem like,n father calling his children btimfc." * ‘
This approaching occasion Is' In Itself 'full of tbe
tendqrest suggestions, and of the, noblest sentiments that
stir the human heart. Left to Itself and to the mere
Joys 'of reunion, and of fellowship and of sight seefng,
hqld scenes familiar and .those.metamorphosed Into su
perb development, thqre would be abundance of Joy
nnd happiness In our Home Corners Week.I But If tjiere
breathed to Georgia's returning children in every note
jof.tho band and In'every stroke of the violin, In'every
rapturous, burst of . the orchestra, and in every tendril 1
flngor that tduched the'piano’s chords during tbqt week,
tbe beauty,,the-pathos and the radiant reminiscence of
Payne's Immortal song, the Georgia home comers would
carry tyick with them memories that would last them as
long as life should last.
And so, we suggest "Home, Sweet Home” as the sen
timent of every greeting, and we suggest that some noble
and timely memorial to the Immortal hard should form
the central and beautiful Incident df this period to
which every Georgian at home and abroad Is looking with
brightening eyes and 1 glowing hearts against the Octo
ber day to come.
Be Brief, Dear Friends.
Once more we must appeal to our friends and cor-'
respondents to have consideration for the crowded state
of our columns, and to make their communications brief.
It Is Just utterly Impossible for us to print all of the
opinions which our friends send to us at the length In
which they are presented. The pllo of communications
upon oqr desk Is so large that they would consume two
solid Issues of this paper at thla moment to dlipoae of
them, and It we published one-third of them every’day.
there would be little room left for news or for editorial
opinion of our own.
The communications which we publish today are
nearly all condensed and abbreviated In thla ol!!co by
necessity. We have taken the liberty of doing this, be
cause we cannot poaatbly publish them In their original
length. ,
Once more we would Impress upon our friends and
correspondents that nobody reads long-winded communi
cations, except from men particularly prominent In the
public eye, and even then, there are few who read com
munications that are at much aa a column In length.
We earnestly counsel our friends that if they would be
heard upon -any subject to apeak briefly.
One-fourth of a column is the beet length for a com
munication. a half column Is the next best, three-
fourths tbe next beet, and anything that reaches a col-
The Reunion at Brandy Station.
Arrangements are being perfected for the reunion of
the Federal and Confederate forces which participated In
the battle of Brandy Station .on the anniversary of tbat
bloody event. August 9 next, and considerable Interest Is
bylng manifested In the approaching occasion.
Phillips’ Legion and Cobb’s Legion, made up of Geor
gia men, participated In this great battle, and it-ls desired
that as Jarge an attendance as possible shall be secured.
Jeff Davis'Legion was also a participant In the battle,
and it Is hoped that 'the survivors of that command will
also bc'present.
Dr. C. F. D’AlvIgncy, of this city, has been In corre
spondence with Adjutant W. P. Hill, of A. P. Hill Camp
No. 2, of Culpeper. Va„ who announces that one of the
objects of the reunion will be to Identify snd mark the
locations of special Interest on the battlefield and thus
preserve their historical status.
The Southern railroad will give special rates fqr
the occasion and accommodations at a low rate will bo
provided at Culpeper, 1 os' well as at -Brandy. Station,
which Is now a town of considerable Importance. It la
desired to know as early as possible Just how many
veterans will attend.
Phllllpa' Legion waa composed of Infantry snd cav
alry, and waa commanded by Colonel William Phllllpa, of
Cobb county. t
The lieutenant colonel was Seaborn Jones, of Polk
county; John B. Wllcoxson, of Coweta county, was tbe
major, and James H. Lawrence, of Floyd county, was the
adjutant. The legion consisted of ten companies snd were
mustered Into service on the 11th of June, 1861.
They were prepared for active service at Camp Mc
Donald at Big Shanty. From there they were ordered to
Lynchburg, Va. In January, 1862, the legion was sent to
the coast of South Carolina. While there the legion
formed a part of the brigade of General T. F. Drayton.
While the legion waa In South Carolina there waa a
change of Its Held officers, occasioned by the resignation
of Lieutenant Colonel Jones and Major Wllcoxson.
Captain W. W. Rich, of Csss (now Bartow) county,
waa promoted to the position of lieutenant colonel, and
was assigned to the command of the cavalry companies
of the legion.
There were two companies of cavalry added to them,
making six, which entitled them to a lieutenant riolonal
and a major, forming a battalion of cavalry. Captain
William B. C. Puckett, of Cherokee county, waa promoted
to the position of tnajor In September. 1862. In July,
1862, General Drayton received orders to proceed with
his brigade to Virginia, and report to General R. E. Lee
for duty.
From that time the Infantry and cavalry of the legion
were separated, and a later order from the secretary of
war created them as separate and distinct organisations,
so far ss each other was concerned.
The cavalry under Major Puckett arrived In Shep-
herdstown In time to engage In -dr- battle of Sharpsburg.
The cavalry battalion participated In all the flghla In
which General Wade Hampton's brigade waa engaged In
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania
Rev. W. K. Jones, of this city now, was the chaplalo
of tbe battalion.
Tbe captains were James H. Nichols. Thomas O.
Wilkes. Ell C. Hardin. R. L. V. Umg, A. F. Hnnter and
W. K. Thomas.
The Cobb Legfon waa an organisation similar to
Phillips' Legion. It was organised In 1.861 by Thomas R.
R. Cobb, a distinguished lawyer of Georgia. In the organ
isation of hla legion the Fulton Dragoons had a plaee.
Several'of the survivor* of the old company, Fnlton
Dragoons, are now living In thla city. Major Z. A. Rice,
who died here last year, was one of them. Dr. Charles.
D’AIvtgney is now living here, and la a prominent and
Influential citlsen.
Cobb'f Legion was one of the distinguished and
famous commands of the Southern army. ■ It was com
posed or some of tbe beat of our Southern people.
The legion being organised, went to Richmond and
airy In November, 1864. and Jn December of tho same
year be was promoted to major general of cavalry for
his brave and gallant action In-battle.
After tbe battle of Cold Harbor General Cobb was
ordered to bold the main road leading from Cold Harbor
to the white bouse. In the afternoon of that day Geueral
Jackson sent Major Fltzhugh to General Cobb for a
squadron of cavalry to support a battery on General D. H.
Hill's left flank.
General Cobb ordered squadron B to report to Major
Fltzhugh. Squadron B consisted of two cavalry companies
of Cobb's Legion, and the designated squadron waa the
Fulton Dragoons.
They had to pass through and under heavy shelling
from the federal guns and their duty was to support a
battery of the famous Washington Artillery, which was
In danger of being flanked by federal' cavalry. The
Squadron B remained there until the last gun waa fired,
arid then, with General Stuart, they followed the retreat
ing enemy. v
Major. Fltzhugh, some time after that, remarked to
Captain Z. A. Rice, of tbo Fulton Dragoons: "Do you
know that General Jackson paid your squadron a high
compliment at the battle of Cold Harbor? He saw your
squadron as you were passing through that storm of Iron
hall, and he remarked that your squadrot) would do to
treat.”
The Home for Old Women.
•In another column of The Georgian appears thla
afternoon a brief survey of the history of the-. Home for
Old. Wpmen, conducted by the Gordon Circle of King's
Daughter. ,
This, noble Institution Is now In its second year, and
during that time has cared for twenty-six inmates, fif
teen, of .whom are still wards of the Gordon Circle.
Partlcujar attention Is directed to the fact that the
period of one year, for which the house now occupied
by tlfe Home was granted rent free by the owner,
will expire ion August 1, and It will be necessary before
that time .-to make other arrangements. The circle has
on hand about 21,800 and pledges of 2985 more aa a
nucleus of a building fund.
The women In charge of this noble work are mak
ing heroic efforts to raise a sufficient amount of money
to warrant them In erecting a permanent and adequate
home for old women. Ten per cent of the proceeds of
the Nathan bakery, at 75 Peachtree, on the opening day
next Thursday, will be devoted to thla cause. Similar
entertainments are given from time to time to meet the
operating expenses of the home and to raise funds for tbe
proposed building.
There Is no worthier charity than this Old Woman's
Home In all Atlanta and It deserves the cordial support
of the people of this community. It Is taking care of the
feeble and destitute who have no one else In the evening
of life to care for them, and surely this should appeal to
the deepest sympathies and best Impulses of our people.
But one short month remains In -which to make the
hecessary arrangements for the future. The Gordon Cir
cle already baa large obligations on Its shoulders In can
Ing for the fifteen Inmates of the home, and provision
must be made, not only for these but for the larger num
ber who are seeking admission.
The Georgian commenda the movement to the people
of Atlanta and hopes that It will soon be carried to a
successful Issue.
A CHARMING SUGGESTION FOR HOMECOMERS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The great success of the Kentucky home-coming and
the honor shown to the Old Kentucky Home's author
suggests that Georgia can more appropriately celebrate
a home-coming thla fall at the state fair. John Howard
Payne, the author of Home, Sweet Home, was a Georgian
and la entitled to a monument for thla grand old song.
Georgia has many distinguished sons dispersed through
out the union and It would be very appropriate for our
state to have a great home-coming of all the sons of
Georgia to do honor to the memory of the author of
"Home, Sweet Home." By all means let us erect a suit
able monument to him In Atlanta and It could be un
veiled some time during the state fair next fall with suit
able ceremonies. It would draw gn Immense crowd to
the fair and do much to promote enterprise and patriot
ism. I hope your paper will take this tpatter up and
make a success of It. Very truly yours,
JAMES L. FORT.
THE GEORGIAN STANDS FOR MORALITY.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
The publishers of The Atlanta Georgian are to be
congratulated for the Important step they have taken for
the cause of morality and sobriety In that they refuse
to publish liquor advertisements.
This noble example set by The Georgian should be
followed by all newspaper men who recognize whisky
as a great evil and all who profess to be against Its sale.
Every editor before, accepting an advertisement from a
liquor dealer should ask himself this question: Is It
right to sell liquor? Does the person who accepts the
terms of this advertisement receive the value of his
money? Could I sell liquor and still have a good con
science? Would the meek and lowly Nazarene handle
liquor In any way If he traa upon the earth?
It deep down In your heart, your answers to these
questions are yes, then you can consistently publish
liquor "ads," but If your conscience and reasoning pow
ers answer In the negative then you cannot do so If you
place any value on the merits of your paper at an ad
vertising medium.
If . you did not think you would enable the liquor
dealer to Increase the sales of the damnable stuff that
wrecka more homes, causes more crimes and destroys
more happiness than every other Influence put together,
you would be acting dishonest, for In that case you would
accept hla money nnd give nothing of value in return.
If on tbe other hand you Increase the sales of the bar
keeper, the blood spilled on account of the Increase of
sales made possible by the advertisement in a newspa
per la upon the skirt of the publishers of the paper as
well as upon the skirts of the saloon keeper.
We are glad to see the sentiment against the liquor
traffic growing stronger each day and hope to see the
time soon come when all respectable newapaperi will
refuse to aid the Ilqnor dealers In their unholy traffic by
publishing tbelr alluring advertisements. We believe
the temperance people of the state should show their
appreciation of the noble stand they have taken at con
siderable flnanctal lots by giving The Georgian their
hearty support -and patronage.
Statbam. Ga. WILLIE S. LANIER.
THEN AND NOW.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Referring to Constitution editorial of today on Mr
Bryan:
Should Mr. Bryan visit this city again soon what In
your opinion would be the difference In the personnel of
the rostrum from what It was on the occasion of his
last visit, when he was forced to have a grocery man at
tempt to Introdnce him and The Constitution and Tbe
Journal gave him only small recognition?
A BRYANIST.
Dy Private I .on iu-,1 wire.
New York, June 30 —June Is going
out like a furnace, so far as New York
Is concerned. The thermometer I*
climbing no high that It Is too much
of an effort for wilted humanity to
keep track of It. Already ths list of
casualties has begun to grow Th»
early morning record was:
Four persons rendered Insane manv
prostrated and thousands seeking «.
lief In the parka and on the beaches
So pitiful were the conditions on the
lower Hast Side, where hundreds of
mothers and babes were crowded to
gether In each tenement house, that the
police nnbandoned all regulations con
cerning sleeping In tho parks and per-
mltted any one so desiring to spend th«
night In every public play ground.
Many tenement house dwellers slept
on tire escapes and one man, tossing
about restlessly In his almost unbear
able surroundings, fell from the Iron
structure and sustained serious Inju
ries.
Now It Is a dairy trust forming, and
the prices of chickens, eggs butter
cheese and milk will, so far aa the East
la concerned, be at the mercy of the
120,000,000 American Farm Products
Company, which In being formed.
Among the score of capitalists Inter
ested are Levi P, Morton, Thomas F
Ryan, Harry Payne Whitney, Anthony
Brady, E. J. Berwind, Kuhn, Loeb A
Co- and several other banking house*
and Individual capitalist* In 'the East.
Headquarters have been opened at No.
62 Broadway.
Polo continues to claim Its victims
The latest devotee of this strenuous to
require the services of a surgeon Is
Raymond Belmont, second son of Au
gust Belmont, who Is suffering painful
Injuries as the result of being struck
in the face by his polo pony while the
latter was struggling to rise after fall
ing on the ground.
There has been no slackening of tho
library business so far as Andrew Car
negie la concerned. Reports read at
the American Library Association show
that Andrew Carnegie In 1B05 made 211
gifts of libraries of a value aggregates
more than $3,000,000, and still the work
goes on.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By rrivate Leased Wire.
New York, June 30.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today: At
lanta, C. E. Adams, J. E. Beldren. G.
C. Spencer, O. Wtlgate, M. E. Turner,
D. Gllfnllan, T. H. Martin, J. L. Mell
and wife.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 30.
1520—Montesuma, emperor of Mexico,
died.
1685—Archibald Campbell, earl of Ar-
gyle, beheaded at Edinburgh.
1797—Richard Parker, head df the na
val mutiny at the Nore, hanged.
1816—United States brig Peacock cap
tured British cruiser Nautilus In
straits of Sunda.
1831—United States treay with Blsck
Hawk, chief of Sacs and Foxes.
1837—Act of British parliament to dis
continue use of pillory for pun
ishment.
1845—Maynooth Colelge Incorporated
and endowed.
1857—Ship Montreal lost near Quebec;
260 persona perished.
1862—Lee defeated McClellan at Glen
dale, Va.
1864—Salmon P. Chase, secretary of
the treasury, resigned.
1879—Great tornado In Iowa, Minne
sota nnd Wisconsin.
1882—Charles Gulteau hanged *t
\ Washington for murder of Presi
dent Garfield.
1889—Chicago grand Jury returned In
dictments for murder of Dr.
Cronin. . .
1891—Pike's Peak, Colorado, reached
by first railroad passenger train.
1894—The Tower bridge, London, for
mally opened by prince of » *!**■
1899— Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth.
novelist, died.
1900— Great Hoboken dock fire.
1904—Prohtbtlonlst* nominated Dr. Si
las C. Swallow for president.
UNANSWERED PRAYERS.
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Like some schoolmaster, kind In I"' 10 *
bo’hears the children crying ">r tbelr
And'enTllng, "Help me, mnster:” yet hell*
Klnce'Vn his silence nnd refusal He*
Their self development. SO God
Unheeding many pravera. lie Is not
To any cry sent up from earnest l «ir »■
'■ hears aud strengthens when lie ■
.. ^i ; us weeping over life's tardautob
Out should He fire the key «nd dry
Wha’ 3 would It pro«t us when school »er*
What * world ,
'ere this If *» our prnyeru were sumer'-t-
i fsmedPnudora's box were such T **''ll*
..* lie In human heart*. nhouMonr desl'^j
Voiced one by on* In prayer. sscen l ”
I come back an eventn ebaped to u
What eiiaoi would reault:
Id my «*rrc yo»'»
I sighed out breath enough to move * " j
Voicing wild prayers to heaven for rnu
hfch were denied: and thaM-J* 1 ,^;
mWuOTnf* I-''
^np.lways reglHled forjhe.strlfc
.\7
le always refirtiea rorine o0 ,
„ ronarlotts of new strenftb- »
aT’whktT'thou pleadest for may not I*
*‘| V n "the lofty altitude wbera
Which Is not elsewhere found
JUNE WEDDINGS.
(W. J. L In New Turk World '
* u swell of stately mod".
There's a vhnneel fall ofblwni.
There's a crowdInf well-gowued
* rfc “** ■ | rburrfaf*! of pefiuin -
Tint's
There'
’here's
There’
litre's'
There’
a sweetly solemn W* 1 ,?'
s n-whisper now *»d «»*■•
a ring spoo a auger,
’s s joye— Amen.
i a rush of raw reporters.