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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIHAY. JL*LY IS. 1906.
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IN THE BISHOP’S OFFICE;
A LITTLE TALE OF HOW
ONE REPORTER GOT EVEN
By EDWIN CAMP.
T'
,HE Bight Reverend Henry Cod
m«n Potter, bishop of New York
and master laborer in the vine
yard, has written to a London paper
denying the seventeen simultaneous In
terviews published In New York papers
upon that eminent prelate's recent re
turn from a trip to Great Britain.
In these seventen simultaneous state
ments the bishop was quoted as eiab
orating on the text that no love was
lost between England and the United
Sl f t If *eems that when these utterances
reached dear old Lunnon, therewith
came a sensation. British ecclesiastics,
humble and dignitary, became busy,
and there was much ado. It'la even
possible that prayers were offered for
the benefit of the frowanl bishop.
And now, In defense, the bishop has
averred he didn't’say It, the charitable
Inferehce being that seventeen New
York papers simultaneously made the
same mistake. The bishop Is noted for'
his charity. But with that • Incident,
this story has nothing to do. It, merely
serves as a "that reminds me" of what
once happened In this city of Atlanta.
A prelate, a trip to Great Britain, a
public utterance, a newspaper report
of It, an upheaval In England, a denial
of the utterance, a reporter In disgrace.
In despair, and Anally in triumph were
Incidents of the tale one Is about to
relate. It Is a story that newspaper
men love to tell, so. complete was the
vengeance achjeved, ^ ^
Most folks talk In haste and repent
at leisure. That’s why you hear so
many denials of newspaper reports.
Except when It comes to having an
editor or ex-edltor In a gubernatorial
race, newspaper men are accurate
above the average degree of human
certainty. They are trained to hear
what people aay and to transmit with
Inexorable truth what they aay to cold
type. Of course, reporters make mta-'
takes. If they were above making mis
takes, tbey wouldn't be mere JJ5 a
week reporters, there being a constant
and unsatisfied demand for geniuidx tn
better paying professions. But It can
be set down as a fact that a little more
than half of the denials of newspaper
Interviews are denials of what', were
truthful reports.
This much by way of generality.
Long enough ago to permit the re
cital of facta—without use of namer
an eminent prelate, whose sonorous
voice Is still occasionally heard In the
South, went to England. Without ref.
erence to his personality or denomi
nation. he will hereinafter be referred
to as the Bishop. If he were not a
bishop, he was at least Important
enough so to be styled.
He put In a good two months aerpss
the water, being a man of catholic 'na.
ture and close observation.
Shortly, after he returned to his na.
tlve heath ho was. called upon to give
a lecture ln-Atlanta'aboiit his trip.
The eminent prelate was of sufficient
Importance to be of public Interest, and
s reporter for a paper here wag assign
ed to "cover” the story. This reporter
was then a youngster, being what Is
vulgarly known in newspaper parlance
si a "cub.”; J
The eminent prelate started off his
lecture In tame fashion, hut he soon
He had had an excellent
warmed .ur>. He had had an excellen
dinner and was.feelldg fln«. .‘There wn
before him a most attentive and mo?
sympathetic audience. And the report-
er was not conspicuous.
So the eminent, prelate .
ran amuck. With mordant sarcasm,
he described Englishmen and English
women. He accused them of being
dull, stupid, bigoted. Intolerant, circum
scribed In an area of Intense provin
cialism. There was much of Interest
In his arraignment and, as the Bishop
was a bishop, there must have been
much truth In lti
Meanwhile the unobtrusive reporter
was religiously taking notes on what
was being said.
The story was the best the paper
printed the next day. It was.dressed
up In great shape by. the city editor. It
was full of short paragraphs, bristling
with wit; there was a little frame In.
which were 'Inclosed some of the
Bishop's pithy epigrams and from the
center of the page beamed the rotund
face of the Bishop, two columns wide.
The cub was told he was getting along
well and was promised a raise of (2.(0
s week In his salary.
It must have been.a dull day In the
world of news, for the press associa
tions put the Bishop story on the wire
•nd it was published In all the papers
of the country. It even went across
the water to Great Britain, where It
received much space In the London
papers. -
Now, in this trip the Bishop has been
the guest of some very prominent peo
ple In England, and his caustic criti
cism didn't rest well. He was accused
In papers ecclesiastical and temporal
of awful discourtesy, of Irreparable
breaph of etiquette. In short, of un-
blshop-llke action.
The Bishop's mail for a few weeks
thereafter was loaded with marked pa
pers from Great Britain.
So, he sat him down and wrote a let
ter to The. London Times, In which he
branded as false the statements attrib
uted to him.
"What’s the harm," he argued l
himself; 'it will appease the Engllsl
and won't hurt anybody! Nobody here
In the South or in Atlanta will know
" ' ig about It."
Times printed the denial, and
the Bishop's social position In Great
Britain was restored.
Howbelt, the world Is small.
Down at Albany there was a man
who wore mutton chop whiskers, a
•cork helmet,..was a-member.of the
Bishop's denomination, and subscribed
* — " nddn
Times. He -was an
for The Loi
Englishman.
He read the Bishop’s denial as- print
ed In The Thunderer, and ho waxed
Indignant. The thing ought to be de
nied In the Atlanta paper, too.
So he wrote a scorching letter to the
editor of the Atlanta paper, demanding
that the reporter, who had so griev
ously misrepresented the Bishop; be
given condign punishment He also
asked that his subscription be discon
tinued.
The editor sent the letter to the city,
editor, with a note that the matter be
Investigated and the reporter dls
charged.
The city editor told the cub he might
work the week out, but that after that
hs was not needed. The cub protested
his accuracy In the matter, but to no
avail. The city editor had hla orders.
Only, be didn't print any retraction.
» • • .• •
The reporter knew he had been'ac
curate and truthful. He also saw that
his career had been blighted right at
the start. So he put his wits to work.
" That day the reporter called at the
Bishop’s office. The prelate wras-feel
ing fine. He had got himself out of a
pretty tnesa, and everybody was satis
fied, he thought; And nobody ever
HARD LABOR ON THE GANG
LAW NEEDED IN ATLANTA
TO CURB SUICIDE WAVE’-
By CLAUD NEALY.
HE epidemic of suicides and at
tempts at sulclds during ths
past few months has estab
lished for the city of Atlanta a remark
able record and hoe aroused consider
able comment
This marked prevalence of the sui
cidal mania has developed the ques
tion:
"la there any remedy that can stop
to any material degree the attempts
at self-destruction T*‘
In a discussion of the suicide record
a few days ago at the Grady hospital.
In which Institution during tha past
few weeks numbers of efforts at self,
murder have been thwarted by medical
science and skill, Dr. T. F. Brewster,
the superintendent, expressed himself
as favoring the enactment of a slats
law to penalise eltempte at enlclde.
Dr. Brewster believes the application
of this legal remedy would prove the
meane of greatly diminishing the num
her of such attempts.
Hit Idea Is to make an attempt at
self-murder a crime Just the same as
an attempt by one person to murder
another. He proposes that all per
sons, men and women, who try to kill
themselves and who fall should be
sent to the chain gang and wear
stripes, A good long term at hard la-
TO THE STIRRING STRAINS OF DIXIE,
SOLDIERS IN KHAKI START ON HIKE
t l£
“Oh, It's hike, boys, hike,
An' It's up an’ march away,
redd , the London papers 'here, so no- Pn _ ™.“
hodv knew nnvthlno- nbnlifthe wnv he I * the ellle a S-Cflllln US at. daw n-
body knew anything about the way he
squirmed out
He received ‘ the reporter In a gra-
Oh, weil break,you rookies In
When the band begins to play.
espyssaWi * i F ° r
sold, with a benignant smile. ‘Tm
not so old myself," he smirked, as he |
added a cubit to his stature and sev
eral to his chest expansion.
The men of the Seventeenth were
humming the rhyme Saturday morning
The reporter said he had Just come f at the Y swung out of Fort McPherson
around for a chat. If It were not con- to the chert road and turned toward
sumlng too much of the Bishop's valu-lthe city streets. They emphasized It
able time. Ho had been very much with' thumping heels on pacing block
Interested In that lecture about ■ the
trip to Great Britain, he said, and had " Mph . aIt ' ** ” lt “ 8<1 . ,n f' 88 * r0 . m th8
heard ever so many Battering com- I drum * toward tha head of the column;
menta on it. ths clatter of the wagon train over the
' ("Really,” beamed the Bishop as his I cobblestones echoed it. The boys were
cordtallty grew Into unctuousness. "I 0 ff to Chlckamauga after many delays,
thought it was pretty good myself. It 0 „ f th . 200.mlle "hike" to the
hit them off so nicely, don't ; you L° r ‘00-mlle hike to the
know.” I summer encampment.
The reporter tried to keep his voice Through'the streets in, the early
from trembling na he asked: dawn marched the regulars, khnkl-
••Well, what did‘you think of my re- trousered, blue-shlrted, swinging Jaunt
port of it. Bishop?" 1
"Most excellent, .my son,” he. said.
Then came the climax.
8, T'11 ho frnnlc with vmi.
ily under 16 pounds of Merrlam pack
or haversack. The twaive'companies of
■3B1 bo frank with you, ^Bishop,” the the Seventeenth, usually the center of
•porter said. 'T came over to get a,'.tiheorlng'crowd, fouQd themselves aW
ou to help me. I’m Just beginning I most without watchers o4 this occa-
BMnonar Winulli n*w1 T Want -tn.iHan 1-iA .sSSfl .
most •r a p!$j r . P *Tho help of I ! , ' on .. | "‘e^oiV man carried' sIxTeen pounds
Its blinds when the regiment passed
me. Now, if you would.'Just writs a I through ths city. Only the early work
-note..to.Mr. Blank, -the ’editor, saying era—newsboys, milkmen, butchers —
you liked my report of your lecture, It (topped to watch tho ’ Seventeenth
would advance mo In hla opinion find marrt| pBst
The ^Bishop always strived ?o please ma j' ch past. ■ The rain drenched tho
—when it didn’t cost anything—and regiment as it turned into Peachtree
here was a chance to make a good street, but no soldier minds a wetting,
friend tot life. Water is better than dust.
80 hs wrote a fine little note to the I Sergeant Jones hummed tho lines as
editor, saying he wished to express 1 he turned out Saturday morning. It
his appreciation of the thorough, ac-1 was the last thing he remembered f
curate and Intelligent report of Mr. the night before,'when with Corp
Jones, the most estlmablo young gen- Smith and Private Brown he hod been
tleman-who attended his lecture on Buying a’squad of the rawer mon. .They
his trip to Great Britain. .. had rubbed In Jt well on the fellow
The reporter.saw him seal the ep- who were still new io the’khaki,
velope, and himself Volunteered to drop looked upon th# march to Chtckami
it in the box. He thanked the Bishop “*» Picnic trip. • _
most profusely, and backed out of the £ cro ?! Pats'!® ground In the gray
office before the dawn came the voice of tho
When he got half a block away, he bugle. It was the reveille, calling the
Hounded the passers-by with a wild I 1° turn out for the march, Tho
By DUDLEY GLA8S.
streets and on over the muddy roads It
marched, officers and men more than
600;strong. At tho end of tho march
waits Chlckamauga, 1U dress parades,
Its drills, Its dances for the officers at
the mountain Inn, Its days of leave In a
new town for the enlisted men. But
there are 200 miles of dusty road and
sixteen days to go. There will be no
regret when the march is over.
"But Ife easy pickin' on a hike like
this," said Private Williams to tho man
on his left. "You ought to do a 20-mlle
trick through Luzon, with tho little
brown men tnkln' a shot at you every
now an' then nn'‘ between times.
There's no restin' then. I know, for
I've been there."
It will be no forced march for the
Seventeenth. Twelve mllee and a half
a day la the average route laid out on
the'maps. Reveille will sound long be
fore dawn, breakfast will be over and
would forever destroy the suicide germ
and cleanae the system of all desire
for an untimely ceaaatlon of life.
"Many Attampts Mars Faksa.”
Dr. Brewster declares that a consid
erable percentage of the attempted sui
cides ere thoroughly Insincere and are
prompted solely by a spirit of spiteful-
ness. Many of the attempted sui
cides are considered by the hospital
officials as nothing more than a "bluff,"
the patients swallowing a little lauda
num or morphine, to spile someone or
arouse sympathy end persons guilty
of such acts should by all insane be
punished. If we hod an antl-aulclrlo
law, Ir w.iiiM im> us ;i club to strike
fear to tho hearts of such people, at,
least, nnd would change the Id.ns of
many people ns to the value of life.
The Idea of a long term at hard labor
In the chain gang would serve ns a
splendid tonic."
WOmen in Majority Here.
The Cr.cH ’|. • | I:.iI rdx reveal
the fact that the great majority of at
tempts at suicide are made by wom
en. mostly white woman. These rec
ords demonstrate as a remarkable fact
that an attempt at self-destruction by
a negro man Is a rarity. It is a de
cidedly Infrequent occurrence when a
nsgro man becomes so despondent and
morose that he will endeavor to take
hla life. This species of humanity seems
thoroughly Imbued with the desire to
live Just as long as possible. Very few
negro women seek death at their own
hands, but such Instances are more
numerous than among tho masculine
members of the race.
According to the records, however.
It hss become a common pnstlmx
among members of the white race to
attempt, to abbreviate their earthly ex- •
Istence. A big percentage of these at
tempts Involve unfortunate women who
suddenly corns to a realization of their
deplnrntile condition with overwhelm
ing force and who court death nnd the
grave ae a panacea for their terrible
mental anguish snd gloom.
Lovs Affairs Figure Strong.
On the other hsnd, family troubles
figure largely In the suicides and at
tempts. And then lore plays Its part,
too. During Ists months, the Grady
hospital has formed the temporary!
abode of a score or more of young I
women, some of them girls not out of
their teens, who have sought death by
various means because of some mis
hap In en affair of the heart. The fa-
bud, a day's march. Ringgold will be
next reached, and then the march
straight to Chlckamauga will be made.
The men of the Seventeenth will not
feel the sixteen days' "hike." They have
been prepared for It by weekly marches
through the country surrounding At
lanta, many of these covering more
than the distances set for ths dally
grind of the 100-mlls Journey. The men
were all In eplendld splrtte when they
left the fort and seemtd to welcome
the change of air.
Fort McPherson will be practically
deserted. The ladles of the officer!'
families are leaving for mountain and
seaside resorts for ths summer, for
there Is no provision made at Chlcka
mauga for either "the colonel's lady
or Judy O'Grady.’’ The woman watch
ed the regiment march sway In the
■ray dawn as many another woman
as watched the boys in blue or. boys In
tore uawn, ureiiKtast win do over ana ioh* vswon me ooya in Diue or ooys in
tho march begun before sunrise. By | gray—but there were no heartaches on
noon the regiment will be in camp
again, lo rest until the following morn
Ing.
Scouting or "reoonnolssance” parties
ive berm sent ahead, and theso wilt
mark out tho places for the bivouac,
convenient to water and to'riUlroad
point*. Heavy baggage, will, h e.-uiiM!
be handled by wngon trains, will be
shipped to points along the line of
astounded the paasert-by
whoop.
The city editor smiled as he read
tho letter after "the chief had sent
down-to him. Then he tpld the cub
disregard what h« had said about
quitting.
The letter was sent to the man at
Albany, along with the one of com.
plaint he had written to the editor.
And so the Incident closed.
shrill voice had a gong of It*, own;
"Oh, I can’t git ’em up,
I can't.git 'em .up,
I cart’t git'’em’up,
In tha morning."
This was no dally turnout for early rbl
dally grind of auar
mount, dress parade, megs
If the Bishop ever nearo or tne au- to chlckamauga i Park. Every m«n
“'“J » h ® , C “S « “ft h * pulled hie belt tight ae he fell Into
ae_ never said anything I ranks, every man gave a closer hitch to
The cub has since gone Into politics, hav ,„ Mk and wriggled hie toes Into
where tact and diplomacy receive great all t (, e comfort an, army shoo could
CHUBBY CHARLEY NORTHEN;
LANDMARK OF THE CAPITOL^A^AfT^I'AlSiAAi
11 r thlnkln' 'twill take the starch out of
give. ,.
‘"Tie the laat fall-ln on the old pa
rade ground till October," ■ said , the
S ide sergeant to the colors. . " 'Twill
no easy steppln' over smooth turf
for two weeks now. You want to get
By JQHN C. REESE.
Politicians come and go; guberna
torial battlea are waged fiercely, won
last, then forgotten; presidencies of
Hi® senate agitate aaplranta and their
Wends today; the tide of political for
tune bears this man to momentary suc
cess, the undertow carries that man to
oblivion. But Charles S. Northen goes
serenely 0 n as th# secretary of the
Georgia senate.
Usually the success of this or that
man is susceptible of reasonable anal-
l»l». but if you try to put your finger
absolutely on any one specific thing
that Insure# this rotund and Jovial
j?ung gentleman's hold on the place,
you ve got something that defies you.
<<r course, everybody likes him. He'd
“Jfulj' have survived the vicissitudes
or political existence and exigencies
otherwise. Politics Is kindly to hu-
mamty for long periods, only to be-
? m ", an Insatiate maelstrom finally to
•ngulr. Charley Northeq's the man
defies the maelstrom.
Once a politician was asked why
Charley Northen had such a cinch on
if* renstorlal secretaryship, and In-
TfUatlngly the inquisitor wanted to
■mow why somebody else couldn’t get
place. The answer came blunt
to the nolnt:
-Any man who thinks be can railroad
"fat.ey Northen into obscurity Is elth-
S 1 damn fool or don’t know anything.
Is the cleverest fellow that ever
S favor, and I’d see my own brother
r* me most caloric corner of Hades
vf.fe I'd support him, If Charley even
■anted he wanted th# place.”
■fat man perhaps gave na accurate
ae any of us will sver have,
rtf f hat's the difference? " He Is the
"uratary 0 f the senate, and Georgia
starch
some of theee officer boys. Am I right,
my bucko?"
"Right you are,i said the colors, "an'
praise the Lord end the book of regu
lations, the officers will hike with the
rest of us. There’ll be no forced march
on thle.lrlp,”
From a corner of the reservation
came the rattle of wheels and chains.
Occasionally the thud of an' Iron hoof
against smashing wood was borne
across (he parade ground and the
voices of teamsters were uplifted In
language forbidden In the book. The
wagon train, nineteen strong, with four
Georgia mules to the wagon, was get-
t under way.
'he rattle of the drums ceased. As
the brown lines settled into "Atten
tion," the roll call began, quick, snap
py, the names rattling from the ser
geants’ throats tike bullets from a Max
im gun. There were no absentees, but
the few luckless ones on the sick list.
Even the’ guard house had given up
Its regular lodgers. When the regi
ment marched away there would be left
but a handful of man and a lonely
officer or two to guard the reservation
and cheer the ladles of the Seventeenth.
There were not many on the hospital
list.
The colonel reined. In his big horse
and watched the long line In khaki.
Behind him were: the regimental and
battalion officers, thslr-horses pawing
the freab grass of the parade. The ad
jutant galloped from center, to flank
and back again. There was a quick
Inspection, a word Or two to the com
pany officers, a report- to the colonel,
then the bugle sounded once more, the
regiment broke Into columns of fours
and guns went to the shoulders. From
nor any other state ever bad a more the regimental band came a quick-step,
cmnetent one martial, atlrrlng. It put life and vigor
competen . ., _ h . Into every man In the line. The Sev-
If a fellow baa any capacity | en tee nt h was off on Its long "hike."
Out of the reservation swung the
, .Seventeenth. From th# cool grass of
Continued on Pegs Eight Jthe government grounds Into tha city
on hla back, and sixteen pounds la no
light load for a long tramp on a July
day. Haversack, two days’ field ra
dons, eighty rounds of blnnlt cartridges,
blanket, poncho nnd half tent make up
the burden of each enlisted man. Two
half tents are Joined together nt the
camp nnd shelter for two men provided.
(The men wore the regulation khaki
unlfiirrn, without the blouse, a blue
army shirt being sulist Itun-rl f.ir- llil-r.
Other uniforms and nci
ment will be forwarded
The officers 'will not ua iujo uuhhm
the march. Maps of the country will
be’drawn, the roads Will be carefully
located, flag signals or."wlg-wags" will
be practiced along the way. The regi
ment will proceed exactly aa though In
an enemy’s country In real warfare.
iffiS M
regiment.
be mad* ...VHHBi
Etowah and return, occupying two
days. At Calhoun the regiment will
leave the main route and go to Red-
thls morning, It was not real war—
Just a picnic.
For many mllss the Seventeenth
Uplted States will follow tho route of
march over which Sherman and his
devastating horde trod more than for
ty yeqrs ago. By the same landmarks,
over the same streams, the soldiers of
Uncle Sam will retrace the steps taken
by those other soldiers of Uncle Snnt
In the march to the sea. But Instead
of weeping women and wounded men
in meet laughing boys nnd girls,
• better than to swing
they will meet lat
who ask nothing _
on the gate and welcome the passing
regiment. .'Instead of the desolate re
gion of which Sherman boasted that "i
crow would have to carry hla own ra
tlons," they will find a smiling country
side, bright with prosperity, awake
with progress.
And what Is the tune’the band of
the Seventeenth played as 11 marched
out of the reservation? What waa the
quick-step which set the feet tapping
In the early morning, which brought
cheers along the march from Southern
farmer In the fields and Northern sol
dier In the ranks? Not the song of
that sweeping raid of long ago, not
rman's "Marching Through Geor
gia,” with Its shrill scream of the fife,
Its Jarring rattle of the drums. No, the
air which cheered the tired Ameri
cana on their march waa ths song of
the old South them the song of the
new South nnd the new North now.
Just t'Dlxle."
to nrouso sympathy. An antl-ei)!cld*i vorlte method adopted In tho major-
law, It Is believed, would grcntly do- Illy of these cusps is the poison route,
crease. If not entirely slop, this close f principally laudanum As a result dr
of fakes. . I this desire on the isiti of theso young
"Suicides nnd attempts nt suicide are women to die, the drndy hospital phy-
bocnmlng dscldcdly too'common,” said slclnns have hod their hands full. It
Dr. lirnwator, "and soma remedy should I will be remembered that only about,
be provided. If possible. The value of two weeks ago the hospital received 1
life In many Instances Is entirely too four poison cases In one day, one pa-
low. This question of suleldes Is a tlsnt, a negro womhn, dying. Tbo oth-
aerlous problem, and 1 think It Is high er patients, n trio of white women, all
time that the law should take a lmnd. recovered.
If n person reaches such a stage that The fact that practically nil of the,
he regards hie life as valueless, the law would-be suicides recover gives rise!
should establish a value for him. If an I to the assertion that many of them
attempt st self-destruction Is made and really don’t want to die, but
Is not successful, then the offender
should bo severely punished.
’An ntlempt by nny person to de
stroy Ms or her life Is n crime and I
think It would be a splendid Idea If
we hud a law making such an attempt
a chain gang offense. Many of these
ly "bluffing." Tho hospital physicians
pint.- Hint "ill'. Ill a few ruses Is suf
ficient poison swallowed to kill.
‘"1 III re tv.Olid I... Mill.'l.les generally
iii.dte i lie nilflnkc ef Inking ton Utile
of the • pels.in," remarked one physl-
nt
they really
business
repprted attempts at suicide are merely they ought to Investigate nnd nscer-
exhibitions of spite work or efforts to tain Ju«t what quantity to take."
FIRST ALL STEEL PASSENGER CAR BUILT
FOR RAILROAD COMES TO A TLANTA MON DA Y
SOUTHERN’S ARMOR-PLATE PA88ENQER COACH.
By HARRY AITCHISON. .
Tbe first all-steel passenger car for
a railroad ever made In the United
States will arrive In Atlanta over the
Southern, railway Monday moralng, the
car for the past two weeks having been
on exhibition at the convention of the
Master Carbulldera of tbe Country at
Atlantic City. The car was taken to
Washington Wedeesday and equipped
for active service.
The new car Is the first of three
which are being made for the Southern
road as an experiment. If there three
prove successful, the entire road will
be equipped with the all-steel coaches
and other roade with leaa courage for
experiments will quickly follow suit.
The Pennsylvania officials have recent
ly become Interested In the move of
the Southern, and they also have or
dered an experimental car, which will
soon be In actual service. If they prove
practical, that road also will adopt
them Immediately.
The first steel car Is considered a
handsome affair by tboee railroad men
who have seen it, and has created a
stir of Interest among the officials of all
roads. It Is over 74 feet in length, SS
feet Inside length, 9 feet 10 Inches wide
and 14 feet 2 Inches high. Ths sntlre
car Is made of compressed steel, and
what little wood Is used In the Interior
Irinfinlngs Is carefully coated with a
fireproof substance which will make the
car as fire-proof ae Is possible under
any conditions. Even the floor of the
car Is of steel. For several years the
New York Central lines have been us
ing steel covered cars, but the Interior
and many parts of tbe exterior are
composed of wood. Tbe steel coated
cars have not been as great a success
as was hoped for, and many are In
clined to think that the all-steel cars
wtirbe even more of a disappolnment.
The new steel cars will possess many
great advantages over the type In com
mon use. In addition to being Impossi
ble to act afire. It Is also Impossible
for the car to telescope during a wreck,
and It would be Impossible for the ends
to be smashed In. In a wreck similar
to the one -In which a picnic train fig
ured In Atlanta a few weeks ago and
one life was lost, tbe splintering of
wood and tha bulging of sides would
have been prevented If steel had been
used Instead of wood. Such a till
as being crushed beneath a seat woi
be almost an Impossibility. Ho, If the
steel care are adopted genen
railroads, aa It seems prol
they will be, tbe danger from frightful
wrecks will be reduced to a minimum.
Weight Only Disadvantage.
The greatest disadvantage of the new
car Is Us excesalra weight, say railroad
men who have been studying the mat
ter. The new car which will be seen
for the first time In Atlanta Monday
will weigh about IE per cent more than
lies which are to
that the Pressed Stsef^Cpv ’
who have the contract for the expei
mental can, can reduce the weight
at least S per cent, thereby relieving
that disadvantage.
DRAWING MATERIAL
At John L. Moore 4k Sons’ for draughts
men, schools and colleges. 42 North
building. •••
Company,
lie experl-
Broad St, Prudential I
40,000 COAL MINERS
WILL RESUME WORK
By Private Leesed Wire.
Harrisburg, Pa,, July 14.—At a con
ference between the operators and
President John Mitchell, It was rie<'lil«l
that the 40,000 miners In (lie Central
Pennsylvania bituminous district, who
have been on strike since April 1. shall
resume work. The men get an advance
In wages snd an eight-hour day, but
failed to get a closed shop.
TO PRESENT SILVER SERVICE
TO NEW BATTLESHIPS
Rperlal to Tbe lieorxten.
New Orleans, La., .July 1
handsome silver service that I
presented to the battleehlp Lo
when she arrives here has been con
tracted for with a New Orlv.ui* Him.
Arrangements are In course of |n .qiHra-
tlon for a dual presenter n. th. i mp
osition belt!#: to have the people of
Tennessee to make their gift to the
battleship Tennessee, which is to oj’uie
here at the same time.
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