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I! THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Ritci: One.Yesr . 54.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Month,..... 1.25 By Cirrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundiy by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alibtmi Street, Atlanta; Ga. Entered a. e^ond-<-l««. matter April B, 1101. at the Postofk, ed Atlanta. Oa.. under act of couareaa of March A 1*1*. Subacribara failing to raeaive THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and re adore who can not purchaae the paper where THE GEORGIAN ahould be on aala, are raquaated to communleate with the Circulation Manager without delay, and the com* plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephoneat Ball 4927 Main; Atlanta 4401. SMITH A THOMPSON. AOVEItTISINO tlKPRESENTA- T1VE8 FOB TtSKIlITOUY OUTSIDE OF G B O H O 1 A. Eaatern Olflceo: Weatern Olflcea; Potter UMa., New York. Tribune Hula.. Chicago. The Georgian calla the attention of Ita multitude of correepondente to theae facte: That all communications muat be signed. No anonymous communication will be printed. No manuscripts will be returned unless stamps are incleetd for the purpoee. Our correspondents are urgently requested to abbreviate their letters as much as possible. A half a column will bt read, whereas a full column will ba passed over by the majority of readers. A Model Line of Action for Negroes. Nothing can better illustrate the injustice of the assaults upon innocent negroes than the atti tude, not only of many individual negroes, but of many communities of negroes in this section of tho •tate and in the entire state. At College Park, for instance, when the editor of The Georgian returned to his home on Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock from a public meeting he found ten of the leading negroes of Dark Town, the populoua negro suburb of that community, who had been waiting for two long hours in his back yard to confer with him. The negroes asked what had been done at the meeting and what was going to be done with them. The editor of The Georgian responded that in the law-abiding town of Collogo Park no good nc groes had anything to fear from any man in that community, cither young or old. lie believed that we had the best negroes in Georgia, that ho re called the fact that since the foundation of the town some ten or fifteen years ago a erime had never been committed by a negro in College Park, nor had there been a disturbance of any kind be tween the races. The negroes were greatly pleased at this as surance, and the spokesman of the group said: “Now, Mr. Graves, we wish to ask through you of your white man’s organization, that Dark Town in this little city ought to be Also on your alarm list, and to promise you thnt if that alarm is sounded at any hour of the night or day, we will come with our guns in our hands nnd stand side by side with the white men in shooting to death these lawless negro scoundrels who would do so much to ruin and wreck tho reputation and prospects of our race.” Now this was said by negro men whoso pre vious characters were so solid and substnntinl thnt the profession was justified by those who spoke it, snd the incident speaks volumes for the real feel ing of good will which may grow up between res idents of communities who have lived for so many years upon such terms of mutual kindness ami helpfulness and good will as have the white men and the negroes of Atlanta’s ideal suburb. Since writing this article we have received from the authorities of Clark University the state ment that if there should bo any organized effort on the part of Inwlcss negroes at nny time to at tack this town or any section of it, Clark Univer sity would he glad to respond to n call for its or ganized rank of students to como to fight in de fense of Atlanta against these alien and lawless 'members of their race. This is the wisest nnd most hopeful talk thnt has come from the negro race. It will do much to close the present incident and to prevent its oc currence. Will other negroes fall in line with this loyal volunteer! Suppress Our Own Lawless Element. Now then, under the conditions which surround us, the authorities should openly and (rankly announce that any man. young or old. boy or man who wantonly without provocation attacks or Injures a negro of any age or sex In this city should be dealt with to the full extent o( the law and tho full measure of his crime—by Imprison ment If the negro Is seriously Injured, and by the ex treme penalty of the law it the negro Is killed. What ever explanation can be found for the slaughter of the mob tn tho time of frenzy. In a timo like that of Satur day, the mob understands now that tho attack of tRe dominant and victorious race upon the weaker race. Is not only cowardice but murder, and should be punished definitely and sternly, just as cowardice and murder are punished. An Important discovery has recently been made at Newcastle. England, of a new process for making a high- class steel for boilers and ships which, according to Consul Metcalf, will enable the vessels to carry considera bly more cargo. FOr the first time In the history of the port of London a cargo of tea hns been discharged by electricity, the Huntsman, of the Harrison Line, having discharged such a cargo by a system of continuous rollers worked by elec tricity In tbe London docks. The One Thing to Do. In tho present time of excitement and unrest, every negro in Atlanta whose character is not well established should be promptly disarmed by the police or military authorities! Nothing else will touch the core of the situa tion. Nothing else will insure the peace and quie tude of the city. The white race ia under full con trol of a civil and military rule which can easily restrain any further outbreak among our own pco pie. The deepest spot in this crisis is in the exis' tenec and liberty at large of negroes heavily armed and full of malice and vengeance. There is no possible safety and no possible wiS' dom outside of taking these weapons away from them. The police and the military authorities have done unusually well. The arrest and disarming of 257 negroes this morning is a strong step fii the right direction and has done more in an hour to satisfy and tranquilize the minds of law-abiding people than anything that has yet been done. Now let this work go on ceaselessly and with remorseless vigor. The police represent the city, the military represent the state. Both of them represent authority, government, and law. They are the men to effect this disarming of the negroes, and we insist upon it that this period of crisis should be utilized by removing danger ous weapons from the hands of irresponsible and reckless men who might be willing to use them under provocation. If necessary every ward ought to bo organized into a military precinct with a captain or a centurion at its head. A call or a whistle or the sound of so many guns ought to be able to summon overy mar. in that ward or in that block to the defense of his property or his family. And if the police and tho military distribute their forces, not only throughout the city but more es pccially at this time throughout the endangered suburbs, they ought to be able within three days to remove every woapon from every irresponsible ne gro in this environment. If this is done, we know well that there are no moro guns and ammunition that can be secured by them. And when this is done wo may be perfectly nHsured that the negro will go back to his business nnd will settle himself into the quietude at once. The thing that makes him defiant and dangerous is a weapon. There is no other way, and there being no oth er way this way should be followed resolutely, vigorously and at once. Wo trust that the mayor and the admirable Colonel Andorson, of the Fifth regiment, in command of tho military situatipn, will realize the situation and will act with the same vigor nnd promptness that they have shown from the beginning of this disturbance. The universal cry of the people is to disarm the reckless negro. Russia’s Record of Assassinations. The number of Ruulan officials who have been killed during the paat two yeara preaenta a fearful array of evidence that the red revotutlonlete are In dead earneat. Here la a partial Hat: 1904—- June 18—Gen. Count Bobrlkoff, governor general of Finland. July 28—Minister of tho Interior Von Plehve. 1906— Fob. fi—J. M. E. Solaalon Solnon, procurator general of Finland. Feb. 10—Governor Ooneral Tcherkoff of Warsaw. Fob. 17—Grand Duke Serglua. Feb. 18—Mayor of Vagarahapzo, trans-Caucaaus. March 7—Chief of Police Jeletchln of Bylestock. March <4—Governor of Baku. July 1—General Cernultutsakl, chief of Bessarabia gendarmes. July 11—Major General Count Bhouvalouff, prefect of Moscow. July 21—Colonel Kremerenko, chief of police of Hel singfors. 8ept. 2—Prince Erlstoff. Oct. 13—Assistant Chief of Police Oscovky, Chlncff. Dec. 1—General Sakaharoff. at Baratoff. Dee. 29—Chief of police of Moscow. 1906— Jan. 2—Governor and chief of police of Krasnoyorak. Jan. 11—Colonel Dragomlrolf, chief of police of Irkutsk. Jan. 15—Major General Ltssoskl of Penza. Jan. 30—General Grlaxnoff, chief of staff of viceroy of Caucasus. Jan. 31.—Privy Councilor Fillonolf of Poltava. Feb. 21—General Dachurchlck and family, in Aska- bad. May 14—Vico Admiral Konmltsch, commandant of St. Petersburg. July 11—Admiral Chukln. commander of the Black sea fleet, In Sebastopol. Aug. 24—General Zameattn, personal secretary to Premier Stolypln. Aug. 24—Court Chamberlain Davtdoff and Veronln. Aug. 26—General Min, commander of tho SemtnoVaky regiment. Aug. 27—Colonel Rlomann of the Semlnovaky regi ment. Aug. 27—Genoral Vonllarllarskl, acting military gov ernor general of Warsaw. In addition, numerous attempts have been mado on the Urea of scores of others, ranging from grand dukei, Baron Stahl and General Trepolf to the more humble at taches of tho czar's household. Never before was Russia so entirely a "despotism tempered by assassination.” It may be the worst means that could be adopted for the Interest of the people, but the reign of blood and terror Is on to a more fearful extent than evor before. Vico Consul A. D. Platt Reports that the IrlBh Auto mobile Club has arranged to hold a show of motor cars on the ground! of tho Royal Dublin Society at Balia bridge, Dublin, from January 5 to 12, 1907. During the last ten years the single product of alapl fiber has yielded In Yucatan the enormous sum of 297,- 000,009 Mexican silver dollars. Two ancient earthenware crocks, containing bronze and silver coins of the Roman period, have been dug up Groveley wood, England. OUR PLATFORM—-The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec tric light plants, as tl now owns its water works. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60 cents, with a profit to the city. This should be done at once. The Georgian believes that if street rail ways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they can not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and it may be some years be fore We are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW IHM99t9«l9IMHIMHIM9MHtlMM9mHHMHtlH*t«l | you WILL Never Move Unless You Take the First | a Step. Take It Now—Become a Member of “The | League.” MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE APPLICATION BLANK. I hereby make application for membership In the MUNICIPAL OWN ERSHIP LEAGUE. I favor the ownership of a gas and electric lighting plant by the city of Atlanta. Remarks: Dale 110.. Name Addre Occupation Note.—Cut out and return to THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. A CLEAR DEFEN8E OF THE NEW SPELLING. To the Editor of The Georgian: Your correapondent from Sanders- vllle, Ga.. evidently does not under stand the matter of simplified spell ing. The subject of simplified spelling ap peals to all citizens. The parent Is In- ereated In seeing that hie child Is not driven to the verge of delirium In try ing to master some of the ridiculous combinations of letters that we now have Joined together for the purpose apparently, more of the befuddling the brain than to carry any Intelligent Idea of the sound of the word we are trying to express. Aisle, island, dough, lo express. aui«, ihiuiiu, uuuhi*. through, knew, myrrh, physician and phthisic are Just a few samples of thousands that can be enumerated. The business man Is Interested, aside from patriotism and common sense, be cause the move la a time-saver. Take, for Instance, program, catalog, tho, al- tho, dropt and prest, by using even these six shorter forms, 14 useless let ters are discarded, a saving of 10 per C *Reaeon dictates that the written or printed word should represent only the sound heard In the spoken word. Then why throw In a lot of useless cumber some letters that serve no good pur pose whatever. Economy requires us to dispense with silent, useless letters. Why em ploy either a clerk or a letter that per- orms no duties? . , Dictionaries do not originate or de cree spelling. They record usage; they tell what has been custom, that Is all there Is to dictionaries. Changes In our words are constantly going on; very slowly, so why not let ■ ... ohantrmm with ■III UK I’ll I vwiy • * ... us effect these necessary changes with aa little delay as possible and get through with a much-needed reform. As I understand It, the simplified spelling board was created for the purpose of expediting this "‘‘‘“"‘J change and as far aa poslble guiding ft in the direction of simplicity and economy, with due respect to present existing rules and the analogies of the ltt Th U oy**Ht n te positively that they are not In fHvor of any frcakUh orthogra phy of any kind like the mla-ftt apelllng of Josh Billings and of graphert. They claim that the English anguage bids fair to become the world language and that a* soon aa the at tention of the people can’be called to Its present chaotic condition that every one will gladly help In the effort to bet ter It and thereby aid in hastening the THE NEIGHBORS DISPUTE. BY Earle E. Griggs. Raid Neighbor Ward to Parson Jones, with .... features drawn forlorn: My brother, let me tell you that your hens nre In my corn; The corn which I have planted, and am wnltlng It to sprout; And now, please, dear jpnrson; please keep your chlckotis out. Said Parson Jones to Neighbor Ward, as he . .. "Tinkled up his brow: *My chickens nre qnlte healthy; corn won't hurt them nnvhnw!" hurt them nny how. And with them? words lie turned away nnd left his neighbor-friend help to lend. Neighbor Ward went In the bouse with fea tures set and hnrd As he noted thnt the hens ngnln had come Into his yard; Ho took his mustle-loader from the crooks above the door. then a roar. there lay two chickens dead; He took them to the parson with a la quite, quite forlorn. But Ills eyes each held a twinkle as said: "Both killed by corn!" REMORSE. Tears nre tbe penalty, where there Is no n trinity. Though Inst It comes masked In the ral ment of Lore, Like a mrenin to the ocean that's foul with pollution. And so like the stream the rain and the ocean Our lives they are blending In pleasures snd pain, __ _ met not our fate In the hopes thnt have perished, Let the past be forgot, and try o'er ngnln. Let n stone-heart forget and yoti'll And yours the same. • R. B. HYNES. Haslchurst, Os. “TO A FRIEND/ Thefe are times when I ntn lonesome. There are times when I am sad. Yet the thought of truest friendship Oftentimes does make me glad. take Its proper place as world language. worm mmsuoao. R* *5T!Si!!-«nn*d*by thle goal, however, Is handlcajppeobj one thing and one only—Its Intricate and disordered »P* llln fi aila^trangsr It a puzzle to the child and stranger within our gates and a my*‘ e ry ,0 Uic stranger beyond the sea.^ Yours^ Atlanta, Oa. _ Passing bubbles under ships by an air jet, or lubricat ing with kerosene oil two or three times a day, has been suggested as a means of lessening friction. Where London consumes 90,000,000 gallons of water day. New York consumes 600.000.000. Where London as an area of 118 square miles, New York has 326. An English railway locomotive bra an average life of fifteen years and an earning capacity of $300,000. AN EARLY advocate OF EXTENDING THE W. & A. To the Editor of The Georgian; When I was about 26 to 30 years old, In I860 to ’64. I wrote several articles advocating the extension of our slate railroad to tho seacoast. and those arti cles then were termed visionary and Impracticable. Had this advice been heeded then our state road would have been run ning to the seacoast and been worth some 140,000,000 to 150,000,000, and been built by convict labor, as I advised. In 1880 I wrote The Tribune, of Rome, Oa., an article In which I referred to these articles, saying over 25 years ago I wrote favoring convict laborers being employed In extending the w. A A., doubling Its track. Improving public roads, bridges, etc. Time only has Increased my opinion of this greater development of our state road, and I nm real glad to see now this lew being so generally accepted. Don't know whether Mr. Bell can go back of me In this record, but I do know that then my Views thus ex pressed were the first I hail ever seen In print and that they were not at all cordially received, but were hooted and Jeered nt then, and I nm very afraid you and others have waited too long to ob tain the lasting benefits that earlier action would have given us. • I believe now you will eventually find that the only solution to the railroad problems Is not government control by law, but government ownership must come. I haven’t any sympathy or confidence In any other effort for contrnllng them. !t Is perfect nonsense to claim that the creature Is greater than Its creator. Uncle Bam can, and will, be made to run the railroads In the Interest of all the people, Just as well as he does the postoffice department, and 1 for one of the great majority of Americans would like to see Hearst and Bryan or Rrynn and Hearst leading the hosts on this platform to victory In 1908.^ GEORGIAN. I signed my former articles on W. & A. railroad extension as Georgian and some as J. Q. B. Erwin. Yours truly. J. G. B. ERWIN. If Hearst came first and Bryan sec ond I think It would be a better card. Don't expect, at 70 years of age, to be In many more presidential racea If 1 should live to see UR next ons. In my prayers to "Our Fnlher" I would not forget a friend, Who hns pointed me to Heaven And n helping hand did lend. in n ion»*iy, wiuiin |iri. Ami ho tohl ine that thla Jeaus Came to *avo a dying world.' Ad ho told mo If I d truat Him lie wtinld nink4‘ mo pure and free. And I prayed, "Ob. moaned Saviour, From thla hour I’ll look to thee." I’m doing luiRlnoaa now with » I'm ao glad I'm In Hla kfrvlce. Glad I know the bleated Lord. .ord, I pray thee keep him faithful, Apply the blood nfronh each day, Irlng nlin to thyaolf, dear Father, Theae few tinea are reverently dedicated tn **W.,” the dear friend who showed me the way to go home. 8. F. D. VANITY. There la a ... That's flashed with Love's passion, I fa petols l»egulle nnd Ita nectar la nweet. The dews of the morn, ns Jewels do ndhrn. The blush of thnt rose In her shady re treat. Rumble lw*e lovers and honey-flower rovera, They tarry nnd linger to kits In the shade. In search of the rlrheat, fatigued with their pleasures, The rose never thinks thnt her behuty will fade. But tempest nnd storm, ere the next morn. The maiden-blush petals lay scattered around. Bereft of her Iteauty, no rover or gallant Come to sip honey from the queen of fair flowers. Behold here a lesson thnt Is often a bless* The n |»ue oft the rainbow to storm will How blest Is contentment In modest con dition. The beauties of pleasure are not what they seem. Haslchurst, Ga. I\ B. HYNES. "A FOE TO THE DEMAGOGUE." (The Charlotte, N. ('., News.) Were you to ask us who draws the line between the patriot and dema gogue and lifts aloft the former and carries you with him In your heart of hearts; who depicts the demagogue of his true colors and makes you tremble at his destructive power and detest his methods; who urges you to manly duty In rhetoric, sublime; who delineates with a How of language like a crystal stream .from an exhnustless fountain; who points to the goal of civic virtue and patriotic prpwess in terms that stir xtlthln you all the chords of your better self like the skillful touch on the strings of a guitar, we would tell you John Temple Graves. His lecture at the Academy of .Music at Charlotte on the night or the IIth, was grand be yond our language to convey. The best we can say is that we love him. 0000000000000000000000000g 0 HOU8EHOLD NOTE8, 0 0 , 0 0 By Wax Jones. 0 0 ' 0 O000000O00000000000O000000 One of the most useful things to have about the house Is a Standard Oil magnate. Run through a wringer dal ly, he will yield enough money to keep the automobile In repair and to buy chicken sandwiches for the cat. Of course, It Is advisable to give the mag nate a rebate on all sums extracted from him. This will keep him in good temper, and with care he will live to a good old age. The society butterfly pays much at tention to tho etiquette of calls, but for the ordinary person the only rule that must be remembered Is this: Never call any one unless ready to back up your remarks. i GOSSIP By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Sept. 25.—Think of J oh . D. Rockefeller talking baby talk to « sick, fretful baby on a railroad train! That's what John D. Ill has done for the oil king. The story goes this way . Seated In a coach on an Ulster and Delaware railroad train when it left Kingston station was a pale youns mother with a sick baby In her arms The Infant had the whooping coug h and between paroxysms of coughlns cried lustily, to the annoyance of the other paesengers In the car. Across the aisle was an elderly man, tall and smooth-faced. With him was a fault- lessly dressed young man. The elderly man smiled kindly at the crying baby. When the young mother dropped the nursing bottle the old man ricked it up and handed It to her. 1 "Don't cry, baby," he said soothingly 'Be a good baby. Mamma’s very ured Be a good baby for her sake." Then he smiled and cooed to the baby until the little one stopped crying and began to goo-goo at him. "Now smile at me," said the old man. and the baby crowed. With baby talk, the old man soothed the child until It fell asleep. The moth er looked her gratitude and the other passengers sighed with relief. In opening ennned stuff he careful not to saw otr the top of your finger. You may not need It, but It Is a pity to spoil the sst. No home should be without hooks. At least the "hundred best” should be tastefully arranged on the washtubs or In the cellar. Among the hundred beat books are to be found most of the Mets. In washing dishes It Is Inadvisable to break any but the dirtiest. This saves time and money, for It takes a long time to gnther up the pieces of dishes flung against the celling In a fit of pique. \^hen writing out an order for the butcher or baker, don't lose time both ering about whether "roast" Is spelled "rost” or roste;” let It go any old way, and add "a la T. R." Lemons should always be kept In the house. You never know when a guest may require to be handed one, and, In addition, lemons make delicious flavor ing for roast beef. Blacking for shoes can be made of while lend. This gives a distinguished air to the tootsies, and makes the wear er look as If he had trampled through a sack of flour and didn't care a hang. Cigar ashes should be carefully pre' served. They make an excellent prep, station for putting down the back of a stranger's neck. A simple remedy for toothache Is to pull the sufferer away from the tooth, OOOOOO<IO<HXK3OOOOOOD0O<HXHW O O O PLAYS AND PLAYERS. O o o 00000000000000000000000000 iM-rti Shu Anderson theater. Usry Ullda Spoil*, who began the season with "I-aily Jim,” will sonu appear In a new play of modern English life, called "John fiudsou's Wife." Maude Adams hns two or three short ays In hand that she Intends inlonnllr while the la appearing ' - ' Ady hy Barrie la writing for her. ceiled her In the character In America* For once an actor lilfs died rich. Toole. the Knalhh comedian who recently paateti . left — ----- - —— — ■ ■ Ida Conquest Is to be the lending lady with Kyrlc Ilcllew Id his production “brigadier Uernrd." It I, announced Hint Yvette Gullhert It appear on tho Loudon stage In an ttatlnu of '* * ■ Water*. adaptation of (Icorgc Mooro'a novel, time* U'utufl " Lillian Hush'H’h now comedy, "Barbara • Millions," Is by 1'aul I’otter, nml is found ed on Francis DeCrosItte’s "Le Uouheur Mcsdamcs." Fnnny Ward Is to create tho principal S nrt In Hartley Milliners' now play, “A Inrrlago of Henson." next season. Oolgotlm. (THE eTiITI(QUAKE.) k, skull-like nnd bald and rugged Imre. Torn liy rich proclour . s tUuimnnd gaping llgnrca wide, Month, to suck dry lust life-blood, rich and rnro. Which poured o'er thee cleansing (hie; Thou battle Held where fiercest foes eol lldc— . he sei rled, crystal-armored hosts of heaven And all bell'. pride,. by the arch adversary It Thou, ilotgothn, didst tin re. When light anil life had atl tbelr haulier, ‘ 'led: rbh the Vry that cut the awful devils In their rage and ■h ndvorsn As nth' his last nnd sharpest arrow oka nnd tlum he eonselni -l.'t.AIIA York Churchman. THE SUN8HINE FRIENDS. (Zchulnn Tlmes-Juurnal.) The Atlanta Georgian of Wednesday afternoon referred to some of Its con temporaries as "sunshine friends" of Bryan, that two yearn ago some of these great journals that are now- jumping on the band wagon and prais ing the Nebraskan to the sky had business away from Atlanta when the distinguished gentleman was visiting there. The Georgian lias a right to lam hast them thus anil It must be a pleasant dose to deAl out. The old man of the baby talk was John D. Rockefeller. And despite the melancholy expe rience of Andrew J. Cassatt, Mr Rockefeller was not at all afraid of the whooping cough apparently. It |, gratifying to learn, by th# way, that Mr. Cassatt Is making satisfactory progress toward recover}-. The big meeting of the Astor and Wilson clans will take place tomorrow or Thursday In Newport The John Jacob Aston and their son, Vincent, aro expected to arrive from Europe on the Kron Princes Wll. helm and 51. Orme Wilson and his wlte, who was Caroline Astor, are expected In Newport hourly, with their sons. Mrs. G. Ogllvle Haig, who It visiting friends In Boston, will return to New port, where she had been caring for her mother until a few days ago. M. Orme Wilson’s parents, the R. T. Wilsons, are still at their Newport cot- tage, and Mrs. O. T, Wilson, Jr., who has been In New York for several weeks, will return to Newport tem porarily. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was Grace G. Wilson, Is still giving dinners and living up to the mid-summer seal, at Newt t Newport. The Cornelius Vanderbilts expect, however, to close Beullelu on Sunday and return to New York on their steam yacht. North Star. The plans, however, of any one In this family reunion are subject to changes, depending on the condition of 5Irs, William Astor. , A marriage secret o( nine years' standing has been shattered In the an nouncement that Dr. Isabella Avelllno Franchl, of this city, was wedded to Dr. Frank Eugene Hammond, In De cember, 1897. Dr. Hammond's resi dence was In Freeport, L. I„ but for more than eight years he has lived In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although he failed to atop the wed ding of his son, when h* broke an au tomobile record- hutrylng from New York to New Haven to halt the cere mony, W. F. Carlton, the millionaire banker of New York, succeeded In wresting the youth, William Carlton I from his bride, formerly Miss Ethel Thompson, a "college widow," an hour after the marriage. He rushed the young man back to New York and. It Is asserted, he Is keeping the lad In hid ing, or already has started him tor Colorado College, to enter which he had been studying In New Haven at the Booth Preparatory School. Young Carlton gave his age as 21, but It Is said he Is about 16. The father did not hear of the proposed marriage until a few hours before the time set. Then he hastened to New Haven In his automobile, but arrived too late. The fourth season of the Nathan Strauss milk depots, for the distribu tion of pasteurised milk In the public parks and on the recreation piers hns closed. There were dispensed 471,866 bottles more than last sum mer. The total number given away, or sold for one cent a bottle when the receiver felt able to pay, was 3,142,262. The number of glasses of milk drunk was 1,078,404. In a final efTort to settle a case which would have puzzled 8olomon, Alderman Donohue, of Wilkesbarre, Pn., who hutt u reputation for novel decisions, made the disputants pull straws and decided In favor of the winner. Mlsa Minnie Gunter owns a cat, which, while at the home of Miss Fan nie Moore, had three kittens. Ml»* Moore claimed the kittens, and when she would not give them up, Miss Cus ter locked up the cat. Miss Moore ac cused her of cruelty to animals, and the humnne society sent Officer Haffert to investigate. In thla manner the case got before Alderman Donohue. He could not find legal authority for deciding the owner ship of the kittens, and ordered tho two women to pull straws. Miss Cus ter won. She will give Miss Moore a kitten when It Is weaned. An.ordinary New Jersey pullet yes- terday ufternoon held a Christopher ferry boat 20 minutes, obstructed traf fic and landed two men In the Jeffer son market court. Charles Winters, a West Hoboken truckman, reached the ferry about 3 o'clock with a load of chickens, one adventurous pullet managed to escai>e from a • aboard the Pittsburg. Frank Bernardo caught the bird. Winters demanded It. There wns an nrgument aa to who hnd the bent right to It. It was finally de cided by the crowd that Winters was entitled to the pullet. Instead of re turning hla prise gracefully, Bernardo flung It at Winters and the bird got away again. , The crowd chased the pullet through the ferry houre and amid the trucks on Went mreet until It was finally recap tured. TWILIGHT. Twilight Khmlowa fall, aoftlr grar Hiding tile light of vanishing dart !’“ r i'h- elands, gold tipp'd. I,nnk |!|g|, tjnfnnt the nlght-ldne of a mininier »kt- Ivnlf. 'eJim “'tie, sleepy mm* \\ hlti* fn t'fllt'H lilt flu* flowern ntinm A frnitnince. rich, Ntenl* thro tin* »lr ’ Ami u »trunge, sweet bm»l» Ik i*\4*rv where ETHEL SaSoX. I THIS DATE IN HISTORY. 3EPTLMBER 25. 1)51—King Stephen of Engined died*, . . IjM—FniiHMiti |h•nre of religion eBtnhlltb**! nl Aiitfuhurg. 1777—Colonel Eihnn Allen captured bjr Brit* !*h near Montrenl. 1*57—Belief of Ltteknour. „ . . 18ft!— IIiiIhmim rorptiM iniRpemled bjr Lnliea Mtatc* government. 1*70—Siege of Ui.rlH Itmn. . , . IK*—Ilf Vision of hrej-lUM rase ordered I'J French mldnef. 1»W- Gen-nil J'dii* U I'm Inter, of lllluolf, died. Born .September 13, 1517.