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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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n It print wblshy or any liquor ads.
had electric llfht plants, as It now
E lts waterworks. Other cities do
and get ass as low as to cents,
a urodt to the city. This'should
raff nt once. The Georflan be-
i that If atrect railways can- be
♦penned successfully by H u t o p c a n
cities, as they are. there la u"
tea sun why they cannot he so 01
f.icra
tbs <
now. and It may be aoine years
lefore wc arc ready for so bin r
aeitaktny. Htlll Atlanta should
tare Tb tbit direction NOW.
Extending Transportation Service.
We arc discovering In thla great and
lelf-tnfflcient country of oura that
there are some things we can learn
front ottr slow-going but very solid
Kngllsh cousins.
Merc, for Instance, In the much
mooted question of the extension of
th£ transportation service. The Rail
roitd Oazette tells how this thing la
lone in Kngland:
The details of the British system
of! handling amall freight (and.of-
left heavy freight aa wall) arede-
aerlbed fully In another colump.
The general topic of British freight
methods at compared with those
of this country has often been dis
cussed In the Railroad Oasette, as,
fur example, In the paper entitled
“An American Vlaw of British
Railways," reprinted In our Issue
of July 20, 1 BOB. Both authors
bring out the point that competi
tion In Great Britain has had the
effect of bettering facilities rather
than of lowering rates; the splen
did service Is paid for by the ship
per at an overage rate not far from
a sovereign a ton. Bub It la nev
ertheless true that ths merchant,
the manufacturer of amall goods
and the private customer get a
service far better and far cheaper
than that afforded even by the ex-
pr<qui companies In this country,
and It la worth considering wheth
er nr not, as the country develop!
and the rallroada become more
nearly adequate In mileage and fa-
cllltles to serve the needs of the
population. It may not become
profitable for them to develop a
traffic which does not now exist
and which la willing and able to
pay a high rate. It la not proba-
bla that It could ever become far
reaching In thla country of great
distances, for at once the possibil
ity and the economy of the fast
freight service In England Ilea In
the fact that is analogous to a pas
senger amice, carded on at ex
press speed, during the houre of
tha night when tb« lines are least
obstructed by passenger movement.
Uorover, It finds Its chief, almost
Its entire Tisefulness, In England,
within a radius of 400 miles from
London. Its characteristic Is that
It la an over-night service; collec
tions are always made nt the dose
of the working day; delivery Is
always made prior to the begin
ning of the next working day.
This feature of the railroad service
baa been neglected in America. Here
Is an undeveloped field for (be traffic
manager of the future. Services of the
kind Indicated would result In an as
tonishing development of traffic. It
may he that the trunk lines Intend to
leave thla Held entirely to the elec
tric companies or so-called trolley
tinea or Interurban lines.
Certainly somewhere nr through
some agency there must come a rein
forcement to the present overtaxed
and overburdened tranainrtatlon sys
tem of the country.
MS. ROOSEVELT HAS LEARNED MUCH.
Whatever may be urged In criticism against the president. It cannot be :
denied that he has demonstrated In the great school, of politics it teachable
and progressive spirit. ^ '' s r- i
Wr'have "oni*-upa and downa-about-President Roosevelt. At-times be
does things that Irritate and displease us. and we frankly say so. At other,
time* he la the advocate of poltalel with -jvhlch we'arfe at variants) and wu
frankly tnl/e Isaner with him. Then nil 'at fined ho riscg up In the. expression
of some public policy, or In the dlacharge of some public duty upon lines so
wholesome and so admirable that we cannot withhold from him the expres
sion of our admiration and respect.
He has done several, things lately which crqke our Indorsement and ap
proval.
The prompt-and stern discipline administered to.the roirdy negro troops
In BrownairlHe,- Texas, has done much to commend the president, not only to
the. South, but to public men throughout the country. Beyond the maudllif
sentimentality of ultra negVophlllata like The New York Evenlhg Post, and
the Invariable rally-to-race spirit of the negro newspapers, the solid judgment
of tbq country reoalls the-fact tpat negro reglmenta-.bavo been all too much
given In time past to the spirit of rowdyism and disorder when the slightest
liberty has been afforded them. We who live In Georgia recall the disorderly
and infamous ride of the Tenth regiment, through Georgia on thejr way from
the Cuban war. Firing their pistols and using their, guns and bayonets, thqy
had from Tampa to Cincinnati one consecutive march of disorder and race
antagonism stirred by their Insolent: and offensive lawlessness. The highest
witnesses' of the republic. Including leading and stalwart Republicans and
officers of the Federal army, have testified to the unbearable lawlessness
which prevailed at Brownsville, and Justify the president In hla view that
soldiers should disclose the names of those who dishonor their regiments and
reflect discredit upon the army.
The president's message has many things In It to apiieal to the South
and to a definite democracy. The document In the main rings true to .public
needs and. to tb# Ideals of good government. In raspy lines, It la a fairly
good Democratic document,'arid ‘pufa the president still further In sympathy
with the party which he opjioses in profession, and still further nut of sym
pat hr with the party which supports him because it . la afraid to do otherwise.
The president's declaration for an Inheritance and income tax Is a distinct
flop from tho Republican platform to the views advocated by. Mr.' Bryan ‘In'
two presidential cahinalgn*. and distinctly written as iilliaradlcal by the
ultra-conservatives ol- tho country. .It la a bold and wholesome departure
from the creeds of the party of spoils and privileges which the‘Republican
party has so long maintained, for Its president to write down hla faith In the
policy compelling colossal wealth, either Inherited or acquired, to bear Its pro-
portlonate part In tho expenses and responsibilities of the government.
It is quite evident that the prealdent has learned much* about the negro
that he did not know when he entered U]ion his official life. A good
deal of the merely theoretical philanthropy of. those earlier days has faded
In the closer study nnd observation of the race which has ao long aspired to
rest as the wards of the nation. The president's two Southern visits, the
Brownsville Incident and other developments In connection with the negro
race, have oimned his eyes to a clearer comprehension of the Southern prob
lem than he has enjoyed before, and this larger vision Is distinctly expressed
in the very wholesome and acceptable recommendations which tho president
embodies in hla message.
Wo commented on yesterday with high approval, upon the recommenda
tion that the attempt, at assault should be made, a capital offense, and that
the negroes should continue with Increasing vigor to follow the policy out
lined by The Georgian In "preaching hell and damnation to tho rapist," and
in co-operating with the officers of the law In delivering their criminals up
to Justice.
The president sounds a clear, strong note In regard to Cuba, and hla
attitude toward that country will doubtless be Indorsed by the great majority
of hla fellow cltlxens without regard to party.
With hla usual loyalty to an Ideal, or to an advocacy onco begun, the
prealdent gives a mighty Impetus to tho spelling refohu by couching the mea-
aago of tho chief executive of tho republic In the new words of tho code to
which he and Mr. Carnegie have given so much of lmpUTsc and vitality.
Taken altogether, the president's message will be a much more accepta
ble document to all parties and to all good citizens than any message which
has been sent from tho 'White House to congress within recent years.
Mr. Roosevelt baa doutitlass learned much!'and like the bravo man that
he I*. does not hesitate to tacitly confess hla error* ot previous Judgment,
and to accept the lesions which time and closer observation have taught
him.
Atlanta's hospitality was not spent In vain, nor were tho aeries of recep
tions accorded Mr. Roosevelt by tho Southeni cities without the wholesome
and delectablo fruits of Information and reformation.
PEONAGE AND OUR IMMIGRATION PLANS.
It is unfortunate Indued that at this time when we are making so stren
uous in effort to Induce the proper class of Immigration to the South, our
bSst'efforts should be handicapped and thwarted by the mistakes of some of
onr own people In the .methods employed toward labor.
There are pending at this time |n many localities In tho South indict
-meats against employers who have brought laborers Into this section to sup
ply'their urgent need, and have subsequently reduced this labor to ,a cjin-
•aitlon of peonage In violation of the contract labor laws. These cases are
being used both In the North and in foreign countries, to the. detriment of the
South and to impede our efforts to secuife desirable; immigration for this
section. .* .
The nawly formed Southern Immigration mid Industrial Association re
cently In'session at Nashville, and of which Governor Heyward, of South
Carolina, la now president, proposes to look Into nil these cases, to obtain
the truth for publication both at home and abroad, wherever It may be
deemed, necessary, and also to secure the adoption of such policies aB will
prevent a recurrence of tbl* flagrant violation of the law.
The Georgian Is glad to chronicle this fact, and feels that Its mere re
cital should additionally commend thla organization to tho press and the
people of the South. ' , •;
There should be In every direction a broad nnd rigorous discouragement
fif any action, towfird our new settlers-And Immigrants at thla time that can
possibly bo used to our detriment, or. give a handle to our active arid)dili
gent rivals who are Interested In securing these desirable Immigrants for.
'heir sections and in depreciating and retarding the magnificent and’threat
ening development of the New South.
We might as well understand that the South will be fiercely .fought In
the commercial rivalry of the future. There are sections, not necessarily
malignant but simply competitive, that will do everything In their power,
through the medium of able and organized efforts, to secure everything for
themselves and to retard any movement looking to the settlement of the
BouUi by these thrifty and Invaluable, new settlers. It becomes us In every
respect to be on our guard and to give no cause or occasion for unfavorable
comment to those who are eagerly looking- and seeking for arguments to be
used against riff.
This is one time and one occasion In which ]>prsonal rivalries nnd. sec
tions! Jealousies should be sternly relegated to the rear, and In‘which 811
■(hese ! states fn -till* great Immigration movement-shotiid pull "All together
tor.tin South.” v . - ■ • ' ! -• v'V "
That should be the spirit and watchword of the hour. To help ourselves
and to help our sister states of the South to co-operate In our plans of Immi
gration, and to unite our forces to sfleure the best and most* desirable class
of immigrants for all these Gulf and Southeastern states/
And when this great and desirable end Is accomplished we. can then,
through thla great immigration association, take nj> the mighty and easeir
tlal task of freeing the South from the idle and criminal negroes through
a concerted enforcement of the vagrancy laws.
There Is no material consideration which Is of greater Interest and Ini
portanco tb the South at this time than this matter of wholesome Immigra
tion.
We trust that our esteemed con
temporary or The Constitution In Its
new found seal on the race question
will not fall into the evil of which
we have so long complained in North
ern and negro papers—of inveighing
so violently against lynch laa* as to
forget and to minify the crime of
crimes which begets It.
>
1 WE CONGRATULATE THE JOURNAL.
We cannot Indulge the churlishness of refusing to congratulate our es
teemed contemporary of The Journal upon the notable business edition which
It presented to Its reader* on last Sunday.
It was indeed a most creditable Journal, reflecting handsomely upon the
resources and popularity of an Important and Influential newspaper, and es
pecial credit upon tho diligent solicitors who freighted It with so Imposing
a volume of business announcements.
Tbi) Journal has befin well mariaged nnd well pressed by its various
proprietors. The prolific genius arid energy of Hoke Smith gavo the paper
Its first forward Impetus, and the good Judgment' of his administration
has been faithfully and capably duplicated hy the present able and effcctii*
proprietors.
The Journal was especially fortunate In aligning Itself with the popular
side In the last atato campaign, and the most captious of Its critics cannot
deny that It made a strong and notable fight for Its candidate and his prin
ciples.
While It Is true that Hoke Smith with his iiersonallty and especially with
his platform, would have been elected, hnuds down, if The Journal had never
chirped. It la also undeniably true that The Journal's xtrong and consistent
advocacy lent wings and publicity to a grout campaign.
We freely and ungrudgingly concede the substantial success which The
Journal has won In Georgia Journalism. We do not hestltate to acknowledge
that nt the present time The Journal's subscription is superior to our own,
and therefore superior to the other dally papera'obthc city and the state.
At thla point the selMaudatory comments of The Journal iiermit us a
few friendly words of comment.
The Journal la an old paper full of years and labors, and The Georgian
Is young, militant and triumphant. At the age which The Georgian records
today The Journal did not have us many subscribers ns would have filled one
of tho present carrier route* of The Georgian In Atlanta, and at the same
proportionate rate ot progress Tho Georgian before It Is one-third the
present age of The Journal will have enrolled more subscribers for Its dally
edition than The Journal now even claims for Us Sunday edition. We are
not disposed to depreciate The Journal's circulation nor to reflect upon our
neighbor's Integrity of • statements, but neither we nor the public begin to
credit The Journal with the number of subscriber* which Its circulation
department publishes. We know thoroughly well tbat the noon and night
editions published dally are not always sold, but are always counted, and we
lielleve that with these eliminated, the sum total would dwindle greatly and
would be much nearer to the circulation which the American Audit-Company
established for The Georgian.
And thla reminds ns that The Georgian hits done what no other paper in
Atlanta at least has ever dared to do. We say again what we said at the time,
that we do not believe money could Induce either The Journal or The Con
stitution to do what The Georgian has done—to deal open-handed with Its
patrons and the public as The Georgian did—to throw open Its doors to
Manager Bidwell, of the American Audit Company, to put every key In hla
hand, and tell him to tirt our business to the bottom to find the truth about
us and to tell It to the public over bis official signature.
Whenever we can Induce The Journal and The Constitution to follow
tbis great example the public will credit their claims as we are credited by
honest men everywhere, and their assertions of prosperity will be accepted
at their face value everywhere.
Meanwhile The Georgian, seven months old. confidently renew* its claim
to ^second place In circulation In the state and In the South. We gratefully
record the fact that the public almost without dissent has pronounced The
Gtnrgiuii to be-the very beat paper published In the state, and upon thi*
sound nnd logical basis, we challenge our contemporary just In advance of us,
and our eveu more venerable contemporary Just In the rear of ug, to a gen
erous emulation for the laurels and sendees of the future.
We shall endeavor to deserve the superior position which we seek, and
here and now give pledge to wear with modesty whatever fortune may
come to us from nubile confidence and the people's blgh regard.
ATLANTA’S ROOM IN BULLOCH HALL.
Commissioner W. N. Mitchell, of the Jamestown Exposition, appeared be
fore the Chamber of Commerce on 'Tuesday evening to aVgue the cause of
tbs Georgia building at’Jamestown.
With his usual tact and eloquence ‘the commissioner presented this cause
before the Chamber ot Commerce In to plausible and convincing a way as to
completely and enthusiastically align that great And potential body upon his
side of the question.
And upon the strength of the argument jind the facts presented, the Chanv
her of Commerce has appointed a committee to go with Mr. Mitchell before
tho city council to urgently Indorse' an appropriation for Atlauta’s part Jn
the Georgia building at the great Virginia fair.
The Chamber of Commerce has Indorsed the Jamestown Exposition.
It has Indorsed Bulloch Hall.
It hat Indorsed the Atlanta room ;ln Bulloch Hall, and has indorsed these
with A ringing and rising vote that came from full and enthusiastic hearts
ot loyalty to our beloved slater of the) Old Dominion.
Surely the city council cannot refuse the overture which the Chamber
of'Commerce makes for Atlanta and for Virginia.
The city of Valdosta has contributed 11,004 for its municipal room in
Bulloch Hall.
The city of Cordele has appropriated )t,000 for the Cordele chamber In
the Bulloch Hall. ‘
The city of Savannah has contributed $2,000 for Savannah's apartment In
Bulloch Hall,
The Chamber of Commerce will ask tbe city council of Augusta for
$2,000.
And surely, our own gallant and great Atlanta, rich and prosperous and
famous beyond comparison, cannot fall to Improve handsomely upon these'
subscriptions for a chamber in Bulloch Hall which will be worttfy of Georgia's
stately capital, and of Atlanta’s superb and thrilling Interest In the greatest
occasion In the Industrial history ot orir dear Virginia.
MAI OR WILL BE CHEATED
OUT OFSE VEN DA YS' TIME
Mayer Woodward must serve seven first Monday of January. Consequent
days In hla present olllce without pay,
No. thla Is not because the mayor
had seven days off. for he did not. Nor
Is It tho punishment meted out to him
by some high nttlclnl seeking revenge.
It’s just simply fate, body-guarded by
law and the calendar. ,
The mayor gets paid by tho year.
Hla administration began the first
Monday in the year 195 and ends the
GO TO WASHINGTON
TO ATTEND MEETING
OF THE HARBOR COM.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon. Ga., Dec. 5.—A committee,
composed of Messrs. K. Chappell, R.
F. Burden, Henry Horne and Howard
M. Smith, has' been named hy Presi
dent Small, nr the Macon chamber of
commerce, to attend the annual con
vention of the Association of Rivera
and Harbors, that la to be held In
Washington. D. December 5. At
this time plans wilt be advanced fur
thering more Improvements for the
Ocmulgee, and something will be said
relative to the good work of trans
portation that has been done over the
river during the past summer.
The members of the committee will
leave for Washington thla evening.
HAD FOOT CRU8HED
BENEATH MOVING TRAIN.
ly the mayor must serve until the first
Monday In next January, which hap
pens to he January 7.
He really gets paid for only a year's
time, but he serves a year and a week.
Still, the mayor la not bemoaning his
fate. He’s not sucking lemons and
wearing sackcloth, for as he says:
"The year had gone several days
when I went In two years ago.”
ASSASSIN'S SHOT
STRIKES DOWN MAI
SEATED IN ROME
Special to The Georgian. 1 - -
Chlpley, Ga., Dec. S.—C. H. Brooks,
one of the most prominent cltlxens of
this place, was assassinated yesterday
afternoon at 6 o'clock while sitting, by
hi* fireside.
There it no clew, as' to who did the
foul. dead.
Mrs. Brooks, who, was In the rear of
the house, heard the,,repprt, but did not
dream that a tragedy had'been enacted,
and when she went into,/her husband’s
room fpund ills jlteiesff body In the
chair. He had beefi shot through the
head. . i > ' V' -
The' tragedy created a profound sen
sation at Chlpley.' ' Telephone messages
were at once sept to.LatJrange and
other places for,-bloodhounds.
31 r. Brooks was a,map Whopt every
body In the community liked, and the
assassination Is a complete mystery,
as It was riot known that he had an en
emy. > ' - " ■ i
This makes the third tragedy that
has occurred at Chlpley this yeah. Two
men met death In the Irvin-Hasty
feud, and afterward CoIottel.T. T. Mur-
.raii. the moat prominent citizen .in the
town, was assassinated.
Besides his wlfp, Mr. Brooks'']! sur
vived by three children, one of them,
J.L. Brooks, cashier of a bank at Tlf-
ton. Go,
■ PISTOL
I GOSSIP!
If all women were as brave and cool-
headed In times of danger as Miss An
nie H. Wilson, slater-ln-law of County
Police Chief Turner, there would prob
ably be much better order preserved
than Is at present the case.
When a negro man demanded that
she open the door to her home In Battle
Hill several nights past, Miss Wilson
secured a revolver and with It clasped
In her hand, made the negro tell his
name and business at the place.
Mias Wilson lives with her brother-
in-law, Chief Turner, but Chief Turner
was- on duty when the Incident oc
curred. A negro knocked at the door
and when MIssAVIlaon asked with was
there, he replied:
Never mind who's here. Open tho
door.”
Miss Wilson quietly secured a re
volver and with this in her hand told
the negro to state why he was there.
The negro then declared that he was
merely looking for a negro man ne
knew. Miss Wilson said the negro did
not live there nnd ordered the Intruder
to leave the place, which he promptly
did.
BRIEF NEWS,NOTES
NEW CLUB HOUSE
PROPOSED AT MACON
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 5.—At the meeting
of the members ot the Cherokee Club
that Is to be held at the club house,
on 3lulberry street this evening, the
question of selling the present quar
ters and purchasing a building nearer
the city will be considered. At the
meeting of the governing hoard that
was held on the 20th of Iasi month,
the question was considered and the
board named Wednesday as the date
for bringing the question before the
membership.
SAVINGS BANK 8T0CK
SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION
S|it elsl to The Georglau.
3!acon, Ga., Dec. 5.—On Monday
night, Robert U Melton, a young rail
road man, met with a very painful
accident, while at work In the Central
of Georgia yards.
While climbing down the side ot a
car Melton slipped and fell and a por
tion of his right foot was caught be
neath the moving train, and was badly
crushed.
OFF FOR WASHINGTON
TO ATTEND MEETING.
Special to The Georglsa.
Augusta, Ga.. Dec. 5.—Mayor Allen,
Hon. Archibald Blackshear, council
man from the second want. Judge
William M. Dunbar, mayor-elect, nnd
councilman from the first ward, Hon.
Oswell R. Eve, Hon. Eugene Verdery
and Hon. Maurice Walton left here to
day for Washington, l>. C„%» attend
Ihe National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress which convenes there tomorrow.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 5.—Fifty shares of
the .Macon Ravings Bank stock were
sold at $75 each to W. G. Solomon, Jr.,
at the courthouse by Ordinary <'. M
Wiley In an executor's sale. The shares
were In the possession of the John L.
Boardman estate and were ordered
sold hy the court some time ago.
Other property was sold at the same
sale, most of which was land.
Mambsrship Fat Raittd.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Dec, 6.—At a meeting of
the chamber of commerce yesterday
afternoon, the membership fee was
raised to a flat rate of $25 per annum.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York. Dee. 5 — Here are some of the
visitors In New York today;
ATLANTA—A. Ittsbm, Miss C Hemphill.
Mrs. U. Ilestpblll, S. W. Willson, G. Stitch-
Lieutenant Bernard St. George Col-
lard, of the British navy, has been
found guilty by a court-martial ot Im
jroperly giving the order “on your
tnees” to some mutinous stokers.
It Is asserted In London that there la
no foundation lor the report which la
disturbing George Stewart Bowles, con
servative member of parliament, that
the United States has made a compact
with Germany to protect German mer
cantile marine when Germany engages
In war.
The French government lina cabled
r the Immediate withdrawal
French troops from Martinique. Only
150 aro to remain. There wns a strong
earthquake shock on Monday at 7 p. m.
lasting SO seconds. No damage was
done.
in regard to the reported successful
airship flight of the Wright brothers,
M. Santos Dumont Is reported from
Paris as saying:
“There Is absolutely no evidence ob
tainable to support the nlleged state
ments of the Wright brothers."
William Voigt, the “Captain Von
Coepenslck" who robbed the treasury
of a city near Berlin, has found a friend
In a rich woman of Berlin, who will
give him an annuity when he has
served hts sentence of four years.
President Roosevelt will send his spe
cial message on Porto Rico to con
gress on December 11 and on Panama
on December 17.
Dr. William H. Brooks, professor of
astronomy of Hobart College. Geneva,
N. Y„ haa been awarded a medal by
the Astronomical Boclety of Mexico for
discovering 25 comets, more Ilian any
other living astronomer has found.
The Italian branch of the Red Cross
Society haa unanimously voted to Wil
liam R. Hearst the large aiiedal medal
granted only to distinguished benefac
tors of humanity. The committee also
authorised Senor Taverns to thank 3lr.
Hearst for Ills efforts to relieve the dis
tress caused by the Mount Vesuvius
disaster.
The entire village of WtlklnsonvIIIe,
Mass., which was established In 181.1
and In 1829 was producing 2,000,000
yards of cloth annually In Us mills, has
been sold at auction for $10,500.
The bodies of Patrick and Cecilia
Cook, of Philadelphia, believed to have
been victims of the Mrs. Carey who
was suspected of having poisoned her
husband for insurance money, have
been exhumed. Traces of arsenic have
been found In their stomachs.
Chancellor McKay, of Mr Master Uni
versity. Toronto, haa announced that
John D. Rockefeller would contribute
15,000 to the institution on condition
that the 875.000 forward movement
fund ami 855,000 required for the
science building are secured.
Governor 3fagoon. of Cuba, denies
any knowledge of a new Isle of P|ne*
treaty he la said to be negotiating with
the Spanish minister.
Blx new wireless stations are to be
established In Cuba by order of Gov
ernor Magooa.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York. Dee. 5,-Word reaches m,
from Asheville, N. C„ that almost
baronial preparations are on font
there for the holidays and that they
will be kept on quite aa extensive i
scale aa In feudal times across to.
seas.
The George Vanderbilts are well
along with their plans for the big an
nual Christmas festivities at Blltmore
house. One thousand gifts will be dis.
trlbuted.
This Is to be followed by an enter,
talnment at Rlltmore by the young
women of Blltmore. Mr. and tore. Van*
derbllt will also give a round of
tertalnments.
.1 learn that a brass Inkstand mads
from French machinery left on the
Isthmus and a can* of black p*|,„
wood, with a carved vegetable Ivorv
head, were presented to Preair,cm
Roosevelt by Chairman Shorn. 0 n he!
half of the employees of the canal
commission. The wooden base of the
Inkstand was made from a railroad tie
used by the French In the early dava
of Panama canal construction.
«oJte. Ugh , many Brd *nt bridge players
,he,r d « c *»lon a* to the
mtrftfe of the new panttme, a Httu
game called "pull” hia caught aocle'
ty s fancy on the other aide of the
!n*?hu "Ss.l? "•‘T® to flnd 8d >>erenta
In this democratic land. It la two.
handed whist and It comes In handy
}m.n n i r° ug !‘ Ume-klllera ' cannot be
up d R real ff® 1 "*- it it
surprising how heavy the gambllnc
? mbkT: eV * n wlth ° nly tn o P* r "onsru
„ •'"‘‘"0 «» exposition Of the labor
un Laurence Laugh-
in. of the University of Chicago, told
the members °f the Citizens' Indus-
a - Association of America, whose
guest he was at a banquet In the aud-
itortum in Chicago, that soclolleni I,
the philosophy of failure. He declar-
f T‘h* r that In allying themselves
with It, men admitted themselves fall
urea and asked society to do for them
what they had been unable to accom-
pllsh for themaelves.
Small maids'In Boston are filled with
7 a “’ h mtl ' Mias Kathleen
Waiiderbllt, who la visiting there, out
ev **3T day - "taring the
prettiest automobile veils Imaginable,
exaot copies of^thow her mother has
Like most little girls, the wishes to
dress like, mamma” and her Indul
gent parent ha* humored her In the
desire. Quaint and Important she
looks, but to the Boston mother. It
seems an encouragement of vanity.
But the eyes of the little blue stock
ings look longingly on the frivolous
accessories of the little maid from
Getham.
Mrs. Henry N. Dunning, wife of a
prominent clergyman of thla city, up
set popular notions about women ami
mice Ihe other night by grabbing not a
mouse, bkt. a big rat, and holding on
It until fthe rodent was smothered
under a pillow. ,
After that Mrs. Dunning swooned and
has.been,BL ever since.
Rhc was sleeping In bed when she
suddenly awoke to find something
squirming In her grasp. She aroused
her husband, but was ao frightened
that she could give no coherent ex
planation of her predicament. He
quickly lighted the gus, and .Mrs. Dun
ning saw she was holding tight to „
big rat. It was only her husband’s
admonition not to let go that kept her
from fainting. Ife picked up a pillo
and smothered her hand nnd the rat
under It. YVhen he lifted It the rat wm
dead. Mm. Dunning then fainted, but
was revived by a qhyslclan. There
was an abrasion on Mrs. Dunning'<
face, and It la believed that the rat at
tacked her In liar sleep' and that she
unconsciously raised her hand ami
grasped It. ,
Believing that dishonest conductors
are responsible for the street car line
to Routh Glnatonbury not making
enough money for tho street car com
pany to lower fares, the people of South
Glastonbury. Conn., have organize'
themselvez Into a corps of "spotters.'
One man says he saw a conductor Me < I
81.70 on one trip.
While the flames raged around him
and the smoke was ao dense that he
could not see his hand before him.
Charles Carson, a fireman, of Knglm
Company No. 23. of Baltimore. M.h,
climbed a ladder to the second story of
the house at 213 Invoice alley thl-
mornlng and groping hla way to a be.l
in the front room, rescued Catherine
Brooks, a slx-inonths-old negro bnb>.
that had been overcome by the smoke.
Aa Carson carried the baby down th
ladder the crowd that had watched the
brave deed of the fireman gave him a
cheer.
An Irish tramp haa thus pictured. In
The Irish Independent hla Ideal for a
wife:
"She should be between 40 and So,
not handsome, but temperate. If there
la any drinking to be done, I can see
to that. She ought to lie able to walk
0 miles a day, and be good at beg
ging bottles and potatoes.
"She ought also to be good at bal
lad singing. She ought to be able to
fight a round nr two to defend her
husband when In action.”
3Iajnr Elmore F. Austin, whom Gov
ernor Higgins lias put In command of
the battalion to which the Eighth regi
ment, National Guard of New York, ; s
to he reduced on December 10. Is the
same Captain Austin who was repri
manded by Governor Rooeevelt In 189:'
after n military court of Inquiry found
him “unfit to hold a commission.” and
said that he "deserved to be severely
punished.”
This was for declining to take his
company. Company L. of the Seventy-
first regiment, to the front at the battle
qf Santiago.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 0.
17*:!—Martin Von Bnren, «^fhtbj>reti<!eut of
th* L’nltM State*, bwrn. JW*<1 July 24.
li«.
1791—Wolfgang Amadeti* Mozart, mtwldan.
•lied. Horn January 27, 17W.
1S31—John Waliop nuU Thunum WllUani'*
oseuiitetl at the Old Bailey for the
murder of it poor Italian boy for dl»*
■eetlng purpose*.
(Engagement betm
boatR mu! Federal reaael*
Ilattera*.
ISO— F. Auguatua lleiuze, millionaire min
ing utnn, I torn.
1S9)—Banking firm of Pejamattr Jk Co*
