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T F J.11 i!i AXLAiNx. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon iKi -ri ffendart By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 35 West Alabama St., Atlaots, Ga. Subscription Rates.* One Veer .1 KH si i Months iit Ihr.c Months..-. It* Hy Cirttnr. Per Week W I distance terminals. Cklcaeo Office Tfllmne Bids. New Ter* Office Potter Bldff. IRGIAN, telephone the Circulation Department and barn It prouptlr rem edied. Telcidionei: Bell 4K7 Main. tlons Intended for pnidlcatlnn GEOHOJAN be limited to 4M words In fcnsth. It la Imiicratlee that they he elsaed. as an evidence of food faith, (boitsb the names will Ite withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts wl THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean hr objectionable adrerUalna. Neither 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*