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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
FRIDAY. DECEMBER T, ISM.
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THE GEORGIAN print* no unclean
or objectionable advertising. Neither
doea It print whisky or nny liquor .nda.
OUR PLATFORM.-TbcGeorgian
•stands for Atlanta's owning Its own gas
and elcctrh: lighf plants, ns It now
with a profit to the <*lty. This should
lie done nt ouce. The Georgian lie-
litre* that If ftreet railways can bo
operated successfully by European
cities, as they are. there Is no good
reason why they cannot be so operated
here. Rut we do not believe this can
In* done now. and It may lie some years
liefore we are ready for *o big an un
dertaking. Still Atlanta should act It*
face In that direction NOW.
The List Rally of the Policy
Holders.
The ikioii hour of Docent her the
l$lh In the last tiny on which hallots
can be received In New York to ex
in <*bh the choices of the policy holtlers
for the officers and directors in the
New York l.lfe and Mutual Insur
ance companies, whoso campaign tor
election Is now In proRress.
Up to this time about -to per cent
of the policy holders In those com
panies have voted.
The International Policy Holders'
Committee has without funds, except
those furnished by Itself, made n dill-
Rent and laudable personal canvass
of the policy holders, and on the
Other hand the Insurance companies.
It (a,alleged, have converted and or-
yaulxed .over "0.000 iiRenta and other
employees to a vast campaign com
mittee for the ticket acceptable to
the present mnnnRcmctil of these
great companies.
With such men as Klchanl Olney,
George Gray, Russell Conwell. Charles
Emory Smith, Reiijamln Tracy, the
governors cf six stntes, twenty con-
gresamen. members of the house of
lords and parliament, and many-
other men of InrRc business affairs
that constitute the isdlcy holders'
Committee, It Is Impossible to Im
agine that (his hotly could be animat
ed by any selfish or ulterior motive
or anything beyond the best Interests
. of the Individual policy holders In
these great companies.
These men are workluR to reorgan
ise these great and iiotcntlal com-
‘ panics under the best iwssihlv men
K 1 the wlscat (tosslblc methods for
welfare of the stockholders In the
future. It becomes then a matter of
very great consideration to the stock
holders that each Individual holder of
afock should cast n ballot before the
18th of December.
The Charleston News und Courier
In commenting ti|ion this election Is
responsible for the statement that
policy holders who have given their
promise to the ageuta of the New
York Life, and the New York Mutual
Life Insurance Companies, have the
right under the law to recall their
proxies and to vote whatever ticket
they prefer. If they have only given
thair proxies and not voted their
ticket they can yet vote In their own
name If they choose, for any ticket
which their Judgment may prefer.
The matter l« one of extraordinary
Importance and every Individual |>ot-
Icy holder should realist! it and cast
his Intelligent ballot for tbe best man
according to .his choice.
Depew Is dapiier enough to suggest
bis belief that he has been forgotten.
THE TREASON CP THOSE WHO OPPOSE MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP.
What an abject reflection upon popular government Is that which
makes the first and principal argumeht of those who opjtose the doctrine of
municipal ownership. .
Whatever the varied forms In which their objections run. the gist and
fundamental of tlielr .protests always revolve around the proposition that the
government cannot manage public utilities without graft, without jxolttlcaT
corruptlon, without tftfc formation of political machines, and that ft cannot
do so effectively at any time. Behind this stands the argument 'expressed
and implied that private corporations can and do accomplish these things.
This argument Is In Itself a reflection upoft popular government In the
country In which we live. It Is an aspersion’ upon the capacity of the people
to rule. It Is a mild form of treason to the form of government under
which we live.
The best refutation of this argument may perhaps be fottud in the demoli
tion of its second proiiosltlon, that private corporations can conduct and
control public utilities perfectly where the government will fall to do so.
And, to answer this argument, one has only to cite the facts of the pres
ent day. One has only to cal) attention to the picture of the meat trusts
reeking with barbaric cruelties and corruption In the West; to the coal
trust's cruel and extortionate demands u|mn a freezing people, nnd
the Ice trust equally remorseless in its unwarranted reach In the torrid sum
mer after the hard canted dollars of the poor. One has only to recall the
insurance scandals in which money Is appropriated nnd prostituted to politi
cal partisanship In the hands of trusted officials; and as a crowning evidence
of failure one has only to ixilnt to the American railway system, reeling
and staggering under the weight of n public patronage which has been long
and slowly growing, and whose culmination ought to have found any prudent
liody of executives prepared nnd oqt{lppcd to meet it.
The argument against municipal ownership that the government Is Inca
pable of managing these public utilities, has In Itself a species of treason
to our system of government and an attack tqioii the Democratic party.
The whole government Is founded upon the democratic Idea. Democracy
moans the rule of the people, • and democracy In Its existence and* In Us
spirit implies not only the right but the capacity of the people to rule them
selves. Therefore to attack the capacity of tho people to rule themselves
or to goyern commodities sntl utilities of Individual life. Is an aspersion upon
the government and a weakness of faith In democratic Institutions.
It Is In fact a usurpation of the authority of government for private
monopolies lo assume direction of thdse great public tltllitlcs.
If popular government has Iteon In any sense a failure In this country It
Is purely and simply because Its functions have been so greatly usurped
by private monopollsta In the control and direction of the great public utilities
which belong to the people.
And the best way to restore the government to Ita democratic form and
purpose and to perfect Its functions Is to put into the hands of the people
through their chosen agents and officials tho control nnd direction of those
general Interests and those great public utilities, and commodities which
wrap bo closely around the people's lives, happiness anil prosperity.
In ]H>lnt of fact the people under favorable conditions have never failed
to demonstrate their Capacity to manage and control the Interests which
were nearest to them. If nt any time thore has been a failure or a weaken
ing along these Hues, It has only noetleri the stir and quickening of the pub
lic conscience nnd the public Interest by the public proas to arouse their
representatives to a full and capable discharge of their duties.
There Is one shlulug and Irrefutable evidence of the jM-opIe's capacity
to manage these affairs which answers completely and always and every
where the skeptical, doubtful and hypocrlttcnl apprehension of the monopo
lists who profit by private control.
The distribution of letters anfl packages and news palters through tho
mail in the iKistofficn department Is one of the greatest and most vital utilities
that concern tlic life of any people.
Ami yet the fact stands out crystal clear that this great public utility bf
the mall service na managed by the government Is today the most iicrfect, the
most blameless, the least criticised, and by all odds the most economically
conducted department of tho American government. Uncle Sam’s malls are
all right. There Is not In tho wide world a hotter Bystem or a more perfect
department of governmental or of y Individual control of a public utility than
this.
And if the government in this great Interest can control and direct so
perfectly llie workings of n great 'public interest, it is nil unanswerable argu
ment to prove that It can do so In every other instance In which the responsi
bility Is’Inffl -tlpon Its" representatives.
The postoffiee department Is the one insurmountable argument of logic anil
of fact which confronts and confounds the opiioncnts of municipal and govern
mental ownership.
Moreover, all human development Is progressive. Whatever Is Imperfect
lit ourselves ami In our government today makes tbe problem for the future
to correct and to solve. The defects of our government and of our system arc
tho chief concern of statesmen; publicists, the press, tho pulpit, the bar anil
the representatives of the imople arc nil engaged In iierfectlng iiopiilar govern
ment nnd ^bringing It to Its high estate of completeness everywhere.
Mnntclpnl ownership Is only one of the many problems which enlist the
Judgment and patriotism of the future.
. Americans, Republicans, Democrats, believers In iiopnlar und representa
tive government cannot bo laltbful to (he Ideals and to the spirit of our Institu
tions if they fall to full In line with the plan of putting nil of our public
utilities nnd commodities Into the control of the people through tho public rep
resentatives, whom It Is their Tluty to applaud when right, to correct when
wrong, and to regulate at all times by their ballots mid by their brains.
from a county of prejudice to a county of Impartial consideration. This,
too, at present Is a privilege enjoyed only by the criminal and not by the
state. In point of fact under our present laws every advantage within the
scope of the law Is-given to the criminal. The opportunities are bis, the
balances of advantage are all with the criminal, and the state, which
represents society and good men and good women. Is at a total Inequality
with the vilest criminal In the matter of securing oven and inexorable
justice. '
The coming Sabbath Is given over io the ministers of Atlanta. It Is
tlje pulpit's day and the "press has no desire either to anticipate the voice
of the pulpit or to dictate Its utterances.
But wc do make bold to.say that if our Christian ministers ill tbelr
well-meaning efforts to advance the civilization of the times, would do a
wise thing, they will not fall to agitate for these reforms which will ex
pedite the processes of tho law And establish the state upon a basis of
equality with the criminal In the trial of capital offenses.
All of which Is respectfully submitted to the preacher-publicists who
will occupy the center of the stage in the morning hour of the coming
dabbath day.
MR. HEARST CAN DO WITHOUT THEM.
Tbe statement Is made from New York that Messrs. Norman E. Mack
and Chairman Connors, of tbe. Democratic state committee, have turned
their backs upon William R. Hearst and will henceforward oppose him in
New York politics.
This Information Is neither Important nor especially Interesting. It has
been the custom of these men and of other men of tbelr typo always to deny
a defeated candidate wbeuever he Is for a moment under the ban of tho
ballot, and to rally with servile promptness to his banner whenever-his
cause seems to be once more in the ascendant.
Messrs, yack and Connors were not willing snnuorters of Hearst In
the last campaign, but were whipped trembling Into line nehlnd his can
didacy because It furnished their political organization the only possible
hope of escaping third place in the state campaign and of being deprived of
the patronage which belonged to tho second party lit New York politics.
.Men like Messrs Mack and Connors are given to remembering no obli
gations and to forgetting ail benefits, both to themselves and to their part}-.
An Illustration In part of the policy which these men pursue was given
in the Bryan reception In New York during the last week of August. Either
by appointment or by assumption. In charge of this reception, these gen
tlemen went to work and appointed on the committee to welcome Mr.
Bryan, many men throuifliont the country who had been either hts treasona
ble friends or his malignant enemies, and In many cases omitted those who
had Seen tbe loyal and unflinching adherents of the groat Commoner of Ne
braska. In many Instances these omissions were so flagrant that public
oplnlqp demanded a correction and the abbstltutlon of Mr. Bryan's friends
Instead-of his enemies. In the case of the editor of The Georgian himself
this omission was jierpctrated until the editor In fall realization of hlz
consistent and loyal friendship for Mr. Bryan did not hestltate, both by
word of pen and through Hie Ups of a friend, to protest against the un
gracious and illogical selection of the committee.
It may bo said, however, to the credit of these gentlemen .that In this
instance they promptly corrected these mistakes when called to their at
tention. and illustrated the fact that their choice was one of ignorance
rather than malicious disregard of the proprieties and amenities of political
affairs. ' ' ' \
Whenever .Mr. Hearst needs the sqpiiort of Messrs. Mack mid Connors
in New York, he Is likely to lie In iwssesslou of the power which will enable
him easily to secure It.
And If he should sec fit to go into the race without their cordial stip-
liort It Is quite likely that his success will not be materially affected by the
defection of cither of them.'
NTO HEARTS OF
The very Interesting announcement !•
made that Rev. Cranford Jackson, chair
man of the Georgia Juvenile Reformatory
committee, will be married to Ml** Cora E.
Cox. of Grecunbofo, X. C„ on Thursday,
December 27, nt 4:30 o'clock In the afternoon
In the parlor of the West Market Street
Methodist church. Greensboro.
all** Cox I* the daughter of Rev. and
Mr*. J. 8. Cox. of Greensboro, nnd, like
Mt\ Jackson, Is deeply Interested In the
Juvenile reformatory work. It was while
visiting Greensboro on this work that Mr.
Jackson met Miss Cox, and the romance bc-
The nfTalr aoou ripened Into genuine
. and Is now followed by the announce
ment of the approaching wedding.
Miss Cox Is n member of the Society of
Friends, or n ‘'Quaker,” nnd the pastor of
her church, aided by n Methodist minister,
trill perform the ceremony. Immediately
after their marriage they will conn* to At
lanta to reside, nnd on the evening of De
cember 2X a reception will be* held at the
home of Mr. Jackson In College Park.
SEABOMM
$18,ODO,0OO_DF BONDS
Part of Money Received
From Sale To Bo Used
in Development.
I GOSSIP!
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York,, Dae. 7.—We have lwd
man and superman, now why not the
super-auto? Anyhow, I’ve discovered
It at the automobile show In Grand
Central palace.
Not only the Llmoulnos anil the
touring cars at tliq show come In for
attention, but close inspection Is given
the commercial motor vehicles. In this
class Is the real monster of the show,
a 5,000-poupd American truck, oner-
ated by a four-cylinder gasoline engine
of 35-Iiorse power.
Solid rubber 7-lnch tires envelon
wheels 118 Inches between centers. Th»
truck Is of the sectional side stake
type, with platform 13 feet by 5 feet
Change speed gear Is of the planet,tv
type and the drive Is by heavy side
chains. There Is a suggestion of the
locomotive In the design of the operat.
Ing levers and fhe running board
|t la just as well to keep Cap Joy
ner busy. When left without employ
ment he Is perfectly wretched as a
loafer. ,
There Is nothing truer than the
proposition that reaction Is equal to
action. Note the pendulum swing of
public sentiment In the case of the
Rawlins brothers.
The president Is undoubtedly the
bead of his cabinet household. There
are some great men in that political
group. Root and Taft at least arc
giants, and to dominate such a cabinet
lifts Roosevelt up pretty near to the
historic level of Lincolu, who was not
yershadowed by Charles gtitntier and
■d Stevens, and Seward.
THE PREACHERS’ OPPORTUNITY NEXT SUNDAY.
It Is onuounced by ex-Oovornor Xorthen, president of the ttusluess
Men’s Gospel Union, that on the coming Sundny every pulpit in the city of
Atlanta Vlll thunder an appeal for the supremacy of the law and the establish
ment of order In our Southern civilization.
The Georgian will nwalt with great Interest mid expectancy the nature
«ml the form of these expressions.
It is In the power of the pulpit, uk an agency of civilization, ( to do
something <much In fact) toward the crcutlon of public opinion along whole-
some and effective lines. '
If these apiienlH which the ministers of the city me to make on Sab
bath morning shall take a comprehensive and a comprehending line, they
tnuy accomplish much good mid point public opinion to a direction In
which It can be brought to bear upon a wholesome and necessary reform of
our criminal law. The menace In most public discussions with general
participants la the danger of overdoing things. '
It appears to The Georgian that the neccsalty is past for any very .ex
tended comment iijion lynch law, or iqion the events »f the laat two
inonthn. Public opinion along this line hag settled Into a very well recog
nised channel,’ nnd it Is pretty well established that wc are to have no
more lynchlngs in the suite, at least for a long iierlotl of experiment. It Is
also very much to lie Imped that If the pulpit slmll give Its time to the dis
cussion of lynch law. It will not fall io give even more time 16 the denuncia
tion of the crime which has always produced lynch law.
Beyond this phase of the question there Is risim both In tlic press
and the pulpit for the crcntlon of a wholesome and essential spirit of re
form In the criminal Inwa of our country. A wise and Incorruptible Jurist
of this city said on yesterday to the editor of The Georgian that we nre al
most In a slate of anarchy In sonic of our relations to law and order In
this country. This, same gentleman made the astonishing statement that
no man worth $5,000 had been hung for murder or for any other capital crime
within the present generation, and he went on to say that the flnanctal ca
pacity to hire legal talent of the highest order was equivalent almost to
a guarantee of cscajie from the commission of murder and tho other capital of
fenses In the code.
What this country needs Is a general amusement in favor of the main
tenance of law and order and a vindication of the majesty of our statutes
against criminals rich and poor.
There are two things which uu aroused public opinion can help mightily
to establish Into a reform of our criminal law.
First of these It should he uindo possible for the state to ask for a
new trial In cases where the law and the ovidenco have been violated by
juries nnd where unusual conditions have prejudiced tho verdict of the
panel In the box. At the present time It Is only the criminal who can ask
for a new trlBl. and If he Is tumi-d loose under any eondltlon or pretext or
wave of prejudice, he is exempt from any further trial to the end of time.
Hie state should hare un equal right.
There should be further than this, a reform of the criminal law by
which tbe state as well as the criminal can have the privilege of changing
the location of a trial and of removing the hearing of a criminal offense
w
THE ENGINES
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
(Copylight, 1906. by American-Journal-Examiner.)
HEX we read In song, or Htory, of the heroes crowned with glory,
Who have fought In famous battles of the past.
We are prone to sit d j\vn sighing, for the heroism dying
From the world of men with whom our lot Is cast.
And we sorrow for our Nation, cursed with /toft degeneration
As It follows down the path the Romans trod.
When no mighty purpose thrills It, when but lust for riches nils it,
It has lost the great creative spark of Owl.
'Twos hut yesterday one doubted men Imd courage still, and flouted
At unselfishness, '‘that vague, unmeaning word;”
Then there came a sound like thunder nnd the doubter saw his blunder.
'Twns the passing of the Engines that we heard!
For they broke upon our quiet \;jth a triad and reckless riot,
And they shuttered all the silence Into sound.
I low the engines hissed and spattered, how the flying horses clattered,
As their Iron hoofs sped by us with a bound!
And the tuen with knightly hearing, on to smoke and battle fating,
Hoetned like heroes of an age of war und strife.
For they boldly courtefl danger, aiding foe nnd friend, and stranger,
With the courage that outweighs the love of life.
Facing flume and falling ember, not a man paused to remember
Home, and wife, and little children, left behind.
Rushing In through smoke and cinder,* not one selfish fear could hinder
Or drive duty from the throne room of his mind.
There was Home one yonder calling; and though mighty beams were
fulling
And the smoke wns like a raging devil’s breath.
Still without one moment's waiting, or n second's hesitating.
On they leaped, and wrenched a human life from death!
“Nay, true courage 1ms not vnr.lvhed, nor has Time all heroes ban
ished,”
Spake the doubter, with concession at the last.
"In this dally scene of Duty lies unselfishness and beauty.’*
And ho stood with head uncovered as they pussed.
Baltimore. MU., Dec. 7.—Holders of
the stock nntf voting (rust certificates
of the Seaboard Air Line railway have
received not Ideation of the plan of the
company to Issue $18,000,000 of 5 per
cent bonds. The bonds are to be se
cured by u mortgage or deed of trust,
und collateral trust agreement covering
the property of the company nnd such
securities as the directors- may deem
advisable, and are to be due on Febru
ary 1, 1937.
It Is proposed to use the bonds - in
paying off the three-years fives due
next March and taking up the notes of
the company, ns well ns to provide for
future development of the property. A
meeting of the steak ami voting trust
certificate holders has been called for
January 10, 1907, to vote on the plan.
It Is proposed to Issue early next year
*7,300.000 of the lunula and the holders
of the stock and voting trust certifi
cates of the Seaboard Air Lino are to
have the light of subscribing to the
new Issue at 90 und Interest to the ex
tent of 12 per cent of their holdings.
IMMIGRATION NEEDS
CONCERTED ACTION
Colonel N. F. Thompson, of (iiattuuoogn,
called upon Secretary Cooper, of the churn-
her of commerce, Tuesday, to discuss the
recent immigration meeting held in the
Piedmont, with n view toward getting new
Ideas nnd seeking to secure the eo-oper»t
tlon of the local organization.
Colonel Thompson Is editor of The Trades
man, mid Is thoroughly acquainted with
this subject, lie Is or the opinion that
edbcertlve notion i* absolutely esseutiul to
sucres*. He attended n meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of tbe Southern linin'
tlon and Industrial Association, nt w
time tin* policy wns adopted to eliminate
friction wherever possible.
NATURE'S BAROMETER.
.Wording to n dispatch from l.o* Angeles,
a wonderful plant lias been discovered that
Is peculiarly* sensitive to atmospheric condi
tions. It Is cslled the barometer plant, al
though Its scientific name Is longer nnd
inoie complicated. If the dispatch can he
taken seriously, tbe twigs and. leaves per-
form curious movements, each of which
has Its definite meteorological significance.
Ity the aid of these movements the expert
can prognosticate the weather with remark
able accuracy, it Is asserted that weather
forecasts can be made from two to seven
days ahead of ralu or fog, fhe area of
»X> square miles,
lout will forecast
a plant would Is* n Ihhiu In every horn**. No
household would be complete without one.
fry one would Ik* • meteorological expert.
It wutih
1*4*
also.
lie put down the Instrument finally* and
for hours was even more gloomy than
usual, at lust beginning to talk to himself,
something very rare for the Indian. Asked
If he was dissatisfied with his accommoda
tions or If there was anything they could
do for him, he broke forth at Inst:
'•No. I'm finished. It's all right when the
white man's pluythlng talks the white
mau’s language, but when It Icarus to talk
the red than'* tongue it's time to stop."
It Is 1*1 loved III the West, where the in
cident Is fulrly well known, that this talk-
over the telephone between the two Indians
had n considerable Influence In shortening
the Indian wary.—Honston Herald.
CHALLENGE TO DUTY.
DR. HUBBARD TALKS
TO HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
Dr. William G. Hubbard, vice president of
the American Fence Wndety, delivered
very Interesting and Instructive address to
the students of the Hoys' High School
Thursday morning.
Dr. Iftibbard's subject was "Arbitration
Gather Thau War ns a Means of Nettling
Disputes of Nations," nnd. nlthougli ho had
to contend with the deafening roar of the
heavy rain falling outside, he wait given
the closest attention.
Dr. Hubbard la n minister of splendid
nblhty and a speaker of great force. He
wqs a college classmate of Vice President
Charles W. Fairbanks. Resides his connec
tion xvitli the peace society. Dr. Hubbard
Is general superintendent of tho Amer
Hallway Literary Union for the suppres
of poriihiou* literature.
The students of the High Hehool elected
Dr. Ilnblmrd an honorary member of their
debating ooelcty.
EXCELLENT REPORT
IS SHOWN FOR YEAR
In n report of the Central Juvenile
Protectory, recently made, the auditing
committee states .that Treasurer W. R.
Hammond has n balance of $400 on
hand. The totnl receipts from Febru
ary 1. 1906, to November 3o, 1906,
amounted to $4,961. Over 50 cities
were visited during the year by the
Rev. Crawford Jackson, In the Interest
of the establishment of a Juvenile re
formatory.
■ben to wear a raincoat or to carry nn um
brella. and not have to depend an the va
gnrlcs «*f the professional forecaster*. The
weather bureau reports are often ns confus
ing n* a cryptogram. Here Is a sample
weather report; *‘Raln or snow, fair or
colder, with rising or falling barometer;
light southeasterly winds or heavy prevail
ing winds from the northwest, followed by
i\ warm spell or zero temperature." To the
uninitiated such a report Is misleading. The
more one studies It the less one knows. It
|is confusing as a lawyer'* brief with Its
Interminable and intolerable parties of. the j
first part and parties of the soeond part.:
Its wherefores and Its therefore* nnd Its;
dt'iMiicnts nnd Its aforesaid*. The barome
ter plant, however, will drive the profes-j
Islotinl forecaster out of latsluess and life
will Ikceonie more tolerable for the ordi
nary man who simply wants to Is* weather-
wise enough to know when to wear goloshes
and carry un umbrella against the rain. The
llstrometer plant will give him the desired
Information.—Rochester l’oat-Ex press.
SITTING BULL USES PHONE.
To tbe Editor of The Georgian:
I call your attention as a cilUcn to
the fearful need of paint on some of
our bridges nnd viaducts. Look nt
Peters street viaduct. After the paint
comes off Iron and steel decay worse
than wood does. Mr. Editor, what is
the use In erecting these structures if
our council hasn't got enough fore
thought to keep them thoroughly paint-
Tills neglect seems strange.
TAX-PAYER.
JOKELETS.
JOE GLENN LEAVES
AFTER IIIS ACQUITTAL
_ \\ Itliam B. Leeds, who putehune.l
Roush Point. Newport, from Mr. ami
«>»■ Uredsrtek \V. Vanderbilt for about
$500,000, him arranged to Improve the
place extensively.
No matter how women elsewhere
may favor the round skirt that does not
touch the pavement, many fashiona
ble do men In Washington stick to tlu>
form of garment that makes a street
sweeper's joh a sinecure. Almost all
the tailor gowns seen In Washington
since congress convened have trains.
.Mrs. Metcalf, on e of tho most charm.
Ingly gowned women In the city, has i
brown velvet gown trimmed 'in gold
thread, with a long coat opening over
a waistcoat of white lace. 3frs. Taft
tveara balck cloth of a similar cut, with
a soft silk bodice.
•Mrs. McDonald McLain, president
general of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, is In Washington for
special board meetings.
General nnd Mrs, John C. Black have
Issued Invitations for the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Helen Black, and
captain Stephen Abbott, V. 8. A.. De-
'cember 27.
Going away, dragging a figurative
kite s tail composed of the Inttlel letters
of tho various societies to which lie
belong* nnd the degree* he possesses.
Fount Victor GlHschen. lieutenant col.
onel In the British army, will, leave a
large gap In Washington.
Fount Vidor wrts nt the forefront of
eligible bachelor*. He Im barely So. and
is good looking. He In a cousin of tlw*
kaiser and King Edward wan bln god
father. He found himself In danger or
breaking down under the strain of so.
rial festivities and ro he nuked to be
relieved of bln duties In Washington.
A reasonable compensation for the
discomfort of seasickness Is reckoned by
Mrs. Riwka Scheln, of Omaha, Nebr.,
at $1,960. 8he has sued the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship Fompanv for
that amount, alleging that the ship in
which she was brought from Bremen
to 'New York n year ago behaved «<»
badly that she was made seasick and
has not been well since.
Mrs. Schein’s petition alleges that her
husband engaged passage for her on
the Kuiser Wilhelm der Grosse, paying
$61.25 for transportation from Bremen
to 8t. Louis. The steamship company,
however, failed to get notice to her at
her home in Russia In time for her to
reach the ship before It sailed. Hhe
was given passage on the .Fhtmnlti?. a
much slower and Inferior ship.
So far ns known, Margaret M. Hill
ings, daughter of Faptaln W. L. How-
nrd. of New Haven, will be the only
American woman present nt the Ber
lin court on January 18. It Is possllbt,
however, tlmt Grace McMillan Jarvis,
grnnd-daughtcr of Senator McMillan,
will be presented. Bbe is now the
guest in Berlin of Raroneas Vop Ket-
teller. widow of the Ocrmau diplomat
who was killed by the Boxers in Pe
king.
lit reference to presentations, It mav
be mentioned for the firnt time that
Ambassador Tower last January wns
overruled by tbe state department re
garding tbe presentation of Ethel
daughter of H. Wlnthrop Barnes, of
New York. Mr. IJarnes applied to Mr.
Tower In the ordinary way to secure a
presentation.
. Mr. Tower refused on the ground tlmi
he did not know Mr. Barnes or any
thing about him. Mr. Barnes then
wrote indignantly to the state depart
ment atid urged his case so successful
ly that tho dejiartmcnt ordered Mr.
Tower to make the presentation and It
was done.
It was noticed that Miss Barnes was
never invited to any subsequent court
functions. It Ih almost the invariable
custom to extend such Invitations to
young ladles who have been presented
at court. It is understood that Mr.
Barnes is now on the warpath In Amer
ica, to obtain redress for the wrong
hlch he believes was done him nncl
bln daughter.
Surely there will be a rush of women
to hear Anutole France, when he lec
tures in Washington on the Invitation
of the Alliance Francalse. That de
sire to hear him will be based not so
much on the fact that he In one of the
most charmingly graceful and Imagi
native of modem French writers as on
the circumstance that he will talk on
such Interesting topics as ‘Wow to
Dress Well,” ’’The Ethics of Fine Ap
parel.” “Feminine Dress, Modern and
Ancient” and "The Culture of Drees "
Women who are Interested In the lec
ture arc working to make It a success.
Among them are Mme. Jussurand, wife
of the French ambassador; Mrs. Roose-
GEORGLANS IN GOTHAM.
Attorneys of Joe Glenn, the negro j volt, Mrs. Taft und Mrs. Dewey,
who was tried for alleged criminal as
sault on Mrs.. J. N. Camp, have not
heard from the negro since a short
time after the trial, and are making a
search for him. Glenn was given
ticket to Fotumbla. Ala., just after bln
acquittal and a recommendation to a
farmer at that place. He has never,
presented the recommendation and Ills’
whereabouts is unknown.
‘Mohu. I'm nfrnbl our Jlunnic It asso
ciating with bad l$*$y$$."
“Wliy s»r asked the father.
•'Because I taw him spit twice through
hi* teeth today/*— Milwaukee Hentitiel.
atlng all my pies
Root a tul shoe men the other night the trm . -- -- — w „ , , .
t-erslou of the Sitting Hull telephone story.-, Mr. Jubb—Well. I don t rare. *o hmg a*
Hitting Bull lisil lw*en mptim 1 *! by the | to* don t die la the house.—Philadelphia
United States troon* mid was held In close j J^dg»*r.
.-outlnemeiit. Ko also was soother «*hstrep- j ——
erou* Indian hold in confinement at a post 1 “Officer, li is claimed that this gentle
about 100 miles away. The officer In charge; man was so drunk when you picked hliu
of Hitting Bull had beeu chasing the In-, up that lie could not tell tfis own nnuie.
dlans for two month* nnd was wondering J Is that
shut lie would do with the enntlve. In nil! "It Is wot. sir. lie tidd me that his name
Inspired moment t\|* decided t«» arrange I was Norvnl. «Ir. and lie also informed me
an Interview beriveon the two fuUlan* overt that his.father Is lit the sheep binding (u
telephone. After the necessary Hutting the Grampian hills,’*—Lonhvllle Fourier-
bitting Bull was asked If he cared to Journal.
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miS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 7.
IS.T9—General Sir lledvers Henry Builer
Itorn.
1807—He#*>lutlon of Judiciary committee to
Impeach President Johnsou voted down
In the bouse—UJg to ST.
Ifife—.Steamship Deutschland wrecked on
the Galloper Samis; fifty lives lost.
1*M—Leppy.'Wlfe muniere, electrocuted at
Slug Sing.
1896-General Ma
a skirmish.
19)0— 1 Tension between
F«han leader, killed lu
(foils
llsL'— Kx -Speaker Thomas IL Heed died.
Born October is. tsst.
1901—Bad break lu market caused partly by
AtnafgniUAtcil Copper It
ATLANTA—A. 8. Redding. Mr*. C. Row-
nn. 4. K. Browne, c. W. Cox and \V. T.
Gentry.
IN WASHINGTON.
Washiugtoii, Doc. 7.—Visitors here today
include:
GFi»KGIA~E.hr/tr*i H. Barnes. Atlanta:
John c. Coalt. Columbus: Oswell It. Err.
Maurice Walton. A. Rlscksliear. U. E. Al
len. William M. Dunbar. K. F. Verdrry,
Augusts.
illy Ells Anglin Verne.•
Let the growling mosu of winds that blow
Enrage the troubled spirit;
It Im their dying breath.
Th»* greatest nnd the smallest of the "ebb
ami flow”— f
That have one spark of merit —
Aro all averse to Death.
attacks
Thomas
broker.
\V. Do
Bos to
ItX
J. Let Barns*.
J. Lee Barnes, manager of the Ara
gon hotel, has been appointed vice
president for .Georgia of the Hotel
Men's Mutual Benefit 'Association. * He
is one of the best-known hotel men »f
the Routh nnd the honor conferred
upon him Is a signal one.