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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN FRIDAY. DECEMBER T, ISM. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN I0HM mini GRAVIS. MNf. r. 1. Still. MlitAtl. Publi»hed Ev.ry Afternoon (Except Suodn.D By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At S Wnt A la barn* Atlanta, <:>• Subscription Rotes. Months • J-fJ! Throe Months By Carrier, Per Week 10 Enteroil nt the Atlanta Poatottlce as sScond^lass mall matter. Smith A Thoraiwon. ndrertUlns rep- roaentaUrea tor all territory outside of Georgia. Chicago Office Tribune Bldy. Sew York Office Potter »<*»• If mu have any trouble getting Tilt) ' ■ ie the Circulation it promptly rem- Dell 4W7 Mnlo. Atlanta 4401.* It la deslr*t>le s that all comniuoles- ttona intended for publication In Tills GEORGIAN be limited to 400 words In length. It la linperntlvo that they be signed. ns au evidence of good faith, though the namea will be withheld If requeated. IleiectfMl manuscript* trill not bo returned unless stamps are sent for the purpose. , 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. f 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.