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r l'HJfi ATLANTA GEORGIAN. rmuAi. rf4HUAKt O* TIE ATLANTA SEOWIAN JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. flFIl.Y,PubH.h«r. Published Ivory Aftoroesn (Eiespt Sunday) •y THE IIOMtAN COMPANY, At M Whi Alabama At. Aiiaata. Oa. £ »T « Sukacriptian Platts T»taph*a»»*aamtt1fla alt l<oag «1li»tnr* itrmlnala Ptilth A Tfctapton. advartlalBa ftp raatautlvtt for ail territory wiw* of qstrgit. rhlrtto rtn** Tflhon# Bldg »#» York agloo r*»tar ***** If tat bo*# toy I ran 14# gat flag TUK KOHi 11 AN. (rlcph»n«> tb# nrmUttaa r It prompt I* ram full 497 Milo. UKOHOIAN. tflepl Atlanta 4AM. It la daatraMa lbat all roaamaalra^ B u tates-led far pvhllrallaa In Till nnmAN he United in ♦» ■•ntils- atb. tl la Imaaralian tkat tbay be ■at h# r#tnv»H uataoo ttampa art atut for tba parpoat. Tt(U OltOStHAK jfflgj* taip* ]naa ll print vktaky ar aeySlqeflt SKl aaiu i ikia ana nil aaa aa i«« ■■ n r.nta: UU OLEAX THE BHOFP1MO AMD PEBEOTEU* SYBEETS. It la customary In all cities of sice and experience to reserve end pre serve certain streets and avenues for tbs use of shoppers and pedestrians. The enormous growth of coauneree which Is flooding the railroads and making transportation difficult In all lla branebes, la equally evident In tba wholesale and retail trade In the cities, and the Increase In care and freight trains la fully duplicated In the enormoua multiplication of draya and wagont and ran* op tbe streets of cltlea. Just aa the freight traffic hie Impeded and delayed passenger tranaportstlon Ip the point of protest end tlmoat to revolution, so the incresee of freights In the high ways and atreeta of cities Is rapidly overflowing the habitual and nat ural thoroughfares end ie creeping in to obstruct and to destroy tbe shop ping streets and tha show streets of the cities. The time to stop this evil Is In tbe beginning, beeaaaa this Is the easiest time and It Is much more possible to restrain a thing before It be- gins than to correct It after It has become a habit. Now tba people who do business oo Whitehall and Peachtree, and the resident* of our great thoroughfares, are. not In themselves entitled •<> any more cnpslderatlon than the people who live on other streets. Hu' the great bulk of the shipping traffic of Atlanta and of the retail trade rone along the line of WhHehalhfrom"Trinity and up Peaehtree to the Aragon hotel, and really to the junotlon of Peachtree and West Peach- tree. Aloog this distance throbs the whole course of tbe shopping trade «l Atlanta. lAdlee and gentlemen not only of our own City, but many from other cltlet and from other states frequent this thoroughfare whleb from lime Immemorial In Atlanta has bsen consecrated to their usee and convenience. T Bo that upon the great principle of the greatest good to the greatest number, we sariouely urge that tbe etty authorities forbid the drays and the heavy wagons to block these streets and to cut up the asphalt be cause of i mere convenience to the draymen or the saving of a square to the horses. The heavy traffic should unquestionably bo restricted to the paral lel and aide atreeta. both because It I* right and because It Is aohvanlent. Whitehall and Peachtree are the shopping streets of tbe poor as well as the rich. Not only tha rustling alike of the wealthy, but tha neat gowns - of tn* laborer** wife sweep the pavoi And sidewalks of these gvemiee. and they are entitled to the protection of the laws. Just aa New York keeps Its draya and vans and heavy wagons from limed way end Fifth, avenue put aa Cleveland Scope these vehicles from Euclid avenue and AS TO JOHN WMUpr OAIMU. Thc^ representative from the Naebvllle district of Tennessee In the fed eral congress la a man shout whom the public prints are generally full. Tbe individuality of John Wesley Gaines amounts almost to oecan- tridty. His position Is bold, hie expression Is frank, hit statements and hie dsring tactics provoke surprise^ admiration and amusement In the house, and tbs parsgrapbers never cease to And him ■ proliflo source ol comment. But In point of fact there are few truer and braver men In the American congress than John Wesley Oalnea. He la absolutely honest, physically and morally brave, and Is at heart a kindly and generous man. No suspicion of graft or dishonesty baa aver touched him, no righteous cause has aver called him In vain. And, he blurts out In the congressional debate truths and statements so bold and frank as to startle tbs house and many tlmss'to quicken It to action. The one thing that may always be counted on Is that the Tennessee congressman Is not afraid to light. Either on the Held of battle or In the forum of debate, his tongue and his right arm are always ready to mi/-t any antagonist that challenges him to combat. But no Interest of his people or of hls section has ever suffered at his hands, and 4n the aggregate of ala eervtoe he la one of the boat and moat useful members of the present congress of the United States. FROM HIS LATEST PHOTO Georgia and Alabama Booming. Tha G florals and Alt him* Indus trial Index ray* In Its regular weekly v|ll*, Ala., haa a new company, with capita') atock of lioo.ooo. whleb will dtal In tnmbar and timber rights; a telephone line la to be constructed In "Durinc the flrxt seven days after New Year'x Day twenty-one buxine** orflinlutlons with a total minimum capital atock of $738,400 have bean South Oeorgla and arrangement* are being perfected for extensive Improve ments of the Federal building at Mont gomery, Ala. "The awarding of sixteen Important Advance reporta to The Index this week give Information of the follow- in|. among other thing*: Cooper*** plant at Montgomery. Ala. 1* to be contract* 1* announced. These Include about a $500,000 wharf construction, Brunswick, Oa.; $($.000 courthouse. Jaxper, Ala.; $$$,000 courthouse and placed In operation by company Juat orxanlxled with capital atoek of $100,- 000; at Macon, Oa.. company Is to be Incorporated with capital stork of Ilf,0flfl JailCordele, Ga., and street paving and Improvement* to coat about $$0,000, Birmingham, Ala. These will be.oonatrnctcd; IS steel brldgen tl 10.000 to build contemplated tourlat hntal; cotton mill* at Kufaula, Ala., which have been Idle for several montba, wilt ba placed In operation by an amply-flnaneed company; at Quitman, Oa., a company Is beln* In corporated to manufacture Ice and tea machine*, operate a bottling plant and conduct b cold Storage business; an Alabama company haa been Incorpora ted to engage In mining and build steam and electric railroads; Hunts- J.ITci—uu Cuuuly, Alalw mi— , 4'sloiy office building. Waycross, Ga.. and Montgomery, Ala., one three-story marble-front building. Quitman, Ga.; 110 residences, Savannah, Ga.; thea ters, Opelika. Ala., and Fltigerald. Ga.. electric light plant and water works plant* or Improvements In three cltlea. The building of a $200.- 000 courthouae at Atlanta, Qa.. and the construction of a atecl bridge oves tha Ktowah river near Rome. Ga., have been proposed. THIS 6EEMS TO BE THE POPULAR-CONCEPTION OF THE RAIL- . ROAD OCTOPU8. Army-Navy Orders • —and— MOVEMENT OF VE88EL8. Army Ordara. Washington. Jan. in.—The following orders art announced I Isleutenant Colonel Herbert E. Tuth- erly, retired, rietuilAri for duty with organised militia of New .H*ntJ**hlre. Manat fittest | GOSSIP) By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. . New York, Jon. 11.—With the trim-, hlr; cf the Marlbnroughs. t‘astel|anrt and othere taking up so much of the in. tercet atThe public. It la gratifying know that nne International merrla... „"ts. city. This should Alaska miners are on a strike. -Hare's hoping they will strike It rich As we understand It. Count Bont Is •UIlQg to do anything honest for s llv tag except work. DettbUses the tax collector will xlxo ha glad to know that Hr. Weyer fleauser Is worth e billion dollar*. Since Senator Farther loves those blsek troopers to dearly, why nut let him go with them to the Philippines? B» far It has not been recorded that one of the senate's New Year's resolutions is to love the president more. Chicago bars them from Btate and Dearborn streets, so under reasonable restrictions Atlanta should keep clear Its great main therjughfare of shopping ind promenade for the comfort of Its people. And sooner or later tha street ears which are themselves multiply ing every day In numbers and In passengers, will be asked to seek e tub- way from the junction of the Peachtree* to Guthman't laundry on White hall street. Atlanta must realise through sll tbs ranks of Its cltlxtnsblp that we srs no longer a country town or s little city, but that we are rapidly grow- Ing to tha proportion end Importance of a metropolis and as A Twentieth rentury city of the South we must keep pace with sll those Improvements which protect tbe people and consider their comrort and health and con venience. But as a first consideration let us keep the drays and vans and wag. ons from our great Central shopping end residential thoroughfare*. "Actress Edna May m*y m»rry." says a news Item. And again. Edna May not. which last may Is Just ss likely. Now the scientists say that kisses are unsanitary. Kisses always have ~k»#n unsanitary to people who cent pr »nr~ ~ Tbe Rothschilds are tn enter the oil huslneaa. They-wlil have a rocky-mad to travel as well as a Rockefeller to deal with. The British house of lords Is being vary severely criticised. That body must be close akin to our Unllad flute# Matte. Mr. K. H. Harrimau Is very tlek— ef the way that Uncle Bam has these fl*ya of being to Inquisitive about the railroad trusts. Russia appears to bs greatly worrlsd •ver the Impending Jap-Amerlcan war. Rut then Russia fcnowt hv experience tkat a Jap war lx no joke. The offlelal announcement that Ja pan ikies not want the Philippine la Had* remnvex the last lingering hope that Japan would be our friend- Another drawback about having those vacuum cleaners drive out hroorat lx that our wive* will have to use the lire (inker on ns hereafter. Mr Hsrrlman Is reported aa raying that he will spend $10 000.000 to put Odell bark Into poUtlcs. Odell must be In the same claxa with Union Parlflc ALABAMA'S " SECESSION” ARGUMENT AGAINST GEORGIA Rx-Governor Johnson, of Alabama. Is, “providence permitting," a fit lure aenalor of the United States. ~ If the four score years of Morgan or tbu four score years and ten of Pettu* should, by reason of strength become live score, the ex-governor will doubtless reflect upon the ntgpty burden of old ege. end think more kindly of Dr. Osier than he does today. At present he Ie the "Perhapslt" of politics, the residuary legatee of senatorial mortality. In speaking for Birmingham before the ways end meant committee of the houae. the ex-governor and tbe “perhapslt senator' 1 made a speech that was evidently reitful to tha committee tn that It made no requisition on the mind and Imposed no obligation upon thought. It was good fun which happily concslaad a gaunt and fleshiest skeleton of argument, and It had the merit of amusing those whom It despaired of being able tn con vince. In the course of hls humorous and Irrelavant fun the residuary senator saw fit tn make allusion to Georgia'* withdrawal from the Caro- Ilna-Alahama caucus, and declared It to be a modern expression of the old- time secetelon spirit which had been rather roundly rebuked by the gov- eminent and of which he confessed that he had had enough. i'hl* doubtful witticism gave great surprise to Georgia. The caucus reference I have answered bo yesterday. Tha allusion to “tut' t» unhap py tor tba ex-governor and prox senator. 8outh Carolina led the movement for “aeceiilnn" and was the first to step over the line. William L. Yan cey, of Alabama, had more to do wltlt it than. Robert Toombs. Alabama was the fourth across the Hue and In advanve of Georgia, whose conserva tive statesmen. Alexander Stephens and Harachel V. Johnson, made the mnet memorable of pleas for settling our sectional divisions within the Union. It seems a little nut of plumb that an Alabama publicist In full commercial partnership with South Carolina, should appear before a na tional committee to plead hit atate'a course by a tly criticism of Georgia for participating In a movement Inaugurated by hie bosom ally and organ- lied In the capital of Its own great state. Georgia has no apolngy to offer for the heroic convictions which bore her son* of alxty-one tn battle. Bbe fought the fight and she finished the bitterness with the battle's close, and went straight to work to lead the re cuperative miracle of the New South,and the larger glory of a re united country. And she finds today—forty years after the war la done—that Carolina and Alabama are atlll at their old tricks—with congress as the arena— Ihw one luausurattng wnd lhe other orgtnlilnB * seeesslon-from an agree— ment duly marie, and the eetabllahment of a new agreement fitted to their necessities and adapted to their plane. The senator-governor serves chiefly to remind us that history re peat* itself and that Carolina and Alabama have set an example to their neighbors which brought trouble to themselves. Note —This editorial and that of yesterday on ‘ Carolina's Snipe Hunt" made the substance of the closing rs narks of the editor of The Georgian In answer to the personal allusions In the speech of ex-Oovernor Johnson, of Alabama, before the ways and means committee. The latter part of the argument was curtailed by the limited time left after Uongreeaman Liv ingston's speech. The editor of The Georgian had spoken ten minutes be fore this concluding period of ten minute* In which Chairman McCord had asked him to close the debate.—Kd. Mrs. Ruseell Bag* It perfectly aln care In her delire to give awxv alt of that $40,000,000 to good causes, ller troehle Is that gmd causes are so hard 1 •to -discover. Of course Senator Rallev will be tent bark to the senate. Dldn t the last Georgia eampalgu show that the i-eo pla dearly love a man who Is able to borrow big money? The proposition tn pa> congressmen according to the work that they dn will hardly prove popular, Some congressmen do entirely too much Of some kinds of work. Secretary Hitchcock has discovered that aome of those land grafter* are Indians. I.et no one -doubt hereafter that the Indian tx capable of appreciat ing the highest civilisation. With nine Southern cities lighting each other over the location of that enhtreasury. It t» quite likely that congress will compromise the matter by locating the aubtreaxury In the cemetery. A WHOLESOME BANQUET REFORM. The Insurance officials and employees <(f the Penn Mutual began their grand banquet In December at the hour, of * o'clock, and finished their festivities In time In permit every man to lie at home and In bod by or before the hour of midnight Now. then, It has been dene, and having been done once It can be done and ought to l*' don* at every banquet. The Georgian haa been the resolute advocate of this plan. \Ye are gelling to he more ami more a banquet city In Atlanta. Itualnes* bodies, Halting conventions, fraternal assemblies and the hospitable entertain ment of stranger*, are multiplying so fast that It Is no uurommnn thing to see three formal banquets going on at the same time, a* It wse at the Kimball at the time of The Georgian dinner there. And so the increasing number of these occasions, and ihelr tierce do maud ilium the life and vitality of participants make necessary the reform which the I’enn Mutual has so happily Instituted- When social festivities begin at t o'clock, the dinner at 10. the >l>eeches at 11 and adjournment at t or i a. m. then the men who were there wake up with dull headaches and tired brains, and go wlthunrested bodies to their dally work. “■* Tht» It not th« common sense of our civilisation'which means the conservation of energy end of time. When It t* an established custom that banquets and social funetlonn shall begin at d p. m , men and women will rule their hours to this event, and tt will become to be the rule and not the exception tn be prompt. Then, too. we. shall preserve the heelth and the vigor of the race. The clearness of men's brains, the beauty of women's fares, ami the pulse of health In the bodies of both sexes will be kept Intact by the whole some hour* which make night share something with the sunlight, but doe* not force It to give all Its recupvwatlve hours to the continuing greed of the strenuous ala> By ail means let the banquet hour ot Atlanta be tiled for S p. m. THE GEORGIAN'S CRUSADE A GAINS 7 UGLY SCHOOLS A 7 TEA C7JNG A 7 7 ENT ION The Atlanta Georgian Is making war on the “unheautlful schools" of that city, and In so doing Is doing welt. "Tn most children." says our contemporary, “tha mere duty of going to school Is one of entire suffi cient unpleasantness. Having to go tn such looking schools as some of the Atlanta horrors Is an unkind aggravation of a stem duty. The re verse of this should bo true. The duty of going to school should b« made os nearly a pleasure as posslhle." That Is only half the story. Our school houses may be made thor oughly comfortable, and yet may b* entirely devoid of any ornamenta tion; and too frequently that Is the cate, even In the best of our schools. The school room should be a place of development, not only of the Intellect, bqt of ihe taste and the artistic nature of the child. To that end ths school room should be thoroughly clean and comfortable, and. tn addition, should be adorned, aa far aa means will permit, with work* of art. The Times-Dispatch had that atm In view when It offered famous statuary to the public achools of Richmond and vicinity. Teach ers and children took a lively Intereet In the conteat, and It Is to be hoped that thta will he the beginning of n movement In the Interest of school decoration which will not cease until every school house tn Vir ginia hu been adorned.—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Rear Admiral C. M. Thomas, to Vir ginia, as commundcr second division, first squadron. Atlantic fleet. Rear Admiral W. II. Emery, to Ohio, a* commander second division, second squadron, Atlantic fleet. . Lieutenant K 8. Jackson, detached Hancock, to Astatic station. Lieutenants C. A. Gardiner and W. Norris, detached navy department, to Ohio. Lieutenant- A. W. Presay, to Brook lyn. Ensign W. R. Raudenburch. detached navy department, to duty connection fitting out of Kansas, ut t'amden. Ensign F. W, Osburn. detached navy department. Ensign A. 8. Klhhee, detached navy department, to Independence. —EnsT*rrrrmrriscsTiwsch*dTtavy department, to Asiatic station. Movements of Vessels. The following movemente of vessels have been reported to the bureau of navigation: ARHIVEIV—January 7. Yankton. At Guantanamo; January 9, Chattanooga, at. Manila. BAILED—January S. Cleveland, from Clenfuegos for Havana; Morris, from Fernandlna, Key West; Potomac, from Sydney, Nova Scot la, for Bay of Is lands; Connecticut, from Hampton Ronds for Culebra. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York. Jan. tl.—Here are some of the visitors In New YnrlC today: ATLANTA—C. F. Rosorth. C. A. Wlckersham, C. W. Cox. RUSSIAN MINISTER ON JEWISH QUESTION Where the Georgia Delegation Live in Washington, By JOSEPH HE88EN. (Joseph Hessen la a member of the well-known 8t. PeterahuiR Jewish fam ily of that name, of whom two other members. Vladimir Hexsen and Yoll Hessen, are also <ltatlnxutahr*i! scholars and publicists. Joseph Hessen waa a member of the historic deputation of seven writers who were sent to Jail for their ntempt to prevent the 8t. Pe tersburg massacre of January 22* 1906. He was chosen aa c*onst it ut l«>nal Dem ocratic candidate for Bt. Petersburg In the late duma. but the government* by prosecuting him for a press offence, prevented nla election t. A STRANQK fate overtook the Tsar's ukas of IVreinbet T7T 1904, and the liberating labors of the committee of mlntateia which were begun under It. The ukas whs never carried out. the labors were never fin ished. Hoth were submerged In tha wave of political activity which follow - ed Hut both have a particular Inter est* from the point of Mew of the his tory of the Jewish I predicted at the time that the ukar. was nothing more than a tombstone for the moribund system «»f ituaslan rule. Mv prediction was Justified. The tomb stone was. In fact, the imndentue and Inspiring ‘Journal of the t'ommlttee of Ministers," which 1 have been reading. The Journal, to do it justice, shows that certain things were,, effected In many questions. Kach day’s session of the committee ended with a pk»uw res olution lit which ‘sui*erduous restric tions" were condemned, and even sometimes abolished. "Reforms," In fact, marched with unaccustomed apeed. "In tbe relations of the government to the Jewish question we find no such ftrm. guiding principle which, once adopted, could have been pursued con- Slatentlv and clearly. From the time of Catherine 11 up to today our legls- latlon on this question has been a se ries of inconsistent-!#** ench act being followed bv an act entirely optsiaUe In tandenev. JTIvtlege* for tbe Jews have been followed by restrict Iona. Not withstanding tbe abundance of mate rial collected on the Jewish question, tha question Is In no wav elucidated." This statement l« not only quite true. It Is well known to every one. It is merely a wav of saying that all departments of Russian political and social life have been turned Into I "questions" which the bureaucracy Is Incompetent to solve As If feeling this I themselves, the ministers proceeded to point out that the Jewish question was ! not onlv political; It was social also. iTbey did hot define w hat thev mean by (this, but It Is quite plain that Ihelr theory was that the Jewish people suf fer from moral Insanity, because, they » mtlnued. "The government has all along attempted to make the Jews not only Innocuous, but even useful cltl- sens ** The committee *»f ministers pro ceeded to declare that If the question was merely political It would be right to remove at once all the oppressive laws which weigh upon the Jews, be cause, It added, an empire containing i maii> illfTetenf teces ought n-*t to [maintain »e*trlvtlon* whuh operate against only one rata. Hut In view of the social racial element. In the Jewish question, said the ministers, they were not convinced that emanci pation would not injure the Interests of the "native" population, and they, therefore, showed themselves ready to sacrltlce the elementary Interests of the Jews merely bcauae they had con victions on the subject of the Inter ests of the Christians. Th#> amusing fact In this typical bureaucratic effort at reform was that the ministers were alao guided by consideration for the Jews themselves. Th#y declared In their Journal that they considered It likely that equal rights for the Jews would cause pop ular discontent, which would result In umleidrabb-—phenomena—ft.~ a.,—po groms). In order to decide whether this danger really existed, the minis ters decided to ask the opinion of municipalities, semstvos and other po litical bodies, but on receipt of these opinions they promptly decided that they were of no value. "These opinions." say the Journal, "are very difficult to generalise, twauee they contain varying onlnlon*. In ad dition. In view of the absence of a Jewish imputation In many provinces, the opinions expressed may be guided not by practical knowledge, hut $>>' merely theoretical considerations." In ehort, the committee of ministers failed utterly to make up Its mind on the Jewish question, though Hint*ques tion was one specially submitted to them. They decided that the question must he decided 4>y the new-horn Du ma. though they did not sav m what way the members of the Duma, who also mainly came from provinces w here there were no Jews, could Judge the problem "prartfc*ally." The anti-Re- mltio Nov*ha Vretnyn took advantage of this dilemma to suggest that the ques tion of Jewish emancipation should he submitted to popular referendum. • Ministers are now again considering certain aspects of the problem, and are prepared to hand over the solution of other aspects to the coming Duma. The final solution, therefore, will not conn* soon. Meantime. Jewish blood will How ; meantime the Jews of Russia wdl |*ant for air and starve, and Jews must content themselves with the final dec laration of the committee of ministers, that "Ihe opinion of the Russian impu tation must be considered before the Jews are granted rights—the govern ment. In fact, must find support In so ciety." \Vh> ministers regard the sup port of society as necessary in the Jew. Ish question, while It op|N»ses society In all others, the Journal does not say. Rut It Is quite plain that the reason it, that ministers hop* that Russian ru dely will declare Itself against equal rights for the Jews. Many 8ae Freak Calf. * apd-cui to The Uforglnn. ■ Macon. Ha.. Jan. It.—Yesterday aft- ern*w>n a number of people went to the residence of J|. Womack. In Rast Ma con, to see a freak calf. The calf has no tail where It should he. but In stead Its tall dangles beneath the testy of the calf It ts apparently a healthy calf, one da" olo amt If It lives I. |s destined to u ptaca In a live animal museum. SENATORS. Augustus O. Bacon. 1767 Oregon sve- nue. A. B. CtajOba NoHnandla. CONQRE88MEN. W. C. Adamson, the Oxford. L. Rartlatt, the Bhoreham. Thomas 61. Hell, the Iroquois. W. O. Brantley, the Chapin. T. W. Hardwick, the Hhoreham. W. M. Howard, the Bancroft. Gordon Lee, the Shoreham. R B. Lewis, the Metropolitan. J. W. Overstreet, the Metropolitan. L. F. Livingston, 2916 Ulitmore street. J. M. Griggs, the Metropolitan. A COMPREHENSIVE COMPLIMENT. To the Kdttor of Tho (Seorglan: 1 have, to come Into my home, four weekly papers and four big dallies. 1 clip more from The Georgian, for my strap book, than nil the rest com bined. Indeed, you are giving the people of Georgia and tTie Houth a great dally. The editorial page Is a university within Itself, and literally scintillates with wisdom and truth. Rut what I have said Ik not what 1 meant to write tn you nbntit. i want a copy of The Georgian of the 7th of December; "t wish to clip nn article from It. Truly vmirs. FRANK 7. CTIIRT. Jackson. (In. RABBIT"WOUND A WATCH. has resulted happily and It may be sai l In passing, one «»f the moat unpromis ing of them all. Eugene Zimmerman, the (Mnclnnatl railroad man. wh«>«t beautiful daughter married the duke ut Manchester, declares; "My daughter's marriage haa turned out very happily. I have two little grandaona and a granddaughter and 1 go over to see them a* often as pos sible." l*ong may Mr. Zlmmsrman have the privilege of repeating this statement If Commander Peary and hls party had not returned from their trip in quest of the north pole, P. Willard (»eer. of Morris Plains, N. J., would »i;» \ ** been a bachelor for life, and Miss .s... phia Wolf, of Hllvtrton. Ore., would probably have become nn old maid. Huvlng promised to love none but each other, Misa Wolf told Mr. Geer she would not wed until her .brother. Dr. Louis J. Wolf, who accompanlu'l Commander Peary, returned. Mr. Ge*r had been Inatrumental tn arranging with the arctic explorer to have Dr. Wolf uccoinpany tilth. When the Roosevelt returned to this city, Mr. Geer wired to Hllverton. "Louis safe; name the day." Miss Wolf started Immediately f*T New York and they were married at the city hall. The marriage of J. Albert Forney, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Fornex. of thta city, and Princeton gradual* *.£_ 1903, to Mrs. Anna M. Hunt, of Gold- field, New, widow of Ethan Allen Hunt, n singer, which took place on January 17. 1906, haa Just been announced. On account of the difference In their age, Mr. Forney’s parents objected to hls attentions to the widow, and they decided, for thta reason, to keep their marriage a secret. The Impresaarfo of the Metropolitan opera House threw down the gaunt ta to the management of the Manhattan Opera House when he said to Mrs. atuyvesant Fish, who naked him If Mme. Louise Homer could be engaged to sing -at-an -entertainment _iU_hefL_ home: "May I Inquire If you have engaged singers from the so.ealled opera house tn Thlfty-ntnth street?" naked Herr ’ontled. "I have," answered Mrs. Fish, frig idly. "In that case, Madame. I regret to say. that I will not permit any of my artists to sing for you." Mme. Donalds. M. HevUthfic and M. Palrnere, from the Manhattan Opera House, entertained Mrs. Flah'a 16'J guests most admirably. The Japanese ambassador and Vis countess Aokl are expecting their son- in-law and daughter, Count and Count- esa Hatsreldt, of Germany, \vh*» are now on their way to Washington, to arrive Monday. lit ol he *h In IV hole rountJrV,-MV* fl spet ld frt Tenn . to The Nn«hvltle Aiiierlcnn in De cember. |9U\. while hnnllllL* ill tile ••etHlI- Ing" he lost th» wnft h. nnd thonch he searched carefully for It. wni nimble to fhnl It. IP* gave It up for |o«» nml lm<| forgotten all ul*e It tie. nth 1.01 - I Ale* 11 oil III.'I \ Y.elU r*t Milt , hiiutbiL- In tit * ’Vnttllag." nml rutae*! n mb I bit. Met*raw itr.il nnd tnl^eil: then llolil day flre.l just u* tin* mbblt inn Into .-t ( hsl«'. nml kill.-1 It M.t'nm nn lm«t|lv 1,1 thv li.ilv. |.«1» III III, I mill niitii-.l nut a mbblt. nml nm jciiprised to *#••••; •omethluc shbibti: ut the mouth of the ' hole._lie ft'oojted dow n nn I picked up the! sheriff's wn* di -ii when he heard It nstonlshed uU' ii ti Bnd It was wit.tin ellr.J, •nil) been rublml off ill n (» fitted the Stein of tin* thnt the rabbit had kept nibbing against the tly lurks fl both We end up bv rut In nu I IM not tell If was a busy day socially In Wash ington yesterday. Vice President Fairbanks gave a re ception complimentary to tha member* of the senate nnd thetr families la*? night. With the exception of that tn the diplomatic corps at the white house. It was the largest reception given In Washington thta winter. AH the wont- n of the cabinet received with the e\* option of Mrs. Curtelyou and Mi». Hitchcock. nil to the report of the Impact of the right tlst of George Kessler on the face r "Davy" Johnson. It wns at mldnlcht and It happened In Rectors. Mr. Rector says the trouble wns the result of Johnson Stepping on Kessler * foot. The latter asked for an apologj. and seeing It would not be given. Jab bed hls right hard to the face. M- re trouble Is expected. . Mrs. Sarah Cowen, widow of John K. Cowen, president of the Baltimore nnd Ohio, wns sue«l yesterday In the circuit court at Baltimore on an open account by ihe Redfern Company. ' r New York, dressmakers and furnish er*. The Items In the claim are: Riding breeches. $46; green C"'^ rl rbling habit. $126; black melton ham? Silo; six months lntej*gt gt 5.per cunt, $14.26; total. $299.25.^ '» « hsiid*iiii.-. bus turned pnn nf (mi ilugniit Sea York home Ii to u plivslrlnii’a office ||**re k|u- dtoiitcv nb*»m «*l\ ||«,tu-« a lint in prniH’ttig medicine, nil ili#> Im-ttim* ,j,. rived going to her churlty work on the -easl Bide of Ihe idly. Mr*. W«ltaf«t**h» *« itniimpltal.nl nnd wieltillv pi.,.,,i.m hss ghcn up luoftt nf her society phi THIS DATE IN HISTORY for her profoolnnsl nnd chnrltulde o.-k. Tsbcrnacle Cl*,„i. .’ i*i|.uln- Blblr .lass arul li.-turo will h* <-<in.lui-l*d «t tho Hniul.t i.ih.-i- nsi-lf *v*ry Fridar main by R. v t^-n G, Rrmusht'm Tha i-nurs* will in. u mular 1-nit -r ihr Blbl- siho.il. t,ut ths Is.-tun-, of ths pastor w ill I in n to ths tiutilli'. Nsxi I'rl.tii, Spill n.in Rixx. oil I**.tuts in ilm T.ih-Mn.i'b In-sum iintl ll- lb.uxhi.il ..in tsxin hls Ulbh' torture ut 7.10 oYl sk. JANUARY 11. Ur.I IjirtI'll tntli'ry took plsi'S. Sir Hint* Minium, fnniiilrr of ttn* I< ' Mi Unssiim. .ttf.it Horn April 1*. >' -Miniimt Moult, .Isrliix Amsrlrsn rtl' n ‘ m iT<il'llUI!> hittlKof! htinsstf on 1\s-**— Ion lirlilip", I,..mlini, wlills xttlnx Iilffon. I lilllp F. Thomas, of Msrylsmt. sisnsil ss son rotary of ths trsssnry Siinim-r isnntoii. front Euflsn.l '' Ansinilts, fonnilsrsfi In flay of Dts *.'. lost. < htuese government »ppolat*d B'*"* Ibigsiue its special envoy to all ,r ‘* treaty p*i»r»-rs. - A nghe American arldtratleo treHf . signed st Wiishliigton. Dr Jsm**s Msrtinenu. author snd ctar* W inn n. died. Ik.rn April 21. 1««