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GEORGIA BAPTIST.)
Entered nt the postofflce at Cura'
nine, Ga., as second class matter.
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Pittsburg, sneers the Philadelphia
Record, has never been so black that
her political rounders could not give
an inkier touch to the blackness.
If all the Inventive genius wasted
on excuses were exerted along more
practical lines, contends the Atchi
son Globe, an extension would have
to be built on the patent oillce.
It is reported from New York, votes
the Charleston News and Courier,
that a man fell out of a tenth story
window, but landed on his celluloid
collar and merely bounced up once or
twice. The man who told the story
certainly ought to be bounced.
Consul, Jr., the chimpanzee actor,
died of pneumonia, and his untimely
demise serves notice on his simian
rivals, preaches the New York Mail.
Short must be the lives of these tal
ented anthropoids, whose wits are
kept under constant strain in imitat
ing the ways of humans before nerve
distracting audiences. What these
little chaps do is immensely interest
ing and not without value to students
of psychology. In a sense, then, their
public appearances on the vaudeville
circuit are clinics in mental vivisec
tion.
“While partisans are disputing as
to who reached it first, and while oth
ers refuse to believe that any one ac
complished the feat, the North Pole
has engaged the attention of the ex
plorer Nansen in another way,” says
Figaro. “He has been putting the fin
ishing touches to his book, ‘Nord i
Taageheimen’—‘The Northern Mist
lands’ —and the work will soon be
made public. Professor Nansen in this
book reviews the work of all Arctic
explorers and the geographical and
ethnological data furnished by them
up to the end of the sixteenth cen
tury.”
The Income of 1b87,000 which, ac
cording to a recently issued Treas
ury account, the Prince of Wales
drew last year from the duchy of
Cornwall shows a notable increase in
the value of that estate since 1837,
when it brought only £12,000, relates
the Dundee Advertiser. The returns
mounted steadily throughout Queen
Victoria’s reign until in the year be
fore his accession King Edward drew
£67,000 from this source. The In
crease of £20,000 in the last ten
years is probably due to the falling
in of leases, which includes the
greater part of Kensington and is by
far the most valuable portion of the
whole.
Tyndall once declared that scientific
pursuits bring to their service a mor
ality which in point of severity is
probably without a parallel in any
other domain of intellectual action,
relates Collier’s Weekly. One of the
most distinguished of living chemists,
Theodore Richards, in a similar vein,
speaking of realities beyond the men
tal horizon of our forefathers, of
those fundamental laws which can be
perceived only with the help of devices
which man invents to extend and am
plify the use of his senses, gave an l'l
lustration of the spectroscope, which
counts the pulse of a faint ray of light
and tells the speed of an advancing
star; the microscope, which reveals
the hidden secrets of the organic
cell; the test tube, the thermometer
and the balance which together are
“slowly helping us to know the un
changing laws underlying the exis
tence of flaming star and living crea
ture.” These instruments, as Prof.
Richards explained, not only gave us
truth unknown before, but with the
use of them comes appreciation of the
finality and inexorableness of nature’s
laws, with which there can be neith
er temporizing nor evasion. There is
no lie in nature. Science, the exposi
tor of nature, is entirely and forever
honest. Without intellectual honesty
in a high degree no man can follow
her.
KING EDWARD BURIED
In Tomb of Forelathers English
Ruler Is Laid to Rest,
anoisHiKK
Kings and Potentates Followed the Casket
Aloot—Americans Occupied Places of Honor
in the Procession.
London, England.—Sovereigns and
representatives of the powers of all
the world paid last tributes to Eng
land's great monarch, Edward VII,
whose body now rests in St. George’s
Chapel at Windsor Castle, where the
bones of Edward IV, the sixth and
eighth Henrys, Charles I, the third
and fourth Georges and William IV
are entombed.
Bright sunshine followed a night of
thunderstorms that swept the city and
soaked the funeral decorations of the
royal purple, the halt-masted flags
and the wreaths of evergreens and
flowers that hung along the line of
march, but had no deterrent effect on
the gathering thousands, who from
midnight until dawn sought points ot
vantage from which to watch the
passing of the cortege.
L.onaon s millions filled the streets
and open places as they have never
been tilled, either at a funeral or a
festival.
Far surpassing the removal of the
king's body from Buckingham Palace
to Westminster Hall, the procession
included nine sovereigns, tne former
president of the United States, Theo
dore Roosevelt, who alone was unar
rayed in uniform, the heirs to seve
ral thrones, the members of the royal
families, the officers of the house
holds, the officials of the government,
field marshals, generals and admirals,
whose names are synonymous with
Britain’s achievements in war; de
tachments of troops of all the British
arms and representatives of foreign
armies and navies in varigated uni
forms, making a solid phalanx of glit
tering colors.
The line of- red-coated soldiers
were drawn as on that other great
occasion of England’s mourning nine
years ago, with arms reversed and
regimental flags dipped to the ground.
The vast throngs along the streets
were massed so tightly that those
once caught found it impossible to
move. The great viewing stands,
covered with mourning emblems, were
crowded, the roof tops black. And
through this multitude, from among
whom not a whisper arose, the gun
carriage that bore the kind's body
moved to the strains of funeral
marches, the tolling of bells and the
booming of minute guns.
No personage, in the parade attract
ed greater interest than did Theo
dore Roosevelt, the special American
ambassador, whose civilian clothes
contrasted curiously with the gilded
state coach with its white-wigged and
silk-stockinged flunkies, within which
he rode.
The representatives of the two great
republics, the United States and
France, were given a position at the
rear of all the royalties and the prince
of the pettiest of European states.
Their carriage followed those carry
ing the royal ladies, and they were
the last in line of the representative
of foreign governments.
“There> Teddy!’’ was th-s cry set
up as the ex-president passed and the
throngs saw him through the open
windows of the closed royfcl carriage,
which was gorgeously gilded and man
ned by uniformed coachman and foot
men. More interest was shown in
America’s envoy than in the new
king, who seemed worn and troubled.
Only the solemnity of the occasion
prevented volleys' of cheers from
greeting Mr. Roosevelt. He alone as
a civilian, raised his hat in passing
the draped standards, all the others
in the procession giving the military
salute.
It was unrelieved even by ribbon
of an order such as M. Pichon, the
French representative wore, and yet,
by this complete simplicity, Mr.
Roosevelt was given prominence rath
er than rendered inconspicuous.
Amid the glitter of the procession
there walked two young boys. Simply
clad as midshipmen, their youth em
phasized by their broad, turned-down
collars, they seemed lost amid the
gorgeousness of the pageant, and yet
every eye turned on the procession
marked them well. They were the
sons of King George—Prince Albert,
a lad of fifteen, who will one day
govern Great Britain, and his 11-year
old brother, Prince Henry.
Nearly every monarchy in Europe
was rep r esented by its sovereign or
an immediate member of the royal
LONG BALLOON FLIGHT.
Balloon Centennial Flies 450 Miles in
Twenty-Two Hours.
lonia, Mich —The balloon Centen
nial, piloted by Captain H. E. Honey
well and carrying also William F.
Assman, which left St. Louis, Mo.,
in an attempt to capture the Lahm
cup for long distance flights, landed
at the town of Shiloh, 10 miles north
of lonia. The balloon had been in
the air twenty-two hours and had
covered 450 miles.
Crossing Lake Michigan early from
Kenosha, Wis., the balloonists made
good time at high altitude and had
hopes of reaching New England until
they encountered a calmness near
central Michigan.
THE LATE KING EDWARD VIL
King Edward in Hi* Coronation Robe*.
family, who followed the body on
foot.
The presence of so many European
rulers was not only due to King Ed
ward’s position as head of the British
empire, but to the facV that nearly
every monarch on the continent is re
lated to the late English ruler.
Those who were present in person,
and who are closely related to the
dead king, are: ..
Emperor William II of Germany.
King Frederick VIII of Denmark.
King Haakon VII of Norway.
King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
King Albert of Belgium.
King George of Greece.
Although King Manuel II of Por
tugal, can claim no close relationship
with the late king, he was also pres
ent. It is rumored that this young
ruler is to be married to Princess
Patricia, the charming daughter of the
Duke of Connaught, King Edward’s
brother.
The late king was related to the
czar of Russia through the dowager
czarina, Marie Feodorivna, who is a
sister to Queen Alexandra. As the
czar was afraid to attend a ceremony
of such a public nature, he was rep
resented by the Grand Duke Mi
chael.
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria,
owing to his extreme age, was not
present and was represented by the
Archduke Ferdinand.
The Duke of Aosta represented the
king of Italy.
SOCIALISTS CHANGE CREED.
Important Change Made in Constitu
tion of Socialist Party.
Chicago, ill.—An important change
was made in the constitution of the
socialist party at its congress when
the phrase in the pledge of the party
was changed from “a political party
distinct and opposed to all parties
formed by the propertied classes” to
read “by the capitalist class.”
There was a heated debate before
the vote on the proposed change was
taken, by the word ‘capitalist” won
by 58 to 38.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Minnie Maddern Fiske, the actress
who is a member of numerous organ
izations that stand for the prevention
of cruelty to man and beast, has
made a public protest against Theo
dore Rossevelt, the hunter. She says:
“Do not tell a child how bad you
think him,” said E. E. Gardner, super
intendent of the Sockanosset School
for -joys, of Haward R. 1., in an ad
dress on industrial training in state
schools, before the seventh annual
session of the national conference on
the education of backward, truant, de
linquent and dependent children,
which met in St. Louis. “Rather show
him how useful he can become. Leed
him to think that good is expected
from everyone and that he amounts to
something.”
George W. Coleman, after admitting
that he looted the National City bank
of Cambridge, Mass., of $809,000, was
sentenced to fifteen years in the coun
ty jail at Greenfield, Mass., by Judge
Haile in the United States distiici
court in Boston.
The Rev. William A. Wasson, has
resigned from his Episcopale pastor
ate at Riverhead, N. Y., to work ror
limited license as against total pro
hibition of the sale of intoxicating
liquors. In a letter to the Right Rev.
Frederick Burgess, D. D., bishop of
Long Island, Dr. Wasson says he
wishes to give his whole time to
“fighting temperance falsely so-called,
and advocating the true temperance,
which means moderation and self
control.”
CLEVER SWI NDLING PUN
Chicago Man Confesses to Oper
ating Confidence Scheme.
OPERATED THROUGH MAIL
Sorrowing Relatives of the Dead, and Newly
Married Persons Were the Prey
of Leon Kewney.
Chicago, 111. —Leon Kewney, said to
be a member of a well-to-do Indiana
family, and related to the nobility ot
Germany, is under arrest here on the
charge of operating an extensive con
fidence scheme. The police say he
confessed and implicated two other
men who are being sought.
Sorrowing relatives of the dead
were the particular prey of the al
leged swindler, but sometimes new
ly wedded persons were defrauded.
Business was done under the name
of the itoline Company and all trans
actions were based on death and mar
riage notices appearing in out-of-town
newspapers. The “company’’ owned
a supply of cheap jewelry.
These articles, in neatly addressed
packages, were sent to the dead of
other cities always “collect.” The de
liveries were so timed as to reach the
house when the bereavement was at
its highest tension after the day of
the funeral and the first thought of
the survivors was that there was some
sentimental value between the arti
cles and the deceased. The bill, rang
ing from $5 to S2O, was gladly paid
without the contents being examined.
In the case of newly-married per
sons the impression was that it was a
present from somebody who forgot to
pay for the goods and the bill was
usually paid.
A freight agent was sent here from
Washington to work on the case. De
tectives found a letter in which the
executors of James A. McClurg, who
died recently at Denver, sent the
company a check for sl2 in payment
for spectacles. The business was wide
spread and all the big transportation
companies hold packages returned
from Omaha, Denver, St. Louis and a
number of other cities.
Kewney is a man of 50. He says his
sister married a count of Hamburg,
Germany.
SENT INFERNAL MACHINE.
Suit Case Full of Dynamite Discover
ed in Omaha.
Omaha, Neb.—An infernal machine
was discovered on the porch of the
residence of Thomas Dennison, a well
known man of this city.
Frank Erdman was placed under
arrest as a suspect, and is being held
for investigation. Dennison made a
statement to the effect that Erdman
had said some time ago that he would
murder Dennison.
The infernal machine was in the
form of a suit case, containing two
compartments, in one of which was
found 24 half pound stick of dynamite
and in the other, with barrel so placed
as to fire into the dynamite, was a
securely fastened loaded revolver.
When found the suit case was fas
tened with a string, tied to a screw
eye, which was in turn fastened to
the porch.
The belief is that the dynamite was
intended to be exploded through the
agency of the string and the revolver
when the suit-case would be lifted
from the porch.
Mr. Dennison’s little daughter and a
schoolmate had tried to lift thd suit
case, but failed because of its weight.
They exposed the cord, however,
which attracted Mr. Dennison’s at
tention. He at once notified the po
lice department and two
were sent to the scene. The coru
was cut and the grip removed to a
vacant lot, where an examination
showed its dangerous character.
ADVICE FOR WIDOWS.
Able-Bodied Widows Urged to Get
Husbands Speedily.
St. Louis, Mo —Following the es
tablished custom, the National Con
ference of Charities and Corrections
held a general session. The common
topic was “Families and Neighbor
hoods,” with Miss Mary E. Richmond,
director of the department of the Rus-
sell Sage Foundation, as chairman.
That independent women with their
children are a charge upon the com
munity in a deeper sense than any
other type coming under the care of
charitable institutions was the con
census of opinion.
Able-bodied widows, it was agreed,
should earn part of their living in or
der to retain the respect of children.
Widows should also marry, said most
of the speakers, “because,” as George
L. Zohn, of Louisville, said, “a hus
band is a necessary part of the fam
ily.”
anlgnorantman.
North Dakota Man Does Not Know
Name of the President.
Minot, N. D. —An American born
citizen, a resident of North Dakota
for the last seven years, was found
who did not know a single state or
county official by name, nor the name
of the president of the United States.
During the selection of a jury for
a murder trial, a farmer swore he
knew nothing of the case. He ad
mitted his ignorance as to the iden
tity of any county or state officer,
and when asked for the name of the
president of the United States he re
plied: “I have heard the name but
have forgotten it.” He was accepted
on the jury.
LASCELLAS’ BODT CLAIMED-
After Seven Years the Mummified Body of
Bigamist Is Claimed.
Asheville, N. C—After standing un
claimed for seven years in embalm
ed solitude, dressed in full evening
dress, with silk hat and cane, the
mummified body of Sidney Lascellas,
alias "Lord Douglas,’ ’ alias “Lord
Beresford,” alias Charles J. Asquith,
is on its way to Washington, D. C.,
consigned to Dr. McPherson Chrich
ton, presumably to be burned in the
crematory at that city. The body
was claimed and identified by a Mrs.
J. T. Summerfield of New Jersey who
said that she was the sister-in-law of
the deceased’s first wife, now living
at Baltimore. She made affidavit to
that effect and by her order the mum
mined body was shipped to Wash
ington.
The departure of the “petrified
lord,” whose body has twice been
identified as that of Sidney Lass
ceiles, noted forger, swindler and
bigamist, writes “finis’” to a tale of
crime and deception in high life,
which opened in Australia, shifted to
the ranks of nobility in England, and
closed in a cheap lodging house in
this city. He was lionized in London
after securing an introduction to the
American amnassador. under the name
of Beresford, posing as a cousin of
the powerful English house of that
name. In America the highest cir
cles of society did homage to the
bogus lord.
At Rome, Ga.; Fitzgerald, Ga.;
Norfolk, Va., and other cities, wher
ever he went, Lascelies formed mat
rimonial alliances with the daughters
of the rich, only to leave them in the
course of a week, poorer in purse,
but richer in experience. As Las l
celles passed through Mexico and
Texas he left * a trail of weeping
brides, and he was apparently roiling
in wealth when justice overtook him,
He was convicted at Rome, Ga.,
promoting fraudulent schemes, and
sentenced to six years, hard labor.
He lost appeals in the supreme court
of Georgia and in the United States
circuit court, and served his term
He came to Asheville from Norfolk,
Va., eight years ago, suffering from
tuberculosis, and died in 1903. There
being no claimants for his body, it
was embalmed by local undertakers.
The body became almost petrified,
losing but little of its lifelike appear
ance.
WASHINGTON’S CLAIM.
Heirs of Washington Fighting for
$305,000 Due First President.
Washington, D. C.—A famous claim
against the government in which the
heirs of George Washington would re
ceive $305,000, may be settled soon
by the action of the house committee
on private land claims, which is ex
pected to report favorably to the house
a bill to that effect. There are sev
eral heirs of Washington who com
bined in making the claim, which has
been pending through several con
gresses.
George Washington was entitled, un
der the Virginia law, to some 23,000
acres of land as a recompense for his
military services, but he declined to
accept it, and took, instead, warrants
for 8,050 acres of land in Ohio.
It was claimed that Washington
paid the taxes on the land up until
the time of his death, and that his ad
ministrators paid it until 1807. If the
expected action is taken by the com
mittee and approved by congress, the
government will allow the heirs $305,-
000 in gold in lieu of the land. None
of the heirs are wealthy and some of
them are poor, it is stated.
Lawrence Washington, a descendant
of the family of the first president,
made the principal argument before
the committee in favor of the claims.
EGYPT SAVING GIRLS.
1,200 White Slaves Rescued in Egypt
in a Single Year.
Cairo, Egypt—Egypt is taking act
ive and effective measures against the
white slave traffic. During the past
year twelve hundred girls of minor
age were stopped on disembarking at
Alexandria and handed over to vari
ous authorities, who accepted respon
sibility for their welfare, and forty
persons, mostly foreign subjects, en
gaged in this traffic, were expelled
from the country.
Courthouse Sold for Unpaid Tax.
LaCrosse, Wis —The Monroe court
house was sold at a tax sale for an
unpaid weed tax of 30 cents, levied
by the city of Sparta. The building
and grounds were bid in by the city
attorney for 30 cents, the amount of
the tax, and the certificate will be
held until the county makes provis
ion for redeeming it.
Cattle King Killed.
Lake Charles, La —Rufus N. Gear
ron, known as “The Cattle King of
Calcasieu Parish,” was killed by The
dore Sanders, a teamster, in the east
ern part of this parish.
Morse’s Daughter Learns Truth.
New York City —The effort to keep
from 13-year-old Anna Morse, daugh
ter of Charles W. Morse, the convict
banker, who is in the federal prison
at Atlanta, the fact that her father
is a convict, has failed. Despite the
efforts of the good people of Bath,
Maine, the home town of Mr. Morse,
to keep the girl in ignorance of her
father's predicament, she learned the
truth.
To Sell Lawson’s Mills.
El Paso, Texas. —A special from
Guadlajara, Mexico, says that Thom
as W. Lawson’s Mexican Development
Company property in the Masoota Dis
trict. State of Jalisco, is to be sold
under order of court for debt.