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THE NORTH GEORC^r (SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH GEORGIA BAPTIST.) Entered nt the postofflce at Cura' nine, Ga., as second class matter. i •*'■ ■„ 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.