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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-06-27

She certainly knew what she was writing
about | have one of the dearest. best
mothers in the world, but | have seen a
GOOD deal of what she describes around me
and the p,cture was not ovcrdrawn.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-06-27
WARTIME NOTEBOOKS
AND THEIR DANGERS.

Inc bayonet and the pencil are old enc
mes. They are generally at odds, and even
"hen working together for the same cause
they do not trust each other
EVERY week SO the newspapers con-
tam accounts of the arrest of alleged Span
ish spies
Some of these fellows have been sent to
fort Mcpherson, and others are in prison
in various localities
supposed spy strangled himself after
his arrest in Washington
Suspicious strangers have been picked up
at Tampa, Key West, St. Louis and Brook
Ign.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-06-27

ii may be that they are innocent, but some
of them are visitors of the notebook habit,
and the indiscTeet work Of their little pen
ellis may prove fatal.
Inc most idiotic thing that u frendless
stranger can do in war times is to lounge
about camps and Notifications and jot
down what he sees and hears. Such folly
mas carried many man to the galiOWS,
when he had 20 idea of harmng anybody.
In this country a crank with a notebook
tiitu with war points stands Il chance of
getting off, but it would be suicidal for a
scrbbler to try the experiment in Cuba.
The Spanards have Il way OF executing
suspects and trying them after they are
dead and buried.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-06-27
Our Young Folks Page

nature and kept time with her great throb-
bling heart ! found a perfect unity in my
book and the great world. around me.
Winds, waves and singing birds came to my
a,d in Interpreting the printed page and
| read more than the author wrote. l have
always enVied the person whose youth was
passed among grand old mountain scenery.
with rocks and cataractS and roaring tor
rents for companions, and him whose
youthful lot was cast within the sublime
roar of the hlloWy main where sleep the
thundcrs of the sleeplcss deep. Such seem
cry indcibly impresSes itself upon the
character of those who behold IL
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-06-27

Bertha f. Corley, Bentleyviuc. Ala
Dear Junior: | read the little folks letters
with interest. AS | am only eight years
of age you will not expect interesting news
from me but will tel YOU some things
like | am going to school the 1&t of July.
like Sunday school ana all the dear chill
(li en- like to go visiting with papa ana
mamma. | like 20 read what the children
say in The Constitution
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-11-19

from the French. after a fierce strug-
gle, Fort DuQuesne, at the junction OF
the Allegheny and Monongaheia -riv-
ers. The name OF the place. was
changed to Fort Pitt, aud was the nu-
cleus of the city Of Pittsburg. Thus
in special sense the history of the
,GEset capital Of the coal And iron in
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-11-19
BAD TRAIN WRECK.
PASSENGER TRAIN DASHES INTO
A MOVING FREIGHT TRAIN.
Twelve Persons Were Killed Outright
Both Engines Destroyed and . BaEEaEe
Car Driven Almost Through the Second
Glass Coach.

! Trenton. Ont. November ia
Grand Trunk express train bound for
! Toronto crashed into a moving freight
! train near Murray Hill crossing. two
! miles west of here. at 2:3O o'clock
yesterday. and four ears We're mashed
almost to <plinter>. So far as known,
twelve persons We're killed and a doz-
ell or more seriously injured.
a misplaced switch was the cause OF
the accident, the westbound train tax
ing the wrong track, on which was
the asgbound freigh The train con-
sisted of express. mail and baggage.
cars. Il SecOnl-claSS car. one firSt-clasS
coach and two Pullman sleepers. The
second-class car was next to the bag
gage car and ahead of the frst-class
coach and sleepers. 1t was pretty
we'll filed with people, there being
twenty more passengers in it and
hardly any Of them escaped without
injury.
Eo;h engines We're totally destroyed
and the freight engine was thrown
completely over the passenger engine
into The ditch beyond. The engineer
and fireman OF the freight engine,
Thomas lven$ and Alexander .roppin.
both of Toronto. jumped and escaped
with slight injuries. w. H. Brady, en-
gineer. of Relleville and John J. Nc
Donald. fireman.. Of Belleville. who
We're in charge of the passenger en-
CINE. were killed.
The greatest destruction was
wrOugt in lhe second-class car. The
baggage car was driven into and al.
most completely through it. the pas
sengcrs being crushed and mangled un.
uerneath the timbers OF the car. The
mail car was forced right on top OF
the baggage car and the express cal
was partially wrecked. The first-class
car was uuinjured. was also the
Two sleepcrs. although The passengers
were awakened by the shock. The
work OF pulling out the dead and in.
jured was commenced immediately,
but it was late yesterday morning be-
fore all the bodies Were gotten out.
some OF them We're SO horribly man.
,led that recognition was almost i'm
possible. The injured We're taken 10
he hospital at Relleville.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-11-19
Spain viii Not Surrender.

Paris. November 16.-The Spaniards
declare that their refusal to sign a
treaty based on any Philippine terms
thus far suggested by the United
States is irrevoca BILE. They say they
do not and can not view the taking
of rhe Philippines islands as anything
else than Il wanton raviShment OF their
possessions. unless it is accompa MED
by 4 financial consideration of appre
ciable size. Therefore the turn of
events in the peace conference de-
ponds upon the purpose or the will
ingness Of the American commission
ers to extend their financial terms.
Spanish sovereignty in the Philip
pines is not chung to by the Spaniards
chiefly as IL means to obtain financial
relief if possible. 1t is purely q mat
ter of money nav. il the amount be
large enough to absolve the Spanish
government from possible charges by
their creditors that their cola tera1 has
been given away.
Persons near to SPANS heaviest
creditors believe that should the Amer
leans assume the Philippine debt or
pay Spain its face amount in cash the
Spaniards would sign. That is the
view in the quarters where it now pre-
walls. because the time has been re-
CURED by the Spaniards to become
sioners do little if any diploma tic jock
eying and that their final attitude may
be found identical with their first.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-11-19
rs,e FIRE At Dawson O,ty.

Skaguay, Alaska. November Z, via
Victoria, b. c., November 15.--Ratu:,l-
ing Klondikers arriving here yesterday
bring the news that the city of Daw
son has been visited with a $50O.OOO
fire in which forty buildings We're
burned, including the new postoffice
building and some of the best build
dngs in the city. The fire took place
on the morning of October 16. 1t
started in the Green Tree saloon. as
the result of a row between two wo.
men of the town. The news Of the
condasration was brought by severa,
OF the miners who arrived in this city.
There 10 no insurance at Dawson aud
the loss falls entirely upon the individ
uals. It is said there is not enough
lumber and window glass in Dawson
to rebuild the burned district and that
the people are In distress aud will
have 70 i've IN tents for the res, OF
eaeH rtpte{ ssz
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Tho.e Cuban Com m,..,oner..

Havana. November 15.--GeneraI Ca
lixtO Garcia and his staff aud other
delegates from the so-called Cuban as.
sembly will remain at the Marianne
headquarters until Wednesday,. when
they will leave for Washington The
delegates expect a satisfactory out
come in their conference with the pres
ident Of the United States.
The delegates at their session 1T
Santa Cruz del Sur resolved TO dis
charge al men who have been enlisted
since August II, the date of the "e>sa-
ton of Institutes, and to give an indie
finite leave OF absence 10 all officers
and men DESTROYS of being discharged
from the Cuban army, provided they
give their place of residence and sign
q pledge to return to the ranks III case
they are called upon to 10 SO.
The assembly has adjourned until
the return of its commission from
Washington. The assembly has constI-
tuted Domico Gomez Capote. president:
Fernando Freyere and Hugo Roberts.
vice presidents, and Manuel Maria Ca
and Porforio Vaiiente, sccrcta
ries.
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|
were issued making that day the resu-
! lar Thanksgiving.
In the south ThanksgiSing as an
annual festival, remained practically
unknown until. in 1885, tie curious
Virginian controversy on tie subject
was precipitated. This controversy,
which is not generally known. deserves
brief notice. The governor VT Vir
ginia at the time was one-Johns n pa
triotic and broadminded gentl.unan,
who had always entertained a rsvcr-
ence for the Puritan anniversary
which was by no means common below
Mason and Dixon's line. Gov. Johcs,
in a letter to the state legislature, u.
gently recommended the recognition o.
Thanksgiving in Virg MIA, and offered
in case his recommends ton proved
satisfactory, to at once issue proc
lamation.
But the legislature of Washingtons
state did not look upon the New Eng
land holiday with favor. Gov. Johns
was advised not to make the Thanks
giving prociamation; and. as he did
not do SO, the matter was allowed tenn
porarily to drop. But public interest
aad been awakened. and before long
{, fierce debate was raging in Virginia
between the opponents anu supporters ,
of the proposed southern Thanksgiv.
ing. AT last. in 1857. Gov. Wise
Johns successor-took the metaphor
cal bull by the horns, and issued u |
setting apart a day fog |
the feast. - His action caused much /
angry criticism and several southc D.
ern newspapers declared that Thanks. |
giving was simply "a relic CT Puritan |
ic b!gory." In SPITE OF this. the IN
noNaiion was warmly weIcu1Led. Tn. I
huspitable soatle.ners gre ted siad,y
another holiday. and the northern feast |
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was destined to obtain in the history OF
| America.
The first Thanksgiving differed very
materially from its successors in that
! 1t was proclaimed as fast and not as
a feast. Supplies had run short, the
ships expected from England were de-
| layed, and extinction threatened the
| sets bay in New England" Winthrop
and his council decided to hold day
of prayer and abstinence, $50 that We
| LOrde be propitiated and locke upon
| his servants with favor, in that they
have humbled themselves before Him. -
Accordingly a crier was sent about the
primitive settlement of Charlestown,
and the colonists were each and all in
vited to take part in the fast. Their
sacrifice met with speedy reward.
Scarcely had the noon hour of the
allotted day arrived when the long
hoped-for ship made it's welcome ap-
pearance in Massachusetts, bay, the
cargo was landed, and the fast was
succeeded by banquet of a sort which
must have seemed sumptuous indeed to
the exiles SO recently plunged in
hunger and hardship. On the thresh-
OLD of dreaded winter Winthrop and
his followers found what had been
prospect of fear and peril changed in
was Americas first Thanksgiving, as
celebs ated 260 years ago. Thereafter
each succeeding November was mark
ed in the annals of the colony by a
similar festival of gratitude.
But Thanksgiving in the early days
Of our history was not confined to the
New England pioneers alone. Just
fifteen years after Winthrop's proclaim
alton, i. e., in 1645, Gov. Kieft of the
Dutch colony, then known as Nfeuw
Amsterdam, but now as New York, or !
de red the observance of a day OF re- |
jofcing and thanks, for the rest and |
peace which God had been pleased to ,
bestow upon his servants Thus we |
sec that the feast of Thanksgiving is
not as generally supposed, a peculiarly
institution, but is equally de-
rived from the stalwart burghers of
island.
The next notable Thanksgiving day
In history fell in 1883. On that date
The British and colonial army, number
ing $4,000 men, and commanded by
Gen. Forbes, attacked and captured
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-11-19
Better Than Gold.

1t was midnight of Thanksgiving
Eve, and the 9S-cent clock in the kit
| chen of Banker Smiths mansion struck
| eleven times, tried hard to strike once
more for luck. but got it's cogs twisted
| and had to let the matter go at that.
| At this hour only the snoring Of the
| hired girl broke the Silly stiffness,
| dow was. softly raised and two men
vauited lightly into the room.
They were BLACK BilI' and the
Coon Kid" two colored burglars, and
it was dollar to a bad apple that
they were not there to tune the piano.
Both men carried dark lanterns and
heavy clubs. and as Bill drew revolt
Yer from his pocket and laid it on the
kitchen table he whispered:
kid, if we didn't make mistake
in de house. disll be de biggest rob-
berry dat ever happened"
''She will TO- suah, Bill" replied the
other, as he looked about him and lis
tened intently. "Go1ly, but won't it
rouse de police an detectives! Now,
who's gwine to do de search act?"
Il reckon yo' better do dat, Kid.
'kase yo'r lighter on yo'r feet. I'll
watch down yere while yo sneak
round, an don't forgit what we come
fo'.''
The smaller man disappeared up tho
back stairs on his tip toes. He was
gone about five minutes and then re-
turned with a disappointed look on his
face. and said as he emptied a hatful
of diamonds and gold on the table:
Couldn't find any trace O. what we
come. TO, Bill. Jess desc things was
all 1 could pick up"
Den why didn't yo' leave 'em
alone?" gruf1iy replied the other bur-
elar. Dose trinkets am no good
when dar's somethin' better in de
rouse. Try de cellar. 1t might jess |
: . possible it's hid down dar.'
Once more the kid" left the room |
AM quietly stole away, but as he re- !
turaed this time his face was wreath I
et in smiles and he he'd up long |
p: .ckage for the other to view while
te challenged:
lie got it, Billie got it!''
"GolIy. so yo' hab! Now let's git
light cut with it afore we're cotched,
IN don't yo' make de least noise:''
And leaving the heaps OF sparkling
diamonds and the heaps of glittering
gold untouched on the kitchen table.
he two colored burglars vanished the
way they had come, taking with them
"a ffteen-pound turkey.
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soon ranked among them ~ secon,l n
importance only to the "glorto.ll
Fourth" itself. In 1s5s-the year ate,
| Wise's proclamation-no less thar
eight governors of southern states pro-
claimed THANKSGIVING in their sec
tons The war, however, comins
| shortly afterward, practically extln-
guished the popularity OF the holiday
in Dixie. G
But it has become loved institu-
ton in the middle, western and north
western states. Exiled Americans.
too. cling to it's celebration, and every
November sees Thanksgiving dinners
in London, Paris, Berlin, Rome-or
wherever some of the scattered chill
dren of Uncle Sam may chance to So
tourn. Indeed, Mr.. William Astor
Chanler, the well-known explorer, tells
OF a Thanksgiving dinner which he en-
joyed in the very heart of. darkest AZ
RIGA.
An extensive and highly Interesting
volume might be compiled on the SUBJ
ject OF Thanksgivines and the events
which have signa1ized them. For in
stance. On Thanksgiving day, 1888, the
British army evacuated New York,
while Washington and Clinton march,
ed into the city at the head OF the con-
tnenta1 army and took formal possess
sion In the name of the young repub-
lie. Festivities and grand display
or fireworks closed that memorable
day. Thanksgiving had fallen that
year on Decen Der 25, and the combin-
alton of evacuation day and that fes-
tival were long Jointly honored in New
York
The Thanksgiving day of 1916 is
as the occasion upon which
an American theater was first il1um- !
mated with gas. This event happened |
in Philadelphia. The experiment was |
complete success. and the manager |;
Of the affair was DR.. Kugler. During |
the war, of the battles and skirmishes /
fought on Thanksgiving, the most no
able was that of Lookout mountain
1S63).
A few odd and distinctive methods of
the great holiday still sur
1--WE in different parts Of the United
states, although the tendency is to-
ward a uniform manner of rejoicing. |
n sections of Connecticut, for exam
lie. the Thanksgiving barrel burn
ng' is a time-honored institution. For
month before the day Connecticut
oys diligently collect and store in a
lace of security all the barrels, old
+ new, which they can find. All bar
els are regarded as the property OF
can carry them away. On
Thanksgiving night the barrels are
lied in huge heap and ignited. Boys
nd girls then dance around the bon
re until the very last barrel has gone
p in smoke.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-11-19
dustries is connected with the ce.e-
bration of Thanksgiving day.

dustries is connected with the ce,e-
brat:on of Thanksgiving day.
But meanwhile, in New England,
what had been begun as an occasional
day OK pious rejoicing had assumed the
proportions of fixed national holiday.
In Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
1t was especially popular. There was
at first great latitude in regard to the
day selected for the feast. Governors
proclaimed the chosen date arbitrarily,
and no effort was made to keep the an
niversary of Winthrop's proc amat on.
Sometimes Thanksgi wing occurred III
July, sometimes in midwinter. At
length, through the efforts of the pres
ident and professors OF Harvard coll
lege, it was practically fixed upon the
last Thursday in November
The college faculty were moved to
interest themselves in the question by
the fact that the uncertainty regarding
the date caused cons idera BILE disorder
among their pupils. Boys from differ
ent states celebrated on different days,
many of them returning home to eat
th~ Thanksgiving meal under Their
DIV. Vooftrees. This very undesira bic |
stata of affairs could only be put a |
stop to, said the grave Harvard dons, |
by the formal establishment of a uni |
form date for the feast. The last |
of the eleventh month suited !
he cOlfegers, and influence being |
brought to bear upon the colonial gov
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-11-19
WAR TAX TO STAY
SO SAYS olNoLEY OF THE WAYS
AND MEANS COMMITTEES.
Ihsre q 70 be No TiakerinG with tho
TsFaR This OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Taxes
win Not be Dlsturbed-wsr Expsndi.
saros Exceod Revsnues.

Washington, November 1.-THE
Washington Post will say today: ''1,he
war tax will not be abolished at the
coming short session OF congress and
there will be no revision of the tariff
whatever
It bases this announcement ON the
positive statement made yesterday by
Chairman Dingley of the ways and
means committee, W no in an interview
said: 1.-THE government will need for
some time all the revenue produced
by the war taxes. During the month
Of October the war expenditures ex-
ceeded the war revenue by
some 100000 in excess. This
being the case there will continue in
force unchanged. except perhaps a few
minor administrative features, for at
least year longer.
st is hardly necessary to add" con-
tinued Mr.. Dingley, that there will be
no revision of the tariff, although 1
have seen some statements TO the ef-
feet that such a revision is contem-
plated.
'1>he session is limited to three
months, and ths, short period will BE-
mainly occupied in passing the ap-
propriation bills, enacting new laws
for the regular army and in deciding
upon the legislation necessary for the
government of Hawaii. In addition
to these important measures the usual
number of routine matters will arise.
From the present outlook the session
will be well under way before The
treaty Of peace with Spain will be
laid before the senate and the ra:ifi- !
cation OF that document may not be
accomplished long before the 4th of
March arrives"
'sWin that necessitate an extra ses-
slon?"
at is, of course, impossible" said
MIR. Dingley, to know what will arise
between the LIST OF December and the
Eth of March next, but so far as the
present outlook can form a ba sis for
Judgment, l should say that no extra
session will be necessary or desirable.
lnless some new question should
rise. In the first place, we shall not
NOW until the treaty OF peace has
'een ratified what new POSSESSION we
re to have and what legislation is ,
5 necessary and even then We will be ,
u no position to act intelligently." i
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-11-19

Governor Foster came down to the
city from Baton Rouge last evening
aud took quarters at the St. Charles
hotel. 1t ia the tirst time since Au-
gust that the governor. has visited the
city.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-11-19
Arrested for, White c.pp,nr.

Farmersville. Texas, November l6.-
On last Thursday night several parties
went to j. NJ. Bowden's house. about
three miles from town. where he had
employed several negroes picking cot
ton, and informed him and the negroes
that they must leave the country. and
being assured they would not, the
whitecappers fred several shots ut Mr..
Bowden. He at once put Constable
&. n. Wardlow and City Marshal r.
Van Brown in possession OF the news,
and with diligent search several par.
ties have been arrested
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-11-19
FIRST THANKSGIVING.

HEN in the year Of
grace 1880, sturdy
Gov. John Win
thrOp and Puritan
cOlonists of Massa-
chusetts proclaimed
and duly observed
a public thanksgiv-
ing, they probably
had little idea OF
the i m p or t a n ce
which tho festival
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-11-19
The old D.rky.

He always prays Thanksgiving eve
VIII be both dark and murky.
For then he'll have no cause to grfevs
He couidnt get no turkey.
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The Second Ohio regiment has left
Camp Poland for its new camp, Ma
con. Ga.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-16
Cycling Events at Bayonne.

The two cycling events and the two
weight throwing contests, at the Memoir
ial Day Carnival of Sports of the New
Jersey Athletic Club will be literally a
programme In themselves. Every anna
teur cyclist within a twenty mile radius
of New York. Is training hard and buoy
ed with the golden expectation Of possess
ing the coveted prize. Entries are pour
ing In with full force from the Hudson
County Cyciers. and everything presages
a gala of wheelmen. In the
heavy weight department of American
athletics a new star has come to light
His name is McCracken. and he halls
from the University of Penns. He will
throw the hammer and put a stone at
Bergen Point and the public will one
M for all see a genuine live "Phenom, Z
and a college gentleman into the bargain
A few days ago McCracken sent the l6
pound hammer 1873 feet. but has repeat
eddy beaten lao feet in private. With the
of training between now and May
Both, added to his almost suberb form. he
will 1have3 no trouble in outclassing all
the Flanagans, Mitchels, Chadwick and
other champions that ever existed. But
it is hardly, that good as he is, he will
win the putting of the AZ pound stone
Hennessey, the Irish giant. will win the
event and establish a worlds record.