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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-19

mothers illness. Mrs. Durham had lost
her only boy two years before. Soon
Charlie was sobbing in her arms.
''You poor little darling out by yourself
so late at night, were you not scared?"
she asked as she kissed the tears from his
eyes.
'Yessum, I was scared, but had to go
for the doctor. want you and DR.. Dur
ham to come as quick as you can. 1 m
afraid to go home. I'm afraid she's dead,
or I'll hear her laugh that awful way
heard tonight"
"Of course, we will come. dear; right
away We will be there almost as soon as
you can get to the house."
He rode slowly along the silent street,
looking back now and then for the preach
er and his wife, AS he was passing
small deserted house he saw to his horror
a ragged man peering into the open win
dow. Before he had time to run the
man stepped quickly I'D to the mare and
said:
WHO lived here last, little MANI"
''Old Miss Spurlin." answered the boy.
where is she now?"
''She's dead"
The man sighed, and the boy saw by his
gray uniform that he was soldier just
back from the war, and he quickly added:
Folks said they had hard time, but
Preacher Durham helped them lots when
they had nothing to eat"
80 my poor old mothers dead. 1 was
afraid of It," He seemed to be talking to
himself. "And do you know where her
gal is that lived with herr"
"She's in a little house down in the
woods below town. They say she's bad
woman and my mamma would never let
me go near her"
The man finched as though struck with
a knife steadied himself for a moment
with his hands on the mares neck and
said:
You're a brave little one to be out alone
this time o'night-what's your manner"
Charles CASTOR"
'Then you're my coloners boy-many a
time I followed him where men were fall
in like leaves-I wish to God I was with
him now in the groundl Don't tell any
body you saw pe-them that knowed me
will think I'm dead, and it's better So"
Goodbye. sir" said the child. I'm
sorry for you If you've got no home. I'm
after the doctor for my mamma-she' s
very sick. I'm afraid she's going to die.
and If you pray I wish you'd pray for
her"
The soldier came closer. IT wish knew
how to pray, my boy. But 1t seemed to
me forgot everything that was good
in the war, and there's nothin' left but
death and hell. But I'll not forget you.
Good-bye!"
When Charlie was in bed he lay an hour
with wide, staring eyes, holding his breath
now and then to catch the faintest sound
from his mothers room. All was quiet at
last and he fell asleep. But he was no
longer a child. The shadow Of a great
sorrow had enveloped his soul and clothed
him with the dignity and fellowship of the
mystery Of pain.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-19
Leading Characters of the Story.
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Time: From 1850 TO 1900

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The Washington times., 1902-07-20
INIEW FIRE ALARM BOX THAT
| ACTS AS ITS OWN PROTECTOR

box. sending in the alarm. But 1t was
soon found that Just at the time the
key was most needed the person hav-
ing it in his possession could not be
found.
It was thought this c'ril could be rem
cdied by placing the key in the posses
sion CT the policeman or watchman on
the beat, but tbs also proved a failure.
for the guardian of the peace vas usu-
ally on a distant part of his be7t, so
that several minutes were required for
him to run to the box.
Washington has had for quite a while
the ordinary iron flrc-alarm box, the
key to which remained constantly in
the door, being covered with small
bcx with glass face. In order to sound
an alarm all that it is necessary TO do
is to break the glass and turn the key
The door then swing open and the hook
on the inside may be pulled down, thus
sounding the alarm. But this method
is somewhat slow and cumbersome. as
the operator has TO stop to get cut
pocketknife or find stcne with which
to break the glass in front OF the kew.
And even then there is not the slightest
thing in the world tc prevent false
alarm being turned in except the small
painted notice on the door of the box
announcing the fact tha; penalty OF
$40 is imposed upon pers sons convicted
of turning in false alarms.
Above the box itself Mr.. Campbell has
The Washington times., 1902-07-20

placed smaller contrivance containing
brilliant flashlight cartridges and also
blank cartridges that explode with a
loud report. Upon the door OF the main
box is a short lever. which, when pulled
down by the operator, opens the door
of the compartment in which the hook
for sounding the alarm is placed. By
| pulling down this lever to open the door
the blank cartridge is discharged, and
the 1ashlight isnited. The light burns
for several moments, brilliantly light
ing up the face OF the operator and the
street in the vicinity, so that persons
attracted by the report may plainly dis
tinguish who is sending in the alarm
before he actually gets into the inner
compartment
| In the meantime, while the coming of
the engines is being awaited. the crowd
attracted to the box Is afforded an op-
portunity to reach the fire and render
such assistance In advance as lies in
their power. Sometimes il is OF the
utmost Importance In checking the pre-
gress OF confiagration to have assist
ance rendered at an early stage of the
fire, before the flames have gained much
headway.
Mr.. Campbell also provides for the
distribution to every house in the city
of printed card telling the location Of
the nearest fire-alarm box in their vi
cinity, and giving brief but concise in
structions as to its operation. The
flashlight and exploding cartridge are
absolutely harmless, merely serving as
protection against false alarms IN
this method where the box is practically
left open all the time.
His invention has been heartily in
dorsed by men experienced in fire fight
ing all over the country. as well as by
numerous scientific publications. All
have spoken in the most glowing terms
OF the new system. Mr.. Campbell has
made several trials of his apparatus
here in Washington, all Of which have
prvcd eminently successful.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
NO FRICTION FROM
CHANGE OF PREMIER
U. S. MINISTER EXCHANGES
POSTS WITH A U. S. CONSUL
Illness of Wife and Daughter Induces
George H. BIidgman to Rein
quish Lucrative Post.

Owing to the illness Of his wife and
daughter, the United States minister
to Bolivia. George Il. BTidgman, has
been forced to ask for q transfer to
the consulate AZ Kingston, Jamaica.
BY this he loses $1,000 year, his sal
airy in his present losltion being $4,000,
against s5.0OO at tnc Bolivian capital.
William b. Scrsby, who exchanges
posts with Mr.. Bridgman, cables the
State Department from the consulate
at Kingston that he has closed up his
affairs there. and leaving the Office in
charge Of his vice consul, John S.
Twells, VIII shortly sail for this coun-
try TO receive his instructions for his
new .ost.
The Bridgmans are now at Elizabeth
y. j.. but are expected 10 sail soon for
Jamaica.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20

false alarms. Until very recently the
task seemed practically impossible. All
sorts OF systems were advocated by
which the practice OF turning in false
alarms was successfully eliminated, but,
on the other hand, the sounding OF an
alarm was so seriously hampered and
delayed as to result in q vast amount of
damage and loss of property, as we'll as
life
Mr.. Loudoun Campbell. Washing
tonian. appears TO have at last solved
the problem satisfactorily in all Its feat
ures. He has invented an attachment
which can be applied without any very
great expense to the fre-alarm boxes
now in use, and which can be operated
in far less time than any of the systems
now in vogue In the various cities Of the
country Besides sending In an alarm
to the fire department. 1t sounds To-
cal alarm. appTising the residents within
two or three blocks that there is fire,
and also practically does away with all
possibility Of false alarms being turned
in without the person doing so being
caught in the act
BY his device an alarm can be turned
In to the fire department in two sec
onds, as well as sounding an effective
local alarm. In this manner the engines
can be gotten to the scene of the con-
nagration much quicker than Is now the
case with the slow-opefing and cumber
some boxes. Then. too. II the fire is but
small affair. something that may be ex-
tinguished by few men with buckets
of water, the crowd which is bound to
cluster around the box on accent of the
loud report and brilliant light will be
able to do this effectively. thus saving
the time wasted by waiting for the ar
rival of the fire company.
When the hrc-alarni telegraph was
first introduced. the custom in vogue
then was to place the key Of the box in
the possession Of a reliable citizen liv-
ing in the vicinity OF the box. This in
dividual would be called upon In the
event Of q fire and would unlock the
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
OPPOSE FLAN TO
REBUILD CAMPAN Ii
Many Think Cathedral Suf-
fered From Tower.
Church Made to Seem Small by Near
ness of Big BelfIy-St Marks
Miraculous Escape.

VENICE, July 19.-Side by side for
the movement for rebuilding the cam
panile of st. Marks. the minority is put
ting forward the desirability OF seri-
ously considering whether or not this
is advisable.
Tower a Drawback.
While no one would have suggested
laying sacrilegious hands on the famous
old tower which seemed to thousands
the very embodiment OF Venice. now
that 1t Is wrecked utterly beyond
question of repair. some OF the
keenest lovers of Venice point out
that there is one great drawback to the
position of the campanile. 1t dwarfed
everything else and made St. Marks
Cathedral seem small. and was not real
ly OF any advantage to the beauty Of
the square.
They urge, accordingly. that no action
should be taken toward the rebuilding
OF the campanile until the tall heap of
ruins, which are fifty feet high, have
been removed, and the square then
viewed from an artists standpoint. II
is also suggested that the new tower
would not be sacro-sanct as the old one,
and II the Italians persist in the at
tempt to make Venice a leading seaport
again, the new campanile, ard st.
Marks itself, may be sacrificed to dredg-
Ing.
Meanwhile, the nder increases at
the miraculous way in which ST. Marks
Cathedral escaped. Standing in ar open
space at the corner of the church one
sees how the torrent of broken masses
OF masonry, marble. bronze. and iron
were hurled down from the central pyra-
mid of the ruins and stopped short ex-
actly at the very corner OF the church
Hurled Toward Cathedral.
The great white marble crown. With
its historic bells, had been hurled to-
ward the southwestern buttress OF st.
Marks. but striking, as on rock. on
the low porphyry column called the
"pietra della banda, the stone of
edicts''-the shock was broken and the
stream Of masonry. parting asunder,
ran on each side of 1t, leaving the
church unharmed.
This porphyry. which was about yard
and a half high. and the same in diane
ter. and built a half yard deep into the
pavement, was uprooted and cast three
yards away. Its place was taken by
hugh block OF marble coping of the
wall of the bell loggia, which was ar
rested exactly four inches from the
cornerstone of the column OF ST. Marks.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
THREE ANARCHISTS
DEP0RTED FROM TURKEY
American Legation Forwards Names
and Photos-May Come to the
United States.

The American legation at CONSTANT
nople notifies the State Department that
three anarchists have been depcrted
frcm that city and may come to the
United States.
Their photographs are inclosed. The
names are given as Cassia Carmelo,
Pasguale, Giuseppe di Giuseppe.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
GENERAL BROOKE GOES ON
RETIRED LIST TOMORROW
To Be Succeeded Temporarily by Gen.
Arthur Macarthur in Command
Of Department Of the East.

Maj. Gen. John R. Brooke, now COM
manding the Department of the East.
will be placed on the retired list to-
morrow. having reached the age of
slxty-four years. He will be succeeded
temporarily by Gen. Arthur Macarthur
and permanently by General Chaffec
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
Clerk a Voluntary Bankrupt

Mr. Lon D. Sheets. who is employed
by the Government as a clerk, yesterday
filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy.
He lists his liabilities at $1,959.92 and
his assets at s94. The whole of the
liabilities consists of unsecured claims.
Mackall & Maedel and S. H. Poole are
named as the petitioners counsel.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
LIVELY interest in the f

LIVELY interest in the fire de-
~ partments CT the great cities
has been awakened in the pub
lie mind by the results OF the
numerous disastrous ccnnagrations that
have swept across the country during
the past few weeks, and naturally the
question is being asked: Can nothing be
done to increase the efficiency Of our
FIRE departments,
Various strides have been made in the
last quarter OF a century in providing
means fer the extiDguishHcnt CT fires.
Tic officials in charge are recognizing
the responsibility resting upon them,
and are diligently seek.'g for means to
further the efficiency OF the fire depart
monts.
Fer some time the important fact has
been recognized that too little has been
dcne in the matter OF the alarm sys-
tenn. Fer several years numerous per-
sons have been experimenting with what
appeared to be task impossible CT az
compliShmert-the evolution of type
of firealarm box which can be readily
opened without moments delay, and
yet enc which cannot be easily tamper-
ed with to the extent of turning in
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
Bay Ridge, the Queen Resort of the
Chesapeake Bay.

Salt water Bathing Orchestra and Dancing.
Boating, Fishing and Grabbing. Eminently
adapted for church and organization excur-
sons Good hotel accommodations. specially
attractive for Washington folks for over sun
day outings. Trains leave b. o. R. X. Sta
ton 9:i0 a. m. and 80 p. m. week days;
e:l0 a. ii. and las p. IN. Sundays
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
LOCAL MENTION.
Storage. Storage.

First-class rooms, 50 per month; 75c a load.
Pianos, soc. Trunks, 25c. Estimates furnished
for storing and hauling. West End Storage Co.
Down town oiiice, northwest corner 18th and G
sts. Warerooms, 22d and P SITS. Chas. +.
Banos, President
The Washington times., 1902-07-20

In less than a month the Kentucky Lunch
room. Fourteenth Street and New York Avenue,
has become one OF the most popular places In
town. The tables are daintIly set with fresh
linen new silver, and flowers, and the service
Of we'll cooked eatables is perfect.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
Whole Diocese Affected.

The Bishop of Anglers has issued a
declaration in which he says that all
religious schools will be closed in his
diocese because he has not received the
authorizations necessary to reopen them
for the next term. He adds:
According to the answer TO this II
will be known whether the authorities
simply seek to see that the laws are re-
spected or to pursue 10 the death reli-
gious instruction"
The Temps today prints a severe ar
ticle attacking the government on its
course in the matter Of the schcol ques
ton. II says
when the decree Of June 81 was is
sued ordering the closing of establish
ments opened since the PRONUNCIATION of
the law of July !, 1901. the congre cations
were able TO quote the opinion OF former
Prime Minister Waldeck- Rousseau in
their favor, but the government replied
to this: M Waldeck- Rousseau did not
consider his opinion decisive. We Ghe
governmenD consulted the council of
state. which approved the course we have
pursued
Not a Question of Law.
Arguing this point the Temps" says:
1T is not question Of the law, nor
even of the opinion Of the council of
state, but merely Of an administrative
circular We are on tho down grade
We are sinking below the standard OF
legislation and even below the definition
OF the law by the great council of state
and arriving at point purely and SIM
ply of the governments opinion-other-
wise. arbitrary action.
There were establishments founded
before and after the law OF 1901. The
question arose as TO whether the latter
required authorization. NJ. WaldecS-
Rousseau doubted this, and the coun-
ell OF state affirmed 1t by majority Of
only two votes. Since a doubt existed
in the case of the new establishments
there was. a fortiori, one in the case of
The Washington times., 1902-07-20

Try Reisinger's Ice Cream. 81 gallon, Soc "
gallon; Merngues, 81 dozen. 235 G. East s92
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
Order Adds to Bitterness
of Church and State
Question.
POPULAR INDIGNATION VOICED
Paris "Temps" Makes an Attack on the
Government for It's Recent Acts
Violation of Concordat and Laws
Passed by Parliament.

PARIS. July 19.-The question OF
church and state is being ag!tated with
exceptional bitterness. The government
has offered the disposal of 900 congre-
ga.ional schools. containing 10000 chill
dren, who are being taught by 5000
teachers.
Even quiet Republican journals, such
as the Figaro" are displaying uneasi-
ness in regard to the result Of such ex-
treme measures. Many of these schools
stand in the same relation as municipal
schools, because they are in districts
where there are no lay schools. and thus
the only available educational establish
ments are closed.
The government has also fallen foul
of the church party on another question.
Cnder Napoleon's concordat, the state
pays the salaries OF ministers of all the
recognized religions. and the govern
ment, for some certain reason. has re-
fused to give some OF the cures their sti-
pends. These priests are now being sup
ported by their own congregations.
- May Test the Order.
In reference to this school question,
Count DuHaussenvIlle has written let
ter TO Comte De Nun suggesting that the
proprietors OF the premises on which
there are schools should break the seals
placed on the doors in order to test the
validity of Prime Minister Combes' order.
Comic De hIun proposes that professions
should he organized for the purpose OF
escorting the sisters in charge of the
schools when their expulsion occurs.
The Bishop of Nalcy has written
letter OF protest against the action of
the premier. Placards denouncing the
action of NJ. Combes, which had been
posted in various towns, were torn down
by the police.
When the sisters were leaving the
schools at Mooravi!lais, near Belfort,
they were accompanied 10 the railway
station by a majority of the inhabitants
and the uniformed customs officials were
stoned. The Echo de Paris" says that
the Pope is preparing a strong remon-
STRANGE which will be sent to the French
government.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
Popular Indignation Voiced.

The Temps" proceeds to iout the
government in a similar strain. This
attitude of the semi-oficial organ OF
the government is one of the many in
dications of the popular Indignation in
France at the election into the streets
of fearless members of religious $3.50
Citations, many CT whom are aged. and
who have spent their lives in the edc-
cation OF -outh.
Cardinal Perraud, Bishop Of Autun.
has written letter TO President Lou
bet. in which he says the decree is q
fragrant violation of acts OF Parliament
which have not been abrogated.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
FRENCH PREMIER CLOSES
TWO THOUSAND SCHOOLS

the old cGes. yet NJ. Combes, by sim
pie circular. gives retroactive force
both to the law and to the opinion Of
the council OF state
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
l2c for l0c >Towe.s S.
20 per cent Discount.

It's for dayPalais Royal prices marked cash
basis and oneff deducted from such loss IN
Tomorrcws discount only be allowed goods of viii
are here. The list below:
ICE CREAM MOWERS
a % s175 to So.
CASES
Qiereat Il to (Terea al S1.9s 10
III. TELESCOPE CASES
39c to so.
HOSE, NEW TRAVELLING BAGS
at 10 s15)
TRUNKS. ALL KINDS MISCELLANEOUS LOTS
s1.9S to 500. Visit the Basement foor)
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
l2C for 25c Window Screens.

cheap 0c 1c and make
than Who'll
the reduced prices for other home needs:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-17

sidewalks on Tacoma avenue. from Wash
ingtOn street 10 Michigan street.
For brick roadway IN alley east OF Ala
bama street. from Eleventh street to Six
teenth street.
For local sewer in first alley west Of
Temple avenue, from the first alley south
Of Michigan street 10 the second alley south
Of Michigan street.
Opening Dearborn street from Washing
ton street TO New York street.
BUILDINGS CONDEMNED.
No. $50 East Washington street. owned by
Marion Trust Company.
No. sol. 53 and sos Massachusetts, avenue,
owned by George B.. 1andes.
No. 537 East Washington street, or ned by
Z. L. KOrtepeter.
PETITIONS FILED.
For vacating a strip of ground, formerly
Railroad street. from North street to Peru
avenue.
For cement walks next the curb on Morris
street, from Wright street 70 McKernan
street
For cement walks, curling and cutters On
Dunlap street, from East street 10 Madison
avenue
Fer cement walks on the east side of
Senate avenue, from Thirty-secOnd street
TO Thirty-third street.
IMPROVEMENT COMPLETED.
Local sewer in Greer street, from Stevens
street TO McCarty street.
PETITION GRANTED.
To T.. G. Lewis TO construct private drive
way across sidewalk on T~wenty-siXth
street at Illinois street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-17
TWO MAYORS MEET.
CapdevieIIe, of New Orleans. and
Jones. of Toledo, Have a Chat.

At $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mayor
Jones, Of Toledo, accompanied by the Tole-
DO delegation. called on Mayor Capdevielle,
of New Orleans, at the Crescent City's
headquarters in the Hotel English. The
greeting Of the two mayors was cordial in
the extreme. Mayor Jones recalled that ne
was in New Orleans six weeks ago last
Saturday and tried to see Mayor Capde-
vielle, but found his office locked.
oh" said the New Orleans executive,
that was during the Saturday half-holi-
day. when / always lock myself in the
Office TO do the work / have been unable
TO accomplish during the week.
A discussion Of the relative merits or
the two cities and their respective claims
for the next convention followed. Mayor
Capdevielle suggested that now is a good
time for Toledo TO eXemplify the Golden
Rule. which covert allusion TO Mayor
Jones's hobby provoked a laugh. Mr..
Richardson advanced as a strong reason
why the convention should go TO the Cres-
cent city the large trade it has with
Central and South America and the close
touch the manufacturers Of the association
could establish with those countries by
becoming acquainted, as soon as possible,
with the trade and trade agencies centered
at New Orleans.
The result of the half hours discussion
seemed 10 be a feeling that If Toledo shall
not receive the assignment for the next
convention il will be glad to see it go to
New Orleans.