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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16

NENT the recent disturbances of
~ Mont Pelee, in the Isle of Mar
"a Unique, much conjecture has
been raised by the report Of the
press associations that loo peo-
ple met their death by lightning In Fort
de France and other adjoining towns to
the Inflated St. Pierre. In nearly every
volcano eruption which has ever been
observed vivid flashes of lightning have
been noticed, coming rapidly and appear
Ing to drop from the clouds hanging over
the crater of the flaming mountain.
Many laymen have advanced reasons
for this, but none have been satisfactory.
Mr.. ]. B. Marhury, local forecast ofn-
Ger OF the weather bureau here. has made
the following explanation to a Journal re-
porter:
I'm the outset, 1 wish you would state
that the Atlanta weather bureau entirely
discredits the press dispatches that LOO
people met death by lightning. OF course
the lightning flashes were observed, as
always are, but cannot credit the state
ment that LOO persons were killed.
THE cause OF the lightning flashes OBJ
served at volcanoes is easily explained
In the tropics there are always a large
number of thunderstorms accompanied
by lightning. The suns rays are more
direct and last longer, and the air is
consequently much hotter. AS is well
known hot air rises and the rapid rise Of
the hot air and the thrush of other air to
take its place produces the well known
tropical thunderstorms and tornadoes.
when Mont Pelee began its eruption
the air was greatly heated. Then when
the heated lava and gases began rising
from the mouth OF the volcano the heated
air began rising even faster than II ever
did in the hottest summer day. This con-
tinued for a short time, and then the
clouds began TO gather. The heated air
was made still hotter by the awful flow
of gases and lava from the burning noun
tain, and the moist air in the vicinity
was drawn into the vacuum caused by the
heated air rising so rapidly. In this way
thunder clouds were drawn into the vor-
tex, and the thunderstorm, greater than
is ever seen save in the case of vol
cano like this, began. The lightning
which always accompanies a thunder
storm began to make itself seen, and
the great storm caused the lightning to
increase in rapidity until forked flames
of fire seemed to literally fling them
selves upon each other, 30 fast did they
come.
THE volcano had absolutely nothing
to do with the lightning. The great thun-
der clouds drawn into the VORTEX came
in contact with each other. Some were
charged with positive and some with
negative electricity, and the lightning
was the result. AS fast as one cloud
was bereft of it's electricity ii rose still
higher and others were drawn in to take
its place. / do not believe, however,
that anything like 1.TO0 people were kill
ed by the flashes"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
What Happens to the Advance.

Experiments in Austria from 1896 to 1899
show that at 1900 TO 2OC0 PAGES line OF
los men in single rank loses in three min
utes 80 per cent Of its effective, from
company firing five cartridges man, and
that sections of a company forming line
of skirmishers advancing over fiat coun-
try can be completely annihilated in three
minutes by two sections Of the enemy fir
ing abaut five cartridges a man; and yet
the drill book. under the head Of field
maneuvers, allows single mounted men 10
approach to 600 yards of the firing line
in the open and pack mules to 500 yards.
If cavalry approach within 500 yards OF
infantry they will be held only to have
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
Gen. ChaS P. EaQdn, the Bonanza King

OF the federal government and demanded
the assistance of the rurales.
The rurales are as picturesque as any
body of mounted police In the world. In
deed, they are better called soldiers thsn
poAce They are heavily armed and mag
nifcently mounted. They are trained In
the maneuvres of bushwacking, and carry
carbines, revolvers and sabres. They de-
scended on Greene and his cowboys ana
a hattie ensued, in which there Is be-
lieved to have been considerable loss OF
life. How many were actually Killed Is
not known.
Still Greene was not discouraged or,
at least, would not give In. His cowboys
drew away, but did not entirely leave,
and for a month there were occasional
skirnishes between them and the rurales.
Not long after this. Eagan and his men
we're again ousted from the property. Al
about the same time Eagan was assaulted
he Mexican bandits, but not seriously in
jured. His side announced that the BAN
dts were backed by Greene's men; but
this has not been proved. So bitter did
the controversy become at about this
time that Eagan was challenged to hght
duel by Colonel w. p. Horlow. Of Nosalez
who is one of Greenes attorneys. The
duel has not yet been fought, but 1t may
be before the bitterness engendered by
the trouble dies out
Two Of the Greene experts, Johnson and
Fenner, have been arrested ana locked
up. They were captured by the rurales
at a time when they were separated from
their friends, or the attempt TO arrest
them would probably have meant another
fight. This arrest was surprise and
blow to Greene and his contingent and
after that they waited, without further
hostilities. for the action of the court,
which has just been rendered, leaving
General Eagan in possession OF property
rich enough to put him forever beyond the
necessity of bothering with embalmed
beef.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
Painting and Architecture contrasted.
London Standard.


At the eighteenth annual dinner Of the
Society of Architects Sir Wyke Bayliss, in
proposing the toast of the evening, THE
Society of Architects and Architecture"
said he counted 1t happy thing for arohi-
lecture that the control of the profession
should be no longer in the hands of the
painter, but in the hands of the architect
himself Architecture as fine art had al
ways suffered when it had been controlled
by painting The Parthenon was not con-
ceived by the mind of a painter, nor was
Westminster Abbey. The painter thought
in planes in two dimensions Of space, the
architect thought in the round, that was In
three dimensions Of space. The palette OF
the painter was set with colors of his own
choosing. which were, or should be, at
their best when he had finished his work
The palette of the architect was set by
the chemistry of nature, which began
when he left of. Charities cathedral was
more beautiful today than it had ever been
before. Nature had been painting her for
600 years or more. This was not to say
that one art was better than another. 1t
was to say that the two arts were differ
ent, and must be treated and judged diff
ferently The architect had something to
say worth listening to. The architect had
something more to do than to hop over a
sheet of paper with a pair Of compasses,
like a creature on two sticks He carried
something more than two-foot rule. So
Michael Angelo built St. Peters at Rome
with the measuring rod of the seventh
angel who in Paradise measured the walls
of the new City of God. Was the angel
with the measuring rod seen by st. John
really Michael Angelo, who. having serv-
ed his apprenticeship on earth, found en-
ployment in heaven, or was Michael Ange-
10 himself the angel. the messenger who
built St. Peters?
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
Woman in Anhorlsm.

red headed woman may have the sweetest
temper in the world but IT is not always wise
10 rub her fur hte wrong way to see II she
has
Women would love each other devotedly II
there were men on earth
Women. with pretty feet hate overshoes and
love wet weather
Eve hadn't been in the Garden OF Eden fif-
teen minutes until she had discovered that the
smooth surface OF pool was mirror.
The women capable OF the great sacrifices
are not the women who are suffering in mind
because women haven't equal rights with men.
good women Is heavens best gift to man,
as a bad woman is the worst.
Bet your money on the pretty women in a
short race. but the one that isn't $50 pretty
will win in the long run.
A woman who is not neat is a misft.
An idle woman Is the DEVILS workshop.
rolling womsn gathers no husband
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
On slowing a Lord"
London Spectator.


Looking at the question as a whole,
we can see only one answer, and that is
that the majority of Englishmen-or, at
all events enough to make a proverb
sufficiently true to be generally accepted
do undoubtedly love" that is, mstinc-
lively, a title. II you try to see why that
is, you must go back to the days when
men got their names from what they
could do; when, that is. man was judged
by and respected for his capacity for in
ficting trenchant wounds-when men
were called Miller. or Taylor, or Hogg, or
Pigg because they were renowned for
milling q. E., fighting), OF cutting with the
sword, or hacking, or piking. After a
while, the men who couldn't fight best
got further distinctions, the capacity for
knocking down other men, in early stages
OF the history of a community, being, as it
were the yardstick by which each man
was measured. Later. the necessities Of
the community enlarged, and men were
able to gain distinction, and were ennobled
for other services and capabilities than
those of fighting, the names which were
given them being the outward and per-
petual signs OF their achievements.
Today, however, a great deal Of that has
changed. When titles were first being
given there were not very many of them
altogether, and the distinction they car
ried was proportionately greater. Today
they are large in number. indeed, and the
meaning of many of them has been quite
obscured. still, the habit of respecting
the possessor OF a name" has become so
ingrained in succeeding generations that
an instructive homage is paid by the aver
age man to the holder OF title. 1t is an
unreasoning homage, perhaps but IT is
instructive. and the proberh that an Eng
lishman dearly loves a lord would be
just as true II instead of the word lord"
meaning lord of men, whether titled or
not, there were substituted the word
title" which need not necessarily con-
note superiority in any attainment what
soever. It would be true of Englismmen,
but also OF all nations in which has been
established the principle of comforting
hereditary distinctions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16

suffered severely. Closed bodies Of troops
without cover. when opposed to well con
Quoted service rife fire. can only get up
to 500 yards.
The experiments in Austria and the ex-
periences in South Africa both show that
at least 500 yards should be added on to
the distance given in our drill book. That
is to say. troops advancing to the attack
will be under a severe fire for at least
1900 yards or for say fifteen to twenty
minutes; they cannot rush them over the
zone of effective fire in three or four
minutes. as they could in former days;
they must take it quietly at the beginning
so as to reserve their energies for the
final rush
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.

There are now 80 newspapers in Japan
Thirty years ago there was only one.
The suns flames spring at times 70 q dis
tance OF 1sa.oo9 miles from it's surface
SIX thousand tons Of obsolete shot and shell
are being offered for sale by the British war
office.
-Four narcissi blooming one stem IL a
garden az Wisbech-
one most potent engine % civilization in
Syria Is the American printing office, which
occupies q handsome new building at Beirut
and Is the especial pride OF the American
colony
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
49 aDaYSuTs:
land Warrants.

Issued % s0ldiers q the Var q ne Hs'OIu-
kion
Issued TO soldiers o. the War with Mexico.
Issued 20 soldiers of any war. VIII also pur-
rfase Surveyor Generals Certificates. Agricul-
furai College Scrip. Soldiers Additional Home
stead rights. Forest Reserve Land. OF any
valid Land Warrants OF Land scrip WIN PAY
Epct cash delivery % paperA
M.E.MOsESr y aeobson. Bldg. sDenver,Col.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16

CovinEfon Star: Had Mr.. Query been nomi-
mated and an effort made 20 force a state pro-
hlbitory law upon the people the prohibition
people would have taken great risk OF losing
everything they have gained under local OPP
ton. because Il is now plainly 20 be seen that
the bill would have been defeated. and whether
they would have lost the III dry counties where
local option is now In force OF not. IL would
have arraFed the friends OF both plans against
each other In the bitter fight that would have
eusued. and the Temperance cause would have
lost ground By q any NAV.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16

~HARLEs p. EAGAN, one time
commissary general OF the United
States army. has become General
~ Charles Patrick Eagan. retired,
Mexican coal mine owner and bo-
panza king. II is unlikely that the matter
OF beef. embalmed or otherwise, will
further worry him. It is certain that the
which was paid to him for active service
before his enforced retirement no longer
scenes important TO him.
Financially, General Eagan has arrived.
and the story OF how II happened TO him
Is like a set Of chapters from book OF
romance and adventure.
General Eagan's army record, so far as
lighting goes, was a good one. on the
field he was never known to shirk dan
ger or avoid work. In several engage
ments IN the civil war he showed himself
TO be an honorable and brave soldier. and
he did some very creditable work with
the Indians in the west in the interval
that elapsed between the civil war and
the Spanish-American struggle. But not
vfthstanding that he left Washington
disheartened and disgruntled man. me
effect OF the beef scandals upon his club
life there-and he was very fond of club
life and the niceties OF social usage-was
distressing.
He started out TO find new fields for his
energies and a new place for his home.
He Is not an old man, and he Is ana al
WAYS has been a hard worker. For years
he had contemplated trip TO Mexico,
and he decided that this was the best
time OF all to take It. He was not a
wealthy man then and the reduced pay
which came with his retirement was
new distress.
It was something over a year ago that
General E-aUan went through Arizona and
down into the territory OF our southern
neighbor. He Travelled rather extensively
and made the journey from Tucson. Ariz..
70 Guaymas, a port upon the Gulf Of Cali
fornia. He learned that not far from the
railway lines we're coal deposits which
were believed to be most valuable.
Mexico is not a progressive country and
her natural resources have not been ex-
tensively developed. This is especially
true Of her mineral wealth. but for some
reason General Eagan was vastly inter
ested in this coal bed. He looked II over.
II was located not far from the coast
OF the Gulf of California and not much
more than three hundred miles from the
boundary line Of New Mexico. He pom
dered deeply on the matter and finally he
came back TO the states and told some
friends about Il. These friends were mil
lionaires and they had much confidence
in Eagan's judgment. He Is man VINO
throughout life has made strong enemies
and stronger friends.
The men he saw and told about the coal
fields were AlvirEa Hayward and Charles
d. Lane, both OF San Francisco. As soon
as they heard what he had found about
the coal fields they decided to investigate
the matter and TO help him In the enter
prise II things turned out to be as rosy
as he thought they were.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16

Summer sofa cushions are covered with
white Swiss muslin. The large dotted
variety is used for the cover, each dot
being surrounded by green silk-embroider-
ed wreaths. while the rufle is of plain
material decorated only by green feather
stitching.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16

We. the undersigned, believing DR..
SETH ARNOLD'S BALSAM to be a re-
liable Remedy for Bowel Complaints,
hereby guarantee a twenty-five cent bot
tie to give satisfaction or money refunded.
Brannen & Anthony, Atlanta. $50
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
/ The Spartan Wife Of The Nine Worker.

strips of sheet iron. also from the mine
In front of the house was dovecote'
built on a tall post: the post and the
dove house were the work of the miner
father during his leisure hours on Sum
day. 1t was a nicely built Aird house.
Painted yellow. red and blue. the favorite
colors Of the race, it presented marked
contrast to the implanted home or the
human beings beneath it. Paint or even
whitewash seems to be an unknown guam
tity among the miners.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
Science showed a .RIeh STRIKE

Shortly after his return to the states
number OF experts were sent to Mexico
70 investigate his find. They looked the
ground over with scientific eyes; they
probed Il with scientific rods; they weigh
ed and studied It with scientific instru-
ments and they made up their minds that
General Eagan, late OF the United States
army, had stumbled upon a great bonan-
"a. The experts said that there was as
much coal there as in the state OF Penn
sylvania: that IL could be much more cas-
fly mined than most coal can; that trans
portation facilities could be provided with
out too great expense. and that, taking
everything together, General Eagan had
certainly struck 1t rich"
General Eagan's capitalistic friends told
him to go back to Mexico and do those
things which II was necessary for him to
do in order to control that coal, with
feeling OF absolute certainty that he would
be financially backed to any extent that
the enterprise demanded.
At about the same time that General
Eagan had this assurance and started
back, William c. Greene, a one time Ari-
iona prospector. and now the operator
OF the copper fields at Canans, also heard
about those coal fields down in Mexico,
and started to get the right to work them.
Mr.. Greene is a man OF great determine
ton, and the fact that he is known as
the Copper King Of Arizona" shows that
he is also probably a man OF enterprise
and fertile resource. In speculation he is
said to be one OF the cleverest men that
ever turned a deal in mining stocks, ana
he has a good reputation as a fighter.
The fields were located in Conora. and
General Eagan, on his return. and Mr..
Greene reached there at about the same
time. Here was trouble brewing. Each
claimed priority of discovery and with
every passing day the apparent richness
of the fields increased, so that each was
most eager to sustain his claim.
General Eagan claimed right to the
lands under a purchase from the county
Of Sonora. The price which he had paid
was $40 CO., Greene based a claim upon
the fact that he had bought the interests
OF Carlos johnson, the actual owner of
the land. Johnson was the original own
er OF the soil under the Spanish grant.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
War for Possession Begun.

$4,000
Eagan rushed machinery down by car
loads. So did Greene. In all. the holding
includes something like 100000 acres-a
vast domain. General Eagan's ownership
OF this would make him one Of the great
est landed propretors I'm the world. The
territory which both men claimed so ca
gerly embraces practically all the good
coal land in the section, and so compro-
mise and division was quite impossible.
Greene and his machinery got there first.
When the ex-commissary general arrived
with his, he found the land pre-empted
and operations under way. This was dis
concerting. General Eagan carried the
matter TO the courts. The courts I'm the
vicinity at once declared that Greene was
a trespasser and ordered him on the land.
Then Eagan took possession.
BY this time Greene had had some OPP
pOrtunity for lawyers work. and just as
Eagan was about to begin operations he
was served with a notice TO vacate and
charged with being a trespasser. Greene
had gone 10 another court
Both sides then had machinery on the
ground and had engaged laborers. The
fight in the courts was in dead earnest,
for both had spent large sums OF money
and were feeling more and more certain
every day Of the value of the land. Greene
had spent $4,000 and had commenced TO
survey for a railroad TO run from Naco.
Ariz., to la Cannea, and thence to San
Marcial. where the land is situated. He
had also surveyed another line running
10 the Pacific coast, a distance of 300
miles.
General Eagan then went to Guaymas
and secured the backing OF the local
judge. the project OF the district and the
president OF the town. Matters at once
became serious for Greene. Two Of his
experts and all their employees were taken
to court. General Eagan began to show
his military training and his Irish blood.
He armed his laborers. engaged number
Of other Mexicans TO patrol the property
with rifles and took possession. beginning
xnrk an aln AT nnce and very enercetlcallY
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
Shed Blood for the Mines.

This by no means discouraged the 9TH
er party. and at this point things as
sumed a phase which was serious in 9TH
er matters than financial. At some dis
lance Greene gathered a crowd of cow
boys and armed them. All night they
rode desperately, reaching the scene of
Eagan's operations at about dawn. There
was a fierce contest for the land. with
some bloodshed, but Greene's men tri-
umphed and drove Eagan's men away. in
the meantime securing an order against
Eagan as a trespasser.
But Egan's experience in government
matters stood him in good stead. He
went TO the City Of Mexico and declared
that the peace and good government Of
the province was disturbed and that riots
were In s-~~ress. He called for the aid
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
NOT KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

NENT the recent disturbances of
Mont Pelee, in the Isle of Mar
\ Unique, much conjecture has
been raised by the report Of the
press associations that loo peo-