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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17

and birmingham to reach the iron works
! Colonel Yoakum saw things that made
| thrills run over him and goose bumps
grow on his body. Here was the chance
| OF his ltfe-the chance of an epoch In
| civilization. SO he set to work 10 pei
| control of the Seaboard Air Line. Like
Jim Bludsoe on the Prairie Belle. -
foakum seen his duty and he done II.
The details, so far as known of how "he
done it, are given below.
A "Sell Out" Of Seaboard.
Naturally it will not appear that there
has been "a sell out Of the Sea board
It doesn't have to appear that way and
a polite master of the deal Will see that
II is not so scheduled But the fact re-
mains plain to all persons wise to rail
way combinations that four Of the FRS
co-Rock Island officials would not be
elected voting directors Of the Seaboard
corpora ton tust for the purpose OF help-
ing along an innocent little traffic agree
ment"
Ex-Congressnan Henry CLAW Pierce is
the representative Of the ST. Louis inter
ests In the Frisco, and Is a man Of mil
lions and strong financial connections
Oakleigh Thorne president Of the North
American Trust Company is the repre-
roads concerned. while B. s. Guinness.
OF Ladenhurg. Thalman & Co. repre-
sents that firms clients in England Hoi-
land and Germany. who hold lprge blocks
Of bonds issued By the constituent roads
The deal means that the Three Giants"
combination will possess ocean and gulf
outlets at nearly every deep water port |
from Norfolk to Galveston. and through |
the San Antonio and Ararsas Pass al |
the latter port, where the government is /
now putting In a deep water channAl. |
for which the Frisco g striking by q /
line now under construction from Brady
to San Antonio
No greater association OF mutual rail-
way interests has ever before been
made, and the consequences of 1t will be
TO add great forces to the settlement
Ind development Of the whole south. the
Enlargement of the commerce Of all our
ports and. best of all. the centering here
n Atlanta Of a large amount Of the ad-
and construction work Of this
ephantine system.
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FOR ATLANTA
IN THE GIANT DEAL
1t Means That Ceorgia's Capital viii Become the
Practical junction OF: the Great System.
Those Who Figure in Deal.
By Sam W. Small.

The purchase II control Of the Sea
board Air Line system by the Rock
Island Frisco peple is one of the great
est railway SCOOP of the era. and means
a multitude Of iings for Atlanta that
cannot now be lily estimated
It means, anyhv, and first of all. that
Atlanta will bene the practical juno
ton point of first great southern
system to rami the west. the gulf
coasts and the ith Atlantic states.
The combined stem of Rock Island.
Frisco and Seatrd roads covers Il. 4Ss
miles. making thew combination con-
troll the largest ileage of any system
In America andonsequcntly of the
whole world. Il next largest is the
Canadian Pacificlth 1910, followed by
the Chicago andTthwestern with 1924
and the Burlina with s.432.
For atlanta become at once the
main centerpole so magnificent sys
tenn Of modern rays Is an advantage
J that none OF us on the moment adj
i eouately realize.
THINK or II. new Briarean giant
pillows his head ong the sky-scrapers
of Chicago. drin'rom Lake Michigan.
grasps tho greadden harvests of the
Dakotas at Watwn In his left hand
the quick ocearlff1c Of the Atlantic
at Norfolk. hoMexico's MAGNIFICENT
international GORGE attached to his
left foot at FL Pand the trade Of the
Caribbean and forthcoming isthmian
canal travel to light foot at Tampa!
Scope be System
The lines unone general control
will vein and q twenty states and |
three territories he nation. viz: I'LL !!
nois. Indiana, Nsota. South Dakota, =,
Iowa, Nebrask souri,, Kansas. Colo
RADIO. Texas. A;as Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Alaban'ennessee Georgia, I
Florida. South ina. North Carolina
and Virginia. are territories Of New
Mexico, Oklahond the five nations of
Indians.
From the ead to the west end
Of the system 100 miles and from
the northernmoIlt to the southern
most Is 1900 M
The wealth oght resources along
these combined Tvs. including wheat.
corn. cattle, hoducts. hay, cotton,
coal and tin.berot be less than 81
900. 0O0.0 900 per anfor which the sys-
tenn will be all compete with all |
rivals on winnitrns.
The passengerc for which it will | {
have equal chawil not fall below
the normal ratiive among 81. 000. 900
people. or nearlhalf the popula ton /
Of the entire CO
The above STATS are quite suf-
flcient to show an enormous rail- {
way combinatof is to be and what c
resources it camand to make 1t
the highest eaand NEST valuable
railway system world. And right "
here In Atlantsets nearly all the ~
other great leaqthe railway equip
ment Of the soWeen New Orleans u
and Washington
Outcome 1eral Battle. ~
This combins undoubtedly the OF
outcome OF th.s battle royal be-
tween the dire and west trunk fl,
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Enes and the Indirect lines of the wes
ana southeast to control tidewater ports
Inc Canadian Pacific the New York
Vanderbilt lines, the Pennsvl.
vanla and Baltimore and Ohio svstenos
nave the St Lawrence ports of Quebec
ana Montreal, the ports of Halifax and
st. Johns, Portland. Boston, New York.
Philadelphia and Baltimore. Already the
costs OF maintaining traffic through then,
Is enormous and in some of them ade
quate water front terminals have been
practically exhausted
Inns Is one reason why the state Of
New York is contemplating an apnro-
| prlation or many millions of dollars 10
make LOO ton barge waterway of the
Erie canal. so as to cheaper gram and
ore transpcrtion to the sea, via tha
lakes and the Hudson river.
This is why George Gould and his
colleagues are connecting up the Ml,
souri, and Pacific and the Wa bash routes
by building needed links and buyinp tho
Western Of Maryland roads into Bal
timore.
Cheap fretghts on ocean-soins co,,-
merce is the demand of the age and
those people who can easiest make tbc
trip with cheap rates on western my
southern products to the seaboard norts
combining less rail and longer watsr
routes-are the ones that Will win ont
in the battle.
Yoakum's Part in Deal
Undoubtedly the chief nov.r :, .,,
monster combination is BENJAMIN Franz
I'm hoaKum' late of Texas. He Is the
man who started out to build the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass railway IN
eXas with only s. bill In his pocket |
lie worked like convict under the lash
OF his ambition and suffered dtscourage
ihentS that would have made Sisyphus
sit down to laugh at him, but his bull
dog persistency won. He saw the road
built and reach Its present extent of 6s7
miles, spreading out into steel hand
over the heart and lungs of Texas The |
town OF Ioakum was built in his honor |
and there he lived like a prince where
In the early days of his struggle he
could hardly buy his family provisions
, day ahead of his needs.
Then he got In with the crowd that
controlled the Frisco and became its
president. A once he set his brain to
work figuring out a system to cover the
southwest and In January last realized
lis dream by seeing the practical consol- ,
dation into one system of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific roads with those :
# the Frisco system. This gave COM O
'ination reaching from Chicago to Ell ! q
'aso and from Denver to Birmingham, | f
Ma o
But Yoakum could not content his am !
ition with much. He envied the hold :,
Is of the south Atlantic ports If he n
ould only figure to capture some Of the
est of them he would be the railroad
king of the world He could give a
Jerry ha-ha. to that expatriated Amer
AN. Sir William Van Horne, of the =
anadian Pacific make the Wander bits .,
ok like trade dollars" give George X
ould a cramp in his polo wrist and d
zen make the cZaS of Russia take hIS | Ell
d trans-Siberian system to seat south -
the salt! , a., NJ
When the Seaboard Air Line began to 60
'ure on Its new line between Atlanta b,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17
Miss Vance Found Ter Bust,e

st. Paul. Mimi, August l0.-Word wa
received by union depot officials that the
missing hustle in which $1,000 had heen
sewed by Mrs. Lucy Vance. of Shawnaa
kanG, and which she supposed She had
dropped from a Rock Island train while
en- route to ST. Paul, has been found
she, in the hurry of leaving her old
Gle and returned home Just in tima -
save 1t from being burned as rubbish
by new tenants of the house.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17
May Not Ratify Panama Canal.

Panama, August 1.-THE latest news
from Bogota is not favorable to the ratl-
fication of the canal treaty.
correspondent writes that seven SEN
ators favor and seventeen oppose ratifi-
cation and that unless some radical
change occurs soon all efforts to secure
its ratification Will fail. The friends Of
the canal hope that ex-President Caro-
one Of the leaders Of the opposition to
the government. an dan opponent to the
treaty. may again drag the question
movement wotf.1 eventually compel the
senate. when the vote is reached to
divide on the lines OF support or oppo-
stion TO the government.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17

The first period of the contest car
ries with it 5000 special prize for the
nearest estimate on the Port Receipts
received during July or August
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17
Governor Heard on Lvnchinos

baton Rouge, La. August 1o-In dis
cussing the letter of President Roosevelt
10 Governor Durbin of Indiana. Governor
Heard said:
- think the remedy for lynch law is
prompt and speedy trial The law should
ne renewed Of It's technicalities by which
Stii'lnaiS are able To get long and re-
peated delays Every lynchng weakens
ltspect for the law and when men per-
siSt III TINS form OF redress they lose
an respect for the law and This in it
sell. superinduces ard invites other
u INES. agree thoroughly with the
president In bis statement that the
"er stone or the republic, of all free
governments. IS respect for and obe!i ence
10 the law Whenever the law Is permit
ted 10 be defled or evaded, in the W rds
Oh the president, 1t weakens the bonds of
our civilization and increases the chances
OF its overthrow
The presidents letter Is a strong and
uihely one. and | agree with much of
what he says. But there is one point on
winch he is clearly mistaken and on which
1 strongly dissent from his view. He
seems to think that the punishment metcd
out to negroes for certain nameless
crimes are punishments especially aimed
at them by reason of their color His mis-
conception arises doubtless from the fact
that this crime is limited almost ex-
to the colored race. The punish
ment knows no distinction OF color. White
men rarely commit this crime, but when
they do the record shows that it matters
little In what section 1t occurs the same
usually follows.
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17
Australian Steamer Founders.

Triste Austria. August 12.-The Aus
TRAN Lloyd steamer Poseidon today
foundered on the Syrian coast. Her pas
sengers and crew were saved.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17
DURHAM TO ROOSEVELT.
SAYS PRESIDENT SOUNDS KEW.
NOTE OF TROUBLE
Indiana Governor, Who Has HID
Experience with MODS, Com
mends Roosevelt's Views.

indianapolis Ind. August 10-Csovernor
durham today sent formal reply n
the letter he received yesterday from
president Roosevelt, concerning the re-
cent mob at Evansville. Governor Dur
bin says:
Dear Mr.. President: Acting in ac
cofdance with the suggestion made hx,
me secretary to the PRESIDENT I vesteT-
ra5 telesiaphed you my approval OF tina
JDihlii uhlcation you have seen fiji to al
| ur@SS 10 me under date of August ;,
| IN DONG this | proceeded on the wei
warranted belief that the communication
| snu NAVE So generously accorded TO mr.
H t'ri actS was only 1ncidenta! to the
oIoau purpose of your admira bic letter.
"hlch Is a moving appeal to the con-
science and the patriotism calculated IN
my opinion. to profoundly AFFECT DubIlo
, 9vltiine"' on Vlta4Iy important national
t.ooIe'H' Inc effect of such an apueal
from such a source is certain r. he
sanitary IN its widespread Influences In
ms instance, as in other emergencies
yIu nave spoken with the courage of con
'ic1oh, with the eIoQuence of earnest
ness ana under the Inspiration of oIear
Understanding and devotion 10 tho d1,tiS.
@ aht responsibilities of American c1tizen-
y feel that you have struck tho ,sv
roe OF national necessity whsn va,
90! an pupnc men. all writer's for the
pteSS, an cIergymen. all teachers ali
- III any way nave right 10 address
III, ne people, should with every energy
p nnrt 70 ts denounce such crimes and to sup
down and declare the correlated doctriaa
mat mat we must show that the law Is
a to deal with crime by freeing
delay. " ''N'i''icai0y anu
our stirring words will serve 10 nress
nome Se upon the people a responsibilftv
, WdiGH reaching beyond all these in au-
1 'rn Is after all essen TALLY their own.
o,, arUHse the realization OF that re-
20 % entirely eradicate conditions whieb
'oheI wise may become as you point out
80 cleariy an imminent menace TO the
very life Of the renuhlin- ~ ell0
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The special prize Of 5000 is offered
for the nearest estimate in Port Re-
ceipt Contest received for the first Pc
Rod, no matter how far the nearest
estimate may miss the exact figure.
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sailin for Europe every
week, and I don't zee
why I shouldn't come
in for a fair share OF
the money they spend.
do you? "If Lochin-
var Leary can take
'eni for a week on
the ocean, feed 'em
and sleep EN-, and
then land EN- safe
and sound in densest
Germany. then why
Shouldn't he?
What's more. isn't
II better that they
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Joe, THE JUNGLE BOY.
Being the Adventures of a Boy
Who Was Carried OFF
by Gorillas.
CHAPTER VII.

| In my last | told you how | caught a
| lion by means of a vine with a slipnoose
at the end, and how excited the gorillas
were over it.
| knowing how strong lion is, I expected
| the captive to break away at any moment
but TO my surprise he was held fast. He
struggled until be was tired out, and then
| after a rest, he began again. but the moose
held him fast.
All night long he was growing, whin"
ing, and thrashing about and we got no
sleep at all. When daylight came | saw
how il was that he had not got away.
He had put his head through one moose
and il had frightened at the back Of his
shoulders, and one of his hind legs had
been caught in another, He could not
get at the vines with his teeth. and, as
told you, they were as stout as ropes of
that size. If he had been caught by only
one vino he might have broken it. but he
could not break the two.
We had the lion caught fast enough
but he was a savage fellow, and we knew
we must look out for him. The only way
We could kill him was with clubs, so, after
the tree and formed circle around him.
He growled and roared and plunged at
,ts, but every chance We got we jumped
in and gave him hard blow. and at last
he was finished
When he was dead the gorillas danced
on his body pulled it about and treated
il with the utmost contempt II was finally
dragged rto the forest for the jacknls to
devour
The gorilis were puzzled to know
W neither wss negro 10y or one of them
selves, but they thought me very smart
and cunning. Ii we could have talked
together am sure they would have given
me words OF praise.
You may wonder if | was satisfied to
live with them. OF course | was not, I
, wanted 10 get away and return 10 my own
u.oplc, but you must remember that
was at l"sst forty miles nom home, in a
strange forest, and ii | had been free to
20 | ahould not have Euown which way
10 heed. -,
R,u I was rot free. While the gorllas
had otferel me no harm. was sure that
If I attempted 10 escape they would stop
me and perhaps XII me-.
II went for FOOD OF water some Of them
always went with me-, and had no doubt
that when Slep' AT least one was always
ON the watch over me, | meant TO get
away az soon IS ! could, but had to wait
until fair chs nee me
The gorillss bad been travelling al night
when they found me- tied to a tree, but from
that time never knew them to be abroad
after dark but once. II they slept in the
afternoon they did not 20 TO sleep again
until late hour 81 night, but they did not
wander far from home.
had been with them month when
; we all set out one morning for walk
through the forest. We had devoured
all the food near our home, and. perhaps
the gorillas were looking for fresh supply
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We could not talk together, but could
tell when they wanted me to do anything
As we went through forest and Jungle
some Of them walked upright and some on
all tours, and whenever we came to tres
loaded with oranges or guaves we stopped
to eat. Now and then, In the clear spots,
we found wild melons growing, and after
eating our fill we would toss the fruit 10
each other.
We were three or four miles from our
home, and had stopped at a spring to drink.
when 1 suddenly heard the voices of human
beings. and next moment party of black
men came in sight What tribe they be-
and clubs, and were evidently going to
fight.
They were twenty in number, and all
big, strong fellows. | was for running
away az once, but not so the gorillas. A
gorilla fears neither man nor beast, and is
always ready to fight to the death
Our leader uttered a loud Hui" as the
negroes came marching on, and the other
gorillas scattered about ard armed them
selves with clubs. I did likewise.
I think the black men would have run
away if they had been let alone, but the
gorillas advanced TO the attack, uttering
screams of fury, and in a moment there
was a fierce battle raging. ! had never
fought against men before, and was rather
frightened at first, but after bit was az
savage IA any of the gorillas.
The negroes fought well. but, even with
their spears and outnumbering us twenty
To fifteen, they were not match for us.
Some of the gorillas were wounded, but
when we had killed four Of the negroes
go.
In my next l shall tell you how I played
surgeon to the gorilas, and how we had
fun with an elephant.
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bosom Of Mother Ocean, hundreds OF miles
from shore.
skin game? You wrong me. sir. One
part of the oceans just as suitable and
beneficial for a sea voyage as any number
Of parts. Just so long as you don't see land,
why what's the difference?
THE air will be just as good, the drinks
Just the same and he motion even greater.
But how about Germany, you ask?
I'm coming TO that
AT the end OF five days-our ships a
record breaker, you know-well lower
a boat of the awning bow and row in after
the pilot. just SOS to make the pilot pool
fair and interesting, why we'll try and get
different pilot from the one that brought
US out.
when we have taken on the pilot Wen
weigh anchor and steam slowly back into
port again, being careful. of course, to keep
the awnings on our New York and Statue
of Liberty side.
with good weather We ought to be able
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-ThE -- 81 cur,o,. Y: J
HUMOROUS 90, Co: e: =; :; n.
SIDE %LIFE. $50 ;

aToo had about that McChesnev- Water
hov race being called OFF, remarked the
Cav man. But if the horses are as fast as
,he papers say they are, Of course It's only
=, o,est ion OF which horse could get away
ars The second they we're OF the race
would be practically over
.Whv? Why, just because they're both
., fast Look at the famous Excavation
r,l,,yon race at he Lily Park track out
IN Jones county ten years ago.
~Never heard of it? And you're racing
man, Why. don't pretend to follow the
monies. but saw that race.
"Followou was fast tinisher just like
Nc,he.nev is supposed to he, while Ex-
,,y,,ion was more OH the Waterboy type
and ran from the drop OF tho flag.
"On The Zig day most every one in Jones
,o,oly wa on hand and the rails fairly
cr,uned with the weight Of the crowds.
the letting slightly favored Followon,
owing 10 her wcll.linown finishing powers,
In, Excavation wa, not wanting in backing.
A, 3,i Doc puackenbush dropped
in. flag. the old cry of They're OH" went
nm from, he crowd, and the race was on.
Excavation got away slightly in the
load and slowly Increased his advaptag
nm II. a. thew flow by the first furIopg post
ha ,,as almost length TO the good.
Folowon viii get him in the stretch
said tho wise ones.
.On thew tore \, the end of the second
furlaug he horses we're cutting such a
,arridc pace that they were completely
I,-r IN 'he dust they raised.
"rhnn the unexpected happened.
suddenly Fol)owon was seen to rear
and stop short. Excavation tore on.
Come on. Follower! Come on! shouted
tln fren2iad crowd. She's been pulled
Ru' later. as Excavation galloped down
tSn stretch IN easy winner and the dust
cleared away some. the crowd saw what
Rad really happened.
Excavation had been flying along with
such terrific speed that he had raised the
whole track in dust clouds, leaving yawn
ing chasm behind him. Followon had 10
wnl fully frteen minutes on the brink
before enough track settled for her to trot
home on.
And that. sir, is why I firmly believe
that in really fast race the horse hat
gets "A first viii have the call.
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Law LIBRARIES on WARSHJPs.
Things Naval Officers Must knOwDewey
n Lawyer as Well rs Fighter.

ut will probably surprise most people.
said naval officer, ito know that the United
States furnishes to its war vessels not only
guns, powder and shells, but also law books,
and that flagships carry with them a law
library.
among the books that are issued in
order 10 enable the officers OF tho navy ~
act with proper knowledge Of law are:
Kent's Commentaries Meyers Federal
Decisions, Blatchford's Prize Cases, Amos's
On he Science of Law, Greenleaf' Evil
deucc. Stephens Digest Of the Law OF Evil
dence,' SHOWS Cases on International
Law story on the Constitution of the
United States Wharton's Digest OF Inter
national Law and 'Fatsl on the Laws Of
Nations The Admiral must DE up on OIL
legal points In order to hold his commits
sion. ....
AT Annapolis the Importance Of the study
of law is recognized, and cadets, during
the fourth year, are required to study sa'@"-
national law, az well as the rules governing
courts of inquiry and general and summary
conference.-the
This legal training at Annapolis stood
Admiral Dewey in good stead at Manila,
and when the adequate biography OF the
conqueror of MoDtoio shall be written. a
prominent place will he given TO his knowl-
edge of the law. His skiiful treatment of
the rather strained relations with the Ger
man commander exhibits the highest knowl-
edge OF the law governing such cases, and
in MI the long months of waiting. after the
fall Of Manila, when he was constantly
beset with vexatious problems he showed q
knowledge Of International law that would
be remarkable in man who devoted his
| whole time and energy to the study OF that
| one branch.
Lawyers have just as much Of a right 10
he proud Of Dewey for his legal achievements
az naval officers have for his viotoryewlg thu
ships OF SPAIN 81.