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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

TEN. including the switches. is operated by only
III levers Only the express tracks are
blocked" Signals on the local tracks are
placed only at the approaches to the stations
as the frequent stops OF the trains are depended
upon for protection. This is the system used
on the elevated road. and ii is expected that it
will be more satisfactory than the block system
The signals in the neishborhood of given sta
ton may be set at danger" from the station in
case of necessity. The signals are operated by
a combination of air pressure and electricity
The air pressure is supplied by sub-stations
placed about two miles apart. The compressors
are operated by electricity and start automat-
ically when the pressure has been reduced to
eighty pounds and stop in the same way when
ninety pounds pressure has been secured There
only few switch cabins which are of cor
rugated metal. with plate glass windows The
switches are controlled by small levers about
six inches long, which may be moved with the
pressure of a finger almost The switch cabin
at the Brooklyn Bridge station is only thirty
inches wide-just wide enough for the chair of
the operator The operating system of the road
is so nearly automatic that it would not be diff
fcult to convince one that the trains could run
themselves.
A couple OF weeks ago August Belmont ran y,
train from One-hundred- and forty-fifth-st TO
the City Hail. Mr.. Belmont had been told that
any one could run one of the trains. Not as a
possible strike breaker but simply to learn tb,t
this statement was correct, he took the lever in
the motorman's cab. The trip had some excit-
ing features. but none that were especially dan
gerous The third rail speckled with paint
and plaster which had fallen from the hands OF
the workmen This constantly broke the cir
cult. and as the train travelled il was almost
enveloped in lightning. Once the emergency
brakes brought the train to a sudden stop Mr.
Belmont was satisfied however. with his ride
The third rail is to be covered with a board
ABOUT eight inches wide. fastened to it by means
OF clamps 1t will thus be difficult for a pedes
trian to come in direct contact with the rail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04
PERSIA.

MUM upon them At the door OF these asylurns
years ago was a chair. IN which one had only to
place the undesired new born child. and immedi-
ately they disappeared. TO be replaced by an
other receptacle.
IL Is related of Jean Jacques Rousseau. whose
moral influence on contemporary thought prevt-
Gus TO the Revolution was greater than that OF
all his enemies and friends put together" that
when he came 10 Paris the second time to estab-
fish himself amid want, which would have
brought death but for the misery sous gained
for occasional music copying, he felt the need OF
something. In his wretched garnet he sat in
loneliness. and unused and IOnged as the most
cynical often do. for a Caress-some one who
could sympathiZe. love. cry with him. and III
the empty space in his heart from which a1nbi-
ton and spirit had fled. Like HazIitt and IS
inscrutdble. he found what he sought in a ser
want. who was ignorant OF her letters and the
intricacies OF the hands of a clock but who sat
on a box with him and was supremeIy happy to
eat miserable supper from the window sill a
child came. AMI Rousseau took II to the orphan
asylum. The second and the third went like
Wise-not 50 much. perhaps. because it was
avoidance of care. as that it was economical
Then the father, long years afterward craved
the sweetness Of his Chidren'S embraces. The
Marechale de Luxembourg did all possible to
find the inegitimate souls that the world had
swallowed but to no purpose. The father him
self tramped many a weary mile burdened with
weary object, and perhaps il the street
brushed elbows with whom he sought but he
never knew.
Certainly. to relate the signs and suffering OF
all the RousseauS who have IiveI in France
would be a long. long history AMI the inside
happenings OF the orphan asylum5 OF France
would furnish food for ali nOvelists since Adam
and until Gabriel
The real institution exists In the heart OF
French people more than in buildings. Some
time ago a Mime. Marion. who had been a do
nestle at Mans. went to Paris to find place
as nurse To avoid paying commission To
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

Your majesty is no stranger TO the poverty
Of our country. Your majesty knows we'll that
so poor is the land its product only nourishes
the people half the year. The other half of the
year we are compelled. like swine. to live on
chestnuts.
I" Now. sire, we have been informed that by
virtue of your royal birth you possessed of
powers more than human-in brief, magical
powers. We beseech you. therefore. to relieve
our dStressful poverty. We beseech you to give
our country such fertility that instead of one
harvest we may hereafter have two each year
1.-THE king wise and witty. This petition
Of his people amused him. and he answered 1t
thus:
I" 7 grant. friend. your desire willingly. Two
harvests annually shall be yours hereafter And
add yet another favor. Whereas. other coun-
tries have year of only twelve months you
shall have one of twenty-four.'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04
SUBWAY SHOPPING.
Continued from seventh page

the solution of one of the most stubborn prob
lens of railroadng.
Automatic signals heretofore have been SO
constructed that when the signal gets out of
order it wilt automatically set itself at danger
and remain in this position. even if the track is
clear When the signals in the subway show
danger 4 lever rises beside enc of the rails
and comes in contact with projection attached
to the car and automatically stops the train
The stoppage of a train in the subway because
q signal happens to be out of order is undesir-
able, for before the motorman could learn that
the road was clear and only the signal out OF
order several trains might have been held up and
the whole system disaTranged. In the new in
vention which is said TO be the first of it's kind
in the world, the signal when out of order shows
caution" This permits the mOtOrman to pro-
coed slowly until he reaches the next signal.
when he will learn absolutely whether the track
is clear or not. This will be perfectly safe in
the subway as the system is so arranged that
no train may enter block until the preceding
train has passed out of the second block ahead
In the subway there are 51T signals The sys-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04
THEY GOT THEIR WISH-4ND MORE

A. B. Stickney. the president of the Chicago
Great Western Railroad. has returned from a
tour of Europe with an enhanced opinion of
Americas excellence.
Here at home" he said, "we fruitful
fruitful in all things. Here not like the
Italian peasants, whose crops are so scanty that
they had to beg for two year.
81 heard the story OF these peasants from
prince in Rome He said that on the coronation
of a certain king the peasants met together.
agreed what they wanted, and chose
spokesman to lay their before their new
ruler.
Like the folk he represented. the spokesman
simple minded. He obtained audience
with the king. and. bowling low. he said:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

heartily. and that every hand enthusiastic
volunteers pour in. But that is not true. A
friend of mine in Moscow wrote me the other
day of a joke that is being quietly circulated.
and this joke shows pretty clearly the different
views that the government and the common
people take of the war
1.-TWO men. according to the story. were out
walking. when they saw crowd jostling and
showing, while from within the crowd came loud
sobs. cries of pain. oaths and blows.
what earth is the natter said the first
nan.
Oh said his companion. indifferently. it is
only a government officer forcing 4 peasant to
urn volunteer"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

Advertisements are to be placed tn the hand
some tiled stations and the cars. The character
of the stations suggests that the railroad COM
pany might. to the advantage OF the public. ap-
point censor of advertisements who would per-
form for the stations the same duty which the
editors of some magazines do for their adver-
Using pages The stations are so handsome that
the advertising posters ought to be ornamental
and in keeping with their surroundings There
are also to be newspaper stands in the subway
stations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04
INVOLUNTARY VOLUNTEERS.

S. Osgood Pel sat in the smoking room OF the
Windsor at Saratoga count Tolstoy." he said.
Els right in his statement that the Russian
peasants are averse to war. and go to war
willingly. II these peasants could have had
their way there would have been no trouble
with Japan
1.-The Russian press, Of coursi claims that the
plain people arc supporting the government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04
Il MODERN SOLOMON.
BcrfiIIon Decided Case of Disputed Par
eHtGge.
eHtGge.

Written for The Tribune by American In France
OF all countries France has established the
greatest number OF orphan asyIuns- II may be
a question whether deserted children occasiOned
them or are a result of them. but it is no ques-
ton that without them there would be fewer
children born out of wedIOck
The revolutionists Of 1790-the Dantons, the
Marats, the Mirabeaus. the Robespierres-were
eager for new life and blood. and. rather than
discourage uegitimate births. they put pre-
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-08-11

- Cine reue S6Idffpies
lerin iit in Rptterbam aufgstreten.
Dies muIitaliT6s Mebium, Elm 5rGus
Iein Rpbid, probuSirte ii1 Suerit Dor
sinem tleineu Sreis geIabensr 9dite.
Sn bbpnotii6sr 2rancs, nit perbuns
benen glugen am Slupisr iiBeno,
ipielte lie Suerit NDtsn, ipel6e auf oas
Sldpier geitellt pproen pdren. SpGs
Ter tomppnirten einige SerrsR aus
benz publitum einiee Noten, ipo6ei lie
aud 9ifonan5sr tinfiigteu. SieIe
Npten purber sefaltst uno in pers
IalOfene llmi9ldge ssitedt, bic ibr
uuf's Saupt geIegt lpurOen. Rpoid
lpielte nihtsbeitopenieer bieIe gtoten
uhne einen ein5isen 6ebler NIT allen
Sifonan5en. Sobalo Der llmiblag
bon osm Sopf bes MsOiums peqgss
rommeu ipuroe, bDrte Der 3uitano oes
9eaIebens auf,
- % fl in tsiusm GanDt
fanoeu berumSiebenbsA AuudfuIher biss
her sinen iolGen tlingenoenGrfolg pie
in 9elgien. 9ieIe oieIer 2eute, bic ais
3abnsiebsr, Wurmpertreiber uin. auf
pergolbeten Pruntpagen unter bdnfd>
rentluug bas 2anb Our95o9en, buben
ii6 in lpeuigsn Sabren bereidert. Dem
@uslGneer fiel IS INNER duf, rpie es
m0gli6 Isi, bab nod in unierer 3eit
bic Mufen ben glnpreiIungsn. pis
man lie BON isneu Seiltiinitlern gu bD'
rem tetam, @lauben fdenten tonntcn,
pGbreno Der perniinftigere 8elgier
bieIe 2ei9tgldubigteit auf ben nisbes
rem Stanb Der belgif6en 8oltsbilounJ
Suriidfiibrte. Die belgiIhe 8eb0roe
bat iich enblih entidloFen. bem llns
peIen Gin Gnoe Su MAIDEN. Der
Strabsnpsrtauf BON GrSeugniheu, eie
gegen Srantbsiten oiensn iollen, ipirb
fir bic 5oIse gdnSlih psrbpteu. Sine
llnteriuhung bat ergeben, odb bic
ipunotrnben Auadialber uamentlid
bur6 unpafenoe Wittel gsgen 9lugens
leiben Toipie bur9 eefGbrli6e 4rSneien
gesen Wiirmer srobes llnfeiI an9eri6'
ttt haben.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-08-11
Troritt3 Yourn1errr.

Stettin. Dem GiIsubabnitas
tionsaiiiitenten a. .. 9raeis 1T Der
arousnoroen pierter 8laf. perlieben
porosn. - Grtruntsn 1T Der 7idbrige
Sobn bes Sdiffers paul Ridtsr aus
9anSio. Der &nabe mar bon bem
BEL bsr S6iffsbaulaitabie lisasnbsu
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-08-11

Waqbeburg. Sin mG6tigsr
8ranb piitbete aHf bem @runoitiid
Der S6nsiOsmiible uno 9iItsnfdbrit
BON War Simon in Der llmfaifungs>
itrabe RO. S8. 8eim Gintreffen Der
Jeueriptbr itunb bus Slpei 9eIboB
bobe. lauaseitredtt SabrHasbdubs in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
THAT PROMISED BOOM DID NOT EXPLODE
Discounted by the Statement of Chairman
Report Did Not Reflect Any Member of the
House. Excessive Allowances n Georgia.

Judgment there was not an instance
which reflected upon the integrity of
any member of the house, and that
their only motive had been to promote
the interests of their constituents. He
added that he had taken the liberty of
having the report printed, ana prom
ised that each member of the house
would be provided with a copy of the
document within an hour.
In Georgia the report shows that
there we're forty-one cases where al
lowances for clerk hire were made.
In only three instances were the al
lowances excessive. At CedartOwn an
allowance of 5000 was granted at the
instance of Senator Clay. Investiga-
ton showed that it was redu Jed to
500 on the ground that it was excess
i've. At Camilla an allowance of S240
was reduced to $40, and at Moultrie
the S408 allowance was reported as ex-
cessive by $3.50. These last two rec
concentrations were made by Repre-
sentative Griggs.
Representatives Howard and Lewis
are mentioned as having recommended
increases at Dapielsville and Richland
respectively, but the allowances grant
ed are not reported as excessive.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
GAVE HER LIFE TO SAVE ONE
Indiana WOman's Effort 20 Keep
Man from GaIlOWS.

Bessie Foster of Evansville, Ind,
died at Denver, Col. LAST week from
peritonitt3, following an operation for
appendicitis. She went to Denver in
defiance. of physicians at home, who
declared it would be suicidal for her
to make the trip. She was the sole
reliance of Russell Boles to prove an
alibi. Boles was convicted of murder
ing Harold Friedborn and criminally
assauiting his sister on December 81,
1901. Boles' attorney wrote Miss Fos-
ter that an innocent mans life depend
ed upon her testimony. and with that
appeal she decided to take her chances
of life. She was subjected to a severe
ross-examination, and that night was
sent TO the hospital.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16

A Washington special to the Savan-
nah News says members of the Geor-
ria delegation are interested in but
not excited over the report of Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General BristOw
to the effect that excessive allowances
for clerk hire in various postoffice5
were granted at the personal request
of senators and representatives.
When Representative Overstreet,
chairman of the committee on postof-
fees and postroads, brought the sub
iect to the attention of the house in a
report from that committee there was
momentary furry of excitement
among members on both sides of the
chamber. Owing to sensational state
ments in the morning papers that the
Bristow resolution would seriously
damage the character of many sena-
tors and one-half of the membership
of the house there was much curiosity
to see.the list of suspects.
Members crowded about Chairman
Overstreet and blocked the center
aisle in front of the speakers desk
and listened attentively to everything
that was said, not knowing whether
their names were included in the list
and the statements furnished by Mr..
Bristow. The printed report, con-
tanning 2lS pages, was eagerly sought
after by numbers of newspaper cores
pondents.
Mr.. Overstreet relieved the suspense
somewhat by declaring that in his
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
NEGRO G. A. RS. OPPOSED WHITE CON-
RADES BAN0UETING ALONE.
Affair Was Abandoned to Avoid Friction.
Effect of Booker Washington White
House Dinner Felt in Georgia.


Because the colored delegates to the
GraL Army encampment at Savannah
last week thought they should be al
lowed to attend banquet which the
officers contemplated giving at the
DeSoto hotel the spread was called off.
Mr.. M. c. Wilcox of Mt. Airy, editor
of the Protectionist, who is junior.
vice commander of the department,
said that was the easiest way out of
the targ e, and for this reason 1t was.
agreed to aoandon the idea of having
the banquet.
1t was the intention of the white vet
Grams to have q banquet at the DeSotO,
and to make arrangements for the COL
cred posts to be entertained by some
colored society in the city.
But several of the colored delegates
were not pleased with this arrange
ment and declared that if they were TO
go into eucampment with their white
comrades they saw no reason why they
should not be allowed to sit down with
them at the banquet table. 1t was
soon ascertained that the DeSoto
would not entertain proposition to
serve the negro delegates.
When Mr.. Wilcox discovered that
the colored delegates were insisting
that they be allowed to participate in
the affair the matter was at once
dropped It was said that the delega-
tion from Fitzgerald was the rirst to
notify the commander Of the Savannah
post that the members were opposed
cause friction between the white and
colOred posts.
EFFECT OF WASHINGTON DINNER.
The Savannah News quotes one of
the officers of the department as say
ing that the incident was sufficient to
show what influence the celebrated
Booker Washington white house din
ner has had on the negroes through
out the country.
"Then, too" said the officer, 1.-THE
banquet given by the repu blican ma
tional executive committee at Wash
ington in Decembe at which Juds0n
Lyons was guest, is known to every
negro in Georgia, and has had the t. G.
dency OF making the negroes feel that
they are the white mans social equd,
and they feel insulted if they are st
! trested on equal terms"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
IT'S COLD IN VERMONT.
Corpse Conveyed to the Grave On
a Sled,

The Boston Herald gives this sketch
of some of the signs of an unusually
severe winter in Vermont: Mrs.
James Atwood, living about three
miles from her nearest neighbor, in
West Dover, VT, was taken i'll last
week AMI required a physician, who
was obliged to walk four miles through
the drifted roads, otherwise impass-
able. Mrs. Atwood died before she
could get relief At her funeral this
week eight men and several teams
shovelved and plowed for hours trying
to open way for the hearse to pass TO
the nearest tomb or" cemetery, but
they were obliged to give itup and the
remains were conveyed to the grave
on a handsled drawn by the palIoear-
ers."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
WANTED TO DINE SAME AS WHITES
FIVE WIVES AND As CHILDREN
Short History of the Life of Nor
mon Joseph Smith.

Joseph F. Smith, president of the
Mormon church, whose examinations
before a congressional committee in
Washington in connection with the
Smoot case have aroused so much in
terest, is nephew Of Joseph Smith,
Jr., the founder of the Mormon reliR-
ion. He was born in Caldwell county,
Missouri, at the time when the anti
Mormon agitation was at its height.
When he was a small boy his father
and uncle were shot to death in the
Carthage. Mo-, Jail, and The drove a
team across the plains with his moth =
err and a number of other Mormons.
At the age of fifteen he became Nor
mon missionary, and was sent to Cali
fornia and the Sandwich islands, the
accomplishment OF which trip took
him several years.
IN the islands Smith is credited with
having performed number of mira
Giles, such as the casting out OF evil
spirits aud the curing of the sick by
the laying on of hands. In 1857 he re-
turned to Salt Lake City, and enlisted
in the army sent by Brigham Young
to intercept the United States troops
under General Harvey who were about
to invade Utah. He performed active
service until the proclamation OF the
president ended the mormon war. +"
Mr.. Smith has always been active in
politics and the affairs of his church.
He is almost if not quite a fanatic in
his adherence to mis- religion. He has
five wives and forty-fve children.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16

could be more odious than this torclole
bringing together on terms OF absolute
equality little white girls ana IlC''e
negro boys.
To compel the intimate association
of the two races in the school house,
during the plastic period of youth, Is
the most insidious and dangerous at
tack that could be made upon the ra-
cial integrity of the whites. The ef-
fort to delude the people into the be-
lief that there is any material differ
once between Cleveland and Roosevelt
on the Niger Question, or any other
political issue, is enough to stir one
disgust. There is not any material
difference, and all obsergant men know
:, X IS THos. Z. WATSON.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
MOTHER NEGRO ON G. CLEVELAND
COWBOYS TO CONVENTION.
Western Man Would LaSsO the
Nomination for Vice President.

Out west a presidential boom
has been started for John w. Springer
of Denver, president of the National
Live Stock Association. Mr.. Spinger
is a republican of the Rough Rider
type, and hopes to get the nomination
with whoop. He plans to have at
least 1000 cow boys logged out in the
costume of the ranch, at the repubIi-
can national convention. With such
q company back of him he purposes to
round up and lasso the nomination and
put his brand on it before the slow
going fasteners know what has hap
pened,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
lis TIME HON. THOMAS E. WATSON
is THE ACCUSER.
President Entertained Fred Douglass.
Also Forced White Children to Sit
With Negroes in Mixed Schools.

The Atlanta News prints the follow
: highly interesting letter from
8pn, Thomas E. Watson, and it has
Pee appeared in a mum Der of the
pding papers of the state:
Thomson, Cato the Atlanta
F|S' Mr., Cleveland denies that G.
}. Taylor lunched or dined at his
0le Certain newspapers, devoted
Mr. Cleveland, print his letter un-
scare headlines which announce
a. mo Negro Ever Ate at Mr..
eveIand's Table"
10 saying this they unwittingly go
lar, and they make trouble for their
Pee' he did not say that mo ne
ever ate at my table" He confn-
himself strictly to Taylor.
might not be fair to recall in
noes where colored congressman
lVu at the white house at state din.
F'' out 1t is perfectly fair to remind
Cleveland of Fred Douglass. This
sro who had married a white wo-
r. lOl9 certain sOrt), was not only
Fa'ed with official consideration, but
len Mr.. Cleveland with extreme
lcacy) had his bride TO come to the
lI'e house that he might wed her
're he invited Fred Douglass and
vile to attend the reception.
'lIS reception was not a state func-
II was social, purely. No one
Tue right to be present save those
I'eu' And, surely, Mr.. Cleveland
- nave respected his lovely and
#'~pushed bride too much TO have
luOhed any man or woman whom
0'U not consider his or her social
=" II does not appear that he in
0'VueF MS coachman or his cook.
'eu Douglass, whose color and
proclaimed the African, was
sent among the guests, and with
came his white wife.
O'onIy did Mr.. Cleveland do this
u thing in Washington, but
= governor Of New York he sign
y OI'l providing for mixed schools.
10 this system, which he thus
'su' negro children have been
~ ~ INTO white schools, and white
,su nave been compelled to SUBJ
NEGRO teachers.
WIS is not social equality what is
Ies a@. Goes that system of coeduca-
% sol! 10 inevitably?
'Aern white people nothing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-16
HAS GONE TO AFRICA.

]. NJ. Stanton of Winder, Ca, has
left for West Afric, where, as an en-
ploye of the British Cotton Growers
he will teach The natives
how to grow cotton.