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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
what the Hand symbodIlzes.

Look where we will, we find the
hand in time and history, working,
building, inventing, bringing civiliza-
ton out of barbarsm. The hand SYM
bolizes power and the excellence Of
work. The mechanics hand, that
minister of elemental forces, the hand
that hews, saws, cuts, builds, is use
full in the world equally with the del
icate hand that paints wild flower or
molds a Grecian urn, or the hand OF
a statesman that writes law. The
eye cannot say to the hand, Il nave
no need of thee" Blessed be the
hand! Thrice blessed be the hands
that work!-Century.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
Tea Growing in Jamaica.

Tea culture has become one of the
staple industries of the island Of ia
maica, and the output compares favor
ably with the Ceylon and China pro-
duct. it Is said.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27

This advertisement appeared the
other day in the London Express:
"JoNps.y -Come home Immediately.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
SO
OverwOrked Trainmen.
Their RespOn sibty For Railroad Accidents
Bv Edward A. MOse1ey.

F3y Edward A, MOSeley.
81 81 e.: e
m se5 s @ ssS 9a 8@Ss sS
ressin
killed injured freight
inquest Ua
twenty hours
Chicago papers
well fill their
will
obedience all
the in this GlenWod case I
universal rule with railroad companies
before employees CALI
trouble is that these rules are p
unless the employees
necessities
greed or the men,
achieve big
rueso of n efect-Reyiew OF Reviews
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27

Father still unemployed and imbecile.
we are trying to get him into the
War ONCE. Mother"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
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The American Officer.
Many Things Combine to Make Him the Be
in World.
BY Thomas r. Mi1ard.

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nation Again. owing 10 tue
o. number OF officers to be supplied
possible se
elsewhere Consider
maior O n
competitive examination
Of good ability ana character
Point where he must pass rigid P "a
Of the curriculum and the severity
fail complete the
complete and obtain commissions must a
find 1t impossible variety
reasons incompetent ohces
than the world
almost a
undoubtedly tnan any
with competent
of The United states GOV
all undspud advantages
Of
my.-S cTbners.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
Why the World
Want.C Peace
By Wa1ter Wel1nnar1.

@I S.
affairs all the
sgnf
strides
of wholly
to n
the boodiest
marked this
Shaho Arthur have
public sentiment
and
wokthe Of
hoes the
industrial machine the the taxes that swallowed up
journalism pulpit the periodical men
leadership and in thought has found its into the royal PAL
foreign office state
partents Of the We justly that its growth and m prom
that is
close would be unwe deude ourselves with the hope t4a @
her white all the ea
that hencefor the civilized world to be free of conflict and @
breaking OUT
nsy essened and that the horrors which accompany are
The United States ana e
Monthly Review Of Reviews
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
NO MENTNGTTIS CURE.
Doctors Admit Remedies Are In
efectiUe-80O Deaths So Far.

The time has now come when the physicians OF
ule city acknowledge that they have absolutely
cure Tor oerebrO-spinal meningitis trial.
AnutoNin and horse serum have failed more often
than they have succeeded; the removal Of pus and
eerenro-spinal nuid from the brain and the spinal
COT0' together with the administration of drugs
Oy means OF the hypodermic needle. apparently
OF questionable value. Last year the use OF ice
about the brain and the spinal cord for the pur-
pose OF checking Inflammation and the simutane-
Gus application Of hot water below the waist either
IN bags or as bath. to draw the blood from the
anected parts. were considered the long looked for
remedy. but now its advocates are giving II up as
Of little or no use.
Since the beginning OF the year DR.. J. S. Billings
chief OF the Division Of Communica BILE Diseases at
the Health Department. has had map kept en-
which from week to week the deaths from cerebro-
spinal meningitis are designated by means OF map
indicators-tacks with cloth heads So far, about
eight hundred OF these have been stuck on the
map. The peculiarly OF the position Of the map
indicators is their groupings. Most of the cases
nave apparently occurred near other cases. Some
times the clusters contain two or three tacks and
at other times numbers of them are packed to-
gether. This would seem TO support those who
advocate the fumigaton Of houses after cases have
appeared and OF isolation OF cases as soon as they
appear. Few precautions are now taken to prevent
contagion in mening.tis
According TO the map. the part OF the city
bounded by 5th-st. the Brooklyn Bridge. Broad
way and the East River has been most af.
fected. About two hundred tacks are clustered
mere The cases continue up the East sido east of
sd-aVe- in large numbers Another large cluup
appears in the part Of the Ninth Ward west Of
university Place ana West Broadway Numerous
eases extend along the West Side as far as 72d-st
t Dut 4lot SO numerous the opposite side Of
sth-aEe; only few isolated cases appear through
ne, nlagle OF the city, between Sd and sth avss
ms region IS Populated largely by well-to-do peo-
pc. while the districts beyond TO the east and 10
VEST are populated by the poor. This bears out
me LheoIy tnat cleanliness is the chief preventive
e me disease. From LeXington-ave. to 6th-aye
IL Park heHa ka~-e
e only SIX cases and only four have occurred he
1Sst the park and Parkave.. from 5sth-st to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
MASONIC GOAT GETS RESPITE.
FOrty-twO Inches of Man Rode Him When
Liliputian Took Degree.

The goat which frIslxs about Masonic Hall
was treated to such surprise last night that
it forgot its customary antics when. after being
ridden by the usual heavyweights. midget
only forty-two inches high was lifted it's
back. He was Will Archie, the Hliputian son
Of a past master of Scotia lodge. in which he
took his first degree last night. and he is said
to be the smallest Mason in the world.
rumor had been spread that he would ap-
pear at the Eastern Star Fair. which is being
held in the Masonic Temple. and hundreds
mostly women-erowded the place. to get a
glimpse of the midget. Only those, however.
who stayed late saw him. for he was hustled
up to the initiation room by his father at
O'Clock, and appeared at the fair only in time
to escort his sister home.
Dozens of the visitors learned during the even
ing that Mrs. Rebecca Dobson. matron Of
Floral Chapter Order Of the Eastern Star, was
Mr. Archie's sister. and one by one they
marched up to her booth TO ask if he were
surely coming.
Yes. of course he'll be here. He's got to take
me lome'' was her answer to them all. and no
one smiled at the incOngruity Of fOrty-tWO
inches protecting FIVE and one-half feet
Little Mr.. Archie is just twenty-One years old
Chat is why he has not been made Mason
before, says Mrs. DObsOn), and the sisters evil
IDENTIFY thought that their baby brother was
young enough to receive open admiration.
for they crowded around him as he stood by his
sisters booth and engaged him in conversation.
and his departure from the fair was a sort Of
tTiumphal procession
Last night of the superintendent of the
fair was stationed at the door to see that every
one who went out with bundle had IL prop
erIy stamped with the name Of the chapter from
which it was bought The reason for this pre-
caution was that during the afternoon fourteen
pounds of coffee were stolen from the grocery
department and embroidered sofa pillow
disappeared from one Of the fancy work booths
The strange thing about the loss OF the coffee,
said one of the sisters last night, lis that il
was put up in quarter pound packages. and it's
a mystery how any one could get away with
fifty-six bundles"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
REFUSE DR.. SCOTS RESIGNATION.
Trustees of Rutgers Grant President Lsavs
of Absence with Full Pay.

New Brunswick y j. April (SpeciaD.-Dr-
Austin Scott. president OF Rutgers College. re-
signed as president of the institution at the
ing Of the trustees In March. The resignation has
not been accepted. but instead Dr. Scott Is % set
a years leave Of absence. With full salary. rom
Nay I. 1905. to May I. 1905. Professor W II. s.
Demarest. secretary of the board of trustees. has
been named acting president OF the college.
OfhciaI announcement Of the proceedings Of the
trustees was made this afternoon for the arse
time. The fact that Dr.. Scott had resigned was
guarded closely and the official announcement
this afternoon the first intimation OF IT, About
a year ago IL was rumOred thar DIT Scott intended
10 resign and later that he had resigned. but thess
reports were cOntradicted.
DR. Scott wished to be relieved % the duties q
president as he felt that change in the adminls-
tration OF the college would be for the best inter-
ests of Rutgers. He requested further that he be
permitted TO retain the Voorhees, Scholarship In
history and political science The trustees referred
the RESIGNATION a special committee. consisting
~ Dr. r. b. Coe and Henry ". BOoEstover. or
NeuT-YCrk. Jonathan Dixon and FredericE fFellng-
huysen. OF Newark; the Rev J. r. Searle and VILE
IAN s Myers. Of New BrunsWick- The COMMITTEES
81 the board on April I recommended that the
trustees take steps 70 relieve him OF much Of the
detail OF the management
DR. Scott Is alumnus Of Yale in the class o.
fsQ He became voorhees, Professor % History
and Political Science az Rutgers In lssa In 1891
he elected president OF the college % succeed
Merrill F. Gates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
GAS PROFIT AND DEFICIT.
WRANGLE At INQUIRY.
Cost of Distribution Not Found in
"Guessrork" accounts.

your explanation leads the committee TO be-
,leve that your company keeps its books by
crossword" said Senator Page, OF the Legisla-
tive Gas Investigating Commission. to counsel
sor the Consolidated Gas Company al the City
Tssu yesterday. when the renewed inquiry into
she companyss profits was in progress.
In its efforts TO get information the commit
see had run against the seemingly contradictory
statements that the Consolidated Gas Compsny's
annual balance sheets for the years 1901. 1902
1905 and 1904 showed a deficit in each year
-aacing from SS99. 200 in 1868 10 over l,OOO,-
200 in 1901 and that the company's profits in
,he gas business amounted in the last five years
~ nearly 10 per cent of the book values OF the
consolidated's holdings Mr.. Hughes. counsel
Cor the COMMITTEES. and Mr.. Mathewson. counsel
COR the company. Wrangled about the meaning Of
sbe figures. and the committee seemed to be
hopelessly puzzled by the explanations offered
BENJAMIN Whitley. the assistant treasurer of
the company, was in the witness chair during
The greater part OF yesterdays session. and
among the prepared statements which nc had
thought at the committees request Was one
showing the number Of cents a thousand cubic
sect the Consolidated had paid for gas bought
.frori other companies in four years. Reduced to
2 table. TIE information was as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
GAZE BROOCH FOR BAIL.
Arrest of "Auto" Driver Delayed
Woman's ArriuaI at Christening.

Thomas Thompson was arrested last night
while driving automobile which was carry
ing Mrs. John I. D. Bristol and Mrs Albert
Tuner and Mrs. Turner'S baby Of No. 40 West
I4th-st-, to the Church Of the Redeemer. where
Mrs Turner's infant and the child Of the Rev.
William z. Johnston, pastor Of the church.
were to be christened. The christening was de-
Iayed by the arrest Mr.. Bristol who is a
wealthy and prominent insurance men. and his
son-in-law. Mr.. Turner, say the arrest. coupled
with that Of Thompson on Sunday in Jerome
ave- by Policeman VanderpOOl is persecution.
and that he and Mr.. Turner will prefer charges
against VanderpOol and Policeman Hagerty. Of
the West 1OOth-st station who made the ar
rest last night.
Mr.. Bristol and Mr.. Turner. with other mem
bers Of the family were at the church on time
bail. and the family proceeded to the church
The ceremony was performed then
The Turner boy was Christened Harry Bre-
WORT Turner. 1t was stated that he was the
direct descendant of two commOdOreS OF the
United States Navy. The girl was Christened
Esther COrinda Johnston.
Mr.. Bristol asserted that he believed the pO-
lceman who arrested the driver did 50 with
malicious intent in collision with patTolman
named Vanderpool who. on Sunday last, ar
rested the members Of the Bristol and Turner
families while they were enjoying a ride IN
JeFOme-ave.
Mr.. Bristol said last night that he wouEi
shall fight this matter to the last court and
spend my last cent If necessary" he said. Il
shall push the VanderpoOl case and the case
IF HageFty until l secure satisfaction
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
SPOTTED FEVER IN s1LEs1A.
Dread Epidemic Assumes Alarming Proper.
tons Abroad.

Berlin. April 6--Spotted fever has been raging
ior several months in epidemic form in Sesia.
Mucn alarm exists among the people. especially
the laboring population. and many have fed fron,
the district The disease is beginning to make its
appearance in other parts of the country. Seven
cases and several deaths are reported from Konitz
west Prussia, and thirty families have deserted
the place Several cases are also announced in
the Province Of Saxony.
The epidemic in Silesia has assumed such an
alarming form that some members Of the Diet
interpellated the Prussian Government to-day re-
garding the measures taken to check it, Dr. Studt
Minister OK Medical Affairs, replying. said the
schools had been closed in the infected disrtc. -
prevent the spread Of the disease. and that efficient
disinfectng apparatus had reen put in use Printed
matter insTuctng the people how TO combat the
disease, Dr. Studt said had been widely crcI'.
lated DR.. Studt said the epidemic had begun to
He added that about 100 cases had occurred in
the Oppeln district with about 90 per cent OF
had been reported from the Breslau district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
ANOTHER STOKES ENGAGEMENT.
Uncle of J. G. Phelps to Wed Descendant of
Commodore Hull

Following the announcement of the engage
ment of ]. G. Phelps Stokes 10 Miss Mary Pas
tor comes the report that his uncle. James
STOKES is engaged to Miss Florence Brooke
ChatheId. daughter of Henry w. Chdtheld' OF
BROOKLYN Mr. Stokes is known in connection
with philanthropic work. especially of the
Young Mems Christian Association in America
and Europe.
Miss Chatfeld comes from an old New-Eng-
land family, is descended from Commodore
and General Hull, and is distantly related to
Mr. Stokes through the Phelpses and the old
Stephen Whitney family. Her country home
is at Brookdale Conn. the town being named
after her mothers family. She is interested in
charities She will sail for Europe sOon where
Mr. Stokes has TO attend a worlds conference
in Paris of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. The welding will take place In the
near future
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
HOLLAND SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS.

The Holland Society of New-York held its an
nual meeting at Delmonco's last night. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President. Garrett ]
Garretson: Weep presidents John l.. Riker. New
York County; Peter Wyckoff, Kings County; John
H. Prall, Queens County; DR.. Joseph Hasbrouck
Westchester County; the Rev. William Wyckof
Duchess County; DR. Hyman Rosa. Ulster Coun-
~: Philip V. Van Orden Greene County; Robert G.
Pruyn, Albany County John Knickerbacker. Rens-
selaer County; James r. TrUax. Schenectady
Francis Hendricks. Onondaga County, Everest B.
kiersted, Hudson County y. j.: Milton Demarest.
Bergen County. y. j., Robert l. Hopper. Passaic
County, \. J.. Frank r. Van Nest Essex County
y. J.; Henry II. Longstreet. Monmouth County.
n. j.; Louis Y ScheTmerhoFn Philadelphia; GEN
eral Henry c Hasbrouck. United States Army. and
Chaplain Roswell c. Hoes. United states Navy:
treasurer. Arthur H. Van Brunt; secretary. Henry
L. BogeTt trustees. class Of 1903 Robert b. RoOss-
Welt. Robert a. Van Wyck. John l. Rlker, George
q. De Witt and Foster d. Voorhees,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
STORMY TRlp OF LOUISIANA.

The steamer Louisiana. Of the Scandinavian
American Line reached port yesterday from Phi.a-
deiphia. whore she arrived on March q The ships
officers repeated the story Of their severe trip
which they had already told in Philadelphia. The
I.ouisians. left Copenhagen February Il. and on
the northerly course 10 this country encountered
the record breaking storm OF the on March
she ran into a hurricane. which lasted forty
eight hours In that time Captain Anderson was
blown from the bridge into the chart room ana
had three ribs broken The same gale smashed the
chart room and nautical Instruments. carried away
the funnel and medicine chest. and destroyed INC
ne boats. For a while the Louisiana was llstsh
N degrees 20 port. and almost her beam ends
For eighteen hours she practically unHnana se
able II the height OF the storm the man Al ne
wheel was carried overheard ana drowned. = -
roraFv funnel made OF wood and asbestos Was
used until the Louisiana reached Philadelphia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
WARRANTS FOR ALLEGED SwINDLERs
A Priest Among the Victims of Get-Rich-
Quick Concern.

Through an order Of Judge Blanchard, OF the
s,,nrerne Court Albert V. Schoonmaker and George
H Boeert were arrested yesterday. charged with
being promoters of a ''get-rich-quick' company
II is alleged that in 1905 they opened Ofhce at
No 12s Iiberty-st under the name Of Van Tassel
& Co. They sent out circular letters TO all parts
of the country. announcing that they would sell
for $1,000 che Van Tassel successful specializing
methods by which guessing entirely einina ted
They further proclaimed that they would establish
pools into which poor men could pay small
amounts and receive proportionate results at ire
mendous interest All transactions said TO be
carried on in the New-York Stock Exchange. In
May the company was incorporated IN the District
OF Columbia. with 100000 capital. After issuing
their stock, the promoters disappeared
Reno r. Ellington. who is bringing suit agains.
Bogert and Schoonmaker on behalf Of Parker Nor
ton believes that the company made between
$50 600 and $4,000 Among the complainants is a
Catholic priest OF New-York. who lost $3.50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
PRAISES CONSUMPTION CLINIC.
Dr.. Darlington Says It Has Passed the Ex-
detrimental Stage.

IN a statement given out yesterday Dr.. Darling
ton says that the clinic OF the Department OF
Health for the treatment Of communicable pull
monary diseases has successfully passed the ex-
detrimental stage and has proved valuable aid in
the campaign against consumption
The clinic. at No. 967 6th-ave, was opened on
March : 1904. During the twelve months Of its
existence 500 patients applied for treatment. max
ing 1870 visits OF this number 527 placed
IN hospitals and sanatoria, and Go patients
now under treatment at the Clinic The report
continues:
The objects attained IN the establishment Of the
clinic are. briefly, the early recognition of pull
nonary consumption; the careful supervision OF
persons receiving treatment. Including the supply
Of milk and proper food TO INDECENT cases the
furnishing. OF circulars Of instruction In many Ian
eIsges and Of paper sputum cups and handker-
chefs: continued observation al their homes OF
INDECENT needy and ambulatory cases-a stan OF
trained nurses visits the patients in their homes;
the removal OF cases requiring such care 10 hospi-
tails or sanatoria, and the extension and strength
ening Of the sanitary control Of consumption among
TIE poor by the Department OF Health.
The department VIII open a clinic similar
lines In the Borough OF Brooklyn about May l. 4
building No. 70 Henry-st. has been leased Tor
the purpose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
WANTS LEASE ON NEW PIERS.
Committee of Chamber of Commerce Urges
Concessions.

The Chamber of Commerce yesterday was urged
to favor every possible concession for the lease OF
the new Eorth River piers and known the
Chelsea Improvement" Communications had been
received from the international Mercantile Marine
Company and the Cunard Company.
The committee harbor and shipping. IN us
report says, in part:
Charging the interest on cost of the marginal
street cannot properly be included in the leases
OF the piers, such property is largely Tor
the Dublic use Of the city's traffic, ana not In any
wsv confined to or exclusively for the use and bene-
1T Of the shipping using these piers. The chamber
asks thar ali items be considered not entirely from
the standpoint of income. but that the dement's 70
commerce and the facilities given to citizens who
l,se these great lines for passage snail be taken
into account so far the same may be reasonably
practicable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
mo MENINGITIS EPIDEMIC"
Johns Hopkins Superintendent Says Many
Diagnoses Are Incorrect.
IBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

Baltimore. April 6-Dr. Henry NJ Hurd superin-
tenoent OF Johns Hopkins Hospital, said to-day that
the proportion OF the number of cases Of cerebro-
spinal meningitis said 10 have been discovered in
New-York City TO the population did not justify
the reports of epidemic.
i venture TO say" continued Dr. Hurd, that
half the cases reported in New-York are not
spotted fever at all. There is a form of meningitis
which is due TO typhoid bacillus. cases of this
sort break out every year in Baltimore and else
where. The five cases that have been trumped I'D
here are not more than appear every year. 1t is
not epidemic at ALL and the people Of this city and
New-York. too. may be assured that the cry of an
approaching or present epidemic of cerebro-
spinal meningitis is a false alarm.
''SOmetimes-in fact. quite frequently-phy sicians
Of certain Sort when their patients die and they
cannot determine what the cause is make out a
report and state that they die of cerebro-spinaI
meningitis. That is the way a good many of the
cases recently reported have been brought TO the
attention Of the papers and the public"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
FATHERS BODY IS UNCLAIMED.
Daughters Are Well Known BarrisOn Sisters,
Actresses.

The body OF Lyseus harrison. father OF the we'll
known harrison sisters. has been lying at the
Noreue since Sunday, awaiting the appearance OF
relatives to bury it. He died Sunday the
home of Michael Lyons. No 25S 1stave. Represent
atives Of the Actors Fund asked Morgue Keeper
Fame yesterday for permission to bury the body,
but the keeper refused, on the ground that Barri-
sons eldest daughter. LeonOra is expected in the
city soon and may desire TO bury her father.
harrison. owing estraugement with his
daughters. had had nothing TO do with them for
many years He had been living with Lyons who
is a retired marine engineer since lost Thanks
giving BarrisOn employed pocketbOOk
maker by Deitsch Co. Of No. IA East 17th-st Al
dinner Sunday afternoon he taken suddenly III
with nephrit.s and died before a doctor could be
summoned He went for some time u5der the
name of Charles Martin.