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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03

small, rusted links support one hum
dred and eighty pounds more? The
thought flashed into my brain. There
was no time for debating. AS the
board dropped from under me, | flung
out my hands and twined my fingers
round the chain with the grip Of
death.
over the top of the wall four feet
above appeared the bluejacket's anx-
ious face.
"QuiclI! 1 screamed.
"Catch hold. shouted he, and
down on my head dropped loop Of
rope. AS clutched it with one hand,
a link in the chain pulled out, and the
flfty-pound bar shot down to the bot
tom of the we'll Two minutes later |
lay safe on the working platform
above. Then everything turned black
when | came to myself, | was .ly-
ing on a bench in the tool shanty. One
of my friends was dousing me with
cold water, while others were grouped
round; but the sailor, to whose cool
ness and dexterity l owed my life was
nowhere to be seen. He had fastened
the rope under my arms, and lowered
me down insensible. Then he had de-
scended, picked up his cap and disap-
peared.
81 never see a bluejacket without
thinking of the one who saved my
life, and that is why have always
had warm place in my heart for the
sailors of the United States navy
Youths Companion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
Teachers Must Be Home by 9.

The school board has applied the
curfew law to school teachers Of
Muskogee. From Tulsa and McAlester
comes information that the school
board at each place has made SINH
lar order.
The boards of education in these
towns have decided that the teachers
in the public schools must cut society
five nights out of the week at least.
The boards have given it out that they
do not expect to see the teachers out
after o'clock at night through the
school week and they do not add that
the teachers are at liberty the other
nights. This order has created
storm in the towns mentioned. Some
of the teachers are in open rebellion
and say that they will go where they
please ~and when, and some Of them
have done so, but it is noticed they
are waiting with some apprehension
for the next meeting Of the board
Nuskogee correspondence Kansas City
Star.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
IS LIEE MoRTH LIvIMea

Is life worth living? Yes. so long
AS spring revives the year,
And halls US with the cuckoo's song
TO show that she is here;
So long as May of April takes.
!. In smiles and tears. farewell.
And windaowers dappie all the brakes
And primroses the dell;
Whlie children in the woodlands yet
Adorn their little laps
with ladysmock and violet,
And daisy-chain their caps;
While over orchard daffodils
Cloud shadows float and fleet,
And oOzel pipes and laverock trlhs
So long as fbof which bursts the bud
And swells and tune the rll 49,
Makes springtime in the maiden Oiooo'
Life is worth living still.
! Alfred Austin.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
MILLIONS I'M PARIS REFUSE
ELABORATE system. OF UNOFFICIAL
SALVAGING.
The Only Thing That's No Good When Worn Out Paper
-Transmogrifcations of Old Shoes--Post-
Mortem Glories of the Rabbits and Haes.

From 10000 to $4,000 pounds of
bones daily are collected in yards in
the suburbs, where they undergo a rig
Id examination. Men shovel them on
a long endless belt of leather couple
Of feet wide, which is kept running at
moderate speed over rollers. Five or
six women are lined up beside it, and
as the bones pass them they pounce
with trained Judgment upon those
which have special value. The rest are
automatically loaded on carts.
The bones which they select figure
all over the world later as ivory But
tons are cut from shouderblades, also
sticks for fansc. Marrow bones make
pretty napkin rings, and pincushion
frames without much work in the lathe.
Outlet bones are used for toothbrush
handles.
The rejected bones are treated with
benzine for the extraction Of the fats.
This becomes soap and candles The
bones themselves may be boiled up i'm
to gelatine and glue or calcined into
boneblack
Rabbit and hare are favorite delica
cies in France. Every day, it is esti-
mated, about $4,000 of their skins get
into the hands of the furriers.
All are scrupulously cleaned and
sterilized. These are shaved by ma
chinery down to the very skin and the
hair is made up into fine felt hats.
The rabbit or hare skin that is to
figure as fur is treated with distin-
guished consideration. 1t is cured and
softened. The pure white are
picked out for ermine All the others
are dyed into chinchilla, otter or silver
fox.
AS the fur of these animals almost
has a characteristic depth, the skins
are passed through shaving machines
which trim down the hair to the stand
ard length, to hundredth of an inch,
1t appears that the hare of no country
equals that of France in its fitness for
this sort of counterfeit. The best skins
when made up can be detected only by
experts.
Holy Week the Flea Fair is held in
Paris. At this 1000 brokers who buy
nom the chiffoniers install themselves
for nearly two miles along the side
walks of the Boulevard Riehard-Lenoil
and the Canal St Martin
There is nothing in the way of worn
out metal work, broken furniture and
old fabrics that cannot be found there
on sale They sell out their entire
stock, too
Of course, waste paper is sent to the
paper mills from Paris as elsewhere
$4,000 pounds of it daily at 20 cents
hundred pounds Linen and cotton
rags go the same way Sardlne boxes
and other tins are sold by chiffoniers
at so cents hundred pounds and treat
ed chemically for the sake of the tin.
The plates are hammered fiat and
used by the toy makers and makers
Of button moulds. Gilt china and glass
fragments sell at 60 cents hundred
pounds, The gold is salvaged by
chemical process.
Only one thing in Paris is totally
useless when it reaches the refuse
stage That thing is paper money. 1t
is true that the worn out money of the
bank Of France is ground into pulp like
any other waste paper, but it is so
greasy from handling that it would not
pay to cleanse it for remanufacture.-
New York Sun.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
EnaIIeh channel TunneI.

The Indifference of the Paris public
toward the mercantile marine extends
to the Channel tunnel question. There
is absolutely no agitation in its favor,
and, what is just as significant, some
Of the leading French newspapers
have, in dealing with the subject, can
didly acknowledged the force OF the
objections to the project This is all
the more noteworthy as our French
friends would distinctly be greater
gamers than the English by such
work. The argument that the tunnel
would help on the entente cordiale
and that the rejection of the plan
might create an unfavorable impress
sion on this side of the water is quite
beside the mark. The entente cordiale
needs no such stimulus and it cannot
possibly be damped by any decision
with regard to a matter in which the
English are admittedly the best
judges. From many remarks which are
to be heard it seems perfectly clear
that if the relative positions were re-
versed the French would not entertain
such a project for a moment They
would know only too we'll the advan-
tages of an insular position and the
drawbacks of land frontier to care to
run any such risks.-Paris Correspon-
dent Of The London Telegraph.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03

Fireworks on the mainland, mistake
en- for signals Of distress from sea,
caused the lifeboat men Of Totland
bay Isle Of Wight, to spend four
hours at sea in stormy weather.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03

There is no longer any opposition
manifested by Thibetans to traders,
who are now passing freely between
Calcutta and Lhasa.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-03
AnneIa on the Rand.

Years ago a trained nurse was
deemed nothing short of an angel en-
the Rand. A guinea a day was too
poor a recompense for her labor Of
love: the patients life and worldly
goods we're invariably cast at her feet.
In many instances she picked it all up,
and was happy ever after. Five
guineas a week is still the competent
nurses fee.-London South Africa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
MEMBERS FIGHT;
DRAWS LONG KNIFE
Prominent Carolina Legislators
Knock Each Other About Much
During Session.
a WICKED LOOKING KNIFE
A WICKED LOOKING KNIFE
Mr.. Bryant Resents Blows on His
Ear and Head by Displaying
Ugly-Looking Weapon.

RALEIGH. n. c.. February es.-Tne
floor OF the House OF Representatives
this AFTERNOON was the sceno of a. vlg-
orous encouHt arFsbetween Congressman
elect R. n Hackett, OF the Eighth Dis
trict and Representative c. &. Bryant
cf Wilkes county. Hackett used his
,ight effectively on Mr. Bryant's ear
and jaw. Mr.. Bryant drew a long
tladed pocketkrife and made for Hack
cit, bu, was Intercepted and disarmud.
He then attempted to strike Hackatt
with an .nk-stand, and subsequently,
with a chair, but the blows fell sho-t.
When quiet was restored Bryant apoi-
cgized for mis- offensive words that
Brought on the fracas.
The fight took place while a legis-
latiye committee was In session, mat
ter concerning Wilkes county being
under consideration. Hackett had ad-
dressed the committee, and when he
closed, Mr.. Bryant, member of the
committee, arose to speak. Referring
to Hackctt's. remarks, he said that he
resented the aspersion put upon the
commissioners of his county. Hackett
replied that he had not aspersed the
commissioners. Bryant repeated the
remark, and then Hackett brought his
| fist into the discussion. The commit
| tee was in q tumult of excitement for
| five minutes.
Hackett is a Democrat and Bryant
Republican. Both live in Wilkes
! county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
seventeen DIE
IN SCHOOL FIRE
- -=-------------.--- ~. .-------.a
Children Refuse to Escape
Through Smoke and Remain
In Building.
MISS MAXWELL DIES AT POST
Would Not Save Herself While
There Were Children In
Danger.
MISS MAXWELL DIES AT POST

MONTREAL. QUE February 60
Principal Miss Maxwell and sixteen
chlldren perished in a fireswhich broke
out this afternoon In the Hochelaga
School OF the Protestant School COM
mission. The school was located In q
brick two-story building in the east
end OF the city, and was attended by
about two hundred children, whose pa
rents are mechanics living 1.-the neigh
4horhOod. - Is slsas
The fire started from the furnace,
and was first noticed by workmen en-
ployed nearby. The teachers We're
notified, and4the work of getting tho
children out of the building began.
The kindergarten department was To-
Gated on the Sc cond floor, and it was
here that the loss of life occurred. The
children We're started out, but on reacn-
ing the landing found the lower hall
full OF smoke. Into this they refused
to descend.s though the way at this
time was quite safe
Huddled together on the stairway
at first they retreated to the rooms
from which they had come. When the
firemen arrived, an extension ladder
was placed in position. and large
number of children were rescued in
this way.
Assisting in the work was Miss Max
we'll. The fire, by this time, was max
ing it's way upwards, and the smoke
was growing SO dense that even the
experienced fremen could not stand it.
, Captain Carson endeavored to, get Miss
Maxwell to go down the ladder but
she refused and evading the attempt
to detain her rushed back into the
back part of the building in search
, of other little ones. When the fire
men We're finally able to make their
way to the back portion Of tho building
i she was found lying on the floor with
| a little one beside her. All those who
| perished died from asphyxlation.
| The building was unprovided will,
| fire escapes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
CLERK OF COURT
TELLS OF LICENSE.
Mr.. Coons Relates What Occur
red In His Office on Evening
of Marriage. i

Judge harrison went on the bench on
tho stroke of halt-past q although but
few people were In the courtroom ut
that hour. The defendants did not enter
until about the time the jury entered, IA
few minutes after the hour set for OPEN
Ing court,
The first witness to take the stand
was W. Il. Coons, clerk OF the court.
who told of William r, Bywaters and
Philip Strother coming 10 the cleriSs
few minutes after the hour set for tha
marriage OF Bywaters and Miss Viola.
The license wes granted on December
18th last. about l,ao in tho af,ernoons
Bywaters came In alone and asked for
the license Later PHILIP Strother cams
In. and u fow minutes later jim Strnther
came in. Bywaters told witness no was
going to be married about o'clock that
afternoon, and invited Coons to come tn,
tho marriage. Witness said he could not
got away, but congratulated tho brtda.
groom. The Suother boys and ByWates1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
STEPPED ON ICE
AND FELL IN DARK

Mr. A. d. Landerkin, senior member
of the firm of A. D. Landerkin & Co.,
and member of tho Board of Police
Commissioners, had most disagree-
able experience about noon yesterday,
and one which endangered his life.
While walking along the south side
of the dock between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Streets, to his place of
business Mr. Landerkin slipped on
the icy footing near the edge, and In
a twinkling was struggling In the cold
waters, some twelve or fifteen feet
deep at that point.
The accident occurred more quick
&ly than it can be described. Although,
his precipitation into the water was
wholly unforeseen, Mr. I4anderkIn kept
his wits, and being an experienced
swimmer, he had no difficulty in reach
ing shore to do which he had to go
tenor twelve feet. Several people were
passing at the time, but the commis-
sioner managed to scramble out with
out assistance, Beyond the drench-
ing he was unframed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
SENATOR PLATT
ADMITS WOOD SUIT
Says, However, That Her Charges
Are False as False
Can Be-"

WASHINGTON, February 26.--When
Senator Thomas G. Platt was questioned
to-day concerning the reported filing OF
an action against him for divorce by
Miss Mae c., Wood his old-time Neme-
sis--in New York Supreme Court he
said
s"It is true that a suit for divorce
has been filed For the present do
not care to discuss the case in the news,
papers. I deny her allegations in every
aparticular. They are as false as false
can be-"
Miss Wood has long been threatening
10 sue senStor platt for divorce, claim
Ing to have abundant evidence mat she
ans the aged New York Senator We're
married.
1t IS understood chat Miss Wood pro-
fesses to have In her possession one
or more letters from the Senator, which
nphold her contention Of marriaEe.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
5orney-GeneralDenies.
Rightof Road to Claim
Immunity.
HAS VIOLATED
CHARTER, HE SAYS
Not Performing Service for Which
Special Privilege to Make It's
Own Rates Was Conferred.
Company Denies Comrnis-
sion's Jurisdic-
ton.

Interest vas revived in the long
drawn -out passenger rate hearing In
its closing hours before tho Corpora
tion Commission yesterday when At
torney- General Anderson submitted a
spicy replication on the part OF the
State to the answer put In by the E.
Richnond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac Railroad Company.
This company had raised the ques-
tion of jurisdiction, and set up the
provisions the corporation has tho
right to fix Its own passenger rates.
pro sided they do not exceed eight
cents per mile. Through the Attor-
ncy-G encral the State replied sharply
tnat the. company was estopped from
setting up such claim, inasmuch as
It was violating the very provisions
of its charter, upon which this priyi-
lcge to make its own rates is based
Violation of Charter.
1t was contended by the company
that most of its revenues We're de-
rived from Its interstate business, apd
that to- reduce intrastate rates would
cause corresponding reduction on all
its connecting lines.
Tie State denies this. and asserts
that even II 1t We're true, the reports
OF the company show that It could
readily stand reduction and still
leave its stockholders very lbGraI
return on their capital invested.
The answer of the Acknowledgement
proceeds to assert that the company is
operating in disregard, II not in viola
ton, OF the pain provisions of its
charter, both as to its freight and
| passenger busiress, and therefore t:ts
no standing to complain of reasonable
restrictions placed by the State upon
charges for q character of service not
contemplated ty It's charter.
Took the Whole Day.
The entire day was consumed by
| the Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac case and 1t was about COM
rleted. The Louisville and Nashville
will be heal d to-day, though thare
may b. some papers filed in the mat
| ter of the other road,
Traffic Manager Warren P. Taylor
was the only witness, and occupied the
stand during two lengthy sessions.
Strong counsel appeared for the rail-
| way. Judge w. ]. Leake and Mr.. Hill
Carter were present in this capacity.
Mr.. Carter did most, of the examining.
President William II. White and Judge
a, l.. Holiday were in attendance. but
ltool1 no part.
The interests of the State were
Hooked after by Attorney-General An.
derson, and though there We're no
shalp coloquies between counsel, their
/ manner and the lalfguage OF hepapers
| submitted on behalf of their respective
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
MANY LADIES HURT
IN THEATRE PANIC
Fire at Winchester Comes Near
Causing Most Serious
Results.
Special 10 The TImes.pIspateh.

< WINCHESrER, VA, February 26-
During a stable lire late last night on tho
premises OF Circuit Judge Thomas W.
Harrison. OF this city. who is presidin.
over the Strother murder trial at Gull
pepper, Nu,. II panic ensued at the Clty
Hall Auditorium, where large audience
had gathered to soc Comedian George l..
In the balcony shouted "Flrel, and inei
stantly there WAS an llproAr and Il mad
rush for the exits, Many women were
caught in the rush ,>nd Knocked down by
down and the show stopped Chief OF
Police Selbrlght and several patrolmen
We're practically powerless To paclfy tho
people, However, none was seriously hurt
of the llremcn, and Judge Harrlson's
residence, near by. escaped destruction
only by u stirf Wind blowing the flames
,AWuy,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27

sss. d Il II
Rockefeller during the attempt Of James
r. Keene to secure control of the road,
and of the delayed announcement of the
dividends in Union and Southern Pacific;
attempts by the government to show that
the Union Pacific charges unfair rates,
STILES competition in the vast territory
5traversed by its lines, and that its divi-
dend of ten per cent and that its divi-
5ture of one hundred and forty millions
on betterments coming from an unfair
toll on its patrons; an academic Discus
sion of railway regulation by high au-
thorities on either side that ran from a
plea for legalzed combinations Of rail-
roads under government supervision to
n suggestion that. the government should
assume control OF railway. stock Issues:
Popular Anger Against Roads.
u charge and an admission tim, the
misconduct OF the railroads created the
popular nngec that moves determnca,y
for their regulations: a charge that no
other country in the world is so anvowed-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
2 z,
.SaysHe Dep Fish F; for
Using Illinois Central
Money as His Own.
LANES DRAMATIC
RAILWAY PICTURE
The Railway King Told corn1nis-
sion That He Would Take
Everything on the Map
If He Was Not
Stopped by
Law.
WHY HARTMAN
DEPOSED FISH
e. H.fHARRlMAN.

Il
NEW YORK, Feb ruary s6.-At the
\ Interstate Commerce hearing. Mr.. Har-
8rlman, WhenShe was asked by Mr.. kei-s
logg why he x Harriman) had deposed
Stuyvesant Fish from the presidency
of the Illinois Central Railroad. the
time again Mr.. Fish had deposited
funds OF the railroad In large amounts
with the Trust Company OF the Re-
public and its successor, the Commons
wealth Trust Comp any. to enable the
company to bolster up Its accounts
and make good showing Of Its affairs.
He said that upon one occasion Pres
ldent Flsh had SO deposited $50o.0C0
belonging to the Illinois Central, and
that he (Mr. Hartman had been In
formed by the officials of the trust
company that the withdrawal Of this
amount all at once would m an bank
ruptcy. The money was then drawn
out gradually.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
MRS, THAW LEAVES
WITNESS STAND
Jerome Announces That
He Has Finished His
Work of Drilling"
DELMAS BLOCKS
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Is Sustained by Judge in Object
ing to Questions Asked Abe
Hummel, the shyster Law
yer, Who Was Recent
ly Convicted Of
Perjury.
.THAW TRIAL
AT A GLANCE.

Hummel, through whom District At.
torncy Jerome hoped to prove that
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was guilty OF
perjury on the stand. was the first
witness called to-day. He was re.
Gently sentenced to year In prison
for subornation Of perjury In con.
nectlcn With the Dodne-Morsc divorce
case, and ThaW's attorneys Will try
to dlscrett him.
Evelyn Thaw will again be called
to the stand. when the lawyer has fin.
her In regard to the affidavit she Is
alleged to have made to Mr.. Hummei.
In which she accused ThaW Of gross
brutaIltles.
Mr. jerome irtlmated that he would
prove through the affidavit that White
was not In New York on the night
the girl swore he drussed her.
Mr.. Hummei had been on the stand
only a short while when his testimony
was halted by the recalling of Evelyn
Thaw. The district attorney wanted
to ask her few more questions before
proceeding witt, the lawyer.
Just before Mrs. Thaw was recalled.
Abraham Snydeckcr. Hummel's ste-'
nogranher and notary, was stloneo.
He said he had drawn up the famous
affidavit, and was then excused.
EYc!yn's diary was read in court. It
touched upon her school days at Pomp-
ton.
At the recess Mr.. Jerome announced
that he was through with the cross
examination of the girl, but he recalled
her to Identify some photographs and
TO question her regarding some Incl.
failed to shake the alrl.wlfe's testl.
mony, and when she left the stand she
wore for the first time In a week a
most triumphant look.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
UNITED CIGAR
DEAL is OFF
American Tobacco Company
Wanted Control Of Entire
Cigar Industry,

NEW YORK, February a6,-The nego-
.tations which were under way for the
absorption of the United Cigar Manu-
lfacturers Company by the American no.
bacco Company have fallen through. The
hitch came on the condition that the
American, Tobacco Company should
guarantee seven per cent. dividends on
the United Companys s5,OOoOO0 pre-
ferred stock. This the American In-
bacco Company declined to do. Tho deal
involved $4,000 900, and would have given
tho American Tobacco Company control
Of the cigar,maklng trade Of the coun-
Try.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
CHICAGO EXPRESS WRECKED;
MANY KILLED OR INJURED

GUELPH, ONT, February 26.-The
westbound Chicago Express on the. Grand
Trunk was wrecked near here to day
Three persons We're killed. and every pas,
senger on the train suffered more Sr less
serious injuries. The entire train, with
the exception of the engine jumped the
track and plunged over thirty foot en-
bankment. The dead:
John Q. Donohue. former Mayor OF
stratford, Ont; Charles Rankin, of STRAIT
ford, Ont: two- -year-old son Of Charles
Johnson. Peterboro. Ont.
The train was running at the rate Of
forty miles an hour when the accident
occurred. i5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
.TERR0RIsTs AT ODESSA
THREATEN AMERICAN CONSUL

ST. PlTERSBuRG, February 26.-The
American consul at Odessa, Mr.. Heenan.
has notified the embassy here that he
and the Other. consuls at Odessa. have re-
ceiyed letters threatening their lives ana
nssailing them with opprobrious and inde-
cent epithets, on account of their protests
against the reactiOnary outrages. General
tkaulbars, the Governor of Odessa, when
notified of the threats against the con-
snls. took immediate measures for their
projections Mr.. lieenan added that he
felt no apprehension for his safety,