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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

and dance He told her. more and more
insistently that she should leave the
stage and go with him-away from the
world somewhere, just the two of them
for always.
And while the girl listened helf-con-
WINGED new forces were working.
Mills mother somehow got suspicious
that Johann Orth was not the man he
pretended to be. He had asked the girl
to address him at Gmunden. The mother
could find no man there of that name.
The big army corps was having grand
maneuvers near Gmunden. 1t was the
big spectacular event of the year. The
emperor himself would review the troops
Grand dukes would lead them. The moth
err and daughter got places where they
could see anything.
At the head of an entire army corps
rode a man in the imperial trappinSs
and decorations-an archduke whom all
bowed before.
The little singer took one look at him
and tainted. 1t was her lover, Johann
Ortiz
The house of cards had fallen with
crash. This was no man Of her own sta
ton who honorably loved her. 1t was
only another great nobleman playing with
a poor girls heart, only amusing himself.
But a miracle happened. This great
man. this archduke and nephew of Franz
Josef in the presence of the whole army
and its officers, hurried to the spot and
raised the girl up, and took her to his
palace
II want you for always" he murmured.
'"They won't ever separate us, no matter
what happens, I am going to marry you
in spite of the whole world"
There was storm in court circles then.
The emperor forbade the marriage of
course-why by the death of one or two,
this Johann would be emperor of Austria
and Hungary.
Love and ambition fought a duel in Jo-
ham Orth's heart and love won an easy
victory. The court restrictions had always
chafed him. He hated wearing uniform
and holding a rank he did not earn.
He took Mill to London and married her
in the presence of her father and mother.
He had to give up his title to the throne.
He had to reounec his Austrian citizen
ship. Then he and the girl he loved dis
appeared from the knowledge of man.
All this is history. Here the old man of
gainesville takes up the narrative He
did not absolutely say he was the grand
duke. But he said:
I'VE went to Chile, to Argentine.
where we had a ranch, to Salvador, to
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
LTTHONIA CITIZENS DENY
VIOLENCE TO TRAIN CREW

Reports differ concerning the recep-
ton given the Georgia railroad freight
engine which went to Lithonia Friday
afternoon for the purpose of pulling sew
eral car loads of perishable goods back
to Atlanta.
John d. Patterson, superintendent OF
the Atlanta joint terminals, and Engineer
G. E. Downing, who with negro hre-
man manned the engine, have made az
fdavits declaring that a mob charged
the train with rocks and sticks, threat
ening their lives and promising sum-
mary punishment to the firemeE. They
also state that Engineer Downing was
struck in the chest with large rock ana
painfully hurt These affidavits, fur
nished at the request Of General Man
ager T. X Scott, are published in an
other column.
information secured by The Journal
over long distance telephone from prom
inent and responsible citizens of LII
thonia gives an entirely different YER
sion of the affair.
These gentlemen, who were eyewit-
nesses to the arrival of the engine, IT'S
movements in and around Lithonia and
the actions of the crowd of onlookers,
denv that the crew was attacked or
that any violence was attempted or
threatened. They state that the crowd
simply boarded the train, set the brakes
and thus prevented it from being moved
away from Lithonia. 1t is further ex-
planned that the train crew was ever
apprehensive and appeared anxious to
got an excuse to turn back and hustle
to Atlanta.
WITNESS TELLS OF TROUBLE.
At Albanian who, for obvious reasons,
doesn't wish his name mentioned, wit
messed the tie-up by strike sympathizers
of the Georgia railroad freight at IL
thonia late Friday afternoon, and has
given The Journal an account of the af-
fair as he saw it,
His account is as follows:
''The engine pulled up at Lithonia about
$50 o'clock. 1 should say. ON its arrival
there were few people at the station.
The crew went ahead coupling up the
cars. and would probably have taken out
the train, but for the fact that at that
moment the negro fireman stuck his
head from the window and began to
ring the bell.
Take him off," someone cried, and
that started things. One hundred men
quickly gathered The negro drew in
his head and squatted in the cab.
didn't see anybody throw a stone.
was told about that, however.
THE train was then moving. Three
men. dividing the train into as many
sections, climbed to the tops of the cars.
put the brakes on, and stalled the car
on the grade.
THE crowd followed the train, and
gathered around the engine. The negro
fireman said:
For Gods sake. take me back to
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
FOUR ARE KILLED
IN M. & o. WRECK

MOBILE, Ala. May 29.-An extra
freight engine and caboose on the Mo-
bile and Ohio railroad shortly after leav-
ing Mobile at 4:20 this afternoon, ran into
washout about mile north of the city
on the line of the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City railroad, over which line all
Mobile and Ohio trains are now running,
owing to the high water.
The engine and caboose turned over
and Engineer j. Fl. Albright and VIII
Evans, the colored fireman, both of Me-
ridian, and Conductor w. F. Carter. a
Mobile, jackson and Kansas City road
man, of Mobile, are buried under the
engine. Switchman Charles A. Fielder,
residing at No us Twenty-second aven-
uue, Meridian has a broken collar bone
and a bad cut on the right cheek. The
water is very high in the vicinity of the
wreck, but a passing track will be built
as soon as possible to admit the through
trains.
The debris is said to be under about six
feet of water, the tracks being sub
merged. s..
Kansas City railroad, over which line
all Mobile and Ohio trains in this vicinity
are being operated, owing to high waters.
E M qSsi ]. H. ALBRIGHT, Meri-
dian, Miss.
FIREMAN WILL EVANS, colOred,
Meridian, Miss.
CONDUCTOR w. F. CARTER, Mobile.
Injured:
Switchman Charles A. Fielder, Meri-
dian, broken collar bone and bad cut on
right cheek.
The wreckage is under several feet Of
water Owing to the fact that the track
is submerged in the vicinity of the wreck,
there will be more than the ordinary
delay in opening the line to through traf-
fic.
Conductor Carter was an employee Of
the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas city
railroad, whereas the other men were
-emploYes of the Mobile and Ohio.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
Mill Stubel

Japan. to Central America, to Martini
ique,' is his tale of his wanderings.
Sometimes prosperous, sometimes not,
but always happy"
Martinique saw the end of the romance.
The outburst of Mount Pelee killed Mill
and the two children, who had come to
them. The broken-hearted old man came
to the United States.
Johann Orth first came to gainesville
five years ago. 1t was a quiet town, ideal
for his purposes. of self effacement. He
found friends there who were discreet,
and he lived a quiet life until driven away
the other day by the publication of the
story that he was the missing arch-dulxe.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

eternal life by its sufferings. with both OF
these views must disagree. In our Judg.
ment the Lords words had a fulflment that
may be plainly dlscerned from the standpoint OF
His Word. While IL is true that the church
Is only now called to be a kingdom and Is
not yet a kingdom in the particular sense,
nevertheless, for convenience, our Lord refers
at times TO the church the kingdom in en-
bryO-in some Of the parallels, for instance, IT
composed of the class which, after being
proven and found faithful, Will constitute the
kingdom.
when on the day of Pentecost ST. Peter.
after receiving the Holy SPIRIT, stood up ana
Ted the chief spokesman and explained
the purport Of the power of the Holy Spirit
as manifested, he threw open the door, as ~
We're, To the Jews, who came together and
through that doorway several thousand came
into that embryo kingdom. Thus did st. Peter
use the first key in opening the wy to the
Jews. But il was keys in the plural that I've
was 10 use And so we find that when three
and a half years later Gods due time came
for granting similar privileges to the Gentiles.
ST. Peter again was the Lords servant who
used the key and threw open the door to the
Gentiles. in connection with the bestowment
GENTLE convert These doors still stand jar.
because the full number of the elect have
not yet been accepted Of the Lord and fully
tested and found worthy We have numerous
reasons. however. for believing that the Sc
lecting work is nearly at an end; that sooL
the last member of the body Of Christ will
have finished his course with Joy and will
have passed beyond the veil to join the
church triumphant the Christ the great King
the great Prophet, the great Priest, the great
Judge. the great Mediator, through whose
ministrations divine blessings and glorious op.
portunities are to come to ALI mankind.
Question, dear friends, what is il worth t.
attain such glory, honor and immortality. ana
to share with the Redeemer I'm His great work
Of dispensing divine favor to all families of
the earth? What would you give for such
a position? That is just the question the
Lord is putting to consecrated believers to-
day. According to their answer they will be
esteemed worthy unworthy of a place H.
that kingdom. The only answer that WOULD
be satisfactory to the Lord the only attitude
on our part that will bring us to a desired
place amongst the elect" is to give our all
10 the Lord and to His service. IF We do
these things We shall never fail but
trance shall be ministered unto You abundantly
into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord ana
Co l.t
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
VETERAN DON'T WANT
DAVIS PICTURE ON SHIP

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-There is. at
least one "unreconstructed rebel in
Westboro, S. c.. and evidently he does
not care who knows it. He is Thomas
P. Blake. who in a letter to Representa-
tive Hollingsworth of Ohio, says he is an
old confederate veteran.
Blake wrote Mr.. Hollingsworth that he
approved the resolution which was pre-
sented in the house by the latter de-
signed to prevent the acceptance by the
government of the silver service present.
ed by the state of Mississippi for use on
her namesake in the navy. Mr.. Blake
wrote:
The resolution meets with my APP
proval and if passed, no one will re-
joice more than I. 1t would certainly
be an act of Dissertation to have the
portrait of our beloved Davis revered
ana anointed by memory anywhere about
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
STANDARD OIL PLANS
BIG GAS COMBINE

CINCINNATI, o., May 29.-The ap-
pearance of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and
a number of directors of the Standard
Oil company in this city on a quiet visit
Wednesday, has just leaked out, and it
is rumored that a deal is on whereby a
local gas company and the Standard will
form an alliance and control all the nat
ural gas output in Ohio and West Vir-
ginia.
This would mean the combine would
control all the piping of natural gas to
the city of Cincinnati and other towns
and cities in the two states mentioned.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

Atlanta!
Then the engine was cut loose. and
started back to Atlanta.
I'm justice to the Lithonia policeman,
I must say that he asked the crowd to
be orderly. 1 don't see how he could
have controlled it,
The Albanian says that the people
don't want innocent persons to suffer.
and are willing for mail trains to run,
and for perishable goods to be taken
out, provided innocent persons are af-
fected and not the Georgia railroad.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
BAGGAGEMASTER SHOT
TO DEATH IN CAR

NASHVILLE. Tenn, May 8.-Dr. Fain Ste
phens, baggagemaster the Tennessee rail-
road. shot and instantly killed at Bowen,
Tenn. this morning. by John W. Thomas, who
entered the baggage car and shot him five
time. Thomas IS believed 10 be mentally un-
balanced.
Stephens is the son of Dr.. J. Benjamin Ste
phens. a Primitive Baptist minister and ph7st-
cfan of Nashville.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
TO STOP DRINKING
ON RAILWAY TRAINS

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May 8.-The
senate by a vote of p for to against
passed a bill by Senator Sloan prohibit
ing drinking of intoxicating liquors Of
any kind on railway passenger trains,
coaches or vestibules thereof. or the plat
forms connected Herewith. while said
train or coach or vestibules are in The
service of passenger transportation with
in the state.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01
SEEKS WHEREABOUTS
OF MISSING UNCLE

Editor Journal wrote you few months
ago in regard to your assistance in locating
the whereabouts of my uncle. His name is
Moses J. Driver. He a brick mason by
trade. Tire last time l heard from him he
was in Atlanta.
Any information in regard to his where
abouts VIII be greatly appreciated.
Yours very truly,
c. S. DRIVER.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

The question of close communion has
caused breach between the congregation
of the Ponders Avenue Baptist church
and the committee appointed by that
church to ordain it's newly-chosen pastor.
Hugh S. Wallace who with the members
of the church are opposed to close com.
munion.
The ordination committee, which is
composed of DIR. J. ]. Bennett, DR.. John
f. Purser and DR.. Len G.. Broughton, re-
fused at the regular time of the ordina-
ton service on Thursday night to ordain
Mr. Wallace because of his views on close
communion. instead of the ordination,
DIR. Bennett, a member of the commit
tee as it is charged by Mr.. Wallace
preached a doctrinal sermon to win the
members of the congregation away from
Mr.. Wallace.
At a conference of the church called af-
ter revival sarvice on Friday night, the
views of Mr.. Wallace as expressed in
letter and in his own oral statements were
unanimously upheld by the members Of
the church. not a single vote, it is said,
being registered against the views of
Mr.. Wallace, and it was demanded that
ne be ordained
Mr. Wallace stated that if the commit
tee already named did not ordain him
that he would ask that committee be
appointed from the membership of the
Ponders Avenue Baptist church to con-
duct the ordination services.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-01

1.-The biggest book in the la~rary? What 20
YOU want u that?'
ION the uuieti To drop over the balcony
on a geeser with a bald head
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
Animal Ornament Fads.
From London Tit-Bits.

1t seems as If the women were over
coming some of their little cherished
fears ana superstitions, or perhaps they
are only being martyrs to fashion and
assuming their brave appearance for we
see them wearing, with most perfect nom
chalance. bracelets of round gold woven
wire In exact imitation OF snake that
coils about the arm most fearfully. and
some even wear them about the neck!
Then there are necklaces of the mos,
delicate wire representing spider webs
with great ugly black silver spider with
glittering eyes and a thousand legs, and
all sorts of creepy insects caught in his
web. Beetles crawl at random or at least
they seem to, as bracelets. brooches, hat
pins and rings, and darning needle
perches afrily on the collar, threatening
at any minute to sew ones mouth up.
Yet snakes with scaly, spangled bodies
and uplifted heads, terrifying in their
reality. Irvine about the crowns OF hats.
In calm Indifference TO all one has ever
heard about ill-luck following peacock
feathers. are not they Haunted from the
most fashionable chapeaux, and used in
embroidery the loveliest Of chiffon
gowns. and the colOrs OF the peacock lead
the grand march Of style?
1t will only take some ingenious manu-
facturer to make a gun metal mouse fol
necklace pendant to break the spell and
call forth the natural and truly feminine
scream that will be such q relief to the
pent-up feelings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
BIG COLORADO WOLVES.
Ranchmen Complain They Are Kill
ing Of the Cattle.
From the Denver Republican

From the Denver Republican1
Big gray wolves. bigger than any noun
tain lions ever seen in this region, are
making life interesting for the cattle
men in the neighborhood of Sweetwater
lake, in Grand county, these days.
According to a report received In the Of
flee of the state game and fish commits
sioner yesterday from the ranch north
Of Gypsum. owned by the Stevens BROTH
ers the wolves have become SO bold that
they are entering the corrals there and
killing yearling colts and calves within
easy gunshot Of the ranch houses.
The tracks Of one of these marauders
are said to be SO big that ii is estimated
he must weigh i'm the neighborhood Of 200
pounds. 1t is difficult to kill any of the
wolves for the reason that they are as
particular as a tiger about their food and
having once killed a colt or a calf and
eaten their fill. they do not return again
to that particular spot in search OF fresh
victims II does the cattlemen no good
to sit up waiting for a second visit I'm the
hopes of killing the destroyer OF his
herds, because the second visit seldom oc-
ours until long time afterward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21

when the blind musician went up to Ok
ford for the examination Elgar went with
him. and was as pleased as the candidate
himself when his pupil became the first
blind person to take the Oxford degree.
WOlstenholme always spent Saturday
afternoons with Elgar and the latter
would often say. Willie. I have a tune
to play to you,' and he would imme
melodies which have since made his fame
and have entered into such immortal
works as THE Dream of Gerontius'' and
THE Disciples" For his degree VOL
stenholme was required to show an init
mate knowledge of Beetnoven's "Fidelio. :
and he transcribed the full score into
Braile and committed the opera to
memory!
Mr.. Wolstenholme is a composer him
self of very great talent, and is not only
a magnificent sOlO-organist, but gives re-
citals all over the world, being also a fine
viOlintst and pianist. He has a marvel
Gus memory. and his improvisations on
the organ are little short of miraculous.
Another wonderful blind musician is AL
fred Hoilins. who played before Queen
Victoria at Windsor Castle when he was
but sixteen. He has also played before
the King of the Belgians at Brussels and
the Empress Frederick at Berlin. These
performances were upon the pianOforte,
but 1t Is as an Organlst that Alfred Hol-
Inns Is known to all lovers of music He
was trained at the Royal Normal School
for the Blind at Norwood the principal
Of which, DIR. Campbell, has lately been
knighted by the king. Mr.. Hollins goes
all over the world giving organ recitals,
and 1t is truly marvellous how he man.
ages. almost instantly. to find his way
about an entirely strange organ, master
ing all the mechanical accessories as
though his eyesight were perfect where
as he Is stone blind In PLAYING how
ever high he lifts his hands, they al
ways come down on the right place. and
he gives his audience the feeling that he
could not make a mistake. He also has
marvellous gift OF extemporization and.
as he is obliged to memorize everything
and plays the most difficult music i'm ex
istence. his memory must needs be pro-
digious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
Millions of Nickels.
From success.

This last summer seven million to eight
million people made twenty Thousand
trips to Coney Island. They spen there
$40, 00O, 900. mostly in nickels and dimes,
and the total sum was three times what
this nation paid to Napoleon for Louist-
ana, or six times what we paid Russia
for Alaska.
There are Coney Island peanut
stands the size OF broad top desk
which rent for $1.sOO a season. The men
who sell frankfurters pay enormous
sums for the right to stand where they
do. and get their money back in the nick
els of twenty millions.
On week days the attendance Ii large,
but on Sundays and holidays it rises to
a point where each visitor has room only
to be happy standing still. On the
Fourth of July 100000 people crowded into
the little island, bathed, shot the chutes.
were photographed and ate "red-hots."
1t was believed then that Coney would
not hold a single additional visitor, but
August 15 a new 1O0,OC0 came. making
600 In one day.
1t is wonderful business-this Coney
Island-but a very risky one. The 00j.-
100000 nickels depend upon the weather.
When the mercury drops. profits fall to
nothing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21

hurried past them; we had put the wreck
behind us. That way lay madness.
Only once the girl turned and looked
behind her. The wreck was hidden but
the smoke cloud hung heavy and dense.
For the first time 1 remembered that my
companion had not been alone on the
train.
cit is quiet here 1 suggested. "If
you will sit down on the bank I will go
! back and make some inquiries. I've been
criminally thoughtless. Your-traveling
companion"
She interrupted me. and something Of
her splendid poise was gone. Please
don't go back" she said. lam afraid
it would be Of no use. And-I don't want
to he left alone
Heaven knows l did not want her to
be alone. l was more than content to
walk along beside her aimlessly. for any
length of time. Gradually. as she lost
the eXaltatfon of the moment, ] was
gaining my normal condition Of mind. I
was beginning to realize that I had
lacked the morning grace OF shave.
| that I looked like some lost hope of yes
terday, and that my left shoe pinched
outrageously. A man does not rise tri-
umphant above such handicaps. The girl.
for all her dfsOrdered hair and the crum-
pied linen of her waist, In spite of her
missing hat and the small gold bag that
hung forlornly from a broken chain.
| looked exceedingly lovely
Then i won't leave you alone" 1 said,
manfully. and we stumbled on together.
Thus far we had seen nobody from the
wreck. but well up the lane We came
across the tall dark woman who had &C.
cupied lower eleven. She was half crouch
ing beside the road. her black hair about
her shoulders and an ugly bruise over
+, her eye. She did not seem to know US
and refused to accompany us. We left
| her there at last, babbling incoherently
and rolling in her hands a dozen pebbles
she had gathered in the road
| The girl shuddered as we went ON.
Once she turned and glanced at my band
age. Does 1t hurt very much?" she
asked.
Its growing rather numb. But IL
might be worse" 1 answered, menda-
| ciously. If anything in this world could
| be worse 1 had never experienced II.
And so we trudged on. bareheaded
under the summer sun, growing parched
and dusty and weary. doggedly leaving
| behind US the pillar of smoke. l thought
] knew of trolley line somewhere I'm the
direction we were going. perhaps we
could find a horse and trap to take US
| into Baltimore. The girl smiled when l
suggested it.
I'VE will create sensation. won't We"
she asked. Isn't it queer-or perhaps IL s
my state of mind-but / keep wishing
for a pair of gloves. when / haven't even
q hat!'
CTo be continued tomorrow