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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATl'BDAT, MARCH 3. HOT. 5 Charleston Water Front Is Swept by.. Fire. *,*,! In Tb* Georg!**. (■h»rlc."'"n, 8. C„- March Kira ,. lkf oU t thin morning at 4 o'clock In Combalice FertlllaeT Company'* worts on the water front and burned for' ncveral hour*. Damage of over lino oos) was done before the flamea «rs uni' r. ontrol. A high wind drove tut flames i” <be warehouee of Mac- Jfurphr A dealer* In fertiliser*, U d then the name* attacked the Otrirston Iron Works and Valk '* Surd'H'h Iron Work* spreading to the southern PI. hie factory' and the Gold en, Mercantile Company. Several ISro tenement houses were destroyed. Boj csrs on the track* nearby were ^Phosphate material exploded with loud detonstlons for half an hour after th( (Ire started. No one was hurt ex- „pt one IIreman, who was hit with a ioaale. The huildlng* were Insured. The fire department did great work la saving the property adjoining the <tld of the fire. All the engines of the department ere .ailed out. tt noon today the Ire was well killed cut hut several streams of water were kept on Hie ruins. It Is the biggest Are charleston has had since 1MI. when the tmvn was gutted by a con- (Uirii'on which started In the saifie pure as this morning's llr*. and with the same w ind directions. The depart ment here did great work In confining the Dee to two blocks. TRESTLE ON FIRE, TRAIN DASHED ACROSS IN SAFETY Engineer Saw Flames and Opened the Throttle to Relieve Weight. m WITH FEVER MYDR CARRIED if Bl ize in Earl}’ Morning De stroys Home and Its Contents. flpecUl to The Georgian. Memphis, Tenn.. March The pas- ■enfer train on the Cotton Belt, arriv ing here this morning from Texas, was forced to cross a blazing trestle, 13 miles west of Memphis. Engineer W. E. Lee, seeing as he approached that several piles supporting the structure had been burned away, put on full ■team, the train dashing across in safe ty. The passengers were thrown Into a email panic. The engine drawing the train was a new’ one and weighs ten tons*more than any used on this road. JURY IS REBUKED BY TRIAL JUDGE FOR ITS DECISION Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., March 9.—When the Jury which tried Thomas Shelton, charged with the murder of a women of questionable character, brought In a verdict of not guilty today tr sensa tion was sprung In the criminal court by Judge Samuel Weaver, who rebuked tbs jury In a stinging address from the bench. He declared In aubslance that auch verdicts were responsible for the large amount of crime committed In this county. "The defendant may load up on bad whisky and go over In the red light district and kill another poor woman." said the 'trial Judge, "or he may loin the reform party and wipe It out. Who knows?” Wreck Delays Traffic in Car olina Several Hours. Augusta. Oa.. March Charleston and Western Carolina passenger train No. 3, which leave* Augusta Greenwood dally at S: 03 o'clock p. m.. hud Its rear coach overturned at Plumb Branch, S. 19 miles from thU'clt)', at AoJO^o'clock yesterday, with the re sult that two passengers were Injures. Those surrenbK Injuries are 1* K. Costello, of Augusta. Injured In the sheet and left leg. and Robert Klmtle- ton, of Augusta, Injured in back. Nelth- as being seriously hurt. er Is reported _ The wreck delayed passenger train No. 4 from McCormick and Anderson, at 8:10 o'clock, for more then hours, No. 8 finally reaching Augusta at 8 o'clock this morning. Ths official explanation la that No. I aiding at Plumb Beach went on the yesterday afternoon and while backing out of the side-track ran onto a rati that waa broken and turned over. Yheri were seven or eight passengers In the coach, but only two ware Injured. Nonu of the other conches on the train win wrecked. ROY IS SERTERCED TO NORTH CAROLINA MEASLES ANO MUMPS RULE CARTERSVILLE Instead of being tried for a felony, with a chance of glng to the peniten tiary nr ths reform school. Grady Wa ters, a 13-year-old lad, waa on Sat urday sentenced to North Carolina. If he remalna there everything will be all right. If he comes back It's trial In the superior court for his. The boy was charged with holding up a amall boy on the street and relieving him of a half dollar. Krlends of the family In terfered and Judge Roan consented to allow him to remain out under a lino bond Indefinitely If he remained with an elder brother In North Carolina and cut out his evil ways. Cntll he begins his sentence In North Carolina he will remain 'with his uncle In Gwinnett county. Ipdal ts Ths Georgias. Cartersrille, Oa, March Helple: ftrai fever, former Mayor G. W. Young -anted from Ills burning home here early this morning and the build- l»r and most of Its contents were con- HIs mother Is rimed by ths flamte. •bo III. Tits Mrs l> thought jo have originated i the kitchen and wa* under euch headway when discovered that the building could not lie savjkj and but Utils of the furniture token out. The In** Is about 34.000. and It la said thsre was no inaurance on It. Mr Young waa earned to the home *t * neighbor, where he 1* being cared fUGSHIP RIO GRANDE IN BRUNSWICK PORT *edel to The Georgia* Brunswick. Ga.. March The Rio Gtinde. under commlsalon aa flagship " IB* Morse lines, arrived In thla port afternoon from Mobile with H Raymond, general manager of Mallory Steamship line, on board, l< here on an official Inspection ill Vpfclal to The Georgian. Carteravilie. Ga.. March 9.—There In an epidemic of meaelex In CartersvJlle, and It Is estimated that about 300 cape* \ exist In the city .it prenent. The con- j taglon ha* been spreading In the city I for tome time. None of I he i-asn Is said to bo serious. Mumps aIso prevail In the city RICHMOND PASTOR. TO PREACH SUNDAY AAANY INDICTED N GAINING CASE PROMINENT MEN DeKalb Grand Jury Acts After Raid on Swell Club. The DeKalb county grand, Jury re turned Indictments Thursday and Frl day against two men who are charged with running the gambling houae, known as "The Mexchants' Recreation Club." In the old Hightower home on DeKulb avenue, Jusi across the line In DeKalb county. Nat Evans and Jake Gnhlsleln were Indicted as proprletots of tile gambling SftabUshment, nnd twenty others were Indicted for gambling at the place. The names of the latter are withheld by county officials. Boms three months ago a raid was made on ths club by two well known local detectlvea, following complaints of parlies It) the vicinity. All the para- phefnalla of a sumptuous gambling Joint waa found In the house. Evans and Goldstein were released on 3400 bonds, and the plnce closed up, The club house was ffrst located In a sroair cottage on DeKalb avenue, but house next to the residence of Judge John fl. Candler was leased. Place New Closed. Bine* the raid no attempt has been made to run the place, and the matter had died out until the DeKalb grand Jury met the past week for the ffrst time since Ihe trouble. It Is said that large number of well known men from Atlanta were summoned before Ihe Jury to testify* Krum reliable sources It Is understood that during the several months ths gambling house was maintained the proprietors cleaned up a cool 3104.000, Efforts to obtain Information through the clerk of the court at Deca'ur Sat urday morning were fruitless. He de. ellnetl to give out any names, hut nc. knnwledged that Indictments hail been returned. The futeman of the arut jury was John F. McCurdy, of vine Mountain. Several days were deleted to Investigating witnesses and securing evidence on which to base the Indict mente. It Is not known whether nny arrests have been made yet or not Nat Evans is said to have been In Atlanta on the GEORGIA BOYS'MOREY IS REAOY fOR THEM Governor Terrell received n I’nlted Stare* treasury warrant Hut unlay for $18,912, and a *econd check for 910.400 In due early n»»xt week. Thla aum will be dlxtrlbuted amon? the Hpanlah-Amerlcan war veteran* In Georgia. Disbursement will begin u* soon aa all of the money Ih In hand. Officer* will receive from $13 to $40 wnd private* $2 to $20. according to th«* number of day* of service. Judge t\ O. Jane*, of Odartown. did excellent work in getting thi* $29,312 buck pay from the government for the boy*. Those with i.alms or having corr*'- *|mndenet‘ abou. thla matter, ahould uddre** Judge Jsine* ut i'edartnwn nnd not Governor Ten ell. Judge Jane* will aid the governor in the diatrlhution of the fund. Rev. Juniua B. Spier*, paator of New Jerusalem church, Richmond, Va., will preach at the home of Mr*. Burkert, $41 North Jackaon street. Hunday morn ing ut 11 o'clock, on the subject of "Why Evil 1* Permitted and the L’se It Must Serve." At 7: Jt> o’clock In the evening Dr. Spier* will preach at the same place on the *ubject. "How the Word* God and c'hrlat Are One and the Hamc In K***nce and Person." The public |* Invited to both service*. S. A. E. MEMBERS ARE GATHERING of The fifty-llrat annlveraar Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity will be celebrated b>* the Georgia members of the fraternity at an elaborate bnt- quet At the Piedmont Hotel Haturdly night. The members of the Tech chapter, the I'nlverslty chapter, the Emory and the .Mercer chapter* will all be In at tendance. a* well a* many alumni froci Atlanta nnd over the *tat*\ hlin. Goldstein'* whereabout* nie'un known. One Big Lotar. One man prominent In military dr ies of the date Is raid to have droppe, $18,000 at one sitting In the place, {tv it Is Intimated that Ms death a short time thereafter was directly traceable to hi* losses there. When the establishment was raided It wa* said that the club wu* one of the most sumptuously furnished ever seen In the Houth. Eveiy-hnown parapher nalia for gambling wa* there, and fine drink* were served to the patrons. The club house Is situated In a quiet place, easily accessible to the car line* and the city. The hoase stands Wfcll back from the street, and the air of quiet elegance maintained about the premise* gave the uninitiated the Idea of a private home. But It I* *ald games for high stake* were quite common there until the law swooped down and ended the career of "The Merchants’ Recreation Club." WOODMEN CONVENTION MAY COME TO ATLANTA Spring Furnishings Come and Choose While Stocks Are New. into Spring- stocks are rounding splendid completeness in even* depart ment. Come and see the new patterns in Manhattan Shirts; they're the handsomest yet—Si.50 to $3.50. Xew Stetson Hats in all best shapes and shades—S3.00 to S6.00. Xew Xeckwear and Hosiery ready, At the meeting of the Head Cagip T. of the Woodmen .of.the World, to be held next week In Jacksonville, Fla.. Atlanta will make an effort to secure the next meeting In 1909. Thla bead camp embrace* the state* of Georgia and Florida, but It I* ex pected that Georgia will be grunted a state Jurisdiction of it* own. us the *tute will In nil probability show the required 6,000 member* to obtain a bead camp. The Georgia delegate* will peek the election of State Manager T. W. Mitch ell. of Austell, us head consul, and are confident they will meet with success. The «amp w ill meet Tuesday morning hi in o'clock and will probably be In session three dnytT. The delegate* from Atlanta nre a# follows: J. i*. Root ramp. No. so, Frank F. Hmltli ami W. t*. Bennett, Beach camp. No. 243. G. \V. Mullins, and Wuteroak camp. No. 21, A., i.\ Woolley und 14. McGaliee. SECRETARY WEBB AT; CITY B. Y. I\ U. Storm Plays Hovac in Newfound- - X land. St. Jolm,, N: F.. March 9—A bllt- xaril haa ratted throughout Newfound land for 48 hour,, blockading railway* and damaging (hipping. An unidenti fied flatting ve*«<‘l with a crew of Kvti men foundered on the aouth coa»t of the Inland and all hand* were loat. The Mexican line Brttlib Meaner Rokoto la aahore on the ledgea oil Loulaburg, Cape Breton, having been torn from anchorage. She la oM.HI tone. The gale drove three achoonera ward and the crewe were obliged to abandon their craft to nave their Uvea. The eteamer Silvia from Naw Yolk and the I'nlunda from Liverpool were held off Ihe conet by an Ire blockade for ■omp lime, but the wind- Anally changed and carried the Ice out (o aea and the Meamern arrived here last night. On account of tha blockade on thn railway, 800 aealera on their way to St. John* to Join eeallng eteamer* are unable to reach her*. Rualneaa In many' placet la a atandatlll. 4% Interest Compounded, Allowed In Our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Od and After January 1,1907 _TH E NEAL BANK E. H. THOBHTON, Preiident. W. F. MANRY, H. 0. CALDWELL, T. IS. BEXXY. Vice Preiident. Cathier. Ais’t Cuhier. CAS7 OFF HIS WIFE BEFORE S TERN JUDGE Husband Angered at Her Attentions to Another. ETIJAH BOWIE DEAD; FAMILY UNFORGIVEN Continued from Pag* On*. JOHN ALEXANDER QOWIE. He died early Saturday morning in Zion City, near Chicago. tbo. Open Tonight Until /1:30 Daniel Bros. Co., 4547-49 Peachtree Street. The member* of the city B. Y. 1 are looking forward to the coming of General Field Secretary George 1 Webb, of the U. Y. I>. t*. of Ainerlc with great Intercut. Mr. Webb i* one of ihe ableet Christian worker* America, and ha* been highly honored by the Hnpti*t denomination. Mr. Webb will deliver on nd'lres." Sunday afternoon, March IT. ut the Capitol Avenue llaptlet rhurvli. church Hill dotlhtle** he parked to overffoulng. *o great I* the tnlereat In thl* Interesting toon and lit* work Rev. J. I.. Mi l.)-m"it-. field aeeretary of Ihe Georgia B- Y. 1*. will also de liver an iiddres* at tin* lime Cleveland Kl*cr. tec retit ry ord Irca* urer of the city B. V. P. t'.. delivered . nioet Interesting eddre** ut the t'apllol Avenue llapilKt church Friday nigh! HI* subject wa* "Honesty With Self nnd God." Mr, Kiser Interested hearer* throughout hi* address. TWO WAREHOUSES BURN. . CAUSING $4,000 LOSS. Special to The Georgian. ■ Katonton. fla.. March 9 — Fire broke out Thursday night In one of the small storage warehouse* near Ihe t'entral depot, nnd shout 34,<mk> damage w«* done. Two warehouse* wereH'omplete- onsumed and stored In the buildings 3100 wurth of hay. farm machinery and a large lot of guano were burned, be sides seveisl freight ear* loaded with corn, toal and lumber were considera bly damaged. The building* and moat of the content* were the property of K. H. Kaell A Co. The roitnn had been delivered to the rsltrokd nnd It soffeie thl* !»,**. masted him. After a dlemal campaign he gave up the light and returned to ■/.Ion. Hurled From Power. The next acham* of the "Prophet" was a "New Zion," to be located In Mexico. He Bought to extabllah a brunch of the "Christian Catholic Church", there, but Mexico would have none of him. Tho tide had aet against him. Then Zion arose and asserted Its In dependence. 'The Prophet" wa* hurled from i*iwer. and Overseer Vollva wa* pm In charge of the city. Its resource* und It* Immense debt, to save what lie could for the people. Then runic the starv of hsrsh treat ment of Jane Dowl* by bar husband, the "Prophet.” Hhe told Imiw he had made love to Mia* Ruth Hofer, the Hwlss Heiress." whom rumor had at llrst said hud come to thla country to mnrry (Hailstone Dowle, the "unklseed son" of the "Prophet." Dowle was charged with having said hut he had liutl vision* In which tie hud been commanded to divorce Ills wife, and waa ulao accused of preach ing polygamy In private. Mrs. Dowia Complains. Before officers of Zion Mrs. Dowle explained that the Rivlss heiress hud to Ids office at nil times, and rlnit he used to stroke his brow. The Ming uiminn was finally ejected from Shiloh House und never again permit- d to enter. Hhe was ordained n deaeonees by Dowle to do evangelistic work and aent to Kumpo. It ts alleged that Dowle frequently alluded to Miss Hofer as "Mv Little Lump of Gold," and "Child of My Heart." The death of Father A. Dowle, the young and estimable daughter of the "Prophet," In 1*03, without medical at tendance. and the fact that. Dowle had at the lust moment forgotten hie al leged faith, and had sent for a physi cian. when it waa too late created con siderable excitement at the time, apd liowle was scored by the press all over the land. The details at the Anal scandals In Zion city caused ull to wander how liowle held his swny and executed his power so long. Dowle succeeded In draw Ing 10,000 people to his fold by claiming to he Ihe reincarnated Klljah. It took n long time tor his dupes to a newer, Imt when they did. the down fall of "the "j’rophet" was not lung delayed. The police court room was the ecene of -a dramatic Incident Friday after noon at the conclusion of the trial of a young married woman, Mrs. Alice Dye, arraigned on the charge of neglecting her children and giving too much of her attention to Claude Garvin, a young man recently placed In the Tower on tho charge of vagrancy. After hearing the evidence against hit wife, Cbt husband, who throughout tha trial had remalnad quiet, publicly cast hli wife aside ofid requested Re corder Broyles to send her to the stock ade for thirty days. j'. As the words came from her hus band's lips, tho young wife, who only a moment before bad appeared defiant, completely collapsed and went Into hysteric*. Rushing to her husband and screaming hysterically, she threw her arms wildly about httn and begged for forgiven***. Unmoved and without a change of expression. Dye quickly un clasped - his wife'* arms and shoved her from him, as though ha feared he would become contaminated. Realising that her husband's love had auddenlr turned to hate, the distressed woman waved her hands In the air, her frame convulsed with uncontrolla ble grief, and she shrieked: “Oh, don't do thla! Please don't! I'll go crasy! I'll go crasy! I can't stand I 8ave me! Save me!" During thla outbreak, the husband, with the same cold expression on Ida Impassive face, never gave the least Intimation of weakening. His attitude and manner called forth words of com mendation from the recorder ami others In the court room, who seemed to sym pathise with him In the treatment he had received. The recorder severely reprimanded Ur*. Dye. declaring' her husband ought to kick her out of hie home, and sen tenced her to serve ten days In the liollce station. The prosecution was represented by Attorney Sam C. Crane. The comjtlalnt against Mrs. Dye was mad* by Mrs. George B. Kimball, of 48 Tudor street, the mother of Claude Garvin. MULIOIMDHIILF WILL BE COW Special to Tk* Georgian. Macon, Qa., March 3.—Plans bar* bean racelvsd her* for lb* glgantlo railroad shops, which ar* toon to ba erected. The estimated cost by eflglnasra who drew the plan* Is laid to tiava been placed at 31.400.000. There are Indica tions that the plant which tk* railway authorities will desire will etvtt 11,500,- OOO. It Is certain that then will be tha most handsome shops th* Central will thl*. they will be mote coatly and will be belter equipped than any In tha Southern territory. More than 1,040 laborers will be employed dally In theea ahope. This will be the central point for repairs and car building. The shops at this point ar* to be so well equipped that every devisable Im plement known to tH* railway men can be both made and repaired. It Js said that electric motive power will be em ployed. EX-SENATOR PUGH AT DEATH'S DOORi Former Alabama Statesman Is Critically 111 in Washington. . j RAILROAD INDICTED, CHARGING FAILURE TO CARE FDR PUBLIC NOTIFIED OF COMING OF QEORQIA REGIMENT 8pecl*l lu The «rer*lsn. Norfolk, Va, March The Jams* town exposition official* were today notified that foit.nany B, Second Oeor Bln regiment of Infantry at Macon, will encamp for a week at the exposition Augusta. Ga.. Marc(i 9.—Hoiicltor General Joseph 8. Reynolds, of the Au gusta Judicial circuit, returned to the city last night from Thomson. Ga., where superior court has been In ses sion, and is authority for the state ment that the grand Jury of McDuffie county has Indicted the Georgia Rail road and Banking Company on the charge of not keeping open their wait ing room at Thomson at night for the benefit of their patron*. Th* offense Is a misdemeanor under an act or the lagtslatura passed last summer and ap proved by Governor Terrell on August 13, 1908. The railroad company will have the can against them tried at the neat session of (he superior court In McDuffie county. NARROW ESCAPE MADE BY FAMILY FROM HOTEL FIRK Fpeeisl in The Osorflaa. Jusper, Oa.. March I.—The Richards Hotel at this place, together with the Davis restaurant, wits burned Thursday night. Th* destruction was complete, and the Richards family had a narrow escepe with their live*. The loss sat partially covered by Insurance. Washington, March 9.—James L. -Piigh. aged 88. for sixteen year* '* ' I'nlted States senator from Alabama. 4 ' Is seriously 111 at his residence In <htf * city and la not expected to recover. The former eenator was stricken with pneu monia about six weeks ago. Rlnce retiring from the senate In 18*8, Mr. Pugh has been a resident it Washington. In the senate he waa a : member of the Judiciary committee and took a leading part In th* committee work there. He alao served In th* , Confederate congress, and waa on* of | the moil prominent Democratic figures j of reconstruction day* following th* ‘ war. PICKED UP ON STREET' THREE NEGROES POISONED ff peels I to Tks flsorflsa. * Brunswick, Os.. March Three ne gro laborers were picked up on th* streets In this city yesterday In a vary serious condition. They were carried to the city hospital wbara they were examined by several physicians. In each case the symptoms showed that poison of some kind had been taken. It Is believed by some that the men have been using cocaine. Neither of the three can talk Intelligently, and •earn to be in great agony. On* ts al most a raving maniac, and It is be lieved he will die. McClellan I* Released. Specie! to Th* asfrgtaa. Brunswick, Ga., March I.—J. R. Me- | notion, a young man. who waa arrested here- charged with eteallng 330 from J. R. Davie, of this clt,y was released yesterday. CHATTANOOGA GOLFERS PLAY AT NASHVILLE Liqueur Sets iii crystal of exquisite fine ness ami beauty, such as we arc showing, make very ac ceptable addition to your buffet appointments. We have the; proper stem- ware for all occasions. Maier&Berkele Special to The licursltn. Chattanooga, Tenn.. March 9 —The local Golf Club ha* taken Nashville by storm. The golfers left here lost Bight In a private car to play the Nashville Golf Club today. The following com posed the party: John Waite, J. B. Squire, D. M. Key. K. W. Btuart, J. O. Martin, Ur. J. W. Johnson, H. K. Pro. hasco. Judge M. M. Allison. Morrow Chamberlain, N. H. Grady, R. H. Faxon. K. 11. Thpmasaoti, H. C. Adler, L. W. Llewellyn. A. W. Gaines, Robert Da vidson. J. I*. Hoskins Frank Rpurluck, K. H. Craig and Wilbur Oakes. THINKS FORAKER THE MAN IP ROOSEVELT DON'T RUN. I peels! to Tk* deersls*. Chattanooga. Tenn., March 9 - Post- master F. O. Wlthoft, of Dayton, Ohio, president of th* Ohio Fruit 1-opd Com pany at Fort Valley. Ga.. say that there Is only one thing that will keep Hon. the seat In the While Houae In 1941 anil that Is Ihe third term for Teddy. "The Ohio delegation will stand solidly for Mr. Foraktr." said Mr. Wlthoft. Roosevelt for Burglarised Store*. The store* of C. D. Faulkoner, 131 McDaniel street, and J. G. Howell, col ored. 14? McDaniel etraat, were entered . by burglar* aunt* tlm* during Friday j night. dk ELECTRIC ORIVRN \ - PU I UMM, DUNN MACHINERY CO. 64 Marietta Street. A,l T u i8fkt ■ 1 8 Klnfflk NtkHdlW malt*. Ifiak the. aM*e. CmsIm. 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