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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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TUE8DAY, JUNE 18. 1907.
Iff CONTRACT
'IS ADOPTED BY
VOTE OF COUNCIL!
SQUA W>” SUES HER INDIAN
HUSBAND EOR SUPPOR7
City
*h2 n «fc Ju 1® “-What is be-
‘ ,h ® firat suit for maln-
woman aMin 1 ". k r0U .* h i by an Indlan
bf h if Indlan husband, has
Th» ?.L he dl,,ri ? t supreme court,
one. Th.Jsddltlonal Import-
considered that the
7 Assured of Fair Rate chi.-f d of nt ,h.' oma^ & b VT. 8 . r £Tu
u ate . °* ***• National University
law achool, of this city, holding an
LL. M. decree: that he Is an author of
on Electric Current for
Next Five Years.
repute and a member of the Anthropo
logical Society of this city.
Mrs. Rosa B. LnFleeche, through At
torney James H. Taylor, yesterday be'
gan suit for maintenance against her
■Mbaud. Franci. LaFlesche. and she
asks the court to compel him to dis
close the nature of his property and to
Issue an order restraining and enjoin
ing him from disposing of or lending
same. Mrs. LaFlesche says she Is by
birth a member of the Chippewa tribe.
Council voted unanimously Monday
.fternoon to adopt the report of the
.pedal committee, awarding the con- 1
tract for the city's lighting for the next
gve years to the Georgia Hallway and
Electric Company. The aldermanlc
board Will concur Thursday.
CAUGH7 A7 7HE SWITCH;
WHY CARS WERE DELA YED
Many were the excuses handed out to
questioning employers Tuesday morn
ing by late clerk’s. But the excuse was
The reduction of the city's lights Is L good one
00re E. r tv. n ar f 6 O 0 11O for n ?rd Fnr “ >""»««: «™t wheel of a
the schedule, first 5 ear, *601 for arcs | meat wtt g 0n and a switch In the trolley
*" <I ,J a 17 LmThlrd teLr’ Car ,rack were ,h * caua * of “ Lon *
island 137.50. third yaar ' ,5 ® a " d ,S7 ' strings of trolley cars were stalled on
fourth year, *67 and *35.50, fifth year, Alabama and Whitehall streets and for
and 135. nearly a half hour they remained at a
The contract also provides for a ma- standstill. Those clerks who hadn't
ttrlal decrease In the lights to private I far to go walked, but others fretted,
consumers. The maximum primary I fumed and looked at watches and won-
n t. shall be 10 cents per kilowatt hour | der<d what th * ma,n *<!»*•*« "'as go-
Initesd of 13 cents as now for'lights.
tn d 7 cents for power Instead of
cents.
lng to say.
Shortly after 7 o'clock a wagon owned
by T. R. Saw tel I got stuck In a switch
at Whitehall and Alabama streets and
It took nearly a half hour's pushing and
prying on the part of several husky ne-
groes to get the wagon free. The left
front wheel of the wagon Jammed In
the switch and It was held there as If In
a vise.
After traffic had been blocked for
several minutes and a large crowd had
collected, bystanders pitched In and
assisted the negroes, with the result
that with crow bars and levers the
wheel was released.
1 MISSOURI 10 TRY
if FARES
| Eighteen Railroads Will
Make 90-Day Ex
periment.
Negro Who Claimed to Be I Kansas City. Mo., June 18.—The Mis
eourl 2-cent passenger fare act will go
Brownsville Soldier Takes I
tit- y\„„ t lend of that time, It Is found to be un-
JllS uwn ijire. | remunerative, Its discontinuance can
then be brought Into the courts by the
railroads.
.. . . , , The state officials are temporarily
Detected In an attempt to swindle I enjoined from enforcing the maximum
the government, a negro alleging him- freight rate law and this case will be
atlf to be John Williams, a discharged argued, later In the Federal court
soldier from the Twenty-fifth United L, J V de %,^ri F ? e ”?,'lv. 1 v„,illrt a v U Sfte?
States district court* yesterday, arter
State* Infantry, swallowed carbolic add I h>n() , ng down Rn opinion maintaining
In the otllce of the paymaster of the the court's Jurisdiction In the premises,
department of the gulf. In the Candler I ordered the promulgation of the above
building, Monday afternoon and died I dated facts, which had been agreed to
later In the Grady hospital, as told In by ‘ h * at *?, r 1 " eya r f or J 1 1 ?!
.he late edition, of The Georgian Mon- suggested
«... I that the 2-cent fare should bo first
.nee of 1 £o“t**3?nd wh*le P thi ««»•» a practical
negro's hands were handcuffed. The * l0 " PJ?Z% t, g “
bottle of deadly acid was snatched from | forcement be considered
Williams’ hands by Chief Clerk Eckels,
but ton late to save the negro’s life.
Williams entered the paymaster’s of
fice at the department Monday after
noon and presented to Chief Clerk
Eckels an order, for the pay of a. dis
charged soldier. The order.was filled
out In regulation form with the various
amounts alleged to be coming to the
soldier properly Itemlxed. It had the
name of Lieutenant Alfred Branch,
Company A, Twenty-fifth Infantry,
Fort Reno, Oklahoma, signed to It, and
at a glance Clerk Eckels knew the sig
nature was a forgery.
IN STOCKS CASE
BELL IS DETAINED
Action Followed the Confes
sion of Jones to Em
bezzlement.
Council decided Monday that the evt
dence against Thomas F. Stocks, water
The order alleged that the soldier 1 commissioner, did not Justify an Inves
entitled to draw the pay named had I tlgatlon, and the report of the commit
ru n ,. d J. ,< ; h 'J f ** d oaMay ? 3 * and wha “ tee of the whole that trial was not
Clerk Eckels saw this he knew a graft ' „ n .«i mm i,lv
*ame was being attempted. Fornot necessary was udop ted i ,nanl ™ au, ' y '
long before orders had been Issued by I When the committee of the whole
the chief paymaster saylnr no men had took up the question Monday, there
been discharged on that date from the waa 8ome little discussion over how
Infantry. Evidently the h rt t0 counc „ « h ould b e worded.
*»me had been worked or been at- Huddleston first moved
tempted before. The order called for Councilman “u“'™ ““ h
the payment of *868.e<. that Mr. Stocks be declared not tech-
t'lerk Eckels proceeded to wrlto a re- nlcally guilty, but later accepted the
eelpt for the negro to sign and Major substitute offered by Councilman Mar.
Dawe*. paymaster at the department, I tin reporting to council that a *"■*
communicated with police headquar- was not necessary,
ters for an officer. Before the receipt The sub-committee appointed to In
had been written the negro was under vestlgate tho books of the Stocks Coal
•cest and handcuffed. It was while Company to determine If Commissioner
Major Dawes was explaining the nature stocks waa an official of the company
Of the charge against the negro that he renorted that he was only an employee,
wallowed the poison. Councilman Huddleston announced
It Is believed by some that poeelbly that he Intended later to ask for an
Mill lama was one of the negroes en- amendment to the city ordinance which
faged In the Brownsville affair and die- w iii provide that no employee of a firm
•barged by the president.
IN THE CASEi
MAN IN THE STOCKADE!
ehall P be V, lnterested” In a contract with
the city when that employee 1» » city
official.
CITY PRIMARY
WILL BE CALLED
Next Friday at noon the city executive
"'hen W. E. White, a young man I committee will meet *« conelder the dtto
residing at 135 Rockwell street, waa for holding a white primary. The following
arraigned before Recorder Broyles cell has been Issued to the members of tue
Tuesday morning on tha charge of | committee:
healing from hie brother, it was etated
Atlanta, Oe„ June 17, 1107.
rrom ms brother, It was stated Members of the City Executive
ineeo?awoma d n ,m ° * ' h# '"Hcommht'e. Atlanta Gjb: Haying rjeely-
Detective Simpson. who. with De- a commun I ;«t‘ <, n ’'j‘ t ^
tec tve Campbell and Policeman Swee- the membere of the city ex«e,,ye c™»»
n *>. made the arrest, said the young tee requesting the* n meotuig or ip
"as In the power of a certain mlttee he called “for , b*P ur P m .i mar f
*oman, and that because of this In- such dote for the municipalI »bHe pimairy
? I *J he had stolen a number of of astd city as may be ■JP** 1 "
'‘'“ohtos from his brother, J. E. White, meeting of said city esecotlr* commttteo
j ,h . er wa " ,n court and asked U, therefore called to convene at 12 oeiocg
inn ,h ' defendant not be bound over, | nooo on Friday. June 21, 1807, for the par-
^hough he said he wanted him pun- „f axing the date and providing other
th«^ d ** « a '*«cn. The ofileers asked L 0Der srrangeraeots for holding a primary
hat no fine be Imposed, stating that _ for *he nomination of aueh city of-
as woman In the case" would pay It. TV,’ the ltw provides shall be elected
" , r :r^dcr then sentenced White « BeapUctfuHy.
“Dc thirty daye in the etockade. | this year. PJ W ELCH. Chairman.
cifAS. N. ALLEN. Secretary.
WANTED—BUILDERS
T |CO mkV. ASD JhlPECT THE LARGEST I HURT IN SMASII-UP
Ithfn, 1 *** j complete line and detlgne of fin- ■ clu Avr xirtprs'nrxm K'VT*’
WEDDING EvE
h ' | hVrui. m caii r 'la'and'* ttt ua n *ave Washington. June 1 *'7 < ^ a [ 1 . l | a L n a ^,ny
Tomrl 11 n ^pgrtmwit It handlcii oylnce F M. Browne, of the British army,
"Ud expefiencid help 7 a „ d , fiancee. Mies Maud Vera Henna.
51 HARDWARE CO., daughter of the late Joseph H. Hanna,
.in * 5 p c»chtree Street, Bell Phone d ? Cincinnati, were Injured In an au-
» S331. atinntn m,— .on- , SL„wie accident yeilerdhy afternoon.
K were taken to^ hoepltajs. hutt later
were able to return to their hotel.
mi.. Hanna had Just returned fro.
abroad. ^Thelr marriage I. echedulml
.for today.
Kilts Thirty.fourlxm ^circular out
he rrr.i? a 1 T* r * killed or Injured by *h«,ef end ceucele previous
_,. r ? c I nt earthquake. The region af- cnntaloe the ronstrartlen. pub-
•ralae’I "IS ,b °ck extends from Val- n^ t i" n sn7mlog of freljht •"'> P***c"«' r
he & P2rt’a Ma **"* n straits, and frtm nodules. r ;“i?i7! l ' raliili and opfnion»^of
ShST 08 C0Ml to K,u< » uln ' '» Ar ' 'U^Vommf'M'om
experienced help.
KING HARDWARE CO..
53!', Peachtree Street, I
*•23-5331, Atlanta Phone 100
Chili 'Qua^e
Charlotte, N. C., June 18.—The con
fession of Franc H. Jones, the embea-
zler, In which he Implicated Boyce
Bell, former bucket shopman, but now
a farmer of this county,, caused a great
sensation.
Bell Is charged with aiding and abet,
ting Jones In embsxxllng the bank's
funds. Bell was given a preliminary
hearing this morning before United
States Commissioner Cobh, and was
required to give 35,000 ball at the
December term of the Federal court
here. Franc H. Jones was carried to
the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. this
morning at 10:10 o'clock to begin hta
six years’ term of Imprisonment.
The case of Percy Fonvllle, oi
charge of complicity, will be tried at
Greensboro, N. C„ at the October term
of the Federal court. He Is out on
*10.000 bond.
Jones was sentenced by Judge Boyd
to 0 years' servitude In a Federal prison
for embezzling fund* from the Char
lotte National Bank. Jonea told the
story of his speculations and escape and
his mother and wife corroborated his
part In the testimony. Jones declared
that he and Percy O. Fonvllle entered
Into a partnership to use the bank's
money In speculation. He declared that
he went away with only *7,000, and
after spending *2.000, brought back
16,000, which he returned to the bank.
Jonei declared that hie mother's pitiful
appeals for money for his sick father
had led him to his fall.
TELEPHONE DUCTS
CAUSE ARGUMENT
E
North Georgia Electric
Company Wants Time
on Franchise.
The favorable report of the commit
tee on electric and other railways on
the petition of the North Georgia Elec
tric Company, for a year's extension
of time on Its franchise, led to a long
and earnest discussion in council Mon.
day afternoon on this subject and all
the allied and kindred subject*.
The outcome of the round of speeches
was that It was referred back, to the
committee and council will hold a spe
cial meeting next Monday afternoon
to take action on It,
Councilman Terrell offered
amendment to the report of the com
mittee which proposed to put a thirty-
year limit on the franchise of the At
lanta Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, the latter company being under
contract to lay the conduits for the
electric company. The telephone com
pany now claims a perpetual fran
chise.
Alderman Key said he was glad that
the subject of. perpetual franchises had
come up; that some time ago he had
tried to Interest council on the sub'
of another perpetual franchise, but I
received scant support and slim en-1
couragement.
Those City Ducts.
'The city used to have some ductal
of her own,” stated Alderman Key,
"hut now, It seems, she hasn’t got any.
By sharp practices and ehrewd ma-1
nlpulatlons, the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company contends It has got!
them back. We had them and then we
didn't have them. We gave them away
and wo didn’t know anything about It. I
I tried to get council to refuse to grant
the Georgia Railway and Electric Com-1
pany any concessions until we got
those ducts, but received no encour-1
agement, the committee not only let-1
ting the company get the ducts but
granting the concessions. Now It ls|
proposed to Jump on a cripple."
Alderman Key then offered an ordl-1
nance providing that on all under-1
ground conduits laid In the future the I
city ahould be given one duct, and that I
when these conduits wors laid the
company should agree that the city I
have one duct throughout the entire I
line. This was referred to the same|
committee.
Contracts Are Let.
After a long discussion, council voted I
to give the contract for the city's ad
vertising to The Fulton County Dally |
Report.
The report of the committee on print. I
lng giving the contract for the depart
mental printing to the Telegram Pub
lishing Company was turned down by
council, the contract being awarded to|
the Lester Book and Stationery Com
pany, whose bid was the lowest.
Counellmen Mangum, Huddleston,
and Pearce voted to adopt the report |
of the committee.
The aldermanlc board will act
this question and that of the city ad
vertising Thursday.
The special committee offered a res-1
olutlon authorizing the legislature to|
fix the present whisky licenses Ir, the
charter and It was adopted.
Wsihlngton. Just 18.—Senator Foraker
lost night gave out s written statement,
summing up the testimony taken by the
senate eommltre on miliary nlfalra In the
Brownsville Inquiry, end declaring that It
falls to show that any soldier took part
In tho nttrny.
The stnteuieni which the senator says he
makes In "plain duty to the truth, sa well
Is "more familiar yltb th* testimony than
anybody elae,” Is In answer to t published
statement that the testimony conclusively
•bowed the soldiers of the Twtnty.fifth
battalion did tha shooting.
CRUELTY TO CHICKENS
JUDGED BY RECORDER
In a test cate In police court Tuesday
morning Recorder Broyles held that
the carrying of chickens by tha fast,
with their head* dangling downward,
Is cruel treatment, ana that the prac
tice must be stopped.
The decision was made In the case
Idlers, against whom
Monday by E. V. D.
Haskell, an official of th* Atlanta Hu
mane Society. The defendants pleaded
Ignorance of the law, and, as these were
the first cases of the kind, Judge
Broyles dismissed them, with a warn
lng that the offense must not be re
pea ted.
The humane society will now wage a
general crusade against this form of
cruelty, and persons carrying chickens
With their heads down are liable to find
themselves contributing to the city.
Judge Broyle* alto suggested after
the trial that the humane society
should make a crusade aralnat mer
chants who overcrowd chicken coope
and fall to give the fowls proper at
tention.
SAYS WILLIAMS
WILL BEAT VARDMAN
Washington. June It.—"John Sharp Wil
liam will defeat Governor Vtrdsmtn In the
contest for United States senator In the
Hpr J ‘ * * *— ■*— —
>» ■
wealth, at ihe Raleigh.
"I itin not saying tbit because I am _
LU«d of Wllllsme. but becauee that Is the
of every well-lnf.irmeu politician In
te. The betting le 3 to 1 In Williams'
and the Vardanian people are re-
Inetsnt to wager n dollar on their favorite.
No man In recent timet ever conducted a
G uar campaign than John Sharp Williams
i making."
Edward Fuller.
The funeral services of Edward Full
er, th* Infant ion of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Fuller, who died Monday morning
at th* family residence on Highland
avenue, were conducted Tuesday after
noon In the clutpel of Greenberg, Bond
ft Bloomfield. The Interment waa In
Westvlew cemetery.
OF
CAUSE OF CHANGES!
Washington, June 18.—There will be
general change In the makeup of I
senate committee* which will be necee-1
aery at the next session as the result of |
tha death of John Tyler Morgan.
The Alabaman was chairman of the |
committee on public health and na
tional quarantine, and McEnery,
Louisiana, Is next In rank among the I
Democrata. Senator Spooner la the I
ranking Republican and his retirement I
leaves Senator Depew at the top of|
the majority Hat.
Senator Morgan waa the ranking ml-1
norlty member of th* committee on for
eign relations, and as Senator Bacon
comes next, he will succeed to that!
notable distinction.
So far aa the committee on Inter-
oceanic canale It concerned, the death |
of Senator Morgan and tho retirement I
of Senator Carmack leave Senator
Taliaferro, of Florida, the ranking mi
nority member.
On one other Important committee, of
which Senator Morgan waa the ranking
Democrat—Indian affairs—there will be I
three vacancies a* u result of hla death
and the retirement of Dubois, of Idaho, |
and Clark, of Montana.
The other two Democrats on the com
mittee are Teller, of Colorado, and
Stone, of Missouri, who rank In tha |
order Tamed.
FUNERAL TUESDAY
OF SIDNEY STUBBS |
The funeral servlets of Sidney Good
win 8tubbs, who died Monday morning
at the residence of his father-in-law,. «vnmimn
Captain Edward S. Gay. 26 Currier HUNDREDS OF HOMES
street, will be conducted Tuesday aft- TXTVTkT Vim TV QTTFT
emoon at 8 o'clock, at St. Lukes Epls- IN VULiVihU IN &UU
copal church. The Interment will be ■■■■■ ■ ■-
In Oakland cemetery. Bristol, Tenn.. June 18.—The home*
Mr. Stubbs was a resident of Savsn-1 hundred* of ptopls are Involved In * chan
nah, being In Atlanta on a visit to the very rase filfd le the United Btatee court
family of his wife, who was Mlaa I,, Abingdon. Va. The suit Involves the
Louise Gay, when he was stricken with n ( ht to the title to more than 100,000 seres
$100.00 III COLD FREE
Do Not be a Mollycoddle or a Laggard in Life’s
Battles—Lay Aside For a Rainy Day,
But Be Sure to Not Let It
Rain the Very Next Day.
A chicken in your cfoop is worth a dozen chickens in
someone else’s coop!
If you are a young man and have never bought a lot,
why not try it and see how good it will make you feel when
you get your deed recorded and laid away ? If you have
already bought one or two lots you know what a nice feeling
it gave you; so buy another and feel good all over again. -
Now, it is all right to have good intentions, but there is
a down grade “chute de chute” road, paved as slick as isin
glass with good intentions, which leads in the opposite di
rection from all that goes to the “making of a good man”
and a good citizen. Do not fritter your money away on trifles
which afford merely a passing pleasure; you owe, it to your
country, and to your posterity (if you have any, and if
you have not, there is another debt against you on the
wrong side of the ledger.) To become independent. There is
no investment so safe and so apt to draw you in the right
way of saving as a lot, in or near Atlanta; the greatest
City, in the greatest County, in the greatest State, in the
greatest Country on the face of the earth.
This leads us to the point! You want to know where
you can buy a lot, well located, good titles, worth the money
and one that will increase in value as the days go’ by; one
that will bring you a reward for your industry and frugal
ity. Here it is.
We have selected a piece of ground located between
Atlanta and Decatur, in the City of Edgewood, close to
Kirkwood, and two car lines; close to factories, schools,
churches and everything .that goes to make a community
desirable. This subdivision consists of 51 lots fronting
DeKalb Avenue, McLendon Avenue, Nelms Street and
Arizona Avenue ;onlv fifteen minutes’ ride from the center
of the city going out Edgewood Avenue and through Inman
Park; cars every ten minutes.
TERMS: $25 Cash, and $5 per Month at only
6 per cent. Interest; payable on or before maturity.
These lots are large and a great many of them have
nice shade; and on any of them you would be safe to build
a nice cottage for rent or for a home. Dozens of new
houses are going up all around.
Call by the office of S. B. Turman & Company and get
plat and go out and inspect the property before the day of sale.
$100 IN GOLD WILL BE GIVEN AWAY ON
THE PREMISES AT THE CLOSE OF THE SALE!
You may be the lucky person; it will cost you nothing, and
you will enjoy the trip next Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
It is a well known fact that the Auction Sales conducted
by this firm have been remarkably successful; their success
being due largely to tneir experience and ability in selecting
property for which there is a good demand hence the pur
chasers are able to make good profits.
typhoid fever.
COMMISSIONERS
FOR CEMETERY
Council elected, the following ceme
tery commission*™ Monday, under the
ordinance by Councilman Taylor pro
viding for this commission:
W. S. Thomson, five years: Joseph
Jacobs, four years: George S. Lowndes,
three years: J. A. Fischer, two years;
Charles J. Martin, one year.
The ordinance provides for the per-
K tulty of Oakland and for th* constant
autlfylng of the* grounds. It was
drawn up by Councilman Taylor, chair
man of the cemetery committee, and
was adopted after a hard, long fight.
| of the heat coal and timber lends In Duch
ante tnd Ttiewtll counties, the properties
19 c -
GROCERS LEAVE
FOR OUTING TRIP
tera. nearly M members of the Retail Gro
cers' Aaaoclstlnn left Atlanta Monday nlxht
for a fire dtyn' ontln* tt Cumberland Is
land. Th* party occupied a special train,
which win operated over the Atlanta. Illrm-
Infiham and Atlantic rullwny. The train
waa In char re of J. O. Llfieonr. of Bruns
wick. commercial agent for th* roed. and
he will took after the comfoet of the gro
cers nntll their ‘
BIG RACE RIOT
NEAR PITTSBURG
Pittsburg, Pa. June II.—A serious
race riot broke out at Leglonvlll* last
night, In which one man was shot and
probably fatally Injured, several others
were beaten and cut and th* nelghl
hood terrorized for hour* until the
rival of the police.
It Is said three negroes attacked o
man named Cooper as the latter was
walking along the rttllway atntlon plat,
form. Cooper was shot In the breast.
Th* trouble la the result of labor diffi
culties.
ADAMS SEEKING
LOST RELATIVES
- RH nii
Atlanta r^cantly In fh<? h<»pe of no^urlnij
•ome Information of the VMI an boats of hla
felMOi relatlvM.
Mr. Adams la n native of AlAhnnin, but
!•:.** In 1 >7' ?'• !i!» f«rrmii*» In the
•tate of Texan. The relatives for whom he
return to Atlanta,
GOOCOOOOOOOOCOOOUOOOOOOOUO
o o
0 SEVEN CHINESE BAPTIZED O
O BY REV. CHARLE8 F. AKED. O
New York. June II.—With John O
O D. Rockefeller, Sr., as one of the O
O spectators, seven Chinamen, mot:- O
O ly laundrvmen. were baptised O
o Sunday night at the Fifth Avenue O
O church by the Rov. C. F, Akcd. 0
DIJOOGOOOOOOGOODOOOOOOOOOOO
ANOTHER ENGINEER
QUITS CANAL JOB
Washington. June 18.—Joseph Ripley
htt resigned hta position as one of the
consulting engineers of the Panama
Canal Company to accept a m ire lucra
tive poiitlon in this country.