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The Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS NIGHT EDITION' SPORTS. VOL. VL NO. 63. ATLANTA. GA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1907. PRICE- L* TWi CFNT*. X On Train*: riV» Ck'NT*. T II70ASSES Second Night as Bril liant .as the Opening. COLONIAL RIDE TONIGHT’S FEATURE JUDGE JOHN W. AKIN IS REPORTED TO DE DARELV ALIVE Governor Smith’s Presence Lends Official Touch to Georgia’s Own Show. 0O0000O0OO0OOOO00OO0OOO0OO S FOR THURSDAY NIQHT. 0 O Clus 20—LJvery horses, pairs, 0 0 g p. m. O class 14—Combination paddle 0 0 and harness horaee. 1:15 n. m. O 0 Class 24—Shetland ponlea under O 0 enddlr. It Ttande and under, local, 0 0 1:30 p. m. _ 2 O Claee 31—Saddle horse*, three a 0 felts, local, 3:4S p. m. 0 a Claes 8—Fine heme** horses, O 0 naira, 9 p. m. 0 Cla»* 16—Saddle horses, lire O O units, 9:15 p. m. O Colonial ride, no entrance fee, 0 0 9:30 p. m. 1 O Claes 3—Roadetere. single. Mer- 0 O chants* Challenge cup, 9/t5 p. m. O 0 Class «—Ladles' riding class, o O age 18 and over, 10 p. m. O 0 Clasa 35—Polo ponlea, 10:15 O 0 p. m. 0 O Claes 13—Harness horses, tan-O 0 dema, 14.2 or over. 10:30 p. in. 0 O Class 12—Roadsters, single. 0 O pacers, 10:43 p. m. 0 0 0 O00O0000000O00O00O0000O0O0 Marked by an oven better display of splendid horse flesh and. with .Hie.nrr^y of fashion It) the boxes equalling, tf not surpneelng,' the ajVnpaoiir of color shown on the opening night, th# second exhibition of Atlanta's Horse Show way a pronounced success. Among the entries wf re some of the liest trained fancy steppers that ever tame down from generations of nine c.ress ancestry, and among these the Atlanta trained exhibits were easily In the lead. Atlantans carried off trophy nter trophy on Wednesday night, though three entries from Tennessee captured blue ribbons In o|i«n elapses. Not a box but wa* filled on the second night, though the occupant*, in many cnee*, differed from those of the ppen Ing event. New guest* were found it many of these, anil among them wai 'inventor Hoke Hmlth, whose presence lent en official touch to (lenrgla's gala social event of the eeaaon. New coa- tumea, rivaling those In heautyspf the flret night, gave rise to the cqpiment ihat Atlanta modlates must haw been working long and late In rerent weeks There sis a riot of color, for tfte sea son's creations are not . of modest hue, but there was a harmony which made the rainbow effect of the great oval a symphony In hues. . Hut one Incident marred the perfec tion of the evening, an accident similar I" that of Tuesday night. In the local roadster class, T, 11. Lumpkin, driving Ills brown mare, mark Bird, had bard fall to the tanbark, through u wheel of his bicycle buggy collapsing. The frightened mare made a circuit of 'he orena before she was caught, and the buggy was demolished. Mr. Lump kin xvas unhurt. The crowning feature of the last night of the show will he the colonial flue. In which sixteen couples of At lanta's most prominent young people Sill takb part. Dressed In the silks and satins of great-grandfather's day, they will put their horaee through a number "f Intricate maneuver!, keeping time to : lie music of the band. The horaee rid den will be among the handsomest en- lered at the show, and this event le sure to draw the largest social patron age of the series. Thornton’s Two Blues. The real favorite of the evening wgs l-ady Pierce, the dashing brown mare, which, ridden and owned by Austell Thornton, pranced ofT with no Jess than two blue ribbons and two.handsome '■up*. Lady Pierce won the hearts of th* slithering from the start—In fart, had "cured a strong hold the opening night by copping a blue ribbon and the Capi tal City Club cup then, and at every appearance received a burst of applause from the congregation of beautiful fem ininity and the escorts who formed the background in the picture of gay and well-attired humanity that looked on with unfeigned Interest and enthusi asm. l-ady Pierce won the Piedmont Driv ing Club cup and the Phillips A Crew nip Wednesday night, thus taking off first honors for the second evening of the hone show. The entries of Laurel Farm, of Gal latin. Tenn„ met with great favor In 'he eye* of the judge* and the apecta- ten, and as a result captured the blue • ibbon In the harness show clasa and a "hits ribbon In th* runabout class. Mlee HIMh Fletcher did all th* driv ing for th* Laurel Farm entries, and to her skill Is due largely th* credit for the success achieved. candy proved the "candy kid” In th* ■weal pony class, and won the first nrls*. being ridden by little Robin ■tdslr. Candy wa* entered by O. W. Adair. Only boy* 15 years old or less were allowed to ride In this class, and the event proved Interesting. The other prlz^ winners were: Domi n''. second prise, owned and ridden by President of Georgia; State Senate Re ported Dying. .Spet'ial to Tb# Georgian. j Oartersville, Ga., Oct. 17.—At i 4:45 o’clock Thursday afternoon Judge John W. Akin was reported j barely alive. Oartersville, Ga., Oct. 17.—All j hope for the recovery of Judge! John W. Akin, president of the state senate of Georgia, has been abandoned. ! Ha. was considered slightly better this morning, but had a sinking spell at 11:30 o'clock and la not expected to live through the afternoon. The family Is by his bedside. „ Judge Akin's throat and entire left side Is paralysed. His condition wai considered critical yesterday after noon and Dr. Todd, of Atlanta, was called In consultation by the attending physicians. An examination was made and It was stated that the patient could not recover. The members of the family were no tified. Judge Akin's mother, Mrs. Man* F. Akin, lives here. His wife and three daughters. Misses Verdery, Lillian and Frances, are at his bedside, *as Is his sister. Miss Faille Mary Akin, of Car- tervllle. A brother, T. Warren Akin, Is In the Interior department at Wash ington and a sister. Mrs. Lewis T. Er win. lives In Washington state. William E. and Paul F. Akin. Judge Akin’s law partners, reside In Carters- Vllle. His father died In 1872. He was speaker of the house at the time. Judge Akin was taken III with grippe about two weeks ago and It developed Into pleurisy. He was not thought to be seriously sick at first. Continued on Pago Two. FISH ROUTED BY HARRIMAN III RIG COUP Hurry Call For Meet ing Did Important Business. JUDGE JOHN W. AKIN. Montana Bank With $4,750,000 Deposits Forced to Wall. Chicago, 111., Oct. !*.—E. H. Harriman today routed the Stuyveaant Fish force* In a skirmish coup In the bat tle for possession of the Illinois Cen tral railroad. A hurry call for a director*' meeting with only pari but a majority of the director# summoned, ordered the books of the Illinois Central held open unlit 8 o’clock this af'ernoon for the transfer of stocks. This directly countermand ed a previous order closing ths book* until after the .ltockholders' annual meeting. - Fish Rushed in a Cab. v Fish wa* In hi* apartments at th* | take up the tight himself. Annex when he heord that the director* -■ > . .. ■- ««•.., had been called. He rushed for a cab and broke Into the meeting just before It adjourned. Fish's attorneys were not notified of the hurry call for a meeting, and It wa* only through th* dispatch of me* sengers did Fish manage to get Judge EdgacTlarrar to the session. “A snap-meeting." wa* the only com ment that JTab 'would make. Charles Beech, one of Th* director*, aat In room Just below the director*, unaware of the meeting. Other director* knew nothing of IL Harriman Urge* Conference, Meantime, Harriman eat to one side and talked In advocacy of a national congress of railroad director*, with representatives of the prea* to And out “what Is the matter with the railroads." He urged an annual meeting to right wrongs and redeem the railroad mag nates and their line*. Mr. Fish and Mr. Harriman. both confident and both assured of victory, were In armed truce, while a proxy committee struggled wtth the gigantic task of finding who'* who in the great railroad war. An early morning conference was held lief ween Fish, William Nelson Cromwell and Attorney Ralph Hhaw, the two latter representing Harriman. It wa* agreed that all proxies should be double checked—first, by the proxy commltee. and then, In caee of dis agreement or uncertainty, yb the *tock- holdore themselves In their meeting. OOO0OO00OO0000O00OOOOO0OOO o FRIGHTENED BY 8I8TER, 0 O o unieneu or oioicn, u GIRL BREAK8 HER NECK. O Ashland. Ky.. Oct. I,.—Fright- 0 O ened by her slater, who was wrap- O O pad in a sheet and playing ghoet, O o Clara Osgood leaped from a sec- O O ond story window at her home, O O near Reedvlttr, and was Instantly O 0 killed, her neck being broken by 0 O the fa!L The slater. Annie Osgood. O O is prostrated with grief and Is O O being welched for feer she will 0 O take her life. pOO00000000000090000O0000O 00000000000000000000000OOO o o 0 HEINZE MONTANA BANK a o IS FORCED TO SUSPEND. 0 o — o O Butte. Mont., Oct. 17.—Th© O O State Having* Hunk, with d©pnnitH 0 O of 84.7CO.OOO, closed It* door* to- O O day. M. H. Isargey |* pr©8ldent O O anil F. August tin Heinz© I* a <11- 0 O rector. The New y«rk corre- O O npondent* «»f the institution me O 0 th© Mercantile National Hank and 0 O the Van‘ N'orden Trust Company. O 0 The Helnxe cranh In New York O O l* responsible for the failure. O O O 00000000000000000000000000 New York, Oct. 17.—In a sensational statement Issued today by Otto Heinz© it. C04 whose manipulations in 1'nlted Copper caused the $-'.000,000 failure of Gross it Ivleeherg, It was announced that Arthur P. Heinz© had been dropped from the firm and that It would refuse to pay any obligations which It did not onslder legal and Just. •Rather than submit to unjust de mands,’' the statement continues, “the firm prefer* to be temporarily suspend ed from the privileges of tin- stock ex- hnnge." Following the statement which proved a startler In Wall street, came the offi cial announcement of Heinz© that h« had sent i.n his resignation a* president of the Mercantile Xulhtnnl llnnk and that In the future he will devote hlx time to what promise* to In* the great est copper tight !n tile history of the country. This means that Augustus Heinz© will bring hi* brother out from the crash they brought about through their manipulation of United Copper and _ It Is de clared by those in Wall street, know that F. Augustus Heinz© lost between llft.UOO.imoo and SlS.oot), In his efforts to best Roger* and that the Arm of Otto Heinz© A Un. suffered in the fight. Well-Informed bankers In Wall street can see nothing In the crash of the Heinz© copper Interests hut the final Isxue of a war between the Amal gamated Copper men. led by II. H. Rogers, and th© Interests that have centered about F. Augustus Helnze ever ■Ince he rose to power In Montana by successful combat on the local field with the great copper magnate*. When Mr. Rogers, who. as the chief manipulator of copper for the great Standard Oil Interests, came to town from his sick bed several days ago. It was believed that only the most urgent business could have brought him. The result, it Is declared, I* apparent. F. Augustus Helnze announced this afternoon that he.would see the firm of Otto Helnze A Co. out of its difficulties If It toi»k the last ^©nt he had In th© world. It was rumored in Wall street that there would he another assignment within the next twenty-four hours, but little credence was given to the re port. The board of governors of the stock exchange today suspended Max II. Schulte froiy the floor for his connec tion with the failure of OUo Helnze A Co. Mr. Schulte Is the exchange member of the firm. RACE RESULTS AT THE STATE FAIR First, Race—Mile and a sixteenth: Sir Vagrant, won: Dew Star, second; I’rothftiv Breexc, third. Time 1:51. Sfcond Race—Four and a half fur longs; lilanche Hamilton, won: Cora FarltqM, second; Lady Handsel, third. Time -.57. THtrd Race—Five furlongs: Jim Hlinpowb. won: The Rain, second; Blue Sky, Hurd. Time 1:03 8-5. Fourffi Rue©—81 x furlongs: Match, won: Ttulloha, second: Brooketon, third. Time 1:17. BELMONT^PARK Flret -sRace—Number One, 2 to 1 won: liflve Wire, 3 to 5, second; Coun- l< 1 lining, oven, third. Second Rat*©—Sandy Creeker, 3 to 1, won: Economy; 6 to 1. second; Touch- wood, ©vi’n. third. Time 4:03. Thlrdjr Race—Ardrl, 11 to 5, won; Kcqulie.tft' t«> 1, second; Sudden Start, : to 1, tried. Time 1:13. Fourth Jtace—Fnust, 12 to 1, won; • T<ur©nn©,-4 to G, second; KUlaloe, out, third. Tim© 1:51 4-5. Fifth JRace—Danoscara. 15 to 20, wqb; Wal^ourtie, 1 to 4, second: Rock- stone. 2 to S, third. Time 1:40 2-5. Sixth Race—Golden Shore, 4 to *1, won; Wes, even, second; Zipango, 0 to 5. third. Time 1:38 4-5. LATONIA. Flrpt fibre—Inauguration. 4 to. 1, wont Me*rIgo, 8 to 1. second; Orena, 6 to 6. third.* Time t:08 3-5. Second Kmc©—Mark Time, 4 to 1, won; Refined, 2 to 1, second; No Quar ter, !» to 5. third. Time 1:14 3-5., Third. RAi^-Bottlee, 2 to 1, won; Telegrapher, 6 to 5, second; County clerk, 7 to 1$ third. Time 1:17. . Fourth Raoe-T-Clas* Leader, 3 to 2 won; Pete Vinegar, 4 td 5, second; Ita- catlara. out, third. Time 2:59 3-5. Fifth Race—Rebel Queen. 10 to 1, won; J«»e Moser, even, second: Hand- bridge, 1 to 2,’third. Time 1:07 2-5. WINDSOR. First Rave—-J. W. O'Neill. 5 to 2, won; Miss Cesation, 5 to 2. second; Hlrtningham, 7 to 10, third. Time 1:08 4-5. Second Race-e-Llttle Wally, 8 to 5, won: Pick TlnH, 7 to 10, second: Am- berjnimner, 3 to 2, third. Time 3:34. Third Race—Avaunteer, 7 to 1, won; Gtliner, 7 to 10. second; Solon Shin gle. 2 to 5. third. Time 1:39 1-5. Fourth Race-r-Thurbel, 2 to 1. won; Linda Lake. 2 to 1, second; Padrone, 2 to 5, third. Time 1:01 4-5. FRIDAY’S ENTRIES AT BESMONT TRACK Ik'lasml U»<-# Tnivk. (Vt. lT.-Enlrles lor Friday: First line©- gelling. 3 year-olds aud up: Ivjinhoe. 1 Hast End, 108; Juggler. Kwt Friiuk l.ubhook. IT-*: l.iielie*ls. 99; xKlund liver. W»: it'nifty. 1*4: xltapnahaimork. \n: xijiiliui Itrndy. lou; xYnda. loft; ifit* Valen tine. |*rt; xHhiii IliirrU, 106: xMieiiandmdi. 97. Sermid ItH.f- Selling. J veiir-olds, 6\k fur- Ioiiun: Senllnp. 96; 81r Galahad, *»: irllert. iff?: xMi nntor Barrett. 91; GVntn C’reat. 18; xBlack Mary. 9J: xBI-kra. 107: iHrldge Whist. 95: It..Ulster. 101; .Inn© Hwlfr. IW. Third Itiiee Ifniidleap. for 3 year-olds and no. mile nnd it half: Ironside*. 128; I.ane Allen. 124: IVrievernine. 12it; J. F. Donohue, I «>; |,.ml Htnnlio|M*. 9*.*: D’Arkle, 97; Prince riiiii-,'. i«5: Anticipation. W>. , Ft nrtli line©-Twoyear-olds and up, 5 fur Iuiii'm; Fii.le. 105: ifarl tf. 1«6; FnltonvlHe, It:,: <ituttii««a. 1<V»: A.IuilnDtrato- ?06; Throckmorton. MS; Uoi.l Qm-at. 102: Ijiw- p. pair, un; K. M. Fry. HR; Rate- • nmn. 1’C., j Hull iti 7 furlongs, main course: Br.H.kdale | KB*; Jack Atkin, HIT; Kentucky lleau. The Fordlntm High Weight, * * * Nymph, an, 120; irphati had, 113; Far West, HARRIMAN MAKES APPEAL FOR JUSTREGULATIONS Chicago. Oct. 17.—E. H. Harriman today appealed to the people of the United States, their representatives and tlie public presx to come to the aid of the railroads In the fight for a greater measure of Justice before the interstate commerce commission. He suggested a meeting of th# repre sentatives of preas associations, of leading metropolitan dallies and lead ing men of the country to devise Just regulatlona for hiOroKlii. He ©aid the railroads today were suffering from unjust agitation of questions un fairly presented against them, and from an enforcement of unjust dls- ’ criminating laws against them. BRYAN SPEAKS AT NOON ON SATURDAY AT FAIR Governor Smith to Introduce Him—Reception and Dollar Dinner To Be Tendered Great Commoner. SjHH-lal t.> Th# Oorstnn. Spsftsnhnr*. ft. (•„ Ort. 17.—Hon. William Jsnnlnn Hryan will iwtur# lisr# Krlilsy nlvht liefore Wofford college lyreuni. He vrfil go direct from here to Atlanta. William Jennings Bryan, who will deliver sn address at the State Fair grounds uex ftkturdny at noon, will he lutrodnred h; Governor Hoke Bmlth, whose address will l»e of aU»ut thirty minutes' duration. 8atarrisjr night Mr. Bryan will l»e the guest of honor at a democratic dollar-dlnuer at the Piedmont, given toy the Voting Men’s Democratic l*eagne. Mr. Bryan Is now expected to arrive in Atlanta *<rrer the Southern railway from 8onth farollna early Saturday morning. He will be met at tb©'union station by Presi dent IT. II. i'abanloa of the Mtate Fair, a committee from the Young Men’s Demo cratic league and prominent citixeus. On Saturday morning Mr. Bryan will he esiNgted to the fair grounds by a commit- tM headr * * rt -"- “ • he will HIS SON'S ILLNESS DROVE MERCHANT TO ENDJIS LIFE Louis Gordon Found Dead in Room at Terminal Hotel. ■loaeo* Governor ..... Bryan and Welcome him In the”name of the state of Georgia. At the conclusion of hla nddreax Mr. Bryan will he the honored guest at a lunch eon at the Piedmont Driving .Club, at which the offleera of the fair IlMcIltloo vrtll be the boat After the luncheon Mr. Ill-van . will* he driven to the executive mansion. | where he will be tendered a reception liy Governor Smith from 6 to 6 n.V!<.©is. Th© offleera and members of the league and the general public are exteuded an Imitation to attend the recejttlon , At 7:45 o’clock a Yoiius Men’k‘DWflb<3_.. Mr. Bryan, to the, PJedn©*nt Hotel, where he “dollar dinner’’ will !*e given. II. II. [» i ’abtnlsa will he the toastina«t*r of the j . i suasion, am) will he Introduced toy AldJue luunbars. recvtlUy alerted president o$|';', he league. Governor flmlth' Irat speaker, and will be folio an add rose, wlibli will be follow'd! by that of Hon. Murphy Candler, of PuKnlto county. \ Tha Great tSannioher wlll dellver the rloa-1 the erenlng. , , ( 5 neats will be provided, and Inner have been placed on aale at $1 each at the three newanomer of fices. It Is advisable that those wli# desire to attend the dinner secure their ousts early, as the number la nocaaaarlly limited Mr. Brynu will leave the city at midnight, at the conclusion of his address. A mass meeting of the Young Men s D© •ratlc Is>asue of Fulton county will be held Tbui^lay night at 8 o'clock In I ho dent Aldlue rhatnheiv of the h quest a that all members attend. At this meeting plana for the entertain ment of William .tennltifa llryan will to© completed and at the same time plans will he niude for the reception Uncle, 95; Master Holiert. FILIPINOS CLASH IN FIRST CONGRESS Manila, October 17.—Delegates « assembly today were surprised at • |na»* this early between the nation ha* alb unri the radicals which came about t..i»iiKii in© attitude of the president, Sergio osmana a nationalist and Dom- Inndor Gomes, a radical. Gomez, who*© electh»n la to he contested, was formally sworn In with the other as semblymen. again appeared in the as sembly today and made another appeal to deligute* to disregard politics. The president stopped hla speech ami an nounced that he would use his au thority ns president to have It cut from the records. The adherents of Gomez, who In leader of the famous Kat I puna n revolutionary society, then defeated a plan to rush through a set of sjiecial rules for parllmentary pro cedure which had been arranged by the president. Osinana, however, eventual ly secured th© temporary adoption of the rules and says he will not permit their lielng ©hanged. Petitions stating that Gomes and others who were elec ted ui© unfit for office, were presented today aud a bitter war Is on. NSURANCE CHIEF FACING CHARGES Amalgamated Declaras Dividend. New York, October 17.—The Amal gamated Copper Company this after- noon declared a dividend of l per cent for the quarter. This Is a reduction of 1 per cent from the last disbursement made on August 28. TWO BISHOPS ARE CHOSEN BY RICHMOND CONVENTION R. Gillette, former vice-pi . ... Mutual Life Insurance Company waa placed on trial before Justice Dowling in the criminal term of the supreme court today on a charge of perjury- Ther© are five other indictments again* tHi. Gfllette charging him with forgery in the third degree. Th© perjury indictment is based In Dr. Gillette's testimony before the grand jury. In which he denied the ex istence «)f the -yellow dog" fund de- RUhmond. Vn., Oct. 17.—Rev. Fred- posited In the Hobbs Ferry Hank sub- erlck Foulk© Reese. D.D., rector of ject to th© order of "Andy” Fields, Christ church, Nashville. Tejin.. was today elected bishop of the Missionary district of Wyoming. Rev. IL-nry Dean Robinson, bead ma*t©r of Ra- ie t\VI*.» * 'oil th© Ml* 'dotiary JWPHHil entertain] ment of Ijvutensnt-Goveruor I*ewl« **tu.r vesaut t’hanh f. of New York, who will visit Atlanta aud the fair later on. In addition to this, the standing coiuinii ©a of the league will meet and complete their organisation. At tb© Ilia© the*© com mittees were appointed reprewntnfives from th© I'eaehtree district were omitted and President Chamber* has appointed Howell Cloud and K. R. Black from that district. President Chambers and other officers of the league are antlon* for a large attend anee at the meeting Thursday night. BRYAN ADDRESSING 20,000 AT FAIR llalelgh. S. O., Oct. 17.-Over 20.U60 peo ple beard Hon. William 4. Hnrim speak nt the state fair here today. Mr. Bryan ar rived at 10:10 o'clock from Greensboro, where he apok© to 4.000 people yesterday, and waa Immediately escorted to the fair grounds, where the epeaklng wee hold. In hla speech Mr. Bryan *ald In part: "The average American Is the big gest average man In the world. The common people are THE people. • I want to make ‘the common peo ple’ so popular that all the people will want to get into that clasa. •'The common people are the middle cIumhcs. I am going to put all of them in. The farmere nr© the common peo- ? Ie. They are the producera of wealth. hey have enough to keep out of the poor houses and not enough to make foreign noblemen want to disgrace the farmer's family by seeking to marry their daughters. "The mechanics belong to that middle class. They are the men who produce the wealth of th© citlen In times of peace and fight their battlea In time of war. "1 will add Uve merchants. Home of the merchant princes may object and climb out, but those who remain will be glad thot the* are in. "The ministers are included In th© common people, and they are there by Biblical command. "1 am going to Include the lawyers. They belong In the middle das*. Th© corn field lawyer* of Oklahoma pre pared a constitution which was ho wolld that trust-fed lawyers could not about holes through It. "Sacretary Taft went to Oklahoma to tell the people to vote against the ’cornfield lawyer* constitution, yet the l>eopl« did not heed the remonstrances SUITE FUR But -They Wouldn’t Listen to the % * Speeches. .J RANCH 101 HERE WITH BRONCHOS FraterutJDayDraws Every body From Masons-to a Gobblers. LOUIS GORDON. Distressed by hla son’s Illness, he committed suicide yesterday aft ernoon. Despondent over the physical condl tlon of hla 15-year-old son, who had lost his hearing through an attack of meningitis, and worrying oyer business matters until his raiaaon.was dethroned, Louis Gordon, of 44D Whitehall street, member of the firm Of the Tuggle-Qor. don Company. In Peters street, took hln own life Wednesday by swsMowIng car bolic acid. % The tragedy took place In the Terml. nnl Hotel, in Mitchell street. Mr. Gor^ don. without giving any one the alight est Intimation of his Intentions, regia tered at the hotel in the morning be tween 9 and 10 o’clock. At H o*clock an unsuccessful effort was mad© to wake him, and the door of his room was found locked. When Policeman Harper and officials of the hotel forced open the door they discovered the mer. chant dead, an almost empty bottle of carbolic arid by his aide. He had evi dently swallowed the poison shortly after entering the room, as he had been dead for some time when found. Mr. Gordon was held In high esteem by the merchants In Peters street, and It is announced that they ,wlll close their placet of business during the hour of his funeral. letter, addressed to Mrs. Gordon, the wife, was found In the room and was turned over to Uoroner Thompson. Grieved Over 8on. According to statements by tha fam- /, Mr. Gsrdon hud been morose and highly nervous for some time. Eighteen months ago his youngest son, Nathan T. Gordon, 15 years of age, was attack, ©d with meningitis and was desperate ly III. The boy recovered, but the dread disease had entirely destroyed his sense of hearing. Since that time Mr. Gordon had been doing everything possible in an effort to cure his son. and returned only four weeks ago from New York, where he had taken the hoy to the most eminent specialist of the metropolis. These doctors Informed Mr. Gordon that there was no chance for the boy to regain bis hearing, and when the father son returned home the former was pronounced stAte of depression and despondency. In addition to the worry over the condition of Ns boy. the mer chant was confronted with business and financial problems that prayed on his mind and accentuated his despondency. He had Just organised the Tuggle-Oor- don Company., which conducts a big department ato*'* at 258 and 280 Peters street; had Just erected a big building for the stora. and had other business affairs that kept his nervous system wrought up to a high tension. Had 8«nt for Hia Son. Haturday night It became necessary to have two physicians with Mr. Gordon. gieat a* the birth rate In the truwt 1 and hia famllv became alarmed over his n and it is the best In the country today. Wherever the president haa put hla foot In the matter of trusts It Iias been In the Democratic tracks and hla foot has not filled the track. • We have Just as many trusts now as we had when Mr. Roosevelt became president. The death rate is not If Mr. Roosevelt and Hecretury Taft will make it possible to put 1 per cent of th© trusts In prison the people can be relied on to Attend to the other 99 per c©nt. “I have outlived ©very argument mad© In favor of h high tariff and I am not an old man. The infant lias not only gotten* strong enough to stand on Its own feet, but is abur,strong enough to walk over everybody.’* Tli# ob,,rv»nc* of "Frttl«m*J D*y" and the arrival of the blx.tvlld weit •how. Ranch lot, are making- Thur*d*y one of the gr#ale»t day* of the atatr fair to d*t*. Thl* I* the flret Urn* that a day ha. I>##n aet a#lde by th* fair association for the different secret orders} but the new move wa* th* cause of rejoicing t>> th# offlciela when the greet throng nt Mere! order men began pouring Into the gate# Thursday morning. Radge* were furnished all the recrei t order men. all looking alike, and «n a •Mason anil an Odd Fellow nnd a Py thian and a Hoo-.Hon and an lClk all looked alike a* far ue fair decoration. ; were concerned, and they mingled to, gather on tlie ground* with- rare good 1 feeling. In one way th* fair waa a little too ! good for the secret order man—ep goo.) .that they would not leave the -round* j long enough to alt In the grand Man,I : and listen to the splendid concert In- tVeilemeyer'a band or the speerhc* b> prominent men of the fraternity wotlil which had been scheduled, Th" beat of tjie tntn.lom. the Jtnale of -dancing feet, the shrill cry of ih. mi. ental girl., and the ampMng ami n,! - '"If" ft Hr- afileler unfa too * ntr.tnCIlig The anil of the hnnd and Un- V.c. e of tlie orator weie Juet-n lit. tv loo tame hi cotrip*H*on to ’She |i of the wild" of tho .Midway. Speech,* Ar* Cut Out. The result wa* that after waiting thirty minute*' for the audience thnt Would not materialise, the speaker., de cided not to speak, but to print, anti Hon. Jamr* L. Mayaon, one-of thoae on | the program, wa* elected to make tin- explanation. "The program,” he stated, after mounting the platform, "waa that tho- should be aevrral npaechea to the no - dienca that la not her*. Tha RnUenfiE] New* ha* kindly consented to publlel, the Impromptu speeches w* have been preparing for the paat two weeks, and those desiring may read thsm. Thank. Ing you on* and all for your kind at tention—etc." Ranch 101. the famous wild wen show from Miller Brothers’ ranch at Bliss, okla., I* nmv at the fair grounds The outfit of Indians, cowboys and cow girls arrived Wednesday night, and the first performance will be given on Thursday afternoon at the fair grounds in front of the grand stand. Ths flret night ehow will be given Friday night In the t'ollseum and the performances will continue nightly un til ths end of the fulr. Friday morning the entire outfit will parade the streets and In tho parade will be the show* from the Midway. Although all tho company arrived Wednesday night. It wae early In the afternoon berore the train carrying all the horaee, buffaloes, bucking bronchos and other animals were successfully lo cated. and for that reason It waa not known at exactly what time the Thurs. day afternoon performance In the pad- Idock at the race track would be given. Free Shew Thursday. It waa atated positively, however, that a performance would be given In the afternoon, and all the arrangements were made accordingly by the different performers of the great wild west ehow. An unusually large crowd waa out early In the afternoon to witness the races, which began at 2:30 o’clock, ami ■lie midway attractions—which, by the way. are the beat, everything consider ed. Diet have been here In several years —did a land-office business. Friday will be live stock Judging d.ic. and ull the exhibits of stock will 1- Judged and prise* awarded them. The day will alao have for a feature the all-day ainglng, which Invariable proves popular. A feature of the horse show that will hr a horse show In Itself will be pulls,i off Thursday night with the assistance of experts from the Ranch 101 wild n eat show, , *9 Znch Miller, one of the Miller broth- ; er* who own the show and the famou- ranch at Bile*. Okla., of which the ahow ta a reproduction, will appear In the ring at the t'ollseum riding hla fa mous Arabian charger, and with him will be a band of Indiana mounted on ponies. Besides this. Miss Summerville will give an exhibition with her wonderful high school horse. Austrian Emperor Still Has Fever omlltlon. In th© meantime Che eldest *»>n. Jacob B. Gordon, 19 years of sir©, who is HttemlinK the University of l’enn*ylv*nia. via wired to come home, | . - It bring thought th© presonc© of tho non i mfffht cheer the father. Young Mr. Vienna. Oct. 17.—Km per Gordon arrived in Atlanta Monday j Joseph today is suffering fr< night. i recurrence of f© r Th© young man »«* In company with feaa hla symptoi i printing and thei th© pAtlent’s re* Continued on Psoo Two. 'I'crxture Is norm;