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the weather. Fore Atlanta ana Vicinity: Fair and colder Monday night and Tuea- day. The Atlanta Georgian and news SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, quiet, 6.14; Atlnnfn, easy 10 11-16; New York, steady. 11.70; Sev Orleans, easy, 11%; Savannah, steady 10 13-16; Augusta, steady, 10 11-16; Mo bile, steady, 10 13-16. VOL. VI. NO. 120. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 23,1907. PPTPT?. ,0 Atlanta..TWO CENTS. XTXVAVaEj. on Trains..FIVE CENTS. IT CLOSING Bad Loans Cause of Neal Bank’s Sus pension. JAKE WELLS’ THEATER TO BE BUILT THIS YEAR IS IN HANDS OF STATE EXAMINER Believed That All Deposit ors Will Receive Full Amount of Depos its In Time. The closing of the Neal bank on Monday morning, and the announce ment that the bank waa In the hand, of the state bank examiner, had very little effect In banking circle*. Little demand out of the ordinary waa made upon the other hank, of Atlanta, and every check drawn upon a dtpo.lt wa» met promptly by the bank upon which 1; wa« drawn. Statement, from heade of Atlanta bank, show that they expect no urn usual condition, to develop and they have every confidence In their ability tc meet every demand. They all point out that the condition of the Neal bank was not brought about by the present financial depression, but by poorly .pro tected loans, and Its closing might have taken place at any time, even In a sea. .on of the greatest financial securlly. The closing of the Neal bank fob lowed the Investigation upon last Sat urday by Assistant State Bank Exam, lner J. 8. Holllnehead, and an unusual drain on the resources of the bank, which was brought about by soms ru mor connected with the visit of ths stste examiner. The Investigation de veloped tho fact that the bank had out standing loons of large amounts upon several Investments, the nature of which would prevent their readily being converted Into cosh, and that a large amount of paper being carried wa* practically worthleas as a quick aicet. The closing of the bank drew a large number of depositors to Its doors Mon day morning, but at no time was there or.y disorder, and those who went to the bank soon departed, giving place to others. No Insistent demends were made and there were none of the scenes which often accompany the sudden closing of a bank. The deposl tor. seemed satlsfled that their only course was to wait for further develop, ments, and acepted the statement that they probably would receive the full amount of their deposit. In the course of time. In other banks, the closing of the Neal bank was felt only In a slightly larger number of withdrawals of small accounts by the poorer and less edu cated classes, while the number of new deposits was as large as usual. Titers was no uneasiness felt at any time by other Institutions. Rsaaons for Closing. The question of whether or not the depositors will receive dollar for dollar or less depends upon the value of the loans made by the Neal Bank. The saving* bank deposits amount to 1123.000, The Individual, or commer cial, deposits amount to 1898,000., The demand and time certificate, amount to 1448.000. The number of depositors Is between 8,000 and 10,000, estimated. The loans about which most doubt seems to exist, and which are probably the largest, are to the Alabama Sul phur Ore aand Copper Company, which ‘ - • - ... . 0 smith. Jake Wells’ new Bijou Theater Is now a certainty. Plans for the building were Hied Monday with the city build ing Inspector by Architect Edward Okell, Jr., of Montgomery, and It Is announced that work on the structure will begin soon after the beginning of the new year, and pushed to a tormina- tion. Mr Wells and Mr. Okell arrived In Atlanta Monday, and during the morn ing the architect who has charge of all the work In the chain of theaters oper ated by Mr. Wells and his associates filed the plans at the city hall. The new theater will be erected on the lot already secured at the corner of Carengle way and Cain-st„ and will be a handsome building. The stage will measure 88 by 38 feet, and the building throughout will be of the most modem construction. No definite date for the beginning of work has yet been announced, but con struction will begin shortly after the first of the year. The plans are pre pared and all arrangements made, and everythfng Is ready for awarding ths contract for the theater's erecttoit 200 RIOTERS KILLED BY CHILEAN SOLDIERS Washington. Dee. 28.—Cables to the state department today report that Iqulque, Chile, Is in an uproar, martial law prevails. Inhabitants are panic- stricken. business paralysed and 200 miners dead as a result of the riots Saturday and Sunday. The trouble la due to a strike by workers In the ni trate Held. They number 10,000. An other strike. Involving 20,000 more, Is reported to be on In Anto Sagasta. Censorship prevails. Saturday the strikers marched to the city and tried to take possession of all the buildings. The striker* were charged upon by mounted soldiers and 200 of their num ber slain. The soldiers made a bayonet charge and many strlkera and soldiers were killed. Two transports and two cruis ers arrived at Iqulque with troops from Baltaralae. Is owned, It Is stated, by A. O. Smith, Percy Smith and E. H. Thornton. Mr. Thornton la president of the Neal Bank. Thl» loan conatst* of J223,00(), secured by first mortgages on the property. The company's mine Is at Pyrlton, Ala. It waa represented to the At lanta Clearing House Association that the mine wa* worth much more than this amount, and that fully thla much had been spent recently In fitting It “P It was the opinion of the clearing house that the asset was a slow one. Cuban Land Loans. About 8126,000 was loaned to a Cu ban land company, owned. It Is said, by C. T. Ladson & Co., which is composed, »s represented to the clearing house association, of C. T. Ladson, B. H. Thornton and W. F. Manry. the last two being officers of the bank. About 390,000 Is still due for the pur chase of the property, and a first lien I* held on the tract of land for thla amount. The property consists of about 800,000 acres, and It was represented to the Atlanta Clearing House Association that this was worth from 33 to 36 an acre. A Pittsburg capitalist. It Is stated, has bought 3100,000 of this property from the company. The clearing house association, at Its meeting early flatur. o«y night, was shown a telegram from this capitalist, stating that 360,000 would be placed on deposit to the credit °f the company In part payment, but 'his money, It Is stated, has not been •.reived. The loan* to the Cuban Land Com pany are protected In part by 350,000 of bends of the Buena Vista Land Com pany, Another loan of about 8140.000, It Is stated. Is outstanding against the nare-Hatcher Company, a local manu facturing concern. This, It la stated, la »mp!y protected. t-Pon the value of these lean* de pends, to a large extent, the,amount the depositors will receive on the de posits. If the notes and bonds can be llqul- pwted at anything like the value MAY FORCE U. S. COURT TO REMAND RATE CASES Washington, Dac. 23.—Th# state of Ne braska has won a preliminary victory In Its light In the supreme court of the United States with the railroads over patseoger and freight rate# within the state. It waa today granted permission by the court to (lie a petition for a writ of mandamus to > remand to the state supreme court ui« luiL for an Injunction prohibiting the Chicago. Hurllngton and Quincy railroad from putting into effect unlawful Intrastate nnascuger and freight rates In violation of N’ebrauta'a statutes. January 6 has been set for argument. PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDEJEAD-ON Two Slightly Injured and Engine Was Badly Wrecked. Special to The Georgian. Falrburn, 0<L, Dee. 38.—Atlanta and West Point passenger train No. 33 and Central passenger train No. 18 collid ed head-on while running very slow In the yards near the station hero this morning at 10:80 o'clock! The trains were slowing down, and come together with a crash. Engine No. 170, pulling train No. S3, was wrecked, and Engi neer John McWaters waa slightly In jured. A negro fireman on engine No. I«, pulling No. 18, was slightly Injured. Engine No. 170 was thrown from the track, but the track was not blocked to any extent. Traffic was soon re sumed. Failure to take a switch at Falr burn, It Is said, resulted In a head-on collision between train No. 18 and train No. 33, which leaves Atlanta at 9:40 o'olock. No on* waa badly Injured, altho the engineer of the Atlanta train was badly shaken up and bruised. This Is ths regular meeting point for the two trains, and No. S3 from Atlanta should have taken the sidetrack at this point. Just before the switch wa* reached, the air brakes failed to work properly, and the switch was struck at too great a speed, causing the train to go on Into the other train wait ing for the train from Atlanta to pass, TWO LITTLE BOYS ACCIDENT VICTIMS TRIAL OF SIMS DRAWING TO CLOSE Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 31.—It will be late this afternoon before the case of Broker J. W. Sims goes to the Jury after fifteen days' trial. Sims Is charged with having encouraged Atek R. Chisholm, while paying teller of the First National bank, to speculate In cotton futures at bis office. In which Chisholm made a net loss of 350,000, losing the same amount In the office of P. O. Smith, who Is to be tried, for the same offense as Sims. It Is charged that Sims knew where Chisholm got the money, and that h* advised Chisholm to uso the assumed name of S. M. Webster. The principal witness waa Chisholm, who Is serving a five-year-term In Atlanta on a charge of embesslement. The argument for the prosecution ocoupled the entire forenoon. U. S. Supreme Court Refuses to Review \ Their Cases. FOR TEN YEARS CASES WERE FOUGHT DRESSED LIKE A MAN, SHE RAN TROLLE YCAR Arrest at Louisville Re vealed Identity of Girl. Accused of Conspiracy to Defraud U. S. in Work at Savannah. Continued on Pag. Three. Two holiday accidents hare been reported In Atlanta and vicinity, and, tho neither resulted from fire works, they may serve as a warning to boys to be careful. Little Asbury Bryant, of 68 West Cain-st, fell Baturday night, and a piece of sharp wire penetrated hi* eye and Imbedded Its point In hi* skull. The little fellow Is In a critical eondl tl0 Llttle Roy Lewis, of Decatur, had a piece of broken slate penetrate hie eye Saturday and It was necessary to take Mm to Dr J H. Powell, In the Cen- tury building, who removed the eye In order to save the other. The Christmas fire works, especially the big cannon crackere. may be ex pected to produce tbelr share of holi day accident victims. BOY’S BODY FOUND RIDDLED BY SHOT Hartwell, Go., Dec. 23.—Solomon Harrlf. a 18-year-old boy. was found In a pine thicket dead. Saturday night, with a load of gunehot In his body, which caused hie death. He nae been mleelng elnce Wednes day night. Harrie wa* the son of Elisha Harris. Sheriff Kidd la working diligently on eome theory that will lead him to the right direction to cap ture the guilty partlee. It Is thought that the next few days will reveal some startling developments. Noted Doctor Dead. New York, De . 81—Dr. Henry Pat terson Lomla died of pneumonia yes terday after an Illness of five months. He was bom In New York In 1859, and was professor of therapeutics and cllnl- " F .. rsomall ITnltrderailV And JOHN MITCHELL MUCH BETTER Indians polls, Dec. 28,-The condition of President John Mitchell, of the United Mins Workers. lg.se far Improved tbst his physicians state that he may return to bis boms lo Spring Valley Tuesday. CAT SUCKED INFANT'S BREATH, CAUSING IT8 DEATH. Special to The Georxlnn.. Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 28.—That the breath of Maudle May, 3-monthe-old Infant of Mr. and Mre. C. E. Emmett, who lives In the suburbs of Gaines ville. wae sucked by a cat, causing the death of the baby, la the firm belief of Its parents. Friday night, when Mrs. Emmett retired, she put the 8-montha- old twins In the bed with her. Some time during the night, she awoke and found the cat with Its face close to the mouth fo the Infant on her left. To the great horror of Mre. Emmett, she discovered that the twin baby on her left was cold In death. $13,000,000 IN VAULT8 °F MISSISSIPPI BANKS. Special to Tbs Georgian. Jackson, bliss., Dec. 28.—Auditor Henry Issued compilation bank atate- ments today showing the state bonking Inetltutlone carrying over 313,000,090 In actual cash In their vaults, which is equivalent to 38 per oent of the de posit*. All the banks are In an ex ceptionally healtfiy condition. Funeral Hold at Quitman, Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 23.—The re mains of Mrs. Wade H. Barnes, the young woman who shot and killed her self Saturday morning, were shipped to Quitman, On., her old home, Sun day morning. The suicide was one of the best known young women In Mont gomery, and had a large circle of friends. JOHN F: GAYNOR. He was Indicted with Captain Befijamln Greene anid la-.in prison at Macon. Ga Because of 111 health he wap. allowed to spend a short time last' summer at Indian Springs. an lS-yesr-old girl, who says her homo V Birmingham, Is under arrest hpre, having tkeu In custody white wearing a suit months and during tL__ a wagon driver, a inotormnti ami n flreainn. The girl says she left home after n quarrel with her father, her mother being dead. She made her way north, working aa a wattreaa. benching Owenettoro, Ky., she fell In with a girl who had the hahtt ol wearing trouaera occasionally. She per suaded kills Beatty to Join In some of her larks She secured n position ns a motor- man Anally, A strike came on. however, and ibe qdlt. Her next step waa the boldest of all, ns she became a substitute ttremnn. assigned to one of the hook and ladder houses. She says she made several rims anil did aa good work flghtliiK lire as any of the men until she met a alight accident, which crippled her. She mine to Louisville then. BIG STICK FILLS FORASKI Negns May Dl* of Injury. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 23.—J. M. Al len Is locked up af police headquarters on the charge of assault with Intent to murder Will Evans, a negro. Evan* Is In a critical condition. Governor Patterson to Sptsk. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga Tenn, Dec. 23.—The 375,000 Central High school bullying at Rldgedal* will probably bq dedicated January 3. Among thoee who will de liver addresses are President Brown Ayres, of the University of Tennessee: Governor M. R. Patterson, Professor R. L. Jones, state superintendent of pub lic Instruction: Professor P. P. Clax- ton. of the University of Tennessee, and Judge Seth M. Walker, county judge. Dontld Fraser Vacation, The Donald Framer School at Deca tur haa cloaed for the Christmaa holi days. and the boys have returned to former'preildent ^'of 11 [tT'T^TlcIn their, home. unUI January 3, when Academy of Medicine. school will b* resumed. Washington, Deo. 23.—Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor were today denied a review of the Judgment of the lower court by the supreme court of the United States. This ends their case and they must go to the penitentiary. The two men were accused of con spiring with Captain Oberlln M. Car ter, United States corps of engineers, to defraud the government In connection with Improvement work In the Savan nah harbor. For nearly ten year* they have been fighting to escape punlehment. Captain Carter ha* served his sentence. Greene and Gaynor were arrested In New York shortly after their Indict ment at Savannah In 1899. United 8tates Won at Every Turn. In the face of all the obstacles that the shrewdest lawyere In thla count/y and Canada could devise, the United States government has won at every decisive point. Arrested in New York shortly after their Indictment at Savannah In 1899, they were taken before a commission for extradition to Georgia. Judge La- combe refused to release them on ha beas corpus proceedings, and then they were ordered extradited. They appeal ed to the supreme court of the United States for the first time, but that court sustained the order. Under these circumstances, they took up their residence In Quebec," so a Canadian paper reported It. Arrested in Quebee. Attorney General Knox carried the fight Into the Canadian courts, tradition warrants were lesued by Judge Lafontalne, of Montreal, and the fugitives were arrested In Quebec. In. terference waa feared, and the transfer to Montreal was made In a dramatic manner. The tug Spray, said to be the fastest boat on the St. Lawrence at that time, had been chartered by the United States, and was placed at the disposal of the arresting officers, who did their work secretly and effectively. The Spray wa* chased by another tug from Quebec, but outdistanced her. An attempt was then made to Inter cept the Spray at Three Rivers, where the high constable of Quebec, with a force of police, chartered a steamer and summoned the Spray to halt "In the name of the king." The captain of the Spray was either hard of heating, or perhaps he did not catch the name. Any how, he was not greatly Impress ed, the Spray sped on her way and the fugitives were landed at Montreal. Judge Lafontalne kept them In jail. In the meantime writs of habeas corpus had been Issued by Judge Caron In Quebee. The United States again moved to quash the writ, but the Judge ordered the prisoners discharged on the ground that the offenses charged against them were not extraditable ones. This seemed to leave the fugi tives triumphant. But the attorney general had not yet exhausted all hla resources. Suit Carried to England. One postibh chance remained, and that was an appeal to the privy council of London. Ir. February. 190E, the privy council rendered a decision, up holding the Jurisdiction of Judge La fontalne before whom proceeding* were originally Instituted. In June. 1305. Judge Lafontalne decreed that Oreene and Gaynor must be returned to Geor gia for trial. The contractors had ex- Roosevelt Too Wary to Get Caughtiu Labor Row. Washington, Deo. 23.—There la strong bus- plclon among poopla familiar with the Inalde facts of the Nevada labor troubles that If the president had done whet was wanted of him he would have put himself In the posi tion of using Federal troopa to enforce the open ahop In Nevada. That la believed to be Just what the mine ownera and allied Interests wanted him to do In the labor troubles In the state. They were In position to appeal to the national administration, because Nevada baa no militia of It# own. Back of the sharp rebuke which the presi dent administered to Governor Sparks when the facta had been Investigated, there the atorr ot an alleged plot of political and moneyed Interests in the estate to smash the nnlona. Such a thing wonld have aroused the whole mountain West. CATHERINE BEATTY. Eirmlnghntn Girl Who Worked as Mo- torman, Fireman and Wagon Driver. RDOSEVELTTO HEAD THOMAS LAWSON 1 ! POLITICAL PARTY According to Financier Gov. Johnson Will Have Second Place. MAN DISAPPEARS WITH $329 CASH; LED DOUBLE LIFE Washington, Pec. 23.—James J. O’Shea, aged 18, la missing today, 8329.90 baa been ■tolen from the safe and a warrant charging grand larceny hna been sworn out for his arrest by the Kegal Shoe Uompany, of which he was assistant manager here. From his wife the police pay they learned that O’Shea had been lending a double life, nnd that hla salary was not sufficient to meet his needs. DECATUR ORPHANS TO HAVE XMAS TREE The Decatur Orphans' Home will give a Christmas tree at the home on Friday after noon at 4 o'clock, when presents for the IK children In the borne will be distributed. The management of the Institution requests ot that those who care to make gifts of money or packages of any kind leave them at the store of the George Muse Company, where they will be cared for nntll delivered to the homo. CANNON CRACKERS New York, Dec. 23.—Preeldent Rooee. velt will hend s new party to be launched soon by Thomas W. Lawson, according lo the financier, who will eoon make public a statement. Mr. Lawson called on Mr. Roosevelt laet Tuesday. Governor John A. Johneon, of Min nesota, It Is understood, will be candi date for vice preeldent with Mr. Roose velt. Lawson claims an organisation In every etate. "It matters not,” said' Mr. Lawson, "whether President Roosevelt approves of the new party or not, whether he consents to run aa Its presidential can didate or openly refuses to do so. He will be nUr candidate Just the same, nnd by vote of the people will be com pelled to complete the Job he has com menced, the rescue of the country from the wholesale thieves of Wall street, 1 ' LEAVES BED,. TAKES OWN LIFE Well - Known Lumberman Shoots Self in Head With Pistol. T . IN A DUEL ThreeYoungMen Fight With Pistols in Close Room. DISCHARGE SET CLOTHES ON FIRE Two Drop Dead and Third Walked Wounded to Doctor’s Office. ’> f Valdosta, Ga., Dec. 23,—Ben Par rish, a well-known saw mill man, living 3 mllea north of Sparks, Ga., commit ted suicide this morning by shooting himself with a pistol between the eyes. The deed was committed at 4 o’clock, when Parrish walked out on his front porch and fired the shot. He lived about two hours. Parrish left no ex planation, and no reason la known for the deed, unless It be that his mind had become unbalanced by the financial lWTT^lT RIP PUT OUT I Mringency, which had affected his busl- 4U.U0A oc.i v/u * vu 1 1 He WR . , 0 yes,. „| d> am i leave* a wife and three children. Mayor Joyner lute Issued en order warn ing agalnat the uae of high esploalrn* dar ing tbe cbrlatmna bolldaya and netting down rnlea In regard to discharging of fire, works of all descriptions. The order fol lows: To the rltlsens of Atlanta: Daring the Christmas holidays there will be, I pretumo. from the number of placee where fireworks nre now being sold, the usual manlier of ex- ploatres used In the celebration. I am there fore writing this notice to yon to forewarn you agalnat the nae of certain klnda of fire works* which, I hare been Informed, nre — "’••The use of firearms will not lie permit ted anywhere or snr time Inalde the elty llmlta. The law agnlnat the dlnehanrlng of firearam will lie atrictly enforced. Thla ap plies even to blank cartridge!, which will not be permitted. . •The dlacbnrgtng of toy cannon a pro hibited by lew, and the diaehnrglng of them will not lie permitted Inalde the elty llmlta. Neither wilt large cannon craekera ' "•The^orttfmtry amall fire craekera and Other fireworks, except the kind mentioned above, will be permitted on private prop, erty, but the police department hna lieeu notified to prevent their uae on tb« streets. B. JQYNF.lt, Mayor." of that year they were returned to the United States Grave fears were en tertained that a rescue would be at tempted, and during their last daye In Montreal the Jail waa carefully guarded by secret service men of the United States, who also accompanied the pris oners on their Journey across the bor der. Altho Greene and Gaynor spent three years In Canada, they were In Jalt only during the last seven months, spending the rest of the time In luxurious sur roundings at the Hotel Frontcnac, at Quebec. Thel-'trial at Savannah lasted three months. They fought agalns*. Judge Speer presiding, but lost In that. They then, as nov, claimed they were not tried for the offense for which they were extradited They were found guil- y. The sentence Imposed wae 3575,- 49.10, equivalent to the amount em- bezsled by each, according to the In- , dlctm.nl. and four year. In the Federal hauated all legal reeourcea. In October penitentiary. SALVATION ARMY GAINS INJUNCTION A sweeping; temporary injunction has been aecured In the supreme court of New York by the Balvatlon Army against the organisation known an the American Salvation Army, and it la the Intention of the Salvation Army of ficials to begin similar action In aov- eral states as noon aa the Injunction Is made permanent or the litigation dis posed of. Thla temporary restraining order waa granted by Justice Truax and prevents the American Salvation Army from us ing that name and from Issuing a pub lication called The War Cry, or any publication with a similar name, and from Imitating the uniform* of the Salvation Army, together with many other details, such as the Imitation of the ritual and manual. The local official* of the Salvation Army nay thi» action wa* taken be cause of the criminal acts of some members of the American organization, which brought discredit on. the .Salva tion Army because of the similarity of names. date has been set when the de fendants must show cause why the In junction shall not be majle permanent. Considerable interest Is being manifest ed In the proceedings In Atlanta be cause of the fact that the American organization recently established head quarters here. BATTERED DOOFIN AND WAS SHOT Special to Tim Georglao. Opelika, Ala., Dec. 23.—In a fight of cotton mill employees here, Saturday night. Joe Nichols shot and killed Jim Ellis. Ellis was drunk and Insulted Nichols. Bills returned to Xlchols’ home, battered down the door, and the shooting followed. Nichols Is In jail awaiting a hearing today. i Kershaw, 8. C., Dec. 28.—In a barber j shop at a lata hour Saturday night, tw. t prominent young business men wer* | killed and a third was wounded. There was an altercation between H, i W. Welsh and Berry Mobley, In which pistols were used. While the shooting j waa In progress, T. L. Clyburn sought | to Interfere os peacemaker, with the ! result that he and Welsh ore both dead ; and Mobley seriously wounded, Cly-< j burn was killed accidentally. Berry Mobley, the only on* of th. , three participants who waa not Instant- ■ ly killed, Is resting very well at hla - home here, and will probably recover, j He was placed under arrest The firing : woe at eo cloao range that Mobley’s coat was set on fire, and when he walked acroas the room, his garment - wae blazing from top to bottom. Whisky played Its part, and ths Irri tation engendered by a prevloue quar rel had something to do with It Th. young men were peraonal friends. Cly burn was a first coueln to Welah, the man at whoso pistol muzzle ha met hla death. A prevloue altercation had been patched up, and they were amicably discussing the mutter, when Berry Mobley remarked that It was a good thing Unit all the partlee were too good friends to fight with each other. At tills stnfe, It Is said Steven Welch drew his revolver and etruck Mobley over the hend with It, then, stepping back, began firing. Clyburn, who rueltod between th. two, received the first three bullets from Welsh’s pistol. By this tlm«y Mobley had gotten out hla pistol and commenced firing. Clyburn had drop ped to the floor, and, within a moment, Welsh's body lay proatrato, while Mob ley, his coat afire, and blood streaming from his wounds, walked unsteadily across the street to the doctor's Ota flee. SCALDED IN VAT, HE REACHED PHONE AND CALLED POLICE 1 Watchman Hilsman Falls Into Great Tub of Boil ing Water. m.itt'i While walking thru ths darkness la the fan room at the Fulton Bag and Cotton mills Monday morning at 3 o'clock, A. P. Hllsmon, of 165 Mill, street, the night watchman In th* mill, accidentally fell Into a big vat of boil ing water, and waa so badly scalded that It Is feared he will die. There was no one else In hearing dis tance. and Hilsman floundered In th. scalding water for several seconds, his frantic cries of pain and screams for help being of no avail. Ha finally managed to clamber out of the vat, and, altho suffering Intense pain, hurried to the telephone, and called up the pollc. station. When Call Officer Anderson answered the 'phone, an agonized voice at the other end cried out: dD T am burned to death. Send an ambulance to the Fulton mllla at once.” The officer could plainly discern th. tone of distress, and h* promptly no tified Grady hospital. An ambulance hurried to the mill, and the burned watchman was taken to the hospital. Hilsman was terribly scalded. He Is 64 years of age, and on account of his age It Is feared the btfrns will prove fatal. REV. AKED FORCED CHURCH FOLKS TO HAND OVER $7,000 New York. Dec. 23.—T want 37,009 from you before you leave this church this morning,” said Rev. Charles Aked In the pulpit of tho Flfth-ave. Baptlat church yesterday. He got the money. He protested against the possible deficit for the year and said the rtcti saddled the burden on the poorer mem bers. "I am tired of hearing this church called Mr. Smith's. Mr. Brown's or Mr. Robinson's church. I want 37,000 be fore you leave thla church. The finance* must be reorganized so that nothing el thla kind can ever happen again."