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ATLANTA ,a, ° Atlanta Georgian. VOL. L NO. 32. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 2,1906. Morning Edition. pDTnp, In Atlanta TWO Onta. 1 on Trnlna FIVE Out*. PERISHED IN EIRE THAT DESTROYED BRIDE AND GROOM NOT AWAKENED BY ALARM. Were Sleeping in Upper Room and Escape Out Off When Flames Were Discovered. Special to The Georgian. Anderson, S. CL. June L—A Bpeclal from Walhalla say* the home of Louis Cantrell wa* burned at 3 o'clock thla morning and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hudson, a young married couple, perished In tne names. The house was a Urge two-story wooden one and Mr. and Mrs. Hudson were sleeping In an up stairs room. When the Are was dls covered the whole lower part of the house was In a blase and Mr. Hudson and his wife could not be aroused. The'cause of the Are Is not known. An Inquest will be held this after, noon. EVIDENCE STRONG flGfllNSTZEKE LEWIS WITNE83E8 8WEAR THAT LYNCH ING WA8 ORGANIZED 8UNDAY. Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C., June 1.—A special received at 1:10 o’clock this afternoon from Wadesboro says Zeke LewU Is the man who seised the sheriff at the lynching of Johnosn Monday, accord ing to the sworn statements of two witnesses. ; V D. H. Kendall, one of the men who has turned state's evidence, swears that the lynching was organized Sun day by parties from various sections, who agreed to meet at Wadesboro. While much excitement exists, the town Is reported quiet. FIFTEEN ALLEGED MEMBER8 OF MOB ARE IN JAIL. By Private Leased Wire. Raleigh, N. C., June 1.—Fifteen men have been placed In Jail without ball for alleged participation In the lynch ing of the white man, Johnaon, at Wadesboro, N. C., last Monday. The i id more will follow. SENT PISToTbALL THROUGH HIS BRAIN Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, La., June J.—An un known white man, apparently a Ger man, committed suicide here this morning by shooting himself through the brain. The tragedy occurred under the wharves at the river front, near Canal street, In the presence of two boys. Nothing was found on Ills person that might Isad to an Identification, nnd the affair la wrapped In mystery. The suicide Is probably 25 years of age and appeared to bo of some eoclal standing. GOTHAM CAR LINES TIED UP AN HOUR By Private Leased Wire. New York. June 1.—Complete de moralisation of the surface transpor tation system of the entire island of Manhattan, nnd the biggest blockade with which the operating department of the city railway company has had to cOpe In a long while, followed an exploaton today In the power house of the company at Ninety-seventh street and First avenue. For nearly nn hour virtually every trolley line In Manhattan was out of commission. "Dead" cars were lined up In the streets In strings miles In length. ■ The subway* and elevated lines were TWENTY PERSONS KILLED BY-BOMB THROWN AT KING Medal Chain Across His Breast Saves the Life of Kins Alfonso By Private Leased Wire. Madrid, Spain, June 1.—A fragment of the bomb struck King Al fonso's chest, breaking the chain of the Portuguese Order of Santiago. The chain prevented the fragment from piercing the king's chest. General Weyler Wounded—Alfonso’s Life Saved by Chain—He is to Attend Funerals of Missile’s Victims. By MANUEL VI8CAYA. Special Cable—Copyright Madrid, Spain, June 1.—The city has not yet recovered from the shock of the tragedy of the ' Calls DelMayor, and .while the program of the celebra tion Is being carried out, the spirit of the occasion has been destroyed. It Is now stated that the number killed by the explosion of the bomb Is twenty, with, at least, one hundred Injured, several of whom It Is expected will die. List of the Dead. Here Is a list'of dead, so far as Is known: THE MARCHIONE8S OF TOLOSO AND HER DAUGHTER. DON ANTONIO CALVO AND HIB 6-YEAR-OLD NIECE. CAPTAIN BARROS, who command ed part of the king's escort. LIEUTENANT REYESIENT. LIEUTENANT PRENDERGAST. SIX SOLDIERS. A GROOM, who nos leading one of the horses of the royal coach. General Weyler Injured. General Weyler was seriously wound ed by the bomb explosion and Ave oth er prominent personages who were In jured are In a dying condition. In order to allay apprehension, the minis try has decided to continue the fetes. The Prince and Princess of Wales were In a carriage ahead of that occu pied by Alfonso and hla bride. They were not Injured. King Alfonso will attend the funeral of the victims of the outrage and members of the cabinet and cortes .'dill also-be present. It was atated today that the assas sin has been captured, and Is now In the Medio Dla police station, and has made a full confession. The report can not be verified, nnd the police will give no Information. Bomb in Bouquet A thin strand of electric wire un doubtedly saved tho king nml queen •n denth. Tlie 11 St.-el spill re concealed In q bouquet hurled from an upper window, struck the Wire nnd re bounded, exploding In the air. Had Its descent not been arrested. It would have struck the royal carriage un doubtedly. Aa It was, the clothes of their majes ties were stained with blbod. Tho loy al carriage still stands In the < alle , DelMayor, surrounded by soldiers. It wa* amazing that It was not entirely destroyed. It Is covered with marks made by fragments of the bomb. MAN HANGS HIMSELF TO RAFTER IN HOTEL DELANEY 18 WELL KNOWN POLITICAL CIRCLES IN CHICAGO. By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, Juno l.—John Delaney, for' merly boiler ^ Inspector for the city, committed suicide today by hanging from n rafter ‘In the basement of the Columbia hotel, It la thought despond ency over domestic troubles caused him to end his life. He was well known In Democratic political circles. MAN! DELEGATES ATTENDJONFERENC SOUTH GEORGIA WOMAN'8 FOR EIGN MISSIONARY SO CIETY (MEETS. Special to The Georgian. Amertcus, Go., June I.—The Woman' Foreign Missionary Society of the South Georgia Conference, began Its annual session hm commencing tO' day and will extern! through Tuesday, June 5. The dally meetings will bi held at the First Methodist church be ginning tonight atJB o'clock. The sea slons will be cidt<r to order at 9 a. m. 4 nnd 8 p. m. There nre ah Ait 1(0 delegates ex pcctcd, tunny moving tonight. “ THIS FELLOW ’ CAUSES LIBEL SUIT FOR $5,000 Chemist Everhart Takes Civil Action Against State Chemist McCandless Because of Newspaper Card. Because State Chemist John M. Mc Candless In a newspaper card referred to Edgar Everhart, chemist to the etato geological survey, as "this fellow,” the latter haa Instituted suit for (5,000 ac tual and punitive damages against the state chemist, and thereby another In teresting chapter haa been added to the recent newspaper card controversy be tween these men and the officials of the Georgia Petroleum Company. On May 25 there appeared In The Atlanta Constitution the following card, which Is given In the Everhart petl tlon as grounds for damages: 'Edltof Constitution: "My attention haa been called to an advertisement In The Georgian of re cent date by the Oeorgla Petroleum Company, In which It wa* stated that a report on the oil of the company had been secured from me, aa wall as oth ers, and that we all agreed that their oil waa crude petroleum of high grade, and that the geological conditions are such as to make It certain that oil ex ists some 1,500 or 1,500 feet below the surface In great quantities, llila state ment la wholly unwarranted, and la based on the following slender state ment of fact: On January I, 1004, I wrote on# of the gentlemen^Interested on receipt of a sample from him as fol lows: 'Unquestionably there Is a little oil Aoatlng on the surface of the water, but there Is not a sufficient quantity of ths oil to make anything like an analysis of It.’ I have never heard of It since, and never even visited the spot. "In addition, my attention has been drawn to ths fact that the company. In their half page 'ad' In your Sunday la- ;S" quot. from Dr. Everhart aa (state chemist of Georgia' This is not the - i been ‘ ~ first time It has necessary to In form the public that this fellow Is not state chemist of Georgia. "Very truly yours, "JOHN M. McCANDLESS, “State Chemist.' The petitioner calla attention to that part of the state chemist's card In which It Is stated "this la not the first time It has been necessary to Inform the public that this fellow Is not stats chemist of Georgia" It Is alleged that by Innuendo the petitioner Is charged with having falsely represented him self to be the state chemist. "This fel low” Is used,. It Is alleged, to reflect on him and expose him to public con tempt and ridlcult, and was so under stood by the readers of ths paper In which lha card appeared. It Is claimed that ths letter of the state chemist by Innuendo charged the petitioner with being unworthy of consideration, cour tesy and conAdenec, all of which charges are alleged to be false. The petitioner states that he has never claimed to be Mate chemist, and that he has no desire to occupy the ofAce, "If there Is such a position." .Dr. Everhart doses his petition by stating that he Is a graduate of Racine College, Wisconsin, where he obtained s master’s degree, and later was given the degree of a doctor of philosophy by the university at Frieburg, Germany. He avers that he tvas professor ,,f chemistry In the University of Texas from 1114 to 18(4, sines which time he has resided In Atlanta. It Is further alleged by the petitioner that he has a very large acquaintance through ths country, both of a per zonal gnd professional nature, and these people have read the card of the stats chemist and he has accordingly been greatly humiliated. Burton Smith Alsd the suit In dark Arnold Broyles’ ofAce Friday morn Ing. PUBLIC 10 GET HORRIBLE FACTS By Private EktuA Wire. Waahlngton. Juno 1^—The public to have tho Neill-Reynolds report on t^a beef packing investigation. That can be put down iih certain. The ex net date when the president will send the document to congreee hns not been decided, but It probably will be early next week. This move. It 1m >elleved. Is a result of a report that t e house committee on agriculture hus certain change letermined to mako In' the Beveridge bill, government lnspeo which provides for tlon of cattle. The committee n«s rceeiveil iimny protests against the bill from cattleme In the West, who say the bill will hurt them and not the packers. They claim that thoy will have to bear tho expenso of Inspection. The NelH-Reynolds report, stated, will show horrible conditions In Packlngtown. Up to this time the president has hesltmted to make the report public, but It Is now announced that he wilt send the findings to con gress because of developments In the last few days In committee. _ The president. It Is stated, is con vlnced that the protects from the cat tlemen have been Instigated by the beef- packers. The packers have said there Is nothing objectionable to them In the Davjpdge Inspection bill. Mr. Iloosevelt Jhii* committed himself to the bill jfnd does not want It changed In any LOOP-THE-LOOP ACCIDENT TO BE INVESTIGATED Bpeclal to The Georgian. New Orleans. La., June I.—The city authorities are working now In the effort to place the responslbllty for the tragedy which resulted In the "I • ne III,in iin'l the mi P . - ir Jury of three others nn Wednesday on “the loop-the-loop" at Athletic park. - Hehrman hue ortlerd a thm nigh '••■'•Igntlon, and, meanwhile, the - • ailed pleasure contraption will not be allowed to operate. It has developed that no official In flection of "the loop-the-loop" has ever been made. TOUR OF INSPECTION OF SAVANNAH PORTS Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga , June l.—General W. P. Duval, commander of the depart ment of the gulf, made an official trip ■>f Inspection to Fort Screven yester- 1 ' .'-neral Duval was met b> II. H. Whitney, who Is In t-uip. - nary command of the fort. A salute of eleven guns welcomed the officer. Target practice was a feature of the Visit, sixteen shots being Ared from the mortars and ten each from the rap4d- Are guns and the disappearing bat tery. SEVEN VOTE TO OUST SENATOR REED SMOOT By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June 1—Reed Smoot, United State* senator from Utah, waa today declared to be Ineligible because of his connection with ths Mormon church and pollgamy, the senate com mittee on privileges end elections re fusing to permit him to occupy his seat by s vote of 7 to 5. Smoot meets tbs seme fale and on similar grounds as dld Coogresaman Brigham Roberts, of Utah, who was barred from ths house savsrsl years agoTafter It had been eeubluhed to the MtUfoctlon of Hm commit!** that hi wax a pSygamUt. Wonrnn and their efforts exercised a moot PotenJ InAu- ence against both Smoot end Roberts. Miss Helen OoultJ took an active pari In organising various woman's socie ties to war upon Smoot and Roberts. Although Smoot Is one of ths Twelve Apostles of the Mormon church, he has steadfastly denied that he Is t polygamist, assarting Hist he had el ways used his InAuenre In and out of the church In opposition to polygamy. Ths report of the committee will In all probability he accepted by the sen ate. Smoot was sleeted In 1502. During the hearing before the committee sen sational and enlightening testimony re garding the faith and practices, of the Mormons wars given. Among the wit nesses was Joseph Smith, the president of the church. MURDER ALLEGED AGAINST NEGRO BOY Bpeclal to The Oeorglan. Columbus, Ga, June 1.—Fannie Wil son, a 12-year-otd negro girl, was shot and almost Instantly killed on the plantation of B. Y. Hatcher. 5 miles below ths city, Wednesday afternoon. She and severs! other children twere left at ths quarters, all the adults on tr.e place going to the Holds to work. The sound of e. gunshot warned them of something wrung at •he^quarters^snd on going In girl weltering In a pool of blood, Hen ry Howard, a 10-year-old hoy, stand ing by ths bed, on which lay a shot gun. Ths girl had a switch lying by her, end It Is supposed she hod been whip ping the boy. The dent. boy claimed It was an sect- BABB RELEASES COOLEY. Birmingham, Ala, June I.—Manager Babb, of the Memphis baseball team, hss released Cooley, second basemen. ... I Pleas, of New Orleans, has been loaned a house they found the and played this aftsrrooa. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IS fELHN SEATTLE SLEEPING PERSONS ARE AR0U8 ED FROM 8LUMBER BY SE VERE 8HAKIN0 OF HOU8E8. ' By Private Leased Wire. Beattie, Wash, June 1.—Beattie had art earthquake visitation at It minutes of 6 o'clock this morning of about 14 seconds’ duration. No perceptible demonstration result ed, though ths ihock was most dis tinct. People were aroused from their al here by the severe shaking and rum bling noise. The vibrations wars from cast to west, with seaming reverse ac tion criss-crossing from south to north. Clock pendulums were thrown Into s quiver, losing their stroke, while beds id rocked their occupants ATLANTAN IS SPEAKER AT TRADES BANQUET By Privets Leased Wire. Cincinnati, June 1.—W. R. Boyle, president of the National Metal Trades Association, and W. R. C- Smith, of At lanta, Ga, were th* guests of tha Cin cinnati Metal Trades Association tt a banquet tendered them at ths Zoo lest night. Mr. Smith made a very Interesting talk on the South. He says that section of the country Is holding out a golden opportunity for the country to coma to her and trade. The time when the failure of the cotton crop meant s A* nanclal depression In the South Is gone, he assarted, so great hss become ike development of ths country In other lines. Cotton, corn and lumbar ore now ths three great maple*. There are now In the southern states 714 cotton manuv represen *,494. CONGRESSMAN KILLS SELF WITH REVOLVER; By Ihivate Leased Wire. Washington, June 1.—Congressman Robert Adams, of Pennsylvania, shot hlmaelf today with suicidal Intent, woe taken to the emergency hoapltal where he died at 11:14 a. m. He committed the act about 4:24 o'clock thla momlng at hla apartments, 174* H street, Northwest. The weapon was discharged Into hla mouth and the bullet passed Into hla brain. Mr. Adams was th* Republican rep- reaentatlv* of the Second Pennsylvania district (Philadelphia), and wa* the author of the famous whipping post DHL Is Found By Butler. Adame waa found by hla butler air- tlng In a chair at the foot of his bed, with hla head leaning on a table. A pistol was lying on a trunk a faw feet w “ °n b«d clothing. Indicating that he had ehot himself while In bed. He waa attired In hla night llnan and was conscious when found. Dr. Carmichael, of log Seventeenth street, waa paling by the apartments of Mr. Adams and waa summoned. He Immediately ran up stair* where he found Adams still sitting nt th# table nnd holding his head In hla hands. He rushed to the side of the congrenemM nnd discovered that he hod Indicted a revolver shot wound In Ms mouth. H* Collapses Quickly. When asked whether he was feeling any pain, Mr. Adame said: "No.” His pulse was regular upon Arat ex amination, but rapidly subsided. Grad ually he grew weaker and soon sank Into unconsciousness. The emergency ambulnnco was summoned and tha dy ing congressman token at once to the tors and no effort was made to probe for the bullet. During his brief conversation with Dr. Carmichael, before being removed from the house, Mr. Adams said h# hod not been drinking heavily. He had taken one glass of brandy early In tho morning. Leaves Not* For Caterer, To other questions h* answered In coherently. He left the following note addressed to James Black, the negro caterer In charge of the club chamber* where he resided: ‘ "Notify II. a. Clemente, 1121 U tele phone main 114*. Also Francis r Adams, 1*17 Wallace street. Left money for breakfast bill. You can divide things In the closet." Clements, who won his private sec rotary, appeared at th* house shortly after the shooting. He was unable to give any motive for the deed. He said that Adams was most elated over the passage of the consular bill yesterday, In which he had been moat Interested. Referred to In Prayer. The house today had an unusual ex perience in listening to the rending of n letter from Representative Adams, who shot himself during tha night at his apartment. The chaplain mad* th* A rat refer ence to Mr. Adams In his prayer. Mr. Adams' desk waa draped In mourning and fresh Aower* were heap ed upon It. His colleague, Mr. Morrell, of Pennsylvania, apok* brieAy, after which tho speaker read the letter. Res olutions of sorrow were adopted and the aergennt-at-nrma will lake charge of .the funeral, the house adjourning for the day. Wants no Strvle*. Here la the letter Adams wrote to Speaker Cannon: "Dear Mr. Hneakar: The fact that my personal obligations exceed my ra re** la my only excuse for abandon- ..._ the responsible position I occupy In the house. I nm willing to be hurled at Its expense, but I ask that no commit tee be appointed or memorial services be held, as I have never been In sym pathy with- the latter custom. With assurances of high regard, "Sincerely yours, "ROBERT ADAMS, JR.” MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS IS REGAINING STRENGTH I)j Private Ltaaml Wire. i'"" iN**»n iHTiotiiij iii n»r n mnnin n llatr! iterant, Is still t»ln* tualnUInrd. •*Mjr uiother'n r*comjr.” mid Mr«. Addlonti Hurt's thin morning. "U Plow but purr, and now that ah* la alii* to alt up «Hl taka occaalonal light mail*, w« •ngfh. »l Dr via la In liar alghtjr-flrat jaar. TOWN IS REPORTED SWEPT OFF THE MA P B Y TERRIFIC STORM CYCLONE CAUSES RAILWAY WRECK! FIFTEEN ARE HURT WIND BLOWS TRAIN IN TWO ON STEEP DOWN GRADE Runaway Oars Crash into a Pas senger Which Is Making Fast Time. By Private Leased Wire. Dallas, Texas, June l.-r-A bad rail road wreck, due to the cyclone, la re ported from Wichita Falla, on the Fort Worth and Denver road. Two ' are loaded with wheat were blown loo.* near Iowa Park, 14 miles north of Wi chita Fall*. Th* cars rushed with trr- rldc force on the downgrade toward Wichita Fall*. Six miles north of that point they crashed Into a northbound passenger, which had been delayed hy a freight wreck, and was running vi fast. The passenger train was wrecked and flfteen passengers Injured. Their nnmn are not yat learned here. "‘tallace Dyer, engineer of the i>»> ter train, sustained fracture- <> both legs, and la believed to be fatal ly Injured. The fireman of the pa a senger train also suffered a broken leg The wire* of the Fort Worth and Den ver line are down nnd further dm have not been received here. By Private Leased Wire. Dallas, Texas, Juno L—It Is report ed here that *the town of Tulsa. L T. been practically destroyed by n tornado. No detnlls are obtainable, as tho wires between here and the terri tory aro all down. DOZEN REPORTED DEAD AS RESULT OF TORNADO. By Private Leased Wire. Vlnlta, I. T„ June 1.—Report* of heavy damage from I net nlght’i storm came from all parte of th* Indian Ter ritory. The rainfall waa very heavy and the wind waa frightful. Many farm buildings were blown down, and It Is reported that heavy damogo was done nt Tula*. It fa snld that half a dozen live* her* been lost nnd a score of persons seriously Injured. No wires are work ing south of Clelremore. Last reports GROWING CROPS ARE DAMAGED BY THE RAIN AND WIND. By Prlvato Leased Wire. Clalremore. L T„ Juno 1.—A terrlAc rain nnd wind storm swept the Indian Territory last night, and It la feared many persona were Injured. In this place severeJ dwellings and a brick building were blown down. Tbreo persona were fatally and sev era) others seriously Injured. . All wires or* down between her# and Tulsa, where It Is reported a tornado demolished a large part of the city. The storm was acrompnnlsd by a ter rific ,11-play of lightning, and there was little sleep for any on* In the (own during the night. Th* damage to growing crop* will be heavy. TRADE RELATIONS Iftrg* number of Atlanta enter prise* have applied to the eujierior court for a charter for the Atlanta Merchants* and Manufacturers* Asso ciation, a corporation which will nn- ctenvor to extend Atlanta's commercial. Industrial nnd trade Influence nnd pro mote and encourage donor luminous and noclnl relation* between tho peo ple of Atlanta and thone of tho outly ing territory. The members of the association are; <;ii<»lHt in-i a imnlm<l:uni Spring lied i'o, Atlanta Hufgy (!o„ Wilder & Duchan- nnti, Dublin * Wey Co., Moor K Everett, Ridley a, Co, Atkins. McKel* din Ar Hmun, f?rn«*M I.. Rhoden St Co* Robinson Ne-’ ■■ , J. K. Orr Sho Nletrnrare Co. GOVERNOR to name SPECIAL JUSTICES For tho Arst time In n number of ears It may be necessary for the gov ernor to appoint special, Justice* of tho supreme court to preside In n partlru lar case In which regular Justices are disqualified. This course seema probable In the rasa Involving the Issue of whsthar. Richmond county la entitled to all of the back tsse* accruing from the stock of the Western Railway of Alabama held by the Georgia railroad or th* equal proportionate distribution of th* taxes to the countie* through which th* Georgia passes. Countlex Want 8har*. Th* atate won lla case In th# su preme court a short time ago, ogd Is not Interested In thla Aght. DaKalb, Rockdale, Newton, Walton, Morgan. Green*. Taliaferro, Warren, Duffle and Columbia contend that they are enti tled to a proportionate amount of th* a, amounting to about 5144,440. When the eaae waa heard before Judge Pendleton In Fulton superior court. Richmond county won on th* ground that It I* the home domicile of the Oeorgla railroad, and that per sonal property I* taxable only In tha home office. Justices May b* Absent. The eaa* came to th* supreme court and aa th* court la nearing the case on the docket, attorneys representing th* contending countlee ware In con sultation with Governor Terrell Friday morning, on-the leeu* they aspect to raise for a full bench when thla rasa la called. It I* probable that It will be .reached Saturday Chief Justice Fish Is not at all wall, and It may be several days before he can preaid#; Associate Justice Beck re ceived a masaaga Friday morning from Griffin stating that hla father was quits and h* may be called there at any moment. It Is understood also that tha lawyers will contend that Associate Justices Cobb and Lumpkin are dla- quallffed In thla cas*. ■ May b* Four Vacancies. If the insistence of th* attorneys for full bench of six Justices la made, and they would be within thalr right*, three and possibly four vacancies would ax- I allot ■ for th* reasons above stated. Oov- 1 j’*" 1 - trnor Terrell would then nam* superior : 'J” court Judge* enough to AU tha varan- p.,j etas and to alt In this special case only ,lu' < MOON MAY OPPOSE TIBBS FOR COUNCIL AT COM JOE BROWN According to perafatent rumor, At- lnn,{l *■»•*•> w l»ri II 14-.1 hot I onteat between former Police Captain Moon nnd former Police Call ofTIrer Ham T. Tlbbe, principals In the fnniouR .Moon- Tlbbn police InventlgHtlon, In the next municipal campaign. PriendH of Captain Moon nre urg ing him to become n candidate for council from the veituid ward. Frlendn of Mr. Tlbbn, who In a rlt- Ixen of the* nntne ward, nre trying to get him In the race. Pren* Huddleston Is already n can didate. FOURTH ENOINEER'B BODY RECOVERED FROM RIVER Bpeclal la The Georgian. Hnvannah, Ga, Juno 1.—Th* body ad Fritz Mayer, the fourth engineer of th* Gorman steamship Barrnfcls, who waa drowned while bnthlng In the river Tuesday nfternoon, was recovered yea- terday morning, ills home was at Del- menhorst, Germany. J. B. Roberta, f»ras!dent of th* Oeor- pvaw me ntm _, gla Retail Marble Dealers' Association, I RYAN NOT GUILTY OF VIOLATING THE LAW president of th* Roberts Marble Com pany, and mayor of Ball Ground, has a grievance against Joseph M. Brown, one of the railroad commissioners. Mr. Roberts lias written ths follow- business without n lies Ing card setting forth his charges: . ™'*“ d Friday morning by tier,, Editor of th* Georgian: Broylee. On Friday, May 25, O. M. Atherton, Th » Prosecution contended Ryan of th* Blue Ridge Marble Company, P 0 *"*' 1 money on two occasions t Nelson, Oil, and myself appeared before m*** named Beattie, and thnt h» th* Georgia railroad commission with a I no * mniplled with the provisions of request that they taka off tha It per|* , ■ , ® ,aw > ■" “ Usd* "f which cent allowed the Louisville and Nash- Neanaa had been annulled. The villa Railway above th* printed tariff. (•>>»•. however, contended the tram That road has a monopoly In hauling ,lon WB * not a loan, but that He Th* cnee ngnlnst Htephe the money lender, accused Ryan, doing • dla- marble out of the quarries. After seeing In The Atlanta Journal a publication of rates showing that mar' ble rates from Vermont are lower than rates from North Georgia to points within. Oeorgla, I met Commissioner Joseph Brown In Marietta th# following Saturday. After discussing our claim of discrimination, he atated without any condition that he would reduce th# rate on marbl# to Oeorgla points If the ret## published by The Journal could be verlAed. This was done, and, at hla request, I cam* back to hla office nn Tuesday, May 25. This rate was discussed, but owing to the absenre of th# oth#r com’ mlssloncrs, no decision wa* rc*ch«<J. I met tha commlaalonars at their of- flee Thursday morning, .May II, and, after discussing the question of dis crimination, I -tnted to the other rom- iiils-loiiers, Messrs. Hill and Htovsnz, the reduction Mr. Brown had agreed to allow If the published rates were verl- * hi' h was very easily done. Mr. appeals to : 0 Ml O'. I .1—1 'I M I ales « 111 •dm •• 'll.. I .ues. h :• d|.| .... lie f. r Ml. >1 ills - pie.ted the rsllr•■».! people to re- , the rate# to Brutrswl.k and Ha- Ball Grom salary had been purchased, no law had been violated Judge Broyles held that the mads a proper showing. / Bamuel D. Hewlett represent prosecution, and Attorney R. It. burn the defense. vannah, which would not ha\ ally helped our serious poslll Heeing that Mr. Brown » permit these rates to be luced, even after making the direct promise, I re fused to Join In any further discussion and advised that we could not h.q>e to secure any relief. In regard to Messrs. Hill and Htev- en*. I want to say that the> have been .... friend.• t-.u ar<l il< nnd 1 bellev they fully appreciate mi position I this matter. The fact that the Ver mont jreople cart ship marble to our horn# t in at less than we < an ship to points within the slate, Is a ills, rlmlna- tl.m that si,, rid open the eyes of every nanufarturer In th less t.> make further IW It to reduce then# •o[.I.* at large stand J II. R’tllERTB.