The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, June 05, 1906, Image 4
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
fcjUtGE AUDIENCE HEARS AN
NUAL CONCERT.
Graduating Exercises Held Tues
day Morning—Cornerstone
Laid in Afternoon.
By SELENE ARMSTRONG.
Milled gcvllle, On.. June 4.—On Mon-
| Bn evening, the nnnual concert of the
( G< ‘ ' Normal and.Induatrial arhool
wu* held In the nudllorlum of the main
building. The seating capacity of the
hull one taxed to Ita utmoet, many
Out-of-town guest* being present.
Tuio.,lay morning, the graduating
| exorcises were held. Addreesea were
made by If.. 11. Parka, prealdent of
the Georgia Normal and Industrial
[ school; Chancellor D. C. Barrow, of
Aihrn-, and lllaa Martha Berry,
L, Roto- iiii . onae and certlflealea were
^^Mtted by OoTemor J. M. Terrell.
Cornerstone to Be Laid.
TMs afternoon, the corneratono of
lh'fr» Industrial building was laid.
The ceremonies were conducted with
j Was mile honors, and Were presided
over |,\ Max Meyerhardl, grand mas-
ter <>r the grand lodge of Georgia, se
al.cl by other officers of the order.
The speakers were Governor Terrell,
lion John Temple ilraves, O. C. Bar
ron. acting chancellor of the Unlver-
*11.1 of Georgia; \V. 13. Merritt, state
at Mo .I rommlaaloner; Captain T. F.
Newell. Colonel W. P. Andrews and
Miss .Martha Berry.
This evening, the alumnae banquet
w ill bring to a close the moat success-
fu: inenremenl ever held here.
Notable Guest* Attend.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Parka have
as their guests at the old executive
mansion Governor J. M. Terrell, Miss
Martha Berry, Colonel Walter P. An
ti lows. D. C. Barrow and Mlaa Helene
A rmltrong.
Mis. w. Y. Atklnaon. of Newnan, la
tin guest of her son, Ur. J. P. Atkin-
eon Besides Mrs. Atkinson, mem-
bi t s of the board of visitors are Mr*.
It.-i.-rt M. Hitch, Havannah; Mrs. John
N Donation. Balnbrldge; Mrs. Hayes,
Mis- Anno Wallace, Mrs, T.loyd Cleve-
ta ml. GrllTIn: Mrs. II. H. Moseley,
Rmno Miss Bessie Butler, Madison;
Ml-- .Mattie Bass. Clarkeavllle; Miss
Ni pple Hunt. Sparta, and Mrs. J. N.
Griffin, Valdosta.
CASH WEDNESDAY
RYAN 'S PAY FOR EQUITABLE
CONTROL TRANSFERRED.
CONVERTED WU TING-FANG
RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER
USES JIU-JITSU ON GRA Y
Report Today Says Tar bell’* Sal
ary Has Been Cut Again
By Morton.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. June fi.—Wednesday Will
be one of the saddest btrtbdaya James
Haaen Hyde ever celebrated If he re
members his ambitions of a few yeara
ago, and all that the day might have
meant to him had there been no scan
dal In life Insurance. Ha la JO yaai
old on that day and comes Into full
possession of the legacy left him by hla
father, Henry B. Hyde, former presl
dent of the Equitable.
On reaching the age of J1 Hyde be
came one of hla own trustees, and Rye
years ago the number waa decreased to
three. Jamas W. Alexander and Louis
Kltagerald being the others. He had
laid careful plana to force himself Into
the presidency aa Alexander's snecea
eor.
Then came the deluge of scandal
which for a time threatened to wrick
the Bqultable. Aa a solution, the stork
was sold to T. K. Hyan for If,500,900,
the actual transfer to be made on
Hyde's thlrtlsth birthday. The Ryan
syndicate has .been practically. In pos-
session of the stork since July J, HOS,
The arlutl transfer will take place
Wednesday. Mr. Hyds la In Parts, and
jropoae* to remain there. There will
»e no ceremonies over the transfer.
A rumor that would not down today
a* that Gage K. Tarbell, vice presl
deni of the Equitable has suffered an
other cut In salary, and again hla res
ignation whs predicted. There are
many In the flnanrlal district who
blame Tarbell'* ambition for the Equit
able row which brought about the
whole Insurance Investigation. The 20
per cent rut In salaries which was In
stituted when President Morton came
Into office cut Tarbell from 100,000 tu
ft J,000 a year. It Is said the recent
cut was to 130,000 a year. Equitable
officials would not discuss the mat'
ter.
E
CALLS Oil JOSEF
KAISER GOES TO VIENNA TO SEE
: RULER OF THE AUS
TRIANS.
rti Private I-eased Wire.
vicuna, June 5.—Emperor William,
• i i ompsnled by a numerous suite, ar-
rlvcil today on a visit to Emperor
Ki .i nets Joseph.
Thor* was no ceremonious entry Into
Vicuna the German emperor leaving
hi- train outside of the capital and
pr< Kieedlng at once to Hchoenbrun cas
tle, a Ill-re he breakfasted with the
Austrian Imperial family.
Tin i.rlief that the meeting of the
two mli rs possesses political meaning
Is heightened by the announcement
that the visit will lest but two days,
ami by tha further fact that several
high officials of the German foreign
etai e aro Included In the kaiser's suite.
RURAL MAIL CARRIER
KILLED By T
Bi«** ul to The Georgian.
t hattanoogs, Tenn., June J.—A rural
piall carrier, supposed to be J. D. Lon
».ia killed by a Southern train
from wlama at Ooltewah this morning
e-hiic . i - ting the tracks.
Hi- h ires waa also killed and hie rig
rn to atoms.
London was about 15 years of age
aid a brother of Professor London, for-
nrr i -rlntendsnt of public schools at
Iriatni, Tenn.
IE SWAM ASHORE
WITH YOUNO LADY
to The Georgian.
Seneca, H. C, Jun* J.—While drlv-
ng a. rise Snow Creek, which waa
^Bten Sunday, the horse driven by
A. Duncan and Miss Rstlle Williams
■ii in,» frightened and upset the bug-
liuncan seised the young lady and
|wnni .'-bore with her. '
OX MINERAL SPRINGS
COMPANY IS ORGANIZED
ho-, ul to The Georgian.
\\ .<> nesboro, Oa.. June 5.—The Cox
[itio nil Spring Company met and
lie, ted the following officers yesterday
irtein, oat W. M. Fulcher, president;
V .1 lUtcher, vice pereldent; It. N.
ferricn. Jr., secretary and treasurer.
Batcher, manager; L. K. Hatch-
L assistant manager.
Tt tu company has thirty-live etock-
■Bden, among whom are some of the
*t prominent business men of the
f. The spring will be developed, a
t'lon built, packing and bottling
nt built, and means of putting this
, at mineral eater on the market
Uk be devised.
Rhe springs are about • miles from
Ba city.
Confederate veteran
DIES ON THE TRAIN
li-'Otal to The Georgian.
I Chattanooga, Tenn.. June (.—James
jamas, a farmer. To years old, died on
Iflkevllle train bound for I'hsttsnoo-
■pe morning.
, Thoremaln* were taken off at South
CAR OF BEEF BLOOD
IN HEARTOF THE CITY
TERRIBLE STENCH EMITTED BY
DECAYING ANIMAL
A box car, out of which noses beef
blood, congeullng Into putrlfylng sta
lactites, and because of tho heat and
the laws of nature ejecting a stench
which was almost unbearable for tbs
hundreds of people working In the
offices backed by Ihe Western and At
lantic railroad yards, near the Forsyth
viaduct, has remained stationary nearly
all of Tuesday.
The health conditions are not sanita
ry In an Idealistic sense In the neigh
borhood mentioned. In addition to the
ear of beef blood, there are scattered-
along the tracks pieces of cabbage, the
■Hlor of which mingles with that of the
beef car and la wafted abroad on the
"balmy breeae."
The car of beef blood la not an un
usual thing. Hsturilsy a car of raw
hides contaminated the neighborhood
with Its disease breeding Oilor. The
city health department was notified and
Insisted that the car be moved, which
was done at the railway's leisure. The
same will he the caae with the beef
blood. Probably the cabbage* will re
main where they have been thrown by
the negroes who trim tha decaying
leaves off before Ihe hearta are taken
Into the commission houses.
When nollltfd by The Georgian of the
existing conditions Tuesday the city
health department elated that Imme
diate action would be taken. 1
TWO FINE ENGINES
FOR THE A. & W. P.
On May Si there left the plant of
the Rogera Locomotive Works, In l’et
arson, N. J., two of Ihe finest engine*
ever turned out by the company and
started on their journey fo Atlanta,
consigned to the West Point road. On
June 3 three more of the big machines
were shipped, completing the order
given the company several months ago.
At the engines are moved only during
the day lime, the lime consumed In the
trip to this city will be about ten days,
ao that the first of the number Is ex
pected to reach here the last of the
week.
General Passenger Agent Billups has
received a brief description of the new
moguls and la confident they will prove
to be the prettiest and most powerful
locomotives In use In the South. Each
of the engines Is accompanied on Its
trip In the Hotith by an attendant, who
takes the moat careful care of Ihe deli
cate machinery until the delivery to Ihe
West Point road.
The new machines will be token to
Montgomery before being put Into ac
tive service, and after a careful Inspec
tion by the expert* employed In the
shops of the company, wilt ha put onto
the fast freight service between At
lanta and Montgomery. After a thor
ough breaking In. two of the most
powerful will be used for the fast mall
service. These two engines are capable
of carrying from twelve to fourteen
loaded cars between Atlanta and Mont
gomery In less than four hours. As
soon as possible after the new engines
are put into active service In the pas
senger traffic the running time be
tween Atlanta and Montgomery will be
materially reduced.
RAILWAY - SPECIAL AGENTS
MEET IN WASHINGTON.
By Private leased Wire.
Washington, D. C, June E.—Between
200 and 300 members of the Association
of Railway Special Agents were pres
ent today st the opening of the tenth
annual meeting of the association. The
membership of the organisation Is com
posed of representatives of the detec
tive departments of the leading rail
roads of the United States and Cana
da. The convention was called to or
der In the assembly room of the Eb-
bltt house by the president. W. G. Bald
win. of Roanoke. Va. The association
was addressed by Major Sylvester,
chief of police of Washington, who told
of the work of co-operation between
the members of the association and the
police department* of American cities.
The meeting will remain In session un
til Saturday.
Recent photograph of Mrs. John B. Henderson, who converted Wu Ting-
Fang to vegetarianism and temperance, and who Is a strong advocatt of
health culture.
SPIRITED DEBATE MYSTERY CLEARED
IN WOMEN'S CLUBS FROM CONVICT'S LIFE
WORKING GIRL GIVE3 GOOD AN
SWER AS RESULT OF AT-
TACK ON UNION.
By Private Leased Wire.
Ht. Paul, Minn., June 5.—There waa
a lively exchange of words yesterday
In the meeting of the General Feder
ation of Women's Clubs, held at the
Industrial conference In the Presby
terian church, when Mlsa Josephine
Casey, representing the Ulon of Ele
vated Railway Employer*, strongly
advocated (Attics unions among women.
She said she did not like strikes, yet
the lot of the woman worker was a
constant struggle ngulnst her male
competitor and her employer, and that
the only hope was tp put the women
on a parity with the men through the
trade* union.
Mlsa Casey's remarks stirred the
wrath of some of the cluh women who
have lieen coping with the servant girl
problem, and when the conference waa
over, they took Mlsa Casey to task for
her utterance*.
Mm. W. H. Chlvvls, of 8t. Iaiuls,
president tif the Tuesday Club, order
ed the working girls "back to the
kitchens," which she said were yawn
ing for them, and offered a panacea for
all the troubles of the working girls
depleted In Miss Casey's clever ad
drese.
"We have been ridden to death by
the working girl," declared Mrs. Chlv-
vla. "Why don't you come Into our
homes, where you can get good wages,
excellent board, a Hne home and essy
hourar"
Mis* Casey answered that moat
working girls were not competent to
do housework, did not like to do house
work, anil, besides, did not Intend to
run homes for women who were In
competent or too laty to run them for
themselves. Girls working In factories
could not afford to lay off long enough
o hunt up a berth In one of those
< *osy homes pictured by M». Chlvvls.
“Not time enough to look for work,"
exclaimed Mr*. Chlvvls. "Why, we go
right Into the factories and take you
Into our homes If you would come.
We are laying six, ten and twelve dol
Inis a week for servant girls, but he'
cause of your stubborn pride, you pre
fer to ellck-qllflc, week after week, In
your smelly work-ehope and eat |ioor
food*
Here a squad of the Illinois delegates
surrounded Mlsa Casey and swept her
away, and the Incident was closed.
SUPP08ED CAPITALIST WAS IN
REALITY BRENT NEAL, THE
NEBRASKA FORGER.
OHIO NATIONAL GUARD8MEN
ARE HURRIED TO 8CENE.
By Private Leased Wire. ,
Columbus, Ohio, June I.—In response
to the urgent request of Sheriff Vorhls,
of Jefferson county, for aid, and In
pursuance of the general order of Gov
ernor Pnttlson to send as many trnopa
a* were needed. Adjutant General Oli
ver Hughes last night dispatched a
fore* of about 1.100 Ohio national
guardsmen to Bradley. The troops sent
to the scene were the Fourth Infantry,
tha Eighth Infantry, the Second ambu
lance company and the Second colt-
pony signal corps. General * Speaks,
commanding the Second brigade, waa
ordered to mobollse these troops and
proceed to Jefferson county and report
Sheriff Vorhls.
NEGRO BOY CONFESSES
COMMITTING MURDER
Special to The Georgian.
Little Rock. Ark., June S.—Following
the arrest of Will Gay. the 15-year-old
negro, on suspicion of complicity In
the murder of Mrs. Charlotte Leetham,
proprietress of the Drummers' Hotel,
came the confession of the crime by
the hoy last night. (
Gay reported the murder to the po
lice, but told a seemingly straightfor
ward story to them st the coroner's
Inquest, and was not then arrested.
Mr*. I^etham made a desperate light
■ her life. When her body was found
■ was lying on the floor with several
deep knife wounds In her breast.
Fearing that an attempt would bo
made to lynch Gay, the authorities re
moved him to some unknown point out
side this county.
Special to The Georgian.
Chariot to, N. C., June 5.—It la just
learned here that "Brelt Amory," the
young man killed by convict guards
near Greensboro,, waa really Brent A.
Neal, who had worked In Tacoma,
Wash., and had served a term for for
gery in Nebraska.
He said, while west, that Louisville
was his home.
EXPO COMMITTEE
HOLDS A MEETING
At noon Tuesday the special com
mittee of live appointed to prepare the
way for the continued canvass In In
terest of the 1010 exposition met add
went over the tabulated and alphaBetl-
cally arranged list of namea of those
who have subscribed, and will by or
before the meeting of the committee of
fifty Tuesday afternoon arrange com
mlttees for the Individual eanvasa.
Although the exposition work at this
time seems to be dragging It waa nsvtr
more active, and within a few days the
result of the committee's work will be
most apparent.
The Georgian Tuesday morning re
ceived a subecrlutlun of $25 from C. F.
Munday, gent In through Word Bros
HU8BANO 18 ARRESTED)
WIFE HAD TRIED SUICIDE.
Upon an appeal for assistance from
his mother-in-law, W. T. Smith, of 11
Cherry street, artd husband of the un
fortunate Mrs. Lula Smith, who at
tempted to commit outride on Satur
day night as the result of the III treat
ment of her by hint, was arrested Tuts-
dsy afternoon by Officers Bass and
Harvey Welle and locked up at the
station lo await trial In the recorder's
court Wednesday morning. The charge
against the man Is disorderly conduct.
It being charged that he. waa creating
a disturbance In hla home.
POLICE HOLD MeLENOON
FOR CUTTING AFFAIR
On suspicion of knowing something
of the manner In which Cliff Shaffer
wae badly cut In the neck by a knife In
a row at the corner of South Pryor and
Alabama streets MnntVw night, os tha
result of which eeveral stitches were
taken at the Orady hospital, O. L Mc
Lendon waa placed under arrest Tues
day afternoon and will be given a hear
ing later In the recorder's court.
C. B. Bostenrelter attempted to rag-
cue the prisoner and was placed under
arrest on the charge of misting an
officer, and will be tried also Tuesday
afternoon.
Dress Allowance of Rsyal Daughters.
From The Taller.
People simetlmes wonder what sum
Is put aside for dress by the daughters
of royal houses.
• Before her marriage. I read the other
ilay, the duchess of Fife was said to
have a small dress allowance, and tha
sum of 11.too a year was msntloned.
Besides yachting and every-day
dress so, and all the usual costumes re
quired by a girl of the upper das.,
royal princesses hdvs also to wear tie
costly and elaborate dresses which tbcll
rank demands at the wedldngs of th-L
BMr relation*.
On the whole. It may be asserted that
a frugal princess may spend as little ar
1WW a year on tear dress, white bar
more wealthy and extravagant state*
may,Bnd her dress bills amount to ten
times that sum.
The empress of Russia, who more
than any other European lady Is able to
tndulgs her wildest fancies, dresses
with the greatest simplicity—In Um
daj time mostly In tailor-made coats
and skirts, \|a tha evsnlng generally in
the purest whits.
Lieutenant Commander Eberhart, of Decatur,-
Resent? Shoving By
Stranger.
REPUBLICAN MAY LAND IN
THE SENATE.
For an unprovoked *«**ult upon
Lieutenant Comnnder Lay H. Kber-
hart, of Decatur, On., a retired officer
of the United States havy, who figured
prominently aa an offiter under Ad
miral Dewel in the battle *>t Manila
during the Hpnnl*h-Am<M Iran uar, J.
W. Gray, of Greenville, S. b, formerly
a postal clerk In thU city. #a* arrest
ed at 6 o'clock Monday night 1 and a
copy of charges won served-on Kber-
hart.
The eventa leading up to the arreat
of Gray occurred In the cigar store
near the corner of Peachtree and Mari
etta atreeta and created considerable
excitement. It la said that Gray en-
I tcred the store yhcre Eberhart
! standing against the counter and
1 roughlv brushed the latter one i
! Eberhart without a word went to the
door and stood reading a paper.
Aa Gray came out of the more he
again pushed Kberhart, following it up
I with a punch on the no*e. EberHart
then threw down the pnper end an
brella and sailed Into hla antagonist in
true navy style. He landed several
well placed blows and then brought
Into play a little Jlu-jltsu learned In
Japan while In the navy and held the
man down until Policemen Iflorence
and Johnson arrived on the scene and
look chaTge of the defeated foe.
The case will be heard before the
recorder Tuesday afternoon.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
MEET AT NEW HA VEN
By Private Leased Wire.
New Haven, Conn, June 5.—The na
tional convention of the, Knights of
Columbus was formally opened today
In this city, which to the birthplace of
the' ordsr.
Many eminent priests and prelates
of the Roman Catholic church were
present In addition to the large num
ber of delegates on hand from every
section of the country.
Preceding the call to order the dele
gates attended pontifical mass at St.
John's church. The sermon was
preached by Rev. John J. McCoy, of
D HEAR RUSSELL
SPEAKJJ GRIFFIN
Mj rrlal to The Gen*gh»».
Griffin. Oa.. June 6.— Judge It. I*. Itaa*
iiell. Democratic candlilAte for th« iuhuIiiii*
tlou for governor. *poke here In the «|>era
hoime at noon today. Gotirt, which waa In
Judge Knaaell will remain here nml de
liver two more apeechen till* evening, one
at Griffin Mill* nt 6:.*) o'clock and ut
Spalding Mills at 8 o'clock.
In hi* *peech today Judge llnnaell de-
ared hlmaelf In famr of the ntnte fur-
..Jahlng school book* for the chlhlreir and
dlacnaaed taxation at tome length, declar
ing hlmaelf In favor of taxing the railroads
at their stock value. The railroads or
Georgia, he claimed, were taxed at ffiO.IW.*
mo, while the true vnltie of the roads la
$160,000,000.
He favored nn Inheritance tax. hut said
that the power to regulate corporations
should real with the legislature*. Judge
Hussell wan Introduced by Judge Itobert
T. McDonald.
CONDEMNS THE ACTION
OF STATE COMMITTEE
Special to The Georgian.
Clarkeavllle, Ga, June 5.—The Dem
ocratic executive committee of Haber
sham county met here today and se
lected July 14 n* the date for holding
the primary for the selection of a coun.-
ty ticket.
By a unanimous vote the committee
adopted a resolution strongly condemn
ing the action of thO state committee
as to the style of the ballot.
SHE HAS GIVEN BOND
AND WAS RELEASED
Worcester. Cardinal Glbon*. of Balti
more, was one of the central figures.
The convention will oe In *e**lon
through the remainder of the week.
Tomorrow will be the most Interest
ing dsy of the convention. The great
parade will take place In the morning.
In the afternoon the new building,
which 1* to be occupied n* national
headquarters of the order, will be dedi
cated with much pomp and ceremony.
Prominent among those who are to
take part In the convention. In addi
tion to the noted churchmen, are Uni
ted States Senntors Carter of Montana
and Genrin of Oregon, and Ju • Ice Vic
tor J. Dowling, of the New fork su
preme court.
Special to The (leorxlnn.
Tampa, KIs., June 0.-Atlanta parties have
secured the Itnnd of $300 for Resale IjtKalte,
of Atlanta, who has Itcen detained st this
city on s chars* of theft, mid secured her
PENROSE MAY FORCE
STUART'S NOMINATION
By Private Leaned Wire.
Harrisburg, P*., June 5.—Edwin
Stuart, former mayor of Philadelphia,
I* to be the next governor of Pennsyl
vania If Senator Penrose I* able to
make him ao, and the Indications ere
that he will be able at least to force
Stuart's nomination upon the Republi
can convention tomorrow.
Stuart I* said by Penrose to be the
one man who can gather together the
remnants of the disorganised party In
Philadelphia, and he regard* the elec
tion of mayor of Philadelphia as of
more Importance than the election of a
governor or even prealdent of the
United State*. Ha ha* *o declared.
MEN FIGHT A DUEL
ON BOARD STEAMER
Gov. Chamberlain Is Leading in
All Precincts From Which
Returns Are Received.
Special to The Georgian.
Portland. Oreg, June Although
the return* from tlie state election tr*
not In. the Indication* are that Gov
ernor George E. Chamberlain, Demo
crat. I* re-elected over James Wlthv.
combo. Republican. *
Jonathan Bourne, Jr, Republican
nppearr to be fairly certain of recelvl
Ing the popular nomination for United
States senator over John M. Gearln
Incumbent. Jnn '
This I* based on very meager re
turn*. but Bourne Is reported ahead In
nenrly every part of the state, consid
ering the fact that In the same pre-
elnct* In which Mr. Bourne leads
Governor Chamberlain is also lending
Dr. Wlthycombe by a greater margin
than that of Bourne over Gearin. and
this seems to justify the prediction
made.
Both the Republican candidates are
probably elected In the congressional
race.
lightWgkIlls
SEVEN. PERSONS
SEVEN ARE DROWNED AS RE
SULT OF STORM.
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, June 5.—Jpseph Leno wee
probably fatally hurt In a duel with
Frank-Wolf on the steamer "Iowa,” of
which Leno was fireman. The two
quarrelled on the boat a* It lay at the
docks and Wolf struck Leno over the
head with a pump rod. Leno fought
with n shovel, but was knocked sense
less by Wolf, who then fled, seised a
cab and drove away at a furious rate
to escape policemen. He was captured
later.
OVERWORK CAUSES MAN
TO END HIS OWN LIFE.
By Private I-eased Wire.
Pittsburg, June 5.—Thomas O'Connor
Jones, son of the late G. W. Jones, com
mitted suicide this morning by shoot
ing himself In the head In hla apart
ments at the Hotel Schendley, where
he made hla home. Jones had been suf
fering recently from great nervous
strain, due te overwork.
REFUSED TO PAY FOR PLAY
«*l ansr raws
Photograph of Miss Muriel Hope who says the mmaath
written for her did not make for happiness i
SLSee to Charles It Tiler, who alleged Mies
The courts decided In Miss Hope's favor.
ya the romantic dr
n*ss and who! ref
Miss Hope exfeed
drama. "Fellclta,"
refused to pey
~* to pay him.
Reports From Various Sections Show
Tragic Results From ths
Etssmnts.
By Private Leased Wire.
Standford, Ky, June E.—Henderson
Young was killed by lightning near
Highland, this county, today, and every
bone In hla body was broken. A son
of John W. Carter was also struck,
and Is thought to be fatally wounded.
Both- men belong to good families.
TWO BALL PLAYERS KILLED
BY FLASH OF LIGHTNING
By Private Leased Wire. .
Linton, Ind, June E.—Fred Edwards,
Jr, and Robert Shortee, Jr, were In
stantly killed yesterday at Lyons, by
being struck by lightning. They were
playing ball when the atorm came up
and tok refuge under a tree. They
were sons .of prominent business men.
8EVEN PERSONS DROWNED;
LIGHTNING KILLS FOUR
By Private Leased Wire.
Odessa, June E.—A thunderstorm of
extraordinary violence, accompanied by
a deluge or rain, swept this city and
district yesterday. Seven person* were
drowned and four killed by lightning,
which net fire to a number of buildings.
WIFE AND DAUGHTER
MORTALLY_WOUNDED
MAN THEN FIRES SHOT THROUGH
HIS MOUTH FROM
PISTOL.
By Private Leased Wire.
Troutdale, Tenn, June S.—William
Akers, of this place, sttseked his wife
and daughter with a club-axe Satur
day night, fatally Injuring them, and
then fired a pistol shot Into his mouth.
One daughter, who was away from
home, escaped. The tragedy was not
discovered till Sunday.
A NEW YORK SKYSCRAPER.
More Ride on Its Elsvators Than oa
Street Cars of a City Liks Nsthville.
llrusrn Crawford la ftaeevss.
Wherever the fame of the New York skr;
scrapers bss spread some vsgtie Idea or
the enormous rapacity of these roto***l
structures mast here bees formed, but l«
la sot liuprotsibto that few persons living
right In the metropolis have ever tusde *
careful study of lbs activities of these
eouisteretal renters. IVrbsp* there are
• who would Isaak to sroru the stale-
J that a stsgie Culknng Is New lork
I* entered dally by k» persons, or ns
many as Ihe entire population of llsrru-
liunr. l*s, or other similar rlttes of th*
' sd States, like lloostos. Tex.. Ahrou.
.... .Jaeola, Neb., sad more than their sre
persons In rifles of ths atie of Montgms-
Wherever sorb s statement msy he ills-
credited It Is necessary only to point out
the fact that so srrursts eosnt was m*>l*
one day by P. T. II. Bsroa. sspertiiteu.l-
cut of the Park Bow Sysdlrate building,
one of Ike must eoasplraou* of the New
York seksrrtpers, of every person who en
tered the elevators In that edlgee. It was
• simple matter to ststtoe rsards strrrry
rstrsare to the building sad give rarh per-
ecia enterics s tleket. wklrk ticket w«s
taken up by tbs elevator driven. At t»»
close of the day these tickets were eountr-t
amt It was found that somrthlsg more this
'Persons had ridden oa the elevators
This Ts mid to exceed the namber -'J
fares collected by the entire street rar
system of Naskrllfe. Tenn, In s single dsy.
this IsforsMtlsa com lag from a gnucr
■Mprrtatrwimt of tha iKTrf |
tlMt cltjr. who wax a«ba*watly syp'V*
as oee it the scents of the Park How sky
scraper. ^
Barefooted Waiting Maids in Jspen.
From Smith’s Weekly. ...
Unless there ere ladles among tn»
g uests, the wife and daughter* of the
oet do not appear at dlnn-r In Ja
pan. Before the meal begins It I* cue
tomary for them :o bring in no*' 1
cups of tea and dainty confectkab'D-
<*nen they tab.- their survey of tne
W If''gentlemen only are prevent, the
Japanese hostess disappears after tn«
greeting te over, and does not return
until the guests are taking their *•
part ura. .
At a signal from the host, bnrvfoo'cl
waiting maids, dressed In graceful and
prettily tinted kimonos, bring In te--
quer trays bearing tiny covered bowls
Before setting the trays on the tab!-*
the maids sink gracefully to the kn*J*
ami bend forward till their fore.
touch th* floor, thm they aerve olw^ 1 *
hlch la of several course*.