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MEN AT HEAD OF ROAD THAT GOT MILLIONS IN GRAFT The picture on the left Is that of W. H. Newman, president of the New York Central railroad. In the center Is E. V. W. Rossitor, vice president of the road, who testified be fore the Interstate commerce commission, admitting that the New York Central, like the Pennsylvania railroad, has received millions In graft, and on the right Is \V. K. Vanderbilt, a director. XXUU AiiiOXIlA CORRECT CLOTHES PRESIDENT CHARGED WITH EXTRA VA GANCE Brundige Denounces Ejectment of Woman From White House. Special to Tho Georgian. Washington, Juna 6.—The proceed lna* In the houae of representatives yapterdv-were characterlaed by a *u pci abundance of word* and a eternity of Ideas. Representative Brundige (Democrat), of Arkansas, created a flurry by selling the president for extravagance In the maintenance of the white houae n nd criticised the Item of |35 for ex traordinary repairs. General Qroa- t <nor, of Ohio, went to the prealdent’a defense and ridiculed the Arkansan’s jH.sitlon In an entertaining ten-minute siieech. In his speech against extravagance, Mr, Brundige contrasted the expenses .if the last Cleveland administration, tin McKinley administration and that of Theodore Roosevelt. la Tired of Tomfoolery. Ho said that under tho Cleveland ad ministration there was expended for tlm executive .department. Including the,salary of the president, >137,200. ruder the McKinley administration (here was expended >144,300, while the monitor* under consideration carries for iim executive department. Includ ing the care of tho white house, green In.us. i . etc., 3263,340. Mr. Brundige said that In addition to this there were forty policeman detail ed to the care of the white house and tlm grounds, nntl this wo* an addition al mo.Odm added, bringing the total to nearly 3300,000, which he denominated in. extravagance. He criticized the Hem appropriating 3;.->.0*0 for the traveling expenses of the president and Incident thereto, and :ii>l it was probably made for the pur- ose of providing for a repetition of to "muck rake" speech. Women Wes Ejeotsd. "As for myself," he said, "and I be- eve also for a large proportion of the eople of this government, we have heard enough of thla muck-rake and tomfooleiV and we are disgusted with It ■' Ho spoke of the president’s eteble and enlarged on the number of hones contain. .1 therein and then finally »|...ke »f the arrest of Mrs. Minor Mor ris and the appointment of the eecre- tnrv to the president, Mr. Barnes, as postmaster of Washington, as showing the highhanded way the president con ducts hlH office. During the speech Ml Brundige was frequently applaud ed bv the Democrats, the Republican side Of the chamber being almost de serted. "By the aid of a burly negro, these gentlemen succeeded in ejecting from the n hits house an Inoffensive, quiet, peaceable American woman. We And 'them writing letters to other cities and (Other States In order to discover and untruth some evidence of the fact that there was some stain or some blot on the I Imracter of this woman, whom they ha.l so unceremoniously and cow ardly ejected from the white house of the government. This, In my Judgment, > wo. the greater crime of the two." THROUGH SLEEPING OAR LINE TO t Wrightsville Beach, N .0, ■ Commencing Saturday, June tho 9th, and continuing each Saturday during the months of June, July and Au gust. through sleeping care will bo op erated. delivering passoigors at the hotels at Wrightsville ll««ch, leaving Atlanta at 9:15 p. m.; returning, leave Wrlghtaville each Thursday, arriving Atlanta tho following morning at 4:30 m Season tickets 313.55; week end ticket*, good for live days, 38.25. SEABOARD. D. G. BETTIS, •ji CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. M Office at End of Car Line, College ■ Park. Tcleuhono East Point 288. -A References: Woodward Lumber Co. Bank of East Point. JOHN EGAN TO BUILD KANSAS m STATION FORMER PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL HAS BIO JOB bN HAND. At a meeting of several prominent railroad presidents in Chicago a few days ago, it was voted to place John M. Egan, formerly president of the Central of Georgia road, and well known In Atlanta, In charge of the big new union passenger station which Is to be built at once at Kansas City. Mr. Egan has already resigned ae president of the various corporations In which he was Interested and as president of the Kansas City Viaduct and Terminal Company. • John M. Egan has had a long and enviable railroad career. In 1870 he was at the head of the old North Mis souri railway, afterward the BL Louis, Kansas City and Northern, and now n part of the Wabash. In 1887 he went to the Chicago, Bt. Paul and Kansas City, since absorbed In the Chicago Great Western railway, as general manager, later becoming president. Mr. Egan left the Great Western in 1894 and became interested in the construc tion of ore lines In northern Michigan. He finished these la 1836 and accepted the triple poet of general manager and vice president of the Central of Georgia railroad and president of the Ocean Steamship Company, operated by that road. In 1*00 he become president of both companies. While president of the Central of Georgia road Mr. Egan was a frequent visitor to Atlanta and had a wide circle of friends In this city. He maintained headquarters In Savannah, but spent most of his time In Macon and Atlanta. He left his position with the Central of Georgia in 1904. In the great railroad strike of 1894 Mr. Egan was chosen by twenty-three railroads entering Chicago to represent them In all negotiations until the end of the trouble and It was largely due to hie ability that the Anal settlement was consummated without serious trouble. Mr. Egan went to Kansas City In June, 1*04, to succeed E. H. Rose as president of the corporation handling the Armour-Bwirt Interests In that city. Later he was elected president of the Kansas City Viaduct and Terminal Company. The new Terminal Company, of which Mr. Egan will be the head, will not only build one of the finest terminal ■tatlons In tho country, hut for the present at least wilt operate the Kan- Ctty Belt IJne. TRIED TO GET RICH MEN TO GO IN FOR POLITICS Iljr Private Leased Wire. New York. June 8.—Oliver B. Teell, who died at Allentown. Pa., practiced law In Syracuse and then drifted to Kan Francisco, where he loat hla money. In Arlsona and New Mexico be made a fortune In ranching and mining, and came to New York in 1888. attracting ao mnch attention here by hla oddltlee that he boasted of being “the beat known young man.'* Here are eome of the striking Incident* In Trail's life: Tried to open hundreds of meat stores labeled "Prom Ranch to Table." tint up a petition for ballot reform weigh ing half a ton. Pounded an association to Induce rich _ien to enter polities. Organised Christmas society to give en tertainments and gifts to poor cblMren In Msdtson Hquare Harden. * Put up the drat toboggan slide la thla region at Orange, N. J. I implied out of sight here In »00 after his wife got a divorce. WAS FATALLY INJURED WHILE PLAYING BALL Special to The Georgian. Spartanburg, S. C, June I.—As the result of at, Injury received while play ing baseball last Friday, Markley Les ter, aged It years, died Thursday morning. He and several boys were playing boll on a vacant let, when the young lad accidentally fell, breaking hie arm. The bone protruded and the point of It penetrated hie abdomen. PcrHonltla developed, reeultlng in the death of the young man. Young Leater was one of the most popular young boys In the city. SANITARY FRENCH DRY CLEANING AND DYE WORKS m 1-2 PCACHTnCC STSKT. PHONE IT44. Ladles end Gent’s Suite cleaned and pressed. French Dye and Ameri can Bteam Cleaning. Fine underwear, shirt waists, fancy work, lace cur- done by hand. Mulls, Swiss, Lingerie, Lawns. Onrundles, wish silks. WM. A. FLORENCE, Proprietor. Oot-of-towa orders siren prwpt sllcatto. COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER SUCCESSOR TO JAMESON. Corresponding Secretaryship Will Be Discussed at Meeting Fri day Afternoon. An Important meeting of the execu tive committee of the Baptist state mission board will be held Friday aft ernoon at 4:30 o'clock In the Austell building, when steps will be taken looking to the election of a correspond ing secretary to succeed Rev. Dr. S. Y. Jameson, who has resigned to ac cept the presidency of Mercer Col lege. The executive committee cannot elect a corresponding secretary. The mem' here can discuss the matter, consider the available men for the position and call a meeting of the full board of trus tees to conduct the election. The Anal disposition of the matter will be one of the most Important ac tions In recent years. The committee Is anxious to secure a good, strong man for the place. There can be no appli cant* or candidates for the position. The board will simply consider and select eome one to succeed Dr. Jame- son. The executive committee of the board Is composed of John M. Oreen, chair man; M. L. Brittain, recording secre tary; A. D. Adair, O. J. Copeland, B. J. W. Graham, John F. Purser and J. W. Millard. NORWAY GETTING READY TO CROWN ITS RULERS By Private I-eased Wire. Christiana, June 8.—-The program of ceremonies attending the coronation of King Haakon VU and Queen Maud have been completed. The royal couple will arrive at Trondhjem the evening of June 19 and wait there the arrival of the foreign princes and ambassa dors. The coronation will take place at 11 o’clock the morning of June M at the cathedral, and will be followed by a state dinner, which will be attended by 300 guests. The remainder of the week will be taken up with celebrations. Including musical festivities, popular entertain ments, etc. Today the first anniversary" of the dissolution of the union with Sweden was celebrated ae a general holiday throughout Norway. EDISON GIVES DAUGHTER $10,000 ELECTRICAL. STOCK By Private Leased Wire. Akron. Ohio, June 8.—Madeline Edi son, daughter of Thomas A. Edison, the Inventor, was one of the graduates at Oak Place school, a private school for girls, here last night. The young woman was given a grad uation and Birthday present of 810,000 of stock In an Edison company by her father. He wee expected to attend the exercises, but could not. HOME COMING WEEK FOR KENTUCKIANS. THROUGH SLEEPERS Atlanta to Louisville. On account of the above occasion the W. £ A. H. R. and N. C. £ 8L L. Railway will eel! round trip tickets on June 10, 11 and II at rate of one faro plus IS cente for the round trip, the rate front Atlanta being 311-55, tickets good to return until June II, 190*. l)y depositing ticket and paying fee of 60 cents. However, tickets will be extended until July 13. Three trains dally, leaving Atlanta at 8:36 a. m„ 4.60 p. m. and 8.60 p. m, all carrying standard Pullman sleep ers Atlanta to Nashville and Nashville to Louisville. In addition to thin service there will be through sleeping cars operated on the 4:60 p. m. tralna of June 10 and 11, Atlanta to Louisville without change, arriving Louisville next morning at 8:20 a. m. Route is via Chattanooga, Nash ville and Mammoth Cave. For further Information writa or call on J. A. THOMAS or C. & WALKER, C. P. £ T. A. U. T. A. Peachtree Viaduct. Union Pass. Sta. CHARLES E. HARMAN, General Paasenger Agent DAYBREAK SONG SERVICE ON TOP OF STONE MOUNTAIN nip**- Corrtee Ctolhts f.or.M ex One of tho most unique religious ser vices held In years was conducted on Friday morning on the topmost pin nacle of Btone Mountain by the Oxford district of tho Methodist church con; ference, which Is In session at Stono Mountain. The delegates ascended the mountain about 4 o’clock, where a prayer service was conducted. At about 4:10 o'clock, ASKED FOR THE LIMIT AND COURT GAVE IT LOUISIANAN THREATEN9 TO EX- TERMINATE WHOLE FAMILY WHEN HE GETS OUT OF JAIL. By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, June 8,—John H. DaUon, formerly a local politician, and Louie A. Gourdlan, of Louisiana, were yes terday sentenced In the United States district court to four and one-halt years In the penitentiary and to pay a fine of >1,600 each for using the malle to defraud. The charge against the men le that they sold options on oil In Louisiana which did not exist. Gourdlan, "when sentenced, asked the when tho first rays of tho sun streaked the eastern sky, a hush fell over the worshippers. And then Maco Thomp son. who had proposed the service, lift ed up his voice and sang “There is a Land Fairer Than Day." When he reached the chorus all of tho delegates Joined In. All agreed that It waa the most In spiring song service they had ever at tended. ESSIG BROS., FOR MEN” are the product of highest ex cellence in materials and work- manshlp in ready-to-wear gar- inents. They can be worn anywhere, from a Newport lawn party to an embassy re- ception in Washington, and the wearer's ease of mind will bo made secure by the genial sense of being well-dressed, which doubtful clothes would upset completely. You can • count upon your, fingers the clothing specially establish, ments that look after the dress interests of men as thoroughly as we do. Three-Piece Suits $12.50 to $30.00. Two-Piece Suits $12.50 to $27.50. “CORRECT CLOTHES FOR MEN" 26 Whitehall Street. Y.W.C, A, CONFERENCE MEETS ATASHEVILLE MANY RELIGIOUS WORKERS WILL ATTEND TEN DAYS’ ROME DESPENSARY DOES LARGE BUSINESS Special to The Georgian. Aehevllle, N..C., Jpne 8.—The South ern conference of the Young Women’s Christian Association convened at Ken ilworth inn In this city today for a ten-days’ session. Young women prom inent In religious work in all parts of the country are attending the con ference and will discuss the best meth ods of teaching Christianity to the pu pils in the colleges and schools of the 8outh. The program began with mission court to give him the ,limit of Imprli- study classes, and the following hours onment under the Ian-, and the Judge accommodated him. Gourdlan pre-i vlously declared that If convicted he would ask the court for the extreme sentence, serve his time and then ex terminate hla family. Malaria Makes Pals Blood. Tho Old Standard, Grove's Tastelea* Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and builds up the system. Sold by all dealers for 17 years. Price 60 cents. CHINESE MINISTER PUTS FLOWERS ON HAY’S GRAVE By Private Leased Wire. Cleveland. Ohio, June 8.—Bringing a wreath of flowers, which he placed on the grave of his old friend, the late Secretary of State John Hay, yester day afternoon. Sir Chen Tung Liang Cheng, Chinese minister to the United States, came from Washington to be a guest of the chamber of commerce at Its annual banquet last evening. BIGAMIST PASTOR FINED AND SENT TO PRISON By Private Leased Wire. Los Angeles, Cal., June 8.—Rev. Eames R. Wylie, self-confessed biga mist, was sentenced by Judge Smith yesterday to pay a line of >6 and to be Imprisoned at Folsom penitentiary for one year. TEN SPANIARDS KILLED IN STORM AT SAN LUCAR By Private Leased Wire. Madrid, June 8.—Ten persons wers killed and eight Injured In a severe storm at San Lurar, which also de strayed a large amount of property. KILLED HER BROTHER PLAYING WITH A GUN Special to The Georgian. Spartanburg, 8. C., June 8.—While playing with a breech-loading shotgun several days ago. Mias Claudia Eu- banka, aged IS year*, of this county, accidentally shot her brother, Eugene Eubanks, aged 14 years, the load en tering the lad'a heart, killing him In stantly. Young Eubanks first removed the shell and snapped It several times and then replaced the shell In the breech. Mies Eubanks picked up the gun, not knowing her brother had replaced the shell, and snapped It The gun was discharged and her brother fell to the floor—shot through the heart. ROOSEVELT CHILDREN BURDENED WITH PETS By Private Leaned Wire. New York, June 8.—The Roosevelt children are at Oyeter Bay today ready for a long summer of plcnlce end other pleasures. With a menagerie of pets of all de scriptions and In the care of a corps of attendants, they reached the presi dent's summer home yesterday. The gladdest person In Oyster Bay was Archie Roosevelt, who has been home for about two week*. Mrs. Roosevelt Is expected home In a few deya and the president will come on aa soon aa he can. will be devoted to Bible study. Rev. Lincoln G. Hulley, president of the John B. Stetson University, In Florida, will teach a course In Epistles, and Miss Charlotte Porter, secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association In Detroit, will teach "Old Testament Characters." The city conference will be taught by Miss Florence Simms, extension and Industrial secretary of the American committee. She will be assisted by Miss Adele Dlsbro, city secretary for the Carolines and the gulf states. Miss Theresa Wilbur, secretary of the student department, will conduct the college conference. She will be assisted by four secretaries of the ter ritory. The faculty members' con ference will he In charge of Mrs. Geo. Atkinson, of Raleigh, atate chairman of the Carolines. There will he no meetings In the afternoons, ths tlm* being left for rest and recreation. The speakers who have promised to make addresses are: hire. George H. Atkinson, secretary of the Carolines: Miss Loura Radford, Calcutta, India; Robert R. Speer, member of the Amer ican committee of the Y. M. C. A. Rev. Floyd Tomkins,' Philadelphia Dean Eklward 1. Bosworth, Oberlln, Ohio; Mias Ellen Stone, of Bulgaria, and Rev. Alfred H. Moment, D. D. Raleigh, N. C. COULDN’T PAY DEBTS, SO ENDED HIS LIFE CONGRESSMAN ADAMS. Here Is a picture of Robert Adams, Jr., lets a congressman from the Sec ond Pennsylvania district, who com mitted suicide on Friday last. It known among Mr. Adams' friends that he was a dealer In the stock market for many years and that If he wan In debt he thought It the most honorable thing to take his life. Mr. Adame was one of the most popular representatives In congress. EQUIPMENT COMPANY APPLIES FOR CHARTER Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn, June 8.—The Chattanooga Equipment Company has applied for a charter for the purpose of manufacturing machinery for min ing and manufacturing purposes. The capital stock Is 310,000. A Sign of poor Mood circulation Is shortness of breath after walking, coin* upstairs, sweeping, singing, excitement. auger, fright, etc. poor Wood drrulatlon means a sick heart, and n sick heart la a re salt of weak and Impoverished nerves. Every one knows the resalts of poor Wood circulation, lint everybody does not £5? i?MM£ JZir£££r&grsr ** Dr. Miles’ New Heart Cure heart very bad, who failed to help him. lie took Mile*' Heart Cere nod Nervine, nod li entirely cured. ” Jilts. J. XI. RAVEL, Reading, Pa. By W. 0. CLEMENT. Special to The Georgian. Rome, Go, June 8.—The sales for the month of May at the Rome dis pensary were the largest known since that Institution was established. The net sales for last month were >30,- 608.38. In 1905 the sales for ths month of May amounted to 314,245.45. This shows the remarkable increase of 36,264.73, which Is the greatest Increase ever known. The new administration took charge the first of the year, and since that time the increases In sales have been >26,267.36. A Damage Suit. Andrew Gordon, colored, has filed suit In the superior court against W. J. West, broker, for the recovery of 310,- 000 alleged damages. Tsaehsrt Will Attend Mseting. The teachers of Floyd county will at tend the annual summer Institute, of the teachers of Floyd, Polk and Pauld ing counties at Rockmart the second week In July. The expenses of tho teachers will be paid In full by the board of education. The Institute will be in session five days, and It Is proba ble that two hundred teachers will at tend. . Will Address Fruit Growsrs. Colonel Walter T. Cheney, wh6 Is prominently connected with the fruit Interests of north Georgia, has gone to the southern part of the atate to ad dress the peach growers at different points. Rome Pythiane Elect Officers. Mount Alto lodge, Knights of Py thias, met Wednesday night and elect ed officers for the ensuing year aa fol lows: Chancellor Commander—F. F. Short. Vice Chancellor—J. B. Winfrey. Prelate—J. J. Morris. Master of Work—H. P. Duncan. Master at Arms—Charles Moore. Inner Guard—Marion Fisher. Outer Guard—T. C. Bright. Trustee—J. W. Miller. New Stamping Clerk. R. S. Holliday, of Atlanta, haa ar rived and will assume the position of stamping clerk of the Rome office of the Southeastern Tariff Association. He will also have charge of the examina tion of all Insurance risks In this dis trict. Mr. Holliday has been connected with the Atlanta offlee of the associa tion. Roms Man Appointed. Colonel Walter W. Brooks, a promt nent. attorney of Rome, has been ap pointed by Governor Terrell a member of the state library commission. Col onel Brooks Is greatly Interested In the extension of the library system throughout the state, especially In northwest Georgia. Child Has Meningitis. The 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. John Towns, who reside'In North Rome, Is reported to have meningitis. It Is dangerously 111 and not expected to live. Anderson-Rush. The marriage of Mr. Olln W. Ander son, of Texas, to Miss Mamie B. Rush took place at the country home of the bride’a parents yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock at Rush’s chapel, a few miles east of Rome. The ceremony waa per formed by Rev. Y. L. Chastain, pas tor of the North Rome Methodist church. Immediately after the recep tion the couple left for Texas. Adoption Papers Taksn. The baby which waa left at th* home of Rev. Luke Johnson a few day* ago by an unknown party ha* been legally adopted by Mr. and Mrs. .Fred Weffer- llng. who live on East First street Judge Moses Wright signed the papers yesterday. Small Mortality Record. The death record for Borne during the month of May waa the lowest known for many year*. Only two white and live colored Intermenta were made In Myrtle Hill cemetery. The report shows that one of the white* was be tween 20 and 80 year* and the other from 40 to 60 year* of age. Three of the nefcroes were under one year of age, one between 80 and 10, and one be tween 46 and 50 year* of age. One of th# negroes wo* * non-resident and three were pauper*. Second Baptist Church Revival. A special revival service will begin at the Fifth Avenue Baptist church next Sunday morning, conducted by the taator. Rev. Henry Fanrher, assisted by Rev. F. H. Watkins, of Union Spring*. Ala. Death of Mrs. Tally. Mr*. Lime Tally, aged 60 years, died at her horn* on W**t First street Tuesday afternoon at 4:20 o’clock, aft- AR EGYPTIAN COTTON EXPERIMENT FARM Special to The Georgian. Charlbtte, N. C„ June 8.—A company of German and, American cotton grow ers, Including John Scherf, of Con cord, N. C.; P. H. Scherf and M. S. Scherf? of Germany, and J. B. Carroll, of Houston, Texas, have secured 10,000 acres of agricultural lands near Win ston-Salem, N. C., and propose to con duct some Interesting experiments In the cultivation of Egyptian cotton. The eeeds to be planted come from the country of the pyramids, and cotton men throughout the section are watch ing the experiment with more than ordinary Interest. The same parties also own a large tract of cotton lands In the state of Texas. WIRELESS STATION WILL BE ESTABLISHED Special to The Georgian. Rome, Ga., June 8.—A. W. Fickett, special representative of the Pacific Wireless Telegraph Company, has been III the city for several days for the S urpose of looking Into the amount of uslneas that Is done In the way o( telegraphy or by long-distance tele phones and making arrangements for the Installation of a Rome office for his company. Mr. Fickett Bays that a strong build ing le needed upon which to establish the wireless station, and that a station will be put In at Rome within four months. SENT CHlV-D TO FIELD ’AND THEN SUICIDED. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., June 8.—Mrs. Mary Ray sent a daguhter and a hired man to the field to work and to carry dinner for her husband and then, tlelng a rope about her neck, Jumped front the loft In the barn at her home, near Sparta, Tenn., dying Instantly. Ill health Is given as the cause. Forty-four Initiated. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn, June 8.—Forty- four candidates for the secrets of ths Knights of the Khorassans from Mem phis, Nashville, Knoxville, Atlanta and other surrounding cltlea crossed the not sands of the desert here after parading the streets for the spring carnival. The festivities ended In a climax when nearly 100 of the brave knights ban queted at the Rathskeller. er a long Illness. She leave# four chil dren—Mr. T. R. Talley. Mr. Lamar Talley, Miss Eva Talley and MU* Shorter Talley, all of this city. 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