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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MONDAY, TONE U, 1166.
"I GOT MO GIFTS," BIG SHIP AGROUND
DECLARES CASSATT WITH 1,000 PERSONS
HEAD OF “PENNSV SYSTEM
ANSWERS PROBING COM.
Tells of His Holdings of Stock
in Five Companies Doing Bus-
iness in Pennsylvania,
B> Private Leaned Wire.
Philadelphia, June II.—In answers
questions propounded by a special In
vrstlgatlng committee appointed by the
director* of the Pennsylvania.'railroad
to probe charges of graft In connection
with the administration of the rood,
President A. J. Cassatt admits that he
o» ns 4,647 shares of stock, valued at
1350,000, In four steel rail and equip
m> nt companies, which make sales to
tho Pennsylvania Company. He says,
however, that the stock was purchased
by him.
Mr. Castatt admits that he owns
I.29S shares In the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, from which the road buys
rail- His own answers show also that
he personalty purchases the' rails for
the entire system. This, he says, Is In
S', i rilanre with established custom,
aiel all purchases, he says, ore reported
> t" the board of directors for their ap
Koval.
r Company Furnishes Material.
Tli" Union Switch and Signal Com
irnt.y, In which President Cassatt ad
cits ho Is Interested, furnishes the
'Pennsylvania railroad with other
quire meats.
Mr. Cassatt asserts that he has no
st' -k In any coal mine located on the
IVmrylvanla system, or which uses
the latter for transporting Its products.
Tells of Hie Holdings.
Ctntlnulng, Mr. Cassatt soys, In his
stitt.mient to the special committee:
' The only coal stock owned by me
sin e becoming president of the Penn
mltanla railroad Is 160 shares of the
.Millwood Coal and Coke Company,
which stock has been sold, but In view
of the reputed rumors of my being a
holder of storks of the Keystone Coal
«'"l Coke Company, the Herwind-
White Coal Mining Company and the
Henrietta Coal Company, I think It
proper to state that 1 never owned or
h id any Interest In the stocks of the
K* y st one Coal and Coke Company or of
the Henrietta Coal Company, nor have
l Her had any Interest In the Arm of
Cassatt A,Co. I never owned nny
-' k of the Uerwlnd-Whlle Coni ^Iln-
Imc Company while an officer of tho
Pennsylvania company, either during
my former connection with the com
pany. which terminated by my resigna
tion of the vice presidency In the fall
of ISIS, nor since I became president
In ISM, but when In 1886 Charles J.
Un w ind, then head of the partnership
"f lterwlnd, White & Co., formed the
present Uerwlnd-Whlte Coal Mining
Company, to take over the business of
thnt Arm, I purchased 400 shares of
1 he stock of the company and paid for
1. .it the then market price, which was
2 per cent of Its par value. I sold
till* stock In 1891. You will observe
that It was purchased four years after
1 . c ased to be an ofArer of the com
pany and was sold eight years before I
whs elected to the presidency. I never
had any Interest In the partnership of
Berwlnd, White A Co."
He Got No Gifts.
Cassatt says he has holdings of stock
of the Pennsylvania Steel Company,
the ''ambln Steel Company and two
si. iller Industrial companies.
He says ha has not directly per-
f.. med any service. In connection with
tl" receipt, transportation or delivery
"f any freight shlp|ied by or consigned
I,, any of the companies ho named. 11a
siiye he has not performed any duties
In connection with the distribution of
or allotment of onra or the furnishing
of filings, equipment, motive power,
dockage or other accommodations for
am of the eortipanles named, unless the
pui.liase of locomotives anil cars for
the general business of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company and the furnish
ing of sidings, under the kuthortsatlon
of tho board of directors, muy be held
to i."no within the scope of the ques
tlon asked.
H> also says he has never received
cm . "initilsslon, compensation, gift or
Kiatuttjr.of any kind from any shipper
cm the Pennsylvania lines, or any of the
tl\. companies he mentions In hla first
BRADSTREET REPORT
CAUSES ASRE TO SUE
. Alleging that hi* buslnet* and repu
te have been libelled gronly, malt
« i unly and falsely, H. M. Ashe has
flit d suit for 125,000 damages against
th< Bradatreet company.
The petitioner alleges that in a re-
jmw t ent out by the defendant company
on April II, t®0«, It was stated that a
petition for a receiver had been filed
mrainst Mb typewriter buBinenn, and
that this notice, which gave the Impres-
*ton that he was financially embar-
rashcil, was read by the subscribers to
the Bradstreet company.
Tint suit was Died by Culberson A
ALTAR IS DECORATED
WITH BASEBALL BATS
By Private Leased Wire.
Toledo, Ohio, June 11.—After pap
ti.. paring In a championship ball game
Sunday the Toledo and Milwaukee
American Association teama attended
h pedal service at Trinity Episcopal
' Lurch, where the well known author.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, It rec-
The chancel and alter was appro
priately decorated and conspicuous
among the decorations were baseball
I'.'ts, masks, gloves and cheat protec
tors.
The rector declared baaeball to be
an honorable profession and tnld the
playhre that to win games they mutt
►trice for auccett and be temperate In
habits. The sermon created a sensa
tion in Trinity pariah, many of whose
Lera oppose Sunday baa
TUGS SENT TO RESCUE PAS
SENGERS IF NECESSARY
There Is No Sea and Only a
Light Wind Is
Blowing.
By Private Leased Wire.
Philadelphia, June 11.—The big
steamer Westerlanlsnd went aground
on South shoals, at the entrance to the
Delaware bay, today. The steamer has
on board nearly one thousand passen
ger*.
According to reports received she Is
hard aground, and In the mud, Aylng
signals of distress. Several tugs have
been sent to her assistance, also the
pilot boat Pennsylvania, In case
would be necessary to land passengers
or lighten the weight of the ship. The
signals are unable to be read, but It la
believed she Is In no Immediate dan
ger. There Is no sea and a very ilght
wind Is blowing.
SISTER WAS CRUEL RUSS
SAYS PRETTY GIRL
MISS GOSS ASSERTS COSTLEY
DID NOT ENTICE HER AWAY
Sixteen-Year-Old Girl States That
Sister Told Her to Leave
Her House.
SIX PERSONS DROWN
DURINGJG STORM
HALF A DOZEN HURT BY FALL
ING TREES—SCORE ES
CAPE DEATH.
By Prlrate Leaied Wire.
New York, June II.—Bis persons were
drowned, six persons were seriously' hurt
liy n falling tree nnd n wore nnrrowly
escaped drowning ns the retail of n fierce
gale that swept over this section yesterday.
The wind- blew 60 mllcn an hour, nearly
overturned many nmnll craft and lent thou-
•nnrta of pleasure seekers worrying for
shelter ns It swept the various parts of
the water.
Three - men were drowned by the
capelslng of the yacht Lottie off the
west bank In New York bay. She had
a flehlng party of eleveh on board, In
charge of Captain Theodore Bownett.
Hugo Ltmberg, 23 years old, of Long
Island City, ws* nut In a racing shell
oppoette Flushing, when the etorm
broke. His shell wa* overturned and
he waa drowned before help could
reach him.
Charles Reilly, 20 years old, and
William Hughes, 20 years old, were In
•wlmmlng olf West Thirty-fifth street,
when the etorm broke, and were
drowned.
At Newbufg, Mlea lone M. Bunn, of
West Union, O., waa killed by a tree
that wa* blown down. Her mother,
Mre. J. W. Bunn, wa* aerloualy hurt
and Hazel Coonan received a broken
Lightning atruck a (team launch off
Eltlngvlllr, Staten Ialand, and stunned
the two occupants, Mr. and Mr*. Ed
ward Cook. The launch was sinking
when other boats reached It and saved
the Cook*.
Lightning struck a trae In Jamaica,
under which William Block and hla
wife and Max Schlmole and Nathan
Illffellbolt had taken shelter, and all
four were severely burned and stunned.
SIX ARURRESTED
' IN MURDER CASE
Accuaed of enticing from her home
hie sweetheart, pretty Addle Goes, 16
years of age, of It Almo street, near
the Exposition Cotton Mills, Earl Cqst
ley, of 129 Belwood avenue, an em
ployee of the Atlanta Steel Hoop Com
pany, was arrested Sunday night by
Bicycle Policemen Arthur and Hard
away and locked In the police station.
Mlea Goes waa also taken Into cue
tody and placed in care of Miss San
derson, police matron. Both Costley
and Miss Goss were found at the home
of Willie Collls, ID Bush street, where
the girl has been staying since last
Wednesday, at which time she dlsap
peered from her home.
The*arrest of Costley was made on a
warrant taken out before Justice of
the Peace Puckett by Marlon Hayes, a
brother-in-law of the pretty runaway.
The trial has been set for 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning before Judge Puck
ett.
When seen Monday morning In the
matron's ward, the girl denied that her
sweetheart. had anything to do with
causing her to leave home. On the
contrary, she said, the young man had
tried to dissuade her from running
away. The girl wears a picture of
young Costley in her breastpin.
"I ran away from home last Wednes
day of my own accord,” said Miss Goss.
“Mr. Costley had nothing whatever to
do with my leaving home. I had met
Mice Collls at my home on a previous
occasion and I at once went to her
house. I left home simply because I
have not been treated right. My sla
ter, Etta, wife of Marlon Hayes, or
dered me to leave home, telling me I
was not wanted there. I have been
working In the mill and Wednesday
when I left home, I told mother r was
going to the mill to'get my money. She
told me she hoped I would not retuni
and I didn't. I telephoned Mr. Costley
Wednesday night and he came to see
me. He came again Thursday and then
last night. On each visit he cried and
begged me to return home."
Costley tell* substantially the same
story as the girl. He says she told him
the night before she left home she In
tended to run away, and that he then
Instated that she change her mind,
POLICE COMMISSION
MEETING POSTPONED
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June It.—Six men have
been arrested In connection with the
murder of Mrs, Alice Ktnnan on the
plaasa of the Stanton mansion at 2464
aahlngton avenue, and the police de
Clare that before nightfall at least one
other person will be In custody.
Thsre Is no official pretense, how
ever, that the mystery l» any nearer
solution than It wag when the victim
was round while breathing her last.
Each fact that haa been brought to
light so fnr hot tended only to discredit
some previously ascertained circum
stance or to upset some carefully de
veloped theory of the Investigator*.
Seldom have the detectives of New
York been forced to confess themselves
«o utterly hopelessly helpless. Seldom
he* expert analysts proved so futile
and Ineffective.
No substantial motive has been e»
tabltshed. Detective Sergeant price. In
charge of the Bronx detective bureau,
announced today that the husband of
the murdered woman hail been located
and that within a few hours he would
be eommuntented with directly.
"But." said Price, "we will not take
him Into custody. There Is no evidence
that he Is Implicated In this strange
case. He may be able, however, to tell
us facts that may guide us to the
slayer."
Sergeant MrCapley, of the Bronx de
tective force, declared today that Mrs,
Ktnnan had a quarrel a week ago In a
cafe with a man prominent In the Ital
ian colony adjacent to the old Stanton
homestead.
This man's Identity Is known and he
111 be arrested today.
The six men arreeted on suspicion
are Italians who live In the neighbor.
hood. -
WAS SPIRITED AWAY
INTO ANOTHER STATE
Kpeclsl to Tho fleorstan.
Moultrie, Oa., June 11.—Another
chapter Is added to the alleged kidnap
ing of Mrs. Jessie Holland, who. It Is
claimed, was forcibly taken away from
her husband on thg morning following
her elopement at midnight.
Young Holland went before Ordlns-
T. H. Parker Saturday and secured
writ requiring Mrs. Laura Peterman,
mother of the bride, to come to Moul
trie and show cause why she should
restrain the young woman against her
will and without due process of law.
The friends of the family heard of the
action and passed the word out In time
for the mother to get the daughter
across the state line before the officer
arrived.
Republican Convention Called.
Kpectat to The (teorxlan.
Chattanooga. Tenn., June II.—The
county Republicans have called a con
vention to meet at the court house here
June 23 to aelect delegates to attend
the state convention .which convenes
Nashville July 3L
The police commission will not meet
Tuesday night, an has been expected',
and the three Investigations scheduled
for that time will be postponed In-
definely.
Owing to the Importance of the mat
ters to come before the commission, It
Is announced that a meeting will not
be held until a time when all of the
commissioners rnn be present. Com
missioner Brandon le at present absent
from the city, at the bedside’of hie
sister, who le III In Chattanooga, and
will not be present Tuesday night.
Chairman Terry stated Monday that
he could not tell when the meeting
would be held. Mayor Woodward and
Commtseloner Venable expect to be ab
sent from the city during the next few
days and this \\lll prevent the calling
of a meeting for an early date.
Charges Have Been Served.
Chief Jennlnga has served formal
charges on Station Sergeants Turner
and Mitchell and Detective Lockhart,
and It Is expected everything will be
In readiness for the Investigations
when the meeting ts convened.
Each of the three officers le charged
with conduct unbecoming an officer.
Sergeants Turner and. Mitchell are ac
cused of allowing Edna Rexford, the
former chorus girl and star witness In
the Moon-Bohnefeld Investigation, to
use the big vault In the police station
as a dressing room, while Detective
Lockhart Is charged with appropriat
ing to Ills own use certain articles of
vnlue turned over to him tor Investiga
tion. This charge Is brought by Joe
Eplan, a pawnbroker at ’36 Decatur
street.
Captain to Be Elected.
The election of a successor to former
Captain Moon le alio scheduled for the
romlng meeting, and this promises a
lively fight, because of the muddled
condition of the police civil service
question.
The board will have to determine
whetherclvll service Is really In'effect
and whether the new raptatn will have
to stfind a civil service examination or
be Elected In the old way.
BELIEVEDTillOEF
TURNED DOWN PATRICK
OUTRAGES REPORTED FROM
TOWN NEAR WARSAW.
Sensation Is Sprung in Douma by
Effort to Bring Up Mili
tary Affairs.
Packing House Legislation
Talked Behind Locked Doors
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington. Juno 11.—The house committee on agriculture went Into
executive session this morning to consider legislation designed to cor
rect the evils recently complained of In the packing house busi
ness.
By Prlrate Leaied Wire.
Warsaw. Polan, June 11.—News
comes today of a terrorist attack at
filedlce. Three officials, the burgo
master. police secretary and governor’s
chief of staff, were fired upon aa they
were walking together. All were
wounded and It Is feared the burgo
master and chief will not live.
DEMANDS TO BE HEARD
ON MILITARY MATTERS.
By rrlrate Leased wire.
St. Petereburg, June II.—When the
douma waa opened today there were
vague threats of Impending trouble.
Without warning the military procu
rator, M. Pavloff, sprang upon the floor
and demanded to be heard on military
affairs. Great opposition was shown,
as this was not In the day's program.
The matter wae left under advlaement
with President Mouremetelf,
WAS TRYING TO
HIS HONEST
PAY
DEBTS
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 11.—The
tragic death of Mr*. Charles T, Price
at her home' here from grief because
her husband, who woe a laborer, was
driven out of the city by debt, appeals
to the human sympathies end is one of
the great sacrifices. The poor woman's
husband was In hiding In a town near
by trying to earn money to afford his
wife and two children with the bare
necessities of life. But his efforts In
this respect seem to have been In vain,
for hie poor wife died of a broken
heart In abject poverty after twine
were born to her. A letter which the
poor husband wrote his wife recently,
which strikes the sympathetic chord of
the sympathetic, has been' found. It
reads In part aa follows:
"Dear Llxxle—1 am working and will
send for you aa soon as you are able
to come to me. Keep this to yourself
and tell no one. Keep the bill man off.
Tell him to be easy and he will get hie
money. Love to the dear little chit
dren, and God bless you all.”
But that letter did not save hla poor
wife. The Salvation Army burled .the
remains and the poor husband's heart
Is broken with grief.
SEABOARDTO BECOME
COAL l|Kt|
' A i
Special to The Georgian.
Portsmouth, Vo., June 11.—RallroaA
circles here are Interested In the latest
announcement from New York regard
ing the preparations being made there
to make the Seaboard Air Line railway
a coal carrying road. Thomas P. Ryan.
Ladenburg, Thallman * Co., and Nor
man R. Ream and others, who are the
dominating spirits of the Seaboard, are
organising a gigantic corporation, with
capital In the neighborhood of 330,-
000,600, to take over the Clinchfleld
Valley coal fields.
Connection with the building of the
South and Western railroad from Bris
tol, Va.-Tonn., has always .been ac
credited to' the Seaboard, through the
knowledge of the fact that Ryan Is the
spirit behind the construction of this-
road.
Alfred Walter, the new president of
the Seaboard Air Line railway, la also
Interested In tha new road.
The South and Western taps rich
coal lands In the Clinchfleld district. It
has been understood for some time that
the Seaboard will use Southport, N. c.,
as Its coal port. Last winter the route
from Hamlet to Southport, making con
nection with the South and Western,
was surveyed by Seaboard engineers.
POPE PIUS IS GUARDED
EROM ATTACK BY REDS
A TLANTA AND GEORGIA FOLK
TRA VELDURINGWARMDA YS
By Private Leased Wire,
New York, June 11.—Mr. and Mrs.
David Woodward, of Atlanta, are at
Poughkeepsie, where their daughter,
Mis Marlon Woodward, will graduate
at Vassar. Among the other Southern
girls receiving degrees at Vassar this
year are Miss Maybell Roden, of Blr-
and Rose Converse, of Atlanta.
Miss Mary Ellen Harris haa return
ed to her home In Montgomery, after
attending Mrs. Semple's school during
the winter.
Miss Isabelle Thomas has returned
to New York, after a visit to her sis
ter. Mrs. Marshall Johnston, In Macon,
Oa.
Mr. and Mrs. Will X. Harben and
children hare left for the mountains
of north Georgia, to remain during the
balance of June and July. Mr. Har-
ben always spends part of each year
amid the scenes and nmnng the chnr
mtngham, and Misses Frances Stewart peters he has made so famlllnr In Ills
stories, “The Georgians," “Abner Dan
tel,” "Pole Baker," and others.
Dr. nnd Mrs. Downey, of Gaines
vllle, Ga., were In New York on their
way to the medical convention in lies
ton.
LOCAL NEWS CONDENSED
By Private Leased Wire.
Rome, Italy, June II.—Fear was felt
yesterday for Pope Plus when he at
tended St. Peter's for the beatification
of the venerable Dona Ventura, of Bar
celona, reports being current that the
anarchists from France had formed a
plot to assassinate the pontiff. How
ever, nothing occurred to mar the occa
slon. Persons to the number of several
thousand were admitted to the basil
ica on tickets. The police used every
E recautlon to Insure the safety of hit
ollnets.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June It.—The report was
current today that Recorder Goff had
completed his opinion refusing a new
trial to Lawyer Albert T. Patrick, who
le under sentence to die next Monday
In Bing Sing prison tor the murder of
William M. Rice.
Patrick's lawyer*. It le elated, have
prepared for an adverse decision, and
have the papers ready for an applica
tion to the United States supreme
court for a writ of error and for a writ
of habeas corpus.
The last resort In the effort to save
Patrick will be an application to Gov
ernor Higgins for a commutation of
the death sentence.
Bend Election Carries.
Special to The Georgian.
t'amesvUle, Oa, June it.—The bond
election In Franklin county to build
a court house carried by 193 major
ity.
t'olonel n F. Camp was nominated
for the senate by over 300 majority.
S. 8. Swilling was nominated for
representative.
MAN SHOT TO DEATH
AT CHIPLEY SUNDAY
Special to The Georgian.
Chlpley, Ga., June 11.—T. T. Hur
rah was shot and Instantly killed here
yesterday evening about 7 o'clock. J.
A. Hantey was charged with the killing,
arrested and locked up In the guard
house, but subsequently It was ascer
tained that he had gotten out.
Member of Governor's Staff.
Special to The Georgian. .
Columbus, Oa., June II.—Thopolls T.
Murray, a banker and member of the
governor's staff, was shot and kilted
at Chlpley Sunday evening by A. C.
Hasty, a citizen of that place.
An old grudge datee back to the kill
ing of Haaty's brother by Irvin at the
Smith speaking two weeks ago.
B. M. Holman Here.
B. M. Holman, of the well known
firm of Lord & Thomas, one of the
leading advertising agencies of the
United States, Is at the Piedmont. Mr.
Holman has covered the Southern
territory for a number of years, and is
a recognized authority on all adver
tising matters.
Tent Meetings Successful.
The tent meetings at Brisbane park
are attracting very much attention.
They are being held under the direc
tion of the Congregational Methodist
Church- on Cooper street In the ab
sence of the pastor of this church, Rev.
Rolfe Hunt, who left Sunday for Rome,
where he had made a previous engage
ment Rev. Dr. Woodward spoke Sun
day night, and Edward Young Clarke,
Jr., qf The Atlanta Constitution, will
speak Monday and Wednesday nights.
Dr. Rolfe Hunt had to go to Rome on
account of an engagement he had
made several months ago, and before
he knew anything of the tent meet
ings. He Is expected to return either
Wednesday or Thursday of this week.
Leaves For Home.
A. O. McCurry, who haa been the
guest of friends In this city for aev
eral. weeks, left Sunday afternoon for
his home In Hartwell, where he will
spend the summer vacation before re
turning to his studies In the Maryland
Medical College, In Baltimore, In which
Institution he has been a pupil for the
post two years.
Passes Through Atlanta.
Eugene Jackson, of Tampa, Flo., spent
Sunday In the city while en route to
hla home for the summer after com
pleting the term at the Southwestern
Baptist University at Jackson, Tenn.,
where he Is studying to enter the min
istry.
Free Lecture to Negroes.
At the Friendship Baptist Church at
8 o'clock this evening will be given a
free lecture by Rev. W. B. Shepard, a
Presbyterian missionary, who has re
cently returned from a visit to Africa,
and who will tell of the conditions as
he found them there.
Another Picnic Suit.
Mrs. Llnla Clark haa filed suit against
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Company and the Central of Georgia
Railway Company for 36,000 damages
for Injuries alleged to have been re
ceived In the wreck of the Atlanta and
West Point picnic train, June 6.
Post B Going to Chsrlsaton.
Post B, Travelers’ Protective Asso
ciation, will run Its annual seashore
excursion to Charleston and the Isle of
Palms on June 28. Tickets will be
good for five days.
A special committee of T. P. A. mem
bers will be In charge of this outing
and all are assured a delightful trip
who go. The excursion Is for ladles
and gentlemen only.
124th Georgia Report Out.
The One Hundred and Twenty-fourth
Georgia report came from the hands of
the state printer Monday morning, nnd
is now In the hands of the state llbrar
tan for distribution and sale.
Superior Court Judge Busy,
Governor Terrell Is having some dif
ficulty In finding two superior court
judges dlssngaged this week to sit on
the special tax case In the supreme
court Friday, In which Justices Cobb
and Lumpkin are disqualified. He Is
also seeking a Judge to go to Miller
county next week to hold court for
Judge Sheffield, who Is quite III and
has not been able to preside In his cir
cuit for over a year. The governor
hopes to secure the two judges to pre
side In the supreme court within the
next day or so.
Two Officers for Third.
Reorganization of the Third Regi
ment continues slowly, Tracey-,I. Hick
man, of Augusta, has been appointed
captain and commissary and George W.
Shackelford, of Augusta, second lieu
tenant and battalion quartermaster.
Alleges Desertion.
Alleging that Chester McDonald de-
serted her on July 16, 1901, Mrs. Clara
McDonald has filed suit for total di
vorce. The petitioner, who avers that
she and the defendant were married In
Marietta, December 19, 1896, prays for
the restoration of her maiden name,
Clara Wallace.
Wants 425,000 Damages.
A 326,000 damage suit against the
Central of'Georgia and Atlanta and
West Point railroad companies Wan
filed Monday morning by Westmore
land Bros, and W, 8. Howard, for Wil
liam B. Short, who alleges that he was
Injured In the wreck of the Atlanta and
West Point picnic train June 6, at the
Fair street crossing In Atlanta. The
plaintiff avers that his earning capacity
before the wreck was 3360 a month.
Chairman Yeomans in Atlanta.
Hon. M. J. Yeomans, chairman of the
state Democratic executive committee,
was In Atlanta Monday, and called on
Governor Terrell. "Nothing new," he
said when asked If any significance at
tached to his visit to the capital now.
'Just passing through Atlanta." Major
J. F. Hanson, of Macon, president of
the Central railroad, was also a visitor
to the capttol Monday.
RE WANTED NEGRESS
BURIED BY RIS SIDE
By Private Leased Wire.
Lexington, Ky„ June 11.—William K.
Howe, of Florence county. South Caro
lina, and his two nieces, Ethel and
Malvina Howe, have filed suits here
to break the will of Major B. M.
Thomas, the late noted breeder and
turfman. The features of the will
most bitterly' attacked by the plain
tiffs are the clauses wherein Major
Thomaa requested that his old family
servant, "Aunt Marguerite Prior," be
buried by hla side In Lexington cem
etery, and the one whereby he be-
Queathed practically all of hla real
estate to the negress.
The petition filed by the plaintiffs
alleges that It would be an everlast
ing disgrace to the character of Major
Thomas and his relatives to have the
will carried out. They allege that the
negro woman used undue Influence
over the turfman during the last few
rs of his life, when hla mind waa
weakened.
CARE Of THE WOUNDED
IS BEING DISCUSSED
TWO HEAVILY FINED
IN WHISKY CASES
O. W. Johnson, a railroad man, re
siding in Marietta street, near the
junction of Walton street, "Brooklyn, 1
waa arrested Sunday afternoon by
Plain Clothes Officers Rowan, Rosser
and Starnes on the charge of operat
ing a blind tiger, and was arraigned
Monday morning before Recorder
Broyles.
After, hoarlng the evidence, the re
corder fined Johnson 360.75 and bound
him over to the state courts on the
charge of selling whisky and vagrancy.
The officer stated that Johnson came
to Atlanta recently from Birmingham
and that he haa been doing no work
of any kind. They said he has been
living In a dirty, unkempt upstairs
room In "Brooklyn." Johnson protest
ed that he has been Working on a rail
road.
J. K. Griffith, of 91 Central avenue,
was also fined 360.75 Monday morning
on the charge of operating a blind ti
ger. %he arrest was made Sunday by
the same trio of officers that arrested
Johnson. A number of empty bottlei
and other paraphernalia were confis
cated.
POPULIST TICKET
IS NOTJXPECTED
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMIT.
. .TEE TO MEET THURSDAY
Judge Hines Vetoes Movement To
Get Him to Head Populist
Ticket in Georgia,
Thursday, June 14, the state excca-
live committee of the People's p ar tv
will meet In Atlanta. The meeting will
be held at noon, and probably behind
closed doors.
Chalrr - ;n J. J. Holloway Issued tht
official call some time ago. Just what
action will be taken by th!« commlt'ea
does not appear on the surface yet
It is known that letter* have been
written to prominent Populists all
over Georgia urging them to writ.
K Hines, of Atlanta and *
s st that he stand for the governo?.
ship on the Populist ticket
Hines In an Interview, however ™
phattcally vetoes any juch movement
He says he is not a candidate for go,.
emor. will not bo a candidate for gov
ernor that tho Populists will not put
out a ticket, and that he Is for Hoke
Smith for governor. 8
U Is the general opinion now that
the executive committee will not urge
a state Populist ticket, and some ac
tlon may be taken toward Indorsing
Mr. Smith's candidacy. The nerron
nel of the Populist executive commit
tee Is as follows: J. J. Hollowav
chairman; J. Dan Woodall, Sr see
retary; Colquitt Daniel, first district
J. H. Parrish, second district- H M
Searcy, third district; R. b Gaston
fourth district; C. T. Parker, fifth d T":
a rlC n i F ‘ ►' Vlnlng ' * ixth district; J,
A. Bodenhamer, seventh district- w
B. Brldwell, eighth district; J. T Wa
ters, ninth district; W. J. Henning
tenth district; G. B. Crane, eleventh
district.
ONE PERSON KILLED
AND 25ARE INJURED
SOME OF THE PASSENGERS HURT
ARE EXPECTED TO DIE AS
RESULT OF WRECK.
Rsarrested on Forgary Charge.
special to The Georgian,
Olloden. Oa„ June 11.—Charged with
forgery In several places. Emmet W.
Jordan has been rearrested. Claiming
to represent the Baldwin Locomotive
Works of Philadelphia, be succeeded In , .
$*35 Y* * *° c *** > • ch «ck forjeasary by constantly shifting condi-
Bj Private Leased Wire.
Geneva, June II.—Today the first
regular aesatons of the Red Croea con
ference were held with a flatteringly
large attendance, not a single nation
of prominence being without represen.
tat Ion. All day yesterday the delegates
were arriving, and there are still some
absentee*. Many of the delegates will
also attend the coming meeting of the
nations at the The Hague while on the
continent. This Is true of the United
States representatives who represent
both branches of the service. They are
General George B. Davis, judge advo
cate general of the United States army;
Colonel W. C, Sanger, of the American
Red Crass Society; General R. M.
O'Reilly, surgeon general; Captain c.
8. Speery, U. 8. S- president of the
naval war college; Doris Speery, mili
tary attache at The Hague.
The call for the Red Cross conven
tion waa made for the purpose of dis
cussing and agreeing upon uniform new
methods of caring for the sick and
wounded in battle, changes made nec-
i Uons
KEEPS LAWYERS HOME
Politics la somewhat caloric down In
Savannah Just now.
In fact, the situation there Is so acute
between the Citltens' Club and the
People’s Democratic League In the fight
for supremacy that only one 8avannah
lawyer wa* present in the supreme
court Monday morning when the East
ern clrclut waa reached.
Chatham county primary will be
pulled off Tueaday. Savannah attor
ney* are ao Intensely Intonated In the
reauIt-eve 7 body down there get* Into
the political game In aome way—that
though many cafe* from Savannah are
on the docket from the circuit, all but
one filed briefs Instead of coming to
argue In person.
The lone exception I* Edward 8. Hu
ger. who appeared before the court
Monday morning. Monday the final
rallies ere being held In Savannah, and
every disciple of Blavkatone la allied
on one aide or the other. The Cfilxer*'
Club and the People * Democratic
Lexme both have full county tickets
in the field, and the contest I* hot, avaa
tor Savannah.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 11.—One passenger
was killed - and at least twenty-five
were Injured today at Eatontown, X.
J., by the wrecking of an Atlantic City
express train on the New Jeraey South
ern railroad, which ran Into an open
switch.
All the physicians from Red Bank,
four miles away, and Elizabeth nnd
other places have been summoned to
nld the Injured. Some of tho pan Ken*
gers who were wounded will die. When
news of the wreck reached Elisabeth
a special train bearing doctors, nurses
and railroad officials was started for
Eatontown Immediately.
Most of the passengers on the train,
which left Atlantic City at 8:30 o'clock
this morning, were New Yorkers, who
were returning to the city after spend
ing Sunday at the shore.
The train, which Is run by the Cen
tral raldroad of New Jersey system,
waa due at Liberty street, New York,
at 11:40 a. m.
The engine of the ezpress plunged
top speed Into several boz cars
which stood on the switch.
CAPT. DECLARES CREW
THREATENED BIS Lift
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga.. June II.—With Cap
tain T. H. Mlmms locked In the cabin
and members of the crew bearing
marks of bpttte, the fishing smack
Oracle put Into port here yesterday.
The crew had the captain arresteo,
declaring he was crasy, and had at
tacked them, whereupon they shut him
In the cabin. The captain declared he
had taken refuge there after having
been attacked by the crctv. who sought
to murder him. Tho Oracle sailed from
Charleston three weeks ago.
AT THE THEATERS!
Old Favorltas Raturn.
There will be a happy gathering at
the Ponce' DeLeon Casino tonight, both
on and off the stage, for Little Chip.
Mary Marble, a well-selected Wells-
Dunne-Harlan company, and "tern
musical maidens will be the hosts in
"Glorlana," with all the Atlanta the
atergoers w'to can get tn the bulwin*
as guests. ,
The announcement of the return
these favorites haa aroused the Inter*"
of the amusement-seeking colony, in'-
know the entertainers and look tor •
rare, entertainment. And the pw
know they will he playing to re*u»r
friend*, and there will ptj
working to make th* performance -
good as the beat yet. ,,
The sale of reserved •»«»•*
the Grand box office. The boz '“ nd
closes at ( o'clock each afternoon,
will be opened At the P arlt m
o'clock. No seats can be put arid* *,
called for after the box office t »J
In the city, and th# first ca)|* r ?! [ M
summer theater box office wl11 *.Lny
pick of the best seats not actual
°The evnt will not be eclipsed ^
season, and there I* wl * S
musical comedy company in **“ '" lrl .
Little Chip I* actually “L'.^i P r ro-
eipal comedian* In the theatrlcc r f
teuton, and Monr Marble l» a
Importance. The supporting
Is perfect, and the chorus " 1 ^*^.
has no equal. The mustc has t f " Tlak
lected, and there will be t .|“ , n ‘ ni a.
and go that make all the WelU-Dun^
Harlan shows aucceaae*. rf .
Little Chip and Mlu Marble u
eelve royal welcome*, and <n ^
much Impatience for the opening >»
engagement.