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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY. JUNE 11. W"«- GOT NO GIFTS," BIG SHIP AGROUND iSISTEfi WAS CRUEL RUSS DECLARES CASSATT WITH 1,000 PERSONS SAYS PRETTY GIRL! lAD OP “PENNSY" SYSTEM TUGS SENT TO RESCUE PAS- ANSWERS PROBING COM. SENDERS IP NECESSARY VtUs of His Holdings of Stock There 18 No Sea and P nl y a :■ W In Pive Companies Doing Bus iness in Pennsylvania. ■r I'rlvtt* bunt Wire. Philadelphia, June 11.—In answer* to querHon* propounded bp a special In vestigating committee appointed by the . dir. ..ra of the Penoaylvnnla railroad to | i )b* charges of graft In connection S with the admlnlatratlon of the road, i\ President A. J. Cassatt admlta that ha / I own* 4.617 ahare* of stock, valued at | 1 1160,HOO, In four ateel rail and equip, j .. ment companlea, which make aalee to jf, the Pennaylranla Company, lie aaya, J. Itourver. that the Mock was purrhaaed ^ I by him. ' ' Mr. raaaatt admlta that he owna i 1 share* In the Pennaylvanla Steel Com mi up, from which the road buya ■ten“ HI* .,wn anawera show alao that he i>v-jnnlly purchaaea the ralla for kP' ent11 system. Thla, he aaya, la'In i <i.i>)•-< with eatabllahed cuatom, «n mirchaaea. he aaya, are reported m hoard of dlrectora for their ap* Company Furniahaa Matariat. .■ Union Switch and Signal Com- . In which Prealdent Caaaatt ad mit* It.* la Intereated, furnlahea the Pennaylvanla railroad with other re •Julrrmi llta. ■Mr 1 )'-aatt aaaerla that he haa no I, Jock In am coal mine loented on the ■Wennaylvanla ayatem. or which Light Wind Is Blowing. By Private l.eaaed Wire. Philadelphia, June 11.—The big at earner Westerlanland' went aground on South shoals, at the entrance to the Delaware bay. today. The ateamer haa on board nearly one thou Band peaaen He latter for transporting Ita product*. I Talla ef Hia Holdings. ' Continuing, Mr. Caaaatt aaya, In hla liit.-mi nt to the apeclal committee: J "The only roul atock owned by me a|n. •• becoming prealdent of the Penn sylvania railroad la 16ft aharea of the Millwood Coal and Coke Company, win. h atock haa been aold. but In view of tho reputed rutnora of my being a Holder of atocke of the Keyatona Coal anil Coke Company, tho Berwlnd- while Coal Mining Company and the Honr'etia Coal Company. 1 think It proper to alate that I never owned or Kt had any interrat In tho alocka of the !. Ke. atone Coal and Coke Company nr of “ Henrietta Coal Company, nor have ter had any Intereat In the nrm of ■ i Caaaatt Co. I never owned any f, • atock of the Borwlml-Whlto Coal Mln- t) ; , Ing Company while an officer of the , Pennaylvanla company, either during j l my former connection with the com- ». I pany. w hich terminated by my realgna- t I tlon of the vice preahlency In the full W! of 18S2, nor alnce I became prealdent Ij In ISM, hut when In J6S6 C’hnrlaa J. , Bet wind, then head of the partnerahlp ] ! of Berwind. White A Co„ formed the J - present IJerwInd-White Coal Mining 1 1 Company, to Igke over the buaineaa of ..« that llrni, I piirrhaaed 400 aharea of the Mock of the company and paid for ■ ‘'It at the than market price, which waa 26 i>er cent of Ita par vnlue. I ailhl , thla atock In Itgl- Tou will nbarrvc 11 that It waa purrhaaed four yeara after 1 ceaaed to be an officer of the com- ;• pany an l waa aold eight yeara before 1 •led to tho prealdency. I never : had any Intereat In the partnerahlp of Mad, White A Co." h Ha Got Ne Glfta. aaatt aaya he liaa hohllnga of atock he Pennaylvanla Steel Company Camblu Steel Company and two i smaller Industrial cottipanle*. •ays he haa not directly per- [ formed any service In connection with [the receipt, transportation or delivery | of any*, freight shipped hy or consigned 1 to nny of the companlea he nnnted. He soys tie haa not |ierformed nny duties In cnnnecikm with the distribution of or allotment of cars or the furnishing of sidings, equipment, motive power, ' kiisc or other accommodation* for of the companies named, unless tho purchase of locomotives and cam for • the Reneral buaineaa of the l’ennaylva- . nlu Itnllrond Company and the fumlah- t Ing of sidings, under the authorisation I of the hoard of dlrectora, may be held Bi;' to come within the scope of the quea- *1 tlon .isli, ulr-o'aaya he haa never received vmmlsali.n, compensation, gift nr tv of any kind from any ahl ' hoh iln- Pennsylvania lines, or any o I five companlea he mentions In Ilia first ■According to reports received she la hard aground, and In the mud, flying signals of distress. Several tugs have been sent to her aaafstanee, alao the pilot boat Pennsylvania, In case It 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 la In no Immediate dan ger. There Is no sea and a very light wind la btqwlng. SIX PERSONS DROWN DURINGJIG STORM HALF A DOZEN HURT BY FALL ING- TREES—8CORE E8- CAPE DEATH. BRADSTREET REPORT f CAUSES ASRE TO SOE King that hla buslnaaa and repu- [tathu. >.a»e been libelled grossly, mall- Nly and falsely, II. M. Ashe haa [ filet -uit for $26,000 damages against |t>ie itr.udatreet company. m tltloner alleges that'In a re- . nt out by the defendant company Ion Apt il It. 1»0$, It was stated that a ^Ka for a receiver had been tiled hla typewriter buaineaa, and [that tin- notice, which gave the Impres- t tint he waa flnanctatly embar- Iraaoe,]. waa read by the subscribers to [the iti )clrtreet company. lie cult waa Aled by CulberaoVt 4k IJohn*.u ILTAR IS DECORATED WITH BASEBALL BATS «-■ nv Private Leased Wire. Be-Toledo. Ohio. Juno II.—After |iar- ;• tlcipatlng In a championship hall game Sunday the Toledo and Milwaukee I American Asroclatlon teams attended 1 a special service at Trinity Episcopal ! church, where the well known author, , Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, Is rec- , tor. It The chancel and altar wan nppro- , priately decorated and conspicuous among the decorations were baseball bath, maaks, gloves and cheat protec- The rector declared baseball to be an honorable profession and told the plmrrt that to win games they must strive lor success and be temperate la hatiiti. The sermon created a seata- pn *n Trinity pariah, many of whose wtubers oppose Sunday bait lly Private Leased Wire. New York, June II.—HU persona were drowned, ala persons ware aertonaly bnrt by a falling tree and a score narrowly eleaped drowning as the remit of a fierce gale that ewept or«r thla saetloa yesterday. Ths wind tilsw 60 miles an hoar, nearly overturned many nmnll craft and sent thou nnnda ef pleasure seekers scurrying for nheltar an It swept the various parts of the water. Three men were drowned by the capelslng of the yacht Lottie off the weet bank In New Tork bay. She had a fishing party of eleven on board, In charge of Captain Theodore Bownett. Hugo Llmberg, 21 yearn old, of Long Island City, was out In a racing shell opposite Flushing, when the storm broke. Hla shell waa overturned and he was drowned before help could reach him. Charles Reilly, 20 yeara old, and William Hughes, 20 year* old, were In swimming off West Thlrty-nfth street, when the storm broke, and were drowned. At Newburg, Mlee lone M. Bunn, of Weet Union, O, was killed by a tree that was blown down. Her mother, Mrs. J. W. Bunn, waa seriously hurt and Hasel Coonan received a broken T.lghtnlng struck a steam launch ntr Eitlngvllle; Staten Island, and stunned the two occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Cook. The launch waa sinking when other boats ranched It and saved the Cooks. Lightning struck a tree In Jamaica, under which William Block and hla wife and Max Schlmole and Nathan Dtfrellbolt had taken shelter, and all four were severely burned and stunned. six arTarrested IN MURDER CASE MISS GOSS ASSERTS COSTLEY! OUTRAGES REPORTED PROM DID NOT ENTICE HER AWAY 1 TOWN NEAR WARSAW. Sixteen-Year-Old Girl States That Sister Told Her to Leave Her House. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 11,—Six men have been arrested In connection with the murder of Mrs. Alice Klnnan on the plaasa of the Stanton mansion at 1414 Washington avenue, and the police de clare that before nightfall at least one other |>erson will be In custody. There te no official pretense, how ever, that tpe mystery Is any nearer eolullon than It waa when the victim wan found while breathing her last. Each fact that has been brought to light ao far haa tended only to dlecredlt some previously ascertained circum stance or to upaet some carefully de veloped theory of the Investtgatore. Seldom have the detectives of New York been forced to confess themselves so utterly hopeleealy helpless. Seldom lute expert unulytls proved so futile and Ineffective. No substantial motive hae been es tablished. Detective Sergeant Price, In charge of the Bronx detective bureau, announced today that the hueband of the murdered woman had been located and that within a tew houra he would be communicated with directly. "But," said Price, “we will not take him Into custody. There Is n<t evidence that he la implicated In this strange cue. He may be able, however, to tell ua facta that may guide us to the slayer.” Sergeant McOapley, of the Bronx de- tactive 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 la known and he will be arrested today. The six men arrested on suspicion are Italians who live In the neighbor' hood. WAS SPIRITED AWAY INTO ANOTHER STATE Hpcclal to The (leorgtaa. Moultrie, G*., June It.—Another chapter Is ndded to the alleged kidnap ing of Mr*. Jessie Holland, who, It Is 'lalmed, wu forcibly taken away from her husband on the morning following her elopement at midnight. Young Holland went before ordina ry T. H. Parker Saturday and secured a writ requiring Mr*. 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 procces .of law. The friends of the family heard of the action and passed the word out In ttm* for the mother to get the daughter across the state Urn before the officer arrived. Republican Cenvention Called. Special to The Uenrgtaa. Chattanooga, Tenn.. June ll.—The epunty Repub.lrans have called a con- taapUun to meet at the court house here June 2* to eel set delegatee to attend the state convention which convene* la KubvIUe July 2L Accused of enticing from her home his sweetheart, pretty Addle Goss, 16 yeara of age, of II Almo street, near the Exposition Cotton Mills, Earl Cost- ley, of 12* 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. Ml»a Goes waa also taken Into cus tody and placed In care of Miss San derson, police matron. Both Coatley and Mias Goa* ware found at the home of Willie Colli*, 11 Bush street, where the girl haa been staying since last Wednesday, at which time she disap peared from her home. The arrest of Coetley was made on a warrant taken out beforo Justice of the Peace Puckett by Marlon Hayes, a brother-in-law of the pretty runaway. The trial haa been set dor 10 o'clock Tuesday morning before Judge Puck ett. When teen Monday morning In the matron’s ward, the glri denied that her aweetheart 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 glri wears a picture of young Coetley In her breastpin. "I ran nway from home last Wednes day of my own accord,” aald Mlss.Ooas. "Mr. Coatley had nothing whatever to do with my leaving home. I had met Mlaa Collli at my homo on a previous occasion and I at once went to her house. I left home simply because have not been treated right. - My ale ter, Etta, wife of Marion 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 I was going to the mill to get my money. Bhe told me she hoped I would not return and 1 didn't. I telephoned Mr. Coatley 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.” Coatley tells substantially the same story as the girl. He says she told him the night before alp left home she In tended to run away, and that he then Insisted that she change her mind. POLICE COMMISSION MEETING POSTPONED Packing House Legislation Talked Behind Locked Doors By Private Leased Wire. Washington. June 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. Sensation la Sprung in Douma by Effort to Bring Up Mill tary Affairs. Ily Private Leased Wire. Warsaw, Polan, June It.—New* cornea today of a terrorist attack at Bledlce. Three officials, the burgo master, police secretary and governor's chief of staff, were fired upon as they were walking together. All were wounded and It la feared the burgo master and chief will not live. DEMANDS TO BE HEARD ON MILITARY MATTER8, By Private Leased Wire. fet. Petersburg. June 11.—When the douma waa opened today there were vague throats of Impending trouble. Without warning the military procU' •tor. M. Pavloff, sprang upon the flooi and demanded to be heard on military affairs. Great opposition was shown, aa thla was not In the dny’s program. The matter was left under advleement with Prealdent Mouremsteff. WAS TRYING TO PAY HIS HONEST DEBTS Tha police commission will not meet Tuesday night, aa has been expected, and tho three Investigations scheduled for that time will be postponed In- deflnaly. Owing to tha Importance of tho mat- tors to come before tho commission. It la announced that a meeting will not be held until a time whan all of tho commissioners can be preeent. Com missioner Brandon la at present abeent from the city, at the bedside of hla sister, who la III In Chattanooga, and will not be preeent Tuesday night. Chairman Terry atated Monday that he could not tell when the meeting would be held. Mayor Woodward and Commissioner Venable expect to be ab sent from the'city during the next few days and this will provsnt the caHIng of a meeting for an early date. Chsrgsa Have Bsen Served. Chief Jenntng* has served formal charges on Station Sergeant* Turner and Mitchell and Detective Lockhart, and It Is expected everything will be In rrxdlnesx for i the Investigations when the meeting Is convened. Each of the three offleerx Is charged with conduct unbecoming an officer. Sergeanta Turner and Mitchell are ac cused of allowing Edna Rexford, tho former chorus glri and star witness In the Moon-Bohnefeld Investigation, to use the big vault In tha police station as a dressing room, while Detective Lockhart la charged with appropriat ing to hla own use certain artlciea of value turned over to him for Inveetlga- tlon. This charge la brought by Joe Eplan, a pawnbroker at It Pecatur street. Captain to Be Elected. Tho election of n successor to former Captain Moon Is also scheduled for the coming meeting, ond this promises a lively fight, because of the muddled condition of the police civil service question. The board will have to determine whether civil service Is really In effect and whether the new raptaln will have to stand a civil service examination or be elected In the old way. beuevedThatToff TURNED DOWN PATRICK Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tsnn, Jun* 11.—The tragic death of Mr*. Charles T. Price at her'home here from grief because her husband, who was a laborer, waa driven out of the city by debt, appeals to the human sympathies and 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 hie efforts In this respect seem to have been In vain, for his poor wife died of a broken heart In abject poverty after twine were bom to her. A letter which the poor husband wrote hla wife recently, which strikes the sympathetic chord of the sympathetic, has been found, reads In part as follows: “Dear Llssle—I 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 hla money. Love to the'dear little chit dren, and God bless you all.” But that letter did not save Ms poor wife. The Salvation Army buried the remains and tjie poor husband's heart Is broken with grief. SEABOARD TO BECOME COAL CARRYING,ROAD By Private Leased Wire. New York. June 11.—The report was current today that Recorder Goff had completed his opinion refusing a pew trial to Lawyer Albert T. Patrick, who la under sentence to die next Monday In Sing Sing prison for the murder of William M. Rice. Patrick's lawyers. It Is stated, have prepared for an adverse decision, and have the paper* ready for an applica tion to the United States supreme court for a writ of error and for a writ ot habeas corpus. The last reoort In the effort to save Patrick will be an application to Gov ernor Higgins for n commutation of the death sentence. Bond Election Carries. Special to The Georgias. t'ameevllle. Ga.. June It.—The bond election In Pranklln county to build a court bouse carried by 102 major ity Unloncl B. P. Camp waa nominated for the senate by over 200 majority. 8. S. Swilling was nominated for rsprsoeatatlvs. Special to The Georgian. Portsmouth, V*., June 1L—Railroad circles here are Interested tn 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 F. Ryan, Ladenburg, Thallman 4k Co., and Nor man R. Ream and others, who are tha dominating spirits of the Seaboard, are organising a gigantic corporation, with capital In the neighborhood of $20,- 000,000, to take over the Cllnchfleld Valley coal llelds. • Connection with the building of the South and Western railroad from Bris tol, Va.-Tenn, has always been ac credited to the Seaboard, through the knowledge of the fact that Ryan Is the spirit behind the construction of thla road. Alfred Walter, the nfew president pf the Seaboard Air Line railway, le alio Intereated In the new road. The ■ South and Western tape rich coal lands In the Cllnchfleld district. It haa been understood for some time that the Seaboard wttl use Southport, N. C.. as Its coal port. Last winter the route from Hamlet tn Southport, making con nection with the South and Western, waa surveyed by Seaboard engineers. POPE PilGUARDED FROM ATTACK BY REDS By Private Leased Wire. Rome. Italy, Julie 11.—Fear waa felt yesterday for Pope Plus when he at tended Ht. Peter's for the beatification of the venerable Bona 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 sion. Persons to the number of several thousand were admitted to the basil- lea on tickets. The police used every r l„n to In ‘ * tallness. SHOT TO DEATH AT CHIPLEY SUNDAY Special to The Georgian. Chlpley, da, June II.—T. T. Mur. rah waa ahot and Instantly killed hero yesterday evening about 7 o'clock. J. A. Haatey 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, Ga.. June II.—Tiiopoll* T. Murray, a banker and member of the governor's staff, waa ahot and killed at Chlpley Sunday evening by A. C. Haaty. a cltlsen of that place. An old grudge date* bark to th* kill ing ot Hasty’s brother by Irvin at the Smith speaking two weeks ago. Rsarrostsd on Forgery Charge. Special to The tiortiau. Olloden. Ga., June 11.—Charged with forgery In several places. Emmet W. Jordan has been rearrested. Claiming to represent the Baldwin Locomotive Works or Philadelphia, he succeeded In f elting a friend to cash a <heck for 125 In A TLANTA AND GEORGIA FOLK TRA VEL D UR ING WARM DA YS By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 11.—Mf. and Mrs. David Woodward, of Atlanta, are at Poughkeepsie, where their daughter, Mle Marion Woodward, will graduate at Vaesar. Among tha other Southern girts receiving degrees at Vassar this year are Miss Maybell Roden, of Bir mingham, and Misses Frances Stewart and Rose Converse, of Atlanta. Miss Mary Ellen Harris has 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 N. Harben and children have 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 among the char acters he has made so familiar In his stories, "The Georgians," “Abner Dan iel.” "Pole Baker,” nnd others. Dr. and Mrs. Downey, of Gaines ville, Ga, were In New York on their way to the medical convention In Bos ton. LOCAL NEWS CONDENSED B. M. Holman Here. M. Holman, ot the well known Arm of Lord A 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 recognised 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 spok* Sun day night, and Edward Young Clarke, Jr., of The Atlanta Constitution, will speak Monday and Wednesday nights. Dr. Rolfe Hunt had to go to Rome on account of nn 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 has been the guest of friends In this' city for sev eral weeks, left Sunday afternoon for his home In Hartwell, where he wilt 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 past two years. Passes Through Atlanta. Eugene Jackson, of Tampa, Fla., spent Sunday In the city while en route to hia home for the summer after com peting the term at the Southwestern Japtlst University at Jackson, Tenn., where ho Is studying to enter the min' Istry. Free Lecture to Negroes. At the Friendship Baptist Church at 6 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 vlett to Africa, and who will tell of tho conditions as he found them there. Another Pienie Suit. Mr*, l.lnla Clark has Hied cult against the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company and the Central of Georgia Railway Company for $5,000 damages for Injuries alleged to have been re ceived In the wreck of the Atlanta and West Point picnic train, June e. Pest B Going to Charleston. Post B, Travelers' Protective Asso< elation, will run Us nnnual seashore excursion to Charleston and the lale of Palme on June 2$. Tickets will be. HE WANTED NEGRESS. BURIED BY BIS 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 Hied 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 Thomas requested that hie bid family servant, “Aunt Marguerite Prior," be buried by his aide In Lexington cem etery. and the one whereby he be queathed'practically all of his real estate to the negro**. The petition Hied by the plaintiffs that It would be an everlastl Ing disgrace to the character of Major Thomas and hla relatives to have the will carried out. They allege that the negro woman used undue Influence over the turfman during the last few year* ot hls life, when hie mind was weakened. good for flve days. A special committee of T. P. A. mem bers will be In charge of this outing and ali 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, and Is now In the hands of the state librar ian for distribution and sale. 8uperlor Court Judge Busy. Governor Terrell Is having aome dif ficulty In finding two superior court Judges disengaged 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 ant has not been able to preside In hls 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. Reorganisation of the Third Regl 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. sorted her on July 16, 1101, Mt*. Clara McDonald has filed suit for total di vorce. The petitioner, who avers that she and the defendant were married In Marietta, December 1$, 1816, prays for the restoration of her maiden name, Clara Wftllace. Wants $25,000 Damages. A $25,000 damage suit against the Central of Georgia and Atlanta and Weet Point railroad companies was filed Monday morning by Weetmore land Bros, and W. S. Howard, for Wil llam B. Short, who alleges that he wai Injured In the wreck of the Atlanta and West Point picnic train June’6, at the Fair street crossing In Atlanta.. The g al nt Iff avers that hls earning capacity :fore the wreck was $$50 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.” h< said when asked If any significance at tached to hie visit to the capital now "Juet passing through Atlanta.” Major J. F. Hanson, of Macon, president of the Central railroad, was also a visitor to the capitol Monday. 1 POPULIST TICKET IS IIIT EKPECTEB i • “ ; STATE EXECUTIVE COMMIT. •TEE TO MEET THURSDAY i Judge Hines Vetoes Movement To Get Him to Head Populiit Ticket in Georgia, alls CARE OF THE WOUNDED IS BEING DISCUSSED TWO HEAVILY FINED IN WHISKY CASES G. W. Johnson, a railroad man, re elding In Marietta street, near the Junction of Walton etraeL ''Brooklyn,' was 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 hearing the evidence, the re- corder fined Johnson $60.75 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 has been doing no work of any kind. They said he has bsen living In a dirty, unkempt upstair* room In Brooklyn.” Johnaon proton!• ed that he has been Working on a rail- road. J. K. Griffith, of >1 Central avenue, was also fined 150.75 Monday morning on the charge of operating a blind t£ ger. The arrest was mad* Sunday by th* same trio of officers that arrested Johnaon. A number of empty bottle* and other paraphernalia were conn*, cated. By Prime Leased Wire. Geneva, June It.—Today the first regular sessions of the Red Cross con ference were held with a flatteringly large attendance, not a single nation of prominence being without represen tation. .\ll day yesterday the delegates were arriving, and there are still some absentee*. Stem' of the delegates will also attend the coming meeting of the nations at the The Hague whUe on the continent. This Is true of the United State* representatives who represent both brnnehee of the service. They are General George B. Davis, Judge advo cate general of the United 8tates army; Colonel W. C. Sanger, of th* American Red Cruse Society; General K. M. O'Reilly, surgeon genenfl; Captain C. 8. Speery, U. 8. N. president of the naval war collage: Davis Speery. mili tary attache at The Hogue. The caU for the Red Cross conven tion was made for the purpose of dis cussing and agreeing upon uniform near methods of caring for the sick and wounded In battle, changes made nec essary by constantly shifting condl lions KEEPS LAWYERS NOME Politics Is somewhat caloric down In Savannah Just now. In fact, the situation there Is so acute between the Cltlxena' Club and the People's Democratic League In the fight for supremacy, that only one Bavannah lawyer was present In the supreme court Monday morning when the East ern drclut was reached. Chatham county primary wlU be pulled off TJieeday. Savannah attor ney* are so Intensely Intereated In the TT"* t Ti!Il , ? rbo<,,r down ‘h'l* acts Into the political game In some way—that though many cases from Savannah ara on the docket from the circuit, alt but one filed briefs instead of coming Si argue In person. * The lone exception Is Edward & Hu- gor. who appeared before the court Monday morning. Monday the final rallies are being held In Savannah, and every disciple of Blacfcston* 1* allied on one side or the ocher. Th* Cltlsens' Club and the People's Democratic T-cexur both have full county ticket* In the field, and the contest u hot, even ,for Savannah. . Thursday. June 14. the state execn- live committee of the People'* parly will meet In Atlanta. The meeting will’ be held at noon, and probably behind closed doors. Uhalrr-.il J. J. Holloway lesued the official call a onto time ago. Jq*t W h at action will be taken by thl* commute* does not appear on the surface yet It la known that letters have been written to prominent Populists all over Georgia urging them to writ* Judge J. K. Hines, of Atlanta, and In sist that he stand for the governor- ship on the Populist ticket* Judge Hines In an Interview, however, em phatlcally vetoes any such movement. Ho says he is not a candidate for gov ernor. will not be a candidate for gov- ernor, that the Populists will not nut out a ticket, and that he U for Hoke Smith for governor. • It Is tho general opinion now that the executive committee will not urge a state Populist ticket, and some ac tlon may be token toward Indorsing Mr. Smith s candidacy. . The person nel of the Populist executive commit- tee Is as follows: J. J. Hollowsv, chairman: J. Dan Woodall. 8r sec retary; ColquHt Daniel, first district; J. H- Parrish, second district: H M Searcy, third district; R. B. Gaston fourth district; C. T. Parker, fifth dls-' trict; F. J. \lnlng. sixth district; J. A. Bodenhamer, seventh district- IV B. Bridwcll, eighth district; J. T Wa ters. ninth district: W. J. Henning tenth district; 0. B- Crane, eleventh district ONE PERSON KILLED AND 25ARE INJURED 80ME OF THE PASSENGERS HURT ARE EXPECTED TO DIE AS RESULT OF WRECK. By rrirnte Leased Wire. New York, June 11.—One passenger was killed and at least twenty-live wore Injured today at Eatontown. N. J., by the wrecking of an Atlantic City express train on the New Jersey 8outh- em railroad, which ran Into an open switch. All th* physicians from Red Bank, four miles away, and Elisabeth and other places have been summoned to aid the Injured. Some of the passen ger* who were wounded will die. When news of the wreck reached Elisabeth a apeclal train bearing doctor*, nuree.e and railroad officials waa started for Eatontown immediately. Moat of the pesoengera on the train, which left Atlantic City at 8:10 o'clock thl* morning, were New Yorkers, who were returning to the city after spend- '— Sunday at the shore. It* train, which Is run by the Cen tral raldroad of New Jersey ayatem, was due at Liberty street, New York, at 11:40 a. m. The engine of the expres* plunged top speed Into several box cara which stood oh the switch. CAPT, DECLARES CREW THREATENED HIS Lift Special to Th* Georgian. Savannah, Ga. June 11.—With Cap tain T. H. Mlmms lucked In the cabin and members of the crew bearing marks of battle, the fishing smack Oracle put Into port here yesterday. The crew had the captain arreted, declaring he, was craxy,,and hod at tacked them, whereupon they shut him In the cabin. The captain declared he had taken refuge there after having been attacked by the crew, who aought to murder him. The Oracle sailed from Charleston three weeks ago. AT THE THEATERS j Old Favorites Return. There will be a happy gathering «t the Ponce DeLeon Casino tonight, both on and off the stage, for Little Chin Mary Marble, a well-selected Wells- Dunne.llsrlan company, and merry musical maidens will be the ho«t« I" "Qlovtana,” with all the Atlanta the atergoers w’io can get In the bulldmf as guests. , The announcement of the return ot theee favorite* ha* aroused the Interest of the amusement-seeking colon} - The. know the entertainers and look for *om* rare entertainment And the rla>"* know they will be playing to friende, and there will be every detsu working to make th* performan. good as th* best yet. The sale of reserved seats I* "" the Grand box office. The box of«J closes at 6 o'clock each afternoon, «na will be opened at the perk at ' M o'clock. No seat* can be put sst' 1 ' called for after the box office doers In the city, and th* Aral caller jj t summer theater b*x office wlU *•< pick of the beet seats not art u*w “rile evnt wdll not be ecllp ^ r d , n «J season, and there Is not a *«*«£ musical comedy company m e**' 1 '" Uttl* Chip I* actually on* of th' prt ls m Mr-.n5 h Tbe ,U ?&oWun| !w*«3.° Md*'th«e*w»Tb* and go that make all lb# Well*-I>*‘ n Harlan shows I ■ unto Chip and Mias Marble » celvo royal wel.-omes, am* mu.-h Impatient e I : the opening engagement.