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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MONDAT. JUNE 11. 1W.
I GOT MO GIFTS," |BIG SHIP AGROUND
;i DECLARES CASSAH
i .
BEAD OF “PENNSY” SYSTEM
ANSWERS PROBING COM.
Jells of His Holdings of Stock
in Five Companies Doing Bus
iness in Pennsylvania.
•j 1'rlrate im \Vlr».
Philadelphia, June 11.—In answers to
question* propounded by a special In
vestigating committee appointed by the
dlrrciora of the Pennsylvania railroad
to j 'robe charge* of graft In connaotlbn
with the administration of the road.
President A. J. Casaatt admits that he
ow ns 4,647 shares of stock, valued at
1350,000, In four ateel rail and equip
ment companies, which make sales to
the Pennsylvania Company. He says,
however, that the stock was purchased
by him.
Mr. Cassatt admits that He nans
S.2SS shHV. s in the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, from which the road buys
mile His own answers show also that
he personally purchase* the rolls for
the entire’system. This, he says. Is In
Or, "t dance ulth established custom,
I an.) *11 purehe says, tire reisi-teil
to tl>< board of director* for theli
provnl.
Company Furnishes Mstsrisl.
8 Union Switch nntl Signal Com
finny. In which President Cassatt ad
tnltr Im Is Interested, furnishes the
Pennsylvania railroad with other re
qulreramto.
Me. Cnssatt asserts that he has no
Jt.x k In nny cosl mine located on the
Pennsylvania system, or which uses
er for transporting Its products,
Tslls of His Holdings,
nulng. Sir. Cassatt says. In Ills
nt to the special committee:
only coal stock owned by m*
liner becoming president of the Penn
sylvania railroad la 160 shares of the
Millwood Coal and Coke Company,
» hich stock has been so Id, but In view
ft U‘c reputed rumor* of my being n
holder of atoeks of the Keystone Coal
«n<l c.ike Company, the Berwlnd.
TUGS SENT TO RESCUE PAS
SENGERS IF NECESSARY
There Is No Sea and Only a
Light Wind Is
Blowing.
i
[White Coal Mining Company and the
(Hrnrlette B
Coat Company, I think It
to atnte that 1 never owned or
»«'i nny Interest In tha stocks of the
K, \ stone Coal nnd Coke Company or of
the Henrietta Coal Company, nor have
■I reel had any Intereat In the tlrm of
,i'n*.*att it Co. 1 never owned any
>t k of the Ilerwtnd-lVhlte Coal Min
ing Company while an officer of the
Pennsylvania company, either during
nty fit connection with th* com
pony, which terminated by my reslgnn
lion of the vice presidency In the fall
"f 1582, nor since l became president
In ISXi. but when In ISIS Charles J.
Hrrulnd, then head of the partnership
rf Un wind, White A Co., formed the
present lierwInd-lVhlte Coal Mining
t'ompnny, to take over the business o
Unit firm, I purchased 400 chares of
ilw stock of the company and paid for
it .it the then market price, which was
r, pei rent- of Its par value. I sold
this Shirk in 1101. You-will observe
that It na» purchased four years after
I i i-»s. i) to be an officer of tha coro-
inny and was sold eight years before I
im* elected to the presidency. 1 never
1'iul any Interest In the partnership of
Berwdnd, While ft Co.”
Hs Qot No Cifts.^B
f i salt says he has holdings of stock
of the Pennsylvania Steel Company,
th*- <'smblm Steel Company and two
■mnlior Industrial companies.
He -ays he has not directly per-
pirm.d any service In connection with
the Krstpt, transportation or delivery
-r nny fri Igltt shipped by or consigned
n» of the companies ha named. Hs
< he has not performed nny duties
oinertlon with the distribution of
illetment of cars or th# furnishing
-i lliigs. equipment, motive power,
.age or other ncrommodatlona for
of the companies named, unless the
has# of locomotlrrs and car* for
g, ncrnl business of the l’ennsylva-
liallroatl Company and the furnish
ing of hidings, under tha authorisation
«t th.- hoard of directors, may be held
te come within the scope of the ques
tion asked.
it,- alio aaye he has never received
my commission, compensation, gift or
■MBMlBiil Ipper
d the
BRAOSTREET REPORT
CAUSES ASHE TO SUE
Alleging that bis buslqess and repu-
ton have been libelled grossly, mall-
ttxaly and falsely, H. M. Ashe has
‘Mel null for $26,000 damages against
e Bradstreet company.
The petitioner allegee that In a re-
l»v t -ent out by the defendant company
inn April II, 160*. It was stated that a
twtttii-ii for a receiver had been tiled
>gatnst his typewriter business, and
tlmt this notice, which gave the Impres-
ilon that he wee flnenclelly ember-
nt*», .|, was read by the subscribers to
th,- llradstreet company.
Thcj suit was filed by Culberson ft
Johnson.
ALTAR IS DECORATED
WITH BASEBALL BATS
Ft v Private Leased Wire.
Toledo, Ohio, June 11.—After par
tu t paling In n championship ball game
Sunday the Toledo and Milwaukee
An ■ rlcan Association teams attended
« special qcrvlce at Trinity Episcopal
church, where the well known author.
Rev. Cyras Townsend Brady, Is rec-
tor.
The chancel and altar waa appro-
hr lately decorated and conspicuous
among the decorations were baseball
hats, masks, gloves and cheat protec
tor*
The rector declared baseball to be
tn honorable profession and told the
players that to win games they must
itrtv,. tor success and be temperate In
hablta- The sermon created s sensa
tion in Trinity parish, many of whose
~ mbers oppose Sundsy belL
By Private Leased Wire.
Philadelphia, Jut>e 11,—The big
steamer Westerlanland went aground
on South shoots, at the entrance to the
Delaware bay, today. The steamer has
on board nearly one thousand passes
ire.
According to reports received she Is
hard aground, and In the mud, flying
signals of distress, .Several tugs have
been sent- tn her assistance, also the
pilot boat Pennsylvania, In cose It
would be necessary to land passengers
or lighten the weight of ths ship. The
signals are unable to be read, but It Is
believed she Is In no immediate dan
ger. There Is no sea and a very light
wind Is blowing.
SIX PERSONS DROWN
DORK STORM
HALF A DOZEN HURT BY FALL
ING TREES—SCORE ES
CAPE DEATH.
SISTER WAS CRUEL ROSS TERRORISES
SAYS PRETTY GIRL
MISS G08S ASSERTS C0STLEY
DID NOT ENTICE HER AWAY
Sixteen-Year-Old Girl States That
Sister Told Her to Leave
Her House.
Ity Private Leased Wire.
New York, Jose-11—his persass were
drowned, sis persons were seriously burl
Ity a falling tree and a score narrowly
escaped drowning as the result of a fierce
gale that swept over this section yesterday.
Tbs'wind blew SO miles an hour, nearly
overturned many small craft and sent thou
sands of pleasure seekers scurrying for
sheltsr as It swept the vsrloug parts
the water.
Three men ware drowned by the
capslslng of th* yacht Lottie off the
west bank In New York bay. She had
a Ashing party of eleven on board, In
charge of Captain Theodora Bownett.
Hugo Llmberg, 21 years old, of Long
Island City, was out In a racing shell
opposite .Flushing, when the storm
broke. Ills shell was overturned and
he was drowned before help could
reach him.
Charles Reilly, to yeara old, and
William Hughes, 20 years old, were In
swimming olf West Thlrty-Afth street,
when the storm broke, and ware'
drowned.
At Newburg, Ml** lone M. Bunn, of
West Union, O., was killed by a tree
that was biown down. Her motlisr,
Mrs. J. W. Bunn, waa seriously hurt
and Ilasel Coonan received a broken
Lightning struck a steam launch ott
Kttlngvllle, Staten Island, and stunned
the two occupant*, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Cook. The launch was sinking
when other boats reached It and aav*d
the Conk*.
Lightning struck a tree In Jamaica,
under which William Block and hta
wife and Max Schlmole and Nathan
Dlftellbolt had taken /belter, and all
four were severely burned and stunned.
Accused of enticing from her home
his sweetheart, pretty Addle does. It
year* of age, of 13 Almo street, near
the Exposition Cotton Mills, Earl Coat-
lay, of 129 Belwood avenue, an em
ployee of the Atlanta Hteel Hoop Com
pany, waa arrested Sunday night by
Bicycle Policemen Arthur nnd Hard
away and locked In the police elation.
Miss Goes waa also taken Into cus
tody and placed In care of Miss San
derson, police matron. Both Costley
and Miss Goss were found at the home
of Willie Cellls, 1$ Bush street, where
the girl has been staying alnce last
Wednesday, at which time she disap
peared from her home.
The arrest of Coatley was made m a
warrant taken out before Justice of
tbe Peace Puckett by Marlon Hayety a
brother-in-law of the pretty runaway.
The trial has been set for 10 o’clock
Tuesday morning bofore Judge Puck
ett.
When seen Monday morning In the
matron’s ward, Iho girl ddnled that her
sweetheart had anything to do with
reusing 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 Coatley 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
Mias Collls at my home on a previous
occasion and I at once went to her
house. I left home simply because
have not been treated right. My els
ter, Etta, wife of Marlon Hayes, or
dered me to leave home, telling me ■
waa not wanted there. I have been
working In the mill nnd Wednesday
when I left home, I told mother I was
going to the mill to get my money. She
told me she hoped 1 would not return
and I didn’t I telephoned Mr. Costley
Wednesday night and he came to see
me. He rame again Thursday and then
laat night. On each visit he cried and
begged me to return home.”
Costley tells substantially the same
■lory aa the girl. He says she told him
the night before she left home she In
tended tn run away, and that he then
Insisted that she change her mind.
POLICE COMMISSION
MEETING POSTPONED
OUTRAGES REPORTED FROM;
TOWN NEAR WARSAW.
Sensation It Sprung in Douma by
Effort to Bring Up Mili
tary Affairs.
Ity Private Le*«cd Wire.
Warsaw, Polan, June U.—New*
come* today of a terrorist attack at
8ledlceL Three ofAcIals, the burgo
master, pollen secretary and governor’*
chief of stuff, were Ared upon as they
were walking together. All were
wounded and It Is feared the burgo
master and chief will not lire.
DEMAND8 TO BE HEARD
ON MILITARY MATTER8.
By Private Leased Wire.
St. Petersburg, June II.—When the
douma was opened today there were
vague threats of Impending trouble.
Without warning th* military procu
rator. M. Pa.vloff, sprang upon th* Aoor
and demanded to be heard on military
affairs. Grekt opposition was ehown.
as' this waa not In th* day’s program.
Tha matter was left under advisement
with President Mouremsteff.
SIX ARE ARRESTED
IN MURDER CASE
By Private I-eased Wire
New York, June 11.—Six men have
been arrested In connection with the
murder of Mrs. Alice Klnnan on the
Dlassa of th* Stanton mansion at 2161
Washington avenue, and th* police de
clar* that before nightfall at leant one
other person will be In custody.
There Is no official pretense, how
ever, that tpe mystery I* any nearer
solution lhan It waa when the victim
was found while breathing her last.
Each fact that has been brought
light so fur has tended only to discredit
some previously ascertained ctrcum
stance or to upset some carefully de
veloped theory of the Investigator*.
Seldoht have the detectives of New
York been forced tn confess themselvea
so utterly hopelessly helpless. Seldom
has expert analysis proved so futile
and Ineffective.
No substantial motive has been ea
tobllshed. Detective Sergeant Price, In
charge of th* Bronx datectlve bureau,
announced today that the hueband of
the murderad woman had been located
and that within a few hours h* would
be communicated with directly.
"Bui." said Price, "we will not take
him Into custody. There la no evidence
that ha la Imtdlrated In this strange
case. He may be able, however, to tell
us facts that may guide us to th*
slayer.”
Sergeant McCapley, of th* Bronx de
tective force, declared today that Mr*.
Klnnan had a quarrel a week ago In a
cate with a man prominent In the Ital
ian colony adjacent to the old Blanton
homestead.
This man’s Identity Is known and he
will be arrested today.
The six men arrested on suspicion
are Italian* who live In the -neighbor
hood.
WAS SPIRITED AWAY
INTO ANOTHER STATE
Kpeclal te The Georgian.
Moultrie. Gs„ June 11.—Another
chapter Is added to the alleged kidnap
ing of Mrs. Jessie Holland, who, It la
claimed, was 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 aerurrd
a writ reqalrtng Mrs. Ladra Peterman,
mother of th* bride, to com* to Moul
trie and show cause why eh* should
restrain the young woman against her
will and without due process of law.
The friend* of the family heard of the
action and passed the word out In time
for tbe mother to get the daughter
across the state line before ths officer
arrived.
Republican Convention Called.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn, June 11 The
county Republicans have called a con
vention to meet at ttMLBMHt bouse hern
June 2* *• select delegates to attend
th* state convention which convenes
I In Nashville July 2L
The police commission will not meet
Tuesday night, as-hoe been expected,
and the three Investigations scheduled
for thnt time will be postponed in-
deAnely.
Owing to the Importance of the ipat-
tera to come before the commission, It
la announced that a meeting will not
be held until a time when all of the
commissioners can be present. Com
missioner Brandon la at present absent
from the city, at the bedside of hla
slater, who I* 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
Commissioner Venable expect to be ab
sent from the city during the rfext few
days and this will prevent the calling
of a meeting for an early date.
Charges Have Been Served.
Chief Jennlng* has served format
charges on Station Sergeants Turner
and Mitchell and Datectlve Lockhart,
and It la expected everything will be
In readiness for the Investigations
when th* meeting la convened.
Each of tha three officers ta charged
with conduct unbecoming an officer.
Sergeants Turner and Mitchell are ac
cused of allowing Edna Rexford, tha
former chorus girl and star witness In
the Moon-Bohnefeld Investigation, to
use th* big vault In the police station
aa a dressing room, while Detective
Lockhart Is charged with appropr
Ing to hte own use certain artlciei
value turned ovar to him for Investiga
tion. Tbta charge Is brought by Joe
Rptan, a pawnbroker at 1$ Decatur
street.
Captain to B* Elected.
Th* election of a successor to former
Captain Moon I* also scheduled for th*
coming meeting, and this promises a
lively Aght, because of the muddled
condition of the police civil service
question.
The board will have to determine
whether civil service' la really In effect
and whether th* new captain will have
to stand a civil service examination or
he elected In the old way.
BELIEVED THAT GOFF
TURNED DOWN PATRICK
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 11.—The report waa
current today that Recorder Goff had
completed hta opinion refusing a new
trial to Lawyer Albert T. Patrick, who
Is under sentence to die next Monday
In Sing Sing prison for the murder of
William M. Bice.
Patrick'* lawyers. It Is stated, have
) re pared tor an adverse decision, and
rave th* papers ready for an applica
tion to th* United States supreme
court for a writ bt error and for a writ
of habeas corpus.
The last resort In th* effort to rave
Patrick will be an application to Gov
ernor Higgins tor a commutation of
the death sentence.
Bond Election Carrie*.
Special to The Georgias.
Carnaavllls, Go., June U.—Th# bond
•lection tn Franklin county to bund
a court house carried by 192 major
ity.
Colonel B. F. Camp was nominated
for tbe senate by over 200 majority.
8. S. Swilling was nominated tor
representative:
WAS TRYING TO PAY
HIS HONEST DEBTS
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 11.—The
tragic death of Mrs, Charles T. Price
at her home here from grief because
her husband, who was a laborer, was
driven out of the city by debt, appeals
to the human sympathies and Is one of
the great sacrlAces. The poor woman’:
husband was In hiding In a town near,
by trying to earn money to afford hls
wife and two children with the bare
necessities of life. But hls efforts In
this respect seem to have been In vain,
for hls poor wife died of a broken
heart In abject poverty after twins
were born to her. A letter which the
poor husband wrote hls wife recently,
which strikes the sympathetic chord of
the sympathetic, has been found. *'
reads In part as follows:
“Dear Llssle—l am working and will
send for you as 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 hi*
money. Love to the dear little chil
dren, and Ood bice* you all.”
But that letter did not save hla poor
wife. Th* Salvation Army burled the
remains and the poor hueband’* heart
Is broken with grlsf.
SEABOARD TO BECOME
COAL CARRYING ROAD
Packing House Legislation
Talked Behind Locked Doors
By Private Lewd Wire.
Washington. June 11.—The home committee on agriculture went Into
executive aeaston thi* morning to consider legislation designed to cor
rect the evils recently complained of in the pocking house busl-
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 Vaaaar this
year are Mira Maybeil Roden, of Bir
mingham, and Mieses Frances Stewart
and Rose Converse, of,Atlanta.
Miss Mary Ellen Harris has return
ed to her horn* In Montgomery, after
attending Mrs, Semple's school during
tho winter. ,
Miss Isabelle Thomas has returned
to New York, after n visit to her sis
ter. Mr*. Marshall Johnston, In Macon,
Ga. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Will N. Harben and
children have left for the mountains
of north Georgia, to remain during the
balance of Juno and July. Mr. Har
ben always spends part of each year
amid tha scene* and among the char
acters he has made so familiar In hls
stories, "The Georgian*," “Abner Dan
iel," "Polo Baker,” and others.
Dr. and Mr*. Downey, of Gaines
vllle, Ga., were In New York on tholr
way to the medical convention In Bos
ton.
LOCAL NEWS CONDENSED
Special to The Georgian.
Portsmouth, Va, June 11.—Railroad
circles here are Interested in the latest
announcement from New York regard
ing tbe preparation* being made there
to make the Seaboard Air Line railway
a coal carrying road. Thomas F. Ryan,
Ladenhurg. Thnlltnan ft Co., and Nor
man R. Ream and others, who are the
dominating spirits of tha Seaboard, are
organising a gigantic corporation, with
capital In the neighborhood of $10,-
060.000, to take Over the . ClInchAeld
Valley coal field*.
Connection with the building of the
South and Weatern railroad, from Bris
tol, Va.-Tenn, has always been ac
credited to the Seaboard, tbrough the
knowledge or the fact that Ryan la the
spirit behind the construction of this
road.
Alfred Walter, th* new president of
the Seaboard Air Lina railway. Is also
Interested In the new road.
The South and Western taps rich
coal lands In the ClInchAeld 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,
waa surveyed by Seaboard engineer*.
OPE m WARDED
FROM ATTACK BY REDS
By Private Leased Wire,
Rome, Italy, June 11.—Fear waa. felt
yesterday for Pope Plus when he at
tended St. Peter's for the baatlAcatlon
of th* venerable Bona Ventura, of Bar
celona, reports being current that the
anarchists from France had formed a
pint to assassinate th* pontiff. How
ever, nothing occurred to mar th* occa
sion. Persons to the number of several
thousand were admitted to the basil
ica on tickets. Tha police used every
-recautlon to Insure the safety of hte
ollness.
WAN SHOT TO DEATH
AT CHIPLEY SUNDAY
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Cillpley, Oa., June 11.—T, T. Mur.
rah waa shot and Instantly killed here
yesterday evening about * o’clock. J.
A. Hastey 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 8taff.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus. Oa., June 11.—Thopotla T.
Murray, a banker and member of tbe
governor’s staff, waa shot and killed
at Chtpley Sunday evening by A. C.
Hasty, a cltlsen of that place.
An old grudge dates back to the kill
ing of Hasty's brother by Irvin at tbe
Smith speaking two weeks ago.
Rsarrested an Forgery Charge.
Special to The Georgias.
Otloden, Ga., June 1L—Charged with
forgery In several places. Emmet W.
Jordan has been rtarreated. Claiming
to repreaant the Baldwin Locomotive
Works of Philadelphia, ha succeeded In
getting a friend to cash a check for
$12$ In
B, M. Holman Her*.
B. M. Holman, of the well known
Arm of Lot-d ft Thomas, one of the
leading, advertising agencies of the
United States, fa at the Piedmont. Mr.
Holman has covered tha Southern
territory for a number of years, and Is
a recognised authority on all adver
tising matters.
Tent Meetings 8uce«*sfut.
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.
Rolfs Hunt, who left Sunday for Rome,
where he had made a previous engage
ment Rev. Dr. Woodward spoke Sun
dsy 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 an engagement he had
made several month* 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 Horn*.
A. G. McCurry, who has been tHe
guest of friends In tt$Ia city for Sev
eral weeks, left Sunday afternoon for
hla home In Hartwell, where he will
spend the summer vacation before re
turning to hls studies In the Maryland
Medical College, In Baltimore, In which
Institution he has been a pupil tor the
post two years.
Passes Through Atlanta.
Eugene Jackson, of Tampa, Fla., spent
Sunday In the city while en route to
hls home for the summer after com-
dating the term at the Southwestern
laptlat University at Jackson, Tenn.,
where he is studying to enter tha min
istry.
Free Lecture to Negroes.
At the Friendship Baptist Church at
S o'clock this evening will be given n
free lecture by R«iv. W. B. Shepard, a
Presbyterian missionary, who has re
cently returned from a visit to Africa,
and who will tell of the conditions os
he found them there.
Another Picnic Suit.
Mrs. Linla Clark ha* Aled suit against
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Company and the Central of Georgia
Railway Company for $6,000 damages
for Injuries alleged to have been re
ceived In the wreck of the Atlanta and
West Point picnic train, June 0.
Post B Doing to Charleston.
Post B, Travelers' Protective Asso
ciation, will run Its annual seaahore
excursion to Charleston and the Isle of
Palms on June 2$. Tickets will be
good for Ave days.
A special committee of T, P. A. mem
bars will be in charge of this outing
nnd all are assured a delightful trip
who go. The excursion Is for ladles
nnd gentlemen only.
124th Georgia Report Out
The One Hundred and Twenty-fourth
Georgia report came from the hand* of
the state printer Monday morning, and
Is now In tho hands of the state librar
ian for distribution and rale.
8up*rior Court Judge Busy-
Governor Terrell la having some dlf-
Aculty In Andlng 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 111 and
has not been able to preside In hla 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.
serted her on July 16, 1901, Mrs. Clara
McDonald has Aled suit for total dl
vorce. The petitioner, who avei
she and the defendant were married In
Marietta, December 19, 1190, prays for
the restoration of her maiden name,
Clara Wallace.
Wants $25,000 Damages.
A $25,000 damage suit against the
Central of Georgia and Atlanta and
West Point railroad companies was
Aled Monday morning by Weatmoro-
land Bros, and W. 8. Howard, for Wil
liam B. short, who allegea thnt ho was
Injured In the wreck of the Atlanta nnd
West Point picnic train Juno 6, at the
Fair street crossing In Atlanta. Tho
plaintiff aver* that hit earning capacity
before the wreck was $150 a month.
Chairman Yaomans in Atlanta.
Hon. M. J. Yeomans, chairman of the
state Democratic executive committee,
was In Atlanta Monday, and called on
Governor Terrell. ’’Nothing new," hi
said when asked If any slgnlffcance at
tached to hls visit to the capital now.
"Just passing through Atlanta.” Major
J. F. Hanson, of Macon, president of
the Central railroad, waa also a visitor
to the capitol Monday.
RE WANTED NEGRESS
BURIED BY RIS SIDE
By Private Leased Wire.
Lexington, Ky., June 11.—William K.
Howe, of Florence county. South Caro
llna, and hls two nieces. Ethel and
Malvina Howe, have Aled suits here
to break the will of Major B. M.
Thomas, the late noted breeder and
turfman. The features of the will
most btttfrly attacked by the plain
tiffs are the clause* wherein Major
Thomas requested that hls old family
servant, "Aunt Marguerite Prior," be
burled hy hls aid* In Lexington cem
etery, and the one whereby he be
queathed practically all of hls real
estate to the negress.
The petition Aled by the plaintiffs
alleges that It would be an everlast
ing dtfgrace to the character of Major
Thomas and his relatives to have the
wilt carried out. They allege that the
negro woman used undue InAuence
over the turfman during the last few
years of hls life, when his mind was
weakened.
CARE OF THE WOUNDED
IS BEING DISCUSSED
By Private Leased Wire.
Geneva,. June 11.—Today the fltbt
regular sessions of the Red Cron con
ference were held with a Aatteringty
large attendance, not a single nation
of prominence being without represen
tation. All day yesterday the delegates
ere arriving, and there are still some
absentees. Many of the delegate* will
also attend the coming meeting of the
nations at th* The Hague while on the
continent. This Is true of the United
States tepresentatlve* who represent
both branches of the service. They are
General Georg* B. Davis, Judge advo
cate general of th* United States army:
Colonel W. C. Sanger, of the American
Red Crosa Society; General “
tary attache at The Hague.
The call for th* Red Cross conven-
ttoa eras made for the purpose of dta.
cussing and agreeing upon uniform new
method* of raring for the sick and
wounded In battle, changes made nec
essary by constantly shifting condi
tions
TWO HEAVILY PINED
IN WHISKY CASES
Q. W. Johnson, a railroad man, re
ading in Marietta street, near the
junction of Walton street; -Brooklyn,'
waa arreated Sunday afternoon by
Plain Clothe* Of fleer* Rowan, Rosser
and Starnes on the charge of operat
ing a blind tiger, and waa arraigned
Monday morning before Recorder
Broyles.
After hearing the. evidence, the re
corder nned Johnson $60.76 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 been
living in a dirty, unkempt upstairs
room In -Brooklyn.” Johnson proteet-
ed^raat he has been Working on a rail-
J. K. Griffith,. of_91 Central avenue,
waa also fined $60.76 Monday morning
on the charge of operating a blind ti
ger. The arrest waa made Sunday by
the same trio of officers that arrested
Johnson. A number of empty bottles
and other paraphernalia were confis
cated. v
KEEPS LAWYERS HOME
Politics Is somewhat caloric down In
Savannah Just now.
In fact, the situation there Is so acute
between the Clt|**na’ Club and the
People’* Democratic League In the Aght
for supremacy that only one Savannah
lawyer waa present In the supreme
court Monday morning when the East
ern clrclut waa reached.
Chatham county primary will be
pulled off Tuesday. Savannah attar-
neys are so Intensely interested In tbe
result—everybody down there gets Into
the political gam* In some way—that
though many rases from Savannah are
on the docket from the ctrcult-all but
one Aled briefs Instead of coSdng to
•~~e In person. *
i* Ion* exception Is Edward a Hu-
who appeared before the court
Monday morning. Monday th* Anal
rallies are being held In Savannah, and
every disciple of Blaikatone Is allied
oo one side or the other. The Citizens’
Club and th* People's Democratic
League both have full county tickets
In the Aetd. and th* contest I* hot. even
for Savannah.
POPULIST TICKET
IS lOIJRTfD
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMIT.
. .TEE TO MEET THURSDAY
Judge Hines Vetoes Movement To
Get Him to Head Populist
Ticket in Georgia.
Thursday, Juno 14, the atate Mecn .
Uvo committee of the People’, , mrtr
will meet In Atlanta. The meeting „m
be held at noon, and probably behind
closed doors.
Clinlrr- :n J. J. Holloway Issued tbs
official call some tima ago. Just what
action will be taken by this commute,
does not appear on the »urface yet
It Is known that letter, have been
written to prominent Populist, all
over Georgia urging them to
Judge J. K. Hines, of Atlanta and m
sist that he stand for the g’overnn?
ship on the Populist ticket 7u d ™
Hines In nil Interview, however em
phatically vetoes any such movement
He says ho Is not a candidate for tor-
nr. will not be a candidate for iov-
nr. that the Populist* will not S p U t
out a ticket, and that he Is for Hoke
Smith for governor.
It Is the general nplnlon now that
the executive committee will not ur«
n state Populist ticket, end some ?c
lion may bo taken toward Indorsing
Mr. Smiths candidacy. The person-
no! of the Populist executive commit,
teo is as follows: J. j, Holloway,
chairman; J. Dan Woodall, Sr see
retary; eolqultt Daniel. Arst district
J. H. Parrish, second district; H M
Searcy, third district; R. B. Gaston'
fourth district; C. T. Parker, fifth dl*!
V i< * : ?• J’ % lnin S. sixth district; J.
A. Bodenhamer, seventh district- w
B. B rid well, eighth district; J T' w,.
ters. ninth district; W. J. Henning
tenth district; G. B. Crane, eleventh
district.
ONE PERSON KILLED
AND SIRE INJURED
SOME OF THE PASSENGERS HURT
ARE EXPECTED TO DIE A8
RESULT OF WRECK.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June II.—One passenger
was killed and at least twenty-Ave
were Injured today at Eatontown. N.
J„ by the wrecking of an Atlantic city
express train on the New Jersey South,
cm railroad, which ran Into an open
switch.
All the physicians from Red Bank,
four miles away, and Elisabeth and
other places have been summoned to
aid the Injured. Some of the paaeen-
gera who were wounded will die. When
news of tho wreck reached Elizabeth
a special train bearing doctors, nurse,
nnd railroad officials waa atarted for
Eatontot.n Immediately.
Most of the passengers on the trtln.
which left Atlantic City at 8:30 o’clock
this morning, were New Yorkers, who
were returning to th# city after spend
ing Sunday at the shore.
The train, which Is run hy the Cen
tral raid road of New Jersey system,
wae due at Liberty street. New York,
at 11:10 n. m.
The engine of the express plunged
top speed Into several box car*
which stood on the switch.
CAPI, DECLARES CREW
THREATENED HIS Lift
Special to The Georgian.
■Savannah, Ga., June XL—With Cap
tain T. H. Mtmms locked in the cabin
and members of the crew bearing
marks of battle, the Ashing smack
Gracia put Into port here yesterday.
The crew had the captain arrested,
declaring he waa crazy, 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 crew, who sought
to murder him. The Oracle sailed from
Charleston three week* ago.
AT THE THEATERS
Old Favorites Return.
Thera will be a happy gathering at
tha Ponce DeLeon Casino tonight, twin
on and off the stage, for Little chip.
Mary Marble, a well-selected
Dunne-Karlan company, and mem
musical maiden* will be the hosts in
"Glorlana," with all th* Atlanta the-
atergoers w'to can get In the building
1 guests. .
The announcement of • h ' re ‘L r Il„t
these favorites baa aroused the Inter
of the amusement-seeking colony Tn J
know the entertainer* and look ter *
rare entertainment And the pi >
know they will be playing to regm*
friend*, ahd there will be evert
working to make th* performance •*
good aa the best yet. . .
The sale of re*erved »eat« l’
the Grand box office. The box
closes at ( o’clock each a/terao _ M
will be opened at the v*rk ■■■ M
o’clock. No seat* can beput aside 0
called for after the box office • 1 ^
In the city, and the “in «£t the
summer theater box office - 111 .nv
pick of the beat *«*t* n»‘ a tu
The evnt will not be * c ' lp J'r„.,'gfr
season, and there la no* 11 'f, t enc*.
musical comedy company I” ** I)r in-
Little Chip I* actually one of the pn
clpal comedians In the tbeatri«‘ ^ ^
fesslon. and Mary Marble Is • mpt sy
Importance. The * a PP° rtlD * „md**»*
is perfect, and the c >*® ro !!.| ijjin
ha* no equal. Th* mu**c , ,* |<k
lected. and there will h* '.{’..nun**’
and go that make all the Wells
Harlan show* *ucc*****- , i»i rf-
Little Chip and Mis* Marble wm
cthre royal welcome*, ww ^ ^
much impatience for th* op® 010 *
engagement.