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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1**.
BRYAN DECLARES
HE WON'T BIND
Wants States to Feel
Free to Change
Support.
MOTHER IS TO TESTIFY
IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE
LIFE OF HARRY THAW
hearst and others
TO BE CONSIDERED
Nebraskan Arrives in London with
Mrs. Bryan—Expects to Tour
Scotland and Spain.
B; Private Lcaoed Wirt.
London, July 4.—Upon his arrival
here from Norway. William Jennings
Bryan cave out a statement to the
deputation of newspaper men who
called on him. In which he said he
would not prosecute any state conven
tions for breach of promise If they
happened to transfer their affections
to some one else after having Indorsed
him for the presidency.
Mr. Bryan tvas accompanied by his
I wife, and they will make a tour of
Bcntland, France and Spain before
starting for home.
Statement by Bryan,
Here Is the statement dictated by
Mr. Bryan:
"The first suggestion of a reception
for me at New York came prior to the
action of any of the state conventions
, and before there was any discussion of
the next campaign. It came from tho
Commercial Travelers’ League, of
which Mr. Hoge Is president. I as.
sured him I should be pleased to meet
the memoers of the league, suggesting
that the reception be characterized by
' simplicity. Now that the actions of
some of the state conventions have
raised a question as to the political
significance of the reception, I am glad
to say that It must not be regarded In
■ the light of an Indorsement for the
presidential nomination.
"While I appreciate the compliment
.paid by the various state conventions, I
do not regard their expressions binding
upon them or upon tho party of their
states. I shall not prosecute them for
breach of promise If they transfer their
affections to another: I will not even
publish their letters. To allow the re
ception to be regarded an Indorsement
would In the first place be unjust to
others who may be candidates.
8hould Consider Others.
"1 have seen the names of several
mentioned as possible candidates,
among them Congressman Hearst, Sen
ator Bailey and Governor Folk, who
have all rendered conspicuous service
to the party and the country and their
claims should be considered. The par
ty is entitled to |Ja most available man,
and the- question of availability cannot
be determined so far In advance. Cir
cumstances and Issues may strengthen
the claims of some of the gentlemen
mentioned and the list should be
open one until the time comes
choose.
"I may add that It would not be Just
to me to be put In the attitude of an
nouncing my candidacy or admitting
COLUMBUS M, PAYNE
HAS PASSED AWA
WAS THE TREASURER OF FULTON
COUNT YFOR THIRTY-
EIGHT YEAR8.
HON. C. M. PAYNE,
Veteran treasurer of Fulton county
who died Tuesdsy night.
IS
the certainty of my being a candidate.
It Is two years before the convention
meets and I am not willing to sit on a
stool and look pretty that long. I pre
fer to be In a position to say what I
think ought to be said, write what I
think ought to be written and do what
1 think ought to be done. I am ad
vancing In yeara and cannot spare two
years out of my life Just at this time.
"I shall be glad to return to Amer
ica. although every day of my trip has
been enjoyable. I shall be glad to meet
iny friends In America, and after I have
met them they will be Just as free as
before to do whst they thtnk best on
Issues and candidates.”
EXCELLENT SERVICE TO
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH,
NORTH CAROLINA.
During the months of June, July
and August the Seaboard Air Line
Hallway will operato on Us train leav
ing Atlanta at 9:35 p. m., every SAT
URDAY, a through sleeping car tq
Wilmington. N. C.; returning the
through sleeper will leave Wil
mington Thursday at 3:00 p.
ni„ arriving In Atlanta at
6:30 a. m., Friday. Arrangements
have been mado with the street rail
way people at Wilmington to have
cars ready at tho depot to Immediate
ly transport passengers to the hotels
at Wrightavtlle Beach. Baggage will
be checked to desUnatlon. WEEK
END rate, good for five days, 38.25;
SEASON tickets, $18.66.
SEABOARD.
Judge Columbus M. Payne, for near
ly thirty-eight years treasurer of Chil
ton county, a pioneer cltlsen of Atlanta
and a veteran of the civil war, died at
his home, No. 160 Spring street, at 13
o’clock Tuesday night.
Hla health had been poor for some
time, but up until last Thursday bs
had been able to attend to his duties at
the court house. Since that time he
was confined to his bed until the end
came.
Judge Payne Is survived by a wife
and one child, Mrs. S. F. Flood, of
Jacksonville, Fla, and four granchll-
dren. C. P. Goldsmith, of Atlanta; John
Flood, Samuel Flood and Mattie May
Flood, of Jacksonville.
Judge Payne was bom In Newton
county In 1831, and came to Atlanta In
1846, when It was a mere village. A
the outbreak of the civil war he enlist'
ed In the Seventh Georgia regiment
and served throughout the war In the
Army of Virginia ranking as sergeant.
After the war he returned to Atlanta
where he held a minor Judgeship for
some time, and In 1668 was elected to
the office of county treasurer, which
position he held, without luterruptloa
until his death. He has often had op
position, but such has been bls-officlal
record and personal popularity tbat at
no time has he been In danger of de>
feat.
Judge Payne was a member of the
First Methodist church, and was also
a Mason. No funeral arrangements
have been announced, but it Is probable
that he will be burled with Masonic
rites.
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
Firscrscksr Stsrts Blszs.
Chicago, July 4.—An *60,000 fire, a
flvp-.tory building at Franklin and Van
Duren streets, was started by an ex
ploding firecracker thrown Into the
basement through an open window
early this morning.
SHIRTS
WELL
LAUNDERED
are indeed a luxury—also
a necessity such weather
as this.
But the life of the shirt
must be considered. We
do high-class work with
out injuring the clothes.
Try Us and See
Excelsior Steam Laundry
40 42 WALL ST.
TELEPHONE 4L
Many Picnics Qivsn.
Special to The Georgian. *
lioschton, Go., July 4.—There Is quite
a number of picnics being held on the
Mulberry river this week. Just below
town.,
8mat! Boy Dies.
Special to The Georgian.
Cordele, Go., July 4.—The nlneteen-
montha-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Smith died late Monday afternoon, af
ter an Illness of several days. The
funeral was held yesterday morning.
Institute In 8szslon.
Special to The Georgian.
Montlcello, Ga., July 4.—The annual
Institute of tbe teachers of Jasper
county Is in session here this week.
Professor Wilber Colvin, of Toccoa,
Ga- Is conducting the Institute.
Old Officers Rs-alactsd.
Special to The Georgian.
Covington, July 4.—The ntockhold
era and directors of the Clark Banklm
Company met yesterday and declare!
semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent. The
old officers were re-elected.
Chief of Police Re-elected.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga, July 4,—Wiley Wll
llama was re-elected chief of police by
the police commission Tuesdsy night to
serve for two yeare. With the •xcep-
tion of on© year, l»® ha© been chief of
police for twelve years.
First’Immigrant Arrives.
Special to the Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., July 4.—The first Im
migrant has arrived here, and Is In the
person of George Holliday, of Glas
gow, Scotland. He has .Ixfnnfhls
country thirty days, and is looking for
a place to do truck farming.
Registrars Take Oatfi.
Special to the Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., July 4.—The thro* city
registrars, appointed by Mayor Allen.
were riven the oath by the mayor yea
terdey. and they at once settled down
to business. Louis Sayre has been
named the clerk of the committee and
L. C. Hayne chairman.
Insanity and Justifica-”
tion To Be Plea
of Defense.
WHITE DOT NESBIT GIRL
TO SUE YOUNO THAW
Affidavit Was Sworn to But the
Action Never Came to Record
in the Courts.
By Private leased Wire. •
New York, July 4.—Mrs. William
Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, tho
slayer of Stanford White, Is to return
from England and bend all all her ef
forts and lavish all her wealth. If nee-
essary, to save her son from the elec
tric chair or from Imprisonment,
Sho la expected to leave the earl
Yarmouth’s country seat at Parkhall
Evesham, an soon os she has restec.
and recovered from the shock caused
by the news of the tragedy.
Insanity will be the plea upon which
she hopes to save Harry Thaw from
punishment. She will go on the wit
ness stand at the trial and declare
that she has known fpr years that
Harry was Insane, but that she did
not think Ills actions would become
violent and therefore had made no ef
fort to have him placed In an asylum.
To Plesd Justification.
Her testimony will be corroborated
by the earl and countess of Yarmouth,
who will probably return with -Mrs.
Thaw. If not, they will bo here for tho
trial. Mrs. Thaw's decision la In tins
with the policy of the counsel for the
Negro Shoots Young Man.
Special to the Georgian.
Augusta, Os., July 4.—E. W. Nsplsr,
• v.mnr white man, was brought to
the^city yesterday on the Charleston
Ed C Westero* Carolina ‘"In from
Jackiton Station, in South Carolina,
with a badly *hot 1©8. tha wound hay-
Ing been Indicted by a negro man. W»1
Kendrick. An operation was performed.
integral kryptok.
ri focali are solid, Invisible, doubfc-
,in .tinei* greatly superior to the
ZUintkffid fauS^ advertised as In
visible. John
^ w^rarel^oo^dM po.
Ing of White Is to be shown by. _
clearly defined exposition of events that
slowly drove him onward until sud
denly bis pent-up hatred for the char
acter of the man who had wronged Ills
wife burst forth In a sudden gust
Insanity.
It was either Just before or after
their European marriage that Thaw,
already tilled with hatred and loathing
for White, heard from her lips the
story of how she had been drugged and
mistreated by White In his den In the
tower of Madison Square Garden
shortly after White first met her. Tho
story fanned the name of Thaw's
growing detestation of the architect.
She Was to Sue Thaw,
The theory of the prosecution will
crystallise around statements made to
the district attorney's office Indirectly
by a lawyer who was counsol for Eve
lyn Neablt In a suit for damages which
she Is alleged to have brought against
Thaw soy -.ntlis lirf'.i.- I heir trip
to Europe. At tho time this suit Is
said to have been brought Stanford
White was, It Is alleged, on friendly
terms with Miss Nesblt.
It was White, according to the In-
formation In the district attorney’s of
fice, who took Miss Nesblt to a lawyer
who had figured In many family scan
dals of high and- low degree, and the
Information given by Miss Nesblt at
that time was the foundation of a suit
for a large sum of money fiV* dam-
ages. Miss Nesblt, It Is said, dictated
to her lawyer a statement which
caused Thaw great uneasiness. The
suit was never brought to trial.
Further evidence came Into the pos
session of the district! attorney today
that strange and Ingeniously plotted
were Isld for Stanford White by
agents In the employ of Harry Thaw In
the past year and a half.
Sums aggregating at least *20,400
were paid by Thaw to detectives, who
ever seemed to be on the verge of ob
taining compromising evidence agelnst
White. But at the moment of con
frontation, when White was to be set
upon by policemen and ignomlnlously
haled to Jail, something always hap
pened to allow White to slip through
the "meshes.
But White was forewarned, and thus
forearmed. He pursued hla pleasures
' _ with companions
of his own selection. Not one move of
Thaw's men was unknown to him.
spy reported to White each plan and
movement of the enemy In time for him
to outwit them.
REDUCED R. R. RATES
FOR FOURTH OF JULY.
The W. & A. R. R. and N. C. 41 8t.
L. Railway will sell cheap round trip
tickets to all points south of the Ohio
and Potomac and east of the Missis,
slppl river. Including St. Louis,
Evansville and Cincinnati, at one and
one-third fares; tickets to be sold
July 2d, 3d and 4th, good to return
until July 8th, 1906.
For further Information and tick-
ets apply to any agent of the W. &
A. R. R.
CHA8. E. HARMAN,
General Pat*. Agent.
12 0’Clock TODAY at NOON 1 r-..
Declared.
George Washington, from the front steps of
Liberty Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., sent forth the
glorious Declaration of American Independence,
From that date the old flag of stars and stripes ha$
gloriously waved over the most prosperous,God-loving i
and God-serving people that the sun has ever shone
upon. And, just as “Old Glory ’ waved on that
memorable day, she will continue to wave forever.
Tomorrow we will be open bright and early after having
celebrated the Fourth, and every salesman will be in the very
best humor, and chock-full of low price talk that
that will satisfy any full-fledged free, Americati-
born citizen.
Just as a reminder—-you might forget.
We can show you all of the goods generally -
carried by leading Household Goods people.
Our stock in this line and especially on Staple
Hardware is quite up to anything South, and
we try to induce more patronage by low prices.
KING HARDWARE CO.
87 Whitehall Street.
Main Store 53 Peachtree Street.
116 Decatur Street.
203 Peters Street.
JOSEPHM. BROWN WRITES
OPEN LETTER TO PUBLIC
IN REGARD TO PORT R A TES
AT THE THEATERS
At l the Casino.'
Max HofTman’e name attached to an
organization I* a guarantee to theater-
goera of eomethlng worth while, and
the audience tbat went out to the
Caelno Monday night expected a per
formance quite out of the ordinary.
That the crowd waa not disappointed
Is beet shown by the large audiences
that have gone out to see tbe show
since the opening performance. The
crowd last night waa even larger than
Monday night, and. Judging from the
advance sale for the remainder of the
week, there will be no falling off In the
attendance. The fact Is, Max Hoffman
has one of the beet shows of the sum
mer season and- It deserves all tbe nice
things that have been said regarding
It In advance. Possibly one of the
chsrms of tbe performance lies In Its
absolute originality. The old beaten
paths of musical comedy have been
left behind, and 1n Its stead a most
pleasing melange of music, comedy
and nonsense has- been developed
which la ss effervescent ss It Is pleas-
1 “*he management has shown good
taste In booking this attraction for
the summer, as It suits the occasion
and meets every requirement of a
bright and up-to-date entertainment.
There will be s special Fourth of
July matinee Wednesday afternoon
1 the usual regular performance
ring the balance of the we»>»
To the People of Georgia:
to,the date of my vote, as rail-
commissioner of Georgia, to deny
(he petition of the Atlanta freight bu
reau for ’’port rates," which, besides
causing radical, discriminations, would
make a reduction of 38 per cent In the
existing rates, whlls the United States
supreme court has declared a reduction
of 28 1-2 per .'cent too'great and over
ruled It, the aftitude of Mr. J. R. Gray,
editor of The Atlanta Journal, was dis
tinctly friendly toward me, and Utat of
Mr. Hoke Smith was more than friend
ly, It was cordial. Two days after my
vote, above referred to, Mr. Orgy.' In
The Atlanta Journal, demanded my
resignation as railroad commissioner,
and about two weeks later Mr. IJoke
Smith, In a public speech, declared that
If elected governor he would remove
me from office. If It be claimed that
their words were , not caused by my
vote on the “port rate" petition. It can
also be said that ths' sbove coincidences
are. a* least very striking.
Since the above, Vrfie, Mr. Gray,
The Atlanta Journal, and Mr. Hoke
Smith, on the stump, have unceasingly
dssounced me, Mr. Smith going to the
extreme of denying tbat he was asso
ciate counsel for the railroad commis
sion In the ’’Circular No. 801 case,’/
whereas the court record shows that he
was aaaoclata counsel for this commis
sion, and Mr. Gray going to the ex
treme of ’’creating” a marble quarry at
Blue Ridge, Ga.,.41 mites north of the
real quarries, and publishing from this
fictitious quarry fictitious rales, which,
he gald. w«re "fixad by the Georgia
railroad commission,” these. The Jour
nal's rates, being from 4 to * cents
higher than would have been the com-
ion’s rates. It there were a real
uarry at Blue Ridge, Ga. At the some
time Mr. Gray published tn The Journal
fictitious high rates from the real
quarries at Tste, and sild that they,
too. were fixed by this commission.
But the culmination of Mr. Gray's
FULTON TINTED LEAD.
Every painter knows wbat It is. It
tbs best tinted lead made. Manu
factured by
J. COOLEDGE & BRO.,
Atlanta. Savannah.
spleen-came when, on June It, In The
Atlanta Journal, was published an arti
cle declaring that I had mads one state
ment about ths railroad rales In Geor
gia. which, In an affidavit, 1 subse
quently swore wss not true.
I accordingly wrote to Mr. Gray, June
21, asking Ibat he “copy from the offi
cial records or from any communica
tion over my signature, any statement
I have made which Justifies the state
ments made In his article above re
ferred Vo.” To this Mr. Gray replied,
quoting from a decision of the railroad
commission, printed September 16, 1104,
vis:
"The commission finds, upon Investi
gation, that the rates promulgated by It
ss a whole are lower than the rates
established by the commissions of other
Houthern Hates.”
There are twenly-two classes of
freight In the commission’s tariff, be
sides rates established between the
common points slid commodity retea,
etc. These rates are governed by a
classification of which several hundred
Items are In lower classes than In other
Southern state..
The commission's declaration means
that, applying all the classification to
ell the rates and ronatderlng the quan
tity of ft-eight moved In esch class, ths
result as a whole Is that the money
paid for ths transportation of freight In
Georgia Is Isas than Is paid on ths
gross amount of freight In other South
ern states.
But the railroad commission found
that the per,, tnsgvs above the stand
ard tariff allowed on certain classes to
the Southern railway. Centred railway
and Atlantic Coast Line railroad were
;h ut present, and ordered them
reduced. These railways secured In
junctions In ths Federal court against
the reduction. Tlie table of rates ac
companying the state’s answer, pre
pared by the attorney general and Col
onel H’, A. U’lmblab, attorney of tbe
Atlanta freight bureau, covered six
classes out of twenty-two. This table
showed that the s others railway was
allowed In Georgia higher rate# on
those Claeses sin us main and branch
lines than It wns charging on those
classes In Virginia. Tenneasss, Ken
tucky, etc, on Its main lines. This
was the table gevrred by my oath.
Mr. Gray, In reply to my demand that I
he produce pi «.f that my <mth In re- ]
g.ird to the rate- Involved In the above |
case falsified mj previous do laiallou
by me brings, therefore, the railroad
commission's statement In reference to
the rates as a whole. The table cov
ered by the oath Included six closest,
which. In some of the other ststee, ap
ply only on the main lines. In Georgia
they npply also on the branch lines.
The entire tariff In Georgia Includes,
as stated, twenty-two classes besides
commodity raise, ate.
Under the above circumstances,
therefore, I leave It for the Intelligent
nnd honest people of Georgia to say
whether the editor of The Atlanta
Journal does or does not stand un
masked as a character assassin, wheth
er he hsq or has not, In his attempt to
Injure me, published a malicious and
libelous slander.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH M. BROWN.
Atlanta, July I.
Io*to
, Ga.I Georg- p. While. Mic
HQTEL ARRIVALS.
AT THE ARAGON.
W, If- Ep/>», Klbcrtou. Ob.; J. K. Hatter-
Helds Dalton, Ga.; T. V. Fleming. Hparta.
Ga.; J. II. Hblpp, Cordcl*. ({a.; Lattl* II.
dUHtitr, Fitzgerald, Ga.; William II. Mara^
ton, FltagcreJd, Ga.; A. M. WJJIJa, Finer-
boo, Ga.; Mra. A. II. Wara* rlty; J. II.
Dow, Georgia; W. II. Wood, Georgia; II.
II. Wrack, Georgia; Norman C. Millers
Aottrinie, Ga.; W. A. Cetflalc, Oelnearllle,
Ga.; J. Ilulme Morgan, Uaalaou; J, D.
IJoyd, Griffin.
AT THE PIEDMONT.
L. W. I Ing bra. Lumber City, Ga.; W. A.
Fair, Attguita, Ga.; I* I*. Harwell, Man*.
Arid. Ga.; Is. C. Harwell. ManaBctd. Ga.;
C. W. Droning, IlruiiRwfrk, Ga.; Fair Dodd
and wife. Atlanta; rbarlra W. Walker.
Monroe. Ga.; II. N. Ford, Newborn. Ga.;
A. J. Kfauton. Newborn. Ga.; Dr. P. W.
Wllaon, Xewltorn. Ga.; If. A. Patrick, Cor-
AT THE KIMBALL.
M. R. Grader ami wife, Writ Point, G&|
Cbarlea I* Grader, Went Point, GaMti.
L. Harvejr, C'oltuebga, Ga.; W K. Wnotgp,
Allan?, Ga.; J. M. Wooten, ‘ “ 1
H. Murphy, Georgia; J. L, Jprkaou, Oi-origg;
P I* l.lndany, Turkor. Ga.; W II Mi-Ufcm,
Albert*lllr, Ga.; C. V. Wood,
Ga.; n. C. Tiwniwuil. Grlff/n, <J
Davlaon, Ga.; C. If. l.lndany
Ga.; M. II. IUgag, Home. (
Thompaon, Atiguito, Ga.; Mr*,
at iii tn on a, Madlnou, (Sa; MIm (
Maillann. Ga.: J. K. Cobb, Hfl
A. T. Urnwii, Hoyaton. Ga.; J
Mud, Klhertnn, Ga.; T. V. .
berton, Ga.; It. G. «\<latna, Moi
AT THE MARION
II. I.. Hliurum
Thornton. Jack*
wife, Jarknon.
' “ ’ 'B ’ lobs' I
Y'i.rltJ, 1
M II. florae.
< Vdfirtowp, |
J. Flank,
J L. FwW
«rrle Prick,
rfwell, Ga.j
. M. Pledge
t'ornnicroe, G«..; 8 If. j
.h . .1 h Tlmrnton aid
. P !>. T-M. Marffc,
t. Morin I I
Marlet ta.
1.1/
Noll llu
Mo-
W. li Iiiinliip. Atlanta,
. Gnlio’nvMlr. Ha ; N. II.
wii»;
SbHIiuan. Ga.; li. J. Simi, N .,n nml
Toccna, (in ; N. pebble*. ,m«h InI I
Ga.: t'arrle Pebble*. Mortal t'lrrlc. Gi
M. Kbit i i. wl. n.i. (in ; M V H
Inn, /'uitna, Gn ; H I; A<lam*. .Vet
Ga.: J‘. A Mown, Tocroa, Ga.; J
William*. Ilnriwfll, Ga ; T. O Hta
Georgia; U I- Adam»»n. Horn*. Ga.; 1». J
t*f>rU, Hylve»ter, Ga.
May Lota Har Raaaon.
Kalamazoo, Mich, July 4 - Harry L
Grant, aged 3«i yeara, a member of
prominent family here, fell from the
thlrd-atory window of a building laet
night nnd auatalned injurlea which r#-
aulted In hi* death n ahorl time later.
Grant wee In love with a drcaamakdr#
Mra. Ida Belknap, a divorced widow,
who wee the Ami to dlacover the body,
end ahe became delirious and It |f
feared hoa loat her reasoi
Are You Still Paying Rent? If so, I am Surprised!
Rent Receipts Remind me of Money
Thrown Away.
Do you know that the Standard Heal Kstato Loan Company of Waah- ]
Ington, D. C. will eell you a home-purchasing contract whereby you
can buy pr build a homo anywhere In tho United States and pay for t
It In monthly payments for lees than you arc now paying rent? They ;
will lend you from $1,000 to $5,000 at 5 per rent, simple Internet,
lowing' \<iii •<> j.ay it li.uk In monthly Iribiailmenta of $7.50 on etek ;
t!io i> * i. • 1 borrowed For pros port us and plana of our pmpoeltloo,
rail on or v. rlt.• J. St Julian Vales. State Agent, 321 Austell Bldf., A$» *
lanta, (in. iirll phono L’dj.J J. Atlanta phone 191S.
Truthful Hustling Agents Wanted in Etary Ctuntj in thi Mutt.