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1 SPECIAL SATURDAY NIGHT EDITION. The Atlanta Georgian. SPECIAL SATURDAY NIGHT EDITION. VOL. L NO. 62. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1906 PPTAIT. In At Junta TWO CENT X AVAVili • on Train* FIVE CENT affida vit of wife STA TES THA T THA W TRIED TO KILL HER Original is Lost But Copy Will Be Used. MAY KEEP MRS. THAW FROM GOING OJK STAND Private Detective, in Employ of White, Says Sensational Disclosure Is Near. Bf Private Leased Wire. % N'ew York, July 7.—The district at torney's office succeeded today In lo cating the record of the affidavit al leged to have been signed by Evelyn Nesblt Thaw In her contemplated ac tion against Harry Kendall Thaw for breach of promise.. That Harry Kendall Thaw thrust a revolver against the head of the beau tlful Evelyn Nesblt In a paroxysm of nnger and chagrin, threatened to kill her when she first revealed to him the part White had played In her life, was one Of the sensational charges. It was learned todfiy. In the affidavit which she l» alleged to have signed as the first step In an action for breach of promise. She Pleaded Piteously. It was only her piteous pleadings at the time that dtasauded Thaw from his determination and saved him then from having blood on his hand as later she became the cause of the same re sult. . It was learned that, although the original affidavit was destroyed after the marriage of Evelyn Nesblt and the man who' killed Stanford White, the famous architect, a copy Is still In the hands of a noted lawyer of this city. It was also ascertained today that When the original paper was drawn up In the i,nice of Howe & Hummel, Stanford White was present, and was represent ed by former District Attorney Delaney Nlcoll, who. It was said, would mate rially aid the prosecution. To Frighten Mrs. 'Thaw. The copy of the alleged affidavit does hot, of course, contain the signature of Evelyn Nerblt, Thaw, but it was be lieved by the prosecution that this rec ord would serve to keep Evelyn Nesblt Thaw from taking the witness stand In defense of her husband. With the discovery that the record of the whole alleged breach of promise proceedings Is still In existence, the prosecution became certain that 'hi* could be held over the head of the wife and that It would be successful In frightening her so that ahe will refuse to testify. White's Driver Discredited. Complete discredit was placed today upon n story printed here In which John Hums, night chauffeur for Stan- OOOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o SAY8 ROJESTVENSKY WAS IRRESPONSIBLE. By Private Leased Wire. Cronstadt, July 7.—Surgeons of the Bedorl testified yester day at the courtmartia! trial of Admiral RoJestvenaRy for the surrender of the vessel In the battle of the Sea of Japan that Admiral Rojestvensky, owing to his wounds, was partly out of his head, waa Irresponsible and Incapable of paaslng orders to surrender. LOVE LETTERS BRAIDED AS PLAIN FORGERIES HARTJE AND FRIEND CHARGED WITH TRYING TO DE FAME MRS. HARTJE. SAYS GENERAL IDE Dread Disease Leaves None Alive When It Attacks. By Private Unfed Wire. Washington. July 7.—There Is a de cided Improvement In the cholera sit uation In Manila, according to a roport received by the bureau of Insular af fairs today from Governor General Ide, of the Philippine Islands. He says that for the twenty-four hours ended at 8 o'clock a. m. July 7, there were eighteen cases. The-dally nverage has dropped one-half, and there Is no fur ther Increase In the provinces. A sinister sentence In General Ida's report reads: "Practically all cases above men tioned were found dead." OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO By Private Leased Wire. Pittsburg, Pa., July 7.—That at least one handwriting expert employed by Augustus Hartje to prove the genuine ness of the famous "Mad|ne” letters declared them forgeries and refused to go on the witness stand, in Hartje'a pay and testify to their authenticity, developed today, T. M. Williams, of the Actual Business College, Alleghe ny, said that he had done this very thing. Hartje and hla friend, John L. Wel- shons, a wealthy business man, have been served with warrants charging attempt to defame the character of Mrs. Hartje. Ronds of 88,000 In each case were given and the trial ar ranged for July 14. AND DESERT SHIP Atlanta people ire mighty lucky! Just thtnk for a minute of the people In Columbus w|th a temperature of >3. m Savan nah with 92, Macon 91, Rome 88. Augusta 86, while the high est temperature recorded In At lanta Friday was 84. When It comes to climtae Atlanta Is hard to beat. The weather report ahowa that It has been cloudy over the entire Southern' states In the past 24 hours, with tempera tures remaining practically sta tionary. Forecast. Cloudy ' weather with occa sional showers Saturday night and Sunday. Saturday’s temperatures: 7 a. m. 70 degrees 8 a. >.71 degrees 9 a. m. 72 degrees 10 a. m. 73 degrees 11 a. 74 degrees 12 noon 79 degrees 1p.m. 79 degrees 2 p. m 78 degrees OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUOOOOO Hy Private Leased Wire. Clgo, Spain, July 7.—Mutiny broke out In the harbor today on board the Russian warship Terek. A large party of her crew dressed in civilian's cloth ing and deserted the vessel, fellow conspirators keeping the officers cov ered with'revolvers. This Is the sec ond attempt made by the crew to get away. ford White, said that Evelyn Nesblt nfter her marriage, had Thaw, after her marriage, had dined with White and ridden with him In his nut. .mobile. rnuuallfled denials of the statements attributed to Burns came not only from •Imlge Oleolt, of counsel for Thaw, but from Assistant District Attorney Gar- Kin, who has charge of the prosecution, as well. Expose Is Thrsstsnsd. Paul Bergoff, who was Stanford White’s chief detective and body guard, held a long conference with Assistant District Attorney Gnrvan today and after coming out of the latter's office, made this sensational statement re- gardlng forthcoming developments In the Thnw-Whlte tragedy: "The prosecution expects to locate a most lm|s,rtant witness within twenty- four hours. This will completely change the whole situation, and will put Hnrry Thaw In an unenviable light," William Thaw, a nephew of Harry K. Thaw, arrived from Pittsburg to- und, after getting a pass admit his uncle. While he was In the Tombs, 11 vs. Thaw arrived to see her husband, and shortly afterward Dr. Allen Mc- I-ani Hamilton, the alienist, also called. 7 haw was subjected to another searching two-hour mental test In the Tombs today by the noted alienist. Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton. The result was the practical assurance of the counsel for the defense that they will Justified In applying to a supreme ' <111 Justice for a lunacy commission i" determine whether or not the prlson- >n a condition to be placed on trial. CHAMBERLAIN HONORED ON HIS BIRTHDAY. hr Private Leased Wire. London. July 7.—Joseph. Chamber lain Is ,0 year, n](1 today and B lrmlng- f v „ " er ! decorated as though reception. The celebration W be continued on Monday, which 'l* the thirtieth anniversary of lamberlaln a entrance to parliament. C' O'iOOOOOOOOeOOOOOQOODOOOO i DEATH sentence, JE _ 8 8E RAWLINS WANTS TO READ THE GEORGIAN Te, nple Graves, At- l«nta, Oa.: 0 " , 8lr ~L Bm ,n Valdosta O «» hang July II. o • '"T ly >■ years old. but I like O w * hRV * «« reading O i „ r ,L |,rmnt . We have got o O per d Th? •?*"*• «* y° ur «»- O, o I , r L t e Atlanta Georgian, and pi O ‘‘"EES rr * dln « “ rmlre than Ol O 52i B r!3VS? r ,l “ t 1 have ever O, 0 Lit' a " rf 1 thought that 1 would O o y°u and ask you to O o n ," d your paper a short OI o hSI' ..K yo" tvlIT 1 wlU appre- O o d ' i'eery much. I lure ntrer O r> atj . eeeustomed to beg before. O 3 tire T’“' d , not now » I had Jua- O 0 that i „®" , J nnoc *. nt of the clime O * «" d I hope O JUDGE R,R, RUSSELL SPOKE RERE FRIDAY EVENTS THAT STAND OUT IN PAST WEEK’S NEWS RUNS THS Gauntlet once MO*. Sr- AS THEY IMPRESSED THEMSELVES UPON CARTOONIST BREWBRTON. ATTEMPT SEIZURE OF AMERICAN BOAT HAPPY HUSBAND’S HEFTY HUGS NETTLE NERVOUS NEIGHBORS; TIME LIMIT FIXED FOR SQUEEZES Judge R. R. Russell spoke for fifteen minutes before 400 of the Southern railroad employees at the shops, Mc Daniel street, Friday. At noon the shop employees lay aside tools and give attention to dinner cans. Friday, however, they gathered arpund the candidate with dinner cans In hand and listened, with occasional shouts of approval for a quarter of an hour. Judge Russell'was In Atlanta only a short time, having returned from Franklin county, where he spoke nt the laying of the corner stone of the Carnesvtlle court-house. Saturday Judge Russell will spend the day In Rutts county, speaking at Jackson nt noon, Flovllln nt 3 o’clock and Jenklnshurg at 8 o'clock In the evening. He will spend Sunday In Macon. DOOODOOOOOODOOOOOOOOOOODOO By Private leased Wire. Chicago, July 7.—John Alex ander Dnwle Introduced his will In court yesterday, claiming to be the last one up to this dnte, as evidence of his good faith toward Zion. To Zion he Is to leave everything he has, in trust; to his wife he will give Just what the law would allow her, and to Gladstone Dow|p, nothing whatever, not even a blessing. OOOOODOOOOOOODODOtHJOOOODO By Private l.ea*ed Wire.' New York, July 7.—The days of pi rates arc not over yet. It seetne. If V experience <>J thq^frelght .stenmitfip < Lai hlnn. Just In from Caleut <le coining through the Red sea, re. late the odicers, an Arabian dhow, manned by about GO armed Arabs, at tempted to board the vessel under the 1 he Clan MucLarhlan had to put on full speed to escape. ' When the vessels were alongside then made them run for thalr small arms. The dhow was black with men and apparently every one was armed with a rifle. The Instant the dhow swung In near enough a grappling Iron whlssed over the MacLachlan'a port rail. A sailor was quick to seise and throw It overboard, but rifles were pointed at him as he did so. Captain Gray yelled at once to the man In the pllut house to signal full speed ahead. CONDEMNED NEGRO SAWS OUT OF JAIL AND MAKES ESCAPE Hpeela! to The Georgian. . Birmingham, Ala., July 7.—A reward of 11,600 has been ottered for the cap ture of Robert L. Dlx, the negro who escaped from the Jefferson county Jail at 8 o'clock last night, by sawing his way through two windows. Employees of the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power Company are raising, an nddl tlonal reward. Dlx was condemned to die August 3 for the murder of Bert Pesnel, a motor- man, last October. DOOOOOOOOOOOOfteOOOOOOOOOOO o o LIGHTHOUSE TENDER IS REPORTED 8AFE. By Prlvato Leased Wire. Washington. July 7.—The lighthouse board has Just re ceived a telegram from Key West, which says the lighthouse tenileo laurel, anchored under I-obua light from June 25 to July 2. Waiting for less wind caused delny. She sailed from Ouantannmo July OOOOOOOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOO Various Views on Hugging long on the front {torch that It hai What the nHghbort paid: “IIo hugs bis wife so often and mu le ui nil norvou*." What thoJiuupy hubby sold: # “She’* my wife and l'vq got a perfect right to hug her whenever I get ready and Juat aa long aa I want to." What the huggabie wife paid: "lit let my husband hug me whenever he getp ready, and lt'a no- v'm hitalnMa Mu th«»>" body's business. Bo, there.” What the tv 1 "* Judge said: "There Is none to dispute that the hugging of wife by huaband la eminently legal, there being precedent In qomtnnn law and equity to #*- tabllsh such process as an Inallsnahle prerogative. Hut In the matter of hugging In public, the court would suggeat the establishing of a time limit of, say fifteen minutes.” In a trial Saturday morning In police court. Recorder Broyles waa called on to make a ruling aa to the length of time It Is proper for a man to hug his wife. Judge Broyles held that It Is eml nently legal and proper for • man. to hug hln wife whenever he so desires, but ruled that this popular manifesta tion of affection should be limited when In public. The court declared that fifteen minutes for one hug In pub lie was entirely too much. This ruling was made In Ihe case of II. O. Breedlove, whose name Itself Is amorous, a well dressed young man whose home Is at 67 Weyman street, and of whom neighbors had oomplalnsd In regard to his public display of af fection for his young wife. Breedlove and his wife are said lo have fondly embraced each other at frequent Inter vals on their front porch, In the front doorway, and In other public places about the home, In full view of any of Ihe neighbors who might feel Inclined to wigtlss the Interesting spectacle. couple would .... arms of one another for fully ten and fifteen minutes at a time. Made Neighbors Nervous. Finally, this public hugging began to annoy the neighbors, and especially those of the gentler sex. One witness declared In court that the continued ex hibition of uffectlon made the neighbors nervous and they could stand It no longer. It played on the nerves of the women In the community to such an extent that their Indignation reached a o | r , sno i nope 0 y^ou^lff send « 1 “ ld ”* u ' July 3. o ^^o o o o o oo o o »ugh the over sealoua husband might be mobbed. Arrvrrilr«g to one wltnepp, the women had organised and had declared ’their Intention of rocking Breedlove out of the community. Before this plan reached the com bustible stage, however, an Appeal waa made to the police and a caae was en tered against Breedlove. The young husband made no denial that he loved hla wife and had often hugged her, but ho put his defense upon the plane that a man hn*» a perfect right to hug his better half when he feels the slightest Inclination. “Your honor,- paid he, with an presplon of confident e on his fare, “hasn’t a man the right to love his wife aa much as he pleases and to display affection for her? I thought any mar ried man had full authority to embrace hill wife at any time and for Just “11NDT IN RACE FDR PRESIDENCY," SAYS MB, HEARST He Prefers Bryan, or Folk or Steven son. r wit- lung a lime as he pleased And thla la what tbs court nMl The Court's Ruling. * "The hugging of a wlfs by Ihs hus band Is perfectly legal and leglllmals. Of this there Is no doubt. Hut then dis cretion must be freely used In nil such coses. Ordinarily a man would not de sire to make a public exhibition of his affection, but If he doss, then he must exercise a certain time limit. 1 am not or fifteen mlnutee at one lime' In a public place entirely too much. If you want to embrare your wife on the front porch, you mull be moderate, and not go to tha extent of making your nelghbora nervoue." With thla warning. Judge Broyles Imposed no fine for the hugging, but he assessed Breedlove 110.76 for telling fortunea, a caae that developed during the hearing. Wanted to Give Peace and Comfort. The police atated that Breedlove had been telling fortunea, and one young white woman, of a decidedly blonde type, was Introduced as a witness. “Yes, he'told my fortune," she eald, with a humllated-Ilke smile, "but none of It. was true." Hhe declined to divulge what Breed love told her. The young man admitted he had been telling fortunea, remarking aa his excuse: I only did It, Judge, because I like to give people peace and Comfort." JOHN D. IS NOT SCARED BY VISION OF THE ROCK PILE How Would You Like to be John D.P At (7 years of age John D. Rockefeller Is estimated to be worth 1840,000,000. His Income Is about 81.93 every second of the slay anil night. iAMt year Mr. Rockefeller waa worth $803,000,000, showing a gain for the present year of 348.000,000. In 1000 he had only 1400,000,000, and In tho year before | * "' that he was poorer still, 8360,004,000 representing hie total wealth. In 1895 he had 1100,000,000, In. 187$ $6,1390.000, and In the year" before ihat he was virtually bankrupt. If his millions contlnut to- Increase at the present rate, Mr. Rockefeller at the be worth about 826,000,400,004. age of 100 years will shows the great dumb ,ff nt. Blehsel.'the largest church In II l^Tlnst breu destroyed liy Hr... Keen while Ike rhomb was barel t?lKh5Fd!3Eris ribeUd It and the Sret eslweripU«. ess cgvyy.rissf By WILLIAM HOSTER. Special Cable—Copyright. -Compclgne, France, July T.—John D, Rockefeller today refused to permit the details of ihe new proaecutlona begun In Ohio against him and the Rtandard Oil trust to disturb his enjoyment of hla vacation. I know nothing about that," said when tho story waa.uel to l.:m, "at any rate. I am not going to worry over It.” s over When his attention was called to ths possibility of his spending a year In the work house making brick. If n con viction la obtained, he smiled and said: “Well, we all have to work whether we are In or out of the work house." The sixty-eighth anniversary of Mr. Rockefeller's birth will be celebrated tomorrow 1 by a quiet family dinner at the chateau, where he la stoplpng. By Private Leased Wire. San Francisco, Cal„ July Ham Randolph Meant Is not a candi date for nomination for the presidency by the Democrats. He la la flavor of Bryan or Folk. Here Is a statement given out by hltn last night: "1 would Ilka to stale very positively that I am not a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination In 1908. Mr. Bryan aald the other <lav In London that there were others beside* himself who had claims on the nomi nation through services rendered ths Democratic party, *sd mentioned pleasantly Mr. Folk. Mr. Bailey and myself. He Prefers Stevsnson. "While appreciating Mr. Bryan’s compliment, I must decline to be con sidered a candidate. Let the list stand It Mr. Bryan pleaaea, Bryan or Folk or Halley. For my port I would aub- stltute Htovenson for Dailey. Sir. Bryan’s services to the Democ racy are too well dlagnoeed to be re hearsed. He has led the party con spicuously In two presidential cam paigns and one senatorial campaign. In the national house of congress ha has made the Issues himself and expound ed them with a brilliancy unequaled and unapproarhed. Sir. Folk's servlets to the Democ racy are notable and real. In fact his services have been rendered to all cltlsena Irrespective of party, for bin career as an honest and efficient pub lic servant Is an example to Republi cans and Democrats alike. Doesn't Care For Bailey. 'As. for Mr. Bailey, well, Bailey’s vices have been rendered to that corporation end of the Democracy that I do not consider Democracy and whoso control of tho machinery of the Denin- alle ,1-1 11 ell :i ■ of tho Hejaihlleau parly lisa led me to seek my Ideals of ary of Jefferson ana tho Hepuhlleiinlsin of Lin. oln In tha In dependent league. 'Halley’s nomination for first place, even by the machine tlint nominated Iter, Would be lmposslIde, hut Hal ley's nomination for second phu e is conceivable. It would have the ma terial advantage of Insuring Texas to tie- 1 tel < f . lit lung a -uh- stnntlnl cninpntgn contribution front John I>. Bin kefeiier. Ilul'lts advan tages ar e ,.l,v Ion. Folk and Halley, for Instanre, would be nn ol! anti wa ter ticket that would not mix - a ticket of good, pure water and Standard till. I’m Not s Candidate." "Hryan and Bailey would be alllter- alive and th Ming to th. . nr, hut would sound too much like Barn urn and Bailey to suit the discriminating taste of the convention. "Why not llrynn or Folk or Steven son In 1908 on the Democratic side, and why not Roosevelt and LnFollotte on the Republican side? "I made ths fight against what I honestly believed to he anil still be lieve to he ths forces of eorjlonithm corruption. I offered to lead that fight ly when no other would take the k. I consider that I did my duty In '!. 11 . .,m, ■•', I■ 111 I nil! never under take another In that way. A tna lives are much mlsundersto purposes murh mlsre can be charged with f object to attnln. Will Crack l am, moreover, am well satisfied to my publications to drive out of offl the white slaves of the trust and promote Urn fortunea of tho hot,, servants of the people, and 1 cannot this as effectually It I am mixed i In purely party politics. "In the polltcal fair wherever I .< a truat-owned head I am going to I It, no mattec what party It Is said belong to. I have been hitting the eo S oration crown of Mr. Tom Taggai , nown as a gambling house keeper and after that as rhalrman of the nt committee, and am glad that tin ernnr of Indiana has Just orderc attorney general to proceed again Tnggart for maintaining a — rn wav. man s mn- lsundersto.nl and his nlsiepresented it ha Hit having a personal Trust Head*. r, Welt pleased as I den and that the sheriff haa ralde. establishment. I have been Inttlmi head of Mr. Guffey, of I’enn*ylvan gentleman who Is a politician In t ness and a Standard Oil agent In pull- tics." "I can repeat definitely and i»)»ltlve- ly I am not a candidate." t- tlona of the French people sadd him. The population Is not Inerei and thla generation la not tstier vigorous. At the racer Toeedny n lally menial band of 78 mao sung, voices were weak. Mr. RockeM ‘Imagine 76 American gul.lP singing. You'd henr them a m But the economy and Industry >f i French, he says. Is not to l.e v, looked. R Is their saving gra Americans have got to learn a less front them. Americana have gut Item to seve. The Inception of t Chicago I'nlverslty wee learned today. New York came near getting It. The late Rev. Dr. Strong urged Mr. Rorke- d feller to found a great national Uni versity on Manhattan. eald today his obae WILL SERVE SUMMONS ON THE KING OF OIL By Private Leered Wire. Findlay. O.. July 7,-Aludge Banker, of the probate court, haa Issued a sum mons for John D. Rockefeller In con- necflon with the euft recently filed here against the Standard OU Company and Mr. Rockefeller, In which It lr alleged that the Valentine antl-tru-t taw has been violated by the Standard Oil unj Its subsidiary companies. The summons has lieen turned ever to Sheriff Grove*, who state* that he will s M lluv kcf'.dlei as s ...ii as the Oil magnate- returns troin ■ -Taj A-at