The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, July 16, 1906, Image 4

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TIIE ATE A NT A <i KOKGIAX. MONDAY. JULY 1«. 39^ THREE ARE KILLED BY GIANT BLAST IN POWDER MILL Shock of the Explosion Is Heard for Many Miles. By Print* Leaned Wire. Ashland, Wlii, July 1*.—Three men— J L. Pierce, of Wilmington, irenerml superintendent; William Wallace, la borer. and George Woodalll—ware kill ed and twenty Injured today when an immen>* powder mill, eeven mile* from thla city, exploded. The report tru heard here, sounding like a blast In a terrific thunderatorm. Telephone connecflona were deatroyed temporarily, but a messenger on horae- bnck arrived and aummoned aaalatance. More Expected to Die. A corps of doctors and nursea has tened to the mill. Advices received Ini dirate that at least a half dosen of the twenty will die. , The cause of the disaster la not employee* had “been warned' on this score. The damage, It la believed, Is at least 1100,000. SALVATION ARMY MAN ISBOUND OVER Charged with Robbing and Threatening Noctur nal Lodger. John ijrlstlansen, who hea chare* of the Marietta street lodging house of the Salvation Army, tvai Monday morning bound over by Judge Landrum on the criminal charge of robbing Ou ter Hilton, an Englishman, who secur ed lodging at the Salvation Army quar ters Saturday night. Hilton claims that In nddltlon to being robbed he was threatened with mistreatment by the Salvation Army officials. The evidence Showed Hint Hilton was drunk when he applied for lodging Saturday night. Tir. L. L Woolf appeared for the prose cution nnd aa several of the witnesses testified that Hilton had tho money with him Saturday night and did not have It Sunday morning, Judge Lan drum bound the defendant over under bond of J100, which he did not succeed In making. stoleWiTcell AND PAID HIS WAY DUT K. L. Lehart, n rather well-known police character, virtually ralstd tha limit of nerve Sunday afternoon laet when he committed larceny within tha bars of the police station, then with the stolen money paid his way toawaet Sfcindam, Howaver, ha was caught again and Monday afternoon was lined g i r,.7S for being drunk and disorderly Saturday night and 115.71 for Jarceny in prison. J. R. Adams, a farmer, whose fields II* In the vicinity of Buckhead, was the victim of the robbery. Adema was arrested Sunday afternoon .for being under the Influence of strong drink. When ho was taken to the station house nnd wss being searched a live dollar note rolled up Into a tiny ball and held In hie left hand was overlook ed He was then put behind the bars •till grasping the Avar. As luck would have It. Lehart was the only other oc cupant of the cell In which Adamasoon fell asleep. Lehart noticed the corner of the bill In hie room-mats's flit, and with skill and patience relieved the sleeper of It. Lehart then celled the turnkey and paid hta way out. On awaking. Adams made known his loss nnd Monday Lehart was nabbed ■f OMI Offlcer Harvey Wells. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODClDaO MANY ARE SLAIN IN FIERCE FIGHT Two Thousand Guatemalans Reported Killed by Salvadoreans. HEIDT-M’KINLEV WEDDING TAKES PLACE WEDNESDAY By Private la-sard Wire. San Salvador, July It.—The Salva dorean army Saturday night again at tacked the Quetemalan forces at Pla- tanar and obtained a victory c them. It la reported that Guatemalans suf fered a loss of 2,000 men killed, wound ed and taken prisoner*. The Ouatemslsn army which Invad ed by jay of Santa Fe, waa repulsed by tne Honduran army. Honduras lg making common cause with Salvador, A dispatch from Managua, Nicara gua, says ihst President Zeloga de clares that Nicaragua will remain neu tral. BACON TELLS R008EVELT OF GUATEMALAN ROW. By Private Leased Hire. Washington, July It.—Assistant Secretary of State Bacon has gone to Oyster Bay to dlscusa with President Roosevelt the Central American situa tion. It la understood that both Gua temala and Salvador have tacitly agreed to leave their difference* to be aettled by President Roosevelt, though Mr. Bacon declined to aay anything further before hie departure for Oy*. ter Bay than that the situation might be considered favorably. Acoordlng to advices received here, there has been hard lighting along both the Salvadorean and Honduran borders, reports from Salvadorean sources saying that the Guatemalans have suffered defeat pith heavy loss In both quarters. posseInmanThunt IN THE MOUNTAINS FDD nESPEHADO Pled After Killing Man and Fa tally Wounding an Offlcer. KILLS RUSSIAN GENERAL THINKING HIM TREPOFF MISS GRACE M’KINLEY. ARC TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DRESS 00LL8. By Private Leased Wire. Newport, R. I, July 11—An Interested class of a doaen lit tle girls from the cottage col- only has Juat bean formed to meet dally between 4 and 5 p. m. under an accompllahed woman instructor for the purpose of learning how to dress their dolls. Each little mlsa will fetch along a doll two fast tall and the chil dren will be taught how.to dress them aa exquisitely as thty are themselves. 000000000000<H30<H3000000000 “DOOLY” AND TAFT CALL ON ROOSEVELT By Private Leased Wit*. • Oy»t*r Bay, L. I, July 11—President Roosevelt had a rather buey day of It today. Among hi* visitor* were Sec retary Taft, Asilstent Secretary of State Bacon. General Bingham, police commlastoner; F. Whltrldge, special ambassador to the wedding of the king of Spain and Princess Ena, and Find- lav Peter Dunn, the creator of "Mr. Dooley." »*•> • set retary Teft I* conferring again with the president on the subject of brigade army posts. From here the >e-ortary expects to go to Murray Bay. Canada, for his vacation. CANDIDATES CH08EN IN COUNTY PRIMARY. ipeolsl to The Georgian. (iarkeevilta, Ga.. July 11—The coun ty Democratic primary of Habersham . lunty was held Saturday. It Waa the most hotly contested campaign held In this county In yeara. Following la the successful candi dal l E tre col For representative, J. C. Edwards; .or dark of the superior court, J. A. Erwin; for eherlff, J. N. Gables; for treasurer, C. T. Wlllbanks; for tax collector, J. D. Hill; for tex receiver, t. P. Blackburn; for eurveyor. H. C. msey; for coroner, J. A. Yearwnod. Special to The Georgian. Knoxville, Tenn., July 11—Charged with the murder of Grant Smith, former merchant of this place, and fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff WII llam Walker, John McPherson la i fugitive from Justice, pursued by two posies. McPherson,shot and killed Smith Id, the houes of Nettts Hall, apparently! without provocation, lie was necom (■allied by his father. Dr. Buck Me Pherson. at the time, and the two left the city In a buggy, going toward the mountain*. Three mile* out their buggy collided with one driven by Dr. Joseph Waddell, breaking e shaft, which so enraged young McPherson that ha pulled the phyalcluu from the buggy and beat him "WSi went (o Sheriff Walker's home and ‘the two pursued the Me Phersona. One mile farther out they ■net. Walker demanded the surrender of young McPherson and was shot through tha right lung aa u result Walker will dlo. Young McPherson contlnusd Into the mountains, while his father returned here and surrendered, and Is now In Jalk Rewards have been offered for young McPherson's arrest. Dr. MrPherson shot and killed a fel low physician some eight yeara ago nnd served live years of a seven-year sen tence before he waa pardoned. COUNTr AUDITOR IS BEING TRIED Br PrlrHte Wirt. Buffalo, N.fY., July W.—'Tlitro wan ft gru* rrat •sodus from Buffalo today, the trial of John W. Neff, former Ue|>utdlcau au ditor* under varloua Indletmenta. calllag many attorney a, wttneeaea and other Inter *«fe«l parties to Warea*'. Mr. Abbott moved the trial of Neff, on ludirtiuent charging .him with atenllng $?,- GOO from ICrte county. Octotmr 1, ItOl. At torney lluyt objected to bolding the trial, on the ground that the court nnd no Ju risdiction. and that the governor** author isation of a special term la nijconstltiltloii- The tnotiou waa deuied. FIFTY PERSONS HURT IN TROLLEY CRUSH By Private Leased Wlr». Hr. Loali, July 11—One person was prob ably fatally Injured nnd .fifty others were more or less lirutucd and badly shaken by * rear end collision between s Broadway Jdeut wss i|ne to * broken ttnlley Seventh street car. Owing to his heroism In sticking it Hr the face of danger, Motormnn idwa; the to hi* post Itr"the face of danger. Motorman John t'. lion ill, of the Broadway car. will prob ably dir. lie was aaeoasclou* when rescued from under the wreckage. Down* wse crushed lietween the vesti bule sad the door of the car. The curs were In such * wrecked rendition that they rould not be mu with their owu power. BUFFALO ICE TRUST IS TO BE PROBED By Trlvste leaved Wire. Buffalo. N. T.. July IL-DUtriet Attorney Abbott has announced that Buffalo la to have an Investigation Into the local Ice business, and at once. Paid the district attorney: "There hat Ixen popular complaint thnt the price of lc» In Buffalo Is too high In many quartern. When people complain like With & simple home wedding, at which only a few Intimate friends of each of the contracting parties will be present, on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Grace Howe McKinley, niece of ex- Prealdent McKinley, will become the wife of Captain a. V. Heldt, a former resident of Atlanta, and son of Dr. and Mrs. John W.. Heldt, of this city. The ceremony will be performed at the home of the brother of Miss McKinley at Fort Dea Moines, Iowa, and Dr. Heldt will officiate. The simple home ceremony will be followed by an elab orate military reception, to which friends of both parties have been In vited. Mias McKinley la considered one of the most beautiful women In the country and has often been written of, especially since the tragic death of her uncle, President McKinley, whose ward she whs.' After hla death the young girl left Washington and want to Iowa to live quietly with her broth er, who Is ttn-offlcer In the United Stateh army. . Captain'Heldt la a member of the quartermaster's staff anil la connected with the transport Dix. which leaves soon for Manila. Mrs. Heldt will prob ably not make the trip, but will come to Atlanta for n-vlelt to her husband's parents. Captain Heldt„ls oqe of the most prominent -graduates of West Point, at which Institution he received considerable glory In the athletlo world,' being for two years the center rush of one qf the best football teams which ever, represented the school on the gridiron. , Immediately after the wedding cere mony on Wednesday the young couple will go to Seattle, where they will re main until Cnptaln Heldt la ordered back to hie post on -the Dix. Army Offioers Reach Atlanta. Tho delegation of young army offi cers from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., who have been mnklng the trip from Chattanooga to Atlanta by easy stages, reached this city Sunday evening and left Monday by rail for their Kansas barracks. Tho following metnbera of the party registered at the headquar ters of the department of the gulf: First Lieutenant Hrlce P. Clique, of the Third Cavalry; Major E. M. Swift, of the Twelfth Cavalry; Captain J. A. Woodruff, of the Engineer Corps; Cap tain 8. C. Nestal, of the Artillery Corps; Second Lieutenant R. M. Camp bell, of the Twelfth CaValry; First Lieutenant E. A. Kregar, of the Twen ty-eighth Infantry; Captain Farrnnd Sayre, of the Eighth Cavalit; Captain H. W. Butner, of the Artillery Corps; Second Lieutenant Kenyon A. Joyce, of the Sixth Cavalry; Cnptaln Stunrt BLACKMAIL CHARGE HEARD AT INQUEST By Private I-hM Wire. New York, July 1*.—Lawyer Bur ton Wi Gibson was the principal wit ness today at the session of the coro ner's Inquest Into (he mysterious mur der of Mrs. Alice C. D. Kinun, which waa resumed from last Friday. Gibson's attitude during the examination was apparently frank and candid. Ulbson went Into detail on the charges of blackmail which he had brought against Mrs. Mary Shlppo, the Italian woman who lived In the basement of the Stenton house. Twelfth Cavalry, nnd C. A. Truall, of the Fifth Infantry. Elevator Boya on Strika. The elevator boys of the Candler building went on a strike Saturday night and as a result hut two elevator* were In commission Monday morning, one oiierated by the starter Bnd the other by *n offlee boy. There "were other boy* looking for work, however, and before noon the strika waa broken. Senator King's Sister Dead. Senator C. N. King received a tele- 5 ram Monday morning announcing the euth of his sister. Mr*. Harris, wife of Judge 51. B. Harris, of Fort Worth, Tex., Sunday. Senator King was away and did not receive the message until yionduy, Mrs. Harris had been In bad health for some months. She Itnd lived In Fort Worth for fourteen year*. The funeral was held In that city Monday. Chancellor Barrow Here. Chancellor Barrow, of the University of Georgia, was at the capllnl Monday. He stated Hint the outlook for the uni versity this fall Is unusually promising, and that the attendance, will be large. The attendance at the summer school la better than usual, and line work I* being done. The chancellor look* In splendid health, and was given a warm greeting from hi* friends. Mr*. Callaway Ml. Mr*. Frank E. Celloway, wife of Major Calloway, I* fast Improving from an Illness which at one time was thought to be of a fatal nature. Mrs. Calloway has been III for over two weekt at her residence on Fourteenth street. She was formerly e Miss Hel ena Bpencer, daughter of L. W. Spen cer, of Columbus. Ga., where she haa many friend* as well aa In Atlanta. Sues 8tr**t Car Company. Thomas Coleman filed suit In the ,-lty court Monday morning, claiming damages in the sunk of 110,noo from the Georgia Railway and Electric Company for personal Injuries alleged to have been eustalned on April 1* of thla year. Mr. Coleman state* that he was rid ing a horse on Peachtree street, near Ellis, when hie horse was struck by a car and he wae knocked to the pave ment. Negro Business League. A meeting of the Atlanta Colored Business League wilt be held at the colored Young Men’i Christian hall, on Auburn avenue. Tuesday night at rangementH for the convention National Negro Business League. Iff Atlanta, August 29, 20 and 21. Embalmsd Beef Again. Another case against a meat dealer for handling embalmed beef was brought In tha recorder'* court Satur day afternoon when W. IL Langley was (Hied 115-and costa for the of fense. Lutheran Church Reopened. After being closed for several weeks, owing to the absence of the pastor, the English Lutheran.church was reopened Sunday morning. Rev. Dr. Uvtry Elater Jacobs, dean of the Lutheran Theolog ical College of Philadelphia, officiating both morning and evening. Rev. EL C. Cronk, pastor -of the church, Is very much Improved In health and '‘will f irobably be able to resume his preach- ng next Sunday. Dr. Lee to Speak. On Monday night at No. 122 Pencil tree street, near the piedmont hotel, Dr. J. W. Lee, pastor of the Trinity church, will deliver an address before the members of the Atlanta Psycho-' logical Society,, nnd those of the public who may care to attend An Interest ing musical program haa been ar ranged to be given In connection with the lecture. Credit Mtn to Meet The legislative committee of the Credit Men's Association will meet at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon In the Kimball house, for the purpose of con- elderlng the Boykin bill, which will be Introduced to the legislature on Tues day. At Jaekson Hill Baptist Will D. Upshaw occupied the pulpit of the Jackson Hill Baptist church both morning and evening Sunday, and was greeted by large congregations at both services. Petitions in Bankruptcy. J. D. Langston, a merchant of thla city, has flled a petition In bankruptcy with the clerk of the United States court. IfIm liabilities are Hated aa 12,- 851.25, with no available assets. Rev. Sam Small Prsachts. Rev. Sum W.-Small preached before large audience at the Baptist tab ernacle on Luckle street Sunday after noon at 1 o'clock. Colville liTTn Buffalo. According tn messages received In Atlanta Saturday night. Fulton Col ville, the local attorney who started with Edward Inman several days ago tor a long automobile trip to Massa chusetts, was taken seriously III at Buffalo, N. Y„ and I* ronflned to a hospital In that city. No further par ticular* have been received. Wilson Burk* Har*. Wilson Burke, an v old Atlanta news paper man, formerly connected with tho Journal nnd the Dally News, now with the Cincinnati Post, Is the guest for a few dnys of his mother. Mr*. A. M. Burke, Weat North avenue. Local Office Opened. Mr. and Mr*. Walter Hawkins, B. K. Buck nnd W. E. Sweeney, of the Geor gia l’ench Orower*' Association, ar rived In the city Sunday night and on Mondny morning Mr. Hawklna formally- opened the local headquarters of the association. Tha Bank of 8op*rton. The Bank of Soperton, In Montgom ery county, waa granted a charier Mon day morning by Secratary of State Phil Cook. Capital stock, $26,000. and Incorporator* J. F. Cook,’ W. F. Luckle, T. W. Boothe and other*. MR8. LOUISE D0BBIN8. Sirs. Lml» Itaslanil Itohln* died st the boon* of her father. T. K. lUaland. S Cur rier street. Hntnnlay morning. The fuller- — jy an .. line officiating, was st SVestvIaw. Ily Prtrate Leased Wire. St. Petersburg, July 18.—General Kosloff, of the headquarters staff, has I ' been shot down by an assassin In tha Peterhof park. Before firing three shots, each of which took effect, the 'slayer gazed intently on a photograph of General Trepoff. The police seised tha murderer, but hare learned nothing as to his Identity. He Is well dressed and Is believed to be a socialist revolutionist. Tha murder Is mysterious, as General Kosloff was not connected with any political agita tion. * ■ Soldiers Fever Union. At a meeting at Gatcbklna. thirty tnlle* from St. Petersburg, attended by three of the guard regiments, an offlcer addressed the men on the subject of the soldiers' union, which Is being or- DOOOOOOCKHjOflDOOOOOaOOOOOGC 8T. SWITHIN'S DAY AND THE WEATHER. ganlzcd. He i- -Inted out that the league wax democratic and was being organ ized for the purpose of guarding the constitution and establishing constitu tional Institutions and to prepare the army to come over to the people when they were ready and armed for realst- ance. The soldiers received the speech with much applause. Peasants Are Killed. A new terrorlrts party, styling Itself "The Red Squadron," Is agitating the Baltic region. The members say this Is no time to bandy words, but tp an swer government repressions by Killing offlcer*. Circular* distributed call up worklnmen to “speak the language the cartridge ami the bomb.” Troops stationed at a refinery' at Or lovdavldnv attacked a party of pea Hants, bent on destroying th* building. One offlcer was killed and many pea sants wdre wounded. St. Swtthln's day. If thou dost rain. For forty days It will remain; St. Swlthln's day, If thou be fair, For forty day*, 'twill rain nae malr. Sunday- wa*. St. Swlthln's day and It didst rain some and wast fair some. So lie'll evidently have a little of both rain and sunshine for forty days, Fhlch Is guessing some. When asked what about the effect of St. Swlthln's day on th# weather, Mr. Marbury glowered over his specs and said: "Rot!" Forecast: Occasional showers Monday night and Tuesday. Monday temperatures: , 7 a. m. i. .. .. ..75 degrees 8 a. m ,.77 degrees 9 a. 78 degrees 1# n. 79 degrees 11 a. m. 82 degrees 12 noon .84 degrees 1 P. m .. 86 degrees 2 P- in .' ..88 degrees OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LARGE ATTENDANCE NT FARMER'S UNION Special to The Georgian. Marietta, Ga., July 18.—The Cobb county branch of tlje Farmers' Union held n rousing meeting In the court house here today. .-y ... The crowd was estimated at about 600. farmers from all over the county being present. The meeting wn» addressed by Hon. Ernest Blnnegar, state lecturer of Ala bama Farmers' Union, who spoke for about an hour and a half. The speech ■i'll enthiisfnxtlrnlly- received nnd fa vorably commented on by the farmers who heard IL . ' Hon. J'lhn Temple- Graves was to have addressed the meeting, but was prevented on account of Illness, MAN SHOT DEAD; TWO WOMEN HURT Ily Private Is-aseil wire. New York, July 18.—One man wa* shot dead and two women seriously In jured at 149th street and Trinity ave nue, tha Bronx, today. The two women nre In the Lebanon hospital. 'Police headquarters haa juat baan-notified. ooooooooooooooooooo3oo«h>o 12,000 8WITCHMEN JOIN A. F. OF L. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, July 18.—The railway switchmen's union, with Its 12,000 memben, has affiliated Itself with th* American Feder ation of Labor, according to a statement made today by Prtal- dent Gompera. The headquarters of the union are at Buffalo. 0Q0QI3D<ID0D000000<I000<H3<H300 WANTS WHEAT CROP BURNED TO KILL PEST Uy Prlvata*Leased Wlr*. Tacoma, Wash., July 18.—The burn ing of the entire wheat crop of thla state this yaar aa a means of extermi nating th* Heaalan fly, which has mads Ha appearance, la recommended by En tomologist Metander, of the State Ag ricultural College, who says It would be better to lose one crop than to see the Insect gain a foothold In the state and destroy a large percentage of all suc ceeding crops, I. 0E8GCHER. .. Oesgrher died at 7 o'clock Saturday night at a private sanatorium. He was a member of Schiller lodge. No. 71. Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellow*. Th* fn- nrrat services wilt he coadncted Tuesday morning at I'stlerson'S undertaking estab lishment. . TYPOTHETAE MEETS. By Private leased Wire. Buffalo, N. Y., July 18.—The twen tleth annual convention of the United Typothetae of America will begin today and continue several day*. The body composed of emphatic printers. SIX PERSONS INJURED. By Private leased Wire. Philadelphia, July 18.—It Is reported here that In a wrack on the Reading railroad near Germantown six parsons were hurt. Net a Fan. iiggtns doesn’t take any Interest In baaebalT." How do you know?" He say* he never allows himself to become af-gry or excited."—Washing ton Evening Star. Th* Rossa With Thorns. Some people seem made to be ala-ajrs cttlng thorn* In their fingers or their ..earts. but they are Usually those who care enough to pick roaea and run the risk.—Maarten Maarten*. A Toast to Tta. Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou female tongue-running, smile-eoothing, heart- opening, wink-tipping cordlaL—Colley Cribber. Latest photograph of Admiral Chouk nln, commander-ln-chlef of the exar's Black Sea squadron, who died Friday from a pistol shot Arid at him. *up posedly by one of his tailor*. SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA Criminal Docket. Ellas Allred vs. State, from Dawson. Argued. Chub Wall v*. State, from Rabun, Submitted. Witcher Uayea va. State, from Sum ter. Submitted. Roslin Nance v». State, from Coweta. Submitted. Milton Rawlins e( ill. vs. State, from Lowndea. Argued. Watson Alaobrook vs. State, from Berrien. Submitted. W. H. Parnell vs. State, from Bibb. Argued.. George Brown vs. State, from Crisp. Submitted. a Parker Rumsey .vi. State, from Ste phens. Submitted. R. L. Vanderford vs. Stale, from Gwinnett. Argued. John Flower* v*. State, from Sum ter. Submitted. Clarence Herndon va. State, from Sumter. Argued. In addition to the foregoing felony cases, the following misdemeanor cases were submitted on the briefs: Nathan Shuler et al. va. E. J. Willis at al., from Decatur; W. W. Welch va. State, from Spalding; Isaiah Edwards vs. State, from Bibb; Arnold Veaeey vs. Mayor, etc., of Crewfordavllle, from Talia ferro: Ha Thomas vs. State, from Hancock; Zeb Jones va; 8tate, from Rabun; Bennett Barren va. State, from Laurens; Henry Bridges va State, from Terrell: Willie Howard v*. State, from Hancock; T. C. Langley et al. vs. State, from Chatham; Pearl Winn va. State, from Bibb; Tom Duren vs. J. J. Stephens, from Thomas; George Ster ling v*. State, from Coweta; Walter Wright vs. State, from Bibb. The following civil cases were sub mitted on briefs: M. F. Martin va J. W. Pattlllo. K. R. Foster va M. F. Case, executor, from Baldwin. R. Houseworth et- al. va. W. F. Ste vens et al., commissioners, from Car- roll. E. M. Brand va. city of Lawrenceville.- from Gwinnett. Hattie Hart va. Lewis, Shore 41 Co., from Brooks. . Town of Blackshear va. A. M. Strick land, from Pierce.' J. S. Rogers, guardian, va Joslt Hlghnote, from Muscogee. Pcnnlba—Scribbleton tells me he I* making a specialty of, smart "child saying" Jokes now. Inkerton—Yes, poor fellow! He's In his second childhood.—Chicago News. Piggmua—I’m glad It la good form not to wear a watch with a dress suit. Dlamukea—Why? Plggmus—Because l never have both at the same time.—American Specta tor. “There's one point of resemblance about these Arctic explorers," said Tate de Veau. "Whet la that?" asked L'OIgnon. “They're ell married men."—st. Louis Globe-Democrat. Office Boy—Plea**, air, my grand mother died. -Boas—So did mine, and I am going to the game.—New York Sun. COURT REBUKES ALL THE LAWYERS • IN HARTJE TRIAL Judge Says Case Has Been Tried in Newspapers of Country. Ily ITIrate Leased Wire. Pittsburg. Ta., July 18.—Severe and cutting rebukes were delivered from the bench to the attorney* on both sides of the HartJe divorce case this morning by Judge Frazer, who charged that tho lawyers were talking too much outside of court to create Impreaalona through the newspaper*, while an In- ilivldn.il relinki- nas )mu-I—J Hi ;' lawyers for,the manner In which they have held on to the famous forty let ters and kept the other side from seeing them ns far as possible. "It ta a disgrace the way counsel haa been acting In this case," said Judge Frazer. "I mean about giving out to I be lu-M-i-i per* in a-lv.iii- iii- ■- i. mony they expect to produce. I want them to be a little more careful, lhave thought about this a great deal and once almost decided to close the doors and keep everybody out of the court room." When Judge Frazer had granted an adjournment until tomorrow morning to allow Mrs. Harije's attorneys time to go over the letters more fully, with their experts, 3!r. Marron said: "The respondent's case has been a newspaper from the flrst. It has been tried In the panera from California to New York." ICE PLANT DAMAGED BY-MORNING FIRE Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., July 18.—Fire this morn ing partly destroyed the plant of the T. G. Holt Ice Company on Oak street. The damage waa $5,000; partly covered by Insurance.- SOLICITORS GENERAL SWARM TO CAPITOL Solicitors general are almost as nu merous About the capitol as members of the general assembly Monday. * few lines In the papers a day or go caused It. Tuesday morning at ■lock the general Judiciary commit tee will meet to discuss the bill to put the solicitors on a salary. That was a mighty Important mat ter to these gentlemen, and they are coming In crowds to appear, pro or con, before the committee on Tuesday. Rome whose fees'run Into large figures are naturally opposing It, while others, not so fortunate tn the fee line, will advocate IL 1,801 M0U8E TRAPS. Washington Cor. New York World. “e one thousand eight hundred and 8r«t * tr*p ban Juat lieen patented. Ibilert L. Htronglellow, of White Illnff. Tenn.. Is the uiau who lielleres that he has Invented the best mouse trap In the world. But ns B -- appear to Manhattanites. Mouse traps bare lieen our of tho mmt frequently patented things the offlee here has had to deal with. Jay Gould laid tho foundation of his colossal fortune with it mouse trap, which Is still In use. There are traps that kill, traps that don t kill, and all aorta of trapa. Bot the Increase of mice still goes on. and It Is csttmnb-l thnt the race Is now many million times Ian . , tha amrket. Few people realise the Importance of cleaning out the mice. Few know of the vaat amount of barm they do every year and of Iks enormous aulir seated by the property t Government experts bn employed In an effort to wipe oat tne conn- try • auppty of mle. and ests sre- aapporten In mlnta, nulitrrasurten and other pahllc Imlldlnga tn destroy the nests: hut the nilie. so fsr, laugh st every effort to exterminate them. Win tha naw trap do Itl Oldest Body of Human Being. •• From Th* American Antiquarian. The oldeat body of any human be ing now reposes In the Egyptian gal lery of the British museum. It Is the body of a man who was buried In & shallow grave hollowed opt of th* sandstone on the west bank of th* Nile, In Upper Egypt. This man mint have hunted along the banka of the Nile before the time of the earliest mummied king which the museum possesses—before the time of Menes, who waa supposed to have ruled Egypt at least 6000 B. C. There w*r* previous to that time two prehis toric races, on# the conquerors ana the other the conquered, from which sprang the Egyptian race of the earn- eat dynaatlea. It I* with these remote stocks that thla men he* to do. Considering the condition lu which he wa* found, It is evident that he was associated with a late period of the new afone age "t Egypt. He wan buried In a character istic neolithic grave, with his neolithic pots and Instruments of flint about him. There la, of course, no Inscription "t any kind on the pots, knives or grave, all having been long before the Inven tion of any written language. Important In 8alling- From The Washington Star. "What la the moat Important thing about handling a sailboat 7" The old salt looked the novice over thoughtfully, nnd then replied, -Kno» tng how to swim." A Senator In Doubt. From The New York World. Senator All**, of Delaware, votes Mtm on a rollcall. The senator Is ft* *—eler la th* senate and he uanally * * guidance to Senator Aldrich, who v> t They were plugging away at the ndf J’hj recently, and lb# time cam# for a vote •» an amendment. Aldrich had gone oc f - . ]M EL.ss t: .t“fisrho-... against his own party. Street Car Conductor—That tr*"* fer Is no good on this line. . Uncle Zeke—Then what hev y* «“ boy* jellin' 'em at three cent* * P 1 . for beck there at that corner. »* another darned swindle.—\\ ashing Star.