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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. LAKE SHORE DODGES INDICTMENT BY HISJVIDENCE Grammar Takes Immunity • Bath by Gojug on Stand. PICTURE OF THE WRECK AT SALISBURY, ENGLAND, IN WHICH A NUMBER OF AMERICANS WERE KILLED; YOUNG BRIDE WHO WAS MADE A WIDOW BY DISASTER By Print* Leased Win. Cleveland, Ohio, July 17.—Captain a. J. Grammar, vice-president of the Lake Shore, whom. It waa hoped, would be indicted by the (rand jury, Inveatlgnt Ins- the Standard Oil Company and the 1-a k« Shore, appeared before the grand jury this morning, thua making him linmuna from Indlctmenta^H^H Just what Grammar, who occupied tin- 'tend all the mornnlg, told the grand jury, could ndt be learned at noon. In tbe hope that an Indictment could be aecured agalnat Grammar, ' plane for summoning him at the be ginning of the Inquiry were counter- mended by Washington. The confer ence of District Attorney Sullivan In th» Hast with Moody had for Its results ^^HBgSing of Grammar. Another waa the announcement of a grand Jury Inquiry at New York. It I- now believed the renrellatlon of Chicago storage charges of the Lake Shore against the Standard may have b->n made In the New York Central odices In New York and that arrange ment for the rebates were made there by big oil and railroad officials. With the return of Sullivan to Cleveland Tuesday morning, the grand Jury be gun a final effort to secure conclusive evidence. Real sweat-box methods were In regue. All the Lake Shore nten pre viously examined were recalled for more minute examination. To ffx def inite responsibility on certain high standard officials is now the great aim hopes the secured from Grammar. standard officials lx now the of the prosecution, which needed evidence will be sec CHILDREN TAMPERED WITH ARC LIGHT As the result of several accidents In front of the court house on South Pry or street recently when several teams have fallen Into a dllcli at that point during the dark hours of the night, due, It has been said, to the fact that the electric light at that point baa not been operated as It should, II. A. Stockton, foreman In the employ of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, ap peared before Judge Broyles Tuesday morning to explain why the light was so seldom lit. The testimony of Mr. Stockton and other representatives of the company was to the effect that everything pos sible had been done to keep the light In good condition, but that children or others maliciously Inclined had con stantly tampered with the globe of the light and prevented the beams from throwing their rays where the danger point line been. The recorder was con vinced that the fault was not with Stockton, end ordered hie discharge. fatheFFosij LEAVER ATLANTA The Rev. Father Peter McOscar, 8. M„ aselatant pastor of the Sacred Heart church, has gone to Weeterly, Rhode Island, where he will assume charge of the church. Father McOscar will have a large pastorate In his new held. For two years he has been at the 8acred Heart church and has won many frlpnde, who regret his departure. LEAPS FROM TRAIN AND MEETS HIS DEATH Special to The Georgian. Collins, Mies., July 17.—erased by a blow on the head Indicted by Willie Holland, George Boolhei of Kola, Mias., leaped from the window of a train on w hlch he was being conveyed to a doc. tor Saturday and was crushed to death under the wheejs of the moving train. It la alleged that Boothe had been making disrespect ful remarks about Holland's wife, and Holland called upon Boothe for an explanation. A quarrel ensued and Boothe was struck on the head with an ax. It Is elated that the wound Inflicted by Holland on Rootha's head was a fatal one. This, however, will have to be determined, os the Immediate cause of death re mitted from being crushed beneath the train. Reallxlng that hie wound wee severe, Boothe boarded g train and was trying to reach this city for the purpose of obtaining a surgeon. He became mad and frantic, resisted the attempts of hie friends to hold him on the car, rushed wildly out and leaped from the moving train. His body wee terribly mangled. Holland has not yet been appre hended. TRYING TO OUST EDWARD HABRIMAN nr Private Leased Wire. New York, July 17.—That the fight for control of Wells-Fargo ft Co. Is becoming bitter waa made clearly evi dent today when W. C. Stokes ft Co. in a circular to stockholders of the farmer company accused E. H. Har- riman and the Wells-Fargo A Co. management of deliberately Issuing an Inaccurate balance sheet of the com pany. If the movement to oust Har- rlmnn from the company Is successful Stokes ft Co. promise a thorough In vestigation of the company's affairs. WAITER FELL DEAD WHEN HE GOT TIP By Private Leased Wire. Elkhart, lad.. July 17.—Martin Pgue, a waiter at the Imperial hotel here, was given a flre-dollar Mil as a tip at the dinner hour yeeterday by Henry Cole, vho is reported to have been a big looked at the bill, floor, unconscious, and It a cate of heart failure. SCORE TER RAILROAD WRECk'aV 8ALI8BURY, ENGLAND. TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DISAS- SUGRo] THE^JRIDE^OF^A^FEw'wEEKIL Wh/oSE^HUSBANI? WA8 KlI^LED^ M^ALSO^IhOWn! AND INJURED. A PICTURE OF MRS. COSSITT, DAUGHTER OF JUDGE INAL Big Newel Post on Top of Building Smashed Down Through Roof. Something of a panic waa caused In the Terminal station Tuesday after noon at 1:21 o'clock by the terrific noise of lightning striking and dislo cating one' of the newel posts on the south tower. The post, composed of material akin' to concrete, was hurled the several roofs of the station, parts striking the asphalt walk In front of the station. No one was Injured, although many wore badly frightened. A depot horse was struck on the nose by a flying fragment. The horse started to run, but was caught before causing any damage. The tunder bolt first tipped the top most pinocle of the south tower, then caromed down to the northeast cor ner, where It dislocated the newel and several of the pillars In the ballustrade. All of these were given a tremendous Impetus, some landlna on the roofs and some thrown far out Into the drive way. Home ten or twelve large holes were knocked In the terra cotta rooting, but none of the fragments came all the way " rough. The accident would probably have caused the loss of life,, had not the heavy rain driven all -paisersby and those waiting for trains to' the .Inte- ' or of the building. Shortly' after It o'clock a thunder bolt struck In the vicinity of the gas tanks, not far removed from the Ter minal stntlon. No great damage was done. TOM TAGGART ASKS FOR ROAD FRANCHISE By Private leased Wire. Memphis, Tenn., July 17.—Applica tion for a franchise In this county for the I-akevtew Traction Company, of which Thomas Taggart, of Indianapo lis, Ind., Is president, was made tn tha county court yesterday. The request was made fertile privilege of locating and maintaining for a ixrlod of 35 years single and double tracks, poles and oilier equipment necessary In the proposed electric line from here to Clarktdale, Miss. This line will touch at Lakavlew, Miss., a summer outing place, where, It Is said, there Is to be created a casino, with all sorts of amusements provided for patrons of Indoor and outdoor sports. MARCHING THROUGH DIXIE 18 BAD BOLL WEEVIL. Special to Tbe Georgian. Baton Rogue, La., July 17.—The statement that the cotton boll weevil Is migrating eastward very rapidly, and that he believes It will get Into Missis sippi by the close of the season, has been made by W. 8. Hunter, entomolo-, gist of the United States government, and In charge of the government's boll weevil work In Texas and Louisiana. He came here to observe the summer and fall nilgratloh of the' pest, which ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Chattooga's Rsprssentative. Hon. B. H. .Edmondson was nomi nated gs Chattooga county's'represen tative for the next legislature at a primary hald there Saturday. He will succoed the venerable Dr. R. Y. Rudl- cll. Mr. Kdmondaon Is one of the leading buslnees men of Summerville and Chattooga county, and Is one of the leading peach growers of that sec tion. 8tory Was a Fsks. Pat Hagarty, who on Saturday nlghj was found lying outside the Exposition hotel In p serious condition, was ar raigned before the recorder Monday afternoon and retracted his sensational story In regard to being thrown out of the window by a woman, stating that he was simply on a drunk. The usual fine of 23 and costs was Imposed. New Live Stock Company. The Farmers' Live Stock Insurance Company, of Macon, was granted a charter Tuesday morning. It Is a mu tual concern and all the Incorporators are residents of Jefferson county. They are: O. F. Dixon, W. J. Rollins, E. M. Walden, F. M. Rivera and J. D. Denton. HE DEMANDS $25,000 FOR HIS WIFE’S LOVE By Prlrste Leased Wire. Cleveland. Ohio, July 17.—Dr. F. R. Car veil, who was married s month age, waa aued yesterday for 13,000 by William C. Cudnnv, t mechanical engineer, for the alleged alienation of the affections of Ills rnung »' ‘ .Tnrvell Fleher, u uuree. portions of Louisiana. Never In the past have the entomologists had the ■ weevil under Inspection In these sec- to the | lions, and as the result of Mr. Hunter’s ropped died fifteen visit, two additional government In minutes later. The coroner pronounced specters have been assigned to Louts! FIRED HIS PISTOL, CAUSING STAMPEDE Special to The Georgian. Albany, Ga., July 17.—A eerlnus riot was narrowly averted at the ball park during a game of ball between the colored teams of Conlele and Albany yesterday afternoon. Henry Howard, a negro, drew a pistol and began firing, though without effect. In the stam pede that followed several were knock ed down and bruised. The entire police force was called out to quell the disturbance and a good many arrests followed. DECLARED TIIE RABBI LED A DUAL LIFE By Private la>nae<l Wire. KvausvUlc, lad., July 17,-llnbbl Free- lander, of the R'Xal Moecbe Jewish con gregation of this illy, baa suddenly taken his departure from this city because of the charge agalnat hliu that he was leading o dual life. The rahhl came here four months ago to assume charge of the B'Nal Mosche congregation and brought along s woman whom ue railed hie wile. All weiit well nnttl one day a visiting rahhl from New York dvopprd Into the city ami said that Freelonder had a wife and three ehlhlren living In New York and that he had deserted them. The trustees of the church called a meeting to Investi gate tbe charges, and when the raldd was naked for an explanation he declared hla Innocence. FROM NEW ORLEAN8 TO CHICAGO BY WIRELES8 Special to Tbe Georgian. New Orleans, La.. July 17.—Thomas Wood, manager of the Pacific Wireless Telegraph Company, has announced that hla company w ill soon be ready to transmit commercial messages to Chi cago. The company proposes to have a station In Mississippi and to cover the entire Mississippi valley, commer cially sneaking. The seventh annual convention of the Georgia Retail Grocers' Associa tion will be called to order at t o'clock Tuesday afternoon In the convention hall of thi New Kimball by the presi dent of the association, J. W. Kilpat rick, of Atlanta. There are a number of Important matters to come before the convention this year, the most promi nent being the pure food bill and the question of the trading stamufeompa- nles. The convention will also discuss the question of a fair profit for the dealer, at the same time Insuring for the customer a square deal. A matter which will probably call forth more or less academic discussion Is the credit syetem and the opening of new ac counts. There will be present at the meetlm John A. Green, president of the Nations, Grocers' Association, and J. A. Van Hoose, the president of the Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association, both ofw'hom will make addresses. *Ths officers of the association are: president, J. W. Kilpatrick, of Atlanta; vice president, B. J. Ford, of Bruns wick; secretary, John Bratton, and treasurer, L. O. Tisdale, of Fltsgerald. The convention will last two days, the sessions being held at 8 In the morning and 3 In the afternoon. Deaths and Funerals. A. W. Evans, Jr. A. W. Evans, Jr, the 3-months-old son of A. W. Evans, of Sandersvllle, died Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the residence of Supreme Court Justice Beverly D. Evans, No. ISO West Feachtree street. The body was car lied to Sandersvllle for funeral and Interment at 8:15 o'clock Monday night. Horace P. South. Horace P. South, 22 yean old, died at his residence. No. 1 Dillon street, Monday afternoon. The body wns carried to Roswell, Ga., for funeral services and Interment at 7:50 o'clock Tuesday morning. I. Ostchgsr. Funeral services were conducted at Patterson's undertaking establishment Monday morning at 10 o’clock over tht body of I. Osscnger by Rev. William Vollbrecht, of the German Lutheran church, and the exercises at ths grave were In charge of Schiller lodge, No. 71, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Diss After Brlsf Illness. Hpeclal to The Georgian. Macon, Ga, July 17.—The young son of Alderman and Mrs. Jessie B. Hart died here this morning after a short ill ness. MONROE DOCTRINE TO BE ATTACKED Bj Private I .rased Wire. Washington, July 17.—History for the three Americas, and must Impor tant history, will be made at ths third International conference of American republics, which Is to aasembls In Rio de Janeiro July 25. with Secretary of State EUhu Root as advisory counsel for the United States. Heretofore the conferences have been without any momentous resutta Rep resentatives of tbe various govern ments have met. discussed trade re-, latlons and treaties and adjourned. GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS Dies of Apoplexy. Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga, J*tly 17.—Noah L. Laney, an old cltlsen of Alabama who resided part of the time In this city and part on hla plantation In that state, died Sunday from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy at the' home of hla son, Wesley T. Laney, In this city. He was Rscslpt Is Acknowltdged. Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga. July 17.—Yesterday Mayor Allen received official recogni tion of the 32,000 that was appropriat ed by council for the sufferers at 'Frisco. There was about 35.000 sent from Augusta counting what was raised by popular subscription. Augusta’s Home Coming. Special to The Georglia Augusta Ga, July 17.—Augusta’s home coming week, which will be held during the fall fair,, promises to be an occasion that will long be remembered by the people of Augusta. There have been a number of Invitations ssnt out by tbe secretary of the fair association and yesterday he received hie first to the Invitations, this being fr M. Turpin, of Louisville, Ky. Nsmes Stricken Out Special to The Georgian. Augusta Ga, July 17.—The county board of registry supervisors havs finished up their work and have strick en from the registry list a total of 47 names, the majority of whom are stricken on account of non-payment of taxes. THOUGH CARVED UP Returns from Berrien county, at first glance, showed an amatlng stump of over 3700,000 In Its tax returns for 1005, but Captain Tip Harrison soon discovered the trouble. In making bis comparisons the Ber rien tax receiver failed to leave out Tift and part of another district, which mere cut off to form gift county. With the proper comparison Berrien county actually shows a gain of nli' ‘ about 3800,- a magnificent Increase, everything considered. Catoosa county falls Into line with an Increase of 342,877. The returns for 1005 were 3058,250 and for 1005 31,001,145. PEEK-A-BOO SUITS ARE UNDER BAN By Private Leased Wire. Cleveland. Ohio. July 17.—Joe Goldsolcl. chief of the park indie*. haa aet himself up as a aeneor of the bathing beech**. and haa drawn lb* liue on peek-a-lmo Imtblng suits, as well as Ihoae ennatructed of gansj. clinging atulf and whit* muslin. Open work costumes don't go. Gotdaold makes dally trips of Inspection to the beachea In an auto bast and with Seld glasses sesrehss for Infractions of his rules. Caught in Sttam Shovsl. Special to The Georgian. Alexandria, La.. July 17.—William Lnnrle, a white man, met death In a frightful man ner yesterday while at work on the Bed lUver Valley railroad. 3 miles from here ,y being eanght In a steam shovel. Ue was horribly mangled. t Castro, dictator of Venesuela, haa de termined to make a grandstand play agalnat the Monroe doctrine and he la said to have the backing of every re public In the conference except Guate mala and Salvador In Central America, and Uruguay and Ecuador on the southern division of the hemisphere. Conferences Held Between Railroad Men and Mail Service Officers. Several conferences between the of ficiate of the Atlanta Terminal Com pany were held In the office of Presi dent Wlckersham Tuesday, presume bly for the purpose of discussing the statua of the case of the United States against Station Master Patterson, an account of which was given In Mon day's Georgian. The official hearing on the case has not yet been held nor has the exact date been set, but, according to Superintendent Terrell of the rail way mall service, who will Investigate the matter for the government, the case will be taken up with President Wlckersham at an early date. A typographical error In the a Monday made the account of th culty between Patterson and an em- ‘ >yee of the mall service read that tterson endeavored to assault the mall clerk with a knife, when, accord ing to the statement of H. D. Harrison, It was the employee who drew the knife when threatened by Patterson. At this disturbance tbe ‘police were notified, but took no action. The disclosures made In The Geor gian Monday caused no eurprlse among the small army of officials at the Ter minal because of tho previous knowl edge of the trouble which had been brewing. It was the chief topic of con versation, however, and developments are being awaited with Interest. FINDS LABORERS IN POLICE COURT J. R. Echols, a contracting agent for the A. ft C. Wright Company, who are the contractors In charge of the con struction of the Tallulah Falls Rail way Company, was In the police court room Tuesday morning making bids for several of the negroes who are con firmed loafers to leave with him on the afternoon train for the site of the work. Hie timely plea saved more than one negro from the chalngang, as several promised to leave with him at once. Mr. Echols states that It Is one of the hardest propositions that he has been up against for some time to get men for the railway construction work Nine dollars a week and board at 32 ts tha Inducement offered, and still the company has been about 100 men short all tht summer. Mr. Echols spent all Monday trying to Induce negroes who are not employed to go to Tallulah, but out of sixty-five promises only two ware at the train when ready to atari. BANK ORGANIZED AT ARLINGTON, GA. 8peclal to The Georgian. Arlington, Ga., July 17.—The First National bank of Arlington, Ga., waa organised here today with a capital stock of 330,000. The officers are: President, W. E. Sanders; vice-president, B. H. Askew, Hr.; cashier, B. H. Askew, Jr.; assist ant cashier, G.4M. Lofton. Land Owners' Ltagus, special to The Georgian. New Orleans, July 17.—What is con sidered as tbe Initial step of the or ganisation of a land owners' league which will extend through every parish In the state, has been taken by promi nent land owners In the vicinity of Crowley. Jiulge Sliaw / Delivers Em- •, pbfitic Charge to the Jury. Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C, July 17.—Two irut bills of Indictment were found Monday by the grand Jury In tho celebrated trial of the twenty-odd alleged lynch ers of J. V. Johnson, who was hangod to a tree at Wadesboro six weeks ago ' This marks the beginning of one oi the most sensations! trials that tin state has ever witnessed, and the tern of court, a special one that waa called to order by Judge T. J_Sha«r at .Mon. roe, In Union county, adjoining the county In which the lynching occurred may continue ten days or even tw< weeks before the matter Is sifted u the bottom. The feature of the first day Is found In tbe fearlessness of the charge dellv. ered by the Judge to the members ol the grand Jury us to the performance of their duty lit tbe cases against eomi of the leading citizens of tha sectlot about Wadesboro. . Judge Shaw said that the grand ju ryman must have the courage of hit convictions regardless of the conae* quences that might ensue In the case "The guilty,'' said the Judge, "should not expect release by the court foi their actions In the face of law, but should expect that they receive pun ishment and that If such are liberated they will be disposed to repeat th. crime and also draw others Into pathi that are contrary to the taws of th« country." The charge reached a climax when Judge Shaw said:. "God helping me, I am going to take my part of the re* spcmsiblllty In thle court, and I am go ing to place a part upon the grand Jury. After the trial my eklrts shall b« clear, and the responsibility or miscar riage of Justice shall not be thrust upon the court.” Continuing, he said that If any of ths jurors are troubled by men approach ing them on this subject, the matter ehall be reported to him, and that such a man will not talk for many days to another on the court square. The judge eald that he understood letters had already been prepared to be mailed to the grand jurora, and that he wanted suoh letters placed Rt once In his hands, so that he might learn what Influences are being brought to bear on the Jurors. The two men against whom tru« bills have already been presented in Tom Adams and Zeke Lewis, two of ths first men to be named as an alleged participators In ths lynching of John ston. Those against whom Indlctmenti were returned are: John McLaurln, Tom Adams. Zcki Lewis. Joe J. Meacham, Clyde C. Bow man, John Jones, Elmer Dunn, Lester Johnson, John W. Nevins, B. F. Tim mons, Ottls Martin, Fred Dunn, May Gulledge, Lewis Adams, Jim Swlnk, Frank Graham. Will C. Dunn, Will A. Nevins and Will Dew. DROWNED IN CREEK Special to The Georgian. Decatur, Ala., July 17.—While at tempting to croes Limestone creek on a horee Dave Jonea, a young whit* man, was thrown off and drowned. His body waa recovered. The horse swam to the shore. IN CITY OF AUGUSTA Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., July 17.—Everything Is in readiness for the city white primary tomorrow and It Is believed that th« race will be the closest ever held In the city for. the office of mayor. The city registry supervisors have about com pleted their work, with a few little de tails that they will have to attend to thle morning, and they will be reedy to make a report. The election tomorrow will end a hard fight by two veterans, one cap tain W. M. Dunbar, who has served the city ss councilman for three years, and Captain W. B. Young, who has served the city as mayor for one tergi. Born of the dlettnguiehed gentlemen »r» Confederate veterans. PROF. HUTCHESON WILL BE RETIRED Bpeclnl to Th«* Georgian. Charlotte, N. C, July 17.—It “ learned that Professor Hutchison, who has-been traveling In South America under orders from the department of commerce and labor at Washington, to study the markets for all varieties American goods, will return to his cm Itge work In California, and will ” succeeded by Mr. Putnam, of Maw* chusetts, a prominent financier, holding extensive cotton mill Interests. 600 LEPERS VOTE FOR OWN OFFICERS By Private Leased (vire. . Washington, July 17.-Betorae have jaw been received by the bnrtsn of I”*'" 1 '“ fairs of, perhaps, the moat novel elec' ™ ever held * under the Jurisdiction "f ™ United state*. The-ilx hundred the Island of Cnllonby, one of the t si Ipplneo, voted for a president and council "devolutions were sdopted thanklm JJJ Americau government for ths care t JlcI of the lepers. IN A LABORERS' FIGHT THREE MEN ARE HURl r Private Leased Wire. .. Columbus, Ohio, July 17.—In * n * which took place yesterday afternoon between fifty striking moldcraandw. en pon-unlon men st work In the i dry of tbs Hanes-Brown casting "S Frank Milter, the company’s bookkecw “ and Albert Angel, a »trtkc bre»k - er. and Albert Angel, a *tn»' ”1 wri- employed by, the eompany. werr s"' ouely injured and Jacob Strew* leader of the attacking party ofm was shot In th# left leg below w*