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mmm ATLANTA: 190.9™ popnlsfloo. M.W home*. 1R.M0 telephones. Sereo mein line* of ratlroede. JM mil** of street rillwa;. fK.vo.ono of hanking capital. The Atlanta Georgian. OCOHOIA nlnt Ion. otton crop la 1*». • Wi iii 1 lea of ctentn railroad. <nn mile* electric atroet railway. ISO Totf«n factories. 1.5/»,000 enfoltee. Kuctorle* r«naume| MO.ofo bslee l**. VOL. I. NO. 90. ATLANTA, GA., Till'USDAY, AUGUST 9, 1906. PPTr’I?. In Atlanta TWO GKNTt. 1 IUGD. On Train* FIVE CENT*. HEAD OF NAVY OF RUSSIA IS DISGRACED BY MUTINY Admiral Birileff is to be Removed From Office. TORCH STILL USED BY MAD PEASANTS It Is Rumored That Czar Is to Take His Family to Finland. By Private Leased Wire. St. Petersburg. Aug. 9,-Mt Is report, ed today that the court of Inquiry, having In hand the-Investigation of the OUtbreaK at Cronstadt, will recom mend that Admiral Birileff, master of marine, be reduced, and that some oth er officer be put In his place as head of the navy. Rumor has It that Vice Admiral Du- basoff, who was governor general at Moscow until July 18, when ha resign ed, on account of bad health, will be the man. He Is still suffering ffbm wounds which he received when a bomb was thrown at him In Moscow- on May 6. The Novo* Vremya today says that the Grand Duke Nicholas Nlcholae- vltch Is to be given supreme command of the army, but without dictatorial powers. A report Is being circulated today that the exar has decided to go to the summer camp at Tsarskoe-Selo on Saturday. He will remain there five days. The yacht Alexandra Is at Pe- terhof, having arrived there last eve ning. This has given rise to the report that the czar and his family are con templating making their long deferred trip to Finland. MURDER AND THEFT CONTINUE IN RU88IA. Rpeelsl Cable-Copyright. London, Aug. 9.—The London Times publishes a St. Petersburg dispatch which saya that reports are constantly reaching the capital that robbery and murder continue dally. In Gomel a bomb burst In a private residence. Bombs have been discov ered In Yalta, Kaluga and Bumara roads. Firearms have been seised In Poltava and Theodiia. A record of murder includes the as sassination of the commandant of the Pyatigorsk garrison by a crazy of ficer, the shooting of a woodman In Riga by the rural guards, the killing of a prison director at Breat-Utovsk, and the ahootlng of a policeman, a woman and cnmmlssalre In Warsaw. The buildings on the ealate of M. Lukyanoff, near Poltava, are burning. Prince Kochuvey's estate. In the aame province, has also been burned down, and a large quantity of valuable live stock killed, in the province of Orel, rural guards arrested an agitator, and peasants who attempted to rescue the man killed one guard and wounded two. A LIFE FOR A LIFE~ IS TO BE EXACTED. Special Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg,'Aug. 9.—The official telegraph agency reports serious dis turbances at Ekatonostav. A reaction ary organisation has been formed there whose avowed purpose Is to exact a life for a life for every Russian of ficial killed by the revolutionists. The murder of ex-Deputy Hersensteln Is an exampla. In the Ekaterinoslav and Poltava dis tricts peasants are said to be suffering from famine with the store-houses overflowing with grain. There have been bumper crop*. but the land own ers are unable to get rid of their products at any pr.ee. for the peasants • are • unable to pay anything. Great stacks of unthreshed grain are rotting while the people statve. TOSSES HIS BABE TO AWFUL DEATH AND LEAPS AFTER The larger picture la from a photograph showing a street in Hel singfors, Finland, during the recent riots. BeJou' it i« n diagram show ing the Esthoni and coast showing the movements of the Painyat Azovn during the mutiny. The portrait in tin* upper small pane! Is that of Count Hejrden, a noted constitutional Democrat, who lm t returned to "his estates Imviiu><' Mm .7.111 v-'i - - plans for lofum. The picture In the small panel at the bottom la that of Admiral Birileff, who was suld to be a prisoner on board the Pamyat Azova. BtlHOTTE Wheatley Substitute Killed By Vote of 29 10 14. BOYKIN BILL WINS AFTER HARD FIGHT Only Three Dissenting Votes Are Registered Against Winning Measure. The Boykin bucket shop bill passed the senate Thursday afternoon, with only three dissenting votes, after the Wheatley substitute had been hided 20 to 14. The senate first voted on the Wheat- (ley substitute, the vote standing as fol- Nays—Adams, A Iso brook, Ben net, A. C. Blalock, A. O. Blalock, Bloodworth, Bond, Bunn, Gandlsr, Carl there, Cars well, Copelan, Fitzgerald, Fortner, Furr, Gruyblll, Hogan, King. Lumsden. Mc Allister, McHen’y, Odum, Parker, Phil lips, Reid, Strange, Walker, Ware, Wll llams—29. Ayes—'.’rum, Foster, Foy, Hamby, Hand, Miller, Mills, Peyton,,Rose, Bleed. Blrmuns, Westbrook, Wheatley, Wilcox —14 Immediately the vote was taken on the Boykin bill. An effort was made to place sunn amendments on it, but Bcnator A. O. Blalock objected on the ground that no Notice had been given. Senator Wheatley who had sent one the Jui his amendment W On the vole for the Boykin bill It was 28 to 3. Senators Foy, Mills and Peyton voting against It, and Senators Ilninby and Steed pot voting. The discussion on the bill continued throughout the scsmIo^. Senators A. Blalock and d’nndler spoke against the substitute, ekd Senators Steed, Mil ler and Crum fdf It. The bill wluLv puts #11 kinds jiangas out of bunlneMM now g< ornor for his signature, Throughout .the session the rea the senate chamber and the gallery were crowded with Interested specta tors. SPURNED BY WIFE, BRANCH KILLS SELF She Had Just Rejected Plea For Recon ciliation. By Private Leased Wire. Cincinnati, Aug. 9.—Thomas F. Kenna threw his 3-year-old child from a fourth atory window of hia home today and then jumped af ter it. The child was killed by the fall and Kenna died n short time later. It is believed that the man was insane. Despondent because of, family trou bles Guy T. Branch, 28 years of ace, a bookkeeper In the office of Louts J. Anderson, broker. In the Prudential bulldlnc, Wednesday afternoon aoufht a secluded spot on the Cobb county bank of the Chattahoochee river, op- poalte the water-works, and swallowed an overdose of morphine. He waa discovered late In the after noon In an unconscious condition by some fishermen, who hesrd him troan- Inc, and he was broucht Into the dty and taken to the Grady hospital, whsre hs died Thursday mornlnc at 7 o'clock. Branch was separated from his youn* 'y on( j this he cave no details, wife, who reesldes with i Branch made another attempt to end t®r, Mrs. O, O. Butler, 7* Central place. h ls life a year a*o last January by and Wednesday had Just received a ,.tinr noiann Hs was i„ 00OOOOOOO0OOOOO00000000000 0 AS HE NEARED DEATH, 0 HE THOUGHT OF CHILD. O O After swallowing the fatal pol- O O son dose and as he lay upon the <0 0 dismal river bank realizing he O O would soon enter eternity, Ouy IT. 0 S Branch, the younc bookkeeper, 0 turned hls thouchts to hla little O O child, 'now an orphan. 6 O While the deadly poison was O o getting In Its work on his system, o O the young husband and father 0 0 started to write a letter to hls O O parents, telling them he had de- O O termlned to end hls' troubles In o 0 death. 0 O Bidding hls parents an affec- 0 O tlonate farewell, young Branch 0 0 urged them to kiss hit child for 0 0 him. O 0 This letter was never flnlshed. o 0 Before concluding It. the young 0 O man became unconscious. The un- O O flnlshed letter dropped by hls O 0 side, ‘ where It was later round. 0 00000000000000000000000000 and Wednesday had just letter from her rejecting a plea of the husband to her to go back to him and leave Atlanta. After reading this let ter Branch determined to end hls trou bles In death. 8tartsd Letter to Parents. After swallowing the poison the de spondent young man sat upon the bank of the river, hidden from view by a lot of undergrowth, and started to write a letter to MX parents, who re side at 147 Walker street. Before fin ishing this last mesasge. however, the hand of death benumbed hls brain and he fell Into a deep stupor. The unfin ished letter was found by hla side. Whlla this letter, which I* In the hands of the county police, has not been made public. It la understood the young husband expressed hls purpo-e of ending hls life. He bade hls father and mother an affectionate farewell, and requested that they kiss hls little child for him. The unconscious man waa found by Elmer Simmon*, of the street railway company; W. H. Worley and a man named Smith, who were fishing In the river. They heard groans Issuing from the undergrowth, as of some one .In anguish, and hurriedly made a seared. They soon discovered the form of Branch. Chief of County PoHce Tur ner, who waa a short distance away, was summoned and assisted In remov ing the apparently dying man to the Marietta car line and ’Discing him on board an Incoming car. The Oredy hospital was notified and an ambulance met the car In the dty. Told Hls Reasons. The physician* worked hard with Ing. the poison having had too mucl time. Before hi* death he regained consciousness and told the physician* what prompted bis rash act He said hls win’s peop'e had turned hls wife against him and that he had taking poison. He was discovered In time, however. In the office of Louis J, Anderson, gnd was saved by tha hospital physicians. This attempt fol- lowed Branch’s ejectment by hla fath- er-ln-law, J. C. Brewer, from the lat ter’s home at the time Mrs. Brewet was on her death bed. The father-in-law, Mr. Brewer. Vho resides at Lakewood Heights, was seen Thursday at the home of Mrs. Rutler, In Central place, and talked freely con cerning hi* dead son-ln-law. He de clared Branch was a "dope .fiend,? and had given hls wife much trouble. “My daughter had done everything Is her power to get along with Branch, but he abused and worried her until she couldn't stxnil It any longer- And this Is why she would not consent to leave our protection and try and live with him again." “Conduct Unbearable.” Mr. Brewer stated that Branch's conduct became so unbearable more than a year and a half ago that hls wife qalt him and entered salt for divorce. On the promise of the young man, however, to reform, the divorce proceedings w*r» withdrawn and the couple went back together. It was only a short rimer Mr. Brewer stated, until Branch again began to use “dope" and misbehave. Mr. Brewer said that u at the time hls wife was dying Branch * came to hls home under the Influence of drug and that he ejected him. Branch and his wife and little child have been residing of late at the horns of Mrs. Butler, and on Monday of this week the husband waa ejected from there by Mrs. Butler. Tuesday Mrs. Branch Is said lo have received a let- back to him and leave Atlanta with him. The elder sister and father, how ever, advised against this, and a letter of refusal wai sent to tha husband. The next thing heard of him by hla wife ami her people waa that he was dead at decided to .seek solace lo- death. Be- the Grady hoe{4tal—a suicide. CASHIER HATES HOW STENSLAND LOOTEDJG BANK Hcring, Claiming To Bo In nocent, Offers to Sur render. Dy Trieste Leased Wire. Chicago, Aug. 9.—Henry W. Herlng, cashier of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, looted by Paul O. Rtenaland, of over a million, la In Chicago. He has not been out of Chicago since Monday. Ho says he Intends to give himself up and Is confident that In a short apace of time he can show to tha satisfac tion of every one concerned that he had no part In robbing the depoeltora of the wrecked Institution. 8ayt Ht Was a Tool. Mr. Herlng la Insistent In hls state ment that he had nothing whatever to do with the peculation of the bank funds. He declares that Stensland's Instruction* were such that there was no way on their face of determining that any crooked business was going on; It was only tha culmination of a number of suspicious Incidents and piling of nots upon not* to carry Btenaland's real estate operations that finally mad* him morally certain that thievery waa rampant In the bank. How 8tsnsland Workod. Whenever Slensland needed money to bolster up hls operations he worked as follows, said Mr. Herlng; Mr! Btensland would com* to my desk and say to me; ‘Mr. Herlng, please make out a certain number of notea (the number of which he would give me) for these amounts,' he giving me a memorandum for thefh. I then made them nut and sent them to him In the regular routine of business. Later, ueually the next day, they were re turned to me duly signed by various people, or st least they had the alleged signatures of various people. Mr. Btensland ordered me to place them to the credit of hls personal account and would then drew checks on hls per sonal account for the various enter prise* which dragged him to ruin. Told of Indebtedness. My suspicion* were aroused some Urn* ago, hut I made up my mind that It was my duty to say something to Mr. Btensland about five weeks ago. I handed him a paper containing a Hat of notes for 9880,000, which I believed should be among the assets of the bank. "This Indebtedness,’ I said, ‘la get ting too large, and It ought to bo fixed up In some other way, or the bank will be In trouble.’ "He sat for a moment, and then said: 'Yes, I kmw: but I bars every reason to believe I will have tt all fixed up shortly. Don’t worry. It will all be taken rare of” BIG BASKET OF ROSES AND STAGE GIRL’S JOKE CAUSED THA W TO KILL ■ MR8. EVELYN NE8BIT THAW. This picture Is from a now photograph of the wife of the slayer of- tanford White, and is regarded by her husband as one of her best posts. Anna Held’s Husband Supplies District Attor ney’s Office Wi h Sensational Story of Motive For Slaying of White. fly Private leased Wire. New York, . Aug. I.—The startling declaration was made today that a girl's Joks led Harry Thaw to slay Stanford White. The district attorney la In possession of evidence that White sent a basket'of flowers and a note to Evelyn Nesblt Thaw on the evening of the shooting, and that the tragedy grew out of this. The fgets were communicated to the district attorney Indrectly by Florens Zlegfeld, husband of Anna Held, who a theatrical manager. Mr. Zleg- fetd Is now In Paris. The tragedy occurred just before I silled from New York,? be said, "and w* discussed It on the trip across. On the ship was a prominent member of the chorus In one of my productions. She waa an Intimate friend of White, flhe said she and two other members of the company want In White’s studio In M*Uaon Square Garden to pay him a farewell visit. Mr. White was not there nnd an attendant asked them to leave their names. " ’Oh,’ said one of the girls, 'you need only ssy that Mr*. Harry Thaw ralltd,’ and they departed laughing over the Joke. White, the next day, this girl told me, sent a little not* to Mrs, Thaw expressing hi* regret at hi* absence at the time of her call, and dispatched a basket of rose* to her address,, "The girl believed Thaw saw tha roses, the card attached and read the note. Hh# was convlncsd that White’s death was due to this Joke." The girl the theatrical manager re ferred to la In New York today, having returned from Europe st the request or the district attorney. Bhe Is to be a witness at the trial of Thaw. The heat had affected Thaw In the Tombs, and for the first time sine* hls arrest he sent for a physician. Th* 1st. tsr said he would be all right In a few days. . POPE PIUS IS STRICKEN AT VATICAN CEREMONY By Private Leased Wire. Rome, Italy, Aug. 9.—Th* pope waa seised with a sever# attack of heart weakness today after the fatiguing ceremony In celebration of tha third anniversary of hls coronation. Dr. Lapponl, the pontiff* physician, was called In and was able to relieve th* patient He directed that the pope mud have complete rest. E OF A JUDGE Serious Charges Made Against Judge H. Martin. I no. PETITION BROUGHT BEFORE THE HOUSE tSrtiimcl Greer, of Fitzgerald, 1 Charges Alnisc of Office. John H. Martin* Judge nt th# sup#- rlor rourt of tha Oconss circuit. Is tha defendant to Impeachment proceedIuk*. Before the Georgia legislature. A pe tition for hla Impeachment was pre sented to the house of representatives Thursday afternoon by Samuel Qreer, of Fitzgerald, and referred to n < om- mlttee which will report to the house. Tha petitioner asserts that Judge Martin * has abused hls ofnee In the matter of certain restraining orders against the Commercial hotel at Fitz gerald and accompanies hls petition with various exhibits. The pet in . n was presented by Representative j.to Hill Hall, of Hlbb county, who m oed that It be referred to n committee for Investigation and report to the house. Hpenkcr BJaton appointed the foil ing committee to fovestlgntc chnrges: Hall, of Bibb; Wtlglit, Richmond; Covington, of Cohjul Adams, of IClbert, and Hays, of Mm on. Judge Martin resides at JlawkUi*- vllle. Go., and 1ms for years been one ••f the bent - known m. mb.-rn of the Georgia brant h The petition for bis Impeachment, which was not read un til In the ho bombshell discussed It In dors a H they r of the in- hud the effe of a President Roosevelt to He Awarded Prize For His Efforts For Peace By Private-Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 9.—Theodore Roosevelt, president of thn United Btstes, will shortly be awarded the * Nobel peace prize—th* greatext to ken of International honor and esteem that It Is poaalbl* to receive. President Roosevelt’s great achievement-In the Portsmouth peecs con ference, which resulted in the cessation of hostilities between Russia and Japan, placed him In the logical position st the head of the world’s peace makers, and on December 10 a committee of five person*, selected by the Swedish government, will make the formal announcement. MOB SEEKS LIFE OF NEGRO DEFAMER OF HAM’S WIFE Pittslmrg Policemen Save Hooe from Angry Men nnd Women. Ilf Private I«en»ed Wire, Pittsburg. Pa., Aug. 9.—It had been Intended lo give Clifford Hooe, the ne gro coachman named in August us Ifnrtje’s divorce null, a hearing yes- terdny on the charge of cnnoplrlng with Ilartje and John L. Wglshons to defame Mrs. Hartje, but the gathering of a mob of 800 angry men and women who wanlod the negro lynched furred the abandonment of thla plan, and llooe was taken back to the <-Minty' Jail. As he waa led from th** office - f Al derman King, the mob rushed forward to get at the negro, w ho has confessed to defaming Mrs. ‘Hartje for a few hundred dollar*- Policemen saved him. LYEHLY BARN DUNNED AND FEELING IS NIGH Kpeelnl to The Georgian. Salisbury, N. C, Aug. 9.—Feeling ran high In Hallsbury again today when news reached here that the barn on the farm of Isaac Lyerly, for the mur der of whose family the thre** negroes were lynched here Monday night, was burned shortly after midnight, pre sumably by friends of the men lynched. T*.ro horse* in the stable broke out, but were so badly injured that they died. The military Is still on duty In Salisbury. George Hall, the first men arrested, desire* to submit to a charge ..f con spiracy, the maximum penalty for which 1* twenty years In the peniten tiary. Tlfe investigation Is proceeding, and It is expected that many Indict ments will be returned. FIVE CHILDREN ARK CREMATED By Private r.e *d Wl Omaha, N’ebr., Aug 9 Five children of Thomas O’Daniels, «,f peym *ur Dark, a suburb of Omaha., died In a rtra which destroyed the family residence. Mrs. O'Panlels was seriously burned and may not recover was badly burned in bl»* family. The dead children Krnest, 9; Bertha. 7. ence, 3. and h< —— smn fee