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130,000 population.
The Atlanta Georgian.
GCOMGIA:
tMO.tOO population.
rofton <-rop In 1006.
6,500 miles of stenm railroad.
400 miles electric street railway.
130 Cotton factorl&u, J,500,000 spindles
Factories consumeu aw.uuu bales won
VOL. I. NO. 95.
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1906.
Morning Edition.
T>TVTni?.. In Atlanta TWO CENTS.
X AvxGili. on Trains FIVE CENTS.
OVATION GIVEN
RUSS EMPEROR
Loyalty of Heartiest Kind Displayed When
Nicholas Ride's Onto the Field as if to
Challenge a Shot From Enemy in Ranks.
By Private Leased Wire.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 15.—Czar Nicholas' review of the guard at the
summer camp at Krasneyo-Selo was a success from every point of view.
Ills majesty, attended by the Grand Duke Vladimir, and holding the
czarevitch In his arms, was repeatedly cheered by the troops as they
massed In review.
IV hen It Is remembered that this was the first appearance of the czar
before his troops since the present troubles began, and thRt there was great
fear that he was courting assassination by his determination to. show him
self at this time, the demonstration is considered to be remarkable.
REVIEW OF RUSSIAN TROOPS IS SPECTACULAR.
The review "•«» most spectacular. Forty battalions of Infantry, thirty-
nine cavalry squadrons, 177 ?uns of artillery and twelve batteries of max
ims constituted the columns. 'inc -taperor was dressed In the uniform
of a hussar and was accompanied In a preliminary ride among.the troops
by Empress Alexandra and Queen Olga, of Greece.
In the review were the Grand Duke Nicholas, at the head of the foot
soldiers, Grand Duke Sergius, leading the cuirassiers, and Grand Duke
Michael with the dragoons.
CZAREVITCH BEGINS CRYING DURING THE REVIEW.
Just before the beginning of the review the czarevitch began to cry.
The emperor gathered him Into his arms, amid the cheering of the soldiers.
The father and the boy sat together on one horse until the pageant had
passed.
VICTIM OF ARMY LASH
KNOWN IN WASHINGTON?
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. 15.—Considerable
fear Is felt here among the many
friends of Miss Nilka DeSmirnoff lest
the Russian girl, reported to be Mile.
Smirnoff, so harshly dealt with In St.
Petersburg, Is she. Miss DeSmirnoff
figured In society here for several sea
sons, making her home with her aunt.
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, near Dupont
Circle. Her mother was a Miss Blow,
a sister of Mrs. Wadsworth, and mar
ried M. DeSmirnoff years ago, when
he was an attache of the Russian le
gation here.
Miss Nilka DeSmirnoff was a great
friend of Countess Cassini, relative of
the former Russian ambassador, and
hostess of the embassy, and with the
young countess made ready foT the
wedding of Mme. Paveloff, wife of the
Russian minister to Belgium, who was
married here. - —
Bpeclal Cable—Copyright.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 15.—There Is
Intense indignation here today over
thp public whipping which was admin
istered to a young woman, Mile. Smir-
neff, by the Chevalier Guards. The
guards were passing through the Nev
sky Prospect and a large number of
persons were watching the procession.
Mile. Smirneff waa heard to remark to
a woman companion:
"They are as gay as If they had cap
tured Port Arthur.”
The crowd laughed at the remark
and joined In the Jibes which were be
ing passed to the guard. The com
mander of the guard became angry
finally and ordered a charge upon the
crowd. The troopers, slashing right
and loft with their whips < soon scat
tered the crowd. Mile. Smirneff and
her companion were pursued and when
they took refuge in a doorway they
were captured. Under orders of the
commander they were put into a pub
lic conveyance and driven to the bar-
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racks of the guard and taken before
Colonel Stenbeckefermor.
The colonel wanted to turn-the wo
men over to the police, but brother of
ficers insisted that she should be pun
ished there and /hen. She was taken
to the court yard, where troopers ad
ministered twenty-seven lashes. The
woman was terribly cut and her
chances of recovery are said to be
slight.
The papers are Insisting that the
men who participated in the affair be
tried Immediately.
COSSACKS MAKE THREATS
AGAINST THEIR OFFICERS
Special Cable—Copyright.
London, Aug. 15.—A news agency
dispatch from Tifils says that Cos
sacks have refused to do police duty
and have made threats against their
officers. At the garrison the soldiers
have become discontented and the
trouble Is spreading. A number of ar
rests have been made Which has simply
inflamed the soldiers all the more.
SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAMPAIGN
AFTER}
is i cm
DRASTIC RATE BILL
BRANDED A FAILURE
FI
ACCUSES SMITH
Shreveport, La., Aug. 15.—Manager
Uharlea Frank this nftornoon made
public a letter sent by him to Pres-
Kavanaugh regarding a letter of
E.ury Arnold of August ft, in which
h" -Wends himself and Judge Kava-
nauvh on attacks made against them
r * - riling the New Orleans game, the
• v ur. „f the controversy. In scorch-
Jni; u rnis he upbraids Billy Smith for
“• lining,” and accuses him of using
rubi er balls when with Macon.
PASSED his checks
v , AND THEN DISAPPEARED.
•.‘ Ill to The Georgina.
‘L.dsden, Ala., Aug. 15.—H. L. Knott,
a • hitt* barber who has been employed
f ^"ine time »n one of the shops of
this rj f y 8evera j worthless checks,
tanking from five to ten dollars, cashed
”’• l'»i*al merchants and has made good
r.i> escape.
WEALTHY CITIZEN
s , , OF MACON IS DEAD.
• I- ml to The Georgina.
■' ti >n, Ga.. Aug. 15.—R. A. Merritt,
a "• -Ithy and Influential citizen, died
T * r.- this morning from a combination
'ils,. a ses. He had been sulTerlng
] 'llahetea for Home time and lately
■ attacked by carbuncles. He was
' "■ of Merritt Hardware Co npany,
of the largest concerns here, and
"a' Interested In many big enterprises.
HE LAUDED BRYAN.
I rtvftti, «,el Wire.
Unooln, Neb., August I"5.—In the
Democratic convention, which
• • here today. Temporary Chairman
In hla speech opening the enn-
• i .n i aU( |ed william Jennings Bry-
- the next president of the United
By Private Leased Wire.
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 15.—The
rate bill, the drastic railway legislation
enacted by congress, Is destined to bo
a failure, according to the unofficial re
port which comes from the conference
of 100 railway lawyers and tramc man
agers of the Southern railroads, ■ who
are In conference at the Marlborough
Blenheim In secret session.
The outcome of the conference, from
present Indications, will be the formu
lating of a general plan to adopt the
bill and apply regulations In a uniform
manner, In order t/t prove that the
measure Is Impracticable of application.
Judge Baxter, who apiiears to be lead
ing the advocacy of meeting the legis
lation fairly and squarely, has given the
rate legislation thorough study, and
bis view Is accepted by the conference
that It Is vague, conflicting and a tan
gle of words, and that while theoreti
cally It was designed for the benefit of
both Shipper and railway, It Is such an
Inconsistent measure that It must fall.
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ON GERMAN SOIL
Special Cable—Copyright.
Berlin, Aug. 15.—Klqg Edward of
England and Kaiser Wilhelm are now
together at Frledrtckshoff, and diplo
mats and officials of all classes are
busy conjecturing the nature of the
conference between the two monarchs.
The kaiser. In the dress of a Held mar
shal, was at Kronberg when the Eng
lish king arrived, and the meeting be
tween them was cordial In the ex-
"Tt'was n half holiday with the school
hipIren who were at the station In a
body to cheer the great men. ’The Im
perial automobiles were nt the station,
and after greetings had beer, exchang
ed the royal party entered it and pro
ceeded to Eiicderiekshot
G. A. R. Head Arraigns
Oil and Other
Trusts.
By Prlvnte Loaned Wire.
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 15.—To the
rattle of drums and the shrill song of
fifes, O. A. R. veterans of ’61 to ’65
marched in triumph through the streets
of Minneapolis today on the occasion
of the fortieth annual reunion,
day’s parade was one of the greatest In
recent years. The number of veterans
In the city exceeds the attendance at
any encampment in many years.
Twenty thousand veterans were in
line.
From morning until nearly midnight
last night Minneapolis’ great auditor
ium echoed and re-echoed to songs,
sentiments and cheers of the occasion
that is to the rank and file of veter
ans in attendance the chief of the
week’s program.
Tanner Arraigns Trust*.
Commander-in-Chlef Tanner, In
eloquent, fervid address, referred with
pointed invective to violent corruption
that had nearly again rent the uniot)
in twain, and aroused tumultuous en
thusiasm by his arraignment of the
Standard OH and other trusts.
Scan the monopolies fairly,” said
Corporal Tanner, “and I defy you to
find among them a veteran of the civil
war, who wore either blue or gray. We
bullded character in the bUties and in
the name of nearly a quarter of a mil
lion of these sterling characters
thank Minneapolis and Minnesota for
its welcome and its incomparable hos
pitality.”
Saratoga to Gat Reunion.
The Columbia Club of Chicago, 111.*;
W. R. C., one of the most prominent
organizations which has arrived to at
tend the encampment, has been called
the Silk Stocking Club for It boosts
of some of the wealthiest women of
the city as members. Five years ago
Its president presented each member
with a pair of silk stockings as a tacit
recognition of the name given it.
Saratoga, N. Y., is going after the
next encampment hard and it looks
like R. D. Brown, of Zanesville, Ohio,
for the next cotnmander-in-chlef.
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NEGRO FACING VICTIM
DECLARED NOT THE ONE
About 11:30 o’clock a negro Answering the description given by Mr.
Hembree was captured nt the corner of Lucile avenue nnd Gordon street
by John Klshbaok and Elijah Elowers, nnd as he refused at first to talk,
and later told contradictory stories, he was put In u wagon and carried to
Mrs. Hembree’s home. There were a dozen men In the crowd by the time
the house was reached, nnd the negro wus told that If he was not the
right one nothing would bo done to him. Everything was quiet and or
derly.
A few hundred yards before the house was reached one of the older
men was sent forward to prepare Mrs. Hembree and to see that she was
not excited, so that no snap Judgment would he taken.
The negro was then led up to the steps, nnd from her position on
the porch Mrs. Hembree looked nt him steadily for a moment and then
dropped her eyes. Involuntarily each man present thought she wus sim
ply looking away to avoid seeing him shot down, but she was trying to
recall exactly the features of her assailant.
She raised her eyes again In a moment, and after another hard look,
declared that he was not the man. The negro wus turned loose and told
to make himself senree.
Mob Searches Woods
For Mrs. Hembree’s
Assailant.
Two more negroes were arrested
Wednesday nftornoon on suspicion.
One of these, nuttscll Parker, was
caught near Atlanta university.
While on her way to Atlanta to see
her mother who ts very 111, Mrs. Rich
ard Hembree, of the Battle Hill dis
trict, was biutally and badly choked
by an unknown negro at 7 o’clock on
Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Hembree Is the wife of a one-
armed truck farmer and peddler and
with their live little children they live
near West Lake, about a mile beyond
tho end of the Wostvlew car line. She
a* on her way to the enr line, and
bile In a bit of woods was approached
by tne negro, who at first demanded
her pocket book, which she handed
him. He took what money she had,
$2.35, out of It and threw If down, and
then seized her. Struggling fiercely,
she was drugged Into the woods where
she was choked, but retained her
"^"Defended Self With Het Pin.
She reached for her hatpin and was
about to Jab It in the negro when he
took fright nnd left her. With the ex
ception of the scratches and bruise,s
on her throat she said she was none
the worse for the encounter. As soon
the negro released her she ran
screaming to her home and called her
husband from where he was working
In the field. The new* was spread and
at noon fully a hundred armed men
were scouring the country In every di
rection. ,, , .
Mrs. Hembree described her assail
ant as being very black, of medium
height, wearing a dark hot, blue over
alls, nnd dark rout tightly buttoned up.
She says she could easily Identify him
TO PROBE
Continued on Page Two.
Following a resolution Introduced on
last Monday, Speaker Slaton on Wed
nesday morning appointed a committee
from the house of representatives to
investigate the Confederate Soldiers’
Home and report to the next general
assembly.
The following members are appoint
ed: Mfitken, of Wayne, chairman;
Knight, of Berrien; Williams, of Lau
rens; Hall, of Bibb; Rudicll, of Chat-
tooga; Longley, of Troup, and Kelly,
of Glascock.
Mr. Heard purported to be a former
Inmate of the home, and offered to
furnish what he said was strong evi
dence of mismanagement and dishon
est y.
An Insinuating letter was received
from W. J. Heard In Chicago Wednes
day morning by Messrs. Kelly, of Glas
cock, and Mlllken of Wayne, the lead
ing supporters of the movement to
Investigate the Soldiers’ Home.
The senate will appoint a committee
of three to act Jointly with the house
committee.
Chairman Miliken, of tho house com
mittee, stated Wednesday afternoon
that the committee would probably not
begin its work.until .after September
10. The present legislature ceases to
exist after the first Wednesday In Oc
tober and the committee must com
plete its findings before that date.
1,000 CITIZENS
IN MAN HUNT;
LYNCHING SURE
Governor Unable to
Aid Negro Fiend
Now Surrounded.
Special to The Georgian.
Greenville, S. C., Aug. 15.—
A mob of a thousand determined
men have surrounded Bob Davis,
the neitro who assaulted Miss
Brooks nt Greenwood, and it is
hourly expected the negro will be
lynched. Sheriff McCaslan
with the party but he will not be
able to prevent lynching.
The posse has located Davis
and are now closing in on him.
GOVERNOR HEYWARD
WIRES THE SHERIFF.
ATTACKED BY NEGRO,
WOMAN DEFENDS SELF
WITH A LONG HAT-PIN
Special to The Georgian.
Greenville, S. C., Aug. 15.-
Governor Heyward has wired tho
Greenwood sheriff to do wlmt he
can to prevent a lynching, but
the sheriff holds out no hope of
saving the negro. Tho sheriff
says the negro is surrounded and
will be caught in an hour.
The governor seems powerless
to prevent a lynching.
NEGRO FIEND SURROUNDED
IN CAROLINA 8WAMPS.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbia, S. C„ Aug. 15.—Bob Davis,
a negro brute, who attempted criminal
assault on Miss Jennie Brooks, a young
woman of Greenwood, yesterday, and
ho wheh repulsed cut her throat and
her hands with a knife, is being hunt
ed by a mob of over 1,000 people. He
Is thought to be located in a swamp
nine miles from Greenwood. Kvery
man In the town and county big enough
to carry a rifle Is In the band, and
excitement Is Intense. The state cam
paign Is holding Its meeting at Green
wood today, but the crowd which hears
them speak Is small.
Assaulted Negro Girl.
After Davie brutally committed the
crimer he came about three miles far
ther on near Greenwood and crimi
nally assautted a negro girl, aged 14
years, the daughter of a man named
Suber.
Miss Brooks Is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Brooks, or the Mount
Moriah section of the county, and It
was In a store run by her father that
Davis, n big black negro of the African
type, with bulging forehead and great
physical strength, attacked her. She
defended herself as best she could, but
the man slashed har with a knife and
one gash missed .1 carotid artery of
the throat by a quarter of an inch.
This cut was four Inches long. Two
of her fingers were almost severed.
Her dress, hanging on the fenco In
her yard, was a red rag for nil who
saw 4t, and by this token Davis’ fate
has been practlca»ly sealed.
AID IIS OWN
He Also Slashed the
Neck of Brother-
in-Law.
By Private Leased Wire.
Batavia, 111., Aug. 16.—Emil Berner
arose from hie sick bed this morning
a raving maniac, cut his wife’s throat
with a razor, slashed the jugular vela
of his brother-in-law, Ernest Franzen.
as he slept on a couch, and then cut
his own throat from ear to ear.
Berner and Franzen are dead and
Mrs. Berner Is in a critical condition.
With a gash from the razor running
from her chin down to her breast, she
escaped from the murderer after hU
first attack, and ran to the houyj of 4
neighbor, where she was cared for.
Berner reached the bedside of Frun-
zen when the latter had been half
aroused by the cries of Mrs. Berner,
And cut his throat as he attempted tj
rise. Then the maniac cut his own
throat and fell beside the bleeding
body of hls brother-in-lav*. Berner did
not attack his little daughter. Sigma,
who slept with her mother, nor a
boarder, Carl Emanuel, who was fn his
own room.
LEAPS TO SAVE GIRL
AND IS DROWNED
By Trlrnte Leased Wire.
Chicago, Aug. 15.—Struggling up the
gangway to the steamer Eaatland
a throng of homeward, bound ex
xiontsts Just a* the ateamer wna lea
lng South Haven yesterday afterno .
Carrie Anderson, a Chicago girl, win
pushed into the river. Quick as a flash
Stephen J. Kostka, a mechanic, leaped
Into the stream after her. The girl
was rescued, but at the price of Kost-
kn’n life. The suction of he wh. 1
dragged him beneath the steamer and
he wns drowned.
RUSSELL TO SPEAK
IN ATHENS THURSDAY
Judge Richard B. Russell, candidate
for governor, will speak at Athens
Thursday night in the interest of hls
candidacy.
He will address the voters at Moss’
warehouse.
ANGRY MOB STONES
HEAD B.R. T. OFFICER
APOPLEXY KILL8
ALBANY CITIZEN
Albany, Oa., Aug. 15.—R. M. Culpep
per, a citizen of this place, died aud-
deniy thl* morning from npoplexy.
'uiptt^per was stricken before 6
ItK^anc expired before medical aid
could reach him
Police Save Smith
From Vengeance
of Crowd.
By Private Leaned Wire.
New York, Aug.* 15.—Driven by des
peratlon and brutality they had Wit
nessed on the part of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company employees,
and enraged when they were held up
at Kensington station because they
had refused to pay two fares on their
return to Brooklyn from Coney Island,
250 men attacked General Superintend
ent Dow M. Smith, of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit, with stones early to
day. Rocks and all sorts of missiles
were hurled at the obnoxious official,
and a rush was made for hls auto by
the furious passengers.
Forty policemen went to the rescue
of Superintendent Smith and, lining up
around hls auto, drove bpek the crowd.
But for this timely Interference, Smith
would have been terr’bly beaten and
possibly killed.
Thousand* Have to Walk.
The attack on Smith came after
another day marked by rioting, brutal
assaults on passengers, fights and up
roar all along the lines of the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit as a result of the
violent methods of the company to ex
tort an extra fare. Blind, cripples and
boys were thrown bodily off the cars.
Men were beaten and kicked. Women
were hurled and dragged from their
seats.
From Inst night until this morning
not a trolley car was sent beyond Slx-
ty-flfth street. It Is estimated that
about 700 passengers were pulled from
trains at Neck road, Kings highway
and Kensington, while 25,000 persons
who had paid the extra fare were de
layed from one to three hours In reach
ing their destination.
BURGLARS WHEN FOILED
SET FIRE TO STABLE.
Culpeper, Va., Aug. 15.—A bold
attempt to rob the dwelling of W. H.
Kggborn, of Kggbornsvllle, and the sub
sequent burning by Incendiaries’ of hls
large barn, ti»ok place ut 2 o’clock this
morning. When the attempt to effect
an entrance Into the dwelling \yas made
Mr*. Eggborr. fired two shots at the
burglars, who hastily beat a retreat
and set the barn afire.
HE'LL TELL
ALL TO SHIELD
S NAME
President Stensland Report
ed To Be In South
America. M ■ 'X;
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, III,., August 15.—A new nnd
complete exposure of the conditions
that existed in the plundered Milwau
kee avenue Mate bank la promise.I by
Cashier Henry W. Herlng. Ho de
clare* that he will show a state of af
fair* that ha* not yet been hinted at.
Herlng’* promise of a full cnnf. s: - q
follows on the heel* of a threat by th*
state'B attorney to Identify Herlng with
a certain woman whose name la a se
cret. While the state's attorney Is
awaiting the startling statement that
Herlng has promised, a trace of Stens
land Is said to have been found.
The fugitive Is declared to have gone
to South America bound for a small
country that has no extradition treaty
with the United States.
While Herlng says that he Is prepar
ed to make llmportant revelations he
will not admit that there Is a club bol l
over hls head. He denies that fear .f
the mention of a woman’s name ha*
decided him to Issue a statement.
HEAVY DOWNPOUR
OF RAIN AT ALBANY
Hpwlal to The Georgian.
Albany, Ga., Aug. 15.—The heaviest
rainfall that has been experienced in
tills city In nine years fell ast night,
when 3.80 Inches was recorded. The
greater part of the downpour fell be
tween 7:30 and 8:30 c'clecfc. This was
accompanied by lightning anti a heavy
wind.
The sidewalks were badly washed
many places, but otherwise . the
damage Id slight.