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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN*. TWO MEN KILLED Work >St<tj>]):‘<l on Big Tun nel by tin* Shocking Ciitasi rophe. LOST RELATIVES Charles Keating Looks for Stepsisters and Finds Fortune in Ireland. TIMBERS GIVE WAY PIS FORTUNE IN TOM JOHNSON WILL SENATOR CLARK’S CHILDREN 1 NEGE CAUSING CAVE-IN; SEARCH FDR TWO NAME TICKET TO TO HA VE A COSTLYPLA YROOM - ^gsaagsh. PRO to Tli»* th'-irglsn. Bristol. Tenn.. Atir. II.—A( cording t - Information ghrn out from th* general office of the 80:1th md Wfotem rail nay here today, It appear* that the reports if,*t night regarding the enve- In at CITnch Mountain tunnel were ex aggerated. It ng* impossible to get detail* la*f night. hut special* from the nearrat telegraph office Indicated that 5H inhmvr* had been entombed. Toe lnfonmt|..n receive*! ut the general Office* *»f the lonumny this inurntnir I* to the effect tharonlv two men wen killed and two Injure*'. It appears tha It has not l>«*n a rave-fn. but mereli the giving own - , of the timber nrcl It I •port* The accident was not. It la said. of *u« it n nature to Ion* delay work «»f the tunnel. The fMlndi tunnel la b'dng ilrlven through it mountain composed prlncl- pally of <tnnr and will he nearly a mile In length. Air !* being f treed Info the tunnel by revel a I pump'* nt a distance of !•»*• feet from the spot where the workmen were supposed t«» he nt the time of the cave-ln. The tunnel |* neat 8(K*er*a ferry, In 8mtt county. DEPOSED MINISTER' SUES FOR SALARY tv Private Wj’xliliijft# ed Wire. * An*. Jt. rinrle* Keating has. after a munli *»f thirteen yearn, h* ••sited Id* mo *(«•/• •dt'er*. Patbnrliio and Mary flam ey. In a Ihuirding lionw* at SU Nll.ete •lll|| street. Ill Denver. »'»lo. lari- deiitallj lie line lesrnet that lie l« four lidra to an estate ruined nt flOt.ori In Ireluii'l, left l»y Ills |im relit*. The other df- ‘ ‘ f - * ‘ g *nl to her the two Minn Imre lieen trrtliif >le Hie slaters, flielr evhletiee being evidence has t» Ih«* disirihniinii . fort , i'll ui'Hrfil. and It Is said of Hie estate Is to Is* mad* ISELF Cleveland Mayor in Com maud of Situation in Ohio Campaign. !!y l'rlr:;(i f level* i:* Jobnw ( Milo will I Wire. Aug. IS.' -Mayor Toni I*, i control the ItetnocmtIc ••otin-y ciHneiitfuii. inline n ticket to suit HniHclf. and s* n«] a Johnson dele/ntlun to the state eonvntltri* nett we*k. At ttie prl- mar/ fast nl-jh: Johnson liul it iimrly nil Ida own i*dy. In only * few * |jy wants pud several comity pri-Huef* will th-re he n contesting delegation. and .Mayor Johnson Will have III** eiijivettllnii h/ « to 1. The mayor say* he rill no to tbe stale •••miveil (Ion determined f*» rid tit* party In tthio Ifirvev Garber. the pre—u* »*ntr fb'lnun end the only Ohio HeaioenU in emigre MAKES HIS ESCAPE Herbert Harris .Jumps Pa role on Governor's island and (Jets Safe A wav. Uhm-I Win.. York. Aug. Is. Govcrnii'* In land la wrought in* over n sensational • of n prisoner from Castle WII- 6pe* L I to The Georgian. limit In hntml daylight. The esertpe Hff* Chattanooga, Tenn., All*, is. Hev. {one of the cleverest ever Triads from Henry Kchwan, who was enjoined fiotn Hie InIiiihJ, and Hie • •( Acini* there have preach Inc In his own pulpit at the I no clew a* to Just how the inn n got Highland Park Christian ihurrh re- a' ay. Mam believe he •want from cently, now claims that the board ofitlu- island to the Erie tmsln. As h»* trustees who tried to lire him out did Jwas a private and »*n n parole, h* was Hot have the authority to do so. [employed ns a clerk In the prison of Ace. Rev. Mr. Rrhwnn has filed a cross It wits isported fhit lie hud stolen a trill In the < hnnrery mtirt. claiming his [large amount of mom y. tuil I It la rould salary. and that lie was to lie given . not I* three months' .i«>tIce In th* event thel A i id desired that lie should resign. Deaths and Funerals. Mrs. Eva May Barns*. Mis. Eva May Fames. lit years old. died Rittutdav morning nt I o'clock nt . Grady hospital, Bite is survived by her fltm'mtifl and two children. The fu neral services will he held at Harry Cl. ( Pwilf A Go's, chapel ut 10 o'clock 8un- j day morning. , Mrt. Laura Jones. j Mrs. La urn Jones. 4»> years old. died J At Chattahoochee. nlirm-d nil of ).*>0 h is been ofT-red for Ills capture, and Ids description tins hren sent la the detective agencies and jMdlce all over the courttry. The escaped prisoner's name Is Her bert Harris, and h* enlisted from Washington. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Oaf CommitUe Meet*. Saturday afternoon the special coun cil committee npfsdnted t«* Investigate the gas company** ftamhlse. with Al derman James L. Key. cUuliipan. will hold session anil dm ft a refsut t*» l»e ^ . presfntetl to count II Monday. The re- HMinduy morning. *he funeuil ser- ; rl Ut% mnn . I ., ll „i,. n «c.l tlion the the* will he held nt the residence at lo 1 F ,r . 1 W|M wnn r«nd« need than the . O’clock Huntluy morning, and th * ment will !**• at the Chattahoochee _ burying ground. E. Hartford. E. Hnrfford, «»f Rln«hardt street, dletl kriday night at Orady hospital of « ’* diseaie. He was fil years oltl. survived by his wife. The fu neral services will lie held at Hwlft & Hall Co’*, chapel at l»> o’clock Sunday morning anti the Intel ment will he at Westvlew. Mra. J. 8. Mitoham. Mrs. J. H. Mitcham, fiO yearn oltl, died at f»:.io o’clock Sa?unlay morning at 4S Plum street. Mhe I* survived by tight child!en The funeral services will be held at the residence at 2:50 b'tlock Huntlav afternoon, and the In- terment will Iw* nt Westvlew. W. T. Finehfr. Wort I Imt tieen retelvetl in Atlanta of the death of W. T. Fincher, nf Atlanta. Mr. Fincher tiled while on a visit to his farm In Murray county, where lie had been about dx weeks. Mr. Pinch- #r hod been In hud health for a year or more, and for the past month had been very III. He leaves a wife and three daughters, Mrs. E. H. Quart * and May and Willie Fincher. Mr. Fincher was a member of the Atlanta Mason* ■» and wa* a member of i.'nnip Wheeler** * Tavalry. Mr. Flnchei w-n* In the gro- 1 eery business with hi* cousin, W. A. Fincher. W. D. Long. W. L). Long. 1H year* oltl. died I’ll day lllght at *9 Walton Street of ty phold fever. He I* survived by a wif anti niothei. No funeral urrangement have been announced t*entllng the Ar rival of Ills mother, who Is out of tou r > The body will probably be carried i r Alabama for interment. Mra. G.~w7 Morria. Mrf. d. W. Mortis, wife of llev. t! W. Morris, of r.inlcy. tin., tiled at the home of her daughter, Mrs, Moore, nt t’onley l-VIday night from paralyaK after r.n llbieaa . in* nth*. Mrs. Morris wu* 72 years old. Hhe Is survived by her husband it ml the following children: Mrs. ’ Stubbs, .Mi*. H. i). Moore, tl. I\ Morris, 11. F. Mortis, nil of Fonley; J. A. M*»r- • rls. of New Orleans; t\ A. Morris, of ricrkstor. tin ; w. H. Morris, of HUuuh- ter. I^t.; Mrs. >1. H. Ransom *»f Klrk- w«*od, and Victor Mortis, of Atlanta. The funeral services will he held at the t*e- dai drove church, near Fonley, min ds v morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. R. S. Med*lit> and Rev. John l>. Keith «»f- fklatlng. The Interment will be In the family burying ground*. Sam Jones Tabernacle Meetings, Carters- ville. Oa. On S6i>i»mi»r 15th Ui ilril. tuoln live, the Western and .Mlsntlc rsll- road will sell ticket* from Atlanth IJsiton'snd Itttermedlntc elation*, lo Carteravllle. at rate of one fare for th# round trip, 8am Jones will bo aselsteil by Bvaniiellst Oliver and other mlnlatris of renown. Prof. K. O. Kvci'll will have chare* 1 of tne mu*lc. and other Koapel stint'rs of note will attend. Threo aorvtre* each day, 10:3d a. m 9:00 p- nt. and *:0n p m.. and the people of Carteravllle will welctme ttie (treat crowds wtm the Mine bow pltallt/ they have always r.bona. r.HAO. E. HARMAN, ten. Pais. Agent. HEYWARD LEAVES INAL Hailrojul Man !<«;- »i^ns to Kilter Bus- J. B. Ilsywiird. f*n* «f th** veteran nnd h»*i^t known ruiIn;a«I n.«n In At lanta nnd for th* pa*t fifteen menth* th** h»fgn;rc master ut the Terminal rtnti n. lute resigned Ills p’sltion nnd «n Kept cm her I will rnl*r the life In surance business. The appointment nt his successor will la* furred until the '••turn of Mr. WJ. k »*•*!)*:»». of Hie iuuird of «cvt*nd of th** Atlanta Termini* • minify ng f. r a eavr Inst, * hlrlt favored mtinblpal Iu*|km tlon and changing the city charter so as to allow the city to build u plant If tt s i desired. Will Begin Camp Meeting, on next Monday night a big camp meeting Will begin «t tli»* <'rioted Peo ple'* Tabernacle, on Young street. Rlshnp Turner will preach the opening sermon, and the servlee* will continue for etgiit day*. Those scheduled for Tuesday ore President Flipper, Rev. John Harman, Rev. J. (I. Robinson and Rev. It. V. Branch. Million Incrcato in Clearings. Atlanta hank clearing foi the week ending ffnfurdny show an Increase over the cone*fwinding week of last year of $1,114,12*.<4. The ticuihigs Haturduy were 5Sft.u39.0E. against $4ia.77tl.ari of 1905. The iVaiings for the week t«*- tilled $.1.K45.25ll.8«, Hgallist $2,780,928.12 for the Hants week Inst year. Lee Goss to New York. J. WldrnuMi Lee. formerly of The Georgian stuff and well known among Southern n*w*|u»pei men. |»a*srd through Atlanta Saturday on his way to New York. Mr. I.ee lift* a ban dotted newspaper work to become connected with the publicity firm of Parker A l#ce of New Yota city. Report Favors L. A N. The Louisville & Nashville yard controveisy will ugalii he up before council Monday. Friday the street* committee, Alderman James I.. Key, chairman, hud the matter under con sideration and will return s majority report for granting the railroad the number of opening- 4 asked for by It and not demanding that til* abutting him Its he placed hack from the street. This new ordinance was Introduced ns a petition by Alderman Peters at the last session of council. It allow* four opening* to the yards on Hunter street and one on Butler street. Ttie com mit! ee iiimlllled the petfilon to some extent. Who Lost It? A pickaninny, very small, very black ami very voting, was picked up Friday afternoon * by a negto who drive* a wagon for the «*oca t’ola Ponvjmnv. Anv one wishing the negro baby may have the same by applying to 191 Edge- wood avenue and describing It. p r | Vllll . WI. Hok* Smith Orumm.r» to Moot. t ; '"p,o. to, „r a, > Kl The Traveling Men’s Hoke Smith Wu | iv# . nu ,, Washington, while \is|t- Pliih will meet Smurdax night at ••JMing her sister-in-law. Mr*. A. r. Miller, o’clock In the assembly mom In *bej nwtr Hngrrsiowti. wrote a letter to her Plednumt hotel Atldicssee will lie hiU(b-nil ln Washington. Hr never re- made by several well-known traveling 1# ,, ve( | ,, Totlny Mrs Miller received nnd all member* of the club and f | >( . letter from the dead letter office. a week* trip to New York Mr. Heyward li.i* Pad a wide «xpc lence in the railroad world and Ids de terminal|. i» to enfei i: nrw Held ha* nulne r°gtet anu-ng Ids rail road friends and all with v. iioiii he has onto In centnci in Id* duties at th tat Inn. Trawling men especially hnv found him to he nlww * obliging an il 1.1« trc.uncnt of women and (hlldrrn has been such as to cause expression* of thank* from th- public of both Atlanta and »Yther cltie*. J. If. Heyward began hi* railroad rareer In 1882. when he tfccnm* a ment liei* of the englneer'ttg corps «»f the old ollna, t'uinherland ami Phlcng* railroad, now n portion of the Bouth rrn system. This old railroad was the culmination of a scheme of John t t’nlhoun to connect the tidewater «j Rotith Farollnn with the grain growing nnd prosperous sections of the west. I had It* origin In the Pine Ridge rail also n part of the Pout hern fly the completion of flic Tallulah Falls railway nnd Its connections through t Knoxville, Tenn.. the consummation « the original* Idea w ill he completed. The C'umhciland road went under during the trying years following Its birth nnd lifter that oven! Mr. Hey ward went with the Atlantic t’oast l.lnc as city pn«srngrr and ticket agent nt 4'hnrhslon. hi* native city. After yen is of service with the ('oast l.lnc he went with the Rlchuol'd and Danvlil railroad, under 8. H. Him wick, now jmsenger traffic manager the Houthn'n railway, lie remained continually in the service of the Hon th em as traveling passenger agent city passenger and thket agent until December. 190.1. In that year Mr. Heyward went < the Atlanta nnd West Point road n* district pnsenger ngent. remaining in that capacity until the opening of the new terminal station, when he was ap pointed baggage master. A* baggage master Mr. Heyward lias prohnhly Accomplished more than nny other official In that capacity In the history of railroad* In Atlanta. T< him tut* been hugely due the orgnnlza tlon of the present excellent force on duty Mt the station and the excellent service which the public Is receiving excelled In no city of the *lxe of At lanta In the country. Mr. Heyward U Ciiunlly a* popular with the employees nt the station us he I* with hi* em ployer* nnd not a person from Presi dent Wfrkerehnm to the htimhiest por- t* r hut lias expressed genuine regret at hi* detetmlnn*|on to give up thr strenuoiis railroad work, and the best wishes of all will follow him in hl» new line of endeavor. I IKK LKTTKK CA.MK AKTKK MONTY YKAKN Itina- who are Intere.ieil ar. Invltnl to br In attendame. BODY OK SALESMAN F0l 7 NI> IN LAGOON It/ Private L*iom*.1 Wire. 'hlcago, Aug. 18 The IhmIv of an unidentified man. well dressed nnd utmut 40 year* old. believed by the po- i 1h* n traveling salesman from Boston, was found dead In the Jack- n park lafism. The body was f.mnd the wuter about 5 o'clock last night and taken to an undertaking estab lishment. A • oat and vest belonging to the man , were found lying on the «h»re only a I few feet from where the b«*lv ». i« f und. Thf* make* the |m»||c* helteve I that he entered water nnd drowned I himself. A * aril found in the cat lend* !:!**• |edice «•• believe that h** «a- etu- 1-k jcd by «r Dostun firm a eideetium. >|r. Proctor died fifteen years ago. The letter was literally covered with post marks, the most conspicuous being: "Hageratown. tVtober I, ISM," the date of It* mailing. The letter will !*» forwarded to Mr*. Proctor. Large Docket in Court. Hpeclrtl lo The Georgian. Wrlghtsvllle. Ga.. Aug. 1*.—The . tty court. Judge Wllllnnt Fnlrcloth pie- sldlng. ha* been In session since Mon day nnd owing to the unusually large number of criminal cases, there being I&0 on docket. It may not complete It* work this week. Quite a number have been found guilty and sentenced. KANSAS OBSERVATORY HAS RECORD OF QUAKE. |t> PtIvitit* L-rt-cd Hire. Baldwin. Kan*.. Aug. I\ The V«|- imrsl<Mi earthuuske wa 4 reported hv HI2 scfiup.graph hi ^ie government oh- Mrs. William A. Clark, wife of (he senator from Montana, f* shown In the large picture. The baby, Anita Ln Chnpelle, I* At the top. while Andrea, the oldest girl. I* Just beneath. The senator, who la ttye most loving of fnthers. before leaving for Pari*, gave orders to hi* architect to build In his new mansion In New York city the most elaborate children* play room In the world. BY CITIZENS' GUARD \ Quiet at B:\r.vu. ville, But Mure Trou ble Is Keared. Ilj- t-rlrdp Ixv.-f I Win'. Hrotvnville. rex*., Auj. is.—a p-J-.-t enmpoxeit of rllltrn., I. *tatlon",| h.' twern Fort Brown and thl* cltv. Ing the negro nokffrrs within the ha!-I racks. Tha town it itul.t, Th- 1 aena have bean infoimed that the mender ot the deiiartment or T. '.i will take Immedlite »top» m r-ilat. •Ituatlon. A dispatch from Amttin ..tv» a m ., v , ment la tatUrd of there to ortnv.: an armed force of eltleena to ,oni. here t» ae.l.t in keeping th- n*tr, troopa within the >.ont nes nf th» A* rlaon. * Adjutant (lerrtr/tl paaiem I. ren. rM aa aas-fmr thot he cnaldera n unoi*. to aend atete troop, m Brownari"* £ LIFE FOB WHITE Mils Alexander Nodi Showed Brave Heart Under Bla-k Shin. Ily l-rlrnlc |jvtae>| Wire. Annapolla. Md„ Atit. nt.—Aleaend.i S. Such, n young n-gro. waa tltvmnM off Bancrof 1 hall. Naval Arad-my. i«.t evening. Tvoi mldahlpmen In a ratio, were opart ofT the Armlemv nml ,\.rh went to their reerue. The mldahlpmen could awlm nnd wet*, ene*!? 1 but In endrnvor'nn to rleht the fan". Nnch loat hla tmlntlre. fell m.rlvMrt nnd waa drowned before aealatamt could be given him. IN IE DOCTRINE AT H LOVE FEAST Dinner to (See. Root Brings Many Coniplinu-ntfl from Month Aincrit-a. BODY OF MISSING GIRL FOUND NUDE IN RIVER Ily Private Lcns»d IVIm. Bucncs Ayres. Amr. 18. — 8rn*»r Orago, author of the famous Drngo doctrine declaring a trains! the collection of pri vate debt* by nation* by force, in n brilliant *pF*< h made nt the bnrt*tuet In Mr. Root’s honor, named the American secretary the "great representative of solidarity.” In speaking of President Roosevelt he called Mm a mnn "whoso inuiMtniJrnbil Initiatives hail made hJs Pi'inc illustrious.” The former minister made some ref- rreners to the Hrago doctrine saying it had been inspited by the desire to protect AniorUan state* from danger, rent or threatened, and maintain their Integrity nguinst hostile uggtcsxloh* by Kur.ipfan countries. He imintwl out the slmllnrlfy bet wen the l>m go doc trine nnd the Monroe doctrine. Renor Drngo rejoiced 1’nlte«l Sintcs to tin* South American states ami expressed the hope and ex-]*"!’„ r........ i.i f •»••»'■ Ily Prlrnte l < en*M Wire. Ilultimore, Md.. Aug. IS.—The body of Miss Ethel Am-»s, who was drowned with n pnitv of young folks on n gaso line ls»nt Wednesday wits found float ing In the river near the No. 2 grain elevator. Lower Canton, hut the find ing of the body o n |y <|**r|irn* the mys tery surrounding the case. The body of ihe girl won Almost nude, and there was nn ugly bruise on Ihe left eye which, according t*t the police, had every Indication of having hern Irfllitrd before the young woman fell overboard. Coroner Thomson, of Highhindtown, who has chnrgn of the case, has sum mon 1 a Jury of Impiest which will meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock. There were no shoe* «m the feet nnd the girl’s hair was dishevelled ns If she had just loosened It from Its folds he. fore falling Into the water. The left ‘ cyt wn* badly discolored, and under • he lid the blood had doted, rioting up the eye completely There was also a dark bruise on the girl’s right leg. which. Acer rrilng to the police. Imll ented that she had struck against something In falling from the vessel. LEPER'S BOX CUB .Syrian's Traveling Home oa Siding, Where It Will Be Destroyed. TOOK TOO MUCH MORPHINE; TELLS DIFFERING STORIES The call was received at t [nt H o'clock Friday night nt 8* B .uth Pryor •"•ret. Sno-Kiliu..'’' h '”‘ 1 ’ it “ l \o hospital and when Clark Because, a* site says, she felt III and wanted some relief. Mrs. T. J. Clhrk, who ie;dd o«.n right grutna of mmphinc Friday I D| .. MansH who wn« intending he: night about 5 o’clock and was uncon-j when site regained consciousness. suV si Inu* until after mlrinlfcht. the woman fid him that she dicin' To « Georgian irporter Haturduv ; J* nrtu who Injeitcd the^ ^Airphlne Iht ..„.«i iha( in 1 ••»*»«• h, »» that she didn’t do II. 8lu* nlnr Mrs. lark sta ed that she In - ; *i hUm | this morning tlmt she did th^ Jectrd the drug In her arm and tnnt [ injecting and that nobody was ne* she had no conception of how much; her nt the time. 8he wa* fouml by i she wa* taking Late Friday after* ( woman who hoard* In the same house n«H»n she begun to fee! l!l and thinking , with her. . . ^ .that the drug would help her she In- i Mrs. Clark wn* visited by her father. Ject»*.| the contents of »» small viol of D. o. Y% :il*e, at the hospital Friday he fnemllincss f tne | nv . r p h ,„ 0 . v.hlch hod been lying Mound ' morning. While has only been In the the house for some lime. Into her left | city a few flays, coming up from Mex- . .. . .... . f ..farm. denies that she tried to khl Ico. where he Itr* hren assisting Irt th pectntlon that the h^ 11 '' herself and snvs she would have had hiiildlng •'! railroads. ,to have his »yr tee lh»‘ filantlahlp vementnl by nven ] „„ |ll „ ||v< . r „ r a ,„ nK llp , ; ti.nlo.l, husband. T. J. ('lark, who work* In Mrs. dark Is entirely «*uY of danger Johnson’s r*r». act along peacefully. I nnd, will l»e able to return hcm° Bun children. j day. health of the United tBates pledged tn this toast: _ . IThev hiiv*' and most STATISTICS. BIRTK8. i<n,l Mrs A. M. CUestuutt, nt DEATHS. Mitcham. t« s W. M 11 MUipIlM • Hi. i.l nt Giurg! K. V. j d. died cm ofd. died »f ers oi l. died of i iin I 1 tail lev aril, died of llrlglit’s RED CROSS CLOTHING REJECTED BY WOMAN DUILD1NG PERMITS. . I!. Will I on. io rv coyer U •mite dwellings nt 2i*>* |25n I ton mnn I‘osier t o., to Imll.I idling nr 7.’ K Alnts.if.a street. MTV W. R. MtCMInu. to build akery »t t-'i ciuli PROPERTY TRANSFERS. o-.\|o.»»- Slat ter/ Jo Jode L. Straus. 11/ Private la'.-tse*! Wire. Washington. Aug. 1$.—Indignant over the misfit of the clothing handed to her. a S.tn Francisco woman, sign ing herself in green Ink a* Klin Cle ment*. Ini* dashed the entire bundle at the white house and written In bitter words to the presUIeht of the poor treatment she has received. She ha* made a heart-touching appeal to Mrs. elt. Mr- K. K. Rood for title nnl Sum--Mr*. M. II. nldwell. lot it reel lb.ml _ jgrv Mi-. Fa mil" fefahi Collrgo Park .Hid slid Invrstniecit Co., lot on I’nlllam • nvnr I in.. Ini W- »l.i;r.-i;.rnmnta Kiimia. 1^'I- >t- tut on iianlau iirwt rif.'r It"., .trvw. Warrant/ 'tet-l reef. h«KU fleetl. "Today till* package was left for me. I send if to you to see the relief. This is a special package, sent me from tlie vice president of the Red Cross. Mrs. Merrill, through her messenger friend, Mrs. drown. Tills being ’special relief.’ what do you think of relief— standing In line from 4 to fl hours and get absolutely nothing.' "1 wear No. .*> shoes; No. 8 stocking* for number 3 shoes. You can see. Mrs. Roosevelt, for yourself—for surely you ate the mother of our country, and have a light to see and know the truth. No greater Idsult could thl* woman give me- An American woman I* am. I want y.>u lo J hM* nt this package with a father’s and mot bet's heart. God love you and your families. God love our soldier*. * "Slmirtlv, "ELLA CLEMENTS. "Camp 1, Ward 1, Tent 1, Street 2 Presidio.” The rejected package, which arrived a day or so after the letter, contained three pair* of No. H tan stocking* of u R*hhI quality: a pair of tan shoes that appeared to l*e linger than No. 3; showing considerable wear; half a dog. en handkerchiefs, live of them being old but freshly laundered, all good linen, some with hemstitched borders; a blue calico waist, with white dot*, the *»irt apparently having been re tained. nnd a rough, apparently uulckly made night gown of unbleached muslin that had not been used. The package lias been sent to the Red « ross Headquarters, and Secretnrv McGee I* piirxkd to know what de position should be made of the con tents. FEAR REGARDING CANAL • REGARDED GROUNDLESS. Ity I'riv W» Washington. Aug. 18.—Both the state department and the Chilean legation are ftlM without new* regarding the earthquake at Valparaiso. Because ot billtny of another outbrenk of .subter ranean lories ut a tentmt point be tween these two places that might pos sibly work Injury to the Panama canal. Professor Hayes, chief of the divi sion of geology of the geological sur vey, however, say* there I* no such danger. He point* out that the *«*- Warrant*' deed, nil Hunt—J. M S'l. lmls ;i J o. Smith, h’t iml El in afreet. • lend line*, the opinion Is growing that j Jjj’I,^ nnn ! *°. ne ’ • In South America it extends north- .iVi- YiT^irioi -^ » iV. l ''u»t''j 'ho total absence of cable conimunlea- called backbone of the North Ameii- Vm !.!•»• M*reet. Iswii «lee»1. [tlon and the apparent cutting off of thef*’an continent ends In Central America );‘jV-gitmtt»m bum a ml Investment 1 - •-* 1 ||*rd«rh*fc. I»* «*»» cwfiier the disaster hn* been rrentcr «,nd more extended than at first spotted. Kev- M for i'll*, i oral cahTn land at Valpstalvo, but no — 1 on** of them .seemi to »v» working. The recent disaster at 8a-i FrancLco >on by that in Chile ha*! if. Thi 1 aroused some apprehension In the‘.Panama, which he !»/ Private Leased Wire. Clarksburg. \Y. V'n.. Aug. 18.—Th« box car In which George Rashid, th* Hyrlan leper, made hla senxuttoiuil Journey from Parkersburg to PUkttns. I* being shunned almost as much n* Hie leper himself. All the trainmen have ft spotted, nnd, while they have not refused to move It. they venture no closer to It than la required t»* ma nipulate th* coupling levers. The tar ha* hern placed at varlovi point* along the line hut nobody w!1! load It. nnd It now stand* *»n the sid ing nt Krhardt, where It will probably be destroyed. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Lcmird Wire. New York. Aug. 1$.—Here are s-'m* of the visitors In New York today: Atlanta—J. E. Rims. W. L. Jnrnlnn, E. \V. Black. W. R. Knapp. Savannah—E. F. Broderick. Mrs J. Rourke, \\\ H. Williams. Mr*. B. ler. IN PARIS. HpcHnl to The f!eorgkiii. Paris. Aug. 18.—Mr. nnd Mr*. F. M. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. J. Llpstin'* and Ml** J. c. Morrison, of Atlanta. <1t. registered at the office of the European edition of The New York Herald to day. CITY BOARD DECLARES ALDERMAN’S SEAT VACANT Mpecliil to The Georgian. Meridian. Miss., Aug. IS.—At a joint meeting of the city board last nlxht citlxens fuesente«l charged against Al derman J. Brykin for living out of the ward he represented and a resolution wa* (Missed declaring the po«ltl«n '<*• ant. The election to name i»i* aucce**«»i l« set for September I. It I* undcist""' that Boykin will enjoin the munUlp** iMirtlra from further action (lending a setlement of the contest by the •••uits. SOUTHERN CORRESPONDENT DIED AT WASHINGTON. My Private l^ustsl Wire. Washington. Aug. IS.—Robert ?!• Lamer, a well-known carre*p'*r»>r>t and member of the Gridiron Club dU* hers thl* afternmin. He wo* respondent of The Charleston and Courier and The Savannah News. He leave* a widow and two children. servot*»i v here. The Irtstminent th- sir* ks began Thuisdav night »f J *'»'• .»;5tJ and tontlnued f>r 4 » minute, hbev.’.a werv In4|ulck xticct/slcu. iitimlb *>f gome pe «pi. uj to (he poxat- of cite danger line. r.rd a* far a* Ecuador and then branches off toward The West Indie*. For this reason he think* that if there were connection between the dis turbance at Fan Framlvco ami Val paraiso affecting the main backbone »»f mtlnent. It will not l>e noticed at MUitkti to Its ojt GOVERNOR OF TftXA^ ^ ASKED FOR TROOPS Private L-asetl Wire, .. „ Austin. Texas, Aug. 18.—" dli.» n Kelley, chairman of the clcfaen*’ f>ir.- mlttee at Brownsville, sent a dlepah J . csferdav afternoon appealing t" * ernor Lanlinn to net at once regntdir: the condition of affair* brought about by the outbreak of negro soldi?t- Monday night. The govemot I* town, ('halrman Kelley stated that th? excitement l* not subsiding and gt*- ! fear I* entertained union* the and children of a racurrence *r tt.- outrage. In the absence of the -ovetnor tn message wn* turned over to Adjumr General Hulen. w ho said he would fer with General McCsrkey- 1r •*»»»'•’ er of the, depart mem of Texas • ha* Just returned front Fan Ant *n • and ascertain w hat step* ire 09 Liken to relieve the MtixatLM.