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> ; h THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. oAi lRDAT, ACGl'ST IF, \TZ. TIMBERS GIVE WAV CAUSING CAVE-INi TWO MEN KILLED Work Stopped on Big Tun nel by the Shocking Catastrophe. Sprint to TIm* Georgian. Bristol, Tenn., Aug. It.—According to information given out from the general office of the South and Western railway here today, it appear* that the reports last night regarding the cav In at Clinch Mountain tunnel were ex aggerated. It was Impossible to get details last night, but specials from the nearest telegraph office Indicated that 60 laborers had been entombed. The Information received at the general offices of the company this morning Is to the effect that only two men were killed and two injured. It appears that It has not been a rave-In. but merely the giving away of the timber arch supports. The accident was not. It is said, of such a nature to long delay the work of the tunnel. The Clinch tunnel Is being driven through a mountain composed princi pally of stone and will be nearly a mile In length. Air Is being forced into the tunnel by several pumps at a distance of 700 feet from the spot where the workmen were supposed to be at the time of the cave-ln. The tunnel Is near Speer’s ferry, In Scott county. DEPOSED MINISTER SUES FOR SALARY Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 18.—Rev. Henry Schwan, who wan enjoined from preaching In his own pulpit at the Highland Park Christian church re cently, now claims that the board of trustees who tried to tire him out did not have the authority to do so. Rev. Mr. Sctiwan has filed a cross Mil In the chancery court, claiming his •Mary, and that he was to he given three months' notice in the event the hoard desired that v he should resign. FINDS FORTUNE IN SEARCH FOR TWO LOST RELATIVES Charles Keating Looks for Stepsisters and Finds Fortune in Ireland. By Private Loaned Wire. Washington, Aug. IK.-Charles Keating has. after a search of thirteen years, lo oted Ills two step-sister*. Catharine and Mary Clnncey, in a boarding house at 621 Nineteenth street, In Denver, Colo. Inci dentally he has learned that he Is one o| four heirs to an estate rained at $100,000 In Ireland, left by his parents. The other ill* heirs are the two sisters referred to nd William Keating, of Bellevue, Ky. Almost continuously since the death of locate the sisters, their evident*_ necessary to get the fortune left. The evidence has lieen secured, and It la sshl the distribution of the estate Is to be made at once. MAKES HIS ESCAPE Herbert Harris Jumps Pa role on Governor’s Island and Gets Safe Awav. Deaths ahd Funerals. Mr*. Ev» May Barnet. Mr*. Eva May Barnea, IS year* o1<l, died Saturday morning at 2 o'clock at Grady hospital. She la survived by her husband and two children. The fu neral services will be held at Harry a. •Boole A Co’s, chapel at 10 o’clock 8un- tday morning. Mr*. Laura Jonta. Mrs. Laura Jonea, to years old. died at Chattahoochee, tla.. at 10 o'clock 'Saturday morning. The funeral see vices will be held at the residence at 10 1 o'clock Sunday morning, and ihr Inter ment will be at the Chattahoochee burying ground. E. Hartford. died Friday night at Grady hospital oi Bright's disease.. He was *2 years old. He la survived by his wife. The fu neral services will be held at Swift & Hall f’o'a, chapel at 10 o'clock Sunday morning and the Interment will be at Waatvlaw. Mrs. J. 9. Mitcham. Mrs. J. S. Mitcham, 6* years old, died at 6:30 o'clock Saturday morning at 4* Plum street. She Is survived by eight children. The funeral services will be held at the residence at 2:20 O'clock Sunday afternoon, and the In terment will be at Westvlew. W. T. Fincher. Word has been received In Atlanta of the death of \V. T. Fincher, of Atlanta. Mr. Fincher died while on u visit to his farm In Murray county, where he had been about six weeks. Mr. Finch er had been In bad health for a year or more, and for the past month had been very III. He leaves a wife and three daughters. Mrs. E. G. Quares and May and Willie Fincher. Mr. Fincher was a member of the Atlanta Masons S d was a member of Camp Wheeler's valry. Mr. Fincher wss In the gro eery business with his cousin, W. A Fincher. W. D. Long. W. D. Long, III years old, died Frl Hay night at 8* Walton street of ty phold fever. He Is survived by a wife and mother. No funeral arrangements have been announced pending the ar rival of his mother, who Is out of town. The body will probably be carried to Alabama for Interment. Mrs. G. W. Morris. Mrs. G. W. Morris, wife of Rev. G. W. Morris, Ilf Conley, tla.. died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. U. Moore, at fonley Friday night from paralysis, after an Illness of several months. Mrs. Morris was 72 years •old. She Is survived by her husband and the following rhlldren: Mrs. J. F. Stubbs, Mrs. H. D. Moore. G. C. Morris, R. V. Morris, all of Conley: J. A. Mor ris, of New Orleans; C. A. Morris, of (Tarkston. Ga.: W. B. Morris, of Slaugh ter, La.; Mrs. M. 8. Ransom, of Kirk wood, and Victor Morris, of Atlanta. The funeral services will be held at the Ce dar Grove church, near Conley, Sun day morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. R. 8. McGarity and Rev. John D. Keith of ficiating. The Interment will be In the family burying grounda. Sam Jones Tabernacle Meetings, Carters- ville, Ga. On Septemper 15th to 23rd. Inclu sive. the Western and Atlantic rail road will sell tickets from Atlanta- Dalton and Intermediate stations, to Cartersvllle. at rate of one fare for the round trip. 8am Jones will be assisted by Evangelist Oliver and other ministers of renown. Prof. E. O. Excell will have charge of the music, and other gospel singers of note will attend. Three aervlees eaeh day, 10:30 a. m., 3:00 p. m and 8:00 p. m„ and the people of Cartersvltle will welcome the great crowds with the same hos pitality they have always shown. CHAS. E. HARMAN, Can. Pats. Agent By I’rlvnlp Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 18.—Governor's Is land Is wrought up over n sensational escape of a prisoner from Castle Wil liam In broad daylight. The escape Wit one of the cleverest evef* made from the Island, and the officials there have lew ns to Just how the man got /. Many believe he swam from the island to the Kile busln. Ai a private and on n parole, he was mployed ns 11 clerk In the prison office. It was reported that he had stolen a large amount of money, but this could not be confirmed. A reward of $50 has been offered for bis capture, and his description tins been sent to the.detective agencies and police all over the country. The escaped prisoner’s name Is Her bert Harris, and be enlisted from Washington. E TICKET TO PLEASE HIMSELF Cleveland Mayor in Com mand of (Situation in Ohio Campaign. By Private Leased Wire. Cleveland. Ohio. Aug. 18.—Slay T«»in L. d the f a tick county convention, name a ticket to suit himself, and send a Johnson delegation to the state convention next week. At the pri mary Inst night Johnson had It nearly all his own way. In only a few city wards and several county precincts all! there lie contesting delegation, sad Mayor Johnson Hill have the convention hy 4 to 1. The mayor says he will go to the state tlon determined to rTd the party In Ohio of * t .rate Ifirvev Onrher. the present i • chairman. ev fh and the only Ohio Democrat In congress. ‘ Ip Johnson, and a he will whip to result. HEYWARD LEAVES INAL Popular Railroad Man Re- aigns to Enter Bus- ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD G«, Commit!,* Meet,. Saturday afternoon the special coun cil commute* appointed to InveMIgat* the gas company'* fmnchl**. with Al derman Jam** L. Key, chairman, hold spsslon and draft a report to bo presented to council Monday. The re port will be more ronden*ed than the l**l, which favored municipal Inspec- lion and rhnnging the city charier *o a* to allow the city to build a plant If It *o desired. Will Begin Camp Meeting. On next Monday night a big ramp meeting will begin at the Colored Peo ple'* Tabernacle, on Young street. Bishop Turner will preach the aliening sermon, anti the services will continue for eight days. Those scheduled for Tuesday are President Flipper, Rev. John llitrmsn, Rev. J. a. Robinson and Rev. R. V. Branch. Million Increase in Cleering*. Atlanta bank clearing for the week ending Saturday show an Increase over the corresponding week of last year of 11,114,428.71. The clearings Saturday were 53n,02».»3. against $413,770.05 of 1205. The clearings for the week to taled $1,845,250.86. against 12,730,828.11 for the same week Inst year. Lee Goes to New Vork. Wldeman I.ee, formerly of The Georgian staff and well known among Southern newspaper men. passed through Atlanta Saturday on his way to New York. Mr. Lea has abandoned newspaper work to heroine connected with the publicity tlrm of Parker A Lee of New York city. Report Fever* L. A N. The t ..nitsvtlle A Nashville yard introversy wilt again be up before council Monday. Friday the streets committee, Alderman James L. Key, Imtrman, had the matter under con sideration and will return i majority report for grunting the railroad the number of o|>enlngs asked for by It and not demanding Unit the abutting block* be placed hack from the street. This new ordinnneo was Introduced us a |M>tttlon by Alderman Peters at the lust session of council. It allow* four openings to the yards on Hunter street and one on Rutter street. The com mittee modified the petfllon to some extent. Whe Lost Itt A pickaninny, very small, very black and very young, was picked up Friday afternoon by a negro who drives a wagon for the Coca Coin Company. Any one wishing the negro baby may have the same by applying to ltl Edge- wood avenue and describing It. J. B. Heyward, one of the veteran and best known railroad men In At lanta and for the past fifteen months the baggage master at the Terminal Rtutlon, has resigned bis position and on fleptember 1 will enter the life In surance business. The appointment of hi* successor will b* deferred until the return of Mr. Wlrkershnm, of the board of control of the Atlanta Terminal Company, who lenves on Monday morn Ing for a week's trip to New York. Mr. Heyward has had a wide expe rtenee In the railroad world and Ids de termination to enter a new field hns caused genuine regret among Ills rail road friends and all with whom he has eome In contact In his duties nt the stntlon. Traveling men especially have found him to be alwny* obliging nnd courteous nnd Ills -treament of women nnd children has been such hs to cause many expressions of tluinks from the public of both Atlanta arid other cities. J. B. Heyward began his railroad career In 1882, when he became a mem her of the engineering corps of the old Carolina, Cumberland nnd Chicago railroad, now a portion of the South ern system. This old railroad was the culmination of a scheme of John Calhoun to connect the-tidewater of South Carolina with the groin growing and proaperou* sections of the west. It had Its origin In the Blue Ridge rail way, now also a part of the Southern By the completion of the Tallulah Falla railway and Ita connections through to Knoxville, Tenn., the consummation of the original Idea will be completed. The Cumberland road went under during the trying years following Its birth and after that event Mr. Hey- ward went with the Atlantic Coast Line ns city papsenger nnd ticket agent al Charleston, S. C, 'his native city. After years of service with the Coast Line he went with the Rlchnutul and Danvlll rullruad, tinder S. H. Hard wick, now pasengrr traffic' manager of the Southern railway. He remnlned continually In the service of the South ern ns traveling passenger agent nnd city passenger and ticket agent until December, 1803. In that year Mr. Heyward went with the Atlanta and West Point road as district pasenger ngent, remaining In that rapartty until the opening of the new terminal station, when he was ap- polntsd baggage master. All baggage master Mr. Heyward has probably accomplished more than any other official in that capacity In the history of railroads In Atlanta. Ti him has been Inrgely due the orgnnlin tlon of the present excellent force on duty at the station and the excellent service which the public Is receiving, excelled In no city of the slxe of At lanta In the country. Mr. Heyward Is eiiuully ns popular with the employees at the station as he li with Ills em ployer* and not n person from I'resl dent Wlckershem to the humblest por ter but ha* expressed genuine regret nt his determination to give up the Hoke Smith Drummers to Meet. The Traveling Men's Hoke Smith Club will meet Saturday night at 7:20 o'clock In the assembly room In the Piedmont hotel. Addresses will be made by several well-known traveling men and all member* of the club and those who are interested are Invited to be In attendance. SENA TOR CLARK’S CHILDREN TO HA VE A COSTL Y PLA YROOM strenuous rail road work, nnd the best wishes of all will follow him In his new line of endeavor. HER LETTER CAME AFTER FORTY YEARS BODY OF SALESMAN FOUND IN LAGOON By Private Is*a*ed Wire. Chicago, Aug. 18.—The body of an unidentified man, well dressed and about .40 year* old, believed by the po- to be a traveling salesman from Boston, was found dead |n the Jack- aon park lagoon. The biuly was ftvund In the water about 5 o’clock lust night nnd taken to an undertaking estab lishment. A coat and vest belonging to the man were found lying on the shore only a few feet from where the body v.ns found. This makes the police believe that he entered the water and drowned himself. A card found in the oat leads the police to believe that he was em- nloycti by a Boston Ann as u salesman. By Private (.cased Wire. Washington. Aug. IS.—Forty years ago Mr*. John C\ Proctor, of 942 Flor ida avenue. Washington, while visit ing her sister-in-law, Mrs. A. C. Miller, near Hagerstown, wrote a letter to her husband In Washington. He never re ceived It. Today Mrs. Miller received the letter from the dead letter ofllce. Mr. Proctor died fifteen years aga. The letter was literally covered with post marks, the most conspicuous being Hagerstbwn, betober 1. 1866,” the date of Ita mailing. The letter will be forwarded to Mrs. Proctor. Large Docket in Court. Special to Tin* Georgian. Wrightavllle, Gn., Aug. 18.—The city court, Judge William Faircloth pre siding. has been In session since Mon day and owing to the unusually large number of criminal cases, there being 150 on docket. It may not complete Us work this week. Quite a number have been found guilty nnd sentenced. Mrs. William A. Clark, wife of the senator from Montana. Is shown In the large picture. The baby, while Andrea, the oldest girl, Just beneath. The senator, who la the most loving of fathers, before leaving for Paris, gave orders to his architect to build In his new mansion In New York city the most elaborate children's play room in the world. IE DOCTRINE AT A LOVE FEAST BODY OF MISSING GIRL FOUND NUDE IN RIVER Dinner to Sec. Root Brings Many Compliments from South America. By Private Lensod Wire, t Buenos Ayres, Aug. IS.—Senor Drago, author of the famous Drago doctrine declaring against the collection of pri vate debts by nations by force, In a brilliant speech made at the banquet In Mr. Root's honor, named the American secretary the "great representative of solidarity.” In speaking of President Roosevelt he ended him n man "whose transcendental Initiatives had made his ngme Illustrious.” The former minister made some ref erences to the Drago doctrine saying it had been Inspired by the desire to protect American states from danger, real or threatened, and maintain their Integrity against hostile aggressions by Euro|>ean countries. He (Minted out the similarity bet wen the Drago doc trine and the Monroe doctrine. Senor Drago rejoiced In the friendliness of the United States to the^Bouth American states and expressed the hoi»e And ex pectation that the near future would that friendship cemented by even closer relations. The health or the United (Sates was pledged In this toast: "The noblest, greatest and most Democratic of nations." By Private Leased Wire. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 1$.—Tho body of Miss Ethel Amos, who was drowned with a party of young folks on a gaso line boat Wednesday was found float ing In the river neur the No. 3 ’grain elevator, Lmver Canton, but the find ing of the body only deepens the mys tery surrounding the case. The body of the girl was almost nude,'and there war an ugly bruise on the left eye which, according to the Coroner Thomson, of Highland town, who has charge of the case, has sum moned a Jury of Inquest which will meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock. There were no shoes on the,feet and the girl’s hair was dishevelled as If she had just loosened it from Its folds be fore" falling Into the water. The left eve was badly discolored, nnd under tne ltd the blood had rioted, closing up the eye completely There was also a dark bruise on the girl's right leg, which, according to the police. Indi cated that she had struck ngalnst something in falling from the vessel. FROM THIS 01 CUBS' Quiet Reported nt Brown- ville, But More Trou- ■ blc Is Feared. By Private Lentcd Wire. Brownvllle, Texas, Aur 18.—a guard composed of cltlsefie. Is stationed he.' tween Fort Brotrn and this city, keep. Ing the negro soldiers within the har- racks. The town Id imlet. The e!t|. mender of the depertinent of retail tv 111 tales* ln.MS.11.1 - .... . ... 1 will take Immediate steps to relieve the A dispatch from Austin say* i ment Is talked of there to r B*e hiiiicu Muir vi liiizens to coin# here to assist In keeping the negro troop* within the confines of the rnr. rlson. Adjutant General Pastern I* reported as saying that he consider* It unnl.t to send state troops to Brownsville. no Gffi HIE FOR WHITE HUTS Alexander Noeh .Showed Bravo Heart Under Black Skin. L By Private Leased 11'lre. Annapolis, Md., Aug. 18.—Alexander N. Each, <r young negro, was drowned off Bancroft hall, Naval Academy, last evening. Two midshipmen In a canoe were upset off the Academy nnd Naeh went to their rescue. The midshipmen could swim and were easily rescued but In endeavoring to right'the'canoe lancd. fell overbo Each lost his bat and was drowned before nsslatanr could be given him. LEPER'S BOX CAR Syrian’s Traveling Home on Siding, Where It Will x Be Destroved. TOOK TOO MUCH MORPHINE; TELLS DIFFERING STORIES Because, as she says, she frit 111 and wanted some relief, Mrs. T. J. Clark, who resides nt 86 South Pryor street, took eight grains of morphine Friday night about 5 o’clock and was uncon scious until after midnight. To a Georgian reporter Saturday morning Mrs. dark stated that she In jected the drug In her arm and that she had no conception of how much she was taking. Late Friday nfter noon she began to feel III and thinking that the drug would help her she In jected the contents of a small vial of morphine, which had been lying around the house for some time. Into her left arm. She denies that she tried to kill herself and says she would have had no motive for doing so, ns she and her husband. T. J. Clark, who works In Johnson’s cap*, get along peacefully. They have no children. The call was received nt the hospital at 8 o’clock Friday night and when brought to the hospital Mr*. Clark was unconscious. Dr. Manget,' who was attending her when she regained consciousness, says tho woman told him that she didn't know who Injected the morphine Into her arm. but \Hat she didn't do it. Hhc stated this morning that she did the Injecting and that nobody was near her at the time. *She was found by a woman who boards In the same house with her. Mrs, Clark was visited by her father, D. O. White, at the hospital Friday morning. White has only been In the city n few days, coming up from Mex ico, where he hns been assisting In the building of railroads, to have his eyes treated. Mrs. Clark Is entirely out of danger and will be able to return homo Sun day. By Private Leased Wire. . Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug. 18.—Tlw box car In which Oeorge Rashid, the Syrian leper, made his sensational Journey from Parkersburg to Pickens. Is being shunned almost as much a* the leper himself. All the trainmen have It spotted, and, while they have not refused to move It, they venture no closer to It than Is required to ma nipulate the coupling levers. The car has been placed nt various vlll load It, and It now stands on tho sid ing at Erhardt, where It will probably be destroyed. GEORGIAN’S IN GOTHAM. By I’rtvrtle I#inhI Wire. Esw York,. Aug. 18.—Here are *om« of the visitors In Eetv York today: Atlanta—J. E. 81ms, TV. L. Jarnlgun. E W. Black, W. B. Knapp. Savannah—E. F. Broderick. Mrs. J. Bourke, W. H. Williams, Mrs. B. Zell- ler. STATISTICS. BIRTHS. ... mid Mrs. A. M. Ohestnutt, at 433 lllll strict, n sou. To Mr. ” DEATHS. Mrs. Mary .Mitcham, 66 yearg old, died at is i*1 mu street. James A. Itnlierta. 63 year* old, died of giixtrltls nf Soldiers’ Home. IV. M. Humphrey. 46 years old. died of '•Meat at Hcnrgtn railroad nnd Boulevard. •I. Hurt 56 years old, died of Bright disease nt Grady hospital. BUILDING PERMITS. $100—T. It. Walton, to re-cover four . story frame dwelling* nt 274*84 Ilhodea $1,000— Louisville o, |( *-- yards. tSfr-Dowroim Hosier Co., to Imlld steel •Mm: at 73 K. Alalunun street. $175—W. It. McClellan, to build brick bakery nt L!0 Cnnltol avenue. $1,35-1', X. West, to build one-story frame dwelling nt 256 Waldo street. KANSAS OB8ERVATORY HAS RECORD OF QUAKE. By Private Leased Wire. Baldwin, Kan*.. Aug. 18.—The Val paraiso earthquake was reported by the seismograph In the government oh- PROPERTY TRANSFERS. $4,0tiO-Morris Mattery to Joule L. Straus, ..it on Boulevurd. Loan deed. $3,200, Penal Sum—Mrs. Mabel Moody to A. S. Edmonds, lot on Cooper street near eorgln nvenue. Bond for title. $3,200. Penal Sum—Mrs. M. II. Moody to Mrs. B. K. Caldwell, lot ou Cooper street near Geortga avenue. Bond for title. $405—Mrs. Fannie Cefslu to College Park Mml aud Investment Co., lot on Pulliam treet near tins* street. Man deed. $1.415—Hennanla Saving* Bank to It. k. Nash, lot oii Harden street near Bass street. Warranty deed. ’ .. . $750— It. K. Nash to Protestant Episcopal hureh of Heorgt*. lot **•• G.;rdcs street near Bass street. bun deed. $1,5*> Mary t\ Andrew* to Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., lot on Gordon *ireet mar l*ee street. Usui deed. 9725-Sanders lutan ami Investment Co. to George Hardwick, lot on corner Fort uud Linden streets. Warranty oeetL $^o. Penal Sum-4. M. Mrhols and O, II. Jones to .1 O. Smith, lot on eoruer Jones avenues ami Kim street. Bond fot title. RED CROSS CLOTHING REJECTED BY WOMAN IN PARIS. Special to The Ccorxltin. Paris, Aug. 18.—Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Miss J. Morrison, of Atlanta, (.a*. CITY BOARD DECLARES ALDERMAN’S SEAT VACANT By Private leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 18.—Indignant over the misfit of the clothing handed to her, a San Francisco woman, sign ing herself in green Ink as Ella Cle ments, has dashed the entire bundle at the white house and written In bitter words to the president of the poor treatment she has received. She has made a heart-touching appeal to Mrs. Roosevelt. "Today this package was left for me. I gend It to you to see (he relief. This Is a special package, sent me from the vice president of the Red Cross. Mrs. Merrill, through her messenger friend. Mrs. Brown. This being 'special relief.' what do you think of relief— standing In line from 4 to 6 hours and get absolutely nothing? "I wpar No. 3 shoes; No. 8 stockings for number 3 shoes. You can see, Mrs. Roosevelt, for yourself—for surely you are the mother of our country, and I want you to look at this package with a father’s nnd mother's heart. God love you and your families. God love our soldiers. "Sincerely, "ELLA CLEMENTS. "Camp I, Ward 1, Tent 1, Street 22, Presidio.” The rejected package, which arrived a day or so after the letter, contained three pairs of No. 8 tan stockings of a good quality; a pair of tan shoes that appeared to be larger than No. I; showing considerable wear; half a do*- en handkerchiefs, five of them being old but fleshly laundered, all good linen, some with hemstitched borders; a blue calico waist, with white dots, the skirt apparently having been re tained, and a rough, apparently quickly made night gown of unbleached muslin that had not been used. The package has been sent to the Red Cross headquarters, and Secretary have a right to see and know the truth, j McGee Is puxxled to know what dls No greater Insult could this woman position shofild be made of the give me—an American woman I am. tents. servatory here. The Instruments show the shocks began Thursday night at 5:56 and continued for 45 minutes. The shocks were in quick succession. FEAR REGARDING CANAL REGARDED GROUNDLESS. By Private Lcmanl Wire. Washington, Aug. 18.—Both the state department and the Chilean legation are still without news regarding the earthquake at Valparaiso. Because of the total absence of cable communica tion and the apparent cutting off of the land lines, the opinion Is growing that the disaster has been greater and more expended than at first reported. Sev eral cables land at Valparaiso, bur no one of them seeins to be working. The recent disaster at San Francisco followed aroused some apprehension In the minds of some people as to the possi bllitay of another outbreak of subter ranean forces at a central point be tween these two place* 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, says there is no such danger. He points out that the so- called backbone of the North Ameri can continent ends in Central America before reaching the canal xone, while In South America It extends north ward as far as Ecuador and then branches off toward the West Indies. For this reason, he thinks that If there were connection between the ills, turbance at Han Francisco and Val- ""“hTZZTZZll*'*” lhp main backbone of -on b> that In Chile hasi^he continent, it wMI not be noticed at Panama, which he considers io be out uf the danger line. Hpcclul to Tils GeorgiaU. _Meridian, Mias., Aug. 18.—At a J"int meeting of the city board last night citizens presented charged against Al derman J. Boykin for living out of th« ward he represented and a resolution wns passed declaring the position va cant. The election to name hla successor 1* set for September 1. It I* under*t"" , j that Boykin will enjoin the municipal parties from further action pending * setlement of the contest by the courts. 80UTHERN CORRESPONDENT DIED AT WASHINGTON. By Private (.eased Wire. Washington, Aug. 18.—Robert M. Larner, a well-known correspondent and member of the Gridiron Club, die# here tlijs afternoon. He was the respondent of The t'harleston nnd Courier and The Savannah New,. He leaves a widow and two ohlldren. GOVERNOR OF TEXAS_ ASKED FOR TROOPS. By I’rlvste leased Wire. —....— Austin, Texas, Aug. 18.—Willlatn Kelley, chairman of the cltlxen-' vorii* mlttee at Brownsville, sent s dlM'»t‘ n yesterday aftrrnoon appealing to emor Lanhan to act at once regat'l'"* the condition of affairs brought about by the outbreak of negro soldier. "" Monday night. The governor Is " town. Chairman Kelley stnted that the luriii. x null uiiiii nriic/ excitement la not subsiding and fear Is entertained among the and children of a recurrence of ttt' outrage. In the absence of the "overtt''. message was turned over to General HUKn. who said he would - fer with General McCarkey. coinm i er of Ihe department of Texs" «2* HI IIIC UV|HIIIIIIFIII i, has Just return*! from Kan Ant' r. . and ascertain what *t«»* w taken to relieve the situation.