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A i i.AA i A linw DISCHARGED MEN FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT Attempt to Besmirch Chief What Mr. Terrell Says of Wells Case. Joyner. the Messrs Moody, Jenkins and Hudson, from whom Mr. Goodwin published what purported to be statements, were discharged from the Are department, the chief said at the time "for the food of the department.” Soon after Mr. Wells was hurt he was seen about town and at the fair grounds. I wertt to him and stated that if he was well enough to be about town and at the fair grounds he ought to report to the engine house, that he might dome around und report, he might answer the telephone, or do nothing, but that he ought not to be loafing around town In his uniform. H** declined to do so and my Informa tion from Mr. Wells was that he did not want to be seen around the place of duty because his attorney, Mr. Thomas H. Goodwin, said It might hurt his case for damages. Chl#f Joyner expressed sympathy for Wells and said his name would be kept on the pay ■All IP'nha.Ikl. rrM. „ ’ 1.1 . rail if*possible. The chief said to me that If Wells would stay around the en gine house he would be kept on the pay roll, but If not under the rulings of the hoard of * flremasters, I must drop him, and this I did as an officer of the department under what I co sldered my duty. JOHN TERRELL, Captain Engine Co. No. 6. MANY PERSONS DROWNED WHILE BA THING ON SUN DA Y IN OCEAN AND IN RIVERS By EX-CITY FIREMEN RALLY TO FIRE CHIEF JOYNER Atlanta, Go. To Whom It May Concern: We, the undersigned ex-members of the Atlanta Are department, having heard that false statement** have been made concerning the manner In which contributions for the purpose of buying Christmas presents for Chief and Mrs. W. R. Joyner, take this method of stating truthfully the exact manner In which such subscriptions were gotten up. It Is In simple Justice to Chief and Mrs. Joyner and to ourselves that we make the following statement, and any statement to the contrary Is, to our own knowledge, absolutely false. During our connection with the de partment It weh our pleasure to con tribute each Christmas toward a fund to be used for the purpose of buying a Christmas present for Chief and Mrs. Joyner. In each and every Instance the present was selected by a committee composed of ofAcers and privates from the different companies, with Instruc tions from the other members of their companies to decide on a suitable pres, ent, determine the cost of same and report back their Andlngs to their com pany. After the present had been se lected the names of those who desired voluntarily to subscribe to the fund were obtained by the committee mem- ber of each company and then their proportionate per cent of the cost of such present was ascertained and col lected and the present paid for. In no case was there any requirement made or any coercion used to obtain any subscription; and all subscriptions were made absolutely voluntarily. It Is also a fact that each year several members of the department did not de sire to contribute to the fund, and tlmlr names were withheld, so as to avoid them embarrassment. The above state ment Is only a simple fact, and Is true and any statement to the contrary Is fnlse and untrue. W. J. Osburn, F. M. Powers, F. M. Allen, W. C. Butt, Jno. F. Bradley, W. T. Harwell, R. M. Harwell, Geo. C. Fife, Victor Morris, Dwight Claridy, John N. Parker, Caldwell, E. W. Whitley, ('hess Lagomarslno.O. M. Ray, John Netherland, A. N. M. Baldwin, Herman Spahr, Byron Benson, Ex-Members Atlanta Fire Department. GEORGIA NAMES A TOWN FOR GEN. FRED FUNSTON General Fred Funxton may be able to prevent San Krancleco from naming • etreet for him, but he can’t »top Georgia from calling a town In aoutb Georgia "Funiton.” Representative W. A. Covington got a bill through the aexxlon Just closed Incorporating the town of Funston In his county. So far the famous little Kansas fighter has not come forward with any objections, but It Is possible that he hns been so busy In San Fran cisco that he hasn't yet heard of Mr. Covington's treason. rival** Learnsl Wire. New York, Aug. 20.—In the water* about New York a doxen persons were drowned yesterday, nearly all the vic tims being bathers. Morris Grqsse, Martin Anderson and an unknown bather, about 20 years of Hge, were drowned near Manhattan Beach While diving with his father from a launch In Jamaica bay, Harold Sellers, aged 26, was drowned. . William* O’Keefe, 24 years of age, was drowned In Gravesend bay while swimming far from the shore. John Blzlnskl, 9 years of age, of Jer sey City, was drowned in the Hudson river. William Hill, 26 years of age, of Long Island City, was swimming In the East river when he .went down before res cuers could reach him. The bodies of two unknown men were found Aoatlng In the East river. Albert Hnggenborn, 26 years old, of Brooklyn, was instantly killed last night when he dived from a balcony 20 feet high Into 6 feet of water In the swimming tank at a pleasure park In Coney Island. Edwnrd Moore, 7 years old. was tfrowned in the Hudson while trying to climb aboard a barge. Stephen Remsen. 85 years old, was drowned off Yonkers. FIVE PER80N8 DROWNED NEAR DULUTH, MINN. By Private I .eased Wire. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 20.—Five per sona lost life In,the head waters of the lake region Sunday. Frank gutter, aged 23, and his brother, William, aged 21, got beyond their depth and sank before help could reach them. The 16-year-old son of Harry Thom, living 7 miles north of Altken, was drowned In the Mississippi. Ilans Nelson, 16 years of age, of Su perior, was drowned In St. I«out* bay, In the sight of a number of compan Ions. W. B. Peck was drowned while bath ing at Solon Springs, Wla., In the pres ence df his two young daughter#. 2 WOMEN ASSAULTED AND ONE MAY DIE Continued from Page One. CRAMP8 CAUSE DEATH OF TWO BATHERS By Private Leased Wire. Minneapolis, Minn.. August 20.— While In bathing two men were drowned at Lake Minnetonkf yesterday. They were Ralph St role and a man named Baker, residents of Minneap olis. Both victims were seized v cramps and sank before aid could reach them. PARENTS SEE CHILDREN PERISH IN THE RIVER By Private Leased Wire. Grand Haven, Mich., Aug. 20.—The bodies of the two daughters of Carl F. Karlsen, aged 11 and 14. who were drowned before their parents’ eyes while bathing Sunday In the Grand river here, have b«*n recovered. TRIBUTE TO SANFORD FROM ATLANTA FRIEND To the Public: Without solicitation, ami without sel fish motive whatever, I wish to publicly express my absolute confidence In the honesty. Integrity and high personal character of my old-time, big-hearted friend, Vince Sanford. He Is In the race for comptroller general. Give him your support and you will never regret It. Mr. Sanford holds membership In a number of secret and fnternnl orders. In all of which he ha* been a useful and loyal member. Respectfully, w re ivnp j ROOSEVELT STANDS PAT ON TARIFF Continued from Pago One. steps In securing the wage workers certain great rights. An employer's liability law was enacted which puts the government* In Its proper place as regards such legislation. An eight-hour Recently a movement was started In . Ufc „ San Francisco to change the name of Ijaw was already on the statute books; a certain street there to Funston ave- them hns been irreat confusion as to nue, whereupon the doughty scrapper wrote a card to the paper. He said he COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER KILLING TWO FELLOW PRISONERS Confessed Bank Robber Beat Brains Out of Two Men. Hperliil to The Georgina. Dallas, Texas. Aug. 20.—A special from Lufkin, Texas,* says that John B. Roper, who murdered two fel|pw pris oners on August 16 by beating their brains out with a heavy bucket, com mltted suicide there yesterday by hang ing himself with a strip torn from a blanket. Roper admitted to the of ficial* that he was one of the members of the Dalton gang that robbed the Long View bank In 1892. didn't know anybody In the street, and that he had no personal friends In Kan Francisco. Whereupon it may be Inferred that somebody hod been Insinuating that General Funston Is himself fostering the scheme to name a street after him self, but he denies It with accustomed brevity and force. But without consulting him Georgia proposes to perpetuate his name with the town of Funston, Colquitt county. MUST STAND TRIAL BT COURTMARTIAL Riflemen Who Guarded Jail at Salisbury Must Explain Retirement. Srioclnl 111 The liiHirglnn. Salisbury. N. C„ Aug. 20.— 1 The Row an Rifles, local military company, will be courtmarllaled at the Morehead City encampment next week. This Is the company that stood guard at the Jail the night of the lynching find retired, It Is claimed, while the mob was batter ing down the doors. The trial Is for the purpose of exonerating those who bad declared they hud no orders to shoot. EIGHT MINER8 KILLED * IN FIGHT WITH TR00P8 London, Aug. 40.—A djsputcli from I’sovka, Ekutrlnoslav, published here today reports a conflict between troops and miners In which eight of the latter were killed and seventeen Injured. Socialist leaders among the miners hml organised a meeting. Troops were sent to break up the gathering, and. upon the refusal of the miners to disperse, flred Into the crowd with the results stated. HEBREWS IN MADRID HAVE MEMORIAL FAST. Special Cable—Copyright. Madrid. Aug. 20.—At the auggesllon of a leading Jewish rabbi of Russia today Is being observed as a general day of fnst throughout Spain by the Jews, In memory of the Jewish victims of Russian massacres. FEELING IS INTENSE AGAINST ASSAILANT OF LITTLE HOOD GIRL Hundreds of Citizens (fath er At Court House To Hear Trial. Hpeeinl to The Georgian. Cleveland, Ga., Aug. 20.—Bob .Moore, the negro brute who committed an as sault on last Friday on the 7-year-old daughter of J. C. Hood, former tax col lector of this county, was put on trial for his JJfe today. The greatest ex citement prevails and hundreds of peo ple are here from all parts of the coun try but the Indications are that the citizens will allow the law to take its course. The officers slipped the negro nwuy to Gainesville Saturday night for fear of his being lynched. , Judge Klmsey made a speech to the citizens and begged them to allow the law to take its course, promising to all a special term of the court on Mon day. The evidence shows a horrible crime and the feeling Is Intense. gooooooooooooodooooooooooe O DYING MAN CRIES: O 0 “DON'T TELL WIFE." O 0 O By Private Leased Wire. 5 Jefferson, Pa., Aug. 20.—Fol* 111 O lowing the wreck of .trains here O v yesterday, the pitiful* cries of a O v man who had one leg crushed off O O and who was Injured Internally, O O attracted attention. He called 0 0 "ne of the wreckers to him. say- O O Ing: O O "For God’s sake kill me and put O O me out of my misery. I cannot O 0 live anyway. Please don’t tell O $ my wife I am hurt, she Is away 0 O her vacation and It would be a O O shame for me to spoil things for O 0 her.” , O OOOOO00000OO0000000CO0OO0O DR, HUNTER COOPER IS there has been great, confusion whose duty It was to enforce It. This confusion hns now been remedied and the Inw In In process of thorough en forcement. If this enforcement demon strates the need of additional legisla tion to make this eight hour law ef fective, I shall nsl: for such legislation. "We favor the organization of labor as we favor the organization of capi tal; but on condition that organized labor and organized capital alike act In a spirit of justice and fair dealing and with due regard to both the letter and the spirit of the law. We are anx ious to help, alike by law .and by exec utive action, so far as In our power lies, every honest man, every right- dealing labor union, and. for the mat ter of that, every right-dealing corpor ation; but, the fact that we heartily recognize an organization as useful will not prevent our taking action to con trol It or to prevent Its committing abuses. Stands Pat on Tariff. Removing the tax on nloohol used In the arts shows the entire willing ness of the present congress to niter our revenue system, whether derived by taxation on imports or Internal tax ation, whenever It Is necessary so to do. We stand unequivocally for a protect ive tariff and we feel that the phenom enal Industrial prosperity which we are now enjoying Is not lightly to be Jeop ardized. •’But whenever a given rate or sched ule becomes evidently disadvantageous lo the nation, and where It Is feasible to change this rate or schedule with out too much dislocation of the sys tem, It will be done, while a general revision of the rates and schedules will be undertaken whenever It shall ap- penr to the sober business sense of our people that on the whole the benefits to be rierlyed from making such changes will outweigh the disadvantages. "Let me add one word -of caution, however. The question of rovIsIngMh© tariff stands wholly apart from the question of dealing with so-called trusts. The only way In which It Is possible to deal with these trusts and this great corporate wealth Is by. ac tion along the line of the laws enact ed by the present congress and Its Im mediate predecessors. The cry that the problem can be met by any changes In the* tariff represents, whether con sciously ot unconsciously, an effort to divert* public attention # roni the only MAJOR MILLARD WALTZ IS TO LEAVE ATLANTA Lieut. Hansell, of Atlanta, Return from Three-Year Stay in China. nu’lliod of taking rffectlvp action.' His Condition Grew Very Much More Serious Sunday. Dr. Hunter P. Cooper, who has been very III at his home on Peachtree street following an atack of ptomaine poisoning, was taken very much worse Sundny afternmm and Monday was re ported to be In a very low state. He Is delirious a part of the time. Monday afternoon It was stated that he was very HI. though a little quieter than he had been. He has many of the symptoms of meningitis, hut the case has not yet been so pronounced definitely. He I* being atended by several of the most prominent physicians of Atlanta. According to The Army and* Navy. Register for last week. Major Milliard F. Waltz, who has been attached to the department of the gulf here for some time, haa been appointed to the general staff and will report to Washington at the close of the army maneuvers at Chlckamauga. Major Walt* has made many friends since he hns been located In Atlanta who wlllSregret to hear that he Is to leave. ’ The army and navy paper also ports the return from a three years' sojourn In <'hina of Lieutenant Hev ward Hansell, nsslstnnt surgeon, who In an Atlanta man. During most of the three years Lieutenant Hansell has been stationed In Pekin. He hns been assigned to service at Tacoma, Wash. men, aunt and niece, went to a wood land ab«>ut halt a mile from th<%r home, but a short distance from ttye home of a Mr. Hunter and In sight of bln house. Suddenly a negro appeared within a few feet of the pair. He had slipped noiselessly through the woods until he was close upon them. He carried stout stick. "Come with me,” said the negro to little Mabel Lawrence. The girl quivered with fright, but gathered strength to turn and try to run. The negro struck her across the head with his stick and seized her. As his hands felt their way to her throat the girl grasped her own throat and broke .the force of the negro’s fingers. She tore herself loose from her assail ant and the older woman shouted to her to run. As the girl started to run the negro Jumped In front of her and struck her another blow which slightly stunned her. She fell to the ground, crying ‘I’m dfead." Little Girl Runs. The negro then turned and started toward Miss Ethel Lawrence, the elder woman. Mabel succeeded In rising to her feet and ran to the Hunter home, but a short distance away. Here she gave the alarm and told her story. She was Joined by Mr. Hunter and another man and they hurried back to the hill side. When the rescue party reached the scene they found Miss Ethel Lawrence lying unconscious In the grass. Both her arms were broken and her body and clothing bore marks of a fearful struggle. The negro had disappeared through the woods and It was Impossi ble to learn which direction he took. May Die from Assault. Miss Lawrence wss carried to the Hunter home and given medical atten tion. Later In the day she was sent to the Wesley Memorial Hospital. Phy sicians were doubtful whether or not she would survive the assault. Mabel Lawrence was severely hurt. The ne gro's club had cut a gash four Inches Jong In her head and her body and shoulders were blue and bleeding from other blows. The description given by Mabel Iwiw- rence of her black assailant follows closely that of the negro who assaulted Mrs. Georgia Hembree near Battle Hill Inst Wednesday. The negro Is describ ed as being dean shaven, glngercake colored, of medium height, wearing blue overalls and carrying a piece of rope In his pocket. Dogs Lose the Trail. Khortly after noon, two dogs from the county convict camp were sent to the scene of the assault and Imme diately picked up the track of the negro brute. They followed the trail left by the fleeing black for more than four miles, and finally lost the track In a cow pasture, where, owing to the lack of rain In that neighborhood, the sand hml blown over the track. According to those who followed Immediately upon the heels of the dogs, the negro walked up creeks and tried many oth er tricks to throw the bloodhounds off his trail. Mitt Lawrence From England. Miss Ethel Lawrence, one of the young women assaulted, the aunt of Mabel Lawrence, Is In this country on a visit to her brother, W. C. I^awrence. Miss I^twrence Is a native of England, coming from a prominent London fam ily. Miss Lawrence's condition Is pre carious and she has never regained consciousness since she was attacked. MRS. NILES’ IDENTITY BECOMES AN ISSUE Peculiar Mix-Up Causes Queer Situation in Gubernatorial Campaign—Charges and Countercharges. Mrs. Margaret J. Hampton has ap parently become an Important Issue In the gubernatorial campaign. The Constitution Monday morning charged that Hoke Hmith In Ills Augus ta speech attempted to mislead the public as regards the Identity of Mrs. Niles, sister of Mrs. Hampton, by read ing the following telegram: "Griffin, Ga., Aug. 17, 1906. ' "To Hon. .Hoke Kmlth, care Hon. Bowdre Phlnlzy, Augusta. Ga.: Mrs. George R. Niles tender* you her sym pathy In your race for governor and assures you of the support of her en tire family and relatives for your kind ness to our relative, Mrs. Mnrgnret .f. Hampton, while she w&s In the em ploy of the government census bureau. "MRS. GEORGE R. NILES.” The Constitution printed the follow ing from Mrs. Clifford C. Niles, sister of Mrs. Hampton: ”1 was amazed whan my daughter culled my attention to the article In this afternoon’s Journal regarding a tele- gram from a Mrs. Niles, who claimed to be a relative of Mrs. Hampton. It Is evidently a dirty effort to confuse the public aa to my attitude In regard to the shameful treatment of my sister by Hoke Smith. "Mrs. George R. Niles, of Griffin, has no kind of relationship or connection, with Mrs. Margaret Hampton, who Is my sister. Mrs. Niles knew her as a girl, and that was all. 1 doubt if she i has seen or heard from her In thirty years. I know that no relatives of Mrs. Hampton, who have followed the course of this campaign of Hoke Smith, In which he has endeavored so tnaliclluslv to slander my sister, would vote for him: and the effort to make It appear so at this late hour shows their des peration. They know that the expos ure of his treatment of her, which was has seriously Injured hta I Is simply an unde outrageous, campaign, and this 1 hand effort to counteract this Infiiiprv e at the Inst moment. I old not wish to get mixed up In politics, but my * ** r Is not here to defend herself against this latest slander. Her living rela tives are her brother, who Is at the Soldiers' home, and myself, living h* re with my daughter. "MRS. CLIFFORD C. NILES.” The following telegram from Griffin Is also minted In the same article: "Griffin, Go., Aug. 19.—Mrs. George R. Niles, of Griffin,, whose alleged tele gram Hoke Smith read with so much gusto In regard to the Mrs. Hampton matter, denies that she Is related to Mrs. Hampton, and also denies that she signed the said telegram, or au thorized it to be signed. Mrs. Niles expressed herself as hurt and shocked that her name should have been used In this manner. A lawyer, named Sam Hewlett, of Atlanta, called on her and asked for a wrltt-n expression along the line of the alleged telegram, but did not get It. Mrs. Niles, who Is one of Griffin's most estimable and lovable ladies, is indignant that her name should have been so used without any authority whatever. •JOSEPH D. BOYD.” Monday aftern'oon the following tele gram came to The Georgian: "Griffin, Ga., Aug. 20. 1906.—Geor gian, Atlanta, Ga.: Statement In Con stitution and Macon Telegraph unau thorized and misleading. Mr. Hewlett • had authority to telegraph Mr. Hoke Smith that.he had my sympathy In IiIm rnr**» fnr*fff»viirnfir his race for governor. ”.\!Rp. O. R. NILES.” The Georgian made an effort to see both Mr. Smith and Mr. Hewlett Mon day for a statement, but neither are In Atlanta. BRYAN SAILS FOR HOME; STARTS FROM GIBRALTAR By Private leased Wire. , Gibraltar. Aug. 20.—William Jennings Bryan visited the fortifications here yesterday and later took dinner with the American consul. He sailed for home today on the Princess Irene. STATISTICS. READ-ON COLLISION! MOTORMAN MAT DIE Kpeclnl to The Georgian. Rome, Ga.. Aug. 20.—As a result of a head-on collision on the city electric railway yesterday, Isaac Smith, a ino- tortnan, received two fractures on the head from which his recovery Is doubt ful. Smith hml Just left Mobley Park with his car coming to the city, and as he went "to turn a curve round n hill he wan run Into I# a car for Lln- dnle In charge of Motonnan W. C. Le- alter, who escaped without any Injur ies. Smith was thrown to the ground when the cars came together. Both cars were badly demolished, DEATHS. Mo.Nly, 26 years old. died of mini* on Adainsvlile road. Harriett. 10 years old, died of ly pliobl fever Ml 67 l.urkle street. gunshot Mrs. Annie M. Itrown. 23 years old, died of eoiiNUni|itlon nt 21 Itroiherton street. Mrs. Mary Hiarke, 3b y Itrlglit's W. I*. . llcspltal.. rs old. died of nln afreet. •Id, died at Grady nr Grady (la. Mrs. Kiln I’, at loo Kelly st John E. .Norris, 41 ye yearn old, died at 68 Adamson, 21 year* old, died , died at bemilottl* at Mat It'oek. N. (’. idd. (Him) of til* BUILDING PERMITS. *7Wr'Valter Hterllng. to repair two frame ilwclllug* at l.V State afreet. $2.260—It. W. Cameron, to build two frame dwellings nt 832 Central avenue. $1.000-W. I*. Itnrxe. to build one-story frame dwelling nt 16! James afreet. f J. 'A. Patterson, to hulld oue+tory frame dwelling st 436 Cherokee avenue. $2,600— K. M. .f’ntlerw*Mw|, to build one story frame dwelling at 301 Hast North ave line $2.6o>-J. c, Legit ii. to build oue-itory •nine dwelling at 283 Hast North avenue. $9 , m- It. IV. JidiiMMin. to build one •story frame dwelling ut 100 Alto avenue. GEORGIAN “WANT ADS” ’Phone Bell $1 n 4927, Main. Tolce the load off your mind. tJTry Them! WE. TAKE YOUR WANT ADS. lc. A WORD. Phone 49271 PROPERTY TRANSFERS. $8,000-Paul Wesley to Mrs. Augusta Mos ley, lot on West Pea eh tree street, uear Tenth street. Warranty deed. $U.5)o-c. A. Conklin to Mrs. Mary P. Flail, lot on Auburn a venue, near Ivy Mnlo ... Jnrkmni street, near Pone DeLeon avenue. Ilonil for title. $1,650 Fast Atlanta IjuiiI Company to I M. Anderson, lot on Kdgewond avenue, near Yoiigc street. Warranty deed. $3.noO|Mr*. M. A. Thompson to Mra. E. Trolte. lot oil Windward avenue, near Thomas street. Warranty deed. $776 -J. W. Ferguson to W. O. Harper and .\l. M. Weathers, half interest III lot on Sand Town road. Warranty deed. fOn— W. J. Da via to Paul Wesley, lot near West Peachtree and Tenth streets. Warranty deed. $1,600-1*. F. Kmlth to K. Dick, lot on White street, near la** street. Warranty deed. $1,750- satlie lot. Wa $4.600—Mrs. Frances W Perkins to K. Dick, lot on Washington street, near Mont gomery street. Warranty deed. QUEEN VICTORIA OF 8PAIN. She fears that the and her husband will be assassinated by anarchists while in r.ngland. 00000000O000OO00O0000OOOOO O O 0 I8LAND OF CRUSOE Q O REPORTED DESTROYED. O O o O Special Coble—Copy right. 0 O quake which created such havoc 0 O on the main land of Chile ha* O O practically destroyed the Island of O O Juan Fernandez. 400 mile* off the 0 0 Chilean count. It wn* the fabled 0 O home of Rohlnnon Cru»oe. 0 O 0 O000000000000000000000000 Q JEROME WON’T ACCEPT NOMINATION IF HIS HANDS ARE TO BE TIED By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 20.—District Attorney Jerome has t*Hued the follow ing statement from Ills summer home In Lakeville, Conn.’: “In the prenent shameful condition of our political life In this state, I am willing to run for the office of governor of the state, if the l > w - cratlc convention shall nominate me without any understanding, ex pressed or Implied, other than that If elected, I shall obey my oath of office as I understand It, In letter and spirit. "WILLIAM THAYERS JEROME.” BUYERS OF HOLIDAY GOODS at wholesale will find the complete sample line of John L. Bcjand Co., of St. Louis, displayed at 76 N. Broad St., Atlau Atlanta, for a few davs only. S. 0. SILER.