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mm ;>A0 l.-l.-i-S.^non, Seven mu I n U i.••«« of railroads. nilI'-» of street ralhvny. J22.000.000 of banking capital. The Atlanta Georgian. 130 Cotton factories. 1.500.000 aplnoii Fnetorle# corwinied 603,000 haF-i" 1 VOL. 1. NO. 101. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1906. pprp|7. In AIUntaTWO CBNTI rtliUl. Od TralnsVIVK CUNTS Both R^ces Still Ap pear to Be Very Close. COUNTY TREASURER §TILL A MYSTERY Day Has Been Freer From Disor der Than Any in Years.. By rrlvnlp'Ja'Itaoil Wire. Columbus, O., Aug. 22.—The Ohio Demucratfe convention adjourned early thin afternoon. The efforts of A. I.. Finley and others to force Into the platform a county local option plunk met with defeat on the floor of the con* ventlon by a tvo-thlrds vote. The platform favors local home rule, more railroad and franchise taxes, no passes, the referendum, condemns boodle, boss- es and machines, urges a bank Inspec tion law, pralsea the late Governor Pat- tlson, declares state levy, should be abolished, direct vote for United States r.enutors und Indorses Bryan for presl- dent. State Chairman Garber and hi* friends remain In control of the party machinery, having defeated Tom L. Johnson for control. Rsturns from Cooks, Edaowood, Hspsvlllo and Peachtree districts of Fulton county show folowing totals: For Governor: Hake Smith 426 Clark Howell 119 R. B. Russell ..40 J. H. Eetill J. M. Smith For County TreaeunV: H. L, Culbereon ..179 J. G. Woodward 134 Macon Sharp 62 C. I. Branan 53 J. J. Barnet .. P. F. Clarke W. W. Draper . C. H. Girardeau COLClNS~DISTRICT. ‘ For Governor: Howell Hoke Smith Ruesoll For County Treaeurer: Culbereon S3 Sharp 24 Barnee 20 Woodward 15 Branan That’s the way the three principal races In the elly. county and stale primaries look, although It Is Impossi ble to form any accurate judgment. .The vest pocket vote predominates these days and times, and a little shouting may prove a very false clew. It la generally regarded that Hoke . Smith-will, get a-maJorUy of »t-least 1,500 votes and some think It will run up to more than 3,000. The sensation of the day has been the furore about T. H. Goodwin, candl date for mayor against W. R. Joyner. Wise politicians, however, think that the spurt he has taken In public opin ion Is due rather to unexpected atrength than tp getting more votes than Jfiyner. Hoke Smith will carry every ward In the city, It Is believed, except the Seventh, the Eighth and possibly the Sixth.. It Is nip and tuck In the latter ward, however. The First, the Third; the Fourth and the Fifth are regarded a* certain for Smith. He will get more vote* In the county precincts than Howell. Russell will get a fair vote, and the others practically none. The few contests for councilman and alderman have excited but little Inter est in the Individual wards und practi cally none In the city at large. t-’l> to 3 o'aolck not u single row, fight or disturbance had occurred that was serious enough to call fur the po lice. - livery ward Is well patrolled. In the county precincts It has been very quiet. litre are the atorie* of the wards: FIR8T WARD. Registration, 1,181. . City vots at 2:30 o'clock, 535. Slate and county vote at 2:30 o’clock, 534, The voting was not so fast during 'he middle of the day as during the early hours, and the result 'In a num ber of races will be undecided until •he vote is counted at the close of the Mis. Iloke Smith shows a strength In the ’'»id whichIlls friends predict will hrlr.x him a majority. The county lre a *urer rate Is uncertain. Dr. Bas kin leads fqr councilman. Curtis and l uHolle sepm to be ahead of Htlburn ; alderman. Men who are Interested >n neither candldute to a great extent predict that Goodwin will carry the Ward. SECOND WARD. Reflietration, 2,179. City vota at 2:30 o'clock, 1,127. 5‘ate and county vots at 2:30 o'clock, 1,150. At this hour the crowd around the ‘"art h ,u*» corner had reduced Its en- Hnmlnsin to husky yelling for Goodwin and Joyner. Money was freely offered !’■" each side, but was not tdken. Every- named to bet, but no money was evidence. Wearers of Hoke Smith badges were greatly in the majority ■On) While they were not crying the name of their favorite In the city race, hm advanced his candidacy. Voting ' a- been brisk ever since the polls ■'lamed for business and at thl* hour a number are still In line. THIRD WARD. Registration, 1,547. City vote up to 2:30 o’clock, 824. State and county vote Up to 2:30 '■clock, 871. The only feature out of the ordinary *1 happened at the third ward polla '""ring the day up to 2:10 o'clock waa Tie appearance of two registered voter* '•ho wanted to scratch oft the pledge ■ ■ realty to the Democratic party. They ’ ere tot,| |f they did the vote would n ’" be counted, and they left. '•oodwln Is said to lie carrying the ’*™. ‘hough the rote will bo close. Smith la dearly In the lead for gov- nnd Bishop. Mangum Is leading. FOURTH WARD. Registration, 1,179, City vet* st 2:30 o’eloek, 556. Stats and county vote st 2:30 o’clock, 665. Voting opened up briskly at the fourth ward polls Wednesday morning, and within the first hour and a half 200 ballots were cast. The city and county voting places were about yards apart, and the Intervening space was. filled with heelers of the various candidates. One energetic partisan had the name of his favorite on the widest part of a broom In boxcar let ters, and waved It at each approach ing voter. The flrst man to cast his vote tn the ward for state and county officers wus H. Lewis, and for city officials was Hugh D. Carter. No trouble of any kind had been re ported at the polling places up until 2:20 o’clock.. Goodwin was conceded to have had the advantage earlier In the day, but at this hour the Joyner men claim that their candidate Is running neck and neck with Goodwin and will carry the ward. Both Dr. B. E. Pearce and M. M. Turner claim to be In the lend for councilman. Hoke Smith is easily far In the lead for the governorship and will probably get three votes to Howell’s 1. FIFTH WARD. Registration, 1,387. City votes at 2:30 o’oloek, 588. State and county votes at 2:30 o’olook 587. Hoke Smith has carried the Fifth ard. W. R. Joyner and Thomas H. Good win are neck and neck. The treasurer add councllmanlc races are still uncertain: Through the Fifth the dov# of peace HOKE SMITH is win OVER FIELD Great Majority of Re ports From State Favor Him. HOWELL IS STRONG IN SOUTH GEORGIA BASEBALL Up to 3 o’clock Wednesday after, noon reports received from various parts of the sti.tr Indicate that Hoke Smith has won his contest for the governorship of Georgia. He Is reported leading In Fulton. Newton. Glynn, Thomas, Schley, Pike, Richmond, Ware, Echols, Floyd, Mon- toe. Butts, Gordon, Stewart, Bartow, Catoosa, Taliaferro, Laurens, Chattoo, ga. Jefferson, Douglas. Carroll, Jones. Hancock, Greene, Fayette, Calhoun, Wilkes. Howell Is reported ahead in Dough ert) gee. Estlll will carry his home county, Chatham, with Hoke Smith a close second, according to reports. Russell seems to have captured Hall. Gwinnett, Toombs and several other counties.. In Gainesville, however. It Is stated that he and Hoke Smith are contesting for the city. Russell la strong In the county districts. Hoke Smith and Estlll, are lighting for Berrien cobnty, but Smith appears to bo In the lead. It Is generally conceded that James M. Smith has carried his home coun ty—Oglethorpe—and that he will show- up strong In some of the adjoining counties. He also carried McDuffie, Tom Wat son’s home county. In Whitlleld county a spirited rac* Is on between JL.till and Hoke Smith. They nr* said to hr neck .and neck, with Howell and Russell contesting for third place In the county. In Rome Hoke Smith man;, winner by a good majority, Jilt looks strong In th* county (Floyd) . ... . lit spit* of the good weather obtain- hjn lmil^^inirlni^jll rtsm TlttM It- lug all nrsr th* state• Bll-Himug* for " "»*warj will pod the biggest vote " county treasurer. nn*ld»-able local Interest Is felt In match within earshot nt-the noli* . 1 Ti feature and the'belief that there will be a record-breaking vote cast are being talked of widely. It has been estimated that between 1,000 and 1,250 of the possible 1,167 oters registered will visit the polls. The gubernatorial race was settled In the minds of most of those who kept close to the polls about noon, and since that time the chief topic of conversa tion has been the mayornllty race. Much monev has been flashed on both sloes. Bets that Joyner would carry the city were. refused, and the Joyner men refused money that Good- win would carry three or more wards. It Is believed that Smith will poll three votes to Howell's one. SIXTH WARD. Registration, 1.648. City vot* up to 2:30 o’eloek, 985. ■ State and county vot* up to 2:30 o'cloe’’. 974. Htuvy voting marked the forenoon, but from noon on there was a let up In the stream of voters. Smith supporters claim the ward 2 to 1, but Howell men say their man will win out At this hour Indications are that Hoke Smith Is leading. Joyner Is apparently leading over Goodwin, though the lust named Is get ting a good vote. Macon Sharp Is poll ing a good vote for county treasurer. . 8EVENTH WARD. Registration, 679, .City vot* up to 2:30 o'eloek, 327. Sts to snd county vot* up to 2:30 o'clock, 343. West End will go for Clark Howell three to one. 11 will go for Culberson three to one. It- will go for Joyner four to one. Tho'day has passsd quietly enough, with no disturbance and no noise. Aft er a dull two hours between 9 and 11, voting smoked up a'little about noon. Then about 2 o’clock It dropped down to nothing. EIGHTH WARD. Registration, 401. City vot* up to 2:30 o'eloek, 298. Stats and county vot* up to 2:30 o’clock, 310. The Eighth ls taking It serenely. With the smallest registration of any ward In the city, the voters go quietly up. cast their ballot and go away to business. Very few worker* or hang ers-on were about. At this hour Jt looks like a practical split between Rowell and Smith. Joy ner ts leading for mayor, and the vote for county treasurer Is so divided that no one can tell who is leading. Indications are that almost the en tire registered vote will be polled. IN THE COUNTY. In the county districts the vote was practically all In at 2:16 o’clock, the polls dosing at 3. Total registration In the county I* 2,S«6- The total vote, however, will not reach 2,006. — From the genera) report of returns, Clark Howell and Hoke Smith will get 1 600 of the votes between them and Smith will get more than a thousand. For county treasurer. Culberson la expected to have a Urge majority of the rote In the cc-nty precincts, with Macon Sharp second. JURY EXHONORATE8 PATROLMAN CARPENTER. H pedal to The Giwxlaa. Bhreveport, La., August 22.—Coroner* Jury forenoon exhonorated Patrolman Charles Carpenter, who last night shot anil killed Jliu Hunter, a levee foreman, Who resisted arrest. Negroes had ac cused Hunter with attempting criminal Atlanta 000 100 020--3 Memphis—000 000 000 -0 ATLANTA— It H PO A B Winters, rf 0 1 1 o 0 Crozier, If 1 0 0 0 0 S. Smith, c 2 2- 2 5 0 f Morse, ss 0 0 I . 9 o r Hoifman, 3b 0 0 0 3 0 Jordan, 2b 0 0 8 3 0 " Fox, lb 0 0 15 0 0 1 Evers, ef 0 1 U 0 0 1 Harley, p 0 0 0 2 0 ? 0 U 0 6 0 0 ,0 0 0 0 c d Totals 3 4 '*-7 22 0 c t MEMPHIS- It H PO A ^ \ Plass, If 0 1 1 0 o 1 Carter, rf 0 0 4 0 o Babb, 3b 0, 1 1 3 1 1 Nicholls, Ibs 0 1 0 3 o Smith, 2 b 0 0 2 1 0 1 Nadeau, cf 0 2 5 0 0 Carey, lb 0 0 11 0 0 Oivens, n 0 0 3 2 0 Liebhardt, p 0 0 0 2 1 .. 0 0 0 0 u 0 0 0 0 0 n Totals 0 5 27 11 ? 1 . ent Interest manifested in the guber natorial campaign for the past year. It seems that only about 85 per cent of the registered vote will be polled. AUGUSTA. Special !o The Georgian. Augusta, Ga.. Aug. 22.—Leas than votes were cast here up to noon, this number Hoke Smith has about 3 to 1. Reports frpin the country are that the vote. Is small and for Hoke Smith. COLUMBU8. Special to The, Georgian. Columbua, Ga„ Aug. 22.—A ateady vote la being polled. It lookn an if a full vote of the’ county, which la 1,500. will he polled. Conservative estimate gives Hdke Smith from 300 to '500 majority. The Howelt men say little, but work hard. Russell Is third In the race here, polling a large number of votes. There ha* been no excitement or dis turbance. The weather Is Ideal. WARREN COUNTY. Special to The Georgian. Warrenton, Ga., Aug. 22.— Estlll 2, Howell 7, Russell 0, Hoke Smith 77, and Jim Smith 26 at 2 o'clock waa the ■vote here. CLARKECOUNTY. Special lo The Georgian. Athena, Ga., August 32.—At 2 o'clock 700 votes had been cast In this city. Hoke Smith, Jim Smith and Russell are running clnae. No reports have been received from the county. It la the general Impression that Rusaell will carry Clarke. COBB'COUNTY. Hpedal to The Georgian. Marietta, Ga.. Aug. 32.—The primary la passing off quietly. Hake Smith I* leading In Cobb county. FLOWERY BRANCH. Hpedal tn Tbe Georgian. Flowery Brunch, Ga, Aug. 22.—Th* vote here la: Russell, 75; Hoke Smith. 69; Estlll. 2; Clark Howell. 2. WARRENTON. Special to Tbe Georgian. Warrenton, Ga., Aug. 22.—Estlll, 2; Howell, 6; Rusaell, 0; Hoke Smith, 44; Jlnt Smith, 22. At 12 o'clock. TIFT COUNTY. Hpedal to The Georgian. Tltton, Ga., Aug. 22.—Tift county has gone for Hoke Smith. The follow ing precincts are heard from: Brookfield—Hoke Smith, 12; Estlll, 15; Howell, 6; Rusaell, 6. Tyty-r-Toke Smith, 28; Howell, 24; Estlll. 21; Russell, 2. Brighton—Hoke Smith, ’; Howell 22. Ruby—Hoke Smith, 29; Howell, 26. Tlfton will give Hoke Smith 100 ma jority. WAYCR088. Special to Tbe' Georgian. Waycross, Ga., Aug. 22—It Is con ceded that Ware county has gone for Hoke Smith by a Bate majority. WASHINGTON, Hpedal to Tbof Georgian. Washington; Ga.. Aug. 22.—From the best reports obtainable, at noon today the vote between Hoke Smith and Jim Smith Is about evenly divided. Hoke Smith is probably In the lead by 50 votes. The country districts will no doubt give Jim Smith a fair major- Metnphls, Tenn., Aug. 22.—Taking advantage of an off day Atlanta and Memphla met for the fourth game of the eerie* before a crowd of 1.00U, with the eklee threatening a downpour. Firat Inning. Winter* singled. Crozler sacrificed out, pitcher to first. Winters \o second. 8. Smith filed out. Morse grounded to •bird and out at flrst. One hit: no runs. Plus filed out to Morse. Carter filed out to second. Bubb grounded to second and out at first. No niti; no runs. Seoond Inning. Hoffman out, third to flrst., Jordan fouled out 4o catcher. Fox ouvshort to first. No hits: no runs. Nlcholls singled to right. Smith walked. Nadeau bunted to' third and beat It out. Buea full. Carey ground ed to ohort, who threw' to Sid Smith, catching Nlcholls at the plate, and Ca rey wa» doubled out at first. Owens out. third .to flrst. Two hits) no runs. Third Inning. Evers filed out to right, .urley out. short to first. Winters walked. Cro sier ouL second to first. No hitas no runt. Llsbhardt bunted to plate and out at first, Plass was hit on the arm and walked. Plass stole second. Carter walked. Babb grounded to short and Carter out at second. Plass went to third. Nlcholls grounded to short and Babb out at second. No hito: no runs. Fourth Inning. S. Smith singled to center. ‘Morse sacrificed Smith to second. Hoffman out, third to first Smith on third. Jor dan walked. Jordan and Smith worked the double steal, and Smith waa safely tallied. Fox walked. Evers filed out to left. One hit; on* run. Smith out, pitcher to firat. Nadeau grounded to flret and out. Carey out, second to first. No hits: no runs. Fifth Inning. Harley fanned. Winters fanned. Cro sier filed out No hits; no runs. Owens out. third to first. Llebhardt out, short to flrst. Plass singled. Out trying to steal second. On* hit; no run. Sixth Inning. Smith filed out to center. Morse out, short to first. llo: man filed out. No hito; no runs. Carter fanned. Babb singled. Nlch- oll* grounded to short and Babb out 8utnmsry. Summary—Two-bas* hits, Nadeaut double playa, Morse to Sid Smith to’ Fox: struck out, by Harley 1. by Lleb-I “•Wt 2: bases on balls, off Harley 2, off Llebhardt 2; sacrifice hits Crosier, Morse; stolen bases. Plass, Sid Smith, Jordan; three-base hit, Std Smith; hit by pitched ball, Plass. ABE THREATENED BY HIGH PRICES By Private tensed Wire. Santiago, Chile, Aug. 22.—Following action and the .people have •d themselves to buy nothing at e rates. An order has been Is- Thlrty thousand earthquake refugees ave arrived from Valparaiso. They The alrade Is organizing relief Several small Islands have at second. Nlcholls out trying to steal second. On* hit: no runt. I Seventh Inning. Jordan (lied out to center. Fox filed out .to right Evers singled to right. Harley lined out to first. One Jilt; no nmi,"'" ’ Smith filed out to right. Nadeau doubled to left. Carey out, short to firat. Owens out, pitcher to first. No hits) no runs. Eighth Inning, Winters popped out to second. Cro sier bunted to Llebhardt, who threw wild to first, and. Crosier landed' on third. Sid Smith tripled to right, scor ing Croxier. Morse walked. Iloffmen grounded lo third, and safe at first on Babb’s error. Smith scored. Jordan filed out to right. Morse on third. Hoffman caught trying to steal sec ond. One hit; two runs. Llebhardt out, third to first. Plats walked. Carter grounded to short, safe Plass out at second. Carter out. Ninth Inning. Fox popped out. Evers fouled out Harley filed out. Nlcholls grounded to third, out. J. Smith out, second t ofirjt., Nadeau out, short to first. New Orleans ... IB M 5 J Montgomery.... lit) 0)0 0 n J--2 5 J Watt and Htrattnni llreltenslelu sod ffnusen. Umpire—Hbuster. Hecood Game— Shreveport fOO 000 ™ —J J J Birmingham.... UO 1“ “ J Berber and Ornfflns; Bailee soil Slut- thews. Umpire—Campsu. Little Rock 020 C0J “J -’3! Nashville 40) n; ; ; Allen and Zltnrarr; J. Duggan tod Wells. Umpire—Pfennlnger. OTHER GAMES. SOUTH ATLANTIC. First Game— Charleston ....,1 5 2 Jacksonville 2 7 1 Batteries: Turner and Fox; Walker and Shea. AMERICAN. Chicago ooo 204 000— 8 7 0 New York 000 001 000— 1 7 1 Batteries: Walsh and Sullivan; Chesbro and Thomas. Detroit 000 000 UO— 2 8 4 Boston 010 001 10»— 3 6 2 Batteries; Donahue and Payne; Young snd Corrigan. . St. Louis ... .100 000 002— 2 1 2 Philadelphia . .400 000 10*— 5 9 2 Batteries—Petty and Spencer; Coak- ley and Sehreck. EA8TERN. Montreal 2 7 -4 Newark 1 4 2 Batteries: Papaula and Klttredge; Pardee and Shea. Toronto 1 5 1 Providence 4 8 I Batteries: McCafferty and Slattery; McCloskey and Barton. Rochester 5 6 5 Jersey City 9 4 8 Batteries: Chase and Carrisch; Fox- en and Butler. Second Game— Montreal . . . .000 000 000— 0 0 I Newark 000 000 100— 1 6 0 Batteries—Burke and Dillon; Moriar- tty and Strang. Second Game— Toronto 100 001 000— 2 5 0 Providence. . . .010 000 002— 9 8 2 Batteries—McGInley and Woods; Poole and Higgins. TI BY CUBAN REBELS; 15 MEN KILLED r Private Leased Wire. Havana, Aug. 22.—Guerra, the leader t the Insurgenta In Plnar del Rio, cap tured San Luis, an Important town a short distance west of the city of Plnar del Rio, today. It Is reported that the casualttea were 16 kilted and 30 wounded. Reports eay the town was captured by a desperate machette charge. The rurals were made prisoners. RACE RESULTS. . 'FORT ERIE. Fort Erie, Ont„ Aug. 22.—The race* this afternoon resulted as follows: FIRST RACE—Mr*. Frank Foster, 10 to 1, won; Loupanla. 7 to to, second; Gay Hoy. even, third. Time, 1:11 3-5. SECOND RACE—Tanbark, 8 to 1, won; Reside, 2 to 1. second; Phlllgoe, even, third. Time, 1;0I 4-5. THIRD RACE—Arthur Cummer, 7 to 6, wqn; Rebounder, even, second; Little Mike, out, third. Time, 1:27 1-6. FOURTH RACE—Susanne Rocn- more, 2 ni l, won; Dollnda, 3 to 2, sec ond: Prestige, 2 to 2, third. Time, 1:40 3-5. FIFTH RACE—Alsopo, I to 6, won; Sharp Boy, 2 to 1, second; Reticent, out, third. Time, 1:27 1-6. SIXTH RACE—Steel Trap, 2 lo 1, won; Falnette. 6 to 6, second; Man fred, 7 to 10, third. SARATOGA. Saratoga, Aug. 22.—Hera are today's raring results; FIRST RACE—Malaca. 7 to 1. won; Nancy, 8 to 1, second; Tiling, 2 to 8, third. Time 1:09 8-5. SECOND RACE—Yama Christy, even, won; Python, even, eecond; Al legiance. 4 to 5. third. Time 4:82. THIRD RACE—Dlehabllle, 7 to 10, won; Cotton Town, 4 to 6, second; Ve- ronlque, 8 to 6, third. Time 1:481-5. FOURTH RACE—Eddie Ware, 7 to 1, won: Smiling Tom, 2 to 1, second; Kll- taloe. out, third. Time 1:1*. Mis* Stroms also ran. FIFTH RACE—Right Royal, 7 to 5. won; Col. Bartlett, 8 to 6, eecond; Little Scout, out, third. Time 2:05. SIXTH RACE!—Shotgun, 3 to 5, won; Bohemia, 7 to/10, second; Dr. Gardner, 30 to 1, third. Time 1:191-5. LATONIA. Latonla, Ky., Aug. 12.—Hhere.are the results of the races here this after noon: FIRST RACE!—Miss Officious, 1 to 1, won; Avendow, 8 to 1, second; Deck- law, 3 to 1, third. SIX AND RACE—Frank Bill. 6 to 1, wno; ft Is* Anaxlous, 2 to 1, second; Zlnria, 1 to 2, third. THIRD RACE—Martha Gorman. 11 to 20, won; Terne Rod, 5 to 10, second; Ban Posal. 2 to 6, third. Climbed Out Skylight and Were Lowered to. Ground. Special to Tbe Georgian. Selma, Ala., Aug. 22.—There was a wholesale J^ll delivery about 2 o’clock thl* morning, eight negro prisoners making their escapes from the Dallas county bastlle. One of the escapes, John Westley, was awaiting Urlal for murder. Another alleged murderer, Dillard Steel, failed to get out with the rest and was found hiding behind a trunk in the front part of the build ing. The negroep had to break through the iron bars and doors of two cells across a hallway and then break Into another cell before they got to the place where the entrance into the main walk around was made. They then climbed up three stories of iron slatted floors, having to bend back the Irons j before they could pull themselves through. They then broke out the sky light and having gained Mie roof, themselves down to the ground by means of blankets. It was almost In* conceivable that such work could hav#i bean done and not be detected. ttu ruwii • im 49, UI99U. FOURTH RACE—Dunning, 6 to 1, won; Sugador, 2 to 1, second; Blue Mint, 4 to 5. third. FIFTH RACE—Swift Ring*. 3 to 1. won; Postman. 2 to 3, second; Lane- down, 3 to 1, third. NATIONAL. NATIONAL New York. . .100 000 000— 1 8 2 Pittsburg . . .000 010 001— 2 8 4 Batteries—Mathewson and Bower- man; Willis and Gibson. -i| Mangum assault. Continued , - Pa* THE RETURNS TONIGHT Will be shown by The Georgian at Good- rum’s—Peachtree, Edgewood Avenue and Decatur Sts. Special telephone and tele graph wires will run direct to the stereopti- con. Our men in every' county will give immediate and accurate reports. The Geor gian has no candidate. We will give the facts. By GEORGE FRAZER. Special Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg, Aug. 22.—Apparently well authenticated reports are to the amazing CTTecr that Count Witte has been summoned to return to Russia and take Premier Stol.vpln’s place as prem ier, and that M. Kuropatkln, who has been in disgrace sinfe the defeat of the Russian army by the Japanese at Mukden, Is to be made secretary of war with instructions to remodel the whole military establishment, and if possible to weed out the disaffected elements. Neither of these reports have official sanction yet, but they are believed in high quartern. Stolypln has failed In his effort .to restore order nn«l to pla cate the peasants, while the entire army again I* In a state bordering on chaos. It may be posslblo for Witte and Kuropatkln to do better, but few believe It. There has been little, If any Improve- mtnt in the situation throughout the country. Political assassinations are being committed with horrible frequen cy, the Industrial centers are t. ethlng with discontent and rebellion, while tbe peasants are In a state of partial an archy all over the country. If IVItte were given a free hand to Inaugurate' such reforms as he might deem necessary, he might be able to accomplish something. Rut nobody be lieves he will be. His hands will l* tied Just as Htolypin’s are and the re sult, according to the best opinion, * II be the same. REBELS IN HAYTI READYJO ATTACK Niue Hundred Men March to Join Genera Navarro. By Private, I.ra.i-1 Wire. Cap* Haytlen. Haytl, Aug. 22.—It la believed a bloody civil war will follow when General Guellltu, who at the head of 900 revolutionists, ha* left Dajabnn, Join* th* troop* of General Navarro and makes an attack on Monte Crluto. The government of Santo Domingo has sent 1,200 men from Moca against the revolutionists. 100 PORTO RICANS BROUGHT TO WORK ON SUGAR FARMS Fperlsi to Tbe Georgian. New Orleans, La., Aug. 22.—Ons hundred Porto Rican laborers arris ed this morning on board the steamship Arcadia and will be Immediately dis tributed among the *ugar planters ..f this state on trial. If the experiment# prove a success hundred of others will be brought here to relieve the condi tion* due to a great scarcity of labor for. such work. nipany. of Net* "fhe Piedmont Brokerage* C with offices in the Pledtnon dosed up Wednesday. • The company, which is con ent of the M. J. Sage Company, York, received its orders by wi nesday. It Is said the com short on Union Parjfl The Piedmont Brc has been conducted agement of W. R. L parture of R. Emmett Hotse. The company figured prominently in »te« ro-.'h. rot ton Association inquiry. sent badly Company the msn- ice the d«-