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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY, AUGUST 27. IMS. LAWSON'S WIFE'S DEATH threatens to dethrone REASON OF FINANCIER ej private l/cawxl Wire. Boston. Mass.. Aug. 27.—Mourning the death of the wife whose love tvu the guiding star of his life and now spending hi* days anti nights be*ld6 her dead body. Thomas W. Lawson is on the verge ot mental and physical collapse at his now desolate estate at Dreamwold, the place he made beauti ful In order to make happy the last davs of Mrs. Lawson's waning life. He has given up attending to hls business In State street and many friends fear the strain of hls grief will permanently Impair hls Intellect. All day long Mr. Lawson watches over the bier where the body of the person he loved more than all else In the world lies cold In death. He goes Into the gardens, picks flowers—the kind he had planted especially .tor the woman of hls heart—and piles them over her casket; In the dark of the night he sits beside the casket sleep-' Ing little. At early hours, 2 or 3 o’clock In the morning, he leaves the casket long enough to call his coachman. Horses are made ready, and the grief- stricken man drives about the vast es tate back and forth over the roads loved by Mrs! Lawson. He refuses to believe that she Is dead. Mr. Lawson's secretary. Edward Me- Sweeney, declares that most of the ac counts regarding Mr. Lawson's condl lion are greatly exaggerated. SHAW AND TAFT ARE TO.DEMI IN W CABINET Secretary of War Hasn’t Forgotten the Bee’s Buzzing. By Private heated Wire, Washington, Aug. 27.—It Is now be lieved In the best Informed political circles that both Secretary Shaw and Secretary Taft will remain In the cabl net Indeflnltely, Instead of retiring within the year. Secretary Taft will not accept a place on the supreme bench. Secretary Shaw's continuance In the cabinet Is considered evidence that he has prac tically dropped hls presidential ambl lions, while Taft’s decision to remain Is construed as evidence that he Is get ting more serious In hls flirtation with the 1908 nomination. DELEGATES WILL BE Smith List Practically Se lected But Won’t Be Given Out. While Governor-elect Hoke Smith has practically selected the delegates to the state convention In Macon Sep tember 4 from the counties that gave him a majority on August 22, the of ficial list will not be given to the press before Saturday. The operation on Mr. Smith's s n. Marion, Monday morning, will probab ly keep the governor at home for so ie ■lays, and the Anal work of nan tar delegates will not be completed untl the last of the week. It Is. staled further that there has been practically no discussion as to the chairmanship of the state convention or the chairmanship of tho next state Democratic executive committee. While James R. Grr t y's name h.u been the one oftenest heard In this connection. It Is stated that nothing has been said or done In corroboration of statements to this effect. oitIesIed AT DECATUR JAIL No Mob There or rt Law rence Home—Miss Law rence Improving. WILL BE SUBJECT OE No Definite Steps Yet Ta ken But Meeting Is Probable. A movement for a m.ss meeting of cltlsens to consider the reign of ter ror which has existed In Atlanta and vicinity for several weeks and plan steps for a relief of the situation has been begun. The movement has met with great approval, but no definite steps have been taken toward the meeting. Placards have been posted in a number of public places calling upon the cltlsens nf Atlanta to slcn their names and enlist themselves In an organization to follow closely the lines of the famous Ku-Klux Klan of the rev construction period. The order, It or ganized, may be secret In Its nature or may be open In. Its workings. A num ber of signatures have already been secured. TO Party of Atlantans Leaves Monday for New York. TEN INDICTMENTS AGAINST OIL CO, BT —j By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, III., Aug., 27.—The first fed eral grand Jury returned this after noon ten Indictments qgalnst the Standard Oil Company before Judge Bethea. No railroad was Indicted. The ten Indictments ore composed of 6,428 counts In all. RULE OF THE RAILROADS COMES 70 END MONDAY; COMMISSION FIXES RA TES JDS, B, WHITEHEAD DIES §_ One of Atlanta’s Wealthiest i and Most Enterpris ing Citizens. By Private {.eased Wire. Washington, Aug. 27,—The rule of the railroads ends today. Tomorrow practically a new Interstate commerce commission, clothed with a power which places under Its jurisdiction every mile of railroad track, oil pipe line and water transportation In this country, goes into office. Tho seven members of the Inter state commerce commission will fix rotes, arbitrate differences, Issue orders Institute court proceedings anil super vise the accounts of over 2,100 separate railroads. Under the action of the rate bill re bates, discriminations, preferential rates, aids to favorite shippers and every other phase of corporate crook edness, unfairness and partiality, comes to an end. Forcibly to end these Im positions against the people, lines of a magnitude unheard of are Imposed as a penalty, In addition to which impris onment In the penitentiary Is at the discretion of the court. Hereafter all rates of every descrip tlon. Including terminal charges. Icing expenses and the thousand and one minor charges, must be set forth the public. A* the law Increasing the commission takes effect tomorrow, the reorganization will then be effected by the swearing In of two new members— E. E. Clark, of Iowa, and James Harlan, of Chicago. All the members will receive a com fortable addition to their salaries, tho compensation beginning on Tuesday being 810,000 each per annum Instead of 87,(00. As newly formed, the commission will consist of the following members: Martin A. Knapp, of New York Judson C. Clements, of Georgia Charles A. Prouty, of Vermont; Fran els M. Cockrell, of Missouri; Franklin Lane, of California: E. E. Clark, of Iowa, and James S. Harlan, of Chicago, g§fldS5- NEW INTER-URBAN Charter Granted Atla r and Carolina Com pany. Photo by Letitiry. JOS. B. WHITEHEAD, Prominent Atlantan who died Mon day In Virginia. No disorder was evident at Decatur Monday afternoon. The acene of ex cltement last week waa deserted. In' qulrte* at the court house In Decatur »ere answered by the statement that there was no mob, no noise, no trouble. Th» wife of the sheriff, who waa terI- "uly frightened Friday by the mob, had recovered and her condition wae unproved. At the Lawrence home It was re ported that there waa no mob near the plate and that everything wae peace- mi- Miss Ethel Lawrence, the elder 'Ifilm of the assault last Monday, Is •till at the Wesley Memorial Hospital, “" I her condition Is Improving rapidly. oooooCKWOGOOOOOOOOOOOdftOOO 2 SAN FRANCISCO CARS STOPPED BY STRIKE. O 2 6>’ Private Leased Wire. 2 San Francisco, Aug. 27.—With O 1 ’"c exception of the California O “ «nd the Geary street lines, street O X railway traffic In San Francisco O X been suspended as the result O 2 " r a strike for higher wages by O X ronductors and motormen of the O X i nlted States railway system. O °0000000090l»OOOOOOOOOOOOC A special commute from the Atlanta Fair'Association Is leaving Monday for New York, where It will Invite Hon. William Jennings Bryan to attend the Georgia State Fair on Bryan day this fall. On the committee were Mayor J. G. Woodward, Hon. Clark Howell, Ma jor John S. Cohen, Secretary Frank Weldon, Colonel H. H. Cabanlss, Alex Smith and Cotdnel John Temple Graves, the latter also to serve on the executive committee In charge of the Bryan reception. THOMAS BROTHERS SAFE BACK ON EARTH Capt. and Mrs. J. Jefferson Thomas, of 64 Alexander street, received a tele gram from their sons. Dr. Julian Thomas and Jeffsrson Thomas, saying that they had arrived safely from the e>rl -I ,ri«. they took Saturday. Tl Is was Jefferson Thomas' first voy- »« hls brother’s air ship though Dr. Julian Thomas has made several su ecssful tripe. That of Saturday was Dr. Thomas’ first ascension with out a professional aeronaut accompa nying him and It was the first experi ence In mid air of hls brother, who lives In Atlanta. News reached Atlanta Monday morning of the death at Thaxton, Vo., of Joseph B. WJiltehead, secretary and treasurer of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and president of the At lanta Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Mr. Whitehead ghve up hls practice of law In Chattanooga In 1899, and coming to Atlanta was one ot the original Incorporators ot he Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Sine' coming to Atlanta he has accumulated a large fortune, and at the time ot hls death was one of the wealthiest mm In the city. He was also interests! In the Bowden Llthla Water Company. Feeling 111 and the need of a rest, Mr. Whitehead left Atlanta laat Fri day week to spend a while with hls wife and family at hls summer home In Virginia, and after reaching there was stricken with pneumonia, from which he died at 6: 51 o'clock Monday morning. He was only 41 years old at the time of hls death. A wife and two young eons survive him. The body will be brought to At lanta, and the funeral services will be held at the residence, 683 Peachtree street, at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn ing. The Interment will be at West: view. A charter for a new electric line to link Atlanta and Greenville, S. C., was granted by the secretary of state Mon day morning. The charter Is for tbs Atlanta and Carolina railroad, and In the petition It Is stated that the line Is to have the right to use either electricity or steam. This srengthens the assumption that Is the much-talked-of electric trolley line between the two points named. The route lies through Jackson, Owin' nett, Rockdale, DsKalb, Fulton, Camp bell, Coweta, Merlwuther, Heard and Troup counties. It fa stated that the route Is to begin anywhere In Fulton county, Is to pass through Llthonla, East Point and College Park. The capital stock Is to be 850,000, and the line In Georgia Is said to be about 170 miles In length. The In corporators are M. T. Edgerton, M. Mason, E. W. Woods. Fulton county ■A. J. Almnnd, E. A. Kennedy, Jr., T J. Flake, DeKalb county; H. W. Tuck er, Rockdale. MERRITT ELECTED BY SAFE MARGIN Johnston Has Only Few Counties—No Basis for His Claim. PROMINENT MASON HAS PASSED AWAY Nothing but Food- Grape-Nuts “THERE’S A REASON. STATE REPUBLICANS MEET HERE TUESDAY The Republican Slate Central Com mittee will be called to order at 12 o'clock Tuesday by Chairman Walter H. Johnson. J. H. Deveaux, of Savam nah. Is secretary of the committee. Th« matter of putting out a state ticket will first be gone Into and then the question as to the place and date for the state convention. It Is general ly admitted by leading Republicans In Atlanta that a complete state ticket will be put In the field, though who the victims to be led to the altar are no one will venture a guess. All the Federal officials say, "not me," and one of them went so far as to state that If he were to run It would probably look greedy, as he was trying 'to hold all the offices-In the state. Of course there Is no possibility of anything like that happening. All the same It will not be any of the office holders under the present national administration. In view of the fact that there are 30 negro members of the committee to 33 whites, and that The Independent, the leading negro organ in the state, has come out against any conflict. It looks ns though there will be no trouble In the way of a struggle be tween the "Lily-White” and "Black and Tan” elements of the party. The whites are to run for offices, for the present, though what will be the at titude of the negro If the party ever gets In power Is not stated. Funeral services will bj conducted over the body of Adolph Moses at Oak land cemetery Tuesday morning. Mr. Moses was one of the oldest and moat prominent Masons 4>f Georgia, and was a past master and brother-in- law of Grand Master Max Meyerhardt, of the grand |odge>of Georgia. At the request of Grand Master Meyerhardt, the funeral services will be conducted by the officer* and members of th# Gate City lodge. The body will arrive over the West' ern nnd Atlantic .road at 11:45 o’clock Tuesday morning and will be taken direct tp Oakland. The members'of Gate city lodge are summoned to be at the Masonic tem ple At 11 o'clock, and members of other lodges are respectfully requested to be present. • ■ The pall bearers will consist of the past masters ot the various local lodges. The body will be taken from tne train to Oakland, where It will be Interred with Masonic honors. AMUSEMENTS .GRAND TIUUHDAY. MATINKK AND NIGHT. DAVID PROCTER AND COMPANY IN TUB I'NIYKHKAL COMEDY 8CCCK8S A MESSAGE FROM MARS XAI.E OPENS TI'KBDAY. Imlomtil bjr tlu» Puhltr, Pro«» ami Cl»»r*jr. Night |irtm 26c to Matlrnn* 25c to for. -CASINO VAUDEVILLE TONIGHT—MATINKK.TVEHIJAY. Oliver soil O'Neill, Ht. Gore Bros,. Uede.1 and illdler. Ches. t niton, tsineragmiih mid Htewnrt Barnes. KALE AT BIJOU BOX OFFICE. Claims of Hon. Mark Johnson, of Baldwin, that he will have 189 votes In the convention, sufficient to name him state school commissioner over the en cumbent, W. B. Merritt, have little basis on the face of returns so far Indicated. ,In fact, It la stated with some de gree of authority that Mr. Johnson has carried only eight or nine counties. He claims Terrell, whereas the returns show that Merritt received a majority of 480 In the county. Johnson carried Floyd county by 28 votes, and so far as known he received a majority In Ca tonsil, Chattooga, Dodge, Dougherty, Forsyth, Madison, Mlllsr and Paulding. Commissioner Merritt la attending an educational rally In Crawfordvllle Monday, but Secretary J. N. Rogers said that there could be nothing In substance for Mr. Johnson to base hls claims on. WILL GIVE 3,000 LOAVES OF BREAD TO P0JR_0F CITY Harry Schlcsinger’s New Bakery Will Donate First Dav’s Product. The poor of Atlanta will have one day of rejoicing when Harr} - Settles- Inger and hls company open their new bakery at 74 and 76 Madison avenue next Friday or Saturday. The whole output of the bakery on the opening day will be distributed among the men and woman who need bread and no money will be received. The Schleslnger-Meyer Baking Com pany Is the name of the new firm, which embraces Harry 8chleslnger, Jo seph A. Schleslnger and Samufel Meyer. The plant will be strictly sanitary and la of the most modern pattern. A elm liar plant attracted a great deal of at tentlon at the St. Louts World’s Fair. It la so arranged that every operation In the bakery Is carried on In plain "it of the customer, he capacity of the plant will be 10,000 loaves each day of ten hours. After three additional tile ovens ar rive, which will be In the near future, the* capacity will be about 100,000 loaves a day. Between 3,000 and 4.000 loaves will be baked on the opening day and given away to applicants from the city's poor. NEGRO IDENTIFIED BY m WAITES Young Woman Frightened at Adamsvillc Friday Points Out Man. STATISTICS. DEATHS. Infant of J. W. Wilson, 4 months old, died of rhnlera Infantum nt 17 Corleys street. Mrs. Kllsnlietb Thompson, 66 year* old, died *t 17 llendrix avenue. Mrs. Mat. llyan, 85 years old, died at °S! I.Wl'rl 66 years old, died of hesrt failure at Covington. «la. ...... Sheldon Borders. 16 months old, died st Bryan and Cameron si reels. property"tran8fers, 8575— Mrs. A. J. F. Meheod to Miss Marion McDowell, lot on McLeod avenue near Con federate avenue. Wsranty deed. 8786—J. J. West so It. c. Johnson, lot on Sims street nenr Hnrkwell street. War- "njllfj'anl lass—Mrs. K. A. Kddlns to O. I.. (Inrey. lot ou Sylvan avenue near llaysond Street. Bond for title. 8HA-A. A. Owen to Chapmen lllrke. lot corner lleylor end llerndon streets. War- deed. "poo-A* 1 ?. Beauchamp to C. O. B. Mr. Cord, lot near Desdwood avenue and lie- 82.60O—G. II. Tenner to the Neel Bank, lot on Anlmrn avenue near Howell street. War- "fiS-U^'lt. Dismnke to Nesl Bank, lot on corner Ashliy and Barfcwtrh streets. Ismn deed. _ ... 81.06O-J. II. Kwln nnd C. F. Benson to W. F. Manry. lot on corner Jett and Wetnnt streets. Warranty dswjl. .. 31,800—Mrs. I. J. Illlhnrn to th* Nesl Bonk, lot on Whitehall street, lawn deed. 3400—G. W. Dunbar to C. II. Dunlsir, lot a Howell Mill road. Warranty deed. 81.160—Mrs. K. L. Wilson to Mrs. Iteolsh ..arksdale, lot on Hill street »e»r Love street. Warranty deed. BUILDING PERMITS. 8600—Dr. J. F. Green, to bnlltl one-story mm* dwelling st 107 Griffin stnwt. ZJ76— K. J‘. nice, to re cover four one story frame dwelling* at »-*7-46 buckle street aud XI I’onlor street. 82.500—B. M. Grant, to l>nll<l one-story frame ilwelllnc at VO Cherokee avenue. JKM-J. nnd W. A. Hell, to linllil nne.atory rnifle doodling at 10 J.dmaon street. 8700—Atlsntn^Fo,lege Physicians awl Hnr- geons. to repair IwTck building st Butler "'fWL-J. A. Fnlton. to bntld onestory frame dwelling st 47 lee street. TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN Will Llndsman, a negro, was Mon- ay morning Identified by Miss Mlttle Wattes as the negro who attempted to assualt her at her home near Adams- vllle Friday afternoon. The negro was captured by Jim Casey, deputy warden of the convict camp at the Chattahoo cbee Brick Company, Sunday after noon, and was lodged In the jail last 'it. las Waites was notified that a ns gro, charged with attempting to as sault her, had been lodged In the jail. She, accompanied by her father, L. r Waites, drove down town to the jail. Llndsman was lined u-t with eleven other negroes, and Miss Wtltes, with out sny hesitation, picked l) lm out of the bunch. Shortly after she had Iden tified him Mias Wattes’ father swore out s warrant charging the negro with attempt at assault In Justice Orr's court. Miss Waites was at the spring near her home getting a drink of water, and, as she says, she did not see the negro until he was In a few feet of her. She stated Monday mornlqg that sho didn't know what the negro’s Inten tlons were. . LOCAL POLICE FORCE IN NEED OFMOREMEN ft Is said that the proposition of adding twenty-five supernumeraries to the local police fores will be consid ered by the boards of police commls- eloners which will meet In extra ses sion Tuesday night. Chief Jennings said Monday that the commissioners knew the force needed more men, but that he didn’t know whether any one would suggest the addition to the force. It Is very probable, however, that ow ing to the recent crimes committed by negroes In the city, the commissioners may authorize an Increase In the city police force. STREAM FROM HOSE BROUGHT OUT DOG A stream ot water, a hoe end a pis tol were each used by Call Officer Chandler Monday morning In killing a mad dog at 258 Formwalt street. The officer went to the scene and was told that the dog had secreted Itself beneath the hpuse. Chandler got a hoe and dug a hole large enough to see the dog through. The officer then took a chance shot at the animal and missed. The beast changed Its position and the call officer was forced to dig an other hole In order to get sight of the dog. Chandler then attached a hose to a near by faucet and sent a stream of water against the rabid beast. The water had the desired effect, and tha dog "came from under," only to be shot down by Chandler. (COPYRIGHTED.! The Discount Season la nearing to a dose. Wo have had a remarkable reason. We have a num ber of choice suite left that we want to close out. We need tho room and can use the money. You can take 14 Off ot the regular price ot all fancy Suita and odd Trousers—this means 25c sav ed on every dollar that you spend with us. Essig Bros. "Correct Clothes for Men," 26 Whitehall Street. SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT For th** Six Motitha Ending Juno SO, 1906, of the Condition of tho JEFFERSON FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, Orgnnixed under thf low* of the state of rciiimytvnnls; nisde to the governor of the state of Uoorgln In iiumuntice of the Intrx of wild state. rriueinal office. 225 Will nut street, rhlhidelphln. • I. CAPITAL STOCK. 2. Amount paid up In cash $3W,OO0.<» II. ASSETS. Total aaseta of the couipnny, nrtunl ciinIi market value $797,629.03 III. LIABILITIES. ...... 13. Surplus beyond nil liabilities $2G9,tl0.o6 14. Total liabilities $797,629.© IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTH8 OF THE YEAR 1906. 6. Total Income nrtuitlly receive*) during the Aral nix months In null $$31,919.61 . DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1906. f tlie flrnt elx motif n any one rlnlt........ .. Total amount /»♦ Immrnnre outstanding 2$.294.7fi$.00 A ropy of fie net of Incorporation, duly certified, I* of file In the office of the In* sura nee eomntlMdotier. STATE OP .PENNSYLVANIA—County of Philadelphia. Personally appeared before the undersigned Charles B. Jennings, who, l»elng duly sworn, deposes and sny* tlmt he Is the secretary of The Jefferson Fire Insurance Co* nnd that the foregoing statement Is correct nnd true. CIIAULRH II. JENNINGS, Secretary. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2Sth day of August. 190*. john h. wrnrs. Commissioner of Deeds for Georgia In Btnte of Pennsylvania.* Name of 8tnte Agent—J. T. DA HO AN. BAGWELL’S Business College and School of Shorthand FAMOUS CHARTIER SHORTHAND can be learned In ONE-HALF THE time, fan be written faster and read more easily than any other sys tem, as only TEN RULES, FIFTY-TWO WORD SIGNS AND ALPHA BET, yet so COMPREHENSIVE that every word In English language can be written. Taught by over 100 leading Ruslness Colleges In the United States. GOODYEAR-MAR8HALL BOOKKEEPING eliminates useless theory and copying- ACTUAL BU8INESB TRANSACTIONS. DORMITORY FOR BOYS furnishes a wholesome discipline nnd board at actual coat. Special accommodations provided for YOUNG LADIES. POSITIONS ARE SECURED for all graduates Immediately. LOCA TION of the College le more ATTRACTIVE II,an-that of nny other In South, next door to Governor's Mansion. TEACHERS OF EXPERIENCE AND ABILITY for all departments. Ail students are given Individual attention. Our OBJECT IS TO GET RE8ULTS, Write today for full particulars. Address J, O. BAGWELL, Pres., 198 Peachtree St„ Atlanta, Ga. OE FOR THE ASSAILANT OF MRS, HEMBREE Governor Terrell authorised a ward of 3200 tor the negro aaaallant of Mrs. Richard Hembree Monday morn ing. Mr*. Hembree was.attacked by a negro some weeke ago near her home at Battle Hill, and all efforts since to apprehend him have proven fruit less. Mr*. Hembree wrote the govern or appealing to him to offer the re- ard. reward of 3100 was offered for John Chandler, who killed J. G. Bish op, in Coweta county, on December 25, 1897. reward of 3100 was also offered for the arrest of Alex McLoud, who shot hls daughter-in-law In Turner county some months ago. 'BAD JIM YOUNG'WILL WORK WITH TNE GANG County Policemen Dunbar nnd Mad dox got two negroes, Lon English and Wash Mynlan, and a large assortment of hats and cape Sunday In a raid on a crap game In the negro settlement known as Blantown, near the Seaboard Air Line .shops. Three big games were going on In the neighborhood, but the two officers could not get close enuogh to Insure a big round-up. The. men they, caught were only landed after a chase. The English negro was greatly Insulted by hls capture. ' Ha said he had Just got off th* Opelika, Ala., chalngang and that "the white folk, was always ksepln' him In ‘trouble and It's got to stop.” On one of the lmt, picked up the owner had labeled him self on the band "Bad Jim Young, of South Carolina." All BUYERS OF BULK LIME, ATTENTION For several years we have been endeavoring to get tho manufactur ers of the celebrated GAGERS WHITE LIME to give us prices to compete for Atlanta Bulk Lime trade. We beg to Inform all buyers of Bulk Lime that we can now furnish GAGERS WHITE LIME, which Is the MOST select and HIGHEST grado of Lime for PLASTERING AND BRICK WORK. The output of this plant has largely been taken up by the Select Plastering trade at Cincinnati, Memphia and other towns, but we arc now In shape to give our patroni the beat that can be obtained. Herringbone Expanded Steel Lath. * Dehydratine, the Damp and Waterproofing Compound. Symentrex (Liquid Portland Cement) for color washing, masonry, exterior and Interior walla, cement floors and old brick walls and besides giving waits a Fine Finish aud Color, Symentrex renders them proof against Rain, Snow and Sleet. CAROLINA PORTLAND CEMENT CO.