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i THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Y. .C0B8T !J. LA WSON’S WIFE'S DEA TH THREATENS TO DETHRONE REASON OF FINANCIER Uy Private Leased Wire. Boston, Mass., Aug. 27.—Mourning the death of the wife whose -love was the guiding star of'his life and now spending his days and nights beside her dead body, Thomas W. Lawson Is on the verge of mental and physical collapse at his now desolate estate at Dreamwold, the place he made beauti ful In order to make happy the lost days of Mrs. Lawson’s waning life. He has given up attending to his business in State street and many friends fear the strain of his grief will permanently Impair his intellect. AH 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 for the woman of his 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 tion are greatly exaggerated. SHAW AND TAFT ARE TO REMAIN IN M CABINET Secretary of War Hasn’t Forgotten the Bee’s Buzzing. By Private loused Wire. Washington, Aug. 37.—It I, now be lieved In the best' Informed political circles that both Secretary Shaw and Secretary Taft will remain In the cabi net Indefinitely, Instead of retiring within the year. Secretary Taft will not accept a place ■>n the supreme bench. Secretary Shaw's continuance In the cabinet Is considered evidence that he has prac tlcnlly dropped hi a presidential ambi tions, while' Taft’s decision to remain ta construed as evidence that he Is get ting more serious In his flirtation with the 1903 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 32, the of ficial list will not be given to the press before Saturday, The operation on Mr. Smith’s ■ n, Marlon, Monday morning, will probab ly keep the governor at home for so .ie days, and the final work of nan t.v delegates will not be completed unt! the last of the week. It Is stated further that there has been practically no discussion aa to the chairmanship of the state convention or the chairmanship of the next state Democratic executive committee. While James R. Onjv’i name has 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. QUIET RESTORED AT DECATUR JAIL No Mob There or rt Law rence Home—Miss Law rence Improving. WILL BE SUBJECT OE No Definite Steps Tdt Ta ken But Meeting Is Probable. A movement for a m.ss meeting of cltisens to consider the reign of ter ror which has existed In Atlanta and vicinity for several week, and plan steps .for a relief of the situation has been begun. The movement has met with g^eat approval, but no definite steps have been taken toward the meeting. Placards have been posted In a number of public places calling upon the cltlxene of Atlanta to slen their names and enlist themselves In an organization to follow closely the lines of the famous Ku-Klux Klan of the re construction period. The order, If or ganised, may be secret In Its nature or may be open In Its workings. A num her of signatures have already been secured. TO INVITE BRYAN Party of Atlantans Leaves Monday for New York. A special coipmttte 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 8. Cohen, Secretary Frank Weldon, Colonel H. H. Cabanlss, Alex Smith and Colonel John Temple Graves, the latter also to serve on the executive committee In charge of the Bryan reception. BROTHERS SAFE BACK ON EARTH By Private lifted Wire. Chicago, III., Aug; 27.—The first fed eral grand Jury returned this after noon ten Indictments ^gainst the Standard Oil Company before Judge Bethea. No railroad was indicted. The ten Indictments are composed of 6,428 counts in ail. RULE OF THE RAILROADS COMES 70 END MONDAY; COMMISSION FIXES RA TES JOS, B, WHITEHEAD One of Atlanta's Wealthiest and Most jEnterpris- ing Citizens. By Private Leased 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 nnd water transportation in this country, goes into office. The seven members of the inter state commerce commission will fix rates, arbitrate differences. Issue orders Institute court prorerdlngH and super vise the accounts of over 2,100 separate railroads. t Under the action of the rate Dili re bates, discriminations, preferential rates, aids to favorite shippers and every other phase of corporate crook edness, unfairness and partiality, tomes to an end. Forcibly to end these im positions against the people, fines 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 to the public. As 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. A11 the members will receive a com fortable addition to their salaries, the compensation beginning on Tuesday being $10,000 each per annum instead of $7,600. As newly formed, the commission will consist of the following members Martin A1 Knapp, of New York Judson C. Clements, of Georgia; Charles A. Prouty, of Vermont; Fran- da M. Cockrell, of Missouri; Franklin Lane, of California; E. E. Clark, of Iowa, and Jamea 8. Harlan, of Chicago. BETWEEN ATLANTA AND MILE Charter Granted Atlanta and Carolina Com pany. Photo by Looney. J08. B. WHITEHEAD, Prominent Atlantan who died Mon day In Virginia. No dleorder wee evident at Decatur Monday afternoon. The ecene of ex citement laet week wax deserted. In quiries at the court house In Decatur were answered by the statement that there was no mob, no noise, no trouble. The wife of the sherlfT, who was seri ously frightened Friday by the mob. hnd recovered and her condition was Improved. At the Lawrence home It was re ported that there was no mob near the place anil that everything was peace ful. Miss Ethel l^awnnce, the elder victim of the assault last Monday, Is still at the Wesley Memorial Hospital, and her condition Is Improving rapidly. OO0000OO000O00000O0000O000 O SAN FR/taCISCO CARS 0 0 STOPPED BY STRIKE. O o a O By Private Leased Wire. * O O San Francisco, Aug. 27.—With O O the exception of the California 0 O and the Geary street lines, street O 0 railway traffic In San Francisco 0 o has been suspended as the result 0 O of a strike for higher wages by 0 O conductors and motormen of the 0 0 United States railway system. 0 00000000000000000000000000 Nothing but Food- Grape-Nuts ‘THERE’S A REASON. 1 Cspt. and Mrs. J. Jefferson Thomas, of 64 Alexander street, received a tele gram from their sons. Dr. Julian Thomas and Jeffprzon Thomas, saying that they had arrived safely from the • 'flit .-ft they took Saturday. Tits was Jefferson Thomas' first voy- *«> .. his brother's sir ship though Dr. Julian Thomas has mads several su.cesaful trips. That of Baturday was Dr. Thomas' first ascension with out a professional aeronaut accompa nying him and It was the first experi ence In mid air of his brother, who lives In Atlanta. STATE REPUBLICANS MEET HERE TUESDAY The Republican 8tate Central Com mittee will be called to order at 12 o'clock Tuesday by chairman Walter IL Johnson. J. H. Deveaifx, of Savan nah, Is secretary of the committee. The 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 Republican# 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 ofilces 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 tinder the present national administration. In .view of the fact that there are 30 negro members of the committee to 32 whites, snd that The Independent, the leading negro organ In the state, has come out against any conflict. It looks as 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 sill be the at titude of the negro If the party ever gets In power Is not stated. News reached Atlanta Monday morning of the death at Thaxton, Vs, of Joseph B. Whitehead, sneretary and treasurer of the .Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and president of the At lanta Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Mr. Whitehead gave up his practice of law In ‘ Chattanooga In 1393. and coming to Atlanta was one of the original Incorporators of he Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Sine* coming to Atlanta he has accumulated a large fortune, and at the time of his death was one of the wealthiest mm In the city. He was also Interests! In ths Bowden Llthla Water Company. Feeling III and the need of a rest, Mr. Whltehejid left Atlanta last Fri day week to spend a while with his site and family at his summer home In Virginia, and after reaching there was stricken with pneumonia, from which he died at 3:61 o'clock Monday morning. He wo§ only 41 years old at the time of his death. A wife and two young sons survive him. A charter for a new electric tins to link Atlanta and Greenville, S. C., was granted by the secretary of state Mon day morning. The charter Is for the 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 aasumptlon that la the much-talked-of electric trolley line between the two points named. The route lies through Jackson, Owin' nett, Rockdale, DeKalb, Fulton, Camp' bell, Coweta, Merlwvther, Heard and Troup counties. It Is stated that ths route Is to begin anywhere In Fulton county, Is to pass through Llthonlo, East Point and College Park. The capital stock Is to be 360,000, and the line In Georgia Is said to bo gbout 170 miles In length. The In corporators are M. T. Edgerton, M, Mason, E. W. Woods, Fulton count: A. J. Almnnd, E. A. Kennedy, Jr., J. Flake, DeKalb county: R. W. Tuck er, Rockdale. MERRITT ELECTED BY SAFE Johnston Has Only Few Counties—No Basis for His Claim. held at the residence. 633 street’, at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn ing. The Interment will be at West' view, I * PROMINENT MASON HAS PASSED AWAY Funeral services will be conducted over the body of Ajlolph Moses at Oak land cemetery Tuesday morning. Mr. Moses was one of the oldest and most prominent Masons 4>f Georgia, and was a past master and brother-ln- law of Grand Master Max Meyerhardt, of the grand lodge of Georgia. At the request of Grand Master Meyerhardt, the funeral services will be conducted by the officers and members of ths Gate City lodge. The body will arrive over the West ern and Atlantic road at 11:46 o’clock Tuesday morning and will be taken direct to Oakland. The members of Gate City lodge art summoned to be at ths Masonic tem ple at 11 o'clock, and members of other lodges are respectfully requested to he present. The pall bearers will consist of ths past masters of the various local lodges. The body will be taken from the train AMUSEMENTS •GRAND TIIUK8DAY. MAT!NEK AS!> NIGHT. DAVID PROCTER AND COMPANY IN THE UNIVERSAL COMEDY SUCCESS A MESSAGE FROM MARS SALE OPENS TUESDAY. Indoraed by tbr PnWir, I'rmi nbi! Cletw Night prfre* 25c to $1.50. Matinee 25c to 75< CASINO VAUDEVILLE TOXIOBT—MATI.NBB TUESDAY. Inver awl O'Neill. Hr. Onge Bros.. Holed iw! 11 Idler, Ulus, Fulton, t'siueragrnpli and Itewart Baffles. Claims of Hon. Mark Johnson, of Baldwin, that he will have 139 votes In the convention, sufficient to name him state school commissioner over ths en cumbent, W. B. Merritt, have little basis on ths face of returns so far Indicated. In fact, It Is stated with some de gree of authority that Mr. Johnson has carried only eight or nine counties. He claims Terrell, whereas the returna show that Merritt received a majority of 480 In the County. Johnson carried Floyd county by 28 votes, and so far as known ho received a majority In Ca toosa, Chattooga, Dodge, Dougherty. Forsyth, .Madison, Miller and Paulding. Commissioner Merritt Is attending an educational rally In Crawfordvllle Monday, but Secretary J. N. Rogers ■aid that there could be nothing In substance for Mr. Johnson to base his claims on. STATISTICS. DEATHS. Infant of J. IV. Wilson, 4 months old, died ot cholera lafaatam at 17 Corleys street. Mrs. KHuheth Thompson, t» years old. died at *7 Hendrix arenas. Mrs. Met. ltynn, 66 years old, died at **—nltal. ilder, S* years old, died of heart 4, 1. Is ll'lrr, J cai ■ . failure at Covington, <la. Hheldnn I Bryan and Hheldnn Borders. 15 months old, died at I Cameron streets 3576—Sirs. A. J. 6". Mrlcod to Vllf. Marlon McDowell, lot on McLeod ntrnue near Con federate nvenae. Wnrenty deed. 3713—J. J. Went to K. C. Johnson, lot on Kims street near ItorZwell street. IV'sr- *Prnnl Bam—Mrs. K. A. Kddlns to . L. Onrey. lot on Hslrsn avenue near lerzood street. Bond for title. S&o-A. A. Owen to Chapman llleks. lot corner Baylor and Herndon otreets. War- "SSJ-A. L Bennchnmpto C. O. B. Mc Cord. lot near Desdwood avenue and Be rea n street. Wnranty deed. 37.30O-H. II. Tanner to the Seal Bank, lot on Aahara avenue near Howell street. Bar- rn &Ur , H. Dlsmuke to Neal .Bank, lot on comer Ashby nad Baekwltb streets, loan deed. . : _ $l.n60-J. If. Ksrln and C. K. Benjon to W. Danhar to C. II. Don her, lot onTlowell Mill rood. Warranty deed. 31.960—Mrs. H. L Blloon to Mrs. Ileulnb Barksdale, lot on Hill street near Lore street. Warranty deed. buildincTpermits. 1800—Dr. J. F. tlreen. to halld one-story frame dwelling at 107 tlrilTln atreet. $375—F. I*. I lire, to recover four one-atory frame dtrelllnga at *-37-44 I.uekle atreet and 37 IVinlar atreet. . „ I7JOO-B. M. (Irani, to Imlld one-atory frame dwelling at US Cherokee ayenue. JV.I-J. and W. A. Bell, to liuthl one-atory frame dwelling at to Johtuno atreet. $700—Atlanta^ollege l*toystelane and Bur geons. to repair brick building at Butler -Bfc* A. Fallon, .to Imlld one-atory frame dwelling at «7 lew atreet. TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN WILL GIVE 3,000 LOAVES OF BBEAD TO POORJF CITY Harry Schlesinger’s New Bakery Will Donate First Day *8 Product. The poor of Atlanta will have one day of rejoicing when Harry Schles Inger and hi* company open their new bakery at 74 and 76 Madison avenue next Friday or Saturday. The whole output of Hie bakery on the opening day nil) be distributed among ths men and women who need bread and no money will be received. The Schlestnger-Meyer Baking Com pony la the niuno of the new firm, which embraces Harry 8rh!ealnger, Jo- ■eph A. Schlealnger and Samuel Meyer. The plant’ will he strictly sanitary and IF of the most modern pattern. A aim liar plant attracted a great deal of at tentlon at the St. Louis World’s Fair. It Is so arranged that every operation In the baker)' Is carried on In plain sight of the customer. t The 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 beked on the opening day and given away to applicants from the city’s poor. BY IE WAITES Young Woman Frightened at Adamsville Friday if Points Out Man. Will Llndsman, a negro, was Mon day morning identified by Miss Millie Waites as the negro who attempted to sssualt her at her home near Adams- vlll* Friday aftdrnoon. The negro was captured by Jim Casey, deputy warden of the convict camp at the Chattahoo chee Brick Company, Sunday after noon, and was lodged In the jail last night. .Miss Waites wss notified that a ne gro, charged with attempting to a*' sault her, had been lodged In the jail. She, accompanied by her father, L. C. Waites, drove down town-to the Jail. Llndsman waa lined u-> with eleven other negroes, and Mlta Waites, with out any hesitation, picked him out of the bunch. Shortly after she had Iden tified him Miss Waites’ father swore out a warrant charring 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 mornlrpt that sho didn't know what the negro’s Inten tlons were. LOCAL POLICE FORCE INNEEDOFMOREMEN It Is said that ths proposition of adding twenty-five supernumeraries to the local police force will be consld' ered by the boards ot police commis sioners which will meet In extra ses sion Tuesday night. Chief Jennings said Monday that the commleslonera 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 may authorise police force. STREAM FROM HOSE BROUGHT OUT DOG A streem of water, a hoe and a pis tol were each used by Call Officer Chandler Monday morning In killing a mad dog at 263 Formwalt street. The officer went to the scene and was told that the dog had secreted Itself beneath the house. Chandler got a hog and dug a hole large enough to see the, dog through. The officer then took a chance shot at the animal and missed. The beset changed It* poeitlon and the call officer we* 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 the dog "cam* from under," only to be shut down by Chandler. The Discount Season Is nearing to a close. We have had a remarkable season. We have a num ber of choice suits left that we want to close out. Wc need tho room and can use the money. You can take 1-4 Off (COPYRIGHTED.) of the regular price of all fancy Suit* and odd Trousers—-th(s means 25c sav ed on every dollar that you spend with Essig Bros. "Correct Clothes for Men," 26 Whitehall Street. SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT For the Rlx Month* Ending Juno », 1906. of the Condition of the JEFFERSON FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, ... i pur __ I 1’rlnelpnl office, 325 Walunt street, l'hllmlrlplitn. * . (. CAPITAL STOCK. ^ ^ 2. Amouut paid up In ca*h . $200,006.00 II. ASSETS. Total timet* of the company, actual cash market value III. LIABILITIES. 13. Nurpiiis Iwyoud nil Uabllltfe*.. . sjgdMom 14. Total liabllltlra $7f7.a».°3 IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1906. fl. Total Iiicoiiic m*tiiaIIv received during the first six month* In cash *. V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST 8IX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1906. Totnl expenditure* during the flr*t «lx month* of the year In caah............$100.410. II Urontont mimunt timured In any one risk $ 10.000.1*1 Totnl amount u* Insurance outNtnndliitf 2S.29l.7ra.00 A copy of U.e net of Incorporation, duly certified, is of flic In the office of the in surance commUxInncr. NT ATE OF PENNSYLVANIA—Uonnty of Philadelphia. Personally appeared Itefore the undersigned UJtnrlea B. Jennlng*. who. Lein* duly •worn, rieponea and any* that he I* the neerctnry of The Jefferson Fire Insurance Lo. v and that the foregoing statement I* correct and true. niAULKH II. JENNINGS. Secretary. Sworn to and auharrllwd before me thla 25th tiny of Angnat. l»v.. JOHN 8. wrnTs. UommlRelnner of Deed* for Georgia In State of Pennsylvania. Name of State Agent—J. T. DAllOAN. BAGWELL’S Business College and School of Shorthand FAMOUS CHARTIER' SHORTHAND ran be learned In ONE-HALF THE time. Can be written faster and read more enslly thnn tiny other sys tem. as only TEN RULES, FIFTY-TWO WORD SION’S AND ALPHA BET, yet so COMPREHENSIVE tlmt every word In English language enn be written. Taught by over 100 leading Business Colleges In tho United States. GOODYEAR-MARSH ALL BOOKKEEPING eliminates useless theory and copying. ACTUAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS. DORMITORY FOR BOYS furnishes a wholesome discipline nml board at actual coat. Special accommodations provided for YOUNG LADIES. POSITIONS ARE 8ECURED for all graduates Immediately. LOCA TION of the College Is more ATTRACTIVE than that of any other in South, next door to Governor's Mansion. TEACHER8 OF EXPERIENCE AND ABILITY for all departments. All students are given Individual attention. Our OBJECT IS TO GET RE8ULT8. Write today for full partlculara. Address J. O. BAGWELL, Pres., 198 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga. OF FOR THE ASSAILANT OF MRS, HEMBREE Oovernor Teraell authorized a ward of $300 for the negro azzallant of Mrz. Richard Hembree Monday morn ing. Mra. Hembree waa attacked by a negro aome weeks ago near her home at Battle Hill, and all efforts since to apprehend him have proven fruit less. Mrs. Hembree wrote the govern or appealing to him to offer the re ward. A reward of $100 was offered for John Chandler, who killed J. O. Bish op, In Coweta county, on December 26, 1337. reward of $100 was also offered for the arrest ot Alex McLoud, who shot his daughter-in-law In Turner county some months ago. 'BAD JIM YOUNG 1 WILL WORK WITH THE GANG County Policemen Dunbar and Mad dox got two negroeo, Lon English and Waah Mynlan, and a largo assortment of hata and capa Sunday In a raid on a crap game In the negro settlement knowq ns Dlantown, near the Seaboard Air Line ahopa. 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 m*n they caught were only landed after a chase. The English negro waa greatly insulted by his capture. He said lie had Just got off the Opelika, Ala., chnlngang and that "the white folk* was always keepln’ him In trouble und It’s got to stop." On one of the hata 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 yean we hare been endeavoring to get the manufactur er. of the celebrated GAGERS WHITE LIME to give us prices to compete for Atlanta Bulk Lime trade. Wo beg to Inform all buyers of Bulk Lime that we can now furnish GAGERS WHITE LIME, which Is tho MOST select and HIGHEST grade of Lime for PLASTERING AND BRICK WORK. The output of thla plant haa largely been taken up by the Select Plastering trade at Cincinnati, Memphli and other towns, but we are now in abepe to give our patrona the best 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 walls, cement floors and old brick walla and'besldea giving walls a Fine Finish and Color, Symentrex renders them proof against Rain, Snow and Sleet CAROLINA PORTLAND CEMENT CO.