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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Round of Pistol Shots Drew Crowd of Men. Extension of Time Asked the For Filing of Schedules. Inspector Ewing Has Been Stirring Things Up in Department. ILL Ilf SE STATISTICS. IIy Private Leased Wire. Washington, Augbst 23.—The rail road rate law becoming effective today, the vent was signalized by a public conference of the representatives New England railroads with those members of the commission now in the city—Messers Knapp, Cockrell, Clem ents and Lane. About fifty railroad men were pres ent when the Informal meeting waa called by Chairman Knapp, shortly be fore 11 o'clock this morntng. B. E Caldwell, vice president of the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western, was the first speaker. He asked for an ex tension of time for the glltlng of sched Ules; asked that present methods posting tariffs be permitted to continue and demanded regulations in the mat ter of publishing export and import rates, and brought up technical ques tlons bearing on the concurrence ii so-called Joint rates. He. expressed the hope that full oportuntty for free discussion at a formal hearing would-be given. Oeorgo V. Massey, general solllctor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa ny, gave the assurance that reports of that the lines represented at the hear ing are antagonistic to the law, are un founded. MUCH PROPERTY BEMNDEMKED Gate City Terminal Compa nv Moves to Oust Owners. The Gate City Terminal Coinpnny, which is beginning active work toward Its yards, has instituted condemnation proceedings against twenty-six residents of the section near the Junction of Mangtmi and Magno lia streets and along Haynes and other streets. Property belonging to the follow Ing owners lias been condemned through process served by fhe sheriff: IV. V. Crock ett, Mrs. (I. Volberg, C. W. llunnieutt, Fred Urn re, Norn Ellen, Mm. Hnrriet Brldwell, P. II. Randall. \V. L. Randall. II. G. Ilandnll. J. II. Ellsworth. Mrs. Maud Leak Cobbs, Mrs. A. K. ilrook, Mr*. K. Welford Wood. Charles L. Truitt, Mrs. Hnrah C. Anglin. J. T. Anglin, Mrs. Kllen Verne, Husnn Eagle, the Jfew Terming Itenltuy Company, Hugh T. Inman, II. L. Stearns. C. J. Sullivan, Jllebnrd Boettcher, Marie Krels. J. H. Ewing, C. F. Iteuson and Louis ltosenfebl. Several of these owners have been grant i tomnorary Injunctions restraining the people from condemning their property. OF HAS FILED RATES By Private Lenswl Wire, • New York, Aug. 28.—It was stated today that not a Mingle railroad com puny had been able to fully comply with the provisions of the new rate law requiring them to have all their aclied- ulea on tile by midnight luet night. The eche.lule of .witching engine charge* was the most difficult of completion. The new law, which applies to all railroads doing nn Interstate commerce business, wen! Into effect at midnight. It will be enforced by the Interstate commerce commission. There can be no extras from now on, but the shipper 1* expected to be able to obtain In ndvance a final state ment of the charge he has to meet. Fremont Morse and I.. Netland, of the Alaska boundary commission, have left for Yakubat Hay, where each, with a party of nine men, will survey a strip of the boundary. MRS. GEORGE VON L. MEYER. Mr*. Meyer Is the wife of Am bassador to Russia, who returned to America on Thursday Inst for her second visit,, since her hus band's appointment. Latest photograph of the empress dowager of China, posed In man ner that shows the quaint (rapping* of Oriental royalty. The dowager empress has unexpectedly walled a constitutional conference and may grant freedom to China. NEGRO’S- IMPUDENCE MA Y CA USE L YNCHING By Private leased Wire. Elberton, Go. Aug. 28.—A negro by the name of Will Morrison has caused quite an excitement In this city, occa sioned by his asking a white lady to kiss him, as she was handing him change for peaches she had purchased of him. Trouble Is expected tonight. Adheres to His Claim of Passengers and the Crew 189 Votes in Con vention. Hon. Mark Johnaton, of Baldwin, writes The Georgian a card refuting atatemente made in the lesue of Mon day relative to his having carried only eight or sine counties. Ae thle card was submitted too late for producing In Its entirety it can only be summarized here. He says: “If your Informant knows anything at all concerning my vote In the pri mary' of August 22, he must know something of the counties In a stone’s throw of Atlunta. If he desires to speak the truth why did he, not say, os he was giving a list of my counties, that Douglas, Cherokee, Coweta and Henry were mine.” He says that he secured every yote Lee except eight, and carried Baker, Worth, Wilcox, Randolph aud Stewart He say's the information that he car ried Forsyth and Madison is news to him. Mr. Johnston says that he had no Intention of saying anything about how many counties he carried, but that It got .Into the newspapers and he had to do so. 'Thq same old game of 1902 Is being played by the Ginn booj* trust In an endeavor to have their candidate nam- I by the convention by acclamation/" He says four years ago that W. E Merritt received only 171 electoral votes, but simply because the newspn pers claimed 226 he was nominated by acclamation. He says the agents of the Ginn book trust Is again furnish ing reporters with lies. He states that whether he wins in the convention or not that he will keep up his charges against the book trust and will prove them. In closing he says. “I apologise most humbly to my friends and the public, but I could not say less in answer to this anxious liar, and I will not say more now. I re assert my claim—that I will have 189 votes In the convention on September The card Is signed iark Johnston. Odd Fellows' Barbecue. Special to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Auff. 2s.—The differ ent Odd Fellona* lodges of this district all! have a jmlon picnic an«l barbecue Fort Payne on next Thursday, Aug. Severul prominent speakers will be present to address the crowd and a brass band has be*n engaged for the occasion end a pleasant day Is antic ipated. LIVES ON SHIP The remarkable increase of $22,. 807.15 Is shown on the city license In spector’s books as collected since the first of the year over that during the same time In 1006. License Inspector R. A. Ewing, who has been stirring .things up In this de- partment, has collected licenses from several hundred business men who heretofore have been overlooked. When seen Tuesday he slated that there were still a numbr of others that he Intended to got after and In some Instances would have their license money In the city coffers before many more weeks passed. Up until July 1 there was an Increase of $624.26 on hacks and drays alone. ATLANTA NEWS . BRIEFLY TOLD Saved in the Nick of Time. Mrs. H. Gertrude Gerry, of East Orange, N. J.. originated the Idea of distributing the sermons preached by Rev. F. Q. Blanchard, of the First Con gregational church of thnt city, and has organized the Church, Manuscript Society, and every Monde? copies of the *«?rmons preached the day before are dlstMivited to those who* by reason of Illness )or other affliction, are not able to ged to church. By Private Leased Wlr*. Detroit, Mich., Ang. 28.—A loaded, freight steamer, the diaries A. Eddy, burned to the water’s edge on Lake Huron, near Port Hanltac, at 2:18 a. in. today. Twen ty persons .were on lioaril. Including the cnptnln's wife and two little daughters, 1 and 3 years old, 'respectively. Half those on the boat were asleep, and were rescued with great difficulty. The Detroit mid Cleveland steamer, City of Mackinac, 5 miles nwny, responded to distress signals, and took the people nil on board, some of whom were nearly naked. Captain H. B. Elsy, master of the Eddy, was 111 with lumbago, and escaped with great difficulty. Home members of the for ward crefr were obliged to escape through windows, flames having cut off their way. Most were In their underclothes. As they were taken off, the Humes burst out In all LAWSON STILL GRIEVES AT COFFW OF WIFE By Private Loosed Wire. Boston, Aug. 28.—Thomas W. Law- son stttl mourns at the side of hla wife’s bier and refuses to be consoled, holding little conversation with any one. The body of Mrs. Lawson rests In a rich but plain metal’ coffin, which Is hermftfcatlq sealed. It rests In a temporary stand in the delightful lit tle lodge-like building, which the banker’s wife herself had built, and which Is located at some Iftle distance from the palatial home, ’’Dreamwold.” It was explained today that the only reason for the body's remaining on the estate that the tomb which is to be its permanent reeting place Is not ready. COMER'S MAJORITY WILL BE INCREASED J. B. Whitehead. The body of J. B. Whitehead, who died at Thaxton, Vo., Monday morning, arrived In Atlanta at 8:80 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and was taken to Patterson's undertaking establishment It will Inter be carried to the residence, 683 Peachtree street, where the funeral service* will be held at 10 o'clock Wed. nesday morning. The Interment will b« at Westvlew< Colonel for Third Regiment. In a <hort tlln* Governor Terrell and Adjutant Oeneral Harris will hold a consultation relatlv« to ordering an election to name n colonel for the Third regiment. Colonel Usher Thom ason resigned several months ago, and Colonel W. G. Gbear, Inspector general of the national guard, has been Ailing the place until a regular commanding officer Is named. The Third has only six companies now. Enters Soldiers' Homs. James B. Moore, of Augusts, entered the Soldiers' home Tuesday, and will spend the remainder of hla life In that quiet retreat, Mr. Moore enlisted at the beginning of the war in the First South Carolina regiment and later was with the Tenth Georgia, commanded by A. J. McBride, of Atlanta. He waa discharged before the close of the war on account of physical Infirmities. Twenty Make Returna. Secretary of Btate Phil Cook received returns from twenty corporation! Tues day morning, all Inclosing the fee of II. One came from Newnan, another from Hiram and the others from At lanta concerns. Mrs. Caroline 8lmpson. Mrs. Caroline Simpson. 59'years old, died at 7 o'clock Monday night at her residence, 65 Henry street. She Is sur vived by her husband and two chil dren. The funeral services will be held at the residence at 9 o'clock Wednes day morning, and the body will be car ried to Flat Rock for interment. Luclle King. Luclle, the ll-monthe-old daughter of Mr. and Mr*. A. R. Kin-, died at the residence of the parents on More land avenue Monday afternoon. Fu neral services were held at the resi dence at 8r80 o'clock Tuesday after noon, and the Interment was at Oak land. Mary Frank Dabney. Mary Frank, the Infant daughter of Mr. and Mr*. O. L. Dabney, died Mon day at Athens. Oa. The body was brought to Decatur, Ga., and Jhe fu neral services were held there at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. INVENTOfToRAKE AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 28.—Dr. E. L. Drake, of Winchester, Tenn.. a sage and Inventor of a flying machine, Is In the limelight again. Drake got Into a spat with John IT. Gate* and others who were dickering with flying ma chines some years ago because the doc tor claimed that Gates had breached a contract concerning hi* flying machine. Dr. Drake claims that hi* flying ma chine was Invented on the principle of bird flight. BUILDING PERMIT8. $390-E. C. Hose, to add to oue-story frame dwelling at III Fimrl street. 81,200—T. J. Ash. to build one-story frame welling at lls Ash street. 81,790—A J. Mims, to build one-story frauio dwelling at 116 l-oumls avenue. 8216—Mrs. s. K. Benson, to build from# store at 247 tlrnnt street. II. Clarke, to add to frame store at 15*1 B. I.lnden avenue. $90—It. N. Halstead, to ||ulhl frame room at 288 Cordon atreet. .... $140—Mrs. I- lewntan, to build fraing room at 16 renchtree place: PROPERTY~TRANSFERS. $1,730— (ieorgp It. Donovan fo J. II. June* lot on Porter place near Peachtree street. Loan deed. 16—T. J. James to J. U. Nichols ond A. II. Jones, lot on corner Griffin aud I*Imp- son Streets. Quit claim deed. $360—Netd Bank to K. A. Morris slid Be*- i*. 1- Walker to W. J. Spilth, I .on ii dwiL street iu»nr Vnnmir street. Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., AugJ 28.—The >it- est election returns give the state fpr t’omer for governor by a majority of between 15,000 and 20,000 votes. He carried Jefferson county by a Ma jority of about 1,000. Henry B. Gray Is elected lieutenant- governor and the Indications point to the election of ex-Governor Joseph F. Johnston and Congressman John H. Bankhead as alternate senators. TRY A WANT AD IN THF. GEORGIAN ... South I’ryoff ..W.S ...... tiiiwun ..a.ww.. Warranty Used. $9,600-1*. F. Smith to K. M. Itolwrts. Jr.. »t on »t>ru«*r Mitchell and Mangurn streets. Warranty deed. .. . ... $9,250—r?. M. Roberts. Jr., to Nathan Kill* $2.000—Beulah B. ond w a. ..... ..elen C. Lleluwtn ti» Mrs. H. E. Alleu. lot on comer Milled** and Oakland avenues. Warranty deed. HWF-llr., II. K. Allen to W. C-HoMn- sou. lot on comer M(Hedge and Oakland avenues. Warranty dots!. __ . . ,, $?.»*>. I’.nal Hum—H. J. Magrmler to'. M. Hyatt, lot on tl’ne atreet near Jackson street. Bond for tile. .. $9.600—M. L. Thrower fo, K. Y. f’wkett. lot on S6*uth Pryor atreet near lUwoou atreet. Warantv deed. , . $1.20)—W. M. Scott to It. B. Thomas, let on KugHiila street near Boyd street, nnr* ratify deed. H. J. Jones to W. P. Kelly, lot on K. Georgia avenue near Connally street. Warranty deed. .. .» $»w-W. II. Matthews t«» Mm. E. K. Smith, lot on Bntler atreet near Linden sv» nu*\ Loan deed. A lynching was narrowly avoided ■« within 1 the shadow of the city stockade ft Monday afternoon when ort% of the con- I I vlcta attempted to escape nnd the neigh - 1 I borhood was brought tc the streets by I three pistol shots. | ’ The negro was working for the pub lic works department when he decide*! to attemnt escape. Gathering up the r chain fastened to his leg he started I down the street. The chain dropped. however, nnd was seen by Richard I (lark, an ex-policeman, who now works for Grant Wilkins, on the Washington street viaduct. Mr. Dark pulled hJs | gun and fired three shots, calling to L the negro to stop. | Some ten or fifteen men In the neigh- J borhood hearing the shots run from [ their houses with every conceivable weapon and seeing the flying negro I started In hot pursuit. | The negro man stopped In time to ; save his life and was taken back to the stockade. f Several of the men at the scene of tlie shooting declared that the first ■ thing which popped into their minds m was that the negro had committed I tom* outrnge on a woman and had It not been or the intervention of t'! r - Clark would have killed him on the spot. MISS LAWRENCE FAILS TO IDENTIFY NEGBOES Miss Mable Lawrence, accompanied by her father, W. C. Lawrence, of Co- ponhlll, visited the county. Jaif Tues day afternoon. and*was shown the ten or twelve negroes suspected of commit ting the brutal assault on Ihe Misses Lawrence several days ago. Miss Law rence was unable to Identify any of the prisoners as being the man who per- petratod the deed. ' MOB OMIEWSIES" An old man named Hawkins, with more drinks than was good .(or him, ^anfl an old umbrella caused a small slxed riot on Broad street Tuesday aft ernoon. He got In a discussion with some news hoys, nnd this led to n fight. In which he wore out his um brella. He wns chased over a viaduct Into a saloon by about 300 little ne groes and while boys. He was there arrested and sent to police headquar ters. • GOSPEL MEETINGS ATTHftCTING MANY The gospel meetings that are being conducted In J. K. flhlppey Bros.’ new shed on Pratt street. Just off of Deca tur atreet, are growing In Interest and a great meeting Is now In progress. The shed Is built on the tabernacle style, seating 800 people, and la equip ped with electric lights. Plano, cornet and good singers furnish music ni*l songs of Zion float out on the air, call ing men and women to the worship of God All Christian workers are lnvlte<\ to help in these meetings at 7:45 each evening. Workers In both branches of the Y. M. C. A., supported by u strong committee of business men, are con ducting these meetings. Everybody Is welcome. Bpeclat arrangements made for all ladles who may attend. C, C, HITCHER GO, BUYS BOJDJOSINESS Messrs. Black iinil Draper have an I their bonding business to the cliff c. Hatcher Insurance Agency, who will be general agents for Georgia and Houth Carolina, All agenla In this territory will here after report to the Hatcher agency. Boyd Perry has been given the man agement of the bond department. Nagre Killad By Nagro. Special to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 28.—Arthur Blount, a negro drayman, waa shot and Instantly killed by I.on Prater, an other negro. In a row In a saloon yes terday afternoon. Prater attempted to escape, but was caught and bulged In Jail. SHE LEFT HER TRUNK AND BRICK F t OR BILL. Ily Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 28.—Charged with haring failed to pay a bill at the Victoria hotel, and with leaving a piece of baggage that contained only a brick, Mrs. Elisabeth Hamilton, who register ed from Pittsburg, will appear In the Jefferson market court Thursday, with two children and a maid ahe regis tered at the Victoria two weeka ago. Her bill amounted to $100. Her home la at No. 255 West Twenty-second •treat. 8TRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE MILKING COW By Private l.rascd Wire Richmond. Va.. Aug. 28.—Thomas Williams, a son of R. J. William*, while on vacation at Clavvllle, In '’owhattan county Saturday^ was struck by light ening as he was milking a'eow. HI* hrm I* burned and bruised. t*»t hW» lo- lurtea are slight and he »U1 re, over. Snapshot of Mrs, Van Renseiaer Cru- ger and lawyer. A. Russell Peabody, partner of Clifford W. Hurtrldge, Harry Thaw’s counsel, on the court house stops, returning from a visit to the cell of Harry K. Thaw. ATTACKS OLD MAN G,0, WAGING CONTEST FOR SEAGIRT TEAM Convention Will Very Prob ably Bo Called For Special to The Gecrglan. Macon, (in., Aug. 28.—Tin* Georgia slate ■hoot for the Seagirt team begun nt'llolton range tlila morning with thirty-two men In the contest. Five men who were chosen cotihl not nttcnil. The other* wore on the ground and begun the competitive shooting lit their cfforfM to make the Mfnte ten in which will represent Georgia In the tin* tlonul content next avtwk. Colonel ,1. Van lloit Nash, of Atlanta, la le executive officer In charge of the con test at Holton. LletireiianM'oInnel J. <\ I’nstclt, of Suvnnuiih. I* tlr*t u*Nl*tiint exec- tillve officer. Major I hu rl non Johnston, of MII Cl . Is ■tutlstlcnl officer. The best shots from Slnrnii, Atlanta. Ha v it n null. Albany, •uiiisvlllo and Marietta have been placed this list of thirty two men. and from them will bo named the twid\e men who go to Seagirt. There will be three CHILD'S ASSAILANT MAY BE LYNCHED State Ticket. By Private Leaned Wire. Cairo, Ills., August 28.—A mob Is on s way to Charleston to lynch Charles Goforth, a farm hand, who assaulted the ir-ohl daughter «»f Edward Albright, a farmer near Bertrand. Mo. Goforth waa captured by farmers headed by Albright, who seriously hurt Goforth nnd tried to kill him. but Goforth was tied by flcputles and taken to Charles ton. SON IS ON TRAIN THAT KILLS FATHER By Private Lenseil Wire. Winnted, Aug. 28.—Startleii by the sudden blust of an engine whistle while he wan walking across n bridge. Bam Armstrong, 7rt years old, stepped In front of ii train on which his son was speeding to visit him, and was killed. The son drove his body home in the xvagnn which the aged father had brought to the station. MAYOR WEAVER ORDERED TO BED By Private lwss.il Wire. Philadelphia, Pu.. Aug. 28.—Mayor Weaver Is so seriously III that his phy sician, Dr. W. M. L Coplen. /tlrecler of the deportment of health, has ord ered him to bed. Dr. t'oplen will not say Just what Mr. Weaver's alknent Is, but he Is bellev.il to lie suffering from some sort of throat trouble. CHURCH *WOMEN WA YLA Y PASTOR By Private I .eased Wire. New Haven, Aug. 28.—Women mem ber* of the Greek Catholic church at New Britain, who ore opposed m Fa a- er Vos hay, the pastor of the rfcuiri. attempted to waylay hint after a *en vice, their Intention bain* to take tto kevs of the church away fr<A. JDa Policemen scattered them. Almost from the time the state cfn- tral committee of the Republicans of the state met at noon Tuesday In the senate chamber, a wrangle ensued nnd was kept up till the close of the session. There seemed to be a Fairbanks and anti-Fairbanks fight on, though no re ference was made to his name, and several of the leaders denied that Vice President Fairbanks had urged the putting out of a state ticket to pre serve the party organization. hlte republican gave that ns his n before the committee met, but severul white delegates denied al knowledge that such was the case. The vice-president had not conitnunl fated with them, they said. Among these were Captain I. J. Barnes, Thomson, nnd Attorney L\ P. Goree, of Atlanta. A convention will likely be called. The real fight, whether It had any reference to national nominees or not, was upon this resolution, which the black delegates seemed to think was a blow at them, and that It Would bar them from the convention. Bsp* dally did the South Georgia members of the committee resent this represen tation. Hon. E. A. Angler, of Atlanta, and from Atlanta, stoutly contended that the committee had no power to change the unit of representation, and that the convention alone had the right to change the representation. Over against these. Attorney C. P. Goree, argued very f< rclbly that the committee hud the tight to prescribe the basis of representation for the con vention about to be called. Fulton county, he said, had cast more votes for Roosevelt than the entire eighth district, and therefore that district waa not entitled to the representation of the fifth district. The wrangle was Intensified when J. M. Ashby, a white Republican of Dawson county, introduced the fol lowing resolution: '•Resolved, That a delegate conven tion of the Republicans of Georgia be held in the city of Atlanta on the — day of September, 1908. at 12 o’clock noon, for the purpose 4»f nominating a stnt** ticket, as may properly come before such a convention. •That the limit of organisation be the congressional districts, nnd that each district he entitled to on* * t uele- gat** for each 100 votes ca*U for Pres ident Roosevelt In 1904. This appor tionment to be as follows: First dis trict. 11; Second. 18; Third, 10; Fourth, 15. Fifth, 29; Sixth. 8; Seventh. 47; Eighth, 9; Ninth, 18; Tenth, 12; Elev enth, 28. "That only legally registered voter* be eligible as delegate*.” At 2:30 o’clock the convention was still In session. J. H. Buck Dead. Sjh-’I:'! to The Georgian. Gadsden. Ala., Aug. 28.—Judge and Mrs. J. W. Penn received a telegram yesterday announcing the death of J. If. Buck. Mrs. Penn's fa they, at Selma, Ala., where he had undergone a sur gical operation on Thursday. Mr. and Mr*. Buck up to last Wednesday had been 'the guests of Judge and Mr*. Penn in thU city. GEORGIA RIFLEMEN A AT CITY STOCKADE AS CONVICT FLEO A. RUSSELL PEABODY, HARTRIDGE’S PARTNER, AND MRS. V. R. CRUGER $22,607 INCOEASE