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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MOB CRIES FOR LIFE
OF ITALIAN RIOTERS
Miners Captured.: Af
ter the House Is
Burned.
Bt I'rlvil# IsMtert Wlrr.
Punxatatvney, Pa., B*pt. *.—Th*.
hotiHfc containing the Italian rioter* at
the New Florence mine of the Buffalo,
Rochester and PJtfsburg Company wa*
burned to the ground early thta morn-
Inc ind all but one of the mlnefs cap-
tu red. The remaining man la auppoa-
e<i to have been cremated, but hla com-
radea refuae to make any etatement.
All the Itallana are In jail and the
police and constabulary have another
job at bard aa dlaiodglng the rioter* in
preventing an aaaault upon the prison
by tb* people of the whole county,
who are gathering here bent upon
lynching the prisoners.
Run Out by Big Fire.
Immediately after the arrival of Cap
tain Robinson from Braddock at an
early hour thla morning he began his
pie n to bring out the rioters dead or
alive, but preferably alive for due pun
Nhment.
The etructure wan flred and the
flam^v Spread rapidly, but It was some
Urn*- before the Italians knew they
were Imprisoned by fire. They had no
moans of preventing the movement of
the fire to the Interior, but waited un
til death by burning was certain be-
foie-. they appeared at the front door.
They were greeted by the gun* of
[mb JX ready to fire tf necessary, but
at the command of captain Robinson
ail threw up their hands In token of
surrender and kept them high In the
sir until they were handcuffed,
Killed During Battle.
The body of Private Policeman Behr
inger. who was shot last night, was re-
cov heart.
The attempt of Sereeant Joseph Lo
gan of Troon D, state constabulary, at
tbf New Florence mine, to arrest n
miner reunited In a battle between a
hug* body of miners In a house and
Troop, D. The constabulary had two
m*n killed outright, one fatally wound
ed and two others wounded lesa serl-
NOT TO ENTER INTO
Argument in Cumberland
Presbyterian Case Is
Nearly Ended.
HON, HOKE SMITH
TO WELCOME BRYAN
WITH BIG OVATION
FOR COMMISSIONER PARKER DECLARES
WALSH IS HEADED
FOR HEARST PARTY
Means That ThomasvilJe
Man Will Succeed Joe
Brown.
•i y-
Th. D„d.
Private F. Henry, aged 26, of Phlla-
delpMa.
Private Francis Kehringer. aged to,
of Coshocton.
Fatally Wounded.
Private H. C. Chambera, of Roches
ter, Pa. ,
The Wounded.
Private W. A. Mullen, of tfarriaburg,
eh-tf through fhe hreset; First Ser-
,.ant Joseph l.ogan, of Dubois, Pa.,
shot through the leg: George Felltgsky,
aged 12, ann of Stove Felltxsky, a mi
ner. shot In th* leg.
TOILS CHILD
AND BURIES BODY
UNDERJ HOUSE
Slayer Aids Victim’s Father
I n Search for Missing
Boy.
That the civil courts cannot go be
hind th* action of the highest church
courts In matters affecting that church
Is the argument advanced by Judge
John M. Oaut, of Nashville, counsel for
the defense In Ihe hearing before Judge
Pendleton In tbe superior court of th*
petition asking that ths pastor and th#
church organlaatlon of th* First Cum
berland Presbyterian church be re
strained from merging It Into the
Northern Presbyterian church as pro
vided for by the action of the general
assembllee of tbe two branches.
Judge Oaut showed that the general
aesembly of the Cumberland church
had placed a "practical construction”
on Its constitution In exercising It*
power to effect a union With th* other
body. He said that not only hnd Pres
byterian churches for more than a cen
tury acted on this power, but th* Cum
berland assembly had on seven raca-
*/on* appointed committee* looking to
ward union with other churchea. He
ahowed that the Cumberland nesembly
had declared that th* doctrine* of the
two uniting church** agreed sufflelent-
ly to "warrant union—a union alike
honorable to both." He ahowed that
both oaaemblles bad taat May declared,
by resolution, Ihe agreement of tbe
two confessions.
He dealt with the negro in the two
churches, of whlcb the petitioners have
made some capital, at some length. Ha
aald that they had already bean sep
arated Into separate synod* and that
there was no fear whatever from that
eource. He said the negroes In Ten
nessee, Alabama and Georgia ward now
•rfecttng their separate organisation*,
e aald that no relation would subsist
between ths church here and th* negro
race, except where a delegate would In
the course of tlm* come up to the gen
eral assembly. There he said the
relations would he the same a* at pres
ent In the Southern Presbyterian
church. »
Judge Pendleton announced that the
negro question would In no way affect
thf decision.
Th* hearing will he finished Monday
afternoon and a decision will probably
be rendered then or Tuesday.
JUDGES, SOLICITORS
TO BE NAMED IN MACON
By Private Leased Wire,
,'hlcago, Sspt. g—Robert Gordon. 16
years old, shocked the police officials
by the recital of his crual and cold
blooded murder of 7-ysar-old Joseph
Read, the son of a neighbor. Gordon
confessed to th* murder after the body
of his victim Had bean found In g pass
agr leading from tba basement of the
Herd home under the sidewalk. The
murdeter himself had led th* child's
lather In search for the son.
Meeting no success In their eq*rch.
murderer turned to the father a*
neared the home and said:
Let's look under th* house"
The rather took a candle and crawled
unde, ,hc house, wtirre the body of
the Hill* son we* found.burled, only
a Mule arm, being vislblb. Gordon'*
nit wag too ream* to meet the tenreh-
ins question* of the ponce ahd he told
them how ha had trilled, th* victim Un
der the very ehadow of hla horns.
th*
Judge and Solicitor In Calhtun.
Jovcmar Tsrvsll ha* appoints,t Hon.
M. Calhoun to be Judge of the city
i,i 4 of Calhoun county, and Hon. A.
Miller lo be solicitor of the same
A Rainy Day
Story.
On rainy days when
aim was unable to
leave th* housa Mr*. A
moped around and wsa
unhappy. She was not
a Hell telephone sub
scriber She had th*
blue*
IN THE MEANTIME
Ruch a day did not af
fect Ur*. 16. The
weather made no dif
ference to her Sit*
used has Bell tele
phone and enjoyed so
cial chat* with Wends.
She was happy,
tf you are Mrs A—
Call Contract Dept M. 1300
BELL
SERVICE
IS SATIS-
fACTORY
Judges and soNcttors general of su
perior courts, successful In tho primary
of August 22, will be nominated at thn
state convention In Macon Tuesday.
Th* complete Hat Is as follows:
Atlanta C'rci'lt—Judge John T. Pen
dleton.
Middle Circuit—Judge B, T. Bawl
Ing*.
Ocmulgs* Circuit—Judge H. a
Lewis.
Atlantic Circuit—Judge p. E. Bea-
brook; aolleltor, H. J. Norman.
Augusta Circuit—Judge H. C. Ham
mond. .
Brunswick Circuit—Judge T. A. Par
ker.
Chsttahoochee Circuit—Judge W. A.
Lift Is
Flint Circuit—Judge B. J. Reagan.
. Tallapoosa Circuit—Judge Price E.
Edwards; solicitor. W. K. Fielder.
Northeastern Circuit—Judge J. J
Klmaey; solicitor, W. A. Charters.
Pataula Circuit—Judge W. C. Wor
rit!.
Southern Circuit—Judge R. O.
MttcbeU.
Cordate Circuit—Judge U. V. Whip
ple; solicitor, W. F. George.
Macon Circuit—Judge W. H. Felton.
Rome Circuit—Judge Moses Wright.
DIES OF APOPLEXY
RETURNING HOME
By Private Leased Wire.
Salisbury, N. C.. Sspt. 2 —W. B.
Pickier, traveling pump constructor of
ths Bouthern railway, died yesterday
of apoplexy. He was on the road horns
m perfect health, when he was seised
with a violent headache. Arriving In
Salisbury he sent for a physician, but
before one could be secured b* wa#
dead. He waa 10 yean old and leave*
a wlf* and child.
Sam Jones Tabernacle
Meetings, Carters-
ville, Ga.
On Septemper 15th to 21r<t Ittclu-
tire, ihe Waatarn and Atlantis rail
road will *«U ticket* from Atlanta-
Dalton and Intermediate stations, to
Carter*rllle. at rate of one fare tor
the round trip.
Sam Jones will be assisted by
Evangelist Oliver tad other mlalaiers
of renown. Prof. E. O. Ewell will
have chargd of it* music, and other
gospel singers of note will attend.
Three service* each day, It).20 a. m„
S:60 p. ra. and *:0d p. m„ and tbe
people of Carteravllle will welcome
the great crowd* with the same hos
pitality they have alway* shown.
CHAS. E. HARMAN,
Gen. Past. Agent
If th* expressed wishes of Hon.
Hoke Smith are followed In the Ma
con cenventlon Tuodny, and there It
no reason to believe otherwise, Hon. S.
G. McLendon, of Thomasvllle, will be
either nominated or Indorsed as rail
road commissioner to succeed Com-
m/slonef Joseph M. Brown.
Mr. Smith Is for Mr. McLsndon for
the position In preference to any ooe
else, which undoubtedly means that
Ihe Thomasvllle man will succeed
Commissioner Brown In October, 1167.
In his speech In the Macon conven
tion Tuesday Mr- Smith will offer tbe
name of Air. McLendon a*.the man
for the position. He Is aald to favor
the Thomasvllle man not so much
from personal regard or, because he
supported Air. Smith In his recent rocs,
but because he believes Mr. Mcl-endon
la pre-eminently qualified to give the
people comprehensive service.
Mr. Smith Is s*l,l to want Mr. Me-
l.enoon also because the Thomas coun
ty men knows more about railroad
values, watered stocks, flctltloua
values and such subjects than any one
In the state. For years he has made a
close study of rates and railroad stocks.
Hla long connection with the railroads
In various capacities qualify him for
the vacancy as a railroad expert.
He will be either nominated as the
capdldate or given, the Indorsement of
the convention In 'Macon Tuesday.
Democratic National Com
mitteeman From Iowa
Resigns.
MBtSUKUPTOLM?
Question Raised as to
Whether He Is Rail
road Expert.
kw.-tnl to The ftecrglnD
Brunswick, Ga.. Sept. 2.—A new law
fifing ’the salaries of county odlclals
went Into effect Satunlay, The county
soltcttors will receive 21.560 a year;
Sheriff. 2600; clerk. 2600: while all
fe*e will go to swell the county's treas
ury.
Will the railroads test the constitu
tionality of any advene ruling by th*
railroad rommlsalon It other than a
practical railroad map la put In the
rommlsalon by th* action of ths state
Democratic convention at Macon
Tuesday?
Would the courts sustain them Ih
such a test csss?
These are questions uppermost in
tha minds of a large element of the
party, anent the almost certain action
of the convention In nnmlng Hon. 8. O.
McLendon, of Thomasvllle, as the sue
cessor to Commissioner Joseph M
Brown.
A special and peculiar law preacrlbes
ihe membership or Georgia's railroad
"rate regulating" body.
The law provides that one member
shall be an expert In the law, another
a practical" railroad man and
third simply a plain business man.
The Impression hae gone abroad
heretofore that the third member nam
ed In the law should be a fortner. This
Is a mistake. He San be merchant,
fanner, manufacturer or of any other
Uul*the other t|vo must be a law
yer and a practical railroad man.
Is a theoretical railroad lawyer <
practical railroad man. In ths broad
Interpretation of this law?
Hon. Guyt MoLeodon for a number
of years was attorney for the Riant
system, oh rata making, h* Is un
doubtedly one of the bast posted men
In the alkie, and would be an Invalu
able aid to the incoming admtnlatra
Hon.
Hut there I* the plain fact of |h*
law, calling for n "practical" railroad
man. > .. .
The point Is mode on Mr. McLendon
that he Is a lawyer, and lawyer only;
that hi* railroad egper/foca way gain
ed from the legal and hot the practical
aide of railroading; that In contempla
tion of ih* law creating the railroad
commission he la not eligible, and that
any act of th* commission, with him
as a member, would be tested In the
courts, thus Insuring, possibly, Inter
minable delays In enforcing th* edicts
of that body.
Some of the ablest lawyer* In th*
state will be In the Macon convention
Tuesdav, and If they declare In favor
of McLendon, It would seem thnl they
would know w-hnt they were doing, and
ware aatlaned that th* Thomaa county
man was eligible.
The contention Is an Interesting
one.
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Special fable—Copyright.
London, Sept. 3.—An explosion
on th« new Russian cruiser Ruvik,
building > nt the Viekers-Mnxim
vard at Barrow, killed four men
and injured ten. The explosion
waa due purely tu accident.
FOUR MUST FACE
CONTEMPT CHAROES
Special to The Georgies.
Hsvsanah. G*„ Sept. 1—In the contenip!
proceedings la the Justice Mike Nsugbtln
ret*, brant before Judge Sea brook In tbe
superior court Halerde.e, Judge Si-ahnat*
ordered * contempt rule agulnat William R.
Leakla and four others. Inrludlng Juttlc*
Naujjbtln, The proceedings arose front an
Investigation by a special committee of Jus
tice Nanghilo. on a charge of malpractice
In nglre. It was claimed that Mr. I.eakin
saw two grand Juror* sad talked shout the
Nsugbtln wsa not entitled
Jury room.
The rub- l> made ttetarasMc tbe Srst Sat
urday In Octolier before Judge faun, of tbt
superior court.
Ily Private l.ca.-r-il Wire.
Alexandria. .Minn., Sept. 2.—While
here yesteMay Judge Alton's. Parker
was asked for some expression regard
ing Ihe resignation of Charles A.
Welsh from the Democratic national
committee. Judge Parker aald:
"I hardly, know that. I want to dig
nlfy Mr. Walsh’a letter by construing
It or making a formal statement. I'm
out of politics and under those cir
cumstance* nil I rare to say la this.
It looks very murtl, as If tba .Mearst
Independence League 1ms won another
recrnlt In the person of Walsh,
has been enthusiastic as a supporter
of Hears! tor a number of yearn, and
will make a valuable addition
Heerot’s party. He he* apparently
preferred Instead of giving his reason
for Joining the Hears! party, to as
sign some reasons for leaving the Dem
ocratic party. Whether his reason.has
any Justification in fact,or not, la of
no consequence, aa h* hits mode u;
hi* mind to go."
Whs* wlHh Said.
Walsh’s letter of resignation t<
CheJrman Taggart was sent from Ot
tumwa, la., Saturday evening. Mr.
Walsh was the Iowa member of th*
Democratic national committee, and
wa# secretary of the national commit
tee during the two Bryan campaign*.
In thla letter he gives hla reasons for
thla action as a distaste for "slavish
subserviency to corrupt corporation
and boss control of party affairs." In
cidentally he pays his respects In no
uncertain terms to William F. Shee
han, August Bslmpnt and other mem
bers of the executive committee and
says In future he will support candl
dates In accordance with hla personal
convictions.
He says:
"Ordinarily, I would not deem It nec
essary to make known my reason for
taking such action; but having anally
determined upon It, In view of the fact
that I have been elpcred and twice re
elected the national committeeman,
covering a period of twelve years, and
prior thereto, having been a member
of the state, of the congressional and
other committees apd knowing that
such resignation, coming at what might
prove to be art Inopportune time, so
far as tha Interests of my own friends
and ,'oyal supporters are concerned,
wilt meet with some criticism upon
their part should It go unexplained, I
glv* you reason* therefor which w(ll
show that t could In honor pursue no
other course.
"For the future I Intend to b* In a
r sltlon to support or not support, a*
may see tit. th* candidate* of the
Democratic party. . 1 have reached the
conclusion that th* perpetuation of
corrupt corporation, boss control of po
litical affalra Is made possible by the
slavish subserviency or the Individual
to party nsra* and by lack of Inde
pendent action.
"While I have heretofore always been
known as a partisan Democrat and
will always be a stanch supporter of
Democratic principle* as I understand
them, It ha* been steadily borne In
upon me for a long tlm# as I came
clover and closer to a knowledge of
the Inner working* of th* party aystem,
that, from the standpoint of th* true
Democracy, there can b* nothing worse
or mors Injurious to th* country than
the 'yellow dog’ party feeling that im
pels good men to support a ticket of
unlit nominees merely because they
bear th* party label."
WOMAN BIT BY MAN
DYING FROM EFFECT
Special to The Georgian.
Greenville, 8. C„ Sept. 2.-A* a result ot
« bile she received "» the erm from e
man who attempted to commit an as
sault oo her, Mr*. Bryant,- of this piece.
Is dying of blood poisoning.
Th# woman straggled wtth the man.
whose name Is Bsrtoh. end received the
hlte which may result In her depth.
Barton In *t|l| i-onBoyd In the Aiken
Jail, and bat been refuted * hearing until
■ he condition of lbs woman further dc-
▼flops.
FEHN DIcTnOT APPEAR
WHEN CA8E WAS CALLED
Louisville Will Do
Honor to Great
Commoher.
GOVERNOR TERRELL
TO PARTICIPATE
Many Prominent Southern
ers to Meet Nebraskan at
Dixie’s Gateway in
Welcome Reception.
, con-
of tht
meet
Special to The Georgian
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 3.—The Demo
crats of the Soyth will welcome Wil
liam Jennings Bryan on September 12
at the Gateway to their domain,
that day the followers of the Nebraskan
will assemble In Loulsrliie from Mary
land. Tennessee. Virginia. North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas
and every section af the land south of
the Mason and Dixon line.
Bryan will be hate only * few hour*,
hut In that time there will be concen
trated a welcome such aa only the Im
petuous Southerners know how tb be
stow on one who has been their cher
ished leader.
From present reports, Bryan wlfl ay-
rive here from St. Louis In the even
ing shortly before 2. o'clock. Th*
Southern recaption committee, com
posed of the senators, governors, con
gressmen and distinguished men
South, will be at the depot to
Bryan, together, wJtb th* delegations
from the different Bouthern states, each
Democratic state chairman having been
requested to name one. With Ihe
Louisville and Kentucky Democrats
added to these, the assemblage to wel
come Bryan will amount to an army,
will be greeted a# h* step* from
train by the Southern committee
and will be escorted to his hotel by a
parade imposing In numbers and ap
pearance. There will be a flamboyant
display of fireworks.
At the hotel It Is proposed to hold a
somewhat more formal reception, where
Bryan will greet personally the South
ern leaders.
No banquet will be attempted and
Mr. Bryan will be given a sufficient
Interval for refreshment. Then he will
be escorted to the armory, where the
chief exercises of the evening will h*
held. Th* armory 1* a new structure,
which w*a first opened t>y the National
Bowlers' Tournament last March. It
la a hugs building, said to have the
second largest capacity In the United
States. It will, teat 16,000 people and
at least 22,000 can be accommodated
with fair comfort.
The committee arranging the pro
gram will obssrv* a proper formality
to make the reception as Impressive as
It should .be. There will be two
speeches of note before Bryan appears.
On* will be by the presiding chairman
and th* other by ths orator, who will
Introduce Mr. Bryan- Neither has been
named. It Is conjectured that one will
be Henry Watterson. though this can
not be stated authoritatively.
Then Mr. Bryan will speak, and fol
lowing this will be the hand-to-hand
reception. At 2:20 In the morning Mr,
Bryan will leave for Cincinnati.
Among the distinguished Southern
ers w|io have accepted appointments
on the reception committee may be
mentioned;
Governors John I Cox, ot Tennessee
J. M. Terrell, pf Georgia; ,8. W. T.
Lanham, of Texas; James K. Varda
nian, ot Mississippi; Newton C.
Blanchard, of Louisiana, apd E. War-
field, of Maryland. Senator-elect Rob
ert L. Taylor, of Tennessee; Senators
A. J. JlcLaurln anil H, D, Money, of
Mississippi: James Taliaferro, of Flor
ida; C. A. Culberson, of Texas; Mdot
Raynor, of Maryland; J. B. Frailer, of
Tennessee; J. w. Bailey, Texas; A. S.
Clay, of Georgia; Lee 8. Overman, of
North Carolina; A. C- Latimer, of South
Carolina, and Thomas 8. Martin, ot
Virginia.
Governors pianqhard, of Louisiana,
and Vardamnn, of Mississippi, have
written that they will probably attend
with their staff* In addition to the
delegations.
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SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For fh# fclx Months Bfidlng June T>. IWfc, of the Condition of thr
Pittsburgh Life and Truit Company,
Organized under the ianr* nt the ttmfe ot Verw/tjriranla: made to tbe governor ot tlft
■tat* of Georgia In purBimnre of the In#» nf rnld ptoto.
Principal office, corner Sixth «nd Mbortjf ctrect*. Pittsburgh, Pa. *
1. CAPIL STOCK. * .
Total asseta...
Ilf.
II. AS8ET8.
Li Asi lY+ies.
315,530.00—2315,en.W
2l.44t.616.6g
Total liabilities Y v<Ui!.tH.'B
IV. INCOME DURING Tkfe FihSf SIX MONTHS OF THE VEAR 1906.
Tofnl Income laM.Sft.ffl
V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE VEAR
1906.
Total disbursement* IW.2ft.7i
A copy of the ant of Incorporation, duly certified, tx of flle-lu the office of tbe
i nun ranee commissioner.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA—bounty of Alleghany.
Personally appeared before the under*!sued William c\ Baldwin, who, hdni
duly aworn, deposes ami mya that be la the ▼fcncrprcsldent and general malinger of
Pittsburgh Life nnd Truit Co., and that the foregoing statement is comgt and true.
WM. C. BALDWIN.
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
HAS BEEN LOCATED
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 2.—Martin
Fehn, the saloon keeper, who Is wanted
In Walker county, Ga, on a charge of
selling beer tn soldier* at Fort Ogle
thorpe, did not appear at hi* prelimin
ary hearing In which he charged Depu
ty Sheriff Hay*, of W*lk«r county, Ga..
with fate* ImprHooment and a**ault
and battery. He left for Hot Spring*.
It Is said, and tn this woy escaped th*
serving of requleltlqn paper*, which
had been procured from Governor Ter.
tell, of Georgia. Fehn also Instituted
suit* for damage* tn th* court* here
amounting lo 210.006-
YOUNG WOMAN HSLD
ON LARCENV CHARGE,
Special to The Georgia*.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. L—Ml«»
Ella Parker, formerly of Tracy City
has been arrested on the charge of the
larceny of a *ult case belonging to Mist
Lille Lewis, of Carbon Hill, Ala. 211s*
Parker claims that tb# suit case wa*
given her by another woman, but Mlaa
trfwt* Insist* that the suit ca*e wa*
taken at the depot.
Heart Failure
is often induced by
coffee drinking.
USE
POSTUM
W. S, WtEfl SPEAKS
HI COLUMBIA, S, C,
W. S. Wt*r. of Atlanta, waa the Labor
Day orator at tha celebration In Colum
bia, 8. C., Monday. Mr. Wler I* well
known In the labor council* of this
city, and haa. been prominently identi
fied with thf labor movement for a
number of jr**rs.
He I* a forceful and convincing
speaker, quite magnetic, and possesses
a wide range ot knowledge on labor
matter* and labor statistics. H* Is a
member ot the Atlanta Typographical
Union. He has been Labor Day orator
on many previous occasions, and ha*
won quite a reputation a* an orator.
DOKE SMITH FILES
ANSWERTO DEMPSEY
Hon. Hoke Bmlth Monday morning
Med an answer to the suit of Sam D.
Dempsey, filed during the recent cam
paign, demanding 21,660 because of th*
alleged failure of Mr. Smith to prop
erly look after the Interest* of the
plaintiff In a suit against the Western
and Atlantic railway. In hi* suit Mr.
Dempsey alleged that the action ot
3tr. Smith wa* "a breach of trust
amounting to a legal fraud."
In hla answer, the defendant aaks tbe
dismissal of the suit on the ground
that the plaintiff has not shown where
he ever held out more than he wa* en
titled lo for attorney's fee* under hi*
agreement with Mr. Dempsey, nor had
he shown that he did anything Im
proper In coming to an agreement with
the railroad.
Fall in Big Acid Tank.
koerlsl to The Georgian -
Macon, Ga.. Sept- 3.—E. F. Taylor,
night watchman at the plant of the
Vlrglnla-Carollna Chemical Company,
lies horribly burned up to the knees, **
the result of having fallen Into a big
sulphuric acid tank while on his round*
at hi* post of duty.
By Private !.#Meri Wire.
London, Sept. 3.—The northwest
passage, for whloh Intrepid seamen
have searched In vain for centuries,
has at last been discovered, according
to the correspondent nt (he Central
New* at Christiana, who wired today
that tha Norwegian polar expedition,
under Captain Amundsen, which sailed
aboard the exploring ship Gjoa, has
reached Behring Sea.
Tho Qjoa expedition sailed from
Christiana on Juno 17, 1902. Captain
Amunden's purpose Is not to make an
other effort to force the long dresmed
ot northwest passage, tfut to search
for the magnetic pole.
If the report from Christiana that
the Gjoa has reached Behring Sea li
true, he apparently stumbled upon th*
passage through Ihe northern seas or
purposely voyaged In that direction af
ter concluding his search for the mag
netic pole.
It was reported In November lest
year that the GJoh had been crushed
In the Ire at Booth) A Felix, the ex
treme nnrthern point of the mainland
ot North America. This report was
brought by George Cleveland, of Mas
sachusetts. who reached Guide, Scot-
lond, Novemher 22, 1905. returning from
a whaling trip to Davis strait. Cleva-
land declared he Mad been Informed
through Eskimo sources of the loss of
the Gjoa, and that the explorers were •
living with natives In that region.
SO,000 EXTRA VISITORS
CAUSE a food famine
By Private Leased Wire.
Atlantic City, fc. J., 8cpt. 8.—Ffity
thousand extra visitors yesterday and
this morning caused, a famine In the
rdaort. Hotels caught napping ran out
of food and hurried orders to supply
houses kept them open unMI they
top, reported that they had no more
meat or provlalons.
Hotel managers, prepared for.ferflallfer
crowds with the coming of September,
were unprepared for tftfe rush and sll
sorts of expedlrnts were resorted to
for holding guests until sttiff could be
secured to give th^ni meals. On# wo
man thinned up gravy nnd served It as
soup when 200 diners came In plXce of
the tS expected.
Railroads reported 200 carloads of
newcomers this morning nnd hundreds
of auto parties came from Philadelphia
and New York to attend the fall races
wtlifcn begin today.
ROOSEVELT NOT WEDDED
TO REFORM SPELLING
By Privet* 1.tiant Wire.
oyster Bay, N. T., 8ept. 3.—The fol
lowing letter ha* been sent by Presi
dent Roosevelt to Charles A. Stallings,
public printer, at Washington:
"1 enclose herewith copies of certain
circulars of the simplified board, which
can be obtained free from the board
at No. l Madison avenu*, New York
city. Pleaae hereafter direct that In
all government publications ot the ex
ecutive departments the three hundred
words enumerated In circular No.
shall be spelled ne therein set forth, if
*ny one ask* th# reason for tb* ac
tion refer him lo circular* 3, 4 and 2
as Issued by the simplified spelling
board. Moat of the crltleltm of the
proposed step la evidently made tn en
tire Ignorance of wh*t the step Is, no
less than In entire Ignorance of th#
very moderate and common sense view*
as to the purposes to be achieved,
which views are so excellently set
forth In the circulars to which I have
referred.
"There Is not the slightest Intention
» do anything revolutionary or Ini
tiate any far-reaching policy. The
purpose simply Is for the government,
Instead of lagging behind popular een-
tlnent, to advance abreast ot It and
at the same time abreast of the views
of the ablest and most practical edu
cator* of our time a* well aa of the
most profound scholars—men of the
stamp of Professor Lounsbury and
Professor Bkeat. If the slight changes
in the spelling of the three hundred
words proposed wholly or partially
in"vt i>.i|>ulai'approval, then Ih.
will become permanent without aa.v
reha agii s to hhat apMIr officials or
Individual private citizens may feel; If
they do not ultimately, meet with pop
ular approval they will be dropped and
that Is all there Is about It.
'They represent nothing In the world
but a very slight extension of the un
conscious movement which ha* made
agricultural implement makers and
farmers write 'plow' Instead of 'plough,
which has made most Americans write
'honor' without the somewhat absurd,
superfluous 'u' and which Is even now
making people write 'program' without
th* 'me,' Just as all people who speak
English pow write 'bat,' 'set.' dim.
•*um' and 'flsb,' Instead of the Ells*-
bethnn •batte.' sstte,' 'dlmme,' 'surntne
and 'fyshe,' which make* us wrlie
'public.' 'almanac,' 'era.' 'fantasy.' and
'wagon,' Instead of the ‘pubUck,’ al
manack,’ •**!•*," 'phantasy' and '»"*•
"on,’ of our great-grandrathers.
"It Is not an attack on the language
of Shakespeare and Milton, because «
l» In some Instances a going back to
the forms they used, and In others
merely the extension of change, which,
as regards other worde, have takea
place since their time. It Is not an at-
tempt to do anything far-reaching " r
sudden or. violent, op Indeed, anything
very great at all. It Is merely an at
tempt to cast what slight weight ran
properly be cast on the aide of ’h 11
popular forces wblch are endeavor.ns
to make our spelling a little Ira* to* 1 -
ish and fantastic.
"Sincerely yours.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
S9,000,000 INCREASE NOW
AUTHORIZED BY SO. STEEL
Spectsl to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Sept- 3.—The directors
nt the Southern ,8te*l Company met
Saturday in this city and Increased the
capita! stock of that corporation from
316,600.606 to 122.606.600 by the Iseu-
ance of 26,600,006 common stock and
24,600,006 preferred stock. Two meet
ings ot the directors were held, one at
11 o'clock_at which time the 25,OO",'!"'’
common stock Inrresse waa authorize'',
and at 2 o'clock, when the 24,000,aw
preferred stock wo* authorised. No »[•
flclal statement ae to the intention "■
the stockholders m Increasing the cap
ital stock could be obtained, but It was
stated that th* plans would be mau*
public within th- next few day*