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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. EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR WORKMEN ON CZAR'S SHIP SCHOOL BOOKS AND ALL SUPPLIES AT JOHN M. MILLER CO.’S, 39 MARIETTA ST. 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. BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS books BOOKS SCHOOL BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS yUllUUk ftlUUlly New and Second-hand SCOKS BOOKS Lowest Prices. Complete Lists for aH grades. BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS Come in Monday and avoid the rush. WE BOOKS BUY YOUR OLD BOOKS. books BOOKS The Columbian BOOKS BOOKS Book Co. t BOOKS B00£S 81-83 WHITEHALL ST. BOOKS BOOKS Softest BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS 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*