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THE ATLANTA G EO RGI AN.
[ KSJMV. SKrTKMfIKR 4. 19W.
MEXICAN GUNBOAT
SEIZES U. S. SHIP
» iMvfltc fanned ^
"’oiCton. Texas. sept . 4.-A Mexl-
xunboat ha* seized the American
>m ack Aloha and thrown her
“'" of fourteen men In prl»on for
« .on >'t Ashing treaty right*. The
M«han» have confiscated the amack
and one-half of her cargo.
The Aloha, which belonged to the
Gulf Fisheries Company, Is the third
boat of the company taken by the Mex
icans. The capture was made in Areas
reef in the Campeche gulf, where the
Aioha had put in to escape a storm.
TK TO GET IN
Use of Revolver Causes In
truder To Take to
Flight.
frightened by a negro burglar, Mr*,
g C Taylor, of 225 South Boulevard,
followed the intruder with a revolver
Monday night and fired at him.
Whether the bullet found a mark Is
not known but the negro did not re-
turn.
About 8:30 o'clock Mr*. Taylor, who
was alone with the exception of
woman companion, heard a noise In
the rear of the house. Mr*. William
Coiiev, who live* next door, waa also
frightened, a* she had only her young
niece for company. After a little while
the noise ceased and the intruder left
the place.
At 10 o'clock the noise was heard
again nnd thin time Mrs. Taylor re
vived to put a atop to Intrualon. She
opened the door leading to the porch
In the rear nnd saw n negro trying
to break In. 8he raised her revolver
and fired and the negro turned and
ran. Mra. Taylor was not satisfied
with her shooting and chased the bur
glar all the way to the comer In order
to get a better shot but the negro ran
too fast for her. The neighborhood
was disturbed no more during the
night.
OF PUPILS
City Schools Will Be Worse
Crowded Than Ever
Before.
Bright and early .Tuesday morning
tome 15,009 happjw- school .children
wended their way to Atlanta's schooi
houses, ready for another nine months'
struggle with their books.
Tuesday morning fully 4,000 new pu
pils had registered, and It waa stated
that It would be impossible to give out
a report ns to the total enrollment un
til late In the afternoon.
All departments announce a decided
Increase, and the school authorities are
looking for a record-breaking 'attend
ance this year. While of course this
will be gratifying to those In charge,
ns it means a substantial evidence of
the popularity of Atlanta’s school sys
tem, still it ha* its drawbacks, as the
schools will be terribly overcrowded.
Last year with a very much smaller
attendance there was a scarcity of ac
comodations, and this year the author
ities hardly knew how to cope with the
situation. Kverythlnlg possible will be
■lone, however, to relieve the conges
tion, and ihe teachers hope that with
in a short lime they will be able to
give a sent to every pupil who applies.
CZAR’S CAPITAL
HEARS TREPUFE
IS INJSGRACE
It Is Reported He May Be
Ousted as Com
mandant.
Special Cable—Copyright.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 4.—It Is assert
ed and denied that Trepolt Is In dis
grace, and that he Is to be succeeded
as commandant of the palace by Gen
eral Bart Klelgels, who had made a,
record for his cruelty and harshness as
prefect and as governor of Kief.
Report has it that Trepoft s recent
Illness, which Is atrtbuted -In some
quarters to poison, has left him In
such a shape'physically that It Is fear
ed he may not be able to undergo the
strain of guarding the esar's person
from the terrorists. The fact that on
would-be assassins have penetrated
the lines about the palace has caused
his majesty, It Is said, to lose confi
dence In TrepolT.
OFFICIAL VOTE
IS
Hoke Smith Received
101,796, According
To Yeomans.
By JOHN C. REESE.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 4.—Chairman Yeo
mans gives the following official vote:
For governor:
Estlll 22,958.
Howell, 23,006.
Russell, 25,290.
Hoke Smith, 104,796.
Jim Smith, 8,223.
For state school commissioner:
W. B. Merritt, 103,858.
Mark Johnston, 69,901.
For comptroller general:
126,412.
SEVERAL INJURED
IN AUTOjMASH-UP
Mrs. Jack Cutler, of Macou,
Hurt in the
• Spill.
W. A. Wright,
V. T. Sanford, 23,326.
Senator Bacon led the ticket with
161,757.
C. E Currier, president of the At-
J’tua .National Bank, and several
frlenda who were speeding In a motor
“r on the Peachtree road Monday at-
“moon were thrown from their car
■ a collision with a street car and
Wlnfully bruised. /
5,r * J,| ck <’utler, of Macon, Ga., was
Mlnfully bruised when she was thrown
,h * car, but her Injuries are not
•orlous. Hugh Foreman was cut over
- eye, but not seriously Injured,
i urrler was gashed on the chin
r;,„ Tuw V lny efternoon. Little Jack
'• 'he son of Mr*. Cutler, went
onku*u th j OU * h the air, but alighted
the a iaml " Rn ' 1 knee* unhurt. "Do’,
,n *OOg Which In ,h, Cnn. u
NEGROES ACCUSED OF
ASSAULTING NEGRESS
Charlie Carr and John Cox, two ne
groes, each 19 yeara old, are' locked
up In the police station, charged with
assault on Daisy Jackson, a 12-year-
old negro girl. The men are accused
of the assault by Emma Daniel, a sis
ter of the girl, who caused their arrest
Monday night as they were at the
union depot preparing to leave the
city.
The woman appeared at a skating
rink on Central avenue Monday night
and asked Special Officers Garner and
Dobbs to arrest the two negroes. She
claimed that the men Imd enticed her
sister from Llthonla, Ga., several days
ago, and that the girl had been In
jured seriously.
The officer* found the two negroes at
the depot and placed them under ar
rest. They will be tried In the police
court Tuesday nftemoon.
Both Carr and Cox deny any assault,
and say Hint they hardly know the
girl. They claim to have been In At
lanta for a number of weeks and to
have never visited Llthonla.
FULTON COUNTY SENDS
2 TD REFORMATORY
IN WAV OF PEACE
ON CUBAN ISLE
General Amnesty and Free
Vote Wanted By
Rebels.
By MANUEL CALVO.
By Private Leased .Wire.
Havana. Sept. ■ 4.—Pino Guerra
stands In the way of peace In Cuba. It
Is understood that the Insurgent lead
ers are willing to lay down their arms
providing the pinar del Rio chieftain
does so under a promise of general
amnesty and an election law which
will assure p free vote and a falf
count. This is as far as the govern
ment Is willing to go In dealing with
the Insurgents,
It Is understood here that pressure Is
being brought to bear on Guerra, but
It Is doubtful If he wll| agree to lay
down his arms on these terme. Gen
eral Mario Menocal Is aald to be the
Intermediary between the rebel* and
the government. In the meantime the
revolutionary forces are gaining
strength In both Pinar del Rio and
Santa Clara. In the latter province
General Gusman has been elected com
mander In chief by the various bands
of Insurgents operating in that pro
vince, with Colonel Juan Bravo as Ills
lieutenant.
Gusman’ now ha* 700 fairly well
armed men under his command. Guer
ra has, It Is said, taken up his march
toward Bahia Honda, where a revolu
tionary band under Marchette Is In
control. Colonel Altavns, who was
sent to force Ouerra Into n light, has
fallen back on Snn Juan de Marlines,
unable to bring the rebel leader to bay.
It Is hinted that Avaloex was not over
anxious to bring about a general- en
gagement.
Guerra Is reported at Matitua,
miles northwest of Guanes. No news
of Importance came from Santiago or
the other eastern provinces.
50,000 MAJORITY
Two Fulton county white boys, un
der 16, will be sent to the state re
formatory when It opens October I.
They are Earle Horne and Howard
Neese. The younger was given
months’ sentence and the latter Is now
serving a two-year sentence at Bab
cock, Walton county, for larceny.
The other white boys so far report
ed to Secretary Goodloe Yancey, of the
prison commission, to be sent to the
reformatory are: John Grlner, Coffee
I county; Jim Stephens, Troup county:
t-hteh!»«. J‘m Quarles, Fannin county: Ewell
even frtghtenid by (he sh.wk I Smith now at state farm: George
Mr Currier wa? speeding his car if 111 * and Calvln Pot,er ' Jaekson coun
w.imn' 1 lhe c,ty when h* «aw a negro
Rro try,n « to board a street car in
s££)RS5SS?SE BKS THAT GEORGIA
ra^hll* and Mr. rurrier while trying ro nUIVU Mml ULUIIUIfl
N ""toon struck the car. The j
t*V K .L h ""' Pv *ry member of the-par-
xround and smashed the au-
WMii , n, ° •>"». It will be many
»' the repair shop.
GEORGIANS VISITING
IN NEW YORK CITY
n, \w v" '•‘""•"I wire.
J?*. Sept. 4.—Here are some
IT, ’. r " ,r> New York today;
Utham J A .T R J - DU<«e>'. Ml*. J.
T k"mri'on R ' **• Ro ”' N ' 8harp ' U B
J *i"rMra. v. B. Denham,
tan I u’Th U P ' Hart ' R M «”>-
u '». 3- n SSS& A - Bondl ° Ehr -
IN ARK, PRIMARY
Bpfctal to The Georgina.
Little Itock, Ark.. Sept. 4.—Partial re
turn* I nd ten to thnt Congrennmnn John H.
Little, Iiemocmtle nominee for governor,
will have a majority of 60,000 over John I.
Worthington. Republican. T.he vote* for
John O. Adame. Vrohlbltlonltt nominee,
for governor, may not exceed 3,000, and
that for Dim Hogan, Socialist, will/prob
ably^ reach 2,000. EstlmAtea are that of
the J35, mem hern of the aenafe and boiwe,
at leant, 126 will be Democrat*. The Dem
ocratic state nominee*. other than for gov
ernor. lind no opnoNltlon.
Advice* from the eountle* where there
large negro population state that but
. -a * a- ],)
In Little Roek, les*
300 negroes voted, but each had paid the
poll tax.
The count I* proceeding slowly In Ihe
rge counties, owing to* the lengthy
cket.
MAJOR FRENCH MADE
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
NEW ST A TE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE IS CHOSEN
By JOHN C. REESE.
Special to Thu Georgian.
Macon. Ga., Sept. 4.—The district del
egates met this morhlng and selected
the following new members of state
executive committee:
First District—E. K. Overstreet.
Screven; C. A. Attaway, Jenkins; C.
M. Thompson, Emanuel, and Henry
Green, Chatham.
Second District—C. A. Alfred, Worth;
R. L. Shipp, Colquitt: C. J. Davis. Cal
houn, anti J. W. Standford, Randolph.
Third pistrlct—D. B. Pounds, Crisp:
R. L. Greer, Macon: P. L. Maynard,
Sumter, and T. A. Collie, Schley.
Fourth Dl*trict--A. A. Carson, Mus
cogee; W. E. Howell, Meriwether; J.
H. McGhee, Talbot, and Sid Holleman,
Carroll.
Fifth District—C, H. Mason, DeKalb;
G. W. Gleaton, Rockdale; A. C. Blalock,
Clayton, and D. B. Bullard, Campbell.
Seventh District—P. B. Trammell,
Whitfield: J. Z. Foster. Cobb; C. N.
Patterson, Bartow, and Felix CorpuL
Floyd.
Eighth District—Dr. A. S. J. Stovall,
Elbert: Frank Shackelford, Clarke; S.
J. .McConnell, Franklin, and H. H. Fitx-
pntrlrk, Oconee.
Ninth District—J. A. Bagwell, Gwin
nett: Howard Thompson, of Hall: J. S.
Adams, Habersham, and H. C. Carlth-
ers, Jackson.
Tenth District—Bowdre Phlnlxy,
Richmond; James Kendrick, Taliafer
ro; W. H. Burwell, Hancock, and Her
bert Williams, Glascock.
Eleventh District—W. H. Grlffln,
Lowndes: I,. Q. Stubbs, Laurens; War
ren Lott. Ware, and A. B. Cook, Ir
win.
PERMANENT FAIR BUILDINGS ARE
FAVORED BY SECRETARY COOPER
Secretary Walter Q. Cooper, secre
tary of the chamber of commerce, who
has returned to Atlanta after a three
Weeks' absence during which time he
visited the Canadian National fair,
strongly In favor of the erection of
permanent buildings at thi Atlanta
fair grounds, as Is the case at the fair
grounds at Toronto.
Mr. Cooper left Atlanta some three
weeks ago along with the Joint com
mittee for Minneapolis to appear be
fore the Grand Army of the Republic
reunion In behalf of the proposed na
tional parks of Atlanta.' Mr. Cooper
stated that the chances arc very
strongly In favor of Atlanta securing
the hoped for appropriation ns there
Is a wide Interest taken In the matter
throughout the country.
After leaving the City of Waters Mr.
Cooper and Craig Coficld went through
the Great lakes, visited Canada, and
after taking In Niagara, came home
via. the Nqiv York Oceanic Steamship
line to Savannah.
The fair in Toronto Is an annual
Institution nnd backed by the city of
Toronto which clears upward of 359,-
000 per year although the admission
charged Is only 25 cents. In the num
ber of exhibits It Is about twice ns
large ns the Georgia state fair and the
grounds contain 2800,000 worth of
manent brick exhibit buildings w
have been put up from time to time
as the finances of the city allowed.
Mr. Cooper stated Tuesday that In
his opinion Canada would some day be
one of the great powers of the world.
“The number of Industries bf all kinds
from cut glass to the manufacture of
minerals Into commercial articles Is
surprising." said Mr. Cooper. "The tar
iff laws Imposed by the United States
have made these people independent
and they have built up a large trade
even In the foreign countries.”
While in Canada Mr. Cooper and Mr.
Colloid called upon Sir Mortimer
Clarke, lieutenant governor of the do
minion and among other matters dis
cussed the tariff laws. Sir Mortimer
said:
“The United States will some day
come to Its senses and Its tariff will
be lifted."
FRUIT JARS
More than twenty thousand
now in stock, all sizes, they
must be closed out at once.
Just name the quantity and
size wanted, we will make
the price satisfactory.
KING HARDWARE CO.,
S3 PEACHTREE STREET.
87 WHITEHALL STREET. 116 DECATUR ST.
203 PETERS STREET.
CONVENTION ORGANIZES
WITH JUDGE A. L. MILLER
Continued from Page One#
FOUND WATCH HANGING
ON COAT BUTTON, HE SAID
When ‘H. R. Harris, of 39 East Har
ris street, who Is connected with the
Hammond Packing Company, walked
through the crowd which was leaving
the Bijou theater Monday night he dis
covered suddenly that his watch was
missing. Then he remembered a man
wltlTa'Panama hat who had brushed
against him a moment before and who
had then entered a restaurant ■ below
the theater.
Mr. Harris turned and called an of
ficer. When they entered the, saloon
they found J. S. Darnell, who had the
watch,. ...
Mr. Darnell, who Is 30 yeani old and
respectable In appearance; produced
rA-
the watch readily and admitted that It
was not his property.
"As I came down the steps a
ment ago I found It hanging on a but
ton on my coat," he said. "If It Is
yours, you can have It. I thought It
was mine which had jolted out of my
pocket, but I see It Isn't."
Mr. Harris, who was accompanied
by his young wife, was Indignant and
refused to believe Mr. Darnell's story.
Officer Martin placed Darnell under
arrest, but with Mr. Harris' permission,
permitted,him to go on his promise to
appear at court Tuesday afternoon.
Darnell's name was registered on the
police docket opposite a charge of dis
orderly conduct. He came to the sta
tion Tuesday morning and explained
that the affair was all a mistake.
IS CRE
Major Francis H. French, formerly
located at Fort McPherson, has been
promoted as lieutenant colonel of the
Twelfth United States Infantry, and
is now stationed at Fort Say, twelve
miles below Niagara Falls. While at
Fort McPherson he was very popular
in army circles. This information
came to the adjutant general's office
Tuesday.
The adjutant general has ordered the
election of a colonel of the Third Geor
gia regiment for September 10. John
D. Twiggs, of Augusta, it Is said, will
be the unanimous choice of the regi
ment.
Captain W. S. Carbine, of Madison,
retired, has been appointed by Adju^
tant General Harris captain and com
missary of the Third Georgia regiment.
He was formerly its adjutant.
GY INCENDIARIES
Horrible Fate of Alabama
Poultryman Believed
Work of Enemies. •
8|hh*IuI to The (Scorfflnn.
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 4.—Nows was
brought here by a steamer of the cre
mation of J. Jansen* a resident of Mon
trose, Ala., a summer resort on the
Mobile bay, who burned to death In
his home at that place early today.
Jansen's house was fired by enemies,
and when a search was made the
charred remains of the man were
found. Jansen came to Montrose some
months ago from the North and en
gaged In poultry rnlslng.
Details concering the horrible affair
are meager?
TRY A WANT AD
IN THE GEORGIAN
GIRL'S ASSAILANT,
IN JAIL, SOOGRT
BY FRENZIED MOB
Crowd, Bent on Lynching,
Surrounds Pennsylvania
Prison.
Hy Private Leased Wire.
Mount Carmel, Pa., Sept. 4.—Kulp-
mont, a village lying between Mount
Carmel and ShainoUIn, wns the scene
of a brutal assault this morning. As
a result, Davis Cartrlght, of Centralla,
Is a prisoner In Mount Carmel police
station, while little Minnie Ritnlllc, the
girl whom he attacked. Is lying at
death’s door.
Cartrlght, astride a white horse and
armed with a revolver, rode through
Kulimwnt. terrorizing the inhabitants
and shooting nt windows. Riding up
to the Rltalllc house he forced open
the front door. Mr. nnd Mrs. Ritnlllc
were away from home and Minnie, a
J2-year-old girl, wns alone with two
small children. A howling mob Is now
surrounding the Jail and a lynching Is
expected any minute.
Democratic primary for state house
offices be held the third Wednesday In
July, 1908.
A contest Is on In the Atlantic circuit
for the sollcltorshlp. Livingston Kee
nan, the Incumbent, was defeated In the
face of the returns by seven plurality
by J. N. Norman. R. W. Sheppard was
the third candidate. Keenan Is con
testing, demanding a recount of the
votes.
BIG ENROLLMENT
ON OPENING DAY
Hundreds of Children Be
gin Long Session of
Hard Study.
HihkIsI to The Georgian.
Bowman. Go., Sept. 4.—Quite a large
number of cltlsena attended the open
ing of the Gtbson-Mereer ■ Aeadqmy
yesterday and also of the grammar
school. The assembling of both schools
wns in, the auditorium of the Glbson-
Mercer Academy. This already famous
school Is growing In popularity and In
terest ehch year.
Addresses were made by Professors
Redding and 'Bussey, of the Glbson-
Mercer, and by Professor Rice, of the
Grammar School.
CASHIER HERING.
Stensland, the captured Chicago
bank looter, blames Hering
for the crash.
D0UGLA8VJLLE COLLEGE
BEQIN8 ITS SESSION.
Special to The Georgina.
Douglasvllle, Go., Sept. 4.—The nine
teenth annual session of Douglasvllle
College began here yesterday. The fac
ulty ut this Institute has keen added
to until now It has one of the strong
est In any small college In the slate.
Under the leadership of President Den-
dy the college has gone forwnrd with
great strides In every department un
til thorough unity Is now the result.
CUTHBERT PUBLIC 8CH00L
OPENS FALL TERM.
Special t« The Oeorgtaii.
Cuthbert, Ga., Sept. 4.—Cuthbert
ubllc school opened yesterday morn-
nr with a very large attendance. The
Cuthbert people are highly pleased with
Superintendent Duke und his faculty,
and this year bids fair lo be the ban
ner year of the sehool's existence.
CHOOSE DELEGATES
A. \V. Butler, general secretary of
the National Prison Association, at In
dianapolis, Ind., has written Governor
Terrell, lo oppolnt a number of dele
gates to represent Georgia offlelally at
the natlonnl meeting to lie held at Al
bany, N. Y., September 15 to 20.
tine of the member* of the prison
commission will probably be one of
those named. Dr. T. D. Longlno, coun
cilman-elect from the Seventh ward,
may be also one of those appointed. A
majority of the state* have already
nameJ delegates to this meeting. I
LARGE ATTENDANCE
AT COVINGTON 8CHOOL8
Special to The Georgian.
Covington, Oa., Sept. 4.—The t’ov
tngton public gchoola opened the fall
term here yeiterday with an attend
ance of about four hundred. The
board of education has selected an able
corps of teachers, among them helm
Professor A. H. Foster, principal, am
Miss Annie P. Henderson, of Htnun-
ton, Vn.; Miss Stella Gardner, of Lo
cust Grove; Miss Susie Watts, of Flo-
vllla; Miss Annie B. Keith, of Pelger,
8. C\; Miss Bessie Esell. of Montlcetlo;
Miss Ackle White, and Mra. J. K. Phil
lips, of this city.
HADDOCK HIGhTsCHOOL
HAS LARGE ENROLLMENT.
Special to The Georgina.
Haddock. Oa„ Sept. 4.—Haddock
high gchool began the fall term Mon
day, with a good number of puplla en
rolled. The Indication* for a success
ful term are very bright, as It seems
very difficult for many out-of-town
pupils to secure boarding places In the
city limits.
Public School* Opened.
Hpcrlnl lo The Georgian.
Hawklnavllle, Ga., Sept. 4.—The pub
lic schimla of Hawklnavllle opened
Monday. Profeasor T. G. Polhlll ha* a
splendid corps of teachers to assist
him. Elecutlon and art will be taught
this term.
SEC, BONAPARTE
WILL BE URGED
TO VIOT GEORGIA
Governor To See About
Putting Battleship in
Commission.
Charles J. Bonaparte, secretnry of
the navy, will he urged by Govern.ir
Terrell to visit Georgla.when the bat
tleship Georgia Is put In commission
In Georgia waters In October.
This will be nt Suvannnh or Bruns
wick. probably the latter place.
Governor and Mr*. Terrell leave
Wednesday for Washington ami New
York, the governor to confer with the
nuval secretary nnd Shipbuilder Hyde
while away.
Secretory Bonaparte. James L. Hvde
and George Foster Peabody will all
doubtless be present at the commis
sion of the Georgia.
Should they come they will be the
guests of Governor Terrell.
ARMED MEN SEEK
LIVES OF TRAMPS
SCENEOF THE LABOR DAY PARADE IN ATLANTA.
By Private I.eased Wire. .
Kenton, Ohio, Sept. 4.—Two unkonwn
tramps made a criminal assault on
Gertrude Brrtaford, the pretty IS-year-
old daughter of Charles Bretsford, a
prominent farmer of Lynn township^
late Monday afternoon and 100 men.
armed with pistols, shotguns and rifles,
are In pursuit.
Mtss Bretsford went to pump water
for cow* when two men seized and
gagged her and dragged her Into an
old deserted house. The girl staggered
into her home half an hour later with
nearly all her clothes torn ntr
RAILWAY OPERATORS
WILL REVIVE UNION
Reorganization Meeting To
Be Held Hero
Sept. 9.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers
will hold n meeting at the Federation
of Labor hall, No. 14 1-2 North K..r-
*yth street. September 9. to effect re
organization. This will be the Hist
meeting of the order to he held In At
lanta for some years, nnd membi|*
from all parts of Georgia nnd adjoin-
Ing states will be In attendance.
The meeting will be conducted Joint
ly by members from the South.jit
Railway. Central of Georgia, 8< ;!hom'd
Air Line and the Georgia Railway.
B R11)KGliOOM~ELECT
SHOT; WAS TALKING
TO HIS SWEETHEART
.eels, to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 4.—Docker
Coleman was fired upon from the dark
ness while seated beside his sweethsar
on the gallery of her home at Stead
man, Ala., Sunday night, Infllrtlm
wounds from which he died Sonde
morning.
Coleman was about 30 years old an.
resided In Mlllvlew, Fla. He was r
have been married yesterday to tin
young woman whom he was visiting
coroner's Jury returned a verdlc
that the gun which caused Ills deatl
was llreil by a person unknow n.
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