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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNESDAY. SKI 1 1KMf.'KU 5. 190*.
. S. CIPHER
11ITJF JAIL
Gummere Hasn’t Key
to Department
Cable.
STENSLAND TOLD
BY'ARAB TO PRAY
AT THE PROSPECT
OF DELAYJN TRIAL
Slayer of White Won’t Face
Jury Until No
vember.
Chicago Bank Wrecker Said
To Be Broken in Health.
Cries All Night.
Bj- Trlvate Leased Wire.
Tangier, Morocco, Sept. 6.—But for
m error of the etate department at
Washington In sending Instructions to
Minister Gummere In cipher, to which
he did not have the key, Paul O. Stens-
land would be a prisoner In Kalbw, a
rather superior sort of jail In the
Moorish citadel. As It Is, he still Is
confined on the top floor of the Bristol
hotel, guarded by a representative of
the American legation and six soldiers
of the sultan.
Today It Is expected intelligible In
structions will arrive. Then the bank
er must leave his pleasant suite of
rooms and go to a cell.
Prison an Awful Place.
For reasons of humanity he will not
be locked up In the combination pris
on. This Is an awful place, dark and
filthy, with air as foul as the black
hole of Calcutta. How the Moors man
age to live in It Is a mystery. One
week's confinement would kill a white
man.
The process of Incarceration will be
simple. The American minister will
present the request of the government
of Kaldor Belgasl, the Basha ruler of
Tangier. He will experience great
pleasure In being able to oblige and
Into Jail the arrested fugitive goes.
Pinkerton Man is Late.
P. C. Cavaroc, assistant superintend
ent of the Pinkertons, arrived here
from Chicago last night to find himself
a few days late. He reached Gibraltar
Monday and before he was In town
an hour heard that the quarry had
been captured. Cavaroc is acting for
the Depositors' Association of the Mil
waukee Avenue Bank.
Banker Broken Down.
Stensland has broken down. Re
morse has been his constant companion
and his only bright moments since his
capture were those when his captors
took lunch with him. All night lie
wept continuously ' and at times his
paroxysms of tears so alarmed the
guards they were on the point of callr
lng a doctor. Stensland suffered also
severe physical pain in addition to his
mental agony.
The captain,of hts guards, a distin
guished looking, white bearded Arab,
shortly after daybreak yesterday found
Stensland, who had tossed for hours
in hed, had risen and was sitting in a
chair rocking, weeping and moaning.
He hnd placed a handkerchief over his
eyes and abandoned himself utterly to
an outburst of grief. Suddenly he felt
a hand on his shoulder and uncovered
his eyes. There at his side stood the
old white-robed, turbaned Arab.
Arab 8uggssts Prayer.
Down on his knees went the son of
the ancient Moslem faith, with his right
hand pointed to heaven. Then he
boned his head courteously and In
pantomlne gravity suggested to
prisoner that he find relief above.
"And," said Stensland, in telling the
story, while a wan smile flittered
across his haggered and worn counts
nance, "it was not a bad Idea.”
Stensland confessed that Russia was
his ultimate goal. He said that they
might think his intention Insane, but
that was where he wns going,
knew it was not a particularly safe
place from his point of view, but
thought he would have a chance. He
believed there was enough riot and
rebellion there; that a stranger might
be unnoticed, but the.real fact Is prob
ably It wns the longing of the wan
dering son for an abiding place as near
as possible to hts fatherland.
His life of exile was hell on earth,
according to Stensland. From the mo
ment he left Chicago his every awak
ening thought was. pregnant with fear
and his every sleeping moment filled
"Ith torturing visions.
Private Leased Wire.
New York, Sept. 5.—Harry Kendalj
Thaw today was indignant when in
formed that his trial for the murder
of Stanford White would not b
reached until the middle of November.
The knowledge that he would be
compelled to remain in the Tombs un
til the cold weather, at least, made
the prisoner gloomy and Irritable. He
had hoped to be placed on trial early In
October, and, believing firmly that he
would be acquitted, he had counted
upon being free before November.
There are now confined in the Tombs
no less than twenty-four prisoners
awaiting trial on the charge of homi
cide. Four others have been commit
ted to the Tombs on a murder charge,
but in the meantime are awaiting in
dlctment.
Named In order with relation to the
date of his Indictment, Thaw Is No.
11 on the list. Ten men are, therefore,
entitled to trial ahead of him, but there
Is nothing about the case of any of
these ten which makes a lengthy trial
at all likely.
$ PLANNING
ANOTHER REVOLT
Secret Order Fprmed To
Combat White People
in India.
By Private Leased Wire.
Calcutta, India, Sept. 6.—It Is said
j that a large number pf men have joined
a secret order called the Golden Ben
gal. A paper, signed by many of the
members, says that 50,000 men are
required to die for their country, and
adds “Why any more? Beat the sa
hibs; drive them away.”
CITIZENS BUT RIFLES
AND RIOUS FEARED
Negro Instructor’s Acts
Cause His Banishment
From Neighborhood.
GADSDEN 18 THREATENED
WITH BEEF FAMINE.
®t**l«l lo The Georgiaii.
Gadsden, Ala., Sept. fi.—This city has
* meat famine and unless something
I* done to relieve the situation shortly
* * rea t many people will have to go
hungry. The principal packing houses
navi- agencies here, but they are un
able to supply the demands made upon
'hem Just at thla time.
Gaffney Gradsd School.
' "l.eeinl t „ The (lei ,
Gaffney, 8. C., Sept. 5.—The graded
ot °affney opened yesterday
"n a larger attendance than usual.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Greenville, S. C„ Sept. 5.—As a re
sult of the friction between white clt-
Isens of Abbeville, S. C„ Thomas H.
Amos, president of a colored Pres
byterian college, at least a hundred
rifles have been bought, It Is said, by
white citizens here recently. The sit
uation has been growing worse dally,
and n race war has been feared for a
week or more.
Amos is now In Baltimore, and it Is
said that he Is afraid to come back to
this state. Last Monday a committee
of citizens waited upon Amos, and
told him to leave town, and this ho
decided to do at once.
it is charged against him that he has
been trying to intensify rnce feeling;
nlso, It Is said, he fired the minds of
the negroes In others ways, causing
them to deface the Confederate monu
ment there.
LAST STATE CONVENTION
IN GEORGIA IS HISTORY
Continued from Page One.
WANTS TRUSTEESHIP
linn. J. Randolph Anderaon, one
Chatham's representative* In the font
house, the man who rattled the Southern
Cotton Association Investigation, regarding
some of Its officers speculating In cotton
futures. Is nu aspirant for trustee • from
Chatham county on the first district Ixsird
of trustees of the district agricultural
colleges. He wns nlso the nuthor of tho
Oglethorpe monument bill.
\ Anderson Is nlso regarded ns
strong dark horse possibility In the first
district congressional deadlock lietw
Hon. Walter' Sheppard, of Chatham, nud
Hon. J. A. Rrnnnen, of Itulloek.
The convention reconvene* Thursday to
resume the deadlock, unless a compromise
Is effected In the meantime.
TRACTION MAGNATE
’ DESPERATELY ILL
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Sept. 6.—Friends of P.
A. B. Wldener are concerned over the
news that the traction magnate Is
bound from Newport to hts home In
Philadelphia, on his yacht Josephine,
a very sick man. Mr. Wldener has
been In poor health for some time, but
recently his sickness has tpken a de
elded turn for the worse.
SUBMARINE VOLCANO STREWS
BEACH WITH SCALDED FISH
1,5 Private Leased Wire. , ...
, . Honolulu, Sept. 5,—An earthquake shock of exceptional violence was
f cit at Hilo Monday evening at 8:40 'clock. Soon after the disturbance
the beach was lined for miles with dead fish that apparently had been
evalded to death. .
This la a very untumal phenomenon'In connection with earthquake*,
“tid It la regarded as showing conclusively that the disturbance was a
jubmarlne volcanic eruption, and that It occurred within five miles of
No dou6t Is entertained by scientific men In Honolulu that the center
°* Monday's disturbance was very ciose to Hilo. The shock was not felt
“t Honolulu.
ler In nomination for permanent chair
man. As Judge Miller was escorted
to the rostrum he was greeted with
great applause. His speech of accept
anpe was brief, but strong. He stressed
the pleasure felt on every side at a re
united Democracy. Judge Miller Is,
unfortunately, handicapped by a poor
voice and frequent cries from the rear
of 'louder” seemed to distress him.
The. order of business for the conven
tion, the appointment of the credential
and platform and resolutions commit
tee followed. There followed a shower
of resolutions, but It is a remarkable
fact that only two were reported on
favorably. One, calling for a law to
protect prohibition counties from tho
Importation ot Intoxicants, was em
braced as a part of the platform as
adopted. ■
The other, which caused tha only
real rumpus Ip the convention, was to
have the chairman of the convention
call the body together again, If the
people should ratify the amendment
for an appellate court, to nominate the
candidates.
Mr. Gray, chairman of the platform
committee, first stated that tt|la reso
lution was adopted a* a part of the
platform, but later corrected the state
ment by saying It was simply reported
to the convention. After a big wrangle
the whole matter was passed over,
leaving the course of events to be
shaped after the ratification of the
court of appeals.
Take s Rast.
At 1;30 o'clock, finding Itself with
out any business on hand, the com.
mlttees being out, the convention ad
journed for thirty minutes, but it was
after 3 o'clock before It assembled
again.
Still warm, but refreshed by the
rest, the delegates were In their seats
when Chairman Miller rapped for or
der again. The report of the creden
tials committee was ready and read.
The Fulton county double-headed
committee row, of over a year's stand
lng, was settled by declaring the J. K.
Maddox committee the regular one.
The contest in the Atlantic circuit
for the sollcltorshlp, brought by the
Incumbent, Livingston Keenan, who
was defeated by seven votes by N. J.
Norman, was thrown out, and Norman
declared the nominee. A local wran
gle was also settled In Gilmer county.
8eab Wright 8pssks.
As the platform committee was still
out, cries for Scab Wright started, and
after hanging back modestly for a few
minutes, he came to the front. ‘
'The next governor of , Georgia,”
yelled one enthusiast, apparently for
getful of the fact that Hoke Smith
had not yet been nominated for that
Job.
The night before Waterloo In my
county,” he began, but had to stop for
the applause to subside, “Rube Ar
nold came up to help us cinch It. Near
the close of that meeting some old
fellow In the rear of the hall Jumped
to his feet and said, ‘Looks to me as If
It was all over except the shoutii^;,'
and began that grand old dozology,
'Praise God From Whom All Blessings
Flow.’ ”
He declared that Hoke Smith would
make good every promise given.
Thank God, It Is a white man's party
in Georgia now and for all time. We
stand together now under the old flag,
Jeffersonian Democracy.”
Arnold and Bsrnsr.
He wanted to quit then, but the
crowd liked him and Insisted on his
proceeding, but he got around It by
calling tor Reuben Arnold.
"I can talk as long as there Is an
Issue to discuss, but we have settled
It all. I can't do much on dress pa
rade,” said Mr. Arnold. He got the
glad hand In his brief speech, and re
tired happy and smiling.
R. L. Berner tried to hide when calls
came for him, but he had to yield.
He disclaimed any connection with “the
Rube Arnold and Seab Wright gang.”
Mr. Berner referred to his rare of 1893
and said he was the worst run over
man In the state.
He got tremendous applause when
he placed Hoke Smith in nomination
for the presidency, when the time was
ripe for the South to name the candi
date.
At this time the platform committee
came In and Chairman Gray read It
amid profound silence. Xhe platform,
as adopted, la printed In full elsewhere.
First Fight Opened.
The first struggle wae opened when
Dr. Goss, of DeKalb, arose to make a
motion to have the section relative to
primaries embrace, congressional, state,
senatorial and county elections. That
brought on the storm. Boykin Wright
opposed taking away the direct rights
of the counties to say how and when
they would hold primaries for county
officers.
Dr. George Hlllyer favored the Idea
of Dr. Goss. The row eddied and
raged for half and hour, when Mr.
Whitley, of Douglas, brought order out
of chaos by moving to strike from the
platform all reference to congressional,
senatorial and county elections. It car
ried and stilled tha tumult.
Votsd No on Platform.
When the question of adopting the
platform was put, Mr. McIntosh, of
Pierce, thundered a "no.” It was said
that Mr. McIntosh had a grievance be
cause the committee hod choked off his
resolution to Indorse William Randolph
Hears! for second place on the national
ticket.
The court of appeals matter caused
the biggest rumpus of the meeting. All
sorts of suggestions and Ideas were
advanced. The resolution to have the
convention called together agatn after
ratification of the amendment met with
hot opposition from Congressman
Hardwick. He said that a platform
had just' been adopted doing away
with convention nominations, yet the
body was turning right around and
proposing to stultify Itself by Indorsing
another one.
Finally, Frank Copeland, of Floyd,
checkmated the old business by mak
ing a motion to table all the resolu
tions relative to the court of appeals,
and leaving It alone until the people
had decided whether or not there was
to be a court of apppeals. It carried
without a dissenting voice. The con
vention Is simply on record as Indors
ing the court of appeals.
Crowd Impatient.
The final stage ot the day's pro
ceedings were reached about £ o'clock,
when James L. Anderson arose to
make the nominating speech. The
crowd by now was very tired, and not
of a humor to listen to anybody long,
except Mr. Bmtth.
Mr. Anderson was given close atten
tion until near the close of his re
marks, when cries for Smith, "cut It
out,' "
GREAT OVATION GIVEN
70 HON HOKE SMITH
Rarely has a scene ot such spontaneous and whole-hearted enthust-
' asm been witnessed as took place In the Macon auditorium when the
committee came down the center aisle escorting Governor-elect Hoke
Smith at £ o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Though wearied by the long session and limp from the heat.' the
great audience electrified, leaped to Its feet, yelling, waving coats, hats,
fans or papers. For a full three minutes that crashing wave of unre
strained tribute to the man thundered about the building.
And ae the man to whom this splendid meed of honor was being paid
stood.In the center of the stage, he showed plainly how profoundly moved
he was. Perfectly calm, yet pale with emotion, he looked down on the
seething mass of humanity and his great fare lit almost to genialness.
Finally, the tumult died away, and he began speaking, his voice lqw,
but penetrating with feeling. As he proceeded, the volume of his tones
swelled until the deep-chested words searched every nook. It was a mas
terly speech. Shorn absolutely of rhetoric and catch phrase. It stunned
almost with Its overpowering sincerity. The audience sat breathless,
because they felt the tremendous power of the man and the terrible earn
estness of his every word.
Hoke Smith may make more eloquent speeches, but he will never de
liver one that will Impress more profoundly with Its consecrated sin
cerity.
COUNTY’S TAX RATE
WILL BETHE SAME
AS IT WAS IN 1905
School Tax of One-Fourth
of One Per Cent Not
Counted In.
F.E.BOYDSHOT:
NOTAN OLD MEMBER ON
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
When Miller Names Mem
bers at Large, Body Will
Consist of 58 Men.
The new atata Democratic executive
committee will consist of fifty-eight mem
hers, after the new chairman, Judge A.
L. Miller, of Macon, announces the eleven
member* from the state at large, one rep
resenting each congressional district.
There will he the chairman, Judge A.
... Miller, Vice Chairman Hooper Alexan
der, of DeKalb; Secretary H. II. Cabanlss,
of Fulton, and four members from each
the eleven congressional districts.
Chairman Miller Is expected to name the
eleven members at largs within a few
days.
Seaborn Wright Is certain to represent
the seventh district. Developments ns re.
Sards the tenth district will he watched
with Interest. The delegates from thnt dis
trict In Macon Tuesday morning Indorsed
Clem Dunbar Instead of Iloyklu Wright.
It Is understood that Hou. Hoke Smith
will Insist on Mr. Wright’s being named.
In spite of the action of the delegates lu
Indorsing Mr. Dunbar.
Practically nil the districts Indorsed sorno
..Jie for place on the committee at large,
hut few names were announced. It re
mains to he seen, nlso, how closely these
recommendations will he followed.
Congressman T. W. Hardwick, who, ns
temporary chairman, was entitled to the
vice chairmanship, declined the honor, and
placed Hooper Alexander. In nomination.
It wns accepted by acclamation. The new
executive committee, four from each con
gresslonnl district, la as follows:
First District—K. K. Overstreet, ol
Screven; C. A. Attn way, of Jenkins; C.
N. Thompson, of Emanuel; Henry Greea,
of Chatham.
Second District—C. A. Alford, of Worth:
R. L. Shipp, of Colquitt: C. J. Davis, ol
Calhoun; J. I>. Stanford, of Rnndolph.
Third District—D. II. Pound*, of Crisp;
R. L. Greer, of Macon; R. L. Maynard,
of Sumter: T. A. Collins, of Schley.
Fourth District—A. A. Carson, of Mus
cogee: Sid Holderness, of Carroll; W. 8.
Howell, of Meriwether; J. A. McGee, of
Talbot. . „ ..
Fifth District—C. IT. Mason, of DCXnlb;
D. W. Wheaton, of Rockdale; A. C. Bln;
lock, of Clayton; D. II. Bullard, of Camp
bell.
Sixth District—J. F. Hnjl. of Henry; I).
W. Ilolllnshesd, of Baldwin; T. L. .Pat
terson, of Spaldlug; Snra Rutherford, of
Monroe.
Seventh District—Paul Trammell, of
Whitfield; Charles Patterson, of Bartow:
J. Z. Foster, of Cobb; Felix Oorput, of
Efgtilb District—Frank Shackelford, of
Clark; Dr. A. 8. J. Stovall, of Elbert;
L. j. McConnell, of Franklin; II. II. Flti-
pntrick, of Morgan. „ ^ »
Ninth District—J. II. Bagwell, of Gwin
nett; Howard Thompson, of Halt; J. 8.
1.1..... ..J I I nl...nkn (It • IT T ('ll fit hum.
Adami^ 'of Hsberihsni; II. T. Csrlthsrs.
Tenth IMstrlet—Bowdre I'hlnlzy. of Bleb-
moml; James Kendrick, of Talluferro; W.
II. Itnrirrli, of Hancock; II. A, Williams,
of Glascock.
Eleventh Dlitrlet-W. II. Griffin,
r tv Ktnhtii. of Ijuirena; 1
II. Cook, of Ir
At the meeting of the county com
mlasloners Wednesday morning It was
decided to let the tax rate of Fulton
county remain the eame as last year—
five mills on the dollar. This
addition to the local tax of one-fourth
of i 1 per cent for school purposes, re
eently provided tor by a vote ot the
people. This latter tax only appllea to
that part of the county outside of At
lanta and the Incorporated suburbs.
It was thought by the finance com'
mlttee, of whlclf Judge Rosser Is
chairman, that the old rate would be
sufficient to defray the expenses of the
county, although more money will
have to be spent next year than last.
The Increase In the assessment will
yield a targe enough revenue, It Is
thought, to enable the county to meet
Its obligations.
The taxable values In Fulton county
last year were 183,068,350 and for the
year to come are 366,108,760, an In
crease of £4,038,400.
The state .tax was recently reduced
from 34.90 to $4.80 on the thousand.
Fulton'a state and county tax rate,
therefore, la 39.80 on the thousand.
NAMEOJY BOARD
Two Dozen Were Chosen
Out of the 200 Ap
plicants.
HUDSON GOT 10,000 MORE VOTES
THAN ALL THE OTHER NOMINEES
• IN THE RECENT STATE PRIMARY
One of the surprises of the recent primary
la tho fact that Hon. Thomaa G. Hudson,
conimlaaloner of agriculture, ran abend of
the other state house officer* who bad n
opposition 10,000 votes.
Tho other atnte officers tit tho capitol are
n little nonplussed to uuderataud bow it
happened. “Dated" would more nearly tie-
rrfle their condition.
The ngrli'ultiiral commissioner's vote Is
more than 10,000 al»ove thnt of the attorney-
general, secretary of state, state treasurer,
prison commissioner, and the associate Jus
tices of the supreme court.
It Is slightly lest than 10,000 over that of
United States senator and ehlef Justice of
the supreme court.
Several explanations have been offered ns
to this decided lead the agricultural com
missioner hnd over the other officials nt the
capitol.
Some think the army of guano and oil
Inspectors throughout the state wanted to
compliment their ehlef ntul lined their
friends up f«»r a eonitillmetitHry vote. j
Whatever may he the cause, the agricul
tural'commissioner has a “clneli" lend of
10.000 votes over his official colleagues, and
the rens4ius therefor are being variously dis
cussed nt the capitol. •
The vote for atnte house officers without
optMisItlou Is ns follows:
Comuilsaloner of Agriculture—T. G.
IJwlMon HU37
Attorney-General—John t\ Ilnrt 161.100
ttecretnry of State— l*hll Cook 160,110
State Treasurer—It. K. I’nrk ...160,624
Prison Commissioner—C. A. Evans. ...169,888
Chief Justice Supreme Court—W. 11.
Fish 161,607
Associate Justice Supreme Court—S.
C. Atkinson 163,470
Associate Justice Supreme Court—* ^
II. Lumpkin 156,800
United States Senator—A. O. Bn eon. .161,767
Comptroller-General Wright Is Ixdiig com
plimented on nil sides upon carrying every
one of the 145 counties over his competitor,
SUPERINTENDENTS HOLD
THEIR CLOSING SESSION
Tha last newton of the Rundny eehool _ the bestknown Hunday achool siiperiiiliud
«i|H>rlnteni1,'iite' rally, which hn» been In' ' ' “ “*
Hc.nl,hi nt Trinity church nlnce Monday,
won hold Wednesday morning.
Thin rally, which In thn Oral of tho nature
to lie held by the Mctbodlnt church In Geor
gia, him been under the nanplcci of Hit
North Georgia conference, end hnn liven n
■iicccni far exceeding tho hopes of tfeoeu
In ehnrge.
Prnfrenor II. M. Hamlll. I). !»., nuperln-
tvuilvnt of training work In the Southern
Mctbodlnt rhureh. hnn been the lending fig
ure In the meeting!, and there Imre been
here to n.nlnt him Hr. E. II. Chappell, of
N’nahvllle, Sunday achool editor of the
church; John It. Pnppnr, of Mcniphln. nud
J. llenjniuln Green, ot “
1 Opellkn, Ain., two of
ante In tic Southern states, .
The following wnn Hie program of tho
Wednesday morning session:
9:W a. in.—"The Synoptic Gonpcln,'
Hamlll.
9:30 a. m.—"The Siipcrintoudont'e Neccs-
anry Work:” in) "Outnlde the Sebool,” It.
M. ttnvlen; <b) “Inililr tha tk-bool," John
l>. Walker.
19:15 n. "Some N'eede of the Sunday
School," .1. It. Green.
Dlsct! salon.
11:00 n. in.—"A Standard Methodlnt Sun
day Seined." J. it. Pepper,
■■ —nation
11:45
-"Co-opera I
t," Dr. Hn
p. m.—Adjournment.
of Pnetor and
.cation of their
from all parte of tho houae. Walter
Grace, of Macon, had a hard proposi
tion when he tried to aecond the nomi
nation. The crowd had enough of
speeches and wanted the main ahow.
But he atruggled through tome five
mlnutea of It, then gave up.
General John Bard, of Augusta, came
to the front and tried to place General
fc. A. Evans In nomination for prlaon
commlaaloner, but the tumult waa an
great he had to give it up, and all the
atate houae ofilcera were almply de
clared nomlneea by reaolutlon.
Created Divareion.
A dlveraion was created at thla time
by the audden appearance In the center
of the stage of a ahlrt-aleeved farmer,
who said he waa there to aecond the
nomination of Hoke Smith on behalf
of the farmer. Hla wrinkled and toll-
worn face was burned a brfek-red by
summer auna, hla ahlrt waa opened
wide at the collar, and hla brogana
squeaked aa he slowly rocked back
wards and forward.
"Twiggs county—I'm a plain farmer
from there—didn't go for Hoke Smith
on account of a deal, but I've got a
right to second hla nomination any
how,” he began amidst shouts of
laughter. Then somebody led hint, pro
testing, off the stage. He said hts name
was J. A. Jeaup.
Hoke Smith came to the platform
and then the convention went tem
porarily Insane with enthusiasm. Mr.
Smith’s speech la printed In full else
where. It was some ten minutes past
5 o'clock before he began. Immediate
ly upon the conclusion of hla speech.
8. O. McLendon, of Thomaevllle, waa
declared the nominee for railroad com
missioner and the conventiorf adjourned
“that will be about enough,” cams' alne die.
YOUNG MAN KILLED
BY DEPUTY. SHERIFF
Hpeelnl to The Georgina.
I'olllun, Go., He pi. 5.—.tense Itraneh, a
young man, wns shot and killed through
mistake yesterday, near Gleurllle, by Dep
uty Sheriff K. C. Elmore, while trying
to arrest a negro.
Deputy Elmore, together with Branch
nud two other youug men, went to the
house of a negro to make nu arrest on a
warrant aworu out liy • Uraneli. Ehuore
plneed the three meu around the houae,
amt went to-the door and demanded the
i'gro to surrender..
The negro Irleil to escape through a win
dow. Both Elmore and Branch ran to
Hint end of the house, and each thinking
the other woo the negro, both mined their
pistols. Elmore tired, shouting Branch
through the breast.
ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT
BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala.; Sept. £.—The first
annual encampment of the Independ
ent Order of Odd Fellows will Hose
here tonight after having a most suc
cessful meeting. More than one hun
dred delegates are present and many
of the meetings have been public.
Nearly all of the seventy encampments
in the atate were represented.
The agitation Incident to the ap
pointment of the twenty-four addition
al county policemen In compliance with
a resolution adopted at a special meet;
lng of the county commissioners ten
days ago. la almost over—the success
ful men have been selected from the
300 applicants and the commissioner*
are now being called political schem
ers by those who didn’t get Jobs.
The applicants began to gather In
front of the court houae as early aa 7
o'clock Wednesday morning'and by the
time the commission met at 10 o’clock
more than 100 men were In the office
of that body and In front ot the build
ing.
Several who had filed their applica
tions withdrew them after they had
learned of the strenuous life they
would be subjected to If elected. The
probability of being called out at all
hours of the night and having to spend
a large part of the time In the stations
waa too much for them.
The lucky ones, aa selected by the
committee on roads and bridges and
reported by Chairman E. V. Carter, of
that committee, are: J. M. Carroll,
Adamavllle district; G. D. Pippin,
Hapevllle; M. C. Odum, Blackball; J.
o. Heard and W. F. Hubbard, Buck-
head; John Peacock and T. E. Camp,
Bryants; R. F. Jordan and H. C.
Buchanan, South Bend; I. C. Edwards
and T. W. Cofleld, Collins; W. H.
Dunn, Battle Hill; J. T. DAvIs, Edge-
wood; w. M. Burdette, Oak Grove:
J, C. McCrary, Peachtree: H. J. Huron,
East Point; S. S. Hathcock, College
Park; J. I- Gordon, VY. It. Johnson
and T. H. Whitfield, Cooks, and Asa
Eubanks, C, A. Robinson, P. W. Buntyn
and W. L. Hardy, of Atlanta.
For some time poet the force has had
no reserve men, but on recommenda
tion of the committee the following
were selected ae supemumerarlee to
take the places of regular men off duty:
J. W. McMurtrle, J. O. Donegan, D. S.
A. Davla, C. O. Corylll. J. W. Appling,
J. B. Pope. W. C. Chapalere, J. J.
Mitchell, E. T. Andrews, A. P. Powers,
R. H, Crockett. J. W. Bryant, Loul*
Connally, W. H. Price and John Har
rington.
Mr. Carter said to the newspaper
men present that the residence of an
applicant cut no figure whatever In
the selection of the force. The appli
cations were selected at random by the
committee, and aa each name was pro
posed It was voted on. Three votes
elected, but those who got leas than
that In the committee were thrown out.
The majority of the applicants got one
or two votes In the committee. The
report of the committee waa adopted
unanimously.
A meeting will be held Thursday
afternoon at £ o'clock to determine the
location of the three stations to which
the men will report. It la probable
that the date when the new members
of the farce are to report for duty will
also be selected at that time.
DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE
WILL MEET FRIDAY
Was Mistaken For a
Deer By W. A.
Cooks.
LOAD OF BUCKSHOT
FIRED INTO BODY
Despite Effort of Physicians
Wounds Will Probably
Prove Fatal.
Special to The Georgian.
McRae, Ga., Sept 5.—A hunting par
ty of prominent people of McRae and
vicinity wounded a deer near the Wool-
ena Mill, twenty mile* south of here
yesterday afternoon. In their excited
effort* to drive him from ap ond full
of thick brush where he had taken
reuge, F. E. Boyd pa*sed near W. A.
rook*, who mistook him In the bushe*
for tho deer, and fired a load of aaven-
teen buckshot Into him, all taking ef
fect. Dr. Burch was called at once
and. Dr. Born, of McRae, was later
called. Information says the wound*
will provo fatal. Bbyd haa a wife and
aeveral children.
W. A. Cook is a son of Hon. J. F.
Cook.
A hoBt of friends deeply deplore thl*
sad accident.
LA FOLLETTE'S
IS BADLY BEATEN
Davidson Wins Republican
Nomination by 30,000
Majority.
The Young Men’s Democratic
League of Fulton County has been
called to meet In the council chamber
on the top floor of the city hall Friday
evening, September 7, at 7:30 o’clock.
The occasion will be the annual elec
tion of officers, and It Is expected that
a large per cent of the membership of
the league will be In attendance.
The call has been sent out by Presl-
dent C. G. Hannah and Secretary F.
R. Mitchell.
By Private Leaned Wire.
Maillnon, Wlk, Sept. £.—Indications
are that Governor Davidson by 30,000
majority has won the Republican gu
bernatorial nomination from Irvine L.
Lenroot, of Superior, who was backed
by Senntor LaFollette.
Davidson Is serving out the unexplr-
ed term of Governor LaFollette, who
resigned to become United States sen
ator. LaFollette espoused the rause
of Speaker Lenroot on the ground thnt
I.enroot waa an able and stronger man
than Davidson. LaFollette made a
strong campaign' for Lenroot, making
many speeches a day. Both Davidson
and /.enroot /lave been ardent LaFol
lette men In the past.
The primaries so far as the Demo
crats nre concerned, indicate that Er
nest Merton, of Waukesha, one of the
candidates for governor, a newspaper
man of LnFollettee, and hla reforms,
did not run as well os expected.
John A. Aylward, of Madison, hla
opponont, had the safo majority ac
cording to latest returns.
CRIMES AGAINST GIRLS
ARE TO BE AVENGED
By Private L»a»od Wire.
Rome, N. Y„ SepL E.—As a result
of the publicity given to the investi
gation of the ciitnce that were commit
ted against girl pupils In the Central
New York Institution of Deaf Muteo,
It le declared there will be criminal
prosecutions.
Powerful Influences have been at
work to have tho affair dropped with,
the dismissal of alt the teachers and 1
employee* of tho Instltuttion, but now It
Is announced that all the evidence sub
mitted to District Attorney Willis, of
Oneida couny, will bo laid before the
grand Jury.
BOYS FLY WITH COAT
When A. II. Catlln, bookkeeper In tha
Union 8*rings bank, enme down to work
Wednesday morning, he hung hla coat In
the corridor, never thinking for nn In
stant hut that It would be perfectly safi*.
However, It caught the tjr* 9t t . mplo ( .f
negro hoys about sixteen years old, and
they grabbed It and made n break down
Edge wood avenue for Darktown.
fall Officer I.uck gave chose, but flu*
bold bandits eluded him. The coat lmd
$100 In bill* In the pockets, betide* two
round trip tickets from Atlanta to ( hi
eiigo.
The robbery was a very bold one. and
the police are making every effort to ap
prehend the culprits.
MAN WITH KNIFE SEEKS BRYAN
AND IS LOCKED IN A CELL
By Prlvatd Leased Wire.
Chicago, Sept. 6.—Samuel Browning, a gray haired man w
lived In Kentucky, startled the throng ot Bryan visitors In
of the Auditorium annex yesterday when he flourished a big
dashed toward the apartments reserved for the distinguished
tho upper floor of Ihe hotel, shouting:
”1 will knife every one of you."
For about twenty seconds he had hie right of. way clear, b
caught by a house detective who disarmed him. He was locke
charge of disorderly conduct.
The man had been around the hotel all day and had been pu
crnl times.