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T11L ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WIDESPREAD PLOT Of THE TERRORISTS FOUND BY POLICE Courtmartml of Prisoners Xot Expected to Stop Killings. By GEORGE FRAZER. n r rrlrate Ij«I Wire. St. Petersburg. Sept. fl.—The police 0 ( Odessa have discovered a widespread revolutionary plot In Southern Russia 8n j a number of the leaders In the plot hove been arrested. The Revolu tionists had by some means Secured a large quantity of arms and ammuni tion, Including several machine guns. The police have not as yet succeeded In locating the munitions of war, but expect to. Papers seized show that the „l-n contemplated simultaneous up risings In a dozen or more places. It tvas by far the most dangerous upris ing vet planned. The discovery was due to accident, papers being found on 0 man arrested on suspicion giving the c *The action of the government In de riding to try the terrorists by summary court-martial, It Is believed, will not discourage assassinations. MEET SEPTEMBER II TO INVESTIGATE HOME After correspondence with the senate chairman of the Joint committee to In vestigate the Soldiers’ Home, Chairman Mlllkln. of Wayne, has called In his former date for the hearing, September IS, and has named September 10 as the date for the investigation to begin. The hearings will be open to the pub lic and will be held In the senate cham ber at the eapltol. The makeup of the committee Is: Senators Adams, Blalock (35th), and Bunn: Representatives Mllllkln, of Wayne: Knight, of Berrien: Williams, of i,aurens: Hall, of Bibb; Rudlcil, of Chattooga; Longley, of Troup, and Kel ly. of Glascock. The Investigation Is the result of a complaint sent by inmates of the home to members of the legislature, fol lowed by the fiery denunciation of Rep resentative Williams, of Laurens, and the resolution calling for the probing. PRETTY SLATE BURST AT THE CITY HALL Continued from Page One. UNITED STATES ARMY TRANSPORT SHERIDAN WHICH RAN ON A DANGEROUS CORAL REEF L BE BY 010 INCREASE More Constructive Work Is Going on Now Than Ever Before. At the top Is a picture of the United States army transport Sheridan, which recently went ashore on one of the Hawaiian Is lands with sixty-three men aboard, and was for hours beyond reach of rescuers. Below is a diagram show ing where the Sheridan was In a dangerous position on a coral reef off Barber’s Point, near Honolulu. 00000Q0000000000000&W^ 0 BAT NELSON STARTS 0 FOR SAN FRANCISCO, O O By Private Leased Wire. 0 Goldfield, Nev., Sept. 6.—Bat- O 0 tllng Nelson Is all right. He left 0 0 Francisco. O 0 A dispatch from O that Nelson was dead. 0 CUTTLE QUARANTINE Systematic Campaign i North Georgia Against Cow Tick. as mayor, so he refused to hold the election,, not haying the Jurisdiction. After the election of Mr. Kilpatrick’s surressnr was postponed, the opposi tion got busy again. There was a good deal of explaining. Wednesday after noon. after the water board had con vened, and the commissioners had been sounded, it was discovered that there were four commissioners who were go ing to vote for Mr. Kilpatrick and five who Intended voting for W. Z. Smith, connected with the water department in the capacity of inspector for some ten or twelve years. Several of the members of the board disappeared and held a caucus in the hall. Mr. Smith was told he was beat en, or something to that effect, and was promised the position of book keeper nt the Hemphill station If he would withdraw his name. His name was withdrawn, and he explained his reason. Mr. Kilpatrick asked that the election be deferred until the next ses sion of the water board. This was done. Mayor Woodward following Mr. Har well, made a short speech on the sub ject. He stated that the people of the Fourth ward had not been consulted In the matter; that the counctlmen from the Fourth had not been cognizant pf the slating, and that the whole matter should go over. During his remarks the mayor replaced Mr. Smith's name •mong the candidates for secretary. Another Candidate Out. Now it is understood that things are being whooped up In the Fourth. There 1* a candidate out for the place recent ly made vacant by Mr. Kilpatrick, re signed. Further, It Is stated that the new candidate has an exceptionally fine chance of making good, as Mr. Welch has lived in the ward only six weeks. It Is also stated that the five commis sioners who were to vote for Mr. Smith arr still of the same mind and are not likely to be changed . Those for Kilpatrick are: Frank P. nice, I). N\ McCullough, W. S. Dun can and J. D. Turner. Those for Smith are: James G. Woodward, J. H. Harwell, R. T. Pace, Thomas F. Stocks and Hugh Dorsey. hoof In more Northern markets. L. Willoughby, of the Georgia experl* against the “cow tick.’’ ment quarantine line. This line follows closely along the Blue Ridge mountain ranges. In those counties below or south of that line, cattle can not be driven across 9 the line, and they must find a market south of It, practically confining the cattle raisers of that section to Georgia terri tory to market their beeves. This law was passed to prevent the spread of the “tick,” which Is very destructive to cattle. The government has appropriated $65,000 to stamp out this pest In these mountain counties along this range. TOOK 17 MINUTES TO KILL NEGRO By Private Leased Wire. Pittsburg. Pa., Kept. For seventeen dilutes today the body of “Bud’’ Williams, negro murderer, who killed Maude Quincy here. Jerked mid swayed from the scaffold In the county Jail yard before he was pro- tiotinced dead, lie died harder than the majority of prisoners who have been exe cuted here. Williams was a giant negro 6 fed 4 Inches and of iitusciiliii' build. Ills companion In death, t'ornellns Combs, ..nother negro, sentenced to death for kill ing Lizzie Hickson, died In fifteen minutes. Combs seemed to have much more nerve than Ids companion. He walked to the scaffold nlone. and smiled across the jail yard at Sheriff Dickson, who pulled the drop. “In the cost of buildings erected this year we will surpass all previous rec ords. not even barring 1904, when the Candler building and the Terminal sta tion were erected,” F. A. Pittman, city building Inspector, said Thursday morning. “The remarkable part of It is that so far we have surpassed every month in the sum of money spent on building, the corresponding month of 1905 by over $100,000, and with the exception of the Louisville and Nash ville railroad freight sheds, there have been no buildings costing over $100,000. The increase Is a steady growth of substantial buildings.” The record heretofore was made In 1904, when $4,213,446 was expended on buildings. Mr. Pittman states that this year It will reach $4,500,000. Thlfc esti mate Is conservative, as during the past eight months $400,000 has been the average amount put into buildings, and to bring the present total up to $4,500,- 000 there would only have to be slight ly over $100,000 per month put In build ings until the end of the year. The next four months are, as a usual thing, the best building months of the year, so It Is probable that the total for 1906 will be over $6,000,000. The number of buildings erected from month to month this year Is also out stripping the number last year. The following Is a table of 1906 show ing the Increase In amounts of money spent: -1906- Month. Permits. Amount. January 240 February. I "ANTE UP" WITH SCHOOL TAI SHARE Legislature Got A round a Supreme Court De- THEFT OF $3,000,000 CHARGED TO CASHIER By Private Leased Wire. Buenos Ayres, Argentina, Kept. 6.— Upon request of tire Russian legation, Krlk WnlUotnar Kbrstroiu, u Finlander, has been arrested nt Knnta Ann. The lunu is accused of the eml>ezzle- went of $3,000,000 while noting as cashier of a big corjKtrntlon. The prisoner protests his Isuocence. FACTIONS ENGAGE IN QUARREL AND FORGET CONVENTION DATE Special to The Georgian Decatur. Ala., Sept. 6.—A good po litical Joke is on the Republican lead ers of Lauderdale county. In that county there are two factions of . that party. One of these factions Is headed by ex-Postmaster Dr. Pitt, of Florence, and the other faction fs headed by Ma jor Negley, the present postmaster, who defeated Dr. Pitt for reappoint ment. A few days ago these two fac tions held meetings and each faction elected separate county executive com mittees and separate delegates to the congressional convention which met in Decatur. The Joke is that the congressional convention wqs held In .this city last Saturday. These two factions were so busy In their quarrel that they forgot the date of the Decatur convention, and as a result did not attend the meeting here Saturday, but came here on Mopday, after the convention was all over, thinking that was the date of the convention. RUFFIN TOOK CHARGE OF NEGRO REVIVAL SEA GIRT SHOOTERS ' RETURN ON MONDAY . .241 . .292 April 305 May 363 June 319 July 335 August 375 $300,808 301.549 531.025 500,070 549,197 675,217 472,6S6 399,444 Increase $157,093 170.691 162,318 244.541 140,458 285.428 187.885 145.316 $2,530 $3,729,996 *$1,498,734 If all of the prisoners who come be fore Judge Andy Calhoun In the crim inal division of the city court would heed his advice fewer of them would get in the chain gang, even If they did still continue naughty. June Ruffin, black, was before the bar Thursday morning to try to con vlnce the court that he should not be punished for trying to take charge of a negro meeting, while filled up. with bad whisky. He had been Just drunk enough to give the parson and sisters a treat on profane talk. “June, it costs leso to get drunk in the city. Don’t try It in the country any more. Thirty dollars or six months,” said.Judge Andy. Jack McKlbbons was given $50 and costs or eight months In two cases— one for cursing In the presence of ladies and the other for assault and battery. He took up the argument on a South Pryor and Federal Prison street car conductor was having with' another ne gro and grew' very abusive, and finally bellicose. The moral of your case Is* ’Don’t butt In,”’ said Judge Calhoun. "Itil go a lot harder with you when you get In trouble meddling with other folks' affairs than when you are attending to your own business. Your actions show that you were going around trying to find trouble. You found It. Fifty and costs or eight months.” Assistant Adjutant General Koott and the other members of the Georgia Seagirt team are expected to return Monday. The Georgia boys are not carrying off ninny laurels nt tlie big shoot this year. Out of forty-one entries, they stand twenty-fourth. The New Yorkers are lead ing In the shoot. Just ns the New York In the good year 1906. The Jerseyltt sought to steal It from them theu. \yt there Is no fear of a repetition of this again soou. Judging from the score this year. FOUR MEN SHOT BUT BY MISTAKE MRS. BAXTER M'KEE TO SEEKJ DIVORCE 'Most Beautiful Woman Ever Born in Tennessee” Will Break with Millionaire. Nashville,(Sept. 6.—Cornelia Baxter- )vls McKee, “the most beautiful wom- 1 over born In Tennessee,” will sep arate from her husband, A. Hart Mc Kee, according to dispatches received here from Paris. McKee, the million aire, who has divided his time and his business between New York and Pitts burg, married her less than a year and a half ngo. At thnt time she was ourted by men of national prominence. rlcKee won, however, and society hroughout the country believed the inlon was a happy one. The beautiful young woman broke an Mrs. McKee, who Is of the famous and rich Baxter family, 1 also had been engaged to Gerald Hughes, a young lawyer. At a house party In her home In the Colorado mountains, she met Hugh Tevls, the richest young man In California, und he won her affections from yount Hughes. They were mar ried a few-’day* after, the other nup tials were to have been celebrated. Tevls died In Japan while on his honey moon. By Private l.enscd Wire. Albany, Ky„ 8ept. 6.—George Morris Wat shot dead, John Buck fatally wounded and Orville Huddleston and Vlrgle Beatty hurt as a result of a fight In Pickett county, Tennessee, about three miles from Byrdsvllle. The shooting, it Is said, was the result of a mistake, the men attacked being taken for other persons. Although no ar rests have been made, It Is said' the shooting was done by Luther (.'lark, Roacoe Reagan and J. M. Gllllnttnr. MRS. GREGORY STILL SUFEERS FROM SHOCK Mrs. Gregory, who was so brutally choker] by an unknown negro in the rear of her home, 193 Whitehall street. Tuesday .evening, was able to be about the house Thursday, though still suf fering from the terrible nervous shock. Owing to the complete absence of any description of the negro the police have no clew to work on. The attack was so suddety In the dark that‘Mrs. Gregory was unable to furnish any de scription other than It was a negro. When frightened away by Mrs. Greg ory’s screams and the cries of neigh bors, the negro hurled his victim al most ten feet, stunning her severely. The railroads will have to come across with their proportionate share of the tax money for local school dis tricts, where their lines rton through such districts, and that, too, notwith standing a former supreme court de cision that relieved them of this tax. For, the school adherents stole a march on the men of the rail and tie, and get around the court’s Interference by having the recent legislature enact a law eliminating these objections, and now the railroads must “ante up,” Just like any ordinary tax-payer. The educational department of the state Is sending out the amended law, which provides that all property, both real and personal, Including franchises, belonging to railroads, telegraph and telephone companies, and to all other corporations which are now required to make their returns to the comptroller general of this state, which Is In the taxable limit of any school district, shall be made subject to taxation by said school districts as fully and com pletely as Is the property of other cor porations within such taxable limits. The rolling stock, franchises and other personal property of said corpor ations shall be distributed to said school districts on the same basis that rolling stock, franchises and other personal property are distributed to counties and municipalities under the law; that Is, as the value of. the prop erty located In the particular district Is to the whole located property, real and personal of said corporation, such shall be the amount of rolling stock, franchises and other personal property to be distributed for taxing purposes lo each school district. IREN SHE'S ROBBED E Mrs. Grant Tells Cincinnati Police Remarkable Story. ‘ By Private Leased Wire. Cincinnati, dhld, Kept. 6.—To the police, Mrs. Pearl Grant, of Covlugton, today told a remarkable story. She said that she was set upon by thieves, bound, gagged and robbed of $70 and put In a vacant lot. She said that a man, woman and a boy committed the deed. The robbers made their escape, after setting fire to her home, which was burned to the ground. Mrs. Grant's husband is In the Philippines. JOE JOHNSON, JR„ LANDS_$4,000 JOE Former Atlanta Man Named As Expert Accountant in Stat istics Dent, of Gotham. IN CHURCH CASE To determine who shall worship In the First Cumberland Presbyterian church is now up to Judge Pendleton In the superior court. The argument on the petition of certain members to prevent the pastor, George H. Mack, and the majority of the membership from abiding by the action of tho Cumberland general assembly In unit ing with the Northern Presbyterian church, which began last Friday morn ing, closed at 6 p. m. Wednesday be fore Judge J. T. Pendleton, of the su perior court. The case turns on the constitutional Ity of the act of the Cumberland Pres byterlan church In forming union with the presbyterlan Church, U. 8. A., last May. It was fully argued. Blnce there are practically no Georgia declslpns covering the issues Involved, the de cisions of other states will have to be gone over and sifted before the Judge renders his finding. This may take a week or ten days. The lawyers have been given a week In which to submit their filial briefs. It Is certain that however the de cision of Judge Pendleton goes, an ftp pent will be taken to the supreme court of Georgia. All recognize this and the Judge accordingly announced Wednes day that, pending such final actldn of the supreme court, both parties Will have free use of the local church house. This will probably be for three or four months. The two sides of the contention were ably defended. E. M. Underwood spoke for three hours for the petition ers. He was followed by Judge John M. Gaut, of Nashville, who spoke for five hours In support of the union. The opposition then had the aVgument of Judge W. C. Caldwell, of Trenton, Tenn., for seven and a half hours. The Issue In a nutshell seems to be this: Though the church for »o years has assumed the -Implied fight, there Is no express provision in the consti tution of the Cumberland church to form a union by which It gives up Its name and creed. It does allow the as- eembly and Presbyteries, acting to gether, to amend Its constitution. 80 that the church could have first amend ed then effected union In harmony with the amendment, “two bttes at the chewing,” as Judge Caldwell admitted But since the result Is the same and since the work would be done by tho sovereign power of the church, the as- eembty and the presbyteries, why do the work in twp acts when It can be done In one, urge the unionists.’ It Is needless red tape, they say. The union party of the local church with their pastor, Rev. George H. Mack, will go on with their work as usual. Services next Sunday will he In charge of the opponente of the union. Joe Johnson. Jr., formerly a well- known newspaper man of Atlanta, but who has resided In New York for a number of years, has been appointed expert accountant In tho depnrtment or statistics In Gotham at a salary of $4,0(10 a year. The appointment is not a political one, but Controller Metz named Mr. Johnson for the place through per sonal friendship and because of the ex-Atlantan's ability to attend to the duties. Mr. Johnson has been In the lime light quite a deal since he went to New York. He won considerable fame through his connection ns the Big Gun In the Acorns, a political organization that exerted no little Influence while it existed. Afterwards he became man ager of the subway saloon, opened by Bishop Potter, which didn't stand the test and finally went down and out. Atlanta friends of Mr. Johnson will be pleased to hear of his appointment to so Important a position In the me tropolis. He HERSELF; FIRST TRIED KIIFE By Private Leased Wire. Buffalo, N. Y„ Sept. 6.—Friends of Miss Sarah Crow found the body of the woman hanging from a beam In the cellar of her home on Pearl place this aftsmoon. A strip of canvas had been employed ns a rope. On tho ground lay a bread knife covered wltH blood and several gashes In the woman's throat showed thnt she had attempted to cut her throat before resorting to hanging. Miss Crow was released from the Buf falo stato hospital September 1, as cured of mental derangement brought on by close application to work. EXPERT CRACKSMEN BLOW OPEN SAFE By Private Leased Wire. ■Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 6.—Expert cracksmen entered the offices of Hunt ington A Flnke, extensive lumber deal ers, In Tonawanda street, early this morning and blew the safe to pieces with a charge of nltro-glycertne. Nine ty dollars in cash was secured. Val uable papers, representing several thousand dollars, were scattered about the room. The robbers escaped. WANTED—A MAN WHO IS WILLING TO INVEST $1,000 IN LEGITIMATE ADVERTISING PROPO SITION. ADDRESS T. H. ENNIS, CARE OF THE GEORGIAN. TOO MANY REPLIES TO GEORGIAN ADY. I . • I One week ago Prof. Gardner of the Donald Fraser School gave us an advertisement to run till his school opens Sept. 13th, he said he had room for 8 more boys. Read his letter written 10 days before he expected to open. VMt‘DON«+o ruitr Mf*. j./ fto la**— , ; — 2fir ,7/v- ^ *‘*’2 (A