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THE ATLANTA GEORGIA N. Courtmartial of Prisoners >'ot Expected to Stop Killings. By GEORGE FRAZER. nv I'rlrntt* Leased Wire. St. Petersburg. Sept. 6.—:The police . ojessa have discovered a widespread revolutionary plot In Southern Russia tnd a number of the leaders In the plot have 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 m locating the munitions of tvar, but expect to. Papers seised Bhow that the Dlan contemplated simultaneous up risings In a dozen or more places. It tvas by flir thfl mo,t dangerous upris ing yet planned. The discovery was due to accident, papers being found on a man arrested on suspicion giving the Cl The action of the government In de elding to try the terrorists by summary court-martial, it Is believed, will not discourage assassinations. MEET SEPTEMBER 10 TO INVESTIGATE HOME After correspondence with the senate chairman of the Joint committee to In vcstlgate the Soldiers’ Rome, 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 healings will be open to the pub lic and will be held In the senate cham ber at the capitol. The makeup of the committee Is: Senators Adams, Blalock (35th), and Bunn: Representatives Mllllkln, of IVayne: Knight, of Berrien: Williams, of Laurens: Hall, pf Bibb: Rudlcll, of I'hattooga: Longley, of Troup, and Kel ly. of Glascock. The Investigation Is the result of a complaint sent by Inmates.of the home In 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 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. O0000O000O0000000000O00O0g 0 BAT NELSON STARTS a FOR 8AN FRANCISCO. 0 0 O 0 By Private Leased Wire. 0 Goldfield. Nev., Sept. 6.—Bat- 0 0 tltng Nelson Is all right. He left O O this place this morning for San 0 O Francisco. 0 0 0 A dispatch from New York O Thursday morning said news had 0 reached the office of Henry Clews 0 0 that Nelson was dead. 0 0000Q0Q0000000000000000000 CATTLE QUARANTINE LINE BEINGEXTENDEO Systematic Campaign in North Georgia Against Cow Tick. as mayor, so he refused to hold the election, not having the jurisdiction. After the election of Mr. KUpatrlck’i successor was postponed, the oppoal tlon 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 to* to vote for Mr. Kilpatrick and five who Intended voting for W. Z. Smith, connected with the water department In the capacity of Inspector tor some ten or twelve years. Several of the members of the board disappeared and held a caucus In the hall. Mr. 8mlth was told he was beat en. or something to that effect, and was promised the position of book keeper at 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 councllmen from the Fourth had not been cognisant of the slating, and that the whole matter should go over. During his remarks the mayor replaced Mr. Smith’s name tmong the candidates for secretary. Another Candidate Out. Now it is understood that things are being w hooped up In the Fourth. There 1* a candidate out for the place recent ly made vacant by Mr. Kilpatrick, re- signiil. Further, It I9 Stated that the new candidate has an exceptionally fine charm- of making good, as Mr. Welch has lived In the ward only six weeks.. It Is also stated that the flve commis sioners who were to vote for Mr. Smith are stui of the same mind and are not Mkely to he changed . Those for Kilpatrick are: Frank P. Klee, 1). X. McCullough, W. S. Dun- van and J. D. Turner. Those for Smith are: James Q. Woodward, J. H. Harwell, R. T. Pace, Thomas F, Stocks and Hugh Dorsey. The cattle quarantine line is being gradually extended lower year by year. This enables the North Georgia cattle rafsers to market their cattle on the hoof in more Northern markets. Assistant Agricultural Commissioner R. F. Wright, Dr. L. A. Klein and C. L. Willoughby, of the Georgia experi ment station, returned Thursday from a trip to Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin, White and Habersham counties, where they have been conducting a campaign ngalnst the "cow tick.” The object was to get those counties to conform to the national law, so that they would be put above the govern 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 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.. Hept. 6.—For seventeen minutes t<nlny the Iwnly of "Bud ’ Williams, a negro murderer, who killed Mamie Quiuey here. Jerked and swayed from the scaffold In the county Jail yard Iwfore he was pro nounced dead. • lie died harder than the uajorlty of prisoners who have been oxe- ,-nted here. Williams was a glnnt negro 6 feet 4 Inches nnd of muscular build. Ills companion In death, Cornell us Combs, another negro, sentenced to death for kill ing Lisale Hickson, died In fifteen minutes. Combs seemed to have much more nerve thmi his companion. lie walked to the scaffold alone, and smiled across the Jail yard at Sheriff Dickson, who pulled the tlrop. rr? ' r WILL BE BROKE! B1BIGJNCREASE More Constructive Work Is Going on Now Than Ever Before. ’’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 1100,000. 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. This esti mate Is conservative, as (luring the past eight months >400,000 has been the average amount put Into buildings, nnd to bring the present total up to >4,300.- 000 there would only have to be slight ly over >100,000 per month put In build- "ANTE BP" WITH SCHOOLTAX SHARE Legislature Got Around a ' Supreme Court De cision. The railroads will have to come across with their proportionate share of the tax money for local school dis tricts, where their lines run 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 got around the court’s Interference by having the recent legislature enact a law eliminating these objections, nnd 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 Ings until the end of the year. The next said school districts as fully and corn- four months are, as a usual thing, the pletely as Is the property of other THEFT OF $3,000,000 CHARGED TO CASHIER By Private Leased Wire. Buenos Ayres. 'Argentina, Sept. 6.— Upon request of the Russian legation, Brlk Wnhlonmr Ehrstrotn, a Finlander, has been arrested at Snnta Ann. The man Is accused of the embezzle- meat of $3,000,000 while acting as cashier 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 tactions Is headed by ex-Postmaater Dr. Pitt, of Florence, and the other faction ia headed by Ma jor Negiey, 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 ond separate delegatea to the congressional convention which met in Decatur. The Joke Is that the congressional convention was held In‘tills 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 Monday, after the convention waa all over, thinking that was the date of the convention. RUFFIN TOOK CHARGE OF NEGRO REVIVAL If all of the prisoners who come be fore Judge Andy Calhoun In the crlm Inal division of the city court would heed his advice fewer of them would get In the chain gang, even if they did atlll continue naughty. June Ruffin, black, was before the bar Thursday morning to try to con vince the court that he should not be punished for trying Jo 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 less to get drunk in the city. Don’t try. It in th© country any more. Thirty doliara or six months,” said Judge Andy. Jnck McKlbbona was given >50 and costs or eight months in two cases— one for cursing In the presence of ladles nnd 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 nnd grew very abusive, and finally bellicose. The moral of your case Is ’Don’t butt in,’ ’’ said Judge Calhoun. "It’ll go a lot harder with you when you get In trouble meddling with other folks’ nffnlrs 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.” SEA GIRT SHOOTERS Assistant Adjutant General Hrntt and tbo other tnemlxw of the Georgia Seagirt team are expected to return Monday. The Georgia boys nro not carrying off many laurels at the big shoot thl» year. Out of forty-one entries, they stand twenty-fourth. The Now Yorker* nre lend ing In the shoot. Just ns the New York Americans are In hnsehull. There was a time when the Georgia l»oya could shoot, hut that has boon so long ago that It has almost passed out of the memory of even the oldest Inhabitant. They carried off the prise once, hut not In the good year 1906. The Jerseyites sought to atenl It from them then, V* there In no fenr of a repetition of thL again soon, judging from the score this year. FOUR MEN SHOT BUT BY MISTAKE By Private Leased Wire. Albany, Ky.,»Sept. 6.—George Morrla won shot dead, John Buck fatally wounded and Orville Huddleston and Vlrgie 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 Clark, Roscoe Reagan and J. M. Gllllntlne. best building months of the year, _ It Is probable that the total for 1906 will be over $5,000,000. The number of buildings erected from month to month this year Is also out stripping the number last year. The following i« a table of 1906 show ing the Increase In amounts of money spent: “—1906- Month. Permits. Amount. January 240 $300,S08 February 211 March 292 April 305 May 363 June 310 July 335 August 375 Increase $157,093 170.091 107.318 214.541 140,45tf $2,530 $3,729,996 145.316 IM98.734 MRS, BAXTER M’KEE TO SEjKA DIVORCE “Most Beautiful Woman Ever Born in Tennessee” Will Break with Millionaire. Nashville, Sopt. 6.—Cornelia Baxter- Tevls McKee, "the most beautiful wom an ever bom in Tennessee,” wjll 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 ago. At that time she was courted by men of national prominence. McKee won, however, and society throughout the country believed the union waa a happy one. The beautiful young woman broke an engagement xvlth the Karl of Rosalyn to wed McKee. He had Just been divorced, and It was thought he would marry Mrs. Lawrence C. Phipps, of Pittsburg, who has also been through tho divorce mill. Mrs. McKee, who Is of the famous and rich Baxter family, also had been engaged to Gerald Hughes, a young lawyer. At a house party In her home in the Colorado mountains, sh? met Hugh Tevls. the richest young man In California, and he won her affections from young Hughes. They were mar ried a few days after the- othqr nup tials were to have been. celebrated. Tevls died in Japan while on his honey moon. pnratlons within such taxabte limits. The rolling stock, franchises and other personal property of said corpor ations shall be distributed to said 1 school districts on the same basis that rolling stock, franchises and other personal property are dlatrlbuted 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 Bald corporation, auch shall be the amount of rolling stock, franchises and other personal property to be distributed for taxing purposes lo each school district. THEN SHE'S BOBBED AND HOME IS FIRED Mrs. Grant Tells Cincinnati Police Remarkable Story. By Private Leased Wire. Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 6.—To the polfce, Mrs. Pearl Grunt, of Covington, today told a remarkable story. She said that she was net upon by thieves, hound, gagged nnd fobbed of $70 nnd put In n vacant lot. She wild that n man, woman nnd a hoy committed the deed. The robbers made their escape, after setting Are to her bonus which was burned to the ground. Mrs. Grant’s husband Is In the Philippines. JOE JOHNSON, JR„ LAN0S_$4,1II JOB Former Atlanta Man Named As Expert Accountant' in Stat istics Dept, of Gotham, IN CHURCH CASE MRS, GREGORY STILL SUFFERS FROM SHOCK Mrs. Gregory, who was so brutally choked 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 In the complete absence of any description of the negro the pollre have no clew to work on. The attack was so sudden In the dark that Mrs. Gregory was uneble 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. 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 the Cumberland general assembly In unit ing with the Northern Presbyterian church, which begap last Friday morn ing. closed at 6 p, m. Wednesday be fore Judge J..T. Pendleton, of the su perior court. The rase turns on the constitutional ity of the act of the Cumberland Pres byterian church In forming unlpn with the preebyterlnn Church. U. S, A., loet May. It wns fully argued. Since there are practically no Georgia decisions covering the Issues Involved, the de cisions of other states will have to be gone over and sifted before tho Judge renders his finding. This inny take & week or ten days. The lawyers hove been given a week in which to submit the|r final briefs. It Is certain that however the de cision of Judge Pendleton goes, an ap peal will be taken to the supreme court of Georgia. All recognize this and the Judge accordingly announced Wednes day that, pending such final action 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 for three hours for the p< ers He was followed by Judge John M. Gaut, of Nashville, who spoke for flva hours In support of the ,unlon. The opposition then had the argument 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 90 years has assumed the Implied right, 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 sembly and Presbyteries, acting to gether, to amend Its constitution. Bo that the church could have first amend ed then effected union In hurmony with the amendment, “two bites at the chewing,” as Judge Caldwell admitted But since the result Is the same and since the work would be done by the sovereign power of the church, the as sembly and the presbyteries, why do the work In two 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. Oeorge H. Mack, will go on with their work aq usual. Services next Sunday will be In charge of the opponents of the union. Joe -Johnson, Jr., formerly a well- known newspaper man of Atlanta, hut who has resided In New York for a number of years, has been appointed expert accountant In the department .»•* statistics In Gotham at a salary of $4,000 ti 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 fa mo through his connection as 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. HANGED HERSELF? FIRST TRIED KNIFE fly I’rlvnte Leased Wire. Buffalo, N. Y„ Sept. 6.—Friends nf Miss Sarah Crow found the body of the woman hanging from a beam In the cellar of her home on Pearl place this afternoon. A strip of canvas had been employed as a rope. On the ground lay a bread knife covered with blood and several gashes in the woman’s throat • showed that she had attempted to cut her throat before resorting to hanging. Miss Crow was released from the Buf falo state hospital September 1, as cured of mental derangement brought on by close application to work. EXPERT CRACKSMEN ‘ BLOW OPEN SAFE Ily Private Leased Wire. Buffalo, N\ Y., Sept. 6.—Expert cracksmen entered the offices of Hunt ington & Pinkc, extensive lumber deal ers, In Tonawanda street, early this morning and blew the safe to pieces 1 with a charge of nltro-glycerine. Nine- ; ty dollars In cash was secured. Val uable papers, representing several thousand dollars, were scattered about the r-joni. 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. 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. Vnc*eox«j.o rss*««r J**. J- / fDk / — CJL — SLc CMn-, ?>KL4J-, jIjL-o-C •***.<.iv . —V. /C ^ rt