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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MONDAY. OCTOBER 15, ISO,.
Harbor of Hong Kong
Literally Floating
Dead Bodies.
Hongkong. Oct. 15.—The estimate
today placed on the terrible toss of
life in the burning at her wharf of
the steamship Hankow makes the
number over 1,500. All the Americana
and Europeans were saved and about
fifty Chinese, who occupied quarters
above the steerage.
The harbor is literally floating with
the bodies of dead •Chinese who were
roasted alive or drowned.
Try to Scuttle Ship.
An effort was made to scuttle the
ship at the order of the captain", In or
der that the poor creatures might at
least be drowned Instead of being
burned to death. The cries could be
heard for two miles inland, and the
scene was witnessed by over 1,000 per
sons standing along the wharves. Gov
ernor Nathan, of the British quarter,
and his staff were there.
When the flames began to make
headway in the Hankow's lower decks
the Chinese were rendered mad and
fought each other IJJ<e demons. The
crew went down among them, but all
their efforts to assist the Chinamen to
escape or quiet them proved of no
avail.
Fears Are Entertained.
An investigation Into the cause of the
iire Is being made. It is believed that
Chinese opium smokers are responsible.
Part of the Hankow’s cargo was 500
bales of raw silk, 500 bales of raw
matting and 400 bales of waste silk, and
it Is thought that the Are was com
municated to this cargo from the
smokers. One report is that a runner
for a Chinese boarding house knocked
over a lantern as he came aboard the
ship.
Every attempt was made by the Are
department to quench the flames.' The
natives declare that the death of the
countrymen was a punishment for rid
ing on foreign vessels, and fears are
entertained tor the future of the Eng
lish trade and passenger business
along the river.
LEONARD WOOD SOUNDS
‘VELLOW PERIL’ WARNING
Says More Troops Are
Needed in Philip
pine Islands.
Wa«hln*ton, Oct. 15.—a note of
warning against possible trouble be-
tween this country anil Japan or China,
with the Philippine Islands a central
figure, has been sounded by Major
General Leonard Wood, commanding
the Philippine division of the army. In
his annual report, which has been sub-
nutted to the war department.
General Wood not only opposes the
reduction of the forces In the Islands,
but he asks for additional troops, par
ticularly cavalry,' and for more artll-
# ry \» He a, *° su Fgcsts that a number
or officers be sent to both. Japan and
China to learn those languages, as a
further preparation for possible trou
ble.
General Wood says nothing that
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would directly indicate that he thought
trouble was imminent, but It Is plain
by the report that he thinks it advis
able to keep the islands carefully safe
guarded, both against outside attack
and against the natives themselves.
The present force In the Islands would
be scarcely strong enough, It is said,
to defend the city of Manila alone
against a formidable attack by a well-
equipped and good-flghtlng force.
The total number of troops and
spouts In the islands June 30, at the
close of the year, covered by the re
port, was 20,043.
‘MORE SHOOTING NEEDED, ”
DECLARES JUDGE BROiLES
IN SEVERE ARRAIGNMENT
! AT THE THEATERS
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“On Parols” Tonight.
Certain attractive, features ofc the fe
male fashions of 1860-’65, which are
now being presented in the costumes
worn by the leading members of Louis
Kvffti Shipman’s new play,
"Gn Parole,’’ which Edward A. Bra
den’s company will produce at the
Grand tonight, Tuesday and Wednes
day. will give the"lAdles'of this city
an idea of flofriaTof the fashions of that
period which are being adopted tit the
present time. For instance, the small
oval-shaped hat worn well over the
eves, the method u>f dressing the hair,
which Is combed low over the ears and
fulls down the back, and the straight
front waists. *
This condition is brought about nat
urally. The actress knows that in or
der to succeed in her business she must
be attractive. So she busies herself
more than the women of any other pro
fession. studying all the artifices known
t * modern science to beautify herself.
No better set of models could have
been selected upon which to display
fashionable raiment than Edward A.
Braden’s company Jn “On Parole,’’
which is composed of Charlotte Walk
er Vincent Serrano. Frank E. Aiken,
.Morgan Coman, Frederick Forrester,
Scott Cooper, Francis X. Conlan,
Thomas P. Jackson, Fay Wheller, Hel
en Graham and Alethea Luce.
There will be a matinee of “On Pa
role" Wednesday.
^ “In Old Kentucky.”
Seldom does a play achieve the rec
ord that has fallen ;to the lot of that
stirring drama of the Blue Grass State,
In Old Kentucky,’* to appear Monday
night and all the week at the Bijou.
Produced originally in 1892,-lt has held
the boards continuously ever since, and
hold on the playgoer is remarkable,
h is always presented In capital style
by good ldayers, and with splendid
S'cnlc equipment, to which, nd doubt,
due some measure of its wonderful
success, but this does not account for Its
unusually long career before the pub-
lb Whatever Is the secret of Its stay
ing powers. It certainly has never lost
h** drawing powers in the slightest de-
sire. Last season was one of the most
successful It ever enjoyed.
“The Girl Patsy.”
The attraction at the Grand opera
nouse for Thursday and Friday nights,
with a special matinee Friday, will be
' 1 he Girl Patsy," a new four-act com*
»dv drama from the pen of Mrs. Jane
.Mauldin Felgl.
Life at an exclusive summer resort
mm New York is the theme of the
play, and the writer has composed a
drama, not with a moral, but a moral
id.t.v. Patsy, a girl of delightful per
sonality, poses half unwillingly In
woodland dell to a young city artist.
H*‘ comes to profane, but stays to
worship. This sylvan love afTalr
reaches other ears, of course, and as
artist has already a fiancee and
tun day is set for the wedding, eompll-
* H Hons follow. A crafty man servant
g**ts hold of the sketch-book ami show
it to the daughter of the house, the girl
Hie artist does not want to marry.
But the plotters and the French maid
••ver-reach themselves. The sketches
bad to Patsy’s recognition as the true
heiress. There Is a scene In act three,
in which the father, an old Judge, sees
the likeness between Patsy and his
dead wife. An elopement of the coach
man and the false heiress follows and
the road is cleared for the artist and
ms pretty model. All in all, it Is a good
pbty. without melodramatic effect,
without grotesque characterisation.
“We haven’t had enough shooting in
thi« town. The people seem to think
they can run over the police and the
law and we Have got to ehow them dif
ferently.”
This declaration was made Monday
morning in police court by Recorder
Broyles during the trial of S. R. Cock
rill, a neatly-dressed young white man,
a salesman for the Underwood Type
writer Company, who, with several
companions, is accused of assaulting
and beating Bicycle Policeman Pearson
Saturday night about 7 o’clock at
Peachtree and Walton streets.
During the hearing it developed that
H. E. Jockey and S. P. Rowland, two
other salesmen for the Underwood
Company, who were in the court room,
were with Cockrlll at the time of the
trouble and cases were also entered
against them. George McClain, another
salesman, who Is said to have partici
pated |n the row, was not. present and
Ills arrest was ordered.
Judge Broyles severely arraigned the
trio of young men, indignantly roast
ing them for their attack on the of
ficer, who, it was shown, was trying to
arrest Cockrlll for disorderly conduct.
Officer Attacked.
The evidence showed that Officer
Pearson was attacked by five or six
men and. roughly, handled. He stated
that he was standing • on the corner
waiting for a trolley car and heard
Cockrlll and another man quarreling.
He said he approached the men and
told them to desist, when Cockrlll be
came Impudent and declared Pearson
could nor arrest him.
The officer caught hold of Cockrlll.
ne said, and. In a struggle, the latter
fell to the sidewalk with the officer on
top. At this juncture another man
Jumped on Pearson's back and began
choking him, leaving several scratches
on his throat Pearson then raised up
with his assailant on his back ami
pulled his billle. As he did so, another
man wrenched the billle from his hand.
During the melee, Cockrlll is said to
have struck the officer a terrific blow other prisoners.’’
in the mouth. The crowd was surging
about him and Pearson drew his pistol,
striking Cockrlll on the head. He
finally succeeded In arresting Cockrlll
and another young man, but the latter
made his escape from another officer
while Pearson w/w subpenalng wit
nesses. *
The fight created considerable ex
citement and attracted a great crowd.
Judge Broyles Talks.
After hearing the evidence, Judge
Broyles, who was visibly Incensed at
the assault on the officer, made the
declaration that there has not been
enough shooting In Atlanta, remark
ing:
"I think this officer displayed re
markable composure under the circum
stances. He certainly had sufficient
provocation to shoot, and to shoot to
kill. If I were a policeman I wouldn’t
let a crowd of men knock me down and
abuse me In this way and get off at It.
I would certainly use my pistol. I
would shoot and would not cease firing
until every chamber In the pistol was
empty.
This cose is not merely a case of
man to man, but Involves the majesty
of the law. This officer represents the
law, and the assault on him was noth
ing short of outrageous. The people in
this town have got to respect and obey
the law. They seem to think they can
run over the police and the law, and
we have got to show tipem differently.
There has not been enough shooting in
this town anyway.” .
After his scathing reprimand, the re
corder fined Cockrlll 3100.75 and bound
him over to the state' courts under
31,000 bond on r the charge of assault
and battery. He also bound. Jockey
and Rowland over on the same charge
under bond of 3200 each. These two
men denied they took any part In the
difficulty further than to keep peace.
The defendants were represented by
Attorney Van A. Batchelor. The at
torney asked that the men not be lock
ed up pending the giving of bond, but
the recorder sent them Into the pris
oners’ room, remarking?
I will treat these men just like any
Fast Southern Freight Col
lides with Light Engine
in Carolina.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbia, S. C„ Oct.* 15.—As the re
suit of a wreck due to a head-on col
lision between fast freight No. 74 on
the Southern railroad and a light en
glne, at Winnsboro, yesterday morning,
three are dead and three are Injured.
It Is claimed that the wreck waa due
to the operator failing to deliver a train
order. The through freight, north
bound, left Columbia on lime and or
ders were given by the dispatcher here
showing that extra engine No. 1626.
south-bound, had the right of way of
the track to Winnsboro. The order was
never delivered to the crew of the
freight train, It Is claimed.
The following is a list of the dead
and Injured;
The Dead.
M. DIXON, white, conductor on
engine.
JAMES T. McPHERSON, JR., white,
fireman on engine.
HENRY PILE, white, engineer on
light engine.
The Injured.
James G. Price, white, engineer on
freight.
Charles D. Weir, wplte, brakeman
on freight.
Henry Oates, colored, fireman on
F
LOCKED IN TOWER
AFTER ESCAPING
Bud Pryor and Drewery Thomas,
the two negroes who Came near being
mobbed In Griffin Sunday, are both in
the Tower for safe-keeping, Pryor
having been brought through the coun
try from Griffin to Atlanta in an auto
mobile.
The auto, after making a flying trip,
rolled up in front of the big jail about
4 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Pryor
made the trip In custody of Chief of
Police Perry Phelps, of Griffin. Thom
as was .brought to the city Sunday
night about 8 o’clock on a Central rail
way passenger train.
The prisoners talk freely, but deny
they are guilty of the charges against
them. Both negroes were employed on
the plantation of A. W. Walker, near
Griffin.
ALLEGED SLAYER OF WIFE
BRANDS EVIDENCE AS FALSE
Dr. Brouwer Weeps
on Stand as He
Talks to Jury.
Toma River, N. J., Oct. 15.—After It
had aeemetl certain that the trial of Dr.
Frank Brouwer, accused of poisoning
his wife, would have to be delayed ow
ing to the serious Illness of Edmund
JVUxon, chief counsel for the defense;
Dr. John A. Marshall, hi. principal ex
pert, and two jurymen, John Cobf> and
Walter Bell, all of the men finally took
tbelr places, and the case was con
tinued- today with a physician In at
tendance, to care- for any of the men
who might become more seriously III.
By a strange coincidence both Dr.
Marshall and Attorney Wilson are Buf
feting from the very trouble they are
seeking to prove caused the death Of
Mrs. Brouwer—ptomaine poisoning.
Dr, Brouwer Testifies.
Dr. Frank Brouwer was suddenly
called ttf the witness stand In Ills own
defense today, and hi tjad only been
testifying a few minutes when the big
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physician broke down and gobbing,
cried ft) the Jury:
“Gentlemen. I have always been
truthful husbunu and good father to
my children. I had worked and tried
to get higher up In the world only for
their sake. It is a lie that I evei
looked to my wife for money; that I
p touched a penny of her little es
tate. The house we lived in is the
house I gave her and paid out of in>
own earnings.
“When Elizabeth Hyer stated that i
have ever said to my wife that I had
lost respect for her and wanted to dl
vorce her, she lied. When Benjamin
Hyer says I threatened to spike my
wife, he lies.”
The physician then broke down com
pletely and sobbed. Several men In the
court room also cried softly and for
five minutes court was unable to re
sutne.
SOUTHERN COAL DEALERS
MEE T IN A TLA NT A 7 UESDA Y
160 MINERS ENTOMBED;
19 BODIES RECOVERED
London, Oct. 15.—A terrible explo
sion Is reported from the coal mines
at Durham. The scene is the Wingate
colliery, and twelve men are known
to be dead. Eighty were made prison
ers In the shaft, and latest advices say
there is no hope of rescuing them.
Nineteen bodies have been recov
ered. The latest dispatches state that
there were 160 entombed In the mine.
WHOLE FAMIL Y SLAIN;
BODIES PUT IN CREEK
LEWIS GREGG VICTIM
OF POISONOUS INSECT
Beginning Tuesday and continuing
three days, the coal dealers of the
Southeastern states will meet In con-
entton In Atlanta.
This association was organized last
.ear, nnd lias-grown In membership
and Influence wonderfully. The-pur
pose of the organisation Is for pro
tection of dealers, and general co-oper
ation In the purchasing, distributing
and selling of coal:
Several Important matters will come
up during the session of three days. In
cluding freight rate* demurrage, short
weights, quality of coal and tile work
of the traveling representatives.
Invitations have been sent out to
000 dealers In the territory of the
association, who are not now piembers
A large percentage of those Invited are
expected to attend. A prominent out
of-tmvn visitor will ho Delsis Hull,
of Chicago. The officers of ill, asso
ciation are as follows:
Robert IV. Graves, president, Rome.
GV
W. F. Plane, secretary-treasurer, At
lanta, Ga.
Vice Presidents--For South Carolina.
A. G. Gower, Greenville; for, North
Cafollna, F. W. Weaver. Asheville; for
Alabama, W. F. Vandiver, Montgom
ery.
Numially Garment Factory
and Union Label In
a Mix-up. u ,
Stitch, Htltch, stitch—the folk
brought before the public by the im
mortal Hood are up In arms.
The stitch, stitch, stitch with its
monotonous rhythm was interrupted
Monday morning and some 200 mem
bers of the Garment Workers* Union,
local No. 20, gathered In the Federa
tion Hall, 14 1-2 Forsyth street.
Tlie session was something of ;in
indignation meeting. An attempt Is be
ing made to take the union label frmu
O. B. Nunnally, whose overall factory
occupies the lot at 41 East Mitchell
street.
The whys and wherefores are some
what hazy. President J. D. Stacks
of the local, said:
“I hardly understand the situation
myself. The advisory committee
threatened to take the union label
from the Nunnally factory, but I be
lieve it is a mistake, and that the mat
ter will be settled up In a few dn> i
In a. manner satisfactory to all con
cerned.”
By others It was stated that the
Marcus Loeb factory, 75 1-2 Soutli
Pryor street, was the prime mover.
When asked whether or not th*ro
was any accusation to the effect that
Nunnally was employing non-union !a-
< bor, he declared that there was not.
The meeting Monday morning had
its amusing features. It was execu
tive, as are all union meetings of the
kind, so exactly what happened can
not be stated. However, long befme
the meeting was called to order th»»
women and girls employed In the fac
tory wended their way to the third
floor of the building on Forsyth street.
Most of these were armed with bans
of c andy and packuges of chewing gum.
Out of the 200 employees of the Nun
nally factory, 160 are of the gentler
sex. These gathered on the Interim
of the hall, while the men clung to
the walls and stairs, content to hear
a distance the pandemonium.
Theie are In all some 500 members oZ
the local.
ROBERT W. GROVES.
Lewis Gregg, a well-known young
cartoonist of Atlanta, is confined to his
room because of inflammation in his4eg
resulting from the bite of an Insect
•several days ago. His condition Is not
serious, however, and his physician
says that he will be out again within
a few days.
Mr. Gregg was forced to remain In
his room all day Sunday, as the Inflam
mation has caused his leg to swell be
tween the ankle and knee. Little was
thought of the first appearance of
swelling, and the artist does not recall
when he was bitten. He had some fe
ver Sunday, but this has disappeared.
October’s Skaters’ Month.
Deaths and Funerals.
Houston, .Mo., Oct. 15.—A farmer
named Hamilton haa been arrested
charged with the murder of Barney
Parsons, a farmer, his wife and three
children, who were slain last Friday,
near Llcklnton. Hamilton Is said to
have confessed.
Parsons was shot and his head beat
en In. Mrs. Parsons was clubbed to
death, ns were the three children. The
five bodies were dumped Into a creek,
where they were found.
Threats of lynching have been made
and the prisoner lias been spirited away
by tin Hrnted guard.
NOTE FELL INTO HUSBAND'S HANDS
AND WRITER WAS SHOT TO DEATH
Special to The Georgian.
Sparks, t Ga„. Oct. 15.—Perry Nor
mans. a young farmer, living nine
miles west of here, shot and killed
awhile man najtted Hardwick Sunday
night. Hardwick wrote Normans' wife
a note Bsklng her to elope from a cane
patch. It Is stated, and the note fell In
Normfins' hands, with above results
WENT TO SEE THE -EXIT”
BUT IT COST FIFTY CENTS
EXIT.
"That’s one show I haven't saw-,”
said one of the men from Ball Ground
as he looked at the sign lacked up on
the comer of the administration build
ing at the state fair.
“Anil when l wanted to get hack on
the midway they charged me another
half a dollar.” was his plaint when he
was telling his troubles to Ills friends
later.
"And to think—he's a relative of
mine,” sniffed a listener to the tale of
woe.
Everybody Drinks.
••I knew- lots of folks look a dram
Will Retir, From Polities. <very once In a while, but one of these
15.—Aldermen hem feller, wha thollers ^rthe.ody-
Dlamukea and KIrven have announced pop place was ‘E 11 !" cUm!
■heir Intention to retire from city poll- what’s new to me, ‘ VlVt ' Thcrc whHc
bM at the end of their present terms, plalnant. I '\ a * n - pa '* J] very body
but their *.* u.iii.m tiiam I mm snd he yells out, ra\er>oMj>
!o remain _
their re-election If they consent to
run.
Gee! Skating’s Great.
friends ho|» to Iniluce them j ago and he yells out ;Ev*ry£d>-
In council and will guaran- drink..' Up to that^ time I had been
i# .u«.» ,...ns*iti *<> I pretty straight, but when I nenru inai
J thought I had Just as well get In the
game, so l borrowed John’s bottle.
Now, I’m drunk, but I’m one of every
body.
"Come on, le's go set- the pigs. Belch
er 15 cent* that hog from Cobb county
gets the blue ribbon.”
“ 'Spect she will—yoir ain't In good
condition,” remarked his "relative.”
50,000 PERSONS SEE
CORNER STONE LAID
New York, Oct. 15.—Surrounded by
more than 50,000 persons, including
prominent clergymen, the Right Rev.
Mr. P. J. McNamara, vicar general of
the diocese, yesterday laid the corner
stone of the Church of Ht. Ambrose.
Tompkins nnd DeKulb avenues, Brook
lyn, which Is to coat 1100,000.
Infant of J. A. Ray.
At 11 o’clock Sunday morning, the
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Ray. Martha Anne, died at the family
residence, 365 l.uckle street. The fu
neral took place at 2:30 o'clock Mon
day afternoon at the Payne Memorial
church, and the Interment takes place
at Hollywood. The father of the de
ceased Is nn engineer on the Western
and Atlantic railroad.
Mrs. Mary E. Adams.
Funeral services over the body of
Mrs. Mary K. Adams, who died at her
residence, I5H fourllaml street, Satur
day morning, were held there at 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Inter
ment took place at Oakland,
Wasloy E. Reeder.
The funeral of Wesley K. Reeder,
aged 3 years, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Reeder, of 4J2 Simpson street,
takes place Monday at 3 o’clock, with
the Interment at Oakland. The child
died at noon Sunday.
Mrs. C. W. Garrstt.
Mrs. ('. W. Garrett, aged 77, died
Sunday morning at 3 o'clock at the res
idence, 126 Fraser street. The funeral
services were announced for 2 o’clock
Monday afternoon and the Interment
III take place at Oakland.
Obsdiah Spinks.
The body of obedlah Spinks was In
terred at Hollywood cemetery Monday
morning, the funeral having taken
place at the residence of' his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Spinks, at. River
side, at 10:30 o’clock. Mr. Spinks was
3S years old.
Danisl C. Knox.
The funeral of Daniel Knox, who
was killed Friday morning last by it
railway train at the Moore street
-rosslng. whs conducted Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the Hollywood
chapel. The deceased lived near Hol
lywood.
William Camp.
The funeral of William Camp, a res
ident of Atlanta, and who died In Boa*.
Ala.. Friday nmrnlng. was held at the
famllv residence Monday morning. Ill
East Pine. The Interment took place
at Westvlew.
STARTS ELEPHANT RANCH
ON PRAIRIE OF TEXAS
Valentine. Texas. Oct. 15.—The first shipment of elephants which are
to Stock a large elephant ranch established near here by J. P. Adatns anti
associates, of New York, 'arrived today. There are five elephants In the
first shipment. Ollier shipments will he received In a few weeks, until
the ranch Is stocked. It Is said to be the first experiment of breeding ele
phants on a large scale In this country.
PA yS FINES OF PRISONERS
T O GET COT TON PICKERS
Fort Worth, Texan, Oct. 15.—It re
mained for A. T. Brown, of Muskogee,
I. T„ to solve the scarcity of cotton
pickers’ |7roblein. He walked Into local
police headquarters and surprised the
court by offering to pay all fines of the
persons to put them at work In the cot
ton fields. The unusual proposition
was snapped up, and after Brown paid
3250 in fines, twenty-five" prisoners
were turned loose, emptying the Jail.
They rejoiced In their freedom, not
withstanding the fact that they were
hurried to gather crops under a blazing
sun.
BALLOONS ARE TO RACE
FROM PITTSFIELD, MASS.
v.w York Oct 15—A report comes. Three of the cars expected to enter
from”Pittsfield Mass., today that a are; L’Orlent, Centaur nmJ Nirvana,
bal’hlon race will he hrid In this coun- of the A-ro Glut;. The last named Is
trv this we«k It will be between cats owned by Dr. Julian P. Thomas, a phy-
of the Aero <’lut> of America and prob- Melon this city, hut formerly of At-
ably will he alurted Saturday. 1 lanta, Ga.
TO TAKE ACTION
With breath abated, the local me
chanics await the decision to be
reached at the joint-meeting of Urn
International Association of Mechanics
and the Southern railway officials, t*>
be held In Washington Wednesday at
noon. Until the committee meets, ther*
will be no change In the machinists*
strike, which Is affecting the Southern
railway system us well as the mechan
ics to a marked extent.
The belief and the hope of both the
interested factions Is that a speedy set
tlement of the strike will be the out
come of the committee meeting, and
for that reason the meeting will be one
of great Importance.
A. McGllllviay, president of. plsti i< t
So. 4, passed through Atlanta Monday
morning on his way to Washington,
where he will preside over the adviso
ry committee. Mr. McGililvray has his
headquarter* at Birmingham. He was
In Atlanta only a few hours. When
seen he stated that he could not fore
cast the action of the committee.
At the usual hour Monday morning
the member*.of the Atlanta local gath
ered In the Federation of Labor hall
and talked over the situation in ;«n
unofficial manner. These meetings will
be held from day to day until the walk
out is settled. The principal object of
the meetings is to keep In touch with
the men and to properly distribute t lie
benefits.
The delegate* from Atlanta to the
ommlttee meeting left the city Sunday
afternoon. The committee will be prac
tically the same as that which held ses-
ston previous to the walk-out.
DISARMED OFFICER
SHOT THREE TIMES
BY DESPERATE NEGRO
Mpnlal tu Tlu- Georgian.
Wayne-born, Ga., Oct. 15.—Yeaterilay
afternoon quite a nerloua ahootlng oc
curred at Antioch, a negro church 1J
mile, from the city. The negroex were
having a big nxnoclatlon meeting nnd
about a thousand were In attendance.
Maglntrnte Hendernon, of the Klghth
district, was asked to furnish several
deputies to keep order, and S. K. Dink
ins. the bailiff, deputised several other
men to assist. During the meeting Jeff
Major, u negro, cursed and nbused
Waynesboro negroes who were there,
but was finally persuaded to leave. He
returned with two other negroes and
shot Jim laivelt In the leg twice. Dink
Ins ordered the negro to halt. The ne
gro halted ami got near enough to
Dinkins to Jerk his Winchester front
his hand, and not being able to use the
line, shot Dinkins with a pistol three
times. The wounds are only flesh one*
nnd not serious.
The other deputies came up anil pur
sued the negro, exchanging shots.
NEGRO CONVENTION
SCENE OF WILD 8HOOTING.
Hpeelst to The Georgian.
Covington, Ga., Oct. 15.—At Alcove
yesterday a ahootlng affair was In
dulged in by a half dozen negroes who
were present at a big convention among
the negroes. Ike Floyd and Will Rose-
berry are seriously wounded. They are
now In Jail.
on Saturday night nnnthcr shooting
took place at another quarter near the
FROM BURNS AFTER
GREAT SUFFERING
Mr*. W. H. Long, 81 year* ohl, died
from the effect* of a flightful burn on
Hunday night at 9 o’clock at the resi
dence of her daughter, Mr*. Barah Tay
lor, 451 North Jack*on street.
Mr*. Long, an Invalid, had been
placed in bed at 3 o’clock in the after
noon by her daughter and left alone In
the iip*talr* room. The piercing
scream* which Mr*. Taylor heard from
her loner room were taken to be
laughter in a next-door residence. On
the second.scream, Mr*. Taylor ran to
her mother’* room, where she fount!
her body enveloped In flame*. Help
wa* secured and the flame* extin
guished. but the four phy*iclan*
were called, found her condition too
serious for recovery. Her paralyzed
arm waa severely burned, a* were her
hands ami limb*.
It I* not known Ju*t how Mr*. Long
had been set on fire. The conjecture
I* that she had got out of bed. gone to
the mantelpiece for *omething and,
while standing there, her clothe* be
came ignited from the grate.
Mr*. laong w*h the widow of the lute
Colonel W, II. I»ng and 1* survived
by two son*, W. H. Ioong and Judge H.
L. Long, lad It prominent citizens ot
loeesburg, Ga., ami her daughter, Mr*.
Taylor, of Atlanta.
KILLED BY TRAIN
Struck by Engine at Hope-
dale anil Dies at
Hospital. , i
limit* of the town, resulting in B!a*
Blalock being seriously Injured. He
wa* arrested. Both rows ure attrib
uted to whisky.
An unknown man wa* struck by ah
Incoming Southern railway train at
Ilopedale. Just beyond the Chattahoo-
hee River, at noon Monday, and fa
tally crushed. He wa* brought to At?
lanta and sent to the Grady hospital,
where he died In a short time. He ha*
not been Identified.
GOMPERS TO SPEAK
AGAINST LABOR’S FOES
Washington,. Oct. 15.—8amue! Gom-
j»ers, president of the American Feder
ation of Labor, has started on his «•«•-
ond campaign tour and may continue
on the stump from now till election day.
Tonight he speaks at Bridgeport, Conn ,
under the auspices of the Central La
bor Union of that city.
Hi* speech has been extensively ad
vertised-and It Is believed t he will ha\#»
a large audience. The bulk of the vote
In Bridgeport Is cast by organizedla-
bor. «f4UI
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