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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Monday October i:., iw«. SAFETY IN BUYING A PIANO / “The firm, Phillips & Crew, was established iu 1865, has a capital of $92,000, and is one of the best equipped music houses iu the South.’’—At lanta Journal. The Christian World says, “A ten-year old girl can buy a piano or organ from Phillips & Crew Co. as secure from imposition as the most, perfect musician in the world.” Phillips & Crew Co., 37 and 39 Peachtree street, have sold Pi&uos in all the,Southern states during the past forty years, recently selling a Kuabe Grand Piano to go to Paris, France. We sell pianos on easy terms when desired. Our stock is very large and at prices to suit all purees. Square Pianos, $25 to . .$75.00 A New Upright Piano (5 oct) $100.00 A New Upright Piano (6 1-3 oct) $150.00 A New Upright Piano (7 1-3 oct) $200.00 A New Upright Piano (7 1-3 oct) $215.00 A New Upright Piano (7 1-3 oct) $225.00 A New Upright Piano (7 1-3 oct) $250.00 A New Upright Piano (7 1-3 oct) $270.00 A New Upright Piano (7 1-3 oct) $292.50 A New Upright Piano (7 1-3 oct) $315.00 A New Upright Piano' (7 1-3 oct) , $337.50 A New Fischer Uprihgt Piano $360.00 A New Hardman Piano ; .$387.50 A New Weber Piano $450.00 A New Knabe Piano $450.00 A New Steinway Piano $500.00 Send for catalogue .of any priced piano. We are agents for pianola Pianos, Metrostlye Pianos A few second-hand Pianos, Upright, Grand and Square,, at bargain prices. Address Phillips 6 Crew Company, , ✓ ATLANTA ‘AT THE FAIR’ X home comers and pleasure seekers are welcome at our exhibit, Just Inside of the m»ln gate entrance at the Fair ground, whero our representative will take pleasure In explaining to you the mer its of VULCANITE Rootling. Do not fall to come and see us and register your name. See that this Stal is on ATLANTA SUPPLY C0„ SOLE STATE AQENT8 FOR GEORGIA. 29-31 South Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Ga. J. C. GREENFIELD. Pres. C. A. PEEK, Sec'y. Of AT THE AGE OF 101 Special to The Georgian. Anniston, Ala., Oct. 19.—Mrs. Elisa beth Tillery, the oldest cltlsen of Cal houn county, and as far as known the oldest resident of Alabama,' died at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of her son-in-law, J. F.Todd. 5 Noble street. In the we hundred and seventh year of her age. She was the mother "f eight children, three of whom sur vive. She retained her faculties In full until her last Illness. She was a lady of unusually strong vitality, never hav ing been ill until recently, when old age caused her decline. The children who survive nre Frink Tillery, of this city; 3 ■ F. Tillery, of Birmingham, nnd Mrs. I'arollne Todd, of this city. Ths fu neral services were held yeeterday from the home and the body was buried id vidgemont cemetery. Ideal Skating Weather. Fsif this j/GSTi BANK CLEANINGS SHOW INCREASE OF OVER MILLION Altanta bank ’dearlnf* for late tre#k allowed n heavy an in over the clearing* for the <-orrea|Hm<llng week of 1905. The clearing* for Saturday showed an Increase of 9265,218.29/ while the‘total Increase for the week reached 11,459,806.94. The comparative figures follow: Saturday............ .. ’.. 913,663.80 Correspond!njr tiny Innt year 658.4t5.ol This week., -i 5,996,226.38 Corresponding week last year.. .. 4,536,118.41 BEST JERSEY SHOW the UNITED STATES is at the Georgia State For the Autumn Brides You’ll be choosing gifts, aud you surely will want V'liir offering to combine the practical charm of fine '1'iality with the grace 'of distinctive beauty. Come to our store aud have a good look at our Art " ares. May we suggest very attractive tliiugs for .' our cousideratiou if you are looking for a wedding present? A cabinet in French gilt aud 'Verms - Martin, • a liookwood vase, a piece of Cloisonne, a bronze writing- K< “t. an exquisite miniature iu a Florentine frame, a bit "f bronze or marble statuary, a medallion or shelf-piece, >ii ivory carving. And scores of other tasteful objects of art. You really must see to know the great attractiveness these wares. Come today. Maier & Berkele WOMAN IS SEIZED Bf GANG OF MEN ON WATER FRONT | Victim of Attack May Lost Mind as Result of Experience. New York, Oct. 15.—After a terrible I experience, In which she was held I I captive by twelve men In a den under the pier at the foot of West Forty- seventh street, Miss Christie Loftuato- day Is In a serious condition at tile home of frlenda In Columbia street, and It Is feared she will go Insane. The young woman, after a visit to Captain Godfrey Turnstone and hts wife on scow No. 28, was seised by the men and forced through a trap door Into their den. ' William Dayton, an Inspector of the street-cleaning department, heard her screams, and ‘phoned to police head quarters. Roundsman Dooley and the reserves were sent from the West For ty-ninth street station In a paLol wagon. * The clanging of the police bell fright, ened the men. They took the half conscious girl, pushed her through the trap door on to the pier and then fled. The policemen formed a line along tho water front and began a search. One by one they found the twelve men hid ing behind piles and under string piers. Miss Loftus was discovered lying on the pier, bruised and hysterical. She was taken to the police station. She picked out Charles Donot, aged 36, of No. 423 West Forty-fourth street, and William Farancla,' aged 32, as two of her asskllants. The other men were held. ALL VETERANS wearing tire Gross of Honorwill be admitted free to STATE FAIR ON THURSDAY. JUDGE 8, L, RODGERS IS NAMED HISTORIAN Judge Robert L. Rodgers 1 has been notified of his appointment as national historian of the National Veterans' As sociation of the Blue and Gray. Notice of hfs appointment came through Colonel A. M. Clarke, adjutant general of the organisation. Judge Rodgers will take up this important work at once. He I, eminently quail- fled for the duties devolving upon him. ■ I Georgia State Fair Program TUESDAY—PoultT^ Show Op ens. WEDNESDAY—Cotton Day- --- Addresses by Hon. Harvie Jordan, Hon.* M. L. Johnson and others. THURSDAY—Atlanta Day - Veterans’ Day. All Veterans wearing the Cross of Honor will be admitted free. FRIDAY—Farmers’, Union Day--Addresses by National President Barrett, State President Duckworth, Hon. E.. D. Smith and others. „ SATURDAY—Prize-Winners’ Day—Children’s Day FRENCH CROWD RIOTS BECAUSE OUTSIDER WINS Paris, Oct. 15.—A strong force of troops, Including several batteries of artillery, today Is guarding the Long Champs race track and the remnants of the buildings wrecked, when a mob, frenxled by the favorite In the free handicap Wing left at the post, attack ed the betting ring, mobbed the book makers, taking all their money, burned the building and battled wltb soldiers and gendarmes. Hundreds Were prodded with bayo nets, many were knocked down with dubbed rifles, and sixty arrests were e by a .regiment that waa rushed .he track from Mont Valereln, be fore the rioters, who swarmed over the whole course, were subdued. A guard has been placed also over the neigh boring track of Auteui!. A large amount had been wagered by the public on tho third race of the day. The favorite and another horse were left at the post, and the race was won by an outsider In the betting. The Instant the result was known there was a wild ory of rage and a rush made at the betting ring. Tho booamakers fled In terror, while their cash boxes were emptied In a twinkling and .the cashiers beaten down. Then a rush was ipado for the auto stand nnd cars were stripped of their gasoline, which was thrown on the building and fired. « From the grandstand and club house tho throng of women fled to their au- tompbllcs, and soon the Bols dc Bou logne was filled with fleeing autos. The rioters swarmed lover the place, beating bock firemen and gendarmes, and were about to attack the club house and stables when a regiment of troops arrived. Then, after a fierce battle, the rioters'were driven back and the remaining buildings saved. Gome out to the STATE FAIR and seethe AIR SHIP. PLUNGED FROM TRESTLE; WRECKED TRAIN BURNS BUT PASSENGERS ESCAPE Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 15.—Mixed train No. 74, on the Seaboard Air Line, from Montgomery to Savannah, ran off the trestle over the creek at Plttsvlew, Ala., at 11 o’clock last night. Four passengers were badly bruised up. FIGHT FOR MILLIONS THREATENS A STIR Philadelphia, Oct. 15.—The Wlster- Walker contest for 160,000,000, left by William Wlghtman, Is ready to go to trial and threatens lively social dis closures. Mrs. Anna Wlghtman walk er, the third richest woman In the world, Is here to defend her right to the, vast fortune left by her father. OF GOTHAM FOP. *4,000,000. New York, Oct. 15.—The gride crossing damage commission has de cided that the 14,000,000 suit brought Conductor Sutton, of Savannah, waa cut by falling through a window. The escape of the passengers was miracu lous, as the trestle Is 40 feet high. The train caught Are and burned up. The track Is blocked and It will take 48 hours to clear It for tralflc. The engine passed over the trestle safely. against the city by the Aston for damage to 1,000 pieces of property In the Twenty-third, and Twenty-fourth wards, due to the change In grade crossings, made necesss K resslon of the tracks Iver railroad, canno against the city, But must be sntarta against the railroad If at alt. GOOD MIDWAY, State KNABENSHUE’S PLAN FOR MILE-A-MINUTE AIR SHIP; . HAMILTON FLIES OVER PEACHTREE IN HIS SHIP .. NERVY CHARLE8 HAMILTON NAVIGATING A SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT IN HIS FLIM8 1 ? AIR CRAFT. "I shall build an airship that will sail ut the rate of a mile a minute!" This was the almost startling an nouncement mode by Roy Knabenshuo, of Toledo, Ohio, the whrld’s most suc cessful air navigator, to a-Georgian re porter at the Piedmont Sunday, when siieaklng of the principles of air navi gation and hie past success. "It‘ will not be an areo-plane nor will it have a balloon attachment. It will not he copied either. All the ships of the present day are copies. I shall give out nothing about the principles and construction of the new outfit until It has been made a success. I believe I’ve got the right Idea and I'm going to pul It through." This was the confident manner in which the young aeronaut and one of Atlanta's most Interesting visitor* talked of his hobby—airships. He Is a mere youth, hardly past 25. hut ii tegular dynamo of energy and enter prise and as nervy as men are made. He says he has been "airshipping,'^ as he puts It, for three years, ami has spent a fortune In experimenting with comparatively small returns. At Nashville Fair. Mr. Knabenshue arrived In Atlanta Sunday from Nashville, where he lias had an outfit at the Tennessee state fair on exhibition. lie startled the natives and convinced the skoptlcal* In that part of the country by taking a trip from the fair grounds up to and around the capitol building and back to the starting point. "The skeptic has to be contended with at every place," remarked the naylgator. "and he does more to steal your" patience away than anything else. The best gasoline motor that can be built will not behave properly some times, and If the aeronaut decides that It Is too dangerous to attempt a night the skeptics Immediately set up the shout that he is stalling. "It doesn't matter what his past per formances have been; he may have made successful flights and sailed about the place on previous days just to prove uiial can be done, yet the un thinking never take anything Into con sideration. He never stops to think that the aeronaut has no fear of mak ing a flight: that he knows every Inch or his machine: Just what It Is capable of doing; when It will go wrong anil when It won't, and no one but himself knows of his own confidence. He wants to please the public. He likes the sport. If he Is unsuccessful he hears the Jeers and hisses of the crowd and It makes him worry itnd his food won’t digest. He would rather please the crowd and make a successful trip than do any thing else." “Dr. Thomas is Game." Dr. Julian V. Thomas, formerly of Atlanta nnd Sugustn. On., Is a great friend of the well-known aeronaut and the two took the memorable balloon trtp from New York to Boston'several months ago. The navigator’s story of the trip was very Interesting. •The doctor Is the gamest little fel low I ever saw. Just as we were near ing the finish we were going at the Tate of 3.7 miles an hour. The anchor was nut and playing havoc with things. It ripped shingles off barns and farm houses, pulled up a telephone pole, tore down fences and trees. “I yelled at the doctor to pull he cord and rip the bag. After some delay he did It Just as this was done the anchor caught, the bug inadt a para chute of Itself, the basket made a double somersault with the doctor end I In It. When we hit, the back of my ear was scraped over the rocks and pebbles and the doctor was sitting In my face. The doctor says, 'Gee, but this Is great!’ I asked him afterwards If he was aware of tho danger. He said yes. but he didn't have but one time to die. That was the narrowest escape I ever had. "I don't know that I will make an ascent In Atlanta. I have never tried the ship being used by Mr. Hamilton. I am not acquainted with it anil don't know how It behaves. I may make a trip later In the week; It depends upon lrcumstances." Hamilton’* Sunday Trip. Mr. Hamilton made a successful trip about the grounds Hunday afternoon, after thoroughly overhauling his ma chine. He started up town shortly after 5 o'clock and got as far as Tenth street, when the battery short-circuited and he returned. Secretary Frank Weldon and two members or The Georgian staff accompanied W. D. Alexander In his motor car and gave chase, but tho trip was called off when the airship went back. The game .navigator made another start and want over the Driving Club, but the motor stopped In .mid air ami the big crowd stood breathless for fear he would gat killed or seriously Injured before he could get back to earth. Tha rope Waa dropped and the big balloon was pulled down In the vacant lot Just outside the grounds. When the crowd collected about Mr. Hamilton calmly asked for a match to light his cigarette. His attendants wanted to carry the machine back to quarters, but the navigator told them to start tha motor, as he was'going to sail back and didn't Intend to ha\e It carried Into quarters. He proved that he hod the ship un der perfect control and plenty of nei ve to assist him In getting safely out ,,f any difficulty. Burring high winds, a trip will be made dally this week.