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VOL. 1. NO. 183.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1906.
pDTn?. In Atlanta TWO CENT
L JX-LUUi: On Trains FIVE CENT
VISIONS OF HIS FATE
CAUSE YOUTH TO SEEK
COMFORT IN RELIGION
Conductor, With Barp
Fists, Bests Armed
Robber.
THIEF SECURES
.$2,000 IN CASH
lie Is Making Good Haul
When Trainman Spikes
His Game.
Kunsaa City, Mo., Nov. 26.—Truehart
the daring bandit of the Southwest,
who held up a train three weeks ago
ami relieved the passengers of vatu
-hies, was captured early today while
trying another hold-up on a Chicago
and Alton fast train.
F. B. Heywood, conductor of the
train, single-handed, overpowered the
armed bandit. Truehart had secured
over $2,000, besides valuable Jewelry
"hen captured.
The robber boarded the . train at
Slater, Mo. When It was under full
(‘peed he went through the sleeping
< ars, compelling the conductor and por
ter to assist In collecting the passen*
pers’ money. With two guns he kept
every one covered.
< ’onductor Heywood stepped 'into the
• ;ir where the bandit was operating.
To a command to hold up his hands he
replied by striking the robber In tho
face with his fist. Then he clinched
with Truehart, bore tho man to the
floor and subdued him.
The robber was bound with ropes.
JOHNSlli
Alleged Slayer of Grace
Brown Prays Every
Night.
TO SIT IN BOAT
IN COURT ROOM
Gillette To Tell Jury How,
According to His Story,
Girl Pell Overboard.
T
Will Johnson, the • negro who was
Identified by Mrs. J. X. Camp Saturday
afternoon as her assailant, and who Is
charged with tho criminal assault of
Mrs. Hembree, on August 15, will be
ti led before Judge Roan, In the crimi
nal branch of the superior court, Tues
day morning.
Johnson's case was called this morn
ing. Judge Roan appointed Attorneys
Walter McElreath and M. L. Talbot to
defend the prisoner. After consults-
«l<»n with the negro, the attorneys an
nounced that they were not ready for
trial, and the case was postponed to
Tuesday. Johnson Is also charged with
• •no case of burglary and one case of
attempted burglary. Johnson was ar
rested by County Officers Buntyn and
J>. 8. A. Davis.
APPEAL IS
IN CARUSO'S CASE
New York, Nov. 26.—Judge O’Sulli
van. in Part 1, of the court of general
sessions, this nlornlng signed an order
ki anting an appeal In the case ot En-
lici Caruso, the grand opera singer,
" ho on Friday was fined $10 by Magis
trate Baker, in Yorkville police court,
for “disorderly conduct” for Insulting
"omen in the monkey house In Central
lark.
Magistrate Baker has ten days m
" hich-to make his return, after which
•• date for a hearing of the appeal will
he set.
Judge DlttenhoeiTcr, of counsel for
Caruso* denounced the evidence pro
duced against his client, a» manufac
tured by tho police, end declared he be
haved that "Mrs. Graham,” the chief
"Itness, who did not appear In court.
" as a confederate of Cain, the arrest
ing officer. *
Despite rumors to the contrary, Cu-
r ‘‘so himself says ho will sing Wednes-
; «y night in La Boheme. The singer
•'doilts thut his voice b: suffering bc-
' ‘use of the ordeal he hhs Just passed
u i rough, but says he will be in trim for
is first appearance of this season.
« OL. DAN G. HUGHES
BURIED MONDAY
The remains of Colonel Daniel G.
H ughes, who died In Macon Saturday,
»lived in Atlanta Monday morning.
1 he funeral cortege proceeded to Oak-
i|! nd cemetery, where the interment
'""k place. The services at tho grave ‘
'•r** conducted by Rev. Dr. W. W
'••‘ndrum. The following acted as pall-.
; uers: 8am Venable, Kdwurd Me-1
''undless, Reuben Arnold, Arnold}
Froyl#*, V. A. Bachelor. A. H. Van
Dyke, W. P. Hill and B. C. DeLeon.
KING OP GREECE
’ SEES THE POPE
Home. Italy, Nov. 26.-—The pope to-
' •>' granted an audience to King
''tfte of Greece and hi. daughter,
' !| r Grand Duchess Mlchaelovltoh ofj
'lu««|*.
The king will return to Greece tn-
,rrow. . I
Herkimer, N. Y„ Nov. 26.—Tortured
by visions of the death chair. Cheater
Gillette whose trial for the murder of
Grace Brown, today neara Ita close,
haa turned to religion.
Once a Sunday achool teacher und
devout church member, Gillette forgot
religion In hia mad infatuations in
Cortland while "Billy" Brown was still
writing him pleading letters to come
to her. Since the visit of his pastor,
Gillette spends much time In religious
devotion. He Is not permitted to at
tend church services In the Herkimer
Jail, but sits in his cell reading the
Bible.
He Prays at Night.
The night guard says he Is much on
his knees In prayer. Kach evening he
reads Scriptures Just before the lights
are extinguished at 9 o'clock.
Gillette Is said to have borrowed the
tennis racket with which the prosecu
tion alleges he beat to death "Billy"
Brown, from a new-found sweetheart
In Cortland. Gillette became enam
oured of this young girl and Just be
fore he started on the Ill-fated Adiron
dack trip ho borrowed the tennis racket
from his now love, telling her that he
wanted to play ft little tennis while
away.
May Escsps the Chair.
Should the Jury And Gillette guilty
he may escape tile electric chair on a
legal technicality. When District At
torney Ward presented his ease to the
Jury he said:
"Gillette thought no eye saw, but
thers was an .eye upon him, and there
wag also one near who heard tha death
groan of Grace Brown resounding over
the waters."
Former District Attorney Steele sajd
that since no eye witness had been
produced Mr. Ward's little lapse might
cost him the case If It was appealed.
Will Get Into Boat.
Measurements of the boat In which
Gillette and "Billy" Brown went rowing
on Big Moose lake were given in court
today by Boatman Morrison and Sher
iff Richards. When Gillette tells his
story to tho Jury the boat will be
brought into court and the prisoner will
get Into It and show how Grace Brown
fell overboard and lost her life.
Dr. A. (X Douglass, of Little Falls,
one of the physicians who performed
an autopsy on the dead girl, was the
principal witness today. Dr. Douglass
said the girl's lips were swollen and
there were abrasions on them. An up
per tooth was loose. There was a dis
coloration under the left eye and an
abrasion on the scalp three Inches over
the left ear.
Mrs. Annie J. 8ewell.
Mrs. Annie J. Sewell, wife of Dr.
Sewell, died Sunday afternoon at her
residence. 469 West Hunter street. The
body wan »ent to Dawson, Oa., Mon
day morning for Interment.
Chicago, Nov. 20.—"I am a believer
In the orderly processes of law and
cannot agree with Senator Tillman in
the views lie holds, and therefore I
must decline to accept the chairman
ship at the meeting.”
The foregoing letter was written by
Mayor Dunne to Sirs. Adele Keeler,
secretary of the Chicago Union hos
pital, for the beneltt of which Senator
Tillman Is to speak, declining to act as
chalrinun at the meeting.
A committee of negroes, headed by
Rev. A. J. Casey, pastor of Bethel M.
K. church, called upon Mayor Dunne
Sunday and asked that he use the po
lice force If necessary to prevent the
delivering of an address on the race
question by Senator Tillman tomorrow
night, on the ground that the nddress
would be a menace to public safety.
I’ll Be There
If I’m Alive
New York, Nov. 26.—"If I ani allv
on that day I will be In my neat In the
senate when congre** opens,” said Sen
ator Thomas C. Platt today.
"Not while Higgins Is governor,” is
the reply given by the senator to Re
publican leaders who have tried to in
duce him to resign.
SWAPS CHILD
FOR CHICKENS
Wllkcabarrc, Pa., Nov. 26.—An Ital
ian family named Guldlno, living In
Quaker valley, has exchanged a four
year-old boy for a rooster and a hen
with Hiram Krall, a childless farmer,
and an old man.
Percy Harold Wright.
Percy Harold Wright, aged
months, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H,
Wflght, died Sunday night at the fam
lly residence, 9 Evelyn place. The fu
neral aervlces were conducted Monday
afternoon at 2:90 o'clock. The Inter
ment waa In Westvlew.
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SERMONS IN GEORGIAN
BROUGHT MINISTER CALL
TO CONDUCT A FUNERAL
Rev. Dr. E. D. Ellenwood. pastor of
the Unlversallst church In Atlanta, and
who contributes each Saturday elo
quent sermons in The Georgian, left
Atlanta Saturday afternoon for Senola.
Ga., to offlcluie at the funeral of one
of Coweta's' most prominent and
wealthy citizens. His selection for Ih s
ceremony came about an a result of nw
work in The Georgian.
The funeral waa that of Captain \\.
D. Lineh, and although he did^not
know Dr. Ellenwood or had never seen
him, he had read with Intereat the ser-
inons he wrote for The Oeorglan.
Often sifter reading The Georgian
Captain Lineh would sing the praises
of Dr. Ellenwood, his writings and hl»
religion, and more than once declared
hts belief In what Dr. Ellenwood
'‘"s* 1 when lie died on Saturday morn
ing it was t.1 Dr. Ellenwood that the
bereaved family telegraphed, and al
though he had never seen Captain
Lineh or had ever heard of him, he took
the ffrst train und arrived in Senola
Saturday night for the services on
Sunday. „ _
Captain Lineh was 61 yearn of age
and wan one of the bent known citi
zens In that section of the state. He
nerved gallantly throughout the civil
war and since that time he had accu
mulated a (urge amount of property.
TIE SITS
IN DUEL BUT
ALL MISSED
White Man and Negro
in Battle at Boiler-
works.
A title and shotgun duet between a
white man and a negro broke the mo
notony at the plant at the Southern
Iron and Equipment Company, near the
waterworks reservoir, early Monday
morning. Neither duellist was hurt,
but both are lodged In the Tower to
settle their differences In court.
S. E. McBride, a boilermaker, who
lives In Foundry street. Is employed at
the plant. William Mitchell, a negro,
lives close by.
Last week McBride bought a lunch
eon from the wife of the negro and
Monday morning went to pay for It. A
quarrel over the price arose, and It Is
alleged that Mltchel) drew a pistol to
enforce his claim for 40 cents.
Then McBride went back to his shop
and emerged with a shotgun, which ho
was trying to ralTle to raise the price of
a Thanksgiving turkey. About the samo
time the negro appeared In the yard
with a Winchester. The workmen be
gan to climb Into boilers and behind
other armor plate.
Who fired first was not stated, but
two shots rang out from the shotgun,
while one bullet from the rifle whistled
through the atmosphere. Then by
standers rushed between the bclllgcr
ents and disarmed them. When County
Policemen Echols and Whitfield ar
rived they placed both men under ar
rest Und lodged them In the Tower.
GRAND OPERA SEASON OPENS
MONDA YNIGHT IN GOTHAM;
MISS FARRAR TO BE HEARD
IS GIVEN $30,000
AND STOCK FARM
Lexington, Ky,, Nov. 26.—Suits to
break tha w.lll of the late Major Bamk
G. Thomas, nestor of the American
turf, who died here last May, have been
compromised. Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
Howe and their daughter, Malvina
Howe, of Florences. C„ will receive
61,500 and 64,600, respectively.
"Aunt" Margaret Pryor, the aged ne.'
gress who was a servant of Major
Thomae tor nearly fifty years, receives
all of the estate not disposed of through
legacies, her ahdre amounting to about
630,000. The old servant will become
mistress of "Dlxlana," one of tho most
noted stock farms In the South. She
will also be paid 12,000 dividend by the
New York jockey Club to the stock
farm. Electioneer having won tho Fu
turity. It Is believed the Pryor woman
will sell Dlxlana.
INSURANCE MEN
ARE BEING TRIED
New York, Nov. 26.—The prosecution
of Frederick A. Burnham, Ills brother,
George, Jr„ and George D. Etdrldge, the
Indicted officials of the Mutual Reserve
Life Insurance Company, waa begun
before Justice Greenbaum in the crim
inal branch of the supreme court today.
There are live Indictments against each
for forgery and grand larcerfy. One
Indictment on which the Burnhams will
be prosecuted charges them with having
used 67,600 of the reserve fund of the
company to settle private claims.
Ns*' Yofk ( Noy. 26.—The ljonio {how
has come and gone and society now
turns Its attention lo Hie season of
grand opera which opens at the Metro
politan opera house tonight. For tho
first time since the days of Colonel
Mapteson's opera at the Academy of
Music and the reign of Abbey at the
Metropolitan the inetruimlls this year
to havo a two-rlnged season of
grand opera. Next Monday, when Herr
Conrled's stars shall have got their
season well under way, the irrepressi
ble Hamtnerateln will start his rival
musical circus IntHo magnificent new
Manhattan opera house, a few blocks
westward from the Metropolitan.
The Metropolitan season opening to
night gives promise of being fully up
to the high artistic standard ot pro-.
'lulls, VntiTt.. iJoraltlllie Kurnev, the
young American who has won fame
abroad, la lit be heurd 111 her native
land In grand opera for the first time.
Hi addition to Miss Farrar the sopranos
Include Mines. Lina Cavalier), Berta
Morena and Loulsla Tetraxzlnl. Mine.
Hchumann-Helnk nnd Mine. Kirkby
Lunn are the new names under, the
head of “ineaso soprano and contralto."
Thero are ten tenors, the new singers
being Fernand Soubeyran, Curl Hur-
rlan and Charlea Roussellere. The new
baritones are Franx Htlner and Rlc
canto tttrucctnrl. Vittorio Navarlnl and
Victor Chalmln are added to the list
of basses. i
In nddltlon to the Important revivals
several oporas will bo produced for the
first time In America. There will be
two performances of “Parsifal” and
complete cycle of "Der Ring des Nlbe-
lungen."
BLANCHE WALSH IS A BRIDE;
MARRIED TO WM. TRAVERS
IN NEW ORLEANS LAST WEEK
New Orleans, La., Nov. 26.—It is announced that while
Hlnnche Walsh was here ivith her play, “Women in the Case,”
she was quietly married to William Travers of her troupe. Judge
Henry Rcnshaw, of the city court, performed the ceremony on
the 15th.
REV. EVERETT DEAN ELLENWOOD
WHITE MAN TO BE SOLD
TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER
Ellxaliethtown. Ky.. Nov. 26.—The odd spectacle of a white man being
offered for sale will lie witnessed here this week, when Hock Auberry
will be knocked down to the highest bidder by the iher Iff of Hardin
‘ " UI Th e proceedings will be under the vagrancy statute, which Is called
Into use every once in a while to frighten shiftless Individuals.
Auberry> purchaser will be entitled to his services for nine months,
but In view or the fact that the Jury In It* verdict found him "too laxy to
work," a- well as sound phystcully. It is not likely there will be any lively
bidding. e
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
IS NOW NEARING HOME
KpiH'lal to Tin* Georgian.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 26.—President
Roosevelt, hack from his trip to tho
Isthmus of Banamd and Porto Rico
in tho best of health and ufter a de
lightful voyage up the coast, marred
only by u break-down of the cruiser
Washington, one or the convoying wor
ships, Is now aboard the yacht May
flower steaming rapidly for Washington
City, which will probably be reached
before night.
The president with Mrs. Roosevelt,
Burgeon General Rlxey and Secretary
M. C. Latto, of the White House, ar
rived In the Virginia capes on the bat
tleship Louisiana at 8:50 o’clock this
morning. The Louisiana, without stop
ping, pr«M*eeded u;> Chesapeake Ray,
where the Mayflower wus met and the
transfer was made to the yacht.
The Louisiana was accompanied in
the capes by the cruiser Tennessee,
which told by wireless of the mishap to
the Washington, which has one of her
engines broken down. 8he Is coming
In slowly under the other engine un l
will arrive some time this afternoon.
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STUDENT IS KILLED
BY SCHOOL CHUM
St. Albans, N. H„ Nov. 26.—Parley
Ovltt, a student at the Bingham Acad
emy in Bakersfield, accidentally allot
und killed Harlow IV. Pomeroy, aged
18, a school chum. In the latter's
room.
OF U, S,
IS SWEPT TO DEATH
Honolulu, Nov. ' 26.—Lieutenant
Commander Roy Garrett, commanding
the U. H. 8. Albatross, waa washed
overboard and drowned Wednesday!
while 600 mile, southwest of here. A
heavy gale prevailed and Commander
Garrett was on deck, giving commands
to save the ship from what looked like
almost certain destruction In the seas.
He was caught and carried overboard
by a ware that swept the quarter deck.
Lieutenant Commander 'Garrett en
tered the navel service from New York
slate. The Albatross In 1902 began
the trip on which It Is at present en
gaged, the exploration of the Pacific
ocean for the purpoee of Investigating
the almost unknown species of fish that
abound In the ocean, and also of chart.
Ing Islands.
Commander Garrett had made a
number of Important reports on ex.
ploratlons In the Aleutian and Japa
nese waters, and also had reached the
conclusion that the Islands In the
South sea were nearly all mlschartcd,
endangering, thereby, navigation.
CHARLESTON GIRL
MISSING FROM SHIP
CA RNE GIE HA S SHOES MA DE
BY NE GR OESAT 1USKE GEE
New York. Nov. 26.—Andrew Carnegie, according to Booker, Washing
ton, who spoke at the Unlversallst church of the Divine Paternity, buys
his shoes ut Tuskegee, Ala., where they are mode by negro students.
The speaker said the students In the past year ma.de 2,000,400 bricks.
There are, lie said, more than 1,500 students, representing .75 states and
12 foreign countries. They have under cultivation 800 acres, and a few
days ago harvested 260 acres of sweet potatoes.
• "We are changing the Ideal of the Iditck race." declared Washington.
“We are teaching them that labor is honorable and that Idleness Is not.”
Special to The Georgian.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 26.—Miss
Alice Browning, a young woman pas
senger from Charleston to Jacksonville,
on the Clyde steamer Iroquois, was
missing upon the arrival of the steamer
here yesterday. According to the re
port of Captain Chichester to the Clyde
Lino local office, the woman’s effects
were found In a state room, but noth
ing to explain her absence. It Is sup
posed the young woman eulclded In the
ocean. She seemed worried and did
not retire during the night.
MISS BROWNING STRANGER
IN CHARLESTON. S. C.
Charleston, S. C.. Nov. 26.—Arm :. .
Browning, missing from Clyde ete mi. r
Iroquois Is a stranger In Chariest- ii > .
tried to leave here Thursday but had a
throat trouble. She left Saturday and
wanted a single stateroom.
She was a blonde and of a quiet ap
pearance.
Committee Recom
mends Examination
Into Charges.
TRIAL BOARD NAMED
BY BISHOP WARD
Will Hear Evidence of Wit
nesses ancl Take Testi
mony on Charges.
Special to The Georgian.
Mllledgeville, Ga., Nov. 26.—During
tho morning sesninn the committee of
investigation In the Blghain case re
ported a trial necessary and appoint
ed Rev. 8. R. Belk, of Augusta, as
prosecutor.
Bishop Ward appointed an a trial
committee nine preachers, namely: G.
W. Duval, J. E. England, R. C'lock-
ler, B. F. Fraser, O. L. Kelley, J. M.
Bowden, C. C. Jarrell, W. T. Hunnicutt
and C. O. Jones.
He also named Dr. IV. P. LoveJoy a*
chairman und A. M. Pierce as secre-
tary.
Rev. Joel T. Davie*, of Millodgevlllt,
HUH presented with n handsome gold
wutch, un a testimonial of esteem from
the Mllledgeville church. Bishop Ward
muklng the presentation.
A.rcHolution concerning Bishop Can
dler’* return to America and hearty .
lndor*einent of hi* *cheme for tho ex-
ten*lon of the kingdom among the
euHtern nation* waa adopted: Dr. J.
P. Holoinon, of tho Anti-Saloon League,
I* here, and I* cordially received by
the confer^n^e. •
Dr. Hammond, secretary of educa
tion, made an appeal in behalf of
full collection* for education In order .
tliat the work In behalf of the Chria-
tlan education of the colored race In
tHo South might not be crippled.
Bishop Ward alao made an earneat
talk In behalf of greater exertion In
behalf of the negro race. Rev. R. F.
Hakes, of the We*ley Memorial hos
pital, reported more than $5,000 ex
pended In behalf of charity patients
thl* year.