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Atlanta, Ga., Auguat 12.—According
to the report of the committee ap
pointed to investigate conditions at
the Georgia State insane asylum at
Milledgeville, many rigid corrections
are imperatively demanded.
The report of the committee was
submitted to the legislature by Gov.
Brown on Tuesday.
v The committee was* appointed by
forme?'Gov. Hoke Smith and follow
ed charges made by R. E. Dunning-
ton, a former inmate of the asylum.
White Plains, N. Y., Aug. 12—
Harry Thaw must go oack to Mat-
tewan. This decision was handed
down by Justice Mills of the
preme court here today.
Thaw and his attorneys announce
that they will continue to fight (or
his freedom.
Thaw is greatly grieved and is at
tributing the unfavorable turn tc
intercession of Attorney Jerome. He
will be taken to Mattewan tomor
row.
Under the New York laws, Thaw
which were published in The Augus-j ma y bring proceedings for his re-
Jta Chronicle and Watson's Jeffer-, lease as often as he desires, and he
sonlan. stated today that the fight would be
All the criticisms of the investigat
ing committee go to f tbe character of
the help employed, which is said to
be poorly paid and inefficient and
'nope to the general management of
the Institution. No fault Is found with
the food given to patients, which is
said to be excellent, and well direct
ed to their needs. The buildings were
found to be In good condition with
the exception of the hospital and col
ony buildings. There was much de
fective flooring In the Powell and
negro buildings.
Dunning ton's Changes.
GREAT MANUFACTURING ACT1V-
ITY IS RESUMED IN THE
PITTSBURG DISTRICT.
'Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 12—Two
hundred and twenty-dive thousand
On June 15 Mr. Dunnlngton ap- men are now at work(in Pittsburg
peared before the commission and
continued until he wag given his lib
erty. The decision, of Justice Mills
wa 8 also a great ^disappointment to
Mrs. Thaw, his mother.
MILLION-DOLLAR-A
DAY PAY ROLL AGAIN
and the old-time niihlon*dollars-a-
preeented his evidence. The commis- pay . roll Is agalnjtbowil*. A
year ago not half of ('this number
were employed.
slon decided,
Dunnlngt
/the coimmb
i Justice to all Mr.
st appear before
|t its meeting at the •
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 12—The ueor- Miami. Fia., Aug. lg—For
gia legislature kept grinding away flysffijjjh!, in forty years the Semi-
on bills last night long after the
hour of midnight.
Near beer wag voted out of near
ly half the state of Georgia when a
few minutes before joint adjourn
ment the Senate high license bill
wag passed by the House 81 to 77.
The bill prohibits the Issuing or
near beer licenses except in towns
of 2,500 or over.
The House of Representatives
spent the entire afternoon On the
general tax act, finally voting to die?
agree^o the Price substitute for the
Alexander near beer prohibition sec
tion by 79 to 77.
It was a close vote and everybody
predicted at once that the House
would finally give in and accept the
Senate substitute which Increases
the tax on near beer manufacturers
and dealers to 11,000 and ^300 re
spectively, and prohibits t^e sale ot
near beer In the country districts or
in towng of less than 2,500 Inhab
itants. It also prohibits* Confeder
ate veterans from selling the bever
age under the free' license system, 1
The House^ spent -two hoursJSfon
the prohibition section, the argu
ment being controlled • by Mr. An
derson of Chatham oiy one side and
Mr. Alexander of De.Kalb
other. Messrs/ Hardeman of Jt
noles a-e on the war path. A run
ner tills morning brought meagre
details jor a ngnt yesterday between
Mi r. r>ol*| and a party of whites
who aw hunting In the Everglades.
The'gravest fears are a entertained
for^ttj^efety of the whites hunting
or projecting In the big swamp, as
It t£ npdrted the entire Seminole
tribe hag taken to arms.
SHERIFF AND NEWS-
| PAPER MAN FIGHT
COBItliSBONDENT ATTACKED
BHBIfFF IN COLUMNS OP HIS
PAI-EIt AND WAS SHOT.
Now Orleans, Au«. 12—Sheriff
Marlon Swords, ot St. Landery Par
iah, thl« morning had a aensatlonal
encounter at Pelouiae with Felix
Denude; a correspondent of the
Hem.
has posted a clipping
In the window at hla
Misslneu attarljng .Swords,
W ked him for an ex^ana-
Happed Dezaurhe'a
. lie afrucJt him In re-
then drew a feroltcr
ti scalp wound on
fJudge' Rlcbafi
sad, that w.i TUG WRECKED AND
lfam Llngold, the Bartow county pa- c|y m*CU nDMAIUPn
tlent. Identified a* 'Lingo In Dun-j 31A lYICN UKUWNLU
nington’s testimony, was tripped up} ———
by an attendant named Dennis and
his leg broken. The attendant claim
ed to have donlHIpfcPWh. He was dis
charged by the superintendent.
George T. Lawson, an Augusta pa
tient, the testimony shows, was in
jured by falling down-stairs when car
rying a bundle of clothing which was
too heavy a burden.
As to the cose of B. W. Brown, of
• % Savannah, who It is charged was bad
ly injured b ybelng struck on the
head by an attendant named Cook,
P the authorities at the Institution
} knew nothing of the , charges until
they were published by Dunnlngtoa
Cook, the attendant involved, was dis
charged aome time ago for stealing.
The charges In the case of Mr.
Glenn of Atlanta, who was said to
have had hla leg broken, and that of
an .At)*nta negro, who died In the In-
•titutioo, and who was said to have
haA his skull fractured by one of the
v ^- attendants, were both found to be
r baseless. Glenn was a helpless paraly
tic who died In March, and an autop
sy on the negro, whose body was ex-
? humed for the purpose, failed to show
a Woken skull.
Women Patient* Mistreated.
> On the charge that several female
1 patients were helped to escape and
afterward-used for immoral purposes,
v l the commission finds:
"On the lSth’bf August, last, one of
• the yard watchmen, and a helper, cut
the wires from th** window of one of
the rooms in tb4 .‘cation hall and
assisted two fem| atients in escap
ing from the Gree#'building. They
. carried these womei) to the basement
' ■ of the male convalescent building
, where tljpy kept them until Sunday
Eg Sight, Aug. 16. On Sunday night,
/ they were located in Mllledgevllle,
; - wberq,they bad gone to tak the train.
; j .The fact' is^ that some of their gar-
J; | ments were found in the basement of
•*. the building and that though they
were sephrated- from each other,
they each told practically the same
- story, giving the names of the par
ties. / ,
.‘ These men were first indicted and
tried in the superior court, being pros
ecuted by the solicitor general.
Thpre was a mistrial. It was at the
jrequ -st cf Dr. Jones, the superintend-
nnt. that these case* were not*trans-
ferred to the covluty^ourt In the first
THE WRECK OF VE88EL OCCUR
RED' OFF CAPE ANN, MA88A-
CHUSETT8 LAST NIGHT.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 12—The
United States tug Noviscot was
wrecked off Cape Ann today and six
of the crew were drowned.
time and dismissed in spite of every
effort made by Dr. Jones, who believ
ed them guilty and desired to convict
them."
The charge that a female patient
was criminally assaulted was proved
to be without basis.
Asylum a "Death Trap.”
The commission earnestly Insists
upon the segregation of tubercular
patients. As matters stand now, the
asylum la declared to be nothing
more or less than a dea-h trap. The
records show that nearly all the pa
tients, dying of consumption, are In
fected after reaching the sanitarium.
It is shown that '430, or more thaa
one-seventh of the total number of
patients, dies} of the disease within
the last five years. Within the pres
ent year to June 1, there have been
85 deaths.
The Increase of the deaths In the
colored ward doubled In one year,
between 1907 and 1908.
Trustees Make Reply.
Through the courtesy of Gov. Brown
the trustree of the sanitarium were
allowed to transmit with the Teport
of the investigating commission a re
port In reply in which many of the
statements contained in the commis
sion’s report are denied.
It is held that the places of attend
ants at the asylum are undesirable
jobs under all. circumstances and
would be hard to fill at any B&lary.
Frequently menial services are re-
quin d of them of a loathsome anJ
disgusting character.
The trustees declare that it takes
en of courage and spirit to'handle
dangerous maniacs and sometimes
harsh treatment of a patient Is neces
sary to preserve the life and safety
of an attendant. It Is denied that the
attendants generally have been undu
ly harsh or negligent of their duties.
That mistreatment of patients by
attendants wil! be severely punished
by the officials in charge of the sani
tarium was shown in the fact that
wlthlh two .years six attendant^ were
amendment. Mr! Alexai
occupied the whole of the time
the other side, and denied emphat
ically that he was seeking to em
barrass the present administration.
Mr. White of Screven made the
motion to agree to the Senate sub
stitute and when It was lost there
wns applause in the gallery and on
the floor, which brought a sharp
reprimand from Speaker Holder.
The Legislature continued to en
act bills after midnight, the com
stltutlonal hour fo r adjournment,
with newspapers hiding the faces of
the clocks.
The last hill Introduced was in
the Senate and provides for Confed
erate veterans riding free on rail
road trains.
m n
PACKINGHOUSE
RUSSIANS RIDDLED A
GERMAN BALLOON
THE CZAR'S SOLDIERS FIRED ON
THE BALLOON AND KILLED
THREE OF THE CREW.
Berlin, Aug. 12—A report w«« re
ceived this morning from the Rus
sian frontier that the Cur’s soldiers
fired on s German balloon and kill
ed three occupants, severely Injur
ing s fourth. The balloon was torn
In shreds.
If the report la confirmed repre
sentations will be made to the Hu>-
alan government, by Germany.
There have been ill feelings tog
some time over the ract that Ofijg
man soldiers In balloons have bee
crossing the Russian frontier
It Is even said the Csar'a. govern
ment has protested to th. German
foreign minister. I
THRILLING ESCAPES
GIRLS WORKING IN A BIO
BUFFALO CONCERN.
Buffalo, Aug. 12—A panic was
caused among n hundre*. girls work
ing In the bog and beef building or
Dold A Sons packing establishment
In E&^t Buffalo by a fire today.
There were a number of thrilling
escapes, but none wore scxlously
hurt. The loan Is a hundred thou
sand dollars.
oavanuan. Aug. 1.—The State
Alonso Rlohardsdn Audit Company
Qf Atlanta ha# combined Its Invest-
tlgatlon of the Cobb county oOclals
and rendered Its report to the Cobb
county commissioners at a meeting
of the commissioner! held today to
consider the reports.
Charges of a senutlonal nature
are brought against several former
county officials and also some who
are now In office.
In thla report former Tax Collec
tor J. H. Murray, apoordlng to the
report, la due the county twenty-three
hundred dollars, and the state
elmllar amount, making a total alleg
ed shortage of forty-six hundred
dollar*.
Former Clerk and Treasurer J. B.
Glover was alleged to be short three
hundred dollars In his accounts.
Former County Treasurer J. G.
Marys was alleged to be eight hun
dred dollan short.
Former Tax Collector H. B. Clay
wa# alleged to be twenty-eight hun
dred dollars short, thla amount being
divided equally between the state
and v county.
Joe Abbott, the present Jrsnsurer
was - charged'with twonty-tmee hun
dred dollan abortage^^>,
Tbo auditors have Wen working
on the hooks for about
and th'-H. Invostlsatl
Savannah, Ga, August 12.—Doctor
H. B. Stanley, formerly coroner ot
Chatham county, and Dr. W. W, Lee,
practicing physician? of Savannah,
were held by Recorder flchware this
morning to be tried for selling pro
scriptions to negro dope artist (or co
caine. There whs a large amount ot
evidence against the phyalolana.
There have been fourteen arreata
of negroes In Savannah recent!/
charged with selling thla drag to oth
er negroes. As the city detectives
continued their Investigation relative
to the sale of the drug they oamo
upon a great number ot prescriptions
written by these two doctors and
which it was found were being sup
plied Ui a' small oorterle of negross
at trsqhent Intervals: During the In
vestigation of the charges against
the negroes Recorder Schwarx direct
ed that the two physicians named bo
arrested and they were sent for. Dr.
Stanley succeeded In giving bond at
once hiit Dr. 1/oe was .not eo fortunate
He remained for sometime In the
hands of the police.
Dr. Lee admitted writing many ot
the prescriptions and said he did It
In the name of suffering humanity.
The negroes would oome to him In
great agony because they could not
get the drug and he cauie to tbMr re
lief. He thought It only human? to
do co; Dr. Stanley did not admit
VCv^pUnnawithn
accounts of the county) oippis are
due In moat Instanceh 'to errors
made by the officials In calculating
the amount of commissions due them.
They all deny any Intention ol
misappropriation of funds and toy
they will fight the matter through
tho courts.
STEAMER ARAPAHO IS
1 IN NO GREAT DANGER
THE VESSEL IS ANCHORED NEAR
DIAMOND SHOALS LIGHT SII1I*
WITH BROKEN SHAFT."'
New York, Aug. 12—The latest
from the steamer Arapho, says she
anchored near the Diamond
Shoals lightship with a broken
•haft, and la In no grave danger.
The steamer Huron reached the
Xrapaho last night. Many passen
gers ara aboard bound from New
York to Chnrleaton end Jackson
ville.'
KILLED GIRL BECAUSE
SHE WOULDN'T WED.
RESTAURANT OWNER IN
CHICAGO SHOT HIS LADY
CASHIER TO DEATH.
Chicago, Aug. 12—Thomas Ko-
tones, proprietor of a restaurant,
shot and killed Mist Regs Kawlt,
aged twenty-two and - cashier of the
restaurant, late last night because
the refuted to marry him.
He then unsuccessfully attempted,
to commit suicide by shooting him
self. The tragedy occurred bn ■
crowded street csr.
’--distance. They were tried a second discharged for this cause alone.
Wheet Qoet Off.
Chlcego, Ang. 12—Wheat |a
three-eighths to three-quarters low
er on a Hood ot idling cables.
RAILROAD AGENT
WAS ASSASSINATED
.1. C. H.NGI.KMAN, OF THE QUEEN
KILLED AT
TAIN, KY.
Ky„ Aug. J2—J.
tn. Agent for tho Khccn ana
Crescent road at King’s Mountain,
was assassinated In his office last
night. He *:is shot in tho hack or
the head. ? V
ABDUL HAMID IS IN A
DYING CONDITION.
TURKEY'S IMPOSED RULER’S
HEATH IMMINENT FROM AT-
. TACK OF ANGINA PECTORIS.
Salonika, Ang. 12—The death of
former Sultan Abdul Hamid l» de
clared to ,1m Imminent today, ,H*.l*
suffering* from .engine pectoris.
YjbirMiah Attempted Suicide.
Teheran, Pcrela, Ang. 12—The
youhg Sbsh 'who recently attempted
atfldde (when told hie deposed fath
er iroulj be exalted, may abdicate.
The btatSer of. the young Shah Is
on Teheran.
PONS KILLED HIS
BROTHER-IN-LAW
WIGGIN8 8LAPPED PONS’ WIFE
AND WA8 8HOT TO DEATH BY
THE LATTER.
Jacksonville, Fla., August 12.—
Charles Pons, one of the' best known
residents of Duval county, last night
telephoned to Sheriff Bowdens real
donee and said that he had Just kill*
ed his biother-ln-law, Charles Wig*
gins, at his home near Gravely Hill,
seven miles from Jacksonville, and
requested the sheriff to place him
under arrest This was promptly done.
Pons alleged that Wiggins clap
ped Pons’ wife and they commenced
to fight; that he drew a revolver and
tfhot Wiggins five times, leaving him
dead. The sheriff and his deputies
left immediately for the scene of the
tragedy.
STRIKER KILLED AT
M’KEE’S ROCKS TODAY
SEVEN THOUSAND MEN START
ED HOW IN THE PLAXT OF
PRESSED STEEL CAB CO.
Pittsburg, Ang. 12—A striker
was killed at McKee's Rocks this
morning when seven thousand
•trlkers pressed Into the Steel Car
works and started rioting.
They hurled rocks at the soldiers
Who fired on them. Several soldiers
were badly Injured.
Tbe strikers were repulsed
the time being, but more trouble Is
looked tor Ister. The crisis will
come when an attempt will be made
thla afternoon to evict fifty families
of strlkera fronr houses belonging
to the company.
TUNNELL FIRE SPREADING.
Lynchburg, Vs, Aug. 12—Tho
fire that started yesterday In the
new tnnnef of tho Southern Rail
road here la gradually spreading,
and fear hundred feet Is doomed to
fall In.
Heroic efforts are being made to
check the Wax*.
medicine was beoded. .
Among the negroes now held/
their connection with the raft
the dope users is one physlelap.
Kick on Y. M. C. A.
At a meeting of tho Retail Merch
ants' Association of Savannah yester
day afternoon ‘the association went
on record as b<-ing v*ery much opposed
to the Y. M. C. A. having granted a
contract to a Charleston firm for a
large part of the furniture to be used
In the new Y. M. C. A. building
which is just being furnished here.
Some of the raerchan’s were Tory
much wrought up over the matter
but after the question had been die-
ousted for sometime it was decided
not to take any radical action. The
protest of tho merchants wa* made
firmly but without sensation.
The chairman of the furniture '
committee appeared before tbe merch
ants and explained that the contract
was given to Charleston purely In a
spirit of economy and with no desire
to take business away from Savannah
that rightfully belonged to her.
Layfife for an Intruder.
Last night the stalwart eon of Mr*.
W. J. Wallace, who lives at 17 Bast
Broad street watched In vain for the
coming of an expected intruder. The
young man slept with ono eye open
and with a 45 calibre revolver under
hla head. He will take up his vigil
again tonight. The cause of hia
watchfulness Is the appearance on
two occasions of a white Intruder
In the bedroom of Mr. Wallace's
mother and sister. The intruder .
made his last appearaheo Tuesday
night when Mita Wallace saw him
standing beside her bed. As soon a»
she awoke he ran away. Mother and
daughter were so frightened they
climbed out of a window and sought
a policeman. When the policeman
arrive.! the stranger had gone. The
incident has cheated the greatest ex-
cltemmt in the neighborhood In
which It occurred.
There Is much disappointment in
many circles in Savannah at the fail
ure of the legislature to pass a law
which would specifically stop prise
fighting. The failure to do this means
that Savannah will have many prise
fights or boxing contest* next win*
The authorities her* say thert
Is no law to stop them.
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne to Europe.
Hon. W. W. Osborne probably Sa
vannah's best knWn cltlsen, left yet- 1
terday afternoon for New York ac
companied by Mrs. Osborne. They
will sail this week for a tour of
Europe.