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IN FIRST DEGREE Is the Charge Upon Which Geo. W. PerKins, Former Vice President of New YOrR Life, is Arrested. \ ————— New York, March 28.—George W. • Perkins, formerly vice-president of the New York Lit* Insurance Co., was ar rested today on the charge of grand larceny In the, first degree. PerklnB appealed his case from, Magistrate Moss to be taken Immediately before a Supreme Court Justice, where be presented a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he waB restrained of bis liberty and had not ,been committed by the judge of any tribunal. He declared his arrest and restraint Illegal. MAYOR OF THUNDERBOLT AND HIS BATH HOUSE. A Citizen Asks for an injunction Against Nude Bathers. Special to The .Herald. Savannah, Ga., -March 28. — For a couple of days the Superior Court of Chatham county has been wrestling with an Injunction suit from the town of Thunderbolt. Mr. Ernest Schmitt, who owns a home In sight of the bath house of Mr. W. W. Airmar, the mayor of Thunderbolt, )ls after him for per mitting men and boys to go In bath ing in a nude condition at his bath house. Mr. Schmitt complalfis that his wife and company are often shocked by the nnde condition of young men and boys who lead into the water from the springboard at the Airmar bathing place. He wants an injunction to prevent any such ex hibitions during the coming summer. He had his fill last summer. Mr. Airmar contends that there Is nothing Immodest about the action of the bathers, and he doesn't want them to be made to stop. It will remain to be seen whether ^he masculine company of the mayor can disport themselveB during the heated term as they did last year. The court will decide the question within the next few dayB. i Head- Altai ny Machinery Co. Atlanta Woman Who Shot Her Sister Will Have to Go to Trial. AT THIS SESSION PE CONGRESS. No Action hy Congress Would Leave the President and Commission Free to Act. V Special to The Herald. ATLANTA, Ga., March 28.—Mrs. Willie Standlfer, who shot and killed her sister, Miss Chappelle Whlsenant, on March 9, because of al leged relations between Mrs. Standlfer’s husband and the young woman, was indicted on the charge of murder by the grand jury of Fulton county today. t By Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga„ March 28.—Mrs Willie Standlfer, who shot and killed her sister, Miss'Chapelle Whlsenant, March 9, was indicted for murder this morning by the Fulton county grand jury. A THE OTHER END. Thomasville Paper Up in Arms Against Train 'Ser vice on Atlantic Coast Line Branch. ’ Here comes the Thomasville Times- Enterprise with ah editorial kick against the passenger service on the Atlantic CoaBt Line, S., F. & W. branch, between Thomasville and Al bany. The Herald has already printed col umns about the service on the B.. & W. branch of the same svstem, be tween Albany and Brunswick, but called off the dogs of war some time ago In consideration of the positive promise by officials of the road that the conditions complained of would be remedied. The Tlmes-Enterprise of this morn ing says: “In Justice to Its patronB the Atlan tic- Coast Line ought to • improve its rolling stock between Thomasville and Albany. The equipment is In such a condition as to make traveling on that branch a very uncertain mat ter. Not once, but a half dozen times during the last few weeks,' the train due to leave here at 9:26 In the morn ing has been delayed from one to three hours on account of the engine breaking down. The word ‘engine’ is used by courtesy. It was an engine once. "This Is very annoying to travelers. It causes a waste of time at the depot, and makes them miss their connec tions at Albany. And there is no ex- cuse for It. The Coast Line Is amply able to purchase new equipment. The cars on the road are old, dirty and uncomfortable, and lt # is adding insult to Injury to make the people travel in them. Even this would be forgiven if the service were reliable. Folks will travel on a cattle car if it will take them where they want to go, at the time they want to go. “It will take organized effort to bring about any betterment The Coast Line officials are not going to put In new engines and comfortable cars Just because this newspaper has registered a kick. In fact, they may not read this kick at all. But you have read It, now go do the rest of your kicking yourself. If the people who travel, those who pay railroad fare, will Join In a dignified protest through the proper channels, their ap peal will be accorded due attention. If they continue to fuss on the street corners and In the depots, the railroad will take Its own sweet time about remedying' things. And when that time comes most of the residents of this city who read thiB will be too qld and decrepit to travel. Kick, but kick right” SAVANNAH ODD FELLOWS HAVE PLEASANT TIME. Special to The Herald. Savannah, Ga;, March 28. — Last night at Odd Fellow’s HalL three lodges of Odd Fellows adopted a plan of entertainment that Odd Fellows in other cities might adopt with profit, \ They combined and gave a musical entertainment,1tollowed by serving re freshments. This is a monthly affair with these three lodges, Acorn, Con cord and DeKalb. Once a month one lodge acts as host for the other two. AFTER A BIFF ! Pretty Young Birmingham Woman Left Home-Held Up in Atlanta—Suspected Man Not With Her. Special to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., March 28. — Charged with deserting her home and hUBband In Birmingham, Ala., and eloping with another man on a midnight train, for Atlanta, Mrs. Catherine Shivers, an unusually pretty young woman, Is de tained at police barracks pending ad vices from Birmingham. Late Mon day night the police department was notified by phone by the chief of pc- lice in Birmingham that Mrs. Shivers was on the train due to arrive in At lanta between 6 and 6 o’clock in the evening. The police here were asked to detain her and, her companion. An officer was detailed, and met the train 1 at the Terminal station. He had no trouble In- singling the pretty Mrs, Shivers out of the crowd of passen gers, and' escorted her-..to the police barracks In a cab. 1 ■Mrs. Shivers is apparently about. 22 years of age. She Is a brunette with very high coloring. She is dressed stylishly. She says her married life was not ns bad ns It might have been, but she didn’t like Birmingham and Jiad repeatedly begged her husband to move to Atlanta. She says they had a tiff the other night and she decided to leave and go to her people In Louis ville, Ky. She says she was bound for Kentucky when arrested, Mrs, Shivers denies that she left Birming ham In company with anyone. She says the report that she was with a man probably gained currency from tbe fact that a married friend helped her with her luggage at the railway station In Birmingham. MORE POSTAL CLERKS ON THE EXTENSION For, to Be Increased Next, Sunday From Four to 8ix. The Increase of the postal business on the Central of . Georgia railway west of Albany has made It necessary to add two mall clerks to the force hitherto employed on that line. The change ordered by the su perintendent of the Batiway Mall Ser vice will become effective on Monday. There are now four clerks on the run from Albany to Lockhart, Ala., via Smlthvllle, and the force will be in creased to six. There has been a steady increase of the volume of mall handled on the line of the Central west of Albahy. fhe time Is only a few years back when one clerk did all the work, there being but one mall train a day each way. Now six clerks will be kept busy tbe year round. No section of the country Is build ing up more rapidly than that along the line of wbat Is still, as it has been since It was built, called “the Exten sion.” Mrs. J. McC. Hill entertained this morning Informally at bridge in honor of her guest, Mrs. Alex Reid, of Columbus. The first prize, a hand some deck of cards, was won by Mrs, J. Paul Munnerlyn. WASHINGTON, March 28.—Canal legislation at the present session of Congress is regarded as extremely Improbable. Tbe Senate committee has devoted two months to Investigation, and Is unable yet to frame a bill. The House committee Is- not disposed to accept the testimony taken by the Senate committee as to the feasibility of lock or Bea-lc ( vel canals. The witnesses before the committee have been divided aB to the Better type to adopt. No action would leave the President and Canal Commission free to adopt a type, and In such event the lock system would prevail. General sentiment favors contract construction. J ■! RAS A GREAT FIRE. Fire Raged for Three Hours in Business Section and Finally Burned Itself Out Johnstown, Pa., March 28.—A fire which threatened the entire destruc tion of the business section of the city raged three hours after midnight to day and Was controlled only when the fire practically burned Itself out and caused a property loss of (800,’000 and the death of one fireman, who was caught under a falling wall, tl ip also reported that the telegraph operator for the Publisher's Press was burned to death. The firemen were seriously handicapped by Inadequate equipment and bursting hose. Five large build- lngs were destroyed. MINERS AND OPERATORS IN FINAL CONFERENCE. .No- Apparent Prospect Ykt of an Agreement. Indianapolis, Ind„ March 28. rr- The joint conference of bituminous coal operators and miners met this morn ing In what is generally understood to be the final effort to rpach an agreement on the wage scale In IHln- ols, Indiana, Ohio and Western Penn sylvania. No move has been made since adjournment yesterday, and the deadlock is apparently as firm as ever. MORE WARRANTS ISSUED FOR INSURANCE MEN. District Attorney Jerome Procuring Witnesses In John Doe Proceedings. New York, March 28.—District At torney Jerome had a conference today with Police Magistrate Moss and Jus tice Downing, at which, It Is reported, Jerome secured warrants for the ar rest of prominent life lnsur^ce of ficials on summonses to appear in the John Doe proceedings. The action Is based on evidence showing that po litical contributions were made by of ficers of life Insurance companies TWELVE ITALIANS IN DESPERATE FIGHT. 8lx Dead Bodies Found In Room, Four Literally Cut to Pieces. Minneapolis, Minn., March 28.—The bodies of bIx Italians were found In a room here early this morning. It is reported that twelve men were In a fight Neighbors .called the police, who entered the shack were the fight occurred. The bodies of four of the men were liberally stabbed to pieces. BRODIE L. DUKE GETS HIS DIVORCE. New York, March 28. — Brodle 1* Duke was today .granted a divorce from his wife, Alice Webb Duke, to whom he was married In December, 1901. ALBANY TO RAVE E Matter in Hands of Business League, and Promises to Be WorKed to Successful Conclusion. Trade days in Albany! We are going to have them. Not because trade In Albany needB stimulating, or because Albany busi ness meg are dissatisfied with present conditions, but for the reason that It Is desired to have parties resident In the section embraced in the territory within a radius of fifty miles of Albany take advantage of trade conditions as they exist in this market Albanyi being the'largest city and principal market In this Immediate part of the state, offers opportunities which are not unappreciated by the people with many wants to be filled by retail dealers. Trade days In Albany villi not be antagonistic to the merchants of smaller towns, it Is well known that very many of the residents' of- these towns now come to A^iany to do a certain amount of their trading—to purchase articles which can not be secured from the more limited stocks of country stores. To begin with, there will probably be one trade day In every month, but later they will be more frequent, oc curring probably once a week. On these.trade days, each merchant in Albany will have on his counters some “leader”—that is, Borne article on which he has placed a special price and offers as a special Inducement to buyers. , Trade days will be Judiciously ad vertised well in advance, and busi ness men will at the-same time adver tise their special offerings. In addition to all this, there will be the Inducement to out-of-town parties of a refunding of railroad fare If amounts to a certain aggregate are spent with Albany merchants. For each purchase, a buyer will receive a coupon. If these coupons, secured on a trade day, reach a certain total, the buyer will have his or her entire railroad fare refunded, or in case of a smaller aggregate,, will have re funded such portion of such fare as Is called tor by the coupons. The details of these trade days re main to be worked out, but they are In the hands of the Albany Business League, which can be depended upon to carry the matter through to a suc cessful termination. ED ADAMS INDICTED ATTEMPT TO ASSAULT. Discoveries Made After the Death of Mrs. Ada Lang ston, of Atlanta, Lead to Charges Against Husband. i ■ Special to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga. t March 28.—The coro ner’s jury which made an Investiga tion of the death of Mrs. Ada Lang ston, the beautiful young wife of J. D. Langston, manager of a ten-cent store on Marietta street, yesterday af ternoon rendered a verdict to the ef fect ' that the woman had come to her death from natural causes, being due to eure&mlo poisoning, ' but rec ommended that the husband he ex amined by the Fulton grand jury on the charge of mistreating his wife while she was 111. Mrs. Langston died- Sunday at her home on West Baker streeL The finding of several peculiar bruises on the corpse caused ttie police and de tective department hbads to decide that an investigation be made at once by the coroner’s Jury. In the mean time Langston, the husband, was guarded in his house by police offi cers. Mrs. Roxle Archer, of 131 West Baker street, a neighbor, testified that while on her deathbed Mrs. Langston had confided to her that Langston had mistreated her. "But don’t breathe a word of this to any ono,” the slok woman had. begged of,tho witness. A mjgro girl who worked for the Langstons ’ testified that she had seen Langston beat his wife on one occasion. --The man who em balmed the body ot, Mrs^ Langston M , burial said he had found a number of bruises on the corpse. He thought, they looked freshly made. GOVERNOR PATTISON MUCH BETTER TODAY. Fulton County Grand Jury Indicts Negro Janitor on Serious Charge. 8pedal to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga, March 28.—Ed Adams, the negro janitor of the Walker street public school, who was arrested sev eral days ago charged with attempting to assault Lollle, Belle Ward, the 16- year-old daughter of Rev. A. 0. Ward, pastor of the Temple Baptist church, was indicted this morning by the Ful ton granltl jury for attempt to assault ColumbUB, Ohio, March 28. — Gov ernor Pattison was reported m.uob better this morning.. If you use any other brand of paint, it is; proof conclusive that you do not know all the virtues of Masury Paint . Unquestionably the best paint for this cli mate. 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