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f TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS. MONDAY, FEDnuAUY 4, 1X7. LIVES^ LIST Terrible Disaster Re ported on the Burlington. OmnliH, Xobr., Feb. 4.—A <Ii»- antroiiH wreck is reported on the Biirlinjrton railroad near 'Edjrt'- mont, 8. 1). Many lives are said to have been lost. Passenger train No. 41, west bound, went throtiuli a bridge, according to the report Received here. STATUE OF SPENCER TO ADORN ESPLANADE AT ATLANTA TERMINAL SPECIAL TRAIN RUSHES TO SCENE OF BREAK IN LEVEE PpeelHl to Tin* Georgian. Now Orbit iih, Keh. 4.—A telephni ftutfi* says Hint n break lu tin* lev 1'otaali. forty-five iiiIIpm south of > leans. ou the right Imnk of th< curretl enrly thin iimrulng. Men fin I were rushed to tlu* seeue o trnli* over the Grand Ulantl n track* nf which fmxM near tUvr*'. A^emory of President To Be Honored by Employees. ft lu expected that between 996.000 end 940,000 will be raised among the employees of the Southern railway to be used In the purchase ofattatne of the president. Samuel II. Spencer, by next June. .It la generally under- MjK>d among the local pfflctala of that r'Md that the atatue will be placed In the esplanade in front nf the Atlanta terminal station. J W. t’onley and (*. J. Shelverton "ere appointed by Prealdent Finley to secure the appropriation* from the in dividual employeea of the ayatem and these commissioner* have been can vassing the office* and ahopa. atnce thf beginning of the movement. Mr. Conley la also special agent of the company, and waa In Atlanta laat "feek. He Informed several offlciala that the contribution* were coming In aa faat on he and hla aaalatant were able to care for them, and that no trouble waa being experienced In ae- curing the fund*. Aa Boon aa the amount ha* reached 940,000 m cam- mission will be appointed to make ar rangements for the statue. rive tills __ , report!**! throughout the acute. However n*» other linuk* In tl»e levee aud tin* state «*uc1n« > **n* any th_. tloii I* practically iitichuiiKcd mid the levee la holding well. The river gauge shown hen* 18.4, which |« 2.1 twlow high writer mark Young Wife Oita. Special to The Oeorglan. Macon. Oa., Feb. 4.—Mrs. Ada John son. aged 22 years, died at the family home on Thomaston road, a short dla- SI HIS CLIENT WANTED^ TO WED Lawyer Who Gave Woman’s Alleged Plans Away Is bead. New York, Feb. 4.—Henry J. Hen- cork, a lawyer, who, atnce the removal from Philadelphia two yeare ago, had been aoeoctated with Roper Foster, at It Broad street, died at the Hotel Stratford yesterday. Mr. Hancock laid • singular affidavit before Justice Levenrltt In the supreme court last month. Mrs. Minnie I* Wele, for whom he wee conducting a suit (or divorce, had refused to pay him the fee, 62.600, which he demanded when Mrs. Wele told him that ehe had decided to try another lawyer. 8he offered Han cock 1600 for hi* work. Hancock. In hie affidavit on the plea of allowing that hla work had been worth 12.600, told MU nf hla client's troubles, and eald that she contain jeatea marrying a “rich man with large manufacturing Interests” aa soon oa she obtained the divorce. The Wela caae, in which Mr. Hancock warn counsel for Mrs. Wei*, has ea- caiied Interest In Atlanta. for the rea son that It waa claimed that much of the evidence In the case was obtained In this city, where Mr. Wele waa well nfter a brief lltneae. She wne the wl._ - ... of W. E. Johnson, a prominent farmer. | known. -An Atlanta hotel man Mid and la survived by one child and two private detective are said to hnve given brothers and two sisters. testimony In the. case. Its Age Its WRITE US FREELY and frankly, In strictest confidence, telling til your trouble*, _snd stating you «od MoMOg your age. We will send you niS ADVICE, In plain ssskd envelop*, snd * v*v- usbt* 64-psgo book an “Hosm Tffistment for Women.” Address: Ladles' Advisory Department, The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. Half a Century of success, In the treatment and cure of diseases peculiar to women, Is a bond that guarantees the merit of Wine of Cardul, beyond all ques tion. All women who suffer from painful or fitful functions, headache, backache, low waist-pains, or any of the more complicated forms of female disease, should take WINE OF CARDUI Woman’s Relief for t win surely do for them as veil as It did for Mrs. Sarah Gaskins, of Spring Creek, Tenn., vho vr tes: “I vas very Irregular, my left aide hurt and I would have g bad headache every month. I had all kinds W strange feelings, could not vatic and could not do-my work. On your advice I took Wine of Cardul and It haa helped me In every vay. 1 am regular, do not have these strange * feelings, and my headache;nd pain In my. side cM^a do-4 -dis^/Wvo^* are better.' Girl* and women should use Cardul, whenever they need help or strength. Try It At Every Drug Store In $1.00 Bottles PERSONAL MENTION UNKNOWN VESSEL IS DRIVEN ASHORE; vessels. It U dangerous f*»i ins Run Ovar by Car. Special to The f Jeorgbm. Savannah. Oa.. Feb. 4.—J. R. Rodgers tin* run over by a street ear In n fog today. Hla leg waa broken and will be amputated. “ONE OF JACKSON'S MEN" SURRENDERS TO DEATH e J 8pecl.il to The Georgian and News. Klberton. Ga., Feb. 4—Ju tge Abda d Oglesby, a prominent and greatly be- - loved cltlten of this place, died at his ' home last night from the el’ects of a , stroke of paralysis. He was a Confed- •rate veteran of TKe Thirty-eighth Georgia regiment. Stonewgjj Jackeon'f corps, and since the war .has held sev eral honorable civil positions. He leaves a wife and so/eral chil dren to mourn hts loss. BOYROBBER BY MILLlOh Allegheny, Pa, Feb. 4.—Mrs. Charles Pointer, wife of a retired millionaire steel men. disarmed Ernest Davis, aged H, when he presented a pistol to her face and demanded that she give him money. He met Iter at her door and threatened to kill her unless ehe guve him money. 8he persuaded him to DISARMED fAIRE’S WIFE come Into the house and then coaxed the youth tn unload the revolver. Bho gave the young man several dol lars and .he went away. Later he was arrested and It non- In Jail at this place. He says he Is fnmt Toronto, Canada. Blnce the Incident, the Painter home has been surrounded by guards. FORCED TO END LIFE BY WALL ST. LOSSES 1 — New York. Feb. 4.—Howard I*. Frothing- ton, af*4 45, who. whllw delirious from s nervous breakdown. Jumped from the see- oml story of hts home In West geventy-sev.-. entb street, died Just before sld reached him. The death was not reported to the police until yesterday, when the coroner In stituted an Investigation. Scnron* strain c due to recent reverses In Wall street la bo- JN lleved to hare caused the despondency t which resulted In the deed. lie was the •• biggest and best known Iunii broker In the * country. p AN ATLANTA CASE Many Mors Like It In Atlanta. Tb« following caso Is but on* ot many similar occurring dally In At lanta. It It an easy matter to verify Its correctness. Surely you cannot tsk for belter proof than such con clusive evidence: C. F. Oro*i. of Jl> Decatur street, the well-known bricklayer, says: "i think a great deal of Doan's Kidney Pills, which relieved me of a terrible pain In my loins which had bothered ms for more than two years. After a hard day’s work, when at home trying lo rest, I bad t difficulty In getUng up from my chair If 6 wanted to move about, and I had to take both bends tnd pull myself up. I never knew when I was going to feel a sharp pstn like the thrust of a knife In my back. Sometlmea It struck me In the knee, or In some other part. My llmba would ■well up and become a quarter a* large again as they were. ;At night often patna coursed through my back and awoke me up and I would lie there afraid to move at all. It waa a hard proposition to turn over, and meant Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Bhsrtdap and Count Wochtmslstsr spent Mon day In Roms, the guests of Mr. end Mrs. McDonald and Mlea Berry's school. Mr' Rex Phillips, of Jacksonville, spent Sunday *nd Monday In Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Sldnay Stubbs and their daughter Louise, tvho have been the guests of Captain end Airs. Edward 8. (lay In Atlanta for some time, will return Sunday to Savannah, and wttl have as their guests after Easter Mr. snd Mrs. Thomas B. Peine and Utile Mies Douglas Oey Paine.—Savannah The numerous friends of Miss Mamie Lee Tumor will regret to learn that she Is 111 with grippe at the home of her brother. Mrs. Charles D. Turner, SIS Whitehall. Mr. and Mr*. Joseph Rhodes have Mrs. Clarence Houston Is the guest Dr. and Mrs. Wtlllsm Warren have Mrs. Robert L. Cooney haa returned Mm. Clarence. Dlosaer has recovered Miss Sara White, a >nn.. will arrive In i pend several weeks ’ Clark eevltle. few days with Atlanta isseoeeeeeee*****! THE THEATERS Ihmhhh. “The Free Lancs. At the Grand Monday and Tuesday nights and Tuesday mntlneee will be sec Klaw A Erlanger's presentation of the Souaa Opera Company,' »f which Joseph Cawthorn Is the stellar feature. In John PhUlp Sousa and Harry B. Smith’s new comic opera entitled The Free Lance, - ' which was flrst produced last season and ran for months at the New Amsterdam theater, New York. The cast and ensemble la the original one. the main factors being Joseph Cawthorn, Nell* Bergen, JeaneUe Ln«-■ ric. Albert Hart, George Schiller. Stan- lev Murphy, Monte* Elnio, George Tall- 7 . \ .« .i.a.M is ml 1'itinrtllanH min and other ■Infer* and cornedlana of prominence. There la a singing cho rus of fifty voices which “'VVr the beat ever heard In n Klnw * Er- lunger production and good enough for opera of any kind. " ••Mrs. Wigge of the Cabbage Patch/ metrical and pretty gfrla, who know how to dance and a|ng. One of the comical advent** of the* performance la the Introduction of Texas, a trick donkey who dances, sings, stands on one, two or three feet and does many other amualng things. Mntlneea will be i Thursday and 8atur< Carrie Nation at Eldorado. Monday night at the El Dorado. Mrs. Carry A. Nation will appear for the first time in Atlanta In conjunction with the Baldwln-Melvllle Stock Com pany In a new and revised version of the famous play "Ten Nights In a Bur Room." Mrs. Nation’s arrival In Atlanta haa already caused talk among II classes nf people and the theater III probably he packed to the doors at every performance. •Mrs. Nation will make a caustic re ply to Dr Broughton's remarks about her Runday night In his sermon against the theater. The quulntest, most original and, - - ■ wiin cssful of current plays, "Mrs. Seats fer Rosenthal. mast * „ [ ThP scale of ticket, for the Rosen- Wlggs "f the t abbage latch, tomes ■ ,, m | |l|ano rv0 |tHl will he opened at to the Grand Wednesday matinee and me Phillips A Crew music store, 17 night. The very name of the play Is I Peachtree street. Wednesday. Kebru synonym for fun from one end of; ary 6. Rosenthal's appearance In At -the continent to the other, snd Its ' lanta, on the evening of Tuesday, Feb- S great deal of suffering The secre- | irru j nr me embodiment of all the U-uary 12th. at the Baptist Tabernacle, tlons from the kidneys were dark and, virtue of womanhood. In the drama-; is distinctly the musical event of the thick when allowed to stand. I could! titallon of Mrs. Rice's book Lovey , season, and orders for seats are bcgln- retain them snd had to drag my-1 Mary and pathetic Little Tommy ore; nine to come In. not only from local die efbri several times fUtrlnf Introduced with Mrs. Wtgg. snd rival music lovers but from ell over the self out or bed tstnii ™, . h ‘ her In Interest. It Is a play crowned j state as well, gel me resi has el tote Truck Growers Organize. 4.—The truck gro the night. I could not get me fesz! vvVth 'iiesrt Interest nnd .hounding In which I needed, end was tired i H ull-nt American types of a vigor not worn out all.the time Of course, 11 ,,e forgotten. Ocala, Flo.. Feb. have used a ffeat many remedies and| era have recently organised at Jeek- Mrd liniments and plestors. but noth-1 "Buster Brown.” sonvlllo to protect their Interest against In* bed mHeh effect jmtl. t got Doen;.! Announced .or n.x. JH** «-■.*; | V mt Z'Uy' hand" vegetables from Kidney Pills of Rrannen A Anthony'• | urrt . y the Grand Is 'HUster Brown ” ““W* "J,/'nd” "lores, lb* Whitehall street and Ml , h e musical comedy skit based on R. 6. K |„ r j,t* market.. Marietta street. I think I arose feel-f kttss Kate Fort Boa returned from ft Mlsa M«ry Dens Tupper. who ha* Among the handsomely gownM oung girls of Atlanta at the brilliant million ball given Friday night at who wore a black net toilet sly trimmed In gold lace; Mlea ;nis. who rtpreeentsd "Lady , tn a costume with skirt ot yel low. trimmed In red snd yellow ribbons, end blouse of white, with bolero of red. and Miss Kate Fort, who represented "Violets,” In a heliotrope gown, covered with violets. Sirs. William Inman, who Is the guest of Mrs: Basil Gordon In Wash ington. will return home next week. Mrs. John Little and Mrs. Claude Badgely left Bunday for Ma l on Mr. Robert C. Harrison*** spending several days In Savannah. Mrs. B. E. Tunteon, who has been Isltlng Mr. snd Mrs. O. T. Irby, at arynsboro, has returned to the city. Mrs. R. A. Champion, of Greensboro, Oa.. Is the guest of Atlanta relatives. Mrs. C. L. Glassner It visiting Mr*. J. M. Almnnd. st Conyers. Sirs. Mark Tolbert la now making her home with her mother. Mrs. F. D. Allen, st 160 Juniper street. Mr. H. G. Webb Is at Hawklntvllle, Gs.. tor an extended stay. Mrs. Thmnss Gibson and Miss Coop er. or Atlanta, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Andrews. Sirs. Gibson la the wife nf the author of the book. "Pitfalls of Speculation." which has been adopted e* a text hook by the Y. M. C. A, of New York. Mr. Gib son hgs gone to that city to take ohar-s of'the financial Interests of the Moody Magailne and will be Joined shortly by Mrs. Gibson.—Birmingham News. The many friends of Mr. Hsrry Arm. strong will regret to learn be Is quite III at Ms residence, 161 Whitehall Uriel.. Mr*. Nolan H. Maddox and daughter have returned from a visit of several weeks to Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Cham plon, at Greensboro. Os. Mrs. Frederick Lowry returned Mon day tn her-home at Chattanooga, after a fortnight's visit tn Mr. and Airs. K, A. MagtTl. During her stay tn Atlanta Mrs. Lowry was the guest of honor at a number of charming social func tions. Misses llarrie Slnckdel! snd I-nulse Hawkins will he two charming Atlanta girls tn spend the week In Macon, go ing over for Mr. Dunlap's hall and ths Thullan german on Friday night. Mrs. Robert F. Watson Is III with' grip at her home on Houston street. Mrs. George Bohan, of Harrisburg. Ky., spent Baturday In the city as the guest of her daughter. Mrs. John Ralne. They both left Sunday for Florence Villa, Fla. The friends of Miss Hnrah Whaley will regret to learn that aha is con fined to her home by a severe cold. Miss Kats Edmondson will leave In few daye for Jftoksnnvllle, Fla., to vMl Miss Van Demah. The Atlanta friends of Miss McLes- ler. of Birmingham, will he Interested In the following from tl.e Birmingham News of Saturday: "Miss Mary Rum McLester will leave Tuesday for Mo bile. where she will visit Mies-Virginia Lyons, who la to be queen nf the carnival. Mlsa McLcstef will he one 200 Honeysuckle Roots— as large as can be transplant ed. State price, set out and quality. F. L. SEELY, Brookwood. 20 BIO SHIPS IRE TIED OP gown of white liberty In brocaded satin and made princess snd dlrectolre style. The bodice In made nf hand embroidery - , and cut decollete, with trimmings of Irldes- cents. train.' The skirt Is made with court has returned Miss Gertrude Htghley hse returned tn Augusta, after a visit of several eeke lo Atlanta friends. Mrs. William P. Duvall will be the guest of ths Mlssss Allen, nt Augusta, during this wedk, and will attend the -Ottnton dinner In that city Thuisday evening. Mrs. James Swift, who has hern vis iting friends In the city, will return Tuesday morning to .Elhsrtnn. Mrs Nathaniel F. Jackson has been nulls III for several days at her apart ments at the Aragon. Mra. Jackson is suffering from a severe nttack of grippe. Brunswick Longshore men Walk Out De manding Increase. LOSSES ON COTTON CAUSE GEORGIAN TO TAKE OWN LITE SfwrlBl to Tb» Grorglofi. Hrunnwick. Ga., Feb. 4.—The Bruns wick InngPhnrtmcn’B union, with a membership of about BOO, refused to work thin morning on account of the _ , t 4 _ refusal of the stevedores and lumber "^i J** dealers to grant an Increase of from 16 prunUm-m yonng mss of Bacoatoa, * s* centx to 20 cents an hour for ordinary t.-uiptnl salcide Saturday night abost • MYER'S IDENTITY IS ESTABLISHED BY < »ul< ault'* famous .c(irt«K>nM - . - tt.uitnus»v — --- -- F. D. Warner, of Onlneevllle. was in* better the very next morning after I i„,j*4 f U i ncton of the Brown family. In-. to ,i ttreuldent. with a Btrong board s b ,?^y*i -nunued t-lng j ^ ^ ft'" hai* and he Ini'* wlthaUard all at- t,. m »»t«4 purloin hie place In the af- - , dlBCfimtnatlng public. and In three days’ time I was like * new m»n. My bnck became strong snd I hsd no pain whatever. 1 could f rrt |„ n a »o to bed and rent all night, and get -—• Up in the Whnt I, “w .me the rapTlsrly *n T d b the d secr*HMs ‘mm rH ^ n T!X' stored to a normal color and *ondi'| (ho pig,.- in which Johnny and Emma i inm, >i,v ■,„«»» ,i K i„, tlon I never felt belter In Bay will ogam appear st the Bijou | the bowels healthy and open with lean 1 Have since I used Dosn's Kid- evening, commencing a week's en- ™ Three bozos effected s gngemntt. As may, be supposed from nej tin 5 ' " , he title, the famous St. Louis Fair cure I ,, r |„e Wl d Ibree years ago figures considerably For s*Iel by Blljdealer*. 1 ” I )n s „ u , ucvelopmsnt of the plot, the cents. Foster-Mllbttrn Co BnffAUht . r( .„ n , t act being laid along that fa- Vesv York, sole agents for the united. m ,, u „ thoroughfare. I The costuming I* said to be part km. Rentcmber lb. name-Doan's-aod.t.rty soft***; and «-»uUful. and the yJTa no othar. 'chorui ccnUDfeiJt Is eoxnpotM of a>m- Avoid Appendicitis It is caused by the clogging of the bowels and intestines. Keep the di gestion active, the stomach right. Beecham’s Pills 00)4 Evtrjwhtf* la boxaa Me. and 2»c. NVw Orleans. La.. Feb. 4.—The Iden tity of George Meyer, not Myers, as the press carried, who died In Yank ton. H D., with Sl.inrooo worth of Htnndani * Ml bonds In his possession, has been finally established. He was born and reared In Ibis city and was married here to the woman from whom he was seeking a divorce when death overtook him. ami whom, he declared wa« res|M*nslble for his saddened life, Paul Meyer, his brother, In this city yesterday gave out the first facts connectcfl with his b» other's life. Only a few days «#«» he received a letter ,fr«»»n George, then In Yankton, In which he declared: "My six months will lie up on January 21. and my at- rornay advises me that I can return In April to enter proceedings for my dlroroe. The woman I married, the ods who wrecked my life, and who i» really responsible for all my trouble. I know is eagerly waiting for me to dje.” Ills wife was formerly Miss Kstelh* Clarke, of 8an Antonio. Texas, and It Is said she was divorced at the time she married Meyer. Uperlnl to The Georgian. . Knvntinah. Ga., ■Feb. 4. — rharles Haussy has isslgntsl as secretary >*f the b»>«rd of trade to accept the man agement of the Morelia Naval Stores Company *»f Mexico. In Mexico. No suc(*essor has yet been appointed. laborers on the docks, with a propor tioned Increase for laborers Inside the vessels. At a meeting of lumbermen, stevedores nnd representatives of the steamship companies at the city hall last night all agreed to stand together nnd fight the union to a finish, endeav orfng. In the meanwhile, to Import Italian or other labor. The laborers who have quit thus far state that they never will return to work until their demands are granted. The city police force Is closely watching the situation and preventing ongregstlng of unemployed men on th«* streets. Kverp ship In the port Is Idle and unable to get men to load. About twenty hlg ending vessels and ten steamers art* hero. Including the Hntllln. of the Brunswick Hteinshlp Company, and the Chippewa, of tho Clyde line. The railroad yards are blocked, two hundred ears of tiles and lumber, as well us other freight, cannot be die- chargcil. One crosstle company had fifteen men working on the docks this morn ing, hut they will all doubtless walk out at noon. There Is not m man working on anj* other docks In the city or upon tho Houtlicin railway at the Turtle river's dock two miles north of Brunswick. TRUSTEES 5TH DISTRICT TU MEET IN ATLANTA Giivoritiir Teirrtl will leave- Monday wvt-nlnx for I'aiTulltnti, where on Tues day tin- trustee, of the sarlvultursl -i-l’onl for the fourth dl.trtet will mee. to open Itldn for the building and seise the |o-lnvt,tul of the n-hool. Wednesday the trustees of the lift!, tllslrlvt will nti-t-i In the sovernor'a nl- ftre til the i*n|tltol to decide the msttir of the liration, l-tl-n* i-ontracts and othe: inutttrs foi he M hoot at Mon roe. At the meeting tn Monrus a short time ago there was a hitch about ths to the sfts foi ths school, but adjusted sailatacto- 'l"ek. Miller was with a relative- as- hitching a horse at his boms, when suddsa- ly b<> Stepped off a few foot lad Bred s ptstoL the bullet rot,ring shoro tk>- heart. TbeVnJory la serious, h«t may not provs fsial. Mouieatsry dementia I* tbs rtoso of tin* art. Hr hnd lost rnosldertbls SpeetlsUat is rotten, It Is said. MACON WOMAN OIK* FROM STROKE OF PARALYSIS. Bperlsl to Tbs Georgian. Macon. Gs.. Feb. 4.—Mrs. 8ual* B. Gllleland. wits of J. H. Glllstsnd, suc cumbed to a stroke of paralysis at ths family horns on Jeff Davis street yes terday. Bhe Is survived by a husband nnd six children. Ths fUhsral arranae- msnts have not been mads. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL COMPANY have moved Into their new store, 76 Peachtree street, where yea can find everything carried In an exclusive opti cal house. Ths Ballard Bifocal has gained a reputation for this Arm In Isas than I yvara no other hones haa made In a half century. Not how cheap, but how well we can serve you. T.ffATta RED BEAL, CAR- TE R and Masuryfa OILS Tht *•** brands on fit# market PAINTS, STAINS And Varnishes. Headquarters for the beet ot •verythlnc la our tin*. faorgli Paint and 6iassGo. 40 Peachtree. mmmm