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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRIDAY, rWHUl’AHT 22 1»T
TWO UNIONS FORMING
FOR ATLANTAEMPLOYES
1U) CLERKS MliSlli CLERKS
IDE TO mill
.|»ri,- In tha i.Uruod OfTlrra of Atlanta
„.lnc betn effected. an application for
I nartPi bearing aeveiity-flxe nuinra
,f . inks employed in peneral otrices of
tlfmirm roads, will be (lied throuch the
«tlmu Federation of Labor within the
•otrina week. *
\. i.giy stated M Tlte Georgian tvVo
skills a«o. Ihd ; movement slutted
rin.mt! the. clerks, In tlte general mll-
nool . m, es. who. Were dlseuaslna the
p....tl-tllty of, a general organisation
■ the lines of a similar organization
The National Association of Whole
sale Clerks w||| probably be organised
In Atlantu within the next two waalu,
Not being eligible to membership In
the Hstall clerks* Protective,Associa
tion, the clerks employed by the mi 1
meroue wholesale houses In Atlanta
have Started a movement that Is ax,
petted to reablt In a thorough argadl
xatlon of wholesale clerks of America.
It Is said that thete la no organised
aj.icc the tines jn n similar organisation ... , . , , . , —
to u.u’on. Us. Atlanta, has nenrly ten I boJ > "* wholesale clerks In America.
'V ' ..Cm I , ......... .ml It ,hi. ..... ... .. 11.
I tines the notnl
railroad clerks
nber of
!tii,», employed ip Macon offices, and a
si nli larger and stronger organization
ronM he effected.
. The teinporarir inettlr.g was effected
U-, Sunday, and Jl Is said that another
inn,'ting will follow.ffitjic Sunday, when
,l„. advisability of applying for a char
ier through 'tha -Atlanta, Federation of
Trades will be Afflcuued. Cfttess «
tains or protec live organization wishes
t„ be Independent . of the American
Federation of Ldbot. 11 must be Jir-
aniitsed uruj«r Ahe• aueplces of the
federation.
•mil If thla proves true Atlanta will
have theJIret organization of thli'lclnd
and. like (he National Aeeoclatlon of
us* was eue, tea M * p hlnlri.. organised In this city some
said that another >' Mr " wl11 Prove wldeepread In Its
Influence.
The matter Is now In the hands of
William Strauss, chairman of the or
ganising committer ol the Atlanta Fed
eration of Trades. A meeting of the
wholesale Clerks of Atlanta mil be
called aeon for the purpose of effecting
an organisation and making an applL
nation for a charter.
HELD-IN TEXASi
BEGAN RIOTS HERE
William Welch, a Confederate vet-
run of Harris county, who was hon
orably discharged, from the Soldiers'
Home on December 7 Let, Is held In
Wh, o. Texas..under his own admission
that he started the riots In Atlanta last'
y.pi'onber.
V'-'-h “ Be a vn— inili-1 man m Hie
home and never gav^ any trouble. Frl-
,l.<\ li waa slated there that they did
it.o know where.' he had been since
leaving Hie city last December.
The following apeclal from Dallas.
Texas, tells the story of Welch's arrest.
Says 8tsrted Blot.
stm ml to The Georgian.
I'alias. Texas, Feb. 72.—A special
r,„ni Waco.aays: William Welch, an
• x-i'onfedoipltd. about *2 years old.
i idimlng Atlanta, Go.. at hie home. Is
In Hie ruiujdjr of Bberlff George W.
Tilley here and admits that he was the
man who lirad the drat shot In the big
rl,o between the whites and pegroee
-z-fea; months ggo In Atlanta. . Welch
■ays he Is tired-ot dodglnr. He-thtnke
n,ere is a lantn. reward out for hint
He has onlybft. Jag and one eye and
rays he lost therithern In the Civil war.
In telling of the riot, Welch says he
■ uptown with two or Hires com-
pninris. He heal'd the negroes talking
sbnut.w- rising, and that ha fired an
Them. Rilling one. anil, this waa the
Lftrst shat: that be-want on down the
meet with his companions and about a
"kmrk or two furthar down killed an-
c.htr negro, whan the riot became gen
eral Welch claims that he wae an
innisie of the Confederate Home at the
nine. Sheriff Tilley has wired for In
in matlon about tha matter.
Gim MORE (S
Clarke (Fla.) Has His Res
olution Turned Down
by House.
BOYS WOUNDED BY NEQRO
PROBABLY WILL RECOVER.
!*!•••. illl to The Georgian.
li Ainhvf), GRl. Feb. 22.—Frank Hick
.♦. '••D and Hamp Horton, the two white
ih.sa who were shot by a negro named
Omge Walker on laat Saturday, are
»imiy improving.
Vhe tragedy occurred at the negro*
b'Eim* on what If known aa the John
'••ii place, nine mile* from here, where
»n* hoy* had gone to secure aome
'•‘•e* which the negro had borrowed
•n ' failed to return.
T't" negro uaed a shot gun and Hor-
right arm wae shattered from the
rut to the elbow, while IJlckerson waa
•h*q in the leg.
HANNAH JANE.
hid four hundred dollara from her
f.ither’* old estate.
Him we two were married, and bravely
f.iciMl our fate.
resiled with my I took*; her task harder
far than mine—
• to make two hundred dollnra do
Ho* work for u*.
'' *<ro ever worked! no hard a aervant'a
i*ay to nave:
■nude herself moat willingly a house
lie»l«| drudge and tlnve.
" wonder that ahe never read a inagn-
book,
ng na ahe
uialil. aeatuatreaa. m>ok!
wonder that the beauty Bed that
••t»'*e t so adored!
and Illy In her face uyr kitchen
tin* devoured;
plump. soft-rounded arm was om*e too
f Hr to l»e i-oncealed:
•l work for me that softness Into sin-
•wy strength congested.
"«n tv-eight the Mate house: on tue
'••••M*h at thirty-three: .
forty every gate lit life wna o|*ened
wide to mo. . .
r '**d niv power* and grew, and made
»ov |HTlnt; hut ahe.
• ng auch weary. |>a* k Imrse load*,
w-bat eould the woman he?
• h another world bfyond tbt*: and on
'In* Anal day
intellect and learning again*! devotion
«Mgh? .
"lien the one made of u* two t* torn
1,1 he
I.OC'KK.
Washington, Feb. 32.—The military
arademy appropriation bill was today
reported to the senate. It carries a ta-
tal appropriation of 11.947,383, which
Is <33.,ao more than uks pgyved"by the
house.
Resolution is Tsblsd.
By a vote or 1S6 to 103 the house to
day tabled Hie resolution of Represen
tative Clarke. of Florida, railing on the
secretary of war for a statement of all
the money expended by the t'nlted
Slates In the Philippines since they
were acquired by this country.
Ouboie Resolution Gono.
Senator Dubois' resolution looking to
preventing-polygamists holding office,
was referred to the committee on Judi
ciary. This unquestionably means tjie
resolution will not again be heard from.
Affilnese ie Contradicted.
' The-committee on military affaire,
which had Thinned to continue the
Brownsville Incident. HRcT IfO'TAeslon
today. In the absence of Sertdtdr War
ner It wee decided to adjourn until
Monday.
The white corral boat was eroee-ox-
Sfntned yesterday, lie contradicted the
testimony of WHUam Mapp, of Com
pany L\ who said he heard Vaachelle
declare be had Men In town ihe tl[(fhl
before the-ehootlllff and had heard or
a plan to irutsazcrenrsrn soldleis when
they went to Alllsoit’e saloon.
Heyburn Bill Dead.
Tbe Heyburn resolution for an in
vestigation of the various reorganisa
tions of the Ndrihern Pacific railroad
la probably dead, tor thla session.
12.50 Silk Petticoats
AT
. See the Window Display.
. There’s a tustle in fine silk that’s un
mistakable. Couple it with a sale of
petticoats of this character and what
woman's heart is not in a flutter?
In value we sav 12.50, but they’re
the sort of skirts that a woman who is in
the habit of paying fifteen or twenty dol
lars for would consider entirely at home
in her wardrobe.
I Genuine—imported Roman stripe
guaranteed taffeta.
In several color combinations, stripes
in which French. blue predominates; in
brown and red; in blue, corn and red; in
brown, red and; blue; in blue, red and
green; in white, red, brown and white and
black with white; ‘
.We picture one here that shows the
flounce exactly.
ZzXiny tucks, quillings of the material
and bands of shirring.
2nd Floor Front—Muslin Underwear
HUMORESQUE.
lelah had In bla licm!.*
“What c’haplelgh bn<
'lervlaml Plain Dealvr.
I* then* a iir<r *|»ot
. cau.acratcb a iiinfcb?
Boatman <who ban t**o tflaapMiited a*
regards refre*kmonti»—Trj my tUruat
«r.—Puck.
RHEUMATISM
Price 25c.
INTERESTING PERSONALITY
IN THE LITERARY WORLD.
Mary McNeil Fcoolloaa iHIducv Mri’nlD
the author of “1'he Dragon Painter,"
ban acan*ely more tbau u girl, waa living
In another part of Japan urlimi the late
laf«*adlo Ifearn began bla wnuderful iindlea
of that runnlry, *nra Anne Heard I»yer.
The llook New* Mouthly. lnde|>eudentl.T.
ahe. too. w:ia tilmorblng tlie name tuvattc
Influenre* of U*aiitr; him) In u different form
that of verao— waa ahaplug her luipreaalon
Into roiMTeie atrurtnre. A modest little
volume of ver§«* railed "Out of the Neat"
I* thought by ninny of her frlendn to rou-,
tain *ouie of her t1ne*i work, luifeadlo
Hearn, who Inter lierame one of her denr-
eat iiii<I monl valued friend*, wnn j|e||ghte«|
with tlieve poem*. In her <|Ujilut home In
Toklo. with It* gnnlen where grew puiiBh**,
inagnolln* nml "numn ower*. * puiietunlly.
true, Mr*. Fenolloan wrote her drat novel.
•Truth I teller," uo!e« Mr*. Dyer. “The
Breath of the Hod* ’ wn* the outeoiue of
her liupreaalona of the Mtuntlon In Japan
nml Uuaali Juat before iho «-rtw*hut It
wa* written In the "big. low work room
nf her Southern home In Ain to inn wbldi
look* out upon a garden where the hlo*
miming elierrv mingle* Ha petal* with thoae
of the ro*e and the jitsmlue.' Knhlnata-
or little Huuahine lllll-ao called after the
denrly beloved .Inpaheae home, contain*
niueh Hint I* best In beauty, both of tbe
Raat and Weal. Here bamboo and pine.
• «h onk nml magnolia, tbe poetic autumn
gr*«aes. the hloaaotulng plum and 'berry,
with roue, pluk and daffodil, dwell tng«*th
er In perfe. I amity. Indoor* and mil, on*
meet* with the atrurtnrnl beauty, the aea
tlietl<* liaimonlea of color laarnnl. or trana-
niNiited bodily, from that vaat trea*ure
t»ou*e of -thing* beautlfnl-Japan. Here
al*o wn* written Mr*. KenolloM’* latest
book. - The Dragon Painter." very recently
Mr* Fenolloan come* of *n artl*tle fmn
llv Doth of her parent* were. «ud *tllt
for flint m*tter. wwltera. Her father,
William Stoddard McNeil, la a poet (.f ahll
Il< himI h lover and keeu atudeiit of lit
inVe Mr*. Kenollo**'* home life In Mobile
tin* nlwnv* been <nm of the null* In n
verv do*e knit. Inrge. devoted family
irroim •Truth Iteatei" wn* In |mrt nu
Oiifeouie (.f lti*t hoine*|ekne*n wlib'll. While
ib*eiii In Japan. *be felt for the deurly
, rfrrle
huahaud.
ell know
llvlni
Frofe**or Frne*t F.
__ n III art clrelea a* one
f The greatest living authorltle* ou (»rleu*
■ nl nrt Mr*. Kenollo** feel* that ahe I*
iteenlv 'Indehteil f<»r erltlrlam, suggestion
■ lid i «ni*tnut encouragement, although In
ii.e mutter of plot and actual writing ahe
nork* Ciitlrelv alone. Their life together,
i -ii| I., .tnpnii and In thla country. I* . hnr-
JirteMaed hv lndep«*lldent hill nlOM.Iulelr
"ongeiil.-il work, nml by Unrumny of Inter-
y'-K
Chamberlin-Johnsoh-DuBese Compahy
IS E VEL YN 70 RECEIVE
FORT UNE FOR BA RIA G SOUL
New York. Feb. 22.—According to what appear* to l»e a well authen
ticated atory. Kvelyn Neablt Thaw la to receive SJoO.ono for baring her
aoul to the world. A young woman clone to the family la authority for
the atory that atom after the mamorablt* roof garden tragedy the girl
had aald ahe Intended to nail at once for Kuio|»e and spend many
month* In the aeclualon of aouthern l**ran« *•
Immediately there waa a conference of TIimw’* counsel. In which the
elder Mm. Thaw had taken part. All realised there waa no chance of
aavlng the young man'* life and they made her the offer of ISOO.OOO. Tha
only condition* wan that ahe ahould remain In New York—within the
jurladlctlon of the court—and be on hand ready to take the atand and
tel) what led the alayer to attack the architect. A part of the atlpula-
tlon wa* that Kvelyn would receive the fortune, no matter what the
outcome of the trial might be.
Kvelyn Thaw connented to the arrangement and the money will be
aettled upon her aa *oon a* the trial I* over. Mr*. William T haw, It I*
aald, I* personally reaponalble for the Mgieement.
TEN LIVING ARK
SAVED FROM SEA hi,-J 1 .
LITTLE BOY BLUE.
EVELYN SAYS SHE
MET WHITE WITH
EDNAJOODRICH
Declares Aetrews Told Her
Architect Was Her
Friend.
(•auQ «B»d Ui0J A penui^uoo)
* few dev* It dee* not
• '••• in sleep, hut drhc* Ii f'
If you b**e ce.in-rh ••■
1 with dtnfbCBt us* Munj»'
*viv4 laUaki* .. _
! ^^X't'SKSSSS c <r,W\.
" v f.e- snv. one taking rt dlioned
in .ii. (!• it IiiibImiimI or wife tin the
i I.i'.d MlatfBt I" hii»e hi* Ot It".- rl^hf to
r ruo-rn Into M .. hiwyer. it* n
' ..rirtbi* would lt*'»‘ th** «i«l • to * li .ti..
t* „l i*.. , vnutbie.l tM-f..r*- If . ••cfpltd Ilf
4vvl Mu-'v.utl» Cvulur*.
that lie must have bumped agalnat
twent> such hodle* before hla erlea
were heard by an approaching life boat
nd he wn* rescued.
Tragic End for Singers.
Thirty-five bodies have been washed
aahffle. Mo«t of ahem are badly bat
tcied nnd mulllated. Nome of thoae
ph ke<l up showed sign* of life, but the
pliyaldnna found It lmp<»eslble to re-
acltate them.
Vandyke, the tenor, did not *all
the Beilin. Among the opera singers
lont were aome of conalderahle fame on
he continent. Including tlte lhitch bar
itone. rVRetlto, Ftauleln Buttel, of the
rt theater. Berlin; Krauleln Goebel,
of the fourt theater, Dreaden. and
Frauleln Hclioto. of the Manheln opera
Itouae. The lo** of the opem company
tragically end* a moat unfortunate ex
perience In l«ondon. where tlte aeaaon
proved a financial failure, compelling a
premature dosing. Mapy of the. Mng-
era had not been paid and were com- Brill|l
pel led to; seek aMlatapre from trte Gei;-
. dog I* (Mivcred with dust.
Itui Miurdy and ntsandt lie stands:
AimI Hie little toy soldier Is red with rust
And hi* musket mold* In hi* battde.
Tluf wn* when tbe little tov dog wae new.
AimI the soldier wns p**«fng fair:
Itui linn wa * the time when l.lttle Boy
nml put tlieut there.
• N«»w. don't yon go till I rouie," he said.
••And tlon r you mike suy noise!"
Then, toddling off to lit* little bed,
lie dresiut ef the pretty tey*.
AimI ii* lie wa* drenmlug nu sugel song
Awnkeiieil our l.lttlejloy Blue—
t»h! tin- ve*r* nre instit. the years are lung
llol the little l«i> friends are irus!
Aye. fsltlifnl to Little Bov Blue they stsnd
Knell In the name »hl |»lare-
Anlilting the touch of a little hand.
Tlo* smile nf 1 little fare.
AimI they wonder «« waiting the long year*
through.
Ill ilie dii*l of that little rhalt.
Whit Ini* l»«**-*iaie of our l.ltlle lloy Blue
Him e he kl*****| them Slid put them llnoe
-Kt'HKNK FIKI.D.
New York, Feb. 21.—'Throughout
If afternoon session Attorney Jerome
on tinned to ply Mr*. Harry K. Thaw
vith a rapid fire of question*, lie
I brought out the statement that Kdna
Good rich introduced Stanford White
to her In Twenty-fourth street.
Q. Were othar women there besides
R«lna Goodrich and youraelf? A. Yes.
Q Did Kdna Goodrich tell you who
Stanford White wan before you met
him? A. Hhe aald he was a friend of ttcularly
other men and two women besides
youraelfr* said Jerome. "They were
actreaaeaT’ A. Ye*.
Q. How old were these women. A.
Well, one was pretty young and the
other wa* not.
Q. Were /ou allowed to drink more
than one glass of champagne that
Cat’s Tail In Court.
The question whether tha tip of a chla-
• hills Perolsu cat's tall waa singed or rut>
again occupied Mr. Justice Kennedy and ,
n *j»eclal Jury all day yesterday.
Mrs. Isotiel Wilson, owner of the ett. ,
states that the tall was staged by accident |
while the su linn I waa romping before tbs ,
lire. Hlie «ues to recover damages for al
leged dlauder nnd libel from* T. B. Mn- i
of Bradford, s Judge at eat show*. ,
night" There were n.i immonrletlea I 1 allogdtlons are In rounertlon srtth the
mgnt There were no improprieties, ( ..unties rat Club show at Bath,
fatherly «»r otherwise, that night? A. I where. Mr. Masou (Unqualified ths cat. and
No.
Q When wn* the next time? A. 1
cannot tell, there were so many »f
those suppers.
Q. I mean by tills the time of the
drugging? A. I think 1 have told you
isll of them.
Q. Before the drugging you had been
to suppers and had been tuken home
by White, who hud been very solici
tous? A. Yes.
Q Waa there anything, cveu. now,
that you can construe as Impmper
other than when he atroked the gills
Hie of the gills mild h** waa a mar
lied man Slid I salil h" was not.
asked Mr. While. Mild he said: "Don't
nilnd. they are fooling you.*'
Q. Did the wine you drank «t White's
house on the night you lost conscious
ness lasie different from uny nine you
had drunk before that? A Not psr-
Ine tasted bitter. That
Hie Northern Counties t'at Club-show stl
JuiM-he*ter. last January. The eat VMN
«u*e«| the trouble la known ns “Evelyn
f Annulate." ami the Indorsement was st
udied to her. "Dlsquallfled-cut tall."—
Dally Mall.
•w lie
Utility of Contort.
i erker.
bout Hi- Itiisshiu •ctiaorshlp.
' ll*' *sM that In the rourse of the Itua***
JnpniM B- war lie had oecaslon In an aiilde
i* dem-rlbe the headqiiarlera of one «*f Hi**
rami duke*, lie wrote of these hriKhiuiir
.cm. nmmig other thluga:
man ionaul , “ •And ***er the desk In hi* hlghn**«- t-ut
The stern of the vessel seetds At inly •* « h»rg- photograph of Marie I* Jnmi*e,
ImtH-iltlKl In thn wnulbnnk on .'which , R‘.' 11 l '| , "i ll iu l .
,ho «cn. .niioif. ,m ms ii wn*. ^I !: r li-.v. .7?.“ ... "
loo .if l!l» ilm k l!OU*»4 "Pt-r lhc only j •.\i„l*«rr lln- .l.-wL III hla blffiinr,- ,.-ul
• i l»ig- map of the theater of wui.'"—
•etroit New •.
hers and wont Into very good New
York society.
(j. Was there any one with you ex
cept thla woman and White? A. No.
(J. What did he do? A He kissed
U*.
Q. Did It strike you as very natural?
A. No. He aald It was a habit of hla.
Alt*. Thaw on being questioned as io
White's treatment uf her said:
"In a grtat many ways he seemed I Ye
II I cun say; It had the regular
taste of champagne.
Q. Passing ovetv-'the occurrence* of
that night, when did you next go out
with White? A. I do not remember.
I went to supper In the tower with him
frequently after Ihnt.
• Q As often h* every week for a c<*n-
aldemblc |*ei1»Hl? A. Yes. for neaily
every day I went with him.
if You were going with Htmifoid
White t<» supper* and luncheons? A.
to be a good man, Kvetybody liked
him very much.
Q The young lady who was with
you on the second visit when he strok
ed you In hla fatherly way, how old
was she? A. I don't know.
g Did you observe anything In his
behavior toward other girls? A. No;
lie acted the same toward other girls
as toward me He treated them In th»
same way. stroking them In the same
fatherly way. putting up the same bluff
toward them an he had toward me.
Q Who was present at the next sup.
per? i\Vhl*per*d to Jrrom*- nnd In*
whispered In return.)
"There were present White, two
Q. And receiving a considerable
amount of money fiom him while you
Were not working'* A. Yes.
Q. Before you met White, the fam
ily was being hel|H*d bv the man who
afterwards married vour mother? A.
Yes.
Q. In 1104 you had already received
Thaw's proposal and the Iniquity of
White had dawned upon you and you
still addressing the lady who told these
stories — wilting . her this letter about
the suggestion a* to the tenderloin and
the • ltend Itnt" (Jennii- held up the
letter lie Introduced earlieri. A. Yes.
Iteltun* objected and the question
and answer were withdrawn.
t ndjournod till Monday, with
Model for the American Han.'
Hermitly there was exhibited In Liver*-,
|mmi| nu enormous egg. that of a tell, flight
less bird, the Aepjroruls tuaxlmut, which*
formerly nude Its home on tbe lBland
of .UNdMitniM-ar. only tweuty of these mam
moth eggs *re kim*wii to tie In existence,
and they ('ring prlrea runglug from (ITS
to gun. K.ich Hgg I* about a feet f
and n-srl) * yard lu • Imunference, _
the •hell* will hold shoot 2 gslloua
wnier. - Indianapolis Nf wa
J*
Family ol Fiv.—Four Cant, a Day.
II I. .'•tl'U.trd that tbr imwuit. of ih.
fHoith of Krmii-v ,,H*ud on food for . f.oiltr
of fl\r an nvrr.fr of four rrnt. . (Uf. For
lirrnkfitai ibrrr |. lim'd, .lib n iTtiMntl”"
or Mil h.b to nfirrad uu II: llir <llnu«r. «i.« k
or it-li. or II irfrinlilr *>u|i. or Mlad; mol
for iup|*rr. irutll*. brnun or wth«r Vlfi'ln*
1 *„,..r i. Ibr rhlrf drink, wllli . rrry
ibin whir olirr lu H wbllr. K.bMt I. oern-
.loiintlv unrd nn n flavor lu . vrfrl.i.l -
rirw. Ini Him I. n Iniury. Ilrrf or toution
I. .rhloni tnalrd. Monl of Ibr la dm. th-” l>
lliil tbln rr.oouuT In not for Mt““
of rhrw Imrr linnk n.-rouul*.
miillrr of bnnl rn,U nrr writ .
Ill Him.
rtu tlivrn
Iiotblur. Many
114. Md In Ibr
rll ruuufb oir.-
FR0PERTY_TRAN8FERE.
S3.«uu' (prnnj niiiiii-Mm. Ad.llnr M.
Mlllri lo Minn K I \ Tntum. lot on cor -
nrr of Mllln and Vrn.bl. fltrrrtn. Bond
r lltlr.
II.Jiui—Thr lUfllr Rr.l Eatflte I'om-
pany to Jacob Him. lot on corn.r of
u.kluml uvenun and Ban ,trv«t. Wu.
i.mv ilml
IIW-U. (*. Kidd and K. B. HzrriM*
to J. A. Willi.mn, lot on WDIHuna
mrrri. Warranty deed.
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