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THE ATLANTA UEUKGiAN AND NEWS. TIR'nSDAT. MABCH T. llW. AUGUSTUS KELLEY TAKES MORPHINE; GOES TO HOSPITAL ,u«u«tua K*ll*y. tha proprietor of a „„ ,. rv more at X»t Baet Georgia ave- Hen In a precartoue condition at> lh> . (j,a,4 HoaplUI, an the reault of lekma an overdone of morphine. Ha « .liked Into hie ntore about 1 # . c l„ f li Thursday afternoon, and a few ff , , n .ls Inter fell unconeeloue on the An ambulance wae aummoned, tnA he nan taken to the hoepttal, „l„r.- hi* condition nan pronounced Mr Kelley In a mlddle-aaed man. ,.l Ilia wife live on Eant Georgia , next to hln ntore. ATLANTA’S TAX RATE LOWEST IN AMERICA BODY OF MRS. WINTER SHIPPED TO ATLANTA Hpeeial to Tli# UforKlan. Knoxville. Tenn., March 7.—The body of Mr*. James L. Winter, of Atlanta who died here Wednesday afternoon. h«h forwarded to Atlanta toda? for In terment. She was the mother of Mr*; IV. Morrow, Mm. l.*. K. <’offan and .Miss Anna I*ou Winter, of Atlanta; Mrs. c\ M. Taylor, of Uonyers; Mrs. Lucian Smith, of Macon, and Mrs. \V H t Nash, of Knoxville. SURRENDER TO UNION Tit*- Musicians' Union has won. The on hedra now dispensing melodies In t if*- «f the New Kimball House t ill I**- unlonixeci before S o'clock Thursday nlghfand this hostelry will h«> th»* official headquarters of the Basin,i) Tralnnieh'sf convention next >Ih\. ••tie of the largest union orgunl-. tati mw in the United States. Is iw understood further that this organization will have on deposit In thin lit.' a fund amounting to $6n.0fl0 to go uantee the wages of any delegate In attendance who might In* cut off the (•sv roll because of his absence from u ,,rk over ;’i00 delegates are expected i. ytt tnl ami the total number of vlsl- tat.d in iv reach 1.200. W. <\ Puckett, jsfi.irtny for the local union. Is making lb, |.:einlllnary preparations. SAY THAT WOMAN SMUGGLED GEMS New Yfirk. March 7.—Mrs. Florence Koehler, accused of trying to stnug gle S10.000 worth of Jewelry ashore from the Kaiser Wilhe|m II. last night, did not appear at the hearing today. Her attorney suit! she was the wife of a wealthy rhhago merchant and that the value of the Jewels were not more than $1,000. Most of them, he said, ahe took abroad with her. The case was held open pending the appraisement of the seized ornuments. CHANGE OF VENUE RESULT OF FEAR J:«< k 4 <*n. Ky.. March 7.—Judge Har* Ei« ntnl the other defendants in the ••1m here are expressing themselves today as exceedingly pleased wltn Judge «'antes* order transferring the hearing to KHIott county. In view <*f all the facts and what I kn-w." snld Judge Carnes, "I am con- mbm-iI in my own mind of the state of A.'V->ue«s here, and that this case -i- ' 'I In- changed from Breathitt • Georgian. (Si.. March 7.—The city - meeting yesterday aft- t«» puss an ordinance »!o«*:ts here, as it was an- > mu* of > the prohibition «\oected by others, and :c flqht ii WOMAN LOST IN W00D8, FOUND BY 8EARCHER8, Special to The (•••orglao. Hpartunbuig. 8. t'.. March 7.—After being lost In the woods for two night und one day. suffering the pangs of hunger and intense cold. Mrs. Brew ton. an aged woman. wax. found Mon day morning lying by the side of a big log. by a party of searchers. l-n*t Saturday afternoon Mrs. Brew - erton. who lives In the lower part of the county, near Burnt Factory, left her home to visit relatives In Union county several miles distant from her place The old lady carried with her a can of milk and a cake of butter us a present for her people. While walking through a path, which she hud taken as a short er route, she became confused and lost her bearing. CHARGED WITH MI8U8ING UNITED 8TATE8 MAILS. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga. Tenn., March 7.—In spector Clark, in charge of the office of the office of postoffice inspector. Paul K. Williams was today notified *»C the arrest of Willie L. Thornlson ut Greenville. Tenn., on the charge of using the malls In promoting fraudu lent scheme*. Inspector W. K. Key* made the arrest. not yet In sight, i day afternoon. 1 i Mrs. Annie M. Sheppard. Mrs. Annie M. Hheppattf. wife of D. r. Sheppard, died at her residence. 295 Hast Linden street, Thursday morning at R o'clock. She was the daughter of Deputy United States Marshal Mark W. Scott, and I* survived by her fa ther and mother, a young child and sister. The funeral will take place Frl- The New, 1907 Models CRA VENETTES And Other Rain Proof Coats The 1907 Creations The Swagger New Styles SPRING TOP COATS They 1 re here, in great form, and splendid variety LOOK IN ON THEM! EISEMAN BROS., 11-13-15-17 WHITEHALL ATLANTA. Baltimore, Md. Washington. D. C. i tn Soria* Catalog, praluMly iiluitraUd. it n#w '• P r8 - of publication, and will bo ready Hr mailing in a law day*. •" •" >»or name far aur mailing hat, and Inaura your pattm* a copy promp y. Government Bulletin Shows Real Rates of Country. Atluuts lias the lowest real tax rate of m»y city In the United State* This is shown In the nffh-ial hulletlo of the government, recently published In the bulletin of the League of American Muni elpalitle*. The bulletin contains two separate col uiuus of figures, one with the assessed Illation of property la all cities of from 3J.000 population to 100,000 and over; the other containing the tax lerjr on the report ie of the tax levy lioaea on me report*. „ «m the SI.<m». In the whole list of . . cltjta. there Is not another whose real lax rate Is us low. Little ItiM-k comes next with a real tnx rate of IS.SO, sud Hsu Francisco third with n rate of $&.£!. Tlier» nre only three cities In the United State* with n lower nominal tax rate. ALhtuta’s Is SL'.SO. as compared to $11. Lit •Iff Itoek'n nominal rate; to $11.98. Mouth Omaha's rate, and $11.44, of Allentown. Pa. juncture uomlusl .rate is the seme as that of Atlanta, hut he* real rets Is uear ly twice ns large. UNWRITTEN LAW” SAVES STROTHERS HOPES TO SEE Continued from Page One. Ktrother. and met hi* deuth within hour after the ceremony. Bywater* had been compelled to w »d the girl after he had admitted their relations. It was In evidence that Im mediately after the marriage. By water* said he wished to go to hi* mother'* home and Inform her of what he had done. Fearing that he wished to *ert hi a bride, her brother* refused to permit him to leave the house. Fled Prom the Room. He fled from the room and tried to escape through a lower hall. He wan aught by one of the Btrother* and forced to return to hi* wife’s bedroom, where ahe lay ill. He wa* then In formed that he waa suapected of want ing to deaert her and that he would not be allowed to do ao. Then he leaped from a window onto a porch and a* he did so Philip Stroth er and hi* brother. James, opened fire. va* stated that eleven shots were fired. Philip fired first. By waters wa* found dying on the roof of the veranda. Brothers Are Tried. James and Philip Btrother. brothers, were Indicted on a charge of murder mid were arraigned for trial In the court house at Culpeper. Va.. last week. When the trial began It wa* evident that the plea of the defense would be the "unwritten law." Judge Harrison, who presided, how ever. announced that he would not rec ognise any law other than that which appeared upon theetatute book*. The defense then changed to emo tional Insanity and an alienist was called to the stand to give testimony’ to the effect that the Strother brothel*, at the time of the killing, were not re sponsible for their deed. In the trial Mrs. Viola By waver*, widow of the man slain by her brothers, testified In their behalf.* She said she had loved By water* and had such faith In him thut It was easy for him to deceive her. Proud Family of 8tate. The very prominence ,of the parties themselves made the affair all the more sensational. Although the slaying of Bywaters bv.ahe brothers of the girl he wronged in one sense of the word vindicated the wrong done Uie woman and the family honor. tl\e fact remains that one of the. prominent families In Virginia. tracinji.Jts ancestry back to the seventeenth century, had for the first tlrno In Its existence seen the Btrother escutcheon stained with dis honor. It was this fact which seemed to prey upon the minds of James and Philip Strother more than the thought that they were forced to take human life in defense of family honor. "We Hod to Kill” Believes Administra tion Has Change of Heart. New York, March 7.—Although Prc- ideot RooMvelt ha* not undergone any change of heart, the government at Washington is going to take a more tolerant view or the railroad, situation, and I* more Inclined to recognise the neces.ltle, or the railroads and the handicap with which railroad* have to contend, according to K. H. Harrlman who returned to Ills office thl* afler- noon after a week In Washington. Mr. Harrlman *ald: "I would not want to give any Im- easlon that the president ha In his drastic policy of chastl orporatlon* which, he thinks, rending the people. I believe, I that the admlnlstratiop la expe a change at heart. 1 believe re* a burdensome one In sonu •peels. Railroad companies have mistakes. Managers have negl the relationship with the govern and the public. Railroads shoul given credit tor the tact that BODY OF BLECKLEY Continued from Page One. tunda was used In order to facility the passing In and out of the people. flittering down from the openings in the great dome. There was Just enough t. ilight to rob the acene of gritrnes*. Funeral 8ervico at 3:30. At 3 o’clock the large honorary es cort was formed In the state library and marched Into the supreme* court room, where the body had been re moved for the funernl services. The Atlanta Bar Association marched to the capitol from the court house In a body. • The room wa* crowded to It* capaci ty and score* stood outside to hear tha simple hut beautiful service which will begin at 8:30 o’clock. Ur. J. \V. Lee. pastor of Trinity Methodist church, will conduct the final rites over the dead. Mr. Alex Hmlth. assisted by several well-known local musicians, will huve charge »f the music. in keeping with the simplicity of the life of the man who wa* being hon ored. there waa no pomp or ostentation about the last honors paid him on earth. The funeral services will be made very brief and simple. At the cunduslen of the services In the capitol the body will be taken to Oukland and will l»r lowered Into the earth for the last long sleep. Peace to his great memory. MEMBERS OF MACON BAR ARE NAMED A8 E8CORT. Bpecial to The Georgian. Macon, Oa.. March 7.—The members of the Macon bar were greatly shocked to learn of the death of Judge Bleckley, larkesvllle. He wa* held In NORTH SIDE HOMES Three Modern Artistic Cottages on May (9th) St. Cost of lot (each) $1,280 Cost of street improvements 100 Cost of house (contracts) 2,500 Contingencies ioo Less 6 per cent loan $3,950 2,250 Investment . $1,700 Selling price of house $4,750 Profit of each house ... 800 The lot* are Just off Myrtle atrel. We can cell these home* by the’time they are completed. Thera are 00 modern, artistic cottages, with furnace heat, on the north aide for aale. They will aell tike hot cakea. Looir at your net Investment and look at the profit. We know Juat what can be doty* In tbla. It'* open for a few day a. JAMES L. LOGAN & CO., Phone 2102 Main. * 301 Peters Bldg. RUSSIAN BAN e A CASHIEl St. Petersburg. March *7.—Seven armed men attucked the chancellery at Moscow* while the official* were being 1 paid, and presenting revolver* Ht the • head of the cashier, demanded all the money In night. After (dealing $1*0,000 BITS ROB 7 OF $20,000 the highwaymen turned to escape, when they encountered a sergeant of police, whom they promptly killed. A house to house *eurch In the vi cinity of the chancellery la being made for the axHussIna. AMERICAN W HERSELF BEI Paris, March 7. —Standing liefore n mir ror In Iter apartments today. Mrs. Doua- than, snld to he the dsughter «f n Uhl- cage lungislrnte, committed suicide lor ’OMAN KILLS •ORE MIRROR shooting herself through the heart. 8he lived In lavishly fitted apartments. Klmiiicinl trouble is said to In- the eauae of her net. CRUISER TENNESSEE, SCENE OF A VERY SERIOUS MUTINY i The evidence advanced at the trial j high esteem In Macon. Member* of I bore out the contention* offered by ihc I brothers when placed under arrest aft- ! er they hail riddled Bywaters' body with bullets. I "We had to kill him.” they said. "or could never have looked the public In the face again. You or any other man would have dune the same thing." A resume of the entire tragedy de veloped a tale that might adorn the pages of fiction rather than of plain truth. Seldom has any court *c*n un folded such a harrowing recital of misplaced confidence—the confession, enforced marriage and finally. In ut the .Macoh' bar received notice yester day from the supreme court that they had been named <as honorary escorts to the funeral in Atlanta. PDSTDFFICE CONTRACT MEANS A BIG JOB *«| from the alt** ml. of dirt of Atlauls’s proposed tempting to leave hi* bride of an hour, I Si.uio.oft) |M*tnff|ro In the excavation, which was ahot. figuratively, before her eye* by her Irate brothers. SIGNS REQUISITION. OF FLORIDA GOVERNOR After hearing the plea of B. I). Blackwell, who has been fighting the requisition to go back to Florida. Thursday morning Governor Terrell de cided to honor the requisition of the Florida governor. Blackwell’* wife and Attorney Hum phries made the plea against the requl- sltlon. At 3 o'clock Judge Pendleton In hearing the habeas corpuH pro ceeding*. Uport* that decision will test | the question as to whether or not ! Blackwell must go back to Florida to answer the charge of obtaining mon*y j on a check when he had no fund* In Ithe bunk. POPULAR ROME TEACHER DIE8 IN SANITARIUM. Special to The Georgian. Rome. tin.. March 7.—Yesterday aft ernoon Mis* Frances T. Howard died at the Battey Sanitarium, where she had been tinder treatment. Mlsa How ard suffered a stroke o # paralysis a few days ago Miss Howard formerly lived In Rome and was tris ffatiitifrr nf tne mrur Wallace Howard, on- of the early aet- tiers of Rome and incut prominent men In the state. The deceased was the pilncipaj ut the school ai Cement, Oa III l*»xlu next wripk for the foundation*. Superintendent .Martin \ Islted the custom house Thursday morning for the purt"»*c of making preliminary arrangements. "Wo shall put from forty to fifty tenuis to work hauling dirt.” snld he. **aiul every thing will l*e rushed while the whither I- giNid We iiillsl have the foundations eotli pleted l».v Kent cut Iter and you may rest as sured the Job Will Im* completed hv Hint time. We trill erect an office on the site where i be work ctti be personally suiter Intended." FATE OF THAW UP TO EXPERTS Continued from Page One. A mutiny on board ■ United State* warthip is ■ rare thing, but owing to the persecution, of potty officert, it io alleged there wae a bloody out break aboard the armored cruiear Tenneeeee, in which one man wee killed end two eerieuely wounded. The picture at the top ahewe the Tenneeeee and below ie ahown * typieel ecene an the deck of the vessel, with two of the eteiore playing alngle sticks. in the court room. — Tiic story of Htanford White’* con duct toward the slip of a girl, which . later herein, tier daughter-in-law. wee not nmv to her. Hrr son had told It over and over again, end It preyed on TiIh mind to eurh an extent that the sympathetic mother even urged Harry to marry aooner than he had expected. it la the belief of thoae who heard the aged inother'a pathetic atory of tier aon'a sorrow and of how ahe be came reconciled to the girl he wtlhad to wed and then came to love bar, that ah. lias proved one of the atronffaat weapon's in Thaw'a defense. She Makes Tailing Point-. One of the most telling points In tha story' of the mother waa that whan site told how Harry had' said to her that Ids trouble was reused by -the wickedest man In New York" ht refer red to Stanford White And hie treat ment of Kvelyn Nesblt, although ha did not mention either by name. There wua no aeeslon of the court today, owing to tha death of a brother. In-law of Justice Fltagerald. Tble Ie tlie second time the trial baa been sus pended for similar reasons. It Ie be lieved the trial will last two weeks more. Wife Visits Prisoner. Mrs. Harry Thav.- was an aarly vis itor at tha-Tombs today. Before.going up to Thaw's cell Mrs. Thaw said aha felt splendidly. She announced 0*7 Intention of remnlnlng with her hue- band as long a* the prison rule per mitted. and said that Mr*. Will Thaw. Mrs. George L. I'araeu the countess of Yarmouth, the cr’s mother and slaters, would arrive' at the prison later. "We are greatly relieved that Ur*. Thaw's testimony hsa been given," she ■aid. “and as far as we women are con- erned we consider the worst over. The suspense of waiting to bo called waa' very wearing on Harry's mother." ' • It was mated today that the acene between the prisoner and hie mother on the Bridge of 8lgha, after the ad journment of the trial yesterday, waa ao affecting that Thaw'a guides and the other prison and court officials present were forced to turn away to concdal their emotion. „ Thaw Pate Hia Mother. Thaw put his arm around tha aged woman, patting her affectionately on the bark, nnd exrlalmed: "I did - not know mat 1 had aurb A wonderful mother.” There were leers In his eyes, but his mother mnnared to restrain any out ward exhibition of emotion. Long Question Planned. Mr. Ireltim*. of the Thaw counsel, today statrd that the defense would only rail two more witnesses. Both are e\|>erts. Ur. Graeme Hammond and Dr. JelllfT.. "One of the mirations I will ask one of thew men." he said, "will be hy pothetical nnd It will require about an hour and a half or perhaps two houni to put It to the witness. I hare not prepared the Interrogation, but win ask It extemporaneously." The lawyer added that May Mar- Ivrnxlr will not be railed to the stand for the defense. WITNESSES TELL OF LABOR SHORTAGE IN MILL MEN’S TRIAL 8p*rlnl to Tk« Gsorgita. Greensboro, N. March 7.—In the trial of the Charlotte cotton mill men In the federal court today counsel for the defense announced, just before the adjournment for the dinner recess, that they were through, with the exception of putting one or two witnesses, who would noi be here till tonight. The government's counsel may put on a few* more witnesses in rebuttal, and It now- looks a* If the taking of testimony may be concluded tomorrow . The witnesses examined today ^"ti tled principally a* to the general short- age of labor throughout the country, an* 1 nothing sensational wa* brought out. Interest in the tt-UI I* waning. Judging from the falling off In attend ance since Monday. PLUME LEAVES MRS. EVANS PART OF $300,000 ESTATE Wstrrbury. Conn.. Mnrrli 7.— By the .I'nrnllnn. Rds'tlir main part of « tjuo ..III of Onl.l.l U Itlillnn -nil ... .o.l iii.i.i f .mu - a. ■ Mrs. Kinlly Flume ftvunx. wife of John! The « Gary Kvans, former governor of South I weekly. ut off With $2 o contest. BOBBIE'S ESSAYS. I frl lief,. V,.|il»t Mr. Him liontn. Mu mh| t< OLD LADIES HOME GIVES A DINNER A large crowd filled t'Ulld'r cafe, on West Mitchell street. Thursday to en joy the dinner for the benefit of the Old i-adle*' Home A number of the ladles Interested It. the success of the | !•«!*. itisn hojiie- were present and assist By WILLIAM F KIRK. siioks • Ip flit* only Ititlig ImIWi‘1'11 IIS A tile show, except MtocklliKV. A If It WMsetil for sh«H*u we would rtu.i out wlisre the men live* wirh bn* tin* mutrseks for rlecn- Ing tbe stretR, A we wild run nt tlicm with our Imre feet A hit them In the uom> Willi our Imre Ibtv »!»«»••«. Is of two t2i sixes. I. Illg shoe*. I .It tel shoe* the Biggest shoe ws* the one whh the old Indy th*d In. she hxd no tunny children sin* Ulilent know wUnt to do. »o sfter she hnd looked nt utnnv lints she ioal him Well. I will talk the llttet ones * live In n shoe k you enn pay the shoentnker. After When nil her hnt_ Un m look nt all tbe 1 "tltul velvet A 1’s^.cd I mu glnd the el U Miitnwbsrc. nil inv vehet Is gone, folk* go to • liurcli. shows, hotels. etc. the gcutli tint not the Indit kHII* tile gciiileini t tnlk off tluire hut 1*u snys tlmt In l»ee e to tnlk off tluire Is A m*e how much t'holly If she hi furred n Delicately Expressed. Glddny—I hear when yon asked imrry you she sAld she’d pwefer She said llltel wile Enfarsing tha Law. "Sift 1 ir * «&• ffcarrti f«»rr "Well, stranger. I'm msror of these dlgglo *. an* I st for law enforcement. We have got an •’cdluam-e whst gays no sa loons shall bs nearer tkau TOO feet rroni a church. 1 gsvt ’em three da>« to tuove tha church."--Judge £3*- i >me- wi _ - .skins ihe’kucsfi* • oiiiPort'aAte .tml in soring that they secured the g*K>d din ner that was provided. The dinner will continue until t o'clock Thursday even ing- HATH , . I m j tec pnl wnre on t<q» df than ■ Is lids of hrslB* A hair node Mi.tit iiuuir hair thas bruin* tjaiww finftrfiir gmnrr man mens T»«Ti a th» » ought to lie. )ly Pa lai^ *l>ii he Im* hnd f.*r three A f n piHty green color. It Med tc M* Mu hu* six <ct hots vfefc at fur three (J) usaotlM, «8*y STS CHARGED WITH SHOOTING AT BOY BY ROAD8IDE. S|»cr|n| to Tile Georgian. Athene. Go-. March 7.*>(lbe Phillips, a white citizen of Madlnon county, Ip in Jail here on a warrant sworn out against him by Weldon Bray. It I* charged that Phillips w*as coming In tha direction of this city and naw a young brother of Bray on the roadside. Ha. In nn unaccountable mood. It was Mat ed. drew n pistol and fired saveral shot* at the lad. none of which, fortu nately. took effect. Charles Jonas, his (ompanlon. was released. • young farmer of James li. «*reer, „ Xnrtigdoclicft. Tet.. has. established reputation as u srlsard durlsg the three years, lie Is aceomplf * laat — ...rktff, has been used for a long time I of pilgrimage for lovers af art. Tha Haraxftar. wnllri... Ihaiullo* .tnlxr-kioklag atMk)— Ainl Mil,It will y.m batr lu Pillow, plri Aau rl.nn I'aatuuH-r-IxilIgntloa. I (iw«l Tha Caxiaat Way. Mlaaua-I alioulj think n lit*, atrong man llko you wonhl be aabameil tu aak Pw uiotter. Hum-I am. mlasos. but I ain't got 4er nerve to taka it without ashu'.—Yhlladal’ |»bla Urconl. /