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■ — ;!■ ■ wsyrr;-:-' THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. MARCH II. 1MT. M. L. THROWER, IiEAL ESTATE. $3,150. jtfW, LISTEN—HERE IS a proposition in West jTjjd. A 6-room cottage in Bcctlicr street, one block of Lop. I°t 75x200, shade both front and rear, pcrfect- jv situated, a very fine gar den with grapes and other fruits. If there ever was a bargain in West End here is one. The owner must sell right now; Come in a hurry l vou like this. M. L. THROWER, REAL ESTATE. 39 N. Forsyth. GLORE & JUSTIN, 215 Peters Building. Nl< F FAST FRONT LOTS. WITH PLKN- ty of nbn.lf, 150 fert to an alter, for « short time at $10 par inmt toot. They «rf •■■rth $15 imtv. ON FI.AT SIIOAI-H ROAD. • MII.KH from ifiitor of rtty, we hare n aiilendld firm •'••iitiiiiiltig 20 acres. 11 acres In l*ol- t»m laud, also baa ooe olthobeat erchartla In tfa.- try; good four-room hotm? and cgetahle farm; $2,100 cash. HENDRICK ft CO„ Real Estate and Loans, 23 1-2 Whitehall Street, _ Both Phones. " a ?.n mswares? hom " AfiWBS? VSWBf S?UtTll JAckktJVif ‘ area lie; beau ti] TffiifckT. NKAU Mil- - , — —Uliful eight-room house* n "tor t>3K frvLitiioH (-Otta.ir ok r--t*riii?H l: lot 44 •>* >»: bouse f t*.W IIIIVh A IIAMltdlJIR HEAlllttScK ,_ 01 * attvet; liaa nfne room. null la,up la date In every respect; lot M l>y tWWi.Vk Ii.V6M MiI'hK OS l» «ood condition: let M l>y mo. mmr Jai-kimin hfiiKrt,—DIXIE JjjffrUffx: Si!tm n ° m ' w ™ ,o,, rV, ‘ iOSi" lit'! 1 # AfTl'tWill WiTYAcife t.s Mam wit avenue, near Jaskaott. "Boi fii Him; kgMilir.HnSC W.SM Bt'YIJ AN ICR EIGHT-ROOM COT- *«M$h lTydr afreet, uear Glenn. hi kuo*i condition, on lot *) liy ICO. CXiMiot, AVKSli f! _ dlX klMIM-COY lll Vs TWO-BTOKY NINKIUIOM limiae on t nidtol avenue; baa all lui* provementa; lot 5o liv l$ft. miTTii" HcYriTT two story nine room hmi**; aform sheet Hi *?ll’floor; modern; on lot 6* by TH'vh a kink itVH'iiN 1 iUm'iM house on Park avenue; on let 53 liv 117. liKkoKEE XVBSrb. NftAli iiIiVaNI roffage; lot SO by ToTh” Georgia avenue. L. A. WOODS, 818-819 Empire Bldg. BELL PHONE SOM—ATLANTA RHONE JOT I MAKE EAST TERMS. (M8B-TWEI.VE ROOM HOME ON ON* uf ilia vtrj M uorih alda straeto; two hatha: Bar stationary saaliitandi; lb- Wat Of gss Bxteres; larrr lot; to fact. >mr HUM that (or* to auk. up an tdral knar. HI MB - MAGNIFICENT TWO-ETORT fourteen.room bone to Inman Park, w* haffcs; gss and electric llrbta: electric lla: cabinet mantels; elegant Interior Bn- borne. large mania: ■». —- shoal four rest.: aratar, aaarar anil faa: cap aril for 160 caah, balance hr I be inonlb. 1‘rlcc 11,700. I tetter come befors 10 o clock Monday, or you will inlao thin. 12.000—WE .1IAVB A BRAND-NEW BIX room rortss* wltb nice cabinet maaf-lr. a a beautiful I acre lot. that llm Icrcl and la In flue ubspe every way: *708 caah aud 13) per month. thin place, and It la cheap at tbla price. *7.764 - FIVE-ROOM COTTAGE WITH ‘ af ball on Htewart arenuc. with lai A Wot one half caah; lialanre easy. McCRORY ft JOHNSON, Real Estate, 503 Peters BuUdln*—Phones 4191. SPLENDID 3-ROOM. 2-BTORT REB Itlence. near Jackson street; lovely neighborhood; one block from new pub lic school. All Improvements. Just what you are loklng for, and only $4, *50; easily worth $5,000. ON JACKSON STREET WE HAVE an eight-room residence, modern and up-to-date, for only $4,500; $1,000 cash. IN BEST I’AIIT OK COLLEGE PARK. ocr ."ttftgf consisting of five (urge rooms and ha!!, nice porrkes. etc. This Is one t>l ..f cor line, and lot Is 100 by 106; $*. 3f; $5>> ranu and balance mootbly. 5f«uty; water snd gss sad ills Sidewalks': •" ,nr Hoc; pries $Sp$60; $30 cash mod 13 |**r mouth. AT < nu.KijK PARK, LOT 51 by 130. -•th i»T\ant house In rear, renting st t nionili. We enn self this for s snort u $vo. You see yon ctn make a ! i«t teni on this, and you have n I-* t*» build you a home on. ^*ou can’t ham; a NICE FIVE-ROOM COT ;*• ncur <b ttrgln avenue-; water, gas aud h*h. with large lot. TUla l» a nice place, bniv I1AV Terms. lieu 1IIII. Mmoll w. A. FOSTER, Heal Estate and Loans, 12 S. Broad. *8.500 Bl’YS ONE OF THE VERY loveliest homes on Jackson, near North avenue. Every convenience. Hull I for a home. Large shaded lot. Owner analoue to sell for good reason. Easy payments. Don't delay. ON ROULEVARD. NEAR NORTH avenue, ten rooms, wide halls, cabi net mantels, and all necessary conven iences. Large shaded lot, with elde drive and 15-foot alley. This will suit you. The ow ner has been asking |«,500 and so nnxtous Is he to sell. Instructs us to offer It for *7.000. The lot at ttO per foot Is worth (1.750. EIGHT-ROOM. TWO-8TORY. ON Park street. West End; 5o by 19*. This Is n peach. Only *6.000; *1,000 cash. Don't wall. Bt 11 -’Phone 2077. Atlanta 'Pboee ltU. * PLANTATION AND STOCK FARM OF -•!' At TIES IN MIDDI.E GEORGIA. N MILKS FROM A CITY OF 40.000 PEO - luiicg of railroad frontage, also pub »m! frontag**, l.jp) ogrea In cultlvatloO; < f rich bottom InmJs; 100 aefua of uup bottom* allll to ba davebiped ,v ' f nnd tlmtier for home con *>a>l"' n Most of tko land Ilea level and 1'“ "'. tl.ifk. loamy soil, wltb atroog clay i tiiio mole can cultivate to acres ‘i th!- land. Two six-room dwellings and thirty if-nnat bourn ot two nnd four ro >My 'IIMrlliuted. Corn mill and gl“. Batr ®i !. horse -m,| mulo twrni, crib bfld bog «sl rblexeu bouses, etc., nil In good Condi mil,-, of bog wire fencing. Creek *“"* toi-nrhe, supply water In nearly all Isrt, , y iti-- land. Hlallon and alda track ' IX" pines. School and chirckea eouven Annual nverage net Income *1.000. 'i!r» I;’ per acre. Terms one-third eaah: •ot!. „n or before tea rears lo annual bhlm-m, to aull purebaaer. with B per cent ** 4f! r '-l paymeata Tbla la a bargain *» 1 th,- ,-nance of a llfellme. Make the f"»'i i-niment and Iba place will make the **'7 t-> pay tba balance. Good water re -l beeith. Labor la plentiful and I J^_r further Information, write or *"<'t>" Ai:ii AVE.—COMPLETE 6 ROOM ,1..." home; street paved and everything Nelt’S I« tile- , »' AVE.. lol 50 - L'ue ALMOST NEW ( ROOM AVE.—WELL BPILT AND m,Hal Knmn houae wltb hall; one of "A';ttLU. NT.—NEAR W. Hl’NTER BT. i ’—m cotuge home; alee lot, eity wa- t^a^'B «m*»elad; oa kabt front lot on new rl "'"tine ear line. All right for (aru. i ON ORMOND STREET NEAR : I"'"! me walka.. Cbeop for *anx t'-M, , tn . T 25 lawton street, t u.|. for |am. Very aaay lerma k*sy ” S0,,T,, ; ,TI '* '■ MIGHTY ri.NE EAST AVE. J. A. BROOKS, Real Estate, 407 Fourth National Bank. Bell Phone 1393 Main. HILL BT.. IN TWO IILOCK8 OF Grant .Park, a nice little 6-rooin cot tage with all conveniences for $J»,200. Terms. - OAKLAND AVKNL’K. A NKARLY new 4-room cottage with water and sewer connections, for only $i,$00; $360 ca»h and $20 month. U$no-A nick arnrMian mix-room cottage, built for ■ home out of the very he*t niNterinl on a lot ino hy lw. Tbl* pbo’** I* 90u James atreot tRounle Brte». The otroer l» aaaiou* to sell, ami we can tnaki you roost riuiaonable terms on this place. $1.100—A GOOD FIVK ROOM COTTAGE In sl*out two Mock* of Grant park, and about the tame distance from Wonderland, the uew amusement park. This will make you a tilee little home, aud wa can arrange terms. $2,900—AN IDEAL MIX-ROOM COTTAGE on the beat part of East Georgia avenue. This la a aperlnl ttargaln. aa the owaer want* to eell (aside of tha aext few weeks. $:.tS0 - BRAND-NEW MIX ROOM COT- tago fronting ou a wide charted atreet. overlooking the new amusement park. We cou make you easy term*. C'EXTRAL AVE.. N'KAK GEORGIA avenue, I have n modem up-to-date 4-r«>om cottage with nil convenience* for the very low price of $2,750 on eu»y terms. MOSS & GIRARDEAU, Office 501 Fourth National Bank Building, Bell Phone 4256. $2,8,50 spot cash will buy a brand new cottage. No. 347 Ormond street, within two blocks of Grant Park. House nearing completion. It has five large airy rooms, beauti ful hallways, - bathroom, pan try, etc. The lot is snlendid- lv elevated with tile walk iii front. If you haven’t all ensh will try to arrange with vou. ijiljoo _ Splendid 4 - room cottage, 245 Magnolia. Room for another cottage on lot; will pay 14 per cent if properly improved. Wh : ‘- tenants. $3,000—One-half cash, bal- nnee $30 per month, will buy a good 6-room, Fraser street, near Fair. li’^'JJOG LOT ON HIGHLAND AVE. "l«b wvllnn-rW. * ^ITooTET'eve. WANTED REAL ESTATE If you own property that you are willing to sell at u real bargain , price, list it with us for quick sale. We handle bargains only and have customers waiting. ATLANTA REAL ESTATE AGENCY, 1507 Fourth National Bank, Beil Phone 250 Main. NEW MODERN HOME FOR SALE. On one of the most beau tiful streets on north side, two-story, nine-room mod ern house, just completed, every convenience, fumaee heated, electric lights, dou ble sheathed and floored. In basement is servant's room, storage room, furnace room with cement floor. First floor, reception hall, parlor, sitting room or libra ry. dining room, kitchen, butler’s pantry, storage room and lavatory. Second floor has four bed rooms with large closets, hath room and linen closet. A All rooms and closets nice ly tinted, wide veranda front and side, fine lot, east front, first class plumbing,material and workmanship through out. Price $7,500. ADDRESS OWNER, CARE UEORGLVN. D. F. M’CLATCHEY REAL ESTATE AND INVEST MENT COMPANY, m CANDLER BLDG. BOTH 'PHONES. MILLS STREET. LOT S BT IB PERT: four-ruuai bom*; rrrvpllns hall, Imtb bod all aaavaalnina. oa to M bv 1(0 foot. Krnla for *30.80 par uouth. Prtea (LOOS GARDEN STREET, BETWEEN BABB a ad Love; modem Art-room cottage, oa jjl OO hr DO fori: all kind* at frail; la fan. II lta afca Httla homo In arrrp ro- apart, trier (-000; *7W an* balaora (U HILL BTREET: COBNER LOT! « BT 10: arllliolli coital*; ivo jaara old; rabi KABT LINDEN. NEAR BEDFORD PLACE -four-room ruttafr; now, wrll halli; lol G l>r 1(5 frot; a bargain at ll.MO. Trruia or. caab. ORME BTREET-FIVE ROOM COTTAGE; •Try Improvoiiicni; lol M hr 100; aaar u.l wrlLloraiod; ior I7.MS KELLY BTREET-NEAT BIX ROOM COT- !«*«•; n**w iMirrelalii ImUIi; hot water au*| very mtivenlence; fdevat.-.l b»t; 5j by 150, nd cheap at $2,760; eeay term*. S. B. TUBMAN & CO., FOR SALE. Capitol Avenue Home. „ *: two atory rlibt-room bouar; would coat ».Wp to dunllcato tbr aamc. Tko owaer la In debt and will aril tht property at a quick aalc for (t.ooo. and will nako raa- aonnblo terma, or will lake varaat lot. or rrnllni nraprrty In part payment lor aama. Call and let ua allow you tbla. Tha koaaa la In flrat-claaa condition Suburban Home. SEVENTEEN.ACIIE TRACT OP LAND; kae 1.250 feet eirwt frontage; alee, four- room cottage, end entire piece aader fence price only $i7»; paved road, fronting oa car line; ecaoole and rhurchea convenient good neighborhood; plenty of nfcnde. Tenth Street Vacant Lots. NEAR TENTH MTREET RCnoOL-PIBD- roont avenue and Myrtle atreet. and look ing teto Piedmont city park; price $1,500 up to $1,300; nearer and water. MONEY TO LBND. S. B. TURMAN ft CO., Cor. Broad and Ala. Streets. BOTH PHONES *:>«. WIIAT WILL TOC GIVE FOR S.5» TO 3.0f»0 cords of wood nad 100,000 fret of lumber on the atutup. $. mwn from, the In It. $9,760—ON ONE OF TIIE REST NORTH side street*: large lot, worth 94JOO; thor- ougbly up to-*Iate eight-room and two-atory bourn*: furnace: modern hath; laratorlea# Eliding doom; tlntesl walls; elegant mantel*; combination Astnree: varv aebrt neighbor. IiimmI; heavy atone foundation and atone Rtcpa and atone coping; aervnnt'e bouee Itaru. Terms. nine commodloua • ; pis ro $7.5 Sa.SOO-Jt’MrEB BTRKBT—FINE TWO. story house; pl|*ed for furnace; all mod orii conveniences: carrying a 6V3 |n?r cent loan. ”Nuf eed. ■ .porcels bfnet « liVinonth. ’ouTbulldlng snd beautiful let. 5o by 219. Owner bee left Atlanta. It le •nra at a aeertflee. •WE GET RE8CLT8." ANSLEY BROS., REAL ESTATE, Offices 4 to 10 E. Ala. St. Phone 339 Bell. BARGAIN!! AT SO 1 rRKBCENT AVENt’E, Jl'BT nne-balf block from IVai-btrre alreet, wa 6 ate aa rleiani I" mm, hnnae with furnace rat. aaa aod elertric llabla. pi la«m, pcrerne.1 ihrooaboui. Bad In apleadld roudb Hen llaa trank room, aerraala' now aad •table. (•• a beaatlful lol, II hy .boat IM P wt. with a lo-fooi drireway oa aide. roata eaal and baa load oak akade. Price m.im. Can anume a **,00* mortal IT If dr ain’d. BERING BTREET I JIT-ONE OF THE rkeapral lota na Iba north aide of elty, whlrh on anmaat of certalo romlltloua that eilat rwahlea ua lo offer It at a wort Bee. Tata lot la aa Ike hut part af Buriat street, la Ike ael*bborbood of Third afreet; I. 55 feel front and raa be bought for Jut tJ.ur) if labeu at ooce. AT DECATEK. GA. OS CANDLER BT - Tbr brat reatdeore atreet la Iterator; an a lot !mi*Xk we hare a Brat-rlaaa borne of > room, with laandry. aerraala' boaae. Iiern. ua and water: he. aew wtudariil aud well with riceltcal aopply of water. K< FUNERAL NOTICE. „ „ Beltt.K61 NOKB—Frtrnda "f Mra. Nrttle Hehlralaaer. Mr. and. Mra. Harry I.. Hclile.liitfcr. Mr. and Mr*. M. II. Hchlc.- Iiiircr. Mr. an.l Mr. Italpb Victor, Mr. and Mra llennao Villa of Nrw \ork.ato lari ted to attaad the funeral of Mra. Net tle Bchlealnur tomoirow (Tueadayl after Ii.miii 1(1 t o’clock, from the realdrncc of lier dauahirr. Mra. lulpb Victor. » troutb- Pryor atreet. Interment at oak land. The follnwlna gentlemen will am a. patlbcarera and plenar m.et at the undertaking parlora of ilrernlwrg. Bond A liliMuidleld at 1:18 o’clock: Mr. jta> Kota. Mr. Big Well. Mr. F. J. Cohen, Mr. B. Mnrcr. Br.. Mr. Jacob Klartuan, Mr. J J. Loci'. Mr. Billion Metaer. Mr. Ikr bcbomi, Mr. J. M. Alexander, and Mr. L»rl Cohan. Wireless Message Sent 3,000 Miles Waablnffton. March l*.—Wlralaaa tel. egraph etperta of the nary department •re elated over thalr recent auccaaa In tranamlttlng a wlreleaa meaaagc from Penaacnla, Fla., to Point Loma, Cal., dlatance of over 3,(180 mllea. Thla tranamlaalon waa a moat t mArkahle feat,'' aaya Captain E. F. Qualtrouffh, l'. B. N„ In charge of wlralaaa telegraphy at the Waahlngton Vlthln my bnowladga It la tha grtateat dlatance an far raached on thl* •Ida of Ihe world. Ita Importanca ran be eallmated by laying that any dla> tanre will a non be overcome. It aeama more remarkable when It la remem bered that two mountain range* Inter, vene." Judge Namea Receiver. Special to The fleorg|ao. Macon, Oa.. March I*.—Upon tha ap plication of T. D. Tlnaley. H. T. Powell and J. S. Bcolteld. Judge Reagan, ot the Flint rlrnill. Raturday named Ar thur E. Hoard man receiver for tbb Jeter * Board man Oaa and Water company, a coaearn operating a mini, her ot yean ago. Education and Charity to Get $2 £0,000,- 000. PREPARES WILL - .MAKING BEQUESTS City of New York Likely to Be Given Suni of $50,- 000,000. New York. March 1*.—The Herald Is authority for th* statement that John D. Rockefeller. In preparing bis win. haa provided for a donation ot (250. 000.000 for charitable purposes. Thla amount. It I. oeaerted, will be baatowad an that the beneflts there from will almoat be perpetual. It alao la stated that the oil king con tom plates giving (6o.ooo.ooo to the city of Now Tork. and It will be partly for charitable and partly for education- al purposes. Statement Is made of the fact that Mr. Rockefeller will contribute but lit- tie for rallgloua purposed, aa he le of the opinion that the necessity does not exist. He thlnka the churches are growing stronger year after year, and there to no danger that they will ever need any great flnancial assistance from one per- son. Mr. Rockefeller la said to be greatly Interested In the cause of education and purpoaes giving more and more to Inalllutlona of learning. It Is reported that h* haa decided to give 150,000.040 for educational pur poses In Chine, but there Is little or to continuation of the report of this plan. DETECTIVES THINK THAT STOLEN BOY IS ABOARD VESSEL Pinkerton Men May Be ou Trail of the Kid napers. AGED WOMAN UNAWARE RECEIVES THE GALLANTRY a OF WORLD'S RICHEST MAN Rockefeller Picks Cloak From Ground and. Hands to Owner and Was Asked About Gar She Was Waiting For. ■pedal to The Georgias. ■ Augusta, Oil, March 18—Join D. Rockefeller, the oil king, comes Ip Au gusta from Hampton Terrace hotel on Hunday mornings to attend service al th* rirat Baptist Church. After eerv- lo* yesterday he strolled leisurely over to Main street, and. while walling for a ear back to Hhmpton Terrace, walk ed around the Confederate monument, reading- the Inscriptions on all four sldas. An old lady, possibly GO years of age, rather stout and short of slat- ure, was walling for a car also, and had hung her clonk on the Iron fence Inclosing the monument. The cloak had fallen off on the ground. Upon Mr. Rockefeller's arrival at that point ha noticed the cloak on the ground, and quickly stepped forward, picked It up and handed It over to the old lady. They stood near each other, making I ••■me casual remarks about the monu ment. The old tody also asked him (i come questions about a ear ahe was . uniting for. Mr. Rockefeller continued his walk nround tha monument to a point about 60 feet beyond. Where b* stopped and waited for his own ear. A gentleman standing near, atsppad up to the old lady and aaksd bar. It , she knew who It was that picked up . her cloak. Hho aald ahe did not. and upon being told It waa John IX-Rocke- , feller ahe quickly gathered up her skirts and did’ a 50-ynrd aprinl. Bha. rushed up to Mr. Rockefeller and shook . his hand vigorously and thanked him ! profusely fur his set. of gallantry. Mr. Rockefeller goes’and comes at' his plsasure here, and atroils about i often unattended. Mr. Rockefeller leaves today for {few York. MISS SHONTS PLANS TO WED FRENCH DUKE! Washington, March 18.—While Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Bhonto continue to refuse to affirm or deny that their daughter, Mias Theodora, and the Due Albert De Luynas de Chaulnc* et de Ptrqulny are engaged, It to known that a detinue date haa been set for their wedding.' Miss Bhonts haa Invited Mias ‘Trod* j die” Evans, a well-known young socle*I fy woman, lo act as one of her brides* j maids. The date of the wedding ta ail secret for the present. Mr. Bhonta left for New Tork night. H, BRAVE GIRL LOSES FOOT, BUT SAVES OWN LIFE- Kansas t"|ty. Mo, March 18.—Caught In a cattle guard and unable to free herself. Miss Frances Bhaw, of Kan. City. Kane., aged 15, yesterday sac- rifleed her foot In ordjr to prevent be- klltcd by a train. „lsa Bhaw, with her friend, Minnie Eaton, attempted to cross the Alton tracks when Miss Frances' left foot caught In the guard and she was un* . able to free herself. To save herself from de|th she (lent I her body backward and holding to the ' tlea awaited the Impart of the train, her foot still flrmly held by the cattle I guard, and her ankle lying on the rail. The wheel* of the engine and train , passed over her leg. severing It be* ' tween the ankle and Ihe knee. DOWN-7RODDEN GIRLS HA VE ANOTHER KICK NOW; NO M1RR ORS IN ELE VA TORS Dover. Del., March I*.—Th# Pinker tons today believe they are closing In on the kidnapers of little Horace Mar- vln and that thay will ba under arrest and the boy back to his father In twen ty.four hours. Under the leadership of Governor Preston Lee, sleuths are patrolling Del- aware bay In two ocean-going tugs, seeking a black-hulled sailing vessel, board which are believed to be persons responsible for tbs child stealing, once the vessel stood off Kitts Mammock. ,* though sxpectlng a signal or message from shore. Other detective* are camped nil •bout the Marvtn farm. Indicating that ihe searchers have received definite In formation that something of Impnr- lance la likely lo happen at any time In th* Immediate vicinity of the spot where the lad waa stolen. NEGROES CONFESS SHOOTING UP TOWN OF BROWNSVILLE A Sensation Is Produced by Statements Made at Galveston. When the long and short hands came together at noon Monday, sweet Gwen- dolyn McGuffln. who dallies dally with the typewriter near th* top floor In tho Empire building, arose'languidly from her ehulr, nnd. donning her new spring rharlntte Corday. pressed the button nnd wnlted for the clevntor. "Down!” yelled the boy In buttons, -Down!" shot the elevator. And "down'' sank Gwendolyn'! spirits as she dis covered the awful truth. In her left hand sho grasped a powder rag. in her right were two hat pln«, while between her clenched teeth seven hair pins, a quarter for her lunch and two namplea of dress (nods were tlkhl. ly held. But In the midst of tier toilet •he was Interrupted. She could g<> no further. "Why. what's become of the mirror? quoth Gwendolyn. "Where's that looking glass?" naked merry Mabel Macaroon, who haa Just stepped In at the eleventh floor. "De main guy had all dc lookin' glasses took out." responded the bnv Waahlngton. March 18.—The senate military committee will summon her* ea a witness In the nmwnsvllle Inquiry D. G. Gray, a negro soldier of the Twenly-flfth Infantry, who la now un der arrest at Oalveitnn. after having made a sworn statement that the '•hooting up" of the town last August was doge by himself and a number of comrades. Hit taatlmony doubtless Aral will he taken by a cnurtmartlal now* being held at (ton Antonin. The senatorial Inquiry been proceeding now for month thla la the flrat positive Informs tlon brought to tha notice of the com mltlee that negro soldiers themselves were actually engaged In the rioting. All negro eoldlert examined have <1*. nle.1 that an'y of Uit aoldlara ware par- tlclpants.' Special to The (leorglsu. Galveston, Texas, March 1*.—An en tirely new phase has boen given th* Brownsville rata by tha confession ot live negroes who belonged lo the twen- ty-flfth Infantry and were discharged hy President Roosevelt for shooting up the town of Brownsville. Texas, on tha of August tl, 1800. i live negroes arrived her# Ratur day and from what caa be learned they made a clean breast of everything and furnished testimony which will no doubt hatp to daar up tha case. The discharged soldiers bear each other out In the statement that a Mex- Iran woman waa the primary causa of Mir riot. They claim UH oa* of tha soldiers had taken up wuh a Mexican woman who lived In the city of Brownsville, somewhere near the barracks, and when others found a while man In her house they became enraged, and going to the iMrracka called for volunteer* to help "shoot up the town." They claim lhal quite a number of the soldiers respond, ed and Immediately tho shooting be gan. While hunting for the while man. they look occasion lo fire Ihelr guns and eventunlly became su angered that they A red Into everything they saw. They hurried bach -o tho barracks after the ahootsne. Their reason for Anally giving their side of the mailer la said lo be due lu llm fact that It appeared useless for them to hold out against such strong evidence which hus come in light since the Investigations have been on. It Is stated, however, upon unquea. Ilnnahle authority, that the negroes have made afllditvlt to the foregoing atalements and that such sworn state ments are In the hands of thq proper authorities here who will take the testl. money for the negroes before the Inqul. ry comes, which has the trial In hand. OVERMAN SAYS THAT TAFT WAS TOLD OF CONFESSION. Washington. March 1*.—Senator Overman, of North Carolina, who la a member of the senate committee on military affairs which la’ Investigating Ihe shooting UP of Hrownsvllle. Texas, whsn shown the dispatch from Uel- veston tolling of Ihe alleged confession of a discharged soldier, said that the ommltte* received Information two week* ago lhal a former member of the Twenty-flfth Infantry had expressed a willingness to make a full confession It he could receive some assurance from Ihe government that he would be pro tected. Benator Overman aaya that thla In formation waa forwarded to Becrstary Taft, with ihe suggestion that It be Investigated by the war department. "All the discharged troops who tall tha truth about the affair," aald tha ■enator, "will certainly be protected by th* government," T. W. Johnson Diet. Special lo The Georglsn. Blakely. On., March II.—T. W. John- son. a prominent turpentine man of tbls section, died suddenly Friday morning after a week'* Illness from pneumonia. Alt of his family wet* at his bedside when death came. Mrs J. W. Calahan, of ltolnbrldgr, and th* wife of J. A. McLaurin. of Blakely, and Will A. Johnson, of Mlakeljr, art the surviving, children. at the lever. "He says de elevator* ain't no drcssln' rooms and he can't atund for holdln' a car while you golls use de powder puff an' put yer hats on wld a spirit level. W'at difference does It make wld dem crooked hats any way T" It I* sad. but true. The elevators In the Empire were once adorned with handsome mirrors, but the mirrors are no more. The management found that all Ihe stenographers In the building stopped In ihe elevator* to adjust thalr hats and to put a little powder on thalr faces, and this takes time. One or two passengers complained that they had been »n nearly Jabbed In the eye by hat pins that they were afraid to ride In th* cure, while others swore that when a girl planted herself In frunt of the mir ror and began adjusting her Peter Pan there was no room for anybody alas In the car. "Well," snapped Gwendolyn McOuf- An. when this was explained. "I guess us girls ain't the only ones that needs the lookin' glass. I've seen more than one nmn twisting his moustache In front of them mirrors. 8o there now!" FATE IS UNKNOWN TO RESCUE PARTY! Six Bodies Brought to Sur-f face—Way Blocked by State. Bpeetsl to Th* Georgia*. Bristol, Term., March II.—Th* worK if rescue, following the mine explo sion at Tacoma, Va., Saturday, Is not. yet completed. BIx dead bodies have been taken out and It Is feared that aa many more ere entombed In that per- J tlon of the mines that Is blocked by ' slate. The dead are: BOLIVAR AND CLEVELAND NoON'ONKSTER. of Big Blone Gap,! Vo. JAMES AND ROBERT 8NOW, of Tacoma, and two whose names are not known. The explosion occurred at th* mints mlloa east of Norton, and Is owned snd operated by Bond A Bruce, of Wise county. The explosion occurred 1.500 feet below the surface and to aald to hava been due to Inefficient, work ot the mine fen which allowad the (an to accumulate. Robert H. Bruce, ooe of th# owners of the mine. Is wait known In Virginia, haring been the nominee for congress In th* Ninth Virginia district last fall. R. M. Cllnkteal*. The funeral service# of K. if. Cliak- acale. a Confederate veteran, who died Sunday night- after an lllntsa of only three hours, were conducted In th* chapel of Barclay A H rand on afternoon at 1 o'clock. Th# to was in Wcstvltw cemetery/