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•—'— THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Friday. maiumt so. m. 1— [ KEELY’S KEELY’S KEELY’S | Ribbons for Easter • A Special Saturday Sale Just in time for the Easter sashes, collars, trimmings, etc., comes this special sale of new and pretty Ribbons. The offering will include plain satin and taffeta ribbons up to 5 inches wide in white, black, light blue, pink, maize, nile, heliotrope and many other wanted shades; and a goodly assort ment of novelty ribbons in warp-printed Persian effects,ete. Plenty of all sorts in the line, so there’ll be no disappoint ments. Real values are 30 to 40 cents; the sale price, for choice, will be - 25 cents a yard Easter Veilings Everything that’s new and pretty in Lovely veils for wear with the Easter Spring Neckwear styles is here. What- costume—all sorts of new meshes in the ever price you want to pdv you ’ll find fashionable shades and black and white. Automobile veils, too—veils of every kind. something to please you. Come see the novelties. Keely Company ATTEMPT TO BUi CITY OF T Special to Tbe Georgian. New Orleans, La., March 29.—The Norwegian steamship SudaJ, arriving here from Honduras today, brought news of an attempted burning of the City of Truxlllo by Bonilla's defeated forces, after the victory won by the Nicaraguans after tbe repeated at tempts tbe Hondurans had failed to retake Truxlllo. A Are was started In the residence section, where many of the Nicaraguan troops were quartered, but was quickly extinguished by the latter. Reports brought by the Suldal are to the effect that but few lives were lost by Zalaya In taking the city. Thir ty Nicaraguans were wounded and are being cared for In an Improvised hos pital at Truxlllo. The Nicaraguan forces there numbered about 400. ■ Order is being maintained mainly because of the presence of the United States marines from the gunboat Mari etta, which landed to protect the Amer ican Interests. The women of Trux lllo camp are around the American con sulate with their household articles, cowB'and goats, and ask for protec tion. OF MILES P, The funeral services of Miles P. King, who died Friday morning at his resi dence on Forrest tuvenuo from a stroke of apoplexy, will be held Saturday aft ernoon at 2 o’clock at Jackson Hill Baptist church. Dr. John D. Jordan of. delating. Interment will be at Stone Mountain cemetery. The following gentlemen will act as pallbearers: E. O. Willingham, W. A. J arker. Captain J. B. Richards, Dr. W. H. Burt, C. W. Eddlns, N. T. Ander son. STRIKE RELIEVES ROAD OF DEMURRAGE CLAIM A railroad In Georgia Is not liable for demurrage charges while It has a strike on hand. The railroad .ccAnmlsslon so decided Friday morning on the claim of Z„ E. Jay, of the Williams Buggy Company at Macon against the Central road. The claim covered a period when the Central was wrestling with a strike In its Mncon shops. The road entered that fact as a pica against the demur rage claim and the commission upheld the contention. MILL HANDS PREVENT A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Special to Tho Oprglirn. Spartanburg. ft. C„ March 29.—Fire destroyed the house of A. Hughes ut Whitney, a mill village about four miles from this city, Thursday morning and partlnlls ! burned the residence of a man : named tlrecn. At one time It was ! thought that a number qf mill houses ; would be burned, but the efficient work of the lire department of the Whitney Cotton Mills prevented a disastrous conflagration. TRYING TO SAVE LIFE OF RAYNE London, March 29.—Thousands of signatures were added today to a pe tition being circulated to save the life of Horace George Rayner, convicted of the murder of William Whitley, tho millionaire merchant. Thousands be lieve the man Is Insane. TIED TO IRON BAR BODY OF MAN FOUND IN MOBILE RIVER Special to Tho Georgian. Mobile. Ala., March 29.—The body of a well dressed white man was found floating In Mobile river early today. A long rope around tho waist was attach ed to an Iron bar weighing 100 pounds. The body was apparently dead before It was thrown Into the river. BRIGHT’S DISEASE KILLS SILENT SMITH Toklo. Jnpan, March 29.—Bright's disease, ending In pneumonia. Is suld to have caused tho death of Jnines Henry ("Silent") Smith, tho millionaire first available steamer will bear the New Yorker, who died here the other day while on his honeymoon. The body to New York. nicu t nnne rn I II DIf H * PDA? f.ft M. RICH S BROS. CO IM. RICH & BROS. CO SATURDAY % Shirt Day In The Men’s Section. We are having an increased Shirt business i^ our new store every Saturday an account of the phenomenal values we give. Tomorrow is again Shirt Day in our Men’s Section, when we will sell the best and prettiest $1.00 Shirts in all Atlanta at 80c M. RICH & BROS. CO. mmmmm AUGUSTA BALL CLUB FRUM HOME PAPERS Augusta, Ga„ March 29.—All three of tho local newspapers havo entered Into an agreement not to mention the Au gusta basoball club in any of their col umns until satisfactory arrangements have been made regarding the tickets to the games. The papers claim that the management should give them as htany tickets as they wish for on ac count of the games or for boosting the team and they do not get any adver tisements. Tho management on the othor hand, pleads that they will have to cur tail expenses, and offered the papers yesterday a number of tickets which they thought ridiculously small con sidering the wants of the papers, and they were promptly returned and or ders given tho sporting staff of The Herald, The Ohronlclo and The Tri bune net to mention the Augusta bull club In the future, WESTINGIIOUSE MAY LOCATE BIG PLANT IN CHATTANOOGA Special to The Goorglaa. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 29.—There are proapects of landing the proposed big plant of the Westlnghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company In Chat tanooga. For several days L. A. Os borne, second vice president, and 8. L. Nicholson, manager, of tho Industrial power department of the company, have been In the city looking Into the points Chattanooga uflords as a site for the big plant. It Is said that the biggest point In favor of Chattanooga Is the lock and ilam power plant that Is being erected at Hale's bar. which will uffnrd 60.000-horse power for this city, and also the fact that a big plant Is to be lucutcd at the Muscle shoals In North Alabama Is another drawing card. These gentlemen have Inspected the advantages offered by Birmingham and Atlanta, but It Is said that they want to come to Chattanooga. BECAUSE OFESGAPADE Washington, March 29.—Dudley How ard McDowell, of Blakely, Ga., a mid shipman of the third class of the na val academy, has resigned, and hlB res ignation has been accepted by the sec retary of the navy. At the navy de partment It Is declared thnt McDowell's resignation Is due entirely to physical Inability and not to his alleged con nection with the chorus girls’ levee ut Annapolis one night last week. A FEW SPRINtT' SUGGESTIONS We are now showing one of the most beautiful lines of Refrigerators that we have ever carried, and it gives us much .pleasure to guarantee every box that goes out of our house. Come and look over our showing and see if we haven’t stated the thing correctly. La Belle. $8.00 to $25.00 Gurney.. $11.00 to $50.00 Columbia $15.00 to $55.00 Opalite . .$35.00 to $100.00! Ice Boxes... $5.00 to $30.00 j Nursery Refrigerators »>,....... .$4.00 Coolers The 'best galvanized lined— 2- Gallon $1.50 3- Gallon $2.00 4- Gallon $2.60 6-Gallon $3.00 8-Gallon $4.00 Porcelain lined— 2- Gallon $3.00 3- Gallon ... ...$3.50 4- Gallon $4.50 Ice-Cream Freezers LIGHTNING 1- Quart $1.50 2- Quart ...$1.90 3- Quart.... $2.25 4- Quart ., $2.75 6-Quart $3.50 8-Quart ...$4.60 10-Quart $6.00 12-Quart -..$7.00 GREAT -v RED MEN PARKMAN. OKLAHOMA ASKS FOR LOWER RATES Washington. March 29.—Tho terri tory of Oklahoma has complained to the Interstate commerce commission that the rate on lumber transported from Shreveport. La., to points within the territory Is too high, compared with per mileage rates to points in Ar kansas. It asks for a lower rate. SEVERE TORNADO SWEEPS OVER THE INDIAN TERRITORY Special to The Georgian Ft. Worth, Tex., March 29.—Reports of a severe tornado ut Marietta, I. T., have been received here. The first news Is to the effect that many were killed but the wires have been down and nothing further can be obtained. The tornado also visited Rolfe. Governor Going to Habersham. Governor Terreli will leave Friday afternoon for Clarkesvtile, In Haber sham county, where he will meet with tlie trustee* of the Ninth District Agri cultural School Saturday. This meet ing Is for the purpose of letting bids for the buildings. By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY He was not above middle height, though his muscular figure was cast In a mold of remarkable symmetry and vigor. Ills com* plexlon was darker than Is usual with hla race, and hla features, though by no menus regular, had a bold and atom expression, while his habitual bearing was Imperious mid peremptory, like that of n man accus tomed to sweep awuy ull opposition to his Impetuous will. Tuch Is ParkmaL _ — Ottown chief. Tontine, tbe greatest Iu- dlnti of whom history makes any mention. Over those nitound him, continue*, the his torian, hla authority was almost despot*, and his power extended far beyond the !lm Its of bis own tribe. Ills Influence wns treat among all the nntous of the Illinois •ouutry, while from the sources of the Ohio to those of the Mississippi, and Indeed to the farthest boundaries of the Algonquin race, bis nnme wns known and respected. And every bit of this tremendous Indii* ice was used toward the destruction of the white rnce on this continent. The average red man did not have Intelli gence enough to comprehend the full siguln- c it nee of the white man’s coming, but the keen Intellect of Tontine saw clearly enough thnt one of two things must happen—the palefaces had to be exterminated or they would exterminate* the Indians. Accordingly Tontine resolved to sweep the white people from tbe contlueut. ’It was In deed n stupendous conception, but Tontine out of the proud rnce thnt bad set opr lit keeplni pro. down upon nls country was an Idea quite lr * *—*“ ceiling with his princely brain, the fnll of the year 1?62 Tontine bis ambassadors to tbe various Indian na tions throughout the country. They visited tbe country of the Ohio and Its tributaries, passed northward, to the region of the upper fakes and the border of the Itlver Ottawa, and far southward toward the mouth of the .Mississippi. Hearing with them the war- belt of wampum, broad nnd long, ns the Importance of tin* message demanded, nnd the totunhnwk stained red. hi token of war, they went from camp to cutup nnd from village to village. The response to Tontine’s anpcnl was universal, nnd In the spring of l?t>3 the war began. For four years the struggle lasted. Stone Filters We have a very large selection of Stone Filters, with or without the ice chambers. The prices are from $2.00 up, according to style. The Blizzard 1- Quart ..$1.25 2- Quart $1.65 3- Quart .$2.00 4- Quart $2.50 6-Quart $3.25 8-Quart.... $4. 10-Quart $5.50 King Hardware Co. 53 Peachtree St. 87 Whitehall St. eloquent the amused by their great lende call, did ail tiuit they could to clear their country of the unwelcome lutrtu)yr*. With torch, rifle, tomahawk niyd scalplnj knife the red men *i>rca<l terror far mid wide. Thousands of whites were slain, village* were destroyed, lands were de vastated. ami nothing that fiendish passion and desperate courage could accomplish was left undone. lint, of course, the whites did riot want to l*e exterminated, mid, besides, they bail a great liking for the red man’s beautiful laud, so they struck bnck at the Indians, and struck hard, and kept on striking until they crushed them. Hy tbe spring of 1769 Tontine saw that nil was over. Hut his unconquerable spirit could not give up the fight without one more trial, and with a handful of his de voted followers be lied to the land of the Illinois, hoping there to raise the force with which he might make another strike for the land of hit* fathers. While with the Illinois, near the town of rahokla. a white man bribed an Indian with u barrel of whisky to kfft Pontlae. The ren egade buried his tomahawk In bis old chief* head, and the greatest Indian brain that we know anything nl*>ut censed to thluk. Causa and Effect. An old-time barrister was John Wil liams, a sarcastic wit, and a bachelor with an Intense prejudice against mar riage. Hla clerk one day asked him for a holiday to get married, and some months: afterward, on entering his Cambers, Williams found his deac hotly suspended from the door. He engaged another clerk and asked him If he was married. ’•No,” replied the clerk, hut thinking Williams would re gard marriage as a guarantee of stead - s, he added, ’but I am going t«» be." "Very well,*’ replied Williams, hut understand this—when you hang ourself, don’t do It here.”—Argonaut. SOUTHERN'S OFFICES EMBRACE EVERYTHING While the plans of the proposed of fice building of the Southern railway to be built In connection with the new freight depot at Mitchell and Madison streets have not been given out, tt Is understood that the structure will be sufficiently large to accommodate the freight and passenger offices now In the Equitable and the offices of Man ager M. M. Rtchcy In the Chandler building. Every office of the Southern will he given qunrters In the new building, al lowing an easy transaction of business and reducing to a great extent the rentals entailed hy the offices now In uptown office buildings. This center ing of uffices will also sene to reduce correspondence and other expenses. If you see it in The Green it’s so. BOBBIE’S ESSAYS By WILLIAM F. KIRK. BROOKLYN BRIDGE. -hrn bridge I* a long road across n ft tnlks you from the plnl* you have (New York I to the plain you lmve ennff for nil the crowd to go over It at supper time without gittiug tliare collars torn off, ete. Sum of tbe first bridges wn* built hy the Itoiminn. when thnv wn* under Jullu* Tee ner. Thnv took n lot of hontn A put them together in the water & when thny walked A Biting Jest. At one time the bailiff In charge of a Jury* was sworn to keep them “without meat, drink or Are.” It was Mr. Justice Maule who gave the classic reply to the bailiff who Inquired whether he might grant a Juryman’s request for a glass of water: “Well, it is not meat, and I should not call It drink. Yes, you may'.” Nearly nil Maule’s good savings had a strong touch of Irony. “May God strike me dead, my lud. If I am guilty!” exclaimed a prisoner when the Jury found him guilty. Mr. Justice Maule waited a few minutes, and then said: “Prisoner at the bar, as Providence has not seen fit to Inter fere. the sentence of the court Is" . . Bellman. Majesty of the People. Queen Victoria had had, doubtless, some recollection of the theories of the divine right of kings, so when Mr. Gladstone, then prime minister, brought her a paper to be signed, she said: “I can not sign it. That does not represent my sentiments." "Madame,” suld the premier, “you must sign It." "Do you say MUST to me, Mr. Gladstone? I am the queen of Eng land.” “Madame. I am the PEOPLE of Eng land. Sign." And Bhe signed.—Louisville Courier- Journal. Part of tho Horse. A rich rgneher told a story about a little | ultiut urchin whom b« bud sent * mouth'* VHcntlon Into the country, lad,” lie said, “thought we got iuu*li frci* I the iniiNhroom and milk from the mllkwvw. One morning n lady pointed to a horn* in n field and said: 'Look at the borne. Jluj* my.* ’That’* a cow,” the lmy ooutnulMi-A ’No,’ *ald the lady, ’It’* a horse.' “Taint. | It’s a cow," said the boy. .“llnr*e* wagon* to ’em." "—Kansas City Time* Following Orders. The editor of the Independence found It necessary to warn a enrele* I Hirter to write nothing unless he ahspiatnj i luew It to he correct. Later In tli" u#fl the reporter handed in *o society Item ** [ follow*: "It Is rumored thnt Mr*. Sinlttu I who claims to reside on Ho ith < he*tnot I street, gave a so-called dinner party I her of her nlleged friends. Sir*. I nom-rt* flint they nil had a good time I the progressive euchre feature which roe i lowed the dinner Mrs. Urown, who elalmj I to be the wife of postmaster Brown. | successful."—Kansas City Times. after the In tats It seemed like going li»am beefsteak dinner, every once In u ji bmlv Roman won hi *t»*i» off the bridge mill *1.ik Uuiccth the crttle waive to rl*c no nionr. tin* Uoiuan* wn* bmlv men & stood many thing* but tliny wombuit like the Brooklyn bridge, thny wud stick to tin* I mat*. Cn *V Ma A; Me went ncro** the Brooklyn bridge tuxt week A when we *inrtc<! " * Till* I* n uoIkiI struckture. see hew It* length over the spire* of Manhattan, like a nUgel watching over the city, then we tried to git a ear Ac Tu got lo*t from it*. A then Ma got lo*t from us, I wi only one that dideut git lost. I got oil a Subway «V culm back hoaui abnic. when I got hoaia I wrote a poem, like this I Mtnod on th» bridge at twiflte. When the clock wn* *tri)ciiig *ts. I asked my soul himII I cross the tide? A theu my sojil hed Nix. • What’s tho matter with your eye sight, anyway? T»u*t‘« n 6, not a 2.” "Excuse mo; ! a I woe* make ihat mistake. -You see, I u#*d to be a clerk In a ladles’ shoe r.’.ore.”—Cleveland Leader. JACKSON & WESSELL DRUGGISTS, 28 Marietta Street, Corner Broad. Our new fixtures are now finished and with our new and complete stock of Drugs, Sundries and Toi let Articles, solicit your patronage. All Patents at lowest cut prices. Quick service and free delivery to all parts of the city. Our personal attention given to all prescriptions. BOTH PHONES 377 JACKSON & WESSELL Firat Come, Firet Served. The late Baronese Burdett-Coutu I used to relate with keen pleasure a atory of the duke of Wellington ami Soult. On the first occasion the duke took Soult Into Apsley House, the lat- [ ter was surprised at the absence of pic tures he had known In Madrid. "How Is It, Monsieur le Due," lie said, "that you have so few of the Spanish masterpieces?" ''Marshal, you forget," replied the duke, "that my army was only In Mad rid after the one commanded bj : your self."—Blackwell's.