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TIIR ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JPRIL CO. M. TO EID LIFE; I OPENS VEINS Breaks GlassjPitcher and Cuts Throat With Pieces. • STOPS UP CRACKS; ■turns ON GAS JETS Delirious in Hospital While His Wife Watches at His Bedside. New York. April 20.—Although hil throat was hacked, hla windpipe sev ered and the arteries of both wrists elaslied In his terrible attempt td com mit suicide with a piece of broken glass, the doctors st St. Marys hospital, Ho. hoken, today declare that Benedict Gimbel, the .millionaire merchant of Philadelphia, who was released from the Tombs on J6.000 ball on charges including bribery, will probably re cover. Glmbel’s desperate effort to end his life has resulted In another criminal charge being lodged against him, that of attempted suicide, which Is a mis demeanor under the laws of New Jer- ,ey. punishable by Imprisonment. As soon as Mrs. Gimbel was Informed of her husband's attempt to suicide, she hurried from Philadelphia and went at once to the hospital. During the early morning Gimbel was conscious at Intervals. Several times he struggled to tear the bandages from tils throat, and pleaded with his nurses to let him die. His wife remained at his bedside until morning. Charles Gimbel, a brother, today Is sued this statement at the hospital: ■•Mr. Benedict Gimbel has been In poor health for the last four weeks. At Intervals during the last week Mr. (Umbel's mind has been a blank. In the last three months Mr. Gimbel has been to New York twice. His condition has not permitted him to go more fre quently. Ho has always enjoyed a spot- left reputation and his domestic life his been, one of complete happiness. Dr. William Jurist, of Philadelphia, and Dr. Farr are confident that Mr. GlmbeJ PAVILION OF GREEK DESIGN IS COMPLETED AT GRANT PARK NEW FERRO-CONCRETE PAVILION AT GRANT PARK COST CITY $5,000. HARD CALL-DOWN FDR SWEITEil Exact Words of Cable De manding Resignation Made Public. After stuffing up all crevices In a room at the Palace Hotel. Hoboken, he turned the atop-cock of all the gas brackets. The hotel used electricity •nd had the gas turned off. Then In desperation, Gimbel smashed a glass water pitcher In which water had been brought him, and with one of the jagged fragments In his hand, walked into the bath room and slashed his throat from ear to ear. Then he gathrd hla wrists and staggered back toward hla bed, fell forward and slipped to the floor. A maid cried to the clerk •nd the door waa forced open. / London, April 20.—The exact words of the cabled instructions to Sir Alex ander Swettenham, governor of Ja maica, after the Davis Incident has just been made public and shows why he resigned. Here Is the cablegram: "If such a letter Is correctly attri buted to'you. I must observe that both In tone and expression It la highly Im proper and especially unbecoming of his majesty's representative In ad dressing an officer of a friendly power engaged on an errand of mercy. I must further require you to withdraw forthwith and unreservedly any such letter and to express your regret for having written It. Your withdrawal should be telegraphed to me ar once, when It will be submitted to the gov ernment of the United States through the proper channels.’’ SOUTHERN PORTS MAY RECIEVE PERMIT FOR CENTRAL MARKET Band Stand and Danc ing Floor Are Pro-, vided. Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, La., April 20.—The steamship Bills, of the United Fruit Company line, sailed this morning for Colon, carrying a representative dele gation of Southern business men whose mission Is to Investigate the demands of the trade there, with a view to ex tending trade relations on a scale larger than has heretofore been poaol- ble, owing to alleged discrimination In favor of New York and against New Orleans and other Southern ports. In the party are delegatloha of busi ness men from the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Indians. Tennessee Is represented by Tl. B. Paegram, general passenger agent of the Southern railway at Nashville, while the delegation from Alabama, compris. Ing representatives from Birmingham, Demopolls and Tuscaloosa. Is headed by J. A. Van Hoose, president of the Wholesale Grocers' Association. Work on the handsome new pavilion at Grant park will be completed Sate urday afternoon and It will be ready for use when the summer season sends the eweltering cltlsens of Atlanta to tlV cool breezes and Inviting shades of thpt well-known resort. The pavilion, constructed of ferro concrete and handsomely designed, Is a welcome addition to Grant pack and will prove a "thing of beauty and a Joy forover." It Is located near the old pa vilion on the alight elovntlon a short distance from the lake. It la two Sto ries high, the second story being sup ported by large and artistically de signed columns. On the second story Is placed a raised stand to be occupied by the band which has been engaged to dispense music during the summer season. The first floor of the building may be used for dancing or a prome nade, while the second story will be used for a place of rest. The band stand wlllije provided with removable steel columns which will support an awning to protect the mu sicians, from rain or sunshine, and which will be removed during pleasant evenings. The pavilion was erected at a cost of 25,000 and is well worth the price. SIDNEY HANEY LOST TWO WEEKS The police have been asked to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a North Carolina man, who le supposed to have been lost In Atlanta and whose relatives have received Information to the effect that he was murdered In this city about two weeks ago. The missing man Is Sidney Haney, of High Point, N. C. C. W. Haney, a brother, states that he wus Informed that Sidney Haney was murdered In Atlanta about two weeks ago, but that he had been unable to ascertain any of the facte. No such murder has oc curred In Atlanta and the police have no record, whatever, of such a roan ns Sidney Haney. Haney Is 25 years of age. 6 feet, Inches tall, and weighs about 150 lunds. His left eye Is out and his forefinger Is off. WANTED AT HAGUE Prof. Moore Declares International Law Regulations. for Waflhlngton, April X0.—Professor Moore's address at the international law meeting today was largely a plea for the establishment by the coming Hague conference of an international organisation for ascertaining and ap plying rules of international law. Proferfsor Moore traced the develop ment of International law and declared the first Hague conference accomplish ed much for its growth. He said the second conference could Mtrievg RMVft mi way being to enlarge Its phwers and make the court at The Hague permanent and always in session, with effective powers In certain classes of cases to be referred to It. RICH STORE OPENS SHOE DEPARTMENT ST LITTLE GIRL BURNED. : result of being scalded by a kettle of boiling water last Sunday morning, little Louise Bates, the 9- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .1. George Bates, of 119 Luckle street, Is under the care of a physician. Al though very painful, her Injuries are Port I.imon, Colon, San Jose and not considered serious, and the- physl- Puerto Cortex will be visited, the party | clan says she will be out In a short returning to New Orleans May 6. time. Furnishing Goods Day And Well Be Here to Serve You Until Eleven Tonight New Manhattan shirts at $1.50 to $2.50; E. & W. all linen shirts at $2.50 and $3.50; and a great line of dollar shirts. , The showing of exclusive imported novelties in Fancy Waistcoats is attract ing much attention; $1.50 to $7.50 is the price" range. CHICAGO GRAFTER IS CAUGHT WITH GODDSi ACC0UNTSHY$2i421 Homer Galpin, Court Clerk, Also Senator to Illinois • Assembly Illegally. E T tego of John It. Walsh. Tin* money had been taken from the oath drawer and “I. O. IV or "iueinortttulitnt' r notes, many of them without date or sigun tore, substituted ns security, (inlpin wai defiant when called to account, but made restitution. Galpin In also a state senator, although he holds his membership lu the legislature in direct violation of the constitution of the .state. SHRINERS' SPECIAL FORJALIFORNIA Many Atlantans Will Leave For the Far West in May. IRVIN A. BURDETTE. The shoe department of Rich's new department store Is now completed and ready for the public. This department Is under the' management of Irvin ' Burdette. Mr. Burdette haa long been Identified with the ehoe trade of Atlanta and has many personal customers, who will be glad to know that he has been placed in charge of so Important a department of a great buelness. Ills long expe rience In this line of mercantile en deavor amply qualifies him for this po sition and his rordial and Impartial manner toward the trade has made him a favorite with the public. Mr. Burdette will keep the etock of his department In the big Rich store right up to the highest degree of per fection and hla discriminating tastes In selecting appropriate footwear is sure to make his department the mecca for all seekers of proper shoee. OIL STOCKHRS ARE CONGRATULATED special train of four Pullmans, baggage car and dining car .will leave Atlanta over the Southern on April 29 for Los Angeles, Cal., where the an nual meeting of the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine will be held the sec ond week in May, Three of the Pullmans will be occu pied by an Atlanta party, while the fourth wilt contain passengers from Savannah. The train will go direct from Atlanta to the California city. Shriners will gather there from all over the continent, .and It la expected, that fully 12,000 will be present. Among those who have engaged accommoda tions onthe special train are: Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Adair, Frank Adair, Dr. and Mrs. .A. W. Calhoun, Mr. and Mrs. J. Carroll Payne. Dr. and Mrs. T. I’, lilnman, Dr. It. D. Van Dyke, Mr. anil Mrs. Charles M. Rob erts, Miss Roberts, Jack Wilson. Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Turner, E. B. Gary, Mrs. 1. K. Straus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mynatt, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Marshall, Mr. nnd Mrs. W. J* Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wes ley, Mr. and Mrs. John Aldridge, Mrs. C. A. Brown and Miss Brown, of At lanta; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Field, High Point, N. C.: Mr. n'ml Mrs. John M. Scott nnd Miss Scott, Charlotte, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Brooks, Forsyth: Miss A. Whitfield. Mllledgevllle; Mr. nnd Mrs. E. A. Cults, Simeon E. Theus, Fred W. Clark. Mr. nnd Mrs. I„ Car ter and son. Miss Cecelln Wood. Mrs. M. -4V. Dixon, Miss Dixon nnd Miss Butler, of Snvnnnah' Miss Miller, Fort Valley: J. T. Barron. Columbia. S. C\; Sim Bell and J. McElmurray, Waynes boro, On.; T. J. Hutchinson, II. D. Alrd, Messrs. Stickert and Archibald, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Rhlnehart, ot Llncolnton, N. C. Bagwell Business College Submits Proof That the Chartier System is Superior for All • Purposes. THE PINNACLE TRUNK MFG. CO. Take pleasure In- announcing the ac tive connection of Mr. C. 11. Ashford with its business as a stockholder In the company. Mr. Ashford has had s successful cn- ser as merchant and manufacturer and the valuable resources he will bring to this business In experience-and capital will enable us to enlarge our facilities and extend our business, giving those ho favor us with their patronage bet ter service, both in our wholesale and retail departments. Mr. Ashford as vice president and secretary. In connection with our Mr. R, L. Turman, as manager, will be In ac tive charge of the business of the com pany, and we cordially Invite their friends and the public to an Inspection of our Immense stock of trunks, travel, ing bags, suit cases, etc., at our sample sales rooms, Nos. 12 Peachtree and 61 North Broad streets. PINNACLE TRUNK MFG. CO. 0OOOOO<1OO0OOGO<1<HJGOOOOOOOO o o O Marksvllle, La., Nov. 11, 1906. O O Mr. J. O. Bagwell, Atlanta, Ga. O O Dear Sir: O O Replying to your favor of the O O 5th, beg leave to say that I have O O been using Chartier Shorthand O O for court'reportlng for over a year, O O and And that It meets every re- O O qulrement, both from the point of O O view of speed and legibility. 1 am O O using Ihe system Just os 1 learned O O It while at school, without any ad- O O dk Ions In the way of word signs O O or contractions. O O I have taken testimony side by O O side with writers of other systems O O and In each Instance met with O O less difficulty In reading my notes. O O I ran recommend Chartier O O Shorthand to you highly. . O O Yours very truly, O O (Signed.) 0 O M. A. ST. ROMAIN, O O Fourteenth Judicial District Court. O 0 O 1 'IIP ft«l*tMabM«M|«l«t«tAt,.|SIM«IAtMss /T/Krvlvi -iTivtviw(st-r.l.t-i.i •)stVfvtvI .1 .|vfT FARMER BOY MASTERS CHARTIER IN’7 WEEKS. HIS LETTER FOLLOWS: 00000000000000000000000000 O O O FARMER BOY MASTERS O O CHARTIER IN SEVEN WEEKS. O o 0 O His letter follows: O O Prof. J. O. Bagwell, Atlanta, Ga. O O Dear Sir:—I believe that Char- 0 0 tier Shorthand Is the greatest ays- 0 0 tem In the world. I entered your 0 O Shorthand Department January 0 0 1, 1907, and oa February i’B, 1 ac- 0 O cepted a position as stenographer 0 8 with the - Atlanta Bex Factory. O which you secured for me, and I 0 O held the position satisfactorily O O until I found a better place with 0 0 the Fulton County Dally Record. O O No one can possibly make a 0 0 mistake to study Chartier Short- 0 0 hand under your teachers. O 0 Very respectfully. • 0 (Signed.) OLI.IE WILLIAMS. 0 0 00000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000 0 0 0 Office of Court House. O 0 Augusta, Ga, March 27, 1905. O 0 To the Public: O O Each member of our firm has 0 0 made a thorough and critical ex- O O amlnatlon of Chartier Shorthand, O 0 and In our opinion It Is the most O 0 remarkable system of modern O O times, for the reason, first, we And O 0 the outlines to be much briefer 0 O than those of any other system, o O thtls giving a greater speed; sec- O 0 ond, these same brief outlines rep- O O resent from 200 to 300 per cent 0 0 more reading matter; third, from O 0 the few rules In the system, It O 0 should be learned In one-fourth O O the time. O O We take pleasure In recommend- O O Ing Chartier Shorthand to the O O careful consideration of all pros- 0 0 pectlve students. O O Very truly, O 0 (Signed.) O 0 BARROW & TARVER. O 0 per Tarver. 0 O 0 00000000000000000000000006 OLLIE WILLIAMS. Stenographer Fulton County Daily Record After 7 Weeks' Study of the Chartier System. i BOOKKEEPING DEPARTMENT. O 0 In tble department the student O O "Learne to do by doing." Noth- 0 0 Ing Is copied. When a etudent en- O O ters for a business course, he at O 0 once becomes a member or the O O "BUSINESS COMMUNITY." he- O O Ing supplied with a cash capital O 0 and n complete office equipment. O 0 He makes a record of every truns- O 0 action In books which are Just as 0 0 real as those of the actual mer- O O chant. The head of this depart- O O ment, as a commercial teacher and O O expert accountant, has few, If any, O O equals. o For further Information address: O » . J. O. BAGWELL. Pres.. 0 O 198 Ponrhtreo St.. O 0 Atlanta, Ga. O 0 o 00000000000000000000000000 SCHOOL FOR LIBRARIANS 70 HOLD EX AM IN A 7 IONS Great line 50-cent silk and washable ties. Daniel Brothers Co., L. J. DANIEL, President, 45-47-49 Peachtree—Opposite Walton St. r The Georgian of Friday carried news of an oil well of apparently fin. quail ty being struck In Jefferson county. According to President Teague, of the Georgia Petroleum Company, a spouter of splendid volume end fine oil has re suited from the boring near Louis ville. In this connection the local agent, R. O. Foard, hae Issued the following etatement: To the Public: J am indeed happy that I can con gratulate those of my friends who bought from me stock In the Georgia Petroleum Company while It was a probability upon the fact that It Is no longer a probability but « reality—we now have an oil field In Georgia, and I wish to say to those who have been doubtful as to whether oil would be found In Georgia to doubt no longer, but act at once If they with me to re serve some stock for them at the pres ent prices. R. O. FOARD, Agent. '400 Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga. ROOSEVELT BALKED BY COURT DECISION Providence. R. I, April 20.—The fight Instituted by President Roosevelt to make army and navy uniforms ev erywhere respected met a temporary defeat at the hands of the Rhode Is land superior court, the decision being rendered In the suit by Chief Yeoman red J. Buenzle. who was barred from dance hall because he was wearing BIG REVIVAL WILL CONTINUE NEXT WEEK The revival In progress at the Jones Avenue Baptist church will continue throughout next week. Rev. M. M. Wamboldt, the eloquent Florida divine, will 'preach at each service. Several young people hav alreody professed conversion and Joined the church. Services will be held Sun day at 11 o'clock In the morning and 7:45 o'clock at night. GEORGIA LOSES TO NORTH CAROLINA IN A COLLEGE DEBATE Special to The Georgian. Athens, Ga., April 20.—Last night in the university chapel occurred the In tercollegiate debate between North Carolina and the University of Georgia. The representatives of North Caro lina were C. J. Katxenstein and I,. P. Mathews, Georgia being represented by J. K. McDonald and Nathan Coplan. Judge A. G. Powell, Judge Beverly D. Evans and Judge John T. Pendleton acted as Judges, rendering their deci sion In fAvor of North Carolina. a navy uniform. Buensle soughf heavy damages. The court held all he could collect was the price of hie admission ticket. The . decision established a broad rule. Buensle was given finan cial support by the president and naval officers. Miss Annie Wallace, librarian of Carnegie Library' and director of the Southern Library School, announces examinations for the new library train ing classes. Any further Information will be supplied by her. The announce ment follows: The annual examination for entrance to the Southern Library School will be held at the Carnegie Library, of At lanta. Saturday morning, June 8, at 10 o'clock. The class Is limited to ten students, the tuition Is free and the entrance le determined by the grade made on ex amination. All candidates for admis sion are required lo have a high school education, nr Its equivalent. . The examination will cover history, both general and current, literature, general Information concerning the arts and sciences, the equivalent of a year’s coune In French—that Is, the transla tion of book titles and a paragraph In simple French. The next class will begin work the middle of September, 1907. and the *chpol term will last until June 1, 1908, the hours being from 3 n. m. to 5 p. m. A certificate will he Issued on the satisfactory completion of the yeerie course. The coarse of study covers library history and architecture, library econ omy, reference work anil bibliography, book selection end loan work. The second Claes, composed of twelve students, will graduate May 22. Al- though the school does not guarantee positions, a large number of these stu- dents have already received offers .,f good positions. FIVE THOUSAND MASONS A 7 CORNER STONE LA y TNG One of the largest Masonic gather ings ever witnessed In the South will be held In Atlanta on May 6, when over •lx thousand members of the fraternal order will assemble in attendance upon the exercises In connection with the laying of the cornerstone of the new Masonic Temple ot the corner of Peachtree anil Cain streets. Invita tions to the five hundred and five Ma sonic lodges In the state of Georgia have been Issued and practically nil of them have already been accepted. Many prominent Masons outside of the state. Including William II. Norris, ast grand master of the lodge of lows, ave been Invited end hove promised to attend. The principal oration of the day will be delivered by Grand Master Moulton, of Chicago. Grand Master Max Meyer- hard!, or Georgia, will preside over the ceremofiiee, assisted by all of the grand lodge officers. , Previous to the exercise five thousand white-aproned Masons end l.ono uni formed Knights Templar will form a piammoth parade at the old Masonic Temple at the corner of Mitchell an, Forsyth streets, and will then march t, the site of the new temple, where th exercises Incidental to the laying of th. cornerstone will be held. CHAMP CLARK TO SPEAK AT BRENEAU COLLEGE. Special to The Georgian. 'Gainesville, Ga.. April 20.—Champ Clark, of Missouri, will be In the city during th* commencement nt Breneau. He Is coming to deliver the annual lit erary address. Bring a prominent fig ure In national politics, ho will doubt less draw a large crowd on that occa sion. Passenger Train Wrecked. Special to The Georgian. Mitchell. Oa.. April 20.—Pa-senger train No. 43, on the Augusta Southern, was wrecked yesterday about two miles east of Mitchell. No one was killed, but the engine was put out of business by one of (he dri vers being broken. 4% Interest Compounded, Allowed In Our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT On and After January 1,1907 TH E NEAL BANK E. H. THORNTON, President. W. F. MANRY, Vice President. H. 0. CALDWELL, Cashier. F. M. BERRY, Aai't Cashier,