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THE ATLANTA GEUROIAN A XL' NEWS. JitwiMJ, a run. 22, im. IH FULL ERUPTION PEOPLE AREFLEEING Cinders Cause Forest Fires and Farms Are Burned. Valparaiso, Chile, April 22.—A panic i n southern Chili was caused today by the ereuptlop of the Puychue vol cano. It Is growing worse hourly. The volcano Is In full eruption and residents in the neighborhood fear the «h"le region will be devastated by the lava. The people ore fleeing wildly for their "'Forest Ares, started by the cinders from the volcano, added to the ter. r or Hundreds of cattle have been de. otroyed and many farms have been burned. The government Is arranging relief supplies. ' 16-YEAR-OLD BOY HELD FOR MURDER BEE LINE IS BUSY Charged With Shooting Marshal Holland About His Brother Special to The beorglan. ■Raleigh, N. C., April 22.—Marshall Rowland, an 18-year-old boy, and son of a well-known cltlaen of this couiT ty, was shot and mortally wounded yesterday afternoon by Rowden Black, 18 years of nge. Black had slapped a younger brother, of Rowland. It Is said, and when Rowland went to see him about It Black pulled a revolver* and S«* three times. Rowland has no pos sible chance of recovery. Black is In jail. MAJOR W.P. BEARING ANSWERS LAST ROLL Major William P. Dearlng, aged S3 years, and a veteran of the war be tween the states, died Monday morn' lng at his home, 64 East Harris street. The funeral services will be /con ducted Tuesday morning at the Church of All Saints, with Dr. C. B. Wllmer officiating. The pall-bearers will be se lected from former comrades of Major Dearlng. Few veterans In Atlanta were better known than Major Dearlng. When At lanta sent a full battalion of maimed veterans to the Louisville reunion In 190n. Major Dearlng was In charge of the special train, and Ills tender care of the men who had lost their limbs In the service of the Confederacy will be remembered by every one. .Major Dearlng was a member of Cobb'S Legion, troop artillery, and of Stovall's brigade, during the war, and nerved valiantly throughout the years of strife. Many of his former comrades are In Atlanta. He is survived by two daughters, .Mrs. J. H. Adams and Mies Jessie Hearing, of Atlanta: two sons. S. Hearing, of New York, and Kennon Hearing, of Atlanta, and his mother, .Mrs. W. E. Dearlng, And a sister, Mrs. A. W. Summers, both of Augusta. BOB TAYLOR’S NEW LECTURE At Haptist Tabernacle Friday night. Get tickets at Edmondson's Drug Store. WIFE IDENTIFIES BODY OF KENNEDY New York, -April 22.—The mystery •unwinding the disappearance of T. J. Kennedy, the theatrical manager, last January was cleared when his body was identified at the morgue by his wife. The body was found floating In Erie basin. Kennedy was well known in the the atrical world. He was John L. Sulli van's first manager when the ex-pugt- llat took , to the stage. JAILED HER HUSBAND; LOST HER SAVINGS A., B. & A. Promises to Do Big Tilings for Atlanta. Mrs. S. J. Mllham, the pretty trained nurse who Friday afternoon placed her husband of three months in the Tower in default of a $1,000 peace bond, was the victim early Sunday morning of a bold negro burglar, who 'made his get- atvay with $35 of the nurse's savings. The robbery occurred at the Truax Sanitarium, in Whitehall street, at which place Mrs. Mllham, who was formerly Miss Faley, resumed her du ties as trained nurse Saturday morn ing. Shortly before daylight an un known negro entered the sanitarium, and, proceeding to Mrs. Mllham's room, broke Into her trunk and stole $85. The marauder then entered a room In which three patients were asleep and con fiscated a pair of pink hose and sup porters. As the burglar was pssslng through the hall to make his exit he was met by Mrs. Mllham, who Inquired his busi ness. The negro promptly replied he had been to see one of the patients, and passed on out of the door. A few min utes later the robbery was discovered. Policemen Peyton and Payne made un investigation, but failed to get a clew. J. J. Campion, general freight and passenger agent for the Atlanta, Blr mlngham and Atlantic railroad, return cd Monday morning from a trip Brunswick, where he went for his flrst Inspection of the terminals' and docks that are being constructed by the rail road and tho Brunswick Steamship Company. "One can hardly realize that work was begun on those terminals and docks only last July," said Mr. Cam plon. "Brunswick certainly did present busy scene. The steamers Bruns wick nnd Ogeeehee, of the Bee Line, were in port, and each of them had 3,100 tons of freight. ‘,'The Atlanta, Birmingham and At Inntlc Is not quite ready yet to make a bid for through freight, but Just a: soon as the road Is completed Into At Inma and Birmingham, and lias all Its connections, the people of the South are going to get what they have been clamoring for for many years—an ade quate service at reasonable rates; i service that will deliver freight promptly and at a rate that will place Atlanta on a par with any city in the South." H. M. Atkinson, president of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, ' istiumo, KiiiiiiiiKiiiiiti UI1U Jiiiauni , la now In New York, but is expected to return to Atlanta in a few days. GRADUATES OF MEDICAL SCHOOL FIRE THREATENS KENT CITY, MICH. Grand Rapids, Mich., April 22.—Kent City, a town of 600 Inhabitants, is threatened with entire destruction by Are. The Pere Marquette railroad depot and the telephone office were also destroyed. Fire fighting appara tus was sent from here by special train. MUSIC DEALER CONE; PROPERTY IS ATTACHED, Special to The Georgian. Raleigh, N. C„ April 22,—E. P. Ba ker, a music dealer of this city, has dls. appeared. Attachments were being Is sued today for his property, and it Is said that much of the property was either mortgaged or sold on consign ment. Baker disappeared Saturday night and no one knows where he has gone. BODY OF STORM VICTIMS PICKED UP ON SHORE. Special to The Georgian. Jacksonville, Fla., April 22,—Tho body of Purcell Williams, a victim of Thursday's storm, was found in the river yesterday by the Spanish bark Habana, from Santa Cruz for Bruns wick, which was wrecked and towed here by the tug Three Friends. The crew was rescued by the schoon er Same Ion and brought to this port. The American schooner Marie Gil bert. from Baltimore to Mayport, went aground on the beach seven miles above Mayport. The crew got ashore. BUBBLE BLOWER CONS PHILADELPHIA CLUBMEN. Philadelphia, Pa„ April 22.—Captain William Plumb Williams, wanted for promoting a dozen remarkable bubble financial schemes in New York and Washington, Is thought to be the man who exploited members of the* exclu sive Philadelphia Club for hundreds oV dollars a fortnight ago. It is alleged Williams would borrow small sums and give I. O. U.'s for the money, after which he suddenly disappeared. ONE MAN KILLED IN SPANISH ELECTIONS. Madrid. April 22.—In the elections here today for members of the Cortes, all the ministerial candidates were suc cessful. Three Republicans were also elected. One man was killed In Bar celona. The Socialists were defeated everywhere. At the Grand opera house on Tuesday night the Atlanta School of Medicine will graduate Its second class of young physicians. Though but two years old, the college has already the largest en rollment of any medical Institution in this section of the South and will grad uate twenty young men. Governor W. J. Northen is president of the .board of trustees and will confer the degrees. Dr. George H. Noble, dean of the college, will present the report of the year’s wrok, and tho commence ment address will be delivered by Dr. James W. Lee, pastor of Trinity Meth odist church. HEARD OP SISTER’S DEATH WHILE HE WAS PREACHING. Special to The Georgian. , Opelika, Ala., April 22.—The East Alabama Presbytery concluded the three days' session at the Opelika Pres byterlan church Saturday. This pres bytery comprises flfty-two Presbyterian churches in East Alabama. The election of officers resulted ns follows: Moderator, Rev. J. R. McAl pine, of Clio, Ala.; Rev. R. J. Mcllwaln, of Clio,' and Elder E. A. Cole, of Alex ander City, clerks. Dr. Neal Anderson, of Montgomery, was elected commis sioner to the general assembly at Birm ingham: Rev. V. B. Merrill, of Pratt ville, alternate; J. L. Dean, layman delegate, and W. H. Pruitt, of Eufaula, alternate. At Tuesday night's meeting during the sermon of Rev. Neal Anderson, whoso subject was “Mary at the Well," he received a mesasge announcing the death of his sister, Mrs. Dr. Wynn, at Talladega. , GREAT WAVE DASHES OVER OCEAN LINER, New York, April 22,-^Hastliy (hade and Incomplete repairs aboard the steamship Prlnz August Wilhelm In dicated. when she reached port day, the ravages made by a 60-foot wave which burled the better part of the ship under water April 2. Miss Harriet Melllsh, of Philadelphia, was washed Into the starboard alleyway 8he was badly Fine day for ducks —and raincoats Let ’er rain—what do you care when you’re inside of one of these handsome, serv iceable raincoats of ours? Haven’t one, you say? Very careless! Come in and get fitted. You’ll need one of these coats right along through the Spring 'and Summer—they’re as good for dry weather as for rainy days. Shown in plain and fancy fabrics— all-wool, hand-tailored, perfect-fitting. For Fanners’ Union Case. Beginning at 10 in this state. As In the case of tho flrst hearing, meeting Tuesday will bo hold In sellora will be present. The case heard April 17. Alexander will appear as counsel the petitioners. It Is expected that hearing will be extended and may more than one day. mission will make a reduction of some kind, though whether It will be a flat cent rate or not remain* to be seen. Intimation has come from any one the three tommlesioners relative their probable action. If the commission finds against re. duclng fares, there will be several bills In the next legislature for a reduction. Representative George G. Glenn, of Whitfield, has already announced hie Intention of Introducing a bill for cent fares In the state. Railroad Men Meet. For the purpose of determining upon defense before the stato railroad commlsalon Tuesday In the two-cent live officials representing all the rail roads In Georgia met Monday morning In the office of Chairman Richardson, of the Southeastern Passenger Associa tion. A. Pope, traffic manager of the Gear, gla and Florida railroad, the John Skel ton Williams line which is consol! dntlng several small roads over Geor gia, presided, and there were several railroad attorneys present, one of whom was Sanders McDaniel, of the Arm " McDaniel, Alston St Black. Chairman Richardson, of the South eastern Passenger Association, said the meeting had nothing to do with the Southeastern Passenger Association and that those engaged In the meet lng were merely using his office. Hi also gave out the statement that It was for the purpose of discussing the two cent rate hearing at the capltoi Tues day. , GEORGIA COLONELS TO STAND INSPECTIO In full dress uniform and with all the gold braid and accoutrements of office, Atlanta members of the governor's staff will be Inspected Tuesday evening, be ginning at 7:10 o'clock. In the office o'f the adjutant general In the capltoi. The official Inspection wll be made by Colonel Obear and Lieutenant Case, of the regular arms’. Monday evening they will Inspect the Gainesville com pany. With the Inspection of the na val militia at Savannah on next Mon day the 1907 lnspectlon*of the national guard of Georgia will end. “The military forces of the state are In better shape than I have ever known," said Assistant 1 Adjutant Gen oral Scott Monday. "With the disband lng of six companies not In good shape, the organization Is left In fine condl lion, and Is now prepared to grow and expand properly.” BOB TAYLOR hhrnew lecture “Temptation" at the Baptist Tabernacle next Friday night. BAPTIST REVIVAL COMES TO CLOSE After a successful meeting of two weeks, the revival at the Jonea Ave nue Baptist church was brought to a close Sunday night. Under the elo quent portrayal of the plan of selva tion by Rev. M. M.'Wamboldt, the well known Jacksonville divine, numbers of people professed conversion and Joined the church. The majority of these new converts will be baptized next Sunday night. i NEGRO KILLS FATHER WITH BASEBALL BAT. Special to The Oeorglan. Columbus, Ga., April 22.—Henry Mat thews, a negro, killed his father, G. H. Harrell, colored, Sunday morning by striking him on the head with a base ball bat. Matthews claims Harrell was beating his mother. BALLOT8 ARE TAKEN IN RHODE ISLAND DEADLOCK. $15 to Daniel Bros. $25. Co. L J. DANIEL, President. £°pyright 1907 by Hirt Schatfher & Marx 45 - 47 - 49 Peachtree Street. Providence, R. I„ April 22.—Tumor row the general assembly will close the present session and X the Republicans will strain every nervy to elect a sen ator. Fifty-six ballots have already been taken. Both the Colt and Wet- more managers say that their men In the assembly will not .change. If there Is any election It will come through a combine of Goddard and Wetmore force*. Actor Goes to Pen. New York, April 22.—W. T. J. Da- vldge, an actor, who on March 16 shot and dangerously wounded Rosalie Wil bert, a trained nurse,.who repulsed his attenUons, was, sentenced today by JudgV Fawcett, In Brooklyn, to one year In the penitentiary. Highland Avenue dy | ] tl Auction Sale Postponed || Date will be announced later. We are day o' nls- $ ctl- sorry that the rain caused us to disappoint f uc- ads : j you. Keep your plats and watch the papers | the the i: hat ■ t for the date of sale. % 1 has arcl nah ere per f S. B. Turman & Company. 1 T T 1 % £ SERMON THROUGH PHONE TO HOSPITAL SUFFERERS Lying In his bed In the Tabernacle Infirmary, Dr. Len O. Broughton heard through a telephone at his bedside the sermons from his own pulpit, delivered Sunday by Rev. C. L. Ridley, of Live Oak, Fla., who filled the pulpit during Dr. Broughton's enforced absence. Other patients in the infirmary, each with a telephone receiver at his ear, heard the words of eloquence from the pulpit. The great Tabernacle Is equipped with a system of telephones which have wires leading to every bed in the sani tarium. Above the pulpit are two transmitters, hung so that (whether the preacher sways to right or left under the power of his emotions, the words are carried Into one of the transmitters. The Idea has proven a popular one to patients In the sanitarium, who are en abled to hear all the sermons In their favorite church. Dr. Rldiey swayed his audience Sun day'at three services. In the morning he spoke on "God’s Covenant." in the afternoon In Baraca hall Ills address was a “Special Message to Young Men. In the evening his subject was “Dow the Road to Jericho.” Those who heard him say that his eloquence has been seldom equalled In Atlanta. Dr. Broughton Is still suffering from the street car accident of a week ago. He has been under the Influence of opiates for several days and his mind has been affected. On Monday he showed greater strength than since his accident. Mrs. Broughton, whose spine was injured In the same accident, passed a restless night, and It is probn ble that she will be confined to her, bed for a long time. AN INFERNAL MACHINE? NO, BUI II LOOKED SCARi Run fer yer life," yelled the brick- haired messenger boy as he did a rec ord stunt down rain-swept Alabama street. Pedestrians, hurrying through tha snaking downpour at the Intersection of Forsyth and Alabama, paused and looked from under low-held umbrellas. In the middle of the street lay a huge, round steel thing, hissing viciously. 'Gosh, a bomb I" howled a fat man as he fled across the viaduct. “Look out. she’s flxln’ to explode!” the negro hackman shouted as hs whipped up hla bone-yard. Pedestrians, vehicles, even street cars, raced past the terror as It lay sputtering and hiss lng In the street. “Wot'e eaten yo' folks?" asked dusky drayman as he climbed from his wagon and walked up to the bomb. "Dls 'ere nln’t nuttln' but cahbonated gns tank. Hit drapped off'ii my wagon, an' de gus Jes* 'roup in'.'' And with a look of disgust he piled the steel tube on his cart and drove away. And the rain kept up Its sobby requiem. • THE THEATERS !■••••„•••••• ••••••MM • (••••••••I nary Interest Is tho appearance here of Mary Mannerlng at tho El Dorad^the ater on next Friday evening. In her new "Around the Clock.” Comedy, music, satire and novelty are combined In the mirthful melodious concoction called "Around the Clock," this week's offering at the Bijou thea ter. 'Around the Clock" Is by Mr. Frank Huffman, well known as a dramatic author, and -the music and lyrics were furnished by L.O. Smith and Sebas- tlan Hiller. "Around the Clock" Is un doubtedly one qf the most pretentious shows of Its kind on the boards today. The comedywas especially written and. chosen to exploit the rare talents of the Ritchie comedians, who beeame Ameri can favorites In an hour In their trav esty called "A Night In a London Mu sic Hall.” This travesty was produced almost all the principal theaters ... '.he United States last season, and the performers from across the,sea more than duplicated their triumphs In their native land. They have even more latitude In "Around the Clock.” Billy Ritchie 1s once more to the fore with his wonderful Impersonation of on I'advised frail, pleasure-seeking youth .. ho deviates from the path of aubrlety. Mr. Ritchie makea this part one of the Important rolls of his comedy and achieves new laurels. A scene of ab sorbing Interest Is a reproduction of a music hall with the conventional boxes, etc., and characteristic audience. This occurs In the final act, and all the members of the 'company contribute specialties oY a somewhat exaggerated but nevertheless, entertaining nature. Plenty songs of the tuneful sort doml- nnte tile entire performance. "Around the Clock." wllh tho Ritchie come dians, assisted by an American com pany, looks like a sure winner. play, "Glorious Betsy." The scenes of this play are laid In America and In France and Its story deals with the courtship, love and marriage of Elisa beth Patterson, of Baltimore, to Jerome Bonaparte during hli visit to America In 1303. The Shuberts will make this one of tha season's artistic events, and "Glorious Betsy” will be presented by a strong supporting company, which Includes Robert Warwick, Douglas J. Wood, Herbert Carr, Wallace Shaw, E. J. de Varney, H. S. Hodfleld, Edgar Ban me, Harold de Becker, Reginald Barlow, James A. Dickson, William Bonolll. J. Edward Trevor. Theodore MacLean, Edward Earle, Misses Adora Andrews, Maud Hosford, Gertrude Clemens and Alice Butler. Mary Mannerlng. An event to which playgoers are looking forward with more than ordt- Paatime Palace Theater. Thoae who braved the weather to at. tend the opening performaftce of the fourth week of vaudeville at the Pastime Palace theater, on Peachtree street, Monday afternoon were delight ed. The management has selected -a delightful bill and gives a wide variety of acts during the afternoon. Professor Rands and his trained dogs made one of the hits of the afternoon. Miss Lee White Introduced a number of new Il lustrated songs, which. were Joined In the chorus by the audience. “A Tip on the Derby" was the title of the sketch given by the RoweM, I<eonurd and Rose. White and Perry presented "The Last Farewell.” Mastei* Roy Mitchell, the child cometlst, made a good Impres sion. The Mitchell family orchestra plays all of the Incidental music and gives popular concerts between the acts. The shows are continuous from 1:30 p. m. :o 6 o'clock.and from 7 p. m. until 11 p. m. GASOLINE ENGINES 2 to 200 H. P. Largest visible stock In the South. Re liable as steam power. Convenient aa electric power, DUNN MACHINERY COMPANY, 54 Marietta St., Atlanta, Ga. CRAZY EIRE ALARMS ALL OFF IN A BUNCH Juat after an alarm at 12:30 o'clock Monday morning summoned the fire de partment to the main office of the Western Union Telegraph office in the Constitution building. In West Alabama street, a number of automatic fire alarms, in manufacturing plants, banks and other places of business went off simultaneously and created considera ble excitement. The policemen In the streets were at tracted by tho clanging of the several gongs, and It was some time before Wieyascertained that the call had come from the Western Union office. Sev eral of the alarms sounded for some time, the one in the plant of the Atlanta ~ er Company, at East Hunter street Piedmont uvenue, continuing until after 3 o'clock. The cause of this strange prank of the alarms is a mystery. The lire la the Western Union office did no dam age. At the time the automatic alarms were clanging away another alarm called the firemen to Pittsburg. Tho store of B. Barfield, colored, at .Mc Daniel and Mary streets, and a double tenement bouse adjoining were de stroyed and another negro house dam aged. ' FRENCH BATTLESHIP3 INTIMIDATE SULTAN. London, April 22.—Tho Tangier cor respondent of The Poll Mall Gazena says that tho .French warships are now at Madagascar to support CoMul'Cur- rl’s mission to Marakesh. Trouble u threatened, owing to the Intense hos tility that la felt by the powerful aeml- Independent tribes to nny form of for eign control of the sultan’s govern ment. SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA. Ssturdsy, April 20, 1907. Romo Circuit. M. E. Hunt vs. P. H. Doyal. trustee, from Floyd, Argued. W. A. Carr va. E. J. Graham, from Floyd, Argued. R. J. Rngan vs. Standard Scale Com pany, from Floyd. Submitted. Henry Walker vs. O'Neill Manufac turing Company, from Floyd. Argued. • J. M. Burgess vs. Simpson Grocery Company et ol., from l'loydt Submit ted. M. D. Hutfleld vs. J. M. Hatfield, from Floyd. Argued, Tallapoosa Circuit. H. M. King vs. Southern Railway Company and vice versa, from Haral son. Submitted. Southern Railway Company vs. J. S. Dean, from Haralson. Argued. COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA. SWEDISH MINISTER v ARRIVES IN AMERICA. New York, April 22.—H. L. F. Lager crantz. minister from Sweden, arrived , May-Juna Festival. The rallroada have agreed to adopt a reduced rale of one flrat-class fare, plus 26 cents, to the May-June Music Festival, which will be given at the the ateamahlp Amerika from Htftn- St. Nicholas Auditorium May 29, 10, 31 burg today. He is the flrst minister jOlmla 0 !" , h . May 29 to June 1. and will be good t» from Sweden since the separation of return f rom Atlanta until .Tnn* s An. that country from Norway. This Is his flrst post. $200,000 Blaze. Lubec, Maine, April 22.—The entire plant of the Seacoast Canning Com pany, leased to the American Canning Company of New York, waa burned to- . The loss Is estimated at $200,006. explosion in the gas house started blaze. day. the Courts All Adjourn. Out of respect to the memory of Mrs. Caroline H. Hill, wife of Solicitor Charles D. HUI, of the criminal divi sion of the superior court, whose death occurred at 4:30 o'clock Monday morn ing. Judge L. S. Roan adjourned hfa court until Wednesday morning. Fol- Pendleton, of the civil division of superior court, and Judges Calhoun and Reid, of the civil and criminal divi sions of the city court, also adjourned until Wednesday morning. W. P. Moors. W. P. Moore, aged 54 yeors, died Monday morning at his residence, 96 1 Kennedy street. The funeral arrange ments will be announced later. The In terment will be In fuseys cemetery. return from Atlanta until June 2. An nouncement of the reduction was made to Dr. Browne by W. E. Christian, as sistant general passenger agent of the Seaboard Air Line. Judgments Affirmed. Daniels vs. Chambers, from Eurly superior court, before Judge Sheffield. Simeon BludT for plaintiff In error; pottle & Gleesner, contra ■Tift & Peed vs. Moultrie Lumber tompany, from city court of Albany. Judge Crosland. L. W. Nelson, for plaintiffs In error; Walters & Walters and E. L. Bryan, contra. Brown Store Company v*. Chatta hoochee J-umber Company, from city court of Ralnbrtdge. Judge Harrell. Pottle lb Glessner, for plaintiff In error; Dunalson K Donslson. contra. Judgment Reversed. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York vs. Stegall, from city court Balnbrldge, Judge Harrell. J. H. Gilbert and Pottle & Glessner, for plaintiff In error; A. E. Thornton and Russell & Hawes, contra. Captain Charlar Furlow III. Captain Charles T. Furlow. of the state treasurer’s office. Is confined to his home. (0 West Fifth street, with an attack of acute Indigestion. His Illness Is not serious, but will necessi tate his remaining Indoors for a few days. Colonel Wesley Shropshire, ex ecutive secretary to the governor, Is able to be out again after an Illness of several days. ' u Rookwoofd Pottery Tlit* new 'Rookwood types extend the range of color of this ware from the original browns and reds to a practically unlimited variety of tones. Each Rookwood vase, like a line painting, is a creation. It is designed, decorated and signed by t he artist, as a canvas is. It brings to the owner the knowledge that there is no other like it. We are the exclusive Atlanta agents for Rook wood. Maier & Berk r e 1 j