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THE ATLANTA GJSOJKGlAN AMD MEWS. TUESDAY. MAT T. W. AX GAXG CGIS SWATH THROUGH CONEY ISLAND New York, May 7.—A gang of men directed by Assistant Commleloner of rnbllc Work Van Vleck, of Brooklyn, descended upon Surf avenu6, the main thoroughfare of Coney Island, yester day and guarded by police lopped off every part of any kind of building, stand or sign which extended beyond the property line. Although the Indig nant owners protested, soda fountains were chopped In two. frankfurter stands were torn apart, overhanging signs were pulled down, and the dosens of catch-penny devices which line the avenue from end to end were piled into the trucks and carted away. After the raid the avenue looked though a cyclone had swept through It, tearing away everything nearer than twenty feet to the curb line. At least twenty truck loads of material ware hauled off. Six Hundred Truhkstts Wednesda STAKES LIFE AND $1,500,000 TO SYNDICATE FOR $80,000 Santo Monica, Cal., May A stake Of <80,000 played against a fortune of nearly <1,800,000 with a human life as the Anal determining factor are fea tures of an unusual transaction hem between Henry C. Keating on one aldo and a syndicate of four men on the other. Keating Is one of the heirs to ( the Keating estate, worth about <0,000,000. Ills share hi about <1,500,000, but he can not get It for two and one-half years. In order to convert his prospective <1,500,000 Into actual cash Keating his signed over to the syndicate all his rights In thc'lnheritar.ce for <10,000, the syndicate carrying the risk that he may die, In which case all his Interest In the Keating fortune will pass over to the other heirs. BELIEVE RECTOR AND WARD HAVE FLED TO CANADA Nsw York, May 7.—The first definite clew to the whereabouts of ths Hev. Jen K Cooke, former rector of 8t. Georges church, Hempstead, L. 1., and Miss Floretta Whaley, the 17-year-old heiress with whom he eloped, was fur nished today by Samuel Green, verger of Dr. Cooks's church, and It has con vinced the authorities that the pair havo fled to Canada. - District Attorney Coles, of Nassau county, declares the fleeing rector and ,girl would be pursued to Canada or any other place, no matter how distant, and that as soon as they nro apprehended proceedings for extradition will be be gun. Mfs. Cooke has denied positively that she Intended to sue for a divorce. "That," she said, "would make It too easy for him. It Is undoubtedly the very thing he would like to have tpe do.*' Mrs. Cooke was severely criticised today by Mrs. Kaxlel Whaley, the aged grandmother of Floretta. "If Mrs. Cooke knew of *the Infatuation of her husband for poor little Floretta,” said the aged woman, "she should have come and warned me. "If that wicked minister thought he was earning off an heiress he Is great ly mistaken. Floretta will come Into a considerable fortune somfi day, but the money Is held In trust By me and win not revert to her until my death." 4,000 BRICKLAYERS OUT IN CHICAGO Chicago, May 7.—Building operations all over the city and In the suburbs are badly crlpplsd by a strike of 4,000 brick layers, allied trades and laborers, who walked out yesterday to enforce a Sat urday pay-day. Mrs. Augustine Costello de Domero Bublo, the mother of Mrs. Dial, wife of the president, Is dead. Two thousand operatives of the Wo Blanco textile mills and 1,000 from the mills at Nogales are on strike. BERRY SHIPPERS ENTER COMPLAINTS Washington, May 7.—The Interstate commerce commission has received a complaint against the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific, Southern, Central and Chattanooga Southern, from the American Fruit Union, In be half of Its members who are straw berry shippers at points along these roads. Notice has been served on all the ele vated roads except the South Side line. In Chicago, that the employees will de mand an Increase In wages within thir ty days. Jacobs’ Pharmacy. Jacobs’ Pharmacy. 1 Soap dish, for bath tub, made of heavy wire with quarter-inch wire frame all heavily nickeled and polished as shown * in cut 98c Bath room. or wash stand glass holder. Made in the design shown in cut, heavily nickel-plated and pol ished. Can be easily put up with nickel-plated screws. Price with o out glass OjL Fitting the Bath Room “Useful as well as ornamental” things for the bath room. For washstand and bath tub. Polished nickel and glass things whose very na ture makes them sanitary. All of these things you can put up in your bath room yourself. Nickel-plated w li i s k broom holders 98c. Bevel, plated bath room mirrors in nickel fromes 3.00. Glass shelves with nick el brackets 5.00. Nickel - plated soap dishes for wash stands 1.98. Tooth brush racks 1.98. Combination sponge and soap rack 1.98. Nickel and ebony toilet paper holders 38c. Towel bars, glass with nickel trimmings at 4.48. Nickel - plated double bars 1.72. Nickel-plated extension arm, swinging towel racks 75c Nickel - plated towel rings. 2 rings at 98c. Bath room hooks, sin gle 23c With four hooks ... .1.72 Combination tooth brush, soap dish and drinkiug glass holder, 3.98. * Jacobs’ Pharmacy, 6-8-10 Marietta St. 23 Whitehall St. At Oh? Dollar Each *7 After Nins O Clock. Positively N one Sold Before That Hour Wednesday. Nene Ssnt C. 0. D. Ne Telephens Ordsrs Taken. Non? Exchanged. None Taken Back. Delivered at Our Own Convenience. Covered in pretty designs of cretonne, in a great variety of patterns, and in light, dark and medium shades. IS inches deep, 14 inches wide and 25 inches long, with upholstered top. A Regular 2.25 Box Six hundred of these shirt-waist boxes in this sale, so that there will be no disappointments. Six hundred may seem like a great many, but last year when we sold two hundred in two hours at 1.25 each, many customers were disap pointed. So this year we’ve provided more liberally. i Wednesday at Nins 0 Clock COUNCIL PUSSES. New members were elected by coun cil Monday to the Carnegie library board, the Orady hoapltal board and the board of education. Frank Orme waa choien a member of th. board of education, to .ucceed Dr. L. P. Stephen*, realgned. W. D. Dl.bro waa elected a member of the Carnegie library board, to eucceed A. A. Meyer and D. o. Jonee. whose terms have expired. The membership of the board was recently cut down, and ac cordingly only one successor to both was elected. Dr. W. S. Elkin was elected a trustee of the Grady hospital, Forreat Adair having notified council that he would not have the necessary time to devote to the dutlee of the position. After a warm dlecusslon. It was de cided by council to relieve the W. J. Oliver Contracting Company from any forfeiture for the failure to complete the Washington street viaduct within the time limit. The matter goea to the aldermantc board. Engage Water Expert. The reeolutlon by the Joint commit tee on water bonds, composed of mem. be re of council and the water board, asking for an appropriation of <1,004 for the purpose of engaging an expert to smooth out the klnke In the water pump question, was adopted. The Md of Scott Bros, to construct a clear water and a coagulating baaln was accepted by resolution. Councilman Taylor offered a resotu tton providing for a committee to be composed of the mayor, two councilman expenses of the firemen's drum corps to the Confederate reunion at Rich mond. It was adopted. The bid of dude & Walker for the construction of the Pryor ftreet under pass was accepted. The bid wae <7,780, An ordinance regulating the opera tion and construction of electric thea ters was reported by the special com mittee on electric theaters and was adopted, 0000000000000000000000000a O O O THREE WEEK8 YET O a BEFORE ROYAL BABY O O MAY BE EXPECTED. O O O S Madrid, Spain, May 7.—It was 0 seml-ofltclslly announced today o O that the accouchement of Queen O O Victoria may be expected by the O O end of May. The newspapers de- O O mand that some one be made to O a answer for this ridiculous mis- O O lake, which has kept the nation on O 0 the tip-toe of-needlesa excitement. 0 O and entnlled many premature O O preparations. OOO00OOOOOOO0OOOOO00OOO0OO VUIliyUBC-U W5 III* HW/VI) VUUIIVIIIS1UM and two aldermen, to be appointed by the mayor, to go to the Jamestown Ex position, and requesting the finance committee to make a sufficient appro priation. was adopted. The communication from the T. J. Eady Investment Company, proposing tha transfer of the Hollywood cemetery to the city for the consideration that the city assume the payment of <160.- 000 of 10-year 4 per cent bonds, was referred to the cemetery committee. Assistant Police Chief. The ordinance creating the office of assistant chief of police waa adopted unanimously by council, The alder- manlv board will concur Thursday. Council voted to continue to give the Carrie Steele Orphan Home <100 a month, tha appropriation having re cently been cut down to 180. A resolution by the ft native commit tee celling for an appropriation of <1.- 000 for tha purchase of a sliver candel abra for ths battleship Georgia was adopted. O0O0OOOO0OOO0OOOOOOOO0OO00 O O O FOUGHT UNDER 18 FLAGS; O O SOLDIER OF FORTUNE DIES. O 0 O O New York, May 7.—Henry R. H. 0 O E. Mclvcr, whose exploits have 0 Q been carried on In many lands, 0 O waa found dead In bed In his home 0 O yesterday. At tha time of his O O death the old man waa engaged In O O collaborating with an author In 0 S the preparation of a story entitled O "Fighting Under Eighteen Flags." 0 0O000000000000O000Q000000O NEGRO IS LYNCHED S. C. A. OFFICIALS MEET SATURDAY All the state presidents of tha South am Cotton Association will meet in Birmingham next Saturday for tha pur pose of discussing the new cotton ex change formed by the association. President Harvte Jordan will be pres ent and after the meeting he and Pres ident Clark of the Mississippi division of the organisation will leava at once ’'for New York to sail, for Europe to be present at the International congress of spinners In Vienna. MANILA MERCHANTS.KICK ON CONVICT LABOR. Washington. May 7.—Advices from Manila say 100 merchants In that city have organised to protest to the gov ernment against the maintenance of .government penal Institutions at Blll- Alderman Holland Introduced a reso- * bio, aliasing the products of the prisons iutlon appropriating <<<0 to defray tha demoralise local trad* 8peclnl to The Georglaa. Columbia, S. C„ May 7.—There was another attempt at criminal assault near Mullins, Marlon county, yesterday, the assailant being caught and lynched and his body riddled with bullets. The attempt was upon Tlncey Sawyer, the l!-year-old daughter of John Sawyer, a farmer, and a sister of Contractor Wil liam Sawyer, of Mullins. The negro, Lambhold, sprang upon the child from a clump of bushes at the pasture gate as the'chlld waa leading a cow to the pasture. Her screams brought her fa ther to her assistance. He gave chase and got close enough to recognise the criminal. A mob quickly gathered. Lambhold shot at one of his pursuers at close range, but he was captured. 3,000 JOIN STRIKE . OF LONGSHOREMEN New York. May 7.—The longshore men's strike In Brooklyn and Man hattan was suddenly extended yester day, when a number of men employed on the docks on the Hudson, both In New York and Hoboken, left their places. It ls_estlmated that about 1000 went out BELCHER ELECTED CHIEF GOBBLER At the meeting of the Atlanta Lodge of the Ancient Order of Gobblers, held Monday night In the Knights of Co. iumbus hall, the organisation of the lodge was completed and officers were elected for the ensuing year. James E. Belcher was elected chief Gobbler; Dr. W. D. Roper, vice chief; W. J. Mur phy, conductor; R. M. Harwell, treas urer: S. J./Wommack, secretary; J. E. Freeman, collector. SEVENTEENTH DIST. FARMERS TO HOLD AN INSTITUTE. PRODIGAL RETURNED TO HOME OF FATHER Homesick and conscience-stricken because he had played the part of tho prodigal, Orie Dowdy, the 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Dowdy, of 178 McDaniel street, gladdened the hearts of his parents Monday afternoon because- he decided to cut short his career of wandering and return at once to tho parental roof. Young Dowdy, who disappeared mys teriously Saturday morning, Informed hla parents upon his return thst he had run away to Chattanooga, but that ths voice of conscience, aided and abetted by the exhortations of a street preach er, convinced him that he had acted unwisely and prevailed upon him to re-' turn. Special to The Georgian. Statesboro, Ga., May 7.—The Farm ers' Institute for the Seventeenth sen atorial district will meet here May 10, under the direction of the following officers: T. B. Thorne, president, Stll- eon, Oa.; P. It. McElveen, Areola, Ua„ secretary. , Speakers of ability have been ob tained and the following program out lined: "General Features of Intensive Farm ing and Inducements," Hon. J. S. Stew art, University of Georgia. "Women Bnd Touth on the Farm and In the Rural Home,” Mrs. J. H. L. Ger- dlne, editor home department of The Cotton Journal. Decatur, Ua. "The Importance of Heed Selection as _ Factor in Improving Farm Cropa.” Professor R. J. H. DeLoach, of ex perimental station of Georgia. WILL ADD TWO CARRIERS TO FITZGERALD FORCE. Bpecial to The Georgian. , Fitzgerald, May 7.—Four days of city free delivery last week demonetrated the fact that two foot and one mounted carriers wore Inadequate to .the neede, so In response to a request by Poet- master Marston, the department has ordered another examination of appli cants, two of whom will at once be added to the force. IN THE DISCUSSION The conflict between the city en*t- neer and tho commissioner of publlo works at a recent meeting of the street committee was the direct cause of a special communication to council from tho mayor Monday. Mayor Joyner pointed out the city laws, which brought on these conflict! of authority and opinion, and then called upon council to refer' ths rostter to some committee. In order that the laws may be straightened out and harmonised. The mayor also suggested that. Inas much ns neither the city engineer nor the commissioner of public works could do any work without the super vision of the mayor and council, they should be elected by the mayor and council. Tho communication was referred t» the etreets committee. EDITOR MERCER SECRETARY OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 8pedal to The 'Georgian. Fitzgerald, Ga, May 7.—The Flts- gernld chamber of commerce elected new officers at Its annual meeting Fri day. J. E. Mercer, editor of The En terprise, was elected secretary and will give careful attention to matters affect. Ing ths commercial Intereeta of Fltx- gerald. Ceremony of Foot-wsehlng. Special to Tne Georgian. Loganvllle, Ga.. May 7.—Sunday was the annual gathering of the Primitive Baptists at Haynes Creek church for the administration of the Lord’s supper and the observance of foot-washing. The church Is located about four miles from Loganvllle. People by the hun dreds attended the services, crowding the church building to tie capacity. Three br four ministers were present— Rev. Webb, of Atlanta; Rev. Adams, of Monroe, and Rev. Webb, of Gwin nett county. Mrs. Shinholser Dead. Special to The Georgian. Macon. Oa, May 7.—After an Illness of only a week. Mrs. S. B. Shinholser died at the city hospital. Mrs. Shinholser Is survived by her husband, one slater, Mrs. Clifford 8hln- holser. of Wesleyan College, and a lit tle daughter. The Interment was made In -Riverside cemetery. 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