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s SECOND SECTION. The Atlanta Georgian and News VOL. V. NO. 272. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1907. PRICE: STREET RAILWAY WAS TOO MODEST IN ITSESTIMATES Comptroller Returns Com pany’s Valuation as „ Too Small. DREAMS OF MORE BOMBS A WAKEN MISS MCCARTHY FROM SLUMBER NIGHTLY Attorney-Declares His Client Is Entirely Innocent. Inatead of a valuation of 13,700,000. according to the bond and stock Issue of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, the real taxable value Is about 317,987,000. Such In effect Is the purport of a letter written President Preston S. Arkwright by Comptroller General Wil liam A. Wrlsht. The capitalisation of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company Is 118,- 000,000, Including an increase of 32,300- 000 added recently by a bond Issue. Figuring bonds and stock on a basis of 6 per cent, the comptroller arrived at the Idea that the value of the prop erty was a good many million dollars more than the returns Indicated. As yet the comptroller has not heard from President Arkwright, but It Is ex pected that negotiations will commence at once to adjust the wide existent dif ference between the officials of the car line and the comptroller as to the re turnable value of the property. NON-UNION MAN SHOT IN RIOT New York, May 17.—Two men were shot and one of them Instantly killed In a riot In which strike-breakers and Farley detectives were the aggressors In' Hoboken this afternoon. . Think Fire Incendiary, Special to The Georgian. Huntsville, Ala. May 17.—General stores of Stewart & Co., at Merrimack, Ala, were burned this morning at 3 o'clock. The loss Is approximately, 34,- 000, partly Insured. It Is thought the lire was of Incendiary origin. With the stirring events of the past week Indelibly Imprinted In her mind, Miss Kathyrn McCarthy, the pretty young woman who was the intended victim of the Infernal machine that wrecked her home and badly Injured her mother, has been greatly disturbed at night by harrowing dreams and de lusions. Almost nightly Miss McCarthy Is aroused from her slumbers by dreams that she Is being blown up by on In fernal machine or that someone Is de liberately seeking her life. From her disturbed sleep she awakes In fright, to discover that her terrifying experience was nothing more than a dream. At the slightest noise About the house at night Miss McCarthy takes fright. A few nights ago, while rain was beating down on the roof of her home In Georgia avenue, she Imagined she heard someone crawling under neath the house and thought that the house was about to be blown up with a bomb. Leaping from her bed, Miss Mc Carthy ran Into another room and sought the protection of her uncle, Neel Corbett, of Cincinnati, who Is non- staying at the McCarthy home. 8ays Client is Innocent. Attorney Thomas H. Goodwin, coun sel for Fred Bush, the produce mer chant accused of sending the Infernal machine, Friday expressed the opinion that the grand jury would not have sufficient evidence on which to Indict the prisoner. Mr. Goodwin declared that the detec tives were on the wrong trail altogether and that ho would be prepared to show Bush Is Innocent. He says he will be able to show the movements of Bush on the night the bomb was sent to the McCarthy home and will proVo that Bush did not have on a light hat, as was testified by the negro messenger boy, Battlnger. On the other hand, the detectives de- Clare they have obtained new evidence against Bush, which they are not pre pared to make public, but which will be presented at the proper time. The case will be acted on by the grand jury next Wednesday. Mrs. Julia McCarthy, the Injured woman, continues to Improve and It la expected will be able to be removed from n private sanitarium to her home by next Sunday. claimTwifThTre AFTER LORE SLEEP Information from New York to the effect that David J. Telfair, 60 years of age, has suddenly regained his senses, after three months of mental oblivion, has developed a remarkable story. After awaking from his strange con ditlon, Telfair stated that he Is an At lanta man and declared his wife Is Mrs. Alice Telfair, who resides In this city with her sister, Mrs. Julia Small. Mrs. Telfair and Mrs. Small, who re side at 17 East Georgia avenue, assert that the aged man is mistaken and that they know nothing whatever con cerning him. Telfair was struck on the head with a sandbag three months ago, and, until his awukenlng, his inlnd was apparent ly a blank. A Burning Nose. A man with an Inflnmraitble nose recently croat»*d cxrlremcnt on the boulevard St. Michel. Paris. He was lighting a cigarette when his nose became suddenly Ignited, and It and Ills beard were soon on tire. The man Jumped about In grent pain, and was carried through a liorrltled crowd to a drug gist's shop, where the blase was extin guished. It was then found that he had a celluloid nose.—Detroit News. prime, ran forty miles on foot, rode 600 miles on one stretch, as fast as he could change horses, and so completely wore oat tho column which Anally captured him that three seta of ofdcers were needed to finish the chase, and not more than one- third of the troopers who started were In at the finish.—Outing. DR,J,B,HAWTHORNE SPEAKS BEFORETHE Talks About Some Things It Behooves Baptists to Make Supreme. Special to The Georgian, Richmond, Va., May 17.—The Southern Baptist general convention, which opened its sessions here last night, reconvened to day at 9:80 a. m., Harry A. Pollard, flret- vice-president, presiding. FIto thousand' delegates attended. The morning was spent In hearing the re ports of the home mission, foreign mission nml Sunday school boards, all of which: showed increased accomplishment over lasti J ear. Rer. Goode, president of the Virginia ; laptlat Association (colored), was Invited to address the convention. Ho acknowV-i edged tho greet eld of white Baptists in erangellitlo work among his race, and 1 promised hear tv co-operation. Emphasis,** There was mnch complaint of the bad acoustics of the new auditorium, end many left the hall because they were ble to hear. When You're Married. ~ said Thomas W. Lawson, during a discussion of the March panic, "tho stock market !■ a gnlleful maze. It Is like some sn's marriages. "Mr. and Mrs. Smith. lunching st the aldorf. met Mr. and Mrs. Jones. * *HmIth.' said Jones, 'wo hmi a great time st the club last night. Sorry you missed it. old man.* "Mrs. Smith gave a start, and after tho Joneses' departure, she said in an odd voice: Ho I did, dear,' said her husband readi ly. • 'And the reason Jones didn't see me there wee because ho wasn’t there him- eelf. Trying to deceive hla wife, I sup pose.' "t-Los Angeles Times. Why “Or?" We note an advertisement offering apart- ments "suitable for a Journalist or a Christian man." Why r *or"—Nowspapor Owner. This picture fa from a photograph taken in the court room at Boise, Idaho, showing W. D. Haywood, the official of the Western Miners’ Federation, now on trial for hit life for the murder of Governor Steunenberg, and hie two daughters. The younger girl on her father’s knee is Henrietta and the older is Miss Vernie, LSI, WHIM L Will Make Returns on New Terminals in Short Time. Return, on the new mllllon-dollnr terminal property of the Louisville and Nashville railroad will be made to the comptroller general aa soon an the data can be compiled, but'exemption for the land It etanda on may be asked on the contention that It l» the properly of the Georgia Railroad. C. O. Bradford, real estate and tax expert of tho Louisville and Nashville, called on Comptroller Wright Thursday altcmoon relative to the matter. He Hated that no return was made on the Immense freight depot, because the property was not completed and he knew of no precedent for returning property In proceee of construction. Comptroller Wright pointed out, bewever, that a large tangible property exlated on return day In March and that figures must bo submitted. Mr. Bradford agreed to do so. He, how ever, Intimated that an exemption claim might be asked on the land on which the terminal stands, as It Is the proper, ty of the Georgia Railroad. The comptroller contends that the Louisville and Nashville must hold •ome kind of lease-hold on the land, and this would make it liable for tax ation. Telegraph Companies. Returns for the Western Union Tele- n»ph Company have been filed with tho comptroller by jfhomas F. Clark, vice president. The total amount Is 31.080,240, of which 3360,280 Is fran- ihtie. This Is an Increase of about 1100.000 over last year. Returns of the Postal Telegraph and 'ablo Company were filed with the comptroller general Friday. The total “mount Is 3178,671, of which 331.BOO Is franchise. A deficit of 324.887 Is shown “'tween receipts and expenditures. baptist societies HAVE COMBINED Washington, May 17.—Confusion reigned r » while this morning during the jseetlng t |„, Northern Baptist Societies ™ Calvary Btptlat church when the dis- on n proposed consolidation of the •“•letles was being held. The occasion for «"'' rr y was the organisation of the three m,,.'I' ?. * ut0 one, the formation of the olfi- l,r i.I" ' adoption of a constitution snd yJJ* "od other formalities, on th e” ,l>,! dlacuselon e conflict srose 41,., “floor between members who wished JH forms of representation et the • ot tb * new society. <111™. f * , l“ Uon ,or one delegate and nd- . tonal ones for nvery one hundred mem- •arh VJ carried. It wan alto agreed that .aHi'S c, *V on -a® 11 ‘wo delego tea and additional from arery ten churches. £ X lN8URANCE CHIEF WILL BE TRIED MONDAY. ham**; Tork < 17.—Frederick Burn- Si™'president of the New York l» .fli® Fun<1 Insurance Company, who the U tto , 5 Indictment* for forgeries In Ur,.J. r degree, will be placed on trial urn Justice Greenbaum .Monday. WANT BAPTISM TO BE DENIED POLYGAMISTS Continued from Page 1, First Seaton, 316,643.48 over the receipts of laet year. The committee calls attention to the laymen's missionary movement and overtures the general assembly to adopt a missionary platform for the church. One of the declarations desired In the platform Is the need of 31.000,000 to support the number of workers sug gested. Home Missions. The Rev. S. L. Morris, D. D.. of At lanta, submitted the report of tho ex ecutive committee on homo missions. Among other things the report saye: "With profound gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His gracious favor unto us. we are again permitted to re port a year of great prosperity In our work. It Is remarkable, a matter de manding signal recognition on our part, that for five years In succession we have been able to report 'the year of greatest prosperity.' In each In stance this statement could only be justified by the fact that each year lias been a decided advance over the pro- vlous. During the closing year our re ceipts have been from all eourcee 3,4.- 814 14 being 310,366.99 In excese of tho Dre'vtous prosperous year. By actual calculation it has been found that more than thirteen hundred have been added on profession of faith to the churches assisted from the Home Mission office; and It le estimated that more than fif teen hundred were received by certifi cate. so that the total gain can not be far from three thousand. In some In stance* whole congregation* have been received by us In a body. We believe it le the beginning of even greater things for our belovsd church. "From contributions, 361,507.13; from loan fund, 3628.60; legaclos, 318.633.61; Interest on bond and notes. 33.139.80. Total receipts, 174,314.14. "Six years ago our recslpts were 826,- 916.93, which. If compared with the above total, will show a gain of 347,- 898.19. At that time our schedule of appropriations for the work amounted to 134.066.00. For the coming year w* have voted to expend. on our work 369,070.00, an Increase of 335,006.00. COMMISSION WILL NOW PROBE LEAKS Washington. May 17.-The Interstate eom- merro commission Is oa.the warpetli. The members ire Indignant over the publication of the confidential report of Its speelsi counsel In the Harrlmsn case. A rigid In vestigation Is going on In view of disclosing * "leaks." COSSACKS KILL FIFTEEN WORKMEN ftunlan Poland. May 17.—Fifteen men were killed and thirty were seriously intured today when a patrol of Cossacks ds- liberate!, fired upona crowd of unoffending workmen employed In »plnnlngmllls. B*T oral of the Injured ere expectedwto die. WASHINGTON OFFICIAL FOUND DEAD IN BED. AT Many Pulpits Must Be Sup plied Sunday by Invit ed Ministers. FOR SATURDAY SELLING IN THE GLOVE STOCK On account of the meeting of the general aesembly of the Presbyterian church In Birmingham, and the Bap tint convention In Richmond, many ot the Preebyterlan and Baptlet pulpit* In Atlanta will be eupplled Sunday by visiting ministers and others, In the ab. aence of the regular pastora. The two conventions are being at tended by as many of the local min ister at could leave at thla time, and among those who will bo absent from their pulpit* Sunday are; Dr. W. W. Landrum, ot the Ftret Baptist church; Dr. Len G. Broughton, of the Baptist Tabernacle; Dr. John E. White, of the Second Baptist; Dr. J. W. Millard, of the Ponce DeLeon Baptist; Dr. U. C. Hurley, of tho Woodward Avenue Bap tist; Dr. H. C. Hammond, of the Pryor Street Presbyterian. Dr. R. O. Fllnn, of the North Ave nue Presbyterian church, attended the meeting of the general assembly In Birmingham, but has returned and will hold service! at hla church on Sunday. Dr. Theron II. Rice, of the Central Presbyterian church, will be In Atlanta on Sunday, but his pulpit Sunday morning will be filled by Rev. J. O. Reavls, of Nashville, who will come to Atlanta from Birmingham. Rev. Sam W. Small, pastor of Egleston Memo rial Methodist church, will preach for Dr. W. W. Landrum at the First Meth odist church Sunday. The pulpit of Dr. White, at the Second Baptist, will be filled by Rev. S. J. Parrish, of Glenn Street Baptist church. Dr. A. T. Spald ing will fill’ the pulpit of Dr. Millard at Ponce DeLeon Baptist; M. L. Walker will conduct the services at the Baptist Tabernacle during the absence of Dr. Broughton. In the absence of Dr. Hur ley, Dr. Malcolm MacGregor will con duct the morning service at Woodward Avenuo Baptist church and Mr. Wage- nor, of the Railroad Y. M. C. A., will ■ have charge of the evening service. Dr. [ Morrissey, of Barnesvllle, will preach i for Dr. Hammond Sunday at the Pryor Street Presbyterian church. The pul pit of Dr. John D. Jordan, of the Jackson Hill Baptist church, will be filled at both the morning and evening services by Rev. K. H. Basmajsln, an Armenian Baptist preacher. Washington, May 17.—Ebeneier El lis, for many years librarian of the fish commission, was found dead In W« room today. Death was due to heart trouble. BIG INCREASE FOR OPERATIVES Pell River. Mas*.. Slay 17.—Ten per cent Increase In wngen wnn announced tod** to the employee* of the Iron Works Which (« one of the neven greet eott mills owned liy 31. f. It. Borden, of Ni t rotton of MMr Turk. This mill I* lielng operated by nn ontildp operator's agreement, litlse I* ef fective Moy 27. Ladies’ 12 and 16 but ton lisle Suede washable Gloves in black, white or grey, 1.00 Gloves at 89c 16 button silk Gloves, black, white, brown, tan, mode, cream, light blue, pink, red, grey, AA navy, lavender, at “'Vv 16 button silk net Gloves —very new and especially dressy with evening gowns. Black, white, light blue, pink, tan, 1 *7 r grey, at l •/ D Ladies’ 20 button silk Gloves; black, white, light blue and O O F pink, at Ladie’s two clasp silk Gloves, 50c, 1 AA 75c and 1 • w Ladies’ 16 button lisle suede gloves in black and white. Regular 1.25 quallity of lisle Gloves at 98c Ladies’ 16 button suede kid Gloves in black or white. The regular 3.00 quality of suede kid. The famous Trefousse make at 1.98 Ladies’ 16 button silk Gloves in light blue, pink, nile green, black 1 *7 r and white, at 1 • / O Ladies’ 16 button Gloves in black or white at silk 1.50 Ladies’ 16 button lisle suede Gloves in black, white, brown, grey, navy and mode, wash- 1 7F ble, at X.iO Ladies’ 16 button real kid glace Gloves. Trefousse make, in all colors and black or white, at 3.50