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The Weather: Atlanta Georgian (and news) Spot Cotton: LlvM-pnof, holiday. VOLV. NO. 274. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 20, 1907. PPTPT?. In Atlanta: TWO CENTS. AlUViJi, On Trolna: FIVE CENTS. 23 ARE INJURED IN CENTRAL WRECK; TRAIN BEARING THE DELEGATES TO ODD FELLOWS CONVENTION DITCHED Southbound Train Leaves Track Near Hillsboro, Ga. injured taken TO MACON HOSPITAL Wrecker and Relief Train Rushed to Scene, and Injured Quickly Cared For. Special to The Georgian. Hillsboro. Ga., May 20.—While run ning out of Hillsboro today the train from Athens, bound for Macon, went In the ditch at the 30-mlle post and twenty-three people were Injured, none very seriously. The train was loaded with Athens delegates to the Odd Fel lows - convention at Columbus. Two cars vie re overturned. The wrecking train was sent out from Macon, to gether with a relief train. The following are the ones injured: A. C. Bishop, Athens, Ga.; shoulder hurt. H. Bowden, of Athens; cut in the head. W. H. Vondrau, of Athens; head and neck hurt. A. B. Harper, of Athens; left hip hurt. G. E. Deadwyler, of Athens; cut on front of head. W. G. Langford, of Watktnsville; In ternal Injuries. Mrs. Hattie Tuck, of Athens; In ternal Injuries. Rev. L. A. Carr, of Royston; hurt In head. H. L. Ggrabald, of Athens; general shake-up. C. L. Young, of Athena; left side of face hurt. R. L. Bramlet, of Athena; right leg hurt. Georgia Thomas, a small child; right arm and head hurt. H. Hatfield, of Montlcello; side of face hurt. B. J. Blaalngame, of Montlcello; left arm hurt. J. W. Baker, of Athena, bruised on head. J. W. Fox, of Athena; left knee sprained. Mrs. R. L. Johnson, of Athens; neck and left hip hurt. _Tho Injured were taken to the hos pital at Macon. WRECKING TRAIN HURRIED TO SCENE OF ACCIDENT. Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., May 20.—Twenty-six persons were Injured In a wreck of the passenger train from Athens, due In Macon at 11 o'clock, which occurred at 10 o'clock this morning near Hills boro, on the Macon and Northern di vision of the Central of Georgia rail road. Cara Leap From Raita. Four of the Injured are aald to be In a serious condition. The baggage car »nd first-class coach Jumped the track *t the thirty-mile post and went In the ditch. The engine remained on the track. The drat news of the wreck was sent from Round Oak. and was to the effect that the train was In the ditch and twenty-slx persona were hurt. Wrecking Train Leaves. The engine brought the news of the wreck to Round Oak and returned at once to the scene of the wreck. The "recking train and a special train have gone to the scene. Dr. Howard Wil liams, surgeon of the road, went on one of the trains. Hospital is Notified. The city hospital has been notified to make ready for the Injured. The train was en route to Mocon from Athens and was due here at 11 J- m. Engineer Worsham and Conduc tor s. A. Moore were In charge. TWO WOMEN KILLED IN TRACTION WRECK New York, May 20.—Two women * Pre killed and many others seriously hurt In a collision between two trolley cars j n Brooklyn today. oooocoOOOOOOOOOOOOO<H»OOOa ° REFRESHMENT OWNERS O WEAR BROAD SMILE. O 0 « "Blessings be on the head of the O « weather man,*' said the owners of O a the parks' refreshments stands O “ Sunday evening as they counted O 0 8e . v t raI P*ffcs of small coin. 0 v "But it Is coming to us," they O „ continued. "For more Sundays O “ than we can remember, we did not O “ sen enough to pay for the wear O “ and tear on shoe leather." O n .. “ la going to continue nice like. O “forecast: O S "Fair Monday night and Tuea- O ; nay; somewhat cooler Monday O “ night." O “ ^Monday temperatures: O X ‘ »• m gg degrees O J * *■ a. 70 degrees O 1 * «• m. 72 degrees O 2 H m 7« degrees O g noon 7* degrees O n ' P- m 7» degrees O 5 1 P. m. to degrees O COOOOOOtJOOOOOOGOOOOWOOOOO COLUMBUS IS CHOSEN FOR NEXT CONVENTION MAY ADOPT ALL ARTICLES OFACREEMENT Sentiment Seems to Favor Favorable Ac tion by Assembly. JAMES HURLBURT. H. W. BELKNAP. The convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen has selected the members of the board of grand trustees. James Hurlburt was elected chairman, and H, W. Belknap secretary, while William. Dougherty, of. Collinwood, Ohio, was elected a member to fill the place made vacant by the election of A. F. Whitney to the newly created vice grand mastership. Columbus^ Ohio, was selected by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen for the convention In 1209, the next na tional meeting of the organization. The election for choice took place Monday afternoon. Columbus led with 263 votes. Des Moines, Iowa, was next with 192 votes. Chicago won 88 votes and Detroit was last, with 44 votes. Des Moines workers claim they would have won had a majority vote rule prevailed, permitting a second ballot, as Chicago and Detroit had pledged their votes to Des Moines on second,ballot. A motion to take only one ballot prevented this. BY BIB AUDIENCES 1 ini Southern Baptists Discuss Missions at Final Ses sion of Convention. Richmond, Va., May 20.—The final day's session of the Southern Baptist convention began at 10 o'clock today. The usual preliminary services marked the opening. The presence of many visitors from the Northern Baptist convention, which has been In session at "Wash ington. was called to the attention of the chairman and the visitors were given seats In the section reserved for delegates. The question of funds for missions engaged the attention of the delegates today. Atlantan* Speak on Sunday. Most of the Protestant pulpits of the city were occupied Sunday by minis ters In attendance nn the Southern Baptist convention. It was estimated that 114 Baptist sermons were preached in Richmond and Ha Immediate vicinity during the day. Two great mass meet ings for men were held under the au spices of the Baptist convention, one In the First Baptist church, the other, a sort overflow meeting. In the Grove Avenue Baptist church. At the former, addresses were made by Hon. Morney Williams, of New York: Hon. Joshua Levering, of Baltimore, and ex-Govem- or Northen, of Georgia. At the latter the leading speakers were Rev. Dr. J. B. Whltdt of Atlanta: Rev. H. H. Kulten, of Charlotte, N. C„ and Rev. Dr. Len O. Broughton, of Atlanta Rev. Dr. W. W. Landrum, of Atlanta pre aided. A missionary mtui meeting, under the auspices of the-Women's Mission ary Union, auxiliary to tho Baptist convention, waa held at tho Second Baptist church In tho afternoon. Ad dresses were made by Mia* Carrie Boa- tick, Miss Alice Parker, Mr*. EL F. Tatum, Mrs. W. EL Crocker and Mlsa Ida Pruttt, all missionaries to China; Mrs. W. IL Clark, of Japan, and Mias Katherine Hanson, of Oklahoma, and the sum of 310,000 wa* raised for the Southern Theological Training School for Women Missionaries. GEORGIA INTERESTED II CORRECT Secretary of State Philip Cook returned Sunday from Washington, where he at- tended the conference of state officiate rela tive to uniformity of laws ss to weights and measures. . _ Georgia was the only Southern state suf ficiently Intereeted to eend n representatlre, liut Eastern and Western etates were well represented. Weight, and measure* on cer tain Htandard commodities vary In the ■tales from two to six pounds. In many states dishonest measures end weight, sre used, but local laws have served to correct this. In one state eev- era! hundred measures and scales were coo- ^"rhe 4 conference resulted In the appoint ment of a committee to draft a law which will be submitted to tb. governor sml leghi. latnre of every stole for action, where the act confilcte with regulations already of force, U cau be amended to St the eUuaUuu. TELEGRAPHERS SAY "DOUBLE CROSS" IS THEIR SHARE Believed That Big 0. T. U. Strike Is Pend ing* New York, May 20.—The 20,000 members of the Commercial Teleg. raphera’ Union art said to be pre paring for one of the biggest strikes In the history of the country, because of dissatisfaction with employing com panies. One of the chief points of contention la as to rate of pay. Not long ago the Western Union gave most of Its men In the eighteen largest cltlea of the country a 10 per cent Increase. The Postal followed with a 10 per cent In crease for Its employees everywhere. But the operators declare they aro now being "double crossed” on this In crease. Also the companies, after giv ing this small Increase to Its men, raised the rates to the public 23 to 13 per cent. To be entitled to the additional 10 K r cent an operator must have worked a particular office for six months. Before he has worked that length of time he gets the old rate. HEARING EVIDENCE The hearing of evidence In the Injunc tion suit of tbn Central of Georgia rail road against tho state rsllrosd commission to prevent the enforcement of the circular reducing freight rates, was commenced be fore Hpacts!' Master Georgs Ball, In tb* federal court on Monday morning. It will be recalled that the Central aeked for an Injunction restraining the commission from putting tho order Into effect, and Judge Newman ordered that Special Master Bell bear the evidence Id the caae. During the session Monday morning tb* Central begin giving In evidence showing why ths order should not go Into effect and ths Indica tions sre that several dsys will be re quired to bear the testimony of both the railroad and the railroad commission. The hearing drew to Atlanta several Central railroad officials from Savannah, besides a number of lawyers. CHIEFS SCALP IS WANTED New York, May 20.—It Is understood that Fred D. Burnham, president of the Mutual Life Reserve Assurance Socie ty. has been asked by the board of di rectors of tbe company to present his resignation not later than Wednesday of this week. |n the event of his fail ure to resign, steps will be taken to de clare his office vacant and also to elect Archibald O. Hamcs to his place. Action looking to Mr. Burnham's resignation la said to be a result of bis Indictment and the conviction of bis brother. Birmingham, Ala.. May 20.—All ru mors to the contrary notwithstanding, the special committee of the Presbyte rian general assembly has decided t i recommend that the articles of agree ment bo adopted. This was learned be yond a doubt yesterday. Tho committee consisting of Com missioners Lyons, Trimble and Tulla. have tabulated their report and noth ing remains but for the chairman of the larger committee to draw up the formalities and tbe adoption by the committee, • This afternoon at 2 o'clock Is the time set to act upon Its adoption. It Is be lieved that the same vote which upheld Moderator Howerton will pass the ar ticles, except that the vote In favor of the articles will be much larger, since numbers voted for Russell Cecil for personal reasons. Majority Favors Adoption. The committee on the Charlotte arti cles of agreement stands 16 to 10 In favor of adoption. There will be ma jority and minority reporta presented this afternoon. Dr. N. Neff, of Georgia, opened the Monday aesslon of the Southern gen eral assembly with prayer. The com mittee In charge reported on the Ijls- senalon between missionary workers of the Northern and Southern churches In Indian Territory and other Western states, whero It Is contended that Northern missionaries have endeavored to Convert Southern missionaries Into Northorn. Dr. Morris, secretary of the home missions, believed the Northern general assembly was not cognizant of the doings of tbe missionaries and It was resolved to send all correspondence In the matter to the Northern assembly In Columbus, Ohio. Tho Northern assembly waa notified by telegraph of this notion. Dr. W. D. Hardin made the report of tho minis terial onn.mltteo. .which recom mended raising HOMO tut tho cause this year, and raising tho special halt million dollars' endowment fund os soon as possible. It recommended re fusal of aid to students pursuing post grnduato courses alone. Secretary Sweet reported 115 va cancies In tho Southern field which would support ministers If they could be had. Tho report was adopted. Meetings Held Sunday. Every Protestant pulpit in Birming ham waa ocupled yesterday by clergy men attending the general assembly. Among the more notable sermons was that delivered by Dr. James R. How erton, of MontreaL N. C, moderator of the assembly. He preached at the First Presbyterian church to a congregation which exceeded the capacity of the building. A feature of the day was tho number of publlo mass meetings held, at which matters were discussed In which the public at large la moat vitally Interested. The first of these was at the First Presbyterian church under the auspices of the Young Men's Chris tian Association. The speaker was W. R. Dobyns, of St Joseph, Mo. An hour latir, at the Third Presbyterian, a great meeting was held In the Interest of Sunday school work. The man who E resided over the meeting was Rev. S. Phillips. Last night a big mass meeting for men waa held at the First Presbyterian church. In the Interest of the Presbyterian brotherhood for men. Addresses were made by T. C. McRae, of Arkansas, a member of congress, who took as hla subject, "Why Men Need the Church," and by A. M, Scales, of North Carolina, on “Why the Church Needs Men." The general assembly reconvened at 10 o'clock this morning. WHEAT HOVERING OVER $1 MARK IN LYING ON FLOOR OF AUTO, LAWYER HUMMEL IS CARRIED FROM HOME TO PENITENTIARY New York, Muy 30.—Benieleu nnd Inert nn the floor of tbe tonnenu of his biff French automobile, Abraham II. Hummel, eenteiiced to one year In the penlteutlary for conspiracy, waa taken from hla home today on his trip to Blackwells Island. The departure of the convicted lawyer was a remarkable and <lrainatlc spectacle. Every efTort was made to divert tbe atten tion of tbe reporters and the public from the house, ami the Impression had been given that he was not there. At 10:35 o'clock, Hummel's big touring car waa driven to the bouse by the law. yer'a French chauffeur. Then the negro butler opened the basement door and Hum mel emerged, lie was bent over until be made almost a half circle with hla lit- tie l»ody. He lurched and ataggered na he walked across tho pavement, and he fell Itodlly Into the car. Kaffenhurg, the nephew, ldg and brawny, reached down and caught him by tbe col- Inr of hla coat, lifting him to the seat. Tbe reporters and others pressed around the car. Hummel alld fr/un the seat and lay face downwnrd on the floor of the tonneau, curled up like a dog. “Go ahead!" shouted Kaffenburg to the chauffeur. With the body of the little lawyer still ABRAHAM HUMMEL. huddled on the floor, an Inert henp, the machine shot forward. The chauffeur put on all speed down Madison avenue, uud waa soon lost to view. A SEARCH FOR A BRIDE; ^OUNG AUGUSTAN COMES 70 FIND MISSING WIFE Wild Panic Monday to Cov ey After Taking Profit Saturday. Chicago, May 20.—There waa a wild panic among the local talent on the board of trade this morning when the wheat pit opened on a scene of Intense excitement. It was a sensational fight for wheaL and there was no wheat to be had. The local talent sold out their hold ings Saturday to take profits, and when this morning the price of July and September began to climb, the lat ter going over the 31 mark, they tried to re-establish their line*, but they could get no wheat. Many bullish report* were received. Nebraska reported the weather as un favorable. In the northwest It had again turned cool and the seeding put back still further. Russia's crop out look Is bad. At the end of the first hour's trad ing July was up 2 5-3 from Saturday's close. _ ___—- A determlnned search now being made In Atlanta by an anxloue and de. termlned husband for his bride, who, he says, was spirited away from him by her father, furnishes the sequel to a romantic secret wedding which occur red In Augusta on May 1. The anxious husband Is Alphonse Finch, who la connected with the gen eral offices of the Georgia railroad, and the object of his search was formerly Miss Margaret Goode, a pretty 18-year- old college girl, both of whom are well known and popular In Augusta social circles. The friends of the two young people were surprised last Friday when It be came known that they had married on May 1, the wedding having been kept a secret since that time. Mlaa Goode was attending college at the tlmo of the marriage. She waa to graduate within a short time and It was determined that the wedding should be kept quiet until she finished school. Ac cordingly she continued at her studies as though nothing unusual had hap pened. nnd no one was the wiser. This plan worked all right for a time, but as Is generally customary In such affairs of the heart, the story finally leaked out. And then came an unex pected climax. While young Finch was receiving the congratulations of hla friends, the girlish bride disappeared. Taken utterly by surprise at this start, ling turn, the young groom was for a time bewildered. He finally collected himself, however, and went to search for hla bride. He finally obtained Information that led him to believe the father of the girl had taken her to Atlanta. Once on the trail, Finch lost no time. He came to Atlanta Sunday and began a search of the city, reporting the matter to of ficer*. After arriving here, he lost the trail and was unable to ascertain whether his bride was still In the city. So far a* is known, the missing bride Is still untound and the tireless search Is still on. Boy Said To Have Died of Ptomaine Poisoning. HELD INSURANCE ON BOY’S LIFE Arrest in North Carolina Following Charges De velops Real Sensation m Community. GOT ON IN TENNESSEE, BUT FELL OPE IN GEORGIA Boarding a passenger train on the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern rail way at McCays, Tenn., and hanging on desperately until the speeding train had passed across the state line Into Fannin county, Georgia, Will Parris finally tumbled off and was seriously Injured. The actual distance covered was 150 yards. He sued for damago and Judgo Gober sustained the demurrer of thn road that the Georgia court had no Jurisdiction In the matter. The supreme court held that It was error to sustain the demur rer on the ground that the negligence did not occur In Fannin county. DID NOT RETAIN EX-SEN. M'LAURIN TO ASSIST PRICE Southern Cotton Association Knows Nothing of His Employment. While dispatches from New York state that former Senator J. L. Mc- Laurin has been retained by the Southern Cotton Association to rep resent the body In the suit brought by Theodor* Price against the New York Cotton Exchange, the official* of ths association In Atlanta deny that Senator McLaurln has been retained. Secretary Woods gave out the fol lowing statement to The Georgian Monday afternoon: “This office has no knowledge of Mr. J. U McLaurin's appointment or em ployment by the Southern Cotton. As sociation to prosecute the Price suit against the classification commutes of the New York Cotton Exchange. "The Southern Cotton Association Is Interested In securing for nil legiti mate cotton Interests a full measure of protection. It haa succeeded to such an extent that It haa rested Its case through recently enacted Federal leg islation, and stands ready to give all Information in Its possession to the Investigation. Tbe present Injunction suit, with Its accompanying affidavits against the New York Cotton Ex- chnnge, can be used as valuable In formation by the Investigators." OO0O0000O0000000000000000O O O O DON’T RECEIVE DOGS. O O , k.' 0 O Grady hospital declined a ca- 0 0 nine patient Sunday. 0 0 A negro woman appeared at the 0 0 Institution Sunday afternoon with 0 0 a small dog in her arms. The lit- 0 0 tie animal was evidently quite jll. 0 0 "Does you gem’men take dawgs 0 0 here fo' patients?" she. anxiously 0 0 Inquired. 0 O When told that there was no 0 0 provision for treating anything ex- 0 0 cept human patients, she went 0 0 sorrowfully away, the dog look- 0 O ing up at her with pathetic eyes. O O O 0000O0000O000000OO00000O00 Russian Bomb ' Kills 3 Police Odessa, May 20.—The exploelon of an Infernal machine in the Central po lice bureau today killed the chief of police and two of hla subordinates. Two men and a girl are thought to have placed the machine at the bureau shortly before It exploded. The men are In custody, but the girl escaped. The douma passed a resolution ex pressing Indignation at the recently discovered plot on the life of Caar Nicholas and Joy at the eecape of the monarch. All socialist membsra were absent to avoid going on record. Raleigh, N. C., May 20— Dr. David S. Roland, a prominent physician of this city, was arrested here this morn ing on a warrant Issued In Henderson, N. C„ charging him with the murder of his son, David Austin Rowland, a boy of 11 years, by poisoning, In Vance county, near Klttrell, not far from Henderson. Dr. Rowland Is about 28 years old and a native of Klttrell. His son waa living at that place with relatives. It Is charged that two weeks ago last Sat urday Dr. Rowland was there on a visit and took a walk with the boy and gave him an orange. The boy died the same day nnd Dr. Rowland gave It as his opinion that death waa due to ptomaine poisoning brought on by eating Ice cream and fruit the night before. A few weeks before this Dr. Rowland had taken nut an Insurance policy on the child's life. He was In Henderson Saturdny arrang ing for the collection of this policy, and returned here Inst night. Tho arrest took place In hla office, and Dr. Row land Introduced there to the officers his wife, whom ho married In Norfolk eomo tlmo during the last few days. She was the widow of Engineer C. U. Strange, of the Seaboard Air Line, whose home was here. 8trange died suddenly In March from wlrat was diagnosed ns heart failure. Dr, Row land was tho physician called In when Strange complained of feeling unwell. Dr. Rowland would have nothing to say when arrested, but was perfectly composed and smiling. He was.taken to Henderson today. Mr*. Rowland Arresthed. Later today Mrs. Rowlnnd was ar rested on a charge of being accessory to the fact of the killing of her for mer husband, Engineer Strange. It appears that tho engineer was not feeling very well, and Dr. Rowland was sent for and treated the man. When the doctor left his patient ac companied him to the door. Strange went back to Into the house nnd died In a few minute*. The cause of his death was given n* heart failure. The bodies of Strange and Dr. Row- lnnd'a son will be exhumed and exam ined for traces of poison. RUSSIAN TERRORISTS ' HELD IN PARIS Paris, May 20.—Details of a terrorist plot against high Ruselan officials was disclosed here today bythe confession of a myateriou* Russian who has been In the hoepltal since Friday with his hands terribly lacerated. Today, after repeated Inelstance by the police, the Ruslsan admitted he Is n terrorist nnd wa* wounded by the premature ex- Dtoslon of a bomb he was making. Later two Russians found In same ren- dezvoun were arrested. Growth and Progress of the New South Tbe Georgian records here each day some economic fact tn retereuce to tbe onward march of tbe South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. The charter of the Evart Lumber Company baa been filed for record at Lake Charles, La. The Incorporators and officers are V. H. Lunney, of DeQulncy, La.; James H. Simpson, of Detroit, Mich., president: W. E. Hooper, of Chicago, vice president; Ira T. Sayre, of Flushing, Mich, secre tary and treasurer, and others. The domicile of the corporation Is given as Evart. La, ,(no P. O.), a new town ten miles east of DeQulncy, and the capital Is 375,000. Mr. Lunney recently purchased considerable acreage of pine timber on the line of the Colorado Southwestern. This, end a lot of stumpsge pur chased by the new company aside from the land upon which It stands will be the nucleus for the timber auppy of a new 60,000 capacity mill which Is to be erected at once. A timber deal Involving 900,000,000 feet of pine timber was closed at Houston, Tex., recently. The land on which this timber Is located Is In Mississippi and Louisiana, some of It running down to the Sabine river, near the border of Texas. The consideration paid was 33,000,000. J. Ik Watson, representing the sellers of the land and who gngtneercd the deal, announced that the sale had been closed after holding a long distance conversation with the parties Interested. There are several owners to the land, but for certain reasons the names of tbe purchaser* are not made public at this time. It la understood that the agents' commissions Involved In this transac tion reach the sum of 3130,000. II. Clay Tunis, of Elizabeth City, N. c, has received a letter from President Hotchkiss, of the Dare Lumber Company, of New York, an nouncing that the company will proceed immediately to erect extensive mills In Elizabeth City to have a capacity of 150,000 feet of lumber a day and employ over 300 hande. f The company ownz 107,000 acrea of timber land In Dare county. This land has been in litigation for 30 years. The Dare Lumber Company recently established Its title. One of the largest deals tn the history of Perry county was consum mated at Hattiesburg. Miss, recently when Knapp, Stout A Co. of Wis consin, sold to Cyrus D. Jones, of Scranton. Pa. timber lands valued at 3479,539.72. Tbe land lies to the south of Hattiesburg along the line ot the Gulf and Ship Island railroad. J. F. Wilder, a lumber dealer of Epps, Mlsa, has purchased from W. F. 8. Tatum, of Hattiesburg, Miss, timber property to the value of jint. 000. The lend lies south of Hattiesburg, In Perry and Lamar counties, and Is convenient to Mr. Wilder’s mill at Epps, though extensive railroad " building will be neceseary In order to get out the logs.