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the weather.
Forecast: Partly cloudy and
probably unsettled Wednesday
nleht and Thursday. Temperatures
Wednesday (taken at A. K. Hawkes
Company’s store): 8 a. m.. 54 de
gree,; 10 a. m„ 57 degrees: 12 m„
61 degrees: 2 p. m.. 65 degrees.
AND NEWS
ATLANTA, GA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1(5,1908
Id Atlanta—TWO CENTS.
On Train*—FIVE CENTS.
PRICE;
WHERE HAINS TRIAL IS BEING HELD
The Atlanta Georgian
SPOT COTTON.
Atlanta, easy: 8*4. Liverpool, on.l.r;
8.84. New Orleans, dull and eaay: 8 11 16.
.New York, quiet: 0.10. Kav.mnnb. quirt
and sternly; SVi. Attgosts. dull: S**,. «;.-,l-
veston. quiet: 8 s ,. .Norfolk, ateady; 8V
Mobile, qtllet; 314.
The greatest pleasure In life comes from giving others pleasure.
Did you ever know this Joy?
There are so mony In this vlclffity feeling now the pleasure of giving
to Those Who Have Not, that unless you Join this genuinely happy com
pany you will actually feel lonely ami out of place.
The Georgian, with Its rapidly growing fund for the Empty Stockings,
offers you the opportunity to become a member of the Society For the
purpose of Giving Others Pleasure—giving the poor little orphans pleasure.
Will you not Join at once? i
Send In your contribution and The Georgian will promise that It shall
go to dll up a little stocking that otherwise will be lean and empty Christ
mas morning.
Here Is a sample letter taken from the long list on hand with contribu
tions for the Empty Stockings: ,
"Macon, Ga., Dec. 12, 1903.
"Dear Atlanta Georgian:
"I am a little Invalid boy 6 years old. I have to go In a rolling chair all
the time, so you will know It la very little Santa Claus can bring me that
I can play with. But my mamma has written for him to bring me some
pretty books and a music box. My papa takes the dear old Georgian, and
we all think so much of 4t. 1 will send you this small amount, $1.00, to
help make the dear little children happy that have no papa or mamma. Ask
dear old Santa Claus In Ills many rounds not to forget the dear little cripple
children, for they are the ones to be pitied most of all,
"Wishing you and your dear paper success and a merry Christmas, I am
"Your little crippled friend, LONNIE GUNN. JR,
"862 Thlrd-st.”
SOME CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FUND.
The Georgian Is In receipt of the fol
lowing sums from- contributors to the
fund to All the empty stocklnga:
J. D. Rhodes 15-66
Doughty Rankin Manley .60
Vinson Harris. 16* Woodward-ave .10
Atexa and Nora Sterling “
Josle Vaughan. Powder Springs ..
Band S. Howard, Blakely
H. E. King. 166 Glenn-st
Edward L. Farris, Jr.. 95 West
Harrls-st •••
Peggy and Betsy Bates. Cleveland,
Ohio, and Cathrlne Scott
Nellie, Evelyn and Hurt Means..
Margaret Kinard, Jackson
Robert Martin Scales, Waynesboro
Adelaide Callaway, 218 Ashby-st..
Mary Louise, Cornelia and Julia
Pope, Washington, Ga
Nellie Middlebrooks and her
brother, Howell Station 20
Hubert and Robert Everett, Con-
96
10
Mailing department of The Geor
gian—Hugh Hill, C. J. Thorn
ton, Jr., Albert Kemp, Doc Hol-
IIngsworth, Dave Warner and
John Barrow 1.50
William Outland, Jr. Statesboro.. .25
Mrs. Lctton, 132 Capitol-ave.. .. 1.00
George S. Kimball, Garfield 25
Mary Halo and Carter Vernon.
Cartersvtlte 30
Alice Muse .30
Cash 1.00
Chris Esslg 3.00
Pay Christine and Evelyn Mc
Cormick. Stlleshoro 10
John T. Pugh, 114 1-3 Central-ave .10
Evelyn McOahee, Battle Hill 10
Milton McGahee, Battle Hill.. 10
Douglas and Turner McGahee,
Battle Hill 30
Beba Lowry, Cartersvllle.. ...... .30
Aline Haynes, Battle Hill 30
“For the Empty Stocking" 35
Alton Flowers, Sharpaburg
George Wisdom, Chlpley. Ga.. .
Theodora Warlleld, 374 Capltol-
ave
Evelyn Cockrell, Valdosta...... .10
Lillian and Ruth Sims, Means-
villa
Frederic Nardln, Ocllla, Ga.. ..
Joe Boyd Haley, Elberton.. ..
Anita Crews, Charlotte, N. C ..
G. L. Peterson, Wadley, Ga.. .a
Mary B. Spalding
Miss D'Entlnac. l.oo
David Green
Robert Sharpard, Decatur.
Lonnie Gunn, Jr., Macon 1.00
O. G. Kimbrough, 216 Murphy-avn
Cash
Ruth and Hugh Palmer. Dublin..
Carl Huber, Moultrie
Martha Thornbury, Jackson
ville, Ga 25
W. J. Gassett, Waycross 1.00
Four Daniel children, Danlels-
vllle
Annie Kate Fullerton, Lovejoy,
Ga..
.10
J. W. Bratcher, Commerce, Ga
Francis Wood, Conyers..' 25
Hortense Adams, Atlanta 1.00
Frank C. Owens, Atlanta 2.00
"Lester Boys,” Covington 1.00
B. M. Grant A Co., Atlanta 6.00
Hasel Coble, Atlanta 12
Cash 25
Richard, Mary and Lallle John
son, 460 Grant 25
Harold and Gilbert”.. 1.00
Ruth Crumbley, 16 Lawn-st 60
Olive and Francis Marlon, 324
Myrtle 50
'A Subscriber”... 3.00
Henry an( McLaurln Hunt, 2 St.
Paul-avs 26
'L. J. H.” 6.00
Katharine Willis ; 60
Circulation department of The
Georgian 3.60
IS AT END IN
VENEZUELA
Dec. 16.—That the
Rioting Everywhere in
Republic—People
Flock to Caracas.
WILLEM8TAO. Dec
end of President Castro's rale In Ven-
esuela Is In sight la clearly foreshad
owed by the riots that are occurring In
all parts of the country as a result of
the reprisal acts of Holland.
Later dispatches from Caracas Indi
cate that the revolt there Is far more
serious than at flrst Indicated, and the
revolt against Castro and Acting Presl.
dent Gomes Is open everywhere.
Thousands of enraged Venesuelans
are flocking Into Caracas and cries of
"Down with the dictator!" are heard on
every side. Steps have atreody been
taken to confiscate Castro's property.
The people are now convinced that the
wily ruler has no Intention of return
ing and a rebel proclamation Is expect,
ed at any time.
CARACAS, Dec, 16.—Martial law Is
reigning In this city today to prevent
an aftermath'of the furious rioting of
last night, when houses were atoned,
windows broken, buildings fired and
merchandise carried from looted stores
and burned. The animus of the mob
was leveled at the friends and adher
ents of President Castro.
The Plsxa Bolivar was the scene of
the wildest excitement. The president
was burned In effigy and statues of
Castro were hauled down with ropes
and demolished. For hours the author
Itles wercunable to cope with the fury
of the mob?
There have been no warlike demon
atratlons against Holland yet, despite
the fact that Dutch warships have been
maneuvering off the coast and offer
ing warlike moves against this nation.
Most of the wrath of the mob was dl
reeled at Castro and his henchmen.
Several stores belonging to Set
Thlelsn, a son-in-law of General Tello
Mendoxa, were wrecked, as was the
building which houses the nowspaper
onstltuclonnl,
ministration. Of i
at one tlmo minister of finance and has
been open In his friendship for Castro.
It was feared for a time that an at
tempt would be made on his Ilfs, but
this was openly denied.
This picture shows a diagram-photograph of the old court house at Flushing, Long Island, whore Thornton
Halns is on trial for his life as an accessory in ths killing of William E. Annie.
DR. VANCE CONSIDERING
CALL TO CENTRAL CHURCH
CIVENJSPITE
Woodside Thinks 60
Days Not Enough
Time.
Atlanta Presbyterians Will Send Committee to Newark
To Extend Formal Call of Congregation
To the Pastor.
At a railed meeting of the police
commission later thle month. Chairman
John J. Woodside will ask the commis
sion to withdraw the notice recently
given to Inmates of the Washlngtoh-st.
viaduct district to vacate within sixty
days.
If the request of Chairman Wood-
side is acted on favorably, It will In all
probability mean drastic action by the
grand jury, as It le known that a ma
jority of the Jurors favor the Imme
diate removal of the objectionable ten
ants. and may ask for the Indictment
"f both the property owners and the
tenants.
When Chairman Woodside and Chief
Jennings appeared before the grand
jury Tuesday, the former announced
nis Intention of asking for the with
drawn! of the notice, stating that he
didn't want to take snap Judgment,
•her the Jurors had previously agreed
to the notice. The grand Jury at first
directed that the district be moved
within thlry days, but on request of the
Police commission the time was ex
tended to sixty days.
Wants Longtr Time.
fhalrman Woodside explains that he
'* still In favor of the removal of the
district, but that he merely desires
m °re time, as he thinks the police com-
etlsslon should be allowed to work out
some plan for the segregation of these
people. This, he says, Is Impossible
In sixty days.
Since the notice was served, he says.
* "amber of the tenants have moved
and already much complaint is coming
•n rrotn residence sections.
Apropos of the agitation for the re
moval of the viaduct district, a large
number of the merchants In Decutur-at.
''tween Ivy and Courtland-sts. have
Presented a petition to the police de
railment requesting the removal of all
,, 'b" objectionable people In that sec-
uon. The merchants between Court-
«nd and Pratt-sts. are at present clr-
;,“! J, l n g a similar petition. These petl-
tons will be before the commission at
1,1 next meeting.
m
DR
.•rev:
THE
JAMES
VANCE
DOES ATTORNEY GENERAL
SWAY COURT WITH “SPELL?”
Committee Named by United States Court in Denver to
Probe Strange Powers—Laska Is a
Hypnotist.
DENVER, CoIOm Doe. 16.—The United
States district court wants to know
whether Attorney General Ben B. Laska
Is a real hypnotist, whether his ap
pearance In court Is dangerous to Jus
tice and whether It Is safe to have a
lawyer around who can exert a "spell"
over Jurors and court attaches.
For this purpose a committee has
been named by the bench to take evi
dence concerning Laska'a powers. Ths
committee wants to know whether these
Judges or their Jurors ever fell under
the compelling glance of Laska.
Laska was long a palmist and clair
voyant, but Ic now a practising attor
ney. -
GIRL STARVED TO DEATH
WITH FORTUNE BEFORE HER
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 16,—Carlotta
Rodrigues, daughter of a famous Cali
fornia artist and once prominent Bohe.
mlan, starved herself to death. With
a small fortune on canvas In her pos
session she refused to save her life by
parting with the masterpiece of- her
artist father. She had planned that It
should stand between her aged grand
mother and want.
The girl had but to take the picture
to an ait dealer and at least 11,000
could be secured. But conscience would
not permit her to sell the last resource
of a oncs-wealthy family.
KIELSJATIER
Double Tragedy Fol
lowed Quarrel About
Trivial Matter.
L0UI8VILLE, Ga., Dsc,d6.—John M,
wal
STATE WINS
BOOTH EASE
3ut Supreme Court
Sends It Back to
Correct an Error.
'IK MARVEL” DEAD
"the geobgiak is worth
ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD"
»*igit la iolS
ortr
8i*Uaun (Ox.) sen.
rrUn
nope
a number of Important Southern cities
before going to Newark. He was for
a nymber of years pastor of the First
Presbyterian church at Nashville,
Tenn. Dr. Vance visited Atlanta dur
ing the recent meeting of the Laymen’s
Missionary Movement.
Rev. James I. Vance. D.D.. pastor of
the North Reformed church at Newark,
N. J., may accept the rail of the Cen
tral Presbyterian church and come to
Atlanta. He has the call of the local
church under consideration. More
over. a committee of live from the Cen
tral Presbyterian will go to Newark DDTnfli; PALLS*
next Monday to see Dr. Vance In per-
son and urge upon him the claims of ( FOUR ARE KILLED
the* Atlanta church. They hope to re
turn with hla acceptance.
Dr. Vance has notified the consisto
ry of hlx church of the call and has
told them that he has It under serious
advisement.
MARTINSBURO, W. Vs., Dee. 16.—
Four persona were killed here today
when a pier and span of the new bridge
across tne -Potomac river collapsed.
Four others were seriously Injured.
Dr. Vance Is a minister of national Sixteen men were precipitated sixty
reputation, having occupied pulpits to feet Into the river.
Sustaining the state's claim to priori
ty upon the assets of the Neal Bank,
but reversing tho lower court because
the decision to thut effect was rendered
in vacation time and not at lire regular
trial term, the supreme court Wednes
day handed down an opinion In the case
nt 8. Booth and others, Intervenors In
the case of the state against the Neal
Bank.
By the terms of the supreme court's
decision the state of Georgia receives
the 3204,375.93 which it had on deposit
in the Neal Bank when It failed, but
the case Is sent hack to the superior
court of Fulton county In order that
the Judgment may be entered upon the
record at the regular term arid the error
corrected. ' .
Deeres in Vacation.
The case was that In which S. Booth
and others, depositors of the Neal Bank,
contested the claim of the state to a
prior Hen upon the assets of the hank
except In the sum of 9100,000. the
amount of Its bond as a state depost
tors'. When the case came to be heard
before Judge Kills, counsel for the In
tervenors moved to postpone the hear
ing upon the ground tha’ the court had
no authority to pass a Anal judgment
and decree In vacation. The motion was
overruled and when Judge Ellis later
sustained the state’s claim the case was
carried to the higher court. The fail
ure of the Judge to postpone the hear
ing until the regular trial term Is as
signed ss an error, altho his decision
as to the claim of priority Is sustained.
State Has Funds, i
The funds In dispute are already in
the handa of the state, haring been
paid over to the state treasurer by the
receiver of the Neal Bank upon an _
order passed by Judge Bills following New Haven, where be bos
his Judgment In the case.
DONALD O. MITCHELL.
DONALD MITCHELL
PASSES TO BEYOND
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dee. 15—Don
ald Grant Mitchell, known widely In
literature as Ik Marvel, died at hls
home, "Edgewood," .last night after a
long illness.
Donald Mitchell was born In Nor
wich, (fonn.. April 12. 1822, and gradu
ated from Yale In 1841. He was not
strong and spent hls earlier years on a
farm, where he acquired hls deep love
fur the country, which Is noted
throughout his writings.
While a voluminous writer, hls fame
perhaps rests on "Reveries of n Bache
lor" and "Dream Life." These hooks
remind one of Washington Irving for
the tender and venial sentiment. "Rev
eries of a Bachelor" aptieured nrlglgglly
In The Southern Literary Messenger.
Since 1966 he has resided at hls beau
tiful country place, "Edgewood.” near
ted hls
Ufe to literature.
killed by hls son, Monroe Kitchens, lost
night at hls home eight miles north
of Louisville.
The two had been to Spread, Ga., and
while there. It Is reported here, had a
disagreement over some trivial mat
ter. Upon returning home, the report
says, the father secured a shot gun
and fired on hls son, woundlng.hlm In
the legs: that after being shot down
the boy fired rin hls father, killing lilm
Instantly. It Is stated that the father
was under the Influence of liquor at the
time.
TECHNICALITY
DELAYS TRIAL
Required Venire Not
Present WJien Court
Convened.
UNION CITY. Tsnn., Dec. 16—Be-
cause the sheriff had summoned twen
ty-seven less than the legal number al
lowed for a venire, the trial of the al
leged night riders did not begin this
morning, as had been scheduled. The
court adjourned until the afternoon to
get the balance of the venire.
A sensational charge was made In
open court this morning by Illce A.
Pierce, attorney for the alleged night
riders, accusing Major Holmes, of the
military detail on guard at Union City,
with taking Will Wogster, one of the
urcused. from the prison at n late hour
last night, against hls will, tu some at
torney’s office and there putting him
thru a strong sweating process to make
him confess or Implicate others in the
recent tragedies.
Major Holmes refused to .reply to the
harge because of the presence of ve
nlremen who might become Jurors.
The court said an Investigation would
be made.
Wagster Is not one of the first eight
to be put on trial.
Assistant Prosecutor
Graphically De
tails Tragedy.
FLU8HING, L. I., Dec. 16.—In strong
and graphic language Elmer S. White,
assistant to District Attorney Darran,
began the opening address In the trial
of Thornton J. Halns.
He described the tragedy from the
beginning. He told of the trip to Bay-
side of the defendant and hls brother
and how Thornton Halns said:
"We've got him now/'
Attorney White pointed out an ani
mus for Thornton Ilalns' part in the
statement that William Anuls had re.
Jected stories by the writer. He de
scribed the shooting of Annls by Peter
Halns and how Thornton Halns kept
the crowd back..
Ho demanded that the defendant be
convicted of murder In the first degree.
The father of Juror Jardlne died to
day, but the trial was not delayed.
Sensational Charge.
At the outset of the opening of the
case of the tSate vs. Thornton Jonklns
Halns today, the defendant’s chief
counsel. John F. McIntyre, accused the
prosecution of tampering with hls
principal witness. This man was al
most the flrst person to meet and talk
to the Halns brothers on the day they
arrived In the vicinity of the boat
house.
According to McIntyre, he had even
prepared an affidavit In which he sup
ported In detail the assertion of Thorn
ton Halns that he came to the spot of
the crime with hls brother for the pur
pose of Inspecting some real estate and
meeting a real estate agent' and for no
other purpose and that the subsequent
crime was the outcome of a sudden sit
uation or circumstance.
Tampered With Witnexs7
At the very opening of the case
McIntyre declares that this man will at
tempt to repudiate hls affidavit, and,
becoming a witness for the state, tes
tify that the brothers were heard to
talk about "Billy" Annls and that on*
pistol at least was displayed In the
presence of the witness. Both McIn
tyre ana hls principal nsslstant, Joseph
Shay, evidently greatly excited by the
sudden turn of affairs, came to ths
court room at 9 o'clock.
"We hare this man's nffidavIL" Mc
Intyre declared, "and It Is plain upon Hs
face. He made It, we believe In sin-
cerlty and we certainly Intend to hold
him to It. That he has been 'monkeyed
with' by some one la evident. A man
can't with Impunity, swear to one
thing upon a legal paper and testify to
the contrary In this court If I can help
It"
Mcther to Textlfy.
The defense has planned to put on
the witness stand Mrs. Peter C. Halns,
Sr., mother of the prisoner, to provo the
complete absence of premeditation of
murder on hie part.
The elder Mrs. Halns since the trial
began has begged her son's lawyers to
permit her to become a witness for her
son, and when she told them that •he
cruld and would tell of a visit ho puld
her at Fort Hancock the day before tho
shooting the attorneys were only too
quick to see that the mother might thus
save her son.
She will tell the jury that on that day
Jenkins Halns said hls brother was
apparently resuming hls normal condi
tion of mind and usual habits nnd he
had been singularly successful In k.. p-
Ing Captain Halns from doing anything
rash.
She will declare there was not the
faintest Idea In Jenkins Halns’ mind of
revenge on Annls. Mrs. Halns was pre
pared to go to the court In Flushing to
day and for the flrst time In four
months see her son.
Jury Selected.
The twelfth and last Juror was se
lected last night at 6 o'clock, court im
mediately adjourning for the day. One
hundred and seventeen talesmen were
examined before the jury was com
pleted.
Thornton Halns expressed gratifica
tion at the general character of the
Jury. Members of ths Jury will be al
lowed to go to their homes each day at
the conclusion of the day’s hearing.
A feature of the'trial will be a lank
of water and a model float and ratbont
in miniature to illustrate the scene of
the shooting. This will be In full sight
of the witness stand. Iron munaklns.
representing the participants In the
tragedy, will be moved about this tank.
It there anything yon coaid
use a Want Ad for today?
Both Phones flOOO.
Ten Are Killed
In Train Wreck
LIMOGES, Franc*, Dec. 16.--Ten ptr-
*ona were Inatantly killed today when
two passenger-trains ran together In
the I^ouch tunnel between Btive and
Llmogea. Many other* were hurt. A
mistake In nlgnala I* said to have
caused the accident. The tunnel was
blocked with w'reckage and It Is feared
•(her dead bodies will be taken* from
11m* debris.
TOO late for classification.
WANTKI»—Yeung man to share ate
ed mow with other jnua- in
Peachtree apartment; cloeyln;
Ih‘1h. All ronvi nlt'iiccr. Ivy 20U1-J.
LOJ5T—On Peachtree-
tween the Atlanta C
nnd t’alu-at.. a ladle** i
* Inlng about $3 or
Ire reward by retora
r-Bcrltt, Atlanta Oo
CQ North Boulcvan
>ST—Ladle** black 1
ont.iinlnc my name,
ami Falrnmunt. (ia.
II. P. Itecd, Falnno
ad for sales today e*