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THE ATLANTA UEOKU1aN\
COMMENCEMENT HYDE WILL GET
CASH WEDNESDAY
CONVERTED WU TING-FANG
RYAN'S PAY FOR EQUITABLE!
CONTROL TRANSFERRED 1
JLARGE AUDIENCE HEARS AN
NUAL CONCERT.
Graduating; Exercises Held Tuei-
day Morning—Cornerstone
Laid in Afternoon
By SELENE ARMSTRONG.
' Mlltodcvvlllv, Ga., June 4.—On Mon
d-l evening, the annual concert of the
O'. ikU Normal and Industrial school
v •> held In the auditorium of the main
b nldlac. The renting capacity of the
ltali v. aa taxed to Its. utmost, many
out .f.town guests being present.
Tuesday morning, the graduating
•S'I cist s were held. Addresses were
mud., by M. M. Parks, president of
the Georgia Normal and Induafrlat
at lH>);' Chancellor U. C. Barrow, of
Athens, and Miss Martha Berry, of
it i< ' Diplomas and certificates were
■we .I'd by Governor J. M. Terrell.
Cornerstone to Bo Laid.
[#l- afternoon, the corneratono of
the ew industrial building was laid.
The ceremonies were conducted with
Masonic honors, ami were presided
hut by Max Meyerhnrdt, grand nuta
te t o' the grand lodge of Georgia, ns-
alet"| by other officers of the order. ,
The ep.-aWers were Governor Terrell,
H"ii John Temple Graves, D. C Bar-
i"w, acting ebamcllor of the I'nlver-
en ..r Georgia: IV. II. Merrill, state
m> .ah.| conmilsaloiier: Captain T. F.
Newell, Colonel W. P. Andrews and
Miss Martha Berry.
This evening, the alumnae bamiuot
"ill I Ting to a close the moat aueresa-
ful . immeneeinent ever held here.
Notable Gustls Attend.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Parks have
as their guests at the old executive
mansion Governor J. M. Terrell, Mias
Martlia Berry. Colonel Walter P. An
tin'",., D. C. Barrow and Mlsa Selene
Armstrong.
Mi W. Y. Atkinson, of Netvnnn, Is
tlm gu< *t of her son, Dr. J. P. Atkin
son Itc-ldrs Mrs. Atkinson,, mem
ber. of the board of visitors are Mrs
Holier! M llltrh. Savannah; Mrs. John
N Donalsnn, Bnlnbrtilge; Mrs. Hayes.
Ml-s Anne Wallace, Mrs. Lloyd t’levs-
■ nil']. Griffin; Mrs. B. S. .Moseley.
Homo Miss Bessie Butler, Madison:
Mis-. Mattie Base. Clarkenvllle; Miss
Ni pple Hunl. Bparta, and Mra. J. N.
Grinin, Valdosta.
Report Today Says Tarbell’s Sal
ary Has Been Cut Again
By Morton.
ad Wir
CALLSJN JOSEF
KAISER GOES TO VIENNA TO SEE
RULER OF THE AUS
TRIANS.
F' Private Leased Wire.
Vienna. June 6.—Emperor William,
a. Otnpnnled by a numerous suits, nr-
rlved today on a visit to Emperor
Frauds Joseph.
I Imre was no ceremonious sntry Into
Vienna, the German emperor leaving
hi- II.I In outside of the capital anil
pi citing at once In Heltoenbrun cas
tle. "lien- he breakfasted with the
Austrian imperial family.
Tim belief that the meeting of Hie
tw inters possesses political nirunlng
Is heightened by the announcement
thiil the visit will last but two .days,
tml by the further fact that several
litah otffrtala of the'German foreign
ofth n are Included In the kaiser's suite.
By Private Lei
Nejg YdrW, June -Wednesday will
be one of the saddrat birthdays James
flaxen Hyde ever celebrated If ho re
members his ambitions of a itw years
ago, and all that the day might have
meant to bltn had there been no scan
dal In life Insurance. He Is 10 years
old on that day and cornea Into full
possession of the legacy left him by hla
father, Henry B. Hyde, former presi
dent of the Equitable.
On reaching the age of 11 Hyde be
came one of hla own trustees, and five
years ago the number was decreased to
three, James W. Alexander and Louis
Fltxgerald being the nthera. He had
laid careful plans to force himself Into
the presidency as Alexander's succes
sor. s
Then came the deluge of soandal
which for a time threatened to wrack
the Kqultable. As a solution, the stock
was sold to T. F. Hygn fdr $1490,000,
the actual rVnn.ftl t > t» made on
Hyde's Thirtieth birthday. The Ityan
syndicate has been practically In pos
session of the stork since July-0, 100(.
The nctusl transfer will take place
Wednesday. Mr. Hyds Is in Paris, and
proposes to remain there. There will
be no ceremonies over the transfer,
■■i rumor that would not down today
tins that Gage 12. Tarbell, vice presi
dent of the Equitable, has suffsrsd an
other ntt In salary, and again his res
ignation -was predicted. There are
many In the financial district who
blame Tarbell's ambition for the Eqult
able row which brought about the
whole Insurance Investigation. The 10
per cent rut In salaries which was In
stituted when President Morton-came
Into office rut Tarbell from 1(0,000 lo
(40,mm a year. It la said tha recent
cut was to ((1,000 a year. Kqultable
officials would not discuss the mat
ter.
CAR OF BEEF BLOOD
IN HEARTOf THE,CITY
TERRIBLE STENCH EMITTED BY
DECAYING ANIMAL
MATTER.
RURAL AAAIL CARRIER
KILLED BY T
Special lo The Georgian.
• 'hattanooga, Tenn., June A rural
nmol carrier, suppooed lo be J. D. Lon
don. ".la killed by a Southern train
"from Atlanta at Ooltewah this morning
: " hi it- crossing the tracks.
Hit horse was also killed and tils rig
t"in tu atoms.
I ndon was about 15 years of age
ami i brother of Professor London, for-
n:ei superintendent of public schools ut
Bristol. Tenn.
HE SWAM ASHORE
WITH YOUNG LADY
Fl
to The Georgian,
pa. B. C, June 5.—While driv
ing . cross Snow Greek, which was
e»" "it Sunday, the Itorss driven by
A A. Duncan and Mlsa Radis Williams
bom me frightened and uiiaet the bug-
gv Duncan seised the yuung lady and
son ti ashore with her.
COX MINERAL SPRINGS
COMPANY IS ORGANIZED
rial to The Georgian.
I'aynesboro, Ga, June 5.—The Cox
lersl Spring Company met and
tad the following officers yesterday
rmoon: W. M. Fulcher, president;
J. Hatcher, vice peraldent; R. N.
Tien. Jr, secretary and treasurer;
N Hatcher, manager; U R Hatch-
itsslsunt manager,
feta company has thirty-live slock-
lers, among whom are some of the
>t prominent business men of the
The spring will be developed, a
lllon built, packing and bottling
at built, and means of putting this
at mineral water on the market
I be devised.
h" springs are about t miles from
city.
CONFEDERATE VETERAN
DIES ON THE TRAIN
to The Georgian,
tnooga, Tenn, June (.—James
a farmer. 70 years old. died on
Ills train bound for Chatlanoo-
mornlnx.
i-malns wen taken off at South
Confederate veteran.
A box car, out of which noses beef
blood, congealing Into putrlfylng sta
lactites, and because of tha heat and
the laws of nature ejecting a stench
which tvaa almost unbearable for the
hundreds of people working In Ihe
offices backed by the Western and At
lantic railroad yards, near Ihe Forayth
viaduct, has remained stationary nearly
all of Tuesday.
The heallh rontllllons are not sanita
ry In an Idealistic sense In the neigh
borhood mentioned. In addition to the
nr of beef blood, there are scattered
olong Ihe tracks pieces of cabbage, the
odor of which mingles with that of the
beef car and Is* wafted abroad on the
'balmy breexe."
The car of beef blood la not an un-
usuul thing. Saturday a car of raw
hides contaminated the neighborhood
with Its disease breeding odor. The
city health department was notified and
Insisted that the car be moved, which
was done si the railway's leisure. The
Nttni' will be Ihe case with the beet
blood. Probably (he rabbnges will re-
imiln where they have hern thrown by
the negroes who trim the decaying
leaves off before the hearts are taken
Into the commission houses.
When notified by The Georgian of the
existing conditions Tuesday the city
health deiHirttnent stated that Imme
diate action would be taken.
TWO FINE ENGINES
FOR THE A. & W. P.
RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER
USES JIU-JITSU ON GRA Y
Lieutenant Commander Eberhart, of Decatur,
Resents Shoving By
Stranger.
Vor an unprovoked assault upon
Lieutenant.Comander Lay H. Eber
hart, of Decatur, Ga., n retired officer
of the United States navy, who figured
prominently aa an officer under Ad-
mlnii Deuel in the battle of Manila
during the Spanish-American war, J.
W. Gray, of Greenville. 8. O, formerly
a postal clerk In thla city, woa arrest
ed at 6 o’clock Monday night and a
copy of charges ur&Jt served on Eber-
hurt
The events leading up to the arrest
of Gray occurred In the cigar, store
near the corner of Peachtree and Mari
etta streets and created considerable
excitement. It Is said that Gray en
tered the store where Eberhart
standing against the counter
roughly brushed the latter one side.
Eberhart without a word went to the
door and *tood reading a paper.
E* Gray came out of the store he
again pushed Eberhart, following it up
with a punch on the none. Eberhart
then threw down the paper and an um
brella and railed into his antagonist in
true navy style. He landed several
well placed blows and then brought
Into play a little Jiu-Jitsu learned In
Japan while In the navy and held the
man down until Policemen Florence
and Johns9n arrived on the scene and
took charge of the defeated foe.
The case will be heard before the
recorder Tuesday afternoon.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
MEE T AT NEW HAVEN
By Private Leased Wire.
New Haven, Conn, June 5.—The na
tional convention of the Knlghta of
Columbus was formally opened today
In this city, which If the. birthplace of
the order. . .
Many eminent priests and prelates
of the Roman Catholic church were
present In addition to the large num
ber of delegates on hand frpm every
section of the country.
Preceding the call to order the dele
gates attended pontifical mass at St.
John's church. The sermon was
preached by Rev. John J. McCoy, of
Worcester. Cardinal Glbons. of Balti
more, was one of the central figures.
The convention will M In session
through the remainder of the week.
Tomorrow will be the most Interest
Ins day of the convention. The great
parade will take place In the morning.
In. the afternoon tile new hull.link,
which Is to. be occupied as national
headquarters of the order, will be dedi
cated with much pomp and ceremony.
Prominent among those who are to
take part In the convention, In addi
tion to the noted churchmen, are Uni
ted States Senators Carter of Montana
and Gearln of Oregon, and Ju , Ice Vic
tor J. Dowllng.'of the New York su
preme court.
Recent photograph of Mra. John B. Henderson, who converted Wu Ting-
Fang to vegetarianism and temperance, and who Is a strong advocate of
health culture.
200 HEAR RUSSELL
SPEAKJT GHIFfll
SPIRITED DEBATE MYSTERY CLEARER
IN WOMEN'S CLUBS: FROM CONVICT'S LIFE
WORKING GIRL GIVES GOOD AN
SWER A8 RESULT OF AT
TACK ON UNION.
By Private Leaaed Wire.
St. Paul, Minn, June 6.—There was
a lively exchange of words yesterday
In the meeting of the General Feder
ation of Women's Club*, held at the
SUPPOSED CAPITALIST WAS IN
REALITY BRENT NEAL, THE
NEBRASKA FORQER.
Special to'The Georgian.
Charlotte,' N. C, June 5.—It la Just
learned here that "Brett Amory," the
young man killed by convict guards
near Greensboro, was. really Brent A,
Industrial conference In thf Proaby- Neal, who hip] worked In Tacoma,
terlon church, when Miss Josephine "I' 1 . eerved a term for for-
Casay, representing the Ulon of Eic
on May 10 there left the plant of
the Rogers Locomotive Works, In Pat
erson, N. J, two of the flneat engines
ever turned nut by the company and
started on their Journey to Atlanta,
consigned to the West Point road. On
June i three more of the big machines
were shipped, completing the order
given the com|iany several months ago.
Aa the engines are moved only during
Ihe day tltne, the time consumed In the
trip to this city will l>e about ten days,
so that the first of the number It ex-
liected lo reach here the last of the
week.
(lenernl Passenger AfcriK Billups has
retelled a brief description of the new
moguls and la confident they will prove
to be the prettiest and most istwerful
locomotives In use In the South. Each
iff the engines Is accompanied on lie
Trip tu the South by an attendant, whu
takes the most careful care of the deli
cate machinery until the delivery to the
West Point road.
The new machines will be taken to
Montgomery before being put Into ac
tive service, ami after a careful Inspec
tion I* the experts employed In the
shops of the company, will he put onto
the fast freight service between At
lanta and Montgomery. After u thor
ough breaking In. two of the most
powerful will be used for the fast mall
service. Theme two engines are capable
of carrying from twelve to fourteen
loaded cars between Atlanta and Mont
gomery In less than four hours. As
soon as possible after the new engines
are put Into aettve srrvlee In the pas
senger traffic the running time be
tween Atlanta and Montgomery will be
materially reduced.
RAILWAY SPECIAL AGENTS
MEET IN WASHINGTON.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, D. O, June 5.—Between
20O and KM* members of the Association
of Railway B|>eclal Agents were pres
ent today at the opening of the tenth
annual meeting of the association. The
membership of the organisation la com
posed of representatives of the detec
tive departments of the leading rail
roads of Ihe United 8tatee and t'ana-
da. The convention was called lo or
der In the assembly room of the Eb-
bltt house by the president, W. a. Bald
win. of Roanoke, Vs. The association
wax addressed by Major Sylvester,
chief of police of Washington, who told
or the work of co-operation between
the members of the aasriclttlon and the
S illcc departments of American cities.
he meeting will remain In session un
til Saturday.
vated Railway Employees, strongly
advocated trades unions among women.
She said ahe did not like .strikes, yet
the lot of the woman worker was
constant struggle sgulnst her male
ompetltor and her employer, and that
the only hope was to put the women
on a parity with the men through the
trades union.
Miss Casey's tYmsrks .stirred the
wrath of some of the club women who
lisve been, coping with the servant girl
problem, and when the conference was
over, they took Miss Casey to task for
her utteraiu'es.
.Mrs. W. H. Chlvvla, of 81. Louis,
president of the Tuesday Club, order
ed the working girls “hack lo the
kitchens," which ahe said were yawn
Ing for them, uml offered u panacea for
all the troubles of Ihe working girls
depleted In Miss Casey's clever ad
dress.
•We have been ridden to death by
the working girl,” declared Mra. Cblv
vis. "Why don't you come Into our
homes, where yon ran get good wages,
excellent board, h line home and easy
hours?"
Miss Casey answered that most
working girls were not competent to
do housework, did not like to do house
work, and, besides, did not Intend to
run homes for women who were In
competent or too laay to run them for
themselves. Girls working In factories
could not afford to lay off long enough
to hunt up n berth In one of those
cosy homes pictured hy Mrs. Chlvvla.
"Not time enough to look for work,"
exclaimed Mrs. Chlvvla. "Why. we go
right Into the factories and take you
Into our horiies If you would come.
We are paying six, ten and twelve dol-
lure a week for servant girls, but be
cause of your stubborn pride, you pre
fer to click-click, week after week. In
your smelly work-shops and eat poor
food."
Hers a squad of the Illinois delegates
surrounded Miss Casey and swept her
away, and the Incident was closed.
OHIO NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
.ARE HURRIED TO SCENE.
By Private Leased Wire.
Columbus, Ohio, June 5.—In response
lo the urgent request of Sheriff Vorhla,
of Jefferson county, for aid, and In
pursuance of the general order of Gov
ernor Paulson to send aa many troops
as were needed. Adjutant General Oli
ver Hughes last night dispatched a
force of about 1,100 Ohio national
guardsmen to Bradley. The troops sent
to the scene were the Fourth Infantry,
the Eighth Infantry, the Second ambu
lance company and Ihe Second con.
pany signal cor$*s. General Speaks,
commanding the Second brigade, was
ordered lo ntoboUse these troops and
proceed to Jefferson county and report
to Sheriff Vorhls.
gery In Nebraska.
He said, while west, that Louisville
was his home.
EXPO COMMITTEE .
HOLDS A MEETING
NEGRO BOY CONFESSES
COMMITTING MURDER
Special to The Georgian.
I.ltlle Rock, Ark., June S.—Following
Ihe arrest of Will Gay, the IS-yesr-old
negro, on suspicion of complicity in
the murder of Mrs. Charlotte Leathern,
proprietress of the Drummers' Hotel,
came the confession of the crime by
the boy last night.
Gay reported the murder to the po
lice, but told a seemingly straightfor
ward story to them at the coroner's
Inquest, and was not then arrested.
Mrs. Leetham mads a desperate light
for her life. When hy; body was found
It was lying on the floor with several
deep knife wounds In her breast.
Fearing that an attempt would be
elde this county.
At noon Tuesday the apeclel cam
inlttee of live appointed to prepare the
way for the continued canvass In In
terest of ths 1910 exposition met snd
went over the tabulated and alphabet!
cully arranged Hat of names of thoso
who have subscribed, and will by or
before the meeting of the committee of
fifty Tuesday afternoon arrange com
mittees for the Individual canvass.
Although Ihe exposition work at this
time seems to be dragging It waa never
more active, and within a few daya Ihe
result of the committee's work will be
moat apparent.
The Georgian Tuesday morning re
ceived a aubacriutlon of (15 from C. F.
Munday, sent In through Word Brot.
HUSBAND IS^RRESTEDt
WIFE HAD TRIED SUICIDE,
Upon an appeal for assistance from
hla mother-in-law, W. T. Smith, of 11
cherry street, and husband of the un
fortunate Mrs. Lula Smith, who at
tempted to commit suicide on Satur
day night as the result of-ths III treat
ment of her by him, was arrested Tues
day afternoon by Officers Bass and
Harvey Wells and locked ' up at the
station to await trial In the recorder's
court Wednesday morning. The charge
against the man is disorderly conduct.
It being charged that he was creating
a disturbance In his home.
police hold”McLendon
FOR CUTTING AFFAIR
On suspicion of knowing something
of the manner In which Cliff Shaffer
was badly cut In the neck by a knife In
a row at Ihe corner of South Pryor end
Alabama rtreeta Monday night, aa the
result of which several stitches were
taken at Ihe Grady hospital, O. t Mc
Lendon waa placed under arrest Tues
day afternoon and will be given a hear
ing later in the recorder's court.
C. B. Boatenralter attempted to res
cue the prisoner and was placed under
arrset on the charge of resisting an
officer, and will be tried also Tuesday
afternoon.
made to lynch Gay, the authorities re
moved him lo some unknown point out- and skirts, In Ihe e» entng generally In
Drsst Allowance of Royal Daughters.
From The Tailor.
People oometlntes wonder what ram
Is put aside for dress by Ihe daughters
of royal houses.
Before her marriage; I read tha other
day, tha duchess of Fife was said to
havo a small dress allowance, and ths
sum of (1.(00 a year waa mentioned.
Besides yachting and every-day
dresses, and) all Ihe usual costumaa re
quired by a sUi of the upper eta*,
royal princesses have also to wear the
costly and elaborata dresses which th-li
rank demands at the wedldnga of th.L
near relations.
on the whole, it may be asserted that
a frugal princess may spend as little
r».00* » year on her dress, while her
more wealthy and extravagant state*
may find her dress bills amount to ten
times that sum.
The empress of Russia, who more
than any other Kuropean lady Is able to
Indulge her wildest fancies, dresses
with the greatest simplicity—In the
day time mostly In tailor-made coats
tlon for goreruor. spoke here in the opera
house st noon today. Court, which wns In
sesalou, adjourned for the spetiking. There
were from 150 to 20) ot the *|M«klnff, nnd
the applause waa frequent.
Judge Itnaaell will reuinln here nnd de
liver two more speeches thla evening, one
at Griffin Mills nt 6:30 o'clock mid at
Kpaldlng Mills at 8 o’clock.
In his speech today Judge Itnaaell de
clared himself lu fnror of the state fur-
ulahlug school I foots for the children and
discussed taxation nt home length, declar
ing ldtnsel/ In fnvnr of taxing the railroads
at their stock value.) The railroads of
Georgia, he claimed, were taxed nt $60,006,-
000. while the true value of the roads la
$160,000,000. . ]
He favored an Inheritance tax. hut said
that the power to regulate corporations
should rest with tho "legislatures. Judge
llussell waa introduced hy Judge Hubert
T. McDonald.
CONDEMNS THE ACTION
OF STATE COMMITTEE
Special to The Georgian.
Ciarkesvllle, Ga., Jltne 5.—The Dem
ocratic executive committee of Haber
sham county met here today and se
lected July 14 as the date' for holding
the primary for the selection of a coun
ty ticket.
By a unanimous vote the committee
adopted a resolution strongly condemn
ing the action of the state committee
aa to the style of the ballot.
SHE HAS GIVEN BOND
AND WAS RELEASED
8pectal to Tho Georgian.
Tampa, Fla., Juno 5.—Atlanta parties have
secured the bond of $300 for Resale taSaUe,
of Atlanta, who has been detained at this
PENROSE MAY FORCE
STUART'S NOMINATION
By Private Leased Wire. \
Harrisburg, Pa., June Edwin
Stuart, former mayor of Philadelphia,
Is to be the next governor of Pennsyl
vania If Senator Penrose Is able to
make him so, and the Indications are
that he will be able at least to force
Stuart’s nomination upon the Republi
can convention tomorrow.
Stuart is Said by Penrose to be the
one man who can gather together the
remnants of the disorganized party in
Philadelphia, and he regards the elec
tion of mayor of Philadelphia aa of
more Importance titan the election of a
governor or even president of the
United States. He has so declared.
REPUBLICAN MAY LAND IN
THE SENATE.
Gov. Chamberlain I* Leading in
All Precincts From Which
Return* Are Received.
Special to The Georgian.
Portland, Oreg.. June (.—Althouri.
the returns from the state election ...
not In, the Indications are that Go.
emor George K. Chamberlain, Demol
crat. Is re-elected over James With.,
combe, Republican. y
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Republican
appears to be fairly certain of recelv
Ing the popular nomination for United
States senator over John M. Gear*?
Incumbent. “•
This Is hased on very meager rs.
turns, but Bourne Is reported ahead is
nearly every part of the state, coneld.
erlng the fact that In the same are.
clncts in which Mr. Bourne lead.
Governor Chamberlain Is also leadln.
Dr. Wlthycombe by a Treater innrrin
than that of Bourne over Gearln and
this seems to Justify the prediction
made.
Both the Republican candidate, are
probably elected In the congressional
LIGHTNING KILLS
SEVEN PERSONS
SEVEN ARE DROWNED-AS RE
SULT OF STORM.
MEN FIGHT A DUEL
ON BOARD STEAMER
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, June 5.—Jpseph Leno was
probably fatally hurt In a duel with
Frank Wolf on the steamer "Iowa," of
which Leno was fireman. The two
quarrelled on the boat as If lay at tha
docks and Wolf struck Leno over the
head with a pump rod. Leno fought
with a ahovel, but waa knocked sense
less by Wolf, who then lied, seized a
cab and drove away at a furious rate
to escape policemen. He was captured
later.
OVERWORK CAUSE8 MAN
TO END HIS OWN LIFE.
By Private Leased Wire.
Pittsburg, June (.—Thomas O'Connor
Jones, son otthe late G. W. Jones, com
mitted suicide this morning by shoot
ing himself tn the head In his apart
ments at the Hotel 8chsndley, where
he made his home. Jones had been (of
fering recently from great nervous
strain, due to overwork.
REFUSED TO PAY FOR PLAY
the purest white.
Reports From Various Ssctions Show
Tragic Rssults From ths
Eleemnts.
By Private Leased Wire.
Standford, Ky., June (.—Henderson
Young was killed by lightning near
Highland, this county, today, and every
bone In hfs body was broken. A son
of John W. Carter wan also struck,
and Is thought to be fatally wounded.
Both men belong to good families.
TWO BALL PLAYERS KILLED
BY FLASH OF LIGHTNING
By Private Leased Wire.
Linton, Ind, June 6.—Fred Edwards,
Jr., and Robert Shortes, Jr., were In
stantly killed yesterday at Lyons, by
being strurk by lightning. They were
playing hall when the storm came up
and tok refuge under a tree. They
were sons of prominent business men
SEVEN PERSONS DROWNED:
LIGHTNING KILLS FOUR
By Private Leased Wire.
Odessa. June 5.—A thunderstorm of
extraordinary violence, accompanied by
a deluge of rain, swept this city and
district yesterday. Seven persons were
drowned nnd four killed by lightning,
which set flro to a number of buildings
WIFE AND DAUGHTER
MORTALLYJYDUNDED
MAN THEN FIRES 8HOT THROUGH
HIS MOUTH FROM
PISTOL.
—t tttvnl
Photograph of Mlaa Muriel Hope who says the romantic drama. "Fellclta."
1
1L(00 to Charles R. Tyler, who sBcgad Mias Hope"£2.id “hT w’ h!SL
The court* decMM In Ml.-* Hope'* favor. T ninu
By Private Leaned Wire.
Troutdale, Tenn., June 5.—William
A kern, of thla place* attacked hla wife
and daughter with a club-axe Satur
day night* fatally Injuring them, and
then fired a pistol ahot Into hla mouth.
One daughter* who waa away from
'home, escaped. The tragedy waa not
discovered till Sunday.
A NEW YORK SKYSCRAPER.
More Ride on Ita Elevatora Than on
Street Cara of a City Like Naahvill*.
H>iu*4*n Crawford in Hurrra*.
Wherever tho fnme of the New York
•wrapera haa apreml aome vague Idea or
the enormotia eapncltjr of theae rolowai
atroeturra moat Imre Iteeu formed, hut It
la not Iranrotmlde that few persona Ilyin*
right lu the metropolis hare erer made a
careful atudjr of the actlrltlea of tbew*
commercial renters. Perhaps there are
those who would laugh to acorn the stair*
ment that a single building In New \or*
la entered daily hy 60,000 nenoui. «r ns
many as the entire population of llairh“
burg. l»a., or other similar rltlea of
1’lilted Htate*. like Houston. Tex.. Akron.
O., IJncoln, Neh., ami more than there are
persona In cities of the site of Montgom
ery, Ala.
Whererer auoh a statement may
credited It la ueceasary only to point »«t
the fart that an accurate count waa may
one day by 1\ T. II. Bacon, superintend
ent of the Park itow Syadfeata hnlfdfiig.
oue of the moat conspicuous of the
York ackacrapera, of erery [lerson who en
tered the eleratora In that edifice. It waa
n simple matter to atntioo guards at event
entrance to the building aaa give each |wr*
aoa entering « ticket, which ticket was
taken up by the elevator driver*. At the
rloae of the day these tickets were counted
and It waa found that something more that
561000 persona had ridden oa the elevator*
that day. , .
This U said to exceed the numlwr or
fnre* rodei-ted by ihe entire atreel «* r
system of Nashville. Tenn., In a alngb*
thla Information coming from a
superintendent of the trolley servlce er
that city, who was subsequently e^tHugeu
an one of the agents of the Park Row
scraper.
Barefooted Waiting Maid* in J*P* n *
From Smith’s Weekly. ..
Unless there are ladles among tnj
guests, tha wife and daughter* of the
host do not appear at dinner In
pan. Before the meal begins It Is <*«»•
ttwnary for them :o brfa* *n Mna , i
cups of tea and dainty confection*^.
*nen they tal:.* their survey **r »ne
p»rty- #K .
If gentlemen only are prevent.
Japanese hostess disappears after
greeting Is over, nnd does not return
until the guests are taking their d*-
parture. . . .
At a signal from the host, baref** 5 * |
waiting maids, dressed In graceful sua
prettily tinted kimonos, bring In
quer trays bearing tiny covered bond*-
Before setting the tray* on the table*
the maid* sink gracefully to tfc** kn # J*
and bend forward till their forehead*
touch the floor, then they serve dtna*n
hich Is of sevsral course*.