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O'CONNELL WILL PROBABLY
BE CHOSEN AS PRESIDENT
THI? ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Delegates
Place 1910 on
Register.
to Th* Georgian.
Augusta, Oa. .June 11—The general
Impression among the delegatea to the
labor convention which 1e In aeaalon
here la that Dennis P. O’Connell, of
Auau.ua. will be made the next preal-
dent and that Savannah will g*t the
next convention. Mr. O'Connell haa
Rata a champion for the cauae of the
laboring man for a number of yeara
ami he la unlveraally liked by the la
boring people.
Several of the vleltora were aeen
vrM.nlay afternoon In regard to the
name of Mr. O’Connell being placed
forward for the office, and not one of
ih»m objected to it. but on the other
l and they favored If.
"Atlanta 1810." <
"Atlanta 1810" la on a badge that
every member of the Atlanta delegation
to the Federation of Labor la wearing.
The Atlanta aplrtt la prevailing among
the laboring people. Many of them
registered aa ''1810" at the liotela they
are stopping at.
Tho delegation to the meeting from
At lama la the largeet of any of the
delegatlona. In fact. It la probably
double the aloe of any of the other
delegatlona here.
U--<t night the open meeting which
woe held at the Red Men’a hall waa
enjoyed by many, aa eeverai very In
tereetlng addressee were made by
leading labor leaden.
This afternoon at 5 o'clock there Will
be a grand barbecue given for the
Milton at Lakevlew, and It la thought
that fullv tin will be present. Tonight
there will be another open meeting for
the non-union people to aea the bene
fits derived from being In the union*,
end It Is expected that then will be
many present. This meeting will be
held at the court-boua*.
Tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’clock, af
ter all of the bualneea of the eeaalon I*
mer, there will be an excunlon down
the river on one af the large boats and
every member will be Invited to take
the trip.
Lillie Jerome Jones.
I.ltlle Jerome Jones, the eon of
Jerome Jones, the editor of The Jour
nal of Labor, a publication for the In
terest of the laboring people, printed
In Atlanta, le here attending the Fed
eration of Labor meetings. Jerome,
Jr. la a great favorite among the labor
lenders and yesterday when the time
t ame for the members to reglater on
the book he was called upon to affix
Ids signature ae a delegate. He hae
been k member of the union and Kad-
eratlon of Labor since his birth: In
fart, he and the Federation of Labor
were born on tba tame day, and aa hie
rather 1s a prominent labor leader, hie
eon nns at once admlttod to the ranks,
and i> itlwayl at the meetings.
The youth le only S years old, but he
ha. scores of friends nmong the union
people. His father being the editor of
The Journal of Labor, brings him be
fore the public probably more than
usual The youth la th* real "mas-
tor for the meeting, and la being en
tertained royally.
FIRE CAUSES PANIC.
AMONGJNSANE FOLK
ONE MAN, A SPECTATOR, CRUSH
ED TO DEATH UNDER
A WALL.
Oy Private Leased Wire. •
Middletown, Conn., June 11.—The
amusement hall of tlje Connecticut
hospital for the Insane waa destroyed
by lire early this morning. K. Llchen-
steln, manager of the merchants' silk
mills, was crushed to death by a fall
ing wall while watching the tire. Thl*
was the only casualty.
There waa great excitement among
the patients In the main buildings, but
there never was any danger, though all
arrangement! were made to remove
them In the event the Are got beyond
control.
CHIEF JUSTICE FISH
GOES TOM SPRINGS
UNDER STRAIN OF HEAVY WORK
OF 8EVERAL MONTHS HE
HA8 BECOME ILL.
chief Justice William H. Fish left
Wednesday for Tata Springe, where
he will remain for some weeks recu
perating.
Justice Fish has worked without rest
under a heavy strain for the past sev
eral months, and It has told on hie
strength. For some weeks he has been
fer from well, apd against the advice
of hie physicians persisted on presid
ing Rnd doing the work of the court.
While overwork le mainly the ceuae
of hie breakdown, urgent requests of
hie co-workers and physicians finally
.prevailed on him to take a very neces
sary real. It Is believed that tha quiet
and rest will completely restore hie
health, and that tha waters of Tata
will prove beneficial.
Justice Pith’s frlende all ovar tha
ateie hopo for him speedy and com
plete restoration.
NEW YORK CHILDREN
SHIPPED TO TEXAS
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans. La., June 11.—if he
Morgan liner Proteus haa arrived from
New York with fifty-three little
foundlings, In charge of two slaters,
Who are to eee that the babies are
safely distributed through Texas to tbe
pa rites who Wrote to tbe Mg New Tork
Institutions tor thorn. This le tho sec
ond batch of tmblea to coma this way
re> ently. TWo of their number will be
leti with Louisiana families.
BIRDSON BREAKS JAIL
AND MAXES ESCAPE
•pe-lal to Th* Georgian.
Jerup, Oa., June 11.—George Bird-
son. who la charged with robbing Mrs.
Hinklev’e restaurant of lilt, the latter
pert of May, and who was being held
to (mw at the next term of superior
tour: broke Jail last night. Hie boms
le Man n, Go.
He U not apprehended yet
• donel B. G. Glford, of Jtepar county.
Indian, la perhaps the oeljr own la the
rouutry who owns a railroad, betlt chiefly
-lor hi, awn eee. paid for with his own
oner Iind operated ledepeedeat ef th* will
iffcd’.i.'.'e^sr A vV"fi it
REV, T, C, CLEVELAND
RETURNS TO HOME
Rev. T. C. Cleveland, eon of Rev. T.
P. Cleveland, pastor of Wallace Pres
byterian Church, returned Wednesday
to his frork In Gloucester, Mass.
Mr. Cleveland haa-been preaching at
Wallace Church to good congregations,
who have’heartily enjoyed his excel
lent discourses.
Mr. Cleveland waa ones pastor of tha
Fourth Presbyterian Church of this
city and waa chiefly Instrumental In
the organliatlon of Westminster
Church on tha Houlevard. Hie visit
here at this time waa occasioned by
the critocal lllnree of hla mother. Mr.
Cleveland la a graduate of tlfe Boys'
High School, and haa many staunch
friends In the city.
WANT DR. HUMPHRIES
TO STAY AT JAOKSON
Hpoclal to The Georgian.
Jackson, Oa., June 11—Considerable
Interest hae been creeled here by (he
action of the Methodist ministers of
this place In the adoption of the atrong
resolution* of appreciation of the ser
vice* of Rev, C. W. Humphries upon
hie severing hla connection with the
Presbyterian Church at thla place.
The resolutions are ae follows:
''Whereas, th* Intelligence has coma
to ua that Dr. C. W. Humphries hae
made application to the Presbytery to
dissolve the relation he sustains to the
Presbyterian Church at Jackson, as
that of pastor, therefore, be It
Resolved by the church conference
of the Methodlat Episcopal Church
South of Jackson, In regular confer
ence assembled,'first, That eald disso
lution will work a great loss tu the
spiritual Interest Vf Jackson and that
we regret to see him discontinue hi*
work In our city as one of the minis
ters of the goapel of Christ;
“Second, That. It la tha desire of thla
church that he remain a dtlxen of
Jackson, so that hla exemplary Chris
tian life- may continue to be lived be
fore our follow cltliene, thereby wield
ing an Influence for the upbuilding of
the kingdom of Clufat In oqr midst."
PLATT WON'T TALK
ABOUT WOOD GIRL
SAYS AGED SENATOR IS HER
LAWFUL HUSBAND.
Charges That He Wedded Her in
New York and Is, Therefore,
Bigamist.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, June 21.—United States
Senator Thomas Collier Platt declines
to discuss the assertion of Mae
Wood that she Is the lawful wife of
the senator and was married to him
before he was ever engaged to Mrs.
Lillian Jane way. The story comes
trom Chicago.
Is to the effort that Mae Wood
proposes to aue tbe senator for divorce
and alimony. She says she wilj bring
suite In both Chicago and New York
to establish her legal rights and force
Henntor Platt to inalntalnaher.
She Is quoted aa saying:
ri waa married to Senator'T.
Platt In hla apartment* In the Fifth
Avenue hotel, November 9, 1901, and
when he sent her to Europe and mar
ried Mrs. Janeway he committed an
offense whtah fri law Is punished by
Imprisonment”
Latest photograph of Maxim Gorky, who has denounced the Cxar as
the worst anarchist in the world becauce of the present masscre of Jews
at Blalystok.
INDUSTRIES ESTABLISHED
DURING THE PAST WEEK
Hperlal to Tbe Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tens., Jane 21.—Many of
the new Industries established In the Routh
during the week, as reported to Tho Trades-
man, show heavy capitalisation which evi
dences a coutlnufttloii of tbe policy of doing
things ou ft Urge ncnle. Those which are
capftnllted nt over a million dollars eftch
Include n steel plant ITT Alabama, a ma
chine shop lit Georgia, and an Investment
company In Missouri.
cotupanh
a lumber compsny and
and gas <
r theae fig
— new Induatrlea of the week range In
capitalisation from tbe half million dollar
mark down to $10,000, although It will he
obeerved, from a ueruaal of the Hat, that
quite a number or those which are among
the moat Important have not reported their
capitalisation. The Tradesmans list of
new Industries for the week Is as follows:
GKOKOIA.
Macon—$1,000,000 machine shop. - •
Athens—laundry nnd ninchlnc shop.
Waynesboro— Electric light plant.
Carteravllle—Sft.noo electric light plant.
ALABAMA.
Bridgeport—SS0.M9 mining company.
Hollywood—$>$.000 lumlier company.
Helm a—$$.000 lumber company,
lleeeuevllie—Raw mill.
FLOHIDA.
Pensacola—$5,000 electrical aupply com
pany: $10,000 grain company.
Jackaonvllln-dnii^ca^av; planing mill
Chattanooga -si>.'**j cotton gin company
$15,000 skating- rink.
Memphis—$10,000 cotton company.
KerrrlUe—Raw mill.
Humboldt—Marble works.
RheUtyvIlic—Button factory.
VIRGINIA.
Buena Vista—Creamery and Ice factory.
Norfolk—$25,000 manufacturing cowpauy
$»,000 lumber company. . ■
Marion—$500,000 lumber company,
retersbnnr—$40,000 lumber company.
Huffolk—$50,000 lumber company.
Hlchmond—$25,000 vinegar company;
000 development company; $100,000 at
binder company.
Bedford—Lumber company.
l'tiUNkl—Planing mill.
Wllllamabnrg—$i,COo brick company.
ATLAITAttS COMPANY
INCREASE RETURNS
The Atlanta Gea Oemnuiy haa In
creased Its returns for thn year to. the
comptroller general SSO.pOO, ntaklnx the
total returns $178,000. Comptroller
Wright Instated on the Increase, and
after consideration the company agreed
to th* above figures, which tvlll prob
ably be accepted.
he Rev. Joka AMI*, race the most pr
at mtr.Hter of the Baptist deaonloa
I > « i»4, has reached .the age at 91 VI
Are you reading it in The Atlanta Georgian?
Bogan in the issue of Monday, Juno 18, and will
nm daffy until concluded. Tho most talked-of book
of tho century, is this novel of Upton Sinclair’s. '
It is the thrilling story of Parkingtown—the story
that laid bare the crime of the Beef Trust.
It is the story of tho Homo of Poisoned Meat that
aroused'President Roosevelt and the National Con
gress to action.
It iB the story of the Chicago Stock Yards, in
which Jiideous truth was subtly disguised as fiction to
interest and then arouse the American public.
The joys and tragedies of humble people arc made
to portray a national outrage.
Hideous secrets long hidden were turned up to the
light and air when the first copy of “The Jungle” left
the press. .
The book is well written—the tale well told.
Begin reading it today in The Georgian.
If you are not a subscriber, subscribe today and
get a copy of The Georgian in which the story was be
gun. Telephone Bell 4927 or Atlanta 440l and order
The Georgian delivered at your home or your office.
Do It Today!
You Can’t Afford to Miss
MINISTERS ADJOURN
DISTRICT SESSION
The district conference of the Metho
dist church, which wee In eesalon two
dayn nt the Walker Street Chuch, ad'
Journed Wednesday night. The after
noon session was taken up with re
ports of the various committees. A re
port on missions by Dr. C. E. Bowman
showed this branch of the church work
to be In excellent condition.
The delegatee elected to the annual
conference of tbe North Georgia Meth
odists were as follows:
James L. Mayaon, E. W. Martin, W.
8. Wltham. and Major E. W. Halford,
R. J. Guinn and J, N. Harris were
elected alternates.
J. W. Crenshaw, George W. McElroy
and -Wylie IS. Shuttles v-ra licensed
to prehch, and AugU.—— ».mest win
recommended for admission to the an
nual conference.
EXCELLENT SERVICE TO
. WRIOHTSVILLE BEACH,
NORTH CAROLINA.
During the months of June. July
and August the Seaboard Alt' Lino
Railway will operato on Its train leav
ing Atlanta at 9:36 p. m., every SAT
URDAY, a through sleeping car to
Wilmington, N. C.; . returning tho
through Bleeper will leave Wil
mington Thursday at 3:00 p.
m., arriving tu Atlanta at
6:30 a. ra„ Friday. Arrangements
have been made with the street rail-
wav people at Wilmington to have
rsrs ready at tho depot to Immediate
ly transport passengers to tho hotels
at Wrightavllle Beach. Baggage will
be checked to destination. WEEK
END rate, good for five daya, $8.26;
SEASON tickets, $18.65.
SEABOARD.
JUDGE OVERSTREET
HAS NOT ANNOUNCED
PRINTING, BINDING
LITHOGRAPHING
AND
NOVELTY
ADVERTISING
F. E. PURSE,
14 to 18 EAST MITCHELL ST.
BOTH PHONES 254.
RENOVATING
delivered same day.
ATLANTA
B r »*h Phone* 4 s 4 7.
MATTRESS CO.,
171 Piedmont Avenue.
CLIMATIC FEVERS
A SPECIAL STUDY
THREE ATLANTA PHY8ICIAN8 IN
ALBANY FOR THIS PUR
POSE.
Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the
state board of health, and Drs. F. W.
Schnauss and L. T. Pattlllo, of Atlanta,
have taken a cottage at Albany for
th* summer, and will spend the (text
few months studying certain types of
climatic fever*, peculiar to the south
Georgia country.
Thla Investigation <k being made un
der the auspices aud direction of the
state board of health, and that organi
sation will defray all expenses of the
three physicians assigned to the work.
Doubt has long existed In the mind
of the medical fraternity as to the ex
act character and origin of the ''slow
fevers" ao prevalent In smith Georgia.
Whether It Is typhoid, malarial or a
distinct type from nil others will be
the effort of Dr. Harris and hla asso
ciates to definitely ascertain.
While Albany will be headquarters,
the scope of their Investigation will
take them over a large part of that
section of th* state. The result of this
Investigation will be given to the state
board In a report to be presented at It*
conclusion.
CITY TAX NOTICE.
Books are now open for
payment of second install
ment of city tax. Will close
1st July.
E. T. PAYNE,
City Tax Collector
AT THE THEATERS
Special to The Ueorglon. •
•Sylvan!*, oa., June $1.—The friends
of Judge J. W. Overstreet, of this cltjM
are prevailing on him to announce Ills
candidacy to fill the unexplred term
in congress caused by tbe death of
Colonel Unfits K, I..stor. Mr. Over-
street has declined to make n public
announcement "1 his Intcntlmis, stal
ing that he coaid not tuty definitely
•tint he would tin until lifter the fu
neral of the late Representative Les
ter. He represented the county
Bcrcvep In the Georgia legislature In
1898 to 1900. and la one of the most
promjnent attorneys of this section of
the state, being the dean of the local
bar for the past few year*. He was
unanimously elected a* Judge of the
city court of Sylvanla.
Pal* Delicate Women and Qlrle.
The Old Standard, Grove’s Tasteless
Cblll Tonic, drives out malaria and
builds up the system. Sold by all
dealers for $7 years. "-Ice 50 cents.
RELEASED OF' CHARGE
OF CRUELTY TO CHILD
Special to Tbe Georgian. •
Columbus, tin.. Juno 21.—J. W. Hoffman
waa found not guilty of a charge of cruelty
to children In the superior court after bring
ur.drr bond f<-r one v«>nr.
lie vaa originally arrested on a charge
of murder, the charge Ixdur that be had
done near with the week ol«l child of hln
wife's. whom be had married only a few
whereabout* of tM child, but coala not
be induced to disclose It, end at no trail,
atony rould be adduced to shew hla tom.
he wae released by th* recorder or the
Charge of murder and a tree Mil found
agalnat him by the (rend Jury for "cruelty
to children."
ATLANTA H0TEL8 CAUGHT
BY AN ALLEGED CROOK
Special to The Georgian.
Little Rock, Ark., June $1.—Alleged
forged checks for a sum aggregating
between $100 and $500 on the Bank*ot
Commerce, hare been forwarded to
this city from South Carolina, North
Carolina and Georgia banks th* past
several days. All purport to be sent
out from the offices of the RosslLlon
Hardware Company, of this city, and
have been cashed at hotels In Atlanta,
Roma Ga„ Roanoke, N. C, Greenville,
8. C, and other places In those three
states. Th* checks are marked payable
to M. S. Neely. The checks, aa a rule,
are for $75, th* forger representing
himself to be a representative of the
Rose-Lion Harware Company, and all
were cashed ht hotels.
TOOK 0ARB0LI0 ACID
FOR GOUOH MIXTURE
Sperisl to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C, June $t.—A special
from Concord says that Jesse Furr, a
young white man, swallowed a dose of
carbolic acid, thinking It was a cough
mixture, and for a while waa In a pre
carious condition.
The prompt arrival of a physician le
| probably all that saved him from death.
J
At th* Casino.
There will be three more days of tho
Wells-Dunne-Harlan Company at the
Casino and from present Indication*
the theater will be packed to Its ut
most capacity during the balance of
tbe engagement. "The Night of the
Fourth’’ Is an excellent entertainment
and everyone la well pleased with the
performance. There will be a matlnye
Thursday afternoon and another Sat-
urdny afternoon. Qn Saturday night
after the last act a little surprise la be
ing planned as a farewell testimonial
to tbe company by Its many friends
and admirers. There Is much secrecy
regarding the affair, but some plan*
have leaked put and those who attend
the last performance Saturday night
may be treated to a surprise not down
on the programme.
Real vaudeville, of the sort which
has become so popular with local thea
tergoers, Is announced for next week
at the Casino. The star feature of the
bill will be Mine. Therese Rons, Eu
rope'* most famous horsewoman, di
rect from the New York Hippodrome.
Introducing her Arabian horses. This
Is said to be one of the most novel
and pleasing acts now on the vaude
ville stage, and only recently brought
to this country for an engagement at
th* Hippodrome. Local theatergoer*
are Indeed fortunate In being able to
this act ao soon after Its great hit
In New York.
Th# Brothers Mcers, comedy gym
nasts; LeRoy and Woodford, comedy
duo; Chadwick trio, singing and danc
ing; th* cameragraph, with all new
pictures, and the headllntrs of all
musical acts, Waterbury Brothers and
Tenny.
The list of acts for the coming week
le remarkably clever and there Is good
reason to anticipate a splendid enter
tainment. . ’ /
The sale of seats for the coming
week will go on Friday morning at the
Grand box office.
PERFECT
PROTECTION
POLICY
Insures Against
Any Sickness, 0 Months
Any.Accideni, 24 Months
Accidental Death.
NORTH AMERICAN
ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO.
703 Prudential Building,
Phone 5330.
AQENT8 WANTED.
HOTEL8 AND SUMMER RESORTS.
BROADWAY at 54th St.
NEW YORK CITY,N.Y.
Tb«» most luxuriously appointed
hotel In Now York. Its furnishing*
an* fore, rich nn<l In'ironri Dri/tv.
Tiled hath rooms veiitllntlna: Into
tin* open air a feature. Telephone In
rterv milt*'.
This hotel offeri to permanent and
f rniiHlprit Quests superior nrcomn’.odn-
lions, service, etc., nt tempting rates.
Fend for lllnitrated booklet.
EDWARD R. SWETT.'
Proprietor.
A scientific frcafaral In
Whltke r . Opium, Met.
pkhe, Cidfli, Chleril,
Tehatce and Inrulh*
nit «r Metre Eiftitif/fs.
IkeOalrltfltjlMli*.
lull in 6t*r(ia.
235 Cijltof An., ATLANTA, 6A.
Ascum—I suppose when you were In
Paris you took In their great race
track. *
Spoartle—No, but t did see a close
race In Great Britain.
Aacum—Yes? What was It?
Bpoartle—The Scotch.—Philadelphia
Press.
France has 4,124,734 acres of vlM.
yards. »
BRUSHES.
Wu carry the largest stock of
Paint Brushes, White Wash Brushes.
Varnish Brushes and Kalsomln*
Brushes In the South.
F. J. COOLEDGE & BRO.,
12. N. Foreyth SL Atlanta.
era^^M^ I i '
on
andWMWKCY HABITS
cured at home with*
M. Cotnbannlre, tho French explorer. r*
cently got lout In the forests of Cambodia.
He became separate from hla party aid
wandered through the solitudes for eight
days without any other nourishment tnin
the water he rouhl get from the marshes la
the Jungle. One of the members of t&O
party to which he had belonged shot oa#
tiger and six elephants In a fortnight.
The sacred city of Benares now sets
tha standard of time for all India.
"Why," exclaimed the viator who
u* being shown over the hoij»»\ ■
picture la by one of the old maattrv!"
••Well, maybe It le” Replied Mr*.
Xeurltch. apologetically, "but Fm mire
the frame la quite new.”—Chicago
News. 1 o . u \
Suburban Patient—Doctor, I am'eor-
ry you have had to come ao far from
your regular practice.
Doctor—Oh, It'* all right. I
another patient In the neighbor
ao I can kill two birds with one atone.
—Judge.
King Edward Is fond of pigeon , rarity
and has participated actively In It.
FR0M TBE NEW YORK HERALD march i. isos.
"The Union Central, of Cincinnati. Is Governor Fattereon's company. It M*
$44,000,000 assets, and wrote In 1904 now bualness amounting to $42,000,000. its
expense ratio It only four per cent In eieets of tho mar law’s prwUiou. screw*
inf •<* th * tablet props red, end this particular Ohio company. Mr pm**'- 1
•ays. has th* repotatljn now cf paying to fta policy holder* the larr»*ft d:vi-
denis of toy die insurance eumpoi.s In the world. It la not a purely tnutusi
company, but one of the mlt**d' variety."
MU! S. imOl » ACTUARY FM THE MSSTMM IITESTMATIU MMMITTEE.
THOS. H. DANIEL, General Agent
Fwrtii Rtr EuftitMmricia Btiitag, Marit, la.
N. F. WOLFE, Superintendent of Agentf. Phone 859.
