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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.