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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1**. BRYAN DECLARES HE WON'T BIND Wants States to Feel Free to Change Support. MOTHER IS TO TESTIFY IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE LIFE OF HARRY THAW hearst and others TO BE CONSIDERED Nebraskan Arrives in London with Mrs. Bryan—Expects to Tour Scotland and Spain. B; Private Lcaoed Wirt. London, July 4.—Upon his arrival here from Norway. William Jennings Bryan cave out a statement to the deputation of newspaper men who called on him. In which he said he would not prosecute any state conven tions for breach of promise If they happened to transfer their affections to some one else after having Indorsed him for the presidency. Mr. Bryan tvas accompanied by his I wife, and they will make a tour of Bcntland, France and Spain before starting for home. Statement by Bryan, Here Is the statement dictated by Mr. Bryan: "The first suggestion of a reception for me at New York came prior to the action of any of the state conventions , and before there was any discussion of the next campaign. It came from tho Commercial Travelers’ League, of which Mr. Hoge Is president. I as. sured him I should be pleased to meet the memoers of the league, suggesting that the reception be characterized by ' simplicity. Now that the actions of some of the state conventions have raised a question as to the political significance of the reception, I am glad to say that It must not be regarded In ■ the light of an Indorsement for the presidential nomination. "While I appreciate the compliment .paid by the various state conventions, I do not regard their expressions binding upon them or upon tho party of their states. I shall not prosecute them for breach of promise If they transfer their affections to another: I will not even publish their letters. To allow the re ception to be regarded an Indorsement would In the first place be unjust to others who may be candidates. 8hould Consider Others. "1 have seen the names of several mentioned as possible candidates, among them Congressman Hearst, Sen ator Bailey and Governor Folk, who have all rendered conspicuous service to the party and the country and their claims should be considered. The par ty is entitled to |Ja most available man, and the- question of availability cannot be determined so far In advance. Cir cumstances and Issues may strengthen the claims of some of the gentlemen mentioned and the list should be open one until the time comes choose. "I may add that It would not be Just to me to be put In the attitude of an nouncing my candidacy or admitting COLUMBUS M, PAYNE HAS PASSED AWA WAS THE TREASURER OF FULTON COUNT YFOR THIRTY- EIGHT YEAR8. HON. C. M. PAYNE, Veteran treasurer of Fulton county who died Tuesdsy night. IS the certainty of my being a candidate. It Is two years before the convention meets and I am not willing to sit on a stool and look pretty that long. I pre fer to be In a position to say what I think ought to be said, write what I think ought to be written and do what 1 think ought to be done. I am ad vancing In yeara and cannot spare two years out of my life Just at this time. "I shall be glad to return to Amer ica. although every day of my trip has been enjoyable. I shall be glad to meet iny friends In America, and after I have met them they will be Just as free as before to do whst they thtnk best on Issues and candidates.” EXCELLENT SERVICE TO WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA. During the months of June, July and August the Seaboard Air Line Hallway will operato on Us train leav ing Atlanta at 9:35 p. m., every SAT URDAY, a through sleeping car tq Wilmington. N. C.; returning the through sleeper will leave Wil mington Thursday at 3:00 p. ni„ arriving In Atlanta at 6:30 a. m., Friday. Arrangements have been mado with the street rail way people at Wilmington to have cars ready at tho depot to Immediate ly transport passengers to the hotels at Wrightavtlle Beach. Baggage will be checked to desUnatlon. WEEK END rate, good for five days, 38.25; SEASON tickets, $18.66. SEABOARD. Judge Columbus M. Payne, for near ly thirty-eight years treasurer of Chil ton county, a pioneer cltlsen of Atlanta and a veteran of the civil war, died at his home, No. 160 Spring street, at 13 o’clock Tuesday night. Hla health had been poor for some time, but up until last Thursday bs had been able to attend to his duties at the court house. Since that time he was confined to his bed until the end came. Judge Payne Is survived by a wife and one child, Mrs. S. F. Flood, of Jacksonville, Fla, and four granchll- dren. C. P. Goldsmith, of Atlanta; John Flood, Samuel Flood and Mattie May Flood, of Jacksonville. Judge Payne was bom In Newton county In 1831, and came to Atlanta In 1846, when It was a mere village. A the outbreak of the civil war he enlist' ed In the Seventh Georgia regiment and served throughout the war In the Army of Virginia ranking as sergeant. After the war he returned to Atlanta where he held a minor Judgeship for some time, and In 1668 was elected to the office of county treasurer, which position he held, without luterruptloa until his death. He has often had op position, but such has been bls-officlal record and personal popularity tbat at no time has he been In danger of de> feat. Judge Payne was a member of the First Methodist church, and was also a Mason. No funeral arrangements have been announced, but it Is probable that he will be burled with Masonic rites. GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS Firscrscksr Stsrts Blszs. Chicago, July 4.—An *60,000 fire, a flvp-.tory building at Franklin and Van Duren streets, was started by an ex ploding firecracker thrown Into the basement through an open window early this morning. SHIRTS WELL LAUNDERED are indeed a luxury—also a necessity such weather as this. But the life of the shirt must be considered. We do high-class work with out injuring the clothes. Try Us and See Excelsior Steam Laundry 40 42 WALL ST. TELEPHONE 4L Many Picnics Qivsn. Special to The Georgian. * lioschton, Go., July 4.—There Is quite a number of picnics being held on the Mulberry river this week. Just below town., 8mat! Boy Dies. Special to The Georgian. Cordele, Go., July 4.—The nlneteen- montha-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Smith died late Monday afternoon, af ter an Illness of several days. The funeral was held yesterday morning. Institute In 8szslon. Special to The Georgian. Montlcello, Ga., July 4.—The annual Institute of tbe teachers of Jasper county Is in session here this week. Professor Wilber Colvin, of Toccoa, Ga- Is conducting the Institute. Old Officers Rs-alactsd. Special to The Georgian. Covington, July 4.—The ntockhold era and directors of the Clark Banklm Company met yesterday and declare! semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent. The old officers were re-elected. Chief of Police Re-elected. Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga, July 4,—Wiley Wll llama was re-elected chief of police by the police commission Tuesdsy night to serve for two yeare. With the •xcep- tion of on© year, l»® ha© been chief of police for twelve years. First’Immigrant Arrives. Special to the Georgian. Augusta, Ga., July 4.—The first Im migrant has arrived here, and Is In the person of George Holliday, of Glas gow, Scotland. He has .Ixfnnfhls country thirty days, and is looking for a place to do truck farming. Registrars Take Oatfi. Special to the Georgian. Augusta, Ga., July 4.—The thro* city registrars, appointed by Mayor Allen. were riven the oath by the mayor yea terdey. and they at once settled down to business. Louis Sayre has been named the clerk of the committee and L. C. Hayne chairman. Insanity and Justifica-” tion To Be Plea of Defense. WHITE DOT NESBIT GIRL TO SUE YOUNO THAW Affidavit Was Sworn to But the Action Never Came to Record in the Courts. By Private leased Wire. • New York, July 4.—Mrs. William Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, tho slayer of Stanford White, Is to return from England and bend all all her ef forts and lavish all her wealth. If nee- essary, to save her son from the elec tric chair or from Imprisonment, Sho la expected to leave the earl Yarmouth’s country seat at Parkhall Evesham, an soon os she has restec. and recovered from the shock caused by the news of the tragedy. Insanity will be the plea upon which she hopes to save Harry Thaw from punishment. She will go on the wit ness stand at the trial and declare that she has known fpr years that Harry was Insane, but that she did not think Ills actions would become violent and therefore had made no ef fort to have him placed In an asylum. To Plesd Justification. Her testimony will be corroborated by the earl and countess of Yarmouth, who will probably return with -Mrs. Thaw. If not, they will bo here for tho trial. Mrs. Thaw's decision la In tins with the policy of the counsel for the Negro Shoots Young Man. Special to the Georgian. Augusta, Os., July 4.—E. W. Nsplsr, • v.mnr white man, was brought to the^city yesterday on the Charleston Ed C Westero* Carolina ‘"In from Jackiton Station, in South Carolina, with a badly *hot 1©8. tha wound hay- Ing been Indicted by a negro man. W»1 Kendrick. An operation was performed. integral kryptok. ri focali are solid, Invisible, doubfc- ,in .tinei* greatly superior to the ZUintkffid fauS^ advertised as In visible. John ^ w^rarel^oo^dM po. Ing of White Is to be shown by. _ clearly defined exposition of events that slowly drove him onward until sud denly bis pent-up hatred for the char acter of the man who had wronged Ills wife burst forth In a sudden gust Insanity. It was either Just before or after their European marriage that Thaw, already tilled with hatred and loathing for White, heard from her lips the story of how she had been drugged and mistreated by White In his den In the tower of Madison Square Garden shortly after White first met her. Tho story fanned the name of Thaw's growing detestation of the architect. She Was to Sue Thaw, The theory of the prosecution will crystallise around statements made to the district attorney's office Indirectly by a lawyer who was counsol for Eve lyn Neablt In a suit for damages which she Is alleged to have brought against Thaw soy -.ntlis lirf'.i.- I heir trip to Europe. At tho time this suit Is said to have been brought Stanford White was, It Is alleged, on friendly terms with Miss Nesblt. It was White, according to the In- formation In the district attorney’s of fice, who took Miss Nesblt to a lawyer who had figured In many family scan dals of high and- low degree, and the Information given by Miss Nesblt at that time was the foundation of a suit for a large sum of money fiV* dam- ages. Miss Nesblt, It Is said, dictated to her lawyer a statement which caused Thaw great uneasiness. The suit was never brought to trial. Further evidence came Into the pos session of the district! attorney today that strange and Ingeniously plotted were Isld for Stanford White by agents In the employ of Harry Thaw In the past year and a half. Sums aggregating at least *20,400 were paid by Thaw to detectives, who ever seemed to be on the verge of ob taining compromising evidence agelnst White. But at the moment of con frontation, when White was to be set upon by policemen and ignomlnlously haled to Jail, something always hap pened to allow White to slip through the "meshes. But White was forewarned, and thus forearmed. He pursued hla pleasures ' _ with companions of his own selection. Not one move of Thaw's men was unknown to him. spy reported to White each plan and movement of the enemy In time for him to outwit them. REDUCED R. R. RATES FOR FOURTH OF JULY. The W. & A. R. R. and N. C. 41 8t. L. Railway will sell cheap round trip tickets to all points south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Missis, slppl river. Including St. Louis, Evansville and Cincinnati, at one and one-third fares; tickets to be sold July 2d, 3d and 4th, good to return until July 8th, 1906. For further Information and tick- ets apply to any agent of the W. & A. R. R. CHA8. E. HARMAN, General Pat*. Agent. 12 0’Clock TODAY at NOON 1 r-.. Declared. George Washington, from the front steps of Liberty Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., sent forth the glorious Declaration of American Independence, From that date the old flag of stars and stripes ha$ gloriously waved over the most prosperous,God-loving i and God-serving people that the sun has ever shone upon. And, just as “Old Glory ’ waved on that memorable day, she will continue to wave forever. Tomorrow we will be open bright and early after having celebrated the Fourth, and every salesman will be in the very best humor, and chock-full of low price talk that that will satisfy any full-fledged free, Americati- born citizen. Just as a reminder—-you might forget. We can show you all of the goods generally - carried by leading Household Goods people. Our stock in this line and especially on Staple Hardware is quite up to anything South, and we try to induce more patronage by low prices. KING HARDWARE CO. 87 Whitehall Street. Main Store 53 Peachtree Street. 116 Decatur Street. 203 Peters Street. JOSEPHM. BROWN WRITES OPEN LETTER TO PUBLIC IN REGARD TO PORT R A TES AT THE THEATERS At l the Casino.' Max HofTman’e name attached to an organization I* a guarantee to theater- goera of eomethlng worth while, and the audience tbat went out to the Caelno Monday night expected a per formance quite out of the ordinary. That the crowd waa not disappointed Is beet shown by the large audiences that have gone out to see tbe show since the opening performance. The crowd last night waa even larger than Monday night, and. Judging from the advance sale for the remainder of the week, there will be no falling off In the attendance. The fact Is, Max Hoffman has one of the beet shows of the sum mer season and- It deserves all tbe nice things that have been said regarding It In advance. Possibly one of the chsrms of tbe performance lies In Its absolute originality. The old beaten paths of musical comedy have been left behind, and 1n Its stead a most pleasing melange of music, comedy and nonsense has- been developed which la ss effervescent ss It Is pleas- 1 “*he management has shown good taste In booking this attraction for the summer, as It suits the occasion and meets every requirement of a bright and up-to-date entertainment. There will be s special Fourth of July matinee Wednesday afternoon 1 the usual regular performance ring the balance of the we»>» To the People of Georgia: to,the date of my vote, as rail- commissioner of Georgia, to deny (he petition of the Atlanta freight bu reau for ’’port rates," which, besides causing radical, discriminations, would make a reduction of 38 per cent In the existing rates, whlls the United States supreme court has declared a reduction of 28 1-2 per .'cent too'great and over ruled It, the aftitude of Mr. J. R. Gray, editor of The Atlanta Journal, was dis tinctly friendly toward me, and Utat of Mr. Hoke Smith was more than friend ly, It was cordial. Two days after my vote, above referred to, Mr. Orgy.' In The Atlanta Journal, demanded my resignation as railroad commissioner, and about two weeks later Mr. IJoke Smith, In a public speech, declared that If elected governor he would remove me from office. If It be claimed that their words were , not caused by my vote on the “port rate" petition. It can also be said that ths' sbove coincidences are. a* least very striking. Since the above, Vrfie, Mr. Gray, The Atlanta Journal, and Mr. Hoke Smith, on the stump, have unceasingly dssounced me, Mr. Smith going to the extreme of denying tbat he was asso ciate counsel for the railroad commis sion In the ’’Circular No. 801 case,’/ whereas the court record shows that he was aaaoclata counsel for this commis sion, and Mr. Gray going to the ex treme of ’’creating” a marble quarry at Blue Ridge, Ga.,.41 mites north of the real quarries, and publishing from this fictitious quarry fictitious rales, which, he gald. w«re "fixad by the Georgia railroad commission,” these. The Jour nal's rates, being from 4 to * cents higher than would have been the com- ion’s rates. It there were a real uarry at Blue Ridge, Ga. At the some time Mr. Gray published tn The Journal fictitious high rates from the real quarries at Tste, and sild that they, too. were fixed by this commission. But the culmination of Mr. Gray's FULTON TINTED LEAD. Every painter knows wbat It is. It tbs best tinted lead made. Manu factured by J. COOLEDGE & BRO., Atlanta. Savannah. spleen-came when, on June It, In The Atlanta Journal, was published an arti cle declaring that I had mads one state ment about ths railroad rales In Geor gia. which, In an affidavit, 1 subse quently swore wss not true. I accordingly wrote to Mr. Gray, June 21, asking Ibat he “copy from the offi cial records or from any communica tion over my signature, any statement I have made which Justifies the state ments made In his article above re ferred Vo.” To this Mr. Gray replied, quoting from a decision of the railroad commission, printed September 16, 1104, vis: "The commission finds, upon Investi gation, that the rates promulgated by It ss a whole are lower than the rates established by the commissions of other Houthern Hates.” There are twenly-two classes of freight In the commission’s tariff, be sides rates established between the common points slid commodity retea, etc. These rates are governed by a classification of which several hundred Items are In lower classes than In other Southern state.. The commission's declaration means that, applying all the classification to ell the rates and ronatderlng the quan tity of ft-eight moved In esch class, ths result as a whole Is that the money paid for ths transportation of freight In Georgia Is Isas than Is paid on ths gross amount of freight In other South ern states. But the railroad commission found that the per,, tnsgvs above the stand ard tariff allowed on certain classes to the Southern railway. Centred railway and Atlantic Coast Line railroad were ;h ut present, and ordered them reduced. These railways secured In junctions In ths Federal court against the reduction. Tlie table of rates ac companying the state’s answer, pre pared by the attorney general and Col onel H’, A. U’lmblab, attorney of tbe Atlanta freight bureau, covered six classes out of twenty-two. This table showed that the s others railway was allowed In Georgia higher rate# on those Claeses sin us main and branch lines than It wns charging on those classes In Virginia. Tenneasss, Ken tucky, etc, on Its main lines. This was the table gevrred by my oath. Mr. Gray, In reply to my demand that I he produce pi «.f that my <mth In re- ] g.ird to the rate- Involved In the above | case falsified mj previous do laiallou by me brings, therefore, the railroad commission's statement In reference to the rates as a whole. The table cov ered by the oath Included six closest, which. In some of the other ststee, ap ply only on the main lines. In Georgia they npply also on the branch lines. The entire tariff In Georgia Includes, as stated, twenty-two classes besides commodity raise, ate. Under the above circumstances, therefore, I leave It for the Intelligent nnd honest people of Georgia to say whether the editor of The Atlanta Journal does or does not stand un masked as a character assassin, wheth er he hsq or has not, In his attempt to Injure me, published a malicious and libelous slander. Respectfully, JOSEPH M. BROWN. Atlanta, July I. Io*to , Ga.I Georg- p. While. Mic HQTEL ARRIVALS. AT THE ARAGON. W, If- Ep/>», Klbcrtou. Ob.; J. K. Hatter- Helds Dalton, Ga.; T. V. Fleming. Hparta. Ga.; J. II. Hblpp, Cordcl*. ({a.; Lattl* II. dUHtitr, Fitzgerald, Ga.; William II. Mara^ ton, FltagcreJd, Ga.; A. M. WJJIJa, Finer- boo, Ga.; Mra. A. II. Wara* rlty; J. II. Dow, Georgia; W. II. Wood, Georgia; II. II. Wrack, Georgia; Norman C. Millers Aottrinie, Ga.; W. A. Cetflalc, Oelnearllle, Ga.; J. Ilulme Morgan, Uaalaou; J, D. IJoyd, Griffin. AT THE PIEDMONT. L. W. I Ing bra. Lumber City, Ga.; W. A. Fair, Attguita, Ga.; I* I*. Harwell, Man*. Arid. Ga.; Is. C. Harwell. ManaBctd. Ga.; C. W. Droning, IlruiiRwfrk, Ga.; Fair Dodd and wife. Atlanta; rbarlra W. Walker. Monroe. Ga.; II. N. Ford, Newborn. Ga.; A. J. Kfauton. Newborn. Ga.; Dr. P. W. Wllaon, Xewltorn. Ga.; If. A. Patrick, Cor- AT THE KIMBALL. M. R. Grader ami wife, Writ Point, G&| Cbarlea I* Grader, Went Point, GaMti. L. Harvejr, C'oltuebga, Ga.; W K. Wnotgp, Allan?, Ga.; J. M. Wooten, ‘ “ 1 H. Murphy, Georgia; J. L, Jprkaou, Oi-origg; P I* l.lndany, Turkor. Ga.; W II Mi-Ufcm, Albert*lllr, Ga.; C. V. Wood, Ga.; n. C. Tiwniwuil. Grlff/n, <J Davlaon, Ga.; C. If. l.lndany Ga.; M. II. IUgag, Home. ( Thompaon, Atiguito, Ga.; Mr*, at iii tn on a, Madlnou, (Sa; MIm ( Maillann. Ga.: J. K. Cobb, Hfl A. T. Urnwii, Hoyaton. Ga.; J Mud, Klhertnn, Ga.; T. V. . berton, Ga.; It. G. «\<latna, Moi AT THE MARION II. I.. Hliurum Thornton. Jack* wife, Jarknon. ' “ ’ 'B ’ lobs' I Y'i.rltJ, 1 M II. florae. < Vdfirtowp, | J. Flank, J L. FwW «rrle Prick, rfwell, Ga.j . M. Pledge t'ornnicroe, G«..; 8 If. j .h . .1 h Tlmrnton aid . P !>. T-M. Marffc, t. Morin I I Marlet ta. 1.1/ Noll llu Mo- W. li Iiiinliip. Atlanta, . Gnlio’nvMlr. Ha ; N. II. wii»; SbHIiuan. Ga.; li. J. Simi, N .,n nml Toccna, (in ; N. pebble*. ,m«h InI I Ga.: t'arrle Pebble*. Mortal t'lrrlc. Gi M. Kbit i i. wl. n.i. (in ; M V H Inn, /'uitna, Gn ; H I; A<lam*. .Vet Ga.: J‘. A Mown, Tocroa, Ga.; J William*. Ilnriwfll, Ga ; T. O Hta Georgia; U I- Adam»»n. Horn*. Ga.; 1». J t*f>rU, Hylve»ter, Ga. May Lota Har Raaaon. Kalamazoo, Mich, July 4 - Harry L Grant, aged 3«i yeara, a member of prominent family here, fell from the thlrd-atory window of a building laet night nnd auatalned injurlea which r#- aulted In hi* death n ahorl time later. Grant wee In love with a drcaamakdr# Mra. Ida Belknap, a divorced widow, who wee the Ami to dlacover the body, end ahe became delirious and It |f feared hoa loat her reasoi Are You Still Paying Rent? If so, I am Surprised! Rent Receipts Remind me of Money Thrown Away. Do you know that the Standard Heal Kstato Loan Company of Waah- ] Ington, D. C. will eell you a home-purchasing contract whereby you can buy pr build a homo anywhere In tho United States and pay for t It In monthly payments for lees than you arc now paying rent? They ; will lend you from $1,000 to $5,000 at 5 per rent, simple Internet, lowing' \<iii •<> j.ay it li.uk In monthly Iribiailmenta of $7.50 on etek ; t!io i> * i. • 1 borrowed For pros port us and plana of our pmpoeltloo, rail on or v. rlt.• J. St Julian Vales. State Agent, 321 Austell Bldf., A$» * lanta, (in. iirll phono L’dj.J J. Atlanta phone 191S. Truthful Hustling Agents Wanted in Etary Ctuntj in thi Mutt.