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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
BRYAN DECLARES
RE WON'T BIND
Wants States to Feel
Free to Change
Support.
HEARST AND OTHERS
TO BE CONSIDERED
Nebraskan Arrives in London with
Mrs. Bryan—Expects to Tour
Scotland and Spain.
By Prlrtte Leased Wiro.
London, July 4.—Upon his arrival
here from Norway, William Jennings
Bryan gave out a statement to the
deputation of newspaper men who
railed 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 was accompanied
wife, and they will - make a 'tour of
Scotland, 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
end before there was any dlsdusalon of
the next campaign. It came from the
Commercial Travelers' League,
which Mr. Hoge Is president. I as.
■tired him I should be pleased to meet
the memoers of the league, suggesting
that the reception be characterised 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, l
do not regard their expressions binding
upon them or upon the party of their
states. I shall not prosecute them for
breach of promise If they transfe
affections to another; I will no
publish their letters. To allow the re
ception to be regarded an Indorsement
would In the first place bo unjust to
others who may bo candidates.
8hould Consider Others.
"I 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 Its 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 an
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
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
for 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 years and cannot spare two
years out of my life Just at this time.
"1 shall be glad to return to Amer
ica, although every day of my trip haa
been enjoyable. I shall be glad to meet
my friends In America, and after I have
met them they will be Just as free as
before to do what they think best on
Issues and candidates."
MOTHER IS TO TESTIFY
IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE
LIFE OF HARRY THAW
COLUMBUS M, PAYNE
HAS PASSED AWAY
WA8 THE TREASURER OF FULTON
COUNT YFOR THIRTY-
EIGHT YEAR8.
EXCELLENT SERVICE TO
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH,
NORTH CAROLINA.
During the months of June, July
am*. August the Seaboard Air Line
Railway will operate on Its train leav
ing Atlanta at 9:35 p. m., every SAT
URDAY, a through sleeping enr to
Wilmington, N. C.; returning the
through sleeper will Ieavo Wll
mlngton Thursday at 3:00 p.
>n.. arriving In Atlanta at
6:30 a. m., Friday. Arrangements
have been made with the street rail
way people at Wilmington to have
cars ready at the depot to Immediate
ly transport passengers to tho hotels
ft Wrlghtsville Beach. Baggage will
» checked to deitlnatton. WEEK-
KND rate, good for five days, 33.26;
btASON tickets, $18.65.
SEABOARD.
Firtcracksr Starts Blass.
Chicago. July 4.—An $80,000 fire, a
flve-Ktory building at Franklin and Van
.1 r /. n str ** , »* WM started by an ex
ploding firecracker thrown Into the
Parement through an open window
farl >’ thin morning.
SHIRTS
WELL
LAUNDERED
are indeed a luxury—also
a necessity such weather
as this.
But the life of the shirt
roust be considered. We
do high-class work with
out injuring the clothes.
Fry Us and See
Excelsior Steam Laundry
40 42 WALL ST.
telephone 41
HON. C. M. PAYNE,
Veteran treaaurer of Fulton county
who died Tuesday night.
Judge. Columbus M. Payne, for near
ly tblrty-elght years treaaurer of Ful
ton county, a pioneer cltlxen of Atlanta
and a veteran of tho civil war, died at
hla home, No. 140 Spring street, at 12
o'clock Tuesday night.
Hla health had been poor for some
time, but up until last Thursday he
had been able to attend to hla duties at
tho court house. Since that tlmo he
was confined to hla bed until the end
came.
Judge Payne la survived by a wife
and ofie 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 1811, and came to Atlanta In
1845, when It was a mere village. At
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 1868 was elected to
the office of county treasurer, which
position he held, without Interruption,
until hla death. He haa often had op
position, but such has been hla official
record and personal popularity ‘that at
no time has he been In danger of de-
feat.
Judge Payne was a member of the
First Methodist church, and was alio
a Mason. No funeral arrangements
have been announced, but It la probable
that he will be buried with Masonic
rites.
GEORGIA NEWS.
IN PARAGRAPHS
Many Picnics Givsn.
Special to The Georgian.
Hoschton, Go., July 4.—There la quite
a number of picnics being held on the
Mulberry river this week. Just below
town.
Small Boy Diss.
Special to The Georgian.
Cordele, Go., July 4.—The nlneteen-
montbs-oid 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 8sision.
Special to The Georgian.
Montlcello, On., July 4.—The annual
Institute of the teachers of Jasper
county Is In session here this week.
Professor Wilber Colvin, of Toccoe,
Ga., la conducting the Institute.
Old Officers Rs-slected.
Special to The GeorgUD.
Covington, July 4.—The etockhold-
..1 and directors of the Clark Ban’—
Company met yesterday and decl
•semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent. The
old officers were re-elected.
Chief of Police Re-eleetsd.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga.. July 4.—Wiley Wll
llama waa re-elected chief of police by
the police commission Tuesday night to
serve for two years. With the excep
tion of one year, he haa been chief of
police for twelve years.
First Immigrant Arrives.
Special to the Georgian.
Augusta, Oft.. July 4.—The first Im
migrant has arrived here, and la In the
person of George Holliday, of Glas
gow, Scotland. He has been In this
country thirty day*, and la looking for
place to do truck farming.
Insanity and Justifica
tion To Be Plea
of Defense.
WHITE GOT NESBIT GIRL
TO SUE YOUNG THAW
Affidavit Was Sworn to But the
Action Never Came to Record
in the Courts.
By Private Leased Wire.
Now York, July 4.—Mrs. William
Thaw, mother of Harry K, Thaw, the
slayer of Stanford White, is to return
from England and bend all all her ef
forts and lavish all her wealth. If nec
essary, to save her eon from tho elec
trie chair or from Imprisonment.
She Is expected to Ieavo the carl of
Yarmouth’* country seat at Parkhal
Evesham, as soon as sho has resteu
and recovered from the ehock 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 haa known for year* that
Harry waa inaane, but that ah* did
not think hla actions would become
violent and therefore had made no ef
fort to have him placed In an asylum.
To Plead Justification.
Her testimony will be corroborated
by the earl and countess of Yarmouth,
who will probably return with Sirs.
Thaw. If not, they will be here for tho
trial. Mr*. Thaw'a decision la In line
with the policy of the counsel for the
defense, who have agreed upon a plea
of Insanity. Justification for the kill
ing of White la to be ehown by a
clearly defined expoeltlon of events that
■lowly drove him onward until sud
denly hla pent-up hatred for the char
acter of tho man who had wronged hla
wife burst forth In a sudden gust of
Insanity.
It waa either Juat before or after
their European marriage that Thaw,
already filled with hatred and loathing
for White, heard from her lips tho
story of how aha 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 flame of Thaw'a
growing detestation of the architect.
She Wat 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 counsel for Eve
lyn Nesblt In a suit for damages which
she Is alleged to have brought against
Thaw several months before their trip
to Europe. At the tlmo this suit Is
said to have been brought Stanford
White was. It la alleged, on friendly
terms with Mias Nesblt,
It was White, according to the In-
formation In the district attorney’s of
fice, who took Mlsa Nesblt to a lawyer
who had figured In many family scan
dals of high and low degree, and the
Information given by Mlsa Nesblt
that time waa the foundation of a suit
for a large sum of money f,$- dam-
s. Mias Nesblt, It Is said, dictated
her lawyer a statement which
caused Thaw great uneasiness. The
suit waa never brought to trial.
Further evidence came Into the pos
session of the district attorney today
that strange and Ingeniously plotted
traps were laid for Btanford White by
agents In the employ of Harry Thaw In
the past year and a half.
Hums aggregating at least $20,000
were paid by Thaw to detectives, who
aver seemed to be on the verge of ob
taining compromising evidence against
White. But at the moment of con
frontation, when White waa to be set
upon by policemen and Ignomlnloualy
haled to Jail, something always hap
pened to allow White to slip through
he meshes.
But White waa forewarned, and thus
forearmed. He pursued hla pleaaurea
of hla own arranging with companions
of hla own selection. Not one move of
Thaw's men was unknown to him. A
spy reported to White each plan and
movement of the enemy In time for him
to outwit them.
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4/Vft
130 YEARS AGO V
12 O’Clock TODAY at NOON ^ ^
Independence was Declared. ^ V;
.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 has
gloriously waved over the most prosperous,God-loving
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, American-
born citizen.
Just as a reminder—-you might forget.
"VVe 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.
Main Store 53 Peachtree Street.
87 Whitehall Street. 116 Decatur Street. 203 Peters Street.
Registrars Take Oath.
Special to tbs Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., July 4.—The three city
registrars, appointed.by Mayor^AUsn.
ware given the oath by the mayor yes
terday, and they at once settled down
to business. Louts Sayre has been
named the clerk of the committee and
L. C. Hayne chairman.
Negro 8hoot» Young Men.
Special to the Georgian.
Augusta, Oa., July 4.—E.
young white man, was brought to
the city yesterday on the Charleston
and Western Carolina traln from
Jackson Station, In South Uarollna,
with a badly ahot leg, tho wound hav
ing been Inflicted by a negro man. Will
Kendrick. An operation waa performed.
INTEGRAL kryptok.
Bifocals are solid. Invisible, double-
•uaaM; »rHtly roperfor to tho
SScBt^SSTteSSy HJSm
visible John L> Moore Jk Soru or® sole
SSS&eturer. of the Knrtoko In Ooor-
riM. which are the only durable Jjlfo-
Sds. Youthful looking dreaay. 4* N.
Broad Street, Prudential building.
REDUCED R. R. RATES
FOR FOURTH OF JULY.
The W. A A. R. R. and N. C. & St.
L. Railway will sell cheap round trip
tickets to all point* gouth of the Ohio
and Potomac and eaat of the Missis
sippi 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. &
CHA8. E. HARMAN,
General Pi|i. Agent
AT THE THEATERS
At the Caalno.
Max Hoflman'a name attached to an
organisation la a guarantee to theater
goers of something worth while, and
the audience that went out to tho
Caalno Monday night expected a per
formance qulta out of the ordinary.
That the crowd waa not disappointed
la beat shown by the large audiences
that hava gone out to see the show
since the opening performance. The
crowd leaf 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 la. Max Hoffman
has on* of the beat shows of the sum
mer season and It deserve* all the nice
thing* that have been said regarding
It In advance. Poaalbly one of the
charms of the performance Ilea In It*
absolute originality. The old beaten
paths of musical comedy have been
left behind, and In its stead a most
pleasing melange of music, comedy
and nonsen*# has been developed
which la as effervescent as It la pleas-
management haa shown good
taste In booking this attraction for
the summer, as it suits the occasion
and meet* every requirement of a
bright and up-to-date entertainment.
There will be a special Fourth of
July matinee Wednesday afternoon
and the ’usual regular performance
during the belssce uf the vreeir
JOSEPHM. BROWN WRITES
OPEN LETTER TO PUBLIC
IN REGARD TO PORT RA TES
To the People of Georgia;
Up to the date of my vote, as rail
road commissioner of Georgia, to deny
the petition of the Atlanta freight bu
reau for “port rates," which, besides
causing radical discriminations, would
make a reduction of 18 per cent In the
existing rates, while the United States
supreme court has declared a reduction
of 28 1-2 per cent too great and over
ruled It, the attitude of Mr. J. R. Gray,
editor of The Atlanta Journal, was dis
tinctly friendly 1 toward me, and that of
Mr. Hoke Smith was more than friend
ly, It svaa cordial. Two days after my
vote,' above referred to, Mr. Oray. In
The Atlanta Journal, demanded my
resignation as railroad commissioner,
and about two weeks later Mr. Hoke
Smith, In a public speech, declared that
If elected governor he would remove
me from office. • If It be claimed that
their, words grere not caused by my
vote on the "port rate" petition. It can
also be said that the above coincidence*
are at least very striking.
Since , the above vote, Mr. Gray, In
r. Hoke
The Atlanta Journal, and Mr.
Smith, on .the stump, have unceasingly
denounced me, Mr. Smith going to the
extreme of denying that Ji* Was asso
ciate counsel for the railroad commis
sion In the "Circular No. 101
whereas the court record shows that he
waa associate counsel for this commis
sion, and Mr.- Gray going to the ex
treme of “creating" a marble quarry at
Blue Ridge, Oa.. 41 miles north of the
real quarries, and publishing from this
fictitious quarry fictitious rates; which,
he said, were “fixed by the Georgia
railroad commlaplon," these. The Jour
nal's rates, being from 4 to 8 cent*
higher than would have been the com
mission's rates. If there were a real
quarry at Blue Ridge, Oa. At the same
time Mr. Gray published In The Journal
fictitious high rates from the real
quarries at Tate, and said that they,
too. were fixed by this commission.
But the culmination of Mr. Gray'*
FULTON TINTED LEAD.
Every painter knows what It la. It
It the beet tinted lead made. Manu
factured by
F. J. COOLEDGE ft BRO.,
Atlanta Savannah.
■pleen came when, on June II,'In The
Atlanta Journal, waa published an arti
cle declaring that 1 hod made one state
ment about tha railroad rates In Geor
gia, which, In -an affidavit, I subse
quently swore wee not true.
I accordingly wrote to Mr. Gray, June
11, asking that he “copy from the offi
cial record* or from any communica
tion over my signature, any statement
1 have made which Justifies the state
ments made In hie article above re
ferred to.” To this Mr. Gray replied,
quoting from a decision of tha railroad
commission, printed Bepteffiber 18,1(04,
via:
"The commission finds, upon Investi
gation, that the raise promulgated by It
aa a whole are lower than the rate*
established by the commissions of other
Southern atates."
There are twenty-two classes o
freight In the commission's tariff, be
■Idea rates established between the
common points and commodity rate*,
ate. These rates are governed by a
classification of which several hundred
Items are In lower classes than lirother
Southern atatee.
by me brings, therefore, tho railroad
commission's statement In rcfcrenco to
tire rare* oa g whole. The table cov-
■ '• I III 111" ...nil III. Ill'll .! -lx ■ 1.1".
which. In soma of the other atatee, ap
ply only on the main lines. In Georgia
they apply also on tho branch lines.
The entire tariff In Georgia Inaludes,
as stated, twenty-two <daaaae besides
commodity rates, etc.
Under the above circumstances,
Hu II f'.i.i, I li m II f..r I In III t . 11 lK" II <
and honest people of Georgia to say
whether th* editor of The Atlanta
Journal does or does not stand urn
masked as a character aaaaaaln, wheth.
er he has or haa not. In hla attempt to
Injure me, published a malicious and
libelous slander.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH M. BROWN.
Atlanta, July I.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Th* commission'* declaration means
that, applying all the classification to
all tha rates and considering the quan
tity of freight moved In each else*, the
result as a whole la that th* money
paid for the transportation of freight In
Georgia la leas than I* paid on th*
gross amount of freight In other South
ern states.
But th* railroad commission found
that th* percentages above th* atend-
ard tariff allowed on certain clause to
the Southern railway. Central railway
and Atlantic Coast Line railroad were
too high at present, and ordered them
reduced. Tbeee railways secured In
junction* In th* Federal court against
the reduction. The table of rates ac
companying th* state’s answer, pre
pared by the attorney general and Col
onel W. A. Wlmblah, attorney of th*
Atlanta freight bureau, covered six
classes out of twenty-two. This table
showed that th* Kouthem railway was
allowed In Georgia higher rates on
those classes on It* main and branch
lines than It was charging on those
In Virginia, Tennessee. Ken
tucky, etc, on its mein lines. This
as the tabic covered by my oath.
Mr. Gray, In reply to my demnnd that
: he produce proof that my oath In re-
jgard tq the rates Involved In the above
vase fal.lfied any previous declaration
AT THE ARAGON.
W. II. Ep;u, Klberton, Ga.; J. E. flatter-
field. Dittos, Ga.; T. F. Firming, Apart*.
Ga.; J. II. Mhlpp. Cordele. Ga.; Uttle II.
fltsiser, Flligersld, Ga.; William II. Min
ton, FtttgersM. Os.; A. M. Willis, Knar-
son, Ga.; Mrs. A. It. Ware, rity; J. II.
Dow, Georgia; W. 11. Wood. Georgia; II.
II. Illneh, Georgia; Norman C. Miller,
A meric us, (Is.; W. A. Carlisle, Gainesville,
Ga.; J. Ilnlma Morgan, Mail Ison; J. D.
Boyd, Griffin.
AT THE PIEDMONT.
I* W. Hughs*, I-umlier CHy. Ga.; W. A.
Fair, Asgnsta, Ga.; L P. Harwell, Mans
field. Ga.; L C. Harwell. Mansfield. (Is.;
C. W. Droning. Brunswick. Os.; Fair Dodd
sed wife, Atlanta; Charles W. Walker,
Monroe. Oa.; B. X. Ford, Newborn, Ga.;
A. J. Hfasten, Newborn. Ga.; Dr. P. W.
Wilson, Nswborn, Oa.; 11. A. Patrick, Cov-
, Oa.
Ington, (in.; George F. White, Ms
AT THE~k7mBALL. ,
M. B. Gruder ami wife. West Point, G*.;
Charles |, Grader, Weir point, (is.; Mrs.
L. Harrsy, Columbus. On.; w. K Woolen,
Albany, «aJ. M. Woolen, henry. On.; K.
18. Morphy, Georgia; J. L JsskMu, Georgia)
P. L. Lindsay, Tucker. On.; W. II. McKees,.,
Allu-rtrllle, Go.; C. V. Wood. Cedtrtown,
Go.; It. C. Townsend. Griffin, Go.: J. Flank,
Darlson. Ga.; C. II. Lindsay, Havnnnah,
G.I ; M II Unci'll. Hum". Gti.; W. W. I
Thompson. Augusta. Go.; Mrs. I- L Fits-
slmuions, Mailiaon. Go: Mins Carrie Trice,
Madison. Go.; J. K Cobb. Hartwell, Ga.;
A. T. Brown, Itojaion. On.; J. M. Cleve
land. Klberton, Ga.: T. F. Murray. K>
berion, Ga; U. G. Adorn*. Monroe, Ga.
AT THE MARION
II. I.. Bliermon, Commerre. Ga; 8 H.
'I l...rnl..ii .l.n k-.n lin ; J |i I'tniriiton and
D. Todd, Moron,
Jackson, (;i».; John
Marietta. Oa.: W. A ynorlea,
l: G'l U II Si. nl. Gn ffn.-r. Ga ; J. .
Iluml. Hoclnl ( In le. Gn : M. II. Horst. ;
8.win! Circle. Go.: Mast* Nell Iluml. Mo.
rial Circle, Go.: W. H. Dunlap. Atlanta,
Gn.; Janie, Kvitiin, Gnln,-,xllle. Gn.; N M.
Mnsney, Montesoms, Go : 1». H. Newkirk,
Hhellman, Ga.: D. .1. Mlmpnon nml wif#.
Torsos. Go.; C. N. Pebbles. Mn.|nl Cirri*.
“ ; Carrie Pebbles. Modal Circle. Ga.; C.
Kliiniern, Cleveland, Gn ; M V rinaka-
Sj Dull-in, tie.; (I. K. Adnnia. Newnan,
0*.: F.'A. Mobbec I Ga.: J. W.
Williams. Hartwell, (In.; T. O. Htrwart,
Georgia; W. K. Adam,no, Rnmc. Oa.; P. B.
Ford, Mylvester, (la.
May Lose Her Reason.
Kalamazoo, .Mich., July 4.—Harry L.
Grant, aged 16 years, a member of s
prominent family here, fell from ths
hlrd-atory window of a building last
night and sustained Injuries which re
sulted In Mfi death a -hurt lime Is* r.
Grant was In love with a drenn,'other.
Mr*. Ida Belknap, n divorce*! widow,
who was the first to discover the body,
and she beiame delirious and It la
feared has lost her reason.
" If". .III. kw hi
(la.; k.
Ithymer.
Are You Still Paying Rent? If so, I am Surprised!
Rent Receipts Remind me of Money
Thrown Away.
Do you know that tho Standard Real Estate Loan Company of Wash
ington, Ii C, will "i ll ymi a holin' purchasing contract whereby you
can buy or build a homo anywhere In tho United States and pay foe *
It In monthly payments for less thdn you are now paying rent? They
will lend you from $1,000 to $5,000 at 6 per rent, simple Interest, al
lowing >oo to pay Ii hack In monthly Installment* of $7.50 on eeoh
thousand borrowed For prospectus and plana of our propoelttoo,
call on or writo J. ML Jutlen Yates, State Agent, 321 Austell Bldf* At
lanta, Ga. Bell phone 2653-J. Atlanta phone 1918.
Truthfal Huttling i(iatt Wmled is Ertrj is tW State.
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