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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. -Stir & - . 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. i