The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, July 16, 1906, Image 4
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THE ATLANTA (! EORG f AN.
MU.MiA\, Jl i.\ I*).
THREE ARE KILLED
BT GIANT BLAST
IN POWDER MILL
Shock of the Explosion Is
Heard for Many
Miles.
Bj Private leased Wire.
Ashland, Wla., July H.—Three men—
J I. Pierce, of Wilmington, general
superintendent; William Wallace, la
borer. and George Woodall!—were kill
ed and twenty Injured today when an
nnmenae powder mill, aeven mllea from
this city, exploded.
The report wae heard here. Bounding
like a blaat fn a terrific thunderetorm.
Telephone connectlona were, deatroyed
temp->1 Hrlly, but a meaaenger on horse-
hark arrived and aummoned aaalatanre.
More Expected to Die.
A corpa of doctora and nurse* haa-
tened to the mill. Advlcea received Ini
dlrnte that at leaat a. half doxen of the
twenty will die.
The cauee of the disaster la not
known, but It la believed to be careless
In handling matches,. pa aeveral
employees had been warned on thla
ecore. The damage, It la believed, la
at leant $100,000.
MAN MIND OVER
Charged with Nobbing and
Threatening Noctur
nal Lodger.
John Krlatlanaen, who has charge of
the Marietta street lodging house of
the Salvation Army, was Monday
morning hound over by Judge Landrum
on the criminal charge of robbing Oli
ver Hilton, an Englishman, who aecur-
ed lodging at the Salvation Army quar
ters Saturday night. Hilton claims that
In* addition to being robbed he was
threatened with mistreatment by the
Salvation Army officials. The evidence
showed that Hilton wee drunk when
he applied for lodging Saturday night.
l)r. L. L Woolf appeared for the prose
cution and aa several of the wltneuee
tcetinc.i that Hilton had the money
with him Saturday night and did not
hava It Sunday morning, Judge Lan
drum bound the defendant over under
bond of 1100, which he did not eucceed
In making.
mum IN CELL
AND PAID HIS WAY OUT
K. L. Lehart, a rather well-known
police character, virtually railed the
limit of nerve Sunday afternoon last
when he committed larceny within the
tuira of the police station, then with
the etolen money paid hl> way toewaet
freedom. However, he wae caught
again and Monday afternoon was lined
210.75 for being drunk and disorderly
Saturday night and *15.70 for larceny
In prison.
J. K. Adams, a farmer, whose fields
lie In the vicinity of Buckhead, was
the victim of the robbery. Adams wee
arrested Sunday afternoon for being
under the Influence of strong drink.
When he was taken to the station
house and waa being searched a live
dollar pote rolled up Into a tiny ball
and held In his latt hand waa ovarlook-
od. He waa then put behind the bars
atlll grasping the fiver. As luck would
have It, Lehart waa the only other oc
cupant of the cell In which Adame soon
tell asleep.
Lehart noticed the corner of the bill
In hie room-mate's flat, and with skill
and patience relieved the sleeper of
It. Lehart then railed the turnkey and
pall his way out.
On awaking. Adams made known his
b ra and Monday Lehart waa nabbed
by Call OtHcer Harvey Welle.
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MANY ARE SLAIN
IN FIERCE EIGHT
Two Tliousuud Guatemalans
Reported Killed by
Salvadoreans.
HEIDT-M'KINLEY WEDDING
TAKES PLACE WEDNESDAY
IKILLS RUSSIAN GENERAL
THINKING HIM TREPOFF
By Private Leased Wire.
San Salvador, July 14—Th# Salva
dorean hrmy Saturday night again at
tacked the Guatemalan forces at Pla
nner .-tid obtained a victory over
them.
It la reported that Guatemalans suf
fered a lose of l.ooo men killed, wound
ed and taken prisoners.
The Guatemalan army which Invad-
ed by way of Santa Fe, was repulsed
by the Honduran unity. Honduras la
making common cause with Salvador.
A dispatch from Managua, Nicara
gua, nays that President Zeloga de
clares that Nicaragua will remain neu
tral.
BACON TELLS ROOSEVELT
OF GUATEMALAN ROW.
Ily Private leased Wire.
Washington, July 1*.—Assistant
Secretary of State llacon has gone do
oyster Hay to discuss with President
Roosevelt the t.’enlral American situa
tion. It Is understood that both Gua
temala and Salvador havs tacitly
agreed to leave their differences to be
settled by President Roosevelt, though
Mr. .llacon declined to »ay anything
further before his departure for Oye-
ter Bay than that the situation might
be considered favorably.
According fo advices received "here,
there hns, been hard . fighting along
both the Salvadorean and Honduran
borders, reports from Salvadorean
sources saying that the Guatemalans
have suffered defeat with heavy 1 on In
both quarters.
POSSE ON MAN HUNT
IN TOE MOUNTAINS
FOB AJESPERflDO
Fled After Killing Man and Fa
tally Wounding an
Officer.
ARE TO BE TAUGHT
HOW TO ORE8S DOLLS.
By Privets Leased Wire.
Newport, R. I., July It.—An
Interested clsse of a doxen lit
tle girls from the cottage col-
only hee Just been formed to
meet dally between 4 and 5 p. m.
under an accomplished woman
Instructor for the purpose of
learning how to dress their dolls.
Each little miss will fetch along
a doll two feet tell end the chil
dren will be taught how to dresa
them aa exquleltely aa they are
themselves.
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooo
“DOOLY” AND TAFT
CALL ON ROOSEVELT
By Private I-cased Wire.
Oyster Bay. L. L. July 1«.—President
Roosevelt had a rather busy day of It
today. Among his. visitors were Sec
retary Taft, Assistant Secretary of
state Bacon, General Bingham, police
commissioner; F. Whltridge. special
ambassador to the wedding of the king
pf Spain and Princess Ena, and Find
lay Peter Dunn, the creator of "Mr.
° < 8ecretsry Taft Is conferring again
with tha president on the subject of
brigade army posts. From here the
•acrwtanr expects to go to Murray Bay.
Canada, for hie vacation.
CANDIDATES CHOSEN
IN COUNTY PRIMARY.
8perlal to The Georgian.
Clarkeavllle, Ga., July I«.—‘The coun
ty Democratic primary of Habersham
county waa held Saturday. It waa the
most hotly conteeted campaign held In
this county la yean.
Following Is the successful candi
dates:
For representative, J. C. Edwards;
for clerk of the superior court, J. A.
Krwln: for sheriff, J. N. Gables; for
treasurer, C. T. Wlllbanka; for tax
collector. J. D. HIM; for tag receiver.
W. P. Blackburn; for surveyor. H. C.
Ktmacv: tor coronas J. A. Year's ood.
Special to The Georgian.
Knoxville, Tenn., July IS.—Charged
with the murder of Grant Smith, a
former merchant of this place, and
fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff Wil
liam Walker, John McPherson Is a
fugitive from Juetlce, punued by two
posses.
McPherson shot and killed Smith In
the house of Nettle Hall, apparently
without provocation. He waa accom
panied by his father, Dr. Buck Mc-
Pheraon, at the time, and the two left
the city In a buggy, going toward the
mountains.
Three mllea out their buggy collided
with one driven by Dr. Joseph Waddell,
breaking a shaft, which so enraged
young McPherson that he pulled the
physician from the buggy and beat him
seriously.
Waddell went to Sheriff Walker's
home and the two pursued the Mc
Phersons. One mile farther out they
met. Walker demanded the surrender
of young McPherson and was shot
through the right lung as a result.
Walker will die. Young McPherson
continued Into the mountains, while hie
father returned here and surrendered,
and It now In Jail. Rewards have been
offered for young McPherson's arrest.
l)r. McPherson shot end killed a fel
low physician tome eight years ago and
served five years of a eeven-year sen
tence before he was pardoned.
COUNTY AUDITOR
' IS BEING TRIED
MIBB GRACE M'KINLEY.
With a simple home wedding, at
which only a few Intimate friends of
each of the contracting parties will be
present, on Wednesday afternoon. Miss
Grace Howe 'McKinley, niece of ex-
Presldrnt McKinley, will become the
wife of Captain O. V. Heldt, a former
resident of Atlanta, and son of Dr. and
Mrs. John W. Heldt, of this city. The
ceremony will be performed at the
home of the brother of Miss McKinley
at Fort Des Moines, Jmva, and Dr.
Heldt will officiate. The .simple home
ceremony will be followed by an elab
orate military reception, to which
friends of both parties have been In
vited.
Miss McKinley Is considered one of
the most beautiful women In the
country and has often been written of,
especially since the tragic death of
her uncle. President McKinley, whose
ward she was. After his death the
young, girl left Washington and went
to Iowa to live quietly with her broth
er, who Is an officer In the United
States army.
Captain Heldt Is a member of the
quartermaster's staff and Is connected
with the transport Dlx, which leaves
soon for Manila. Mrs. Heldt will prob
ably not make the trip, but will come
to Atlanta for a visit to her husband's
parents. Captain Heldt la one of the
most prominent graduates of West
Point, at which Institution he received
considerable glory In the athletic
world, being for two years the center
rush of one of the best football teams
which ever represented the echo#! on
the gridiron.
Immediately after the wedding cere
mony on Wednesday the young couple
will go to Seattle, where they will re
main until Captain Heldt Is ordered
back to his post on the Dlx.
By Privets Leased Wire,
Buffalo, N. Y„ July IS.-Thors was a gen
eral exodus from Buffalo today, the trial
of John W. Neff, former Itepuldlcan su-
dltnr, under various ludlctmeuts, calling
many attorneys, witnesses slid other Inter*
lit0,1 parties to Wsrssw. „ _
Mr. Ablaut mured the trial of Neff, ou
tudletmeul'ctisriliK htiu with stenting *?,-
300 from Erie coustjr, October 1. MOL At-
rilMIICIIUII, ■ Ills IUUI iua juiriMWi «
Ifttttlnii Ilf H RpiM lnl term In unconatltutlon*
The unitlou waa iInuUhI.
FIFTY PERSONS HURT
IN TROLLEY CRUSH
By Private la-sscd Wlr-.
HI. Ixints. July 11-One person was prob
ably fatally Injure,! nn,l Ofty others were
more or less bruised and badly shaken ^
by n rear-end rolllslon between s Broadway
Slid tteventh street ear last night. The so-
rbletlt was due to s broken trolley ou the
Herentb street ear. . • ,
owing to hit heroism In slicking to his
poet lu the face of danger, Motorniaii John
Downs, of the Broadway car. will prob
ably die. He was unoouaelou* When rescued
from under the wreckage.
Ihiwu,- was crushed la-tween the vesti
bule and the ,l,air of the ear. The cars
were In such n wrecked condition that they
<-*>ubl not be run with their own power.
BUFFALO ICE TRUST
IS TO BE PROBED
By l*rlvat*» Wlrr,
Buffalo. N. Y.. July ll-l>latrl«*t Attorney
AMtott Ini ft nnnouitml that Buffalo la to
have nn I n vent fa*»lou Into the local too
iHittiiifM*. <iltd at oucc.
Halil the illatrlct attorney:
“There tin a l*eeii popular roniplalut that
the price of Ira In Buffalo la too high In
many quartera. When people complain like
that It la ilue to them that the matter In*
looked Into.”
BLACKMAIL CHARGE
HEARD AT INQUEST
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 14.—Lawyer Bur
ton W, Gibson was the principal wit
ness today at the session of the coro-
ner’s Inquest Into the mysterious mur
der of Mrs. Alice c. D. Ktnan. which
was resumed from-last Friday. Gibson's
attitude during the examination waa
apparently frank and candid.
Gibson went Into detail on the
charges of blackmail which he Ipid
brought against Mrs. Mary Hhlppo.
the Italian woman who lived in the
basement of the Btenton house.
LOCAL NEWS CONDENSED
Army Officers Reach Atlanta.
* The delegation of young nrtny offi
cers from Fort Leavenworth, Ken.,
who have been making the trip from
Chattanooga to Atlanta by easy stages,
reached thla city Sunday evening and
left Monday by rail-for their Kaneaa
tmrrarka. The following membera of
the party registered at the headquar
ters of the department of the gulf:
First Lieutenant llrlce P. Dleque, of
the Third Cavalry; Major E. M. Swift,
of the Twelfth Cavalry; Captain J. A.
Woodruff, of the Engineer Corps; Cap
tain H. C s Nestal, of the Artillery
Corps; Second Lieutenant R. M. Camp
bell, of the Twelfth Cavalry; First
Lieutenant E. A. Kregar, of the Twen
ty-eighth Infantry: Captain Farrand
Sayre, of the Eighth Cavali%; Captain
H. \V. Burner, of the Artillery Corps;
Second Lieutenant Kenyon A. Joyce,
of the Sixth Cavalry; Captain Stuart
Helntxleman. of the Sixth Cavalry;
First Lieutenant Rogers Rltch, of the
Twelfth Cavalry, and First Lieutenant
C. A. Truall, of the Fifth Infantry.
Elevator Boys on 8trike.
The elevator boys of the Candler
building went nn ii strike Saturday
night and as a result but two elevators
were In commission Monday morning,
one operated by the starter and the
other by an office boy. There were
other hoys looking for work, however,
and before noon the strike was broken.
8enator King's 8leter Dead.
Senator C. N. King received a tele-
gram Monday morning announcing the
death of hie sister, Mrs. Harris, wife
of Judge M. B. Harris, of Fort Worth,
Tex., Sunday. Senator King was away
and did not receive the message until
Monday. Mrs. Harris had been In had
health for some months. She had lived
In Kurt Wurth for fourteen years. The
funeral was held In that city Monday.
Chancellor Barrow Horo.
Chancellor Barrow, of the University
of Georgia, was at the rapltol Monday.
He stated that the outlook for the uni
versity this fall Is unusually promising,
and that the attendance, will be large.
The attendance at the summer school
Is better than usual, and fine work le
being done. The chancellor looks
In splendid health, and was given a
warm greeting from his friends.
Mrs. Calloway III.
Mrs. Frank E. Calloway, wife of
Major Calloway, I* fast Improving from
sn Illness which at one time was
thought to be of a fatal nature. Mrs.
Calloway has been III for over two
weeks at her residence on Fourteenth
street. She was formerly a Mlsa Hel
ena Srem-er. daughter of L. W. Spen
cer, of Columbus, Ga., where she has
many frlrnds aa well as In Atlanta.
Suet Street Car Company,
Thomas Coleman tiled suit In the
city court Monday morning, rlalming
damages lu the suiq of 110,000 from the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
for personal Injurirs alleged to have
been sustained on April IX of this year.
Mr. Coleman states that he was rid
ing a horse on Penohtree street, near
Ellis, when his horse was struck by a
car and he was knocked to the tut le
nient.
Negro Business League.
A meeting of the Atlanta Colored
Business league will be held at the
colored Young Men’s Chrtstlsn hall, on
Auburn avenue, Tuesday night at X
o'clock, for the purpose of making ar
rangement* for thr convention of the
National Negro Business League. In
Atlanta. August 29* SO and St.
* Embalmed Bosf Again.
Another case against a meat dealer
day afternoon when W. H. Langley
was lined MB and costs for ths of
fense.
Lutheran Church Rsoptnsd,
After being closed for several weeks,
owing to the absence of thri pastor, the
English Lutheran church was reopened
Sunday morning. Rev. Dr. Hqpry Eleter
Jacobs, dean of the Lutheran Theolog
ical College of Philadelphia, officiating
both morning and evening. Rev. E. C.
Cronk, pastor of the church. Is very
much Improved In health and will
f irobably be able to resume his preach-
ng next Sunday.
Dr. Lee to 8paak.
On Monday night at No. Ill Pencil
tree etraet, near the Piedmont hotel,
Dr. J. W. I.ee, pastor of the Trinity
church, will deliver an addresa before
the membera of the Atlapta Psycho
logical Society, and those of the publla
who may care to attend. An Interest
ing. musical program has been ar
ranged to be given In connection with
the lecture.
Credit Men to Meet.
The legislative committee of the
Credit Men's Association will meet at
4 o'clock Monday afternoon In tha
Kimball house, for the purpose of con
sidering the Boykin bill, which will be
Introduced to the legislature on Tuee-
day.
At Jackson Hill Baptist.
Will D. Upeltaw occupied the pulpit
of the Jackson Hill Baptist church
both morning and avenlng Sunday, and
was greeted by large congregations at
both eervlcee.
Petitions- in Bankruptcy.
J. D. Langston, a merchant of thla
city, has filed a petition In bankruptcy
with the clerk of the United States
court. Hla liabilities are listed as It,-
85S.3B, with no available assets.
Rev. 8am Small Preaches.
Rev. Sam W. Small preached before
a large audience at tha Baptist tab
ernacle on Luckte street Sunday after
noon at 1 o'clock.
Colville III in Buffalo.
According to messages received In
Atlanta Saturday night, Fulton Col
ville, the local attorney who started
with Edward Inman several days ago
for a long automobile trip to Massa
chusetts, was taken seriously III at
Huffalu, N. Y., and Is confined to a
hospital In that city. No further par
ticulars have been received.
Wilson Burko Here.
Wilson Burke, an old Atlanta news
paper insn, formerly connected with
the Journal anS the Dally News, now
with the Cincinnati Post. Is the gueet
for n few days of hla mother, Mrs. A.
M. Burke, West North avenue.
\ Local Office Opened.
Mr. and Mrs. Welter Hawkins, B. K.
Buck and W. E. Sweeney, of the Geor
gia Peach Growers' Association, ar
rived In the city Sunday night and on
Monday morning Mr. Hawkins formally
opened the local headquarter# of the
association.
Th* Bank of 8oparton.
The Bunk of Boperton. In Montgom
ery county, waa gjranted a charter Mon
day morning by Secretary of State
Phil Cook. Capital stock. MS,000, and
Incorporators J. F. Cook. W. F. I.uckle,
T. W. Boothe and others.
MR8. LOUISE DOBBINS.
Mrs. Ismls Ksglsnd Doblus died at the
tonne of her father. T. K. Rutland. » Cur
rier strvrt, Saturday morning.. The funer
al sen Ice* were held from the residence
at la o'clock Monday morning. Bee. Charles
By Private leased Wire.
8L Petersburg. July U.—General
"Koaloff, of the headquarters staff, has
been shot down by an assassin In the
Peterhot park. Before firing three
shots, each of which took effect, the
slayer gazed Intently on a photograph
of General Trepoff.
The police seised the murderer, but
have' learned nothing as to his Idtntity.
He Is well dressed and la bellsved to be
a socialist revolutionist. The murder
is mysterious, as General Koaloff wae
not connected with any political agita
tion.
8oldiers Favor Union.
At a meeting at Gatrhklna, thirty
miles from St. Petersburg, attended by
three of the guard regiments, an officer
addressed the men. on the subject of
the soldiers’ union, ‘Which Is being or
ganized. He pointed out that the league
waa democratic and waa being organ
Ixed for the purpose of guardlni
constitution and establishing com
tlonal Institutions and to prepara the
army to come orer to th# people when
they were ready and armed for resist
ance. The soldier* received the speech
with much applause.
Peesente Are Killed.
A new terrorists party, styling Itself
"The Red Squadron," la agitating the
Baltlo region. The membera say this
la no time to bandy words, but to an
•war government repressions by killing
officer*. Circulars distributed call upon
worklnmen to "apeak the language of
the cartridge and the bomb.”
Troops stationed at a refinery at Or
lovdarldov attacked a party of pea
sants, bent on destroying the building.
One officer was killed and many pea
sants were wounded.
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0 81*. 8WITHIN'S DAY
O AND THE WEATHER.
SL Swlthln's day, It thou dost
rain.
For forty days It will remain;
St. Swlthln's day. If thou be
fair.
For forty days, 'twill rain naa
matr.
Sunday waa St. Swlthln's day
and It didst rain some and wast
fair some. So we'll evidently
have a little of both rain and
sunshine for forty days, which
la guessing some.
When asked what about tha
affect of SL Swlthln's day on
the weather, Mr. Marbury
glowered over his epees and
aald:
"Rot!”
Forecast: Occasional showers
Monday night and Tuesday.
Monday temperatures:
7 a. m. .. 7B degrees
8 a. 77 degrees
9 a. m 78 degrees
10 a. m 79 degrees
11 a. 82 degrees
1* noon. 84 degrees
1 p. m 14 degrees
2 p. m. 88 degrees
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LARGE ATTENDANCE
AT FARMER'S UNION
Special to Tbs Georgian.
Marietta. Ga.. July. 14.—The Cobb
county branch of the Farmers' Union
held a rousing meeting in the court
house here today.
The crowd w*s estimated at about
800, farmers from all over the county
being present.
Tho meeting was addressed by Hon.
Ernest Blnnegar, state lecturer of Ala
bama Farmers’ Union, who spoke for
about an hour and a half. The speech
was enthusiastically received and fa
vorably commented on by the farmers
who heard IL
Hon. John Temple Graves waa
have addressed the meeting, but was
prevented on account of Illness.
MAN SHOT DEAD;
TWO WOMEN HURT
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 11—Ope man waa
■hot dead and two women seriously In
jured at 149th street and Trinity ave
nue, the Bronx, today. The two women
are In tffe Lebanon hospital. Police
headquarters has Just been notified.
12,000 8WITCHMEN
JOIN A. F. OF L.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, July 14—The
railway switchmen's union, with
Its 12,099 members, has affiliated
Itself with «h# American Feder
ation of Labor, according to a
statement made today by Presi
dent dumper*.
The headquarters of the union-
are at Buffalo.
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WANTS WHEAT CROP
BURNED TO KILL PEST
By Prlrata Leased Wire.
Tacoma, Wash,.July 14—Tha burn
ing of the entire wheat crop of this
btate thla year aa a means of extermi
nating the Hessian fly, which has mods
Its appearance. Is recommended by En
tomologist Melander, of the Btate Ag
ricultural College, who says It would be
better to lose one crop than to see the
Insect gain a? foothold In tha state and
destroy a large percentage of all suc
ceeding crops.
I. 0E8GCHER.
I. Oeegrher died at 7 o'elock Saturday
night at ‘ ' * "
member
pendent
oeral se
morning i
llshment.
neagener oieu ai i oriqc* raiuniaj
*t s private sanatorium. lie was a
ver of Schiller lodge. No. 71. lode-
>nt Order of Odd Fellow*. The fn-
TYPOTHETAE-MEET8.
By Print* Leased Wire.
Buffalo, N. Y„ July 14—The twen
tieth annual convention of th* United
Typothsta* of America will begin today
and continue several days. The body
Is composed of empl<£l n s printers.
SIX PER80N8 INJURED.
By Print# Leased Wire. <
Philadelphia, July 14—It la reported
here that In. a wreck on the Reading
railroad near Germantown alx persons
were hurt.
for handling embalmed beef »s«|T. a. Ptae officiating, end the Interment
brought In the recorder’s court Satur waa et W'estvk—
Net a Fan.
Bllggtna doesn't taka any Interest In
baseball.’'
How do you know?"
He says he never allow* himself to
become angry or. excited."—Washing
ton Evening Star.
Th# Roses With Thorn*.
Some people seem made to be always
getting thorn* In their fingers or their
hearts but they are usually those who
care enough to pick roees and run the
risk—Maarten Maarten*.
A Toast to To*.
Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage,
and venerable liquid, thou female
tongue-running, smile-soothing, heart
opening. wink-tipping cordial.—Colley
Cribber.
Latest photograph of Admiral Chouk-
nln, commafider-ln-chlef of the cear's
Black Sea squadron, who died Friday
from a pistol shot fired at him, sup
posedly by one of hla sailors.
SUPREME COURT
OP GEORGIA
Criminal Dookst
Ellas Allrad vs. State, from Dawson.
Argued.
Chub Wall vs. State, from Rabun,
Submitted.
Witcher Hayes vs State, from Sum
ter. Submitted.
Roslln Nance vs. State, from Coweta.
Submitted.
Milton Rawlln* et al. vs. State, from
Lowndes. Argued.
Watson Alsobrook v*. State, from
Berrien. Submitted.
W. H. Parnell vs. State, from Bibb.
Argued.
George Brown vs. State, from Crisp.
Submitted.
Parker Rumsey vs. State, from Ste
phens Submitted. 1
. R. L. Vanderford vs. State, from
Gwinnett. Argued.
John Flowers vs. State, from Sum
ter. Submitted.
Clarence Herndon vs. State, from
Sumter. Argued.
In addition to th* foregoing felony
cases,tthe following misdemeanor cases
were submitted on th* briefs: Nathan
Shuler et ol. vs. E. J. Willis et al., from
Decatur; W. W. Welch ve. State, from
Spalding; Isaiah Edwards vs. State,
from Bibb; Arnold Veasey vs. Mayor,
etc, of Crawfordsvllle, from Talia
ferro; Ila Thomas v*. State, from
Hancock; Zeb Jones vs. State, from
Rabun; Bennett Barren v*. State, from
Laurens; Henry Bridges vs. State,
from Terrell; Willie Howard vs. State,
from Hancock; T. C. Langley et al. v*.
State, from Chatham; Pearl Winn v*.
State, from Bibb; Tom Duren v*. J, J,
Stephens, from Thomas; George Ster
ling vs. State, from Coweta; Walter
Wright ve. State, from Bibb.
The following civil cases were sub
mitted on brlefe: -
M. F. Martin v». J. W. Pattlllo.
K. R. Foster vs. M. F. Case, executor,
from Baldwin.
R. Houseworth et al. *s. W. F. Ste
vens et al, commissioners, from Car-
roll.
E. M. Brand vs. city of Lawrencavllle,
from Gwinnett.
Hattie Hart ve. Lewis, Shore t Co.,
from Brook*.
Town of Blacluhear vs. A. M. Strick
land, from Pierce.
J. S. Rogers, guardian, vs. Josle
Hlghnote, from Muscogee. -
Penntbe—Scrlbbleton tells me he la
making a specialty of smart “child
saying” Jokes now.
Inkerton—Yes, poor fellow! He's
In hla second childhood.—Chicago
News.
Plggmua—I'm glad It Is good form
not ro wear a watch with a dress suit
Dismukea— Why 7
Plggmua—Because I never have both
at the (am* time.—American Specta
tor.
"There'* one point of resemblance
•bout these Arctic explorers," said
Tet* de Veau.
"What I* that?" asked L'OIgnon.
“They’re all married men."—St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Boss—So did mine, and I am going
to the game.—New York Sun.
COURT REBUKES
ALL THE LAWYERS
IN HARTJE TRIAL
Judge Says Case Has Been
Tried in Newspapers
of Country.
By Private Leased Wire.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 14.—Severe and
cutting rebukes were delivered from
the bench to the attorneys on both
sides of the IlartJ* divorce case this
morning by Judge Fraser, who charged
that the lawyers were talking too much
outside of court to ^create Impressions
through the newspapers, while an In
dividual rebuke was handed Hartje's
lawyers for the manner In which they
have held on to the famous forty let
ters and kept the other side from seeing
them as far as possible.
“It Is a disgrace the Way counsel has
been acting In this case," said Judge
Frazer. "I mean about giving out to
the newspapers In advance the testi
mony they expect to produce. I went
them to be a little more careful. I hare
thought about this a great deal ami
once almost decided to cloee the doors
and keep everybody out of the court
room."
When Judge Fraser had granted an
adjournment until tomorrow morning
to allow Mrs. Hartje's attorneys time to
go over the letters more fully, with
their expert*, Mr. Matron said:
‘The respondent's case has been a
newspaper from the first It has been
tried In the patters from California to
New York."
ICE PLANT DAMAGED
BY MORNING EIRE
Special to The (lenrxtan.
Macon, Ga., July 16—Fire this dom
ing partly destroyed the plant of the
T. G. Holt Ice Company on Oak street.
The damage waa *5,090; partly covered
by Insurance.
SOLICIWmL
SWARM TO CAPITOL
Solicitors general are almost as nu
merous about tha capitol aa members
of the general assembly Monday.
A few lines In the papers a day or
so ago caused It. Tuesday morning at
9 o'clock the general Judiciary commit
tee will meet to discuss the bill to put
the solicitors on a salary.
That waa a mighty important mat
ter to thee* gentlemen, and they are
coming In crowds to appear, pro or
con, before the committee on
Tuesday. Some whose fees run Into
large figures are naturally opposing It,
while others, not so fortunate In th*
fee line, will advocate IL
1,801 MOUSE TRAPS.
Washington Cor. New York World.
The one thousand eight hundred and nrat
mouse trap has Just lx-eu patented. Itnln-rt
I, Htroiigfrllow, of White Illnff, Teen., Is
the ursn who liellevns that he has invented
the liest mouse trap lu the world. But in
New Yorh has used all the other 1.601) triqi
and Is still as much nffiletrd with mice
as Is the rest of the cuuutry, Mr. Wrong-
fellow's trap most posses* some wonder-
ful attributes to uinse It appear Infallible
to Manhattanites.
Mouse traps hnro lieen one of the suit
j'reqnently patented things the ofrtee here
list bad to deal with. Jay Gould Inld the
foundation of his colossal fortune with a
manse trap, which Is still In use. TUeti
.... mouse trap was put on the market.
Few people realize the Iraportonco of
cleaning out the mire. Few know of the
vzzt amount of harm they do every year
sad of the enormous sums In money repre
sented by the property they devour.
Government experts hare been for yenrs
employed In an effort to wipe out the conn-
ry * supply of mlc, and eats are supported
In mints, sulitressurtes amt other pst«le
tinfldliiss to destroy the pests: hut the mice,
so far, laugh *t every effort to ezterniluztt
them. Will the now trap do It?
Oldest Body of Human Being. ..
From Th# American Antiquarian.
The oldest body of any human be
ing now reposes In the Egyptian gal
lery of the British museum. It I* tn*
body of a man who was buried In *
shallow grave hollowed out of tn*
sandstone on th* west bank of th*
Nile, In Upper Egypt. . . _
This man must have hunted slang
the banks of the Nil# before th# time
of the earllWt mummied king which
th# museum possesses—before the time
of Mens*, who woe supposed to nal *
ruled Egypt at least 6000 B. C. There
were previous to that time two prehis
toric race*, one the conquerors snd
th* other the conquered, from which
sprang the Egyptian race of the earn*
set dynasties. ,
It Is with the*# remote stocks that
thla man has to do. Considering tn#
condition in which he waa found, It t*
evident that he waa assoclateirwltn *
late period of the new stone sgc■ "*
Egypt. He was burled In * charncter-
letlc neolithic grave, with his neolithic
pots and Instrument* of flint about him-
There Is, of course, no Inscription ™
•ny kind on the pots, knives or 8™'*'
all having been long before the Inien
tlon of any written language-
Important in 8ailing.
From The Washington Star.
"What I* the most Important thin*
about handling a sailboat?*
Th* old salt looked the novice o'«
thoughtfully,, and then replied. Know
Ing how to swim.”
A Senator In DeubL
From Th* New York World. hlr g
Senator Alice, of Dataware, vote* t»ir*
on a mllesll. The aemtor !•»*
^ wrier In tbs senate and he usually ‘
r guldasce to Senator Aldrteb. who
B %ey were plugging away s* the nd? VJjj
recently, and the time came for a vote «
aa amendment. Aldrlrh had 4°pe u 01 ' -new
"Mr. Alice:" called the elejh.- j' 1
sqnlraiMl. looked amend snd iesoJ
ed out: "No:" Kvrry senzlov t ' d
around at him awl lausbed. Jerb# *» , ,
bare voted "sy*.". All** got pnri^ j.j
be stuck to bis mistake sod *'• rec
against his own party.
Street Car Conductor—That trans
fer Is no good on this Bn*. ^
Uncle Zeke—Then what hev y*
boys sellln* ’em at three cent* * r
for bark there at that
another darned swindle—W ashing *
stw