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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TUESDAY. JULY 17. MOS. mxwuimmmmuxjjjo GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS LAKE SHORE BY HISJ1ENCE Grammar Takes Imrauuity Bath by Going on Stand. By Private Leased Wire. Cleveland, Ohio, July 17.—Captain O. J. Grammar, vice-president of the Lake Shore, whom. It was hoped, wopld be inclined by the grand Jury, Investlgat Inx the Standard Oil Company and the Lake Shore, appeared before the grand Jury this morning, thus making him immune from Indictments. Just what Grammar, who occupied the -tand all the mornnlg, told the grand Jury, could not be learned at noon. In the hope that an Indictment could be secured against Grammar, plan* for summoning him at the be ginning of the Inquiry were counter manded by Washington. The confer ence of District Attorney Sullivan In the East with Moody had for Its results the catling of Grammar. Another was the announcement of a grand Jury Inquiry at New York. It Is now bettered the cancellation of Chicago storage charges of the Lake Shore against the Standard may have been made In the New York Central unices In New York and that arrange ment for the rebatee were made there by big oil and railroad officials. With the return of 8ultlvan to Cleveland Tuesday morning, the grand Jury be gan a (Inal effort to secure concluelve evidence. Heal sweat-box methods wsre In vogue. All the Lake Shore men pre viously Examined were recalled for more minute examination. To nx def inite responsibility, on certain high xtnndard officials Is'now the great aim of the prosecution, which hopes the needed evidence will be secured from Grammar. CHILDREN TAMPERED WITH ARC LIGHT PICTURE OF THE WRECK AT SALISBURY, ENGLAND, IN WHICH A NUMBER OF AMERICANS WERE KILLED; YOUNG BRIDE WHO WAS MADE A WIDOW BY DISASTER As the result of several accidents In front of the court house on South Pry or street rerently when several teams have fallen Into a ditch at that point during the dark hours of tht night, due, It hss been said, to the fact that the electric light at that point has not been operated-as It should, II. A. Stockton, foreman In the employ of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, ap peared before Judge Broyles Tuesday morning to expluln why the light wae so seldom lit. The testimony of Mr. Stockton anil other representatives of the company was to the effect that everything pos sible had been done to keep the light In good condition, but that children or others maliciously Incllhed had con stantly tampered with the globe of the light and prevented the beams from throwing their rays where tha danger point has been. The recorder was con vinced that the fault was not with Stockton, and ordered his discharge. FATHER M'OSCAR . LEAVES ATLANTA The Rev. Father Peter McOacar, S. M , assistant pastor of the Sacred Heart church, has gone to Weeterly, Rhode Island, where he will assume charge of the church. Father McOscar will have a large pastorate In his new* Held. For two years he has bun at the Sacred Heart church and has won many frlsnds, who regret his departure. LEAPS FROM I AND MEETS HIS DEATH Special to the Georglsn. Collins, Miss., July 17.—Crated by a blow on the hud Indicted by Willie Holland, George Boothe, of Kola, Miss., leaped from the window of S'traln on which he waa being conveyed to a doc tor Saturday and was crushed to death under the wheels of tfc* moving train. It Is alleged that Boothe had been making disrespectful remarks about Holland's wife, and Holland called upon Boothe for un explanation. A quarrel ensued and Uoothe was struck on the head with an ax. It la slated that the wound Indicted by Holland on Hnothe's hud wu a fatal one. Thle, however, will have to be determined, hi the immediate cause of death re sulted from being rruehed beneath the train. Raallalng that his wound was severe, Boothe boarded a train and IW trying to reach this city for the purpose of obtaining a surgeon. He became mad and frantic, resitted the attempts of his frlsnds to hold him on the car, rushed wildly out and leaped from the moving train. -His body waa terribly mangled. Holland hat not yet been appre hended. TRYING TO OUST EDWARD HARRIMAN By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 17.—That the light for control of Wellg-Fargo A Co. le becoming bitter was made clearly evi dent today when W. C. Stoke* A Co. lit a circular to stockholders of the former company accused E. H. Har- rlman and the Wells-Fargo A Co. management of deliberately Issuing an Inaccurate balance shut of the com pany. If the movement to ouet Har- rlman from the company Is tuccusful Stokes A Co. promise a thorough In vestigation of the company's afTalrs. WAITER FELL DEAD WHEN HE GOT TIP By Private Leased Wire. Klkhart, Ind„ July 17.—Martin Pgue, a waiter at the Imperial hotel here, was given a flve-dollar bill as a tip at the dinner hour yuterday by Henry Cole, who la reported to have been a big winner at dice the night before. Pgue looked at the bill, and dropped to the floor, unconscious, and died fifteen minutes later. The coroner pronounced T a case of heart failure. TPP n- H I?wEL C T U r ":^ 1I if‘ A l ; R .9 1 l U.i > Iii ■?5o A r.SF. n . l f,^K? F: .ef^?J 0G J RAPH 3 C O^ ! i 1 flE’RA 0 | 6 LR6A V D'wREC a K S AT SALISBURY, ENGLAND. TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DISAS- SUGRaT^BR.Dl^AVEWWEEKS^HOSE^HUSBAND W^S KILLED^^ALSO^HOW^ K ' LLED AN ° ' NJURED - A P ' CTURE ° F MRS ' C0SSITT ' DAUGHTER OF JUDGE Judge Shaw Delivers Em phatic Charge to the Jury. INAL Big Newel Post on Top of Building Smashed Down Through Roof. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Something of a panic waa caused In the Terminal station Tuesday after noon at 1:21 o'clock by the terrific noise of lightning striking and dislo- eating one of the newel posts on the south tower. The post, composed of material akin to concrete, was hurled to the several roofs of the station, parts striking the asphalt walk In front of the station. No one was Injured, although many were badly frightened. A depot horse was struck on the nose by a flying fragment. The horse started to run, but waa caught before causing any damage. The tunder bolt first tipped the top- most plnacle of the south tower, then caromed down to the northeast cor ner, where It dislocated the newel and several of the pillars In the balluatrude. All of these, were given a tremendous Impetus, some landing on the roofs and soma thrown far out Into the drive way. Some ten or twelve largo holes wore knocked In the terra cotta rooting, but none of the fragments came all the way through. The accident would probably have caused the loss of life, had not the heavy rain driven all pasaersby and those waiting for trains to the Into rlor of the building. Shortly after 11 o'clock a thunder bolt struck In the vicinity of the gas tanks, not far removed from the Ter minal station. No great damage was done. TOM TAGGART ASKS FOR ROAD FRANCHISE lly Private Leased Wire. Memphis, Tenn., July 17.—Applica tion for a franchise Jn this county for the Lakevlew Traction Company, of which Thomas Taggart, of Indianapo lis, Ind., Is president, was made In the county court yesterday. The request waa made for the privilege of locating and maintaining for a period of it years single and double tracks, poles and other equipment necessary In the proposed electric line from here to Clarksdale, Miss. This line wilt touch at Lakevlew, Miss., a summer outing place, where. It Is said, there Is to be created a casino, with nil sorts of amusements provided for patrons of Indoor and outdoor sports. MARCHING THROUGH DIXIE 13 BAD BOLL WEEVIL. Special to The Georgian. Baton Rogue, La., July 17.—The statement that the cotton boll weevil la migrating eastward very rapidly, and that he believes It will get Into Missis sippi by the close of the season, has been made by IV. 8. Hunter, entomolo gist of the United States government, and In charge of the government's boll weevil work In Texas and Louisiana. He ratne here to observe the summer and fall migration of the pest, which Is appearing this year In low, wooded portions of Louisiana. Never In ths past have the entomologists had the weevil under Inspection In these sec tions, and as the result of Mr. Hunter’s visit, two additional government In spectors have been assigned to Louis!- Chattooga’s Representative. Hon. 13, II. Edmondson was nomi nated at Chattooga aounty'a represen tative for the next legislature at a primary held there Saturday. He will succeed the venerable Dr. R. Y. Rudl- cil. Mr. Edmondson 1s one of the leading business men of Summerville and Chattooga county, and Is one of the leading peach growers of that sec tion. 8tory Was a Faks. hotel In a serious condition, was nr ralgnod before the recorder Monday afternoon anil retracted his sensational story In regard to being thrown out of the window by a woman, stating that he was simply on a drunk. Tho usual fine of 73 and costa was Imposed. New Livs Stock Company. The Farmara' Live Stock Insurance Company, of Macon, waa granted ,i charter Tuesday morning. It la a mu tual concern and. all tha Incorporators are residents of Jefferson county. They are: G. F. Dixon, W. J, Rollins. E. M. Walden, F. M. Rivers and J. D. Denton. HE DEMANDS $25,000 FOR IHS WIFE’S LOVE By Private Leased Wire. Clerelsud, Ohio, July 17.—Dr. F. B, Car veil, who waa married a month ago, was sued yesterday for 122,000 by .William C. I'tiilnor, a mechanical engineer, for the alleged alienation of the affections of hla Fisher, a nuree. FIRED HIS PISTOL, CAUSING STAMPEDE Special to The Georgian. Albany, an., July 17.—A serious riot was narrowly averted at the ball park during a game of ball between the colored teams of Cordele and Albany yesterday afternoon. Henry Howard, a negro, drew a platol and began firing, though without effect. In the stam pede that followed several were knock ed down and bruised. The entire police force waa called out to quell the disturbance and a good many arrests followed. DECLARED THE RABBI LED A DUAL LIFE Prlmti* feMiMHl Wire, ranavllto, Ind., Juljr IT.—Rabbi Free- laudor. of tho li'.Nal Moacho Jewlub con- Itrogntlon of this city, haa ■luMuuly takeu bla departure from thla city becauao of the rhnrgo ntninut him that he wna leading a %lu*l life. The rabid remit* here four moiitha ago to aaann\e charge of the B'Nat Moache congregation and brought along a woman whmu he called hla wire. All went well until^one^ dujr^a^ rialtjng hail U a° wife -Ity and aald that FreelnuL .... and three children living lu New York and that be had deaerted them. The truateea of the cliurrh railed a meeting to Inveatl- gate the charges, and when the rabbi waa asked for au explanation he declared bla Innocence. FROM NEW ORLEANS TO CHICAGO BY WIRELESS Hpeclal to The Georgian. New* Orleans, La., July 17.—Thomas Wood, manager of the Pacific Wireless Telegraph Company, has announced that his company will soon be ready to transmit .commercial messages to Chi cago. The company proposes to have a station in Mississippi and to cover the entire Mississippi valley, commer cially sneaking. FOB CONVENTION The seventh annual convention of the Georgia Retail Grocers' Asiocia tlon will be called to order at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon In the convention hall of the New Kimball by the presi dent of the association, J. W. Kilpat rick, of Atlanta. There are a number of Important matters to come before the convention this year, the moat promt nent being the pure food bill and the question of the trading stamp compa nies. The convention will also discuss the question. of a fair profit for the dealer, at the same time Insuring for tho customer a square deal. A matter which will probably call forth more or less academic discussion Is the credit system and the opening of new ac counts. . - There will be present at the meetln, John A. Green, president of the Nations Grocers' Association, and J. A. Van Hoose, the president of the Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association, both of whom will make addresses. The officers of the association are: president, J. W. Kilpatrick, of Atlanta; vice president, B. J. Ford, of Bruns wick; secretary, John Bratton, and treasurer, L. O. Tisdale, of Fltxgerald. The convention will last two days, the sessions being held at S In the morning and 7 In the afternoon. Deaths and Funerals. A. W. Evans, Jr. A. W. Evans, Jr. the 5-months-old son of A. W. Evans, of Bandersvtlle. died Monday afternoon at & o'clock at the rciltdencc of Supreme Court Justice Beverly D. Evans, No. . 730 West Peachtree street. The body was car rled to Snndersvllle for funeral and Interment at 9:15 o'clock Monday night Horace P. South. Horace P. South, 23 years old, died at Ills residence, No. 1 Dillon street, Monday afternoon. The body was carried to Roswell, Ga. for funeral services and Interment at 7:50 o'clock Tuesday morning. I. Otichger. Funeral services were conducted at Patterson’s undertaking establishment Monday morning at 10 o'clock over the body of I. Oeschger by Rev. William Vollbrecht, of the German Lutheran church, and the exercises at the grave were In charge of 8chlUer lodge. No. 7L Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Dies After Brief Illness. Special to Tht Georgian. Macon, Oa. July 17.—The young son of Alderman and Mrs. Jessie B. Hart died here thle morning after a short Ill ness. MONROE DOCTRINE TO BE ATTACKED By Private lasted Wire. Washington, July 17.—History tor the three Americas, and thost Impor tant history, will be made at the third International conference of American republics, which Is to assemble In Rio de Janeiro July 26, with Secretary of State Etlhu Root as advisory counsel for the United States. Heretofore the conferences have been without any momentous results. Rep resentatives of the various govern ments ■ have met. discussed, trade re. latlons and treatlee add adjourned. Diss of Apoplexy. * Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga.. Jnly 17.—Noah L. Laney. an old citlxen of Alabama, who resided part of the time In this city and part on his plantation In that state, died Sunday from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy at the home of his son, Wesley T. Laney, In this city. He was 63 years of age and, leaves a wife and live children. Receipt Is Acknowledged. Special to the Georgian. Augusta, Ga., July 17.—Yesterday Mayor Alien received official recogni tion of the 73,000 that waa appropr' ed by council for the sufferer* 'Frisco. There was about 36,000 sent from Augusta, counting what was raised by popular subscription. Augusta's Home Coming. Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., July 17.—Augusta's home coming week, which will be held during the fall fair, promises to be an occasion that will long be remembered by tbe people of Augusta There have been a number of Invitations sent out by the secretary of the fair association and yesterday he received hla first re- to the Invitations, this being f M. Turpin, of Louisville, Ky. Names Stricken Out Special to Tbe Georgian. Augusta, Ga., July 17.—The county board of registry supervisors have finished up their work and have strick. en from the registry list a total of 47 names, the majority of whom arc stricken on account bf non-payment of taxes. » THOUGH CARVED UP Returns from Berrien county, at Brat glance, showed an amaxing slump of over 3700,000 In ' Its tax returns for 1906, but Captain Tip Harrison soon discovered tbe trouble. In making his comparisons the Ber rien tax receiver fttled to leave out Tift and part of another district, which were cut off to form Tift county. With the proper comparison Berrien county actually shows a gain of about 3800,- 000, which la a magnificent Increase, everything considered. Catoosa county falls Into line with an Increase of 342,977. The returns tor 1905 were 3958,269 and tor 1906 31.001,146. PEEK-A-BOO, SUITS ARE UNDER BAN By Private Leased Wire. Cleveland. Ohio, July 17.—Joe Goldsold, blef of tbe park polfce. hss set himself p as a sensor of the bathing beach**, and ..uk drown tbe line on peek-a-boo bathing suits. as well as those emistrncted of gtusy, clinging stuff and white muatln. Open work roatumes don't go. Goldaold make* dally trips of Inspection to the beaches In an auto boat and with Held (lasses eesrebe* for Infractions of his Caught in Steam 8hov*l. Special to The Georgian. AlexkUdrin, La., July IT.—William Lsnrie, a white man. met death In a frightful man ner yesterday white it work on the Bed Dies. Usllow Mllw/M.l 1 « nilloa fmm kaM Castro, dictator of Ytnexuela, has de termined to make a grandstand play against the Monro* doctrine and he I* said to hare the backing of every re public In the conference except Guate mala and Salvador la Central America, and Uruguay and Ecuador on the southern division of the hemisphere. Conferences Held Between Railroad Men and Mail Service Officers. Several conferences between the of fldata of the Atlanta Terminal Com pany wereGttld In the office of Presi dent Wlckertham Tuesday, presuma bly for the purpose of discussing the status of the case of the United States against Station Master Patterson, an account of which was given In Mon day's Georgian. The official hearing on the case has not yet been held nor has the exact date been set, but, according to Superintendent Terrell of the rail way mall service, who will Investigate the matter, for the government, the case will be taken up with President Wlckersham at an early date. A typographical error In the a .Monday made the account of th culty between Patterson and an em- ' >yee of the mall service read that tteraon endeavored to assault the mall clerk with a knife, when, accord' Ing to the statement of H. D. Harrison, It was the employee who drew the knife when threatened by Patteraon. At this disturbance the police were notified, but took no action. , The disclosures made In The Geor gian Monday caused no surprise among the small army of officials at the Ter minal because of the previous knowl edge of the trouble which had been brewing. It waa the chief topic of con versation, however, and developments are being awaited with Interest. FINDS LABORERS IN POLICE COURT J. R. Echols, a contracting agent for the A. & C. Wright Company, who are the contractors In charge of the con structlon <of the Tallulah Falla Rail way Company, was In the police court room Tuesday morning making bids for several of the negroes who are con firmed loafers to leave with him on the afternoon train for the site of the work. Ills timely pie* saved more than one negro from the chaingang, as several promised to leave with him at ince. Mr. Echols states that It is one of the hardest propositions that he has been up against for some time to get men for the railway construction work Nine dollars a week and board at 32 Is tha Inducement offered, and atilt the company has been about 100 men short all the summer. Mr. Echols spent all Monday trying to Induce negroes who art not employed to go to Tallulah, but out of aixty-flv* promises only two were at the train when ready to start. BANK ORGANIZED AT ARLINGTON, GA. Special to The Gear (tan. Arlington, Ga., July 17.—The First National bank of Arlington, Ga, was organised here today with a capital stock of 329,000. Th* officers are; President, W. EX Sanders; vice-president, B. H. Askew, Sr.; cashier, B. H. Askew, Jr.; aaslst- ant cashier, G. M. Lofton. Land Owners' League. Special to Th* Georgian. New Orleans, July 17.—What Is con sidered as the Initial step of the or ganisation of a land owners' league, which will extend through every parish In the state, has been taken by promi nent land owners in. th* vicinity of Crowley, Special to Tbe Georgian. Charlotte, N, C, July 17.—Two tnii bills of Indictment were found Monda) by the grand Jury In the celebrated trial of the twenty-odd alleged lynch, ers of J. V. Johnson, who was hanged to a tree at Wadesboro six weeks ago This marks the beginning of one ol the most sensational trials that tht state has ever witnessed, and the tern of court, a special one that wa* called to order by Judge T. J. Shaw at 5lo n . roe, in Union county, adjoining tht county In which the lynching occurred may continue ten day* or .even tw« weeks before the matter Is sifted u the bottom. The feature of the first day la found In the fearlessness of the charge deity, ered by the Judge to the member* ol tbe grand Jury ui to the performanct of their duty In the cash* against somi of the leading citizens of the sectlot about Wadesboro, Judge Shaw said that the grand Ju ryman must have the courage of hti convictions regardless of the cons*, quences that might ensue In the case "The guilty,” said the judge, "should not expect release by the court lot their actions In the face of law, but should expect that they receive pun ishment and that tf such are liberated they will be disposed to repeat ths crime and also draw others Into pathi that are contrary to the laws of tht country.” The charge reached a climax when Judge Shaw said: "God helping me, 1 am going to taka my part of the re sponsibility In this court, and I am go ing to place a part upon the grand Jury. After the trial my skirts shall be clear, and the responsibility or miscar riage of Justice shall not be thrust upon the court.” Continuing, he said that If any of the jurors are troubled by men approach ing them on this subject, Ohe matter shall bo reported to him, and that such n man will not talk for many days to another on the court square. The judge said that he understood letters had already been prepared to be mailed to the grand Jurors, and that he wanted such letters placed at once In his hands, so that he might learn what Influences are being brought to bear on the Jurors. The two men against whom true bills have already been presented are Tom Adams and zeke Lewis; two of the first men to be named as an alleged participators in the lynching of John ston. Those against whom Indlctmenti were returned are: John McLaurln, Tom Adams, Zeke Lewis, Joe J. Meacham. Clyde C. Bow man, John Jones, Elmer Dunn, Lester Johnson, John W. Nevlns, B. F. Tim mons, Ottls Martin, Fred Dunn, May Gulledge, Lewis Adams, Jim Swlnk, Frank Graham, Will C. Dunn, Will A. Nevlns and Will Dew. DROWNED IN CREEK Special to The Georgian. Decatur, Ala., ■ July 17.—While at tempting to cross Limestone creek oa horse Dave Jones, a young whits man, was thrown off and drowned. HU body waa recovered. The horse swam to the shore. IN CII! DF AUGUSTA Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., July 17.—Everything U In readiness for the city white primary tomorrow and It Is believed that th* race will be the closest ev*r held In th* city for the office of mayor. The city registry supervisors have about com pleted their work, with a few little de tail* that they will have to attend to this morning, and they will be ready to make a report. The election tomorrow will end a hard light by two veteran*, one Cap tain W. M. Dunbar, who has served the city as councilman for three years, ana Captain W. B. Young, who haa served the city as mayor for one ter%t. Both of the distinguished gentlemen are Confederate veterans. PROF. HUTCHESON WILL BE RETIRED Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C., July IT.—It l* learned that Professor Hutchison, who has_been traveling In South America under order* from the department of commerce and labor at Washington, to study the markets for all varieties ot American goods, will return to hie col lege work In California, and will w succeeded by Mr. Putnam, of chusetts, a prominent financier, holding extensive cotton mill Interests. 600 LEPERS VOTE FOR OWN OFFICERS By Trlrate Leaied Wire. . Washington, July 17,-Betnrns have Jan- been received by th* bureau of Ineu or at tain oft perhaps, ths most novel elect"* ever held nnder the Jurisdiction of toe United State* The six hundred lepo™, the Island of Cullonby, one of the >n Ipplnes, voted for a president aqd council "'Resolution* were *dopted th*nkln« 'JJ American government for the care of the leper* __ fN A LABORERS’ FIGHT THREE MEN ARE HURT By Private Leased Wire. Columbus, Ohio, July 17.—In * n * which took place yesterday » f ternMn between fifty striking moldera snd »' en non-union men at work In the tou dry of th* Hance-Brown casting '*^ Frank Miller, the company's bookkyP er, and Albert. Angel, a strike break** employed by the comply, werewn ously Injured, and Jacob Str «'■£ leader of the attacking party of »' er* wa* »hot In the left leg below knee.