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TORCH IS USED*
BY RUSS REBELS
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WBI1.VEBDAY, JCT.Y It
ON BIG ESTATES
Alarming Reports Reach
Capital of the Czar’s
Empire.
By Private lotted Wire.
St. Petersburg, July 1*.—Armed re
mit baa apread to all parts of i the
Ru-«lan empire and at Bobroff, In tbs
province of Voronesh, the peasants
have risen as ona man. At least twen
t.v estates have been burned and eev
eral land proprietors killed.
Bobroff Is tilled with terror-stricken
proprietors who fled from their estates.
Ten miles from the city fifteen estates
were burned and many proprietors
sum. The governor arrived with Cos
sacks, but order has not been restored
Estates Ars Dsstroysd.
At Smolensk the agrarian movement
he- assumed a violent phase. The es
tates of Count Sheromatleff, n proml
nent reactionary, and Prince Lubanoff
Hostolfsky, and other large estates
hate been completely destroyed.
At Xatshatklno, In Simbirsk prov
Inee, the town hall was set on fire and
the entire village, consisting of 300
houses, were consumed. The family of
M Kruppenlkolf have been driven off
their aatate near Simbirsk by peasants,
who announced that they Intended to
harvest-the crop for themselvas, but
LYNCHING CASE
MAY BE POSTPONED
I LURED TO LONELY SPOT,\
PEDDLER HA S DESPERA 7E
FIGH1 WITH HIGHWA YMAN
ano bill
After being enticed to a secluded spot
at the lower end of McDaniel atreat, In
Pltteburg lata Tueaday afternoon, and
attacked by an unknown negro robber.
Motion Made by Defense A - Tr °PR of ** T °nge street, a peddler,
1 grappled with hla assailant and fought
But Was Denied
Judge Shaw.
him desperately for several mlnut
as the result of which he was badly
bitten on the Anger and otherwise
bruised.
The robber, however, Anally aue-
ceeded In knocking the peddler to the
H|ierlal to The Georgian. ground with a vicious blow and robbed
Charlotte; If. C„ July 1ft—It Is I him of 37, In the scrimmage the ne-
thought that there will be no trial of *™ ‘ora Tropp’* puran In two and
the alleged Anson county lynchers at I ,h ‘"T b / T 1 "** 4 «<*• The P* ddl * t ~ "»»-
st-the crop for themselves, but
I allow M. Krouppennlkoff to taka
his cattle.
Monastery Plundered
The monastery of the Nativity at
Moscow haa been plundered of all Ita
Jen ckt and sacred relics and 116,000 In
eh
All through Poland systematic pll
Using of the government spirit abopa
l> going on. The central police office at
Warsaw was robbed ai^l a gendarme
whs killed. At Lubly revolutionists ex
ecuted a workman who was suspected
of being a spy. Two gendarmes were
killed in a street riot at NIJnl Nflv-
gorod and at Vasulky the cashiers of
the spirit monopoly were robbed and
killed. A bank at Bosnltska waa robbed
yesterday.
Bombs Ars Exploded.
Workmen at Rostoff, province of
Yaroslav, killed an alleged government
provoacoto; at Pitlagorsk a Tartar
woman, who waa baptised In tbs or-
thodog church, was murdered, and at
Tsr,.e|av bombs were exploded at the
residence of the chief of police and an
officer of the gendarmerie killed.
Chief of Police MartlnolT, while
driving In the street at Tlflla, waa
mortarv wounded by a bomb. /• leg
and at, arm were blown off. The bomb
wan thrbwn from the Georgian nobles
school.
M. Martlnolf was much hated on Re
count of the severity of the measures
he adopted In prohibiting meetings and
on account of the maltreatment of the
nfttlvPH.
There is a report today that Count
Witte Is to return to power.
iht. , | aged to hold on to the portion of the
this term of the court. The defense tom purse containing this amount
made a motion to quash, but Judge I The daring holdup has been reported
Shaw denied tills and last night seemed to the police, but so far no trace of the
to be of the opinion that the bill of I highwayman Haa bean obtained.
Indictment waa faulty. If the trial Is Tropp was peddling his wares, con
postponed It Is thought the bill against slating of laces and other like articles,
Zelk lewis'will be quaebed and the! In Pittsburg Tueaday afternoon, and
eases against the other defedants at
The
he
Not
was approached by the negro,
latter told Tropp where he could sell
some lace and volunteered to show him
the place. Unsuspectingly the peddler
followed the negro for several blocks
to a lonely apot. Suddenly the guide
(topped and asked the peddler If
Had any money.
Tropp replied In the negative,
satisfied with this, however, ths negro
attacked him and a fierce struggle, en
aued. The two men awayed and strug-
gled for aoveral momenta, when. It
aome manner, tho negro got Tropp'i
finger In hla mouth and aeverely bit It
So great wav the pain that Tropp was
compelled to release his hold on ths
negro, thus giving him the advantage.
The highwayman then knocked Tropp
to the* ground and triad to get hla
purse. In tbs struggle the peddler’s
clothing was considerably worsted and
(he purae torn open.
After obtaining the 67 booty the aa
satlant fled from tho scene and made
good hla escape.
Special to The Georgian,
Charlotte, N. C, July 16.—Before the
grand Jury adjourned yesterday after
noon Indictments had bean returned
against eleven of the nineteen alleged
members of the mob which lynched
Johnson at Wadeaboro May 26. The I Hy private Leased Wire.
Indictments were made under the| rat , nf Mox | co JuIy
ARMISTICE DECLARED,
BUT ARMIES FIGHT
City of Mexico, July 16.—News
reached here today that another battle
amended charge to the Jury.
In place of the former Indictment,,
which charged the defendants with | ■■ ln Progress between the Salvadorean
violating the 1826 statute, which pro
vldes punishment for entering a Jail
and Guatemalan armies. While the
two republics have agreed to an Srmls
tics, they have not yet. It seems,, been
able to reach the armies In the field
and stop hostilities.
W^SmWfmTRIED FOR DRUNKENNESS
lng l> to Sf break and AND IS HELD FOR MURDER
grand Jury
counts, via: conspiring
enter a Jail for the purpose of lynch
Ing a prisoner; breaking and entering
and killing and lynching.
Removal Provision Annulled.
The police court room waa the scene
It l7rordendVd’Vy"|heTe7en.e' that|° f * dram ‘* 10 lncld » n ‘ W.dneaday
the 1821 statute, which provided forK *’ man -
trial In another county than that who gave hla name aa R Johnson, and
which the lynching occurred, haa beon I Fho was arraigned on the charge of
amended by the new code nf the state I being Intoxicated, was Identified by Po-
so as to annul the provision for re- Desman Hollle as Tom Bop-den, an
Seml'.^ld bVquS^nd 1 „ ,r T ,h fd ?"r n ; ^ h!u
remanded to Anson County for trial, wjier# ha Is said to have been held
The Indications were that those con- on the charge of murder.
tentlons would he upheld by the court Recorder Broyles then fined Bowden
^ d .hi"‘.o, , i!nI!l 0 Lmrr. ,0 nn U . , tfl!.rr 0 hi d tK I * 18 75 ,n ,ho nr1 K |nftl » nother
state, but declelon being deferred the ,or •I* 1 "* the P°>lce an •seumed
case took the new turn noted.
name, and oVdered him held for mur
der.
A remarkable feature of the Incident
Is tha fact that a moment before the
Identification, Policeman Green, the
arresting officer, waa Interceding In be-
_ _ . _ — i half of ths prisoner, pleading with
AIDS HER C/1S.E Judge Broyles to be lenient with him.
The officer said tha young man seemed
to be a clever fallow and that ha broke
lly Prlrste Lens* Wire. I “ nd crted at th# “T f*
Pittsburg, Pa.. July 16-Mlss Ida Rcott, | T j, e recorder appeared rfiuch Im
BEAUTIFUL SISTER
OF MRS. HARTJE
BISHOP W, A, CANDLER
LEAVES FOR ORIENT
Bishop Warren A. Caniller, Ass O. Can
filer, Jo, and Alltert Johnson will lonve
Atlanta Wednesday afternoon for Chicago,
oa their way to n six months' visit to
Japan. Bishop Candler goov'to Japan, Kit-
ri-n stnl China to tskc cltnrgo of the an
ttl Methodist conferences In tbdts conn
the beautiful young sister of Mrs. Mary pre „,a with the plea and would likely
Scott flnrtje, was rernllsd to tha witness I fj ave let t h# prisoner off with a very
stand when ths divorce trial of Augustus xmall fine, but at this Juncture, Officer
Hart]*, ths Squirrel Hill millionaire, against Hollis, who waa seated In the court
his wife was resumed before Judge Fraasr
room, approached the prisoner and
"Isn’t your name Bowden 7"
The young man's face Instantly
sumed an expression of Intense sur
prise. He hesitated, and then replied
•It le."
Turning to the recorder, the officer
exclaimed:
"Tour honor, this man Is wanted for
murder. He Is an escape from Jail In
Alabama."
Officer Hollla then hurried Into the
chiefs ofilce and returned with a record
book containing a notice of tho escape
of Tom Bowden from the Cullman,
Ala., Jail and giving his description.
Judge Broyles read the description and
found that It tallied with tho prisoner
before him.
Ths recorder then Imposed ths two-
fines of 216-76, remarking:
'I will order this man hold for mur
der.”
Although tha notice from Cullman
says Bowden la wanted for murder, the
B lsorter protents that this la Incorrect,
e admits that he cut a man named
Jim Williams, but says Williams recov
ered. He saya he was placed Ip Jail
under a 3300 fine. It Is - understood a
reward of 236 Is outstanding for tho
arrest of BflWdeO)
She nlHMMBi
he telephone to Tom ■■■■
with anr frequency without her knowledgiTT
Lutz. a servant, ban testified for
ot hr
Madli
Annie huts, a servant, ban testified for
ilartje Hint Mrs. Ilartje talked over ths
telephone to Mmllne uesrly every day.
Mid Mrs. Ilartje could
LOCAL NEWS CONDENSED
• conlif not hare
8old Liquor to Minor.
kimwiMiffP. Mbit never I 1U ‘ JJJ[r w " * "'wT
write oil The aljr, ami ah« fourteen-year-old neffro boy, I*
dine without her kuowledi
aaw her tryln* to write on ...» — - . - . t
waa never with her when »he met a iohu, Heater, a netro employed at a baiToom
If ehe did meet any. _ | n t 144 Decatur atreet, waa fined ISO
trl
itlkihop Candler baa been the leader In
n.itn*l Important braurhus of work In the
M«-?hiKh>t ihurrlw bnt this will Ih* hla
t church has <>stahllabo«l strong mis-
is In the Rest, nud the conferences will
of great Importance. The party
- — * ‘ * * hurt tl
iff* steamer for Japsn In n short time.
WOMAN THREW ACID
ON THE WRONG MAN
lly Private leased Wire.
New York, July 18.—Attacked by an
unknow n woman who threw’ add ln hla
fa- e, William Jordan, a traveling sales
man. of No. 294 Bergen atreet, Brook
lyn. wan badly burned, and It la thought
he will lose one eye. He bellevea that
the woman who escaped had mlataken
him for another man. She then fled
ln the darkneaa.
PRINTERS DEMAND
LIST OF DELEGATES
By Private I .eased Wire.
Buffalo, X. Y., July 16.—There was
a brief meeting nf the national execu
tive committee of ths Typothetae this
morning. President J. M. Lynch, of the
International Typographical Union, Is
bene and has demanded of tho Typoth-
e-rte a list of delegates. It la evident
that there will be no conference be
tween employers and the men.
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MANY POISONED
BY TAINTED HAM.
O By Private Leased Wire.
today are searching out a swin
dle which resulted In poisoning
128 people In Clyde, Berwyn,
Hawthorne and Morton Park,
Just west of Chicago, by eating
tainted ham. The ham waa sold
by two sharpers disguised as
farmers, who represented It to
be the beat country ham.
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1LVRDWARE DEALERS
OF GA. ORGANIZE
• flkl fo The Georgian.
Macon, Oa.. July IS.—The n»ta!J hardware
dealer* nf Georgia effected a |n*naanent
organisation at a meeting held here yea-
tenia y.
The drat work of the body waa to eject
officer*. This waa done at the morning
* and reunited aa. follow*
]andToztYIn Jillw court Tuesday if-
one envelope ncnmpnaylng the Mndlue | ternoon. The little negro refused to
letters ' - - - iternoon. The little negro
pld you address this envelops to Tom tell the truth to Judge Broyles while
neaday In the superior court. against
the Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph
Company seeking damages In the sum
ot 11,000. Thrasher allegro that he
waa shocked by a wire owned by the
defendant company.
f <
• site was asked.
"Yes, 1 addressed It for Annie I wits.
"Was there a letter In It!"
"No,"
The wltnrair Identified other envelopes,
aa having been addressed hy h
testifying to the purchase of tha liquor
and was therefore fined 66 and costa,
Reunion Exorolses.
... __ In the basement of the court-house
"I show you a letter to Htisle Wagner. Is Saturday morning tha reunion exar-
that In Mra. ItarOs’a wrltlngr class of the Forty-aecond Georgia Con-
±i?"5 1 :„",i. , ‘a„r;See% .%uaai KSESSi t h .* .h.r-
irdspl. Every question waa promptly noon spent In a visit to.Grant park
and the site of the memorable battle
LAWYER IS HELD
FOR GRAND JURY
ured conspicuously during
war.
civil
homtaman to f « IM.ntM hall, lawyer Burton | ca ,,i n , p for entrance to the publlo
Many Pupil* Naxt Yaar.
That the coming school year will be
a record breaker In regard to attend
ance In the opinion of Aaalatant Super
W Gibson, formerly nttorney for Mrs. „ chool , next ytar . This Is a conaldar-
Alice C. It. Klnan, who wan slain »n June I a t>le* Increase over any previous year,
18 In the Menton "Mansion of Mystery,-^ln Tha va rtoua achool-houaea are being
night *
the Ilrons. spent a restless, sleepless night put | n the best of condition for occu-*
In a cell In tha Tombs, to which he had paney In September,
liven consigned hy Ihe eoroner's Jury. Ha- •—
bees corpus proceedings wars, tats today, Injured In Runaway Accident
Instituted i» teal lbs validity of tbs com- a runaway accident Tuesday af
1 . s w , ... ternoon on Foundry ktreet, 8hetrer C.
Gihaon U not chnrgvd with murder. The ^arkum, a tailor, wae eeverely Injured
in- ntsspsalr (hat Ihn aft. I » .l- s a_ ...tut v... Aelulnm
Jury merely "recommeuiled" Ihs.t Ihe at aml thf buggy tn which he wae driving
lorney be held "for farther sinniluntloa waa htully damaged. Mr. Markum had
hy the grand Jury.” j ul t delivered some goods to 216 Foun-
rreparations wars mads by Ihe district dry street and waa getting Into hla
stlorney's office today to bass Its exsmlnf- wagon when the horse suddenly start-
lion of Gllwoh. when he In brought be-1 ,<] Mr . Markum grabbed one rain and
STSSI ^^vX'rnln^tHJ rig*
aKW:"" “ f “*hnl Yhrow^u? ind^fck^l up wUh.
Mrs Gibson wss not laid of her husband's I dislocated shoulder and broken arm.
8usa Street Car Company.
Ed Wilson filed suit In the superior
court Wedntaday against the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company, claim
Ing 32,000 damages. The petitioner as
serts that he waa ejected from a atreet
car by the conductor and motorman,
and that tha latter struck him over the
head.
Herne Returns to Office.
James U. Horne, chief clerk In the
office of Guy L. Stewart, local agent of
the land and Industrial department of
the Southern, has returned from Wash
ington, where he spent his annual va
cation at the home of bis parent*.
L. 61 N. Gets 8mall Road,
The Louisville and Nashville has
bought' the Yellow River and Florida
Road, running from Craatvlew to rlor-
ale, 30 miles. It connects at the former
place with the L. & N. and at the lat
ter with the Central ot Georgia. The
freight rates ars to be reduced and a
dally through passenger train service
established.
Mobile and Ohio Changes.
Several changes are announced
the local freight traffic offlc* force of
ths Mobile and Ohio Railway. The
commercial agent’s office la this city
has been abolished and the traveling
freight agent transferred from Mis
sissippi to Georgia. A general office
will be eatabllahed here. R. R. Otis, an
arrest mull midnight.
TERRIBLE TERRY
SEEMS LOCOEDl
Dr. Wilson waa called and removed ths
man to hla home on Windsor street,
where ha waa fixed up.
Uy Private Leased Wire.
Officer Carlisle Out
Policeman J. C. Carlisle, who ha*
been confined to hla home on ForM-
walt street for several weak* as tha re
sult of a badly crippled leg, waa on
Ih* street for ths first tlms Tueaday
South Norwalk, Conn., July 18.—Ter- anJ ca ||^i at the police station, where
ry McGovern, Ihe prise fighter. Is here. h e was warmly grsetad. He la *UI1
"I’ve had a vacation and now I’m obliged to resort to a crutch to assist
going back to the Stamford sanitarium In navigation and will be unable to re
ntal get pulled together," McGovern turn to duty for some time yet.
auld to the conductor of the trolley. —
"Do you know those loonies down I Miss Msridsth Returns,
there said I waa craty when I was Miss Irene Merldleth has returned to
(her* before,” the ex-champion ex- tha city, after attending the last Illness
eye anion betokening a mind that was vltte, Tenn. She appreciates ths sym-
far from sound. There was no one with pathy and kindness of her friends In
him, and when asked how he landed In I her sad bereavement.
South Norwalk could glv* no coherent ——
•tory. | Terrell Favors Amendment.
_ , In the dtp council meeting Monday
MOTHER OF EDITOR | Councilman W. H. Terrell, of the First
polntment of general agent with h
quarters In the Fourth National Bank
building. J. W. Posey will come to
Georgia from Mississippi and will have
offices In Albany, Oa., reporting to Mr.
Otla her*.
Will Go to Augusta.
Colonel W. O. Obear, Inspector gen
eral ot the national guard of Georgia,
will go to Augusta Thursday to Inspect
the companies of tha Third regiment In
that city.
Solioitora Bill Found,
Advertising pays. Tueaday when the
general Judiciary committee of the sen
ate met to consider the Lumsden bill
to place solicitors general on salary, the
bill could not be found. Later In the
day It turned up, It developing that
some one had borrowed and forgotten
to return It. The committee will meet
Wednesday afternoon to taka tha meas
ure up.
‘ W^W^folSo i, Iaddin, [in-sldcnt; W.
G. Raines, StatMlmro, drat TIC- prasidpnt;
I. I-. Ilolllnxvwnrlb, Dawson, a-rood vice
prestdeat; M. Tillman. Melino, secre
tary sad tmsnrer.
W. Rotilsaon,
■■t bnMIai C. M. Tillman, of Mrllae; J.
J. Golden, of Tlfton: l>. A. Smiley, ot
Claxtnn; George W. WiKHlmff, of Winder,
the afternoon newton the committee
I-latra end mien waa allowed In make
port, and after their work wae dona
'ndj was declared a permanent organ-
n , nmnmr -,i ward, voted In favor of the amend-
McCARTNLY DIES Intent making a majority vote rule the
deliberations nf the police board, In-
Hpedal to The Oeorxlsn. Inleail of a three-fourth* vote. Through
Thotnaavllle Go. Julv 19—-\fr« t I•rror th® nifflf of Mr Tftrrftll was
• oti,’ , T ; published Tuesday as voting against
J. Met trtnty died this morning at | thF amendment.
Camilla, Oa. She was the mother of
J. D. McCartney, of The Thomasvllle Brick Plant Wanto Charter.
Tlmes-Enterprise. She had been III Alexander A. Scott and Ale* McMIl-
for two years and had been almost Ian, of Knoxville, Tenn., and B. C. Fen-
helpleaa for three monthe and her death nail, of Atlanta, applied Wednesday
was not unexpected. She leaves her I morning for a charter for the Scott
husband and one daughter. Mr*. J. W. Brick Company, to be capitalised at
Butler, of Camilla, and one son, J. D. 360,000. It Is proposed to establish a
McCartney. For aome time she had brick manufactory and carry on a gen
eral wholesale brick business.
made her home with Mrs. Butler, at
Camilla, though the family homestead
la at Thomasvllle. The funeral will be I
held tomorrow at 11 o'clock at Camilla. I
Shocked; Wants Damages.
Georg* T. Thrasher hied -suit .Wed-
WINN WILL SUCCEED
TO BOARD OF HEALTH
'W. Thomas Winn, connected with the
J. L. Riley Insurance Company at the
present time and previously, for a num-
MIGHT HAVE SAVED
LIFE OP
Electric Shock Not Enough
To Kill Unless Victim
Hail Heart Trouble.
M lf I)en*oo dM not die of beart failure
f boiler* hi* Ilf* coaid hare been ured,"
was the !ntere*tlnff statement made Wed*
n***d*r bf CHf Electrician Fred H. Mile*.
In speaking to a (Jeorglan reporter of the
accident that happened *srljr Tuesday
morning In the Koutbern Bed ftpring Fac
tory, whom William J. Denson, of SI Hood
street, was killed, as It la gear rally be-
llered, by an etottrle ebook.
Denson, when ht rectir*d the shock, wa*
standing oa th* ground, having gone
through a trap door to look at the shaft
that drlrea the macblhenr In the factory.
The place waa dark ana be asked for a
lamp. lie waa haadod a ff ■■fig pOWOC
‘nratideibeent lump that la supposed to carry
J10 roltn and H ampere. On grasping the
wire there occurred a flnah und Denson
dropped to the ground, lie was examined
by physicians, worked on for n while, then
taken to an undertaker's, where be was
Fortunes Made
on Atlanta
Real Estate.
hours after the accident and made a test of
all
Denson had hea
“ " "" can be readily under-
res quite n Jerk to Any
ounil. However, If
. - „ _ high roltsge. which
t have been the cnee, for wire* mit
a ihe building could have become crossetl
Hr* the storm, then I believe his life
could have been saved.
“Tb* jdivHleinu who for a number of
ears had charge of all the bodies of crlm*
article that during his experience notL..
single man hail been killed by the electric
current, but that they were killed on tho
dlMcrtinc table. In four cuaes !w brought
back to life the men who had been elec-
I bond on there was a man that .
000 volts. He waa given up for dead by
aome of the physicians, but others worked
ou him and «nally brought him back to
■ Mr. Miles stated that the method of tr*at[
me
aim
YOUNG MAN IS HURT
IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT
Special to The Georgian.
Mncon, Oa., July 18.—E(1 W. Burks wa,
teriotuly hurt lu an aecldent while driv
ing hla automobile along the public road
two wile* from town this morning. The
machine ran Into, a ditch and threw Mr.
Burke aome dletance.
LITTLE GIRL IS SHOT
BY YOUNG WHITE BOY
Special to The OeorgtSn.
Waynesboro, Ga., July 16.—Sarah, the
seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas J. Hurat, waa seriously
shot In the temple this morning by
Tom Bull, a young white boy employed
at the Hunt stables.- Tha boy was
shooting at a bird and Barah and an
other of her little companion* were
taeslng the door and Tom, not seeing
ter, fired, hitting Borah In the temple.
The boy wu tried before the mayor
for shooting In the city limits and fined
326.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR INVESTMENT.
We Can Rent 100 Rouses.
If you buy lots at our Auction Sale
Monday, July 23, at 4 P. M., and
build them. 27 lots on DeKalb Ave-
and DeGriss Avenue will be sold.
Terms: Only one-fourth cash, balance
One, Two and Three years, with in
terest at 7 per cent.
They are in Inman Park. The J.
B. Hightower property. Every lot a
beauty. Fine shade. Plats at our
ofiice.
S.B. TURMANS CO.
J. W. FERGUSON,
Auctioneer.
FAIR WOMEN DO HONOR
TO OLD CHIEF JUSTICE
SHE HAD HYSTERIA
SAY PHYSICIANS
OF MISS HYDE
Accompsnlad ty her mother end brother,
Miss Bile Hyds, the yoang woman of Green
ville, B. C„ who declared she was under
nolle Influence of -her sweetheart,
th*
hypnotic Ipfloc
t ward, of Or-
Its) early Wed
~ r totiMJnfui.
hospital physician, ear the young
wae angering with hysteria end that
rj |*i21 uu itw» wiwtturr in me gin s
ry that she was hypnotised. Hhe up-
ired'^grettly Improved when she left the
GEORGIAN IS HURT;
HE MAY' NOT LIVE
. rrlrat* Leased Wire.
Boles, Idaho, July 13.—Thrown from his
haras on the drilling ground, Captain WII
llnm. Tates, aged X. Troop A, Fourteenth
r, ranking captain st Boise bar-
was fatally kurt Tuesday, He '
from Georgia.
MR. JEROME OUT
OF CIGARETTES
By J. WIDEMAN LEE.
Warm Springs, Oa., July II.-
Ilam .Travers Jerome, whose sternal
cigarette le considered by some to be
hla i
most conspicuous characteristic, got
outjof coffin tacks here today, and suf
fered lack of hla favorite brand In si
lence till ho could stahd It no longer.
Then he told his troubles to a re
porter, who wired to Atlanta for 2ftt
ot the favorite brand to be sent by
first train.
Now Mr. Jerome le living In hope.
WILL CALL ELECTION
FOR FIRST DISTRICT
Governor Terrell will Issue a proc
lamation Wednesday afternoon fixing
election for a congressman In the
First district to succeed the late R. F.
Lester, on November 6.
meeting of the members of. the
A meeting of Ihe members of the
legislature from the counties in this
district was held In the governor’s
office, and this was agreed upon.
Tho executive committee of the First
district has already agreed to have the
candidate tor the place nominated at
primary on August 32.
the l
assessor's office, wilt succeed Dr. J.
Brawner aa member of tha board of
health from the Fifth ward. Tha ap
pointment will be officially made at the
next session of council.
Dr. Brawner, who haa been connect
ed with the board for aom* year*, and
haa held the position of secretary with
ability, resigns because of moving from
the Fifth ward. Dr. Brawner will In
the future make the Sixth ward Ufa
horn*. . —
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GIVING CONCERTS. O
By J, WIDEMAN LEE.
Special to The Georgian.
Warm Springs, Ga., July 18.—Two
hundred of Georgia'! fairest women
and former .Chief Justice Logan E:
Bleckley figured In a beautiful Inci
dent at the Warm Springs hotel Turo-
day night, when a large contingent of
Atlanta lawyer* arrived for the meet
ing of the Bar Association. It was a
great tribute to the former chief jus
tice.
The train from Atlanta was about
S hour late, and so many people were
pected by this train that every one
must needs camp on tha plaxa of the
hotel until the hacks arrived from the
station. Tha lobby of the hotel, the
broad expanse of veranda, tha driveway
In front of th* hotel, all wera crowded,
and saldom will one see such a galaxy
of beautiful, exquisitely dressed wom
en.
The fire! person out of the "front
hack"—there were five or six over
loaded with Atlanta lawyers and their
wlvaa—waa a venerable looking man,
his long and hoary locks ot hair almost
over hla shoulders proclaiming his age,
though hla step waa firm. Aa he raised
hlsaface to the porch of the hotel, on
turning from the hack, he stopped and
seemed dazed by the beautiful spec
tacle ot hundreds of fair Southern
women and girls' standing before him,
dreaaed In every conceivable style and
color of dress.
Ths ladles recognised Judge Bleck
ley Immediately, and the word went
around that Georgia’s famous old judge
had arrived. Several of those In the
front of the great crowd let up a cheer
which waa taken up by the entire com
pany. As Judge Bleckley walked to
the deal* of the hotel to register ha
alsl* formed by the
passed down an .
Indies, all of whom cheered him, with
their men friends Joining In this trib
ute to the grand old man of the Geor
gia Bar Association.
Mrs. Mary-E. Janas.
Her. J. L I), lllllyer received s telegram
last night announcing the death of hie
oldeet sister, Mr a. Mary K. Janes, at Fort
Valley, on Tueaday afternoon at 4:32 o'clock.
Mrs. Janes was the daughter nf the late
!>r. g. u. Hlllrer. Her huetiend. Dr. John
Janes, died about eighteen
two of whom ars L._ .. .. ,
nlng, nromlneut physicians of Durham, ami
IJr. II. II. Manning, s resident of I'bepel
Hill. Thera are foor daughters, ell of
whom are the wives of prominent men a
this and other states.
Mrs. Hooks Dies,
Specie! to The Georgian.
Dublin, Gt., Jiffy II.—lira Eugenie A.
Hooks died In tble city Rundsy, after aa
lllneaa nf seven weeks with ’trphnhl fever.
friends. Tbe funeral will take place Wed
The funeral w ,
nesday at Knrsyth. Mrs. Janes was _
‘ of the second Baptist Church of
i city.
W. J. Dsnson.
Funeral services over the body of W. J,
Denson, who was killed hy an electric
shock on Tuesday, will lie held nt bis late
residence, 290 Whitehall atreet, Wednesday
evening at SJO o'clock, and the body wt
tie taken to Locust Grove for Intermei
early Thanday morning.
Mrs. Nancy D. Sparks,
Mr*. Nancy D. Hparka. 82 years old, died
early W ednreday inornlns at the home of
her son William C. Mparks, M I’olllam
street. The funeral services will lie held
from the residence at 3 o'clock Thursday
afternoon. Her. H. K. rendleton of Belt ring.
The Interment will be at Oakland.
Mrs. Philip S. Dunlap.
Mra. Philip 8. Dunlap died Tuesday st the
KsMeace of her hnatmnd In Kirkwood.
Funeral .services will he conducted from
the residence Wednesday at I o'clock and
th* lutermest will b* st Wcstvlew.
J. E, Stanford.
i *» yeera old. an Inmate of
>* Moldlera Home, died at 1 o'clock Tues-
day afternoon- Funeral service, were held
5L IU . r . r7 °' Poo, t *. '>:■ chapel Wednes
day afternoon at I o’clock. Tho Interment
. *“ “ cort 4°" 'he home
Bbs wus one of the most estimable la/llee
li., T. W. Vruf Cnwtj HookS of this city,
and J. II. Hook*, of Wartben, and Htubbs
months nitotof thla city, and Is
neatly be* «nd nne <lUagbter a
-litlres and H-*. T. W. arid Cnw
b^nre Ih^»
mIm Dorothy
GO TO WASHINGTON
Conference Will Be Held Con
cerning Shift in tho
Southern. z. 1
attended the eervlcee.
By Private Leaned Wire.
Manila, P. I, July 16.—Th*
Ban Laytaro leper colony bos
organised an orchestra, a
wealthy Filipino donating the
fundr. Concerts Ore given every
afternoon.
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Paul E. Mshaffsy.
5' '6* 4 aaoeths old son
0* W. R. Mebaffey. died at the residence
ir M* ft 4 * 4 : 144 "toru atreet, at I o'clock
Mcilueailav morning. The funeral services
I-'L he h»la at the residence at 2*) Thura-
day afternoon, and the Interment will bs
nt Sylvester (liurrh burying ground.
Mrs. Manning Dias.
ffpeelsl to The Georgian.
Brooks Morgan, assistant general
passenger agent of th* Southern Rail
way, and Jerome C. Beam, district pas
senger agent, left Wednesday f" r
Washington, where they were »u m "
moned by W. H. Tayloe, general pas
senger agent.
A conference will be held ln Wash
ington Thursday morning concerning
the general shift which will Uk* place
In the passenger department of th#
Southern on August I, fortcat> °>
which was printed Tuesday In Th#
Georgian. • 1
It la understood that a hitch In on*
particular may slightly change the »!*'•
a* mads up Saturday night, tha prob
lem being centered In-the office to b*
made vacant by Mr. Morgana reslg
nation. .
Oeorge 1L Allan, of 81. Loula.
tendered the position Saturday nlxht.
bnt may not accept. In case he
not. It Is possible that Mr. Beam wu»
be offered the position.