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ATLANTA: 110.000 papulation. 26.000 bonsfA 15.000 telephone*. 123,000,000 of hanking capital. The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA Z.tM.Vn population. 6.600 ml lea of 400 mile* elerfrlo i fnctorle*. 1.60ft. 000 splnaies. e«l 60-j.ooo baba 1906. VOL. I. NO. 88. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1906 PTOTr*!? . In Atlanta TWO CRNT*. X XVXV^Xj. on Tralua FIVE CENTS. 40 U. S. ARMY OFFICERS MIXED UP IN SCANDAL Major General Corbin Included in the List. JULIAN THOMAS, ATLANTAN, BREAKS SKY TRIP RECORD AND NEARLY MEETS DEATH THE ATLANTA NEWS FOR IIS ATTACKS government pays FOR HOME REPAIRS Many Thousands of Dollars Due Uncle Sam Buried Under Red Tape. Special Cable—Copyright. Manila, Aug. 7.—Aa a reault of tho Investigation of the army constructions shops being conducted by Colonel Wood. Inspector general of the division. Major General Wood Is rendering bills for government articles to forty officers of the army and civil government. In cluding Major General Henry C. Cor bin. General Wood’s predecessor as commander-in-chief. Tens of thousands of dollars due the government have been burled beneath a mass of official red tape for more than two yenrs. Officials who are concerned will be compelled to pay a monthly sum froth their wages which will be held out by the auditor In the rase of civil employees and by the paymasters of the army In case of army officers. It Is said that the Indebtedness of General Corbin exceeds *5,000. The money Is due for repairs to his resi dence while he lived In Manila, and the house Is not government property. The house, had extensive repairs by carpenters and other artisans • em ployed by the government. These of ficers owe sums running Into the thousands. It Is said that after the government has been reimbursed by the Indebted officers there will bo court-martials In the army and suspensions In the civil circles. The discoveries being made by Colonel Wood have created a furor In local society and every day the number of persons Involved In the scandal grows. It Is reported here that the most sensational discoveries are being suppressed. Here Is a picture of Dr. Julian P. Thomas, the former Atlanta man, who on Monday made a successful trig! of 240 miles In his large balloon, the Nirvana. Declares Reflections on the Members Totally Un warranted. v6te of confidence IN ITS MEMBERS Resolutions Unanimously Adopted Censuring Au thor of Attacks. in in Soldier Boys Give Big Drill Near Historic Snod grass Hill. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 7.—The Georgia offlesrs have sent on Invita tion to Governor -Terrell, of Georgia, to be present at Chlckam.uga Thurs day when Governor Heyward, of South Carolina, will visit the South Carolina troops at the park. Reviews will be held and salutes will be fired In honor of the governors of the two atatea Pull details will be arranged an soon as Governor Terrell accepts the Invitation. Notwithstanding the rain, rain, rain and the hot weather, the Georgia sol diers are quenching their thirst with soda pop and today they dispensed with 4,800 bottles. The health and sanitation of the camp Is excellent. The Seventy-first Virginia gives a 5 o'clock concert at their camp every afternoon. Today the Georgia regiments gave a big drill near 8nodgrasa Hill. Paid Own Expanses. This Is known as "Cracker week” at Chlcltamauga, for the Georgia troops have taken possession of the army maneuvers, when It Is not raining. The Fifth Georgia regiment would 1 not be outdone and so It paid Its own ex penses In coming to Chlckamauga. It Is In charge of the following of ficers: Major Walter E. Coney, Savannah. Major M. J. O’Leary, Savannah. Major W. M. Wilder, Albany. Major John K-- Train, surgeon. Sa vannah. First Lieutenant and Acting Adju tant Victor D. Darbot, Augusta, from the Third regiment. captain and Quartermaster J. J. Giudry, Savannah. captain and Acting Commissary Thomas J. Hunter, Savannah. Captain and Surgeon Martin J. Coo ley. Savannah. Companies from the First regiment: Company D, Emmett Rifle*. Savan- nsh. Captain E. A. Leonard. Company I, Oglethorpe Light Infan try, Savannah, Captain C. W. Bausay. company H, German Volunteers. Sa vannah. Captain J. D. Helmkln. Company F, a composite company from Waycroas and neighbors, Captain C Mcllreath. Physician and Toledo Aeronaut Fly in Air From New York City to Plymouth, Mass., in Quick Time. By Private Lenw*»l Wire. New York, Aug. 7.—Dr. Julian P. Thomas, formerly a physician of At lanta, who, with Roy Knabenshue, as cended 1n hlH balloon, Nlrvajia. from the foot of' Kdst One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, and after spend ing all night In the air, landed at Brant Rock, near Boston, today relat ed his experience: "Ascending from the gas house, we rose gradually Into a dense fog, and within ten minutes of rising from the ground had lost sight of land," he said. "The night was Intensely black: the dark seemingly Impenetrable. There was not even the glimmer of the world ly lights beneath, nor the twinkle of the stars above. We could not even see the great gas bag over us, and I had to grope from the string that led to the exhaust valve to be sure that It was still there." In telling of the landing at Brant Rock, Dr. Thomas said: "It was rather a tough one, the an chor falling to catch properly and the balloon In some Inexplicable way sud denly turning over and over again. Both of us wore thrown out of tlie basket, but we clung to the rigging and there, wound up In the complex network, wf* rolled over ond ovor-wU* fh*> bag. In the scrimmage I found th** emergency cord, I pulled It fiercely and lent tin* b illni.n from top b* bottom, causing it to fall limply to the ground. Kn.ib'Oishn.- rut Ills wrist and was slightly shaken up, but not seriously hurt. I was uninjured.” The trip mad© was one of the long est nnd most successful In tho history of ballooning In this country. The voy* Near the close of the session In the senate Tuesday afternoon the privi leged resolution printed below was in troduced, and Senator Bennet said amid profound alienee: "I, for one, cannot sit calmly by and see the honepty and Integrity of this body Impugned In Intemperate lan guage without protest. The editorial comments of other Georgia papers have been dignified in their utterances. The Atlanta News has charged this body with being railroad allies and Ignorant of the people's welfare. I want to condemn It with all the earn estness possible." The resolution Is as follows, and was adopted unanimously: Wherens. The Atlanta News, on August 5, 190U, Inn! nn editorial under the follow ing bending. "To Arms. Georgians! A Foe Grapples nt Your Throat!" and In the said editorial, the following appears: "Bhniue upon the rnllrnnd nines In the Georgia sennte who hnve voted this tufn- mous bill to nnsange through that bmljr; shame unon their Ignorance of the enor mous value of this property or their crim inal disregard of the rights nnd welfare of a sovereign state nnd Its people." Whereas, The above charges the membra of the sennte who voted for said lease as being nlllps of tho railroads nnd Ixing In wucir they voted; therefore, TVe RlM Resolved. That from personal contact ond nsHoolntlon with them, while ninny of us differed with them and voted ngtilnst the bill, we are sure thnt the Monitors who voted for this MU were nctuntel by pure and pntriotb’ motives, and were until tlueneed except by their best Judgment ns to what would he for the best Interest of the |w»oplr of this state, and that they are able nnd faithful public scrvnnts. Klgned: Henutnrs Bennet. Rose. Simians, Fitzgerald. Steed. Bond. Held, Alsol A. (\ Blalock, randier. Miller, A. O. lock, Wilcox. 3,000 ANGR Y CITIZENS STORM COUNTY JAIL; 3 NEGROES LYNCHED Mob Wreaks Ven geance on Alleged Murderers. INVESTIGATION IS TO BE ORDERED Coui't in Session to Try Al leged Murderers of Lyerly Family. SpecMI to The Georgian. Bnll,bury, N. C„ Aug. 7.—Taken from Rowan county Jail by 8,000 de termined citizens, shortly before 11 o’clock last night, three of the negroei held on the charge of murdering the Lyerly family at Barber Junction, July IS, wen. marched to Henderson's ball ground and after a fruitless endeavor to get them to confess the crime, were strung up to a limb on a tree and their bodies riddled with bullet*. Three Are Not Molested. Ness* and John Gllleeple and Jack Dillingham, supported to be the princi pal* to the crime, were the victims of mob vengeance. Thd remaining ne- roe*, Henry Lee, George Ervin and lella Dillingham, were not molested, nnd later tonight officer! hurried them off to Greensboro. Saloon. Ordered Cloud. The mob began gathering at sun down, nnd Mayor Boyden ordered the saloone closed and, wUh other promi nent "Itlsena, United States Benator Overru n, Judge Long, who was holding the special term of court to try the Continued on Page Two. BANK LOOTERS BEING SOUGHT BY DETECTIVES Chicago Depositors Hope of Recovering .$4,200,000. Lose FIGHTS COP; Big Crowd of Blacks Ga her, Muttering Threats. Uy Private Leased Wire. Chicago. Aug. 7.—President Paul O. Stenaland. of the Milwaukee Avenue State Rank, probably will be arrested as soon as he enters Chicago or can be found. Bank Examiner C. Jnnee, who closed the bank yesterday, said Mr. Stenaland surely had guilty knowledge of the looting of his bank. The 22,000 depositors In the bank are gradually losing hope of recover. Ing (he 84,200,000 they Intrusted ti Btenslnnd's care. Detective, are now seeking Cashier Hanery W. Ilerlng, al leged embessler. E. A. Potter, president of the Amerl can Trust and Savings Rank, through which Institution the closed bank cleared, la said today to have asserted the lose will be nt least $1,000,000. Ae early a* 0:80 o’clock this morning 200 men nnd women, most of them Poles, gathers In from of the bank. Six policeman on duty tried to per suade the visitors that It was. useless for them to etend around In tho mud dy street, aa they would not he per mitted to enter the hank during the day. This Information was not satisfac tory nnd there was much bitter -talk, In which the name of City Attorney John F. Smulsky was frequently men tioned. He formerly was Interested In the Stenaland Institution, but now ho* a bank of his own. Jew York to Plymouth. Only This WHS at Noank, Conn., Where aeronauts breakfasted, after which they ascended and continued tho trip, landing within 800 yards of the open waters of Massachuaetts bay. Tho start wai made at 8:40 o'clock Sunday night by moonlight. Dr. Thomas made a test of a water anchor which he has Invented, and found It to work admir ably. ROOM FOR SUBTREASURY IN NEW U. S. BUILDING Provision Will Be Made For Future Needs of ' Government. ARCHITECT FAVORS GEORGIA MARBLE Knox Taylor Talks Inter estingly Concerning Plans for Structure. “IT’S WORTH $10 TO HIT UMPIRE." hr Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 7.—“If* worth 810 any day to hit an umpire who made • decision like his.” So spoke William Kraus* when ar raigned before Magistrate Whitman In the Harlem police court today on a charge of assaulting Umpire Johnstone. »t the polo grounds yesterday. Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor, of the treasury department, wo* Closeted with the various officials of the government at the postoffice build ing all of Tuesday morning, going over with each' the preliminary plane for the new building which Uncle Sam ex pects to erect In Atlanta In the near future. He was accompanied by Congress man Leonidas F. Livingston, who more than any other man has been In strumental In getting the appropria tion of a million dollars for Atlanta’s building. “The reason we got only $20#.090 at the lost session of congress was be cause we only wanted enough to carry the work over until congress meets again In the winter, when an appro priation for another year’s work will be made.” said Colonel Livingston. “It will be several months probably before the working plans arc drawn, and then It will be necessary to ask for bids, which will take more time, and then the contract will have to be let, so that It will probably be December or January before actual work Is com menced,” was Mr. Knox’s response to V query aa to when ground would be broken. Room for Subtreesury. “So for the only plans drawn are of a tentative nature, and If Mr. Living ston gets through hi* subtreesury measure, as be confidently expects to government. OO1XIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0O o » O SAVANNAH DEMOCRATS O 0 ADOPT ELECTION RULES O 0 FOR COMING PRIMARY. O o o 0 Special to The Georgian. 0 0 Savannah, .Oa„ Aug. 7c ■ L At a O O matting of the Chatham county O 0 Democratic executive committee, O O held yesterday afternoon, rules for 0 O the comlqg primary on August 22. 0 O were adopted. The chairman was O 0 authorised to find the cost and 0 0 assess the congressional candl- 0 0 -dates. There will be five boxes, O O two managers and two clerks to O O each box. The candidates will o O submit their names Saturday and O O the r *Wctlon of offlesrs will be O O made. The polls will be open O O from 7 to 7 o’clock. 0 a *■ o 00000004X100000000000000000 do, we ehall have no trouble In pro viding quarters for that The fact la that, as the building I* now planned, we shall have one entire floor for which there will be no present use, but which will be there for growth of any de partment which finds that It cannot be accommodated In the quartern allot ted It.” said Mr. Taylor. “The building will be of the classical type, and will have a colonnade along almost the entire Forsyth street front. The lot on which the building 4e to be erected Is 200 teet square and the plans ss drawn call for the building to be 100x180, so that you can see we are wasting no space. The main entrance, with step* leading Into the general de livery lobby, will be on Forsyth strest with other entrance* on Poplar and Walton streets. The public lobby will run clear around these three sides, and bark of them -will be the great square work room , of the poatolfice. Here there will be 20,000 square, feet and the room will be covered with a sky light, thus giving ample accommoda tion and light for thtf postoffice force. "On the second floor will be located all of the offices of the Internal reve nue department, and the court rooms will be on the third. The upper sto ries will have the shape of three aide* of a rectangle, the spare over the work room of the postoffice being left as a court. The fourth floor Is the one which will be held for emergencies.” Mr. Taylor la a graduate of the close of '78 of the Boston Tech and has been connected with the treasury depart ment for eleven years, nine of which he has been In complete charge of all public buildings constructed by the He la a pleasant-faced. HALL AND CANDLER ASSESSOR RILLS KILLED IN SENATE Death of Hall Bill Came as A Great Surprise to Many. After some two hours of debate the senate Tuesday first killed the Candler substitute to the Hall tax assessor bill by a vote of SB to 16, and then killed the Hall bill Itself by a vote of 28 to 19. . Senator Candler’s substitute provid ed for county boards of assessors In addttlqn to the state board of three members. A flood of amendments were sent up to the substitute and killed. Then began a running debate In which Senators, Reid, Bennet, Steed, Hogan, McHenry, King, Candler and others took part. It was evident long before a vole was reached on tho sub stitute that It would meet with defeat. The slaying of the Hall hill, how ever, came as a sort • of surnrlse, as the light was apparently only on the Candler meaaure. Ae th* coll proceed ed, however, ond the votes were re corded against the Hall bill, surprise was depleted on scores of faces. In his speech Senator Reid took oc casion to pay high tribute to the abil ity mm innmily of Comptroller Gen eral Wright He said - that he was a man and an official above reproach. The matter of assessing corporations remains vested In the comptroller gen eral, ss has been the custom for years paet. Senate Bill* Passed. By Benator Bunn: To amend act establishing the city court of Polk county, so as to provide for a solicitor of city court. By Senator Adams: To amend the charter of the city of Madison. By Senator Adame: To amend act authnrxlng the mayor and council of Madison to maintain a system of waterworks. By Senator Carawell: To amend act Incorporating Toombs boro. In tbs coun ty oMWIlklnaon. At 1:80 o’clock tha senate adjourned until 10 o’clock Wednesday. youngish looking man. with an ex tremely cordial air to everyone. ’What will be done In reference to material 7" Prefers Gtorgis Msrbt*. "Well, that depends upon how much thsy make It cost us. We always pre fer to use local material wherever pos sible, and I shall ask for bids In both marble and granite, and ir the prices of the Georgia manufacturers sre low enough shall certainly be very glad to build It of stone: otherwise th* build ing will be of brick, but In any event It will be absolutely fireproof." It le a fact not generally known that Uncle Sam docs not Insure anything that he owns, and th* law* of th* United States say that every public building shall be placed at least forty feet from th* nearest building line, thus giving good Sr* protection. CZAR CHANGES PLAN -FOR A NEW CABINET Gives Up Scheme Re garding Bureaucratic Members. STRIKE IN CAPITAL NOW CALLED OFF To Be Kept Alive in Prov inces, However—Papers Issued by Lot. lly Private Leased Wire. London, Aug. 7.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg says thnt the work men's council hae decided to call the local strike ofr, but that the movement will be continued In th* provinces. The order will be promulgated either to night or tomorrow. lly Privet* le.«d Wire. SI. Petersburg. Aug. 7.—According to The Gasetle, the emperor hae decided to form a reform ministry with Prince Lvolf as premier, Count Hcyden, min ister of th* Interior, and M. Stakho- rlteh was minister of finance. I’l in- l.l "ff .Hid ' '"uni II. \ .It'll ..I" Liberals of Conservative tendencies. They wore members of the douma which Met at Vlborg after the disso lution, but refused to sign th* appeal to th* nation Issued by that body. If this statement Is true. It Indicate* a complete chengo of front by the esar. RUSS PEASANT8 FEEL THE SPIRIT OF UNRE8T, lly Privet* Leased Wire. St. Petersburg, Aug. 7.—From gov ernment sources the announcement Is made today that the great general strike has been broken. All working men who quit woik when the call was Issued have been warned to return to their places under penalty of arrest. Strike leaders, or those supposed to be leaders, ar* being put In Jail when ever they can be located, and a gen eral campaign of Intimidation has be gun. • Th* reports hardly bear out the government's statements that the workingmen's movement for a popular assembly, lend and liberty, have failed. Prepare for Disorders. Rsports from all over th* empire In dicate a state of great unrest among th* peasant class who are preparing for widespread disorders so soon as th* harvest shell have been gathered. At Odessa the situation I* critical The sailors of the Baltic fleet are In an ugly frame of mind, and the troop* In the fortifications make open threats of revolt. Residents of the better doss are flee ing from Sevastopol by th* thousands. Already 2«,«M persona have left th* down and the exodus has not ceased. Admiral Skrydloff Is said to be on the way from Sevastopol to Odessa by tor pedo boat. Issued by Ballot. Th* announcement made yesterday from government sources that print ers who had Joined the etrik* wars again at their work proves to be un true. The fact Is, the printer*' committee LEADER OF DOUMA miO WAS .MURDERED Photograph' of M. Hersensteln, the leader of tho constitutional democrats In the douma, who was murdered by aseoselns hired by the Black Hundred organisation, near his country place, at Teriokl. Finland. JABBED IN THE NECK IN DECATUR ST, BAR to avail themselves of the servt enough printer* to ret out one publics, tlon each day. This offer was accepted and the newspapers are being Issued In rota tion. the sequence of dally publication having been decided by lot. J. D. C’oulon and S. C*. Duncan, white men, engaged In a fight- Tuesday short ly after noon In the Star saloon In De catur strest and Duncan was Jabbed In the neck with a knife. Duncan was taken to the Grady Hos pital, where the wound wae dressed, after which he was locked In the police station, t'oulon ran from the saloon, but was aprpohended by Ballirr J. T. Wlmblali, of Justice of the Peace Landrum’s court, and turned over to Policemen Oreen, who sent him to the police sta tion. Both men are charged wjtb dis orderly conduct and will be tried In po lice court Wednesday morning. TAKES EIGHT MEN TO HANDLE NEGRO After attacking Elijah Jones, a n-^ro, nnd beating him with a above! Mon day afternoon near the Peters at root valduct, Will Dalian, another negro, desperately fought Policeman J. IJ. Wlimm and several cltlsens, the com bined effort of eight men being re quired to handcuff him. The negro resisted and fought the officer along Peters street for .« dis tance of two blocks, the affair cre ating a scene of Intense excitement nnd attracting h large crowd of V Dfllxar tim ' ' Officer Wilson had to use his olul orously to protect himself and nub the unruly prisoner, A big crowd of negroes quickly g;< ered on the scene and It looked f< time as though there might he n serious trouble. Borne of the negi collected In groupe and muttc threats against the officer could plainly heard. It seemed that these negroes * bent on giving trouble, but tho apj* ance of a number of armed white 1 on the scene probably prevented nn U- ip- Althnugh Dallas fought viciously and did his best to free himself, Oftlcnr Wilson bravely hold onto him, nnd, with th© assistance of several citizens, finally landed him In the patrol wagon nt Peters and Fair *tr»*etB. The negro p’sIsN'd :ill Hi** way fK'in the point of his arrest to th© wagon. Special Officer Dwyer, of th** .South ern railway, was near by. nnd hurried to the assistance of the policeman A number *»f other white men from the Houthern freight depot took part nnd soon had the situation well In hand. "I haven't killed anybody yet, hut I will, all right." Dali** Is regarded an a dexpernto character. It has been reported to the police that the negro some time ago killed a deputy Sheriff In Alabi hav ide hts veil i lie Is aid to nt flv The penitential v gating the Alabama charge m proves true the prisoner will be ferred to that state to stand t murder. According to the evidence h court, he attacked Elijah Jonei day afternoon without provoent verely beating him. EX TALKS Of POLITICS Says lie Can Now See Well. “Russell Will Be Elected.” Ex-Governor Allen D. Candler, v was In the city Tuesday morning, recovered the sight of his eye and n believes he will escape the total bit ness which recently threatened h He nays hi* sight I* now Ju»t ok g a* It was one year ngo. I When asked his view* cal situation, he *altl: f "I Intend to vote for T’latn Dirk’ Russell because he I* advocating pure principle* and I* csaentlally a tmtn of the people. Besides, a* Judge of th* western clrculL which I* th.' largest In the *tate of Georgia, he made one of the beat nnd nhlest presiding officers thnt ever graced the bench. My opin ion. from the varlou* report* that I get front over the state. Is thnt Judge Itussell will be nominated at the Ma con convention.” O00O0OOOOO0O0OOOOOOO0OO0OO O BIG WAD L08T IN FIELD; O CHEWED UP BY CALVES. O O O Special to The Georgian O 1.11th H... k Ark, Aug 7— O 0 .Ml*. IL K Young. wife of a O 0 farmer who live* n.*ai Green- 0 O hrier, Faulkner county, lost 82.- 0 O 000 In curern.-y In a pn.-tuir field O O nnd all but $175 uu* devoured O O by calves before the lues was 0 O discovered. The money repre- O O rented the savings front the , r ip* O O for the past three year*. Mr 0 O Young left the money in charge O O of hi* wife, who kept It locked In O O a trunk when *ho », B at home, 0 O nnd carried It w ith hei w hen *he O 0 left. blackberi tep Ikerchlef ..in next O pfl-ture O dropp, d 0 Ing the O tu O ke O hill* Young f.. FATHER TAKES CHARGE OF KNIGHT8 REMAINS. Hprelsl to The Georgian. Galneavttle, Oa„ Aug. 7.—Th# body of W. 8. Knight, who yesterday com mitted eulclde at New Holland by j O f hanging himself, wae shipped to Da- . o < u cul* for Interment. Knight’s father 0 bl and father-in-law came Pi the city last O he night and took charge of the body, ac- IO companylng It to Docula. > oooooooooooooooooo Id *c 8i.f-*r. the lost for- 0 nd tlte hand- 0 by two $20 0 money were 0 nnd promts- 1 etiewed up - nt destroyed - Men From Southern Depot Help Officer to Subduo ' Dallas.