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ATLANTA! 1J9.900 population. ]6*AM telephone*. Keren malo line* of rnflrood*. mile* of street --** I2I.OOO.WO of hanking capital. Atlanta Georgian. I 2.800.000 population. 11100,000.cotton crop la it*. | 4, fro mf lc* of steam railroad. I <00 mile* electric street railway. I 130 Cotton factories. 1.600,000 uninOtea. I Factories conaumed 601.000 bales 1905. VOL. I. NO. 88. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. AUGUST 7, 1906. PPTri?. In Atlanta TWO CENT*. A IViV^rj . on Train* FI VK LENTA. 40 U. S. ARMY OFFICERS MIXED UP IN SCANDAL Major General Corbin\fULIAN THOMAS, ATLANTAN, Included in the List. GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR HOME REPAIRS Many Thousands of Dollars Due Uncle Sam Buried Under Red Tape. BREAKS SKY TRIP RECORD Ppeelal Cable—Copyright. Manila, Aug. 7.—As a result of the Investigation of the army constructions shops being conducted by Colonel Wood, Inspector general of the division, Major General Wood la 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 commander-ln-chlef. Tens of thousands of dollars due the government have been burled beneath A mass of official red tape for more than two years. Officials who are concerned will be compelled to pay a monthly sum from their wages which will be held out by the auditor In the case 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 15,000. 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 be 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 ordsl grows. It Is reported here that the most sensational discoveries are being suppressed. GOVERNOR TERRELL MO TO CAMP OF THE GEORGIA MILITIA Soldier Boys Give Big Drill Near Historic Snod grass Hill. ■iwlal to Th(* Georgian. Chattanooga. Tenn., Aug. 7.—Tha Georgia officer* have sent an Invita tion to Governor Terrell, of Georgia, to be present at Chlckamauga Thura- day when Governor Heyward, of South Carolina, will vlalt the South Carolina troops at the park. Reviews will be held and aalutea will be fired In honor of the governors of the two states. Full detail, will be arranged aa soon aa Governor Terrell accepts tha Invitation. Notwithstanding the rain, rain, rain and the hot weather, the Georgia sol diers are quenching their thirst with •oda pop and today they dispensed with 4,100 bottles. The health and sanitation of tha camp la excellent. The Seventy-tint Virginia gives a 5 o'clock concert at their camp avary afternoon. Today the Georgia regiments gave a big drill near Snodgrass Hill. Paid Own Expenaei. This la known aa "Cracker week" at Chlckamauga, for the Georgia troop* have taken possession of the army maneuvers, when It Is not raining. The Fifth Georgia regiment would not be outdone and so It paid Its own ex penses In coming to Chlckamauga. It la In charge of the following of ficers:; Major Walter E. Coney, Savannah. Major M. J. O'Leary, Savannah. Major W. If. Wilder, Albany. Major John K. Train, surgeon. Sa vannah. First Lfeutenant and Actfng Adju tant Victor D. Darbot, Augusta, from the Third regiment. Captain and Quartermaster J. J. Qaudry, Savannah. Captain and Acting Commlaaary Vhotnas J. Hunter. Savannah. Captain and Surgeon Martin J. Coo ley. Savannah- Companies from the First regiment: Company D, Emmett Rifles. Savan nah. Captain E. A. Leonard. Company L Oglethorpe Light Infan try, Savannah. Captain C. W. Bauaay. Company H. German Volunteers, Sa vannah. Captain J. D. Helmkln. Company F. a composite company from Wayoroea and neighbors. Captain C. Mcllreath. Hero Is a picture of Dr. Julian P. Thomas, the former Atlanta gian. who on Monday made a successful trip of 240 miles In his large balloon, the Nirvana. BASEBALL FIRST GAME. Atlanta—000 000-001--1 B’h’am—002 000 000-2 Physician and Toledo Aeronaut Fly in Air From New York City to Plymouth, Mass., in Quick Time. By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 7.—Dr. Julian P. Thomas, formerly a physician of At lanta, who, with Roy Knabenshue, as cended In his balloon, Nirvana, from the foot of East One Hundred nnd Thlrty-'elprhfi * Ptret*t anil after send ing all night In the air, -landed at Brant Rock, near Boston, today relat ed his experience: Ascending from the gaa 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 wan not evgn 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 ngnlr Both of us were thrown out of the basket, but we clung to the rigging and there, wound up In the complex network, wo rolled over and over the hag. In the scrimmage I found the emergency ci.rd, I pulled It fiercely rent the balloon from top to bottom, causing It to fall limply to the ground Knabenshue cut his wrist and wai slightly shaken up, but not seriously hurt. I was uninjured.” The trip made was one of tho long est and most successful In the hlstiiry of ballooning In this country. The 1 age covered 225 miles and was from New York to Plymouth, Moss. Only one stop was made during the voyage. This was at NnanK. Cooil, where the aeronauts breakfasted, after which they ascended and continued the trip, landing within 300 yards of tho open waters of Massachusetts bay. The start was msde at 1:40 o’clock Sunday night by moonlight. Dr. Thomas made a test of a water anchor which he hna invented, and found It to work admlr< 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. do, we ahall have no trouble In pro viding quarter! for thaL The fact Is that, aa the building Is 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 flnda that It cannot be accommodated In the quarters allot ted It.” amid Mr. Taylor. ‘The building will be of the claaalcat type, and will hava a colonnade along almost tha entire Forsyth street front. The lot on which the building la to be erected Is ZOO feet square and the plans as drawn call for the building to be 190x140, ao that you ran see we are wasting no space. The main eritrance, with steps leading Into the general de livery lobl — - - - .. ■- - by, will be on Forsyth street with other entrances on Poplar and Walton streets. The public lobby will run clear around these three sides, and “IT’S WORTH $10 TO HIT UMPIRE.’ By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. I —It's worth Z10 any day to hit an umpire who made a decision like hie." So spoke William Krauss when ar raigned before Magistrate Whitman In the Harlem police court today on a charge of assaulting Umpire Johnstone, St the polo grounds yesterday. Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor, of the treasury department, was closeted with the various officials of the government at the postofllce build ing all of TueMay morning, going over with each the preliminary plans 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. 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 are drawn. S nd then It will be necessary to ask for Ida which will take more tlipe. and then the contract win have to he let, so that It will probably be December or January before actual work la com menced,” was Mr. Knox's response to a query as to when ground would be broken. . Room for 8ubtreasury. “So far the only plana drawn are of a tentative nature, and-If Mr. Living ston gets through his subtreasury measure, as be confidently expects to work room of the postofllce. there will be tQ.000 square feet and the room will be covered with a sky light, thus giving ample accommoda tion and light for the poetofllce 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 sides room of the postofllce being left aa a court. The fourth floor la the one which will be held for emergencies.” Mr. Taylor la a graduate of the class of '79 of the Boston Tech and has been connected with the InMqf depart- ment for eleven years, nine of which he has been In complete, charge of all public building* constructed by the government. He Is a pleasant-faced, youngish looking man, with an ex tremely cordial air to everyone. "What will be done In reference to constructing the building of Georgia material?” Mr. Taylor was asked. Prefers Georgia Marble, "Well, that depends upon how much they make It cost us.. We alweys pre fer to use local material w'hervvor pos sible, and I shall ask for bids In both marble and granite, and If the prices of the Georgia manufacturers are low enough shall certainly be very glad to build It of stone; otherwise the build ing will be of brick, but In sny event It will be absolutely fireproof." It la a fart not generally known that =ji , ATLANTA “IT ~TT FO A E Orozier, If. 0 1 0 0 0 Jordan, 2b and lb 0 1 10 0 1 Winters, rf 0 0 0 0 0 Smith, c and 2b 0 0 3 2 0 Morse, as 1 2 1 3 0 Archer, lb and c 0 2 2 2 0 Hoffman, 3b 0 0 5 0 0 Wallace, cf. ............... 0 0 3 0 1 o o o 2 o 0 o 0 0 0 •••••- 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 1 4 24 10 0 BIRMINGHAM— 11 tr W A Molesworth, cf.. .. 0 0 0 •0 0 Alcock, ss 0 2 0 • 3 0 Montgomery, 3b 0 0 0 2 0 Meeks, lb 0 0 17 1 0 Gear, if 0 1 1 0 .0 Walters, 2b 0 0 2 4 0 Garvin, rf. 1 1 4 0 0 Matthews, c 0 0 2 1 0 Wilhelm, p I 0 I 3 1 e'eeeee •••• •••••* •••••••• 0 0 0 0 0 «•••••*•••• •••••* •••••••• 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 2 4 27 13 1 Birmingham, Ala., August 7.—The first game went as follows: First Inning. Crosier fanned. Jordan died, short to first. Winters out, second to first No hits: no runs. Molesworth fanned. Alcock pumped It to left for a sack. Montgomery filed out to Hoffman. Alcock out trying to pilfer second. One hit; no runs. Ssoond Inning, 8. Smith grounded out, second to flret. Morse hit to flat and out at Oret. Archer hit safety for one bag. Hoffman made- hie nt ist appearance by grounding to short, forcing Archer at eecond. One hit; no runs. Meeks out to center. Gear struck out, so did Walters. Nothings, Third Inning, Wallace hit a bounder to first and out. Hughes retired, pitcher to first. Crosier pushed It to center for a sock. Jordan walked. Winters out, to right. One hit; no runs. Garvin saftled to center. Matthews sacrificed to first and out. shipping Garvin to second. Wilhelm hit to Jor dan, who threw wild In firs!. Wilhelm on first, Garvin on third. Molesworth worked the squeeze ( Garvin scoring, Molesworth out at llrst. Wilhelm on second. Alcock singled to left and Wil helm scored. Montgomery walked. Meeks flow out to third. Two hits; two runs. Fourth Inning. Eld Smith lined out ot left. Morse grounded out to flret. Archer hit to left fnr two linns, Hoffman tiled out to right. One hit; no runs. Archer goes behind the bat, Jordan to first and Smith to second. Gear singled to left. Walters bunted out to first. Garvin flled to center and on error safe on second. Matthews flled out to center, after Gear was out be tween third and home. Fifth Inning. Wallace grounded out to first. Hughes flled out to right. Croaler out, pitcher to first No hits; no runs, Wilhelm fanned. Molesworth ground ed out to first Alcock out ahort to trst. No hits; no runs. By Hughes 4, by Wlihelm 1. Base on ‘ i—Oft Hughes 4, oft Wilhelm llllllv Sacrifice hits—Matthews, Molesworth, Meeks, Archer. . Attendance, 2.000. Umpire—Buckley. Mob Wreaks Ven geance on Alleged Murderers. INVESTIGATION IS TO BE ORDERED Court in Session to Try Al leged Murderers of Lyerly Family. ■padal to Tho Georgian. Salisbury* N. C* Aug. 7.—Taken from Rowan county Jail by 8*000 de termined cltlxena* shortly before 11 Sixth Inning. Jordan out, third to first Winters out* second to first. Smith flled out to right Nothing doing. Montgomery walked. Meeks out, pitcher to first. Gear grounded to short, Montgomery out at third. Walters out. second to first. No hits; no rnns. •even (ft Inning. Morse singled past third. Archer sac rificed to first. Hoffman hit to plate, out at first Wallace out, second to first. One hit; no runs. Matthews filed out Wilhelm out pitcher to first Garvin flled out pitcher to first. Eighth Inning, Hpghes out short to first Crozter filed out to second. Jordan singled. Winters out, pitcher to first. Molesworth flled out. Alcock out short to first. Montgomery singled to left Meeks filed out to center. Ninth Inning. Smith grounded out to first. Morse doubled to left Archer fanned. Hoff man grounded to pitcher; on a wild throw Morse*scored; Hoffman to sec ond. PEACE ARBITRATION 13 RECOMMENQED By Private Leased Wire. Rio De Janeiro, August 7.—The ar* Miration' committee has presented to the Pan-American congress a reso lution urging all the countries repre sented In the congress to send to The Hague peace conference delegates In structed to make every effort for the adoption of a general arbitration con- ventlon. The report of the arbitration committee was adopted by acclama tion. CZAR CHANGES PLAN FOR A NEW CABINET Gives Up Scheme Re garding Bureaucratic Members. By Private Leased Wire. London, Aug. 7.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg soys that the work men's council has decided to call the local strike off. but that the movement will hr* i .»..:inuM in the provinces. The order will be promulgated either to night or tomorrow. By Privet# Leased Wire. St. Petersburg. Aug. 7.—According to The Gazette, the emperor has decided to form a reform ministry with Prince Lvoff as premier. Count Heyden, min ister of the Interior, and M. Btakho- ▼itch waa minister of finance. Prince Lvoff and Count Heyden are Liberals of Conservative tendencies. They were members of the douma which met at Vlborg after the disso lution, but refused to sign the appeal to the nation Issued by that body. If this statement Is true. It Indicates a complete change of front by tha czar. RUSS PEA6ANT8 FEEL THE SPIRIT OF UNREST. Uncle Bam does not Insure anything | By Private Leased fka' > that he owns, and the laws of the 81 Petersburg, Aug. 7.—From gov- Unlted States say that every public I eminent sources the announcement Is building shall be placed at least forty | mad* today that th* great general feet from the nearest building line, j strike has been broken. All working- thus giving good fire protection. I men who quit woik w hen the call was Issued have been warned to return to their places under penalty of arrest. Strike leaders, or those supposed to be leaders, are being put In Jail when ever they can be located, and a gen eral campaign of Intimidation has be gun. The reports hardly bear out the government's statements that the workingmen's movement for a popular assembly, land and liberty, have failed. Prepare for Disorders. Reports from all over-the empire In dicate a state of great unreet among the peasant class who are preparing for widespread disorders so soon as the harvest shall have been gathered. At Odessa the situation Is critical. The sailors of the Baltic fleet are in an ugly frame of mind, and the troops In the fortifications make open threats of revolt. Residents of the better class are flee ing from Sevastopol by the thousands. Already 30,000 persons have left the town and the exodus has not ceased. Admiral Bkrydloff la said to be on the wav from Sevastopol to Odessa by tor pedo boat., Issued by Ballot. The announcement made yesterday from government sources that print ers who had Joined the strike were again at their work proves to be un true. The fact Is, the printers* committee offered the newspapers the opportunity avail themaelvee of the services of enough printers to get out one publica tion each day. This offer waa accepted and the newspapers are being Issued In rota tion, the sequence of dally publication having been decided by lot. held on the charge of murdering the Lyerly family at Barber Junction, July 18, were 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 thalr bodies riddled with bullets. Three Are Not Molested. Neane and John Gillespie and Jock Dillingham, supposed to be the princi pals to the crime, were the victims of mob vengeance. The remaining ne- roei, Henry Lee, George Ervin and lella Dillingham, were not molested, and later tonight officers hurried thorn off to Greensboro. 8sloons Ordered Closed. The mob began gathering at sun down, end Mayor Boyden ordered the saloons closed and, with other promi nent cltlzons. United States Senntor Overman, Judge Long, who was holding the special term of court to try the Contlnuad on Page Two, SENATE CONDEMNS THE ATLANTA NEWS FOR ITS ATTACKS Declares Reflections on tho Members Totnlly Un warranted. MTS COP, ALMOST II Big Crowd of Blacks Ga’her, Muttering • Threats. TAKES EIGHT MEN TO HANDLE NEGRO Men From Southern Depot Help Officer to Subdue Dallas. After Attacking EllJnh Jones, a negro, and healing him with a shovel M«»n- y afternoon near tho Peters street Iduct, Will Dallas, another negro, desperately fought Policeman J. It. Wilson and several cltlz^nn, the com bined effort ot eight men being re- HilM'.l t.. handcuff him The negro resisted and fought the officer along Peters street for a dis tance of two blocks, the affair cre ating ;i n'cnc !.f Intense excitement and jit t meting J1 huge crowd «»f people. Officer Wilson had to use his club vig orously to protect himself and subdue the unrulv prisoner. A big crowd of negroes quickly gath ered on the scene nnd It looked for a time ns though there might be more serious trouble. Some of the negroes collected In groups nnd muttered threats against tho officer could be plainly heard. It seemed that these negroes were bent on giving trouble, but tho appear ance of a number of armed white men on the scene probably prevented an up rising. Although Dallas fought viciously and did his best to free himself, Officer Wilson bravely hold onto him, and, with the assistance of several citizens, finally landed him In the patrol wagon at Peters and Fair stre4*ta. The negro reslste<l all the way from the point of his st to Special »)ffic itllu yer, of the Bouth- ir by, an<I hurried the policeman. (data— _ number of other white men from tha J outhern freight depot took part and i Min loo I the situation well in hand. "I haven’t killed anybody yet, but 111, nil right." Dallas Is regarded ns n desperate lararter. It has been reported to the police that the negro some time ago killed n deputy sheriff In Alabama and made his escape. He Is also said to 1 n term <-f five years In the penitentiary. The pollco ni gating the Alabama charge id if It prove* true the prlso rill he tr ferred to that state to murder. According to the id trial for court, he attacked Elijah day afternoon without prov verely beating him. VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN ITS MEMBERS Resolutions Unanimously Adopted Censuring Au thor of Attacks. Near the cloee of the session In the senate Tueeday afternoon tha privi leged resolution printed below waa In troduced, and Senator Bonnet said amid profound allenca: "I. for one, cannot sit calmly by ond aeo the honesty and Integrity of this body Impugned Jn Intemperate Jnn- guage without protest. The editorial comment* of other Georgia papers have been dignified In their utterances. Atlanta Nett* has charged this body with being railroad allies and Ignorant of the people’s welfare. I want to condemn It with all the earn est naps possible.** Tho resolution Is as follows, and was adopted unanimously: WRECKED RANK IN THE RANDS OF A RECEIVER Warrants Are Issued For President nnd Cashier. idlng. -_der th«» f« ’To Ann*. Georgian* I A ■HHRV t Your Thruel!*’ and lo tbe aald 4-illtorlnl. tin* foliuvtiiig appear*: •’Hlinnu* upon toe railroad allies la the r g I f i H.' ii ;i t *• ulm tint. i Ms I :i f»i Mil to passago through that Iwly; heir Ignornnrn of the enor- this property or their crii m»on ll in file of r.'lKH -'ll?" ;u ; Its pu-.ple • whereas. The above «bargee the members of the senate who voted r *r said lease ns being Allies of the rnllr»nds and being lo profiiiinrl Ignorance of thi* mousuro for whl*h they voted: therefore, tie It Beaahred, That from personal contact and jpB ML . differed with them nnd voted against the till!, we are sure that the senators who \oted for this bill were actuated by pure and patriotic motives, snd were unin fluenced except by their best Judgment as to wbst would he for the heat Interest and that they servants. ■ Mlgaed: Umatora Benner. Knee, Birmans, Fit sacra Id. Hterd. Bond, Reid, Alsobrook, A. C. Blalock, Candler, Miller, A. o. bln lock, Wilcox. FATHER TAKES CHARGE OF KNIGHT’S REMAINS. Special to Tbe Georgian. Gainesville. Qo^ Aug. 7.—The body of W. 8. Knight, who yesterday com mitted suicide at New Holland by hanging himself, was shipped to Da- cilia for Interment. Knight’* father and father-in-Iawr came to the city lost night end took charge of the body, ac companying It to Dacula. By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, August 7.—*1 Avenue State Bank woj hands of John E. PHrl today by Judge Brents n time warrants for the president and founder, land, were Issued at tjie itate bank Inspector, C, C. Jo EX-GOV. CANDLER RECOVERS SIGHT! TALKS OF POLITICS Says Ho Can Now Roc Well. “Russell Will Be Elected.” ( j Ex-Govern n .t- in tha c recovered th« believes he v hlch len D. Candler, wh uenday morning, ha t of hi* eye and no\ <’ape the total blind He say* hi* night 1* liked hlK nl sit the polltl- I Intend 147 Vote for Plain II because be |* advx'.ini principles and In essentially a the people. HenldeN, a.s JudgO ern circuit, which Is the te state of Georgia, he mad* best and ablest presiding ever graced the ben< li M> opin ion, fn*m the various n-p4»r»* that I get from over the Mat*- I- r,r Judge Russell will be nominated at t con convention."