The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, August 15, 1906, Image 1

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ATLAM %• nf lti*»t a iai:«r«r. nr* [he Atlanta Georgian. r.eonr.iA VCJ NO. 95. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1906. " r«t» PRICE: OVATION GIVEN RUSS EMPEROR Loyalty oi Heartiest Kind Displayed When) Nicholas Kides Onto the Field as if to- Challenge a Shot From Enemy in Ranks, j is i cm BASEBALL Atlanta—000 003 00x--3 by Piwbi. .'.eased wire. ' St. Petersburg, Aug. 15.—Czar Nlciioluj' review of the guard et the summer camp at Kiaarityo-Seh, was a success from every point of view. Hl» majeety, attended by the Grand Duke Vladimir, and holding the exarevltrh In hi* arm*, irai repeatedly cheered by the troop* ■*« they parsed In review. When It In remembered ‘that this was the first appearance of the esar before his troops since the present troubles began, nnd that there was great fear that he wa* eourtlng assassination by Ills determination to show hltn- stlS at th<* time, the demonstration la considered to be remarkable. REVIEW OF RU8SIAN TROOPS 18 SPECTACULAR. The review was most spectacular. Forty battalions of Infantry, thirty- nine cavalry squadrons, 174 guns of nrtlllery and twelve batteries of max- Im* constituted, tho columns. The emperor was dressed In the uniform of a husear and was accompanied In a psellmlnary ride among the troops br Empress Alexandra and Quoen Olga. of Greece. In tin review were the Orand Duke Nicholas, p* the head of the foot soldiers. Orand Duke Sorglus, leading the cuirassiers, and Grand Duke Mlchuel with the dragoons. CZAREVITCH BEGINS CRYING DURING THE REVIEW. Just before tho beginning of tho review the czarevitch began to cry. The emperor gathered him Into hla arms, timid the cheering of the soldiers. The father and the boy sat together on one horae until the pageant had passed. G. A. R. Head Arraigns Oil and Other Trusts. VICTIM OF ARMY LASH KNOWN IN WASHINGTON? By Private Ismsed Wire. Washington, Aug. 15.—Considerable fear la felt here among the many friends of Miss Nllkh DeSmlrnoff lest the Russian girl, reported to be Mile. .Smirnoff, so harshly dealt with In St. Petersburg, la ahe. Miss DeSmlrnoff figured In society here for several sea sons, making her home with her aunt, Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, near Dupont Circle. Her mother was a Miss Blow, s sister uf Mrs. Wadsworth, and mar ried M. DeSmlrnoff years ago, when he was an attache of the Russlnp le gation here. Miss Nllka DeSmlrnoff was a great friend of Countess Cassini, relative of the former Russian ambassador, nnd hostess of the embassy, and with the young rountes* made ready for the wedding of .Vlme. J’nveloff, wife of the Russian minister to Belgium, who wne married here. Speefol Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg. Aug. 15.—There Is Intense Indignntlon here today over the public whipping which was udtnln-, Istered'to a young woman, Mile. Brnlr- neir, by the Chevalier Guards. The guards were passing through the Nev sky Prospect and a large number of persons were watching the procession. .Mile. Smlmefif was heard to remark to a woman companion: •They are us gay on If they had cap- lured Port Arthur." The rrov.,1 laughed at the remark and Joined In the jibes which wero be ing parsed to the guard. The com mander of the guard became angry finally anrl ordered u charge upon the trend. Tho troopers, slashing right and I eft with their whips soon anat- terol the crowd. Mile. Smlrneff nnd her companion were pursued and when th'-y took refuge In n doorway they were nurtured. Under orders of the rotumander they were put Into n pub- 11 • conveyance und driven to the bar- 00000000000000000000000000 0 TWENTY MURDERS O O IN PAST FEW DAYS. O o o O By Private Leased IVlre. O O Warsaw, Aug. 15.—It Is report- O 0 ed to the authorities today that O O 20 murders have been committed O 0 In this city during the past few O 0 days. Various attempts have been 0 O made today .to murder police of- O 0 flclals In the streets. A telegram 0 0 from Vloclawek says Chief of Po- O O lice Nlrnewlcz and Provincial Po- 0 0 lice Captain Pletrow have been 0 0 murdered. O 0 O Q0000000000O00000O00000000 racks of the guard and taken before Colonel Stenbeckefermor. ‘ The colonel wanted to turn the wo men over to the police, hut brother of ficers Insisted that ahe should be pun ished there and then. She was taken to the court yard, where troopers ad ministered twenty-seven lashes. The woman was terrlbjy cut and her chances of recovery are said to be slight. The papers are Insisting that the men who participated In the affair bo tried Immediately. By Private I-enied Wire. Minneapolis, Mtnfi., Aug. 15.—To the rattle of drums and .the shrill *»ng of fifes, G. A. R. veterans of ,** 1 U> '45 marched In triumph through the streets of Minneapolis today on the oceaalon of -the fortieth annual reunion. To day’s parade was one of the greatest In recent years. The number of veterans In the city exceeds the attendance at any encampment In many years. Twenty thousand veterans were In line. Front morning until nearly midnight last night Minneapolis' great auditor ium echoed and re-echoed to songa, sentiments and choen of the oceaalon that Is to the rank and file of veter ans In attendance the chief uf the week'a program. Tanner Arraigns Trusts. Commander-ln-Chlet Tanner, In dn eloquent, fervid address, referred with pointed invective to violent corruption that had nearly again rejnt the union in twain, and aroused tumultuous en thusiasm by hla arraignment of the Standard Oil and other trusts. "Scan the monopolies fulrly,” said Corporal Tanner, “and I defy you to find among them a veteran of the civil war, who wore cither blue or gray. We uullded character In the sixties and In the name of nearly a quarter of n mil lion of these sterling characters 1 thank Minneapolis and Minnesota for Its welcome and Its Incomparable hoe pllaHty.’" Saratoga to Gat Raunion. The Columbia Club of Chicago, 111.-, W. R. C.. one of the moat prominent organisations which has arrived to at tend the encampment, htut been called the Silk Stocking Club for it boasts of some of the wealthiest women of the city as members. Five years ago Its president presented each member with n pair of silk stockings as a tacit mgnltlnn of tho name given. It, Saratoga. K. Y., Is going after the next enrmnpment hard and It looks like R. Cr. Brown, of Zanesville. Ohio, for the next commander-in-chief. B’ham——000 001 c >0( )~1 ATLANTA— It H i>0 A Jfi Crozier, 1/ 1 0 1 0 0 IlofCmnn, 2b 1 1 4 4 0 Winccrs, rf 0 0 0 0 1 S. Smith 3b \ l 2 2 o Morse, ss. 0 1 0 2 0 Jordan, lb 0 1 11 0 1 Evers, c 0 0 5 1 0 Wallace, cf 0 1 4 0 0 Zeller, p 0 0 0 5 0 I ...... 0 0 0 0 0 TCfi’fi.V *•-•••*«* • • • • •••••••• 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 3 5 27 14 2 BIRMINGHAM— K H PO A r E Mole8Worth, cf 0 2 4 0 0 0. Smith, rf 1 0 U 0 1 Montgomery, 3b. 0 *1 1 1 0 Meeks, lb 0 0 6 0 0 Gear, If. 0 1 8 0 0 Walters, 2b 0 0 2 2 0 Garvin, ss 0 0 8 0 1 Matthews, c 0 0 5 0 1 Reagan, p 0 2 0 1 0 • »••••! • • • • •••••••• 0 y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 1 6 24 4 3 URGE THAT FIGHT BE KEPT By Private LcmhmI Wire. Colorado Hprlnga, Colo., Aug. 15.— Reports ot committees and considera tion of the claims of cities In the jrace C0S3ACK8 MAKE THREATS AQAINST THEIR OFFICER8 Special Cable—Copyright. m _ ui 1M London, Aug. 15.—A news agency [ f or tp e next national convention were dispatch from Tlfiia says that Cos- j th. matters of business before the In sacks have refused to do police duty, ternatlonal Typographical Union today, and have made threats against their j The principal Interest In the committee officer*. At the garrison the soldiers reports centered In that of the eight- have become discontented and tho hour day committee, which urged the • -..ohie i> .nrmullnir A number of ar- continuation of the fight for the eight- trouble Is spreading. A. number or_»rJ hour day now befn(t wa(t „ d throughout rests have been made which naa alir.pl/1 country In cities whore u longer Inflamed the soldiers all the more. DRASTIC RATE BILL BRANDED A FAILURE day Is In force. The neyt meeting place will be se lected tomorrow. The cities In the race are: Vicksburg, Miss., Hot Hprlnga, Ark., Springfield, III., Scranton, Pa., Richmond, Vo., and Bultlmore, Md. F ! Shtevepeit, La, Aug. 15.—Manager 1’ion-t this af'emooa made ,» «bl;r a letter tcr.t by hltr. to Pre»- H*n» K* t*ana«tfh regarding a letter of By Private Leased Wlrts Atlantic City. N. J.. Aug. 15.—'The rate bill, the drastic railway legislation enacted by congress, la destined to be a failure, according to the unofficial re port which comet from the conference of I'M) railway lawyers and traffic man agers cf tho Southern railroads, who are in conference at the ^arlborough- jJlenheim In secret session. The outcome of the conference, from present Indications, will be the formu lating of a general plan to* adopt tho bill and apply regulations In a-uniform manner, In order to prove that the i s *d7fento°hUUM*!e V and’ Judge Xav«- roSsftfre U Impracticable of application, niiivh -,n attack, .:tad* ogalnM them who lead- Sr-dlrg the *.cw Orleans game, the of »liw controversy. !n scorch ing it.‘nn he upbraids Billy Smith for ‘ •rnl&n*,” and accu«c* him cf using »*hler '.alls ••/hen with Macon. PA3350 ^H&CHtCKB AMU THEN DISAPPEARED, ti. Tbt fia'vrgliic. n, Ala.. Ac*. IS.—If. L. Kno»t, f- ta:l*er v/!:o has been employed far koinn time In ono of the shops of *LU city, had several worthless checks, rengthg from five to ton dollars, cashed ’*•>• local merchants nnd has made good ht» escape. \*'C.A lthy" CITIZEN OF MACON 15 DEAD. v> The t*eor*l«*n. Macon. »H.. 15.-R. A. Merritt, a wa-altiiy and l.ifbivtitlal citizen, died 1 e-c tni* mo.-nlng rnuj a combination -d «Pscaare. H-* had oven suffering twu 4i*t!»ciee !••** ro.ne time and lately • ‘at Mtu. ;cd by e*.Ai»r/lN. He wt»s .Vr.'t • f /ferrtf liardwore Company, ,t co.’Ntd* here. ana Ing the advocacy of meeiibg the legis lation fairly and squarely/nas given the rate legislation tliorpcgh study, and his view Is acceptj^by tho conference that It Is vague, conflicting and a tan gle of words, and that while theoreti cally It was designed for the b«nefU of both shipper and railway, It Is such an mo nelatent measure that It must fall. OE ON GERMAN SOIL Spsclak Cable—Copyright. Berlin, A'ug. 15— King Edward uf England and Kaiser Wilhelm are now together at FrtcJrlckshoff. and diplo ma:* and officials of nil classes are busy conjecturing the nature »C the conference between the two mouarah*. ..... .- - :• v~ .n-erarise* The kaiser. :>■ the <lr»l* of a field mrtr- • ’r..,.tr ed i.t tree, ... tn.ctp . ■■• tp | ia | > ,. a , Xrwibcrc when the Eng lish king arrived, and the rw ctlng l»e- M- LfiLOEO BRYAN. V/Jn . ... i-.t 15.—In the - e T), , iV '.ontf.i.:e*t. which e: he.-e Irhalman tiles. >n h’, s| •* r. oviiif.t : o’‘.xi, tan.‘oil IV!lh'«M Jcu.’lo .* ■* the cox: preside tween them wa* cordial hi the ex- rieme. CONEY ATTRACTIONS BE BROUGHT TO ATLANTA FAIR Kpeclsl to The Georgias. Mucon, Ga., Aug. 15.—The Macon Fair Association was authorised by wire this morning to call a meeting of the representatlyes of the fall falra. In Atlanta, Augusta. Columbia, Jackson ville and Tampa, In this city for Satur day morning at 10 o'clock. A circuit will be formed so that some of the great attractions -from Coney Island can be brought South during the fall for the different faint at a moderate rost. No one of the cities could afford these attractions, but th, combination can. HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN AT ALBANY Special to The Georgian. Albany, Oa., Aug. 15.—The heaviest rainfall that has beeM experienced In this city In nine years fell ast night, when 1.40 Inches .was recorded. The greater part of the downpour fell be tween 7:20 and 4:30 o’clock. This was accompanied by lightning and s heavy wind. The sidewalk* were badly .washsd In many places, but otherwise the damage Is slight. EA8TERN LEAGUE. Toronto 200 000 0J«—T 4 0 Newark .000 009 000—0 2 2 Batteries: McCarthy nnd Slattery: Mortality and Shea. Montreal 00 001 100—2 5 Providence 001 004 01*—4 11 Batteries: Burke and Dillon; M It was a'half holiday with the oohool Closkey and Barton. children, who were at the station la a ..JH lewly :o ehre-r the great men. Z’l-- Im- coa- |,cc!,il nu'omoblle, were ot the station, 1 ..oj, rfier rre-tloxs had le.cn excliang- ho toys! party entered Frlcderlckshof. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION GAMES. Indianapolis . . “12 002 0*0—5 7 0 Mil wau-ee . .. ,>15 one 00O—0 4 2 Batteries 'toiiehertv and BsvIUt. In tho presence of one of the smallest crowds Of Uto season, Atlanta began play In the third game with Blrmlng hum. The game went like this: First Inning. Moleswortlr singled to lefti C. Smith sacrificed, out pitcher to first Mole: went to second. Montgomery fanned Meeks filed out to center, Wallace cut ting off a sure run by a sensational catch. 1 hit) 0 runs. Crosier popped out to short. Uoff- man filed out to shart. Winters foulsd out to catcher. 0 hitsi 0 runs, Second Inning. Gear out .short to first Walters out, second to first Garvin dittoed. 0 hots; 0 runs. 8 Smith fouled out to catcher. Morse fouled out to third. Jordan popped out to short 0 hits; 0 runs. Third Inning. Matthews fouled nut to Johnny Ev era. Reagan singled to right Mole*' worth fooled out to catcher. Fifth to die by foul so far. C. Smith sent on* that looked safe pant second, but Uofl- mnn made a great stop and flung him out at first I hit; 0 runs. Ever* filed ont to second. Wallaco got a resounding two-bagger lo left Zeller gouled out to Matty nnd—It wa* up to Crosier, but Dlckl* filed out t« center. 1 hit, 0 runs. Fourth Inning. Montgomery filed out to center. Nice catch by Wallace. Meeks out. short to first. Gear out, pitcher to first. 0 runs; 0 hit*. ilottmnn out, second to first. Winter* filed out to center. S. Smith singled to left. Moree out, eecond to first..1 hit) 0 runs. Fifth Inning. Walter* out, Zellar to Jordan. Har ley was raced from the grounds for kicking against n decision. Garvin out, third to first. Matthews filed out to second. 0 hits; 0 runs. Jnrdan singled past second. Evers fanned. Jordan stole eecond. Wallace lied out to renter. Zeller filed out to left 1 hit; 0 r—*. Sixth Inning. Rssgan out, Zeller to Jordan. Molts- worth filed out to center, Wallace mak ing another fine catch. C. Smith walk ed and then stole second. Montgomery ilngUO to right. Smith scored and Two-base hits, Wallac*. Struck out, by Zeller 2; by Reagan 1. Bases on halls, off Zeller 1. Sacrifice bits, C Smith, Winters. Stolen bnses, Jordan, C. Smith. Wild pltcli, Zeller. when Winter* let the bal get away Montgomery went to second. Meeks out, pitcher to first, 1 hit; 1 run. Crosier groundered to ehort end was safe on Garvin'* error. Hoffman bunted and beet It out. Winter* sacrificed In front uf tlio plate. Crosier on third; Hoffman on eecond. S. Smith drove on* to right end C. Smith dropped It. Cro sier scored, Hoffman went to third and Smith to second. Morse singled past second and Hoffman and Bmlth scored. Morse usnt to second on the throw In. Jordon out, third to first, Mora* going to third. Evers filed out to IsfL 2 hits; 3 runs. Ssvsnth Inning. Gear singled to center and went to second on a wild pitch. Waltera fan ned. Garvin filed out to third. Matty filed out to center. 1 hit; 0 runs. Wallace popped out to Meeks. Zeller out, grounder to first. Crosier fouled out to Matty. 0 hits* 0 runs. Eighth Inning. Reagan singled to center. Moles- worth singled to left. C. Bmlth bunted to the plat* end Reagan was out at third. Montgomery popped out to sec ond. Meek* tiled out to left.. 1 kite; run*. Hoffman filed out lo left. Winter* out grounder to first. 8. Bmlth out to center. .Walter* hit to third, Geer out at sec- Gcar hits to sscond, safe on first, nnd. Garvin walks. Matthews filed out to first Rssgan fanntd. RACE RESULTS’. SARATOGA. Saratoga, August 15.—Hero are the resulta of today’s races: FIRST RACK—Beggar Maid. IS to 5, won: Mlnberiu. 4 to I, second; Kudorla, 7 to II), third. Time, 1:07. SECOND HACK—Onteroro, 12 to 10, won: Maxllllllun. 4 to 5, second; Oleo- roso, out. third. Time, 4:27. THIRD RACE— Pensrrls. 4 to 1, won; Aletheuo, 2 to 1, second: Don En rique, 7 to 5, third. Time, 1:121-5. Su perman, Uolfman, Chsaeswsy, Charles U„ Gates, nnd Flint lllll also ran. FOURTH RACE—Peter Bterllng. 5 to 1, won; Inferno, 4 to 5, second; Bail or Boy, 5 to 2, third Time, l:lt 1-5. FIFTH RACE—Hammeraway, 20 to 1, won; Woolwich, 7 to 5, second; Edith James. 4 to 5, third. Time, 1:40 2-5. SIXTH RACE—Brookdale Nymph, 4 to 1, won; Blr Lynne wood, I to 5. sec ond; Comedienne, 7 to 10, third. Time, 1:25 4-5. . LATONIA. Latonla, Ky., August It.—Here are the results of the races here ti.is after noon: FIHHT RACK—Hereafter, 4 to 1, won; Frank Flvsher, 4 to 6. second; All Ablaze, 5 In 2. third. SECOND RACE— Lady Henrietta, « to 5, won; Knowledge, 4 to 5, second; Air Ship, 1 to 2, third. Time, lilt. Third rare declare*! off. FOURTH RACE—Profitable, 12 to E. won; Blue Mint. 4 to 6. second; Suba- dor, 1 to 2. third. Time 4:27 2-6. FIFTH RACE—Friction, 7 lo (, won: Marmorean. 3 to 5, second: Judith, Louise, 5 to 2, third. Time 1:11. SIXTH RACK—Katie Powers, 5 fo 2, don: Prince of Picas, 2 to 1, second; Irfiamohle, 5 to 2. third. fort’erie. Fort Erie, On;., August 16.—The rite* this afternoon resulted as fol- ,0 FIRST RA« E— Omr.r Kyhyam, 4 to won; Merlllne. 2 to 3, second; Mln- • t s i„ 5. tided. Time 1:14 I-e. AT UONTOOUBBr- Montgomcry.., 000 100 00* --J J J Nashville 001 000 00* — J * * Tribble and IUiiMn;Uncban*n and Wells. Uniplrs—Pfvasluger. AT SHREVEPORT— Shreveport (50 OJJ £3 -■ £ J New Orleans... 002 9“ "J ; ; Berber and Powell; llsouel and Strat ton. Umplre-Bbuter. OTHER GAMES. SOUTHERN. Called at the end of the eight to allow Memphis to catch train. Llttln Rock 020 000 00 —1 7. 1 Memphis 100 010 10 —1 7 1 Batteries; Allen and Douglass;8uggs and Owens. Umpires—Campsu and Wlncoff. .. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Flrat flame— Columbia 0 7 4 Augusta 4 4 1 Batteries: Ferrell and Sweeney; Rucker and Carson. NATIONAL. Roston . . .. 000 ZOO 410 01 —5 If 1 Pittsburg .. 100 000 020 00 —1 0 1 llsterles: Young and Needham; Lynch and Gibson. AMERICAN. Chicago 200 001 100 —4 4 0 Boston .... 000 000 000 —0 5 6 Butteries: 1 Walsh and Sullivan; Tannehlll and Peterson. EASTERN LEAGUE. First game—Score; It II E Rochester 000 000 000—0 6 1 Baltimore 000 005 11*—7 11 1 Betterfes: Henly and Steelman; Bur- chell and Byers. 1,000 CITIZENS IN MAN HUNT; LYNCHING SURE Governor Unable to Aid Negro Fiend Now Surrounded. 8|M*dnl to Th a Oorffiin. Greenville, 8. C., Aiir. 15.— A inuh of a tliousmitl determined men hnvo surrounded Hob Dnvia, the ncRro who Anonuitcd Miss Hrooko at Ureenwotid, and it is hourly exported tho negro will ho lynched. Sheriff McCiialan with tho party but he will not be ablo to prevent lynching. Tho poHho linn located Davis and aro now cloning in on him. GOVERNOR IIEYWARD WIRES THE SHERIFF. &p#clnt to TUc (l«*or|{l:io. Greenville, 8. C„ Aug. 15.— Governor Hevward htm wired the Greenwood h'heriff to dn what he cun to provent n lynching, hut the sheriff holds ont no hope of ttaviug the negro. The sheriff says the negro in lurrotmded nnd will ho cdiiglit in nu hour, Tho governor HccmH powerless to prevent n lynching. NEGRO FIENdTuRROUNDED IN CAROLINA SWAMPS. Sprclsl In The tlcorglau. Columbia, H. C„ Aug. 16.—Rob Davis, a negro brute, who attempted criminal assault on Miss Jennie Brooks, n young women of Greenwood, yesterday, nnd ho when repulsed cut her throat and her hands with a knife, Is being hunt ed by a limb of over 1,000 people. He Is (bought to be located In a swamp nine miles front Greenwood. Every man In the town and county big enough to carry it rifle Is In the boud, and ezcltsment Is Intense. The state cam paign Is holding Ita meeting at Green wood today, but the crowd which bears them speak 1* small. Aissultsd Nsgro Girl. After Davis brutally committed th* crime h* cam* about three miles far ther nn near Greenwood and crimi nally assaulted a negro girl, aged 14 yenrs, tho daughter of a man named Huber. Miss nnd Mr*. J. If. Brook*, Moriah section of the county, nnd It was In a store run by Iter father that Davl*. n hlg black negro of the African type, with bulging forehead and great physical strength, attacked her. She defended herself its best she could, but the man slashed her with a knife and one gash missed th> carotid artery of the throat by a quarter of an Inch. This cut was four Inches long. Two of her fingers were slmoat severed. Her .dress, hanging on the fence In her yard, was a red rag for all who saw It.' and by this token Davis' fate hns been practically sealed. AND HIS 01 He Also Slashed the Neck of Brother- in-Law. By Private Leased Wire. Batavia, 111., Aug. 15.—Emil II. ri aroee from hla sick bed thl* n. m a raving maniac, cut hla wlfe'e thn with a ragor, slashed the Jugulnr v of hts brother-in-law, Emeat Frany as be slept on a couch, and theu i his own throat from ear to cor. Berner nnd Fransen are dead. Mrs. Ilerner la In a critical rmidIM With a gash from Ih* ratnr rtinn from her chin down to her brenst. i escaped from the murderer nfiei first attack, and ran lo the boost 0 neighbor, where she wa* cared for Berner reached the bedside of Fn sen when the latter had t„ • n I aroused by the cries of Mrs. Bern nnd cut hla throat as ha attempted rise. Then the nianl.ic cut 'i I h ., throat and fell beside the bleed! body of hla brother-ln-lae*. Merer-* , not attack his little daughter. Him who slept with her mother, ic.i boarder, Carl Emanuel, who was tn own room. LEAPS TO SAVE GIRL AND IS DROWNED Ily I’rlvRtH LtniMMl Wire. Chlraffo, Aug. 1ft.—flKnmu'UiK 'ip th« gAngwny to th<* steamer Knntlund with a thro me of U -rnewartl bound etmr- alonletii Ju»t a* the xteamer wax leav ing Houth Haven ymtertoy afternoon, (’iirrle Andemon, a Chicago girl, vis tiuahed Into the river. Quirk on a flanii Stephen J. Koatka, a mechanic, I4.i|«-<| Into the Atream after bar. 'I n. girl woa reactied, but at the price of K"*c- ka*a life. The auction of tho vvh» -1 dragged him beneath the ateamor and he waa drowned. RUSSELL TO SPEAK IN ATHENS THURSDAY Judge Rlchgrd II. Ruaaell, cant for governor, will apeak at A Thursday night In th* Interest < candidacy. He wljl address the voters at warehouse. ATTACKED BY NEGRO, WOMAN DEFENDS SELF WITH A LONG HAT-PIN SECOND RACE—Alegra. 14 to 1, won; Timothy Wen. 4 to 1, second; Emlnola, even, tbira. Time 1:40 3-6. THIRD RACE—Away, 7 to 2, won; IngoHhrift, 5 to 2, second; Lgselle, 1 :o 2, third. FOURTH HACK—‘Reiteration, II to 6, won: Poster Girl, 4 to I, second; bliss Martha, 1 to 2, third. Time, 1:04. FIFTH RACK—Garrett Wlleon. 2 to 2, won; Fair Calypso; out, second: Prestige. 2 to I, third. Time, 1:24 2-5. SIX')'!' HACK- -Chanlda, 2 to 1, won; Bell th* Cat. 2 to I, second; Hen- over llomnlue. 2 in 5 third. Time, 3: Of. | Mob Searches Woods For Mrs. Hembree’s Assailant. Two more negroes were arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion. On* of th**e, Russell Parker, wa* caught npar Atlanta university. While on her wey to Atlanta to *ee her mother who I* very III, Mr*. Rich ard Hembree, of the Betti* lllll dis trict, wa* brutally and badly choked by an unknown negro at 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning. Mr*. H*mbree to the wife of a one- armed truck farmer and peddler and with their five little children they live near West Lake, about a mil* beyond th* end of the Weetvlew car line. She waa on her way to the cer line, and while In a bit of wood* wa* approached by tn* negro, who at first demanded her pocket book, which she handed him. He took what money ehe had, 22 25, out of It and threw It down, and then seized her. Struggling fiercely, she wa* dragged Into th* wood* where she wee choked, but retained her “"Defended 8*lf With Hit Pin. She reached for her hatpin and wa* about to Jab It In the nearu when he Sdt fright find toft her. With the ex ception of the scratches and brutal* on her throat eh* said she wa* none the won* for the encounter. Aa soon as the negro released her she ran screaming to her home end calledher husband from where he wa* working In the field. The new* waa spread and at noon fully a hundred armed men were scouring tho country In every dt- r *Mr* n Hembree desrrllied her aesall- ant aa being very black, of medium height, wearing a dark hat, blue over alls. and dark coat tightly buttoned up. She says she could easily Identify him SLATON NAMES TO Following a resolution Introduced -n last Monday, Bpeaker Slaton on Wed nesday morning appointed a committee from the house or representative* to Investigate th* Confederate Soldiers’ Home and report to the next general assembly. The following members are ap|..dnt- ed: Mlllken, of Wayne, chairmen, Knight, of Berrien; William-. I.au- rens; Hall, of Bibb; Rudlcll. of Chat tooga; Longley, of Troup, and K.-lly. of Glascock. Mr. Heard purported to be a former Inmate of the hum*, end offne.) to furnish what he staid was strong evt- of mlamanagement anil <u*h»n- An Inalnuntinjr loiter wa* reotved from W. J. Heard In Chleaao We<!o»»- day morning br Maaara. Kauy, of • Dux- cock, and Mlllken of Wayne, the lead ing aupportera of the movement to Inveatlgnte the Holdters* Home The aenata will appoint h committee of three to act Jointly with the Iwuae committee. Chairman Mlllken. *»f the h ox.- com mittee, stated Wedni <Im> aftfrnn.m that the committee would prohnhlv not begin Ita work until after September lft. The present teaMa'iin* re.i-.* to exlat after the flrat W*«ln» -.l;tv tn Oc tober and the committee mu-* com plete Ita flndlnge before that date. Continued or Paoo Two. PURE FOOD BILL MAY BE KILLED. The home Weimfl^r afternoon dWI cllned to agree ,n n,. -• n.ue an * n !- menta to the Mire food MIL Mi ' "n- ferenoe cotuniirtf e r , -•'» the differ ence waa ,i i ■ i •• .1 r 11 ••.! ii : ♦•p*»rt Wednesday nix!'.! The i of11mlf • ee lx f „ m | ptora Hunn, tiiml an! ID I i • ntntlvf - W igat UutU Almunu. Sen- Kiel, i