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130,000 population. The Atlanta Georgian. GCOMGIA: tMO.tOO population. rofton <-rop In 1006. 6,500 miles of stenm railroad. 400 miles electric street railway. 130 Cotton factorl&u, J,500,000 spindles Factories consumeu aw.uuu bales won VOL. I. NO. 95. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1906. Morning Edition. T>TVTni?.. In Atlanta TWO CENTS. X AvxGili. on Trains FIVE CENTS. OVATION GIVEN RUSS EMPEROR Loyalty of Heartiest Kind Displayed When Nicholas Ride's Onto the Field as if to Challenge a Shot From Enemy in Ranks. By Private Leased Wire. St. Petersburg, Aug. 15.—Czar Nicholas' review of the guard at the summer camp at Krasneyo-Selo was a success from every point of view. Ills majesty, attended by the Grand Duke Vladimir, and holding the czarevitch In his arms, was repeatedly cheered by the troops as they massed In review. IV hen It Is remembered that this was the first appearance of the czar before his troops since the present troubles began, and thRt there was great fear that he was courting assassination by his determination to. show him self at this time, the demonstration is considered to be remarkable. REVIEW OF RUSSIAN TROOPS IS SPECTACULAR. The review "•«» most spectacular. Forty battalions of Infantry, thirty- nine cavalry squadrons, 177 ?uns of artillery and twelve batteries of max ims constituted the columns. 'inc -taperor was dressed In the uniform of a hussar and was accompanied In a preliminary ride among.the troops by Empress Alexandra and Queen Olga, of Greece. In the review were the Grand Duke Nicholas, at the head of the foot soldiers, Grand Duke Sergius, leading the cuirassiers, and Grand Duke Michael with the dragoons. CZAREVITCH BEGINS CRYING DURING THE REVIEW. Just before the beginning of the review the czarevitch began to cry. The emperor gathered him Into his arms, amid the cheering of the soldiers. The father and the boy sat together on one horse until the pageant had passed. VICTIM OF ARMY LASH KNOWN IN WASHINGTON? By Private Leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 15.—Considerable fear Is felt here among the many friends of Miss Nilka DeSmirnoff lest the Russian girl, reported to be Mile. Smirnoff, so harshly dealt with In St. Petersburg, Is she. Miss DeSmirnoff 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, a sister of Mrs. Wadsworth, and mar ried M. DeSmirnoff years ago, when he was an attache of the Russian le gation here. Miss Nilka DeSmirnoff was a great friend of Countess Cassini, relative of the former Russian ambassador, and hostess of the embassy, and with the young countess made ready foT the wedding of Mme. Paveloff, wife of the Russian minister to Belgium, who was married here. - — Bpeclal Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg, Aug. 15.—There Is Intense indignation here today over thp public whipping which was admin istered to a young woman, Mile. Smir- neff, by the Chevalier Guards. The guards were passing through the Nev sky Prospect and a large number of persons were watching the procession. Mile. Smirneff waa heard to remark to a woman companion: "They are as gay as If they had cap tured Port Arthur.” The crowd laughed at the remark and joined In the Jibes which were be ing passed to the guard. The com mander of the guard became angry finally and ordered a charge upon the crowd. The troopers, slashing right and loft with their whips < soon scat tered the crowd. Mile. Smirneff and her companion were pursued and when they took refuge in a doorway they were captured. Under orders of the commander they were put into a pub lic conveyance and driven to the bar- 000000000004^00000000000000 O TWENTY MURDERS 0 O IN PAST FEW DAYS. O O 0 O By Private Leased Wire. 0 £ Warsaw, Aug. 15.—It is report- 0 O ed to the authorities today that O 0 20 murders have been committed 0 0 in this city during the past few 0 0 days. Various attempts have been 0 0 made today to murder police of- 0 0 fioials in the streets. A telegram 0 0 from Vloclawek says Chief of Po- 0 0 lice Nlrnewlcz and Provincial Po- 0 0 lice Captain Piefrow have been 0 0 murdered. 0 0 0 00000000000000000000000000 racks of the guard and taken before Colonel Stenbeckefermor. The colonel wanted to turn-the wo men over to the police, but brother of ficers insisted that she should be pun ished there and /hen. She was taken to the court yard, where troopers ad ministered twenty-seven lashes. The woman was terribly cut and her chances of recovery are said to be slight. The papers are Insisting that the men who participated in the affair be tried Immediately. COSSACKS MAKE THREATS AGAINST THEIR OFFICERS Special Cable—Copyright. London, Aug. 15.—A news agency dispatch from Tifils says that Cos sacks have refused to do police duty and have made threats against their officers. At the garrison the soldiers have become discontented and the trouble Is spreading. A number of ar rests have been made Which has simply inflamed the soldiers all the more. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAMPAIGN AFTER} is i cm DRASTIC RATE BILL BRANDED A FAILURE FI ACCUSES SMITH Shreveport, La., Aug. 15.—Manager Uharlea Frank this nftornoon made public a letter sent by him to Pres- Kavanaugh regarding a letter of E.ury Arnold of August ft, in which h" -Wends himself and Judge Kava- nauvh on attacks made against them r * - riling the New Orleans game, the • v ur. „f the controversy. In scorch- Jni; u rnis he upbraids Billy Smith for “• lining,” and accuses him of using rubi er balls when with Macon. PASSED his checks v , AND THEN DISAPPEARED. •.‘ Ill to The Georgina. ‘L.dsden, Ala., Aug. 15.—H. L. Knott, a • hitt* barber who has been employed f ^"ine time »n one of the shops of this rj f y 8evera j worthless checks, tanking from five to ten dollars, cashed ”’• l'»i*al merchants and has made good r.i> escape. WEALTHY CITIZEN s , , OF MACON IS DEAD. • I- ml to The Georgina. ■' ti >n, Ga.. Aug. 15.—R. A. Merritt, a "• -Ithy and Influential citizen, died T * r.- this morning from a combination 'ils,. a ses. He had been sulTerlng ] 'llahetea for Home time and lately ■ attacked by carbuncles. He was ' "■ of Merritt Hardware Co npany, of the largest concerns here, and "a' Interested In many big enterprises. HE LAUDED BRYAN. I rtvftti, «,el Wire. Unooln, Neb., August I"5.—In the Democratic convention, which • • here today. Temporary Chairman In hla speech opening the enn- • i .n i aU( |ed william Jennings Bry- - the next president of the United By Private Leased Wire. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 15.—The rate bill, the drastic railway legislation enacted by congress, Is destined to bo a failure, according to the unofficial re port which comes from the conference of 100 railway lawyers and tramc man agers of the Southern railroads, ■ who are In conference at the Marlborough Blenheim In secret session. The outcome of the conference, from present Indications, will be the formu lating of a general plan to adopt the bill and apply regulations In a uniform manner, In order t/t prove that the measure Is Impracticable of application. Judge Baxter, who apiiears to be lead ing the advocacy of meeting the legis lation fairly and squarely, has given the rate legislation thorough study, and bis view Is accepted by the conference that It Is vague, conflicting and a tan gle of words, and that while theoreti cally It was designed for the benefit of both Shipper and railway, It Is such an Inconsistent measure that It must fall. OF E ON GERMAN SOIL Special Cable—Copyright. Berlin, Aug. 15.—Klqg Edward of England and Kaiser Wilhelm are now together at Frledrtckshoff, and diplo mats and officials of all classes are busy conjecturing the nature of the conference between the two monarchs. The kaiser. In the dress of a Held mar shal, was at Kronberg when the Eng lish king arrived, and the meeting be tween them was cordial In the ex- "Tt'was n half holiday with the school hipIren who were at the station In a body to cheer the great men. ’The Im perial automobiles were nt the station, and after greetings had beer, exchang ed the royal party entered it and pro ceeded to Eiicderiekshot G. A. R. Head Arraigns Oil and Other Trusts. By Prlvnte Loaned Wire. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 15.—To the rattle of drums and the shrill song of fifes, O. A. R. veterans of ’61 to ’65 marched in triumph through the streets of Minneapolis today on the occasion of the fortieth annual reunion, 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. From morning until nearly midnight last night Minneapolis’ great auditor ium echoed and re-echoed to songs, sentiments and cheers of the occasion that is to the rank and file of veter ans in attendance the chief of the week’s program. Tanner Arraigns Trust*. Commander-in-Chlef Tanner, In eloquent, fervid address, referred with pointed invective to violent corruption that had nearly again rent the uniot) in twain, and aroused tumultuous en thusiasm by his arraignment of the Standard OH and other trusts. Scan the monopolies fairly,” said Corporal Tanner, “and I defy you to find among them a veteran of the civil war, who wore either blue or gray. We bullded character in the bUties and in the name of nearly a quarter of a mil lion of these sterling characters thank Minneapolis and Minnesota for its welcome and its incomparable hos pitality.” Saratoga to Gat Reunion. The Columbia Club of Chicago, 111.*; W. R. C., one of the most prominent organizations which has arrived to at tend the encampment, has been called the Silk Stocking Club for It boosts of some of the wealthiest women of the city as members. Five years ago Its president presented each member with a pair of silk stockings as a tacit recognition of the name given it. Saratoga, N. Y., is going after the next encampment hard and it looks like R. D. Brown, of Zanesville, Ohio, for the next cotnmander-in-chlef. gOO0O000O00O0OO0000000000g 0 DOWN TWO CENTS 0 O GOES WESTERN OIL. 0 0 O 0 By Private Leased Wire. O 0 Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 15.—Western O O OH declined 2 cent* today, but the 0 0 Eastern product is unchanged. O 00000000000000000000000000 1 NEGRO FACING VICTIM DECLARED NOT THE ONE About 11:30 o’clock a negro Answering the description given by Mr. Hembree was captured nt the corner of Lucile avenue nnd Gordon street by John Klshbaok and Elijah Elowers, nnd as he refused at first to talk, and later told contradictory stories, he was put In u wagon and carried to Mrs. Hembree’s home. There were a dozen men In the crowd by the time the house was reached, nnd the negro wus told that If he was not the right one nothing would bo done to him. Everything was quiet and or derly. A few hundred yards before the house was reached one of the older men was sent forward to prepare Mrs. Hembree and to see that she was not excited, so that no snap Judgment would he taken. The negro was then led up to the steps, nnd from her position on the porch Mrs. Hembree looked nt him steadily for a moment and then dropped her eyes. Involuntarily each man present thought she wus sim ply looking away to avoid seeing him shot down, but she was trying to recall exactly the features of her assailant. She raised her eyes again In a moment, and after another hard look, declared that he was not the man. The negro wus turned loose and told to make himself senree. Mob Searches Woods For Mrs. Hembree’s Assailant. Two more negroes were arrested Wednesday nftornoon on suspicion. One of these, nuttscll Parker, was caught near Atlanta university. While on her way to Atlanta to see her mother who ts very 111, Mrs. Rich ard Hembree, of the Battle Hill dis trict, was biutally and badly choked by an unknown negro at 7 o’clock on Wednesday morning. Mrs. Hembree Is the wife of a one- armed truck farmer and peddler and with their live little children they live near West Lake, about a mile beyond tho end of the Wostvlew car line. She a* on her way to the enr line, and bile In a bit of woods was approached by tne negro, who at first demanded her pocket book, which she handed him. He took what money she had, $2.35, out of It and threw If down, and then seized her. Struggling fiercely, she was drugged Into the woods where she was choked, but retained her "^"Defended Self With Het Pin. She reached for her hatpin and was about to Jab It in the negro when he took fright nnd left her. With the ex ception of the scratches and bruise,s on her throat she said she was none the worse for the encounter. As soon the negro released her she ran screaming to her home and called her husband from where he was working In the field. The new* was spread and at noon fully a hundred armed men were scouring the country In every di rection. ,, , . Mrs. Hembree described her assail ant as being very black, of medium height, wearing a dark hot, blue over alls, nnd dark rout tightly buttoned up. She says she could easily Identify him TO PROBE Continued on Page Two. Following a resolution Introduced on last Monday, Speaker Slaton on Wed nesday morning appointed a committee from the house of representatives to investigate the Confederate Soldiers’ Home and report to the next general assembly. The following members are appoint ed: Mfitken, of Wayne, chairman; Knight, of Berrien; Williams, of Lau rens; Hall, of Bibb; Rudicll, of Chat- tooga; Longley, of Troup, and Kelly, of Glascock. Mr. Heard purported to be a former Inmate of the home, and offered to furnish what he said was strong evi dence of mismanagement and dishon est y. An Insinuating letter was received from W. J. Heard In Chicago Wednes day morning by Messrs. Kelly, of Glas cock, and Mlllken of Wayne, the lead ing supporters of the movement to Investigate the Soldiers’ Home. The senate will appoint a committee of three to act Jointly with the house committee. Chairman Miliken, of tho house com mittee, stated Wednesday afternoon that the committee would probably not begin its work.until .after September 10. The present legislature ceases to exist after the first Wednesday In Oc tober and the committee must com plete its findings before that date. 1,000 CITIZENS IN MAN HUNT; LYNCHING SURE Governor Unable to Aid Negro Fiend Now Surrounded. Special to The Georgian. Greenville, S. C., Aug. 15.— A mob of a thousand determined men have surrounded Bob Davis, the neitro who assaulted Miss Brooks nt Greenwood, and it is hourly expected the negro will be lynched. Sheriff McCaslan with the party but he will not be able to prevent lynching. The posse has located Davis and are now closing in on him. GOVERNOR HEYWARD WIRES THE SHERIFF. ATTACKED BY NEGRO, WOMAN DEFENDS SELF WITH A LONG HAT-PIN Special to The Georgian. Greenville, S. C., Aug. 15.- Governor Heyward has wired tho Greenwood sheriff to do wlmt he can to prevent a lynching, but the sheriff holds out no hope of saving the negro. Tho sheriff says the negro is surrounded and will be caught in an hour. The governor seems powerless to prevent a lynching. NEGRO FIEND SURROUNDED IN CAROLINA 8WAMPS. Special to The Georgian. Columbia, S. C„ Aug. 15.—Bob Davis, a negro brute, who attempted criminal assault on Miss Jennie Brooks, a young woman of Greenwood, yesterday, and ho wheh repulsed cut her throat and her hands with a knife, is being hunt ed by a mob of over 1,000 people. He Is thought to be located in a swamp nine miles from Greenwood. Kvery man In the town and county big enough to carry a rifle Is In the band, and excitement Is Intense. The state cam paign Is holding Its meeting at Green wood today, but the crowd which hears them speak Is small. Assaulted Negro Girl. After Davie brutally committed the crimer he came about three miles far ther on near Greenwood and crimi nally assautted a negro girl, aged 14 years, the daughter of a man named Suber. Miss Brooks Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brooks, or the Mount Moriah section of the county, and It was In a store run by her father that Davis, n big black negro of the African type, with bulging forehead and great physical strength, attacked her. She defended herself as best she could, but the man slashed har with a knife and one gash missed .1 carotid artery of the throat by a quarter of an inch. This cut was four Inches long. Two of her fingers were almost severed. Her dress, hanging on the fenco In her yard, was a red rag for nil who saw 4t, and by this token Davis’ fate has been practlca»ly sealed. AID IIS OWN He Also Slashed the Neck of Brother- in-Law. By Private Leased Wire. Batavia, 111., Aug. 16.—Emil Berner arose from hie sick bed this morning a raving maniac, cut his wife’s throat with a razor, slashed the jugular vela of his brother-in-law, Ernest Franzen. as he slept on a couch, and then cut his own throat from ear to ear. Berner and Franzen are dead and Mrs. Berner Is in a critical condition. With a gash from the razor running from her chin down to her breast, she escaped from the murderer after hU first attack, and ran to the houyj of 4 neighbor, where she was cared for. Berner reached the bedside of Frun- zen when the latter had been half aroused by the cries of Mrs. Berner, And cut his throat as he attempted tj rise. Then the maniac cut his own throat and fell beside the bleeding body of hls brother-in-lav*. Berner did not attack his little daughter. Sigma, who slept with her mother, nor a boarder, Carl Emanuel, who was fn his own room. LEAPS TO SAVE GIRL AND IS DROWNED By Trlrnte Leased Wire. Chicago, Aug. 15.—Struggling up the gangway to the steamer Eaatland a throng of homeward, bound ex xiontsts Just a* the ateamer wna lea lng South Haven yesterday afterno . Carrie Anderson, a Chicago girl, win pushed into the river. Quick as a flash Stephen J. Kostka, a mechanic, leaped Into the stream after her. The girl was rescued, but at the price of Kost- kn’n life. The suction of he wh. 1 dragged him beneath the steamer and he wns drowned. RUSSELL TO SPEAK IN ATHENS THURSDAY Judge Richard B. Russell, candidate for governor, will speak at Athens Thursday night in the interest of hls candidacy. He will address the voters at Moss’ warehouse. ANGRY MOB STONES HEAD B.R. T. OFFICER APOPLEXY KILL8 ALBANY CITIZEN Albany, Oa., Aug. 15.—R. M. Culpep per, a citizen of this place, died aud- deniy thl* morning from npoplexy. 'uiptt^per was stricken before 6 ItK^anc expired before medical aid could reach him Police Save Smith From Vengeance of Crowd. By Private Leaned Wire. New York, Aug.* 15.—Driven by des peratlon and brutality they had Wit nessed on the part of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company employees, and enraged when they were held up at Kensington station because they had refused to pay two fares on their return to Brooklyn from Coney Island, 250 men attacked General Superintend ent Dow M. Smith, of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, with stones early to day. Rocks and all sorts of missiles were hurled at the obnoxious official, and a rush was made for hls auto by the furious passengers. Forty policemen went to the rescue of Superintendent Smith and, lining up around hls auto, drove bpek the crowd. But for this timely Interference, Smith would have been terr’bly beaten and possibly killed. Thousand* Have to Walk. The attack on Smith came after another day marked by rioting, brutal assaults on passengers, fights and up roar all along the lines of the Brook lyn Rapid Transit as a result of the violent methods of the company to ex tort an extra fare. Blind, cripples and boys were thrown bodily off the cars. Men were beaten and kicked. Women were hurled and dragged from their seats. From Inst night until this morning not a trolley car was sent beyond Slx- ty-flfth street. It Is estimated that about 700 passengers were pulled from trains at Neck road, Kings highway and Kensington, while 25,000 persons who had paid the extra fare were de layed from one to three hours In reach ing their destination. BURGLARS WHEN FOILED SET FIRE TO STABLE. Culpeper, Va., Aug. 15.—A bold attempt to rob the dwelling of W. H. Kggborn, of Kggbornsvllle, and the sub sequent burning by Incendiaries’ of hls large barn, ti»ok place ut 2 o’clock this morning. When the attempt to effect an entrance Into the dwelling \yas made Mr*. Eggborr. fired two shots at the burglars, who hastily beat a retreat and set the barn afire. HE'LL TELL ALL TO SHIELD S NAME President Stensland Report ed To Be In South America. M ■ 'X; By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, III,., August 15.—A new nnd complete exposure of the conditions that existed in the plundered Milwau kee avenue Mate bank la promise.I by Cashier Henry W. Herlng. Ho de clare* that he will show a state of af fair* that ha* not yet been hinted at. Herlng’* promise of a full cnnf. s: - q follows on the heel* of a threat by th* state'B attorney to Identify Herlng with a certain woman whose name la a se cret. While the state's attorney Is awaiting the startling statement that Herlng has promised, a trace of Stens land Is said to have been found. The fugitive Is declared to have gone to South America bound for a small country that has no extradition treaty with the United States. While Herlng says that he Is prepar ed to make llmportant revelations he will not admit that there Is a club bol l over hls head. He denies that fear .f the mention of a woman’s name ha* decided him to Issue a statement. HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN AT ALBANY Hpwlal to The Georgian. Albany, Ga., Aug. 15.—The heaviest rainfall that has been experienced in tills city In nine years fell ast night, when 3.80 Inches was recorded. The greater part of the downpour fell be tween 7:30 and 8:30 c'clecfc. This was accompanied by lightning anti a heavy wind. The sidewalks were badly washed many places, but otherwise . the damage Id slight.