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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FEARED TRUCKS WERE THREATENED BY ANGRY FOLK B. R. T. Cars Guarded liy Many New York Police. By I*rlvnf*» Wln». New York, Au*. 17.—FearinK an at tempt wmild he made to t**ar up the rails of the Brooklyn Hnphl Transit Company, and possibly wrerk trains aa a result of the rioting and assaults on thousands of passengers, growing out of the war over the M<>-cent fares, •quads of police r«nle on every train to and from Toney Island last night and today, to be on hand In ease of emergency. Although the police nfflrinls were reticent. It is believed a warning was received that such an attempt would be made, and steps were taken to pre vent It. Brooklyn Hnpld Transit In spectors. Inntem) of being stationed at eeeond-fare points, also rode on the trains end patrolled the track between the Kensington avenue station und (V ney Island. Say Girl Was Murdered. All the travel wus confined to the elevated trains, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit running no trolley cars beyond the aid city line. There wus no dls order during the early hours this morning and no arrests were made after ipldnight. Coroner Henry .1. Brewer has order ed the police to arrest the motonnan of the car that hurled Miss Fannie Rodlnsky to her death In Coney Island creek. District Attorney Clarke, of Kings county, has obtained evidence fending to show that the girl was mur dered. Witnesses have asserted that the motorman deliberately ran down the people on the bridge, despite the protests of passengers. To Prepare Test Cate. Today the test case to determine If the Brooklyn Rapid Transit has a legal light to charge a 10-cent fare to Coney Island will be prepared. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit has an nounced that It will not resume the funning of trolley cars to Coney Island until the receipts for the extra fare to be given to passenger* are ready for fiaulnv to all conductors. INSURANCE PEOPLE - LIABLE FOR LOSS ESCAPED CONVICTS ARE SURROUNDED IN NECK OF SWAMP Cut Guard's Throat When He Approached and Escaped. \Y, AI i; I HT 17, 1»». Hpceltil h» Th« Georgian. Charleston, R C., Aug. 17.—The sher Iff of this county, with a posse, la If pursuit of three convicts who killed their guard yesterday afternoon at the drainage gang stockade, near Charles ton, mid made their escape. Herman (>. Htello, the white guard, had his throat cut by the negroes after lie hud approached them with a bucket water. They were playing off us sl<k, and had been left In camp with he single guard. The escaped convicts re now- In the Charleston neck vamp. There Is no talk of a lynching. LANDRUM WIRES AT LOCKED IN PARLOR Little Eva Gidisli Just Did Escape From Frenzied Beast. .Missing Son Returns From Voyage to London, England. M|mm'|hI to The <i<*>rgliin. Rome, (#«., Aug. 17.—F. Elton Idtn- drum, whose strange disappearance from New York, which was. reported In yesterday’s Georgian, haa been heard from. His father, L. M. l«andrum, rf- celved s message from him this morn ing stating that hf had Just arrived tn New' York on a steamer from Liver pool. His family la greatly rejoiced of glad news. Though the Home Insurance Compa ay of New York had sent a check to tha Chattahoochee Lumber Company to cancel a fire Insurance policy, and the policy had been returned to the In- auranre people, the supreme court holds that the New York concern Is not absolved from liability. This rather peculiar case came about In a curious way. The Chattnh«»ochce Lumber Company, of Havannah, held a policy, for 120,000 with the Home In surance Company on Its big sawmill •t Donalsonvllle, In Decatur county. Learning that the risk was too great on the property the Insurance people on February Ik. 1905, sent a check for $1,292.80, premium on one year's in surance. minus one month It had been of force. It was stated that they re- R vtted to cancel the policy, but the ak waa too great. The president of the mill dletnted a letter acknowledg ing the check, and stating that he did not blame the company. The policy waa mailed to the Home Insurance Company on Februury 21, 1905, early |n the morning. About 2 o’clock that nfterntmn the mill burned down, and the lumber company brought ac tion. The lower court directed a verdict for the plaintiff nnd I ho case waa carried to the higher court. That court hold that the clause requiring five daya’ notice rendered the Insurance company liable for the face of the pol icy. Juatlce Lumpkin dissented. old negbesThurt BV AN JTOMOBILE An automobile operated by H. I«a- mar Rankin, who resides at 950 IVoch- trea street, struck and painfully Injur ed Annie Tolliver/ a negress, 60 years old, at the comer of Fifth and Peach tree streets early Friday morning. As soon aa the woman could be picked up Rankin had her put In his machine ami drove to the Grady Hospital. She waa put under medical treatment and the phyaldans announce that she is doing very well. The woman’s arm and rtfth rib were broken, her lips and ears la cerated and there were several nhraa- lons on the woman’s body. Lamar Rankin was driving his auto Into town and was passing a car at Fifth street, when the negro woman stepped out from behind the car which had come to a stop. % MEAT ORDINANCE TO BE CONSIDERED At tha Friday afternoon session of the special committee, appointed to In vestigate the Atlantu meat situation, the ordinance regulating abattolra and the manner of handling meats from the time of slaughter until It reaches the consumer will be gone over and re vised. The ordinance will then be pre- aented to the city council. The meeting will be held In the council chamber at 2:30 o*ch>ck. The session will be a Joint one. so that the board of health, vitally interested In the present move, and the special committee, which has had the Investi gation In charge, will thoroughly agree upon the ordinance. From what can be gathered, the ordi nance Will be passed through council almost unanimously. The changes t» i*. made in the ordi nance from the original will be of minor Importance and based upon the Sug gestion of the local but vhers. After the passage of the ordinance, about five months win elapse before ft la put Into effect and it is believed that during that time there will bs a central abattoir erected. ' EAGLES AT SEA OVER ELECTION By Private Leased Wire. Milwaukee, Wla., Aug. 17.—The elec tion of officers at the Eagles' conven tion t>egnn today ahd will continue un til late tonight. A startling change In the political situation was when Wood A. Farr, of Pennsylvania, one of the leading can didates for the office of grand w’orthy president, withdrew- In favor of Henry D. Davis, of Milwaukee, nominating him for re-election. This move, al though coming unex|K*cte’dly, wus greeted enthusiastically. It la expect* ed that Mr. Davis will carry the elec tion today. Edward Krause, of Wil mington. Del., Is Mr. Davis’ strongest opponent. Although It has been the custom to restrict u chief executive's Incumbency to u single term, a precedent bus been established by the fact that Delegate Hary Hmltli, a former grand worthy president, has succeeded himself. Delegates state that Mr. Davis' chances for reelect Inn will not be hurt becuuse of his having served a previous term. 8. W. Wadsporlh,'of Council I Huffs, Iowa, who has been mentioned for grand worthy president, nlso withdrew In favor of Mr. Davis and J. Barrett, of Omaha, Neb., Instructed Ills follow ing to vote for Mr. Krauae. For the office of grand worthy vies president two candidates. Theodore Bell, Napu, Col., nnd Lieutenant Gov ernor Charles H. Coon, of port Town send, Wash., were nominated. The re sult of the elections will be announced Haturday morning. THREE MADE HAPPY Pardons for three, declinations for nnd n large iiuiiiUt of |M>tltlnii* postponed until next meeting concluded the work of the prison cottmilslNon Friday morning. .Iiiiiim Meeks, sent up from Polk county with another party for rolddug nn old ne gro, was-pardoned. Meeks was only nlNUit 15 years of age when the crime was com mitted. lie was denied a pardon mice lie- fore, lait r«N*eiitlv mi uncle from Texas came here and sold lie would take the lad out there If he was puidoued. The uncle's name la J. F. Ilunuleiitt, and ns Ills ranch Is 125 miles from a railroad, he says lie lielleres he call keep Meeks oilt of trouble. A |Mtrdoii was grnutc! Jim Clark, of Sumter county, scut up for ten years In Itit* for attempted murder. Ills health Is said to In* had. Will Nance, of Gordon «— nils ent up Mi _Aiiity v . . . „ — lemeniior. wns also grunted n hard Clemency was denied W. F. Harwell, of Hancock; Charles l.evnn, of Chatham; Silly Stokes, of Dougherty; Eugene Matthews, f I InII. and J. II. Heavers, of Cobb. The oimulssloii will meet again next week to decide upen tin* disbursements of the ap propriation of «3.mo for furnishing equipping the Juvenile reformatory prison farm. on the DRANK TOGETHER; MONET DISAPPEARED Charged with drunkenness nnd with stealing money from J. L Powell, with lioni he had lieen drinking. Ilob Greer, white man 21 years old. wss locked np Thursday night by Detective Spradlin. Powell was nlso arrest**! on the charge of drunkenness. I. L Powell. It Is said, had Just **otne iui his home In Ijitlrsnge. nnd cashed .•heck for HI*, lie met Greer, with whom laid a slight acquaintance, and Invited him to have a drink. * The two stepped lair rtsitii on Decatur street, ami l res ted. Greer treated, and after that, so stated tills Horning. Powell knew nothing. When lie woke up lug III the isillee station. missed his •fore Iwitig was found ami notified the tnrnk< When Gr*-er was search'd l*c put into the station house. $43.26 "rfiey It’ It Shropshire I- representing II. ami will prosecou* Giver uu the charge of »(valin* When little Eva Oldish, of 47 Trinity q venue, went Into the parlor Thursday afternoon a large shaggy dog possessed i)f the rabies, leaped from under a Couch, where It had secreted Itself, and attempted to bite the little girl, rfinarl Ing and snapping furiously. The child, nearly frightened out of her wits, made a rush for the door and closed it with a slam. Mrs. J. Oldish, hearing her child scream, had come to the parlor to nee what the matter was. The little girl explained that she was not bitten, and with team of thankfulness coursing down her cheeks she locked the dog In the re ception room. The pMlce station was notified and officers Hulsey and Dor- sott rode In “hurry-up” fashion to the house. When the officers arrived the dog was running around the parlor, .knock ing over chairs and tables In Its fren zy. . Officer Hulsey went to a window In the front nnd raised It. officer Dor- sett iqienlng the door nnd chasing the beast out of the window with a broom. As the dog leaped from the window Hulsey, who was on the outside, fired two shots, .me taking effect. The rabid animal went on, however, only to be killed under a negro house seven blocks away by the two officers. In May of last year two of Mrs. Gld Ish’s smaller children were bitten by mad dogs, but both recovered. POLLED OFF CLOTHES SLEmN GUTTER Night’m Lodging on Cobble Stones Cost Him $2.75. After hanging his hat, coat, shirt and trousers on the sidewalk at the corner of Decatur and Butler streets, and making a bed of the gutter, Mercer Stowers, a young white boy, was ar rested Friday night by Patrolman Pate. The officer stated that Stow*ers was making a bed out of the public high way. The boy was drunk at the time and said In court Friday morning that he remembers nothing of the affair, and that wiille lie was In the Intoxicated condition he was robbed of his watch, stick-pin nnd some money. Acting Recorder W. W. Draper Im posed a flpe of 12 nnd costs, remarking that a bed on the public highway, although harder than a bed In a board ing house, was much costlier. N HAD TO” PAWN THINGS; SUES THE RAILROAD Because of the mental anguish which he suffered when he found himself pen niless in a strange city without friends and obliged to pawn- his watch, stick pin and other articles to get money enough to proceed on his way home to Atlanta, Hanford Burge, of this city, has filed suit In the city court against the Henbonrd Air Line railway for 91,000. and the case will be heard at the November term. Burge states In his allegations that on July 30 of this year he purchused In Atlanta a return ticket to Washing ton, D. (*., and proceeded to that city to spend his vacation. The final limit of the ticket was August 8 and on Au gust 3 he Imd the ticket validated at the Washington office and the follow ing day started home. At the train, however, he was refused admission be cause the ticket had no coupon good between Washington and Richmond and Burge was obliged to remain In Washington two days and to pawn nearly everything he had to get money enough to reach home. ONE LITTLE CALF CAUSED DIG ROW WINS BIG TAX CASE Will Get Near Half Million Dollars in Back Taxes. OTHER BOUNTIES LOSE Two judge*, four lawyers slid' six twill Ills *|MMit flirt** hours Thursday In Jii^v Orr s court trying to get straight a case that Involved the ownership of a calf val ued st $3.6*1 It seems Hint (lie cnlf was levied on ns the |»ro|»erty of Arthur Peyton, u negro, |»y (\ ||. Met’rary, a constable In the court Of Justice Virgil Jones, And then there followed a multiplicity of suits nnd cross suits Involving |M»rJnry and various other crimes, which suits wexe nil ultimately settled mid withdrawn, •but IVjrton fail ed to get buck bis calf, lie thereupon brought ball trover proceeding* against Jiydlcc Jones slid t'onstnble McCrary to r**-over the aforesaid calf. To get back st him. McCrary swore out n warrant In Justice Orr's court charging false swear ing. In that the cnlf w*s not Iji Justice Jones' itosaesslnti. After hearing the evi dence. It lokod ns though It would take several Philadelphia lawyers many hours to tiiiruvcl the various ends mid twists the esse had taken, but Justice Orr cut the Gordlnti knot by dismissing It oti the ground that IHjytou bad not Intcutlotinlly sworn falsely. Said x That Hon. Boykin Wright Will Receive Big Fee. Richmond county won Its cu, for back taxes on 16,000 shares of Westarn Railway of Alabama stock held by the Gaorgla Railroad, antf that county and' the rlty of Augusta will get close to half u million dollars thereby. Incidentally, It la. said that Hon. Hoykln Wright, of Augusta, who fought the rase through the courts, wlil re ceive a fat fee ranging from $50,00# to *76,000. The supreme court, handed down a derision upholding Richmond's claim against Greene, Taliaferro, Oglethorpe, Walton. McDuffie and Columbia coun ties, and certain municipalities for par ticipation In these taxes, sustaining Judge I'endleton's denial of the man damus brought atiolnst * Comptroller Wright to prevent his paying over the money to Richmond as the situs of tha Georgia railroad in this state. Justices Cobh and Lumpkin were dis qualified In this case, and aa the attor neys for tha other counties Jnslsted on • full benrh,. Governor Terrell appoint ed Judges Freeman nnd Littlejohn from the superior court to sit. Judge Littlejohn and Justice Atkinson dissent from the opinions of the others. It Is held that “stock In a non-resi dent railroad corporation owned by a domestic railroad company la taxable for county and municipal purposes In that county and city wherein the prin cipal office, of such corporation Is flxed by its charter or by law. 8uch prop erty la 'located' property In the mean ing of the law of this state providing the machinery for distributing tha property of railroad companies for county und municipal taxation." By a previous decision of the su- ireme court the Georgia railroad haa icen held liable for taxes on the stork of the Western Railway of Alabamu owned by It. Taxes are due from 18*5 to 1*05. IN CITY SCHOOLS OO0OOOOOOOOOOO0O0OO000OO0O o o O C0N8PIRACV CHARGE O O FAILS TO 8TAND. 0 O O O Special Cable—Copyright O O Manila, Aug. 17.—The Lukban O O brothers, who were sentenced to 0 O live years' Imprisonment for con- O O spiring to overthrow the govern- 0 O ment. have been acquitted by the O O supreme court of the Philippines. 0 00000000000000000000000000 WESTINGROUSE AGENTS TALK ABORT BRAKES Representative!) From Several Cities Meet in Atlanta and Discuss Machinery. Attendance will Reach 14, 000—Vertical Writing Will Be Dropped. By October 1 there will be 14,000 children In Actual attendance at the public . school of Atlanta, Is the opln Ion of Assistant Superintendent of Public Schools Landrum. Heretofore 11,200 has been the top notch In at. tendance. > Already there have been 247* tick els made out for new pupils and pu pile changing schools, and before the hools open, September 4, It Is be- ived that this number will he greatly ilarged. On the last day of August tha exam Inntlnns will be held for entrance and deficiencies. Ur. Lnpdrum staled Friday that the new Pryor Street school would be com pitted between November 1 and Jan uary 1.- • “The Pryor Street school will be the finest In tha city. It. will be the only grammar school with on. auditorium. Special attention Is being given to the heating, lighting and plumbing, all of which will l>e of the best,” he sold. The school will have eight rooms and the auditorium will seat about 260 peo. pie. The only change In tha curriculum from Iasi year will be the supplanting of the vertical writing by the “Inter mediate slant.” It Is believed that this style of penmanship la mors practical than the old style. MITGRELL KING DIED AT ELATJCK, N, C Son of Mr. nntl Mrs. Alex C. King Panne* Away Friday. Mitchell Kill*, son of Mr. sml Mrs. Alex King, of 894 lVs«iitr*** strooi, «ll«*il Friday morning lit 10 o'clock at their summer home st FIs I rocks N. l\ Ho had lN*en In Imd lien I Hi for some time. Mitchell King wns one of the l**st ktiosri young men In Atlanta. Us wns graduate), from the Fnlvcrslty of Georgia with the class of 1902. nnd completed bis edur nt Harvard Fnlvcrslty. Ills father and mother were with him at the time of his death. No funeral arrange ment* have yet 1*een made. SUPREME COURT BRITS UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST Air brakes, compressed air and hot air were Hie leading topics at a dinner nt the Capital City Club Thursday eve. nlng when the representatives of the Westlnghouse companies in the Bouth met at the table. The dinner followed a meeting of the Southern and Houth- western Railway Club at the Piedmont hotel Thursday morning. At the railroad men's meeting Rob ert Burgess, Southern representative of the Weatlnghouae Air Brake Com pany, presented a paper on late types of air brake equipment for locomotives. The dinner In the evening was attended by the following representatives of the Westtnghouse Interests: E. A. Craig, general auditor and Southern manager; Robert Burgess, of Richmond. Va.; 8. D. Hutchins, of Co lumbus. Ohio; I. H. Brown, of Cincin nati; T. L. Burton, of New York; J. R. Gordon, H. A. Coles, H. D. Winn, Joe Paulson, A. J. Brown, W. B. Crabtree, John II. Gordon, Thomas 8mlth, W. E. Forman, E. A. Thom well and Frank 8. Tucker, of Atlanta, and H. Cameron, of New Orleans. A number of representatives of cor porations allied with the Westlnghouse Interests were also eresent. ACCOUNTANTS REPORT ORDERED EXAMINED.* H|»cclal to The Georgian. Rome, Oa.. Aug. 17.—In the Injunc tion proceedings against Norris 8mlth, executor for the Halstead Smith es tate, Judge Moses Wright decided to let the injunction stand for 90 days longer and allow the executors to em ploy an expert accountant to Examine the report of A. J. Haltiwanger, in which the alleged shortage of Halstead Smith was charged, and to ascertain whether or not the report was true. M*CURDY*8 80N-IN-LAW HAS RETURNED HOME B. L. Heartiine. B. L. Heartline, 34 years old, died at 8:30 o'clock Thursday night at Ills res ilience on the McDonough roau. He wns a member of the Masons and Old Fellows. The funeral services were held nt the residence at .1 o'clock Fri day afternoon and the Interment wus In the Masons' lot at Oakluml. John A. Roberts. John A. Roberts, aged C4 years, a mfederate veteran and an Inmate of the Soldiers* Home, died at the Home at S o’clock ThunwVty night. The fu neral services will he held nt Poole’s hapel Saturday, and the InteVment will »•- at West view. Ity Private Leased Wire. Morristown, N. J.* Aug. 17.—Louis A. Thebaud son-in-law of Richard A. McCurdy, former president of the Mu tual Life Insurance Company, and a prominent figure in the affairs of the company, has returned to his home here. The fact that he spent the night at his home did not become known un til today, when he appeared at the railroad station nnd took the 8:22 train for New York, lie refused to talk. POLICE ATTACK PEOPLE AFTER BOMB EXPJ.08ION Special ('able—Copyright. Lods. Aug. 17.—Two people were killed and twenty-one Injured In the streets here on •Thursday by the police following the explosion of a bomb which was thrown in the third district police station. The explosion Injured five soldiers, who are said to be in a dying condition. The cAptaln of po lice and his wife were nlso painfully hurt. All traffic has been suspended In the city, shops at* closed and mar tial law Is In fore*. After long nnd arduous ls1*ors, the preine court adjourned Friday until the first Monday III October. Friday the court handed down a Id* hnteh of decisions, slid the Justices will now take a much-needed As nn Indleatlon of how the docket Is rowded, und the need of the court of ap peals. over 300 cases will gt* over from the March term. Within the next few days the Justices will go nwny for rest and recreation preparatory to the bard * Itefore them from Oetolier on. P08TMA8TER 8U8PEND8 TWO OFFICE EMPLOYEES Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Oa., August 17.—Superin tendent E. B. Pilcher, of the clerks and carriers of the local postnfflee, and Clerk A. R. Jordan hod a personal dlf ficulty In the postoffic* this morning with the result that Postmaster John has suspended both of them pending an Investigation. The fight resulted from Jordan call ing Pilcher a “liar,’’ It Is stated. LIGHTNING"PLAYS HAVOC IN BIG POWER H0U8E. Special to The Georgian Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 17.—Lightning struck the Salisbury-Spencer Electric railway power house last night and so badly burned out the generator that cars have been laid off for a week. The house was not wrecked. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD 8ala .of Domestic Win,,. Nn municipality haa the authority to pan* ami enforce an ordinance forbid ding the sale of domestic wines within its corporate limits, because the state law regulates the Sale of such. One Du- ren wns arrested In Thnmasvllle for selling domestic wines, and when tried before the mayor wns convicted and put to work on the streets on the ground that he had violated a local or dlnance. The rlty authorities of Thom Seville had no right to pass and at tempt to enforce such an ordinance. Indictment Faulty, A fault In the drawing of the Indict ment has thrown the action brought In Savannah against Charles \Y. Hoh- ensteln, a Justice of the peace, charged with mulpractlre In office. It was charged that Hohenateln had a warrant Issued against a certain party simply to collect the fees for It. The Indict ment was faulty, and the supreme court so holds In an opinion handed down Friday morning. Sues For Being Scalded. The Aral suit for the November term of the city court waa Aled early Friday morning by John Ingram against the Southern Railway, the amount asked being *1,000 for Injuries sustained by Hie plaintiff on July I at the North avenue round house when a steam pipe burst and he was badly scalded. Smith Succeeds McMillan. _ E. Smith, depot passenger agent of the Hlg Four road at Minneapolis, Minn., has been appointed traveling pa’senger agent of the same road, with headquarters In Atlanta, to succeed \V. C. McMillan, who left several weeks ago for the West. Mr. Smith Is ex pected to arrive In the.clty next week to begin hla new duties. Street Committee Meet,. The street committee. In session at S o'clock Friday afternoon, will give Anal consideration to the Atlanta, Macon and Grtfitn Interurban electric line. The nmmltte* will also consider the new gas franchise. TWO MEN KILLEO AND TWO INJURED FROM IN EXPLOSION Fire Box on Unlucky Engine Thirteen Blow* To Pieces . Uperisl to The (Icorglnn. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. IT.—'The fire box of engine No. li in the Birming ham Southern railroad blew up this morning at Enalty, killing Instantly Engineer Edward Brinkley and Fire man Claude White. Tha engineer of the blowing engines at the furnace plant and a colored switchman were seriously Injured. PEMPINTS WERE SATISFACTORY Lack of Cars Caused Some Loss—Plans for Next Year. Tha Georgia peach season for 1906 Is over and with a total shipment of *,200 cars, the commute. In charge of the work of the Georgia Peach Growers' Association are satlsAed with their la bors of the year. Ever since the Arst of the season the association haa had a local ofAce In the Austell building, where Walter Hawkins, of Jackson vllle, Fla., has had charge of the de tails of the shipments from all part, ef the state. Mr. Hawkins was found In hla ofAce Friday morning busily winding up the work of the year. “Next year I hope to get the local ofAce In shape earlier In the season and therefore be able to do more ef fective work,”-stated Mr. Hawkins, when asked If he would return to At lanta next year. “My work here haa been very satlafactory to the commit tee In charge of the shlpmentof peach es. The South Oenrgla ,'anif Middle Oenrgla crop waa very Ane thla year, but that from North Georgia was not of as good a quality nor wns the proAt so great to the grower, as fully 40 per rent was damaged by lack of cars to haul the fruit to market. "If we can only convince the Armour peoplo that we will have refrigerator cars at any price without ao much tom foolery, It will be the best thing for the Georgia peach grower that ever happened. Complaints are still coming In daily from shippers stating that through lark of cars h great portion of their crop was lost and we are tak ing up the matter with the railroad companies, although with little encour agement.” The committee In charge of the dis tributing and Inspection of the crops of the members of the Georgia Peach Growers' Association la composed of l. Matthews, of Port Valley, chair man; W. T. Cheney, Rome, secretary; A. J. Showalter. Dnlton, secretary; A. M. Kitchen, Baldwin: E. J. Willing ham, Mncon, and L. A. Dean, Rome. VARDAMAN CALLS TRUSTEES TOGETHER. Special to The Georgian. Jackaon, Miss., Aue. 17—Governor Vardaman Has Issued a call for a meet ing of the board of trustees of the State University, to be held on August it. for the purpose of electing a chan cellor and Ailing other vacancies In the faculty. Just who will ha chosen for chancellor can not be forecasted. Sev eral of tha trustees who voted to de pose Chancellor Pulton now privately acknowledge that' they have made mistake. IN m STREET More Horrors in Reign of Terror in Country of the Czar. Bj- Private Isoaaeil M’lre. St. Petersburg, Aug. IT.—Twenty workmen are reported to have been killed or wounded today In a Aght with Cossacks at Kolplne. near Kraenoy,. Selo. A dispatch* from Warsaw says twelve more policemen have been killed ther, aa a result of conAlcts with terrorists. LESSEE AND LESSOR ARE BOTH LIABLE When n railroad leases n line to nuoibrr IHirty Isitli the lessee nnd the lessor „rs liable for damages In netlon Imtiglir in the courts, neeordtng to the supreme cmtrt |p a derision handed dnirn Priitiy morning In the rnse Ilf Nellie Pickens vs. the (leor- gin railroad. Nellie I*lekens purehnsed s ticket nt lloseliton Oil the t/stnesvllle. Jefferson nnd Hot;them railway, whleli the lleorgln relt'i •'toluis to hsve leased to tinothvr iiurtv. Her ticket wss to Atone .Monntnln. tint the trsln tllil not Stop there, and site <v»s tigtiinst the — -fountiitn elr- cnlf, b«t In*/ liecitllfe It wits held thnt nr. tlou should have lieen limnxlit iignlnst the IlntnesTlIlr, Jefferson nnd Southern ns the lessor. The stipreme court holds thnt the lessee ts not absolved from liability. The plnlntlff Imd the elective right to tiring suit ngnlnst eltber. OR, HUNTER COOPER T BETTER Dr. Hunter P. Cooper was reported better Friday afternoon. He has some symptoms of meningitis following the case of ptomaine. He was not so well on Thursday, but was reported as do ing nicely Friday afternoon. IN NEED OF CHARITY INJUNCTION DI880LVED, ELECTION WILL BE HELD Hpcrinl to The fieorglnn. Chattanooga. Aug. 17.—Judge M. Allison, who Is holding court instead of Judge George le Burke, at Clave- land, has dissolved the Injunction re rently Aled by cltlxens of Bradley county against the election commis sioners of that county. The matter Is now In shape for the election commis sioners In order an election for county officers, Including the office of county court clerk, county register and county trustee. No election was held In this county on August 2 because of the In junction. TRAN8FER GIRLS OUT DEMANDING AN INCREA8E Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., Aug. 17.—About thirty transfer girls In the Macon knltlng mill walked out yesterday nn a strike because of their failure to receive an Increase of half a cent on the dozen pairs of half-host which they asked. About three hundied pairs of half hose made up the dally output of the mills, and the girls received * cents per pair for their transferring. Rally For 8tation. Special to Tbe Georgian. Macon, Ga.. Aug. 17.—All arrange ments have been made for the big mass meeting at the rlty auditorium tonight at which several addresses are to be made In the Interest of a new passen ger station In Macon. Rotwsll A. Merritt Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., Aug. 17.—The funeral of Roswell A. Merritt took place yester day afternoon at the family residence on Orange street. The services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Sledge and Dr. J. G. Harrison. To Abolish Secret Caucus. Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Oa., Aug. 17.—A move ment Is on foot to abolish the secret caucus employed by city council from time Immemorial. A number of al dermen have expressed themselves ts favorable to the move, enough to carry the measure. ’ Shaw at 8ubtreaeury, lly Private laiiiaeil wire. New York, Aug. 17.—Secretary of the Treasury Shaw Is at the local sub- treasury and may ba In this city to morrow also. The secretary snys that this occasion he will not have any statement to make of public Interei t -ogardlog Ananclal matters. Probation Officer Gloer la Investigat ing, the case of Mrs. Mamie Johnson who la tit* mother .of three lltle chil dren, and Is reported to l>a In destitute circumstances, at 60 Daniels street. Mrs. Johnson claims that her hus band, W. W. Johnson, left Iter lost De cember nntl went away with another woman, and Is now working for sums railroad company In Atlanta. He Is described as being 6 feet 2 1-2 Inches tall, smooth shaven, black hair nntl has a decided stoop. Tha police are on tha lookout for him. Mrs. Johnson lias expressed her will ingness to put the children In some charitable Institution, and is willing to work harsolf It aha run get something to do. REFERRED TO COUNTIES Hpeelnl to The Georgian. ' Bristol, Tenn.,. August It.—With the Republican party hopelessly divided In the First Tennessee district and two candidates of the party In the race, the Democratic executive district com mittee Is undecided whether to nom inate u candidate, and It looks as though the prospects for a Democrat to win are bright. The committee has Just decided to refer the question of s nomination to the counttea to be de cided September 12. Professor Hums Resigns. Mpcrin! to Tho Georgian. Wilmington, N, C\, Aug. 17.—Profes sor Harold Hums has resigned his position In the etate department of agriculture and will leave tomorrow for Glen, 8t. Mar)', Fla., to become as sociated with G. L. Taber In the great nurseries there. Profeesur Hume Is s Canadian by birth. He has been con nected with the horticultural section of the North Carolina department of agri culture since 1904 and Is an authority on. horticulture. JA8PER, ALA. Mrs. N. H. Carpenter has gone to Tuscaloosa and Eutaw to visit friends nnd relatives for a few weeks. Miss Blanche Rimin' Is the guest of Birmingham friends this week. Mrs. John N. Kilgore has gone to Patton and Bankston to visit relatives. Miss Vide Leonard has returned from Carbon Hill, where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Self. Mrs. W. A. Sanford, of Sheffield, spent a few days with Jasper friends on her return from Carbon Hill, where she had been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Z. P. Shepherd. Mrs. J. A. Shook, of Birmingham, "as the guest of Mrs. j. H. Craig last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ray and Ml’* Ida Louise Ray have returned front a few days’ visit to relatives at Fay ette. Hon. T. W. Coleman, of Anniston, spent a few days with his brother. John A. Coleman, here last week. Miss Alice Scarles, of Memphis, is tile guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lomax M- Smith. Mins McQueen, of Montgomery, t» visiting her slater, Mrs. R. W. Long- Professor W. E. Turnlpseed has re turned to Jasper after- spending n ' acatlon at Valley Head. Miss Bessie Haley D at home from Nashville, where she has been teach ing In the Peabody Normal. , _ Miss Bessie I-acy, of Anniston. Is the guest of the family of her uncle. Joan E. Lacy. Miss Helen Long, who has been C Itlng relatives here, has returned to her home at Carrollton, Ga.