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A THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY. AT'OI’ST 2ft. long DISCHARGED MEN FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT Attempt to Besmirch Chief What Mr. Terrell Says of Wells Case. Joyner. the Messrs.. Moody. Jenkins and Hudson, from whom Mr. Goodwin published what purported to be statements, were discharged from the Are department, the chief said at the time' “for the good of the department." Soon after Mr. Wells was hurt he was seen about town and at the fair grounds. I went to him and stated that If he was well enough to be about town and at the fair grounds he ought to report to the engine house, that he might come around and report, he might answer the telephone, or do tlon from Mr. Wells was that he did not want to be seen around the place of duty because his attorney, Mr. Thomas H. Goodwin, said it might hurt his case for damages. Chief Joyner expressed sympathy for Wells and said his name would be kept on the pay roll if possible. The chief said to tpe that If Wells would stay around the eh- , t , . glne house he would be kept on the Island u **’ _ pay roll, but If not under the rulings rlve ** *'hen he went down before res of the board of flremasters, 1 must cl J* rH re ach him. drop him, and this I did as an officer MANY PERSONS DROWNED WHILE BA THING ON SUN DA Y IN OCEAN AND IN RIVERS By Private Loused Wire. New York, Aug. 20.—In the waters about New York a dozen persons wer drowned yesterday, nearly all the vie tlms being bathers. Morris Grosse, Martin Anderson and an unknown bather, about 20 years of age, were drowned near Manhattan Beach While diving with his father from a launch In Jamaica bay, Harold Sellers, aged 25, was drowned. William O'Keefe, 24 years of age, was drowned In Gravesend bay while swimming far from the shore. John Hlzinski, 9 years of age, of Jer sey City, was drowned In the Hudson river. William Hill, 26 years of age, of Long burning In the East of the department under what I com stdered my duty. JOHN TERRELL, Captain Engine Co. No. 6. EX-CITY FIREMEN RALLY TO FIRE CHIEF JOYNER Atlanta. Ga. To Whom It May Concern: We, the undersigned ex-members of the Atlanta Are department, having heard that false statements have been made concerning the manner in which Contributions for the purpose of buying Christmas presents for Chief and Mrs. W. Ft. Joyner, take this method of stating truthfully the exact manner in which such subscriptions were gotten up. It is in simple Justice to Chief and Mrs. Joyner and to ourselves that we make the following statement, and any statement to the contrary is, to our own knowledge, absolutely false. During our connection with the de partment It was our pleasure to con tribute each Christmas toward a fund to be used for the purpose of buying a Christmas present for Chief and Mrs. Joyner. In each and every instance the present was selected by a committee composed of officers and privates from the different companies, with instruc tions from the other members of their companies to decide on a suitable pres ent, determine the cost of same and report back their findings to their com pany. After the present had been se lected the names of those tyho desired voluntarily to subscribe to the fund were obtained by the committee mem ber of each company and then their proportionate per cent of the cost of such present was ascertained and col lected and the present paid for. In no care was there any requirement made or any coercion used to obtain any subscription; and all subscriptions were made absolutely voluntarily. It Is also a fact that teach year several members of the department did not de sire to contribute to the fund, and their names were withheld, so as to avoid them embarrassment. The above state ment Is only a simple fact, and is true and any statement to the contrary is false and untrue. “ W. J. Osburn, F. M. Powers, F. M. Allen, W. C. Butt. Jno. F. Bradley, W. T. Harwell, The bodies of two unknown men were found floating In the East river. Albert Haggenborn, 26 years old, of Brooklyn, was instantly killed last night when he dived from a balcony 20 feet high Into 5 feet of water In the swimming tank at a pleasure park in Coney Island. Edward Moore, 7 years old, was drowned in the Hudson while trying to climb aboard a barge. Stephen Remsen, 35 years old, was drowned off Yonkers. • Five PERSONS DROWNED NEAR DULUTH, MINN. By Private Leased Wire. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 20.—Five per sons lost life In the hfad waters of the lake region Sunday. Frank Zutter, aged 23, and his brother, William, aged 21, got beyond their depth and sank before help could reach them. The 16-year-old son of Harry Thom, livfng 7 miles north of Altken, was drowned In the Mississippi. Hans Nelson, 16 years of age, of Su perior, was drowned in St. Louis bay, In the sight‘of a number of compan ions. W. B. Peck was drowned while bath ing at Solon Springs, Wls., In the pres ence of his two young daughters. CRAMPS CAUSE DEATH OF TWO BATHER3 By Private Leased Wire. Minneapolis. Minn., August 2 While In bathing two men were drowned at Lake Mlnnetonkl yesterday. They were Ralph St role and a man named Baker, residents of Minneap olis. Both victims were seized with cramps and sank before aid could rench them. 2 WOMEN ASSAULTED AND ONE MAY DIE Continued from Page One. PARENTS SEE CHILDREN PERISH IN THE RIVER By Private Len*ed Wire. Grand Haven, Mich., Aug. 20.—The bodies of the two daughters of Carl F. Karlsen, aged 11 and 14, who were drowned before their parents’ eyes while bathing Sunday In the Grand river here, have been recovered. R. M. Harwell, Geo. C. Fife, Victor Morris, Dwight Clarldy, John N. Parker, K. Caldwell, K. W. Whitley, Chess Lagomarslno.O. M. Ray, John Netherlands A. N. M. Baldwin, Herman Spahr, Byron Benson, Ex-Members Atlanta Fire Department. GEORGIA-NAMES A TOWN FOR GEN. FRED FUNSTON General Fred > Funstcn may be able to prevent San Franclaco from naming a street for him, but ho can't stop Georgia from calling n town In south Georgia "Funston." Representative \V. A. Covington got a bill through the session Just closed Incorporating the town of Funston In III* county. So far the famous little Kansas tighter has not come forward with any -objections, but. It Is possible that he has;Seen to busy In San Fran claco that he hasn't yet heard of Mr. Covington's treason. TRIBUTE TO SANFORD FROM ATLANTA FRIEND To the Public: Without solicitation, and without sel fish motive whatever, I wish to publicly express my absolute confidence In the honesty. Integrity and high personal character of my old-time, big-hearted friend, Vince Sanford. He is In the race for comptroller general. Give him your support and you will ,never regret it. Mr. Sanford holds membership In a number of secret and faternal orders, In all of which he has been a useful and loyal member. Respectfully, R. F. INGRAM. ••• 6 Walton St. ROOSEVELT STANDS PAT ON TARIFF Continued from Page One. steps In securing the wage workers certain great rights. An employer’s liability law was enacted which puts ■ . . . . . the government In Its proper place as Recently a movement was started In regards such legislation. An eight-hour San Francisco ^to^change^thejname^ or J j aw W as already on the statute books; »- - - —« ~ there has been great confusion as to a certain street there to Funston ave nun, whereupon the doughty scrappe wrote a card to the paper. He said he didn’t know anybody In the street, and that he had no personal friends in San Francisco. Whereupon it may be Inferred that somebody had been insinuating that General Funston Is himself fostering the scheme to name, a street after him self, but he denies tt with accustomed brevity and force: But without consulting him Georgia proposes to perpetuate his name the town of Funston, Colquitt county. MUST STAND TRIAL BY CQURTMARTIAL Riflemen Who Guarded’ Jail at Salisbury Must Explain Retirement. Special to The Vieorglnn. Salisbury, X. C., Aug. 20.—The Row an Rifles, local military company, will be courtmartlaled at the Morehead City encampment next week. This Is tbe company that stood guard at the Jail the night of the lynching and retired, it is claimed, while the mob was batter ing down the doors. The trial Is for the purposf of exonerating those who had declared they had no orders to shoot. EIGHT MINER8 KILLED IN FIGHT WITH TROOPS London, Aug. 20.—A dispatch from Fsovka, Ekatrlnosiav, published here today report* a conflict between troops and miners In which eight of the latter were killed and seventeen injured. Socialist leaders among the miners had organized a meeitpg. Troops were sent to break up the gathering, nnd, upon the refusal of the miners to disperse, fired Into the crowd with the results stated. HEBREWS IN MADRID HAVE MEMORIAL FAST, special Cable—Copyright. Madrid, Aug. 20.—At the suggestion °f a leading Jewish rabbi of Russia ’ "lay is being observed as a general ,; ' ,v of fast throughout Spain by the Jhwm, In memory of the Jewish victims of Russian massacres. OoooooOOOOOCH>OOOOOOOOOOOOg 2 DYING MAN CRIES: O 0 “DONT TELL WIFE.” O 0 0 2 By Private Leased Wire. O 2 Jefferson, Pa., Aug. 20.—Fol- fii 0 lowing the wreck of trains here O J yesterday, the pitiful cries of a O 2 who had one leg crushed off O 0 and who was Injured Internally, Q 2 attracted attention. He called O ° <>ne of the wreckers to him, say- O ° mg: 0 2 "For God’s sake kill me and put O 2 out of my misery. I cannot O 2 five . anyway. Please don’t tell O 2 my wife t am hurt, she Is away O 2 *»n her vacation and It would be a 0 o h hn 7* * or mG to things for O 0 °oooo<H>ooooooo<K>ooo«B>oao FEELING IS INTENSE AGAINST ASSAILANT Of LITTLEJ000 GIRL Hundi’eds of Citizens Gath er At Court House To Hear Trial. Special to The Georgian. Cleveland, Ga., Aug. 20.—Bob Moore, the negro brute who committed an' as sault on last Friday on the 7-year-old daughter of J. C. Hood, former tax col lector of this county, was put on trial for hls life today. The greatest ex citement prevails nnd hundreds of peo pie are here from ail parts of the coun try but the Indications are that the ojtlzens will allow' the law to take Its course. The officers slipped the negro away to Gainesville Saturday night for fear of hls being lynched. Judge Klmsey made a speech to the citizens and begged them to allow' the law to take Its course, promising to call a special term of the court on Mon day. The evidence shows a horrible crime and the feeling Is intense. His Condition Grew Very Much More Serious Sunday. I)r. Hunter P. Cooper, who has been very til at hls home on Peachtree street following an ntack of ptomaine poisoning, was taken very much worse Sunday afternoon and Monday was re ported to be in a very low sta^. He is delirious a part of the time. Monday afternoon It was stated that he was very 111, though a little quieter thun he lmd been. He has many of the symptoms of meningitis, but the cose has not j'et been so pronounced definitely. He Is being ntended by several of the most prominent physicians of Atlanta. whose duty It was to enforce It. This confusion has now* been remedied and the law Is in process of thorough en forcement. If this enforcement demon strates the need of additional legisla tion to make this eight hour law ef fective, I shall asl; for such legislation. "We favor the organisation of labor as we' favor the organization of capi tal; 1 but on condition that organized labor and organized capital alike act In a spirit of Justice and fair dealing and with due regard to both the letter and the spirit of the law.' We are anx ious to help, alike by law* and by exec utive action, so far as In our po^er lies, every honest man. every right- dealing labor union, nnd, for the mat ter of that, every right-dealing corpor ation; but, the fact that we heartily recognize an organization as useful will not prevent our taking action to con trol it or to prevent its committing abuses. Stands Pat on Tariff. Removing the tax on alcohol used In tho nrtes shows the entire willing ness of the present congress to alter our revenue system, whether derived by taxation on Imports or Internal tax ation, w henever It Is necessary so to do. We stand unequivocally for a protect Ive tariff and we feel that the phenom ennl Industrial prosperity which we are now' enjoying Is not lightly to be Jeop Ked. tut w'henever a given rate or sched ule becomes evidently disadvantageous to the nation, and where It Is feasible to change this rate or schedule with out too much dislocation of the sys tem, It will be done, while a general revision of He rates nnd schedules will be undertaken whenever it shall ap pear to the sober business sense of our people that on the whole the benefits to be derived from making such change# will outweigh the disadvantage*. Let me add one word of caution, however. The question of revising the tariff stands wholly apart from the question of dealing with so-called trusts. The only way In which It Is possible to deal with these trusts and this great corporate wealth Is by ac tion along the line of the Jaws enact ed by the present congress and Its Im mediate predecessors. The cry that the problem ran be met by any changes In the tariff represents, whether con sciously or unconsciously, an effort to divert public attention 'rom the only method of taking effective action." AFTER RILLING TWO FELLOWPRISONERS Confessed Bank ' Robber Beat Brains Out of Two Men. H/m*cI/iI to The Georgian. Dallas, Texas, Aug. 20.—A special from Lufkin, Texas, says that John B. Roper, who murdered two fell/m* pris oners on August 15 by beating their brains out with a heavy bucket, com mitted suicide there yesterday by Imag ing himself with a strip torn from a blanket. Roper admitted to the of ficials that he was one of the members of the Dalton gahg that robbed the Long View’ bank im 1892# MAJ0RMILLAR01LTZ IS TO LEAVE ATLANTA Lieut. Hansell, of Atlanta, Return from Three-Year Stay in China. According to The Army and Navy Register for last week. Major Milliard F. Walts, who ha# been attached to the department of the gulf here for some time, has been appointed to the general staff and will report to Washington at the close of the army maneuvers at Chickamauga. * Major Waltz has made many friends since he has been located In Atlanta who will regret to hear that he Is to leave. The army and navy paper also re ports the return from a three years’ sojourn In China of Lieutenant Hey ward Hansell, assistant surgeon, w'ho Is an Atlanta man. During most of the three years Lieutenant Hansell has been stationed In Pekin. He has been assigned to service at Tacoma, Wash. HEAD-ON COLLISION! MOTORMAN MAY DIE men, aunt and niece, went to a wood land about half a mile from tln%r home, but a short distance flrom the-home of a Mr. Hunter and In sight of hls house. Suddenly a negro appeared within a few' feet of the pair. He had slipped noiselessly through the woods until he was close upon them. He carried a stout stick. “Come with me." said the negro to little Mabel Lawrence. The girl quivered with fright, but gathered strength to turn and try to run. The negro struck her across the head with hls stick and seized her. As hls hands felt their way to. her throat the girl grasped her own throat and broke the force of the negro’s fingers. She tore herself loose trom her assail ant nnd the older woman shouted to hen to run. As the girl started to run the negro Jumped In front of her and struck her another blow which slightly stunned her. She fell to the ground, crying "I’m dead." Little Girl Runs. The negro then turned and started toward Miss Ethel Lawrence, the elder woman. Mabel succeeded In rising to her feet and ran to the Hunter home, but a short distance away. Here she gave the alarm nnd told her story. She was joined by Mr. Hunter and another man and they hurried back to the hill side. When the rescue party reached the scene they found MIhh Ethel Lawrence lying unconscious In the grass. Both her arms were brokgj and her body and clothing bore marks of a fearful struggle. The negro had disappeared through the woods and It W'ns Impossi ble to learn which direction he took. May Die from Assault. Miss Lawrence was carried to the Hunter home and given medical atten tion. Later In the day she was sent to the Wesley Memorial Hospital. Phy sicians were doubtful whether or not she would survive the assault. Mabel Lawrence was severely hurt. The ne gro's club had cut a gash four Inches long In her head anil her body and shoulders were blue and bleeding from other blows. The description given by Mabel Law- rence of her black assailant follows closely that of the negro who assaulted Airs. Georgia Hembree near Battle Hill last Wednesday. The negro Is describ ed as being clean shaven, glngercake colored, of medium height, wearing blue overalls nnd carrying a piece of rope in Ills pocket. Dogs Los 8 the Trail. Shortly after noon two dogs from the county convict camp were sent to the scene of the assault and Imme diately picked up the track of the negro brute. They followed the trail left by the fleeing black for more than four miles, nnd finally lost the* track In a cow pasture, where, owing to the lack of rain In that neighborhood, the sand had blown over the track. According to those who followed Immediately upon tho heels of the dogs, the negro walked up creeks nnd tried many oth er tricks to throw the bloodhounds off hls trail. Mias Lawrence From England. Miss Ethel Lawrence, one of the young women assaulted, the aunt of Mabel Lawrence, Is in this, country on a visit to her brother, W. C. Lawrence. Miss Lawrence is a native of England, coming from a prominent London fam ily. Miss I^awrence’s condition Is pre carious and she has never regained consciousness since she was attacked. MRS. NILES’ IDENTITY BECOMES AN ISSUE Peculiar Mix-Up Causes! Queer Situation in Gubernatorial Campaign—Charges and Countercharges. Mrs. Margaret J. Hampton has ap parently become an Important Issue in the gubernatorial campaign. ’ The Constitution Monday morning charged that I{pkc Smith In hls Augus ta speech attempted to mislead the public as regards the Identity of Mrs. Niles, sister of Mrs, Hampton, by read ing the following telegram: "Griffin, Ga., Aug. 17, 1906. "To Hon. Hoke Smith, care Hon. Bowdre Phlnlzy, Augusta, Ga.: Mrs. George R. Niles tender* you her sym pa thy In your race for governor and assures you of the support of her en tire family and relatives /or your kind ness to our relative, Mrs. Margaret J. Hampton, while she w$s In the em ploy of the government census bureau. "MRS. GEORGE R. NILES." The Constitution printed the follow ing from Mrs. Clifford C. Niles, sister of Mrs. Hampton: "I was amazed when my daughter called my attention to the article In this afternoon’s Journal regarding a tele gram from a Mrs. Niles, who claimed to be a relative of Mrs. Hampton. It Is evidently a dirty effort to contdse the public as to my attitude In regard to the shameful treatment of my sister by Hoke Smith. "Mrs. George R. Niles, of Griffin, has no kind of relationship or connection, with Mrs. Margaret Hampton, who is my sister. Mrs. Niles knew her as a girl, and that was all. I doubt if she has seen id* heard from her In thirty years. I know that no relatives of Mrs. Hampton, who have followed the course of this campaign of Hoke Smith, In which he has endeavored so mallcllusly to slander my sister, would vote for him; nnd the effort to make It appear so at this late hour shows their des peration. They know that the expos ure of hls treatment of her, which was I outrageous, has seriously Injured his campaign, and this is simply an under hand effort to counteract this influence at the last moment. I old not wish to get mixed up In politics, but my sister Is not here to defend herself against this latest slander. Her living rela tives are her brother, who is at the Soldiers’ home, and myself, living here with my daughter. "MRS. CLIFFORD C. NILES." The following telegram from Griffin Is also printed In the same article: "Griffin, Ga., Aug. 19.—Mrs. George R. Niles, of Griffin, whose alleged tele gram Hoke Smith read with so much gusto in regard to the Mrs. Hampton matter, dentes that she Is related to Mrs. Hampton, and also defiles that she signed the said telegram, or au thorized It to be signed. Mrs. Niles expressed herself as hurt and shocked that her name should have been used in this manner. A lawyer, named Sam Hewlett, of Atlanta, called on- her and asked for a writ* ’ expression along the line of the i. ged telegram, byt did not get^lt. Mrs. Niles, who is one of Griffin’s most estimable and lovable ladles, Is Indignant that her name should have been so used without any authority whatever. "JOSEPH D. BOYD." Monday afternoon the following tele gram came to The Georgian: ’Griffin, Ga., Aug. 20, 1906.—Geor gian, Atlanta, Ga.: Statement In Con stitution and Macon Telegraph unau thorised and misleading. Mr. Hewlett authority to'telegraph Mr. Hoke Smith that he had my sympathy in hls race for governor. "MRS. G. R. NILES." The Georgian made an effort to see both Mr. Smith and Mr. Hewlett Mon day for a statement, but neither are In Atlanta. j BRYAN SAILS FOR HOME; STARTS FROM GIBRALTAR By Private Leased Wire. Gibraltar, Aug. 20.—William Jennings Bryan visited the fortifications here yesterday and later took dinner with the American consul. He salted for home today on the Princess Irene. STATISTICS. Hpeofnl to The Georgian. Rome, Ga.. Aug. 20.—As a result of a head-on collision on the city electric railway yesterday, Isaac Smith, a mo- torman. received two fractures on the head from which hls recovery is doubt ful. Smith had Just left Mobley Park with hls car coining to the clt5% nnd n« he went to turn a curve round n hill he wan run Into by a car for Lin* dale In charge of Motorman \V. C. Le afier, who escaped without any Injur ies. Smith was thrown to the ground when the cars came together. Both cars were badly demolished. DEATH8. Joel A. Mooily, 3e your* old, died of gunshot wounds on Adainsvidc road. Urn Bnrtlett. in years old, died of ty phoid lever at 67 i.ueklo street. Mrs. Annie M. Brown. 23 year* old, died of eonsu nipt lou at 21 Brother ton street. Mrs. Alary Starke. 25 years old. died of Bright's disease at 17 W. Cain street. \V. M. Ling, 21 years old, died nt Grady Hospital. Mrs. Bvn May Beavers, 20 years old, died of typhoid fever nt Grady Hospital. fir. W . T. Fincher, 6) yet r% " dropsv nt Hprlug Blare, Ga. H. B. I licks, 73 years old, died it 58 died of nt lftO Kelly str Joint li. Norris, 41 years old, died at 52 Carroll street. Mitchell King. 23 years old, died of tu berculosis at t int Hock, N. C. BUILDING PERMIT8. 1700—Walter sterling, to repair two frame dwellings at 157-153 mate street. #2.260—It. W. Cameron, to build two frame dwellings nt 332 Central nvenne. 11,000—W. fi. Barge, to build one-story frame dwelling at hi James street. Il.wn—1. A. l*nt tenon. to build one-story frame dwelling at 435 Cherokee avenue. #2,50/— K. Al. I'tulerwootl, to build one- story frame dwelling at 3!>1 Hast North ova- I2.C4W. Leg* n. mine dwelling nt 38.3 Fast North avenue. 9tm~ It. W. Johnson, to build one-story rattle dwelling at 100 Alto avenue. PBOPEFmTTRAN3FER8, #8,000— Paul Wesley to Airs. Augusta Lin*- ley. b»t on Went Peachtree street, near to build one-story GEORGIAN “WANT ADS” Take the load off your mind, q Try Them! lc. A WORD. Phone 4927. Fish, lot on Auburn avenue, neur Ivy street. Warranty deed. #3.003 petml sum-James Wood to John N. Malone, lot on Jneksmi nireet. near Ponce fioIjHoti avenue. Bond for title. fUM-Fast Atlanta I aim! Company to L. |3.oa)—Airs. A!. K. Trotte. lot oi Thoiuai Thompson h» Mrs. B. i Woodward avenue, near Warranty deed mil AI, Al. Weathers, half Interest In lot m Kami Town road. Warranty deed, IflJft-W. J. Davis to Paul Wesley, lot 1 1 pes * * f West 1 Peachtree and Tenth street*. Warranty deed. 11.600—P. F. Smith to S. Dick, lot on White street, near Lee street. Warranty deed. 11.753—8. I Holt to Frances W. Perkin*, Warranty deed, 14.600— Mrs. Frmiees W. Perkins to 8. filek, lot on Washington street, near Mont gomery street. Warranty deed. 0OO0Q0O000OQ00000000000000 O O 0 ISLAND OF CRU80E O REPORTED DESTROYED. O O Special Cable—Copyright. O O Lima, Peru, Aug. 2ft.—A report 0 0 reaches here today that the earth- 0 O quake which created such havoc O O on the main land of Chile has 0 O practically destroyed the Island of O O Juan Fernandez, 4ftft miles off the O 0 Chilean coast. It was the fabled O O home of Robinson Crusoe. 0 0 0 O00000000000000000000O000Q QUEEN VICTORIA OF SPAIN. She fears that she and her husband will be assassinated by anarchist* whila in England. JEROME WONT ACCEPT NOMINATION IF HIS HANDS ARE TO BE TIED By Private Leased NY Ire. New York, Aug. 20.— _ ing statement from his summer home 1 "In the present shameful condition of our political life In this state, 1 am willing to run for the office of governor of the state, if the Demo cratic convention shall nominate me without any understanding, ex pressed or implied, other than that tt elected, 1 shall obey my oath of office os I understand tt, in letter and spirit. v "WILLIAM TRAVERS JEROME." BUYERS OF HOLIDAY GOODS at wholesale will find the complete sample line of John L. Boland Co., of St. Louis, displayed at 76 N. Broad St., Atlanta, for a few days only. S. D. SILER.