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* TUESDAY. AUGUST 2«, 19**. A NEAR-LYNCHING AT CITY STOCKADE AS CONVICT FLEO ■/ ( / Sound of Pistol Shots Drew Crowd of Men. Extension of Time Asked the For Filing of Schedules. ' Inspector Ewing Has Been Stirring Things Up in Department. A lynching was narrowly avoided within the shadow- of the city stockade Monday afternoon when one of the con* vleta attempted to escape and the neigh borhood was brought to the streets by three pistol shots. The negro w-as working for the pub lic works department when he decided tf attemnt escape. Oatherlng up the chain fastened to his leg he started .town the street. The chain dropped, however, and was seen by Richard t ’lark, an ex-policeman, who now works for Grant Wilkins, on the Washington street viaduct. .Mr. Clark pulled his sun and fired three shuts, calling to the negro to stop. . Some ten nr fifteen men In the neigh borhood hearing the shots run from their houses with every conceivable weapon and seeing the flying negro started In hot pursuit. The negro man stopped In time to save his life and was taken back to the stockade. Several of the men at the scene of it- shooting declared that the first thing which popped Into their minds wss that the negro had committed some outrage on u woman and had It n n been or the Intervention of f,!r. Clark would have killed him on the spot. • MISS LAWRENCE FAILS TO IDENTIFY NEOROES MIm Mable Lawrence, accompanied \>y her father, W. c\ Lawrence, of Co- penhill, visited the county Jail Tues day afternoon, and wa* shown the ten or twelve negroes suspected of commit ting:, the brutal assault on the Misses Lawrence aeveral days ago. Mlaa Law rence wee unable to Identify any of the prisoners n» being the man who per petrated the deed. MOB OP "NEWSIES" ATTACKS OLD MAN MRS. GEORGE VON L. MEYER. Mrs. Msycr Is the wife of Am- baseedor to Russia, who returned to America on Thursday last for her second visit since her bua- ba.hl’e appointment. The remarkable Increase of »I2,. 607.IB Is shown on the city licence In- epector'e books as collected since the Itret of the year over that during the same time In 1905. License Inspector R. A. Etvlng, who has been stirring things up In this de partment, has collected licenses from several hundred business men who heretofore have been overlooked. When seen Tuesday he Stated that there were still a numbr of others that he Intended to get after and In -some Instances would have their license money in the city coffers before many more weeks passed. Up until July 1 there was an Increase of 8624.26 on hacks and drays alone. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. A. RUSSELL PEABODY, HARTRIDGE’S • PARTNER, AND MRS. V. R. CRUGER ON TARIFF L T ably Be Called For State Ticket. An old man named Hawkins, with more drinks than was good for him, and an old umbrella caused a small slrad riot on Broad street Tuesday aft ernoon. He got In a discussion with soma news boys, and this led to light. In which he wore out his urn- hirlln. He was chased over a viaduct info a saloon by about 300 little ne groes and white boys. He was there arrested and sent to police headquar- GOSPEL MEETINGS ra ATTRACTING MINT The go,pci meetings that are being conducted In J. K. Shlppey Bros.' new shrd on Pratt atreet, just off of Deca tur street, are growing In Intereet and a great meeting Is now In progress. The shed le built on the tabernacle style, seating 900 people, end le equip- i»il with electric lights. Pleno, cornet onil good elngers furnish music m*1 songs of Zion float out on the air, call ing men and women to the worehlp of God All t'hrletlan workers are Invited to ltrl|. In these meetings nt 7:45 each evening. Workers In both branches of the Y. M. C. A., supported by a strong committee of business men. are con ducting these meetings. ‘Everybody Is welcome. Special arrangements made for all ladlea who may attend. c, c, hjtcherTo, BUYS HIIIISIIESS Messrs. Black and Draper have *«>t their bonding business to tha Cliff c. Hatcher Insurance Agency, who will be general agents for Oeorgla and South < ’nrollna. All agenta in this territory will here «ff<*r report to the Hatcher agency. Hoyd Perry has been given the man agement of the bond department. GEORGIA RIFLEMEN WAGING CONTEST FOR SEAGIRT TEAM H|MH*lnI to The Georgian. Macon, (Jn.. Aug. 28.—'The Georgia stnte shoot for the Heagtrt team In-gun nt Holton raugo this morning with thirty-two men In the contest. Five uien who were chosen conhl not ntteiul. The others were on the ground and tiegnu the competitive shooting In their efforts to lunke the stnte team which will represent Georgia In the nn- tlonttl contest next week. Colonel J. Van llolt Nash, of Atlnntn. Is the executive officer In ehsrge of the con test nt Holton. Lieutenant-Colonel 4. (\ I’ostell, of Hsvitnnnh, Is first nsslstnut exec utive officer. Major llnrrl««»n Johnston, of Mscoti. Is ststlstlcsl officer. 'Hie Uest shots from Mncou. Atlanta. Hnvnnunh. Albany. Thoinssrllle ami Marietta have been placed on this list of thirty-two men. and from them will be named the twelve uieu who sre to go to Seagirt. There will be three a I terns ten. The remainder of the time will In- tie voted to the stnte contest. CHILD'S ASSAILANT MAY RE LYNCHED ny Private Leased Wire. Cairo. Ills., August 28.—A mob Is on Its way to Charleston to lynch Charles ... ... _ Goforth, n farm hand, who assaulted the 'V 0 " u * >on resolution, which the I year old daughter of Kdwanl Albright, s b,ai k delegates seemed to think was 01 ILL 111 OLOOlUn Convention Will Very Prob Almost from the time the state cfn- trnl committee of the Republicans of tho state met nt noon Tuesday In the senate chamber, a wrangle ensued and was kept up till the close of the session, There seemed to be a Fairbanks and nntl-Falrhanks fight on, though no re ference was made to his name, and several of the leadera denied that Vice- President Fairbanks had urged the putting nut of n state ticket to pre- serve the party organisation. A white republican gave that ns his opinion -before the committee met, but several white delegates dented at knowledge that such was the case. The vice-president had not communl rated with them, they said. Among these were Cnptalh I. J. Barnes, Thomson, and Attorney C. P. Goree, of Atlanta. A convention wilt likely be called. The real light, whether It had any, reference to national nominees or not. Negro Killed By Negro. Kpertsl to The Georgina. Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 21—Arthur BP,unt. a negro drayman, waa shot and Instantly killed by Lon Prater, an other negro. In a row In a saloon yes terday afternoon. Prater attempted te . ..ape, but was caught and lodged In Jail- M SHE LEFT HER TRUNK AND BRICK FOR BILL. Ill Private Leased Wire. Keiv York, Aug. 28.—Charged with h« In* failed to pay a bill at the Victoria hotel, and with leaving a piece or baggage that contained only a brick. Airs Elisabeth Hamilton, who register ed from Pittsburg, will appear In the Jefferson market court Thursday. With two children and a maid she regis tered nt the Victoria two weeks ago. Her bill amounted to SUM. Her home Is at .Vo. 265 West Twenty-second •treet. •TRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE MILKING COW By Privets Lessed Wire. Richmond. Va.. Aug. 2*.—Thomas William-, a son of R. J. Williams, while j on vacation at Clayvllle, In Powhattan [ county Saturday, was struck by light- 1 nlng as be was milking a cow. Hla arm Is burned and bruised, but hie In- Juries arc alight and he will recover. farmer near Bertrand, Mo, Goforth won captured by farmer* bended by Albright. who seriously .hurt Goforth am! tried to kill him, but <iofortb wa* rearned by deputlea and taken to Cliarte t«Wl. SON IS ON TRAIN THAT KILLS FATHER By Private I .esse,1 Wire. Wlnsted, Aug. 28.—Startled by the ■udden blast of an engine whistle while he was walking acrosa a bridge. Sant Armstrong, 70 yesrs old, stepped In front of a trsin on which his son was speeding to visit him, and waa killed. The son drove his body home In the wagon which the aged father had brought to the etatlon. MAYOR WEAVER ORDERED TO RED By Private Leased Wire, Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 28.—Mayor Wearer Is so seriously III that his phy sician, Dr. W. M. L. Coplen, director of the department of health, has ord ered him to bed. Dr. Coplen will not say Just what Mr. Weaver's ailment Is, but he Is believed to be suffering from some sort of throat trouble. CHURCH WOMEN WAYLAY PASTOR By Private leased Wire. New Haven, Aug. 28.—Women mem bers of the Greek Catli,,11c church at New Britain, who are opposed to Fath er Voshay, the paator of the church, attempted to waylay hltn after a ser vice, their Intention being to take the keys <>f the church away from him. Policemen scattered them. blow at them, and. that It would bar them from the convention. Eape, daily did the South Georgia membera of the committee resent this repreaen tatlon. Hon. E. A. Angler, of Atlanta, and from Atlanta, stoutly contended that the committee had no power to change the unit of representation, and that the convention alone had the right to change the representation. Over against these. Attorney C. P. Goree, argued very fcrclbly that the committee had the right to prescribe the basis of representation for the con vention nbout to be called. Fulton county, he said, had cast more vote, tor Roosevelt than the entire eighth district, nnd therefore that district waa not entitled to the representation of the flfth district. The wrangle was Intensified when J. M. Ashby, :i white Republican of Dawson county. Introduced the fol lowing resolution: '•Resolved, That a delegate conven tion of the Republicans of Georgia be held In the city of Atlanta on the — day of September, 1908, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose of nominating a state ticket, as may properly coma before such a convention. “That the limit of organisation the congressional districts, and that each district be entitled to one dele gate for each 100 votes cast tor Pres ident Roosevelt In 1904. This appor tionment to be os follows: First dis trict. It: Second. 18: Third, 10; Fourth. 15, Fifth, 29; Sixth. 8; Seventh. 47: Eighth. 9; Ninth, K: Tenth, 12; Elev enth. 26. “That only legally registered voters be eligible as delegates." At 2:30 o'clock the convention was atlll In session. J. H. Buck Dtad. Sl*vlnl to The (ieoretau. Gadsden. Ala., Aug. 28.—Judge and Mrs. J. W. Penn received a telegram vesterday announcing the death of J. It. Buck. Mrs. Penn's father, at Selma, Ala., where he had undergone a sur gical operation on Thursday. 3tr. and 51 rs. Buck up to last Wednesday had been the guests of Judge and Airs. Penn In Ibis city. Bjr Prlvste tossed Wire. New York, Aug. 28.—It was stated today that not a single railroad com pany had been able to fully comply with the provisions of the new rate law requiring them to have all their sched ules on flle by midnight last night. The schedule of switching engine charges wss the most difficult of completion. The new law, which applies to all railroads doing an Interstate commerce business, went Into effect at midnight. It will be enforced by the Interstate commerce commission. There esn be no extras from now on, but the shipper Is expected to be able to obtain In advance a final state ment of the charge he has to meet. Fremont Morse and L. Nettand, of the Alaska boundary cnmmliilon, have left for Yakubat Bay, where each, with a party of nine men, will aurvey a atrip of tho boundary. STATISTICS. HIS FILED RITES • Latest photograph of the empress dowager of China, posed In man ner that shows the quaint trappings of Oriental royalty. The dowager empress has unexpectedly called a constitutional conference and may grant freedom to China. NEGRO'S IMPUDENCE MAY CAUSE LYNCHING By Private Leased Wire. Elberton, da., Aug. 28.—A negro by the name of.Will Morrison has caused quite an excitement In this city, occa sioned by his asking a white lady to kiss him, as she was handing him change for peaches she had purchased of him. Troubfe Is expect** tonight. MARK JOHNSTON Adheres to His Claim of 189 Votes in Con vention. Hon. Mark Johnston, of Baldwin, writes The Georgian a car'd refuting S tatements mad. In the Issue .of Mon- ay relative to hie having carried only eight or nine counties. A* this card was submitted too lata for producing In Its entirety It can only be summarised here. He aays: "It your Informant knows anything at all concerning my vote In the pri mary of August 22, he must know eomethlng of the counties In a stone’s throw of Atlanta. If he desires to speak the truth why did he not eay, as he was giving a Hat of my counties, that Douglas, Cherokee, Coweta and Henry were mine." He eaye that he eecured every vote In Lee except eight, and carried Baker, Worth, Wilcox, Bandotph and Stewart. He aaye the Information that he car ried Foreyth and Madleon la news to him. Mr. Johnston aays that he had no Intention of aaylng anything about how many counties he carried, but that It got Into the newspapers and he had to do so. "The name old game of 1902 le being played by the Ginn book trust In an endeavor to have their candidate nam ed by the convention by acclamation.” He aays four years ago that W. B. Merritt received only 171 electorlal votes, but simply because the newspa pers claimed 228 he was nominated by acclamation. He says the agents of the Ginn book trust la again furnish ing reporters with lies. lie states that whether he wins In the convention or not that he will keep up hla charges against the book trust and will prove them. In closing he aays: "I apologise most humbly to my friends and the public, but I could not say less In answer to this Anxious liar, and I will not say more now. I re assert my claim—that 1 will have 189 votes In the convention on September The card Is signed Mark Johnston. Odd Fallows' Barbecue. Special to The Hcorxlan. Gadsden. Ala.. Aug. 28.—The differ ent Odd Fellows' lodges of this district will have a union picnic.and barbecue at Fort Payne on next Thursday, Aug. 20. SevemI prominent speakers will be present to address the crowd and a brass band has been engaged for the occasion and a pleasant day la antic ipated. Mrs. H. Gertrude Gerry, of East Orange, N. J.. originated the Idea of distributing the sermons preached by Rev. F. Q. Blanchard, of the First Con gregational church of that city, and baa organised the Church klanuscrlpt Society, and even' Monday copies of the sermons preached the day before are distributed to those who, by raaton of Illness or other affliction, are not able to get to church. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD LIVES_0N SHIP Passengers and the Crew .Saved in the Nick of Time. By Private Leased Wirt. Detroit, klcb., A (iff. 28.—A loaded freight steamer, tho Charles A. Kdily, burned to the water's edge on take Huron, near Port Hanltac, nt 2:18 a. in. today. Twen ty persons were on IwMrd, Inrludlnx the captain's wife and two little daughters, 1 and 3 years old, respectively. Half those on tho boat were asleep, and were rescued with great difficulty. The l>etrolt and Cleveland ateatuer, City of Mackinac, 5 miles away, responded to distress signals, nnd took the people all on lNinrd, some of whom were nearly naked. Captain P. B. Elsy, master of the Eddy, was III with lumbago, and escaped with great difficulty. Home inrtnlters of the for ward crew were ohllgiNl to escape through whitlows, flames having cut off their way. Most were In their uuderclothr*. As they were taken off, the flames burst out In all directions. LAWSON STILL GRIEVES IT COFFIN OF WIFE J. B. WhiUhead. The body of J. B. Whitehead, who died nt Thaxton, Va., Monday morning, arrived In Atlanta at 3:10 o'clock Tuesday nfternoon. and was taken to Patterson's undertaking establishment. It will later be carried to the residence, 683 Peachtree street, where the funeral services will be held at to o'clock Wed nesday morning. The Interment will be at Westvlew. Colonel for Third Regiment. In n short time Governor Terrell and Adjutant General Harris will hold a consultation relative to ordering on election to name a colonel for the Third regiment. Colonel Usher Thom ason resigned several months ago, and Colonel W. Q. Obear, Inspector general of the national guard, has been filling the place until a regular commanding officer la named. The Third has only slg companies non-. Entsrs Soldiers’ Homs. James B. Moore, of Augusta, entered the Soldiers' home Tuesday and will spend the remainder of his life in that quiet retreat. Mr. Moore enlisted nt the beginning of the war In the First South Carolina regiment and later was with the Tenth Georgia, • commanded by A. J. McBride, of Atlanta. He waa discharged before the dose of the war on account of physical Infirmities. Twsnty Maks Returns. Secretary of State Phil Cook received returns from twenty corporations Tues day morning, all Inclosing the fee of 31. One came from Newnan, another from Hiram and the others from At lanta concerns. Mrs. Carolina Simpson. Caroline Simpson, 59 years old. died at 7 o'clock Monday night at her residence, 65 Henry atreet. She Is sur vived by her husband and two chil dren. The funeral services will be held at the residence at 9 o'clock Wednes day morning, nnd the body will be car ried to Flat Rock for Interment. Luoilt King. Luclle, thS 11-monlhs-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Kin- died at the residence of the parents on More land avenue Monday afternoon. Fu neral services were held at the resi dence at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday after noon, and the Interment was at Oak land. Mary Frank Dabnay. Mary Frank, the Infant daughter o! Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Dabney, died Mon day at Athena Ga. The body was brought to Decatur, Ga., nnd the fu neral services were held there at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. INVENTOR~DRAKE AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga Tenn., Aug. 28.—Dr. E. L. Drake, of Winchester, Tenn.. a saga and Inventor of a flying machine. Is In the limelight again. Drake got Into a spat with John W. Gates and others who were dickering with flying ma chines some years ngo because the doc tor claimed that Gates had breached a contract concerning hla flying machine; Dr. Drake claims that hla flying ma chine was Invented on the principle of bird flight. By Private Leased Wire. Boston, Aug. 28.—Thomas W. Law- son still mourns at the side of hla wife's bier and refuses to be consoled, holding little conversation with anyone. The body of Mrs. Lawson rests In a rich but plain metal coffin, which hermltlcallq sealed. It rests In temporary aland In the delightful lit tle lodge-llke building, which the banker'a wife herself had built, and which Is located at some Ittle distance from the palatial home, "Dreamwold." It waa explained today that the only reason for the body’s remaining on the estate that the tomb which la to be Its permanent resting place Is not ready. COMER'S MAJORITY WILL BE INCREASED Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., Augi 28.—The fit est election returns give the state for Comer for governor by a majority of between 15,000 and 20,000 votes. He carried Jefferson county by a ma jority of about 1,000. Henry B. Gray Is elected lieutenant- governor and the Indications point ta the election of ex-Qovornor Joseph F. Johnston and Congressman John H. Bankhead as alternate senators. 81.80&—Mrs. V. L Walker to W. J. Smith, TRY A WANT AD IN TH7T GEORGIAN BUILDING -PERMIT8. 1300— K. Bose, to mid to one-story frame dwelling at lit I'esrI street. 11,200—T. J. Ash. to Intlld one-story frame dwelling nt 118 Ash street. 11,700—A. J. Moss, to build one-story frame dwelling at 115 l.oomlft uvenro*. 8275—Mrs. 8. B. Benson, to build frame store nt 247 Graut street. 8100—M. If. Clarke, to mid to frame store at 158 B. Linden avenue. SW—B. N. Ilnlateml, to build frame room at 288 Gordon street. $150—Mrs. |„ tawnmii. to bulbl, frame room at J5 Peachtree place. PROPERTY~TRANSFER8. $1,750—George R. I Ionovs n to J. II. Jones, lot i*n Porter place near Peachtree street I/md deoil. 85—'T. J. Jnmes to J. M. Nichols nnd A. II. Jones, lot on rorner Griffin and tilmp- son streets. Quit clnlui deed. 8850-Netil Bank to K. A. Morris snd Bos- It Morris, lot on Thor ' Hllllsrd street. Warranty I Sam i 84.637.60—Title Guarantee nnd Trnst Co. to Mrs. A. W. Mynntt, lot on 8onth Pryor street near Vasanr atreet. Warranty deed. 89.500— P. V. Hmlth to K. M. Uoliert*. Jr., b>t on «i»ruer Mitchell snd Mniiguui streets. Warranty deed. 88,250—K. M. Holier!*. Jr., to Nathan Knl- »r. some lot. Warranty deed. 82.000— Itenlah II. and Helen C. Llebmnn to Mrs. ItaK. Allen, lot on comer Milled** mid Oakland avenues. Warranty need. 84.600—Mrs. II. K. Allen to W. t\ KoMn- son. lot on earner Mllledge and Oakland avenues. Warranty deed. 87.300. Penal Hum—It. J. Magrudrr to \. M. Hyatt, lot on IPne atreet near Jackson street. Bond for tile. 58.500- M. L. Thrower to K. V. Crorkett, lot on Month Pryor street near Rnwaon atreet. Warantjr deed. 81.200—W. M. Heott to It. B. Thomna. bit on Bngenla street near Boyd atreet. War- RffO-Srx 8. J. Jones to W. P. Kefir, lot n K. Georgia avenne near Connally atreet. Warranty deed. $900—W. I*. Mi 8inltb. lot on But., nne. Loan deed. EMPRESS OF CHINA $22,001 INCREASE IN CITY LICENSES SHOWN BY BOOKS MUCH PROPERTY BEING CONDEMNED NONE OF ROADS By Private I.-n »,* f Wlri*. Waahlngtnn, August 23.—The rail' road rato luw becoming effective today, the vent was signalized by a public conference cf tbe representative! %f New England railroads with those members of the commtsalon now In the city—Sleesers Knapp, Cockrell, Clem ents and Lane. About fifty railroad men were prea- ent when the Informal meeting waa called by t'imlmian Knapp, shortly be fore II o'eioek this morning. B. D. Calflwell, vice president of the - Dela ware. Laeknwnnna and Western, waa the first speaker. He asked for an ex tension of lime for the glltlng of sched ules; ask-d that present methods of posting tariffs be permitted to continue and demanded regulations In the mat ter of publishing export and Import rates, itfld brought up technical quee- tlons bearing on the concurrence In so-called Joint rates. He expressed the hope that full oportunlty for a free discussion at a formal hearing would be given. George V. Massey, general solltctor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa ny, gave the assurance that reports of that the lines represented at the hear ing are antagonistic to the law, are un founded. Gate City Terminal Compa ny Moves to Oust - Owners. Snapshot of Mrs. Van Renselaer Cru- ger and lawyer. A. Rusaell Peabody, partner of Clifford W. liartrtdge, Harry Thaw's counsel, on the court house steps, returning from a visit to the' cell of Harry K. Thaw. UP Tho Goto City Tormina! Company, which Is licgluiilitir active work towurtl Its ynrds, has Instituted condemnation proceeding* against twenty-six residents of the section near the Junction of Monginn and Magno lia streets nnd along Haynes and other streets. Property belonging to the follow ing owners baa been oondemned through process aerred by tbe sheriff: W. Y. Crock ett, Mrs. O. Volbcrg, C. W. Iluunlcutt, Fred Grace, Nora Bllen, Mrs. Harriot Hrlilwell. I\ II. Hnndnli. W. L Bandall. II. G. Itnndnll, J. II. Rllaworth. Mrs. Mnud Leak Cobbs. Mrs. A. B. Brook. Mrs. K. Welford Wood, Charles L. Truitt, Mrs. Harsh C. Anglin. J. T. Anglin. Mrs. Bllen Verne, Susan Kngle, the New Terming Kealtny Company. Hugh T. Inman, II. !«. Stearns. C. 4. Hulttvan. Richard Boettcher, Marie Krels. J. II. Kwlng, C; F. Benson nnd Lonln Itosenfeld. Several of these owners have been grant* ed temporary Injunctions restraining the terminal people from condemning their property.