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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TVESWkT, ACGV8T 13"o. A NEAR-L AT CITY STOCKADE AS CONVICT FLEO Sound of Pistol Shots Drew Crowd of Men. A. RUSSELL PEABODY, HARTRIDGE’S PARTNER, AND MRS. V. R. CRUGER A lynching was narrowly avoided within the shadow* of. the city stockade Monday afternoon when one of the con victs attempted to escape and the neigh- Whood was brought to the streets by •hree pistol shots. The negro was working for the pub lic works department when he decided t-. attemnt escape. Gathering up the chain fastened to his leg he started down the street. The chain dropped, however, and was seen by Richard t'lark, an ex-pollceman, who now works for Grant Wilkins, on the Washington street viaduct. Mr. Clark pulled his gun and fired three shots, calling to th* negro to stop. Some ten or 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 the shooting declared that the first thing which popped Into their minds was that the negro had committed *ome outrage on a woman and had it not been or the Intervention of f.fr. • Mnrk would have killed him on the *pot. MISS LAWRENCE FAILS TO IDENTIFY NEGROES Minn Mabif Lawrence, accompanied by her father, W. C. Lawrence, of Co- pcnhlll, vlaltsd the county Jail Tues- day afternoon, and waa ahotyn the ten or twelve negroes auapected of commit ting the brutal aaaault on the Mlaaea Lawrence several days ago. Mlsa Law rence waa unable to Identify any of the prisoner* ea being the man who per petrated the deed. MOB OF "NEWSIES ATTACKS 0L0 An old man named Ilawklna, with more drlnka than waa good for him, and an old umbrella rauaed a email Jliefi riot on Broad atreet Tuesday aft- rrnoon. He got In a dlacuealpn with some news boys, and thla ' led to a tight, in which he wore out hla um brella. He waa rhaaed over n viaduct Into a aaloon by about 300 little ne groes and white boya. He waa there arretted and aent to police headquar tere. G. 0, P. COMMITTEE STILL IN SESSION TARIFF L FIGHT I Extcnsiou of Time Asked the For Filing of Schedules. By Private Lon sod Wire. Washington, August 23.—The rail road rata law becoming effective today, the vent wan signalized by a public conference of the representatives New England railroads with those members of the commission now in the city— Mcraer* Knapp, Cockrell, Clem ents and Lane. About fifty railroad men were pres ent when the informal meeting was called by Chairman Knapp, shortly be fore 11 o'clock this morning. B. D. Caldwell, vice president of the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western, waa the first speaker. He asked for an ex tension of time for the glltlnx of sched ules; asked that present nlethods of posting tariffs be permitted to continue and demanded regulations In the mat ter of publishing export and Import rates, and brought up technical ques tions bearing on the concurrence In so-called Joint rates. He expressed the hope that full oportunlty for free discussion at a formal hearing would be given. George V. 'Massey, general soliictor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa ny, gave the assurance that reports of that the lines represented nt the hear ing are antagonlstlc-to the law, are un founded. Gate City Terminal Compa nv Moves to Oust Owners. GOSPEL MEETINGS. ATTRACTING MANY The gospel meetings that are being conducted In J. K. Shlppey Bros.' new shed on Pratt street. Just otT nt Deca tur atreet, are growing In Interest ind a great meeting Is now In progress. The shed Is built on the tabemarle stylo, seating 800 people, and Is equtp-1 pod -with electric lights. Plano, cornet und good singers furnish music xiyl songs of Zion float out on the air, call- 1 log men and women to the worship of All Christian workers are Invited to help In these meetings at 7:48 each evening. Workers In noth branches of the Y. M. C. A., supported by a strong committee of business men, ore con ducting thesa meetings. Kverybody Is welcome. Special arrangements made for all ladles who may attend. C, C, HATCHER CO, BUYS RONO BUSINESS Messrs. Black and Draper have soV their bonding business to ths Cliff C. Hatcher Insurance Agency, who will be general agents for Georgia and Bouth Carolina. All agents In this territory will here after report to the Hatcher agency. Itoyd Perry has been given the man agement of the bond department. Negro Killed By Negro, specie I to The ijeorglsn. Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 28.—Arthur Blount, a negro drayman, was shot and Instantly killed by Lon Prater, an other negro, In a row In a saloon yes terday afternoon. Prater attempted to escape, but was caught and lodged In Jail. SHE LEFT HER TRUNK AND BRICK FOR BILL. nv Prtrate leased Wire. New York, Aug. 18.—Charged with having failed to pey a 'bill at the Victoria hotel, and with leaving a piece of baggage that contalaed only a brick, Mrs. Elisabeth Hamilton, who register ed from'jnttebufg, will appear In tha Jefferson market court Thursday. With to,, children and a maid she regis tered at the victorta two weeks ago. Her bill amounted to |1M. Her homo Is at No, 238 West Twenty-second street. GEORGIA RIFLEMEN WAGING CONTEST FOR SEAGIRT TEAM Hpoclnl to The Uecrxlnn. Macon, (In., Aiir. 28.—Tfio Georgia stnti* •hoot for the Hoaglrt loom hognu nt Holton inugo thl* morning with thirty-two men In tho contest. Five inen who were chosen could not nttend. The others were on tho ground and liegnn the eotupetltlve shooting In their efforts to make tho state ten in which will represent Georgia In tho no tional contest next week. Colonel 4. Van Holt Nash, of Atlanta, Is the executive officer In charge of the eon- test at Holton. I.leuteiiniit-Colonel 4. C. I'ostell, of Havanitnh, Is tlrst nsNlstnnt exoo. olive officer. Major Harrison 4ohnstou. of Mseou, Is statistical officer. The best shots from Mncon, Atlanta. Savannah. Alban)*. Thomssvllle and MnHotta have been placed on this list of thlrty-tivo men, ond from them will lie named the twelve men who are to go to Seagirt. There will tie three alternates. The remainder of the time will Im» de voted to the state contest. CHILD'S ASSAILANT MAY BE LYNCHED By ITIrnte (.cased Wire. Cairo, His., August 2#.—A mob Is on way to Charleston to lynch Charles Snapshot of Mrs. Van Renselaer Cru der and lawyer. A. Russell Peabody, partner of Clifford W. Hartrldge, Harry Thaw’s counsel, on the court house steps, returning from a visit to the cell of Hurry K. Thaw. Convention Will Very Prob ably Be Called For State Ticket. Almost from the time the state cfn tral committee of the Republicans of tho state met at 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 anti-Fairbanks fight on, though no ference was made to his 'name, and several of the leaders dented that Vlca President Fairbanks had urged the putting out of a state ticket to pre serve the party organisation. A white republican gave that as his opinion before the committee met, but several white delegates denied al knowledge that such was the case. The vice-president had not oommunl ated with them, they said. Among these were Captain I. J, Barnes, of Thomson, and Attorney C. P. Goree, of Atlanta. A conventfbn will likely be called. The real fight, whether It had any reference to national nominees or not, ftyear-nh! daughter of Kdwnrd Albright, S farmer near Bertrand, Mo. Goforth was captured by farmers headed by Albright, who seriously hurt Goforth slid tried to kill him, but Goforth was rescued by deputies nud taken to Charles ton. SON IS ON TRAIN ‘ THAT KILLS FATHER Ol r STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE MILKING COW By Prtvmt, Ua,«\ win.. Richmond. V*. Aug. 28.—Thorn,, William*. , ion of R. J. William., while o, vacation at Clayvllle, in Powhattan county Saturday, waa struck by light- ting aa ha waa milking a cow. Hla ,rm la burned and bruised, but hi, In- Jurlea are alight and he wlU recover. Goforth, a farm hand, who nssnnlied the "" *"> on ,hl » resolution, which tha black delegates seemed to think was a blow at them, and ^ that It would bar them from the conVentton. Espe cially did the South Georgia members of the committee resent this represen tation. 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 about to be railed. Fulton county, he said, had cast more votes for Roosevelt than the entire eighth district, and therefore that district was not entitled to the representation of the fifth district. The wrangle was Intensified when J. M. Ashby, a white Republican of Dawson county, Introduced the fol lowing resolution:, "Resolved, That a delegate eonven tlon of the Republicans of Georgia be held In the city of Atlanta on the — day of Heptember,\ 1901, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpoae of nominating a stale ticket, as may properly come before such a convention. "That the limit of organization the congressional districts, and that each district be entitled to on# dele gate for each 100 votes cast for Prea- By Private (.eased Wire. I Win*fed, Aug. 28.—.Startled Uy the sudden blast of atv engine whlstlt^ while he**as walking across a bridge. Bam Armstrong, *0 years old, stepped 111 front of a train on which his s^n was speeding to visit him, and was;killed. The son drove his body home j In the wagon which the aged father had brought to the station. I MAYOR WEAVER ) ORDERED TO BJZD By Prlvats 1-eeerd Wire. > Philadelphia, Pa., Aua. 28 — May'or Weaver la bo aarloualy III that III. pbjV- alrlan. Dr. W. M. I. Coplen, dlrertt 'x d T r r, nt * mFTur.55: ered him to bed. Dr. Coplen *111 nl tlonment to be as follows: First dla- say Just what Mr. Weaver's allmenTJtrict. ll; Second, 18; Third, 10; Fourth. Is, but he Is believed to be suffering from some kort of throat trouble. CHURCH WOMEN WA YLA Y PASTOR By Private Leased Wire. New Haven, Aug. 28.—Women mem bers of the Greek Catholic church at New Britain, who are oppoaed to Fath er Vonhay, the pastor of the church, attempted to waylay him after a ser vice, their Intention being to take the keys of the church away from him. Policemen scattered them. wl5, Fifth, 29; Sixth, 8; Seventh. 47; eighth, »; Ninth, 18; Tenth, 12; Etev- tfith. 28. lM That only legally registered voters bir eligible as delegates." At 2:JO o'clock the convention wae ■jilt In session. J. H. Buck Dead. to The Georgian. j Gadsden, Alsu, *Aug. 28.—Judge and din. J. W. Penn receded a telegram yesterday announcing the death of J. jfl. Buck. Mrs..Penn's father, at Selma, film., where he had undergone a sur gical operation on Thursday. Mr, and \Mr*. Buck up to last Wednesday had peen the guests of Judge and Mrs. [Penn in thla city. The Hate City Terminal Company, which Is MpRituiiiiR active work toward Its yards, has Instituted condemnation proceedings against twenty-six residents of the section near the Junction nt Mnngum and Magno lia streets nud along Haynes and other streets. Property Itelonglng to the follow ing owners has been condemned through process served by the sheriff: W. V. Crock ett, Mrs. O. Volberg. C. W. Hunnlcutt, Fred Grace, Xors Ellen, Mrs. Harriet Brldwell. P. II. Itnndsll. W. I.. Ramlnll. II. G. Randall, J. II. Ellsworth, Mrs. Maud I.oak Cobbs, Mrs. A. E. Brook. Mrs. E. Welford Wood, Charles L. Truitt. Mrs. Sarah C. Anglin. J. T. Anglin. Mrs. Ellen Verne, Riisnn Eagle, the New Terming Kenltuy Company. Hugh T. Inman, II. r,. Stearns, C, J. Sullivan. Richard Boettcher, Marie Krels. J. II. Ewlug, C. F. Deuson and Louis Itosenfetd. Several of these owners hare been grant- ‘ Junctions restraining tha from condemning their EOF HAS FILED RATES By Private Leaned Wire. New York, Aug. 28.—It wae elated today that not a single railroad com pany had been able to fully comply with the provtalon* of the new rate law requiring them to have all their sched ule. on file by midnight laat night. The echedule of switching engine chargee wne the molt difficult of completion. The new law, which appltee to all rallrnade doing an Interatate commerce buelneee, went Into effect at midnight. It will be enforced by the Interatate commerce commission. There can be no extra, from now on, but the .hlpper 1l expected to be able to obtain in advance a Anal state mint of the charge he haa to meet. Fremont Horse and L. Netland, of the Alaska boundary commission, have left for Yakubat Bay, where each, with a party of nine men, will survey a strip of the boundary. DOWAGER EMPRESS OF CHINA $22,607 IN CITY Inspector Ewing Has Been Stirring Things Up in Department. 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 rjrlvote Loused Wire, Elborton, Ga„ Aug. 28.—A negro by the name of Will Morrison has caused quite an excitement In this city, occa- SAYSJjEWON OUT Adheres to His Claim of 189 Votes in Con vention. Hon. Mark Johnston, of Baldwin, writes 1110 Georgian a card refuting etatemente nfade In the laeue of Mon day relative to his having carried only eight or nine counties. As this card was submitted too late for producing In Its entirety It can only be summarised here. He says: If your Informant knows anything at all concerning my vote In the pri mary of August 22, he must 1 know sofliethlng of the counties In a stone's throw of Atlanta. If he desires to speak the truth why did he not say, os he was giving a Bet of my counties, that Douglas, Cherokee, Coweta and Henry were mine." He eaye that he secured every vote In Lee except eight, and carried Baker, Worth, Wilcox, Randolph and Stewart. He saye the Information that he car ried Forsyth and Madison Is news to him. Mr. Johnston says that he had no Intention of saying anything about how many counties he carried, but that It got Into the newspapers and he had to do so. "The same old game of 1902 Is being played by the Ginn book trust In an endeavor to have their candidate nam ed by the convention by acclamation." He says four years ago that W. B. Merritt r jcelved only 171 electorlal votes, but simply because the newspa per* claimed 228 he was nominated by acclamation. He says the agents of the Ginn book trust Is again furnish ing reporters with lies. He states that whether he wins In the convention or not that he will keep up his eharges against the book trust and will prove them. In closing he says: "I apologize most humbly to my friends and the public, but I could not say lees In answekto this anxious liar, and I will not sayymnre noW. I re assert my claim—that I will have 189 votes In the convention on September The card I* signed Mark Johnston. Odd Fellows' Barbecue. Special to The tieorxlaa. Gadsden, Ala.. Aug. 29.—The differ ent Odd Fellows' lodges of this district will have a union picnic and barbecue at Fort Payne on next Thursday. Aug. 30. Several prominent speakers will be present to address the crowd and a brass band has been engaged for the occasion and a pleasant day U antic ipated. Mrs. H. Gertrude Gerry, of East Orange, N. J., originated the Idea of distributing the' permons preached by Rev. F. Q Blanchard, of the First Con gregational church of that city, and ha* organised the Church Manuscript Society, and every Monday copies of the sermons preached the day before are districted to those who, by reason of illness’ - other affliction, are not able to gf Ao church. I sloned by hi* asking a white lady to kiss him, as she was handing him change for peaches she had purchased of him. Trouble Is expected tonight. LIVES_0N SHIP Passengers and the Crew Saved in the Nick of Time. By Private Leased Wirt. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 28.—A loaded freight •tennier, the Charles A. Eddy, burned to the water's tilge on Lake Huron, near Port Hnnltnc, nt 2:18 a. in. today. Twen ty persons were on hoard. Including the captain'* wife nud two little daughter*. 1 and 3 year* old, reapectlvely. Half thoae on the boat were asleep, and were rescued with great difficulty. The lH*trolt nnd Heroinud steamer, City of Mneklnnc. 5 miles nwny, responded to distress rlgnnls, and took the people nil — tMKtrd, some of whom were nearly ddr. iritis Most were in their underclothes. As they were taken off, the tlatues hurst out In all directions. lawsoTsIlgrieyes AT COFFIN OF WIFE By Private I.easod Wire. Boston. Aug. 2#.—Thomas W. Law- son still mouma at the side of his wife’s bier and refuses to be consoled, holding little conversation with any one. The body of Mrs. Lawson rests In a rich but plain metal coffin, which Is hermltfcallq sealed. It rests In a temporary stand In the delightful lit tle lodge-like building, which the banker’s wife herself had built, nnd which Is located at some lltle distance from the palatial home, "Dreamwold.” It was explained today that the only reason for the body’s remaining on the estate that the tomb which Is to be Its •permanent resting place Is not ready. COMER'S MAJORITY WILL BE INCREASED The remarkable Increase of $2!,. 807.18 Is shown on the city license In spector's books as collected since the first of the year over that during the same time In 1905. License Inspector R. A. Ewing, who ha; 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 nnd 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 S824.2S on hacks and drays alone. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD J. B. Whitehead. The body of J. B. Whitehead, who died at Thaxton, Vo., Monday morning, arrived In Atlanta at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday nfternoon. nnd was taken to Patterson's undertaking establishment. It will later be carried to the residence, 883 Peachtree street, where the funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Wed- nesday morning. The interment will be at Westvlew. Colonel for Third Regiment. In a short time Governor Terrell and Adjutant General Harris will hold a consultation relative to ordering an election to name a colonel for the Third regiment. Colonel Usher Thom ason resigned several months ago, and Colonel W. O. Obear, Inspector general of the national guard, has been filling the plnce until a regular commanding officer Is named. The Third has only six companies notv. Enters 8o!dier,’ Home. 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 at 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 was discharged before the dose of the war on account of physjral Infirmities. Twenty Make Return,. Secretary of State Phil Cook received returns from twenty corporations Tuea- day morning, all Inclosing the fee of 31. One came from Newnan, another from Hiram ahd the others from At lanta concerns. Mrs. Caroline Simpion. Mrs, Caroline Simpson, 89 years old, died at 7 o'clock Monday night at her residence, 65 Henry street. 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, and the body will be car ried to Flat Rock for Interment. Luelle King. Luclte, the U-months-old daughter of Mr. nnd 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 Dabtisy. Mary Frank, the Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Dabney, died Mon day at Athena, Ga. The -body wa» brought to Decatur, On., and the fu neral aervlcea were held there at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. inventofTdrake AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT Special to The Georgina. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 28.—Dr. E. L. Drake, of Winchester, Tenn.. a sage and Inventor of a flying machine, Is in the limelight ngaln. Drake got Into a spat with John W. Gates and othera who were dickering with flying ma chines some years ago because the doc- tor claimed that Gates had breached a contract concerning his flying machine. Dr. Drake claims that his flying ma chine was Invented on the principle of bird flight. BUILDING PERMIT8. 8200— E. C. Ifoao, to add to one-story frame dwelling nt 119 l’earl atreet. 81.300—T. J. A ah, to liulld one-story frame dwelling nt 110 A»h atreet. 81.700—A. J. Mo—. to traik) one-story frame welling nt IIS Issmila a renin*. S2iS—Mr*. H. K. Ben non, to liulld frame store at 217 Grant atreet. 8100—H, II. I'lnrke, to add to frame store at 188 II. Linden nvenne. SOI—It. X. Ilnlarenil, to build frame room at 288 Gordon atreet. flSO—Mr*. I- I-ewmon, to build frame room at 15 Peachtree place. property"transfers. 81.750—George It. Donovan to J, II. Jotiee, lot on Porter place near Peachtree atreet. Irnon deed. * . ' 18—T. J. -In me. to J. M. Xlebol* and A. II. Jones, lot on corner Griffin and Hlmp- aon street*. Quit claim deed. 1950—Neal Bank to K. A. Morris nnd Be*- ale It. Morris, lot on Thompson alley near lltlllnrd atreet. Warranty deed. 81,800—Mra. I'. 1„ Walker to 4v. J. Smith, -•on . to Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., Aug! 28.—The fit- est election returns give the state for Comer for governor by a majority of between 18,080 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 Indication* point to the election of ex-Oovernor Joseph F. Johnston and Congressman John II. Bankhead as alternate senator*. TRY A WANT AD IN TKJi GEORGIAN 14.637.50—Title Giwrnntw it ml Trust t • Mrs. A. W. My watt, lot on Howth ITjrof street near Vasaar street. Warranty deed. 89.600-P. Y. Smith to K. SI. Ilnherr*. Jr- . it on roruer Mitchell ami Mangum streets. Warranty $9.250—E. M. Itotierts, Jr., to Nathan Kai ser. Mine lot. Warranty, tlewl. 12.000—Ilenlah ll. and Ilelen t\ IJ&im to Mrs. II. K. Allen, lot on corner Mllleilxe ami Oakland avenues. Warranty deed* $4,600—Mrs. II. K. Alien to W. F. lUd'In* •on, lot on comer MIIIed*e and Oakland svennes. Warranty deed. . v 17,200, Renal Hum-lt. J. Maxmder to M. Hyatt, lot on IPne atreet near Jackson ^Thrower to E. Y. Crnckett. lot on Bontb Pryor street near Itaaraim street. Wsrantjr ileed. ^ , $1.2*3—W. M. Heart to It. B. Thmwi* M on Kturenia street near Boyd street, war* "u.SawMr,. *. J. Jones to W. P. Kelly* Iff on K. Georirin avenne pear Connalty street. Warranty ileed. .. — fJOO-W. II. Matthews to Mra. B- Ja* fimffb. lot on BntJrr street near Undea ava- ntte. Loan deed.