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THE ATLANTA tJEOKGIAN.
MOB CRIES FOR LIFE
' OF ITALIAN RIOTERS
Miners Ciptured Af
ter the House Is
Burned.
By Private looted Wire.
Punxatawtiey, Pa., Sept 3.—The
hou.«o containing the Italian rioter* at
the Near Florence mine of the Buffalo,
Rochester and Plttaburg Company wae
binmed to the ground early thle morn
ing and all but one of the mlnera cap
tured. The remaining man la auppoa-
e<l to have been cremated, but hla com
rades refuse to make any statement.
AH the Italians are In Jail and the
police and constabulary* have another
Job aa hard as dislodging the rioters In
preventing an assault upon the prison
by the people of the whole county,
who are gathering here bent upon
lynching the prisoners.
Run Out by Big Fire.
Immediately after the arrival of Cap
tain Robinson from IJraddock at an
early hour this morning he began his
plan to bring out the rioters dead or
alive, but preferably alive for due pun
ishment.
The atructure waa tired and the
flaniea spread rapidly, but It was some
time before the Italians knew they
wrt* Imprisoned by lire. They bad no
means «»f preventing the movement of
the (ire to the Interior, but waited un
til death by burning was certain be
fore they appeared at the front door.
They were greeted by the guns of
Troop D, ready to Are If necessary, but
at the command of Captain Roblnaon
ell threw up their hands In token of
nirrender and kept them high In the
air until they were ha/idcuffed.
Killed During Battla.
The body of Private Policeman Zehr-
Inger, who was shot Inst night, was re
covered.
The attempt of Sergeant Joseph Lo-
g*n of Troop D, state constabulary, at
the New Florence mine, to arrest a
miner resulted In a battle between a
lMrge body of miners In a house and
Troop D. The constabulary had two
men killed outright, one fatally wound
ed and two others wounded less seri
ously.
The Dead.
Private F. Henry*. aged 2®. of Phila
delphia.
Private Francis Zehrlnger, aged >0,
of Coshocton.
Fatally Woundtd.
Private H. C. Chambers, of Roches
ter. Pa.
Tha Wounded.
Private tV. A. Mullen, of Harrisburg,
shot through the breast: First 8er-
*• am Joseph Logan, of Dubola, Pa.,
.hot through the leg: Qenrge Folltxsky,
aired 1J. son of Steve Felltssky, a mi
ner, shot In tthe leg.
NOT TO ENTER INTO
Argument in Cumberland
Presbyterian Case Is
Nearly Ended.
Means That Thomasville
Man Will Succeed Joe
Brown.
YOUTH KILLS CHILD
ONDERJ MOOSE
Slayer Aids Victim’s Father
In Search for Missing
Bov.
By Private Leased Wire. ,
Chicago, Sept. I.—Robert Gordon, 18
years old, ahocked the police official*
by the recital of hla cruel and cold
blooded murder of 7-year-old Joseph
Reed, the eon of a neighbor. Gordon
confesaed to the murder efler the body
of hie victim had baen found In n pass
age leading from the basement of the
Reed home under the sidewalk. The
murderer himself had led the child's
rather lit search for the son.
Meeting no success In their search,
tho murderer turned to the father as
th.v neared the home and said:
"i-et'a look under the house."
The father took a candle and crawled
under the house, where the body 04
tit. little son was found burled, only
a little arm being visible. Oordnn's
nil was too feeble to meet the search
ing questions of tha police and he told
them how he had killed the victim un
der the very shadow of his home.
Judge end Solicitor In Calhoun.
Governor Terrell has appointed Hon.
H M. Calhoun to be Judge of the city
i .'urt of Calhoun county, and Hon. A.
I. Miller to be aollrltor of the same
court.
That the civil courts cannot go be
hind the action of tha highest church
courta In matters affecting that church
Is tha argument advanced by Judge
John M. Gaul, of Nashville, counsel for
tha defense In tha hearing before Judge
Pendleton In the superior court of the
petition asking that the pastor and the
church organisation of the First Cum
berland Presbyterian church
strained from merging It Into the
Northern Presbyterian church aa pro
vided for by the action of tha general
aasembllaa of the two branches.
Judge Gout showed that the general
assembly of the Cumberland church
had placed a "practical construction"
on Its constitution In exercising Its
power to effect a union with the other
body. He aald that not only had Pres
byterian churches for more than a cen
tury acted on this power, but the (;um-
berlund assembly hod on seven ocea-
slons appointed committees looking to
ward union with other churches. He
showed that the Cumberland assembly
had declared that the doctrines of the
two uniting churches agreed sufficient
ly to "warrant union—a union alike
honorable to both." He showed that
both assemblies had last May declared,
by resolution, the agreement of the
ro confessions.
He dealt with the negro in the two
churches, of which the petitioners have
mode some capital, at some length. He
said that they had already been sep
arated Into separate synods and that
there was no rear whatever from that
source. He said the negroes In Ten
nessee, Alabama and Georgia were now
perfecting their separate organisations.
He said that no relation would subsist
A Rainy Day
Story.
On rainy days when
she was unable to
leave the house Mrs. A
moped around and waa
unhappy. She waa not
a Bell telephone sub
scriber. She had the
bluet.
IN THE MEANTIME
Such n day did not af
fect Mrs. B, The
weather made no dif
ference to her. She
used her Bell tele
phone and enjoyed so
cial chats with friends.
She was happy.
If you are Mrs. A—
Call Contract Dept M. 1300
race, except where a delegate wouli
the course of time come up to the gen
eral assembly. There he aald tha
relations would be the same as at pres
ent In the Southern Presbyterian
church.
Judge Pendleton announced that the
negro question would In no way affect
the decision.
The hearing will be finished Monday
afternoon and a decision will probably
be rendered then or Tuesday.
JUDGES, SOLICITORS
TO BE NAMED IN MACON
Judges and solicitors general of su
perior courts, successful In the primary
of August 22, will be nominated at the
state convention In Macon Tuesday.
The complete list Is aa follows:
Atlanta C'rrnlt—Judge John T. Pen.
dteton.
.Middle Circuit—Judge B. T. Rawl
ings.
Ocmulgee Circuit—Judge H. G.
Lewis.
Atlantic Circuit—Judge P. K. 8es-
tirook: solicitor, H. J. Not man.
Augusta Circuit—Judge II. C. Ham-
monif
Brunswick Circuit—Judge T. A. Par
ker.
Chattahoochee Circuit—Judge IV. A.
Little
Flint Circuit—Judge E. J. Rengan.
Tnl'apoosa Circuit—Judge Price E.
Edwards; solicitor, W. K. Fielder.
Northeastern Circuit—Judge J. J.
Kinney: solicitor, W. A. Charters.
Patnula Circuit—Judge W. c. Wor-
rlll
Southern Circuit—Judge R. O.
Mitchell.
Cordeie Circuit—Judge U. V. Whip
ple; solicitor, W. F. George,
Macon Circuit—Judge IV, H. Felton.
Rome Circuit—Judge Moaea Wright.
DIES OF APOPLEXY
RETURNING HOME
tty Private Lsaswl Wire.
Salisbury, N. C.. Sept. I.—W. S.
Pickier, traveling pump constructor of
the Southern railway, died yesterday
of apoplexy. He was on the road home
In perfect health, when he was seised
with a violent headache. Arriving In
Hallehnry he aent for a physician, but
before one could be secured he waa
dead, lie was 30 years old and leaves
a wife and child.
Sara Jones Tabernacle
Meetings, Carters-
vifie, Ga.
On Septemper 15th to 23rd. ‘Inclu
sive. the Western and Atlantic rail-
mad will sell tickets from Atlanta-
Dalton and Intermediate atatlonx, to
Carteravllle. at rata of one fare for
the round trip.
Sam Jones will be assisted by
Evangelist Oliver and other ministers
of renown. Prof. E. O. Excell will
have charge of t> -> music, and other
goeitel lingers of note will attend.
Three services each day, 10:30 a. m.,
3:00 p. nt. and 8:00 p. m.. and the
people of Carteravllle will welcome
the great crowds with the same hos
pitality they have always ahown.
CHAS. E. HARMAN,
Qen. Pass. Agent.
the expressed wishes of Hon.
Hoke Smith are followed In the Ma
con convention Tuesday, and there la
no reason to believe otherwise, Hon. S.
G. McLendon, of Thomasville, will be
I either nominated or Indorsed as rail-
I road commissioner to succeed Com-
mlstoner Joeeph M. Brown.
Mr. Smith la for Mr. McLendon for
the position In preference to any one
else, which undoubtedly means that
tha Thomasville man will succeed
Commissioner Brown In October, 1807.
In hla speech In the Macon conven
tion Tueadey Mr. Bmlth'wlll offer the
name of Mr. McLendon as the man
for the position. He la aald to favor
the Thomasville man not so much
from personal regard or because he
supported Mr. Smith In hla recent race,
but becauee he believes Mr. McLendon
la pre-eminently qualified to give the
people comprehenelve service.
Mr. Smith Is said to want Mr. Mc
Lendon also because the Thomaa coun
ty man knows more about railroad
values, watered stocks, fictitious
values and such subjects than any one
In the state. For years he haa made a
close study of rates and railroad atoeka.
His long connection with the railroads
In various capacities qualify him for
e vacancy as a railroad expert.
He will be either nominated as the
candidate or given the Indorsement of
the convention In Macon Tuesday.
TO WELCOME BRYAN
WITH BIG OVATION
to
Salary Law in Effect.
Hint-la I to The G«*«»rglan
Brunawlrk. Qa., Kept. 3.—A new law
Sain* tha anlarles of county offlclala
want Into affect Saturday. Tha county
•ollcltora will receive $1,500 a year;
aherfff. $100; dark, $900: while all
feee will go to awall tha county’s treas
ury.
Question Raised as
Whether He Is Rail
road Expert.
Will the railroads teat tha constitu
tionality of any advene ruling by the
railroad commission If other than a
practical railroad man Is-put In the
commission by the action of the state
Democratic convention at Macon
Tuesday 7
Would the courts auataln them In
such a teat case?
These are questions uppermost In
the minds of a large element of the
party, anent the almost certain action
of the convention In naming Hon. S. G.
McLendon, of Thomasville, as the suc
cessor to Commissioner Joseph M.
Brown.
A special and peculiar law prescribes
the membership of Georgia's railroad
rate regulating" body.
The law provides that one member
shall be an exi>ert In the law, another
a "practical" railroad man and the
thlro simply a plain business man.
The Impression has gone abroad
heretofore that the third member nam
ed In the law should be a farmer. Thla
Is a tnlstako. He can be merchant,
farmer, manufacturer or of any other
calling.
But the other two must be a law
yer and a practical railroad man.
Is a theoretical railroad lawyer a
f iractlcal railroad man, In the broad
nterpretatlon of this law?
Hon. Guyt McLeodon for a number
of yeats was attorney for the Plant
system. On rate making, he la un
doubtedly one of the beat posted men
In the state, and would be an Invalu
able aid to the Incoming administra
tion.
Rut there la the plain fact of the
law t calling for a "practical" railroad
man.
The point la made on Mr. Mol-endon
that he Is a lawyer, and lawyer onl>:
that his railroad experience waa gain
ed from the legal and not the practical
side of railroading; that In contempla
tion of the law creating the railroad
commission he Is not eligible, and that
any uct of the commission, with him
as a member, would he teeted In the
courta, thus Insuring, possibly. Inter
minable delays In enforcing the edicts
of that body. . ..
Some of the ablest lawyer* In the
stnte will be In the Macon convention
Turaday. and If they declare In favor
of McLendon. It would aeem that they
would know whal they were doing, and
were satisfied that the Thomaa county
man waa eligible.
The contention Is an Interesting
one. •
EXPLOSION KILLS
FOUR WORKMEN
ON CZAR'S SHIP
WALSH IS HEADED
FOR HEARST PARTY
Democratic National Com
mitteeman From Iowa
Resigns.
By Private I-easc-l Wire.
Alexandria. Minn., Sept. 1.—While
her* yesterday Judge Alton B. Parker
was asked for some expression regard
ing the resignation of Charles A.
Walsh from the Democratic national
committee. Judge Parker said:
“1 hardly know that I want to dig
nify Mr. WalBb's letter, by construing
It or making a formal statement. I'm
out of politics and under those cir
cumstances all I care to say Is this:
It looks very much aa If the ijearst
Independence League haa won another
recruit In the person of Walsh. He
has been enthusiastic aa a supporter
of Hearst for a number of years, and
will make a valuable addition to
Hearst's party. He haa apparently
preferred Instead of giving hla reason
for Joining Ihe Hears! party, to as
sign some reasons’ for leaving the Dem
ocratic party. Whether hla reason haa
any Justification In fact or not, Is of
no consequence, aa he has made up
hla mind to go,"
What Walsh Said.
Walsh's latter of resignation to
Chairman Taggart waa aent from Ot
tumwa, la., Saturday evening. Mr.
Walsh waa the Iowa member of the
Democratic national committee, and
waa secretary of tha national commit
tee during tho two Bryan campaigns.
In thla letter he gives hla reason* for
this action a* a distaste for "slavish
subserviency to corrupt corporation
and boss control of party affairs." In
cidentally he pays hla respects In no
uncertain term* to William F. Shee
han, August Belmont and other mem
bers of the executive committee and
says In future he wilt support candi
dates In accordance with his personal
convictions.
He says:
“Ordinarily, I would not deem It nec
essary to make known my reason for
taking such action; but having finally
determined upon It, In view of the fact
that I have been elected and twice re
elected the national committeeman,
covering a period of twelve years, and
prior thereto, having been a member
of the atate, of the congressional and
other committees and knowing that
auch resignation, coming at what might
prove to be an Inopportune time, so
far aa the Interests of my own friends
and loyal supporters are concerned,
will meet with some criticism upon
their part should It go unexplained, I
give you reason* therefor which will
show that I could In honor pursue no
other course.
•For the future I Intend to be In a
r ail Ion to support or not support, as
may see fit, the candidates of the
Democratic party. I have reached the
conclusion that the perpetuation of
Louisville Will Do
Honor to Great
Commoner.
GOVERNOR TERRELL
TO PARTICIPATE
Many Prominent Southern
ers to Meet Nebraskan at
Dixie’s. Gateway i;
Welcome Reception.
slavish subserviency
to party name and 1
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K pedal Cable- Copyright.
London, Sept. 3.—An explosion
on the new Russian cruiser Ruvik,
building nt .the Viekers-Maxim
yard nt Barrow, killed four men
and injured ten. The explosion
was ’due purely to accident.
FOUR MUST FACE
CONTEMPT CHARGES
gperiat III The Georgian.
Savannah. Ga.. Sept. 1-ln the contempt
prw-ecllnsa In the Juallre Mike Naughtln
mee. heard before Jmlxe Sea brook In the
■nporlor court Saturday. Jmlxe Seabrook
ordered a contempt rule axalnat William H.
I.eakln and four other*. Including Jnatlee
Xauxhtin. The proceeding! arnne from aa
Investigation by a apeelal committee of Jna-
tlce Naughtln. on a charge of malpractice
la office. It iraa claimed that Mr. t-cakln
MW two grand Juror* and talked almnt the
caae in behalf of Naughtln. amt In one In-
(lance furnished the Juror with two quea-
llons to In* aeked wltnewfe. against Naugh-
tln. explaining that he .ltd ao liecana*
Naughtln waa not entitled to counsel In the
Jury
The rule la made returnable the Srat Sat-
unlay in (ictol4er before Judge Cans, of the
superior court.
Individual
by jack of Inde
pendent action.
"While I have heretofore always been
known as a parti tan Democrat and
will always be a stanch supporter of
Democratic principle* aa I understand
them, It haa baen steadily home In
upon me for a long time aa I came
clover and closer to a knowledge of
the Inner workings of the party ayatem,
that, from the standpoint of the true
Democracy, there can he nothing worae
or more Injurious to the country than
the •yellow' dog' party feeling that Im
pel* good men to support a ticket of
unfit nominees merely because they
hear Ihe party label."
WOMANBIT BY MAN
DYING FROM EFFECT
Special In The Georgian.
Greenville. S. C. t Sepl. J.-Aa a rcaull nf
a liltc ah* received on the arm from a
man who attempted to commit an aa-
aanlt on her, Mr«. Bryant, of thta place,
Is dying of blood potaonlng.
The woman struggled with the man,
whose name la Barton, and received the
Mtc which may result In her death.
Bnrtnu ta still coughed In tha Aiken
Jail, and haa been refuaed a hearing until
the condition of the woman further de
velop*.
FEHN DID NOT APPEAR
WHEN CA8E WAS CALLED
Special to Tho Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., 8ept. J.—Martin
Fehn, the saloon keeper, who t* wanted
In Walker county, Ga. on a'charge of
aelllng beer to soldier*, at Fort Ogle
thorpe, did not appear at hi* prelimin
ary hearing In which he charged Depu
ty Sheriff Hay*, of Walker county. Ga.,
with falae Imprisonment and assault
and battery. He left for Hot Spring*.
It la aald, and In thla way escaped the
nerving of requisition paper*, which
had been procured from Governor Ter
rell, of Georgia. Fehn alio Instituted
aulta for damages In the courta here
amounting to 310,000.
YOUNG WOMAN HELD
ON LARCENY CHARGE.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sepl. 3.—Mia*
Ella Parker, formerly of Tracy City,
has been arrested on the charge of the
larceny of a' suit case belonging to Mlsa
Lille Lawla, of Carbon Hill, Ala. Mia*
Parker claim* that the suit caae waa
given her by another woman, but Mia*
Lewis Insists that the suit case was
taken at the depot.
Special to The Georgian
Louisville, Ky.. Sept. 3.—The Demo
crats of tha South will welcome Wit
Ham Jennings Bryan on September 12
at the Gateway to their domain,
that day the followers of the Nebraskan
will assemble In Louisville from Mary
land, Tennessee, Virginia, North and
South Carolina,'Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansss
and every section of the land south of
the Mason and Dlxofi tine.
Bryan will be here only a few hours,
but In that time there will be concen
trated a welcome such aa only the Im
petuous Southerners know how to be
stow on one who has been their cher
ished leader.
From present reports, Bryan will ar
rive here from St Louis In the even
Ing shortly before S o'clock. The
Southern reception committee, com
posed of the senators, governors, con
gressmen and distinguished men of the
South, will be at the depot to meet
Bryan, together with the delegations
from the different Southern states, each
Democratic state chairman having been
requested to name one. With the
Louisville and Kentucky Democrats
added to these, the assemblage to wel
come Bryan will amount to an army.
He. will be greeted aa he steps from
the train by the Southern committee
and will be escorted to his hotel by a
parade Imposing In numbers and ap
pearance. There will be a flamboyant
display of fireworks.
At the hotel It Is proposed to hold
somewhat more formal reception, where
Bryan will greet personally the South
ern leaders. ,
No banquet wilt be attempted and
Mr. Bryan will be given a sufficient
Interval for refreshment. Then he will
be escorted to the armory, wherq t,
chief exerclaea of the evening wilt
held. The armory la a new structure,
which waa first opened by the National
Bowlers' Tournament last March. It
la a huge building, aald to have the
second largest capacity In the United
States. It will seat 18,000 people and
at least 25,000 can be accommodated
with fair comfort
The committee arranging the pro
gram will observe a proper formality
to make the reception a* Impressive as
It should be. There will be two
speeches of note before Bryan appears.
One will be by the presiding chairman
and the other by the. orator, who will
Introduce Mr. Bryan. Neither has been
named. It la conjactured that one will
be Henry Watterson, though this can
not be stated authoritatively.
Then Mr. Bryan will apeak, and fol
lowing this will be the hand-to-hand
recaption. At 2:80 In the morning Mr.
Bryan will leave for Cincinnati.
Among lha distinguished Southern
era who have accepted appointments
on the reception committee may be
mentioned:
Governors John I Cox. of Tennessee;
J. M. Terrell, of Georgia; 8. W.
Lanham. of Texas: James K. Varda
nian, of Mississippi; Newton C,
Blanchard, of Louisiana, and E. War-
field, of Maryland. Senator-elect Rob
ert L. Taylor, of Tennessee; Senators
A. J. McLaurln and H. D. Money, of
Mississippi; Jams* Taliaferro, of Flor-
Ida; C. A. Culberson, of Texas; Ialdor
Raynor, of Mdryland; J. B. Frailer, of
Tennessee; J. W. Bailey, Texas; A. S.
Clay, of Georgia; Lee 8. Overman, of
North Carolina; A. C. Latimer, of South
Carolina, and Thomaa S. Martin, of
Virginia. >
Governors Blanchard, of Louisiana,
and Vardaman, of Mississippi, have
written that they will probably attend
with their staff* In addition to the
delegations.
W, S, WIER SPEAKS
AT COLUMBIA, S, C
Heart Failure
is often induced by
coffee drinking.
USE
POSTUM
i
W. S. Wler, of Atlanta, waa the Labor
Day orator at the celebration In Colum
bia, 8. C, Monday. Mr. Wlcr Is well
known In the labor councils of thta
city, and haa been prominently Identi
fied with the labor movement for
number of years.
He la a forceful and convincing
speaker, quite magnetic, and possess**
a wide range of knowledge on labor
matter* and labor statistics. He Is a
member of Ihe Atlanta Typographical
Union. He has been Labor Day orator
on many previous occasions, and haa
won quite a reputation aa an orator.
HOKE SMITH FILES
ANSWER TO DEMPSEY
Hon. Hoke Smith Monday morning
filed an answer to the suit of Sam D.
Dempsey, filed during the recent cam
paign, demanding 81.000 because of the
alleged failure of Mr. Smith to prop
erly look after the Interest* of the
plaintiff in a suit against the Western
and Atlantic railway. In hla suit Mr.
Dempsey alleged that the action of
Mr. Smith waa "a breach nf trust
amounting to a legal fraud.”
In hla answer, the defendant ask* the
dismissal nf the suit on the ground
that the plaintiff has not ahown where
he ever held out more than he was en
titled to for attorney’s fees under hla
agreement with Mr. Dempsey, nor had
he ahown that he did anything im
proper In coming to an agreement with
the railroad.
Fall in Big Acid Tank.
BlH'clal to The Oeorglau
Macon, Ga.. Sept. 3.—E. F. Taylor,
night watchman at the plant of the
Vlrglnla-Carollna Chemical Company,
lies horribly burned up to the knees, as
the result of haring fallen Into n btg
sulphuric acid tank while on hla round*
at hla post of duty.
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SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the Six Months Ending Jane 89, 1808, of the Condition of the
Pittsburgh Life and Trust Company,
Organised under tbe laws of the state nf Pennaylranln; made to the governor of the
•tale of Georgia In pursuance of the laws of said atate.
Principal office, corner Sixth and Liberty streets, Pittsburgh, Pa.
I. CAPIL STOCK.
1. Amount of capital stock fJ15.Sto.00
2. Amount of capital stock paid up In cash
II. A88ET8.
Total assets $1,441,416.0*
III. LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities I1.44UU.M
IV. INCOME DURING THE FIR8T SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1906.
Total Income 3244,215.59
V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MOfJTH8 OF THE YEAR
1906.
Total filahurtementa i $166,266,71
Greatest Amount Inanred lu eny one flak ....$ 10.000,00
Total Amount of Insurance outstanding 11,646,490.00
A copy of the act of Incorporation, duly certified. It of file In the office of the
Insurance commlastpner.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA—County of Alleghany.
Personally appeared before the underaljnied William C.\ Baldwin, who, helm
■worn. depoaea and mts that he la the vice-president and general tuanm
duly aworn, depoaea and aura that he la the vlre-prealdent and general tuannin
Pittsburgh Life and Treat Co., and that tho foregoing atatement Is correct and true.
WM. C. BALDWIN.
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
HAS BEEN LOCATED
By Prlrst# Leased Wire.
London, Sept. 3.—The northwest
possage, for which Intrepid seamen
have searched In -vain for centuries,
has at last been discovered, according
to tha correspondent of tha Central
News at Christiana, who wired today
that the Norwegian polar expedition,
under Captain Amundsen, which sailed
aboard the exploring ship GJoa, has
reached Behring Sea.
The GJoa expedition sailed from
Christiana on June 17, 1803. Captain
Amunden's purpose Is not to make an
other effort to force the long dreamed
of northwest passage, but to search
for the magnetic pole.
If the report from Christiana that I
the GJoa ho* reached Behring 8ea Is
true, he apparently stumbled upon tha
passage through the northern seas nr
purposely voyaged In that dlrectlnn af
ter concluding hla search for the mag
netic pole.
It waa reported In November last
year that the GJoa had been crushed
In the Ice at Booth! A Felix, the ex
treme northern point of the mainland
of North Amellea. This report was
brought by George Cleveland, of Mas-
aachusstta, who reached Dulde, Sent,
land, November 21, 1805, returning from
a whaling trip to Davis strait. Cleve
land declared he had been Informed
through Eskimo sources of the loss nt
the GJoa, nnd that the explorers wore
living with natives In that region.
30,000 EXTRA VISITORS
CAUSE A FOOD FAMINE
By Private Leased Wire.
Atlantic City. N. J., Sapt. 3.—Fifty
thousand extra visitor* yesterday and
thla morning caused a famine In the
resort. Hotels caught napping ran out
of food and hurried orders to supply
houses kept them open until they
too, reported that they had no more
meat or provisions.
Hotel managers, prepared for smaller
crowds with the coming of September,
were unprepared for the rush and all
aorta of expedients were resorted to
for holding guests until stuff could bs
secured to give them meals. One wo
man thinned up gravy and served It as
soup when 300 diners came In place of
the 76 expected.
Railroad* reported 200 carloads of
newcomers this morning and hundreds
of auto parties came from Philadelphia
and New York to attend the fall races
which begin today.
ROOSEVELT NOT WEDDED
TO REFORM SPELLING
By Private Leased Wtrs.
Oyster Bay. N. Y., Sept. 3.—The fol
lowing letter haa been sent by Presi
dent Roosevelt to Charles A. Stalling*,
public printer, at Washington:
"1 enclose herewith copies of certain
circulars of the etmpllfled board, which
can be obtained free from the board
at No. I Madison avenue. New York
city. Please hereafter direct that In
all government publications of the ex
ecutive departments the three hundred
words enumerated in circular No. 6
shall be spelled aa therein set forth. If
any one asks the reason for the ac
tion refer him' to circulars 1, 4 and 6
aa Issued by the simplified spelling
board. Moat of tbe criticism of the
proposed step la evidently made In en
tire Ignorance of what the step la, no
less than In entire Ignorance of the
very moderate and common sense views
aa to the purposes to be achieved,
which views are ao excellently set
forth In the circulars to which l have
referred.
"There la not the slightest Intention
to do anything revolutionary or Ini
tiate any far-reaching policy. The
mrpose simply Is for the government,
nstead of lagging behind popular sen-
tlnent, to advance abreast of It and
at the same time abreast of the views
of the ablest and most practical edu
cators of our lime aa well as of the
moat profound scholars—men of the
stamp of Professor Lounabury and
Professor Skeat. If the alight change*
the spelling of the three hundred
word* proposed wholly or partially
meet popular approval, then the chan*e
will become permanent without any
reference to what public officials or
Individual privnte cltlxena may feel; II
they do not ultimately meet with pop
ular approval they will be dropped and
that Is all there ta about It.
"They represent nothing In the world
but a very alight extension nf the un
conscious movement which has made
agricultural Implement makers and
farmer* write 'plow' Instead of 'plough.'
which has made moat Americana write
'honor 1 without the somewhat absurd,
superfluous 'u' and which Is even now-
making people write 'program' without
the 'me,' Just aa all people who speak
English now write 11*1,’ 'aet.' 'dim.
'sum' and 'fish.' Instead of tha Elisa-
bethan t>atte,' 'sette,' 'dlmme,' 'summe
and 'fyshe.' which make* u* write
'public.' 'almanac,' 'era,' 'fantaiy.' ami
'wagon,' Instead of the 'publlck.' al
manack,' 'aera,' 'phantasy' and 'wag
gon,' of our great-grandfathers.
"It la not an attack on th* language
of Shakespeare and Milton, because It
Is In some Instances a going back to
the forms they used, and In others
merely the extension of change, which,
aa regard* other words, have taken
place since their lime. It Is not an at
tempt to do anything far-reaching or
sudden or violent, or Indeed, anythin*
very great at all. It Is merely an at
tempt to cast what slight weight can
properly be cast on the aide of the
popular forces which are endeavoring
to make our spelling a llttla l**« * ool ‘
tab and fantastic.
"Sincerely yours,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.'
S9,000,000 INCREASE NOW
AUTHORIZED BY SO. STEEL
Special to The Georgian. ,
Gadsden, Ala., Sept I.—The directors
of the Bouthern Steel Company met
Saturday in thla city and Increased the
capital stock of that corporation from
318,006,000 to 325.000,000 by the Issu
ance nf 35,000,000 common stock and
34,000,000 preferred stock. Two meet
ings of the directors were held, one at
11 o’clock, at which time the 36,000,008
common slock Increase waa authorliro.
and nt 2 o'clock, when the 34,000,000
preferred atock waa authorised. No of-
flelal etatement as to th* Intention oi
the s'ockholders In Increasing the cap
ital atock could be obtained, but It
stated that the Diana would be maaf
public within th* next few day*.