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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
. $ CIPHER
OF
ihafIT
AT THE PROSPECT
OF DELAY IN TRIAL
Gummere Hasn’t Key
to Department
Cable.
STENSLAND TOLD
BY ARAB TO PRAY
Chicago Bank Wrecker Said
To Be Broken in Health.
Cries All Night.
By Private Leased Wire.
Tangier, Morocco. Sept. 5.—But for
tn error of the state department at
Washington In sending Instructions to
Minister Gummere In cipher, to which
he did not have the key. Paul O. Stens-
land would be a prisoner In Kalbw, a
rather superior sort of Jail In the
Moorish citadel. As It Is, he still Is
confined on the top Boor of the Bristol
hotel, guarded by a representative of
the American ligation and six soldiers
of the sultan.
Today It is expected Intelligible In
structions will arrive. Then the bank
er must leave his pleasant suite of
rooms and go to a cell.
Prison an Awful Place.
for reasons of humanity he will not
be locked up In the combination pris
on. This Is an awful place, dark and
filthy, with air as foul as the black
hole of Calcutta. How the Moors man
age to live In it is a mystery. One
week's confinement would kill a white
Slayer of White Won’t Face
Until No
vember.
Jury
Pi' Private Leased Wire.
New York. Sept. 6.—Harry Kendall
Thaw today was Indignant when In
formed that his trial for the murder
of Stanford White would not b
reached until the middle of November.
The knowledge that he would be
compelled to remain In the Tombs un
til the cold weather, at least, made
the prisoner gloomy and Irritable. He
Had hoped to be placed on trial early in
October, and, believing firmly that he
would be acquitted, he had counted
upon being free before November.
There are now confined In the Tombs
no less than twenty-four, prisoners
awaiting trial on the charge of homi
cide. Four others have been commit
ted to the Tombs on a murder charge,
but In the meantime are awaiting In
diriment."
Named In order with relation to the
date of his Indictment, Thaw Is No.
11 on the list. Ten men are. therefore,
entitled to trial ahead of him, but there
Is nothing about the case of any of
these ten which makes a lengthy trial
at all likely.
ANOTHER REVOLT
Secret Order Formed To
Combat White People
in India.
man.
The process of Incarceration will be
simple. The American minister will
present the request of the government
of Kaldor Belgatl, the Basha ruler of
Tangier. He will experience great
pleasure In being able to oblige and
Into Jail the arrested fugitive goes.
Plnksrton Man is Lats.
P. C. Cavaroc, assistant superintend
ent of the Pinkertons, arrived here
from Chicago last night to find himself
a few days late. He reached Gibraltar
Monday and before he wae In town
an hour heard that the quarry had
been captured. Cavaroc Is acting for
the Depositors' Association of the Mil
waukee Avenue Bank.
Banker Broken Down.
Btenslond has broken down. Re
morse has been his constant companion
and his only bright moments since his
capture were those when his captors
took lunch with him. All night he
wept continuously and at times his
paroxysmi of tears so alarmed the
guards they were on the point of call
ing a doctor. Stcnsland suffered also
severe physical pain In addition to his
mental agony.
The captain of his guards, a distin
guished looking, white bearded Arab,
shortly after daybreak yesterday found
Stensland, who had tossed for hours
In bed, had risen and was sitting In a
chair rocking, weeping and moaning.
He had placed a handkerchief over his
eyes and abandoned hlmaelf utterly to
an outburat of grief. Suddenly he felt
a hand on hla shoulder and uncovered
his eyes. There at his side stood the
old white-robed, turbaned Arab.
Arab Suggests Praysr.
Down on his knees went the son of
the ancient Modem faith, with his right
hand pointed to heaven. Then he
bowed hla head courteously and In
pantomlne gravity suggested to hla
prisoner that he find relief above.
"And," said Stensland, In telling the
itnry, while a wan smile flittered
across his huggercd and worn counte
nance, "it was not a bad Idea.”
Stensland confessed that Russia was
his ultimate goal. He said that they
might think his Intention Insane, but
that was where ho was going. He
knew It was not a particularly safe
Place from his • point of view, but
thought he would have a chance. He
believed there was enough riot and
rebellion there; that a stranger might
h* unnoticed, but the real fact Is prob
ably it was the longing of the wan
dering son for an abiding place as near
•» possible to hla fatherland.
His life Of exile was hell on earth,
•ccnrding to Stensland. From the mo-
ment he left Chicago his every awak
ening thought was pregnant with fear
"Is every sleeping moment filled
By Private Leased Wire.
Calcutta, India, Sept. 5.—It Is said
that a large number of men have Joined
a secret order called the Golden Ben
gal. A paper, signed by many of the
members, says that oO.OQO men are
required to die for their country, and
adds "Why any more? Beat the sa
hibs; drive them away."
LAST STATE CONVENTION
IN GEORGIA IS HISTORY
Continued from Page One.
CITIZENS GOT RIFLES
AND RIOT IS FEARER
Negro Instructor's Acts
Cause His Banishment
From Neighborhood.
Hpeelul to Tho Georgtnn.
Greenville, S. C„ Sept. 5.—As a re
sult of the friction between white clt-
Ixens of Abbeville, S. C., Thomas H.
Amos, president of a colored Pres
byterian college, at least a hundred
rifles have been bought, It Is said, by
htte citizens here recently. Tho sit
uation has been growing worse dally,
and a race war has been feared for a
week or more.
Amos is now In Baltimore, and It Is
said that he Is afraid to come back to
tills stnte. Last Monday a committee
of citizens waited upon Amos, and
told him to leave town, and thfs ho
decided to do at once.
It Is charged against him that he has
been trying to Intensify race feeling;
nlso, It Is said, he fired the minds of
the negroes In others ways, causing
them to deface the Confederate monu
ment there.
ler In nomination for permanent chair
man. As Judge Miller was escorted
to the rostrum he was greeted with
great applause. His speech of accept
ance was brief, but strong. He stressed
the pleasure felt on every side at a re
united Democracy. Judge Miller Is,
unfortunately, handicapped by a poor
voice and frequent cries from the rear
of "louder" seemed to distress him.
The order of business for the conven
tion, the appointment of the credential
and platform and resolutions commit
tee followed. There followed a shower
of resolutions, but It Is a remnrkable
fact that only two were reported on
favorably. One, calling for a law to
protect prohibition counties from the
Importation of Intoxicants, was em
braced as a part of the platform os
adopted.
The other, which caused the only
rqpl rumpus In the convention, was to
have the chairman of the convention
call the body together again. If the
people should ratify the amendment
for an appellate court, to nominate the
candidates.
Mr. Gray, chairman of the platform
committee, first stated that this reso
lution was adopted as a part of the
platform, but later corrected the state
ment by saying It was simply reported
to the convention. After a big wrangle
the whole matter was passed over,
leaving the course of events to be
shaped after the ratification of the
court of appeals.
Take a Rest.
At 1:30 o'clock, finding Itself with
out any buslneaa on hand, the com
mittees being out, the convention ad
journed for thirty minutes, but It was
after 3 o'clock before It assembled
again.
Still warm, but refreshed by the
rest, the delegates were In their seats
when Chairman Miller rapped for or
der again. The report of the creden
tials committee was ready and read.
The Fulton county double-headed
committee row, of over a year's stand
ing, was settled by declaring the J. E.
Maddox committee the regular one.
The contest In the Atlantic circuit
for the sollcttorshlp, brought by the
Incumbent, Livingston Keenan, who
was defeated by seven votes by N. J.
Norman, was thrown out, and Norman
declared the nominee. A local wran
gle was also settled In Gilmer county.
8eab Wright Spsaks.
As the platform committee was still
out, cries for Seab Wright started, and
after hanging back modestly for a few
minutes, he came to the front.
"The next governor of Georgia,”
yelled one enthusiast, apparently for
getful of the fact that Hoke Smith
had not yet been nominated for that
Job.
"The night before Waterloo In my
county," he began, but had to stop for
the applause to subside, "Rube Ar
nold came up to help us cinch It. Near
the close of that meeting some old
fellow In the rear of the hall Jumped
to his feet and said, ‘Looks to me as 1t
It was all over except the shouting,'
and began that grand old doxology.
•Praise God From Whom A11 Blessings
Flow.' "
He declared that Hoke Smith would
make good every promise given.
"Thank God, It Is a white man's party
In Georgia now and for all time. We
stund together now under the old flag,
Jeffersonian Democracy.”
Arnold and Berner.
He wanted to quit then, but the
crowd liked him and Insisted on his
proceeding, but he got around It by
calling for Reuben Arnold.
"I cun talk as long as there Is an
Issue to discuss, but we have settled
It all. I can’t do much 'on dress pa
rade," said Mr. Arnold. He got the
glad hand In his brief speech, and re-
GREAT OVATION GIVEN
70 HON. HOKE SMITH
Rarely has a scene of such spontaneous and whole-hearted enthusi
asm been witnessed as took place In the Macon auditorium when the
committee came down the center aisle escorting Governor-elect Hoke
Smith at 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Though wearied by the long session and limp from the heat, the
great audience electrified, leaped to Its feet, yelling, waving coats, hats,
fans or papers. For a full three minutes that crashing wave of unre
strained tribute to the man thundered about the building.
And as the man to whom this splendid meed of honor was being paid
stood In the center of the stage, he showed plainly how profoundly moved
he was. Perfectly calm, yet pale with emotion, he looked do\\n on the
seething mass of humanity and his great face lit almost to genialness.
Finally, the tumult died away, and he began speaking, his voice low,
eded, the volume of hts tones
but penetrating with feeling. As he proceed
swelled until the deep-chested words searched every nook. It was a mas
terly speech. Shorn absolutely of rhetoric and catch phrase. It stunned
almost with Its overpowering sincerity. The audience sat breathless,
because they felt the tremendous power of the man and the terrible earn
estness of his every word.
Hoke Smith may make more eloquent speeches, but he will never de
liver one that will Impress more profoundly with Its consecrated sin
cerity.
NOTAN OLD MEMBER ON
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
When Miller Names Mem
bers at Large, Body Will
Consist of 58 Men.
The new state Democratic executive
committee will consist of fifty-eight tn
bers, after the new cbalrmnn, Judge
Miller, of Macon, announces the eleven
members from the state at large, one rep*
reaentlng each congressional dtatrlct.
There will he the chairman, Judge A.
L. Miller, Vice Chairman Hooper Alexan
der, of DeKalb; Secretary II. II. Cabnnlss,
of Fulton, and four members from each
the eleven congressional districts.
Chairman Miller Is expected to name the
eleven members at large within a few
days.
Sealxirn Wright Is certain to represent
tho seventh district. Developments ns re
gards the tenth district will be watched
with Interest. The delegates from that dls-
trlet In Macon Tuesday morning Indorsed
Clem Dunbar Instead of Boykin Wright.
It Is understood that Hon. Iloke Huilth
will Insist on Mr. Wright’s being named.
In spite of the notion of the delegates iu
Indorsing Mr. Dunbar. , .
I’rnottcnlly all the districts Indorsed somo
one for plare on the committee at large,
but few names were annouueed. It re
mains to he seen, nlso, how closely these
recommendations will he followed.
Congressman T. W. Hardwick, who, ns
temporary chairman, was entitled to the
vice chairmanship, declined the honor, and
P laced Hooper Alexander In nomination.
was accepted by acclamation. The new
executive committee, four from each con
grcsslonn! district. Is as follows:
First District—K. K. Overstreet,
Screven; C. A. Attnwny, of Jenkins; C.
N. Thompson, of Emanuel; Henry Greeu.
of Chatham.
Second District—C. A. Alford, of Worth:
R. L. Shipp, of Colquitt: C. J. Davis, or
Calhoun; J. D. Stanford, of Itandolph.
Third District—1>. rt. Founds, of Crisp;
R. L. Greer, of Macon; R. L. Maynard,
of Sumter; T. A. Collins, of Schley.
Fourth District—A. A. Carson, of Mus
cogee: Hid Holderness, of Carroll; W. 8.
Howell, of Meriwether; J. A. McGee, of
Talbot. . .
Fifth Dlstrlct-C. H. Mason, of DaKalb.
D. W. Wheaton, of Rockdale; A. C. Bla
lock, of Clayton; D. II. Bullard, of Camp
bell.
Sixth District—J. F. Hall, of Henry: D.
W. Holllnshead, of Baldwin; T. L. I’nt-
terson, of Spalding; Sam Rutherford, of
Monroe.
Seventh District—Paul Trammell, of
Whitfield; Charles Patterson, of Bartow
J. /. Foster, of Cobb; Felix Corput,
ol
of
Dr. A. 8. J. Stovall, of Elbert;
L. .1. McConnell, of Franklin; II. II. Fltx
Patrick, of Morgan.
* VI , t. I >1.I
Adams, of Hnliershani; II. T. Cnrlthers,
of Jackson.
Tenth District—Bowdre PhlnUy, of Rich
mond; James Kendrick, of Taliaferro; W.
»» n..>a._n ti..• tf a williams,
II. Harwell, of Hancock
of Glascock. •
Eleventh District-W. II. Griffin, of
owndes; F. 6. Stubbs, of Laurens; War
ren Lott, of Ware; A. B. Cook, of Ir
win.
HUDSON GOT 10,000 MORE VOTES
THAN ALL THE OTHER NOMINEES
IN THE RECENT STATE PRIMARY
"Ith torturing vision*.
GAOSDEN 13 THREATENED
WITH BEEF FAMINE.
'l*- 1 "! to The Georglmi.
Gadsden, Ala., Sept. B.—Thla city has
* meat (amine and unless something
“ done to relieve the situation shortly
? * r '‘ nt many people will have to go
hungry. The principal packing houses
ate agencies here, but they are un-
-• 10 supply the demands made upon
ll >-nt Just at this Ume.
Gsffnsy Grsdtd School.
»I-VUI tn The Georglsn.
<nh" ,( f ne l' ®' c -> Sept. B.—The graded
. n?‘“ 0 f Gaffney onened yesterday
RANDOLPH ANDERSON
WANTS TRUSTEESHIP
Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, one
Chatham's representatives In the Inst
house, the mnn who caused the Southern
Cotton Association Investigation, regarding
some of- Its officers speculating In cotton
futures, Is an aspirant for trustee from
Chatham county on the first district Imard
of trustees of the district agricultural
colleges. He was also the author of the
Oglethorpe monument bill.
Mr. Anderson Is nlso regarded ns
strong dark horse possibility In the first
district congressional deadlock l»etw
Hon. Walter Sheppard, of Chatham, oud
Hon. J. A. Brannon, of Bullock.
The convention reconvenes Thursday to
resume the deadlock, unless a compromise
Is effected in the meantime.
TRACTION MAGNATE
DESPERATELY ILL
By Private la-nsed Wire.
New York, Sept. 6.—Friends of P.
B. Wldener are concerned over the
newa that the traction magnate la
bound from Newport to his home In
Philadelphia, on his yacht Josephine,
n very sick man, Mr. Wldener has
been In poor henlth for mine time, but
-- Gaffney opened yesterday I recently his sickness has taken a de
1 0 larger attendance than usual. elded tum for the worse.
SUBMARINE VOLCANO STREWS
BEACH WITH SCALDED FISH
By Private Leased Wire.
Honolulu, Sept. 6.—An earthquake shock of exceptions! violence was
If 1 , ot Hilo Monday evening at B:40 'clock. Soon aft*
. -• ...»v .uinuB, evening m .... nv,-. «w„ «fter the Gleturbance
'h-beach was lined for mllea with dead fish that apparently had been
•raided to death.
„ TM" I* a very unusual phenomenon In connection with earthquakes.
SS U re farded as showing conclusively that the disturbance was a
ubinarlne volcanic eruption, and that It occurred within five miles or
doubt Is entertained by scientific men In Honolulu that the center
i Monday's disturbance was very close to Hilo. The shock was not felt
dt Honolulu.
R. L. Berner tried to
came for him, but he had to yield.
He disclaimed any connection with "the
Rube Arnold and Seab Wright gang."
Mr. Berner referred to hlsrace of 1888
and said he wus the worat run- over
man In the state.
He got tremendous applause when
he placed Hoke Smith In nomination
for the presidency, when the time was
ripe for the South to name the candi
date.
At thla time the platform committee
came In and Chairman Gray read It
amid profound silence. The platform,
as adopted, Is printed In full elsewhere.
First Fight Opensd.
The first struggle was opened when
Dr. Goss, of DeKalb, arose to make a
motion to have the section relative to
primaries embrace congressional, state,
senatorial and county elections. That
brought on the storm. Boykin Wright
opposed taking away the direct rights
of the counties to soy how and when
they would hold primaries for county
officers.
Dr. George Hlllyer favored the Idea
of Dr.. Goss. The row ’ eddied and
raged for half and hour, when Mr.
Whitley, of Douglaa, brought order out
of chaos by moving to strike from the
platform all reference to congressional,
senatorial and county election!. It car
ried and stilled the tumult.
Voted No on Platform.
When the question of adopting the
platform was put, Mr. McIntosh.
Pierce, thundered a "no.” It was said
that Mr. McIntosh had a grievance be
cause the committee had choked off his
resolution to Indorse William Randolph
Hearat for second place on the national
ticket.
The court of appeals matter caused
the biggest rumpus of the meeting. All
sorts of suggestions and Ideas were
advanced. The resolution to have the
convention called together again after
ratification of the amendment met with
hot opposition from Congressman
Hardwick. He said that a platform
had Just been adopted doing away
with convention nominations, yet the
body was turning right around and
proposing to stultify Itself by Indorsing
another one.
Finally. Frank Copeland, of Floyd,
checkmated the old buslnees by mak
ing a motion to tnble all the resolu
tions relative to the court of appeals.
One of the surprises of the recent primary
Is the fact thnt lion. Thouins G. Hudson,
commissioner of agriculture, rnn nheml of
the other state house officers who bad no
oppoaltlon 10,000 votes.
The other stnte officers nt the cnpitol are
n tittle nonplussed to understand how It
hnpiieued. "Hazed" wonld more tienrly de
sertin' their condition.
The mtrlridtnral commissioner's vote Is
more than 10,000 slmve thnt of the nttorney-
generiil, aeeretnry of stnte. state treasurer,
Ices of the supreme court.
It Is slightly less than 10,000 over that of
I'nlted Htotes senutur and chief Justice of
tlio supreme court.
Several explanations have been offered ns
to thla decided lend the ngrleiilturnl eolu-
tulsMlmier bad over the other offlclnla at the
cnpitol.
ipltoi.
Some think the army of guano and oil
luapectora throughout the state w'nnted to
compliment their chief and lined their
COUNTY'S TAX RATE
WILL BETHE SAME
AS IT WAS IN 1900
School Tax of One-Fourth
of One Per Cent Not
Counted In.
F.E.HDSI0T:
At the meeting of the county com'
mlsaloners Wednesday morning It was
decided to let the tax rate of Fulton
county remain the same as last year—
five mills on the dollar. This Is
addition to the local tax of one-fourth
of 1 per cent for school purposes, re
cently provided for by a vote of the
people. This latter tax only applies
that part of the county outside of At
lanta and the Incorporated suburbs.
mlttee, of wTilch Judge. Rosser
chairman, that the old rate would be
sufficient to defray the expenses of the
county, although more money will
have to be spent next year than last.
The Increase In the aseessment will
yield a large enough revenue, It
thought, to enable the county to meet
Its obligations.
The taxable values In Fulton county
last year were 362,0(8,350 and for the
year to come are 3(6,106,760, an In
crease of 34,038,400.
The etate tax was recently reduced
from 34.90 to 34.80 on the thousand.
Fulton’s state and county tax rate,
therefore. Is 38.80 on the thousand,
NEW COUNTY COPS
BY
Two Dozen Were Chosen
Out of the 200 Ap
plicants.
may
Whnte... .. ,
tnral coinnilsNloner linn a “cinch" lead of
10.000 vote* over Ills official colleagues, ami
the reason* therefor are being variously ill*-
ciiNscd at the eapltol.
The vote for slate house officers without
G.
Hudson L 1.337
Attorney-General—John C. Hart 101,100
Secretary of State—Phil Cook 180,130
State Treasnrer-H. B. Park ,...160,624
Prison Commissioner—C. A. Bvans.... 159,888
Chief Jnstlre Supremo Court—W. II.
C. Atkinson 153,470
Assoelate Justice Supreme Court—J.
II. Lumpkin 155,800
United States Senator—A. tl. Bneou..101,757
Comptroller-General Wright |s being com
plimented on all sides upon carrying every
one of the 145 counties over his competitor.
SUPERINTENDENTS HOLD
THEIR. CLOSING SESSION
The Inst session of the Rundny school the Imst known Humlsy school superintend'
mperlntendeut*' rally, whleh has been In ‘
whether or not there was
to be a court of apppeata. It carried
without a dissenting voice. The con
vention la simply on record as Indors
ing the court of appeals.
Crowd Impatient.
The (Inal stage of the day’s pro
ceedings were reached about 6 o'clock,
when James L. Anderson arose to
make the nominating speech. The
crowd by now was very tired, and-not
of a humor to listen to anybody long,
except Mr. Smith.
Mr. Anderson .was given close atten
tion until near the close of his re
marks. when cries for Smith, "cut it
session at Trinity rhureh since Monday,
wns held Wednesday morning.
This rally, whleh la the Aral of tho nature
to be held by the Methodist ehnreh In Geor
gia, has been under tha auspices of the
North Georgia conferenre, and haa been s
aneeess far exceeding the hopes of those
In charge.
Professor II. M. Hamlll, D. D„ superln-
tondent of training work In tho Honthern
Methodist eburcli, hss been tbo lending fig
ure In the meetings, and there have lieen
lire III lllf HIITIIIIK*. Him llirsr univ tcr.t
here to assist him Dr. B. B. Chappell, of
NfisllvllU', Sunday school editor .of the
ehnreh; iobu It. Pepper, of Memphis, and
J. llciijamlii Green, of Opelika, Ala., two of
Wednesday morning session;
0:00 n. in.—"Tho HyuopMc Gospels," Dr.
Ilnmlll.
9:30 n. m.—"The Htqterintendcnt's Neces
sary Work:” (a) .''Outside the Reboot," M.
:t" (a)
M. Davies; (b) "Inside the Reboot
It. Wnlkor,
10:15 a. m.—"Rome Needs of the Rnnday
John
11:00 n. in.—"A Htnndnrd Methodist Sun
day School," J. It. Pepper.
. ■ ration
of Paalor and
m.—"Go-opera
..•-■ideal," Dr. Hi..,.,
p. m.—Adjournment. Free ear ride
from church to Decatur, to be gueata of the
Ilcutlun of their new chapel.
out," "that will be about enough," came sine die.
from all parts of the house. Walter
Grace, of Macon, had a hard proposi
tion when he tried to second the nomi
nation. The crowd had enough of
speeches and wanted the main show.
But he struggled through some five
minutes of It. then gave up.
General John Bard, of Augusta, came
to the front and tried to place General
C. A. Evans In nomination for prison
commissioner, but the tumult was no
great he had to give It up, and all the
state house officers were simply de
clared nominees by resolution.
Crsatsd Diversion.
A diversion was created at this time
by the sudden appearance In the center
of the stage of a shirt-sleeved farmer,
who said he was there to second the
nomination of Hoke Smith on behalf
of the farmer. Hla wrinkled and toll-
worn face was burned a brick-red by
summer suns, his shirt was opened
wide at the collar, and hla brogans
squeaked as he slowly rocked back
wards and forward.
Twiggs county—Pm a plain farmer
from there—didn’t go for Hoke Smith
on account of a deal, but I’ve got a
right to second his nomination any
how,” he began amidst shouts of
laughter. Then somebody led him, pro
testing, off the stage. He said his name
was J. A. Jeaup.
Hoke Bmlth came to the platform
and then the convention went tem
porarily Insane with enthusiasm. Mr.
Smith's speech is printed In full else
where. It was some ten minutes past
B o'clock before he begsn. Immediate
ly upon the conclusion of his speech.
S. G. McLendon, of Thomaavllle. was
declared the nominee for railroad com
missioner and the convention adjourned
YOUNG MAN KILLED
THROUGH MISTAKE
BY DEPUTY SHEDIFF
HpccfsI to The Georgian.
Colllus, Go., Rept. 5.—Jesse Hrnurb, a
young man, was shot and killed throjigh
mistake yesterday, nenr Glenvllie, by Dep
uty Hherlff E. C. Elmore, white trying
to nrrpst a negro.
Deputy Elmore, together with Hrnurb
nml two other young ntou, went to the
house ot n negro to mnke an arrest on t
warrant sworn out by Branch. Elmore
placet the three men around the house,
and weut to the door and demanded the
negro to surrender.
The negro tried to escape through a win
dow. Doth Elmore and Hnitieli ran to
thnt etui or tbe house, and eaeh thinking
The agitation Incident to - the ap
polntment of the twenty-four addition
al county policemen In compliance with
resolution adopted at a special meet
Ing of the county commissioners ten
days ago, la almost over—the success
fut men’ have been selected from the
00 applicants and the commissioners
are now being called political schem
ers by those who didn't get Jobs.
The applicants began to gather In
front of the court house as early as 7
o'clock Wednesday morning and by the
time the commission met at 10 o'clock
more than 100 men were In the office
of that body and In front of the build
ing.
Several who had filed their applica
tions withdrew them .after they hud
learned, of the strenuous life they
would be subjected to If elected. The
irobablllty of being called out at all
tours of the night and having to spend
a large part of the time In the stations
wns too much for them.
The lucky ones, as selected by the
reported by Chairman E.
that committee, are: J. M. Carroll,
Adamavllle district; G. D. Pippin,
Hapeville; M. C. Odum. Blackball; J.
O. Heard and W. F. Hubbard, Buck-
head; John Peacock and T. E. Camp,
Bryants; R. F. Jordan and H. C.
Buchanan, South Bend; I. C. Ed warts
and T. W. Cofleld. Collins; W. H.
Dunn, Battle Hill; J. T. Davis, Edge-
wood; W. M. Burdette, Oak Grove;
J. C. McCrary. Peachtree; H. J. Huron,
East Point; S. S. Hathcook, College
Park; J. L. Gordon, W. H. Johnson
and T. H. Whitfield, Cooks, and Asa
Eubanks, C. A. Robinson, P. W. Buntyn
and W. L. Hardy, of Atlanta.
For some time past the force haa had
no reserve men, but on recommenda
tion of the committee thb following
were selected as supernumeraries to
take the places of regular men off duty;
J. W. McMurtrle, J. O. Donegnn, D. S.
A. Davis, C. O. Corylll, J. W. Appling,
J. B. Pope, W. C. Chapalere, J. J.
Mitchell, E. T. Andrews, A. P. Powers,
R. H. Crockett. J. W. Bryant, Louis
Connally, W. H. Price and John Har
rington.
Mr. Carter enld to the newspaper
men present that the residence of an
applicant cut no figure whatever In
the selection of the force. The appli
cations were selected at random by the
committee, and as each name was pro
posed It was voted on. Three votes
elected, but those who got less than
that In the committee were thrown out.
The majority of the applicants got one
or two votes In the committee. The
report of the committee was adopted
unanimously.
meeting will be held Thursday
afternoon at 6 o’clock to determine the
location sf the three stations to which
the men will report. It is probable
that the date when the new members
of the force are to report for duty will
also be selected at that time.
Was Mistaken For a
Deer By W. A.
Cooks.
LOAD OF BUCKSHOT
FIRED INTO BODY
Despite Effort of Physicians
Wounds Will Probably
Prove Fatal.
Special to Tha Georgian.
McRae, Ga, Sept. B.—A hunting par
ty of prominent people of McRae and
vicinity wounded a deer near the Wool
ens Mill, twenty miles south of here
yesterday afternoon. In their exetted
efforts to drive him from ap ond full
of thick brush where he had taken
reuge, F. E. Boyd passed near W. A.
Cooks, who mistook him In the bushes
for tho deer, and fired a load of seven
teen buckshot into him, all taking ef
fect. Dr. Burch was called at once
and Dr. Bom, of McRae, was later
called. Information says the wounds
will prove fatal. Boyd has a wife and
several children.
W. A. Cook Is a son of Hon. J. F.
Cook.
A host of frlendB deeply deplore this
sad accident.
LA FOLLETTE’S
IS BADLY BEATEN
Davidson Wins Republican
Nomination by 30,000
Majority.
By Private Leased Wire.
Madison, WIs., Sept. B.—Indications
are that Governor Davidson by 3C,ooo
majority has won the Republican gu
bernatorial nomination from Irvine L.
Lonroot, of Superior, who Was backed
by Senator LaFollette.
Davidson Is serving out the unexplr-
ed term of Governor LaFollette, who
resigned to become United Staten sen
ator. LaFollette espoused the cause
of Speaker Lenroot on the ground that
lonroot was an able and stronger man
than Davidson. LaFollette made a
strong campaign for I.enroot, making
many speeches a day. Both Davidson
and Lenroot have been ardent LaFol
lette men In the post.
The primaries so far as the Demo
crats nro concerned. Indicate that Er-
nost Merton, of Wnukesha, one of the
candidates for governor, a newspaper
man of LaFollettee, and his reforms,
did not run as well as expected.
John A. Aylward, of Madison, his
opponent, had tho safe majority ac
cording to latest returns.
CRIMES AGAINST GIRLS
ARE TO BE AVENGED
DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE
WILL MEET FRIDAY
tbe other was the
Illinois. Elmore fireil
through the breqst.
ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT
BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Rpedal to Tbe Georgtnn.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 6.—The first
annual encampment of the Independ
ent Order of Odd,Fellows will close
here tonight after having a most suc
cessful meeting. More than one hun
dred delegates are present and many
of the meetings have been public.
Nearly all of the eeventy encampments
in the state were represented.
The Young Men’s Democratic
League of Fulton County haa been
called to meet In the council chamber
on the top floor of the city hall Friday
evening, September 7, at 7:30 o’clock.
The occasion will be the annual elec
tion of offlcera, and It la expected that
a large per cent of the membership of
the league will be In attendance.
The call has been sent out by Presi
dent C. G. Hannah and Secretary F.
R. Mitchell.
Dy Private Leased Wire.
Rome, N. Y„ Sept. B.—As a reeult
of the publicity given to the urveetl-
gntlon of the crimes that were commit
ted against girl pupils In the Centre!
New York Institution of Deaf Mutes,
Is declared there will be criminal
prosecutions.
Powerful Influences have been at
work to have the affair dropped with
the dismissal of all the teachers and!
employees of tho Instltuttlon, but now It
le announced that all the evidence sub
mitted to District Attorney Willis, of
Oneida couny, will bo laid before the
grand Jury.
BOYS ELY WITH COAT
CONTAINING $100,00
When A. H. Catlln, bookkeeper in the
Union Savings bank, rnme down to work
Wednesday morning, lie hung hla coat In
the corridor, never thinking for an in
stant but that It wonld be perfectly safe.
However, It caught tbe eye of a couple of
negro boya about sixteen years old, and
they grabbed It aud mode n break down
Kdgewood avenue for Parktown.
Call Officer Luck gave chase, but the
bold bandits eluded him. The coat Imd
$100 In bills lu tbe pockets, besides two
round trip tickets from Atlanta to Chi
cago.
The robbery was a very bold one. and
the police are making every effort to ap
prehend the culprits.
MAN WITH KNIFE SEEKS BRYAN
AND IS LOCKED IN A CELL
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, Kept. 5.—Samuel Browning, a gray hatred mi
lived In Kentucky, startled the throng of Bryen visitor;
of the Auditorium annex yesterday when he flourished j
dashed toward the apartments reserved for the dlstingul
the upper floor of the hotel, shouting:
"I will knife every one of you."
For about twenty seconds he had hfs right of way cle
caught by a house detective who disarmed him. He was
charge of disorderly conduct.
The man had been around the ho^el all day and had be<
$ral times.
In the
. big kni
hod vis
locked
■n put .