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THE ATLANTA GEORGIA N.
Courtmartial of Prisoners
>'ot Expected to Stop
Killings.
By GEORGE FRAZER.
nv I'rlrntt* Leased Wire.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 6.—:The police
. ojessa have discovered a widespread
revolutionary plot In Southern Russia
tnd a number of the leaders In the
plot have been arrested. The revolu
tionists had by some means secured a
large quantity of arms and ammuni
tion. Including several machine guns.
. The police have not as yet succeeded
m locating the munitions of tvar, but
expect to. Papers seised Bhow that the
Dlan contemplated simultaneous up
risings In a dozen or more places. It
tvas by flir thfl mo,t dangerous upris
ing yet planned. The discovery was
due to accident, papers being found on
a man arrested on suspicion giving the
Cl The action of the government In de
elding to try the terrorists by summary
court-martial, it Is believed, will not
discourage assassinations.
MEET SEPTEMBER 10
TO INVESTIGATE HOME
After correspondence with the senate
chairman of the Joint committee to In
vcstlgate the Soldiers’ Rome, Chairman
Mlllkln, of Wayne, has called In his
former date for the hearing, September
IS, and has named September 10 as the
date for the Investigation to begin.
The healings will be open to the pub
lic and will be held In the senate cham
ber at the capitol.
The makeup of the committee Is:
Senators Adams, Blalock (35th), and
Bunn: Representatives Mllllkln, of
IVayne: Knight, of Berrien: Williams,
of Laurens: Hall, pf Bibb: Rudlcll, of
I'hattooga: Longley, of Troup, and Kel
ly. of Glascock.
The Investigation Is the result of a
complaint sent by Inmates.of the home
In members of the legislature, fol
lowed by the fiery denunciation of Rep
resentative Williams, of Laurens, and
the resolution calling for the probing.
PRETTY SLATE BURST
AT THE CITY HALL
Continued from Page One.
UNITED STATES ARMY TRANSPORT SHERIDAN
WHICH RAN ON A DANGEROUS CORAL REEF
At the top Is a picture of the
United States army transport
Sheridan, which recently went
ashore on one of the Hawaiian Is
lands with sixty-three men aboard,
and was for .hours beyond reach of
rescuers. Below Is a diagram show
ing where the Sheridan was In a
dangerous position on a coral reef
off Barber’s Point, near Honolulu.
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CATTLE QUARANTINE
LINE BEINGEXTENDEO
Systematic Campaign in
North Georgia Against
Cow Tick.
as mayor, so he refused to hold the
election, not having the jurisdiction.
After the election of Mr. KUpatrlck’i
successor was postponed, the oppoal
tlon got busy again. There was a good
deal of explaining. Wednesday after
noon. after the water board had con
vened, and the commissioners had been
sounded, It was discovered that there
were four commissioners who were go
to* to vote for Mr. Kilpatrick and five
who Intended voting for W. Z. Smith,
connected with the water department
In the capacity of Inspector tor some
ten or twelve years.
Several of the members of the board
disappeared and held a caucus In the
hall. Mr. 8mlth was told he was beat
en. or something to that effect, and
was promised the position of book
keeper at the Hemphill station If he
would withdraw his name. His name
was withdrawn, and he explained his
reason. Mr. Kilpatrick asked that the
election be deferred until the next ses
sion of the water board. This was
done.
Mayor Woodward following Mr. Har
well, made a short speech on the sub
ject. He stated that the people of the
Fourth ward had not been consulted In
the matter; that the councllmen from
the Fourth had not been cognisant of
the slating, and that the whole matter
should go over. During his remarks
the mayor replaced Mr. Smith’s name
tmong the candidates for secretary.
Another Candidate Out.
Now it is understood that things are
being w hooped up In the Fourth. There
1* a candidate out for the place recent
ly made vacant by Mr. Kilpatrick, re-
signiil. Further, It I9 Stated that the
new candidate has an exceptionally fine
charm- of making good, as Mr. Welch
has lived In the ward only six weeks..
It Is also stated that the flve commis
sioners who were to vote for Mr. Smith
are stui of the same mind and are not
Mkely to he changed .
Those for Kilpatrick are: Frank P.
Klee, 1). X. McCullough, W. S. Dun-
van and J. D. Turner.
Those for Smith are: James Q.
Woodward, J. H. Harwell, R. T. Pace,
Thomas F, Stocks and Hugh Dorsey.
The cattle quarantine line is being
gradually extended lower year by year.
This enables the North Georgia cattle
rafsers to market their cattle on the
hoof in more Northern markets.
Assistant Agricultural Commissioner
R. F. Wright, Dr. L. A. Klein and C.
L. Willoughby, of the Georgia experi
ment station, returned Thursday from
a trip to Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin,
White and Habersham counties, where
they have been conducting a campaign
ngalnst the "cow tick.”
The object was to get those counties
to conform to the national law, so that
they would be put above the govern
ment quarantine line.
This line follows closely along the
Blue Ridge mountain ranges. In those
counties below or south of that line,
cattle can not be driven across the
line, and they must find a market south
of It, practically confining the cattle
raisers of that section to Georgia terri
tory to market their beeves.
This law was passed to prevent the
spread of the "tick," which Is very
destructive to cattle.
The government has appropriated
$65,000 to stamp out this pest In these
mountain counties along this range.
TOOK 17' MINUTES
TO KILL NEGRO
By Private Leased Wire.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Hept. 6.—For seventeen
minutes t<nlny the Iwnly of "Bud ’ Williams,
a negro murderer, who killed Mamie Quiuey
here. Jerked and swayed from the scaffold
In the county Jail yard Iwfore he was pro
nounced dead. • lie died harder than the
uajorlty of prisoners who have been oxe-
,-nted here. Williams was a glnnt negro
6 feet 4 Inches nnd of muscular build.
Ills companion In death, Cornell us Combs,
another negro, sentenced to death for kill
ing Lisale Hickson, died In fifteen minutes.
Combs seemed to have much more nerve
thmi his companion. lie walked to the
scaffold alone, and smiled across the Jail
yard at Sheriff Dickson, who pulled the
tlrop.
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WILL BE BROKE!
B1BIGJNCREASE
More Constructive Work Is
Going on Now Than
Ever Before.
’’In the cost of buildings erected this
year we will surpass all previous rec
ords, not even barring 1904, when the
Candler building and the Terminal sta
tion were erected," F. A. Pittman, city
building inspector, said Thursday
morning. “The remarkable part of it
Is that so far we have surpassed every
month in the sum of money spent on
building, the corresponding month of
1905 by over >100.000, and with the
exception of the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad freight sheds, there have
been no buildings costing over 1100,000.
The Increase Is a steady growth of
substantial buildings.’’
The record heretofore was made in
1904, when >4,213,446 was expended on
buildings. Mr. Pittman states that this
year It will reach >4,500,000. This esti
mate Is conservative, as (luring the past
eight months >400,000 has been the
average amount put Into buildings, nnd
to bring the present total up to >4,300.-
000 there would only have to be slight
ly over >100,000 per month put In build-
"ANTE BP" WITH
SCHOOLTAX SHARE
Legislature Got Around a
' Supreme Court De
cision.
The railroads will have to come
across with their proportionate share
of the tax money for local school dis
tricts, where their lines run through
such districts, and that, too, notwith
standing a former supreme court de
cision that relieved them of this tax.
For, the school adherents stole a
march on the men of the rail and tie,
and got around the court’s Interference
by having the recent legislature enact
a law eliminating these objections, nnd
now the railroads must "ante up," Just
like any ordinary tax-payer.
The educational department of the
state Is sending out the amended law,
which provides that.all property, both
real and personal, Including franchises,
belonging to railroads, telegraph and
telephone companies, and to all other
corporations which are now required to
make their returns to the comptroller
general of this state, which Is In the
taxable limit of any school district,
shall be made subject to taxation by
Ings until the end of the year. The next said school districts as fully and corn-
four months are, as a usual thing, the pletely as Is the property of other
THEFT OF $3,000,000
CHARGED TO CASHIER
By Private Leased Wire.
Buenos Ayres. 'Argentina, Sept. 6.—
Upon request of the Russian legation, Brlk
Wnhlonmr Ehrstrotn, a Finlander, has been
arrested at Snnta Ann.
The man Is accused of the embezzle-
meat of $3,000,000 while acting as cashier
FACTIONS ENGAGE IN QUARREL
AND FORGET CONVENTION DATE
Special to The Georgian
Decatur. Ala., Sept. 6.—A good po
litical Joke is on the Republican lead
ers of Lauderdale county. In that
county there are two' factions of that
party. One of these tactions Is headed
by ex-Postmaater Dr. Pitt, of Florence,
and the other faction ia headed by Ma
jor Negiey, the present postmaster,
who defeated Dr. Pitt for reappoint
ment. A few days ago these two fac
tions held meetings and each faction
elected separate county executive com
mittees ond separate delegatea to the
congressional convention which met in
Decatur.
The Joke Is that the congressional
convention was held In‘tills city last.
Saturday.. .These two factions were so
busy In their quarrel that they forgot
the date of the Decatur convention,
and as a result did not attend the
meeting here Saturday, but came here
on Monday, after the convention waa
all over, thinking that was the date of
the convention.
RUFFIN TOOK CHARGE
OF NEGRO REVIVAL
If all of the prisoners who come be
fore Judge Andy Calhoun In the crlm
Inal division of the city court would
heed his advice fewer of them would
get In the chain gang, even if they
did atlll continue naughty.
June Ruffin, black, was before the
bar Thursday morning to try to con
vince the court that he should not be
punished for trying Jo take charge of a
negro meeting, while filled up with bad
whisky. He had been Just drunk enough
to give the parson and sisters a treat
on profane talk.
“June, it costs less to get drunk in
the city. Don’t try. It in th© country
any more. Thirty doliara or six
months,” said Judge Andy.
Jnck McKlbbona was given >50 and
costs or eight months in two cases—
one for cursing In the presence of ladles
nnd the other for assault and battery.
He took up the argument on a South
Pryor and Federal Prison street car
conductor was having with another ne
gro nnd grew very abusive, and finally
bellicose.
The moral of your case Is ’Don’t
butt in,’ ’’ said Judge Calhoun. "It’ll
go a lot harder with you when you get
In trouble meddling with other folks’
nffnlrs than when you are attending to
your own business. Your actions show
that you were going around trying to
find trouble. You found It. Fifty and
costs or eight months.”
SEA GIRT SHOOTERS
Assistant Adjutant General Hrntt and
tbo other tnemlxw of the Georgia Seagirt
team are expected to return Monday.
The Georgia boys nro not carrying off
many laurels at the big shoot thl» year.
Out of forty-one entries, they stand
twenty-fourth. The Now Yorker* nre lend
ing In the shoot. Just ns the New York
Americans are In hnsehull.
There was a time when the Georgia l»oya
could shoot, hut that has boon so long
ago that It has almost passed out of the
memory of even the oldest Inhabitant.
They carried off the prise once, hut not
In the good year 1906. The Jerseyites
sought to atenl It from them then, V*
there In no fenr of a repetition of thL
again soon, judging from the score this
year.
FOUR MEN SHOT
BUT BY MISTAKE
By Private Leased Wire.
Albany, Ky.,»Sept. 6.—George Morrla
won shot dead, John Buck fatally
wounded and Orville Huddleston and
Vlrgie Beatty hurt as a result of a
fight In Pickett county, Tennessee,
about three miles from Byrdsvllle. The
shooting, It Is said, was the result of a
mistake, the men attacked being taken
for other persons. Although no ar
rests have been made, It Is said the
shooting was done by Luther Clark,
Roscoe Reagan and J. M. Gllllntlne.
best building months of the year, _
It Is probable that the total for 1906
will be over $5,000,000.
The number of buildings erected from
month to month this year Is also out
stripping the number last year.
The following i« a table of 1906 show
ing the Increase In amounts of money
spent:
“—1906-
Month. Permits. Amount.
January 240 $300,S08
February 211
March 292
April 305
May 363
June 310
July 335
August 375
Increase
$157,093
170.091
107.318
214.541
140,45tf
$2,530 $3,729,996
145.316
IM98.734
MRS, BAXTER M’KEE
TO SEjKA DIVORCE
“Most Beautiful Woman Ever
Born in Tennessee” Will
Break with Millionaire.
Nashville, Sopt. 6.—Cornelia Baxter-
Tevls McKee, "the most beautiful wom
an ever bom in Tennessee,” wjll sep
arate from her husband, A. Hart Mc
Kee, according to dispatches received
here from Paris. McKee,, the million
aire, who has divided his time and his
business between New York and Pitts
burg, married her less than a year and
a half ago. At that time she was
courted by men of national prominence.
McKee won, however, and society
throughout the country believed the
union waa a happy one.
The beautiful young woman broke an
engagement xvlth the Karl of Rosalyn to
wed McKee. He had Just been divorced,
and It was thought he would marry
Mrs. Lawrence C. Phipps, of Pittsburg,
who has also been through tho divorce
mill.
Mrs. McKee, who Is of the famous
and rich Baxter family, also had been
engaged to Gerald Hughes, a young
lawyer. At a house party In her home
in the Colorado mountains, sh? met
Hugh Tevls. the richest young man In
California, and he won her affections
from young Hughes. They were mar
ried a few days after the- othqr nup
tials were to have been. celebrated.
Tevls died in Japan while on his honey
moon.
pnratlons within such taxabte limits.
The rolling stock, franchises and
other personal property of said corpor
ations shall be distributed to said 1
school districts on the same basis that
rolling stock, franchises and other
personal property are dlatrlbuted to
counties and, ‘municipalities under the
law; that Is, as the value of the prop
erty located In the particular district
Is to the whole located property, real
and personal of Bald corporation, auch
shall be the amount of rolling stock,
franchises and other personal property
to be distributed for taxing purposes
lo each school district.
THEN SHE'S BOBBED
AND HOME IS FIRED
Mrs. Grant Tells Cincinnati
Police Remarkable
Story.
By Private Leased Wire.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 6.—To the polfce,
Mrs. Pearl Grunt, of Covington, today told
a remarkable story. She said that she was
net upon by thieves, hound, gagged nnd
fobbed of $70 nnd put In n vacant lot.
She wild that n man, woman nnd a hoy
committed the deed. The robbers made
their escape, after setting Are to her bonus
which was burned to the ground. Mrs.
Grant’s husband Is In the Philippines.
JOE JOHNSON, JR„
LAN0S_$4,1II JOB
Former Atlanta Man Named As
Expert Accountant' in Stat
istics Dept, of Gotham,
IN CHURCH CASE
MRS, GREGORY STILL
SUFFERS FROM SHOCK
Mrs. Gregory, who was so brutally
choked by an unknown negro in the
rear of her home, 193 Whitehall street,
Tuesday evening, was able to be about
the house Thursday, though still suf
fering from the terrible nervous Shock.
Owing In the complete absence of
any description of the negro the pollre
have no clew to work on. The attack
was so sudden In the dark that Mrs.
Gregory was uneble to furnish any de
scription other than It was a negro.
When frightened away by Mrs. Greg
ory's screams and the cries of neigh
bors, the negro hurled his victim al
most ten feet, stunning her severely.
To determine who shall worship In
the First Cumberland Presbyterian
church Is now up to Judge Pendleton
In the superior court. The argument
on the petition of certain members to
prevent the’ pastor, George H. Mack,
and the majority of the membership
from abiding by the action of the
Cumberland general assembly In unit
ing with the Northern Presbyterian
church, which begap last Friday morn
ing. closed at 6 p, m. Wednesday be
fore Judge J..T. Pendleton, of the su
perior court.
The rase turns on the constitutional
ity of the act of the Cumberland Pres
byterian church In forming unlpn with
the preebyterlnn Church. U. S, A., loet
May. It wns fully argued. Since there
are practically no Georgia decisions
covering the Issues Involved, the de
cisions of other states will have to be
gone over and sifted before tho Judge
renders his finding. This inny take &
week or ten days.
The lawyers hove been given a week
in which to submit the|r final briefs.
It Is certain that however the de
cision of Judge Pendleton goes, an ap
peal will be taken to the supreme court
of Georgia. All recognize this and the
Judge accordingly announced Wednes
day that, pending such final action of
the supreme court, both parties will
have free use of the local church house.
This will probably be for three or four
months.
The two sides of the contention were
ably defended. E. M. Underwood
for three hours for the p<
ers He was followed by Judge John
M. Gaut, of Nashville, who spoke for
flva hours In support of the ,unlon. The
opposition then had the argument of
Judge W. C. Caldwell, of Trenton,
Tenn., for seven and a half hours.
The Issue In a nutshell seems to be
this: Though the church for 90 years
has assumed the Implied right, there
Is no express provision in the consti
tution of the Cumberland church to
form a union by which It gives up its
name and creed. It does allow the as
sembly and Presbyteries, acting to
gether, to amend Its constitution. Bo
that the church could have first amend
ed then effected union In hurmony with
the amendment, “two bites at the
chewing,” as Judge Caldwell admitted
But since the result Is the same and
since the work would be done by the
sovereign power of the church, the as
sembly and the presbyteries, why do
the work In two acts when It can be
done In one, urge the unionists. It Is
needless red tape, they say.
The union party of the local church
with their pastor. Rev. Oeorge H. Mack,
will go on with their work aq usual.
Services next Sunday will be In
charge of the opponents of the union.
Joe -Johnson, Jr., formerly a well-
known newspaper man of Atlanta, hut
who has resided In New York for a
number of years, has been appointed
expert accountant In the department .»•*
statistics In Gotham at a salary of
$4,000 ti year.
The appointment Is not a political
one, but Controller Metz named Mr.
Johnson for the place through per
sonal friendship and because of the
ex-Atlantan’s ability to attend to the
duties.
Mr. Johnson has been In the lime
light quite a deal since he went to New
York. He won considerable fa mo
through his connection as the Big Gun
In the Acorns, a political organization
that exerted no little Influence while
it existed. Afterwards he became man
ager of the subway saloon, opened by
Bishop Potter, which didn't stand the
test and finally went down and out.
Atlanta friends of Mr. Johnson will
be pleased to hear of his appointment
to so Important a position In the me
tropolis.
HANGED HERSELF?
FIRST TRIED KNIFE
fly I’rlvnte Leased Wire.
Buffalo, N. Y„ Sept. 6.—Friends nf
Miss Sarah Crow found the body of
the woman hanging from a beam In the
cellar of her home on Pearl place this
afternoon. A strip of canvas had been
employed as a rope. On the ground lay
a bread knife covered with blood and
several gashes in the woman’s throat •
showed that she had attempted to cut
her throat before resorting to hanging.
Miss Crow was released from the Buf
falo state hospital September 1, as
cured of mental derangement brought
on by close application to work.
EXPERT CRACKSMEN ‘
BLOW OPEN SAFE
Ily Private Leased Wire.
Buffalo, N\ Y., Sept. 6.—Expert
cracksmen entered the offices of Hunt
ington & Pinkc, extensive lumber deal
ers, In Tonawanda street, early this
morning and blew the safe to pieces 1
with a charge of nltro-glycerine. Nine- ;
ty dollars In cash was secured. Val
uable papers, representing several
thousand dollars, were scattered about
the r-joni. The robbers escaped.
WANTED—A MAN WHO
IS WILLING- TO INVEST
$1,000 IN LEGITIMATE
ADVERTISING PROPO
SITION. ADDRESS T. H.
ENNIS, CARE OF THE
GEORGIAN.
TOO MANY REPLIES TO GEORGIAN ADY.
One week ago Prof, Gardner of the Donald Fraser
School gave us an advertisement to
run till his school opens Sept. 13th,
he said he had room for 8 more boys.
Read his letter written 10 days before
he expected to open.
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