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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER n. IM,
The model pictured here It e new creation from the Levy & Stanford
' (hop, 17 Peachtree street.
Owing to the fact that no duplicate* can be had, It la eaaentlal that
early atltctlona be mad*.
Hand-tailored, ready-to-wtar Suits $25 to $45-
RUSS CZAR DOOMED
: TO VIOLENT DEATH
BY THE TERRORISTS
. St. Petersburg, Sept. 21.—Jhe cxar wan today doomed to death. The
, terrorists sent broadcast a violent manifesto, decreeing the removal of the
emperor and one after another of the “props .of cowardly, murderous au-
r tocrncy.” The manifesto was called forth by the execution of Miss Ze-
nalde Konopolianikova, the girl who assassinated General Min.
The manifesto says:
“The die has been chat. One thing remains—annihilate mercilessly all
enemies of the people. There must be life for life, death for death, cent for
! cent. With the illuminating memory of Konopolianikova to guide them,
. all true Russians must strike terror to the hearts of the executioners/’
The announcement was made today from official sources that fourteen
arrests have been made as the result of a plot to kill the cxar. The details
''Of the plot are not revealed, but It Is known that the persons under arrest
. are social democrats and they will be tried by court-martial.
Reports from the far East Indicate that the city of Vladivostok Is prac-
■ tlcally In the control of anarchists. It Is also stated that government of
ficials are Implicated with the annrchlsts In looting government property.
TWO MOBS GATHER
TO LYNCH NEGROES
ON ACCOUNT OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED THURSDAY JUDGE
PENDLETON HAS CALLED THE GRAND JURY TO MEET ON MON-
DAY, IN8TEAD OF WAITING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 27. UNTIL WHICH
DATE A RECESS WAS TAKEN AFTER SESSIONS OF SEVERAL DAYS
EARLIER IN THE MONTH.
pouceTlude sits fib
IT
SAVINCBLACK
Militia Called Out at
Midnight—-Wild
Scenes.
At Field Comet.
The A1 O. IFeld’s Minstrels will oc
cupy the stage of tho Grand tonight
and Saturday matinee ahd night.
Comedy, the dominating ( note of the
first part, Is emphasised In the olio.
Scenes typical of the South, a South
ern- plantation home, a watermelon
patch and Incidents familiar to negro
life as it exists In the Southern States
are portrayed. A chicken fight, a cake
walk, a watermelon patch and chicken
coop robbed by moonlight, und a mar
riage ceremony arc softie of the live
scenes offered In the olio. This feature
of the show keeps one In the atmosphere
of the South. “Roll on Silvery Moon,"
a big song and dunce uct, affords an
opportunity of presenting several ec
centric dunces and melodies by ensem
ble. As the curtain goes up a planta
tion with cabin and watermelon patch
are revealed. There Is a Southern sun
set with an old dnrky and mammy si!
ting by the cabin d«M»r with a chicken
fight In progress and pickaninnies In
the background. The negro parson en
ters and shows apparent dissatisfaction.
Gradually the day fades away and a
full moon comes forth. At tills point
the pickaninnies play havoc with the
watermelon patch. With the change of
scene a spectacular moon effect has
been developed, entitled “Spooning In
the Moon." It presents a darky and his
sweetheart making love on the horn of
the moon, to the accompaniment of
song and dance. Finally the moon fades
away and the change of scene shows
the Interior of a church with a marri
age ceremony. This atmospheric bit Is
followed by a cake walk and the final
Office Space
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FORTABLE OFFICE, USE
OF TELEPHONE AN1)
STENOGRAPHER.
514-515 EMPIRE BLDG.
WAXENE
At The
GEORGIA PAINT AND
GLASS CO.,
40 Peachtree.
Beautiful “Wonderland."
Julian Mitchell’s Intest, the most pre
tentious success, “Wonderland,” the
only musical piece that attained to the
dignity of a profitable run during New
York’s Inst theatrical season, will be
seen ut the Grund Monday and Tues
day. “Wonderland’.’ Is the Joint work
of Victor Herbert, who wrote- the
music; Gjen MucDonough, who wrote
the b< arid frrfcd, ami Jiillnn Mitchell
who mnde the production. In the work
ing out of which lie Is said to have sur
passed Ills own record for beniitlful
dor schemes, attractive mechanical
effects and entrancing stage evolutions
»f myriads of pretty chorus girls. Lit
tle <*hlp and Mary Marble are the most
Important members of a very Impor
tant company.
Next at the Bijou.
Sidney Toler and Hilly Baxter, In
Owen Duvls’ lutest success, “How Bax
ter Butted In," will be the attraction at
the Bijou next week. It Is one of those
plays thut keeps the audience Intensely
Interested throughout the performance.
The uuthor 1ms combined u strong dra
matic story with many new scenic sur
prises and sensutlonul features. The
name of the play Indicates the story.
Baxter Is u very wide awake and up-
to-date commercial traveler, or drum
mer, ami he butts In to spoil the plans
a country sharper who has III used
poor, defenseless girl. Baxter, al
though a strong, manly fellow, Is of a
very lively nati re, ami be manages to
get a lot out of ills visit to the coun
try town where the scenes of the play
laid. In the end he defeats the
girl’s enemies. He also rinds time to
liven up the old town before he gets
through. The management has sur
rounded Mr. Toler with a large and
areftflly selected company.
Sam Jones Tabernacle
Meetings, Carters-
vine, Ga.
On Septcmper 15th to 23rd. Inclti-
alve. the Wcatern and Atlantic rail
road will Boll ticket, from Atlanta-
Dalton and Intermediate station,, to
Cartenvllle. at rate of one fare for
the round trip.
Sam Jono, will be aailatod by
Evangelist Oliver and other mini,t..-a
of renown. Prof. E. O. Excell will
have charge of the mtiBlo. and other
goapel singers of note will attend.
Three service, each dsy, 10:30 a. m.,
3:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m.. and the
people of Cartersvllle will welcome
the great crowds with the same hos
pitality they have alwava shown.
CHAS. E. HARMAN,
Gsn. Pass. Agent.
THE TAILOR.
FORDON
lO N. PRYOR.
DON’T I UY READY-MADE TROUSERS. THEY DON’T FIT.
Gocd. not p- p.rly shrunk w II not ho d t e shape. WE
MAKE THEM TO ORDER of imported Worsteds and
Casslmerrs.
MADE TO J? PERFECT FIT
ORDER. GUARANTEED.
Others Charge from $8.00 to $9.00 for the Sam*.
FORDON
In the presence of one of the biggest
crowd« assembled In the police court
room In some time, Luther Fraxler, a
negro 21 years of age, was arraigned
Frldny morning before Recorder
Broyles and was bound over to the su
perior court In $5,000 bond on the
charge of attempting to assault Miss
Orrle Bryan, pretty 18-year-old daugh
ter of Professor Thomas L. Bryan, of
282 Courtland street, Thursday night,'
shortly after 9 o’clock. In the court
room the girl’s father made an effort
to strike the negro.
At the conclusion of the trial, a great
crowd of men gathered In Decatur
street In front of the police station
and the officers feared that violence
might be attempted. In order to take
no chances with the prisoner, Detec
tive Sergeant Lanford and Police Call
Officer Dorsett transferred him i/nme-
fllntely to the Tower, slipping him out
of the station through the detention
ward and out of a side gate, opening
Into Butler street.
The maneuver was successfully ex
ecuted, the crowd In front of the prison
having not the slightest Idea that the
negro had been transferred.
No wen pons were exhibited by the
crowd and no threats of lynching were
heard by the officers, but the slxe of
the crowd and the nature of the crime
charged to the negro, together with
the present strained situation, caused
them to be on their guard.
During the progress of the trial the
spectators crowded about the negro
and the judge's stand nnd It was ap
parent that the case had stirred In
tense Interest. Several officers stood In
the crowd In close proximity to the
prisoner throughout the hearing, pre
pared to check any possible outbreak.
Father Wat Frantic.
In giving his testimony, Professor
Bryan exhibited much feeling and at
one point It appeared as though he
would attack the negro. As he told of
the brutal attack on his daughter the
father turned suddenly pale and trem
bled os though almortt unable to re
strain himself. In telling that the ne
gro called hts daughter “honey” and
told her he loved her, the Indignant
father made a movement toward Jhe
prisoner, but restrained himself from
striking.
The offense of Fraxler was commit
ted at the Bryan hoiiie and was one of
the boldest of the series of fiendish
crimes that have of late horrified and
aroused this community. Pulling oft
his hat, shoes and trousers and hiding
them beside a fence, the negro slipped
Into the Bryan home, while Professor
Bryan wus absent, and attacked the
family.
Getting Into a bed room, In which
were Mrs. Bryan and her two daughters,
Misses Orrle and Erin, the negro mnde
a rush for Mlee Orrle, brandishing
shoe In one hand and striking at her.
Ah he did so, he exclaimed:
“Honey, 1 love you."
Rushed Into Closet.
Rushing Into a closet, Miss Orrle
locked the door and thus saved herself.
Mrs. Bryan and Miss Erin In the mean
time had dashed out of the room nnd
were screaming frantically for help.
The negro, falling to eelxe Miss Orrle.
then ran after Mrs. Bryan, but she suc
ceeded In eluding him, the screams
having by this time brought assistance.
Another family resides upstairs In
the house and these people, together
with several neighbors, hurried to the
scene, the negro being captured before
he could make his escape. He wns held
by the cltlxens until the arrival of
Police Tall Officers Dorsett, Hulsey
nnd Holconie and Patrolman Bradley,
who sent him to the police station.
Mob Had Gathered.
When the officers arrived they found
a considerable crowd on the scene anti
threats of lynching were being freely
made. Had the police been a few min
utes later, the prisoner might have
been mobbad.
At once reallxlng the situation the
officers pushed through the crowd and
rescued the negro. After their arrival
there was no further trouble.
Fraxler Informed Judge Broyles he
was drinking Thursday night nnd had
no recollection whatever of hi* conduct.
Witnesses, however, testified that
Fraxler appeared perfectly sober at the
time of his arrest. It was also shown
that the negro had been seen loafing
about the front of the house shortly
before his attack.
Professor Bryan was absent at the
time at the Young Men’s Christian
Association building and a few minutes
before the negro entered the house Miss
Erin telephoned her father. Fraxler Is
supposed to have been listening out
side and to have thus assured himself
that Professor Bryan was away.
In addition to the charge of attempt-
I criminal assault, Judge Broyles held
the negro on the charge of attempted
.burglary.
Tlje Identification of a negro named
Charlie Clayton, who Is known
“Troy," as the man who committed
the assault on Mrs. Dottle Kimball,
near Oakland City, Thursday, seems
almost complete.
After he was brought to Jail from
the Fort McPherson barracks about
1 o'clock Friday morning he
guarded by parts of companies K, B
and L of the Fifth regiment, state
militia, until 6 p'clock, when the troops
ere withdrawn.
Friday morning Marshal Ed Ryan, of
Oakland City, brought several white
cltlxens and negroes living near the
scene of the crime to the Jail and took
a look at the negro. Without an ex
ception/ they asserted positively that
he is a negro who was seen Thursday
morning on Oakland avenue with blue
overalls on and a khaki army coat over
his arm, and who has been, .joaflng
the neighborhood several days. »
On the other hand, Frank Hughes,
who lives about a mile and a half tq-
ward the city from the Kimball home,
says that he and members of his fami
ly are prepared to swear that between
noon and*2 o’clock Thursday the ne
gro wus not away from the house more
than fifteen minutes. The assault was
committed about 1:15 o’clock.
Clayton was captured about 10
o’clock by a posse of cltlxens from
whom he was taken by Marshal Ryan
and County Policeman Wright and
locked up at the Fort McPherson guard
house.
Upon request of Sheriff Nelms, who
..ent after the prisoner in the automo
bile of Renfroe Jackson, the United
States officers turned Clayton over to
him and the negro was brought to the
rer In a sensational drive through
a mob, which had gathered at Oakland
City. Besides Sheriff Nelnis and Mr.
Jackson. Deputy Sheriff Daniel and
Mr. E. F. McDonald, Jr., were In the
car.
As Messrs. Wright and Ryan were
going through the gate Into the mili
tary reservation some one In the mob
which had captured Clayton fired at
them, but County Policeman Buran
knocked up the arm of the man with
the pistol to make him shoot high.
Within three, minutes after the as
sault had been reported, a few minutes
after Its occurrence Thursday. Marshal
Ryan and several others ft’ere at Mr.
Kimball's home, and within half an
hour county officers and cltlxens nnd n
few soldiers from Fort McPherson had
begun the hunt for the assailant.
Bloodhounds on Trail.
Half an hour luter C. R. Robinson
arrived with Hunny Jim, an English
bloodhound, and a short time thereafter
had *got onto the trail of the negro.
The tracks which the dog followed cor
responded exactly with footprints made
by the negro us he fied from the Kim
ball home.
These showed that he had come to
and gone from the house by the same
route. The trail was lost at the Camp*
bellton road, after leading for several
miles through swamps, and fields. At
the road the tracks started toward At
lanta, but were soon lost, the negro
evidently having caught a wngon.
After the woods, within a radius of
several miles from the house, had been
closely examined, the men on the hunt
took another tact. Olln Henden was
taken In custody and placed In the
Oakland City lockup, olln hail told the
officers that he had known the negro
who committed the crime, und that he
had been loafing In the neighborhood
for the past week. He salt! at first
that he did not know the man's name,
but later said he believed It was Troy.
This Is the name by which Mr. Hughes’
family knew their servant.
olln was taken from the lockup and
brought to the police station by his
Insurgents Run When
Their Shots Are
Returned.
Havana, Sept. 21.—La Discussion
publishes a dispatch from Clenfuegos
saying that blue jackets from the
American gunboat Marietta, who were
garrisoned at the Solodad sugar es
tate, have been flred on by.rebels. The
Americans returned the Are and the
rebels fled.
PLANS FOR INTERVENTION
BEING MADE BY U. 3.
Washington, Sept. 21.—Preparations
for tho organisation of an army for the
occupation of Cuba continued today at
the war department. Brigadier Gen
eral Frederick Punston spent the en
tire morning In the office adjoining
that of Chlef-of-Staff Bell, which has
been set aside for his temporary use.
MapR and plans.drawn up by the
general staff for use ln~a Cuban cam
paign were spread over General Fun-
ston’s desk. It Is Intended that before
he leaves the city tomorrow for Tampa,
Fla., en route for Havana, he shall be
thoroughly cognisant of the detailed
Fall Furniture.
Our low prices oil Furniture of a higher class
are attracting marked attention among economical
buyers, and you are advised to inspect the stock
while it is most complete. Your early inspection
promotes satisfaction both for you and for us.
— | Quality, Style and Price
are the predominating features of this stock. It
consists of
Bed Boom Suits, Mattings,
Chiffoniers, Bugs,
Sideboards, * Go-Carts,
Odd Dressers, Eockers,
Dining Boom Furniture.
Everything for the Home.
Broum & Catlett
Furniture Co.
62-64 N. Broad Street.
8CH00L8 AND COLLEGES.
SCH00L8 AND COLLEGES.
‘ ’ COFFEE DOESN ’T HURT ME *
Talea That Are Told.
WALTEB BALLABD OP
TICAL CO.
Less than on® year ago placed on the
market the new Bnllurd Bifocal, giving
reading and walking vision In one
frame nnd looking like one glass. They
have proven the most successful of all
the advertised Invisible bifocals.
Ground In a deep torlc curve, giving a
large visual field for reading as well as
w*alklng. They are the most perfect and j
beautiful glass sold. Consult us about Easy to prove by 10 days trial of
bifocals. We have them all. Bales- I Postum in place of coffee. The reward
room, «l Peachtree, Atlanta, Ga. U big and “there's a reason.”
"I wns one of the kind who wouldn't
believe that coffee was hurting me,”
says a N. Y. woman.
“You Just couldn’t convince me Its
use was connected with the heart and
stomach trouble I suffered from most
all of the time. My trouble finally got
so bad I had to live on milk and toast
almost entirely for three or four years.
Still I loved the coffee and wouldn’t
believe It could do such damage.
“What I needed was to quit coffee
and take nourishment in such form my
stomach could digest. I had read so
much about Postuni, the cereal coffee,
but never thought It would fit my case
until one clay I decided to quit coffee
and give It a trial and make sure about
Ho I got a package and carefully
followed the directions.
"Soon I found I began to get better
nnd was able to eat carefully selected
foods without the nld of pepsin or other
digests and It was not long before I
was really a new woman physically.
Now I am healthy, hearty and
sound, can eat anything and everything
that comes along and I know this won
derful change Is all due to my having
quit coffee and got the big quantity of
nourishment I needed through this de
licious Postum in place of the danger-
coffee and tea.
!y wonder Is why everyone don’t
give up the old coffee and the troubles
that go with It and build themselves
up as I have done, with Postum." Name
by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
employer, I. N. Ragsdale, and T. Y.
Brent early in the evening, and about
fifteen minutes later a mob appeared on!
the scene, with the demand that they
be allowed to take the negro and force
him to tell of the whereabouts of the
criminal. They were told that the pris
oner had been taken away, but they
had to be shown, and several men
picked up a big piece of stone and
hurled it against the lock uptll it had
been smashed.
During this disorder several men In
the crowd flred off their pistols and
kept up a regular full-grown riot,
to such an extent*.that Marshal Ryan
thought best to ask Sheriff Nelms for
assistance. The sheriff in turn deter
mined to ask Governor Terrell to order
out the militia.
Troopa Ordered Out.
When Sheriff Nelms decided to com
municate with the Governor It was
found that the chief executive was at
the Bryan dinner at the Piedmont. A
telephone call was sent to the hotel and
shortly afterwards Sheriff Nelms went
to the dinner and had a short talk
with Governor Terrell.
Captain Palmiour was in the corridor
of the hotel and ai once busied himself
In communicating with his men. Bur
ton Smith, adjutant of tho regiment,^
was acting as toastmaster, but he ab-^
sented himself from the room until he
could Inquire Into the trouble. The din
ner was several times Interrupted by
calls for Colonel Clifford Anderson nnd
other officers of the regiment, but no
announcement that the troops had been
asked for was made and the diners
were left In Ignorance that any trouble
was brewing.
The soldiers who could be reached
started for-Oakland City, but It was
found that the trouble there had sub
sided, anil that they might be needed
more at the Jail, where the Clayton
negro had been taken. The militia,
with Sheriff Nelms and several deputy
sheriffs nnd county policemen, stayed
at the Jail until 6 o'clock.
The Clayton negro was captured near
the Standard Oil mill near the United
States barracks and by the time the
crowd which caught him had got in
front of the mllltury reservation it had
swelled until It numbered fully 500
men, all bent on getting the negro
Identified nnd killing him right away.
When the inob got to the gates of the
fort, Marshal Ryan and County Po
liceman Wright took the negro and
while Counsy Policemen Buran and
Oliver nnd former Marshal Hardy of
East Point fought the crowd back got
Inside the gates, which were immedi
ately locked In the face of the mob.
8hot at Officer.
It was at this time that some one in
the crowd leveled a double-barreled
shot gun at the officers and prisoner
and Officer Buran knocked the weapon
up Just In time to prevent a fatality.
The guard at the post was doubled
nnd there was no more disturbance un
til Sheriff Nelms arrived In the auto
mobile and carried Clayton to the Tow
er. Several of the mob narrowly es
caped being run over as they tried to
stop the machine on Its return trip.
Dining Thursday afternoon three or
four negroes were captured by the
posses and brought before Mrs. Kim
ball, but she did not identify any of
them und they were turned loose. The
crowd hanging around the house all
afternoon was ready to believe on the
slightest provocation another suspect
had been caught and made their way
to the house ready to kill the prisoner
should he be Identified. These were
mostly old men who could not actively
Join In the chase, but who wanted to
be In at the death.
As the automobile of Dnn C. Lyle, In
which Marshal Ryan nnd Lieutenant of
County Police W. J. Poole had been
carried over all the roads In the vi
cinity during the hunt was approach
ing the Kimball home late In the
evening It pnsesd through a crowd of
armed men on Onkland avenue. Some
of these saw a pillow with a black cov
ering on the rear seat between Officer
Poole and a Georgian reporter and took
It for granted that a prisoner was
crouching in the bottom of the ma
chine. When they found out their mis
take they started off to do things to
Olln Hendon.
Htndon Released.
Hendon was turned loose Friday
morning after being taken to the Jail
and Identifying Clayton. Hendon says
he saw the Clayton negro between 10
and 11 o’clock Thursday morning wear-
inn blue overalls and carrying a khaki
coat over his arm.
W. A. James, a street car employee,
on Friday morning Identified the negro
as one whom he had seen sitting In a
field near Onkland City Thursday af
ternoon about 5:15, wearing the blue
overalls and soldiers’ coat.
Officer Wright found these clothes In
a house where ciayton spent the early
part of Thursday evening and the ne
gro admitted that the overalls belonged
to him, but disclaimed ownership of
the coat.
THE SOUTH’S LEADIN6 MILITARY COLLEGE-PREPARATORY HOME SCHOOL.
GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY
COLLEGE PARK, GA.
Limited to 80 boarding pupils, with ten teachera. Special preparation
for Southern colleges. Graduates accepted by colleges without exami
nation. Parents cordially Invited to visit and Inspect the school befor.
entering their aona elsewhere.
COLONEL J. C. WOODWARD, A. M., Pres.
FOR SALE.
Seven room cottage on Rawson street. Large lot with servant’s
house In rear. House contalna all modern conveniences and In
good repair. Within a block of two car lines and In splondld neigh
borhood. Will tell on easy terms. Call on or address
S. M. CARSON, 210 English-American Bldg.
plans for the military occupation of
Cuba which have been laid down by the
army general stafT.
Little Hope for Peace.
Little hope Is felt for the success of
Secretary Taft’s mission to Cuba. In
the opinion of army and navy officer*
the Insurgent forces in Cuba do not
Intend to make peace, but are playing
their game with the hope of American
Intervention, which they would wel
come with pleasure.
There Is no doubt whatever but that
failure on Secretary Taft’s part to
bring the warring Cubans to terms of
pence would mean armed Intervention
by this country, and both the army and
the navy are preparing to play their
respective parts in the plun of the
president.
FOUR BIG WARSH1P8
ARRIVE OFF HAVANA.
Washington, Sept. 21.—The navy de
partment has received a dispatch an- #
nounclng the arrival of the battleships
Virginia and Louisiana and the cruisers
Tacoma and Cleveland at Havana this
morning to reinforce the cruisers Den
ver and Des Monies nlrendy there. The
Cleveland will be sent to Clenfuegos to
replace the Dixie, which has been or
dered to return to Santo Domingo. The
Minneapolis and the Newurk are ex
pected to reach Havana tonight or
eurly tomorrow morning.
London, Sept. 21.—It Is understood
that General Thomas Barry, of the
United States army, who has been
summoned to return by the war de
partment, will sat! Saturday for New
York on tho first available steamer.
It is probable that he will go at onca
to Cuba. *
TAFT MAY RECOMMEND
QUICK ACTION IN CUBA.
Havana, Sept. 21.—The Cuban situ
ation will tax the ability of Secretaries
Taft and Bacon to settle It peaceably.
The deeper they delve Into the condi
tions here the more unsatisfactory they
become. The Americans now have
been In consultation with all the vari
ous Interests except leaders In the field,
and It Is probable they will today see
some of these.
Malaria Maks* Pal# Blood.
The Old Standard, Grove’s Tasteless
Chill Tenlc, drives out malaria and
builds up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 27 years. Price 50 cents.
Greater Bargains
For Tomorrow
The closing out sale in China and Glassware
continues.
Plain-blown Tankards, was 50e Now 25c
Tea Pots, plain Rockingham, was 50o Now 20c
Flo Blue Eng. Porcelain, 100-piece Dinner
Set; was $20.00 .Now $14.00
Colonial Sugars and Creams, was 25c.. Now 10c
Gold Baud Tumblers, was 10c Now 5c
Domestic Glass Water Set, was $3.00. .Now $1.50
Blown Tumblers, engraved, was 10c Now 5c
500 Ignito Mantels, was 35c Now 15c
Everything in the whole stock will go for just
about one-half price. We must close this line out.
King Hardware Co.,
53 Peachtree Street.