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i’HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Harbor of Hong Kong Literally Floating Dead Bodies. Hongkong. Oct. 15.—The estimate today placed on the terrible loan of life in the burning at her wharf of tli, steamship Hankow makes the number over 1,500. All the Americans and Europeans were saved and about fifty chines#,'who occupied quarters above the steerage. The harbor Is literally floating with the bodies of dead chmese who were roasted alive or drowned. Try to Scuttle Ship. An effort was made to scuttle the ship at the order of the captain, In or. der that the poor creatures might at least be drowned instead of being burned to death. The cries could be beard for two miles Inland, and the atene tvas witnessed by over 1,000 per- aons standing along the wharves. Gov ernor Nathan, of the British quarter, and his staff were there. • When the defines began to make bead n ay In the Hankow's lower decks the Chinese were rendered mad and fought each other like demons. The ereiv went down among them, but all their efforts to assist the Chinamen to escape or quiet them proved of no avail. Fesrs Are Entertained. An Investigation Into the cause of the Ore Is being made. It la believed that Chinese opium smokers are responsible. Part of the Hankow's cargo was 500 bales of raw silk, 500 bales of raw matting and 400 bales of waste silk, and It Is thought that the lire was com- munlcated to this, cargo from the smokers. One report la that a runner for a Chinese boarding house knocked over a lantern as he came aboard the ship. Every attempt was made by the fire department to quench the flames. The natives declare that the death of the countrymen was a punishment for rid ing mi foreign vessels, and fears are entertafned for the future of the Eng lish trade and passenger business along the river. LEONARD WOOD SOUNDS ‘YELLOW PERIL’ WARNING Says More Troops Are Needed in Philip- Islands. pine Washington, Oct 15.—A note of warning against possible trouble be tween this country and Japan or China, with the Philippine Islands a central figure, has been sounded by Major General _ Leonard Wood, commanding the Philippine division of the army. In a: nnual report, which hag been sub mitted to the war department. General Wood not only opposes the reduction of the forces in the Islands, but he asks for additional troops, par ticularly cavalry, and for more artil lery. He also suggests that a number of officers be sent to both Japan and China to learn those languages, as a further preparation, for possible trou- General Wood says - nothing that 00000000000000O00000000000 O 0 0 STORM IS REPORTED O O OFF CAROLINA COAST. O a o 0 Washington. Oct. 15.—The lo- 0 O cal weather bureau issued the foi- O- 0 lowing storm warning today: Advisory warnings—Disturb O ancos appsrently central off Car 0 olina coast, moving northweetor- 0 0 ly, high northeast winds indicated 0 O on North Carolina and middle At 0 lantic coast.” 0 O 0 0000000000000000000000000O THREE ARE KILLED! THREE INJURED IN would directly Indicate that he thought trouble was imminent, but It Is plain by the report that he thinks It advis able to keep the Islands carefully safe guarded, both against outside attack and against ‘the natives themselves. The present force In the Islands would be scarcely strong enough, It Is said, to defend the city of Manila alone agalnet a formidable attack by a well; equipped and.good-lighting force. The totaL number of troops and scouts In the Islands June 10, at the close of the year, covered by the re port, was 10,043. 'M ORE SHOOTING NEEDED,’.’ DECLARES JUDGE BROTLES IN SEVERE ARRAIGN MEN! ! AT IJ1E THEATERS “On Parole" Tonight. Certpln attractive features of the fe male fashions of J860-’65, which are nelv being presented-in the costumes worn by the leading members of Louis Evan Shipman's new war-ttine play. ‘On Parole," which Edward A. Bra den’s company will produce at the GtamI tonight, Tuhaday and Wednes day. will give thel.ladles of this city an idea of some .of the fashions of that peri™) which are being adopted at the present time. For Instance, the small oval-shaped hat worn well over the eyes, the method of dressing the halt-, which Is combed low over the ears and falls down the back, and the straight front waists. This condition Is brought about nat urally. The actress knows that In or der to succeed In her business she must bo attractive. So she busies herself more than the women of any other pro- fesalon, studying all the artifices known to modern science to beautify herself. •Vo better set of models could have been selected upon which to display fashionable raiment than Edward A. Braden's company In “On Parole," which Is composed of Charlotte Walk er. Vincent Serrano. Frank E. Aiken. ■Morgan i’oman, Frederick Forrester, Scott Cooper. Francis X. (Ionian, Thomas P. Jackson, Fay Wheller, Hel en Graham and Alethea Luce. There will be a matinee of "On Pa role ’ Wednesday. “In Old Kentucky.” Seldom does a play achieve the rec ord that has fallen to the lot of that stirring drama of (he Blue Grass State, In Old Kentucky,” to appear Monday night and all the week at the Bijou. Produced .originally In 1893, It has held the hoards continuously ever since, and lt» hold on the playgoer la remarkable, h is always presented In capital style hy good players, and with splendid «cenh; equipment, to which, no doubt. 1* due some measure of Its-wonderful success, but this does not account for Ita unusually long career before the pub s'. Whatever la the secret of Its stay- ng powers. It certainly has never lost its drawing powers In the slightest de- * r,e - Last season was one of the most successful It ever enjoyed. "The Girl Patsy.” • The attraction at the Grand opera i "We haven't had enough shooting in this town. The people teem to think they can run ovsr the police end the law and we have got to show thorn dif ferently.” This declaration was made Monday morning in police court by Recorder Broyles during the trial of S. R. Cock- rlll, a neatly-dressed young white man, a salesman for the Underwood Type writer Company, who, with several companions, Is accused of assaulting and beating Bicycle Policeman Pearson Saturday night about 7 o'clock Peachtree and Walton streets. During the hearing It developed that H. E. Jockey and S. P. Rowland, two other salesmen for the Underwood Company, who were In the court room, were with Cockrlll at the time of the trouble and cases were also entered against them. George McClain, another salesman, who Is said to have partici pated In the row, was not present and his arrest was ordered. Judge Broyles severely arraigned tho trio of young men, Indignantly roast ing them for their attack on the of- tlcer, who, It was shown, was trying to arrest-Cockrlll for disorderly conduct, f Officer Attacked. The evidence showed that Officer Pearson was attacked by five men and roughly handled. He stated that he was standing on the corner waiting for a trolley car and heard Cockrlll and another man quarreling. He said he approached the men and told them to desist, whet} Cockrlll be came Impudent and declared Pearson could not arrest him. The officer caught hold of Cockrlll. he said. and. In a struggle, the latter fell to the sidewalk with the officer on top. At this Juncture another man Jumped on Pearson's back and began choking him, leaving several scratches on Ills fliroat. Pearson then raised up with his assailant on Ills back anil pulled his bllllc. As he did so, another man wrenched the btllle from his hand. During the melee. Cockrlll Is said tn In the mouth. The crowd was surging about him and Pearson drew his pistol, striking Cockrlll on the head. He Anally succeeded In arresting Cockrlll and another young man, but the latter made his escape from another officer while Pearson was subpenalng wit nesses. The fight created considerable ex citement and attracted a great crowd. Judge Broyles Talks. After hearing the evidence, Judge Broyles, who was visibly Incensed at the assault on the officer, made the declaration that there has not besn enough shooting in Atlanta, remark lng: , “I think this officer displayed re. markable composure under the circum stances. He certainly had sufficient provocation to shoot, and to shoot to kill. If I were a policeman I wouldn't let a crowd of men knock me down and abuse me In this way and get off at It. I would certainly use my pistol. I would shoot and would not cease firing until every chamber In the pistol was Fast Southern Freight Col lides with Light Engine in Carolina. Special lo The Georglsn. Columbia, S. C„ Oet. 15.—As the re suit of a wreck due to a head-on col llsion between fast' freight No. 74 on the Southern railroad and a light en gine, at Wlnnsboro, yesterday morning, three are dead and three are Injured. It Is claimed that the wreck was due to the operator falling to deltvena train order. The through freight, north, bound, left Columbia on time and or der* were given by the dispatcher here showing that extra engine No. 1626, south-bound, Lad the right of way of the track to Wlnnsboro. The order was never delivered to the crew of the freight train. It Is claimed. The following Is a list of the dead and Injured: The Dead. D. M. DIXON, white, conductor on engine. JAMES T. MCPHERSON, JR., white, fireman op engine. HENRY PILE, white, engineer on light engine. The Injured. James G. Price, white, engineer on freight. Charles D, Weir, white, brakeman on freight. Henrj- Gates, colored, fireman on have struck the officer a terrific blow other prisoners." empty. "This case Is not merely a case of man to man, but Involves the majesty of the law. This officer represents the law, and the assault on him was noth ing short of outrageous. The people in this town have got to respect and obey the law. They seem to think they can run over the police and the law, and we have got to show them differently. There has not been enough shooting in this town anyway.” After his scathing reprimand, the re corder fined Cockrlll 3100.75 and bound him over to the state courts under 31,000 bond on the charge of assault and battery. He also bound Jockey and Rowland over on (he same charge under bond of 3200 each. These two men denied they took any part In the difficulty further than to keep peace. The defendants, were represented by Attorney Van A. Batchelor. The at torney asked, that the men not be lock eil up pending the giving of bond, but the recorder sent them Into the prla oners' room, remarking: I will treat these men just like any LOCKED IN TOWER AFTER ESCAPING Bud Pryor and Drewery Thomas, the two negroes who came near being mobbed In Griffin Sunday, are both In the Tower for safe-keeping, Pryor having been brought through the coun try from Griffin to Atlanta In an auto mobile. The auto, after making a flying trip, rolled up In front of the big jail about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Pryor made the trip In custody of Chief of Police Perry Phelps, hf Grlffln. Thom as was brought to the city Sunday night about S o'clock on a Central rail way passenger, train. The prisoners talk freely, but deny they are guilty of the charges against them. Both negroes were employed on the plantation of A. W. Walker, near Grlffln. / 60 MINERS ENTOMBED; 19 BODIES RECOVERED London. Oct. 15.—A terrible explo sion Is reported from tho coal mines at Durham. The scene Is tha Wingate colliery, and twelve men are known to be dead. Eighty were made prison- era In the shaft, and latest advices say there la no hope of reaculng them. Nineteen bodies have been recov ered. Tha latest dispatches state that there were 150 entombed In the mine. WHOLE FAMIL Y SLAIN; BODIES PUT IN CREEK Houston, 1 Mo., Oct. 15.—A farmer named Hamilton has been arrested charged with the murder of Barney Parsons, a farmer, his wife and three children, who were slain last Friday, near Llckinton. Hamilton I* said to have confessed. Parsons was shot and his head beat en In. Mrs. Parsons was clubbed to death, as' were the three, children. The five bodies were dumped Into a creek, where they were found. Threats of lynching have been made and the prisoner has been spirited away by an armed guard. *hh a special matinee Friday, will be Tim (jin patsy," a new four-act com- ?“>■ drama from the pen of Mrs. Jane Mauldin Felgl. Ufa at an exclusive summer resort near, x#w York Is the- theme of the War. and the writer has composed a drama, not with a moral, but a moral fas- Patsy, a girl of delightful per- S'malUy, poses half unwillingly In "oodiand dell to a young city artist. "imes to profane, but stays to "oshlp. This sylvan love affair reaches other ears, of course, and as artist has already a fiancee and the ,iay I, Bet for the wedding, compll- ,al|,, ti« follow. A crafty man servant X'ls hold „f t h c sketch-book and shows ” 1,1 the daughter of the house, the girl the artist does not want to marry. M "t the plotter* and the French maid ever-reach themselves. The sketches lead lo Patsy's recognition as the true heiress. There Is a scene in act three, [n alilch the father, an old judge, see* *ne likeness between Patay and his dead wife. An elopement of the coach- nuin and the raise heiress follows anil hi" road Is cleared for the artist and his pretty model. All In all, It Is a good P'a.v, without melodramatic effeci, “miout grotesque characterisation. Gee! Skating’s Great. Will Rttira From Politics, to Tho Georgian. ' "lumbiis, Qa„ Oct. 15.—Aldermen jJiFrmikes and Klrven have announced noil intention to retire from city poll- H at the end of their present terms. NOTE FELL INTO HUSBAND’S HANDS AND WRITER WAS SHOT TO DEATH LEWIS GREGG VICTIM OE POISONOUS INSECT ALLEGED SLAYER OF WIFE BRANDS EVIDENCE ASFALSE Dr. Brouwer Weeps on Stand as He Talks to Jury. Toms River, N. J., Oct. 15.—After It had seemed certain that the trial of Dr. Frank Brouwer, accused of poisoning his pile,, would have to be delayed ow ing to - the serious Illness of Edmund Wilson, chief counsel for the defense; Dr. John A. Marshall, his principal ex pert, and two Jurymen, John’Cobb and Walter Bell, all of the men finally took their places, and the case was con tinued today with a physician In at tendance to care for any of the men who might become more seriously III. By a strange coincidence both Dr. Marshall and Attorney Wllaon are suf fering from the very trouble they are seeking to prove caused the death of Mrs. Brouwer—ptomaine poisoning. Dr. Brouwer Testifies. Dr. Frank Brouwer was suddenly called to the witness stand tn his own defense today, and he had only been testifying a few minutes when the big 00000000000000000000000000 0 CAN NOT RUN RACES ON 0 SUNDAYS AND MONDAY8. 0 0 Paris, Oct. 15.—Because of the O 0 rioting at the Long Champs race 0 O course between disgruntled bettors 0 0 and bookmakers, the government 0 0 has declared that In the future 0 0 races can not be run on Sundays 0 0 and Mondays. 0 0 ' 0 0000000000000000000000000O physician broke down and sobbing, cried to the Jury: "Gentlemen. I have always been truthful husband and good father to my children. I had worked and tried to get higher up In the world only for their sake. It is a lie that 1 evei looked to my wife for money; that I ever touched a pertny of her little es- tate. The house we lived In is the house I gav’e her anU paid out of my own earnings. "When Elizabeth Hyer stated that J have ever said to my wife that I had lost respect for her and wanted to di vorce her, she lied. When Benjamin Hyer says I threatened to sjrlke my wife, he Ilea." The physician then,broke down com pletely and sobbed. Several men In the court room also crle'd softly and for live minutes court was • unable to ro aume. SOUTHERN COAL DEALERS MEET IN ATLANTA TUESDAY HOLD MEETING TO DISCUSS TROUBLE Nunually Garment Factory and Union Label In • a Mix-up. Beginning Tuesday and continuing three days, the coal dealers of the Southeastern states will meet in con vention In Atlanta. This association was organised last ear, and has grown In membership and influence wonderfully. Tha pur pose ■ of tho organisation la for pro tection of dealers, and general co-oper ation In tho purchasing, distributing and selling of coal. Several Important matters will corns up during the session of three ddys, In n-eights, quality of coal and tl of the traveling representatives. Invitations have been sent out tn 000 dealers In the territory .if the association, who are not now members large percentage ut those Invited are expected to attend. A prominent out- of-town visitor will be DeLos Hull, of Chicago. The officers of tha asso ciation are as follow anon are us lonowi. - Robert W. Graves, president, Rome. Cia \V. F. Plane, secretary-treasurer. At lanta. Ga. - ’ Vice Presidents—For South Carolina. — G. Gower. Greenville; for North Carolina, F. W. Weaver. Asheville: for Alabama, IV.' F. Vandiver, Montgom ery. ROBERT W. GROVES. ■ Lewis Gregg, a well-known young cartoonist of Atlanta, Is confined to lAp room because of Inflammation In his leg resulting from the bite of an Insect several days ago. His condition Is not serious, however, and his physician ■ays that he will be out again within a few days. Mr. Gregg was forced to remain In his room all day 8unda.v, as the Inflam mation has caused his leg to swell be tween the ankle and knee. Little was thought of the first appearance of swelling, and the artist does not recall when he was bitten. He had some fe ver Sunday, but this has disappeared. October’s Skaters* Month. Deaths and Funerals. Infant of J. A. Ray. At II o'alock Sunday morning, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ray, Martha Anne, died at the family residence. 333 Luckle street. The fu neral took place at 2:39 o'clock Mon day afternoon at the Payne Memorial church, and the Interment takes place at Hollywood. The father of the de ceased !* an engineer on the Weatern and Atlantic railroad. * Special to The Georgian. Sparks, Ga., Oct. 15.—Perry Nor mans, a young farmer, living nine miles west of here, shot and killed a white man named Hardwick Sunday- night. Hardwick wrote Normans’ wife a note asking her to elope from a can# patch. It Is stated, and the note fell In Normans' hands, with above results. Mrs. Mary E. Adams. Funeral services over the body of Mrs. Mary E. Adams, who died at her residence, 158 Courtland street, Satur day morning, were held there at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Inter ment took place at Oakland. WENT TO SEE THE “EXIT” BUT IT COST FIFT-Y CENTS EXIT. ••That’s one show I. haven’t saw, said one of the men from Ball Ground as he looked at the sign tacked up on the corner of the administration build ing at the state fair. y •'And when I wanted to get back on the midway they charged me another half a dollar," waa his plaint when he as telling his troubles to his friends later. "And to think—he a a relative of mine,' sniffed a listener to the tale of t 1 llir C*I!U Ol IflQir prWPIIl iitiiiih, , U1 'heir friends hope to Induce them !'’ remain in council and will guaran tee their re-election If they consent to Everybody Drinks. I knew lots of folks took a dram every once In a while, but one of these here fellers what hollers for the sody- pop place was tellln’ some- things what's new to tne." continued the com plainant. "I was passln UwrejWjile ago and he yells out, 'Everybody drinks.’ Up to that time 1 Had been nretty straight, but when I heard that fthoughtThad just as well get In the game, so I borrowed John's bottle. Now, I’m drunk, but I’m one of every body. "('ome on, le’a go see the pigs. Belch er 13 cents that hog from Cobb county gets the blue ribbon." •"Sped she will—you ain't In good condition.” remarked his "relative.” 50,000 PERSONS SEE CORNER STONE LAID New York, Oct. IS.—Surrounded by more than 5*,000 persons. Including prominent clergymen, the Right Rev. Mr. P. J. McNamara, vicar general of the diocese, yesterday laid the corner stone of the Church of St. Ambrose, Tompkins end DeKalb avenues, Brook lyn, which Is to cost (100,000. Wsslsy E. Resder. 'The funerel of Wesley E. Reeder, aged 3 yeers, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Reeder, of 412 Simpson street, takes place Monday at 3 o'clock, with the Interment at Oakland. The child died at noon Sunday. STARTS ELEPHANT RANCH ON PRAIRIE OF TEXAS Valentine, Texas, Oct. 16.—The first shipment of elephants which are to stock a large elephant ranch established near here by J. P. Adams and associates, of Npw York, arrived today. There are five elephants In the drat shipment. Other shipments wilt be received In a few weeks, until the ranch Is stocked. It Is said to be the llrat experiment of breeding ele phants on a large scale In this country. PATS FINES OF PRISONERS TO GET COTTON PICKERS Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 15.—It re mained for A. T. Brown, of Muskogee. I. T., to solve the scarcity of cotton pickers’ problem. He walked Into local police headquarters and Surprised the court by offering to pay all lines of the persons to put them at work In the cot ton fields. The unusual proposition was snapped up, and after Brown paid 3260 In tines, twenty-live prisoners were turned loose, emptying the Jail. They rejoiced In their freedom, not- withstandlhg the fact that they were hurried to gather crops under a biasing sun. BALLOONS ARE TO RACE FROM PITTSFIELD, MASS. New York, Oct. 15.—A report comes from Pittsfield, Mass., today that a balloon rnce will be held In this coun try this week. U. will be between cats of the Aero Club of America and prob ably will be started Saturday.. Three of the tarn expected to enter are: I/OrJent, Ontaur and Nirvana, of the Aaro Club. The laat named la owned by Dr. Julian F. Thomaa, a phy sician of this city, but formerly of At lanta, Ga. Stitch, stitch, atltch—the f-»ilc brought before the public by the Im mortal Hood are up In aims. The stitch, stitch, stitch with Us monotonous rhythm waa interrupted Monday morning and some 200 mem bers of the Garment Workers’ Union, local No. 2?, gathered In the Federa tion Hall, 14 1-2 Forsyth street. The fiesalon was notnethlng of *n Indignation meeting. An attempt is* be ing made to take the union label from O. S. Xunnally, whose overall factory occupies the lot at 41 East Mitchell atFeet. The whys and wherefores are some what hazy. President J. D. Stacks of t the local, said: 1 hardly understand the situation myself. The advisory committee threatened to take the union label frpm the Nunnally factory, bht I be lieve It Is a mistake, and that the mat ter will, be settled up In a few' days la a manner satisfactory to all con cerned.” Hy others It was stated that the Marcus Loeb factory, 75 1-2 South Pryor street, was the prime mover. When asked whether or not ther* was any accusation to the effect that Nunnally was employing non-union la bor, he declared that there was not. The meeting Monday morning bad Its amusing features. It was execu tive, as are all union meetings of tho kind, so exactly what happened can not be stated. However, long before the meeting was called to order tho women and girls employed In the fac tory wended their way to the third floor of the building on Forsyth street. Most of these were armed with bags of candy ami packages of chewing gum. Out of the 200 employees of the Nun nally factory, 180 are of the gentler sex. These gathered on the In term, of the hall, while the men clung t>» the walls and stairs, content to hear at a distance the pandemonium. There are In all some 500 members of the local. ‘ , , FOR COMMITTEE TO TAKE ACTION With breath abated, the locffl me chanics await thp decision to he reached at the Joint .meeting of the International'Association of Mechanics and the Southern railway officials, to be held In Washington Wednesday at noon. Until the committee meets, there will be no change tn the machinists' strike, which Is affecting the Southern railway system as well as the mechan ics to n marked extent. The belief and the hope of both the Interested factions Is that a speedy set tlement of the strike will be the out come of the committee meeting, nml for that reason the meeting will be one of great Importance. A. McGllllvray, president of District No. 4. passed through Atlanta Monday morning on hla. way to Washington, where he will preside over the adviso ry committee. Mr. McGllllvray has hla headquarters at Birmingham. Hr was In Atlanta only a few hours. When seen he stated that he could not fore cast the action of tho committee. DISARMED OFFICER SHOT THREE TIMES BY DESPERATE NEGRO AGED WOMAN DIES Mrs. C. W. Garrstt. Mrs. C. W. Garrett, aged 77, died 8undsy morning at 3 o'clock at the res idence, 121 Fraser street. The funeral services were announced for 2 o’clock Monday afternoon and the Interment will take place at Oakland. ObAiah Spinks. The body of Obedlah Spinks was in< terred at Hollywood cemetery Monday morning, the funeral having taken place at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Spinks, at River side. at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. Spink* was 38 years old. Danisl C. Knox. The funeral of Daniel C. Knox, who was killed Friday morning last by a railway train at the Moore street crossing, was conducted Monday morn- i.. I, tn nVIftulf at tha RhIIuu'iukI lng at ~I0 o'clock at the Hollywood chapel. The deceased lived near Hol lywood. William Camp. The funeral of William Camp, a res ident of Atlanta, and who died In Boa*. Ala.. Friday morning, was held at the family residence Monday morning. 116 East 'Pine. The- interment took place at Wottvlew. Special to The Georgian. Waynesboro. Ga. Oct. 15.—Yesterday afternoon quite a serious ahooting oc curred at Antioch, a negro church 12 miles from the city. The negroes were having a Mg association meeting and about a thousand were In attendance. Magistrate Henderson, of the Eighth district, was asked to furnish several deputies to keep order, and 8. K. Dink ins. the bailiff, deputised several other men to assist. During, the meeting Jeff Major, a negro, cursed and abused Waynesboro negroes who were there, but was finally perauaded to leave. He returned with two other negroes and shot Jim Lovett In the leg twice. Dink ins ordered the negro to halt. The ne gro halted and got near enough to Dinkins to Jerk his Winchester from his hand, and not being able to use the rifle,' shot Dinkins with a platol Ihree times. The wounds are only flesh ones and not.serlous. The other deputies ceme up and pur sued the negro, exchanging shots. GREAT SUFFERING the members of the Atlanta local gath ered In the Federation of Labor imll and talked over the situation In no unofficial manner. These meetings will ■he held from day to day until the walk out Is settled. The principal object of the meetings Is to keep In touch with the men and tn properly distribute the benefits. The delegates from Atlanta to the committee meeting left the city Sunday afternoon. The committee will bo prac tically the snipe as that which held ace- ■Ion previous to the walk-out. KILLED BT TRAIN NEGRO CONVENTION SCENE OF WILD SHOOTING. Special to The Georgian. Covington, da., Oct. 46.—At Alcove yesterday a shooting affair was In dulged In by a half dozen negroes Vhor were present at a big’convention among the negroes. Ike Floyd and Will Rose- berry are seriously wounded. They are now In Jail. • l On Saturday night another shooting I took place at another quarter near the Mrs. W. H. Long, 81 years old, died from the effects of a frightful burn on Sunday night at 9 o’clock at the resi dence of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Tay lor, 451 North Jackson street. Mrs. Long, an Invalid, had been placed In bed at 3 o'clock In tho after noon by her daughter and left alone In the upstairs room. The piercing screams which Mrs. Taylor heard from her lower room were taken to be laughter In a next-door residence. On the second scream, Mrs. Taylor ran to her mother’s room, where she found her body enveloped in flames. Help was secured and the flames extin guished. but the four physicians who were called, found her condition ton serious for recovery. Her paralysed arm was severely burned, as were her hands and limbs. It Is not known Just how Mrs. I-ong had been net on Are. The conjecture Is that she had got out of bed. gone to the mantelpiece for something and, while standing there, her clothes be came Ignited from the grate. Mrs. Long was the widow of the late Colonel W. H. Long anil Is survived by two sons, W. H. Long and Judge H. !,. Long, both prominent citizens of Leesburg, Ga.. and her daughter. Mr*. Taylor, of Atlanta. Struck by Engine at Hope- dale and Dies at Hospital. : jt An unknown man was struck by Ut incoming Southern railway train at Hopedale. Just beyond the Chattahoo chee River, ,at noon Monday, and fa tally crushed. He was brought to At lanta nml sent to the Grady hospital, where he died In a short time. He has not been identified. GOMPERS TO SPEAK AGAINST LABOR'S FOES limits of the town, resulting In Bias Blalock being seriously Injured. He was arrested. Both rows are attrib uted to whisky. Washington. Oct. 15.—Samuel Com pere, president of the American Feder ation of Labor, has started on his sec ond campaign tour and may continue on the stump from now till election day. Tonight he speaks at Bridgeport, Conn., under the auspices of the Central La bor Union of that city. His speech has been extensively ad vertised and It is believed he will hat- a large audience. ’ The bulk of the tote In Bridgeport Is cast by organized la bor. . slM LEADS All the standard brands. "Red Seal,' “Carter." "Railroad.” at the GEORGIA PAINT GLASS CO., 40 I’EAUHTREE. / AND