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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. D TI*KSDAT, OCTOBER 1*. 1006. AIRSHIP TAKES VOYAGE AMONG SKYSCRAPERS AND A WHOLE CITY RUBBERS Blacks Add $25 to Reward Offered by Governor of Virginia. Roanoke, Va, Oct. IS.—Posse* are ,tll! in the mountains, armed with ri de.., shotgun* and pistols, trying to capture John Hardy, the negro who killed Policeman Beard Friday morn ing- The negro Baptists today supple mented the reward offered by the city by *25 in cash. The governor will no doubt double the reward offered by the municipality. The negro was chased through Bent mountain today, and on reaching the top, stopped at a cabin of a mountain eer where, under threat*, he secured, something to eat. It Is confidently ex pected that he will be captured today, ; s he is reported to be seriously wounded. BIG CROWD RUNTS Charles K. Hamilton made a remark able flight In his airship late Monday afternoon. Shortly after 5 o'clock the aerial navigator went up at the fair grounds with his ship, and after circling the race track In splendid style, made a straight shoot for the heart of the city. Out Peachtree the cigar-shaped bird of the air sailed over a hundred feet above the pavement, while residents of this fashionable thoroughfare hur ried to the pavement to watch the graceful flight. Down into the heart of the city came Hamilton, while office and business house windows were filled with people rubbering. Down Peachtree past the big hotels and office buildings the flight continued, then, describing a circle, tlie ship sailed back to the fair grounds, where the landing was made with the greatest ease. Mr. Hamilton had'made the trip of something over seven miles In thirty- one minutes. He stated that the air ship worked perfectly, and yielded to the slightest touch. BANKERS MAY ASK FOR RIGID PROBING VETERAN CADETS OF G. M. I. TO YELL “BILLY-WA-HOO” • AFTER FORTY LONG YEARS Reunion of the “Old Boys” at State Fair Thursday. J'ictim of Attack Is in Criti cal,Condition at Her Home. . Logsnspprt, Ind., Oct. 16.—‘Mrs. James Odell,, who lives near Burksville, was assaulted last night by a white man, who escaped.. Her'condition critical. '. Three hundred men ; are pursuing and threatening a lynching. The man appealed to Mrs. Odell for food. When she admitted himl'he beat;he^Into" In sensibility. She was "alone except for a three-year-old child. WALTER BALLARD OP TICAL CO. Less than one year ago placed on the market the new Ballard Bifocal, giving reading and walking vision in one frame and looking like one glass. They have proven the moet successful of all the advertised Invisible bifocals. Ground In a deep toric curve, giving a large visual field for reading as well as walking. They are the most perfect beautiful glass sold. Consult us about Mtottls. We have them all. Sales room. 61 Peachtree. Atlanta. Oa. PETERS IS TIREO OF CRITICISM BY BOTH ell Monday afternoon Alderman . Pe ters wanted--the-- special' committee which ha* been passing- on liquor li censes discontinued, asking that this business bo turned back over to the police committee. He said he was ''tired of being criticised by-the preach ers, the prohibitionist* and the liquor men," and wanted to'throw'up the Job. But the council thought that criticism from such varied sources was rather a compliment to the efficiency of the committee and refused to concur In the retiuest of the chairman. The committee reported favorably on these three applications for license: IV. L. Brldwell, wholesale, at 29 Ma rietta street: Ike Wheeler, retail ne gro license, at 106 Dectaur street; P. Abelman. retail negro license, at 84 Decatur street. The applications of M. & H. Klein, of .4 Decatur street, and W. 8. Mc- Clarty, of 28 West Hunter street, for licenses were referred to the commit tee, and the following, applications were read and action postponed until the next meeting: *'■ D. Cheatham, 47 Decatur street remli; P. Cohen. 66 Decatur, retail; Manuel Miller, of 160 Decatur, retail; Iharlea W. Moseley, 10 Ivy street, re- 'all; Jake Guraln, 4S Decatur, retail; n H. Archer, 202 Marietta, retail; J. R. Moore, us Peters, retail; Mose & Har. ™ 'Ta'n. 74 Decatur, retail; M. Shur- man. 189 Decatur, retail; C. A. Up. church. 4 Central avenue, wholesale; J. Blnkovlts, 97 Decatur, wholesale; Reld- uoriion Company, 11 Edgewood avenue, wholesale; w. S. McCarty, 28 West Hunter, retail. The manufactures, statistics, freight mtrs and transportation committee, to whom the work was committed because Ihe committee was not busy with Its JIfular work, reported favorably on Veterans of the old Georgia Military Institute will gather In Atlanta next Thursday. A big reunion of the old students of the Institute, who answered the call to arms during the civil war, has been scheduled for Thursday in connection with the fair, and the ''boys’’ of the olden days will pour In from all direc tions. No company of soldiers distinguished themselves more, fought harder or more courageously than., the students of the Georgia Military Institute. The cadets went Into the war In May, 1864. It was In 1898 at the general reunion of the United Confederate Veterans that the erstwhile cadets organised Into an association. Dr. J- Scott Todd Is the president of the body and" he will be present at the call of the roll Thursday. Judge Rob ert L. - Rodgers, secretary and histor ian, has recently published a full ros ter of tlie cadets, with brief sketches of their services in the army. The cadets of. the G. M. I., who took part In the memorable struggle of the sixties, are scattered 'far and wide. Many are In Atlanta, more are In dif ferent other cities of the state, and a large number live In neighboring states. Some or all of these are sure to be on hand at the big reunion. The old veto, whose "Bllly-wa-hoo- hoo” used to make the nights of sleepy ones on the battlefield hideous, are go ing to give one more "Bllly-wa-hoo- hoo’’ before they answer the-call "up yonder.” WOMAN ENDS LIFE OF Question Is To Be Sprung at Big St. Louis Con- , . vention. St. Louis, Mo., f)ct. 16.—The annual convention of the American Bankers' Association will open at the Olympic Theater Thursday. Four thousand visitors from every state In the union are expected. Clark Williams, president of the Co lonial Trust Company of New York, will spring a surprise when he makes his speech Wednesday. He will touch on the subject of trust companies, and how they should be conducted. Bankers who have discussed the topic with Mr. Williams believe his move probably will result In the asso ciation going on record for a more rigid examination of these Institutions. CHILDREN SEE DEED FOLTON COUNTY RANKS HIGH IN Wife, Pursued by Angry Spouse, Shoots Him Dead. Chicago, Oct. 16.—In the presence of her daughter and a party of children, Mr*. Sarah Alcopa shot and killed her husband, John-L. Alcopa, shortly-after midnight last night at their home on Walsh street. The shots were fired to save, her own life. Alcopa was chasing her around house with a butcher knife, and she Into her bod room, todk a revolver from the dresser and .fired, two shots, one etriking the man In the left temple and the other In the lung. ,He died In stantly. Alcopa was a clgarmaker, 39 years old. THIS BUND TIGER CLUB' * MENACE TO NAVY MEN. Norfolk, Vs.. Oct. 16.—Judge Hanckle, presiding In' the corporation court, yesterday • revoked the charter of the Commercial Clkb of Berkeley ward. Captain 'Dillingham, of "the training ship Franklin, stationed here, alleged that the club Is nothing more than a blind tiger, and Is a menace to the 2,600 men at the naval training station. DENEEN WANTS $3,000,000 fROM ILLINOIS RAILROAD Chicago, Oct. 16.—Governor Denecn will present to the directors of the Illinois railroad today the claim of the state for unpaid compensation running back for varying periods from 6 to 10 years and amounting to a total of ap proximately *3,000,000. He will today meet Frank D. Whlpp, the state accountant In-charge of the Investigation, and former Assistant At torney General Boyse, who has been In charge of the legal end of the mat ter. The report on the -Investigation Is completed,, It Is said, and the gov ernor will be given the facts as devel oped by It. CATTLE Jersey Cattle Club Gives Praise to Home Speci mens at State Fair. Fulton. county ranked high at the American. Jersey Cattle, Club's compe tition exhibit of Southern states thor- oughbred dairy-cows at the state fair grounds on Monday. Tlie faniode and critical Internation al dairy expert, judge W. R. Spann, gave high praise, special mention, and fifth standing to Fulton county's thor oughbred Jersey cow, Francis Cleve land, exhibited by A. W. Piper, Mor gan Falls, Fulton county. This award Is especially notable In view-of the fact that the Jersey ex hibit covered all the Southern states south of the cattle quarantine line. Four cows from Albany, Ga„ and from Pendleton, S. C„ were the only ones outranking Fulton county. The mother of this prize Fulton coun ty cow was owned by W. D. Grant, of Atlanta. The sire was a famous dairy bull, owned by Belmont Farms, Smyrna, Cobb county, a son of the great bull, Rockood Beau, Imported b; Wlllla* Rocekofoller, Tarrytown, N Y., direct from the Jersey Isles. Fulton county'dalrymen are alive to the value of culling out the less profitable com mon cows and are rapidly building up to thoroughbred stock. BRYAN IS GIVEN A ROAST 1 FOR NOT A CCEPTING DINNER . Pittsfield, 111.. Oct. 16.—The Bryan meeting'In Pittsfield yesterday result ed In much bitter feeling between lead ers of- the Pike county Democrats on account of an alleged affront by Con- S rcseman Rainey and Mr. Bryan to tayor Jefferson Orr, at whose home they were to be entertained. Mayor Orr Is an ex-circult Judge and a promi nent supporter of Bryan In both his former campaigns and had been a Democratic contributor. The following letter Is set forth explanatory: "To W. J. Bryan—Dear Sir: Hitherto I have esteemed you as an honorable man, but In view of the fact that your representative. Hon. H. T. Rainey, had elicited entertainment for you, that you accepted tfie same, and you. were Informed of the fact-that this enter tainment had been prepared by a lady, and without any,reason yod capricious ly said, T will not accept the prepared entertainment.’ Why you should wil fully Insult the lady who prepared your entertainment In a such ,a manner Is Incomprehensible. I assure you in ad vance that no apology need he offered, nor would such be accepted. The of fense la unpardonable among gentle men and ladles. “ Yours truly. ••JEFFERSON ORR." - Mr. Bryan's address was heard by an audience of about 3,000 persons from all parts of the county. The crowd was much smaller than was expected. INVESTIGATED BY COUNCIL OF CITY GIVEN TEN YEARS FOR ATTACKING GIRL Upper Marlborough, Md„ Oct. 18.— John Joseph Chase, a negro, was yes terday found guilty of attempting to assault Miss Elisabeth Nybcnger. a' Columbia Park, this county, on. Sep tember 17 last. He was sentenced to the Maryland penitentiary for ten years. He was also given eighteen months for stealing a watch. 25,000 Club in Brunswick. Special to The Georgian. Brunswick. Ga, Oct. 16—A move ment Inaugurated by an enterprising Brunswick man to form a "Brunswick 26,000 Club" Is meeting with great en- „„ couragement. The one Idea Is to have hlrty-seven applications for restaurant 25,000 residents here and to secure *0|1 eating-house licenses and unfavor- I these a fund Is being made to secure a *>»y on four applications, • ~.<»*«*«a outside advertisement. CATARRH CURED PERMANENTLY! THE RIGHT remedy oaad IrJ A the right way will eura .Catarrh! aa easily aa any other diarn so la cured | Herring’s Catarrh Cur i to the riffht remedy UbU*. harm-I 1ms-contains no alcohol or opii taken Internally-this la the RIGHT way. It ha* cored thousands-It will core jrpu. $LQ0 per bottle. For «alt| by all first-clam dru* stores. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY HERRING MEDICINE COMPANY | Box 305, Atlanta, Ca. HEARST MADE TIME ON A SPECIAL TRAIN Cortland. N. Y„ Oct. 16.—William. It. Hearst capped the most Interesting and strenuous day of his up state campaign with a speech last night In the Cortland opera house. A freight smash-up at Atlanta de layed his departure for this city, but he ordered a locomotive and train to come from Binghamton. This train left Bath and tore east at a record-smash ing clip. Part of the time during the Journey the Hearst special.ripped along at the rate of 76 miles an hour. On the way from Binghamton the train stopped twice to give Mr. Hearst chance to make “car-tall speeches.’ He talked to a crowd at Whitneys Point and another at Crows Hill. DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE NAMED IN BEN HILL. Special to The Georgian. Fltsgerald, Ga.. Oct. 16.—The mem bers of the old committee, from Irwin and Wilcox counties, whose districts are now In the Ben IIIII county, met Saturday and elected a now Democratic county committee for Ben Hill county, which consists of the following gentle men: ,F. J. Clark, D. B. Jay, D. W. M. Whitley, W. T. Paulk and J. O Knapp, of Fitzgerald, and J. G. Men- show, G. A. Roberts, J. E. Whittle, David Ewlfid. M. Dixon and W. R. Watkins, from the other districts. Af ter electing F. J. Clark chairman, and J. G. Knapp, secretary, the date of the first white Democratic primary for Ben Hill county was fixed for November 6, 1906. Vetsrans Get Honor Crossos. Fredericksburg, V»„ Oct., 16.—Bronze create* of honor were presented to six teen Confederate veterans at Bowling Green, Caroline county, by the Bowling Green chapter. United Daughters of the Confederacy. The city fathers took official notice of the Inefficiency of the street car ser vice of Atlanta at the meeting of the general council Monday afternoon, reeolutlon Introduced by Councilman Martin calling attention to the greatly overcrowded -condition of the' cars and tho Inconvenience caused thereby and providing for an Investigation by the committee on electric railway*, wa* unanimously adopted. . The apportionment‘sheet as prepared by the finance committee was adbpted unanimously without comment. It cuts down the Increase In the police force from 40 to 20 men and economizes In other departments. Permission was granted to Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Ridge to have disinterred the body of their daughter, who died In infancy 20 years ago, and who Is now burled In Oakland cemetery, In order that she might be burled beside her grandmother, who died a short time ago. Councilman Roberts’ resolution re quiring all social clubs to refrain from barring their doors to keep out officers was adopted. This was Introduced with a view to preventing operators of dives from balking the officers In making raids. Provision was made by the council tor the payment of *2 per month extra for car fare to the eupernumerary teachers In the public schools. The city went Into the rate regu lating business when the council adopt ed Councilman Curtis' amendment to the franchise for the Atlanta, Griffin and Macon electric railway, reserving for the city the right to fix freight rates within the city limits. Franchise le Granted. The franchise was granted to the Georgia Securities Company on this condition and provided the city la paid 2 per cent of the gross earnings of the company and has the authority to change or remove any of the tracks In the city at will. The lines will run on the following streets: Hill. Atlanta ave nue, Martin, Little, Fraser, Butler, Oil- mer. Ivy and Exchange place. An ordinance was Introduced by the police committee repealing the ordi nance requiring that all employees of detective agencies first be approved by commission and the chief of police. Th. i was referred to the ordinance committee. Another ordinance from the police committee, which took the same course, lowers the general average required of applicants for positions on the police force. This was recommended accord ing to Chairman Ohlknow, of the com mittee, because the present atandard of 70 pet; cent was considered by the po lice commission and by the committee as being too severe. He said that out We are Atlanta Agents for Ful ton's Compounds, Call or write for Pamphlet. Hare's Why Fulton's Com pounds are the only cure the world has ever known for Bright's Disease and Diabetes. It's to Your Interest to Trade at This Drug Store. 1st. Because we’ve.got the goods. 2d. There are.no prices lower'than ours. 3d. We deliver goods promptly. No long waitsi Sea sonable remedies. 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An elegant preparation for coughs, cold's, etc.,.$1.00size, for ,. 71c cialper ounce, Allan’s Gin and Buchu, $1 size. ; .« Witch Hazel, quarts. —- T 20 Mule Team Borax, pound. Fairy Soap, 7 cakes for FRANK EDMONDSON & BRO. 14 m S. Broad St. 188888888888 DRUGGISTS ATLANTA* GA. ENGINES COLLIDE ■ IN FIDE DISPLAY. « Special Programme at “Last Daysof Pomprii” at Fair. • Engines of firs In a head-on collision wifi be the spectacular feature tonight at Paine' "Last .Day* of Pompeii.” To night will be railroad night and em blems complimentary to the railroad men of Atlanta will be displayed 4n addition to the wreck scene. The erup IIon of Vesuvius and the fall of Pom- pell will be produced as usual. Wednesday will be "Cotton Night" at Pompeii, when a fire portrait of Hon. Harvle Jordan will be displayed with embfems of King Cotton. The wreck scene to be.given tonight Is one of the best pyrotechnic special ties ever presented by Pain. The en gines start at opposite sides of the amphitheater and run together at a high rate of speed. The wheels are turned on the principal of the pin wheel, while every part of the locomo tive Is outlined In colored fire. of 67 -applicants for positions on the force only four had passed the present requirements and only sixteen of the twenty required would pass If the or dinance went through. MRS. E. W. BUTLER DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS 8pedal to The Georgian. Madison, Oa., Oct. 16.—-Mrs. E. W. Butler, wife of Hon. E. tV. Butler, died here after a lingering Illness. Mrs. Butler was the third daughter of the late Senator Joshua Hill, who was a prominent man, serving one term In the United States senate before the war and one immediately after. Mrs. Butler leaves a host of sorrow ing friends. Beside* leaving a hus band and one daughter, Mils Virginia Butler, ehe leave* three .liters, Mrs. Hayes, of Washington. D. C.| Mrs. Belle Nash and Mrs. Richard Turnbull, of Madison. Ga, and one niece, Mrs. W. a. Obear, of Atlanta. Early Sunday morning, when her condition had changed for the woret, the Georgia train was held In Atl( for Dr. Todd, but she sank so fast when the train arrived she was beyond air hope of recovery. The funeral took place at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, VOODOO POWER HOUSE CONTRACT TO BE LET. 8peels I to Tlie Georgian. Brunswick. Ga, Oct. 16.—Contracts are to be let In a few days at Quincy, Mass, the headquarters of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, for the erection of an electric power house at Southend, the property of the A, B. and A. railroad. In this city. The build ing* are to coet about *100,000. The plant will be one of the moet modem In the South and will furnish light and also the power used In load ing and unloading vessels. • U. S. NAVAL TUG IS NOT ADMITTED St. Johns, N. F, Oct. 16.—The Amer ican naval tug Potomac, with W. A. Alexander, chief of division of statis tics and methods of the bureau fisheries for tho department of com merce and labor, who is studying the fisheries dispute on board, has been re fused free entrance for stores by the colonial minister. WANTS BUOYS USED TO MARK BOUNDARY Special to The Georgian. Jackson, Miss, Oct 16.—The Missis sippi attorneys who fought out the boundry dispute case are now admir ing'the cast Iron nerve of the attorneys for Louisiana. These gentlemen have asked Mississippi to spend about *3,000 In marking the channel with buoys. The Mississippi attornsys have re plied that the legislature refused even to make an appropriation for paying the expenses of the litigation, and that lt*was not at all probable that It would pay for marking the channel. The state of Mississippi lost the decision, but the supreme court of the United States, It Is claimed, did not say In so many word* that the deep water chan nel shall be the water boundary be tween the two states, end It la not likely that Mississippi will spend *3,000 for markers. 20 PERSONS KILLED IN RUSSIAN WRECK Bodies of Dead Are Crema ted by a Fire in the Debris. St. Petersburg, Oct. 16.—At least 30 persons were killed and at least that many Injured according to reporta from Oka, as the result of a head-ou colli sion on the railway there. Teu bodies - already have been removed from the debris. It Is believed that nearly all the pas-' sengers on the passenger train, the other being a freight, were burned un der the wreckage. Moat of the bodies . taken out are charred beyond hope of Identification. Australian Ballot Adopted. " Special to The Georgian. Brunswick, Ga., OcL 16.—For the first time In Brunswick the white prl- lhary to be held here In November will be under the Australian ballot system for the nomination of mayor and alder- , men for tho city. As to Children’s Shoes, The problem of many a mother is to find good Shoes for the children. We can help you with the problem, mothers. We have made special provision in our stock for this very thing. School Shoes and “Sunday” Shoes—the kind that have lots of sturdy wear hi them—these we have in full a'nd complete lines. We take special pains to fit properly. And stockings, too—every kind that’s worth 'having. __ • - Both Telephones ■ ■ 25 Whitehall Street.