The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, October 16, 1906, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextIS AIRSHIP TAKES VOYAGE AMONG SKYSCRAPERS AND A WHOLE CITY RUBBERS Blacks Add $25 to Reward Offered by Governor of Virginia. Roanoke, Va., Oct. 16.—Posses are f tin in the mountains, armed with ri fles. shotguns and pistole, trying to capiure John Hardy, the negro who killed Policeman Beard Friday morn ing The negro Baptists today supple mented the reward offered by the city by 125 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 ton. stopped at a cabin of a mountain eer where, under threats, he secured something to eat. It Is confidently ex pected that he will be captured today, as he is reported to be seriously wounded. BIG CROWD RUNTS WRITE Ml WRO 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 wlfh people rubbering Down Peachtree past the big hotels and office buildings the flight continued, then, describing a circle, the 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. VETERAN CADETS OF G. M. I. TO YELL “BILLY-WA-HOO” AFTER FORTY LONG YEARS Reunion of the “Old Boys” at State Fair Thursday. yictirn of Attack Is in Criti cal Condition at Her Home, Logansport,. Ind., Oct. 16.—Mrs James Odell,who-lives near Burksvllle, was assaulted last night by a White man. who escaped. Her condition'is critical. 'i Three hundred men are pursuing and threatening a lynching: Tho man appealed to l}lrs. Odell for food, Wllen she admitted him he beat her 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 most successful of all •he advertised Invisible bifocals. Ground in a deep toric curve, giving a large visual Held for reading as well as walking. They are the most perfect and beautiful glass sold. Consult us about bifocals. We have them all. Saicc- ' room.:-61 Peachtree. Atlanta, da. PETERS IS TIHED 1 OF CRITICISM BY BOTH ell Monday afternoon Alderml tern wanted ; the • special ■ committee which has been-passtng on liquor li censes discontinued, asking that this business be turned back over to'the police committee. Ho said he whs “tired of being criticised by. the preach ers, the prohibitionists 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 request of the chairman. The committee reported favorably on these three applications for license: W. L. Brldwell, wholesale, at 28 Ma rietta street: Ike Wheeler, retail ne gro license, at 105 Dectaur street; P. Abelman, retail negro license, at 64 Decatur street. The applications of M. & H. Klein, of ,4 Decatur street, and W. S. Mc- Dinrty, of 28 West Hunter street, for licenses wers referred to the commit tee. and the following applications Were read and action postponed until the next meeting: D. Cheatham, 47 Decatur street retail; P. Cohen, 66 Decatur, retail: Manuel Miller, of 160 Decatur, retail; Charles W. Moseley, 10 Ivy street, re tail: Jake Qursln, 4S Decatur, retail: IV B. Archer, 202 Marietta, retail; J. R, Moore. 155 Peters, retail; Mose A Har. rls Clein, 74 Decatur, retail; M. Shur- man, 188 Decatur, retail; C. A. Up church. 4 Central avenue, wholesale; J. nlnkovlts, 87 Decatur, wholesale; Reid- Gordon Company, 11 Edgewood avenue, wholesale; W. S. McCarty, 28 West Veterans of the old Georgia Military Institute will gather In Atlanta pext 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 tho “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 organized Into an association. Dr. J. Scott Todd Is the president of the body and he' w|ll 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 the cadets, with brief sketches ■pt 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 Urge number live In neighboring stated Some or all of these are sure to be on hand at the big reunion. The old vets, whose "Bllly-wa-hoo- hoo" used to make the nights of sleepy ones on tho battlefield hideous, are go ing to give one more "Bltly-wa-hoo- hoo” before they answer the call “up yonder.” WOMAN ENDS LIFE OF CHILDREN SEE DEED FULTON 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, Mrs. Sarah Alcopa shot and ktlled her husband, John L. Alcopa, shortly after midnight. Iasi Walsh -street, save her own life. Alcopa was chasing her around the house with a butcher knife, and. she ran Into her bed room, took’a revdlver from the dresser and fired two. shots,, one striking the man in the-left temple and the other In the lung. He.died.Im stantly. , ' • .. Alcopa was a 'clgarmaker, 39 years old. , ■; ■ THIS BLIND TIGER CLUB MENACE TO NAVY MEN. Norfolk, Va., Oct. 16.—Judge Hanckle, presiding In' the corporation court, yesterday • revoked the - charter of the Commercial Club 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 2,500 men at the naval training station. DENEEN WANTS $3,000,000 FROM ILLINOIS RAILROAD Chicago, Oct. 16.—Governor Deneen will present to the directors bf 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 33,000,000. He will today meet Frank D. Whlpp, the state accountant In charge of the Investigation, and former AsalstantAt- torney General Boyne, who has been In charge of tho legal end of the mat ter. The report on the Investigation 1s completed. It is said, and the gov ernor will be given the facts.as devcl oped by It. BANKERS MAY ASK FOB RIGID PROBING OFTRUSrCONCERNS Question Is To Be Sprung at Big St. Louis Con vention. Si. Louis, Mo„ Oct. 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, presldent-.of ’the Co lonial Trust Company of New York, will spring a surprise when ho makes hls speech Wednesday. He will touch on the subject of trust companies, and how they should be conducted. Bankers who have discussed the topic with Sir. Williams believe hls move probably will result In the asso ciation going on record for a more rigid examination of these Institutions. We are Atlanta Agents for Ful ton’s Compounds. Call or write for Pamphlet. Hera'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 v \ Drug Store. • • *> ' ’ Jir i 1st. Because we’ve got the goods. 2d. There are no prices lower than ours. 3d. We deliver goods promptly. No long waits. Sea sonable remedies. Dr. Edmondson’s laxative Grippe Capsules will cure your cold in one day. They contain no opiates and the first dose relieves that feverish condition which usually accompanies a cold. Price, per box 4: . mm mm 15c Jersey Cattle Club Gives Praise to Home Speci mens at State Pair. 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 Monddy; • Tho famous ahd' critical internation al dairy expert. Judge W. R. ISpann, 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 c.ounty. This award Is especially notable In view of the fact that the Jersey ex hibit covered all 1 the Southern states south of the cattle quarantine line. Four cows from Albany, Ga„ and from Pendleton, 8. C., were the only ones utranklng 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 by William Rocekefeller, Tarrytown, N. Y„ direct from the Jersey Isles. Fulton county dairymen are alive to the value of culling out the less profitable com mon cows and are rapidly building up to thoroughbred stock. Our own White Pine Cough Syrup, the Best remedy for the speedy and pos itive cure for Coughs, Colds, Croup, Hoarseness and all affections of the throat and lungs; no opiates; no bad taste. Price, per large bottle ,... .. •l (•«: u «i m:«i • *«f Mia) MM MM MM M2«i MW 25c Seasonable Remedies Special Prices on Sta ple Articles. King’s Discovery 40c One Minute Cough Cure 20c Sweet Gum and Mullein .18c Cheney’s Expectorant 19c 2-<juart Rapid Flow Fountain Syr inge, three hard rubber tubes, best quality, special $1.00 value for, * 69c Dr. Bell’s Pine Tar Honey . 20c French Jap Narcissus Extract, OAa 1 rr- 7 Bull’s Cough Syrup 20c Wapipole’s Cod Liver Oil 80c Allan’s Tastless Cordial L of Cod Liver Oil. An elegant preparation for cougbs, colds, etc., $1.00 size, for regular price per ounce 75c, spe cial per ounce, .»•*•*. * « .'.a—•a. .mb 35c Allan’s Gin and Buchu, $1 size. <.: 65c Witch Hazel, quarts. . .v».w.,m«« 25c 20 Mule Team Borax, pound. 9c ...Jlc i Fairy Soap, 7 cakes for MtMUMMM.HHMlMtlllHMiiilMMMitfiliMlHMIOHHfMH FRANK EDMONDSON & BRO. 14 S. Broad St. DRUGGISTS ATLANTA, GA. BRYAN IS GIVEN A ROAST FORNOTA 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 Democrat* on account of nn alleged affront by Con gressman Rainey and Mr. Bryan to Mayor 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 hi* former campaign* and had been a Democratic contributor. The following tter 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 solicited entertainment for you, that talnment had been prepared by a lady, and without any reason you capricious ly said, ‘I 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 be offered, nor would such be accepted^ The of fense Is unpardonable among gentle men and ladies. u "JEFF address audience of about 3,000 persons all parts of the county. The crowd was much smaller than was expected. NYESTIGATED BY COUNCIL OF CITY Hunter, retail. The manufactures, statistics, freight rate., and transportation committee, to ,. nom the work was committed because committee was not busy with Its regular work, reported favorably on iwrty-,even applications for restaurant eating house licenses and unfavor ably on four applications. GIVEN TEN YEARS FOR ATTACKING GIRL Upper Marlborough. Md„ Oct. 16.— John Joseph Chase, a negro, was yes terday found guilty of attempting to assault Miss Elizabeth Nybcnger, at 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, Oa, Oct. 16—A move ment Inaugurated by an enterprising Brunswick man to form a "Brunswick 25,000 Club" Is meeting with great en couragement. The one Idea Is to>havo 25 000 residents here and to secure theso a fund Is being made to secure outside advertisement. CATARRH CURED PERMANENTLY! * the rljrht w»r will cure CeUirhl u easily u any other disea se Is cured | Herring's Catarrh Cur < la the ri*ht remedytable, har* lecs-containi no alcohol o r opiates. The directions require it to le spp He to the noeeand throat membranes en . taken (nt.rn.Jly-thi, U the RIGHT W. Itha, cored Ibourend. - It core roo. 81.00 nor bottle. For by oil flret-clacs drag Mores. MANUFACTURED ONLY SY HERRING MEDICINE COMPANY | Box 305, Atlanta. Ga. HEARST MADE TIME ON A SPECIAL TRAIN Cortland, N. Y.. Oct. 16.—William R. Hearst capped the most Interesting and strenuous day of hls up state campaign with a speech last night In the Cortland opera house. A freight smash-up at Atlanta de layed hls 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 75 miles an hour. On the way from Binghamton the train stopped twice to give Mr. Hearst a chance to make “car-talt speeches.’ He talked to a crowd at Whitneys Point and another at Crows Hill. DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE NAMED IN BEN HILL. Special to The Georgian. Fitzgerald, Ga., Oct. 16.—The mem bers' of the old committee, from Irwin and Wilcox counties, whose districts are now In the Ben Hill county, met Sntiirday and elected a new 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- shaw. O. A. Roberts, J. E. Whittle, David Kwlnd. 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 8, 1906. ■ Veterans Get Honor Croszss. Fredericksburg. Va.. Oct. 16.—Bronze crossez of honor were presented to six teen Confederate veterans at Bowling Green. Caroline county, by the Bowling Green chapter, JJnlted 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 resolution' Introduced by Councilman Martin calling attention to the greatly overcrowded condition of the cars and the Inconvenience caused thereby and providing for an Investigation by the committee on electric railways,, was unanimously adopted. The apportionment sheet as prepared by the finance committed was adopted unanimously without comment. It cuts down the Increase In the police force from 40 to 20 men and economises 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 now burled in Oakland cemetery, In order that sjie 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 for the payment of 12 per month extra for bar fare to the supernumerary teachers In the public schools. The city went Into the rate regu lating business when the council adopt ed Councilman Currie* 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. Franch'ist Is Grantsd. The franchise was granted to the Georgia Securities Company on this condition and provided the city Is 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, Gil 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 the police cnmmlseion and the chief or police. This 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 Oldknow, of the com mittee, because the present standard of 70 per cent was considered by the po lice commission and by the committee os being too severe. He said that out of 57 applicants for position* 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. ENGINES COLLIDE IN FI DISPLAY Special Programmcat “Last Days of Pompeii 1 ’ at Fair. Engines of fire In a head-on collision will be the spectacular teaf.are tonight at Pains’ "Last Day* of Pompeii.’.’ To night will be railroad night and em blems complimentary to the railroad men of Atlanta, will be displayed In addition to the wreck scene. The erup. tton of Vesuvius and the fall of Ppm' 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 emblems 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 rata of speed. The wheels are turned on the principal of the pin wheel, while every part of the locomo' tlve la outlined In colored fire. MRS. E. W. BUTLER DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Special to The Georgian. Madison, Oa., Oct. 16.—Mrs. E. W. .Butler, wife of Hon. E. W. 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. Besides leaving a hus band and one daughter. Miss Virginia Butler, she leaves three sisters, Mrs. Hayes, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Belle Nash and Sirs. Richard Turnbull, of Madison. Oa., and one niece, Mrs. W. O. Obear, of Atlanta. Early Sunday morning, when her condition had changed for the worst, the Georgia train was held In Atlanta for Dr. Todd, but she sank so fast and when the train arrived she was beyond all hope of recovery. The funeral took place at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. $100,000 POWER HOUSE CONTRACT TO BE LET, Special to The Georgian. Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 16.—Contracts are to be let In a few days at Quincy, Maas., the headquarters of the For* 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 ings are to cost about $100,000. The 'plant will be one of the most modern 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. 18.—The Amer ican naval tug Potomac, with W. Alexander, chief of division of statis tics and methods of the s bureau of fisheries for the department of com merce and labor, who Is studying tha fisheries, dispute on board,'has been re. fused free entrance for stores by the colonial minister. WANTS BUOYS USED JO MARR. BOUNDARY Special to The Georgian. Jockhon, Miss., Oct. 14.—The MtsslS' slppl attorneys who fought out the boundry dispute case are now admlr lug tho cast Iron nerve of the attorney* 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 it was not at all prohabie-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 words that the deep water chan nel shall be the water boundary be tween the two elates, and it Is 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 , lu ,, . Debris. SL Petersburg, Oct, 16.—At least 30 , persons were killed and at Hast that many Injured according to reports from Oka, as the result of a head-on colli- I alon on the railway there. Ten bodies I already have been removed from the debris. It Is believed that nearly all tha pas- i sengers on the passenger train, thai other being a freight, were burned un der the wreckage. Moat of the bodlte taken out are charred beyond hope of Identification. Australian Ballot Adopted. - J Special to The Georgian. Brunswick, Ga, Oct. 16.—For the first time In Brunswick the white pri mary to be held here In November will bn under tho Australian ballot system for the nomination of mayor and alder- - men for the city. As to Children 9 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 fbr this very thing. School Shoes and “Sunday” Shoes—the kind that have lots of sturdy wear in them—these we have in full and complete lines. We take special pains to fit properly. And stockings, too—every kind that’s worth having. - Both Telephones 1 25 Whitehall Street.