The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, November 16, 1906, Image 15

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rJ ^r S <H U r^ ERED lL| M TO PREVENT AND CAST INTO LAKE\ mG 0ff ^ Autopsy of Grace Brown Shows No Water in Lungs. eyes of woman WERE GOUGED OUT Hi-kuner, N. T., Nov. 16.—That Oniic Brown was brutally murdered thv bank of 111b Moose lake by flxlttr K. Gillette and lier body Ihruwn In the lake la the contention of Ihe prosecution In the trial of young, Olllette. I'ntil today it had been thought that the prosecution would try to show that dlHette had- hired the young woman Hilo a boat and, when out of sight of guy „ nc on land, had thrown her over- * ,0 Hrld secret until today, the autopsy gteJed that Miss Brown's eyes had been gouged out, her skull fractured gH her body covered with bruises. The body showed that the girl had a bard struggle to fight off her inallant. The body apparently had heen dragged through underbrush. water was In the lungs. If the girl had been thrown overboard while litre her lungs would have been filled with water. HIS STAFF TO IfflVE OFFICIALS OF ROAOS PLAN IMPORTANT IE HER A Public Reception and 'Luncheon To Be Ten dered Them. tonight SOUVENIR NIGHT AT THE NEW KIMBALL PALM GAR DEN-CAFE. Elaborate preparations have been made for the entertainment of Govern or Cummins, of Iowa, his staff of 36, and four commissioners, who will ar rive In Atlanta early Saturday morning on a special train. The governor and his party spent Friday In Andersonvillc, dedicating a monument to those of their state who fell during the civil war and were burled there. At noon Saturday a public reception will be given the guest of honor at the Piedmont Hotel. At this reception all the native Iowans who live here and all the citizens who care to do so, will meet and greet the visiting governor. At 1:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon the directors of the chamber of com merce will entertain the party at luncheon, at the Piedmont, for which great preparations have bfcen made. < Governor Terrell and his staff have arranged for u reception at the gov ernor's mansion between 6 and 6 o'clock In the afternoon In honor of Governor Cummins and his party. It Is not known yet what time thb party will leave for Lookout Mountain, so a program for Saturday night haB not yet been arranged. Fulton Members to Intro duce Bill Protecting Consumers. CHARGES CONSPIRACY TO GET HIS PROPERTY gjMi-ijil iii The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn„ Nov. 16.—In bill Bird here Martin A. Ford, a well- known conductor on the Alabama Great Southern railroad, claims he was kid naped by his people and cast Into Ly nn's View Asylum at Knoxville, al though lie is not mentally affected. He charges that he ownjd many houses and lots here and had on deposit 33,600 and that the money was drawn out by his family and without his authority. His wife and son-in-law, Ford clulms. formed a conspiracy to get him out of the way and get control of his proper ty. A lunacy certificate was made by Dr. J.' IV. MttcQuIlkin, who, Ford charges, is a crank. A writ of habeas corpus Is prayed for. REFUSES $650,000 FOR LOT; KEEPS 11 FOR HER DOG New York, Nov. 16.—"I don’t believe Josephine J. Wendel, an elderly spin- With the view of correcting differ ences between consumers of water, electricity and gas and the city or cor poration furnishing such, it is the pur pose to have the three Pulton county members Introduce nn Important bill In the next general assembly. If thle bill Is passed It will prevent the erty or corporations from cutting off the supply of water, electricity or gas where there Is oomplalnt on the part of the consumer of' Inaccurate reading of the meters. The paftlea who have drafted this act believe It en- tlfely feasible, and that It will correct many grievances on ths part of ths citizens. The act Is as follows: Propoied Act. - Be It enacted by the general assem bly of Georgia that from and after tho passage of this act, It Is hereby enact ed, First. That all persons or corpora tions, whether municipal or private corporations which furnish water, gas or electricity to others the consump tion of or pay for which Is determined by meters, shall not have tho right to cut off the supply of such water, gas or electricity^ upon non-payment of amount charged for such consump tion; provided, the person or corpora tion against whom such consumption Is charged shall tender to said iierson or corporation, by whom said amount Is claimed, an affidavit properly sworn to before a notary public In and for the county where the property so served Is located that the amount of gas. water or electricity charged for lias not been consumed as set forth In the bill claimed therefor, and .shall give bond In double the amount charged for said gas, water or electricity to pay same upon any judgment rendered In a court of competent Jurisdiction for said sum so charged. Second. That upon filing suit to re cover said charges It shall be the duty of the,person or manager or officer In charge of the business of said corpora tion upon written request of defendant In said suit to furnish the name of the employee who Inspected the meter at the time said charge was made for consumption of said water, was or elec tricity, for which said charges made, together with his report on the read ing of said ineter for the month Imme diately preceding said charge, and failure to furnish said report shall be sufficient legal defense In any suit for the purpose of collecting said account for said charges. Terminal Charges To Dismissed by Many Officials. Be l sell that lot. It’s the only place Trtalc, my little dog, has In which to exercise. Ho likes the open air, and lie's sit used to that little garden patch, I think I will keep It for him.” This was the reply made by Miss •ter, when she refused an offer of |660, 000 for a vucant lot adjoining her home and fronting 60 feet on the west side of Fifth avenue between Thirty- ninth and Fortieth street, which she had Inherited from her father. FAMILY HURLED 10 DEATH BY A FAST TEXAS TRAIN FOR TWELVE HOURS Captain and Men Are Res cued From Wrecked. Schooner. A movement Is on foot to bring to Atlanta one of the most Important meetings of both freight and passenger traffic departments of nil the Southern and Southeastern railroads, and it 1r expected that between 160 and 300 of ficials will bo present. Tile meeting Is expected to take place at the Piedmont November 37, at which ttme two sessions will be held, followed by an elaborate luncheon. While tho details of tho meeting arc yet In an embryo state, and the meeting Itself uncertain, it Is quite likely thut It will take place. Tho object of the conference Is to discuss and decide upon some uniform manner by which terminal charges may be forwarded to the Interstate com merce commission. As It Is now, these charges are sent In to this organization In the most haphazard and unsatisfac tory manner, causing much trouble, both to the railroads and the officials of the commission. The coming conference Is to be ar ranged by Judge J. C. Haskell, manager of the Southeastern Car Service Asso ciation. Judge Haskell said Friday morning that he was not In a position yet to give out any definite Informa tion except that a strong effort would be made to get the railroad traffic of ficials of both passenger and freight departments together for a conference that would bring tho relief sought. ■■ The convention hall at the Piedmont has been engaged for November 37, and It Is- hoped that the meeting will take place nt that time. EXPECTS TO REACH NORTH POLE IN JULY Chicago Newspaper Man Is Building His Airship at Paris. to 'Fite Uvorglan. Ditliurt, Tex., Nov, 18,-Yeiterdajr after- J. W. Cknwr, wife nud 10-motitb»* "Id baby were crostiUK the tracks of Jbo 7***n« nnd Pacific railroad, at Wentber- Tex., they were struck by a swiftly moving passenger train, and nil three of them were instantly killed. The baby was thrown 60 feet In the air over a wire fence, while the parents were carried JW» yards ott the pilot of tho en gine. The family hud recently moved to Weatherford from Mia»lsslppl. TWO MEN KILLED Boston, Nov. 16.—Tho Point Alerton life-saving crew has taken off the cap- tuln and crew of the schooner Mary Lee Newton, which went ashore In tho fierce northeast storm yesterday. The crew had been In the rigging for twelve hours and suffered terribly from cold nnd hunger.- II BIO COLLISII IERN R0f ni ^ SITUATION Purls, Nov. 16.—Walter Wellman Is hard at work with preparations for his airship expedition to the north pole. Mr. Wellman has decided on a plan of reconstruction of his airship dsstgned by himself with the assistance of his engineers. The new airship will havo a total lifting force of more than 13,000 pounds and will carry. In addition to the crew of seven men and a fully-equipped steering' expedition. 6,000 pounds of petroleum for the motor of 80-horse power. Instead of letting the work by con tract, Mr. Wellman Is building his own work shop nnd Installing machinery. •T believe that xve have hit upon the right Idea—a motor-driven air ship,” he said today. “It Is my belief we shall reach the pole next July from the aeronautic base we have established at Spitsbergen. If our airship will carry uh to tho jwle or Its neighborhood-we can return by sledging.” Brtiee Baxter, the ten-year-old son of Kidney A. Baxter, of 66 North Bou levard, was struck' by an automobile I'rlduy afternoon at 2:16 o'clock and *" badly injured that he was sent to Uk Grady hospital In an ambulance. Tlie hoy was on his way home from [lie Boulevard school when he was hit " y u >'' motor car. Efforts to learn the ""ner of the car or the chauffeur were unsuccessful. h Is Mated nt the hospital that the • Injuries are not dangerous. RIGHTS OF PASSENGERS DEFINED BY COURT '» the duty of a railroad to afford protection to its passengers; to rinide equal accommodations for and colored, and to prevent the ■am raccs from occupying the same Because the conductor on a Georgia ,J„°ad naln failed to afford such pro- - lion to Jonas Hillman, colored, who H* a Passenger out of Atlanta, tho court h “* reversed the lower trtal n ov *rrollng a motion for a new * #t U P that he woo cursed „ i beaten by a white man named who was drunk and created n “■urbaneo on the train. Scruggs came ' mto the car set aside for the Hi?, ,' negroes, and assaulted Hillman. stated that the conductor made pf UeiJ ? 10 Protect him, though up- ,he c **c the Jury found ” defendant. Hillman moved for die 1 ,r a * !in d was overruled. Now 3»lon ,reme court reverses that de- j Special to Tho Georgian. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 10.—At 10:30 o’clock this morning there was a dis astrous wreck, due to a head-on col lision between a freight and a- work train on the Southern road, four miles from .Columbia. Two trainmen. Messrs. .Lloyd nnd Chesney, were killed. Several cars were smashed up and the track Is badly blocked, stopping traffic. BRIDGE TORN DOWN AND USED FOR FIRES BY NEGROES IN MACON Special to The Georgian. Macon, Oa., Nov. 16.—Cold weather and lack of wood for fuel caused ne groes last night to make a nervy raid. An entire bridge In Virgin’s Lane, crossing a branch and gully, > was torn down and removed and the’fact was not discovered until a hackman became stalled and reported the matter to the police. Thu place Is a dark one. The city will replace the bridge at once. Bo -\KD OF HEALTH .• TO HOLD MEETING jo il oWt l*’?!** nt health meets at 5 [5 11 be r ,: V 'May afternoon. This will be IO 13 Boon OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHJOOOOOOOOOG o o O NORTH GEORGIA “SOME" O O ON WEATHER CHANGES. O O -j O O No greater weather contrasts O O could be Imagined than that of O O Wednesday nnd Friday. Wednee- O O day It sleeted, Snowed, rained and O ■p was about ns nasty ns could be O O Imagined. Friday Is like rare old O O wine, clear, bracing with plenty O O of sunshine. But it won’t last. O O' Forecast: ' ® O ’’Partly cloudy nnd warmer Frl- O O day night. Saturday rafn and O O warmer: colder by Sunday. O O Temperatures Friday: O O 7 u. ** degrees O o 8 «. *9 degrees O O 9 a. in '■gular monthly meeting iue the jO l P- of special importance Is I O ‘ *'or*»e ud. .15 degrees O . ..">0 degrees O . .S3 degrees O ,.65 degrees O .. 56 degrees 0 ., T,S degrees O _ O oafinAnnoOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOO The speciul committee at the Atlanta Freight Bureau, appointed to look into the freight situation In Atlanta, met Friday morning at 9 o'clock. Tho meeting was not a public one, so nothing that transpired was given out. It Is understood that some linpor- tunt matters were touched upon, and that Interesting recommendations will bo made to the board of directors. The special committee is composed of the following: SHin I). Jones, chair man; Louts Oholstln. W. E. Newell, K. X. Hudson, H. H. - Wey and H. Whitaker. The board of directors of the rrelght bureau will meet next on December 11. DISHES PREPARED BY A FRENCH CHEF; ORj DISHES PREPARED BY; A SOUTHERN COOK, “AS j MOTHER USED TO FIX ;EM. m TAKE YOURj CHOICE AT THE NEW KIMBALL CAFE. SPE CIAL ATTENTION GIV EN AFTER THEATER PARTIES. TIPFKNlsHKijT WITHOUT BAIL FOR KILLING COFLKLD Kpi'finl to lt» Georgia ti. Rome, Oa„ XoY. lfi.—Robert Tippln, who shot nnd killed Charles Coffeld at a dunce near Llndnle a few days ago, was given a preliminary hearing before Justice ream yesterday afternoon. He was sent to Jail without bull on u charge of murder. Applirutkn for ball will be made before Judge Mooes Wright of the superior court upon n pica of manslaughter. IS EFFECTS OF KICK FROM HORSE special to The Georgian. Lumpkin, Ga„ Nov. 19,—John F. Ir vin, n prominent citizen and planter of this town, died yesterday morning at 7 o'clock. Mr. Irvin had been In feeble health for two or three years, yet ho was able to attend to his farm Ing Interest up to last Monday morn lug. At.that time ho was trying to catch Ills horse In a lot, and the horse kicked him on the forehead and face, Inflicting a serious Wound. He seemed to lie resting very well until this morn ing. when lie began sinking rapidly. Hfs (lentil is greatly mourned. He leaves a wife and four children. E DOES NOT CARE IE HE IS EXECUTED K|m'(‘Iii1 to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga„ Nov, 19,—Arthur Glov-1 er, who Is sentenced to bang on next) Monday for the murder of Maude Dean. I In the Sibley Mill on October 20, Is I resting very peacefully In his cell. He | Is sleeping about 12 hours each night, and say. that he does not care to seeI anyone, except Ills very close relatives.! No minister has been granted an tn-1 tervlew with him, and ha does not read the Bible. He was asked about Ills banging yes. terday and he said thut he i)|d not “give a d If they do hang” him. Petition for N.w Trial. There has twen a petition filed for a new trial and this petition will be ar gued before Judge Hummerd tomor row mumlng. If the petition is turned down then the attorneys for the con demned man will ask the governor for a respite, and the case will be curried to' the supreme court. , There has been nothing done toward erecting a gallows for the execution of Glover. It Is believed he will not be banged on Monday, for the governor will doubtless grant the respite, and the case will then be carried to the su preme court Correct Stales in Bags for Fall and Winter. No previous season has shown such a va riety ohstyles from which to select whatever size, shape, or color may suit one’s fancy— or pocket book—for the prices show as wide a range as the styles. The large bag, a later edition of the Automobile bag, it might be termed, is more in evidence than for sev eral seasons past.. However, the smaller style, even down to the pocket- book size, are quite popular, and good form. Where several hundred bags are displayed from which to select, as in our leather goods department, we can make special men tion of only a few- Your personal inspection is wanted. You can scarcely fail to find what will please. A very special value in a large Automobile Bag of fine pin head seal, with gilt or gun metal trimmings, is offered At 5.00. - . , 9 There is a “happy medium’’ in bags which many pre fer to large or small. 'Phis class embraces an endless va riety of styles, shapes and shades. The prices show as wide a range. 1.00 to 15.00 • \ Other styles ranging in price from 1.00 to 21.00 Small bags with strap handles on back or -top. are shown in all colors at prices from 1.00 to 10.00 The Smart Things in Parisian Belts. Wide, soft, elastic, heavily studded.with the finest cut steel nail heads nnd mounted with exquisitely fashioned buckles. These are our own importation, and that’s the talisman by which wo can price them at what you’d call “reasonable” us Compared with these smile articles in the New York stores, the only place where these’ same designs are to he seen. In black several styles are shown, ranging from 12.50 to 21.00. A very handsome golden brown girdle is mounted with-buckles exqui sitely fashioned iii the form of butterflies of cut stc:•! mul tiger eyes com bined. Price, 21.00. A very dainty pearl gray girdle for evening wear is very cluburgte in its ornamentation of cut steel heads and buckles. Price, 18.50. Chambsrlin-Johnson-DuBose