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Night Edition The Atlanta Georgian, to* “ iiion VOL. 1. NO. 180. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1906. T)OTPT?. O# Tr»!n« FIT! CENT*. irxtJLUEj: in Atlanta TWO CENT* INDIANS LOSE TO VANDERBILT BOYS Commodores Make Desperate Fight Against Braves By PERCY H. WHITING. VANDERBILT 4, INDIANS 0. Dudley Field, Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 22 —The Vanderbilt and Carlisle teams lined up at 2:45 this afternoon on Dud* ley Field before an enormous crowd. The weather was fair and the field slifhtly heavy. During the morning rumors went the rounds that Costen had a bad knee' and would not be In the line-up, but these proved to be er roneous. The Cpmmodores* quarter, however. Is not In the best condition. Conch Yost, of Michigan, was among the Mpectators. Tho Indians were first on the field and they were followed by Vanderbilt. The tcamse lined up at 2:55. The In dians kicked north. The line-up: Vanderbilt—Stone, center; Chorn, right guard; McLain, left guard: Noel, right tackle; Prichard, left tackle; B. Blake, right end; V. Blake, left end; c.wten, quarter; Craig, right half Blake, left half: Manler, fullback. Carlisle—Hunt, center; Lurguc, right guard; Dillon, left guard; Lubo, right guard; Hauser, left guard; Kxendlne, right end; Gardner, left end; Libby, quarter; Hendricks, right half: Mount Pleasant, left half; Porter/ fullback. officials—M. J. Thompson, George town. referee; Bradley Walker, uin l>ire; Kdgarton, of Vanderbilt, head linesman. > Vanderbilt could not advance the 'hall and was forced to kick. The In dians ran the punt back to Vander bilt’s 20-yard line. The first run netted ton yards Vandy'then held the Indians for downs on the 5-yard line and Blake kicked out of danger after a failure to make distance Indians punted behind Vanderbilt’s boa I for touch back. .The hail was then taken out and punted to the middle of field. The Indians could not gain at center of field and tvers forced to kick. Han dy then carried the ball from 10-yard line 75 yards and the crowd went wild. The Commodores were playing rings around the Indians. Manler hurt. Time out. Vandy was then forced to kick and tried place kick from 35-yard line which failed. The Indians punted out. Vandy gain ed 15 yards and then’had‘to kick. Kick ed behind goal for touchback. lndiuns kliked out. Vandy advanced ball to 25-yard line and tried another place ment kick. Failed. Indians kicked to middle of Held. Vandy Is forced to hh-k. Indians had no better luck and kicked. Winnie goes In for Hendricks. After futile uttempt to advance ball Tandy kicked and Pritchard got ball f«»r Vandy. A clear gain of 45 yards. Vanderbilt pennIUed 15 yards for hold ing. A forward pass hero netted Vandy 25 yards and they were on Indian 15-yard line. They rushed the ball nine yards, i but lost It. WKh only six yards to go | th* lndiuns punted-and Costen ran the bail hack to 25-yard line. Htralght line bucks carried the bull to 15-yard line Mm! Blake tried another placement hick. Dubolse takes Dillon’s nlace. It went over for a touchdown. VANDER BILT 4; INDIANS 0. find of first half. SECOND HALF. Tandy kicked north. The Indians "mid not gain and so kicked. Costen fumbled the ball, but regained It-on Vanderbilt’s five-yard line. Costen buit; time out. Blake punted to mid- RACES® 1 !$ SENT BENNING. Washington. Nov. 22.—Here are'the results of today's races: FIRST RACE!—Seven furlongs: San. dy Creeker, 109 (Schilling). IS to 1, won; Rappahannock. 109 (Miller), 3 to 5, second; Old Colony. 106 (Dickson). 6 to 1, third. Time. 1:32. SECOND RACE—Two and a half miles: Sandalwood. Hi (Helder), 4 to S. won;. Frank Somers. 145 (Regan). 7 to 5, second: Caloorahatchle, 130 (Bowser), 4 to 1, third. Time. 5:11. THIRD RA('E—Seven furlongs: Rather Royal, 103 (W. Burns). 25 to 7. won; New York. 109 (J. J. Walsh), 8 to 1. second; Scarfed. 109 (Miller), 1 to 4. third. Time, 1:30. BOTH HU OHIO FROM Cl SHOTS FB HI U F GREAT RIVER Says Fulton . County Prejudiced by Papers of Atlanta. Disaster the Occurs Columbia River. H|H'rllll lo The licorglllll. Halnbrldge, Git., Nnv. 22.—Charlie Gardner, a white man of this place, and a negro employee at Cicero Beach- Btu's mills', at Rockledge, at the latter place today, upon agreement, placed revolvers against eseh other’s breasts and each shot the other to death. They quarrelled yesterday, and it was renewed this morning. Suddenly each grabbed the other with his left hand. Then each tlrew a pistol with the right, arid pressing the muzzles of the revolvers against their breasts, flrecl three times. The negro fell over dead when the Inst shot from the white inn’s gun p Gardner III TERMINAL ALLOWED TO CROS8 8TREET8 Urider stringent conditions the street edmriilttee Thursday afternoon recom mended that the application pf the Gate city Terminal ccriipariy for tier- mission to cross certain street* of the city be granted. lie committee recommended that certain streets be paved by the cor poration asking the privileges, and that the petitioners also provide two new streets nnd provide viaducts at cer tain crossings Instead of cros: Ing at a grade. FLYER 18 WRECKED! TWO PERSONS KILLED l'ortltind. Ore., Nov. 22.—The steamer Cascade was rammed and sunk by the Nteamer Lurline in’the Columbia river, opposite Rainier, early today. It was reported late this after noon that the crew of the Lurline was rescued. This is the second disaster in this vicinity withiu a week. THEY REACH SHORE AFTER FACING PERIL Chicago, Nov. 22.—After a wild aft ernoon and night of peril In which many despaired of ever reaching shore. 30 passengers on the Graham and Morton liner Frontenac, which wa« tossed by the heavy seas and driven from her course, landed at Racine, VVIs. at 1 o'clock this morning. PASSENGERS IN A PANIC WHEN SHIP HITS BARGE. New York, Nov. 32.—The Fall River: liner Priscilla, while rudderless, ram med a sand barge as she was proceed ing down, the East river today, the accident cansing the greatest excite ment among the 200 passengers, who were lust leaving their state rooms to go to breakfast. unknownIsteamer 18 WRECKED ON LAKE. Granil Rapid*. Mich, Nov/ 22.—An unknown barge and nrhooner have been wrecked nix miles south of Grand Haven. Grand Forks. N. D., Nov. 22.—The oriental Limited, known as 1 the "Great Northern Flyer," was wrecked here early today. Two persons are reported O for a fair price, killed' and several Injured. ooooooockxhwoooooooooooooo O FARMERS PLANNING g 0 A PEANUT TRUST. O O Petersburg, Va., Nov. 22.—A O O farmers’ peanut trust is being or- O 0 ganlsed In Dinwiddle county as a O O protection to the peanut growers. 0 0 The members of the trust pro- 0 0 posed to if ell the peanuts direct to 0 O the sellers and to hold the nuts O 0 for a fair price. O 0000000000000<t00000000O0OO IS F Grand Jury Charges -Him With Attack on Mrs. Hembree. When called to trial for (lie shooting and maiming of his wife, J. H. Crutch field, it Is understood, will ask for a ■ n change of venue, on the ground that >n his case hae been prejudiced by cer tain publications In the Atlanta news, papers. Crutchfield has Informed friends. It Is stated, that a certain editorial ap pearing In one of the papers a few days ago has rendered It Impossible for him to get a fair trial In Fulton county and he will ask that the trial be transferred to the court of some other county. • Thinking of Wife. When seen at the Tower Thursday morning, Crutchfield said he had noth ing to say for publication, although he denied he contemplated asking fur a change of venue. '1 have no time to talk about any thing or to think about anything now except that little white cot In the Grady Hospital,” said tlie prisoner. “I am thinking only of my wife and her con dition. Until she gets well I will de vote my attention to nothing else but thoughts of her and efforts to render her comfortable.” It Is stated at the Jail that Crutch field spends a great deal of tils time In the hospital ward on tlu fifth floor, gazing out of the windows at the Oraly Hospital, a short distance away, lln keeps his eyes on the hospital, with an expectant expression on his face, ss though expecting to see his wounded wife emerge from the building almost any minute. When naked when he Intended to make bond, the prisoner replied that, he would remain In jail until his wife fully recovered. When pressed for his m >J|ve In do ing this, ho said the bond was a llUla too heavy Just at present. The bond has been Axed at 15,100. It Is ata—ggU-il 'jjlwfrutfWinnhlMd goes Int > the Jail office several times every day .and telephones to the hos pital regarding the condition of his wife. Will Johnson, the negro who has been In Jail for several days undergoing close Investigation by the police au thorities, was Indicted Thursday morn ing by the grand Jury on the charge of criminally assaulting Mrs. G. L. Hem bree near Battle Hill.. Johnson was also Indicted on one charge of burglary and one of attempted burglary. The assault which Johnson Is alleged to have made on Mrs. Hembree took place August 15. He was arrested on suspicion by County Officers Buntyn and D. 8. A. Dalrs. After a close In vestigation, tho officers fastened the charge of criminal assault against him. They also fixed the burglary of the house of Will Jefferson, a negro, nnd the attempted burglary of the home of Mrs. Jessie Woodlee upon the negro. Mrs. Hembree positively Identified Johnson before the grand Jury Thurs day morning as her assailant. Johnson Is also suspected of the murder of Amos Moody last August on Battle Hill road. The charge of attempted criminal as sault on Mrs. Elisabeth Huggins on November 12, whirl! was registered against Pete Gilbert, another negro, was changed to simple assault, on which charge the grand Jury Indicted him. The evidence was not enough to sustain the previous charge. oooooooooooooooooooooooood e o O TIDE BRINGS PUMPKINS » O FOR THANKSGIVING PIE. O O — 0 O Special to The Georgian. 0 Chattanooga, Tenn.. Nov. 22.— O 0 The stage Ir. the Tennessee river 0 0 reached the danger line—31 feet— 0 0 Inst night. It Is believed that this 0 0 will be the limit of the high water 0 0 at this time. O 0 ' A peculiar Incident In ronnec- 0 0 trim with tho high water Is that 0 O the river for a few huurs was full O O of floating pumpkins, which the O 0 xaeopfa :Itched up along the river O 0 for use In making Thanksgiving 0 0 pie. O O O OO00OOO000O0OOe OOO00OO0O0O BIG LINERS COLLIDE; 4 KILLED, MANY HURT I. Y. CENTRAL MAJOR BOWEN HAD “HUNCH;” RETURNED TO HIS STORE AND DISCOVERED ROBBERY 2HIFFEEE Motion For New Trial in Rebate Case Denied. The Kaiser Wilhelm Is Badly Dam aged. New York, Nov. 22.—A fine of 118,000 was assessed against the New York Central railroad by Judge Holt In the federal court fallowing the finding of the road guilty on another count of the Indictment charging violation of the re bate lawa In granting rebates to the sugar trust. Motion for a new trial and suspen sion of sentence was overruled. The flue in the case of the sugar trust, which has been found guilty of neeeptlng rebates, will be fixed next Tuesday. OF $300,000 FOR MERCERCOLLEGE Convention Gives Aid to School in Securing Big Fund. Held. The Indians had to kick. The In- •'i tns were penalised for 15 yards for interfering with a fair catch. Time ° ul Blake hurt. Ball on Vandy'* 35- yu.d line. Vandy was forced to punt. TH«* Indians carried the ball by line h,| ck» nnd end runs made with great *aMd|ty f a distance of 35 yards. The Indians then tried a drop kick, "iiith failed. Vandy punted out and regained the hall in midfield. .Vandy made a long forward pass, but the ball was lost, as • { nian was thrown. The Indians were 1 14 p d to kick. '‘oaten made a fair catch on Vander- 35-yard line. Vandy was then toned to kick. The Indians downed In »»iUtleld. Vanderbilt offside and pen allied five yards. . ,l, ake punted and Vandy got ball in midfield. Neither side could gain on M might plays, and the game became a • mstant exchange of kicks. Manler "as hurt, but resumed the game. The Indiana constantly run In freshmen. Toward the middle of second half a double forward pass netted the Indians yards. The Indians then netted 15 4 r! end run. I'oward end of last half Blake tried K i*k from placement, but failed. G**** ovar,. Final Score: VAN* OERSILT 4, INDIANS 0. TRIA L OF HARR Y THA W POSTPONED B YJER OME New York, Nov. 22.—Ilsrry K. Thaw was (IUnp|>olntPil tndny when he learned that his trial for kllllnir Stanford White would not licjrin on Dec*eml*er 3 liefnre Iteeorder Bog, hut that It had been transferred* to the mi|imnn court, criminal bniuch, and that it would not be reached before next year. Thaw had figured oti being free by Christ- Thaw Angryt Counsel Elated. IHstrIct Attorney Jerome appeared be fare Justice UreeulMttim nnd had the case trans ferred to the supreme court, n move which he had opposed when Lawyer Clifford W. I In r! ridge wanted It dune. Iteeorder Goff will begin his duties An a Justice of the supreme court on January 1. and may sit ns the trial Judge’In the criminal branch after that date. While Thaw la angry, the new’ arrange- ment will not be n disappointment to the counsel for Thnwr. as It became known to day that they are not fully prepared to go to trial. Certain witnesses whose tea- tlinonv Is deemed to l»e of great value to the defense, are living In Kurope. and can not Im* brought here bv subpenn. Thaw’s lawyers Viler* the futersst of their client would be Jeopardised without their deposition. Certain Evidence Is Nssded. They are said to have conclusive evidence to sustain the defense of insanity, which will certainly be Interposed to save the life of Thaw. Lawyer Hartrldge appeared before Judge O’Sullivan and opposed the motion to have u special panel of 150 Ju rors druwn from which the twelve jurors to try Thaw would Ik* selected. It was after the court proceedings and Just liefore the adjournment that Mr. Je rome had the case transferred to the su preme court, which. In Itself, was the ntian- donment of the motion to draw a special panel. OF \>w York, Nov. 22.—It la said that r - irly an of the sixty members of the "’ticlal staff of the late president of the 1 iinola Central, Stuyvesant Flj>h, have k *n set adrift by E. H. Hnrriman. The 1HVV president, Mr. Hurrahan. Is to have his office In Chicago, am* to at- l# * n d strictly to operation. Mr. Harrl- m *»n. ns chairman of the executive com* " m | t«*. I* to look after the financial n ‘* here. MEN AND WOMEN ARE HELD FOR POISONING LIFE PARTNERS Paris. Nov. 22. Five men and two women are under arrest at Kuez, Hungary,’ charged with killing their wives and husbands. Their arrests followed analytical examinations of portions of twenty- five human bodies found at Kuez, by the Central Institute. of Medicine, showing traces of arsenical poisoning. . . . . It Is charged that the peasant women who were arrested had made a practice of selling arsenic to persons dealring to get rid of their spouses. Worried and restlesa from a well- grounded Intuition that aomethlng was wrong at hla cigar stand and pool room at 24- West Alabama street, T. 8. Bowen, the proprietor, better known aa "Major." arose from hla sleepless bed after 1 o'clock Thursday morning and returned to hfs place of buslneae to And that burglars had broken In and appropriated tl In change. They left everything else except a clew. Shortly before Major Bowen closed his pool room Wednesday night, three sinister looking Individuals came In out of the dark and took seats In the comer to wutch a game of pool that was Just being wound up. One of the men was more exclusive than the other two and took a seat by himself In the comer. He appeared to be Intoxicated, but watched the proprietor count up his day's receipts and place some money In a box In the cigar case for change for the morning clerk. After the place I "The hunch was a good one, but the was closed up two followed the Major; burglars had gone when I got back, toward Broad street, while the other I I am having a set of Iron bars made went toward Forsyth. I for that window, but maybe they won't Major Bowen noticed their actions bother me any more By SAM P. JONE8. Cartersvllle, Ga„ Nov. 22.—Today being educational day at the state con vention of the Georgia Baptists, both the afternoon and morning sessions were taken up In hearing reports from Mercer University, Shorter and other colleges. The report of Mercer was read by Chairman John H. McCall, of Macon, chairman of the board of trustees, and showed the echool to be In a prosper ous condition. He asked the conven tion for help to raise the <75,000 neces sary to secure the endowment fund of 1300,000, the general board of educa tion having offered to give <225,000 If the convention would raise the re mainder. Convention Takes Action. At the close of the report Dr. B. J. W. Grayham, Junor editor of The Index, offered the following resolution: "Resolved, That we heartily Indorso the plan of securing a <300,000 endow ment fund for Mercer University and give It our .hearty support.” The resolution was adopted by a rls- iriy every morning nan . ’ They bothered nothing I ln * vot ®; ■ • Before the resolution tvus put talk' and thought them suspldnua charac- tws, but dlsmlesed the matter from ha mind when he boarded the mid night car for hie home at 308 Forrest avenue. After going to bed Major Bowen be gan to think of last Halloween, when robbera broke Into hie stand and an nexed a fountain pen, some-chewing gum. tobacco, two 60-cent shin-plasters and about <15 worth of cigars. The more he thought of It the more certain he became that things were not right, as he had left them Wednesday night. "1 Just couldn't stand It any longer," said Major Bowen Thursday. ”1 couldn't sleep, because I had a hunch— Just a feeling that things were not right. I told my wife about it and got up and dreased and came down town. 4 got bnck about half past I o’clock and found, aure enough, that the rear window had been broken open. I made an Inspection and found that tho change 1 always leave for the clerk who comes early every morning had been taken. 00000O000000000000OOO0O0OO 0 O O SCHOONER PUTS HOLE O O IN OCEAN LINER. O 0 0 O New York, Nov. 22.—The North 0 0 German Lloyd steamship Main, 0 0 bound outward, was run Into and 0 O a large hole stove In her bow by O O the schooner Mary EL Neville In 0 0 the lower bay shortly after noon. 0 O No lives were lost. The Slain Is 0 0 now at arichor. 0 0 O 00000000000000000000000000 Cherbourg, France, Nov. 22.—The big North German Lloyd steamer Kaleer Welhelm der Grosse, which left here late last night for New York,. lias been In collision with the rojral mall eteamer Orinoco. It Is said, that four members of the crew of the Kaleer Wilhelm were killed and twelve were Injured. Bearding to a telegram. Five members of the crew of the Orinoco are missing, and sup posed to have been drowned. A punk: among the passengers,, many of whom were In the state rooms, followed tha crash. Officers of the Kaiser Wilhelm suc ceeded In restoring order. Both vessels am seriously damna-d nnd It Is believed are returning to port- Dead Horribly Mangled. as The Kaleer Wilhelm der Grosso here last night at' ; 7' 'o’clock with flrst-rlass, 385 second-class and 687 steerage passengers. 8he carried 1,475 bags of mall. ■ ' There was a terrible panic among the steerage passengers on the Kaiser when the Orinoco poked her bow through the Kalser'e side. Those killed were sitting or lying In their bunks and their bodies were horribly muti lated. Alt the wounded have been taken to the various Imspltgfs. The collision occurred at 8:10 o'clock In the evening, during a dense fog. The Kaiser was leaving and the Orinoco entering tho Roadstead. Both vessel* were going i;t slow speed. Chebourg. Nov. 22.—The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosses has re turned to port. She has been badly damaged nnd extensive repalm will have to be made before she Is ready for sea. j Officials of the North-German line deny that any lives were lost In the collision. Passengers on the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse will sail on other ships. DECLARES BISHOP IS JOT LEADER BUT DICTATOR ARE GHOSTS IN CAPITOL? TOM BRA > SEES DEA D LADY WALKING IN HER SHROUD CAPTAIN LICKS ENTIRE CREW AND PUTS DOWN MUNITY Astoria. Ore.. Nov. 22.—The big British ship. Iverlna. which was-glven un for lost. Is In port today, after being out 116 days from Acapulco, Mex ico. Captain Colllngawood had to deal with two mutinies, but he soon broke them up by whipping the entire crew. LADY CURZON’S CHILDREN GET FOR7 UNE OF MILLION Chicago, Nov. 22.—A fortune of <1.758,0)0. I,-ft in the iM-riMMi.ll -Hint.' of the kite lady Canon, wsm die subject of a long nml secret conference In I'hlcago today. Al lhe end of the ineeliioc. three little girls, daughters of lj>rd Canon, were In cllreet tMnweslen of metre than a million dollars These little ehUdren, way off la England, tu the e*re of their governesaes, will bar* this fortune lu entirety upon tb'dr majority. liolcert T. I .I an,In. Joseph taller, Mrs. I.. /,. latter, lecrd t'ttrzon and laity Hnf folk attended the eonferenee. where the ante nuptial agreement lietween the Cue Do spectral shades of those who have shuffled the mortal coll hold high revel In the historic halls of Georgia's caplr tot'.’ When busy offices are emptied of their daylight occupants do astral forma assemble therein, when night s shadows enfold the great building, to lilt about In ghostly promenades ? They do. At least Tom Bray says so, and Tom Bray says he's “seen ernuff hanta t* tell in when I see* ’m.” Tom Is the factotum to Comptroller Wright. He tells a story that straight- ens out the curl In the hair of Peter and Dock and all the other capitol por ters. He told It to a group of news paper men Thursday and as he did his eyes grew bigger and allowed more and more of white as he reached the thrill ing climax. _ Tom stays behind to clean up the of fice used by the comptroller's depart ment every evening after the other oc cupants have completed the day'a work He was so engaged one evening about 6 o'clock not long ago, when "It" ap peared. Let Tom tell about lit “The Dead Lady.” T was erbout finished up In de Gen'i's room an' stepepd Into de nex’ room. Lordy! De sight I did see! Dere was er 'Oman alandln' der, yaa auh; er white 'Oman! Den ehe kinder danced cround aid er eyes rollin' and a turrlble look. I done reeernlxed her aa er lady 1 knowed was dead." •Why didn't you apeak to her. Tom?" asked one of his audience. "1 JeB’ couldn't open my moot I was so parerllzed wld fright. An’ de wore’ of hit was she had me cut off Com my coat an' hat, an' Jos' stood an’ looked wid my eyes falhiy iioppln' outen my hald, an' my wool tryln' to stan’ up.” "What became of her?” "Why, all ter onct she Jes' disappear ed an’ so did dis nigger mighty quick after dal." "Been her any more?" "No, sub; I ain't stayed dere late er nuff since fer hants to start ter walkin'. An' 1 ain't er goln’ to lie fount 'round dls bundin' alter hit 'gins ter git dark." Since Tom was scared so by the "hunt" the porters about the capital have developed remarkable Industry In cleaning up the offices before night set tles over the,world. OOO0000OOO000O0OOOO0000O0O 0 O 0 LEAVE8 HIS ARMY PALS 0 O <5,000 EACH IN WILL. 0 0 - o O Washington, Nov. 22.—The 23 0 0 surviving members of the compa- 0 0 ny In the One Hundred and Twen- O 0 ty-flrst Pennsylvania regiment, O O commanded by the late Captain O 0 John M. Clapp, a millionaire, will O O .receive bequests of cash from his O 0 estate. The amount Is said to be 0 0 <5,000 for each man. . O O ' 0 00O000000000000000O000OO00 were made by members of the college faculty. President Jsmeson Speaks. Dr. 8. Jameson, president of the school, was Introduced by a member of the senior class In an eloquent speech. This student Introduced President Roosevelt when he spoke at Roswell. President Jameson spoke for an hour and a half and at the conclusion of his address made an earnest appeal for the endowment for the school. After the speech the audience stood and prayer was offered. Night Session. While the night session was In prog ress Wednesday night, Dr. J. W, Mil lard, of the Ponce DeLeon Avenue Baptist church of Atlanta, delivered an Interesting sermon lo a large congrega tion gathered In the Bartow county court house. Just across the street from the Baptist church. Rev. O. J. Copeland, of Gainesville, delivered the report on the work of the Baptist Young People's Union, follow ing It with an earnest appeal for the furtherance of this work. J. R. Jester In a practical and eurnest talk spoke of the progress of the denomination In South Georgia. H. C. Bueholz spoke of evangelism in Georgia, and Professor Robinson, of Morgnnton, reviewed the educatlan.il activity In hla section. Report on Missions. The last feature of the evening and one of the moat Interesting was the report and address on home missions by Dr. B. D. Gray, of Atlanta. He spoke for an hour and a half and the con gregation was not dismissed until 11 o’clock, but he held the closest atten tion of his auditors throughout his dla- coui'se. When the report of the condition of the treasury was submitted by J. J. Bennett, showing a most gratifying state of affairs, the congregation rose and sang with fervor the hymn "Praise God From Whom All Bleeslngs now." Mllledgevllle. Go., Nov. 22.—The Rev. Thomas C. Betterton, of the Dal ton First MethiKlIst church, has ten dered hi* resignation to the conference In session here, declaring that he la willing to follow a leader, but not a dictator. “Bishop Warren A. Candler Is a dic tator." writes Mr. Betterton, "and a dictator of tho most dangerous kind,i Rather than be In the hands, or partly In the hands, of an ecclesiastical ma chine manipulated by this man and hi* helpers, I prefer to retire, though I made long and diligent preparation Xor the work of the ministry and have now given fourteen of the best years of my life to tho conference. In the confer ence there are men of the finest and most choice spirits. I shall sorely mis* their fellowship and love. "What will the conference do If It sees this Interview? They may refu.ie my location and summon me to trial for telling the truth, or they may vote Bishop Candler their confidante. HI* crowd la In the majority and a vote la a vote In conference affairs as micft as in iralltlcs. "What then will I do? Pursue the even tenor of my way. Do just what 1 will do anyway—go out Into the wirld and try to make an honest living for my wife and babies. 1 thank God this I* a wide and good world, and no men who I* willing to work need suffer." JOE CHAMBERLAIN SIGHTLESSPARALYTIC London, Nov. 22.—Joseph Chamber- lain I* a wreck, and hla condition Is hopeless, according to the weekly re view, John Bull. The paper has this to say: "Mr. Chamberlain la a nerveless, voiceless and almost sightless paralytic. His original seizure occurred four months ago. He la now wheeled twice a weak with the utmost difficulty to ills orchid house.” • This statement has created a great sensation, aa Mr. Chamberlain's rela tives have endeavored to keep his con dition a secret.