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■ n THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER C. 100Q. in DEEP MINE MENACES 40 One Man Is Killed. Wounded Found by Rescuers. Houghton. Mich., Dec. «.—The Me* shaft of the Quincy mine was visited last night by one of the worst disasters that has befallen a copper company In 'years. That the loss of life was not greater than actually occurred l a believed to have been due to the yttick relief measures instituted by the mining company. At least one tdan was killed and a j, ore more or less Injured as the result of the explosion of several thousand pounds of dynamite stored In a maga zine on the twenty-tlrst level. Until an ,'arlv hour this morning It was Impos sible to ascertain the extent of the damage, nnd even then there are a number of men who have not been accounted for. ■ • • rite broke out after the explosion and the damage may be muchsworse titan at first was believed. I’orty miners had just descended to commence the night shift In the Mes- uard shaft when the magazine explod ed. William Griggln was instantly billed and a number of the thirty-nine others fatally Injured. Rescue parties . immediately commenced an under- ground search for the missing men. The heat anil gases caused by the ex plosion made this Work difficult, but with perseverance the. men finally found several unconscious and badly Injured men. It lias been ascertained that the ex plosion was caused by a miner who was engaged In cutting a stick Of dyna. mite, dropping some flaming grease from his candle. BIRDSONG TRIAL . Ti SNERIFFJESTIFIES ■Us How Murdered Doctor Was SUot Five Times, Tv\ v o After Dead. spwial to Tin* Ceorslan. Jackson. Miss., Dec. C.—At Hazle- hurst today the Birdsong trial was be- Kun in earnest with the examination «*f witnesses. W. \V. Williams, former sheriff of Lawrence county, and an eye• witness, testified that Dr. Butler was shot five times; twice in the office and three limes on the pavement; that two of the shots were fired after he was down. Judge* Miller refused to allow the ad mission of arty evidence tending to slmw the relations between Dr. Butler and Mrs. Birdsong, as urged for by the defense. The defense requested that the physl Han* they had summoned to testify be not placed under the rule, but this w overruled. MRS. RA WLINS BEARS BOD\ OF HUSBAND TO HOME AMONG HILLS Daughter Drives Old* Horse Along Country Road While Widow Sits Beside . the Coffin. Spcctnl to The Georgian. Jacksonville, Ga., Dec. 6.—Along the country road, under a misty rain that seems, to shut out every hope of sun shine, a widow and her daughters are driving to their old home. . , In -the. wagon Is a coffin and- beside It sits tlie woman, her eyes undlmmed by tears that will not flow, staring ahead Into the mists. Beside her is the body of her husband-~but she can- not give herself to grief for him. Rack ing her mind, driving her mad w*lth fear. Is the thought of two other bodtes. that must soon be borne along that same road—the bodies of her sons The woman Is Mrs.-Rawlins, widow, of the man who paid the penalty of his crime last Tuesday In the Valdosta Jail. She Is bearing home the body of her husband—a murderer, but still her husband. A daughter holds the reins and guides the old horse slowly PASTOR TO LEAVE ALlJCONFERERCE Montgomery Divine To Be Located at New Or leans Church. Speclsl to The Georgian. Kufnuln, Ala., Dec. 6.—There Is no more conspicuous figure In the Alabama conference now in session here than through the wood* to the home among the lulls ut Jacksonville. This will’ bk the home-coming of Rawlins—borne In a coffin to ,hls last rest. For,eighteen months the women have waited and' watched ond prayed —for husband and sons,, father and brothers—behind the bare of the .Val dosta jail. They have given Mrs. Rawlins her husband—a corpse. Will they let her young sons live to serve out their lives In prison.' perhaps to be set free after paying dearly for a reputed crime which their father swore on the gal lows they did not commit— Or will the old piother be given the bodies of her sons, that she may make a second pilgrimage to Valdosta and drive the old horse once more to the little home in the hills—this time with two coffins In the wagon Instead of ohe’.’ It Is up to the three prison commis sioners to answer. On one side is the law, stern. Inexorable. On the other —mercy—with the beneflt of “very rea sonable doubt." NSSERTS SPIES or JAPANESE FOUGHT IIITOLOlEj IE SW It DEATH Shooting Occurred in Bar room, Both Men Emp tying Revolvers. Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 6.—Following a charge of mistreatment In a south side saloon, Alf Parker, a blacksmith, was shot to death by J. P. Edwards, a bartender, at S o'clock this morning. Both men' emptied ' their revolvers, Parker being shot through the heart and chin. Edwards received wounds about the legs and left side, which may prove fatal. It waa a pistol duel fought to the rtnlsh. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Union Machinists. An anrual election of officer* for the International Association of Machinists, Atlanta Lodge No. I, will take place Thursday night at Federation hall. Un usual Interest Is being displayed by the union machinists of Atlanta In the elec tion of pres|deift, and a full attendance l« < spieled. Dr. H, R. Bernard. Dr. II. R. Bernard, who was elected Tuesday to the position of auditor of the Baptist board of missions for Geor- «la. will move to this city. He was formerly secretary and treasurer of ■ lie Baptist commission of education, and had Ills headquarters at Macon. Dr. Bernard Is well known as a mission worker and la very popular in Atlanta. Two Corporations. i wo petitions for charters were tiled to the superior court Wednesday aft t-rnoon. The Willingham Investment 1 ompany. capital stock 15,000, incot- 11, rated by J. A. Willingham, E. M. Willingham and A. H. Watson, asked fin- a i barter. This company will deal in teal and personal property. A char- t' v for the Atlanta Labor Temple Com pany. capital stock 1:5,000, was applied f a- by Charles W. Bernhardt. J. B. Dew-tit #t at. The purpose of the com pany is to erect a labor temple In the city. . - * Big Kick on Late Mails. |o Tho OiMirgtnn. • Augusta, Ga., Dec. 0.—Augusta’ has a Smut deal of trouble getting the mall time, and scarcely a day passes that “ IH not from one to three hours late. ! 'oiplalnt has been made frequently *> Die postmaster. New Boiler for Hospital. • he finance committee Thursday "joining adopted a resolution recom- jn'-ndlng to council the appropriation 01 **.$$* as a supplementary fund to •mplete the erection of * new boiler at ,1 '" Grady hospital. REV. HENRY T. J0HN80N. Pastor of First Msthodist church of Eufaula, Ala., and host of tho prsssnt session of tho Alabama eonfsrsnes. Rev. Henry T. Johnson, pastor of the First Methodist church und host of the conference. Mr. Johnson rose from the foreman- ship of n bridge gang on the Louisville and Nashville railroad to the position which he now occupies. He Is one of Ihc greatest preachers of Alabama Methodism, having held some of the best appointment*. In the conference. He has a style all his own. Some people have culled him the "Sam Jones of Alabama." ft Is announced that Rev. J. A. Rice. D.D.. who has served Court' 8treet church. Montgomery, for the past four yours, will transfer to the Louisville conference. It Is furthermore under stood that he will he appointed to Kayne Memorial church. New Orleans. CIVIL ENGINEERS . TO HOLD MEETING WITH BIG DINNER An nnnuit meeting of the Engineering Association of the Month, composer I of all the prominent civil nnd constructive ciw glncers of Georgia, Tennessee nnd Alabama, will Dike place at the Kimball December 14 nnd 15. The visiting engineers will be entertained by the Atlanta section, of which City Engineer Clayton Is president. The business meeting of the association will be held In the convention ball at the Kimball December 14. Prominent glueers. Alexander floatieraian. chief glnccr of the Atlanta. Birmingham and At Inntlc: Hunter McDouald. chief engineer of the Louisville and Nashville; Professor llrnncb, Gimrgla Hcbool of Technology, and others, will read Important papers. The Atlanta chapter will eutertaln the visitors with a tour of ali the points of engineering Interest In the city on Decern- tier 15. They will be taken In carriages to the Atlanta terminal station, the Gats City terminals, now under construction: the freight terminals of the Louisville and Nashville, the Washington, street viaduct and the relliforccd concrete viaducts In West Atlanta. On the night of December 15, the local engineers will entertain the visitors with n banquet at the Kimball. Elaborate ar rangements are being made for this oc- i-nslon by V. Krlegahaher, 8. L. Morrow and L. J. Hill. Jr., members of the enter tainment committee. Western Senator Says Agents of Mikado . Menace Country. Washington. Dee. 6.—The Far West and the South are* In sympathy In the matter of their problems. The hoiitlierners have expressed themselves about the Japanese question, and make It clear that they under stand what Californians have In their mind, and some of the expressions suggest that the Han Francisco question Is not to Ik> lightly passed over as an Incident to be for gotten after everylKxiy has had a say. Moreover, It Is apparent that California Is not alone In 4bl* protest against the Japan ese. Western men point out that this prob lem has been developing for a long time. Says Jr.p Spies Are Aetive. A Western senator, who comes from a mountain rather than n coast state, talked frankly of his people. He wouhl not permit his name to t»e used. Rut he made It plain that hla people in hfs state do not think the question is a local Incident. “I hove-no doubt that the whole West Is lioneycoml*ed by the operations of Jniuinoae agents and .spies,*' be said. "I have si*en evidence enough to make me Itcllcvo It. They are working Just as they did In litis- sta and Manchuria before the war with Russia. _ f "The people out West are very ranch In earnest nlmut this question. The Japanese are still coming to our shores, nnd will keep <*omlng and making the problem larger and larger if they are permitted without re striction." • Fire f Em Out, Says Mudd. Representative Mndd was asked today for a specific statement of his views ou the demand of tho Japanese to enter the white schools In Ran Francisco. "I, do not see *ny Use,” he said. "In mincing.words, or of treating this matter, to use a familiar expression. In a 'mealy- mouthed' manner. It !a uoeless either to deceive ourselves or to seek to deceive the Japanese. "I know of but one method of treatment of a fellow that we do not want to enter our house, and that Is to keep him out. If he does not go out. we put him out. It Is not the American fashion to use very much unction of cereuiouy In the manuer of Ills eject men f. They Ought to Settle It. "In my judgment, this question of the ad mission of Japanese, particularly adult Japanese, to the same schools' with the white children of Califomln Is a matter of domestic concern with the people of Cali fornia. It Is largely a matter of tns^. If the people there object to the admission of ** -'se people, they ought to settle It. I have, I nm frank to say, sonic rather emphatic feeilugs upon this questlou. I do not think the' Japanese contentions should be tolerated for a minute In a movement seeking to enforce the admission of these overnssertlvc smartish fellows into social Juxtaposition with the white children of California." I Toys and Dolls The Best Display in Atlanta. Wise folks are buying Toys and Dolls now, before stocks arc picked over and assortments broken, and be fore the later rush makes choosing difficult aud unsatis factory. To more strongly influence early buying we offer some very special values for tomorrow and Saturday. Come and share in the bargains. Second Floor and Balcony. A big lot of 50 and 73-cent Dolls that have become slight ly soiled from handling; will go at, choice ... “Buster Brown” Circus and “Buster Brown” Party; two new children’s games Express Wagons; 4-wheel; well made; best value you’ll see at' Special Demonstration of “Exer-Ketch,” The Novelty Came and Exerciser. Doll Diuiug Tables at 25c, 50c and $1.00. Doll Chairs, nicely painted. Special, 10c. Doll Castors for the table, 10c and 25c. Doll Pianos: Schoenhnt make, 10c to $1.00. Doll Carriages and Go-Carts, 10c to $1.00. Doll Tea Service Sets, 10c to $1.00. Doll Heads, 25c, 60c, $1.00. Iron Toys of many kinds, 10c to 60c. Horns, all’ sizes, bright colors, 5c to 26c. 'Mechanical Trains, with track. Special. $1.00. Woolly Sheep, Dogs and Don keys. Special, 60c. Elephant, with moving- head and tail. Special, 50c. Magic Lanterns, with Slides, 25c to $1.00. Stuffed Monkeys. Special, 60c. TO CHINA BY JAPAN JAMES R. M’KELDIl SLIGHTLY IMPROVED Shanghai. China, Dec. 6.—The South China Morning Poof* correapondent nt Nlu- rliwang telegraph* flint the Japanese to day turned the city over to the Chinese ml that the Chinese flag Uus^lteen hof rer the public building*. Nluchwnng had Imtii held by the Jap an cm* finer the beginning of the war with lluatln. VIVA RIFLE SOLD IN COURT; SMALL BOY RECKLESS Thursday was bargain day In police court. Only one article was sold, but It went for a mere trifle, the transac tion being on entirely unique proceed Ing for the municipal mill of Justice. Clifford Owens, n small negro boy, was arraigned on the charge of reck Ecssly shooting a repeating rifle, the testimony showing that the bullet had gone Into a house In Windsor street and narrowly missed n sick woman. The boy said lie was shooting at a bird nnd had no Intention ot doing any h *Iudge Broyles dismissed the case and ordered Hic boy whipped by bis moth er also telling her she would have to get rid of the rifle. She said she was willing to do this, and Officer Luck, who was In the court room, promptly offered her one dollar for the weapon. The woman agreed to the price and tile officer was given the gun, fitter which all parties In the room. case left the court Suit for Damages. H. W. Fitch lias brought suit in the superior court against the Louisville and Nashville railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line railroad for IIO.OOo dam ages Plaintiff alleges that while act ing as detective for defendant he was Injured by a door which fell from a passing freight train In Atlanta. A slight change for the better In the condition of Janies R. McKeldin, who Is critically III at his home. 15 East North avenue, ha* greatly encouraged hi* family nnd friends. Wednesday night lie held his own nnd even this was encouraging. Thursday afternoon his physicians reported a' Blight change for tho better. HI* brother. Hugh*Mc- Kehlln, Is at the bedside and will re main. TO WORK CONVICTS BUILDING RAILROAD INTO BRUNSWICK, GA gpei'lsl to The Georgian. Brunswick, Ga., pec. 6.—The board of roads and revenues of Glynn county has passed favorably on a petition pre sented them, signed by a large majority of the largest , tax-payers In Olynn county, asking that thq city and county convicts be put to work to grade the roadbed, 'lay the ties and Iron of the extension of the Georgia Coast and Piedmont railroad from the Glynn county line to the city of Brunswick. The Georgia Coast and Piedmont of ficials, at n conference here several days ago. agreed to extend their line from Darien to Brunswick', provided the cltlsens of this county would con tribute labor to the value or $100,000 for the purpose of grading their road bed and laying the ties and Iron from ■he county line to the city limits. In addition to the value of the labor to he furnished through the county and city couvlcts. sufficient cash will. be sub scribed to furnish any balance required to make up the $100,000, - SHAW ASKS CASH F( First Floor Specials, Table Set—Consisting of hemstitched, fringed linen table cover and 6 mats to match; reduced to 75c Leather Pillow Materials for making the pop ular “post card” pillowfc—laeing and fringe;' 5c and .- 10c Leather Postcards—A new line of attractive designs at, choice 5c Ruching—New and pretty—6 different styles in box; all for 25c Gandies—Delicious Chocolates and Bonbons; best in town at 10c and 20c f Bargains'»Basement Crumb Tray and Scraper of solid brass; nickel- plated; special $1.00 Bath Room Fixtures of solid brass, nickel- plated ; special values at 2oc and 50c Wire Racks for kodak pictures or souvenir postcards; large size 10c Pastry Boards of select white wood; size 20 bv *27 innliM ? snpoinl of by 27 inches; special at Goat Hangers, wire or wood; per dozen .. .50c Raisin Seeders, best on the market 10c Holiday China, Crockery, etc. Main Basement. Atlanta Fedora! Prison May Get Large Amount. 8peclsl to The Georgian. Washington. Dec. 6.—In Ills letter to the speaker of the house of represen tative*. Hecretary of the Treasury Shaw makes the following recommendations for appropriations for the flscal year ending June 30, 1908; For the Atlanta United States peni tentiary. $102,000, with $138,120 addl tlonal for maintenance. For public building, Atlanta, $250,000; Dalton, $15,000; Albany, $80,000; M*‘ con, $50,000, and $3,000 for rent of building; Galncavlle, 315,000; Marietta, 330,000; Valdosta, 350,000. For harbor Improvements at Savan nah, $60,000. and for maintenance of harbor, 850,000; for Skvannah quaran tine station. 1500; for Improvements at Darien and Dohoy bar, $23,000; Cum berland sound, $75,000; Brunswick har bor, $25,000. Improvements In rivers; Savannah. $23,000; Altamaha, $15,000; Oconee, $15,000; Ocmulgee, $15,000; Flint, $20,- 000; Chattahoochee. $75,000; Coosa. Oostanaula and Coosawattee, $60,000. For waterway between Savannah and Fernandlna, $30,000. For Oglethorpe veterinary hospital, 317,500. , To odd one regiment of cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe, near Brunswick, and for maintenance of same, 3930,250 and 3329,650, respectively. For cotton boll weevil Investigations, 3105,000. HURT YEARS AGO, ACTRESS GETS $4,000. New York. Dec. 6.—Eleven years ago as she was gelling off n car. May Gar. lick, an old-time opera singer, who married an Italian nobleman! the Mar quis de Feo, was thrown backward, breaking - her ankle and suffering In juries which make It Impossible for her to pursue her stage and operatic career. i yesterday she was granted a verdict for >4.000 In the supreme court against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. LAOIES’ UNION SECLS CHRISTMAS GIFT8. Looking for something nice to buy as a Christmas present? Listen. The Ladies' Union of the Central Congregational church have prepared for a sale, beginning Friday. December 7. at the store of Delbrtdge & Rice, on Broad street, opposite the Engllsh-Atnerlcan building, and there will be Christmas presents by the bushel. Toy Table Set of imitation cut glass; consisting of butter diOi; sugar dish, cream pitcher and spoon holder; 25c value; at 15c Oatmeal Saucers of rose deco rated porcelaiu; special 5c Fancy Gake Plates and Salad Bowls; 19 to 25c values; at 10c Fruit Stands and Cake Stands of heavy clear glass in imita tion cut designs; very special 16o Salad Sets and Cake Sets of line china, in beautiful floral or landscape designs, on tinted background; set consists of 7 pieces; worth $1.50 to $2.00; only $1.00 Mustache Gups and Saucers; decorated and tinted; 25c values 15c Jardinieres with pedestals; large size, odd lot; choice to morrow 50c McClure Ten-Cenf Co. Main Store - - Corner Whitehall and Hunter. BOND ISSUE WINS IN HAWKINSVILLE Special to The Georgian. Hawklnavllle, Ga.. Dec. 6.—All credit la due to the Young Men’* Democratic League for Its inagnWcent effort In yesterday** election. Thl* body Is com. posed of the best talent among the young men of the city. The city now owns Its waterworks and Is proud of It. The election yesterday to determine whether the city of Hawklnsvllle should Issue $15,000 bond* for the pur pose of building a city hall and audlto. rlum. was carried by 196 In favor of^ bonds, with only 20 opposed. This as sures the bond Issue. INTERESTING ITEMS. AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD. (By OUrer Wendell Holmes.} The glory hi* passed from the goldenrod'i . . . .... „ —— -“** Huger li ram The Mrch li are red, The umples like torches aflame overhead. bright yellow, the sumachs And winter' blast* For nu» dull November May, herald Is blowing bis sweeter than Sheffield uses yearly over 2,000,000 ring-bones for knife handles. In Southern Egypt there Is no dew- fall, and sometimes only twenty min utes of rain for a whole year. Every employee of the ‘British post- office gets a wedding present from the government when he marries. No bird can fly backward. The dra gon fly. besides outstripping the swift- ent bird, flies backward with ease. During thirty days after a death In China the nearest relatives of the de nied do not shave nor change their clothes. There are stars so distant that a fly ing machine moving at the rate of 500 miles an hour would require 600,000,000 years to reach them. Each stroke of a man's heart occu pies ubout half a second, but the heart rests after each stroke, so that It only makes seventy a minute. While the Germans are paying more and more attention to the English lan guage there Is a decline of German as a school subject In England—Philadel phia Press. Hays a woman: "I care not who doc* the thinking no long as I am permitted to do the talking." Hill »be come?—nil! the ring-dove return to her nest? Will tho needle awing back from the cast or the west? . At the stroke of the hour slur will tie at her gate; A friend ntny prove laggard—but never comes late. Do I ree her nfnr In the distance? Not >ef.* Too earlrl Too early! She could not for got! When I crons the old bridge where the brook overflowed. Rho will rtnxli full In sight at the turti I pa** the low wall where the Ivy cn- twlaea; I tread the brown pathway that leads field. Where her promise at parting was loving ly Ncalffl. Will *he come by the hillside, or rottml through the wimm!? Will she wear her brown dress or her mantel and hood? Th*> udnute drawn near—but her watch may Ik* wrong; My heart will lie asking, what keeps her so long? Why doubt for moment ? More shame ■ Are angel* Why question ? Why tremble more true? * Hhe would come to the lover who calls her hi* own. look rtf: |o! uiy lore stood before tue at last. Her eyes, how* they iq-arkM: her cheeks, bow they glowi-d, »«* met. f<t<*e to fnre, at thi* turn ot the masl: -OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. THE BEST MAGAZINES IT TUE BEST RATES. Every ona must keep up with dally evente coins on so rapidly all the time. If you do not read some dally paper you ara falling behind. If you do not rend some good magoslne nnd en joy the literature that Is contained m these publications every month you are missing much that U good. You can secure The Georgian every day m the year, except Sunday, and one ot the moet prominent magazlnee In America for a little more than the price of The Georgian aflhe. which is only $4.60 per year. Take advantage ot The Georgian clubbing offer. You c.m get The Jeffersonian (Watson's new magazine) and The Georgian one year of Tho Georgian, STOKES HOLDS JOB, SUES FOR DAMAGE Kjieelst to Tb'e Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. Y«-:*r- day afternoon Chancellor Parks de clined to dissolve the injunction grant, ed to SI. C. Stokes, general manag. r of the Alabama Central railway, against J. W. Dlmmlck and Joe Dlm- mlck, directors of the company, und Sir. Stokes will keep his old position. The directors attempted to hold i meeting und oust Mr; 8toke* bui an injunction had been granted and th*-. were held in contempt of court nnd the Dimmlcks were lined $50 each. The road I* a valuable piece or prop erty and Is jointly owned by th- Dhn- mlcks and Stokes. Stokes has now entered suit for 3 in,. 000 against the Dimmlcks for alleged damages. At the time of hie marring-- thinks ho Is getting a better half, but later on he may discover he hit- t lunterfelt ■ on his hands.—Uhl- m , News Somehow a man la unnbl near-sighted man ha* » good ex cuse for not recognizing Ills crediion Idea Into his head _ when he happens to meet them. dimple can be In the lnt-il