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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
TUtTISDAT, DBI BMBBK •!. IX.
S/STER SA YS 7HA 7 WOMAN
WAS HYPNOTIZED TO MAKE
HER KILL HER O WN FA MIL Y
Mrs. Vrzal Commits Suicide Rather Than Ap
pear Before Chicago Police .to Answer
Searching Questions. ' -
Chicago. Dec. C.—Mrs. Rose Vrzal,
of 1586 Went Fifteenth street, who was
rigidly examined by the police regard
ing the mysterious death* In her fam
ily. has committed suicide.
The first Ho die %vas her hp«band.
# Martln Vrzal. and then followed the de
mise of the four children all within
the last 18 months, under circum
stances that led to Suspicion of ar
senical poisoning.
Herman Bliek. a Bohenllan clairvoy
ant. was arrested by the police.
The dead woman’s sister alleges that
Hllek used hypnotic Influence to get
the woman to kill her family In order
that lie could secure a few thousand
dollars she possessed. The police be
lieve that Mr*. Vrzal took chloroform
and laudanum following a summons to
the police station, where she had been
subjected to a rigid inquiry concern
ing the deaths of her husband and four
children.
Hllek, though not a regular physi
cian, Is fc&Id to have administered med
icine to the woman and her family, and
when he,was taken to the police sta
tion he was confronted by Mrs. Emma
Niemann, eldest daughter of the wom
an, who charged him with giving tab
lets to her father before Ills death, and
to her sisters during their illness.
A will left by Mrs. Vrzal was found
by the police. It was evidently writ
ten Just before she took the poison
that resulted In her death. In it she
left $1,000 P> each of her youngest
children ami $-50 to Mrs. Niemann.
AMERICAN GIRL BEATEN
TO DEATH BY CHINESE
WnukcKon. HI.. 1 )r<\ 6.—Zion City In ;irouted over new* from China to
day of the murder of Nellie Royal, the 10-year-old daughter of former
Klder tloyaj, of Zion City, hut who I* now In China with hi* family. The
girt wait beaten to death liy three Chinamen, who »et upon her without any
provocation. -ivtillo die wna playing on the hank* of a river near the home
of her father. The child’* brain* were beaten out with a club.
CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE,
WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH
KjicHnI to The Georgina.
• Oliver, On., Dec. 6.—Mrs. 8. Frow-
•II, of this place, was fatally burned at
4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, death
resulting a few lioiirrf Jater. ... . .
Her clothing caught from n pile of
burning trash In the yard, and was
completely consumed before It could be
extinguished.
Mrs. Trowel I leaves a husband and
four little children, and in her death
the entire .community mourns the joss
of n truly good woman.
1
PREDICTS POLITICAL UPHEAVAL
ELECTION OF W. W.FINLE\
ME A NS M UCH TO ATLANTA;
RAILROAD MEN PLEASED
William Wilson Finley, now prcsl
dent of the Southern railway system,
was formerly commissioner ot the
Southern Passenger Association in At
lanta, this organisation afterward be
ing changed to the Southeastern^Pas
senger Association, -He came to At
lanta front' (he Great Northern and
Montnnu On fra I railways, on which
systems lie Hefdt tlWfooaltlon of general
traffic manager.
Tlio announcement of his election as
1 the executive hea»f of the Southern
spread' quickly throughout the local
railroad world Wednesday afternoon.
It was the sole topic of conversation In
the general offices and all who spoke
of hi* promotion had generous words
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of admiration for him both as a man
and as an official.
Those who knew President Finley
while lie was with the passenger asso
ciation In tills city assert that his elec
tion to the head of the Southern Will
prove of Inestimable value to Atlanta.
While u cltlgen of this city he was
known to be ln r .thorough^sympathy
with Its future iam«T having -absorbed
the “Atlanta spirit” this city always
prompted hisaidhtlratldft for Its energy,
p quality always admired by hint.
Is Southern Man.
President Finley was born in the
South, having Pass Christian. Miss., as
his home. He was born In that city
September 2, J853. He entered the rail
road service when lie was 20 years of
age. The timt ten years of his service
he was with the New Orleans, Jackson
and Great Northern and (Chicago, St.
Louis and New Orleans roads. For
three years lie was stenographer in the
president’s office and nine months re
ceiver’s. secretary. One year lie was
secretary for. the trustees* agent and
four years clerk of the general freight
department, after \Uilch he was mqUe
assistant general fright agent. .
Hi 1885 President Finley went to the
Texas an«f raeffle division of the Mis
souri Pacific ns assistant general
freight agent, lie was made receiver
of the Texas, and Pacific ami in 1888
whs made general freight agent of thn
sap>« road.- In $888 and 1888 he was
general freight agent of the Pan Han-'
die !toutc, and In 1889 and 1890 he was
chairman of the Trans-Mississippi
Traffic Association. The two years fol
lowing he was with the Western Pas
senger Association, after which he went
with tlte Great Northorn and Montana
Central roads as general traffic man
ager.
Was in Atlanta.
He then came to Atlanta with the
passenger association, after which the
Iste President Soencer made him third
vice president of the Southern. He held
this position from October, 1895, to May
i, 1886. He then went with the Hill In
terests again on the Great Northern as
second vice president, a place which
he held for four months, when he again
came to the Southern as second vice
president.
He Is known In Atlanta as a whole-
souled fellow, general* and libe ral-
henrted In every sense of the word. His
promotion created a great deal of en
thusiasm in Atlanta and his hundreds
of friends sent messages and congrat
ulations to him Immediately after the
news was received In Atlanta. No oth
er announcement could have struck a
more popular chord.
This picture is from the latest photo *f Mrs. Hetty,.Green,
tlic richest woman financier in the world, who predicts that this
country is on the verge of a politieul upheaval,.blaming the op
pressive Trusts and those legislators who fail to curb the money
power.
NOW IS THE TIME TO SHOP;
PROCRASTINA 7ION IS THIEF
OF ALL BEST SELECTIONS
What ubout all those Ghrlstmfts pres
ents?
It’s ail light enough to wait for good
old Mr, HantA Glaus to do your C’hrlst-
mus shopping for you, but It must be
renumbered that the old gentleman has
his hand* full Just about this time of
the year, and he needs a lift.
Unless you get busy in the Christmas
shopping line you might get left. For
the rush Is now on. Money that has
been saved up for Just this occasion le
being spent. Merchants are getting rid
of their extra stock and arrangements
are rapidly being made to acatter hap
piness broadcast over the great city of
Atlanta.
Ho the one wjio nulls Is lost.
Feel kind o* bud. wouldn’t you. If
you waited till the last minute and
after making your way to. the part leu-
move on.. Old Mr. Hantn Glaus will
probably look out for the children first,
but he may not have time to get all the
presents for the grown-up folks.
Thousands are not waiting, and as a
result he stores are filled all day long
with Christmas shoppers, many of them
accompanied by little tots, their eyes
dancing In glee at the beautiful sights
presented in the khop windows find
each one wishing that Hnnte Claus will
be kind enough Ao remember a.,d get
some particular' thing.
The time la drawing near and the
rush is getting greater every day.
NON-STRAIN
TAFT CHARGES
He Says Conspired
to Murder
Citizens.
DEFENDS. ACTION
OF MR. ROOSEVELT
goggles. Wo have the most complete
Automobile, engineers and niotortnan
iar counter bv’tlie aid of football rushes line ever shown In Atlanta. Recognlz
and flying wedge tactics, If the clerk
told you the particular thing you
wanted for your wife or your 'husband
had Just been sold out? Christmas
wouldn't seem Just right, would It?
Hence the necessity of getting a
Ing how hard It’s been for you to got
something to please you, we have made
special efforts to secure the best makes.
Walter Ballard Optical Company, 61
Peachtree street.
ratsrrk U not only dnngcrou*. but it
csUKi'V Iwd breath, ulrerntion. dentil mid
decay of iMiiiea. loss of thinking and rea
soning power, kills ambition uud energy,
often muses Iokh of appetite. Indigestion,
dyspepsia, raw throat and reaches to gen
eral debility, Idiocy nttd Insanity, it ne«»<ls
attention at •nice. Cure It with < in tins' Ca
tarrh cure. It Is n quick, radical, perma
nent cure, beennne it rids the system of the
poison genus that causes catarrh.
In orde^ to prove to nil who are suffer
ing from this dniigfrous and luutltsomc dis
ease that Gauss' Catarrh Cure will Actual
ly cure any m*e of mtnrrli quickly, bo tunt-
ter how long standing or how bad, I will
send n trial package by mnil free of nil
cost. Send us your mime nud address today
and the trentmeiu will In* sent you by re
turn mail. Try It! It will poMltlvely cure
so that you will Ik* welcomed Instead of
shunned by your friends. «*. K. (iAt'SS.
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The rooting that never'leak*. .
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Put up In rolls 32 tnchee wide and 40 feet « Indie, long,
containing 10* square feet, wrapped In heavy
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approximate weights.
3-Ply. 30 pound, p*r roll. Compute.
2-Ply. 70 pounds per roll. Complete.
1-Ply. 60 pound* per roll, Complete.
SAMPLES AND FULL PARTICULARS FREE.
Also 1, i *nd I-ply Tarred Rootling Taper. Sheathing
and Insulating paper.
CAROLINA PORTLAND CEMENT CO.,
ATLANTA, GA.
FREE.
This ctnipou Ik good for one trial park-
age of (/quibbled Catarrh
below nud mall to
C. K. (JACHS. 7J& Main Strv**t,
Sini’nhall, Mich.
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MAKES HIS ESCAPE
gpeciol t«» The Georgian.
Htatesboro. Go.. Dec. 6.—Reports
came to Statesboro yesterday that i
negro, George Williams, Imd attempt
ed to assault Mrs. J. G. Happ, who lives
ubout ten miles from this place. Tlio
report was not credited at first, but
investigation proves that this xvas the
purpose of the negro, who deliberately
tortured his victim and threatened to
kill her If she ever told on hint.
Sheriff Kendricks tried to take the
negro, but was not ubte to follow him
far.
The deputy sheriff Is now pursuing
the negro and u posse is scouring the
country for him.
Mr. Hupp Is a poor man. but feeling
Is high. He was at work ubout two
mll*»s from home while his wile was
picking cotton near the house.
The negro approached Mrs. Fapp,
knocked her wow it. choking Iter btu-
tally.
PURSE=WEllS PAPER CO.
WHOLESALE PAPER, PRINTING AND BINDING
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OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS Vjl
16 1-2 E. Mitchell Street,
ATLANTA. GA.
Declares Whole Battalion
Was Made Worthless by
Protecting Guilty.
Washington, Dec. 6.—In his annual
report Secretary of War Taft reviews
the events leading to the “shooting up"
of the town ojt Brownsville, Tex., on
August 14, last, by unidentified negro
sdldlert of Companies B, C and D, of
the Twenty-fifth Infantry, the crime
proper, the Investigation and subse
quent discharge, without honor, of the
members of the battalion.
The secretary concedes the hardship
worked on the Innocent, but holds there
were few men In the battalion without
knowledge of the identity of the raid
ers. He declares that inability to <?ls
inguirh guilty from Innocent makes
the whole battalion worthless.
Two Conspiracies Charged.
The existence or a conspiracy for the
perpetration of the crime, aqd a later
conspiracy of silence ofi the part of the
battalion, whereby the Criminals were
permitted to escape, Is established by
the repbrt. The secretary justifies the
government’s course and answers crit
icisms directed at it.
No reference is made to the devel
opment*-which led him to temporarily
suspend the order of discharge, and
which created alleged friction between
himself and the president.
The battalion was sent to Browns
ville July 28, over the protest of the
townspeople. Frdm the first, there was
friction between the troops and the
people of the town.
Angry at Ssloonists.
Many of the saloons compelled the
soldiers to,drink at separate bars, a
discrimination they resented bitterly.
The secretary reports thpt no serious
Injury was done to any of the troops,
although one of them was knocked
down by a government official, who
charged him with having Jostled his
wife. Another one was pushed off a
gang-plank by a customs inspector, be
cause, 'It Is claimed, he was drunk ond
disorderly.
In ettublialiliiff the exlutcnre of the two
conspiracies, the report says:
**Ont of a battalion of I7J enlisted
In tin* nrtny of the United Suites, from
nine to twenty men formed n preconcert
id plan to 'revenge themselves upon tbo
people of a town In which they were sta
tioned for the Insults they felt that the
townspeople hud heaped u-on then
accordance with the plan, they let
barracks under cover of darkness—about
midnight—aud proceeded to discharge their
weapons Into the houNes of the town for
Hie imrpose of killing those against whom
they felt a grievance.
Nearly Killed Woman.
“They came very near killing some one
or more of the throe women and seven
children who were sitting or slceplug In
two of the lighted rooms Into which they
fired. They. In fact, did kill oue man.
wound another, and seriously Injure the
chief of police. They accompanied their
firing with expressions Indicating the malice
which prompted their action.
“There can Ik» ho doubt, therefore, that
the squad of men who moved together
from the fort to the tuwu and did this
shooting were guilty of murder, and mur
der lu the first degree, and that If they
were discovered they could lie properly
subjected to capital punishment. The
puriMiso of one was the puiqiose of all.
Got Back to Barracks.
“Within ten minutes or more after this
crime was committed, when the whole
garrison was aroused by the noise of the
fusillade and by the call to arms which
followed it, the guilty men returned to
their places, and must bare born uir.oug
renfontbe last men etaolu sardCudlsUKu
the last men to take their places,
for the reason that the firing continued
after the formation luid -begun.
"The sImmmico of the rifles from the racks
could not have escaped tne attention of the
sergeants who bad the keys of the racks.
If. indeed, they lisd the keys; and yet all
THE SEASON 0FG00D CHEER
As Christmas Approaches, People Begin to Think How
They Can Improve Their Own Comforts, and at the
Same Time Make Everybody
Happy About Them.
A SUGGESTION FROM THE KING PEOPLE
In Making People Happy It Requires Considerable Time
for Thought as to the Likes and Dislikes of
That Particular Party. So Read These
Few Lines, If You Please.
We want tu talk a little on one line In
our biff establishment, for It I* of great
Interest to the majority .of people—the
sporting good* department. * We are
justly proud of thl* department, for Mr.
F. G. Byrd, the manager, 1* an exnert
In this line, nnd has been. In the bust-
nes* for many years, hence you can ap
preciate the fart that he knows just
what to keep In stock that will give
the people the greatest service snd sat
isfaction. Now you know'Christmas is
coming, and it will be here Ih Just nine
teen days. If this old world continues *o
turn over, and we all hope that she
may Weep turning.
What Is nicer to give to a friend, a
son, or a father than one of our modern
automatic guns’.’ What, about a bicy
cle. velocipede, sled, skates or foot
ball for the boy? You know they arc
all horn full of sport these day*. If a
little girl you want to remember, sup
pose you look over our big lines of tri
cycles or automobiles.
Regardless of whether you want It
for yourself or to give swat litre Is a
list of guns that may ald-yon In decid
ing on just what Js necessary.
Remington 1-hammer gun .. . .320.09
Remington K hammerless gun .. 23.59
Remington KHP-hsminerl*** gun 31.50
Remington 1 automatic gun .. ..30.00
Remington 2 automatic gun .... 37.50
Parker V-II hammeHes* 37.50
Parker P-H hammsrless
Fox No. A, hammerless
Ithaca F hemmerless
Ithaca 1 hammerless
Ithaca 2 hammerless
Winchester takedown
Winchester solid frame
Winchester riot
Sauer, hammerless
Stevens No. 335. hammerless
1830 Winchester repeater, 16 slim.
23 caliber JTTt
1832 Winchester repeater, 32. 3s
or « •• 12.30
1903 Winchester automatic, 22
caliber 16/u
1906 Winchester repeater. 22 short s.-.n
1902 Winchester.single shot ....
1903 Winchester single shot,
thumb trigger
1904 Winchester single shot, ex
tra heavy “
No. 15 Hamilton i,:..i
No. 19 Hamilton
savage. Jr 4.
Savage 30-30 is.un
We arc very anxious to have even-
one look entirely through our sporiiny
goods department, for If you are In
clined that way you will certainly <>«
delighted with the class of goods
handle. *
KING HARDWARE COMPANY,
53 Peachtrs* 8tr**t.
20.IP
3.m>
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IN 8TH DISTRICT
Uovernor Terrell returned Thursday
morning from Athens, where on Wed
nesday the trustees of the agricultural
school for the Eighth district decided
on the site for the inatltutton.
Morgan county won out over Put
nam and Wilkes counties with a bid of
340.000 cash, 257 acres of land Just
outside the city limits of Madison,
electric lights and water for ten years
and telephone service for threo years.
When the good news reached Madi
son a great public demonstration took
place, and speeches were made by the
leading citizens. Work is to begin on
the school In January. To date the
schools have been located In the First,
Second, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth and
Eleventh districts.
By January 1, 1907, the schools will
have been located In the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth districts. In the Ninth dis
trict Anal action will not be. taken un
til February, In .order to give several
counties desiring the school time to
canvass for funds. When they nre all
located the state will have a property
worth near a million dollars.
VGRAND
MATINEE TODAY—TONIGHT
SIDNEY R. ELLIS Presents
The German Dialect Comedian
AL. H. WILSON
In An Entirely New Ploy
METZ IN THE ALPS
Night Prices 25c to $1.50.
Matinee 25c to $1.»<A
BALLARD BIFOCAL.
A revelation to glass wearers, does
away with two pairs of glasses, both
reading and walking vision In one
frame, nnd looks like one glass. It has
proven the most successful of all the
advertised Invisible bifocals. They are
being sold by all the leading houses
In America and abroad. Our oculist’s
prescription department is the most
perfect system ever Inaugurated In this
country. Not how cheap, but how well
we can serve you. Ask the oculist about
us. Walter Ballard Optical Company, 61
Peachtree street.
Friday and Saturday—Matlnse
Saturday.
THOMAS DIXON, JR.,
Presents His New Play
—THE—
ONE WOMAN
A Study of I-ove and Socialism.
Night 25c to $l.5(h—Mat. 25c to $J.0i>.
BALE NOW OPEN.
Monday and Tuasday—Mat. Tuesday.
HENRY W. SAVAGE offers
HARRY BULGER
In the Season’s Smartest Show
“THE MAN FROM NOW”
By Bangs, Bryan and Klain.
Great (last—Augmented Orchestra
Night 25C to 31.00—Mat. 26c to 31.O0.
SALE FRIDAY.
MOST EVERYBODY
FORGOT TO VOTE
™ BIJOU
TONIGHT—MATINEE TODAY
CHAS. E. BLANEY Presents
MR. HARRY FIR8T
In Blaney’a Oomedy-Drama Success
OLD ISAACS
FROM THE BOWERY
VfVT WPVV•
’THE MILLIONAIRE * DETECTIVE"
I he rac .
morning, all the jpms were clean. It la
oaaJbla that many of the battalion who
not take )>ert n» active hum niter* of the
coiiaiilrncy to intmlor were not made
aware l»v one clrcuniatence or another of
the Identity of the perfoti* who committed
thla hcluoua offenae.
Murderers Were Protected,
luatcnd of giving to their officer*, or
to the military Inspector* who
reefed to make the examination, the heuettt
of ntiythlug which they knew tending to
load to a conviction of the guilty person*,
there wo* a contplreey of Nllence on the
part of the many who inuat have known
oomething of Importance in thl* regard.
Thus the murderer* were taken hack into
the tatulion and protected entirely from
punishment.”
TWO CANDIDATES OUT
FOR MACON FOOD IN8PECTOR.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga.. Dec. 6.—M the tegular
meeting' of the board of health to be
held next Wednesday night the election
of food Inspector for the year of 1907
will be one of the principal things to
come before the body.
George Cherry, who non* holds the
position. Is a candidate for re-election,
while Dr. T. A. Cheatham has also ap
plied for the position.
VIVA
Out of a total registration of 10,950
but 689 citizen* availed themselves ot
the power to vote In the city election
Wednesday.
If any-600 of these had not voted,
the result would have keen the same.
W. R. Joyner would have been elected
mayor and the full ticket nominated
with him at the primary of August
22 would hare been likewise elected.
There were only a few scratches.
Following was the vote by wards: First
ward, 92: Second ward, 113; Third
ward, 82; Fourth ward. 75; Fifth
ward, 100; Sixth ward, 98; SeventR
ward, 46: Eighth ward. 33.
Following are the new offlclals-elect:
W. R. Joyner, mayor; city attor
ney, James .L. Mayson; city engineer,
R. M. Clayton; city tax collector, E. T.
Payne; commissioner public works. IL
L. .Collier; city treasurer, T. J. Pee
ples; city sexton. H. H. Barefleld: al
derman First ward, A. L. Curtis: al
derman Fifth ward, II. M. Beutell;
councilman First ward, A. H. Baskin;
Second ward. I- P. Huddleston; Third
ward, C. W. Mangum; Fourth ward, B.
K. Pierce: Fifth ward, I. F. Btyron;
Sixth ward. John \V. Grant; Seventh
ward, T. D. Longtno; Eighth ward,
" E. Harman.
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O HE POURED ACID
O ON RIVAL'S HORSE. O
a - o
O New York. Dec. 6.—A peculiar- O
O ly atrocious rase of cruelty to O
O animals was heard today in the O
Q court of apodal session*. Isaac 0
O Dietachman was accused of pour- 0
9 Ing two ounces of muriatic add on O
O the back of a horse owned by a 0
O business rival, Louis Watlinan. 0
O Dietachman was sent
Q Tombs for thirty days.
ELDORADO
SALDWIN-MELVILLE STOCK CO.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday Night*.
Friday nnd Saturday Matinee*,
“LOUISIANA”
Night Prices 10, 20. 30 and 50 Cent*.
Mutlnec Prices 16, 29 and 30 Cents.
NEXT WEEK:
“BEWARE OF MEN”
THE STAR
Week of December 3,
Sensational Drama in Three Acts
“A WESTERN JUDGE”
New Moving Pictures.
Matinee* Monday. Wednesday.
Thursday and Saturday at 2:30. Every
nlgl.t at »:13.
OtKtOOOWOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOWQ vannalu
MUSIC
Every Day at Durand’s,
111-2 E. Alabama St.
Noon and Night.
Atlantan Receives Promotion.
Special to The Georgian.
-Macon, aa., Dec. (.—The Standard
Oil Company has appointed D. II. Boh-
■ .con branch. He was tor two year* tie
•be O Augusta manager, but for the past “IX
O | month* he lies been manager at S*-