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Newspaper Page TextTHE ATLANTA GEUKGIAN, BATDRUAT, DKCKMIIKK 2». I!** GREAT CONFERENCE OF COTTON INTERESTS HERE NEXT OCTOBER Growers and Manu facturers of World Are Coming. Will Atlanta Let This Splendid School Suffer? OPTIONS ON LOTS CLOSE JANUARY 1 Let Every Patriotic Citizen Come Forward with Lib eral Subscription at Once. Unless over 14,000 In raised at once, Tech will not get that badly needed addition to the campus. The option pn the two lots which can now be bought for 17,600 expires on January 1. Then money cannot buy them. Are Atlanta people, who have ever come to the help and support of Atlanta Institutions, going to allow Tech'a appeal to pass unheard 7 They should not. That Atlnnta Spirit of which Atlantans are so proud must come to.Tech’s support. He,ore Janu ary 1 $4,11} must be rataed so that the two lots can be purebnsed. Already there are down on tho list of contributors some of Atlanta’s most g romlnent and public-spirited cltlxens. nt there nro not enough names dow yet. Ho far $3,105 hns been raised. 1 requires $7,500. The fund Is short $4,195, and It Is up to Atlanta people to. raise this amount before January 1. The story of Tech's crowded rumpus Is an old one. Atlanta, people know It and they know, too, how badly Tech needs new buildings. Unless the cam pus Is enlnrged and these two lots are secured, the new buildings cannot be built. Are Atlnnta people going to throw Tech down? There are only a few more days left In which to answer the question. TIME OF HALVES TO BELENGTHENEO New York, Doc. 2$.—Prior to tho mooting today of tho National Inter collegiate Athletic Afluoclntlon, It wan announced that a new football rules committee would bo appointed, but that probably no chungoH In tho rulea would result, excepting as to time of game. The delegates favor the lengthening of the halves from 30 to 35 minutes each. Aside from thin It Is doubtful if any change In the rules will he made. The executive committee of the as sociation met lost night and framed a report on athletics to present, at the meeting today. Those members of the committee present were: Captain Pal mer E. Pierce, of West Point, chair man: Professor II. D. Wild, of Wil liams: Professor Louis Bevler, Jr., of Rutgers; W. L. Dudley, of Vanderbilt University, and Professor Rice, of Ohio Wesleyan, representing Professor Her bert Welch. MRS. GRUBBS SUES SOUTHERN FOR $25,000 Suit for $25,000 damages against the Southern Railway Company was en tered In the superior court Saturday by Mrs. Nellie Orubbs, of Atlanta. Plaintiff sues on account of the death of her husband, who was killed by a locomotive of the defendant company at the North avenue crossing in this city, December 24. Orubbs was em ployed as a driver for the Quthman laundry, and, while attempting to cross the railway tracks with his wagon the team was struck by a switch engine. Grubbs and a 12-year-old negro boy known as ••Pete” were killed, the wa gon reduced to kindling wood and the horse killed. A NEW CITY CODE IS BADLY NEEDED The committee on printing recom mend*, In the annual report to coun cil. that a new city code be printed to embrace new law*, and that at leant 260 coplea of the annual reporta of 1905'nnd 1906 be alao printed. Alt tbe printing waa done tn union shop*. Councilman Curt In of the First ward la chairman of the committee. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drnggtsts refund money If it tails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signa ture on each bog. 25c. STEAMER GOES ASHORE DURING DENSE POO. Norfolk, Va, Dec. 29.—Tbe Old Do minion steamship Hamilton, sailing from New Tork for Norfolk, Decem ber 2$, went aabore near Sewells Point. Bve miles below thla city. In a dense > fog thla morning. Tugs have been sent to her assist- •nc£ and as she la lying In an easy ssaltlon. no alarm la faux a— —— safety. A conference will be held In Atlanta next October between all the cotton manufacturers and cotton growers of the United States. A dispatch to The Oeorglan late Frl. day afternoon from Providence, R. I., brought the announcement that such a conference had been called by James R, McCall, president of the Lorraine Manufacturing Company, of Pawtuck et, and also president of the. National Association of Cotton Manufacturers. Mr. McCall has Issued letters to all the cotton manufacturers and growers In the country. A similar letter has been Issued In Europe to all manufac turers there by the International Fed eration of Cotton Manufacturers of Eu rope. The members of the following organ isations were Included In the list of those sent letters by President McCall: The Farmers’ Educational and Co-op erative Union, the Southern Cotton Association, the National Spinners' As. soclatlon. the American Cotton Man ufacturers' Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, and tho International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners. The purpose of the conference, as The purpose of the conference, outlined by Mr. McCall, I* to have bettor mutual understanding brought about between the cotton manufac turer and the cotton grower. He be lieves this will lead to .the betterment of both. The conference will bring thousands of neople to the city. SLEEP BY ELECTRICITY French Hospital Surgeon Makes an Important Discovery. By RAOUL DE SAINT RENE. (Copyricbt, 1994, by W. It. llesrst.) l'nris, lire. 29.—A large aod brilliant crowd of Americans, as well as a great number of French ladles and gentlemen well known lu tbe literary world, flocked to bear tbe lecture, jrlren In tbe Harhoune a ('oolfdge, lecture was ••America as a World Power.” Professor Coolidge hegnu by stating tlmt be felt very nervous at appearing ivefore vgtil in liungr, 1167 Mill null ailRinil, Italy and Japan could not bo called world powers been use they take no active part in tho world's affairs, but ouly protest tbe Interests of their cltlsens. The great world powers were England, Itussla, France, Germany and the united .States, liecauae anything seriously affecting them the world. America first became a world power after the war with Hpnln In 1898, . -a- . dire ** and another step In that direction was transactions with China In 1900. Tho lec ture was given In English, nod It wns sur prising how the French part of the mi- 9 grasiKHl the meaning of what Pro- * Coolidge saiu. fessor To Driv* Out Malaria And Build Up tha 8yatam Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. You 11TO ..... know' what you are taking. The discourse iignlnst Catholic teachings and up to the present separation law’ of church mid state. It began In 1879, when thi * was passed forbidding to Catholic ui sltles the right of voting; 1880 the e slon of tho .fesults from France; 188: presslon of chureh processions; 188. nrlitnlstn of the cemeteries; lKWJ tho formula Is plainly printed on every bot tle, showing It la simply Quinine and Iron In a taatelesa form. The Quinine drives out the malaria and the Iron builds up the system. Sold by all dealers for 27 years. Price 50 cents. EASILY IDENTIFIED 1C COLQUITT MAN WANTED BY OFFICERS Special to Th? Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Dec. 29.—Jake Mock, a Colquitt, Ga., man, was arrested here yesterday for the authorities, of that place. He Is wanted there on a charge of criminal assnult on n woman at 'olqultt. Mock Is 65 years old, six feet four Inches In height, bald-headed and only has one eye. He weighs 185 pounds and wears a No. 10 shoe, anil there was no trouble In the officer identifying the man, for whom there Is reward of $60. NEGRO KILLED WITH AX DURING QUARREL. Special to The Georgian. Spartanburg, H. C., Dec. 29.—News has reached here of the killing of John Brown by Wlllla Garrett, both colored, In Laurens county. It is reported that Garrett and Brown quarreled over a gambling debt und Garrett aelaed an ax and struck Brown on the head, crushing his skull. Garrett has been arrested *u»u committed fa jail. dogmas by Goblet; and tbe closing up of cures; 1891, coudemuntlon of Mgr. Gouthc- Hoiriard; 1892 taxes on congregations; 1897 the discourse of F. llrlssou against P Olllv . ... church; 1900 suppression Ices at St. Esprit; 1901 new laws ... religious associations; 1902, under Combes, the closing of all congregational schools; 190J, expulsion of congregations; 1904, tho removal of tho crucifixes from tho court houses; 1906, the separation law, and 1906. the closing of tho Inst congregntloiiul schools nud the Inventory scandals. All Paris Is talking about the new dis covery made by I»r. Tuffler, of the Itenu- J«n ^hosjdtnl, which f consists of^projluclnjj artificial sleen by electricity. It Is‘called ”I.n Hotatieil Klectrlque.” This discovery Is a grent event In the medical and surgical dangerous to the patient. It la an electric battery whleh produces a curreut of 40,000 mlllloinperes In strength. The current does not affect the heart, but exercises Inhibitory action on the pain nerves of the brain. Professor Tuffler has demonstrated that he Is also able to produce by tbe same battery artificial epilepsy. Nearly nil the Paris papers have men tod _ou President Roosevelt's message, • — • - •• * I. - nank", sonic of them favorably and some very unfavorably. The IJbre Parole publishes In Its editorial the following: "Another illusion gone! The Roosevelt who was always represented to us ns a man of Iron turns out to lie but a man of Indian rubber. I do not refer to the Roosevelt armed with knlv$>s and enrblnes. wenrlng a hat a la Buffalo Bill, the Intrepid ■finder of paths/ which we are neons- touted to see depicted In our newspapers for “ ’ ••***••- many years. _ the othr •super-ninn* whom i. . '•‘ctnal*’ have held ’ip .... Huper-inaii? The epithet Is not sufficient. II4MIH4-v» i lt the sort of eertnln rlnss of 'Intel- to us for admiration. For some Fre giMl. Now* the fmuons . I'd, and we see the real Roosevelt, nrid to us he scarcely differs from the most vul gar of our politicians.” POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. ^Bnrd IBIiig the contest a lively one. Hheriunu a consummate politician of the old whool played lit A project Is nfoot In Detroit to erect —. * r»f tbe Ul Igau. It now looks ss though Tom Taggart chairman of the nathuml Democratic com uilttec, has been repudiated by Ills IVuio- rratseveii of hi* own state. According to report, the leadership of the JVmoerat* hi Mllwaukei* Is building a new atfllltorlum, and If It Is completed In time the Cream City pur|H»ses to put In a bid for tho next Republican uutlonnl convention. Edward C. Wall, of Milwaukee, who was „ candidate for the presidential nomination liefore the last Itemueratlc uatlonsl conven tion, was married recently to his private secretary, hjlss Martha Dorothy Ahremlt, Senator John W. Daniel, whom Virginia dtotnoentfs believe to lie the liest available Imun for the Democratic presidential nomi nation. la a native of Lynchburg and will lie nyears old hi* uext birthday. He aerveili the fonfederate army throughout the r ami waa well known as a lawyer before entered public life. Elected to office for life through the blun der of law-makers. Dr. Hugh Cary, lueinlter of tbe city hoard of education of Detroit.| wfU^ ty appeal to the coming leglalaturo to put i*ud to bla official term. New Hamp shire. Is 42, a Harvard graduate and a uiemlter of an old New Hampshire family, lie uiude quite a fortune In rnllwaya nud steel. The first bill Introduced by Representative „.Jamendn»ent to make the preal ■ ■ six years, and to establish luellglblllty for STRETCHED ON CABIN FLOOR, AGED MAN FOUND DEAD. Special to The Georgian. Brunswick, Oa., Dec. 2t.—M. J. Mar tin, an old resident of Brunswick, was found dead In a small cabin on the haley dock, at the foot of Albemarle strest. The body was stretched full length on the floor, and ft was evident that life had been extinct tnsny hours. There were no marks of violence, and was decided that death was due heart failure. The deceased leaves a wife and three children. Seven hundred student* of the F.cole Cen- Ihm*u naked to $*at beef- mummy- mi m I One Man and Eighteen Horses Are Drowned in the River. MANY PASSENGERS HURLED INTO RIVER Vessel Is Struck During Darkness and Fog Off Jersey City. New York, Dec. 29.—The Erie ferry boat Paterson waa nunk In the Hudson river early today. It was rammed by a freight lighter In the darkness and fog. Many of the passengers were flung Into the water, others of the passengers scrambled Into the Paterson's small boats. Tugs hurried to the rescue. Dell Barker, an oiler on the ferry boat, was drowned. He lived In Jer sey City. Eighteen horses were drowned. Others Rsportsd Drowned. According to several passengers, there were probably other passenger* drowned, but no one could be found ho could give any definite Informa tion In this respect. It was a Lehigh Valley railroad lighter, according to one report, that rammed the Paterson. Other reports assert that It was a tramp steamer. According to Sergeant Hague, of the Jersey City police, there were two United States mall wagons sunk with the Paterson. Their drivers had to nbandon their charges or lose their lives. It Is said there were also sev eral express wagons sunk. The fifty passengers had but little warning of the collision. Tho lighter was proceeding down stream. The fer ry boat was going up and across. The bow of the lighter tore and crushed Its way Into the port side of the Pater son. Dsek Hands Launch Boats. Deck hands swiftly loosened the Pat erson's small boats from their fasten ings. Men scrambled toward them from the cabins. All were shouting like mad. Fortunately, most of the men-Were In the smoking cabin on the starboard side. They were all flung the floor when the crash came. Then they made for the boats, helping to launch them. The few passengers who had been on the port side or In the port cabin of the Paterson were flung Into the water. Almost all of them had time to snatch life preservers from beneath the seats. There were no women on the boat. Tugs steamed at full speed to the rescue. The men In the water were picked up first. Then those In the small hoata were transferred to the tugs. All ere landed at Jersey City and Hobo ken. FOR LEAGUE MEET AT EL RENO, OKLA By PERCY H. WHITING. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. $9.—The At. lanta delegation arrived In good time last night and additional delegations from Little Rock and Nashville came In this morning. The meeting will not be called on schedule time. Those present at the meeting are President W. M. Kavanaugh, his sec. retary, Clark Miller; Manager Mlque Finn, H. C. Rlthlr, president of the Lit. tie Rock Association; Mose Wormier, auditor of the league, all of Little Rock; "Cap” Joyner, Lowry Arnold. John C. Dickinson and Billy Smith, of Atlanta; President \V. T. Crawford. Secretary Harry Erlich and Manager Tom Fisher, of Shreveport; Manhger Charles Frank, President Leonard ~ Ison, of New Orleans; President F. _. Coleman, Secretary Tom McCullough and Manager Charles Babb, of Mem ihls; President E. P. Amerine, o Montgomery; President Robert Baugh, Director Will McKuen and Nashville. Chattanooga Wants Place. Chattanooga has sent to the meet, ing a delegation composed of Sam Strang Nlcklln, of the New York Na tionals, and A. M. Gifford, an old boll nlayer, to attempt to buy a franchise In the league. They have the backing to pay any reasonable price for one. IS A CHEAP CLU Members Get Their Meals at a Small Cost. By RICHARD ABERCORN. IF PA’O BEEN THERE. IxH'nuso they hav stunk* ns hnril a an dry ns Mhnvlug*. Thcjr also coinpInL. that they an* clmrg4*d i«h» highly for tho food, that It Is of had quality. It la ••Ithor sorvod cold or dr._ holng kept too loug In the oven, ami Hint rlcd up by “ ‘‘keeping hundred want their tueals nt the time. It Is Impossllde for him to sorvo If tho portions nro enrved liefore- hand. Tho students now liny their own food and march Into tho nehool dining hall to GEORGIA SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO., Paying 4 Per Cent On De posits. The oldest savings bank In the city the Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company, will pay 4 per cent Interest per annum un nil deposits nf from $1 up beginning January 1st. nnd It will be compounded for you twice a year, you entertain the Idea that you cannot have a bank nccount permit us to re mind you thnt you can. Just take $1 (surely you enn spare that much) and take It tn the Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company, corner Broad and Alnbnma streets (you will see a large sign, SAVINGS BANK, over the door) anil the/ will give you n pass book nnd your nccount Is started. Title dollar will soon crave for company and be fore the year Is out you can have a "Nest Kgg” that If properly managed will make you comfortable In your old age. Resolve that with the new year you will begin a light to get the “wolf- farther away from your door. Thou- sands of people are saving with tills solid Institution. They had on deposit December 2$, 1899 December 28, 1900 December 28, 1901 December 28, 1902 December 28, 1903 December 28, 1904 December 2S. 1905 December 28, 1904......... Amounts deposited on or before Jan uary 10 will bear Interest from January I. Bank, open every Saturday after noon from 4 to 6, In addition to regular morning hours. $10,152.79 50.090.10 75.431.11 107.111.39 1«2,541.0* 215.115.40 255,259.94 321.494.14 SOLD AT AUCTION) BID IN BY OWNER. Special to Tbe Oeorglan. Columbus, aa„ Dec. 29.—The Dixie Biewery, located here, was put up at auction yesterday by the owner, c. Keraten, nnd the only bid obtained waa $5,500. The plant waa bought In by the owner at that price. Some burglars came to town the other night. And goftn Guthrie's house and helped themselves To nearly everything there waa In sight, Or locked In drawers or piled up on the shelves. And Mr. Guthrie hardly drew his breath. 'Cause Mrs. Guthrie said he dldn' dare; Those burglars would of both got scared to death If pa'd been there. When Russia didn't whip the Japanese Pa told us It was Kouropatkln's fault; He ought of won as eray as you please. The trouble was he wasn't worth Ms sal,. s I'll bet the Japs would all be wlshln' yet That they had not mixed up In that affair. For they’d he full of bullets and regret. If pa'd been there. , Last Christmas Uncle Fred sent me a book About the fight they had at Water loo; It tells you of the part Napoleon took; Pa says he bit off more than he could chew. And tna thinks that the Duke of Well ington, Who. ns the poet says, stood up four-square. Most likely would of gone home on the run It pa'd been there. Once when my pa waa tailin' ma and me About the flood and Noah and the ark He said he couldn't ever seem to see Why Noah let the rat* and mice em bark. And ma said; "I suppose he didn't knew How they'd Increase the woes we’d have to bear; They'd never of gut up the gangplank, though, If you’d been there.” If pa had been In Adam's place that day When Satan came to Eden In dis guise We wouldn't have to die and pass away, Nor care about no mansions In ths skies. Pa he'd of winked at Eve and turned to chase The mean old tempter In a bole somewhere; The fall of man would not of taken place If pa’d been lhea_ (Copyright, 1906, by W. R. Hearst.) London, Dec. 29.—Welbeck Abbey, where the eccentric duke of Portland burrowed underground rooms'and pas sages to hide himself from the world. Is to be visited by the king and queen, as the guests of the present duke and duchess of Portland. Their majesties will Inspect the won derful subterranean annex, which In eludes c huge riding school which ii. now used for Inrgo dances. There are also a picture gallery, a chapel, a li brary underground, which have been made habitable by the present duke, but are seldom used except when roy alty visits Welbeck. The late duke of Portland Is said to have spent $16,000,000 on these bur, rowings. He hod a morbid dislike for being seen by or seeing his fellow man and lived In solitary state. When he stayed at Ma London house, a gloomy old place, surrounded by a high wall, he trnveled the whole distance In his brougham, with tho blinds down. The carriage was placed with the duke In side on a freight truck and sent to town by rail and he was driven from the sta tlon to his door, after being Invisible throughout the Journey. Even now he Is dead, It is stilt un certain whether he did not live a dou ble life, and under' the name of Dru ran a bazaar In London. Law suit after law suit has been fought on this question without solving It. The duch ess of Portland, who Is perhaps the best all-round sportswoman In Eng land, does not figure prominently In so clety, but confines her entertaining shooting parties at Welbeck, county balls In the underground hall, hunting parties, etc. It Is not expected that she will take lior place among society lead ers until the debut of her eldest daugh ter, Lady Victoria Rentlnck, who Is not yet 17 and Is a god-dailghter of the late queen. The duke of Portland, who waa until lately master of the horse to King Ed ward, Is a fine sportsman and n learned nnturollst. He malntnlns at Welbeck a very complete private zoo, where strange beasts like kangaroos, Ameri can bison and antelopes roam the park at will. The cheapest rlub in London Is the House of Commons. Labor members of modest means And that they have to pay no more, or perhaps less, for their meals In the parliamentary din ing room than they would at the mod Inexpensive restaurants outside, anil the prices are 50 per cent lower than in any West End club. Soon after tho meeting nf the new parliament with Its host of members from humble life, the kitchen commit tee begnn to cater, specially for them, and Introduced a shilling (25 cents) dinner. This Includes a cut from the Joint, two vegetables, bread, cheese, butter and a choice of two sweets. Ab staining member! can drink with It water from a special artesian well, paying nothing for this, of course. For 12 cents you may have half a bottle of fair claret, and for 20 cents half a bottle of a "vintage” wine. The heavy inheritance tax levied on the duke of Rutland on his succeeding to his father’s title and property has obliged him to shut up Belvotr Castle, the magnificent family seat, nnd live In quite a small house on another estate. Most of the tax was assessed on the splendid collection of pictures which adorns Belvotr Castle, and which wll not he seen for many years—tha, Is, until the duko has finally recovered finan cially from the effects of the Inheri tance tax. The walls of the principal rooms are covered with art treasures which are merely the remnant of the great col lection which existed before the fire a hundred years ago, when 104 valua ble pictures were destroyed. The Belvolr Castle pictures include Holbein's "Henry VIII." 8lr Joshua Reynold's portrait of the Marquis of Granby and his stster and Tenter’s Dutch Proverbs and the whole collec tion Is practically priceless. A thief has been curiously detected In the act by a man at work on the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral. In a top room of one of the big warehouses which surround the cathedral, the workman watched an Individual un dress. put on a new suit of clothes and cover them with his own clothes, which were rather shabby. Descending from Ms lofty observa tion post, the workman went to the I warehouse add gave Information, with —Puck. | the s»*--'t that tha quick-cbenca It Is Not Known if They Are Regulars in tho Army. El Reno, Okla., Dec. 29.—Dressed in the uniform of the United States army, an unknown negro last night attempted a hold-up In the laundry of Lee Sing. The Chinaman resisted and was shot. He may die. The negro escaped. It Is not known whether,the assailant was a soldier or one of the discharged men of the Twenty-fifth regiment. The numerous outrages perpetrated by ne groes have aroused the bitterest feel Ing on the part of the citizens gener ally. Intents Feeling Prevails. Intsnse racial feeling prevail/ over the assault upon Mrs. T. S. Clifford, wife of a prominent physician, by a negro who wore the uniform of a sol dler. When asked what action he had taken to ascertain if any of the regu lars were guilty of recent outrages. Major Penrose, commanding officer at Fort Reno, said: "I am getting sick of this business. Every time a crime Is committed it Is laid to the negro soldiers. I won't tell anything about what has been done further than to say that we are doing all possible to aid the police to capture the guilty persons.” SWEAR THAT SOLDIERS FIRED FROM GARRISON Brownsville, Texas, Dec. £9.—In the Investigation os to the riotous acts al leged to have been committed by mem bers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, col ored, being conducted by Assistant United States Attorney General Purdy, at the Instance of President Roosevelt, George Randall, a retired business man, and his wife swore that they saw sol diers shooting from the Inside of the garrison wall on the night of the out rage, the soldiers afterwards Jumping over the wall and Invading the town. Mrs. Kate Leahy corroborated this evidence and counted sixteen negro soldiers participating In the shooting. Herbert Elkins wa. with Mrs. Leahy and corroborated her testimony. In all twenty cltlxens testlflejl today practically to the same effect. Photo graphs of places fired Into were taken and bullet holes counted. A now Springfield army bullet of Improved jattern was found Imbedded behind a jedroom mirror and will be taken to Washington. ACQUITTAL VERDICT El Owner of Town Topics Is Freed on Charge of Perjury. New York, Dec. 29.—Colonel William D. Alarifl? of Town Topics, charged with perjury, was acquitted by a Jury last night. The verdict was reached four hours later. The charge against Colonel Mann grew out of the Norman Hapgood libel suit. During the proceedings In that case Colonel Mann testified that the letters "O. K., W. D. M„” appearing on a letter received by him from Count Reginald H. Ward, of London, hail not been written by him. In the present case It was charged that Colonel Mnnn committed perjury when he denied having made the letters tn question. JAPS BUYING SIS TO USE AGAINST U. S. The Little Brown Men Storing Food in Hawaii. FEDERAL OFFICERS ARE INVESTIGATING Devlin and Bonaparte Dis cuss Details of Test Case in San Francisco. Honolulu, Dec. 29.—The recent Im portations of rice and yther foods i,y the Japanese are unprecedented. The Federal authorities are Investigating the matter. The Imports are said to be stored In unknown places nt Hilo, on the ea t coast of Hawaii. The Japanese ha'. ,or roonH's for the pv •- chase of arms. DETAIL8 OF TE8T CASE DISCUSSED WITH DEVLIN. Washington, Dec. 29.—United States District Attorney Devlin, of San Fran cisco, spent much time today with At- torney General Bonaparte In a confer, ence on the conduct by the government of a test case to determine the status o' Japanese residents of California In thi public schools of the state. The cas on which the two conferred grew nu of the state law separating the Jan anese from white schools In Callfor nla, Mother-in-Law of Rich Man Is Terribly Burn ed. GEORGIA DAY AT ON JUNE 10,190? Georgia Day at the big Jamestown Exposition will be on Monday, Juno 1907. This definite announcement was made Saturday when Chairman W. N. Mitchell, of the Georgia Commission the exposition, received a telegram from Hon. Harry St. Oeorge Tucker, president of the exposition, saying tills date had been fixed with the full concurrence of President Roose velt. Some weeks when Chairman Mitch- waa In Washington, he had a con ference with President Roosevelt and at that time the president announced his determination of being present at the exposition on Georgia Day to make an address so now that the date has been definitely fixed, visitors to the exposition will hear him on that day. New York. Dec. 29.—The sight of % oman on fire, like a torch, In a fourth story window pf the Hotel Calvert, nt Broadway and Fortieth street, with blazing curtains about her, was wit nessed by a large crowd today. The oman was Mrs. Mary Parker, moth- ln-law of L. E. Waterman, Jr., son the wealthy penmaker. Mrs. Parker attempted to light (he gns In the room and the top of the match flew into the out tains, igniting them, and In an Instant the flames swept to the celling. She attempted to pull down the blazing curtains and the flames caught In her hair. She ran screaming Into the hall. A man grab bed a blanket and wrapped it about Mrs. Parker and extinguished the fire. Airs. Parker lost her hair, besides re ceiving serious burns nbouf the face nnd hands. So great was the crowd that gathered In Broadway that It was necessary to call out the police re serves to handle It. WILL SENO MEN ARROAD TO GET GOOD IMMK Chairman Mitchell will a , once take i with the Georgia, military author! ties the queetton of sending state troops to the exposition to be present when the president makes his ad dress anil he will ascertain Just how many will go. The occasion will be doubly Inter- ting for the reason that the Oeorgla building at the exposition Is a repro duction of the old home of President Roosevelt's mother. Invitations will extended to the governors of other states to be present and the Indica tions are that Georgia Day will be one of the largest during the entire exposition. who was the Janitor's son. wss arrest ed as he came down sulre, looking rather bulky. He would have get away with the goods If his curious action luid not been noticed from :he dome of the cathe dral. * Thnt the neorgla Immigration As sociation means business was amply demonstrated at the meeting of th# association Friday afternoon In the of fices of the Chamber of Commerce, Is the Empire building. Hon. Hoke Smith stated at flic nret- Ing that the decision of Commissioner Straus, of the department of commerce and labor. In the South Carolina ea*. was In accord with the law, and that Georgia could legally go to wok and secure a desirable class nf Immigrants The directors, following the meeting, called upon Oovemor Terrell nnd Com missioner of Agriculture T. O■ Hudson both expressing themselves as In lieaiy sympathy and accord with the mote- mem. . Commissioner Hudson volunteered lake charge of the movement rum devote his time and energy to«a getting the immigrants here. ** assured of the co-operation of the soclatlon. The Immigrants “d” . brought. If possible, from t . n * Ireland, Scotland, Norway. Sweden am Germany. . ., „ h« James A. Strachan, of Atlanta. . Is In Scotland, under the direction Commissioner Hudson, has an Im® gratlon movement there well » Fred Hanson, of Rome, will b ® a deputy commissioner, and een Norway and Sweden, from countries he has already brought Immigrants to Georgia. Another will be sent to Germany Hgh' also with a commission from (- ira sloner Hudson. IHli Ibt hr k.