The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-16
MOVING ON NEW ORLEANS.
Plans of Atlanta Veternns-Atlanta
News Notes.

News Notes.
Atlanta, May 15.-The movement of
Confederate veterans to New Orleans
from Atlanta will begin tomorrow aft
ernoon, when Gen. Clement A. Evans,
commander of the Georgia Division,
and several others will go in advance
of the general gathering.
Some fifteen or twenty special trains
will go from Atlanta via West Point
on Sunday and Monday, in additional
to the regular trains, and it is esti-
mated that somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of 10000 veterans and visitors, in
Guiding all from the states to the east
and northeast, will make their way
through here to New Orleans while the
rates are in effect.
The Atlanta party, about $50 strong,
accompanied by Fire Chief Joyner and
the firemen's drum and bugle corps,
will leave the city on a special train
Monday morning.
viii go 10 Arbitration.
No further conference was held to-
day over the tax returns of the South
ern Railway, as was expected. Con-
troller General Wright has not been
notified whether the officials of the
road propose to let the matter go to
arbitration, but it will doubtless take
that course.
The controller general will not begin
making assessments of corporation
property until the latter part of next
week. The state officials are Of the
opinion that practically all of the re-
turns will be settled satisfactorily by
arbitration, and that there will be no
litigation over the franchise tax law.
Goodman IA Desperate.
Walter Goodman, the 13-year- old boy,
who said he was from Savannah, and
who is said to have attempted suicide
by taking bed-bug poison is at the po-
lice station to-day, under a charge of
assault with intend to murder. The
warrant was sworn out by r. c.
Campbell, the storekeeper who be-
friended him and was secured for the
purpose of getting the boy into the
county reformatory. Campbell says
the boy is young desperate, and that
he tried to kill several negroes in the
neighborhood of his store.
Agreement Fell Through.
In spite Of the fact that an agreement
was reached between the union print
ers and the Franklin Printing Com
pany, by which about fifty union men
were to 90 to work this morning, the
agreement was abrogated, and the men
did not go to work because of a publ
cation which the Franklin Company
says was given out by the printers and
was unfounded. 1t was stated that the
office was to be unionized, and that
non-union men were to be discharged
at an early date.
These and other statements were OBJ
jected to by the company, and the
agreement is off.
Jews Raising n Fund.
The Russian Jews of Atlanta are
raising a fund for the relief of the ov-
pressed members of their race at Kts-
sehof, Roumania, where terrible mas
sacres recently occurred. They have
already forwarded about 5000, and will
give entertainments to increase the
fund.
No Pardon for Hanver.
Gov. Terrell declined to-day to par
don or commute the sentence of Or.
Louis Hanver, the Atlanta man VINO.
about seven years ago, killed his wife,
ana VINO is now serving a life sentence
in the penitentiary.
Perry Was Not Hanged.
John Perry, who murdered a circus
employ, was not hanged at Dalton.
though this was the day set for the
execution. His attorneys made a mo-
ton for new trial on extraordinary
grounds, and Judge Fite granted a SUI
persedeas. The case will now 60 to
the Supreme Court the lower court
having denied the motion