The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-30
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
REvILLE AFTER SPEAKERSHIP.
MAKES A PLEA FOR SUPPORT IN AN
ORIGINAL POEM.

Returns Thus Far Made to the Con-
troIIer General by the Corpora
tions Indicate That There VIII BE
Decrease This Yehr-M., ID. q ;.
Railroad Falls on and Its Returns
Are Returned - Rev. Len G.
BrouEhton VIII Denounce Drug
EIsts.
Atlanta, April 29.-Col. William T..
ReviIe, keeper of public buildings and
grounds, and recently elected a mem
Der of the House of Representatives
from Meriwether county. has an
nounced his candidacy for the speaker
ship in a circular letter, which he has
sent to all the recently nominated
members of the new House.
Col. Reville sends along with his an
nouncement a copy of an original poem,
in which he recites his services to the
party and appeals TO the members for
votes for IAN old man" for Speaker.
Corporation Returns Decrease.
The indications are, according to the
returns being made of corporation
property to Controller General William
A. Wright, that the showing made by
the corporations this year will be one
of decrease rather than increase. Most
of the returns received to date have
shown decreases as compared with last
year, and all of these the Controller
General has rejected.
To-day he received the return of the
Macon. Dublin and Savannah Rail
road Company, which stated that the
road had no franchise of value, al
though the arbitrators last year as
sessed the value of the company
franchise at S55. 452 The total return
was Sl44,O00 lower than the return of
last year. The Controller General has
written the president of the company
that the return must be made equal at
least to that of last year, or the mat
ter will have to go to arbitration.
Home for the EII<s.
AT the regular meeting of the At
lanta Elks Lodge last night a commit
tee of five was appointed to take up
the matter of procuring a home for
the Elks here. 1t has not been iecid-
ed whether the lodge will buy a house
and lot. or will buy a lot and build
The committee will report on this fea-
ture at the next meeting. Fire Chief
w. r. Joyner is chairman of the COM
mittee.
Child smOthered Beside Her.
Mrs. John c. Stanley, of 100 North
Boulevard, awoke at an early hour this
morning to find her baby child Of ten
weeks cold in death beside her. The
coroners jury found that the child had
died of suffocation, having been cover
ed with the bed clothes. The mother
is frantic and may not live.
Young Dean Goes to Jail.
James b. Dean, 10 years old. who
killed his playmate, Jesse Bradshaw,
last December with a parlor rifle, to-
day pleaded guilty in the criminal
court to involuntary manslaughter. in
the commission of a lawful act with
out due caution, and was sentenced
to spend six months in Jail.
This plea was accepted by the prose-
cution in view of all the circumstances.
though young Dean was really engag-
ed in an unlawful act in firing his rifle
within the city limits.
BrOughtOn After Druggists.
Rev. Len G. Broughton says he will
in his sermon next Sunday at the
Baptist Tabernacle, give the names of
about dozen prominent druggists of
Atlanta who have been selling whisky
and other intoxicants in violation of
the city and state laws. He says he
has number of bottles of the stuff,
some of which were purchased on Sun
day and some on election day. He says
following his sermon he will present
their names to the grand jury