The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-26
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
ACTRESS SLAPPED HIS FACE.
FELT INsULTED BY WHAT HOTEL
CLERK SAID.

Louise Beaten Was the Leading WO-
man in a Sensational Episode
Man Tried to Get in Her Room and
This Was Followed BY n Protest
From the Clerk, Who Was Labor
ing Under a Misrepresentation.
Atlanta. Nov. 25.-Louise Beaton, an
actress playing the leading role in
"Rachel Goldstein" at the Bijou The
alter. was the central figure of SEN
satlonal episode in the Piedmont Ho-
tel at an early hour this morning.
Following a late supper after the
theater, which she attended, one OF
the participants, a travelling man who
was under the influence of liquor, tried
to get into Miss Beaton's room, claim
ing he had left his valise in there.
The night Waterman reported the
matter to the Office and Lyman Britt,
the night clerk, telephoned to her room
and told her that she could not enter
tain gentlemen in her room at that
hour of the night The actress angrily
told him she was doing nothing of the
kind and asked him to come up and
see for himself. This he did, and after
a brief, but spirited, conversation. Miss
Beaton soundly slapped his face.
The clerk told her she would have
to leave the hotel, but this morning
the affair was satisfactorily explained
and shown to have been caused entire
" by a man who tried to carry too
much champaene
Awards 10 Geological Department.
State Geologtst w. S. Yeates re-
ceived from ST. Louis to-day a cor
rected list of awards to Georgia ex-
hibits in his departments. The awards
of the inferior jury were far from sat-
isfactory, and an appeal was taken to
the superior jury, with much better
results. Prof. Yeates expressed him.
self as satisfied with the changes that
had been made.
The grand prize was awarded to
Georgia for the marble and mineral ex-
hibit. For the bauXite exhibit a sill
Yer medal was given.
The state geological survey was
given a gold medal for the excellence
of its publications. A gold medal was
also given to the survey for the min
eral, ore and rock exhibit.
A gold medal was awarded to the
state for the exhibit of building stones.
A silver medal was also given Geor-
gia for the display of gold nuggets. A
silver medal was also given Georgia for
the exhibit of clay and clay products.
The Georgia Marble Company of
Tate was given a gold medal for its
display of marble. The Blue Ridge
Marble Company of Nelson was given
a silver medal. -
State Geolc~ist w. S. Yeates was
awarded a gold medal for the magnifi-
cent manner in which he arranged the
Georgia display, and Assistant Geolo-
gist Jones was given silver medal.
New Plans for University.
DR.. ]. w. Walden of Athens, who
was chairman of the committee which
had in charge the work of securing
the establishment of big Presbyte-
rian University in Atlanta, said to-
day the project would by no means be
abandoned. The new plans propose to
call on the Presbyterians of the South
for subscriptions. amounting to $780,,
600. Atlanta will then be asked to
renew her offer of $250.000. Then it
is expected to bring the Presbyterian
University at Columbia. S. c., here,
and establish it with a $1,0O0.000 en-
dowment.
1t will take long time to work out
these new ideas, it is expected, but DR..
Walden and his committee feel conf
dent OF success