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ATLANTA, OA., THURSDAY, MARCH 7,1907.
PRICE:
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Vanguard of Army
Attacked on Wed
nesday.
BH
IUTTLE RAGES
FOR THREE HOURS
Preparations Being Made to
' Attack Bonilla’s Strong
est Point.
feu .1 .in. I».l Sur. Nicarngus. March 7.-
The '.ni-'iiril of the Nicsmgunn army. o.
, up* 11. - Vuiundgue. 6 iniifM from Chointi
, a V, :iH,n k*'il y*"*ferdn.v morning l»y
r-onni.l. riLli- IhhIv of Honduran*. wlib-h
tiicv *lro\•• off with heavy loss after three
hour* ftclitin"
|*re|Mr.itloiiH are now being made to
tack < li-iuteea. Itoiillln'M strongest |m»-i
Prince of Russia
Target for Bomb
S: Petersburg, March 7.—A bomb
war thrown at Prince Argutynskl, dl
rector "f the high nchol at Warsaw,
this morning and the school wa
wrc'k.d, hut the prince escaped unin
Jure*! The bomb wan thrown by i
mere hoy, w ho made good hltt escape.
General Neplueff, commandant of the
fortress at Sebastopol, had u narro.v
escape from death when a bomb
thrown at him while he was driving
through the city to attend a farewell
ban.imt in his honor. The carriage
was shattered and the general was
jure.l about the feet. Ills eoaehmnn
was wounded and a woman who was
passing sustained serious Injuries.
Robert C. Ogden
Is Critically 111
It, March 7.—Robert C. Og-
ss is more serious today
•re JHh son-in-law. Dr.
t’arey, said that he ltad had
able night, and was show ing
of It.
$25,000Reward
For Boy's Return
I lam mock. Del. March 7 —
> toward of $25,000. offered for
•• return and another $10,000
lead body, hundreds of.men are
tig for little 4-year-old Horace
*ii’> -of Dr. Horace Marvin,
'trudge disappearance Monday
“used the entire neighborhood.
ncr.il belief Is that the boy *s
ransom.
Railroad Buys
Savannah Line
March 7.—The Merchants*
"•rs* Transportation Company,
c steamship line* between
<nd Savannah. Ha., has been
• the New York. Neiy Haven
’f°rd Railway Company, ac-
a •'taiement made here today
Fitzgerald, after a confer-
President Mellen, of that
FATE OF THAW
UP TO EXPERTS
Delmas Contends that
Defendant Has fte-_
gained Reason.
CRAZY AT TIME
HE SLEW WHITEJS
Therefore Ho Was Xot Re- o
sponsible for the
Deed.
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o’clock a. m 44 degrees O
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New York. March 7.—By ^the latest
shift In the Thaw ease the young man’s
life again hangs by the thread of ex
pert testimony. This time It Is on the
testimony of Drs. Hammond and Je-
llffe, alienists. The defense now stan Is
sduarely on the Issue that Thaw was
Insane from the time Evelyn related
her story In Paris until some time sub
sequent to the killing of White, and
•an not he held rcs|»on*llde. He has
low recovered his equilibrium and can
not be confined In the mad house, is
the defense's contention, and efforts
III be made to show that Thaw Is now
rational.
The defense Mas planned In a mas
terly way. Experts Evans and Wagner
stopped their visits to the Tombs In
October, repoHlng that Thaw showed
such Improvement as to lead to> the
belief that he was insane when their
examination begun. Then new experts
—Hammond and Jellffe—took hold at a
later period, so with different corps of
alienists a distinct line has been drawn
for the period of Thaw’s alleged insan
ity during which time he shot Whffe.
MOTHER OF HARRY THAW
8UFFER8 A BREAKDOWN.
New York, March 7.—Although her
ordeal on the witness stand was not
nearly as terrible aa she had expected,
Mrs. William Thaw suffered a nervous
breakdown today.
Following the mfcny days of constant
attendance at the trial of her son. Har
ry. for the killing of Stanford White,
the aged woman suddenly gave way
and spent a restless night. She bore
up wonderfully until she had finished
her story on the witness stand. Then
the reaction set In. flhe was driven
to the Hole! Lorraine and It Is said
there that It will probably be several
•lays before Mrs. Thaw Is able to re
turn to court.
May Issue Statement.
The faithful mother has expressed
her disappointment .over the fact that
her lawyers, when she was testifying
In behaff of her son. refused to ullnw
her to tell of the so-called prenatal In
fluences and to correct Impressions re
garding the Thaw faintly which have
gained wide currency.
Many of these she considers In the
nature of slurs, and unless she Is re
called as a witness lie will Issue a
statement. In which she will endeavor
to set herself and sons and daughters
right In the eyes of the world.
Mrs. Thaw was on the witness stand
less thar\ an hour, but her story cre
ated a remurkable Impression on the
Jury.
Wanted Harry to Wed.
When ahG told of her love for Eve
lyn and explained that she had told
Harry to marry her, and that she would
protect her past, and how she had
tried to make the young couple happy,
there were tears In the eyes of many
Experts’ Report Shows
Hovv City Would
Profit.
Continual on Pago Throo.
BEHIND LOCKED DOORS
COMMITTEE FRAMESJJP-
HOSPITAL ORDINANCE
Want Mrs. Eddy
Before a Court
N H. March 7.—Messrs,
ud How**. uttorne>* for the
- in the Eddy case, stilted to
rn order «»r’ notice requiring
' to ;i|*|M'in before a magi*-
■ mike deposition, w ould prob-
■•Ae.i tomorrow.
• it that any applications for
•dp by Mrs. Eddy would he a
'■‘-ion *.r the petitioner's claim
• not prevent the prosecution,
•• might transfer the uctlon
•Late court.
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TOO YOUNG
FOR HERO MEDAL
•. \\ Is.. March 7.—To gain
“ n *»s a hero from the f’arnegle
'L*n. one must be old enough to
the danger encountered In
bravery. Because. In the
* one „f members of the
v,,, n. Emmett Kchrentk, aged 3.
>*»ung to be a hero and a medal
n refused him.
Here's another secret session—and
another leak.
The ordinance committee broke Into
the star chamber session habit Wed
nesday afternoon, holding a secret
meeting behind tho doors of the may
's office.
The committee held a conference
with the mayor on the Grady hospital
tangle, the guests of honor being Al
derman Hlrseh, president of the hoar*
of trustees, and Councilman Pearce
hose ordinance nbollshlng the boar*
and providing for the discontinuance *•:
pay wards was the main topic of dis
union
Alderman t'urii*. who has beep
promlnentlv identified with the move
ment for a change In the management
of the hospital, made an effort to tip
pear before the conference, but failed
Turn Down Curtis,
as only by accident.” said Al
derman Curtis. "that I heard there was
going 1*1 be a secret meeting. When 1
found out such a meeting was being
held I sent In a request that 1 be a I
d to api>ear before the conference
If the Grady hospltnl matter was b«
Ing discussed. 1 received no answer,
but 1 understand that the hospital wu*
the topic of discussion."
As fur as Is known, no one was no
tified there would be a secret session
except the members or the ordinance
committee, the mayor and the two
guests of honor.
As has been the case with the secret
sessions of the police committee, a leak
was sprung. 9 representative or The
Georgian wns underneath. Home In
teresting things happened
practically decided that the
ordinance by Alderman < , urtl». alml-
Ishlng the board and providing for the
election of « new one. would be ve
toed by the mayor.
Will Kssp Three.
Instead, the ordinance by Alderman
Pearce, with the pay ward feature elim
inated. w HI t>o revised, so ms to let the
three members of the board, whose
terms do not expire, remain In office.
The report of the electrical engineers
on the feasibility of municipal owner
ship was the principal topic-of dissua
sion In political circles Thursday.
That municipal ownership of a light
ing plant would be a paying proposi
tion few* doubted, but that a plant
could be made to pay for Itself In ns
short a time as three years was hardly
expected by the most ardent advocates
of municipal ownership.
The report was practically complete
In every particular. The question of a
suitable site was taken up by the sug
gestion of a location at the waterworks
or at the Incinerating plant, both of
which possess many advantages.
The report showed. In an itemised
statement of expenses of operation, that
the plant, by running at night alono
and furnishing power only for street
lighting, would save the city about
$40,000 a year.
The cost of erecting such a plant, ac
cording to the exhaustlve^list of figures
presented, would he about $265,000.
With a profit of $40.oou a year, tho net
return on the investment would be
nearly 15 per cent, and the plant would
pay for Itself In less than sevyn years.
If lights were furnished consumers
In the day by this plant the cos' of
erection would not be any greater and
the additional cost of operation would
hardly amount to more than $10,000
With the plant running In the day.
the profits would be more than double,
and the plant would pay for Itaeir In
about three yeara.
BODY OF AGED JUSTICE
BORNE TO ITS LAST REST
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BODY OF JUDGE LOQAN E. BLECKLEY RESTING IN STATE IN ROTUNDA OP THE STATE CAPITOL.
Lay in State Under
Great Dome of
Capitol.
THOUSANDS PAY
LAST HOMAGE
“UNWRITTEN LAW”
SAVES STROTHERS
T
JO CO TO HILL
Senator Says He Has
No Idea of Taking
Job.
Washington. Mnrch 7.—Senator
Spooner is not leaving the senate to
accept a |>oidtion under James J. Hill.
The story printed In thin morning’s
papers from Minneapolis to the effect
that as soon as Senator S|»ooncr leaves
Washington he will step into Mr. Hill’s
•ffice at a salary of $ft0,ofro a year, was
emphatically denied by the senator j
himself this morning.
"Mr. Hill offered me the place of i
general counsel of his roads In 1881.” I
funeral in Capitol Begins
at 3:30 O’cloek—Then
to Oakland.
With th, majtzty of death about him.
the body of Judge I^tgan E. Bleckley
reeled Thursday In the rotunda of the
state capitol.
Men eminent In the civic, profee-
elonal and business life of the state
stood sorrowly by the somber bier of
the dead Jurist and gazed upon the
mortal remains of hint who was Just a
little while ago a great living, throb-
blng brain and heart among them.
From the humbler walks of life come
others to look their last upon the dead,
-seemed but tranquilly* sleeping.
Jury Gets Case
9:30 A. M. Thurs
day.
at
REACH A VERDICT
IX A FEW HOURS
Trial One of the Most Re
markable in History of
Virginia.
Long Illness and the conqueror of all
men had left him still clothed In the
familiar appearance all were accus
tomed to know*.
The great dome, outreachlng, com- ; 1° death within an hour after he
pelting, of his leonine head was * mA -*•**••
Cu1|f*p*t, 'V*., 'MnfWf 7.—The •‘un
written law” triumphed In Virginia to
day when the Jury In the case of Jamea
and Philip Strother, charged with the
murder of William Bywaters, who was
smoothed of life’s cares and perplexi
ties. The thin hands, wont to be bus-
led with the things of life, were folded
tranquilly over the pulseless heart.
Looking down upon him u Justice of
the supreme court said:
How plgmled seem money, power,
place In the presence of this Illus
trious dead! Great brain, great heart,
rounded life, contempt for all but the
truth—a man! What a legacy to his
hlldren, to his state, to his country!"
Surrounding the casket, a handsome
hut plain one, were many exquisite
floral offerings—the final expression of
love and esteem of those who knew
and cared for the dead. He loved
twers In life—loved children, and the
tods and the hills and the truth
It seemed lining that he should rest
said Senator Spooner today at the! here, where many years of his great
white house. "I have not met Mr Hill Intellect were given to Interpreting the
dne© then, nor have I had any com- laws and hind to him by Indissoluble
nunlcatlons from him. The story! ties the legal profession,
irlnted today that I w ill he in Mr Hill's | Body Brought to Capitol.
*mploy after 1 leave the senate Is a A| 10 oV . ot . k Thursdav momlnr the
fabrication pure and simple. ! did not . w .
- body of Judge- -Bleckley was brought
tnnounce my retirement t*«
awyer of any single corporallo
.-easonn for tny retirement we
plainly stated.”
ALDERMAN A. L. CURTIS.
Author of tho hospital motauro,
which waa mutilated in aocrot aaa-
aion of ordinance committee.
as revised. Is now In the hand
Councilman Terrell, chairman of the
ordinance committee. It will be taken
up the first thing at the next meeting
of council.
Alderman Pearce was anxious for the
feature of his ordinance abolishing pay
wards not to In> eliminated. Council
man Ktyron eeemed also to favor this,
but Alderman Hlrseh vigorously op
posed It. Councilman Pearce acqui
esced for the time,
Phyaiciana Disgruntled.
Alderman Hlrseh, It Is stated, charg
ed that the principal people bock of the
light on the hospital were physicians
und the successors to the five whose .who were Jealous because they were
X plre shall he elected, one j not on the visiting staff. Councilman
ard rep- ' Pearce refuted this, stating that «s far
, as he knew there was absolutely no
inflection that dissatisfaction with the visiting stuff.
»ne of the members ! The three members of the hoard who
terms
from each ward. Thereafter ’
resentatlon will prevail.
It Is rumored In this 1
J. \Y. Kngllsb. Jr
iho
bv Alderman Pearce
FIVE NEGROES ARE KILLED
IN LUMBER TRAIN WRECK
British Ship Malaga
Sinks Near
Port.
titierlnt to Th, U»orgi«ll.
Moultrie, (la. March 7—H>« ne
gro.,. employee- of the Vnlon Plnopoll.
Saw-mill-, were kllleil In a wreck near
the Sun-et Mill till- morning and many
other- are -erlou-ly Injure.!
consisting of flat cars
out and the negroes wer
, ar A white tree hud
the track in u sandy plac
The train
a us hacking
»n the front
rned across
• und was not
noticed until too late lo prevent the
very disastrous wreck.
Several white men were on the en
gine. but none was Injured.
Several of tboae Injured, It Is thought,
will die.
There wrere sixty men on the wrecked
train and the fait that the list of fa-
tnlltles was not greater Is all but mar
velous.
The survivors at onie set to work
rescuing the dead tod Injured from
the wreck.
London. March 7.—A report from
fuatelhnare dl Stnria says that the
Hrltlah ship Malaga was wrecked al
most In sight of land off that port.
Thirty bodies have been recovered,
and it Is thought the whole ship's
• tinpuny has perished.
BRAKE FAILED TO WORK
AND WRECK RESULTED.
Hpeclsl to The Georglati.
Athens, Oa., March 7 —A wreck In
the yards of the Georgia railroad of
this city occurred yesterday evening.
In which two passenger coaches and a
switch engine were badly damaged, und
an engineer came near meeting with
what might have been a serious acci
dent. A switch engine pulling about
thirty loaded cars from a factory sid
ing was approaching the main line at
the station when the airbrakes on the
locomotive failed t*» work and th® form
of the train on the down grade pro-
pelted It onto the main line and a col
lision with the passenger, which waa
standing on the main track resulted.
to the capitol from th
his son-in-law, lion Hubert Culberson, J
In Gordon street.
From the Washington street side the
body was borne Into the building and
placed In the center under the greut
dome. The pullbearers were: Luther Z.
Rosser, Charles T. Hopkins, Robert C.
Alston. John M. Hinton, H. C. Peeples.
T. A. Hammond. John D. Little and
Reuben R. Arnold.
At a meeting of the Atlanta Bar As-
soclut ion. held at 9 o’clock Thursday
morning, the following committee of
wall-known attorneys was appointed to
take charge of the body as It lay in
state; A. J. Orme, chairman; Victor
Smith, K. F. Childress, Hamilton
Douglass. Hugh N. Dorsey, George c.
Spence. Alex Meyer. It. It. Itlackburn.
Winfield P. Jones. I^tnmr llucker. Il«n-
rv Alexander and Leonard tluas. This
committee was divided Into divisions
of four serving relief until 3:3n o'clock,
when the funeral services will begin.
Handsome Floral Offaringa.
The floral offerings .were numerous
und of unusual beauty and costliness.
From the Georgia Har Association
came a great broken column of roses,
bearing the Inscription. 'The Great
Lawyer.”
Front the members of the supreme
and appellate courts, a broken wheel >f
roses, with the Inscription, "Our Great
Chief Justice. v
The Atlanta Har Association sent a
magnificent wreath of lilies of the val
ley. roses and ferns. From Indivldun's
came scores of exquisite wreaths,
crosses and other designs.
Many Viaw Body.
Throughout the forenoon and up to
3 o’clock score* passed by the bier to
look u|xm the distinguished dead. On •
Ing to late trains, very few of the es
cort from a distance reached the dt.v
until long after noon. Among tt»o early
arrival* were Judge Pope, of Albany;
Judge John W. Maddox. Judge Mose
Wright and Judge J*»el llrunhnm, of
Rome; Judge Horace Holden, of Craw,
fordvllle; K. K Lumpkin, of Athens,
and others.
The original plan to have the body
rest in the supreme cour roorti was
changed Thursday morning on account
of the restricted quarter**, and the ro-
had been compelled to wed their alater,
Viola, brought In a verdict of acquit
tal.
Applause broke out In the court room
when the verdict of "not guilty” waa
announced. The acquitted men were
congratulated by an enthualoatlc
throng. 31 rs. James Strother fell weep
ing into the arms of her husband, who
mingled his tears with hers. Several
of the Jurors also wept.
Judge Qlad of Verdict.
Judge Hurrlson's voire shook with
emotion and tears rolled down his
cheeks when he said to the Jury:
"I am glad to heat you say that the
chastity of women shall be protected
and that no punishment will be meted
out to the mall who deals with the
man who Invades his home. I have
no censure for your verdict. Go to your
homes and I hope you will And them ns
you left them."
The Strother brothers said the ver-
diet was only what they expected, as
residence nfj||| P y knew they had done nothing
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wrong. The prosecuting attorney said
he waa perfectly satisfied with the re
sult.
Court House Deors Looked.
The Jury retired to their room at l:St
o'clock title morning and the verdict
was rendered In an hour and a half.
Judge Harrison ordered the doors of
the c<mrt house locked, and only a few
persons were In the court room when
the case went to the Jury.
Outside a crowd of 600 or <00 men
and boys stormed the doors, but admit
tance waa not granted them .by Sheriff
Pulliam. The crowd stood In a driving
snow. Joking and Jesting with one an
other, und now and theu sent up a
shout. James and Philip moved nerv
ously about, smiling now, frowning
then and turning from side to side to
greet a friend.
The state’s case sgalnst the accused
was dosed last night at 10 o’clock by
Captain MlcaJnh Woods, who made a
speech consuming five hours.
Judge Harrison, In view of the fact
that several of the Jurors showed plain
ly the stress of the long day. decided
not to deliver his dmrge until this
morning.
A good night's rest put the Jurors In
better spirits, und when they were
brought Into tlie court room all seemed
refreshed and ready to continue with
the consideration of the case.
History of th# Csss.
William By waters was shot and
killed on December 15 last at "Rother-
wood,” the home of the Strother family.
He hud Just been married to Viola
Continued on Pags Three.
Continued on Page Three.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records here each day sente
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index says In Its Issue for the
week:
"Drawn by the magnet of unmeasured resources and unsurpassed
possIhllltieH, money for Investment In a great variety of Industrial lines
cornea Into Georgia and Alabama in increasing volume. The splendid div
idend-paying results that have been achieved are Imt an earnest of
what will lw accomplished, and of tin* magnificent future of these two
great states when more water |n»wers have been harnessed for the gen
eration of electric pdtorer, more mines have been opened to untouched
mineral wealth, more railroads constructed through territory us yet un-
develo|»ed and more factories built ty transform the raw materials at
their very doors. These things are halng done now with a rapidity that
Is wonderful—but the field is vast and the diversified resources mro un
limited. practically.
"Literally millions of dollar* are represented In ths Industrial de
velopment* In Georgia and Alabama during the past seven days. Final
plan* und arrangements have been consummated In New York for the
development *»f the water power of Anthony Shoals on the Broad River, <0
miles from Augusta. Gu . at a cost of $5,000,000. These plans have been
forming for some time, hut their completion Is an Industrial event of
great Importance.
"The directors of the Central of Georgia Hallway Company'have de*
elded u|»»n plans for shops to be built at Macon, Ga, at a cost of over
$1.000,0IMI Near Birmingham, Ala., new eon! mines will be opened In a
field recently puichused, and a town will he built This will be an In
vestment of over $1,000,000.
"The water power of Furmans Shoal*, near Mllledgeyfile, Ga., has
been pur* based and \\ IIJ be developed by a company which will furnish
electric power In MllledgnvHle and Macon, Ga, and possibly to the Macon,
Americas and Albany Electric Railway.
•At Bessemer, Ala., steel furnace* will be remodeled at a cost of a
quarter of u million. At Anniston. Ala . a steel car plant will be en
larged extensively. The Abbeville und Northwestern Railroad Company
will build n branch line from CnuUllia. Fla., to Montesutno, Ga Plana
are being made for building an electric railway between Rome, Ga, and
adjacent .towns.
Among numerous other thing* reported by The Index art: Exten
sion of street railway *y*tems. Atlanta. Go., and Huntsville, Ala; Ice
factory. Wetunipkn. Ala., soap factory, Atlanta,, Gn . $I00„<H)0 bonk. Mo
bile. am . tile plant. Bitmtngham. Ala., laundry. Mllledgevllla, Ga; ca-
pa« It y of paving tibi k plant to he doubted. Mobile. Ala.; seven land com
panies. three at Birmingham, Ala, and one each at Atlanta, Auguata,
Wuycros* and PltsgeruM. Ga.; three.story building, Htatesboro, Go.; ttv*
enth floor to be added to hot*-l building. Mobile. Ala.; block of two-atory
building*. Klberton. Ga . fio.ono Improvements in public park, Roma, Oa;
increase of capital stock from $fto.ooo to $200,000 by a lumber company,
Ing plan*, two « hurt h*-« in one ctty.wo apartment houses. Jail, street pav- *
Linden. Ah« . three lumber plant*, t bond issues, contracts awarded and
24 m w corporation* v.lili aggregate capital stock of $513,000.