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f • flu Weathtrr i itjiDti a**d VIHoltyt Biio tonight and Krt* W wsrtner tonight; colder 17 Krldejr night. VOL. V. NO. 211. ' ■ Spot OoWMY I.lmpool. •(<•«: «.ss*. AiUntaT Arm; fill*-. N«w York, .t'dr; ll.«*. 8. Orlm. inn; ill Wo. Mnaub, it'dr; l"%r. ATLANTA, OA., THURSDAY, MARCH 7,1907. PRICE: S 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. OOOOOOOOOOOOO0000000060003 o o o ANOTHER JOLT DUE O O FRIOAY FROM WINTER. O O 0 O old winter is preparing to hand O O us another ope—not so awful 0 O much; but a reminder that he O O still has standing room on the O O Mage Forecast: O O ’ Rain Thursday night and Frl-* O O day; warmer Friday, colder by O O Friday fright.” O O Thursday temperatures; O O 7 o'clock it. m 44 degrees O o’clock a. m 44 degrees O O’clock n. m 4ft degrees O O 1 o o'clock a. m 4ft degrees O JO 11 o'clock n. m 46 degree* O O 12 o'clock noon 4H tlegrees O •'clock p. m ftO degrees O _ /clock p. m 51 degrees O o o ooo ooooooooooooo oooooooooo 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. :<>V 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 % f- f % \ \ - iv * .‘MvV • • 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 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O O O HARRY THAW 18 QLAD O O „ 8TR0THER8 ARE FREED. O O O O New York, March 7.—The flrst O * O news of the Strother brothers’ ac- O O qulttal at Culpeper. Va.. was O O taken to Harry Thaw by a rs- O O porter. Q O "I’m mighty glad to hear it,” O O aald Thaw, his face brightening O O up with,* broad smile. O O When reminded that the defense O O was the "unwritten law.” he aald: O O “I would like to tell you how O O glad I am. but my attorneys won't O O let me." o O O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOvI 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.