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The Weilhtrf fgg! SA Syrjssr & Atlanta Georgian (and news) I Vol. v. NO. 213. ATLANTA, QA., SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1907. tt ELIJAH" DOWIE IS DEAD; DOESN’T FORGIVE FAMILY He Leads in Prayer Offered by Faithful Followers. FACES inevitable witilbare heart Parses Away Shortly After Day Begins in City of His Dreams. Zion City. III.. March I.—Dr. John Ale under Dowle, ■elf-termed Elijah HI and prophet of divine selection, died a: T:40 o'clock at what waa once hi, palace In Zion City—Shiloh Houae. The death waa lingering. The faith* ful played until the very end that he might yet be • pa red. He led them .oniln tally In their anppllcatlona until ,i 1.1,t hlH feeble voice ceaaed and he breathe I his laat. About hln bed stood several of the faithful and one or two men who have fought h m with creat visor In his last month, n' life. These men repented at the deathbed; they asked for forglve- Wiuldn't, Have Doctor. Keen to the laet breath the afed -prophet" shmved hie Indomitable will, hi, spirit of love for the struggle. His l„t word, plainly Indicated this feel lng He said: “1 have fought a good fight. I— 1 hi, lip, reused moving and hie eyee rinsed. A, rnriy a, 7 o'clock laat night It aas apparent that Dr. Dowle'e end was drawing rapidly nearer. Some of the faithful asked him If he would permit , physician to attend him. In the hope t at the,llfe might be prolonged. "So, iny dear friends. God Is calling urn to Him. I am going to my reward. Call the faithful about me that they siay ,ce the end." Thus he i,Hike to them and his wish «as fulfilled. Within a short time Shl- th House was filled with friends of the prnpnet. Wert Not Reconeiltd. Word was sent to Dr. Gladstone l>iv Ir ;he n un , and hie mother, the ulier turn of the family. Jn the hour following the etiuggle they had de (tried hlt.i. To the last moment 'Dr. Dowle did nut a«k for either of them. He had frequently had words with hln son, There was no forgiveness. Ho died ■oh u feeling of anger against them, Hr Howie came to his end In the —Tfh*' In Which he ruled the strangest •ty the world has ever known. He bed there n poor, broken old man, ih 'in of his. power and Influence, •here once he stood tho leader. Born in Scotland. J an Alexander Dowle, who claimed « os the Prophet Elijah reincarnated, !»r.trai overseer of Zion City, and haad •f the Christian Catholic church, w •rrn In ftllnburg. Scotland, In 1H7. and ith his parenta to Australia In NINE EXPERTS WILL TESTIFY Jerome Has Engaged Six New Alien- BIG SHORTAGE CAUSES SUICIDE Preston Said To Be Out Nearly $100,- 000. ists. IMPORTANT DATA SENT TO HIM Evelyn Thaw Expected to Refuse to Produce Any Letters From White. "ELIJAH” DOWIE IN HIS CARRIAGE. Thia picture shpwt the "prophet” as ha appeared while taking a drive i City in company with hia wifa and Oladatcna, r company with hia wifa and Oh $10,000 BILL, STOLEN FROM SUB-TREASURY AT CHICAGO, TURNS UP IN LONDON, ENG. New Tork. March t.—Six additional Inaantty experts were added to tha prosecution's list of witnesses In the Thaw case today. Tha experts Immediately upon the ar. rival at the criminal courts building today proceeded to the private offlee of District Attorney Jerome, where a con ference, expected to lest all night and tomorrow, waa held. - The prosecution now has nine ex perts, all of whom. It la expected, will be celled to the stand by the prosecu tor. It fa reported today that Mr. Jerome has received a cablegram from Craig Wadsworth, second secretary of the American embassy at London, contain ing valuable Information. Sleuths Im mediately were dispatched to verify certalQ Information. CORONER’S INQUEST REVEALS AFFAIRS Manager of Concern Drinks Acid When Note Falls Due. EVELYN THAW WILL REFUSE TO PRODUCE WHITE'S NOTES. New York, March 9.—That Evelyn He jui. first began to advance his doe- ln Sydney. While preaching on '. iriirra he became no boisterous that he was arrested and >ut In jail, II- mi- ai iually driven out of Au* I landed In Sen Francisco In s " Finally, in 15*2, he thought tt ».-t and to move again, and went " 1 linage. In ipiic of his previous motes, Dowle ud iinm- lion financially. He always '«'k m client care of that end of hia High'ii. .mil ho was prepared to make tai.it hurtle m Chicago. It waa In nK,| 6 1 that success began to come to Ah l i. "lo grow rich he grew dicta ,* 1,11 i"" 1 arrogant. Ills father, John fitirrai whom tho "healer” Induced to ''fin Australia to Zion City, soon ' in anger and disgust, and went to i'- in Khsox, i„wa. ' ,l "‘ "mney he had secured In |aii i and California by laying on , , 1,1 bought more real estate. In value, put him on the -I becoming a millionaire. He '"’"‘If to be a born promoter. ,, ,|| "'l breathe a word against "iimnluratlon, and any one who j K 1 1 ' hint at an Investigation re nd ,,f„. punishment at once. Gotham Hia Watarloo. '""e in 1*01 It was discovered • himself, while preaching "iveness of prayer for others. " secretly taking massage treat- r fheiimatlem. came Inconfilct with the In i*oi Mrs. Emma Judd, died In terrible agony. No were admitted to eee her "“»lh physician* testified that raid have been served. -Mrs; ‘"Henson, end a boy named Hu»ton. also died under the 1 "etn. The law Investigated, “ escaped punishment. Mummery” ceremony. "Zion i.'ulng robes and "Angel of ' /Ion much has. been wrll- " ' "les for the dwellers In ' "St Iron. Tobacco, Intoxl- « siu. r"By young folk* were Tv ’ , h e ban of the "prophet." > u „v ,"" fal1 of Dowle may be aald nth ^./H'ro. Octotwr, HOI, when .he. ar,!, j h ills „f Zion, Invaded New- hati, ' " ould not take Dowle se- "il ir.c i h< !. ."**'• red-faced fat men. HWy low •"fin on a platform clad in was taken a* a joke, and r.cev laughed at him. The "owie's vanity waa a severe " h ” epened his vials of wrath 'll* abuse and Inaulta on *r». calling them “stink pots," ■ "i he ranted the worse they Cintmued *n Peg* Five. Chicago. March »■—One of the $10,- 000 bills stolen from the Chicago sub- treasury In the $171,000 robbery, has been presented to and caabad by the Bank of England. London. A cablegram announced this fact yet' lerday, which started an International hunt without parallel In the history of the Federal secret service. Upon r*e Neeblt Thaw has been eubpenaed the state In the trial of her husband waa regarded today by counsel for the defense as evidence that the prosecu tion has found Itself so thoroughly blocked that It has to catch at straws. Nelthar Harry K. Thaw nor hts coun. bellavs that District Attorney Je- e will gain any evidence valuable SUGAR TRUST IS SUED . FOR $30,000,000 DAMAGES; WRECKING PLOT IS CHARGED New York, March 9—Charging that the auger trust 'has deliberately plot ted to ruin It, the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company, has brought suit for $$0,000,040 against the American Sugar Refining' Company. The actual dam ages are placed at $to,000,000 but the company ask* for treble that sum. In the papers the alleged tactics of the sugar trust In crushing a business rival are fully exposed. It la shown that the trust Is willing to Invest a large sum of money to keep a rival plant Idle. , _ _ The American Sugar Refining Com pany. Henry <1 Havemeyer. Its presi dent: John E. Parsons, the corporation general counsel, and Guitav E. Klssell. Walter D. Robinson. George L. Trigg and Morris J. Weanor, are named In the complaint aa defendants. United States Marshal Henkel secured service on all In thl* city yesterday. The Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company wee one of the enterprises of Adolph Segal, the frenzied financier of Philadelphia, who wrecked the Real Estate Trust Company of. Phllodelp' ' tbrought Its president, .Frank 8. AVI . pie, and we* held largely responsible for the latter’s dramatic suicide. The suit Is understood to ba brought on behalf of thole who suffered losses In the failure ofthe’lnist company. DOWIE'S ESTRANGED WIFE hears of his. Death Muskegon. Mich., March $.—In"the backwoods of Montague, Muskegon county, at beautiful Hen Mac Dhul, away from former scenes of splendor In Zion City, Mrs. Dowle and her eon. Gladstone, and John Murray Dowle. the 80-year-old repudiated father of John Alexander Dowle, heard this morning that the aged patriarch had died. • Mrs. Dowle, who nits been estranged from her husband ever since the break In Zion City affairs, when Vollva us urped the rulershlp. nas been seriously III for the past three monthe and the shock has completely prostrated .her ,o such an extent that It Is barely possi ble that she may. not make the trip to Chicago .this afternoon when her son, Gladstone, goes to be with his father's body. ‘ John Murray Dowle will go to Chi cago. like, a good samarttan. and will do everything he. can tor hia son. now- lying cold In death. Gladstone said to day that 110 does not think that any enormous wealth will come to his mother and himself, 'although some thing will probably fall their way. He doea not know whether they will re main at Ben Mac Dhul. .> Peace Is Urged By Jap Minister Toklo. March $.-Il»plylog this aftersots tu w. SlUlSUll'lllJl Ifi.tciP"!"'!" 11 A" ,h " "Wl of representatives. In which the JaP*ne.ic were represented ss sufrerine lintullletlih nt the hands of Americans, Foreign Minu ter llaynsht iinphsslse I the Importance "f approaching the question of Japan a relic Ilona with America colmly awl la a pear.- fnl spirit. a* excitement would only tend to Increase the difficulties and lujur* tb" traditional friendly relni'ons of both iia tiotlft. Raisuli Defeats Army of Sultan Tangier. March $.—Ralsull. the ban dit. ha* defeated the combined three armies of the sultan. Five of the best- known o fill era of the sultan were kl led. Tb« Iom to the eultnn • force* U 150, RaUull'e lo*» l» knowB * Strike Puts Paris All in the Dark Parts, M*nb ».—A strike os the part of bouse] prsetlrslly all the etectrtelsns of Paris St 8 o'clock Friday afternoon retailed In the at- nmet complete paralysatlmi of the liuslnee* of the city by the time slk'tit had fallen. Many theater* had to forego their per formances; setreral of the evening newspa pers score unable lo get out their edltloas. and the greet department stores were hur rledly emptied. they were Mtt'tluttvhit] ir questions the young wife own witness he will be bound by her answers and, under the rules of evidence, .w!U not be allowed to at tack her. Won't Give up Letter*. Moreover, the tact that Mr. Jerome should have found It necessary to sub- isw'a lawyers as an admission of the failure to shake her story and of tha lack of at ack of any strong rebuttal evfdance. As tor Stanford White's letters, the prosecution of which the court demand ed by subpena ducat tecum served upon Mrs. Thaw, tt waa said that the wltneaa will state that they have passed out of her hands and or* now In the. nominal possession of the defendant. Lawyer Clifford Hartrldge ref.teed to produce the letters when called under a subpena duces tecum. Others Ar* Subpenaed. The district attorney will find In May MacKensle a hostile witness. She Is to be called Monday morning. She .'a devoted to the Thaws and the district attorney will have difficulty In getting from her any statement unfavorable to Thaw's Interest. Mrs. Catherine Colne, who chape roned Evelyn et her apartment ' bit Th, iw and Thaw hail been'evicted from the Hotel Cumberland, who has already been e witness for the defense, has also been eubpeueed by Mr. Je rome. It te not thought that he ex pects to bring out anything material from her, but merely wishes to have her available In the cose of contradic tions hr Inconsistencies of testimony. Charles Hartnett. Stanford White's New York. March AH mystery In the death Thursday night of Leonides M. Preston at the Hotel Cumberland, waa dissipated Ic.'ev at the corner's Inquest when It wag learned that It was practically certain Preston was short In his accounts as secretary and New Tork manager of tho Tlnken Roller Axle Company. The shortage Is expected to aggre gate from $00,000 to $100,000. It Is said that the knowledge that a note was due yesterday roused Pres ton to swallow prulselc acid, which caused hie death. , Asked Them to Com* Up." Two members of th* firm called on Preston at hi* hotel Thursday and over the 'phone connecting the office and hia room, he told them personalty ‘ - "come up." When they reached hie room they found Preston dead, lying, fully dress ed, across his bed. The coroner's physician made an ex amination and announced that he had found In the man's stomach enough acid to kill six persons. Preston recsntly returned to New Tork from a business trip to New Or leans. He came here from Dallas, Texas, and It Is said has relatives In that city. It Is sold he Informed a close friend several days ago that he would soon fall lulr to an estate valued at about $$,000,000 In New Orleans. II H U DM INTO THEEDDYCASE He arid JjaFolIettc Are to Stump That Sec tion. Washington. March 0.—New England Is tu be given a shaking up by the rad ical leader* of both political partis*. In a few days both Bryan and LaFollett* will be stumping that section deliver ing political speeches under the guts* of "lectures.” Mr. Bryan Is going thsre under th* auaplces of the New England Progres sive Democratic League, of which Alex ander Troup, of New Haven, la presi dent and - George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, Is another leading light HI* addresses will be frankly political, designed to appeal to tbe rapidly awakening sentiment of radicalism which the friends of both LoFollette and Bryan declare exieta In New Eng- ABRAHAM RUEF, AttEfiEMT UNDER ARREST See Francisco. March $.—Abraham Ruef, lawyer end political leader, who for three days had been' In hiding to evade an order of arrest Issued by 8u perior Judge Dunne, was token Into custody last night et the Trocadero, a secluded suburban resort near Ocean Beech. The arrest was made by William J. Blggy, elisor of Judge Dunne’s court, and Detective Burn*, elding Assistant Attorney Henry D. Work In prosecuting alleged municipal "grafter*." Ruef submitted to arrest end was brought to th* city In an automobile. It Is said his raptors declined to take him to jail on account of the Intimate political end friendly relation* existing between the sheriff and the prisoner. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOO O RAINY SUNDAY FORECASTi O WARMER WEATHER, TOO. O or the state. Hr knows about the trust funds established by White for Evelvn Nesblt and her mother; the oth er moneys hs advanced to her and th* letter end cable appeals sent to White by Thaw and signed by Evelyn to pre vent his being apprehended while In Europe for abducting the girl. Hartnett knows a great deal about what hia employer did fur the girl and of her return to hia Influences even after her European trip with Thaw. O Sabbath not promising. Men who O work In office*, stores and shop* O O all week look forward to a clear O O sunshiny day to get out In the O O park* and country. Forecast: O O • "Cloudy, with probably rain late O O Saturday night end Sunday: O O wanner Sunday." O O 7 o’clock a. 45 degree* O O 8 o'clock a. ill 47 degrees 0 O $ o'clock a. m 4* degree* O O in o'clock *. m 62 degrees Q O 11 o'clock n. m. 66 degrees O O IS o'clock noon 58 degrees O O 1 o'clock p. m «o degrees O » ! o'clock p. m 82 degrees O O O OOQQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOQQOQ Mr. Bryan's coming tour Is sched uled as th* opening of the Democratic pre-convention campaign. He has been assigned by the Progressive Democratic League for a series of 12 or It ad dresses. For one thing Mr. Bryan Is going to set himself Ject of government roads. H* has been misrepresented, hi* friends Insist, ever since the Madi son Square Garden address, when he mentioned government ownership ae the alternative in caae.regulation was not satisfactory. To take this as squarely committing Mr. Bryan to government ownership program Is un fair and Insincere, according to Bryan supporters, so they have arranged to bring him Into th* "enenty's country" once more, to make hie views dear. After hts circuit tn New England, Mr. Bryan will make a speech In Brook line, and after that, an April 1$, the anniversary of the death of Lincoln, will speak In Washington on Lincoln, under the auspices of ons of the com- menderiss of the Loyal Legion. Thl* ieater'an'd wlir be entirely non-political. Incidentally, It Is expected to be one of th* greatest orations Mr. Bryan has evar delivered. \ Archie Roosevelt Greatly Improved Washington. Morel) Archie Roose velt passed a good night and Is report ed this morning to be In an Improved condition. Dr. Alexander Lambert, of, New Tork. who has been th* praeldent’e regular family physician for. many years, will remain at the Whit* House until there Is no further ({anger of a backset. Every one connected with th* White House, the gardeners, the messengers, the ushers, the policemen end the clerks all hold the little fellow In affectionate regard, and ere greatly pleased at hie $0 p. m. Dr. Rlxey left th* sick room to announce that Arable's condi tion was "ell right." Then he added: ‘There Is no reason In the world now why he should not get well." Leader’s Two Secre taries Served With Papers. ‘MOTHER” EDDY TO BE SERVED Formal Action Is Quietly Taken in Case at Concord. Concord, N. H.. March t—Papers !■ the Eddy suit were served today oe. Calvin A. Frye and Lewie C. Strong, secretary and asststunt secretory to Mr*. Eddy, at her home. Pleasant View. Professor Shering. first reader of tk*v Church of Christ, was served et Me residence. Rev. Irving C. Tomlinson. Mrs. Eddy's confidential agent, was oat of town and the papers were left at hi* home. The service wee without InoMsaL Mrs. Eddy will be served with a copy of the paper, but It cannot be definitely stated when, or by whom. MANY OTHER SCIENTISTS TO BE MADE DEFENDANTS. Boston; Mans., March $.—Following a conference for the plaintiffs Id th* Eddy suit, at the Parker Touse, former United States Senator. Chandler an nounced that papers would be served, today. In addition to those already, named In the Conqprd, N. H, suit, a*, the following: „ Miss Cornelius‘EL-Van Wagoner, 148$ Eotuid avenue, Cleveland,,] daughter of a prominent r jurist and » prominent eat let: Pwtffuetmr N. H.. neighbor of lfn. Eddy; Mm Jo sephine a S. Woodbury, of B oaten, plaintiff In a anlt against Mn. BMP; Mrs. Mary E. Chamberlain and Freder ick Chamberlain, of Spokane, Waah.. former witnesses In the alienation earn against Mrs. Woodbury; Owandelta Woodbury, daughter of Mrs. Josephine Woodbury: William P. McKensle, for mer trustee of Christian Sclenoa pub lications; Thomas B. Patten, bookkeep er, attached to th* Christian Science publication offlee; Edward M. Kimball, of Chicago; John W. Reader, foemer trustee of Chrtitlon Science publica tions; Joseph..JC. Clarke, bookkeeper of the Christian Science Publication Bo. clety. end Curtis Woodbury, son of Mrs. Josephine Woodbury. COTTON ASSOCIATION TO REMOVE TO CANDLER. A suit* of office* ha* been engogsd In the Candler building by the South ern Cotton Association, as headquar ter* for President Harris Jordon and Sec real ry Will Wood. The file* and records In the present quarter* In the People's building will be removed next week. The Cotton Journal will remain In the People's building. THt DANGER SIGNAL AT THE CUBVt Ships Founder; 34 Persons Die Berlin. Oermany. March I—Two Oer- man steamship*, th* Welfare and tb* Joergensen, have foundered during a gale la th* North Sea. Alt band*, num bering $4 men, were drowned. Growth and Progress of the New South William E. Curtl*. after a trip through Georgia and South Carolina, write* The Chicago Record-Herald th* following Interesting letter con cerning the wealth of these two Southern state*; Th* following table show* the wealth.of various kind* In South Caro lina. according to the census return* for 1104, and the Increase during th* four years from the year 1900; Increase 1904. from 1900. Total wealth ' $585,859,222 $100,175,174 Real estate 252.744,787 14.585,558 Live stock 21.457.80$ 10.18I.0I* Farm machinery 7.412,09.1 7$1,$1$ Manufacturing plants 48,144,$18 22.047,887 Railroad* 7S.504.00o 18.322,000 Municipal Improvements 18,8*7,608 5,208,500 Gold and silver 24.1(1,597 2.806,053 All other wealth 128.989.018 28,177,874 ^ Any state ought to be proud of an Increase of one hundred millions In wraith In four years, but when th* scanty population of Houth Carolina and It* previous condition are conshlered the advance Is remurkabl*. You will notice that the value of the live stock Increased one-third In four year*, and that th* value of the manufacturing plants Increased, nearly 50 per rent. More than 192.000.000 was Invested In buildings and machin ery for manufacturing purposes dfarlng the four year* from 1*00 to 1*04, and people who are well posted tell me that the Increase during 1*05 and 1*05 was almost a* large during the prsvlou* four year*. Georgia li railed the "Empire State of the Houth." end has a larger (M.|iUlitttr.n find n greater wealth than any other except Texas. It la ad vancing very rapidly also. It* Industrial development I* remarkable, but It had a much earlier start and much greater advantage* then South Car olina. The following table will show the total wealth of various kind* fh th* ■tale of Georgia, according to the cenaqa figure* for 1*04, and the In crease during the four yearn-frontTf00 to 1*04: taereMe. ’ 1*04. since i$oo. Total wealth 11.187,445.871 $3$L445.17i Real estate 5*9.155.478 50.821,426 Live stock 57,2*3,470 19,812,104 Farm machinery 11.151,042 1.24*.M2 Manufacturing plants 48.758,71" 13.416,::t Gold and silver 42,500.93* 4.*(4.1*8 Railroads I55.84l.000 32.259.040 Municipal Improvements 49.070.58l 15,333.6*0 All other wealth 240,»01,173 89.I4M56 You will notice by a companion of thee* two table* that h* manu facturing plant* In South Carolina are worth a million and a half dollars more than those of Georgia, and that tha Increase In th* value of that form of property during th* four years from 1104 to 1*44 was more than eight and a half millions greater than In Georgia. Th* figures above show up well for the period covered, but for th* three succeeding years thsy do not count as showing th* rapidity with which, not only the two states mentioned, but all th* Southern etalea. have grown In all Items of wealth.