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The Wetthw: Atuof# •U.1 Vlrfnlty: r*lr l.'iilsht »»1 m ; wMiM'Vlut warmer Tiii—I*')* Atlanta Georgian (and New!) 1 ! vol. v. NO. 214. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 11,1907. .price: AROUSED FROM SLEEP, SEVEN ESCAPE DEATH DELMAS BLOCKS JEROME'S EFFORTS LOUISVILLE RIOll FOLLOWS STRIKE! Gas Filled House From Pipes Cut by Un known Person. 'VICTIMS FOUND . ALMOST DEAD Murder or Robbery Object of Someone Who Cut Gas Pipes. OOOOOOOOOOOOOtJOOOOOOOOOOOG O SEVEN WHO E8CAPED o A HORRIBLE DEATH. O O O Thr Nfven victims of the un- O 0 known burglar who narrowly Q 0 raped death by asphyxiation early O O Sunday morning: O 0 Mr- Lula Uond. O C »iM*nr Bond, 16 years of age. O C rannle May Bond. 14 years of O H»v Bond. 12 years of age. Irene Bond. 10 years ofTige. Ceorge Thomas Uond, 8 years O f age. Mrs. Llxxle Davis. O Kilunrd A. McRee. O (jZCOCOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOO «,?* the result of whnt may have been dastardly attempt at wholesale mur- »l«r. m- at least an effort by an un known burglar to rob the gas meter In the house at 3 Hill street some time (luting Saturday night, ssven people, jive ..f them children, were almost auf- * ••rated bv escapin'* gas and had a nar- i »u esiai»e front death. Mm Lulu Bond, a widow residing in til** second story of the l\ouse, which large two-story frame structure, and three of her children were rendered unconscious. The remaining two chil dren were made III. as were also Mrs. Lizzie Davik a widow residing across th** hall from Mrs. Bond’s apartments, and Edward A. McRee. who occupies apartments on the first floor. Mrs. McRee was absent from home, spend ing the night with a relative, and this fact saved her. — • Gas Pipst. Purine UMntarly part or ■nap*! Defense Scores Monday’s Trial of Thaw. in DISTRICT ATTORNEY STARTLES HEARERS j Declares Hummel Affidavit! Is in Possession of Defense. IE CUT OFF FREESERIIICE Street Car Company Calls in All Trolley Cars. POLICE RESERVES ORDERED TO ACT I THE BOND FAMILY. Mr*. Band and bar five children wara all dsngerouely ill aa a re- ault of tha fumaa from tho gas which filled thoir homo. Cat ( night the house waa entered by home unknown person. who, with aoma kind «f sharp instrumant, cut the connecting «as pipe. revering It a tew Inchea from •hr inner, Thla permitted the gaa to i - ipe in great volumes, and It waa but “ br!e' .pare of time until the whole i f the house was filled with the nau- trathwt fumes. Th.- motive of the marauder In cut- nnc the Kas pipe Is a mystery. Whether hr Intended to commit wholesale mur- i>r or whether the Job waa merely an attempt to rob the meter Is a matter ■ f speculation. The meter was not molested In any way. and If robbery “it* thr motive the criminal must have he. onic flightened and lied from the lo'ii*. before he had time to break Into Th. polite ure working on tho mys but so far have failed to find u •’factory solution. Inmates of the •'*■ declare they know of no one who '••• "ant to slay them, and express •'••lief that the burglar Intended olibAry The inner l» situated In the hallway a the first floor, directly behind the ' r,n ' door. It was easily accessible ft .in either the front or back doors. No Clow to Criminal. After cutting the pipe, the marauder •••I without leaving the slightest clew to Ills tdenllty'or motive. The act "j 1 ' "'»• "f the most daring brought to attention of the police In eome time, as the burglar operated In the early wrt nf the night, while numbers of people Here In the house. Whether he entered hy means of the front or back ? r . I" not known, as neither of these "• •”’" locked and ae both were found •(.though the Intruder made Me visit J 1 '" the slumbering Inmatee of the J"f" w *re not affected until the early !™ n » “f Sunday morning, the crime "“Me discovered about 3 o’clock. At 1,1 'line I he strong fumee of gaa had is-rmeitted the entire house and tho air *- 'li kening and suffocating, ur' it,, n( j and , wo of hor children, , *■" nl “ 'lay and Roy, after dlecoverlng In ' did not hove sufficient strength did not have sufficient strength i" si t n U t of the house, and swooned. ’’“tr Uond, on being awakened, '"■o.i smi staggered from his room ■ stsrted In search of a pltyilclgn. ' ’ ,*‘".. eeded In getting down the stairs . • "••' "mo the sidewalk, but had gone 1 .i f, w steps farther when he sud- •' unciHMcloue to the sidewalk, ins and painfully bruising his fore- Found by Policemen. bt retched nut prom on the sidewalk ' In. head hanging over the curb- ; k '•'• v "Uth was discovered by Riey- , h •''•Icemen Gellaher and Adams, I.',' Were passing on their bicycles. , giving hint attention and . '*"* him, the two officern hurried Q the house and at once set to work to Fires Started in Town When Boiler h Go. New York, March 11.—At the re sumption of the Thaw trial today Mr. Jerome began hla rebuttal by calling Frederick A. Longfellow, one time at torney for Harry K. Thaw. Q. When Mlsa Neeblt. aa she then was, came to New Tork In 1(03, at what time did ehe arrive? A. I do not remember exactly. To the beat of my recollection the chip docked It) the aft ernoon. Jerome asked the defense whether they would not concede that It waa at 3:30 p. m. •"That,” laid Jerome, “la the nearest I can arrive at It from the tecorde of the eteamehlp company." Memory Net Refreshed. , The defense refused to concede this. Q. Did Mlea Neablt give you a letter? A. I do not know. Jerome then got out photographic copies of letters In evidence to have him Identify the one In queetlon. After looking over a buneb of copies Longfellow said that exhibit B might be the letter Mlea Neeblt had given him. However, he laid he could not be certain of It Q. Does not the subject matter of thla letter, of which this Is a copy (showing a typewritten copy) refresh your mem ory ae to letter B? A. (After reading It over carefully) Nothing In the letter refreshes my memory. Q. For how long a period, prior to June 25. had you been acting as attor ney for Harry K. Thaw? A. Blnca about 1101. Dflmae Is Overruled. Q. You were counsel for Harry Thaw In the suit of Ethel ThomaaT wi> overre Public’s Indifference Decreases Mail De livery. President Will Re- Enter the Baptist Ministry. _ ((felled the lawyer- witness, “the firm of Delafield * Long- fallow.** Q. Were the papers In that Mtad m (Ka apfamlnnf ** m suit Judge Hargis’ House Is Riddled With Bullets. Jackson. Ky.. March tl—Cltlgens of the feud-rldtien city were startled out of their sleep early today hy »|tootlng ■uch as seldom Ims been heard hero. •t shots were fired Into the home of Judge James Hargis, accused of com plicity in connection with the assasst- nation of James It. Marcum. Others were fired Into the store of Hargis Brothers, In which June Jett, brother of f’tirtls, was sleeping, but ho as unharmed. The home of Deputy Town Marsbel Smith also was hit. The firing was continued for forty minutes, t’urtte Smith has been arrested on the charge that he was concerned In the shooting. New York. March II.—Two men were killed, two mortally Injured, a nurnt of others more or less seriously ! Juretl and Metuchen. X. J.. was shs) and threatened with many fires today when the boiler of engine No. 33*4, of the Pennsylvania railroad, egploded while drawing a long freight train through the town. The dead: El C. FISHER, of Newark, engineer of the train. 8. C. SMITH, head brakeman of Scranton, Pa. The names of the Injured could not he learned by the Meturhen police. They reported that the fireman of the train would certainly die and that one brakeman was not expected to live, others of the train crew were also In Jured. some of them seriously. Stores 8et on Fire. Tlte train rolled out of Jersey (.’tty for the West last night, and at 1:05 a. m. hud renched Metuchen. The engine was making good hrndwny with It! big load, when Just opposite the depot there came an explosion that was liken, ed to the roar of many cannon. lilts of broken Iron an* steel and fire were hurled hundreds of yards away. Huns’ drug store, two blocks from the depot, caught fire. At the sums Instant Mct’uicheon’s pharmacy, block from the station, burst Into fietne*. People Flee From Heme. Half-clad men and women ran from their homes to the street. There waa not a whole window light within two blocks of the station, and the people were of the opinion that an earthquake had shaken the town. The fires In the drug stores were threatening ad' Joining property when the firemen ar rived. Every window In the'office waa broken and the walls of the building were cracked. Not until the frightened people had got Close to the depot was it learned that the belter of the engine had blown Then the cries of the Injured at traded attention. Freight cars piled one above the oth . There was hardly anything left of the engine except Its wheels, and tht tracks on both sides were tom up. eervod on the defendant? Ohji GOTHAM BANK MESSENGER RUNS OFF WITH $25,000 «l UIIVW BVl it) • tno suffocating Inmates. UP stairs, the pollcem*n V. * ■*aim, me poncem-n Iw'. J r "' Uoni * end Fannie Mny a tv I , , comatose state—Mrs. Bon l « . r and the two children on the • As quickly as possible the three or„ h ere taken down stairs, and. S' her with Oscnr, were etrelchnl "" the front porch In the freeh air. , Dt' ls and McRee were awake and • found able to stir, although botn ■ s en badly affected by the gas. r . „ r f , r , "hderlng all possible tempo- „ *•“• *t>e officers went In search of H'jslotan. tvtthtn n short time alt t , 'Ictlms had been resuscitated. '**• left In a terribly weakened *u k condition. They had all prac- * recovered Monday, althuugb Mrs. * u * *« suu very nervous Sleuths Think Rela tive and Twq Girls Are With Glasby. After Olaaby had been with the bank a week he sent for his stepbrother, (lenrge Reed, who waa In Bt. Louie, and out of work. Glasby had made the acquaintance of two pretty girls and Introduced Reed to one of them. Reed Instantly fell In love. Glaaby was already In that fix. It Is believed the four have gone away together. .bjected to "You will I .waa shown a Vr. Hummel waa that of ' suit a gall tome. “I Del mas. .. that Miss Nesblt Aire In the office of that thla signature .Jthel Thomas In her defendant,” said Je- show that long be fore the first brain-storm In Paris In 1(03 thsse stories Ih which two men friends of Stanford White figured wfire told to this defendant before the date of that mental disturbance, that he knew of these stories In 1(03. Why It Was Allowsd. "The only reason the conversations the wife had with other persona relat ing to Thaw’s alleged conduct were ad- mlselble, waa solely because they might tend to show what had caused thla brain-storm and made It possible for hla counsel to describe him as so over wrought by psychic explosions* to make him like a rudderless ship/ Dolman, answering the district at toraey, snld: "I will beg leave to call your honor s attention to the matters the district attorney refers to as they appear 1n evidence: First, the wltneee waa de- tailing what she had told Thaw; the dletrict attorney said, ’this would not be allowed unless It were to show the condition of the mind ot the defendant at the time the etory wee told. The people would not have been allowed to produce any evidence to question the truth or probity of the etory. •’’ Dolmas Makes Objection. And your honor ruled,” continued Mr. Delmae, “that the district attorney had taken the correct position In the matter. 1 Mr. Delmas continued reeding the evidence until he came to the point where the defense had offers:] the peo ple the opportunity of rebutting Evelyn Neeblt Thaw’s story. And you now refuse that privilege,” said Jerome. “You are doing now what you sol emnly said the law prohibited you from doing then.” answered Delmas. "It is perfectly true that I can not go Into the truth or falsity of the suit of Ethel Thomas,” said Jerome. “Thla poor girl who la now dead.” •I object to tha teamed dletrict at Does the South'want rural mall de livery? From the Indifference shown In some sections It would seem otherwise. For a part of the service will be cut off In a fen- weeks. Just because of the at titude of rcsldenta on the routee. Route No. 3. served from Fort Mc- Phereon, and route No. 7, served from the Woodward station, are to be dis continued on April to. After that the people In that territory—or most of them—will have to go to the nearest poatofflee for their mall. These are Just two instances of what Is likely to happen on a large scale. Government officials have Invest! gated and report that there are not enough people In this territory who get their mall througri (he carriers to justify the continuance of the routes. Part of the territory will be Included In the new routes, but the greater part will be left out. Hundreds of persons who desire the rural route service will be unable to secure It—Just because their neighbors are Indifferent. Borne people say tbey would like to have the rural delivery service. They think It’s a fine thing and n great con venlence, but— Plying for Mail Bos. They refuse to put up a mall box according to government requirements. Borne of them don’t like to pay for the » gumuwmil f-Bumrre pey. A standard box costs from one dollar to $1.(0. It should bo worth that much to any man to have hla malt brought to his door every day. But these persons who refuse to put up a box and accept the delivery ser vice are preventing others on thetf mutes from recetylng their service. Uncle Hain can’t send a carrier a mile or two for Just one or two patrons. The routes to be discontinued on April 30, next, cover lit miles of ter. ritory. Under the readjustment fol lowing the discontinuance of the routes, thr distance covered will be but 1(3 miles. Twenty-seven miles of rural delivery will be rut off and hundreds of taxpayers Inconvenienced—because Continuud en Pegs Nine. jjtOOOOCHMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOg o 8PRINO HERE—HOWOYI * OARDEN SEASON 0PEN8 UP. O I O Spring le here! Q New- York, March 11.—Detectives are 'qraDE ABOUT COMPLETED searching today for William Glasby. a messenger for the National Park Hank, at Broadway and Fulton street, -who has disappeared with collections ssld to amount to »t less! I23.n<«>. Glasby lj_13 years old. good looking and has a roving disposition. Six months ago he came to New York from Canada. He Immediately .obtained a position ed messenger at the Nutlonal Park Bank. ON NEW RAILROAD. (pedal to The Georgia a. St. Mans. Go.. Msrch 11.—Work In being rapidly pushed on the St. Menrs and Klngaland section of the SI. Marys, Waycross and Nashville railway. The grade Is nearing completion and tlea are being plared along the rqadbed early distribution and laying. H. P. Blount la supervising, tpklneer In charge of title work. JT Sure. No gueee work. Vagaries 0 of the weather have nothing lo do 0 with It. Numerous residents of 0 the outlying provinces were seen 0 early Monday morning hurrying 0 away- with Implements for digging O In the garden and package* evl- O dentlY containing teed to put In 0 the pieces where the digging la lo O O he done. Chickens of the neigh- O O bore will do the reel. Forecast: O S "Fatr Monday night and Tues- O day: somewhat warmer Tuesday.” O O Monday temperatures: O a 7 a.|m «t degrees O ..43 degrees O ..47 degfees O ..(3 degrees O O O _ O O i p. (4 degrees O O O Q 9 47 degrees S 10 a. .st. (3 degrees ll a. 65 degrees 1 S 13 noaB-t (1 degrees: I p. m‘. <3 degrees < home of the people In Fulton county are not alive to the advantages offered them. There Is no state In which the ad vantages of rural delivery have been more evidenced than In Georgia. Her rural routes cover a big proportion of her territory, but under present con ditions the mileage le apt to be cut down. Fewer Carrier*—Lete Money. This means fewer carrier* and less of government money to be expended In Georgia. Th* poatofflee department pays In salaries for rural delivery In Georgia 376.000 a month. Under the new. law Increasing salaries this will be aug mented by about fifteen per rent after July I, next. That mean* a monthy payroll of over 3(6.000 a year In Qeor. gla alone. It's worth while to help that grow. Instead of permitting It ,»o decrease. The government appropriated for the rural route eervlce for the year end ing June 30, 138,000,000. For the year following th* appropriation I* 114,000, UOO. The two routes to be discontinued are not of such great moment In them selves—except to those who live on them and who want their mall. But It I* Just an Indication of what may happen If the rural resldenta of the South fall to take advantage of the government's offer of free mall deliv ery. Unless more Interest Is shown, unless a greater proportion of rountry residents put up mall boxes and ask for the service—the rural delivery sys tem In Georgia will dlmlpleh Instead of growing. Bob Spade Lands in Camp Rob Spade floated Into town” Mon day and reported to Manager Billy Smith. This removes alt doubt aa to his re porting. at least. He has not signed a contract yet. Spade will be nut with the reet of the bunch Monday after noon for practice. He came from his home In Akron. Ohio. Organising New Bank. Hpeclal to The Georgian. Douglasvllle. Oa.. March II—Do ag ios v tile Is to have another bank within a few weeke. Fifteen thousand dollars ha* already been paid In and It Is very likely that the whole amount of 336.000 will be paid In before they begin busi ness. The bank Is almost entirely local rapltal and this will enable them „ _ to control a great share of the business OOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOCOOOOOOOD of tbs county. Rev. A. J. Moncrlef lias tendered his resignation as president of Cox Col lege. at College Bark. Announcement to this effect was made Monday morning by Dr. Mon- crlef und by VV. S. Cox, business Man ager of Uox College. Dr. Munerlef stated that be waa per fectly satisfied with hie work and with the arhool, but that he had felt called upon to return to th* ministry. H* wa* pastor of the First Baptist church at Brunsw ick prior to taking tha presi dency of fox college last June. ’’My resignation will go Into effect In June," stated Dr. Moncrlef. “The college le doing splendid work, and It Is because of no dissatisfaction that I resign aa president and quit moat pleosant associations. 1 have made no definite plans for the future other than n determination to re-enter the ministry.” Dr. Moncrlef succeeded C. C. Uox as ^resident of Uox college last June, following the death of the latter well known educator. Mrs. Wiggt' Purchase. In this connection U la announced that Mrs. Walton H. Wlggs has bought an Interest In Cox college. Mrs. Wlggs has contributed largely to the support and upbuilding of Msrcer college and Monroe college, among other educa tional Institution*, and bar active In terest will bs a great boon to tbs In stitution at Collage Park. She le a noble and useful woman whoee name la linked with many large and banlfi- ffl* Cars Manned by Non-Union Men Attaked by Strike Sympathizers. ooooooooooooooooooooooooo* O HERE ARE DEMANDS a OF STREET CAR STRIKERS. • O ( O Loulevllle, Ky„ March 11— ‘ tlnctlon ef being one of the* most no table of Georgia’s woman financiers. She l« one of the leading member* of Dr. Broughton’s church. Mrs. Wlggs has b«pn a friend and believe that In linking herself In per sonal and financial Interest to this no table Inatltntlon, she has found at Inst the field In which her unusual talents and hsr large philanthropy can And a most useful and practical expression. In the most effective work of her Ilf*. The Cox's are a famous family cl trained teachers, born to the work and tied to It through years of de votion and experience. With the addi tion of Mrs. Wlggs' strong person ality and her wise Judgment, the pros pects for the noted Institution appear brighter than ever before In Us his tory. Mr. W. S. Cox. the business manager, Is a man ot brains and affaire, and Is solid foundation to the Institution. He stated Monday that Dr. Mancriere successor would be selected by the Cox family, which remains In control of the college. FLEEING FROM OFFICERS. NEGRO RUNS BEFORE TRAIN. Bnrclel to The Georgian. Ralnbridge, Oa. March II.—Joe John son. a negro, had a foot rut off by a O.. F. A A. passenger train Baturday. Th* negro was attempting to break Into a cor In the yards at the shnpe, It Is thought, when he was surprised by tho detectives and In running from the of ficer* he ran In front of the train. O Here are the demands on which O the strike of about Soo employees O of the Loulevllle Railway Com et patty Is based: O A ten-hour working day, with O O 31 rente an hour pay. /O O Forty-five minutes for meals. O O Pay for extra work to begin O 0 when report for duly Is made. O Tim* and a half for overtime. S Subsequent employees To be al* Q lowed to Join the union. - - 0 O A board of arbitration. a OQO0OOOOQOO000OOOQ00OOOOOO Louisville, K.v„«farrh 11.—'The street railway company has just announced' the suspension of all service with the following statement: “The city Is In the hands of a mob. The railway company has enough men to run Its care, but It has no police protection, and the lives of loyal men and passengers are endangered. There fore, no effort will be made to run cirir until this rioting Is suppressed." Reserves Celled Out Police reserves were called out today to quell a riot growing out of the strike ot 100 union employees of th* Loulevllle Railway Company, which be. gan at 6 a m. yesterday., Since that time not a street car has movsd In the city, with the exception of the United States postal eervlce care, but atone* and otber missiles from un ion sympatblxer* halted them. Team- st«rs blocked tlte tracks and no prog ress was made. All sorts of vehicles, from automo biles to delivery wagons, are being used for transportation at fares ‘ 30 to 16 cent Loulevllle. Ky.. March 11.—Every body walked In Louisville yesterday, owing to the strike of about I0(J union employees of the Loulevllle Railway Company. With the exception of suburban lines entering the fitty and a few cere carry ing United States mall to and from the poatofflee sub-stations, not a street car moved Sunday. Strike Early Sunday. The strike became effective at t o'clock Sunday morning. At that hour the “owl’’ cars, which had been In operation during the night, ceased run ning, and none of the union men showed up at the barns to begin their day's work. Although there were left nearly 300 employees out of a total of 1.100. who were not members of the union St the time th* strike wa* railed and pert of thee* showed up for work, th* company ' made hot the slightest attempt to run passenger cars. Postal Cere Are Run. Only the postal care bearing th* signe “United States .Mall” were oper ated. end this being Sunday, sufficient cured ... _ eratfng them were not molested In any way. The details of pcllc* at the barns had nothing to do. Pickets were active In an Inconspicu ous way. and the union leaders an-, nnunced that over a fourth of the re maining non-union employee* had been won over and Joined the union. Growth and Progress of the New Sooth The Georgian record* Ar* each day eon* economic fact la refer*see to lb* eswanl starch of the booth. Situated almost In the geographical renter of one of the most fertll* And productive areas In the world, with a princely domain of undeveloped territory to the west, northwest and southwest, lies the beautiful and busom city of Fort Worth, the cattle and grain renter ot the great South west, a veritable metropolis of progress. Industry and commercial wealth. Its growth has been phenomenal, steady and substantial. There are over 137 Industries, large end smell. In the city, msklng some articles of util ity end giving steady employment In labor. Thirty-seven of these (In cluding the railway*), employing 60 or more person* each, have on their pay-rolls 3.000 persona and expending In wages nearly (6,000,000 annu ally. Including every enterprise, the number would reach In tht neigh borhood of (.000 and the pvy-roll 11,000,000. On* may here not* th* se cret of Fort Worth’* growth. Another strong vertebra In the backbone of the growth of Fort Worth I* to be teen In her banking facllltlea She has seven national bank) and two trust companies, apd there are two national banka In th* progressive and nourishing suburb of Norih Fori Worth. These Institutions have an aggregate rapltal and surplus of 14,330.000 end deposit* amounting to over 317,1 .. .000.000. There Is no better or more certain evidence ot the volume of business transacted then the bank clearlnga, which aggregated for the year 1(06 the eum of 1317,313,(16. an Increase over th* year pre ceding of 161.817.603. The packing houses end stock yards of Fori Worth are among tho largest contributors to the city’s business end prosperity. They represent an aggregate Investment of over 66,000,000. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH. Activity In building construction throughout the South and South west still prevails, and February’s operation* compare very favorably to those of previous monthe. In Atlanta. Oa, permits were Issued for the erection of buildings to cost about 6603.3(3. an Increase over January of 3117.366. Prominent structures for which permits were granted Include th* Masonic Temple to be erected eta cost of 6176,000 And n warehouse for the Atlantic Uompree* Company to be erected at a coet of 6100,000. Per mits were Issued In Uhattanooga Tenn, to the number ef 137, with a val uation of 361,130, and In Knoxville to the value of 143.(86. The permits Issued In Memphis for the month number 1(1. with an estimated value of 6476,3(7, an Increase over February, 1(06, of 6171.1(6. Th* city building Inspector of Loulevllle. Ky.. Issued 1(3 permits daring February, repre senting a value of 3167.3(0. In Oklahoma City, O. T., about 100 permits were Issued during th* month, the greater number being for reeldenced. Two hundred end thirty-five permits were Issued In Washington. D. C, representing a value of (830,437. Among the structures were (7 brick and 36 frame buildings. In Jacksonville. Fla. II permit* were Issued during February, and In Birmingham. Ala. the roet of building construction fur the month Is estimated tt 11(0.6(0—Manufacturers’ Record.