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The Weather: Atlssts anil ' Iclmt F,lr nnd w n r m . weather tonight and morrow. Atlanta Georgian (and news) Liverpool, cnsii VOL. V. NO. 233. ATLANTA, Cr., TUESDAY, APRIL 2,1907. PRTPT?. lo Atlanta: TWO CENTS. IT • On Tralmi: FIVE CENTS. Prosecutor Tries Dictate Mode of Procedure. to New York, April 2.—The Thaw luna cy commission resumed Us public ses sion this morning. Harry Thaw en tered the room apparently calm. He looked well. The prisoner nodded to his wife os he was shown to a seat In side the rail. Dr. Frank A. McGuire, the Tombs prison physician, wns the first witness. He testified that he never saw any thing unusual In Thaw’s actions. Th< prisoner’s conversation, ho said, was always intelligent and rational. The next witness was Michael J. Delahanty, a Tombs prison nttendant. He testified that he had never noticed anything Irrational In Thaw’s actions. Wants Thaw Questioned. Dletrlct Attorney Jerome Indicated during the cross-examination that he wished the commission to question Thaw regarding Stanford White and the architect’s den, where, It Is alleged, Evelyn Nesblt was wronged. It Is un derstood that Jerome was prevented from touching on this subject during the secret session of the commission. When Dr. Allen McLane Hamilton took the witness stand he was ques tioned by Jerome. The doctor said he first saw Thaw on Juno 27, 1906. examined the young man. Hartrldge objected to the witness stating the re sult of his examination. "At whose suggestion did you see him?" asked Mr. McClure. "By order of his .then counsel,” said the doctor. Jerome Offers Protest. Jerome objected to the commlssl-.n conducting the examination In- that way. He read Justice Fitzgerald’s or der creating the commission, and add- ed: "The commission must proceed in an orderly way. They must proceed ac cording to the rules of evidence." "Just a moment," began Commission er Olney. "This witness has pleaded a professional privilege and It must be recognized.” Jerome insisted that the privilege hod been waived. Commissioner McClure ordered him to prove that point from the record at the trial before he would admit It. □r. Hamilton Excused. Jerome excused Dr. Hamilton and called Stenographer Moyenlhan In an efTort to get before the commission the answer given by Dr. Hamilton to Lawyer Gleason’s now famous question relating to the present condition of Harry K. Thaw. "Did you take that statement by the learned district attorney in which he refused to make any stipulations with Mr. Delmas and said ho would do so with no one but the attorney of rec mil 7" asked Hartrldge. "I Interposed nn objection,” said Mr. Jerome, "unless the doors were thrown wide open. I argued that the matter Mr. Delmas was trying to establish by Dr. Hamilton was a reopening of the case. I agreed that I would not object If everything that Dr. Hamilton knew was allowed." Jeromo then told how Lawyer Glea son had asked Dr. Hamilton: "In your opinion Is the defendant at this time capable of conferring ration ally with his counsel?” Dr. Hamilton said he had been en-. abled to form an opinion of the condi tion of Thaw at the investigation last July. "Thaw was suffering from chronic delusional insanity, commonly called paranoia,” said Dr. Hamilton. "People do not recover from that, and. he Is now suffering from It.” TREMENDOUS VOTE 13 BEING POLLED IN CHICAGO- EIGHT Chicago, April 2.—If the voters In to day’s election refuse to adopt, by i referendum, the ordinance passed over the veto of,Mayor Dunne, who |s also running for re-eleotlon In the same campaign against Fred A. Busse, efforts "111 be made at once to procure Imme diate municipal ownership of the street car lines. The largest vote In the history of the city in a mayoralty contest Is expected t” be polled today In tho fight between Mayor Edward F. Dunne. Democrat, and Frederick A. Busse, the Republl can candidate for the mayoralty. The ordinance passed over the may or’s veto provides for the granting of -o-year franchises to the two compa nies. The ordinances before the people provides that the city may purchase the lines for $69,000,000. plus the cost of rehabilitation, which Is tp be under taken under the direction of the city engineer. The ordinances also provide for through routes, universal transfers. 5- cent fares and the payment to the city of 65 per cent of the net Income. The books of the companies are to be open to the city officials. SALISBERRY FIRE IS UNDER CONTROL •tpcHsI to The Georgian. Salisbury, N, C, April 2.—A Are, which broke out at I o'clock this morn ing, threatened the eastern portion of the city. The negro settlement, known as "Monkey Bottom,” was completely de stroyed. The fire companies gained control of the situation about noon. WITH BABE IN ARMS CHILD’S DRESS BLAZES; DEATH FOLLOWS BURNS PENSION FUND HARRIMAN SAYS ROOSEVELT The girl on the left of the picture, dressed in white, is Fannie Belie Lee, who was burned while caring for Her baby niece. Next to her is Miss Ada Loe, her sitter, who saved the baby's life. On the right of the picture is Mrs. J. H. Spivey, mother of the infant. The three children in the foreground are members of the family. Holding her sister’s baby In her arms before an open grate late Monday afternoon, Fannie Belle Lee, of 26 Jones avenue, suddenly found her dress In flames. As Bhe rushed In terror from the Are a sister tore the infant from tho arms of the shrieking girl and saved the Infant from the death which Its child nurse could not escape. Fannie Belle, who was only 14 years old, died at Grady hospital at midnight, clasp ing her mother’s hand and whispering: “Pray for me, mother.” Fannie Belle Lee was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Lee. On Monday afternoon she was holding In her arms the slx-months-old Infant of her sister, Mrs. J. H. Spivey, who lives In her mother's home. Ada Lee, her slxteen-year-old sla ter, was in an adjoining room. Sud denly she heard a scream of pain and terror and started toward her sister. As she did so Fannie Belle dashed out of the room, her dress In flames, and holding the baby tightly clasped to her breast. In her delirium of fright she held the Infant so closely that It was with difficulty that the sister was able to rescue the child, whose little gar ments were being already touched by the flames. Fannlo Belle, her hold re leased from the child, tore on through the doorway, her burning dress fanned by the draft. The mother of the suffering girl was drawn to the scene nnd was severely burned on tho hand in trying to extin guish the flames. , A stranger who was passing the home heard the screams and rushed to the house. He was also painfully burned on the hand. The panic-stricken girl paid no at tention to the pleadings of her mother and rushed madly out Into the yard, every movement, adding to the flames, which might have been smothered eas ily with a rug or blanket had the girl retained her presence of mind. It was several minutes before she was caught and the flames smothered. By. this time the clothing had been burned away and the girl—hardly more than n child, was so badly burned that her death was certain. The child was hurriedly taken to the Grady hospital In an ambulance, where everything possible was done for her by the hospital physicians, but without avail. 1 After subsequent hours of agony, death relieved the sufferings of tho little girl at midnight. She passed away as the grlef-strlcken mother, who had been tenderly watching and com forting her, sat beside the cot. The funeral services will take place at the residence, 26 Jones street, at i o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The body will be laid to rest In Hollywood cemetery. AND ACE LIT Mayor Would Provide For Old Firemen and Policemen. BEGGED RIM TO SAVE PARTY Gave $50,000 to N. Y, Campaign Fund.” MUNICIPAL GAS PLANT WOULD PAY FOR SELF AT END OF TEN YEARS Could Then Sell Gas at 70 Cents Per Thousand. Gas at 70 cents a thousand feet! Or to be exact, at $.695 a thousand feet. That Is the cost of supplying gas at the burner to Atlanta people, according to the report on a municipal gas plant, completed Tuesday by the Hall-Illges Company, experts engaged by the com mittee on municipal ownership. Atlanta pays today $1 per thousand cubic feet for her gas. It is reasonable to suppose that it costs the gas com pany no more to make gas than It would cost a municipal plant. Who gets the difference? The report shows that the total cost of a plant would be $1,518,000. The to. tal operating expenses would be $318,. 267. The Income Prom sale of gas and by-products—contemplating the sale of gas at $1 a thousand feet—would be $526,600. The net return, after Includ ing Interest at 4 per cent, would be $145,013 a year. The return on the In vestment would be 9.3 per cent—cal culating on a basis of dollar gas. It can be seen that such a plant could, according to experts, furnish gas at a greatly reduced figure and still pay all operating expenses and Interest. A Complete Report. The report of the engineers on the gas plant, while not as lengthy and exhaustive as that on the electric light plant Is full and complete enough to give a clear Idea of the actual condl- ‘Tu shown that If the city erected Its own gas plant It could, by selling gas at the present rate for about ten yean, earn enough to pay for It, and could, after that sell It for 70 cents without loss to herself, and with a 30 per cent saving for the people. Following Is tho full report on the engineers on the feasibility of the city operating her own gas plant: Report of Committee. March 29, 1907. Aldermanlc Committee on Municipal Ownenhlp, Hon. J. L. Key. Chair man. Atlanta. Ga. Gentlemen: In accordance with your Continued nn Page Eleven. FIGHT ON FADES -GIVEN LATER DATE The hearing before the Georgia rail road commission for a reduction In passenger rates In the state went over on Tuesday afternoon until April 23. In the preliminary skirmishing In the senate chamber Tuesday morning, be ginning at 10 o'clock and ending at 12:30, both sides were guarded in their efforts to keep from the enemy the line of defenso or offense. One division of ths hearing will take place April 17—the Seaboard and the Macon, Dublin and Savannah Insisting on that date, as both lines have freight rate hearings then. When the meeting was called to or der by Chairman Hill, Hon. Hooper Alexander appeared as counsel for the petitioners, the Farmers' Union. He announced that Judge J. K. Hines, who had been employed In that capacity, was compelled to be out of the city, and that at the last hour he had been employed. The senate chamber was filled with railroad officials, railroad attorneys and Interested parties. President C. S. Bar rett, of tbe Farmers’ Union, was pres ent. Mr. Alexander read the petition and staked briefly but cletfHy reasons for asking the reduction In, passenger rates. After Mr. Alexander had made his second statement, the commission an nouncod that it no one else had any thing to say the hearing would go over to April 17. There was considerable sparring fix to the date, but the general hearing was fixed for April 23. MANY REPORTED HURT IN B, & 0, ACCIDENT Zanesville, Ohio, April 2.—A Balti more and'Ohio passenger train. No. 7, westbound, from Washington to Chica go: Is reported off the track at Dillon Falls, five miles west. Several persons *•— reported butt. Two Important and far-reaching changes In the fire nnd police depart ments will shortly be considered by council. One will be the establishment of pension fund for the benefit of those who have grown old In the service of either department, and for the widows and orphans of those dying in the serv Ice. The other will be a' resolution asking the legislature to amend the civil serv ice act, under which the police force goes Tuesday night, so that an age limit may be established. A similar Change will be made effective in the fire department. Mayor Joyner favors both propoal tlons, and It will be at his Instance and recommendation that the two matters will be considered. It, is planned to have the funds now In the treasury of the Firemen’s Be nevolent Association and the funds In the Policemen’s Benevolent Assocla tlon treasury thrown Into a common fund. This will, make a total of about 316,000. City to Swell Fund. To this will be added each year per cent of tho salaries of each mem her of the Are nnd police departments, all rewards earned by the members of the police department and all donations for good work made to the Are laddies. The city will make an annual con tribution to this fund of $10,000. The whole will be placed In the hands of i commission, to be composed of the of fleers of the flro and police departments, a committee of city officials and prom Inent merchants and bankers. With this arrangement there can be retired ten or twelve men each year from each department, these men to receive half pay. When a man reaches the age limit he Is retired and receives the benefit of this pension fund, the provision being that he has been a cer, tain number of years In the service. Mayor to Push It. "You can quote me,” said Mayor Joyner Tuesday morning, "as being heart anil soul In favor of this ar rangement, nnd I shall probably take some steps to have It put Into effect soon. "When a man has served 20 or 2S years continuously In the service of the city In either the Are or police depart ment, he Is entitled to the benefit of a pension fund, and I would rather see the gray-hnlred veterans on n fund than patrolling beats and working out at other places. "I think any fair-minded person will agree with me that an age limit should be established. A man over 35, or 40 years at the most, should not bo taken on the department. When a man has been taken In and ho realises that If he serves continuously, tor a certain number of years he and his family will be provided for In his old days, there are a lots of little things he would not do and a lots of chances he would not take to lose hls Job that might be taken under present conditions. FELL TO FREEZING! Though the mercury fell to 32 de grees—the freezing i point—on Monday night, It Is the opinion of Director Mar. bury, of the weather bureau and others well Informed about such matters, that thero will be smull resultant damage to fruit or vegetation. Fortunately, a good stiff wind pre vailed all of Monday night, and pre vented frost formation. A few people reported traces of frost In protected spots, but it was of such a slight char acter that no serious harm was done. It may be expected that some early garden stuff and other kinds of vegeta tlon will be nipped a bit, but peachei and other fruits have not been harmei appreciably. The temperature rose etealty Tuos day, nnd Tuesday night will not he nearly so cool as Monday. Forecast: / "Fair and warmer Tuesday night and Wednesday." a. m 35 degrees a. m 39 degrees a. m 43 degrees 10 a. m ..46 degrees 11 a. 49 degrees 12 noon 63 degrees 1 p. m ,, ,. ,.67 degrees 2 p. m. 60 degrees IN PEONAGE CASES Sod*** 4 Newman In tins feilernl rourt Ttw*a- day wan returnwl lute Monday afternoon hr the federal grand J ary, and an a reault M. F. Cole, Mtewart Cole, Gay Cole. II. * Zodgler, J. D. firewater and J. D. Ilotdm are charged with eonaplracy to bold a nn her of immigrants In a condition of peon- There ere ten counts In the Indictment and It Is rlslmcd by tbe government thst the Immlgrsnta named lu the lilll were heM sgslnst their will to work for the It. 1). Cole Msnufaetnrlng Company beesuse of alleged debts due the eontpsny snd that the defendants conspired together to hold them.’ The peonage eases against II. L. Zelgler, K. It. Cole, H. I». Cole and Jean Kelnbold. which were scheduled for Monday and ... ■—oed until Tneadsy, will Weilm—lay. The atten tion of the ronrt was oeenpled for the moat of the session on Tuesday with n ease con tinued from Monday, hat It la probalde no ease will be on at the opening of court Wednesday. New York, April 3.—E. H. Harrlman today authorized the publication of the following letter, which he wrote to Sidney Webster, millionaire and famous expert on Internal laws, who resides at 246 East Seventeenth street, this city: "Dear Sir—I had printed copies of the testimony sent you In hopes that you would, after reading them, give me some idea ol where I stand, for I con fess that I feel somewhat at sea In the whole Insurance matter. The trouble originated in my allowing myself to be drawn Into other people’s affairs, and partly from a desire to help them, at their request. I seemed to be like the fellow who got In between the man and hls wife In their quarrel. Invited By Roosevelt. “As to my political Instincts, ti which you refer In your letter of De ceinber 13. I am quite sure I have none and my being made at all prominent In the political situation Is entirely due to President Roosevelt and because of my taking an active part In the autumn of 1904 at hls urgent request and hls taking advantage of conditions then created to further hls own Interests. If It had been a premeditated plot It could not have been better started nr carried out. ’About a week before the election In the autumn of 1904, when It looked cer tain that the state ticket would go Democratic * and was doubtful as to Roosevelt himself, he, the president, sent me a request to go to Washington to confer upon the political conditions In New York state. I complied, and ho told me he understood the campaign could not bo successfully carried on r lthout sufficient money, and asked If would help them In raising the nec essary funds, as the national commit tee under control of Chairman Cortel- you had utterly failed of obtaining them and there was a large amount due from them to the New York state com mittee. ■ Should Drop Depew. I explained to him that I understood the difficulty here was mainly caused by the up-state leaders being unwilling to Support Depew for re-election as United States senator; that If ho. De pew, could bo taken care of In some other wny, I thought matters could be adjusted nnd the different contending elements In the party brought Into close alliance again. We talked over what could be dono for Depow, and, finally, ho agreed that If found necessary lie would appoint him as ambassador to Paris. , With full belief that he, tho presi dent, would keep ’ this agreement. I came back to New York, sent for Treasurer Bliss, who told mo that was their last hope and thnt they hail exhausted every other resource. In hls presence I called up nn Intimate friend of Senator Depow, told him that It was quite necessary In order to car ry New York state that $200,000 should be raised at once, nnil If he would help, I would subscribe $60,000. After a few words over the telephone, the gentle man said he would let me know, which he did probably In three or four hours, with the result that tho whole amount, Including my subscription, had been raised. Won Msny Votes. ’This amount enabled tho New York ztato committee to roll up a difference of 100,000 votes In the general result. 8omo tlmo In December, 1904, on my way from Virginia to New York, I stopped and had a short talk with the president. He then told me that ho dtij not think it necessary to appoint Do- pew as ambassador to Paris, as agreed In fact, but favored him for the sen ate. ••After that I used what Influence I could to have Depew returned to the senate, os I considered this hod been an Implied obligation, which should be lived up to. •This is tho way I was brought to the surface In the political matters, as I hod never before taken any active part and only had done what I could os any private cltiien might; so, you see, I was brought forward by Roosevelt In an attempt to help him at hls request. Yours sincerely, . ”JE. H. HARRIMAN." ROOSEVELT GIVES LIE TO HARRIMAN LETTER Washington. April 2.—President Roosevelt this afternoon gave the lie to the assertion made in nn alleged Harrimnn-Web- ster letter by making public copies of letters which tho president wrote to Congressman Sherman, of New York, last October. In one the president said: “I understood you to say that lie (Harrinmn) alleged that I had made this promise (referring to Depew ns French ambassa dor), at the time when he had come to see me in Washington when ‘l requested him to raise $250,000 for the Republican presidential campaign.’ Any such statement is a deliberate nnd wilful untruth. By right it should be characterized by even a shorter and more ugly word. I never requested Hnrrimnn to raise a dollar for the presidential campaign in 1904.” / WANT TO BE RAILROAD ADVISOR TO ROOSEVELT New York, April 2.—E. H. Harrlman, In fils recent utterances, has .mani fested a Changed attitude toward the public. He has expressed a desire, ever since the Interstate commerce hearing, to take it Into hls confidence, and has submitted to Interviews cheer fully and given hls views at length and without reserve. On hls recent trip to Washington he suggested In an Interview that It would be well If he were appointed railroad adviser to the president. "You advise the president to appoint me hls special adviser in railroad mat ters and I will sit up night and (lav with him and tell him what to do.” lie said. "I will not desert hint for a min ute. I am W'ltilng to drop all other matters and attend to this. You can assure the president In tho capacity of hls railroad adviser I would tell him honestly what I honestly think he ought to go." MRS. EDDY TURNS MILLIONS OVER TO THREE TRUSTEES; MAY BALK HER RELATIVES Concord, N. H„ April 2.—Mr*. Mary atlon of $1. When Mrs. Eddy dies tho Baker Eddy's millions have been trans ferred, as a trust fund during her life, to three men prominent In the church. The transfer was made on March 6 and was made known at 3 o'clock this afternoon, when her attorneys appeared In the superior court to make return In the suit of equity brought to compel leaders of the Christian Science church to answer to tho charge of mismanag ing and misappropriating Mrs. Eddy's property. Ask to be Substituted. By virtue of this assignment the three trustees moved for leave to be substituted as plaintiffs Instead of Mrs. Eddy's relatives. This surprise created a great sensation. The transfer was made In conslder- trustees must dispose of her property In accordance with her will. Mrs. Eddy reserves the right to her house, stable and contents und two houses In Boston for purposes of Income. She also re- f'TVi-s tin* right to demand any funds she may need for her use. The trustees are vested with full power. Mrs. Eddy’s lawyers are to re ceive reasonable payment for their services. The trustees furnish bonds of 3500,000 each. $500,000 Bonds Required. The trustees made tho motion ba- enusQ they say it is their duty to pro tect the estate and that the property has already been received und is being administered by them. If the motion nuide by the trustees Is grunted the nctlon of the Eddy relatives will be killed. WILL COMPANIES BE COMPETITORS? POLICE ELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE The election of Atlanta's police force will take place Tuesday night. At the same time civil service for the police, as provided by legislative en actment, will become effective. This means that the officers and men elect ed Tuesday night will be chosen for life, so long as they perform their du ties and conduct themselves properly, and further that there will be no more biennial police electlona. • The board of police commissioners Tuesday afternoon filed with the clerk of the superior court the bond of $1,000, as stipulated by Superior Court Judge Pendleton, and by this net dissolved Ihe temporary restraining order grunt ed when Alderman James 1.. Key’s hill of exceptions was signed Monday by Judge Pendleton. SIX MEN MISSING; MAY BE DROWNED Special to The Georgian. Charleston, 8. C., April 2.—Six en ployeea of the Royal Bag and Ym factory nre minting and are believed have been drowned. They went down tho harbor Satu day night, Intending to flsh and retui ■ hi S111111.i\. ;iTi'l 11 <ir Lillut.’ tu . on back or bo reported Is taken to men tli.It tin if 1 •' !' v .1- MY .in pi’ll ;iml ll entire party drowned. Searcher* ha\ failed to locate them. Councilman ' Longino Ex presses Doubt of Rivalry. Councilman Longino exploded a Istmb In council Holiday afternoon when he express ed the opinion thst the North Georgia Klee- trie Company, from which the people are expecting eouipeUtlon snd cheniier light., bad consolidated with tbe Georgia Hall- ‘ Electric Company. __ . seem to have practically stopped work,” stated the conticllnian. "A friend of mlae told me that 6 man had come to him with the proposition to ilo a certain hit of stork, and that this nun represented both companies. It looks as If we are not to get any competition from this quarter. "nnd bot h of "them beard tbe companies I’ouijeijman* TeOugioO. when *eeu Tuesday morning, would not giro out the name of tbe person who told him. “• don’t want to Involve this man,** be ed In explanation, "without asking U g$g$, nnd be is not in the city at .present Ths whole thing looks a little suspicious to me, but I haven’t got anr proof of the consolidation Outside of thin statement by they will he llgbtli __ L -JSFU-* much lower *Hnt now in effect. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian records here each day soma economic fact In reference to tho onward march of the gtonlh. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. The Merchants’ Exchange of BL Louis, Mo., lias Issued In kook form an annual statement of the trade and commerce of (lint city for 1906. This volume contains reports of lu officers and committees and a review of the year’s work, together with statistical tables showing re sults that have been attained In every line of business. These tables, making comparisons with 1905, show assessed valuation of real and per- aonal property $497,287,260, increase nearly 330,000,000: permits for build ing issued 8,988, valued at $39,938,198, increase $6,500,000; pastoffli e re ceipts $3,703,391, increase 3230,000; value of manufactured products $$96.- 698,030, Increase 129,700,000; bank clearings $2,1(72,653,307, Increase >72.- 864,328: capital, surplus and profits of banks and trust companies >86.- 999,400, Increase $3,000,000; new capital Invested In trade and manufac tures, $26,929,685; tobacco manufactured 71.716,288 pounds, valued tit 881.000. 000, Increase In pounds 6,700,000 and In value $1,500,000; output of breweries 8.J68.298 barrels. Increase 700,000; grain receipts 60,271.709 bush els, Increase 18,400,000; cotton receipts 672.535 bales, increase receipts 7,796,839 tons, Increase 770.000. Sales of jobbers a show Increases from 10 to 15 per cent, and In some cases as per rent. The total sales of the principal of these are valued Dry goods, millinery and notions. 378,000,000: groceries. $70.00 and shoes. 355,000.000; tobacco and cigars. $45,000,000; hardwni 000; woodonware, $20,000,000; lumber, $47,000,000; bear, >25,01 nlture. $35,000,000; drugs and chemicals, $27,500,000; mllwttj 330.000, b00; steel coatings, foundry and machine shop product 000, and railroad and street cars, $28,000,000. The extensive manner In which these results have been < the Important data which It contains renders till- a valunbl book to those Interesjtd In the city's growth.—Manufacl The Chamber of Commerce of Chattanooga. T llelty committee, of which H. C. Brown Is clu booklet containing the valuable data and Inform,a vantages of that city. Among the tables given Is nn ages of Increase In various lines of business of 1901 elude banking capital, 20 per cent; bunking ■ b urin Iteration capital stock, 21 per cent; BSsaaaad valuatio , Ing permits, 77 per cent: real estate trnmfers. ir, luring Investments, $ per cent; wholesale trade in' retail trade Investments, 20 per tent; wholesale and retail business, 22 per cent. id dealers >45,000.- 000; fur- supptles, 125,000.- •ered and reference Record. n . through Its pub- amtn. bus Issued a m regarding the ad- “hnw log the percent- ver 1905. These In - . 31.9 per cent; eor- I 4 S tier cent; bulld- per cent; tmtnufac- stments, 22 per cent; usiness, 25 per cent. . ‘e /