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The Weather: Following nre the In dication* for Atlanta n nd vicinity: J nir iand wnrtner toniglit and to morrow; I n ^r o a a Ing ‘[oudlOPf* Thursday. Atlanta Georgian (and news) opot Cotton: VOL. V. NO. 252. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24,1907. PRICE- 1“ i' 1 *"'*: TWO CENT*. J-VJ.VJXJ. On Tr»ini: FIVK CK.vrs. HALF A CENT F Passenger Rate Hear ing Is Nearing a ' Conclusion. generally believed WILL CUT THE R ATE General Passenger Agent Stone’s Speech- Put Hooper Alexander to Sleep. Indications point to a conclusion ot the passenger rate hearing Wednes day afternoon late. Many of the roads have filed arguments with the commis sion. and these will not be read In the hearing. \ • It Is the general) opinion at this stage of the meeting ttiat rates will be cut to two and one-half cents on all trunk lines, and that rates on short lines will not be disturbed. Many of the promi nent railroad men In attendance be lieve that this will be the result. Soothed by the solid phalanx of fig ures and the sonorous voice of Ocnerdl Passenger Agent Stone, of the Louis ville and Nashville railroad. Hon. Hooper Alexander, . counsel for the Farmers’ Union In the two-cent rate hearing, dropped Into peaceful slumber Wednesday morning. As Mr. Stone read on and on and un. Mr. Alexander’s head began to droop until he Anally slept, serently un- consolous of what was happening. "Sav, wake Hooper up,” shouted John L. Tye, amid a general shout of laughter. Mr. Alexander looked a bit rattled over the Incident, but said loss of sleep and net Mr. Stone's argument Otadt him doze. Second Day’e Hearing. When the second day's hearing open ed at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning only a small number of those present Tuesday were on hand. Evidently most of the railroad officials are not early risers. R. C. Alston, speaking for the rail roads, said that he understood from the newspapers that counsel for the iietltloners had new evidence to Intro duce. After the commissioners had consult ed together for several minutes. Chair man Hill stated: "Under the authority of the comtpla- tdon. we hold that this body has power to direct such hearings as It may deem best. It Is within the discretion of the enmmiaslon as to the direction ot mat ters of this character. Carriers have heen called on by (he commission to show cause why fares should not be reduced. We had best proceed along the line Instituted." This was a distinct victory for Mr. Alexander, as It placed the responsi bility of bringing out facts on the road. The Tallulah Falls Road. W. 8. Erwin, general manager of the Tallulah Falla road, said that a re duction of rates would ruin his prop erty. He declared that at fhls season "1 the year trains were operated at an urtunl loss. W. J. Craig, of the Atlanta Coast bine, presented facts for that road. He said a reduction from J to 2 centa In Georgia would mean an annual de crease of 1290,000 in the revenues of the road. Answer of Central. The Central of Georgia's answer was made and sworn tf by Second Vice President W. A. Wlnburn. The gist of It follows: Passenger fares In Georgia do not ni| w pay a fair return on the Inveat- ment; the Central'a revenues and Anan- ■es do not Justify a reduction: If the Passenger fares are cut by the commls- "ion, the company-will have to econo mize ,,n its service. Wages will have to he reduced and train service will have io be decreased. -The system Is running a number of trains for the convenience of the public which do not Pay the cost of their operation. This 11 '-'as stated was not suggested ns • threat, but In any line of business when some one department begins to lo,,' heavily, expenses are reduced. That " "Very day business sense and prac tice. Do Not Average Two Cents. "’Idle the roads are allowed to (harge a inaxiihum of three cento n ni| le. they havg to haul thousands of Pai-M-ngers for 'much less. The line "dh the shortest mileage makes the rate between any two points. For ex- •mple It Is eighty-eight miles from Atlanta to Macon by the Southern and Pd miles by the Central. The 8outh- -m charges three cents a mile—12.93. i he t'entral Is legally entitled to charge ”■12 but If It did It would not get “»> of the travel between the two •Ides. The Central has to sell tickets at 12.63 for the trip. Just the same as ['* competitor. This brings the Ceu- Jfal a rate -down to 2.54 cents a mile, 'he merest trlAe above two and a half ;‘ n, » « mile. If the maximum fare * 1 educed to two cents, the Central ”Uld not get more than about a cent •nd u half a mile between thirty or "■'re „f the most important points In lb- slate. A reduction to 2'cents a mile would '•’Pthe company 9242.000 a year and UIJ leave Its net earnings from pa»- CAGED CHOCTAW CHIEF IS FREED BY DEATH FROM FEDERAL PRISON SIX-YEAR TERM GIVER TO SWEDE . . OSCAR AHLGREN. Who entered houses but stole noth ing from them. Oscar Ahlgren Case To Be Investigated Fully. In* hotiHPtf, calmly viewing tin* premises tip stairs nud down, and then politely making apologies when his actions were questioned by aHtonlshed proprietors, caused Oscar Ahlgren, a Swede, about forty years of age, to got n Hentouce ot six years In the peni tentiary for his condnet, from Judge Roan,, In the criminal division of the superior court, Wednesday morning. There were three Indictments against Ahlgren. and, through his attorney, U. A. K. Stevens, ho pleaded guilty to one. The alleged scene of his Chief Hotema Goes to Happy Hynting Ground. nqarai tempt ranee of a gentleman, oat aguL- — bo has the np- ullttf"— ptetl to (teal anything from theliouses. Mill that bo is lit times partially Irrn- «!. Jut!vo Roan Mated that hu would Continued on Page Seven. OF THREE NEGROES Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C„ April 24.—Three ne- groea, Will and Monk Jackson and Walter Pettua, were caught iaat night entering a tmrn with the purpoae. It la believed, of flrjng It. Today aeveral hundred armed men are at the pre liminary hearing In the county. Many Area believed to be Incendiary In the county have excited the people and trouble may develop before night. PRISONERS KILL RUSSIAN JAILER Oilcan. April 24.-(io«ded by tortorea of their kepera, political prlaonera held In the government prlnon today engaged In a dee* pernte Aaht with their Jailers. The aealatant governor and one kcem-r were killed. Twenty prisoners were In* Jurwl. The Conaaeka reatored oVIer. Chief Solomon Hotema, of the Choc taw nation, haa completed his sentence It life Imprisonment In the federal penitentiary. His spirit took tvlnga Tuesday night and Aew, through prison bars that held the body, on Ita Journey to the Happy Hunting Ground. With this death one of the moat remarkable careers ever chronicled In connection with the fed eral prlaon ended. A chief In the ChopfSvt nation, Solo mon Hotema was /beared In civiliza tion and was a graduate of one of the govenimfait's Indian colleges. And n lifetime stient In reading had added to this education until there xvae little except facial appearance to denote that HotemaNya" of a savage race. After graduation he attended a Pres byterlan college, took his degree, and until the time he waa tried and sen lenced to death lie was a minister of that denomination, spreading the gospel of Christ among the members of his race. So with all his education and cut* ture, It was with horror,'that people read of the bloody murders which were laid to his hand. It waa In 1901 that the whole Choctaw nation In Indian Territory waa shocked at the news that Chief Solomon Hotema had mur dered four members of his family. They were such murders that even an Indian was shocked. Had the deed been committed by a shiftless member of the tribe who made his living rustling cattle. It would not have caused so much comment, bat with Chief Solo mon It was different. There were pathetic features sur rounding the awful crime. A little daughter of Hotema's lay dying of. typhoid fever. The dread malady made Inroads upon the young life despite the skill of the best physicians Chief 8olomon could procure. He waa an educated man and he sought the white man’s physician. He did not go to the medicine man of his tribe. Death Crazed Father. Then came the bloody Impulses. The thought of revenge, one of the Indian's native traits, was uppermost In his mind. Too, he wuntt-d to prevent. If possible, the deadly work the witches had planned. £o lie murdered In cold blood four in. ml.'-I - .if hi- 1.IUI1I- . He wus tried In the United Slate court for the eastern district of Texag convicted mid sentenced on November 29, 1901. to be hanged by the neck until dead on February 14. 1902. His law- yers<look out a writ of error, but the United States court of appeals sus tained the Judgment of the lower court, and again he was sentenced to hang on December 5, 1902. Waited for Gallows. But friends took up his case. They said a man like Chief Solomon would not do a deed like his In sane moments, These facts- were presented to Presi dent Roosevelt and on October 29 that high official commuted Chief Solomon’a sentence nf death to Imprisonment for life In the Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth. Before, however, he waa taken to that Institution, he waa or. dered to the Atlanta prison and he entered that Institution on June 29. 1903. Chief Solomon was 65 years of age and at the time he was brought to At lanta, he wore a beard—a strange thing for an Indian—and presented a Ane looking appearance. From the begin ning he was a model prisoner and never gave cause for complaint. His wife In IS Dr. Marvin Believes His Long LoSt Boy Is Dead. FRANK BUTLER SAW LAD LAST Lenton, I. T. t has been notlAed of his death. If his remains are not asked for by his relatives he will be burled In the little cemetery at the Federal prison. MOTHER DISAPPEARS AFTER SUICIDE THREAT Following a telephonic conversation, ilur- lug which she wept and finally cried out, “I think I will Jyst end the whole business by Jumping Into the river,” Mrs. I- I*. Jones, mi attractive young bride of a little more than a mouth; disappeared Tuesday after noon nud since 4h p » nothing has been heard 0 *Mnif’'Jones hss three small children by s former innrrloge. and they are now at the home or Mrs. Jones'- mother. Mrs. I.. • . Wooflinuton. *1 I’odd nvenue. Two of the children are III. Mrs. Jones "fiS?**** 1U* coUs where her husband Is .a boilermaker, mid she and the ehlldren have been at the \V«HHlliifftou home for the past Mm Jones has l»een trying to get the children In one of the cbarttalde homes of Atlanta. It Indiig stated her husband had advised her she must get rid of them, as they would not oliey him. ceed lu this purpose Is thought to be re* of the young to I'rolMtlon Officer■■ cried and made the threat to Jump Into the river. 8he had made this same assertion to Officer Oloer a few days ago In couversa-i tlou about the ehlldren. Her people, however, are oatlsfisMl she has not htnned herself, but has merely returned to Macon. This theory ts strengthened by the fact that Mrs. Jones Tuesday morning received a letter from her husband. Wbeu Mrs. Jones left the home of her mother Glad of His Arrest and In timates He Will Make Full Statement. Dover, Del., April 24.—Following the arreat of Frank Butler, a farm hand, on a warrant charging him .with the mur der of "Chubby" Marvin. Dt/dHorace Marvin, the father, qxpressed hie be lief today that hla long/lost boy la dead. \ / ■'I believe that Butl«4tllled my boy, and In fear hid the bodr,” Dr. Marvin .aid, "and we are golnroo try to get him to tell where the body. Is." Butler, who haa admlttedNje waa the Iaat peraon to aee little Horace Marvin alive, waa glad that he waa arreeted and Intimated that he would make complete atatement. “If 1 ever carlred off that kid In a bag or another way I did not know It," aald Butler with teara atreamlng down hla face. "Before God I am Innocent. 1 would not have harmed a hair on hie head for the world.” TO BE ESTABLISHED ci ting al Birmingham Re sults in Movement to Control Prices. Birmingham, Ala., April 24i—A cot ton warrant clearing houae, or .ex change, and the formation of u big guarantee company with a capital atock ot 91.000,000 were decided upon at the meeting of Southern cotton men here yeaterday. John D. Walker, of Sparta, Ga., one of the leading aplrlta of the Southern Cotton Aaaoclatlon, and Harvle Jordan, of Atlanta, were among the leadera In the movement. Mr. Walker waa chair man of the meeting. The plan contemplatea the eatab- llahment of warehouaea throughout the South, from which warranta will be la- aued which will guarantee weight and grade, aa well oa the number of balea. To make these receipt, or warranta acceptable to purchasers, it la planned to organise a guarantee company with a capital of 91,000,000, and to have this company Ananced by the. sale of stock to the mill men Interested. Harvle Jor dan and John D. Walker arc the Geor gians on this committee. A second meeting waa held Iaat night. The Fanners' Union was represented at the meeting by Business Agent Par ker, of Alabama, who stated that hla organization was not yet ready to in done the movement. CAPTAIN MOORE DIES SUDDENLY Old Sol may coax the thy maid to smile instead of aheddihg tears. Secretary Will Go to Philippines Next September. Washington, D. C„ April 24.—After a month’s absence. Secretary Taft haa resumed hla duties at tha war depart ment. The fact that It was cabinet day made It necessary for him to cut short the time allowed to callers. After luncheon the secretary reiter ated hla statement of last night that he intended to go to Ohio next Friday, and would make three speeches while away from Washington, one at Cincin nati on the occasion of tha meeting of the Western Federation of Yale Cluba. one at Daytorr at the corner-stone lay ing of the Young Men's Christian As sociation building, and another at Cin cinnati before the Business Men's Club. The secretary added that none of these speeches would be In any sense political. latter In the summer he expects to go to Iowa and to Minnesota, In each case to address the state universities, but he did not say that these addresses would be non-political. He was wanted In Oklahoma and he said he would go If he could. Nothing will probably prevent him from going to the Philippines In Sep tember. KILLS SISTER OF GIRL W§ TflSLAYFSTES Drugged and Assault ed While Riding, She Declares. EX-JUDGE LOVING ADMITTED TO BAIL Man Returned to Home With Shot Gun and Opened Fire. Nashville, Tenn., April 24.—A spe cial from Dresden, Tenn., gives details of a terrible tragedy near that place yesterday afternoon, In which William Sawyer, a prominent farmer, soht Miss Mary Strong, futility. Sawyer had been rejected by the older sister ot the unfortunate young lady, and going to the houae with a iluuble-barreled shotgun, he opened Are. The girls ran and the content, of the charge entered the .tomach of the younger girl. She will die. A brother of the young Indy Is head ing II pm -mini |..IT I ' , .11,.I I Snu 1 el ls caught he will be lynched. AMERICAN CITIZEN , f IN RUSSLVN JAIL Warsaw, Russian Poland. April 24.— A naturalized American cltlsen named Dombrowskl, bearing a passport Issued In Washington In 1894. waa arrested at Lubln and brought here three days ago. He Is now conAned In the over crowded prison for suspect, and the lo cal authorities believe he Is even now conducting political agitation, ami they are Investigating. Dombrowskl’s oc cupation Is not known. Says No Power Could Have Prevented Him From Killing Man. to too Officer Utoer. Rhe telephoned but felled to retort) home. Mm. Woodlngton Is making efforts tw«»j (Weflnewlov) to have the two alck children placed In the hospital. Mra. Woodlngton la also 111 and the grandmother oaja she la un able to give the children proper attention at home. friendless woman in chair ONCE OCCUPIED BY H. THAW By CHARLE8 SOMMERVILLE. New York. April 24.—In the same room In the criminal court building where Harry Thaw sat for weeks on trial for his life, another human crea ture Is now bearing that ordeal. The defendant Is a woman—a woman of reAnement, a-woman of some artis tic achievement In life. She Is a daughter of a Bourbon family that was of wealth and Importance In France long ago. She Is Anltsn Louise Dver- nonl. Baroness De Massey. She hae no loving relatives about her. Her trial I* very different from the trial of Harry Thaw. Her crime Is very much the same. To be sure, she did not choose a crowded theater for Its scene: but she walked up to a man, as the accusation .goes, quiteIn the same manner that Thaw did. She Columbus, Ga., April 24.—Captain W, R. Moore, former general manager of the People's Line of boats, .later the Columbus 8teamboat Association, but who retired a few years ago, died sud denly at hi* home In this city at 1 o'clock this morning of heart failure. He was 69 years old and owned ex tensive Interests In lee plants In Pen sacola, Tampa, Montgomery and Cuba He leaves a wire and one daughter. WOMAN IS HELD walked up to him while he was sluing Chicago. April 24.—A warrant has at a table and as he turned to heed been Issued charging Mrs. Shladek with the sound of her voice she shot him to death. Like Stanford White, Gus tav Simon, a Broadway manufacturer, tumbled from his chair to the Aoor, fatally wounded. But he did not die Instantly. The woman was stopped as she was leaving the building. She waa brought back to the dying man. He put out his hand toward her and said: "Yes—yea. she's the one that shot me." . In Ave hours yesterday the Jury was chosen for the trial of the woman who now sits In the chair that Thaw so long occupied. ,. / AssUfant District Attorney Ely aunoiwml Hint he Intruded in |im4e his • nntrntloiui by ■ v.-wltni'isws. This swan stnrtllu* decors - t(.in. » If* hss been zenerally admitted Unit there were no eye witnesses of, the Inter view In-tween Ike defrtidutt and Mr. Mlmvti nor of Ms sutuequeui sfsssslnallou. the murder of her father and mother. Mr. and Mm. Frank Mette. Mrs. Mette died several weeks ago aad Frank Mette died on April 6. A chemical analysis shows that Mra Mette was poisoned by arsenic, and It .la believed that her husband’s death was caused In the same manner. While there Is no direct evidence ngalnat Mrs. Sladek, ehe has been un der. suspicion since the death of her mother. Three of her brothers are now critically III, and It Is believed by the police that she endeavored lo poison then). , v J«y Gould Wins. London. April 24.—The amateur ten nis champlonlhlp p( the Queens Club: First round—Jay Gould beat. R. K. Cross, 9-8; (-1; 4-3. NOTES TO RUSSELL SAGE INROAD’S OBLIGATIONS; INSOLVENCY CHARGED Two Receivers For the Chattanooga Southern. Two notes made payable to the late Russell Sage, In addition to many oth er alleged defaulted obligations, were the cause of two receivers being pointed by Judge Don A. Pardee of United 'States circuit court for the Chattanooga Southern railroad. These receivers are Weston W, Kent and Ed ward C. Osborn. The receivership came about as the result of a petition by the PaclAc Im provement Company,, a . corporation chartered under the laws of California but with offices In New YArk, Aled through the company’s attorney*. Jo- tlne, Larkin * Rathbone, of Wall street, New York, and Lawton & Cunningham, of Savannah. It Is charged In the petition that the road Is Insolvent, with many outstand ing obligations it is unable to meet and with only a small amount of money on hand. The petition alleges that the railroad is capitalized at 99,000,000, with 9750,000 prefererd atock and It la declared that there la a Aoatlng debt over the road of 9160,000. There are aeveral notes mentioned In the petition, upon which It is al leged payment has been defaulted and among these are two made payable to Russell Sage, one on December 22, 1905, for 91.000 and another on June 25, 1905, for 9300. These notes with others are aald to have been transferred to the petitioners. * Other Indebtedness charged against the road Is 925,000 to the American Equipment Company, fur rolling atock and It Is charged that six locomotives were given a* security for this debt. As reasons for asking the appoint ment of receivers, the petitioner alleges that the mad runs through three states and that as there are several Judg ments against the corporation, ths property of the road Is liable to be seized In any of the etetee or coun ties through which At runs. The Chattanooga Southern runs from Chattanooga to Gadsden. Ala., and owns **.25 miles of road, but has trackage over other lines that makes it operate some 94 miles of railway. Each of the receiver* Is required to furnish a bond of 925,000. STREET CAR MEN ORGANIZE UNION Fifteen motormen and conductors of the Georgia Railway and Electric Com. pany met Tuesday night In ths Fed eration of Trades hall on the Forsyth street viaduct and organised a union, with P. A. Wood as the president. The meeting was entirely harmonious, and It was decided to make application to the American Federation of Trades for a charter. It Is understood that s sec ond meeting will be held Thursday night. Lynchburg, Va„ April 24.—Ex-Judge W. G. Loving, who shot and killed Theodore Estes, at "Oak Itlilge," tho country home of ThomaaP. Ryan, has been admitted to halt In the sum <.f 95.000 allowed by Ball Commlsslon-r Payne, of Amherst county. Commis sioner Payne made the following state ment : “Judge Loving learned that Estes had token hla daughter riding Sumla,- night, and he brought the girl back home drugged and unconscious. Judge Loving waited until he could get the full story from the girl's lips about the drugging and assault, and then he took hla gun and went In search of Estes." Judge Loving said: "When I heard the awful story from the lips of my dear one, I was Insane. I waited to learn all the facts, and then nothing In God’s or man's power could have stopped me from taking his life. I did It after careful considera tion." Daughter Assaultsd. Charting Estes with drugging Ids daughter, Elizabeth, aged 19, and as saulting her while In ii drugged condi tion, after learning of the alleged In cident from the ll|.s of Ids daughter, ge Loving drove some eight or ten miles before locating the young man, and he shot hint down with a double- barrelled shotgun. Miss Loving Is re ported to be In a very nervous con ation os the result of the uffali*. being alined to her bed by the ordeal. Judge Loving represented Amherst unty. before moving to Nelson, In the legislature, ami served as Judge of the county seat of Nelson until that court was abolished by the new con stitution. For thrsa years h* has been In charge of the Ryan cstato as super intendent. "Unwritten Law” Is Dsfsnss. Judge Loving. It develops, was a boyhood chum of Thotnn* F. Ryan, the New York millionaire. The defense will be thp "unwritten law." Young Estes was closely related to Governor Claude A. Swanson by mar riage. Mr*. Swanson Is now at Nor folk, arranging matters In connection with her part as hostess for the state at the Jamestown Exposition. Mrs. Corydon JI. Sutton, ot Richmond, u sister of Judge Loving, left today for Nelson county to he with her brother in hla trouble. Miss Elizabeth Loving Is a great beauty and prominent In the hunting and social set. O00OO00000000000O0000OOO0O O O O WELL! HOWDY SPRING! O O WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? O O Good old spring time looks flue O 0 and dandy. Howdy spring! Maks 0 O yourself at home. Do Just as o O you please, Just so you hang round a O lor a hit. 0 O As a response spring opines: O O "Fair and warmer Wadneo O night and Thursday, Increasing O O cloudiness Thursday." O O Wednesday temperatures: o 0 7 o'clock a, m 60 degree- o 0 8 o’clock a. m 52 degrees. O a 9 o'clock a. 65 degrees O 0 10 o’clock a. m 40 degrees. O O it o’clock a. m 44 degrees. O O 12 o'clock noon 68 degree*, o 0 1 o'clock p. m 70 degrees o 0 2 o’clock p. m 71 degrees. O O ° 0000000000O000000D00OOO0O U Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian records hers such day soma economic fact In refcreaco to tho onward march of tho AoathT JOSEPH 6. LIVELY. Vlckzburg. .Miss., Is In the front rank of the procession of progress and prosperity that Is marching over ths South today. The Vicksburg Light and Power Company recently organized and >». cured a franchise, and are placing under ground conduits for their multi lines of cahls on Washington street. ' The .Vicksburg Railway anil Lighting Company are laying new an.I heavier roll on their lines as well as making many extensions. •The Yasoo and Mississippi Valley railroad has started the construc tion nf a new 940,000 passenger depot and 1* also constructing a large addition to It* shops. '* 7 . ' . • 7 Houston Bros., having recently secured from the government the right to construct an electric railroad alopg tha National cemetery road to Walters, a suburb, are preparing to start on this work. Tills firm have the largest hardwood lumber mill In the South, cutting an average of 200,000 feet a day. They are moving their general offices, here from Chicago and are erecting a large lilck office and business block near their plant. The Flnnfe Dry Dock Company are completing their boat building plant and are now ready to draft and construct any class or size . raft. The Vicksburg Ice Company ar* adding about 910,000 In Improve, ments and machinery to their already very large plant. The J. F. Conant Manufacturing Company have completed their «aw mill at South Vicksburg, and are busy getting out the material f r the basket factory they are putting up at that suburb. They have cently about 915.000 In machinery to their veneering plant and their hardwood flooring plant Is under constiuctlon and will be In i" ration .very soon. President Harrahan haa promised the early completion of ti e Sliver Creek branch of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad, which win g.ve Vicksburg direct railroad communication to u vast an.l rh h territory In the delta, heretofore only reached by boat. The Business League has taken up the matter of extending the city limits. Vicksburg, proper, covers only about two miles In urea