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—rr The Weather: Following nro lndlc*- Ion* for Atlanta and vicinity: Cloudy, with rain tonight ami Sun day: no marked chance In temperature. Atlanta Georgian (and news) Spot Cotton: New York; steady; 11.30& N. Orl'os, quiet; 11 He. VOL. V. NO. 255. ATLANTA, GA„ SATURDAY, APRIL 27,1907. PTCIfTEl* ,n Atlanta: TWO CETT*. XrXVXVyJ2i. On Trains; FIVE CH.VTa. Watch for the Masonic Edition of The Georgian— —It will appear on May 8th, the day the cornerstone of the new temple is laid. PUSSES jffflf- FAST MAIL Former Chief, Execu tive/of Georgia Is Dead. LEAVES DAUGHTER AND TWO SONS His Health Had Been Fail ing For Some Time and Death Was Expected. ATLANTA’S TRIBUTE TO DIXIE’S HEROES Piled Ties on Track in an Attempt to Wreck Train. CREW OPENED FIRE; OUTLAWS FLED Special to The Georgian. , Charlotte, N. C. ( April 27.—An at- j tempt was made to wreck No. 43,1 the southbound fast mall train on the*I Southern road, 10 miles north of Char lotte last night. The engine ploughed Into a pile of crossties that had been placed on the rails by unknown par ties, narrowly escaping a fatal catas trophe. The train crew sprang out In time to see several men fleeing away. Several shots were fired, but none of the wreckers were caught. Atlanta’s Memorial Day parade in 1907 surpassed all previous pageants in the number in line. giment of pupils from the public schools were WITH WORDS OF WARNING ON HIS LIPS MINISTER FELL FROM HIS PULPIT RUFU8 BROWN BULLOCK, Former governor of Gporgln, who died at. Albion. N. Y., Saturday morning. Buffalo. X. 'Y., April 27.—Former Governor Rufus Bullock, of Georgia, died today at Albion, r He had been in failing health for some time. Mr. Bullock died at the family home stead at Albion, where he had resided since the death of his wife, two year* •fto. He was 73 years of age and leaves a daughter. Mrs. Leonard Kendall, of Greenwich. Ga., and two sons. Freeman Bullock,,of Omaha, and Volney Bullock, of Atlanta, Ga. SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF GOVERNOR BULLOCK, Rufus Brown Bullock was born In Bethlehem, Albany county, New York, March 28, 1834, but when only 7 years old hla parents moved to Albion, N. Y. where he graduated from Albion Acad emy In 1850. At this time the development of th electric telegraph was Just begun In New York, and Governor Bullock, though only 17 years of age, soon mas tered the art. It Is said that he was the first telegraph operator able to read by sound. He Installed the printing telegraph systems in New York city, Buffalo, Rochester. Utica, Albany. Springfield and Philadelphia. He took charge of a rival concern In Philadelphia, which broke down the monopoly and caused more general use of the telegraph for business and social Intercourse. With Express Company. In 1857 President Dlnsmore, of th< Adams Express Company, sent Gov ernor Bullock to Augusta, Ga., to take general charge of the business In the South. With the formation of the Southern Express Company the busi ness of the Adams Company in the South passed Into new hands. Gov ernor Bullock held an Important post with that company, and while President Plant was abroad the management, of the company was practically In his hands. He caused the construction of tele graph lines to interior points, and when the Civil war caine on this proved most valuable to the Confederates, as coast lines all fell Into the hands of the Federate. Over these wires communication was maintained between President Davis and Generals Lee, Beauregard and Johnston. The Southern Express Com pany transported all contributions of supplies and food to the Confederates without cost. Served the Confederate Army. He was appointed acting assistant quartermaster general of the Confed erate army, with the rank of colonel, 8nd as such se.rved to the surrender. At the close of the war he devoted hie energies to material development of tho ■tate. Going to New York, he secured capi tal to open a national bank In Augusta. Later he became president of the Au gusta and Macon railroad, and when he went to New York to secure funds for improvements was told that Geor gia had not yet come Into the Union. This caused him to go Into politics. A constitutional convention was called and lie took a prominent part in Boy Evangelist Was Stricken By Heart Disease. “Prepare to meet thy God!" A* these words were uttered by Rev. (1. T. Rowe, pastor of McDonald Bap tist church, during a revival seriflon Friday night, he pitched forward In his pulpit In a fainting and apparently dy- Intt condition. Officers of tho church who were sit ting near rushed to Ills assistance ami caught the almost lifeless man a. he sank to the Boor. He was quickly re moved from the church to the front porch, where what restoratives as could be found were administered until he had revived sufficiently to he re moved to his home near by. At a late hour Friday night he was said to be resting comparatively easllv. and It was thought that his complete recovery would he'speedy. Had Heart Trouble. The very exciting ending of the ser mon of Rev. Mr. Howe was the climax bf a scries of revival service, which he has been conducting at McDonald Bap tist church, where the Interest has been great, and many conversions made., During the day Friday he had he-n; suffering Intensely from heart trouble , and was confined to his bed the greater portion of the day, but as such great Interest had been manifested In the meetings and as a number of people had congregated to hear the "Boy Kvangell.t," a. he Is called by many, he attempted to conduct the services rather than disappoint (hem. It was clear to those present that he was not In a condition to preach, but he arose bravely to the task, and had progressed for some twenty minutes, when he fell on the rostrum. _ , , , A peculiar feature of the breakdown and one thnt impressed hiS*hearers, was the fact, that Just previous to the col lapse he said: „ . _ , “Are you ready for the call of God, beloved? I am. If God should eall me before this sermon was finished, and I trust the call will be soon. 1 nm ready. > u. ..... d tlmnnCA m«Af itlV (Iflfl I OF GEORGIA T, PI NAVIES OF WORLD’S NATIONS GATHERED IN HAMPTON ROADS; STATE GOVERNORS ENTERTAIN Are you? Prepare to meet thy God Then lie lurched forward and was taken from the church. Rev. \V. B. Barrow, pastor of Sharon Baptist church, was fortunately pres ent and continued the services, and the meeting was Impressively closed By JAMES HAY, Jr. .Tiuiiputntvn Kxpo*ltl<»u. April 27.—Hm fee- oik! duy of the Jniiwntonn expoiltlou wo* ■peut on the water. luitenU of ou land, by the thousand* of ▼isltom to the big show. On land there was nothing to* see save unfinished buildings, Ineomplete exhibits nnd stretches of tin paved streets, on which tho dust lay an Inch deep. On the water there Were battle ships of the nattous, their masts and rigging transformed Into n wil derness of tings and bunting. pn the deeks of these dogs of war the seamen uml marines marched nnd executed orders, the aim light shining gaily ou their I arms uml accouterment*. The sea craft of I he iieighlMiriug cities carried the visitors to the very mouths of the cannon of the j war ships, nnd erulsed up and dowu the triple line of the mouster lighters through out tho day. The maritime sight was grander * today than yesterday. Every hour tho launches from the warships carried uniformed offi cers to nud tro. The bunds played the na tional airs, the. strains flouting ncross the ; waters to the plney shores whore 300 years np th« only known race was the lu Women, gowned In bright spring cos tumes, climbed the ladders leading to the decks of the battle ships. Kverywhere there was brilliant color, uinslc and the at-1 mosphere of festivity. The work, though slow. Is well done. * The grounds are laid out like n city. There are streets, boulevards nnd alleys. There are sewer,jro*. water nud electric lighting systems. There are building lines and n telephone central office. Governors Entertain.' 3 There were several minor functions on the grounds today. At noon the Maryland state commission formally opened the Sfary- In ml building. At noon, the Connecticut March to the Beloved Strains of “Dixie.” GREATEST PARADE IN CITY HISTORY Oakland Cemetery Scene of Impressive Cere- HENRY ST. GEORGE TIJCKER, President of tho Jamestown Exposition. “ : : ' i — “ ■ siting state governors and officer*. At holloing was aim. opened, nnd s reeeptlnn -4:,to n. in.. Ilori-rnor Warfield will bold a , «lven l.y the governor of Connecticut to the receftlnn In the Maryland building. With cheers and flowers for the llv- Ing and tears and flowers for the dead, Atlanta's clttiens gathered Friday to pay loving tribute to the memory of the veterans of the gray. Never In tho history of Memorial day exercises has such witness been borne to the love and reverence In which the battle-sOarred defenders of state's rights are held by those who understand and appreciate the hard ships they endured, m\(l the fleree lights they waged against'overwhelming odds, as that which was borne Friday In At lanta when men, women and children, with one accord, vied with each other In perpetuating the memory of the Con federate soldier. From all parte of the city and county the people came, If not to take part In the parade, then to stand as specta tors and cheer and wave a friendly hand to. the old veterans who, with halting step, marched once more In battle line to the atlrrlng strains of "Dixie." Never In 'Atlanta have such crowds been seen upon the streets on Memo rial Day. As the vanishing years throw a brighter halo over the memory of the days of civil strife and as the tradi tions which cluster around the heroic and gallant struggle of the Sixties be come still more dear to Southern hearts, greater Interest Is taken In com. meminoratlng the live* and worthy actions of the men who now rank In uljitnry with the heroes of Marathon nnd the Pas* of Thermopylae. Never In Atlanta has such a great Memorial Day parade been seen. The Inspiring spectuble presented by that host of marching men and boys, some of whom were living In Ih* memory of the glorious post while the ehadowe of life's evening ure gathering and {others who hold thp past as a glorious i memory who hold the past on the 1 threshhold of life and face the more glorious future, has never been equalled and perhaps will never been excelled, i The parade formed at Ersklne's foun- ] tain at the junction of Peachtree anil West Peachtree streets. With Grand Marshal Joseph F, Burke riding at Ita head, preceded by a platoon of mount ed police, the long line movod down Peachtree strtet nnd .took up the line of march to Oakland cemetery. Ranged along Peachtree etreet from E OF BIC PIER More Than 100 Men Thrown Into Sea. FOREIGNERS LEAP TO SAVE SELVES Accident Occurs at Locust Point, Md., Near \ Baltimore. Waehlngton, April 27.—Nearly 100 people are reported Injured or killed by the collapse at 11:30 o’clock this morning of a mammoth flre-proof steel Iper near the Immigration station at Locust Point, near Baltimore, Md. Bo great was the crash of the falling structure that the North German Lloyd steamer Cassel, lying at the Immigra tion pier 200 feet away, with 1,100 Im migrants aboard, rolled and tossed helpless In the waves. Spectators thought an earthquake lmd come. Homo of tha Immigrants on board Jumped Into tho water out of sheer terror and wore rescured with diffi culty.. The pier that collapsed was In course of construction and waa near comple tion. It was to have been used In con nection with a big ware house. Morn than 100 men Were at work on the pier above the water. It fell with a deafen. Ing road, nearly all of It disappearing with Ita human freight under the water. Four bodies have been recovered from the water, and debris. Six men. badly hurt, have been carried to places of safety. It If feared that the big •tone Wall which fell has become the tomb of a great number of those who were at work on the pier. Police from Baltimore have charge of the rescue work. Ambulnnces from the city hospitals are on the scene carrying the wounded to tho city for treatment an fast as they are rescued. Carnegie Way several blocks northward the old veterans Jn their worn and faded uniforms of gray and holding the flag they once followed through four years of strife, saw the mammoth parade pass In review. Then, falling n behind, the Old Guard of the Oats City Guard, they took up the march to the last resting place of their com rades. One of the most Interesting features of the whole parade and one which elicited cheere from the veterans was the hundreds of school children, most of them little tots, who kept step to the mualo and marched llko veterans of many ware. There were at least Continued on Peso Five. CARY T. KING, New state president of Georgia State T. P.- A. a 4363 lease he was elected governor from 1871. He recommended the the Western and Atlantic, and It was leased for twenty years, the state real ising $6,000,000 from It. Indicted, But Vindicated. In the election of 1870 It became, ap parent that the general asaembly was overwhelmingly against Governor Bul lock. and he resigned. Two Indict ments were found against him—one for alleged conspiracy to defraud the state, the other for failure to account for certain bonds said to have been deliv ered to the executive department by the city of Atlanta. For seven years he announced himself ready and tried to secure trial. He was Anally vindi cated by formal verdict of a Jury. In 1893 Governor Bullock took uo his permanent residence In Albion. N. Y where he resided until the day of hU death. Hie wife died two years ago. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Leonard Kendall, of Greenwich, Ga., and two sons. Freeman Bullock, of Omaha, and V. V. Bullock, assistant postmaster >f Atlanta. Special to The Georgian. Rome, Ga.. April 27.—Atlanta was chosen ns the next meeting place for the Georgia State Travelers’ Protective Association yesterday at the annual meeting held In this city. , W. T. Ledbetter, of Rome, was elect ed delegate to the national convention. O. L. Stamps, of Atlanta, alternate. State chaplain, Rev. 8. R. Belk, At lanta. Carey J. King, of Rome, was electeJ president and James H. Andrews, sec retary and treasurer. The other officers elected were: First vice president, Richard Howard, of Co. lumbue; second vice president, J. Mason, of Albany; third vice president, C. C. Vinson, of Savannah; resident di rector*, R. J. Thomas. R. A. Broyles, W. P. Anderson, C. J. Hollingsworth and J. B. Blaterman; from Post C, Co lumbus, Max Banner; Post A, Savan nah, Jerome Exsteln; Post D, Macon, G. O. Carmichael; Post 11 Augusta. George W. Tlmmona; chairman rail road committee. Max Krauss. The convention closed at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon. 4 BIXGER HERRMAN FOUND NOT GUILTY Washington, April 27.—The jury in the case of Blnger Herrmann, of Ore gon, former land commissioner, Charged with destroying governments records, returned a verdict of not guilty today. The Jury has been out (luce yesterday afternoon. _ - WILL PROBE TRUST COMPANIES IN N. Y. New York, April 27.—A* a consequence of the looting of tlie Trust Com puny of Amer ica by Its loan clerk, William O. Douglas, Superintendent Keep, of tlio state banking department, will orerbaul alt the trust com panies In the city, with particular regard to the condition of their trust funds. These aggregate fabulous tutus. A alugle company, for Instance, the L'rfted Htstes Trust Company, has funds In Ita care nmounting to IIOO.OUO.OOO. The major part of this Immense sum Is represented by aecurl- ties. The thefts of Douglas have shown how easy It la for u trust company clerk to ex tract huudreds of thousutnU of dollars of securities from one of rbe strong boxes, and to keep on thieving for a year ‘Without de tection. Dennet’s statement brings Into the case tho name of Joshth Quincy, former mayor of Boston. Qulucv himself explains that he was approached hy Dennct before the robbery became known and asked to accept a retainer to begin negotiations with the tpirft company for the return of the stolen securities. Having located nil of the miss ing bonds, the trust company Is concerned now with the plan to get back the $140,000 which brokers, who accepted the securi ties. paid to either Douglas or Deuuet ns locus. The amount whltlt Dougins Is said to SHOT HIS SISTER BY AN ACCIDENT Special to The Georgian. Joneshoro, Ga., April 27.—W. S. King, son of J. L. King, county treasurer of this county, accidentally ahot and Itja believed fatally wounded hla Hater, Miss Jennie King, aged 18 years, here this morning. The accident occurred In the King home at 8 o'clock this morning. W. K. King, who la an unmarried man, waa attempting to fix the parlor rifle, when it waa discharged, tho bad entering the left side of hla slater, who waa In the room, nnd ranging down ward. Burgeons have been summoned and an operation will be performed. O j o'clock i>. m 77 degrees O The family Is very prominent find 0OO0OO0O0OO000OOO0P000OO00 the accident Is greatly regretted among their large circle of friends. Dr. McRae and all local physicians are In attendance and an operation has been found necessary. 00000000000000000000000000 o o O SPRING HERE AT LAST: O 0 RAIN DUE SUNDAY. O O O O Belated considerably, spring O O reached Atlanta a day or ao ago O 0 and announces' her Intention of 0 O remaining for noma time. O O Outlook Isn't ao cheerful for O S "an out-ln-the-open" Sunday. O Rain Is due. Forecast: O O "Cloudy with rain Saturday 0 0 night and Sunday: no marked 0 O change In temperature." 0 O Saturday temperatures: O 0 7 o’clock a. m 60 degrees 0 0 X o'clock a. 62 degree* 0 • o'clock a. m 64 degrees 0 0 10 o'clock a. m 66 degrees 0 0 11 o'clock a. in ...71 degrees O O 12 o’clock noon 73 degrees 0 O I o'clock p. m 76 degrees 0 Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian records here etch day mat BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. Atlanta, the capital city of the good old cotton state of Georgia, lays claim to being the most metropolitan city of the South. Those who have never been there have heard It spoken of as a hustling, bustling, Northern sort of a town—the llvest thing In Dixie. In picturesque New Orleans on the sleepy Creole coast, one hears of Atlanta as a live wire beyond the pales of “manana,” a city on the qul vlve and quick commercial Jump; New Yorkers even havo heard of At lanta us a good thing and Atlanta does not resent the soft Impeachment. She admits It alh she does, end she has some right to. ■ Yet Atlanta Is not a Northern town, despite the large amonnl of East ern capital Invested there. A quaint commingling of ox-cart and automobile, lolling negroes and well-groomed business men. modern apartmenta and old colonial housea. tells the tale -of a progress-invaded Southern stronghold, and Atlanta la all of that—Southern in all her fibers, with a pushing trade and traffic Inter fering with her native. Inherited tastes for “doles far nlente.” Unfortunately, or fortunately, the geographical position of this huh of the South compete activity and active people are pushing and rushing along the business enters in a congested mass of humanity—white and black—until one thinks of lower New York end a stalled surface car near Wall street, when he la fighting hla way along Peodbtree In the famed “heart of Atlanta" district. And by the by, the "heart of Atlanta” la an Imposing thing. It wouldn't look so bad set down on Broadway with II* nine sky scrapers shooting up Into the clouds within a few blocks. Its crowded- cars, bright shop win dows, electric signs and moving throngs. Its motor cars, ox-carts and mula teams Jostling each other. Atlanta real estate probably today offers the moat favorable oppor tunity for remunerative and permanent Investment of any class of Southern Investment*. From 1887 to 1*92 .there was a most phenomenal expansion In real estate values; In fact, Atlanta and vicinity shared In the boom that swept the entire country. Atlanta then had a population of 60,004 to 70,000 people; In conjunction with her immbdlate suburbs within a radlua nr eight mile*, from 176.000 to 200,000 people now live. During the expansion from 1987 lo 1992. the city'* only mode of transit was horse cars and dummy line*, only two of which ware built beyond a point of one and a half mile* distant from the center of the city; priced were pushed up In some sections where these car lines were located, al most as high ns present values. The building of many eftctric lines ex tending In all directions within a distance of four miles from the center of the city has had a tendency to equalise values and scatter the population more uniformly. Under the regime of the horse car lines, there u ere but three or four main residence streets, whereas now there are Formerly there were no residence parka, now a large number of extendi.- and expensive residence parks and suburban settlements exist In and around the city.—North and South, Louisville, Ky.