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The Weather: Following nre Indlcn- * i,ins for A tin n tii and SlTU Cloudy, will, rain tonight nnd Sun- d«y; no marked change In temperature. Atlanta Georgian (and news) Spot Cotton: VOL. V. NO. 255. Special Saturday Night Edition. ATLANTA, GA„ SATURDAY, APRIL 27,1907. Special Saturday Night Edition.PRICE: S3?-. Watch for the Masonic Edition of The Georgian— —It will appear on May 8th, the day the cornerstone of the new temple is laid. 1 1 FAST ill Former Chief Execu tive of Georgia Is Dead. LEAVES DAUGHTER AND TWO SONS 11 \s Health Had Been Fail- Jig For Some Time and Death Was Expected. Piled Ties on Track in an Attempt to Wreck Train. CREW OPENED FIRE; OUTLAWS FLED ATLANTA’S TRIBUTE TO DIXIE’S HEROES Special to The Georgian.' Charlotte, N’. April 27.—An at tempt wa» made to wreck .No. 43, the southbound fast mall train on the Southern road. 10 miles north of Char lotte last night. ^The engine ploughed Into a pile of crossties thnt 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. Sevcrnl shots were flred, but none of the wreckers were caught. ' PARADE ENTERING OAK LAND CEMETERY. WHERE EXERCISES WERE HELD. , Atlanta’s Memorial Day parada in 1907 surpaased all pravioua pageants In the number in line. Veteran! of two ware, state infantry and cavalry, labor organizations, and a regiment of pupils from tho public achoola were in the column. , RUFUS BROWN BULLOCK, Former governor of Georgia, who died at Albion, N. Y., Saturday morning. — Buffalo, N, Y„ April 27.—Former Governor Rufus Bullock, of Georgia, died today at Albion. He had been failing health for some time. Mr. Bullock died at the fnmlly hom stead at Albion, where he had resided since the death of tils wife, two years ago. He wns 73 years of age and leaves' a daughter. Mrs. Leonard Kendall, of Greenwich, On., and two sons. Freeman Bullock, of Omaha, and Volney Bullock, of Atlanta, Qa. SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF GOVERNOR BULLOCK Itufus Brown Bullock was born In Bethlehem. Albany county, New York, ■'larch 28, 1834, but when only 7 years "Id his parents moved to Albion, N. Y\. " here he graduated from Albion AcaJ erny In 1850. At tills time the development of the electric telegraph was Just begun in New York, and Governor Bullock, i hough only 17 years of age. soon mas- tned the art. It 1s said that he wns the first telegraph operator able to lead hy sound. He Installed the printing telegraph systems in New York city, Buffalo, Koi-hester, Utica, Albany, Springfield anil Philadelphia. He took charge of o rival concern 4n 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 the Adams Express Company, sent Gov- • rnor Bullock to Augusta, Ga., to take general charge of the business In the s outh. With the formation of the Southern Express Company the busi ness of the Adams Company In the •South passed Into new' hands. Gov • rnor Bullock held an Important post "1th that company, and while President Plant was abroad the management of i he company was practically In his lands. He caused the construction of tele graph lines to Interior points, and when the civil war came on this proved most valuable to the Confederatea, as coast lines all fell .Into the hands of the Federal*. Over these wires communication was maintained between President* Uavls !| nd Generali Lee, Beauregard and Johnston. The Southern Express Com- bany transported nit contributions of ■applies and food to the Confederates without cost. 8srved the Confederate Army. He was appointed acting assistant •luartermaster general of the Confed erate army, with the rank of colonel, and as auch served to the surrender. At the close of the war he devoted his energies to material development of the state. Doing to New York, he secured capi tal to open a national bonk In Augusta, i-ater ha became president of the Au gusta and Macon railroad, and when he went to New York to secure funds h r Improvements was told that Geor gia had not yet come Into the Union. This caused him to go Into politics. A constitutional convention was tailed and he took a prominent part la WITH WORDS OF WARNING ON HIS LIPS MINISTER FELL FROM HIS PULPIT Boy Evan Stricken By Heart Disease. NAVIES OF WORLD’S NATIONS GATHERED IN HAMPTON ROADS; STATE GOVERNORS ENTERTAIN "Prepare to meet thy God!" As these words were uttered by Itev. G. T. Rowe, pastor of McDonald Bap tist. chinch, during a revival sermon Friday night, he pitched forward In hi pulpit In a fainting and apparently dy- ; Ing condition. Officers of the church who were sit ting near rushed to his assistance ati.-l caught the almost lifeless man as ho sank to the floor. He was quickly re moved from the church to the from porch, where what restoratives us could he found were administered until he had revived sufficiently to be re moved to his home near by. At a late hour Friday night he was said to be resting comparatively easily, and It wns thought that his complete] recovery would be speedy: Had Heart Trouble. The very exciting ending of the ser-! mun of Rev. Mr. Rowe was the climax 1 ,of a series of revival services which li lt aa been conducting at McDonald Bate list church, where the Interest has been great, nnd many conversions mad". During the day Friday he htfd been suffering Intensely from heart troubl" and was confined to his bed the greater portion of the day, but as such great Interest had been manifested In th" meetings nnd as a number of people had congregated to hear the Boy Evangelist," as.he Is called by many, he attempted to conduct the services rather than disappoint them. 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 that impressed his hearers, was the fact that Just previous to the col lapse he said: . "Are you ready for the cp'l of God, beloved? I am. If God should call me before this sermon was finished, and I trust the call will be soon. I am ready Are you? Prepare to meet thy God! Then he lurched forward and was taken from the church. Rev W. R. Barrow, pastor of Sharon Baptist cHurch, was fortunately pres ent and continued the services, and the meeting was Impressively closed. By JAMES HAY, Jr. .lumrrttoiwu Exposition, April 27.—TUp sec- •►ml day of the Jntncfltoivti oxpofiltloii wan | spent on the water, lastend of on land. I*y • the thousands of visitors to the Idg show. | On land there was nothing to see save mitlnUhed buildings, . Incomplete exhibits and stretches of unpnved streets, on -which J Min' dust lay mi Inch deep. On the witter j J there were battle ships of the nations, tliclr > j ninsts nnd rigging transformed Into u wllf j derm*** of flags and bunting. | (in the decks of those dogs of war the ] sen men nnd marines marched nnd executed ; ' orders, the sun Ught shining golly on their i arms and accouterments. The sea craft of I ihe neighboring cities carried the visitors i to the very mouths of the cannon of the J war ships, and cruised up and down'the triple Hue of the monster fighters through out the day. The maritime sight was grander today than yesterday. Every hour the Intiaelies from the warships carried uniformed offl* go the only known race wits the In i ilfn decks of the battle ships. Everywhere ' ». *rc wns brilliant color, music and the at- ; uiospliere of festivity. The work, though slow, Is well done. The grounds are laid out like u city. Then* are streets, Imulevnrds nnd alleys. There are sewer, gas, water and electric lighting systems. There nre building lines and n telephone central office. Governors Entertain. There were several minor functions on the grounds today. At noon the Mm rvIn ml state commission formally opened the Mary- laud building. At noon, the ('onnectlcut 'building was also opened, and n reception ‘given by the governor of Connecticut to tin* March to the Beloved Strains of “Dixie.” GREATEST PARADE IN CITY HISTORY Oakland Cemetery Scene of Impressive Cere monies. With chssrx nnd flower* for tha liv ing and tears and flowers for ths dead, Atlanta’s cltlzsns gathered Friday to pay loving tribute to tho memory of the veterans of tho gray. Never In the history of Memorial day exercises has such witness been borne to the love end reverence In which the battle-ecarred defenders of state's rights are held by those who understand and appreciate the hard ships they endured, and the tierce fights they waged against overwhelming odds, as that which was borne Friday in At lanta when men, women and children, with one aecord, vied with each other In perpetuating the memory of the Con federate soldier. From all parte of the city and county the people enme, 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 buttle line to the stirring strains of "Dixie." Never In Atlanta have such crowds been seen upon the streets on Memo rial Day. As the vanishing years throw u brighter halo over' the memory of the days of civil etrlfe and as the tradl- tlons 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. mammoratlng the lives and worthy actions of the men wh6 now rank In history with the heroes of Marathon and the Pass of Thermopylae. Never in Atlanta has such a great Memorial Day parade been seen. The Inspiring it "able presented by thst host of rngfehtin. mm and. boys, some of whom »We living In the memory of the glorious past while the shadows of life's evening are gathering nnd others who hold the past as a glorious El IF BIG PIER More Than 100 Men Thrown Into Sea'. FOREIGNERS LEAP TO SAVE SELVES Accident Occurs at Locust Point, Md., Near Baltimore. Washington, April 27.—Nearly 109 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 1,400 lm- ! migrants aboard, rolled and tossed helpless In tho waves. Spectators thought an eartliquuko had come. Some of the Immigrants on board Jumped Into the wnter out of sheer terror and were rsscured with diffi culty.. The pier that collapsed wns In course of construction and was near comple tion. It was to have been used In con nection with u btg ware house. More 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 Its 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 18 feared that the big stone wall which fell has become tho tomb of a great number of those who were at work on the pier. Police from Baltimore have charge of the rescue work. Ambulances from the city hospital!, nre on the scene carrying the wounded to the city for treatment as fast as they are rescued., Carnegie Way eevernl blocks northward i the old veterans In their worn and, faded uniforms of gray nnd holding! the flag they once followed through four year* of strife, saw the mammoth parade pass tn review. Then, falllngl In behind, the Old Guard of the Gat* memory who hold the past on the*City Guard, they took up the march HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, President of the Jamestown Exposition. ft. Atlsnta was made the capital and he was elected governor from 1888 to 1871 He recommended the lease of 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 assembly was overwhelmingly agalnat 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 lie announced himself ready and tried to secure trial. He was Anally vindi cated by formal verdict of a Jury. In 18*3 Governor Bullock took up Ms permanent residence In Albion, N. y Where he resided until the day of his death. HIS wife died two years ago. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Leonard Kendall, of Greenwich. Ga.. and two som. Freeman Bullock, of Omaha, and V. V. Bullock, assistant postmaster i'f Atlanta. CARY T. KING, New state president of Georgia State T. P. A. Special to The Georgian. Rome, Ga.. April 27.—Atlanta was chosen aa 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. S. R. Balk, At lanta. Carey J. King, of Rome, was elected president and James It. Andrews, sec retary and treasurer. The other officers elected were: First vice president. Richard Howard, of Co. lumbua; second vice president, J. C. Mason, of Albany; third vice president. C. C. Vinson, of Savannah; resident di rectors, R. J. Thomas. R. A. Broyles, W. P. Anderion, C. J. Hollingsworth and J. 8. Waterman; from Post C, Co lumbus, Max Banner; Post A, Savan nah, Jerome Exateln: Post D, Macon, G. O. Carmichael; Poet E. Augusta, George W. Timmons; chairman rail road committee. Max Krause. The convention closed at ( o'clock yesterday afternoon. BINGER HERRMAN FOUND NOT GUILTY Washington, April- 27.—The Jury In the case of BInger Herrmann, of Ore gon, former land commissioner, charged with destroying governments records, returned a verdict of not guilty today. The Jury has been out since yesterday afternoon. visiting state governors tml officers. At 4:30 p. m., Governor IVorllclil will bold a reception la the Maryland building. j threshhnhl of life and face the mbre J glorious future, has never been equalled f und perhaps will never been excelled. Tho parade formed at Krsklne's foun tain at the Junction of Peachtree and West Peachtree streets. With Grand Murslml Joseph F. Burke riding at Its head, preceded by a platoon of mount ed isillee, the long line moved down Peachtree street and took up the line of march to Oakland cemetery. Ranged along Peachtree street from to the last resting place of their com rades. One of the most interesting features of the whole parade end pno which elicited cheers from the veterans was tho hundreds of school children, must of them little tote, who kept step toi the muelo and marched like veterans' of many wars. There were at least' Continued on Page Five. WILL PROBE TRUST COMPANIES IN N. Y. New York, April 27.—An a consequence of the looting of the Trust Company of Am**r> 'lea by tta loan clerk, William O. noughts, Buperlntendcnt Keep, of the state banking department, will overhaul all the trust com panies In the city, with particular regard to the condition of their trust funds. These aggregate fabulous sums. A single company, for Instance; the Tufted Htutm Trust Company, has funds In Its care amounting to $100;000,000. The major part of this l in incuse sum Is represented by securl- tie*. The thefts of Douglas have shown bow easy It Is for it trust company clerk to ex^ SHOT HIS SISTER Special to The Georgian. Jonesboro, Ga.. April 27.—W. S. Ring, son of J. L. King, county treasurer of this county, accidentally shot and ft fa believed fatally wounded his sister, Miss'Jessie King, aged 18 years, here this morning. • The accident occurred In the King home at 8 o'clock this morning. W. 8. King, who is an unmarried man, was attempting to fix the parljr rifle, when it was discharged, the bail entering the left side of hi* sister, who was In the room, and rrangtng down ward. Surgeons have beep summoned and an operation will be performed. to keep on thieving for a year without de tection Dennet's statement brings Into the esse (be, name of Joslsli gulttcy, former mayor of lUwtoii. qulnry hluiself explains that In* was approached by Dcnoet before the rohlicry liectiue known nnd nuked to accept n retainer to liegtn negotiations with the 1he return of the stolen located nil of the miss concerned th# 8140.000 which brokers, who Accepted the securi ties. paid to either Douglas or Denuet as loans. The amount which Dougins Is salt* the accident Is greatly regretted among their large circle of friends. Dr. McRae and all local physicians are tn attendance and an operation has been found necessary'. LOCOMOTIVE , BLEW UP AT HIGH SPEED St. Lnulx, Mo., April 27.—Three train men were killed today near O'Fallon, Mo, which la near to St. Charles, when the boiler of a Wabash locomotive ex ploded. After the explosion pieces of the engine and tender were found 1(0 feet from the track. The men killed were: Engineer Paul Kltnard, Fireman Frank Appleby, llrakeman George E. Brown, all. of Mobcrly, Mo. Nick Dessert, conductor, was badly hurt. Exactly what caused the explo sion Is a mystery. The engine was mystery. . S traveling at a lively rlip when the ex- Th* family Is very prominent and plosion occurred. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgina records here each day somt economic fact In lefereoe* to tbs ooward eiarcb of tbs fcoutb. BY J08EPH B. LIVELY. Atlanta, the capital city of the good old cotton State of Georgia, lays claim to being the most metropolitan city of the Bouth. Those who have never been there have heard It spoken of ns 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 tho qul vlve and quick commercial Jump; New Yorkers even have heard of At lanta as a good thing and Atlanta loss not resent the aoft Impeachment. She admits It all, she does, and she has sdtne right to. Yet Atlanta le not a Northern town, despltq the large amount of East ern capital Invested there. A quaint commingling of ox-cart and automobile, lolling negroes and well-groomed business men, modern apartments and old colonial houses, tells the tale of a progress-invaded Southern stronghold, and Atlanta Is all of that—Southern In all her flbers, with a pushing trade and traffic inter fering avlth her native. Inherited tastes for "dolce far nlente." Unfortunately, or fortunately, the geographical position of this huh of the South compels activity and active people are pushing and rushing along th* business centers tn a congested mass of humanity—white and black—until one thinks of lowsr New York and a stalled surface car near Wall street, when he Is fighting hi* way along Peachtree In tho famed "heart of Atlanta" district. And by the by, the "heart of Atlanta* Is an Imposing thing. It wouldn't look so bad set down on Broadway with Its nine sky scrapers shooting up Into the clouds within a few blocks. Its crowded cars, bright shop win dows, electric signs and moving throngs, It* motor cars, ox-cart* and mule teams Jostling each other. Atlanta real estate probably today, offers the most favorable oppor tunity for remunerative and permanent Investment of nny < loss of Southern Investments. From 1887 to 13(2 ther* was a most pbnsMtafi expansion In real estate values; In fact, Atlanta and vicinity shared la the boom that swept the entire country. Atlanta then had a population of 60,000 to 70,000 people; In conjunction with h*r Immediate suburbs within a radlu* of eight mile*, from 17(,000 to 100,000 people now live. During the expansion from 1837 to 16*2, th* city's only mode of transit was horse cars and dummy llnea, snly two of which were built bev..nd a point of one and a half miles distant from the center of the city; prices were pushed up In some sections where these car llnea were local most as high as present values. The building of many etc trie in tending In all directions within a dlxtanr* of four miles from the can the city has had a tendency to equalise values and scatter the popu more uniformly. Undet- the raglm* of the hore* car llnea there but three or four main residence streets, whareas now tie r" are Formerly there were no residence parks, now a larg* number of e and expensive residence parks and suburban settlements exist around the city.—North and South, Louisville, Ky.