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The Weather:
fob ATLANTA AND
VICINITY: Fair to-
D!gbt nod Tuesday; ris
ing tcmperntore.
Atlanta Georgian (and news)
Spot Cotton:
Atlanta, quiet; 11 5-15.
New York, steady: 11.35.
N. Orleans, eeay; 11 11-15,
Oalveaton, steady; 12e.
Savannah, steady; 11^.
Liverpool, easier; 6.74.
VOL. V. NO. 268.
ATLANTAi GA., MONDAY, MAY 13, 1907.
PRICE:
CUILTY HI
COREY-GILMAN WEDDING
WILL BE GORGEOUS AFFAIR
SAYSF. BUSH
No Punishment Too
Severe, Says Ac
cused Man.
$1,000 in Roses Will
Decorate Dining
Room.
LOSES APPETITE
IN PRISON CELL
Bush Says He Regrets to
Learn of Broken Engage
ment of Doolittle.
"The person who aent that Infernal
machine to the McCarthy home ought
to be hanged. In fact there la no pun
ishment too aevere In a case like this.
Suoh a person la a monster.”
This declaration was mode In the
Fred Bush, the produce
merchant' held In <10,000 ball on the
charge of assault with Intent to mur
der, and who protests he Is Innocent of
the crime.
Bush followed this statement by the
assertion that when be Is freed he pro.
poses to spend every cent of money he
possesses In an effort to run the real
criminal to earth.
"I have managed to save some money
from my earnings,” said the prisoner,
"and It Is my Intention to spend the
last cent. If need be, to put the crimi
nal In the penitentiary. I am abso
lutely Innocent of this crime and be
lieve I will be freed when brought to
trial. And when I am free I propose
to devote my best enerctes and my
money In an effort to bring the real
criminal to Justice and remove this
terrible stigma from my name.”
Kit Appetite Gone.
Bush's meals are sent to him In the
Jail by his sister, who Is trying to make
her brother's existence behind prison
bars as comfortable ns possible. Al
though the choicest viands are sent
him. however, he eats but little. He
says his appetite has failed him.
'This prison life and this awful
charge would Julie the appetite from
anybody," remarked the prlsonsrCas.hc
glanced at.a splendid breakfast spread
out on hi* bnnk.
The detectives are still working on
every possible clew, but say they have
as yet been unable to have the derrin
ger, which formed a part of the Infer
nal machine. Identified. The box that
contained the explosives Is also uni
dentified.
Bush had read the story In The
Georgian of Saturday In regard to Miss
Kathryn McCarthy's breaking oil her
engagement with young Doolittle, and
he expressed regret at thlf result of
the csss.
“I am sorry the engagement Is off,
•aid Bush, “for I would have liked'very
ranch to see Chorllo and Miss McCar
thy married. She la a fine girl and I
don't think Charlie could have dons
any better. If It should be agreeable
with them. I would certainly like to
see them become reconciled and mar
ry."
NEW LIGHTING BIDS
BEFORECOMMITTEE
Both Companies Expected to
Reduce Bate to Con
sumers.
Atlanta Physician’s
Testimony May,
Divide Fortune.
Couple Will Go Aboard At
lantic Liner and Occupy •
Captain’s Suite. .
llow much lower will be the price of
lights to private consumer* In'Atlanta
tor the next five years?
This question will - probably be an
swered Monday afternoon, when the
“facial committee on a municipal light
ing plant, Alderman Key, chairman,
meets Jointly with the council commlt-
*** on electric lights and telephones.
n» proposition before the Joint com
mittee will bo the bids of the North
iworgla Electric Company and of the
Tgia. Railway and Electric Corapa-
for the city's lighting.
"lie bid of the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company Is cheaper for the
next live years than that of the North
Georgia. On the other hand, the North
Georgia offers a maximum rate to con-
jumera of 10 cents per kilowatt hour
■oe -Ight and heat and t cents for pow
er. a* against the present rate of the
Georgia Of 12 and 7 cents.
I resident Arkwright has stated, how-
'e r tha4 he will offer a lower rate. If
, hid is otherwise acceptable.
It would not be surprising If the
oortu Georgia submits a new propoei
■ n - The meeting will be held at l
clock.
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2 KENTUCKY THOROUGHBRED O
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2 Washington, May II.—The great O
2 international horse race may now O
2 ""need. The blooded Arabian O
o !!° rse ',belonging to Homer Daven- O
o r *®uvered from Its Indls- O
o 1 2 n ana Davenport has nott- 0
bed the war department that he O
b ' fcad? to have the animal from O
the Orient start In an endurance O
o fr 11 ',** 1 ,rom ‘he Pacific to the At- O
lantic coast against General Cos- Q
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New York, May IS.—Arrangements
have been completed for the wedding
tonight of William Elite Corey, presi
dent of the United States Steel Corpo
ration, and Miss Mabells Gilman, the
former actress, tn the royal suite In the
Hotel Gotham.
Twenty-three guests will be present,
most of .them members of the Imme
dlate families of Mr. Coley .and Miss
Gilman. Some of tbs steel magnate's
business associates wilt also be there.
Twenty-five invitations were sent out,
but two guests sent their regrets.
Dinner Before Ceremony.
Reversing the time-honored custom,
the wedding dinner will be given be
fore the ceremony. Tbit will be a very
elaborate affair. Decorations coating
more than 1600,000 will grace the ball
room. One thousand, dollars worth of
American beauties will be banked up
on the table and about the room.
Miss Gilman's weddln- gown will be
of the traditional white satin, although
Its details have been carefully hidden.
Many floral offerings were sent to the
Gilman apartments In the Gotham. One
was a huge box of flowers said to have
been sent by a etael magnate now on
the sea. Miss .Mary Shaw will be Miss
Gilman's sole bridesmaid.
Couple Will Travel.
Following the ceremony and supper.
Mr. and Mrs. Corey will go aboard the
North German steamship Kaiser Wil
helm II, where they will occupy the
captain’s suits. ,
To avoid tbs' gaxe of the curious on
the ship, Corey has arranged to have
all his meals served In hie suite. They
will leave the ship at Cherbourg and
travel in an automobile to the villa In
France, which the steel man purchas
ed for hie bride. They will also visit
Nice, Monte Carlo. Parts and Ostend
and will remain abroad three montha
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O COLD 8NAP FOLLOWED
» ewau og Y 8PR1NG weather. O
O
Following the cold snap of Sun- O
a day and Monday morning, the O
0 temperature gives promise of get- 0
O ting back somewhere In the neigh- "
O borhood of normal condition*.
The forecast Is as follows:
"Fair Monday night and Tues-
O day. rising temperature.”
‘ Monday temperatures:
7 o'clock a. m. 60 degrees.
I o'clock a. m SI degrees.
MISS MAYCELLE GILMAN.
MAN WHO JUST WOULD
GO TO PRISON BEGINS
HIS TERM IN ATLANTA
_ • o'clock a. m..
O 10 o’clock a. m..
0 ll o’clock a. m..
0 12 o'clock noon..
1 o’clock p. m.,
2 o'clock p. m..
..SI degrees.
. .SS degrees.
..*7 degrees.
..SO degrees.
..71 degrees.
..75 degrees.
A millionaire several times, Louts A. I
Gourdain, of Chicago, New Orleans!
and elsewhere. Is -now In the Atlarttn:
Federal penitentiary and bis oft-m. >
peated wish to get behind the bars and i
pay the penalty of fils crime Is realised, j
He arrived-In Atlanta Sunday from j
Joliet, 111., In the custody of Deputies i
Thomas H.' Currier and H. B.’Coy, of
the tyg prison In Joliet, and Was for-!
mally turned over to the Atlanta prison <
authorities.
With the coming to Atlanta of Qour- j
data one of the most remarkable ato-j
rise ever told is ended for at least I
three years. It was Gourdain who it
threatened to build a prison 6f his own j
and Incarcerate himself because his!
lawyer had'secured his release from j
Jollst. It was Gourdain who'promlsed
never to sat nor' speak again until he I
donned the garb of a convlrt and re-1
celved a number. ( And It waa Gour
dain wbo changed his mind.
After accumulating • a fortune of
about 35,000,000, ■ Gourdain was tried
and convicted In Chicago on June 0.
1106, and sentenced to a term of four
and one-half years In prison for a vio
lation of the postal, laws regarding lot
tery schemes. In 1101 he organised the
Louisiana State Loan and Trust Com
pany end began fighting the Loulslane
State Lottery. He.got In bad later on
with the Federal authorities and his
trial and conviction followed.
Then began a aeries of eccentric ac
tions that were as remarkable as they
were eccentric. Oourdaln fired his
lawyers and conducted his own case.
He made a speech to the Jury and de
clared that If he waa convicted he
would not appeal, but would serve his
sentence and return alt his fortune to
the people from whom It was received,
with interest at I per cent. He was
sentenced to prison and was Incarcer
ated In the Joltet penitentiary. He
remained a convict there until July II,
when hi* lawyers, at the' request of his
family, secured a supersedeas and
Gourdain waa released on bond against
hla will.
From then until he waa re-arrested
on April 24 and returned to Joliet.
LOUIS A. GOURDAIN.
eral Judge to send him bock to the pen.
He gave out Interviews declaring that
his lawyers had violated their promise
and that he named to return behind
the bars and serve out his sentence. He
went from New York, where he lived
In sumptuous apartments at the Hotel
Savoy, to Washington, and tried to get
one of the supreme court Justices to
•end him back to Jollst. He even
threatened to build a miniature prison
on Capitol Hill and serve his time all
alone. ,
From Washington he Jumped to
Philadelphia and tried to get a Judge
there to send him bark, back, back to
Joliet. But there was nothing doing.
Then he Jumped to Chicago and more
Interviews appeared In the newspapers,
crazy or only playing crazy or four-
Gourdaln jumped around the country flushing. He replied that be was sane
On an Atlanta doctor's testimony as
an allonlsl may hinge the distribution
of a dead New York man's big fortune.
The Atlanta physician Is Dr. Thomas
Virgil Hubbard, and the dead man over
whose fortune heirs are fighting
Christopher Ct Shayne, who died In
March, 1000, at the Piedmont Hotel.
Dr. Hubbard Is now In New York
and hne Just testified as to the condi
tion of Sltayne's mint! at the time of
his death at the Piedmont, and of the
hallucinations he had.
•In March, 1006, Mr. Shayne,
wealthy retired New York furrier, and
hts wife passed through Atlanta on
their way to California They stayed
at the Piedmont a day or two and Mr.
Shayno recovered his strength suffi
ciently to proceed on his journey. He
had not gone far,.however, when hla
health began to fall, and he
brought hack to tho Piedmont.
Dr. Hubbard; the hotel physician,
was cnlled In attendance upon Mr.
Shayne. und It was found he was suf
fering from Bright's dlaeaae and was
In a bad condition. He remained at
the Piedmont some time, receiving
treatment, hut never recovered suffi
ciently to Continue Ills Journey, and
died In a short time.
Not only Dr. Hubbard remembers
the old man's hallucinations, but others
at the hotel recollect how he acted. **
left a will with a codicil attached
leaving his fortune of something like
a million to his wife. His other heirs,
among whom Is Miss Edith Shayne, the
pretty actress appearing In "The Lion
and the Mouse,” are fighting for some
of the money.
It Is claimed by these heirs that at
the time the codicil was mads Mr.
Shayne was not of sound mind, and
they want It sot aside.
In an effort to show that Mr. Shayno
wns not of sound mind the contestants
had Dr. Hubbard testify, mi Thurs
day lie wns on the stand bofore Justice
Ilmen and a Jury In the supremo court
In New York. Dr. Hubbard testified
.hat at the time Mr. Shayne executed
the GuUMI'Bff mlml was. In all probh-
blllty affected and that he suffered from
illusions and delusions.
The trial Is attracting considerable
attention In New York because of the
prominence of the doad man. and also
because ono of tho contestants Is a
pretty actress.
Wildest Scenes
Many Years in
Pit.
in
Chicago, May It.—The wildest panic
which has shaken the Board of Trade
since the Letter comer ten years ago
came today, when the bears were
driven In rout and wheat passed the
dollar mark. Scenes of tumult fol
lowed the opening of the market.
Prices In all wheat options went up
by leap* and bounds. December wheat
advanced 8c In half an hour and cash
wheat was 6c higher al one time than
the close of Saturday.
The panic was forecasted In tho
opening prices In the European mar
kets, where big gains over Sunday's
closing'quotations were'ehown. Theso
prices, shown by cable, caused a tre
mendous struggle on. the .floor of the
Chlengo exchange today. , Trade In
wheat waa done on such an'enormous
scale and the fluctuations were
Violent that Individual operations waro
lost sight of: All semblance of order
was lost, as the maddened brokers de
luged the pit with buying orders. For
tunes wore made and lost every mo
ment. Quotations varied fully a cent
from the last sal*. Sometimes
would be a gain, then a loss of from 1
to 2 cents. Then another rise. Houses
like Armour & Co.. Bartlett, Frazier
A Carrington and others of world-wldo
fame were lost In the maelstrom that
ruled tho pit.
Some of the most startling advances
In wheat options are shown as follows:
Closed High
Month. Satu. today
December .. 861-1 1.01
September 86 1.01
July 91 8-4 97
May 89 1-4 941-2
December wheat fluctuated for two hours
between We uud 11.03.
September, after —
ord of 11.08, recede., —,
crossed and re-crossed the dollar mark.
In the scenes of excitement mony anus-
eat features developed among traders who
hare earned reputations for being unemo
tional. One man. heretofore regarded no be
ing wttbont nerve*, stood at the edge of
the wheat pit and for ten minutes scream
ed »t the top of hie voice, offering to buy
December wheat at 11.03. No ono wlio hud
whnat to sell heard him.
Countless trades were made St figures, In
same Instances. .V helnw w lint this tr "
offered. lie flnolly bought at the lop p
Tho hoard rinsed In one of ton wildest
scenes of Its history after fortunes had lieeu
lost and won. wheat had made a sensational
gain of about 4c, soaring shove the dollar
mark, and the entire exchnngo floor had
HENR Y G. BEAN IS DEAD;
WAS WITH KEEL Y COMP' Y
FOR 7 WENT It-RIVE YEARS
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Known and Honored
by Hundreds of
Atlantans.
Henry O. Bean, aged/ 17 years, for
many years credit man at the Keely
Company's, dlsd Monday morning at 8
o’clock at the home of his sister, Mrs.
John W. Hightower, 191 Forrest ave
nue.
This announcement will bring genu
ine sadness to the hearts of hundreds
of Atlantans who knew and esteemed
Henry Bean for his high character, his
gentleness and lovable personal quali
ties.
When a mere lad of 12 he secured a
position as an office boy with the Keely
Company and from that day up to his
deattr he remained with that firm.' By
exceptional qualifications, steady ap
plication and Integrity h* rose steadily
In the company, until he occupied at
his death the position of general office
manager and credit mSn.
In rather delicate health for several
rears, Mr. Dean suffered a complete
breakdown about five months ago.
Though he rec*4ved every care, death
came Monday morning. Ha Is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. A. L. Bean;
three sisters, Mrs. Georgs W. Stevens,
Mrs. John W. Hightower and Mrs. W.
T. Nelson, all of Atlspta, and two
brothers, William L. Bean, ef Atlanta,
and Lonls II. Bean, of Belllnkham,
Wash.
Funeral services will be held from
the residence of Mrs. Hightower on
Wednesday afternoon at I o'clock, and
will be conducted by Rev. Henry B.
Mays. Tbs pallbearers will be selected
from among employees of the Keely
Company.
The personal tribute below Is from
F. J. Faxon, who has known the de
ceased Intimately for years:
Henry O. Bean passed'to his reward
this morning. The notice of his death
brings a distinct sense of loss and be
reavement to his many frlsnds. It was
my privilege to become acquainted with
Mr. Bean some eight or ten years ago
and to learn then to admire Ills many
fine qualities. He was a gentleman at
all times. Gentleness with him was
Innate and was combined with nobility
of character. I deemed Mr. Bean on*
of the best credit and office men that I
have ever known. It was a pleasure
to come Ip contact with him either In
the business or social life: he was al
ways the same—willing to lend assis
tance, considerate, painstaking, help
ful and thoughtful of others. I desire
to pay a tribute to the memory of
Henry G. Bean, as coming from one
whet knew him well and during the
years of friendship learned to- admire
him from every.etandpolnl. Mr. Bean's
death Is a loss and most deeply felt by
hla Immediate associate* with the Kee
ly Company, and also by those whose
privilege It was to call him their
friend. FREDERIC J. FAXON.
COPPER CASE
Fumes Injurious to
• Vegetation To Be
Stopped.
Georgia has won Its case against
the Tennessee Copper Company and
the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and
Iron Company In the United States su
preme court
Dispatches from Washington Monday
morning announoed a decision In the
famous litigation, which has been In
the courts since 1908.
The opinion was handed down by j
Justice Peckham, who declared that If 1
Georgia pressed the case against the
copper manufacturers an Injunction
would be Issued against the defendant
For over three years Atttorney General
John C. Hart assisted by Attorney LI-!
gon Johnson, who has been associated i
with him In all the intricate litigation,
has fought the case.
The big copper roasting plants are
at Isabella and Ducktown, Tenn., Just 1
across tho lino from Georgia. They'
began cmelttng In 1901, and by 1901
local evidences Of destruction to vege-1
tatlon from tho sulphur fumes ap-i
peered. 1
In 1003 the area of damage had!
spreed across the Tennessee line and]
had appeared In the upper tier of Gear- j
gin counties. Complaints began com-i
tng to the state authorities, and the ,
legislature of that year waa petitioned
to afford relief.
Aotlon Is Commenced.
A legislative committee was appoint- j
ed to Investigate and If damages were
found as set forth tho governor was
authorized to Institute proceedings to
abate a nuiBance. The report of the ,
commlttteo more than sustained the
allegations In tho petition, and an ap- '
peal was mode to tho Tennessee gov
ernor to estop the nuisance. On re
fusal, legal proceedings were Instituted.
At that time the ore was roasted In the
open, and on the promise to abandon
t Ids method, I,-gal nation WHS dis
missed.
The abatement of the trouble was
not permanent, however, and further
complaints came from a wider aren of
destruction. Since then tho case has
been fought In the courts, until now
Georgia wins finally, being given power
to completely suppress the nulsnnce.
Nearly 100 miles of Northern G-orgla
hna been almost complotely denuded of
vegetation, and many fnrmers have
had to practically abandon farming.
This decision is expected to have far-
roachlng effect, as other cases have
awaited the outcome of the Georgia
litigation. • .- ’
Body of Woman
In Pen of Hogs
Sioux City. lows. May 13.—Walter
F. Copplo and his wife wer murdered
Inst night on tlielr farm, near Rosealle,
Nobr. Tho body of Mrs. Copple waa
thrown In a hog pen after the murder,
where her head was devoured by the
anlnmlH. Bert Phillips, who has been
In < hippie's employ, Is mtslang. Copple
Is said to have had 11,000 In the house.
Nations Birth
Is Celebrated
HENRY G. BEAN.
Who for 26 years has been known
to the shopping public through bis
connection with Keely*i.
Norfolk, Va., May 13.—Impressive
ceremonies wero held today on James
town Island In commemoration of the
landing of the first English colony.
May 13. 1607. on the site of the old
settlement. Ambassador Bryce waa
the principal speaker. Other speakers
were Governor Bwasson, of Virginia,
and Thomas Nelson Page.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records bsre escb day sons
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
Special to The Georgian.
Greenville, S. C., May 13.—Stockholders' meetings were held here on
Thursday , May 9, and the following dividends declared;
American Spinning Company, 7 per cent on .preferred stock, 8 per
cent on common annually; all former officers and directors re-elected.
Piedmont Manufacturing Co, special dividend of 8 per cent quarterly;
also regular quarterly dividend of 3 per cent. Monaghan Mills, 4 per cent
semi-annual, payable July 1. A special dividend of 2 per cent was declared
payable June 1. Chlquola Manufacturing Co. declared a dividend of 4 per
cent semt-annuhlly.
All mill properties were reported In fine condition.
• SOME FACTORY FIGURES.
The figures of this census show-that between 1900 and 1994 the
factory capital of the Bouth Increased from 8949,488,607 to Jl.637,636.872.
a gain of 8639.170,216. equal to 64.9 per cent. In the reel of the country
the advance for the same period was from 98,010,369,968 to 311.059,628,-
tot, a gain of 8I.07I.270.20l, equal to 88.4 per cent. The same figures
•how that the value of factory products Increased from 31.818.819,051 to
11,787,979,136, a gain of S549.3I0.9M. or 44 per cent. In the South, while in
the rest of the country the gain was from 310,171.376,663, to 313.014.170-
763, or a gain of 17.9 per cent. As in the figures showing tho gain In man
ufacturing capital and products between 1990 and 1900 the South made
the largest percentage of Increase, bo In theee flguree ehowlng the factory
growth between 1900 and 1904 the Bouth again shows a
very large percentage of gain In advance of the per
centage for the whole country. Calculating upon the original basis of
1900 by the measure of the advance shown In the flvo year*, it may b*
safely estimated that by the end of 1908 the capital Invested in .South
ern manufacture* bed Increased at least to 93.000,000,00), and the value
of the product* had approached 92,600.000,000.
Before the South has so'developed Its mill Industry ns to r"imim; at
home 10,000.000 or 12.000.000 bales, the average Crop of the last five nr six
years, nnd this would mean the quadrupling of mill capital from 1230.-
000,000 of today to over 91.000,000,000, the world will require nf this sec
tion annual crop* of 25.000.000 or more.