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■ oooooooooooooooo&ooooa The Weather: for Atlanta ami vicinity follow#: Shower# to- iliht or Friday; no tun- terial change lu temper- Atlanta Georgian (and news) opot Cotton t uly; ift* VOL. V. NO. 277. ATLANTA, GA., THUSDAY, MAY 23,1907. PTCTfTTC* In Atlanta: TWO CRXT8. x i.'-'jj. on Train#; FIVE CENTS. Men Are Satisfied They’ll Get Square Deal. MEETING IS HELD , IN NEW YORK Plans Were Ready to Call Out Men All Over. Country. New York, May 23.—Tho ‘World an Bounce* that a strike ot telegraphers has been averted. Peace negotiations between the men and the officials of the companies began yesterday and pro gressed so far that the announcement was made that tho foundation for aettlement of all grievances had been laid. Neither party would go Into partlcu lars, os there Is still much to be done, but the men are satisfied that the West sm Union directors and tho Postal offi. dais will giro them a square deal. Before this announcement was made special committees, appointed to make the strike as effective ae possible, should It be ordered, held a long ses slon at their headquarters In the Astor House. Preparations were made to put Wall street and the Chicago board of trade out of biiainess by preventing <11 rect connections In the event of strike. On top of this carfk* Informa linn that every Western tjnion and Postal telegrapher In Jersey City and Hoboken had Joined the union and would strike when the order came. Samuel J. Small, president of the national organisation uf telegraphers, It was announced, has full power to call a strike without waiting for the mem' bers or the national executive commit' tee who will arrive here shortly, but he I* conservative arid has never had such an Intention, lie la highly res pact ed by the 10,000 telegraphers In tho country who have repeatedly elected him president. The San Francisco telegraphers wired Mr. Small yesterday thut they wanted to strike “at once.” but Mr. Small wired back to "be calm. IEW COMMISSI S. G. McLendon Interested In Railroad Situation For the Future. Hon. S. a. McLendon, of Thomo*- »llle, recently elected railroad commis- aloner of Georgia, to succeed Cpmmls. •loner Joseph E. Brown, Is In Atlanta at the Majestic, and during the morn ing. Thursday, he held a conference with Governor-elect Hoke Smith. Mr. McLendon Is the first railroad commissioner to be elected by the peo ple under the new law providing for the members of tho commission by the experts on railroad matters In the country. While the new railroad commissioner *nd the new governor held quite a chat together and discussed the coming ad ministration In general, Mr. McLendon •aid there was nothing significant In the "nference and that Mr. Smith just a little dropped In on him to have cnat. The newt commissioner's term of of- dee does not begin until next October. 'h“n the time of Inaugurating the governor from October to June was [hanged, no change was made In the irrms of office of the railroad contmls- rioners so that It will be several jnomhB before Mr. McLendon assumes the duties of hla office. ■ Mr. McLendon's health has greasy an< l he Is now enjoying bet- ler hraith than fn years. He has re cecovered from a severe illness recovery. O=Otn3oot>OOOO0O000OO0OOOiffOC H °T WEATHER HERE, OPINES FAT MAN, 0 o I omplalnts about cool weather O |<dl oft considerably Thursday, and O [he fat man opined that summer O I 1 ' here. That probably cinches O 'i-, Forecast: O Shower* Thursday night or O hr.day; n o materia! change In O temperature.” O .Thursday temperatures: O ‘ *• m 73 degree* O ? “• m. 76 degree* O ,! m 77 degrees O j; m m. 77 degrees O JJ *• m ..so degrees O , n °on* 83 degree* O J k m gj degrees O ■ k at 84 degree* O *>OCCOoooOOOOOOO00OO00OOOOt» C. R. Macauley, In the New York World. “With the Compliments of John Temple,Graves.” JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES’ APPEAL FOR ROOSEVELT (Leading editorial In Tuesday's Issue of The New York World, one of the leading Independent Democratic newspapers of the U. S'.) Whatever may be said against John Temple Graves' argument favoring the renomlnatlop of Sir. Roosevelt by both Democrats and Republicans next year, it must be admitted that the Atlanta editor In the signed article which The World printed yesterday reared a strong and logical structure. Mr. Graves' thesis may be reduced to the following propositions: 1. No otber political Issue approximates in imminence and vital importance to the great question of the relation of predatory wealth to the rights and Interests of the people. 2. Mr. Roosevelt. U peculiarly the representative of.tills Issue andJp the man.bfisLflltcd by.experience and popular confidence to carry It to a successful conclusion. 3. Although Mr. Roosevelt would not accept a rcnomlnatlon from the Republican party, neither he nor any other patriotic American could decline a nomination tendered him as a common expression of confidence from the people of all parties. 4. Mr. Roosevelt's second elective administration would be another "era of good feeling,” during which time permanent form would be given to this paramount policy of railroad and corporation regula tion. 5. There would then come a new adjustment of party lines, basednot on names but on Issues. Tho rad icals could go Into one party and the conservatives Into another party. Men would have ceased to be hypno tised by the word “Democrhf or "Republican.” 6. Nothing more wholesome could come to the Republic than auch a readjustment of party lines at the end of an "era of good feeling” in which Republican energy would not be dissipated In attempting to recon cile a Roosevelt with a Foraker, and Democratic energy would not be ex hauated In trying to nrrnngo compro mises between a Bryan and a Belmont, a Ryan and a Hearit. Mr. Gravea’ appeal aa a Democrat to Democrats la forceful, original and daring. With the Democratic . representatives In congress voting solidly for Mr. Rooaevelt’a corporation measures, with tho Democratic senators almost solidly supporting Mr. Roosevelt on this Issue, and with the great mass of Democratic voter* earnestly In sympathy with tho president's policies, who will say that Mr. Graves' suggestion docs not morit sober, Intelligent discussion? The World submits his appeal to the consideration of hla fellow-Democrata, together with its own quea- tlon, “What 1* a Democrat?"—a question, by the way, to which It ha* yet to receive n alnglo comprehensive and satisfactory answer. ADOPTED BY TWOl Assembly Accepts the Charlotte Agreement After Debate. MINORITY REPORT VOTE WAS TEST First Ballot Showed Major ity in Favor of Accept ing Organic-Union Plan. Birmingham, Ala, May 21.—At noon today the Southern Presbyterian Gen eral Assembly, by a vote of >1 to 92, refused to adopt the report of the ml' Charlotte agreement, which report op> posed adoption of the articles. The ap peal of Dr. Allen G. Hell, of Vsnder- tlon of the articles, nnd who said Southern Presbyterian church was standing on the sidewalk while the pro cession was passing, Is regarded as the cession woe passing, la regarded as tin winning card for tho majority report. At altttle after It o'clock the assem bly had commenced to vote on the ma- Cecll'a amendment, to make the new council advisory only, was ruled out of order. Dr. Howerton declared he favored the majority report. The vote then proceeded and the ma jority report favoring the Charlotte agreement was adopted by a vote of 96 to >4. ACTRESS WIFE “Big Bill” Says Offer Still Remains / Open NOT GUILTY. WANTS HER TO GET DIVORCE Asserts Gould Family Will Givq Money if Million aire Backs Down. MRS. WILLIAM M’KINLEY IS IN DYING CONDITION Canton, Ohio, May 23.—Mrs. William McKinley, wife of For mer President McKinley, has suffered a stroke of paralysis and is not expected to live through tho day. OF WHEAT MARKET! Fall Came in Face- of Re ported 20,000,000-Bu. Shortage. Chicago, May 23.—The bottom was knocked out of the wheat pit this morn- Ing shortly after the market opened on one of the moet emailng altuatlone ot the present campaign. Price* were tumbled down all about, and the trad ing. eepeclmlly ttlllng. wa* enormous The pyramid! which have been »o carefully built up by the heavy huyere were undermined today and they came tumbling down amid a wild and aen- •atlonal scramble. The situation came in the face of bullish report* from all over the world. ..... There wa* a great deal of miscel laneous liquidation. The old-timers declare the situation Moke like a shake out. John Barrett whs one ot*tie early heaviest buyers and soon after his act the Flump in price started. Ithoabern MRS. EDDY’S CASE IS NOW ON TRIAL; COURT ROOM FULL Many Christian Scientists Present From All Over Country. NOTED MEN CONTEST FOR PRESIDENCY km* National Figures Be fore North American Baptist Convention. Concord, N. H„ May 21.—In a court room crowded almost to suffocation. Judge Robert N. Chamberlain, In the superior court ot Merrimac county, to. day began the hearing of the famous suit which Mrs. Eddy's relatives and "best friends” have,brought to deter mine how her wealth la being handled and her personal and mental condi tion. Attorney General Frank 8. Streetor, leading counsel for Mrs. Eddy's trus tees, opened in an address In which he atated In brief the case from hla xtandpnlnt. Many Christian Scientist* wfre pres- • -it nv.i. V»... fwaleiul ‘ asi/1 ent from ell over New England,' and there were representatives of the faith ma- Norfolk, Va., May 23.—The second day's session ot the Great North Amert can Baptist Association, held at the Jamestown Exposition, will be given over to the election of officers. It Is generally expected that E. W. Stephens, Hciiciniij lapivtt <t mu. Cl. n • oiupiH ii.i, president of the Southern Baptists, and temporary president of the N. A. B. A., will be chosen regularly to nil that ot- flea There Is great rivalry for the much toveted poet a* head of the body. Some of the great name* ot the United States are In nomination. Prominent among the candidates are Governor Charles E. Hughe* of New York; ex-Governor Andrew Jackson Montague, of Virginia; former Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia; Ooveroor Polk, of Missouri. T(te session was called to order at II riVlock. The nominating commit tee. appointed yesterday by President ‘ of a delegate from each state, Canada and Mexico, an nounced Its slate shortly after the opening. As the meet Is executive. Its choice was not glten out. OMandot Stewart, ot Philadelphia, extended an Invitation to the associa tion to hold Its next convention in that city and offered a resolution making ratlmated t ha^'riie"ytfld'woukTX**2®,- Jority d nf , VWlsrinn*’8cUinftst* present that a selection for the convention of dOO.MO under last year. were won.cn anil aged men. 1*01. Birmingham, Ala, May 23.—Approv. Ing the celebration of the four hun dredth anniversary of the birth of John Calvin, tho pan-Prosbyterlan exhibit at Jmncstown and encouragement of In fant baptism; disapproving asscmblx Indorsement of tho forthcoming Hague peace conference, establishment of the office of deaconess, and formation of organic union with the Presbyte- n rthvrch In (he l'oiled State* -#f America were some of the Important recommendation* contained In the re' port of the committee on bill* and over, lures of the general asaombly, which waa read yesterday. The report was mado by F, D. Daniel. Bev. Mr. Mc Kay mode a report for tho committee on Snbbath observance and family worship. In which It was recommended that a permanent committee to take charge of this work be appointed, to consist of Rev, W, L. Pringle, Rev. R. O. Fllnn, J. O. Patton, Hoko Smith and M. A. Candler. Amendments Offered. After tho cloud ot discussion on the article* of agreement bad cleared away the condition reemod to be as follows; A substitute had been submitted by the chairman of both the minority and majority of the soeclal committee on article! of agreement. Rev. J. 8. Lyons, of Louisville, and F. T. Glasgow, of Lexington, Va, proposing to take the dace of both previous reports which place of both previous report* wnici had been argued ao extensively, amend Ing the article* of agreement by strik ing out the last clause of article 4 substituting the words "for their con sideration” for the lest clause In article 6 nnd changing the words "two-thlrds,” In article 17. to "all." This substitute would take away all proposed council, making It simply ad visory, nnd would require the consent of all the churchee before any amend ment might be made. After the gen eral mlx-up, the substitute for the majority nnd minority report, present ed by the Rev. J. 8. Lyons, was ta bled and the general discussion of the minority and majority reporta was again taken up. as to whether the arti cles shall be adopted. Tho hour of II o'clock today wa* set for the time of final vote on the whole question. BEHIND THE BARS Dr. Thomas D. Love consulted with Chief of Police Jennings Thursday rel ative to the matter of the practical Joke said to have been played on his daughter, Mtss Marie Love, and the Tld * publicity which followed the story of "Chicago millionaire'' and hfs an- Love objected to dropping the Investigation, and said that if the af fair wa* a Joke, he demanded the ar rest of the Jokers. Considerable an noyance had been caused hla family In the matter. Dr. Love llrst Interviewed the detec tives, who worked on the case, but they told him they had no authority to act without Instructions from the chief. The detectives will probably continue the Investigation, and arrests may result. RACE RESULTS. Toronto. First Race—Avaunteer, 7 to 10, won; Ellicott, 8 to 6. second; aracchus, * to 1, third. Gravesend. First'Race—Chari** Edwards, ( to 1, won; Oraculum, 4 to 1, second; Jack Atklne. 2 to 6, third. Time. 1:00 1*6. Second Race—Johnnie Blake, 7 to 10, won; Larlken, even, second; Waalt, 10. to 1. third. Time, .56. LOUISVILLE. First Race—Jim Myers, I to 1. won; Rynchronlsed, 4 to S. second; Budge- wurk, 4 to 5. Tim* :S4 4-5. New York, May 23.—One million dol lar* has been offered by Howard Gould to his wife for a divorce. This prop osition still stands today, and the money will be turned over by Howard Gould or tho Gould family at any mo ment hire. Kllbourne Clemmons Gould will acquiesce In the hard conditions which they Impose. The acceptance of this offer by Mrs. Gould Is a chance so exceedingly remote that It Is hardly worth considering. I know positively that Howard Gould, or his family. If he should back down, will give Mrs. Gould 61,000,000 to get a divorce from her husband," said W. C. Woodward, alias “Big Haw. ley." ‘There Is a standing offer to Mrs. Gould of 61.000.000," eald Woodward. "It was flrst mado when the troubles between the Goulds assumed an acute form, which waa about a year ago, I think. Through Intermediaries Gould told his wife that he would glv* her 61.000,000 flat It she would go to some state Where the divorce laws are easy and sue him on the ground ot Incom patibility. "She nlso was asked to relinquish all Acquitted of Murder of James Cockrill in Bloody Feud. MUST STAND TRIAL ’ FOR ANOTHER CREME Court in Elliott County Will Arraign Him for Mur- der of Dr. B. H. Cox. / the Gould name, never to ngsumeH again. Ho was willing not to put In any defense, ami to reimburse his wife for all of her legal and other expenses. “But «he turned him down. Ho was too anxious. Tho Gould family' now stands ready to mako good on the will bo accepted. You fer. But it never may depend upon that, Interest In Probe. Interest continues strong In Police Commissioner Bingham's investigation into the charge that the city detective bureau was used by Gould in the con spiracy alleged by his wife to blacken her name. The capa is delayed by the chief of the bureau. K tlent over McLaughlin 1 a delayed calling In the Goulds to testify. BOY SNOT BANKER WHO SLEW FATHER Special to The Georgian. Dallas, Tex., May 26.-B. E. Griffin, a prominent banker ot Raact, Tex., waa abot and fatally Injured yeaterdty afternoon by Prank Manor, a lt-year-old hoy. Young Manor la the son of Dr. Leo Manor, who was shut and killed about a year ago by Griffin. The killing of Manor by Griffin wan what led up toyeat.relay's tragedy. Islet night sliont 1 o’clock (eon Polk, s prominent young farmer, living near Em- ore. Tex., wss shot and Instantly killed by William Boyle, his farm band. No cause Is known for the tragedy. Lexington, Ky, May 23.—The Jury which has been out since 5 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon In the trial ot - James Hargis, of Breathitt county, for the assassination of Jamea Cockrill, town marshal at Jackson, this morning returned a verdict of acquittal. As soon as the verdict was an- ■ounced, every Democratic city and county official In the court room ut tered shouts of applause nnd made a rush to Hargis' side, congratulating him. Circuit Judge Parker rapped for or der and reprimanded Sheriff John Me- Elroy for permitting auch action In the court room, Hargis 8mil*e Broadly. Hargis eat In a chair with an enig matic tmlle playing over his face until the verdict was rendered; then h- smfled broad. He sold to a Hearet News Service reporter: "I never had any fear as to the out come, No fair Jury could convict me on the testimony of Anse White, Mo** Feltner and John Smith. I could taka these men and convict Chrlat of the murder of Abraham Lincoln.” Thl* whole community. Democratic official* excepted, were stunned by the verdlci.' The strongest testimony ever given In nny Breathitt case was given against Hargis, proving conclusively that he was the nrrh•conspirator In the plot to nsansslnato James CockrllL Democratto Jury. Every Juryman was a Democrat, and with one exception came from Scott county on a special venire. Scott coun ty is where Caleb Powers, former Re publican secretary of state, has been convicted three times by (x Democratic Jury for the alleged assassination of Senator William Goebel, Democratic aspirant for governor, and whose fourth trial will occur In July. It la an open secret that politics has played a great part In the Hargis trial. It Is non- believed that the cases of Senator Hargis, Elbert Hargis and Ed Callahan, also charged with Cockrltl’s assassination, will be tiled away and never be called for trial. Hargis, with hts r.ttomey*. left today for Sandy Hook, Elliott county, whore tho cases of himself, Alex and Elbert Hargl*, Ed Callahan, John Abner end Jrsse Spicer will be called Monday for the murder of Dr. Cox. Petition In Bankruptcy. Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga.. May 23.—James Mer. cer Gay. of Cuthbert, Ga.. has filed a petition In bankruptcy here, giving hi* Indebtedness at 65,944.74. with no as sets. Growth and Progress of the New South The GeorfUa records here each day some ■Y JOSEPH B. LIVELY. A majority of the males at work In American factories arc foreign ers or the sons of foreigners. Without their help the product of our fac tories would be reduced one-half and the market for American farm products would be destroyed to that extent. The farmer* who pass res olutions against Immigration ought to think about this. If they real ised the Importance of It, they would not be so quick to denounce the Im migrant they don't know anything about.—W. G. Cooper, secretary Cham ber of Commerce. The Georgia Marble Finishing Work* at Canton,, Go., are making extensive improvements and are adding conelderable new equipment to their already Immense plant. They have recently Installed a traveling crane, with a capacity of thirty tons, which Is 50 feet In width and op erates on a runway 600 feet In length. It Is what U known ap a three- motor machine and was Installed by the Ndrthem Engineering Works, of Detroit. Mich. They alio recently Installed a new turning lathe which will turn a column 21 feet In length tnd 4 tect In diameter. Other new equipment, consisting of two polishing machines, known as the cyclone air polishers, and manufactured by Poster A Hosier, of Chicago, have alio been Installed. They have recently added 200 fert to their shipping dock and built some new sidetracks. By the present arrangement they can load ten cars of marble at one time. R Is quit* a convenience when prompt shipments are so much de sired. The shipping department Is directly connected w ith the mill, and a* soon as the finished jobs come out of the plant they are boxed and crated and placed on the cars. The Georgia Marble Finishing Works make a specialty ot the monu mental business. They have customer* all over the country ami ship to place* a* far seat as New York and as far west as 8un Francis- o. No Arm In Georgia la better equipped to handle the monumental business than this company. E. A. McCandles*. the secretary and general manager. Is one of the best posted men In the buslnegp and is constantly making Improvements In the plant. The Georgia Marble Finishing Work* have recently ft fc * l mondments about *0 feet In height stock for two Confederate I _ , lutnhus Marble Work* at Columbus, ills*. They have also < a Confederate monument for D. N. 8 tlnson, the w*ll-k» wn-monptiM dealer of West Point, Ml*s. •