Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, June 05, 1907, Image 1

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ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5,1907. PRICE: In Atlanta: TWO CENT*. On Trnlna: FIVE CENTS. HIGH ON CAPITOL’S DOME CEREMONY IS PERFORMED FOR BRIDE AND GROOM FIFTY SEVE1H ARE INJURED IN WRECK; ONLY THREE PASSENGERS ESCAPE Wreck on Southern Occurs Near Nash ville. SPREADING RAILS SAID TO BE CAUSE Relief Train Hastened to the Scene From Nashville Details Lacking. Special to The Georgian. Nashville. Tenn., June 5.—A dispatch from Greenwood, Tenn., 33 miles from Nashville on the Southern railroad, announces that fifty-seven persons were hurt in a railway accident at that place this afternoon. There were sixty per sons on the train, all but three be ing injured, several of them seri ously. A spreading rail is said to have been the cause. A relief train has been rushed to the scene from Nashville. TEACHERS 1 NORMAL BE WITNESS AGAINST HAYWOOD Board Meets Wednesday to Reconsider Its Action , u of Last Week. Tfaft order of the board of education to the effect that about 100 teachers attend a nor mal school for five weeks of the summer meeting to lie held Wednesdsy afternoon. The general dissatisfaction with this order among the teachers hss corao to the notice of the board, and it is the sentiment of the members that the orlglunl order.be modi fled. Just what will be done is not knowo. It ii probable, however, that the teachers will be required to attend a normal not more than a month, and that the school be con ducted later in tbs summer, end not Just a few days after the arduous regular school work has come to a close. The committee on schools and teachers win meet at 9 o'clock. The board will meet with the committee, and the normal school question will be considered. VI think there will be s modification of the original order,'* stated Conrtlsnd 8. Winn of the board and chairman of the committee on schools and teachers. "The dissatisfaction of the teachers with ibis order hss board will no Wednesday afternoon." It was originally ordered that all teachers BOND ISSUE OF $300,000 FOR NEW COURTHOUSE A bond issue of $300,000 is contem plated by Fulton county commission ers, to pay for the building of the pro- - .Pgffl 1 .WF 1 hou ‘V i ~ . - Commissioner H. E. V. Puipe ?.,in troduced a resolution which wt • adopt ed, at the meeting of the eoimfflsSlon- ers Wednesday afternoon, providing that the city attorney and legislative committee draft a bill to be presented to the next legislature. This will pro vide for submitting to tho people an election for the bond issue. UNION VOTED TO KILL MEN | He Swears That They Decided To Hang Superintendent. I MANY OBJECTIONS MARK THE TRIAL | Witness Discloses Identity and Tells of Settling in West. Boise, Idaho, June 6.—Anticipating that Orchard might be called t6 the witness atand this morning, a crowd I gathered In the court room half an hour [before Haywood and the Jury were brought In. Senator Borah and a party of ladles were among the first to arrive. Wajsts land summer hats are too numerous mention. Young women and matrons I are interspersed among farmers, social ists and working men. First Testimony. Drunxell, a hotel keeper nt Nampa, wss the first witness of the forenoon. He test! fleil that Jack Simpkins and Thomas Ho | gan registered at bis hotel on Monday. November 13, 1935, and Identified the sign* I (tires of the men ss Hogan and L. J. Simp- [kins, written on his hotel register. Drnnsell was not cross-examined nnd Hlnkey, also a Nampa hotel keeper, gave I similar testimony, and Identified a register rbleli bears (he signature "J. L. Simmons. Spokane," under date of November 7, 1906. Hlnkey did not recollect Simmons, but he [ did recollect Hogan, allns Orchard, who | came to his hotel November 11, 1906. J. C. Connors, a hotel-keeper.at Idaho City; C. H. Went*, of, Wardner, Idaho, CommisUoner Palmer called attention I a bookkeeper, and Guy Fetght, of Nam mOoVw. a h nd w^TncSg'rtttS I {^ritoiVu’^of'BimDwla*" 4 ' de " rate ^.OgO.Og^^nd pose a direct tax. I Orchard wax brought In at this atage Commissioner Clifford L. Anderson 1 0 f the trial. The spectators half rose rpa^^co^ bSSW '» ««• «* «- entrance o, each for the resolution, as It provides that It ■herlff and when the assassin be settled by a vote of the people. He appeared there waa a murmur through would prefer an Increase of taxation at I out the court room. Just before Or- the rate of IB cents on the $1,000, which char<1 appeared, Julian Steunenberg, would raise $100,500 a year, and pay I 'T. for tho court house in three years. I " on of lhe murdered Siovernar, entered HARRY ORCHARD. He Is the chief witnes, for the proaecutlon in the Haywood trial at Boiie, Idaho. ROOSEVELT WILL J, Meat Trust To Be Probed Admiral Evans Leaves North River to Gather. Fleet. CHEMIST OF STATE, RESIGNS HIS PLACE Former Atlantan in Washington. AiihlQgton, June 6.—The general raising of prices of dressed meat throughout the country was brought to the notice of the president, and it is sold he will Institute — investigation through the depurtment Justice to determine whether the rise Is due to natural causes or. a collusion of meat magnates In violation of the snti-trust law. Jury Finds Teller Guilty Plttiburg, Jane 5.—A sealed verdict lo 'he rune of Charles Mensemer, the former ;«»l»tint teller of the defunct Katerprlae National bank of Allegheny, opened t ’ found Mensemer "guilty s» Indicted.’ 1 was aroused of misapplying tho funds of the ■noli and siding isdib OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOOCHKiOO o a o SUMMER L00K8 IN; O 2 INVITED TO STAY. O 2 ° ° Summer looked In for a brief O 2 time Wednesday, and wss re- O 2 ceived with expressions of sp- O 2 provai. A cordial Invitation has O 2 been extended by the entire pop- O “ ulace to spend some months, but O ° so far no positive acceptance has O V faulted. Forecast: O 2 "Fair Wednesday night and O 2 Thursday, somewhat cooler Wed- O “ nesday night.” O 2 Wednesday temperatures: O 2 ■ a. m -.. ..TO degrees O 2 * s. m 72 degrees O 0 9 a. in 74 degrees O 2 1,1 a. in. .. .. .. ..70 degrees O 2 11 “• m ..78 degrees O 2 13 noon. .. '.. .. -.80 degrees O m ■ ..82 degrees O New York, June 6.—Rear Admiral Evans with the Connecticut, flagship; the Ohio, the Iowa and the Indiana, steamed today from the North river for the rendexvous of the Chesapeake capes, where he will collect fourteen battleships and cruisers and anchor them at Hampton Roads next Friday, in readiness for Georgia pay at the Jamestown Exposition, which will be observed on June 10. , — - President, Roosevelt will review the service In combined foreign and United Stntes fleet. All ships will be fully dressed with a rainbow of bunting and at night alt will be illuminated. Attacks College Officials Who Bend Knees to Rockefeller. Baltimore, Md., June 5.-rIn a speech early this morning at the Eutaw House before the Maryland Democratic Aaso- clatlon, W. J. Bryan attacked the men who are booming Roosevelt for a third term, and then assailed John D. Rocke feller by saying: "Why should a college president go down on his knees to a man who gets money from a trust that has been con victed of crime In 1.400 counts. Mr. Bryan complimented President Roosevelt "on his effort* during the past four years to further the doctrines of Democracy." RATLIFF WANTS VENUE CHANGE --- w r,t. I'-tti'llff rliirsiM with $»i*j*atilting Win •J* !2L rCeH 2 1 "m- Illr'l eloping two wreb* «**- - - -. .... ..... .. ..82 degrees 21 The pmseeailon rigorotwly nt 1 !—"1 tin O * p. m. .. .. —81 degress OIrt,,n ing ws,-granted Hd --••noran* -i prv OOlJOOOOOPOPbVOPOOapOWJVCO pare X .TP. and took a seat Inside the railing. “Call Harry Orchard,” said Hawley. Orchard was Intensely nervous and the first few answers he made were In audible. Orchard replied that he la a resident of Pennsylvania, awaiting trial for the murder of Steunenberg. Orchard said he was born In North Cumberland. On- tnrfo. His face was pale as he began his testimony, his voice was raised slightly above a whisper. His eyes snapped continually as he responded to the questions of Hawley. In ropose his lips were held tightly to Position To Be Offered to|«*' h * r - olielom H i. identity. He said his true name was Albert A. Iiarsley. He had been known as Harry Orchard for eleven years, came to the Coeur D'Alene country In March, 1898, when he drove a mill wagon. Professor John M. McCandless, fori Court Watchee Orchard, nine years state chemist, has tendered Judge Wood kept his eyes on Or. his resignation, effective August 1, to I chard all the time and listened intently Commissioner of Agriculture T. O. I to every syllable. Under the guidance Hudson, who has accepted It reluctant- of Hawley, the assassin detailed his ly. knowledge of the miners' union and Dr. McCandless’ successor will be geography of the Couer D'Alene, lead- named officially In a few clays. The lng towns. , place has been offered to an ex-Atlan- -Billy” Dlller was president and Paul th J„ K , ov ! r ?i™ t Corcoran secretary of the Burke Union service In Washington. Flo is * chom• I • ■ aa ij /-v.-u nr » mi.._ 1st of recognised ability, and If he ac- ' vhe " he Joined, said Orchard. Then cepts the tender, Georgia will have an I he changed this, saying that Mike Devy able official In the place. was president. Dr. McCandless has not formally an- -Do you know of any unusual occur- nounced his plans, but he will probably I rence that occurred In Wardner In open up a chemical laboratory here. He 18807” Hawley asked, was desirous of giving up his position I When Orchard answered afflrma- a year ago, but Commissioner Hudson I tlvely, Hawley told him to state Ills prevailed upon him to remain with the knowledge. department until the complete details I "On April 29, 1899,” Orchard began, of the pure food act could be worked and Richardson objected, stating that out. I Haywood was a member of the union in speaking of Dr. McCandless’ res- at that time. The court overruled the Ignatlon, Commissioner Hudson said: I objection. -It Is with genulno regret that I have Attended Special Meeting, accepted Dr. McCandless’ resignation. .. 0n the morning of the 29th of April He has been In the department for nine I, ... „ years, and brought It to tho very high- 1 , uf> °" d *** to d * aa a est standard of efficiency. Not only Is special meeting of the union. I went to Dr. McCandless a line chemist, but he the meeting about 7 or 8 o’clock at the Is a high-toned gentleman, and our re. j union hall, In Burke. The meeting was H, GOULD SEEKS called to order by Secretary Paul Cor coran,” Orchard narrated, and Richard son again objected to the method of examination, arguing that Haywood could not be bound by the acts of a union at Burke. Union Would Blow Up Mines. Ochard was permitted to resume aft er the lawyers got through arguing. "The union,” he said, "decided to go to Wardner end blow up the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine and hang the ... . . . . superintendent.” f W . kL..T -ir'. '""' at Richardson aroee with an objection, cost to .blew the society women ^ whom I demanding , 0 know the theory on Mrs. Howard Gould has named In her w |,|ch Haywood Is prosecuted. If It Is suit for separation,.Howard Gould, ibrough I intended' to ehow that the Weetern ht« cotin**!. D*L*tietr Nlcoii, hns obtain- J Federation of Miner* wa* an organised • *l on <tnl«*r to ibov why three pnrAfrnptm ( oon . D i racy EVrlXn'o,',:'* 1 "' ” f w * a1f « •*««'■' “•* M Borah replied that the state wanted The chief of tbJse prazrapbs Is thn: 1° show that while Haywood was not which chorees that llawcnl ({mild main-1 a member of the union, he .knew what rallied relations with vnrlons women In I happened at Wardner, and subsequent, each an open uir.nniT ns to Insult ami de. |y indorsed thie acts of the Western grad.- his wife The immes of theie worn- Federation of Miners In the Couer S tl |^ t LX^ t r a 2ffJid I ? n C SSf rtf i D'Alene. He *ald the state wished to lirtr*i*. •'*•>'1 It ts to srold till* ffc*tM a Jfoundation of the consplrary rtti.f null III* i.iwj«*r« seek to hare sfr-Jwfclcb led to the murder of Steunen- paragriphs itriiin*u out, * lerg. i MICHAEL H. GALLAHER. MRS. MICHAEL GALLAHER. 4 Engine Drawing Hot Dross Runs Away With Laborers. . CAR BURNS UP AFTER WRECK SCENE OF THE A ERIAL WEDDING. Michael H. Gallaher and Hit bride, Mitt Pearl Eunice Ivey, who climbed to the dome of the state capitol Wednesdsy to bo married, and the scene of their wedding. The ceremony wee performed on tho balcony dose to tho topmost point of the building end overlooking the city. Pretty “Hello Girl” Keeps Her Vow Not to Wed Any Man “on the Face of the Earth.” . "I will never marry any man on (he face detrended Jo (ho street, one leu than when of the earth," said Miss Pearl Eunice Ivey*** “ a long time ago. 8he kept her word to tho letter, but not In the spirit, for sho wits wedded to Michael Henry (lallnher nt high noou Wednesday on the dome of the stuto capitol, far above tho earth. Hera was certnluly n "high" noon wedding. Tho groom Is one of the most popular call officers of the police, force and tho bride, who resides at 83 Woodward avenue, was ntll very recently one of the corps of hollo girls" In the exchange of the AtlunU Telephone Company. When "Pat" Gallaher won the consent of Miss Ivey and the -woddlng date waa set, the bride recalled her vow of year* ago. "We can get around that," sold the brid< groom. "Or rather, we'll get above 1 We’ll climb to the dome of the capitol." Dr. A. C. Ward, paator of the Tempto Ilnptlst church, consented to perform the ceremony, and with a small party of friends the couple climbed tho 800 ateps which lead to the dome. As Dr. Ward concluded tho ceremony oue f the party remarked: "It will never be said that this couple Is running mntrlmony In the ground, ns It was groom kissed his bride, aud tho little purty day ddlngs seam to coma 'high* these * 0 hRVO was wltnaiaed only later of the Officer (Jnlln . . _. force. Wbeu the wedding party arrived ou the dome a number of sight-start were already there overlook I mr the city and a long wait eu- they . finally left. When the Mil/ and r thie nuptials' w• ■ r* "al>1 cuniFsTmf. A humorous fr-* * *■ ** tie "stunt" by 4 t lira I'department, ndrlslug -them to tea It, S a Is was an Interesting tight. Promptly own the step* they bolted, In search of the petrified man. As toon as the certmony was concluded Mrs. (Jullnlier telephtmed to hor home ami notified hor family, who were uni her Intentions when an* left home. Hoth officer nnd Mrs. Unllaber are now , asy receiving the eongratula friends. Officer Unllaber has HW- JML.I ed with the police force for a number of years and both lie and his bride are pop- Motorman Thrown to tho Ground and Burned from Head to Foot. Birmingham, Ala., June 6.—Dashing bend* long Into a switch engine and*a hot pdt of molten metal, a North Birmingham electric car early this morning played hav oc, seriously burning two inra, Injuring two others, end the car waa conaumed la a most spectacular fire. The Injured are Lee Caldwell, motormaq, burned by molten slag from head to fool; II. C. Guthrluge, deputy sheriff, arms and legs bodly burned, cut by flying glass; C. C. Stiles, deputy sheriff, back sprained and shaken up; Ed Lyons, conductor, New York, bruised by the shock. It was one of the most peculiar wrecks that has ever occurred In the Birmingham district. Tho car was going at a-swift pace, and seemed to grow faater as It np. proa died the crossing. It was all over In a moment, men yelling from pain lying ou the ground, thg car Ignited from the sing going up like tinder, and the trolley wire making wonderful electrical displays, all nddlug to the horror of the situation. GOLFERS QUALIFY Mayor Schmitz Now on Trial San Francisco, Cal., June E.—The flrat of the great graft triale was be gun today when Mayor Bclimlts ap peared before a Jury In Judge Dunne’s court on the charge of extorting money from French restaurant keepers of this city. The Jury was completed late yester day afternoon and the twelve members were Immediately ordered into the cue. tody of Elisor W. J. Biggy, Judge Dunne having disqualified Sheriff On«l! and Coroner Walsh for the same rea sons as In the Ruef case. Giant Powder Kills Five RICH MAN HANGS HIMSELF IN CELL Philadelphia, June 6.—Arthur T. Ham* mond, aged 80, who waa committed to .the county prison, charged with highway rob bery, committed suicide In bis cell by bang ing last nfght. Hammond's family la wealthy aud promt* nent. Owing to tho family's iuflueoc* the prosecutor Intended to prefer ouly a chgrgc of larceny against Hammond. The'Opening Rounds Being Played at East Lake Course. The qualifying round of tho Southern Golf Association championship began at Shut Lake Wednesday morning with the conditions favorable. The first couple left the flrat tee at 9 o’clock and since that time tho players have been going out in a steady stream. The lowest score thus far has been made by 8. G. Byrd, of Atlanta. His ■core was 87. The scores of the players who hava finished up to tho present ore: W. E. Stauffer 92. N. IL Clark 105, W. R. Tlchenor 107, H. E. String- fellow 118. B. J. Clay 118, A. D. Terry 115; F. M. Daxton 118, C. A. Stillman 112, M. Wheeler 111, A. A. Saycr 107. ! C. A. Langston 111, E. L. Brown 107, i Fulton Colville 100, J. B. Cobbs 117. J. W. L. Rhea 108. T. A. Hammond 10O. 11. Clay Moore 96, Nixon 102. Stagg 110. H. T. King 129. . _ RACE RESULTS. f g BELMONT. First Race.—Rio Grande, 8 to 1, won; Chief Hayes, even, second; Workman, 8 to 2, third. Time. 1:$4 2-8. Second Race—Uncle. 4 to 1. won: Fordelto, 4 to 1, second; Falcado, 8 to - 6, third. Time, 1:00. louiIyille. First Race—Bucket Brigade, 7 to 1, ..on: Vanesel, 8 to 1, second; Hollow. 10 to 4. third. Time. 1:01 4-5. I Kankakee, III., June 6.—Five person* ant dead at the result of an explosion of a car load of giant powder on the Chicago. Indiana and Southern railroad at Reddick, III., twenty miles west of here, yesterday. A car loaded with matches caught fire and a crowd gath ered. It Is supposed that the burning matches set oft the powder In the ad joining car. YOUNG TELEGRAPHER WOULD “END IT ALL" Washington, Jnne 5.—A few wonts of writing on a piece of cardboard wss In tended to lie the last ever heard from W. It. Wescnhnrst. aged 23, n young telegrapher of Andrews. X. ('.. who took bichloride of merenry with suicidal Intent nf the Uegeni Hotel yestenlny. . He Is In n critical condi tion at the Emergency Hospital. lie la married. In hla note Wesenbur.r sold flint whot be was about to do would "end It oil." The young nmn iilso took oc- rnsion lo mention that drink had nothing to do with b.'o taking the pclsou. The Georgian records hers each duy some economic fset In reference to Us onward march of the booth. BY JOSEPH a LIVELY. The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index says in Us issue of this week: "Twenty new corporations with total minimum capital stock of $1,591,- 000 which will furnish the financial motive power for numerous and va ried projected industrial enterprises, Is the record of Georgia and Alabama for the week ending today. This Illustrates the activity In Industrial lines, but does not Include the extensive construction plans noted In the week’s advance report* to The Index. Gold I* to be sought, directly, as weU as through the operation of manufacturing plants. Work Is to be re sumed In a gold mine near Dahlonega. Go., and a tract of gold-bearing land near Elberton, Ga., has been purchased and will be developed. New coal and Iron ore mining operations upon an extensive scale in Alabama sections are reported. The deflnltely projected establishment of two cot ton oil mills and the enlargement of a third indicate the growth of this Important Industry. Suburban, timber, mineral and farm land deals show the steady demand for and Increasing value of lands In Georgia and Ala bama. "Among other things reported by The Index this week are: Bottling plants, Elba, Ala., and Athens, Ga.; canning factory, HaleyrUle. Ala.; knit, ting mill, Fayetteville, Ala.; concrete block and sewer pipe plant, Girard, Ala.; fertiliser factory, Arkwright, Ala.; power plants near Dalton, Ga.. and near Washington. Ga.; sash, door and blind factory. Odenvlllc. Ala.; $16,000 lumber plant, near Calhoun. Ga.. and $20,000 lumber plant near Darien. Ga.; projected railroad between Newton, Ga., and Dawson, Ga.; two apartment houses, Atlanta, Ga.; $500,040 to be expended upon the uni versity buildings, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; new school building and auditorium, Livingston, Ala.; $18,000 library building for private residence. Savannah. Ga.; Iinnk building to be remodeled and Interior to be finished In marble and mahogany, Montgomery, Ala.; three hoepltals, two churches, seven warehouses, two municipal bond Issue* for public Improvements and nu merous business buildings nnd residences. At Augusta, Ga., a tract of 21 acres of suburban bind has been purchased and a residence section will be built up. Among the contract awards are: School buildings, $34,- 850, Selroo, Alu.: road building and paving at Fort Screven. $29,840, Su- vannnb. Oh.: chinch, Greensboro, Ala.; three business buildings. Including theater, .Marietta, Ga.; Installing electrical equipment In ten-story build ing. Mobile. Ala., and installing electrical and heating equipments In rail way terminal station, $65,000, Birmingham, Ala.” "j- y ' The The official forecast for Atlanta aud vlclalty Is as follows: Fair tonight and to morrow: somewhat cooler tonight. Atlanta Georgian (and news) BpeVgrtctoa: UlSfjnrfil, i>$»si«rr; Atlnutu, sternly; 12V Naw York, steaffjr;: 12.99. N. QcLsium, flem; li JM6. Wuynuufth, linminrfi; 12%, Anguiita., 33’*.