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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1907.
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, steady; 7.42. Atlanta, nomi
nal; 13%. New York, steady; 13.55. New
Orleans, quiet; 13 9-16. Augusta, steady;
He. Savannah, steady; 13*i.
PRTfFE* I* Atlanta: TWO CENT*.
ITXVLIau. On Trains: FIVE CENTS.
251 INJURED
E
OF FAST TRAIN
Six Persons Lose Life
on the Canadian
Pacific.
accident occurs
NEAR ORANGEVILLE
Visitors to Exposition At
Toronto Crowded in
Smashed Cars.
Orangeville, Ont., Sept. 3.—A Cana
dian Pacific train, carrying more than
300 passenger*, bound for the Toronto
Exhibition, wae wrecked today at
Horseshoe Falls, nine miles south of
here. Six persons were killed. Their
nama are unknown. More than 250
. were,' .njured.
NEWS OF THE DI8ASTER
CAUSES CONSTERNATION,
Toronto, Ont. Sept. 3.—News that
•• special train loaded with exposition
. Isltors had been wrecked caused con
firmation here this afternoon. Only
meager details have been received, but
It Is reported that ten were' killed and
at least 200 Injured.
Efforts to ascertain tho names of
any of the passengers on the wrecked
train so far have been unsuccessful.
As for as can be learned, no promi
nent visitors were due to arrive from
that direction.
NO NEWS OF WRECK
HA8 REACHED CHICAGO.
Chicago, Sept. 3.—No information
has been received at the local offices
of the Canadian Pacific railway, 232
Clark street, of a wreck on the lines
of the company up to 2 o'clock this
afternoon. The representative of the
company said-the point mentioned In
a Orangeville was
the dispatch from ■
reached only by the Canadian Faclflo
INDICTMENT STANDS
AGAINST OFFICIAL
New York, Sept. 3.—Genoral Man
ager Alfred H. Smith, of the New
York Central and Hudson River rail
road, by a decision handed down today
by Justice Qlegerlch, of the criminal
term of the supreme court, must stand
trial on his Indictment for manslaugh
ter In connection with the killing of 13
passengers on February 18 In the
Brewster wreck horror. Tho Indict
ment charging tho official xvlth man
slaughter Is based upon the death of
Clara Hudson. Mr. Smith entered a
demurrer, but today It was disallowed
by Justice Glegcrlch.
310,000 SILVER 8ERVICE
FOR CRUISER CAROLINA
Raleigh, N.ll C, Sept. 3.—Lieutenant
Commander Victor Illue, executive of
ficer of tho cruiser North Carolina, Is
here to help tho special committee to
make a selection of a 310,000 silver
service which tho slate of North Caro
llna Is to present to tho cruiser. The
committee will mnko tho selection from
samples and exhibits made to them
tonight In the senate chamber.
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GIVE RATE TO
State Has Control Over
Entire Length of
Road.
If the Western and Atlantic railroad
declines to put Into efTect the two-
rent rate ordered by the commission
from Atlanta to Chattanooga. It is v!
dating the law.
Under the lease act of 1889, full au
thorlty and power Is given to regulate
freight and passenger rates not only
In Georgia, but over the entire system
to Chattanooga. That act covers the
situation completely In the Judgment
of those who have Investigated the
matter.
If the statement Is true that
Western and Atlantic refuses to sell
tickets from Atlanta to Chattanooga
a less rate than 8 cents per mile, then
that road Is In open violation of the
provisions of the lease. The section
which gives full power to regulate rates
to the Chattanooga terminal Is as fol
lows:
Power Over Road.
"That said lease company shall be
subject to'and required to observe and
obey all Just and' reasonable rules, or
ders, schedules of freight and passen
ger tariffs as may be prescribed by tho
laws of this state and the railroad com
mission of this state; and said iease
company shall charge no greater rate
per ton per mile on through freight
on said railroad than the local rate al
lowed and fixed on similar freights by
the railroad commission for said rail
road; and said company shall notdls
criminate against any railroad com
oany or persons or parties or places
raving business' connections or rela
tions with said Western and Atlantic
railroad, but all schedules of freight
end passenger tariffs shall be so ar
ranged as to give olL connecting roiuis
and all places and persons having bust,
ness relations with said road a fair
and equal chance, doing equal Justice
rtnlng connected
between them In every
with the management of. said road. 1
Violation of Law,
In the Judgment of those who have
studied the situation fully, for Uie
Western and Atlantic to decline to sell
tickets from Atlanta to Chattanooga
at any Maher rate than the 2-rent rate
fixed by order No. 334, places that road
amenable to the law and the penalty
clauses Ilf the new set.
It Is probable, therefore, that If the
rate of 2 cents Is not put Into effect
through to Chattanooga, the officials
of the rood will be brought to an ac
counting by tho governor—as It Is hlB
province under the now act to enforce
the law.
Formal notice was filed with tho
commission Tuesday morning by the
Western and Atlantic that it would put
the new rate Into effect under protest,
it reserves the right to withdraw the
rates at any time It may deem advisa
ble, or to take any action In court that
•nay be considered best. It jvas not
stated that the rate would be effective
outside of Georgia.
Notice was also received from the
Goorgla Southern and Florida that It
had put the reduced rates Into effect.
Statement Prepared.
Durrtig the forenoon Chairman Me
Lendon dictated a statement for tho
press, but after consulting with Gov
ernor Smith, It was announced that the
statement would not be given out at
this time. Chairman McLendon did
state that the matter of adjusting tho
present apparent chaos with the roods
over the rates was a matter for the
roads to work out, and that any fu
ture action of the commleslon relative
to conditions was not a matter for die
cusslon at this time.
Shortly after noon Colonel A. R.
Lawton, of Savannah, vice president
of the Central, called on Chairman
McLendon and they talked for some
time. Colonel Lawton declined to
make any statement after the confer
ence.
Tho papers In tho case of the Central
1 Georgia against tho state railroad
commission, which was heard before
Judge Shelby in Huntsville, arrived In
the office of the Federal court clerk on
Tuesday. While denying the Central
a temporary restraining order. Judge
Shelby set September 16 os the date
on which tho railroad commission
must show causo why the prayers of
the Central shall not be granted.
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FOR CHICAGO-ALTON
Case is Postponed By Judge
Landis Till Septem
ber 24.
an<l
Chicago. Sept. 3.—Immunity will not
be granted the Chicago and Alton rail-'
road In the case In which the road Is
charged with granting rebate* to the
Standard Oil Company.
The deelre of Attorney General
Bonaparte and the department of Jus
tice that immunity be given did not
coincide with the wishes of Judge
Landis, who today ordered the grand gant speech before a body of c,
jury to take a recess until September|tlve* and before Individuals so
t, pending the preaentattbo of a
lonal fact.' uncovt
President of Farmers
Convention Makes
Strong Address.
By J. E. B0DENHAM5R,
Special to The Goorglan.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 3.—The third
annual convention of the National
Farmers' Educational and Co-opera
tive Union of America was cailed
order today at 10 a. m.'. in the hall
of the house of representatives, by
National President Charles S. Bar
rett, of Georgia.
Hon. Ben L. Griffin, secretary of Ar
kansas State Union, delivered a stir
ring welcome address of 15 minutes'
duration, In which he paid a high trtb
ute to the organization and the of?
clency of the officers who had so sue
ce8sfully handled Its afTalrs.
Tho address of welcome was re
Bponded to by R. F. Duckworth,
Georgia: Homer L. Higgs, of Ten
nessee: O. P. Pyle, of Texas, and
the state business agent of Mississippi,
In short speeches.
President Barrett appointed the fob
lowing credential committee, and then
adjourned for dinner: Benjamin L
Griffin, Arkansas; D. J. Neal, Texas
J. A. West, Oklahoma; R. F. Duck,
worth, Georgia; J. M. Bass, Missis-
slppl; John Hill, Alabama; Campbell
Russell, Oklahoma.
The convention reconvened at 2
m.. and delegates duly elected from
different states were seated.
The most Important letter that was
discussed at the afternoon session w
the minimum price for cotton. The
question was referred to the following
committee:. D. J. Neal, of Texas; L,
N. Holmes, of Louisiana; J. M. Hart,
of Georgia; M. C. Fields, of Texda; W,
F. Tate, of Arkansas j A. A. Webb,
Tennessee; J. P. Conners, of Okla
home; E. I. Land, of Alabama; H. W.
Bradshaw, of Mississippi: J. C. Strip
ling, of Houth Carolina; W. M. Car
lisle, of Florida, and 8. L. Carter,
North Carolina.
The election of officers for the ensu
ing year will take place Wednesday.
The state business agents have been
In session all day, discussing impor-*
tant matters.
The Union Frees Association, com
posed of the Fanners' Union papers,
will hold their annual meeting tonight
at 3:30 o'colck at the Marlon Hotel-
Many matters pertaining to their wel
fare will be discussed.
Barrett's Speech.
Mr. Barrett began his address by
saying:
"It Is my happiness once more In
an official capacity to greet you In
4. to
great, general convention, and
wel-
and deliberation which has always been
peasant and profitable to the country
n which we live.
"I can not forbear to express 'upon
the occasion of these annual assem
blies my high and abiding sense of
appreciation to which has made - me
the president of your association. With
out solicitation on my part, I was
elected one year ago to preside over
this great organization, and w-lth
grateful heart and an humble mind
appreciate to the core of my being the
signal and Illustrious honor conferred
upon me and the sacred trust reposed
In me by your choice. I can only say
that I have laid aside every personal
Interest anil have g-ine Into the field
with absolute consecration, giving all
my time with- all the capacity that I
possess and all the means that I could
employ toward the upbuilding, the pro.
motion of harmony, peace and prosper
ity within this great organisation.
"The growth of the Farmers' Union
has been so mavelous that It has as
tonished the world, and Its mighty and
unequaled development must be recog
nized ns a positive proof of the Justice
and beneficence of the farmers' deter
mination to secure Just and equitable
rights.
'In the growth of this great body the
'doubting Thomases' and the prophets
of ovll have been smitten dumb, and
are today, each one of them, as silent
as a clam.
The limit of possibility for the
Farmers’ Union la beyond comprehen
sion, and this la so because the Provi
dence which shapes the destiny of man
and guides the best endeavors of a
people must realize that we are pro
ceeding upon that high and honorabie
plane of self-preservation, -self-protec
tion and the advancement of our com
mon country through the legitimate
promotion of our own reasonable and
natural Interests In the world
Union Warehouses.
'Already the Influence of the Farm-
Union Is manifested, not only in
the Industrial world, but In commercial
circles and In the political arena as
well. In the face of a crop of thirteen
and a quarter million bales, the Farm
ers' Union has resolutely held prices
to a living point, and when 6-cent cot
ton was a drug on the market, with
not over eight million bales In sight,
this organisation—through Its Influ
ence—marketed a crop of thirteen and
quarter million bales at a splendid
erage of 11 cents.
"No higher vindication of the Justice
and the necessity of our life and of our
activity can be given than thla superb
plendld record.
Now that we have Inaugurated a
stem of warehouses, something more
an two thousand of them have al
ready been built and are In ac
tive operation. Great aa are their
results today, we may conservatively
estimate that greater results than ever
before are to flow from these Institu
tions In the future.
I am loth to Indulge In-any extrava-
onserva-
temper-
ATLANTA’S 1907 LABOR DAY PARADE.
ECLIPSED ALL PREVIOUS PAGEANTS
PARADE OF ATLANTA UNIONS PASSING UP PEACHTREE STREET.
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
$400,000 a year local business.
$120,000 a year approximate profit.
3,500 Telephones 5 years ago.
12,000 Telephones now.
20 years had absolute monopoly.
$80 investment to each subscriber.
$48 to $66 a year rent per ’phone.
$15 a year to maintain each ’phone.
100 'phones-used by city.
$3,000 to $5,000 a year for city ’phones.
$1,062.50 franchise tax Bell Company paid last year.
$15 a month pay of operators.
$17,000 a year New Orleans gets from ’Phone Company.
3 per cent of income Richmond gets from ’Phone Company.
2 per cent of income Norfolk gets from ’Phone Company.
$160,000 a year profit Atlanta gets from Water Department.
Water Department.
$171,000 a year in service Atlanta gets from
$500 more than regular taxes, etc., Bell Company would pay if given the
proposed franchise, and use the whole city of Atlanta for their wires, poles and
conduits.
Mr. Taxpayer, are you willing to go down in your pocket and help give the
city practically free to this'corporation for the i
i next 33 years?
HOW TO SAVE 1-5 THE COST
OF SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS
Pull particulars of The Georgian’s plan by which 20 per cent will be saved
>ol <
to the school children of Atlanta and Fulton county on the purchase of every text
book are printed on page 5 of this issue.
An aggregate saving of more than $5,000 will be effected under this ar
rangement, and the mothers and fathers of Atlanta school children will find an
annual burden greatly lessened by it.
It means dollars saved in every household.
TELEPHONE TAX MATTER
IS UP TO CITY COUNCIL
The
by i
ordinance granting a thlrty-
threo-year franchise to tho Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany will bo beforo council for defi
nite and possibly final consideration,
Tuesday afternoon.
The ordinance, as originally passed
council, provided that the company,
copslderatlon of the grants made,
should pay. In addition to tho regular
valorem taxes, a percentage tax of
one-half of one per cent for the first
ten years, and of one per cent for the
remaining twenty-three years of the
life of the franchise.
It was stipulated that from tho per
centage tax should bo deducted the
franchise tax, the specific registration
fees, and business license foes. Upon
Investigation. It developed that the de
ductions would be greater than the
percentage tax for the first ten years
and the city would get’ nothing then
and practically nothing.for tho re
maining twenty-three years, other than
what Is nmv being collected In taxes.
The aldermanlc hoard amended, the
ordinance so that the city would get
one' per cent of the gross receipts for
life of the franchise. The ordl-
•e as amended will be taken up,by
dl Tuesday afternoon, but will j
the
than Is provided by the aldermanlc
board amendment.
Another matter of great Intereat to
be considered at the session of council
Tuesday Is the resolution by Coun
cilman Terrell, providing for the ap
pointment of a commission of three,
whoso duty It will be to appear before
the railroad commission and urgt
cheaper street car fares, cheaper te!<
phones, and cheaper gas for Atlanti
Under the new railroad commli
* Race Results.
SHEEPSHEAD BAY.
First Race—Roseben, 3 Jo 5, won;
Fire Stone, 1 to I, second; King Cole,
4 to 1, third. Time, 1:14 4-5.
Second Race—Tom Dolan, 11 to 20,
won; Voorhees, out, second. Only two
starters. Time, 1:43 3-5.
BUTCHERED
I CEMETERY
Reign of Terror Pre
vails at Odessa,
Russia.
WOMEN AND GIRLS '
ARE MISTREATED
Police Condone Massacres
In Ghetto of City—More
Atrocities Planned. I i
Odessa, Russia, Sept. 3.—A reign of
terror prevails here today. Defenceless
Jews have been massacred on all sides.
Women and children were shot down
while kneejlng In prayer over the
graves of friends and relatives. He
brew girls were dragged from their
homes and seized upon as the prey of
the czar’s raiders.
This frightful record Is believed to
be only tho'beginning of one of the
most atrocious attacks ever made by
the dreaded "Black Hundred.” It Is
known that the police are acting In
league with the Jewish persecutors.
They stood by while women and chil
dren were being fired upon and made
no effort to Interfere.
The "Black Hundred” began their
massacres here with a wild onslaught
through the stfeets. Wherever Jews
were to be found tWey were clubbed
and shot. Then tho rioters poured,
yelling. Into the cemetery where
thousands of men, women and children
ware kneeling In prayer. Thsy wms
at the graves of relatives and friends,
victims of former assassinations.
Among this throng the mob burst,
armed with pistol and knout, stick and
sword.
“Slay and spare not” was the watch
word. To resist meant to Invite death
and seeking to escape the fury of their
assailants, the mourners streamed
away In all directions In the wildest
panic. A girl and a Jewish actor were
ruthlessly shot down by the furious
pursuers, and an old man of seventy
and two little ‘four-year-old children
were beaten Into Insensibility. In the
rush to flee, scores were trampled on
and these crawled off or simulated
death, preferring to take any chance
rather than go to the hospitals, which
they feared would be violated by their
relentless foes.
Nor were the scenes In the Jewish
quarter less terrible. It was there that
the rabble began their rioting. Firing
right and left and gathering strength
at every step, the mob killed three and
wounded sixty persons before they
started for the cemetery.
Doors were broken down, windows
smashed, goods stolen . and women
subjected to gross Indignities. In vain
did tho hunted people call on the po
lice. In tho evening tho mobs gathered
again nml tho Union of Russian Peo
ple passed a resolution to annihilate
with the assistance of the Cossacks,
the members of tho Jewish Self-De
fence Organization.
As the day advanced and the mobs
Baw that they were to be free from all
Interference, their excesses Increased
and only the fear of a general confla
gration prevented them from putting
the torch to every Jewish building in
the city.
By dusk there was a reign of terror
In the Ghetto, and families were hid
ing In cellars awaiting an outbreak of
rioting. At first the Jews began to
seek weapons with which to defend
themselves. This aroused the rioters
to such ti fury that the police called
upon the Jews to obey the law forbid
ding Hhem to arm themselves. Al
though tho stricken people number
200,000, or one-third of the population
of the seaport, their nsrallants had an
easy time hunting them down, owing
to the law keeping them defenseless.
An appeal will be made to the gov
ernor, but unless the attitude of tho
local autocracy has changed, little can
be hoped for In the way of protection.
In the present state of the empire,
where tho central power at St. Peters
burg has been delegated to authorities
with prejudiced opinion, there Is every
Indication that the enemies of the Jews
will receive every encouragement to
persecute and rob them.
Growth and Progress of the New South
act. It seems that the commission has
Jurisdiction and power over street car
companies, telegraph, telephone and
gas and electric lighting companies
and wouM, therefore, have the power,
of fixing rates for these classes of!
Continued On Page Three,
idopted
public utilities.
Councilman Terrell's resolution wlllj
provide that the street car company;
shall lie ordered to sell eight fares tor.
a quarter; that the gas company shall f
furnish go* for 75 cents per thousand f
feet; that the telephone companies?
shall charge tor telephones according,
to the number of subscribers, and that I
a maximum be fixed. *
Under the scale arranged by Coun-»
cihnan Terrell, the present rate of the I
Southern Bell would be about $2.60. I
Dr. C. F. Benson, president of the;
board of health, will tender his res-;
lgnatlon to council Tuesday afternoon,}
previously announced.
ns a foregone conclusion that j
surln
further*Dr. W. B. Armstrong will be elec:
the city more as his successor.
Tho Georgian hero records each dty sods
economic fact In reference to the onward
progress of the South.
BY
to. LIVELY
Mr l _ _
menu of lumber snd timber In that state during l>*». sho
Ih» $24,679,476, a decrease,* ss compared with the value of shlpr
280.042.365 feet
$42; walnut ‘
cord Wood,
feet; soft lumber. 217.375,0 0 feet; logs 74.433.526 feet; railroad tie*. 4.911
it log*. 4,222.576 feet; piling, 10,165.044 feet; fence mid mine poms. .’.412.31
J. 297.191 cords; telegraph poles, 26.664; cooperage, 12.648 ears; walnut lufl
tier, 200,028 feet; paper wood, 10,821 ectfit t§f t 111 i i-.-l**. .Imre,ml. 461 curtr exef
slor nnd sawdust, 167 cars; pencil — - “
„ ^ wood* II
ties in the state were Duncan. New Madrid nnd liutli
The Lebanon (Tenn.) Lumber Company Iihh been Im
4b \ • Iwplng about 1,200 arrea of timber lands nr "
lienee. In Cast Cl
nbobt 8,000,000 feet of |
d nnd gum. It 1* Intended to erect a say
with a dally capacity of from 15.W0 t«* 3D.noo feet for Its development. Offte
the company nre Messrs. It. A Knloe, president; II. \V. Cook, general w
Alexander McClain, secretary, nnd F. C. Stratton, treasurer. The officers/
Dr. T. A. Knloe, .•onstltutc tho board of director*
■ repore from Savannah, 41s., states thst Messrs. Granger A Lewis nref
. rations to construct a large lumber wharf Ju»t west «*f the Henboag
llntchinsotis island, which will be devoted exclusively to their luiub
>• d'-'k. It 1-8 stated, will cover an area of 9 acre*, with a frontage of
river. It will have n storage eupacty of several shiploads of ttfll
iber, and will cost for dredging und contraction about $100,800.
, ■’ .-> -ir.
JOSEPH
the weather.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Part
ly cloudy tonight nnd Wednesday,
with occasional showers.
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