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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18,1907.
I* Atlanta: TW, CENT*.
Os Trains- FIVE CFNTS.
PRICE;
DEATH CLAIMS STATESMAN
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J’EOPleJ
The Atlanta Georgian
AND NEWS
Bury Mother in Morn
ing—Son in After
noon.
LARGE ESTATE
. LEFT TO FAMILY
Judge Akin, Who Died Fri
day, Leaves Good Sized
Fortune.
Pperial to The* Georgian.
Cartersville, Ga., Oct. 18.—
Judge John W. Akin, speaker of
the Georgia state senate, died nt
his home here at 8:40 o’clock this
morning, after a two-weeks’ ill-
• ness. lie suffered a stroke of
' paralysis Wednesday following a
severe case of grip. After a con
sultation, the attending physi
cians announced that Judge Akin
could not recover. The members
of the family from a distance and
in this neighborhood were notified
and most of them were with the
distinguished citizen when he
died.
Judge Akin grow gradually
weaker during yesterday evening
and last night and passed qnietly
away this morning, thirteen hours
after the death of his aged moth
er, who died at 7 o’clock yester
day, evening.
Judge Akin’s .wife ud three daugh
ters, Misses Verdery, Lillian nnd Fran
ces, * sister. Miss Sallla
of rartersvllle; n brother.
Akin, In tho Interior department at
Washington; a sister. Mrs. Lewis T.
Erwin, who lives In Washington state,
nd WUUam E. and Paul F. Akin, ot
< 'artsrtvlUe, are the surviving members
nf the family.
Hie father died In 1872. He was
speaker of the house at the time.
News of lllneaa Caused Mother’s Death.
Judge Akin's mother, Mrs. Mary F.
Akin, died of heart failure, superin
duced by news of the lllnees of her son.
Her funeral will be held at Cassvltle
Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, and that
"f Judge Akin will be held at Car-
ientitle Sunday afternoon at 1:20
o'clock.
Dr. R. J. Bingham, of Atlanta, a close
friend of the family, will conduct the
funeral eervlces. Judge Akln'a funeral
will he held either In the Tabernacle or
nt the court house.
Mrs. Alkln't funeral will be held In
(he Presbyterian church hero and the
hody will tHen be taken to Cassvllle
tor Interment.
The family have received scores of
t-legrams of sympathy today.
Judge Akin was one ot the most
bromlnenMMaaons In the state and his
funeral drill probably be conducted with
Masonic honors and attended by promi
nent public men of the state.
Judge Akin had been a successful
huslnrss man and leaves on estate va
riously estimated from 1125,000 to 2250,-
W0, and a large amount of life Insu
rance.
Noted Author.
Judge Akin was a prominent lawyer
tnd mads many contributions to the
lesal literature of the state. With
Judge Howard Van Epps he was co
author ot the Van Epps-Akin Index
Digest of Georgia Reports In three vol
umes. Among other works he gave
the public, “Akin's Lodge Manual and
Masonic Law Digest,” which was adopt
ed years ago by the grand lodge of the
•late, other works are "The Shackling
of Jelfereon Davis,” "Aggression of the
federal Courts,” “The Fourth Form of
Government," "The Real John Mar
shall,'' 'The Kingdom of Light,' "Ma
sonry and Immorality,” "The Poet
Bleckley," "A Study of Sidney Lanier.
By Joint resolution the legislature of
Wyoming published 6,000 copies of his
"Aggrsselon of the Federal Courts,"
find over 100,000 copies of this work
were published and distributed in the
••fits of Kansas alone.
senate, waa boro ... . ._
where be lived all of hie life.
Be wti the son of Colonel Warren Akin,
Wbo died In If!?. Colonel Akin was an old-
line Whig, the last of hie party to nuke
be rece for governor In t[ -
22* wee nude the year J...„ J
I,’’* 1 - Hie father waa the first speaker of
be house of reprasenutlree of Oeorgla
'he war, to which he was elected on
J* ««t ballot without being a candidate.
”??» 'he etplratlon of hie term aa
speaker be was elected to the Confederate
0 J*|y* , w > where ha sarved until the doge
Akin's mother wee Mary d« Ver-
' !h " f » distinguished Southern family.
I««K Akin waa prepared for Emory Col
on? LV* Bffessoe Ronald Jobneton,
of m! *5* * b le*t and best known educators
die. Judge Aklu matriculated In
helwl i" »»d graduated with
J5KEJ,*P 1*77. , He wee especially dlstln-
’u.A •" Ms litersry snd debating socle.
•II ik. be wae elected In sncceeelnn to
lie ... "%*• I* the Phi Gamma Society.
*•• n hepne Alpha fraternity man.
lu Jr'", r on °red Lnwysr.
«nd ,B * Private lew Arm,
Wt,,,' II,;Aml«ed to the bar In Jnly. 1STX.
;..,r i 1 * 1 * years of age. lie rose to the
“'"r tiLfi* P ro fee«lon In north Georgia.
» men?!!!* ^eerv Judge Akin was elected
' eftS5m.°*jP5 Pbbllc school ho.nl of
W-lr «■ president of that
»h«K*J2u Ifp- yw lf waa secretary of
ffla Bar Association, and tfftrrwsrts
'll
But Kellogg Refreshed
His Memory on Im
portant Matters.
JUDGE JOHN W. AKIN.
President of the Georgia-state aenate died at hi* home in Carters-
ville, Ga., early Friday morning.
SUCCESSOR TO AKIN
MUST BE ELECTED
i
With the passing. of - Preildhuft John W.
Akin, of tho Georgia senate, a question has
arisen among eapltol officials as to his
anccesaor.'.
It Is the consensus of opinion, however,
that it will he necessary another
president when the aenate conrenea next
June. The law expressly stipulates that
tbe president of the senate shall be elected.
The selection of a president pro tem;
slm* •- contemplates that such an official
•ball preside In the temporary absence of
tho president, and that he la not tbe suc
cessor to the presidency In the event of
death of that official. The queatton has
never arisen In Georgia before.®
At first the Impression prevailed that
President Pro Toni.. E. T. .Steed, of the
Thlrty-seronth district, would preside over
the ftOS besalon of tho senate, but after
looking Into tho matter. Governor -Snllth
and other officials' bellevi* that an olertau
will he necessary.
Senator Stood will preside r
dent of the body Is named. It will also
fie necessary to call a special election.lb
the Forty-second district to elect
Akin's successor. In the Inst race for_the
ators. „ _
J. J., Flynt,
dates again
I. Felder, L. - G. Hardman nud
t. Whether they will be candl-
i remains to tie seen.
ST A TEFLAG A T HALF MAST;
GOVERNOR EXPRESSES GRIEF
ot the death ot Prealdent John W. Akin
ot the Georgia aenate, he expreeeed
aorrow In the paaalng of the brilliant
Georgian.
“I am profoundly grieved to hear of
the death ot Judge Akin. He was a
brave, clean, high-minded, able man,
and hla untimely death is a distinct
loss to the state."
The flags on the eapltol ware half-
masted In honor of the dead. Flans
for a fitting memorial will probably be
arranged later In the day.
S7A 7E OFFICIALS MOURN
FOR GEORGIA SIAIESMAN
Many expression* ot sforrow were
heard among eapltol official* when
new* of the death of Senator John W.
Akin became known. He was person
ally known by all, and hla service In
the general assembly had won him
many strong friends among them.
I am sincerely grieved to hear ot
Judge Akin's death,” said Secretary ot
State Cook. “He was a brilliant man,
clean, forceful and of the .highest In
tegrity. But his arduous duties as pre
siding otfleer of the last senate was too
great an undertaking for hla physical
strength. He was too brave In dis
charging every duty at the sacrifice of
self, and I believe that session told on
him heavily."
"I considered John Akin a courage
ous, brainy man," sold Commissioner
of Agriculture Hudson. “But his ainbl
tlon and hla high sense of any obliga
tion arising from duty assumed led
him to go beyond his strength. He was
a true man, and I am grieved to hear of
hts death."
State Treasurer Park nald he felt
shocked to hear of Senutor Akin’s
death, and that he considered him one
of the brainiest men he had known,
Other eapltol officials gave strong ex
pressions of sorrow. Governor Smith's
estimate of Judge Akin Is contained In
the proclamation printed elsewhere.
HEINZE & CO. FAILED
ALL WILL BE
New York, Oct. 18.—An Important
all-night conference in connection with
the copper oraah, which resulted In the
■uepenelon of Otto Heinxe & Co.; the
. , t— i _* . failure of Grosa & Kleeberg for more
fOTf, , Ao? , in h, ?bffmt“ That ;tban a million, wo. held last night at
de the year Judge Akin was, Charles Morse's residence.
... • .. - . .v Those at the conference were Mr.
Morse, F. Augustus Helnte. Samuel
Untermeyer and E. R. Thomas. Th*
course to be taken to protect a financial
Institution Involved was thoroughly
discussed. Although the presidency of
the Mercantile National Bank, which
was resigned by Mr. Heinxe after the
collapse In copper, had been offered to
Comptroller of the Currency Rldgely.
he had not up to today accepted the po
sition. . -
Two million dollars Is the amount of
the Indebtedness of the firm of Otto
Heinxe A Co, stock brokers, who failed.
In an Interview today given by Mr.
David Hlrschfleld. of Hs
STORMS SWEEP
OLDJOHTINENT
Impossible to Estimate tbe
Loss of Life From
Floods.
Parts. Oct. II.—Terrific storm,, torrential
downpours of rain, klgh winds and fioodn
are prevtlllsg to so extraordinary extent
throughout France, Spain, Italy and Great
Rrltalu. Tbe storms have become so gen
eral that tbe aceorste estimate of loss of
New York, Oct. 1*.—William G.
Rockefeller, treasurer of the Standard
Oil Company of New York and assist
ant treasurer of the Standard of New
Jersey, was a witness 4n the govern
ment's dissolution suit today. His an
swers were concise. He did not know
anything about the Manhattan Oil
Company except what he read In the
papers, and he gave the same reply
when asked If he knew anything about
the General Industrial Development
Company of London, which purchased
the Manhattan. He bad never heard of
It, but would look up the $20,000,000
appearing on the books of the Southern
(Pipe Lin# Company, a* having been
paid to P. S. Trainer, a Standard pur
chasing agent.
On Many Directorates.
Mr. Kellogg suddenly shifted bock
to the Barnadale loan and through this
learned that the witness was a director
In the Union Pacific.
The witness said his father, William
Rockefeller, was n director in the New
York Central, In the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western, Ontario and West
ern, Chicago, Wllwaukee and Bt. Paul,
Lake Shore and Michigan Sotuhern,
Michigan Central, New York. Chicago
and St. Louis, Pittsburg and Lake Erie,
and Rutland railroads. Also a director
of the Indiana Pipe Line Company, tho
.Northern Pipe Line and formerly a
director of the New York Pipe Line
Company.
Witness Rattlad.
"How much stock do you own In
your father'* name In the Standard
Oil Company of New erseyT’ suddenly
snapped out the Inquisitor.
”1—I don't know," stammered Rock
efeller.
: "What?" ojaculgted Mr. Kellogg,
Isn't It 11,7M shares?" -f* 1
"Yes," said the witness hesitatingly.
Then Mr. Kellogg shifted back to
the Wall street loan*.
Three Killed
In Chinese Riot
Philadelphia, Oct. 18.—A riot I* In
progre** In Chinatown here. Threo
death* are reported. The whole police
force Is battling with the erased Ce
lestials. The warfare extends over the
tenderloin district and pistols and
knives are being used frefely.
HOORAY!
HOORAY!
ROOSEVELT
KILLS A BIG BEAR
Nation’s Chief Executive Over
joyed at Good Fortune—It
Fine, Big Lady Bear.
New Orleans, La., Oct. 18.—President-Theomne itoosevelt has killed a
bear. It was a fine big fellow and the nation's chief executive, who has
been enjoying an outing In Rie canebrak.es of Louisiana, near Stamboul,
was overjoyed.
A special to the New Orleans Item this morning stated that the
president killed the bear yesterday, and the president himself, went Into
the thicket for him. Naturally the killing of the beaet caused much re
joicing at the camp.
Mr; Roosevelt had been hunting bear for nearly two weeks and his stay
In Loulsalana was drawing to a close.
bear. It was a fine, big one and thnd the prealdent himself went Into
In Louisiana was drawing to a close.
The bear was a large female and was shot on the shores of Bear
Lake as It t\l. making for the water.
EIGHT KILLED, SIXTY HURT
BY TRAINS AND TROLLEYS
Twenty Taken to Hos
pital in Serious
Condition.
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Greensboro, N. C„ Oct. 18.—North
bound passenger train No. 34. running
sixty miles an hour, ran Into an open
switch and crashed Into a freight train
standing on the siding at Judd, four
miles from here, last night at 11 o'clock.
Injuring forty passengers and killing
four.
The dead are:
MRS. JUNE THOMAS, of Danville.
D. ALLEN BRYANT, representing
the Richmond Paper Company, of
Richmond.
JAMES LONG, a negro fireman.
FOREIGNER, name unknown.
The dead were brought to Poole's
undertaking rooms here.
Twenty seriously Injured were taken
to St. Leo Hospital, where at 11 o'clock
today all were being cared for with
prospects. of recovery.
Among the most seriously Injured la
Continued on Page Twelve,
Trolley Cars Crash in
Dense Fog
Chattanooga.
at
IN TENNESSEE.
Chattanooga. Tenn., Oct. 18.—Two
cars on the Sherman-Heights division
of the Chattanooga Railway Company
collided In a dense fog nt 7 a. m. today.
Four persona were killed and twenty
Injured.
Th* dead ar«*.; ; •
ED. PARKER, motorman.
WILLIAM PENNINGTON; motor-
man. —. ~
WILLIAM SMITH, a butcher.
JOHN CLEVELAND. Colored.
Two of the Injured are likely to die.
The wreck occurred on a level stretch
nt straight track one-half mile long.
The line Is run on the block system
apd one conductor failed to observe or
failed to throw the light. The fog was
so dense, It Is sold, that objects could
not be seen ten feet away. Both cars
were running at the rate or 80 miles an
hour and both were completely demol
ished.
ONE OF THE BIG ATTRACTIONS
Continued on Pago Sovon.
CRAZED BY LIQUOR
, HE STRUCK WOMAN;
lays A Hlrsch-1 I
field, attoraeyo for the company, he. Now Vork <*, u.-wild from liquor, a
nald that a meeting or tne creditors I mj|n wfco j # M |,j to b« i physician In the
had been called for Monday next. ( prI|lMt , nt | mm i grn tion service, spread
PetwZucker.spwdMcou'^forOUPi^ I|QnB( mor , ^ p „.
ntdiimtUms of tht company would be renjrer* on the Deutschland early today
ob lgaUone or the company u.u • Httnrking fwo and fluting off
wa.'t to ssy however." said Mr. j•»«« » h< ’ ,ri "» ’»
Zucker. "that the claim of Grots 11 when one of the women he Insulted re
Klecberff will be fought out in the | uifated by slapping hla face. In* dealt her
courts. That la a matter for legal ad-1 a *»-r down and then
'judication.** "*»«««/.
I
any hour
Will Speak in Big
Coliseum at
Noon.
DOLLAR DINNER
SATURDAY NIGHT
Great Commoner Will De
liver Speech at Demo
cratic Dinner.
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O BRYAN TO WRITE BOOK a
a ON POLITICAL ECONOMY. O
a
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 18.—William O
O J. Bryan, In a conversation her# O
O yesterday, said he probably would o
O write a book on political economy a
0 for use In schools. 0
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William Jennings Bryan, who will be
the guest of the Georgia State Fair As
sociation, and who will deliver an ad
dress at the state fair grounds Satur
day at noon, will not arrive In Atlanta
until Saturday morning at 5 o'clock.
It had been expected that Mr. Bryan
would arrive In Atlanta Friday after
noon. but on account of an engagement
to deliver an address at Spartanburg
Friday night. It will be Impossible for
him to reach here before Saturday
morning.
Upon his arrival tho distinguished
visitor will be net at tho Terminal sta
tion by Captain W. O. Raoul, H. H.
Cabanlaa, president Of tho fair associa
tion; members of the board of directors
and a committee of the Young Men's
Democratic League. Ho will be es
corted to the home of Captain Raoul,
where breakfast will bo served.
At 10 o'clock Mr. Bryan will go to
the governor's mansion and at 11:30
o’clock, In compnny With' Governor
Smith nn(l'others, he will go to the fair
rround.s. Mr. Bryan will begin epeak-
ng al 12:30 o'clock nnd will speak for
un hour.
To Sptsk in Coliseum.
On account ot the size of the crowd
which Is expected to hoar Mr. Bryan,
It hat been decided to hare him de
liver the address In the Coliseum, at
Piedmont Park. Instead of from the
grandstand at the race track.
A platfotm will be erected at the
south end of the building and the arena
will le filled with sents for the ac
commodation of the crowd.
In the afternoon at 1:30 o'clock Mr.
Bryan will be entertained at a luncheon
at the PJtdmont Driving club. Gov
ernor Smith, the bonrd of directors of
the fair association and the representa
tives of the three dally papers will i.«
present.
At 4 o'clock In the afternoon a public
reception will be held nt tho governor s
mansion, and at 8 o'clock Saturday
night a dollar dinner will bo given In
honor of the great commoner nt the
Piedmont Hotel. President Cabanlss
will act as toastmaster and speeches
will be made by Mr. Bryan, Governor
Smith, Senator Bacon, Congressmen T.
W. Hardwick and Congressman C. L.
Bartlett.
Tickets for the dinner are on sale at
-je three newspaper offices and nt the
cigar store of J. J. Goodrum, at Deca
tur and Peachtree streets. The de
mand has been heavy and It Is believed
that the tickets will bo nil sold before
sunset Friday. Those desiring tlckeis
should reach President Chambers or
one of tbe points of sale at once.
President Aldlne Chambers, of the
Young Men'* Democratic League, haa
appointed the following committee to
escort Mr. Bryan from the executive
mansion to the Piedmont Hotel: Lamar
Hill. Buford Goodwin. Ilarvle Johnson,
Lauren Foreman, Edgar Latham, W. M.
Smith, J. E. Maddox. H. H. Cabanlss
and all officers of the league.
Steamer Ashore;
18 Perished
London, Oct. IS.—Eighteen lives were
lost when th* Danish steamier Alfred
Ellandsen went ashore off St. Abb's
head, Scotland, last night. Only three
were aaved, one of them a woman. The
.survivors had been lashed to spars and
were washed up by the sea and dragged
to land by the crowd on tho beach.
At dawn today little of the vessel Is
left and there Is no sign of life aboard
the hulk. It Is regarded as practlcally
certaln that all hands have been swept
overboard and either drowned or
smashed to death on the rocky shore.
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O STATE FAIR PROFITS 0
0 BY IDEAL WEATHER. 0
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O Just days of gold. Weather O
O man Is certainly good to Atlanta O
O and th# people of the state dur- O
0 Ing the state r&lr. And the peo- o
O pie are here every day In great O
0 crowds, too. o
O Forecast: o
O ‘Fair Friday night and Saturday; O
O colder Saturday.”
O Friday temperatur
0 7 o'clock a. m.. ..
0 8 o'clock a. m.. ..
0 9 o'clock a. m.. ..
O 10 o'clock a. m..‘ ..
Oil o'clock a. m.. ..
0 12 o'clock noon.. ..
O 1 o'clock p. m.. ..
O 3 o'clock p.
.51 degrees.
- degrees.
.01 degrees.
■•O degrees.
.70 degrees.
• 72 degree*.
• 74 degrees.
degree*.
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the weather.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair
tonight and Saturday; colder Sat
urday.
SPOT cotton.
Liverpool, steady; 6.64. Atlanta, quiet;
11H. New Orleans, quiet; it^. New
York, steady; 11.75. Harannab, steady;
113-16. Augusta, steady; 11?*.