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THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair
anti continued cold tonight and
Friday.
The Atlanta Georgian
and news
SPOT COTTON.
mt: New Orleiin*.
York, steady, 11.70:
Atlnuta, steady,
■ndy, 11%; New
vnniinU, easy,
11 1-16; Augustn, stonily, 11%; Mobile,
•toady, 11%; Charleston, steady, 11 1-1«.
VOL. VI. NO. 117,
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1907.
PRTPF* ,n Atlanta..TWO CENT#.
* AVA'-'AJ. On Trains..FIVE CENT#.
THIS DOTH
FRDMjAUTO
Hurled Over Parapet
to Pavement
Below.
HQW AUTO STRUCK WALL,
HURLING MAN TO DEATH
FUNERAL TO AWAIT
ARRIVAL OF FAMILY
Dr. Will E. Carnes Drove
Car Which Struck Via
duct in Darkness.
Major Manly B. Curry, paymaster
of the department of the gulf, n son-
in-law of United States Senator A. O.
Bacon and well known In army circles,
was killed Wednesday night about
o'clock when an automobile In which
iic was riding crashed Into a concrete
tuillng on the north end of the new
Washington street viaduct.
Major Curry was thrown high Into
the air and fell on the stone pavement
<,f the underpass which leads from the
end of the viaduct to Decatur street.
The body was removed to the under
taking establishment of Barclay
Brandon, and on Thursday afternoon
was taken to Major Curry’s late rest
dence, 126 East Flfth-st. Funeral ar
rnngements will not be announced until
the arrival of Senator A. O. Bacon, Ma.
Jor Curry's father-in-law, and other
members of the family. Senator Bacon
Is on his way from Washington.
Dr. Will E. Carnes, owner and dri
ver of the auto, was not thrown out,
and escaped serious Injury. Major
Curry was quickly removed to the Gra
dy Hospital, where he died in a halt
hour. It’was found that his skull was
fractured at the boae of the brain and
Ms cheft crushed in.
Major tlurfy and Dr. Carnes wera
r< turning, from the home of the lat
ter's father, where Major Curry had
callod earlier In the ovenlng. The route
to Major Curry'a residence at 126 Eaat
Fifth street led over the viaduct.
When the north end of the viaduct
was reached, near the Boys' High
School, where the roadway divides, Dr.
( antes, who was at the steering wheel,
had difficulty In seeing. The only elec
tric light was some distance in his
tear and this caused the shadow of
the machine to go directly ahead
Thrown Ovar Railing.
The result was that the machine
crashed Into the railing of heavy con
crete In the middle of the viaduct road
way instead of going down the road
way at the right. Major Curry wm
thrown forward Into the air and over
the railing Into the underpass twenty
feet below. Dr. Carnes was thrown
' ut Into the roadway. This saved his
dfc.
A hurry call for an ambulance wan
sent In but an examination developed
that Major Curry waa fatally injured.
He died soon after reaching the ho*-
I Hal and within a half hotlr after the
uccldent.
Immediately after the accident Mrs.
Curry was notified and wlth Dr. W. W.
Landrum, for many years a friend of
the family, she went to the hospital,
arriving shortly after the mhjor’s death.
Major Cu>ry was a son of Major J. L.
•V Curry, who removed from Georgia
Alabama, from which state he went
to both the United States and the Con
federate congresses. After the war ho
was professor of English at the Rich-
Continued on Pag* Five.
Cannon Cinches
Hold on House
Washington, Dec, 19.—Speaker Can-
non cinched his hold on the house to
day by announcing chairmanships of
the house committees and making him-
self chairman on rules, George W.
Prince is chairman of levees and Im
provements of the Mississippi.
TAX BOOKS OPEN
UNTIL CHRISTMAS
MAJOR MANLY B. CURRY. <
He Was Killed Wednesday Night
by Being Thrown from an Autu-
moblle.
STOESSEL ACTED
LIKE COWARD, HIS
AIDEJESTIFIES
Rank Cowardiea-Is Charged
to Russian Com
mander.
St. Petersburg. Dec. 19.—General
Stoessel’s counsel Is making effective
use of General Kuropatkln's admis
sion that he himself favored the aban
donment of Port Arthur in support of
their contention that the former was
not alone In holding It impossible of
long continued defense against the Jap
anese. The court martial of General
Stoessel, Gone/al Fock and General
Rclsse Is again progressing rapidly
after considerable delay, due to the 111
nesa of members of the tribunal.
It was testified, that General Bioeiel sup
pressed the order transferring the own
mand of the forties* front himself to Gen
eral Smirnoff.
Colonel Kiirko. Woe set's aide, testified
that Htoesel onee gave the order for bis
staff to retreat while under fire and himself
waa first to seek ahalter. Thla testimony
of cowardice caused n stir In official circlet.
$1,000 IN GOLD- |4
The capital prize in The Georgian’s great popular voting contest is on exhibi
tion in the windows of Eugene V. Haynes Company,- 37 Whitehall-st.
One hundred brand-new $10 gold pieces—rfresh from the United States mint—
never been out of the bank before. Can you imagine a prettier sight?
The Maddox-Rucker Bank cashed The Georgian’s check with these shining
pieces, so that we might fulfill our promise to pay the capital prize in our great vot
ing contest in good, yellow gold. Nice of them, wasn’t it? Especially when gold
dollars are so scarce. .
The capital prize will remain on exhibition until it is paid to the winner of the
contest, which closes February 2,1908. '/■''
If you are a candidate, look in at Eugene Haynes’ window and see what’s in
store for you. Maybe it will x spur you on to greater effort—surely such a prize is
well worth working for.
Other prizes in the great contest are also on exhibition—the Kingsbury pi
anos, at the Cable Piano Company; the gold watches, at Crankshaw’s; the diamond
rings, at Haynes’. 1
The $2,000 touring car and the $650 runabout will soon arrive and will
be exhibited. The thirty scholarships at the Dixie Business College, the
Klindworth Conservatory of Music and Cox College have been secured, and the de
tails of the twenty trips to Cuba are being arranged, so that all the ninety-four
splendid prizes will be ready and waiting for the winners when the contest closes.
IS
OF
Burglars Enter Rear Door
and Blow Open the
Safe.
□ R. WILL E. CARNES.
He was at the wheel of automo
bile which struck the viaduct and
sent Major Curry to his death.
Fish Is Routed
By Harriman
Before Court
Theoretically the state and county tax
woks win close at 6 o'clock Thursday aft-
but in reality they will remain
«»j»« n to the late-comer until Christmas day.
‘ h, » extension of the time limit la dqe to
hie kindness of heart of Tax Collector Andy
Nfpwart.
"They ere paying up so well this year,
Mr. Stewart, "that I really haven't the
Jipnrt to cloae the books now and abut any*
off. I hare decided to leave them
; ***» wntfl Christmas and that will give
•'••rybody who wants to do the square
, “i n * * chance to come In and settle un."
Ae..nrfflug to Mr. Stewart. 1S07 has Wen
>np ln?st year for paring taxes that he has
xcul •**P«rt«nced. The people are paying
HI® fraater promptness ana there will be
/f.?e r Uel,n< * uent « this thsn ever **•
r*rtng the past few days the office of the
;**. ^Hector has been crowded with people
fr/L 1 " 1 * rattle of the coin Is heard
Xr,m early worn until dark.
St, George Hotel Burns.
St. George, Ga., Dec. 19.—The St.
•eorge Hotel burned yesterday. The
building waa entirely consumed,' but
JSJUf furniture was saved. The Are
^nginated from sparks popping from
Chicago, Dec. 10.—Judge Ball "decides
In favor of E. H.’Harriman. The stock,
hdlders* meeting goes over until Feb
ruary, when the fight for the control
of the Illinois Central will begin again
in earnest. Mr. Fish le still deter
mined.
ALL IS NOW QUIET
AT GOLDFIELD;
FUNSTON LEAVES
Washington. Dm. 19.—General Funiton
wire, the war dep*rtm»nt that he learee
Goldfield today. He sajs everythin* le
quiet. Troops, however, wilt be retained
for the present.
CAN’T RAISE SALARY
OF CITY OFFICIALS
City Attorney Mayson ha* furnished
a decision to Councilman Longlno, of
the aalory committee, which pule a
crimp In half of the salary raises rec
ommended by the salary committee,
and In about half of the raises that
will he proposed as amendments to the
committee's recommendation*.
The city attorney rules that city of
ficiala must be paid the salaries that
were In force at the time of election;
no more, no less. Likewise, the ap
pointees of the officials.
This, Councilman Longlno states, will
prevent raising the salary of the book
keeper to the clerk, or of the city war
den. neither of whose term* expire un
til 1909. Ik doe* not apply to the pub
lic weigher* and the city Hall engineer.
Council. It Is understood. wBI raise
the salary of the clerk to the board of
health from 11,200 to $1,360.
ROOSEVELT WINS
BEFOREDEBATERS
High School Boys Hold An
nual Contest Thurs-
, day.
Netvnan. Ga., Doc'!' h.—Buttr Mower*
dynamited the postoffice safe here at 1
o'clock this morning and secured be
tween 2300 and $100. The night mar
shal discovered the robebry at 2:10
o’clock, and Immediately search was
begun. Two men were arrested at the
Virginia Hotel, where they had taken
seats In the lobby without registering,
and are being held pending develop
ments. They claim to be railroad men,
and one of them gave his nams aa
Jones.
It was learned this morning that a
mule and buggy were stolen from a
stable at Madras, 6 miles from here,
and some think the robbers made their
escape In this buggy, having gone there
through the country.
The robbers entered the poatofttce
thru the rear door, where they forced
an entrance, and blew the safe open
with nitroglycerine.
The night telephone operator here
reports having heard a dull blasting
report at 1 o’clock, and It le thought
this was when the safe waa blown
open. The force of the explosion shat
tered things considerably in the build
ing.
FISTFIB
Missourian Calls Mis,
sissippi Minority
Leader a Liar.
EACH FIGHTER
LANDS ON OTHER
Kloquence and logic flowed freely Ir
Browning hall at the Girls' High School
Thursday morning where the annual
C'hrlatmas exercises of the Boys' High
School were held to the entertainment
and Intellectual profit of a host of
friends and patrons of the school who
taxed the seating capacity of the hall.
The Question for debate was, "Re
solved, That the interests of the coun
try demand the re-election of President
Roosevelt.” The question was llscuss.
most Intelligently by eight mem-
! of the Alctphronlan Literary So
ciety. The affirmative was represent
ed by Edward D. Clarkson, Leonard
Denton, Rudolf Loeb and Leon Cohii.
The negative by Roy Goree, Alfred
Rtvson, Franklin S. Chalmers and Fred
Elseman.
The decision was awarded to the
firmative by President Henry O. Bed.
lager, who presided. All the speeches
were clear-cut. concise and straight to
the point and much forceful argument
waa presented by each speaker.
The gold medal offered by Charles
W. Crankshaw for the best debater
was won by Roy Goree, leader of the
negative,
Leon Cohn and Fred Elseman re.
cclved honorable mention from the
committee having charge of awarding
the medals.
The list of dectalmerg and their sub
ject* was as follows:
“The Black Horae and Hi* Rider"
(Sheppard)—Herbert Metger. first
gradd.
•The New South" (Henry W. Grady)
Waldo M. Slaton, flrat grade. '
"Death Bed of Benedict Arnold"
(Leppard)—Henry Elliott. second
grade.
Oratory" (Dr. J. B. Hawthorn*)—
Willis J. Miller, Jr., senior class.
The gold medal offered by Mater &
Berkele for the best declaltner was
won by Henry Elliott.
A book. Th» History of Our Own
Times.” which he won In • declamation
contest held, before the faculty of tho
school some time ago, was delivered to
Waldo M. Slaton Thursday morning.
The committee awarding the medals
was composed of Rev. Junius W. Mil
lard. Dr. John E. White and Rabbi Da-
vld Marx. The prize* were delivered,
by Dr. Millard.
Wurm’if orchestra furnished music
for the occasion.
Difficulty Arises in Wrangle
Over Appointment to
Committee.
Washington, Dec. 1®.—The Tlllraan-Mc
Lnurln episode was repeated In the bouse
closk room tod*)*by Minority Leader John
Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, and Repre-
eontnfive DeAnnond, of Missouri. They
gaged In a wrangle over the appointment of
a Missourian to a committee, when DeAr-
mond called Williams a liar.
Williams Immediately retaliated by strlk
ing DeAnnond full In the face. DeAnnond
which .broke the skin on Williams’ face.
The two were separated by friends tnd led
from the cloak room through different
doors.
ASK FREE PASSES
FOR CIIYEMPLOYEES
City and Trolley Co. Appear
at Capitol For Con
ference. .
Nawnan Sheriff Hart.
Sheriff J. D. Brewster, of Newnan,
arr ‘ v ' 1 d 1 ' n 1 A‘ l * nt * Thursday morning hlow 0D PhMk ,
and visited the police station, where ho whlch j )rokl! lkln on williams' face,
asked the aid of Atlanta officers In run
ning down the criminals. Ha told the
story of the safe robbery. •
“The robber* cut a holu thru the
panel of the back door and then lifted
the bar which faatened It on the In
side.” he said. "Then they blew open
the safe, completely wrecking It. I
never saw a room eo torn up. They
secured about $300 In cash and did not
molest the stamp*.
"The depot agent heard a noise about
1:30 o'clock, and this may have been
the explosion.
"Two men arrived from Atlanta at
12:16 o'clock on a freight train. They
tried to enter the station to get warm,
but the agent refused them entrance.
This morning they ptere still In New
nan .and were arrested In a hotel. They
S ive their names aa T. B. Saunders and
harlea Jones, and said they were
beating their way to Montgomery, tho
they had about S30 In their pockets.”
Sheriff Brewster expressed the opin
ion .that the man who had the money
had returned to Atlanta, and that the
two arrested, if Implicated in the rob
bery, were merely left behind to be ar
rested and throw the officers oft the
right track.
Atlanta police officers stated Thurs
day afternoon that Saundera and Jones
had been employed^as switchmen In the
Georgia railroad yards, and had left
their jobs on Wednesday.
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A committee from the city composed of
Mayor Joyner, Mayor Pro Tem. F. A. Quit
lisa. City Attorney J. L. Mayson and Cot
oncl Park Woodward, general manager of
the waterworks, appeared before the rail
road commission at noon Thursday to ask
that the nutl pasa order l>e amended no cer
tain city employee! could ride free on the
cars after January 1. *
President Arkwright and General Man
ager T. K. Glenn, of the Georglh Hallway
and Electric Company, were also present.
City Attorney Mayaon was spokesman for
the committee.
lie showed bow some 400 employee* of the
police, fire, health, sanitary ami other de
partment! were allowed to ride free. Thli
privilege not only facilitated the work of
the city, but wae an Important Item of sav
ing to the men who had to use the ears.
■•If some way eau not lie devised to allow
these men to ride free, and the street ear
company Is perfectly willing for them to do
so. It means one of two things: That the
city will have to P*y this additional expense
If street car fare la required, or It will
come out of the notaries of the men. and
most of them would feel the effect serloue-
’"Do the councilman get paseesl" naked
Commissioner Hlllyer. »
ite.1, and no one baa
■HHIPgPWHi do so under the new
conditions." replied Mr. QuHIInu.
The hearing eonelmled at 1 o'clock, ami a
order will
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leclslon will be given later. It ta believed
■" he panned allowing eertaln Hly
ride on cars fret In cities that
LEAD TAXPAYERS
ON CRTS BOOKS
Hugh T. Inman Largest In
dividual Property
Owner.
Flames Burst Forth,
and Miners Doomed
to Certain Death.
FIRE BALKS ALL
Efforts to rescue
First Crash Demolishes the
Works at Entrance to
Coal Pit.
Connellavllle, Pa,, Dec. 19.—Four
hundred men are entombed In the Darr
mines of the Pittsburg Coal Company,
at Jacobs creek, on the Youghlogheney
river, 18, miles west of here. Of these
400 miners, fully one hundred are
Americans, the balance being mostly
Hungarians.
At 11:30 this morning a terrific ex
plosion occurred, blowing out the works
at the mouth of the shaft. It wae heard
and felt for miles around. Almost im
mediately a dense volume of amok*
surged up from the depths of the mine.
Indicating that a fierce fire was raging
below.
Up to 1:30, It has been Impossible to
get the Homes under control, and min
ing men believe there Is little chance
of the miners and their helpers being
saved alive.
Tttugh T. Inman la the largest^ ML
vldunl city tax payer In Atlanta thl,
year.
John TV. Grant, Ills non-in-law, Is the
second largest Individual tax payor in
Atlanta.
TValktr P. Inman, who died n few
weeks ago, and who waa the uncle of
Hugh T. Inman, paid the third largest
amount of Individual taxes in Atlanta
this year.
By "Individual taxea” Is meant city
taxes on property owned and returned
for taxea In the name of the Individ
ual.
Hugh T. Inman paid In taxes this
year $9,426.13 on property assessed by
tho city assessor* at $744,050. John W.
Grant paid thl* year $8,034 on property
ni-sessed at $682,800. TValkei p. Inman
paid $8,027 on property whose assessed
valuation was $625,600.
Tl\p assessments are supposed to be
the actual cash value of the property
which Is, supposed to be about 66 pel
cent of the market value. In other
words, the amount of property owned
and paid on Individually by each I
about one-third more, or about $1,000,
000 each.
Soma Not Included.
This does not, of course. Include all
the property owned by them,; nor all
'he taxes pold by them. Mr. Grant, fo,
Instance, would be the largest Individ
ual tax payer In the city If the Kimball
House, which Is owned by his wife and
himself, was returned for taxes In,Ills
name Instead of that of the Kimball
House Company.
The Kimball House la assessed at
$546,000. The taxes on the Kimball this
year were $6,785.60.
The Candler building Is assessed at
$800,000, on which taxes to the amount
or $10,000 were paid. If the taxes were
paid by Asa O. Candler, In hi* Indi
vidual name. Instead of by the Can
dler Building Company, he would '
the largest Individual tax payer.
Trolley Company Leads.
The Georgia Railway and Electric
Company Is. of enutse, the largest tax
paypr Ir, Atlanta,,the amount of ad va.‘
lorem taxes, Including franchises, be
ing $71,457.85 on property whose valuo
assessed at $5,716,628. .
The Atlanta Gas Light Company,
hich. It la understood, is practically
one and the aamc with the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company, pay* In
addition $18,760 on property valued by
the assessors at $1,500,000.
In addition to this, the Georgia Rail
v'ay and Electric Company pays tho
city 2 per cent of Its gross receipts,
minus the franchise tnxes, which will
add fully $30,006 to this amount.
The Tttte Guarantee and Trust Com-
my pays this year $13,162.63 on prop,
erly valued at $1,000,610.
The Atlanta and West Point railroad
pays the most of any of the railroads
doing business In Atlanta, $12,500 on
■'-000,600. /
Next highest among the public util
ity corporations Is the Southern? Bell
lephone and Tclegrah Company,
iitch pay* $11,127.10 on property
hose assessed value la $890.16$.
In 1906 .-Hugh T. Inman paid In indl-
lual taxes $8,883.70 on property a*-
Ised at $160,410; John TV. Grant paid
$8,132.76 on 3639,600; Walker P. Inman
paid $7,509.75 (in $666,600.
All the figures quoted are city taxes,
addition state and county taxes must
paid.
SC
WIFE AN INVALID;
SETS HOUSE AFIRE
wiip mi7 in urr uuuit*. mmiuii
McCann deliberately wt fire to the house.
Tfieir daughter saved her mother. McCann
nave himself up.
300 CIGARETTES
A DAY CAUSE MAN
TO KILL HIMSELF
New York, Doe. 19.—Practically a wreck
from tho oxcerslve use of cigarettes and
liquor and with the grip of consumption on
him. Dr. William linker Turner, aged SC.
nliot and killed himself this morning In bis
apartment on Eighth-are. He left tho #•!-
lowing letter to his wife;
“I have decided that It Is best I should
leave you. J lov»» only one other beside
you—my son. J have Ii****n only a drag and
n hindrance to you, and It Is for your goad
I do this. 1 nm glad I have done this.
With undying love. Your hushnnd,
“WILLIAM II. TURNER."
lie was n victim of cignrctte smoking,
using ns many ns 300 a day.
ACTRESS’ HUSBAND
FIRES AT ESCORT
AT OPERA HOUSE
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 19.—E. C, Foy, the
new husband of Jessie Hurley, leading lady
i| “In the Bishop's Carriage" company,
fired a shot at Harry Elmer, advance agent
of the "Peggy From Paris" company, at
the stage entrance of the opera house here.
‘ ‘ * ‘ of Elmer, whom he accused
win ,M!sa Hurley's affections.
caused the shooting. Mrs. .Toy appeared I
fore a crowd In the house without dtsnlay-
Ing the least uervousnesa. Joy married Miss
BOLD ATTEMPT
TO TAKE $60,000 IN
GOLD FROM TRAIN
Philadelphia, Dec. 19.—A broad at
tempt to take $60,000 In gold and silver
coin from the Buffalo express at tho
Beading terminal was frustrated hero
last night and one of the three man
who tried the Job Is under arrest. He
la William H. Hewott, of New York. He
was arraigned here today and held In
$6,000 ball for further hearing next
Wednesday. The robbers were trying
to ilK'ibl** tho g.-ix supply.
MILITARY SURGEONS
CHOOSE ATLANTA
Another convention for Atlanta.
Through the efforts of the Chamber of
Commerce, Dr. A. II. Llndorme and others,
the AsMH-latlon of Military Hurgeous haa
decided to hold its next annual convention
In Atlanta ou October 6, 7, 8 and 9. when
about a hundred medical military men will
* ‘ scientific discussion and so-
gather here for aclei
clai entertainment.
Dr. Undortne, who is n surgeon of the
] ’Iftli regiment, has received n letter from
.fnmes Evelyn Pilcher, secretary of the as
sociation. notifying him of the decision of
the executive council, and requesting that
of tho
Tho Association of Mllltnr.r Surgeons,
which held Its last meeting at the .fames-
town Exposition, U composed of surgeon* of
(Kith the militia and regular troops.
FAST TRAIN T<5
RUN UNDER HUDSON
RIVER THURSDAY
New York, Dec. ■ 19.—Barring accidents.
EVELYN SEARCHES
FOR HER MOTHER
New York, Dec. 1®.—Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw and her lawyers were to
day searching the city for her mother,
Mrs. Charles Holman, who. It Is un
derstood, has been here for some pur
pose unknown to them. This fact led
to'a belief that a reconciliation Is on
the point of being effected between
young Mrs. Thaw and her mother, who
were so bitterly opposed to each other
the first trial *f Harry K. Thaw
for the murder of Stanford White. It
thought by the lawyers that a great
part of the district attorney’s ammuni
tion waa furnished by Mrs. Holman.