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ATLANTA 1910 The Athanta Georgian. VOL. I. NO. 40. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 11. 1906. PPTn?. In Atlnnfn TWO ■I on Train* FIVE Cent*. ROOSE VEL T REFUSES TO SAVE TUCKER President Sees No Reason for Balking Death Sentence. execution is delayed TO CONVERT PRISONER Priest Hopes to Baptize Young Man Convicted of Murder of Mable Page. By Private Leazed Wire. Boston, June 11.—Prezldent Roose velt has been asked to Intervene In the Tucker case nnd save the life of the man condemned to die this week for the murder of Mabel Page. The president has refused to Inter* vene. The following message was received from him by Governor Guild today: -Have been requested on behalf of certain parties In Boston to Interfere with the execution of Tucker, It being alleged that It Is my duty so to do. In asmuch as I have the power under the federal laws. "No showing has been made to me that I have such power, but without regard to this t desire to state to you that In my judgment your decision not to Interfere with the carrying out of the sentence of Tucker seems to me entirely sound and commands my hearty sympathy. “It seems peculiarly a case In which there should be no Interference with the carrying nut of the sentence. • THEODORE ROOSEVELT." To Convert Tucker. The electrocution of Charles Lewis Tucker, which was to have taken place today, has been postponed so as to al low a minister time to complete his efTorts to convert Tucker to Christian ity. . . . While the delay, which waa unex pected, w-as ascribed solely to a desire to baptize the young man, a feeling Is CHARLES L. TUCKER. President Roosevelt refuses to Interfere with the carrying out of death ssntsnes passed on the man convicted of Mania Page’s murder. prevalent that there la something of a myaterlous character back of the un precedented act. It waa decided six hours before the time Tucker was to have gone to the chair that there would be a respite of at least one day for him. Tucker could have been baptised early last evening and, It being the Sabbath, very appropriately. PARIS PAPER OFFERS JOHN D. SI,000 FOR SHORT INTER VIE W By WILLIAM HOSTER. 8|>eclal Cable—Copyright. Complsgns, Prance, June 11.—Like a real king, John D. Rockefeller has re ceived the homage of the mayor of Complegne, who called at the Hotel de la Roche and In a caakst containing an address on gilt edged parchment, ex tended to tha oil magnate the "freedom of the city." Dr. Bigger received the mayor for Mr. Rockefeller, who declared: "This Is an honor which I highly ap preciate. I regret very much that I did not see the mayor, but I shall call on him tomorrow and convey my thanks," Crowds poured Into the town and the omnibuses carried hundred! to the chateau where Rockefeller Is stopping. Mr. Rockefsllsr was greatly amused over the offer of the Paris Matin based on his great Income, to pay 11,000 for fifteen minutes’ talk with a Matin re porter, who arrived with a certified check, but the oil man declined to see him, saying: “It was the most absurd proposition. Even the American papers are not so fanciful." AS AN EMISSARY OP THE SENATE COMMITTEE TELLS WHY HE SHOULD BE OUSTED. It Is Declared That Church of Lat ter Day Saints Runs the State of Utah. By Private tensed Wire. Washington, June 11.—The majority report of the senate committee on priv ileges and elections presented to the senate today finds that Reed Smoot Is not entitled to a sent In the senate as a senator from Utah. The majority report sari that these facts are established: •That Mr. Smoot Is one of a self- perpetuating body of-men, known as the first presidency and twelve apos tles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon church: that these men claim divine authority to control the members of said church. In all things, temporal as well as spiritual: that this authority Is and has been for several years past, so exerclsad by' ths said flrat presidency and twelve apostles as to encourage the practice of polygamy and polygamous cohabltatlpn In the state o' Utah nnd elsewhere, contrary to the constitution and laws of the state of Utah and the law of the land. ■ “That the said first presidency and twelve apostles do now control, and for a long time past have controlled, the political affairs of the state of Utah and have brought about In said slate a union of church nnd slate, contrary to the constitution of ths United States, and said Reed Smoot comes here, not aa the accredited representative of the state of Utah, but as the choice of the hierarchy which controls the church and has usurped the functions of the state In said state of Utah.” It la charged "that Smoot la an In separable part of the governing body of the Mormon church and those who compose that organisation form a unit, nn entity, and whatever Is dons by that organisation Is the act of each and every man therein 1 .” ■ And this conclusion Is reached: “In the Judgment of the committee Mr. Smoot Is no more entitled to a seat In the senate than hs would be If he were associating In polygamous cohab itation with a plurality of wives. Not only Is Mr. Smoot one of those by and through whom the polltlcnl affairs of Utah are dominated, but 111" election to the senate. It Is believed, Is the re sult of such domination.” Diss of 8un Stroke. Special to The Georgian. Amerlcus, Go., Juns 11.—Saturday morning Munch Holloway, a negro, convicted of forget-y and sentenced to n short term on the county gang, died about six hours after he began work. Is supposed EOF k|,rrinl to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., June 11.—Mrs. Mary Parker Dunwoody, wife of Fdllx Dun- wnody, assistant superintendent of the Cherokee Brick Company of Macon, committed suicide by shooting herself through the brain with a pistol at mid night last night. Death quickly fol lowed the shot. She was but IS years old and a bride of eight months. Acute sulcldnl mania la the cause, according to a physician’s testimony. Shortly before the shot was flred Mrs. Dunwoody left her husband’s soom and went across the hall to a spare room. Her husband followed and asked her to open the door, which she had locked from the Inside. His answer the pistol report. Breaking down the door, she was found In a dying con- illtlon and lying arroas a bed. The 'erdlct of the coroner’s Jury waa sui cide. AUTHORITIES STOP GOVERNMENT SALE ni'r- UI to The Georgian. N»w Orleans, La., June 11.—The city health authorities have put a stop to 'he -ale of certain articles that the i nlted States government authorities n»re were disposing of at “an old boss eale." The United 8tates appraiser ha« been conducting the sale for sev eral days, end among the article* listed were decayed and rotten fruit, vegeta ble* and fish. OOOOOOOOO0OOOOOOO0O 0 O 0 HOW THE LONGWORTHS 0 WILL BE ENTERTAINED. •MONDAY—Guests of Ambss- d'-r Reid. Dine with personal friends Theater party at Al hambra. WEDNESDAY—Reception and dinner party at Mr. Reid's Dor chester house; Lord Rothschild hand, Melba and Caruso io en- lerialn. THURSDAY—Mrs. Longworth be presented to king at din ner to be glvsn by Ambassador Reid. Opera party. FRIDAY—Dinner given by Mrs. Bradley-Martln at Cbes- lerfleld gardens. Concert et- ’ ended by London's most exclu de set. SATURDAY—Automobile tour >o Reid's country seat at Bed fordshire. Two days’ rest. TUE8DAY—Guests of king at luncheon at royal race grounds at Ascot. IN ONL Y WRECK IN 25 YEARS TOM BLA CKB URN IS KILLED After An Unequalled Record Oldest Em ployee Meets Death. T OOOOOOO 0 O O O 0 0O00000 HE body of Engineer Tom Blackburn, up until the time of his death Sunday night from In Juries received In the wreck at Mesena Saturday, the oldest employee of the Georgia railroad In point of service, will be brought to Atlanta Monday. The funeral will take place Tuesday at the residence, 32 Fltsgerald street, and will be attended by representa tive* of the Brotherhood of Locomo. tlve Engineers and the Odd Fellows, of which organisations _he was a mem ber. "Engineer Tom,” aa he was known to his many friends, entered the serv ice of the Georgia railroad when he was eighteen years of age. and haa been connected with that road ever since. For more than twenty-nve years he held the throttle. During that time he was never In a wreck until Saturday night, his first and last, which took place near Mesena. The night flyer to Augusta left the rails and turn ed over seven of ths coaches, Injuring a number of the passengers, killing A. S. Morris, a fireman, of Macon, and causing the death of Mr. Blackburn from the severe burns received. Mrs. Lfzsle Hardy Blackburn, wife of Engineer Blackburn, received word of the wreck Sunday morning, and left for Augusta, arriving at the hos pital before hts death. Word waa re ceived Monday by the family In this city that the body would be brought to Atlanta on the 8 o’clock train. T. J. Blackburn was bom at Athens In 1856. At the age of eighteen, he entered the service* of the Georgia railway, marrying Lissie Hardy the following year and moving to Atlanta. His career as an engineer for a quar ter of a century ha* been most re markable, as during that time he had never been In an accident of any kind. He waa the most trusted of. the Geor gia railway employee* because of his excellent record. He was a promi nent member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows, and 1 also of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Aside from his wife, he leaves four children—two daughters. Mrs. T. R. c-aln, of -Montgomery, Ala., and Mrs. W. T. Terry, of 23* North Boulevard, Atlanta, and two sons, Tom and Willie, aged 17 and 13, respectively, who live at the residence. 32 Fltsgerald street. A wrecking train was dispatched to the scene from Augusts, and. the In jured. which was nearly evety mem ber of the crew, were taken to the hospitals m Augusta. TOM BLACKBURN. Bkotch by Brewerton from da guerreotype taken when Blackburn entered the service of the Georgia road thirty years ago. JUST LIKE WEBER AND FIELDS POLITICAL VAUDEVILLE IN GEORGIA—8PA8M NO. 2. ff TOO EARLY TO TALK, SAYS W. J. BRYAN Draws Distinction Be tween Democracy and Socialism. WONT DISCUSS BOOM FOR THE PRESIDENCY Says There Should Be No Sur prise in Revelations Regarding the Beef Packing Scandal. the way from the scene of ’he wreck to Camsk, about 4 miles, to stop a freight train, which was following them. When he reached Camsk, hs was completely exhausted, and after he told hi* message, he had to be re vived by a physician. There Is no cause known to the road officials for the wreck, rhera was a track laid around ■ the wreckage yea- terday, and regular schedules are be ing made now. 00000000 00 0 0 0000000 O SUNDAY'S HEAVY RAIN MAKES MONDAY IDEAL. By MALCOLM CLARKE, Special Cable., Berlin, June 11.—William J. Bryan Is now In this city, and will leave for Bt. Petersburg tomorrow or next dsy. According to his present plans, hs will reach New York about the latter part of August. Mr. Bryan, when Informed of the boom which had been started for him In ths United States, was not Inclined to take -the matter seriously: “It Is too early,” h* declared, "to talk about the action of the party con ventions In 1308." He discussed the political situation generally, however, and In the course of a talk, said: "Before Having home, I tried to dla tlngulsh between Democracy and what can properly be-called Socialism. Dem ocracy recognises competition as le gitimate end tries to protect the com petitive principles from attack. So cialism sees competition sa an evil to he eliminated by public ownership and the operation of all-mtfen* of pro, durtlon and distribution. "While this distinction between Dem ocracy and Socialism should not b< overlooked, the platform of the Dam, ocrstlc party must hs one of progress and reform, and not merely of oppo sition to Republican pollclts or Social istic Ideas. In our light for the abso lute elimination of private monoplles and . for the regulation of corporations In general. It Is necessary that the par ty shall be free from any suspicion of sn alliance with the corporate Inter est* that have been dominating Amer ican politics." Spesklng of ths packing bouse revelations, he said: "The beef trust Is not different In character and method* from other trusts. The Inevitable tendency of a private monopoly Is to Increase the pries of a produce and to lower Its quality. Why should sny one expect anything else from a trust than the lowering of the quality when a monop oly la established? Observe, I have used the words private monopoly, not public. In a private monopoly, a pri vate Interest ls set up against the pen- „ pie. Quite a different principle comes 0 Into operation when the Interest of all O I Is alone In view." With the levig-bolts end burst of rain that swept down on Atlanta Sunday afternoon, there came a remarkably appreciated -hange In the weather, and Sunday night was cool and refreshing, while Monday morn ing was as nearly Ideal aa It ever gsts to b* In this city. There was a cool wind stir ring all the morning, and, though the sun was warm, ths mercury at 3 o’clock, had only reached a height of ff. But the forecast Is: Rain and cooler Monday night; fair Tuesday. Maximum temperature Sun day, ff degrees; minimum Monday, ff. doors and an enthusiastic automoblllsr, taking dally rides In tbs country with jT« cSter””wgro porter, usdl OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O 'hi# daughter. UNCLE OF ROOSEVELT IS SERIOUSLY ILL By Private Leased Wire. New York, June It.—Robert E. Roosevelt, the aged uncle of the presi dent and prominent In public affairs ol ths city and county for almost half s century. Is seriously III *1 his summer bom*. Lotos Lake, Sayeevllle, L. I, where he ha* been for three weeks. Mr. Roosevelt’s health haa been fall ing for the past year, and It Whs ex- pected that (he change from the ally to his country home would benefit him, but he ha* never been able to leave the nous* since he arrived at Lotos. Lake. He Is 77 years old, but until the time ‘ his Illness was constantly out of MOTHER BEATS OFF FI PRICE OF ICE HIKED SUDDENL Y SA TURD A Y Dog, Which Is Killed by Police man, Appears To Have Had Hydrophobia. In ftsponse to the frantic aerssms of her little 4-year-old daughter, Lillian, Mrs. Georgs W. Catq, of 43 Crew street, Sunday at noon rushed from the house add,' armed with a stick, bravely rescued the child from a mad dog, which waa leaping at tha little girl and making vicious'efforts to sink It* teeth Into her throat. Without realising the danger to her self, but thinking only of the peril of her child, the brave mother rained blow after blow on the ferocious canine and Anally forced It to retreat. Seising her child, Mrs. Cate then rushed Into the house to safety. The police station wss then notified and Call Officer Luck hurried to ths scans, quickly dispatching ths erased animal with hla pistol. The dog bora every appearance of having hydrophobia. Uttje Lillian has s few scratches on her body, but It Is not thought the dog bit her. Every precaution, however, Is being taken to ward against the possible effects of such a bits, If she was bitten. Unconscious that, the dog was mad, the child had been In the yard playing with It several mlnutss before It at tacked her. The dog did not belong to the Cal* family, but was a stray canine that had been hanging about the place for the past two or three days. Mr. and Mrs, Cat* feared something was wrong with ths dog and had been careful to keep little Lillian away from It. Sunday at noon, however, while the mother wss In the kitchen preparing dinner, the TERRY OVERCOME BY ESCAPING GAS Telephone Employee Was Trying to Stop Leak in Gas Main in Edgewood Avenue. Resizing that hs was being overcome by gas, Thomas A. Terry, sn employs* of the Atlanta Telephone and Tsl* graph Company Monday morning climbed out of a ten-foot excavation In Edgewood avsnus, at Butler street, ran one block In search of assistance, and fell to the pavement unconscious. The nrotrate man waa quickly picked up and taken to the Grady hospital, whars h* was at once given attention. After ths physicians hod worked with him for some time, he revived and It was later announced thit' he Waa rest ing easy. Hla condition la not consid ered serious. The telephone company has'been ex cavating In Edgewood avenue for the purpose of laying conduits, and Sun day ths heavy rain caused a section of earth to cava In, exposing a gas main. Ths main sprang a leak and Monday morning Terry discovered gas escaping. He obtained some soap and waa trying to stop lb* leak, when h* was overcome. Tarry Is a son of Cap tain Thomas Terry, the well-known stockade transfer guard. child slipped out of ths house and b* gsn to play with ths dog. A few moment* mor* and Mrs. Cate waa startled by piercing screams from her child, lrfslsntly. realising some thing was wrong, sh* rushed Into ths yard Just In time to save the child from a possible deadly bit*. The dog waa not grown and this fact probably ac counts for It not being able to reach the throat of the child. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS SET SCIENTISTS' BONES Ily I’rlrate Leased Wire. Boston, Mas*., June II.—By the over turning of a hugs sightseeing automo bile here yesterday thirty-four Chris tian Bclenllsls who had come to Bos ton to witness the dedication of the new 12,000,000 temple were Injured. The accident occurred In the Brighton dis trict. Not a person on the car escaped Injury. The big machine was coming down ommonwealth Hill wheri the brake broke and the auto ran away. When close to the bottom of the hill the ma chine leaped to the side of the street and went through a fence Into the Kenilworth Golf Club grounds, whtr* It turned over. The Christian Scientists who were hurt In the wreck are all progressing favorably today. All except two are under Christian Science treatment. Miss Childs, a Western woman, whose right arm waa broken. Is In the city hospital; also John Blnfsng, of Kansas City, whose right leg was broken. Their broken bones were set by medical practitioners, but after the shock of setting I* over the patient* will pass under the care of members of the Christian Science faith. The revised list of Injured Include Mis* W. Childs, 22 years, Batavia street, fractured arm below elbow, .'Ity hospital. i O Miss Ida Devne, 22 Batavia street, a i 0 contusion of riahl side and Internal In- O Juries, taken to her horns In sn auto- I 0 mobile. 10 John Blnfsng, visiting Scientist, from Kansas City, compound fracture of the right Isg below the knee, City hospital. Fred Dickey, Medford Terrace, the chauffeur of automobile, bruises of ths body and head. - Mr*. C. A. J. Avery, 41 <7 Lake ave nue, Chicago, shaken up and badly bruised. Refused assistance of police and physicians. Mr*. C. E. Woodbury, 602 South Sixth street, Cedar Rapids, tows, slightly Injured; refused to be assisted by doctors. Mr*. Mettle Orlsholl, Iowa City, slightly Injured. Refused to be as sisted by doctor*. •• • - „ Mrs. Amanda Bamber, Kansas City, slightly Injured. Mr. Warden, of Wisconsin, cut on forehead. Mr*. Wardsp, hurt Internally. 00000OO000 000000000 O 0 0 ROOSEVELT HAS ORDERED O O INQUIRY BY BONAPARTE. O 0 By Private Leased Wire. 0 O New York. June 11.—Presl- O O dent Roosevelt has ordered Sec- 0 0 retary Bonaparte to Investigate O v the allegatfona made by Cap- 0 tain Robert F. Wynne; of the O marine corps, that his courtmar- O tlal on the charge of Insubor- 0 dlnatlon was brought about by 0 ths personal Jealousy of Lieu- O tenant commander Bryan, of 0 <ts the Alabama. 0 Christian 92000050(10 090000000 Raise of 10 Cents a Hundred is Now Established.- FACTORIES RAISED RATE TO PEDDLERS But the Effect Is As If the Com panies Put It Up on tho Public. / Ten thousand or moro famine Atlanta ware surprised Saturday I sudden Jump of ten cents a hum In tho price nf Ice. The sudden without warning, and In. r cases without the satisfaction of expla nation. The mailer wss brought to the lentlon of The Georgian Monday many citizens, and an taveallga brought out some Interesting facts The raise was mads to cut out ihs competition of the Ice peddler*. Us real effect I* to make the thou sand* j>t poor suffer. A casual Inquiry at the Atlanta Ire and Coal Company's offices, at Thur mond street and the Western anil At lantic railroad tracks, brrtught out the statement that the Ice company would sell books for 2,000 pounds of I, e, to ! be delivered M pounds at a t| rn e. for j 16, or S3 1-3 cents a hundred. If de- : llvered 25 pounds at n time 3: cents a hundred Would be the rate, nml If ' 10 pounds at a time 40 cents a hue- i tired. No piece less than 10 pound* ! will be sold from the company's wag- i ons. “Of Courts, ths Peddlers Raised." "We have not raised the price on our customers,” said the assistant man ager, who was seen In the absence of Manager, Hecretary and Treasurer Gentry. "We raised the price on j the peddler* from 16 rents a hundred 1 to 25 cents, with a l-cent nfcua at the end of ths season, which makes :o cents net. and, of courts, they raised the price on you.” When seen In his office nt the Kqult- bufe building. President Ernest Wood ruff, of the Atlanta Ice and Coal i 'om- pany, said: •The price o‘f Ice*I* no higher for this time of the year than It has been for tbe past five years. When the hot weather comes on we always raise It on the peddlers. We do not ralie It on the consumers. You know, we are not the only company which sells Ice. There are four companies, and ths brewery gives away about 40 ton* s dsy. Doi ng the winter ths companies sold lr« for 10 cent* a hundred. Two months ago they raised It to 12 1-2 cents About one month ago It was raised to i.-i cents and It has now been raised to 2o ,-r 25 rents a hundred. You see there Is no toryln that." The forty ton* given sway by the brewery 1.4 to their customers. Monopoly Is Charged. It wss declared by many of those who visited Ths Oeorglan oflH e Mon day that the foot cm paaiss are rral- _ one, ft being a monopoly, or else action with an Mtfarotunding a« to price. 1 The substance of tlic complaints is that no one can get i -1 than 10 pounds of Ice, and that evsn getting this amount It coats on* , em a pound; further, that the price was rnised from 30 to Io cent:- Saturday last.