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Ml/ST \ l HAVI J ) A t lv/1 • > ON YOU, ftOiS y LCCUlA- 1 TtflC Jt W«3M MASfACUr VAu'jsia/ SPECIAL SATURDAY NIGHT EDITION, 1 [he Atlanta Georgian. SPECIAL SATURDAY NIGHT EDITION, VOL. I. NO. 45. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1906. *• Atlanta TWO Caata. I ItlVsJCj: oa Tratal KIVB Ciata. F FATHER TIME BLOWS A FEW MORE BUBBLES v . tN -VvJ CKY 1 A*\| HO ME-z/r-' % JUDDEN •iM ptAD CiOAt THE D15 GRACE ■N SAVANNA* GAS 5/a DO 1C KS 7 powai i and OUT JRVAH HEA>R-3 THE GIO«6iA PtOtlpA ®AN«C*S HOW© i 6C«* / 3’0N*. KENTUCKY RCUNtO^J <hE Mir T*VST Gf TS • utv PC *C kchtcr rfcET 5T W SHALL « pave r HOW -.r ico#0‘ .a 1 J£AR|H©25 CICIOIUAL REVIEW OF ANOTHER WEEK’S EVENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD BY CARTOONIST BBEWERTON. CONGRESSMAN LESTER DEAD BY FALL THROUGH GLASS Georgia Representa tive is in Serious Condition. 0000000000000000000 0 0 0 REFERS TO MR. LESTER , 0 0 IN OPENING PRAYER. 0 0 0 By Private Leased Wire. 0 Washington. June IE.—In the 0 house of representatives today ' 0 Chaplain Coudon, In his open* 0 Ing prayer,,referred to the seri ous accident that befell Repre sentative Lester, of Georgia, yesterday.. 00000000 00 0 0 0000000 By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June 16.—Rspresanta live Rufus E. Lester, of Georgia, died this evening at 6:30 o’clock as the re of hie thirty -foot fell through Cairo apartment house skylight at the here last night, consciousness.. He never regained By Private Leased Wire. ’ Washington. June 16.—Colonel Rufus B. . Lester, representlve In congress ’ from the I'lrst district of Georgia, was the victim of a strange accident last night, which may cost him his life. In some manner almost unaccount able he fell through a skylight In the cupola of the thirteen-story ‘ Cairo apartment house, 15 feet above the roof, to the twelfth story. . ‘ In a shower of broken glass his body fell 30 teot, and his right leg was ©B©L_ fractured and hie head and body were cut and bruised. Gives Way Under Weight He had climbed a ladder to the cu- pnin and squeezed his body through the hole barely large enough to admit a man. Crawling out upon the frail glass work In the darkness. It gave way under his weight. Mrs. E. K. Moore, who resides on the twelfth floor, had Just left the ele vator nnd waa passing the Iron stepe When the body fell at her feet. She ran Into her room and telephoned for her husband, who hurried to the as sistance of Colonel Lester, and ha was removed to his apartments on the third floor. It Is believed by Colonel Lester's relatives that he was searching for his two little grandchildren, and be lieved they were hiding from, him In the garret. Suffera 8troke of Paralysis. I'olonel Lester U 69 yean old and the agility displayed by him In climb- lag to tho loft Indicates that ha was In an excellent physical condition. About five years ago Colonel Lester suffered a stroke of paralysis, which reused an Impediment In hie epeech. lie hae been active In congressional affaln. however, and was not thought to have suffered a great deal on ac count of the affliction. Yesterday, after dinner, he waa In his usual Jovial aplrlt chatting, with <he guesta of the apartments, where he has lived for more than eleven year* while In Washington. Wife it Almost Prostrstsd. About 6 o'clock last night Colonel Lester appeared on the portico of the blare and aeked about hie grandchil dren. who have been living with thetr grandparents since the death of their brother. He appeared to be disappoint ed because they were not playing In ■heir familiar way and aauntered Into the house. By a bare foot. Colonel Lester missed 'he shaft that extends between the si'.lrcaslng to the bottom of the hotel. “ he had taken one more step he would have fallen nearly 5» feet to the marble floor of the hotel office. Mrs. Lester was almost prostrated " ' • n the unconscious body of her hue- hnr.'t was carried Into her presence. Little Chance of Recovery. I -odors Kent and Carr, whose of- j near by, were summoned, COLONEL LESTER ASPIRED TO THE GOVERNORSHIP i When Coolnel Rufus E. Lester wee elected to the fifty-first congress he wee not a candidate,- and hie name waa used as a compromise In one of the hottest conventions In the history of the state. The congressonal convention was held In Sylvenla, BCrsven county. There were several candidates In the race, and the vote was so spilt that none of them could muster strength enough to win the nom ination. The deadlock continued for nearly a week, and finally some one, probably Editor Dick Grubb, of The Darien Gasette, proposed the name of R. E. Lester, of Savannah, and on the two hundred and fif tieth ballot. Colonel Lester was unanimously nominated. It Is said that he waa tha moat surprised man In the district when the news came to him. Friends say It waa hla ambition to be gov ernor then, but he decided to accept the congressional toga as a step ping stone to the governorship. But he remained In the house for nine consecutive terms. POPS 10 VOTE H. ' POPULISTS IN GEORGIA HAVE MADE UP MINDS Thomaavllle, Go., June 16.—Jesse Ward, Jr., the well-known politician and former leader of the Popullats In this section, was Interviewed while standing between his plow handles to day, and had something Interesting to say about ths action of the state exec-, utlve committee of the Populists In At lanta Thursday. "Well, If they do put out a state tick et," said Mr. Ward, when shown an account of the committee's action, "they will get not more then 1,000 votes. The Populists In Georgia have already made up their minds how they ere going to vote this year. A large majority see that there Is no chance to elect a Populist governor, end they are going to vote In the Democratic primary. They are split up between all the candidates In the race, but at present It looks as If a majority will vote for Hoks Smith, though soms of the strong leaders of the party favor Mr. Howell, and, of course, will control some votes. "I understand the feelings of those fellows who met In Atlanta. They are Populists straight up end down, end never Intend to vote e Democratic tick et. 8ome of them have taken a solemn oath never to vote a Democratic tick et, end they never will. I suppose they will go ahead and put nut a ticket when the convention meets, but It will amount to nothing. They won't poll more than 1,000 votes." Speaking of Hoke Smith, Mr. Vtirf iild: "I nm supporting the men because he stands for the feme principles for which the Populist party stood. As to whether he is honest. I do not know, but ht stands on the same platform that the Pops have stood on for years, end for that reason 1 will vote for him. I believe In voting for principles, end not for man or party." 00OOOO0O0O0QO000O00 "CZAR IS ANARCHIST," ASSERTS MAXIM GORKY. they rustled Into the rooms a few ' 0 By Private Leased Wire. New Tork. June 16.—"The esar of Russia Is the greatest anarchist In the world today," declared Maxim Gorky, the Russian revolutionist, today, while discussing the massacre of the Jews at Blalyetok. **The anarchist le the men who makes government of no effect. Such a man Is the czar. [Minutes after the body wee laid on the q All powerful. If he choose to - --- An examination showed that tha — . ——W narmiti his NO CHOICE MADE OF It Is Expected That Selection Will Be Made at the Evening Seesion. WOMEN TAKE PART IN AWFUL KILLING OF JEWS IN RUSSIA Organized Massacre Planned in Many of the Cities. By 1‘rlTBte leased Wire. Berlin. Juno 16.—A report was re ceived today from the members of the German Jewish Association, sent to Blalyetok to Investigate the massacres. They declare that at least too persons have been killed and over 460 wound ed. many of them fatally. That the Jews started the trouble It Indignantly denied hero as a contempti ble trick to cover up the outrages. Special to. The Georgian. Athens, Ga., June 16.—The board of trusteca of the University of Georgia held a meeting at the college again tbli morning, but adjourned without taking action on the election of a chan cellor. . The meeting adjourned over till Monday afternoon at 6 o'clock, when a ■election will likely be made. There are aevi-rnl ramll-lni,-* pr/irn Inently mentioned, among them Judge Cobb, of the supreme court; Editor Retd, of the Athene Banner, and Dr. W. W. Landrum, df AUatfk ' ■ The probable outcomo of tho election la creating much Interest here. INS BILL By Private Leased Wire. Washington. June 16.—President Roosevelt has signed the statehood bll, end the new spate of Oklahoma le now an actnallty. SOOTH CAROLINA HELD AT PORTSMOUTH Special to The Georgian. Portsmouth, Va~ June 16.—James Smith, of Hamer, was arrested here today upon receipt of a telegram from Hamer authorities, who charge bigamy, larceny and forgery. Smith has with him e 14-year-old gtri, who eays her name la Ellnm Smith, of Hamer. SJie Is traveling with him as hla wife. ' EVEN WOMEN TAKE PART IN THE MASSACRE OF JEWS. Special Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg, June 16.—Rioting started afresh at Blalystok last night and continued all nlgh$. Jt Is still go ing on. The mobs led by thousands of peas ants are plundering and burning the deserted dwellings of tho Jews nnd murdering Jews wherever found. Many of the women are eparod. but the men are buldgeoned, stabbed nnd shot. Six thousand fugitive Jews from the city are now encamped In the forest surrounded by soldiers. An organised massacre of Jews In many cities has been planned. It le de dared here today. The massacres. I Is asserted, are to toko place at Gomel. IS CALLED BY T. ROOSEVELT By Private leased Wire. Washington, June 16.—Tha president gave ont this morning the following copy of a letter which he wrote last night, answering Representative Wade- worth, who so severely criticised the president for hie attitude on the meat Inspection bill: My Deer Wadsworth: In the first place, I wish to promptly acknowledge lbs one portion of your letter In which you are, In the main, right. I was In error la the statement, which I ac cepted from Senator lieverldge, that there wee no provision for making the plants accessible at all hours to the Inspectors. The provision was put In In another piece; but It le not as good as the original provision. The court provision Is the one to which I most object; although by no means ths only one to which I object—It le one of many. Provision Not Needed. Ae regards, this. I wish to repeat that If deliberately designed to pre vent the remedying of the evils com- Inyjrlee were serious. ' "lonel Lester regained conscious- b-w fur a few minutes, but was unable '• give any explanation of the sret- ' rnr. He waa reported to be conscious sn early hour this morning and rightly improved, although little hope ■ [-Id nut that he will survive. ■ • here was a consultation of physl- 1 "ns early this morning and It was •'■•■inltted that there was very little 1 'Mince for his recovery. The doctors ;‘io It might be twenty-four hours be- ■<-ri the outcome coaid be determined exert himself, he permits hie empire to be ruled by creatures who know nothing but their own Interests, and they are managing the affairs of the country so that the civilised world must ultimately make Its moral. If not physical. Influence felt In erder to put s »top to atrocities that are appalling." ooooooooooooooooooo the effect that he left a wife children In that city, lie has been here with his youthful companion since last Monday. South Carolina authorities say that his right name Is Dollngram, but this ha denies, and made the statement that the woman In Hamer claiming lo be his wife will have a hard time Is S rove that be waa ever married to her. le end tbs girl are now in Jail here. NEGRO MURDERER CONVICTED. Special to The Georgian. - Lafayette. I-a . June 16.—Dave How ard, the negro who’ brutally murdered Joseph Breaux, a Syrian peddler on May It. has been convicted and will be hung for the crime. The negro entered Breaux’s house for the purpose of robbery, and when he was discovered ha bralnad Breaux with which the friends of the packers and the peckers themselves would have provided. It represents, doubtless. In some cases, an ho nee t. though whol ly mistaken, conviction; In other cases. It represents a deliberative purpose to Interfere with effective administration by trying to provide that the courts shell In reality do administrative work, which they would be first to assert their Inability lo perform. Would Cut Power. "If the bill as yo. reported It from the committee were enacted Into law, you would have the functions of the secretary of agriculture narrowly lim ited, so ae to be purely ministerial. "In Chicago, for Instance, you would make any Judge whom the packer rhoee to designate and not the experts of the departmeat of agriculture, the Odessa, Kherson, Nlkolaleff and Kleff. Await Word to Riot. Many government officials. It Is de clared, are behind the movement for the uprisings end massacres. They are the prlmo movers In the organisa tion known ee the "Union of Russian Patriots," which le asserted to be ac tive In fomenting the rioting end which Is notoriously favored by the police. At Gomel the members of the union are only awaiting the word to begin the awful work nnd have already ar ranged whom they shall kill and plunder. At Odsssa and Kleff tha Jews have formed defensive organisations and ere prepared to resist to the death, but at Oomel there le no euch organi zation. Deed Number Hundreds. At Blalyetok the dead number hun dreds. Tho hospitals are Ailed with wounded, but It Is Impossible to de termine how many have fallen victims to the mob, because many of the dead and Injured are concealed In private houses. All tho Jewish shops In the four principal stream have been sacked. ooooooooocooooooooa GIRL BARELY ESCAPED BEING BURNED ALIVE UNDER WRECKED AUTO TOWN 18 DESTROYED) INHABITANTS KILLED. By Private Leased Wire. St. Petersburg. June 16.—Dis patches from Warsaw say that the suburb of Bojery wee de stroyed early today and many of the Inhabitants maaaacred. The authorities fear that the Holing will become general, as It has already spread to Csaona, Wlea, Plapy and Careelowl, where vio lence Is reported. CAR'S TIMELY ARRIVAL PREVENTS AWFUL DEATH UT for the timely arrival of a street car at the ocene of the automo bile accident Friday night, Miss Grace Goodwin would li*\e been burned to death. She was pinned beneath the burning car. unable to move. The car was so heavy that Joe Stewart and .Mr. Hull, who was baldly hurt, could do nothing to extrieate Miss Goodwin. The trolley came, bringing many men, who removed the demolished auto, and Mlea Goodwin was put In the ear end carried to College Park. The automobile burned completely, only the metal work being left Miss Grace Goodwin and W. C. Hutt Badly Hurt. At 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon Mist Grace Goodwin, whoso homo Is In Rot- tsrdsm. Vs., wsi suffering Intensely from her burns, but no serious results ere expected. Mr. end Mrs. Hutt were resting comfortably, although confined to thoir bade. 00000O00000O000000O kind which the peckers thought worth while to dispute. You may pos sibly remember the recent Judicial de rision In Chicago in which che packers were concerned. "So much of yr>ur letter a* speaks of my having made Innuendoes about n committee of the house, or of your Continued on Pegs 3, Third Column. The peasants who have entered the elty to Join In the rioting are all armed with clubs end scythes. The latest dispatches eey that the police and many of the soldiers have aided In the attack* on the Jews. Another bomb waa thrown end a policeman killed and a number of others wounded. Soldiers Fire on Jews. Only a pretense of defending the Jewa wee made. It le aesarted, end In many Instances the soldiers flrsd on Jew* who were only defending them selves. A douma committee of three mem bers had started for Blalyetok to make an Investigation of the massacre and ascertain what steps can he taken In put an end to the disorders end place the responsibility. The committee con suls of M. Jacobson, a Jew; M. Arak- nsteff, former procurator of Minsk, who was dismissed from office and banished because be recommended the trial of Governor Kurleff for Inciting the antl-Jewlsh excesses at Minsk In November, lest year, and Mr. flteheh- kln, of Odessa, who Investigated the October riots In that city, and demand ed the prosecution of Neldhardt, the prefect of police of Odessa, as the pro voker of the riots. Commutes to Probe. > „ The first evidence to be submitted to the commission will be copies of proc lamations, which. It Is asserted, were distributed In the streets of Blalystok during the last ten days, under the eye of the police, calling upon the populace to rise against the Jews and Intellec tuals. Women Torture Victims. Same of the details of the massacre are most revolting. Gentile women en gaged In the me use free, being particu larly violent against JewMh women. In many cases victims were tortured before being put to death, end the corpses of thorn slain were horribly mutilated. Many of the boys were drowned. The Jews In nil roses did not submit without desperate resist ance. Some of them were armed end fought the savage mob to the lest gasp. Ae the reeult of the wild plunge down a sleep embankment of en automobile on the way back from a trip to East Point Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hull, of No. 141 Washington street; Mrs. J. M. Goodwin, of No. 06 Crew •(reel, and Mlea Graco Goodwin, of Virginia, a guest at the homo of Mrs Goodwin, were thrown from tHe ma chine, sustaining numerous bruises end cute, nnd narrowly escaping death In the fall and fire which oulckly fol lowed the accident end which totally destroyed the auto. The overturn of the heavy auto and the Injury to Its occupants occurred at n point near DeLonch piece, between Bast Point end Fort McPherson, on the College Park street car line, the party lining on their way to this city when the accident happened. Mies Goodwin Badly Hurt. Mlea Grace Goodwin, the moat seri ously Injured of the quartet, and who narrowly escaped a horrible death, was badly burned about the face, neck end arm* end suffered much from the shock. W. C. Hutt wee also seriously Injured, receiving n fearful cut on hla heed, requiring nine stitches to close, as wall ns minor cuts end bruises about hla head and body. Mrs. Hutt was thrown clear of the wreck and wax but lulls hurt. Mrs. Goodwin received a nasty woufid on her left cheekbone end a severe brutes on her chest. All four of tha victims will recover. After lhe accident the Injured were token at once to he residence of Dr. C. M. Curtin, at College Park, where their wounds were dressed. Dr. Orlf- feth assisting. Mrs. Goodwin then re turned to her home In Atlanta, Mr. Hutt nnd Mlea Goodwin being too seriously Injured lo permit of their removal and Mrs. Hint remaining at the bedalils of her husband. The machine In which tho party was riding whr tho properly of the Hnulh- ern Hell Telephone Company, of which My. Hutt 1h en employee, and was be ing driven by him durl ig the trip. The 1 party left the home of Mrs. Goodwin at k:4S o’clock, reaching the scene of the accident at 10:2o o'clock. At the point Wilde I lie lie. Idem occurred Joe Htew- urt. property man at the Grand opera house. ivum driving n wagon along In Hie name direrlIon In which the Hutt pm IV u.n moling ll w.is In trying to pass this wagon that Mt Hutt loat control of the machine, and It leaped over a «even-foat embankment to lu destruction and tho Injury of the oc- Immedlately after the accident Mr, Slew.lit li.i-leiied to the scene and helped the i P tluri I" Hi- street All four occupants were thrown out and severely cut nnd bruised, liut Miss Grace Goodwin mis < might beneath tha her uat Saved From Flame#. Flro Immediately broke nut In the ruins and for a few moments It ap peared Hint H horrible death was await ing the unfortunate girl, as the men In tho party were unable to move the ponderoue machinery off the young woman. Not until on electric , nr came I. ci ling il ,ng did tic h.jim i of the situation annum* « more favorable turn, nml then willing hand# aindsted In get ting the unconscious girl perilous position. Street Car an Ambulance. The street car was at once turned Into an ambulance anil the four ... . u- K nts of the auto hurried to College rk, where their many wounds were dressed. As they left the acene of the wreck the gasoline tnnk exploded and the hungry flames leaping high In tha air made quick work of what remained of the once handsome cor. As to tha causa of the accident opin ions differ. Joe Htownrt, who was the only witness to the wild plunge, stnlee that the machlno waa going at a very rapid speed end that Hutt. who wag driving, In attempting to — turn to the Ooodwln was seen at her lo day morning by a Georgia Continued on Page 3, Seventh Column, LONGWORTHS’ VISIT CAUSES SOCIAL ROW IN LONDON TOWN By PAUL LAMBETH. Special Cable—Copyright London, June 16.—If the visit of the Longworthe to London has done noth ing else It has caused enough dissatis faction and heart-burnings In the American colony lo keep things stirred up for a long time. Every American woman In London In hlg)i society felt that she was entl- king at or Held, a* 1 Un tied to bo Invited to me the banquet given by An The number who wrvre lr ited, and, os Is tho rule, the lift waa iiubmlttod to tho king Hen<e. many who deulred to break bread with his majeaty were disappointed, nnd deep it the j »-«'rit mi rit If h»i« had Ha ef fect on the plana for the entertainment of tho Lsongwortha. WOMAN’S MURDERER SAID TO BE TRAPPED Fugitive is Captured. Special to The Georgian. Hartwell, Ga., June 16.—Arthur Tcns- 1 ey, a negro, who Is charged In the city court of Hartwell with obstructing le gal process end fur cheating and swind ling In two esses, was ruptured In Greenville, B. C„ yesterday end was brought here by Sheriff W. 91. Kidd. Teesley refused to return to Georgia H and a requisition was secured from the rted governor Teesley has been a fugitive By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 16.—It wee __ today by a police official whose word | rnelned In the service until the end of cannot reasonably be questioned that | *• "J r ’. the slayer of Mrs Alice Klnnaj, had Mn, t dl.7"tf?,£i fin to been trapped and the mystery of tho 1*79, and waa president of ths etete quaint old Btraton mansion solved. The arrest will be made within'forty-eight hours, perhaps earlier. The net of le gal evidence le virtually woven In Its entirety. The murderer cannot escape. senate during the last three yearn of service. From January, till, to Jenuanr. 1(19, he was mayor of Ravanoah. He was elected to the flfty-flrst. fifty-sec ond, fifty-third. fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth. flfty-elsth. flfty-seventli eighth congresses and re-e from justice for nearly a Wilt Celebrate July 4. 8perlal to The Georgian. Decatur, Ala. June 14 Arrange ments ere being made for the holding of a grand Fourth of July .eiebratlon In the Decaturs this year. The rele. I,ration will be held under the auspices of the Junior Order of United Ameri can Mecbaalce and ihe business men of the two Decaturs. ARE YOU GOINO AWAYf If so. have The Georgian mailed te you. Mailed to city subscribers while from homo for the summer months at tho regular rate ef ten sente e week—no charge for mailing. Sent to any address in ths United States er Canada. Foreign pottage extra. - - — ~