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ATLANTA
1910
The Atlanta Georgian.
ATLAN TA
1910
ATLANTA, GA., KKI DAY, JUNE 29 19Q6.
PRIPP. In Atlanta two ci:xV«. ,
A- TViVlj . on Tr«lu« FI.VK CUNTS.
TURBULENT SCENE OCCURS IN HOUSE FRIDAY;
HOT SHOT IS FIRED AT RAILROAD COMMISSION;
GOVERNORSHIP ENTERS INTO WARM DEBATE
TWO KILLED
Hall’s Bill for Board
Tax Assessors
Brings Row.
HOUSE IN UPROAR
DURING THE DEBATE
Hooper Alexander Charged That
Railroad Commission Has No
Conception of Its Duties.
In the first red hot session of the
Souse of representatives In the present
session, 1 the gubernatorial race, the
railroad commissioners and Georgia
politics generally were roundly qcored
and discussed Friday morning. Live
ly tilts were the order of the morning,
and Joe Hill Hall occupied the floor
almost continually, with Interruptions
every minute from all parts of the
house, f
It wasla genuine old time meeting
of the Georgia legislature and every
member of the house was Interested.
Newspapers were dropped to the floor;
the writing room was deserted by rep
resentatives who Joined In the dis
cussion of the bill to create a state
board of tax assessors, by Mr. Hall,
of Bibb; even the stenographers came
Into the hall to hear the fiery exhorta
tions of the representatives as they
urged their fellow members to support
or defeat the amendment Introduced
by Mr. Perry, of Hall, to add the du
ties prescribed in the bill to those
required of the railroad commission.
Hot Time Opens.
“HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN ANY OF
ASPIRANTS FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP’
’ ' —JOE HILL HALL.
Hon. Joe Hill Hmll of Bibb, created a sensation In the house of rep
resentatives Friday morning. In debating on HI# bill to create a board
of tax assessors. ‘There had been quite a igtrley of remark* between
Mr. Hall and Mr. Perry, of Hall, who had Introduced an amendment to
PWlilon In the bill to make the railroad commissioners
Mr * Hal1 wa * oW*cttag to the appointment of the tax
UHMOrt by the governor; T /
. /‘You talk about a governor this fall. We don’t know who Is going
&°Y?n |or this fall. There Is not a man in the race I have
confidence enough In’ to vote for.”
IN HIS SLEEP, THAW CALLS '
NAME OF HIS ACTRESS WIFE
AS IF IN DELIRIUMS' THROES
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 2k.—Harry Thaw,
slayer of Stanford White, slept only a
few hours last night and what little
sleep he did get was troubled,
tossed from side to side of the Iron
cot and kept moaning and muttering:
"Evelyn, Evelyn, where are you? I
want to see my wife. 1 Where Is my
wife? Evelyn, Evelyn. Yea, yes, girl,
it’s going to come out all right.”
These were scrape of what (he keep
ers heard Thaw.muttering ns he flung
himself about on his cot. He seemed
to be In great menial agony. When
he awoke from his troubled sleep at
6 o'clock, ha was unrefreshed and the
first question he put to Keeper Ryan
Indicated that his dreams of the night
were still with him In anguish of mind
by day.
"My wife? Has'my wife telephoned
this morning?" Thaw asked immedl-
The order of bustnes for the day
progressed quietly until the house went i ately after he arose from his bed.
-ole to con- 1 1 don ‘ know . replied Keeper Ryan.
Hole to con- an{1 he , vent Mk Deputy Warden
Into a committee of the whole
elder Ihe bill of Mr. Hal,, to create "Zt.Thaw hX'Sot”*“tTl'e"
the board of tax assessors, to be com- phoned to the prison, but the-deputy
po»,d to three disinterested citlseiis, warden, nfter seeing the state of
who should be apolnted by the comp- nervous agitation In which Thaw tyaa,
troller general. It was on this point
that the light was made, and at this
Juncture of the procedfngs of the day
that the members became Interested In
what waa going on around them. Mr.
Hall was the first up, and In a strong
speech, advocated the passage of his
bill. The red flag of the bull was the
amendment of Mr. Perry,’ of Hall, to
let the railroad cnmmlslsoners act as
ths board of assessors. Mr. Hall de«-
dared that ths amendment would kilt
ths bill.
The house debated the amendment
for some time and It was finally lost,
but only for a short time did It lay
dormant. As soon as the committee of
the whole reported back to the house
that the bill as amended do pass, Mr.
Perry, of Hall, reintroduced his amend
ment nnd' immediately the fight was
waged.
Mr. Hall claimed that It was against'
Ihe rules of the house, but Speaker
Slaton overruled him. The amendment
waa Introduced and Mr. Alexander Im
mediately took the floor and apoke for
twenty minutes In support of It. He
arraigned the railroad commission ono
minute and the next would urge the
members to put this matter In their
hnnda. He was Interrupted time and
again by Mr. Hall, who seemed to be
bent on "mixing up' the getleman from
UeKalb.
Mr. Alexander said In his opinion the
railroad commissioners had not the
•lightest conception of the duties of
their office. but he thought they could
do this. Mr. Hall followed him and
prnceedd to tell what he thought of the
railroad commission and he was not
a, all complimentary. Mr. Flynnt, of
Spalding, had considerable to say, wax
ing eloquent In hla plea for the pas
sage of the amendment, though he, too,
agreed that the railroad commission
had made mistakes, huh he excused It
on the ground of It being but hu
man.
Mr. Hall spoke agin for his amend
ment. Igylng stress on the need for the
election of the railroad commission by
the people. Not a member was heard
'>n the floor who did not favor this,
though such a bill has been ln-
treduced In the house many times In
<he past six years, according to Mr.
Felder,- of Bibb, who apoke for the
passage of the bill as reported by the
committee of the whole, which was
practically aa originally drafted by Mr.
Hall.
Hall in His Glory.
There was a sensation when Mr.
Hall brought the gubernatorial cam
paign Into the dfscusalon, and said that
the very people who he thought would
support his bill from their stand In
the gubernatorial race were now op
posing It. He could not understand It,
he said, and Immediately he'was In-
"rrupted by Mr. Perry, of Hall, who
seemed to think that he had been In
sulted, and excitedly called on’Mr. Hall
explain hla remarks, Mr. Flynt also
said: "Yes, Mrs. Thaw telephoned a
few minutes ago. She asked how you
were and she was told that you were
all right.”
This seemed to give Thaw relief, and
after taking a sponge bRth In his cell,
putting on clean linen and such cloth
ing as had been brought'to him,' he
Joined the crowd of otjier-prisoners In
their morning jvalk about, the qorrlddr
of the north tlfcv- But he was still ab
stracted and muttered to himself ns
he paced up and down.
Hla neighbor, Angelo Martino, who Is
in the next cell to Thaw, greeted him
with "good morning." Hut Thaw
turned his back upon his fellow prls^
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WIFE OF THAW FAINTS
' WHEN SHE GETS HOME.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June II.—The
fainting of Mrs. Evelyn Thaw,
wife of the slayer of Stanford
White, after she returned to her
room at the Hotel Lorraine yes
terday, showed that the excite
ment Is tolling on her nerves.
She received more letters of
sympathy and gifts of flowers
today, but they have been of
little consolation to her.
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oner and walked off. The greeting
seemed to have Irritated him and his
muttering waa louder than before.
He drank two cups of the coffee
when It was brought to him nnd then
called for a ttrong cigar. This was
brought to him and he smoked the
long, black Havana to the very end.
RACING ACROSS OCEAN
TO GET THAW’S MOTHER.
By Private Leased wire.
New York, June SI.—George Lauder
Carnegie and his wife, who Is a sister
of-Thaw, who sailed on the Deutsch
land yesterday,-nre'expected to return
aa aoon as possible, bringing with them
Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the pris
oner. - i •
There Is much concej-n as to how
Mrs. Thaw, the elder, will sustain tip-
shock when she learns upon her ar
rival In England that her son Is in
Jail, charged with murder.
YAARAB HAS PASSED AWAY
BUT BLACK SOX HAS COME
The goat is dead! Long live ths
goat!
Yaarab has passed away, but Box
has arrived.
A -new goat mascot has butted Into
the affections of the Atlanta Are de
partment and from the determination
shown In every shake of hts shapely
little head and promising horns,
destined there long to remain.
‘Sox’’ he has been christened under
the shower bath In the basement of
fire headquarters, not because he has
stepped Into a dead goat’s shoes—
which might be slgnaflcant—but after
"Box” (W. H.) Ivey, one of the popu
lar firemen at headquarters to whom
all honor Is due, he being the discov
erer and donee of Ihe new mascot.
Mrs. Harry Dunning, of 41 Crew
street. Is the donor,
Thursday afternoon the telephone at
headquarters disturbed the sultry af
ternoon atmosphere, causing the fire
men to Jump to their places. For a
time they were kept In suspense as
Mr. Ivey held an Interesting one-sided
conversation:
“Yes, ma’am, . . . Fine. 8lx
months old. ... Just the right age.
. . . Glad? . . .. Tickled to death!
. . . This afternoon. ... I’ll be
th Mr. Ivey turned to his fellow work
ers, face wreathed with a broad smile.
The compact had been made. "Another
goal!” was all he said. It waa
enough. Speculations as to ths appear
ances of the new mascot ran rife.
Within an hours time these surmises
were rut short and a hearty cheer
took their place.
Coming down Alabama street with
some twenty newsboys and others In
the' wake were the two Boxes, the goat
ambling without protest behind hla
new master, ny. turn rubbing his black
and white head agaln-t his new friend's
leg and nibbling at tin cans, belglum
blocks and hoy's shoes—If they earn*-
too close. On' entering hla new quar
ter! Box made himself perfectly at
home.
Friday morning Box made his real
hit. At 11:47 o'clock Ihe fire alsrm told
the firemen that something waa doing
at or In the vicinity of DeKalb ave
nue and Hurt atreet.
Box aat up and took notice. The big
hook and- ladder waa, pulled out of the
way of "Cap” Joyner’s runabout.
Box strained with all hla might t«
break his leash, but finding It was no
use, with front hoofs In the air beat
ing a aerial tatoo, bleated out hla good
luck In a voice luaty for one so young.
•Cap" Joyner turned and waved
him a good-bye and the mascot, over
come by so much notice, turned n
somersault backward, where, panting,
ha lay bfeatlng out hla pleasure.
PRETTY YOUNG WIFE
TAKES HER OWN LIFE
AS'HUBBY'LQOKSOh
Mystery Surrounds the
Rash Action of
Mrs. Eves.
8peclnl to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., June :
omable mystery aurrouml*
of Mrs. Ola Eves, flu* f.
wife of Thomas C. Eves,
*.~Hnfath
the suicide
■etcy young
stationary
engineer at the North Birmingham
Packing Company’s plan* *
In the presence of In i husband nnd
two friends of the family. Paul Beas
ley nnd Felon Roper; aim hu allowed
twenty-live grains of morphine. When
hyslclan fcached flu* h an* at 2419
nut "C,” she waa fteymil tho pow
er of all medical skill. She hied a few
minutes after taking tho drug.
Before her marrliig** to| Mr. Eves,
nine months ago, th< d**nd woman was
Miss Ola Head, of < ’odartown. Go.
Rhc was the daughter of J. II. Head,
who lives Ju»t outside of the corpor
ate limits of Cedartown, and tho fam
ily name Is prominent In Georgia. Her
father has been telegraphed for nnd
the body will probnhh be shipped to
tho old home for Interment.
in i! i id 111 "U in i !»• i Lit her she It sur
vived by a large number of brothers
nnd sisters, nenrly all of whom live at
Cedartown. one brother, Thomns Hend,
formerly lived In Birmingham nnd was
foreman of the Avondale Knitting
Mills. He is now a resident of Flor
ida.
Husband and friends A an give no
possible reason for the suicide.
KILLS EX - WIFE,
ENDS OWN LIFE
By Private Leased Wire.
Mannlngton, \V. Va, June 29.—James
Coad; an oil worker, shot and aerl-
ously Injured Hugh Williams, killed
his divorced wife and then blew out
his own brains early toduy. Jealousy
d him to commit ths triple trag<
-For several years Coad and his >
had been llvlag hers, but six months
ago they separated and hts wife got
a divorce, resuming her maiden name
of Lillie McGarvtn. Bhe operated a
boarding house for teametera over the
Smith Mvery ham, where she main
tained their children. Bhortly after
midnight Coad arrived from Wheeling
and had been drinking. He Imme
diately went to hie former-wlfe'e houae,
where ho found her In the parlor with
Williams.
A scuff!.: ensued and Williams at
tempted to escape. Coad fired at him
with a revolver, the bullet taking ef
fect In his left breast.
Coad then turned to hts wife nnd
fired three shots at her, all of which took
affect. Then, kneeling beelde the body
of hie wife, Coad sent a bullet through
hla own brain. They were found lati.-r
by -the chief of police.
Increase Capital Stook.
The Merchante Rank, of Augusta, haa
been granted an amemlment to In
crease Its capital stock from 1(0,000 to
IK,000.
THA WIS THREA TEN ED
BY TOTAL COLLAPSE;
PLEADS “NOT GUILTY”
STREET DUEL
Citizens of Orange
burg Meet in Mortal
Combat. *
TROUBLE AROSE OVER BUSI
NESS MATTER.
Dispensary Auditor and Promi-
.nent Newspaper Publisher
Fight to a Finish.
Special to The (Jcorglnn.
Columbia. p, r.% June o. Tutu in.
jllapnimry <*om)i)l»sloni*r her*, lwie received
Information from Orangeburg that J. T.
I ark#, nudltlng clerk for th imtnte iIUihui-
•ary,* ami II. II. Cover. btialiicsN uiiutMtfcr
for tho Ornngcburg Patriot, were mortally
wnnudMl thoro tbla morning in a afreet
duel, Hath are ahot through the tioriy.
l’prka formerly owned the Patriot am:
eold It to t.'uvnr. The shooting affair la a
rc*nlf of trouble over a settlement.
Parka In secretary for the state Homo
rfntle eaeeutlve committee and la «t native
of fclaeneld comity. ,
He left Columbia at 7 o’clock this morn
lag In the Imat of spirit* and hla friends
ww amaaed and grief-atrickcn when the
newa of the double tragedy Imeinne known.
$1,2Q0 A FRONTfOQT
FOR cuy PROPERTY
WIMPY PAYS $100,000 FOR
PEACHTREE 8TREET
BUILDING.
Bringing more than 31,280 a fmnt
idJ, the Inrul nnd butdltng n
•achtrec. occupied by lb. iluthnmn
enm laundry, has been In W. K,
Wimpoy by Mrs. Lucv J. Wade. The
price paid Is said to lie 3100,000.
Ths lot, which fronts 93 foot on
Peachtree street. Is at the corner nr
James and faces directly the Candler
building. It runs bock 1(0 feet to For
syth atreet. The building on It Is three
atorlea and of red brick.
It will be replaced by a handsome
structure aa soon its the lease of Guth-
man Hros. expires.
Mr. Wimpy, who purchased the
roperty. recenUy moved to Atlanta
from Savannah, where for several
years ha waa In the furniture business
and amassed a considerable fortune. He
has purchased | horns on West End
avenue.
■Mrs. Lucy Wade who haa for many
years owned the property Is one of
the largest landholders In Atlanta.
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By Private Leased Wire.
Atlantic City, June >9.—While
they were bathing In the break-
era. Charles W. Kay plucked up
courage to propoaa to Miss
Mad fa Euker, of Folsom, Pa.
Aa aha emerged spluttering
front a big wave, Mias Kuker
managed to gurgle "Yea.”
They went to the First Bap
tist parsonage, where the Rev.
Jennings Lorey tied the knot.
look exception to what Mr. Hall said,
“a-I asked him If he even Intimated
'hat he was controlled by any corpora-
U’-n ring, political clique, or anything
•Is**.
Thera waa plenty of excitement for
all for a while, and at I2:4( oclook,
•» the very midst of It, Mr. Hardeman.
’ f Jackson, moved that the house ad
journ. The motion prevailed, though
Mr. Hall had already moved that the
h "use remain In aeaalon until the bill
*** disposed of.
Members Cams Early.
Though the house did not meet until
9 30 o'clock Friday morning, nearly all
"f the members were present at 9
o'clock, and there were general discus
sions of various state matters by small
group, gathered together-In different
Parte of the hall. The speaker called
the house to order at Hie hour named,
followed by prayer by Chaplain Tlm-| 0
toons, roll call and reading of the dally " w
Journal.
Several New Biffs.
After a report from the committee
•n temp, ran--- new bills ware Intro
duced.
, By Mr. F rith of Tattnall: To abol-
'•n th9 board of c uoif comn.'uLntn
°Y Tattnall county.
By Mr Ashley «
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MANY COINS MINTED
. DURING TEDDY’S REIGN.
By Private Leased Wire.
Philadelphia. Pa.. June 29. —
More coins have been turned
out from the Philadelphia mint
during the Roosevelt adminis
tration than were made In the
combined terms of the two pre
ceding presidents. Superin
tendent Landis announces that
982 million pieces of money of
O, all denominations have been
o' coined In the past five years.
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THAMES FLOODING
STREETS O’ LONDON.
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HARRY K. THAW,
Thin photograph of Hurry K. Tlinuy/fhw ‘yot/fijr, VfttHlnirjf
alrr. wm.h one.of tho two tajftn at pul hi* h^ndqirtijiJir*'In Mi«w
morning nftor ho had killed ArchtMcft HtnnfortTWhlto on' tho
Square lt«»of Guidon. # . • * • «
Prisoner Barely Able to
Formal Arraignment—Objects to Being
Put Near a Negro.
By i'rlrntf- l.essed Wire. :
New York. June 39.—Harry K. Thaw,
aq he prepared to leave hla call In the
Tombs today to (Head to the Indict*
ment charging the premeditated mur
der of Htaiiford White, the architect.
In the court of general aeaalons across
the Bridge of Hlghe, showed plainly
that he waa on the verge of a complete
breakdown.
The older keepers In the Tombs
who have grown wlea In the symp
toms of coming collapse , from having
watched scores of prisoners held for
murder, shook their heads gravely as
they saw Thsw leave the prison to
face ths ordeal In court. Another day
of such tense nervous strain as he has
endured sines.last Monday night, they
predicted, would sea him In the care of
a physleinn.
Pleads “Not Guilty."
There waa barely strength enough
left In Thaw. to. gnebls him to utter
his plea of "Not guilty!” whan ha wps
arraigned on ths Indictment charging
him with the murder of Stanford
While. 1 • • <
The young man's lawyer, ex-Judge
Olcott, was waiting for him In the
court room. The district attorney's of
fice, In order that no lime might be
lost In any of the preliminaries, da-
elded yesterday that Thaw should be
arraigned for pleading today, and hla
counsel, agreed that the plea should be
Not guilty.”
Curloue Stayed Away.
Not more <than a third of the seats
In ths body of the court were- occu
pied when Thaw waa brought before
Judge Cowing. Why tne curious stay,
ed away waa a mystery. Every avail
able officer In the building waa de
tailed to duty at the door of the court
rorm. They*expected a hand-to-hand
struggle lo keep outi the mob. There
were almost as many newspaper man
aa spectators. Two women who said
they represented foreign publications
cajoled an attendant Into letting them
Inside the railing, with the other press
workers.
An Italian and a runt or a negro
boy preceded Thaw Into the presence
of Judge Cowing. The trio waa hus
tled from the entrance lend
the pen below, thrnuRh ihe
Inclosure, mi (he Franklin st
of Ihe building, and halted I
i Didn't Relish Negro.
This fastidious young millionaire.
It was plain to see, did not rcll-.li the
proximity-of the negro.
Turning to an attendant, he I.issed
a thumb In the direction of th.- black,
and went through an cxpn-..l\r pan
tomime. Just aa the offlotr n-.ilded
acquiescence, and Thaw started t..
edge.away, his name <vns called He
walked briskly to the bar, Svhere Judge
Olcott awaited him. ,■
Thaw had dreaaed up for the ..eva
sion, In a measure, lie I
light gray suit that he 4voi
(lay. It tilted him tauter, toe
of Ihe linen hundkvrvhivr,
waa encircled by a high
collar nnd n blue bow tie.
was of white percale, with
black figure. Ills hair wa
down, and he was freshly s
slight Invllnatl.in of his head
ed his rrci.ifwtlon of tho Jt
Bowe to the Court
"Harry Kendall Thaw, yo
dieted nnd accused of the
murder In Hie flret degree,
you say. Guilty or not gu
mandril Ihe clerk.
Judge oil-nit's Ups were
utter Thaw's pirn for him.
young man was qut l-rr tbm
"Not guilty," .he n
Ihe word with anoth
revtlon of the.bi
clear and. calm,
nlfleil and gowne<: .
oner cared somewhat
other.
AVe ask leave to wlihd
plea before Tuesday next." -aid Ju.lg
itead
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»h!rt
.9i*i. .94 . in*
mother b’*\v In th** tli-
bfneh. HI** vole#* wu.i
l or a **■< <>n«l, tho *ll K - ,
»•*! Judge >9n«! the j»iIh-
Olcott, “for th# purpa## • r
•ny motion which may teem
t>r «»f entering another plea.”
“Let tht plea ntand until T
anyway,” »u*fe«t#4 AMlmant I
Attorney Garrln.
Affirmative nod# from the tw
y#r# and Judge Cowing -aU
agreement.
Thaw turned on hla heel nn*l
out of the room. Hn was in
not more than a minute and a
ffkJng
TO SAVE LIFE OF HUSBAND,
MRS. THAW WILL TELL ALL
By I'lirate l/flint .Wire.
New, York, June Jf.—Evelyn NesMt
Thaw, to save the life of her hu#*
band, will * g*» on tht wltnr?# #tand
and t#H all. To prove that #h# I# a
true and faithful wife and to show her
love for her huband, the #ay# ehe I#
vtiUlngHi M# trial for the murder of
.Stanf-.nl White, to tentlfy tc every
thing *ho know#, and face the ordeal
of n grueling croM-examlnatlon by the
district attorney.
Mii Thaw realize# what u bcf»r$
her, nnd that th
prosecution will i
she Kay# her lov«
nnd the belief that
killing White will
Thaw Re«ent« Suggestion.
Emotional Insanity will t»«* the de
fence offered bv Thaw’s lawyer#.
They will d» < lore that Thaw Is sane
t \\ h**n li** shot White
•ji h a stat^ of tntenuo
ad s.. wrought up that
•milly out of his mind,
djiisthie for hb erhuo-
but
Thaw
led in