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the Atlanta Georgian. ATLANTA 1910 VOL. Morning Edition. .ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1906 Morning Edition. PRICE: filibustering, joe hill hall FORCES HOUSE TO MEET ON 4TH, AND MEMBERS GRIT THEIR TEETH “What’s a Filibuster?” He Blandly Asked. MEMBERS TORN BETWEEN ANGER AND AMUSEMENT Seaborn Wright’s Motion to Re consider Tax Assessor Bill Was Lost. Joe Hall did It again. With practically every member of the house In favor of adjourning until next Thureday morning, that the members might thke the Fourth* of July aa a holiday, the gentleman from Bibb, by filibustering, consumed the time of the house from IS minutes of 1 o'clock un til 1 o'clock, the hour of adjournment, thereby making It impossible for the house to adjourn over until Thursday. Most of the time of the house was consumed with consideration of the bill of Mr, Conner, of Bartow, to appro priate 1100,000 for erecting buildings at the University of Qoorgla for the study of agriculture. , House Opened at 10. The house met at 10 o'clock and al most Immediately was precipitated a discussion on the question of making certain bills special order of business for named dates. The committee on rules made a re port, naming July 11 the date for the Mattingly bond bill to be the special order of business. Mr. Knight, of Ber rien, objected to this procedure, and thereby was started a discussion that lasted almost half an hour. The reso lution was lost. By unanimous consent a bill was In troduced by Mr. Bowden, of Monroe, to amend an act relative to levying and collecting local county taxes for educational purposes. Will Move to Reconsider. Mr. Wright, of Floyd, gave notice that he would move to reconsider the action of the house on bill No. 9, by Mr. Hall, of Bibb, creating the state board of tax aaseasors. The committee on rules reported n new rule to the effect that no new bills may be Introduced out of the regular order of business, except 30 minutes before the hour of adjournment. Under the head of motions to recon sider. Mr. Wright, of Floyd, spoke for a short time in favor of reconsidering the action of the house Monday in passing the Hall tax assessor bill. He said he considered It nothing but the creation of another railroad commis sion, a useless one, and that In his opinion a grave mistake had been made by the house. The gentleman from Floyd objected to being interrupted by- Mr. Hall, of Bibb. “You are going to have two railroad commissions In eternal conflict,'' con tinued Mr. Wright. "Gentlemen, It does seem to me that we could at least have more discussion on this matter. The objection raised to the railroad rommlseloners acting as tax assessors Is that sbme of those In office now are not discharging their duties satisfac tory to the people. That Is temporary. We know well enough that.in but a short time the railroad commissioners will be elected by the people. Two Bodies to Conflict. "I consider It the wildest action pos slblc. You are establishing two bodies In conflict to subserve the Interest of the people." ■Mr. Hall, of Bibb, answered Mr. Wright. He said he was sick and not able to answer fully the gentleman from Floyd. Hall and Wright Clash. Why the House Will Meet On the Glorious Fourth of July It was a slow and uninteresting session that the house of represen tatives held Tuesday morning and until the last IS minutes but little In terest was shown by the members. However, while Mr. Flynt, of Spald ing. was speaking, Mr. Hall, of Bibb, suggested that the committee of the whole report progress and ask leave to sit again. Following this ac tion, Mr.'Dunbar, of Richmond, moved that the house adjourn until 10 o'clock Thursday morning. The fun started and Joe Hall held the whip handle. Mr. Hall arose to debate the motion to adjourn, which most folks say Is Impossible., It was seven minutes of 1 o'clock, at which hour the house would, by rule, be adjourned until Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. It was very plain' that Mr. Hall, who spoke of the necessity of the m'em- bers staying In Atlanta on Wednesday'to attend to the business of the house, Intended holding the floor until tho hour of adjournment arrived. Mr. Felder, of Bibb, asked Mr. Hall If he thought It was right to de feat the will of the great majority of the members by filibustering. "I am not filibustering. I don't know what filibustering means." (Loud laughter.) Members jumped up'ln every part of the house in an attempt to get the floor. Mr. Hall would not yield. He told them he was going to talk until 1 o'clock, and he did. The members turned and watched the clock, moving up minute by minute, seeing all chance of a day at home vanish. The gentleman from B)bb came in for much “cussing out,” but he was relentless. At 1 o'clock the speaker declared the house adjourned until Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, and— Mr. Hall turned on the members and smiled. HON. JOE HILL HALL. ; WITflftM ELECTED ATLANTA BANKS HAVE LARGNIIDENDS The Best Six Months Ever Known in Their History. "Some of you people ore mighty hard to satisfy,” said Mr. Hall, looking at Mr. Wright Mr. Wright: "Can you not leave out personalities?" sir. Hull: "Listen to what I have to say." Mr. Wright: "I am sick and tired of having the Integrity of the members of this house assailed." Mr. Hall: "I am not assailing tlie Integrity of a member, end will not." The motion to reconsider was put be f re the house, and on the call for the svea and nays the vote was *1 to 18. Report! were made by the general Judiciary and county and county mat ters commute**. Conner Bill Up. House bill No. 1, by Mr. Conner, of Bartow, to appropriate <100,004 to the i nlverslty of Qeorgla for an agrlcul Jural building, was given a third read ing and the house went Into a commit tee of the whole to consider the bill. An amendment to appropriate <30,000 jn 1906 and a similar amount In 1907 was reported by the committee on ap- proprlatlnna. Another amendment waa read to provide for the appointment of • board of trustees of eleven members the governor, one member from •fh congressional district of the •late. Mr. Conner opened the discussion on •he hill. ‘ Mr. Hall, of Bibb, offered an amend ment to the committee's amendment. !?, T'ake the appropriation In 1907 and 190S Instead of 1909 and 1907. Wanted to Split Sum. . Mr. Flynt, Of Spalding, and Mr. Ash- w Lowndes, offered an' amend- JJl 1 M to divide the appropriation, giv ing Vo3.33t.33 l-< to a building to be erected at Athens, one at Valdoeta and •mother at Griffin, the sites at the laat named cltfte to be donated by the .li t 0n ,hl * amendment Mr. Flynt -Poke at length. . Mn Flynt took Mr. Conner to task t^Kii if. vl,w * Ih the question of es tablishing an agricultural college.. He him of flopping, having pre- h.2? r ,a,d 'h* 1 the agricultural col- * ** run as an adjunct of the unl- At Athena was an unmitigated r«Z'» H S " <ud: "Mr. Conner waa kld- sie f ¥ ,d J ,Ut#n on a trip to Wlscon- and *ben he came beck he could X .V h * h » d before.” o'clock the committee of the reported progress to the house erw ashed leave to sit again, thf- "“"be.”, cf Richmond, moved rbon the house adjourn It meet lj- ,V„ ,r " rn, n« at 10 o'clock. ** r * cf liibb, opposed the mo- Bank Cashiers Hold ing Convention at Warm Springs. Special to The Georgian. Warm Springs, Go., July S.—The con vention of the cashiers of the Wltham banks met here In annual convention this morning. The session will last two days, during which time matters of In terest In the financial world and future usefulness of the young men who are employed In the banks will be dis cussed. The convention 'convened at 9:30 o'clock tills morning In the auditorium Ono hundred young meh, representing 76 banks, were In attendance. Besldee these, there are 100 visitors present. The devotional exercises were con ducted by Rev. J. W. Heldt, of Atlanta. During the morning session many papers bearing on the banking business were read by the young men of thf Wltham banks. W. 8..Wltham, founder of the or. ganlzatlon, waa elected chairman of the convention by the unanimous vote of the convention. W. C. Manly was elected secretary. This afternoon the convention will be addressed by Colonel John Temple Graves, editor of The Atlanta Georgian. Tonight Hon. G. G. Gunby Jordan, of Columbus, Ga., will deliver an address to the convention. tlon of Mr. Dunbar, Insisting that the house should not waste time. Whet of the Fourth? "What’s to be done on the Fourth of July? Eat watermelons, watch nig gers parade around? Get something good to eat? Lam In sympathy with getting something to eat, but I think It our duty to stay here and transact the business of this house. The general udlelary committee anticipated the fourth of July." Mr. Hall waa talking for time, as there were but four minutes left, and If he kept the floor until that time thfc house would, by rule, be adjourned un til Wednesday morning. Mr. Felder, of Bibb—I want to ask the gentleman If he thinks it is right for him to filibuster this way? “Whstl Me Filibuster?" Mr. Hall—I don’t know anything about flllbuatering. (Laughter.) Mr. Hall held the floor despite the efforts of members to get It to move to edjourn until Thuredey. • At 1 o'clock, while he was still talking. Speaker Slaton announced that the hour of adjournment had arrived and 1., house would meet Wednesday at 10 o'clock a. m. New Bills Introduced. The following bills and resolution! were Introduced and read for the Brat ''Tty Mr. Wilcox, of Irwin—To fix li cense fee for retailing spirituous li quors In Irwin countjr. By Mr. Trammell, of Harris—To pay a pension to Mrs. Brawner. By Mr. Wilcox, of Irwin—To repeal :t establishing a dispensary oi.Odlia. Atlanta bankers, almost without ex ception, report the past year to have been the most prosperous year In the history of their respective Institutions. Saturday, June 80, closed the fiscal halt year of all of the national banks of the city. When seen Tuesday morning George U. Donovan, cashier of tho Atlnnta Na. tlonal bank, atated that at the meeting of the board of directors of the Institu tion a semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent was declared on the capital stock Of <600,000, and <300,000 was added to the surplus, which was already <300,000, mifklng the capital and surplus of the Institution a round million dollars. The Lowry National bank pasaed up a semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent, and added more than as much more to their surplus. The Third National bank passed up a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent The Fourth National bank held Its directors' meeting Tuesday at 12 o’clock, and passed up a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, adding also a very satisfactory amount to the sur plus. Cashier J. K. Ottley atated that the laat six month* have been the most profltable In the history of the bank. The Neal bank closes Its fiscal yesr on the first of January, so nothing could be learned from that eource, ex cept that President E. II. Thornton stated that the past year had been an exceedingly prosperous one for all of the banks, and that his own was doing Its share of the business. i The Maddox-Rucker Banking Cnm- iny closes Its fiscal year on August . but a comparison of statements Issued by It on May 11 and June 30 shows that within that psrlod of seven weeks It .Increased the amount of Its undivided proflu by <11,961.41. In ad dition to Its capital stock of <200,000, It now has a surplus of 36M,<94.39. Its Increase of surplus within the past twelve months haa been almost a hun dred thousand dollars. . All of this speaks most excellently for the proeperlty of Atlanta, aa the de- poalts of a community must be targe to allow of such large profits to the banke, and large bank balances always mean good times, KILLS HIS FAMILY, COMMITS SUICIDE TODAY WILL WITNESS A DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL HONORS. OFT SAYS HE IS INSANE; TOLOJHRAGEDY Pittsburger Relates White’s Crusade Against Thaw. SAYS GASH WAS OFFERED FOR PAPER CRITICISM By Private Leased Wire. Memphis, Tenn., July I.—A special from Lucedale, Mlea., say that Chariee Brewer murdered hla mother-in-law and hie wife and his wlfe'e grand mother and child, and then ehot him self. His grandmother waa holding one of his children at the time. The baby and the grandmother were both wound ed, but will probably recover. Brewer was conscious long enough to admit that the act waa premedi tated. Brewer atated some time ago that his domestic affairs were being Inter fered with by his mother-in-law. . WEALTHY CITIZEN By PH vale Leased Wire. Memphis, Tenn, July 9.—Aa the re sult of what the police declare was a cocaine spree, Jacob Os matte, a mem ber of a wealthy family of Pulaski. Tenn, Is deed; Dr. II. A. Rancher, of Seoobe, Miss, Is near death, and ~~ The three men met at a sanitarium where the habit Is cured and escaped. They were found In a room in (he Ar lington hotel District Attorney and Architect’s Friends Delving Deep—Mrs. Thaw Married Abroad. By Private leased Wire. London, July 9.—When they arrived In London Mrs. William Thaw, with the earl of Yarmouth and a doctor, motored tu the Weit End hotel. There the countess of Yarmouth met her mother and In her room and In the presence of the earl, doctor and Blair Thaw, the countess broke the news that hsr son, Harry Thaw, was In pris on for killing Stunierd White. She re ceived It with composure. She neither fainted, wept, nor became hysterical. A member of the family afterward In an Interview said: "Mrs. Thaw, like all of us, has thought for a long time that Harry's sanity Is questionable. However, we had not thought the lose of hla mental balance was sufficient to cause him to do violence, "We had not thought It sufficient to necessitate placing him, under re straint.' Harry’s mother always feared something would hapen, Just what she did no! know of course, but ahe had a premonition something would happen, eo the shock on the reception of the news of the tragedy did not up- aft her so much as we expected. She desired to return to New York Imme diately, but we convinced her It was unnecessary, so she will remain here with tt|e family for some time.” "WE WERE MARRIED ABROAO,” DECLARE8 MRS. HARRY THAW By Prlvsle Leaned Wire. New York, July 9.—Evelyn Neeblt Thaw made an early vlst to her hue- band, Harry Thaw, In the Tombs to day. She reached the prison at 10:20 and waited ten minutes until she could —under the rules—be taken.Into the LATE NIGHT BULLETINS CHOLERA AMONG AMERICANS— Manila, P. I, July (.—(Special Cable.) —There have been four caaes of cholera among the Americana recently and one death. FortyTaeven cases and forty-one deaths are reported among the natives. The epidemic la the most deadly Ip the history of the Island. It Is feared it will spread. GLORIOUS FOURTH IN MANILA— Manila. P. I, July 4.—(Special Cable.) —Promptly at midnight the Fourth of July waa ushered In, and Manila had the honor of beginning the celebration of tho great American holiday with a salute of forty-six guns, one for the new state of Oklahoma. The day will be celebrated by both Filipinos and Americans. One feature of the cele bration „;ih the liberation orelxty- elght convicts, mast of them convicted of outlawry. ST. MICHAELS - DESTROYED — Hamburg, Germany, July I.—(Special Cable.)— Fire destroyed the Church of St. Michaels, one of the moat famous edifices In Germany. The top of the spire was 429 feet from the ground. A number of other building* caught fire from Vie church, and the efforts of the Hamburg fire department have not up ' time been able to stay the res* of the flames. A high wind to the difficulty of the firemen. Michael's Church was started In 1760, but was not finished until 1799. BRAKEMAN INJURED.—Rockmart, Ga., July 3.—(Special to The Georgian.) —A brakeman on a Southern local freight named Richards, whose homo Is In Cleveland, Tenn., was badly In jured at Rockmart by falling off freight car today. lie was carried to Rome for treat ment. PASSENGER TRAIN DITCHED.— Rallston, N. Y„ July (.—Through the mistake of a switch tender this morn ing, tbe Saratoga Limited on the Dela ware and Hudson railroad was thrown from the track* at the Junction near here, while traveling at the rate of 60 mile* an hour. Although the engine and four coaches were ditched, none of the passengers or the train craw was seriously hurt. GENERAL TREPOFF 13 IN DISGRACE, E Czar Wishes to Pla cate the Russian Douma. HOUSE IS THE SCENE OF RIOT OF NOISE Cabinet Minister Is Howled Down When He Attempts To De liver a Speech. rra! AND ONE IS KILLED Shocking Tragedy Enacted at Pitts. is SHOOTING IS RESULT OF AN OLD FEUD lOOOOOOOOOOO OO GO 00 ( Continued on Pag* Five. By Private Leased Wire. < Youngstown, Ohio, July I.— t Coroner Kline said today that < a charge of murder would be < placed against Mrs. Jennie An- < demon, the woman wlio con- t fessed to having beaten her 9- < year-old step-daughter to death < a few days ago. < "Oh, Elsie, 1 never thought to t kilt you,” she moaned. "I did t not mean to hurt the child, but < when I get mad I get crasy." ( 0000400000000000001 After a Short But Fierce Passage of Words Guns Camo to Play. Rochelle, Ga., July *.—New* has just been received, here of the killing of W. T. llychoft, a prominent mill men, by W. F. Findlay at lilts, Ga., late yes terday afternoon. Particulars of the tragedy are meager. hard feelings had ex- the quarrel eras renewed, suit above stated. Findlay surrendered, and BIG SIGNS FALL, FELLING LADY large doth sign fastened on wooden frame fell from the front of Rhodes dr Haverty Furniture Com pany’s store on Peachtree street Tues day morning, scaring a number of paa. seraby and knocking down Miss Kath erlne Pendleton, daughter of Rev, - H. King Pendleton, pastor of the Hunter Street Christian Church. Miss Pendle ton's umbrella was badly bent up and she was shaken considerably by the fall, but not In any way seriously In jured. Her escape from death waa nar row. The sign was about 60 fset long and 10 or 13 feet high, and Its very sis* causing It to fall slowly was prob ably all that saved some of tho** un der It from being seriously hurt. It t* supposed that a sudden gust of wind was the cause of it* falling. TRYING TO FIX BLAME FOB WRECK By Private Leased Wirt. London. July 3.—Trades union of ficlala today bOgan an Investigation on tbelr own account of the Salisbury wreck In which four workingmen lost the*r lives. It Is expected that the la bor members of parliament will be asked to put the disaster before that body and secure changes In the law* governing safety appliance* and the regulation of railways gensially. One mint raised by the unions I* that of nsane competition between the two lines running to Southampton, and they declare that If It can be proved that officials of the London and Southwest ern gavA orders for the racing of the boat train that they, tbe unions, will prosecute the officiate. 0O0OOOOOOO0OOOOOO0O CANADIANS WIN AGAIN. By Private Leased Wire. London, July 1.—In the sec ond beat for the grand chal lenge cup at the Henly, the Ar gonaut eight of Toronto, t 'an., v beat the Thames Club aaally. O [ Ol ooooooooooooooooooo “Congress Can't Make a Gentleman Where God Has Failed on Man ” lo ria me service OI a poei, a. l,. raw, an enuaieu ’ In the army In the Philippine*. He promise* to cre talk a* Upton Sinclair, the "Jungle" man. Price er, who Is alleged to have ordered the band to play By Private Leased Wire. Waahlpgton. July 9.—The machinery of the war department haa been brought Into action to rid the service of a poet, A. L. Price, an enlisted man, now doing duty In the army In the Phlllpplr ate about as much talk wrote about an officer, w "Always In the Way” at a marina's funeral at Olengapo II, and whloh al- estlgated by the government, i the Philippines rather Irksome, so he began ere. When he heard of the Incident at the I loo** and hie production waa printed In The Cable News at Manila. The result waa an Investigation and exoneration of the officer In charge of the funeral. Then Price was charged with violation of the thirty-second and sixty-second articles of war,. In that he wrote scurrilous things about a member of another branch of the eervlc*. He was court- martialed and the case then sent to the department commander, Gen eral Weston, who haa forwarded the papers to Washington. Here I* a portion of what Price wrote: -We don't ask no favors from y*f you may do the worst ye can, For congress can’t make gentlemen where God has failed on man. To hell with all this alck'nln' rot—It’s bad air, dry and warm. Thesa rotten gaga about respect that’s due the uniform— Where shoulders traps can maka a man lose hair hla little head. And make him Joke the holiness that wraps hla country's dead. Yea, damn ye, well salute ye, and we'll say ’Yea, sir,' too, But w* salute the sboulderetraps; we wouldn't apeak to you. Ye’re farther down beneath u* than a dog a nigger owns, Ye're dirtler’n a buzzard pickin' Rash from dead men's bone*. When the flag Is on our coffin and ye tell the band to play 9 That good old rag-Um* hymnal, ‘You're Always In tbe Way.'" Ilj Private leased Wire. St. Petersburg, July 8.—Oe Trepoff, the military tyrant who ruled 8t. Petersburg with an Iren hand since the famous "Red Sunday," Is'at lest In disgrace, If re porta from an unusually good source are true. It Is aald that after a disagreeable In terview with the esar he has been re lieved of bl* command and Is quitting Psterhoff. This fact, combined with an Inter view with M. Hturmes, formerly m- slatant to the lata Von Plehvs, In which Bturmee takes a liberal view of affairs, gives rise to the belief that the esar I* preparing to buck down It lesaleo significant Hint Premier Goremykin hsd a long conference wit h the emperor today, nnd It Is reported that the contemplated change in the ministry wgsi discussed. It Is evident that there Is a desire on the part of the esar to placate the douma. The government Is reported to lie ready to accept the laws passed by parliament for establishing liberty <>t conscience nnd freedom to meet Interior Minister Stolopln, who in >re than any other member of tbe i ment by an attl llcly announces In behalf of th eminent that, after nn eznmlnut the government la prepared to act the lawn which the lower house making for establishing liberty conscience and freedom of meet] . I III in lull.Ill-: The sitting of the lower hnuec j t.-rdin u .i 11 d-vuted f -• tlm dl«< tuudni the law providing for the ability of dentil penalty. It broke up In u disorder when General Payloff. the i Itnry procurator, attempted to addrcai tile house In behalf of War Mlntetei Rudiger, nil app.'iiramc In the tribu nal was the signal for nn outburst m "murderer," .“aafOMih" forgnm'. r ,,t Jewish tnassarree" from the member! of the group of toll. In which the rntlis left Joined. The members of tho house pounded til, I, ,!. -k-. I|..111. d mid u bl-tb d nnd resorted to every violent matin- -f showing their displeasure. General Payloff, after ll-t> nlng to the stopj for several minutes, turned to President Mouromseff, bowed, half smiling, -lg- nlfled his aeeeptanee of the situation nnd left the tribunal. Id II- GOTHAM ALDERMEN AFTER JCE TRUST lly. Private I-eased wire. New York. July 3.—Tho hoard nf al dermen haa adopted a resolution re questing the district attorney to b-gin criminal proceeding* against the offi cer* of the American Ice Company f r criminal conspiracy to advance the price of Ice. BRYAN WILL WIN SAYS WILLIAMS Hpeelsl lo The Georgian. Jackson, Ml**., July Hon. Joi n Sharp Williams, leader of the De n >- cratlc minority on the floor of con gress, hss returned to hla home In Mis sissippi. Mr. Williams talked national (>• .llth v jult* frequently with friends while In Jackson, and expressed the belief tbut Bryan will be nominated by the Dei cratlc parly .on tbe first ballot, and that he will be elected. ATLANTA MAN DIES OF HEART FAILURE Special to Tbe Georgian. Columbus, On, July 9.—George I). Chaffin, of Atlanta, died at the Htinkir; house at 9 o’clock Monday afternoon from heart failure. He came hsr* Friday on a visit and R rlstered late Friday night without ormlng hi* relative# where he waa. lie was discovered about * o'clock In the morning by the maid In a senil- conaclous state, and died at the hour stated. * He waa 93 years of age. and a brother of Captain Thomas chuff'n and Mr*. John Peabody, of thl- ettv. He will be buried here, hla former home. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O BARKEEPERS BOYCOTT O SIX COUNCILMEN. O By Private Leased Wire. Terre Haute, Ind, July 8.— Tbs alx counellmen who voted to remove Mayor Bldaman In the Impeachment pro**- dmg» itiuit go dry, Terre Haute -a- loon keepers have de< I led Sev eral liquor men have notified f ■ ■ m:. Hi,,.-II ret t., inlron- Ise their places. Th- baitend- ers' nnkm ha* aln voted > buy- OOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOO#