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oooQOoooQooooooooooooooooaoooooaoo* rHE Atlanta Georgian. VOL. L NO. 70. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1906 Morning Edition. Tmjnw. Atlanta TWO CENTS. X ivivij . Oo Train* FIVE CENT It BIG SHIFT IS MADE BY THE SOUTHERN BrooksMorgan Resign: to Enter Private Bus iness in Atlanta. JEROME C. BEAM TO GO TO ST. LOUIS Change in Passenger Agents Made Affecting Entire Circuit South of Washington. Change* affecting the paaaenger de partment of the Southern railway from Washington to Jacksonville, from Co lumbus to St. Louis, have been decided on and will go Into effect August 1. They are: BROOKS MORGAN, assistant gen eral passenger agent. In charge of the Atlanta division, has resigned to enter a manufacturing business In this city. JEROME C. BEAM, district passen ger agent, with offices in Atlanta, goes to St. Louis to succeed George B. Al len. GEORGE B. ALLEN, assistant gen eral passenger agent. In charge of the St. Louis division, will probably take the position made vacant by Mr. Mor gan's resignation. J. C. LUSK, of Jacksonville, at pres ent district passenger agent for Flor ida, comes to Atlanta to succeed Mr. Beam. JAMES FREEMAN, traveling pas senger agent, with headquarters at Ma con. will be transferred to Jacksonville to succeed Mr. Lusk. J. LAWRENCE HUNT, city ticket and passenger agent at Columbus, goes to Macon to succeed Mr. Freeman. Slsto Made Saturday. The slate.was mnde up at u confer ence held In Atlnnta Inst Saturday, at which General Passenger Agent W. H. Tayloe was present. The result of the conference was kept very quiet arid news of It did not transpire until Tuesday. Official confirmation could not be ob talned Tuesday from any o$ the rail way men In Atlanta, all declining to talk for publication. The news Is straight, however. The entire shake-up Is caused by the retirement of Brooks Morgan, who has, since the promotion of W. H. Tay loe to the position of general passenger agent, been In charge of the Atlanta division. Mr. Morgan will become a member of the manufacturing firm of the Frank E. Block Company, making crackers, cakes, candles, wholesale groceries, etc. His success In the rail road world has been phenomenal, and be Is perhaps the youngest railroad man in the country, occupying a posi tion of relative responsibility. He has been particularly popular In Atlanta, and has made an enviable record. As chief clerk and district passenger acent, Mr. Allen, of St Louis, served In Atlanta several years, when Mr. Hardwick was In charge of the passen ger department here. He Is very well known In Atlanta and Charleston, wh«re he was for several years a dl vision passenger agent. Mr. Beam gets a big promotion* ac- c-rdhig to the slate, going to St. Louis. Mr. Lusk, Mr. Freeman and Mr. Hunt are all well known In the passenger •ervice and have made good records. IS JEROME THE MAN THE SUN REFERS TO? Smiles When Asked If He’ll Be Democratic .Candidate For Governor—and Next President. By J. WIDEMAN LEE. Warm Springs, Ga, July 17.—While on the way down here yesterday after noon William .Travers Jerome was shown The New York Sun's now fa mous political forecast that the next governor of New York will be a Demo crat and that the next governor of New York will be the next president of ’the United States. Mr. Jerpme was standing on the front end of the sleeping car talking to Mr. Garvan and Mr. Vandiver. He looked at the clipping and smiled, but said nothing, nor would he eay any thing on the subject. Mr. Vandiver volunteered the aug- estlon that the reporter look at The trooklyn'Eagle of the same day as the Issue of The Sun containing the edi torial, which, by the way, was without a heading, and double leaded, at the top of the first column of the page. The editorial of The Eagle.dlscussed at length, to the extent of a column and a half, the significance of such ai editorial In The Sun, and the prophet tc nature of the simple statement* made so terse and to the point. It w noted, too, that on the front page the game issue of The Sun appeared story to tbe effect that Hearst would run on a ticket --f nis nun. whether nominated by any party or not.. This feeler by The Eagle, which was en tlrely noncommittal, by the way. ferred that The Sun meant none other than William Travers Jerome, the dl* trlct attorney of New York, who Is now at Warm Springs, and will deliver an address here Thursday morning ' * the Georgia Bar Association.. Mr. Jerome's reticence as to hlmsolf and his own political affairs Is quits noticeable. Despite his remarknble race of the last cnmpalgn, ho hns little to say of New York political conditions, and his notice of The Sun editorial was expressed merely In a smile. HARGIS AND CALLAHAN AREA CQUITTED BY JURY ■ WITHIN HALF AN HOUR "Can’t Say," Say* Morgan, M'hen asked Tuesdsy for a confirm stiun or denial of the report of these charge*, Mr. Morgan said ha had* noth- kg to say. Coo;, OOOO00O000OO0000000000 SPEEDIEST RAIN FOR MANY MONTHS. Atlapta had some rainfall Tuesday morning, the heavens opening up and pouring forth their ; a fb*bt for the Little Rock team, «hlch was so badly mangled In the fray Monday afternoon, in twenty-flvs minutes over an Inch fall was recorded, and about 1 2 clock there came another downpour, and the Instrument teglatersd a quarter of an Inch In three minutes, which, Mr. Marbury said, waa raining some. 10:14 o'clock and 1:10 Between ...... .... precipitation amounted to a little more than two Inches. Forecast: Partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday; probably 'hower*. .Wednesday temperatures: ! o clock a. m 71 degrees ® o'clock a. m 71 degrees * "clock a. m 75 degrees ? ".c ock a. m 80 degrees JI o clock a. m 73 degrees z , ", c . lock noon 79 degrees O 1 o clock p. m 70 degrees O 2 o’clock p. m 71 degrees O C9l ^OOOOO9OO0OO0Oa0999909 Ily Private Leased Wire. ' Beattyvllle, Ky., July 17.—Former County Judge James Hargis and for mer Sheriff Ed Callahan were acquitted this morning of the charge of com plicity In the murder of J. B. Marcum, who was shot to death at the court house door In Jackson, Ky., In May. 1901. • Hargis and Callahan were accused of having formed the plot to kill Mnr- ctim and with having porsuaded Curtis Jett, Hargis' nephew, and Tom White to carry It out. Jett and White are In the penitentiary for life for the crime. The Jury was out twenty-two min utes. The case was given to the Jury at 7:30 this morning. When the ver dict was returned the Hargis hench men around the court house set up a shout of Joy and a few pistol shots emphasized their satisfaction, though this was quickly stopped. Mrs. Marcum, widow of the murdered man, wept over the verdict. Beta were freely made last night by friends of the defendant* that they would be acquit ted In less than half an hour after the Jury retired. This lent color to the rumor that members of tho Jury had pledged themselves to acquit tho tie fondants no matter how strong evidence. It wrm commented on tlin* Beattyvllle Is In a RnpubUcuilJconnty, every member of tho Jury was a Demo crat and Jurge Hnrgls Is a member o the Democratic state central commit tee. A verdict against has been con sldered doubtful, however, since Curtis Jett, after a confession that Hargis and Callahan persuaded him to kill Marcum, went on the witness stand drunk and asserted that he alone killed Marcum for personal revenge. CENTRAL SLAUGHTER PEN NOW NEEDED IN A TLANTA, &4 YS CHIEF J NO. JENTZEN 'Absolutely the best thing th* city could do Is to have a central slaughter house and have all the cattle, killed for use In Atlanta, slaughtered there under the Inspection of city officiate," said Chief Jentsen, of the health depart ment, Tuesday morning. * Chief Jentsen was asked what he thought of the action of council ap pointing a committee to Investigate the condition of meats being sold In At lanta. ■'I don’t know the exact purpose of the committee," said the chief, "blit If It will lead up to municipal control of the slaughter houses, It will do a great work." Chief Jentsen then explained how the slaughtering was done outside of the city, and, therefore, the animals could not be Inspected by his men before the animale were killed. "I know some horrible thing* are done, but I am powerlees to etop them." He then mentioned the killing of cow* Just before they gave birth to calves and eelllng both the cow and the calf In the market; the Incident brought to light In The Georgian and the one that la the foundation of the present cam paign In Atlanta. He also gave numerous other In stance* aa to the killing of cows while they were dying of some disease, and then selling the meat. DENSON ELECTROCUTED IN MYSTERIOUS MANNER His body writhing with pain for a fractional part of a minute, and with out uttering a sound. Will J. Denson, an etnployee of the Southern Spring Bed Manufacturing Company, of Bell street, was Instantly killed by elec tricity at the plant of the company Tuesday morning at 0 o’clock, shortly after beginning hla day’s labor. Jacob Haas and R. o. Davies were standing cloae by the unfortunate man when th* accident happened, and they rushed to his assistance, but were too late. Just what caused tjie electrocution has not yet been learned. The stricken man waa working over a piece of ma chinery and touched an electric light wire, being Instantly killed. As soon as possible after the affair happened the city electrician was summoned and two others as well, but no faulty In sulation or other cauees could be lo cated. Denson was a married man and lived at No. 390 Whitehall street He had been employed by the Sam* company for the past fifteen years, and waa con sidered one of the best workmen about the place. He bad no children. The body waa taken to the undertak ing establishment of Harry Poole * Co. as soon ■* It was learned that Ilf* was extinct, and later taken to the home at No. 190 Whitehall street. The body will be taken to Locust Grove. Ga., on Wednesday morning for fu neral and Interment. THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SITUATION UNCLE SAM PLANS TO’STOP FIGHTING By Private Leased Wire. Oyster Bay, July 17.—Aa a result of the conference between President Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary Ba con. definite step* are to be taken to ward bringing about peace in Central America. It Is understood that the United States warship Marblehead will ■o to the scene of negotiations, so that Juatemala and Salvador will appoint peace delegates, and they will meet with the Mexican and the United States ministers to the warring repub lic*. These latter will act In the, na ture of. arbitrators, though without power except as advisor*. It Is un derstood that a truce will be declared sending the beginning of formal nego tiations. It Is not settlod whether or not Honduras, Salvador’s ally, will be represented. The Marblehead already has sal ed for Acajutla. Salvador, where It-is tin- GENERAL REGALDO WAS ASSASSINATED By Priralp Leased Wire. City of Mexico, July 17.—Mexico will act In conjunction with the United State* In bringing about peace between Guatemala, Salvador and Honduras. 1 The sugettlon that the northern rt- iWlc# act together at a peace 'con- r*tce Is well received here. The new* from the south Indicates that the lighting between th* warring republics has been unusually severe and tbs at 700 kilted and 1,100 wounded, and those of Guatemala at 1,000 killed and 3,000 wounded. It Is reported her* that Instead of Ming killed In battle. General Regaldo was assassinated by Guatemalan emissaries. VACATIONS ARE EXPENSIVE BUT THE COMMON PEOPLE FOOT THE BILLI HON. MADISON BELL. ■'■f. .J’AteizSw*-' Who finally won out with his child labor bill. CHILD LABOR BILL; WHAT IT WILL MEAN The child labor bill passed by the lower house Monday provides that no child under ten years of age shall he employed In any factory within the state under any circumstances; that after January 1, 1907, no child of twelve years shall be so employed unless such,child Is an orphan and has no other means of support or unless a widowed mother or aged or dis abled father Is dependent upon th* labor of such child, In which event such parent shall file In the factory a csrtlflrate from the county ordinary. It Is further provided that after January 1, 1903, no child of under fourteen years shall be employed In any factory between tho hours of 7 p. m. and 6 a. m. The rompulsory education fenturro of the law provide* that after Jan uary 1, 1908, no child under fourtseil yean of age Mmii he employed in a factory unlesa he or she can write simple sentences, tnd shall havp at tended school for three months each year until after public school age, six weeks 'of school attendance to be consecutive. It provider! that cer tificates of birth of Child employees shall M filed In ih* factor!** Of It names n penalty for furnishing false certificates. Agents nr representa tives of the factories hiring such children os are under age are liable for penalties, aa are parents or guardians who hire out children In violation of the law. CLAIM FOUL PLAY WAS THE CAUSE OF CENTRALWRECK Train Derailed and Three Lives Are Lost As a Result. DECISION INVOL VES VOTE FOR GOVERNOR Bpeclal to Tbe Georgian. Montesuma, Ga, July 17.—Three lives, were sacrificed In a frightful rail road accident here yesterday evening. A Central refrigerator train, loaded with fruit, In chargd of Conductor C. Winn, had left town only a few miles when the engine, for some un known cause, jumped the track, turned over, carrying with It all of the loaded fruit cars and th* cab. Engineer Green, of Macon, and two colored member* of the crew were In stantly killed. FOUL PLAY I8~CLAIMED BY OFFICERS OF THE ROAD. Bpeclal to Tbe Georgian. Macon, Ga., July 17.—Officials ot the Central of Georgia railroad claim that foul play was the cause of the wreck at Montesuma. Ga., yesterday afternoon. Superintendent H. D. Pollard, ot the southwestern division of tbe road. In which territory the wreck occurred, spent yeeterday evening at the scene. The dead are: CHARLES OREEN, ot Macon. Oa., engineer. SAM NEDD, of PowersvIUe, Oa., col ored, fireman. JIM REDDING, of Macon, Ga., col ored, brakeman. 00009000000000000000000000 O NO WORD 8P0KEN AT FATAL DUEL. By Private Leased Wire. Geneva. Hwltserland, July 17. Two deaf mutes, who** sec onds were also deaf and dumb, went to a secluded *pot In *n auto and fought a duel, at which not a single word was spoken, and on* of them was fatally shot Hperlal to Tbe Georgian. Macon, Ga, July 17.—In a decision today Involving tbs citizenship of a lit igant in hla court, Judge Bpeer ren dered a decision that participation In a white Democratic primary does not, without additional proof, determine the cltlsenShln of a man. This decision was brought about by the plaintiffs In a cube trying to keep the defendant from transferring th* suit from the state to the Untied States court. The plaintiffs alleged that while the defendant claimed cltlsenshlp In North Carolina, ha Had participated In a white Democratic primary, eat on the stand at a llok* Smith meeting, I Irwin county, and had whooped thlsi up for that candidal* Just like a clll sen of Georgia. Judge Speer thought that the whooping up on that edifying occasion, while It might have been good politics. It did not constitute a proof of cltlsenshlp. He also derided that the primary was a selection, an not an election. The litigant was allowed lo bring hi case In the United States court. HARTJE LETTERS ARE- FORGERIES, DECLARE^EXPERTS Different Persons Penned the Famous Divorce Epistles. By Privet* Leased Wire. Pittsburg, Pa., July 17.—Mr*. Hart Je'e attorneys -opened the day by put ting several more handwriting expert* on the stand to say the “Modlne" let ters were not genuine. John K. Duff, secretary and treasur er of the Cltlsens' National Bank, was the first witness railed. He was shown th* forty famous letters, and asked hi* opinion. “My opinion Is that exhibits 10 and 31 were not written by Ihe same per son who wrote Noe. 1 to 5,' Then you think Nos. 10 to 34 were all written by the same peraonT*’ 'No; No. 34, th* envelope, was writ ten by a different hand than 10 to 31." James H. Orr, first paying teller cf th* Mellon National Bank, came next He said No. 0. the “Dear Susie” letter, was not written by th* person who penhed Nos. 1 y 5. He examined th* letters, be satu, between 10 and 1 o'clock yesterday and at 5:30 to 10 p. m. ffbt night. . J. II. Nicely, receiving teller of t|ie Mellon Bank, was called. The first two banker* had been easily dealt with by Ihe cross-examiners, but Attorney Ferguson sailed Into Nicely and aaktd a hundred questions about the forma tion of characters Into writing. Nicely was firm In his answers and remained unshaken In his positive declaration the "Madlne” lettrrs had been FLAGMAN SLEEPS lOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 1 written by different person*. IS CHARGE MADE Passenger Train Dashes In to Freight, But No One Is Killed. Special to The Georgian. Oglethorpe, Oa., July 17.—The north bound Central passenger train far Ma con ran Into a freight train standing on Ihe main lln* here early this morn Ing, and both trains wert badly wrecked. The flagman on the freight train was asleep. It Is claimed, and failed to flag th* paesenger train. Nobody was seriously hurt, but th* R lns and se ----- y battered. SLA YER OF WIFE CHEATS GALLOWS By Private Leased. Wlr*. Detroit, Mich., July 17.—Christopher Splndleman, wife murderer, facing the gallows In the county Jail at Sandwich, Ont., across th* river from Detroit, committed suicide during Monday night by hanging himself with his shoe lace. He was found dead by Ihe Jailer '"ussday morning. Splndleman killed hie wife by shoot ing her In th* head with a revolver last Saturday night. He was driven Into a frenzy by drink and constant brooding over the fact that he had been forced Into deeding over his property to bis wife, • Splndleman was prevented from put ting a bullet through his own brain by the prompt action of Ms eldest son. Five children survive. RUSSIA IS RIVEN BY CIVIL STRIFE IN ALL SECTIONS Mutiny and Riot - Are the Signs of Disinte gration. By Private Leased Wire. St. Petersburg, July 17.—Mutiny, riot and sign of disintegration continue In all sections of'the czar's empire. The trusted garrison at Ihe fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul mutinied when two soldiers were threatened with ar rest for refuting to obey orders, Kv. ery soldier In the regiment went to the support of the two, They wsr* puri fied by assurance that the grtevaruei would be Investigated. * Several battalions of Cossacks are (-> he disbanded because they have grown disorderly and demand to be relieved of police duty. Representatives In parliament of the various regions are uniting Irrespective of party, for the advancement of tln-ir local Interest*. The Armenians, Tar tars, Georgians and Cossacks of tho Caucasus hnvo formed a group and the little Russians have also united. The Poles and the member* fi m the Baltic provinces were previously organized. Thl* mdvement zhu". •InInly Ihe tendency toward dlslntegr-i- lon of the vazt empire should the grip of the central authority be broken. In ths village of Kunlkoff 300 house* have been burned In peasant riots. The crown forest lands have been set -•■ fire In sixteen different places. Ouarda are working night and day to put out the flames. GIRL IS DRUGGED AND MISTREATED BY UNKNOWN MEN Ily Private Leased Wire. Marion, Jnd., July 17.—Miss Minnie Miller, tho pretty 15-ycar* old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Miller, of East Sherman street, was seized, bound, drug ged ,aml assaulted by two un known men Sunday night as slut was returning from church about 0 o’clock. Hhe was found in n field along the river yesterday about 8 o’clock by Mrs. Hurry Sheldon, a member ot n searching party who was attracted to tho hotly by tbe barking of her bird dog, that accompanied her. She said tho men poured a li quid into her mouth that para lysed Iter tongue so shu could not calk for aid. THREE AERONAUTS LAND IN RIDDING OF FERRY SLOOP Ily Prlvat* leased Wirt. New York, July 17.—Leo Chariot* Leva® and Jarnea Hn made a balloon aacenilon from H. I., yeeterday, narrowly escep< by drowning when the bailor wrecked by coming in conto the meet of a sloop In Flu*til A ft. i i i • v-wlr.M N«”a Y«.i k In high elevation, the aeronaut* * ed over Pltuhlov Bay gaf .'feg pertmente with a let mlMo thus ensured their hi Ilf— m against the moat of tit* i—li ■loop A hole wee ripped In the b-m collnpeed, leaving the three mw Ing to the rigging. from wide descended to the deck of the » < 'llfton, <1 death which they KILLS HER SISTER; STARVES TO DEATH By Private Leased Wire. Nebraska City, Nebr., July 17.—After killing her sister to keep her from go ing Insane, Lucy Lloyd starved herself to death In the asylum at Lincoln, where she was taken Imm* lately fol lowing the tragedy two weffits ago. The sisters lived alone on the farm left them by their father a few miles Inorth of here. Lucy admitted she strangled her sister to death. She was adjudged Insane, although protesting she was not. Thera she absolutely re fused to touch food. 11VI NTEI) TO WHIP HIS SON IN COURT titr i By Private Leased Wire. South Bend, Ind., July 17,- chapter to th* sensational “w» divorce case. In which Fra; Seybert, of South Bend, Is plal Ethel Griffiths Ssvbsrt, «'f Cln- ago. Is defendant, was added to the tight yes terday when D. A. Griffiths, father of th* defendant, threatened to hors, whip Seybert In the court house. The threat was mads because Seybert refused the pleg of his wife to withdraw th« •Bow her to get a divorce on a c of desertion. Mr*. Seybert Is charged wttl trsme cruel treatment of hts two dren. twins, aged 7 years, the nllei being that she tried tbs Filipino ter cure” upon them In ad,mi heating them until they were bln. blue. hi to • large Street Car Carrie Wilson court Tuesday Georgia Rallwa; may, claiming 3.1, eged to have bee iger. She all tor ejected her fro had raid her fate roughly uj to Lnjui npany Sued. met