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ATLANTA: JX». W poptllfttlo S*ren wain lin*»s of rnllroadt. 1W Bjlfo* Of Btreet rallnur. 122,000,000 of backlog capital. The Atlanta Georgian. croaoiA: VOL. I. NO. 79, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1906 T>r?rPr'* Atlanta TWO CENTf I , )n rrahiH FIVE CE.N'TM IRE SILENT HEARS7 WILL BE CHOICE OF INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE FOR N. Y GOVERNORSHIP No Developments In Southern Cotton Ass’n Case. COMMITTEE MAKEUP CAUSE OF COMMENT Investigators and Judges Are Subordinate Mem bers, All of Georgia. There were no new development* Friday in the ca*e of Representative Anderson, of Chatham vs. certain un named officials of the Southern Cotton Association, Indictment for Interest In | bucket shop* and marginal gambling. President Harvle Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Association, was Fri day out of the city, having gone to Senoia to deliver a speech. Secretary Richard Cheatham said that he had nothing to say, either for himself or for the Southern Cotton As sociation. Representative Anderson, of Chat' ham, whose allegations made Tuesday In the legislature, precipitated the In' vestlgatlon, himself says he has noth lng to say until Monday momlng at 10 o'clock, when he will appear before the Investigating committee named by President Jordan. All Georgia Members. The fact that this committee, to be Judicial and Inqulsltory, was chosen by Mr. Jordan' from Oeorgla members of the Southern Cotton Association has caused considerable comment. Messrs. M. h. Johnson and John D. Walker, are member* of the association subordinate to Messrs: Jordan and Cheatham, and Hon. W. L. Peek Is a national commit teeman from this state. None has ever insinuated as to the integrity of these gentlemen, but, as one fellow said: "It reminds me of that Frick lnsur ance committee, which last summer In vestigated Itself.” The Investigation Will be open to the public. It will be begun at 10 o'clock at the headquarters of the association, 212 People's building. Investigators Investigated. It Is a peculiar coincidence that the association Is being Investigated at this time, when Just one year ago It was making a rigid Investigation of the government agricultural department for the leakage of "inside Information" before the proper time for the divulging of such news. Aside from this feature, the point being discussed most widely Is the 15- cent cotton proposition. The dissatis faction resulting from th* advice to hold cotton for 15 cents had been wide ly discussed for several months, and by the allegations now being made has been given a new Impetus. I! II SAYS TOM WATSON Will Not Announce “Return to the Democratic Party.” | The Macon Telegraph of Thursday carried a story, under a Dublin, Qa., date line, which said that Hon. T. W. Hardwick had said while In that town that Hon. Thomas E. Watson would Friday announce In a speech his return to the DemocraUc party. The statement, which was of a nature to attract a great deal of attention all over the country, was wired out by the various press associations. However, Hon. Thomas E. Watson Friday wired the following to The Georgian In response to a query: ”1 will make no announcement dif fering from the position I have already taken.” Warships Are Orderec To Cronstadt in a Hurry. OFFICIALS ASSERT THERE’S NO ALARM Reports of Outbreaks in Va rious Parts of Empire Seep Through. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST. He is to bo candidate of Independence League for Governor of New York# Justice William Gaynor, It Has Been Decidec Will Not Oppose Editor in His Campaign. By Private Leased Wire. New York. Juligfj.—The Press says this morning: William Ri Hearst will bs nominated for governor In Carnegie hall on Tues day, September 11, or on the following day. At the clone of the convention the nomination will be tendered to Mr. Hearst at a mass meeting In Madison Square Garden, and then the campaign of tha Independence League will be formally under way. Justice William J. Gaynor will not he a candidate against Hearst. The state Democratic leaders know Justice Gayrior's position and have been informed that his name must not be used to obtain delegates to the state convention. The Hearst program was finished last night after a conference of the leaders. It will be ratlfled <on next Tuesday at meeting. In thla city of representatives from every county In the stats. The executive committee will on Tuesday Issue a call for the electron of 'delegaten to the Carnegie hall convention. These delegates will be chosen not at pri maries, but by the Independence League organisations In each assembly district. There will be one delegate for every thousand voters or portion thereof, and this will cause the election of about 1,(00 delegates to the Carnegie hall convention. It Is expected the convention will last two days, and on tho last night an ad journment will be taken to Madison Square Garden, where Mr. Hearst will accept the nomination. A complete state ticket will be named by the dele gates. BRYAN’S TEAM MATE MAY BE C. A. TOWNE Congressman From New York Says Would Be Willing To Make Race With Nebraskan. He 1,500 CRAZY FOLK MENACED BY FIRE B r Private Leased Wire. Salem, Ore., July 27.—The state insane asylum, with 1,500 in mates. is renorted on fire. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, D.'C., July 27.—Charles A. Towne, representing In congress one of New York's Tammany districts and prominently mentioned as the most available man In the Democratic party to Join with Bryan In the next nation al campaign, today practically admits that he would be In a receptive mood If the vice presidential nomination happened around his way. Mr. Towne came In from New York yesterday and left today for Oklahoma City, where on Sunday he will begin a stump-speaking. tour that will last a month. “If Tendered, I'll Accept” Of course, this Is no time to accept a nomination for the vice presidency," said he to The Georgian's correspond ent "but my friends tell me they are pushing the boom, and that It seems to be taking very nicely. When the nom ination Is actually tendered it will be time to accept It, but the Idea has Its attractions. I have no desire to remain in congress Indefinitely. I should be glad of the opportunity to make the light, and I believe I could help the ticket considerably." "Would you accept the vice presi dential nomination on any but a Bryan ticket 7" he was asked. "No. 1 would not. .Mr. Bryan and I are friends, and I believe In him po litically. Besides. 1 know that Bryan has determined. If ever he does get elected to the presidency, to make hi* vice president a membr of his cabinet council. Bryan’s vice president will be asked to participate In the discus sions whlcu concern the welfare of the country and It will be a precedent that all future presidents would have to follow. I' should not caro to I elected to the vice presidency undi existing conditions. For that reason _ should be willing to make the race with Mr. Bryan, but with na one else.” "Do you think Mr. Bryan could gel the conservative vote?" Bryan Is Conssrvativs. "Why," replied Mr. Towne, with more than ordinary emphasis, "Bryan Is one of the most conservative men In either of the two great political par ties. Those who know him Intimately know that he would not have advocat ed In forty years such radical measures ns have been fostered by- Roosevelt. And here Is a case,In point: Bryan never would have rushed Into print with the packing house scandals. He would have accomplished the same cleanliness and the same protection to the American republic without bring ing down on the heads of persons who were In no way responsible for the conditions the loss of millions upon millions of dollars. "That Is what I call radicalism, and It Is against such disregard for the welfare of American people that the 'safe and sane' Democracy will wage war In 1»0(." NEGRO CONCEALED IN COFFIN TO PREVENT LYNCHING BEE By Private Leased Wire. Mayfield, Ky.. July *7.—Concealed In a coffin to avert a threatened lynch ing. AUen Mathis, a negro. Is being ta ken to Paducah today. Mathis at tacked Miss Ethel McLane Wednesday evening. 8he struggled desperately end retained bis collar. By means of this he was arrested. A crowd quickly gathered about the jail, and while preparations wgre being Mrs. 8ellie Jolley. Mrs. 8allle Jolley, M years old, died at her residence, CO South Delta Place, Inman Park. Thursday night. The fu neral arrangements have not been de cided upon pending the arrival of her son from New Orleans. She Is sur vived by her luisbsnd and several chil dren. By GEORGE FRAZER. By rrtrste Leneed Wire. St. Petersburg, July 27.—While Pro mler Stolypln and other ministers still profess to believe thnt the crisis past, and . that the revolutionary so ctetfes have been crushed, If not stamp ed out, urgent ordere have been sent to all Russian warships on duty at for' elgn stations to rendesvous at Krom stadt with the least‘-possible delay, snd It Is frankly stated that the reason for this extraordinary order Is the se rious unrest among the Russian sail ora Another Indication of the uneasiness felt by the government Is the appeal to the people, Issued through The Bo* sla, which Is regarded as a seml-offl vial organ, which calls upon the people to assist the government In putting down disorders and declaring. , To Cut the Revenue. That the Liberals do not share the Idea that the crisis Is over Is certain. At a meeting of the workingmen's or ganlzatlons a resolution was adopted calling on nil workingmen to abstain from the use-of llqotir In order to cut down the government'.- revenue. One bright feature' Spf the situation for the government is the fact thnt Mendelssohn A Co, ths Berlin agents of the minister of finance, have mu ceeded In aecurlng 5®,000.fl00 roubl to meet the Immediate financial re qulrenieni.i of the government. RUSS TRAIN ROBBED BY ARMED BANDIT8 By Private leased WJre. London, July 27.—Although the cen sorship on telegraphic dispatches Is very strict, a few reports came through from St. Petersburg today, which flat ly contradict the optimistic govern ment reports. These show that the situation throughout Russia Is more than critical. Bandits, taking advantage of tho revolutionary movement, are causing a reign ot terror. In Moscow ten armed men entered a Jewelry store In Tver, skoe street, one ot the principal thor oughfares of the city, seised eeveral thousand dollara' worth of Jewelry and eecaped. No nrreets were made. On the Vistula railway a daring rob bery was made, on tho outsktrta of Warsaw. , A band of armed bandits •topped a passenger train by pulling the emergency brake. After assuring the frightened pssaengere that no harm would be done them, they uncoupled the locomotive and a. car containing several strong boxes filled with the cash receipts of the read. A gendarme In charge of the car was killed and the engineer was forced to drive his locomotive to a spot where the line passes through a wood. Thirty srmed men appeared, broke open the boxes and decamped with 17,(00. Other robberies are reported In va rious sections and the government ap pears utterly unable to cope with the situation. TO SEE EXECUTION Were Not Aware That Writ Had Been Granted Stay ing the Hangman. Mperlsl to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., July 27.—When the petition for the writ of habeas corpus for the body of John William*, the man who was to haveebeen hanged today at Cullman, Ala, was called up before Judge Weaver this momlng, Congressman Sidney Bowie, for the state, offered a motion that Judge Weaver had no Jurisdiction In the case. Court gave the attorneys for defense until 2 o'clock to show the authorities as to his rights In the case. The military was around the county Jail ready to go to Cullman with the sheriff and prisoner. Williams will not hang today, tin less the governor respites to a certain day it will be necessary for the Cull man Judge to flg a new day at the next term In the fall. SAGE LEAVES WIDOW HIS MILLIONS; TIES HANDS OF ALL BENEFICIARIES; NOT A DOLLAR GOES TO CHARITY BROTHER OF EVELYN SAYS SHE WAS BAD Special to Ths Georgian. Pittsburg, Pa, July 27.—"The heart less things which my sister Florence has been saying about our dear, sett- stcriflclng mother are more than I can bear In alienee any longer. In her heart my sister knowe that In all thla world there cannot be a better wom an." Howard Nesbtt, the brother of Eve lyn Nesblt Thaw, made the foregoing statement. The youth—he la scarcely more than a boy—then continued: "We all feel keenly thg disgrace brought upon Florenre, or Evelyn, ae she la called In New Yerk, by this laylng-bar# of her past career. But I can forgive everything except that she has declared she has never known'the meaning ot the word 'mother.' She Wat'S Good Mother. Our mother has done for us every thing that any mother could have done. She worked early and late In order to make us happy and give us a good ed- u. .ilIon. Our father aleo treated us very kindly. Ills death was a terrible blow to us. But mother stood It cour ageously. She sent us to school, clnd us properly nnd did all In her power to bring up Florence to a point where she might be,proud of the girl—she ligil grown so exceptionally handsome and was so talented. The maternal love of our mother has displayed Itself moat unmistakably In this, that no matter what Florence has been saying, our mother has not spoken a single word of reproach. But 1 can't how Florence ran now forgst her. ■elf toward us passes my comprehen sion. Sister Was Stage 8truek. T am perfectly well aware of the attitude which my mother took In re gard to ths relations between Florence and Mr. While, and when the time comes I shall not fall to take the stand In behalf of mamma. It Is a lie that my mother nlaced Florence on the stagy. My sister was always stage ■truck, and desplts every effort of mother to the contrary, Florenre would not allow herself to be swerted from her determination to become an actress. “I remember dlatlnctly that Florence threatened that If mamma did not at low her to go on the stage she wnul< run away from home. When Florenre finally did come to New York either mother or I alwaye accompanied her to the theater. iAtar, when they were In London, Florence ran away while moth er lay sick In bed. "Florence then became arrogant and declared thnt she no longer wanted mamma In her house. ‘A inald would be of more use to me than her,' were her words." Young Nesblt denied positively that hie mother had Introduced hie sister tn White. He said Edna Goodrich, the actress, had dons It. Whether his mother would be a witness at-the trial of Thaw the y.oung man said he waa not able to say. Great ^Financier Dis poses of $80,000,- 000 Estate EMOTIONAL INSANITY TO BE THAW’S PLEA SOME RELATIVES GET $25,000 EACH If Any of These Object to Probate of Will They Lose Bequest. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoa o a RUSSELL SAGE'8 BANK" O PERPETUATES MEMORY. O Ily Private Leased Wire. o New York. July 27.—The of. O O oflce of Russell Sage In a fen O O months wilt rease to be the r O O flee of sn Individual money len- O O der. It will be retired (tn as ft O O meriy by Mr. Osborne, Mr. Sag- o O confidential mannger, except ti ■ o O no new lonna will be made. Oth- O O er customers will be secontmo- o dated through the Mercantile o Trust Company, but eventually O there will be formed the Bank o of Russell Rage, and that great O business built up by an Individ- O ual wll be carried on by a corj — o O rollon. By Private Leased wire. New York, July 27.—It hay been defi nitely decided, counsel for the defense etated today, that Harry K. Thaw will go on tho wltnees stand and tell why he killed Bltnford White. If the de fense deems It necessary, Evelyn Nee- bit Thaw will be called as witness to corroborate her husband. Harry Thaw has listened to ths pleading* of hla mother and consented to plead emotional In-unity, without slag sight of the "unwritten law." Hatred Wss Justified, The defense will try to show that Thaw's hatred of White was Justified and so great as to make him tempo rarily Irresponsible at the eight of the architect. Insanity experts will be called to prove this. It will be shown that Thaw has made the honorable amende for any pre vious misconduct by marrying Evelyn Nesblt. There will be no effort to prove him above the manner of life of which he has been accused of leading, but counsel wilt try to show that ail haa been wiped out by the wedding except the shadow of Stanford White, which darkened an otherwlee bright future. Ha Will Tell Why. It Is hinted that Thaw'a lawyers will be able to .rceent evidence that White had pursued the girl niter her mar- rla--, which hna been denied by the r 11 -1 I I *' I llt'"fllcy. 'Then na a climax," said a friend to- day, ‘Thaw will be put on the stand and In telling why he killed White, will use the wonte he uaed after the tragedy. Tie ruined my wife. I«nm glad I did It.’" His counsel believe that with Thaw willing to admit the deed and appar ently ready to take the consequences, the defenso will be atrong. NEW TRIAL DENIED TWO RAWLINS BOYS Unless the prison commission or ths governor Intervenes, J, O. Rawlins, Jesse and Milton Rawlins nnd the ne gro, Alt Moore, will be hanged In Val dosta Auguet 2 for the murder of the Carter children. In a decision handed down Friday morning the supreme court denied new trial to the accused, affirming the plea of Attorney John The appeal was only for the boys, but the elder Rawlins and Moore were re spited pending the supreme court's de cision. It Is hsld that the ruling made by the eupreme court when the cooes were before It before on exceptions to the overruling of former motions for new trial, are binding and conclusive ad judications, and a motion to rsvlsw the decision then made cannot be enter talned. "New!y discovered evidence which Is merely cumulative or Impeaching In character, relatively to that Introduced on the trial, will furnish no ground tor the grant of a new trial on an extra ordinary motion therefor, made after ROQPS ARE HELD 10 QUELL RIOTS AT NEW BEOFI Fortson Holds His Job. Efforts to put Samuel A. Fortson out ' the council of Augusta because be moved temporarily from the third ward to Sumervllle on account of hi* wife’s health, failed. The supreme court Fri day momlng affirmed the lower court ' denying and dismissing the petition the plaintiff* for leave to file plead- invg In the nature of quo warranto. Ik Feared Car Men and Strike Breaker* Will Claah at in Tliat City. Ily I’rlrele I.eased Wire. New Bedford, Mass., July 27.—Gov ernor Guild has ordered the state troops heavy artillery, now on duty at Fort Rodman, to be In readiness for Immediate action In case they are needed at the strike of the street car men here today. The situation today Is more serious than at any time since the strike began and more riots are feared. Today the situation grows more se rious, ss the citizens are becoming more aroused over th* presence of Im- G rted armed strike breakers, who ve repeatedly announced that they are looking for trouble and are pre pared to meet it. There was much disorder In the street* In the vlcjnlty of the car bares last evening, ana several passengers, a police officer and some of th* employees were burt by missile* throw!! at the cars. Windows of four cars were imuhids the overruling of an original motion for a new trial has been affirmed by this court." R Is held also that J. O. Rawlins' confession that he was guilty of send ing Alf Moore to murder the father of the children, but that he did not au thorise th* killing of the children, end that hie eons were not connected with the clime, but Innocent, would not con stitute grounds for a new trial. No error was committed, therefore, overruling the appeal for a new trial on this ground. The plea of Insanity for Milton Raw, tins Is not entertained for th* reason that no such evidence was adduced at the trial. It Is held finally that none of th* grounds of th* estraorillnary motion required the granting of a new trial, and there was no error In overruling same. If Attorney Cooper follows his sn- nounced Intention hs will now come be fore th* prison commission In a final effort to save the two boys, Jesse snd Milton Bawling. Th* long esprtesed desire of J. O. Rawlins to be allowed to die seems near to bslng Anally grab tiled. BOY TAKES LIFE WREN DENIED TRE PRIVILEO HUNT Son of Well-Known Parents Blows Brains Out with Shotgun. gpeetsl to Tb* Georgian, Dublin, Ga, July 27.—News reached this city of the supposed sui cide of Tom Walker, the ll-year-old son of T. J. Walker, of near Lauren* Hill, this county, by blowing his brains out with a shotgun. The report Is that the boy was very anxious to go hunting end permission lo do H> was denied by th* boy’s fath er, which Is said was the cause of th* rash act. The family of the young man la well known, a number of relatives liv ing In this city. Richard T. Upchurch. Richard T. L'pchurch, (2 yean old, died at htc residence, it Berean ave nue, Thursday afternoon. He Is sur vived by a wife end three children. Th* body was shipped to Uloster, Go, for funeral and Interment Friday morning. g 000O000OOO0O0000OOOOOOOOOo By ITIvate Leased Wile. New York, July 27.—The will ..f Russell Beg* waa offered for pr.il.it* In Manhattan shortly after J o'<; .< this afternoon. While no msntl n t- made In the will of the vast amount of money left by the dead financier. It wns said that the real and pe> n il property would easily foot up to 280,- 000,000. With th# exception of a few minor bequests to nieces and nephews, the entire estate go** to Mrs. Sage, "to have, to hold the same to her absolutely and forever." Nothing for Charity. No mention whatever Is mad" .r .my bequests foV charity or educational pur poses. Mr. Rage declare* emphatically tliat If nny ot ths beneflciarle* under rim will other than his wife object t.> iim prnbato of the Instrument, or Iti any wise directly or Indirectly contra! aid In contesting It, the bequests shall tie annulled lo such beneficiary. He adds thnt such beneficiaries shall h* rut off entirely from any shore In the estate. Wants Debts P*Id. Th* will was dated February 11, 1101, and covers three typewritten pages. It Is divided Into eleven ac tion*. Section 1 directs the payment of debts nnd funeral expense*. Bectlon 2 bequeaths to hi* sister, Mrs. Hamuel Chapin, now deceased, $10,000. Section 2 bequeath* to hli nephews nnd nlsre* 225,000 each. Section 1 devises snd bequeaths the residue of the estate to Mrs. 8age, to have and to hold ths same aha■ dm-ly and forever. Section 5 makes this bequest to Mrs. Huge, In lieu of dower. Provides for Executors. Section * empowers th* sale of real ty. Section 7 provide* that lapsing be. quests shall fall Into ths fetid uory ■state. Section I appoint* Mrs. Cage Hr. John l'. Munn and Charts* W. Ost «« executors. Section t authorises th* executes lo rent offices snd hire clerks In C'.nnei - Ron with the business of th# caint.- Section I® revoke* former wills, . i t section II forfeits th* bequest of any heneflelary who objects to the prsh.ite of ths will or Indirectly contests the same. • Think Contest Futile. The peelllve announcement ti.'t Russell Bags’* will would be filed day for probation drew to th<- , <■ gate’s court a group of lawyers rep sentlng h*lrs-at-law, who had m. preparations to fight for a share of the financier's estate, even na If the ex pected blow of dlslnheijtments bad fol- Desplte the claims of the un bernl relatives, many shrewd lawyer* declared today, that In their opinion, the prospective sensational contest* would be futile. It wss declared that the only bequest mad* to a relative, that of Mr*. Fannls Chapin, the old note broker’s only sister, died with Mrs. Chspln two years ago. and her next of kin cannot get the amount elm we* to have received for the rea- .n that ehe did not aurvlve Mr. Rage Owned Much Realty. To succeed In a contest It would ha icessary to show that th* testator was not of sound and disposing inlnd. and thst he did not have mental rapacity enough to know reasonably wh.it lie was doing. This requires strong proof for the presumption I# In favor of ths sanity ot th# testator always. It la announced today that a* a part ot th* “surprise," Mr. Sag" promised many year* before hi* death, It u III he shown, that he waa the owner .if many millions In real estate. In addition to railroad stocks^ railroad bonds and mortgage bonds. HI* realty holding* are said to be located In many cities, and It Is blnted that UMf nM will raise the total of hi* estate far above the 1(0,000.000 which le said to repre sent only his cash on hand, loan* and securities. Determined to Fight. A. Wells Stump resents the relatives of the dead multi millionaire, today began gathering evi dence to prove (la Insane when the Instrument was -igned. Lawyer Continued Page Three,