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ATLANTA! IJO.'V'O population. 2$.vo home*. Siffl h"«, .r^ r T °" ,, ‘- ftSjS ^‘bnnklnt c.pit.l. The Atlanta Georgian. 1100.000,nrto cotton crop 1= IJflB. 130 Cotton fnctorlos. >1,500,000 splnfih ob.> 1,500.000 spindles, tod 500,000 hales 1906. VOL. L NO. 83. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST, 2,1906. Morning Edition. pprpi? . In Atlanta TWO CENT*, i XV±V^AJ. On Trains FIVE CENTS. RICHARD CHEATHAM IS ON TRIAL BEFORE S. C. A. INVESTIGATORS Mr. J. R. Anderson Presented Formal Charges. committee tries IN many ways to DEFEND CHEATHAM W. R- Fagan, manager of the local brokerage houeo of Glbert ft Clay, waa the leading wltnera at the afternoon Inveftlgatlcn. He appeared, stating he would give testimony freely If .Mr, Cheatham would give consent for his talking. Mr. Cheatham declined to/ consent or to protest against it. After much talk, Mr. Fagan waa placed on the stand. Questioned by Mr. Anderson, he ver ified In every detail Mr. Anderson's •charges concerning Cheatham's spec ulations under the name of “Mike O'Orady.” "Does or did Mr. Cheatham own any stock In the Piedmont Hrokerage Com pany?" asked Mr. Anderson. "I have been told so by Hamilton Frailer, of the Piedmont Hotel/' replied. Mr. Cheatham then submitted a let ter from Hamilton Frazier, stating that he (Mr. Frazier) knew nothing of the Piedmont Brokerage Company. The Investigation of the recent charges of speculation made against Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, began Wednesday morning In the ofilces of the association and will probably con tinue through Thursday. Formal charges that Mr. Cheatham had traded In cotton on an Atlanta ex- changt under the names of Mlks O'Orsdy and P. A. Lee were presented by Representative J. Randolph Ander son, of Chatham county. Richard Cheatham submitted a writ ten statement saying that he had trad ed for Mike O'Orady and P. A. Lee but he had positively had no Interest In the transactions, and had not at any time speculated for himself. The mysterious "P. A. Lee” did not appear and In his statement Mr. Cheatham declares that he will not re veal the Identity of Lee. The con# /ctlon of Harvle Jordan with any bucket shop or exchange was not touched upon In the Investi gation. the evidence being confined solely to IMr. Cheatham’s deal In the name of O'Grady and Lee. Representative Anderson, though he declined to be put In the position of prosecuting attorney, submitted a writ ten set of. charges against Mr. Cheat ham which ware reed by him. He quoted the amounts and dates of the alleged transaction! made through the exchange of Glbert ft Clay by Mr. Cheatham. In responaa th questions Mr. .An derson stated for the first time that all his Information regarding the trans actions of Richard Cheatham were gained from W. R. Fagan, manager of Glbert ft Clay, who also secured from the Fourth National Bank certain rheeka and draft! figuring In the transactions. e Mr. Anderson submitted letters ad dressed to the Fourth National Bank, Olbert ft Clay, of New Orleans, and some corporation or brokers' firm not stated, asking that the transactions of Mr. Cheatham with those houses be furnished the committee. He asked that Mr. Cheatham sign these letters and thus permit the committee to se cure the necessary Information, saying that this would be sufficient proof. The committee refused to ask Mr. Cheat ham to sign the letters. The attitude of certain members of the committee gave the Impression that they were trying to defend Cheatham from being fqrced Into furnishing In formation which might serve to reflect upon hla efficiency as an olficer of the association. This was noticeable at several stages of the Investigation. Mike O'Orady, of Chattanooga, sub mitted a written statement of his deal ings with Mr. Cheatham and begged to be permitted to return to hla business. He waa excused from further attend ance. A tilt between O'Grady and Mr. Anderson attracted some attention previous to adjournment. Among those who were present In the room was W. T. Smith, a well- known cotton dealer of Dallas. Texas, who waa In. the city for the purpose of attending the Investigation. Mr. Smith refuted to mako any statement re garding hla presence. Dr. J. M. Crawford, who had stated that he had understood that Cheatham waa a part owner In the Piedmont Brokerage Company, telephoned that he would appear when hla testimony waa desire!. I! C Cothran, of Ware ft Continued on Page Three* NAMES, DATES, PLACES AND TIME ARE SPECIFIED BY MR. ANDERSON INHISSTA TEMENT TO COMMITTEE The statement of Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, read Wednesday morning before the Southern Cotton Association investigating committee, was as follows: ATLANTA, Ga., August 1,1906. I wish to preface this statement with 9. reference to certain published utterances of Mr. Richard Cheatham. 1. The published interviews given out by Mr. Cheatham, secretary, in re gard to the charges made by me, state one thing one day and a different thing tho next day. Both of his statements are equally ridiculous and equally without foundation. (a) In his interview and card published in The Atlanta Journal of the 28th instant, he says that my charges wero made for the purpose of diverting the attention of the state senate from the main issue, and he says that the purpose of his card was “to put the public on notice that all the din and smoke and noise and dust is raised to obscure the real issue and to divert the minds of the Georgia state senate away from the merits of the Boykin bill for tho suppression of future gambling in Georgia.” (b) In his interview and card published in Tho Atlanta Constitution of the 2.9th instant, he gives out that what he is pleased to call the present attack upon the officers of the Southern Cotton Association is a part of an organized bear campaign against cotton. , . , Now, when he made these statements Mr. Cheatham knew perfectly well that they were false, and that they existed solely in his own imagination. Ho knew very well that the charges made by me in my speech in the house on tho 24th in stant were made before any vote at all had been taken in the house on the bill and thAt my speech could only have been intended to influence tho house before it camo to vote upon the bill. He also ought to know very well that one ground of my op position to the bill was that it was imperfect, and that my fight against the bill forced the adoption of three amendments, two of which give to the bill the chief ef ficacy it now has for the prevention of gambling in futures. I refer to the amend ment making the bill include buying futures as well as selling futures, to which last the bill was originally restricted; and also to the amendment proriding that the payment of a license tax should not be permitted to relieve an}’ person from tho penalty imposed. Without this last amendment the law could not have becomo operative at all until, January 1, 1908; and without the first amendment it would not have touched fully 80 per cent of thfc gambling in cotton. 2. The charges made in my speech on the 24th instant wero: (1) That some one in the headquarters of the Southern Cotton Association had been speculating in cotton in the name of Mike O’Gra dy, and signing the checks or receipts for the money in an official ca- r ity, and that some one in there had been speculating in the name of A. Lee. .(2) That some official of the Southern Cotton Association had been connected with a bucket shop called the Piedmont Brokerage Co. and had held one-eighth of its stock, and that some one in the office of the Southern Cotton Association had had the stock standing in his name. These were my two charges. I am not responsible for or concerned in any elaboration of these charges made by the newspapers, or for any inferences or conclusions drawn by them or the public, created by the interviews and state ments the reporters succeeded in getting from various persons. Those are mat ters for the committee to investigate if they see fit. I have given out no further statement or information until now. My speech in the house on the 24th instant was cut short by the expiration of tho time limit under which I was speaking. In my statement in the house on the 25th instant, I said that my remarks of tho day before did not refer all to one person; and that I had evidence and informa tion sufficient in my judgment to justify me in saying that an investigation ought to be held as to these matters, and that I would give that information to tho Continued on Page 3. WHO WILL TAKE ACTION ON COMMITTEE'S WORK The proceeding* of the Investigation committee may not be referred to the national executive committee for action. In The Gona/lutlon Wed nesday morning It waa stated that according to the constitution of the auoclatlon, the executive committee would be the final tribunal and that thle committee would take up the matter at lta meeting at Hot Springs, Ark, September S, and act on the recommendation* of the Investigation committee. Chairman M. L. Johnson etatad Wednesday afternoon that th* com mittee had not dlscuseed this matter and h* could not state whetVr or not the case would go before the executive committee. Chairman John son was very reticent regarding the Investigation. FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT E. S. PETERS, CRITICISES PRES. HARVIE JORDAN The following letter has bean re ceived by the editor of The Georgian from E. 8. Peters, formerly vice pres ident of the Southern Cotton Associa tion, and Is printed with the consent of the writer: Calvert, Tex*#, July J», ItOt. Hon. John Temple Graves, Editor The Georgian, Atlanta. Ga.: A friend' of mine has recently sent me a copy of your paper of the 2<th Inst., with the Harvle Jordan editorial* and articles marked. As you are probabiby aware, I have had a good deal experience with the party myself and have found him very unreliable, and untruthful on aeveral occasions. I am very glad you have undertaken to expose the gentleman and bis mode of operation. There has never been any doubt abodt his spec ulating In New Tork with J. H. Hoadly and Thomas, which h* has practically admitted In" Interviews. His connections with Thomas were: He had the speculators underwrite three hundred thousand bales of cotton which they proposed to put up to ISc and for which h* had a cotton specula tor from Houston Introduce a resolu tion at the meeting of the Southern Cotton Association held In New Or leans In January. Practically all they did at that meeting was to boost Jor dan’* and Thomas' cotton speculation schema. Hla action at that time In this matter has cost the South millions ot dollars, as Immediately upon the pas sage of those resolutions the fanners east of the river Immediately proceeded to buy fertilisers to the limit and In the states west of the river the farmers Increased their acreage in cotton very largely, with the result that It has been Impossible to advance the price of cot ton and It now looks that on account of the Increased use pf fertilizer* and In creased acreage, will make a bumper crop of-cotton probable. So that Har vle Jordan and other speculators In the Southern Cotton Association could have a chance to make some money. Now, In regard to this committee that CHILD LABOH BILL •d tb« « lllll l« pB . _ I _ _ My Johnson, of Rom#*, who for years for such legislation, ft doaen requests for tha pen. The law tteenmea operative ftt once, mill men orer the state are nrep«rln adjust themselres to tbe situation. The governor signed the court of npi hill Tnewlsy nfternnon. and the Issue now goes before tbe people Id tbe October *•••- tlon. Tbe Burba nan bill to allow tbe people and lu ruunttrs baring dispensaries to rote on tbe question, was also signed. Tbe gov ernor signed a raft of focal bills Wednes- / POSSE OF POLICE IN NEGRO CHASE A posss of pollcsnisn snd dstsctlrss wss rushed from the pollra station Wodnesds* moraine about Id o'clock to tbs corner aeveral other Keith, a nexro, and nurpi negroes, who ran. Keith was the officer then telephoned Ion for nMUtioce. Keith's Jordan haa appointed to make the In vestigation: they are • all per sonal friends of Jordan and Cheatham. This Is about th* only can* I know of whore en alleged suspect appoints a jury of hi* friends to pass on hi* guilt or Innocence. I went to assure you that If there la anything I can do to aeslet you In purifying the organisation and put ting It In clean hands wher* It will not be ruined by speculators, I would be glad to do It. Tour* very truly. E. 8. PETERS. CZAR'S FLEE! Col. Nataroff Horribly Bayonetted By Mutineers. By Private Leased Wire. London, August 1.—Dispatches from Helsingfors, dated today, say that Sveaborg, Russia’s sda fortress in Finland, is completely in tho hands of the mutineers who possess every sort of arms. Relia ble infantrymen are posted all over tho to\0i, but without rein forcements the government can do nothing. Women and children are in n pitiable condition and the families of ofllcers are fleeing from the city. Horrible scenes occurred dur ing the night in Svoaborg when tho fighting was renewed. The heaviest artillery was used dur ing the conflict, and the casualties are known to number hundreds. Colonel Nataroff was bayonet ted by tho mutineers. He begged to be taken to a hospital, promis ing forgiveness, hut instead he was stoned and thrown into the sea with u stono tied around his neck. Kronstadt and Sevastopol aro in daugor. Telegraphic and telephonic communication with Cronstndt has ceased. It is believed to be the work of revolutionaries. By Prlvnt* I.pnuM Wlro. St. Petersburg, August 1, 2:30 m. — The declaration Is made that crew* of warships at St. Peters burg are ready to mutiny and that If the Cronstndt sailors Join them all Baltic ships will soon bo In their linmls. Peterhnf is under ttio guns the Cronstudt fortress. There Is considerable anxiety cabinet circle* eoneernlng the main part of the BnlUc fleet, consisting of n battleship nnd three cruisers. This squsdron was ordered from Revat to Helsingfors to curb tho outbreak at Sveaborg. The ship* aro said to be commanded by Grand Duke Alexander Mlchaelovltch, »rotficr-ln-law of tho exar. Fir* on Mutineers. A telegram from tho commander of the fortress says: "The entire crow of four warships have mutinied.” It Is frankly stated by government officials that the dispatch la not clear. Another dlopatch says: •'For'a time, with a portion of the crews locked below decks, the loyal member* of the crews fired upon the mutineers.” If the- Reval squadron haa Joined the mutineer* there la little hope of regaining possession of Sveaborg. THREE 8EA FORTRE88E8 MENACED BY REBEL8. ny Private Leased Wire. Helsingfors, Finland, August 1.—The amaslng discovery has been made that the revolutionists are perfecting plans to capture Russia's three greatest sea forireeses, Sveaborg, Cronstadt and Sevastopol. Loyal troop* are again attacklngtha rebels at Sveaborg fortress. The mu tineers and their supporter* are tearing up the railway leading from St. Pa- teraburg, hoping In thla manner to block the sending of reinforcements tq put down the mutiny. STRANGER We know how you feel when you come to our town and have no home nor friends. We have been a stranger in a big town. We have won dered where we could turn to find a room or room and board. Where upon we consulted the classified columns of the newspapers. It has been our experience that the most desirable places are those that advertise. We advise you to turn to Page 10 and consult the Rooms for Rent or Boarders Want ed columns of The Geor gian. You 11 find what you want and pretty soon cease to be a STRANGER CUMMINS MUSTERS A MAJORITY ON FLOOR He’s Quite Certain to Land The Iowa Governorship. HIS MAN GARST REGARDED IN DANGER Perkins People Declare Convention Won’t Vote for Governor’s Pet Scheme. My Private Leased Wire. Dea Moines, Is., Auguat 1.—When the Republican state committee hod completed the temporary roll of to days convention early thla morning It showed 856 votoa for Cummins and 784 against him, a majority of 72. It may be Increased to a majority of 108 thla morning. This means the re-nomlnatlon of Governor Cummins without trouble, but It 1ft a qucHtlon wlu'tlior Ilf rim frame the platform and name other candidates on the ticket. Garst In Danger. Warren Garst, his cholco for lieuten ant governor, is In danger. The Per kins men claim there aro many dele gates pledged to Cummins' re-nomina tion who will vote with them on all other questions. Antis Clslm Victory. The roll, as announced after mid night, waa regarded ns a big victory by tho antl-Cummlns people. Throw ing out of flvo countlos' delegations, which thoy Insisted were entitled to seats and giving their places to anti- ''ummlnH people, left ''uinlmns with tho scant majority of 88 In a convention of 1,640. It was known that tho opposition luul inn do boasts .if having bought up a number of Cummins' delegates. Aft lull "f the state committee was a defiance of the congressional delega tion, which had demanded by resolu tion that only three contesting counties* Kick on Influence. Candidate Perkins protested against Interference by the Washington tnflu- \ and so did Congressman llap- n, who denounced his colleagues In unsparing terms for "laying down" In the fight. Nearly nil the congressmen are op posed to Cummins, but thoy recognized that failure t.i nominate Cummins, un der tho circumstances, would surely mean two tickets, and tho defeat of not less than four congressmen. As a last resort, effort was made to fix up a deal by which Senator Dolllvnr should ho nomad for governor and Governor Cummins for tha senate. This the Cumins people declined to permit delegations be rocognlzed. COACHMAN SAKS NO LBl/E LETTERS WEBEJ TRUNK Madinc Goes on Stand in Hartje Divorce Case. By Private Leased Wire. • Pittsburg. Pa.. Aug. 1.—Tom Madina, tho coachman, was the first witness called In the Har:Je divoice case today. He said tho letters (exhibits 10 to 34), said to have been written by Mrs. HartJe, ware never In his trunk. Madlne denies that the “new Helen letters," alleged to have been found on an ash pile In the Hartjo stable, where the fragments of the tom letter wqp» found, were ever In his possession. He never received a letter from Helen Scott, ho said. Envelope marked exniblt 37 nnd let ter, said by tho detectives to have been stolen from Mndlne’s trunk by tha Muncey detectives, were next brought forth. Madlne denied he had ever had them. He recognized n telegram said to have been stolen from tho trunk, but said It was never In hla trunic. Ho raw It In Now York nnd put It In his bureau. "Toll us when you first missed tha letters from your trunk?" "It was Monday, about noon. I fouhd my trunk open nnd missed three recommendations, three hills of lading, a jockey coat, a pair of spurs, an In surance policy, two letters from my sister nnd one from my mother and two jockey licenses." "what tlmo did you nrise In the morning?" asked Attorney MArrows "Any old time." "Did you get up when called." "Not for about an hour." "\\ h\ did riot you up when the hid-, called you**" “Because I did not want to." “Then y>.u had her call you hf puse you did not want to got up?" "No, I always lay a half hour before I am called.*’ During tho rapid fire of questtona both Matron and Madlne fairly bristled and flung out question and answer with tho rapidity of a maxim gun. 00000000000000000000000000 O POURS HOT WATER O 0 ON DEPUTY MARSHAL. O O By Private Leased Wire. 0 O Washington, August 1.-While O 0 endeavoring to eject Mary Balls- 0 0 ter, a negress, from 2507 M street, 0 0 Northwest, Deputy United States O 0 Marshal Stephen B. Callahan wns 0 0 painfully scalded with hot water. O 0 which the woman threw on him. O 0 After the deputy had ejected the 0 roman he went to the emergency 0 0 hospital, where the hums were 0 lressed. O 0O00O00000000OO00000000000 KILLED BY BRIDE’S SIDE AS FRIENDS GATHERED TO BID THEM GOOD BYE Special to Tho Georgian. elm Mot te, S. C., August L—One of Iho most ahorklng crimes In the annals of Gas ton county occurred at on early hour this morning, when J. Y. Kincaid shot nnd killed W. If. Mrown, a groom of only a half hour, os be stood with bla bride at the depot, waiting for the train on which the couple wns to leave on their honeymoon trip from Bessemer City. Tbe bride of only thirty minutes la now a widow. 8be was Mlsa Mettle Perry. All of tbe pnrtles are prominent In the town where the shooting occurred. There wns quite n gathering of the friends of tho couple at the depot to bid them goodby, snd. leveling hla when Kincaid cnt__ - pistol fit Brown, fired five times In quick HueiPRslon Brown fell dead almost, at tbe f>*et of his young bride. ling Is Intense, hut nothing Is feared lolrnce to Klrnal- of the nuthorltl At the first r fell, mortally wo of tbt Is In rbargft pistol. Brown him nnd fired at the prostrate form every ehnmlier of the weapon bad been ! discharged. Klnnild, who Is In Jail, says he killed j Brown because he ruined his sister, Ilian Mettle Kincaid. lie claims Mrown had nlsed When h Miss Men irry her rued thi kill hln LORD DOUGLAS CAPTURED B Y MARSHAL IN PORTLAND Hpedal to The Georgian. Asheville, N. C., August L—*T/ord Doug las," tbe bfgamlet, who married and It Is believed subsequently murdered Josephln Hood, of Asheville, at New Iberia, Ln. ( December, last, and whose whereabout* have baffled the police, baa te on arrested It) Portland, Maine. A telegram received hero last night by tbe chief of police, from United States Marshal Peterson, brings the Information of tbe irrest, and asks for Instructions. Identifying witness wilt leave Asheville to morrow for Portland. Douglas, tbe meat notorious bigamist In tbe country. It Is believed, married Jem pblne Hood, and Mid be would take her to hla fruit farm In Mexico, to be gone eight weeks. When nothing was heard from the id rquls COUNCIL OE WAR HELD BY OFFICERS Hp.rUI to Th* OforiU*. Chattonoog*. Tenn., Aug. I.—A cav alry drill In »cra«nlng and raconnolt- •rlng waa tho order of th. maneuver* at Chlekamzuy l tbt* m mlng. and thl* afternoon the cavalry, artillery and In fantry practiced. , BILLY SMITH ER SUSPENSION NDEEINITE TIME Billy Smith, manager of the Atlanta is notified by a telegram from President Kuvanaugh Wednesday aft ernoon that he is Indefinitely suspend ed for his alleged attack Tuesday aft- ernoon on Umpire f^huater. GEORGIA YOUNG MAN KILLED IN HOU8TON Jonesboro, (Jh.. August 1.—J. O. * Hightower, a wealthy planter of this place, received notice today that hla son. Walter Hightower, was killed In Houston, Texas, last night. No de tails of how he met death havs received Young Hightower had his home in Houston for the eight years. He was a single twenty-eight years of age. Ht (■•rmeily of Atlanta. been past The pitching of a shelter t fforded splendid amusement pectator*. Last night General Hubb an! Mojo toldman held council of war :»• I gav Instruction* tor today's otwith«randlog the waim veiul|ft the soldiers nt Uhlckanmu* i park nfung nil tho same. It is begl to took like real army i