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n.«ln 11 '1' gfitSft'BSiS «~«piti>i The Atlanta Georgian. OCOMOIA: otton crop In 1905w ult.-- flortrlr 1 .MO.000 ■plndte*. «n!n<l nf.‘* 1 VOL. I- NO. 86. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1906 PPTOl? • ,n Atlanta TWO CENTS. X iVlUXj. Uu 'I'rainB FIVE CENTS. RUSSIAN JEWS THREATEN UPRISING; MUTINY MENACES BLACK SEA FLEET; MORE FIGHTING AT CRONSTADI PICTURES IN THE NEWS Red Guard At Hels ingfors Arrested for Riots. rebels reported LV FULL CHARGE OF FOUR WARSHIPS Many of the Workmen Fear to Answer Call for a General Strike. lj Prlr.if L****<l Wire. gt. Petersburg. Aug. 4.—The report I, made here that there has been re- newed (Witting at Cronstadt today. All means ct communication by wire have teen discontinued, however, which makes It Impossible to obtain the facts. Another report says that the squad ron of warships arrived at the fort ress before today and are anchored untler the guns of Cronstadt. Special raid#—Copyright, Odessa, Aug. 4.—General Kaulbars, of this place. Is on his way to Sebas topol to consult with Admiral Skryd- loff. The situation has become so se rious that It has been necessary to re move from the guns of all the warships of the Black Sea fleet their breeches blocks. Special Cable—Copjrlgkt. Warsaw, Aug. 4.—A proclamation was Issued today by Jewish socialists calling upon all Jews In this district to prepare to tight. A signal has been arranged and when this ts given the Jews are requested to appear In the streets armed. The authorities, however, have been Informed of the proclamation and every precaution Is being taken to pre vent disorders. Polish socialists have published, the confession that they have been ’ re sponsible for recent train robberies awl the murder of twenty policemen during the past week. 1i OF THE RED GUARD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. By lYtrnie l.cnse.1 wire. Helsingfors, Aug. 4.—Tho arrest of 15 members of the Red Guard today brought ttsran end "a general strike which was declared during the mutiny at Sveaborg. Preceding the arrests there wee a break between the Moder ates and the Red Guard. The Moderates condemned the action of the Reds, who had been taking an active part In the troubles recently. There will be a meeting of the Finn Ish senate tontght for the purpose of considering measures for the disposal of the Red Guard. EIGHT POLICEMEN”8LAIN IN 8T. PETERSBURG FIGHT. Special Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg, Aug. 4.—Noon.—Eight policemen w<re killed this morning In a clash between the striking workmen of this city. The conflict was at the railway station. It waa the most so rt'™. of several lights that have oc curred during the night and morning. The government Is greatly worried today over the report that four mu- tlnoua warships are cruising In the vicinity of Cronstadt,- ready at a mo ment's notice to attack the fortifica tions and the city. So serious Is the situation at Cronstadt today that he oursmartlal of those engaged In the uprising of Thursday have been post poned. Situation Is Critical. The rank and file of sailors and sol diers at the fort are extremely ugly, and are conatantly threatening to re new the rlo.ts. Thttje la no denying that the local situation arrows. more critical hourly. The city was In dark nrss during the night, because of the •trike of the electric light workers. Some sailors of the technical corps were placed In chsrge of the electric lightning aystem this morning, but they "ere not able to get the machinery working before daylight. The correspondent of the Hearst news service vlelted the headquarters n r the striking workmen this morning and was told that fully 15,000 men bad quit work and that reports were coming In hourly of shut-downs In manufacturing plants all over the city. Workmen Are Afraid. As this dispatch Is being sent, the announcement | s being made that the Volga shipping Interests are to be tied up during the afternoon. The tele graph operators and telephone em ployees nre still at work, but each of- nce is under a heavy guard of soldiers and the employees have been threaten 'd with arrest should they quit their Places, As a matter of fact the government is practicing A ayslem of Intimidation everywhere, and while the present Strtke la the moet serious of any In stituted to date and seem* to be better nrganlied. It la noticeable that many ""rklngmen are Afraid to Join the mov-ment. >' Is the hope of the strike leaders >" get out the steam railway employees JPday, hut the plan may fall, as the m»n are only half-hearted. _, T ne street cars hsve stopped run ning. hut this does not maks much dlf- rerence, as nobody wants to ride. Moet •, r 'he shops are closed and business ' a( “ standstill, mostly owing to the BEAUTIFUL TENNESSEEAN WHO REFUSED TO PLA Y IN “UNCLE TOM'S CABIN' MISS AGNES LEE. 0000O000000000(Xh;0000O0OCHS O TAGGED LIKE BUNDLES, 0 O GIRLS CROSS ATLANTIC. O 0 By Private Leased Wire. O 0 Boston, Aug. 4.—Three little O u girls, the eldest not more than 1! 0 0 years of age. each of them wear- 0 O. Ing a tag marked "Portland, Ore„ O O United States of Amedeo,” arrived O 0 hero unaccompanied yeaterday on O 0 the funard line steamer Ivernla O 0 front Helelngfora, Finland. The O 0 girls were given over to the rail- O 0 road offleers for their long Jour- O 8 ney across the continent. They 0 go to their father, Peter West- O O gard, of Portland, Ore. O 000000000000000000-00000000 MissAgnes Lee Creates Attention By Display of Southern Spirit. The above Is an excellent likeness, from her latest photograph of Miss Agnes Lee, the pretty Nashville actress who was discharged from the Fre mont Stock Company at Nashville be cause she refused to play a part the production of “Uncle Tom'a Cab in" at the Casino Theater there. The incident has created much at tention throughout the South and has brought the accomplished young ac tress hundreds of letters of commen dation, numerous checks for neat sums of money and several offere of en gagements with other companies. Among (he- companies offering her place was the Graves Stock Com pany In Atlanta. Mlaa Lee ts a genuine Southern girl and In refusing to take part In the play said she could not smother her sentiments sufficiently well to be a party to presenting the play which, she had been taught to believe, was the real cause of the civil war. She le a descendant of General Robert E. Lee and a member of one of the moet high ly respected fantllles In Tennessee. While only , a young glri lO yeare of age, and having had but a few yean’ experience op the stage, she has b*- come quite a favorite wherever she has been seen professionally. When the Incident became known the Frank Cheatham Bivouac, -U. C V., at Nashville, nqd many other Con federate organisations In Tennessee adopted resolutions. commending her action. She la one of the prettiest girls In Nashville and'quite a favorite pro fesslonally and socially there. Mr. and Mrs. Longworth Cheered As They Leave En Route For Home By Private Leased Wire. Cherbourg, A-ig. 4.—Congressman Nicholas Longworth and hla wife, "wfao’ waa.AHee Roosevelt, are passengers oiTTJie American liner St. Paul today homeward bound. The couple wns given a grant farewell at the railroad station In Paris. Among those present were the Marquis and Count De Chambrun, their wives and',the officials of the American embas sy. An enormous basket of fruit, sent to the depot by Ambossndar and Mrs. McCormick, was only one of the many gifts of fruit and flowers. WAS TMf . GEORGIA* right r — laT-tar~p ? //x vIwmVle M \ ( sou J °£rji Svt/lPIN0 ANOTMJR o» BILLY BRYAN'S IDE *s IT PONY SEEM LIKE THE SAME OLD JOHN if b f ELECTION PAV IN ' L\ rfcRRlBLE PPOAJA.&C CONDITION} UNCART »©» FLORIDA r'r\ <£V. . rS. (M&iA / w- A 1 - IE EFFORT TO GET Ml One Shot Dead by Guard Oliver Jones. ONLY ONE NEGRO MADE HIS ESCAPE Quick Work by Employees of Palmer Brick Co. Pre vented Big Delivery. ISM a m IS IT THE BEGINNING or THE END’ AFTER THE OLO MANS HONtY. WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT HOME AND ABROAD THE PAST WEEK AS 8EEN BY OUR CARTOONIST. NEW MEAT ORDINANCE AN EPOCH MAKING MOVE TWO HIGHWAYMEN OH AND ASSAULT GIRL FROM TEXAS Posse Captures Men Who Are Identified By Victim. CHEATHAM SILENT AS TO RESIGNING FROMJIS OFFICE “I Have Nothing to Say On the Subject,” He -Says. By I’rlrnte Leoeeil Wire. El Reno, Okla., Aug. 4.—Ml«» Cor- rinne Jonee. of Dallas. Texas, who waa robbed and assaulted, and Samuel Ro- la*nd, who was robbed, have Identified two men captured by a posse as the hlghwsymen who held them up at ■ railroad station near El Reno yester- day. Roland and Miss Jones, who are young people, were waiting for a train at the station when two men with pis tols robbed them of money and valu ables, assaulted Miss Jones and fled. Roland sent word to El Reno, and a posse started after the robbers. After the train, on which the two men attempted to enVape, was sur rounded and (Turing the search, a stranger started to run. On refusing to heed a call to stop, he was shot down. 4 'QUAKE SHOCKS By Private Leased Wire. Fort ile France, Martinique, Aug. 4.—Four earthquake shocks have been felt here. N’o serious damage has been reported. Russian soldiery. Orders have been Issued by the military authorities to treat all subordinates with considera tion and to avoid all kinds of argument except In extreme rases, when the command Is to deal summarily with offenders. Mutiny Stamped Out. Reports from the provinces today bring news of strikes at Uaofka and Ekatornlskov and other small places. Nothing has been heard from Moscow ns yet. A late report from Helsingfors Is that everything I* quiet there now. The mutiny on the cruiser Bogatyr Is said to have been a small affair. Two hun- ... - . dred sailors were arrested for com- lU'istra'ea ' the temper of the entire 1 pliclly In the strike •trike, but partly because of the 8at- “May holiday. Whole Bgttatlon Revolted. There was a riot In the NUtnt Nov- J-Ynd district today. A couple of sol- “'ere had been locked up for Insupordl- na'ion. Their comrades took exception 12 ,h * action and a --.hole battalion revolted. Threats ware made to kill 1"' "fflcers, and the two prisoners were reier\«ed, when quiet was restored. The incident was not serious, but It **“ -- - lha smllrn * Secretary Richard Cheatham, of the Southern Cotton Aaaoclatlbn, waa In hla office Saturday morning. “I have nothing to say on the sub ject:" he said, when asked by, a Geor gian reporter If he had resigned or In tended to resign. Secretary Cheatham further stated that there was r othlng of Interest that he cared to give nut for publication. When asked when President Harvle Jordan would return to Atlanta, he said: “I cannot say when Mr. Jordan will return. Ha has gons to New York via Savannah; whether.on a pleasure trip or on bull ness, I do not know. He Is accompanied hr his wife." SUCCESS la the constant application of Intelligently directed en ergy. Unless yon are con stant In your effort! you ‘might as well not be Intel- llgent. Unless your energies are Intelligently directed you might as well not be ener getic. We cannot endow you with energy, but we can ad vise you bow to Intelligently direct your energies. Our experience bss been tbst the most Intelligent t'Sw to do Is to use the Want Columns of Tbe Georgian. This Is not only a sure sign of Intelli gence and energy, but the most positive evidence of constantly being after the business. These little want ads do not cost much, but Will home-raised meat eventually supplant Western meat In Atlanta? Is an Important question being pondered over by those who have Interested themselves In the Investigation of local conditions started by The Georgian. The belief Is that toja great extent It will when the people of Atlanta and the surrounding country secure com plete confidence In the cleanliness of the handling of meats In this city after January 1 of next year. Over half the battle for pure, whole some meat haa already been won, as ths rigid ordinance, drawn up by City Attorney Mayson after a thorough In vestigation by the special committee, was approved by the committee aad the members of the board of health at meeting Friday afternoon. There seems to be no doubt that It will be passed by Uie city council. The effect of the ordinance will be to Insure for the cltixens of Atlanta good i eats, slaughtered and handled throughout In the moat sanitary and data methods now known, ordlnancs will also greatly help the cattle business In the stats of Gsorgta. When people of the city ire assured that domestic meats are handled In manner superior to that of the Western product, they will buy It 1 ' ' Toalljr, May Cause Hon^e- Raised Meat to Sup plant Shipped. S“ F In preference to the ship Chief Jentsen said Saturday "The finest cattle I have ever seen were some we ran across In our In spection trip Thursday afternoon. These were raised In Georgia and Ten nessee. There was not.a blemish on thsm and there Is no reason why there should be any Western meats sold In this city when such animals can bs raised 1n this section of the country. 00OOOOOOO00OO0OO0000OOO0OO FOUR HAVE DIED O FROM DAD MILK." O O At the meeting of the speclnt 0 committee In charge of the meat 0 Investigation, Dr. C, F: Denson, 0 president of the board of health, 0 stated that to hie personal knowl- 0 edge four people had been killed 0 In Atlanta because of slack fond « jaws. Dr. Benson was Illustrating the Importance of having strict laws O and the necessity for ths recordsr O to Impose heavy fines on those 0 0 found disregarding the health or- 0 0 dlnances when he said: Q O "Many deaths can be traced di rectly to Impure food. To my 0 personal knowledge four people 0 have died during the last two O . years from mntamlnatrd milk. O O Of course there have been many 0 O others." 0 00DCO000000000000000000000 ! i prefer home-grown meal y the Western meats be cause they aro somewhat tenderer, having been kept In cold storage and because It Is now easier to secure Western meatr." Meat Inspector A. Waaaer stated that on an average two hundred animals were slaughtered dally In Atlanta. This la only , small proportion or the meat consumed In the city, so thnl thetv is plenty of room for Incressaln th- i .. n bualnesa. Chairman Wnlter A. Taylor, Presi dent C. F. Ilrnaon, of the board of health, and Chief Jrntcen. nil atnlp,] that lm their opinion. th- pgesefsl movement la ths greatest and the inoat beneficial that haa ever been taken u by the city council nnd the boeril of health. . Chief Jentsen raid:' "Ths enthual asm over the strict meat laws have haa spread like wildfire. Every one In the city Is anxious to see the ordl nance passed and In effect. At the meeting at rrl day U was decided not to discuss what had bean sees by the Investigating V as nil present but Dr. Benson made the ton? tod be im-i rWMd the slaughter house on eevaral occas ion*. When Chairman Taylor saksd the members of the committee wheth er they would like to describe what they had seen, those preeent held up their hands In horror, no to spank, and declared that they had about aa much aa they could stand on the previous day. Councilman McEachem asked what effect the ordinance would have on the farmers, nnd whsther or not It would work a hardship.- It was the general opinion that Instsad of It Injuring them by prohibiting animals to be elaugh ered on the farm* It would help the In the long run, aa ths price of slaugh tering at the licensed houses would be regulated by law at a nominal figure. It waa decided to have the ordinance prior to the adoption. iere Are Some Unusual Stories of a Day, and All Contain a Little Human Interest BABE IS RESCUED FROM DEEP MINE By Private Leased Wife. Mount Carmel, Pa., Aug. 4.—Ths abandoned Or*bar (.'ciliary opened to day In the heart of Locust Gap, and rsar-old Irene Schrader fell Into IL in Madison tied a rope about hlrf waist and was lowtred 150 feet ana rescued the child. They Do The Work GRAPE VINE BEARS FRUIT LIKE APPLES By Private Deseed Wire. Bethlshem. Pa.. Aug. 4.—William J. Fink has a freak growth that has arouasd ths wonder »l all who have L A low. slender branch of a vine has put forth two clusters • each, of'a fruit resembling an apple. The apples are already as large aa small crab apple*. They lack a well defined slam, growing elms to ths vtns. There Is an apple tree near the grape vine. GUN IN SUIT CASE WOUNDS“SMASHER” By ITtrete lea eel Wire. 81. Louis, Mo., Aug. 4.—Retributive justice overtook Henry Wrack, a bag* gage splasher, when he handled a lock* ed suit rase so roughly thst a revolver contained therein was discharged, the bullet passing through his leg, cut ting sn artery. Before medical attend ance could be secured the man nearly bled to death. EVERY BONE BROKEN IN SUICIDE’S BODY By Prlrst* l-seanl win-. Philadelphia, Aug. 4.—After slowly climbing to th* fifth floor landing of a hanging stairway. William BtolL an eldtrly resident of Weal Philadelphia, yesterday threw himself over the rail. Ing and plunged l!» feet to the first floor. Nearly every bone In hie body waa broken. No cause la known for the suicide. SEN. TELLER’S NIECE ELOPES WITH TUTOR By Private Leased Wire. Morrison. III.. Aug.- 4.—Miss Ruth Teller, niece of Senator Teller, of Col orado, eloped early today with Emer son Krants, a county school teacher. Miss Teller ram* to Morrison from the home of her uncle three weeks ago and first mat Krants here. They became engaged, but th* girl's relative* forbade the marriage. Despairing of overcom ing the oppoeltlon to the marriage, the couple took a train for Iowa to be married. LIVE WIRE KILLS A BOY AT PLAY 00000000000000000000000000 O EXHIBITION OF DARING a O BY E8CAPING CONVICT. O a —— ■ ■■ a O After hie bold escape from the o O Palmer Brick Company convict O (Q campfl Friday night, Wlllin liar- O O rli, th# 20-year convict from Cobb O S county, gave a remarkable exhlbl- O tlon of daring. O O At the time Jim Hargrove waa O O attacking Guard Milton Hope nnd O O waa being ahot to death by> Guard O O Oliver Jones, Harr!* managed to O O get paat the two guard#. He fl***l O O from the prleon, and, leaping over O O the etockade fence, disappeared o O The negeo, It neeniR, crossed the o O Marietta street bridge over the O O railroad tracks, nnd went Into the O 0 railroad yards. He then made a O O detour and came back to the con- O O vlct camp, going to the engine O O room. Engineer Pittman was out O 0 of the room at the time, having o O been attracted to the etockade by O 0 the shots, nnd the escape smashed O O n window nnd climbed Inside. O O He then stole the engineer’s O O overalls, nnd climbed outside O O again, changing trousers directly O O In front of the engine room. He O 0 donned.tha onnoTtM lift hla O O striped convlrt trousers lying In O O front of the door, where they were O 0 found Saturday morning O 0 A reward of fM) ho* been of- 0 0 fered for the capture of Harris. O 0 O O0000000000O00OOOOOOOOOOOU the result of'a daring attempt of convicts Friday nt midnight to escape from the enmp of the Palmer Brick Company In Marietta street, near th© Explsotlon Cotton Mills, Jim Hargrove, a negro serving a life term for the murder of Night Watchman Milton Harwell, In the Western nnd Atlantic railroad yards more than a year ago, was shot And almost Instnntly killed by Guard Oliver Jones. During the melee, Willis Harris, an other negro, doing a 20-year term, from Cobb county, for assault with Intent to murder, ran from th© prison build ing, lenped over the stockade. fen< e and mad© good his ©scape. He is still at large. The timely arrival of reinforcements prevented n wholesale delivery, n* a gong of other excited convicts wns surging about, th© entrant'© In the net of bolting when they were compelled to bark Into th© prison at th© point of pistole. ' An Organized Attempt. While the convicts maintain n sullen silence In regard to the attempted break, the ofTlclata of the brick com pany believe It wns th© climax to an nrgnnlxed plot. It Is th© opinion that the gang of convicts had been laying their plans for some time and had only been awaiting a favorable opportunity to put them Into effect. It was finally decided, It seems, to make the hazard ous attempt nt the hour of midnight I 11- !.i ■ , Mil 4 Min- L.-Ing < m-ldfi-rd the most favorable tor a wholesale dellv- tr rm, -two convicts were conflneil at the camp and at night were quartered In a Hg brick prison building. There are no cells In this building, but th© convicts are allowed to run loose and mingle, which afforded them splendid opportunity to form their plans f »r escape and to make a concerted break. One guard la kept on duty at night Inside of th© prison, unarmed, vhll© another guard does duty on the out side, armed with a pistol and rifle. Mil- ton Hop© was on duty In the pi l*on Friday night and nt midnight went >ut- alde to eat his supper with Oliver Jones, th© outald© guard. After fin ishing tha meal, Ifopa start* d La- k Into th® prison. Jones accomponvlng him to the door In order that he might lock It behind Hope. Guard is 8eized. Just as Hope stepped Into the build ing, Hargrove seized him nnd a des perate struggle ensued. The. convicts had evidently not counted on two guards, but had thought Hop© would return to the prison nlone. With a quick movement, Jones stepped hack a few paces, nnd, leveling his pistol, a 38-rallbre Smith A Wesson, th© struggling life-term convict, begun to Are. Five times h© pulled the trigger and Hargrove rolled over »*n the flo-<r. Three of the bullets had t.«ken effe. t The convict gasped a few times and was dead. It was ftt this Juncture that Willis Harris In some manner managed to get past the guards nnd lied through the darkneaa to freedom. Superintend© flooi nd Shipping «Me deep on the n. By Private Izwsl Wire. New'York, Aug. 4.—Touching a wlr© which carried a current of t.OOA volta while playing on th© roof of a bully ing adjoining the Edison Company r building, Brooklyn, Thomas Wallace, a boy, waa lnatantly killed. nut, Jones s plrtol. Continued on Page Two