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GEORGIA; fW.flW population. cotton crop In 1908. IgAn miles of strain railroad. Jno miles electric street railway. I# Cotton factories. J WOO splndrea. Factories consumed 600.000 bales 1906. The Atlanta Georgian. ATLANTA) 130.000 population. 26.000 homes. 15.000 telephones. Keren main lines of railroads. 150 miles of street railway. f2J.000.000 of banking capital. VOL. 1. NO. 98. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1906. PRTPI?. In Atlanta TWO CENT*. A .ttJ.ls.Cj. on Trains FIVE CENTS. HUNDREDS OF BODIES BURIED UNDER HOUSES Reports From Valpar aiso, Chile, Tell of Great , Damage. SUPPLY OF FOOD IS RUNNING SHORT People Are Unable to Fight Flames Which Follow Earthquake. By Private Leased Wire. Lima, Peru, August 18.—The latest 'advices received here con cerning the earthquake disaster ut Valparaiso say that hundreds were killed and that the property loss will amount to millions. The town of La Liqua, between Val- parasio and Iquiqumbo, was total ly destroyed. There is still no communication with Santiago. By Private Leaned Wire. New York. Auer. 18.—A cable dlz- jiatch received today from Valparaiso, by Weasel, Duval & Co., of New York and Valparaiso, confirmed the reports of the catastrophe to the South Amer ican port by the earthquake of Thurs day night. The dispatch to the firm was at follows: "Town nearly wiped out Particulars when shakes cease." BIO TIDAL WAVE SWEEP8 ONE OF HAWAIIAN ISLES. Special Cable to The Georgian by Pa cific Cable. Honolulu, Aug. 18.—A tidal wave 12 feet high swept over the west coast of the Island of Maul last night. No lives were lost. The wharf at the port of Maaloa. was washed away and the buildings at the landing partially wrecked. Some of the small vessels In the har bor were damaged. The wave Is sup posed to have been the result of tne earthquake at Chile. FEAR IS FELT FOR THE SAFETY OF TWELVE AMERICAN CONSULS Population of Valparaso, 160,000. situation In Chile from latest dispatches: Hundreds reported killed in Chile's chief city. Flames ravage business section and many are burned alive. Area of devastation not known as yet. Santiago, Chile's capital city, is cut off from communication with the world. Feared that It Is entirely destroyed. All traffic by land and, sea stopped. Railroad tunnels filled In and tracks made useless for miles. Two ships lay before the seaport fn ruins. Disaster reported worse than San Francisco's. , Washington fears for safety of twelve consuls. Ships In harbor feel great tidal wave. Thousands are made homeless and suffer from lack of food. “BEFO’ THE WAR” STUDENTS OF OLD SMYRNA ACADEMY ARE TO HOLD A REUNION City Attorney James L. Mayson, Whose Uncle Was Principal in the ’50’s, Will Make an Address. VESSELS AT VALPARAISO ARE ALL REPORTED 8AFE. Special Cable—Copyright. Liverpool, Aug.' 18.—The Pacific .eamehlp Company ha* recep (lowing Valparaiso cable: "There wa» a violent earthquake laet night which caused lose of property and Ilvee. The company’e ofilcee were partially destroyed, but the ahlpa ee caped." WHOLE CITY IN PANIC A8 RESULT OF QUAKE. Special Cable—Copyright. Valparaleo, Aug. 18.—Title city le In a state of terror and panic. It le Im possible at this hour to form even an approximate estimate of the number of Ilvee lost or the amount of property destroyed. That the loss will be large le well known, and scores are dead. The first shock came late Thursday evening and since then there have been a succession of milder shocks w'hlch have added to the terror of the Inhab itant!. Hundreds Under Debris. Until the earth ceaees trembling no organised effort to restore municipal order and carry out the work of rescue and alleviation will be attempted. Nothing has been done so far. Even the dead have not been carried to the morgues. Hundreds arc Imprisoned In the ruins »f collapsed housee, but with the earth trembling violently at frequent Inter vals none le so foolhardy as to ven ture on the work of rescue. As In the San Francisco horror, the first terrific shock was followed by numerous fires, which, with the water supply and fire fighting machinery practically destroyed. It was Impossi ble to fight. The heavy pall of smoke painted with the flames adds to the horror of the situation. Pood 8upply Short. Communication with the Interior was practically stopped after the first shock and the food supply Is running low The authorities already have taken control of this phase of the situation mth the hope of preventing actual starvation before relief can come. All ut the people who have been able to do so have left the city. The soldiers, policemen and firemen all doing all In their power to bring or der out of chaos, but with the streets Impassable from debris, fires raging on all sides and the air black with smoke. It Is Impossible for them to do very much. People Pray In 8treet». The scenes Thursday night were awful. When the firemen attempted to drag their apparatus Into the fire rone they found the streets choked "Ith a tangle of wires and the debris of collapsed buildings. With the streets dli»<! v Ith hysterical people, some Kneeling in prayer, otherR running ai >ui frantic with grief or terror, the police could do little toward rescuing those hurled under falling walls. ' intending with utter darkness-ex- tept for the glare of burning buildings terror, confusion and the constant repetition of earth tremore. the night ’ns a prolonged agony. Daybreak bouight no fellef, for the earthquake 'hocks continued and the air was fillet! ®lth clouds of choking smoke and vs|»trs. Shipping Little Damaged. The trembling of the earth was ac companied by an unusual roar. Llt- tt' d.tmnge was done by the first shock, w hich hod barely subsided when a sec ond shock came that ended In a Jolt that toppled buildings off their foun dations. The earth seemed do rise <UP “Smyrna ’46" and "Smyrna '47" and all the other classes of old Smyrna Academy will hold a reunion on the campus on August 28. The class nu merals do not climb much higher than those, for the boys of the class of ‘«l threw away their Euclid and marched away to whip - three Yankees before breakfast, while the girls remained at home to sing "The Bonnie Blue King” and make grey homespun uniforms. But every old Smyrna student Is In vited to come back to the old school for one more frolic In the yard. The campus Is not a campus now, but a church yard. Cobb county never reorganized Its academy when the old boys struggled back from the front, and the First Methodist church of Smyrna stands on the old site. The desk which Professor William Dan- forth used to pound when he was not pounding something more sensitive has given place to a pulpit. The rostrum from which youthful Spartacusses would appeal to still more youthful gladiators on Friday afternoons—they called It "evening" then—has been con verted Into an altar. The children and grandchildren of the boys and girls of the '40s and '80s now sit through Sun day sermons where their ancestors worked and wept over a blue-backed speller and the big atlas which gave much apace to the Great American des ert. But the memory of school days will be just as bright as though the old academy still faced the play ground and the voice of the teacher calling to books will be heard In fancy by many a pupil whose hair has long been gray. It Was a Famous 8chool. It was a famous school, old Smyrna Academy. Atlanta was young In those days and the Cobb county town was not overshadowed by the proximity of a city to entice Its young people away. Its first principal was William Dan- forth, who was succeeded by J. R. May- son, a graduate of Emory College at Oxford. Oa. He was a brother of T. C. Mayson, of Atlanta, and the uncle of James L. Mayson, the city attorney. The academy was thriving In ’80. Its classes numbered about 160—boys and girls—for Smyrna believed In co education. Then the first gun at Fort Sumter was fired and everything was forgotten but the call to arms. Before many weeks there were neither teach ers nor pupils. The academy became the haunt of rats and owls, and occa sional wandering free negroes, who sought a bed on the hard benches. The South had sent Its call and education surrendered to patriotism. The academy gave Its share and more to the Confederacy. Three col onels were drawn from Its classes and captains and lieutenants from Smyrna were scattered through more than one regiment. The colonels are dead. One of these, Colonel S. Z. Rulf, a pupil of the Georgia Military Institute at Marietta, and a pupil of Smyrna as well, was killed In the battle of Knox ville. His son, Captain S. Z. Ruff, Is a well-known civil engineer In Atlanta. Colonel YV. YV. YY'hlte and Colonel C. B. K. Harkey answered the last roll years ago. Will Hsvs Basket Pionle. Several days ago a handful of the school boys of old Smyrna found them- sclves together and becqme reminis cent. Then one of them suggested a reunion, and the Idea was received with, enthusiasm. A basket plcnlo was de cided upon and E. D. L. Mobley, secre. tary of the Academy Society, was ap pointed a committee of one on Invita tions. He has mailed forty letters to the pupils who have kept In touch with each other and an Invitation Is extended to every Smyrna Academy boy or girl who Is able to respond. They are Invited to bring their families and a basket, and their descendants are also urged to visit the spot where their fathers spent their youth, city Attorney James L. Mayson will deliver an address and stories of former days will be told by several of the alumnae of Smyrna. A number of the old pupils are rest dents of Atlanta Among them are: YY’arren Payne, a merchant of YVest Peachtree street; J. B. Legg, of J. B. Legg & Son; R. T. Bowie, of the At lanta police department, who served as a captain throughout the wn brother. C. L. Bowie; T. C. Mayson, R. S. Eubanks, E. D. L. Mobley, Mrs. J. M. Liddell. Mrs. Medlln. Mrs. Sallle Brockman and Miss Cornelia Bowie. - Captain H. I. Randall, of Vlnlngsynnd the Rev. K. G. Murrah, of Macon, are EVENTS OF LAST WEEK PICTURIZED HOW CARTOONIST BREWERTON VIEWS HAPPENINGS FOR BIX DAYS. ’DEFY lYOR: been invited to attend ROYALTY OF EUROPE MARKED FOR DEATH Queen of Spain Fears She and King Alfonso Will Be Assassinated While in England. Special Cable—Copyright. London, Aug. 18.—Reynolds’ News paper asserts that a plot has been dis covered to assassinate King Alfonso while attending the Cowes regatta Two notorious Spanish anarchists were found at Cowes, and the police ban ished them without arresting, fearing to alarm the royalties assembled. It Is reported that Alfonso's bride Is hysterically fearful of the assassina tion of her husband and herself. YY'hen parting with Queen Alexandra she tearfully said: "Goodbye; I doubt if I will ever see you again.” Reynolds - Newspaper further states that a fresh and comprehensive plot has been hatched to kill all the kings of Europe. Even King Edward Is not Immune. Reynolds asserts that the anarchists are supplied with abundant funds, the money having been diverted to them wrongfully from Russian rev olutionary funds. LABOR DECLARES BOYCOTT , ON MA CON STREET RAIL WA Y Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga„ Aug. 18.—The Federated Lnhor Unions of Macon have declared a boycott on the street railway Bystem here and Is distributing circulars this morning calling on all sympathisers with the labor movement not to rtde on the street enrs. This Is a result of the strike that Is on by former conductors and motormen of the company. All the cars are running on time on every division. The circular closee with ad vice that walking promotes health of body and happiness of mind. A great mass meeting of laboring people and their friends has been called for Sun day afternoon at which many labor leaders will speak. TRAIN OF ELIHU ROOT A TTA CKED IN ARGENTINA - \ By Private Leased YY’irc. Buenos Ayres. Aug. 18.—The police are making diligent Inquiries Into the stnnlng of the railroad train In which American Secretary of State Root and party were returning from a trip of Inspection to the Charles Cemua ranch. A mob, said to be composed of strikers, attacked the train with rocks and broke several of the windows. The Argentina minister of agriculture was hit and severely cut on the neck. Others of the party were also In jured. THINK FORGERIES CAUSED OIG BANK TO GOTO ILL Depositors May Get Cash. Bank President la Dying. JOHN ROCKEFELLER IS SERIOUSLY SICK By Private Leased YY'lre. Chelsea, Mass., Aug. 18.—Forgeries, Is now said, were responsible for the crash of the First National Rank of Chelsea. It Is also said that the ex amination, still being conducted by Bank Examiner Ewer and Director Thomas Martin, will determine the genuineness of certain notes. At the same time, all discoveries by these two men are secret and the actual cause of the bank's failure Is more of a mystery than ever. Mr. Ewer Is now acting secretary of the defunct bank. Neither he or Mr. Martin will admit or deny the report that the names upon commercial paper upon which the bank loaned sums ag- By Private Leased YVIre. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 18.—John D. Rockefeller, the oil king, Is severely 111 and Is confined to his bed. Dr. Biggar, his physician, who accompanied him to Europe recently, re ports that his patient Is suffering from throat trouble. Mr. Rockefeller had intended to be host to fifty paseenger agents yesterday, but when they ar rived at Forest Hill they were Informed that Mr. Rockefeller was too III to receive them. O HE BLOWS IN VAIN O AGAIN8T THE WIND. O 00000060000000000000000000 0000000O00O0O0O0000000O00( o , The weather man can no more O O Influence climatic conditions than O O can the jiorson In Cartoonist O O Biejverton's sketch blow the O 0 weather-vane against the wind. O 0 To many folks this stateinnt Is O 0 absurdly obvious; to others It O 0 will prove startling, judging from 0 0 questions that reach Me. Mar- 0 O bury and the newspapers. 0 ‘ If he could cut loose the Sort O 0 of weather he wanted to, one O 0 doubts that his forecast would O O be: O Cloudy with occasional light O 0 showers Saturday night and Sun- O 0 day. 0 Saturday temperatures: 7 o’clock a. m., 78 degrees. O 8 o'clock a. in., 74 degrees. O 9 O'clock n. m., 78 degrees. O 10 o'clock a. m„ 79 degrees, O 11 o'clock n. m„ 82 degrees. O 12 o’clock n.sin. SO degrees. 0 1 o'clock p. m., 85 degrees. 0 1:15 o'clock p. m„ 87 degi ss. O 2 o'clock p. m., 85 degrees. 0 Q000O0000000000O00000O0QO0 STATE TAX RATE FOR 1906 WILL BE SAME AS IN 1905 Though ths legislature appropriated about half a million dollars more than last year, no Increase In the tax rate of (4.90 on the thousand dol lars will be required, as the Increase In property valuei will make up the needed amount. Only eight counties are now missing out of the 145 In the state, and these will probably reach the comptroller general's office next week. The 137 reporting to date show a net gain of nearly 839,000,000, and the eight others are exacted to make the sum total a million and a halt more at the outside. YVIth the corporation returns completed, showing a gain of over six millions, It Is expected that the county and corporation returns will foot up a total gain over 1905 of about 147,000,000. Bartow county Is the latest to come forward with a fins showing, over 8800,000 gain. As soon as all the returns are In Oovernor Terrell and Comptroller General YY’rlght will hold a conference for the pupose of fixing the tax rate for 1906. Fortunately, a large part of the Increased appropriations does to be raised this year, therefore It Is expected that the tax rate JE WISH DISTRICT GUARDED BY TROOPS AND POLICE Special Cable—Copyright. YVorsaw, Poland, Aug. 18.—The Jew ish district of this city Is surrounded by pickets of police, Cossacks and sol diers of the Infantry. All traffic has been stopped and nobody Is permitted to enter or leave the district without proper credentials. Passengers arriving from abroad by rail arc searched at the stations and so are all unknown pedestrians on the streets. YY’ord has been received from St. Pe tersburg that the government has or dered the concentration of five battal ions of troops fn this city to assist the local authorities In the preservation of order. BOMB PLANT FOUND) MUTINEERS EXECUTED. By Private fs>ssml Wire. St. Petersburg, Aug. 18,—A dispatch from Klshlneff today reports ths dis covery of a bomb factory In the home of Tyerdochlebeff, of Odessa Univer sity. Several arrests have been made. There was an execution of 18 of the mutineers who took part In the recent disturbance at Reval. SEVEN PERSONS BURNED WHEN STOVE EXPLODES By Prlvnte leased Wire. Chicago. Aug. tt.-*N*ren person* were burned, throe ho wrwly that they may •lie. «hen n ganolliie atoye l^*w up III the home *»f Mr*. Annie Knnlef. H42 Lyndafe nvenue. iiihI the flume* nwepl over the memlfrrR of the two fiiuillle* *ente<! nt the hrenkfn*t table. Khler member* of the two fitfullies aI- nuwt gave up their live* to nave the chil dren. and, n« n result, nre In a hospital, (differing from terrible hunt*. Three of the (njiireii are severely burned, anil nt Ht. Ann * hospital it wan Mid their condi tion la serious. gregatlng more than the amount of its capitalization are forgeries. Mr. Mar tin, however, declares that the exami nation Into the genuine** of certain notes was begun about five weeks ago and that he started the Investigation. He further declares that every deposi tor will receive dollar for dollar and there will not be an assessment upon the stockholders. The bank has loans to the amount of about $1,100,000, and It Is understood that most of this sum well secured. The exact amount on deposit Is not known, but It Is now believed to be about $700,000. It will be given In ex act figures In a few days, when the books have been gone over. The fears of the depositors were somewhat allayed yesterday during the rush to the bank when It became known that the Wtnnfsslmmet National Hank of Chelsea had offered to advance to depositors who- are not stockholders 60 per cent of the amount they had In the defunct bank. This offer was tak en advantage of by many. The Shaw- mut National Bank of Boston has also offered to help the Chelsea Institution and has advanced a large sum. President Sylvester II. Hlnkey, of the defunct bank. Is on his deathbed. He does not know what hall happened, and he Is being kept In ignorance of It It Is expected that he may die anv ntnute. i s Children Were Again Brought Into Streets. TO TRY TO PLACE TOTS ELSEWHERE Mrs. Harwell Quotes More Scripture Against City Officials. Ths recorder’s court room will' be turned Into an Impromptu orphan asy lum Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. R, Harwell, head of the "Memorial Orphanage," 62 and 84 McDaniel street, have been summoned to appear before the recorder and to bring the children of the home so as to show cause why the little ones should not be placed In a state Institution. The charge which wll lappear on the court record. The, charge which will appear on the court record will be "blocking the streets without permit from the may or." This, however. Is only the tech nical manner of getting around a sit uation which Is only covered by the code of humanity and not found among the city ordinances or state laws. Mrs. Harwell, true to her word, ap peared on the streets again Friday night with many of the children from the orphanage. The smallest children were left at the home, however, and only those over ten years of age, s.. It was stated by Mr. Harwell, were brought out. Big Crowds Waiting. The wagon was driven up to the Kimball House, where a large crowd was awaiting IU arrival. There were no arrests mads and the meeting was unmolested. Probation Officer J. M. Gloer called Mr. Harwell aside and held a long con versation with him, Mr. Harwell had previously promised the officer that he would not bring out the younger chit: dren and claln|td that he had kept his word, although some of the chfilren appeared to be rather small for ton years. Mr. Harwell stated that the youngest was ]l years old. In promising Officer Gloer not to bring out the children who had not reached their tenth year, Mr. Harwell would not state how long this promise held good. He would only say for two or three days. Saturday morning Chief of Police Jennings and Probation officer Gloer called upon the mayor and It was then decided to summons the man and wo man and the little children to appear In the recorder's court. Children Cauls Much Talk. Probation Officer Gloer stated Sat urday that the little orphans had caus ed more talk than anything In the city for a long time, that the ministers and nearly every one was against their be ing brought out Into the streets at ind that It was generally con- ■ cruelty to the children, al though there could be gathered no proof of this sort as the little ones seemed to be well cared for. Councilman YV. D. Ellis, Jr., who w ill preside over the recorder’s court Sat urday afternoon. Is strongly against the children’s being brought on the streets. It Is believed he will do all In his power to have them placed In un Institution controlled by the state. Mrs. Harwell stated that several of the parents of children had called at the Institution and had said that their children should not go Into state Insti tutions. Mrs. Harwell also stated that she wished to abide by the laws and had attempted to do so. She concluded by saying “It were better that a mill stone be hangfd around the neck of these city officials than to offend one of these.” This referring to the chil dren who "wish to carry on the good work of saving souls.” Mayor YVoodward said Saturday that bringing the children on the street was a farce and a sham and that every thing would be done to get the children Into an Institution where they could be properly cared for and trained up to be good citizens, A great many people had during the day called the mayor up to congratu late him on the stand he had taken. UM0R SAYS SLATON IS THE DARK HORSE That John M. Slaton, speaker of the last house of representatives, will he the dark, horse In the gubernatorial race at the Macon convention Is the latest report among talkers of politics. Mr. Blaton was one of the most pop ular speakers who ever wielded a gavel over nn unruly assemblage. His friends In the lower house were limited only by the number of representatives. There are many men now backing oth- *r candidates who would rather eekt 'Jack” Blaton elected by the conven tion than any other man besides their first choice. . * New Bank for Franklin. Secretary of Ktatr Phil Cook Issued a charter to the People's Hank at Frank lin Saturday morning Capital ptocic $25,000, end incorporator* J. E. Pun- eon, J. \V. Powers, L N. Orr and other*. Continued on Page Two.