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7 A ATLANTA! IJ9.W eopnlatlon. N9M bomt*. 15.N0 telephone*. £*vtn mnln tines of rAtlrondt. j56 miles of street raftira/. 1^,000,000 of banking- capital. The Atlanta Georgian. OCORGIA: r.riOO.fino population. fl00.000.000 cotton crop In 19«. 6.500 mtlea of steam railroad. 400 mllea electric street railway. 130 Cotton factories. 1.500.000 aplndtas. Factories consumed 600,000 bales 1906. VOL. 1. NO. 103. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1906. T5pTr*IF. In Atlanta TWO CENTIl XrJXliuIlt. On Trains FIVE CENTS. BIG BA TTLEISRA GING NEAR CITY OE HA VAN A; U. S. MA Y TAKE HAND President PalmaSends For Battery of Ma chine Guns. REBELS TO ATTACK PINAR DEL RIO CITY Death of Negro General Fails to End Revolu tion in Cuba. By MANUEL CALVO. Special Cable—Copyright. ' Havana, Aug. 24.—-Guanes, a town of about 1,000 Inhabitant*, about 30 miles southwest of Plnar del Rio, will be the next point of attack by Pino Gucn«, the rebel leader In the west, according to news reaching here today. Thla Is taken to mean that Guerra has postponed his attack on Plnar del Rl" until the country to the west la fully In his possession, and It may also mean that he Is awaiting the arrival of arms and ammunition for his men. Ily Private Leased Wire. Havana, Cuba, Aug. 24.—American troops soon may be on Cuban lull again. Already President Palma has sent to the United States for machine guns and men to operate them. While these guns and American gunners are not from the United States government, the Impression Is strong here that If the revolutionary movement continues to gain strength as It has gained dur ing the past few days the government cannot give adequate protection American and other foreign property, md will be either compelled to call for intervention under the Platt amend ment, or the United Slates govern ment win be compelled to act without being asked. The threat of Guerra to the Western railroad that In caae more troops and munitions are sent to reinforce the government troops In Plnar del Rio he will blow up brldgea and destroy railroad property regardless of Inter national complications, Is significant. Battle It Rsported. The situation In Plnar del Rio is critical, and the fate of the revolution may be settled there within a few hours. In fact, one report has it that the battle which may mean defeat or victory fur one elite or the other al ready Is In progress. These reports say that government trooiis under Colonel Eslrampe* and the rebel* were engaged all nfght In battle at Guinea, forty-live miles from Havana. l.ato dispatches say two lieu tenants and a number of government soldiers had been wounded, but no further details of loeaee have been re -elved. To Attack Plnar del Rio. In regard to the strength of Guer ra's forces, reports vary. In some quarters It Is said to be between 4,000 and 6,000 men. This Is probably exag gerated. It la known that he has taken Kan Juan de Martinez and Is gather ing hie forces for an attack on the city of Plnar del Rio. One special correspondent who has Just come from Plnar del Rto says Pino Guerra, with -5,000 men. Is waiting for the arrival of more troops before at tacking the city. Two thousand more rebels are marching to join him and when they arrive the attack on Plnar del Rio will be made from all sides. In Possesion of Town. Guerra Is In full possession of San Juan de Martlnes. He permitted 80 rural guards to march out of the town. The government has rushed more troops to the defense of Plnar del Rio In addition to artillery, and It was ex pected to have 800 there today. A de risive battle Is expected. Senator Morna Campos Marqueti has Joined the revolutionists and tt Is believed more prominent men soon u III espouse the rebellion. Killing Had Bad Effect The death of Quentin Bandera does not seem to have had the effect the government hoped. It enraged the ne groes, whose Idol Bandera was, and they are eald to be flocking to rebel standards In great numbers. The ef fect of the news In Santiago, where Bandera was particularly popular, Is reported to be bad. In Santa Clara province the forces "f Mend lets are growing rapidly and It Is doubtful If Goldos, who has been egalnst him, will be able to make much progress. Advice* are expected here hourly of battle near Clenfuegos. Edward busman has a large force near there, and troops have gone out from the 'tty to meet him. They will have to meet a rebel contingent nearly twice as large. Are Stealing Stock. Tha principal attention of the gov ernment la being paid to the situation In Plnar del Rio. It la felt If Guerra can he crushed that the other provinces 'an he quieted without serious dlflt- *“lty. It u said Colonel Pujol, with "" "'en. Is now on the way to attack •h i try to recapture San Juan de-Mar- ' ,n 'z Heavy guards are kept along 'h- railroad to prevent the destruction work?*** an<1 tfl * tearing up of the Recruiting Is going on rapidly, and 'he government Is offering special tn- hucement* to Americans, especially J wh '> have seen service In the 1 tilt'd States army. Already news Is beglnnlg to come PRESIDENT .PALMA. His republle is now in the throes of a revolution. GIVE VOTE TO ;e ' Late Returns PI ice Banks County For Winner. GETS 314 DELEGATES 13 IRE SHOT 6V RED RONE! IN LOUISIANA Half Breeds Fire Into a Railroad Camp. By Private Leaned Wire. New Orleans, La., Aug. 24.—Trouble has broken out at Ten Mile, In the northern portion of Calcasieu parish, between a race of people known as the “Red Bones" on one side and whites and negroes on the other side. The difficulty occurred at a railroad camp of the Santa Fe railroad, twenty miles west of Oakville, in a sparsely settled country. There were, as far as known, thirteen people ehot, of whom two are dead. BIx are mortally wounded and live less seriously. Three of the killed and wounded are negroes and ten whites. The trouble was precipitated by the "Red Bones," who are the remnants of the ancient Indian tribe, so mixed with negro blood that they are almost half negroes and half Indians. They refuse to be classed as negroes or to be treated as such, and hate the ne- gross. On several occasions they have claimed that they were Indians and tor that reason entitled to he on socially equal terms with the whites. The "Red Bones," angered by the railroad pressing on through their country, attacked the whites and ne groes employed by the Grigsby Con struction Company grading the rail road between Slabtown and Oakdale. They tired Into a tent in which thir teen of the railroad laborers were housed, killing or wounding all the In mates, Including a negro woman. The sheriff has etarted with several depu ties after the murderous “Red Bones." Majority So Overwhelming That Nomination Will Be Made by Accla mation. Late returns from Wednesday’s pri mary ahow an Increase for Hoke Smith and the number of counties carried by him has been Increased to 122. The complete returns from Banks county, which had been conceded to the opposition, show that It had gone to Smith by a safe majority. White county also goes to the Smith column. This county had previously been claimed by Rueeell. Mr. Smith will go Into the conven tion with 314 delegates. Judge Russell comes next to Mr. Smith, having carried 2 counties. Mr. Howell carried 7 counties. Colonel Estltl 4 and James M. Smith 3. , The landslide for Mr. Smith Is someJI thing unprecedented In the history of the state, and when the convention!! meets he will be nominated by accla-1 matlon. The table of counties carried by thm candidates Is as follows: No. Name Candidate. Counties. Votes.. Hoke Smith Russell Howell Estltl James Smith.. Totals .. 122 314 20 CARNEGIE SPELLING OF 0, S, NEXT ON THE BOARD3. No Negro Caught Who Answers Description. TALK OF L NOW UNDER ABHEST Hpeclsl to The Georgian. Dallas, Texas, Aug. 24.—A. J. San ders, a prominent business man of Archer City, Texas, has been arrested, charged with the murder of Miae Pearl Baxter, the 20-year-old daughter of a farmer, who lives at Archer City. The remains of Miss Baxter, In al most nude condition, were found In a cane patch yesterday, with two empty carbolic acid bottles by her body. Tracks leading to-the body Implicated Sanders. Prom developments, It Is- believed that a suicide compact had been en tered Into, but at the last minute San ders’ nerve failed him. In an examination it haa developed that the dead girl’would have become a mother In a few months. There la much Indignation and talk of lynching. 12 negI soldiers WERE ARRESTED BY TEXAS RANGERS Continued on Page Two. Special to The Georgian. Dallas, Texas, Aug. 24.—A special re ceived here from Brownsville says that twelve of the negro soldiers supposed to have been concerned In the city of Brownsvlll trouble, have been arrested by the state authorities. The arrests were made by members of the Texas Rangers force after Major Penrose, commanding the garrison, had reported that he could not locate the guilty ne groes. Cltlxens of Brownsville are very In dignant at the report sent out by Ma jor Penrose regarding the origin of the trouble which Is designated as a false statement. No further trouble Is expected. By Prlrste Leased Wire. Oyster Bay, Aug. 24.^-Presldent Roosevelt authorized the ” announce ment today that the reform In spelling recommended by the committee which Andrew Carnegie created, will here after be adopted In all departmental correspondence and ofltclal documents. To put It briefly Uncle Sam Is "thru" with "through” and the spelling of all other words which gives the lie direct to their pronunciation. Prom now on the literature put out by the govern mental departments will look Jo the uninitiated like little Willie’s flrst com position or a page from the works of the late lamented Josh Billings. Orders have been eent to 4he public printer In Washington to secure the list of 100 most used words that the Carnegie spelling reform committee euggeets be changed and from now on all the public documents that are ls- sued by the largest prlntehop In the world will follow the "etyle” of the committee Ideas. The public printer will furnish copies of the word list to every department and buro of the gov ernment service and If any of the etenografers and secretaries of these ofltses were ever Inclined to make fun of "spelling reform," all the humor In the Idea will soon vanish as they buckle down to the work of unlearning Eng lish as she Is written. NOTED PHYSICIAN HAS PASSED AWAY Succumbed to au Attack of Meningitis Friday Morning. u. s, TD By Prlrste Leased Wire. Washington, D. C, Aug. 24.—As a re sult of the Incidents that led up to the ehootlng of two Brownsville, Texas, clttsens by negro United States soldiers of the Twenty-flfth Infantry, It Is prob able that congress will be asked here after either to designate poets at which negro troops shall be stationed or else to repeal the law authorizing the en listment of negro regiments. 00000000000060000600000000 O O O DID JUPITER AND MOON O O AFFECT EARTHQUAKE? O 0 O O By Private Leased Wire. O O Santiago, Chile, Aug. 24.— O O Strange stories are being told of O O a conjunction of the planet Jupl- O O ter with the moon which preceded O O the Chilean earthquake. The con- O 0 Junction was accompanied by brll- 0 O Hunt electrical phenomena. Sev- 0 O cral witnesses assert that they 0 O saw flames of light and balls of 0 0 electricity flying In all directions 0 O over the city. O 00000000000000000000000000 Pliuto Iqr Moats A Clark. DR. HUNTER P. COOPER. Distinguished physician and sur geon, who passed away on Friday morning. Dr. Hunter Pope Cooper, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Atlanta, died at his residence, 598 Peachtree street, at 6:30 o'clock Fri day morning. Dr. Cooper was taken III about three weeks sgo with an attack of ptomaine poisoning, which went Into meningitis, resulting In his death. He was bom In Atlanta, May 18. 1880, and was therefore a little over 45 years old at the time of hie death. He was the eon of the late Colonel Thomas L. Cooper. After receiving his early education In Atlanta the future surgeon attended a preparatory school at Kirkwood, con ducted by Professors Neel and Nor man. Later he attended the Univer sity of Oeorgla, and then went to the University of Virginia, where he re ceived his degree In academic work. From Virginia he went to Columbia University, where he entered the med ical department and was graduated there. He spent some time In post graduate work In New Tork, and later completed his medical training at Vi enna. , In Hit Dr. Cooper came to Atlanta to begin the practice of medicine, and In December. 1887, was married to Miss Henrietta Tucker, daughter of Rev. Henry H. Tucker. Two children, Mary P. and Thomas L„ Jr„ were the result of this union. In 188? Dr. Cooper and Dr. W. 8. Elkin entered Into partnership and “I WOULD WILLINGLY DIE NOW IF IT WOULD SAVE ONE SOUL” By Private Leased Wire. Winona Lake, Ind., Aug. 24.—At the Bible conference being held here 2jSOO people rose to fhelr feet lost night and promised that during the remainder of their lives they would make soul-winning their chief bus iness. Many also agreed to become Christians. All this was done at the Invitation of the Rev. Dr. Reuben A. Torrey, the world-famous evangelist, of Chicago, who was the preacher. Among other things, he said: “If I knew that by dropping dead on this platform tonight I could ba the means of saving one single soul, who. If I lived twenty years longer, would not be saved, I would be willing to die this Instant,” DR. THOMAS TO USE FAN TO GUIDE HIS AIRSHIP; GEORGIANS TO SEE HIM By Prlrnte Leased Wire, New York, Aug. 24,—Dr. Julian P. Thomas, the well known balloonist, for merly of Atlanta, Oa., but now of New York, will make a trial trip In h(s new airship, recently purchased from Major Miller, of Franklin, Pa. The ship le built on the lines of an English bicycle. The power Is sup plied by pedals In the rear of the frame work. These are connected with two huge fans and when the pedals are In motion they cause the fans to revolve. The difflculty of guiding the course of the ordinary balloon Is obviated In the new Invention and Dr. Thomas says he will be able to fly In any direction. Today Dr. Thomas and his wife are hard at work putting the frame togeth- Georglsns to Witness Flight. In case of any accident to the new ship, Dr. Thomas will have his balloon, Nirvana, ready for an ascension. The start will be made at ISSth street and Locuet avenue. The guests who will witness the asceneton are R. E. Allen, mayor of Augusta, Ga.; James Barrett and Joseph Phlnlsy, president of the Oeorgla-Caroltna Fair Association; S. Berry, president of the Augusta ex change; J. E. Dlx, president of the Sa vannah Valley Club, and Jefferson Da vie Thomas, a brother of Dr. Thomas. Hitherto the aeronaut has confined hts efforts to balloons, and this will be his first trip In the airship. Balloon and airship, with Dr. Thomas, and the doctor's brother in the balloon, will race across the roofs of the city. 00000D000000000000OO000O0O O TO EXCOMMUNICATE ' O MEMBERS OF CHURCH O 0 AIDING IN LYNCHING. O 0 0 0 Special to The Georgian. 0 Spartanburg, 8. C„ Aug. 24.— O O The Baptist Association of Spar- O 0 tanburg county, in session at O O Friendship church, passed a reso- O - lutlon recommending that any 0 member of any church of the 0 association who aids or partlcl- O pates lit lynching for any cnuse O be excommunlated from the 0 church. The recent lynching of three 0 negroes In this state was freely O discussed and condemned. 00000000006000000000000000 opened up the Elkln-Cooper sanitarium and In addition for a. number of years he had been a leading member of the faculty of the Atlanta College of Phy sicians and Surgeons. He was chairman of the building committee, for the new building which the college Is erecting. Dr. Elkin, his partner. Is Just recov ering from a long siege of typhoid fe ver, and has not been able to attend his colleague In this last Illness. Drs. Baird, Nlcolson, McRae, Burnett, Todd and Harris have given the sick man every possible attention since he was first stricken. Surviving Dr. Cooper are his wife and two children, his mother. Mrs. Mary P. Cooper; his bfother, Thomas L. Cooper, of DeKalb county, and his sister, Mrs. Sarah Cooper Sanders, of Wilkes county. Mrs. Cooper has been traveling In Europe for some lime past, but as soon as her husband was taken III she was cabled, and will reach New York on Saturday and will be In Atlanta Sunday. The funeral arrangements have not yet been announced, but will probably be held on Monday. Smith Supporters Say He Will Preside at State Convention, Special lo The Georgian. Macon, Ga., Aug. 24.—It Is Mated here as almost absolutely certain that J. R. Gray, of the Atlanta Journal, will be made chairman of the Democratic convention, which meets In Macon Sep tember 4, and that E. L. Martin, of this city, will be secretary. This In formation comes from Hoke Smith leaders and Is believed absolutely true as to the Intent by a large number of Hoke Smith men. Every preparation is being made here for the proper en tertainment of the delegates. FOREST FIRE KILLS FRENCH SOLDIERS LAWRENCE HOME CENTER OF MOB Two Negroes Arrested Near Decatur Thursday Night. At 2:30 o’clock W. C. Lawrence, whose daughter and sister were at tacked by the negro received a tele phone message from Ingleslda that msn and dogs were pursuing a negro in the direction of Scottdale DeKalb county. With rumors of all aorta flying nil over the city, all the eastern part nf Atlanta has been In a constant state nf agitation since Thursday morning and a mob of about 1,600 people gathered near the Lawrence home In Copenhlll Thrusday night. Some were drawn by desire to avenge the attack on the two .Mislies Lawrence by a negro, the rest came through morbid curiosity. Although these rumors as to the cap ture of the assailant of thehyomen wera numerous, they were lacking wholly In substance. Extra editions of newspa pers served to Incite the people of the city and to add to the excitement. Friday morning the rumors contin ued. The only developments In the case,, however, were these: A negro, who says his name Is Will Davis, was caught on a train In Tucker, Ga., late Thursday afternoon, anil was safely landed In the tower at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Doesn’t Fit Description. Davis Is no way ftts the description given by Mabel Lawrence, and gives a good account of his movements' for ths past week. Davis states that he was In Bushiand, N. C., on Monday, and that from there he went to Blue Ridge. Front Blue Ridge he says he caught the train to Marietta. The negro was somewhat frightened by hla rapid transit from the mountain to the stuffy atmosphere of the Jail, but showed no signs of ner vousness. His home, he says, Is In Athens, Oa. Davla says he spent last night In the home of some white man, securely handcuffed and watched. He was brought to Atlanta by Superintendent Holbrook of the DeKalb county chain- gang, on the South Decatur car line. Another negro was arrested Friday morning by Sheriff Bengali, of DeKalb county. He Is In the DeKalb county Jail, and It is thought he Is not the one wanted. A crowd gathered near the all, but there was no attempt at vio lence. Had any negro been Identified by Miss Mabel Lawrence, Thursday aft ernoon or night, as the one who as saulted her and Miss Ethel Lawrence, her'aunt, his life would not have been worth the proverbial “two cents." A crowd of about 1,600 men from Atlanta. Fulton county and many adjoining counties gathered at the Lawrence home late Thursday afternoon on heur- Ing that the right negro was being chased below Decatur, In DeKalb coun ty. The Immense throng, armed with alt kinds of weapons, resembled a small army, and the vegetation for a halt Continued on Page Two. 00000000000000060000000000 >0000000000000000000000000 How W'ould you like to be 6 Ice? Not Just on Ice, but right O in It, you know. Perhaps Walter 0 Wellman Is enjoying Ills, trip O North, even If his airship did O off Its trolley. It was wise of O 0 Walter to choose the Icy North to 0 his summer assignment. 0 cooler than Atlantans to' But If It Is tmpraetlc O In Ice, we can do the next best 0 thing and gel Ice 0 fountains are the most popula 0 resorts In the city. If ye believe It, "ask the man." . But the mercury (ltd not climb so high Friday. The maximum By Private Leased Wire. Paris, Aug. It.—A forest fire broke 0 7 o'clock a. m." 75 degrees O out at Montacaume, near Toul,*t, to- O 8 o’clock a. m Tx degrees O day. A detachment of the One Hun-,o 9 o’clock a. m 80 degrees O dred and Eleventh regiment of the IO 14 o’clock a. tn 82 degrees D line, which was sent to assist In put- O 11 o’clock n. m 85 degrees O ting out the Are. was caught In the O 12 o’clock noon 88 degrees O valley and before It could escape four 10 1 o'clock p. m. (max.) .87 degrees O men were burned to death and eighteen O : o’clock pm IS degrees O others Injured. Several other members O O of the detachment disappeared. I 60006000606660606666066660