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ATLANTAi .,*000 popMlit f 100. l S‘oO hom*». ffH ffin U«S5 of rzllrotd* Bgatnafag^Sft The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA^ : r.m.'vn noiiulutlon. IKAWO.OOO cotton crop In I**. 6.600 miles of stonm rallr-ond. M 60). 000 bates 1905 VOL. 1. NO. 103. Morning E<lition. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1906. Morning Edition. PPTf'fr. fn Atlanta TWO CENT*. riUGiJ. On Tralus FIVE CENTS. BIG BA TTLE IS RA GING NEAR CITY OF HA VANA; 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. "i.—Gunnte, a town ot about 1,000 Inhabitants, about 30 miles southwest of Pinar del Rio, will be the neat point of attack by Pino Queril, the rebel leader In the west, according to news reaching here today. This Is taken to mean that Guerra has postponed his attack on Pinar del Rio until the country to the west Is fully In his possession, and It may also mean that he Is awaiting the arrival of arms and ammunition for Ms men. By Private Leased Wire. Havana. Cuba, Aug. 24—American troops soon may be on Cuban soil 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 to American and other foreign property, and will be either compelled to call for Intervention under the Platt amend- ment, or the United 8tates govern- - ment will be compelled to act v.itliou. being asked. The thfent of Guerra to the Western railroad that In case more troops and munitions are sent to reinforce the government troops In Pinar del Rio he will blow up bridges and destroy railroad property regardless of Inter nxH'mul compile,itlnna, . [. significant. Battle Is Reported. The situation In Plnnr 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 for one side or the other al ready la In progress. These reports say that government troops under Colonel Kstrampes and tha rebels were engaged alt night In battle at Quines, forty-live miles from llavann. Late dispatches say two lieu tenants and a number of government soldiers had been wounded, but no further details of loseas have been re ceived. To Attack Pinar del Rio. In regard to the itrength of Guer ra's forces, reports vary. In some quarters It Is said to be between 4,000 and 5,000 men. This Is probably exag gerated. It Is known that he has taken Ban Juan de Marlines and Is gather ing his forces for an attack on the city of Pinar del Rio. One special correspondent who has Just come from Pinar del Rio 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 Pinar del R|o will be made from all sides. In Possesion of Town. Guerra Is In full possession of San Juan de Martinez. He permitted 50 rural guards to march out of the town. The government has rushed more troops to the defense of Pinar del Rio In nddltlon to artillery, and It was ex pected to have 100 there today. A de risive battle la expected. Benator Morna Campos Marquetl has joined the revolutionists and It Is believed more prominent men soon •'III espouse the rebellion. Killing Had Bad Effect. The death of Quentin Banderk does hot seem to have hail the effect the government hoped. It enraged the ne gr.,es, whose Idol Bandera was, and •hey are aald to be flocking to rebel standards In great numbers. The ef fect of the news In Santiago, where Handera waa particularly popular. Is ri'lKiried to bo bad. In Santa Clara province the forces "f Mendleta are growing rapidly and It Is doubtful If Ooldos, who has been against him, will be able to make much progress. Advice* are expected here hourly of 8 battle near Ctenfuegos. Edward Guzman hss a large force near there, >nd troops have gone out from the rlty to meet him. They will have to meet a rebel contingent nearly twice >S large. Are Stealing Stock. The principal attention of . the gov ernment Is being paid to the situation In Pinar del Rio. It Is felt If Guerra ‘ an be crushed that the other provinces •an by quieted without serious dlfll- ,ul, y. It Is said Colonel Pujol, with 5fl " men. Is now on the way to attack »nd try to recapture San Juan de Mar lines. Heavy guards are kept along 'be railroad to prevent |he destruction “f bridges snd the tearing up of the PRESIDENT PALMA. His republic is now in the throes of a revolution. 13 ARE SHOT Cl VOTE TO ■ IOOIITH Late Returns Place Banks County For Winner. GETS 314 DELEGATES IN LOUISIANA Half; Breeds Fire Into a Railroad Camp. Majority So Overwhelming That Nomination Will Be .Made by Accla mation. By Private Issimsl Wire. New Orleans, La., Aug. 24,-v-Trouble ta broken out at Ten Mile, In the .them portion of Calcasieu parish, ■jc tween a race of people known as the "Red Bonee” on one side snd whites and negroes on the other side. The difficulty occurred at a railroad camp uf tha Santa Fe railroad, twenty miles west of Oakville, In a. sparsely eettled country. . There wpre, as far as known, thirteen people shot, of whom two are dead. Six are mortally wounded and live lese seriously. Three of tho killed and wounded are negroes and ten whites. The trouble was precipitated by the "Red Bonee," who are the remnants of the ancient Indian tribe, so mixed with negro blood that they are almost hslf negroes and half Indians. They refuse to be classed as negroes or to bo treated as such, and hate the ne- grees. On several occasions they have claimed that they were Indians and for Jhat reason entitled to be on socially equal terms with the whites. The "Red Bones," sngered by the railroad pressing on through their country, attacked the whites and ne groes employed by the Grigsby Cdn- atructlon Company grading the rail road between Slabtown and Oakdale. They Bred Into a tent In which thir teen of the railroad laborers were housed, killing or wounding all the In matee, Including a negro wnmnn. The sheriff has started with several depu* ties after the murderous "Red Bones.' TALK OF LYNCHING •irks. ■ Recruiting Is going on rapidly, and 'be government Is offering special In- "U'.m.nt* to Americans, especially mose who have seen service In the ln l e.l Ktntea ‘army. Already news Is beglrinig to come Continued on Page Two. NOW UNDER ARREST Special to The Georgian. Dallas, Texas, Aug. 24—A. J. San dera. a prominent business man of Archer City, Texas,*haa been arrested, charged with the murder of bliss 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. From developments. It Is believed that a suicide compact had been en tered Into, but at the last minute San ders' nerve failed l.ltn. In an examination It has developed that the dead girl would havp beci a mother In a few months. There Is much Indignation and talk of lynching 1? NEGRO SOLDIERS WERE ARRESTEO • BY TEXAS RANGERS 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 tha Tsxas Rangers force after Major Penrose, commanding the garrison, had reported that he could not locate the guilty ne groes. fltlsens 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 etstement. No further trouble Is expected. Late returns from Wednesday's pri mary show 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 roes to the Smith column. This county had previously ien claimed b: Mr. Smith w tlon with 314 delegates. Judge Russell comes next to Mr. Smith, having carried t counties. Mr. Howell carried 7 counties. Colonel Estlll 4 and James M. Smith' 3. The landslide for Mr. Smith Is some thing unprecedented In tho history of the state, and when the, convention meets he will be nominated by accla mation. The table of counties carried by the candidates Is as follows: No. Name Candidate. Counties. Votes. Hoke Smith.. 122 314 Russell » 20 Howell 7 14 Estlll 4 >2 James Smith 3 8 Totals .. 145 366 CARNEGIE SPELLING OE (I, S, NEXT ON THE BOARDS. NOTED PHYSICIAN By I’rlvsto Leased Wire. Oyater Bay, Aug. 24—President Roosevelt authorised 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 official 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. From now on the literature put out by the govern mental departments will look to the uninitiated like little Willie's first com position or a page from the works of the late lamenjed Josh Billings. Orders have been sent to the public irlnter In Washington to secure the list of 100 most used words that the Carnegie spelling reform committee suggests be changed and from now on all the public documents that are Is sued by the Inrgest prlntshop In the world will follow the "style” of the committee ideas. The public printer will furnish copies of the word list to every department and buro of the gov- eminent service and If any of the stenografere and secretaries of these offlses were ever Inclined to make fun ‘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, a Succumbed to an Attack of Meningitis Friday Morning. U, Si TO By Private Leased .Wire. Washington, D. C, Aug. 24.—As a re, suit of the incidents that led up to the shooting of two Brownsville, Texas, citizens by negro United States soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, It Is prob able that congress will be asked here after either to designate poste at which negro troops shall be stationed or else to raoeal the taw authorising the en listment of negro regiments. OOOG<JOOOOO<KHJOOOOOOCKIOO<KH3 DID JUPITER AND MOON O AFFECT EARTHQUAKE? O O By Private Leased Wire. 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 O Junction was accompanied by brll- O O llant electrical phenomena. Sev- o O era! witnesses assert that they Q O saw flames of light and balls of 0 O electricity flying In all directions 0 O over the city. o O O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I'buto liy Masts Ac Clark. OR. HUNTER P. COOPER. geon, who paited away on Friday morning. v , “I WOULD WILLINGLY DIE NOW IF IT WOULD SAVE ONE SOUL” By Private. Leased Wire. Winona Lake, Jnd., Aug. 24—At the Bible conference being held here 2,500 people roee to their feet last 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 d.opplns dead on this platform tonight I could be the means of saving one single soul, who, If I lived twenty years longer, would not be saved, 1 would be wllltng-to die this Instant." DR. THOMAS TO USE FAN TO GUIDE HIS AIRSHIP; GEORGIANS TO SEE HIM By Private 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 his new airship, recently purchased from Major Miller, of Franklin, Pa. The ship la 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 fsns to revolve. The difficulty 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 wo<k putting the frame togeth er. Georgians to Witness Flight. In rase of any accident to the new ship, Dr. Thomas will have his balloon, Nirvana, ready for an .ascension. Tho start will be made at 138th street and Locust avenue. Tho guests who witness the ascenslqn are R. E. Allen. mayor of Augusta, Oa.; James Barrett and Joseph Phlnlsy, president of the Georgia-Carollna Fair Association; E. 8. Berry, president of the Augusta ex change; J. E. Dlx, president of the Sa vannah Valley Club, and Jefferson Da vis Thomas, a brother of Dr. Thomas. Hitherto the aeronaut has confined his efforts to ball,,on*, and ttil-t will lie his first trip In the nlrshlp. Balloon and airship, with Dr. Thomas, and the doctor's brother In the balloon, will rare across the roofs of the city. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO000000 O O O TO EXCOMMUNICATE MEMBERS OF CHURCH O O AIDING IN LYNCHING. O O Special to The Georgian. _ Spartanburg, S. C, Aug. 24.— O O The Baptist Association of Spar- O O tanburg county. In session at O O Friendship church, passed a reao- O o lutlon recommending that any O O member of any church of the O o association who aids or partlcl- O o pates In lynching for any cguse O he excommunlated from the Dr. Hunter Pope Cooper, one of the leading physicians and surgeons Atlanta, died at his residence, 5*1 Peachtree street, at 5:30 o’clock Fri day morning. Dr. Cooper was taken III about three weeks ago with an attack of ptomaine poi'sonlng, which went Into meningitis, resulting In his death. He was born In Atlanta, May 16, 1360, and was therefore a little over 45 years old at the time of hla death. He was the son 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 Georgia, and then went to tho 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 York, and later completed his medical training at Vi enna. In 1553 Dr. Cooper came to Atlanta to begin the practice of medicine, and December, 18S7. waa married to bliss Henrietta Tucker, daughter of Rev. Henry II. Tucker. Two children, Mary P. and Thomas L.. Jr., were the on Saturday and will be In Atlanta result of this union. Sunday. The funeral srra In 13*7 Dr. Cooper and Dr. W. B. [ have not yet been announced, Elkin entered into partnership and 1 probably be held on Monday. D church. 0 The recent lynching of three O 0 negroes In this state was freely O O discussed snd condemned. O 1 o O0OOO0OOO0OC 0OOOOOOOOOOOO opened up the Elkln-Cooper sanitarium and in addition for a number of years he had been * leading member of the faculty of the Atlanta College of Phy stclans and Surgeons. He was chairman of the building committee for the new building which the college Is erecting. Dr. Elkin,, hla partner. Is just recov ering from s long siege of typhoid fe ver, and has not been able to attend his colleague In this last Illness. Drs. Baird, Xicolaon, McRae, Barnett, Todd and Harris have given the sick man every possible attention since he was flint stricken. Surviving Dr. Cooper are hla wife and two children, hla mother, Mrs. Mary P. Cooper; his brother, Thomas L. Cooper, of DeKalb county, and Ms slater. Mrs. Sarah Cooper Sanders, of Wilkes county. Mrs. Cooper has been traveling In Europe for some time post, but as soon as her husband was taken ill she was cabled, snd will reach New York No Negro Caught Who Answers Description. LA WHENCE HOME CENTER OF MOB Two Negroes Arrested Near . Decatur Thursday; Night. * There has been a equad of fifty op ■eventy-flve men hanging around tha court houee and public equare of De catur all of Friday. The crowd's appearanoe has been formidable, but no violence or attempt at violence bee appeared. It' ie feared by aome that troubla will reeult. Rumora are frequent that thare le a mob marching on to Decatur to etorm the Jail. With rumors of all aorta flying all over the city, all the eastern part of Atlanta has been In a constant state of ngitatlon 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 MIbsos Lawrence by a negro, the rest came through morbid curiosity. Although these rumors as to the cap ture of the assailant of the women were 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 thene: A negro, who says hl« name is Will Davis, was caught on a train In Tucker, late Thursday afternoon, ami was safely landed In the tower at 10 o’clock Friday morning. Doesn't Fit Description. Davis Is no way fits the description given by Mabel Lawrence, and gives a i>d account of his movements fur tho past week. Davis states that he was In Bushland. . C., on Monday, and that from there » went to Blue Ridge. From Blue Ridge he says he caught the train to Marietta. The negro was somewhat frightened by his iftpld 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, <»n. Davis says he spent last night In the homo 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 Reagan, of DeKalb county. He is fn the DeKalb county Jail, and It Is thought he Is not the one anted. A crowd gathered near ths Jail, but there was no attempt at vlo* lence. Had any' negro been Identified by Miss Mabel Lawrence, Thursday aft ernoon or night, as the one who as saulted her and Mlea Kthel Lawrence. her aunt, his Ilf** would not have been worth the proverbial “two cents." A crowd of about 1,500 men from Atlanta, Fulton county nnd many adjoining counties gathered at the Lawrence home late Thursday afternoon on hear ing that the right negro waa being chased below Decatur, In DeKalb coun ty. The Immense throng, armed with alt kinds of weapons, resembled a small army, nnd the vegetation for a half Continued on Page Two. Smith Supporters Say He Will Preside at State Convention. Hpretal to Tk. Georgian. Macon, Oa., Aug. 24.—It ta stated hers as almost absolutely certain that J. R, Gray, of tbs AtlantaUournal, will be made chairman of the Democratic convention, tvhlch meats In Macon Sep tember 4, and that E. L. Martin, of this city, will ba 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 By Private Leased Wire. ■ Paris, Aug. 24.—A forest Are broke out at Montacaume, near T»uU,i. to day. A detachment of tho One Hun dred and Eleventh regiment of the line, which waa sent to aaslat in put ting out the Are, was eauvht In the I valley and before It could escape four men were burned to death and eighteen I others Injured. Several other members 1 of the detachment disappeared. | PLAIN DICK" TO ENTER RACE FOR JUDGESHIP Special to The Georgina. Mi fin., Aug. 24.—“Plain Dick” Russell, not satisfied with his two last runs, is going to try it ngain. It is announced here that Judge Russell will he a can didate for one of the. places oil the bench of the eourt of appeals. While this statement does not cotno from the judge himself, it comes from people who have been regular visitors at his state bead- quarters in this city. SHOT HUSBAND AS HE STOOPED f'TO CARESS SON Spretel to Tie- Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 24.— W. R. McVav, owner of n do/.en saloons in Birmingham, was shot and probably fatally wounded at 2 o’clock this afternoon by his wife. The shooting occurred in front of his Second avenue saloon, just as he was stooping to caress their little son. Mrs. McVav admits that she called at the saloon to shoot him. She is in jail.