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special Saturday
NIGHT EDITION.
The Atlanta Georgian.
SPECIAL SATURDAY
NIGHT EDITION.
VOL. 1. NO. 104.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 25,1906.
•pRTfir. In Atlanta TWO CKNTi.
JrlliUHj: on Trains FIVE CENTS.
BOMB FOR STOL YPIN
MANGLES FRIENDS
Son of Premier Among
Those Who Are
Wounded.
MISSILE IS THROWN
DURING RECEPTION
Many Killed by Explosion.
Premier Escapes Death.
Assassin Gets
Away.
By GEORGE FRAZER.
Special Cable—Copyright.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 25.—Premier
Stnlypln, on whose life an attempt was
made this afternoon by bomb throw
ers, wired to the emperor from his
hlme this evening: "Am Intact.’
St. Petersburg. Aug. 25.—That Pre
mier Stolypln Is alive today Is little
short of a miracle. As It Is, the des
perate atempt to destroy him with a
dynamite bomb at his home today re
sulted In the death of a number of peo
ple and the maiming of many more. In-
eluding a son of the minister.
The first report which reached the
public was to the effect that M. Stoly
pln himself had been killed.
Details Hard to Get.
Details of the tragedy are as yet hard
to secure. It appears, however, that an
official reception was In progress at the
home of M. Stolypln where, without
warning, a bomb exploded In the re
ception rooms, spreading ddath and de
struction on all sides. It la not yet
known who the assassin was and it Is
presumed he has,escaped. It also has
been Impossible as yet to get a list of
the dead and Injured, or, Indeed, to
learn definitely how many fell victims
to the attempt on the premier’s life.
Physicians were summoned to aid the
Injured and the police drew a cordon
around the house, so that only those
who had the right could go either In
or out.
Excitement Follows.
The attempt on M. Stolypln's life and
the assassination of the others has
caused much Intense excitement
throughout to St. Petersburg. It Is re.
gretted among the more conservative,
as It Is known that M. Stolypln has
been disposed to do all he can to bring
peace to the empire. This attempt, It Is
feared, will greatly strengthen the
hands of the reactionists.
Peter Stolypln sprang Into promi
nence Immediately following the veturn
of Witte from the peace conference at
Portsmouth, Ne.w Hampshire, at about
which time It will be remembered
events followed one after another fast
and furious In the Russian capital.
Witte, being forced to retire, Stoly
pln. who had been minister of the In
terior In the Goremykin ffablnet, was
selected to dll his place. Threats
against his life began to come from
the revolutionary source. Witte, the
Idol of the people, who wanted peace,
had been deposed and this Itself was
sufficient to arouse the Ire of thous
ands.
Many Persons
Were Killed
and Wounded
When a Bomb
Was Hurled !
Into the. House
of Premier
Stolypin in
Russian Cap
ital City. Son
of Premier Was
One of Those
Hurt.
KflciviibK wioi-YPIN.
An atUmpt to assassinate him in his homa was made Saturday.
NEWS FORECAST FOR COMING WEEK
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 25.—The home-coming of William J. Bryan
promise* to be the big event of the coming week. Mr. Bryan and party are
passengers on the steamship Primes* Irene, which la due to reach New
York about Wednesday. In order to allow time for any delay the ar
rangements committee has decided to hold the big demonstration In honor
of Mr. Bryan In Madlaon Square-Garden Thursday night. The affair will
be attended by leading Democrats from every part of the country and
the demonstration, with the attendant speeches of Mr. Bryan, and others,
is regarded as of much political significance. Mr. Bryan Is expected to
visit several points In the East before departing for his home In Lincoln.
At Seagirt, N. J., the round-up of sharpshooters will begin for the an
nua! championship contests with rifle and carbine, revolver and pistol,
under the auspices of the national board for the promotion of rifle prac
tice and the National Rifle Association. The contests will last several
weeks.
The new railroad rate law Is scheduled to go Into efTect next Tues
day. The railroads have asked for some delay, however, and It may
be some weeks before all the provisions of the law become operative.
The American Bar Association will begin Its twenty-ninth annual
meeting In St. Paul next Wednesday. As usual, an Interesting program
of addresses by men of national prominence has been prepared for the
gathering.
The National Negro Business League, of which Booker T. Washing
ton Is president, will hold Its seventh annual meeting In Atlanta, open
ing Wednesday.
The Republican state convention of Wyoming will assemble at Casper
next Wednesday to name candidates for governor and other state officers.
Vice President Fairbanks and other men of national prominence will
take part In exercises to be held at Osawatomle, Kane., next Thursday In
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of John Brown's raid.
The Futurity, one of the great races of the year, will b« decided at the
Sheepshead Bay course on Saturday;
CZAR BLAMES JEW8
FOR WORK OF DOUMA
By Prlvnte Issued Wire.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 25.—In a gov
ernment order Issued to the troops at
Warsaw the direct charge is made that
it was the Jews who were responsible
for the* revolutionary character of the
outlawed douma. Toward the close,
*>aid the order, "the douma assumed an
openly revolutionary character. The
Jewish members came to lead feu- the
revolutionary members, who simply
danced to the pipe."
BEATEN TO DEATH
IN RIVER RAPIDS
By Prlvnte Lentscd Wire.
Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 26.—While on
the lower river in a boat this mom-
ins two men, Martin Kane and H. L.
McGrath, were caught in the suction
of the whirlpool rapids.
They rowed fiercely for shore, but
nothing that they could not make It
In that way both leaped from the .boat
and swam. McGrath made the rocks
abouf the cantilever bridge, but Kane
wept through the rapids to death.
brakeman on the New
McGrath is an oper-
Kane
York Central,
ttor.
BOLL weevil found
IN ALABAMA FIELD.
I
.L Aug. ALLUI Ulllg IU
ViV iat , Pment a man who has resld-
fr, . T * xaa . a cotton boll weevil was
>und i n a cotton field near this city.
,L. r parties who claim to know the
msert that it ts the genuine Texas
Has put the lid on
NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS.
in The (ioorglnn.
,, kson, Mix,., Aug. 25.—Governor
“daman ha * refused to grant a char-
' , ' 1 '"The Brothers and Sisters of
|u„ 5 ''' a Vicksburg negro organlza-
cr . ■' Prominent Vicksburg attorney
,h * charter to the governor.
In 1 that he did not see any good
Msm organising, and he prn-
s-vn- n lh * future t 0 refuse to charter
' mr ’fe negro organisations.
POPULISTS NOT
TO HOLD MEETING
E
Will
Put Out No
Ticket This
Fall.
State
No convention of Populists will be
held In Atlanta on next Tuesday.
J. E. Bodenhamer, of DeKalb county,
secretary of the People's Party state
executive committee, stated to a Geor
gian representative Saturday morning
that he had written Chairman J. J.
Holloway advising him to Issue an of
flclal notice calling off the meeting
fixed for that date.
"In the light of the primary Wed
nesday and the overwhelming victory
of Hoke 8mith, I believe It would be a
useless waste of time and energy for
the Populists to meet or attempt to
place a ticket In the field.
"As a matter of fact, a very large
percentage of the Populists voted for
Mr. Smith, because his platform em
braced the ideas for which we have
been fighting for years. IP he carries
out his platform and pledges we will
have no complaint."
Aa Mr. Bodenhamei' Is In a position
to speak officially, his statement may
be taken as a final declaration that
the Populists of Georgia will have no
ticket in the field this year. It Is
probable that Chairman Holloway will
officially call ofT the proposed conven
tion set for Tuesday.
Will Meet, Saye Holloway.
The Georgian is In receipt of the fol
lowing letter from Chairman J. J. Hol
loway: . .- ..
Clem, Ga., Aug. 24, 1906.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I see stated on the second page of
your esteemed paper of this date that
the Populists will meet there on the
27th: that a convention was called for
that date. .
I hopfe you will be fair enough to
correct this date, for our convention
adjourned on the 4th of July to meet
August 28. and not the 27th.
Just why you style us "straightouts
and "lrreconcllables" I do not know,
unless It is because we refuse to be-
come members of the Democratic par-
You seem to admire Mr. Hearst,
yet, you must know, that he Is out-
striping us 10 to 1 In beseeching the
people to cut loose from the old cor
rupt parties and to vote Independently
for the cause of freedom. We have no
word of abuse, nor even the slightest
crltctsm for the thousands of Populists
who voted for the Hon. Hoke Smith.
We are sure they will most heartily
support him In the regular election.
We know there Is no way to con-
.true his unparalleled victory, with-
out recognizing the fact that it
made possible by advocatlnr our prin
ciples and by Populists votes and Pop
ulist influence. Whatever reforms hi,
victory has advanced can not fall to
be considered a victory for populism
and for Jeffersonian Democracy.
Whether our crowd Is large or small
ort the 25th, you may rest assured that
nothing harah will be done. on-
GOES TO INCREASE
SMITHJAJORITY
Winning Candidate Now
Has 123 Cotinties with
316 Delegates.
PICTURES IN THE WEEK’S NEWS
com FORCE
CROWD AT DECATUR FRIGHTENS
SHERIFFS WIFE NEARTO DEATH
E
Commissioners Meet
to Discuss Need
of Increase.
MAY TRIPLE NUMBER
Sheriff Favors Three Sta
tions and Special Depu
ties—More Protec
tion Needed.
Still the Hoke Smith column swells
ga the election returns from Wednes
day’s general primary come in. The
returns received at The Georgian's of
fice show that Mr. Smith carried 128
out of the 145 counties In the state, the
combined opposition only receiving 22
counties,
Mr. Smith will go Into the state con
vention with 316 delegates, against a
total of 50 by the opposing candidates.
When the convention meets he will be
elected on the first ballot with 131
votes to spare.
Montgomery county, which the Smith
campaign managers had placed in Mr.
Howell's .column, gives Mr. Smith a
majority.
• It will also be seen from the returns
that* Mr. Smith probably received 70
per cent of the entire popular vote cast
In the state. It shows that the issues
for which he stood are living issues In
the state, as the vote for him seems
overwhelming where the Issues were
discussed most.
The standing of the candidates In the
convention will be as follows:
Counties.
Hoke Smith 123
Judge Russell 9
Clark Howell 6
Colonel Estlll 4
James Smith .. 3
Total 145
Delegates.
Hoke Smith 316
Judge Russell 20
Clark Howell 12
Colonel Estlll 12
James Smith 6
FOUR GIRLS FIRED
FOR NOT PRA YING
ny rrivste I-eancd 1Vlr«.
Chicago, Aug. 25.—Four girls have
been discharged from the Zion City
lace works for falling to obey the rule
that they shall not pray during work
hours, but on their own time. Zion
people pray at certain tlmea each day,
but that thoee working by the hour
are docked for time spent In praying
has not been generally known.
Of late some workers have been In
clined to alight their work, believing
they should not be docked for It.
fldently look for a re-alllgnment In
American politics, and that other great
battles will have to be fought yet,
before the people come In to their own.
With best wishes, yours very truly,
J. J. HOLLOWAY.
Rljmofs of Lynchings
Printed in Papers
Caused Indignation.
Everything l* quiet at Decatur.
Everything Is quiet at Copenhlll.
Reports from both these places state
that no excitement prevails whatever
Saturday over thfc events of the past
few days. The citizens of Decatur and
Copenhlll have placed their % fa!th In
the county officials and until the per
petrators • of the recent crimes have
been apprehended events will move
along In the routine way.
Saturday morning there was much
dissatisfaction expressed by the peo
ple living In Decatur over the false
reports aired in afternoon papers Fri
day, and which came near causing
serious trouble.
The rumor that a crowd was march
ing on the DeKalb county Jail and that
the negro who committed the assault
on the Misses Lawrence had been
caught and Identified brought many
Infuriated men to the suburban city.
The crowd demanded that the Jail
be searched and It was only after a
long parley that they were satisfied to
allow, a committee of two to mako the
Investigation.
R. H. Ledford, proprietor of the De
catur livery stable, who was Instru
mental In getting the troops out and
pacifying the crowd, stated Saturday
morning that Mrs. E. A. Ragan, wife
of the sheriff, was at the point of
death and that had the mob Insisted
upon entering the Jail would probably
have died.
BIG EXPLOSION
REPORTED FROM
BESSEMER, ALA,
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 25.—It is rs-
ported that a tsrrific sxplosion oc
curred at ths Fossill ora mine., twslvs
mils, from hers, at 1 o’clock this sft-
srneon. Window pans, wars broksn
and housss shook at Besssmor. Tola*
phone wires srs In bad shapa and it
will bs several hours before any de
tails can bs obtained. Rumor has it
that a dynsmito magazine blow up and
that several parsons wars killed.
The sxplosion was felt for miles.
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GEORGIA CITIZEN8. O
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O Rome, Ga., Aug. 25.—The At- O
O lanta Georgian', apeclal edition O
8 received here Thursday morning, O
giving the'correct election returns, O
O was widely aought by the people O
O of Rome, and the enterprise of
O The Georgian was highly
mended by every one.
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MAYOR WOODWARD SCORES
THE COUNTY OFFICERS
"If the people are not protected they will have to protect themselves,”
said Mayor Woodward Saturday morning when asked for his opinion as to
, the numerous assaults which have been perpetrated by negroes around At
lanta In the past few weeks. • I
"The county officers should give more attention to protecting the peo
ple and less to outside matters. If there Is not something done, and done
soon, to put a atop to this, matters will.take a turn so.eerloue that the au
thorities will be unable to cope with them.”
FOUR CUBAN PROVINCES
SCENES OF FIGHTING
s&SSSSSi
Revolt Does Not Seem
to Have Been Put
Down.
By MANUEL CALVO.
Spec^I Cable—Copyright.
Havanna, Cuba. Aug. 25.—That the
opposing forcea In Plnar del Rio are
in touch and that there has been some
lighting which mdy be preliminary to
a general and decided battle, seems to
be certain. It Is, however, extremely
difficult to get definite Information.
The government hax^establlshed a cen
sorship on news from the Held which
makes It hard to verify the many re
ports which are current
Guerra Is 'concentrating his forces
about Guanes, having abandoned Ban
Lula and Ban Juan de Martlnei. Oov-
epvnent troops took at once poseeslon.
Small Bands Raiding.
Guerra has 1,500 to 1,000 men tn the
main body with numerous amall’bands
raiding the country. The government
troops were ambushed and ioat seven
men killed and aeveral wounded In an
enceunter nearGuanea. The fact that the
fight waa near Ounnes gave rise to a
report that a battle was fought with
Guerra's force at Guanes. Two rebels
General Jose Miguel Gomes, who Is
a prisoner; Lady Bedla and Secretary
Orlstls are ahon In the upper picture,
while below la General Qulntln Ban
deras, head of the revolt tn Pinar del
Rio, who was killed several days ago
tn battle.
were killed by rurales near Qulnlcao.
Fighting in Provinces.
Reporta of guegfilla lighting reach
Continued on Pago Three.
At a special meeting called for 3
o’clock Saturday afternoon the board
of county commissioners will consider
an Increase of the number of county
police from twelve to twenty-four or
thirty-six men to meet the conditions
which have caueed the frequent as
saults by negroes on the white women
of Fulton county within the last few
weeks.
Public sentiment has demanded that
something be done and Sheriff Nelms,
acting on the belief that a remedy can
be effected by going after the Idle
claas of blacks, has requested that the
board meet to consider recommenda
tion, which he will make. He will
appear before the meeting this after
noon and besides asking the Increase
In the county police force will an
nounce his Intention of appointing six
citizens In each militia district In the
county to act without compensation as
deputy sheriffs, thus giving them pow
er to arrest auspicious persons. The
county of Fulton contains fourteen
militia dlstrlcta. Therefore the coun
ty will have eighty-four special offi
cers In addition to the present regular
force and the Increase In the police.
It la Sheriff Nelms’ Idea to estab
lish, three independent stations for the
county police—one north, one south,
and the other weat of Atlanta—to each
of which one-third of the force of
thlrty-alx men would report. Accord
ing to his plan each of these ntatlnns
would have direct communication with
each other and with the chiefs office.
He will also recommend that a pair
of "nigger dogs” be placed at each sta
tion.
Consultation with the various county
commissioners has shown that they are
In favor with ths plan proposed nnd
there la little doube that they will
make provision for the Increase In the
force thla afternoon.
Chief Turner thinks that If the
ramps can be properly arranged thla
plan would result tn remedying the
deplorable conditions which now ex
ist. Chairman H. L. Culberson, of the
commission. Is In favor of the plan,
but says he doubts whether It will bo
necessary to more than double the
force.
IS ASSASSINATED
NEAR Jl$ HOME
Was Attracted From House
by Disturbance Among
the Chickens. »
gperta! to The Georgian.
Gainesville, Ga., Au*. 25.—Henry W.
Cagle, a prominent citizen of the Glnde
district, was fatally shot by some un
known person last night at his home.
Hearing a disturbance at his chicken
house he went out to zee about it.
When he neared hlz fowls he was
shot down. SherlfT Crow and physi
cians of Gainesville were notified and
left at once. Up to this hour the
would-be assassin has not been captur
ed, although Sheriff Crow is making
every effort to apprehend him. There
‘ no hope of Cagle's recot
Cagel’s home
Springs.
Is no hope of Cagle
> Is near White Sulphur
i recovery.
SMILES AT DEATH
SITTING ON TRACK
By Private Leased Wire.
Mason City, la., Aug. 25.—With a
smile as the answer to the engineer's
continued whtstlee for her to get out
of danger. Mis* Maggie Hogan com
placently eat on the track at Austlq,
near here, yesterday and watted until
the fast passenger hurled her to in
stant death. It Is thought that she
waa demented as the result of a love
affair.
TOOTHACHE CAUSES
SUICIDE OF GIRL
By Private Leased Wire.
Sioux Falls, S. D„ Aug. 25.—Miss
Grace Haward, of Fairfield, la., lately
of Mitchell, S. D., because of suffering
from an ulcerated tooth, committed
a^ilctde by throwing herself over Min
nehaha Falla last night. Ths young
woman wrote a letter to a friend, (end
ing all her money and saying aba
would commit suicide.