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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. OOOOODOOOODOOOOOODDOOOOOOO O O O GEORGIAN ENTERPRISE O O RECEIVING PRAISE OF O GEORGIA CITIZEN8. O O Special to The Georgian. O 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. O com- 0 O OOOOO6ODOO0GOO0OOOOOOOOODO 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.