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ATLANTA Milos of utroot railways.! llniiklns? capltnl The Atlanta Georgian. IllAtlO GEORGIA Fonnla Miles i _ _ Ml!i*s of olortrlc raiHvny*.... *'"tton fnrtorlos 130, snlndlos. Halt's cotton consumca In 19X Value of 1906 cotton crop....* ATLANTA, GA,, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1906. On Trains FIVE CENTS. Leading Men of City and County Sign’ Protest. SAY LAWLESSNESS WOULD. HE CERTAIN GOTHAM CHEERS BRYAN; -HIS PRINCIPLES LAUDED Nebraskan Is Deeply Touched By the Ovation. HE SPEAKS FRIDAY AT NEW HAVEN Hearst Applauded by Big Gathering at Madi son Square Garden. By I'rlrste Leased Wire, New Haven. Conn.. Aug. .31.—Fresh from hla triumph In Neiv York. Wil liam Jennings Bryan arrived here at 12:33 o'clock thla afternoon. BRYAN 18 PLEASED - WITH Hf$-RECEPTION Bv Private Leased Wire, O' N'ew York. AugrJ l.-~'St>lllam J. Bry* OWNERSHIP OF ROADS PLAN CHEERED JO ECHO BY RADICALS OF PARTY It Is Believed Bryan’s Speech Has Revived Differences Between Wings of Democratic Organization. By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVE8. (Editor of The Atlanta Georgian.) Special to The Grnrglnu. New York. Aug. 31.—It I* the elmple truth to nay that Bryan's speech last night has simply revived the differ ences between the two wings or the Democratic party. The radical element of the party heartily applauded hla utterance relat ing to the government ownership of railroads. The conservative clement shrugs Its shoulders, and not caring to enter a protest In the face of the pres ent Bryan movement, contents Itself with saying that It was merely an eg. presslon of his Individual opinion and not Intended to be urged as a plunk In »n, pleased with the'^duslng reception lhe next nntlonal platform, accorded hUn from the moment he landed at the Battery until he retired to his rooms In the Hotel Victoria, aft er the great* meeting last night in Mad ison SiiuntyariflSrdtn. a$alts for New Haven, wltci'JRflf cHf'.b?'given another . *•,•• JMF'*"'". Mr. BtSttri VIII be, met at the union station In New HaveVbJ- Mayor Stud- Icy, Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, acting governor or . Connecticut, and William Karris, chalrmamof the local reception comnjlttee. pA To Dina at Hall. The party will be driven to Music Hall with Mayor Studley, ex-Senator Archibald McNeil, of Bridgeport, and chairman Hewitt riding In the car riage with Mr. Bryan. In the next carriage will ride ex-Governor Gandn, Of Rhode Island; Mr. Lenta, of Ohio; George F. Williams, of Boston, and ''ongresman Tomlinson, of Alabama. Lunch will be served In Music Hall. Dr. Austin Fuller, president of the New itnven Democratic Club, will preside, and Mayor Studley will formally wel come Mr. Bryan on behalf of the City. The party will proceed to the Green about 1:30 p.m., where addresses will be made by Mr. Bryan, Mr. Williams and Dr. Garvin. Mr. Bryan will leave New Haven at 5:40 p.m.. for Bridge- sort, where he will receive another ova tion. Democrats to Confer. Just before hla departure the most Important conference of New England Democrats held In years will take place. Leaders from all six states of New IT BROUGHT APPLAU8E. Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, lost a night’s rest and worry over It. Senators Daniel and Martin, of Vir ginia, conservatives, shook their heads doubtfully over It. Griggs, of Georgia, ratlifr likes It, but the alignment is everywhere the same, the radical Dem ocrats rejoicing and the conservatives doubtful and at heart disapproving. Meanwhile it Is highly significant that no part of Bryan'M s|#eeh re ceived such Instant enthusiasm 'and long continued applause from the great representative audience In Madison Square Garden us the railroad utter ance It was u brave and consistent thing In Bryan to make II. The New York palters comment variously. Cell It Undemocratic. The Times and Tribune declare that It Is undemocratic and ranges Bryan alongside of Hearst In the effort to reorganize the Democratic party along radical lines, even If party lines are obliterated to do It. It Is significant that Hearst, after the meeting at the garden, broke his rule and called on Bryan at his hotel, remaining some time. To summarize the whole situa tion, the speech leave* the Democratic leaders who are In New York undecided In approval and distrust. But Bailey and Culberson, of Texas, gave the stamp of their approval zy speaking at the overflow meeting after having read Bryan's speech In advance. It was a great speech, a mighty, magnificent audience and a vast en thusiasm. To my own mind, I believe that Bryan believes and knows he can sweep the country on his railroad plank as Hoke Smith swept Georgia. The age Ik radical, the majority of the Democrats and many of the Republi cans arc against the railroads and will follow Bryan. Five years hence they might not do It. But they will "do It next year or two years hence. Regarding Invitation. Bryan would neither accept nor de cline the Invitation to the Atlanta fair for October. He was Just uncertain about hla October time. He was will ing to come in September, but would not be able to say about October un til after he had visited Lincoln, Neb. The Georgia delegation, fifteen strong, called on Hearst at his home yester day. Resolutions condemning the proposed secret order on the model of the Ku- Klux Klan have ipeen drawn up and signed by hundreds of the most promi nent cltlsens' of Atlanta'and Fulton county. The proposed clan Is declared an un safe thing because dt will tend to breed lawlessness and riot, because there can be In It neither order nor discipline. The resolutions call for greater vigi lance on the part of the city and coun ty police for a greatly Increased coun ty and city police force, and urge the cleaning out of tough negro dives. The movement against the proposed organization was > begun with a large conference, at which twenty-five or more men were present, in the office of Captnln W. D., Kills last week. A committee of live,.composed of t'aptaln W. D. Ellis, chairman; Judge George HUlyer, George Muse, Linton Hopkins and H. J. Guinn, was appointed to draw up the resolutions. Another meeting was held by the original number of men at which ihe resolutions were adopted. Then the resolutions were taken around and were signed. The resolutions ]bre: Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 30, 1906. To the Public: We, the undersigned citizens and taxpayers of the efty of Atlanta and of Fulton county, do most respectfully and earnestly present to the city and county authorities the following mat- ters for Immediate and vigorous sc- tlon: First. The assaults upon white wo men and girls by negroes meets our severest condemnation. We denounce It as damnable, outrageous and as.put-. ling in jht'I 1 tin pcn.-c, goml .,i ,1m ,m.] unfair ..f nil |„ „,nL Jn this . .immunity. Second. We befifwe In the enforce ment of law. We. believe that defects FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDER, LEON T. MILNER IS SHOT DOWN; HIS VICTIM’S SONS ARE ACCUSED Slayer of B. H. Dorsey May Die From Wounds. MILNER ATTACKED AS HE LEFT COURT Jonesboro .and Clayton County Stirred by Tuesday Night’s Shooting. In the criminal law should be speedily cured, and we want crime stopped and criminate punished by law and by of ficers of the law. Third. We do not believe It advis able to have or form any whitecap or ganization or clan, like or similar to the Ku-Klux Klan, such organizations cannot be properly controlled. They may be composed of good men, but tend to friction, riot and chaos. We protest that ours Is a law-abiding progressive and prosperous community and that there Is no need of mob law or vigilance societies. Fourth. Wo demand the summary breaking up of all low dives In the city, especially those on Decatur and Peters streets. Fifth. #Ve ask that the police force be at once largely Increased, and such Increase to be continued as long ns may be necessary to rid this commun ity of tramps, vagabonds and well known criminals. Sixth. We appeal to the press of the city and state to aid vigorously by ad vocating sui - * * * holding* the cltlsens who want peace, good order and protection for their families, their homes and their property. We appeal to all law-abiding and well disposed persons of both white and colored races to stand for peace, good order, the enforcement of the law and prompt punishment of criminals. Ororfe fllllypr, K. L. Heely. publisher The lieorglnn, V. A. flntohelor. Isn«f Ktlles Hopkins, Jack J. Hpnldlnc. Walter T. Col L. L. DORSEY ARRESTED A T JUDGE R. T. DORSEYS; JUST FROM JONESBORO LEON T. MILNER. Who wi« (hot after being acquit- . ted of murder. Continued on Psgo Nino. g000000000000000000000000g SEPTEMBER COMETH, 0 O LIKEWI8E THE.OYSTER. 0 0 0 DISOWNS BODY OF HUSBAND WHO DIED IN FULTON TOWER Continued on Page Three. DOOO00000000000000000O0004 ■> SPEECH OF BRYAN « 5 IS ON PAGE FOUR. » 0 o 00000000000000000000000000 Some time Thursday night or Frl- timed within the last few month*. He ,„v morning. J C. Elliott died in a cell' «“» «»t In from the court of a Juetlce day morning, j. of the peace May 26, for cheating anrl dwindling, made bond and was surren dered by his bondsmen June 5. Late Thursday afternoon he was again arrested and sent to the Tower under a warrant from Justice Blood- worth’s court. This time he had been writing small checks on banks where he had no accounts and getting mer chants to cash them for him after banking hours. The prisoners In the cells on either side of him told the Jury Friday morn ing that at 10 o'clock Thursday even ing Elliott was snoring. When -the Inside turnkey opened the ceil Friday morning he was dead. Elliott was 30 years of age. on the third floor of the Tower. A cor oner's Jury empanelled Friday morning could not find a cause for death. When Mrs. Elliott, to whom the dead man had been married only about two months, was asked Friday morning what disposition she wldhed to make of the body, she sent word that she would have nothing to do with It. Coroner Thompson, fearing that some mistake had been made In the delivery of the message, went to see her and she gave him the same answer. Elliot had been at the Toe * r three It being the last day of August, 1 D we are reminded of the Joyous 0 0 cry of the poet: O O "Why the hosannas that ring 0 0 In the ears? 0 o Why the hurrah and the 0 0. royster? O 0 September, September, la very 0 O near here, O 0 And that Is the month of the 0 oyster!” O The beauty about It Is Chat then 0 0 we may tell the packers to go to O 0 thunder. 0 O The forecast: O O "Fair Friday night and Satur O O day." O 0 Friday temperatures: 0 O 7 o’clock a m 72 Degrees O O 6 o'clock n.m. ..... . 76 Degrees 0 0 3 o’clock Am. 7* Degrees 0 0 10 o’clock s.m. 12 Degrees O O 11 o'clock Am- 33 Degrees O O 12 o'clock noon 35 Degree* 0 0 1 o’clock p.m 36 Degrees 0 2 o'clock p.m 66 Degrees 0 00000O000000O00OO 0O0O0O00O Staff Correspondence. Jonesboro, Ga„ Aug. 31.—About eight minutes after the end of his trial tor the murder of B. H. Dorsey, the father of his twin brother's sweetheart, In which he was vindicated by the Jury, I-eon T. Milner, of .Jonesboro, was Thursday'night attacked by men who are declared'-by him to-be- the two younger sons and a cousin of tho dead man, and seriously. If not fatally, wounded. The liberated man. In company with officers of the law, was going to the Jail to get his effects, when the on slaught occurred, the first fire upon the freed man occurring Just as he was bout ten feet from the front door of the court house, the assailants being that far In his rear and just opposite the entrance, the. first firing being poured Into him from the back. Aa he was shot at he was then arm In arm with a deputy sheriff of tho county, and another deputy and sheriff being along tof protection. 8hot in the Back. Notwithstanding this protection, he was shot In the back, In the dark In a running fire, and, as he dragged him self to cover from his assailants, left a trail of blood behind. He Is now In a precarious condition at hts mother'd home on Smith street, In Jonesboro, In a statement given to Solicitor General William Schley Howard, of the Stone Mountain circuit, by Leon T. Milner, In the Jonesboro Jail Thursday night shortly utter lie was shot, the wounded man states that Otis Dorsey fired the first shots. Will Norris tho next two or three and Louis Dorsey the shot that caused him to fall. Louis Dorsey Is now- In the police station In Atlanta, and hla cousin, Will Norris, Is In Jail at Jonssboro. Otis Dorsey is still at large. Norris Is said to work at Nunnally’s, In Atlanta, and was arrested about 4:46 o'clock Friday morning as he was about to board the Jonesboro accommodation Ed Ragan and Bailiff John M. Afcher. I-ouls Dorsey was arrested by Officer Bone early Friday morning at the home of his uncle. Judge R. T. Dorsey, In Atlanta. Town Stirrsd to Depths. Jonesboro and Clayton county are stirred to their depths, but with sub dued, suppressed excitement. Little knots and groups of men would huddle together here and there on the court house lawn, on the streets and around the railway station. On the trains It seemed to be th* one topic of conversation, and for the nonce, overshadowed the great. Bryan reception In New York. "Sad; very sad,” said one passenger. "Sad things have happened In our grand old stats In the post six months." Milner Is suffering Intensely from four bullet wounds, where an aged mother and twin brother and sympa thetic neighbors are ministering to his needs. The bone In his right leg Is split, hts right arm broken, a wound in the side of his right hip and In the back of the left shoulder. Accounts vary as to the number of shots fired. Rome say eight, some ten. In the straggling road lead ing from the court house to the Jail, some forty steps from where the shoot ing began, a bullet was picked up about the size of those used In 38-callbre pistols. Grand Jury it Busy. All Friday morning the grand Jury was busily engaged In hearing testi mony from witnesses, who, it was thought, would throw any light on the tragedy. There was an unusual still ness about the court room over which Judge L. 8. Roan presided. Solicitor Howard was kept busy going to and L. L. Dorsey, a son of the man who was killed by Milner, was arrest ed at 3 o'clock Friday morning at the home of Judge R. T. Dorsey, hts uncle, at 171 Capitol avenue. He refused to make any statement and was locked up nt the police station with "suspi cion" registered opposite his name on the state docket. In company with Hugh M. Dorsey, of the firm of Dorsey, Brewster & Howell, L. I.. Dorsey drove In a buggy from Jonesboro to Atlanta. They ar rived at Jones' livery stable on For syth street Just before 3 o'clock and put up their team. They then went to the home of Hugh M. Dorsey and his father, Judge Dorsey, on Capitol uvenue. Shortly after the shooting the At lanta police station received a tele phone call from that point, instructing the officers to keep a lookout for L. L- Dorsey and Arthur L. Norris, who were said to have left Jonesboro on their way to Atlanta. Plain Clothes Officers Bone and Cason were sent tp watch the home of Judge Dorsey, while Call Officers Dunton and Callaher went to the home of Norris, 426 Capitol avenue. The latter gained no results from their vigil, ns Norris did not come to At lanta. After waiting about thirty minutes Ihe two-plain clothes men saw Hugh Dorsey and L. I.. Dorsey approach the house. As they entered the officers stepped up and notified L. L. Dorsey that he was under arrest. They had no Instructions concerning Hugh Dor- who wae not dleturhed. One of the officers stated that while they were talking to the men that one of the two dropped a revolver on the floor and that Hugh M. Dorsey snatch ed It up and ran Into the house. When the officers demanded the pistol It was returned to them. When It appeared It wae loaded In every chamber. The weapon, a 38 caliber Colts revolver, with six chambers, was retained at police headquarters. A request for an examination of It was denied and It was not stated whether or not it showed marks of Being recently dis charged. L. L. Dorsey gave the officers no trouble after hla arrest and accom panied them to the police station. The officers stated that he said he had heard the shotssfired In Jonesboro. Would Say Nothing. Both Judge Dorsey and Hu&h Dor sey Instructed him to make no further statement. According to tho officers an Inquiry for Norris wan answered by Hugh Dorsey, who replied that Nor ris had nothing to do with the shoot ing. Tho prisoner, who was locked In a state cell, preserved hie silence Friday morning and refused to make any statement to newspaper men. saying that he would prefer not to talk. Hugh Dorsey called upon Ihlm early In tile forenoon and spent some time In con versation with him. He made no state ment. No application for bond for Dorsey was made during the forenoon. TWIN BROTHER’S A TTENTIONS TO B. H. DORSEY’S DAUGHTER CAUSE OF THE FIRST TRAGEDY Staff Correspondence. Jonesboro, Ga, Aug. 31.—Leon Mil ner has a twin brother, who resembles him to a marked degree, and It was this twin brother, Otis Milner, whose attentions to the 14-year-oM daughter of B. H. Dorsey'are said to have caused the- tragedy In which B. H. Dorsey was klllaA — - -■•• • The altercation between B. H. Dorsev and Leon Milner was about the atten tions of Otis Milner to the former's daughter. They had a fisticuff and were separated by D. 11. Beeves, when, ac cording to the testimony before the Jury-In the trial Thursday, i.,-,,n Mil ner pulled .a pistol and fired four shots at Dorsey, one of which produced death. ..—... ■*«ga GOV. TERRELL’S VISIT TO GOTHAM MA Y MEAN MILLION FOR VARSITY Governor Joseph M. Terrell will leave early next week for New York on a combined pleasure and business trip. Mrs. Terrell will accompany him, and they expect to spend some ten days In Gotham. The governor wilt have conferences with George Foster Peabody and other educational philanthropists while away relative to the future of the University of Georgia, and particularly the new agricultural college to be established In Athens under the Connor bill. While the Connor bill was pending In the last general assembly the state ment wae frequently made that It* ollars for university extension and enlargement. It Is known that Mr. Peabody Is deeply Interested In the future of his alma mater, and that he la a profound believer In the agricultural feature of thn educational work In his native state. Governor Teirell's visit, there fore, may mean great things to follow In the near future for tho university. Strentgh Is added to the general opinion that big developments are Just ahead because of the special resolution passed by the last general assembly to make Mr. Peabody a trusts of the uni versity of Georgia. Hie commission was forwarded to New York this week. TRUST CO. DIRECTORS ACCEPTED DEPOSITS KNOWING OF CRASH By I’rlrste Lessed Wire. Philadelphia, Aug. 31.—Amazing dig- cloeures today concerning the devious methods of Frank K. Hippie, president of the collapsed Real Estate Trust Company Included chiefly the remark able statement that he put up $1,000,- 000 In one of the wild schemes of Lewis O. Tewksbury', the former New York bank "promoter." George H. Earle, receiver of the failed concern, one of the most promi nent financiers of Philadelphia, Is con- nectsd with four of the largest banks of the city, anti Is chiefly Interested In trying to rehabilitate the trust com pany. Says He Got 35,000,000. H* made this statement today: “Frank K. Hippie blew his brains out because he was an embeszler of at $5,000,400. In addition, he was hypothecated 163,000 worth of paper, securing 850,000 on It end never re turning the paper or Its equivalent. "The loans, amounting to $5,000,000, that Hippie made to Adolph Segal were personal loans. Although made In the name of the bank, the directors had no knowledge of them and consequent ly the money wae stolen by Hippie.” Directors Knew of 8uicide. The directors of the trust company made the amsslng admission that they i knew on Sunday night that President Hippie was a suicide, and despite tills, they kept the bank open for two days. They admitted that during these two days all the deposits received were marked and placed for safe-keeping in the Franklin National Bank. The law makes It a criminal offence for of ficer* of an Institution to receive de posits. knowing that the bank Is In solvent. The marking of the money on Mon day and Tuesday le a confession that the directors knew the bank to be In solvent. And It was further shown to. day that the directors and friends of directors, knowing the bank to be In solvent and Its president a suicide, had ample opportunity to draw out their deposits. Clerks Tipped Friends. And the clerks, taking their cue from the marking of the new deposits, were able to notify their friends, and these In turn their friends, and os a result there was a run on the bank for two days by these lucky depositors who were on the Inside. The fact that the trust company held more than $60,000,000 worth of various collateral, principally to secure corpor ation bond Issuee, and that It also held securities representing the investment of more than $24,000,000 of trust funds, makes the crash formidable und com plex. JAPANESE SEAL POACHERS ARE CONVICTED IN ALASKA Continued on Page Nine. Washington. Aug. 31.—The department of Justice today receive, grant dated Valdez. Alaska, August 30, to the effe. i that six . xrsre convicted on the 29th of attempting to kill fur seals on St land by agents of the department of commerce **n.l Libor. Five party were killed at the time and twelve captured.