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VOL. 1. NO. 10&
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA-, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1906.
SHAKE!
GOTHAM CHEERS BRYAN;
HIS PRINCIPLES LAUDED
Nebraskan Is Deeply
Touched By the
Ovation.
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By Prirkte l.onM'il Wire.
New JHaven, Conn., Au*. 31.—Con-
i necticut gave Mr. Bryan a rousing re
| ceptlonj He arrived here shortly aft
er noon and was met by a big delegu
tlon oil New England worthies, by
whom pe was escorted to the Mush
lunch. At 3 o'clock he held
ence with a number of promt
England Democrats on the
. situation. * He made a speech
T following the general lines of his speech
a ln New York lust night.
Mr. Uryan made a short talk to a
I big croiwd at Bridgeport. It was here
learned of the death of Mr. Rose
[ water, 1 of. Omaha, and promptly sent
[t|s dlnpatch to Mrs. Rosewater:
■"Have just read with sorrow
bur htlsband'a death. Mrs. Bryan Joins
lu expressions of sympathy."
BRYAN IS PLEASED
WITH HI8 RECEPTION
By l'rlente l.enscd 'Wire.
New (York, Aug. 31.—William J. Bry.
an, pie tied with the musing reception
arc or led him front the moment he
: landed at the Battery until he retired
Ito his rooms In the Hotel Victoria, aft-
- the igreat meeting last night In Mad*
Square Darden, starts for New
aven, where he will be given another
" tumultuous welcome.
Mr. Bryan will be met at the union
station] In New Haven by Mayor Btud-
ley, Lieutenant Governor Woodruff,
acting governor of Connecticut, and
william Harris, chairman of the local
reception committee.
Te Dine at Hall.
The party will be driven to Music
Hall w Ith Mayor Studley. ex-Benaior
Archibald McNeil, of Bridgeport, and
chairman Hewitt riding In the car*
rlisf with Mr. Bryan. In the next
cm rlage will ride ex-Oovernor Garvin,
Rhode Island; Mr. Lents, of Ohio;
H r. Williams, of Boston, and
man Tomlinson, of Alabama,
will be served In Music Hall,
tin Fuller, president of the New
Democratic Club, will preside,
yor Studley will formally wel
come Mr. Bryan on behalf of.-the city.
The party will proceed to tjie Green
about Ira# pirn, where addresses will
ha mad* hr Mr. Bryan. Mr. Williams
I and Dr. Garvin. Mr. Bryan will leave
New Haven at S:40 p.nt. for Bridge
port, where ha will receive another ova
tion.
Democrats to Confer.
Just : before hla departure the most
mpbrtant conference of New England
| Democrats held In years will take place.
* Leader* from all six states of New
Continued on Page Three.
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SPEECH OF BRYAN O
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OWNERSHIP OF ROADS
PLAN CHEERED TO ECHO
BY RADICALS OF PARTY
It Is Believed Bryan’s Speech Has Revived
Differences Between Wings of
Democratic Organization.
By JOHN TEMPLE QRAVE8.
(Editor of Tht Atlanta Georgian.)
Special to The Georgian.
• New York, Aug. 31.—It la the simple
truth to say that Bryan’s speech last
night has simply revived the differ-
cnees between the two wings of the
Democratic party.
The radical element of the party
heartily applauded his utterance relat
ing to the government ownership of
railroads. The conservative element
shrugs Its shoulders, and not caring to
enter u protest In the face of the pres
ent Bryan movement, contents Itself
with saying thut It whs merely an ex
pression of his individual opinion and
not Intended to be urged as a plank In
the next national platform.
IT BROUGHT APPLAUSE.
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,
rather likes It, but the alignment Is
everywhere the same, the radical Dem-
doubtful and at heart
Meanwhile It Is highly significant
that no part of Bryan’s sj/-och re
ceived such Instant enthusiasm and
long continued applause from the r reat
representative audience In Madison
Square Garden an tho railroad utter
ance. It was a brave and consistent
thing In Bryan to make it. The New
York papers comment variously.
Call It Undemocratic.
The Times and Tribune declare that
It Is undemocratic and ranges Bryan
alongside of Hearst In the effort to
reorganise 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 summarise the whole sltua
tlon, the speech leaves 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 xy speaking at
the overflow meeting after having read
Bryan’s speech In advance.
It was a great ppeech, 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 Is radical, the majority of the
Democrats and many of the Republi
cans are 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 dc
cllne the invitation to the Atlanta fair
for October. He w'aa Just uncertain
about his October time. He waa will
ing to come In Heptember, 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.
DISOWNS BODY OF HUSBAND
WHO DIED IN FULTON TOWER
Borne time Thursday night or Fri
day morning, J. C. Elliott died In a cell
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
w hat disposition she w ished 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 Tower three
times within the last few months. He
was sent In from the court of a Justice
of the peace May 26, for cheating and
swindling, 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 cell Friday
morning he was dead.
Elliott was 30 years of aga.
Leading Men of City
and County Sign
Protest.
SAY LAWLESSNESS
WOULD BE CERTAIN
Resolutions condemning the proposed,
secret order on the model of the Ku
KIux Klan have been drawn up and
signed by hundreds of the most proml
nent cltlsena of Atlanta and Fulton
county.
The proponed clan Is declared an un
safe thing because It will tend to breed
lawlessness and riot, because there can
be In it neither order nor discipline.
The resolutions call'for greater vlgl
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
organisation was begun with a large
conference, at which twenty-five or
more men were present, In the office
of Captain W. D. Ellis last week. A
committee of five, composed of Captain
W. D. Ellis, chairman; Judge George
Hlllyer, George Muse, Linton Hopkins
and R. J. Guinn, was appointed to draw’
up the resolutions. Another meeting
was held by the original number
of men at which the resolutions were
adopted. Then the resolutions were
taken around and were signed.
The resolutions are:
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 30, 1906.
To the Public:
We, the undersigned cltlxens and
taxpayers of the city 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 ac
tion:
First. The assaults upon white
men and girls by negroes meets our
severest condemnation. We denounce
It as damnable, outrageous and a* put
ting in peril the peace, good order and
welfare of all people In this community.
Second. We bellsve In the enforce
ment of law. We believe that defects
In the criminal law should be speedily
cured, and w*e want crime stopped and
criminals punished by law and by of*
fleers of the law.
Third. We do not believe It advis
able to have or form any whltecap or
ganisation or clan, like or similar to
the Ku-Klux Klan, such organisations
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. We demand the summary
breaking up of all low dives tn the
city, especially those on Decatur and
Peters streets.
Fifth. We 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 suppression of crime and up
holding the hands of tht law-abiding
cltlxens 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.
George lllllyer, F. L. Heely. ptihllnher
The Georgian, V. A. Batchelor, lunar Mtllea
Hupklna, Jack J. Hpnldlng, Walter T. Col
Continued on Pago Nine.
ON COURT BENCH
By Private leased Wire.
Omaha, Nebr., Aug. 31.—Editor Ed
ward Rosewater, of the Oip*ha Bee,
was found dead In district court room
6 on the third floor of the Bee
building.
It Is supposed that he stopped In
the room to rest, and died of heart
trouble while alone there. Judge Troup
found him sitting erect but quite dead.
Mr. Rosewater was born In Bohemia
In 1641, and had been editor of the
Omaha Bee since 1671. He had been
a powerful figure In the politics of his
state for over thirty years. Recently he
was defeated for the United States
senate by Norris Brown. It Is believed
that that campaign cost him his life.
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0 New York. Aug. 31.—Members O
O of the Ht. Louis Democratic Club O
O called on William Randolph Hearst O
O at hts residence yesterday while O
O awaiting the arrival of Mr. Bryan O
O and spent a half hour with him O
O chatting over national politics. O
O The members of the Georgia O
O delegation to the Bryan recep- O
O tlon, headed by John Temple 0
0 Graves, editor of The Atlanta O
O Georgian, also visited Mr. Hearst. 0
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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.
L. L. DORSEY ARRESTED
A T JUDGE R. T. DORSEYS;
JUST FROM JONESBORO
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, his uncle,
at 171 Capitol avenue. He refused to
make any statement and was locked
up at the police station with “suspi
cion'’ registered opposite his name on
the state docket.
In company with Hugh M. Dorsey,
of the Ann of Dorsey, Brewster &
Howell, L. L. 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
avenue.
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 to watch
the home of Judge Dorsey, while Call
Officers Dunton and Callaher w'ent to
the home of Norris, 426 Capitol avenue.
The latter guined no results from their
vigil, as Norris did not come to At
lanta.
After waiting about thirty minutes
the two plain clothes men saw Hugh*
Dorsey and L. L. Dorsey approach the
house. As they entered the officer*
stepped up and notified L. L. Dorsey
that he was under arrest. They had
nb Instructions concerning Hugh Dor
sey, w'ho was not disturbed.
One of the officers stated that while
they W'ere talking to the men that one
of the two dropped a revolver on the
floor and that Hugh M. Dorsey snatch
ed it lip and ran Into the house. When
the officers demanded the pistol it was
returned to them. When It appeared
it was loaded In every chamber. The
weapon, a 88 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 his arrest and accom
panied them to the police station. The
officers stated that he said ho had
heard the shots fired,In Jonesboro.
Would 8ay Nothing.
Both Judge Dorsey and Hugh Dor
sey Instructed him to make no further
statement. According to the officers
an Inquiry for Norris was answered
by Hugh Dorsey, who replied that, Nor
ris had nothing to do with the shoot
ing.
The prisoner, who was locked in a
state cell, preserved his silence Friday
morning and refused to make any
statement to newspaper men. sayftig
that he would prefer not to talk. Hugh
Dorsey called upon lhlm early In tho
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.
LEON T. MILNER.
Who was shot after being aoquit-
ted of murder.
Staff Correspondence.
Jonesboro, Ga., Aug. 31.—About eight
minutes after the end of his trial for
the murder of B. H. Dorsey, the father
of his twin brother's sweetheart, In
which he waa vindicated by the jury,
Leon T. Milner,' of Joneaboro, waa
Thursday night attacked by men who
are declared by him to be the tw*
yminger sons and a cousin ot the 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 hls 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 hls rear and Just opposite
the entrance, the first firing being
poured Into him from the back.
Aa he waa shot at he was then arm
In arm with a deputy rherlff of the
county, and another deputy and a
sheriff being along for protection.
Shot In the Baok.
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 hls assailants, left
a trail of blood behind.
He Is now In a precarious condition
at hls mother’s 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 after he was shot, the
wounded man state* that Otis Dorsey
fired the first shots, Will Norris the
next two or three and Louis Dorsey the
shot that caused him tef full.
Louis Dorsey Is now In the police
station In Atlanta, and hls cousin, Will
Norris, Is In Jail at Jonesboro. Otis
Dorsey is still at large. Norris la
said to work at Nunnally’a, In Atlanta,
and was arrested about 4:45 o’clock
Friday morning as he w'as about to
board the Jonesboro accommodation
train to Atlanta.
He was arrested by Deputy SherlfT
Ed Ragan and Bailiff John M. Archer.
Louis Dorsey was arrested by Officer
Bone early Friday morning at the home
of hls uncle. Judge H. T. Dorsey, In
Atlanta.
Town Stirred to Depthe.
Jonesboro and Clayton county are
stirred to their depths, but with sub
dued, suppressed excitement. Little
knots and group* 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 the
one topic of conversation, and for the
nonce, overshadowed the great Bryan
reception In New York. “Sad, very
sad,” said one passenger. “Bad things
have happened In our grand old state
In the past six months."
Milner Is suffering Intensely from
four bullet wounds, where an aged
mother and twin brother and sympa
thetic neighbors are ministering to hls
nC The bone In hip right leg Is spilt, hls
right arm broken, a wound in the side
of hls right hip and tn the back of the
left shoulder. Accounts vary os to the
number of shots fired. Borne say eight,
some ten. In the straggling road lead
ing from the court house to the Jail,
some forty steps from w'here 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
waa busily engaged In hearing testi
mony from witnesses, who, it waa
thought, would throw any light on the
tragedy. There was an unusual still
ness about the court room over which
Judge L. H. Roan presided. Solicitor
Howard was kept busy going to and
Continued on Pago Nino.
TWIN BROTHER’S A TTENTIONS
TO B. H. DORSEY'S DAUGHTER
CAUSE OF THE FIRST TRAGEDY
Stall Cnrreapondenc,.
Jonesboro, Ga.. Au,. SI.—Leon Mil.
ner has a twin brother, who resemblea
him to a marked degree, and It waa
this twin brother, Otla Milner, whoa,
attention, to the 14-year-old daughter
ot B. H. Dorsey are said to have caused
the tragedy tn which B. H. Honey waa
killed.
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 spand some ten days
In Gotham.
The governor will 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 waa pending
In the la«t general assembly the state
ment waa frequently made that its
passage would mean ultimately a mil
lion dollars for university extension
and enlargement.
It Is known that Mr. Peabody la
deeply Interested In the future of hi*
alma mater, and that ho is a profo
believer In the agricultural fealur
the educational work In hls
state. Governor Terrell’s visit,
fore, may mean groat things to
In the near futuie for the unlvor|
Strenlgh Is added to the
opinion that big developments i
ahead because of the .special resoluj
passed by tho last general as
make Mr. Peabody a tniste of the unf
verslty of Georgia. Ills eominlssloi
was forwarded to New York thl
TRUST CO. DIRECTORS
ACCEPTED DEPOSITS
KNOWING OF CRASH
By Prlvste Leased Wire.
Philadelphia, Aug. 31.-—Amazing dis
closures 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 G. 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
nected with four of the largest banka
of the city, and Is chiefly interested in
trying to rehabilitate the trust com
pany.
Says He Got *5,000,000.
He made this statement today:
“Frank K. Hippie blew hla brains out
because he was an embessler of at
leant S5.000.000. In addition, he waa
hypothecated 163,000 worth of paper,
Securing 350,000 on It and 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 was stolen by Hippie.”
Directors Knew of 8uieido.
The directors of the trust company
made the amaxlng admission that they
knew on Sunday night that - President
Hippie was a suicide, and despite this,
they kept the bank open for two days.
They admitted thut during these two
days all the deposits received were
marked and placed f«>i «*nfe-keeping lu
the Franklin National Bank. J The law
makes It a criminal offence! for of
ficers of an Institution to receive de
posits, knowing that the bank Is In
solvent.
The marking of the money on Mon
day and Tuesday Is a flDnfeur'on that
the directors knew* the l*ank t * be in
solvent. And it was further sltou n to
day that the directors and friends of
directors, knowing the bank t<* he * :1 .
solvent and Its president ft «ul< Id**. . 1M g
ample opportunity to draw out .heir
deposits.
Clerks Tipped Friends.
And the clerks, taking their u* from
the marking of the new deposits, were
able to notify their friend*, and the*e
In turn their friends, and a* a result
there was a run on the bank for two
days by these lucky depositors who
were on the InridO
I The fact that tha trust company bald
more than 660,000,000 worth of vurl
collateral, principally to secure corp^r-
latlon bond Issues, and that It also held
securities representing the Investment
of more than 326,000.000 of trust funds,
makes the crash formidable and com
plex. 6
The altercation between R. H. Dorse v
and Leon Milner was about the atten
tions of Otis Milner to the former’s
daughter. They had a flstlcufT and were
separated by D. B. Reeves, when, ac
cording to the testimony before the
Jury In the trial Thursday, L**nn Mil
ner pulled a pistol and fired four
■hots at Dorsey, one of which produced
death.
JAPANESE SEAL POACHERS
ARE CONVICTED IN ALASKi
Ry private Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. 31.—The department ot Jostle* today received
gram dated Valdez, Alaska, August 30, to the effect that fix *
were convicted on the 29th of attempting to kill fur seals on St
land by agents of the department of commerce and labor. Fh
party were killed at the time and twelve captured.