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ft • ATLANTA Population Telephones 130,00* ! Sooo 1 Milos of street rallwujs I lt-inklng capital .622.000.000 ^Thk Atlanta Georgian. 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. r 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. k oOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SPEECH OF BRYAN O 18 ON PAGE FOUR. O 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. 00000000000000000000090000 o o O GEORGIANS HAVE CHAT O WITH W. R. HEARST. 0 — O O By Private Leased Wire. O 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 90000044090000090000090000 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.