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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1906.
T>T?TniT. In Atlanta TWO CENT*.
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DEMOCRATS OF GEORGIA IN CONVENTION AT MACON TO CHOOSE HOKE SMITH
THEIR STANDARD BEARER FOR GOVERNOR UPON AN EPOCH-MAKING PLATFORM
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III RED AUTO
“Hering Owned Me
Body and Soul,”
He Declares.
I’M LEGALLY GUILTY,
BANK LOOTER ADMITS
Weeps When He Thinks of
Dishonor Falling on Son
and Daughter.
By Private Lenaed Wife.
Tangier, Morocco, Sept. 4.—Paul O.
Siensland admitted, when questioned
after his arrest, that legally he was
guilty, but morally others were far
more so. For ten yeara the bank re
ceived deposits, mostly from Italians.
Poles and other foreigners, amounting
to *2.500,000. He may have received
about half a million only.
The prisoner cried when making the
foregoing statement. He expressed re.
gret at the dishonor brought on his son
and daughter, now in America. .
Arretted at Postoffice.
Stensland arrived here a fortnight
ago and deposited In' the Tangier
agency of the Comptolr National des
Comte de Paris 70,000 francs the day
of his arrest. He proceeded to Gibral
tar, where he took passage for Moga-
dor. via Tangier. He landod here yes
terday and Detectives Olson and Mr.
Kelly, editor of a Chicago newspaper,
arrived there yesterday morning.
They met the prison at 8 o'clock at
the British postoffice, where he was ar
rested and taken to the American lega
tion. He slept in the British hotel last
night In custody.
Blsmss Cashier Hering,
Stensland declared Cashier Hering
was the forger and that Haring got
most of the money. He exonerated hla
son. Theodore, and the bank directors,
He denied he had spent. any money on
Leone Langdon Key, or any other worn
■ an. He declared that he never took
all [he money he put into real estate
or Investments In the hope of making
good. Stensland expressed surprise
that the total loss Involved In the
bank’s failure would reach *2,000,000.
"To my certain knowledge,” he said,
' the liability to the bank does not ex
ceed 5500,000. Anything over that
must have been stolen by Hering."
He said the flret money he took wns
In 1808, when he was In n tight hole
and needed money. He put hit own
note In the box.
“Owned My Soul.
"Hering," he declared, "suggested
He Is Met at the Sta
tion By Mayor
Dunne.
WHOLE FAMILY
TAKEN IN PARADE
Col. John Temple Graves
One of the Speakers
at Meeting.
By Private Leased Wire.
McOary, theshrd srdaclndndohr ltras
Chicago. Sept. 4.—William J. Bryan,
Mrs. Bryan and Mlscs Grace Bryan,
arrived In Chicago from Detroit at the
Forty-seventh etrect station of thg.
Grand Trunk rallyway at 8 a. m. today.'
Welcomed In his Pullman sleeper by
Mayor Dunne, John W. Eckhardt and
J. W. McGary, the globe-glrdllng trav
eler and his wife and daughter enter
ed John Farson's big red automobile
with them and led an automobile par
ade which terminated at the Auditor
ium annex.
"I welcome you to Chicago, Mr.
Bryan," said Mayor Dunne, extern*! ng
his hand, which was grasped by the
Nebraskan.
"I feel as If I were coming home
when I reach Chicago,” said Mr. Bryan
In reply.
The Bryan family then entered the
CONVENTION ORGANIZES
WITH JUDGE A. L. MILLER
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN
S
Farson's automobile. Mayor Dunne,
former Judge Phlllpstein and Charles
F. Gunther, former treasurer, rode with
thn Rpvnns — TUn rr^odffoi.w-
this. He pointed out that It waa eauy
to obtain money in that way. Then
"hen my own notes became too nu
merous he suggested the forgeries."
‘'An<l you acquiesced?"
"Yes. First, he tempted, then he
urged and I fell. Ever since that I
was forever In his power. He owned
me body and soul."
The forgeries, he declared, were Her-
Ing'a.
"I Was His Slavs."
Toward the last Stensland said:
Hering openly took any money he
"anted, and did as he pleased. He
would stay away from the bank three
[>r four days at a time. He gambled on
horses, a year ago he promised to
•lull, lie did for a time, but resumed.
JJ* S Pals got to calling up the bank.
That is why I had a secret ’phone put
in. so I could overhear. But he got
on to it, and went outside to ’phone
his bets.
“He had me In his power. He knew
I was becoming more and more In
volved. He knew I had to constantly
use forged notes, and as the price of
my silence he kept a lot of stock for-
K^rtes on hand to be used as occasion
required. I was his slave and could
Jot get along without him. If he had
been decent and honest, I would not be
SULTAN TO BE A8KED
, TO GIVE UP STENSLAND
Private la-nwHl Wire.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 4.—Govern
or Deneen, of Illinois, and State At-
jorney Healy, at Chicago, have united
™ * 'h*patch to the state department,
asking that Minister Gummere be In-
•tructed to have Stenslaftd detained,
wing to the lack of an extradition
irauty the department can taaue no
'uni Instruction*, but the acting sec
retary ,,f state telegraphed the Amer
ican minister at Tangier to sound the
•Moro-mn government as to Its will
ingness to surrender the alleged bank
"re.-ker. It |s expected to be gladly
granted by the sultan a» a favor to this
government.
SENA TOR TELLER
IN A RUNAWAY
Dj I'rtvnte Leased Wire''
Lewiston, Idaho, Sept. 4.—While
“living into Lewiston, United States
Senator Teller, Mrs. Teller, Judge Nor-
!" an '’nek and Miss Hattie Moore, the
«0 latter relatives of Senator Teller,
■arrowiy escaped Injury when the team
1 the senator was driving ran
f \ Th * horses ran half a mile be-
t he could control them. Mrs. Teller
. ' ■‘offering from nervousness after
'at runaway.
the Bryans.-'The chauffeur' furned^he
wheel and the parade started.
Millard Dunlap, of Jacksonville, did
not arrive In Chicago In time to take
part In the reception at the station,
but Mrs. Dunlap and family were pre
sented am! entered the second auto,
James Walker, of New York, who pre
sided at the Madison Square Garden
banquet to Bryan, completed the par
ty. In the third auto were John Eck
hnrdt, J. W. Dickinson, Leon Horn
stein, Justice John R. Caverly and Jo.
hann Wage, representing the Iroquois
Club.
The fourth automobile was occupied
by Theodore Nelson, William Slack
and other members of the Jefferson
Club.
Among the other speakers this even
Ing wilt be Mr. Bryan, Hon. John Tem
ple Graves, of Atlanta, Ga., editor of
The Georgian; Hon. Tom L. Johnson,
mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and Hon,
Robert L. Taylor, United States sena
tor-elect from Tennessee.
CHILD OF FIVE
SHOOTS MOTHER
Ily Private Leased Wlro.
Frederick, Md., Sept. 4.—Mrs. Walter
O'Rrlon, near Frederick Junction, was
accidentally shot and killed by her
5-year-oid son. The child picked up a
rifle which his older brother had left
standing In the yard, and while han
dllng It, discharged a cartridge. The
bullet passed through the kitchen win
dow and struck Mrs. O'Brlon In the
breast. She died In a few minutes.
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12 o’clock noon
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2 o’clock p. m.
Cananes Reported in
Hands of the
Mexicans.
TOWNS IN ARIZONA
ALL EXCITEMENT
Battle Feared—2,000 Troops
S&id To Be'Marching To
ward Augua Prieta.
By Prlvste r-eased Wire.
Nogales, Arizona, Sept. 4.—Fighting
between Mexican and American work
men, broke out at Cananea at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Mexicans rule the
place at this hour (9 p. m.) This In
formation was brought here by a lo
comotive engineer named Mitchell, of
Colonel Green'e railroad. He left Just
after the fighting began and hoe no
particular!.
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HON. HOKE SMITH, OF ATLANTA,
Who Will Be Nominated for Governor By the Democrats
of Georgia in Convention at Macon Tuesday.
Nomination of Hoke
Smith Comes Later
in Day.
ATTENDANCE LARGE
AND INTEREST GREAT
Hardwick Draws Great Ap
plause With Disfranchise
ment Speech Accepting
Tem. Chairmanship.
By JOHN 0. REESE.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 4.—The plat
form of the state convention will
not be adopted until later in the
afternoon. A first draft of the
document has received considera
ble attention in the committee
room.
The nomination of the Demo
cratic candidate for governor was
placed tenth on the list of set busi
ness and will not come before 4
’clock.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 4.—When
Chairman M. J. Yeomans called
the state Democratic convention
to order at noon the big audito
rium was packed to suffocation.
The ground floor was given up en
tirely to the delegates who were
in shirt sleeves practically to a
man. The gallery contained a
large number of ladies.
The Fulton delegation had seats
directly in front of the speaker's
stand.
As Chairman M. J. Yeomans in
troduced Congressman T. \V,
Hardwick, temporary chairman,
the doughty member from the
Tenth was greeted with tremend
ous applause. As he proceeded to
eulogize Mr. Smith, the enthusi
asm was intense. When lie refer
red t<j “the matchless Democrat
from the wlicatflelds of Nebras
ka,” the cheering was deafening.
As he turned to the negro dis
franchisement plank, the crowd
gave prolonged approval.
“We will disfranchise every nc
gro in Georgia,” he said with
great vehemence.
He said that the next legisla
ture would pass an amendment
that guaranteed the supremacy of
white votes.
Miller Mede Chairman.
Judge A. L. Miller, of Macon, wns
then nominated and chosen permanent
chairman of the atate executive com
mittee. In accepting the nomination,
he eald three things were finally de
termined by this primary.
First. That a Populist party no long
er exists In Georgia. "They have all
come bark to the Democratic party,
because we offered them a man,” he
eald amid applauae.
Second. That the people have said to
the railroads, "You must do the square
thing.”
Third. That the complete and final
disfranchisement of the negro must be
accomplished.
Order of Business Fixed.
R. L. Berner offered a resolution,
which was adopted. Axing the order of
business. First came the committees
and report*.
Tenth In order la the nomination for
governor, and hla speech of acceptance.
The last two orders are nominations
for railroad commissioner and election
of executive committee.
Committee on Crodontialo.
The committee on credentials
follows:
First district, E. C, Collins, Tattnall;
Second district, R. C. Bell, Grady;
Third dlatrlct, Sampson Bell, Webster;
Fourth district, E. II. McMIchael, Ma
rlon; Fifth district, R. J. Guinn, Ful
ton; Sixth district, W. C. Hightower,
Upson; Seventh district, J. E. Rosser,
U'nllfor' Plirhfh illulrlcl V If flanran
Walker; Eighth district, E. H. George,
Morgan; Ninth dlatrlct, W. B. McC'ants,
Jackson: Tenth district, S. F. darling-
ton, Richmond; Eleventh district, 8. C.
Townsend, Clinch.
The following committee on platform
and resolutions was named:
First district, F. L. Scales, Burke;
Second district, W. U. Sheffield, De
catur; Third district, Warren Grice,
Pulaski; Fourth district,, J. J. Slade,
Muscogee; Fifth district, James M.
Gray, Fulton; Sixth dlatrlct, C. L. Bart
lett, Hibb; Seventh district, Newton A.
Morris, Cobb: Eighth district, Thomas
E. Lawson, Putnam: Ninth dlatrlct,
Uedrge G. Rucker, Fulton * Tepth dis
trict, R. U. Hardeman, Jefferson; Elev
enth district. Dr. B. H. Patterson, Ap
pling.
At 1:40 o’clock the convention took
a recess for 20 minutes.
Fulton Row Goos to Convention.
A resolution by Hooper Alexander re
ferred the Fulton county two-headed
committee tangle to the resolutions
committee. A resolution by Longley,
of Troup, Indorsed James R. Gray for
hls work In the campaign.
A resolution by J. M. Strickland, of
Spalding, recommended Axing primary
dates for the Arst Monday In June.
Reuben Arnold, of Fulton, ofTered a
resolution that nothing be done at tjils
convention as to the appellate Judge
ships nnd that a duly regulated pri
mary be held -later to select the can
didates.
Primary Plan Recommended.
Another resolution recommended the
South Carolina primary schedule. This
feature Is to be embraced In the plat
form.
It was announced that the Fifth dis
trict at a caucus recommended that the
executive committee at large consist
of eleven membets Instead of fuur.
A resolution was offered that a white
OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED
AT ANY MOMENT
By Private Leased Wire.
Nogales, Aria., Sept. 4.—Nogales and
Douglas, In Arizona and Sonora, and
Augua Prieta, In Mexico, were In a
frenzy of excitement today and an out
break waa expected at any moment.
Armed guards surrounded the custom
house and Jail, where the attack waa
expected, with orders to ehoot to kill.
Troops are on their way here, but It
Is expected that the outbreak would
occur before they could arrive.
The Jail Is full of leading citizens of
this town and Sonora, who have been
arrested during the last month and held
In communlcado and since the dis
closure of a revolutionary plot to take
the town It has been reported thaf the
arrests were the result^ of the endeav
ors by the government to head oft
the Impending outbreak by Imprison
ing the leaders.
Might Attaok Jail.
It was expected that when the out
break came the Jell would' be stormed
In an effort to release the prisoners. It
has been given out that they had been
arrested on suspicion of smuggling, but
It Is known now there was a more
serious reason for the arrests.
Groups of excited men were scatter
ed all over town all night waiting for
the outbreak, but few seemed to know
who were on tho side of the govern
ment and who were revolutionists.
Word was received early today that
government troops were marching on
this place, but It waa declared that
when they reach here the town would
be In the hands of the revolutionists.
And the soldiers would have to Agbt
their way In.
2,000 Troops on Way.
Dispatches from Douglas, on the
American side, and, Augua Prieta, Just
across the border In Mexico, stated
that 2,000 troops were marching on the
Mexican town, but It was not known
whether they were government soldiers
or revolutionists. In either event. It
was stated, u battle was Inevitable
when they arrived.
The Arst warning of the approach of
troops came In a telegram to the com-
mlssario (head of the Mexican supply
department) at Augua Prieta, Inform-
ii
AND EXPECT
—R. Cheatham.
Jordan and Cheatham
Leave For Hot
Springs.
JORDAN TO PRESENT
COMMITTEE’S REPORT
Genial Cotton Association
Secretary Says Ho
Isn’t Worried.
President Harvle Jordan and Secre
tary Richard Cheatham leave Tuesday
afternoon at 4:50 o'clock to attend the
meeting of the executive committee of
the Southern Cotton Aseoclatlon at
Hot Springs, September 6, 7 and 8. 1
President Jordan carries with him
the report recently made to him by
the committee appointed by him to
make an Investigation of tho charges
that certain ofllclala of the association
were Involved In bucket shop deals.
This report will be submitted to the
executive committee for whntover ac
tion It thinks proper. Secretary
Cheatham, who was one of those to be
’Investigated,” said Tuesday morning
that ho was still In tho ring and ex
pected to stny there. He gnve the Im
pression that ho did not consider him
self disfigured In tho least either.
Mr. Cheatham by multiplying the
circulation of The Oeorglan by the
number of columns It dovoted to the
Investigation Agures that the asso
ciation hns gotten 2.508,000 columns of
publicity. "Not Inches nor lines, mind
you," said ho, "but columns—2,508,000
whole columns I got, so I didn't mind
the attacks at all. I actually got fat
on It.”
President Jordan would not vouch
safe nny Information In regard to the
report of tho Investigation beyond sny-
Ing that It would bo submitted "Just
ns the committee Intended." He said,
that the executive committee, which Is*
composed of 33 men. was meeting to
consider the condition of the crop and
to decldo on a minimum price.
He said that so far ns ho could learn
tho crop would be a fair one, but that
the heavy rains In certain parts of ths
cotton belt had been the nucleus of
numerous evils, such ns boll weevil,
boll worms, shedding nnd other bogs
and diseases to which the cotton plant
falls heir.
P«
Ing him that a body of 2,000 ti
would arrive at Augua Prieta carl,
day and that contributions of men and
supplies from the town would be ex
pected.
Americans Are Warned.
This telegram was unsigned, and the
commlssarlo was unable to say wheth
er the troops headed In the direction of
the town were friendly or hostile.
Word was sent to all American
merchants of the Mexican town warn
ing them to get whatever money and
valuables they had on the American
side of the line. The excitement soon
spread to the American side of the line,
and the entire population of tho place
was under arms.
RACE RIOT IN CHICAGO
FOLLOWS NE WS THA T GANS
WON FIGHT ON A FOUL
By Prlrste lamsejl Wire.
Chicago, Sept. 4.—One thousand
men and women, black and white,
Joined In a race riot last night In South
Chicago, a short distance from the
home of Battling Nelson, as a result
of the downfall of their Idol, and for
half an hour fought a pitched battle
In the streets with Asia, clubs and
stones. Four of the belligerents are
now in the hoapltal, forty-two are un
der arrest, and hundreds of others, who
escaped the vigilance of the police, suf
fered minor Injuries.
ortly
The conflict, which Btarted sh
atter 8:30 p. m„ and followed the
nouncement that Gane had won ov
the Chicago lad In the forty-se
ond round, Aa the result of a foul wi
precipitated by two negroea, whore e:
cess of Joy at the triumph of the bla<
man was permitted to bubble over. F
over an hour following the police we
compelled to cope with a riot of m
usual proportions end to press ex pre
wagons Into service to take their pris
oners to the station. Forty pollr
used their clubs freely before the
tllltles were brought to a check.
Continued on Psqo Thrae,
ROOSE VELT REQUESTS DIAZ
TO MEET HIM IN TEXAS
By Private Leased Wire.
San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 4.—General Rivero, of the Hex
was In San Antonio today on hla way North. He aald Presldei
Just received a letter from President Roosevelt, In which the
pressed the hope that the president of Mexico can visit the s
International fair, the Arst two weeks In November, and Indh
the writer would make It convenient to meet him hero.
President Diaz Is considering the matter, the general said
Is a probability that the executives will meet In this clri In N-