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/ ATLANTA r»nnr>lnt!on 130,000 SffpTfones 15.000 U,m line* Of railroads Sevan iritis of street railways 150 ■V." l?lnl cspItH - 1^.000.000 The Atlanta Georgian. GEOROIA mu*** Population 2.500.00® Mile* of atonm railroads Miles of electric railways..... jM Cotton factories 130, spindles.. 1.M6.000 Bales cotton consumed In 1905. oOO.WO Value of 1S*<> cotton crop 1100.000.000 VOL. 1. NO. 117 ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1906. PRICE: SSft* "OFFERING A REWARD FOR LYNCHING NEGRO OUTRAGE ON DECENCY” —DR. JOHN E. WHITE Baptist Ministers Ap prove of Arraign ment. “SUCH IS ABHORRENT TO OUR CIVILIZATION” Pastor Makes a Plea for Christianity in Dealing With Negro Prob lem. "The very ldea'of a newspaper’s of fering a reward for lynching!, or com mending it, Is an outrage upon decency, and abhorrent to our civilization,” said Rev. John E. White, pastor of the Second Baptist church, at the regular weekly meeting of the Baptist ministers Monday morning. The question of topics for the coming •lx months was under discussion, and Dr. White started off his speech with the remark: "The situation In regard to the ne gro problem Is growing more and more acute every day,” he said. “Christian ity Is on trial In the South today as It has never been before in any age or In any part of the world. We are con fronted with two Ideas which we as Christian ministers must keep sepa rate. These are the Christianity of Christ, the lowly Nazarone, and human nature as It Is and as Its promptings for revenge would lead us. "I have been hurt to And ministers tvho are as bitter against the negro as the yellowest politician would have them. I consider It the very lowest form of Christianity to say that the re ligion of Jesus Christ has no message for this situation. Are we not willing to give Christianity a chance to solve this problem? Politics Figures in it, Hs Says. "The recent political campaign haa greatly excited our people In this mat ter, and I have been told by a promi nent politician that the great ground •well which swept over life state was due In n large measure to a desire to do something against the negro." It was at this point, that Dr. White made the remark he did about newspa pers which have commended lynching and urged the formation of societies outside the pale of the law. Dr. White's remarks met with the warm approval of the ministers present. On motion of Dr. A. T. Spalding It was derided to have for discussion for meetings In the near future the sub- E Serious Allegations Against Two of Officials. COMMITTEE BEGINS ITS INVESTIGATION REV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE. Who arraigned lynch taw Monday morning. Jects: "Nihilism and Socialism,” "Christian Socialism," and "Socialism In Politics.” Prefacing his remarks, Dr. Spalding stated that within the next five years there would be an Im mense amount of discussion of social ism, whfch seems to be gaining ground every day, and he thought It wise and well that the ministers should be ful ly advised on all of these subjects. -It was decided to ask Dr. W. W. Hamilton, the general evangelist of the Southern Baptist church, to talk to the meeting next Monday morning on the subject of hts plans In the campaign he expectB to prosecute during the com ing year. Pones DsLeon Church Completed, Rev. Junius W. Millard announced the completion of the Ponce DeLeon Avenue Baptist church, and stated that the opening exercises will take place next Sunday morning. Dr. W, W. Lan drum will preach In the morning and Dr. John E. White in the evening. On the Monday evening following a number of congratulatory addresses will be delivered by pastors of neigh boring churches. The following named members will-be on the program for the Monday evening service: Rev. Charles O. Jones, D.D., pastor St. Mark Methodist church. Rev. Z. S. Karla nd, rector AH Saints Episcopal church. Rev. Richard Ormc Fllnn, pastor North Avenue Presbyterian church. Rev. C. T. Willingham, supply at Jackson Hill Baptist church. Rev. T. P. Bell, D.D., editor Chris tian Index. Session Will Be Held i Home Tuesday Morning Beginning at 9:30. Two additional charges, one of startling nature, will be investigated by the Soldiers’ home committee, appoint ed by the last legislature to probe Into the filing of the charges made by In mates of the home In a petition to that body. These charges were given to press representatives Monday afternoon, lm. mediately after adjournment of the committee, by one of the membi They are to the effect that the true tees kept In position for months a worn an of known Immoral tendencies, and that she was only removed about two weeks ago, and that Night Watchman Maddox was cruel In his treatment of some of theiold soldiers, often striking them, and that for three years he has been under Indictment In Fulton supe rlor court for assaulting an old sol dler. Meet Tuesday Morning. After organizing and providing for subpenalng witnesses, the committee adjourned to meet Tuesday moraine 9 o’clock at t%e Soldiers’ home, wl the Investigation will begin In earn eat. It was about 12:30 o’clock when Sen ator Adams called the committee to order. There were present: Senator Oeorge W. Adams, of the Twenty, eighth; Representatives Ben Mlllkln, of Wayne: F. M. Longley, of Troui Q. W. Williams, of Laurens; J. 1- Knlght, of Berrien, anil Dr. C. D. Bud EXPOSITION MONE Y FOR PEACHTREE ST.t EXPOSITION IS NOT DEAD, SAYS COLONEL R. F. MADDOX When told that the 1910 exposition had been termed "a dead one” by, several members of the finance committee Monday morning, President Hubert Maddox, of the Maddox-Rucker bank, and chairman of the com mittee of flfty which has charge of the exposition, said: "I have been out of the city for the past five w'eeks, and If there has been any change of sentiment during that time I do not know of It, but It Is my belief, that the citizens of Atlanta will not allow nearly fialt a million dollars, which they have subscribed lo the exposition, and all the advertising It will bring to this city go by the boards. "The committee set Its next meeting for October 2. and we will then deride what to do. The will of the people will be the will of the commit tee." It will be remembered that $340,000 has been subscribed by the citizens Of Atlanta. Tbla Is aside from $50,000 subscribed by the railway com pany, $10,000 by the telephone exchanges, $25,000 by the city. Councilmsn W. Hi Patterson—“The 1310 Exposition is absolutely deed.” Chairmen Robert Msddox—“I do not belisve that the people of Atlanta will •Mow the 1010 Exposition to peso by •ho boards." Peachtree paving versus 1010 Ex position! These two Important matters were Pitted against each other,In a rather peculiar manner at the meeting of the finance committee of the city council Monday morning. A condition was re vealed at the meeting by Chairman Patterson which came ns a surprise to many of those present. " The $25,000 laid aside or rather plac ed In the contingent fund by the city for the 1810 Exposition has been used for other purposes. Of It $8,400 has Continued on Page Two. PRETTY MYRTLE ALLEN, DRESSED IN HER BEST, WANDERS FROM HOME Pretty Myrtle Allen, one of the army Atlanta’s sewing girls, tied on her r UP fah and kissed her mother good ie Saturday afternoon and went out • or a walk on her half holiday. She na* nut returned to her home and her mutler Is frantic with grief over her •ughter’s disappearance. •Mrs. Allen lives at 115 Chapel treet, far beyond the Terminal Sta- mn. In a quiet street, where the real- ?*ncca give appearance of anything at wealth. She Is a widow with three -•tighter 1 . Myrtle, who li 16, being the . Mra * Allen came to Atlanta on i ,Jumbos a month ago and with -r daughter has been earning a living r sewing. She is a frail woman, ", * r,ef at the girl’s disappearance v." “Jmost tested her strength to the •"■taking pomt. e afternoon the young girl herself In a white muslin dress tn purple flowers and tied a blue rib- ,JU. aro “nd ber waist. She wore her nite shires and a white leghorn hat "iked as though she were ready ’ 1 “hupping expedition. She foiled to return and after several Inquiries the mother appealed to the police for help, asking the officers to lock her daugh ter In the station If It were found nec essary to make her return. On Sunday a neighbor told Mrs. Al len that Myrtle had been seen Saturday afternoon at the Terminal Station In company with a young woman friend and the two had said they were going to Columbus. Relatives of the girl at Columbus have notified Mrs. Allen that they watched the trains and the girl never arrived there. "I do not want this to be published except that I hope It may help to find Myrtle," said Mrs. Allen, as the tears forced their way down her cheeks. ”1 hate two younger daughters and I would like to conceal It all for their sakes. -I do not know of any man she could have run away with. I do not think there was any. I don’t know what Jo think or what to do about It.” The girl was described to the police as being about 5 feet In height, slen der and weighing about 1L> pounds. She has a gold tooth which Is prominent when she laughs, light hair and gray eyes. Idll. of fchanoogi Senators A. C. Blalock, of the Thlr. ty-ftfth, and W. C. Bunn, of the Thlr. ty-elghth, v and Representatives Joseph H. Hall, of Bibb, and Dr. T. J. M. Kel !y, of Glascock, were absent. The organisation was perfected by electing Senator George W. Adams chairman, Representative Ben Mlllkln, of Wayne, vice chairman, and Repre sentative J. P. Knight, of Berrien, temporary secretary. Stenographer Secured, A committee of three, consisting of Williams Mlllkln and Longley, were named to procure a stenographer who will act as permanent secretary. After a recess of ten minutes they reported the selection of D. O. Smith, of Atlanta, who was accordingly ajx- pointed by the others. Upon the motion of Mr. Williams, of Laurens, ttye proceedings will be open to the press and the public and upon his motion also It was agreed that either side might be represented by counsel. Attorney James L. Anderson, of Atlanta, appeared for the petitioners, who are Inmates of the Home. Representative^ Mlllkln suggested that they start at the beginning and asked that the charges filed by several old soldiers In the Home during the last session be read, and accordingly they were read by Temporary Secre tnry Knight. Charged in Petition. They allege cruel treatment, mlsman agement and that the Home Is main tained at a much higher cost than sim ilar Institutions of the state, particu larly the state sanitarium, which Is maintained at a per capita price of 33 rents per day, and that the Inmates there fare better than those at the Home upon a 50 cents per day per cap Ita. They also charged that the Inatltu tlon Is overburdened with useless of fleers. 00000000000000O0000000000O O FAN8 ARE LACHRYM08E; O O SEASON’S ON THE CLOSE. 0 ! lo00000000000000000O00O00l! JU— (AltHMR Only one week more of base- 1i 6 ball for ye fans and fanesses, O O and rain predicted for Tuesday! 0 0 Ain’t It enough to make the loyal O O rooters feel sad 7 O 0 .Sunday afternoon's shower was 0 0 one of the hardest that has drop- O 0 tied Into our midst In a long time. 0 O Nearly one Inch. .88 to be exact, O 0 fell In about half an hour. 0 0 "Shower* Monday night or 0 O Tuesday." O O 7 o’clock a. m 7* degrees. O 'clock, a. m 76 degrees. 0 0 9 o'clock a. m 76 degrees. 0 O 10 o’clock a. m 7* degrees. 0 0 11 o'clock a. m $2 degrees. 0 O 12 o’clock noon.. ..$$ degrees. 0 O 1 o’clock p. tn $4 degrees, o O 2 o’clock p. m $6 degrees. 0 *70000000000000000000000000 CM REBELS WITH BULLETS Government . Troops, Led by American, Victorious. MACHINE GUNS KILL INSURGENTS Palma Has Agents in the States Organizing Rough Riders for the War Campaign. JEWS ARE BUTCHERED BY TROOPS OF CZAR AT SIEDLCE, POLAND; MEN, WOMEN AND BABES SLAIN Town Is Fired By In cendiaries During . Fight. TROUBLE STARTED BY TERRORISTS Warsaw, Sept. 10.—The great bazaar of Seldlce Is aflame. Already six build Ings are ablase and there Is little possl bllity of checking the fire because of the utter demoralization of all the town's rezourcez. To add to the terror of the situation, bands of thieves are looting stpres be longing to Jewish merchants. Great crowds of Jews surround the railway stations hoping to make flight from the town, but they are prevented by armed guards, who are refusing to let any leave or enter the place. Petersburg, Sept. 10.—Sledlce, Russian Poland, today Is In flames and hundreda of persons, killed or wound ed, are victims of the latest massacre that equals In horror the slaughter of Hebrews In Bialystok In June last. The massacre, which began on Sat urday night, continued all day Sunday and Sunday night, and dispatches to. day say that a reign of terror exists. Troops have surrounded the town and refuse access to It. All the Hebrews that can are taking flight. The slaughter was begun by terror ists who started to kill police and sol diers. Immediately afterwards the troops attacked the Hebrew quarter and began a massacre of men, women and children. The horror of the out break was Increased by incendiary fires. Hospitals Are Full. All day long the soldiers, drunk from looted wine, attacked civilian*, Chrta- tlana or Jews, robbing or murdering them without discrimination. For more than 24 hours the city ran with blood and hundreda of persons were killed, and the hospitals choked with wounded. The Infuriated soldiers dev astated many streets, destroying Jew Ish houses and shops. Then flres began to start In all sec tions and dispatches today aay the city In flames and that looting and mur der continues. A regiment of Infantry has been sent from Della to reatore order. News by way of Warsaw says that the terrorists started the massacre by killing two soldiers guarding a govern ment alcohol store In Sledlce. A de tachment of Infantry then rushed up and opened Are upon the crowd, kill ing ten persons and wounding two. Hebrew Section Attacked. The terrorists retaliated Sunday morning by a massacre of police and soldiers patrolling the streets, and at noon the drunken troops attacked the Hebrew section. Than row after row ... houses were sacked and the occu pants, women and children, were either shot down or thrown out of windows. One aged Jew, with white hair and beard, was thrown from a fourth-story window and hfs body Impaled on an Iron-spiked fence. It hung there for hours until spirited away by relatives. The populace was absolutely without protection from the mob. With the po lice and soldlera engaged In massa cre, the governor general had no force to call upon to restore order and tele graphed to St. Petersburg for assist ance. Poland in a Ferment. Troops were dispatched (jn special CITY OF VLADIVOSTOK SCOURGED BY FIRE Special Cable—Copyright. Vladivostok, Sept. 10.—This city . The wharves and warehouses of the volunteer fleet were destroyed and tht flames are spreading. was ttie scene of a terrific fire today. AVALANCHE OF MUD BURIES 250 PEOPLE Tlflls, Sept. 10.—In the Kwarle district or this city 250 people have been burled by an avalanche of mud from a-mountain. In the hope that some of them may be alive, efforts are being made to dig them out. It Is almost hopeless, however. PLAYED WITH GREAT ACTORS; IS NOW A FEEBLE TRAMP Special to The Georgian. Douglasvllle, Ga., Sept. 10.—A man 70 years of age, giving hla name as Lewis F. Barrett, actor and lecturer, created excitement by having an epi leptic fit In the 5faln street here yesterday afternoon. He came In town after having walked many miles. He says he played with J. Wilkes Booth In Richard III, and tells many Interesting tales which are borne odt by the press clippings of that time. He says the week before Booth killed Lincoln they were playing together In Washington. He says that Booth was a monomaniac, and that while In his dying moments, said, ”1 died for my country," showing the spirit that actuated Booth. The man aaya he . played "Uncle Tom’a Cabin" with one of the flrat companies that went on the road with that play. He haa letters and clippings from almost every country In the world. While he Is now In a very aerlpua condition, It Is thought he will recover. *• By MANUEL CALVO. Special Cable—Copyright. Havana, Cuba, Sept. 10.—That there has been desperate lighting between the rebel army of Pino Guerra In Pinar del Rio and the government forces un der Avaloez seems certain, but details of the battle are as yet lacking. From the best Information available It appears that the armored train which was stopped by the rebels Saturday Was attacked by a large force of rebels and only the presence of a battery of Amerlcnn machine guns commanded by Captain Webster, an American, enabled General Diaz, In command of the train, to stand off the rebela until Colonel Avaloez with a regiment of rurales at tacked Guerra In the rear, and, ac cording to government reports, de feated him with heavy loss. Slaughtered by Guns. Some reports place hla losa as high as 200, due largely to the work of the machine guns.' Several other railroad bridges In Pinar del Rio have been blown up by the rebels. That the gqvernment Is confident the danger of an attack on the city ta re mote, la evidenced by the fact that practically all the troops except some raw recrulla hnve been sent to the front, leuvlng tbe defense of Havana practically to the police. Information from a usually* reliable source reports that the government haa sent representatives tn the states with the Intention of recruiting a regiment of American rough riders for use against the rebels. As many of them who served under President Roosevelt as possible will, It Is said, be secured. Foreign Colony Alarmsd, General Menocal, It Is said, has not yet given up hope ot bringing nh<iut tn armistice with a view to bringing the war to on end. The foreign colony Is considerably stirred up over a report that the Santa Clara rebel chieftains hnve decided to destroy foreign property with a view to forcing Intervention by the United States, SURGEON'S KNIFE FAILED IN SAVING T, OUSLEY Underwent Operation for Appendicitis But Could Not Recover. 300 PERSONS ARE DROWNED BY FLOOD IN THE CAUCASUS London, Sept. 10.—News agency dispatches tell of the drowning of 300 people by a flood In the Kvavoll district of the Caucasus. Enor mous damage was done to property. Building Runs Away, Killing Horses^ But Stops at Senator Clark's Bank Butte, Mont., Sept. 10.—A one-story building, being moved on rollers, got away from the mover on upper Main street and ran for three* blocks down hill at noon today, killing four horses, tearing down poles and wires and wrecking vehicles, until It came to a atop In front of Sen ator Clark’s bank. Several men had narrow escapes. The building made record time without Injury to Itself. trains, but It Is not believed they were allowed to enter the city, for fear they would Join their comrades In the work of slaughter. All Poland Is In a ferment, and the Hebrewa of Warsaw are panic-stricken at persistent rumors that a plot la on toot for a general massacre. A dispatch from Tlflls says tha revo lution In Trana-Caucasla Is suddenly gathering great fores. Ths military and civil authorities are at loggerheads Georgela, Imrltla and MIIGrella are mb* •olutely terrorised, being dominated by revolutionists and brigands, and ths viceroy has asked to be replaced. Girl to Be Hanged. The lentence of death Imposed upon go to a stoic's death. Zenalde Konopllnkovo. the girl who assassinated General Min, 'August 26, at Peterhof, who was condemned on Sat urday by Courtmartla! ,to be banged, will be carried out tonight. She awaits her fate calmly. Efforts to wring a confession from her hare been In rata. She haa not given a clew to one of the terrorists who en tered with her Into the plot against Min. She waa told she would get only n short term In prison If she would turn traitor,, but tn answer she said •he regretted she had only one life to offer up for the cause of Russian lib- girl, it Is believed by all, wit «»J* The H peels 1 to The Ororzlnu. Valdosta, Ga,, Sept. 10.—Hon. Robert Ousley, senior member of the firm of Ousley A Co., city recorder, find former member of the legislature and of the state Democratic executive committee, died a few minutes before 10 o’clock this morning, after an operation for ap pendicitis. He had been aick for ten days and hts condition was known to be desperate. Saturday night an operation was de cided upon. Dr. J. B. S. Holmes was called In and stated to the family that the chances were greatly against hlin. The operation was performed yester day at 10 o’clock at the Halycon Sanl- tortum by Drs. Holmes and Little. The physicians stated that It was one of the worst cases they had ever eeen and they gave little reason to hope for the recovery of the patient. He began stnk- ipidly this morning. Is survived by a wife and two daughters, a father and brother, be- aldes a large circle of relatives and friends. He was personally one of the most popular men In Lowndes county. O000O00OO0000G0O0000G00000 0 THINKS RESIGNATION S 0 OF SEC. CHEATHAM 0 O WILL BE DEMANDEO. 0 O . 5 O Special to The Georgian. 0 0 Savannah, Ga., Sept. 10.—Colo- 0 O nel J. Randolph Anderson declines 0 O • . .11-. oss the action ,,n the coin- 0 0 mlttee's report anent the ('heat- 0 0 ham Investigation. 0 O He says he has not been Inform- O O ed of the action of the committee 0 O In caucus and says there Is no 0 0 reason why he should criticize or 0 O commend the action until possess- 0 0 ed of the facts and at the proper 0 O time. He did say he thought 0 O Cheatham's resignation would be 0 O demanded ns a result of the com- 0 O mlttee's report. tt a' 5 0000OO0O000000OO0000O0Q4OS