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V r «pn!«tK5» mono ES'ffiSBerea \iii.-N of street railways loO nankin* »••• <22.000.000 The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA Population 2,600.000 Milos of stonra rnllronrt* 6.500 Milos of electric railways. Cotton factories 130, spindles.. 1.600,000 Itnles cotton consumed In 1905. 500,000 Value nf 1905 rot ton crop fl00.000.000 VOL. 1. NO. 117 Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1906. Morning Edition. DPTffl?. In Atlanta TWO CE!fT§, JriilCill: qd Trains FIVE CENT*. “OFFERING A REWARD for Lynching negro OUTRAGE ONDECENCY’ ' —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 Idea of a newspaper's of fering a reward for lynching, or coni' 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 Fix 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 Nazarene, and human nature as it Is and as its promptings for revenge would lead us. "I have been hurt to And ministers who 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, He Saye. “The recent political campaign has greatly excited our people in this mat ter, and I have been told by a promi nent politician that the great ground swell which swept over the state was due In a 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 decided to have for discussion for meetings in the near future the sub- E E Serious Allegations Against Two of Officials. COMMITTEE BEGINS ITS INVESTIGATION REV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE. Who arraigned lynch law 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, which 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 his plans in the campaign he expects to prosecute during the com ing year. Ponce DeLaon 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 bo delivered by pastors of neigh boring churches. The following named members will .be -on. the B Dcogram-iut tne Monday evening service: Rev. Charles O. Jones, D.D., pastor St. Mark Methodist church. Rev. Z. S. Farland, rector All Saints Episcopal church. Rev. Richard Orme Flinn, 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. BR YAN INDORSED B Y ALABAMA DEMOCRA TS Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 10.—The platform of the Democrats of Ala bama was presented to the convention Just before adjournment for the after noon session and It strongly Indorses william Jennings Bryan for president. It says: “We Indorse all essential principles and policies advocated by Democracy’s great leader, W. J. Bryan, especially his arraignments of trusts, private monopolies and abuses of pub lic service corporation. We proclaim nlm the greatest Democrat of our time an<l believe in his overwhelming elec tion us president of the United States. 7 indorse him as the standard-bearer ©four party in 1968.’’. ‘be platform will be adopted this Afternoon. It also favors the abolition •nil extermination of bucket shops, fa vors local option Immigration, but is against importations of coolie or other cheap labor, and favors the child labor !*"’• it disapproves of the action of im sf lte l ' omm ittee in requesting can didates for governor to pledge them- •mex in advance to make appoint ments to flu vacancies anticipated in the United States senate. It favors the regulation of railroad rates, election of ^nited States senators by the people. This convention la composed of 614 delegates. Besides the delegates,’ there ar e at least 500 visitors, and when the convention was called to order In the auditorium, the hall was packed. Comer’s friends cpntroi the conten tion. This Is the news which is float ing around among the 614 delegates to the state convention this morning. It was discussed on all sides before the convention was called to order by Temporary Chairman R. B. Barnes, of Opelika. The conference of Comer’s friends In Birmingham Saturday was also the talk'among delegates. At this time It looks as if the opponents of Comer will make an effort to some what offset some of the predictions made by the friends of Comer, The Idea of the friends of Comer to increase the number of the committee men on the state executive committee has met with favor among oil of Coin er’s supporters. From the outlook now' there will be 45 members of the com mittee instead of 36. Four are to be selected from each congressional dis trict and nine from the state at large. The only change asked by Comer’s friends is that nine from the state at large be selected and let the old rule of four from each congressional district stand, but they are to be selected by the convention at large. * The plan of Comer to capture the state executive committee has caused considerable gossip and those who op posed him are much wrought up. LEAPS OFF BROOKLYN BRIDGE; IS UNHURT ■N’ew York, Sept. 10.—An unknown young man leaped from the center of Hie Brooklyn bridge at 1 o’clock this afternoon, turned several somersaults In midair and disappeared beneath the water to arise a few seconds later, apparently unhurt, for he swam easily and leisurely to a tug that was evt- dently waiting for him, was hauled aboard and from the deck waved a hand kerchief to the men peering over the railing of the bridge hundreds of feet ••love him. EXPOSITION MONE Y FOR PEACHTREE STJ Y'“ lm,n w - H. Patteraon—"The 0 Exposition it absolutely dead." ^bsirmtn Robert Maddox—"I do not ■ii eve , th#t th# P««pl* of Atlanta will *!*• bo*rJ ^ x P 0, '^' on P** 11 *wuon- lr " paving"versus 1*10 Ex- ,wo Important matters were t. , a “* aln!,t each other In a rather '■“‘lar “e»nner 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 as 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 1910 Exposition has been used for other purposes, of It $8,400 has Continued on Page Two. • Session Will Be Held at 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. v These charges were given to press representatives Monday afternoon. Im mediately after adjournment of the committee, by one of the members. They are to the effect that the trus tees kept In position for months a wom 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 the old soldiers, often striking them, and that for three years he has been under Indictment In Fulton supe rior court for assaulting an old sol dier. Meet Tuesday Morning. After organising and providing for subpenalng witnesses, the committee adjourned to meet Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at t*e Soldiers’ home, when the Investigation will begin In earn est. It was about 12:30 o'clock when Sen ator Adams called the committee to order. There were present: Senator George W. Adams, of the Twenty- eighth; Representatives Ben Mlllkln, of Wayne: F. M. Longley, of Troup. fiL-W-Willlams, of Laurens; J. P. Knight, of Berrien, and Dr, C, D. Rud- lcll, of Chattooga. Senators A. C. Blalock, of the Thir ty-fifth, and W. C. Bunn, of the Thir ty-eighth, and Representative* Joseph H. Hall, of Bibb, and Dr. T. J. M. Kel ly, of Glascock, were absent. The organization was perfected by electing Senator George W. Adams chairman, Representative Ben Mlllkln, of Wayne, vice chnlrman, and Repre sentative J. P. Knight, of Berrien, temporary secretary. Stenographer Secured., committee of three, consisting of Williams Mlllkln and Longiey, were named to procure a stenographer who will act as permanent secretary. After n recess of ten minutes they reported the selection of D. O. Smith, of Atlanta, who was accordingly ap pointed by the others. Upon the motion of Mr. Williams, nf Laurens, the 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 Btart at the beginning and asked that the charges Died by several old soldiers In the Home during the last session be read, and accordingly they were read by Temporary 8ecre- tary Knight. Charged in Petition. They allege cruel treatment, misman 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 cents per day, and that the Inmatee there fare better than those at the Home upon a 50 cents per day per cap Ita. They also charged that the lnatltu tlon Is overburdened with useless of' fleers. WONDERFUL*! CUBAN REBELS 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 $IEDLCE, POLAND; MEN, WOMEN AND BABES SLAIN Town Is Fired J3y In cendiaries Dining Fight. TROUBLE STARTED BY TERRORISTS MACHINISTS' SCALE NOT YET ADOPTED Washington, Sept. Kb—The new wage scale for the year beginning this month for the machlnslsts employed by the Southern railway Is held In abeyance. The counter proposition, submitted by the Southern to the committee repre senting the machlnslsts, has not yet been passed upon by the several lodges. The answers will be here to morrow and then the committee* will make known to the officials of the Southern the answer of the men. In the new scale submitted by the committee to the Southern last week the men asked a nine-hour work day, and an Increase of 2 1-2 cents. This was met with a counter proposition, which the lodge* are now voting on. GOLD DISCOVERY IN NORTH CAROLINA Salisbury, N. C„ Sept. 10.—While digging a well for the water necesaary to supply the engine of the big lumber plant, *ome employees of the Fred Brenner Lumber Company, this city, Saturday afternoon discovered some of the richest gold ore "that lias ever been found In this country, the beBt gold re gion In the state. Experts will be sent here to test it and It is believed that a large vein run* through the property. Warsaw. Sept. 10.—Artillery wa» called Into service today by the troops engaged In the massacre of Hebrews at Sledlce, and the houses In which Hebrews and their revolutionary allies had entrenched themselves and were firing on the soldiers, were quickly des. troyed. Following the destruction of the Jew Ish strongholds and the extermination of the defenders, the town Is becoming quieter. Desultory firing still contin ues In aome sections of the city, but some semblance of order Is being re stored and It Is believed the worst Is over. Traces of .the ruin wrought by the soldiers are to be seen on every hand More than one hundred and fifty He brew shops were entered and looted. At almost every Bhop there was i figlu before the soldiers gained admls. slon. Bullet holes In the buildings show the sevlty of the soldiers' fire and In many of the houses the bodies of owners still lie where the victims fell. Warsaw, Sept. 10.—The great baxaar 'of Seldlce I* aflame. Already six build ing* are ablaze and there Is little possi bility of checking the fire because of the utter demoralisation ' of all the town’s resources, 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. St. Petersburg, Sept. 10.—Sledlce, Russian Poland, today Is In flames and hundreds of persons, killed or wound ed. are victims of the latest massacre that equals In horror the slaughter of Hebrews In Blalystok 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. Poland in a Ferment. Troops were dispatched on special 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 Hebrews of Warsaw are panic-stricken at persistent rumors that a plot Is on foot for a general massacre. A dispatch from Tlflls says the revo lution In Trans-Caucasia Is suddenly gathering great force. The military and civil authorities are at loggerheads. Georgela, Imrltla and MIIGrelta are ab solutely terrorized, being dominated by revolutionists and brigands, and the viceroy has asked to be replaced. Girl to Be Hanged, The sentence of death imposed upon Zenaide Konopllnkovo, the girl who assassinated General Min, August 26, at Peterhof, who wa* condemned on Sat urday by courtmartlal to be hanged, will be carried out tonight. She await* her fate calmly. Efforts to wring a confession from her have been In vain. She has not given a clew to sne of the terrorists who *n- CITY OF VLADIVOSTOK ■ SCOURGED BY FIRE Special Cable—Copyright. Vladivostok, Sept. 10.—This city was the scene of a terrific fire today. The wharves and warehouses Of the volunteer fleet were destroyed and the flames are spreading. AVALANCHE OF MUD BURIES 2?0 PEOPLE Tlflls, Sept. 10.—In the Kwarle district of 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. REBELS HAVE TAKEN SUBURB OF HAVANA Havsns, 8ap». 10.—'Tha rsbsls havs captursd Rincon, tha junction of the United Railway branehsa, 15 mllsa seuthwsst of Havana. A troop wa* at taokad at tha train at Artamisia this morning, but th* rebels wore driven off with maehin* guns. 300 PERSONS ARE DROWNED BY FLOOD IN THE CAUCASUS London, Sept. 10.—Nows agency dispatches tell of the drowning of 100 people by a flood In the Kvavolt district of the Caucasus. Enor mous damage waa done to property. AFTER CUTTING THROAT TELEPHONES A REPORTER New York, Sept. 10.—Cutting his companionship of women. Early to- throat from ear to ear, Antonio Pride, man about town, railed up his physi cian from the Long Acre hotel today and then telephoned for a reporter to give him the story of his suicide. The man died before he could tell the love tragedy of his life, w*hich he kept a se cret for many years. A first nlghter at the theaters, and known to everybody on the Rialto, An tonio Pride lived his life without the day he sent a hurry call for his physi cian and then called up a newspaper office. "Man lias cut his throat," he tele phoned. The voice was punctuated with gasps and gurgles. The reporter asked who It was. The voice came back almost Inaudibly: "Tony Pride; he’s a dead one." The physician and reporter found Pride sitting up In his bed In the hotel, lie smiled feebly, pank back and died. Building Runs Away, Killing Horses, But Stops at Senator Clark's Bank Butte, Mont., Sept. 10.—A one-etory building, being moved on roller*, 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 stop In front of Sen ator Clark's bank. Several men had narrow escape*. The building made record time without Injury to Itself. By MANUEL CALVO. Special Cable—Copyright. Havana, Cuba, Sept. 10.—That there has been desperate fighting between the rebel army of Pino Guerra In Plnar del Rio and the government folces un der Avaloez seems certain, but details of the battle are a* yet lacking. From the best information available It appear* 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 American machine guns commanded by- Captain Webster, an American, enabled General Diaz, In command of the train, to stand off the rebels 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 his loss as high as 200, due largely to the work of the machine guns. Several other railroad bridges In Plnar del Rto have been blown up by the rebels. That the government Is confident the danger of an attack on the city Is re mote, Is evidenced by' the fact that practically all the troops except some raw recruit* have -been sent to the front, leaving the defense of Havana practically to the police. Information from a usually reliable Bouroe reports that the government has sent representatives to ths 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 Alarmed. General Menocal, It Is said, lias not yet given up hope of bringing about an armistice with a view to bringing the war to an end. The foreign colony Is considerably stirred up over a report that the Hama Clara rebel chieftains have 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. tered with her into the plot against FARMER FOUND DEAD) Min. She was told she would get only a short term in prison If she would turn traitor, but In answer she said she regretted she had only one life to offer up for the cause of Russian lib erty. The girl. It is believed by all, win go to a stoic’s death. 8UPP0SE0 SUICIDE Hppeliil to Tlu» ({eoriditu. Adrian, Oa„ Sept. ID.—Tom Hall a farmer living about six mile* north of here, was found dead In his yard this morning at 5:30. It Is supposed that he committed suicide. Speelnl to The Georgian. Valdosta, Ga, Sept. 10.—Hon. Robert Ousley, senior member of the firm of Ousley A Co., city recorder, and 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 sick for ten days and his 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 him. The operation was performed yester day at 10 o’clock at the Halycon Sanl- torlum by Drs. Holmes and Little. The physicians stated that It was one of the worst case* they had ever seen and they gave little reason to hope for the recovery of the patient. He began sink ing rapidly this morning. R survived by a wife and two daughters, a father and brother, be sides a large circle of relatives and friends. He was personally one of the most popular men In Lowndes county. 0000000000000000000000000a THINKS RESIGNATION OF SEC. CHEATHAM WILL BE DEMANDED. ‘ o Special to The Georgian. 0 Savannah, Ga, Sept 10.—c,,|,i. o 0 nel J. Randolph Anderson declines Q 0 to discuss the action on the coin- O 0 mlttee's report nnent the Cheat- 0 0 ham Investigation. o O He says he has not been Inform- O 0 ed of the action of the committee O O In caucus' and oayi tbgi i- 0 O reason why he should criticize or O 0 commend the action until possess- o O ed of the facts and at the proper O O time. He did say he thought O 0 Cheatham’s resignation would he o O demanded as a result of the com- O O mlttee's report. o 0 O 00000000000000000000000004