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1 I r Nish. Edition. The Atlanta Georgian, m VOL. 1. NO. 193. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7,1906. MANY ROASTED TO DEATH IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY FIRE BEATEN NEAR TO DEATH BY W. TURNAGE, WHITE Bodies of Three Stu dents Buried in Ruins. FRATERNITY HOUSE SWEPT BY FLAMES Students Leap to Save Themselves—Three Fire men Lose Life. Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 7.— A terrible holocaust visited Cornell University this morning. At 3:30 o’clock Hames broke out in the kitchen of the Chi Psi fra ternity house. A strong northwest wind fanned the flames so that in 5 minutes the entire lower floor was a raging^ furnace. The sleeping men upstairs were awakened by the roar ing of the flames. Some of them jumped. Of these O. L. Schmuck, of Hanover, Pa., has just died in the in- flnnary of his injuries. The building, which cost £130,000 originally, and was Imilt of rubble masonry, col lapsed and many Avere’burn ed in the ruins, including three Ithaca vounteer fire men Avho died at their posts <>f duty at the west end of tiie building pinioned under debrifi and roasted to death. These were A. 8. Robinson, John Rumsey, a hardware! merchant, and Esty Landon. • When the firemen arrived the walls j were too hot to lift ladder*. In the southwest tower two students '•ere *een at the windows, dunclng In pain and calling for help. Just as the liremcn were bringing a ladder the tower collapsed and burled the two men in the hot debris. They are sup posed to be F. W. Grelle and W, H. Nichols, of Chicago. H. M. Curry, of Pittsburg, is also numbered among the dead. The ruins are too hot to dig In. J. M. McCutch- • on, of Pittsburg, substitute fullback, In in the infirmary, badly burned. The building was erected by Jennie MeGraw Fifke, but she never entered it alive, but was burled from It. ATLANTA MAN INJURED AT FIRE IN ITHACA, N. Y. Ithaca, N. Y.. Dec. 7.—Seven men met death, one other was fatally In jured and four were hurt, some seriously. In the Are which early this morning burned the Chi Psl fraternity house at Cornell University. R. R. Powers, of Atlsnta, Ga.. was badly cut and burned about tho face, Ho was taken to tho hospital. HERE IS A LIST OP THE DEAD. ESTY, J, LANDON, of Ithaca, member of volunteer Are department, crushed to death. AV. O. NICHOLAS, of Chicago, a student, burned in his bed. ALFRED L. ROBINSON, of Ithaca, member of volunteer Are depart ment, crushed'to death. JOHN C. RUMSEY, of Ithaca, prominent attorney and member of vol unteer Are department, crushed to death. F. W. GRELLE, of Orange, N. J., a student, burned to death. J. L. SCHMUCK, of Hanover, Pa., a student, died of Injuries. JAMES M'CUTCHEON, of Pittsburg, Pa., fullback on football team; hurt trying to rescue others. Died In college hospital. HERE IS THE FATALLY INJURED: C. A. ROPPE, a student, of Ithaca. . NOT FATALLY INJURED, BUT IN H08PITAL. H. M. Curre, Pittsburg, Pa., burned about head. G. R. Sailer, Swlsavale, Pa, burned about head. B. B. Powers, Atlanta, Oa., badly cut and burned about lace. AV. AA’. Ooethe, Milwaukee, AVIs., Injured by Jumping Irom third story window. MRS. CARRIE COMSTOCK DEMOCRATIC YOUNG ATLANTAN IN FIRE; ' BUT SLIGHTLY INJURED It. R. Powers, the young Atlanta man who wan re ported In the pres# dispatche* aa being badly cut and burned about the face, la the son of E. J. Powers*- of 734 Peachtree atreet, and will gruduate from Cornell In June. Hla father la a well-known Atlanta man. The flrat thing young Mr. Powera did after eacaping with hla life wa*<o aend a telegram to hla fum«* Uy In Atlanta aaying he had eacaped and waa unhurt, but according to the dlapatchea he waa badly cut und burned about the face, and la in the hoa- pital. Hla Injuries*, according to the dlapatchea, are not aerloua, how ever. Before going to Cornell Mr. Powera attended achool In Tenneaaee. Hla father came .to Atlanta about aeven yeara ago and la one of the ownera of the Marietta Paper Milla. i »* YoiipiOty.l?b\Ver8 ha* been in Cornell nearly four yeara and la 22 years of age; * • * • ~ SHOT AS HE ENTERED GATE AT RESIDENCE; IS PROMINENT LAWYER Mrs. Carrie Comstock, of 36 S. Humphries street, Avas attacked late Friday after noon by Will Turnage in his house at Jones avenue -and Edwards street, and so badly injured her that she Avas tak en to the Tabernacle infirm ary in a serious condition. Mrs. Comstock went to tlie Turnage home canvassing, AA'hen Will Turnage seized her and a desperate straggle took place. He pulled her into a room and beat her se verely. Ho beat her over the head Avitli a pitcher aud a pistol. m Her nose was broken, her temple cut open and her face badly sci'atched. Turnage, who is 28 years, escaped, pnd the police are looking for him. Mrs. Comstock Avent to the house canvassing and asked for the lady 'of the house. Will Turnage answer- ed the call, and then attacked ed her. Atlanta Wants Great Political Boiy to Open Armory. NEW AUDITORIUM TO BE READY IN 1908 Macon Postmaster Will Not Succeed Rucker. 8|MN'ial to The Blue Ridge, Ge., Dec. 7.—Colonel W. A. Guinn, a prominent lawyer of Me- Caya, Tenn., ten milee from here, wee •Hot and mortally wounded ae he en tered the gate at hie residence laet night, by an unknown party. There ie no clew to tho murdoror. IF C KILLS TWIN SISTER, WOUNDS NEGRO BOY, IS HIMSELF INJURED Waahington, Dee. 7.—Secretary Loeb denies that Harry Stillwell Edwards, the postmaster at Macon, Ga.. will be appointed collector of customs at At lanta, On., succeeding Henry Rucker, a negro. The iiuuierotiK report* to tho effect tlmt Harry Htlllwell Edward*, postmaster nt Mn* eon, Go., would succeed II. A. Rueker, col* ored. eolleotor of eustonts for the North ern dlstrlet of GtMirght, at Atlanta, have created some discussion as to tin* proba bility of the change In hsml Republican circles' Nothing definite I* known by tho officials at the custom house. t’ollector Rucker denied any knowledge of the rumor of a change, or that the depart ment would l»o removed to Macon, beyond the newspaper reports. This office Is with out tenure, and changes of officials are made at tho pleasure of the president. With percentage allowed, the salary of tho j office amounts to alxMlt $1,500 annually. It Is know that Mr. Edwards Is a very J dose personal friend of President Roose velt, ami for this rcamm his recent visits to the capital have probably been tho basis for the rumors. It has tieen said that he did not care for this office, but It Is thought that be will accept If the ap pointment Is made. Combine Is Said Eclipse Standard Oil. . to The chamber of commerce and the mar- to t exchange will be located In tho Em l ire building. The committee, to whom whs left the i- Ioetlon of a site, has agreed to terms with the owners of the building for the rental "f all the offices on the fifth floor that tme Marietta street. These offices are •v ven In uumlier, nil connected. They are now occupied hv the Home IJfe Insurance ‘ "inpany and Ino Hanover Fire insurance • "inpany. While the offices are numbered 503 b> 510. •here are really but two, five being Joined together In one, and two In another, wjth a reception room ndjolntng. at Ion for the, market exchange, ns well i.~ a'liulrable quarters for the chamber of coin- bierre. The deal has been made, but not completely closed. # COOOOOOOOOO<H>OOOOOOOOOOOOg o BATTLE IMMINENT O ON MOROCCAN SOIL. O 0 0 3 Berlin, Dec. 27.—A dispatch to O 3 a new* agency here .from Tan- 0 3 (tier, aaya that a detachment of O government troop* ha* cro»*ed O 3 the Mutuya river, -and a buttle O 3 with the force* of the pretender O 3 i» Imminent. 3 o o QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPOOOOO oooooOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOg 3 SIX-YEAR-01.0 BOV IS KILLED BY LIQUOR O 3 Erie. Pa., Dec. 7.—Edward Ut- O “ tl *. fi year* old, got n pint of O whisky yesterday In some un- O JJ kn-nvn manner and drank It. He O ” me unconscious and lay on O the ground for several hours -eg- O o i*>sced to the severe storm. De- O Mdtc heroic effort* to nave his D Hie, he died this morning. O r 9 30000000oooooaxs00ooooac Special to The Georgian. Spartanburg, S. C.. Dec. 7.—Hein- it*li Togglna, aged S year*, while play ing with n gun Inst night, accidentally shot Hattie Lou, hi* twin sister, the load entering her breath, tearing out her heart. A colored boy, who was standing near, received a portion of the load In his head and lie may die. The t'oglgtiH boy was badly Injured by the recoil of the gun, the butt of the gun kicking him In the head, In flicting a serious wound. Lleso t'ogglns, the father of the Coggins children, had Just returned from "a hunting trip. He placed the gun In bis room and it was picked up by young Coggins, who pointed the gun at hi? sister. The gun went off accidentally, the load entering the body of the little girl, killing her Instantly. A colored child who was standing near received a portion of the load. STREWN TO WIND FROM HIGH BRIDGE ARE ASHES OF MAN Washington. Dec. 7.—Investigation of ihe lumber trust, which I* proposed by Senator IKttredce, of South Da kota, In a resolution presented to the senate, promise* to unmuak tho moet gigantic combination and monopoly that yet been probed by tile federal government. Even the Standard nil monopoly and the Immense combination headed by the United States Steel corporation will bo found In all probability eclipsed by the tremendous combination of cup Ital alleged to have It* grip on the grea bulk of lumber used In every city, town, village, hamlet und rural dis trict In the United States. Senator Klttredge'a resolution directs the secretary of commerce and labor to Investigate and report to congress or to the president If congress Is not In session as to the lumlier trade of the United States, with a full Inquiry Into the causes of present high price* of lumber and particularly whether a combination, conspiracy or trust agree ment exists which operates unlawfully to restrain the lumber trade. It Is expected tile senate will order the Inquiry through the bureau of cor porations, which will begin probing Into the facta. Prosecutions of Individ, uala and aultgto break up the trust are to follow. GROWS PALE AT SIGHT OF BLOODY CLOTHES VICTIM WAS WEARING gpeeisl tn The Georglsu. t'hnttanooga, Tenn.. Use. 7.-A most peril- ip,r Iiirlilent win that in which the nnhes of Churles A. Johnston, n mechanical engineer ninl ilrnuifbtnmmi. were shewn upon waters of the Tennessee hrldjze hi from ihe couuty liniy'of Johnson w-ns „ ... mated In n crematory tn ('fiieiiiiintl sod the ashes were brought Isirk In nil urn. I poo Ms 'lying request to his wife, his ashes were strewn witter*. wns linlttiei! with this > wns eoninitsslniie.1 ns one of throw the unties of n friend ye nliex of the Itsrtholdl statue of Utterly In Sew York city, mid from Him time forwurd tic insisted thnt Ills remains must In* dlsfKised of In n similar manner. Tin* nrn whieh euutuine.1 the nnhes of Johnston now- rests on the mantel ut the home of Ills wife ill this eity. Mr. Johnston helleleil in n siqinsne belli;;, bill nut III il perstmnl (led. Hpeelsl to The Georgius. Jackson. Miss., Deo. 7.—At the trial of Mrs. Angle Birdsong In the Copiult county circuit court this morning the blood-souked clothing of Dr. Rutter, her victim, wns exhibited, and the de fendant displayed the only nervousness she has shown since the trial com menced, but quickly recovered herself and resumed a calm and passive de meanor. The defense made persistent efforts to prove through state witnesses that Dr. Butler had boasted of hla relations with Mrs. Birdsong, but Judge Miller refused to admit evidence of this char, acter througli witnesses for the prose cution. The defense expect* to show that knowledge of these boasts reached the ears of Mrs. Birdsong und caused a form of emotional Insanity that pro voked the tragedy. “Let us hav, the next national Dem ocratic convention in Atlanta in ths now auditorium." —Voice of Atlanta Pooplo. Now that's a voice that can make a heap of noise when It takes a notion. Atlanta people generally get what they want and this time they want the next national convention of the Democratic party at which candidates for president and vice president of these big United State* will be nominated. A few of the most prominent Atlantu men have talked a tout this proposition and not one; of them has been opposed to the plan. Every one of them want* tills convention to come to Atlanta, They will tell you that such a conven tion has never been held In the South. And they'll say that It Is time the South got what's coining to It. Now. as Atlanta is the metropolia of the Suuth—any Northerner will say that—Atlanta folks think this conven tion should be held here. And they'll ask whether or Sint the -Democratic party has not for a generation or more been furnished with nine-tenths of Its support from the South. These are things Atlantu people want the national Democratic executive cum mlttee to think about. That la the committee which aelects the city for the national convention. And It Is to this committee that the Atlanta people will extend their Invitation It they de cide to have the convention hero. Easy to Reach Atlanta. Whon prominent men In all wulka of Atlanta life thtrrtc amt say Atlanta should have the convention here In flu new auditorium. It la a good argument that the convention should come nere and that Atlanta people should get to gether and Invite the convention here. It Is Just as easy and easier, In fact, to get to Atlanfh from most of the country than It Is to get to oilier cit Jes that want the convention. And At lanta Is the metropolis of a part of the country that never hesitated to give the Democratic party all It had in the way of votes. A New Jersey man from Trenton was In Atlnnta yesterday. He lives In a nlty 34 miles from Philadelphia and 80 miles from New York with about 83,040 or 90,000 people in It. lie ha* been at Atlanta many times and 'lie more he comes the better he likes It. Now he Is making nrmngementa to move his business here. Why'.’ Because he says Atlanta Is the greatest city south of New York and that It la a miniature New York all by Jtaelf. He declared emphatically that It wa time the national Democratic cunvcn tlon was held In Atlanta and he la one of those Democrats who kept New Jer sey In the Democratic column from the time the party was organised until the Republican wave of 1898 swept the ountry. What Democrat* Say. Listen to .what * few of Atlanta's cltlsens say about the proposition: Judge tteorge lilllyer: "This Is an excellent titan and one which I hope will be curried to a successful termina tion. Bring the convention here by all means.” Charles T. Hopkins: "N'utlonal Democratic convention in Atlanta?; New Buildings Need ed to Meet City’s Growth. MANY CLASSES TOO LARGE FOR ROOMS Growth in Population Not Met)>y Improvement in Buildings. With all of Atlanta's growth md progress during the past few year.-, it, public school facilities have not been Increased proportionately.' As a result of the lack of money spent In this di rection the Atlanta school* are tni-er- ably Inadequate to the demands upon them, and are so crowded that the minds and health of thousands of school children are suffering. Hardly a achool but has classes with a maximum of scholars that Is largely In excess of what the maximum should be. In addition there are several sclto-l buildings that are relics of the dark nge*—rambling frame atructures, poor ly ventilated, heated by primitive moth-' oda. Of the twenty-three white achools in Atlanta, sixteen have classes frith ‘ maximum attendance In excess of what the maximum should be. Any one of the six colored achools i- oven more congested than the worst crowded of the white schools. And all of this lack of growth an.l improvement In conditions Is appar ently nobody's fault. The present council has been an ex ceedingly liberal one to the board of education. This year an appropriation of over 3304,000 was made. Of this over 3313,000 went for sal aries. ■ A few new and modern schools have been liullt In Atlanta within the last few years, but the Increase In pupil- has been greater than the Increase in facilities. City Needs Streets. When a city grows as Atlanta has grown, It Is necessary to spend Isrge sum* for the opening of streets and then for paving them. Children cannot go to school very well unless they have streets to walk In, anil unless the sani tary sewer system I* extended as the growth of tho city warrants,, the health of tho school children will be endan gered. And, too, It costs money to give people police and Are protection. There Is no money to throw awuv. und none has been thrown away. Pos sibly It has been that city law-maker, have not seen the necessity for In creased public school facilities as read ily ns they have seen the necessity ■•t new streets and more paved streets: inure sewers and more police and lire protection. If that Is the case, it Is a good plan to bring to light the true’ conditions ex isting in the Atlanta public school sys tem. First of all, Atlanta has tqilav the lineal public school system In the state of Georgia, and. In fact. It la hard l v equaled by any other In the South. But the city has outgrown Its facili ties. It Is not that the children are n -t competent teachers. That la all ri.Tl ought tohave It lief* geUt*heie U Vm ■ u ■* * lm P , » l a uuestlon of more foranv?hlna that will heln Atlanta and and more , ®« ch ® r » for * h ® thousand- thU wd i We are entlTud tn U snv . children who are now attending - I, this will. We are entitled t.i It any- d who were not enrolled a fbv . . HA R VE Y BEDFORD DEA D HE SUCCUMBS QUIETLY AFTER PNEUMONIA ATTACK BAY WAS KILLED, THROWN IN RIVED, FATHER BELIEVES .SimtIuI to Tin* Oenrglnn. Ilecntlir. Ala.. I«" T.-TIUm*« I'lnrk. If yenrs old. who disappeared mysteriously Mnlolnv Might, has ««* •■ecu found. Wil liam .'lark. Ids father, any* he has evl- den..' that Ills am was murdered. r..bi«-l and Ills Issiy tlirowu Into the Tennessee ’‘VeniiB Clark laid 3100 on bis perion when b A -irange'yo'nug man la hetd on ausplelou. SHEDS ND LIGHT §p*Hnl to The (itnrgliin Blue Ridge, Go., Dec. 7.—Colonel \V. A. Guinn died thin morning at 9 o’clock and before dying stated that he had no Idea who shot him or could have had any motive for doing ao. Absolutely no clew can be found to account for hta aaaaaalnation. Ilnrwy If. Dctlfonl, veteran detective and formerly le-.iri r»f til** Atlanta detective de- I tart iiit'iit. died nt L* nVlo«*k at »»l* home, 141 |j)vpj6y Btreof. For *everi»! wn-k* be h: ln*ei» •iiffinliijf from pneumonia, having JmU govern) nttnrk*. Honey Bedford ho* known to olino*t every Hfixeii of Alluntii. II*- wo* the firvt liend of tlie deieeth*® department, and for many rear* prevton* to the e*tal>H«h- ment of thnt Maneh **f the ixillre depart ment. nth a meutfter of the uniformed foree. II*. wae -oir.e.-d.-d aouie time 0«o o* M»r*oniit of deter live* i*y Hergeniit N. A. Linford. Sin®— that rime he i.oiittnued :i* «Hie of the m»»t i-ffli fert mendier* of the plain rlntliea foi.iv. Ill- «a* a eomdn of General Nathan Bedford Foireat, and aerved with him during the war. LaGranga Savings Bank. A charter waa granted Friday morn ing by the »ecretary of atate to the La- Grange Having* Bank, capital stock $25,000 and Incorporator* Fuller Ca!ta» way. C. V. Truitt, J. G. Truitt. Roy Dalit*, Hatton Lovejoy, P. O. Awtry, IL D. Glanton and J. A. Perry. HARVEY H. BEDFORD. way. Luther Z. Roaaer: "Of course I want the convention here. Ilut we should get the auditorium flrat and ahould tie nuro we can accommodate the tliou- Mfinda of delegate*. If we can do thl* and offer on Inducement, then let’* atart to work and get the convention. There Ih every roaaon In the world why Atlantu 1* entitle*^ to It." Forrest Adair: ’Bring ’em along. Let all Ilia Democrat* come here, lie glad to have them. Atlanta ought to have the national convention. A better city In the country could not be found. ’ Reuben Arnold: “t’ertalnly. The convention should come to Atlanta, I’m Continued to Page Five. ago. Maximum in Class. It t* considered by educational -w pert* that to do Ihe best work a tc;<- li® ahould not have more than forty in claa*; that thl* number should b- :ii maximum. But becauae of the great Increa** 1 the number of Atlanta achool chi Lire it lm* been neceaoary to make thl maximum sixty. Now, this malt*-* . absolutely Impossible for a teacher i give any Individual attention to tb<» pupil* not a* bright a* oth» WR the time for recess deducted It will b readily seen that with sixty pupils in ■ Continued to Page Five. PRESIDENTS NU SPELIN GETS KNOCKOUT BLOW Washington. Dec. 7.—President Roosevelt's simplified spelling <n de ws* given a hard knock by the house committee on appropriations, which In the executive nnd Judicial appropriations bill, reported today, dacicd thnt “hereafter In printing ducumenta authorised by law or ordered by congress, or either branch thereof, the government printing shall follow the rule* of orthography established by Webster's or other gen erally accepted dictionaries of the English language.” The bill carries a total appropriation of 331,213,323, an In. re...- - of ;. million of the appropriation for the current year, which was 3l4.1«t.i> i The number of salaried offices provided for is 18,727, an lacrosse of 29 . over the current year. The salaries of clerks to members Is Increased from 31.200 to 3M"0 per annum and the members are not required to certify that they have spent this amount for clerical assistance. Public Print”: Stilling- i- given an Increase from 33,340 to 33,440, and the secretary' to the speaker an Increase from 33,004 to 38.404.