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The Atlanta Georgian. 1m
VOL. 1. NO. 196.
ATLANTA, GA,' TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11,1906.
PRICE:
STORER SAYS ROOSEVELT
SENT HIM TO ASK POPE
TO, PROMOTE ARCHBISHOP
Former Ambassador
Asserts He Was Sent
to See Pope.
SAYS ARCHBISHOP
KNEW OF HIS VISIT
Deposed Diplomat Declares
He Carried Out Presi
dent’s Wishes to
the Letter.
Washington, Dec. 11.—Following are
verbatim portions of Mr. Storer's let
ter, which have not heretofore been
published:
"In October, 1902, 1 was appointed
by President Roosevelt ambassador to
Austria-Hungary. In the summer and
autumn of 1202 1 visited the United
States on leave of absence, with Mrs.
Storer and was a guest of the presi
dent. During the visit the relations of
i he Catholic church with America were
dlscursed by President Roosevelt with
me and the president was warm In his
praise of Archblihop Ireland, of w hom
lie spoke In terms of enthusiastic
friendship on account of hla conaplcu-
ous services as an American and In
cidentally. for hla assistance as a sup
porter of the Republican party and the
idmlnlst ration.
"On that occasion Archbishop Ire
land being the topic of conversation,
the president said to me that If 1 went
m Rome he would like to have me seo
the pope and say lo him In person that
Hie archbishop was his friend and that
he would be pleased to hear that he had
received the honor of promotion to the
rnrdlnalate.
Archbishop Ireland l> Told.
'I did nqt even tell Archbishop Ire
land of the president's communication,
not feeling at liberty to do ao, but lit
Immediately learned of It directly from
the preeldent. for shortly after tlje con
versation the prestdent told him what
he had said, This ws learned from -tha
archbishop, who wrote at once to Mrs.
Storer In October, and November, 1902.
tlmt the president had told him that he
had commissioned Mr. Storer to apeak
for him viva voce, at the Vatican and
stave the Substance of his Interview
with the president In these words: 'The
president said to me: "Mr. Storer has
told you what 1 said to him about you,
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“ 'Well,' he said, ‘I told him I would
not write a letter to the pope asking
for honors to you. but I said that he
could go to Rome and aay, viva voce,
to the pope how much I wish you to be
cardinal, and how grateful I personally
would be to him for giving you that
honor.'
Confirmed What Was 8sid.
“This action of the president In In
forming Archbishop Ireland of my com.
mission furnished me with an Inde,
pendent evidence of Ids wishes and of
his willingness that thoy should be
known to persons concerned, though In
cidentally It confirmed what the presi
dent has more than once said to me, to
the effect that he did not want to put
his wishes In writing. So far as oral
messages went, however. I was not the
only person who had been used to de
liver one, for, some weeks before, the
president had asked Mgr. O'Connell to
say the same thing to the pope, and thl*
Mgr. O’Ctyinell had done In an Inter
view with Pope Plus X. on September
24. 1902, In the second month of Me
pontificate, and had transmitted to the
president in reply a message from Pope
Plus X In this form:
‘ '"Present to the president my com
pliments; tell Mm of my esteem' of
himself personally and for the country
which he governs, and say to him that
his wishes In regard to Mgr. Ireland
will most probably bo fulfilled.'
“I had nothing to do with this mis
sion of Mgr. OT'onnell, but was In
formed of K and of It* results before
PAPAL, SECRETARY AT PARIS
ISARRESTED AND EXPELLED;
CLERGY ORDERED TO LEAVE
Vatican Stands Ready
to Abandon Public
, • Worship.
SITUATION GRAVE
IN THE REPUBLIC
•"I replied:, ‘i do not remember."
' •About his going to Rome?’
'"I said "No."
given to me. A few, weeks after my
return to Europe I went lo Rome,
and on December 2. 1903. had an' au
dience with Pop# Plus X. I had al
ready made .a tts'nslaflor\ Intq French
of a memorandum which I hod taken
of the president', oral message to the
pope In order thal.l.might deliver It
Intelligibly, as the pope does not under
stand English. At the Interview 1 held
that translation !n my hand and read
It to the pope. I have preserved It.
"It reads ,as.follows;
"it m'a dlt et.m'a autorlse de dire a
voire Salntete que I’areheveque d# St,
Paul eat son ami iiersonnel. et qu '"
Continued on Page Four.
HUNG JUR Y REPOR TED
IN THE BIRDSONG CASE
Bulletin, Jackson, Miss, Dse. 11.—A ring appeal for the life of his relallv
special from Haalahurat asys that the (Mrs. Angle Birdsong, on trial charged
jury sitting in the Mrs. Angie Bird- | with murdering Dr. Thomas Butler,
song case, who ie charged with mur- | the man who Is alleged to have de-
dering Dr. Butler, reported to the court' famed her reputation. Senator Me
at neon today that they could not agree, j I,aurln made the prinrlpal address for
The jury was out 17 hours. the defendant.
| He told the court that he Is not a paid
Ihulehurat, Mlaa.. Dec. 11.—After attorney In this case. He then advised
several hours' deliberation, the Jury In I that the women present leave the room,
the Birdsong murder case, It was re- , which most of them did. He said that
lorted late last night, stood II to 1 for'If the defendant had been debauched,
acquittal. The Jury was, locked In a . and had slain her debaucher, the de-
mom for th« night and will report to. badeher had met Justice, and that he
,l%y. The case was given to the Jury I believed If she had been slandered and
4 o'clock. j had slain her traducer, she had done
The feature of the hearing yesterday right. Any woman, he said, no matt.-r
".is the speech of United States Sena- t how low- she may be. may protect hot
ter McLaurtn, In which he made a stir- honor and her person against a man.
HALF CRAZED WITH FEAR,
HOGAN FIRES A T FRIENDS,
WOUNDING WILL ADAMS
Paris, Dee. 11.—Trouble which has
been threatening for several days at a
result of the differences existing b*.
tween the church and stats, following
the pope’s recent order to the Catholic
clergy, stems about to break forth, and
the government ie making every prep
aration to meet the issue as beet it can.
The first arrest so far it that of Mon
•ignor Montagnlni, the secretary of the
papal nunciature in Paris. He was
taken into cuatcdy on an order celling
for hie expulsion from Franco. He it
now being, taken lo the frontier.
Soon after the arreot the polieo in
number went to the secretary's home
and eearohtd the house from cellar to
garret.
The clsrgy have been notified that
they muet vacate their residences at
onoe. Friday Is set as the time limit
for their leaving,
t This order followed a meeting of the
cabinet. Premier Clemenceeu, it It an
nounced, will, on the 14th of the month,
eek parlaiment te augprest thapppglaaj.
to the clergy, to liquidate the publle
property of Catholics and to distribute
the presbyteries and seminaries.
Cardinal Richard, the archbishop of
Paris, has been ordered to abandon hie
residenee tomorrow.
Rome, Italy. Dec. 11.—The pope's let
ter lo Cardinal Richard, of Faria, In
regard to the associations law express.
I.v forbids the clergy to make declara
tion! ns prescribed by the law of 1881,
and glvrs reasons which are chiefly to
be found In Minister Brland's circular,
which, according to the Vatican, makes
the situation of the bishops and par
ish priests unbearable, especially on
the question of the seminaries.
The situation Is considered serious,
as the French clergy have Informed the
Vatican that they will submit to all
penalties. Including Imprisonment,
rather than yield, while the Vatican
openly states that It Is ready to face
abandonment of public worship and
the establishment of private religious j
KllfSSul
Race Results
SIX-DAY SCORES.
At 5 o'clock all were 790 miles and
S laps, except Wlltttour and J. Bedell,
790-4.
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, Dec. 11.—Here are the
results of today's races:
FIRST RACE—Drain. 15 to 1, won:
Doubt, 2 to 1, second; Captain Hale. 2
to 1, third.' Tims i:09 3-6. —
SECOND RACE-Harry Scott. 25 to
1. won; Jack Dolan, 5 to 2, second;
Charlie Eastman, out, third, Time.
2-6. . ' . 'Jj
THIRD RACE—Harmakl*,"3 : |o lj
won: Ptldre, 8 to S, second; ScalpJ-oA*, 1
8 (o I. third. Time, 1:55 .1-6, 7*
FOURTH RACE—Rickey, 10. to 1,'
won: Favorite. 20 to 1, second: Gold
Ic, 20 to I, third. Time, 1:16 3-6.
FIFTH RACE—Colloquy, T 'to to.
»n: Bonart, 11 to . 5, second; Voting,
even, third. Time, 1:01 3-5.
SIXTH RACE—Rebo. 5 to l ei w.m:
Toboggan, 2 to 5, second: Air ship, 2
to 6, third. Time, It 14 2-5.
Entries for Wednesday.
First Race—Seven furlongs, selling:
a Cache 104; jfaarlo 104: Brazil 100:
Gallon Off 109; Sponge Cake 109.
Second Race—Steeple Chase, abort
course: Graceland 126; Naran 125: Cre-
ollln ISt; Plttkin 127; ifncle Janies
128: Signal 11. 183: Easter Joy 188
Parnassus 185: Little Wally 138; Gould
140: Dawaon 158; Rubador 154.
. . Third Race—Six furlongs, purse
Lady Ester 98; Jerry C. 101: Ever Near
101; Lucy Young 101: Lady Vashtl 101;
Meadow-breeze 104; Frontenac 104; St.
Valentine 104.
Fourth Race—Mile, selling: Eva Ixer
98; Anna Ruakin 98: Heirloom 09;
Charlie Ward 98; Sink Spring 88: Fire
Alarm 100; Lady Vlmont 100: Associate
108: Mary Ellen 103.
> Fifth Race—Seven furlongs, aelllni
Faatmgta 108: Bird Dixon 109: Will
Newcomb 109: King of the Valley 109;
Wild Irishman 112; Klelnwood 113;
U'potterr ll2; Foreigner 114; Consid
eration 119.. ,
Sixth Race—Mile, selling: Frank
Flisher 98; ' Doric 99; Western 102;
Mail* O'Neill 102; Captain McCormick
102: Economy 102; John Kaufman 103;
Nancy 104; Knight ofjvanhoe 107.
ARE TRYING TO SPIRIT
GILLETTE AWAY TO PRISON
Herkimer. N. Y.. Dec. 11.—The sher-
Ifr Is trying to spirit Gillette to Auburn,
large Crowds ere said to be watching
at Utica and Syracuse
Mrs. Gillette Is to become guest of
one of the leading famine# In town.
Sentiment Is swinging Hi her favor.
Demonstration of an unexpected char
acter Is likely as Olllatte la seen leav
ing. He and his mother are bright and
cheerful. ,
THIS MOUNTAIN CLIMBER
BALKED BY HER GUIDES
Believes He Is Being
Persecuted by
Some One.
J B. Hofan, a iniddl^-ageil man who
n rkM at the Woodward Lumber «*on>-
t*ny. ran amuck ihortly after noon
Tuesday, tiring at random at several
** uploye#* of the lumber company and
periounly wounding Will Affanix. who
w, oka in the wood eh op.
After emptying hie revolver.
‘ ‘*tber Smith A Weaeon. he run und
v ' ;,s pursued by eeveral who worked at
ri|a lumber yards. Hogan reloaded his
Run ax he ran, end held hla purauer*
* until he reached hla boarding house.
* *l»ler Jcntxen, of the raiiltary de-
I'ntment, paaaed at tills time and
•'arted Into the houae. Gall Officer*
i-u« k and Coker overtook Mr. Jentten.
Vilfi three went In, and after constdera-
difficulty, captured Hogan. Every
chamber of hla revolver waa loaded.
Before reaching hi* boarding houae,
•*n»l while being pursued. Hogan point*
hla weapon at a young man riding
- bicycle on Whitehall, made him atop
kn 1 get «»ff hla wheel.
Under Hallucination.
Hogan aeem* to he under the hallu*
•‘nation that he I* being pera^’Uted.
’ * !k * mildly and In a rambling fashion.
1 of tnrt waa made to get n atatemen;
than to *ay that lie.jwa* being run
down and t*entocute<l almoat to death.
Hogan lm* been boarding at fioo
Whitehall street. When naked where
lie lived, he replied that hi* .persecu
tor* are making life mo miserable for
him that he doesn’t live anywhere/ He
appears to be about 40 year* of age.
Hogan say* that hi* persecutors are
trying to make him marry a nomnt
for whom he does not care. He was
brought befoit» the recorder several
month* ago, ut which time he told of
his alleged persecutors, but the recor
der tried to assure him that he waa la
boring under a delusion. He does not
seem to realize that he Ims shot any
body.
Hogan didn't come to work Monday
ami the it nit seen of him was ut
In the. afternoon, when lie made his ap.
peurance with the revolver In hand ami
began shooting.
Mr. Adama Is lying In the Grady
Hospital In a serious condition. The
bullet struck his left cheek and went
through. (Missing out the right cheeg.
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FRANCE NOW 8ITTING
ON A HIDDEN MINE.-
Paris, Dec. II.—France Is sitting on a 1
mine. 'Whether It will explode or not,
no one In a high place appears to be
willing to publicly prophesy.
Until the pope's order of Saturday
was received, all looked toward actual
peace, even if dissatisfaction smoldered
among the moat devoted of the faith
ful.
No one on any aide will forecast vio
lence, excepting hot heads and sense-
| tlonallata. All affect to deny the pos
sibility of civil war, nnd the lesson of
the Inst election sustains the attitude
coupled as It la with the declaration,
of some devoted Catholics that they
wilt abstain from mass during the com
ing weeks If It la not celebrated In
churches safe from the liability of an
Intrusion.
"Religious and Political."
Even while they condemn the ;;jv-
ernment. It must he remembered al
ways that the question la both religious
and political.
The government Is playing politics; I
plating for Its life and the country, j
The church lo playing politics as well)
for themselves.
The government's conciliatory over-1
tuns have been effectually countered |
by Rome’s adroit about face, even t
though the eventual effect of this m!
the church In France 1a problematical.'
Clemenceau'e War Slogan. j
The Llberte, w hich has not been!
rtbld on the question, takes Prime Min- j
ister Clemenceau’e war slogan as a text
and sums up the situation briefly. It'
says that today will he a historic day.;
Forty thousand functionaries will serve
40,000 verbal processes on 40,000 priests. I
who have neglected to make declaration
BURGLAR IN SILK HAT
IN MRS. J. M. HIGH’S HOME;
NURSE SCARES HIM AWAY
“Raffles,” in Evening
Clothes, Enters Home
on Peachtree.
Turning from the bedside of her pa
tient, Mrs. Harriet M. High, 528 Peach
tree street, Tuesday morning at
o'clock. Mias Annie.Painter, the trained
nurse, saw behind her a third person In
the sick chamber, a guest not Invited.
Bending over the dresser and explor
ing Its upper drawer stood a burglar.
And such a burglar! It was "Raffles”
In real life, a allk-hstted, swallow-
tailed "Raffles," who went about hla
work as calmly as Hornung*s hero could
ever have done.
So quietly had the nurse eat beside
her patient'that the burglar had failed
to notice her as he entered, and when
the turned and confronted him It was
hard to eay which waa the more sur
prised.
The burglar was the first to act.
Springing to ths electrolier, he turned
the button and left the room In dark
ness. Ths nurse started up with an
exclamation, but the flash of an electric
bull's-eye lantern blinded her and she
sank back.
Sit down!" thundered the burglar.
"Don't you dare move.”
Struggle In Darkness.
Rut the brave woman remembered
that In the upper drawer of the dresser
ley a revolver, and eho darted toward
It. The burglar must have raught the
glitter of the weapon ae lie ransacked
the drawer, or he divined the woman's
purpose. He sprang to the dresser and
n the darkness the two struggled to
push each other way and secure the
weapon. For a moment they battled In
the darkened room, while Mrs. High,
who Is recovering from sickness folio a -
Ing the death of her husband, Mr. J. M.
High, several weeks ago, lay trembling
and helpless, suffering every fear that
could come to a woman In such a crisis.
The burglar gave up hla search, and.
dashing the nurse aside, ran from the
room. On Ills way downstairs he picked
up a set of beautiful furs which he had
found In Ills search of the house. The
back door, by which he had entered tie*
house, had been cautiously left v i le
open by Raffles, and he ran out with
his booty.
Daughter Gave Alarm.
By this time the noise In her mother's
room ha.l aroused Miss Hattie May
Hlgh, the young daughter of the in
valid, who was asleep In another mom
Miss High, who Is a debutante ,,f last
season, ran to a veranda and screamed
for the police. The burglar dropped his
booty nnd disappeared through an al
ley.
Bicycle Policeman Pearson was walk
ing hi* beat two blocks away, at How
ard and Peachtree streets. He had let
his wheel at the station on account ot
the muddy streets after a rainy day,
but he sprinted toward the High home
and reached It within a few seconds.
The burglar was nowhere to be seen.
An Investigation was made and ;t
was found that every room had been
ransacked by the gentleman In the silk
hat. He had dropped the greater por
tion of his loot In his dash for liberty,
but he had carried away about 325 ut
cash which he had collected from va
rious sources In his search of the
rooms. . k
Mrs. High hsd been ill for some time
following an operation and the shock
greatly unnerved her. She had engaged
the services of Sits* Painter, of 224 Ivy-
street, who Is a skilled nurse, and who
proved herself a worthy guardian of
her patient.
No claw to the Identity of the "gen
tleman burglar” was found by the po
lice. The only description to be gained
was from the momentary glimpse
caught by Miss Painter before he hail
turned off the light.
"He wax a nice-looking man In a silk
hat,” she said.
"RAFFLES” LUCKY TO ESCAPE;
NURSE IS A CRACK SHOT
If Miss Annie Painter, the trained tfuise who battled with the "gen
tlemanly burglar” early Tuesday morning In the darkened room In the
High residence, had obtained the revolver which both she and the burglar
were seeking In n bureau ilrawer, the body of the latter would In all prob
ability now be reposing In an undertaking establishment. •
Miss l’alnter Is a crack plstnt shot and she declares she would have
put her skill to the test In winging the festive msrauder,
’ Just ns Miss Painter started to reach Into the bureau drawer for the
pistol, thg burglar Interfered nnd forced her away. Ha made a move is
though to get the pistol, hut ns It was covered with some other articles,
he fnlled to find It. Miss Painter thought he had the pistol, however,
until after he fled from the house; then she found It In the drawer.
"If that burglar hadn't been «o Impudent and rude," said tnr pi. i-
ty nurse. "I would have had a splendid opportunity to test my skill as
a pistol shot. I would certainly have taken a shot at him and 1 don't
think he would have been able to run so fast, either. I think he was a
mean old thing to act at he did anyway."
When asked If there waa any clew to the burglar, Miss Painter
smiled and replied:
"No there la none. But I urn thinking of enlisting the services of the
"Millionaire Detective."
TURN A GE IS INSANE,"
SAYS HIS COUNSEL
This I* a picture of Miss Annie Peck, who lias Juat returned to New
Yolk after a successful exploit In Peru, where she climbed Mt. Huasca-
inn for 18,000 feet, and was turned hack from It* 25-foot summit because
her Indian guides balked and snow was loo deep.
mm MINI i QfCLARES JURY
New York, Dec. 11.—Geo. W. Burn-
I ham. Jr., of the Mutual Reserve Life
| Insurance Company, on trial for lar-
| cany of the funds of that company, was
found guilty.
Defense of Assaila'nj
of Mrs. Comstock Is
Decided Upon.
"Insanity" will be the defense of Rob
ert E. Turnage, the young while man
Identified by Mrs. Carrie Comstock, of
36 Hnuth Humphries street, as her bru
tal assailant of last week.
When the young prisoner Is arraign
ed for trial In the criminal branch of
the superior court, a determined effort
will be made to have him sent to the
state Insane asylum Instead of to the
penitentiary, should lie be adjudged
guilty.
Hon. .Madison Bell, counsel for Tur
nage, stated Tuesday morning that ttu
prisoner Is crazy beyond any doubt.
"Robert Turnage Is undoubtedly an
insane man.” said Mr. Bell. 'His con
versation and hi* demeanor demon
strate this plainly. If he really did at
tack Mrs. Comstock the set was noth
ing more than the prompting <>f a dis
ordered brain.”
Turnage paces Ills cel! In the Ton er
like u caged wild animal, and rarely
speaks. Ills attorney declares the pris
oner's mind Is a perfect blank on some
subjects and that he Is not able to car.
ry on in Intelligent conversation.
It Is expected the case ot Turnage
will be considered at the next session
of the Fulton county grand Jury.
IK HIS ROOM
after the Interrogation of
00U processes will remain dead letters
of the law with them or be followed by i —
a a n 1umult C 7o n, K I T «* D ~ — ‘■■ U " , t FABGO C T ^EV T ^L E 0 8 sI' l BY FIRE
^Others?acknowledging their Inebility : ,ml * y WM fln '“ ,1 for by i 'Fargo, rla.. Dec.*lt.—The turpentine
lo comprehend the pope's sudden 1 | stilt of O, 8. Baxter It Co., comprising
rhange from the attitude of his eneycU- Judge Holt - three still* and about 200 barrels of
cal. In which he counseled all lawful • ] nude gum, burned here today about I
efforts to continue religious *eri'lre-<, The Brooklyn Cooperage Company, a o'clock.
point out that the government hereto- 1 Th» cause of the fire I* unknown. The
fore has show n one merit, the best of subsidiary company, was fined 975.000. loss Is between Ito.ooo and $16,900.
Wreck Being Probed.
Washington. Dec. 11.—Investigation
of the Thanksgiving day wreck on the
Houtliern railroad by the stale corpora
tion commission at Richmond, Vs., ne
cessitated the postponement today of
the hearing at the main office of the
road In Washington.
Diptheria Close* Sohoolt. ,
Oakland, Calif., Dec. 11.—The public
school of Oakland has been temporarily
closed on account of the prevalence of
dip
atlt
tution.
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Bostun, Dec. 11.—Franklin ,J. Moses,
ex-governor of South Carolina, was
found dead at hla boarding house. No.
« Irwin street, Wlnthrop Beach, early
today. Oa* was escaping from a el ,is
which waa used to heat the room.
It has not yet been determined
whether death waa due to accident r
suicide. Dr. Harris, the tnedlcpl ex
aminer, Is Investigating.
Moses boarded with Henry' C. Ham
ilton. gate tender at the Wlnthrop
Beach station. He arrived home at 8
o'clock last night, apparently in I .
usual health, and soon retired.
Hamilton left the house without
knowing that anything had happened
to Mosae. Moses was lying on the bed -
and had apparently died aa he elept.
The death ends a conspicuous and
checkered career. He was born In
South Carolina 83 years ago, the only
son of Chief Justice Moses, of that -
state. After a brilliant career at col
lege he joined the Confederate army ut
the breaking out of the civil war. At
the close of the . war he entered the
political field and after serving as
speaker of the house was elected gov
ernor In 1873.
It was then hla downfall commenced. ,
Having forsaken the Democratic tally
nnd become a Republican, he suffered
social ostracism. He vacated hla ofil.-e
as governor and became a victim of the
drug habit. Then he left the .South at: i
settled In New York. He made a living
_ . 1 speeches for candl •
date* for office. He frequented the
lowest dens In Chinatown. He said >
in one of the moat remarkable coin', -•
sions ever made by a man. Then he
wa* convicted of theft and went to
Blackwell’s Island.
II# came to Boston and rell Into the
hands of the law again. Three ye. <
wes given Idm at Charlestown and ie ,
cante out to make an endeavor to lead
an honest life. He established u tap
at Wlnthrop. a Small weekly, tt ,t
passed out of existence. He had loo n
doing newspaper work for some time
since. He wa* believed to have a *<m
He died in poverty.