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advertisers USE THE GEORGIAN FOR RESULTS The Atlanta Georgian. If You are an Advertiser and Want Results, Test Us. VOL. 1. NO. 203. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19,1906 PRICE: TO CHOOSE ATLANTA AS SUB TREASURY SITE Treasury Department Wants It in Gate City. BIRMINGHAM FOLK ARE MAKING FIGHT Columbia To Be Dropped at Conference on Jan uary 7th. Washington, Dec. 19.—Atlnn*^, Ga., will be selected as the site of the new «uh-treasury In the South. Unless every Indication falls, unless the wishes of the United States treas nrv department go for naught, Atlanta will win the coveted prise. In spite of the fight that has been made for Birm ingham, Ala., and the representations made by Senator Carmack for Tennes see, tho Georgia city Is well In the lead for the prise. Department Favors Atlanta. The Georgian’s correspondent Is able to state authoritatively that the treas ury department favors Atlantu us the location of the sub-treasury. At the de partment It Is considered that estab lishment of the sub-treasury Is mainly for the states of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. The opinion at the department Is that the choice lies between Atlanta, Birm ingham and Columbia. While the de partment's opinion will havq great weight In the balloting on the subject In the congressional conference on Jan uary 7 next, the department will not assume the responsibility of making the decision, Columbia To Be Dropped. It will leave this to the conference with the plain understanding of how the department stands In the matter. Columbia will be dropped on prac tically the first ballot and the contest will then llo between Birmingham and Atlanta. That Atlanta will win Is the positive assertion heard today In all circles Interested In the matter. ATLANTA BANKERS MEET 7O PUSH CLAIM OF CITY Joseph A. McCord, president of the Atlanta Clearing .House Associa tion, has called a meeting of the association for Wednesday afternoon at 4 o clock to> discuss the proposal to secure the sub-treasury for Atlanta. „ j *u n a the Gejr S !tt Bankers’ Association met here last June It waa uyed that every effort be made to secure the sub-treasury for Georgia, lantaifpossible” lhC At,anta banker8 was “* ot it for Georgia first—At- Acting under this policy, no-active effort was made to secure the sub-treasury for this city, until Savannah stepped In and began work- Ing for her own Interests. It is probable that since this step waa taken by Savannah, that Atlanta will send a committee to Washington to push the claims of this city. The meeting Wednesday afternoon will doubt less take this step and appoint a committee. PRISONERS ATTACK BAILIFF IN AN EFFORT TO GAIN FREEDOM Fulton Court House Scene of Desperate Fight. HOLE IS CUT IN WALL OF ROOM Two Attempts Made to Es cape From Prisoners' Room. DEFECTIVE FLUE MUSES BLAZE IN Damage To News Building Said To Be Few Hun dred Dollars. The plant of The Atlanta News, at Alabama and South Forayth streets, "a- visited by a fire shortly before n -"ti Wednesday, which originated from a defective Hue In the office of General Manager Charles Daniel and did dam- ••tg.- to the amount of several hundred dollars in the attic And roof. After the flames had been extin guished by the fire department and an •diminution of the building and plant ba 'l l, e* n made, Mr. Daniel gave out tin- following statement: The machinery and equipment of The X« ws was not damaged at all. The damage to the building, I think, can bo covered by a few hundred dollars. The fire caused a delay of about three quar ters of an hour In the work on today’s Is^ue, but I am satisfied we will be able t " go to press at the regualr time.” The flre burned rapidly, and although J'mi io. >\s of people were at work In the building, had gained considerable hea1- the attic before discovered. ' f h»‘ space of but a few moments 'h<- building filled with smoke, * • biK In great excitement and caus * yy employee* to flee to place* o Jumped From Window. mpotlng room force was shut |escape by the stairs by reason ,(u ‘ I'.uvy volume* of smoke, and G* m men sought safety by leaping ' " a r.-ar window of the second story Lie roof of an adjoining building, a i t in. , of about eight feet. In mak- * ~ i, ap i>. W. Webb, a linotype V 3; ' r v as painfully Injured. Haifa A Carter and Miss Mary rry, of the society department, titvir office on the second floor '' 1 '• greatly frightened, as the 1 idenly bwept from an alrshaft u'h a doorwdy Into this office. >'"ung ladies made a hurried “waped without any Injury'. J’anlel, Joftlah Carter, news edl- krut-st R. Dalits, city editor: ‘ sev- reporter* and others were In the "fnces, but were able to get out building before It filled with onr fro King; hZiUj JiUH ^l n g *■ owned by Robert F. 3 C ~ 0 0 °°< > ooooooooooooooaooo 3 Jl 0 ",' to road the Chriot- O : p, 1 , „T r *o Rural* page that ap- O ) *2 * hl » i»»uo of Tho door- O > '? il1 It on pago 4 O > I5M !J h,rd *o«»lon. Wo offor O i nd ,**n other prizes for the O =” r«et solution. O - ;cc^ooo«oooaoooooD«»o0ooo Filled with a desperate courago by fear of punishment for the terrible crimes which were laid at their door, prisoners in the prisoners’ room at the criminal court room made two succes sive attempts Tuesday and Wednesday to pain their freedom. An attempt was made Tuesday by some of the prisoner* to ctif their way to liberty through the brick wall of tho court house. In a bold attempt to eecape from the prisoners' room Wednesday morning Richard Partee and Madison Williams, two negro criminals, made a vicious attack on Bailiff T. M. Oliver. After a short struggle with the negroes, Mr. Oliver knocked them to the floor and hand-culTed them. Partee and Williams are also sus- peeled of being the men who tried to cut their way to freedom. Partee Is charged with assault with Intent to murder n negro boy on Fair street. He has several smaller charges pending against him. In the assault case he has already received u sen tence from Judge Roan of four years. Williams Is Indicted for assault to murder and highway robbery. A ne gro Is the' prosecutor. Williams plead- ed guilty to the crimes In both coses Tuesday, but was not sentenced. The Firet Attempt. Tuesday afternoon, after the prison ers had been removed from tho prison- ers' room, where they were placed pending trial before Judge Roan, one of the officers discovered that the wall small room connecting with the main prisoners’ room had been cut. A hole about a foot square had been O00OO0000000000QQO0Q0O0Q0O O BORN, LIVED, DIED 0 AND BURIED AT 8EA. O New York, Dec.- 19.—Captain O Scott, of the British tank, Nar- 0 ragansett, which arrived here to- 0 day from London, reported that O on Monday the ship's second 0 steward, J. H. Stewart, died of 0 consumption and was buried at O sea. Stewart was born on the 0 ocean while his parents were on O their way from England to Aus- 0 tralia on a sailing vessel 43 years 0 ago. He had been a ship's cabin 0 boy and steward ever since he 0 was a lad, and always said that 0 he wanted to die at sea and be 0 buried as he was on Monday; , 00O00000000O00000000000000 made In the plastering and some of the brick had been removed. An Invest! gallon failed to reveal which prison ers were guilty of the attempt to break Jail. Bailiff Oliver was placed In the pris oners' room Wednesday morning t. guard the prisoners and see that no further attempt was made to get away. Attaoked the Bailiff. When Mr. Oliver walked neat* the Iron-barred door Which separate* the room from the criminal court room, about 10 o'clock. Partee, who hod been hiding behind the main door, which opened Into the prisoners’ room, Jump- ed out at the bailiff. Mr. Oliver, how ever, was too quick for him. He heard the negro behind and quickly wheeled. As the negro struck at Mr. Oliver the officer dodged. When he struck again the officer brought his flits Into play. Aiming a blow at the face if the prisoner, Mr. Oliver succeeded In flooring him. Williams attacked Mr. Oliver on the other side. Mr. Oliver dodged a blow from this negro and backed off as the negro advanced In order to secure his club. Williams was preparing to strike the officer, when the latter rushed ut him and knocked him down. 8ubdued Prisoners. Mr. Oliver quickly hand-cuffed the men. "We weren’t trying to do anything, 1 the negroes mumbled. The negroes were cuffed to the Iron bars of the door leading Into the crlm Inal court room and gave no further trouble. Tho two men are considered very dangerous by the officers and It Is be lieved they will be given the limit when their cases are tried. Williams 4s said to be the negro who attacked Jail er Donagan with a knife at the Jail a short time past. The Jailer had to knock him down. JUMPED AND SAID “OH;” YOUNG CANN RELATES HAPPENINGS AT HUNT’S George A. Cann, 31 yeara of age, was found guilty of simple assault In the criminal court Wednesday afternoon and sentenced to one year In prison. He was charged with attempted as sault on Mrs. Cornelia Hunt, aged 16 years. Cann took the stand In Ida own be half Wednesday. He was perfectly calm and spoke in a loud, clear voice thnt could be heard outside the court room. He denied the charge. He said he went to Mrs. Hunt’s apurtmonts, 660 South Pryor street, to see If she want ed to order any groceries from W. R. Fuller. He asked Mrs. Hunt If she wanted any honey. Mr. Cann declares that Mrs. Hunt said; "Naturally,” stated Cann, "I sold, ■Sure." ” He snld Mrs. Hunt moved close to him and laid her head against him. Mrs. Hum heard some one down stairs, he said, and she slapped him and said "Oh." Cann then went down stairs. When the prisoner finished, he shook his head at the Jury and declared "That Is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” Mrs. Cora Melton sold H. L. Car- roll, one of the witnesses of Tuesday, hail her ring. Cann, she stated, of. fered to get the ring for her If she would testify In hie favor. Argument In the case began at 10 o’clock. Hollcltor General Hill assisted by Atiorncys James L. Key and Van Astor Batchellor, represented the state. Don't you think I'm sweet enough The defense Is represented by Attor- without honey?” neys George Napier and J. N. Wright. RUSS CONSULATE CLERK PROVES TO BE WOMAN I-lioonlx. Arts., Dec. 1S.-N. D’lteyUn.1, supposed soil of n Russian admiral, assist- ant to the Russian consul at Chicago, Is .load here. The l«»ly, which Is In ;• private morgue. Is that of u female. Ills icr uiiml nhvntrtnn. Dr. W. C. Rowe, of Chi- cozu. Who Is here, Is astounded and mystl- Bed. WIFE HAD NOT HEARD OF HUSBAND'S DEATH. Chicago. Dec. tt.-"D'Baylznd wsn n clerk In the eonsnlate." snld Baron Mcbllppeli- dach. Russian consol nt ObR-ago. "He had lieeu In the employ of the Russian govern ment In Chicago for twelvejreere *•**•<>£ he Irft the office lieeause nt III health, and went to Arizona, hoping to ngaln If. f not know. K there Is snjr mystery to Ills identity I ennnot solve it.” Mine. D’HarUud, st her resilience here, hue not been Informed of the reported death of her htiMhaud. ”1 received a message from him within the Inst day nr so.” ahe Mid, ’In which he raid he was 111, bat not seriously to.” DE8PONDENT MERCHANT TAKE8 OWN LIFE. B|*eclnl to Tho Georgian. Albany, Go., Dec. If.—Firing a bul let through bis head, T. J. Thornton, a merchant and farmer, took hia own life _ . yesterday. Financial trouble U said •1 do uot know much of his antecedents, to have nee** the cause. pisses mr IT Apoplexy Causes the Death of Famous Methodist. BISHOP C. C. M’CABE. He died in New York Hospital Wednesday. New York, Dec. 19.—Bishop Charles C. McCabe, known f>» the “lighting bishop,and on. of the sturdiest and most picturesque figures In the Meth odfot Episcopal church, died In the New York Hospital today az a result of stroke or apoplexy a week ago. Mrs. McCabe, the bishop's wife, and Miss Brouse, of Philadelphia, his niece, were at his bedside when he died. His end came peacefully. He had sunk rapidly since he was seized with the attack of apoplexy, os he was entering the Pennsylvania depot in Jersey City to return to hie home In Germantown, Pa, last week. Bishop McCabe was born In Athens, Ohio, In 1836 and was graduated from Wesleyan University. In 1863 he left Ills pulpit to become cnptaln of an Ohio regiment, and a year later was captured and sent to Libby prison, where he served four months, when he was exchanged. It waa his favorite custom to gather kindred spirits about and lead them In song. A’lien the last battle had been fought he continued to comfort and cheer the soldiers In ks. Then a broad Held opened. ;ame secretary of a'missionary society, and In the fulfillment of Its du- e, became known around the world as the "singing missionary.” Straight as an arrow, vigorous and full of life, spiritual nnd physical, Bish op McCabe has carried an Inspiration with him Into the episcopate. His fa vorite hymns were "Nearer. My God, to Thee” and “I Would Not Live Always.” An financial agent of the Christian commission, Bishop McCabe raised large sums of money for that organi zation. About six months ago Bishop MeCabe created something of a nation by quarreling with tho members of International Policy 1 ers’ committee, and resigned hie that body. In September lost year at the Detroit Methodist Episcopal conference, he said: "I would like to see one more war: one with the Sultan of Turkey, and I would tike to participate. I'd l|ke to see Dewey, with a good fleet, sail up the straits of Bosphorus. We don't want any more such rulers as the sul tan of Turkey and the czar of Russia'' It created a sensation. SOLDIER MISSING; FOUL PLAY FEARED Bpeol.'il to The Georgian Chattanooga, Teiin., D**©: 19.—Private J. Gavin, of Troop D. Twelfth United State* cavalry, la uiiaalng from the pout nt Fort OfletboriH», A soldier's eap And a soldier’* aleeve were found on the river tank, nnd It Ih believed that Gnvln linn been foully dealt with or cite he performed a trick to rover Up hia tracks In deacrtlng hla pout. Nothing has been seen or heard of him since December 12. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo NASTY WEATHER TODAY* O BUT WORSE TO COME. 3 O J. PluvtUH atole a march on the O weather man and opened hia 0 aluice gate* a notch or two aooner 0 than wa» expected. An a result O there were a few shower* Wed- 0 neflday morning, and according to 0 weather man there will prob- 0 ably be more rain Wedne*day 0 night and Thursday. But here’* O the official forecast: 0 Cloudiness nnd probably rain O Wednesday night and Thursday 0 nnd warmer Thursday. Contln- 0 lied cold Wednesday night.” 0 The temperatures: O a. 34 degree* 0 a. m 34 degrees 0 a. m. * 33 degrees O >a. m. .. 32 degrees 0 a. m. .. 31 degrees 0 12 noon 30 degrees 0 1 p. m 31 degrees 0 2 p. m. .. .. .. ..31 degrees 0 00000030000000000000000000 ROOSEVELT BRANDS NEGRO SOLDIERS WHO STARTED THE BROWNSVILLE RIOT AS GUILTY OF BLACKEST OF CRIMES Commerce Commis sion Unable to Recti fy Matters. Washington, Dec. 19.—"The commis sion Is without authority under the iaw to deal effectively with the car shortage situation.” declares the annual report of the Interstate commerce com mission, which was sent to congress this afternoon. It Is stated that congestion now ex isting In the Northwest, Southwest, trans-MIssourl region Is "alarming." Tho causes ascribed are In some cases lack of cars, in others Insufficient tracks nnd motive power, nnd In still others wholly Inadequate freight yards and terminal facilities. A situation of such gravity calls for every remedy that can bo usefully ap plied,” says the commission. • Investigations Instituted. Special Investigations have been Instituted by tho commission,” con tinues the report, "Into the relation between the Union Pacific and South ern Pacific systems growing out of their combined management nnd con trol and relation of the Northern Pa cific, Great Northern and Burlington systems with a view to ascertaining to what oxtont they are unejer unllled control and effect of such control upon their rates and practices.' 1 Tho report shows twenty-one civil cases pending In the courts for en forcement of the Interstate commerce law, and a large number of criminal proceedings disposed of or Instituted during the year. The fines Imposed upon corporations and Individuals In volving criminal violations amounted to several hundred thousands of dollars. Two persons -were sentenced to Imprls onment within the year, 1,084 Complaints Filed. Since the laet annual report of tho commission tvas submitted 1.084 com plaint* have been filed with tho com mission. Tho number of formal cases and Investigations Instituted during the year Is 83, relating directly to tho rates and practices of 664 carriers. Referring to the operation of tho now railroad rate law, the report says: •'Oenemlly speaking, the law has boon well observed. Certain carriers have been somewhat lax and In theeo cases It has been necessary to prose cute. "The only suits dscldod against ths government are two recent caees tried In the district court In Colorado. "Should thla Interpretation of the law be sustained by a higher court ths statute will bo greatly weakened. To secure proper results In the adminis tration of the law congress should pro vide for an Increase In the force of In specters.” Wreck Costs Increased. The commission urgently recom mends shorter hours for railway em ployees, saying In the matter of long hours the accident reports for theyenr have shown Instances of even worse conditions than existed In former FIREMEN HURT AND OVERCOME AT BIMEAZE Business Section of Boston Menaced by Fire. Boston, Dec. 19.—A fierce fire which has endangered the whole shopping district lying in the square between Washington, winter, Tremont and Broomfield street, today raged through the six floors of the furniture store of Eldrldge & Peabody, 114 to 116 Tre mont street. The flames Jumped to the old studio building adjoining, breaking through a fire wall and making toward Bromfleld street. Then the Phillips building, oc cupled by tho Herrick Shoe Company and Allans Bros., milliners, caught. One fireman was seriously and prob ably fatally injured und several others were overcome by smoko and fire, and many narrowly escaped death. The Orpheum Theater, which escaped unscathed, and tho Bromfleld Street Methodist Episcopal church uh well ns many other buildings In the neighbor hood which were threatened, were saved. Great excitement was caused In the shopping district. Because of the extreme cold and the old-fashioned architecture of the Studio building, the fire was one of the most difficult tbat the department has had to cope with In years: An overheated furnace !m given as the cause. Captain Joyne, of the fire department, was overcome by smoke and taken to the emergency Hospital in a critical condition. Many other firemen partial ly overcome went back Into the fire again. One man, unidentified, went to the relief hospital with his head badly cut and hi* lei* probably broken. He Hjrit fallen in the Studio building after hav ing ventured beyond the police line*. years. The coat of collisions,, exclusive of damages paid to victims or their fam ilies. reached the enormous total of $10,000,000 during the past year, a mil lion greater than In 1900. In discus sing Its purpose to Inaugurate a uni form system of accounting among the railroads, the commission says that Its aim Is to grant any person Interested the opportunity of criticism nnd sug gestion before a definite system shall have been determlneA^upon. Now York. Dee. 19.—Throttled In the grip been lost ulresdy In the sis-day crash which bus forced man/ traders to the wall. With enll money at 28 per cent and no re lief In sight, people threw over thousands of shares Unlay to lighten the burden. The Vanderbilts and J. I*. Morgan rushed to the sld of the situation by iiiiiioiiiicIiik nt noon that all Interest payment* on ail of the bonded debts of the Vanderbilt sys tems due January 1 would be wild at ©*ee. The Standard Oil crowd Is reported on the floor of the stork exchange to have taken advantage of the situation to pound the market nnd bring out loosely held stocks. ('nil uu»t»ejr was ruling about 20 per cent. th«» year blasted all Iw*|h* of monetary relief. Staggering under tbe load of kited stocks, with nioi.cy at n blah rate, pool* storteil to throw their holding* overboard. The slump gathered momentum today after an Says He Will Dis charge Any Troops Similarly Guilty. CERTAIN REPORTS DECLARED FALSE President Asserts That No Sympathy Should Be Wasted on the Dis charged Troops. * T OF CITY HALL To Annex Desertec Building For Water Board. Will the abandoned First Christian church building on East Hunter street be annexed to the city hall? This proposition will come up at either the firm or second meeting nt tho new council, nnd It I* highly proba ble that favorable action will bo taken on the proposition. In fact, the board of water commie sloners will conelder the matter at the regular meeting Wednesday afternoon. As Is well known, the waterworks de partment Is crowded for lack of room, and the board and general mnnager have zeuloilsly been looking for un op portunity to get more commodious quarters. Knowing of this state of affairs, A. G. Rhodes, who bought the chur-h building, when the new church was begun, has submitted a proposition to the water board, whereby the building can be leased by the city for a term of yearn. He Is willing to rent It for any number of years, and will so re model anil change It that It will make : splendid annex to the city hall. The proposition of Mr. Rhodes wll be considered by the hoard Wednesday afternoon. A committee will probably be appointed to look into the matter. This committee will report back to the board, which. In turn, will probably recommend to council tho renting i f the church building for quarters for tho waterworks, and. If advisable, for other departments. Then it will bo up to council. The building Is constructed of brick and Is very much of the same order as the city's building, und It Is not thought thnt It would take much exterior work to make It a part of the city hull. 0O0OOOOOOO0OOOOOO000O00O00 O 0 O HIGGINS MAY 8EE O 0 BODY EMBALMED. O O O O New York, Dec. 19.—Governor O O Higgins has been Invited to wit- O O ness the embalming of a body with O 0 a view of demonstrating the pos- O 0 sible Innocence of Albert T. Pat- O O rick. O O Clark Bell, president of the 0 0 Medico Legal Society, extends the O 0 Invitation. The society has Its O 0 December dinner this evening, Q 0 but the Invitation does not sped- O 0 fy whether the embalming und 0 0 autopsy will take place before or 0 0 after the dinner. O 0 O 00000000000000000000000000 I Washington, Deo. 19.—Ths president Is so prompt nnd thorough in hlx re sponse to the senate resolution* calling for the facts about the Brownsville af fair that there Is rdom for the slight suspicion that he abetted If he did not Inspire the resolutions. His response came today In the shape of a bulky document of 136 pages, or about 60,000 words, of which about 4,000 worda form his message to the senate, the rest Including the report of Secretary Taft and additional documents bearing upon the case. There are seven appendices to tils mossage as follows: No. 1. Report of Major Augustus P. Blocksom, Lleuttnant Colonel Leon ard A. Lovering and rBlgadler Gen eral Ernest A. Garllngton, who Investi gated tho affairs at Brownsville. ■No. 2. Letter from A. B. Nettlston to Secretary Toft, giving his conclu sions following a personal investiga tion of the trouble. Nos. 3, 4, 6 and 6. Military records showing past actions similar or anal ogous to the action taken by the pres ident In the Brownsville matter. No. 7. A quotation from Tha Char lotte (N. C.) Observer of November J9, 1906, reciting the action taken by Gen eral Robert E. Lee In 1814 In publicly disgracing a battalion oa parallel to the action of the presldenL Died to Tell Facts. The president In his message says: "I ordered tbe discharge of nearly all the members of Companies B, C and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry by name, In the exercise of my constitu tional power and In pursuance of whit, after full consideration, I found to be my constitutional duty as commander In chief of the United State* army. I am glad to avail myself of the oppor tunity afforded by these resolutions to lay before the congress the following facts os to the murderous conduct of certain member* of the companies In question and a* to the conspiracy by which many of tha other members if these companies saved ths criminals from justice, to tha disgrace of tho United States uniform. "An effort has been made to dis credit the falrnesg of the Investigation Into the conduct of these colored troops by pointing out that General Garllngton la a Southerner. Precisely the same action would have been taken had the troops been white—Indeed, tha discharge would probably have been made In more summary fashion. Ths standard of professional honor nnd of loyalty to the flag and ths service Is ; the same for all officers and enlisted men of the United States army, and I resent with tho keenest Indignation any effort to draw any line among them based upon birthplace, creed or any other consideration of the kind. Thinks Both Were to Blame. "It appears that In Brownsville, ths | city Immediately betide which Fort ' Brown Is situated, there had been con - I slderable feeling between the citizens and the colored troops of the garrison j companies. Dlfficu'tlss had occurred, there being a conflict of evidence as to whether the cltlsens or the colored j troops were to blame. My impression ' that, as a matter of fact, ' j Continued on Page Two. Mew York Life Em ployes Are Called on to Testify. ■ New York, Dec. 19.—The grand Jury continued Its Investigation Into the af fair* of the New York Life Insurance Company today by calling Treasurer Randolph und Bookkeeper Matlson for examination. It Is understood that they were ques tioned closely regarding the Prussian bond scandal, which was uncovered by the Armstrong committee. Sixty books of the company were brought Into the grand Jury room. Not a Relativ*. J. U. Dodgen. of 111 Pine street, a brother of J. G. Dtrigen, who was shot and killed lost Saturday night, states that the report that be was a cou nt P. Dodgen, who was arrested an I locked In the police elation sev-ral days ago. Is not correct Hr -hairs that his family Is not related to C. P. Dodgen.