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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER N, 1906. 7 AFTERBATTLE Fight Starts Over x Negro’s Refusal to Pay Fare. WHITE SOLDIERS AID CONDUCTOR Trolleys Running Between Leavenworth and Fort Are All Guarded by Sentries. FRENCH CHURCH CLOSED BY ORDER OF MAYOR; PRIEST TOLD TO LEAVE Christmas Eve Mid night Mass Is Cele brated in Private. SPECTACLE HUNTERS DON’T MIND CHANGE Editor, Angered at Carica ture of Cardinal Rich ard, Smashes Window. Leavenworth, Kans., Dec. 26.—As the rnult of a (treat car riot here last night, started by a negro, soldier re fusing to pay his fare, fourteen caval rymen, mostly members of the Ninth Cavalry, are said to have besn placed under arrest today. At least four have been ordered court-martialed. The president has been apprised of the af fair. The trouble occurred late last night i a car between Leavenworth city and the fort. Fifteen or twenty aoldlers, Including both whites and negroes, seem to have been engaged In a free-for-all fight in which several shots were fired and eome of the windows In the car smash- Conductor F. L. Brown, who was In charge of the car, says the trouble arose over the refusal of a negro troo|ier to pay his fare or get off. The trooper became abusive and struck the conductor. A general light followed In which the white soldiers came to the aid of the street car men. The negro troopers were finally ejected from the car. In retaliation several shots were fired and stoneB thrown through the windows of the car. Two women and four civilians were aboard the car. which was crowd ed from the fact that It was the last car for the night from the down-town district to the fort. • • During the melee the motorman lock ed himself In the front 'vestibule, leav ing the conductor to be beaten by the negro soldiers. H* was badly beaten before the white troopers came to his aid. ■ ■ * , | ■ The negro troopers who created the disturbance were captured only a few hours later, while attempting to reach their quarters at the fort. The senti nels fired at one of the men. who tried to escape. All cars running between the fort and the city of Leavenworth have been guarded by armed sentries today, In anticipation of further trou ble. Paris, Dec. 26.—Christmas has come and gone In France, without the Christ mas Eve midnight mass. Privately, midnight mass was celebrated In va rious places where the devout could assemble, just as there Is mass dally In the church, and the devout attend ed without any embarrassment what ever, but the spectacle hunters, who have been numerically the greatest fac. tor In thq midnight mass, went their several ways without seeming to mind the change ordained by the church. Devout worshipers, to the number of a thousand, made their way to the great church of the Sacred Heart, in Cure Ordered to Leave. The Authorits says that next year, when the peasants leave their cottages and step into the cold night, they will see a light on the hill, a light similar to the Star of Bethlehem. Crowds will gather In a bam, open to the winds of heaven, to celebrate a feaat to which the churches are closed. The first Instance of the closing of a church under the separation act oc curred at Indre, where the mayor, in writing, ordered the cure to leave both the presbytery and the church edifice, which, he declared, the communal au thorities would take over In pursuance of the law. The cure consequently quitted the ed ifice, which has been closed. The ques tion of the legality of the mayor's ac tion Is arousing considerable contro versy. Angered by Caricature. At the corner of the Grand Boule vard and Rue Richelieu there la i window, where public men are carica tured In drawings that are changed dally. The caricature today showed Cardinal Richard In a way which of fended a Catholic journalist,' Henri Bruchard. Bruchard did not act Impulsively, but went up to a policeman standing near the window and Inquired what would happen If he smashed the window. The policeman politely informed him that It would be necessary to arrest him. whereupon Bruchard violently struck the window wlth-his cane and bade the officer to'do his duty. After acknowledging his guilt at the station house, and declaring that he had acted because his conscience was violated by the caricature, Bruchard was liberated. FIVE RAILROAD WRECKS MARKED THE HOLIDAYS Southern Breaks the Record For Trouble and Accidents. NEGROES AT KAN8A8 CITY IN FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 26.—Using clubs, knives and atones, SO. negrosa en raged In a drunken fight last night. Many heads were brqjten. Patrolman C. M. Larabee was knock ed down by S. R. Johnson, a negro, I") used a baseball bat. ■fames Hully, white, bartender In a near-by saloon, struck Johnson with a etnne and knocked him senseless. James e. Maricol, a white man, was •truck on the head with a stone and •evenly hurt. KEIFER CHARGE8 CONSPIRACY AGAIN8T BROWNSVILLE FOLK. Springfield, Ohio, Dec. 26.—When *"ked about the discharge of the negro troops J. Warren Kelfer. congressman from this district, who is home from nuhlngton, said: " l think the preaident has made a tniMHkf*. i believe the evidence will 9 that they are Innocent, and that tnoro was not a man away or a gun !* ut °f t amp at the time of the shoot- ,nff I believe that the evidence will how that there wan a conspiracy r *J» the part of the white people to fHace ti lf . blama for firing of the shots n the negro troops.” The general added that he was not J, oin & to take any part in the fight on IP* question and that he would allow l Jt*m to scrap It out. BRIDE IS SHOT; FARMER sought Rutland, Vt., Dec. 26.—While ehe was Wertalnlng some friends Christmas night at a reception following her "•titling. M r ,. Mary Gilmore, aged 19, *“ *hot and seriously wounded by unknown persons who were In the thor- “tlifaro | a front of the house. The authorities are making an In- ••iiga'lon and are looking for An- Farrell, a young fanner. The used Is eald to have been a . ■ f large caliber, carrying heavy nantc-rnade bullets. The motive for •vult Is unknown. . Cllmore heard voices In the and thinking other guests were ff Ttt,n g. opened the (door. She law ■v'ftai rnep i n the road and spoke fa ™ n - Two shots was the answer. Five wrecks occurred on the South ern system Christmas Eve and Christ mas day, and the wrecking crews In the divisions In which the accidents oc curred had anything but a holiday. But one man was reported killed In the series of wrecks, notwithstanding the heavy holiday travel. Several were In jured. Two of the wrecks were freights. Several Atlanta people were injured in the first of the series, which occurred at Central, 8. C„ about 8 o'clock Christ, mas Eve. Northbound passenger No. 40 was standing at the station at Cen tral when passenger train No. 88, go ing In the same direction, rah Into the rear coach of No. 40 before the engi neer could reverse his engine. The official report said that sixteen people were hurt. Christmas morning the wrecking crew In the local yards were hurried out to Inman yard, where a freight engine had left the rails, carrying sev eral freight cars with It, blocking traffic and causing Incoming trains to make a circuitous route to get Into the city. Another passenger wreck was report ed at Cedar Mountain I-, the Charlotte division. The engine Jumped the rails, carrying several coaches Into the ditch. No passengers or trainmen were killed, but several were Injured. No other details were contained In the reports. A wrecked train at Oakdale tied up traffic on the main line Christmas afternoon. Trains from Birmingham and Cincinnati, running late anyway, were prevented from entering the city and a special was made up and sent out to bring Ihe passengers Into the Terminal station. The last of the Christmas series oc curred near Jacksonville. Fla., at Moncrlef, where southbound passenger No 33 was sent Into the derailing switch by the operator In the switch tower. A negro fireman was killed. The white engineer was scalded; the express messenger and a negro helper wore also injured. None of the pas- sengers was hurt. out of twenty-three trains on the Southern due in Atlanta Christmas day sixteen were from an hour to sixteen hours late. Only one arrived on time. Tills train came In from Brunswick. Other local trains from points within the Stalp were from twenty to forty minutes laic. ^ SPECIAL TRAINS DUR ING HOLIDAYS BE TWEEN ATLANTA AND ALBANY VIA CENTRAL OF GEOR GIA RAILWAY. Effective first train leaving Atlanta 8:45 a. m. and first train leaving Al bany 2 p. m.. December 16, and dally to and Including December 26, for the accommodation of holiday travel, qcor detailed Information apply to your nearest picket agent, or District Passenger Agent. Sailors from the United States crui ser Cleveland caused a panic last night In a public park at Clenfuegos, Cuba, where a concert was going on, by en gaging hi a fight and firing many shots. The police arrested several of the sail ors. .HARRIED TO DEATH BT AJIERCE DOG Crawfordsvllle, Ind., Dec. 26.—Mrs, Nancy Wallace, aged 90, met death In a shocking manner here last night. Her granddaughter, Mrs. Leona Benson, had gone down town, leaving the aged woman at home alone. A short time after her departure Mrs. Wallace faint ed and fell to the floor. A bull dog which was In the room began to bark and pull at her clothing and hair and bit her several times, badly lacerating her arms and pulling out great bunches of hair. The bark ing continued until neighbors were at tracted. and upon Investigating they found the woman covered with blood from the many wounds Inflicted and bearing evidence of having been dragged about the room by the ani mal. She died about midnight as the result yf her Injuries.- If, SAWTELL DEAD AT ADVANCED AGE I. Y. Sawtell, the father of T. R. Saw. tell and L. P. Sawtell, two of the most prominent business men of Atlanta, died Tuesday afternoon at 6 o'clock. For over fifty years he had been a res ident of Atlanta, coming here from Athens, Tenn., where he was born 72 yearn ago. During the greater port of his residence In this city he was engaged In the real estate and mining business, from which he retired some ten years ago. In 1859 he married Miss Elisa Rob erts, a daughter of Dr. O. H. Roberts, of Villa Rica, Oa. She and three sons, T. R. Sawtell, of Atlanta: L. P. Saw tell, of Atlanta, and E. M. Sawtell, of Columbus, Ha., and four daughters, Misses Mary. A'linle, Estelle um! Dorn, all of Atlanta, survive him. The funeral services will be conduct ed Thursday afternoon at Mr. Saw- tell's late residence, 143 Richardson stroot. The Interment will be In West view cemetery. A GOLD MINE in South Georgia Not to be. dug from the bowels of Mother Earth, but by systematic, intelligent farming in South Georgia lands. 905 Acres of as fine South Georgia lands as can be had. 225Acres of the tract already under high state of cultivation. Practically every foot of the tract can be successfully tilled except where branches flow. About 700 Acres lie al most as level as a yard. A new railroad has recently been built right through these lands, giving a main stop in the midst of the plantation. A far mer living not over ten miles from this tract of land on a similar farm has cleared by book account in the last three years over $30,000.00, a record that the world can’t beat, and a healthier section cannot be found. Price, $20.00 Per Acre, Half Cash, balance on Easy Payments. BRIEF NEWS NOTES Stans an account with a LITTLE HOME BANK and book or with ths oook only In th« SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OF THE NEAL BANK Interest .Mowed at th. rat. of THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. ANNUM, compounded semi-annually. -ANRY Ca.hier I- THORNTON. President. W. F. MANRY. Callus H. C. CALDWELL. Asst. Csehier. The seismographs at the observqto- ry. Hamburg, registered earthquakes as severe as those which occurred at San Francisco. The National City bank of New York has ordered from the Carnegie Steel Company the largest fire and burglar- proof vault ever built In the United States. It will be made of 300 tons of armor plate and constructed in Ihe old custome house building in Wall street. According to the annual report of General Superintendent Kimball, of the life-saving service, Washington, D. C.. out of 849 marine disasters In the waters of the United States 49 vessels and 29 lives were lost and 811 persons succored. The total value of property saved was 812,268,100. The service cost the government 81,832,416. In the presence of four troops of the Fort Sheridan (Illinois) squadron of the Ninth cavalry, who had Just begun their Christmas dinner In the dining hall of the fort Tuesday night. Ser geant John Griffin, of Troop I, shot and almost Instantly killed Corporal Wil liam Taylor, of the same troop. Both the men, whp are colored, quarreled over a woman. , Earl Northup, aged 22, wan probably fatally stabbed during a saloon quarrel at Fort sill. Okla.. yesterday, by Pii- vate Howard, of Troop K, Thirteenth cavalry, Howard was arrested and Is in jail in default of bond. The assassin of Count Ignatleff has been Identified at Tver, Russia, as a student named Fidler, who was one of the leaders of last year's Insurrection at Moscow. At that time he was bound over In 86.000 ball fur good behavior, and this sum will now revert to the treasury. For further information, address B. E. WILCOX, „ Fitzgerald, Georgia. Ex-Senator Fifteenth District, and Ex-Representative Irwin County. A TR0CITIESIN CONGO UP TO UNCLE SAM Mrs. J. P. Parsons. Special lo The Georgian. Decatur, Ala., Dec. 25.—Mrs. J. P. Parsons, aged 71, died at her home on Sixth avenue, New Decatur, Thursday afternoon after only a few hours’ Ill ness. Heart disease was supposed to have been the cause of her death. Mrs. Pursons had lived In New Decatur for the past nlrteteen years. She was a native of Dwight. III. She leaves u husband, brother and sister. • Low Rates ONE-WAY OR ROUND TRIP TO Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado Yi? Birmingham and the Millionaires Oil Mr. Root’s Attention to Condition. Ticket* will be wold from Atlanta on drift and third Tueadajm of January, February and March. route* weat of Memphlf , . in Oklahoma, Kanrnm and Colorado. Patronize the road that in trying to help you. Write for literature and detailed Information to S. L. PARROTT, District Pssssngtr Agent. 9 N. Pryor St Atlanta. New York, Dec. 26.—The attention of Secretary of State Root has been directed to conditions In the Congo Free State by a letter addressed to him And signed by the Rev. Messre. Lyman Abbott, Henry Moffet, Wllford L. Rob bing, George William Knox, Charles H. Parkhurst, John P. Peters, William R. Richards, Anson P. Hattorbury, Percy S. Grant - and Messrs. William Jay Schleffelln, William H. Douglas, Charles A. Schleren, Spencer Trask, George Haven Putnam. Everett P. Wheeler, Robert C. Ogden, J. Plerpont Morgan, D. Willis James, R. Fulton Cutting, J. Cleveland Cady and W. J. Havemeyer. The letter declares that “flagrant inhumanity exists” In the African slate controlled by King Leopold of Bel gium, and Mr. Root la urged, on be half of the American neople, “to use the moral support of the United Statea government to Correct the abuses from which the Congo natives are alleged to be suffering." v No Reforms Undertaken. The letter says that while reforms have been recommended by a commis sion appointed by King Leopold, no re forms have beep Inaugurated, and there seems no evidence that the evils re ported are to be corrected. Here are measures said to be prac ticed In the Congo Free State, as re ported by a former board of commis sioners: The exaction of a labor tax so op pressive that many laborers on whom It falls have little, If any. freedom. Appropriation of land to such an extent that the natives are practically prisoners within their own territory. Murder and Pillage. The employment under the authority of the government as sentries of cruel, brutish blacks, chosen from hostile tribes, who murder, pillage and rape the people for whose protection the government Is avowedly established. The abuse of the natives by white representatives of officially recognised companies. The binding ofllttle children to years of labor at uncertain wages by con tracts they do not understand and even more serious maltreatment of children supposedly under the Immediate care of the government. Great Injustice In the administra tion of the courts, so that the natives dread the place of Boma, the place where the judicial system Is central ised. The sending out of punitive expedi tions, not for the purpose of establish ing peace and order, but for the pur pose of terrifying the natives Into paying a tax which, as administered, even the commissioners regard as In human. NON-STRAIN goggles. We have the most complete Automobile, engineers and motorman line ever shown In Atlanta. Recogniz ing how hard It's been for you to get something to please you, we nave made special efforts to secure the best makes. Walter Ballard Optical Company. 81 Peachtree street. HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS VIA GEORGIA RAIL- ROAD. On account of Christmas holidays tickets will be sold at all points south of the Ohio and Potomac and cast of the Mississippi liver, St. Louis, Mo., Included,,at rate of one and one-thliil first-class fare, plus 28 cents* for the round trip. Tickets on sale at all stations De cember 20 to 26, 30. 81 and January 1, final limit January 7. 1907. For further Information apply to any ticket agent, or A. Q. JACK80N, C. C. M’MILLIN, G. P. A. A. Q. P. A. Augusta, Ga. SOUND AND HEARTY MI98ING BOY IS FOUND. Special to The Georgian, Decatur, Ala., Dec. 28.—Tillman Clark, the 18-year-old non of William Clark, who so mysteriously disappear , I from this city on the night of Decem ber 3, has been located In Chattanooaa and placed under arrest until bis ra ther could be communicated with. Tim ynung man Is sound and well. His fa ther offered a reward of 850 for the return of the young man dead or alive. “OF ALL THE 8AW8 I EVER SAW SAW, I LIKE THE8E SAWS SAW.” One suitable for father or 8istor Ann. Thoso in. sura an oirly broakfast. Ono suitable for farmers for saw ing a winter's sup ply of stove and firs wood, Ono suitable for wood yard man, who have labor trouble. Nearly svsry largo wood yard in Atlanta usss our Sawing Outfits. Ons suitable for sawing for the public. This is mounted on a truek, in combina tion with the re liable Foos Gssoo line Engine. FOUR DUNN MACHINERY CO., Phones 1761. DIFFERENT KINDS. ATLANTA, GA. 64 Marietta Street. MACHINERY FOR FACTORY, MILL OR FARM.