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VOL. 1. NO. 210:
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1906.
On Train* ITVB CENTS.
Two Men Have Des
perate Battle With
Escaped Convict.
both were shot
, by the desperado
Father of Negro Who At
tempted to Take Him Am-
nmuitipn was Shot
Outside the House.
dpfchl to The Georgian.
Selma, Ala., Dec. 27.—At 2
o’clock this morning Lee Pope,
white, was brought to Selma from
Sweetwater, his fnee and upper
body full of bird shot, his eyes also
having been struck and certain
ly one and possibly both eyes
are out.
Near Nicholasville, in Marengo
county, about seventeen miles
North of Thomasville, Alex Jones,
an escaped negro convict, fired
from ambush upon Lee Pope and
his brother, Zack Pope, who were
trying to encompass his arrest.
Both barrels were emptied at Lee
Pope, and the negro made a break
for his cabin, followed by Zack.
As the negro entered the house,
he shot Zack Pope in the leg. The
latter kept watch at the house,
and Bob Jones, father of the es
caped convict, tried three times to
bring shells to his son in the
house. Finally, upon his fourth at
tempt to get shells to his son, Zack
Pope tired upon him and killed
him. *
A number of negroes arrived on
the scene about that time, and by
orders of Mr. Pope, set fire to the
cabin, the negro being burned up
in the house.
As the roof fell in, he was heard
cursing and swearing vengeance
upon his pursuers.
The negroes were anxious to ef
fect Jones capture, because he had
shot an old negro man that morn
ing in the rond and had boasted
that they would find him last
night and finish the job.
CHEER MRS. TRAUTMAN
WHEN EXON ERA TED
IN NEW YORK COURT
Man Who Accused
Georgia Woman,
Was Arrested.
HOGAN’S CHARGE
RILES MAGISTRATE
Public Not Admitted to the
Hearing—Doctor’s Wife
Tells Her Story.
OF LIVING:
■AT71MPTS SUICIDE
'Gut to Room and Slashed
Seif Across Neck and
Chest with Razor.
New York* Dec. 27.—Amid loud
cheera from the crowd In the court
room, Mra. Jeanne Davis Trautman,
wife of Dr. Alexander Trautman, who
waa accused by Peter J. Hogan of rob
bing him of $13 In a hallway In Fifth
avenue, waa honorably discharged In
the Jefferson Market police court to-
ogan wa* Immediately arrested on
a charge of assault, sworn out by Mrs.
Trautman.
Publio Was Exoludsd.
At 1:10 p. m. Magistrate Finn opened
proceedings in his private chambers.
The public was excluded and the news,
paper men, lawyers and principals in
the case were the only persons admit
ted. Foremost among the lawyers for
Mrs. Trautman was Professor Zahm,
of Yale University.
The first witness called was the
complainant, Peter J. Hogan. At the
outset his lawyer, Jeremiah A. Oleary,
pleaded for a postponement of the hear,
ing. Magistrate Finn denied It forth
with. The magistrate questioned Ho
gan, who was on the stand.
"What were you doing on the night
you were robbed?”
Was Walking On Avsnue.
'T waa walking down Fifth avenue,”
said Hogan, ”on Saturday night, 'the
22d, when I passed two women. I hod
gone about a couple of yards when 1
heard one of them calling me. I went
back to them, thinking they might
want to be directed to some number or
some street. One of the ladles was tall,
I
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© OF MRS. TRAUTMAN ©
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© Special to The Georgian. ©
© Macon, Ga., Dec. 27.— ©
© Miss Henrietta Davis, a ©
© hair dresser and a manicu- ©
© rist of Macon, is a sister of ©
© Mrs Jeanne Trautman, of ©
© New York, who has been ©
© arrested there on thecharge ©
© of having robbed Peter ©
© Hogan of $13. Miss Davis
© did not hear of her sister’s
© trouble until this morning. ©
© She was indignant at the ©
© treatment accorded her sis- ©
© ter and said the whole ©
© thing was absurd. ©
© Mrs. Trautman is also a ©
© niece of Capt. AV. A. Davis, ©
Q a member of the legislature ©
© from Bibb county, a lead-
© ing warehouseman and a
© former grand master of the ©
© Masons of Georgia. ©
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v«ry respectably dressed, a woman of
commanding appearance. She said:
"‘You are not In a hurry are you? 1
and taking my left arm In her right she
walked along with me. She eald
•Wouldn’t you like to go to a hotel with
me?’
" T said ’where do you live?’
"She eald: ‘On Lexington avenue. 1
It was very windy and cold. She said:
’Have you any objections to staying In
side out of the wind?’ That was at the
corner of Thlrty-elxth street and Fifth
avenue and we stood In toward a build.
Ing off the sidewalk not In a hallway.
Felt Hand in Pooket/
'I felt her In my pocket but could
not believe that I was being robbed.
For a few minutes I made no attempt
to nnd out If I was robbed. Later I be
came fully conscious of that fact and
RACES
Continued on Paso Flvo.
PRESIDENT HOLDS TRAIN
WHILE BOY BRINGS GUN
Washington, Dec. 27. — President
Roosevelt left Washington today for
his holiday vacation at Pine Knot, the
Virginia cottage of Mrs. Roosevtlt
near Charlottesville. With him were
Mrs. Roosevelt and their live children,
also Assistant Secretary M. C. T.attn.
Surgeon General of the Naxy Rtxey,
Secret Service Agent James Sloan nnd
Miss Landon. of Oyster Bay, a friend
of Miss Ethel Roosevelt.
On reaching the etatlon Mr. Roose
velt suddenly discovered that he had
forgotten to bring one of his shotguns,
A messenger was dispatched to the
White House for the gun. The messen
ger was chased down Pennsylvania
avenue by a bicycle policeman, who
caught up with him Just as he reached
the train ahed.
One of the secret service men came
to the rescue, grabbed the gun and
hustled It aboard. The train was de
layed five minutes by the Incident.
FR OM FA R PHILIPPINES
CAME PUZZLE LETTER TO
A I LAN I A SOCIETY GIRL
*iwl»l to The Georgian.
Laorange, da., Dec. 27.—A young
“nit,, man named Frank Bassett was
“"I 1 , 1 “t hts home In an almost dying
roniluion yesterday evening, with large
across his nsek and chest. For
days he baa baan despondent
J)™ "“pressed himself as being tlrfd of
wound. were Inflicted by htra-
with a rasor, and as a result he ts
B0 “ ^ a very serious condition.
RUSSIAN CONSUL
MAY BE SUICIDE
Liverpool, Eng., Dec. 27.—Colonel De
fit. , a 1 n ’ ,h * Russian cooaul here, was
™n l dead In bed this morning, having
SJ* n killed by a pistol shot. Whether
e “rut murdered or committed suicide
“ " n °t been determined.
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2 Le S8 cold, more rain, o
1 PROMISED BY BUREAU. O
2 That beautiful regulation Christ- O
i »>« weather which has been 0
O ™nded out to Atlanta folks la O
X , ,Q nt to ceasa. Indications point O
0 *« the butting Into the weather O
fame of J. Pluvlus, Esq. O
. Hut In the official language of O
3 weather man the forecast Is: O
J Cloudy and probably rain O
3 Thursday night and Friday, with O
3 rl, *ng temperature.” O
3 .‘he temperatures: O
1 ; a. m 24 degrees O
J 7 a. m IS degrees O
, , a a in 17 degrees O
J Jf m. 27 degrees O
Jam 41 degrees f»
: noon 41 degrees O
■ inn. IS degrees O
L-JP- m 17 degrees O
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New Orleans.
New Orleans, Dec. 27.—Here are the
results of today's races:
FIRST RACE—Western. 6 to 1.
won; Chase, even, second: Zlck Ab
rams, 30 to 1. third. Time 1:14 I-S.
SECOND RACE—French Nun. S to
1. won: Babe B., 15 to 1. second: TIch
Mingo, 6 to 1, third. Time 1:07 4-5.
Kitchener, Confirmed Woman Hater,
Is Now Reported To Be Engaged to
Very Beautiful American Widow
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ENTRIE3 FOR FRIDAY.
New Orleans. La.. Dec. 27.—Entries
at Fair Grounds for tomorrow:
FIRST RACE — Seven furlongs,
puree: Judge Burrows 112. Royal
Bond 112, Spider Web 99. Nadine 99,
Glad Pirate 106, Venetl 105, Glend-
over 107, Lally 106. Excuse Me 10G,
Sea Water 103, Brown Melody 111, Bit
ter Anne 111, Earl of Lelchester 107,
Heirloom 116.
SECOND RACE—Five furlongs,
selling: John Peterson 112, Roseboro
105, Pretty Doreen 100, Flagstone 102,
Hen Pecked 100, Rustling Still H5,
Floss 8. 116, Add Bell 112. Florentine
114. Luxalne 119, Old Guard 108, Kohl-
noor 109, Knight on 108, Pleblan 210,
Rust 105.
THIRD RACE—Five and a half fur.
longs, selling: Sea Voyage 101, Aeh
Wednesday 07, The Doctress
Plereoee 89, Toboggan 114, Pity 101.
Sylvia Brown 89, Alencon 103, Sweet
Kitty 86, The Bell of Brighton 81,
That’s What 95. Lady Henrietta 07,
Formaster 104, Refined 91, Claremont
102. •
FOURTH RACE—One mile, purse
Nutwood 103, Ladsairon 100, Economy
87. Delphla 105, Sophie Carter 87, Kit
tle Platt 109, Anna Ruskln 87. Kemp
Rldgely 90, Rose Marion 87, Paramount
90, Omar Khayyam 104, Verl Beat 103,
DeKaber 109. Merrick 103. Smlll Laly
109. Heart of Hyacinth 116.
Fifth Race—Five furlongs, purse
Chieftain 104, Monere 107, Campaign,
er 107. Skimmer 104. Belle of the Bay
104. H. S. B. 104, Hrlttanby 112, Tres
Chic 104, Manila 104, John Adams 107,
quince 104. Bud Hill 107, Billy VeF-
tress 107, Helen Lucas 109, John Kauf.
man 107, Sir Mincemeat 104.
Sixth Race—Mile and a sixteenth,
selling: Lucky Charm 110, Tinker 96,
Fred Hornbeck 105, Langford James
107, Grosgraln 110. Onlsho 110, Leana
J. 98, Dr. Declure 96, Mart Gentry 102,
WELL
IN
r.a wlvh,
New York, Dec. 27.—Walter Apple,
ton Clark, the well-known artist who
Vi-on special recognition by his lllus
tratlons of the modern veratene of
'Canterbury Tales,’’ died today at his
home at the age of 11 years.
Us married MW. Annlo.lleyt. Green,
ch, Conn., In 1101. He wan asso.
dated with Scribner's and hls cover
designs attracted much attention. He
was bom In Worcester, Maes.
CREW OF ENGINE
T
The question of whether tfie Southern
railway switch engine, which crashed
Into a wagon of the Outhman steam
Laundry at North avenue Christmas
eve and killed the driver, a. E. Grubbs,
and his negro boy helper, was being
operated recklessly and in violation of
law, will be Investigated Thursday ait-
rnoon before Recorder Broyles.
After probing the accident, the police
Wednesday afternoon served copist* of
charges and set the case for hearing
Thursday afternoon. The members of
the crew were not seen by the police,
but officials of the rond accepted the
copies of charges and said they would
have the crew In court.
The fatal engine was In chargi
Engineer K. E. Woodruff and Conduc
tor J. F. Wood. J. H. Williams waa
fireman. The police hold that the fire
man wan In no wise resixmstble for the
accident, as he had nothing to do with
the running of the engine.
Uncle Sam’s Mail Clerks Are Too Shrewd To
Be Puzzled Long By as Simple a
Rebus as This.
Can you read It?
Uncle Sam’s postal clerks read It.
The letter came all the way from the
Philippines to an Atlanta young wom
an. Perhaps you can And her name on
the envelope, and can punle out her
nddret a.
The postal clerks cime across a num-
ber of these "freak” letters during a
vear They are thrown Into the ntxle
deportment and the clerks amuse them
selves at their leisure In trying to read
the rebus or straighten out the pusxle.
The contenta of this letter—well, that
wouldn’t Interest you. Besides, none
of us knows. Perhaps It was from
some lonely soldier In the far-off
Islands who thought of a new way to
"kill time.” Perhaps he wanted to
worry the.postal clerks. But the let
ter came straight from Manila to At
lanta and went to Ite correct address
In a fashionable street without delay.
Can you read the name and address?
They have apeared recently In The
Oeorglan In connection with a very In
teresting announcement.
2 ARE SHOT DOWN
IN A FEUD BATTLE
Lexington, Kjr., Dot. 27.—In a fend buttle
at their home with a gang bonded by Bud
£i*i»l Charles Little nud John Brewer, Hiram
Maffina nnd bin mm William were ahot nnd
fatally wouuded. The Mulllna and Littles
bad tieen enemies for n long time.
The men met yeaterdoy nnd the Mulllna
were fired upon. Father anil oon started
toward their home, tiring as they run. They
tmrrlradeil tliemoelvea Inside the bouse.
The Littles and their frlenda surrounded
the biiibllng and tiegnn pumping lead Into
It. All the windows were broken. More
than 200 shots were fired. The battle ended
only when Mullins and bis sou fail, wound
ed.
In Lee county Daniel Watson, a promi
nent merchant, shot and killed Daniel
Herne. Herne Is alleged to have attackeol
Watson with a knife.
Deputy Sheriff Samuel Allen ohot and
killed John D. Bagtey In Floyd county dur
ing a fight. AUen waa badljr wounded.
How Many Eggs Did Jones Buy f
See if You Can Figure It Out
Cables again report that Lord Kitchener Is about to take unto him
self a bride In the person of the beautiful American widow, Mrs. Samuel
Sloan Chauncey, whose picture Is here printed. Mrs. Chauncey has lived
abroad for some time, and since her widowhood, has been reported to
have been engaged to Lord Rosebery, J. J. Van Alen and others. Lord
Kitchener has long been regarded as a confirmed woman hater, and those
who know him best do not accept hls reported engagement except with
reservations.
MINER HICKS TO LECTURE
ON “BEING BURIED ALIVE"
Rescued Man Starts
on a Tour of the
U. S.
He’s Going to Tell How it
Peels To Be Entombed
15 Da\ r s.
Bakersfield, Cal., Dec. 27.-T. B. I licks,
the miner who was entombed for fif
teen days, haa signed n contract to go on
lecture tour which will carry him
throughout the entire United States.
The miner will tell of hla experience In
the Bring grave, ami will take along with
him several of the miners who effected
hla rescue nnd n few articles from hls
tomb. Ills lecture comtueuces In Bakers
field tonight.
Four Mexicans Alsc
Slain by Mau-
rauders.
STATION AGENT
SAVES HIS WIPE
Passenger Train Forced to
Give Up Trip, Fearing
an Attack.
2 FALL 500 FEET
TO THEIR DEATH
E SHAFT
Bessemer, Mich.. Dec. 27.—Elian
Lehteman and Bishop Bardessono
were Instantly killed by falling from
•kip In the old shaft of the Colony
mine today. Mike Scnvemo wus ser
iously Injured and a fourth man,
miner, In the skip had a miraculous
escape. The men were riding up In
the skip when It struck a loose timber
In the shaft, dumping the occupunts.
The killed fell to the bottom of the
shaft, SCO feet. The two saved clung
to the skip until rescued.
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O
FROLIC OF PREACHER O
PUTS HIM IN BED. O
Ju»t a* Jone* vu leaving hla houie
In Peachtree etreet yesterday, hla wife
called after him: "Don’t forflet to drop
In at the corner and order aoma »in
tent up to the houee rlflltt away. You
know, the Smltha are coming over to
dinner thia ever.lnx, andTve really got
to bake aome cake. Every piece of
cake baked for Uhriatmaa has been
devoured.” ,
JJ right,” answered Jonea. and
mindful of hla promlee be atepped Into
the grocery.
"Hello,’’ aaid Jenks, the grocer.
"Don’t often ace fou. What can I do
for you thi* morning?”
"How much are your beat egga?”
aaked Jonea.
"Well,” eald Jenka. "two more than
I am now aelltng for twenty-four centa
would make them two centa per dozen
lea* than they now are.”
”AU right.” said Jonea. "Send twen
ty-four centa worth over to the houae
right -away. My wife la waiting for
them."
How many egga did he buy? After
he reached the office he atarted to fig
ure It out. and before he got through
he waa nearly crazy. Then he gave
the problem to hla bookkeeper, who
aJao came to grief over it.
If you think you can aolve It aend the
anawer to the Puzzle Editor of The
Georgian.
PUtaburg. Pa., Dec. 27.—To O
ahow how youthful he waa. while O
coaatlng with a crowd of boya at a
Monongahela, the Rev. Dr. tVIl- O
Ham Greenougb, of Philadelphia, O
aged 70, borrowed a ated, loat con- O
trol of It on the ateep grade and O
t rashed Into a telegraph pole. He O
waa thrown fifteen feet and ae- O
O rioualy Injured. O
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How Miner Hick* will appear on
lecture platform.
CITY PIE SLICED:
APPOINTMENTS ARE
ALL WRITTEN OUT
Mayor-elect Joyner lots made out tils np
point men to.
All the Committees an* made up. nml the
envelope which coutdlns them is safely
stovveil away In the desk of the iunyor-vle«-t.
»\o |»ersua*(ou will cause the appointment*
to be eiutURed, nml they will Ih* read ta the
lueomlug council Muialny week Just ns
staid now.
What are they?
That's a different question. A*k
"t'*p." He'll tell you nlsmt u fishing trip
he took last year.
COMMANDER CAR AG A BURIED.
Washington, Dec. 27.—In a shower of
fine, stinging rain, the body of Com
mander Alfred B. Caraga wa* laid In
its last resting place at the Arlington
National cemetery at 11 o’clock thi*
morning. In the presence of a large
group of relatives, friends and naval
officers. Burial was made with full
military honors.
L
TRIES TO JUMP
OUT Of WINDOW
After reading a note Wednesday uft-
ernoon late, (Suasle Lawson, the pace
maker for Bobble Walthour, attempted
to leap from a sixth-story window of
the Aragon hotel and that he is alive
today Is said to be due alone to the
heroic efforts of a lady guest at the
hotel and a porter.
What the note contained or by whom
it was written could not be learned
Thursday, although It waa thought
that this Is what causfd the attempt
at self-destruction.
It Is said that a second attempt later
in the night watt also thwarted. Thurs
day Lawson could not be located and
neither Bobble Walthour nor other as
sociates of the pacemaker knew of hls
whereabout*. «
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 27.—As the
result of an uprising of the Ynqul In
dians along the line of the Cananen,
Yaqul River and Pacific railroad, In
Mexico, eight Americans and Mexicans •
were butchered by the red skins Sat
urday lost and the entire district was
terrorised.
The marauding band made a detour
of the country, shooting the whites
and Mexicans and plundering their
houses. The first attack was made et
the little town of Lancho, which !s
on the line of the road, and four of a
small party of whites were butchered
before the Indians were frightened
away by the approach of a work train*
Attack Railroad 8tation.
Rumors of the uprising of the Ya-
quls had been circulated for several
days, but Station Agent Thompson did
not place much credence In the warn
ings and continued at hls post. Sud
denly the band of Yaquis, numbering
several hundred, descended on the sta
tion and with a rush took the party by
surprise and shot down four of them
before they could move out of their
tracks.
Agent Thompson and hls wife were
In the station at the time of the attack
and at the first shot the agent barri
caded the doors and tried to defend
himself and wife. The red skins fired
through the windows, but the agent re
sponded with shots that wounded sev
eral of the marauders and kept them
at a respectful distance.
Start to Burn Houses.
The Indians were preparing to bum
down the house when the approach »f
a work train was heard, and the In
dians. with yells of rage, galloped away.
The station agent and hls wife were
taken aboard the train and to a place
of ttalety. After their departure from
Lancho the Yaquis stopped at a little
settlement and butchered four more
persons, their bodies being found along
the track by the work train.
The settlers who survived refused to
go aboard the train, saying they would
stand their ground till the next day.
when the rurnles would arrive, and
deal out summary Justice to the mur
derers.
Train Forced to Return.
A passenger train which came along
after the work train stopped an hour
at Lancho and the crew gave burial
to the bodies of the victims.
Ah the train went on Itu way the
signs of -the uprising became very
alarming and when fifteen miles from
Lancho It was decided to return.
On getting back to Lane ho It was \
found that the Indians had re-visited
that spot and burned down the station
building. While the truln stood at the
station the Indians came Into view, but
made no attempt to attack the pas
sengers, w ho were armed and ready foi
emergencies.
WATSON TO SPEAK:
BIG MEETING' FOR
■ president Charles 8. Barrett of the Kimi-
pcs' Union returned to Atlanta Thursday,
ml stated that the Mg meeting of national
Ind sUte officer* of the organisations to be
held in the state capital here on January 21
• mM bring about 2,090 visitors to Atlanta.
J President Barrett ho* Invited Hon. T**m
I Watson to lie here at the meeting and to
[dtdlver an address on the evening of Jan-
nary £L Mr. Watson has accepted and
promises positively to be on band.
The presidents and secretaries of twelve
state organisation* have been Invited r<>
come to the conference, anil most of tb« m
will lw here. The five members of the na
tional hoard of directors will also be present*
They are: W. A. Morris. »ulll*ent. AU.;
Caiupliell Itnsaell. Bussell, I. T.; James
Butler, Topeka, Kan.: W. 8. Miller, Lsku
\t ’reek, Tex.; I. N. McCotUster. Many, La.
National Hecretsry B. II. McCullough. >f
Beetle, Ark., will Ih* here.
I The Farmers’ (iihm Pres# Association,
{consisting of the editors of the uokm pap ■ *
ami of which Ben I*, tirlffin, of Cottv.i',
Ark., Is nreshleut. will attend the meeh’ --.
In addition to these officials, couuty udi
cer* In large nunilier* will tie on ban !. ,*
well as prominent members nnd work :*
In the rnuks froui sit parts of the South.
Prior to the big conference here on Jan*
itrnry 22 the county organization* everyw h r-
wrtll bold meetings am! rallies. The meet-
ling here will Ih* ofce «f the meet Important
In the hlstary of the organisation.
President Barrett says the union has en*
Hoyed a year of wooderfal growth and pro*,
[►erlty during IMS, and la now Is the n ;i-
’ i n class In membership.
At the meeting he** plant for the new