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The Georgian Carries The BUSINESS And All Of It Clean The Atlanta Georgian. The Georgian Carries The BUSINESS And All Of It Clean VOL. 1. NO. 213. ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. DECEMBER 31.1906, PT?Tf!7r!. Atlanta TWO cents. A 2AJ.V/J2J. o„ Train, JNVB CENTS. Key, Pomerey, Ellis In sist on Special Ses sion Tuesday. DID MAYOR MEAN KEY AND POMEROY? Woodward Says He Will Be Ready to Produce In formants to Back Charges. ALDERMAN JAS. L. KEY, Who »ys Mayor Woodward was making Thrust at him. A special session of council will be held Tuesday 'afternoon at i o'clock for the purpose of Investigating the charges brought against members of the special police committee by Mayor Woodward, In his veto messago to council. The statement In the message, which has aroused the wrath of the members of the committee who are attorneys. Is as follows: "I have It from what apppears to me to be reliable authority—In ono In stance especially—that members of the general council and of the special committee have received fees In a ie gal capacity to represent different na Icon men before the committee and before general council, and that In one or more Instances of this character the license has been restored after the saloon had been closed up, and In an other Instance I learn that a fee was bald by and accoptod from the Liquor Dealers' Association for services to be rendered. It seems to mo that this Is it very serious condition, and a prac tice that should not be allowed to grow up or be tolerated. No man who Is n member of the general council can af ford to accept a fee from any one for the purpose of representing them be fore that body upon uny kind of claim. The general council should Immediate ly pass very stringent measures against any such practice.” A Thrust st Mr. Ksy. The statement Is considered by mem bers of council as nothing short of a charge of bribery. There are three lawyers on the special police commit tee on saloon licenses. These are Al derman James L. Koy, Councilman E. E. l’omeroy and Councilman W. D. Ellis, Jr. It Is known that the mayor was not referimg to Councilman Ellis. Aider- man Key states that he knows that 'he mayor Is making a thrust at him, and It Is believed that the mayor also a tshes to Implicato Councilman Pom eroy In his charge. •Monday morning the three attorneys met and decided To go to the mayor’s "flice and Insist that ho call a special meeting of council to Investigate the 1 barges. They Insisted upon the mayor calling the meeting, and he did so, naming the time as 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mayor Ready to Tall. Mayor Woodward says at that time "in produce his Informants, and ‘til toll all he knows about the mat •w. He refused to name his Informant before then, or to name the special member or members of the police cotn- m 'tee to whom he referred. A majority of the member* of the genr-ral council were seen by a repre ►ntatlvo of The Georgian Tuesday morning, and they wore practically 'm.inimous In saying that a meeting *’■ uld be called, at which the mayor •boulu produce his informant, and •isle positively and definitely who he charged. In effect, had been bribed. The mayor could have hardly sP r “ n { u water sensation than making veued •barges of bribery against such men as Ak.er.uan Key and Councilman P<mi- ANNUAL INSURANCE NUMBER In behalf of the families and homes of The Georgian’s friends in all walks of life, we have collected a mass of practical fads regarding insurance. J We present them on this New Year’s eve that one of the most important pro visions a man can make for his family or his business may be made intelligently at the beginning of the New Year. Happy New Year To All! CROWDED TRAIN TELESCOPED BY ENGINE; FORTY MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN SLAIN; MORE THAN EIGHTY PERSONS ARE INJURED Dead and Wounded Line Side of the Tracks. - HEART RENDING SCENES ENACTED BY THE SURVIVORS O0000O0000O0000000000Q0O00 O CREW OF ENGINE § PUT UNDER ARREST, O O O Washington, Dec. 31.—Engineer O O Harry Hildebrand, ,of the train 0 O which telescoped the crowded pas- O O sengcr at Terra Cotta, and hts O O fireman were arrested. No for- 0 O mal charge has been placed O O against them, but they will be 0 O held pending an Investigation. 0 60000000000000000000OCC 000 Washington, Dec. 31.—Forty per sons were killed and more than eighty Injured In a rear-end collision on th» metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, about four miles from Washington at tr28 o’clock last [ERMESLODCE TO ENTERTAIN $ Sovereign Command er Richardson Coming. lion. Jemes Daniel Richardson, of Ten nessee, sovereign grand commander of the thirty-third degree of the Ancient and Ac cepted Scottish Iltte of Free Masonry for the southern Jurisdiction of the United kutea, wlU arriva ls Atlanta Monday night night. ' Mom of the wiled and'injured' ‘ **52211 ^' were resident's of Washington and the rentm*?** U fourteenth degree win he suburbs. The wreck occurred at Terra Cotta Station, about a mite and a quarter from Brookland. The accident was most appalling. For a quarter of mile along the track the bodies of dead and Injured men, women and children were strewn. Coaches Wsrs Crowded. The wrecked train wan No. 66, local carrying passengers from Fred erick, Md„ and other points, to Wash ington. It was made up of three coaches and an engine. All of the coaches were crowded, many persons standing In the hlsles. That any of them escaped Is remarkable. Train No. 86 had Just started to pull out of Terra Cotta Station when n train of six empty passenger coaches, drawn by a monster engine, running full speed, crashed Into It. The engine plowed through the local, scattering death and Injury on every hand. The entire local train woe com pletely telescoped. Bodies Hurlsd About. I The scene after the accident was terrible. Bodies were hurled on every side. A heavy fog hung over the scene, making It difficult to see far. The many acts of heroism and selfisacrt- flee that were performed will never be known. Mothers were robbed of their chil dren, husbands lost their wives and wives their husbands. Parents died before the eyes of their children, and saw their little ones mangled beyond recognition. There was little of the wrecked train The big engine had done Its work of death and destrucUon thoroughly. On either side of the track were great piles of wreckage, and buried In It were men. women and children, quarter of a mile from where the col lision tooK place the last vestige of the wreckage was found. It was a high pile of debris, and buried far un der It were the bodies of two women and a child. A neatly gloved arm protruded from the debris. No Warning Given. The dead probably never knew what occurred. There was absolutely no warning. Crowds of men and women and little children were chatting with thought of danger. The crash came the twinkling of an eye. Borne were killed Instantly: others lingered for several minutes after they were taken from the- wreck. All that was possible as done for them by willing hands. It was only a few moment* after the collision that the residents of Terra Cotta, a sparsely settled village, were made aware of the disaster, and quickly all the relief possible was at hand. Fully three-quarters of an hour elapsed, however, before physicians were on hand to relieve the Injured. They were hurried to the scene from the nearby villages and many were sent from Washington. • A wrecking train was sent out from Washington within a few moments after the news reached the city, one from Bruckwlck, and still another from Baltimore. Dead Taksn From Ruin*. Before the wrecking train* reached the scene scores bad been rescued from under the debris and taken to surrounding houses or sent to the near by hospitals in wagons pressed Into service. All the police reserves of the city were hurried to the scene upon twenty-two candidates by the Hermes Ledge of Perfection. While there tre other Masons st the bead of varioua Jurisdictions In the world who hive the tsino rink as Mr. Richardson, by renson of the fact that the southern Juris diction of the United States had Ita Incep tion over 100 yearn ago at Charleston, b\ C. and la therefore the oldest, he outranks crery other Mason In the world. Resides witnessing the conferring of the fourteenth degree, Mr. Richardson will make an Inspection. This la the first tlmo he bss ever been hi Atlanta for this purpose, lie was expected Monday morning, but a letter wan received from him Monday by Joseph C. Greenfield, K. C. C. H. of Hermes Lodge of Perfection, saying he would not b« in Atlanta until 7:30 o'clock. In addition to Mr. Richardson, there will , two other visiting thirty-tbira degree Masons at the communication Monday night. These are Dr. R. J. Nunn, of Hn vaunab, Inspector-general In Georgia, and George Moore, of Mobile, Ala. Both of these sre among the moat distinguished Mnsuns In tho Booth, and Mr. Moore Is ed itor of The New Age, the Scottish Rite pub lication, and a brilliant and cultured man. In addition to having attained the highest rnnk smong the Masons of the world, Mr. Itlchnnlsnn has been honored by his fellow- cltltens In Tennessee and waa several terms In congress and wan formerly the ml nority leader In tbs house. He gsvo up hit seat In.coogress to devote his entire time to his Masonic work. Flnt Musical Program. An elaborate muslenl program has been arranged for the meeting Monday night and consists of the following: Te Deum—Buck. The Barth Is the I-ord Have Mercy Hcarrh Me, O God-Manton. Teach Me. O God—Bishop. Lord's Prayer—Merrill. Blest Be the Tie That Blnds-Magell. Bins Hsllelnjtb Forth-Burk. choir consisting of some of the most ex the following: Sirs. T. H. Wingfield, *o- W -ftno; Mrs. J. M. Cooney, contralto; J. W. arsbbsmlk. tenor; J. II. Mollln, basso, and nartment was called out. arrived the villagers had taken out many of the bo Ilea and laid them de by aide near the tracks. At one iipot there were twenty* three Continued on Pmq• Four. I*. M. Hubbard, organist. At the conclusion of th nn elaborate banquet will — oral other affairs had been planned to en tertnln the distinguished gnests, but owing to the late arrival of Mr. Richardson there will hardly be time. It la probable, how ever. that Itefore Mr. Richardson leaves for Washington be wlU be shown over Atlanta. Officers of Hermoe Lodge. Tb*e officers of Hermes Lodge of Perfec tlon No. 4 are aa follows: Joseph F. Greenfield, K. C., C. II., venera ble master. John D. Simmons, senior warden. Thoms* II. Jeffries, Junior warden. David Marx, orator. Henry C. Htockdell, treoanrer. r«ul Rurkerf, secretary. Forrest Adair, almoner. John M. Wilson, toaster of ceremonies. John R. Dlekey. expert. Robert A. Render C’lcero A. Peek, ci Janies M. Fuller, Scotish Rita Masonry. A called meeting of Hermes Lodge of Perfection No. 4 of the Ancient ami Ac cepted HoottUh Rite of Free Masonry, Koutbern Jurisdiction. IT. 8. A, will be held at the sanctnary of the * Rite, corner of Mitchell and Foray th streets. Monday even- Inc. December 31. 19M. at 7 JO o’clock sharp. The sovereign grand commander, James Daniel Richardson, accompanied by other diction, will visit Hermes Ixslge on tbli ensfeo. vlted to l»e present on this orcneloa. At the conclusion a reception will In? ten dered our distinguished guests. JOtfKPIl C. IIKKKXFIKLD. K. C. C. II.. Venerable Master. I’Alifc UUUKKUT, kfecretnry. HELD, OTHERS ARE RELEASED Hearing Held Before Judge Roan Mon day. Forces Passengers to Disgorge $800 in Cash. COMPELS PORTER TO LOCK DOORS Shoots Conductor, When At tacked by Officer, and •Makes Escape. HON. JAME8 DANIEL RICHARDSON, SOVEREIGN GRAND COM- COMMANDER. OVER FIFTY MILLIONS INC RE A SE IN CLEA RINGS Over fifty and a quarter million dollars Is the Increase of clearings of the Atlanta Clearing House Association of 1(06 over 1905, The clearing, fur ISOS ,',s slv.fl out M-nnmy by manuger Darwin U. Jonen are 1235,997,896.02. The clearings for 1905 were 1135,625,611.(8. The Increase for the month of December Just passing over tho samo month of lost yenr Is 14,391,759.86. The clearings for the saige month InDecember, U06, are 925,281,955.78. The clearings for th esamo month In 1905 are t2o.989.595.92. This Increase, showing the prosperity of the Houth nnd better money conditions, will probably plnce Atlanta nearer the top In the list of thirty-three American cities tabulated monthly by tho New York Clear ing House Association. The figures published today vs 111 probably put ^tlanta ahead of Memphis In the list of Southern banking cities. BODY OF WILLIAM DAY\ MUTILATED BY RATS, IS FOUND BY LITTLE GIRLS Hermit Blacksmith Dea 1 Days in Base ment Room. Hoad and n*ck horribly eaten by rats, th* dead Iwdjr of William Day, 65 yeura of age, ono of the oldest blacksmith* In Atlanta, was discovered Sunday afternoon In a dirty, dilapidated basement room in the Henley building, In Magnolia street, Just off of Ma rietta street, which room the' dead man cnlled home for n long while. The aged blacksmith waa last seen alive Thursday afternoon In a place of business In Marietta street, a short distance from his room, and It la believed ho died Thurs- rir night. The body had lain In the dingy basement Sunday afternoon and In the Interval fallen prey to rodents. The ears of the dead mnu had been eaten away aud bis neck was also terribly mutilated. ence of foul play. _„rewsome discover: little girls who reside of the Healey building at the time In the bad. , ....... f ins* In the window of Day’s room Is bro- cn out, and. peering throurf! this aperture, the little glrla paw the dead body ou the The police ntntlon was notlOed and Fall Officer Foopcr made an Investlgntlou. The tmdy was later sent to the undertaking par lors of llsrry G. l'oole A Fo., where Foro- ner Thompson held nn Inquest Mood ~ morniug. The verdict was that be came bis death from some unknown cause. It ts ‘WE WILL FIX BLAME FOR THIS CA TASTROPHE’ Washington, Dec. 31.—"Till* horrible catastrophe could have been avoided, gome one la responsible and we Intend to leave no atone unturned -until that responsibility has been fixed. From hat I have learned so far, one of two men made an Inexcusable blunder, hlch one I do not know, and it will be Impossible to say until an investi gation ha* been made.” In thl* statement, C. W. Galloway, general superintendent of transporta tion of the Baltimore and Ohio rail road, exonerated the company from all blame, and put the responsibility on the engineer of the freight train or the operator at the Takoma block. "The official Investigation will be held this afternoon or evening. If Ibe coroner’s Jury fall* to hold the en gineer or the block operator we shall not consider the matter settled. En gineer Harry B. Hllderbrand was con sidered one of the mod careful men In our employ. Milton E. Phillips, the operator, was clear-headed and one of the trusted employees," COAST LINE AGENT DIES IN GOTHAM New York, Dec. It.—Joseph H. While, Eastern passenger agent of the Atlantic Coast LI he railroad, died at his residence In this city yesterday evening. Mrs. Willie Stamper, of 530 1-2 Ma rletta street, who on the night of De cember 16 shot and killed John Dodgen. a bailiff of Justlofc Puckett’s court, was held for the gr.-nd Jury of Fulton county by Judge Loan In the superior court Monday, '’t R. A, Jordan, Mrs. Ilessle Gary an Mis* Hattie Goss, who, with Mr*. Stamper, have been held at. the Tower on suspicion since the day of the mur der, were released. The action of Judge Roan was taken after a preliminary heating, which loated for more than two hours Monday morning, and dur Ing which all of the evidence that waa given before the coroner's Jury was gone over. The evidence was practically the same as that given at the Inqueet, the only difference being that both Bessie Oii> uoii Kniiie uoss stated that Iwo shots were fired by Mrs. Stamper. The first shot, they said, went through the panel of the door, and the other through an auger hole In the door frame. At the coroner's Inquest theie witnesses stated that only one shot had been fired. Mrs. Stamper was not put nn the stand, but Jordan was allowed to make a statement In his own behalf, and also to testify as a witness In be half of Mrs. Stamper. Testimony Differ,. With regard to changing their testi mony Bessie Gary and Hattie Goss testified that they had at flrat testified that only one shot was fired, at the re quest of Mrs. Stamper, who had told them that If they said two shots were fired, It would get them all Into serious trouble. The only new witness Introduced was Dr. J. W. Hurt, called to the atand by Judge Roan. Dr. Hurt was exam ined as to the character of the blond stains found nn the floor of the house of Mrs. Stamper, as well os upon some clothing found therein. Fifteen wltneeses were examined, and at the conclusion of the hearing Solicitor General Hill reated the state’s case without argument, simply asking that Mrs. Stamper be held. Attorney John W. Moore, for Mrs. Stamper, con tended that she was Justified In shoot ing through the door when she was un iter the Impression that someone was trying to forcibly enter her house after midnight. A Css# for Grand Jury. Judge Roan, In rendering his de cision. said that It was clearly a case for the grand Jury. The woman admit ted firing the shots, but the question was whether she knew that the man at the door w as Dodgen; If there was any motive for her killing him, or If she was guilty of criminal negligence m shooting before she had given the man time to make known hi* mission. These questions. Judge Roan said, should l>e determined by a Jury. He therefore committed Mrs. Stamper without ball, and she was taken back to the Tower, Her ease will be considered by the grand Jury, which meets next Monday. The witnesses placed on the stand this morning, beside* those mentioned, were: John Lawrence, colored: G. R. Peterson, special officer of the South ern railway; County Officer Dunbar, Justice John Dodgen. father of the murdered man; City Detective Sprad lin. Justice Puckett. Miss Ruth San derson. matron of the JaU; Call Of ficer Wagner, Policeman Shaw, i--pe els! Officer Milk), of the Seaboard Air Bailiff Cook, of Justice Jones’ court Tbs attorneys for the defendants were John W. Moore, Charles J. Moore and J. A. Branch. Solicitor OiWil Ul!l represented the stats. Richmond, Va„ Dec. 31.—At 2:40 o’clock fill, morning, ns ftenboaril Air Line train No. 81 npiironclied LnCrosse, Vs., about It miles south of Itlelimomt, one of the must daring hold-ups that over took place In Virginia occurred. A pnnncngcr, aged ntmut 25. who board ed tho train nt Richmond, wnlkcd Into ths I'ultuuin nnd took a sent In the smoking comportment. Tile conductor nnd porter of the Pullman were In the day coach at the time. As the porter returned, the stranger placed a pistol to his head and forced him to lock both door* of the sleeper, after which, masking himself, he went through the car, holding up half asleep passengers nt tho point of his pistol. • He had secured 9800 from a passenger when the I’nllnmn conductor forced his wny In and nttempted to arrest ths thief. Quick ns n flash, the roldier shot th* con. din-tor, nnd, pulling the emergency brake ! enrd, stopped the train and disappeared la the woods. The conductor's wound Is not serious, only baying been shot through tho arm. i CHI OUSTS OF Dewey Acknowledges Defeat and Grace fully Steps Aside. fyHictnl to Th* Georgian. Mobile, A*., Dec, 21.—The old manage ment of the Mobile, Jackson nnd Km - s City llnllrond Company secured control of the property ngalu nt noon today, ou-tlng F. B. Iiesroy and J. L Dnutslcr. who g, to appointed receivers on Wrdnsedfiy, Decem ber 26. The order ousting Dewey rt nl. from control was Issued by Chn II,-r Tkomns II. Bmfth, of the chancery i-o'irt, who, In his onler, states that W. 1). Nlr.it- too, B. M. Robinson, Alesnudor. Melton- j nhl. It. \v. Jones, Jr„ Charles K. Ley-. K. K. Jackie,ii, J. W. Whiling, WIIIUui II. McIntosh, Charles It. Willoughby, Thomas F. Whittlesey, Edmund'K. malle i nnd the other aecnfties of the esatnsar ' have applied for and ulitnlncd an nspent to the supreme eottrt of Alsbama, n turn, ulile January 14, to sopersetln an orib-r mads on Deremlier 29, appointing receivers The appeal bond Is filed at 3190,409, outy receiver In charge, F. i: Ii. wey, up the office peaceable his defeat. 0OO00OQ0OOO000000O00O0009 ONE JUPE PLUVE GETS IT IN NECK, t «t C Good news for ths cost tr . and th* seller of overcoats. O Plurlus. too, has been hit In the o O neck with s time check and told O 0 to stop working for a while, at O O least. All of which Is told In the 0 O ofildal forecast of the weather O 0 bureau In this fashion: O 0 "Fair Monday night and Tues- o S day; somewhat colder Monday O night” O O The temperatures: O O 7 a. m ..55 degrees O 0 8 a. m. 54 degrees 0 O 9a.m. 33 degree. O 0 10 a. m 37 degrees O 0 11 a. m. ■ 0 12 noon. .. 1 p. tn. 2 p. m. ..59 degrees 0 00000400000000000000000000 000000OOOOO 00 OO oo OOOOOOOOO O Eureka S| O Stilt, s, tint 0 state, was option by i 0 Springs Juki O ure fur l.iti 0 surrender It O ties and I"-* f l«ro vearu Ark , Ih*<\ 31 — O J. Butt, of this O -i ran.-u.11 re- O z»-na of Kureku O hi* depart- Cl Kook yesterday the author!- Q bribery. o a Q OaQQOnOQQUOOaoOOQQOOOQOQQQ Continue, 1 ! on P**n F»ur.