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VOL. IX. FOURTH BLACK HAND ■ LETTER RECEIVED . BI ISUCiBDLEB' Mails Are Reported Flooded With Letters to Atlanta Capitalist Demanding His i i Death or Fabulous Sums BURBAGE DENIES ANY COMPLICITY IN CASE But Is Identified by Bank Os- 1 ficials—Mr. Candler •Re fuses to Talk, but De- i tectives Show Letters ; Despite tba efforts of federal agents and private detectives. Black Hand let-| ters to Asa O. Candler, president of the Coca-Cola company, the Central Bank and Trust Corporation, and other prom toe nt concerns, continue to flood the mails. The last addition to Mr. Candler's col lection was received Sunday through the regular mail to the Central bank. This < letter, with others, was immediately turned over to the Carter-Patterson De , . * tocttve agency, employed by Mr. Candler to ferret out the mystery. The fourth letter received by Mr. Can- , dler demands under the threat of the penalty of having his home dynamited, j that KUOUO be placed in an ash barrel in front of the public school on Edgewood ■ avenue near the Candler home Monday night at 7 o'clock. Tlrfh letter bears the ( 1 date of Saturday. The handwriting on|, the Inside of the letter is similar to that|, of the other letter, but he envelope is addressed in an enirely different hand, showing conclusively that more than one person is interested in the plot. Only one arrest has been made in the (( ease. J. H. Burbage, held in default of :, a s>» bond at the Fulton county jail.: was admittedly arrested to the case by. a federal detective. Burbage was con-! aacted by the case through suspicious. I circumstances surrounding two visits made by him to the Candler building, and by the similarity of his handwriting : wtih that on several of the Black Hand letters. Since the incarceration of Burbage, •no letter, making the threat of dynamit ing Mr. Candler's residence to event he’ tailed to comply with its demands, has *. been received. Since the arrest of Burbage. A. P- Coles and John S. Owens, two of the Central Bank and Trust Corporation of ficials, both are said to have positively identified Burbage as the man who, on Tuesday, made suspicious inquiries about Mr Candler shortly before the time ap pointed for him to leave 130,000 in the . alley by the Grand theatre. Burbage, according to detectives, was recently arrested in Birmingham in con nection with a forgery case. While never having lived in Atlanta, he has paid a number of visits to the city. According to the reports, the first of the recent Black Hand letters received by Mr. Candler demanded that 130,000 be placed at a designated spot in the Uni versalist church. A second letter gave another place, and the third designated a spot in the Grand alley. Decoy money bags were placed in each instance, but the writer of the letters was evidently too smooth for the detec tives. The letters have all contained threats against Mr. Candler and members of his family, saying that his residence would be dynamited in event he failed to comply with the demand. In one letter the writer said the wires of the Candler home had been cut to prevent a message to the police. Four letters have now been received by Mr. Candler. J. H. Burbage, arrested for complicity to the case, declares that the first time be knew the charge on which he is real ly held was when he read his name in a newspaper as a Black Hand suspect. Burbage was arrested last Thursday. A letter had been received by Mr. Candler demanding that he leave the bank at 10 o'clock and place $20,000 to the alley by i the Grand theatre. A few minutes before: that time Burbage was found hanging! around the Candler building. He was ar rested as he was starting to enter the elevator in the building. According to Burbage he was on his wa/ to visit a local dentist who is re lated to him by marriage, when the de tective placed him under arrest. Burbage says that he was then taken to the Terminal hotel, where he was held 2 for A hours, two detectives guarding him ail the time. His meals were sent! up to the room from the hotel restau-' rant and he was allowed to talk with no one. According to the suspect his guards j refused to discuss his case with him, and' until bo road the story of the Candler 1 Black Hand letters he did not know what, charge he was held for. While he was held tn the Terminal ho tel. the city marshal of Conyers, at the detectives' request, came to Atlanta and identified him as a man wanted in that - town for highway robbery. Burbage, while denying that ,he is 1 wanted in Conyers, stated that he left there last Sunday, and the following day he was in Lithonia, coming to Atlanta Monday night and immediately starting a search for a job. When arrested he had only a few dollars on his person. Burbage states that he has relatives in Birmingham and in Greenville, 8. C. He has made no attempt to raise the amount of his small bond, as he believes that tn the course of a few days the detec tives will voluntarily release him from custody. From conversation with detectives working on the case it appears that they believe that there Is more than one per-' son concerned to the case. In fact It appears that there is an organised plot against Mr. Candler. This is the second time Mr. Candler has received letters of the Black Hand variety Before they were traced to Dan T. Johnson, a young man. who was not prosecuted owing to a friendship exist ing between his father and Mr. Candler. This, the second attempt to secure money from Mr. Candler in the same manner, bears none of the amateurish handmarks of the first attempt. CANDLER REFUSES TO TALK. Mr. Candler positively refuses to dis cuss the situation, and will neither deny or affirm the allegation that he has re ceived the letters or that he has placed / the matter In the hands of detectives. However, there are several letters ad dressed tn Mr. Candler in the possession of the Carter-Patterson Detective agency. I These letters are said by the detectives, Its be the Black Hand letters In question.} Uflantet Bowwl JOHNSON ANO ERWIN RENOMINNTEB Bl TIFT Former Is Reappointed Mar shal Here, Latter District Attorney at Macon (By Associated Press. ( WASHINGTON. Dec. 20—Tne nomina tions of Walter H. Johnson, of Atlanta, to be United States marshal for the northern district of Georgia, and Marion Erwin, of Macon, to be United States district attorney for the southern district of Georgia were sent to the senate today by President Taft. There is no opposi tion to either appointment and both will be confirmed at due time. The nomina tions were referred to the Judiciary com mittee. Both are reappointWnents. The nomination of F. Carter Tate to be United States district attorney for the northern district of Georgia did not come to. but Senator Bain, who saw President Taft today, states that he is confident Tate will be named. The nominations in full are: Joseph E. Morrison, for the territory of Arizona. Marion Erwin, for the southern district of Georgia. Ernest F. Cochran, for South Carolina. The president also sent in the nomina tions of the following United States marshals: Pope M Long, for the northern district of Alabama. Walter H. Johnson, for the northern district of Georgia. William Henkel, southern district of New York. Word has been received in Atlanta of the reappointment by the president of Walter H. Johnson as United States marshal. This news is no surprise to the people of Atlanta or Georgia at large, as Mr. Johnson's name appeared on the first official slate sent out from Washington, and there has never been any reason to doubt that he would be continued in of fice. Mr. Johnson stands high with the ad ministration. and is chairman of the state republican committee. He is a close friend of the president and regarded as the strongest man with the administra tion anywhere in the state. PRESIDEMT MINTS FOREmiIHISTERS No Decision Has Been Reach ed on Whitelaw Reid at London WASHINGTON. Dec. 20—Presdent Taft today sent to the senate the following nominations of ambassadors and minis ters: Robert Bacon, of New Trot, ambassa dor to France. Richard C. Kerens, of Missouri, ambas sador to Austria-Hungary. Henry Lane Wilson, of Washington, ambassador to Mexico. Charles Page Bryan. Illinois, minis ter to Belgium. William James Calhoun, of Illinois, min ister to China. Henry P. Fletcher, of Pennsylvania, minister to Chile. • Henry T. Gage, of California, minister to Portugal. R. S. Reynolds Hitt, of Illinois, minister to Panama. John B. Jackson, of New Jersey, min ister to Cuba. Fenton R. McCreery, of Michigan, min ister to Honduras. Edwin V. Morgan, of New Tork, minis ter to Paraguay. Charles W. Russell, of the District of Columbia, minister to Persia. Laurite S. Swenson, of Minnesota, min ister to Switzerland. Horace G. Knowles, of Delaware, min ister and consul general to the Dominican republic. It was stated at the White House today that no decision has yet been reached gith regard to the post at Great Britain now filled by Whitelaw Reid. 8 RIOT GUNS TO PROTECT AN ILLINOIS NEGRO Sheriff Fears Demonstration Against Clark, Who Shot a Motorman and Conductor ST. LOUIS. Mo., Dec. 20 —Sheriff Cash el. of St. Clair county. 111., today order ed eight additional riot guns for protec tion of the Belleville jail in case of a de monstration against Will Clark, the ne gro identified as the robber who shot and killed Motorman Goudey and seriously wounded Conductor O’Brien in East St Louis last Saturday night “Besides the 12 guns which we will have with the eight we will have suffi cient small arms to repel a demonstra tion.” said Sheriff Cashel. "I do not ex pect trouble, but I thought it well to be prepared for it” Clark was arrested Sunday night. At the hospital Conductor O'Brien, when he saw Clark, pointed his finger at the ne gro and said: “That’s the man." Clark was then taken in a special car to Belleville. DESPONDENCY CAUSES DUNLAPS SUICIDE CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Despondency fol lowing rebukes from his father and a girl correspondent is believed to have been the cause which prompted the suicide here today of George Dunlap, 23 years old, son of W. S. Dunlap, of Lexington, Ky. An empty vial which had contained carbolic acid was found beside the body in Dun lap's lodgings. The elder Dunlap's letter found among the young man’s effects spoke disapprov ingly of the suicide's conduct, while some one who signed herself “Mae" regretted that he had engaged in the liquor busi ness.’* Dunlap had for a time been em ployed in a wholesale liquor store, but had been out of employment for several months. His family is prominent. 400 MEN AND WOMEN DRIVEN FROM FIRE NEW YORK. Dec. 20.—A spectacular flro damaged the seven-story business Slock at U - 1M West 14th street 34&0.0X) today and attract ed a crowd which blocked the atreeta for three hours and kept the reserves from four police stations busy. High pressure water service sent gallons of water a miaute into the burning structure without employing engines. The police trove 60 persons from ahe Salva tion Arar training school nest door sud more than 10C men and women employee from the burning MADRIZ OPPOSED FOR PRESIDENCY BY NICARAUGUANS Rebel Leader Estrada Wires Protest to Secretary Knox Against Any One Selected by President Zelaya FIRST PROTEST SO RECEIVED HERE Also Opposition to Irias as Commander of Army—Am erican Consulate Is Sub jected to Many Insults WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—“ Peace In this country can only be assured by the complete exclusion of Zelaya and his followers. We will continue fighting until this is assured. In the name of liberty, of justice on our side, we ask you to recognize my government.” This is the determination of General Estrada at the head of the revolution ary army in Nicaragua as expressed in a telegram received from him by the secretary of state. Estrada says that no change in the person of Zelaya’s chief executive selected by him or by the congress he controls will be ac cepted by the majority of Nicaraguan people allied to the revolutionist cause In the struggle for justice. FIRST STATEMENT. This telegram contains the first author itative statement that the revolutionary party will not accept as president of Nicaragua anyone who has any affilia tion with Zelaya. The selection of either Madriz or Irias for this post, therefore, means a continuance of the revolution. Late telegrams received at the state de partment from Nicaragua says the na tional assembly of Nicaragua has been instructed by Zelaya to elect Madriz as president and Irias to the chief command of the army. This is everywhere In Nica ragua regarded as a move to continue the dominance of Zelaya. A telegram from Corinto, dated the 17th instant, says that Irias is to be given the presidency. This statement, however, is generally doubted. A Managua tele gram received this morning, stated that Zelaya was making active military prepa rations and was putting In office in all the principal cities, including Managua, Leon and Grenaaa, known supporters of Irias who, It was believed, would hold the real power, as commander in chief of the government military forces. HOSTILITY TO CONSULATE, An official dispatch from Mangua shows that considerable hostility is being dis played against the American consulate there by Zelaya's followers. Petty an noyances, such as abusive language and daly threats, are of constant occurrence, but no actual violence up to this time has been attempted. The latest telegram from Managua, dated last night, stated that 300 fully armed troops reached there the night before from Leon, the home of Madriz, and were at the railroad station when Madriz arrived. His train was earlier than expected, but he was escorted to his hotel by the troops from Leon and other followers with drawn pistols, the police being armed with rifles. Up to this time the department has received no Information tending to show that a new president of Nicaragua has been elected or that even a date has been decided fin for the election. The understanding last week was that the election would be held last Saturday, cember 18, but there is reason to believe that it was not so held. A dispatch from Managua states that the Nicaraguan, David R. Arellano, who was imprisoned there for displaying the American flag upon the receipt of news last November of the election of Presi dent Taft, has been released, but wheth er Zelaya ordered the release is not known. ROBBER HOLOS UP AUTO AND GETS FIFTY GENTS Lone Highwayman With Win chester Stops Party Near Nashville NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 20.—A lone and daring robber with a Winchester rifle held up a party of automobilists near here Sunday and secured 50 cents. The robber told the men that his name was Hunter. The women In the party were not asked to give up their jewelry. The robber leveled his gun at Toad Luke and Y. A. Scruggs, of Nashville, with the demand for money and valuable. Scruggs had no money with him, but Luke was compelled to give up the 50 cents he had. TOOK ACID WHEN HER HUSBAND REBUKED HER INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 20. David Welsenburg, wife of the manager of the cigar department of a drug company here, committed suicide last night in her apartment by drinking carbolic acid after her husband had rebuked her for receiving a man friend in his absence. Mrs. Welsenburg did not drink the acid until her husband had left the apartment on his way to take a train for New York. He had left before the body was found and was dispatched for at once. MALCONTENTSSEIZE POLITICALJ>RISONERS MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 20.—A del egation of malcontents arriving here from Granada brings news of a demonstration which occurred there Saturday. A crowd formed at the railroad station and forci bly released from custody several politi cal prisoners. Cries of “Death to Ze laya!” accompanied the rioting. The police made a demonstration, finally training a maxim gun on the rioters, sev eral of whom were arrested while the others fled. t . ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21,1909. THE HOLY FAMILY | ST ■r - wf / ■ Zr ■ GEORGIA METHODISTS MAKE MDTMEDTS R. H. Robb Is Returned to Atlanta as Superintendent. Slutz Also Comes Back (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) EPWORTH, Ga., Dec. 20.—The Georgia conference of the Methodist Episcopal church today made the following appoint ments for the year 1910: Atlanta district, R. H. Robb, superintendent; Atlanta Egelston Memorial, E. R. Slutz; Atlanta, Hemphill avenue and East Point, A. F. Ellington; Fitzgerald, E. J. Hammon; Spring Place, F. L. Cochran; Union Hill. W, A. Parsons; Mount Zion and Bremen, H. E. Sumner; Rock Springs, D. W. Cook; St. George, E. F. Dean; Tallapoosa, W. A. Martin; Blue Ridge district, B. F. Allen, superintendent; Blairsville and Hiawassee, A. J. Chastain; Dawsonville, W. A. Stiles; Dunnagan and Simpson, E. C. Thurston; Ellijay, T. R. Baker; La- Fayette, L. D. Ellington; Principal Ep worth seminary, W. D. Stephenson; prin cipal Union Hill, W. A. Parsons; mission ary to Porto Rico, W. G. Benedict. $7,500,000 WORTH OF TOYS ARE IMPORTED WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Santa Cipus this year apparently has on his bobks the names of many more child ren than heretofore. Uncle Sam’s lat est figures Indicates a great Increase in the value of playthings which have been accumulating In the United States from toy makers of Germany and else where and those made In the United States for distribution on Christmas eve. During the year at least >7,500,000 worth of toys have been Imported. 75,000 TRAINMEN MAKE DEMAND FOR INCREASE PITTSBURG. Pa., Dec. 20.—Trainmen to the number of 75,000 employed on about 25 railroads east of the Mississippi river, today, through officials of the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen at headquar ters at Cleveland, Ohio, formally notified the various divisions and railroads af fected that a demand for an increase In wages amounting to from 5 per cent to 40 per cent will be made on January 3. The agreement between the railroads and the trainmen necessitates a notice before any demands can be made. The train men will wait until January 20 for an answer from the railroads, it is said. According to W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, who Is in this city attending the initia tion of a number of men, the chief de mand to be made was that the wages of conductors and their crews be standard ized, whi?h will mean increases for the various branches of the trainmen of from 5 to 40 per cent. A strike is not yet contemplated, said Mr. Lee. The trainmen believe that these demands will be granted. wreckingTugsTnks; CRUISER SAVES CREW NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 20.-The British wrecking tug Bull Dog, from London to Havana, was sunk at sea early today. The crew is safe aboard the United States cruiser Birmingham, now en route to Norfolk. The Bull Dog was owned by the Caribbean Wrecking company, of Liverpool, Car Works Burned NEWARK, Ohio, Dec. 20.-Thd main mill ae'i dry shop of the Jewett car works In this city was destroyed by fire today. Low {bout 1150.000. O what glad, what rapturous feeling Filled that blessed motner kneeling By her sole-begotten one! Mow, her heart with laughter bounding. She beheld the work astounding— -Baw his birth, the glorious Son. Jesus lying in the manger, Heavenly armies sang the Stranger, In tne great joy bearing part Stood the old man with tne maiden, No words speaking, only laden With this wonder In their heart. Mother, fount of love still flowing. Let me, with thy rapture glowing. Learn to sympathize with thee; Let me raise my heart’s devotion. Up to Christ with pure emotion, » That accepted x may be. All that love his stable truly. And the shepherds watching duly, larry there the livelong night; Pray that by thy Son’s dear merit His elected may Inherit Their own country's endless light. THAW MUSI REMAIN IN THE MATTEAWAN ASYLUM Justice McKenna Denies His Petition for a Writ of Error WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Justice Mc- Kenna, of the supreme court of the United States, today denied a petition of Harry K. Thaw for a writ of error to the court of appeals of New York in the case in which Thaw made an effort to obtain release from the Matteawan asylum. In that case a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied and the effect of Justice McKenna’s decision will be to leave the decision of the court of appeals undisturbed. Florida Methodists’. MEET IN CONFERENCE LAKELAND, Fla., Dec. 20,-The Flor ida conference met here Wednesday, Bishop Atkins presiding. One feature of the opening was an eloquent address of welcome by the mayor, Mr. Edwards, and by Rev. Mr. Bosnell, a local min ister, and response by Rev. J. R. Cason, the pastor, and the bishop. There are 12 transfers from various conferences to the Florida conference this year. The officers attending and addressing the conference are J. D. Hammond, sec retary of education; Dr. Chappell, Sun day school editor; W. W. Pinson, secre tary missions; J. P. Stewart, superan nuate endowment fund; A. J. Lamar, agent publishing house at Nashville; W. D. McMurry, church extension; H. M. Hamill, Sunday school secretary. Dr. McMurry addressed the people on Friday night and collected SI,OOO to aid to rebuilding the church In Key West, destroyed by the flood. Dr. J. E. Dickey, president of Emory college, spoke In the interest of that In stitution, and Dr. W. N. Ainsworth rep resented Wesleyan Female college at Macon. The following are the clerical delegates to the general conference to meet In Asheville, N. C., In May: J. S. Patterson, L. W. Moore, J. P. Hilburn. SHOT AT MAN FOR FUN AND FOUGHT POLICE Pearly Henson, white, an alleged switchman, employed in the A:, B. & A. yards, stood flat-footed at a railroad crossing Sunday afternoon and took a pot shot for luck, with a big pistol, at B. H. Livingston, another white switch man, who happened to be riding past on the cow catcher of an engine. Tne bullett whizzed within a couple of inches of Livingston’s head, and bored a hole In the engine boiler. According to a statement made later by Henson, he had never seen Livingston before, and bore him not the slightest grudge In the world —just wanted a little target practice. Telephone message was hastily sent to the county police, with the result that i Lieutenant Dunbar and Officers T. H. Whitfield and J. B. Pope were soon on the scene. Henson showed fight and the officers had some little trouble to over power him without bloodshed. However, they finally succeeded, and when Hensuu was searched it was found that In ad dition to the pistol he had a big knife open in his pocket and a pair of brass knuckles. Southwest’s Coldest Weather KANSAS CITY, Dec. 20.—Southern Ok lahoma and the pan handle in Texas are experiencing the coldest weather of the season today. Ardmore, Okla., and Abi lene. Tex., reported four degrees above zero, and Fort Worth eight above. In Kansas the temperatre ranged from ten above at Wichita to zero at Concor dia, . .. -. , ’ —. rj i_ iiMt OESPERAOO KILLS SELF, HEMMED IN HI POSSE With All Chance of Escape Gone, Negro in Swamp Shoots Self to Death (By Aassciatad Braaa.) MOBILE, Ala., Dee. 20.—A special from Abbeville, Ala., says: * The most thrilling posse search which ever occurred in Henry county terminat ed yesterday afternoon when Roy O’Haro the young negro desperado, either killed himself or was killed by a member of the posse which surrounded him. Ever since Tuesday last when the negro shot Offi cers Holly and Thomas, the chase con tinued. Bloodhounds pursued him so closely that he shot the leader down and Sheriff But ler was forced to come to Abbeville to telegraph fur more dogs. One mile south of here, at the entrance to the Choctaw hatchie swamp, a cordon of 100 men sur rounded him. Wounded, barefooted and tired, he saw that escape was impossible. Rather than fall Into the hands of his pursuers he placed the barrel of his shot gin to his breast and pushed the trigger with his toe. His body was tied to a buggy and drag ged to Abbeville, and placed In the court house, where it lay for several hours. SHOfllilflTSlijllD / WOMEN IN I’ftNlC Louisville Building Inspector Says Ankle Dresses Are Necessary (By Auociatsd Brew.) LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 20.—" Women wearing skirts longer than ankle length should be barred from the theatre,” de clares Col. R. J. Tilford, building inspec tor, and he has prepared an ordinance to that effect for the consideration of the general council. “No woman should wear a skirt to the theatre or any other public place that comes closer than four inches to the ground,” says Colonel Tilford. “Provision against the wearing of skirts with trains is just as important as legislation de manding asbestos curtains, fire escapes and numerous exits. “If necessary, provision should be made at the theatres so women wearing even ing gowns could procure shorter skirts to wear during the performance and until time to leave the theatre. The possibility of tripping over a trailing skirt in the event of panic is one of the greatest dan gers of a crowded building. At the bot tom of the heaps of dead in the Iroquois theatre fire were found women wearing trains and they stumbled and ths others piled on them.” CARDINAL SATOLLI, IS REPORTED BETTER HOME. Dec. 20.—The condition of Cardinal Satolli, who is suffering from nephritis, was improved today, although still grave. Ite phy sicians are worried most by the weakness of tne patient’s heart. All of the cardinals in Koine called at th* Vatican today, while those outside the city telegraphed inquiries and expressions of hope for his ultimate recovery. Among the cable messages received from America was one tn Latin from Archbishop Ireland. Cardinal Satolli was especially pleased at its receipt •nd exclaimed: “Lio U my , Mil IS GRIPPED BY STERN ICE KING: STREETSUKE GLASS Horses and Mules Fall in Showers and the Veteri narians and Horse Shoers Are Busiest Men in City TROLLEY CARS RUN ON TIME, DESPITE FREEZE Telephone System Is Not Dis turbed and All Wires Are Working Well-Coal Men Reap a Regular Harvest Suffering snow shoes! Such a sleet! Scrambled weather on the half-shell! Uncle Sam's weather bureau has evi dently gone Into the department store business, and stands ready to hand out any old kind of climate that the public doesn't want. Far be it from the residents of Atlanta to cast up, or to raise the baby howl be cause the sun falls to shine once in awhile or the breath of the perfumed breezes grows clammy and chill, but when tho man who hands out the daily dose wraps up such a tempestuous package as that which was dumped upon the devoted heads of the populace Sunday, then It is time to arise and tell the dopester what a weather-warped, slab-sided, hard-hearted pessimist he really is. Everybody knows that it snowed Satur day. First fall of the year. Then the weather man announced that it would be bitter cold Sunday morning, but clear and beautiful as an arctic dream. DIVING SUITS SUNDAY. What the people needed Sunday morn ing was diving suits and submarines. During the afternoon of Saturday every body who could find his ticket was busy as a cranberry merchant getting his over coat and ear muffs. Sunday morning, in stead of being clear and cold, was cloudy, clammy, and disagreeable, with a pene trating rain coming from every direction and the kind of temperature that just sinks into one's bones. Later on it began to freeze, and the trees, wires, fences and practically every thing else put of doors was soon encased in a eoai’ef chilly mail All day long the unpleasant weather continued, although the streets did not begin to get dangerous until quite late Bunday night. Then the weather man's delayed cold began o make Iteslf appar ent, and the rain froze as fast as it felt A BEAUTIFUL SPECTACLE. It was a beautiful sight—though cruel withal—that greeted the people of At lanta on Monday morning. The storm clouds of the night before were all gone, the air was cold, sparkling and clear as the crystal stream of a mountain spring. Sleet covered the entire face of the dty. The streets shone resplendant as the frozen surface of a wintry lake. Even plies of sand took on new and attractive form, looking for all the world like huge mounds of brown chocolate encased in transpareent icing. When the sun -broke through the mists of the morning, the spectacle was brilliant. Every leaf, every twfg, every bare branch, clad in their armor of Ice shone, and sparkled with the rainbow hues of a million diamonds. The air was perfectly still, and the whole scene presented the appearance of a vivid pic ture, Idealized a thousand times. SHOWER OF MLLES. The streets were a veritable skating rink, and a heavy shower of mules and horses fell before the ponce got busy and stopped the teams from going into dangerous places. Some of the early morning catastro phes were pitiful. Veterinarians were kept busy ministering to tne poor mules and horses that slipped and Injured themselves to falling. Heavy team traf fic was early stopped on Whitehall and Peachtree and Broad streets, &nd no teams were allowed upon the Wh/tehall street viaduct, where the steep approach rendered footing very uncertain. Orders were issued by the chief of police that all teams must be rough shod, and the blacksmiths of the city were kept busy ministering to the needs of the teams that the patrolmen sent to them. The mercury stood at 25 at 7 o'clock in the morning, and there was no ap preciable rise during the early hours. COAL DEALERS BUSY. Coal dealers had their own troubles, for the people, confident that things needed warming up, literally swamped the coal yards with orders. Every coal wagon in the elty was trying to deliv er three loads at once, and this, to- , gether with the Insecure footing, things pretty steep. The sleet was not heavy enough aelay railroad trains or street cars, the * telegraph, telephone and elecMH wires Stood up well under their IcMM of Ice. 'lhe Georgia Railway and company report that their cars » the regular schedule all day and started out Monday their usual runs. TAFT IGNORES A MBH ROOSEVELT FAVCW j. Appoints Hitch in Illinois of Sloan, Whom Cannon Opposed WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. —Considera- ble interest attaches today to the nom ination sent to the senate by President Taft of Charles P. Hicth. of Paris, 111., to be United States marshal for the eastern district of that state. It had been current gossip that President Roosevelt before leaving office had se lected this place as a reward for James Sloan, Jr, of Danville, 111., the secret service man who always accom panied him In his travels through toe country, who swam creeks with him In the dead of winter, climbed precipices and participated in all of the strenuous outdoor doings in the last administra tion. Sloan has been on duty with Presi dent TafT since the latter’s Inaugura tion. Speaker Cannon, whose home is at Danville, **as one of Sloan’s opponents and urged the appointment of Hitch, who has held the office for 20 years. Senator Cullom, it is said, also favored No. 28.
