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VOL. V. NO. 218.
ATLANTA,. GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 15,1907.
PRICE:
l AtlMUl TWO Cl
FLOOD IN OHIO VALLEY
DOES GREAT DAMAGE
Loss at Pittsburg Esti
mated at $20,-
000,000.
LIVES ARE TAKEN
BY RISING WATERS
Icc Gorges Rushing Down
Streams Are Carrying
Bridges Away.
Pltubgr^. P»., March 16.—The flood
tin reached tta worat and the water*
are slowly receding, according to re-
port* received today by the United
mate, weather bureau from the Alle
gheny ami Monony&heia valleya, which
■how that the water le falling at every
point heard from except Warren and
Franklin, which ahow a alight Increase,
probably <lue to a email back water.
The gorge In the Allegheny river
broke during the night and the body of
Wayne railroad at
different point*, cutting Into the bank
and threatening serjous damage.
Bridge Being Carried Off.
The Forty-third street bridge acroa*
the Allegheny liver ta being elowly car
ried away by tbe Ice gorge that la
•weeping down the river. It la be
lieved other bridge* acroea the Alle
gheny will be ewept down the river.
Thouaande of pereona are lined up
along the river, watching the beam*
of the inonater covered bridge being
.arrled away by the Ice.' Traffic be
tween Plttaburg and Allegheny may be
a (upended.
Ice Gorge I* Forming.
The lower deck of the Fort Wayne
railroad bridge acroaa the Allegheny
river le now covered with water and
he Ire la alao gorging
When the bridge and
hlrd street let go. thi
blocked by the Fort Wayne bridge
and this atructure will probably go.
Should this happen, the Ninth. Sixth,
Seventh and street and Union bridges
will go.
It li estimated that 116,000 people
la Allegheny .county.
DYNAMITE BEING USED
TO FIGHT PITTSBURG FT RE
Plttftburjr, P»., March 15.—Twenty building* were burned to the
ground and eeveral blocks of valuable property on Mount Waahlngton
iS ,re ^i e 5£?. w ** ich »tarted thl« morning In the dry goods atore at
w°. 47 Hhiloh street. Firemen were unable to gain any headway and two
or three bul dlnga have been dynamited. It U likely that eeveral other
building* will be blown up to atop the Are,- which la by far the worat
ever experienced In that part of the city.
’’ iWhile It If Itnpoaifble to" learn the damage fl thla llme It la eetlmated
that damage to the extent of more than S600.900 haa already been done
» om «*hing ia done Immediately the loae will be far greater.
Bulldlnga fo> eeveral equares are being deaerted. all goods being thrown
out Into the atreeta and being carted away. There la abaolutely no water
and the chemleala are aimoet worthies* at tbla atage.
FARMS AND VILLAGES
LAID WASTE BY FLOODS
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 16.—The worat flood In decade* threatens the
lower Ohio river valley today. Farms and village* have been laid waste
and breaks In the big oil and natural gas pipe linea are reported. In this
city the river haa begun to encroach on the lower business section. The
railroads have been driven from the central passenger station.
At Zanesville, where three persona were drowned. Mayor Deacon has
sworn In a large force of special policemen and given orders to confis
cate the boats of owners found charging excessive ferry fares. Borne
families, It was charged, had paid 116 to be rescued.
in Bprlngfleld and vicinity, 200 families are homeless.
JUST A LITTLE FLURRY IN WALL STREET
Called Husband’s
Lawyer, But Wire
Was Bad.
. . "if:
leas. Inch
110.000.000. It _
be taken from
buildings at .MoKgeeport. which is tbs
•erst sufferer of the flood. Reports
from upper points say tbe river is re
ceding and danger of further damage
CORPORATIONS ARE BLAMED
FOR FLOOD CONDITIONS.
Johnstown, Pa.. March 16.—When the
Conctnauffh river and Stony creek
overflowed their banks In the night the
four ventral wharves of the city were
Inundated within thirty minutes.
The water ceased rising at noon and
|. mm falling. The damage Is estl-
rawed at IJ00.00O. The flood Is attrib
uted to the narrowing of the river beds
by land stealing corporations.
SEVEN HOUSES CARRIED
AWAV BY THE FLOOD
Gloucester, Ohio, March 16.—Seven
business house* and contents have gone
down the river and a number of reel-
n.nce,. gas and light plants are flooded
and uncles*. All tbe lower vicinity
residence* are flooded. Many horses
**ve been drowned and the property
dtimige h great.
IS
ft Petersburg. March 1*.—What
probably was a bold attempt of as-
••"•Inn to kill many deputies of the
I 'linn was frustrated today when a
*•' I'urtlon of the celling In the hall
' • -tided hy the douma fell. Over 200
”at.« smashed. Had the accident hap-
i»ii"d when the members were In their
1 nany would have been killed or
hurt. The sitting of the
two true- “Tea. Mrs. Renfro# Jackson called
op from Indianapolis over lb* long-
damage la distance ‘phone Thursday evening."
This statement- wax made Friday by
Samuel D. Hewlett, attorney for Ren
fros Jackson, upon being questioned by
a representative of The Georgian.
Further than thle. Mr. Hewlett said
hot Uttle.
"She called me up at my office, but
on account of a poor telephone connec
tion, I couldn't understand what she
was saying. 1 could gather from what
she told me that she had not heard
that the matter had been published In
the newspapers.
“I also received a telephone call
from a man In Indianapolis, who said
he was an Attorney for Mrs. Jackson.
I don't know the man, and can not
atate positively that he wea an attor
ney. For thle reason, and for others,
I won't say what his object In calling
me was.
"There he* been no agreement
reached, nor has there been any ar
rangement looking to an agreement. As
I have already stated, a divorce suit
will be filed by Mr. Jackaon.
"The situation remalna practically
unchanged.”
From Her Attorney.
An Indlanepolle attorney,
Lowry, sent a telegram lo Atlanta
Thursday, stating that Mrs. Jackson
was In that city In conference with
him. He ateled that her return to At
lanta was doubtful, and that any ref
erence to her In connection with any
man's name would be reaented. He de
clared that there was nothing sensa
tional In the situation.
Called Husband?
It was reported Friday lhat Mrs.
Jackaon had called her husband over
the telephone on the previous night
and that he had refused to talk to
her. Mr. Hewlett was questioned con
cerning this, and made a positive de
nial. It was also reported that Mr.
Hewlett would leave Friday night for
Indiana to confer with Mrs. Jackson's
attorney, but he denied that he would
make this trip or that the Indianapolis
attorney would come to Atlanta.
Waa Creelman Hare?
It la stated on good authority that
Charles S. Creelman was In Atlanta
Sunday. . .
The statement goes lhat he >vaa out
r tin of the chamber. A new
the chamber
I, 1 Hundred, acting under orders
„ ntl-aamatlc leaden. It will take
"ccks to repair the hall. It Is as-
'hat 400 deputies would have
ik.n 1 h * d * h ® douma been In
Stacks by tIrroribtb , _
alarming authorities.
’ •' '•>»'. March 15.—The authorities
.7 ‘" "Inc seriously alarmed at the
f, '“ m ' mucks of the terrorists on
i 7 and soldiery, and today tre-
force of Coeaacke and Infan-
, " lh,> atreete, with instructions to
M , " a 1 he slightest suspicion of Itoa-
j. , " n 'he part of ha angered popu-
attacked, the .
Mr their attacks on unarmed
1 ' «t laid* and other town* when
, ■'‘tilling and knoutlng have become
1 "‘tit occurrences.
tcria the altuatlon wea more **•
v ,'r,iu h LM. 11 >**• txon recently, fre-
' mil killing and wounding a number
j, '' m The reprisals of the troop*
•"‘.‘"luenc* become mon'cruel.
"'ilsabetgnd, rioters started an
V, • tsh outbreak, beating the Jew*
-t thd sacking a number
t. , "'t houae*. The police had to
» >• 1 to end the attacks. One of
» we* killed and a number
TO BE TRIED
FORCONTEMPT
I
Legislature Asks For
Arrest of Nashville
Officials.
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville. Tenn.. March 15.—The
lower house -of tha
tore today declared the twenty-8v*
members of fbe Nashville city council
to be In contempt, ordered warrants te
be Issued for them, end that they be
brought before tbe bar of tbe bouse on
Monday morning next to answer for
the alleged contempt.
This action grew out of the recent
driving Sunday afternoon In the
mou* Thomas Flyer automobile, which
he formerly owned, and lhat he left
thla City Sunday evening ostensibly for
Montgomery.
O. A. Kehm. of 61 Forrest avenue, a
patternmaker for tlie Fulton Foundry
Company, la the man said lo havr been
out motoring with Creelman lari Bun-
day. Mr. Kehm. who Is associated with
Creelman In a business venture, states
that this report was not true and that
Creelman was tail here. . , .
••I have a letter from Creelman dated
last Tuesday from the (Trent Northern
Hotel In Chicago," h* said. But lie
Is not In Chicago now. I know where
he la—* long way from ‘'tanta.hutl
do not care to say. He Is traveling In
the Interest* of our business.
MOTHER WILL GO OR
DAUGHTER WILL RETURN
Otiffin, flit, March 16.—Mr*. Eugene
Sneer of Ihls city, the mother of Mrs.
M??> Speer Jackson, denies that her
daughter left Ailnnla In company with
F. M. Creelman orgny other man. Mrs.
Speer I* III and refuras Idmake a
statement, but It ls_umle.aK.od that ahe
will either go to Indianapolis to Join
her daughter, or that Mrs. Jackaon will
onto to this city to be with her mother.
The |>etltlim for the divorce of Mr.
Jackaon will probably be met with a
croas |H>tlilon from hla wife, and In-
tcresting developments are suggested.
(lrunii relative* of Mr*. Jackson are
not communicative, furthci than t®
Insist that Mr* Jackson ha* not
eloped They allege that she left to
-scape her husbentL
Continued on Peg* Three.
EM THAW
HARRIMAN MAY LOSE HIS POWER
AS RESULT OF WALL STREET PANIC
Moore Bros. Threaten
Usurp His
Throne.
to
WaMMgfan. March " U.—The laaurla]
panic In New York has brought London
te Its knee* before Wall street, and from
the wreck of sseorttiaa It la predicted that
the Moore brothers, of the Rock Island Sys
tem, will usurp llsrrlaun's throne aa the
railroad kings of this continent.
U S. WINS THE GOLDEN
\SCEPTER OF OLD WORLD
Washington, March 16.—A dtgpotcb from England, pleading for Wall
street to refrain from calling for the gold duo on this side of the At-
lantlc, was received yesterday by a leading New York banking houae, and
a copy of the cable was sent to the United State* treasury here, to be bald
as a tribute to the financial graetneaa of the United But**, and aa evi-
The boar movement wee
ant waa Inaugurated, It
athortty, hy the Moor*
Intrenched behind mil-
jrothers, who are
Uona of dollar#, while every goancial Inter
est In the eonelry la aliased on on* aide
PUPILS OF BOULEVARD SCHOOL
WATCH MAKING OF THE GEORGIAN
Lesson of Linotype
Teaches Work and
Patience.
THE BOULEVARD SCHOOL
Friday was Boulevard School day.
and the two upper grades came troop
ing up The Georgian's atalrs just after
2 o'clock 10 see how a big dally la
printed. The boys and girls almost
overflowed the local rooms, and when
they entered the big composing room
there was hardly apace to move. Hut
nobody minded that so long a* the
visitors enjoyed It.
And they seemed lo. The little fel
lows' eyes grew big and round as they
watched the llnotyiie machines. In
stead of a hundred old-time primers
with pipe In mouth, sitting on a high j
stool and picking tip loose type with
dirty fingers, they saw a row of eight
neatly-dressed, well-to-do operator*,
each sitting In front of n shining ma
chine. pressing with hla linger tips a
of key* very much llkr a type
writer. And as the Angers sped over
the keys, the big machines clicked and
the wheels turned and tiny brass
moulds came clattering down a chute,
to be squeeied Into one line and held
a second while hot metal was
pressed against litem Then a shining
bar of metal, still Inti, dropped Into
place, bearing a line of words. Just the
size of one line In till* column.
It seems easy—but the children
only the result and not the long year*
of herd work which made this easy
work possible. It has taken many yeara
and many brains to perfect this type
making machine, the linotype. It was
not built all at once. The flrat ma
chine was a crude affair, unreliable,
full of faults. Then another year of
thought brought one Improvement, the
next year *1111 another. Many men
have pusated their bralna to perft
type-making machinery—and U
perfect even now. Thera will alwaya
be Improvement!.
Neat to the compoalng room, where
the type Is set end the big Iron frames
pared, the visitor* ware Interest'
the giant press In the haatment. Here
they watched the last plate faatened
to the waiting praea and aaw the white
roll* of paper fly through the preaa to
become flnlahed newspaper# at the and
—all counted and folded and ready for
the mail# or tha newaboy* who wait
ed nutalde. When the children reach
their homes and fled Tbe Georgian
waiting for them on their doorstep*,
they will know more of tha making of a
newspaper than many a grown man In
Atlanu known.
Two of tha gnat fee tores of tbe os-
•laught la Ike fact that tha English • banka
have reqaested Wall street not to demand
the gold that England owes this eoontry
at the present rime for fear that “tb*
monetary conditions" ther* "would ho dis
arranged." and the other la that, la spit#
of the terrible havoc wrought among
American railroad aecarillea, Wall strait
Is enabled to grant tr
battling Interests at
keeping up ilielr mart ._
loss.
Thinka Panlo Ovnr.
foiled Rtate* Treasurer Charles H'Trent,
who returned lest night from New York,
where be west to tooh orcr the situation,
soys there le uolhlag alarming In the af
fair thnt concerns anybody blit Ibose df
redly Interested.
it Is n 'Kilkenny cal' affair between a
lot of big Wall atret operators." be says,
"and. ns they ere pnttlug up their margins,
they Serin to lie well supplied Willi muury.
"Sr |iiiulr Is ut an end. I thiuk.
it Is not the iiiltinui* of lireseul conill
lions, but s tltsnb- struggle fietween greet
Interests fighting for contAil. nml Che
of tbe id
' clip
when tbe Idg frIUi
Jerome’s Experts
Swear Thaw Was
Sane. !
SAY HE KNEW
HE DID WRONG
District Attorney’s Army
of One Mind on Ques
tion. .:JS
New York. March 16.—Whan tha
Tha* trial waa resumed this afternoon,
Evelyn Naeblt Thaw, wife of White's
alayer, was called to the witness stand
In an effort to determine whether or
not eh* had been a client of “Abe”
Hummel, tbe lawyer, when he prepared
the alleged damaging affidavit concern
ing Thaw.
Delphln 51. Delmaa. chief counsel In
the defense of Thaw, surprised every
one In court by announcing that he
would not bother to cross-examine the
alienists of tha prosecution, thus Ig
noring the damaging testimony mods
by Jaroma's squadron of experts.
JEROME’S EXPERTS SAY
HARRY THAW WAS BANK.
New York. March 15.—Dr. Auaria B.
Flint, who was on the Hand in the
Thaw trial whan' adjournment waa
taken yesterday, waa called today when
court opened. Delmaa excusad him
from cross-examination temporarily,
and Dr. William 'Hlrscb, of Cornell
Medical Collage, this city, was called.
He qualified aa an expert on Insanity.
District Attorney Jerome failed Urn
jrll
qui
dm
uastton on which Thaw’s ezporta 1
leclared tha defendant waa tnaana. and
aakad If tha wftneaa thought • 1
described In tha quaatlon waa dafas-
tlva of mason at tha time of tha M
and did not kDOW tbe aatara s< tha «*L
Tha witnaas replied (hat he believed
Thaw knew Uie nature of tbe act aMff
that the act waa wrong.
Hlrach said TStSXl
knew the nature of tha act whan
Mr
wit
■■ivu shine
a* “brain i
cuaed, U
A nether Expert Teetlffea.
- Tb* next expert waa Dr. william
Brutus Pritchard, of tills city, who,
among many .others, Is called upon to
visit Blackwell's Island hospital for the
pauper Insane and Infirmary on Staten
Island, where he assists as an attend
ing physician. He graduated from a
college In North Carolina. He la ha
Instructor In mental diseases at the
Polytechnic Hospital.
He declared. In answer lo ih* hypo-
thetlcal question, that In hi* opinion.
Thaw knew what he was doing whan
he killed (he - architect, and readied
that the act waa wrong.
Dalmaa had objected to tha queatlon
framed by Jerome, and the latter said:
"I protest against the learned coun
sel of the Pacific coast tailing me what
questions I am allowed-to aak. 1 am
the sole Judge of what questions I
ought to aak, when I am don* with my
Continued oh Peg* Three.
TEACHERS AND PUPILS
OF TWO UPPER GRADES
Thi* (Mrbfff of thr iMMrrifh «<id rightU
grailiMi of lioulpvart! tfa-hmtl. Inrltrri to visit
The (frunrtau Friday. an*;
Mlaa Kate It. Young, principal: MImm*
Agnra Morgan. Ada ivrrlne. Friendly kticaa
and Kth*d llodnett and Mrs. M. F. Overliy.
Hurray Adaihr.
IJItlau Alexander*
Itolterta Arrington.
Illrdle Cagle.
lary IfeWllltami
Eighth Grad*.
Kathleen hnnglaa,
Alev Anderaon,
NYIimiii Itri'k.
•lamen IndiliR.
Jake Frliluia 11.
Willie llurwei:.
Karl I.eillwt ter,
l.ufber tjnluti,
Iran tttrjdiRlia,
I illffll
Seventh Grade.
lami iMnnell.
Ila Woodruff,
Kalla Wrege,
Kva linker.
Addle lie* I (it’ll.
KilMlx'th lllrd.
tirarv lledlngfltdd.
Ilutli Claridy.
FI (a fA-e Cobb.
Ilutli ciiaiitunn.
I.tudle Oflaoacb.
lM»urH Fentharatou,
Kubr Freeman.
'ITIt* kluard.
F.tonn Joe Kir-
Kfle l.ylr,
F.'ta Mnrria.
klary klmmey.
*• fct-ii* ••■her.
Vlrglult ft anna rd.
Cattle Tborntmi.
Cura WiNHlauu,
Jeaale IVav),
lleriiert klnriiury.
Ilerl»ert fnv«l<*r.
Nathaniel Kpenre,
Willie Htultb.
Harrr Yaugtian.
: om »«. Will lama.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian record* bore each day *****
economic fact In referanea to tbo onward
march or tbt Booth.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
Product* «f cotion aeed are gr. —
try, anil cotton eee.1, once considered practically worthless are now
worth million* of dollar* annually lo the farmer* of the South. Pot-
inn oil mills arc >.|irlnglnK'u|i In all section* of the ball, and Ih# Indus
try Is In a nrosiierotis condition.
J SI Aydelotte. P. A. Nnrrle. both of Bhawnee. O. T.. and aaao-
rlHles are 'arranging for the csliilillshmem of a 6126.000 rollon ooed ell
mill *i Maude, O. T. ^
Ito.'krialc. Texas till Mill report* a good season for Ih* on* Just
passed, having sold large quantltle* of meal.ffcake and hulls In connec
tion with a k'ood turn-oul uf oil.
Allison Frierson, of Aberdeen. Mis*.. Is In correspondence with the
boenl of trade hi C’oluntbl*. Tenn.. relative to the eetabliehment of cot
ton need oil mill i.ferred la ln*t week; capital stock 176.000.
Hamlin ml and I'ntion Companv of Hamlin. Jone* county, Texas,
has been Incorporated, capital slock 660.000.
The new cotion seed oil mill Just completed In Colorado. Teaaa. la
now in active operation, with need enough In sight to ln»uro a very
successful run. It I* probable a considerable string of cattle will be fed
*' * The'cotton and oil Manufacturing Company at 1 JO range. Teaaa. ta
preparing to erect a line brick offl-e building and make other Improve-
"tent* A’ rf " tI1Jt ' nt huslneea zoen of Allcevllle. Ain., was held recently for
the nuriM.se of organnring n slock compony to put In a compress there.
\V c Miller n representative of the Webb Compress Company, waa pres
ent anil made the people a proposition, which will likely bs accepted.
The company will be.capitalised at lin.OOO.
The plant of the Transcontinental Cnmpreaa Company In Clarksville.
Texas, has handled lo date a little more than 40.000 bales of cotton,'and It
IB believed that as many aa two or three thousand balsa will yet be re'-
reived for pressing. The total number of bales handlad during Ut* year
prevloua w-aa but 'little more than 12,500 bales.
Dave Hhaplra. president of the Bankers and Farmers’ Warehouse
Company, wa* In Dallas a few .lay* ago and said five warehouses would
be bull! In Dallas county, one of wl.lch, to coat 120,000, to bo bollt In tha
city of Dallas. _ . . _
The Texas Cotion Manufacturing Company, of Fort Worth, Texas,
haa baen Incorporated with I too.000 capital stock.
The Independent Cotton Ginnera' Association of Oklahoma held their
annual aeaalon of the year recently, closing bp their business nnd mak
ing the preliminary arrangements for the erection of an Independent
cotton seed nil mill ut c U shlng during ih# coming .summer. Thay have
already secured a charier for the company, with Sfe.SOO capital Block.
The so-called trust cotton aeed oil people hev# also secured a choAer
for a mill a« Cushing. «Hh 176.000 capital iltock, and a merry war will
probably result.