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VOL. V. NO. 229.
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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 28,1907.
PPTfll?. I» Atlanta: TWO CENTS.
XTIAX^Lj. On Trains: FIVE CKMM.
IS WITNESS
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Jerome Is Planning
Startling
a
Coup.
HARRY AND EVELYN
ARE NEAR COLLAPSE
Alienist Evans Goes to
Tombs to Coach Slayer
o£ White.
New fork, March 28.—The Thaw
lunacy commissioners took their seat
In the court room at 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon. Thaw was brought In Imme
diately afterward and assigned to a
■eat behind the rail Immediately in
front of Mr. McClure, the presiding
commissioner.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw occupied
■eat In the Thaw row with Edward and
Joslah Thaw on either side of her. The
other women relatives of the defendant
were not In the court room.
New York, March 28.—The commie-
■Ion appointed by Justice Fitzgerald
to examine Harry Kendall Thaw and
report upon the present mental condl
tlon of the slayer of Stanford White,
will meet this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The examination will take place
the court room, where Thaw has been
«i trial for the past nine weeks, and,
In general, will be open to the public.
There will be executive sessions, how,
ever, from time to time.
McClure Succeeds O'Brien.
Former Supreme Court Juetlce Mor
gan J. O'Brien, who was chairman
the original commission, resigned late
yesterday afternoon and David Mc
Clure, a prominent lawyer of New York
city, was named In hie place. The com
mission selected Mr. McClure as chair
man. _ . ,-
■•---■r ti .In-I I or- Fltrc-TH
Judge O’Brien said he was compelled
to resign from the commission on ac
count of hla henlth and professional
engagements entered Into previously,
Jury Held Together.
The Thaw Jury hoe been dismissed
until Monday morning, and It will be
excused from day to day until the luna
cy commission has completed Its In
restlgatlon and filed Its report with the
court. The commission may not com
plete its labors until some time next
week.
The fact that Harry K. Thaw and
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw were today nearer
a complete nervous collapse than at
any time since the trial began, led the
lunacy commissioners to announce that
their Inquiry as to his mental condl
tlon would be rushed with all possible
■peed.
Thaw waa anxious to be called as the
first witness In his own behalf at the
owning session today. The members
BULK STRIKE
Railroads Ask For
Arbitration Under
Law.
WHEN THE TRUST DIES
50,000 TRAINMEN
READY TO QUIT I
Order Declaring Walkout |
May Be Called
This Week.
of the commission announced that they
*ou)d probably grant the accused
man's request and permit him to take
the stand at once. It has been planned
that any of the lawyers for either elde
and any of the alienists for either side
can question Thaw at any time and on
any subject, so long as the question
does not In any way Involve the killing
of Stanford White.
Evelyn Thaw Is III.
The physical condition of Thaw waa
•uch today that It was considered
doubtful If he would be able to stand
continuously the long mental exami
nation which had been planned. His
keepers In the Tombs said that he was
* n a highly nervous state; that he had
•pent a restless night and was excep
tlonally Irritable.
At the Hotel Lorraine It was an
nounced today that Evelyn Nesblt
inaw was on the verge of a nervous
breakdown. Seldom has a much
stronger woman stood the strain un
der which this frail young woman hac
been for ten weeks. It was said at the
hotel that young Mrs. Thaw's condition
5“ nhlful. So fearful Is the elder
" n - Thaw that the young woman will
,7 uiimpr lliui bii
doctor to see Evelyn dally.
May Take Week*,
while the commission has expressed
* ''ullngneas to rush the matter
through because of the condition of
jbuw and hie Wife, it Is generally be-
"2* chat the Inquiry may last sev
er^ weeks.
District Attorney Jerome hae had
,n pamphlet form all of the
testimony adduced at the trial which
touches on the sanity of Thaw at any
June of his life. Nothing, however, has
been Included In the pamphlet which
Ivtuttf* ° n the “ ,aylng of stan,ord
„,T!’e*e wero printed for the reference
members of the commission. His
Jr*™ also had printed many docu-
ment, which will he used for reference
“bring the innulry.
_ _ Thaw Being ‘‘Coached."
, lt “ r Britton D. Evane. the alienist who
Proied such n stumbling block to Je-
™ne, visited Thaw today. It is report.
J? “• 1“ "coaching” the defendant for
, 'unacy commission.
Lawyer Hartrldge made the positive
"bbouncement that Thaw will take the
’and before the commission,
cartridge explained that Jerome will
JT Prevented from cross-examining
,,. n If possible. Jerome said If Thaw
i** e * the stand he will be treated us
“by other witness.
" hen Evelyn Tl.aw arrived at tha
tombs today her eyes were red and
a.-llen from weeping and she seemed
jrarcely able to walk. Half supported
Mrs. J. j. Cain, her Intimate friend.
Mwed through the corridor and
*“* taken to her husband's celt
Chicago, March 28.—The railroad
managers tried-to force arbitration of
the wage demands of the conductors
and trainmen under the Erdman act to
day to prevent the strike committee ofj
the two unions from oderlng a suspen
sion of work to obtain a 12 per cent
wage Increaee on a nine-hour day ba-
els. after being Instructed In the big
referendum vote.
Although 97 per cent of the 50,000
union members declared by their votes
they would strike to obtain this In
crease, the managers Insist that they
must arbitrate although they refused to
arbitrate when the men were asking
for 15 per cent on the eight-hour ba
sis, a demand afterwards waived. Now
they want to arbitrate the compromise
offer.
Must Request Meeting.
At 10:30 o’clock the big strike com
mittee of two unions opened Its ses
sions In the grill room at the Sherman
House. It was announced that no fur
ther conferences with the managers
would be held unless the latter request
CRIPPLED SUP
S?,?,T-°a N T^ C i!. N X;?Jc S w CL £L'C!uI <: !-r H ^. VE discovered that the soul weighs at death of the body from one-quarter
OF AN OUNCE to AN OUNCE.—NEW8 ITEM.
STATE FIGHTS
STREET PLAN
It.
The railroad employees are opposed
to tho Interference of outside parties.
If forty-three railroads west of Cbl-
ii ioriy-mree railroads west -oi uni-1111 • « t-v • |-* .
cago are to be tied up and Kansas City, WOUlU KlllI! PrODertV
St. Louis, Omaha, Denver. San Fran-1 c 1 '■J
of Georgia State
Road.
cisco, Seattle, Los Angeles and other
big commercial centers Isolated, It will
be because the railroads forced the
men to the wall and tried to pusll them
through.-' «>f A—;
May Order Strike.
“We can't predict anything more,"
said Grand Master Morrissey of the
Trainmen, today. "Our conference must | Georgia Is preparing to light
decide and I retrain from saying any- I scheme on foot In Chattanooga which,
th’ag except what the committee au- I if carried through succeaafully, would
thorizes me to say. We hold the power destroy the valuable terminals In that
of attorney to carry out the expressions e |ty of the Western and Atlantic—the
of our membership, as shown by the state railroad,
referendum vote and that vote says: I a measure has been Introduced In
fQotour demands If we have to strike I (be Tennessee general assembly em
bc | s3ued powering the city of Chattanooga to
Immediately! butYhe'workers believe It extend a certain street In such a way
Is coming. No evidence was at hand that It would cut squarely in half the
today to show that the railroads would twenty-three tracks in the yards own
attempt to operate with non-union men. ^ by the atate of Georgia In tha Ten
There was no great activity displayed
Ti" reMread a » Think thev ™s »treet extension would cut tho
U )V. ,h/^,n o «uhm t te arbi- twenty-three tracks In two. and de-
governing dispute. between common .Sd na"l U moan. ?he preset
carriers and t , he . lr . er ’'|’. y * h 1 , , ® tlon of state terminals of Immense
commissioner of labor and ‘^e Inter va|ue whlch |f deatro y e< i by the street
state commerce comm sslon have been l x t en .,on p ropoae a. would mean the
appealed to “ ™ nc ' lla ‘°”^ y * h ® loss of thousands of dollars worth of
L rh ^o^whhm^wemv^four extremely valuable property—and nl
^ected In Chicago within twenty rour | fnnat hsmmtmr off tha atate road fron
hour«.
T
WINS IN FIGHT
AGIST STATE
Minnesota Court Decides
Road Can Make Stock
Issue.
cnensru
TIKES HIS OW* LIFE
most hemming off the state road from
entrance to Chattanooga.
Attorney General Hart.
Attorney General John C. Hart I*
watching the Interests of Georgia close,
ly, but he declines at this time to die
cuss the matter. Judge Hart has re
ceived from the Chattanooga Star the
following telegram, which made him a
bit Indignant:
‘E. 8. Daniels, local attorney, claims
to havs been employed by state of
Boston, Mass., Msrch 28.—Word has I b m giving city rights to Condemn rail-
been received here that "Chick" Stahl, road yards here. Can you tell us If this
who recently resigned as manager of is correct7"
.J JZ.im.rtf.n T ensue baseball Judge Hart would not reply to this
the Boston AmerleanLeague b e l maaaaga but , vh( . n asked by The Geor-
team, committed suicide today at West g(an ha bfld ony statement to make
Baden. Ind„ by drinking carbolic acid. I )n connection with It, said:
- — — ■—« - *•’»! "it Is an official matter v
I do not think It anybody else'.
his room, dead. | paring to fight the Chattanooga propo-
Stahl had been In charge of the Bos- .Won vigorously on behalf of Georgia.
n American League baseball team as At this tlrns he docs not care to go Into
manager'amTHeld captain slnc. Jimmy “ *° how this light Is
Collins suddenly left that club, about 1 * 0 *» carnea
the middle of last season, and so far as FIGHT ON TENNES8EE
was known up *o last Tuesday when STIRS UP CHATTANOOGA,
he resigned as manager ami owner, I Chattanooga Tonn., March 28.—Many
John I. Taylor was put In his place. He people | n this city are claiming that the
was entirely eatlslled with l ’ 1 * P 0 “ ,l, °" I state of Georgia Is sowing some bad
and had given the club owners no aeC(J ln aen(1 | ng a representative to the
cause for complaint. white Tennessee capital to lobby against tho
He has been In charge of them while .. ri _ ht of way - blll
i„ i^nisville. Kv. His action of restg- 5"'.Si .
Ill ------ According 10 me ■lawmeni oi cj. o.
nation on Tuesdas came as a decided Danle | ai a well-known nttomey of this
surprise to his many city, he Is representing the atate of
team and In Boston. rij® Georgia In this matter. It Is said that
“*08 that the cares and worry or inc|•»*** ».m inirnHupaH in
* r | the purpose of the bill Introduced in
position of both “UFL?®]:!.?®!?; the legislature Is to give Chattanooga
tain were too much after the right *° condemn the Nashville
was only retained as fleW railroad yard, here for street purposes.
the owners of the 'Bib had Insisted gp^lng of the hand that the state
upon his remaining In that capacity. of Georgltt )a aa | d to bc taking In the
Stahl waa a genUemanly pIayer and a a citizen said that thU plan
true sportsman, and was »ell liked oy doe( not . gea » W i tb the scheme of
with whom he came In contact. | Governor .s|ect Hoke Smith to get i
_ . vTTrTXT/l nA railroad through Ohio, Kentucky, Ten
CORBIN BANKING CO. | nessee and Ocorgla to the eea.
MAKES ASSIGNMENT ooooogoockioooooooooockioooo
. O INVENTOR DIE8 POOR: 0
Vrtrir \fnrch 28 —'The uilcn* O CARNEGIE IS RICH. O
New lork., 1 ' hou.e for- O Pltt*burg, Pa.. March 28.—John 0
ment of the Corbin Banking houae, for g BrU ,, ynt inventor of the massive 0
merly engaged In the buslnesa of buy- Q r „||| n g mill machinery by which O
Ing
ihTa**ete will exceed the IfabfH- lo which Andrew Carnegie made 0
•a>s th , _ Tbe bul | neaa o most of hi* millions, died here last 0
tax titles, was announced to- a j^mps of Iron weighing tons are O
alls am' Ml
George C. Austin, the assignee,|o run through the rollsand through 0
.he assets will esc. ‘ ^ ^
ties by about 11.000.000.
brought about by the fact that the O In poverty. His fan
aeeuritlcs were of such a character 10<1to! of a broken heart.
Its family say he 0
securities were
they cun not be relied on.
St. Paul, Minn., March 28.—Tho su
premo court of Minnesota this morning
.'ruled the lower courts In the suit
brought te th" mote t i restrain # he
Greet .'Northern ratl-ond from Iseuing
860,000,000 of new stuck.
The state claimed the lasuo of stock
should have the approval of tho stato
railroad commission and secured an In
Junction against the stock Ishuc.
Tho court says that the terms and
conditions upon which corporations
may be created, the powers and capital
stock they maye have, the purposes for
which they may lncreaso their capital
stock and the conditions and Ilmlta
tlons of these are exclusively matters
far legislative action which can not be
delegated.
Any statute, however, which attempts
to authorize tho commission In Its Judg
ment to allow an increase of capital
stock for such purposes, and on auch
terms as It may deed advisable or In Its
discretion to refuse. It would be uncon
stitutional, aa nn attempt to delegate
legislative power.
Another Chapter in Ro
mance of J. Avary
Dailey.
ANNOUNCEMENT SEND8
STOCK UP 5 POINTS,
New York, March 28.—The
nouncement that the Minnesota courts
had granted the Great Northern Rail-
road Company the right to Issue new
stock for Improvements caused an ad
vance of 6 points In the stock of that
the market today. This
fldal effect on the whole market and
advances of from 1 to 4 points were re-
corded In almost every Issue.
PLAN TO ORDER ISSUE
OF THE 8TOCK AT ONCE,
New York, March 28.—RepresentA
lives of the Great Northern Railroad
Company In this city are naturally
gratlfled over the sweeping character
of the decision handed down today by
the supreme court of Minnesota.
Unless present plans are changed the
company purposes to proceed with the
Issuing of the 850,000,000 additional
stock upon the terms as originally
announced.
A part of the proceeds of the new Is
sue will be used to pay for extensive
construction work, some of which Is
completed and a part of which Is still
In progress.
BENTON IS CHOSEN
TO LEARN FACTS
Washington* March 26.—'Tha secre
tary of commerce arid labor has an
nounced the appointment of J. L. Ben
ton, of Monticello, Qa. ( an special agent
to Investigate trade conditions abroad,
with special reference to Investigations
for the marketing of cotton seed prod
ucts.
Mr. Benton Is a member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Interstate
Cotton Seed Crushers*- Association and
also the secretary of the Cotton Seed
Crushers' Association of Georgia. He
was Indorsed by Senator Clay and Ba
con and Representatives Adamson, Lee,
Bell, Bartlett. Lewis, Howard, Brant
ley and Griggs, of Georgia, and Sena
tor Overman, of North Care Una. He Is
also Indorsed by the Interstate Cotton
Seed Crushers' Association and by the
state association^ of Georgia, Alabama,
■Slstpcn^yonr-old .T.Avnry Policy, who mar*
rle<l Mr*. Mono Kltrhens, a poniclj* young
Mow with flvo chlhlrcu. In Sjwirtn Mon
ty. Is oo mote to AtIniita In rlinrico of hi
nthpr. M*v. Aonlf 1. <>i
Whitehall street.
IJtomlly torn from his brldo, the anient
young inuslrlnii is lii-Im* brmmht Lurk
bis mother's borne against bis will, accord
Ing to ml vices from Dublin Thursday morn
log.
Mrs. Dailey left for Dublin, where the
couple went after the ceremony, npd where
tho young man was engaged as teacher
music In tho public schools, as soon as news
of the runaway marriage reached her.
Young Dailey begged hla friends to hide
him from his mother, hut she persuaded
him to come to her boarding house to bid
her good-bye. Once under the maternal
Influenco the youthful grooih. was not at
lowed to leave, and started on tho uuwlll
Ing Joafney to Atlanta Thursday mornlug
under the watchful mother eye.
Wife Is Waiting,
The bride. It seems, Is In Hancock county
and her captive husband may elude the vigil
now kept over him and Join her In Dublin.
Mrs. Dailey, mother of the lad, says that
he Is only a child and has been unduly In
fluenced Into marrying a woman three times
his age.
It Is a most Interesting situation—this
fight for the possession of the handsome
lad with the curly locks and musical tem
perament. Just now the mother controls
the situation, but can she continue with
the winning band. Those who know sty
mined lady,
bov husbaor
Ot*
and l
REV. E.F.
IS ACQUITTED OF
Women Sing Hymn When
Verdict Is Announced
and Men Cheer.
Bpeclal to The Georgian.
Wrlghtavllle, Ga., March 28.—Judge
B. T. Rawlings convened the adjourned
term of the Johnaon county superior
court yesterday and took up the cate
again*t Rev. E. F. Morgan, charged
with perjury. The aolldtor wanted to
nol proas the case, but the counsel In
flated on 4 trial.
Colonel 8. W. Stubbs, of the Savan
nah bar, who volunteered hi* services
lo conduct the case for tha defense,
at the close of hla speech requested the
people of the court room to bow their
heads with him In a word of prayer.
The case wa* given to the Juuy at
11:40 o'clock last night and this morn
ing It returned a verdict completely
vindicating Rev. E. F. Morgan.
At 8 o’clock this morning quite a
number of ladlez met at tha Methodist
church for a prayer service In Rev.
Mr. Morgan's behalf, before receiving
the verdict. The court stated that he
wanted no demonstration whatever aft
er court adjourned.
There waa a good deal of cheering
when some of the ladle* began to sing:
■•All Hall tha Power of Jeaua' Name."
This ends a trial which has attracted
Russian Anarchists
Said To Be Engineer
ing Revolt.
Bucharest, Roumanla, March 28.—
Despite the reticence of officials here.
It develops today that the real pur
pose of the present revolution Is the
removal of King Charles and the queen
and the establishment of a republic.
The king and queen's apartments In
the palace are guarded by picked
troops.
What appeared at Unit to be merely
an agitation among the peasants for
reform In tax and land laws has de
veloped Into a genuine revolution,
which. It Is feared, will sweep over the
entire country, but government officials
here say they have no fear of the out
come, although the movement It known
to be engineered by Russian anarchists
who have a large and carefully organ
ized body of men spreading their doc
It Is Feared That
Greenland Is
Lost.
the
i
NOTHING IS HEARD
FROM MISSING BOAT
Last Sighted as She Was
Being Carried Seaward.
Passengers in Panic.
St. Johns, N. F., March 28.—The
■teamahlp Greenland, with 183 persona
on board. It Is feared la lost oft the
coast of Newfoundland. After break
ing her main shaft, In a battle against
the raging storm, the vessel was blown
helplessly out to sea.
Information brought here today by
the steamship Grand Lake Indicates
that the Greenland Is lost and with
her the 183 persons aha waa known to
have aboard. The Grand Lake waa
unable to assist the Greenland be
cause two blades of her own propeller
had been broken In tha storm and the
■hip had all she could do to find her
way Into port.
The Greenland had signaled to the
Grand Lake that she had asked the
steamship Diana, which passed, to take
aboard 100 of the Greenland's pasaen-
bers, but that the Diana had refused.
According to Captain Knee, of tho
Grand Lake, the Greenland was last
seen on Sunday, being helplessly blown
seaward. All persons on board were
then signaling frantically for help.
The Meet of sealing vessels has had
e worst season ever exp.-rienced, *c-
rdlng to tho word brought In by Cap
tain Knee. Besides being continually
buffeted by the severest storms he said
that the catch had been exceptionally
■htal I.
According to the sealers. It has been
the worst season In more than forty
years. ,
Forty-fourth Ballot Taken.
Providence, B. L, March 28.—The
forty-fourth ballot for United States
senator today gave Goddard 40; Colt,
Wetmore, 28; Utter, 1.
killed dally In lighting between troops
and marauders. The devastation of
states continues and many landlords,
against whom the wrath of the peas
ants had been aroused, have been put
to death.
___ The government has established a
trines throughout the rural districts, i strict censorshtp. Telephone commu-
Hundreds of peasants are being *nlcatlon with Budaoest has stopped.
0000000000000000000000000a Texas, South Carolina and Louisiana, a great deal of attention.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records here escb dsy some
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
In a speech at Anderson, 8. C.. before the chamber of commerce,
Tuesday night, March 26, Mr. Richard H. Edmunds, editor of the Man
ufacturers' Record, said of the growth and progress of the new 8outh:
Material achievements ot the South during the past ten years are
strikingly Illustrated In Its production during that period of:
Cotton, 600-pound boles.
Corn, bushels
Wheat, buahela
Oata, bushels
Lumber, feet
Coal, tona
Petroleum, barrela
Pig Iron, tona
Phosphate, tons.
.. 108.829,000
.. 5,606,441,76!)
.. 687.126.941
659.027,244
..120,000,000,000
576.629.226
263,829,252
.. 27.242.682
16,602,158
In that period, too. the South added to Ita textile equipment 6,067,000
•plndlee, and 16,002 miles to Its railroad lines, bringing the total to 61.035
and exported rrom Ita ports merchandise aggregating In value 34,978,000,-
000.
These are but a few of the records of the notable advance made by the
South, hardly known of by residents of other parts of the country.
Glancing over the intervening time, a time of achievement unparal
leled In economic history, every lover of hla country must be Inspired by
a glance only at auch figures as these:
Population
Farm products—
Value
Manufactures—
Capital
1810.
18.300,000
... <660,000,000 32,000,000.000
..2257.000,000 81,700,000.000
..3457.000,000 32,225.000,000’
Mineral products—
Value
Pig Iron-
Tons
Coal-
Tons
Lumber—
Value
Exports—
Value 3201,000,000
Railroad—
Mileage 20.000 iu.ooo
True property value 17,641,000,000 319,100,000.000
20,000,000
.. 307,000
.. 1000,000
-,| 80,000,000
The last decennial census of the United States showed that, whllt-
between 18*0 and 1*00 the population of the South had Increased 44 i>.-r
cent, the value of Southern forme had Increased from 82.2*0.364.321 to
80,061,681,682, or by SI.66L2I7.21I, equal lo about 01 per cent, sin- .- 1900
the annual value of farm products hae risen to at least 82,000,000.000. an
advance of more than 8720.000,000, this advance being greater than the
total valua twenty-six years ago.
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