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— j wm j >uwuiii iiuhp ww,wuw wiiui min wji in nimmrnmmmm The Weather: Atlanta null Vicinity: portly clonily, probably ,tower* toulglit nud to- Atlanta Georgian (and news) apot Cotton! .MI.iiitn. iiulct; 1Y- VOL. V. NO. 229. S. Orl’iu. qulft; 10U-l«c. Awni/fn «|iit#*r; llVic. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 28,1907. PPTfll?. I» Atlanta: TWO CENTS. XTIAX^Lj. On Trains: FIVE CKMM. IS WITNESS L 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. . jftamlfr. 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