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The Weather: Atlanta and Vicinity: fair tonight and Satur- (Jtj-; cooler tonight. Atlanta Georgian (and news) VOL. V. NO. 230. ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY,. MARCII 29, 1907. PRICE: EASTER BONNETS Dynamite Used to Check Course of Flames, But Fire Depart ment Is Helpless. RESIDENCE DISTRICT IS BURNING Conflagration Began in Warehouse and De stroyed Stores, Churches and Residences. Special to The Georgian. Newberry, S. C.,, March 29.—At 2:30 o’clock this afternoon the fire was believed to be under control'. Newberry, S. C., March 29.—A fire which broke out in the warehouse of R. C. Williams at 11:40 o’clock this morning, has destroyed 16 stores, 3 churches and between 40 and 60 residences. It is still spreading and the fire department has been unable to cope with the conflagration. Dynamite is being used by the fire department to check the course of the flames and a number of buildings have been blown to pieces. The fire spread rapidly from the business district to the residence portion of the city. A strong wind is fanning the flames. ■pedal t° The Georgian. Water Main* Are Buret. Greenville. S. C., March 29.—A disastrous fire was reported raging at Newberry, S. when the wires went down conectlng with this city at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The report received here was that seventy-five stores and houses were burned and that dynamite was being used In an attempt to check the flames. The water mains were burst and the Are department was power less to cope with tho flames. The flames were being driven through the heart of the city by a strong wind. Business Block Destroyed. Augusta. Ga., March 28.—A message from Newberry states that the Are raging thsro threatens ito destroy tho town and that the Are flghlng appa ratus and waterworks are insufficient to stay the flames. The town has a pop ulation of seven or eight thousand Inhabitant!^ Latest : * hl f t ffvrsfnrt-s and twelve residences have been burned, lricludlng the big busi ness block cryitnlnlng the large mercantile establishment of Summer-Broth ers, und other large stores. ... . . . . The Bell Telephone exchange In that block has been abandoned and communication by 'phono Is cut off entirely. The Western Union wires are still standing, but no response can bo had from that office, Indicating the fire t s near the office. MANY STORES BURNED. The list of stores und business houses destroyed Includes the follow- HAY8 & CO., oroeertes. JOHNSTON GROCERY COMPANY. R. C. WILLIAMS, buggy* and wagons. SHELLY 4 SUMMERS, furmturs. SALTER, photographer. SALTER, morchandiso. 3ENN & BURKE, bakery. BOOZER BROTHERS, groeera. J. H. M’CULLOUGH, druggi^a. A. C. THOMAS, groceries. WATTS RACKET STORE. LIVINGSTON 4 LOMERICK, groeers. JACK BROWN, stable*. T. J. SENN, market. T)fc W Presbyterian * church. thoArp church and about fifty residences * C r C’haDMdia S C March 29.—The principal business blocks of Newberry have boeTwfpedoui’by a fire which Is still raging. Columbia has been called on tor assistance. ROOSEVELT LIKELY TO GIVE IN SPEECH S BABE INTO OCEAN Has Been Asked to Speak at Springfield, Illinois. I'aHhtnfton, March 29.—Tho presi- it. It Ih understood, has almost be-?n suaded to change his expressed de clination to keep silent on the rall- il question. The chances arc now ut even that he will comply with request of the representatives of Illinois manufacturers and business c and go to Springfield to deliver a eeh, having for its object the resto- ion of public confidence, develops that the conference at White House Wednesday night at- led by members of the cabinet and he interstate commerce commission AMHlxtant Secretary of State Ba- . the consensus of opinion was very >ng in favor of the president ar- 'ing the invitation to speak on the way and industrial situation at ingfleld at an early date, to be fixed himself. Cardinal Macchi Stricken by Death R«me, March 29.—Cardinal Luigi •'la^chl, secretary of apostolic briefs, JIM today after a stroke of apoplexy. ifriUf-rday morning he celebrated mass was stricken shortly afterwards. !?*,"«» born in Braxll In 1832 and was ““■le cardinal In 1898. Italian Is Prevented from Drowning Herself at Sea. New York. March 29.—The captain of the steamer Konlg Albert, which arrived today from Oenoa. Naples and Gibraltar, reports that during the voy age Fllomcna Aqullo, an Italian steer age passenger, threw her Infant daugh ter, 14 months old. through a port hole overboard. Search by . the crew failed to find the baby. The mother attempted to drown herself, but- was prevented. 000^900000O00O0000O0OO0DOO 0 ° O FEAR8 A COLD 8NAP. O 0 SAYS THE OLD SETTLER. O O 0 0 -Look for a freeze the night be- 0 0 fore Easter—If It does not come 0 0 sooner." salth the old settler. O O If that holds good soms vege- v 0 tatlon Is In for a nipping about O O Saturday night. While Indlca- O O tlons point to cooler Friday night. 0 O nothing alarming appears on the O O horixon—now. Forecast: D O ••Fair Friday night and Satur- O O day; cooler Friday night. O Friday’s temperatures: O 0 7 o'clock a. «® degrees 0 g o'clock a. J® degrees O _ 9 o'clock a. m J4 degrees O O 10 o'clock a. m •» degrees 0 11 o'clock a. 71 degrees O O 12 O'clock noon •« <^re* g 1 o'clock p. J; degrees O 2 o'clock p. * s degrees O 00000000000000000000000000 HE’S ABLE 10 THE TOPIC OF THE HOUR ON THE EVE OF THE PARADE. FRASER STREET SCHOOL VISITS THE GEORGIAN STANFORD WHITE OVERDRAWN FORTUNE DAV HE JET DEATH Money From Sale of Home and Insurance to Pay Debt. THE FRASER STREET SCHOOL BUILDING. ‘It Is wonderful,” said one of the vis iting teachers. "I never knew that a machine could be so nearly human. And I never realised what It means to print a great newspaper every day. frjsh from bottom to top.” It was Fraser Street school's day at The Georgian plant, and teachers and pupils alike were Intensely Interested In the exhibition gjven them. They followed a piece of "copy" as It went from the reporter’s hands, past the city editor, fo the composing room, was set up on the linotype machines, was made up" In the "form," converted Into matrix," -cast Into a semi-circular metal "plate” and placed on the big press. Then they saw the finished newspaper come tumbling out of the prees, while whirling rolls of white pa per spun swiftly through to feed the Insatiable steel monster. One department of especial Interest was tho mailing room, where The Georgian Is wrapped, addressed and sent flying to the trains for subscribers In other cities and towns. If the com posing room Is a marvel of mechanical perfection, the mailing room Is the acme of high speed manual work. The little army of boys around the big ta bles work with marvelous rapidity, for whether the paper Is a minute or two early or a minute or two late the malts must be caught. Anil they seldom leave without The Georgian. THE GEORGIAN'S GUESTS TEACHERS AND PUPILS tb* Ff**«*r »tri*et aobool, Invited to The Georifimi: Teacher*. Mias Myrtl* Smith, MIh* Mary W. Partell, MImh L. A. Field, Minn C. V. llartsllelil, MIm E. MtMenjfnlc, Mi** Mary W. Martin, Mia* Byrnlua Dttfn*. MIm Zourite finite, MIm Annie L. Fuller, MIm I.uclle Moyers. MIm Mollle Stevens, MIm Florence Harry. Miss Nannie Jones. MIm Mnude McDaniel Joseph— Pauline Adams, Iris Blackwell, Until Bowden, Willie Farrar, Irene Garvin, Dora Lee I Hers, Marlon Holmes, Bailie MasiiLuru, Mamie Milner. Allen element#, I .con Cohn, Minnie Duun, Hylvte Galliuiml, Jewel Graham, Clara Hoffman, Clara Kilgore, Annie Milner, Itoy Blackman, Htedmau Burgess, Hcuheu Dvuunrd, Hugh Estes, Veater Garraux, David Johnson, George Marvin, Ernest McGee, Cabell Parker, Garrett Ware, Charles Gallmard, Joe Griffin, Allen Jones. Itoliert McDougnll, Itoy Milner, Itoy Htewnrt, John Warwick. tieorgo V Courttnnd Winn. 8ev«nth Grade. Eloloe Adams, Claud Dntiey, Annie Lou Bowen, Vivian Bowie, Ernest Borowsky, Benton Cotney, Max Dlckstcin. Bernard Fuller. Eugene Gnilmnnl. Willie McDougnll, Merer Goldltenr, Jedrile Grabaui Mary Gruhta. Amm Hardwick, Ellen Harper, vesta llaygood, Celia liters. L**hn Hymen, Maud Haynes, Mary Etta Herring, At»e Jaffa, 1 hitman lso«b, ITue Mniiu. JiitiK'M Moore. John McCarthy, Elolse €lny, William MeCollough, Wllllatiilna Heins, Isaac Hives. Com Ilelle S'lni tb. Hurry Hiieetor, * -nilee \aimersoa, KANSAS CITY LIKELY TO BAR SHAW PLAY Kansas City. Mo., March 29.—John Hayes, chief of police and censor of plays. Is to deride whether "Mr*. War ren’s Profession" la to be played at the ted In Ka; Willi* Wood theater, beginning Sunday night, by Rose Coghlan and a company. Frank Roscseltc, of the board of po lice commissioner*, read the play and directed Chief Hayes to notify tho management of the theater that the play wai of a nature not to be perwil- City. New York, March 29.—It developed today that Btanfofd White, on June- 25, 1906, the day on which he was shot down by Harry Thaw, was overdrawn In hi* accounts with his Arm to the extent of about 3600,060. According to the etatement made by a friend. White lost about 1200,000 In Wall street a year ago. He appealed to his friends and they agreed to take up the account and carry It until his losses were wiped out. providing he would sign a promise never again to speculate. Mr. White agreed to this and his losses were token over by a syndicate, which subsequently recover ed almost all that had been advanced by a rising market. To meet White's debts to his firm,' however, at the direction of Mrs. White the proceeds of the sale of the former home of the Whites at No. 121 East Twenty-flrst street and the great quan tity of art treasures It contained are to go to the Arm to pay at least part of tho debt of Mr. White. Also It became known that Mrs. White had given In structlons that the amount received from the Insurance on her husband's life should be applied to the same ac count. Mrs. Stanford White Is understood to have been well provided for by her relatives, who ore wealthy. She was Miss Bessie Smith, the daughter of Judge Lawrence Smith, of New York, and a descendant of Colonel Richard Smith, the original patentee of Smith- town, L. I. The family had been prom inent and wealthy for many genera tions. TO George Fawcett Company Begins Engagement in May. Announcement Is made that a slock company will show at the Grand this summer. L. DeGIvo, when asked Friday afternoon If this were true, replied In the affirmative, stating that arrange ments had practically been completed with the George Fawcett Stock Com pany, of Baltimore. The company will begin Its run about the middle of May, and. If business Astonished His Own Counsel by Lucid Explanations. LUNACY BOARD PLIED QUESTIONS FIFTY KILLED 1ECK OF Belief Strong That He Will Be Declared Sane Without Delay. 00000000000000000000000000 0 O 0 WANTS UNWRITTEN LAW O O ON STATUTE BOOKS. Q 0 • 0 O Richmond, Va., March 29.— 0 O Moved by the Thaw case and the 0 0 Culpeper, Va.. tragedy, Senator 0 0 Lewis H. Marchan, of Virginia, 0 O announces that he will Introduce 0 In the legislature a bill to make O the “unwritten law" a written O O law. 0 O 0 O00000000000000000C000000O New York. March 29.—Present In dications are that the trial of Harry Thaw will be resumed early next week at the point where It was Interrupted by District Attorney Jerome demanding a lunacy commission. The examina tion of Thaw yesterday Is believed to have convinced the examiners that he Is perfectly sane within the meaning of the statute. Thaw's lawyers believe he will make equally as good showing at ths exami nation tomorrow, and that the commis sion will report he is sane Moi\day when the Jury meets again. While the examination yesterday was behind closed doors, It was learned positively today that Thaw answered every question In apparently rational manner, and It whs aHsertod by those who heard him and wore willing to talk that, In their opinion, he hnd Impressed the commissioners as being sane. and. therefore, lit to advise with his counsel In the conduct of his cose. Thaw was alert and confident and was pllsd with questions as to various phases of the trial, the selection of the lury, objections mads by counsel, and Is understanding of such matters. May Be Only Mental. It was apparent that the commission purposed to deal solely with the legal definition of Insanity as applied to Thaw, which Is different from the med- leal definition. This was clearly Indi cated when It was stated today that the commission had practically decided not to subject Thaw to a physical ex amination. According to the law, the commission can declare Thaw sane If sufficiently convinced that he has a thorough un derstanding of what Is going on around him, If he appreciate* ths Importance of various points In his trial and of va rious measures advocated by his attor. hyslclans, however, recognize sev eral forms of insanity, some of them Incurable, which iiermlt of all this, but. nevertheless, In their opinion, make the subject a dangerous member of the community If permitted to be outside in Insane asylum. Thaw Aatonishes Counsel. Thaw astonished even his own coun- Crew of Freight En gine Held Respon sible. THEIR BAIL FIXED AT $1,000 EACH Switch Was Left Open And Overland Flyer Crashed Into Ditch. Continued on Page Eight. Colton. Cal., March 29.—The death list of the Southern Pacific wreck will exceed fifty. A dozen of the wounded are in a serious condition. Three or four are certain to die. The only iden tified Americans among the dead are George L. Sharpe, of Munclo, Ind., and W. Shea. Mall Clerk Milton Hill, of Now York. Is reported dead. It has been established that tho wreck was due to carelessness of a switch engine crew, who left the switch open .when entering a elding Just be fore the arrival of the Overland. The coroner held In 21,000 each the threo accused members of tho switch engine. Colton, Cal., March. 29.—Not less than 28 persons, most of them foreigners, are known to havo been killed outright near here when the westbound South ern Pacific train, from New Orleans to San Francisco, was derailed yesterday afternoon. Investigation of charges of criminal carelessness has bcen'lnstltuted Into the Wreck. Tho train was running at high speed and, it is charged, a switch was carelessly left open. One Italian woman was killed. In the confusion that followed there kt little to bo learned of the actual cause of tho wreck, or the names of tho victims, although It has been found that some of tho bodies recovered are those of Italian laborers. 100 Persons Injured. There are no less than 100 Injured, and many of theso may die. Many are Eastern tourists, who were going to spend the'sprlng In California. Rsn Into Open Switch. Ten of the fourteen coaches of the train ran Into an open switch and all of them left the track and Jumped Into the ditch, where they were piled up in a mass of wreckage. Four of them were smashed to pieces. George L. Sharp, of Muncle, Ind., a wealthy manufacturer, was one of tho victims. He was dead when taken from the wreck. The engineer, Clar ence Worthington, and the fireman, Victor Crable, were both horribly scalded by escaping steam. The bag gageman was one of thoee killed. Hospitals Are Crowded. The hospitals here are filled with tho Injured. Many of the wounded died after being removed from the debris. Only a miracle saved tho members of the Florence Robert* theatrical com pany from dpath. They were In a special car attached to the train, and It was thrown from the track, both ends were splintered by the crash and only two members of the company were In jured. The actors and actresses aided n the work of erscue. Justifies, will continue throughout most of the summer. It Is also stated that arrangements are being made with several high-class vaudeville troupes to appear at the Grand. The Indications are that the Grand will be dark only a few week* during the entire summer. In this connscflon It Is rumored that the Hopkins Company, the well-known vaudeville proprietors and promoters.. will produce vaudeville at the El Dora-1 do cither this summer or next fall. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian records here etch day some economic fact In reference to the onward march of the tooth. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. area, yet few really grasp Its Immense scope and vast productive possi bilities.. It Is nearly thirty-two times the site of Massachusetts, almost equal In area to five such great states as Iowa. Its governor estimated Its population on January 1, 1807, at 3,800,000, a growth since 1900 of 851,290. That Increase exceeds : Increase exceeds the entire popula te. tlon of Florida or Colorado In 1900, and nearly equals that of Maj And the state la filling up rapidly, from the North mainly. The farms, factories and mines of Texas produced for sale last year, at cost prices, an output of fully 1700,000,000. enough to build 14,000 miles of railroad costing 850,000 per mile, a line about two-thirds around the globe! And It Is reasonably certain that the state wilt double that tremen dous yield within ten years. , The cotton supply of the world In 1905-6 was placed at 14,072,000 bales of 600 pounds each. Of that quantity the United States grew 11,119,800 bales—80 per cent. And of the yield of this country, Texas sold 2,525.000 bales, or about 22 per cent of all harvested In this nation, and over 18 per cent of the total supply of the world. In 1904-8 Texas sold 3.235,000 bales, over 20 per rent of the world's output. The crop for 1900 was worth over 3126,260,- 000 to the grower. In 1900 the census showed Texas as the second state in the Union In value of live stock. It produces corn, wheat, oats and thegrasses with great success. Around the gulf and In southeast Texas generally truck gardening Is growing into a very profitable employment. There all kinds of vegetables are produced In January, February and the spring months for the North ern market, and prices are good, of course. Car loads of strawberries were on the market In January and February from those fields. Excellent literature on this subject ran be procured from the South ern l’aclfic Railway Company, at Houston. Texas, or any of Its Northern offices. The Rock Island Company also has fine descriptive pamphlets concerning the truck farming In the gulf coast region. One of the comparatively new Industries of Texas, and one that prom ises to be of great Importance Is the cultivation of rice. It may he stated In a general way that this promises to be one of the most important branches of Irrigation in this country. Rice Is grown In water three or four Inches deep, kept standing for about three months. It Is estimated that at least 2,000,000 acres of land In the Btate can he thus Irrigated. Ry “slouch” farming, the shiftless, careless variety, the yield Is about nine barrels per acre. By careful, diligent work, fifteen or more barrels can be realized Just as well. Japanese in Texas harvest around twenty barrels, and the record has exceeded thirty-six barrels. The firm price Is about 88 per barrels, so that good cultivation will produce from 846 an acre up. The straw t- as good for feet) as wheat straw. The future rice crop of Texas tray easily be 875,000,000 a year, ami may reach 8100.000,000.