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The Weather: Following Is forec-i! for Atlnnta and vldi !ty: Kota tonight; So' urtlay fair and colder. Atlanta Georgian (and news) Spot. Cotton: I.lr.Tpo.,1, steady; 6.03d N. Orl’iiK, firm; 10 9 16c. VOL. V. NO. 236. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 5,1907. pT>T/TI7. In Atlanta: TWO CENTS. iTXVX^rj. On Tralna: FIVE CENTS. TWENTY KILLED, ONE HUNDRED INJURED BY CYCLONE WHICH WRECKED TOWN; FACTORIES DEMOLISHED BY STORK Alexandria. Destroyed t While Inhabitants Were Sleeping. HOUSES DESTROYED; STOCK BLOWN AWAY Railroad and Commercial Town in Central Louis iana Struck by Cy clone. MAKING OF A NEWSPAPER WATCHED WITH INTEREST BY PUPILS OF EDGEW00D Dallas, Tex., April 15.—Train dispatchers of the Texas and Pa cific railroad here report that in a cyclone at Alexandria, La., about 2 a. m. today at least twen ty persons were killed and more than a hundred injured. The property loss is reported to exceed $1,000,000, in the city and it is many times greater in the country. The storm is reported to have been one of the worst ever seen in that section of the state, and to have wrought appalling havoc. A great part of the town i$ in ruins. Fifty houses have been torn to bits and several stores and facto ries and bnildings demolished, while other buildings were badly shattered. Sleeping Town Destroyed. A wide swath was cut by the cy clone, extending; for mile* through a rich and populous (arming district. According to reports received here, the cyclone struck the town with scarcely a warning note. The sleeping citizens wore aroused by a tremendous, terrifying roar of wind that was scares ly heard before It seemed to All the whole air of the town with a deafening crash. Houses toppled down) or were lifted completely from their foundations and dropped many yards away, a shapeless mass of timbers with their occupants crushed In the ruins. Roofs were torn off and went sailing through the air. Trees wore uprooted and tossed a hundred feet Into the air, and some of them were carried mllee away. Men, women and children and ani mals were caught up In the mighty cur rent of wind and some of them tyere carried a block In the air. Alexandria la in the central portion of the state. It la an Important rail road place of 7,000 population. A special train has gone from Fort Worth with physicians and nurses. NINE REPORTED KILLED BY ALEXANDRIA TORNADO. Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, La., April G.—A cy clone swept over the city of Alexandria. Lu., at about 2 o'clock this morning, "Ith the result that several persons are dead, many Injured and a hundred factories, stores and dwellings wrecked or damaged. The dead which had been removed front the debris are: M. I. DUNN. JOHN BRECK. FOUVILLION WHITE. HOSE DUDLEY. Thirteen persona had been carried to ino hospital suffering from various In- Jurles, some of them fatal. The city power plant, the Alexandria r e and cold storage planf were wreck ed. Further details of the cyclone arc not learned here, but It Is feared that "hen the full report is received the death list will be lncreaaed. EDGEWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL. Teachers and Children Visit The Georgian’ Modern Plant From Top to Bottom and Learn Something New. 2 oao, K H >OOOOOOOOOdOOO«HXMKi ° o 2 BLIZZARD AT MARQUETTE: O ? SUMMER IN ATLANTA. O O 0 2 As an evidence of what a coun- O 2 lr y ihe eagle has to flap hia wings O 2 °ver, a study of the weather map 0 2 offers entertainment, within the 0 2 w' r ) 0< * ending at 7 a. m. Friday, O ; Mobile showed a minimum tern- O 2 Pee’Jture of 64 and Marquette 12. O r Atlanta and vicinity manages to O 2 sta **er along with a aort uf hap- 0 2 py medium. Forecast: 0 2 , , Ra| o Friday night; Saturday O 2 mlr and colder.” O 2 .Friday temperatures: 0 2 I “• m. 5S degrees O 2 8 a - m 60 degrees O 2 , s »• m 63 degrees O 2 ” o- n < 66 degrees 0 2*1 a. m 68 degrees 0 2 *- noon 69 degrees 0 2 1 V. m 70 degree* O J - P. m 71 degrees O CC C 00000000000000000000000 “It’s more interesting than a play,” remarked one of the party of teachers in The Georgian office Friday after noon. She, with her aseoclatea from Edgewood Avenue School, and a whole roomful of children, were being shown through the modern plant from top to bottom. And her remark was echoed by the rest. The children enjoyed their visit no less than the teachers. Every child likes machinery, and these watched with wide-open eyes the clicking lin otypes as they cast the shiny ndiv lines of type for Friday’s Georgian. They saw the deft fingers of the man at the keys, saw the little brass moulds come clattering down-ibe'e chutes, watched the long Iron armbend down and pick up the moulds and stvljtg them Into place as a human arm might pick marbles from the ring! They watched 1 the busy “make-up” men as they placed the typo In the forms. They saw the stalwart stereotypers making the heavy metal plates to be clamped on the press, and, best of all, they watched the big press begin to grind out the flnlBhcd papers, folded, counted, ready to read. They didn't mles anything while they were under The Georgian’: roof. These visits of the school pupils be gan several months ugo, and before they ere discontinued the upper grade pupils of every school will be given an opportunity to visit the plant. No feature of school lifo In Atlanta has at. traded more attention this year than these visits, anti they are anticipated for weeks before and talked of for weeks afterward. 7HE GEORGIAN’S GUESTS FROM EDGE WOOD SCHOOL Tho following teachers and children of Edgewood avenue school were Invited to visit The Georgian: Mrs. W. P. Johnson, .Mins Fslly O. Long, Mrs. W. J. Albert, Miss Ethel Davis, Miss Emms McDowell, Miss May Christian and Miss Pearl Cannon. Eighth Grade. Bertha Allen, Maude Fowler, Hone Harris, Lilia I.ee, Tommie Perdue, Ellen Blttlck, Kuby Kockmorc, John Beck, JoHoph Greenfield, Henry Jameson, Charlie Powell. Mary Bpdinger, Lula Grogan, Klolsc Ivey, Vera Love, Willie Mae VJnlng, lluth King, Leila Powell, Horace Cannon, Ixinnle Herndon, Earle Stone, Seventh Grad*. Allan Chapman. Charles Adair, Clarence Arnold, Willie Acree, George Bell. Walter Brice, P. Paver Greenfield, Grover Mnrka, Fletcher Moreland, Arthur Clarke, William McLeod, Z. A. Terry, William Watson, Mattie Cheek, Ha Mae Ingram, Frances Hightower, Minnie Hornsby. Sixth Pearl Collins, Edward Newlll, Henry Mauldin, Bernard McDermon, Charles Candler, Grady Marks, Grade. Nolle Cc May Bradford, otto Bcoffgfns, Hugh WflFef, Daisy Dennis, iutunn Knox, Augusta KklH.il, Francea Browne, Myrtle Mauldin. GRAND PEACE CONFERENCE OF LABOR AND CAPITAL TO MEET WITH CARNEGIE New York, April G.—The "peace 1 meeting to be held this evening at tho residence of Andrew Carnegie, between 100 representatives of organized labor, 100 representatives of capital and 100 representatives of consumers will be the most notable gathering of the sort since Mrs. Potter Palmer arranged a meeting of capital and labor in her Chicago mansion. Grover Cleveland was one of the few who declined. Mr. Cleveland, who had been osked as a representative of the public, felt' his health would not permit ils attendance. , Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Potter, Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard; Benjamin L Wheeler, of California Uni versity; Nicholas Murray Butler, of Co lumbia University; James Speyer, banker; Seth Low and Cornelius N. Bliss, will, however, be among the rep resentatives of the consumers, or the Pl John 'Mitchell, of the. Mtoenr Fed- oration, who has been ill In Indianap olis, will be here from that city, as one of the foremost representatives of la bor. Others will be Samuel Gompers, A. B. Robertson, grand chief conductor. Order Railway Conductors, Ccdat; Rap- Ids, Iowa; James B. Duncan, grand secretary Granite Cutters of America, Quincy, Mass.; Daniel J. Keefe, presi dent International rlne and Transport Workers Associa tion. Detroit; Warren Slor.e, grand chief Brotherhood Locomotive Engi neers, Cleveland; William D. Mahon, president Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees of America, Detroit: William J. Bowen president Bricklayers' and Masons International Union, Indianapolis; J. J. Hannahan,] grand master Brotherhood of Locomo- i live Firemen. Peoria, III.; James OCon nell president International Associa tion of Machinists, Washington; Jo seph F. Valentine, president Iron Moulders' Union of North America, Cincinnati: James H. kjrocn, president International Typographical Union, In. dlanapotts; Dennia A.Hayes.presh.ent Jsoclatlon of the United States and Can ada, Philadelphia; William Huber, president United Brotherhood of Car penters nnd Joiners of America, In dianapolis, Ind. Among the representatives of capital the following named are expected: Henry Phipps, director United States Steel Corporation; August Belmont, president August Belmont & Co.; W. A. Clark, president United Verde Copper Company; Clarence Mackey, president Postal Telegraph and Cable Company New York; H. H. Vreeland, president New York City Railway Company; Samuel Mather, of Plckands, Mather & Co., Cleveland; Franklin MacVeagh, of Chicago; Ellison A. Smythe, president South Carolina Cotton Manufacturing Association, Pelzer, S. C.; Francis L. Robbins, president Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company, Pittaburg; Don R. Hanna, of M. A. Hanna A Co., Cleveland. SHOTIO DEATH Youthful Slayer Is Captur ed Immediately After the Crime. Sarfuh, Russia, April 5.—A police Inspector named Fleloff was killed here by a 6-year-old schoolboy named Kuz. __ ___ nethoff, who shot him down with a re- GUae* >> Bkiwe»' and Bottl* «'««•« AS- velvet. The boy was captured. WILL FICHT Administration Forces Are Hurriedly Sum moned For Action. Washington, April 5—.President Roosevelt is preparing to follow up the disclosures made yesterday and the day before with more startling announcements heariug s ou the alleged machinations of Harrlinnn, Hearst, Rockefeller and his other arch-ene mies. It Is even claimed 'by the president's friends that the $5,000,000 fund feature, which was revealed at the white house yes terday, will dwindle Into very small propor tions before tho president .gets through grilling the men who are said to be plan ning the defeat of his policies at the next Republican national convention. Just ns fast as we get additional facts the public shall know them," announced one of the president’s right-hand men to- J “ y ' CABINET BEOS PRESIDENT. The cabinet, with possibly ono or two ex' ceptlons, believes the preshleut bus done the tight thing In nnnouuclng to the coun try that there Is already a rich man's cabal PRICE TO OF MILK BE RAISED Dairymen tc Meet Saturday Night and Organize. ADVANCE PRICES TO FIFTY CENTS Milk Men to Follow Law Rut Say Must Put Up Pi'ice.- organised to fight his policies In conjcrejiH and before the country. They believe tue response from the country will lie so prompt and emphatic ns to satisfy doubters that t,he president knew the wise course and took It. The white house cntnpalgn ngalust this cabal, It was again' made plain today, has only Just opened. The assurance was glv to the correspondents that they will bo kept fully Informed ns developments take place, which are calculated to llumlne the workings of tho conspiracy In different pnrts of the country. It developed today that Taft movements are being organised In some states that have been supposed heretofore to have strong fnvored sons. Thus a high official who Is t loading politician of Iowa do dared today that Governor Cummins would have to fight for a delegation from Iowa because there would be nn effort by the friends of Roosevelt and Taft to give tho delegation on first choice to Taft. Philadelphia, April 6.—'It la abso lutely untrue,” declared Senator Pen rose today regarding tho statement In published reports that he disclosed the tale, "Rich Men’s Conspiracy,” to de feat Roosevelt and his policies. "I have never said any such thing. I believer In Roosevelt' and Us policies, have always been a supporter and a “ " i's administration LIEUT.-C0L, BARKER WILL RETIRE FROM FIFTH REGIMENT Lieutenant-Colonel Waller W. Barker, of tbs Flftb regiment, will retire from the service, and It I, probable that llnjor E. E. ''omeroy will be his .accessor,' • The fact that Colonel Barker bs, asked to bo retired only became known Friday morning, and will create surprise and gen eral regret In military circles. Colonel Barker la one of the heat known and moat popular military men In Ibe atate. Hla papers, asking for .retirement, were died with Adjutant Burton Smith, of the Fifth regiment, Wednesday. They will go from Captain Smith to the adjutant-general of the atate, and will be Anally paaaed on by the governor. Colonel Barker hna been In aervlce since 1894, and la entitled to retirement If be de sires. He glres as reasons for retiring, pressure of private business matters and In ability to give bla military duties close at tention. Major Pomeroy Probable. It Is more than probable that Major E. K. Pomeroy will be successor to Colonel Bar. ker, nnd gensral advancement along the line will doubtless follow. Colonel Barker enlisted st n private In Company B, Fifth regiment. In 1894, rapidly rising through the ranks of noo-eommlaalnn- olflcers until 1896, when he wns commis sioned second nontenant In Company R. He served successfully In that compnny os sec ond and drat lieutenant nod captain. The dairymen of Atlanta will form an association Satufday night. One of Ihe Brat things that will be done will be the flxlng of a price for milk and cream, which will be a ma terial raise over the present price. It la probable that the raise will be 25 per cent'. It may be more, and It may be less. Some favor a greater Increase, very few favor a smaller. The organization of the dairymen of Atlanta Into an association for mutual protection and benefit has been going on steadily for about two weeks—ever alnco council passed the pure-mllk law, which places a number of additional restrictions on the sale of milk. The organization Is now practically perfect ed and a meeting has'been called for Saturday night. Meeting Saturday Night, •The meeting will be at 117 1-2 White, hall street. It Is understood that prac tically all the dairymen of Atlanta— about 250 In all—have Joined In the movement. There are about 400 people In Atlanta selling milk, but a number of these have only a few cowa and sell only to neighbors and friends. This latter class will not be In the associa tion. There Is no doubt that the restric tions placed on the dalrymon by the new ordinance will decrease the supply of milk, reducing the dairymen's reve nues In this way, and wilt Increase the cost of getting milk to the market, making In this way a further cut Into their proflts. The dairymen say they have been making little or no money anyway, and these restrictions have made their financial-outlook even more shady. And so the association, and so the raise. “Wo Intend to make no light on the ordinance, which, as a whole. Is n splendid one,” sold Colonel Ed L. Wight, proprietor of the Belmont farm,’ Smyr na, Ga, one of the best-known dairy farms In Georgia "We wish to organise In order that the ordinance may be carried out to the letter. Inasmuch as I sell cream according to the butter fat, the ordl nance really affects mo but little. Decreases Supply. “It does affect many others material ly, however. It provides that the milk must be sold Juat as It comes from the row. There Is no denying that this will decrease tho supply. It provides that cream must contain 20 per cent of butter fat. I am Informed the av erage heretofore has boon 14 per cent, "This means that about 60 "per cent more milk must be usedrlo get cream. The ordinance provider that not more than 100,000 bacteria per cubic centl meter be In the milk. This will mean expensive refrigeration, ft provides for whitewashing the dairy at least twice a year, and there are any num ber of other provisions which will In crease the expense. ‘To operate under this ordinance with the present scale of prices will mean a dead lose to ua. The reeult la the people will get better milk and we must get better prices. ‘The association will also see to It that no discrimination Is shown one dairyman over another, although I do not anticipate this. It will protect us from bad creditors, too. "All other trades practically are or ganized. Why should we not be?" The present price of milk at retail Is 40 cents a gallon, and of cream about 20 cents u quart. Jerome Jones, organizer of the American Federation of Labor, has been Invited to address the meeting on Saturday night. It Is stated that he will urge the dairymen to follow the law strictly, and If an advance In price Is necessary, to make this advance rather than attempt to evade the law by reducing tbe quality of the milk. BELL CULLED T Went to Store and Was Fatally Wounded. ftpecls! to The Georgian. Marietta, Ga., April 6.—Without re gaining consciousness after he was found mortally wounded In his store at Nlckajack, Ga.. near midnight Wed nesday night, Homer Moss died at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was never able to give any clew as to who committed the deed. Homer Moss, who was a prominent farmer and merchant at Nlckajack, was 33 years of age, and leaves a wife and two children and a mother. He was very prominent, and well liked In the community. Mr. Moss had gone to his home, which was some distance away, for tho night. At 8 o'clock the large bell at the store, which la used as a call when BO APPEAL IS TO BE MADE E Trial Certain to Pro ceed Monday Morning. » JEROME DECIDES ON A NEW MOVE Won’t Make Any Point on Report of the Lunacy Commission. there Is no one there, was rung out. Mr. Moss said to hls wife that he must go and wait on the parties calling at the store. Mrs. Moss, who had retired, went to sleep, and awakening at 11 o'clock found that Mr. Mots had not returned. She became alarmed, called the serv- ante, and asked them to go In search of Mr. Moss. Upon reaching the store they found the rear door partly open and Just Inside Mr. Moss was found stretched unconscious upon the floor with hls skull fractured from a heavy blow on the head. Toward the front of the store a large green hickory club about three feet long was found and Mr. Moss' hat and pistol were on the floor behind the counter opposite. The wounded man had some money In hie pocket when found and nothing was missing from the store which would suggest a robbery. Inqest Held. Coroner R. E. Lawhorn was summon ed from Marietta yesterday evening and -held an Inquest last night. The verdict was that Mr. Moss came to hls death at the hands of unknown par. ties. No clew has yet been found by the officers which will shed any light on the tragedy. It is not learned who the parlies were who called at the store or what their motive was. by, taking notes. “Possibly a brain storm!" Interposed Attorney Hellmas, In hls calm, suave manner. "Might have been a cyclone," Ironi cally Interjected District Attorney Co logne, biting hls neck, "Gentlemen 1" said Chief Jennings, "wo will have no wrangling* In this department. I am chief. We will first have the city bacteriologist examine the blood to ascertain Just how much bacteria Is In It, thus ascertaining tho age of the party killed, how fresh he was, and whether he wee bughouse.” Claude Smith, city bacteriologist, was thus handed the ghestly And, and he proceeded to hie laboratory. In about an hour he came out, all the policemen and detectltlffs awaiting hie disclo sures. "White or black?" asked Slick Car ter. Red!” replied the bacteriologist. Old or young?" Inquired Sergeant Lanford. "Stale!” replied Dr, Smith. "Male or female?” Inquired Spur lock. "Neuter!” replied Dr. Smith. "What!" exclaimed all In unison. "Yes, gentlemen. It woe Jelly." There will be no Inquest. New York, April 6.—District Attor ney Jerome will not appeal to the ap pellate division from the decision of the lunacy commission, declaring Harry K. Thaw sane. The trial of Thaw fur the murder of Stanford White will pro ceed on Monday, unless the opposition Is made by the defense. Jerome Is through with the lunacy proceedings. He would not admit this today, but from the best possible sources of Information it was learned thnt he realized that lie had no war rant for nn appeal from the findings of the commission. Dines With Chief Justice. To all Intents and purposes, Jerome left the criminal court buildings todny prepared to argue the appeal before tho appellate division. He entered the ap pellate court house fronting on Madison Square and was received by Chief Justice Patterson In the latter’s cham bers. After a few minutes the pnlr left tho court house and walked to the Man hattan Club around the corner. They were Joined at luncheon by Dr. Allan McLone Hamilton, tho expert upon whoso opinion Jorome chiefly based hls conviction thnt Thaw was Insane. Didn't Talk About Thaw. When Jerome came from tho club he said to a reporter that hls meeting with Justice Patterson had nothing to do with the Thaw case. 'I shall make no application of any kind In tho appellate division today. ’ ssld Jerome. "It would manifestly be Improper for me to lunch with Chief Justice Patterson nnd then proceed from the table Immediately to hls pres ence nnd make a motion and an argu ment." Thutv mado no effort to disguise hls pleasure over the decision of the lunacy commission In declaring hint sane. A remarkable part of tho lunacy board’s report Is that which Indicates thnt the commissioners paid little or no attention to the alienists who gavo testimony In answer to a hypothetical question. The commission did consider thor oughly the testimony of witnesses who had tnlked with Thaw nnd had had an opportunity of observing hls actions while In hls cell In the Tombs and while In the court room. On Monday the Jury which has been hearing the Thaw evidence will be In the court Mom. Then Justice Fitz gerald will no doubt approve the find ing of the lunacy commission. If the writ Is granted to Mr. Jerome there will be no other course than to again dismiss the Jury to be called when tho appellate division proceedings are ended. Thaw Family Celebrates. Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw was m early caller at the Tombs today. She ordered her chauffeur to call for her at It:45, which Is the latest hour .it which visitors are permitted to remain In the prison In the forenoon Mrs. Thaw looked bright and cheerful. In celebration of the second wedd anniversary of Harry K. Than t; Evelyn Nesblt, and of the victorious outcome of tho proceedings before the lunacy committee, the Thaw family had a Jollification at Ihe Hotel Lorraine last night. A few friends were bidder As late as 10 p. m. the Thaw chauffeur was dispatched with a car to tho Man hattan end of the Brooklyn bridge to meet a friend of the family and tako him to the Lorraine to share In the Jol lification. A WFUL MYSTERY INSE WER; DETECTIVES, AND EXPERTS DISCOVER CLEW TO CRIME plain case of suicide!” ejacu lated Spurlock Holmes. It I am any sewer expert, that Is murder In the first degree, fahren- helt," calmly replied Slick Carter, In telligence Just Jumping nut of hls eyes, courage being written In large capital red letters on hls protruding forehead and sharp, alzxllng eyebrows. course, allow, the author a slight In trusion, to explain a few points In the case. , About'9 o'clock Friday'•morning a pedestrian was startled to see In tbe sewer at tbe corner of South Pryor and Hunter streets. Juat opposite the city hall, large clots of exclamation and Interroatlor. pointed blood. The ghastly discovery filled him with horror, and the police were Immedlate- "Thls Is no time tc wrangle over | y no ti'fled. A baske; of policemen and technicalities,'' said Newport Langford sergeant of the Atlanta “detectltlfT" force. see here large clots of blood. Whoever shed that blood Is dead, or else will be soon. o» ought to be. This being settled, It remains for us to settle the point* on the strange mys tery.” But before we let the sergeant go any further with bis illuminating dlc- a bouquet of detectives gathered around and soon the street. was blocked, with eager, curious pedestrians. One man said he saw early In the morning a ne gro woman throw a bundle Into tlio sewer. Now, lei the. sergeant continue. "A young man says he saw a negro woman throw a suspicious looking bun dle lr> here this morning early. Ho says the woman acted strangely"— "Exaggerated ego!” exclaimed Attor. ney Partridge, who way standing near Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian records here each day some economle fset la reference to the onward march of the south. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. cotVon NORTH AND SOUTH. That the cotton manufacturing Industry of the United States win eventually be solidly centered In the cotton-producing section may be regarded as a thing decreed by natural and economic laws. New Fun- land will be compelled to eubstltute other Induetrles for her great In terest* In cotton. The process of transfer from the East to the South, which began some decades ago, and has not been halted. Is bound to go on to a finish. But that consummation will not arrive In tho Imno-,Han- future. The Yankee Is not easily ousted from any enterprise In which he has secured a solid footing. He has been both surprised and dis gusted at some of the results of the war of the early 6Q’s. It did not occur to him when he was Importuning President Lincoln to put an end to slavery that a free South would reach out a long and strong arm and grasp hls great Industry of manufacturing raw cotton Into Innu merable varieties of goods. Perhaps he might have been Just ns zealous for freeing the slaves If he had foreseen all that, but a doubt on this point Is not altogether unreasonable. At this time the cotton Interest of the Mouth "nourishes abundantly, and rejotceth even with Joy and singing." All the mills are crowded with work, and are paying good dividends. New mills are going up till tho time. And the cotton producers are quite as satisfactorily situated. Tho Chicago Tribune mentions the cheering fact that, according to present Indications, this year's cotton crop will bring a return of more than J700.000.000. an amount exceeding by 3300,000,000 the total gold production of the world for 1206. The larger part of this money will come from Europe. And further The Tribune sub mits that when a comparison le made between the cotton crops of due lost six years and those of the six years preceding that period It is seen that there ha* been an Increase In aggregate value of more than a billion und a quarter dollars.—Washington Post.