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Atlanta Georgian (and news)
VOL. V. NO. 244.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 15, <1907.
PRICE:
Ralph Brown Shot
Through Side by
Pistol Bali.
Lying fane downward, and with a
jo.caliber bullet hole entirely through
his body, Ralph H. Brown, 38 years
of age, an expert auditor, was found
Monday morning a few minutes before
3 o'clock by his wife and his mother-
in-law, Mrs. W. D. Bizzell, In the din
ing room at his home, 261 Forrest ave-
aue. He was faintly gasping for breath.
Physicians were hurriedly summon-
td, but before their arrival the wound,
ed man was dead.
former Thompson held an Inquest
shortly after noon Monday at the
Brown home In Forrest avenue, the
jury finding that Mr. Brown cama to
his death by the accidental discharge of
Ids own pistol. The evidence showed
that Mr. Brown had been In good spir
its and that his personal affairs were
In splendid condition.
Brown was shot with bis own pistol,
while the weapon was in his right
hand coat pocket, the bullet entering
the right side. Members of the family
and city detectives, who have Investi
gated the tragedy, believe the killing
was an accident.
Was There a Burglar?
Certain circumstances connected
with the trdgedy have thrown about It
an air of mystery and have led to the
theory that perhaps Brown met an ac
cidental death while attempting to use
his pistol on a burglar. As has been
his custom, he arose from bed shortly
before 3 o'clock and, donning his coat
and trousers, went down stairs to look
after the fire In a big heater In the
front hallway.
Aroused by Noise.
A few minutes later Mrs. Brown, the
wife, was aroused by what appeared
be a conversation, or some other
noise, down stairs, and awoke her
mother, Mrs. W. D. Bizzell. The two
decided to Investigate, and on going
down stairs Into the dining room dis-
red Mil Brown on the floor, un
ions and his life blood spurting
from a bullet hole In his side. Closer
Investigation showed that the rear
door, opening from the library to the
back porch, wo* standing wide open.
The library adjoins the dining room
ami Is connected with It by a door.
It Is believed that Mr. Brown may
ive discovered a burglar either In the
dining room or library, and that, In
sttemptlng to get his pistol from his
mat pocket, or perhaps In a hand-to-
hand struggle with the burglar, re
ceived his death wound. If this theory
Is correct, the marauder then quickly
made his escape through the rear door,
which he had left open on entering the
house.
Another Theory.
Another theory Is also advanced
along this same line. It Is to the
effect that the back door may have
been left open by the servant Sunday
night and that there was no burglar
In the house. Mr. Brown's attention
may have been attracted to the door
by a draught, and, realizing that the
door was open, started to pull his pls-
ml to make nn Investigation, catching
Hie i rigger In some way and acci
dentally shooting himself.
The weapon was fired so close that
the bullet passed entirely through the
body. The clothing also caught fire
from the discharge, and was burning
"lien the body was discovered by the
"Ifo ami mother-in-law,
It Is not known Just what time Mr.
Brown went down stairs. The first In
timation the other occupants of the
house had that he had gone to look
after the heater was when his wife was
awakened by the noise down stairs.
Although Mrs. Brown could not make a
statement Monday morning, It Is learn
ed that she Judged this noise to be a
' onversatlon or some other unusual
disturbance. It Is thought that possl
nly the supposed conversation may
have been the groans of the dying man.
Ladies Investigated.
Believing that something was wrong,
Mrs. Brown awoke her mother, Mrs.
Bizzell, widow of the late Dr. Bizzell,
and suggested that they Investigate.
The two ladles hurried Into the dark
ened down stairs roonj and were horrl
hed to discover the tragedy.
The police were notified of the
strange circumstances of the tragedy
•mil Detective Sergeant Lanford dis
patched Detectives Lockhart and Rob-
eets to the scene. The two officers
m ole a thorough examination of the
•muse and ascertained all of the facts
possible, after which they came to the
conclusion that the death was acci
dental. 'n, e open door In tho library,
however, is'a puzzling feature and the
detective* are unable to understand
JUSTICE FIRST
IS
IrOJHHA JWL Efflfl
•That and Richeous
ness Comes Be
fore Peace.
The fatal weapon, with one chamber
■mpty, was found on the floor lying
||' re beside the unconscious form of
Mr, Brown. It Is supposed the weapon
dropped from the pocket, as Mr. Brown
reeled and fell to the lloor.
■n addition to his wife, Mr. Brown Is
survived by two little children, Harriet,
■years of age, and Mary, 2 years of age.
•Mrs. Champion Brown, of New York,
mother of the dead man, was nlso In
the house at the, time of the tragedy.
-Mrs. Brown has been on a visit to her
n since Christmas. Mr. Brown has
1 ' 1 ' 1 brothers and two sisters, but nei
ther of them resides In this city. One of
'he sisters, Miss Ann Brown, formerly
conducted a well-known finishing school
for girls In New York.
•Mr. Brown was a partner In the nu-
ouing business with his brotlier-ln-
Joel Hunter, with offices at 1220
Empire building. He was widely known
m the business world and was regarded
•c one of the finest auditors In the
booth. Mr. Brown was a New Yorker
"ml came to this city from the tfletrop-
01 O' Ion years ago.
*fe was also secretary and treasurer
, 'he Southern Car Wheel Iron Com-
lony, „f Tallapoosa, and the Emerson
•titling Company, of Emerson.
New York, April 15.—The greatest
assemblage of peace promoters this
country has ever entertained, met this
afternoon In Carnegie Hall under the
auspices of “the National Peace and
Arbitration Peace Congress,” of which
Andrew Carnegie is president.
The congress Is attended by the
greatest advocates in the world tor uni
versal peace and arbitration Is pre
paratory to the peace conference to be
held af The Hague In June.
The delegates today were welcomed
by George B. McClellan, who waa In
traduced by Mr. Carnegie, who pres!d<
ed. Addresses were made by Mr. Car'
negle, Secretary of State Root and
Governor Hughes. •
New York, April 15.—President
Roosevelt's letter to peace conference
read this afternoon explains that he
can do little by wish ‘‘Godspeed” to
conference. The letter makes a strong
plea for International arbitration, but
docs not recommend a complete disar
mament by nations.
The president's letter in part says
•'First and foremost, I beseech you
to remember that though It Is our
bounded duty to work for peace, yet It
Is even more our duty to work for
righteousness and Justice.”
Despite a warning that general dis
armament might work harm and that
It Is wrong for men to preach doctrines
they know can not be achieved, the
president adds:
"1 believe we can do much to ad
vance peace, provided only we act with
sanity, with self-restraint and with
power.”
The president cites Instances of
where the United States has tried to
advance the cause of peace. Self-gov
ernment, he says. Is being taught tho
Filipinos. Secretary Root's trip to
South America, ho said, did much to
cement friendship between the nations
of the Western hemisphere. He pledges
that the American delegates to the
next Hague conference will go Instruct'
cd to do everything practicable to as'
slst the cause of peace.
SELFISHNESS AND GREED
INTERFERED WITH PEACE,
New ‘York, April 15.—In an address
on the opening of the National Arbi
tratlon and Peace Congress In the city
of New York. April 15, 1907, Secretary
Root spoke for International arbitra
tion. He said:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen: In
every country which has reached
high stage of civilization may be seen
the working of two distinct and ap
parent Inconsistent motives or prlncl
pies of national conduct. On the one
hand there Is the narrowly and Imme
diately utilitarian move, and there Is
the competitive attitude fashioned upon
the habits of self-preservation and
self-assertion, enjoined by the necessi
ties of the struggle for existence. With
this motive each country pursues pa
cific national advantages, meeting in a
hard, dry business-like way. without
sympathy or sentiment, the facta of a
world In which there Is much selfish
ness and greed, In which every nation
Is primarily looking out for Itself.
"On the other hand, there Is the
humane Impulse that presses forward
constantly toward Ideals. Its posses
sors. loving liberty and Justice and
peace, long to make alt men free and
eafe and secure In their rights; their
eyes are fixed upon the ultimate goal
toward which civilization tends.
"In every man's nature there are
manifestations or traces of each of
these Impulses. As circumstances bring
one class of motives or another Into
control of national conduct In dlfter-
net fields of national action, strangely,
variant and Inconsistent national ac
tion results. The same nation may be
seen hard and practical, and at anoth
er time, or perhaps In another Held at
the same time, exhibiting the highest
degree of unselfishness and humanity.
Under the predominance of one motive,
national power has been built up. Un
der the predominance of the other mo
tive, the conception of Individual char
ity and humanity, which found its
highest expression In the construction,
elevation, has strongly Impressed Itself
upon the conception of national duty
and responsibility. In Its development
the Idea of national conscience and na
tional ethics has been forced Into the
International system which formerly
acknowledged the undisputed sway of
selfishness and cruelty, long condemned
as Immoral In the relations between
Individuals.
It Is natural that the hard and prac
tical motive shall be uppermost In the
men engaged in the conduct of govern
ment. In the discharge of international
duties governmental officers have to
deal with a world of selfish competition
and ever-present possibility of aggres
sion and Injury which compel them to
think flrst and chiefly of the Interest of
their own country as a lawyer argues
the case of his own client.
•'Your Invitation to take part In the
opening of this peace congress has
come to me os an occasion to declare
the alliance and sympathy of the Amer
ican government with that other power
—the sentiment of humanity. Tne
American peopte are practical, mate
rial, strenuous In business, eager for
wealth, energetic In production an.l
venturous In commerce, insistent upon
their rights, proud of their country,
jealous of Its power and Its prestige:
but there Is a strain of Idealism In the
American nature which saves our na
tion from the gros3ness of sordid ma
terialism and make* It responsive lo
every appeal In behalf of liberty ami
righteousness, of peace with JtAllee.
and of human brotherhood the world
’QUAKE HAS BEEN LOST;
WAS RECORDED MONDAY
FROM MEXICO TO N. Y.
Washington. April 15.—Chief Moore, of
the weather bureau, thla morning issued a
bulletin, announcing that an earthquake of
great Intensity was recorded by .the selsmo*
graph here this morning at 1:14 o’clock, and
continuing over two hours.
The greatest motion of the earth waa
front mst to waat. There waa also a mo-ft!
usunuy violent cnnnuuoKP. at a aiainiico
comparable In intensity with those which
recently occurred at Valparaiso and Kings
ton.” j
Notices ha>4 been sent out by the bureau
looking t<».tjjo (ILi -v ry of the location of
500 MADE HOMELESS
BY RAGING FLAMES
New Orleans, April 15.—Between BOO
and 600 people have been made home
less by a fire which swept the town of
Westwego, situated on the Mississippi
river opposite New Orleans. Forty-two
buildings. Including a Presbyterian
church, the town hall, the postofllce
and a number of stores, were destroyed,
Only a few cottages and the terminal
buildings of the Texas and Pacific rail
road were left standing.
The loss Is estimated at 850,000, with
about 340,000 Insurance. The Are
started In the rear of a grocery store.
BAD TEMPER RESULTED
I A CHANGE OF VERDICT;
FA7HER’£ CRUELT^ SHOWN
A threat to whip his children, made
In the court room after a case ngalnst
him had been dismissed, resulted Mon
day morning In an entire change of
verdict by Recorder Broyles, anil H. L.
Burford, the father of the children, was
brought back into court and lined
heavily. The children were taken from
his care.
Cruel treatment of his.three children,
by Burford and his second wife, who
live at 9 Woodward avenue, was the
charge made by Probation Officer Glo
cr and Patrolman Oxburn. They pre
rented evidence to show that Burford
and his wife, the step-mother of the
children, had beaten them cruelly.
Lizzie, aged 14, Leila, aged 13, and
7-ycar-nld girl whose name was not
learned, appeared In the court room.
Witneses were called to prove that on
last Friday Burford had beaten the eld.
over. No American government could
truly represent Its people If It did not
sympathize heartily with the purposes
which this congress meets to promote,
and the American government of today
does sympathize heartily with those
purposes. In behalf of the government
I give you the kindly and appreciative
greeting of the people of the United
States.
"It Is a common saying that the
world Is ruled by force. Diplomacy now
consists chiefly In making national
conduct conformed or appear to apply
certain moral standards evolved and
accepted In the slow development o:
civilization.
“The value of declaring a principle
may be Illustrated by the effect of the
arbitration convention ngreed upon In
the International peace conference at
The Hague In 1899.
SNATCHED PURSE .
FROM YOUNG LADY
While Miss .May Evlna, of 122 Luekle
street. In company with her mother,
was walking In Lnckle street Sunday
est daughter with a strap until iier
back was a mass of scurs. It wus stat
ed that the stepmother had also fre
quently beaten the children.
Mr*. O'Rhlelds, the mother of the
children’s dead mother, testified lhat
Burford was not a proper person to
keep the children, and begged that they
be given to her. Judge Broyles held
the case ipen and permitted Burford to
retain the children.
As the case was dismissed, Burford
left the court room. As he went out,
ho Is said to have seized two of the
little girls roughly and to threaten
them with a good whipping for testify
ing against him. A bystander reported
this to Judge Broyles, who at once sent
nn officer to rearrest Burford. The man
was caught at Piedmont avenue arid
returneil to court. Here the recorder
fined him 325 and turned the three chil
dren over to the care of the grand
mother.
OIL TANK EXPLODES!
Tl
Officials Are Looking for
Culprits Who Caused
Wreck.
Chicago, April 15.—The Standard Oil
official* In Whiting. 'Inti., are bu*IIy
Keeking the Identity of the culprit*
'hose blowing up of a crude oil tank
there wrecked the Ktructure and fatally
injured two employee*.
The injured are: Jame* O’Rourke*
aged 34, burned eeverely on face and
body; Stephen Ryan, fireman, aged
27, badly burned on the face and body.
The men turned a hose on O’Rourke or
he would have been burned to death on
the apot.
Delmas Leaves Be
cause of Jealousy
Among Counsel.
New York. April 15.—The Dally Mall
says:
“United Stales Senator Philander
Knox, formerly a Pittsburg lawyer. Is
to defend Harry Thaw In his next trial,
according to a decision reached by Mrs.
William Thaw, his mother."
New York, April 15.—Delphln M,
Delmas, the noted advocate from Call
fomla, Is Irrevocably out of the Thaw
case.
Following on the heels of tills state
ment came, a statement that Attorney
John Marron, one of the leading crlml
nal lawyers of Pennsylvania would bo
Thaw’s chief counsel when the case Is
again heard. This report is given ere
dence here, because it Is believed that
Harry Thaw has authorized Roger
O'Mara, former chief of police of Pitts
burg, to obtain for him the lawyer that,
In O'Mara's opinion, Is best fitted to
direct the case.
Thaw has almost absolutely dictated
the course of the trial, and would have
ruled It without Interruption but for
tho firm mind of his mother. Thaw
drew up an agreement of the counsel
as he thought would he best. He des
lgnated Hartrldgo as chief counsel,
Gleason as the Insanity expert and Del
mas as the Jury advocate.
Before the trial progressed far It wus
developed that Lawyer Gleason had In
his possession Thaw's will and his let
ters, which became a part of the trial.
Lawyer Hartrldge had the letters from
Stanford White to Evelyn Nesbit. Each
of these gentlemen, it Is said, held to
these documents as though they had
been personal property and refused to
let the other counsel have access to
them.
The report goes on to say that Mr.
Delmas was greatly handicapped by
the frequent adverse comments of the
other lawyers upon his cdndtlct of the
case. This, It Is reported, is the rearon
for his retiring.
Mrs. Harry Thaw went to the
Tombs Sunday afternoon to see her
husband. Warden Flynn told her that
she would have to abldo by the usual
prison rule, and was not permitted to
see her husband, as she had done on
previous Sundays during the eleven
weeks that Thaw had been on trial.
Then, perched on a high stool at the
desk In the office, she wrote a note to
her husband on stationery of tho de
partment of conviction and sent It up
to the cell. She had to wait almost
an hour for a reply. She chatted viva
ciously with John Hanley, the deputy
warden, who was at work beside her,
and seemed to be In the most excellent
spirits. She swung to and fro on tht
high seat, her feet hanging free. In.
the blue dress and wide linen collar
and cuffs, she seemed like the child
she had appeared to be at times when
she was testifying In behalf of her
husband.
One of the most astounding stories
relative to the Thaw case I* to the
effect that Juror George Ffaft was con
stantly at loggerheads with the Jurors
during their deliberations, and that he
had written several notes to the dis
trict attorney while the Jury was out.
It further Is said that he Is a brother-
in-law of James C. Young, who is sec
retary-treasurer of the Madison Square
Garden Company. Young was one of
the strongest personal friend* that
White had.
Ffaff was the only Juror who stood
out for murder in the flrst degree,
and, according to report, ho tried to
dominate everything. One Juror 1s
quoted as saying that he referred to
other Jurors In terms of disparagement,
using such expressions as "bribery"
and "flxlng."
Members of the Jury said that Pfalf
once lived In the same house on West
One Hundred and Forty-eighth street
In which District Attorney Jerome re
sided. Mr. Pfatf has not thrown any
light on these statements.
He has preserved, even since the
jury was discharged, the silence of the
tomb. He absolutely declined to ex
plain In anyway.
Pittsburg, Pa„ April 15.—In an affi
davit made by him here today, Howard
Nesbit, brother of Mrs. Harry K.
Thaw, accuses Thaw, or nnother per
son, of adding to the letter which young
Nesbit sent to Thaw, asking for money.
Nesbit acknowledges the authorship of
the letter, but denies, under oath, that
he told Thaw that his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles J. Holman, compelled
him to go to New York with the In
tention of testifying against Thaw.
The publication of Nesblt's letter
caused Charles J. Holman to take a
more determined stand in the matter.
A violent scene between Nesbit and his
pnrents was precipitated by Nesblt's
act and by Thaw causing tho letter to
be published. The Holman* believe
lhat he did It with deliberate Inten
tion of making It appear that the Hol
mans were doing all in their power
lo send Thaw to the electric chair, or
to prison. Holman Insisted that Nes-
blt confess the conditions under which
4i« wrote lo Thaw.
IS FRUIT CROP RUINED?
GEORGIA REPORTS POINT
TOWARD HEAVY LOSS
[
JOINS RICE
Other Resignations
Expected Mon
day.
Frank P. Rio* and W. 8. Duncan
have tendered thler resignations as
members of the water board, as the
result of the Key ordinance regulating
the sale of bonds for the Improvements
of the waterworks.
Mr. Rice has been president of the
board several years. He and Mr. Dun
can construed the ordinance ss a re
flection on the board by council.
The ordinance says that not more
than 1350,000 of bonds be Issued; states
the specific purposes for which the
money will be spent, and provides that
all contracts must be submitted to
council for approval.
It Is not improbable that several oth
er members of the board will resign.
SIX SAILORS SAVED;
BY
Opinions of Growers
Differ as to Dam
age.
LOSS MAY REACH
. $2,000,000 OR MORE
Killing Frost Sunday Night
Causes Great
Fear. 9
Afloat on Water-Logged
Vessel for Week With
out Nourishment.
New York, April 15.—Hlx shipwrecked sail
nrs were brought to New York today, im
the Ward line steamer Hegunrnura. They
tielonged to the three-masted British bark
entlae Trinidad, now water-logged and
adrift In the tropical ocean.
They ware ennght In the hurricane that
swept over the West Indies, beginning
Isst Sunday week. For a week they were
without food or water, tv hen rescued half
of them were In inad delirium, produced
by drinking ecu water. Their tongues were
blackened and swollen and they ronld not
telk.eh'omo were chewing on bits of leather.
Two were helpless, suffering agony from
broken llmbe.
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Has the Georgia fruit crop bee*
completely killed?
Even after the heavy frosts of Sat
urday and Sunday nights, opinion 1*
still at more or less variance about
conditions. Some believe that the
peach crop has been all killed: others
think that a small percentage will sur
vive, and still others believe that al
most half of it will mature.
State Entomologist Smith was In
Bartow county about Adalrsvllln Sat
urday, and examined the large
orchards In that vicinity closely. lie
nssmed positively that peaches had
not been Injured up to that time, hut
that the heavy frost of the two nights
since probably worked considerable
damage.
Up at Baldwin and Cornelia In
Habersham county, where there are
large orchards, growers unite In stat
ing that the fruit Is all dead. Tho tem
perature went as low as 22 on one or
two nights, with heavy attendant frost.
J. \V. White, from Harlow, was at
the capitol Monday morning, and ad
here to the view that at least half
of the fruit crop is alive yet. Most
of the orchards In that county are on
mountain sides which afford protec
tion.
Big Crop Was Expected.
Last year Georgia shipped between
,000 • and 8.000 carloads of peaches.
Conservative estimates placed this
year’s crop, with a full crop matured,
at. not less than 9,000 cars, as many
thousands of trees would have tj°rne
fruit for the flrst time.
Under present ndvlces from the fruit
growing sections If 3,000 cars are gath
ered It will be surprising. "With the
crop totally wiped out. It would mean a
monetary loss to the state of near two
million dollars.
Huh. Hi" logl-t Smith lias written
prominent fruit growers over tho stnte
for accurate facts, which will be In
hand In n few days. The Georgfnn
presents the news from fruit centers
In speolnl dispatches printed below. The
outlook Is gloomy.
Wind Had Subsided.
The high wind that kept working on
Saturday r.lght and prevented • much
damage from frosj, did not put In an
appearance on Sunday night and as a
result the killing frost that Forecaster
Marbury forecasted came.
Not only was there a killing frost
of Sunday night and Monday morn
ing. but the temperature went down to
28 1-2 degrees In tho suburbs und low
places and Ice was reported as thick a.
window glass.
On Saturday night the temperaturi
went down to 30 degrees ns was fore
casted, but the high winds preventer
muoh of n frost. The frost on Sunday
night and Monday morning was of suet
a nature as to kill all gardon truck
vines anil flowers, but ns to what riant-
age It has dons throughout this section
Forecaster Marbury haa not been In
formed.
From now on for awhile at least
warm weather la forecaated. The fore,
cast predicts rain late Monday night oi
Tuesday with warmer weather.
HALF MILLION DAMAGE
CAUSED IN COBB COUNTY
Special to The Georgian.
Marietta, Ga.. April 16.—The freest
nnd heavy froat hero completely de-
atroyed the peach crop and all vegeta
bles.
The largeat growere declare that no-
a peach Is left. They estimate the lost
Continued on Page Seven.
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, an unknown POTATO CROP 18 KILLED
negro snatched a valuable purse and; in SOUTH CAROLINA.
made hie escape. —
The theft occurred near Forsyth I Hpeclsl to The Georgian,
street. Mtsa Evlna and her mother! Charleston. S. <'.. April 15.—'The
chased the thief Into nn alley, but he j heavy frost did great damage to all
got away before old arrived. The purse ; truck farmers through this section this
la a gold chain afTali and Is valued at | morning. Potatoes are killed nnd other
about 120. It contained only a small'young vegetables are seriously dotn-
umount of monev. aged.
MRS. HARRY K. THAW
WILL 8TICK BY HUSBAND.
New York. April 15.—"I am going :o
slay right here In New York with Har
ry until he Is free again."—Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw.
Young Mr*. Tha.v was very positive
In iter declaration today that she has
no Intention of leaving New York and
that she would remain as the chief
consoler of her husband, Harry K.
Thaw, until definite disposition Is made
of his base. She has notified the Hotel
Loralne management that she will re
main here permanently. She also re
tained the same electric cab she has
used In the past to take her to the
Tomb* dally.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian record, here escb day some
economic fact In reference to the onward
march of tho South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
The Incorporation and charter of new railroad enterprises In the
South, which has been active for several years, seems at present to lie
making an extra apurt of activity, the number of Incorporations reported
during the peat week being larger than usual in an equal period. Among
the new companies reported are the following:
Savannah and Southwestern Railroad Company, of Savannah. Ga..
has applied for a charter to build a line about 350 mile* long from Savan
nah via Baxley, Douglas, Moultrie and Cairo, Ga., und Quinsy and Apa
lachicola. Fla., to the gulf of Mexico; capital 37,000,000.
The Kentucky Highlands Railroad Company Incorporated at Frank
fort, Ky., with 3250,000 capital to build a line from Frankfort to Versailles
and Lexington, Ky., about 30 miles. -
The Houston anil Brazos Valley Railway Company chartered In
Texas to build an extension of the Velasco, Braxos and Northern railway,
which I* now twenty miles long from Velasco to Anchor, Tex. The ex
tension Is from Anchor to a point at or near Hempstead. Tex., 100 mile-,
with a branch from Sugarland, about twenty miles, to Houston. Tex.
The Panhandle Short Line Railroad Company chartered at Austin.
Tex., with 3210,000 capital to build a line from Hereford lo Stanton. Tex .
270 miles, connecting there with the Texas and Pacific railway.
The Kansas City, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company chartered
In Texas to build a line 110 miles long from a point on the northern
boundary of Texas near the'mouth of Bols d!Arc creek south to Athens.
Tex.: capital 3126,000. Survey Is being made.
The Oklahoma City, El Reno and Southwestern Electric Company of
El Reno, O. T„ chartered to build an electric Interurbott railway 275
miles long, connecting Oklahoma City, El Reno, Chtckaaha, Anudarko. Ho
bart. Lawton. Kingfisher, Hennessey, Enid, Medford, Okecne and Kiel.
The Brandon and Laurel Railway Company chartered In Mississippi
to build a line from Brandon to Laurel, Miss., sixty-flve miles.
The Oklahoma City Rapid Transit Railway Company, capital 32.000.-
000, to build a line about forty miles long from Oklahoma city to Te-
cumseb. O. T.
The Macon, Americus and Albany Electric Railway Company we*
granted a charter In Georgia to build Its proposed line conn'-, ting the
three cltlea named; length 100 miles: capital 3200,00«. Route from Ma
con via Byron. Fort Valley, Marshullville. Montezuma. Oglethorpe, Ander-
sonvflle. Americus, Sumter, Smlthvllle and Leesburg to Albany.