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VOL. V. NO. 249.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1907.
PRICE:
PRINCE AND HIS WIFE
ARE HISSED OFF STAGE
North Georgia Com
pany Offers Com
petition.
WAS NO SELL OUT,
SAYS PRESIDENT
But Two Blocks of Conduits
Yet To Be
• Laid.
The North Georgia Electric Com
pany has not sold out to the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company, and It
Is not contemplating any auch action.
The North Georgia Electric Com
pany will submit a bid for the clty’a
lighting before the next meeting
council, and the bid will be materially
lower than the price now paid the
monopoly.
These, in effect, were the positive
statements of General A. J. Warner,
president of the North Georgia Electric
Company, to a representative of The
Georgian Saturday afternoon.
General Warner Is In Atlanta, attend
ing n meeting of the stockholders of
the North Georgia Electric Company
and of the Etowah Power Company, the
latter being the name of the Arm that
furnishes the power for the Gainesville
street railway and for the Nprth Geor
gia.
The stockholders met Friday after
noon at ; o’clock, the session continu
ing until about 11 o’clock at night.
They met again Saturday morning, ad
journing; at 12.30 o'clock. Another
meeting Is being held Saturday af
ternoon. .
No Definite Report.
"I ha\j* nothing definite to report,”
stated General Warner.
“The stockholders of the North Geor
gia Electric Company and of the Eto
wah Power Company aro In session,
discussing various matters concerning
the two companies and devising means
’’There Is no truth In the report that
the North Georgia has sold out til the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
or contemplates any such action.”
The franchise of the North Georgia
forces the company to furnish lights
considerably cheaper than what la now
^■efl by the monopoly, so, if any
charged
bid la made at all. It Is naturally aup-
l»sed Hint the rntes must be even lower
than what the franchise fixes as a
maximum.
President Arkwright, of the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company, has
slated Substantially that his company
will not make n lower rate, so the Indi
cations are that the North Georgia will
get the contract, provided the city does
not build her own lighting plant.
Work Nearly Done.
The Atlanta Telephone nnd Tele
graph ( ompany Is under contract with
•he North Georgia to furnish the con
duits and poles for* the latter concern.
In reply to a question, President Sim
mons, of the Telephone Company, mat
*d that less that two blocks of conduits
remained to be laid.
"To the contrary of the alleged com
bination between the North Georgia
and the Georgia Railway and Electric
company,'' stated nn official of the
oorth Georgia, "It Is a positive fact
that the old company has thrown every
Passible and conceivable obstacle In
out way.- ✓
' If there Is anything that the Georgia
Railway and Electric- Company could
have done that It did not do to prevent
obr coming Into Atlanta or to hamper
our coming, I do not know of It."
_ St ill another person connected with
BOB TURNAGE HAS ESCAPED;
DUG OUT OF CONVICT MINES;
ASSAILANT OF MRS. COMSTOCK
PRINCESS DE BROGLIE.
Prince Robert de Broglie and his wife, whose picture here Is shown,
can not appear on the stage In Rome again. An audience hissed them
and wound up the performance. This Is because the prince had accused
the aristocracy of ill-breeding In Its attitude toward them.
k 99
SAY BILL SMITH “CUSSED
AND DEMAND AN APOLOGY
Won’t Demand Abso
lute Government
Ownership. .
Omaha, Nebr., April 20.—If William
Jennings Bryan controls the Demo
cratic convention, the party platform of
tops will not demand-ahsolute govern
ment ownership of railroads.
The statement by James C. Dahlman.
national committeeman from Nebraska.
Is In the nature of an official announce
ment for the reason that Mr. Dahlman
Is In close touch with Mr. Bryan. From
the same source It Is’ stated that tariff
reform will ngnln become a dominant
feature of the platform.
Features of Platform.
Mr. Dahlman aaya the prominent
planks In Mr. Bryan's platform will
concern trusts, the tariff, rate regula
tion and money, the railroad ownership
Atlanta Man One of
the Twelve Who
Escaped.
ROBERT E. TURNAGE.
Atlanta man who was serving fif
teen-year sentence.
Special to The Georgian. _ , .
Montgomery. .Ala"., April 20.—Robert
for developini; thi’li wateVTowerti. ' SaMiJggTM
|l'l7 h be de,*e*I^S*iS)S r |nWtime* " m " h ' "f
Sml! It. ...
ho make. a public apology at the gime
till*' afternoon for tho language alleged to
have tiecn uaed hr him. In the prewnoe of
ladles to Umpire ltlnn yestenlay afternoon
jnst ns the game dosed.
Smith states that lie did uot use the
langnag* attributed to him. and that ho
has witnesses to proro that he did not. and
be will die liefura ho will make
Constitutional guarantees trill have
strong Indorsement nnd the acceptance
of campaign contributions from trusts
and large corporations will receive sen
vere condemnation. The platform will
define the necessity for proper use nf
money contributed for running cam
paigns.
Usurpation of power by the president
also will bo made a strong point nnd
thp convention will be asked to declare
that President Roosevelt In this respect,
as well as In the matter of accepting
or approving campaign contributions,
has overstepped the true Democratic
principles.
Election of Senators.
Government economics will receive
the usual attention and a halt will be
demanded In naval circles. It will he
declared that the vast sums spent on
armament may be much better em
ployed In Irrigating the plains of the
West. Development of river navigation
Is to be Indorsed.
Election of United States senators by
direct vote of tho people, reformation
Ign policy will be strongly proclaimed
and pledged.
No overture of any sort Is to he
*JT fhilth refuses. It Is said that ho will
' olght.
lie arrested took
JEROME THINKS THAW JURY
COULDN’T BE INFLUENCED
cun another person connecteo with
the company and In a position to know,
•luted that neither company had made
’b the other a single proposition of a
Combination or a sell-oift.
”‘f the North QCorgla were to sell
I g“-" hu said, "which It has absolutely
o Intention of doing, the Georgia Rail
way and Electric Company would most
ferudnly not be the purchaser.
There are other folks who right now
•re mighty anxious to get It. Atlanta
f going to have competition. You can
(upend on that.”MOimmn^H^Ofl
fluOUX) FIRE IS
NOW IN CONTROL
Manila, April 20.—The' fire Is under
Control at Hollo. None of the business
•union of the town was touched by the
*»me Si although there were between
•even and eight thousand houses bum-
f to the ground. The Inmates are be-
ni* cared for In the school houses,
—"irrhos and vacant stores.
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New York, April 20.—District Attor
ney Jerome today prepared,to question
John 8. Dennee and Henry C. Bearley,
two of the Thaw Jurors, In regard to
the accusation that a policeman had
tried to sway one of the twelve men by
telling him that Harry K. Thaw's fa
ther was a member of the same lodge
as the Juror who was approached.
Both Jurors Dennee and Brearley
had been served with subpenas from
the district attorney's office as soon
as the alleged Incident became known.
It Is proposed to get the two men and
such others of the Jury os know any
thing about the matter to testify under
oath.
All of the Jury Is In the city tonight
and will attend a reunion banquet at
the Broadway Central Hotel.
It was stated today that the district
attorney does not believe any attempt
was made to tamper with the Thaw
Jury.
MARRIED PRETTY NURSE
BUT WOULDN'T BE GOOD
On complaint of his pretty bride of
three months that he has repeatedly
threatened her life, S. J. Mllham, a
young man residing In Central avenue,
the groom In a recent romantic mar
riage, was placed In a Tower cell late
Friday afternoon by Justice of the
Peuce Klngsbery In default of a It,000
peace bond
The bride, who was formerly Miss
Faley. Is one of the moat attractive and
best known professional nurses In At
lanta. She married Mllham lost Jan
uary, the wedding being the culmina
tion of a pretty romance. The two
young people, met while Mllham was a
patient in Dr. B. M. Woolley’s sanita
rium In Whitehall street. Miss faley
was a nurse in the sanitarium and
nursed young Mllham during his III
ness. As he lay prostrato on his sick
bed, Mt|ham fell desperately In love
with his pretty nurse, which affection
he soon’ found .wus reciprocated. And
then In the natural order of events, a
wedding followed, after Mllham'a resto
ration to health.
But the romance was short lived
was not long until friction arose.. Mre.
Mllham stated In-court that her hus
band would not work and refused to
permit her to work,’ threatening her life.
After her hubby had been safely
lodged In the Tower, Mrs. Mllham re
turned to the Woolley sanitarium Sat
urday morning and resumed her du
ties as trained nurse.
COREYDODGED f//S RIVAL
FOR MISS GILMAN’S HAND
Chicago, April 20—Edgar Atchison
Ely the rival of W. E. Corey for the
hand of Mabelle Gilman, was angry to
day because he failed to see Mr. Co
rey before he left the Auditorium An-
ne *I wiiAec’whatUhls report that Ma
belle tsigoing to marry Corey means,
arid I ml make him declare his In
tentions to me," Ely said when he
started for'Corey’s hotel. He sent up
his card demanding an Immediate in
terview and received a reply that Mr.
Corey would see him at 5 p. m.
Ely returned at 5 p. m. to learn that
Corey had left the city at 2:30 u. m.
"Well." said the angry suitor, "I know
who Mabelle loves and she will marry
only for love."
Invitation directed to ail classes to
Join forces with the Democratic party
In an eriort to enforce the principles
proclaimed and demanded In the Dem
ocratic faith.
MfiS, PARK'S REPORT
CAUSES SENSATION
.A.R.
Tells Delegates Treasurer’s
Statement Had Not Been
Audited.
Washington, April 24.—Anotherstrlk
Ing political sensation was brought out
In today's session of the Daughters of
the American Revolution when Mrs.
Perk, of Georgia, chairman of the com
mlttee on recommendation of national
officers, presented her report.
Interest centered in the ultimate dis
position of the report of the treasurer,
Mrs. Davis, which on Tuesday plunged
the congress Into a good-slxed row.
Last year the report of Miss Mary
Desha, recording secretary, covered
minute detailed resume of the national
honrd's conclusions In the famous
"Montana" case and that was never
permitted to come up In detail.
Today the report of Mrs. Davis was
passed over In like manner with the
statement from Mrs. Park that the re
port had not been audited and thut
when the auditing committee had con
cluded Its work a full report would be
made. Following Mrs. Park's report.
Mrs. McLean called Mrs. Barker, of
Rhode Island, to the chair and took the
floor, stating that she wished to tell
the congress before adjournment that
■he had never signed a contract for
more money than was In the treasury
to meet It.
CHIEF OF POLICE
SUED BY SALOONIST,
ALLEGING TRESPASS
MRS. GIMBEL CLAIMS
HER HUSBAND IS CRAZ Y
New York. April 20.—"My husband has been a cruxy man for a year
and he was Insane when he attempted to kill himself." said Mrs Bene
dict Olrobel. She was holding one hand of the millionaire merchant as
he '“•We'knoV'that he ^absolutely Innocent of the charge made against
Mm in Ncw°York and we Intend to fight them to the end. It. Is evident
that'blackmailers were informed of,his mental condition and preyed on
hlSt fo? As to his attempt'to kill himself we can only say that he
was Insane."
8peclal to The Georgian:
Savannah, Ga., April 20.—Fred Haar,
a saloon keeper, filed suit against W.
O. Austin In the city court today seek
ing to recover 11,04(8 for alleged tres
pass.
The action grows out of a recent visit
of the defendant, who Is chief of po
lice, to the place of business of Haar.
Conferring With Judge
Cowan Concerning
Federal Valuation.
Washington, April 20.—A brand new
department of . railroad Investigation Is
to be entered by tho Texas railroad
commission, In the effort to defend
against the charge brought by the rail
roads In that state that unduly low and
uncompensmtory rates have been pre
scribed by the commission. Judge S.
II. Cowan, of Fort Worth, who Is cred
tied with having had a great deal to do
with the drafting of the new Federal
rate law. Is to have charge of this In
qulry.
"We are going to find out what ‘other
expenses’ nnd ‘sundries' mean In the
railroad's accounts," explained Judge
Cowan, who has been In Washington.
"We are going to find out Just what
they do with their money. We know In
a general way that the railroads spend
millions every year on politics, In one
way or another. We are going to de
mand the vouchers that will show the
exact purposes as well as the amounts
expended."
The state's valuation of the railroads
will also come In for a thorough nlrlng
and will be defended ns being more
than fair to the roads. This phase nf
the Inquiry Is of especial Interest now,
because the president Is understood to
contemplate aektng that tho Federal
government make a valuation nf nil
yallroad*. The president has only this
week been conferring on this subject
with Judge Cowan and other experts In
this matter.
Robert K. Ttirnage, the young Atlan
ta man who last Deceifiber was sen
tenced to u term of fifteen years In tho
penitentiary on the charge of attempt
ing criminal assault on Mrs. Thomas
Comstock, was one of the twelve con
victs who escaped a few days ago from
the Durham coal mines on Lookout
Mountain by digging a tunnel.
The official notice of the escape,
which comes from J. It. Bynum, deputy
warden, states that a reward of f50 Is
offered for the re-cu|itUre of Turnage.
The young convict had served only
nbout four months of his fifteen-year
term.
Turnage's father resides at 128 Jones
avenue, corner of Edwards street, and
It was at this plare the'attack on Mrs.
Comstock occurred, .Mrs. Comstock,
whose home ,1s In South Humphries
BIG STICK FALLS
L
Columbia, Term., Postmaster
Removed and Evans’ Man
. Substituted.
wnose oume .in in ooutn riumpiirieii
street, was agent for a cooking prepar- |
atlon anil had gone to the Turnage
home In un effort to muke a sale. Rob
ert Turnuge Is said to have beea alone
In the house anil to have made n vicious
attack on Mrs. Comstock, beating her
fearfully. The Injured woman remained
several days In the Tabernacle Infir
mary. Turnage was captured a few
hours Inter by Plain Clothes Officer
Rosser.
At the trial the prisoner put up the
plea of temporary Insanity. ,
Other Georoia Convicts.
Another one nf the Durham mine es
capes was Charles H. Clark, who, with
Thomas Newman, was sent up from
Mohroe county for 20 years. June 1,
1900, for robbing the safe of the Trio
Manufacturing Company at Forsyth.
Clark and Newmun belonged to the
gang of yeggmen routed out of the
Cannon House here. Implements of
their profession ’ being found In the
room. During the stir fhe fact of the
Forsyth robbery came out, and the two
men were convicted on that charge.
James King, sent up In April, 1908,
from Lowndes county, for burglary for
15 years, was the third white man to
escape. He Is believed to have be
longed to the Clark-Newmnn gong.
All of the whites are still at liberty.
The Negro Escapee.
Of the nine negroes In the gang of
escapes three were sent up from Ful
ton county. Only one of the nine Is
gtlll at liberty, but It Is not known
which one. ns lie- was In tho Chattooga
county crowd.
Charles Jones wns sent up In 1903
from Fulton county on two cliarges of
assault with Intent to murder, getting
20 years.
Sam Ixiftln. of Fulton county, wns
sent up for six! years In 1904 on a bur
glary charge. Major Scott, of Fulton,
wns sent up for six years In 1905 for
burglary.
Tom Ritchey, a Floyd county negro.
In for ten years, had been In the mine
only two months. Mat DuBose, Elbert
county, was a life man, nnd hail served
about three years. Virgil Gates, of
Troup, nnd Tom Fuller, of Meriwether,
were also life prisoners. Sam Johnson,
tho leader of the revolt, was sent up
from Warren county for 16 yenrs In
1903 on a burglary charge.
JOHN F. STEVENS.
Ills estimates of work on Pana
ma canal aril criticised hy Colonel
Goethals, new chief engineer.
Miles Standish, Hurrying to
Gloversville, N. Y., to
Identify Child.
Gloversville, N. Y„ April 20.—Up to 1
o'clock the 4-year-old boy believed to
be Horace Marvin,, had not been Identi
fied. The hoy la being carefully guard
ed awaiting the arrival of Miles Stand
ish, Dr. Marvin's brother-in-law.
The Allen man under arrest told tho
police he was a traveling salesman
and had no regular homo. Dr. Marvin
believes his boy has at last been found.
AQUEDUCT.
First Rscs—Kentor, 2 to E, won: Fox-
mea. 5 to 2, second; Hooray, 2 to 5,
third. Time, 1:22 2-6.
Washington, April 20.—Colonel Ooe-
thalv, of the army engineers In charge
of the work on the Panama canal, lias
made a report casting serious reflec
tions upon the work on tho canRl done
under the Inte Chief Engineer John F.
Stevens.
Ho charges that the reports of the
largo excavations made by Mr. Stevens
during tho hist three months aro not hi
licet dunce with fuels, nnd that much
"f the dill Unit wns excavated was
dumped 111 places from which It will
have to ho removed lutor.
Mr. Stevens In Ills reports announced
thnt ho hod excavated In tho month of
Jununr} r.iiil.T'.i rutile yards of earth:
In February, ''>33.811 cubic yards, and
In Mnrch. 815,27(1 cubic yards.
Actual Work Not Shown.
Colonel Gocthnls, It Is understood,
says theso figures. Instead. of repre
senting netunl work done, are based
upon estimates of the capacity of tho
steam shovels and tho work they should
perform per day. It Is also claimed
that tho estimates wero made on the
looso earth after excavation, which Is
much more bulky.
Colonel Goethals concluded with a
strong recommendutlon that the work
of excavating the canal should bo lot
out to contract.
Stevens in New Job.
Mr. Slovens Is expected to enter the
employ "f ‘‘in* "f ih" greet Eastern
railroad systems for the purpose *.f
making a valuation of tho property of
tho company. Mr. Stevens, when asked
about his engagement, admitted that ha
has had such a proposition, but Insisted
thnt It was not yet finally closed, lie
declined to name tho corporation.
“ Ruth Woodham.
The funeral services of Ruth Wood-
ham, tho Infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Woodham. who died Friday
afternoon ut a private sanitarium, wore
conducted In tho chapel pf Greenberg.
Bond * Bloomfield Saturday morning.
Tho interment was In Wes (.view ceme
tery.
Washington, April 20.—Tennessee
politicians In Washington are expe
riencing a series of "brain storms and
paychlones” on account of the summary
removal from office of Colonel Arch-M.
Hughes, postmaster at Columbia. Tenn.
John W. Jackson, assistant postmaster,
has received a notice that he had been
appointed postmaster.
Colonel Hughes Is a supporter of
Brownlow in Tennessee politics. Mr.
Jackson Is an H. Clay Evans factionist.
Colonel Hughes telegraphed about his
dismissal to John Wesley Gaines. Mr.
Brownlow not being at the capital.
Mr. Gaines went to the White House
and demanded a "square deal” for
Hughes. He recalled to the prealdent'a
memory that Colonel Hughes was one
of the “Immortal 306” who stood out for
the third nomination of General Grant.
The president told Mr. Gaines that he
knew nothing about tne case, as It had
been handled hy Postmaster General
Hitchcock.
$10,000 LOSS BY
GAS EXPLOSION
Philadelphia, April 20.—James Shaw
Is expected to die of injuries received In
an explosion which wrecked the gas
generating plant of Dobson's Mills.,
Falfs of Schuylkill, this morning and
threw the thousands of employees In
the mill buildings which surrounded
the plant. Into a panic. Two other men
and a score of girls w ei% hurt by shat
tered timbers and glass. The loss was
210,000.
N. Y. CAPITALISTS’
PAY WALSH’S DEBT
Chicago, April 20.—John R. Walsh's
211,000.000 debt to the Chicago clearing
house banks will be assumed. It was
announced today, by a syndicate of
Chicago, St. Louis and New York capi
talists, who have subscribed about 220,-
000,000 to finance tho completion qf
the Chicago Southern and Southern In
diana railway* to connect with the Chi
cago Terminal tracks.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records here each day tome
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
Estimate of the Work
Done Is Not Based
on Facts. '
Cotton nnd Iron nnd lumber and oil nnd phosphate by no m»>
the Industrial life of the South. The extent of the other foduaffcl.
In the following figures of the mine of factory products, specified
comma, of fifty differnt Industrie* in the South, the figures not/ Inclu*
uctn of establishments which, for the Insurance of privary,
the census:
Value of
Industries— Products. Industries— .
Salt % 405,782 Saddlery, etc. .. .. .
Xoap 1.5X1.159 Coke
Cordage and twine .. 2,122.273 Brick and tile
Palntn 2.136,496 Iilce cleaning
Htrnw hats 2.241,627 Carriages and wagons .. .
Brooms and brushes .. 2,340,96* Canning
Pickles, preserves, etc 2,490,130 Furniture
Structural Iron 3,336,652 Bakery orodocts
Wood turning .. .. w 4,119,207 Turpentine a ud rosin
Women's clothing 4.717,4b: Leather..
, Agricultural Implements .. 4,790,686 Hlnughtcring, etc
Pottery 5,049. uro Fertilisers
Glass .. 6,15.4,1.',2 Men’s clothing
Hh/pfiuffding— 1 Wooden* Y. ” 6J5«!«7 Printing and publishing”.
Marble and: stone M77.7'» Planing mil:-, etc
Tinware .. 6,«»,375 Foundries, etc
S tolen gooda 7,<#L329 Iron nnd steel
per and wood pulp .. .. .. 7.628.WO Railroad car Shops, etc.-
Boots and shoes 7.C75.15*:: Huger refining. «*t<*
Wooden boxes 6,976,393 < otton - •■••I mills
Patent medicines 9.767,375 Tobacco
Ice 9.fM4.4*> I lour mills, etc. .i
Cooperage 10,156,644 - Cotton goods .. .. .. ,. •<
Hosiery and knit goods .. .. 11,065,537 Lumber . d tin '. r
It must be borne In mind- that the fifty select Industrie* m
lean than one-fifth of the total number of Industries.to to* s.uth F\t
cent speech of Richard II. Kdmuudf, before chamber of commerce
H. C.
ns monopolise
s is Indicated
In tiie latest
ding the prod
ot itemized in
Valu
Ii. *3,366
. 32.64VJ73
. 3?,l'e*.3*5
441
, 4r5.041.78>>
. 45.192.446
6o.933.Nl4
61.647,271
65.353.139
SI.039.847
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114.325, M2
169.fi
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