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N. Origin*, Ann; 11S-
VOL. V. NO. 262.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 6,1907.
PRICE:
Men Behind the Brahe Are Assembling in Atlanta For Their Biennial Convention
FOR GREAT CONVENTION
National
OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY TRAINMEN.
JAMES HURLBUT. H. W. BELKNAP.
Momber Board of Grand Trustees, Member Board of Grand Trustees.
TRAINMEN OF AMERICA
ARRIVING IN ATLANTA
m UNIT
Head of the
Knights Templars
Coming.
P. H. MORRISeV
Grand Matter of National Organ-
ization.
The biennial convohtion of the Brotherhood of Trainmen will bring to Atlanta nearly eight hundred
accredited delegates, many of whom have already arrived at headquarters in tho
New Kimball.
Convention Opens on
Tuesday to Last
10 Days.
OPEN MEETING
TUESDAY NIGHT
Thousand Visitors Expected
During Meeting of Broth
erhood of Trainmen.
AFTER WINNING RACE;
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Hundreda of delegates, coming from
every section of tho United States and
from cities In Canada, are now in At
lanta ready for the opening session of
the Hlennla! convention of the Brother,
hood of Railway Trainmen Tuesday
morning In the Grand. Many more will
arrive during the afternoon and night,
and when Grand Mnater V. H. Morris
sey, of Cleveland. Ohio, calls the con
vention to order there will be 760 dele
gates present.
Grand Master Morrissey arrived in
Atlanta Monday afternoon and went
Immediately to tho Kimball, wher the
convention lu making Its headquarters.
Other prominent olMclala of the order
arrived during the morning and by
noon the lobby of the Kimball present
ed a busy scene.
Not only was the Kimball crowded
with delegates, but hotels got their
share of the big crowd. Many of the
delegates brought members of their
families with I hem, an that the con
vention will mean the presence In At
lanta of at least 1,000 visitors.
One of the busiest men of the day
was Grand Secretary and Treasurer A.
E. King, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. King
has set up offices in a suite of rooms
on the first floor of the Kimball, and
with an office force of several clerks
and stenographers Is attending to tho
vast amount of work the convention
necessitates.
To Open Tuesday. *
The convention will open Tuesday
morning at 9 o'clock, and until alt busi
ness la finished two sessions will bo
held dally In the morning apd after
noon. On Tueday night a meeting will
be held In the Grand, which will be-
open to the public, and at that time
several addresses will be made by of
ficers of the order and prominent labor
leaders of Atlanta.
The convention will last ten or twelve
days, and during that time the dele
gates will spend In Atlanta something
like 1176,000. Each of the delegates Is
allowed by the order $5 a day for ex
penses.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men'is one of the largest and strongest
labor organisations In the world, and
numbers among Its membership about
>1.000 men. It has an Insurance and
benefit feature to It which results In
paying out a fortune annually. The
claims committee, which has been In
•esslon dally for over a week, has
claims to pass upon aggregating some
thing ltke $260,000.
Des Moines Wants IL
A strong bid Is being made for the
next convention by Des Moines, Iowa.
Placards have been placed In conspicu
ous places around the Kimball and oth
er hotels occupied by delegates, setting
forth the fact that “Des Moines does
things.” The cards carry al*o an In
vitation to go to that city two years
from now. when the next convention
win be held.
, The following are the ofllcers of the
brotherhood:
P H. Morrissey, of Cleveland, Ohio,
rrand master.
G. Lee. of Cleveland, Ohio, as
sistant grand master.
T - R Dodge, of Chicago, HI., first Vico
grand master.
»»l Fits Patrick, of Columbus, Ohio,
second vice grand master.
"• T. Newman, of Denver, Colo.,
third vice grand master.
dames Murdock, of Toronto, Canada,
rourth vice grand master.
A. E. King, of Cleveland, Ohio, grand
•scretary and treasurer.
D. L. Cease, of Cleveland, Ohio, edl-
tor and manager of The Railroad
Trainmen's Journal.
Hoard of grand trustees:
James Hurlburt. of Homell. N. Y.
V* Relnap, of Mattoon, III.
A. F. tVhltney. of Eagle Qrove, Iowa.
Grand executive board:
WALTHOUR FOLLOWING MOTOR.
Berlin, Slay 6.—'.'Bobby'* Walthour. tho
American bicycle rider, has met with a
serious accident st Erfurth. Immediately
after winning a 60-kllometer race against
Vnndcrstuyft, Walthour fell from his wheel,
just serosa the line, striking his head
against a wooden railing'. Re was carried
to the hospital unconscious, and is la e crit
ical condition.
"Bobby" Walthour salted for Paris on
February 12, where he was to ride until
March 1. Fo.m the 1st of Starch until
the latter part of October he wne echedulcd
to ride twenty rnree In Teris, Berlin, and
other principal cities of Europe.
Sirs. Walthour Is In Enropn with her hus
band, having accompanied him on his Eu
ropean tour.
2 WOMEN HAVE TUG OF WAR;
CHILD NEARLY PULLED IN TWO
IN FIGHT FOR POSSESSION
J. K. ORR. ,
Very eminent sword bearer grand
encampment of Knights Templars.
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Father Took Hand in
Fray and All Lose .
Child.
Holding her J-year-old baby girl In a
vice-llke grip In her arms and defend
ing it like a tigress, Mrs. Charles John*,
of 172'Jett streeL Sunday aftertioon en
gaged In two sensational fights In the
streets, one with her mother-in-law
and the.other with her husband, from
whom she Is separated.
' The mother-in-law, Mrs. M. T. Johns,
of 661 Marietta street, and her son,
Charles Johns, the husband, were try
ing to take the chit* from Its mother,
declaring she bad kidnaped It from the
husband's home. Ae a result of these
elforte, which brought on the two suc
cessive fights, the little girl, the In
nocent cause of the trouble, had a de
cidedly thrilling experience, her little
body almost pulled In twain.
Although the mother was felled to
the ground and roughly handled, aha
clung to the child with bulldog tenaci
ty, and successfully resisted all efforts
to take it from her.
Mother Took Her Child.
The trouble started when young Mrs.
Johns went to the home of her husband
In Marietta street Sunday afternoon,
while he was absent, and took charge
of the child, which Mrs. M. F. Johns
had been caring for since the separa
tion. As the mother left the bouse
with the child In her arms, she was
seen by Mrs. Johns, her mother-in-law,
J. W. Rhodes, of Toledo. Ohio.
K. J. Powers, of San Leandro, l al.
William Shumate, of Loi^avlUe, Ky.
who Immediately ran to her and tried
to take tho baby from her arms. The
mother was determined to havo the
girl, however, and a battle royal en
sued. This was In Marietta street near
tho comer of Hunncutt.
Mrs. Johns, the elder, seised the
child, and the two women began a reg
ular . tug. of' war. ' Neither would re
lease her hold and It began to look as
though the Innocent little child would
get the worst of the fray. Finally,
however, with one hand loose, the
mother seised her mother-in-law by
the hair and yanked out a handful by
the roots. This brought a cry of pain
from the latter, and the situation some,
what changed.
Freeing herself, tho young mother
rushed along the street and made two
attempts to board a trolley car, but as
■he was not at a crossing, the mortor-
man would not stop. Tho mother-in-
law followed close, behind and called
out to the motorman not to let the
younger woman on tho car.
Young Mrs. Johns hastened to the
comer of Jones avenue and Gray street,
where she made another unsuccessful
attempt to board a car.. She continued
on her way, .with the mother-in-law In
pursuit, and at t|ie corner of Kennedy
and Chcstnbt streets the combat with
the husband took place.
Johns was on a trolley car, and, no
ticing his wife and child, alighted. He
promptly took hold of the child and
another pulling match followed. Dur
ing the melee with Johns, the wife
was knocked to the ground, but etui
held to the child.
All this created excitement and some
one rushed to the home of Policeman
Mlse, who resides near by. and awoke
him. The officer hurried 'to the scene
and entered cases against both the hus
band and wife.
In police court Monday morning. He.’
corder Broyles took the child from the
Mrs. Johns'
Marietta.
parents and gave It to
brother, H. M. Bryan, i
Johns was fined 116.75 end the case O
against hi* wife was dismissed.
For the first time In the history of
the grand encampment of Knights
Templars Georgia will have as Its guest
this week an eminent grand command
er, George M. Moulton, of Chicago.
At the conclave of the Georgia com-
manderyi beginning Wednesday morn
ing and continuing through Thursday
afternoon, and for the laying of the
corner-stone of the hew $260,009 Ma-
IQnjje tcmplp Wednesday aftarnoon at
4 o'clock, A'llnnta will havo three olfi
cers of the grand encampment ai
guests.
They are Grand Master George M.
Moulton, of Chicago: Grand Standard
Bearer William H. Norris, who Is also
grand master of the grand lodge of
Masons of Iowa, and who will deliver
tho principal address at the corner
stone laying, and lastly Grand Sword
Bearer J. K. Orr, of Atlanta, who has
the distinction of being the first South
ern representative in the grand com.
mandery In thirty years.
. Grand Master William II. Norris, of
Manchester, Iowa, will arrive in At
lanta Monday evening. Eminent Grand
Commander George M. Moulton will
arrive from Chicago Tuesday morning.
Both special guests will stop at the
Piedmont Hotel.
The Georgia Knights Templars and
blue lodge visitors will not arrive In
Atlanta In numbers before Wednesday
morning, though many will probably
register at the hotels Tuesday evening.
Over 2.000 visiting Masons are expect
ed, as Invitations have been sent to the
606 blue lodges In tho state. Each of
tho 24 commanderles of the Knight:
Templars are expected to send big dele,
gallons to Atlanta.
For tho corner-stone ceremony Wed
nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock over 1,000
blue lodge Masons and 600 to 700
Knights Templars will be In the pa
rade, which will bo one of tho finest
and most Imposing ever seen In the
Gate City.
The knights will bo In full Uniform,
presenting a handsome and Inspiring
scene. The parade and grand review of
the knights at 10 o’clock Wednesday
morning will be another Impressive
sight
At 11 o'clock the first session will be
held In the temple at Mitchell and For
syth streets, at which time addresses
of welcome will be dellveied by Gov.
ernor J. M. Terrell and Hon. John Tern.
e le Graves. Responses will he made
y Grand Master Max Meycrhnrdt and
Grand Commander John J. Seay,
OFFICIALS INSPECTED
NEW R. R. STATION
Prominent officials of tho Atlantic Cftaat
Line were here this wnk for the perpose
of Inspecting the new passenger station,
which the line has Built. The station Is
now complete. It Is announce*! that the
new station will I* occupied and trains be
gin Mopping at It mi May 16.
The handsome new
built hr the Geoi
Eloquently Appeals to
Jury For His Boy
Now on Trial.
Special t4 The Georgian.
• Birmingham. Ain., May 6.—The
sight of n father pleading bis son's case
took place lu tho Federal court today when
Colonel Robert A. Chisolm spoke In be
half of Alexander It. Cbosolm, on trial for
emhcxr.lttig a large smu of money from
the First National bank. While the father
spoke, the prisoner was surrounded by rela
tives, Including his aged mother, three sis
ters and two brothers. Colonel Chisolm
said that the case of his son had no pnrub
lei, and declared that If his son bad been
a criminal he would not have returned any
of the money to the bank. lie declared
that there never lind been n perfect man
from the time of David, "a man after
God s own heart,” to the time of Robert
H. Lee, the great Southern soldier and
statesman.
The opening argument for the govern
ment was mads by I^e C. Bradley, who
declared that Chisolm would have been
guilty of theft laid he returned every cent
to the tank. The ease will reach the
J ury this afternoon. Judge Oscar Hundley
mving prepared a wrltteu charge.
built by the Go*
railroad, In this
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Washington, May 6.—The state do
partment Is advised that dlplomatlo
relations between Mexico and Guate
mala have been severed, owing to the
refusal of Guatemala to surrender
General Lima, who Is atcueed of be
ing Implicated In the murder of former
President Barillas.
FORMER METHODIST
ADDRESSES BAPTISTS
In his address at the meeting of the
Atlanta Baptist Ministers' Association
Monday morning Rov. 8. J. Parrish,
p-stor of Glenn Street Baptist church,
qndjormerly pastor of the Purk Memo
rial Methodist church, In New Or
leans, explained hie reasons for leav
ing the Methodist faith and embracing
thab of the Baptist church. His re
marks attracted a great deal of atten
tion.
Dr. L. G. Bniughton was present for
the first time since tho street car acci
dent In which ho and his wife were In
jured. He stated that his wife was
better, but still suffered a great deal.
T preached yesterday on one leg."
he said, "and preached two mighty good
sermons. Oh, you fellows need not
laugh. You all think you do the same
thing, but you Just haven't the nerve
to say so.”
Many of the local ministers will leave
next week for the Southern Baptist
convention in Richmond.
CARS STOPPED;
POWER CUT OFF
Trouble at tha Bull Sluice power
plnnt of the Atlanta Water and Elec
tric Power Company, stopped the
electric cars and handicapped users
of electricity'at 2:27 o’clock Monday
afternoon. It required five and one-
half minutes for the engineer! of the
trolley company to get the engines
working In tho auxiliary power plant In
Atlanta when the cars began to move.
The trouble at Bull Sluice could not be
learned.
RECTOR AND HIS WARD
STILL ELUDE PURSUERS
This picture fa from a recent photograph of Miss Floretta Whaley, the
youna heiress, who doped with t!*> Rev. Mr. Cooke, rector of an Episco
pal cnurch on Long Island, of which August Belmont is senior warden.
Wife of Eloping Pastor Suffers Violent Col
lapse When She Enters Former
Home.
New York, May 6.—Whllo scores of
detectives employed by August Bel
mont were today seeking Jore Knodo
Cooke, the eloping pastor of Hemp-
atead, and his 17-year-old helrees ward,
Floretta Whaley, the deserted wife of
the unfrocked minister was suffering
another vlplent collapse.
'I never want to see him again,”
cried Mrs. Cooke from her bed room In
the rectory at Hempstead .which EL H.
Hardman built as a memorial to hie
father. "If they bring him back, do
not let him come near me. As soon as
I am able, I will leave here. I will go-
bark to my parents, where I was al
ways happy." »
Sirs. Cooke collapsed when she re
turned to tho parsonage from her fa
ther's home at Hartford. She went
back to get her personal belongings,
and was overcome nnd had to be put
to bed and attended by physicians. The
search for Rev. Cooko and MJea Flo
retta Whaley was continued today with
renowed vigor.
Tho district attorney, It Is stated, has
received a clew which he expects will
materially aid him In tho search for the
deposed rector and the girl. It was
contained In the letter written by
Cooko to Bishop Burgess.
WIFE'S DEATH REVEALS
HUSBAND'S ROYAL BIRTH
SHE IS MOTHER
OF RICHEST BABY
J -r
Pittsburg, Pa., May 6.—The romance
of two persona, born to high social
position, was revealed by the sudden
death of Mrs. Ann Frances Acourt’, at
her home In Hwlssvllle. She Is the
daughter of Jame* L. Braty, deceased,
of Richmond, Va.
The family was one of: the oldest in
Virginia. Her husband is one of fifteen
children of Lord Hoytsburg, of Wllt-
shlrl, 'England, and up. to the time uf
the tatter’s death, fifteen years ago,
received an Income from the estate. He
is ac clerk nt the Carrie Furance.
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MRS. JOHN NICHOLAS BROWN.
Mrs. John Nicholas Brown Is
the mother of the richest baby in
the world. She has recently un
dergone an operation for appendi
citis, and. It Is said, will recover.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records her® each <>aj soma
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
Finely situated 380 feet above the eea level, and having a healthy cli
mate and with an abundant water supply and thorough sewerage system,
Raleigh, N. C„ offers an excellent location for those seeking new homes.
The cliy. which Is located In Wake county, Is surrounded by a rich ag
ricultural region which possesses a .wide variety of vegetation. The pop
ulation of Raleigh numbers 20,000, and the city edvera an area of one and
three-quarter square miles, has 50 miles of water . mains, 86 miles of
streets, 5 miles of which are paved and 15 mllea macadamised.
Raleigh le well supplied with varied, manufacturing industries to the
number ot 83. the most Important of which are six cotton and knitting
mills valued at over 81,000,000 and having an annual payroll nt $260,00m.
fertiliser plant valued at $150,000 and having: an output of $500,500 annu
ally, cotton seed oil mill valued at $76,000 nnd.huvlng an output at 359,-
000 gallons of oil. 4,000 tons ot meal and 2.000 tons of hulls annually,
seven printing plants valued at $150,000. two large leaf tobacco ware
houses with annual sales of 3.006,000 pounds, two Iron works, five lumber
plants, two woodworking plants and other miscellaneous Indu-ri,.., in
cluding electric light and power plans. Ice plants, bottling works, gas
plapt, telephone companies and brick plants. j
Four railroad lines enter Raleigh. These are the Seaboard Air Lin.',
the Southern railway, Raleigh and Southport railway and Raleigh a ml
Pamlico Sound railway. The 8cabo«rd Air Line has hers large construc
tion and repair shops-and freight warehouses valued at $500,000 and em
ploying about 600 men with a weekly payroll of $6,260.
The financial Institutions of Raleigh, seven In number, have a ram-
blned capital of $445,000, surplus of $261,000, deposits $3.560,7. ' and re
sources $4,592,000, while bank clearances amount to $2,159,27$. Two in
surance companies, one fire and onh life, are also located here, an:
these have a combined capital of $26J,600, reserve of $85,000 and assets 11
$424,000. ■■ . Jftl
Raleigh has 12 public school buildings valued at $80,600, ami these
have an average aw Wide nee of 2.600 pupils, while there ore 13 other
schools/eyfesnegea with buildings valued at over 31.096,000 and h ivlr.s
an attendance of 3,000 pupils.—Manufacturers' Record. ,2 '
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