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12 O'CLOCK EDITION Atlanta Georgian (and news) * O’CLOCK EDITION VOL. V. NO. 266. ATLANTA, OA., FRIDAY, MAY 10,1907. ■pPTrrifi* In Atlanta: TWO CENTS. JTXVXVJJ. On Trains: FIVE CENTS HEIR TO THE SPANISH THRONE IS BORN Event Is Heralded by the Booming of 21 Cannon GIRLS' RISES, L KING ALFONSO AND QUEEN VICTORIA, OF SPAIN. 10 THE KING First in Generations That First Royal Child Is Male. Madrid, May 10.—The Spain today gave birth to a and heir to the Spanish throne. This is the first time in many generations that the first child of a king and queen of Spain has been born a male. The announcement from the im perial palace that Queen Victoria had presented her subjects with an heir to the kingdom was hailed with great enthusiasm by the thousands who gathered about the palace after the formal an nouncement had been made. Salute of 21 Guna. As soon as the sex of the child was known, the watting populace were no tified by a salute of 21 guns fired from ,th» palace grounds. Next to the enthronement of a king the birth of a son and heir to the royal parents Is the most Important ceremony at the Spanish court. Following the custom of ednturies, the baby Is placed on a huge gold plate Immediately after birth and presented to Its father. The king himself ac companied by Queen Victoria’s Span ish and English physicians on either side, walks down a long line of func tlonarles. all of w hom b6w profoundly. King Announceo 3ex. The king walks to where the prime minister Is standing. After determin ing the sex of the child he announces: "It Is a prince. Ood bless the prince.” This is the signal for prolonged ap plause. Then the king still carrying the prince, walks through a long line of ambassadors and exhibits the baby to each of them In tum. The next step In the unusual cere mony Is the toklng of the Infant to the notary or the palace. He has a book In which la .ecorded the sex of the child, the dote, hour and place of Its birth. The book relates the ancestry of the child for the last COO years. Child Presented to Mother. This task accomplished, the king hands his son over to the mistress of the robes. Then the little one Is taken to Its magnificent layette and presented to Its mother. As soon as she le able the queen pro ceeds to the Church of the Atocha, where she gives thanks for the birth of her child. Then follows the baptism, which Is accompanied with as much pomp and ceremony as the birth of the child. More than one hundred Spanish women Imve been working for monthe »n the baby’s wardrobe. The christen ing ami presentation robes of the new heir win be the same as those worn by Alfonso. GOLD MEDAL AT Boys of Fifth Working Hard to Raise Funds For Trip. Douglas wants EDITORS’ MEETING . En roule to attend the bedside of his “'her, Dr. Joseph Bryan, who la very w*t h|„ i, om e |n Elbert county. Editor " ' Bryan, of The Douglas Entor- ■ s '°PP*d over In Atlanta for >hort while Thursday. do«r„ <> ar ' k **P*ng abreast of the times way.” aald Editor Bryan, priw* ltta th e center of a mighty Prosperous section of the state. When St r * *. w * ek| y P«n-pushers meet to m, v l vllle thl « year we are going lect Dn? “, n effort to Induce them to se- r«ar “ ,he meeting place next mem. AW * ure that the Induce- Purpose ” tre<1 WlU **• Bu| f>clent for the G «org|a r eao an , 1 ' a, e* th *' many of the for iw., tor * hav « promised to vote and It a * ncxt meeting place, little £!!*?!’ Pmbable that this thriving lect* °eorgla city will be ee- SPECIAL sermon to RAILROAD MEN thftT' * ,chard Orme Fllnn, pastor of wm HI!? * v * nu « Presbyterian church, at i.,„ ach at **>• Baptist Tabernacle B,. t . jydoak Sunday afternoon to the * rk °°0 of Railway .Trainmen and D* men who wish to attend. Run . *• considered one of the the ,, u ??, u ' nt and forceful ministers In ■louiii h£ l P" 3 •>*» sermon will, no ■'“inman * and pleasure to the Great interest la being manifested In the military fair which la being held for the benefit of the Fifth Georgia regiment, and the sales of the various articles displayed are unusually large. A number of special features are be ing Introduced each night and those who attend the fair are well repaid for their time and money. Thursday night the hospital corps gave a demonstra tlon of Just what la required of this branch of the service on the field battle, and the exhibition was enter talnlng and Instructive. Friday night the drill of the second section of the Fifth regiment for the gold medal will be held. The drill of the first section was held Wednesday night. The members of the regiment arc laboring Industriously to make the fair a success, and are being ably assisted by their numerous friends among the ladles. The booths, of which there are a large number, are In charge of young ladles whose skill In disposing of their wares la proving a very valuable asset to the regiment in the effort to raise funds for the trip to Jamestown. ATLANTA ELKS WANT CONVENTION If Atlanta does not get the next state convention of the Elks It will not be because strenuous efforts were not taken to get It. The state convention this year takes place In Rome on May IS. IS and 17, and already Atlanta Elks have planned to storm the city and capture the next convention. The Atlanta delegation will have a marching squad of fifty strong, hand somely uniformed, to make a strong bl.1 for a hundred-and-flfty-dollar Prise to be offered. The Atlantans will wear white duck coats In military style, white hats and white shoes, and will purple and white silk umbrella.. They will be led by the Atlanta fire de partment drum corps, thirty "Woh*- Delegations will be In line with hands from all the cities of the state and bid for the urtxs- At the left of this picture is the luyetter baaket prepared for the royal nursery in Madrid. At the right Is the royal cradle used for rocking the Infant kings of Spain, and at the bottoih Is a robe of sat in and iace made by Spanish nuns for the heir. TO MEET AT WHITEJULPHUR Atlanta Convention Closes With the Election of Officers. SAYSSOUTHERN ROAD IS UNSAFE Charging that the road-bed of the Southern railway, between Atlanta and Birmingham, is unsafe, and that us a result her husband, who was an Engi neer, was killed when his engine left the rails. Mrs. Dora L. Nolan Thursday filed suit for $40,000 against the rail way company^ Mrs. Nolan charges that the road bed is uneven and had been for some time previous to the death of her hus band. Suit it Dismissed. Upon the ground of a misjoinder of purties, the suit of Dr. J. M. Gast>n against D. F. Thompson for a doctor's bill of $760, whs dismissed from the superior court by Judge Pendleton on Thursday afternoon. The debt was alleged to have been due toi professional services rendered the young daughter of Mr. Thompson, who was wounded by a pistol some line ajra* With the election of officers for the ensuing year, the convention of the Georgia State Dental Society came to an end Thursday night at the Aragon, and was declared by the members of the society who attended to have been one of the most successful In the his tory of the organisation. White Sul phur Springs was*chosen as the next place of meeting. The election resulted In the election of the following officers: Dr. Gibson, Forsyth, president; Dr. C. F. Davis, first vice president; Dr. W. C. Miller, Augusta, second vice president; Dr. D. H. McNeil, Athens, correspond ing secretary; Dr. DeLos Hill, Atlanta, recording secretary; Dr. H. H. Jewett, Atlanta, treasurer. The executive committee was letted hh follows: Dr. Joe Brough ton, Atlanta; Dr. E. A. Tlgner, Mll- icdgeville; Dr. R. Holmes Mason, Ma con; Dr. \V. E. Bugg, Athens. Dr. H. H. Johnson, of Macon, was again elected Journal editor, while the committee on honorary fellowship con sists of Dr. Frank Holland, of Atlanta. Tho degree of "honorary fellow” was conferred Aipon Dr. H. A. Lowrance, of Athens; I)r. J. H. Coyle, of Thomas- vllle, and Dr. J. L. Fogg, of Barnes- ville, as they had been active mem bers of the society for twenty-flve years. * J The members of the examining board for applicants to practice dentistry In Georgia were re-elected without op position. The board consists of Dr. C. T. Brockett, Atlanta; Dr. S. P. Bar- field, Macon; Dr. W. H. Weaver, La- Grange, and Dr. John If. Coyle, of Thonmsvllle. The recommendations made by Pres ident Crenshaw in bis annual report were heartily indorsed by the commit tee to which the recommendations were referred. The convention went on record as against unethical prac tice. LADY ORAY'COMES TO VISIT EXPO. Washington. May 10.—Lady Gray, wife of the governor general of Can- nda, will arrive at the British embassy In Washington today. Hlie will make a Short visit there and accompany the ambassador and Mrs. Bryce to Rich mond to spend the week-end with the governor of Virginia and Mrs. Swan- Showers of Flowers Followed by Stones For Non-Unionists. TWO CARS RUN IN SAN FRANCISCO No Shooting Was Detected, But One Motorman Returns Car With k Hole in It. San Francisco, May 10.—The courage of the unarmed strike-breakers In op erating two cars In the mob-crowded streets yesterday afternoon prompted admiring women to shower flowers, tbrow kisses and wave their dainty handkerchiefs at them as their can passed by under the protection of po- Shortly afterwards, however, etlcks and stones took the place of flowers and kisses and the non-union men were pelted by a crowd of 1.000 strike sympathisers, who trotted along with the can and cursed the strike-break, ers. No arrests were made. On the morning trip a young girl ran out from a florist’s shop and tossed a handful of bright red, long-stemmed carnations to the platform of one of the cars. Lifting their caps and smiling, several of the men leaned far out and caught tho flowers. The can were halted then, while young women brought clusters of carnations and roses from the shop and offered them to tho men. Soon every strike-breaker had a flower In his’coat. Mob Stones Cars. The afternoon trip was not cakes and flowen. Now and then a stone or brick was thrown, but tho guilty man or boy, hidden In the mob, escaped de tection. Though no shooting was wit nessed by the police or tho company ‘officials or newspaper men, one of the motormen polpted to a clean-cut hole In one of the ventilator windows of his car. Men Examined to Try Haywood Assert Un trammelled Minds. TRIAL ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDAY Panel Exhausted, But Elev en Men Are Locked Up Until Trial Resumes Next Week. Boise, Idaho, May 10.—The trlBl of William D. Haywood for complicity In tho murder of former Governor Steun- enberg adjourned yesterday afternoon shortly after t o’clock until Monday morning, because the Jury panel had been exhausted. No Juror was finally accepted, but the eleven men under examination, but not yet finally accepted or rejected, were locked up and will be closely guarded. At no time, morning or afternoon, was the court room more than halt filled, and the street! forming the court houee square contained not a single loiterer. Roosevelt's Letter. The questioning of tho defenso dealt with the poslsble effect upon the minds and attitudes of Jurors by tho letter of President Roosevelt In calling Haywood and his associates “undesirable citi zens," the speeches In Idaho of Secre tary Taft, and other events. A feature of tho examination was that all of the talesmen questioned swore they had hot been Influence^ by tho letter of President Roosevelt, tho lies iif nttirr oilliials "f the national or state governments, and a majority said they were Republicans. NEW THEORY Was He Jealous of His Young Part ner. MOTHER USES RIFLE TO KEEP HER CHILDREN Shoots Detective as He Flees WithChild in Arms. Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., May 10.—De tective Samuel Hamilton was fatally shot and Mrs. Annie Magness. a murkably handsome woman 25 years of age, was wounded In the right leg during a sensational attempt to get possession of two of the woman's chil dren, a little boy of ( and a flaxen- hatred girl i years of age, yesterday afternoon. Detective Hamilton Is In Brown's In firmary hovering between life and death, and Mrs. Magness Is confined to a room In the Hillman Hospital. Tho shooting occurred at 1:10 o’clock at the house of Mrs. Magness in Smith- field. Detective Hamilton hod gone to tho house with W. R. White, father of the children, who lives In Nashville, Tettn.: J. T. Stout, a detective of Nash ville, and A. U. Anderson, an attorney, of Nashville, to get possession of Willie White and Ethfsl White. To learn the location of the home of the Magness family. Detective Hamil ton and the Nashville sleuth went to the suburban town of Smlthfleld yes terday morning. They found the house and saw tho children playing In the yard. They returned to the police sta tion and preparations were made to return yesterday afternoon. Go for Children. At 3 o’clock the four men drove by the houee and Detectives Hamilton and Stout got out and walked back to see If they could see the children. Finally the children appeared In the back yard and tho officers waved, at the same time going to meet the cab and getting on the Inside. Just as the cab got op posite the fence where the children were at play. Detective Stout Jumped out and grabbed the little boy and Mr. White, the father, grabbed the lit tle girl. Before the detective had time to get the little boy on the Inside t>f the vehicle, Mrs. Magness appeared at a window and began tiring. Detective Hamilton cried out, "I’m killed." The carriage turned down 8eventh street and Mrs. Magness Is sold to have ap peared at a rear window, when a man thought to be tbe husband Jumped out and le aald to have fired one time, the bullet striking Mrs. Magness In ths right leg. Ths four men. Including the wounded detective, with the two chil dren, drove to the police station and gave themselves up and Detective htamllton woe carried to the Infirmary, where It was found that he Is seriously shot. Shot to Protect Children. Policeman Devine rushed to Smith- field and look charge of the woman, who said that she did not know who she was firing at when ehe discharged her pistol. She said (hat two ladles were visiting her and that suddenly she heard one of her children scream. She looked out of the window and saw man with the Uttla boy. When the saw the hack driving away she opened firs and says she did not know her former husband was In tho crowd until ■he reappeared at the side window and was shot. When seen at the pollco station. Mr. White, who Is a druggist In Nashville, •aid that ho and his wife separated July 10, 1903. He applied for a divorce In Octobar, 1903. Ho mentioned Robert G. Magness In the petition. The decree was rendered April 7. 1906, since which time he Bald ho has been trying to lo cate his wife with a view of getting his children. Mr. White said hts wife left Nashville with Magness In February. 1903, and that he heard recently that they were living In Birmingham. Mrs. Magness was cool at tho police station and said she regretted that she shot an offleer. Magness Is a man about IS years of age. Crops Damaged by Rains. Special to The Georgian. LI sella. Go., May 10.—The land here was washed Into ditches by the hardest gain wo have had In two years Tues day night. Growing crops. In many places are completely ruined. When Fred Bush Is arraigned in Re. corder Broyles’ court Friday afternoon to be examined following the explosion of an Infernal machine In the home of Miss Katharyn McCarthy, a theory will bo presented by the detectives which will be startling., . At least two prominent Atlanta citi zens will be placed on the stand to tes tify to a strange Influence which Krejl Bush Is said to wield over his business partner, Charles V. Doolittle. They will testify. It Is stated, that Bush has a peculiar affection for Doolittle, who Is only 22 years old. while Bush Is 30 years of age, and that he has shown a Jealousy uf anyone who attracted Doo little’s regard. Bush. Doolittle and members of the McCarthy family all deny that Buah was In love with Miss Kathryn Mc Carthy, and this aroused curiosity as to why Bush—If It was Bush—should try to Injure her. The new theory advanced by the de- IVtlvca. and bused on tho statements made Thursday afternoon by citizens who know Bush and Doolittle Intimate ly, Is that Bush was Jealous—not of Miss McCarthy, but of his young part ner. Charles V. Doolittle. Charles V. Doolittle, who was held for a few hours Thursday at the police station, was released during the after noon under a bond of 1200 for his ap pearance at the trial. He will be placed on the stand Friday afternoon unless for some reason a continuance Is or dered. MARIST CADETS DRILL FRIDAY, Jhe annual drill of tho. military de partment of MarlHt College will take place Friday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock on the'icollsgftparade grounds. In the rear of Peachtreo and Ivy streets. There will be Individual drills for the college medal, and exhibition drills by the entire corps. Eugene R. Schmidt Is major and commandant of the cadet coma, which numbers 75 boys. . ■riie drills will be very Interesting and the friends of the college and Btudents are Invited to attend. GRAIN ON SALE AT NEW EXCHANGE A new feature and one that will prob ably be a popular one has been added to the Chamber of Commerce. The chamber will expose for sale from 11 a. m. to 3 p. m. on’ Its ex- chango tables each week In numbered pans samples of such grain as the members wish to sell. Tills method of displaying the sam ples of grain will prove a splendid one for tho members, whenever they wish to dispose of their surplus. It goes Into effect May 10. ATLANTAN ELECTED TO STOCK EXCHANGE From New York comes tho Interest- 1 tng announcement of the success of a former Atlantan. W. R. Fagan. Mr. Fogan has been elected a mem ber of the New York Stock Exchange, and admitted to partnership In the well-known firm of Daniel Odell A Co. Sir. Fagan was n resident of Atlanta for a long while ns tnannger for Olbert A Clay.. Ho made hosts of friends here, and when he left Atlanta there was general regret. Mr. Kagan went to New York In tho employ of Daniel Odell & Co., and his rise to membership In the stock exchange and partnership In the firm has been accomplished In d few months. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian records here esc economic fset In rsfsrsncs to march of ths booth. JOSEPH B. LIVELY. The more Important Industries established In Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia during the week ending today are shown by the accompanying list which la authorized by Tho Tradesman. Among the most notable <>f these new concerns are lumber mills and mining companies In Alabama: coal and lumber companies In Arkansas, oil and fuel company and ce ment compey In Indian Territory; mining and lumber companies In Ken tucky; lumber companies In I-c.uif.iena: cotton harvester company and lumber companies In Mississippi; mining, land and lumber companies In Missouri; machine shops, lumber companies In Oklahoma; cotton picking machine company In South Carolina; waterworks, steel works, etc.. In Texas; lumber, coal and coke companies In Virginia: cement works, de velopment company and glass factory In West Virginia. * ALABAMA. Birmingham—310,000 , mining and land company; 35.000 development < : tt.v; I I company; electrical company; I’O.OOe laundry: 313,000 manufacturing company; ore company: land company: 330,004 pipe and fittings company. Cullman—313,000 ware house and manufacturing company. Columbiana—Waterworks. Calera—Brick works. Montgomery—310.000 sand and gravel company. Tuscumbla—33.000 warehouse company. Ensley—Foundry and machine shops: 315,000 development company. Jasper—Machine and engine company. Clayton—310,400 fertilizer factory. Taylor—330,000 lumber mill. ARKAN8A8. Clarksville—Canning factory. Berryvllle—323.000 hardware company. Benton—Warehouse company. Russellville—Electric light plant; waterworks. Htlena—35.000 woodenwara factory. blythevllle—110.000 gin and warehouse company. Coal Hill—Coal company. Fordyce—330,000 lumber company. Hardy—Sawmill. GEORGIA. Atlanta—310.000 blow pipe and manufacturing company; 350.000 land company; 390.000 star vending match company; 13,000 shoe factory. Columbus—Fertilizer factory. %