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The Weather:
Atlanta Georgian (and news)
Spot Cotton:
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VOLV. NO. 274.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 20, 1907.
PPTPT?. In Atlanta: TWO CENTS.
AlUViJi, On Trolna: FIVE CENTS.
23 ARE INJURED IN CENTRAL WRECK;
TRAIN BEARING THE DELEGATES TO
ODD FELLOWS CONVENTION DITCHED
Southbound Train
Leaves Track Near
Hillsboro, Ga.
injured taken
TO MACON HOSPITAL
Wrecker and Relief Train
Rushed to Scene, and
Injured Quickly
Cared For.
Special to The Georgian.
Hillsboro. Ga., May 20.—While run
ning out of Hillsboro today the train
from Athens, bound for Macon, went
In the ditch at the 30-mlle post and
twenty-three people were Injured, none
very seriously. The train was loaded
with Athens delegates to the Odd Fel
lows - convention at Columbus. Two
cars vie re overturned. The wrecking
train was sent out from Macon, to
gether with a relief train.
The following are the ones injured:
A. C. Bishop, Athens, Ga.; shoulder
hurt.
H. Bowden, of Athens; cut in the
head.
W. H. Vondrau, of Athens; head and
neck hurt.
A. B. Harper, of Athens; left hip
hurt.
G. E. Deadwyler, of Athens; cut on
front of head.
W. G. Langford, of Watktnsville; In
ternal Injuries.
Mrs. Hattie Tuck, of Athens; In
ternal Injuries.
Rev. L. A. Carr, of Royston; hurt
In head.
H. L. Ggrabald, of Athens; general
shake-up.
C. L. Young, of Athena; left side of
face hurt.
R. L. Bramlet, of Athena; right leg
hurt.
Georgia Thomas, a small child;
right arm and head hurt.
H. Hatfield, of Montlcello; side of
face hurt.
B. J. Blaalngame, of Montlcello; left
arm hurt.
J. W. Baker, of Athena, bruised on
head.
J. W. Fox, of Athena; left knee
sprained.
Mrs. R. L. Johnson, of Athens; neck
and left hip hurt.
_Tho Injured were taken to the hos
pital at Macon.
WRECKING TRAIN HURRIED
TO SCENE OF ACCIDENT.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., May 20.—Twenty-six
persons were Injured In a wreck of
the passenger train from Athens, due
In Macon at 11 o'clock, which occurred
at 10 o'clock this morning near Hills
boro, on the Macon and Northern di
vision of the Central of Georgia rail
road.
Cara Leap From Raita.
Four of the Injured are aald to be
In a serious condition. The baggage car
»nd first-class coach Jumped the track
*t the thirty-mile post and went In the
ditch. The engine remained on the
track.
The drat news of the wreck was sent
from Round Oak. and was to the effect
that the train was In the ditch and
twenty-slx persona were hurt.
Wrecking Train Leaves.
The engine brought the news of the
wreck to Round Oak and returned at
once to the scene of the wreck. The
"recking train and a special train have
gone to the scene. Dr. Howard Wil
liams, surgeon of the road, went on one
of the trains.
Hospital is Notified.
The city hospital has been notified to
make ready for the Injured.
The train was en route to Mocon
from Athens and was due here at 11
J- m. Engineer Worsham and Conduc
tor s. A. Moore were In charge.
TWO WOMEN KILLED
IN TRACTION WRECK
New York, May 20.—Two women
* Pre killed and many others seriously
hurt In a collision between two trolley
cars j n Brooklyn today.
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COLUMBUS IS CHOSEN
FOR NEXT CONVENTION
MAY ADOPT
ALL ARTICLES
OFACREEMENT
Sentiment Seems to
Favor Favorable Ac
tion by Assembly.
JAMES HURLBURT. H. W. BELKNAP.
The convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen has selected
the members of the board of grand trustees. James Hurlburt was elected
chairman, and H, W. Belknap secretary, while William. Dougherty, of.
Collinwood, Ohio, was elected a member to fill the place made vacant by
the election of A. F. Whitney to the newly created vice grand mastership.
Columbus^ Ohio, was selected by the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen for
the convention In 1209, the next na
tional meeting of the organization.
The election for choice took place
Monday afternoon. Columbus led with
263 votes. Des Moines, Iowa, was next
with 192 votes. Chicago won 88 votes
and Detroit was last, with 44 votes.
Des Moines workers claim they
would have won had a majority vote
rule prevailed, permitting a second
ballot, as Chicago and Detroit had
pledged their votes to Des Moines on
second,ballot. A motion to take only
one ballot prevented this.
BY BIB AUDIENCES
1 ini
Southern Baptists Discuss
Missions at Final Ses
sion of Convention.
Richmond, Va., May 20.—The final
day's session of the Southern Baptist
convention began at 10 o'clock today.
The usual preliminary services marked
the opening.
The presence of many visitors from
the Northern Baptist convention,
which has been In session at "Wash
ington. was called to the attention of
the chairman and the visitors were
given seats In the section reserved for
delegates.
The question of funds for missions
engaged the attention of the delegates
today.
Atlantan* Speak on Sunday.
Most of the Protestant pulpits of the
city were occupied Sunday by minis
ters In attendance nn the Southern
Baptist convention. It was estimated
that 114 Baptist sermons were preached
in Richmond and Ha Immediate vicinity
during the day. Two great mass meet
ings for men were held under the au
spices of the Baptist convention, one In
the First Baptist church, the other, a
sort overflow meeting. In the Grove
Avenue Baptist church. At the former,
addresses were made by Hon. Morney
Williams, of New York: Hon. Joshua
Levering, of Baltimore, and ex-Govem-
or Northen, of Georgia. At the latter
the leading speakers were Rev. Dr. J.
B. Whltdt of Atlanta: Rev. H. H.
Kulten, of Charlotte, N. C„ and Rev.
Dr. Len O. Broughton, of Atlanta Rev.
Dr. W. W. Landrum, of Atlanta pre
aided.
A missionary mtui meeting, under
the auspices of the-Women's Mission
ary Union, auxiliary to tho Baptist
convention, waa held at tho Second
Baptist church In tho afternoon. Ad
dresses were made by Mia* Carrie Boa-
tick, Miss Alice Parker, Mr*. EL F.
Tatum, Mrs. W. EL Crocker and Mlsa
Ida Pruttt, all missionaries to China;
Mrs. W. IL Clark, of Japan, and Mias
Katherine Hanson, of Oklahoma, and
the sum of 310,000 wa* raised for the
Southern Theological Training School
for Women Missionaries.
GEORGIA INTERESTED
II CORRECT
Secretary of State Philip Cook returned
Sunday from Washington, where he at-
tended the conference of state officiate rela
tive to uniformity of laws ss to weights
and measures. . _
Georgia was the only Southern state suf
ficiently Intereeted to eend n representatlre,
liut Eastern and Western etates were well
represented. Weight, and measure* on cer
tain Htandard commodities vary In the
■tales from two to six pounds.
In many states dishonest measures end
weight, sre used, but local laws have
served to correct this. In one state eev-
era! hundred measures and scales were coo-
^"rhe 4 conference resulted In the appoint
ment of a committee to draft a law which
will be submitted to tb. governor sml leghi.
latnre of every stole for action, where
the act confilcte with regulations already
of force, U cau be amended to St the
eUuaUuu.
TELEGRAPHERS SAY
"DOUBLE CROSS"
IS THEIR SHARE
Believed That Big 0. T. U.
Strike Is Pend
ing*
New York, May 20.—The 20,000
members of the Commercial Teleg.
raphera’ Union art said to be pre
paring for one of the biggest strikes
In the history of the country, because
of dissatisfaction with employing com
panies.
One of the chief points of contention
la as to rate of pay. Not long ago the
Western Union gave most of Its men
In the eighteen largest cltlea of the
country a 10 per cent Increase. The
Postal followed with a 10 per cent In
crease for Its employees everywhere.
But the operators declare they aro now
being "double crossed” on this In
crease. Also the companies, after giv
ing this small Increase to Its men,
raised the rates to the public 23 to 13
per cent.
To be entitled to the additional 10
K r cent an operator must have worked
a particular office for six months.
Before he has worked that length of
time he gets the old rate.
HEARING EVIDENCE
The hearing of evidence In the Injunc
tion suit of tbn Central of Georgia rail
road against tho state rsllrosd commission
to prevent the enforcement of the circular
reducing freight rates, was commenced be
fore Hpacts!' Master Georgs Ball, In tb*
federal court on Monday morning. It will
be recalled that the Central aeked for an
Injunction restraining the commission from
putting tho order Into effect, and Judge
Newman ordered that Special Master Bell
bear the evidence Id the caae. During the
session Monday morning tb* Central begin
giving In evidence showing why ths order
should not go Into effect and ths Indica
tions sre that several dsys will be re
quired to bear the testimony of both the
railroad and the railroad commission. The
hearing drew to Atlanta several Central
railroad officials from Savannah, besides a
number of lawyers.
CHIEFS
SCALP IS WANTED
New York, May 20.—It Is understood
that Fred D. Burnham, president of the
Mutual Life Reserve Assurance Socie
ty. has been asked by the board of di
rectors of tbe company to present his
resignation not later than Wednesday
of this week. |n the event of his fail
ure to resign, steps will be taken to de
clare his office vacant and also to elect
Archibald O. Hamcs to his place.
Action looking to Mr. Burnham's
resignation la said to be a result of bis
Indictment and the conviction of bis
brother.
Birmingham, Ala.. May 20.—All ru
mors to the contrary notwithstanding,
the special committee of the Presbyte
rian general assembly has decided t i
recommend that the articles of agree
ment bo adopted. This was learned be
yond a doubt yesterday.
Tho committee consisting of Com
missioners Lyons, Trimble and Tulla.
have tabulated their report and noth
ing remains but for the chairman of
the larger committee to draw up the
formalities and tbe adoption by the
committee, •
This afternoon at 2 o'clock Is the time
set to act upon Its adoption. It Is be
lieved that the same vote which upheld
Moderator Howerton will pass the ar
ticles, except that the vote In favor of
the articles will be much larger, since
numbers voted for Russell Cecil for
personal reasons.
Majority Favors Adoption.
The committee on the Charlotte arti
cles of agreement stands 16 to 10 In
favor of adoption. There will be ma
jority and minority reporta presented
this afternoon.
Dr. N. Neff, of Georgia, opened the
Monday aesslon of the Southern gen
eral assembly with prayer. The com
mittee In charge reported on the Ijls-
senalon between missionary workers of
the Northern and Southern churches In
Indian Territory and other Western
states, whero It Is contended that
Northern missionaries have endeavored
to Convert Southern missionaries Into
Northorn. Dr. Morris, secretary of the
home missions, believed the Northern
general assembly was not cognizant of
the doings of tbe missionaries and It
was resolved to send all correspondence
In the matter to the Northern assembly
In Columbus, Ohio.
Tho Northern assembly waa notified
by telegraph of this notion. Dr. W. D.
Hardin made the report of tho minis
terial onn.mltteo. .which recom
mended raising HOMO tut tho cause
this year, and raising tho special halt
million dollars' endowment fund os
soon as possible. It recommended re
fusal of aid to students pursuing post
grnduato courses alone.
Secretary Sweet reported 115 va
cancies In tho Southern field which
would support ministers If they could
be had. Tho report was adopted.
Meetings Held Sunday.
Every Protestant pulpit in Birming
ham waa ocupled yesterday by clergy
men attending the general assembly.
Among the more notable sermons was
that delivered by Dr. James R. How
erton, of MontreaL N. C, moderator of
the assembly. He preached at the First
Presbyterian church to a congregation
which exceeded the capacity of the
building. A feature of the day was tho
number of publlo mass meetings held,
at which matters were discussed In
which the public at large la moat vitally
Interested. The first of these was at
the First Presbyterian church under
the auspices of the Young Men's Chris
tian Association. The speaker was W.
R. Dobyns, of St Joseph, Mo. An hour
latir, at the Third Presbyterian, a
great meeting was held In the Interest
of Sunday school work. The man who
E resided over the meeting was Rev. S.
Phillips. Last night a big mass
meeting for men waa held at the First
Presbyterian church. In the Interest of
the Presbyterian brotherhood for men.
Addresses were made by T. C. McRae,
of Arkansas, a member of congress,
who took as hla subject, "Why Men
Need the Church," and by A. M, Scales,
of North Carolina, on “Why the Church
Needs Men."
The general assembly reconvened at
10 o'clock this morning.
WHEAT HOVERING
OVER $1 MARK IN
LYING ON FLOOR OF AUTO,
LAWYER HUMMEL IS CARRIED
FROM HOME TO PENITENTIARY
New York, Muy 30.—Benieleu nnd Inert
nn the floor of tbe tonnenu of his biff
French automobile, Abraham II. Hummel,
eenteiiced to one year In the penlteutlary
for conspiracy, waa taken from hla home
today on his trip to Blackwells Island.
The departure of the convicted lawyer
was a remarkable and <lrainatlc spectacle.
Every efTort was made to divert tbe atten
tion of tbe reporters and the public from
the house, ami the Impression had been
given that he was not there.
At 10:35 o'clock, Hummel's big touring
car waa driven to the bouse by the law.
yer'a French chauffeur. Then the negro
butler opened the basement door and Hum
mel emerged, lie was bent over until
be made almost a half circle with hla lit-
tie l»ody. He lurched and ataggered na
he walked across tho pavement, and he
fell Itodlly Into the car.
Kaffenhurg, the nephew, ldg and brawny,
reached down and caught him by tbe col-
Inr of hla coat, lifting him to the seat.
Tbe reporters and others pressed around
the car. Hummel alld fr/un the seat and
lay face downwnrd on the floor of the
tonneau, curled up like a dog.
“Go ahead!" shouted Kaffenburg to the
chauffeur.
With the body of the little lawyer still
ABRAHAM HUMMEL.
huddled on the floor, an Inert henp, the
machine shot forward. The chauffeur put
on all speed down Madison avenue, uud
waa soon lost to view.
A SEARCH FOR A BRIDE;
^OUNG AUGUSTAN COMES
70 FIND MISSING WIFE
Wild Panic Monday to Cov
ey After Taking Profit
Saturday.
Chicago, May 20.—There waa a wild
panic among the local talent on the
board of trade this morning when the
wheat pit opened on a scene of Intense
excitement. It was a sensational fight
for wheaL and there was no wheat to
be had.
The local talent sold out their hold
ings Saturday to take profits, and
when this morning the price of July
and September began to climb, the lat
ter going over the 31 mark, they tried
to re-establish their line*, but they
could get no wheat.
Many bullish report* were received.
Nebraska reported the weather as un
favorable. In the northwest It had
again turned cool and the seeding put
back still further. Russia's crop out
look Is bad.
At the end of the first hour's trad
ing July was up 2 5-3 from Saturday's
close. _ ___—-
A determlnned search now being
made In Atlanta by an anxloue and de.
termlned husband for his bride, who, he
says, was spirited away from him by
her father, furnishes the sequel to a
romantic secret wedding which occur
red In Augusta on May 1.
The anxious husband Is Alphonse
Finch, who la connected with the gen
eral offices of the Georgia railroad, and
the object of his search was formerly
Miss Margaret Goode, a pretty 18-year-
old college girl, both of whom are well
known and popular In Augusta social
circles.
The friends of the two young people
were surprised last Friday when It be
came known that they had married on
May 1, the wedding having been kept a
secret since that time.
Mlaa Goode was attending college at
the tlmo of the marriage. She waa to
graduate within a short time and It was
determined that the wedding should be
kept quiet until she finished school. Ac
cordingly she continued at her studies
as though nothing unusual had hap
pened. nnd no one was the wiser.
This plan worked all right for a time,
but as Is generally customary In such
affairs of the heart, the story finally
leaked out. And then came an unex
pected climax. While young Finch was
receiving the congratulations of hla
friends, the girlish bride disappeared.
Taken utterly by surprise at this start,
ling turn, the young groom was for a
time bewildered. He finally collected
himself, however, and went to search
for hla bride.
He finally obtained Information that
led him to believe the father of the girl
had taken her to Atlanta. Once on the
trail, Finch lost no time. He came to
Atlanta Sunday and began a search of
the city, reporting the matter to of
ficer*.
After arriving here, he lost the trail
and was unable to ascertain whether
his bride was still In the city. So far
a* is known, the missing bride Is still
untound and the tireless search Is still
on.
Boy Said To Have
Died of Ptomaine
Poisoning.
HELD INSURANCE
ON BOY’S LIFE
Arrest in North Carolina
Following Charges De
velops Real Sensation
m Community.
GOT ON IN TENNESSEE,
BUT FELL OPE IN GEORGIA
Boarding a passenger train on the
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern rail
way at McCays, Tenn., and hanging on
desperately until the speeding train had
passed across the state line Into Fannin
county, Georgia, Will Parris finally
tumbled off and was seriously Injured.
The actual distance covered was 150
yards.
He sued for damago and Judgo Gober
sustained the demurrer of thn road that
the Georgia court had no Jurisdiction In
the matter. The supreme court held
that It was error to sustain the demur
rer on the ground that the negligence
did not occur In Fannin county.
DID NOT RETAIN
EX-SEN. M'LAURIN
TO ASSIST PRICE
Southern Cotton Association
Knows Nothing of His
Employment.
While dispatches from New York
state that former Senator J. L. Mc-
Laurin has been retained by the
Southern Cotton Association to rep
resent the body In the suit brought
by Theodor* Price against the New
York Cotton Exchange, the official* of
ths association In Atlanta deny that
Senator McLaurln has been retained.
Secretary Woods gave out the fol
lowing statement to The Georgian
Monday afternoon:
“This office has no knowledge of Mr.
J. U McLaurin's appointment or em
ployment by the Southern Cotton. As
sociation to prosecute the Price suit
against the classification commutes of
the New York Cotton Exchange.
"The Southern Cotton Association Is
Interested In securing for nil legiti
mate cotton Interests a full measure
of protection. It haa succeeded to such
an extent that It haa rested Its case
through recently enacted Federal leg
islation, and stands ready to give all
Information in Its possession to the
Investigation. Tbe present Injunction
suit, with Its accompanying affidavits
against the New York Cotton Ex-
chnnge, can be used as valuable In
formation by the Investigators."
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Russian Bomb
' Kills 3 Police
Odessa, May 20.—The exploelon of
an Infernal machine in the Central po
lice bureau today killed the chief of
police and two of hla subordinates. Two
men and a girl are thought to have
placed the machine at the bureau
shortly before It exploded. The men
are In custody, but the girl escaped.
The douma passed a resolution ex
pressing Indignation at the recently
discovered plot on the life of Caar
Nicholas and Joy at the eecape of the
monarch. All socialist membsra were
absent to avoid going on record.
Raleigh, N. C., May 20— Dr. David
S. Roland, a prominent physician of
this city, was arrested here this morn
ing on a warrant Issued In Henderson,
N. C„ charging him with the murder of
his son, David Austin Rowland, a boy
of 11 years, by poisoning, In Vance
county, near Klttrell, not far from
Henderson.
Dr. Rowland Is about 28 years old
and a native of Klttrell. His son waa
living at that place with relatives. It Is
charged that two weeks ago last Sat
urday Dr. Rowland was there on a visit
and took a walk with the boy and gave
him an orange.
The boy died the same day nnd Dr.
Rowland gave It as his opinion that
death waa due to ptomaine poisoning
brought on by eating Ice cream and
fruit the night before. A few weeks
before this Dr. Rowland had taken nut
an Insurance policy on the child's life.
He was In Henderson Saturdny arrang
ing for the collection of this policy, and
returned here Inst night. Tho arrest
took place In hla office, and Dr. Row
land Introduced there to the officers his
wife, whom ho married In Norfolk
eomo tlmo during the last few days.
She was the widow of Engineer C. U.
Strange, of the Seaboard Air Line,
whose home was here. 8trange died
suddenly In March from wlrat was
diagnosed ns heart failure. Dr, Row
land was tho physician called In when
Strange complained of feeling unwell.
Dr. Rowland would have nothing to
say when arrested, but was perfectly
composed and smiling.
He was.taken to Henderson today.
Mr*. Rowland Arresthed.
Later today Mrs. Rowlnnd was ar
rested on a charge of being accessory
to the fact of the killing of her for
mer husband, Engineer Strange.
It appears that tho engineer was not
feeling very well, and Dr. Rowland
was sent for and treated the man.
When the doctor left his patient ac
companied him to the door. Strange
went back to Into the house nnd died
In a few minute*. The cause of his
death was given n* heart failure.
The bodies of Strange and Dr. Row-
lnnd'a son will be exhumed and exam
ined for traces of poison.
RUSSIAN TERRORISTS '
HELD IN PARIS
Paris, May 20.—Details of a terrorist
plot against high Ruselan officials was
disclosed here today bythe confession
of a myateriou* Russian who has been
In the hoepltal since Friday with his
hands terribly lacerated. Today, after
repeated Inelstance by the police, the
Ruslsan admitted he Is n terrorist nnd
wa* wounded by the premature ex-
Dtoslon of a bomb he was making.
Later two Russians found In same ren-
dezvoun were arrested.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tbe Georgian records here each day some
economic fact tn retereuce to tbe onward
march of tbe South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
The charter of the Evart Lumber Company baa been filed for record
at Lake Charles, La. The Incorporators and officers are V. H. Lunney, of
DeQulncy, La.; James H. Simpson, of Detroit, Mich., president: W. E.
Hooper, of Chicago, vice president; Ira T. Sayre, of Flushing, Mich, secre
tary and treasurer, and others.
The domicile of the corporation Is given as Evart. La, ,(no P. O.), a
new town ten miles east of DeQulncy, and the capital Is 375,000.
Mr. Lunney recently purchased considerable acreage of pine timber on
the line of the Colorado Southwestern. This, end a lot of stumpsge pur
chased by the new company aside from the land upon which It stands will
be the nucleus for the timber auppy of a new 60,000 capacity mill which
Is to be erected at once.
A timber deal Involving 900,000,000 feet of pine timber was closed at
Houston, Tex., recently. The land on which this timber Is located Is In
Mississippi and Louisiana, some of It running down to the Sabine river,
near the border of Texas. The consideration paid was 33,000,000.
J. Ik Watson, representing the sellers of the land and who gngtneercd
the deal, announced that the sale had been closed after holding a long
distance conversation with the parties Interested. There are several
owners to the land, but for certain reasons the names of tbe purchaser*
are not made public at this time.
It la understood that the agents' commissions Involved In this transac
tion reach the sum of 3130,000.
II. Clay Tunis, of Elizabeth City, N. c, has received a letter from
President Hotchkiss, of the Dare Lumber Company, of New York, an
nouncing that the company will proceed immediately to erect extensive
mills In Elizabeth City to have a capacity of 150,000 feet of lumber a day
and employ over 300 hande. f
The company ownz 107,000 acrea of timber land In Dare county. This
land has been in litigation for 30 years. The Dare Lumber Company
recently established Its title.
One of the largest deals tn the history of Perry county was consum
mated at Hattiesburg. Miss, recently when Knapp, Stout A Co. of Wis
consin, sold to Cyrus D. Jones, of Scranton. Pa. timber lands valued at
3479,539.72. Tbe land lies to the south of Hattiesburg along the line ot the
Gulf and Ship Island railroad.
J. F. Wilder, a lumber dealer of Epps, Mlsa, has purchased from W.
F. 8. Tatum, of Hattiesburg, Miss, timber property to the value of jint.
000.
The lend lies south of Hattiesburg, In Perry and Lamar counties, and
Is convenient to Mr. Wilder’s mill at Epps, though extensive railroad
" building will be neceseary In order to get out the logs.