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VOL. V. NO. 299.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDN ESDAY, JUNE 19,1907.
PRTrn?. In Atlanta* TWO CENTS.
I lUUJIi. On Trnlna: FIVE CENTS
KILLSHIHSELF
11 WHO
Identified as Jack
Simpkins, Wanted
in Boise Trial.
CORONER RETURNS
AFTER SEEING BODY
Many Witnesses Arriving to
Assist Prosecution
Tliis Week.
Fort Collins, Colo., June 19.—Practi
cally -all doubt that the man who com
mitted suicide at the Baldwin ranch In
Nortli Park Is "Jack” Simpkins, wanted
In connection with the assassination of
former Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho,
has been removed by the statements of
Coroner H. M. Hallowell and Deputy
Sheriff Irving Lowery, who returned
today, after a trip to the ranch to view
the body. He was a pal of Harry Or
chard.
Boise, June 19.—Partisans of the
prosecution In the Haywood case are
now spreading rumors of big surprises.
Intimating that either Moyer or Pettl-
bone may confess and corroborate Or
chard, thus sending Haywood to the
gallows. These reports are silly and
ars spread solely as a bluff to frighten
some one.
Steve Adams can not be prevailed
upon to testify for the state, and he
was the only man the prosecution
hoped to Induce.to make Orchard's tes
timony worth something more than a
record of his own villainies.
Two more days will see the end of the
state's case and the remaining testi
mony Is said by Senator Borah to be
of the same character aa that which
has been Introduced In the last week.
Justice Goddard, of the Colorado at
. prema oourt, la here to relate the ftn.
Ing of a bomb at hla gate, and the state
will present Goddard's opinions In la
bor cases as evidence of the motive on
the part of the leaders of the Western
Federation to rid the country of'this
jurist.
Scorea of disinterested witnesses who
will deny certain parts of Orchard's
confession are now here waiting to be
qslted by the defense.
Miners from Tellurlde, Cripple Creek,
Independence and Coeur d'Alene are
coming In. The arrival of these men
Is figured to bode 111 for the Pinkerton
plug-uglies and alleged gun fighters,
who have been having their own way
here for a month.
The men of the mines won't stand
any nonsense from the Pinkertons, and
the people of Boise are now sick and
disgusted with, the gang that MoPart-
land brought In here on an Imaginary
fear that the court and the city would
be dynamited ere Orchard would be
permitted to testify.
Several well-known citizens of Boise
have been Insulted and jostled oft the
sidewalk by the Colorado thugs, and
there Is sura to be an accounting be'
°Bob° n Metdrum and hla pal, Bartell,
both from Tellurlde, and the special
protector of Butkely Wells and Harry
Orchard, were arrested and fined yes
terday for trying to run the town.
Meldrum was fined 1100 and costs and
Bartell was fined $50,
The state of Idaho paid these penal
ties, the money being taken from the
special fund appropriated for the pros
ecution of Moyer, Haywood and Pettl-
bone. , .....
This morning's session of the Hay
wood trial was consumed by the state
in presenting articles from the Mlnera
Magazine. These articles go back to
the first Issue of the magazine. The
purpose of the state Is to show that
Steunenberg, Goddard, Peabody and
others were marked men.
MM ELECTED
TOR CL Mill.
... . GEORGIA FUNERAL DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION.
Thu Picture is from a Photograph of ths Visiting Undertakers, at a Luncheon given to them Tuesday Afternoon.
The faculty of the Georgia Normal
and Industrial College at Mllledgevllle
was elected at a meetl g of the board
of directors held In the Kimball House
Wednesday morning. The members of
the board present were: James M. Du
pree, Montezuma, chairman; B, N. La
mar, Mllledgevllle, secretary and treas
urer: John Temple Grave*, ^: Dr
B. EL Green. Gainesville, Dr. E. A. Tig
ner. Mllledgevllle; R. L A tl 5£?2!!'
Greenville, and President M. M. Parks.
The faculty elected was as
jif \f Parka, president; J. Pouna,
professor of pSdagogy; J. IsBeeson,
nrofessor of science; J. C. Warc-aw,
professor of science; J. ' .
nrofessor of Latin and hls ory. R. H.
Powell, professor of Engileh. MI**
Alice Napier, teacher of mathematics.
Miss Emma Whatley, teacher of the
sub-freshman class;. MUs Nan Bsriii-
dale. assistant teacher of Latin and
history - Misses Jessie Snyder and M.
E rail and Mrs. M. J. Brown, normal
.relnmaMtss Maude M. Gillette, free-
^d^mwl'w: Mis. Helen Holllngs-
?hT. h .h jl&TuSr Fanny
ELSS sESES
swans?vasrajasL.
p R assistant. In tha mimic
fe^rtmen" Ml« Katherine Greer.
Ihrartsp.^ re-elected, except In
l hw p£- w£r* resignations bed
LET’S HAVE
REAL
OLD FOURTH
Old Glory Waving
Soldiers Marching
Open Air Meeting
Orators Talking
A great Fourth of July celebration!
That Is what Colonel Harry Schlee-
Inger thinks Atlanta ought to have.
Not a noisy, flre-crackery Fourth, but
one of the good old patriotic kind..
Colonel Schlcslnger thinks there
should be a great pnrade In which the
military, the firemen, the various or
ganizations and the citizens generally
should take part.
Then a big open-air meeting on the
capitol grounds. Somebody to read the
Declaration of Independence, and one
of Atlanta’s best orators to make a
ringing address.
And then have the whole town gay
with flags and bunting. Old Glory
fluttering from every home and from
the windows of all the office buildings
and mercantile establishments. Col
onel 8chleslnger believes It would make
an Inspiring scene and promote good
feeling all round.
It has been brought to the attention
of Mayor Joyner and he' approves of
the Idea. A definite movement will
probably be started at once to have a
rousing Fourth of July celebration
here.
IMMIGRATION UPHELD
BY OLIVER IN SPEECH
AT LABOR GATHERING
Bv B. LEE. SMITH.
gpecisl to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga., JUne 19.—F. M. Oli
ver, taking the place of Major W. W.
Williamson, president of the Savannah
Chamber of Commerce, this morning
fired a broadside shot Into the Georgia
State Federation of Labor on the Im
migration question that fairly took
away the breath of many of those pres
ent, especially those opposing Immigra
tion, and there are many present wear
ing badges beating the following In
scription: "Disinfectant, Formalde
hyde, for Immigration Use." He opened
his address by saying he was an organ
ized labor man; It was right and Just,
but the object of his address was to
give his views on Immigration, and he
gave his views” favoring Immigration
for Georgia and the South. His address
waa listened to attentively and Its ef
fects will be felt when this question
comes up for consideration.
The ninth annual convention of the
Georgia State Federation of Labor con
vened at 9 o'clock tbls morning, with
President O'Connell In the chair and
all the officers present.
The meeting was called to order by
Robert Fechner. president of the Sa
vannah Trades and Labor Assembly.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Bas-
com Anthony, pastor of Trinity Meth
odist church.
Addresses of welcome were delivered
by Hon. George W. Tledeman. mayor;
F. M. Oliver, representing the Cham
ber of Commerce; Rev. Dr. Bascom An
thony and Congressman Charles G. Ed
wards. Response was made by Presi
dent O’Connell.
The session today was taken up In
the appointment of committees. The
real business of the session will begin
tomorrow. The first day will end with
a boat ride of fifty miles on the Atlan
tic.
There are about 1(0 delegates pres
ent, probably fifty uf whom are from
Atlanta.
FUNERAL
SUBJECT OF TALK
BT DRJ.ANDRUM
Undertakers Hear Addx-ess-
es by Well-Known Men
Wednesday.
TELEGRAPHERS’ UNION
TO CALL OPERATORS OUT
New York, June 19.—The general ex
ecutive board of the Commercial Tel
egraphers’ Union of America today de
cided upon a strike to enforce the de
mands of the operators for the .redress
of their grievances. The matter Is now
In the hands of President 8. J. Small,
of the union. . ■
Just when and where the strike wilt
be called Is not made public, but It Is
stated that It will come within the next
ten daya , .. .
Deputy President Konenkamp added:
•'We regret that this step was made
necessary by the attitude of both com-
panles in not only Ignoring the memo
rials presented by President Small, but
their refusal to deal with a committee
of their own employees, .
"We have never demanded or re
quested that either company enter Into
a contract with the union, but we have
asked that discrimination on account
of the organization be discontinued;
service on account of their affiliation
be restored to their former positions
snd rating.
"Our grievances are Just and our de
mands are reasonable.
"Had either company shown a will
ingness to consider the memorials pre
sented or to receive a committee, the
present situation might have been
averted."
It is learned on good authority that
the Order of Railroad Telegraphers
have pledged both their moral and
financial support to their commercial
brethren and are ' prepared to show
their loyalty to their fellow-craftsmen
by refusing to handle messages sent
by either the Western Union or Postal.
It was reported from the headquar
ters of the New York local of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union of Ameri
ca today that a sufficient number of
signatures having been secured accord
ing to the constitution and by-laws of
the order, there will be a special meet
Before the Georgia Funeral Directors’
Association, Wednesday morning. Dr.
W. W. Landrum, pastor of the First
Baptist church, spoke of funeral ser
vices and the church, and dwelt upon
the frequent conflict between funerals
and religious services.
“I do not believe In having a funeral
ceremony at the time of worship In the
house of God.” he said. "I would not
have a funeral at 11 o'clock on Sunday
morning.”
Dr. Landrum also took up the queS'
tlon of 'expensive funerals, which was
discussed at length several weeks ago
by the. religious associations. He
frowned upon an ornate funeral at
great ezpcnse, when the means of the
family wore not sufficient tq afford It.
He spoke of the need of co-operation
between funeral directors and the min
isters who were to officiate at fu
nerals.
The second day's meeting of the as
sociation began at 10 o'clock Wednes
day morning at the Kimball House.
Rabbi David Marx was one of the
principal speakers, and his remarks on
the dignity of the profession were
heard with Intepaw.
The meeting adjourned for luncheon
at noon, and the afternoon session will
be devoted to addresses by Father
John E. Gunn, of the Sacred Heart
Catholic church, and Professor W. E
Platt, of Augusta. W. I. Wilson, of
Augusta, will also deliver an address.
A carriage ride over the city will be
tendered the ladles who are attending
ths convention. On Wednesday night
the visitors will be entertained at
Ponce DeLeon. The annual election of
officers will be held Thursday.
The Indications at present are that
Jesse B. Hart, of Macon, can be
elected president If he so desires.
It Is generally admitted by the large
number of delegates attending the con
vention that he has made an excellent
president and they agree that to him
belongs the honor of the association's
phenomenal growth.
When he was elected president there
were leak than lbO members and now
there are 210 funeral directors of the
state on the membership rolls. Presi
dent Hart- 1s also personalty popular
with the members of the organization.
In Macon, his home, he Is a leading
factor In municipal politics and is a
S rnmlnent member of the aldermanlc
card. Had he said the word, he could
have been placed In the race for mayor
by a multitude of friends, but he re
cently declined.
RBI BIS:
SEVEN KILLED SALOON FIRE
Two Other Miners
Were Seriously In
jured in Mishap.
Scranton, Pa., June 19.—By the ex
plosion of gas In the Johnson, No. 1,
mine at Prlceburg. late yesterday aft
ernoon, seven men were killed outright
and two others seriously Injured.
There were two explosions, one be
ing caused by the carelessness of a
doortender. who allowed gas to accu
mulate In the workings. One men was
Injured as a result of th|s explosion.
The second explosion, which resulted
In the death of seven men and the In
jury of another, resulted from the Igni
tion of fire damp, which accumulated
after the first explosion.
The Deed.
WILLIAM WE1SNEB, aged 34, mi
ner.
FRANK BURDOCK, aged 24, electri
cian.
WALTER KILCAVAGE. aged 28, la
borer.
JOHN KILCAVAGE, aged 22, la
borer.
JOHN DIMION. aged 25. laborer.
MIKE SHINISKI, aged 19. laborer.
One man,was so badly mangled thtg
It Is Impossible to Identify the body.
All the victims were frightfully burn
ed. the clothing being burned off most
of them.
COMRADE8 RESCUE
ENTOMBED MINERS,
Somerset, Pa.. June 19.—With the
moans of their entombed fellow-work
men guiding them on, relays of miners
late last night succeeded in reaching
and extricating Thomas and Lawrence
Fallon, brothers, who hod been en
tombed by a slip In a mine near here
early yesterday morning. The accident
endangered the lives of a score of men
who were at work In the mine at the
time of the ellp.
SCHMiH SENDS OUT
also that employees dismissed from thelng called on Sunday to take action.
Boiler Explosion
Kills Fireman
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 19.—Fire
man D. L. Haynes was killed this morn
ing when the boiler of freight engine
No. ««« on the Cincinnati. New Orleans
and Texas Pacific railroad exploded at
Boyce Station, four miles from Chat
tanooga. The fireman was blown out
of the cab and struck the ground about
twenty feet away. The engineer waa
on the tender at the time and was not
hurt. The explosion was caused by the
fireman letting the water get too low
In the boiler.
THEATRICAL TRUST
NOT AMENABLE
New York, June 19.—Indictments
found last January against the alleged
theatrical trust were dlsmlszed today
~...Wd that the defendants ere
Dennett Gets
10 Years in Pen
New York, June II.—Oliver M. Den
nett. the broker, accused of assisting
W. O. Douglass, a farmer bond clerk
of the Trust Company of America. In
looting that Institutions of hundreds of
thousands of dollars In securities, today
pleaded guilty to two Indictments
charging him with criminally receiving
stolen bonds.
He was given five years on each in
dictment and will be sentenced Wed
nesday. Dennett’s trial was to have
begun today, but he decided to plead
guilty.
Joseph Chamberlain Well.
London, June It.—An emphatic de
nial was made today by members of
Joseph Chamberlain’s family of the
report published In the United States
that he Is dying or U In a critical con-
Augusta, Ga., June 19.—Manager Ed
Renslck. of the Augrata baseball team,
has resigned his position, the resigna
tion to take effect today. Outfielder
Dick Crosier ts<now In charge of the
team and has been made temporary
manager. The reason assigned for the
change In managers Is simply that the
club owners desired It and they wished
to keep In the salary limit. As long
as they have had a bench manager, It
has proved hard to do this ni#l keep a
good teatn also.
Ranilck came here from Danville,
Va., last year, where he had won a
pennant for two consecutive seasons.
Urozler. the new manager. Is one of
the most popular men on the Augusta
team and Is one of the fastest outfield
ers In the South.
There has been no announcement
made as to what Ranslck's Intentions
ore for the future.
Everybody seems pleased, with the
appointment of Crosier, and It la free
ly predicted that he will make a good
manager for the club.
Dorothy L. Searratt.
' The funeral services of Dorothy L.
Searratt, the 18-months-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Searratt, who
died Tuesday at Grady hospital,
after an Illness of several days
with typhoid fever, were conducted on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the family residence, 18 Oak street. The
lntennent waa In Weatvtew cemetery.
San Franclaco, June 19.—From the
aanctuary of hla private cell In tha
county Jail Eugene Schmitz, depozed aa
mayor of San Francisco, after being
convicted of . grafting, has Issued an
edict that he still rules the city.
Schmlls'e communication Is addressed
to the board of supervtsora. In part
It Is as follows:
"Gentlemen—Seeing In this morning's
papers a statement to the effect that
your honorable body, at your meeting
yesterday, decreed that > I was tem
porarily unable to perform my duties
as mayor by reason of my detention In
the custody of the sheriff of Ran Fran
cisco, and therefore appointed James
Gallagher aa acting mayor, I hereby no
tify you that I am not unable or un
willing to perform the dutlea required
of me as mayor of the city and county
of San Francisco, but will continue to
do so.
“This action by your honorable body
clearly demonstrates the truth of the
statement I made Just after my return
from Europe that politics and politi
cians alone were behind the prosecu
tion and that your action ts the first
step toward securing control of the
municipal government In order that
valuable franchises may be given to the
wlelder of the 'big slick,' Rudolph
Spreckles, end other valuable privi
leges accorded to those who have co
operated with him In his efforts to
purify (?) this community.
"EUGENE SCHMITZ,
“Mayor of the City and County of San
Francisco.”
Fireman Falls From
Viaduct and Is
Hurt.
JOSEPH M. SHIELDS.
Well Known Lleutennnt of Fire De
partment, Injured by Falling
From Viaduct,
AT FEDERAL PRISON
Accompanied by a United Rtateil
marshal and another prisoner, Franc
H. Jones, who confessed lo having em
bezzled about 885,000 from the Char
lotte National Bank, arrived In Atlanta
Wednesday from Charlotte, N. C'„ to
begin serving out his sentence of six
years behind the bars of the Federal
prison.
Rome months ago Jones disappeared
from Charlotte and then It was discov
ered that he was short In his accounts.
It developed during the trial that after
going away he wrote to his wife and
some friends and made arrangements to
return us soon as his wife’s health
would permit of the strain of hie trial.
Then he as suddenly appeared as he
disappeared and delivered himself to
the United States authorities. With
him came an aged white moonshiner,
Alfred Stewart, who will serve fifteen
months for blockading. He I* one of
the most notorious moonshiners In
North Carolina.
Jones appeared resigned to his fate,
but was cheerful and appeared to be
happy. After the formality of entering
him as a prisoner he waa taken upstairs
at the Federal pen, where the process
of "mugging” him, as the officials call
It, waa gone through with. Hla picture
waa’ taken and Bertllton measurements
made of his heed and finger print marks
made for filing away. By making him
self a model prisoner Jones will be re
leased after serving about four and
one-half years.
Fire almost totally destroyed the
GloWe saloon and the James lunch, a
Greek restaurant, at 18 and 18 North
Broad street, Tuesday morning shortly
after 6 o'clock.
The big wholesale whisky establish
ment of Bluthenthal & Blckart, on Ma
rietta and Forsyth streets, anil Just In
the rear of the Globe saloon, was
damaged slightly, It requiring the best
efforts of the firemen to javo the struc
ture from total ruin.
It was while crossing from Bluthen-
thal * Blckart's to the Globe, that Jo
seph M. Shields, lieutenant of fire com
pany No, 4, and one of the beat-known
firemen In Atlanta, fell from the For
syth street bridge to tho ground below.
Fireman is Injured.
Fortunately Lieutenant Shields fell
on his feet and the Injuries did not
prove fatal. As It was, the fireman waa
put In a carriage and sent to his home
at 853 Luckle street. At last reports he
waa resting easily. Hla legs were In
jured and hie ankle severely sprained.
The saloon and the restaurant are In
a three-story building belonging to Mrs.
John M. Slaton. Tho fire started In the
rest.aurant, which Is an all-night af
fair. Either carelessness or a defect In
the gas stove caused an explosion which
Ignited some Inflammable material and
quickly spread.
Before the fire department was noti
fied. the blaze had eaten Ita way
through the walls Into the saloon next
door. The counters of whisky and
other drinks were no sooner assailed
than the blaze burst forth throughout
the whole lower floor of the building.
Big Fire Threatened.
The flames swept backward through
the windows of the saloon and restau
rant to the establishment of Bluthen
thal & Blckart, and slightly damaged
the building.
The Globe saloon Is operated In tbe
name of W. U. Mitchell and the lose la
•eld to be covered almost totally by In
surance, as Is also the James lunch,
which Is run by James Hangars*.
The Interior of the restaurant la prac
tically In ruins. The damage to the
saloon does not seem as great. The
damage to the second floor, which con
tains only offices, Is surprisingly small.
The total damage will approximate
probably 820,080.
T
LOSE LIKES
IN 01 FLOOD
River.Lithaide, Trikala,
Thessaly, Suddenly
Leaves Banks.
'i
MANY DWELUN GS
SWEPT INTO RIVER
Men, Women and Children
Carried to Death in
Twinkling.
Athens, Greece, June 19.—At least,
two hundred persons have already per
ished li) a terrible flood at Trlkhalg,
Thessaly, where a large part of tho
town was overwhelmed by the river
Lithaide.
Swollen by storms the river sudden
ly overleaped its banka. Hundreds of-
houses were carried along Into the rag
ing flood before their octupants were
able to escape, and men, women and
children were swept to death In a.
twinkling.
Tho property loss will amount Into
the thousands and there Is great dan
ger of famine among the survivors,
many of whom are left absolutely
without home or provisions. It Is said
that the government will take Imme
diate steps for the relief of the suffer
ers. Reports lnrVntc that Investiga
tion may show a greater loss of life'
than given In the first dispatches.
NEW-FOUND NIECES
After weeks of patient searching,
Zach Adams, a retired and wealthy
merchant of Abilene, Texas, has at last
found two nieces In Atlanta, on whom
ho desires to bestow some of his wealth.
These nieces are Mrs. Ella Pryor, of
88 Carroll street, and Mrs. Ida Kent,
of 90 Carroll street.
Adams had not heard.from these rel
atives for eighteen years. He formerly
resided In LaFayette. Ala., and moved
to Texas thirty years ago. He ha* ac
cumulated considerable wealth and now
desires to care for hit relatives. Ha
had searched oil over Alabama and
finally found the objects of his search
In this city.
Raymond Q. C. Hudson.
Raymond G. C., tho Infant son of Mr.
nTi'l .Mil-. It. U\ Hudson, 'Hi'd MVilnes-
day morning at the family residence,
158 Central avenue. The funeral ar
rangements will be announced later.
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Growth and Progress of the New South
Tbe Georgian records here each day some
economic fart In reference to tbe onward
march of tba South.
BY ,
B. LIVELY
Cotton exports from ths United States will aggregate nearly $500,-
000,000 In the fiscal year which enda with the present month. The to
tal for the eleventh months ended with May, as shown by figures Just
announced by the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce end
labor. Is 8470,000,000, and as ths May exports aggregate about 320,000,-
000 In value. It seems to Justify the statement that the total for 1907 will
fall allghtly below the $500,000,000 line. Thle total aa the value of raw
cotton exported from the country le far In excel* of that of any preceding
year In the hletory of the cotton export trade. The largest total value of
cotton exported In any year prior to that now about to end waa that of
1908, when the total was 8401,000,000, ths next highest being that of 1945,
8880.000. 000; In 1804, 8871.000,000; In 1901, $318,000,000, and In 1901, $314,-
000,000, prior to which time the value of cotton exported had never
touched the 1800,000.000 line. Prior to 1850 cotton exports never reached
as much as 8100,000,000 In value annually, and prior to 1880 hod never
touched the 8200,000,000 mark, and It was not until 1901 that they crossed
the $800,000,000 line. In 1908 their value for the first time crossed the
8400.000. 000 line, and In 1907 will nearly reach the 8500.000,000 mark.
Meantime, with all this Increase In exportation, the share of the cot
ton crop of the United States which Is consumed at home ts steadily
Increasing. The figures of the bureau of statistics show that In 1875. 29
per cent of the cotton crop of the United States was taken by domestic
mills; In 1818, 83 per cent; In 1898, 35 per cant, and 1908, 41 per cent.
The Increase In the value of cotton exported In the fiscal year about
to end will be nearly $90,000,000 over that of the Immediately preceding
year, a growth due entirely to an Increase In the quantity exported, the
average value per pound of cotton exported In the eleven months for which
statistics are available having been 10.81 cents, or slightly less than that
for ths corresponding period of the preceding year, which averaged 11.04
cents per pound; though ev*n this average valuation of 10.82 cents per
pound for 1907 Is high when compared with that of a decade ago, when the
average export price of cotton was but 7.4 cents per pound for the fiscal
year 1897. (.9 cents for the fiscal year 1898, and 5.4 cents for tbe fiscal
year 1899, this being tha lowest annual average In a long term of years
while the highest annual average w-s th-r ef ths fi : »:'C •
per P”**””