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_ ' Wf~ "f - the weather. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Con tinued hot, with probably local thunder ehowera Thureday nleht and Friday. The Atlanta Georgian If you wleh to keep potted on what the Leglilature It doing, get The Georgian Every Day. AND NEWS “The Bracebridge Dlamondt, a thrilling myatery atory, beglna In thla laaue of The ’ Georgian. Read it. VOL. V. NO. 330. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 25,1907. VOTE ON STATE PROHIBITION BILL IS SET BY THE HOUSE FOR TUESDAY r INEVITABLE Candler of DeKalb Brings About an Agreement. debate must end AT 4 O’CLOCK TUESDAY Bill to Be Put on Passage at 9 O’Clock and No Fili bustering Will Be Permitted. On next Tuesday the state prohibi tion will be put on Its passage, debated upon and the final vote token. The filibustering Is ended, and the bill will be passed by a majority of at least three-fourths. The strain of a day of filibustering had proven too much for the minority element, and the filibusters were ready to come to terms when the house con vened Thursday morning. It waa Hon. Murphy Coi)dl?r, of DeKalb, who out the (Jbrdlan knot which threatened to delay legislation for an Indefinite time. He gained the floor, when the Initial routine of the house waa completed, and offered a reaolutlon which, with only a change In date, waa accepted by the antl-prohlbltlonlats. It provide! that the prohibition bill be taken up and put upon tta passage next Tueaday morning; that equal time be given each side for debate, and that at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon the bill be nut to a vote on tta paaaage. Under the terms ol agreement, there can be no further filibustering. The prohibitionists are - - - “ asage of the bill by confident of the paaaage — ----- -- a majority of at leaat three-fourths of the total vote. The unanimous consent Is taken as HON. 8EABORN WRIGHT, OF FLOYD COUNTY. The eloquent leader of the prohibition foroea in the house consented to pose for thie picture eepeeially for The Georgian. A IlC UllUIIIIIIUUb LUlievin ... — —- a complete surrender of the opponent* of prohibition, a decision to bow to the |_ .. .. a .1. il,„ Kill «n trrt oi promDiiion, a inevitable, and permit the bill to go before the house on Its merits. Came as a Surprise. The consent of the antl-prohlbltion- lats came as a complete surprise, as It was thought they would continue longer their efforts to delay the pass age. The initial routine of the session had Just been completed when Hon. Murphy Candler, of DeKalb, offered a resolution, asking unanimous consent that the bill be made ft special order iiibi me Din oe iniuie n — - - - for Friday and providing that no nl- ‘ ‘ ‘ndii* •“I i i may turn (iiuviuihb Ibustertng be Indulged In. Hon. Clem Dunbar, of Richmond, one of the leaden of the opposition, asked that the resolution be laid on the ta ble. In order that a recess might be taken and the opponents be given time to hold a conference. The house grant ed the recess of fifteen minutes, which, by consent, extended for nearly an IT IS GLORIOUS VICTORY, SAYS SEABORN WRIGHT; THE BILL WILL BE PASSED Two of tho leaders of the prohibition cause are confident of victory on Tuesday and are satisfied with tbe turn of the affairs. Their expres sions follow; [in luuuw. Hon W. A. Covington, Joint author of the prohibition bill: “What ever doubt may have been felt over the passage of the bill has been re moved. The opponents of the measure have very gracefully bowed to the will of the majority, having entered their protests, as they had a right to do, and It la certain of passage Tuesday. It will be passed as It stands, I am confident, or. If amended, will bo amended by tho friends of the bill.” Hon. Seaborn Wright, of Floyd, prohibition leader In the house: "It Is a complete, a glorious victory. The bill will now be passed Tuesday without fall and the entire state will rejoice. Judge Covington and I made tho same proposition to the opponents of tho bill a week ago that,- thev accepted today. They declined then. Victory is at hand. After the conference, a committee of tb e opponents conferred with a com- tnittee of the advocates of the hill. Representing the opposition were: Rep resentatives C. E. Dunbar. R. H. Black burn, Earl Donaldson, Dave Harrow and Joe Hill Hall. Representing the friends of the bill were C. M. Candler, W. A. Covington and J. W. W lae. Leaders Are Chosen. The result of this conference was that the date of the resolution was changed from Friday of this week to Tuesday of next week. The resolution provided that Mr. Hines, of Baldwin, *ould be the leader of the opposition, end Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond, was substituted. Another significant addition made *ta that the galleries and floor of the house shall be cleared of all visitors during the pendency of the bill. This was evidently put In by the opposition, it was not contained) In the original resolution. The committee returned, and Mr. Candler offered the amended bill and nfked unanimous consent to Its adop tion. Mr. Dunbar then gracefully and in a few words told of the determina tion of the minority to bow to the will °f the majority. The doors were packed as Mr. Dun- bar arose and the feeling was even jnore intense than It was at any time the previous day. „ "The resolution,” stated Mr. Dunbar, meets with the entire approbation of too opponents of the bill." Surrender of Antte. "We feel,” the speaker continued raimly and clearly, "that on yesterday did all that was required of us In ^‘Position to this bill. We had the date changed from Friday to Tuesday n order that we might have more time 0 prepare amendments that we may **h to offer. What we did yesterday ft* don* In th* fane nf n.wl nnrl In ac- MR. CANDLER’S RESOLUTION SETTING VOTE FOR TUESDAY Here is the reaolutlon of Hon. Murphy Candler, adopted by unanl- "o'rdereTTha't °eena?e Wm" No. 1 be made the special and continuing order for Tueaday, July SO. Immediately after the reading of tho Journal. "That the previous question on the bill and all amendments be con sidered ordered at 4 o'clock that afternoon; that the debate on the bill bo find tad to the Intervening time, to be equally divided between the friends £d onponcm. Of the bill. Mr. Wright, of Floyd, controlling the time and its division tor the friends of the bill, Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond, the tlme „Tj|!!t 1 nt ,, l'o’clock ^on l, sald Pl date n reces8 be taken till 2 o'clock, the hou *.S r l > “t re an n am , endmenta desired to be offored to the bill shall be on the clerk's desk by 2:30 oclock. "That at Urn hour of 4 o'clock, without further debate or motion the vote shall he taken on all amendments ofTered, the same to be voted In vote snail ne v after all are voted on. then on tho main bill— the aves am riays'to bc called on any amendment and on the bill when isked by an - member, but no explanatory remarks to be offered by or at- , ! , o.o'niit on the final vote on the bill. 0We "That the gaUerles and floor of the house be kept clear of all visitors during the entire pendency of the bill." Japs Now ControlKorea w oner, wnut we aia rawiw, *» done In the fear of God and In ac- f’fdance with what we believed to be After the adoption of the resolution Toklo. July 25.—The convention be tween Japan and Korea was signed today ufter considerable opposition by the Korean court. It provides that the administration of Korea Bhall secure the guidance of the Japanese residents general; that the enactment of all laws and ordi nances. also all important state affairs, shall receive the approval of the resi dent general; that the appointment of all high and responsible officials shall receive the approval of the resident general; that only persons "commend ed by the resident general shall be elig ible for office In the Korean govern ment thdt a distinct domarkation shall £ drawn between administrative and ^dtcbll a n ffa.™! -bat forelgner- shal. be Imniitvcd only upon consent or tne ies- fd^nt general that the fim clause of the convention of August providing for the emfdoyment of a financial advisor be annulled. Warner Denies He Shot Girl New York. July 25.—Frank H. War ner, slayer of Miss Ethel Nortlng and James T. Wilson, a hat manufacturer, made an ante-mortem statement today to Coroner Acrttelll. Warner admit ted that he shot Wilson and gave his reasons for It. He denttd with great vehemence that he hai^ shot Miss Nnrl - Ing or that he knew anything of the crime, and gave the Impression that he loved the young girl, whom he for merly employed, and could not possi bly have harmed her. race results. BRIGHTON. « lr-f RAce—Uncle, 3 to 5. won; Ju- bile*. 2 to' i. second: Woodland, . to », third. Time 1:031-5. Train Wrecked; Victims Burn OVERSTREET’S AID PASSED Senate Argued All Day Over Amend ments. MANY CHANGES ARE MADE IN MEASURE Railroad Commission Is to Have 3 Members With Complete Power. After wrangling throughout the en tire session over the (’andler-Over- street bill, providing for Increasing the number of member.* of the railroad commission from 3 to 5, and also for enlarging their powers, the senate passed the measure with ft number of amendments, at 2:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The number of member* wa* kept at three, under an amend ment. The amendment on which the hard est fight waa made was that which sought to limit the Jurisdiction of the commission, In regard to street rall< ways, to those railways which are op- ypUftlttr. Throughout the entire session Thur* day the senate wranglqd over the amendments to the bill,.which sought to Increase the number of, tho railroad commission from three to ^flye and also to. enlarge the powers of that body. At 2 o'clock when a motion was made to adjourn, the vote resulted In a tie. President ^kin cast the deciding vote against the adjournment and the sen ate continued in lession indefinitely to wage the fight oil the bill and accom panying a mend ments. The amendment on which the hard est, fight was made was the one which, in regard to street railways. It pro- commission to street railways which are operated outside of munici palities, instead of giving them author, tty over all such railways, as origlnal- he amendment which limits the number of the railroad commission to three, which is the present number, waa passed by a vote of 26 to 1. The { ncreaso In the number was advocated >y Hoke Smith before he became gov ernor. The senate also adopted the amend ment which provides that the members of the commission shall devote their time exclusively to the discharge of their duties as members of the c< mission, and In accordance with this amendment, a companion amendment was adopted which provided for In creasing the salary of tbe chairman of the commission to $4,000 per year, and the salaries of the other two members to $3,500 per year. Under the present law the members of the commission only receive $2,500 each. All of the amendments to the bill provoked considerable discussion, but tbe hitch came on the amendment lim iting the powers of the commission In regard to street railways, to those rail ways that areo perated outside of the limits of municipalities. Benton Harbor. Mich., July 25.—A wreck on the Michigan branch of the Big Four railroad, near Eau Claire, 16 miles from this city, early today cost at least three lives and possibly more. The victims, whose bodies have been recovered from wreckage, were burned to death before they could escape. They have not yet been identified. Both Rowlands Arc Denied Bail WATCHING THE FIGHT FROM GALLERIES The picture shows a scene in the gallery of the etste capitol during th e late hours of the filibuster Wed nesday night. Hundreds of men and women eat in the flOllory from early morning until nearly 11 o'clock at night, when the galleries were ordered cleared. SCENES OF DISORDER END DA Y’S FILIBUSTER; TWO LEADERS IN CLASH Two Killed; Three Injuredj House Galleries Are Cleared of Cheer ing Throng. Raleigh, N. C„ July 25.—The case o! Dr. and Mrs. D. S. Rowland, which has been heard here for the laat four days through a writ of habeas corptu anil application for ball, was decided at o'clock this afternoon. Justice Henry G. Connor, of tbe state supreme court, who has been presiding at the hearing, notified counsel that there was no ne cessity for protracted argument and rendered hts decision, refusing to ac cept bond and remanding both prison ers to the common Jail of this county until their coses are celled at the Sep tember term of Wake superior court. 00000000000000000000000000 O O O 8LATON COMMENDED O a DY HOUSE RESOLUTION. O O O O The following resolution, com- O O mending Speaker Slaton, was O O adopted Thursday morning by the O O unanimous vote of the house: O O "Re It resolved by the house, O O That we. the members thereof, do O 0 hereby commend our honored O 0 speaker, the Hon. John M. Staton, 0 O for the eminently fair and Impar- O 0 tlal manner In which he presided O 0 over the house during the pro- O 0 cedure of the house on Wednes- O 0 day, the 24th Instant." 0 O O 000000000000000000^*000000 After thirteen hours and fifty-three minutes of petty filibustering by forty four members to prevent consideration of th* prohibition bill. The Voice of the People thundered a mighty message of protest from the galleries of the house of representatives Wednesday night, and, In spite of the efforts of Speaker Slaton, the Incessant rapping of the gavel In his Iron hand, the Im passioned appeal of Seaborn Wright to stem the onrushlng storm which n brief epeech from him hnd evoked, pande monium reigned. Delirium of Cheere. Men, women, boys and girls who had remained patiently In their seats In the galleries through the long, tedious day, suffering heroically the oppressive heat and the more maddening pain of hear ing men make light of the subject of their prayers and tears, burst Into a delirium of cheering when Mr. Wright called on his followers In the nnme of Almighty God not to countenance such levity and buffoonery as had been In dulged Jn by those of the minority. Then, when- the police reserve had been called by-Clerk McClathey, acting under orders fnm Speaker Slaton, and the gallery had been cleared, tho law making body of the Empire State of the South wow hammered Into some sort at order, and Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb county, gained recognition. He arose, ho said, to a point of the highest per sonal privilege. Hall and Wright Clash. Before he had been speaking three minutes, before the members of the house had recovered from the Intense excitement through which they had Just passed, Mr. Hall had denounced Mr. Wright as unworthy of a seat on the floor, had been promptly called 11 Mar by Mr. Wright nnd the standard- bearer for tho prohibition forces wa* engaged In a hand-to-hnnd tight with the Watch Dog of the House of Rep resentatives. Men climbed on their desks; cries rent the air, already surcharged with excitement; friends of the belligerents rushed hither and thither, till bent on reaching the side of their champion, Spsaksr Slaton Self-possessed. And through it ail, stood John M. Slaton, chosen speaker by the Unani mous vote of the men who were now beyond his control, his face pale on death, his lips tightly closed, his Jaw set. His gavel was beating a tattoo, which threatened to demolish the mar ble top of the speaker's stand. His voice rose clear above the din about him as he called for order. Not for an Instant did he lose self-fossesslon. though for the second tlm3 within twenty minutes he had completely lost the power with which his position clothed him. Within ten minutes a death-tike calm pervaded the chamber, where had been enacted a scene that would have put to blush the New York Stock Exchange on a day of panic. The gravity of the Incident had so bered every member bn the floor. Unrivaled Scenes. Old men there are In the general as sembly , but none had ever witnessed such a scene. The majority, composed of three-fourths of the members, had AGIST INFLUX OF Union Appoints Delegates to Cotton Spinners,’ Convention. No doubt now exists as to how the Georgia division of the Farmers' Union stands on the question of foreign Im migration. Strenuous resolutions pro testing against the coming of foreigners to Georgia were adopted Thursday morning at tho session of th6 conven tlon. In addition to this, the delegates ex emplified tho new nrtua! of the order, discussed agricultural education nnd the marketing of country produce with the union label. Tho following are tho resolutions which were submitted by a committee, consisting of 8. K. Leigh, chairman; J. J. Price and J. I. Harris, and which were enthusiastically adopted by the convention: •’Whereas, Tbe state of Georgia lf» populated almost exclusively with inen of pure Anglo-Saxon blood, the de scendants of that hardy rare of pio neers who, fleeing the oppression of kings and tyrunts, sought an asylum •m our shores where they might wor ship God, oreordfng to tho dictates of their own conscience, nnd found n gov ernment that would foster and protect the rights and liberties of the people; and "Whereas, The population Is Increas ing as It were by leaps and bounds, It being estimated that In the next fifty years the Incn-asa by birth alone will give us ft population of 200,000,000 In the United Stales, all of whom must be fed from the farm; nnd "Whereas. The practicability of In ducing immigrants Into our slate Is be ing agitated, and believing that the pol Senola, Go., July 25.—Today at 10 o’clock at the Line Creek cut, threo miles from Senola on the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad at J. M. Stradlln’s camp, Pltser, father of uml three bully Injured by an ac al dynamite explosion, while getting ready to open a -pocket for powder. . ests, material, soda!, moral and rell* glous of our state; and “Whereas, We have learned from ac tual experience that this foreign ele-l ment, as a class, is unreliable In char acter, degraded In morals, anarchistlo In principles and dangerous to tho peace and order of society and the 1 "Resolved, of Georgia Is Irrevocably opposed to. foreign Immigration and raises Its voice. In protest against the iniquitous policy of encouraging it “Be It further resolved. That tho Farmers* Union will stand as a bulwark' against the mighty floodtldo of iinml-; gratlon that Is pouring Into our land, and criminal element from the crowd centers of Europe, and from across tho Pacific the more worthless Mongolian from the Orient; and, “Bo. It further resolved. That It la our unalterable purpose to hold this goodly land, purchased with the blood of our forefathers, as a priceless heri tage to ourselves and to transmit it as a rich legacy to our children and our children's children." Icy will prove detrimental to the Inter- l aftornoon or night. gates were appointed to nth International Cotton Spinners’ Con gress, which will be held In Atlanta next October. President R. F. Duck worth will represent the state at large, while the following were selected to represent the various congressional districts: J. T. Dickey, Turner county. Second district; J. R. Hendricks, Pu laski, Third district: 8. E. Leigh. Cow. etn county. Fourth district; L. Peek, Rockdale county. Fifth district; ‘ H. Hoyle, Upson county. Sixth dis trict; W. M. Bradford, Polk county. Seventh district; A. H. Smith, Greene >unty. Eighth district; J. N. Twltty, Hall county, Ninth district; A. H. Stur gis. McDuffie county. Tenth district, and W. C. Bryan, Coffee county, Elev enth district. Nearly nil business of the conventjon has been finished tlnd it Is probable that the delegates will adjourn Thursday Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian here records each day some to the onward J08EPH B. LIVELY al Alabama Industrial Index says In its regular Issue for this Tho Georgia i week : of plans for the building of more cotton factories nnd more Interurbsn . . ing o electric railways and a typical pureha • tract <>i south Alabama laud u Interesting features ■eports to The Index this week. a muipany. whleli Is to l subscribe the entire eupital stock uud by January 1. 1901, expects to have i spindle factory In oiterafloii. l".' •Electric railways netween Blnckshear, fin., nnd Wayenms, Os., ond between Hntontoii, tin., ami Madison, (in., are projected. Organisation will be effected In a few days by the compnuy which will build an electric railway,,previously reported, ■ between Oultman, (ia., and Valdosta, tin.; surreys are being made for tbe lino projected between (Jrtffln, Go., and Social Cirri*, tin., and contracts will be award* ei| ami construction begin In n few days upon the electric railway betweeu Ma‘ (ia. Continued on Paqo Six Uu., nmt Albany, tin./ via Americas, tin. "Besides the development of water power nnd the supplying of electric energy for manufacturing purposes, no one factor promise* more for the upbnllding of Georgia and Alabama than the building of Interurban electric railways, which, by bringing great resources Into close touch with markers, will tncrcaso the rural |H»pulntion so fhst one town nnd village with Its schools, churches and smaller In dustrial enterprise* will hardly leave off l>cfore another liegtn*. eventually. "Among other things reported hr The Index are: Fertlllxer factory, ft hell man. (in.; foundry, Americas, (in.; lee factories, Roanoke, Ala., nnd (.'alers, Ala.; light plant, I'alcm. Ala.; $25,000 planing mill company. Mobile, Ala.; new ralttiug opr — ' s near Bessemer, Ala.; electric “ way, Fitzgerald, (ia.; developments lu plan to build steam rail den. Ain., and Tuseumbln. Ala.; $170,000 paving plana In an Al depot. Mobile. Ala.; two hotels, Ore warehonae*, two ginneries, Ing*. two bridges, waterworks *ystems and nnmprou* business •mer, Ala.: electric street rail- iIIroad between Gads* Alabama city; ginnen* - “ * ' numerous Ms.; $15,872 Jail, Colltert county, A lu I Him a: $50,( Jekyt Island and sidewalk paving, 113,200, mpunlcs, seven new mercantile Anns, two 1 m mfutmum onpiti . -bool but npWHPbutldlDii and reel* Alnuit four tulle* of sidewalk paving, *,000 of Improvement! .... i systems deuces. Among contract awards noted Tuscuiobls, Ala, residences on I new land companies. and twelvs corporations with total minimum cupitsl stock of $305,000 art ed.” Ala. Thrc. bou.l J (Continued on Pago Seven.)