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Newspaper Page Textthe weather. for Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair M>ntfht and Sunday; warmer Sunday. , Atlan VOL. VI. NO. 101. AND NEWS SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, stoutly, 6.19; Atlanta, (Dm, 11 M6: Now Of Joans, Arm. HH: Now York. stendy. 11.80; Savannah, steady, 11; Asgnsbi. Arm. 11 546; Mobile. Urm, 11 146; Charleston, atendy, 10 1346. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1907. DPTr 1 !?. In Atlanta..TWO CENTS. Jr JA.J.V>ri * On Train®..FI VB CENTS. "WE MUST WED SOON, LOUIS, ” DECLARES ROTHS’S FIANCEE, AFTER BATTLE WITH LION Will Attempt Passage sf Speedy Reform For Money. WALL STREET IS AGAIN SERENE Knickerbocker Trust Com pany May Soon Re sume. OLD VENORIDI AND MERCEDES LAMONTE. Washington, D. C., Nov. 30.—A *e- rious effort la to be made by the responsible leaders of congress to asree upon some form of currency that will avoid an Interminable wrangle on the door and effect a speedy enact of the merger after It Is formally laid before the conference. Senator Aldrlrh,, chairmen of the committee on finance and the tactical leader of the Republicans In the senate, 1* expected to reach Washington to day. Senator Allison, chairman of the committee on appropriations and the second member of tho committee, on finance, arrived yesterday and was at i he rapltol this morning. These two, together tvlth Mr. Hale, who has been here for several days, are the most powerful trio In the' senate and wilt have a conference today on this tub ject. Exciting Moment at Bostock’s Behind the Scenes. u. s. DEPOSITS SHOW INCREASE New York, Nov. 30.—Wall street Is well Informed that although the treas ury officials do not say so In so many words, they ore satisfied that the finan cier crisis has not anlj-passed,-but Is safely In the distance. The reports re. reived at the treasury department from the money' renters point to an early resumption of. currency payments, a condition to which Secretary Cortelyou has been looking forward for tome days. It was said unofficially at the treasury department that Information was that the Chicago banks will be on a normal currency basis next week, and this statement brought much sat isfaction. Today's bank statement caused great astonishment In banking and financial circles on account of the numerous Inconsistencies which left It hard to Judge the real meaning of changes. On the whole the statement Is regarded as favorable. The reduction of the deficit In the legal reserve to 3(2,989,425 Is regarded as especially favorable. Bankers have asserted for several weeks that when this change set In it would mark a beginning of the end of the financial stringency, U. 8. Deposits Increase. Secretary Cortelyou again declines tv make any statement In regard to the amount of 3 per cent certificate# of Indebtedness that has been Issued, hut it Is pretty certain that the total Is not as large as was expected when the announcement of the plan waa made. It was aald officially that 75 per cent of the money for the purchase of the certificates would be allowed to remain In the purchasing bank as a treasury deposit. The dally treasury statement shows, however, that the amount of money de posited In the banks to the credit of the treasurer of the United States has Increased by only 36,(21,932 sl*e No vember 18, the day before the an nouncement was made that the certifi cates of Indebtedness would be Issued. Cortelyou Satisfied. At any rate Secretary Cortelyou acems satisfied with the result of the Plan and to it Is to be recalled, of course, thut he placed the certificate* upon the market simply as an emer gency measure and disposed of the money to such banks as would take 1 ut additional circulation on the basis of the certificates. Many bids have been received for the 5*w laauc of Panama canal bonds, sev- J9al having been put In the secretary's hands today. Many bids were withheld until near the end of the time limit, and more proposals probably will be received today. The opening of bids "III begin In the secretary’s office this afternoon. Knickerbocker, to Reeume. New York banks continue to lend as sistance to the Interior. The transfers of money' were less than on any pre vious day of late, but It was noted that all of the money transferred came from the vaults of the banka. Definite plana for enabling the Knickerbocker Trust Company to resume buslneas quickly were announced yesterday by Herbert h'atterlee, son-in-law of-J. P. Morgan, and counsel for a committee of de positors. This plan provides that the stock holder* shall raise 32.400.000 and con- 'ilhute It to the treasury and not re vive any dividends until surplus cer- 'Ifitates. to be Issued to depositors, shall have been paid off. It la proposed •hat the company's stock be placed In a Voting trust to continue until these surplus certificates have been Itqut dated. "tVe must marry at once, Louis! I can not wait longer. Stls life It Is too dangerous. Ah, too much ze hazard.” And Mercedes LaMonte threw her arms around the neck of her fiance, Louis Roth, the young Germing Hon trainer, who was torn by the claws of old Vendrldl In the narrow* passage way behind the arena at Rostock’s Friday night. The love scene was as tender as the Incident which preceded it had been tragic. Vendrldl had been whipped back into his cell, growling and snarling at' every backward step, and the German's wounds were being dressed to guard against blood poison ing. It was an exciting time for a few mo ments at Rostock's Friday night, and all the more exciting because the fight be tween inan and beast was behind the scenes and out of sight, and none knew Just what was taking place. There was almost a stampede from the big rink when the lion’s angry roar was fol lowed by. a man!* xtn..ot^KLtn.npd a woman's shriek. Then a pistol shot, and another, rang out. and then more subdued roars. It was not until Mana ger Tudor, -and then Louis Roth him self. appeared in the arena and. explain ed the cause of the trouble, that the spectators were quieted again. The Lion’s Attack. Just at tho conclusion of Roth’s llon- tamlng exhibition In the arena, and while he waa driving the nnlmals back through the narrow pasaage to the cells, he turned to speak a word to his fiancee, Mercedes LaMonte, herself a trainer of national fame. Old Vendrldl, always sullen and defiant, saw his op portunity, and doubled upon the train er. The angry beast tore Roth's trou sers Into shreds and the claws sank deep Into the flesh. Roth turned and fired a blank cartridge Into the lion’s facs, and Mercedes LaMor.te sprang to his side and rained blow after blow from her whip ocrosa Vendrldl'* nose and eyes, driving him backward until attendants rushed to their assistance. Meanwhile, the spectators in front were terror-stricken. There was an overturning of chairs and a skurrylng toward the door, for Atlanta had not forgotten that Lafayette's lion once es caped from the Bijou Into the street, and feared a regular Jail delivery of all the beasts behind Bostock's barH. Man ager Tudor and Superintendent Mc- HERR LOUIS ROTH. PRIEST PERISHES IN FLAMES WHICH DOT SCHOOL Fireman Also Victim Under Debris of Falling Walls. MRS. CAPITOLA WOOD ASKS NEW DIVORCE TRIAL JILTED BY LOVER, GIRL TRIES THRICE TO ENDJER LIFE Jeannette Bogle, Trained Nurse, Takes Chloro form Friday. New Orleans, La., Nov* 30.—St.'Jos eph’s Academy, together with &» j t’athollc Church monastery and three 'other buildings devoted to educational purposes and located across Lake Pontchartraln, and not far from Cov ington, La.. wore totally destroyed, and the body of Father Joseph Ileck, of the college, incinerated in a lire that occurred at 6 o'clock this morning. Father Beck’s body was found In the ruins and an unknown fireman Is also Tilling and Is supposed to have fallen & victim to the flames. WIFE OF NEGRO KILLED PLANTER Hon. Jethro Jones Is Assas sinated Near Whites- burg. Disappointed In love and brooding over other troubles until her life haa become a burden, pretty Mlaa Jean nette Bogle, a trained nurae from Vlr glnla, Friday night: tried to end her life with chloroform, after having fall ed In two prevloua attempt! to alay herself. The last attempt at aelf-deatructlon took place at 133 Central avenue, the home of the American Salvation Army, where Mils Bogle has been living for several day*. Saturday the young wom an la at the home under guard of a trained nurae, declaring, that ahe In tends to yet succeed In committing sui cide. Td rather be dead than alive. Thera Is nothing for me to live for now,” aoba the young woman, a* she repeat edly asserts ahe will kill herself. Miss Bogle is aald to be Infatuated with a well known young Atlanta busi ness man and expected to become his bride. From what can be learned. It Is understood the young man, a short time ago, blasted the hopes of his sweetheart by telling her he did not love her enough to tnarry her. ''It’s too late now," the young nuraa Is said to have replied. "It has gone too far. Uy love Is too strong for me to live without you.” Following this disappointment, the Kansas City Lid On. Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 10.—The only remaining obstacle to the closing of all ■'-cal theaters on Sunday waa removed yesterday when Judge Smith MrPher- *‘*n dissolved the order laaued recently '"■bidding the Sunday Closing League • font Instituting action* In the court*. The theater people still declare the show* win go on as usual. Field rushed to the front and succeed ed In quieting the spectators In a few moments, but not before some one had taken time by the forelock and tele phoned to the city for an ambulance. When the show was over two ambu lances were waiting at the door, but they "■'•'•e nol needed ne J | yom g woman became despondent and banker offeredh.automoble to take d resolving, to end her troubles the wounded to the hospital hut ms )n deat|) offer was declined with thanks. j (Jn ThanklK | V | n g Miss Bogle A Woman a Narva. , H trolley car and rode out to And when Mercedes had driven back college Park. On her return A night. ... foun j herself out of dan- ! she appeared agitated and greatly ex the lion and founa ner«eu k<t , cited. and Informed Inmate* of the ger again, did »he faint, womanlike. 8a|vaUon Army home that she had Not so that one would notice It. Hite t0 gin herself by swallowing pol- pushed aside the attendants who were; but had not taken enough, nastily binding her fiance's wounds and Friday, ahe made another trip, going , ' " hl - arms Intnul-' to Decatur, and there again sought threw herself Into his arms mpu death by , h# ^ rou „ 8 he failed slvely declaring that again, however, us this time she awal- no longer for their wedding, whlc ' 1 j |„wed too much of the drug, had b«n set for a ,a ter date. ^ On her way to the army home. Miss "One never knows In this business, purchased a bottle of chloroform, she cried. "It must he soon, my L mis. nnd j,- r | day n , K ht tried to. chloroform It must be soon. j herself, after she had retired. She And Louis overcame _hls Oerman „j aced the poison underneath the quills, slowness enough to open his arms ann and r „vrrtnK her head, held the phial put them where they would do tne. (|) her n ,mull*. The odor was noun moat good. . i detected, however, and the poison taken "Dot vlll ault me," he absented, os he . from h#R gave himself up to the care ot Dr. The young woman was still under- Sam Waraoek. “It .van not “* ,0o [the Influence of the chloroform Satur- much of o quickness . ! day morning, and was controlled with On Saturday morning It was report- I difficulty. Two policemen, passing the cd that Roth's wound* would give him | houaa. were notified, It being thought but little trouble, and the company or . a dvlsable to have Mlaa Bogle taken Into trainers and attendants at tht big CU stody, but this Idea waa later aban- arena are now walling tor »h* ; ,!„ned. nouncement of the wedding plana Mis* jj, )g | e u will be remembered, -I was christened in xe cage ot M | W|U pound over by Recorder Broyles a linns ven a beby." exclaimed ] short time ago on the charge of taking and I shall be married sere If Louis ; a wa j, t belonging to another young s willing. And zat ole Vendrldl. he j woman ln East Fair street. 8he waa shall be xere, too. I keep ze eye on ■ re | eaae( i on a 350 bond given by the *”&'* Rostock Arena waa to Cose on! Salvation Arable. __ •«* m U L2ndoH'*bm !, Mana h g e er B Tudor SODA FOUNTAIN now hop«"ontlnue the .how. little T0 REPLACE BAR longer, and Is trying «•"»£» Tk Whltesburg, Go., Nov. 30.—Friday night Hon. Jethro Jones waa shot down near his home, 4 miles from Whltes burg. Mr. Jones had a bale ot cotton stolen from his gin Thursday night. The cotton was found by some hunters on his farm near a swamp Friday, and Mr. Jones was notified. Friday night about sundown he went to the swamp to catch the thief whom ho suspected would return for >he cotton. Tho re ault was that shortly after dark hs was shot. The sheriff came down from Carroll ton late tost night, and early this morning, Juat before day, captured twa negroes, ..Wes Summerlin anil his son. Omrley, who were suspected of doing the dead. They were hurriedly rushed to Carrollton and lodged In Jail. At the coroner's Inquest held over Mr. Jones' body this morning, tho wlfa of the negro, Charley Summerlin, one of the negroes lodged In Jail, confessed that Charley Summerlin killed Mr. Jones, and that hla father. Wes Sum merlin, waa accessory to the deed. Mr. Jones waa one of the wealthiest planters In the county, and was held In high esteem by all. He was about seventy years old, and a very prominent member of the Primitive Baptist church. IT DECISION AFFECT DISFRANCHISEMENT? New Legal Point Brought Out by List of Negro Vote. rHrary arrangemditK with Mr. Bo®took. Wheats to London. A definite an- nouncement will be mode later. Race Results. benning. First Race—Easton.. 9 to *• won: Thfctl* Dale. 7 to 10. second; Panlque. SO to 1. third. Time 1:43. Second Race—Karara. 10 to 1 JOT, . . a I . V*ma I'hHalf The ■toreroom at 111 Decatur street, at the corner of Courtland 'street, now occupied by Little'* saloon, ha*. bee* rented to the Adams & Hoyt Com pany, and a soda fountain will be con ducted there after January 1. The property was rented through Saunders A’ Sharp, real estate agents. A* noon a* prohibition goes Into ef fect the new tenants will take over the store mom and remodel Jt thoroughly* A very fine legal point In Involved In the guestivii ot whether or not a decision of the supreme court of Ueorgin uullitle* tho rath myilrcd ot a voter by tho constitution ot t infer the decision of the supreme court It ha* hem belt! Hint the elate ran not go luck of Me ven years lu claiming tuxes. Tne constitution oj 1*77 required i>u oath that all taxes bud been paid from the time of the |ruining of that couatltutlon, up to the year In which the ballot U c«»t. Sow, author!tie® are nuking If the sn- preiuo court tleClsUm doe* not cover till* and pn "—* —*— ‘ ' fears. '•*11 t*i_ tnKeu to mean all taxea the individual umji legally pny. iiiacuMioii of tbla point U brought out by the utateuieiit that the name* of 116,011 uegrw tax payers appear® on the tax digram t*»r this year. Jti*t bow tunny ot the«e tie- gioea will qualify by payment of all taxea thin year la a queatlcu yet to b* determined, of court*, llut tho 'juration ariaea, If they should pay taxea, whether 4»r not they could vote In the elect Iona next year. If tb« nupi-eme court deciaton it not conatdered they would be required to allow that all taxea had bran pulu since Uf77. If the opin ion stands that the state can not go bacg of seven years. It would probably largely increase the number to eulrauehlae. Inasmuch as the people must |mss on the statute disfranchising the uegro at the elec- SCATHING ATTACK OH Att’y Turner Severely Arraigns Brown’s Slayer. V MRS. BRADLEY WEEPS IN THE COURT ROOM i— Several Verdicts Found To Be Possible For , Jury. Asserts She Was in Asylum and Could Not Defend Her Husband’s Suit Against Her. On account of a rule of low thnl when a motion for a new trial la passed one week for any cause, notice shall be given two days In advance before It can be heard again, the motion for a new trial In the divorce ault of W. J. Wood against hla wife, Mrs. iCapItnla Wood, which was to have been heard In superior court Saturday, will go over for one week. The motion for a new trial was filed several weeks ago by Mrs. Wood, through her attorney, J. 8. Jtftnes. ‘ It waa to have been argued before Judge Pendleton last Saturday, but waa post poned on account of the absence of At torney Rosser, who represents Wood. In her motion for a new trial, Mrs. Wood alleges that the first verdict { ranted her husband waa secured about our yearn ago, when aha waa an In mate of the stale nnnjtarlum and could not defend the ault. The second verdict, ahe alleges, waa granted on September 13. when the case waa taken up out of Its regular order and without having been placed on the calendar for the day. She alleges that the attorney fur her husband Informed the court that the suit was undefended and aaked that It be taken up at that time. This, allege* Mr*. Wood, was erroneous, as she was prepared to de fend the ault at any time It might have been called. ■ It will be remembered that Mrs. Cap* Itola Wood shot her husband on July 29, 1903, and spent several months In the Tpwer before being eent'to the asy lum, from which she waa afterwards released. To a Georgian reporter, Mrs. Wood aaaerted that ahe waa anxious-to have her present ault In court dlaposed of, but that it had been delayed again and again. . TRAVELING MEN TESTIFY AGAINST BAGGAGE COMPANY BEFORE R. R. COMMISSION Objectionable Rule Withdrawn Two Weeks Ago. fyiug to deirat that mrasiii*. - ll is a rattier grave (juration Jtut at tills time. 00000000000000000000000000 O COLD WAVE BRUSHES BY; O WILL BE WARMER SUNDAY. O ( to 5*e«*nd: Yam, Christy.! An up to date fountain wlu be Install- outT third. Time. 1:08. *d and other cures added. I Threatened cold wav* did not a 0 arrive, though a neat frost was u O on the ground Saturday morning, O 0 with the air sharp and bracing. O 0 Will continue fair and warmer O O Sunday. Forecast; O 0 "Fair Saturday night and Sun- O O day; warmer." O 7 a. 37 degrees. O 8 a. 39 degree*. O 9 a. m 41 degrees. O 10 a. m 46 degress. Q 11 n. m 43 degrees. O 13 m to degrees, o 1 p. m it degrees, O 2 p. m. tS degrees. O O CWOeOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOGfl Fully forty active members, repre renting the Traveler*’ Protective A»ao. latlon and the United Commercial Traveler*, marched to the capitol and filled the audience chamber of the rail road commlsilon Saturday morning. They came to give personal testimony and experience regarding the alleged monopoly aided and maintained by the Atlanta Terminal Company In th* At lanta Baggage and Cab Company, through a rule that forblda the delivery of baggage handled by any other com pany Into the baggage rooms without the presentation of a ticket Issued by the railroad to the passenger. Colonel Brewster, of Dorsey, Brew ster & Howell, attorney* tor, the ter minal company, asked that the hearing be continued, because Judge Doraey, In tt-hnse hand» this particular case rested, could not be present. Luther Z. Rosser, representing the Atlanta Baggage and Cab Compan/, also asked for a con tinuance. After some discussion the commission decided to hear from the commercial men. "There should be stenographic notes of the proceedings for Judge Dorsey’s use," aald Mr. Rosser. "I am sorry." said Chairman McLen don. "hut this commission has no funds to employ one.” "Send for a stenographer,” Bald Com missioner Callaway, "and I will pay the bill. It la not right to have these busy men come back here two or three times. Let’s have their testimony taken down, and It will not be necessary to have them here again." Traveling Men Talk. > Stenographic notes were made of the proceedings. O. P, Allen waa the first to offer a statement. He aald that he represented the United Commercial CADET LEADER IS FAIRLY DRAGGED St. Petersburg, Nov. 34.—Th* denun. elation of the present government’s "reign of murder”, nearly precipitated a battle In the douma today. The session was hurriedly adjourned and the floor cleared by gendarmes as the only means of preventing bloodshed between the radical and conservative members on the floor. Professor Rodttzchoff, cadet leader, who raised the storm, persisted In his attempt to conclude hla excoriation of Premier Stolypln until he was literally dragged from the assembly hall. Blows were beginning to be struck when the president adjourned the session and ordered the gendarmes to clear the chamber. RATE DECISION EXPECTED SATURDAY Washington, Nov. 30.—The last phas« of the struggle over the fate of Mra. Bradley—tho forensic battle between the attorneys—began today. Assistant District Attorney Turner opened the appeal fdr the government to the jury. He was succeeded by Attorney Wells, who made the opening address for the defendant. The government will close with Dis trict Attorney Baker on Monday, and tho defense with Attorney Hoover and Judge Orlando Powers, the ca*e going to the Jury late Monday after noon. It is said that the government attorneys will pin their hope of success to a verdict of manslaughter. This was the burden of one of their four prayer* which the court granted In substance, covering the penalty for the accidental or unintentional dis charge of the pistol while the defend ant was threatening the victim. Many Verdicts Possible. Assistant District Attorney Turner, in beginning his address, said: “After hearing the evidence In this case several poHsihie verdicts may be brought by you. If you believe the de fendant won not Insane and did kill Arthur Brown, there nro three possible verdicts. If you believe she did kill him deliberately and after preparation, she 1* guilty of murder In the aecond degree. If she shot him unintention ally while making a threat ahe Is guil ty of no lesser crime than manslaugh ter." Turner drew attention to the lesser Incident* of the shooting t«. show a de liberate purpose on the part of Mrs. Bradley, particularly to her putting the pistol in her hand bag before going to Drown’* room. Qcathlng Denunciation. He attacked the allegation of the defense that Mrs. Bradley was domi nated by Brown and read passages from some of her letters to support thin contention and tried to show' that the sordid story was one of Intrigue on the part of Mrs. iirauiey, “the woman,” as he said, “whom we are asked to pity. The pitiable llgurc In this case Is Mre. Brown.” Turner’s review of the stcry of re lations between Mr*. Bradley and Brown was scathing and merciless in denunciation and satirical In Its con trast of the present attitude of the pris oner with her attitude In Sait Lake City, where *he sought to bring about a di vorce, between Brown and hla wife. Mre. Bradley Weeps. “This woman plays to your sympa- thles, and I mutt point out that this woman’s career differed from other women’s careers, just ns this woman differ* from other women, or, thank Clod! other women differ from her. And If her story had been told by ahy other person than the matchless actress who sat upon this stand. It would have had the honest condemnation of every man who loves hla home and woman hood." . Mrs. Bradley eat weeping during the greater part of this arraignment, but there were times when her eyes were turned upon Mr. Turner with Just a little look of pained resentment when he told the Jury that her story should be taken with cautibn on account of the Interest she had at stake. Mr. Turner did not ask for any spe cific verdict, although it was inferred that the prosecution seeks one ln the first degree. He did not, however, ■tress this point, which Is regarded as significant. He closed with the ex-B pressed hope that the Jury "would re turn a verdict which the law demands and which the truth requires and the record Justices, and having done that you have satisfied your consciences, your country and your God.’ p IS BUT SAYES HER BABY Continued on Page Three* A decision In the passenger rate case in the United States court is “fexpected Saturday aftegnoon. It Is believed that the decision for which the entire state lias "been anxiously waiting Is ready nnd that ft will be handed down by Judge Newman later In the day. This is the case Instituted by the Central of Georgia against the state, in w hich for. tucr Senator Spooner was one of c *un- Bel, and which was first brought In the r I United States court In Alabama where a temporary injunction was refused. I Mrs. Oolilln. wife of Dr. J. B. Goldin, of 540 Chestnut street, was badlj burned sod her t«t»y bad a narrow escape frdn th* dames Hutnrday morning at 9 o'clock. e.« tbe result of Mrs. Goldin's dress becowlug Ignited. Mrs. Goblin wss »*ated In front of th* Are gi ing her Istby a do*e at inedidn* when her dress suddenly caught lire lu an Instant the flumes leaped almost over her whole IhmIjt. destroying practically all 4if her clothing end burning her fearfully itUotit tbe IhmIj. i It* tit I nl tig her presence of mind, the moth er quickly placed her child out «*f the w*v of danger snd saved It from being burned. In the meantime her screaius bud attracted her daughter and the rook nud the) rushed to her nralsfoner, extfngulsblii-' rhe blase. Dr. Goldin, who conducts t« drug *t«»r** Is Western Height*, was hurriedly notified and Mrs. Goldin wits given insdiral sld. Although suffering eonsld. ij<bly t her coa> dltiou Is uot considered serious.