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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1907.
PRICE:
The Atlanta Georgian
s and news
VOL. VI. NO. 106.
SHE KILLED SELF WHILE
HER AUDIENCE WAITED
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J. A. Manier Killed by
“Black Sport” in
Peters St.
Chaingang, Not Fines,
Says Recorder
Broyles.
Speaks With Enthu
siasm Before Water
ways Congress.
Longino to Urge Bonds
For Improve
ments.
Miners Penned in Big
West Virginia Mine
by Blast.
SPECIAL TRAIN
HURRIES TO SCENE
Great Excitement Prevails
in Many Surrounding
Towns.
CO,
PATROLMAN J. A. MANIER.
He was shot and killed by a ne
gro In Peters street Friday aft
ernoon. -
Than Old, Says
Mr. Reid.
good Kills Herself
With Pistol.
ing Fee From Blind
Negro Beggar.
Ex-Sergeant J. A. Manier, of the At
lanta police force, was shot and killed
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, by a ne
gro known as "Sport," who was cap
tured by two other negroes In a short
time and turned over to officers.
The murder of Officer Manier oc
curred on Peters-street, at the end of
the viaduct, close to Haynes street. The
officer was trying to arrest the negro,
when the latter ehot him through the
head with a revolver, killing him In
stantly. The negro then turned and
ran, and was captured by two negro
by.tandem, .who took his revolver away
and turned him over to officers.
Officer Manier lived at 21 Hast
Fair street, and was married. He was
one of the most popular men 6n. the
force, and a splendid specimen of
Physical manhood.
Officer Manier stood In front of US
Peters street, the restaurant run by
Bartow Blackmon,, colored, when the
negro, Androw Johnson, alias "Black
Sport," came reeling along the street
Negro Wat Cursing.
As the negro neared the patrolman
he began cursing' violently, and Manier
told him to stop It Without a word
"Black Sport" whipped a 44-callbre
Pletol from his pocket and fired straight
at the head of the officer. The bullet
entered at the point of the chin, com
ing out at the base of the brain.
Officer Manier collapsed on the
street. Bartow Blackmon heard the
shot and saw the officer fall. Without
a moment's hesitation he ran Into the
street and saw “Black Sport" running,
the smoking revolver still In his hand.
Blackmon, regardlesa of the danger,
ran and caught the negro murderer and
took the weapon from him. He held
him until Officer W. F. Harper arrived.
Patrolman Manier died Instantly, the
bullet probably piercing the brain. His
body remained on the walk In front
of the restaurant until it was removed
to hts, homii at 31 Host Fair street.
Former Sergeant James A. Manier
was known ae the handsomest man on
the force, and he was also one of the
moat popular. Hie resemblance to Wil
liam Randolph Hearst was very strlk
log. He leaves a wife and one child.
Johnson was drunk when locked in
the station, and denied his guilt. A
charge of murder was entered against
. With total prohibition less than a
month away, the machinery of the law
Is preparing to meet the situation fully
and completely.
That the police and courts in At
lanta will work In perfect harmony to
prevent violations of the law, and
where there are Infractions, prosecute
the violators to the fuff extent of the
law. Is assured. It Is practically the
sentiment of all of the officials that
those who violate the prohibition law
when tried and convicted should be
punished by sentences to the chain-
gang.
Governor Hoke Smith has already
outlined his policy toward the Illegal
sole of whisky. It Is his purpose not
to allow payment of fines by such par
ties, when appeals for pardon come to
his desk. From interviews with offi
cials appearing below It will be seen
that any general effort to disregard the
luw Is not expected In Atlanta. At the
same time, unusual vigilance will be
maintained.
The following Interviews on the sub
ject will prove Interesting at this
time:
Reeord.r Broyles’ Position.
Recorder Nash R. Broyles will ShAV
no mercy to violators of the state pro
hibition law. Under the terms of the
law the recorder will not have the
right, as heretofore, to fine and tend
Continued on Page Four,
Washington, _ Dec. 6.—Reports of
committees on nominations and resolu
tions, with three-minute speeches from
one delegate from each state at the
national river and harbors congress,
took up this morning's session at the
assembly room In the New Willard
Hotel. Last year’s officers were unan
imously re-elected, as follows:
President, Joseph E. Ransdell; seo-
rctary-treusurer. Captain T. A. Ellison,
and special director, John A. Fox.
Resolutions memorallztng congress
that material appropriations be mado
each year for the further constructions
and Improvements necessary to make
the rivers and waterways of this con
tinent a more potent factor In the com
merce of America, were iwssed.
Congress was asked for an annual
appropriation of $50,000,000.
Hoke Smith Speaks.
After speaking generally of the
Importance of Improving the wa
terways of the country so os
to get the benefits of water transporta
tion for the heavier commodities which
the railroads are now forced to carry
at low rates, Governor Hoke Smith,
before the National Waterways Con
gress, last night, took up the three
canal projects, In which the psopl
tWnmrtltirTTSiror- t
along the Atlantic seaboard, the con
struction of the St. Marys and Gulf
c&nal. and the construction of the canal
from the Tennessee river to the At
Continued on Page Four.
TOYLAND’S TREASURES HERE
TO BRING HAPPINESS TO
ALL ATLANTA’S LITTLE ONES
KILLS FORWIERWIFE
THEM SHOOTS SELF
Couple Were Returning
Home From Shopping
When Fired Upon.
Smlthvllle, Tex., Dec, E. W.
Swenson killed his former wife, abet
her husband and then committed sui
cide near here last night.
Following her divorce from Swenson,
th* woman married J. Jacob FI riff a
a r ?J r - With her husband she was In
"mlthvllle on a shopping trip and they
"era returning to their home when they
jnet Swenson. The couple, not heed
ing command to stop, Swenson opened
hre. killing the woman and First.
Jurnlng the weapon on himself he in
flicted a fatal wound.
"Toy land, Joy land, little girl and
boy land—’’
The lines of Herbert’s swinging mel
ody come bnck as one watches the shop
windows on days like these.
The toy departments of the Atlanta
stores have burst Into a gaudy splen
dor that In colors far surpasses the
rainbow.
Ae though utterly careless of the pre
cious things, the merchants have
toseed Into their show windows heaps
of toys of all kinds In a disorderly way,
most effective upon the working of the
childish brain.
inside still more Is to be seen of the
toys. Whole floors are given over tc
them, with rows of tables and shelves
burdened with doffs, Teddy bears, hob
by horses, mechanical toys, wagons,
hoops, trains, games and all the rest
of the things that are likely to satisfy
that keen desire for possession which
becomes active about Christmas time.
Santa Claus must have been spend
ing considerable time thinking out new
thoughts during the year, for the num.
her of new mechanical toya this season
Is unusually large. There are queer
little clowns that move about sluing
down, while a ridiculous little Mexican
gallops around cn a tin horse whose
lugs work like real legs. Then there
Is a ball that rolls up a spiral way and
bursts open at the top, showing an
acrobat Inside. All kinds of trains and
cars are on the market. The usual
train on the track Is to be seetf, but
In addition there Is a funny little car
that runs over a most complicated
moving track.
Dear old Punch and Judy, re.ur.-eet-
ed from a dim past, are back again
with all their family. They are of va
rious sizes now and are made particu
larly for little children to work. Among
other eld favorites are the nodding
men and animals, whose heads are Bet
on springs. , , ,
The Teddy bear is to got a third
term. His supremacy is almost uni
vcrsally admitted, even by the cham
plons of the dolls. It’s all due to his
ability to express by his posture his
\ .tying emotions. As the little girl
says, "he looks so live.” And tho longer
you look the liver he looks. Several
stores have almost sold out of the
tractable animals and a Teddy bear
famine Is feared.
Each succeeding year toys may be
bought for greater or less prices. For
the rich children the manufacturers
are making more beautiful doffs and
other things each year. For the poor
children the makers are learning to
manufacture cheaper toys each season.
Hundreds of dollars may be Spent
for one little girl's Christmas. Besides
Jewelry, you may buy a doll costing
110 to 125. with a set of doff furniture
costing as much more, to say nothing
of a doll's house and a doxen other
things that would make nice presents.
On th? other hand you may give a poor
child a complete Christmas for 11.
Dolls coft as. little as 5 cent*. Beds
may--.be bought for a dime, a paste
board doll house costs a quarter; fur
niture Is as low as 16 cents.
Columbus, Qa., Dec. 5.—Central of
Georgia through train from Savannah
to Birmingham was derailed at Upatio,
18 miles cast of this city, this morn
ing. The engine, baggage and mall
car turned over.
Engineer Scovllle, of Macon, crawl-
ed out from under his engine unin
jured.
The negro fireman, Dan Jones, of
Columbus, was only slightly hurt.
One passenger was cut on the cheek
by glass.
Mall Clerk Lowe, of Macon, was
slightly Injured.
It was a miraculous escape for the
whole train crew and passengers. The
baggage car and two coaches aro off
the track.
The wreck was caused by a broken
raff. A relief train brought In the
passengers and a wrecking train was
sent out from here.
COTTON CLIMBING;
GOOD TIMES RETURN
All spot cotton markets in
the South Friday were very
strong, and prices were
being marked up 3-16 to
l-4c.
The strength follows the
strong demand and heavy
taking by foreign spinners,
bullish week-end statistics
and general trend among ex
per crop statisticians to re
duce estimates, and fears
that the estimate of the gov-
rnment on Wednesday will
confirm these low estimates.
Higher prices are pre
dicted.
Councilman Longino will offer at the
first session of the city council in Jan
uary a resolution looking to the holding
of a $1,000,000 bond election In Atlanta
early In 1PU8.
It Is proposed that these bonds bs
for ttje construction of a new city hall,
a new hospital, several new schools, the
paving of streets within the center of
(he city with a smooth pavement; and
also to make possible the payment of
larger salaries to the teachers.
The city hall; as proposed will prob
ably cost $600,000. The new hospital
will cost $100,000, and the present
Grady hospital will be used only for
negro patients. The schools will be
erected where most needed. By pay
Ing for the schools out of the bond
money, the city will then have more
for the pay of teachers. Councilman
Longino thinks their salaries should
range from $60 to $100 a month.
He thinks also that no teacher should
have more than thirty pupils under her
control.
At the first session of the present
council, Councilman Longino offered
such a resolution os he proposes to In
troduce next year, the principal Items
being .a amalclaat lighting plant and
new equipment /or*the .water works.
A contract was signed for five years
with the lighting company at a greatly
reduced price, and the water works
got the Improvements In a separate
bond Issue, and he, therefore, did not
push the resolution. It was largely due
to this resolution that both of these
matters were accomplished.
"Such a resolution as this should be
pushed," stated Councilman Longino,
“and 1 Intend to push It. It has not
yet been perfected."
REID-GC
TO 01
FORJURMTURE
Like New Business Better
ompare the cheap toys With the fine
ones, but then who tan say which give
the most pleasure after all? There are
toys enough for everybody In the At-
.... ianta stores, and already the people
doesn't make one feel good to are out bujlng.
In place of the Retd-Gordon saloon
and wholesale liquor house at 11 Edge,
wood avenue and 16 Decatur street
after January 1 will be the American
Furniture Company, of which
Reid and R. A. Gordon, of the pres
ent firm, and J. L. Satterwhlte, now of
the Rhodes-Haverty Company, will be
the heads.
"I have, decided to enter a new busi
ness In Atlanta for several reasons,'
said Mr. Reid, who Is to be president
of the new company, "because I like
the town and have interests here; be
cause 1 expect to like my new business
better than the old, and because I be
lieve liquor will bs knocked out all over
the South.'
R. A. Gordon will be vice president
of the company.
The American Furniture Company
will be Incorporated with a capital
etock of $25,000. It will do a general
furniture business, handling lines of
all kinds and catering to all classes of
trade.
Work of remodeling the building will
be begun Immediately and will proba
bly be completed by January 5, when
the store will he opened. The stock
has been purchased and will be In
stalled before the liquor business Is
closed out on the first of the year.
The building fronts 24 feet on both
Falgewood avenue and Decatur street,
running through the block and hav
ing a depth of 140 feet. At present the.
firm decuple* the first and second floors
and the basement, but expects to secure
more space as well ns warehouses for
storing purposes on Marietta sire#'.
CLARA BLOOPGOOD.
Actress prominent In New York sooiety who starred in Clyde
Fitch’s “The Truth,” end appeared In Atlanta recently for the first time
under direction of the Shubert*. She made quite an impression on her
three Atlanta audieneee.
Actress Clara , Blood-
Baltimore, Dec. 8.—Claiming It woe a
clear case of suicide, the coroner's of
fice today decided there was no neces
sity for an Inquest over the body of
Mrs. Clara Bloodgood, the actress, who
killed herself last night. Tho body will
be sent to her old home In New Tork
at noon for burial.
Her husband. William Lalmbler, de
dared today that his wife was un
doubtedly Insane from overstudy and
worry as to the success of the play
In which she was starring.
Regarding the sealed letter left by
her, the husband said It referred to a
jrlvate matter and did not mention
ler Intention of ending her life.
Mr. Lalmber, club man and member
of the New York Stock Exchange, Is
In this city. He seems benumbed by
the sudden tragedy. Mrs. Blood-
good has been In good spirits, her ca
reer was unusually progressive, her
position In the best society woe ae-
sured and she seemed to have every,
thing necessary to happiness
She was ths star In Clyde Fitch’s
. iay, "The Truth," which Is showing at
the Academy of Music.
She shot herself in her hotel apart
nienta Just before the time for th6 be
ginning of the evening performance.
She first fired two shots, both missing,
end then she placed the platol In her
mouth nnd the third shot lodged in
tier brain.
While friends can assign no motive
for her act. It Is known that she had
$250,000 In the Knickerbocker Trust
Company. This, however, le not con
sidered a reason for her suicide, as she
had other resources and her husband
had wealth.
Her last marriage was declared to
have been a happy one and she had
met with no reverses on the Btage.
A telegraph dispatch from Memphis,
Tenn., today, says:
■ "Letters received here from Clara
Bloodgood Indicated that she was In
despondent mood. They were address,
ed to dramatic critics on local news
papers. In one, dated at’Baltimore last
Saturday, she said she did not have
long to live before the footlights."
Mrs. Bloodgood attended a matinee
pcrfomanco In the aftenoon, accompa
nied by William Courtenay, her lead
ing man. She seemed In a merry mood.
After two acta she left the theater, pur
chased a revolver and went to her ho
tel.
When It was time for the evening
performance she did not appear at the
theater. Her manager telephoned the
hotel ami a ball-boy was sent to her
loom. The b«y knocked on the door.
At the same Instant there were three
shots In the room. The terrified boy
ran doit n stairs and told the hotel
erk, who opened tho loor with a pass
key. Mrs. Bloodgood, attired In a silk
kimono, was lying dead on the bed,
her arms crctsed on her breast and the
revolver clasped In her hand.
KILLED HIS WIFE
Mrs. Clara Bloodgood appeared at
the Grand for three performance* In
“The Truth,” November 1 and 2, in
cluding a matinee. Few play* have
t-n more favorably received during
New gla*s fronts will be constructed * the season. The splendid and yirtU*
at both the Decatur and Edgewood en- j work of Mrs. Hloodgood a* Becky
trances of the present building and Warder, the wife who Juggles with the
other Improvements will be inuue. truth, and the excellence of her sup-
J. L. Hatterwhite, who lx to be gen-! porting company, made a strong lm-
KILLEDJELF LATER
Nethaway Held Crowd at
Bay While He ’Phoned
Mother.
Norfolk, Nebr., Dec. 6.—Before
passenger coach full of passengers, V.
B. Nothaway, a noted trap-shooter,
ehot and killed hie wife on an outgoing
train. He then sprang from the tram,
hurried to a local grain office and with
a revolver kept a crowd at bay until
he telephoned to his mother telling hor
what he had done and that he was go
ing to kill himself.
”1 only regret that I did not kill Sen.
utor Allen,” he said, referring to for
mer United States Senator Allen, of
Nebraska. Then going Into the el«-,
vetor he sent a buffet through bin
brain.
Ex-Senator Allen was the attorney
for Mr*. Nethaway In divorce pro
ceedings against her husband.
INDICT HOPKINS
Fairmont, W. Va., Dec. 6.—Two
hundred men are dead in the
Monongah mines, six mile* south
of this place, as » result of a ter
rific explosion, shortly before 10
o’clock thiR morning, according to
a statement given out by Manager
L. L. Malono.
Five Bodies Taken Out.
Five bodies have been taken from th*
min© up to 2 o’clock thie afternoon.
The following have been Identified*
FRANK COOPER, a machinist
—. —. SLOAN, miner. I
—. —. HAMMOND, miner.
Bodies Badly Mangled.
The flye bodies are badly mantled.
Indicating that the explosion muet have
occurred with awful force. Ignited gas
is blamed for the disaster.
largo tipple was blown from th#
slope entry of No. 6 mine out Into th#
West Fork river, and the bodies reoev-
ered were blown out of th# slop#.
The company 1* making every effort
ti. nave the live* of its men. A Special
train on the Baltimore and Ohio car
ried physicians and hospital supplies
ns well as all of the officials of tho
Phones Calling for Aid.
company who were In town.
The explosion was the most terriflo
In the history of Western mine dis
asters. It could be heard very plainly
here, although more than six mils#
away. The town Is In a great state of
excitement m a result of the disaster.
Even if the men were not killed out
right by the terrific explosion, which
must have wrecked much of the inte
rior of the mine, It Is generally be
lieved that they will die of asphyxia
tion or become victims of accumulating
fire damp and poisonous gases.
Telephone messages from the mines
aro calling for aid.
FEAR TROOPS SENT
TO GOLDFIELD IS
SIGNALFOR RIOTS
Gov. Sparks Is Denounced
in Bitterest Terms ,
For Action. *M¥
Justice Charged With Tak-
Justh’o of the Pence II. W. Hopkins was
Indicted on two counts by the grand''jnry
Friday morniug, one bill charging that he
hud collected |I0 to which be was not.entl-
tied from ‘a blind negro beggar itnmed
Wright Woldeinan. Tho other Indictment
chftrges Hopkins with'falling to keep sep
arate erihilmtl nnd civil dockets, as required
by law.
Four bnillffs of Justices’ courts were in
dicted, charged with extortion. They ere
. W. Hutchinson and It. M. Hell, of Jus
tice Ilopklns* court, and Toni Klngleton and
Woods Rogers, formerly employed st Jus
tice Dodgen’s
The Indictment follows the report of the
_;>ecinl committee appointed to investigate
the Justices. The indictment against Jus
tice Hopkins recites that he forced the
who was implicated In an as-
to settle that case.
It is reported that
oral manager of the new furniture
store. Is a well known young business
man of Atlanta, who has for some time
been connected with the Rhodes-Hav-
eity Company and Is splendidly equip
ped in his line of work.
The establishment of the new firm is
considered in business circles ns one
of the most notable results of prohi
bition. In that It Indicates that liquor
men find It to their advantage to re
main In the city and enter other busb
t n t't'iun on three large audiences.
The last act of the play, where the
wife and husband are reconciled, was
laid in Baltimore, the city in which
Mrs. Bloodgood shot herself.
Those who saw this handsome ac
tress then, strong, robust and appar
ently filled with buoyant, happy life,
can hardly appreciate the fact that aho
Iks dead In Baltimore by her own
hand In the Judgment of critics Mrs.
Bloodgood stood among the few very
capable actresses In this country.
Mnrtlu nnd another negro couple were nr-
The committee Investigated reports that
certain ballin'* bad made a practice of tr»
resting disorderly negro couples nnd forcing
them to marry, settling the gases In this
way and collecting feet.
it is reported that Hutchinson was dis
charged from the employ of Justice Hod gen
and nuosequentiy obtained employment In
the court of Justice Hopkins.
Goldfield, Nev, Dec. 6.—News has
been received that Federal troops start
ed from San Francisco for Goldfield
today. They are expected late thla aft
ernoon.
For asking Roosevelt to send the sol
diers Governor Sparks is being de
nounced in the bitterest terms.
Leaders of the miners say they had
tho men well in hand and would not
have permitted any violence. They ex
press strong doubt as to whether it will
be possible to control the rank and file I
now that they have been “classed aa
outlaws.’*
Business men fear that a practical
declaration of martial law is Just tho
thing to precipitate fighting. While
there has been no violence in connec
tion with the labor trouble thus far, so
many highway robberlss and burglarise
have occurred during the last week at
nights that the community is complete
ly terrorized. The mine owners say
the miners are responsible, but the lat
ter deny it.
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SLAYER CAPTURED;
SENT TO STATION
PROHIBITION LAW
MUST BE OBEYED
HE SAYS BEGIN
WITH $50,000,000
ASKS BETTER PAY
FOR CITY TEACHERS
Dead Patrolman One of the
Most Popular Officers of
Atlanta Police Force.
Judges and Officer De
clare Intention of Rigid
Obedience to Law.
Increase This Amount Every
Year With Five Mil
lion Dollars.
Would Build City Hall, Hos
pital and More School
Buildings.
THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Cloudy
weather, with rain tonight or Sat
urday; warmer.
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, steady, 6,35; Atlanta, steady,
11%; New Orleass, nrm; 11 13-16; New
York, steady. 12.06; Savannah, firm. 11%;
Augusta, firm, 11%; Mobile, steady, 11%;
Charleston, Arm, 11 3-16.