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In Atlanta..TWO CENTS. On Train*..FIVE CENTS. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1907. PRICE: The Atlanta Georgian s and news VOL. VI. NO. 106. SHE KILLED SELF WHILE HER AUDIENCE WAITED [ I 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. 0OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o * O COLD SNAP IS OVER? 0 0 RAIN ON 8ATURDAY. O 0 O 0 Cold weather Is over for th# O 0 time, and the Indications are for a O 0 rainy Saturday. Friday has been O 0 an ideal shopping day, and the O 0 stores have been packed with hoi- 0 0 (day*buyers. Forecast: O 0 “Cloudy weather, with rain late 0^ 0 Friday night or Saturday; warm—0 0 er.” 0 Friday temperatur 0 7 a. 0 8 a. m ii 0 Ia.ni 0 10 a. m. 0 11 a. 0 12 noon 0 1 p. m O 2 p. m O O degrees 0, 31 degrees Ijf ■ 33 degrees O 37 degrees O 42 degrees 0 48 degrees 0 48 degrees O 49 degrees 0 0 0O0OOO0OO0OOO0OO00000000TCS 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.