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the weather. Kor Atlanta and Vicinity—Part ly cloudy weather tonight anil Sun day; warmer. The Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, steady, 6.40; Atlanta, steady, H 1M6; New Orleans, firm. \\%: New York, steady, 12.16; Harannah. steady, 11 7*16; Augusta, steady, 11 13-16; Mobile, steady, IIS; Charleston, firm. 11 6-16. VOL. VI- NO. 107. ATLANTA, GA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7,1907. PRICE: E LICENSES OF Propose Called Coun cil Session to Close Saloons. liquor and negroes BAD COMBINATION Councilman Huddleston Be lieves Best to Take Time By Forelock. A special meeting of council will be held one day next week at which all the negro saloon licenses probably will be revoked. Councilman Press Huddleston states that he will circulate a call for a meet ing for this purpose, but Just when It will be done Is a matter of uncertainty. It Is desired to wait uhtll Mayor Joy ner. who Is In Washington, attending the national rivers and harbors con gress, returns to the city, early next week. Then council will meet with the mayor and consider the matter. The proposed revocation of the negro saloon licenses grows out of the mur der of Officer Manler by a drunken ne gro and the apprehension of further trouble between now and January 1, especially during the holidays. "Some of the saloon men,” stated Councilman Huddleston, "will be so anxious to get rid of their stock that they will not exercise the precaution they should In disposing of their goods. The negrqcs, realizing this Is the last chance, will get drunk, ^ftnd troublo Is liable to follow. "Of course, we may have no more trouble,” added the councilman, "but the dahger Is great, and council should take every possible precaution to pro tect the city’s policemen and all citi zens.” ' Id case the special meeting of coun cil Is not held, or Is held and action Is postponed, then Councilman Hud dleston will Introduce a resolution at the regular meeting Monday a week, revoking the licenses. Councilman Huddleston Saturday morning called up a number of council members over the phone asking for their views on the question. Among these were Councllmen Grant, Glass, Martin and Longlno, and Aldermen Key, Peters and Curtis. All wers practically a unit In think ing that something should be done, al though one or two did not like the Idea of holding a special seaslon for this purpose. "I have talked to a number of citi zens,” stated Councilman Huddleston, "and they all agree with me that the negro saloon licenses should be re voked.” Councilman Huddleston states that he called upon the city attorney for an opinion as to the legality of revoking the negro saloon licenses, and his rul ing was that council could at any time revoke any saloon license and not even be required to give a reason for the act. FINANCIAL SITUATION GREATLY IMPROVED The banking situation throughout the country is improving—rapidly approaching normal conditions their weekly reports being decidedly more favorable than looked for. The New York statement shows a decrease in the loan item of over eleven and one-half million dollars’, while the increase in reserves amounted to over six and three-quarter millions. Following is the statement of the New York asso ciated banks for the past week: Reserve on all deposits increase $6,779,075, Reserve on deposits other than United States in crease $7,647,700. Loans, decrease $11,682,900. Specie, increase $3,334,100. Legal tenders, increase $1,337,000. Deposits, decrease $8,431,900. Circulation, increase $3,528,300. Total loans, $1,186,395,600. Specie, $173,888,700. Legal tenders, $48,613,800. Deposits, $1,074,851,400. Circulation, $65,658,100. United States deposits, $75,190,200. TIDE TURNED IN ATLANTA, While the clearings in Atlanta show a decrease for the week just ended, the clearings for Saturday shows that the tide has turned, and that business from now on will rapidly assume normal conditions. Following is the statement of The Atlanta Clear ing House Association for the week Clearings Saturday Same day last year. Increase Clearings for the week Same week last year.. Decrease $ 909,377.24 884,328.02 25,049.22 5,955,948.58 6,699,008.13 743,059.55 King Oscar at Point of Death Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 7.—It le feared that King Oscar Is at the point of death. Heart trouble la beginning to manifest Itself and at times his majesty la but partly conscious. A bulletin says: "The king 1 ! strength has been con tinuously decreasing during the last twenty-four hours and especially dur ing the night. Hla majesty Is at times not fully conscious; action of the heart [s weaker; pulse Is 88 and Irregular; breathing la dlfflcult.” The pastor prlinartua, or head of the church In Sweden, has been urgently summoned to King Oscar's bedside. His majesty’s death la momentarily ex. ported. London. Dec. 7.—A news agency re ports that King Oscar Is unconscious and that his death la a matter of but a few hours. CHATTANOOGA BANKS IN GOOD CONDITION. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dfec. 7.—The statements is sued by the Chattanooga Clearing House Association show that the banks of this city are on a sound basis, there being in the banks the sum of $2,936,649.85, which is over $1,000,000 more than is required by the govern ment. The deposits of the Chattanooga hanks amount to $12,478,193.78, and of this amount they have $2,- 600,000 invested in bonds, of which amount $1,300,000 is in United States bonds. On November 12, 1906, the total deposits of the local banks amounted to $11,400,- 000, which is an increase of over a million dollars in deposits in a year’s time. The banks have out in loans about $10,000,000, mostly to Chattanooga concerns. The Chattanooga banks owe practically nothing, and the statement just issued shows that they are not hoarding money. SAFE BLO WERS AT WORK IN STORE AT HAPEVILLE; ESCAPE WITH SPOILS Race Results. CITY PARK. Pltat Race—Wes. 1 to I, won; Pride Woodstock, 11 to 6, second; Con- * to 2, even and 1 to 2, third. Time, I: so. ^000000000000000^0000000 O 0 o RAIN DOESN’T ARRIVE! O 5 TO CONTINUE CLOUDY O n 0 n . Jf 4 * 11 not materialize Sat- D 2 morning, though the pros- O a ST** "** excellent. Will continue 0 ? mwdy and warm, forecast: O « . Partly cloudy weather Satur- 0 2 bight and Sunday; warmer." 0 o .Saturday temperatures: O v 7 o clock a. m 33 degrees O 2 * “clock a. m.... 41 degrees 0 » * o clock a. m 43 degrees 0 If a. m 45 degrees 0 5 JJ oclock a . m 60 degrees O X , °, c *ock noon 55 degrees 0 a I o.bjoek p. 67 degrees O ~ 1 oclock p. m 60 degrees O °OOOOO0000OO00O00pO00OO00O STORE OF D. H. POPE, ROBBED BY SAFE BLOWERS. Store of D. H. Pope Blown and Robbed by Gang of Experts Early Saturday Morning. Yeggmen swooped down on Hape- vllle early Saturday morning before daylight and left evidence of their visit by a scene of confusion and destruc tion In the store of D. H. Pope, a well- known merchant. They blew open the safe and lined it and the explosion, while It was not loud enough to Interfere with the op erations of the crooks, wrecked the In side of the building. fortunately there was only a small amount of money In the safe and Mr. Pope la satisfied the yeggs did not get away with more than 335 or ISO, a poor reward for the trouble encountered In doing the Job. That it was the work of professional yeggmen there Is little doubt. There was plenty of evidence of this. The rafe door wan blown completely off the longcs and thrown across the store The celling of the store was torn up and, a soda fount was wrecked. An examination of the broken safe showed the skill that did the work. On the edges of the safe and on the edges of the door. «ere the remains of soap, which hail been smeared around the crack, and near the safe was a cake of soap partially used. This, In Itself, IN COLDFIELD Streets Almost Desert ed When the U. S. Soldiers Arrive. DOORS GLOSED; 1 BLINDS DOWN WIDOW LEFT DESTITUTE; FUND FOR HER RELIEF RAISED BY ATLANTANS Many Offers of Aid Widow of Policeman. to Labor Chief Is Shot and Judge’s Son Is Beaten Up. Goldfield, Nev.. Deo. 7.—The Federal troops, commanded by Colonel Rey nold#, arrived here today and the town le now under martial law. The troop# left their train and marched through almost deserted street#. The residents of the city are in sympathy with the miners and showed their displeasure at the arriv al of the troops by rinsing stores and drawing the blinds of their residences. Not a miner appeared on the streets and the presence of soldiers in the Golden City was Ignored. There was some lawlessness last night. President McKtnnen, of the lo cal miners* union. Is In the hospital suffering from a gunshot wound re ceived during a dispute with another labor loader. Herbert Belford, son of Judge Bel- ford, was found unconscious in an at leywayt An attempt was made by dynamiters to wreck the electric power line which furnishes Goldfield light and power. One hundred sticks of giant powder were found by a policeman. Atlanta citizens have been prompt to respond to the suggestion that a sub scription be raised for Mrs. Ella Ashei Manler, the widow of Patrolman James A. Manler, who was killed at his post of duty, and large sums have already been contributed. Mrs. Manler Is destitute, in a deli cate condition and without hope for relief other than that given by the public. Her husband c&rired no In surance of any kind. The members of the police depart ment voluntarily subscribed 3132 Sat urday morning, and a number of cit izens have offered subscriptions. The Orpheutn Theater and Bostock'a Arena announce special benefits for the fund. The Georgian will gladly receive and credit any subscription offered. The following are noted: W. M. Scott 3.00 E. L. Douglas ... .. 6.00 A negro.. 25 The Georgian Composing room.. 6.50 The Georgian 6.00 City Salesmen’s Association.. .. 25.00 C. I. Brannon 1.00 Claude B. Nealy .60 Ben Smith Preston 60 FDD SLAYER DF OFFICER Grand Jury Called to Meet Monday Morning. WIDOW IS NEEDY; , RELIEF OFFERED MRS. ELLA ASHER MANfER. She Is left a widow In delicate health and In the most moderate circumstances. “MEAN WHISKY DID IT!” SAYS SLAYER OF MANIER; “I DIDN’T INTEND TO DO IT” OFFOJJI POINT “Fighting Bob” Evans Is ExpectedTo Go Aboard Saturday. Newport News, Va., Dec. 7.—After rough voyage down the coast the battleship Connecticut, Hear Admiral Evans' flagship, steamed Into Hamp ton Roads last evening at 6 o'clock and dropped anchor. Rear Admiral Evans is expected to day to board his ship. Several ships are due here during the day and the entire fleet with the exception of the Maine will be assembled when the bat. tleshlp Minnesota reaches here next week. According to stories told by seamen there have been wholesale desertions from the Connecticut and other ships at the Northern ports, and it Is not likely that the tars will be allowed a great deal of liberty here before the ships sail. The next ships expected are the Kan sas from Delaware Breakwater and the Rhode Island from Delaware, the Missouri and Illinois from Boston and the Kearsarge and Georgia from League Island. The New Jersey came In yesterday like the Louisiana, loaded to. the water line with heavy ammuni tion and stores which all of the battle ships will carry on their cruise to the Pacific. Hundreds of tons of “picked" coal were sent In barges from the Norfolk navy yard today to Hampton Roads, where it will be placed In the bunkers of the .vessels of the Pacific-bound At lantic fleet that have already arrived. CONGRESS SHOULD RAISE PAY IN NAVY.” Washington. December 7.—Represen. tattve J. Van Vechlen Olcott, of New York, thinks congress should pass a bill to Increase the pay of naval officers and men. ‘Uuiess something Is done strengthen the navy, we shall soon have not neurly enough men to man our ships. We have not enough now. In our coast defense ships not more than per cent of the complement Is en listed. The trouble Is the men are not paid enough." r ioocooooooaoaooooo<KH>o4>oo MEN AND WOMEN TEACHERS C GET SAME PAY IN BUFFALO. C With the effects of bad liquor out of his system and thoroughly awakened to the realisation of his terrible act, Andrew John son, alias "Black Sport,” who ahot Officer Manler to doatb, sat on his bunk In a Tower cell Saturday morning perceptibly nervous aud with an expression of fear on his face. When arretted Friday afternoon the no gro, stupefied by drink, declared ho did not kill the officer. After becoming sober, how ever, he made no dental of Ills deed. When seen by n Georgian reporter Satur- day morning the hlnyer, Irin hen.I In Ms hands, cried out In tremulous tones: "I didn't menn to kill the policeman. 1 didn't Intend to kill him." “Accidentally Fired.” When asked why he shot the officer, John son said: "I had been drinking all morning and waa drunk. It was simply mean whisky that did It. The officer Waa trying to arrest me and hit me on the head with hla dob. I don't know how the pistol came In my bands, but, In the scuffle, It accidental! fired. It waa an accident. I didn't have anything against the officer and wouldn't have had tbla thing to occur for a million dollars. All I was trying to do was to get loose. I didn't want to shoot him." Bartow Blackman, the negro who rap tured Johnson, states that he Jammed the murderer's head Into a fence and that this caused the wound on the head, which John son says was made hy the officer's club. The negro was naked what he thought would be done with him, to which he re plied: "I don't know what they will do with me. I know they won’t turn me loose. I will Just put my trust In God." The slayer Is 29 years of nge and married. !1* wife conducts a restaurant In I'et.-r* :reel,- near the corner of Fair. Has a Bad Record. According to the police, Johnson haa a bad record and ban been arrested several times. Fourteen ulonths ago the negro re sisted arrest in Peters street aud was shot In the head by Policeman fbrlstophlnc. The bnIJet glanced, however, and made only a flesh wound. At another time, about a year ago, De tectives Huberts and T. II. Lanford raided a negro crap gamq In an alley Just off of Edgewood avenue and found "Black Sport" In the game. As the detectives entered the house the negro madn a grab for a big pistol, which waa lying on a bed near by. but the officers were too quirk for him and revrnted him from getting the weanon. Officer Chrlstophlue states that Bartow Blackman’s Braver}' in Capturing Murderer To Be Rewarded. Solicitor Charley D. Hill, on Satur day morning, called a special meeting of the Fulton county grand Jury for Monday morning at 10 o’clock, to take action on the murder of Patrolman James A. Manler, by the negro. Andrew Johnson, alias “Black Sport," who Is now locked in the Tower. The criminal court will be In session next week, and It Is possible for a trial to be called within a few days. The court officials show no Indication of •permitting delay. If convicted and sentenced, the negro may be legally hanged at thee xplratlon of twenty days after sentence. No crime In Atlanta In recent years has created the discussion that lias the murder of Patrolman J. A. Manler by Andrew Johnson, a drunken negro. Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Officer Manler, or "Big Six." as ha was known, was probably, without ex ception, the most popular man on the Atlanta police department, and ths most splendid specimen of physical manhood. Nearly everybody knew the genial, quiet and earnest officer, and those who knew him liked him and admired him. His untimely taking off lathe height of his strength and vigor and In the flush of young manhood Is mourned deeply In Atlanta, but the gloom and the sadness Is doubt)' Intensified by the unfortunate condition In which he leaves his wife and 4-year-old son. Left No Insurance. Mr. Manler had been a member of the police department for ten years. He leaves no Insurance and no prop erty, and he was not a member of the police relief association. His wife is In delicate health, and all she has In the way of earthly pos sessions is clothing, some furniture, and a few dayR* supply of food. The heavy expenses Incident to a Continued on Page Three. APPLY TORCH TD KY. TOWN Big Tobacco Ware houses Burned at Hopkinsville. COURAGEOUS NEGRO CAPTOR WINS APPROVAL OF CITY; SUBSCRIBE TO REWARD HIM TOBACCO BUYER SEVERELY BEATEN Buffalo, Dec. 7,—The Buffalo 0 board of aldermen ha* voted that O hereafter women teachers In the 0 public schools ahull receive the 0 same lalarle* us men In equal 0 grade* of work. The decision in- 0 voire* an tuereaie of about $60,- O 000 In the annual expen*** of eon- 0 ducting the *chool*. The dlitlnc- O tlon "male” and “female” teachers O on the payroll In to be dlacontln- 0 »how* the Job to have been done by IO ued. ' O Continued on P*se Fiv^. '000OO0OQOO0OOOOOO00OO0O0O0 Newspaper Office and Banks Are Riddled With Bullets. Hpecial to The Georgian. Loulavllle, Ky„ Dec. 71—Five hun dred armed men, each with a white cloth pinned to hi* shoulder, entered Hopkln*vllle. Ky.. In the heart of the dark tabaeco belt, at 2 o'clock Ihl* morning, and took pos*oailon of th* police and Are department*, telegraph and telephone*, terrorixlng the Inhabi tant* by marching through th* streets, firing revolver* and rifle*. They aet Are to the warehouse* of W. H. Tan dy, Tandy * Falrlelgh and Wooldridge, which, with other smaller damage; caused u loe* of about 3300,000. Lindsay Mitchell, a tobacco buyer, waa dragged from bla bed and severely beaten, and a brakeman named Delph was ahot, bpt not killed. The marauder* shot out the front of The Hopkinsville Kentuckian, which had criticised the night riders, and rid dled several bank* on Main street. The town waa taken completely by surprise. A • . BARTOW BLACKMAN. He caught and held the vlityer of officer Manler after the crime. WHOLESALE DEATH OF NINE PERSONS OVER BENT DISPUTE Genoa, Dec. 7.—Genona Gulseppe Qukttrocchl and hla wife cut their landlord, Anthony Biancht, to piece* with knives today, slashed bis wife and nursing baby to death, strangled three older children, were themselves held by a maddened mob In front of a speed, log electric car and ground to bits The wholesale butchery followed a trilling dispute ever rent. Qusttroccl being the biggest coward wan given a chance to die first. HU wife was calm while lie was held across the tracks and saw him mangled beyond recognition. Mrs. Quattroccl then wax held on the tracks and the car. operated by one of the mob, was again fun down the track with great speed. In this manner the woman wan butchered. I The courage of Bartow Blackman, the negro restaurant keener who ran down and captured Andrew Johnson, . the negro slayer of Patrolman Manler, .tands out a* a piece of bravery and ! loyalty to hla city’s Interests not com- ! mon to members of his race, who have I too often shielded negro criminals from officers of the law. Blackman Is a negro of excellent reputation, and hU action Is an example to members of his race. Blackman was joined In the chase after the slayer by P. N. Petty, of 18 Hills avenue, and two negroes. Mar shal Mack and Henry Baker. These men surrounded the house, while Blackman crawled underneath and pulled Johnson nut. The work of Blackman has called forth hearty commendation from the public and It Is suggested by many that' a substantial sum be given him as a tiken of Atlanta’s appreciation. The Georgian subscribes to this and will gladly receive subscriptions In cash from any cltlien who may desire to express In substantial form hts ap proval of Bartow Blackman’s respect for law and ordar. The following subscriptions ar* noted: The Georgian : t 6.00 E. It. Holt, Montgomery. Ala.. .. 1.00 Cash 60.00 W. M. Bcott 3.00 Capt. John T. Mills.'. 5.00 Oscar Mills 5.00 Cash... 1.00 SECRETARY TAFT Washington, Dec. 7.—A cablegram received from Secretary Taft today stated that he was Just sailing on the President Grant for New York, where he expects to arrive December 18. MRS. TAFT MAY NOT LIVE TO SEE HER SON. Mtilbury. Mass N. Taft. Secretary Ta sinking, and pected. Phyi hope that ahe 1 returns from abroad. iiaos,, Dec. «.—.Mrs. j.ouisu cretary Taft's mother. Is •loath !s momentarily ex- hyatclans say there Is no e will survive until her eoa