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-3TT \ VOL. VI. NO. 108. =: . ■:■■■= ' - - - ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1907. - ■■■:■= PPTPT?.. In Atlanta..TWO CENTS. JrXWAWU. On Train*..FIVE CENTS. L... T (854,000 Near Million Increase in Their Circula tion, THOMAS E. WATSON DINES WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PANAMA BONDS FOR GEORGIA BANKS Third and Atlanta National Banks Make Big Increase in Circulation. Within the course of the next few days the four national banks of Atlanta will have Increased their circulation nearly $1,000,000—to be exact, $846,000. The circulation of the national banks a few weeks ago was $1,176,000. The Increase of circulation within a few days will be $846,000. The Increase Is about 76 per cent. Colonel Robert J. Lowry, president of the Lowry National Bank, stated Sat urday that the circulation of his bank will be increased $300,000, making a total of $800,000. This additional cir culation will be based on the $300,000 of Panama bonds which were allotted to the Lowry bank by the treasury de partment. The Fourth National Bank a few days ago Increased Its circulation $170,- 000. making the total circulation of this Institution $570,000. This additional circulation Is based on the $170,000 of 3 per cent one-year certificates allotted It by fhe treasury department. Joseph A. McCord, vice president of the Third National Bank, stated to a representative of The Oeorglan Monday morning that the circulation of his bank had beeen Increased $75,000, mak ing a total circulation of $150,000. This was done on October $0, but no an nouncement was made until Monday morning. C. E. Currier, president of the At lanta National Bank, stated to a rep resentative of The Oeorglan Monday morning that his bank was negotiating for an Increase of Its circulation from $300,000 to $600,000, and that this will be done within the course of the next few days. Million More Money. The increasing of the circulation • of the Atlanta national banks means prac tically that $1,000,000 more money will be In circulation In Atlanta and this section than heretofore. In addition to the banks In this city, it is probable that other national banks over the state will do the same. The total circulation of the national banks of Atlanta will soon be $2,020,000, as against $1,176,000, the circulation a few weeks ago. Nothing could better show the spleh- dld prosperity of the banks, and noth ing Is more conclusive evidence of the better and brighter day that Is dawn- Continued on Page Three. TAFT AND PARTY WERE NEAR DEATH Tom's steed, Qreenbaeks, dines off white house grass while his master enjoys a substantial luncheon within the house. Washington, Dec. 9.—Thomas E. Watson, Populist nominee for president In 1904, arrived here today from his home In Georgia to dine with the president at the white house to night. Some time ago, Mr. Watson wrote to the president, suggesting - that as a measure of relief from the money fam ine, the treasury department should Is sue greenbacks. The president ac- knowlddgcd the letter, and Invited Mr. Watson to dine with him and outline his views. The acceptance was prompt and cordial. Mr. Watson gave no Indication what ever that he has relented In the least In his attitude toward the trusts and money power. He paid tribute to Pres ident Roosevelt ns having created a great moral sentiment against the abuses of corporate wealth and rejoiced that after many years the trusts were at lost on the defensive. FILLED CELLS |II| Police Docket Shows 200 Cases Re corded. JUDGE TO LABOR FAR INTO NIGHT Cases Range From Drunk enness to Pistol Carry ing and Shooting. SLATER OF PATROLMAN JAMES MANIER F( Tender Carrying Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Wheeler Has Accident. Boulogne, France, Dec. 9.—The trans- Atlantlo liner, President Grant, with Secretary Taft aboard, entered port to day. The sub-prefect Immediately went aboard and presented the French government's respects. Secretary Taft responded In a graceful speech. He has been notified of his mother's death, and showed plainly the weight of his grief. Mrs. Taft and Mrs. George Post wheeler, wife of the second secretary Jf.™ American embassy at Toklo, and other passengers for the President Grant, narrowly escaped death In go ing aboard tho liner In tho harbor ton- der Holland. The tender ran into heavy seas and was repeatedly thrown on beam ends. The passengers were hurled about In every direction, nar rowly escaping fixtures which broke MR8. TAFT'S BODY WILL BE BURIED IN CINCINNATI. Mlllbury, Mass.. Dec. 9.—Tho funeral Mrs. Louisa M. Taft, mother of the of war. will be' held tomorrow h.. . ,~ om >y residence, the home of einc^j fo&.iffi Wil1 * tftken exports and IMPORTS GROW in the report of String of me ourena of eom* for iSr B *t kfcor. It If fbown that Import* inp'r^hwiiii ***• **P°rtf of domestic ssa&ff*.? sr ’ft 7 '*** 5 * *■ 0000000O00O00O000O00OOO0O0 0 a a PLENTY OF RAIN MONDAY! O O CLEAR-COLDER TUESDAY. 0 0 —; O 0. Dampness of Monday Is to be 0 0 succeeded by clearing and colder O O Tuesday, which will be quite 0 0 cheering news to everyone. O 0 Forecast: O 0 "Rain Monday night, coldsr; O O Tuesday clearing and colder.’’ ‘ 0 0 Monday temperatures: 0 7 o'clock a. m 68 degrees. 0 8 o'clock a| ra 59 degrees. 0 9 o’clock a. ra 80 degrees. o'clock a. m 60 degrees. . .81 degrees. 0 10 ( 0 11 o'clock i 0 12 o’clock noon 0 1 o'clock p. m.. O 2 o'clock p. m.. . .60 degrees. . .69 degrees. .. 68 degrees. 0O000000000000000000000000 RUSSIA’S EMPRESS IS CRITICALLY ILL St. Petersburg, Dec. 9.—The condi tion of Empress Alexandra Is so criti cal as to cause the gravest apprehen sion. A consultation of the court phy sicians today will be followed this aft ernoon by a consultation of the leading specialists of St. Petersburg. She Is un. able' to take any nourishment and so far all efforts to give her medicine have failed. Race Results. NEW ORLEANS. First Race—LaSeour, 6 to 5, won; Donaldo, 6 to 1 and 8 to 5, second; Edina, 50 to 1, 25 to 1 and 8 to 1, third. Time 1:06 3-5. Will Be Tried Tues day Morning at 9 O’clock. Andrew Johnson, tho negro Indicted by the grand Jury Monday morning on the charge of murdering Patrolman J. A. Manler In Peters street last Friday afternoon, will be placed on trial for his life before Judge L. S. Roan In the criminal division of the superior court Tuesday morning at 9 o’olook. Following tho Indictment by tho grand Jury Mbnday morning Johnson was arraigned before Judge Roan In the criminal court at 1:30 o’clock Mon day afternoon, and Judge W. R. Ham mond and Attorney Judson C. Chat man, two lawyers of unquestioned ability,, were appointed to defend him. When arraigned before the Judge to hear the announcement that the grand Jury had Indicted him for murder, and to have counsel appointed In his case, Johnson did not exhibit the slightest emotion and the only words he spoke were "No, sir,” In response to ques tlons put to him by Judge Roan. "The grand Jury has Indicted you on the charge of murder, Johnson," said Judge Roan. "Have you employed Continued on Page Three, SUNDA Y LID DOWN TIGHT ON GOTHAMS GREA T WHITE WA Y C£4M«. HOW BROADWAY LOOKED ON SUNDAY. All records of the police deportment and police court were smashed to smlthereons Monday when 200 cases were docketed ,for trial before Re corder Broyles.- This Is the greatest number of cases ever put on the docket for trial In any one day. The morning session of po lice court,' convened by Recorder Broyles at 8:30 o'clock, continued until after the noon hour, while the after noon grind, which commenced at 2:16, will last until far In the night. When the morning session was Anally ad Journed, both Judge Broyles and Clerk Preston sighed with relief, and then rushed out to get a lunch before tack ling the afternoon Job. Tho prison department of the eta tlon was literally alive with prisoners Monday morning, the mob of defenders being crowded and Jammed Into every available Bpaee. Breakfast was served for 160 prisoners, tho like of which has never before been known. The re malnder of the 200 were out on copies of charges or cash collateral. , Everybody about the station has been rihrd worked and will be glad when the extraordinary day’s grind Is Antshed. The approach of prohibition Is be lleved to be one of the main causes for the unusual number-of drunks and disorders of Saturday night and Sun day. In the big batch of prisoners Is i number of negroes found with conceal cd weapons on them. Judge Broyles Monday morning adopted a new policy In such cases, Increasing the bond from $100 to $200. Negroes Follow Example. The good effect of Bartow Blackman's act In capturing the negro murderer of Policeman Manler Friday afternoon was demonstrated In the case of Will Campbell, a negro who pulled a pistol on another negro Sunday night. Camp bell escaped from the scene, but was followed by four other negroes. These negroes Anally located Camp bell Monday morning In a house, near Pryor and Fair streets, and reported the matter to Policemen Gillespie and Nesblt, who placed him under arrest. The negrp Is said to have made the Continued on Pago Three, 1,689,014 BALES SHY IN 1907 CROP IN DEM REPORT | KING OF SWEDEN IS DEAD; GUSTAV V IS NOW RULER KING GUSTAV V AND HIS WIFE. Only 8,338,854 in 1907 Against 10,027,868 in 1906. Washington, Dec. 'The cotton bul. letln Issued by the census bureau of the department of commerce and labor shows 8,31$,854 bales, counting round os half bales, ginned from the growth' of 1907 to December 1. compared with 10,. 017,868 for 1906, with 8,689,66$ for 1905. Number round bales Included Is 164,- 341 for 1907 and 227.145 for 1908 and 239,770 for 1905. Sea Island cotton In cluded, 66,141 for 1907, 41,250 for 1906 and 81,896 for 1906. Number of active ginneries, 26,876 for 1907. Oldest Son of Dead Monarch Takes the Oath of Office. 00000000000000000000000000 0 0 O LOCAL 80CIETY TO ACT. 0 O The Vikings, the local club of O 0 Swedish citizens, will probably 0 0 hold a meeting Monday or Tues- 0 0 day and pass resolutions of re- 0 O gret at tho death of King Oscar 0 0 of Sweden, fhe club will cablo 0 0 sympathy to the bereaved family. 0 0 A. ('arisen Is president and G. A. 0 0 Anderson secretary, 0 0 0 000000000000000000000O00O0 Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 9.—Gustav V, the now king of Sweden, Is In con ference with members of the ministry today making plans for hie Immediate future and preparing for a formal proc lamntlon to be Issued within the next day or two. He has requested Premier Landman to continue president of the cabinet. He has assumed no change anticipated from King Oscar's policies, King Oscar died at 9:10 o'clock this morning. The death of the venerable monarch occurred in the royal apart ment of the palace, where, surrounded byfthe members of his family. Including the aged Queen Sophia and the crown prince, Oscar Gustav, and high minis ters of state, the inevitable end had been awaited, while outside the palace great crowds stood with bowed heads and tearful eyes long after the an nouncement came of. tne death of their well-loved sovereign. 8choolboys Lament, In the palace court yard, In the dim ... ' stood * roe. ULYSSES S, BELL Brother of Madison Bell and Popular Young Atlantan. gray mist of the morning, Continued on Page Thr BENTILLMAN FIRES BROADSIDE INTO I Asks Senate Finance Com mittee to Probe Issuance of Certificates. New York, December 9.—The Great White Way was a desert Sunday. Dry as the great Sahara, and as empty as Dead Man's Gulch. The streets, thanks to the new regulations closing places of amusement, were deserted except for the lone cops and a stray dog or two, arid those people who could found sol ace at their clubs or th'e parka. The great mass of people took their choice between the churches and the parks. The hush on the thoroughfares was Intense. But the rity board of aldermen will meet Tuesday to modify the new or dinances as far as their authority goes, and It Is believed that within a short while public opinion will demand a res toration of former liberal regulations and usual conditions will prevail. MAY YET SUGGEST TROOPS' RECALL GoldAeld, Nev., Dec. 9.—Colonel Rey nolds, commanding the Federal troops brought here to keep order during the miners’ strike. Is believed to have de cided to recommend the soldiers' Imme diate recall, as It seems, no doubt, hs thinks the mine owners misled the war department. He is convinced that there Is no probability of disorder on the strikers’ part. The sheriff has sworn In a dozen deputies. He characterizes the state ments mode by the mine owners that the union men are arming themselves and preparing to make trouble ai false, and says tnzt in his belief there will be no effort made to prevent the mine owners from working the mines with whatever men tboy may employ. Washington. Dee. 9.—Senator Ben Till man. of South Carolina, who hat for years been attacking the administration's 11 nan rial policy, tired a hrondslde In the senate today. lie Introduced two resolutions calling upon the dunnee committee for Informs- tlon. One directed it to report whether clearing house certtdcstea had lieen Issued contrary to Inw; whether they were not subject to s 10 per cent tnz. nnd whether the law would permit warehouse certmcates to be Issued Iwwd on tobacco, wheat and cotton crops stored for marketing. The other Inquired Into the warrant of law for the Isaiinnce of certlllcstcs of In. dustrles by the secretary of tho treasury, bis Jnstiacstlon for the recent sale of Pan ama I Kinds, and whether "any legislation fs necessary to protect the people nnd busi ness Interests of the country from the Issue of unlawful money; If clearing house rer- tldrates arc such, and to prevent the Illegal Increase of piddle debt In times of peace." BIG RECEPTION TENDERED BRYAN AT DOLLAR DINNER Omaha, Nebr., Dec. ».—A great re ception was tendered William J. Bryan at a dollar dinner Saturday rilgl-.t by the Dahlman Club when 6,000 persons heard him speak. He gave little en couragement to a reference to his presidential aspirations. THREEVESSELS AND 120 MEN BELIEVED LOST ULY8SES S. BELL. Ho was drowned near Jackson ville Sunday while on a hunting trip. Pslmpol. France, Dec. The Anger, Jerques and t.'rolstde, Newfoundland Hell ing vessels, which Irft Miquelon October 1, have been given up. They carried 120 men In the three crews. While duck hunting on the St. Johns river, near Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Ulysses S. Bell, 34 years of age, a son of Mrs. Mary C. Boll and brother of Hon. Madison Bell, fell.from the boat and was drowned, the newa-of his death being received In Atlanta by telegram Sunday night at 10 o’clock. According. to the Information con veyed by the telegram,-Mr. Bell was duck shooting with two friends on the river. While moving about In the boat he lost his balance, fell ovetbodrd and was carried to the bottom of the stream by the heavy load of shells which he carried In his pockets. Although as- slstince could not reach him In time to save his life, the* body was recovored by a searching party a short while later. Hon. Afadlson Bell left Atlanta Sat urday night to Join hi* brother on a hunting trip, but tho first news he re ceived upon arriving at Jacksonville was of tho deplorable accident. He wlir return to Atlanta Monday with his brother’s bqdy, Mr. Bell haij been connected with the electrical Inspection department of the Southeastern Tariff Association and for the past nine months he has been sta tioned at Jacksonville. He was a young man of exceptional'ability In his pro fession and held the confidence and es teem of all with whom he associated. Mr. Bell was the son of the late Madison’ Bell, former secretary of state. He Is survived by his mother, Mre. Mary C, Bell; Hon. Madison Bell, his brother, and three sisters, .Mrs. L. P. Stephens and Mrs. \V. F. Hnmmack, of Atlanta, and Airs. Arthur S. Scott, of Macon. He was educated In the grammar schools and the Boys’’ High School of Atlanta, Emory College and Vanderbilt University, and was a member of the Phi Delta fraternity. At the time of his death Mr. Bell was senior warden of Atlanta lodge or Afasons. The body, accompanied by Hon. Madison Bell, Is expected to arrive In Atlanta at 8 o'clock Monday evening. Definite funeral arrangements will not be made until then. Fire Threatens To Incinerate Bodies of 328 Miners. SUNDAY PROVES DAY OF FUNERALS Boai'd of Health Demands That Corpses Be Buried At Once. i Afonongah. W. Va., Dec. 9.—With only forty-three bodies actually removed from the wrecked mine, Are which broke out at 4 O'clock yesterday after noon, has prevented further recovery of bodies. At 2 o'clock this momln*, the fire was reported under control. It Is expected that some time today fans will be started and further search for tho victims will be resumed. If, however, the workers are unable to subdue the flames, It Is possible that many of the dead bodies In the mine will be bupied. In addition to tho forty-three bodies taken from the mine, fifteen were found dead on the outside of the mine, two were found injured, and eighteen men who were on tho pay-roll have reported as not having entered the mine Friday morn ing, This makes a total of seventy- eight accounted for. according to the pay-roll, leaving 328 men In the mine at the present time. Yesterday was a day of funerals In Monongah. At least a score of burials took place yesterday, and It Is expected at least fifteen more funerals will oc cur. Trouble has arisen between the board of health and the mine officials. After a short session yesterday, the board de manded that the bodies be hurried to tho grave yard as soon as they can be taken from the pit, without awaiting identification. The company officials refuaed to comply with thla demand. President Watson says he will deliver the bodlea of the dead miners to their friends and relatives at all cost. Of the forty-three bodies recovered from the mines, all but nine have been Identified. All of these bodies were horribly mutilated by the force of the explosion. “ Bobby” Leader When He Quit Six-Day Race <30000000000O00O0000000QO0O O DEATH AT THROTTLE n 0 RUNS TRAIN TO DOOM. 0 0 O O Allentown, . Pa., Dec. ».—Life O O having left the body of Engineer O 0 Calvin Frederick, on a Lehigh 0 0 train, the train rushed past a dan- 0 0 ger signal and crashed Into the 0 O resr-end of a freight ahead. Two 0 O were hurt. The body of the engl- O O neer was found, his hand still OI ami quickly O gripping the throttle. O good. But Lawxm 0 0 I tng, and after thr j00000O0000O00O0000OO000000 lose his headway. New York, Dec. 9.—"Bobby" Wal- thour, mated with Matt E. Downey as the Ynnkee-DIxle team In the great six- day blcyclo race at Afadlson Square Garden, and tho favorite In the betting to win the contest, created a sensation by suddenly quitting the track today. Walthour'e decision was Immovable. He refused nil entreaties to return to the race, declaring that hie right arm, which he had wrenched badly In race In Germany recently, was pain ing him, and that he could ride ne longer. The management of the race had Dr. Creamer, tho Garden physician, exam ine the arm. and afterward Dr. Cream er was authority for the statement that Walthour was in the best of condition this morning. "There In no reason why he should not continue," he said. P. T. Powers, one of the managers of the six-day race, became angry when Walthour quit, and declared that It an u "plain case of Walthour being quitter nnd nothing else." Walthour wns well up with the lead ers In the raco when he left the track. Ho had scored 187 miles and 1 lap. His leaving the track left Downey without a partner. The latter was given until 1:20 p. m. to find s substi tute for Walthour. The score at 2 o'clock was: Miles. Laps, Folger and Morgan 276 2 Donning and Downey 275 1 Butt and Stol 276 2 Lawson and McDonald ....275 1 Devell and Bedell ...276 2 Daragon nnd Breton ........276 2 Georgett and Dupre 175 2 Kies and Vanderstuyft 275 t Samuelson and Alltten 276 1 Jaequelln and Vonanonl ,..,276 1 Wilcox and Williams 275 1 Galvin and Wiley ...176 1 Logan and Bardgett 276 I Sherwood and Llmberg 276 0 Lawson Starts Sprint, In the beginning of the afternoon. Iver Lawsun, of the New York-Chlcage team, made a desperate attempt to re gain the lap he had lost earlier, wheg Il.irniK'the Frenchmen, sailed out I* ' front ari-1 was 2 00 yards ahead almost ' before any other riders were after him. Uiw-son pedaled like chained lightning. He forged ahead of the bunch of riders half lap to ths non stopped gain, mlnutee began ts