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VOL. VI. NO. 116.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18,1907
■p-pTpT?. In Atlanta..TWO CENTf.
JrlvJ.V'CJs On Trains..FIVE CENTS.
—GRAND JURY*
New Court House Is
Frowned Upon by
Second Jury.-
WANT SANITARIUM
FOR “DOPE FIENDS”
Grand Jury Returns Special
Presentments of Im
portance.
A recommendation that violations of the
problblton law bo punished by a Jail sen
tence was made by the grand Jury Wednes
day In a special presentment to Judge Ellis
of the superior court.
In explanation of Its recommendation, the
grand Jury stated that, regardles of Individ
ual opinions regarding the wisdom of the
law, It should be enforced and It was to
ileted that Jail sentences would go far to
ward compelling an observance of the law.
The grand Jury also followed In the foot
steps of a former grand Jury and opposed
the plan of the board of county commission*
•rs to erect a new court house for Fulton
county.
BIG AMERICAN FLEET
WILL CIRCLE GLOBE
TD
CAMPAIGN OPENS
Tom Goodwin Already Mak
ing Active Canvass
of Friends.
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court house at this time.” said the jury, “Is
unnecessary, and that the special tax neces
sary to bo levied for this purpose will work
hardship on the tax-payers of tBe county.
tax of $100,000 that haa already been levied
nnd which la needed for the purpose, be
used to provide a- safe and secure place for
r the count? ' * “■"* **■
keeping tho county records and that the re-
cepL... ... , ..— —
..jdnder of the sum be applied to the relief
cf other tax burdens."
The grand Jury further expressed the
opinion that the people of Fulton county
are now overtaxed In proportion to the
her counties of the atate.
F. A. QUILLIAty.
The mayor pro tern, will make
the race for mayor next year. It Is
stated.
other counties of the stute.
The grand Jury also recommended that
Fulton county take the initiative In build
ing a sanitarium for the purpose of caring
punished.
It was also recommended that tha city
authorities exercise great precaution In la
ming llcensert to negro pool rooms, these
suing lleensert to negro i»ool rooms, these
places of amusement being characterised
as “hot beds of vice and Idleness."
A recommendation was alio made that
.. IMSfUMfe ...J I
tbs county attorney prepare a bill or an
amendment to the existing laws making the
statutes ntdre restricted, nnd that
the next legtala-
mrrancy i
IS BROWNE
AT
Grand Jury Acts On Former
Organist’s'Shot Through
Door.
An Indictment charging assault with in
tent to murder was returned by the grand
Jury Wednesday against Dr. J. Lewis
Browne, formerly organist at the Sacred
Heart church, who several weeks ago fired a
pistol through the door of the home of
father John E. Ounn, the rector of the
church. Dr. Browno baa not been placed
under arrest snd It Is said hs la out of ths
dtr.
The alleged assault upon Father Gunn
ws.rwpifHN
hut was finally released on bond.
T vheu Fsthei
-her Gunn spj>#iKrad 1 ■ r.- the
ernud Jury Wednesday and gave ths Infor
mation upon which the Indictment was
found.
Shortly sfttr the shooting Dr. Browne,
through Mr attorney, Burton Smith, gave
out a statement In which he declared that
ha bore Father Gunn no 111 will and that
the sheeting occurred during a temporary
mental aberration resulting from continued
msntal strain.
IRS, HEIR! JENNINGS
CLAIMED B! DEATH
Aftsr lying unconscious for eighteen
"•»!», death cars# to Mr,. Hsnry Jon-
"Ings, wlf* of Chief of Police Henry
■leaning,, Wednesday morning at 11
'/'.lock p.t the family residence, 209
Kimball atreet.
For mire than a year Mr*. Jennings
hud been In feeble health, but aha bore
"er great suffer Inc with such patience
: so uncomplainingly that her pree-
• nce was ala-ays an Inspiration to her
loeed ones. Rome eighteen months ago
che lapsed Into unconsciousness, since
' filch time she recognised no one. She
tsawd away without ever having gain
'd consciousness.
Reside, her husband, she leave# one
•on, Julian H„ and one daughter, ,Mlas
Lillian Jennings.
, The funeml services will be con
ducted at th>i Baptist Tabernacle
Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Dr.
*•*" O. Broughton officiating. The In
terment win h, private.
Alderman F. A. Qullllan will be a
candidate for mayor next year.
The alderman, who la also mayor pro
tern., has not made a formal announce
ment to this effect, but In political cir
cles and among hla close friends, the
matter Is as good as settled.
From a source which Is as authentic
as If It came from tho mayor pro tem.
himself, a representative of The Geor
gian learned Wednesday morning that
Alderman Qullllan certainly would be
in the race for the mayoralty.
When aaked about It, the mayor pro
tem. replied that he would, 'from all
present Indications,” but that he will
not make an announcement as yeL
This la Alderman Quintan's second
year In the aldermanlc board and his
fourth year as a member of the gen
eral council. He served as councilman
for two years, and upon retiring from
his seat as councilman, he took a seat
as a member of the aldermanlc board
for three years.
Mo will retire as a member of the
aldermanlc board In January, 1909, In
time to take a seat In the mayoralty
chair, if elected.
Aldermatr Qullllan Is one of the most
Influential members of the general
council. A lawyer by profession, hs
-i*”t ‘
Washington. Dec. 18.—A wireless
message received from' the battleship
fleet says:
"At a ward room dinner on Monday
night the announcement was made by
Admiral Evans on the authority of
President Roosevelt that the fleet
v ould return home by way of the Sue,
canal.
"The president's message of fare
well sent from the, Mayflower on Mon
day Was enthusiastically received by
the entire fleet." *
E
Lawyers Wrangle AH
Morning Over In
junction.
Special to The Oeorgtan.
Savannah. Qa„ Dec. 18.—The wireless
station at Savannah was In communi
cation withjthe fleet en route to the
Pacific last night at 8 o'clock. A per
sonal message to Admiral Evans was
sent from the Savannah station to the
Connecticut. Other messages from ths
fleet for Washington of an official na
ture were heard l|y the station her#
All was well on the fleet at 11:45 o'clock
last night. The fleet le passing the
Georgia cooet. i
NOT YET PAID FOR
State' of Georgia Sued by a
i Norfolk Liveryman
for Bill.
will, no doubt, be able to hold his own
with the best of them on the plat
form. V*
The entrance of Alderman Qullllan
Into the^ mayoralty, race may mean the
retirement of Courtland 8. Winn, who
hoe often been mentioned. Mr. Winn
and Alderman Qullllan are close per
sonal friends, and It le stated that
neither would run .in opposition to the
other. _
Only two candidates have announced
positively for the race: H. H. Caba-
nls3 and Thomas H. Goodwin. The
latter is already making an active can-
vase of the voters and has been work
ing several months, and he states that
slready he haa enough votes pledged
to assure his running In the second pri
mary election. , . _ .
James G. Woodward and James L.
Key are probable candidates. The race.
. i. i mill ha nna Ilf tVlA
from all indication,, will b# one of the
Itvclteit of year,.
IK HIS BATH TUB;
BANK IS CLOSED
Had Exceeded Authority in
Making Loans to
Local Firms.
North Attelboro, Man,.. Dec. 18.—The
Jewellers' .National Bank of thl, city
wan dosed this morning by National
Bank Examiner Currier. It had a paid
up capital of 1100,000 and It, deposit,
ore estimated at $1,000,000.
In on Interview this morning In New
York, Albert H. Wlggln, president of
the bank, and also vice president of the
Chase National Bank, said the sudden
deah of CaWhler Sargent of the North
Attelboro bank naturally excited sus
picion and caused the directors to make
an Imedtate Investigation.
In this examination they were aa-
atsted by National Bank Examiner
Currier, of Boeton. The Investigation
shows that Mr. 8argent had exceeded
hts authority and that without the
knowledge of the directors he had made
lor-mi to local concerns In which he
was Individually Interested. Sargent
waa found dead In hla bath tub. He
bad drowned.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 18.—Hoke Smith,
governor of Georgia, and twelve other
members of the Georgia commission
to the Jamestown exposition, are mado
defendants to a suit here for the re
covery of the hire of carriages used by
President Roosevelt and his party, on
June 10, Georgia Day, at the fair. J
A. Pritchett, a liveryman, Is the plain
tirr.
Georgia Day was a big day for the
exposition, distinguished vlsltore being
many, and a great number of carriages
had to be pressed Into ssrvlce. Pritch
ett furnished a number of them, but has
been unable, he says, to obtain com
pensation. He asks damages In the
sum of >500. The question Is really
one of dispute between the Georgia
commissioners and the exposition com.
pany. While they have not yet filed
answer to the proceedings against
them, the commissioners declare that
the exposition company Is responsible
to Pritchett; that the president and
others were gue'sts’ oL the exposition,
and that the carriages were ordered
by an exposition agent.
"Following Georgia Day at James
town,” said Commissioner of Agricul
ture Hudson, who Is head of the Geor
gia commission, “bills for thirty-one
carriages at >16 each were rendered.
The carriages were ordered, aa I un
derstood It, by W. N. Mitchell, then
chairman of the Georgia commission.
"There waa no necessity for so many
carriages. When the bill was presented
to me, I refused to pay It for two rea
sons. First, I considered the charge of
>4(5 for thirty-one carriage, exorbi
tant. Secondly, under the law I had
no authority to spend money appropri
ated by the legislature for any pur-
- - “ally '
pose other than that specific:
forth.
“In order to close up a petty annoy-
onco, though I do not think we are
morally obligated for the debt. It la
my Intention to pay the bill os soon as
we can sell the Georgia building. Funds
arising from this source can be ap
plied for that purpose.”
W. N. Mitchell, commissioner for
Georgia, was asked for a statement
upon the subject.
"I have nothing to say about It,” ho
said, "except that none of the carriages
was for private use. There may have
been more ordered than were used."
NEGRO IS INDICTED
FOR TAKING LIQUOR
IN DRY TERRITORY
Chicago, Dec. 18.—Stuyvetant Fish
and E. H. Harriman today declared a
twenty-four hour truce In the battle
for control of the Illinois Central. Pres.
Ident Harahan called the meeting of
the stockholders to order promptly at
noon, but under an agreement the
meeting waa adjourned until noon to
morrow.
Absolutely no action could be taken
under the agreement entered Into In
Judge Bull’s eburt by the attorneys
representing tho two warriors. This
agreement .provided that the annual
meeting should be called at noon to
day fnd postponed until noon tomor
row: that attorneys representing Mr.
Fish and Mr. Harriman should confer
this afternoon and tonight to seo If
some basis for a settlement could not
be reached; that argument aa to the
disposition of the 281,331 shares of
stock tied up by Injunction should be
continued at 9:80 o'clock tomorrow
morning If no agreement was reached
between attorneys.
The agreement for an armistice was
made after tho attorneys had spent the
ntlre morning In wrangling.
The legal i-opresontatlves of Mr. Fish,
Including Attornoy Farrar, wanted to
hold the annual meeting before any
disposition was made of the shares tied
up by Injunction. This would have
given them the control of the meeting.
The Harriman attorneys, Including
William Nelson Cromwell, Mr. Hard
man's personal attorney, wanted the
meeting postponed until the decision of
Judgo Ball could determine tho Anal
disposition of the contested shares and
proxies.
T
lUH
ON BIG BOND ISSUE
Order Issued Citing Him to
Appear in Suit of
Equity.
Speclsl to The Georgian.
Columbus, On„ Dec. 18.—A-pecullar
rate has developed here In the superior
court In a case made against a negro
charged with selling Uquor on election
day.
It la alleged that A A. Cayblll, a sa
loon keeper of Girard, received a tele
phone message to send a pint of whis
ky across the river, and he did so, en
trusting It to a negro who was arrested
when he delivered the goods, a police
man being present. Both the negro
and his alleged employer have beeh In.
dieted.
$32,000 IN GEMS
TAKEN FROM WAGON
IN NEW YORK CITY
New York. Dec. 18.—A package con
taining gems valued at >32,000 has
been stolen from a wagon of the United
Slates Express Company.
The theft occurred somewhere be
tween the Fifty-ninth street office and
Cnmmunlpaw. A general alarm had
been sent out to the police all over the
country, and the entire detective force
of New York le hunting for a clew to
the clever' thief and hts booty.
Washington, Dec. 18.—Justice Gould
Issued an order this afternoon against
George B. Cortelyou. secretary of the
United States treasury, to appear In
equity court No. 2, January 2. 1908, In
answer to a suit In equity filed this
morning In the district supreme court
by George W. Austin, of New York, In
which It Is sought to restrain Secretary
Cortelyou and hla assistants from de
livering certain Panama canal bonds
to national banks, bankors or others,
to which the complainant claims he Is
Justly entitled by reason of having bid
a sum for the same at a figure enti
tling him to the said bonds.
Offersd >103.375.
Ths complainant alleges that he made
a proposal to purchase >3,000,000 and
agreed to pay therefor >10).3?6 and
accrued Interest per >100; that Secre
tary Cortelyou announced that he had
allotted all of the. bonde be Intended to
sell—the amount of >26,000.000 and not
the full amount of >50,000,000—and that
of that sum only >1,000,000 hod been
awarded to Individuals, the other >24,-
000,000 having been sold to banks and
bankers, and that only >3,(60,000 of
the total amount had'been sold at a
price higher than the figures bid,by the
complainant.
U. 8. May Lose >1,000,000.
It Is shown that one George A. Ito-
mer, of New York, tiled a bid for
>4.000,000 of the bonds at 101.26, 101.50,
101.75 and 104 each for one million
dollars, and that later he filed a bid
for an additional >4,000,000 at the price
of 103.125, the price bid by the com
plainant.
Mr. Austin asserts that by reason of
being deprived of these bonds he wilt
loss several hundred thousand dollars
and that the government will be the
loser In the allotment to national banks
of more than >1,000,000.
CORTELYOU FLATL! TAFT IS WAITING
IS NOT CANDIDATE. BEFORE HE TALKS
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU.
WILLIAM TAFT.
Brands as False the Talk
That Patronage Is Used
to Help Him.
Refuses, For Lack of Infor
mation, to Give Out Po
litical Views.
Washington. Dec. 1>.—A signed State-
New York, Dec. 18.—Ths correspondent
of the llrorst News Service at Halifax. N.
rotary of Treasury Cortelyou, which
pronounces os unqualifiedly false the
ft
current rumors of undue political ac
tlvlty of his friends In forwarding a
movement In his Interest. The secre
tary declares that neither he nor his
friends have used their Influence In be
half of any candidate for the presiden
cy, and that he has not been a candi
date for anything but the confidence of
the people. He adds that If be should
hereafter decide to be a candidate for
any office he will say so frankly.
CLEVELAND AGAIN
SPOTLIGHT CENTER
AS ANTI-BRYAN MAN
New York, Dec. IS.—There ta a possibility
of former President Cleveland making bis
renppetranco in the political arena at least
to tbe extent, of acting ns delegate to tbe
next Democratic national convention at
Denver. A movement is now on foot to
make Cleveland one of tbe four delegatee*
at-large from New Jersey.
“ bind this simple announcement that be
tlflesnce.
Wall street and Eastern fntei
K ied tbe nomination of Rryan are aald to
hacking tbe movement to send Cleveland
to tbe convention. If be appeara aa a dele-
itte he will act aa apokeaman of the anti*
ryan contingent.
less thla morning, relayed the following
statement by Secretary Taft on board the
Prealdent Grant:
"To the Ilearst News Senrlce:
••Wireless received. I have no views on
the presidential ontlook at thla time be*
cause of lack of Information.
“Concerning m.v visit to tbe Philippines,
ray previous views are confirmed nnd I have
greater hope In the success of the problem
we are working out In the^ laUmdi^^ |T
Mr. Taft will arrive In New” York iate
Friday evening or early Saturday morning.
The statement received by wireless puts
of significance.
MISSOURI IS SOLID
FOR WM. H. TAFT
St. Louis. Mo., Deo. 17.—With one
exception the Republican state com
mittee yesterday unanimously adopted
a resolution indorsing the candidacy of
Secretary of War William H. Taft for
the presidency. The member holding
out waa William H. Hallett, proxy for
W. A. Dallas, of the Fifteenth district.
February 27 waa set ap the date of the
atate convention, and 8t. Louis named
aa the place at which delegates to the
national Republican convention will be
chosen.
HANDCUFFED MAN JUMPS
INTO CHA TTAHOOCHEE AND
COMES TO SURFACE FREED
Brindamour Does New
Stunt and a Bold
One.
. 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon
Brindamour, the great Jail breaker and
handcuff king, who Is mystifying audi
ences st the Orpheum this week, leaped
Into the Icy waters of the Chattahoo
chee river, securely handcuffed with
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hen he arose to the eurface his
wrists were free and he waved the cuffs
above his head. This stunt was wit
nessed by a number of people, who
lined the river bridge.
Brindamour went out to the wagon
bridge In an automobile, accompanied
by his manager, Ben J. Green: Man
ager Ben Kahn, of the Orpheum: Man-
del Rawak and jt reporter for The
Georgian.
Although the wind was blowing cold,
causing Brirdnmour, who was attired
only In a bathing suit, to shiver, he
gave a wonderful display of nerve, leap
ing Into the cold n—* muddy -waters,
his handcuffed hands raised above his
bead. The handcuffs were securely fas
tened on Brindamour by the newspa
per man, the key being held by a man
In the crowd.
As Brlndnmour rose to the surface,
holding the loosened cuffs above his
head, a boat was rowed out to him und
he was brought to the bank. He was
given a quick rub down* dressed hur
riedly and was brought back to the city
In the automobile. .
At 10:80 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing Brindamour made a marvelous es
cape from the police station, coming
out of two pair of handcuffs and out
through three securely locked Iron
doors.
Just before being locked up, Brlnda-
mour removed his hat and ccat and
vest and plnced them In an adjoining
cell, locking the door. He was also
closely searched by several officers and
Clerk Preston, of police court, to see
that he had no key or Instrument con-
,-ealed about him. The outside corridor
door was also locked. An ordinary
prison blanket was then held over the
TYPOS WILL
E
Vote Taken to Begin
at Once on Con
gress.
ASK WOOD PULP
DUTY BE CUT OFF.
General Vote That Active
Agitation Be Taken Up
at Once.
Indianapolis, Dec. 18.—At the Joint
conference held here yesterday by the
heads of the International union com-
posln* the Allied Printing Tradea of
America It was unanimously decided
that every union In the country whoa®
members have to do with the publish
ing of newspapers shall be Instructed
to begin a campaign against the wood
pulp nnd white paper trust.
• The allied trades will act with the
Newspaper Publishers’ Association of
America.
The paper trust will be attacked
through congress, local unions every
where being asked to agitate the mat
ter In order to have the duty removed
from pulp, which can be bought chiefly
from Canada, and Independent paper
mills can mako paper and sell It at
much less cost than the publishers are
paying for It.
Yesterday's conference of the allied
printing trades represented the senti
ment of nearly 100,000 workmen, it is
declared.* * -• • • ' ' **
Tho conference elected the following
officers: Robert H. Olokln, of New
York, head of the bookbinders’ order,
president; Matthew Wopl, president of
lhe photo engravers, vice president,
nnd John W. Hramwood, secretary of
the typographical union, secretary and
treasurer.
TWICE HIS SALARY
FORLECTURESERIES
Georgia Governor Turns
Down Flattering Lec
ture Offers.
BRINDAMOUR.
lip e«rap«d from a cell In pollca
station Wednesday nnd then Jump
ed handcuffed Into Chattahoochee
river.
limitations to speak In behalf of pro-
hlbltlun or law and order leagues all
over the Union, offers from lyceum loo-
Iture bureaus and general Invitations
[are pouring In on Governor Hoka
Smith.
One lecture association has mads him
an offer for a six weeks' engagement
during July and August next at figures
almost double his yearly ealary os gov
ernor of the state. Offers have come
from two other bureaus, but Governor
Smith ha* declined nil of them.
In the flret place, tho legislature will
be In session then, and then Governor
Smith does not think It proper for the
chief executive of a state to oecopt
such offers. It H .1 'uhtful If any public
man of the day. however, haa received
any more flattering offer to go on the
platform, with the possible exception of
Senator Ben Tillman, whose compen
sation Is seld to be >250 per lecture.
Governor 8m!th has received Invita
tion* from Chicago. Baltimore, Roches
ter and other places to make prohi
bition addressee or aid In Ian- and or
der movement*. A big movement of
this kind la under way In Chicago, and
very urgent Invitations have been sent
Governor Smith to come and aid the
league, but It la doubtful If he will be
able to accept.
A* an Indication of the world-wide
movement for temperance. Governor
Smith has received literature from the
International Temperance Bureau, of
larusanne, Switzerland. Thle organlsa-
Itlon t* making a collection of prohi
bition data :uid literature from oil over
the world to give aid to movements In
any country.
AT
TWELFTH CAVALRY
GO TO CODA
(dot nnd Brindamour woa told to pro
ceed.
In exactly five minutes and a half the
• prisoner” walked out Into the corri
dor fully dressed and lifted hts hat to
the crowd. He was greeted by loud
cheers. The two cell doom were found
locked and the handcuffs were found
banging to the bar*, where they had
been locked by Judge Broyles.
New Orleans, Dec. 1>.—Qua Ring-
ling, head of the greatest circus com
bination In the world, owning a con
trolling Interest as It does In all the
flrst-closs tent shows of the country,
Including Rarnum & Bailey, Forepaugh
k Sells Bros, and the Rlngllng Bros,
circuses, died this morning In a New
Orleans sanitarium, of scute Bright's
disease. Ills wife and children and two
brothers of tbe showman were at hts
bedside.
Tbe addition of 23-3 recruit, to tho Twelfth
cavalry st Fort 0,1.thorp., Gs., Usds many
Atlanta army officers to bellev. that the
regiment will be >ent to Cubs within th,
ni-xt month or so to r.plse« on, of the two
cavalry regiments on duty there.
New. was received st the Department of
the Gldf Wednesday that IS) recruit* from
Fort Riorum, N. Y„ had loft Sew York rite
Tuesday for Fort Oglethorpe. Thl. make*
283 men aeat to the eaealnr poet within tha
B at ten dan, ami m- Twelfth will note
re about s.-> men, th. mailmuw atraagtll
In time of peace.
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