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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity— Fall’ tonight and Thursday; colder: freezing temperature tonight. The Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, f-nslor. 6.18: Atlanta. uteafif, llH; New Orionnv, ntmrfjr, HH: New York, steady, 11»; Savanoah, steady, UH; Ausoatn. steady, 11 5 16: Mobil*, steady, m;: Charleston, steady. 11. 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. OCO0OOOOOO0O0OOO0PO0O00OOO O IS-YOUR BOY WITH FLEET? 0 O SEND ALL MAIL MATTER TO 0 O NEW YORK POSTMASTER. 0 t> Washington, Dec. 18.—For the O O benefit of the friend, and rela- O 0 tlvea of the aallora of the battle 0 O ship Beet, the havy department 0 0 wishes It made known that all 0 0 mall matter destined for the 15.- 0 0 000 men afloat In tho big ships 0 0 can be sent at domestic rate of 0 0 postage. All mall mattet for the 0 0 fleet should be addressed care 0 0 of postmaster, New York. O 00000000000000000000000000 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 OOOOO0 OOO OOOO0OOOOO0DO0OOO O FREEZING 16 PREDICTION 0 0 FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. O 0 0 94 Down to the freexing point the 0 OTi _ mercury will tumble Wednesday O O night, but It will bring clear, crisp 0 0 weather Thursday for the holl- 0 0 dav shopping. I'oreca-t: 0 o “Fair Wednesday night anil O O Thursday; colder; freexing tem- O O peraturc Wednesdey right." O O Wednesday temperatures: O O 7 a. » degrees 0 O *» degrees O 0 f a. 40 degrees 0 O 10 A. 41 degrees 0 0 11 a. 42 degrees O O 12 noon <3 degrees O O I p. 45 degrees O 0 2 p. 46 degrees 0 00000000000000000900000000 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. 5