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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair anti continued cold tonight and Friday. The Atlanta Georgian and news SPOT COTTON. mt: New Orleiin*. York, steady, 11.70: Atlnuta, steady, ■ndy, 11%; New vnniinU, easy, 11 1-16; Augustn, stonily, 11%; Mobile, •toady, 11%; Charleston, steady, 11 1-1«. VOL. VI. NO. 117, ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1907. PRTPF* ,n Atlanta..TWO CENT#. * AVA'-'AJ. On Trains..FIVE CENT#. THIS DOTH FRDMjAUTO Hurled Over Parapet to Pavement Below. HQW AUTO STRUCK WALL, HURLING MAN TO DEATH FUNERAL TO AWAIT ARRIVAL OF FAMILY Dr. Will E. Carnes Drove Car Which Struck Via duct in Darkness. Major Manly B. Curry, paymaster of the department of the gulf, n son- in-law of United States Senator A. O. Bacon and well known In army circles, was killed Wednesday night about o'clock when an automobile In which iic was riding crashed Into a concrete tuillng on the north end of the new Washington street viaduct. Major Curry was thrown high Into the air and fell on the stone pavement <,f the underpass which leads from the end of the viaduct to Decatur street. The body was removed to the under taking establishment of Barclay Brandon, and on Thursday afternoon was taken to Major Curry’s late rest dence, 126 East Flfth-st. Funeral ar rnngements will not be announced until the arrival of Senator A. O. Bacon, Ma. Jor Curry's father-in-law, and other members of the family. Senator Bacon Is on his way from Washington. Dr. Will E. Carnes, owner and dri ver of the auto, was not thrown out, and escaped serious Injury. Major Curry was quickly removed to the Gra dy Hospital, where he died in a halt hour. It’was found that his skull was fractured at the boae of the brain and Ms cheft crushed in. Major tlurfy and Dr. Carnes wera r< turning, from the home of the lat ter's father, where Major Curry had callod earlier In the ovenlng. The route to Major Curry'a residence at 126 Eaat Fifth street led over the viaduct. When the north end of the viaduct was reached, near the Boys' High School, where the roadway divides, Dr. ( antes, who was at the steering wheel, had difficulty In seeing. The only elec tric light was some distance in his tear and this caused the shadow of the machine to go directly ahead Thrown Ovar Railing. The result was that the machine crashed Into the railing of heavy con crete In the middle of the viaduct road way instead of going down the road way at the right. Major Curry wm thrown forward Into the air and over the railing Into the underpass twenty feet below. Dr. Carnes was thrown ' ut Into the roadway. This saved his dfc. A hurry call for an ambulance wan sent In but an examination developed that Major Curry waa fatally injured. He died soon after reaching the ho*- I Hal and within a half hotlr after the uccldent. Immediately after the accident Mrs. Curry was notified and wlth Dr. W. W. Landrum, for many years a friend of the family, she went to the hospital, arriving shortly after the mhjor’s death. Major Cu>ry was a son of Major J. L. •V Curry, who removed from Georgia Alabama, from which state he went to both the United States and the Con federate congresses. After the war ho was professor of English at the Rich- Continued on Pag* Five. Cannon Cinches Hold on House Washington, Dec, 19.—Speaker Can- non cinched his hold on the house to day by announcing chairmanships of the house committees and making him- self chairman on rules, George W. Prince is chairman of levees and Im provements of the Mississippi. TAX BOOKS OPEN UNTIL CHRISTMAS MAJOR MANLY B. CURRY. < He Was Killed Wednesday Night by Being Thrown from an Autu- moblle. STOESSEL ACTED LIKE COWARD, HIS AIDEJESTIFIES Rank Cowardiea-Is Charged to Russian Com mander. St. Petersburg. Dec. 19.—General Stoessel’s counsel Is making effective use of General Kuropatkln's admis sion that he himself favored the aban donment of Port Arthur in support of their contention that the former was not alone In holding It impossible of long continued defense against the Jap anese. The court martial of General Stoessel, Gone/al Fock and General Rclsse Is again progressing rapidly after considerable delay, due to the 111 nesa of members of the tribunal. It was testified, that General Bioeiel sup pressed the order transferring the own mand of the forties* front himself to Gen eral Smirnoff. Colonel Kiirko. Woe set's aide, testified that Htoesel onee gave the order for bis staff to retreat while under fire and himself waa first to seek ahalter. Thla testimony of cowardice caused n stir In official circlet. $1,000 IN GOLD- |4 The capital prize in The Georgian’s great popular voting contest is on exhibi tion in the windows of Eugene V. Haynes Company,- 37 Whitehall-st. One hundred brand-new $10 gold pieces—rfresh from the United States mint— never been out of the bank before. Can you imagine a prettier sight? The Maddox-Rucker Bank cashed The Georgian’s check with these shining pieces, so that we might fulfill our promise to pay the capital prize in our great vot ing contest in good, yellow gold. Nice of them, wasn’t it? Especially when gold dollars are so scarce. . The capital prize will remain on exhibition until it is paid to the winner of the contest, which closes February 2,1908. '/■'' If you are a candidate, look in at Eugene Haynes’ window and see what’s in store for you. Maybe it will x spur you on to greater effort—surely such a prize is well worth working for. Other prizes in the great contest are also on exhibition—the Kingsbury pi anos, at the Cable Piano Company; the gold watches, at Crankshaw’s; the diamond rings, at Haynes’. 1 The $2,000 touring car and the $650 runabout will soon arrive and will be exhibited. The thirty scholarships at the Dixie Business College, the Klindworth Conservatory of Music and Cox College have been secured, and the de tails of the twenty trips to Cuba are being arranged, so that all the ninety-four splendid prizes will be ready and waiting for the winners when the contest closes. IS OF Burglars Enter Rear Door and Blow Open the Safe. □ R. WILL E. CARNES. He was at the wheel of automo bile which struck the viaduct and sent Major Curry to his death. Fish Is Routed By Harriman Before Court Theoretically the state and county tax woks win close at 6 o'clock Thursday aft- but in reality they will remain «»j»« n to the late-comer until Christmas day. ‘ h, » extension of the time limit la dqe to hie kindness of heart of Tax Collector Andy Nfpwart. "They ere paying up so well this year, Mr. Stewart, "that I really haven't the Jipnrt to cloae the books now and abut any* off. I hare decided to leave them ; ***» wntfl Christmas and that will give •'••rybody who wants to do the square , “i n * * chance to come In and settle un." Ae..nrfflug to Mr. Stewart. 1S07 has Wen >np ln?st year for paring taxes that he has xcul •**P«rt«nced. The people are paying HI® fraater promptness ana there will be /f.?e r Uel,n< * uent « this thsn ever **• r*rtng the past few days the office of the ;**. ^Hector has been crowded with people fr/L 1 " 1 * rattle of the coin Is heard Xr,m early worn until dark. St, George Hotel Burns. St. George, Ga., Dec. 19.—The St. •eorge Hotel burned yesterday. The building waa entirely consumed,' but JSJUf furniture was saved. The Are ^nginated from sparks popping from Chicago, Dec. 10.—Judge Ball "decides In favor of E. H.’Harriman. The stock, hdlders* meeting goes over until Feb ruary, when the fight for the control of the Illinois Central will begin again in earnest. Mr. Fish le still deter mined. ALL IS NOW QUIET AT GOLDFIELD; FUNSTON LEAVES Washington. Dm. 19.—General Funiton wire, the war dep*rtm»nt that he learee Goldfield today. He sajs everythin* le quiet. Troops, however, wilt be retained for the present. CAN’T RAISE SALARY OF CITY OFFICIALS City Attorney Mayson ha* furnished a decision to Councilman Longlno, of the aalory committee, which pule a crimp In half of the salary raises rec ommended by the salary committee, and In about half of the raises that will he proposed as amendments to the committee's recommendation*. The city attorney rules that city of ficiala must be paid the salaries that were In force at the time of election; no more, no less. Likewise, the ap pointees of the officials. This, Councilman Longlno states, will prevent raising the salary of the book keeper to the clerk, or of the city war den. neither of whose term* expire un til 1909. Ik doe* not apply to the pub lic weigher* and the city Hall engineer. Council. It Is understood. wBI raise the salary of the clerk to the board of health from 11,200 to $1,360. ROOSEVELT WINS BEFOREDEBATERS High School Boys Hold An nual Contest Thurs- , day. Netvnan. Ga., Doc'!' h.—Buttr Mower* dynamited the postoffice safe here at 1 o'clock this morning and secured be tween 2300 and $100. The night mar shal discovered the robebry at 2:10 o’clock, and Immediately search was begun. Two men were arrested at the Virginia Hotel, where they had taken seats In the lobby without registering, and are being held pending develop ments. They claim to be railroad men, and one of them gave his nams aa Jones. It was learned this morning that a mule and buggy were stolen from a stable at Madras, 6 miles from here, and some think the robbers made their escape In this buggy, having gone there through the country. The robbers entered the poatofttce thru the rear door, where they forced an entrance, and blew the safe open with nitroglycerine. The night telephone operator here reports having heard a dull blasting report at 1 o’clock, and It le thought this was when the safe waa blown open. The force of the explosion shat tered things considerably in the build ing. FISTFIB Missourian Calls Mis, sissippi Minority Leader a Liar. EACH FIGHTER LANDS ON OTHER Kloquence and logic flowed freely Ir Browning hall at the Girls' High School Thursday morning where the annual C'hrlatmas exercises of the Boys' High School were held to the entertainment and Intellectual profit of a host of friends and patrons of the school who taxed the seating capacity of the hall. The Question for debate was, "Re solved, That the interests of the coun try demand the re-election of President Roosevelt.” The question was llscuss. most Intelligently by eight mem- ! of the Alctphronlan Literary So ciety. The affirmative was represent ed by Edward D. Clarkson, Leonard Denton, Rudolf Loeb and Leon Cohii. The negative by Roy Goree, Alfred Rtvson, Franklin S. Chalmers and Fred Elseman. The decision was awarded to the firmative by President Henry O. Bed. lager, who presided. All the speeches were clear-cut. concise and straight to the point and much forceful argument waa presented by each speaker. The gold medal offered by Charles W. Crankshaw for the best debater was won by Roy Goree, leader of the negative, Leon Cohn and Fred Elseman re. cclved honorable mention from the committee having charge of awarding the medals. The list of dectalmerg and their sub ject* was as follows: “The Black Horae and Hi* Rider" (Sheppard)—Herbert Metger. first gradd. •The New South" (Henry W. Grady) Waldo M. Slaton, flrat grade. ' "Death Bed of Benedict Arnold" (Leppard)—Henry Elliott. second grade. Oratory" (Dr. J. B. Hawthorn*)— Willis J. Miller, Jr., senior class. The gold medal offered by Mater & Berkele for the best declaltner was won by Henry Elliott. A book. Th» History of Our Own Times.” which he won In • declamation contest held, before the faculty of tho school some time ago, was delivered to Waldo M. Slaton Thursday morning. The committee awarding the medals was composed of Rev. Junius W. Mil lard. Dr. John E. White and Rabbi Da- vld Marx. The prize* were delivered, by Dr. Millard. Wurm’if orchestra furnished music for the occasion. Difficulty Arises in Wrangle Over Appointment to Committee. Washington, Dec. 1®.—The Tlllraan-Mc Lnurln episode was repeated In the bouse closk room tod*)*by Minority Leader John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, and Repre- eontnfive DeAnnond, of Missouri. They gaged In a wrangle over the appointment of a Missourian to a committee, when DeAr- mond called Williams a liar. Williams Immediately retaliated by strlk ing DeAnnond full In the face. DeAnnond which .broke the skin on Williams’ face. The two were separated by friends tnd led from the cloak room through different doors. ASK FREE PASSES FOR CIIYEMPLOYEES City and Trolley Co. Appear at Capitol For Con ference. . Nawnan Sheriff Hart. Sheriff J. D. Brewster, of Newnan, arr ‘ v ' 1 d 1 ' n 1 A‘ l * nt * Thursday morning hlow 0D PhMk , and visited the police station, where ho whlch j )rokl! lkln on williams' face, asked the aid of Atlanta officers In run ning down the criminals. Ha told the story of the safe robbery. • “The robber* cut a holu thru the panel of the back door and then lifted the bar which faatened It on the In side.” he said. "Then they blew open the safe, completely wrecking It. I never saw a room eo torn up. They secured about $300 In cash and did not molest the stamp*. "The depot agent heard a noise about 1:30 o'clock, and this may have been the explosion. "Two men arrived from Atlanta at 12:16 o'clock on a freight train. They tried to enter the station to get warm, but the agent refused them entrance. This morning they ptere still In New nan .and were arrested In a hotel. They S ive their names aa T. B. Saunders and harlea Jones, and said they were beating their way to Montgomery, tho they had about S30 In their pockets.” Sheriff Brewster expressed the opin ion .that the man who had the money had returned to Atlanta, and that the two arrested, if Implicated in the rob bery, were merely left behind to be ar rested and throw the officers oft the right track. Atlanta police officers stated Thurs day afternoon that Saundera and Jones had been employed^as switchmen In the Georgia railroad yards, and had left their jobs on Wednesday. 0000000000000000000000000^ 0 FAIR TO CONTINUE 0 0 FINE FOR SHOPPERS. O O O O Plenty of Ice and frost Thura- O O day morning, and during the day 0 0 more holiday buyers In the shop- O O ping district and stores than O 0 could get around comfortably, O O Forecast: O O "Fair and continued cold Thura- O O day night and Friday.'' a O Thursday temperatures: O 0 7 a, $1 degrees O ini. $$ degrees O 0 9 a. $5 degrees O 0 10 a. m 38 degree* 0 O 11 a. m. 41 degrees O 0-12 noon 43 degrees O 0 1 p. 44 degrees 0 0 Spill 45 degrees O A committee from the city composed of Mayor Joyner, Mayor Pro Tem. F. A. Quit lisa. City Attorney J. L. Mayson and Cot oncl Park Woodward, general manager of the waterworks, appeared before the rail road commission at noon Thursday to ask that the nutl pasa order l>e amended no cer tain city employee! could ride free on the cars after January 1. * President Arkwright and General Man ager T. K. Glenn, of the Georglh Hallway and Electric Company, were also present. City Attorney Mayaon was spokesman for the committee. lie showed bow some 400 employee* of the police, fire, health, sanitary ami other de partment! were allowed to ride free. Thli privilege not only facilitated the work of the city, but wae an Important Item of sav ing to the men who had to use the ears. ■•If some way eau not lie devised to allow these men to ride free, and the street ear company Is perfectly willing for them to do so. It means one of two things: That the city will have to P*y this additional expense If street car fare la required, or It will come out of the notaries of the men. and most of them would feel the effect serloue- ’"Do the councilman get paseesl" naked Commissioner Hlllyer. » ite.1, and no one baa ■HHIPgPWHi do so under the new conditions." replied Mr. QuHIInu. The hearing eonelmled at 1 o'clock, ami a order will — _ MaBM 0O000O0O00hr* 0O0000O00OO0O0 hare leclslon will be given later. It ta believed ■" he panned allowing eertaln Hly ride on cars fret In cities that LEAD TAXPAYERS ON CRTS BOOKS Hugh T. Inman Largest In dividual Property Owner. Flames Burst Forth, and Miners Doomed to Certain Death. FIRE BALKS ALL Efforts to rescue First Crash Demolishes the Works at Entrance to Coal Pit. Connellavllle, Pa,, Dec. 19.—Four hundred men are entombed In the Darr mines of the Pittsburg Coal Company, at Jacobs creek, on the Youghlogheney river, 18, miles west of here. Of these 400 miners, fully one hundred are Americans, the balance being mostly Hungarians. At 11:30 this morning a terrific ex plosion occurred, blowing out the works at the mouth of the shaft. It wae heard and felt for miles around. Almost im mediately a dense volume of amok* surged up from the depths of the mine. Indicating that a fierce fire was raging below. Up to 1:30, It has been Impossible to get the Homes under control, and min ing men believe there Is little chance of the miners and their helpers being saved alive. Tttugh T. Inman la the largest^ ML vldunl city tax payer In Atlanta thl, year. John TV. Grant, Ills non-in-law, Is the second largest Individual tax payor in Atlanta. TValktr P. Inman, who died n few weeks ago, and who waa the uncle of Hugh T. Inman, paid the third largest amount of Individual taxes in Atlanta this year. By "Individual taxea” Is meant city taxes on property owned and returned for taxea In the name of the Individ ual. Hugh T. Inman paid In taxes this year $9,426.13 on property assessed by tho city assessor* at $744,050. John W. Grant paid thl* year $8,034 on property ni-sessed at $682,800. TValkei p. Inman paid $8,027 on property whose assessed valuation was $625,600. Tl\p assessments are supposed to be the actual cash value of the property which Is, supposed to be about 66 pel cent of the market value. In other words, the amount of property owned and paid on Individually by each I about one-third more, or about $1,000, 000 each. Soma Not Included. This does not, of course. Include all the property owned by them,; nor all 'he taxes pold by them. Mr. Grant, fo, Instance, would be the largest Individ ual tax payer In the city If the Kimball House, which Is owned by his wife and himself, was returned for taxes In,Ills name Instead of that of the Kimball House Company. The Kimball House la assessed at $546,000. The taxes on the Kimball this year were $6,785.60. The Candler building Is assessed at $800,000, on which taxes to the amount or $10,000 were paid. If the taxes were paid by Asa O. Candler, In hi* Indi vidual name. Instead of by the Can dler Building Company, he would ' the largest Individual tax payer. Trolley Company Leads. The Georgia Railway and Electric Company Is. of enutse, the largest tax paypr Ir, Atlanta,,the amount of ad va.‘ lorem taxes, Including franchises, be ing $71,457.85 on property whose valuo assessed at $5,716,628. . The Atlanta Gas Light Company, hich. It la understood, is practically one and the aamc with the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, pay* In addition $18,760 on property valued by the assessors at $1,500,000. In addition to this, the Georgia Rail v'ay and Electric Company pays tho city 2 per cent of Its gross receipts, minus the franchise tnxes, which will add fully $30,006 to this amount. The Tttte Guarantee and Trust Com- my pays this year $13,162.63 on prop, erly valued at $1,000,610. The Atlanta and West Point railroad pays the most of any of the railroads doing business In Atlanta, $12,500 on ■'-000,600. / Next highest among the public util ity corporations Is the Southern? Bell lephone and Tclegrah Company, iitch pay* $11,127.10 on property hose assessed value la $890.16$. In 1906 .-Hugh T. Inman paid In indl- lual taxes $8,883.70 on property a*- Ised at $160,410; John TV. Grant paid $8,132.76 on 3639,600; Walker P. Inman paid $7,509.75 (in $666,600. All the figures quoted are city taxes, addition state and county taxes must paid. SC WIFE AN INVALID; SETS HOUSE AFIRE wiip mi7 in urr uuuit*. mmiuii McCann deliberately wt fire to the house. Tfieir daughter saved her mother. McCann nave himself up. 300 CIGARETTES A DAY CAUSE MAN TO KILL HIMSELF New York, Doe. 19.—Practically a wreck from tho oxcerslve use of cigarettes and liquor and with the grip of consumption on him. Dr. William linker Turner, aged SC. nliot and killed himself this morning In bis apartment on Eighth-are. He left tho #•!- lowing letter to his wife; “I have decided that It Is best I should leave you. J lov»» only one other beside you—my son. J have Ii****n only a drag and n hindrance to you, and It Is for your goad I do this. 1 nm glad I have done this. With undying love. Your hushnnd, “WILLIAM II. TURNER." lie was n victim of cignrctte smoking, using ns many ns 300 a day. ACTRESS’ HUSBAND FIRES AT ESCORT AT OPERA HOUSE Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 19.—E. C, Foy, the new husband of Jessie Hurley, leading lady i| “In the Bishop's Carriage" company, fired a shot at Harry Elmer, advance agent of the "Peggy From Paris" company, at the stage entrance of the opera house here. ‘ ‘ * ‘ of Elmer, whom he accused win ,M!sa Hurley's affections. caused the shooting. Mrs. .Toy appeared I fore a crowd In the house without dtsnlay- Ing the least uervousnesa. Joy married Miss BOLD ATTEMPT TO TAKE $60,000 IN GOLD FROM TRAIN Philadelphia, Dec. 19.—A broad at tempt to take $60,000 In gold and silver coin from the Buffalo express at tho Beading terminal was frustrated hero last night and one of the three man who tried the Job Is under arrest. He la William H. Hewott, of New York. He was arraigned here today and held In $6,000 ball for further hearing next Wednesday. The robbers were trying to ilK'ibl** tho g.-ix supply. MILITARY SURGEONS CHOOSE ATLANTA Another convention for Atlanta. Through the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce, Dr. A. II. Llndorme and others, the AsMH-latlon of Military Hurgeous haa decided to hold its next annual convention In Atlanta ou October 6, 7, 8 and 9. when about a hundred medical military men will * ‘ scientific discussion and so- gather here for aclei clai entertainment. Dr. Undortne, who is n surgeon of the ] ’Iftli regiment, has received n letter from .fnmes Evelyn Pilcher, secretary of the as sociation. notifying him of the decision of the executive council, and requesting that of tho Tho Association of Mllltnr.r Surgeons, which held Its last meeting at the .fames- town Exposition, U composed of surgeon* of (Kith the militia and regular troops. FAST TRAIN T<5 RUN UNDER HUDSON RIVER THURSDAY New York, Dec. ■ 19.—Barring accidents. EVELYN SEARCHES FOR HER MOTHER New York, Dec. 1®.—Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and her lawyers were to day searching the city for her mother, Mrs. Charles Holman, who. It Is un derstood, has been here for some pur pose unknown to them. This fact led to'a belief that a reconciliation Is on the point of being effected between young Mrs. Thaw and her mother, who were so bitterly opposed to each other the first trial *f Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White. It thought by the lawyers that a great part of the district attorney’s ammuni tion waa furnished by Mrs. Holman.