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THE WEATHER. Rain Friday night; clearing and colder Saturday. Friday tempera ture*: 7 a. m., 56 degrees; 10 a. m., 5* degrees; 12 noon, 61 degrees;' 1 2 p. m., 68 degrees. AND NEWS ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1908. The Atlanta Georgian SPOT COTTON. Liverpool ciialer, 6.21. Atlanta steady, 11%. N«*w\ Orleans quiet, 11%. New York quiet, 11.36. Augusta quiet,' 11%. Knvnnuuli steady, 11%. Wilmington steady, ll4&. Memphis steady, 11%. Houston steady; 11%. VOL. VT. NO. 166.. PPirO?. m Atlanta..TWO CENTS. * On Trains..KIVR CENTS. CL1Y URGES' MILLIONAIRE SA YS WIFE ELOPED WITH COACHMAN jlliMIB Georgia Senator De clares Aldrich Bill Is Wrong and Vicious. THOS. E. WATSON’S LETTER IS READ Declares Measure Is Drawn in Favor of the Rich and Powerful. WASHINGTON, Fob. 14.—Senator Clay, nf Georgia, .poke for an hour and a half today, dtacuaalng every phaae of the financial queatlon. He analyzed the Aldrich bill and declared It was wrong and vldoua and* would give no relief to the South and Weat. He con tended that It simply enlarged the pow- era of the national banka, and that con. greaa waa relinquishing the sovereign right to laaue and circulate money, which It ought never to do. He favored the minority plan for the govenitnent to laaue 1500,000,000 of treaaury'notea, and to uae them In paying the expenaea nf the government, that they might find their way Into all the fchannet, of trade. He a poke of the fact that now we have 1350,000,000 of treaaury notea, not mating the government anything and performing all the functions of money, and this amount could be eaally In- creaaed to 1500,000,000 without In any wav disturbing our flnancea and could not result In a depreciated currency. Drawn in Favor of Rich. He contended that the atate bonda, city bonda and municipal bonda of the South and Weat were now being held by Eaatem capitalists, and that tha South and Eaat could not by thalr uae secure any addltlonar circulation by making these bonda a basis of circula tion, as they had already been sold In the East. He declared that'the class of railroad bonds mentioned In the Aldrich bill ap plied solely to the railroads In the Eaat and that the railroads In the South and West had never paid dlvldendi as pro vided in the Aldrich bill; he declared (hat the bill was drawn In favor of the rich and powerful, enabling them to control our money iaaue. and not In the Interest of the American people. He declared he stood by the doctrine once advocated by John C. Calhoun, Thomas Benton and Andrew Jackson, that our muhey ought to be gold and silver and paper money Issued by the government. He ridiculed the Idea that additional treasury notes would depre ciate because we did not have the gold to redeem them. Senator Clay said: Guarantee Redemption in Gold. “If the Aldrich bill becomes a law the government guarantees the re demption In gold of the additional notes Issued by the national banka and would not that be aa great a strain on the gold reserve as treasury notes?" Senator Clay contended that the pen pie prefer paper money and that there was no raid on the treasury now to have the paper money redeemed In fold; he did not maintain that we could Issue an unlimited amount of paper money, but the Issue should be guarded and limited In amount to meet the needs and actual demapda of the course. He criticised severely the flnnnclHl policy of the government In the past In making our bonda and nit of our obligations redeemable In gold. TWO—CLAY ''But,” said Senator Clay, "If our pa' per money should be carefully guarded •nil limited In quantity and mude " SAYS ANSEL 1ST ANSWEI FACETO FACE Sen. Biease Charges Conspiracy Is Waged Against Him. WOULD MEET HIS ACCUSERS Barker’s Testimony in Dis pensary Case Causes Flurry. MRS. ALFRED El DIETRICH. NEW YORK,' Feb. 14.—"I win never take her back. No man'with red’blo.oA In his velhl Vo'uht. She has gone with Brenchley. To me she Is aa dead.” said Alfred E. Dietrich, the young Stand ard OH millionaire whose wife left New York for Paris on ^December 8. coln- cldentnlly with Harry S. Brenchley, formerly coachman for Alfred Vander bilt. when he admitted for the first time that It was a genuine elopement. Mr. Dietrich was discussing a report circulated In horse show circles that the couple were preparing to returrt to New York shortly. Until now Mr. Diet- rich has expressed absolute faith In his beautiful young wife, who Is said to be worth 18,000,000 In her own right. In his previous statements he has said that stories of her having been In love with Brenchley ware started by the young horseman hltpself. .,, . It was also' established'-Hhni the young- mttllomrtre that Mrs. Dietrich and Brenchley are now together In Par is. The husband Insists that there Is no possible chance nf a reconciliation between himself and the formfb Vir ginia belle, who, ax Mias Edna H. Young." was one of the moat popular girls of her set. That this strangely romantic couple have actually decided to return to New York within the next few weeks Is said by Brenchley's. friends to be a fact. The coachman haa written that both him self and Mrs. -Dietrich are very anxious that a divorce be obtained by her hus band which will permit them to be married. They are willing to face their frlenda and the young matron's rela tives In order to hasten such a pro ceeding, It Is believed. »nd limited In quantity and made a legal tender In the payment of debtr, possessing and enloylng all the func tions nf money, then It will not depre date In value and will be aa good ns •liver and gold because It will have back of It the entire resources of this fleet republic—all • of our agricultural products, all of our banking c»pltal, nil »f our real estate and all of our prop erty of every claaa and kind—Just the •ame property that Id*now back of all of the obligations of the United •utee." Read* Watson's Letter. Senator Clay said that It would be a •ad day for thla country when congress •hould absolutely surrender the aov- vi'lgn right to reyulate our circulating "tedium and leave It to Individuals and corporations; for then gradually the country ehould be owned by the bank Ing associations. . Hr. Clay criticised congrree severely for allowing a surplus of 1100.000,000 to accumulate In tbe treasury. If this money waa not needed t> pay the ex penses of/he grvernment. It ought to have been left In the hands of the pen- He He criticised the pod y if the government In allowing dep-xlta to re main In the banks without Interest; he •«ld he did not blame the secretary " r the treasury for placing the money In the national banka, aa It was better there than in the treasury, but hs con tended that It would have been better r,, r the money never to have been col lected by the taxation. He said that a "ell regulated government, city nnd state, never collected from Its eltlsens taxes that It did not need to pay the expenses of the government. Mr. flay commended In the highest terms the manly fight made liy Andrew ■<"> kson against the banks Issuing money, and read from a rpeoeb Cal houn delivered on the floor of the **n- atp and read a most Interesting letter '■'titten by Hon. Thomas E. Watson, *'l*ng his views on money. The Democratic minority will doubt less sustain tbe views expressed by bvuatur Clay on the flnancla! question. M'BRIDE IS HELD FORSTATECOURTS Held Without Bond, Ac cused of Firing Sulli van Home. D. Russell- McBride, the young man accused of setting Are to the home of Mrs. Emma Sullivan, 114 Glennwood- ave., Wednesday night, was bound over to the state court Friday morning by Recorder Broyles on the charge of ar son. As arson constitutes a capital offense, the young man was ordered held with out bond. Attorney John W. Moore, his counsel, later announced ■ that he would moke application Friday after noon to Judge Ellis, of the superior court, for bond' for the prisoner. It is sold that friends of McBride have con sented to make bond for him In any amount. _ •„ Policemen Arthur and - Bailey, who conducted the ease for the prosecution, sought to show that McBride was the only person who had a motive to burn 8 FIREMEN PALL INTO DEATH PITj SEVEN_RESCUED Deputy Fire Chief Kruger Is Overcome by Flames in Cellar. NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Deputy Fire Chief Kruger lost his life and seven firemen were saved from death only by the gallant efforts of their, fellows fire eayly today In ' a factory building. The Are hod been brought partly un der control, but In the rear of the building which was almost Inaccessible the blase still burned stubbornly. Chief Croker had warned hit men to keep out of the building, which was an old one. and Kruger with difficulty ob tained his permission to take six men with him to try to And some means of getting at the Are with lines of hose from the rear. Chief Kruger, who was leading the way, suddenly tottered and fell Into an nlr shaft which was Ailed with the COLUMBIA. 8. C„ Feb. 14.—Senator Blease arose to a question of personal privilege In the senate today and re plied to the testimony, of Lewis W. Parker, before the dispensary commis sion yesterday, to the effect that Sam. uel J. Lanahan told him that r-leaae represented William Lanahan & Sons before • the dispensary board. Illcase charged that there was a conspiracy between Governor Ansel, Patton, of the commission; Parker and a newspaper correspondent from Greenville to In jure him politically. He read affida vits from the Lanahans and others contradicting Parker. Blease said; “Why did Parker wait till Lanahan was dead. I do not say that Parker- Is a liar, but Lanahan says that Parker Is a liar. If Lanahan said that I was his agent he lied, and If Parker says that I was Lanahan's agent he Is a liar. The man that will come to my face and tell me that I was Lana han's agent, the world will And out whether he and I are both are brave men or not. Thla summer Governor Ansel will nnswer to the people for the conspiracy between him and hla Greenville ally, the newspaper corre spondent. He will not only answer politically, but he will answer to me as a man face to face, be he the gov ernor or be he wfrat he may." SOUTHERN'S MEN liYNOTAGREETO PROPOSEDWAGECUT Labor Officials to Meet Pres ident Finley For Con ference. BEGIN POSTOFFICE WITHIN TWO WEENS AND POSH WORK Will Require Two Years or More to Complete Big Building. Work on Atlanta'* mllllon-dollar postbfllce building will begin within two weeks and from then on It will be pushed to completion. George O. Von Nerta, superintendent of construction, who will have complete supervision for the government, has been In communication with a repre sentatlve of the McCaul Company, of Philadelphia, the successful bidders, and he expects that work will begin In two weeks. Before any granite Is placed In post lion three feet of excavation must be made, with some additional foundation work for the supporting columns, and this probably will take about alx Weeks. According to Mr. Von Nerta. It will require from twenty-four to twenty- eight months to complete the building. After work ts fully started 100 men will be employed. Afty of these being me chanlcs. and In addition large forces will be required at the Stone Mountain granite quarries getting the granite In shape for shipment to Atlanta. The foundation for supporting the walls Is complete and has been for sev eral weeks, and the granite walls with brick lining will be started upon as anon na the Inside foundation work la com pleted. At preaent It la Impossible to flgure on the lighting, heating, elevators and vacuum cleaning plants of the build ing. as these will depend on the amount of the appropriation remaining after the other work Is done, IE R. H. Jones, Jr., Is Honored at Athens by Phi Kappa. _ . . I .L-» .kl. Mollwa t> na »ha 1 iUI Wllll'll HUH IIIIBU WIU1 IIIC the hou«e, an J tha * fume* of escaping gas. Firemen Me- Insurance on the household eff«cs. Me- l arath , O'Donohue. Jacobs and Fischer. Bride haa been a boarder, in the But- lvh „ ainuoiv a.o.in.i him Uvan home for some time and had his personal effects Insured for 1730. The household effects of Mrs. Sullivan were Insured for 1760 also. It was shown that Mrs. Sullivan rented the house and does not own It. McBride's defense was an alibi. He sought to prove that he was down town at the tims of the Are and waa no where about the house. Two Killed By Cyclone MOBILE. Ale., Feb. 14.—A cyclpne which peseed over Moesvltle. Miss., at 10 o'clock thla morning killed two ne groes. Injured-one other seriously and wrecked a number of buildings. De tails are meager. Mossvllle Is a station on the Mobile. Jackson aiftt Kansas City railroad, 120 miles from this city. who were directly behind him, also toppled over and fell down the shaft, overcome by the deadly fumes of the smoke and gas. Without hesitation. Firemen Krltzler and McGrath leaped to the edge of the shaft and swung themselves down Into the pit. In the sub-cellar were two nr three feet of wnter and the terrible fumes overcame them. Groping about, they found the bodies of their comrades. Over fifty men came to their as sistance. They, too, were overcome.by the gas and smoke. Then followed a fight for the lives of the seven men In the sub-cellar. In which every man of the rescuing party took his life In hla hnnda. Forming a continuous line, they mnnnged to get down to where their comrades w ere lying senseless and sub merged. All were taken nut except Kruger. Ilia body was recovered later. AUGUSTA. Ga„ Feb. 14— A negro, giving bis name as Elbert Blocker, has been arrested and I* being held here for Identification by the South Carolina authorities. Hs answers min utely the description Af one Richard Beatty, wanted at Hcsttr, 8. C. for murder. That a general walkout of employees on the Southern railway will result If the officials of the road attempt to re duce the salaries nf the men belonging to the variobs organisations holding wage scale contracts, Is the belief of labor leaders conversant with the site uatlon. Labor officials connected with the various railway labor organizations have been summoned to Washington for a conference with President Finley and other officials of the road, looking toward a wage adjustment. In a dis patch from Washington President Fin ley Is quoted as admitting this to be true: These wage scale contracts provide for cither perty terminating them on thirty days' notice, and It Is generally believed that If the employees do not consent to a revision of the wage scsle the Bouthern will give notice of termi nating the contract and then reduce wages. On the other hand. It was pointed out by a prominent railway official Friday that the forces of organised tabor on the Southern are receiving wages that were agreed upon Ip the days of pros perity. It was declared that when In creases were asked for on the ground of Increased business, they were grant ed, and that It Is no more than proper for the same men to agree to a reduc tion now. It was intimated In some railroad quarters that It the men did not agree to a reduction to the former scale, contracts would M terminated and wages reduced. This proposed readjustment will af fect engineers, firemen, conductors, ma chinists. railway trainmen, telegraphers and others. The to per cent cut announced by the Western and Atlantic and .the Nashville. Chattanooga and 8t. Louis, affecting employees receiving over 154, Is said by officials of those roads to apply to those men who received a 10 per cent Increase In 1*07. 11 Is pointed out that the new order only placee the men In the same position as they were In December, 1*04. and that It will »s- maln in force until business Improves. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—That there will be a reduction, or. at least, an at tempt to make a reduction In the wages of all the employee# of the Southern Railway Company, was admitted yes terday afternoon by President Finley. "The company Is arranging for con ferences with repressntotlves of Its employees,” eald Mr. Finley, "for the consideration of the present wage ad justment. The purpose of the proposed conferences Is to lay before the em ployers the situation surrounding the company and to secure their support In the present conditions of trade depres sion that are upon It and all the rail ways of the booth.” As the Southern employs altogether between tt.000 and 41.(00 men. the ap proximate-number of employ.--* whoj. wagee may be reduced U 40,009. BRYAN IS INDORSED BY WISCONSIN VOTERS MILWAUKEE, WIs., Feb. 14—The Wisconsin Democratic convention In session here today Indoreed Bryan and Instructed delegates to vote for him "first, last and all the time." ROBERT CHENEY, JR„ KILLEDJNJACOMA Telegram Announces Sud den Death of Young'For mer Atlantan. R. H. JONES, JR. He was chosen anniversary ora tor for Phi Kappa at University of Georgia. Robert Cheney, Jr., a former Atlanta boy, was shot and killed In Tacoma, Wash.. Thursday afternoon. Announcement to this effect waa brought Friday morning In a telegram to John Thompson. of 414 Capltol-ave., from R. D. Cheney, formerly manager of one of the department# of the Keety’s. and father of the young man who was killed. Robert Cheney was well known in Atlanta He attended school here, and went thru the grammar schools, later going to Erie, Pa., where he was graduated from a high school. Among those who survive him ore a slater, Mrs. John Thompson, of 414 Capltol- ave.; -his grandmother, Mrs. S. J. Akridge, of 414 Capltol-ave.; hie un cle, Henry Sharpe, formerly with Hlrach Brothers, and his parents, Mr. ATHEN8, Ga„ Feb. 14—11. H. Jones, Jr., son of the well-known Atlanta In surance man. R. H. Jones, lias been chosen Pill Kappa anniversarlon for tble year. This Is probably the highest honor which can be-given at the uni versity. t v ■ mma — Mr. Jones is,a-msniber ->V uv law class and is regarded ns'one of the college leaders In literary and debating work. He Is a.t Atlanta High School boy and whs graduated from Prince ton In 1*01. The elghty-aeventh anniversary of the Phi Kappa Society will be celehrat* ed on the night of February 21 and Mr. Joues wil be the speaker nf the occasion. TOGETHER ON lii Head-on Collision 3 Miles South of Dalton.- BRAKEMAN WARD SERIOUSLY INJURED Traffic Delayed and Wreck ing Trains Sent Out To Clear Scene. ,. A collision between two freight trains on the Western nnd Atlantlo railway three miles south of Dalton at 6:14 o'clock Friday morning seriously Injured C. E. Ward, of Tunnel Hill, a brakeman. and delayed traffic for about alx hours. Several of the train crew were bruised by Jumping from the trains. None waa killed. Freight train No. 7 and on extra, northbound, collided hend-nn on the single track, owing to the overlooking of schedules by one crew. The en gines and several cars were smnshed and the wreckage stopped all traffic. Wrecking trains wore sent nut from Atlanta and Chattanooga, anil the In jured brakeman waa sent to hts homo at Tunnel Hill, a short distance away. Officials of the .road'report that the other men are but slightly Injured. Passenger trains from Atlanta were routed over the Southern railway to Dalton until the wreckage could be cleared, nnd the Rome train was sent out as usual, the Junction being be tween Atlanta and the scene of tho wreck. Local business on the road waa stopped until the wreckage was re moved. FLAMES IN BUFFALO SOUTHERN TRAIN STRIKES'ENGINE Number of Firemen Hurt by Flying Brick While Working. BUFFALO, N. Y„ Fsb. 14—A total loss of Itoo.ooo resulted from an early morning Are here today. Two-thirds of ths loss was sustained by The Courier Printing Company, and for a time the flames threatened to destroy an an- tire city block. Shortly after the Are started a series of explosions occurred, caused by the Ignition of naphtha and gun cotton. Several of the walls were Jarred down and a number of -firemen received brulsea by flying brick. and Mrs. R. D. Cheney, formerly of At. lanta. The details of hie death, other than that he waa shot and killed, have not been learned. COLLEGE TRAIN VISITED BY GEORGIA CITIZENS ooooootf 00O00OOOOOOOOO00O0O O PLACES TO BE VI8ITED o O BY TRAIN 8ATURDAY. 0 O The "College on Wheels" will O O reach the following plnres Satur- 0 0 day over the line of the Atlanta, 0 0 Birmingham and Atlantic rail- 0 O road: O O , Overman, at 8 a. m.; Nleholls, 0 0 at 10 a. m.; Douglas, at noon; O 0 Fitzgerald, at 2 p. in.; Vienna. at 0 O 4 p. 111. 0 00000000000000000000000000 By JACK L. PATTERSON. M’RAE, G*„ F«b. 14—.» multitude of people greeted the college special at Eastman this morning, where the party was serenaded by the bend. Interest was manifested by the crow I at McRae when the train arrived at 10 o'clock. Hundreds of children and .i dclcga lion from the South Geirgla Colleg were at the station. - The train will spend tonight at Jcsnp and In Brunswick Saturi.y night end Sunday. . Many prominent eltlsens (net tho train and the farmers are enthusiastic over the Idea. Is now stated that seven of the eleven district agricultural schools established In Georgia are now In op- eratton. and their success le almost assured. The four schools that have not yet been opened are the Sixth dis trict school, at Bamesvflle; the Elev enth district school, at Douglas; the Tenth district school, at Sparta, and the Ninth district school, at Clarkes- vllle. These schools are preparing for a triumphant rail session this year. Professor T. O. Scott, superintendent of the Sixth district school. Is author ity for the announcement that the term there will open about September 1. The educational train from the State Agri cultural College at Athens, os It tours the different districts. Is directing at tention of ths people to their local schools, where excellent preparatory study la offered. An Interesting meeting was held at Juliette, the citizens listening with evi dent appreciation to the lectures. While making the noonday atop In Macon quite a number of citizens, busi ness men. professional men nnd farm er* visited the train and viewed the exhibits. There were visitors present from counties adjoining nibb county, thru which the train will tour later. Among the prominent men present were T. C. Parker, president of tbe Parker Railway News Company; a hotel man, farmer and dairyman. Mr. Parker was highly pleased with the meeting an,I arranged to correspond with the dairy department of ths college. At Cochran, the 4 o'clock stop for Thursday, the town was crowded with people, who came In to hear the lee- lures and view the exhibit. Com mendation waa heard from all aides. Many well-known citizens were In at tendance and a large party of ladles was In the crowd. Situated Ip a beautiful valley, at the base of a high hfll at Juliette, In Mon roe county. Ua.. la the largest corn mill In the world, the capacity being 10,000 bushels or twelve car loads of corn per day. It le here that the waters of the usually psaceful Ocmulgee river rush with terrific force on their course to the sea. The mill Is the property of Dr. W. P. Glover, one of Monroe county’s most progressive citizens, who some year* a go decided that the water power at this point was a valuable asset. The harnessing of this great power and tho subsequent construction of the mill re sulted. The structure Is built of wood. For years the water was allowed to rush by In force sufficient to propel a mill of Immense capacity, and It was this that attracted the promoter's at tention. Tbe toll of a mill of this capacity would be 1.240 bushels per day, or about one car load of grain. There Is a ready demand for the product of this mill at a price of cents per bushels In ad vance of any other. While the educational train was side tracked at this place Thursday, the mill was thrown open for the Inspection of tbe entire party. J. S. B. Thompson One of Passengers on Smashed , Train. A switch engine and some empty freight car* got In the way of the •Southern’* train No. 11 to Birmingham Thursday night, near'Howell’* Station, and the collision which resulted <le- layed the pa**enger train three hour*. No. 11 left the Terminal at 10:45 o’clock for Birmingham and everything went well until the freight car* were encountered on tho main line. Then* car* were smashed considerably, the, pilot was torn from tho passenger en gine, neveral coache* were damaged and several passenger* were slightly Injured. Among tho. passenger* on the train wo* J. 8. Be Thompson, assistant to the president of the Southern, who wa* on hla way to Birmingham. Ha was not Injured. In fact. It waa reported ut the Southern headquarters in Atlanta tlutt t!i- Injured passenger* received only a few cut* and bruises. The train returned to the Terminal, where the damaged equipment was repim < <i by new cars and an engine and the train proceeded. > TWO KILLED, SCORES HURT IN TRAIN WRECK CHESTER, Pa., Fsb. 14—A special train of three cars on the Baltimore anil Ohio, conveying a Philadelphia or chestra of seventy-five men from Ches ter to Philadelphia, crashed Into :he rear of a freight train near here, kill ing two and Injuring more than a score, six or seven severely. The dead: CYRUS ‘WILLIAMS, engineer. THOMAS J. ELLIOTT, fireman; cut to pieces. Members of the Philadelphia orches. tra who were Injured are Rosario Bur den and Max Sullnskl. WRECKS BLOCK TRACK; NO TRAINS TO CARTERSVILLE. CARTERSVILLE, Ga., Fsb. 14. All trains on the Western and Atlantic are annulled for today by the wreck ut Dalton. The Louisville and Nashville Cincin nati and Atlanta train was delayed this morning on account of a slight wreck near Knoxville. This, city la without trains of any description today. TWO ASSISTANTS AT STATE LIBRARY Instead nf one assistant atate libra rian at 1100 a month. It has been deter mined to have two assistants At 150 each. These two assistants have not lie-n appointed yet, and will not be until Governor Smith Is able to be back In his office. It Is understood, however, that the appointees will be graduate" of library school. It Is also stated that since the de termination to divide the salary and make two appointments, several who applied for the posltl »>f .in nipt taut have withdrawn from the contett. HU