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THE WEATHER.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day. Temperatures (taken at A.
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6« degrees: 10 a. m„ 71 degrees;
12 noon. 78 degrees: 2 p. m.. 81
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rHE Atlanta Georgian
AND NEWS
SPOT COTTON
Atlanta, quiet; 9c. Liverpool, steady;
5.35. New Orleans, firm; 91-16. New
York, quiet; 9.40. Savannah, firm; 9c.
Aujrnsta. quiet nnd steady; 816-16. Gal
veston. quiet; V\. Mobile, quiet; 8 13-16.
Charleston, steady; 813-16.
VOL. vn. NO. 44.
ATLANTA, GA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,1908.
Vain Efforts Made to Secure
Facts About That Rate Advance;
Stenographer Burns His Notes
NOW FOUNT PROBLEM
SPLITS PEACHTREE-ST.
PPm, Ib Atlanta,.TWO CENTS.
rru^rj. ,) 0 T«Z?M..rivK cent*.
Commissioner Lane
Expresses Impatience
at Road Tactics.
White House Is
Turmoil, and Lead
ers Are Running
To and Fro.
++it4*.-. r .
t REPLY FROM ROOSEVELT +
X WONT COME TILL LATER +
+ WASHINGTON
f
23.—It +
From Color’s Bulletin.
? was elated at the white house this f
* afternoon that no reply to the y
+ Bryan telegram to President y
+ Roosevelt In regard to the charges J
+ against Chairman Haskell, of the +
+ Democratic national committee, *
+ will be given out before this even- +
+ Ing.
t-M-H-H-*
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23,—The exec
utive offlces fairly hummed with actlvl-
ty this morning. The president devoted
himself almost exclusively to the sub-
ject matter contained in Mr. Bryan a
telegram and nearly the entire staff of
the executive office was set to work
looking up court records and other doc
uments of vital Importance. It Is cer
tain that a sharp reply to Mr. Bryan s
telegram from Detroit will not be long
dt There are many Indications that the
center of political activity In the Re
publican ranks has shifted from New
York and Chicago to At ash ngton, and
that now that his vacat on Is over, the
president will direct things with even
more energy than that which charac
terised his work at Oyster Bay. The
president lost no time In getting Into
touch with several men yho had valu-
able Information to Impart on the po- u sit A R ” nf FnrmPr
lltlcal situation, and during the remain-I |V1. ri• D. UI I U1111 Cl
in* day* of the campaign much of his 1
time during the morning hours will be
devoted to politics. .
In addition to Postmaster General
Meyer. Secretary Garfield was on hand j
tarlv. Other callers were Senator Sim
mon's. of~ North Carolina: Judge R. A.
Bellinger, of Beattie, and Harry Dough
erty. of the Spanish claims commission.
W.'C. Haskell Hurriedly Summoned.!
w P Haskell sealer of weights and I
measures for the District of Columbia, made to "raise the lid" In Atlanta there
was hurriedly summoned to the'white can |, e no further doubt,
house this morning for a conference The flrgt „ ep , n thlg direction was
with the p "
conference,
Years Is Revived at
Big Meeting.
That there Is to be a strenuous effort
Hearst to Throw
More Bombs?
NEW YORK, Sept. 23—William Ran
dolph Hearst will address the state con
vention of the Independence party at
Cooper Union tomorrow night and fur
ther political sensations are expected
by those who have followed recent
event*. They believe Mr. Hearst has a
few more explosive political packs,
up his sleeves that will compel another
avalanche of explanations from those
affected. No Intimation of what his
speech would contain could be ob
tained. • • •-<
Fog Ties Up
N. Y. Traffic
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—The worst fog
nf the season tied up nearly all tbs river
and My traffic early today. The bells
were all sat ringing on the ferry piers
for the first time In two months, and one
ferry had to qatt running. The other fen
rlea kept moving, hut toms of thtm were
more than an hour late on thotr trips.
Thrse hie steamships were scheduled to
sail, tbs Mauretania, Oeeanle and Comal,
but wara delayed, and quarantine
the president. The object of this uken Tues day night at a meeting of
erenee. It Is understood. Is to un- near . beer dealers and others at S3 West
ravel the myetery of the Mltchell-st., when the "M. A. B. was
Is Involved in the Standard Oil bribery I j orma n y organised, having a* Its mot-
charges In Ohio. to;
ment butTnU-l, "A moiw liberal government for At- qu.ra.tm. was
moled that the pre.ld.nt might do « <•»«; b.” I. th. Mutual Aid J J^jd afr.Jd to m.k. ,h.
Iat . er ; am w 1 « nv , n»hiir Has- Brotherhood. an oW?*** 11 . 0 " ueporti from all along the coast tell of
Asked if he knew of any other Haa h day* of 1886 and 1887, when the same heavy fog. hut no large steam*
kell who might be the man named by ™ 5 .. dry ,« an d which waa shlna nr. due fiere todev.
former Attorney ^ne 1 -.! Monnett as ," ,Jr responsible for bringing llquo'
having been concerned In the attempted j r (hg c)ty at that time. The
bribe, the sealer of weights and mens-1 Tuesday night was for the
urea said: . „ . I nut-nose of reviving this organisation,
• There Is a preacher named «ffort to reelet the light of the
M aSrH^^un^
Ohio" * /know 'nothing oV him or his ""dither cltmen^^ ^ perf ected
connections whatever. considerable enthusiasm. Of*
states rr, Asysp-
the Foraker school of Republicanism. an< i secretary. Eugene Carroll, of E. K.
. _ I Carroll A Co.
"I NEVER SAW HASKELL," | What plans the 'M. A. B.
THRU BRIDGE
Engine and 1ST Cars
Fall 100 Feet; 2
Men Drown.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23—Two men
were drowned when a span of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad bridge across
the Susquehanna river, near Perryvllle,
fell, precipitating an engine and fifteen
freight cars Into the waters, one hun
dred feet below.
Engineer Patrick Lynn and the fire
man of the train were drowned, but as
far as can be learned now no other
members of the crew are missing.
LOCAL OPTION
WILL HIT SNAGS
INDIANAPOLI8, Ind., Sept. 23—It Is
altogether probable that before night
fall the senate will have passed the
county unit local option bill and that it
will be sent over to the house, where
the bill will begin to strike snags.
Ths new fount innooent cause of war In heart of fashionable Peaoh-
tree dlstrloL
In the very npogee nf Its fsme, snd at
the very topmost plnnnde of II* hooted
height*, the pump question—the ino*t ft-
mou* Interrogation of a decode—never ap
proached the trouble-making prnnrnritlet of
the n.w question—tho all absorbing. time-
of the world. In two d»ye.
•erssf
It la
snW.
talk
“Atlantans in Cartoon”
A Series of Representative Business and Professional Men
has for
’ E d R ec 8 l A a W resf K I L monnett
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 23 --" Bry ; jj^'^toodlhe ™j2nlration'Intends to
sn's message to Roosevelt calls upon I tbe political arena In a *5 r ®*’J v ®
Roosevelt to make good the Insinuation nner an d use its efforts
that the Standard OH Company la beck- e nce to elect men to office who wUl^De
In* the national Democratic campaign.’ »«”™S le to t ? h i" pr Kam“rder of things,
•aid Frank S. Monnett. ex-attorney opposed '° oun £d that „„ effort has
(tneral of Ohio, last night. ’Tor. If “ ,o "aVto r.I.e ft fund with
that be true, not only myself, but thou- been made »rar^ but that iu ffi.
•and* of others, would not be content which^to age^tia * vaHab | a whenever
to he trapped by »ny much alliance 'i* nt oc ^|* y „ demand*. The plan pro-
We do know that John D. Archbold. I the oc ^ assessment on the
of the Standard Oil Company: Dupont, posed la to levy fundg are needed,
of the powder trust, and Rogers and I membe n w ... thc organisation lend
Rockefeller have been allied heretofore to friendly candidate* for
with the Republican party endfur- It* * up J*f»| a understood that It will
nl»hed the money to elect McKinley |Lal counsel to look after Its
•nd Roosevelt, and If there ha* been a engage >**“t ha “"urta.
divorce without alimony we would Ilk* Interest* In ne^Wednesday of the or-
to have the record of the decree. Up In »!>»•«"* e « f „ adln g mem-
to date I have seen nothing that war- I ganltation.
rants the assumption that the Demo- bera •»»' interests."
crstlc party has been awarded the cue- ’’To Protect Interest*,
of these children of the trusts. | -We are opening,this fight to protect
Made by Charles B. Square to"sm7th W. of Atlanta'to have a will”offer
Bennett and myself, had Judge John eral government. on « t »*‘ '2 1 “J!
A. Shauck, present candidate for a third I inducements to her ".hi 0
lerm on the state supreme bench, not , tran gers to come here, and »e d«-
trsnted the ,-equest of the Standard Uev e the revival of the M A. B. will
attorneys—Larry Neal and Sam H. ^ tn procuring more liberal !*»*• *
Tllies—to compel me to stop taking am M tlafled that »'thtn three month*
depoeitlon* that would have completely I tlme number* of the h *»t business men
dosed up this whole affair. I tn the city will be enrolled as mem-
I never saw Charles N. Haskell In | ber8 The organlratlon I* op«n to all.
»y life, and the only evidence I have j^ry man in the organlxatlon has ln-
h»t he was Impllcatsd In the attempt fareata in Atlanta and I feel sure that
to bribe me waa In the statement of almo , t any member haa more money
Charles B. Squire, of Cleveland, when I tnv eited here than these fanatics, who
he called upon me and said that the I ar0 seeking to hamper the growth of
Propoaltlen had been made with the I tbe c |t y We are not only protecting
authority of F. B. Squire. Frank Rocke- „ur business Interest*, but are protect-
feller and C. N. Haskell, now governor | na our homes, as the fight of the ra-
ef Oklahoma." natlcs would destroy both.
I Another meeting of the M. A. B.
will be held next Tuesday night at the
same place, when further action will ha
It has In reality become a paramount IS 1
hiifl torn Prnrhtret-flt. asunder, ripped
cbes Id some of tbe happiest families
io most srtstoerntlc *eet!on or that fa
mous fhoroushfurp and dlaturbed tbe peaca
of mind nnd peopled tbe dreams of aome-pf
At)nntn'n loftiest hl#rh-browi nrho lire It
the re - *— ** — — *'~
ele an*
Touch of tho Aeathotio.
It Is true that the fount problem does not
rise to tbe Importance of the pump ques
tion, hut on the other hnnd the pump quea-
tlon hsd not the dignity, not the touch of
tbe aesthetic that Individualizes and fires
social distinction to the fount problem.
It Is this way:
About three rears ngo, more or less, prob
ably inoro. the Alphn Ilnnd of Merry, a
band of the little children of the Hlxtb nnd
Eighth wards, after months of saving
dimes, nickels nnd pennies, purehssed a
handsome drinking fount, so ronatnicted ns
to be available for persons, horsea and dog*,
and presented It to the city. The coat. It la
snld, was In the neighborhood of $360.
The city accepted tbe fount with thanks,
snd after a long delay net out to And a Iocs-
tlon. One location after another waa found
—about 16 in all—but In every ease objection
was rained, until n few months ago Aider-
man A. Ia Curtis took the matter In charge.
Given Carte Blsnehe.
ezpe
more . .....
ngsln place after place was abandoned for
one reason or another. Finally Alderman
Cnrtls was given permission by the streets
committee to place the fount wherever he
fit.
He ascertained that from West End to
Brook wood there was not n single watering
place for horses In Atlanta's main thorough
fare—hlfehnll and Peachtree. He liumcdl- tnuu ur. pum
itely determined that this was the street Hello, fountl
and he placed the fount in tho parkway at
North-are. jnat at the intersection of Pench-
only convenient and served a bumtnil
purpose, but it wse attractive, pretty.
Dut Io I Three or four people raised a
etrenuous objection, the park hoard mot and
requested the Immediate removal - J Of' the
fount, the meyor ordered' Its removal, and
the war la on.
Alderman Curtia plead and plead with the
result that the fount still stands, but is in
constant danger of being removed.
Peachtree In Suspense.
In the meantime, Paachtree-at. is in twain.
The great majoiitr favor keeping the fount
where Is it. Toe persistent minority in
sist upon its rsnewal.
“It’s funny to me," said one Peachtroo-
i, **r * — •- *—
dom, it
blockln
had nothing
of perk cut away to place the fount further
back Instead of ordering Its removal.
••What, cut away a few feet of perk, —
putste a couple of shrubs and decapitate a
blade of grass just for humanity's sake I
eselslmed another.
Goodness Gracious, Whew I
" he continued, "the pat
would think sooner of abandoning one of its
9400 trips to buy 9800 of animals before It
would do such a preposterous thing."
"We ought to place a gat in the fount,
•aid Alderman Curtis, "for then I know of
at least one person who would cease his ob
jection."
The alderman said "Gsl In the Fount in
a knowing sort of wav. ....
••Let the fount stand by all means, said
Dr. Carnes, agent of ths Atlanta Humans
Society.
And In ths meantime, the fount still stands
and serves its good purposes snd ths fount
problem still reigns, supreme, triumphant,
and It Is whispered that a knowledge of the
intricacies of the great question mark will
hereafter be a passport to the holla of the
high brows and an entree into the most se
lect circles of Peachtree's creme de Is
crcmc—her high snd lofty Upper Ten.
Good by, pump.
BUTCHERS DECLARE
PROFITS ARE SLIGHT
“Down to the Bone."
That a butcher does not make fabulous
proflto from a cow nfrer lo»ing money on | "The front shank will weigh 18 pounds
various parts of her nnntomy, that only lend tbe binds 44 pounds, a total of 66
two butchers In n hundred succeed In the pounds of hone. We get 2c a pound for
business, nnd that the butcher's trade Is that for soup bone. That la $1.12. We
the roost scientific of all businesses, la sell chuck steak for *r and 10c and roaat
brought out by A. McIntyre/ a Marlet- for 8c. steak for 10c. We get more ebuck
ta-sf. butcher. In answer to an article la • than any other kind. It weighs 60 pounds,
Tho Georgian which gave a comparison the riba 20 pounds, the round 60 pounds,
between wholesale nnd retail prices on! the rump roaat 20 pounds. We get 50
beef. Mr. McIntyre does not consider the | pounds of loin.”
question from tne standpoint of buying i He gives the following table of enta
dressed slues of Western beef. In which ! prices from a beef originally weighing
there la comparatively little waste, but, gounds. dressed, snd costing $24:
. are interesting.
! "Suppose you boy a cow weighing
: pounds on the hoof.” writes Mr. M<
j tyre, "st 3c a pound. It costs you
When It la killed and dressed It will —
more than 6c a pound,
nnd loss:
"We take off the neck,
ounde. nnd the plate, weighing
weighing
pounds, and the plate, weigmng to noun
The flank will weigh 22 pounds. Here
.$ 6.00
. 1.89
. 4.00
12HC 2.60
mtlng $24:
tew meat. 109 pounds at 5c
fthnnk bones. 60 pounds, at 2c
Chuck, 80 pounds, at ic.
Ribs. M pounds, at 12H<
Rump. 20 pounds, at 10c
Round. 60 pounds, at 16c 7.60
Loins, 50 pounds, at 20c 6.00
Total, VO pounds, price $82,60
"The proflt on this beef Is reduced bv
loss on bone and tallow to $7.” writes the
hntcher. "When you figure lots on ac
counts. rent, lights nnd other expenses
you can aee why It is that only two butch
era In a hundred succeed.”
Vessel Sinks,
110 Drowned
SEATTLE, Waih., S«pt. 23—A ca
ble fit,patch to the army tiftial corp*
report* the tot*l In** of th* berk Star
of Ben**! on Coronation Island. Twen
ty-seven were saved and 110 drowned.
Includln* nine white*.
ANOTHER NEW REAL I will he i
ESTATE FIRM HERE SSL'
An appifmttnn for a charter for another j
real estate Arm waa filed In superior - of i nrr *„,nig the stock to i
Wednewlir hy Kdw*nl rt. B!«ek. j,' 1 , tino.oo) I* prtyed for.
r’erb-n II. rhadliottm end Gordon F. The spplketlon for <b»rfer w»» Bled for
^’•h*!* Th* concern wtU l>e known a*| A* Intwr^ntora by Attorney* E. M. end
**• SlrereM, Investment Comp«ny ind’G. F. MltcktU.
HUGH-J. LYNCH.
Hu*h J. Lynch, president and treasurer of the Century Printlnc Com
pany, and formerly In char*e of the accountln* department of the Massen-
*ale Advertising Agency. I, one of tb« best known young business men In
Atlanta. The hlgh-clsr* printing establishment, of which he la the head,
and which I* conveniently located on the fir*: floor. 100-101-202 Auetell build
ing. 1* completely equipped to do tbe highest grad* of printing on abort
notice. Mr. Lynch employ* only expert workmen, and Is In a poeltlon to
guarantee hls automata the very beat In aU branches of fine printing.
John F. Spencer, of Messier. England.
tyw were taken.
Gera, valued
snte
Charles Boyle, son of a Run Francisco
millionaire and ex-Rtanfnrd University stu
dent, Is alleged to have confessed to sev
eral crimes committed in tbe West last
sprint
Storm Destroys
Oklahoma Town
OKLAHOMA CITY, 8ept. 23—It was
reported here last midnight that King
fisher, a town nf 8,000 population, was
destroyed last night by a storm. No
particulars can be learned, as all wires
are down.
WELSH CHORISTERS
SAIL FOR AMERICA
SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 38—The Mountein
Aeh Mele rbelr. a femnoe Welch orcenise
tlon of miner,, which hee been invited to
•in* before the preeifeat of the United
States, Bailed for America today on tho
Adriatic. Thc choir will make a lour of
tk« United fitatee, ringing In ell el the
principal citiee.
“I burned my stenographic notes of
the Joint meeting of the Southeastern
i nnd Mississippi Valley Freight Aaeo-
| elation, which began at Hot Spring*
June 8. 1908. i think It was about three
weeks ago that I burned them.”
Such waa the testimony of D. C.
Lawhon, official stenographer of the
Southeastern Freight Association, at
Wednesday morning’s session of th*
bearing before the Interstate commerce
commission, regarding the Increase In
rate* on grain, flour, hay, packing
house products and similar commodi
ties Into the Southeast, effective Au
gust 1.
While thl* evidence did not create
any sensational outburst on the port of
the counsel and others in the Federal
court room*—lawyer*, especially corpo
ration counsel, are rarely emotional and
never sensational—there was no mis
taking the fact that the testimony came
os a great surprise near the close of an
otherwise rather untntereatlng session.
More than this, there was a consider
able pause following the statement,
which was not Interrupted by questions
from either the members of the com
mission or counsel for the complainants
or the railroads.
Several witnesses were aim intro
duced, Including Secretary W. G. Coop
er of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,
and examined aa to the comparative
prosperity and business condition* in
the southeast for the past several years.
Counsel for the complainants stated
that they hoped to conclude their case
Wednesday and It Is expected that
counsel for the railroads will also re
quire some two or three days so that
the hearing promises to continue thru
the week.
Notes "For Practice."
■Did you not know that these matters
were coming up for discussion at the
time you destroyed those stenographic
reports?” asked one of the commis
sioners.
’•yes. In a general way.” replied Of
ficial Stenographer Lawhon. "a* I had
read notice* of It In tho newspapers.
But my notes were for the most part
megely memoranda and while I may
have t.-ikon down some of the discus
sions It was principally for practice.”
"Had you kept your stenographic
notes of any of the other meetings 7"
"Tea.” replied the stenographer. 1
had an accumulation of note books
covering a period of perhaps some two
years. They wer* In the way In my
desk and I simply threw them In the
furnace and burned them up. Thla
was the same method of procedure on
tttapart of my predecessor. •
"were you Instructed to bum your
notea of these meetlngaT’
'1 was not."
"Did you tell any one after you had
burned them?"
"No. At least I do not remember
having done so. Aa I said, they were
simply memoranda and were In th*
way." a
Interstate Commissioner Lane, dur
ing the morning, stated that he was
very much dissatisfied with the testi
mony that had been given regarding
the Joint meeting of the freight asso
ciations held tn Hot Springs as pro
duced by the witnesses for the lost
two days (referring to Chairman of
the Association E. H. Hinton) and It
was on this account that the official
stenographer, who was present at the
meeting to take notes, was asked to
testify as a witness.
Mr. Lens’* Opinion,
"I think,” continued Commissioner
Line, "that It would be more In keep
ing with the dignity of this tribunal
and the dignity of tbe laUrpads if a
full and free report of the discussion*
pertaining to ttjla advance In rate* at
this Hot Springs meeting was present
ed by the witness.”
"Your honor,” stated Judge Eton*,
counsel for the LoulavUle and Nash
ville, “these witnesses have been called
by the complainants. We have not as
yet had the floor. When we do, we
mean to bring all this out and hope to
show you to your entire satisfaction
aa to the proceedings of that meeting."
"Well," rejoined the commissioner,
’’I don’t see Just what difference It
makes whether the witnesses ore called
by you or the complainants. I should
like to see them give a full and com
plete report, or as near It as possi
ble.”
The commissioner evidently referred
to the teatlmony of Chairman Hinton,
who stated that he did not charge hls
mind with the many questions discuss-
»d and could not remember much that
waa said outside of the printed reports
of the meetings, which he always de
pended on.
Walter McGill a Witness,
During the morning session Secreta
ry Walter McGill of the Southeastern
F reight Association, was also called as
a witness. Secretary McGill also H
stated that there were so many sub
jects brought before the meeting that
he could not recall much of the discus
sions.
Official Stenographer Lawhon a
made much the same report. He stated
that'be did not take down the discus
sions, except now and then for prac
tice, but simply made memoranda, and
In committee meetings took down
recommendations which wer* dicta
to him by some member of the comm
tee present, sometimes one and .-on
time* another
Chairman Hinton ms again asked
tn bring more files from hls office cr
taming letters, telegrams, records, e
bearing directly or Indirectly on i
recent advance In rates and pi.--nt
them at the Wednesday afternoon m>.
•Ion.
After Official Stenographer La-chon
stated that he could not remember any
of the Hot Springs discussion* except
Continued on Pane Thro*.