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SPECIAL SATURDAY NIGHT EDITION VOL. I. NO. Georgian. SPECIAL SATURDAY NIQHT EDITION ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1!)06. MRS. OLIVER TO WED EDWARD NORTHEN The Wiwmnt of Mrs. .Tolm Oliver to Mr. Edward A. Northen wa» an nounc'd today at a luncheon given by the bride-elect at her home on Peach- treestreet. The announcement wan mado at an elegantly appointed luncheon and when the guests draw a bouquet of flower* from the centerpiece of aweet peas, the announcement was written on a card and read to the' guests as- trembled. Mrs. Oliver !• one of the most prominent women In society, while Mr Northern Is a Kentleman of splendid worth. The charming brlde-elect Is at tractive and lovely, and It I* a source of Interest to their friend* to hear of their engagement. CALL TO POPULISTS TO MEET IN ATLANTA U. S. TROOPS READY TO INVADE MEXICO TO AVENGE MASSACRE OF AMERICANS One Report Says 200 Persons Are Dead. Another That Americans Killed Num ber 60—Mexican Governor Leads Men to Aid of the Town. State Ticket Will Be Put Out It Is Thought. An official call was sent out Sat' urduy by J. J. Holloway, chairman of the executive committee of the Peo ple's party of Georgia, for a meeting to be held In Atlanta on Thursday, June 14. The call goes on to say that "matters of vital Importance to our party will be considered." It looks as If there Is to be a state ticket nominated. Former State Sen ator Yancey Carter waa In Atlanta a short time ago. Ha aald It looked as If no self-respecting man, who waa not bound hand and fopt by the old party could vote thfe Democratic ticket with the conditions Imposed. At that time he threw out the hint that a full ticket would be nominated and put In ' the Held to oppose Clark Howell, Hoke Smith. Judge Russell, Colonel Esttll, Jim Smith and the numerous other Democratic candidate!. He expressed the belief that the Populist* would be victorious. The official call Is as follows: "Clem. Oa., May 11, 1906. “A meeting of the state executive committee of the Populist party of Georgia Is' hereby called to meet In Atlanta, Ga., on Thuraday, June 14, 1906, at 13 m. to consider matters of vital Importance to our party, “All members are urgently Invited to be present. "J. J. HOLLOWAY. Chairman.” irumanITporter DIES AT CHARLOTTE _ ... tniiniltiff of tho Uonth Friday of Tnimnu if. l’ortsr nt Charlotte. N. c. Mr. Porter «•«« formerly n re«lilent of Atlanta ami has ui«njr relatives nml friends In this city. U IMIS < ollll.-. t.-.l \t Itll til.- i:V- ereff*Uldley company fa.fore koIiijc to Clint*- l«»tt# •oiuc tlute ago, where he mitered the nffleo of tbo auditor of the Southern Rail lie lenrea two brothers. W. I), ami B. II, Porter, and one alster, Mr*. Anna Grata ))»i{, nil of Atlanta. The Inxly will be brought today to Flow ery llrnneh. On. Funeral and Interment will take place there Hundny. JEFF OAIVS' BIRTHDAY WILL BE CELEBRATED On Monday afternoon at S o'clock the anniversary of the birthday of Jelter- son Davis, former president of the con federacy, will be celebrated In the hall of the house of repreaentatlves at the ceplt.,1. Hon. Hooper Alexander, of Decatur, will be the orator of the occasion. The exercises will bo held under the aus pices of Atlanta Camp 169, United Confederate Veterans. All confederate veterans, sons of vet' erans and other organisations are requested to meet at th* capitol at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon march to tha hall where the exercises will be held. Aside from the address by Mr. Alexander and some special music, no set program has beem ar ranged. INTO Bib mo FREE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE BOYS' CLUB A free entertainment will be given at the Unntlftt Taheruncle Mondny evening nt 8 «>Inek under the auspices of the Boys* Club of Atlanta. Ham W. Small will deliver an nddresa ahd there will lie an Interesting program of uiuilc nml recitations. PASSENGER STATION WANTED AT VALDOSTA Special to The Georgian. Valdosta. Ga., June 3.—A movement has beer, begun here by the city coun cil and board of trade toward securing the erection of a union railway passen ger station here. A meeting of the mayor and council was held, at which a resolution was adopted requesting the official* of the Georgia Southern nnd Florida and Atlantld Coast Line to set an early date on which to meet the member* of tho board of trade In this < lly, and see If soma agreement can not be reached looking to the matter of building the station. M. H. Ansley In th* City. M. X. Ansley, general freight agent of i he Went 1-oln! road. I. renewing acuusint- "aces nniouK the rallmad men uf Atlanta. Mr. Ansley waa formerly of this elty and one „f the moat popular men of the road. He left for Montgomery Saturday morning. Mitchell May Resign, by I-rlrnte Leased Wire. Wllkeebarre, Pa., June 3.—A meet ing of the National Mine Worker* has been called, and there are rumor* that President John Mitchell will re sign. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 3.—Today the St. Louis express that left the Pennsyl vania railroad station at Jersey City at 3:10. ran Into an open draw on tha Hackensack bridge and the engine went Into tha river, carrying the engineer and fireman with It. The remainder of the cars stayed on tho track. The accident occurred a mile, from Marlon. Ambulances from 8t. Francis. City and Christ hospitals have been summoned and It Is sup posed that others are Injured. BOBBY AND GUS SUED BY LAWYER Alleging that Robert H. Walthour and Gus P. Castle failed to pay him 1300 attorney's fees, for defending the suit of Mrs. Grace Mallory vs. the In terstate Fair Association, Edgar La Iham, a well-known Atlnnta lawyer, has filed suit against the world’s cham plon and hla former manager for 3300 and Interest from March It. 1005,' to date. The petition alleges that on Febru ary 15, 1904, Mrs. Grace Mallory, through ' her next friend, filed suit against Walthour and Castle for 115,- 000, for which she claimed they were liable to her on account of the death oL Charles Mallory, her husband, who was killed while employed to ride bi cycle races at Piedmont park. It I* alleged that Walthour and Castle em ployed the petitioner to represent them In the suit. In the Interests of which he tiled pleas and demurrers, and which, when tried on March 6, 1306, was settled In favor of the defendants, Castle and Walthour, and that no ap peal of the coso was ever made by Mrs. Mallory. Accompanying the petition, as exhib it “A,” ts a copy of the petitioner's bill for legal services rendered Wal- thour and Castle. TROOPS AT FORT LOGAN AWAIT ORDERS TO START By l’rirst* Leased Wire. Denver, Colo., June 3.—Fort Logan troops are ready awaiting orders ex pected from Washington this after noon. Lieutenant Colonel Davl* aays they are expecting to be sent to Mexico at any minute. Headquarters of th* department of Colorado declare troops are already at the Mexican line. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, Jnno 2.—Tho war tlpjmrl mi-iit linn just received a telegram from Denver that no troops have crossed tho Mexi can border. Major Watts went to Naco to await orders from headquar ters. Washington, Juno 2.—Dispatches have been received hero that Major Watts lins gone to Conation with n troop of Ameri can cavalry. The government has no confirmation of this re port. If Watts hns acted as reported it will bo tantamount to a declaration of war. By Private Leased Wire. Blabee, Arlsona, June 3.—Reports reached here today to the effect that Colonel W. C. Greene was killed during the lighting at Cananea last night No confirmation la at hand at this hour. Th« same report says that the lighting continue! with fierce shooting at Intervals. The totsl number of Americans killed le placed at sixty. Governor Ynabel, of Bonora, Is on tho scene with troops, but shooting continues from both sides. U. S. COSUL AT CANANEA BEGS FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE By Private Leased Wire. • Washington, June 2.—United Stales Consul Galbraith, at Cananea, has sent the following dispatches to the state department, dated Naco, Arlsona; "Send assistance Immediately to Cananea, Sonora. American cltlaens are being murdered, and properly Is being dynamited and w* must have help. Answer Naco, Arlsona, Immediately." The second dispatch: "Imperative Immediate assistance be rendered American cltlxena at Cananea, Sonora, Mexico.” By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June 2.—Tha United States government ha* requested the Mexican government to authorise the use of American troops In quelling the rlotq at Cananea. GRAPHIC STORY OF FIGHT TOLD BY CORRESPONDENT By HENRY CHRISTIAN WARNACK., her hn j been destroyed by Are, set by (Special Correspondent of the H*ar*t l - V - ***“—" * **-— News Service at Naco, Arix., Juat Over the Border From Mexico.) By Private Leased Wire. - Naco, Aria, June 2.—Forty-live Americans ware shot down and Instant ly killed In Cananea. Mex., 45 miles south of the International line, at I 'clock yesterday afternoon. Identified dead: DWIGHT. A. N., general manager of Green« mines. METCALF, George A., superintend ent of rentals. WILLIAMS, J. fuel department. CARILLO, Arello, proprietor Mesa hotel. CARILLO. , nephew of Arello Carlllo. Between 3,000 and' 4,000 maddened Mexican miner*, armed to the teeth, are parading th* streets of the mining camp surrounding Ihs American quar ter of th* town and threatening to kill every foreigner who appears on the street*. Rangers to th* Rsscut. Captain Thomas Rynnlng, of the Arlsona Rangers, haa started from Bis- bee with a band of 500 picked men, armed and determined to put a atop to the outrages. Sergeant Hopkins and another band of rangers have left Douglas on the same errand. Across the line Colonel Emilio Koa- terlltxky, commander of the rurales for the northern son* of Sonora, la on hla way to Canansa with a band of hardy men. Governor Ysabel. of th* state of Sonora, has promised to furnish aid In reply to Colonel W. C. Greene’s call for help. Hundreds of refugees srs already on their way north to place* of safety this aide of the line. War Department Notified. J. Galbraith, American consul, has advised the war department, and Governor Klbby, of Arlsona, has been notified. Help la also expected In the shape of 1,000 rifles and ample sup plies of arms which are being rushed southward on orders from t he Orasn* Consolidated Copper Company. With these the Americans, who number about half the population of Cananea, and who at the time of th* outbreak were practically unarmed, expect to be able to defend themselves at least un til help from one or th* other of the Iwo government* arrives. Half a million dollars worth of lum. tho strikers. Flames from these yards can bo seen from the border, painting the whnlo southern hortson a brilliant red. The tiring nt 13 o'clock was ter rific. Under orders from the Mexican consul, It Is reported that the guard has opened flro on the American train only one-half mllo from Naco. Set Fir* to Town. The outbreak occurred Immediately after Colonel Wllllanl C. Greene, preel- dent of tho Greene Consolidated Cop per Company, had finished a speech to the Mexican miners. Cananea 1ms a population, of about 33,000, fourths of whlrt^ are Mexicans. Yes terday the Mexlcnns svent In a -body, numbering some 3,090 or 4,000, to do- superintendent of mand 33.50 for nn S-hour work day. They declared no American should ever work there until their demands were satisfied. Colonel Greene went out of his office with their spokesman and be gan to address them In Spanish, tell Ing them to grant their demands was Impossible. After tiring upon Americans with whom .they swore no longer to com pete, the Mexicans began to set fire to the city and to dynamite the vast works uf the Greene Consolidated, Troops Head For 8c*ne. Among the dead are George A. Met calf,' superintendent of the rental and lumber departmeitt, and Will Metcalf, nephew of George A. Metcalf, one of Colonel Greene's Intimate friends. A. H. Dwight, general manager of the Greene Consolidated Copper Company, was shot In the head, but not killed. The United States cavalry, troop from Fort Huachuca will croas th* Interna tional lint at 11 o'clock this morning. Refugees declare that as many Msxl- ATLANTA MEN IN CANANEA C. A. J. Seddon and W. T. Donaldson, former Atlantans, are with th* Green corporation, Jn Cananea, Aria, where the striking miners have decided to massacre all opposed to them In their efforts to get what they want. Young Seddon I* ths son of Dr. A. E. Seddon, a colleague of Rev. Crawford Jackson, In hla Juvenile protection work. Young Donaldson la the son of Dr. C. N. Donaldson, of 312 Prudential building, who resides In Kirkwood. Both of the fathers came to The Georgian offlee Saturday morning and Inquired anxiously for news of their respective sons. Dr. Seddon said hla son, who Is a graduate of Tech, 1904. la' the editor of Tha Cananea Herald, the official organ of the Green company. Dr. Donald son aald hla son was In the commissary department Young Seddon worked for the telephone company a while after hla graduation. Then he went west to pursue his studies of mining engi neering. Two weeks ago, he sent a letter to hla father, In which ha detcrlbcd a prospecting trip In the mountains. Mr. Donaldson Is a married man. HIs wife and two children live In Kirkwood. They are all worried. SAYS ROOSEVELT F DECLARES POLITICAL SLUSH FUND CAUSE OF CHANGE Only American Material Is To Be Used in Canal Work Now, DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT SETS SAIL FOR EUROPE Df Prlrst* Leased Wire. New Yokr, June lyCoufrcssmstt end Mrs. Longworth, the Utter former!/ Miss Alice Roosevelt, willed for Europe tods/ In the American liner St. Louis, to finish their honeymoon trip. The/ will be Abroad until tho middle of August. Ail unusually large crowd was at the pier, attracted by the opfiortunlt/ to see the couple. Hundreds of /oung women irathcred shout the gfingwsr of the ship end talked of little else than the presi dent's daughter. Attired In « stunning rnatnm*. Mrs. Long- worth, srcompnnted by her husband and two friend*, reached the pier In an auto mobile tin♦quarter* of su hour before the ship becked into the river. Mr. Isougworth was ImmedUtel/ sur rounded by scores of women nml #rcn men craned their necks «a though greatly Interested. Nultee 30 and 22, located In the most de sirable part of the *hlp, hnd l»ci*n rsdsuTod X 1 MEXICANS ARE NOW THREATENING TO EXTERMINATE ALL AMERICANS cans as Americans are deed. An American who tried In croas ths line with his wlf* was killed by Mexi cans. H* killed three of them. None of those who arrived her* during Ih* night has any definite Idea either of the number of Americans or Mexicans dead. Th'e whole country la panic- stricken. Young Will Metcalf killed four men before he fell. REFUGEES 8AY THAT 200 PER80NS HAVE BEEN KILLED. By Private Leased Wire. Naco, Arlsona, June 2.—Refugees are pouring into this place by special train. They place the number of killed at not less than 300. They describe the sit uation there as most dsspsrat*. , The Americans, who are now better armed, are defending themselves with deeper*!# valor from th* onslaughts of the Mexicans, who vastly outnumber them, and the fighting la continuous. Up to the Urns the last batch of refu gees arrived no reinforcement of either Mexican or American troops had Nnen, Arlx.. June X.—K. E. Edging ton, principal of an American school at Cananea, who has arrived here from the scene of th* riot, says: "George Metcalf, head of the develop ment department of the Cananea Con solidated Copper Company, and Will Metcalf are the only Americana killed, os far as I could learn when I left. They were shot down by Mexicans while protecting company property. Be tween 35 and 50 Mexicans were silled. "They w<*e barricading th* home of Colonel Greene when I left. It Is feared that the homes of all American* will be dynamited. As fast aa possible women and children are-being rushed out of camp on special trains. "Every American I* being armed. They are gathering at th* home of Colonel Greene and In the Presbyte rian church, determined to mak* a stand to protect their lives and prop erty. Yesterday afternoon rioter* dy namited a pawnshop and secured a Inrge number of guns. From this I Judge die;' nre not well supplied with arms, hut have enough to put up a terrlblo fight ngalnat soldiers or Amer icana. "The Mexicans nttnck'.t the moun tain police yesterday, fighting a battle which resulted In tho death of a largo number of them. -Five thousand Mexicans nrs nut on Strike. They nro very d-flant, march ing 1 IK li I lie hi reetH and only aw Ing ths oppesranco nf the unnrchlst flag to attack every Mexican and American In Cananea who does not Join them. "They are making threnta that they III deetroy the entire enmp and ex terminate every American In It. "There are between 60 nntl 75 police and half of them nre siding with the rioter*. Home of them si* standing by the Americans, but It I. feared they will not long remain with them If they ■ that tho Mexicans are getting tho upper hand." reached Cananea. American, Hurry to 8c«n«. The Mexicans from the country around are Joining their fellows In town. They ere all wall armed and appear to be .under some discipline. A number of Americans have started for th* seat of war. and others are mak ing for the border. It la reported that Major Watts, commanding th* United States troop* at Fort Huachuca, had crossed th* border at the head of a squadron of cavalry under permission given by Governor Ysabel, of Sonora, and that he had appealed to Washington to rat ify hla action. Both United Hiatts troop, and Arlsona Rangers are con centrating on th* American side of the border st the best point to reach Can anea, but whether an armed force has actually crossed Into Mexico cannot he verified at this writing. MEXICAN GOVERNOR LEADS AMERICANS TO CANANEA. By Private Leased Wire. Douglas. Arlsona, June 2.—Governor Ysabel, of th* state of Sonora, arrived at Naco at 7:20 o’clock this morning and Immediately gave orders permit ting th* armed Americans who were there from Btsbee, Douglas and all pari* of Arlsona to accompany him to Can anea. where many live* ware lost In mine riots yesterday. The Americana organised and, In command of Captain Tom Rynnlng, former captain of the Rough Itldera, and now commander of th* Artxnna Rangers, left with th* governor on a special train for Cananea at 3 o'clock. There were 450 men In th* party. GOVERNMENT A8K8 MEXICO TO TAKE PROTECTIVE 8TEP8. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June 2.—The deplorable affair at Cananea, Jdsxlco, presents an International problem of consldarabl* gravity and th* administration her* I* moving with great caution. Under th* treaty with Mexico It Is allowable for United States troops to fnvads Mexico In pursuit of renegade Indians without swatting specific action by th* Mexican government. In other circumstances th* United Slates Is bound by lb* ordinary rules By Private Leased Wire. Washington, Jnno 2.—Senator wil liam J. Stone of Missouri, In tho do- bate pn the Aldrich resolution giving the president authority to go outaida the United Statoa to buy supplies for tho Panama canal, said In part; "No ono can doubt that tho presi dent will buy practically all canal ma terials In America, no matter what tho difference In prices hero and Abroad may bo. If wo aro to Judge tho future by tho past there Is no room for questioning what courso the president will adopL Much Blustering Done. “Tho n»n who contributed tho stu pendous slush fund, aggregating mil lion* upon mljllonB of dollars, to carry tho laat presidential election for th* republicans, almost of necessity, have their grasp upon those who accepted tholr princely donations. "But there has been so much of this blustering and It has attracted such wide attention that something imist la- -I to i-dl-'V-j the situa tion. Something must bo provided to)' public credulity to. feed upon. A doiV • must bo opened for escape and a so( placo must hp mado for the presides to fall. The schomo for nil this 1 wrapped u)i In tills solution.” [ Courage Put to Test. Senator .Stone '-.aid that about* year ago tho president nntl the sf- retnry of wnr hnd announced tit they would not bo held up in the chase of materials for the canal Ur American manufacturers or Amf- can owners. Hut ho Uoclured that dal Interests affected resisted if1 won. T Promptly they organlsod t Nr forces to resist and to discipline hi" It" said. "The stand patters <>ie Hwatmlng In from every dlnrtlontid a storm of protest was raised >m every quarter. "Tho president's courage whs fi to tile lest, anil, ns usual, proved unequal I-- the strain There was a great thundering by him In tho Index with the customary Roosoveltlan fias co at tho flnlsh. Tho Iron man at tho whlto house ngnln proved him self to bo no Iron man at all." of International Inw and co should Governor Ysabel, state. In which Cananea Is quest the aid nf United H In |.||' l lag 'linn tin .Mini uprising, ih#r* Is very s,-i whether the United Htate |U‘ tilled III lidlllg l| .nips border. Root Wire, to M*i Tho first news of th* j Washington early this mon press dispatches. Hhortly it telegram waa received b department from Unit " mil y. Kven Henora tied, re doubt • mill h* OSS th* ichcd n tha after slats onsul and pres- Galbraith, at Cajuns*. giving in brief the atory of the attack by can miners upon tho Amor tilling the situation was as to demand Imperatively ence of American troop,-. Secretary Taft and Chle Hell Immediately went Into tlon. Secretary Root wired Amhassndov Thompson nt Mexico City directing him Immedlstelyto acquaint the Mexi can government with the farts of tha situation «t cnnsnea and a»k Mexico to take effeetlvc measure- for the pro- taction nf Am. li-.hi i 11i/.ens ther- also to "request of tha Maxf'-an gov ernment, as suggested, a- to what measures. If any. the United State* government rimy take In afford lection to Its citizens In Canal t'ntll Mexico's reply shall have been received, no troops will ba sent. EVENTS OF A NEWSY WEEK RECALLED IN PICTURES BY CARTOONIST BREWERTON