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ATLANTA
1910
The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. I. NO. 34.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1906
WANT LAW PASSED
TO REACH GUILTY
PACKERS OP MEAT
CROWDS FLOCK TO CAPITOL
EXPECTING REPORT.
Drastic Legislation May Follow
Receipt of Facts in Hands
of the President.
By Prfr«te Leured Wire.
Washington, June Expecting that
President Roosevelt would send to con
gress today the report submitted to
him by Labor Commissioner Neill and
James B. Reynolds on the packers' mo
nopoly, and that this statement would
contain amazing disclosures, nearly
every member of both houses was In
his seat when congress opened, and
there was also present a large assem
bly of persons Interested In the matter.
Including representatives of the beef
trust.
Conditions Are Astounding.
Some leading senators and represen
tatives who had seen the report de
clared It set forth conditions In the
great packing houses that were simply
astounding.
They stated that the outrages per
petrated upon the people of the coun
try’ constituted such a menace to health
as to shock the nation. Congress Is
stirred over the scandal aa It has been
over no subject In years.
Drastic Action May Result
Open nredlctlons ware made Just be
fore the two houses convened today
that the moat drastic legislation will
follow the report of the examiners.
There Is a secret understanding
among certain leaders In congress that
there should be drafted some law by
whlch the great packers guilty of such
shameless Imposition upon the public
might be prosecuted criminally and
sent to prison.
Report is Cut Down.
While the report of Messrs. Neill
and Reynolds has been cut down, many
of Its revolting features being elimi
nated In part, It Is declared there Is
enough shown In what Is to be submit
ted to congress to justify action most
revolutionary In such a case on the
part of the government.
ARTHUR PUE GORMAN
TROOPS ARE READY
TO CURB TROUBLE
AT OHIO MINES
$245,000 REALTY DEAL
PULLED OFFB Y ADAIRS
Purchase Bass’ Old
•Store and Peachtree
Lot From Candier.
TRANSACTION IS ONE OF
LAR0E8T IN CITY’S HISTORY
Central Property Brings Big Price
and Demonstrates Steady and
Healthy Value Increase.
He Wee United States Senstor from Maryland, and Lesdtr of the Dtm-
oemtio Minority in Upper Home of Congrut.
DISEASE OF THE HEART
ENDS LIFE OF GORMAN
AT WASHINGTON HOME
Death Follows Quickly on Heels of Sudden
Collapse—Senate Adjourns Out of
Respect for His Memory.
No One Killed as Result of Sham
Battle—Strike Breakers
Are Quitting.
By Private Leased Wire.
I'nlumbua, Ohio, June 4.—Companies
from the Fourth regiment have been
ordered to aasemble at Columbue In
stead of at their reapectlve headquar
ters. Seven companies of the Seventh
regiment have been ordered toaeeemble
at Zanesville.
FIRED ONLY TO FRIGHTEN
OFF GUARDS OF MINER8.
By Private Leased Wire.
Steubenville, Ohio, June 4.—An In
ventilation ahowa that no one was
killed In the sham battle at Bradley
mine laat night, and all-la quiet there
today.
Only about fifteen Italians were In
the itmbuecsule, and they only ehot to
■"'are the guarda, who nad abused an
Indian from Plum Run.
Nearly all of the guarde have die.
appeared and twenty laborers who
were with them have gone too.
Fifty strike breakers quit at Plum
Run today.
OOOOOOOOOOOOUOOOOOO
O O
O THE WEATHER MAN
0 A DEAD GAME 8P.0RT.
O The weather man. under
O which cloak of modeaty the
o genial Mr. Marbury makes a
O diurnal speech to the public
0 hereabouts In reference to me-
0 teorologtcal condition* past,
O present and future, eeema to be
O working In cahoots with the At-
0 lanta Baseball Aisoclatlon. He
0 Is sure steering off the rain on
0 days when euch soft snaps as
° the Pellcane come around for a
O game or two. It helps some,
O both financially and In the wln-
O nlng way:
0 Thla kindly co-operation Is
O worth a season ticket, and the
0 weather man has hinted as
O much to ue several times. We
0 take this opportunity of calling
° the attention of Newt Ethridge
O and Billy Smith to their derelic-
° tlon of duty.
0 Partly cloudy weather' le pre-
° dieted for Monday night and
O Tuesday. Whether thla means
O cloudy In some spots and not
0 cloudy In others, or cloudy part
° of the time and uncloudy the
0 rest depends entirely on what
® happens. It's a sort of Pro-
0 cruatsan bed forecast, to which
O the weather will without duress
O lit Itself. Awfully convenient
0 prognostication when things
B look doubtful.
0 Maximum temperature Sun-
O day, l( degrees; minimum Mon-
O day. 44.
0 The apparently excessive heat
*> of Monday la due largely to the
0 bumldlt} of the atmosphere.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington. June 4.—Senator Ar
thur Pue Gorman, of Maryland, died
suddenly from heart fnlluro at Ills
Washington homo, 143* K street, N.W.,
at 9:05 o'clofk thla morning.
Senator Gorman had been In III
health for several months, and had
bene confined to his home since Jan:
uary 1#, when ho suffered a serious at
tack of heart failure.
The disease was aggravated by a
disorder of the stomach. Several at
tacks followed the one In January,
and several times his life had been
despaired.' A week ago Saturday he
was taken seriously III, but rallied
from the attack. The following day*
he showed Improvement, and yester
day plans were made to take him to
his country home the early part of
this week.
End Comes Quickly.
At 8 o'clock this, morning he waa
given nourishment, and seemed to be
In good spirts. Just an hour later he
was stricken. Dr. Brown waa Imme
diately summoned, but medical as
sistance waa of no avail, and in aeven
mlnutea Mr. Gorman had paaaed away.
There were present at hla bedside
when he expired, the sanatoria wife,
Mrs. Ada Gorman, hla eldest daugh
ter, and a trained nurse. Messages
were Immediately dispatched to the
other children.
Immediately after the death, the
senator’s married daughters arrived at
the house. They are Mrs. Wilton J.
Lambert and Mrs. B. A. Johnson, of
this city, and Mrs. Stephen GambrlU,
of London. England. The latter waa
called home by cable, and arrived. In
Washington about eight days ago.
Capital Is Notifisd.
The cspltol was notified of tho death
shortly after Its occurrence, and a
number of prominent persona .were
soon calling or sending messages of
condolence and regrets.
The senate adjourned at 12:16 p. m
out of respect to the dead senator.
Although the Illness had been o
such long duration, and a fatal termi
nation had been generaly predicted.
Immediate members of the senator’s
family seemed hopeful of hla recov
ery to the laat. , .
No arrangements for the funeral
have been made, but It Is probable the
Interment will be at Laurel on Wed
nesday.
Senator Gorman Is survived by hla
widow and five children. Sirs. W. J.
Lambert. SI*. R. A. Johnson and Miss
Ada OorroaK of this cJty; Arthur P.
Gorman, Jr, a member of the Slary-
land legislature, and Mrs. Gambrlll,
of London. England.
Term Expired in 1909.
Senator Gorman's term In congress
would have expired In 1901. He be
came a member of the body In 1141,
and quickly became prominent by rea
son of hla knowledge of parliamentary
law, hla skill In debates and hla pow
er of oratory and Invective. He was
once called, "Gorman, the senator with
the face of a prelate and the heart of
* Amomc’hla'notabla victories waa hla
successful fight against tba to-called
"Force bill.’' In 1*49.
Although prominently mentioned ea
a candidate for the presidency by tba
oooooooooajooooooso
Democrats, lie was never able to c
mand ti sufficient number of delegates
to gain recognition In the convention.
BEGAN HIS POLITICAL CAREER
A8 A PAGE IN THE HOUSE.
Arthur Pue Gorman was without
question one of the cleverest and most
successful ot' American politicians.
When he was only 21 ho had his first
view of the senate chamber ns a pago
of that house, and from that day to
the present he was never out <>r the
public eye or without a large and In
fluential following In the politics of his
native state.
Mr. Gorman was born In Howard
county, Maryland, March 11, 1839.
came of Irish Presbyterian stock u rn n
a boy he enjoyed only such educational
advantages os the public schools of his
locality could supply. In 18&S ho was
appointed a page in the senate. The
youth attracted the attention of Ste
phen A. Douglas, of Illinois, who
eventually made him his secretary and
confidential friend. At the outbreak of
the war he supported the forcible sup
pression of secession.
Elected Senstor In 1880.
He remained In ‘ the service of the
senate, advancing step by step, until he
occupied the position of postmaster.
After his dismissal from the senate for
following the lead of President John
son, he was appointed a collector of
Internal revenue, which office he held
until the Incoming of the Grant ad
ministration.
Mr. Gorman was first elected to the
senate In 1880, and wo« re-elected In
1886 and 1892. Previous, to his first
election he had held numerous political
offices In Maryland, among them that
of state senator, fn which capacity he
served several terms. In 1902 Mr. Gor
man was again elected to the senate to
succeed George L. Wellington, Repub
lican. His term would have expired
March 2. 1909.
Managed Cleveland Campaign.
Gorman In 1884 w-as a Cleveland man
and managed Cleveland's cnmpatgn.
Rut soon after President Cleveland took
office there was a falling out between
the two and ever after that Mr. Gor
man was Cleveland's political foe. At
the.memorable St. Louis convention U
was Gorman who steered the platform
cleai* of silver. In 1892 and at each of
the subsequent Democratic national
conventions Gorman figured as a pos
sible presidential candidate, but each
time he missed his goal and sometimes,
as it seemed, by a very narrow margin.
Senator Gorman was aver a better
politician than statesman. He was not
an orator In any sense of the word,
but few had a keener knowledge of the
cogs of political machinery than he.
What Is probably the largest real es
tate deni ever made in Atlanta was
that of Monday morning when George
and Forrest Adair purchased from the
trustees of Emory College the building
on Whitehall street formerly occupied
by the Bass Dry G<*< da Company, pay
ing for the Hftino 2125,000 in cash, and
also the property on Peachtree street,
between the Grand opera house and
the Aragon hotel, known as the old
Banks place and occupied by the audi
torium and a brick structure, from Asa
G. Candler for 2120,000, making a com
bined cash transaction of 2246.000. *
The sale of such valuable property
Involving a quarter of a million dol
lars 1b conclusive proof of the rapid In
crease of values In Atlanta real estate
The purchasers of the property In
volved In the big sale of Monday
morning are natives of the state of
Georgia, and have lived most of their
lives In Atlanta, # taking a great Inter
est In the welfare and prosperity of the
city and Its citizens. Their unbound-
Ing faith In the future of the city Is
evinced by their desire to secure cc
trol of some of the most desirable
property.
In an Interview Monday morning,
Forrest Adair said: “We Intend to
tear down the old residence now on the
Peachtree street property, and erect at
once four modem storerooms, as the
demand for space on PAschtree street
la very great. Indeed, I am perfectly
confident thnt within the next five
years Peachtree street as far out ns
linker will ho solidly built up with
business houses. A!r«'iid\ .1 beginning
has been made, and within the next
few months the Masons will erect their
now temple on the corner of Cain
street, Mr. Wimblnh will start work on
the new theater he intends to put up
on the old Lnwshe lot, nnd, in addition
to these, Mr. Leary Intends Improving
the property recently acquired by him.
7e are absolutely confident that
property values In Atlanta will en
hance rapidly and steadily during the
coming years, and we want t-» get in
on the ground floor, as It were, and
share In the Immense profits that aru
sure to be made In real estate.
•'Peachtree has always been the main
thoroughfare of Atlanta, nnd I believe
always will be, and propeity on that
street has always brought a higher
price than III any other section of the
• it >•. Every city of any slse In thla
country has some one street on which
the property values are seemingly out
of all proportion to the rest of the town,
nnd Atlanta Is no exception. Take
Peachtree from the viaduct to Brook-
Wood and l»<*>ond, and compare It With
any other stteet In Atlanta, and you
will find that property on the former le
worth almost double per front foot.
**I have abimlute faith In the stabil
ity of Atlanta, and In her future, and
this faith In fully Justified, 1 believe.
All the conditions that go toward mak
ing a great and Important city are to
C. C. IGEHEE BUYS
A BROAD SI, LOT
BOUGHT PROPERTY FROM
ROSSER & CARTER.
Forrest and Ocorge Adair Made
Deal—Increase of $16,000 in
Value in Three Years.
Bonjxtnln D. Wntklni, who la aaao
elated with the Arm nt Forraat A
Gaortte Adair, on Saturday aold t<
Charlaa C. McGeheo, the Rotaar 4
Carter properly, on South Broad etreet,
known aa 47, It and 41, for 441,-
000.
Thla property waa purchased about
three years ago by Mr. Rosaer and
Mr. Carter front tho 7,. A. Rice estate
fur 175.000, nnd Its Increase tn value
since that time haa been 414,000.
The property fronts 70 feet on South
Broad street, and extends back 86 feet,
and ta situated between Alabama and
limiter streets, almost opposite the
buUdinf formerly occupied by the Uass
Dry Goods Company.
Property In Hits locality has Im
proved a arcat deal since the erection
of the now terminal station, os It Is on
the direct route from the center of tho
■ Itv. nnd I- In ill. <1 ill III.uni.
•Mr. McGehoe contemplates the ro
moral of the old buildings, and will
erect In their stead a modern struc
ture.
FOUR ABE BURIED
ALIVE BY PEASANTS
LANDLORD AND SERVANTS
VICTIMS OF MEN.
Fanners Angered Because They
Were Not Permitted to
Oraze Their Cattle.
By Private Leased Wire.
Vienna, June 4.—Newa comes of a
neighborhood quarrel near Hzllszeg, In
which tho pensants. Infuriated by the
refusal of their landlord, M. Lnbonle, to
lat their cattle grace on hla lands,
seised him end three of his servants
and hurled them In the earth heada
downward, with lega above the sur
face.
CHICAGO MOB TRIES
TO LYNCH ATTACKER,
NEGRO DESPERADO
KILLS TWOs IS SLAIN
MURDERS SALOON KEEPER,
THEN SHOOTS SHERIFF.
Crowd of Angflry Texans Pursue
and Shoot Fleeing Black
to Death.
By Private Leaned Wire.
Fort Worth, Texas, June 4.—A report
has Just reached here of a double kill
ing at Perry,. In Dallas county. A negro
went to Toler's saloon nnd raised a
disturbance. He was ordered out and
when Toler attempted to eject him
pulled a .pistol from his pocket and
killed Toler.
Deputy Sheriff Ratliff appeared upon
the scene at thla juncture, and was
shot, through the bowels by the negro,
who fled. RaUlff will die.
number of cltlaens pursued the
negro, firing at him aa he ran. Later
hla body was found In a nearby pas
ture, having been shot In the back, the
ball paaalng through tha body.
The negro waa about thlrty.flve
years of age, and had been recently
released from the penitentiary. He
served a aentence ot eight years for
murder.
Detectives With Pis
tols Save Prisoner
From Crowd.
TWO SHOTS ARE FIRED
AT MAN IN STREET.
Sixleen-Year-Old Girl Grabbed on
Crowded Thoroughfare of
the Windy City.
By Private Wire.
Chicago, June 4.—Captured,
two shots had been fired at hlrr
lowing an attempted attack on
Frances BozenholYer,
after
, fol-
Mlss
old, i
George Derry was snred from
today by two detectives. The police
held oft an angry crowd with revolv
ers. and prevented a possible lynrh-
The attack on Miss Boxenhoffer was
one of the bolJest known to the polios i
In recent years. She was dragged from ;
the crowded street by force, nnd car
ried behind a billboard. Before .he
waa more seriously harmed, Derry
fled with a crowd at his heel*.
An angry crowd rushed at the man
and attempted to toko him from a
policeman who had caught him. The
detective nnd nuverul policemen who
cams to hit assistance, resisted the
inob nt the point of revolvers, nnd
hurried the prisoner to n patrol box.
He won taken to tho station In n pa- 1
trol wagon.
HOWELL AND SMITH
WILL MEET FRIDAY
IN A JOINT DEBATE
bfl found here. Her growth hex been
steady and conservative, with no taint
of boom, and with such n beginning
surely a man would not huve to he an
optimist to have thorough confident-*
In her progress. When such a city as
Atlanta starts to grow, she gains Im
Aimnia mans 10 grow, nno gams im
petus tlko a atone rolling down biff,
and nothing can stop her, and 1 believe
that some day Atlanta will be the
greatest city south of Baltimore."
There will be a Joint debate between
Clark Howell anil 11-.K.smith m .v
lantn on Frldny night, June 8, at the
Peachtree auditorium.
State political Issues will be dis
cussed by what the friends of each
claim to bn tho lending candidates In
tiie gubernatorial campaign.
The plan for n Joint debate resulted
from a challenge went by Mr. lloweil
to Mr. .Smith when the atfhouncri
made Saturday by Mr. Smith that
-ould speak in Atlanta next Friday
night. Mr. Smith arrived In Atlnnt
Saturday night, having spoken that day
In t -Sou,.fn count) Friends of
Howell transmitted to him Immediately
the following letter, written.by Mr.
Howell:
"Atlanta, On., June 2, 1906.
"Hon. Hoke Hmlth, City.
"Dear Hlr: I notice from today's
press reports that you aro to speak In
Atlanta next Friday evening at tho
Peachtree auditorium.
"This being our home city and neith
er of us having spoken here, I will be
Had !<■ dl \ Me time u it h \ ..u on I hut
occasion, each speaking an hour nnd
half, under the samo division as agreed
upon at Columbus, except thnt, t
had the opening and conclusion there, I
cheerfully concede the samo to you
hero.
"I assume thnt It Is not necessary to
name any committee to arrange details
of the meeting, for whatever you havo
and none waa better able to manage a
campaign. By hla political opponents
toe was denominated a spoilsman of
spoilsmen, aa Senator Hanna was.
Mr. Gorman was married In 1866 to
Mrs. Hattie D. Schwarts. Outside of
politics he devoted himself to his fam
ily. his wife, three daughters and a
son, who resembles hla father and haa
followed hla path In politics Into the
Maryland legislature- In lift Mr. Gor
man became president of the Chesa
peake and Ohio Canal Company, which
connection laid the foundation of hla
wealth.
From Newsboy in Baltimore Streets
To Senate Seat, History of Gorman
Gormxn told paper* In the etreelt ot Baltimore, and mad. fri.tdr
amour politician* of that day, who obtained for him a pta< • j.ar<
In the mute at Waehlnpton. From then until the end of his life, he
was seldom out of the public service. Successively, he became post
master of the senate. Internal revenue colector for the part of Baltimore,
member of tha Maryland house of representatives, and later of the
Maryland eenata. In 1ML he became a United Staten renxtor.
dnnq In tho way of engaging tho audi
torium will be satisfactory to mo and I
will cheerfully pay one-half of the ex
penses. I would suggest thnt eai h sld*
i'H"‘ iipmi Jin •■•ni.it iiuiuli'i "f friends
to occupy seats on the platform, you to
Indicate the number.
"This will be given to the prows to
morrow morning and I will bo glad to
furnlidi with my letter a copy of your
reply, for simultaneous publication.
"Very truly yours,
"CLARK HOWELL."
Mr. Hmlth refused to Issue a state
ment Until he had time to consult with
hla friends. Monday at 2 o'clock Reu
ben It. Arnold, chairman of the execu
tive committee or the Fulton county'
Hoke Hmlth Club, gave out the follow
ing letter:
Atlanta. Gn.. June 4. 1906.
Hon. Clark Howell, City.
Dear Hlr: Your letter of June 2 to
Hon. Hoke Hmlth hns been brought to
tie* lit t.Till'.11 ..f til** executive commit-
"f tic- Full.Ill ‘'unity Hoke Hrnltll
Club.
Hy the request of Mr. Hmlth. we cor-
llnlly Invite you to attend tho meeting
next Frldny night nnd to participate
on thnt occasion In a Joint discussion
with Mr. Hmlth. \V© have provide,| for
all exponsea and will expect you ns our
guest.
The terms proposed Jn your letter to
Mr. Hmlth, with reference to seats on
the stage nnd length nnd order *»f argu-S
inent, will be carried out.
Wa will bi glad to hUf from you
with reference to any further details
that you may wish to suggest.
Very respectfully,
REUBEN It. ARNOLD.
Chairman Executive Committee Fulton
County Hoke Hrnlth Club.
Mr. Hmlth goVe out n letter on his
own behalf, clinching the matter, nnd
naattrlnx the Joint debate. His tetter
| follows:
Atlanta. Os., June 4, 1304.
Hon. Clark Howell. City. .
Dear Hlr: Your letter of June 2 was
handed to in© Hundny morning shortly
after 12 o’clock.
I had agreed to speak Friday eve
ning. next, upon the Invitation nnd ns
the guest of the Fulton County IJoka
Hmlth Club.
It had been tho wish expressed to me
by members of the club that on that
occasion I should elaborate the Issues
of the campaign, and a Joint d!s< usslon
was not contemplated.
In view, however, of the fact that
you have expressed a desire to speak
nt the meeting, I have asked that your
request bo granted, nr
pleasure to let you knot
rnlttee has agreed to tl
slon.
further author!:
the club will consider
friends ns Its guests.
I agree as to order
speeches proposed by yn
sored your friends will be given
equal division of seats on the stage.
Very truly yours,
HOKE HMITH.
This will b© the second Joint debate
of the campaign the first having been
held In Columbus and the Mist Joint
debate In Atlanta. X
challenger on both rn
This means a bringing of the fight
right to tho very dooci of each • at
date, as both are residents of Atlanta
nt the
that
ngth
CORNERSTONE LAID
FOR NEW OPERA HOUSE I
ALABAMA STATE ELK8 MEETING
IS CONVENED AT HUNTS
VILLE.
Special to The Geoi
Hu
vllle. Ala
. Ruler Wlllil-
A la-, commence.
Ing here today
; members pre-eti
This aftemoo
I and the vis
» 4 —Exalted
>( Tuscaloosa,
te Elks meet-
keral hundred
It by
4 ..•« i..rk Mr. Tor
s' Elk-t will lay the
• new "^-ra house
L’ika at a cost oi