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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