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■MM The Atlanta Georgian. VOL. L NO. 37. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1906. FIVE Cent*. SLEUTHS GUARDING LIFE OF ROOSEVELT; FEAR ASSASSIN A TION President Not Allowed Out of Sight of His Men. STRANGERS NOT ALLOWED NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE Alleged Plot of Oregon Nihilists, and Recent Attack on King of Spain, Responsible. pv Private Leased Wire. Sen- York, June 7.—A Washington dispatch say* an extra force of se cret service agents and plain clothes men from the police force have been assigned to guard President Roosevelt. A score of uniformed policemen guard the exits and entrances to the white h The augmentation of the guards Is believed to be due to the discovery In Oregon of a plot to assassinate the president and the attempt to kill King Alfonso. When the president starts for Ills customary afternoon drive in the open vehicle which he prefers, no one Is permitted to linger about the drive way or the two Pennsylvania avenue entrances. As pedestrians approach either of these places, an energetic but polite sergeant of police waves his club warning!)', accompanying the gesture with a request for the curiously-in clined to “Keep moving, please; the president Is coming." A double team and open-seated rig, standing beneath the high covered porch of the mansion Is generally the first Intimation that the president Is getting ready for a drive, and usually there are a score of tourists and others attracted to the scene when they learn who Is expected to emerge from the white house portal*. As soon as the president leaves the Inclosure, plain clothes men, mounted on bicycles, ride two nbreast in front and behind the vehicle. At the out skirts of the capitol, the occupant of the carriage mounts a saddle horse, which has been awaiting him at an Indicated location. 0000000 0 o 0 0 0 oeooooo 0 0 0 o a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a MERRY MONTH OF JUNE 0 BEQIN8 TO WARM UP. O The merry month of June Is 0 beginning to warm up a little, 0 and the temperature Thursday 0 will go higher than It has be- 0 fore this month. About 3 o’clock, 0 the hottest time of the day In 0 Atlanta, the mercury will doubt- 0 less reach the 90 mark and may 0 go a little higher. 0 However. It has not been ao 0 oppressive Thursday as during 0 the last five or six days, the 0 air being much drier aijd more 0 salubrious, as the summer re- 0 sort ads say. 0 Maximum temperature Wed- 0 nesday, 89 degrees; minimum 0 Thursday, 70. 0 Weather Forecast—Generally 0 fair Thursday night and Frl- 0 day. ooaoooooooo ooaooo&o I AGAINST PAYING INSPECTION FEES By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June 7.—Thomas Wilson, representing the big packing concerns of Chicago, appeared before the house committee on agriculture, continuing hie defense of the packing Industry of the country and giving his views on the pending legislation affect' ing the packing Industry His most emphatic objection-to the Beveridge bill as It passed the’senate was against the provision that the packers bear the expense of the Inspec tlon of meat. i Other features of the bill to which he objected were the provisions that the packers shall label their prepared products with the date of their manu facture and that no Ingredient of any unwholesome nature at all shall be used In the preparation of their pro ducts. "Small Profits Made." In objecting to the packers paying the Inspection fees, Mr. Wilson said that the packing business is one of small profits and that the packers are enabled to carry It on only because of the'volume of business they do. He stated to the committee also that the packers buy large droves Of cattle and they have to stand the loss when the cattle are shipped and found to be unlit for slaughter. Representative Henry suggested -to Mr. Wilson that his attitude on this question was directly opposed to the statement made some weeks ago by certain packing Interests that they would be willing to pay for the cost of government inspection. Congress Might Rsfust. Mr. Henry further suggested that It might be better for the packers to pay the Inspection fees, even If It cost them 4 cents a head for all the cattle they used, as It was a known fact that their products cannot be sold abroad unless they bear the government tag of ap proval. Mr. Henry pointed out that any time congress might refuse to ap propriate the money to pay the coat of nspectlon disastrous results would fol low. To this Mr. Wilson replied that the packers contend that they ought not to be compelled to pay the cost of an In spection which benefits all the. people of the country who consume the pro ducts which have been Inspected. He did not believe congress would refuse to make the necessary appropriation. Use "Harmless” Things. In explaining his objection to the paragraph forbidding the uee of all ngredients of an unwholesome nature, in meat products, Mr. Wilson said It sometimes was necessary to use such harmless things as saltpetter or borax on the outside of meat products. ■ The committee has not yet decided whether It will accept the packer* In vitation to visit their establishments In Chicago. In the hearing today Mr. Adams, of Wisconsin, brought out the fact that the •president's attention had been drawn to the pdcklng house conditions primarily by a report from one of the subordinates of the secretary of agri culture and that the president hoe promised to submit this report to the committee. OUZTS TRIED DEATH A T TABERNACLE HOME Patient in Dr. Broughton’s Institution Shot Self Just Below Heart—Had Suffered and With Severe Illness. Long 1 have suffered eo much that "anted to die,” were the words In a letter left by Cecil Ousts, 20 years of a 8e, who, lying on his bed In the Tab ernacle Infirmary, 69 Luckle atreet, , ' hlm *elf probably fatally Just be ll'" the heart shortly after 10 o’clock Thursday morning. 11 ’ has, for the past year and a nslf, worked Intermittently In Atlanta. Is McRae, da. His parents ih. rf. h *SS They will reach 5 Thursday afternoon. For more * lehr the young man has been neuralgia and neuras- ._' n * He was to have been dismissed ■rum the h.pspital Thursday, tm.f, y . In . the morning. Ousts was al- <’> leave the Infirmary, and it as during his absence that the rovol- i* "'°ured which ho used In the ■tempt to kill himself. After rcturn- '*>* Infirmary he went to Ills .^herr Miss Hrnarlus, superln- Pf " r the Tabernacle Infirmary, ,, him a few minutes previous to J* stiootlagi When she entered the «Uh*.t ms 1 wa * sitting on Ills bed In ***** rolling down Ills face. to her questioning, lie de- , ' ' '"at hla long-drawn-out Illness h'°r* than he could stnnd. After "beery words, she left the room - ‘wond floor of the hospital, and * t *dra. In 11 ft" minutes, li nts and nurses were startled by SL °l * P**»ol- Dr - E. C. Da- ' the house physician, Wfla the i to the room, and found Ouzts Jorl. .'* ° n the bed. with the blood T ,r °m his left side. The re- 1,,, "T *'** lying by the bed. where It dropped from ouxts’ hand, m examination, it was found that 'l< "utiet had entered about 2 Inches w"* * h ; heart and lodged In the back. S !,t ' attention was given the C™’ ®nd there Is some hopes of sav- ' '"• despaired life. T Left Two Letters. ■ *" letters were found In the room. ! them In touching terms for all they had done, and declaring that ’’God will reward you for your kindness." The other letter wa* addressed to W. D. Upehaw, editor of The Golden Age, who has, for a number, of years, been a friend of the young man. The letter Is tender and grateful, thanking Mr. Upshaw for hi* helpful friendship, and asking that he take care of the body. In the letter, he stated that he suffer ed so Intensely < that he wanted to die. Young Men May Die. Dr. Monroe Smith, who wa* In the building at the time of the shooting, went to the room and assisted in at tending to the wound. Dr. Charles A. Wilkins, who has been Ousts’ attend ing nhyelclan. wa* telephoned for, and visited his patient. Dr. Wilkins said Thursday morning that It could not be ascertained whether Ousts would die. He further statssl that his condition before the shooting showed a marked ’"ousts came to Atlanta to work about eighteen months ago, and entered the employ of J. J. * J. E. Maddox, whole sale grocers, as clerk. He left this position last summer, and afterwards became connected »Ith the wholesale clothing and skirt Arm of 1 KILLED, 30 HURT W WRECK; CORONER HOLDS NO INQUEST; RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT PLACED PROSECUTION A WAITS DISPENSARY BOARD FOR MALFEASANCE Central Crashes Into Atlanta & West Point Picnic Train. MANY ESCAPED DEATH IN MIRACULOUS WAY Accident at Fair Street Growing Drew Thouiands to the Scene. Moore ft Floyd. He traveled^ south- Georgia ’ add to the physician* ot the Infirmary, which thanked quake. era un.„„ and Alabama. Mr. Floyd told a Georgian reporter that Ousts had worked for the Arm for el*ht or ten months. „ ••Shortly after starting on th« road, said .Mr. Floyd, ”h« was taken !UJn southern Georgia, and sine* ha* been III off and on, which made hi*, work rather spasmodic. During hi* Uinta*, he stayed at the Tabernacle infirmary, and when well at the Kimball house. ree months ago, Oust* l*ft Atlanta and ivent to f*«" rhere ti.- remained until after the de- tructlon of that city. HI* object ln going west was to get in better health- From Han Francisco he wrote a cheery letter to ..ne of the Moore ft Floyd of* days before the tarth- DEAD— OSCAR COOK, 313 West Fair street. INJURED- MISS LUELLA LANCASTER, 139 Rawson street. Injured about .the head and body nnd gashed on the throat. She Is considered badly hurt. Miss Lancaster Is In the Tabernacle In firmary. J. W. DICKERSON, 447 Edgewood avenue. Hurt about the spine. BEN STRICKLAND. 44 Hayden street. Bruised about the hip. MISS MAMIE HEARD. 44 Hayden etreet. Bruised and mashed. HERBERT TALLEY’, 470 Whitehall street. Cut on back of the head. .MISS IVY LANCASTER, 139 Raw son street. Feet Injured, and otherwise hurt MISS MAMIE LANCASTER, 13 Rawson street. Bruised and burned. MISS ROSA HAM, daughter of Pro fessor Ham, of McDonough. Bruised and ntaahed. ALEX FULTON," t West End ave nue. Cut and bruised. W. H. BROWN. Hand hurt and In ternally Injured. ROY O. COOK, 318 West Fair street brother of Oscar Cook. Cut about the head nnd bruised. MISS BAGBY. 182 Haynes street. Hurt about the lxtck. MISS NELLIE WARD, Battle Hill. Leg broken. - STEWART WARD. Battle Hill, brother of Miss Nelllo Ward. Badly bruised. HOWARD OLIVER. Badly hurt about the leg. K. A. WALLACE. Hurt about the head. LESTER CARROLL, a butcher, of East Point. Badly bruised on right lag and side of head. MRS. S. II. BEAM, " 37 Pulliam street. Badly bruised. Mrs. Beam fainted at the time of the accident. LIEUTENANT ROSCOE HEARN, son-in-law of Colonel Park Woodward. Nose broken. H. J. PENN, 46 Kelly street. Arm hurt nnd bruised. FRED HUDSON, Simpson street. Bruised.* WILLIAM DAVIS, Kelly street. Hurt In side. MISS IDA SMITH, Jackson and Fifth streets. Badly hurt on the head by being thrown against the side of the car. _ , WILL SHERMAN, 699 East hair street. Bruised on the arm and shoul- der. EXPRESS MESSENGER MARTIN. > Central train, bruised on left shoulder and face. Only a few pack ages of express were damaged. MRS. M. K. BEACH, of 198 Ira street. Badly bruised. MISS ’ EMILIE BROCKMAN, 34 Bradley street. Hip Injured. CHARLIE WILLIAMS, 210 Luckle street. Injured In the side. MRS. J. A. HALL. Bruited. H. K. CLEVELAND. Bruised. Miss Ward and her brother and Howard Oliver were taken to Grady hospital, where they were attended by Dr. C. W. Strlckler. Mr. Ward ami Miss Ward were removed Thursday morning to their home In Battle Hill In an ambulance, attended by Dr. Sam Wilkes. While one thousand men, women nnd children were returning Wednesday night from an all-day picnic at Pearl Springs, and the threescore persons In the rear coach of the train were sing ing, "Ood Be With You Tilt We Meet Again,” regular passenger train No. 16, of the Central of Oeorlga railway, crashed Into the special at the Fair street crossing. One person was killed and thirty were seriously Injured. In a moment the notes of the song became cries of the wounded and the frightened, and a scene of pandemo nium ensued. The two train* were: Atlanta and West Point picnic spe cial, In charge of Conductor W. T. Dil lard, and the latter’s son, who was flagman. Central of Georgia No. 13. from Ma con; Sim B. Cosby, of No. 366 Central avenue, engineer, nnd John Hillman, fireman. The accident happened Wednesday night at 8 o’clock. Special Had Stoppsd. The picnic special had stopped at Fair street, probably to let some of the passengers who lived near the cross ing off. The exact reason why It stopped ha# not been made public, but many had got off the train the minute It stopped. A moment later the Cen tral engine crashed Into the rear coach of the special and plowed Its way half way the length of the coach. The en tire holler of the engine Imbedded It self Iff the coach. Thera were more than sixty people In the rear coach, but by what must be regarded aa a miracle only one was killed—Oscar Cook, who wns sitting with Mlsa Luella Lancaster. His com panion was the most seriously hurt of all the passengers. To recover young Cook’s body. It was 0000004000000000000 o o O ONE FUNNY INCIDENT AMONG CRIES OF HURT. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O O O FIREMEN AND POLICE O O DID SPLENDID WORK. O O O O Both the police and fire do. O O partments were stimomned to O O the scene of Wednesday night’s O O collision and did good work In O O rescuing and aiding the Injured. O O The firemen were called out O O from the fact that the big Ccn- O O tral railway engine hud tele- O O scoped the renr car of the picnic O O train, and It was feared tile O O wreck might catch on flro nnd O Os IncreaMe tho horror of the nttua- 0 0 tlon. Wrecking crews went 1m- 0 mediately to work, howover, and 0 the engine was removed from 0 the wrecked car before flro O broke out. The firemen, under 0 direction of Chief Joyner, 0 brought their fire nxes Into ser- O vice and cut an opening in the 0 car so that the body of young O Oscar Cook could bo removed. 0 Police Captain Mnyo was on 0 the scene nnd had under his command a number of patrol men, plain clothes officers, and detect Wes. The officers kept the crowds back from the wreck and. kept the tracks clear, so that other trains could move. They also aided In tho work of removing and caring for the In jured. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Somebody’s Blunder Causes a Terrible Smash-Up. FAILROAD OFFICIALS GIVE NO INFORMATION Coroner Thompson Won't Inves tigate to Find the Blame. The collision of Wednesday night was productive of one hu morous Ipcident, In striking con trast to the story of death and Injury. The scene was In the refresh ment car In tho front end of tho picnic train. Poyceman Grier, a member of the city force, attended tho picnic and wns standing In the refreshment car when tho train enmo to a stop. Another man walked up to him and Introduced himself, tho two men engaging In con versation. About this time there was a sudden jolt and both men were knocked down. Neith er of them suspected there had been a collision, noth quickly arose nnd drier remarked to his newly-made acquaintance: •'Hay, what's the matter with you? Why did you hit mo?" "I didn't hit you. What did you hit mo for?" Both men protested they were Innocent of hitting one another, and In a few seconds more they learned what had occurred. They rushed out of the car to O lend their assistance to the In- O jured. O O 00000 00000000000000 Because of somebody's blunder, Cen tral pnssenger train No. IS crashed into the rear of nn Atlanta and West point extra picnic train at th« West 0! Fair street crossing at 8 o'clock Wed nesday night. One person wns killed and thirty were seriously Injured. Responsibility for the accident has not beon fixed and officials here of both roads positively refused Thursday morning to make any statements that would throw light on the accident or Its causes. Tho responsibility, however, lies either with tho night telegraph oper ator at the Whitehall street block sta- tloVi of the Central of Georgia railway or with Conductor R P. Dillard and his eon. Flagman Dillard, of tho At lanta and West Point train. / President Wickersham, of the Atlan ta anil West Point railway, declined ti» be seen by a representative of Tho Georgian Thursday morning. None in his office would givo any Information other than that both the Central nnd tho West Point managements were conducting Individual Investigations, and that n Joint Investigation would be hold shortly to determine officially the responsibility. Miss Cartledge Not to Blams* Miss Laurlo Cartledge, qf No. 381 Whitehall street, is the night operator at tho Whitehall street block and was on duty Thursday night. It 1s stated, however, on good authority that In coming trains are not held at tho block by the oporator till tho arrival of the preceding train Is flnshed from the Terminal station, and that sols respon sibility for such accidents In the yards rests with the train crews. The trains are supposed to run slowly enough within the corporate limits to avoid accidents nnd In case of tho stopping of a train a flagman must be sent back immediately for protection. No Inquest to be Held. Coroner Thompson declined Thurs day morning to hbld an Inquest be cause oye witnesses wero present at the death of Oscar Cook. Unless he changes this determination thore will be no attempt on the part of the civic authorities to Investigate the causes of tho accident and determine who was to blame. Tho Investigation by the two rail roads will bo conducted In Atlanta soon. President Wickersham will con- By MRS. ELLA REEVES BLOOR. New York, June 7.—My first day's Investigation of tho slaughter houses in this city revealod conditions os hor rifying as those disclosed by the Chi cago Investigation, but on a miniature scale. For filth in the handling of meat, lack of inspectors, unclean process In tho killing and general show of careless ness of the public welfare, Now York city stand* a close second to Chicago, or Packlngtown. the borough of Brooklyn, and unfortu nately my coming had been heralded by some unknown source to the slaugh ter houses, and everything am far ns was possible was put In readiness for my visit. Hurried House Cleaning. There seems to have been a hurried general house cleaning. The floors were strewn with fresh sawdust, ond the racks had besn half cleaned, and what ever could be put In shape In a few hours was cleaned, or better, the sur face was scoured. In a word, today was a busy, day In the slaughter houso district of Brooklyn, which covers a few blocks of Johnson avenue. The buildings of theso abattoirs ore old nnd rickety. At tho door of cnch ■ •f tin* elnughter 11.»11*4«• h the proprietor, who had been "tipped" off on our com Ing, wns waiting our visit. Their white coats were spotless as were also tho now aprons worn by some of the work men. Bach In turn extended to us tho usual Invitation: 'Como In and see our place. W< want to show you everything." Then would begin the tour of In apectlon. Some Rooms Locked Up, But In many of theso places, as nn attempted to enter certain parts of the plant, the proprietor would apologise and tell us "thnt Is closed" or "thero la nothing In there." When we Insisted on visiting these partH, the guide would reluctantly look about for the keys, nnd after as much lolay »h they could give, tho door would bo opened for our entrance (Yus for the most pint In these llttlo :ornerH that the great bulk of the filth and dirt was found. Just before going Into the daughter houses my attention wjih called a small shop where a man.nmj woman were working on n filthy miiBs com posed entirely of heads of cattle, it confused mass of staring oycH, Jaw bones ond meat was lying In a heap In one comer covored with blow files and Investigation Grows Highly Sensation al Thursday. ATLANTA FIRMS CHARGED WITH GIVING PRESENTS These Included a Horae and a Car of Furniture and Other In dications of Good Feeling. duct the probing for tho Atlanta nnd West Point ana Superintendent I fall, of Macon, will look Into tho Central's sharo of It. President Wlckeralinm Thursday morning summoned many employees of tho road nnd the crew of tho picnic train. Special to The Georgian. Columbia, 8. C.. June 7.—The ln« veatlgatlon of tho state dispensary af fairs 1ms become highly sensational. Last night. It was testified by Louis \V. Parker, manager of tho largest mill Interest In the state, that 8. J. Lnnu- han. of It.ilt lu.sti li.til it >n f**n.«4i*d to Mm t lint, it 11 !i> mikIi Ii*’ hail paid a inern- Imm ..r tli.* 111><p• 11•*.11 \ pm c busing txiard 11.500, he was unable to get any business, as this member's brother-in- law , represented another house. This was corroborated this morning t*\ E \\ itnlM'rtHon, ilIriM’tor <>( tho same mill Interests, nnd lending bank- II In tin- state The rnmi l nations with Lanahnn had occured In a hotel in New York, where they were attending meetings of mill directors. .VC. Davis, contractor, swore this ruing that whllo building a house for H. H. Evans, at Newberry, he saw rernl tlmex In Evans' possession wads of money. There was generally a $1,000 l>lll on tin* outside one time he had strain 'd his eurh.Mlts ami h.td xeen as many ns three bills of this denomination. * *n* 1 • lie had ’.’.'ii Mr. Evans with a beavorliat full*of money In green backs. Evans had told hint that his friends had given him the money, other presents, nnd his friends liquor dealers. Evans was then chairman of pmclnmlng bonvd. The most astounding proposition of this morning was Davis' testimony to tho offset that he had heard Evans complain that other members of the board wero not giving him bis share ■ >f the onion*, n< 4 millng t<» arrange ment, and thnt he had laid a trap by which ho nnd Briggs Wlls ngcr of a distillery In Colon Hern other whisky men pant money to other members of pensary board. Evans and Wilson wero standing 4>n a table looking through a transom. All of thin evidence was brought 4»ut by Messrs. Fraser Lyon nnd Neals ChrlMten»en, who have been working nn the scandals for a year, and are now beginning to open up their box of ovl- dence. Contractor Davis stated thnt among r Evans’ frl<mis 1 was Hluthenthal, of Hluthenthal A Blckert, of Atlanta, who had sent him presents. Including a horse ami a car of furniture. Be also stated.that one Jonah Loeb, a drurn- for an Atlanta house, four years ago hud mine i<> Newberry t * * get Evans to'order out a 600-case order hlch had been given nominally, and thnt he hod to pay $2 per case to get Evans to order It shipped. Ills house hu*l then Instructed him to let the dis pensary alone. It has already been shown that the whisky sold to the dispensary has been puiely 4’liemfral rather than chemically I mi i e, nnd mu' llqimi Ihumc has been reported as admitting thnt It hail to adulterate Its liquor for .South Carolina use In order to get their profits hack fter the rebates. Prosecution Authorized. The greatest sensation of all the dis pensary matters was sprung after the dispensary investigating committee ad journed. when Governor Heyward au thorized tho attorney general to prosA- . ui. f..i iii«*i 111* ml'ors of tin board for mnlfens meant are II. H. Evans, L. W. Boykin nd J. B. Towell. This Is evidence that th tho state aro aroused by tlonsi Governor Hayward telli General Youmana that th< bo vindicated. and the hud buto dlH- Continued on Page J, Fifth Column.