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ATLANTA
1910
The Athanta Georgian.
VOL. I. NO. 40.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 11. 1906.
PPTn?. In Atlnnfn TWO
■I on Train* FIVE Cent*.
ROOSE VEL T REFUSES
TO SAVE TUCKER
President Sees No
Reason for Balking
Death Sentence.
execution is delayed
TO CONVERT PRISONER
Priest Hopes to Baptize Young
Man Convicted of Murder of
Mable Page.
By Private Leazed Wire.
Boston, June 11.—Prezldent Roose
velt has been asked to Intervene In the
Tucker case nnd save the life of the
man condemned to die this week for
the murder of Mabel Page.
The president has refused to Inter*
vene.
The following message was received
from him by Governor Guild today:
-Have been requested on behalf of
certain parties In Boston to Interfere
with the execution of Tucker, It being
alleged that It Is my duty so to do. In
asmuch as I have the power under the
federal laws.
"No showing has been made to me
that I have such power, but without
regard to this t desire to state to you
that In my judgment your decision not
to Interfere with the carrying out of
the sentence of Tucker seems to me
entirely sound and commands my
hearty sympathy.
“It seems peculiarly a case In which
there should be no Interference with
the carrying nut of the sentence.
• THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
To Convert Tucker.
The electrocution of Charles Lewis
Tucker, which was to have taken place
today, has been postponed so as to al
low a minister time to complete his
efTorts to convert Tucker to Christian
ity. . . .
While the delay, which waa unex
pected, w-as ascribed solely to a desire
to baptize the young man, a feeling Is
CHARLES L. TUCKER.
President Roosevelt refuses to
Interfere with the carrying out of
death ssntsnes passed on the man
convicted of Mania Page’s murder.
prevalent that there la something of a
myaterlous character back of the un
precedented act. It waa decided six
hours before the time Tucker was to
have gone to the chair that there would
be a respite of at least one day for
him.
Tucker could have been baptised
early last evening and, It being the
Sabbath, very appropriately.
PARIS PAPER OFFERS JOHN D.
SI,000 FOR SHORT INTER VIE W
By WILLIAM HOSTER.
8|>eclal Cable—Copyright.
Complsgns, Prance, June 11.—Like a
real king, John D. Rockefeller has re
ceived the homage of the mayor of
Complegne, who called at the Hotel de la
Roche and In a caakst containing an
address on gilt edged parchment, ex
tended to tha oil magnate the "freedom
of the city."
Dr. Bigger received the mayor for
Mr. Rockefeller, who declared:
"This Is an honor which I highly ap
preciate. I regret very much that I did
not see the mayor, but I shall call on
him tomorrow and convey my thanks,"
Crowds poured Into the town and the
omnibuses carried hundred! to the
chateau where Rockefeller Is stopping.
Mr. Rockefsllsr was greatly amused
over the offer of the Paris Matin based
on his great Income, to pay 11,000 for
fifteen minutes’ talk with a Matin re
porter, who arrived with a certified
check, but the oil man declined to see
him, saying:
“It was the most absurd proposition.
Even the American papers are not so
fanciful."
AS AN EMISSARY
OP THE
SENATE COMMITTEE TELLS
WHY HE SHOULD BE OUSTED.
It Is Declared That Church of Lat
ter Day Saints Runs the
State of Utah.
By Private tensed Wire.
Washington, June 11.—The majority
report of the senate committee on priv
ileges and elections presented to the
senate today finds that Reed Smoot Is
not entitled to a sent In the senate as
a senator from Utah.
The majority report sari that these
facts are established:
•That Mr. Smoot Is one of a self-
perpetuating body of-men, known as
the first presidency and twelve apos
tles of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, commonly known as
the Mormon church: that these men
claim divine authority to control the
members of said church. In all things,
temporal as well as spiritual: that this
authority Is and has been for several
years past, so exerclsad by' ths said
flrat presidency and twelve apostles as
to encourage the practice of polygamy
and polygamous cohabltatlpn In the
state o' Utah nnd elsewhere, contrary
to the constitution and laws of the
state of Utah and the law of the land.
■ “That the said first presidency and
twelve apostles do now control, and for
a long time past have controlled, the
political affairs of the state of Utah
and have brought about In said slate
a union of church nnd slate, contrary
to the constitution of ths United States,
and said Reed Smoot comes here, not
aa the accredited representative of the
state of Utah, but as the choice of the
hierarchy which controls the church
and has usurped the functions of the
state In said state of Utah.”
It la charged "that Smoot la an In
separable part of the governing body
of the Mormon church and those who
compose that organisation form a unit,
nn entity, and whatever Is dons by
that organisation Is the act of each and
every man therein 1 .” ■
And this conclusion Is reached:
“In the Judgment of the committee
Mr. Smoot Is no more entitled to a seat
In the senate than hs would be If he
were associating In polygamous cohab
itation with a plurality of wives. Not
only Is Mr. Smoot one of those by and
through whom the polltlcnl affairs of
Utah are dominated, but 111" election
to the senate. It Is believed, Is the re
sult of such domination.”
Diss of 8un Stroke.
Special to The Georgian.
Amerlcus, Go., Juns 11.—Saturday
morning Munch Holloway, a negro,
convicted of forget-y and sentenced to
n short term on the county gang, died
about six hours after he began work.
Is supposed
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k|,rrinl to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., June 11.—Mrs. Mary
Parker Dunwoody, wife of Fdllx Dun-
wnody, assistant superintendent of the
Cherokee Brick Company of Macon,
committed suicide by shooting herself
through the brain with a pistol at mid
night last night. Death quickly fol
lowed the shot. She was but IS years
old and a bride of eight months. Acute
sulcldnl mania la the cause, according
to a physician’s testimony.
Shortly before the shot was flred
Mrs. Dunwoody left her husband’s soom
and went across the hall to a spare
room. Her husband followed and asked
her to open the door, which she had
locked from the Inside. His answer
the pistol report. Breaking down
the door, she was found In a dying con-
illtlon and lying arroas a bed. The
'erdlct of the coroner’s Jury waa sui
cide.
AUTHORITIES STOP
GOVERNMENT SALE
ni'r- UI to The Georgian.
N»w Orleans, La., June 11.—The city
health authorities have put a stop to
'he -ale of certain articles that the
i nlted States government authorities
n»re were disposing of at “an old boss
eale." The United 8tates appraiser
ha« been conducting the sale for sev
eral days, end among the article* listed
were decayed and rotten fruit, vegeta
ble* and fish.
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•MONDAY—Guests of Ambss-
d'-r Reid. Dine with personal
friends Theater party at Al
hambra.
WEDNESDAY—Reception and
dinner party at Mr. Reid's Dor
chester house; Lord Rothschild
hand, Melba and Caruso io en-
lerialn.
THURSDAY—Mrs. Longworth
be presented to king at din
ner to be glvsn by Ambassador
Reid. Opera party.
FRIDAY—Dinner given by
Mrs. Bradley-Martln at Cbes-
lerfleld gardens. Concert et-
’ ended by London's most exclu
de set.
SATURDAY—Automobile tour
>o Reid's country seat at Bed
fordshire. Two days’ rest.
TUE8DAY—Guests of king at
luncheon at royal race grounds
at Ascot.
IN ONL Y WRECK IN 25 YEARS
TOM BLA CKB URN IS KILLED
After An Unequalled
Record Oldest Em
ployee Meets Death.
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HE body of Engineer Tom
Blackburn, up until the time of
his death Sunday night from In
Juries received In the wreck at Mesena
Saturday, the oldest employee of the
Georgia railroad In point of service,
will be brought to Atlanta Monday.
The funeral will take place Tuesday
at the residence, 32 Fltsgerald street,
and will be attended by representa
tive* of the Brotherhood of Locomo.
tlve Engineers and the Odd Fellows, of
which organisations _he was a mem
ber.
"Engineer Tom,” aa he was known
to his many friends, entered the serv
ice of the Georgia railroad when he
was eighteen years of age. and haa
been connected with that road ever
since. For more than twenty-nve
years he held the throttle. During that
time he was never In a wreck until
Saturday night, his first and last, which
took place near Mesena. The night
flyer to Augusta left the rails and turn
ed over seven of ths coaches, Injuring
a number of the passengers, killing A.
S. Morris, a fireman, of Macon, and
causing the death of Mr. Blackburn
from the severe burns received.
Mrs. Lfzsle Hardy Blackburn, wife
of Engineer Blackburn, received word
of the wreck Sunday morning, and
left for Augusta, arriving at the hos
pital before hts death. Word waa re
ceived Monday by the family In this
city that the body would be brought to
Atlanta on the 8 o’clock train.
T. J. Blackburn was bom at Athens
In 1856. At the age of eighteen, he
entered the service* of the Georgia
railway, marrying Lissie Hardy the
following year and moving to Atlanta.
His career as an engineer for a quar
ter of a century ha* been most re
markable, as during that time he had
never been In an accident of any kind.
He waa the most trusted of. the Geor
gia railway employee* because of his
excellent record. He was a promi
nent member of the local lodge of Odd
Fellows, and 1 also of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
Aside from his wife, he leaves four
children—two daughters. Mrs. T. R.
c-aln, of -Montgomery, Ala., and Mrs.
W. T. Terry, of 23* North Boulevard,
Atlanta, and two sons, Tom and Willie,
aged 17 and 13, respectively, who live
at the residence. 32 Fltsgerald street.
A wrecking train was dispatched to
the scene from Augusts, and. the In
jured. which was nearly evety mem
ber of the crew, were taken to the
hospitals m Augusta.
TOM BLACKBURN.
Bkotch by Brewerton from da
guerreotype taken when Blackburn
entered the service of the Georgia
road thirty years ago.
JUST LIKE WEBER AND FIELDS
POLITICAL VAUDEVILLE IN GEORGIA—8PA8M NO. 2.
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TOO EARLY TO TALK,
SAYS W. J. BRYAN
Draws Distinction Be
tween Democracy
and Socialism.
WONT DISCUSS BOOM
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Says There Should Be No Sur
prise in Revelations Regarding
the Beef Packing Scandal.
the way from the scene of ’he wreck
to Camsk, about 4 miles, to stop a
freight train, which was following
them. When he reached Camsk, hs
was completely exhausted, and after
he told hi* message, he had to be re
vived by a physician.
There Is no cause known to the road
officials for the wreck, rhera was a
track laid around ■ the wreckage yea-
terday, and regular schedules are be
ing made now.
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SUNDAY'S HEAVY RAIN
MAKES MONDAY IDEAL.
By MALCOLM CLARKE,
Special Cable.,
Berlin, June 11.—William J. Bryan
Is now In this city, and will leave for
Bt. Petersburg tomorrow or next dsy.
According to his present plans, hs will
reach New York about the latter part
of August.
Mr. Bryan, when Informed of the
boom which had been started for him
In ths United States, was not Inclined
to take -the matter seriously:
“It Is too early,” h* declared, "to
talk about the action of the party con
ventions In 1308."
He discussed the political situation
generally, however, and In the course
of a talk, said:
"Before Having home, I tried to dla
tlngulsh between Democracy and what
can properly be-called Socialism. Dem
ocracy recognises competition as le
gitimate end tries to protect the com
petitive principles from attack. So
cialism sees competition sa an evil to
he eliminated by public ownership and
the operation of all-mtfen* of pro,
durtlon and distribution.
"While this distinction between Dem
ocracy and Socialism should not b<
overlooked, the platform of the Dam,
ocrstlc party must hs one of progress
and reform, and not merely of oppo
sition to Republican pollclts or Social
istic Ideas. In our light for the abso
lute elimination of private monoplles
and . for the regulation of corporations
In general. It Is necessary that the par
ty shall be free from any suspicion of
sn alliance with the corporate Inter
est* that have been dominating Amer
ican politics."
Spesklng of ths packing bouse
revelations, he said:
"The beef trust Is not different In
character and method* from other
trusts. The Inevitable tendency of a
private monopoly Is to Increase the
pries of a produce and to lower Its
quality. Why should sny one expect
anything else from a trust than the
lowering of the quality when a monop
oly la established? Observe, I have
used the words private monopoly, not
public. In a private monopoly, a pri
vate Interest ls set up against the pen-
„ pie. Quite a different principle comes
0 Into operation when the Interest of all
O I Is alone In view."
With the levig-bolts end burst
of rain that swept down on
Atlanta Sunday afternoon, there
came a remarkably appreciated
-hange In the weather, and
Sunday night was cool and
refreshing, while Monday morn
ing was as nearly Ideal aa It
ever gsts to b* In this city.
There was a cool wind stir
ring all the morning, and,
though the sun was warm, ths
mercury at 3 o’clock, had only
reached a height of ff.
But the forecast Is:
Rain and cooler Monday
night; fair Tuesday.
Maximum temperature Sun
day, ff degrees; minimum
Monday, ff.
doors and an enthusiastic automoblllsr,
taking dally rides In tbs country with
jT« cSter””wgro porter, usdl OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O 'hi# daughter.
UNCLE OF ROOSEVELT
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June It.—Robert E.
Roosevelt, the aged uncle of the presi
dent and prominent In public affairs ol
ths city and county for almost half s
century. Is seriously III *1 his summer
bom*. Lotos Lake, Sayeevllle, L. I,
where he ha* been for three weeks.
Mr. Roosevelt’s health haa been fall
ing for the past year, and It Whs ex-
pected that (he change from the ally
to his country home would benefit him,
but he ha* never been able to leave the
nous* since he arrived at Lotos. Lake.
He Is 77 years old, but until the time
‘ his Illness was constantly out of
MOTHER BEATS OFF
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PRICE OF ICE HIKED
SUDDENL Y SA TURD A Y
Dog, Which Is Killed by Police
man, Appears To Have Had
Hydrophobia.
In ftsponse to the frantic aerssms of
her little 4-year-old daughter, Lillian,
Mrs. Georgs W. Catq, of 43 Crew
street, Sunday at noon rushed from
the house add,' armed with a stick,
bravely rescued the child from a mad
dog, which waa leaping at tha little
girl and making vicious'efforts to sink
It* teeth Into her throat.
Without realising the danger to her
self, but thinking only of the peril of
her child, the brave mother rained
blow after blow on the ferocious canine
and Anally forced It to retreat. Seising
her child, Mrs. Cate then rushed Into
the house to safety.
The police station wss then notified
and Call Officer Luck hurried to ths
scans, quickly dispatching ths erased
animal with hla pistol.
The dog bora every appearance of
having hydrophobia. Uttje Lillian has
s few scratches on her body, but It Is
not thought the dog bit her. Every
precaution, however, Is being taken to
ward against the possible effects of
such a bits, If she was bitten.
Unconscious that, the dog was mad,
the child had been In the yard playing
with It several mlnutss before It at
tacked her.
The dog did not belong to the Cal*
family, but was a stray canine that
had been hanging about the place for
the past two or three days. Mr. and
Mrs, Cat* feared something was wrong
with ths dog and had been careful to
keep little Lillian away from It. Sunday
at noon, however, while the mother wss
In the kitchen preparing dinner, the
TERRY OVERCOME
BY ESCAPING GAS
Telephone Employee Was Trying
to Stop Leak in Gas Main
in Edgewood Avenue.
Resizing that hs was being overcome
by gas, Thomas A. Terry, sn employs*
of the Atlanta Telephone and Tsl*
graph Company Monday morning
climbed out of a ten-foot excavation In
Edgewood avsnus, at Butler street, ran
one block In search of assistance, and
fell to the pavement unconscious.
The nrotrate man waa quickly picked
up and taken to the Grady hospital,
whars h* was at once given attention.
After ths physicians hod worked with
him for some time, he revived and It
was later announced thit' he Waa rest
ing easy. Hla condition la not consid
ered serious.
The telephone company has'been ex
cavating In Edgewood avenue for the
purpose of laying conduits, and Sun
day ths heavy rain caused a section
of earth to cava In, exposing a gas
main. Ths main sprang a leak and
Monday morning Terry discovered gas
escaping. He obtained some soap and
waa trying to stop lb* leak, when h*
was overcome. Tarry Is a son of Cap
tain Thomas Terry, the well-known
stockade transfer guard.
child slipped out of ths house and b*
gsn to play with ths dog.
A few moment* mor* and Mrs. Cate
waa startled by piercing screams from
her child, lrfslsntly. realising some
thing was wrong, sh* rushed Into ths
yard Just In time to save the child from
a possible deadly bit*. The dog waa
not grown and this fact probably ac
counts for It not being able to reach
the throat of the child.
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
SET SCIENTISTS' BONES
Ily I’rlrate Leased Wire.
Boston, Mas*., June II.—By the over
turning of a hugs sightseeing automo
bile here yesterday thirty-four Chris
tian Bclenllsls who had come to Bos
ton to witness the dedication of the
new 12,000,000 temple were Injured. The
accident occurred In the Brighton dis
trict. Not a person on the car escaped
Injury.
The big machine was coming down
ommonwealth Hill wheri the brake
broke and the auto ran away. When
close to the bottom of the hill the ma
chine leaped to the side of the street
and went through a fence Into the
Kenilworth Golf Club grounds, whtr*
It turned over.
The Christian Scientists who were
hurt In the wreck are all progressing
favorably today. All except two are
under Christian Science treatment.
Miss Childs, a Western woman,
whose right arm waa broken. Is In the
city hospital; also John Blnfsng, of
Kansas City, whose right leg was
broken. Their broken bones were set
by medical practitioners, but after the
shock of setting I* over the patient* will
pass under the care of members of the
Christian Science faith.
The revised list of Injured Include
Mis* W. Childs, 22 years, Batavia
street, fractured arm below elbow,
.'Ity hospital. i O
Miss Ida Devne, 22 Batavia street, a i 0
contusion of riahl side and Internal In- O
Juries, taken to her horns In sn auto- I 0
mobile. 10
John Blnfsng, visiting
Scientist, from Kansas City, compound
fracture of the right Isg below the
knee, City hospital.
Fred Dickey, Medford Terrace, the
chauffeur of automobile, bruises of ths
body and head. -
Mr*. C. A. J. Avery, 41 <7 Lake ave
nue, Chicago, shaken up and badly
bruised. Refused assistance of police
and physicians.
Mr*. C. E. Woodbury, 602 South
Sixth street, Cedar Rapids, tows,
slightly Injured; refused to be assisted
by doctors.
Mr*. Mettle Orlsholl, Iowa City,
slightly Injured. Refused to be as
sisted by doctor*. •• • - „
Mrs. Amanda Bamber, Kansas City,
slightly Injured.
Mr. Warden, of Wisconsin, cut on
forehead.
Mr*. Wardsp, hurt Internally.
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Raise of 10 Cents a
Hundred is Now
Established.-
FACTORIES RAISED
RATE TO PEDDLERS
But the Effect Is As If the Com
panies Put It Up on
tho Public. /
Ten thousand or moro famine
Atlanta ware surprised Saturday I
sudden Jump of ten cents a hum
In tho price nf Ice. The sudden
without warning, and In. r
cases without the satisfaction of expla
nation.
The mailer wss brought to the
lentlon of The Georgian Monday
many citizens, and an taveallga
brought out some Interesting facts
The raise was mads to cut out ihs
competition of the Ice peddler*.
Us real effect I* to make the thou
sand* j>t poor suffer.
A casual Inquiry at the Atlanta Ire
and Coal Company's offices, at Thur
mond street and the Western anil At
lantic railroad tracks, brrtught out the
statement that the Ice company would
sell books for 2,000 pounds of I, e, to !
be delivered M pounds at a t| rn e. for j
16, or S3 1-3 cents a hundred. If de- :
llvered 25 pounds at n time 3: cents
a hundred Would be the rate, nml If '
10 pounds at a time 40 cents a hue- i
tired. No piece less than 10 pound* !
will be sold from the company's wag- i
ons.
“Of Courts, ths Peddlers Raised."
"We have not raised the price on our
customers,” said the assistant man
ager, who was seen In the absence of
Manager, Hecretary and Treasurer
Gentry. "We raised the price on j
the peddler* from 16 rents a hundred 1
to 25 cents, with a l-cent nfcua at the
end of ths season, which makes :o
cents net. and, of courts, they raised
the price on you.”
When seen In his office nt the Kqult-
bufe building. President Ernest Wood
ruff, of the Atlanta Ice and Coal i 'om-
pany, said:
•The price o‘f Ice*I* no higher for this
time of the year than It has been for
tbe past five years. When the hot
weather comes on we always raise It on
the peddlers. We do not ralie It on the
consumers. You know, we are not the
only company which sells Ice. There
are four companies, and ths brewery
gives away about 40 ton* s dsy. Doi
ng the winter ths companies sold lr«
for 10 cent* a hundred. Two months
ago they raised It to 12 1-2 cents About
one month ago It was raised to i.-i cents
and It has now been raised to 2o ,-r 25
rents a hundred. You see there Is no
toryln that."
The forty ton* given sway by the
brewery 1.4 to their customers.
Monopoly Is Charged.
It wss declared by many of those
who visited Ths Oeorglan oflH e Mon
day that the foot cm paaiss are rral-
_ one, ft being a monopoly, or else
action with an Mtfarotunding a« to
price. 1
The substance of tlic complaints is
that no one can get i -1 than 10 pounds
of Ice, and that evsn getting this
amount It coats on* , em a pound;
further, that the price was rnised from
30 to Io cent:- Saturday last.