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ATLANTA
1910
The Atlanta Georgian.
ATLAN TA
1910
VOL. I. NO. 41.
ATLANTA, OA., TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1906.
ALBERT T, PATRICK
RESPITE DECISIOI
FIGHTING TOR LITE
CONDEMNED MAN SEEKS TO
TRANSFER HIS CASE.
If Writ Is Denied He Is Expected
to Be Electrocuted Next
Monday.
By Trlvate Leosetl Wire. a
New York., June 12.—Albert T. Patrick.
tb<* lawyer who for four year* has battled
In the court* njrnlust going to the death
rbnir for the murder of the nged million-
tire. iVIlflam M. Hire, begins bta last tight
for life today. Recorder Goff haring denied
bis application for a new trlnl yesterday.
Patrick seeks to-transfer his case to the
United States supreme court, and falling.
b'> must die next Monday at Sing Slug,
Lindsay.
Patrick's counsel, falls to obtain o writ
of error from the United States circuit
court. Patrick’s doom' Is sealed, unless an
spiral from the denial of the writ Is
taken.
DPTf 1 !?. I" Atlanta TWO r#nti
JrXVlUlli: On Trains FIVE Cents.
NATIONS OF EARTH
ARE NOW PROBING
BIG BEEF PLANTS
Twenty-Nine Govern
ments Have Men
Investigating.
ON RESULT OF REPORTS
HANGS F..TE OF TRADE
Two Foreign Consuls Send State
ment of What They Saw to
Their Home Countries.
FLEW J FIGHT
Lowenstein' Knocked Steiner
Down Twice—Had Collided
in Passing.
Ira Steiner, secretary of the Atlanta
Brewing and Ice Company, and I. J.
l/nvensteln. of Lowenstein & Co.,
liquor dealers In Peters street, en
gaged, In an exciting fight Tuesday af
ternoon shortly before 2 o’clock In
Broad street, near the corner of Ala
bama street.
The two men fought on the 'side
walk directly in front of the drug
■tore of Frank Edmonson & Bro., and
ns a result of the mix up. the cigar
stand In the drug store was consider
ably damaged.
Several blows were struck, but
neither of the combatants was Injured
to any extent The fight was fast
while It lasted, and witnesses assert
that Mr. Steiner was knocked down
twice. ■ ; ■'
■Wither of the bllligoAmt* would
make any statement. According to
the satements of witnesses, however,
the trouble was caused by a collision
between the two men ns Mr. Steiner
started to board a trolley car at Broad
and Alabama streets. Just as he was
in the act of getting on tho car, Mr.
Lowenstein alighted and the two men
collided.' They had some words and
the discussion was continued to the
sidewalk, where it terminated in
blows.
By Private i-ezaetl Wire.
Chicago, June 12.—The beef trust to
day Is being Investigated specially end
separately by twenty-nine governments
of Europe, Asia and South America.
Upon the results of these Inquiries de
pends not the mere question of the
payment of a few score government In
spectors, but the entire export trade of
the Chicago packing houses.
The trust Is In danger of having" Its
product barred from all of the twenty
nine nations.
Nations Ars Stlrrsd.
Each of these governments, stirred
by the sensational charge* of the
Reynolds-Nelll report, and the practl
cal corroboration of that report by oth
er American Investigators, has ordered
Its consul in Chicago to have made an
expert Inquiry Into the conditions at
the stock yards.
And the experts sent by the consul
to make these Inquiries will not be de
nied nor deceived.
The packers have been given to un
derstand, It Is said, that It Is up to
them to disprove positively the alls
gallons of Roosevelt’s commissioners.
Csn't Afford to Refuts.
Any refusal of the beef trust to give
the foreign government agents Infor
matlon they seek will result In a re
port to their government that "the beef
trust has failed to disprove the
charges,” which will mean the barring
of the Chicago stock yards' product
from that country.
Alexander Finn, the British consul,
has prepared a preliminary report for
the Information of his government, and
it will be forwarded to London today.
Another report on the conditions In
the packing plants Is In course of prep
aration In the office of Baron Srhilp-
tienbach, the Russian consul. Each re
port will be based on Independent In
vestigations conducted by represents,
lives of these powers.
The report that Is to be forwarded
from the British consulate takes the
observations of Vice Consul Thomas
Ersklne, who made a personal Inspec
tion of the packing houses a few days
after the publication of the Nelll-Rey.
nobis report.
Raron Schllppenback declined to re
veal the Identity of the agent who
made the Investigation for his gov
emment.
FOUR PACKERS GUILTY
OF GETTING REBA TES
Federal Jury at Kansas
Returns
Verdict.
City
BURLINGTON RAILROAD
GRANTS CHEAP RATE
Case Coven Armour & Co., Swift
& Co., Cudahy & Co., and
Nelson Morris.
By Private Leased Wire.
Kansas City, Mo, June 12.—The four
meat packing companies, charged with
accepting rebates, were today found
runty by a Jury In the United States
district court. The casea went to the
Jury at the morning session of the
court.
Tlte cases are those of Armour A
r 'o, Swift A Co, Cudahy A Co, and
Nelson Morris Packing Company.
They were charged In the Indictments
returned here l&Jt December with ac
cepting from the Burlington Railway
concession* on shipments from the
Kansas City plants to New York for
export.
The case* were consolidated for trial
purposes. The specific case considered,
"huh is practically Identical with the
“her. Is that charting Cudahy A Co.
*Uh accepting a rate of 23 cents a
i -tulred pound* on a shipment of lard
t ■ New York for export to Germany,
•her. the legal tariff then on file with
'he interstate commerce commission
“a. 35 cents.
’ The court charges you that In car-
tjing the products from Kansas City,
bun. in and through this division anil
district to the Atlantic seaboard ports
1? h” there loaded on vessels and ear
ned to European porta, such commerce
"as with foreign nations and was such
r "tomerce as la referred to and cov
ered by the two enactments of congress
m-ntloned.
in this case tha defendant packing
'"■npany was both tha shipper and tha
consignee. And In making such ship
ment both the defendant packing com-
pauy. the Burlington company and the
connecting lines of railroad each and
f . arc amenable to the two statutes
b icstion.
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DREARY DRIZZLE
DAMPENS DRYNESS.
A dreary drlxzle that began
about 3 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing quite dampened the ardor of
Atlantans bent on business or
pleasure. It had but one good
quality—that of harmonising
most beneficially with the other
elements In making the flowers
and garden truck grow most
luxuriantly. And those who
have mourned the melancholy
meteorology may find consola
tion In Hank Longfellow's as
surance that behind the clouds
the sun's still shining. Such
a comfort.
Maximum temperature Mon
day, SI degrees; minimum
Tuesday, (I.
Forecast; Unsettled weather
and rain Tuesday night and
Wednesday.
"And if the law has been violated in ness.
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the facte In evidence under the Indict
ment herein, then this court has Juris
diction to hear and determine the case
and render eueh Judgment as your ver
dict ant Justice enquires.
"The question is: Did the defend
ant packing company receive unlawful
concessions In matting said ship-
He' recited the fact that while the
contracts on the basis of the 2S-cent
rate was In effect. It was aware of the
fact that the Burlington Railway and
Its connection* had filed a 25-cent tar
iff with the interstate commerce com
mission. . , ,
The present case bear* unusual Im
portance In the list of rebate trial* to
come up In this court, for It Is the first
time that any concern has been
brought to trial before a Jury on a
charge affecting export rates as ap
plied to the Interstate commerce act.
IRISH-MADE VESSEL
MANNED BY IRISHMEN
By Private Leased Wire.
Belfast, June 12.—The Heroic Is the
name of a new steamship belonging to
the Belfast Steamship Company. She
will ply between Belfast and Ecgllsh
port* She Is an Irish-built boat, an
Irish firm-having designed and con
structed her. Irish capital being used
to pay for her, and she I* manned only
by Irishmen. It to'the object J>er
owners to foster Irish tourist traffic,
and also tha Irish fish produce bust-
IS GENERAL BELIEF!
HE'S IN EUROPE
IT IS THOUGHT TRUE BILL
WAS FOUND YESTERDAY
ARE THREATENING
MEN WHO REVOLTED AT
POLTAVA CALLED HEROES
Two Former Vice Presidents of
Mutual Life Give Bond for
Their Appearance,
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 12.—Richard A. Mc
Curdy, formerly president of the Mu
tual Life Insurance Company, also may
have to face Indictments If he aver re
turns to this country.
There Is a gap between the number
of the Indictments returned yesterday
by the special grand Jury against Rob
ert A. Grannie and Walter R. Gillette,
former vice presidents of the Mutual
and right hand men of McCurdy, and
from this It Is surmised that McCurdy
has been indicted also.
Two Are Indicted.
Six Indictments were round against
Gillette, five for forgery In the third
degree, and one for perjury. Grsnnls
was Indicted for forgery and for mak
Ing false statements to the Insurance
department, the latter being a misde
meanor.
The defendants Immediately surren
dered themselves, nnd were admitted to
ball, Gillette In 110,000 nnd Grsnnls In
15,000. their cases being put over until
the first Monday In September.
Forgery It Charged.
The Indictments for forgery against
Gillette are based upon alleged falsa
entries In the books of the company,
and the perjury charge grows out of
the testimony before the grand Jury.
The forgery Indictments against
Grannls are based on alleged false en
tries upon the annual report of the
Mutual for 1901 to the Insurance de
partment. It Is alleged thnt the sum
of 11,041,053, the net profits of the
company for 1901, was not noted In
tli:ii report, but w*** fonccHlcd by
1 itmils.
The misdemeanor charge of maklsg
fnlss statements grown out of Hie filing
of the alleged false report to tho Insur
ance department.
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357 MILE8 FOR HEALTH.
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By Private Leased Wire.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 13.—
Edward Toohey, aged 70, passed
through this city. He Is walk
ing from Albany, N. Y., to Phil
adelphia, a distance of 357 miles,
for his health.
Feeling of Vague Alarm Is Felt
in St. Petersburg Over
the Situation. %
EDWARD VIITOGREET
NICHOLAS AND ALICE
ON AMERICAN “SOIL’
THREE MEET DEATH
IN BLAZING PLANT
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By Private Leased Wire.
London, June 12.—It Is un
derstood that a Russian loan
of 20,000,000 poonds Is to be
floated In England. Half the
sum la to be spent In building
the Russian warship* In Brit
ish ship yards.
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Special Cable,
St. Petersburg, Juno 12,—Troops
throughout the whole empire are to
day muttering nnd silently cheering the
news nf the mutiny at Poltava and be
fore nightfall It Is feared that the spirit
or rebellion will break out In other
quarters.
Wherever there are soldiers, the
Eletz regiment, which 'revolted last
night at their barracks at Poltava, are
spoken of a* heroes. They were the
leaders In the mutiny. With their band
playing a martini air, they deserted
their barracks- declaring that condi
tions Were Intolerable and at quickstep,
cross cl through the town to the mili
tary school.
Hen- they wero Joined by the non
commissioned cadets. Their ranks re
cruited, they swung back Into the city
and at once dlxnrmed the police force.
Tljo , police chlere Coeeack orderly
was the target for a broadside end his
hone was shot from under him.
Daylight today found a scene of wild
confusion In Poltava. Tho police were
not able to bring order and the mutt-
neera tgera Joined during the night by
detachments from the Svnk regiment
and ft body of artillery men..
Intgt. Petersburg there ts a feeling
of vague alarm. No one knows what
will happen. An Indication of the feel
ing Is shown In tile doubling of all the
senilnola on guard throughout the city.
Moscow and Odessa are nearly as bad
Poltava, til* tronpe being on tho
v«rgoyf mutiny In both cities. In fact,
dm -swirly all parts of the empire
tore is s feeling thsl If file dotima
m hold oat till spring the entire army
lil mutiny nnd come to Its defense.
King Attends Dinner
at Home of Ambas
sador Reid.
SOUTH OMAHA 0LE0 HOUSE
IS DAMAGED $150,000.
Firemen Are Orusbed to Death
Beneath Ruind of
Building.
SUSPENDED IN THE AIR
BY HIS CRUSHED HANDS
fipeclnl to The Georgian.
Savannah, Gs., June 12.—James La
cey, a fireman, narrowly escaped death
during a fire here yesterday on a hy
draulic lift.
In stopping the machine which was
carrying him to destruction. Lacey had
his hands caught and crushed In the
machinery. Held fast In the cfutch
of the Iron, he was suspended tn the
air twenty minutes. He kept hi* nerve,
giving directions to hts rescuers, until
the machinery nf the lift could be taken
apart and Its victim released.
Ry Private Leased Wire.
South Omaha, Nebr., June 12.—The
great packing plant of Armour * Co.
was destroyed by Are early this morn.
Ing. Threo firemen, two belonging to
tho Qmahu department and one of the
Armour private fire department, were
klllod under falling walls.
The Swift, National Packing, Omaha
und Cudahy Bros, plants were In great
danger, but the firemen succeeded In
confining the llamas to the Armour
plant. The loe* Is estimated at 3150,-
000.
The fire was discovered Just before
midnight, and within ten minutes the
flames had gotten beyond control.
.Omaha was appealed to and every
fire-fighting apparatus, as well as every
available fireman, Is around the bias
Ing packing houses. Armour's plant
was right In the midst of the stock
yards, and was surrounded by the
Swift, National, Omaha and Cudahy
plants.
At 1 o'clock, an Immense tank on
the roof, holding 20,000 gallons of wa
ter, collapsed and went through the
floor. Two firemen were killed and
burled In the ruin*.
Then minute* previous, one of the
walls fell outward, killing one of the
Armour fire force.
When discovered, the fire was In the
oteo department on tho third floor,
The oleo Is the most Inflammable d«
partment of the packing plant, and Is
filled with grease, which burned like
kerosene.
The work* were erected five years
ns.i nt n |»st of i3.wm.oso, urn! were
the Inryest at the South Omaha yards.
It was the newest and most complete
house here.
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LONGWORTHS CRITICIZED
BY A FRENCH PAPER
Britons Are Roasted fojj Making
Great To Do Over the Presi
dent’s Daughtor.
By PAUL LAMBETH.
Special Cable.
I-ondon, June 11—Mr. and Mr*.
Nicholas Longworth will this evening
be formally presented to King Ed
ward at the banquet given by Ambas
sador Retd nt Dorchester house, which
his majesty has graciously signified hi*
purpose to attend.
It Is remarked that King Edward
will, for the first time since hi* memor
able trip through the United States a*
the young prince of Wales, put himself
on American soil, and under the Amer
lean flag. The residence of the im
assador la by n fiction of law part of
the country which he represents.
She Attraots Attention.
Mrs. Longworth ha* fully recovered
from the fatigue of her voyage'and I*
ready to receive hla majesty and the
attendant notables who have betn fa
vored with Invitation* for tonight'* af
fair as an "American prlnceas" should.
She enjoyed the performance of Mrs,
Ritchie'S ballet, "L’Aniour," at the Al
hambra last night, and as she sat In .the
box with Mrs. Reid attracted almost
as much attention from the audience
as did the performance Itself. Mr.
Longworth, as became a prominent
nber of the American congress, via*
■ _ the house of commons last night
and listened to a rather prosy debate.
Longworth* Are Criticized.
Americans are discussing an artlclt
In Petit Parisian, reprinted here, crit
icising the Longwnrthe. Among other
things. It says:
"One ml*ht think a queen, accom
panied by her prince consort, was mak
ing an official tour. Mr. and Mrs.
Longworth are forgetting that In three
years' ' time President Roosevelt will
again become ah ordinary citizen and
bn returned to the obscurity tn which
his predecessors ended their days. A
less orientations honeymoon would,
therefore, hnve been In bettor taste."
GEORGIA TEACHERS TO MEET
ON CUMBERLAND ISLAND.
Hpeclsl to The Goorttsn.
Brunswick, Ga., Jun* 12.—The Geor
gia Eduratlonal Association will hold
Its annual session Juns 31 to 33 on
Cumberland Island.
Ths association owns an audito
rium nnd n considerable tract of land
on Cumberland, nnd under a contract
It hns with proprietors of hotels on
i I .>I .irwiu.il ii.ii"
held there, at least, ona* In every
three year*.
BEATS TWO COPS
AT THE BARRACKS
SHE ALSO TELLS A REMARK
ABLE STORY.
Says Her Husband Deserted Her
Because a Man Tried
to Flirt.
Mr*. L M. Johnson, a neatly dressed
young woman who says her hums is
In Chicago, and who relates a re
markable story of desertion by her
husband on a railroad train a tew
days ago, between Atlanta and Au
gusta, created a lively scene In the
police station early Tuesday morning
by pummcllng two police odicers.
Mrs. Johnson was arrested cn a
charge of disorderly conduct, and, no
arrival at the station, exhibited a very '
fiery disposition. While being escorted
to the matron's ward, she suddenly at
tacked Turnkey Gresham and biffed
him a couple of times. A few moments
later she gave Call Officer Pat Oalla-
her a resounding slap In the face. ,
The woman was arrested by Officer
(Inllsher, together with Call Officer !
Dunton.
Said Hsr Fins Would Bs Paid.
The scrappy Chicagoan was Inter
arraigned before Recorder Broyles, and
was fined 110.75. She did not have ihe
money with her, but announced her fine
would bo paid during the day.
When seen In the matron’s ward
after the trial, Mr*. Johnson told tills
story:
"My husband, Thomas Johnson, nnd !
myself have been traveling In Hie .
South, and a few days ngo stopped In
Augusta. We then decided to como to
Atlanta. While we were on tho train 1
about halfway between Augusta nnd ,
Atlanta, my husband deserted me, and '
1 havn not seen him since. It was 1
Just this way. 3!y husband and my- I
self were drinking champagne, and i
another man, u stranger, who wss ,
seated near by. kept eyeing me. Mv j
husband noticed him. and thought h»
was .trying to flirt with me. lie men- ;
tloned the matter to me, and I re
sponded that the stranger was doing j
nothing wrong, and was not bothering
me. This did not satisfy him, how- ,
ever, and he preceded to rail ilia
stranger down I took the part of this
man, and Insisted that my husband
was In the wrong Till- .HU I him,
nnd ho suddenly ezclslined:
"Take That Man!" Hubby Said.
"Well, take that man, th
pose he will provide for y
With this he walked out
nnd nt the next atop left tl
don't know ulmt lias berm
I rnmo on to Atlanta, nnd
board at the Peachtree Inn.
eel there n while, nnd when I left I dal
mt have enough money to pay the full
board bill. 1 put up my Imggnge as se
curity, and then tried to get another
place.' I failed to get -board. imw-
evor, as I could not pay In advance,
and had no baggage. Since then I
have been hanging sround the depots,
und doing the beat I could.''.
of th
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rain. I
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ngaged
$230,000 IN suns
BECAUSE OF WRECK
AHA! THE PROFESSOR TO THE RESCUE!
Flood of Damage Pe
titions in Clerk’s
Office.
BOTH RAILROADS
MADE DEFENDANT
Number of Suit* and Total
Amount Eitabliib Record
Here, It Is Believed.
Though the wreck of the Atlanta and
West Point picnic train at ths Fair
street crossing In Atlanta happened
only six days ago, damage sulla aggre
gating 3230,000 for Injuries alleged to
have been received In the wreck have
been filed.
About 3 o’clock on the night of June
*, while the Pearl Spring* picnic train
of the Atlanta and West Point Rail
road Company was standing at ths
Fair street crossing, train No. 15, of
th* Central of Georgia railway, crashed
Into It, seriously Injuring forty or more
and killing Oscar Cook, of No. 113 West
Fair street. No one on th* Central train
was Injured.
Following the wreck, there was an
Investigation by the railroad officials of
both roads concerned, but no respon
sibility for the disaster has yet been
fixed.
On the day following th* wreck, Mrs.
Emms Cook, th* wife of the man who
was killed, filed suit against the two
railroad companies for 119,000, and
since that time there have been several
each day until the total has run up
Into the hundreds of thousands.
Injuries Widely Different.
There Is naturally a great similarity
In the allegations In th* suits Hied,
with the exception of Ihe Injuries al
leged to have been received by th*
plaintiffs The Injuries recounted In
all the cult* comprise almost every ail
ment possible—broken ribs, damaged
sides, bocks, bodies, abdomens, legs,
arms, limbo, brains, wrists, ankles, nrr-
vous systems shattered, linger* broken,
physiognomies marred and shoulder*
wrenched—almost without number.
Mashed, bruised. Injured, dlelocated,
and their synonyms, ar* used up en
tirely in th* description of the Injuries
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LIST OF THE 8UITB
ALREADY FILED.
The suits filed on account .,f
the wrack are as follows:
Mrs. Emma Cook v*. C. ,
of Oa. t 40,000
Mrs. Emma Cook V*. A.
A W. P. 40.0*10
Clara Meyer v*. Central
and A. A W. P. ...... 5,0mi
Clifford Meyer vs. Cen
tral and A. A W. P...
Andrea Mayer vs. Cen
tral and A. A W. P..., 10,<"io
Llzsle M. Andrews vs.
Central and A. A W. P. 10,000
Alma Hardin vs. Central
and A. A W. P. 10,000
Emily Brock vs. Central
and A. A W. P. ...... in,o„.)
W. B. Hhort vs. Central
and A. A W. P. ss.ooo
Mr*. Llnla Clark va.
Central and A. A W.P. 5,000
J. L. Perkins v*. Central s.oou
I.nily Rtokes vs. Central
nnd A. A W. P. 5,000
Mary E. Pierce V*. Cen
tral and A. A W. P. .. 10.000
P. W. Buntyn v*. Central
and A. A W. P 5."i*o
Sir*. J. L. Prririn* vs.
Central and A. A \V. P. in.noo
C'haa. firmer, V*. Central
and A. A W. P 6.0oo
Carrie J. Bryant vaCtn-
tral and A. A W. P. .. in,non
Cordelia Allen vs. Cen
tral and A. A W. P. .. l'l.ooo
W. L. Bryant v*. Cen
tral and A. A W. P. .. 5,noo
A. 8. Griffin v*. Cen
tral and A. A W. P. .. 5.00*1
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Total .
.1230,000
received by tho** who figured In the ta*
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wreck and who are suing for damns**.
All Injuries recelvsd In the arc* k nr*
for th* moat part alleged to be perma
nent, and It takes a large number of
page* of typewritten matter to describe'
all of this, which, while dona In legal
form, Is eloquent and In some p.-ti'ions
harrowing.
Various Causes Set Forth.
While th* Injuries said to have beta]
received are necessarily many gi
rled, the alleged causes for the »
are strikingly similar. Almost without
exception the suits allege carele*,
on the part pf th* opera*',* at white
hall atreet In giving the dear signal i
th* Central train; eureicme** ,, n the
I art of the * ■ sir" •■* of the t'entral train
for running at an nii*g*,i -;--e*i ,,r from
13 to It mile* an hour gr.,** care
's Is alleged for the w*»- I'-.inc
train for not | ■ tecllng *he 'ear .,f ihe
train by a flagmoA ami the Atlanta
or.'! \\'-t Point • nglneer Is taken to
i i.i,, king the main line.