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ATLANTA 1910 The Atlanta Georgian. ATLANTA 1910 VOL. I. NO. 47. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1906. On Trnlnn FIVB Cent*. KIDNAPER OF PHILADELPHIA BOY “RAILROADED” TO PENITENTIARY John Kean is Given Twenty Years in Prison. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR WOMAN IN CASE Kidnaper of Boy in Philadelphia Is “Railroaded” to Penitentiary John J. Kean, of Philadelphia, ex-banker, ex-stock gambler, ra^e track patron and embeazler, was arrested Monday afternoon'about 1 o'clock for kidnaping little Freddie Muth. He had demanded *5.00# for the return of the child. Tuesday afternoon at 13:S0 a“clock, Kean area sentenced to twenty years In the penitentiary. Iriioner Declare* That He Will Make an End of Himself Without Delay. By Private Leased Wire. Philadelphia, June, It.—About lt:S0 o'clock thla afternoon. Judge Belx- berger sentenced John Kean, the kid naper of little Freddie Muth, to twenty years In the eastern Pennsylvania peni tentiary In solitary confinement hard labor. ‘ ASKSSECRETAR YROOT FOR AID IN SEARCH POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR WOMAN ACCOMPLICE Philadelphia, June 1*.—"Nobody can keep me from killing myself," Is the declaration of John J. Kean, ex-banker and ex-stock gambler, race track pat mn. embezzler and kidnaper of little Freddie Muth, now safely behind bars In the city hall station. - Karly thla morning It was reported that Kean had made an attempt to carry out his threat, but this Is denied by the police, who are keeping constant •vatrh on the man. Search today Is directed toward a non,an. who, the police declare, Is Implicated In Kean's kidnaping plot. Woman Mailed Lettars. The woman Is said to hare mailed the various letters, which Kean sent to the Muths from time to time. Kean's amazing clime, It has devel oped. was a sequel to betting on horse races and' stock gambling. He had snusndered,.two fortunes In this man ner. In desperate circumstances, he embezzled *3*0 from his employer, and to obtain money to make the amount good, when threatened with arrest, he kidnaped Freddie Muth. ‘ One of Kean’s fortunes was stolen from the Harlem River Bank In New York. He took 130,000 when he ab sconded twelve years ago, and that money went the way of the rest,. His arrest for the kidnaping of the Muth hoy was tl)e first dew to his whereabouts since he robbed the bank ift which he was head bookkeeper. Boy’s Mothsr Ovsroome. The boy's mother, however, may lose her life by the act of. Kean. She rose from, a bed where she had been for days In a half delirious condition and after’the first wild Joy of greeting her imy, she succumbed again to a piteous ly nervous condition. Sometimes she cannot realize that her little lad la back at his horns again, safe and aound of mind and body. Muth, tha father, shows the terrible strain that has been on him. Today he was sprawling on the floor with Ida little boy, bouncing him In the air while the little chap shouted In his hspplness. Toy soldiers, toy horses, enough blocks to build an Egyptian pyramid, were on the lloor. The father had bought the little fellow toya, neigh bors had been coming In all day with gift* for the little lad, and It was a day of tremendoui excitement for the youngster. "Lord Douglas,” alias John C. Caven dish, alleged bigamist, who marriad Miss Josephine Hood, of Asheville, N. C„ whose friends fear she has met four play. (Cut from photo Identified by girl’s mother.) Will Be Conducted Through American Consul at Vera Cruz. Special to The Georgian. Asheville, N. C., June IS.—Mrs. John N\ Hood has had no tidings from her daughter, Mias Josephine Hood, who It Is now certain was the victim of J. C. Cavendish, the notorious bigamist. The search for her, though, haa now Just fairly begun. Federal Judge J. C. Pritchard haa addressed a letter to Klthu Root, secre tary of state, urging him to Institute a search through the American consul at “' - Hood | - fate WYNNE'S MENTAL STATE SUBJECT OF A SURVEY By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June IS.—A board of surgeons, appointed to make a special medical survey of the mental condltoon of Captain Robert F. Wynne, of the marine corps, haa filed Its report with the navy department and Itn findings have an Important bearing upon the secretary's action upon the report of the courtmartlal that tried Captain Wynne for Insubordination on the bat I tieshlp Alabama. DAVIS BEING URGED 10 MANE THE RACE FOR LESTER'S SEAT PROMINENT YOUNG ATTORNEY WILL PROBABLY ANNOUNCE HI8 CANDIDACY SOON. Special to The Georgian. Waynesboro, Ga., June 1».—The friends of Hon. William H. Davis are urging him to make the race for con grass from the First district to nil the unexplred term of the Hon. Rufus L»«ter. deceased. Mr. Davis Is one of the leading law- .'era of thla part of tha state. He haa been prominently before the people for “ number of years as a member of the legislature from Burke for eight years, ns solicitor general of the Augusta clr cult and aa state senator^ from thla senatorial district. It is possible that he will yield to the request of friende and enter the raca tor the short or unexplred term. LESTER'S SUCCESSOR AN ABSORBING IS8UE. Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga.. June It.—The quea- 'Inn of a successor to Congressman l-*ster for the short term ts an absorb ing one here Just now. The names of J a Brennan, J. W. Overstreet, W. W. Sheppard and Colonel William Clifton nre mentioned. Friende of the latter my that If he la permitted to have the short term that he will not enter the tontest for the regular election. It Is possible that a Democratic primary bill be held to select a candidate, the "ran selected, of course, having the position without any trouble at the election. Children Sue far Damage. S|*clal to The Georgian. Athens, Ala, June l».—The children "I B F. Gresham, who was killed by John Morris. 8r„ and John Morris. Jr, nave tiled suit for I10.0M damages against the men. The circuit court be* already award 'd 1500 to W. H. McCtellan. who waa wjured In the same sheading affair. SAN FRANCISCO BANKS WILL GET $12,000,000 By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June IS.—It has bean agreed between President Roosevelt and former Governor Lane, of the California delegation, that the govern ment will .place with San Francisco banks 113,000,000, with Stn Francisco bonds aa security, for an Indefinite' tlml. ALL ATLANTA COOKS PLAN STRIKE JUL Y 1 If-you have a good cook, you had better watch out. You may loae her— For, according to current rumor, At lanta la to be the scene on July 1 of one of the most unique strikes In Its history. ' It Is said that the greater number of cooks, both good and bad, are or ganising a union, and on the first of the month will make a general de mand over the city for higher wages. And If the Increased coin Is not forth coming, ths cooks nill walk out. According to information, It seems that the cooks feel they should re ceive more money for their work of bending over hot stoves during the heated summer season, and they have determined to "put It up to" ttje house wives, In plain terms. There must be more money, or, to use an ancient expression. It will be a case of “the lire's out and the cook' gone home." It la understood the movement I general and embraces cooks In private families, as well as big boarding houses and hotels. Who started the move ment for organisation Is not known, but the plans are said to be well under way. Bn, If you don't want to pay more wages and are not a good cook, you had better take lessons. For, If the strike comes and your cook deserta you, thsre will be ample need of knowledge of the art. Report has It the cooks have settled on July 1 as the date for the culmina tion of the movement. On this date, the hosts In the kitchen-camp will be. gin to stir, and the revolution will be on. Whether the revolt will be restated to any material extent Is merely a matter of speculation. If It Is, the light will be lively. GOVERNOR PATTI SON IS CLAIMED BY DEATH By Private Leased Wire. Cincinnati, Ohio, June 15.—Until governor la regularly elected by the oeople. Acting Governor Andrew L. Harris will be chief executive of Ohio, succeeding Governor John 51. Paul son, who died yesterday afternoon nt his home at Milford, 15 miles east of this city. Mr. Harris took the oath of office last night at Eaton, Ohio. The oath waa administered by Judgi common pleaa bench. The death of Qovernor Paulson was unexpected, notwithstanding the fact that he had been III for a long time, and that he had been reported dying on more than one occasion. His death was caused by Bright's disease, and followed a relapae which proved a sur prise to both the attending physician and the governor’s family. Buried on Thursday. The funeral will take place Thura- day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services will be held In the Methodist churrh at Milford and the body will be burled on a hillside near his old home. Governor Psttlson was bom June XI, 1147. When J« years old he entered the United Btates army aa a volunteer. That waa In 1554. At the close of the War he entered college. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University In IMS. He was ■ college mate wf United States Senator J. a Foraker. In 1*73 Mr. Psttlson was admitted to the bar and a year later was elected a member of the lower house of the Ohio legislature.' He was elected a state senator In lit* and was next chosen a member of the fifty-second congress. Was Strong OsmecraL Ht waa a strong Democrat and was a leader among those who favored leg islation looking to n stricter observance of Sunday. Mr. Psttlson had been con nected with the Union Central Life In surance Company for - ' HON. JOHN M. PATTI80N, Democratic Governor of Ohio who died Monday. had occupied the office of president of the company. After his election to the governorship In November he was In III health and went South In the hope that he would be benefited. He was still very weak when he returned, and hla part In the ceremony of Inauguration waa gone through with the utmost care. He transacted nearly alt his of Aria! . _ number of I business with the aid of hla private For tha past fifteen years ha 'secretary, Louis 1*. Houck. OFFER TO PAT FOR ALL JEWS POT TOJEITH Fake Telegrams From Czar Cause Massacres. of ill Res^rvior park With Bullet .Hole in Head. Special to The Georgian. Nashville, Tenn., June If.—A special from Bowling Green, Ky., says that A. B. Hamblin, of Augusta, a member of the firm of Morton A Hamblin, wealthy stock dealers, attempted suicide by shooting himself In the head-with 45-callber derringer. Aimblln went to Kentucky a week ago to buy ,a car load of horses. His relatives In Augusta have been notified of hla attempt at aelf-destruc- tlon. Hamblin was found In Reservoir park with a bullet hole In his skull, and apparently dead. He was removed to the city hospital, where physician^ succeeded In partially resuscitating him. All that can be gotten from him Is that his name Is Hamlfiln and that he tired of life. The ball entered Hamblin's head over the right eye, and has not been extracted, the attend Ing physicians holding It Imprudent to make such an nltempt. PARTNER IN "BUSINESS NOTIFIED OF DEED. Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., June If.—Albert Hamb lin, Jr., has been In business hers for about s' year with W. T. W. Morton, handling live stock, and his partner, when seen this morning, staled that he knew nothing that would have prompt ed hla young partner to commit the rash act. Hamblin Is a young man and of good standing here. He came here from McPoirnlck, S. C., where his parents reside now. He had gone to Kentucky for the purpose of purchasing stock for. ths firm. ooooooooooooooooooo o JUST A SHOWER NOW AND THEN. O O O O O O O O O O 0 O O O O O O O o o 0 o o o o o ooooooooooooooooooo It Is true that the sun hasn't been "out” all day Tuesday and the heavy cloud* about noon presaged something of a show er, but the cool tmeses that were knocking about after the light rain showed that Fore caster Msrtmry was doing his best for Atlanta. With a storm arya hanging over the entire Mfcratsslppt valley and moving Mitwerd, It wee necessary to let It pass over some way. The weather wise do say that this eastward drift mean* fair weather. With such cooling brseses, who could ask for more? Maximum temperature Mon day, S4; minimum Tuesday, 70. Forecast—ralr Tuesday night and Wednesday. THE BEEF BILL Measure Meets Ap proval of President Roosevelt. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June If.—The house of repreeentatlvee passed ths meat In epectlon bill thla afternoon, only two or three members dissenting, the final form of the bill being such that It will meet the approval of the president and probably the senate. This action was taken after a debate lasting forty minutes, In which Chair, man Wadsworth, of ths committee on agriculture, said that with two txesp. tlona tha alterations of the hill from Its form as originally reported by hla committee were mere verbiage- The two exceptions were the sections put, ting the Inspectorship under civil ser vice and eliminating the broad court review. Mr. Wadsworth roncluded: "I want to assure the house that this bill will Insure to public a rigid Inspec tion law." He was loudly applauded at tha con clusion of his remarks. Speeches were made by Mr. Lamb, Mr. Wllllame, Mr. DeArmond against ths proposition to make the govern ment pay the entire coat of Inspection, which will amount to 11,000,000 a year. In the course of his remarks Mr. Williams said there had lieen a good deal of muck-raking during the djfi cusslon of thla bill and that some gen tlemen'a motives had been Impugned. He wanted to say, however, that he had served with Mr. Wadsworth and had known him to vote against his own Interests more times than any other man In the house. BASIS HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN THE TWO FACTIONS. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June If.—As a result of several conferences and much discus slon. a basis of complete agreement on the meat Inspection legislation be tween the house committee on agricul ture and President Roosevelt has been reached. At a meeting yesterday afternoon nt the White House, Speaker Cannon rep resented the committee and subse quently spent some time explaining the situation to lha committee In It* room* at the capitol. The Mil will authorise an annual ap propriation of 53,000,000 to pay the cost of Inspection and will contain no provision for the levy of sn assessment to make up any deficiency in the amount available for this work aa sug gested by Mr. Cowan, representing the Texas cattle growers, and later urged by the DrMldcnt. No court review provision will he contained In the measure. Thla action meets the suggestion of the president. The words "In the Judgment of the secretory of agriculture" will not be Inserted, as suggested by the president. ATTEMPTS TO KILL CZAR'SJPROTECTOR Forges Her Way Into Gen. Trepoff’s Office. Specie! Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg; June It.—A woman nihilist today nearly succeeded In sensational attempt to aseasalnate General Trepoff, commandant of the palace and hated as the arch enamy and butcher of the people. Her Identl- she Is of fine up ty Is not known, but liearunce, well dressed and accom pushed. The woman Impersonated a member of the court, the Princess Merlshkln. She had gained accees to General Tre- poff'a office, having forged documents and letters to show that she was the princess. She gave II out as her desire that she wanted en Interview with the czar, which can be arranged only through General Trepoff, who haa charge of the palace secret service guards and I* personally responsible for the safely or the czar. The woman, surrounded by guards as every visitor to .the general la, awaited his coming In his private of fice. Whan h# entered the room tha woman sprang to tier feet and aimed a revolver at Mm which eh* hed con cealed In her clothing. She was ner vous apd before she could get the weapon to her hand ao as to discharge It a guard standing nsar saw It. He aprang.at her and secured the revolver before she wee able to Are. STREET CAR HELD UP RY GOTHAM BANDITS WOMEN PASSENGERS FRIGHTEN HIGHWAYMEN OFF BY THEIR LOUD SCREAMING. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June It.—Pressing pistols ralnat the face of Conductor John ..allapln, on a Twenty-ninth alreet car, early today, highwaymen demanded all Ihe money he had. The car contained several passen gers, most of them women. At sight of fhe pistol* they began to scream and were In a panic when Hallapln rushed the bandit* and shouted "police.'' Firing their revolvers In the air, the men leaped from the car and ran away. Their escape was easy, for not a police man appeared. and thla conclusion now meet* Mr. Roosevelt's approval. The section waiving the civil service law for on* year In the selection of Inspector* will go out of the provision, also one of the president's recommen dations. ' There le to be no date on the label of the pecking of meet food products. In this Ihe president ylelda to the com mittee. The language which give* Inspectors ths right to enter the packing plants at all times la amplified by the words 'whether the same be In operation or With these changes made, ths presi dent has Indicated hla entire satisfac tion with the $5 IS THE PRICE SET FOR EACH ONE KILLED Murder of a Hebrew Male Child Worth $1 to Blood-Thirsty Russian Feasants. 000000000000000000a 0 a TWO WARSAW REGIMENTS O SAID TO HAVE MUTINIED. O By Private Leased Wire. 0 St. Petersburg, June 10,—R-- 0 port* reach here that two. regl- O ment* nt Novogeorglevsk, nenr O Warsaw, have mutinied. Par- O (IrulHrs are larking. O The Zawadkl estate In the O government of t'ledlce, Itus- O slon Poland, has been attacked O by a hand of terrorists. O »!. Lnbascheff was Wounded 0 and the terrorists rarrled off O 78,000 roubles (IS9.000) and es- O raped. a 0 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Special (.'able—Copyright. Berlin, Juno If.—Reports from many Russian provinces and towns Indicate a rapid and appalling spread of the antl- Jewlsh movement, which is now virtu ally out of hounds, and has resulted In ' general massacres. In which death In ' the moat horrible and barbarous forma has been visited upon the J( ages an<l station. Terrible rnndltIons prevail id towns. In the open cour ants, deluded Ini-, believing ll to slaughter the Jews have come direct from tit** * /.nr, ore marching and killing Jews with ferocity. The murderers of Jews are allowed to work their will without Interfer ence from tho police or soldier*. Countenances Massacres. Generally speaking, the government, because <>r Its passive attitude, tcnance* the massacres. Open rewards of money for th and bodies of Jews are offer Mlnrhien by rich Gentiles. Allot nd U of all citing p*!NN- j order* . h^nri killed, 13 for eacl for each male Jew child slain. Those offers arouse the cupidit the peasants, and have led ih-n form Jew-hunting expeditions. "Death to th* Jew*. Kill throi n Nicholas,” Is Ihe reading of n bogus telegram which was posted at Ha In Bessarabia, the province where Klshlneff massacres took plat e peasants were deluded Into believing the message cam* from the cz.ir di rect. They fell upon Jews and mur dered score* of them. Jsw-Bsitsrs at Work. Five Jew-baltlng agitators from St. Petersburg went to Jotomlr and openly organized riots, which afforded , opportunity for Invading the Jewish quarters, sad murdering ami mutilat ing. While ths pollcs formed a cordon about th* Jewish quarter In Kostroma, the capital of the district of the nm« name, to prevent the Inhabitant* from escaping, a mob of a half hundred , crazed men ehnt and harked Jewish - men, women and children In the shops and In their homes. The quarter wae then burned. Many corpses were consumed. orthodox Greek priests led the rbit st Ellzabsthgrsd, and. encouraged the murdering of the Jew* there. Placards Cause Killing. Placards accusing th* Jews of being revolutionists and of conspiring ngnlnst th* esar were displayed In Bogxdopco In th * province of Volybyla. This led to murders and outrages. Antl-Jswlsh riots have also mken place In Pleock, Kmn-. Lew 1. Kleloe, ('holm, Lomsha. narrow, Ki-oo-nL and oilier places. Rssdy for Msstscrst. In other sartlons of Russian Poland the antl-Bemltes are busy and further massacres are likely to occur at any moment. Th* stories told by eye-wltnec-e- me shocking. A rorresrxmdent who aecom- inled Deputy Mtehepkln dlrectiv to e hospltnl at Blalystok, escorted by a corporal's guard, says hs wan com- . pletely unnerved by the sights he wit he writes, "falls ■■ the awful facts. Th* faces of the ,l*mt lost all human rraembianco and 'be corpses are simply crushed mass** it Is Impossible to conceive such bestlal- |ny.'' Officer. Shoot Girl. ■Kromthe wounded In th* hospital th* [correspondent heard many pitiable sto ries. all of the same general tenor. The correspondent declare* thai not only the soldier*, hut their < Ilelpote.l In Ihe massacre, himself was a *Un*«s as urdsv to the shooting d brow girl from the wlndo by Lieutenant Miller, of regiment. The governor Inc* of Grodno, who hap passing nt the moment. 01 vestfgatlon. Th* grass plot outside hospital I* covered angled row*. awaiting hurla wounded are still arriving 'them hare been '- mg unr- u.-tp-d in the attest* fyr two or three days .*n*f*<l In