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population. 2«,noi h^inps. 15 <vk) telephones. ES main Hops of railroad*, tu miles of street railway. f^.(VX).000 of banking capital. The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA 400 miles elect VOL. L NO. 83. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1906. On Train* FIVE CENTS. RICHARD CHEATHAM IS ON TRIAL BEFORE S. C. A. INVESTIGATORS Mr. J. R. Anderson Presented Formal Charges. COMMITTEE TRIES IN MANY WAYS TO DEFEND CHEATHAM “I Have Proved Every Charge I Made,” Says Mr. Anderson. The Investigation of the recent charges of speculation made against Klchard Cheatham, secretary of the RICHARD CHEATHAM. Secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, who Is now under fire. Southern Cotton Association, begun Wednesday morning In the offices of the association and will probably con tinue through Thursday. Formal charges that Mr. Cheatham had traded In cotton on an Atlanta ex change under the names of Mike O’Orady and P. A. Lee were presented by Representative J. Randolph Ander son, of Chatham county. Richard Cheatham submitted a writ ten statement saying- that be had trad ed for Mike O'Grady and P. A. Lee but he had positively had no Interest In the transactions, and had not at any time ■peculated for himself. “P.’ A. Leo” Still a Mystery. The mysterious "P. A. Lee" did not appear . and In his statement - Mr. Cheatham declares that he will not re- veal the Identity of Lee. The connection of Harvle Jordan with any bucket shop dr exchange was not touched upon In the Investi gation, the ■ evidence being confined solely to Mr. Cheatham's deal In the name of O'Grady and Lee. Representative Anderson, though he declined to be put In the position of prosecuting attorney, aubmltted a writ ten set of charges against Mr. Cheat ham which were read by him. He quoted the amounts and dates of the alleged transactions made through the exchange of Glbert ft Clay by Mr. Cheatham. All Information From Fagan. In response to. questions Mr. An derson stated for the first time that all his Information regarding the trans actions of Richard Cheatham were gained from W, R. Fagan, manager of Glbert ft Clay, who also secured from the Fourth National Bank certain checks and drafts figuring In the transactions. Mr. .Anderson submitted letters ad dressed to the Fourth National Bank, Glbert ft Clay, of New Orleans, and some corporation or brokers’ firm not stated, asking that the transactions of Mr. Cheatham "with those houses be furnished the committee. He asked that Mr. Cheatham sign these letters and thus permit the committee to se cure the necessary Information, saying that this would be (sufficient proof. The committee refused to ask Mr. Cheat ham to sign the letters. Committee Tried to Defend Cheethim. The attitude of certain members of the committee gave the Impression that they were trying to defend Cheatham from being forced Into furnishing In- irmatlon which might serve to reflect jpon hie efficiency as an officer of the isaoclatlon. This was noticeable at ■everal stages of the Investigation. Mike O'Grady, of Chattanooga, sub mitted a written statement of his deal ings with Mr. Cheatham and begged to be permitted to return to his business. He was excused from further attend ance. A tilt between O'Grady and Mr. Anderson attracted some attention previous to adjournment. Among Those Present. Among those who were present In the room waa W. T. Bmlth. a well- known cotton dealer of Dallas, Texas, who waa In the city for the purpose of attending the Investigation. Mr. Smith refused to make any statement re garding h Is presence. Dr. J. M. Crawford, who had stated i hat he had understood that Cheatham was a part owner In the Piedmont Brokerage Company, telephoned that he would appear when his testimony was desired. B. c. Cothran, of Ware ft NAMES, DATES, PLACES AND TIME ARE SPECIFIED BY MR. ANDERSON INHISSTA TEMENTTO COMMITTEE The statement of Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, read Wednesday morning before the Southern Cotton Association investigating committee, was as follows: ATLANTA, Ga., August 1,1906. I wish to preface this statement with a reference to certain published utterances of Mr. Richard Cheatham. 1. The published interviews given out by Mr. Cheatham, secretary, in re gard to the charges made by me, state one thing one day and a different thing the next day. Both of his statements are equally ridiculous and equally without foundation. (a) In his interview and card published in The Atlanta Journal of the 28tli instant, he says that my charges were made for the purpose of diverting the attention of the state senate from the main issue, and he says that the purpose of his card was “to put the public on notice that all the din and smoke and noise and dust is raised to obscure the real issue and to divert the minds of the Georgia state senate away from the merits of the Boykin bill for the suppression of future gambling in Georgia.” (b) In his interview and card published in The Atlanta Constitution of the 29th instant, he gives out that what he is pleased to call the present attack upon the officers of the Southern Cotton Association is a part of an organized bear campaign against cotton. Now, when he made these statements Mr. Cheatham knew perfectly well that they were false, and that they existed solely in his own imagination. 11c knew very well that the charges made by me in my speech in the house on the 24th in stant were made before any vote at all had been taken in the house on the bill and that my speech could only have been intended to influence the house before it came to vote upon the bill. He also ought to know veiy well that one ground of my op position to the bill was that it was imperfect, and that my fight against the bill breed the adoption of three amendments, two of which give to the bill the chief ef ficacy it now has for the prevention of gambling in futures. I refer to the amend ment making the bill include buying futures as well as selling futures, to which last the bill was originally restricted; and also to the amendment providing that the payment of a license tax should not be. permitted to relieve any person from the penalty, imposed. Without this last amendment the law could not have become operative at all until January 1, 1908; and without the first amendment it would not have touched fully 80 per cent of tbfa gambling in cotton. 2. The charges made in my speech on the 24th .instant were: (1) That some one in the headquarters of the Southern Cotton Association had been speculating in cotton in the name of Mike O’Gra dy, and signing the Checks or receipts for the money in an official ca- r ity, and that some one in there had been speculating in the name of A. Lee. (2) That some official of the Southern Cotton Association had been connected with a bucket shop called the Piedmont Brokerage Co. and had held one-eighth of its stock, and that some one in the office of the Southern Cotton Association had had the stock standing in his name. These were my two charges. I am not responsible for or concerned in any elaboration of these charges made by the newspapers, or for any inferences or conclusions drawn by them or the public, created by the interviews and state ments the ropqrtci’s succeeded in getting from various persons. Those arc mat ters for the committee to investigate if they see fit. I have given out no further statement or information until now. My speech in the house on the 24th instant was cut short by the expiration of the time limit under which I was speaking. In my statement in the house on the 25th instant,-I Baid that my remarks of the day before did not refer all to one person; and that I had evidence and informa tion sufficient in my judgment to justify inc in saying that an investigation ought to be held as to these matters, and that I would give that information to the Continued on Page 3. THREE FORTS ARE MENACED P ic WHO WILL TAKE ACTION ON COMMITTEE'S WORK The proceedings of the Investigation committee may not be referred to the national executive committee for action. In The Oons/|utlon Wed nesday morning It waa stated that according to the constitution of the association, the executive committee would be the final tribunal and that this committee would take up the matter at Its meeting .at Hot Springs. Ark., September 6, and act on the recommendations of the Investigation committee. Chairman M. L. Johnson stated Wednesday afternoon that the com mittee had not discussed this matter and he could not state whet’qrr or not the case would go before the executive committee. Chairman John son waa very reticent regarding the Investigation. FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT E. S. PETERS, CRITICISES PRES. HAR VIE JORDAN Continued on Page Three- The following letter haa been re ceived by the editor of The Georgian from E. 8. Peters, formerly vice pres ident of the Southern Cotton Associa tion, and la printed with the consent of the writer: Calvert, Texas, July It, 110*. Hon. John Temple Graves, Editor The Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.: A friend of mine has recently sent me a copy of your paper of the 2(th Inst., with the Harvle Jordan editorials and articles marked. Aa you are probablby aware, I have had a good deal experience with the party myself and have found him very unreliable, and untruthful on several occasions. I am very glad you have undertaken to expose the gentleman and his mode of operation. There haa never been any doubt about hie spec ulating In New York with J. H. Hoadly and Thomas, which he has practically admitted tu Interviews. His connections with Thomas wars: He had the speculators underwrits three hundred thousand bales of cotton which they proposed to put up to 16c and for which he had a cotton specula tor from Houston Introduce a resolu tion at the meeting of the Southern Cotton Association held In New Or leans In January. Practically all they did at that meeting waa to boost Jor dan's and Thomas’ cotton speculation scheme. His action at that time In this matter haa cost the South millions of dollars, as Immediately upon the pas sage of those resolutions the farmers sast of the river Immediately proceeded to buy fertilizers to the limit and In the etatee west of the river the farmers Increased their acreage In cotton very largely, with the result that It has been Impossible to advance the price of cot ton and It now looks that on account of the Increased use of fertilizers and In creased acreage, will make a bumper crop of cotton probable. So that Har vle Jordan and other speculators In the Southern Cotton Association could have a chqnce to make some money. Now, In regard to this committee tbaa POSSE OF POLICE IN NEGRO CHASE A posse of policemen and detectives wis rushed from the police elation Wednesday morning shout 10 o'clock to the comer of Auburn end Piedmont svennes to eeelet In the capture of some negroes suspected of steeling. Detective Connelly bad gone Slone to the home of Will Keith, n negro, und surprised several other negroes, who ran. Keith wss captured, end the officer then telephoned the police station for assistance. Keith's wife was later caught. OOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOHWOO O O O POURS HOT WATER O a ON DEPUTY MAR8HAL. 0 O 0 0 By Private Leased Wire. 0 0 Washington, August I.—While 0 0 endeavoring to eject Mary Balls- 0 O ter, a negress, from 2*07 M street, 0 0 Northwest, Deputy United States 0 O Marshal Stephen B. Callahan waa 0 0 painfully scalded with hot water, 0 O which the woman threw on him. O 0 After the deputy had ejected the O 0 woman he went to the emergency 0 Q hospital, where the burns were 0 0 dressed. 0 O 0 O000000000OOO000000O0000O0 Jordan has appointed to make the In- ttgatlon, they are all per sonal friends of Jordan and Cheatham. Thla Is about the only case I know of where an alleged suspect appoints a Jury of his friends to pass on his guilt or Innocence. I want to assure you that if there Is anything I can do to assist you In purifying the organisation and put ting It In clean hands where It will not be ruined by speculators, I would be glad to do It. Yours very truly. E. S. PETERS. Col. Nataroff Horribly Bayonetted By Mutineers. WOMEN AND BABES FLEEING TO SAFETY Dy Private leased Wire. Loimlon. August 1.—Dispatches from Helsingfors, dated today, say that Sveaborg, Russia’s sda fortress in Finland, is completely in the hands of the mutineers who possess every sort of arms. Relia ble infantrymen are posted all over the totvfl, but without rein forcements the government can do nothing. Women and children are in a pitiable condition and the families of officers arc fleeing from the city. Horrible scenes occurred dur ing the night in Sveaborg when the fighting was renewed. The heaviest artillery was used dur ing the conflict, and the casualties are known to number hundreds. Colonel Nataroff was bayonet- ted by the mutineers. lie begged to be taken to a hospital, promis ing - forgiveness, hut instead he was stoned and thrown into the sea with a stone tied around his neck. Kronstadt and Sevastopol arc in danger. Telegraphic and telephonic communication with Cronstadt has ceased. It is believed to be tho work of revolutionaries. CUMMINS MUSTERS A MAJORITY ON FLOOR He’s Quite Certain to Land The Iowa Governorship. HIS MAN GARST REGARDED IN DANGER Perkins People Declare Convention Won’t Vote for Governor’s Pet Scheme. THREE SEA FORTRES8E3 MENACED BY REBELS, By I'rlvnt. leased Wire. Helsingfors, Finland, August 1.—The amazing discovery has been made that the revolutionists are perfecting plans to capture Russia's threa greatest sea fortresses, Sveaborg, Cronstadt and Sevastopol. Sveaborg, the Gibraltar of the north, la already under control of the rebels. The crew of tour iron dado have mu tinied and the sailors are preparing to start with the warships for Cron stadt Immediately. The situation In Helsingfors Is critical. Fighting Starts Afresh. Skatuden Island, which la Joined to the town by a bridge, haa been retaken from the rebels by loyal troops, but fighting has started afresh and there la every possibility of furthor blood shed before the day closes. Revolutionary workmen here are do- g all they can to cripple the govern ment and extend their power. They have declared a general strike. Loyal Troops Attaok, Loyal troops are again attacking ths rebels at'Sveaborg fortress. Ths mu tineers and their supporters are tearing up the railway leading from St. tersburg, hoping In this manner to block the sending of reinforcements to put down the mutiny. A detachment of the mutineers, as sists)] by marines, have cut the rails at frequent’points covering-a distance of 60 miles. Should the plans to cut off loyal reinforcements succeed, the city will be In most serious danger of falling Into tha hands of mutineers. STRANGER We know how you feel when you come to our town and have no home nor friends. We have been a stranger in a big town. We have won dered where we could turn to find a room or room and board. Where upon we consulted the classified columns of the newspapers. It has been our experience that the most desirable places are those that advertise. We advise you to tupi to Page 10 and consult the Rooms for Rent or Boarders Want ed columns of The Geor gian, You’ll find what you want and pretty soon cease to be a STRANGER By Private Leased Wire. Dea Moines, la., Auguat 1.—When the Republican state committee had completed the temporary roll of to day's convention early this morning It showed 25* votes for Cummins and 784 against him, a majority of 72. It may be Increased to a majority of 108 this morning. This means the re-nomlnatlon of Governor Cummins without trouble, but It Is a question whether he cun frame the platform and name other candidates on the ticket. Garat In Dangsr. Warren Gant, hla choice for lieuten ant governor, la In danger. The Per kins men claim there are many dele gates.pledged to Cummins' re-nomlna- tlon who will vote with them on all other questions. Antis Claim Vlotory. Tho ro|l, as announced after mid night, was regarded as a big victory by the antl-Cummlns people. Throw ing out of five counties' delegations, which they Insisted were entitled to seats and giving their places to anti- Cummlna people, left Cumlmna with the acant majority of 88 In a convention of 1,640. It was known that the opposition had made boasts of having bought up a number of Cummins' delegates. Action of the state committee was a defiance of the congressional delega tion, which had demanded by resolu tion that only three contesting counties' Klok on Influence. Candidate Perkins protested against Interference by the Washington Influ ence, and so did Congressman Hep burn, who denounced hla collegg^ek In unsparing terms for “laying down”- In the fight. Nearly all the congressmen nre i\p- posed to Cummlna, but they recognized that failure to nominate Cummlna, un der the clrcumalancea, would surely menn two tickets, nnd the defeat of not leza than four congressmen. As a last resort, effort was mnido to fix up a deal by which Senator Dolllvar shouid be named for governor and Governor Cummins for the senate. Thla the Cumins people declined to permit, delegations be recognized. The lively scenes a bout the Audi- i torlum this morning when the Re- CHILD LABOR BILL GETS SIGNATURE OF THE GOVE Pen with Which He signed Measure Presnted to Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson. > Governor Terrell Wednesday morning signed the Hell rhlhl labor bill, and it is now a law. The pen with which the governor Mgned the measure will be tendered Mrs. J. Lind say Johnson, of Home, who has wc- i for year* for such legislation. There w< e a dosen requests for the pen. Tin* law become* operative at once, 1 mill men over the state are preparii*.- to adjust themselves to the situation. The governor signed the court of apj * bill Tuesday afternoon, and the Issu- . goea^ before the people In the October 1 The Buchnnan bill to allow the people In cotlutie* havltig dispensaries to Tut- n the question, wan also signed. The gov ernor signed a raft of local bills Wndi.ea- day morning. publican convention assembled for t o nomination of candidates for govern- r and other atate officers recalled to the. older politicians the exciting days • f ,the free stiver campaign a decade ago. With the possible exception of tha campaign of 1896, the fight for the gu bernatorial nomination between Gov ernor A. B. Cummins and former Con- , gressman George D. Perkins, the Sioux City editor, Is without a parallel In the political history of the Hawkeye state. Cummins Looks Winner. The early morning Indication was that the convention would name Gov ernor Cummins for a third term, that It would come out lit strongest/tern In Indorsement of Presldeht Rooney* it and his administration, and that It would declare for tariff revision un i radical control of trusts and railroad regulation. It Is not expected, how ever, that this program will be carried out without fierce opposition. The Perkins element, which bellovt-s "standing pat" as regards the tariff, had not given up the battle by any means. Meanwhile, the older lenders. Including many of tho Iowa delegates In coimj-oss, brought every Influence to hear in the Interest of harmony, being fearful lest the bitter fight within tho troui td the party at tho fall etc Many at Convention. More than fifteen hundred dele were In their seats when the coi tlon was called to order at 10:30 o’ by the temporary chairman. Jo M. Towner, of Cor 11* »ru If. ll. I 'ornlng. Tho roll committee appointments and other | Inees of a routine nature occupied the time up to the noon adjournment. The committees on nominations nnd resolution* are not expected to report beforo late this afternoon. KILLED BY BRIDE’S SIDE AS FRIENDS GATHERED TO BID THEM GOOD BYE Special to The Georgian. Charlotte. N. C\, August 1.-One of the mo«t shocking crime* In the annals of (law- ton county occurred at an early honr this morning, when J. Y. Kincaid *hot nnd killed W. M. Drown, a groom of‘only a half hoar, n be stood with bis bride at the depot, waiting for the train on which the couple was to leave on their honeymoon trip from Bessemer City. The bride of only thirty minutes la now All of the parties are prominent >wu where the shooting occurred, ws* quite a gathering of the hi i Tbi ... of l them good by, when Klnenld came up. and. tev< pistol at Drown, Bred five times succession. Ilrown fell iletd sluioi fel him ami Bred at the prostrate f- every chamber of tho weapon li.xi discharged. Kincaid, who Is In Jail, says he ! Itrowu IH*cause he ruined bis slater. Betti. Klm-sld. He claim. Brown promis'd to inarry her. When he learned that he hhil wJIss llettlc Per up his mind to I LORD DOUGLAS CAPTURED BY MARSHAL IN PORTLAND Special to The Georgian, Asheville, N. €?., August 1.—"Lord Dong- las," the hlfsmlwt, who married and It Is iMtllcvfd sulMieqnently murdered Josephine Hood, of Asheville, at New Iberia. I*., Pceeiuiier, last, and whose whereabouts have I hi (Tied the police, has been arrested In Portland, Maine. A telegram recelred here last night by the chief of police, from United Htutes Marshal Petersou. brings the Information of the arrest, and asks for Instructions. Identifying witness will leave Asheville to morrow. for Portland. Douglas, the most notorious bigamist In the country, It Is believed, married Jose phine Hootl, nnd said he would take her to bis fruit farm In Mexico, to be goue eight weeks. When nothing war beard from the couple, an Investigation waa started, and If was found that he was the bigamist who posed as the eldest son of the marquis of (jueenohury. No news haa been recelred here from the girl. COUNCIL OF WAR HELD BY OFFICERS Hpwlsl t» Th. Georgian. Chattanooga, Trim., Aug. 1.—A cav alry drill In screening and reconnolt- cting was the order of the maneuvers at CMckanmiga this mi ming, snd this afternoon the cavalry, artillery and In fantry practiced. The pitching of a shelter tent cantp afforded splendid amusement for the spectators. it night General Uubb and Major