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The Atlanta Georgian.
1100.000,nrto cotton crop 1= IJflB.
130 Cotton fnctorlos. >1,500,000 splnfih
ob.> 1,500.000 spindles,
tod 500,000 hales 1906.
VOL. L NO. 83.
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST, 2,1906.
Morning Edition.
pprpi? . In Atlanta TWO CENT*,
i XV±V^AJ. On Trains 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
W. R- Fagan, manager of the local
brokerage houeo of Glbert ft Clay, waa
the leading wltnera at the afternoon
Inveftlgatlcn.
He appeared, stating he would give
testimony freely If .Mr, Cheatham
would give consent for his talking. Mr.
Cheatham declined to/ consent or to
protest against it.
After much talk, Mr. Fagan waa
placed on the stand.
Questioned by Mr. Anderson, he ver
ified In every detail Mr. Anderson's
•charges concerning Cheatham's spec
ulations under the name of “Mike
O'Orady.”
"Does or did Mr. Cheatham own any
stock In the Piedmont Hrokerage Com
pany?" asked Mr. Anderson.
"I have been told so by Hamilton
Frailer, of the Piedmont Hotel/'
replied.
Mr. Cheatham then submitted a let
ter from Hamilton Frazier, stating that
he (Mr. Frazier) knew nothing of the
Piedmont Brokerage Company.
The Investigation of the recent
charges of speculation made against
Richard Cheatham, secretary of the
Southern Cotton Association, began
Wednesday morning In the ofilces of
the association and will probably con
tinue through Thursday.
Formal charges that Mr. Cheatham
had traded In cotton on an Atlanta ex-
changt under the names of Mlks
O'Orsdy and P. A. Lee were presented
by Representative J. Randolph Ander
son, of Chatham county.
Richard Cheatham submitted a writ
ten statement saying that he had trad
ed for Mike O'Orady and P. A. Lee but
he had positively had no Interest In the
transactions, and had not at any time
speculated for himself.
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 con# /ctlon of Harvle Jordan
with any bucket shop or exchange
was not touched upon In the Investi
gation. the evidence being confined
solely to IMr. 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, submitted a writ
ten set of. charges against Mr. Cheat
ham which ware reed by him. He
quoted the amounts and dates of the
alleged transaction! made through the
exchange of Glbert ft Clay by Mr.
Cheatham.
In responaa th 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
rheeka and draft! figuring In the
transactions. e
Mr. Anderson submitted letters ad
dressed to the Fourth National Bank,
Olbert 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.
The attitude of certain members of
the committee gave the Impression that
they were trying to defend Cheatham
from being fqrced Into furnishing In
formation which might serve to reflect
upon hla efficiency as an olficer of the
association. This was noticeable at
several stages of the Investigation.
Mike O'Orady, of Chattanooga, sub
mitted a written statement of his deal
ings with Mr. Cheatham and begged to
be permitted to return to hla business.
He waa excused from further attend
ance. A tilt between O'Grady and
Mr. Anderson attracted some attention
previous to adjournment.
Among those who were present In
the room was W. T. Smith, a well-
known cotton dealer of Dallas. Texas,
who waa In. the city for the purpose of
attending the Investigation. Mr. Smith
refuted to mako any statement re
garding hla presence.
Dr. J. M. Crawford, who had stated
that he had understood that Cheatham
waa a part owner In the Piedmont
Brokerage Company, telephoned that he
would appear when hla testimony waa
desire!. I! C Cothran, of Ware ft
Continued on Page Three*
NAMES, DATES, PLACES AND TIME
ARE SPECIFIED BY MR. ANDERSON
INHISSTA TEMENT TO 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 9. 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 tho
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
28th instant, he says that my charges wero 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 tho suppression of future
gambling in Georgia.”
(b) In his interview and card published in Tho Atlanta Constitution of
the 2.9th 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. Ho knew
very well that the charges made by me in my speech in the house on tho 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 tho house before it camo
to vote upon the bill. He also ought to know very well that one ground of my op
position to the bill was that it was imperfect, and that my fight against the bill
forced 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 proriding that
the payment of a license tax should not be permitted to relieve an}’ person from tho
penalty imposed. Without this last amendment the law could not have becomo
operative at all until, January 1, 1908; and without the first amendment it would
not have touched fully 80 per cent of thfc gambling in cotton.
2. The charges made in my speech on the 24th instant wero:
(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 reporters succeeded in getting from various persons. Those are 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 tho time limit under which I was speaking. In
my statement in the house on the 25th instant, I said that my remarks of tho
day before did not refer all to one person; and that I had evidence and informa
tion sufficient in my judgment to justify me in saying that an investigation
ought to be held as to these matters, and that I would give that information to tho
Continued on Page 3.
WHO WILL TAKE ACTION
ON COMMITTEE'S WORK
The proceeding* of the Investigation committee may not be referred
to the national executive committee for action. In The Gona/lutlon Wed
nesday morning It waa stated that according to the constitution of the
auoclatlon, the executive committee would be the final tribunal and that
thle committee would take up the matter at lta meeting at Hot Springs,
Ark, September S, and act on the recommendation* of the Investigation
committee.
Chairman M. L. Johnson etatad Wednesday afternoon that th* com
mittee had not dlscuseed this matter and h* could not state whetVr or
not the case would go before the executive committee. Chairman John
son was very reticent regarding the Investigation.
FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT
E. S. PETERS, CRITICISES
PRES. HARVIE JORDAN
The following letter has bean re
ceived by the editor of The Georgian
from E. 8. Peters, formerly vice pres
ident of the Southern Cotton Associa
tion, and Is printed with the consent
of the writer:
Calvert, Tex*#, July J», ItOt.
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 editorial*
and articles marked.
As you are probabiby aware, I have
had a good deal experience with the
party myself and have found him very
unreliable, and untruthful on aeveral
occasions. I am very glad you have
undertaken to expose the gentleman
and bis mode of operation. There has
never been any doubt abodt his spec
ulating In New Tork with J. H. Hoadly
and Thomas, which h* has practically
admitted In" Interviews.
His connections with Thomas were:
He had the speculators underwrite
three hundred thousand bales of cotton
which they proposed to put up to ISc
and for which h* 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 was to boost Jor
dan’* and Thomas' cotton speculation
schema. Hla action at that time In this
matter has cost the South millions ot
dollars, as Immediately upon the pas
sage of those resolutions the fanners
east of the river Immediately proceeded
to buy fertilisers to the limit and In
the states 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 pf fertilizer* 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 chance to make some money.
Now, In regard to this committee that
CHILD LABOH BILL
•d tb«
« lllll
l« pB
. _ I _ _
My Johnson, of Rom#*, who
for years for such legislation,
ft doaen requests for tha pen.
The law tteenmea operative ftt once,
mill men orer the state are nrep«rln
adjust themselres to tbe situation.
The governor signed the court of npi
hill Tnewlsy nfternnon. and the Issue now
goes before tbe people Id tbe October
*•••- tlon.
Tbe Burba nan bill to allow tbe people
and
lu ruunttrs baring dispensaries to rote on
tbe question, was also signed. Tbe gov
ernor signed a raft of focal bills Wednes-
/
POSSE OF POLICE
IN NEGRO CHASE
A posss of pollcsnisn snd dstsctlrss wss
rushed from the pollra station Wodnesds*
moraine about Id o'clock to tbs corner
aeveral other
Keith, a nexro, and nurpi
negroes, who ran. Keith was
the officer then telephoned
Ion for nMUtioce. Keith's
Jordan haa appointed to make the In
vestigation: they are • all per
sonal friends of Jordan and
Cheatham. This Is about th* only can*
I know of whore en alleged suspect
appoints a jury of hi* friends to pass
on hi* guilt or Innocence.
I went to assure you that If there
la anything I can do to aeslet you In
purifying the organisation and put
ting It In clean hands wher* It will not
be ruined by speculators, I would be
glad to do It.
Tour* very truly.
E. 8. PETERS.
CZAR'S FLEE!
Col. Nataroff Horribly
Bayonetted By
Mutineers.
By Private Leased Wire.
London, August 1.—Dispatches
from Helsingfors, dated today,
say that Sveaborg, Russia’s sda
fortress in Finland, is completely
in tho hands of the mutineers who
possess every sort of arms. Relia
ble infantrymen are posted all
over tho to\0i, but without rein
forcements the government can
do nothing.
Women and children are in n
pitiable condition and the families
of ofllcers are fleeing from the
city.
Horrible scenes occurred dur
ing the night in Svoaborg when
tho 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 tho mutineers. He begged
to be taken to a hospital, promis
ing forgiveness, hut instead he
was stoned and thrown into the
sea with u stono tied around his
neck.
Kronstadt and Sevastopol aro
in daugor.
Telegraphic and telephonic
communication with Cronstndt
has ceased. It is believed to be the
work of revolutionaries.
By Prlvnt* I.pnuM Wlro.
St. Petersburg, August 1, 2:30
m. — The declaration Is made that
crew* of warships at St. Peters
burg are ready to mutiny and that If
the Cronstndt sailors Join them all
Baltic ships will soon bo In their
linmls. Peterhnf is under ttio guns
the Cronstudt fortress.
There Is considerable anxiety
cabinet circle* eoneernlng the main
part of the BnlUc fleet, consisting of n
battleship nnd three cruisers. This
squsdron was ordered from Revat to
Helsingfors to curb tho outbreak at
Sveaborg. The ship* aro said to be
commanded by Grand Duke Alexander
Mlchaelovltch, »rotficr-ln-law of tho
exar.
Fir* on Mutineers.
A telegram from tho commander of
the fortress says:
"The entire crow of four warships
have mutinied.”
It Is frankly stated by government
officials that the dispatch la not clear.
Another dlopatch says:
•'For'a time, with a portion of the
crews locked below decks, the loyal
member* of the crews fired upon the
mutineers.”
If the- Reval squadron haa Joined
the mutineer* there la little hope of
regaining possession of Sveaborg.
THREE 8EA FORTRE88E8
MENACED BY REBEL8.
ny Private Leased Wire.
Helsingfors, Finland, August 1.—The
amaslng discovery has been made that
the revolutionists are perfecting plans
to capture Russia's three greatest sea
forireeses, Sveaborg, Cronstadt and
Sevastopol.
Loyal troop* are again attacklngtha
rebels at Sveaborg fortress. The mu
tineers and their supporter* are tearing
up the railway leading from St. Pa-
teraburg, hoping In thla manner to
block the sending of reinforcements tq
put down the mutiny.
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
turn to Page 10 and
consult the Rooms for
Rent or Boarders Want
ed columns of The Geor
gian. You 11 find what
you want and pretty
soon cease to be a
STRANGER
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.
My Private Leased Wire.
Dea Moines, Is., Auguat 1.—When
the Republican state committee hod
completed the temporary roll of to
days convention early thla morning It
showed 856 votoa for Cummins and
784 against him, a majority of 72. It
may be Increased to a majority of 108
thla morning.
This means the re-nomlnatlon of
Governor Cummins without trouble,
but It 1ft a qucHtlon wlu'tlior Ilf rim
frame the platform and name other
candidates on the ticket.
Garst In Danger.
Warren Garst, his cholco for lieuten
ant governor, is In danger. The Per
kins men claim there aro many dele
gates pledged to Cummins' re-nomina
tion who will vote with them on all
other questions.
Antis Clslm Victory.
The roll, as announced after mid
night, waa regarded ns a big victory
by tho antl-Cummlns people. Throw
ing out of flvo countlos' delegations,
which thoy Insisted were entitled to
seats and giving their places to anti-
''ummlnH people, left ''uinlmns with
tho scant majority of 88 In a convention
of 1,640.
It was known that tho opposition
luul inn do boasts .if having bought
up a number of Cummins' delegates.
Aft lull "f the state committee was a
defiance of the congressional delega
tion, which had demanded by resolu
tion that only three contesting counties*
Kick on Influence.
Candidate Perkins protested against
Interference by the Washington tnflu-
\ and so did Congressman llap-
n, who denounced his colleagues In
unsparing terms for "laying down" In
the fight.
Nearly nil the congressmen are op
posed to Cummins, but thoy recognized
that failure t.i nominate Cummins, un
der tho circumstances, would surely
mean two tickets, and tho defeat of not
less than four congressmen.
As a last resort, effort was made to
fix up a deal by which Senator Dolllvnr
should ho nomad for governor and
Governor Cummins for tha senate. This
the Cumins people declined to permit
delegations be rocognlzed.
COACHMAN SAKS
NO LBl/E LETTERS
WEBEJ TRUNK
Madinc Goes on Stand in
Hartje Divorce
Case.
By Private Leased Wire. •
Pittsburg. Pa.. Aug. 1.—Tom Madina,
tho coachman, was the first witness
called In the Har:Je divoice case today.
He said tho letters (exhibits 10 to 34),
said to have been written by Mrs.
HartJe, ware never In his trunk.
Madlne denies that the “new Helen
letters," alleged to have been found on
an ash pile In the Hartjo stable, where
the fragments of the tom letter wqp»
found, were ever In his possession. He
never received a letter from Helen
Scott, ho said.
Envelope marked exniblt 37 nnd let
ter, said by tho detectives to have been
stolen from Mndlne’s trunk by tha
Muncey detectives, were next brought
forth. Madlne denied he had ever
had them. He recognized n telegram
said to have been stolen from tho
trunk, but said It was never In hla
trunic. Ho raw It In Now York nnd put
It In his bureau.
"Toll us when you first missed tha
letters from your trunk?"
"It was Monday, about noon. I
fouhd my trunk open nnd missed three
recommendations, three hills of lading,
a jockey coat, a pair of spurs, an In
surance policy, two letters from my
sister nnd one from my mother and
two jockey licenses."
"what tlmo did you nrise In the
morning?" asked Attorney MArrows
"Any old time."
"Did you get up when called."
"Not for about an hour."
"\\ h\ did riot you up when the
hid-, called you**"
“Because I did not want to."
“Then y>.u had her call you hf puse
you did not want to got up?"
"No, I always lay a half hour before
I am called.*’
During tho rapid fire of questtona
both Matron and Madlne fairly bristled
and flung out question and answer with
tho rapidity of a maxim gun.
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O Washington, August 1.-While O
0 endeavoring to eject Mary Balls- 0
0 ter, a negress, from 2507 M street, 0
0 Northwest, Deputy United States O
0 Marshal Stephen B. Callahan wns 0
0 painfully scalded with hot water. O
0 which the woman threw on him. O
0 After the deputy had ejected the 0
roman he went to the emergency 0
0 hospital, where the hums were 0
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KILLED BY BRIDE’S SIDE
AS FRIENDS GATHERED
TO BID THEM GOOD BYE
Special to Tho Georgian.
elm Mot te, S. C., August L—One of Iho
most ahorklng crimes In the annals of Gas
ton county occurred at on early hour this
morning, when J. Y. Kincaid shot nnd
killed W. If. Mrown, a groom of only a
half hour, os be stood with bla bride at
the depot, waiting for the train on which
the couple wns to leave on their honeymoon
trip from Bessemer City.
Tbe bride of only thirty minutes la now
a widow. 8be was Mlsa Mettle Perry.
All of tbe pnrtles are prominent In the
town where the shooting occurred. There
wns quite n gathering of the friends of tho
couple at the depot to bid them goodby,
snd. leveling hla
when Kincaid cnt__ -
pistol fit Brown, fired five times In quick
HueiPRslon Brown fell dead almost, at tbe
f>*et of his young bride.
ling Is Intense, hut nothing Is feared
lolrnce to Klrnal-
of the nuthorltl
At the first r
fell, mortally wo
of tbt
Is In rbargft
pistol. Brown
him nnd fired at the prostrate form
every ehnmlier of the weapon bad been !
discharged.
Klnnild, who Is In Jail, says he killed j
Brown because he ruined his sister, Ilian
Mettle Kincaid. lie claims Mrown had
nlsed
When h
Miss Men
irry her
rued thi
kill hln
LORD DOUGLAS CAPTURED
B Y MARSHAL IN PORTLAND
Hpedal to The Georgian.
Asheville, N. C., August L—*T/ord Doug
las," tbe bfgamlet, who married and It Is
believed subsequently murdered Josephln
Hood, of Asheville, at New Iberia, Ln. (
December, last, and whose whereabout*
have baffled the police, baa te on arrested
It) Portland, Maine.
A telegram received hero last night by
tbe chief of police, from United States
Marshal Peterson, brings the Information
of tbe irrest, and asks for Instructions.
Identifying witness wilt leave Asheville to
morrow for Portland.
Douglas, tbe meat notorious bigamist In
tbe country. It Is believed, married Jem
pblne Hood, and Mid be would take her to
hla fruit farm In Mexico, to be gone eight
weeks. When nothing was heard from the
id
rquls
COUNCIL OE WAR
HELD BY OFFICERS
Hp.rUI to Th* OforiU*.
Chattonoog*. Tenn., Aug. I.—A cav
alry drill In »cra«nlng and raconnolt-
•rlng waa tho order of th. maneuver*
at Chlekamzuy l tbt* m mlng. and thl*
afternoon the cavalry, artillery and In
fantry practiced.
, BILLY SMITH
ER SUSPENSION
NDEEINITE TIME
Billy
Smith, manager of the Atlanta
is notified by a telegram from
President Kuvanaugh Wednesday aft
ernoon that he is Indefinitely suspend
ed for his alleged attack Tuesday aft-
ernoon on Umpire f^huater.
GEORGIA YOUNG MAN
KILLED IN HOU8TON
Jonesboro, (Jh.. August 1.—J. O. *
Hightower, a wealthy planter of this
place, received notice today that hla
son. Walter Hightower, was killed In
Houston, Texas, last night. No de
tails of how he met death havs
received Young Hightower had
his home in Houston for the
eight years. He was a single
twenty-eight years of age. Ht
(■•rmeily of Atlanta.
been
past
The pitching of a shelter t
fforded splendid amusement
pectator*.
Last night General Hubb an! Mojo
toldman held council of war :»• I gav
Instruction* tor today's
otwith«randlog the waim veiul|ft
the soldiers nt Uhlckanmu* i park
nfung nil tho same. It is begl
to took like real army i
