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L ATVANTAi •^ vn homes. mitn h °lnM of lallrroiJa. SfiTS'o*•"■o** r, " wa f' ?»'. y of bnaktac EORGIAN. , - cotton crop !n UV. Factories eonaumei ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1906 pDTpp. In Atlanta TWO CENT*. * AtlL/Ib: on Trains FIVK CENTS. 300 DROWNED; BLOOD IS SHED TO WIN BOATS Brutal Passengers Stab Women and Children and Turn on Each Other in Madness. Captain Takes Blame and Kills Self. E 5Iore than 300 persons lost their lives when the Italian ves sel Sirio, which left Genoa, Italy, August 2, with 570 passengers, mostly emigrants, and a crew of 127, struck on the rocks of Hor- migns Island, two and a half miles off Cape l’alos, on the east coast of Spain, Sunday afternoon about 5 o’clock. The ship was bound for Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, and the passenger list had been augmented by a s short stop at Barcelona, Spain. When the steamer foundered there were 645 passengers aboard. In order to make up time and shorten the distance, the Sirio ran too close to the rocky const of Ilormigas Island. Captain Gavino, taking full responsibility for the disaster, drew a re volver, sent a bullet into his breast, tossed the weapon overboard 8nd drowned himself. This wns to have been his last voyage, as he had reached the age limit fixed by the ship’s owners! The panic-stricken passengers fought to get possession of life buoys and life boats. Women and children were stabbed to death by brutal emigrants, and many men—emigrants, members of the crew and officers—were slain by the maddened passen gers, who sought to save themselves by attacking the loaded ship's boats. * .Mothers leaped overboard in a vain effort to save their chil dren, and fourteen fishermen who had come to the rescue were drowned hy the overturning of one of the trawlers into which a number of the survivors had been drawn. The Austrian consul at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, gave his life preserver to a woman, who, with her child, was about to drown. Mother, child and consul were rescued. The.stokers of the vessel were drowned in the hole of the ship. A monk, while kneeling on the deck praying for those on board, was swept to death as the Sirio sank. CAPTAIN TAKES ALL BLAME AND COMMITS SUICIDE By Private Leased Wire. Cartagena, Spain, Aug. 6.—A roll call nf the survivor* of the Sirio wreck showed there were 385 missing. It Is believed, however, a few of these have been picked up by vessels that con tlnuefl on for other ports. The death list, however, will exceed 350. The responsibility for the wreck Is charged to the dead captain. The ship Intended to stop At Cadiz before pro ceeding to Brazil And to shorten the trip as much as possible, he tried to pass close to thewocky ledges sur rounding the Hormigas Islands. Wat Hia Last Trip. It was to have been Captain Gavlno’s last voyage. He was 61 years old «nd had been retired by the steamship company because of his age. The cap tain who was to have taken charge of the vessel wns 111, and Captain Gavino consented to make one more trip In command. The coast presents a terrible picture. It Is strewn with bodies and frag ments of the wreck. Broken Ashing boats, bodies and wreckage are being constantly washed ashore. Officers Abandoned Ship. According to all Information the loss of life would have been greatly less If the captain and officers had only re mained calm. It seems that after the suicide of the captain the officers abandoned the ship In order to save themselves without awaiting to fulfill the duties of humanity. Many persona who were rescued dl**d after they were brought ashore. Among the saved are a number bearing seri ous injuries. Some had limbs frac tured in the general panic, while oth era were wounded by bullets or knives. Was.Built In Glasgow. The Sirio was an Iron vessel of 4,M1 tons gross, 2,664 under deck and 2.275 net. She was 380 feet long, 42 feet 1 Inch beam and 24 feet 9 Inches deep. She wns built at Glasgow ;83, but had recently been re-rated. She was owned by the Navagazlone Generale Itallana of Genoa, which o' 105 stenmships, the’same company that runs the Italian line of»iteamers to New York. PANIC-STRICKEN EMIGRANTS STAB WOMEN AND-BABES By IT1vate*Ti«’niM*d Wire. Cartagena, Spain, Aug. 6.—With hun dreds of frenzied men battling for pos session of the boats, stabbing and killr Ing men and women and trampling children to death, the captain dead by his own hand when he saw his ship was lost, the Italian steamship Sirio went down off Hormigas island, near Cape Palos, and more than 350 persons perished. The ship carried 800 persons and was bound from Genoa and Barcelona for Buenos Ayres when she struck on a reef close to Hormigas Island. • Battle For Life Boats. For- half an hour, an awful panic reigned on the doomed ships. Fren- *le4B*mJgrants made a rush for the small boats into which the women and children were being placed, and then 3 n a terrible battle. e crazed emigrants dragged the ■ eti and children from the boats, stabbing the women and hurling them wide and killing officers and members of the crew who opposed them. Then the men with the knives fought each other. A fleet of trawlers went to the res cue end .the* fisherman had to battle with the panic-stricken emigrants. Captain Kills Himself. Through the swamping of^ their boats fourteen fishermen were drowned. When he saw hi. ,hlp «« lo*t and that the emigrants had obtained pos session of the wrecked tmmI Captain Gavino, declaring that It waa his fault, drew a revolver an<l rent a bullet Into Mb breaet. Then he threw the wea pon Into the eco and leaped ufter It. The steamship waa runnlnw at full speed through a difficult passage when she struck >>n the reef, about 1 *** miles east of Gap* Pal"*. The instant she struck th** ship began to settle. Stab Women and Babes. ▲ terrible scene of confusion fol lowed. The captain and officers tried to maintain* order, and tl\e women and children were hurtled-Vo the boats. The men forced back th£ officers end crew, and nrrangemenjA were made to save thq nyft helplesV ones first. At first the emigrants yielded. Then came a grinding noise,' the ship's bottom evidently slipping along. the reef. This sent a thrill of terror through the emigrants, and a crowd rushed for one of the boats. In which women and chil dren had been placed, preparatory to lowering the boat. With knives in their hands they be gan hauling the women and children out of the boot, stabbing and slashing. Members of the crew who opposed them were cut down. Forces Rescues With Gun. A fleet of trawlers which was close at hand, hurried to the scene to rescue the survivors. The crew of one trawl er started to mutlne, declaring that their vessel would be sunk, but the esptain drew a revolver, and leveling It at his men, shouted: As long as It Is possible to take off Crowds of Depositors Turned Away by Notice PATRONS PUT IN $4,000,000 IN CASH Officers Refuse to Say Whether or Not Insti tution Has Failed. By Private Leaded Wire. Chicago, Aug. 6.—The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, capitalized $250,000, and #whlch lias more than $4,000,000 in deposits, wns closed to day fo^ examination, while a great crowd of panic-stricken depositors gathered around the building fought for admission. Inside the bank the confusion was almost as great comparatively as the excitement out side. It developed that a warrant has been Issued for Cashier H. W. Herlng, on the charge of embezzlement. No statement was given out to the plain the closing of the bank except a fe.w words written on a placard and hung upon the door. The placard read: The bank has been closed for ex amination." Theodore Stansland, the vice presi dent of the bank, was willing to an swer questions, but said the offclals of the bank had no formal statement to make. When It was suggested that this attitude would give the Inference that the bank had failed, he said: "I wouldn’t say that, but It is closed." "What has the bank closed for?" "For examination," said Mr. Stans land. ,"\\'e ure making an examination of the bank books now."' IS iiiiuuinui BUGGY FOUND IN RIVERJT FERRY Scores Engaged In Dredg ing in Stream Sunday, Body Not Found. THE RIVAL ORGANS grinding away the same old tunes. . V raps BOY DIES IN AGONY E OP PULL A TREE TOP 8perlal to The Georgian! Glenwood, Go., Aug. 6.—Although scores of men have been searching in Oconee river, near here, since early Sunday morning, for the body of John Flckllng, a prominent saw mill man, who is supposed to have been drowned Saturday evening, It has* not yet been recovered, and some , are of the opin ion th^J he may have met foul play before reaching the stream. Flckllng was In Glenwood Saturday and left here In the evening In a bug- y to go across the rlv6r to spend Sun- ay with relatives. He Is Bald to have Deco under the influence <«f whisky when he left By the time he could reach the ferry, Ferryman Williams would have gone to his home for the night. Buggy Found In River. Sunday morning early a buggy was found in the river at the ferry about 10 feet from the shore. Word was sent out and a search was Instituted. It learned that Flckllng was missing, never having arrived at the home of his relatives with whom he had plan ned to spend Sunday. A large crowd gathered to aid in the search. Horse Found. During the day the horse was found about a mile away grazing In the swamps, with the harness partly torn off, and it looked as If It had been In the water and torn loose from the ve hicle. The river has been dragged for some distance and as yet no trace of the man Is found. Flckllng was about 40 years of age and leaves a wife and several children. He was n resident of this county. | la thought that when the man reached the ferry, and finding no one there, he drove his horse in the river and wan drowned. Little Paul Jones Succumbs to Blood Poisoning. Burial at Fairbum. FRIGHTENED BY SCREAMS OF CHILD BEING PADDLED, WOMAN FIRES OFF PISTOL RUSSSTRIKERS TEARUP RAILS OF BIG id tv elvo hundred Ekaterlnoaky, say* hern declared then miners have stop 000 men arc uu sin mining reglo POLICE ARE ARRESTING ALL' TRAOES UNIONS. Ily Private J-cnsed Win*. Moscow, Aug. 6.—The poll,’.* are ar resting members of nil the ientral com- rnlng and train the gr rt of the dn COMMITTEE ARRE8TED STRIKE A Private Leased Wire, t Petersburg. Aug 6 Little Paul B. Jones, the 10-year-old non of Rev. E. W. Jones, of Atlanta Heights, fell from n tree last week ami broke both bones in bis arm. one of the fractures causing an ugly Wound. He was taken to the Wesley Memorial Hospital for treatment, and got along all right until Saturday morning when blood poisoning set in. Nothing could be done to relieve him. 8unday morning his arm was ampu tated, but the Infection had gotten too deep a hold, nnd the little fellow died In terrible agony Sunday afternoon. The remains were carried to Fair- burn, Go., for funeral services and In terment Monday at 12:40 o’clock. LOVELORN GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE By Private Leased Wire. Cumberland, Md., Aug. 6.—Florence Shipley attempted suicide here by allowing poison. Sh*» said she want ed to die because John Demoss, who had been paying her attention, had forsaken her for another. 0O0000O00000000OO0O0O<h>000 When the deck of the trawler became so crowded that there was danger of capsizing, the captain at the point of his revolver, forced the frightened peo ple down Into the hold. A large num ber were taken on board the Vlcenta Licano, and one old fisherman In a boat saved twelve persons. Fishermen Are Drowned. As the fisherman In smJll boats were trying to take off as many aa possi ble, the frightened emigrants -tried to rush their boats. They were driven back, but a further settling of the ship caiised another rush and several boats were capsized, and fourteen fisherman 15 hut'a look drowned, ort all sides bodies were 10 the follow! floating In the water. .O Partly cloudy, with Many had leaped overboard and O shower* M or day r.lght !0 day After having rained nine days In O I 0 succession, ail of which were real 0 i O dog days. It appears that the old 0| 0 superstition*!* to be thrown down 0‘ 0 good and hard If If ral is Mon- 0 • 0 rlay It will surprise many folks 0, O who peeked at the heaven* during 0; O the morning. scn-ching for threat- 0 O enlng Indication*. O' 0 Mr. Marbury continues to de- O O clare hi* disbelief In dog days and 0 0 his faith li the ascendency of scl- O 1 y such tom-foolery, 0 hi* f ire, net develops O caalo BI O ‘ Continued on Page Two. 1 OO00C0O0OOO000OO0000O000OO OPPORTUNITY Is that Invisible something which at one tlino or an other comes knocking at the door of success for overy man. It comes generally dur ing office hours, and If you are out, so much the worse for you. It seldom lingers. If your ear Is untrained, or if you happen to be Indulging In day dreams, you may not hear, for opportunity is not a persistent visitor. It must bo met at least halt way. And then It needs the most Judi cious entertaining. We are daily sending out these little forerunners of opportunity.* You rnnv t recognizo them, but if you take a look every day at the w-ant columns of The Geor gian you will come to know tl om They are rm-deu i:"!•• mepM-ngers. but to the bust- ne#« man or woman of keen perception t!,*• > mean son thing. Thev Do the Work On being rudely awakened from a slumber and with her mind confused by the screaming of childreij, Mrs. Lucy Bmith, young wife of a well-known physician residing near Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday nftemoon at 1 o'clock leaped from her bod at th*' homo «*f her brother-in-law, S. C. Grinnord, 90 West Peachtree place, seized a revolver and fired five shots m rapid succession out of a window. The shooting, occurring its It did on a quiet Sunday Afternoon, created a scene of Intense excitement, nnd the police wero hurriedly summoned to the scene by neighbors. Mounted I' dlcemen Hoilfs and Cowan nnd * 'fill Officer Luck made an Inves tigation, and. after learning the facts, decided to make no case. Mrs. riinlth. It seems, has been In bad WILL ASK BRYAN TO OUST TAGGART FROM HIGH PLACE mother to operation She wns It ne time, and a ught to Atlanta dergo a serious Dr. Noble's hu room alone Su and fHi asta r little sister of misc anitarfum day ufter. ». Shortly child to children In’the ho crean e cries .suddenly awoke in nnd she Jumped from fright. Unable to under* inh, *he seized the pistol i f the window. Khe Inter e p police that/he fired the 1, fearing sh »d. id shots sine Lltlo Kv iihllc the dla- has been vernnient make building I* under the river ry pi heavy guard, ei ler protection is patrolled by armed boats and to all intents nnd purposes the town is under llltnry rule. Strike Leaders Arrested. Up to this writing about 230 arrests of strike leaders have been made, •stly of men who insisted upon Continued on Page Two. New Petition, Aimed Chairman, Is Being Circulated. at OIL TRUST PROBE GIVEN SET BACK BY TARDY^ JURORS Inquiry at Chicago is Post poned Till the After- ><I to -Several appear Irculated. It will be shown to the hoinnan as a matter of form, but It is intended more particularly for Wll- I ‘ Ham J. Bryan. It sets forth that the state has proved Taggart’s ownership and par ticipation in the profits of the gain- J bllng Joint recently closed ot his French Lick Springs hotel, and that Taggart Is utterly unfit to represent the Democratic party as Its chairman. MAN AM) FIANCEE DROWNED IN RIVER J By Private Leased Wlre.\ I Chicago, Aug. 1—Rutherford CoJJo- I way and his flahcee, Mies Michael!*, were drowned In the Calumet river last night while canoeing.* Their craft was I caught In a swirling current and i whirled around rapidly. The young man was unable to control the canoe. Before help could reach them the canoa wns overturned and both occupants dis appeared. Carl Hightower. Npertel to The Georgian. Dahlonega, G* , Aug. 6.—Carl High tower. the street car conductor who was hjrt In.Atlanta Thursday night, was brought to I>ah!onega a In Mount Hope cemetery fiui •d fr" {gate th** Standard Oil ness, failed to answer this morning and the ellng of the Jury was 11 o'clock until 2 o'clock this afternoon. In the meantime, deputy United Htatee marshals were sent out by Mar shal L. T. Poy In search of the men who had failed to respond. Heven wit nesses, six being railroad men, and a government employe*, appeared ready to testify, but were excused until th* afternoon. STABBED WITH FORK WIFE ENTERS SUIT FOR TOTAL DIVORCE NEGRO SHOT DOWN BY TWO OffICERS WHOMJjERESISTEO Slayer of Social Circle Po liceman Meets Death in Pistol Battle. Kpcolnl Tl»#> rid n dal Circle. despera Anil* $•—Clay haracter, ion her* twelve yearn ago. wan *hot and killed her** today at 12:35 p ti. by Policeman Mark Riley and Bailiff J. D. Burson. while defying arrest. The negro Arad the first bullet, which went througit-po* llceman Riley's coat. Four or five shots were fired, all taking effect, and tha negro died In about five minutes. The negro*** are alarmed, but no rouble Then i red four Alleging that her husband sta* her In Jhe * boulder with a fork, otherwise mistreated her, Mr* Ms R. Garvin has brought suit for a vorce against her husband, Garvin. Mrs. Garvfn’s petition *t that she married Garvin in 1*9*. that she lived with him until I>c ber I. 1904. Mrs. Gar ne. and the c hold an Inque 'he negro wax ver and *al«l • witnesses to th# er will probably carrying a large rt* to one could arreat 1 >>n1y a few « 11th the fork. SHOOTS HIS WIFE; rs FATALLY HURT Hr Prltnle Wlro. I.ynchburu, Va., Aug. M. J. I'aUt an employe .if the Glamorgan Wortat j In a quarrel early thl, morning wH| HI a wife at their home In Monroe atr Nhot her through the heart and eaca "0 a freight train on the Norfolk weetern At Haltey, h* fell Oft train and fractured hla nkull, and t brought hack to the cltv. Both ha i hi, wife ara at the city hoaplUL Seventy Thousand Workmen Are on Strike. LEA I )EKS ARRESTED; PEASANTS KILLED Military Revolt Is Being Planned to Aid Rank and File. Hy 1'rlrnte I-on.- l Wire. St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 6. It is reported that strikers nre tearing up the tracks of the Cymv railway. 50,000 MEN STRIKE IN THE MINING REGION. By 1’rlrnte Lens.-d Wire. opi>ed running fnf FAILURE. 6 The central committee nf the Hodal Democrats, one of the organization* conducting the pre***nt strike, was arrested today. Following the Imprisonment of this committee It was announced that so far as 81. Petersburg. Js concerned th# strike is a failure. The strikers nre now looking to Warsaw* and Moscow for assistance in their efforts to tie up the empire. 76,000 RU88 WORKMEN ARE *NQW ON 8TRIKE« By Private Wire. St. Petersburg, Aug. R.—Noon.— With 75,000 workmen on strike in St. Petersburg and disquieting report# from many points in the provinces, the situation In Russia today In more criti cal thar solution of tho douma. Ho far the strike In thl: extremely orderly, but tl has tnk