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VOL. I, NO. 89.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1906.
■ppTp f? . In Atlanta TWO CENTS.
A AVIA/Ht. on Trains FIVE CENTS.
MARINES AND TARS MUTINY
AT THEU.S. SUMMER CAMP;
FIFTEEN ARE UNDER ARREST
Lives of Officers Menaced By Drunken
Sailors—Two of the Wounded Are
in Hospital.
Bj Prlrate Leased Wire.
Philadelphia, Aug. 8.—Five men are
in Irons, two of them In the sick bay
on board of the receiving ship Lan
caster at League island navy yard, as
the result of mutiny which broke out
In the summer camp on Monday. Ten
sailors are also under arrest, charged
with being implicated, and they are
also under arrest awaiting courtmor-
tlal.
Hat Throat Cut.
The mutiny was the result of a
drunken brawl. Privates Burnett and
Kensey, of the marine corps, were the
ring leaders, and they are now under
the doctor's care, the former with his
throat cut and the latter with a frac
tured arm.
A score of marines and blue jackets,
under the leadership of Burnett and
Kensey, attempted to break camp.
Sergeant Kerby, who was on guard,
called on the patrol to drive the men
back, and the result was a fierce fight,
in which shots were fired, and many
wounded.
Are To Be Ironed.
Chief Boatswain Garrett, who, with
a force of marines and sailors, had
been summoned from the Lancaster by
the alarm which had been sounded,
narrowly escaped death. Burnett had
a loaded rifle pointed at Garrett's head
when he was struck down by a bayo
net. The disturbance was quelled and
he mutineers placed under arrest.
Burnett and Kensey were given a
general courtmartial yesterday and will
be given long terms of Imprisonment
I** the naval prison at Boston. The
omers wer* given summary courtmar
tial and sentenced to serve thirty days
In double Irons.
ANOTHER NE W POSTOFFICE
WILL BE NEEDED IN CITY
WITHIN FIVE OR SIX YEARS
Architect Taylor Says That While Contem
plated Structure Will Be Commodious, It
Will Soon Be Taxed By City’s Growth.
IN THE STRETCH
Architect Taylor, of the treasury de
partment, had almost concluded his
task of getting the ideas of the various
department of the government service
in reference to their quarters in the
new building Wednesday morning, and
when seen by a representative of The
Georgian was getting ready to leave
Atlanta.
"How do you like Atlanta, Mr. Tay
lor?” was the query with which he was
greeted. "Oh, Atlanta's all right," was
the quick response.
"The policy of the government as
outlined by the last congress will be
to build one-story postoffices in all of
the large cities in the country in the
future. This will be more in the nature
of an immense distributing center and
the city will be divided Into districts,
In the center of which will be a sub
station from which the carriers will
take out their routes. The building In
Atlanta Is probably the last that will
he constructed on an elaborate scale,
and as soon as the postal receipts jus
tify It the new building will be aban
doned to the other departments and
another building near the Terminal
station will be erected. Of course it is
impossible to state when this will be,
but at the rate Atlanta's postal busi
ness Is growing I judge that we shall
have to provide additional quarters
within the next five or six years.
"It Is the plan at present to use the
wagon system of distributing the malls,
but if the pneumatic tube system
proves feasible that will be adopted."
The only change of any consequence
will be that quarters will be provided
on the fourth floor of the civil service
commission to hold Its examinations
Room will be provided for 200 desks, sc
that all applicants can be accommo
dated without trouble.
Postmaster Blodgett, Collector Ruck
er and tbf; > v her officials are highly
pleased n?. i the plans for the new
building, and the only regret Is that
they will have to wait two or three
years to get Into them.
"Mr. Taylor has promised us the
new quarters as a Christmas present,"
said Collector Rucker, "but unfortu
nately he didn’t specify what Christ
inas it will be, and so we have ma !e
up our minds to wait some time to*
them."
Man Aged 95 Years lakes His Life
Because of Love for 20- Year-Old Girl
6y Private Leased Wire.
Manitowoc. WU, Aug. 8.—Atola Turkensky, aged 85 years, the oldest
resident In the county, hanged himself In the garret of his son’s home,
where he had been living for, some years. His sutdds was the result
of despondency because of his failure to' win the love of Anna Kirch,
the 20-year-old daughter of a next-door neighbor.
THE FINISH IN THE GEORGIA GUBERNATORIAL STAKES AS IT LOOKS.
TEXAS FI
TIKES LIVES;
Twenty-Five Persons
Are Reported as
Dead.
LOSS OF PROPERTY
IS ABOUT $500,000
One Town Totally Destroy
ed By Fierce Tornado
During Monday
Night.
SLEUTHS ON TRAIL
Of BANK LOOTERS
IN "WINDY CITf
Downtown Institution May
Pay Depositors Dollar
for Dollar.
B> Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, Aug. 8.—Trace of Henry W.
Bering, fugitive cashier„of the looted
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, woi
found by the police today and detec
tives were hurried to Michigan to find
and arrest him.
The arrest of the defaulting official
may be made before the day is over,
the police say. Information was placed
in the hands of the police late last
Continued on Page Nine.
TEAMSTERS SPLIT
SHEA ISTHE ISSUE
Most Serious Labor Union
Rupture Occurs in
Chicago.
By Private Letted Wire.
Chicago, Aug. 8.—Two conventions of
teamatera were held In Chicago today.
The third day of the international
brotherhood meeting was resumed at
164 Randolph street behind closed
door*, with Shea wielding the gavel
over about half the original number of
delegates.
At 10 and 12 South Clark street,
threa blocks away, was convened the
first session of the independent con
vention. made up of the anti-Shea lead*
era and such delegates as they could
bring Into line with them. .
Shea Is the Issue. His methods are
the arguments of both sides. The man
on the wagon Is to choose between the
actions of the leaders.
This Is the most serious union labor
rupture that has arisen In Chicago In
years. It is considered the outcome of
the Philadelphia convention of 1805.
Many threats of bolts and secessions
have been made by leaders In the in
ternational brotherhood before. Sucn
talk was from both factions. Jtow
that the secession movement has actu
ally taken place, serious charges are
expected, and the entire country will
know the causes of the disruption.
Senator Foraker Is Coming South.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. Jf-J*
Foraker, senior senator from Ohio, has
consented to deliver an oration In this
city on the occasion of the annual en
campment of the Society of the Army
of the Cumberland, which is to be hold
here October 17 to 19. An excellent
program Is to be arranged.
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STANDARD OIL CO,
GETS INDICTMENT
By Prlrate Leased Wire.
Chicago, Aug. 8.—The Federal grand
Jury has indicted the Standard Oil
Company.
The charges made agalmt the trust
were that It had made dealt with the
railroads for rebates to as to enjoy a
monoply of trade.
Details of the system by which the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Rallwi
of the
before— ■, _ . - -
gating that business this afternoon by
two officer* of the railroad and one
government attache.
J. L. Clark, general Western freight
agent, and C. A. Atkinson, local freight
agent of the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern, and George T. Roberta, tariff
schedule expert for the Interstate com
merce commission, were the two men
who testified, f.r. Clark was on the
witness stand wnen hte Jury adjourned
court at noon, to re-convene at 1
o’clock.
Mrs. Katie Jackson
Asks Sheriff to
Make Arrest.
MAN IS RELEASED;
SAYS HE IS INNOCENT
Strange Case Investigated
by Sheriff Reagan of
DeKalb County.
Mrs. Katie Doyle Jackson went Tues
day morning to Sheriff Reagan, of De-
Kalb county, and told him that her
husband, Andrew Jackson, was a mur
derer.
He killed a convict In South Caro
lina seven years ago," she said. "Now
that he has deserted me, I want the law
to punish him."
Sheriff Reagan Immediately hitched
up his horse and went In search of An
drew Jackson. He found him working
on the plantation of John Leach, a
prosperous farmer of the southern part
of DeKalb county. He arrested Jack-
son on a warrant charging a misde
meanor. Jackson was taken before
Justice of the Pence B. F. White and
was released in $100 bond, which was
made by Mr. Leach, from whom Jack-
son has rented for many years.
Jackson denied his wife’s charge;
Mr. Leach said it was preposterous;
Justice White and Sheriff Reagan felt
POLICE ARE AFTER
ALGERIAN iBIISTs
3 WIVESTHE CAUSE
Vaudeville Star’s Haremete
Attracts Chief Jennings’
Attention.
Abdel Kader, the wonderful Algerian
artist, who is on the boards at the
Casino this week with hia threo Alge
rian wives, has excited the attention
of the local police, and ho will bo re
qulred to comply strictly with both tho
city and state laws prohibiting a plu
rality of wives. Two of the haremotte
must travel as friends of Abdel while
In Atlanta.
Chief of Police Jennings has tho
matter under romddemtbm Wednesday
morning, and stated that he would tnko
it up with Abdel Kader during the day.
The chief will Inform the Algerian that
a plurality of wives is not permissible
In Atlanta and that he cannot bo ac
corded any more privileges In this lino
than tho dtlSMlfl of tho city. He will
Instruct him he must comply with tho
law while here.
The appearance hero of Abdel Kader
Ith his trio «.f wives t.m-tltute-, ..n*
"f tho most unique situation* with
ivhich the police have had to deal In
some time. Abdel Kader makes no
denial that the three women are his
lawful wedded wives, but In his native
country a man is permitted to choose
just ns many help-mates as his Inclina
tion dictates. This gives the Algerian
the advnntnge over tho jnen of Atlanta,
for if one of those citizens should make
appeal am •• vs Ith tin*" • L-
would promptly take up his abode In
the Tower.
Abdel Kader could not bo seen Wed
nesday morning In regard to the mat
ter, but it is understood ho says he Is
following the law'.
speaking of the unusual situation.
Chief Jennings said:
'While In Atlanta Abdel Kader will,
of course, be required to comply fully
with the law. The matter will bo
thoroughly Investigated and he will be
given any instructions found necessary.
He cannot be permitted to live with
three wives here, as this is plainly a
violation of law."
REPUBLICAN PARTY
TO PUT OUT TICKET
IN STATEELECTION
Advisory Committee to Call
for Nomiiiatiug Con
vention.
At a meeting of the advisory commit
tee, C. P. Ooree, chairman of the Re
publican party of Georgia, held In the
court-house basement at noon Wed
nesday, a resolution was unanimously
adopted requesting, the state central
committee of Republicans to meet In
Continued on Page Nine.
lly Private Lensed Wire.
Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 8.—Canyon
'i 1 '-. i” 1 : ■ 1 'iinli.in.il.*, is rt’iMii’t.-il
have been completely destroyed by a
tornado last night, in which several
persons wero killed.
At Amarillo the family of a farmer
named Riggs were killed by lightning.
The severe rains of the lost fwo days,
during which 12 Inches of rain has
fallen, have caused a rise of 31 Inches
In the Colorado and other rivers in
south Texas, flooding thousands of
acres and cnuslng many deaths.
The property damage will reach more
than half a million dollars.
mother and threo children at San
Angelo perished in sight of a score of
men who were unable to attempt a
rescue. A man on horseback was lost
while trying to worn the people of dan-
A strip of country 30 miles long
and 6 miles wldo Is covered with wa-
ter, twenty railroad brldgi-H having
been carried away and It 1h estimated
that L’"(i mlh’M of railroad tracks has
been washed away. Tho Santa Fo suf
fered the worst.
By Private
Dallas,
rains prei
TEN LIVE8 ARE REPORTED
LOST IN TEXAS FLOOD
Isonwid Wire.
Texas, Aug. R.- -Tremendous
filled Inst night oyer m>rth-
ern Texas, middle western Texas and
the Indian Territory.
Much rain has fallen previously and
there are largo floods In ninny rivers.
Trains on tho St/ Louis and Ran Fran-
• Ih.-ii Itnllrnnd are tl*d up nt Msdllt,
I. T., a bridge bolng washed out there.
Wires are down north of Mndlll.
'Frisco passenger trains are going to
Texas over the tracks of the Missouri
Kansas and Texas Railroad.
A telegram from Ballinger, Tex
tells of tho denth of nn entire family
consisting of five members on tho Ills
mnrek farm, owned by W. Davis. Tho
Concho river divides the farm, and the
house occupied by the tenants was
near the stream.
Then- has I Immense destruction
of property and growing crops In th
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CAUSES FIGHT
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Solicitor Hill and Rep
-resentative Whit
ley Clash.
SCRAP IS FURIOUS
FOR A FEW MINUTES
Remarks About Outside In
fluence for Mattingly
Bill Causes Trou
ble.
There are rumors of large numbers
of lives being lost In the Concho and
Colorado rivers. One report says
lives were lost, 10,000 rattle killed,
property worth millions destroyed and
thousands of persons rendered home
less as the result of a flood when the
Colorado river was forcod out of its
banks by heavy rains.
CZAR MAY ABDICATE
AS RESULT OF STRIFE
He Is to Confer Re
gency on Two
Grand Dukes.
HE ORDERS A BILL
CONCERNING JEWS
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THET DO THE WORK
Alarming News Is Received
in St. Petersburg
From Riga.
By Private loosed Wife.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 8.—Tho most
disquieting news of t)i* day comes from
Riga. A dispatch from there says that
66 men on board a training ship there
have been arrested because of sup
posed disloyalty. Bo far as can be
judged by outward appearances, quiet
has been restored In this city.
Most of the striking workmen have
returned to their work.
An announcement Is made officially
that the government has placed In the
hands of the ministry of the Interior
authority to prepare a bill which shall
deal with the entire Jewish question.
The report Is renewed today that the
exar has made up his mind to confer a
regency upon Grand Duke Vladimir
and Grand Duke Nicholas Nlcholal-
vltch. If this Is true It means abdica
tion.
It Is said that this determination was
reached after the esar and Premier
Stblypln had failed to Impress upon
the reactionary members of the cabinet
certain measures of reform which they
believed would satisfy the revolution
ary' party.
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Is slated to be minister of agriculture
and that M. FllossofTofr. minister of
commerce.
M. Iswoleky, brother of the foreign
minister, is mentioned as procurator
general of the holy synod. M. Stoly-
pin has gone to Peterhof to get the
approval of the czar to the names.
THEY MUST MAKE GOOD
ALL THE MONEY STOLEN
By.Private Leased Wire.'
London, Aug. 8.—A dispatch from
Warsaw, Poland, says that the gov
ernor general - of the province has Is
sued a proclamation to .the cfTect that
In the future Inhabitants of cities and
villages w(Ti be held responsible for
robberies by the terrorists In their vi
cinity and will be forced to make good
all losses in cash.
The* order grows out of the great
number of depredations that have been
reported lately In which the poatof-
flees and government spirit stores
have been Involved. Any persons fall
ing to make good his proportion of the
A fight between Representative T. R.
Whitley, of Douglas, and Solicitor Gen
eral Charles D. Hill, of the Fulton
county court, threw the house of rep
resentatives Into disorder Wednesday
morning.
The altercation followed an attack
made by Mr. Whitley Tuesday morning
on the men who were alleged to bo
lobbying for the Mattingly bond bill.
Mr. Whitley had accused one of tho
men behind the measure, presumably
Mr. III11, of using perjured testimony
In court cases. There Is said to have
been personal feeling between the two
for several years. Mr. Hill accused
Mr. Whitley of being against the bill
because he had received no money to
vote In favor of IL
At 9:45 o’clock Mr. Whitley entered
the houso and walked toward his seat.
An he passed Mr. Hill In the aisle be
hind the neats he greeted hint In a
pleasant way.
"Don't you speak to me," said Mr.
Hill.
’Don't you speak to mo either," re
torted Mr. Whitley. By-slanders stat
ed that tho lie wan given by one or tho
other of the helllgerentH, and then Mr.
Hill struck Mr. Whitley over the head
a cane. The representative
he«l with the solicitor at once and
the two fought across the broad aisle
and Into the Heats. Mr. Hill's head
a desk and a long red bruise
j the effect of the blow. The
clothing of both wai
gle, but Mr. Whitley
of the two. boro no
from the altercation.
Knight Gets in It.
- Members of the house Interfered and
for a moment It appeared that Mr. J. P.
Knight, of Berrien, who was heated In
hlrt remarks and manner, might fake
part In tho fight. Mr. Hill was exclud
ed from tho house by the Hergeant-al
arms, and Mr. Whitley took his seat
and pinned together his tattered coat
sleeves.
Speaker Slaton was powerless to re
store order for a few moments. The
members rushed to the rear of tho
house and one or two made efforts to
get behind some corner that might of
fer a shield against bullets should a
pistol be brought Into play. Tho
smokers’ club next door adjourned *ud-
nly nnd the smokers poured into the
room. The nows of the fight spread
the senate chamber nnd several
senators crossed tho corridors t«* learn
details of the fight. No weapon
r than Mr. Hill's
torn In the strug-
who Is the heavier
> physical marks
Into use.
Lobbying Charges.
The fight was tho direct rest
charges made by Mr. Whitley
f the house Tuesday In
Ing his vote against the :
bond appropriation. The ren
tractsd but little attention at
but they evidently rankled In
of Mr. Hill,
rs for the bill
remarks.
In his apeech Tue
snld:
I am against thl
count of the charact
hind It." He also n
to the effect that on
accepted perjured e
suit. His remarks hr
of Rl
1 th
• night
of the
iwm the
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e time,
e mind
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of the
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plained that he
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Mr. HiIl*i
Mr. HIU made the st
Georgian that he had
apltol ns he has frequ
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standing In
subje
lay Mr.
of the men ba
de some remark
of the men had
dence in a law
ight Mr. Wright,
*r for the hill In
but Mr. Whitley
not r.*fer to any
Statement.
e statement to The
aad gone up to the
tiy done, with
»f having any
Whitley. WMl*
f the house f)r.
Whitley passed him nnd spoke, saying
’Good morning, Mr. Hill."
”In view of the offonslve language
yhlch Dr. Whitley had used on the
loor of the house Tuesday In reference
o my brother and myself in connec
tion with the Mattingly bond bill, 1 felt
ndlgnant that he should speak to me
nt all, and acting upon the Impulse of
the moment through heat of passion I
d him and struck hint with a
little cane which I usually carry. He
struck me back and we got Into a
fight, hut were separated by some of
e house," stated Mr.
Hill.
"I regret exceedingly that the dlffl-
ilty should have occurred on the floor
the house, and I also regret that I
ould have used any language that
mid Indicate any want of respect for
e members of the house, especially
I had the privilege of the flour by
ason of my official position I have
If ten Speaker Slaton an opolngy to
m and the house for my conduct.
•While Dr. Whitley's language Tues-
da:
It 1* stated that Prince Va**IIlchlko!I Ion will be turned Into prlaon.
oked
Insulting and
would not ha
r nnd the senslon u
place anti occasion f
ck upon us. Of c>
ot concerned with t
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