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ATLANTA: population. N.W homes. •' ■no telephone*, t-e-.en main line* of railroad* : f . tulle# of street rnllwnr. j^.WO.OOO of banking cnpltal. The Atlanta Georgian. VOL. I, NO. 8D. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, <iATHURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1906. Homing Edition. MARINES AND TARS MUTIN V AT THE U. S. SUMMER CAMP Lives of Officers Menaced By Drunken Sailors—Two of the Wounded Are in Hospital. Uj Prlrmte Leased Wira. Philadelphia, Aug. 8.—Five men are in Irens, two of them In the sick bay on board of the receiving ship Lan caster at League Island navy yard, ns the result of mutiny which broke out in the summer camp on Monday, Ten sailors are also under arrest, charged with being Implicated, and thoy are also under arrest awaiting courtmnr- tiai. Has 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 bock, 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 Laficaster 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 the mutineers placed under arrest. Burnett and Kensey were given a G '- r ■’ ■ .'U :;... ■ t■•!.■; . *'»!•■ I . I;»> and w 111 given long terms of Imprisonment In the naval prison at Boston. The others were given summary courtmar- tlal 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, of the treasury de partment, had nlmost 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 •' !-«'On by a r.‘pr*\^ntatiY. f \n 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 oy the last congress will be to build one-story poStofflces 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 be constructed on an elaborate scale, and os soon ns 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 fudge 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 th- mails, but If the pneumntic tube system proves feasible that will bo adopted." The only change of any consequence will be that quarters will be provided on the fourth floor of the civil service ■ ■.iiiini'.-lMii to lu'Wl Its examinations. Room will be provided for 200 desks, so that all applicants can be accommo dated without trouble. t Postmaster Blodgett, Collector Ruck er and the other officials are highly pleased with 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 «pi;irt#*i o ;is a Chris!inns present." said Collector Rucker, "but unfortu nately he didn’t specify what < 'hrlst mas It will be, and so we have made up our minds to wait some time for them.” CAN’ TDEPOR T SYRIAN LEPER'; WEST VIRGINIA GETS HIM Bj Private Leased Wire. Washington, D. C., Aug. 8.—After considering a statement of facts by the board of health of West Virginia, the department of commerce and labor de cided today that it could not deport George Rosett, the Syrian leper, now at Elkins, W. Va. It Is admitted in this report, pre sented through the marine hospital service, that Rosett did not develop the disease within two years after com ing to this country. Only In this event could he have been deported. The West Vlrg1i*v officials will be notified that the federal government can do nothing to assist them In the dilemma. \ Man Aged 95 Years Takes, His Life Because of Lovefor 20- Year-Old Girl By Private Leased Wire. Manitowoc, Wla„ Aug. 8.—Alois Turkensky, aged 95 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 suicide 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. TEXAS FI TAKES LUES: Twenty-Five Persons Are Reported as Dead. Ily Private Leased Wire. Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 8.—Canyon City, In the Panhandle, la reported to have been completely destroyed by a tornado last night. In which several persona were killed. At Amarillo the family of a farmer named Ulggs were killed by lightning. The severe rains of the last two days, during whjch 12 Inches of rain has fallen, have caused a rise of 21 Inches in th** ( 'mIiiind-t iin-l other livers in rath Texai flooding thousands of Ing tnanj deaths The property damage will reach more than half a million dollars. A mother and three children at Han Angelo perished In sight of n score of men who were unable to attempt a rescue. A man on horseback was lost while trying to warn the people of dan ger. A strip of country 80 miles long nnd 0 miles w Ide Is covered with wa ter, twenty railroad bridges having been carried away and It la estimated that 200 miles or railroad tracks has been washed away. The Hanta Fe suf fered the worst. There ore rumors of large numbers of lives being lost In tho Concho nnd Colorado river* One report says ten lives were Inst, 10,000 battle killed, property worth millions destroyed and thousands of persons rendered home less as the result of a flood when the Colorado river was forced out of Its banks by heavy rains. THE FINI8H IN THE GEORGIA GUBERNATORIAL STAKES A8 IT LOOKS. FIGHT ON MUTUAL SLEUTHS UN TRAIL OF BANK LOOTERS IN "WINDY CITY" Downtown Institution May Pay Depositors Dollar for Dollar. By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, Aug. 8.—Trace of Henry W. Herlng, fugitive cashier of the looted Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, was found by the police today and detec tives were hurried to Michigan to And and arrest him. The arrest of the defaulting official may be made before the day is over, the police say. Information was placed in tho hapda of the police late last Continued on Page Nine. TEAMSTERS SPLIT By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, Aur. 8 —-Two convention* of teamaters tvofa hel.l In Chicago today. The third day of the International brotherhood mcetlnE wan resumed at 184 Randolph street behind cloned doors, with Shea wielding tho gavel over about halt the original number of dtisgatee. At 10 anil II South Work street, three blocks away, waa convened the first session ef the Independent con vention, made up of the entt-Shcn lend- er* and such delegatee as they could bring Into line with them. Shea Is the Issue. HI* mrthodi ara the argument* of both eldc*. Tho man on the wagon is to choose between the action* of the leader*. THIS WOMAN CHARGES MURDER TO HUSBAND 0CK>0OO000O00O0CK>0000000O00 o o O LARGE DERRICK U8ED O FOR INJURED WOMAN IN O CHARLOTTE HOSPITAL, JAPS ARE SLAIN BY AMERICANS Washington, Aug. 8.—International complications may result from #he re ported killing of five Japanese fisher men and the capture of twelve Japa- nese prisoners on Attu Island, the westernmost of the Aleutian group. The prisoners were taken by the rev enue cutter McCulloch, commanded by Captain J. C. Cantwell, and the re port of the killing is made to the department of commerce and labor oy Edwin W. 8!ls, solicitor for the de partment, who la In Alaska to enforce the new law prohibiting nil persona not citizens of the United States from fishing In Alaskan waters. The Japanese killed were shot by Americans on Attu islanl. before the McCulloch arrived. . IRISH JOAN D’ARC DENIED A DIVORCE Paris, Aug. 1—Unde Civil trllxm.ll. Kb-II fixnrtt* Mnclirhle. know: of Are." secures n Jodi her taebo ml. Major M KrSr Afri-n I ■* tJdsy. Mrs. Man a Special til The Georgian. 0 Charlotte, N. Aug. A--Ids O zle Ilowman, the third of the O O Hamlet wreck victim* to die here. O O mot the end suddenly last night O 6 at a local hospital, tth# weighed O O 1*0 pound* and a large derrick O O waa made for her by a plant near O o the city, and she had been kept on O O thl* over two weeke. O O It wae the only eolutlon of the O D queetlon of how to move her body O O end dree* her wounde. O O The woman lived In Hamlet. O ooooooooooa0ooooooooaoooai STANDARD OIL CO, GETS INDICTMENT By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, Aug..*.—'The Federal grand Jury haa Indicted the Standard OH Company. The chargee made agalnet the trust srere that It bad made deal* with the rallroada for rebates so oa to enjoy a monoply of trade. Details of the system by which the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company handle* the product of tho Standard OH Company war. laid before the Federal grand Jury Investi gating that business this nftemoon by two officer* of the railroad and one government attach*. J. L. tTark. general Western freight agent. and.I*. Mrs. Katie Jackson Asks Sheriff to Make Arrest. POLICE ARE AFTER ALGERIAN ARTIST 3 WIVESTHE CAUSE Vaudeville Star’s Haremctc Attracts Chief Jennings’ Attention. Mrs. Katie Doyle Jackson went Tues day morning to Sheriff Reagan, of De- Kalb county, and told him that her husband, Andrew Jackson, «ros a mur derer. "Ho 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 Justlf- of th- iv.i, »• H 1\ White and k released In 2100 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 Continued on Page Nine. Abdel Ksder, tho wonderful Algerian artist, who la on the boards at tho Casino this week with his three Alge- rlan wives, has excited the attention of the local police, and he will be re quired to comply strictly with both the • lt\ and M.iti law pi -ililMtlng a pin rxllty of u |V— Tun of tin- hut••m-tt- must travel os friends of Abdel while In Atlanta Chief of Police Jennings has tho matter under consideration Wednesday morning, nnd stated that he would take It up with Abdel Hiuler during tho day, The chief will Inform the Algerian thut a plurality of wives Is not permissible In Atlanta and that ho cannot he nc< corded any more privileges In this line than the citizens of the city. He* Instruct him he must comply with the law while here. Th- app-ai arn •• h-r- <<t Abdel Knd-i With his trio <<t Wives t •< ills 111 ii t •••* oil- of the Mi 1 • ef unique eltuatl xis with which the police have had to deal In some time. Abdel Knder makes no denial that the three women ore his lawful wedded wives, but In hi* native ntry a man Ik p-nnltt-il to choose Just as many help-mates os his Inclina tion dictates. This gives the Algerian th- advantag- overth- m-n -f Atlanta, for if one of these citizens should make Mir MHtiMf with three wives he would promptly take up his abode in the Tower. Abdel Kader could not be seen Wed nesday morning In i-gard to tho mat ter. but It Is understood he says he U following the law. In speaking of tho unusual situation. Chief Jennings said: "While In Atlanta Abdel Kader will, of course* be required to comply fully with the law. The matter will be thoroughly Investigated nnd he will be given any Instructions found necessary. He cannot be permitted to live with three wives hero, as this is plainly a violation of law." REPUBLICAN PARTY TO PUT OUT TICKET INSTATEELECTION Advisory Committee to Call for Nominating Con vention. MORTGAGE CAUSES SUICIDE ATTEMPT’ By Private leased Wire. New York. Aug. 8.—Because a mort- I gage on their home was to have been | Atkinson, local frelEht | forarle-i-d today. William Muhn.r and i Irlrti ,»d> ot Tier children agent of the Lake Shore and Michigan his wife, Anna, each 52 years old, trletl Southern, and George T. Roberts, tariff to commit suicide at 223 Host < schedule expert for the Interstate com- Hundred and Seventh street by Inli mere© commission, wete the two men ing ga* The old people were f.»t who testified, #T. Clark was on the unconscious by other occupants of wltaes* stand w.icn hte Jury adjourns* house. They were revived and i.< court at noon, to rc-convent at 1 {taken to th- Hast one Hundred i o'clock. Fourth street tat lor YOU’D KNOW WHY YOUR Competitor is so success ful in business if you would use i he GEORGIAN ‘WANT COLS. THEY DO THE WORK v= J) At n meeting of th* advisory commit* tee, C. P. Gore©, chairman of tho Re publican party of Georgia, hold In tho court-house basement at noon Wed- lay, a resolution waa unanimously adopted requesting the state central committee of Republicans to meet In Atlunta during the present month for the purpose of nominating candidates for governor and other state offices. Continued on Page Nine. Argument Presented Compel Filing of Cor rect List. By I’rlrnte Leased Wire. Now York, Aug. K.—The argument on tho application for n writ of man damus applied for by Colonel A. M Shook, of Tennessee, against tho Mu tual Life Insurance Company to d |x• I the company to file u correct IIh! of tho policyholders will bo heurd by Jus tice Gelgorlch, of the supremo court this afternoon. BEI DE AND GROOM KILLED BY TROLLEY porPIT. In Atlanta TWO CENT*. -* . On Train* FI VK CENTS. “LOBBY” Till CAUSES FIGHT IN IK USE Solicitor Hiii and Rep -resentative Whit ley Clash. SCRAP IS FURIOUS FOR A FEW MINUTES Remarks About Outside In- flucncc for Mattingly Bill Onuses Trou ble. A llaht betwo-n naprsssntutlva T R. Whitley, of Douglas, nnd BollcItnrH^n- ernl Charles D. Hill, of tho Fulton county court, threw the house of rep resentatives Into disorder Wednesday • i nlng The altercation followed an attack ndo by Mr. Whitley Tuesday morning on the men who were alleged to bo lobbying for the Mattingly bond bill. Whltl-> had n< • 11•-4• 11 ■ .ii. nf the m-n behind tin* m-asur-. pi-sutmibly Mr. Hill, of using perjured testimony In court cases. There Is said to have been personal feeling between the two several years. Mr. Hill m cune<l Mr. Whitley of being against th- bill because he had received no money to vote In favor nf It. At 9:41 o'clock Mr. Whitley ent-reil the house and walked toward hi* neat. hi- passed Ml. Hill in th- aisle ba ll the seatH he greeted him In a pleasant way. "Don't you speak to me,” said Mr. Hill. Jon't you speak to me either." re torted Mr. Whitley, ed that the lie was *r of th- belligerents lllll struck Mr. Whitley Aug. 8.—While eph to Benton first rides since By Private Loaned Win St. Joseph, Mich., driving from St. J Harbor on one of th their inarrlngo two weeks ago. Hiram B. fieltnlrk and his pretty young bride were killed beneath the wheels of an trie car. The motofman threw* the reverse, but It was too late. Tho couple ere well-known residents of the rural districts near Plnchman. CZAR MAY ABDICATE AS RESULT. OF STRIFE He Is to Confer Re gency on Two Grand Dukes. By Private Leased Wire. fit. Petersburg, Aug. 8.—The most disquieting news of the day comes from Rlgu. A dispatch from there says that 80 men on board a training ship there have been arrested because of sup- S disloyalty. So far ss can be d by outward appearances, quiet oen restored In this city. The report ts renewed today that the czar 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. THEY MUST MAKE GOOD ALL THE MONEY 8TOLEN By Private I.«i»*d Wire. London. Aug. I.—A dispatch from Warsaw, Poland, says that the gov ernor general of th- province has Is sued a proclamation to the effect that In the future inhabitants of cltl-a and villages will be held responsible for robberies by the terrorists In their vi cinity and will be forced to make good all losses In cosh. The order grows out of the great number of depredations that have been reported lately In which the postof- flees and government spirit stores have been Involved. Any persons fall ing to make good his proportion of the lose will be turned Into prison. GOVERNOR FOLK IS IN WRECK By Prlvste Leaned Wire. sr. Joseph, Mo.. A us. A—A sperisl from Armour, Mo., says two MI-~-ir1 PsHflr pss eraser trains crashed together lb*nt th! Injuries TWO ARE KILLED, A SCORE INJURED BY ■perial Coble—Copyright. Warsaw, Aug. 8.-—Two persons were killed and a score were Injured by a bomb which was thrown Into the wait ing room of tho railway station at fiosnowlce today. Th© r?om was crowd ed at the time, and a eceno of wild panic followed the explosion. Many women and children were trampled ns the crowd made wild dashes to es cape from the room. The bomb- thrower mode his escape during the confusion. OOOOOOO0O00OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OI O TERROR OF SPOOK MOB O i DRIVES COUPLE TO SEEK O I *V OFFICERS’ PROTECTION. O “ * O Special to The Georgian. 0 . Asheville. N. O, Aug. 8.— Be- O 0 coming excited over the Falla- O O bury lynching, A. N. Agnew and 0 0 wife, of Alexandria, Va. rushed O 0 Into the offlee of the collector of O 0 United States revenue this noon 0 O and demanded protection from an O O Imaginary mob, bent on lynching O 0 Agnew. Agnew said he had O 0 fered a dollar tip to a white wait- O at Sweetwater, Tenn. and 0 O she wss offended, and that 0 0 her friends had trailed him to O O Knoxville and to Asheville, and 0 O this morning had dogged h!« o 0 and plotted to kill him O The man and wife were e*« orted 0 take Folk , t .1 v »nc mail "i"- - ,h. -U..0 to Ih , tra |„ b> . police m'.. >.° • "■ -«"*»»• His rtBiIll-, Mo, but 00O0000O000O0O00OO0OO000OO