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VOL. 1. NO. 97.
Atlanta Georgian.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1906.
PPTOTT.. In Atlanta two cent*
± 1V1GJli. on Trains fciVF CENTS
TWO MILLIONS IN TWO HOURS
WON BY KING EDWARD THROUGH
A SUDDEN TURN IN WALL STREET
Harriman Crowd Pulls
Off Sensational
Coup in Stocks.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 17.—With a sharp
upward swing of 10 points In Union
Pacific and 6 points In Southern Pacif
ic today, leaders in the tremendous bull
movement cleared all the way from
Slftft.000 to $2,000,000 each.
Amid such excitement on the floor of
the stock exchange as has been equal
led only during ttye corner In Northern
Pacific five years'ago, E. H. Harriman,
It was estimated, won $2,000,000 in two
hours, while King Edward of England,
who has been buying those securities
through his New York representative,
profited to almost the same amount.
The rise in the two railroad stocks
followed Immediately upon the declara-
ti'<n of the large dividend of 10 per
cent on Union Pacific and 5 per cent
'■n Southern Pacific.
No sooner had the news of the divi
dend spread throughout the financial
district than orders to buy Union Pa
cific and Southern Pacific flooded the
market. Brokers rushed on to the
fl'»»r of the exchange frantic to place
their commission.
In the flrst moments after the an
nouncement of the dividends, the price
°f the stock Jumped so swiftly that the
tickers were unable to keep up with
the changes. In the fractions of min
utes the stock shot up the same frac
tions. it was a scramble to buy, buy,
buy.
Shorts Flying to Cover.
To add to the bullish sweep that sent
the market soaring, the short Interest,
as H is called, made the wildest fight
•>f all to buy stocks so that they might
cover the sales. It was known that
E H. Harriman was a big holder of
both Southern and Union Pacific. Of
tne former it was stated that he had
acquired 200,000 shares.
King Edward bought through Sir
Line«t Cassell, his New York repre
sentative, ani j (a one of the largest
holders of the securities. He cleared
* , a share on his Southern Pacific
and $30 a share on his Union Pacific
Others who made profits were
John W. Gates, James R. Keene, John
> itRefeller, William Rockefeller, H.
*-"&ers, James Stillman, Daniel Gug-
lm, Harry Weill, Jacob Field and
"llliam Oliver and Jefferson M. Levy.
1 he rise | n the union Pacific repre-
an Increase In the value of the
japt'aHzatlon of $20,000,000, while that
m Jw/fhern Pacific represented an fn- i
,r " ,w tn value of $12,000,000.
Mrs. Avrilla Connally.
!^hf to The %Oeorgtsn.
Jiaraison, Ga„ August .17.—Mrs. Av-
n.ii i onnally, an aged lady living near
r ? yesterday morning. Mrs. j
••nnallv was the aunt of Mrs. Mary'
vaIIu,Uin » this place.
ON TERMINAL PLAN
On the second floor of the Empire
building a staff of engineers and
draughtsmen Is busy with scale and
pencil drawing curves and gradients
and calculating cubic yards. A tired
looking man at the first desk Is patient
ly explaining to residents of certain
blocks that they really must move for
"the railway needs the ground.”
As outlined in The Georgian Thurs
day afternoon, the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic railroad is preparing
to build its big terminals. The work
will be carried on under the corporate
name of the Gate City Terminal Com
pany, which will control the terminal
property.
So far advanced are the plajis for
the terminals that the contract for the
grading and excavating has been let.
Lane Bros. & Company, of Lynchburg,
a well-knowfi contracting firm, will
have charge of this work and the con
tract price for the work is said to be
more than $500,090.
R, T. McDonald has been appointed
chief engineer of the terminal compa
ny and has arrived to take charge of
the work. He Is at the head of the
engineering staff which is so busy in
the Empire building.
The freight depot of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic and Sea
board Air Line will be erected west of
the Atlanta Terminal station. It wll|
contain the freight offices of the com
panies while two long warehouses In
the rear will be used for handling In
bound and outbound freights. The con
tract for this building has not yet
been let. , . , ..
The terminal yards, local freight
tracks and necessary buildings will
rover the ground between Magnolia
and Nelson streets, practically all of
which is owned by the Gate City Ter
minal Company. The strip Is about
half a mile long and requires an enor
mous amount of grading. The dfstiib-
utlnK yards will be located about two
mile* from the station near the Inter
section of the Seaboard and Western
and Atlantic roads. The terminal com
pany will assume control of all track
age within this point.
The onntractlnB company will send a
targe force of men Hiid a number of
steam shove).* to Atlanta within a short
time and actual work will begin. The
contract for the grading ealla for Its
completion by June I. l!>»i.
Thoms* Sawyer,
Special to The (lenrgtaB.
Abbeville. Ga„ August I,.—Thomas
Sawyer city marshal, died at his home
in this city on Wednesday night.
BIG SHIFT MADE
IN THE SOUTHERN'S
L DEPT,
Guy L. Stewart, for the past six
teen months the land and Induatrlal
agent for the Southern railway In At
lanta, transferred to headquarters at
Washington, and W. L. Henderson,
agent at Mobile, Ala., transferred to
Atlanta aa general Southern agent,
abolishing the Mobile office, was the
Continued on Pag. Three.
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GREAT LOSS OF LIFE IS FEARED
FROM ’QUAKE SHOCKS IN CHILE
Whole Andean Dis
trict Given Terrif
ic Shaking.
CITY OF VALPARAISO
GREATLY DAMAGED
Fire Is Reported To Have
Attacked Place After
the Buildings Were
Knocked Down.
"There’s plenty of time yet left O
O for us," you can imagine the Ice 0
0 man saying to the soda water 0
0 man. "And then, people have to 0
0 have coal and drink hot chocolate 0
0 In the winter time, so we catch 0
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0 this week, predicted showers and 0
O every day showers have fallen In 0
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0 Local thunder showers Friday 0
O night and Saturday. 0
0 Friday temperatures: O
7 o’clock a. m., 73 degrees. 0
8 o’clock a. m., 78 degrees. O
9 o’clock a. m.. 81 degrees. 0
10 o’clock a. m., 83 degrees. 0
11 o'clock a. m., 8$ degrees. O
12 o’clock noon. 86 degrees. O
1 o'clock p. m., 88 degrees. 0
2 o’clock p. m., 86 degrees. 0
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Ily I'rlratP Leased Wire.
New York, August 17.—A re
port which reached this city this
afternoon said that portions of
Valparaiso were burning all night
and that the bodies of hundreds of
its residents were buried in the
ruins of the buildings. For an in
terval cable communication with
Valpnraiso.was cut off but the op
erator at the “hut” outside the
city has since responded and sends
word that the disaster may be a
repetition of the San Francisco
horror.
By Private Leased Wire.
London, August 17.—A report
reaches here which has not yet
been confirmed that Valparaiso,
Chile, has been shaken "by an
earthquake, and that there has
been great loss of property, with
perhaps heavy loss of life.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 17.—Private ad
vices from Valparaiso, Chile, received
In this city today, report terrific earth
quakes there last night. Many build
ings were wrecked and hardly a house
escaped without damage; Fires broke
out throughout, the city. It is feared
there have been mafry flUmgUlag
A dispatch from Valparaiso says that
cable lines monvorklng as far as Val
paraiso Hut, the cable building on the
shore outside of Valparaiso. All land
lines to the Interior of Chile are down.
The operator in the hut says that the
disaster Is probably a repetition of the
San Francisco calamity.
Many 8hoeks Felt,
The National Cable Company receiv
ed Information last night of the inter
ruption of the service along the west
coast of South America by earthquakes
in f the neighborhood of Iqulque, Chile.
No details were given.
Advices received from Beunos Ayres,
via London, also stated that a terrible
earthquake was felt In the Cordillera
de Los Andes lasting five seconds.
Communication between Chile and Ar
gentine was reported to be completely
interrupted.
Information la Vague.
Kingston, on the Island of St. Vin
cent, also was affected by an earth
quake on Tuesday night, according to
dispatches from that point. Shocks
were felt albo on the Island of St. Lucia
on the night of August 2. In all, 51
distinct shocks were felt.
Information received up to 10 o'clock
regarding the earthquake at Valparaiso
Is still of a vague nature. It occurred,
however, at 7:40 last night and there
were four severe shocks followed by a
conflagration. How far the Are extend
ed or how much damage resulted has
not yet been learned.
Operators Resume Work.
The cable operators who left the of
fice In the city last night and repaired
to the hut, have, this morning, re
established their headquarters again
at the main ofllces at Valparaiso. This
Is construed as meaning that the city
has not been ruined, and as indicoi-
Ing that the danger Is over.
HERE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE "MEMORIAL ORPHANAGE."
LITTLE CHILDREN MADE TO PRAY
THAT THE MAYOR MAY NOT STOP
THEIR SINGING IN THE STREETS
HEAVY LOSSES OF LIFE
REPORTED IN ANDE8.
Special Cable-Copyright.
Reunoa Ayrea. Atig. 17.—An unuau-
ally heavy earthquake la reported from
the Andean dlatrleta of Argentina.
While news from the affected district.
Is meager, It Is feared that there ha.
been heavy los. of life. Land commu
nication between Chile and Argentina
hHs been completely .hut off by the
earthquake.
Special ('Bble—Copyright.
Kingston, St. Vincent, Aug. 17.—
There ha* been a number of earth
quake shocks throughout the Island of
St. I.ucln since August 2. A severe
one wna felt August 14. Comparatively
little damage has been done, hut the
people are In a condition bordering on
panic.
By Private l^nsol Wire.
Washington, Aug. 17.—No official
confirmation of the earthquake had
reached the Chilean legation In this
city up to this afternoon. Great anxie
ty was manifested by 8enor Vega, the
charge d’affaires.
Senor Vega stated that a calamity of
auch proportions aa to overtake San
Francisco would be Impossible In the
Chilean metropolis, from the fact that
the buildings nre all low, few more
than three or four storie. high and
are solidly constructed. They would
not yield to in ordinary shock, and It
Is doubtful If a shock equal to that
which rained San Francisco would do
great damage.
The state department also wag with
out confirmation of the report of the
earthquake. There arc no American of
ficials In the city at present and but
few Americana engaged In business
there. The present consul, Alfred A.
Winslow, of Hammond, Ind., Is In this
country on leave.
“THEY'SHALL NO7 BRING
CHILDREN ON STREE IS”
“In no way am I Against the Institution,'* said Mayor Woodward Fri
day morning when Interviewed on the subject of the "Memorial Orphan
age.” "A*dong as the Institution Is run In a proper manner I will do all I
can for It, but they shall not bring those little tots out on the streets at
night and use them to create sympathy, so that money may be raised for
carrying on the orphanage. If they need money, Mr. and, Mrs. Harwell,
or whoever la at th!% head of the Institution, should raise It, not the chil
dren.
"Bringing the children out on tho streets Is not benefiting them In
the least. It Is only teaching them to be beggars and when they aro
turned out from the Institution they wilt know nothing’ else. Then, I un
derstand, there are some girls getting along In their teens. They should
not be allowed to be brought out on the streets In this manner. It Is for
the children that I have told the police to break up the meeting and not
because of any desire to Injure the Institution.”
When nsked what would be done with the children If they were again
brought out, Mayor Woodward said:
“They will be taken back to the Institution, and, If this does not stop
the practice, I will have them taken before the recorder and sent to one
of the state Institutions until proper disposition can be made.”
Mayor Woodward states that Rev. John R. Gunn, superintendent of
the Georgia Industrial Home at Macon,, has offered to take care of the
little ones.
G.A.R. INDORSES PLAN
FOR ATLANTA PARK
By WALTER G. COOPER.
Special to The Georgian.
Minneapolis, Mfnn., Aug. 17.—The
committee on resolutions of the Grand
Army of the Republic adopted by ac
clamation this morning the following
resolution:
“Resolved, by The fortieth national
encampment, Grand Army of the Re
public, That In the event of the enact
ment by congress of further legislation
establishing national parks, the battle
fields around Atlanta should be con
sidered when it shall be made to appear
that the price of tho land to be ac
quired for such parks is Reasonable
and Just.”
The Atlanta committee has beetj
treated with great kindness and con
sideration. They appeared before the
committee on resolutions this morning
and Colonel 8. A. Darnell, of Atlanta,
who Is a member, Introduced the party.
Councilman E. W. Martin, of Atlanta,
was spokesman and represented At
lanta well. Commander Tanner, Com
mander, elect Brown, Governor Van-
Rant and dozens of other Grand Army
veterans have been especially cordial to
the Atlanta delegation.
The resolution adopted In convention
by tho Grand Army of the Republic
will, it is believed, greatly aid in get
ting national parks around this city on
the three battle grounds that played so
important a part in the civil war. Ezra
Church, Atlanta and Peachtree Creek.
A Joint committee, comjiosed of
members from the city council, county
commissioners, chamber of commerce,
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Confederato veterans, have for some
months been at work on tho scheme
of establishing the three national parkn
and Joining them by boulevards. It
was decided several weeks ago to send
a special committee to the Grand Ar
my of the Republic reunion and there
ask for the approval of that organiza
tion. Never before had the Confeder
ate veterans asked any favor of the
Grand Army.
“The Devil’s in This
Work," Declares,.
Mrs. Harwell.
WILL TRY TO RESIS^
ORDERS OF MAYOR
“Woodward Better Look
Out or the Lord’ll Strike
Him Dead."
HUNDREDS OF POOR FOLK
BESIEGE BANK IN CHELSEA
TO GET THEIR SAVINGS
By Private Leased Wire.
Chelsea, Mass., Aug. 17.—Hundreds
of depositors, for the most part poor
working people and Hebrews, who have
money at risk In the crash In the First
National Bank of Chelsea, are clamor
ing around the Institution this morn
ing. The deposits and other liabilities
of the bank aggregate nearly $1,000,000.
The failure was not gsperally known
until today, although Bank Examiner
Ewer had ordered the Institution to
cease business Inst night. Until before
clock the examiner and officials of
the bank worked on the book*. Presi
dent H. B. Hinckley would not discuss
the failure nor would any officers of
the hank.
The news of the failure sp?||d over
Chelsea. People flocked to tw bank
the scene was a wild one.
One wonfan, partly clad and crying
to get at the bank door, was prevented
by Patrolman Harrison, who tried to
calm her. The woman said that all
the money she had In the w'orld was
in the bank.
I*arge crowds of men, workingmen of
all types, who, ordinarily, w’ould have
been on the way to w'ork, lingered
about the bank. Many Hebrews were
In the crowd and gathered In groups by
themselves, wildly discussing the
names of the officials of the bank and
telling of their savings.
The determination to close the bank's
doors was reported at a special meet
ing of the directors last yesterday.
The United States authorities left
for CheUea today. All the employees
«*f the bank were called to the building
last night. The examiner began his
w*ork and the ataches of the bank
building by scores and for a short time worked on the books all night.
We are all praying for Mayor Wood
ward. We had the children pray for
him last night, and today,*too," says
Mrs. J. R. Harwell, who, with her hus
band, runs the “Memorial Orphanage”
at 62 and 54 McDaniel street. Mrs.
Harwell was called upon by a Geor
gian reporter Friday morning and gave
out an exceptionally Interesting Inter
view' as to the orphanage and the work
ings'of the devil through the city of
ficials.
Despite the order of the mayor to
the chief of police to break up nny
street meeting in which the children
of the orphanage participated, Mrs.
Harwell declared:
“The Lord willing, I will be out on
the streets with my children at 6
o'clock this afternoon.”
Mrs. Harwell and her bevy of little
ics will first app
near the Kimball
mayor’s instructions of Chief Jennhut^
arq carried out the children will be
are carried out the children will be taken
with all kindness and tenderness, back
to the home by a squad of big, large-
hearted policemen.
It Is claimed In tw'o reports made by
City Warden Thomas Evans, who made
a thorough Investigation‘of the Insti
tution some days ago, and also in the
report of Secretary Joseph Logan, of
the Associated Charities of Georgia,
that the Institution is run on very
slack lines, that the children at* n- t
properly cared for, that they are drag
ged out on the streets when they imould
be In their beds and Mat tne institu
tion lacks the proper facilities f r
training the little ones. -
Mr. Harwel stated Friday that his
wife had a divine call 16 the work she
Is now doing.
"When she first started to carry on
the work it was In Oakland City,” he
said. “She took under her care three
babies, although I was very much op.
posed, and she finally saw' she had
made a mistake when the Lord took
two of them from us."
He stated that there were twenty-
six children now In the Institution, that
they are well fed—If anything, over
fed—that they enjoy life and are all
full of the Divine spirit.
"Training Them For Religious Work."
When asked w'hat he and his wife
were training the children to be he
said: 0 -\\
"Missionaries, ministers and evange
lists. We hold prayer three times a
day and the devil cannot come Into the
institution."
He said that T. R. Saw tell, J. H,
Bullock A Company and Wood A Sin
gleton kept file institution supplied
with meat; that ‘the three Cairo wa
supplied a superabundance of syrup,
that Nathan and other bakers supplied
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