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THE MAN OF THE HOUR
MAN BEHIND THE BALLOT.
TWO MILLIONS IN TWO HOURS
WON B Y KING ED WARD THR 0 UGH
A SUDDEN TURN IN WALL STREET
Harriman Crowd Pulls
Off Sensational
Coup in Stocks.
Bj Print* Leaaed Wire,
New York, Aug. 17.—With a sharp
upward swing of’10 points In Union
Pacific and 5 points In Southern Pacif
ic today, leaders In the tremendous bull
movement cleared all the way from
1100,000 to $2,000,000 each.
Amid such excitement on the floor of
the stock exchange as has been equal
led only during the corner In Northern
Pacific live years ago, E. H. Harriman,
It was estimated, won J2.000.000 In two
hours, while King Edward of England,
who has been buying these securities
through hts New York representative,
profited to almost the same amount.
The rise In the two railroad stocks
followed Immediately upon the declara
tion of the large dividend of 10 per
cent on Union Pacific and 6 per cent
on 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
floor of the exchange frantic to place
their commission.
In the first moments after the an
nouncement of the dividends, the price
CIVIL ENGINEERS
E
On the second floor ot 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 dgsk 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 plans for
the terminals that the contract for the
grading and excavating haa been let.
Lane Bros. & Company, of Lynchburg,
ell-known contracting Arm, will
have charge of this work and the con
tract price for the work Is said to be
ivcmeiu oi me aiviaenus, me pru-w tf.on non
ilckera 8t ^™ J un«h?e*to* ke*n y mfwlth R ’ T ’ McDonald has been appointed
uiKi-rs were unable to keep up with , , r—
were unable to keep up with
'li' change*. In the fractions of min
utes the stock shot up the same frac-
“Oh*. It was a scranlble to buy, buy,
buy.
Short, Flying to Covor.
T" add to the bullish sweep that sent
'In- market soaring, the short Interest,
as it 1* called, made the wildest fight
‘■t all to buy stocks so that they might
:ov, r the sales. It was known that
£ H. Harriman was a big holder of
aotli Southern and Union Paclfle. Of
t.ii former it was stated that he had
acquired 200.000 ahares.
king Edward bought through Sir
f-rnist Cassell, his New York repre-
•'ntattve, and Is one of the largest
holders of the securities. He cleared
'a share on his Southern Pacific
ml J30 a share on his Union Pacific
»toik Others who made profits were
John IV. Oates, JameB K. Keene, John
n Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, H.
" Rogers, James Stillman, Dunlel Oug-
V'hhelm, Harry Weill, Jacob Field and
wtltlam Oliver and Jefferson M. Levy.
The rise In the Union Pacific repre-
"“""•d an Increase In the vnlue of the
eaMtallxatlon of $20,000,000, while that
in Southern Pacific represented an In-
In value of $12,000,000.
Mrs. Avrilla Connally,
*■1" let to The I Ivors Ian.
Haralson. Oa„ August 17.—Mrs. Av-
‘ ’'finally, an aged lady living near
" ml. died yesterday morning. Mrs.
■nonlly wa8 , he aunt ol yir*. Mary
'-allahan, of this place.
chief engineer of the terminal compa
ny and has arrived to take charge or
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 nnd Atlantic and Sea
board Air Line will be erected west of
the Atlanta Terminal station, it will
contain the freight offices of the com
panies while two long warehouse* In
the rear will be used for handling In
bound and outbound freights, Th* con
tract for this building ha* not yat
been let.
The terminal yards, local freight
tracks and necessary buildings will
cover the ground between Magnolia
and Nelson streets, practically all of
which Is owned by the Hate City Ter
minal Company. The atrip Is about
half a mile long and requires an enor
mous amount of grading. The distrib
uting vards will be located about two
miles from the station near the Inter
section of the Seaboard and Western
nnd Atlantic roads. The terminal Com
pany will assume control of all track
age within this point.
The contracting company will send a
large force of men and a number of
steam shovels to Atlanta within a short
time and artual work will begin. The
contract for the grading calls for Its
completion by June I, 1907.
Thome* Sawyar.
Special to The (leorglsn.
Abbeville, On, August 17.—Thomas
Sawyer, city marshal, died at his home
•u this city on Wednesday nlghL
BIG SHIFT IDE
IN THE SOUTHERN'S
L DEPT
Guy L. Stewart, for the pant six
teen months the land and InduHtrlnl
agent for the Southern railway in At
lanta, transferred to headquarters at
Washington, and W. L. Henderson,
agent at Mobile, Ala., transferred to
Atlanta as general Southern agent,
abolishing the Mobile office, was the
Continued on Pm go 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
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Attacked Pltfee After
the Buildings Were
Knocked Down.
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By Prlrnte I.en»e<l Wire.
NV.v York, August 17.—A re
port which reacherl this city this
afternoon said that portions of
Valparaiso were hnriiing all night
and that the bod es of hundreds of
its residents were Imried in the
ruins of the buildings. For an in
terval cable communication with
Valparaiso was out off but the op
erator at the •‘hut” outside the
city has since responded and sends
word thnt the disaster may be
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
earthtpinke, and thnt there has
been great losa of property, with
perhaps heavy loss of life.
Bjr Private I-cci.nl wire.
New York, Aug. 17.—Private ad
vices from Valparaiso, Chile, rerelved
In this city today, report terrific earth
quakes there last night. Many build
ings were wrecked nnd hardly a house
escaped without dumnge. Fires broke
out throughout the city. It Is feared
there have.bA-n many casualties.
A dispatch from Valparaiso says that
cable lines are working as far as Val
paraiso Hut, the cable building on the
shore outside of Valparaiso. All land
linen to the Interior of Chile are down.
The operator In the hut nays that the
dlwanter In probably a repetition of the
San Francisco calamity.
Many Shocks Fslt.
The National Cable Company recetv
ed Information last night of the Inter
ruptlon of the service along the west
coast of South America by earthquakes
In 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
do Los Andes 1 anting live Mcconda.
Communication between Chile and Ar
gentine was reported to be completely
Interrupted.
Information la Vagua,
Kingston, on the Island of St. Vln
cent, also was affected by an earth
quake on Tuesday night, according to
dispatches from that point. Shocks
were felt also on the Island of St. Lucia
on the night of August 2. in ail, 61
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 offices at Valparaiso. This
Is construed an meaning thut the city
has not been ruined, and as indicat
ing that the danger Is over.
LITTLE CHILDREN MADE TO PRAY
THAT THE MAYOR MAY NOT STOP
THEIR SINGING IN THE STREETS
HEAVY LOSSES OF LIFE
REPORTED IN ANDES.
Special Cable-Copyright.
Beunos Ayrft, Aug. 17.—An unusu
ally heavy earthquake Is reported from
the Andean districts of Argentina.
While news from the affected districts
Is meager, It Ik feared that there ha*
been heavy loss of life. Land commu
nication between Chile nnd Argentina
has been completely shut off by the
earthquake.
Special liable—Copyright. ,
Kingston, St. Vincent, Aug. 17.—
There has been a number of earth
quake shocks throughout the Island of
St. Lucia since August 2. A severe
one was felt August 14. Comparatively
little damage has been done, but the
people are In a condition bordering on
panic.
By Private Leased 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 Senor Vqga, the
charge d’affaires.
Senor Vega stated that a calamity of
such proportions as to overtake San
Francisco would be Impossible In the
Chilean metropolis, from the fact that
the buildings are all low, few more
than three or four storie* high and
are solidly constructed. They would
not yield to an ordinary shock, and It
Is doubtful If a shock equal to that
which ruined Fan Francisco would do
great damage.
The state department also was with
out confirmation of the report of the
earthquake. There are no American of
ficials In the city at present and but
few Americans engaged In business
there. The present consul, Alfred A.
Winslow, of Hammond, lnd„ I* In thla
country on leave.
“THEY SHALL NO7 BRING
CHILDREN^ ON STREETS”
"In no way am I against the Institution,’’ said Mayor Woodward Fri
day morning when Interviewed on the subject of the "Memorial Orphan
age." "As long ns 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 nnd use them to create sympathy, so that money may he raised for
carrying-on the orphanage. If they need money, Mr. and Mrs. Harwell,
or whoever Is at the head of the Institution, should raise It, not the chil
dren.
"Bringing the children out on the Streets Is not benefiting them In
the least. It is only teaching them to be beggars nnd when they are
turned out from the Institution they will 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 fh this manner. It Is for
the chlidren that I have told the police to break up the meeting and not
because of any desire to Injure the institution."
When asked 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 cun be made."
Mayor Woodward states that Rev. John It. Gunn, superintendent of
the Georgia Industrial Home nt 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 (ieorglnu.
Minneapolis, Minn., Auk.’ 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 appeor
that the price of the land to be ac
quired for such parks Is reasonable
and Just."
The Atlanta committee has been
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 it member, Introduced the party.
Councilman K. W. Martin, of Atlanta,
as spokesman und represented At
lanta well. Commander Tanner, Com-
mander-eiect Brown, Governor Van-
8ant and dozens of other Grand Army
veterans have been especially cordial to
the Atlanta delegation.
The resolution adopted In convention
by the Grand Army of the Republic
will. It Is believed, greatly aid In get
ting nutlonui parks around this city on
the three battle grounds that played so
Important a part In tho civil war. Kzra
Church, Atlanta und Peachtree (.’reek.
A Joint committee, composed of
members from the city council, county
commissioners, chamber of co/nmeree,
Grand Army of the Republic nnd the
Confederate veterans, have for some
months been at work on the scheme
of establishing the three national parks
nnd Joining them by boulevards,
was decided several weeks ugo 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.
HUNDREDS OF POOR FOLK
BESIEGE BANK IN CHELSEA
70 GET THEIR SAVINGS
By I’rlrnto I.ensed 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 g«jierally known
until today, although Bank Examiner
Ewer had ordered the institution to
cease business last night. Until before
clock the examiner and officials of
the bank worked on the books. Presi
dent H. B. Hinckley would not discuss
the failure nor would any officers of
the bank.
The news of the'failure spread over
Chelsea. People flocked to the hank
the scene was a wild one.
One woman, partly clad and crying
to get at the bank door, was prevented
by Putrolman Harrison, who tried to
calm her. The woman said that all
the money she had In the world was
in the bank.
I«irge crowds of men. workingmen of
all types, who, ordinarily, would have
been on the way to work, ’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 Chelsea today. All the employees
of the bank were called to the building
last night. The examiner began his
rk and the ntaches of the bank
building by scores and for a short time worked on the books all night-
WILL TRY -TO RESIST
ORDERS OF MAYOR
“Woodward Better Look
Out or the Lord’ll Strike
Him Dead." .
"We are all praying for Mayor Wood
ward. W# had the children pray for
him last night, nnd today, too.” saya
Mrs. J. R. Harwell, who, with her hus
band, runs the "Memorial Orphanage"
at 62 ■ and' 64 McDaniel street. Mrs.
Harwell was called upon by a Geor
gian reporter Friday morning and gave
out an exceptionally Interesting Inter
view aa to the orphanage and tho work
ings of the devil through tho city of
ficials. V
Despite the order of the mayor to
the chief of police to break up any
street meeting in which th’e children
of the orphanage participated, Mrs.
Harwell declared:
‘The Lord willing, I will be out on
the streets with my children at C
9’clock this. afternoon." : «
Mrs. Harwell and her bevy of little
les will first appear In Decatur street
near the Kimball House, and If the
mayor's Instructions of Chief Jennings
are carried out the children will he
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 la claimed In two reports made by
City Warden Thomas Evans, who made
a thorough Investigation of the Insti
tution some days ago, a$>d also In the
report of Secretary Joseph Logan, of
the Associated Charities of Georgia,
that the Institution la run. on very
slack lines, that the children ace not
properly cared for, that they are drag
ged out on the streets when they snould
be In their beds and that tne institu
tion lacks the proper facilities for
training the little ones.
Mr. Harwel stated Friday that his
wife had a divine call do the work she
Is now doing.
"When she first started to carry on
the work It wa* In Oakland City," he
said. "She" took under her care three
babies, although I wa* very much op
posed, and *he 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 arc all
full of the Divine spirit.
"Training Them For Religious Work."
When asked what he- and his wife
ere training the children to be he
said:
"Missionaries, ministers and evange
lists. We hold prayer three times a
dl.y sml the devil cannot come into the
Institution.”
He said that T. R. Sawtell, J, H.
Bullock & Company nnd Wood A Sin
gleton kept the Institution supplied
with meat; that the three Oarrow*
supplied a superabundance of syrup,
that Nathan and other bakers supplied 1
Continued on Page Three-
ATLANTA:
Tjj.flOO popdlatlon.
Cow homes
15.0W telephone*.
K,ren main line* of railroads
153 miles of street railway.
I2.M0.M0 of banking capital.
The Atlanta Georgian.
w. w .ww,vw cotton crop In 1901.
(.500 miles of steam railroad*
400 miles electric street rafliray.
130 Cotton factories. lJKXnoo spln<l>«
Factories consumed 600,000 bales 1905.
VOL. 1. NO. 97.
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1906.
Morning Edition.
PRTP I?. 1*> Atlanta TWO CENTS.
X XvlL/JZi. on Trains FIVE CENTS.