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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. 00000000000000000000000000 O O O "8HAKE ” SAYS ICE MAN O TO SODA DISPENSER. O 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 Pltfee After the Buildings Were Knocked Down. ’•There’s plenty of time yet left O O for u»,” you can imagine the Ice 0 O man saying to the soda water 0 0 man. "And then, people have to 0 0 have coal and drink hot chocolate 0 O In the winter time, so we catch O 0 ’em coming and going.” 0 O The weather man has, every day O 0 this week, predicted showers and 0 0 every day showers have fallen In O O parts of Atlanta, though hardly a 0 0 drop has fallen In the business 0 0 section of the city. The rain areas 0 0 have been small. Lots of folks 0 0 think it hasn’t been raining any, 0 0 but they are mistaken. 0 0 Forecast: 0 0 Local thunder showers Friday 0 0 night and Saturday. 0 O Friday temperatures: 0 0 7 o’clock a. in., 73 degrees. 0 0 8 o’clock n. m., 78 degrees. 0 0 9 o’clock a. m., 81 degrees. 0 O JO o’clock a. m., 83 degrees. 0 0 11 o’clock a. m., 86 degrees. 0 0 12 o’clock noon, 86'degrees. 0 0 1 o’clock p. m., 88 degrees. O 0 2 o’clock p. m., 86 degrees. C 0 O O00000O0000O00O00P00000O0O 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.