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GEORGIA;
fW.flW population.
cotton crop In 1908.
IgAn miles of strain railroad.
Jno miles electric street railway.
I# Cotton factories. J WOO splndrea.
Factories consumed 600.000 bales 1906.
The Atlanta Georgian.
ATLANTA)
130.000 population.
26.000 homes.
15.000 telephones.
Keren main lines of railroads.
150 miles of street railway.
f2J.000.000 of banking capital.
VOL. 1. NO. 98.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1906.
PRTPI?. In Atlanta TWO CENT*.
A .ttJ.ls.Cj. on Trains FIVE CENTS.
HUNDREDS OF BODIES
BURIED UNDER HOUSES
Reports From Valpar
aiso, Chile, Tell of
Great , Damage.
SUPPLY OF FOOD
IS RUNNING SHORT
People Are Unable to Fight
Flames Which Follow
Earthquake.
By Private Leased Wire.
Lima, Peru, August 18.—The
latest 'advices received here con
cerning the earthquake disaster
ut Valparaiso say that hundreds
were killed and that the property
loss will amount to millions. The
town of La Liqua, between Val-
parasio and Iquiqumbo, was total
ly destroyed. There is still no
communication with Santiago.
By Private Leaned Wire.
New York. Auer. 18.—A cable dlz-
jiatch received today from Valparaiso,
by Weasel, Duval & Co., of New York
and Valparaiso, confirmed the reports
of the catastrophe to the South Amer
ican port by the earthquake of Thurs
day night. The dispatch to the firm
was at follows:
"Town nearly wiped out Particulars
when shakes cease."
BIO TIDAL WAVE SWEEP8
ONE OF HAWAIIAN ISLES.
Special Cable to The Georgian by Pa
cific Cable.
Honolulu, Aug. 18.—A tidal wave 12
feet high swept over the west coast of
the Island of Maul last night. No lives
were lost. The wharf at the port of
Maaloa. was washed away and the
buildings at the landing partially
wrecked.
Some of the small vessels In the har
bor were damaged. The wave Is sup
posed to have been the result of tne
earthquake at Chile.
FEAR IS FELT FOR THE SAFETY
OF TWELVE AMERICAN CONSULS
Population of Valparaso, 160,000.
situation In Chile from latest dispatches:
Hundreds reported killed in Chile's chief city.
Flames ravage business section and many are burned alive.
Area of devastation not known as yet.
Santiago, Chile's capital city, is cut off from communication with the
world.
Feared that It Is entirely destroyed.
All traffic by land and, sea stopped.
Railroad tunnels filled In and tracks made useless for miles.
Two ships lay before the seaport fn ruins.
Disaster reported worse than San Francisco's. ,
Washington fears for safety of twelve consuls.
Ships In harbor feel great tidal wave.
Thousands are made homeless and suffer from lack of food.
“BEFO’ THE WAR” STUDENTS
OF OLD SMYRNA ACADEMY
ARE TO HOLD A REUNION
City Attorney James L. Mayson, Whose
Uncle Was Principal in the ’50’s, Will
Make an Address.
VESSELS AT VALPARAISO
ARE ALL REPORTED 8AFE.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Liverpool, Aug.' 18.—The Pacific
.eamehlp Company ha* recep
(lowing Valparaiso cable:
"There wa» a violent earthquake laet
night which caused lose of property
and Ilvee. The company’e ofilcee were
partially destroyed, but the ahlpa ee
caped."
WHOLE CITY IN PANIC
A8 RESULT OF QUAKE.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Valparaleo, Aug. 18.—Title city le In
a state of terror and panic. It le Im
possible at this hour to form even an
approximate estimate of the number of
Ilvee lost or the amount of property
destroyed. That the loss will be large
le well known, and scores are dead.
The first shock came late Thursday
evening and since then there have been
a succession of milder shocks w'hlch
have added to the terror of the Inhab
itant!.
Hundreds Under Debris.
Until the earth ceaees trembling no
organised effort to restore municipal
order and carry out the work of rescue
and alleviation will be attempted.
Nothing has been done so far. Even
the dead have not been carried to the
morgues.
Hundreds arc Imprisoned In the ruins
»f collapsed housee, but with the earth
trembling violently at frequent Inter
vals none le so foolhardy as to ven
ture on the work of rescue.
As In the San Francisco horror, the
first terrific shock was followed by
numerous fires, which, with the water
supply and fire fighting machinery
practically destroyed. It was Impossi
ble to fight. The heavy pall of smoke
painted with the flames adds to the
horror of the situation.
Pood 8upply Short.
Communication with the Interior was
practically stopped after the first shock
and the food supply Is running low
The authorities already have taken
control of this phase of the situation
mth the hope of preventing actual
starvation before relief can come. All
ut the people who have been able to
do so have left the city.
The soldiers, policemen and firemen
all doing all In their power to bring or
der out of chaos, but with the streets
Impassable from debris, fires raging
on all sides and the air black with
smoke. It Is Impossible for them to do
very much.
People Pray In 8treet».
The scenes Thursday night were
awful. When the firemen attempted
to drag their apparatus Into the fire
rone they found the streets choked
"Ith a tangle of wires and the debris
of collapsed buildings. With the streets
dli»<! v Ith hysterical people, some
Kneeling in prayer, otherR running
ai >ui frantic with grief or terror, the
police could do little toward rescuing
those hurled under falling walls.
' intending with utter darkness-ex-
tept for the glare of burning buildings
terror, confusion and the constant
repetition of earth tremore. the night
’ns a prolonged agony. Daybreak
bouight no fellef, for the earthquake
'hocks continued and the air was fillet!
®lth clouds of choking smoke and
vs|»trs.
Shipping Little Damaged.
The trembling of the earth was ac
companied by an unusual roar. Llt-
tt' d.tmnge was done by the first shock,
w hich hod barely subsided when a sec
ond shock came that ended In a Jolt
that toppled buildings off their foun
dations. The earth seemed do rise <UP
“Smyrna ’46" and "Smyrna '47" and
all the other classes of old Smyrna
Academy will hold a reunion on the
campus on August 28. The class nu
merals do not climb much higher than
those, for the boys of the class of ‘«l
threw away their Euclid and marched
away to whip - three Yankees before
breakfast, while the girls remained at
home to sing "The Bonnie Blue King”
and make grey homespun uniforms.
But every old Smyrna student Is In
vited to come back to the old school
for one more frolic In the yard.
The campus Is not a campus now,
but a church yard. Cobb county never
reorganized Its academy when the old
boys struggled back from the front,
and the First Methodist church of
Smyrna stands on the old site. The
desk which Professor William Dan-
forth used to pound when he was not
pounding something more sensitive has
given place to a pulpit. The rostrum
from which youthful Spartacusses
would appeal to still more youthful
gladiators on Friday afternoons—they
called It "evening" then—has been con
verted Into an altar. The children and
grandchildren of the boys and girls of
the '40s and '80s now sit through Sun
day sermons where their ancestors
worked and wept over a blue-backed
speller and the big atlas which gave
much apace to the Great American des
ert. But the memory of school days
will be just as bright as though the old
academy still faced the play ground
and the voice of the teacher calling to
books will be heard In fancy by many
a pupil whose hair has long been gray.
It Was a Famous 8chool.
It was a famous school, old Smyrna
Academy. Atlanta was young In those
days and the Cobb county town was
not overshadowed by the proximity of a
city to entice Its young people away.
Its first principal was William Dan-
forth, who was succeeded by J. R. May-
son, a graduate of Emory College at
Oxford. Oa. He was a brother of T.
C. Mayson, of Atlanta, and the uncle
of James L. Mayson, the city attorney.
The academy was thriving In ’80.
Its classes numbered about 160—boys
and girls—for Smyrna believed In co
education. Then the first gun at Fort
Sumter was fired and everything was
forgotten but the call to arms. Before
many weeks there were neither teach
ers nor pupils. The academy became
the haunt of rats and owls, and occa
sional wandering free negroes, who
sought a bed on the hard benches. The
South had sent Its call and education
surrendered to patriotism.
The academy gave Its share and
more to the Confederacy. Three col
onels were drawn from Its classes and
captains and lieutenants from Smyrna
were scattered through more than one
regiment. The colonels are dead. One
of these, Colonel S. Z. Rulf, a pupil
of the Georgia Military Institute at
Marietta, and a pupil of Smyrna as
well, was killed In the battle of Knox
ville. His son, Captain S. Z. Ruff, Is a
well-known civil engineer In Atlanta.
Colonel YV. YV. YY'hlte and Colonel C. B.
K. Harkey answered the last roll years
ago.
Will Hsvs Basket Pionle.
Several days ago a handful of the
school boys of old Smyrna found them-
sclves together and becqme reminis
cent. Then one of them suggested a
reunion, and the Idea was received with,
enthusiasm. A basket plcnlo was de
cided upon and E. D. L. Mobley, secre.
tary of the Academy Society, was ap
pointed a committee of one on Invita
tions. He has mailed forty letters to
the pupils who have kept In touch
with each other and an Invitation Is
extended to every Smyrna Academy
boy or girl who Is able to respond. They
are Invited to bring their families and
a basket, and their descendants are
also urged to visit the spot where
their fathers spent their youth, city
Attorney James L. Mayson will deliver
an address and stories of former days
will be told by several of the alumnae
of Smyrna.
A number of the old pupils are rest
dents of Atlanta Among them are:
YY’arren Payne, a merchant of YVest
Peachtree street; J. B. Legg, of J. B.
Legg & Son; R. T. Bowie, of the At
lanta police department, who served
as a captain throughout the wn
brother. C. L. Bowie; T. C. Mayson, R.
S. Eubanks, E. D. L. Mobley, Mrs. J.
M. Liddell. Mrs. Medlln. Mrs. Sallle
Brockman and Miss Cornelia Bowie. -
Captain H. I. Randall, of Vlnlngsynnd
the Rev. K. G. Murrah, of Macon, are
EVENTS OF LAST WEEK PICTURIZED
HOW CARTOONIST BREWERTON VIEWS HAPPENINGS FOR BIX DAYS.
’DEFY lYOR:
been invited to attend
ROYALTY OF EUROPE
MARKED FOR DEATH
Queen of Spain Fears She and King Alfonso
Will Be Assassinated While
in England.
Special Cable—Copyright.
London, Aug. 18.—Reynolds’ News
paper asserts that a plot has been dis
covered to assassinate King Alfonso
while attending the Cowes regatta Two
notorious Spanish anarchists were
found at Cowes, and the police ban
ished them without arresting, fearing
to alarm the royalties assembled.
It Is reported that Alfonso's bride Is
hysterically fearful of the assassina
tion of her husband and herself. YY'hen
parting with Queen Alexandra she
tearfully said:
"Goodbye; I doubt if I will ever see
you again.”
Reynolds - Newspaper further states
that a fresh and comprehensive plot
has been hatched to kill all the kings
of Europe. Even King Edward Is not
Immune. Reynolds asserts that the
anarchists are supplied with abundant
funds, the money having been diverted
to them wrongfully from Russian rev
olutionary funds.
LABOR DECLARES BOYCOTT
, ON MA CON STREET RAIL WA Y
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga„ Aug. 18.—The Federated
Lnhor Unions of Macon have declared
a boycott on the street railway Bystem
here and Is distributing circulars this
morning calling on all sympathisers
with the labor movement not to rtde on
the street enrs. This Is a result of the
strike that Is on by former conductors
and motormen of the company. All
the cars are running on time on every
division. The circular closee with ad
vice that walking promotes health of
body and happiness of mind. A great
mass meeting of laboring people and
their friends has been called for Sun
day afternoon at which many labor
leaders will speak.
TRAIN OF ELIHU ROOT
A TTA CKED IN ARGENTINA
- \
By Private Leased YY’irc.
Buenos Ayres. Aug. 18.—The police are making diligent Inquiries Into
the stnnlng of the railroad train In which American Secretary of State Root
and party were returning from a trip of Inspection to the Charles Cemua
ranch. A mob, said to be composed of strikers, attacked the train with rocks
and broke several of the windows. The Argentina minister of agriculture
was hit and severely cut on the neck. Others of the party were also In
jured.
THINK FORGERIES
CAUSED OIG BANK
TO GOTO ILL
Depositors May Get Cash.
Bank President la
Dying.
JOHN ROCKEFELLER
IS SERIOUSLY SICK
By Private Leased YY'lre.
Chelsea, Mass., Aug. 18.—Forgeries,
Is now said, were responsible for
the crash of the First National Rank of
Chelsea. It Is also said that the ex
amination, still being conducted by
Bank Examiner Ewer and Director
Thomas Martin, will determine the
genuineness of certain notes. At the
same time, all discoveries by these two
men are secret and the actual cause of
the bank's failure Is more of a mystery
than ever.
Mr. Ewer Is now acting secretary of
the defunct bank. Neither he or Mr.
Martin will admit or deny the report
that the names upon commercial paper
upon which the bank loaned sums ag-
By Private Leased YVIre.
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 18.—John D. Rockefeller, the oil king, Is severely
111 and Is confined to his bed.
Dr. Biggar, his physician, who accompanied him to Europe recently, re
ports that his patient Is suffering from throat trouble. Mr. Rockefeller had
intended to be host to fifty paseenger agents yesterday, but when they ar
rived at Forest Hill they were Informed that Mr. Rockefeller was too III
to receive them.
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Saturday temperatures:
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8 o'clock a. in., 74 degrees. O
9 O'clock n. m., 78 degrees. O
10 o'clock a. m„ 79 degrees, O
11 o'clock n. m„ 82 degrees. O
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STATE TAX RATE FOR 1906
WILL BE SAME AS IN 1905
Though ths legislature appropriated about half a million dollars more
than last year, no Increase In the tax rate of (4.90 on the thousand dol
lars will be required, as the Increase In property valuei will make up
the needed amount.
Only eight counties are now missing out of the 145 In the state, and
these will probably reach the comptroller general's office next week. The
137 reporting to date show a net gain of nearly 839,000,000, and the eight
others are exacted to make the sum total a million and a halt more at
the outside.
YVIth the corporation returns completed, showing a gain of over six
millions, It Is expected that the county and corporation returns will foot
up a total gain over 1905 of about 147,000,000. Bartow county Is the latest
to come forward with a fins showing, over 8800,000 gain.
As soon as all the returns are In Oovernor Terrell and Comptroller
General YY’rlght will hold a conference for the pupose of fixing the tax rate
for 1906. Fortunately, a large part of the Increased appropriations does
to be raised this year, therefore It Is expected that the tax rate
JE WISH DISTRICT GUARDED
BY TROOPS AND POLICE
Special Cable—Copyright.
YVorsaw, Poland, Aug. 18.—The Jew
ish district of this city Is surrounded
by pickets of police, Cossacks and sol
diers of the Infantry. All traffic has
been stopped and nobody Is permitted
to enter or leave the district without
proper credentials.
Passengers arriving from abroad by
rail arc searched at the stations and
so are all unknown pedestrians on the
streets.
YY’ord has been received from St. Pe
tersburg that the government has or
dered the concentration of five battal
ions of troops fn this city to assist the
local authorities In the preservation of
order.
BOMB PLANT FOUND)
MUTINEERS EXECUTED.
By Private fs>ssml Wire.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 18,—A dispatch
from Klshlneff today reports ths dis
covery of a bomb factory In the home
of Tyerdochlebeff, of Odessa Univer
sity. Several arrests have been made.
There was an execution of 18 of the
mutineers who took part In the recent
disturbance at Reval.
SEVEN PERSONS BURNED
WHEN STOVE EXPLODES
By Prlvnte leased Wire.
Chicago. Aug. tt.-*N*ren person* were
burned, throe ho wrwly that they may
•lie. «hen n ganolliie atoye l^*w up III the
home *»f Mr*. Annie Knnlef. H42 Lyndafe
nvenue. iiihI the flume* nwepl over the
memlfrrR of the two fiiuillle* *ente<! nt the
hrenkfn*t table.
Khler member* of the two fitfullies aI-
nuwt gave up their live* to nave the chil
dren. and, n« n result, nre In a hospital,
(differing from terrible hunt*. Three of
the (njiireii are severely burned, anil nt
Ht. Ann * hospital it wan Mid their condi
tion la serious.
gregatlng more than the amount of its
capitalization are forgeries. Mr. Mar
tin, however, declares that the exami
nation Into the genuine** of certain
notes was begun about five weeks ago
and that he started the Investigation.
He further declares that every deposi
tor will receive dollar for dollar and
there will not be an assessment upon
the stockholders. The bank has loans
to the amount of about $1,100,000, and
It Is understood that most of this sum
well secured.
The exact amount on deposit Is not
known, but It Is now believed to be
about $700,000. It will be given In ex
act figures In a few days, when the
books have been gone over.
The fears of the depositors were
somewhat allayed yesterday during the
rush to the bank when It became
known that the Wtnnfsslmmet National
Hank of Chelsea had offered to advance
to depositors who- are not stockholders
60 per cent of the amount they had In
the defunct bank. This offer was tak
en advantage of by many. The Shaw-
mut National Bank of Boston has also
offered to help the Chelsea Institution
and has advanced a large sum.
President Sylvester II. Hlnkey, of the
defunct bank. Is on his deathbed. He
does not know what hall happened, and
he Is being kept In ignorance of It
It Is expected that he may die anv
ntnute.
i
s
Children Were Again
Brought Into
Streets.
TO TRY TO PLACE
TOTS ELSEWHERE
Mrs. Harwell Quotes More
Scripture Against City
Officials.
Ths recorder’s court room will' be
turned Into an Impromptu orphan asy
lum Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.
J. R, Harwell, head of the "Memorial
Orphanage," 62 and 84 McDaniel street,
have been summoned to appear before
the recorder and to bring the children
of the home so as to show cause why
the little ones should not be placed In
a state Institution.
The charge which wll lappear on the
court record.
The, charge which will appear on the
court record will be "blocking the
streets without permit from the may
or." This, however. Is only the tech
nical manner of getting around a sit
uation which Is only covered by the
code of humanity and not found
among the city ordinances or state
laws.
Mrs. Harwell, true to her word, ap
peared on the streets again Friday
night with many of the children from
the orphanage. The smallest children
were left at the home, however, and
only those over ten years of age, s..
It was stated by Mr. Harwell, were
brought out.
Big Crowds Waiting.
The wagon was driven up to the
Kimball House, where a large crowd
was awaiting IU arrival. There were
no arrests mads and the meeting was
unmolested.
Probation Officer J. M. Gloer called
Mr. Harwell aside and held a long con
versation with him, Mr. Harwell had
previously promised the officer that he
would not bring out the younger chit:
dren and claln|td that he had kept his
word, although some of the chfilren
appeared to be rather small for ton
years. Mr. Harwell stated that the
youngest was ]l years old.
In promising Officer Gloer not to
bring out the children who had not
reached their tenth year, Mr. Harwell
would not state how long this promise
held good. He would only say for two
or three days.
Saturday morning Chief of Police
Jennings and Probation officer Gloer
called upon the mayor and It was then
decided to summons the man and wo
man and the little children to appear
In the recorder's court.
Children Cauls Much Talk.
Probation Officer Gloer stated Sat
urday that the little orphans had caus
ed more talk than anything In the city
for a long time, that the ministers and
nearly every one was against their be
ing brought out Into the streets at
ind that It was generally con-
■ cruelty to the children, al
though there could be gathered no
proof of this sort as the little ones
seemed to be well cared for.
Councilman YV. D. Ellis, Jr., who w ill
preside over the recorder’s court Sat
urday afternoon. Is strongly against
the children’s being brought on the
streets. It Is believed he will do all
In his power to have them placed In
un Institution controlled by the state.
Mrs. Harwell stated that several of
the parents of children had called at
the Institution and had said that their
children should not go Into state Insti
tutions. Mrs. Harwell also stated that
she wished to abide by the laws and
had attempted to do so. She concluded
by saying “It were better that a mill
stone be hangfd around the neck of
these city officials than to offend one
of these.” This referring to the chil
dren who "wish to carry on the good
work of saving souls.”
Mayor YVoodward said Saturday that
bringing the children on the street was
a farce and a sham and that every
thing would be done to get the children
Into an Institution where they could
be properly cared for and trained up to
be good citizens,
A great many people had during the
day called the mayor up to congratu
late him on the stand he had taken.
UM0R SAYS SLATON
IS THE DARK HORSE
That John M. Slaton, speaker of the
last house of representatives, will he
the dark, horse In the gubernatorial
race at the Macon convention Is the
latest report among talkers of politics.
Mr. Blaton was one of the most pop
ular speakers who ever wielded a gavel
over nn unruly assemblage. His friends
In the lower house were limited only
by the number of representatives.
There are many men now backing oth-
*r candidates who would rather eekt
'Jack” Blaton elected by the conven
tion than any other man besides their
first choice. . *
New Bank for Franklin.
Secretary of Ktatr Phil Cook Issued a
charter to the People's Hank at Frank
lin Saturday morning Capital ptocic
$25,000, end incorporator* J. E. Pun-
eon, J. \V. Powers, L N. Orr and other*.
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