The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, August 28, 1906, Image 2

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 10'*. ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FINGER PRINTS IE OF BLOOD GET SLUTER Vic- Woman in Gotham tim of “Jack the Ripper.” By I»rlrntp LhimmI Wire. New York, Au$. 28.—glaln like the vlctlnm of "Jack the Rl^ner," the noto-' rloua Whitechapel inuitlerer, the body of Mr*. Annie Moore, terribly mutilated by knife wounds, was found,today In her home at < Second street, a thumb print In blood on a sheet that covered the body of the victim may lead to the Identity of the slayer. The tell-thle mark has been cut out by the police and will be subjected to a macroscop ic examination. The husband of the woman reported to the police the find ing of the body and has told contra dictory stories. * In a drawer of the drtwfer In the woman's room were found three Insur ance policies of the Prudential Insur ance Company of New York. One of these papers for $275 was made out In the name of Mrs. Annette Moore and was made payable to James Moore, with whom she lived. In the same drawer of the dresser with the life Insurance ppllcles were found a number of pawn tickets show ing that the pair had been reduced to straits before the crime was committed. Edward Moore, the lf-year-nld son of James Moore, brother-in-law of Mrs. Annette Moore, waa arrested In connection with the crime and techni cally held as a witness after his father hatf been put through the "third de gree." The son. Edward, has been suffering from epilepsy for years and is said to be an Imbecile. He also was subjected to a rigid examination by the police and then taken to the coroner's office. NEW YORK CROWDED WITH THE FRIENDS OFWM. J. BRYAN Contlnu.d from Pag. On.. ‘REIGN OF TERROR” EDITORIAL SOUGHT BY CAROLINA CITIZENS -Tha Georgian's groat editorial leader of Thursday has been generally read here and much discussed. The Eve ning Pont reproduced It Saturday, with Indorsement of Its sentiment. When It became known that the paper had apoken through tta editor upon the "Reign of Terror" there waa a demand for far In excess of the aupply. It waa dlacuaaed In connection with local condltlona. MASSACRE OF JEWS FEARED AT WARSAW Trepoff, Rennekampf and Karloff Mark ed for Death. monwealtha within eaater reach of tho metropolis will have an even larger numerical representation. The flgurea given out by the committee take no account of the hundred* of visitors who are expected to come In an unofficial capacity. The low rote* offered by the railroads are axpected to result In one of the largest crowd* New York haa seen In some years. Hotels Ar* Crowded. Almost every hotel In the city re ports more applications for rooms for this week than can be granted. Many of tho hotela are arranging with board ing houses and furnished room owners to send the expected overflow to these places. It developed today that, hotels and many business houses will deco rate their places for the occasion. This fart may be taken as without personal or political significance. —At the Hotel Victoria today the plan and scope committee appointed by the Commercial Travelers’ Anti-Trust I.eague were busy attending to the llnsl arrangements for the reception of Mr. IJryan. The steamship Princess Irene, with tho distinguished Nebras kan nnd his party it board. Is expected to reach port tomorrow. Mr, Hryan will be entertained on the private yacht of Kdtvurd Field Goltrn, of Ht. I,ouls, a college class mate of Mr. Bryan, till the next morning. They Talk to Hsarst. The Nebraska - delegation paid an hours' visit to hendquariers oflndepeml- ence League at the Ollsey today and had an Informal chAt with William R. Hearst. Two delegations from Ht. Louis, sx- pected today, have been delayed, but will get In tonight or In the morning. Missouri's representative*, headed by Governor Folk, have arrived at the Victoria, where "Bryan's home folks" ar* stopping. The West Virginia and Louisiana delegations will probably go to the Brealln. Governor Glenn and North Carolina delegation ar* also ex pected tonight. The Arlxona and oth er far Western delegations are strag gling In. Bom* of them are at tne Antonio. FLORIDA 18 REPRESENTED! BRYAN DECLINES CAR By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 28.—It Is probable that Florida's representation at the re ception to Mr. Bryan will be more than ISO. Governor Jennings, of that state, Itta arrived with thirty Floridans, and says other dtlsena ere on the way here. D. U. Fletcher, of Jacksonville, chair man of tha Florida Democratic state central committee, la with the delega tion which baa Just reported. Mr. Bryan, It la learned, haa declined the offer of a private car for his trip from New York to New Haven, stating that he thlnfks It Would not be fair for him to accept .any favors from the railroads. In a letldr to President Melten, Mr. Bryan says: ''Let me. pay my fare and ride as people usually do." LOUISIANA DELEGATION STARTS FOR NEW YORK By Private Loused Wire. New Orleans. Aug. 28.—Accompanied by Congressman Broussard and oilier Louisiana!:* tpifolnted to represent the Democratic party of the state. Gover nor Blanchard left for New York last night to participate in the hotnv-rom- lr.-- reception to W. J. Bryan, which takes place Thursday. LOUISVILLE IS AFTER NATIONAL CONVENTION hr Private Leased Wire. Louisville, K>., Aug. 28.—Louisville Is to make a hard light to capture the next Democratic national convention. The members of the committee to rep resent Kentucky at the reception of Mr. Bryan left last night for New York. . KANSAS CITY DELEGATES JOIN JEFFERSONIAN CLUB By Private !.eased Wire, Ht. Louis, Aug. 28.—Augmented by the Kansas CUy members of the Bryan recent tun committee, the Jeffersonian Club members are on their way to New By GEORGE FRAZER. H peel ft I fehlt—Copyright. St. Petereburg, Aug. 28.—General Trepoff Is anxiously sought by the ter rorists, and may be the next victim of bullet or bomb, ft la now known that men caught In the grounds of the cur's palace at Peterhoff were ,-.really In search of Trepoff. To Trepoff's credit It can be said that he appears less concerned than almost any high official. Officers who wear beards In the Trepoff style are patronising the barbera and few high offleers go abroad now without heavy guards. Two Marked for Death. General Rennenkampf, who com manded a cavalry corpa In the war with Japan, and Governor Karloff, of Minsk, have been marked for assas sination. Hotel keepers In Bt. Peters burg have been warned against enter taining these offleers under penalty of having their establishments the scene of bomb throwing. . It Is feared there will be a Hebrew massacres at Warsaw. The assassina tion M-General Von Llarllarakl Is at tributed to the Hebrews, and as he was popular with his soldiers, they are threatening to have revenge by killing the Hebrews. The assassin has not been captured and little hope Is felt that he will be. Many Hebrews are leaving the city In anticipation of trou ble. Many Persons Killed. Every effort Is being made to organ ise a huge outbreak In the south. Dur ing tho pnst twelve day* eighty- persons have been killed, Including i cnleen soldier* and 250 Wounded. A captain of police, two gendarmes and a conductor were killed on a train near Tambro by a band of revolution ists. There Is some tnlk of sending Gen eral Trepoff, the most hated man In the empire, to Wnrsaw as governor general. Conference Called. The announcement I* made that the Reactionists who are close to the cur are insisting on the establishment of a dictatorship and an extraordinary con ference, somewhat like.the one which created the committee of public securi ty after the'assassination of Alexander II, has been .called to meet At Peterhoff within a day dr two. A dispatch from Riga, Livonia, tells of nn encounter between troops nnd revolutionists In that city. Two men nnd a woman were killed. In the suburbs of Riga, a Letlsh student was killed and several were wounded while resisting arrest. There ,Wn* an outbreak of the revo lutionary spirit at Usova la Saratov province today when two police ser geants and a rural guard were ahnt In the streeta by revolutionist! armed with revolvers. A8K CZAR TO EXCLUDE JEW8 FROM ELECTIONS. Special Cable—Copyright. Moscow, August 28.—An address has been Issued to the emperor by the mon- nretilal party Insisting that his majesty shall so change the election law that Hebrews shall be excluded from the suffrage. Malaria Cause* Lost of Appetite. The Old Standard. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and build* up the system. Bold by all dealers for 17 years. Price to cents. J. FRASER LYON. Probably elided Attorney General in 8outh Carolina Primary. NEARLY ZOO ALABAMANS ARE TO WELCOME BRYAN By Private LenWd Wire. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 28.—Alnbama Democrat* who ar* to have a part In the Bryan welcome left today for New York. The delegation from thl* stale numbers nearly 200 persons and It headed by Joha L. Parker, chairman «f the state reception committee. ATLANTANS LEAVE TO INVITE BRYAN Mayor J. O. Woodward, Colonel John Temple Graves and other members of the committee from the Atlanta Fair Auoclatton who go to Invite Hon. Wil liam Jennings Bryan to Atlanta this fall, lsft Tuesday for New York, where they will Join In welcoming the "Great Commoner." Their purpose Is to get the Nebraskan to come to Atlanta to be present on Rryan day at the Georgia State Fair. Colonel Graves Is also a member of the executive committee having In chargn the reception for Bry- nn on hls return from hla tour of the world. 00000000000000000000000000 o o o ,, : O By Private Leased Wire. 0 St. Petersburg. Aug. 28.—A 0 ukase has been published trana- 0 ferring 1,500,000 acres of crown 0 O nppannge lands to the pensnnts' 0 0 bank for distribution. The ques- 0 0 Hon of method of distribution and O 0 terms of payment have not been O 0 decided. The transfer of 10,000,- 0 0 000 acres of crown lands Is to be 0 0 announced later. The government 0 0 hopes by this distribution to win O 0 the peasantry to It* support In the 0 0 coming election^. 0 0O00000000O000000000000000 SAYS FRANK BELL Frank A. ^ell, reportedfto he a much ly marHetl mnh,’ fs In liexlnkton, Ky., and In said to have at leant one wife In Atlanta. .The local police' depart ment haa Mllod to And any woman who haa lost a huabnnd by that name, however, dnd la not interested In the case. Chief Henry Jennings received a let ter several days ago from J. J. Rea gan, chief of police at Lexington, Ky., Inquiring about Bell, who Is In that city. The letter was In part aa fol lows: "There Is a man here nmned Frank A. Bell who I think Is wanted In At lanta for bigamy. He married a wo man here last December and 1 am In formed that he married a dnughter of Mrs. B. B. Davis, of East Point, Oft., a year or two ago. He haa another, wife at Wilmington, N. C„ but her family will not prosecute hltn. I think he has half a dozen wives." The Atlanta police department mado an Investigation but failed to find the family into which Bell Is said to have married. CRUSHING DEFEAT IS TO CUBAN REBELS Government Believes Men Will Now Lay Down Their Anna. By MANUEL CALVO. By Private Lon nod Wire. Havana, Cuba, August 28,—The gov eminent Is jubilant over the news of the crashing defeat of the Santa Clara rebels under Guzman, near Clenfuegoc. According to the reports received here this was the bloodiest battle of the present uprising. Learning the location of the rebel leader. Colonel Vallez, with 250 men, led a quick march and surprised Guzman. Attacking the rebels fiercely, Vallez scattered the enemy, killing seventeen and wounding about fifty. Hls loss was only one killed and several wounded. Guzman. It Is said, escaped but hls power la broken. Rebels Driven to Hills. This with the recent capture of Men- dleta. It Is' believed, practically' ends the uprising In Santa Clara. Government troops have driven the rebels under Sanchez from tho town of Bejueal, 15 miles south of Havana. Rebels have entered the small unforti fied tow ns of Cnldbazar, Tito Seeo, Cal- verlo and .Managua!, near Havana, and also Palipjra, where a ball was given In their honor, and also the towo of Crul- ces. Government Encouraged. The news from Plnar del Rio Is of an encouraging native. The govern ment, forces have been so heavily rein forced there that the rebels ’have been forced to the hills and driven to the de fensive. The government Is hopeful that the amnesty proclamation will speedily re sult In the dwindling away of the In surgent bands and the restoration of order In a short time. HOME FOR "BUMS” TO BE ESTABLISHED Bj/ Prtvnte Leased Wire. Wlnmm I .like. Ind., Aug. 28.—A form for |Mw»r old tMinuC or men that down and out" Will he pstnhlUhed at this plnee In the artir future ns it metnnrlnl to the late Hsmuel 1*. Hndley, friend of drunkards, mul for some twenty years bend of the Jerry MeAuley mission of Now York city. This was deelded upon at s Hndley »ne- e by rhnrles II. Mndlaon. hond of mission In Poughkeepsie. N. Y. It wns Hndley, ho snld, who rescued him. WOMAN CHARGED WITH EXTORTING MONEY ARRESTED REVOLUTION IN CUBA THREATEN8 TOBACCO CROP n,r Private I.i'iimhI Wire. New York, August 28.—If the Insur- reetlon In Ciiba Is not brought to a speedy settlement there will be a fam ine In fine-, tobacco for many months to qome. Conditions In the market for the highest grades of tobacco are al ready severe. The choicest tobacco In the world Is obtained In the Plnar del Rio province of Cuba, part of It Is grown In low, moist land and part on the hills. The lowlands yield the flner crops. Last year the rains in £uba were so heavy that the meadowlands In Plnar del Rio were rendered unlit for tillage by reason of devastating hill torrents, and the unharvested crop ruined. The fevolt may prevent the planting of a new crop. Benator Doll, a leader of the moder ate party, at the conclusion of a con ference with President Palma, late last cept Pino Guerru, had signified their willingness to disband their men If all were positively guaranteed Immunity for their Insurrectionary act*. TAKESlsllLIFE IN JEM TEMPLE Life Insurance Agent Com mits Suicide at Baltimore. By rrlvnte Leased Wire. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 28.—Gilbert R. Walter, general agent of the Prudential Insurance Company, and a prominent member of uheb Shalom congregation, whose place of worship on Eutaw place Is the llnest In tho city, committed suicide this morning In the trustee*' room of the temple, which la located In the basement of the edifice. No eause Is assigned for the act by the family. S. CAROLINA PRIMARY WILD LIKELY RKSULT IN ANSEL’S ELECTION QUENTIN BANDERA, DEAD LEADER OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION QUENTIN BANDERA. General Quentin Bandera, the slain revolutionary leader, seated on hls mule. Bandera watt a great power among the colored people In Cuba, and had long been stirring up trouble for the government. Fin Destroys SI 00,000 Church; Tin Cqn and Pickle Plants Burn 00000000000000000000000000 CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL 0 FIRED BY INCENDIARY 0 O By Private Leased Wlrd. O Lincoln, Nebr.. Aug. 28.—The 0 0 Catholic cathedral, recently pur- O 0 chased from, the congregation, was O 0 destroyed by Are enrly today. It Is O 0 believed that some fanatic tired 0 0 tho building. The loss Is estlmnt- 0 0 ed at 8100,000. O 0000000^000000000000O0000 00000000000000000000000000 O PICKLE WORKS BURNl 0 0 CAN PLANT GONE. 0 f .0 . Company and the Iielnx pickle 6 0 works were destroyed by fire early 0 0 today, Involving a loss of 5300,000 0 0 to the former and 150,000 to the 0 0 latter. 0 0 O O000O000000000000000000000 Continued from F-agt On*. Hpcclsl to The fjeorgtsa. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 28.—Mrs. 8. F. Morris, alias Mrs. Cohen, Mr*. Mercer and Mrs. Parka, has been ar rested here, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. It claimed she has been working a gam* on many ladles In this city In which she mysteriously held away over them and exacted money from them. Bhe claims to be a fortune teller and clair voyant and says the came here from Cincinnati. . . Bhe obtained a divorce here a few years ago under the name of Mrs, Mer cer. BryatTs Daughter s Little Playlet Scores a Hit in New York City By Private Leased Wire. S New York, Aug. 28.—The playlet written by William Jennings Bry an's daughter, Mr*. Ruth Bryan Leivltt, entitled "Mrs. 8. Holmes, De tective," had Its first performance today at Keith and Proctor's Union Square Theater. In the hands of Miss Hand .Turner Gordon, ns Mrs. S. Holmes, Ne»- tor Lennon and William Gerald, V * Peasant little piece, and scored a success. Mr. Bryan la td witness a performance of the play this week. canvass. He was attorney general un der General Hampton In 1878 and suc cessfully prosecuted the Republican grafters. Rut he did not appear to be In sympathy with the members of the Investigating committee who have been [trying to show up fraud In the dlspen j sary. Mr. Lyon dBm* out for the of. fleo on the platform "Against the grafter*." There have been sturmv scenes In the campaign. The third candidate, representing the dlspeniat, Issue la J.'W. Ragsdale, former sena tor from Florence county. Senator Tillman. Benator B. R. Tillman, who Is before the next legislature for re-election Is without opposition In the race. He has made an active canvasa of the state and addressed the voter* In many counties. He has defended the dlspen sary on every atumu, but claimed that the system should be purged. There will be two primaries, as all candidates not elected on the first bal lot must keep running In the primaries until a selection can be made. There are sometime* three primaries hsld In the state. M'tiONOUGH SCHOOL WILL*OPEN TUESDAY Bpeclal to The Georgian. McDonough, Gw. Aug. 28.—McDon ough city scho.il will open Tuesday tnornlng. September 4, under the man agement of Professor George W. Camp, as superintendent. Professor Camp will have to assist him one of the ablest faculties In the history of the school. DEVIL FISH IN TEXAS WATERS CARRIES MEN AND BOAT TO SEA By Private Leased Wire. Auetln, Tex., Au*. 28.—A nworn etatement signed by State Treasurer Robbins, Dr. Qoodall Wooten and several other prominent citizens of Aus tin. was received here today, giving an account of a desperate encounter which they and other men had with a huge devil fish at Aransas Pass, Tex., two days ago. They were dragged eighteen miles, to sea by the monster. When the big fish was first seen, one of the men In the gasoline launch threw a harpoon Into It. The fish at once made for the open sea, dragging the launch with It. Efforts to aever the rope holding the har poon were unsuccessful. A signal of distress was made and a launch and the government life saving crew came to the rescue. After a four hours' battle the fish was killed. It took thirty men to land the creature upon the beach. It was 25 feet long and 8 feet across, and weighed near 3.000 pounds. GRAPHOPHONE TO RENDER HIS DEATH BENEDICTION IpI Hsftnctt I ami i*li, sgeti ffl. iif Horn* GnpJ Ills., 30 iiiIIi*s (Mist of this placv, him r«l qulivd thnt the courtqillng net nnd cere mony t*f bis filin’r*l Mull l*» the render- TO THY POLICEMAN ON LARCENY CHARGE The board , of police commissi inert will meet-Monday nlghr at the nfflee of Chief of. Police JeimWiglt f>r the purpose of j trying Officer OSorge C. Jones, who is charged with conduct unbecoming an offlier and petty lar ceny. Joh'ei was suspended hy the chief some time sen pending an In vestigation of the charges. It Is possible that the commissioners will also elect a number of. new po licemen or supernumeraries, as the de partment needa a number of men to make up Its quota. Chief Jennings has more than once asked for additional men, but a dead lock In *ne board over the question of civil sanrlre has prevented an elec tion up to this time. TRY A~WANT AD ‘ IN THE GEORGIAN for the length of PEEPER IS PINCHED AND THEN PUNISHED Henry Kelly, a black negro, about 20 years old, will labor thirty days In the city stockade. He was caught hang ing around the club house at Piedmont park while a number of ladles wqpc dressing for the golf Unite. Kelly was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct, which amounted to little, but the evidence In the police court Monday morning brought out the fact that he had been warned away from the park llnke after being caught peeping around the dressing rooms. When Judge Roberta heard this he promptly sent the negro to the stock ade. TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN TO GET THE VOTES OF THEPOPUUSTS J. J. Holloway Says Hearst Stands for Principles Above Party. "Populists of the United States will not vote for Wllllnm Jonuing* Brynn, hut they would go almost solidly for William Itau- dolph Ilenrst. of Xew York." So stated J. J. Holloway, chairman of the People's party state executive commit- tee, -Tuesday morning In reply to a direct question. "Bryan supported Parker, lie stands for party rather thnu principles. Itearst stands for principles rnthor than party. Thnt U the Populist platform. Hearst comes more nearly cleaving to old Jeffersonian Democ racy than any living mnn today. "In my Judgment, Bryan will unquestion ably lhi the next VeiutH'rnflc nominee. W. It. Hearst will lend the reform party of this tronntry In the next campaign, and to the common people of America, fights for them In every way, and rou eau not keep thnt kind of a mnn down. Injunction Suit of Cumber- landers To Be Taken Up. Hearing on the injunction proceed ings recently brought by certain mem bers of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Atlanta to restrain other members from entering Into the union with the regular Presbyterian Church, will be heard In special session by Judge Pendleton Friday morning. Judge John M. Gaut, of St. Louis, and E. V. Carter, of Atlanta, will rep resent Pastor George H. Mack and the members of the church favoring the union as provided last May at the Joint session of committees of the two churches. Those who want to prevent the union will be represented by E. Marvin Underwood, of Atlanta, and J. J. McClellan, of West Point, Miss. The whole propoeltlon Is whether or not the union of the Cumberlanders and the Presbyterians may be effected. The particularity of the present suit Is to determine the case In Georgia. Similar proceedings havo been brought In Illinois and Missouri. By the de cision of the Illinois court, the union could not be restrained. Since the split in the local church and the first of tho court proceedings, the two factions In the church have held services In their building on al ternate Sundays, so as not to conflict There haa been no trouble, but consid erable feeling has, of couree, resulted. MANY LOAFING BLACKS GET JOBSJTH CITY Councilman Charles M. Roberts Ailed the big chair of Judge Broyles at the police court Tuesday morning. The councilman from the Eighth was not In a merciful mood and assessed enough lines to keep the police department running for some time. The morning grist at the mill of justice was made up of vagrancy and drunkenness cases. "Blue Monday, " with hundreds of negroes Ioaflng on the streets, had resulted In a number of arrests. A dozen or more Idle ne groes faced the court and answered to charges of Ioaflng around the streeta or drunkenness, coupled with mors or leas disorder. The acting Judge wasted little time on them. It was "110.76" In most cases, though the sentence was altered to "thirty day* In the stockade” where the offense appeared aggravated. WOMAN FLEES HOME FRIGHTENED BY NEGRO Late Monday aftemodn Mr*. W. F. Gresham, of 474 South Pryor street, was frightened by seeing a negro man climbing over the fence In the rear of her house. The negro was partial ly undressed and was most repulsive In appearance. Mrs. Gresham reported the occur rence to the police station at once and Call Offlcer Cooper responded. When he reached the house no trace of the negro could \>e found. None of the neighbors saw the negro or hod any knowledge of hie supposed attempt to reach Mrs. ‘Gresham. Mrs. Gratham, wjio live* alone In the house with her 5-year-old daugh ter, became greatly excited and fright ened and left the house, declaring she was afraid to remain there any lonxer. She will And a home where she will have better protection. DISPENSARY WINS IN MADISON COUNTY. Bpedal to H»« lleorglai. Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 18.—The sa loons of Madison county were defeated yesterday by the dispensary advocates, official returns showing 6W majority for the dispensary. “The Doubloons”—'Thursday*