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ATLANTA
population i3fl,ooo
Horo«* 26,000
15.000
Main Hnen of rnllrondi Seven
Mile# ot street railways m
Pnnklng capital .$22,000,000
The Atlanta Georgian.
GEORGIA
Population 2.500.ftno
Value of 1?06 cotton crop......$100,OOO.OOO
billet of steam railroads WOO
Miles of ejecfrlc railways 400
Cotton factories 130, spindles.. 1,500,ooo
Bales cotton consumed In 1906. 500.000
VOL. 1. NO. 107,
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1906.
PPTrrrr. ?** Atlanta two cent*.
* Q 0 Trains FIVE CENTS.
Ordinance Goes
Council For Final
Action.
to
OCEAN LINER WITH BRYAN ABOARD
AND HEADED FOR NEW YORK WHERE THOUSANDS AWAIT HIM
SIGHTED EARLY OFF FIRE ISLAND
STATE TAX RATE
WILL BE SAME
AS FOOT YEAR
Except for Increased Appro
priations, Would Be
Lower.
It Is very'probable that the state
tn\ rate will be $4.90 on the $1,000—the
same rate as last year.
Governor Terrell said Wednesday
morning that he and Comptroller Gen
eral Wright would fix the tax ra|e for
the year cither Wednesday afternoon
or Thursday morning.
He had a conference with the comp
troller general and will fix the rate as
toon as they get-In hand all the data
relative to the increased appropria
tions as passed by the legislature just
adjourned.
These amount to nearly a half mil
lion dollars, he says, and but for this
piling up of more appropriations by the
legislature, the rate could be reduced
from $4.90 to $4.75 on $4.60 per thou
sand. Some of the appropriations are
for 1907, and In order to get the exact
amount for 1907 the delay Is caused
in promulgating the tax rate for next
The increase In tax returns Is ap
proximately the same as that of last
year, the difference helng that this
year the county digests show more
than $40,000,000 Increase, as against
$37,000,000 last year, while the cor
porations show something over $6,000,-
0( ''\ as against nearly $10,000,000 last
year The increase this year, with the
fame tax rate as last year, will give
the state about $230,000 additional in
come. The recent legislature appro
priated $444,000 additional.
In view of this very little, if any,
reduction In tax returns can be ex
pected this year.
Nebraska Delegates
Threaten to Capture
Him in Harbor.
W. R. DIMMOCK.
On, of Atlanta', baat known clti-
zoni. who diod Wedneiday.
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PIONEER CITIZEN,
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Waterworks Depart
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New- York, Aug. 29.—The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Prlnzess Irene,
from Gibraltar, with William J. Bryan
on board, was sighted southeast of
Fire Island at 11:45 a. m. She will
probably reach Sandy Hook about 3
p. m.
NEBRA8KAN8 THREATEN
TO CAPTURE BRYAN.
By Private leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 29.—Announcement
was made at he headquarters of the
Bryan reception committee at the Vlc-
Rumors to the effect that the $100,-
000 abattoir, which has been proposed
by certain local and.outslde capitalists,
will be an arm of the Chicago meat
trusts were refuted at the Joint ses
sion of the special investigating com
mittee and the board of health Tues
day afternoon by the statements of
W. H. White, Jr., and J. J. McLen
don, who head the enterprise.
The meat ordinance, which Is both
long and drastic, was gone over sec
tlon by section and adopted, with only
a few minor changes. It will be pre
sented to council Monday next and
there Is no doubt It will be adopted,
thus assuring Atlanta meats absolute
ly free of all dlaeqge and dirt, meats
not only pure and wholesome, but of
f rood quality for all times—providing
ts terms are enforced.
Before the meeting was called to
order Messrs. White and tycLendon
were heard from.
Mr. White explained that he came
before the committee to asfeure Its
members that, no outside corporation
was Interested In the new enterprise
In any way, shape or manner. "Mr.
McLendon and.I have been connected
with Swift & Co.," said Mr. White,
"but both of us resigned our positions
to engage in business for ourselves.
Atlanta presents a fine opening, and
we have decided to start that business
In this city, where both of us have
worked—that Is, If the city will give us
proper protection."
When asked what he meant by prop
er protection, Mr. White said:
"We do not ask for any special fa
vor; the protection I. speak of Is the
ordinance you are here to consider.
Strict rules are all we want. Thla will
keep out the cheap, filthy houses and
create high-grade competition. We
ask for nothing more."
Mr. McLendon was then heard from.
"Our Intention Is to make the local
meat, that for which the people will
clamor Instead of for. the Western
meats. The only way we can do this
Is to have strict regulations. We must
nrtve' ther support'Hnd cbnflfienrt' of-th<r
Atlanta people to make a succeea of
this business."
Councilman Oldknow asked If it was
the purpose of the company to create
a monopoly.
Mr. McLendon said It was not, that
they ‘ did not ask for any privileges
that would not be given to competitors
and that the new company was not to
be a trust. "It Is to be run on the
co-operative plan. We hope to get
every local meat dealer Interested In
the company, so that he will participate
THOUSANDS OF MEN
AND WOMEN FIGHT
TO RESCUE SA VINGS
Failure of Big Trust Concern Causes Sen
sation—One Man Owes Co. $5,000,-
000—Was President Hypnotized ?
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NOBLEMAN’S SON
William R. Dimmock, for many years
connected with the city government of
Atlanta, died at the residence, 114
North Jackson street, Wednesday
morning at 5:50 o’clock after an illness
of two weeks. The cause of death was
a complication of paralysis and general
By Private Leased Wire.
London, Aug. 29.—The announce- .
roent Is made of the engagement of nervous breakdown, brought on, itjs
Miss (’amllle Clifford, the actress, to J
th * Hon. Henry Lyndhurst Bruce, eld
P8! son of Lord Aberdare. Mr. Bruce
r "nnrmed the announcement to news-
jai’Ar representatives. Miss Clifford
, ‘landing a holiday with her parents
In Norway.
Bruce is a sportsman and motorist.
man is cut in two
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• umberland, Md., Aug. 29.—William
' >rp - head sawyer at Alton, W. Vo.,
,**! instantly killed today. He had
wr,r | the log and waa placing guide*
i-'Hlon when hia foot slipped,
ng h,m smut the rapidly re
solving saw. Ue wu cut twain.
believed, by the severe studies Mr.
Dimmock Imposed upon himself prior
to taking examination for a lieutenan
cy In the Governors Horse Guard,
August 4. For over a week previous
to the death Mr. Dimmock was uncon
scious.
Mr. Dimmock Is survived by his
wife, one son, Avery Miller Dimmock.
14 years of age; two brothers, Thpmas
W. Dimmock, of Carrollton, Ga., A. E.
Dimmock, Valdosta, Ga.; and one sis
ter, Mrs. L. M. Healer, Me Hue, Ga.
The funoral will take Mace from the
Grace Methodist church, Boulevard and
Houston, Rev. C. C. Jarrell officiating,
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the benefits and help along the
br/lness."
LIFE OF DR. H. P. COOPER
WOULD HAVE BEEN 8PARED.
Chairman Waiter A. Taylor then
called tho meeting to order. Before
the reading of the ordinance Dr. Taylor
said it waa his belief that Dr. Hunter
P. Cooper would still be alive had the
proposed ordinance been a law six
months ago. "The ptomaine poison
which Dr. Cooper got from eating
chops was the Indirect cause of his
death," said Dr. Taylor. . "We can not
afford to waste any more time In get
ting this law Into effect. Thousands
of lives depend upon clean and whole
some meats."
Dr. Taylor then read a communica
tion from the Cleveland, Ohio, health
board, stating that the ordinance 1 was
none too strict and that when the
Cleveland laws had been put Into ef
fect there was also a cry raised that
the little dealer would be put out of
business, but that his had not been
the case, as there had not been a sin
gle abattoir put out of business and
that all had yielded to the conditions
and were now' In flourishing condi
tlon.
Dr. C. F. Benson, president of the
board of health, stated that the same
cry had been put up when the milk
ordinance was first made a law*, but
the results were similar to those In
Cleveland—better product, and none of
the little dealers out of business.
FEATURE8 OF ORDINANCE
A8 PA88ED BY COMMITTEE.
Some of the principal features of the
ordinance follow
Workers In the slaughter houses
must have health certificates, stating
that they have no contagious or In
fectious disease.
The workers must wear sanitary
clothing.
The floors must be built of concrete,
properly guttered and graded.
All animals must be Inspected ♦'•fore
and after being killed.
The slaughtering must be done In the
presence or an Inspector between the
hours of 7 a. m. and 8 p. m.
The minimum weight for calves, 60
pounds; for hogs. 15, and for sheep
* goats, 12 pounds.
There must be steam for cleansing
purposes In every abattoir.
The maximum charges fixed for
slaughtering are: $1.25 for cattle, 36
cents for hogs and 30 cents for sheep
and goats. The charges for cold stor
age will not be more than 10 cents per
month or fraction thereof. %
No meat from outside sources cai\
be sold In the city unless It bears the
government stamp and has been In
spected on arrival In Atlanta.
The purpose of the ordinance Is not
only to give Atlantans the nurest and
best meats possible, but to build up
the local business and to encourage
the cattle business through Georgia
and the South generally.
By Private Lea serf IVfre.
Philadelphia, pa., Aug. 29.—Tre
mendous excitement was caused when
It became known that the Resa Estate
Trust Company had failed for $7,000,-
000 and thousands of men and women
rushed to the bank and fought to get
at the paying teller’s window'.
So great was the struggling crowd
that the police reserves from the city
hall were called to preserve order.
Depositors Throng 8troet.
The street In front of the Trust
building at Broad and Chestnut streets
was blocked early today by a surging
mob of depositors and others who had
gathered expecting to see trouble. Po
lice reserves were powerless to keep
traffic moving. •
The rumor that Frank H. Hippie,
president of the company, w'ho had
died last Friday had committed sui
cide, was verified today. He took
laudnaum and while still conscious
filled his bath tub with water and
found apparently drow'ned.
Speculation Causes Crash.
The crash was brought about by the
speculations entered fnto by President
Hippie with Adolph Segal, promoter of
various enterprises which have not
been financial successes.
Segal alone owes the trust company
$5,300,000.
The company’s liabilities are approx
imately $10,000,000, with quick assets
of about $3,500,000 and doubtful collat
eral of about $8,000,000.
Trustee For $86,151,082.
In addition, It had about $26,167,682
of trust funds invested and was a hold
er of corporation securities, under
mortgages, %nd as depository and
trustee for the Issues of collateral
trust bonds to the amount of $60,483,-
400, a total trusteeship of $86,151,082,
The securities ore supposed to be
safe. Nothing is knowrn of the trust
funds. A striking feature of the fail-
s the tremendous losses that relig
ious and charitable Institutions will
suffer. Hippie was a prominent church
man and as such was treasurer of
numerous institutions. '
Churches May Loss.
It Is estimated that the Presbyterian
church and allied societies had $1,000,-
000 In the wrecked bank. The city of
Philadelphia had $300,000 on deposit
there and the state of Pennsylvania,
$175,000.
Hipi
assent _
of the trust company’s directors and
officers being prominent In the church,
the corporation had become the finan
cial center of the Presbyterian denomt
nation In Philadelphia, and was to
have received shortly the entire funds
of the general assembly, amounting to
n}ore than $18,000,000.
Was Hippls Hypnotized?
It Is asserted today by the friends of
the dead president that Adolph Segal
exerted a hypnotic Influence over Hip
pie In order to hide the real condition
of the company and save himself. Hip
pie Is said to have resorted to the
falsification of his accounts which were
accepted as true by the directors. He
made what Is termed a "double sys
tem" of making reports.
When (he state bank examiner called
Hippie presented to him good securi
ties to offset the loans made and when
the president made his reports to the
directors he would show them a bundle
of securities and other papers, and
along with these he would exhibit the
certificate of the bank examiner, which
showed that the accounts the examiner
had Investigated were correct. The di
rectors supposing the securities shown
them wer^ the same, approved the
reports.
Receiver Earle says he has hopes of
re-opening the Institution.
Arrests Expected.
George H. Earle, Jr., temporary re
ceiver of the Real Estate Trust Com
pany, which closed Its doors yesterday,
this morning went before Judge Auden-
reld and qualified for the position. It
Is Mr. Earle’s opinion that the con
cern will soon resume In some shape
or other, at the directors have con
cluded to meet all claims of the de
positors.
Investigation Into the methods of
the late president of tho concern by
the receiver brought out a number of
ugly facts today and it was declared
there would be at least one. If not more,
arrests In connection with the failure
within a very short time.
NEGRO PRE A CHER LASHED
BY ELBERTON, GA., CITIZENS
FOR INSULTING A LADY
Desperate Criminal is
Killed at Federal
Prison.
As a re*ult of what la believed to
have been a deliberate plan to kill hia
keeper, Ed Richmond, convicted of train
robbery, waa ahot to death Tuesday
afternoon by Guard Pet Pry at the
Federal prison.
Richmond waa believed to be one of
the worst prisoners the authorities at
the prison had to handle and, it Is said,
has several times since his Incarcera
tion, given the guards a great deal of
trouble.
He waa sent to Atlanta In February,
1902, from the Indian Territory, charg
ed 'with train robbery. He was to
have served ten years. In the early
part of 1,03 he was the leader of a
mutiny In the chapel and on various
occasions before and since has given
the guards trouble In one way or an
other.
Tuesday he waa at work In the shed
where for two years he has been cut
ting stone for use In the finishing of
the prison. He "had It In" for Guard
Fry and began In the afternoon to wor
ry him continuously. Finally he went
to one end of the shed so often thnt
the guard followed him there to And
what was the matter.
Went Into the Box. ,
The place to which he had gone was
under the guard box at that end of
the shed and the only other guard who
was supposed to have been armed was
In a similar box at the other end of the
building three hundred feet away. Fry,
who was on the floor with the prison
ers all the time, wai not supposed to
be armed and the prisoner had drawn
him to a point where the rifle of one
of the armed guards would be useless.
But Fry had a pistol.
When Fry ordered him back to work
the prisoner cursed him and told him
he had him Just where he wanted him.
He advanced on Fry, who attempted
Hpeelsl to The Georgian. .
Elberton, Ga., Aug. 29.—The negro.
Will Morrison, who made an Imper
tinent proposal to a lady yesterday,
received all the lashes the doctors say
he could aland last night at III# hands
of the citizens of this city.
Morrison la a negro preacher.
He promised that If he was permit
ted to live he would be what a negro
ought to be from now on.
Morrison went to the home of
prominent family here yesterday to sell
peaches. The wife of the owner of the
home purchased the fruit and when she
handed the change to the negro he of
fered an Insult. She raised an alarm
and the negro fled. A posse quickly
formed mid pursued and captured the
negro. He was brought back and pun
ilcFy whipped.
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Striking Cops Art Fired.
By Prime Leased Wire.
Rome, Italy, Aug. 29.—Fifty muni
cipal police who had been on strike
since yesterday, were arrested at mid
day, disarmed and summarily'dismiss
ed from the corps. The remainder of
the strikers, who number about loo,
will share the same fate.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 29.—George Westing-
house, president of the Westinghouae
Electric Company; General Manager
Smith, of the New York Central rail
road, and twelve other officials and di
rectors of the two companies and the
wives of several of the party stood on
the threshold of death as they waited
for Patrick McCarthy, an expert elec
trician, to reply to several questions
they put to him. McCarthy stood mo
tionless, within an arm’s length of
them, holding up a heavy chain. He
was dead, and 10,000 volts of electric
ity were coursing through his body,
but the millionaire officials did not
know It.
As the officials were talking to Me
earthy a gang of men w'ere raising a
heavy cable through some tubing. One
off and workmen removed the body of
McCarthy.
HOUSE CUTS OFF BREEZE;
INJUNCTION SUIT FILED
Because he Is building a house near
er Grant street than he Is allowed to
under an alleged contract, thereby cut
ting off the south breezes and obstruct
ing the view and spoiling the symetrl-
cal appearance of the street, Mrs. Au
gusta E. Underwood haa sued 8. W.
Sullivan, the owner of the property,
and A. B. Buehl, a real estate dealer,
from whom both bought their property.
Mm. Underwood's home Is at 312
Grant street at he corner of Glenn, and
she alleges that In a deed under which
she purchased the lot Buehl Incorpor
ated a contract agreeing that no house
on that part of the street should be
built nearer the street than 50 feet.
A temporary Injunction has been
granted restraining Sullivan from pro
ceeding with the building of one house,
and If Mm. Underwood Is successful In
obtaining a permanent Injunction she
will also probably get a mandamus
compelling Sulllyan to tear off a part
of the roof of his house tw’o doom from
Mm. Underwood. This roof she
leges extends to within 40 feet of the
street.
LYNCHING EPISODE
DRAWN INTO POLITICS
By Private Leased Wire.
Sail,bury, N. C- Au*. 29.—The Re
publicans of Rowan county, the home
of Asslatant District Attorney A. H.
Price, are after him to accept the
domination for aollcltor of this district
to take the place of W. C. Hammer,
the Democratic Incumbent. The lynch
ing episode figures largely In It. The
Republicans condemn the attitude of
Solicitor Hammer In the two lynching
investigations conducted here within
the past four years. They declare that
he haa not tried to bring the partici
pants to justice.
There le another anamalous phase to
the matter. The Republicans are mak
ing a fierce fight against the Democrat
ic candidate for sheriff, J. H. Krlder.
The main opposition to him comes from
Democrats and in country districts
where It la believed ne shot J. C. Mc
Lendon, an engineer, who was In the
party storming the Jell August », three
weeks ago. These people were sym-
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DIES IN HOSPITAL
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 29.—Shortly after
3 o’clock this morning Joe Newsome,
one of the participants In the Monday
night fight In "Bridge Row," died at
the city hospital, where he waa being
treated. Newsome was ahot three
tlmee.
Oeorge Curtis, the other man wound
ed severely In the fight. Is sinking fast.
He had hia skull fractured with an ax
and an operation haa been performed,
but there are no hopee that It will
save him.
pathlzer* of the lynchers. Krlder
catchee It for supposed fidelity to duty
(he did not shoot McLendon) and
Hammer Is fought because he hae not
been alert enough. Price sey* he Is
not a candidate. He retiree from of
fice September j. the result of the
factional differences between himself
and Blackburn.
heavy cane. Richmond grabbed
tills weapon and Jerked It from the
guard’s hands.
Tried to Brain Fry.
Ho then attempted to brain Fry,
striking several blows at him.
Fry tried to avoid killing him and he
gave him a fleshwound In the right
arm pit. Like a wild animal, with
only a faw of the hunter’s bullets In
him, the prleoner only tried the harder
to drill the guard. Finally Fry, when
he was In Immediate danger of being
killed himself, put a third bullet right
above ble assailant’s heart, killing him
almost Instantly.
Fry had been threatened several
times by Richmond, who told him that
If It was not for the other guards he
would hava been killed long before, and
for thle reason carried a revolver with
out the knowledge of the men among
whom he worked.
Guard Ffy waa considered by War
den W. H. Moyer to be one of hie beat
men. He has had yeara of service as a
prison guard and was very cool and i
self-possessed In dealing with dnnger-
ous prisoners. He came to Atlanta two
is had for seven years been connected
with the Tennessee state penitentiary.
If neither the guard nor the prisoner
had been armed the odds would proh-
nbly been In favor of the latter. He
d been at work In the stone shed for
two yeara and this had made him a
powerful man. After he had taken
Fry’s cane from him he could hava
killed the guard had not Fry been
armed with a pistol.
Warden Moyer has wired to the In-
an Territory to And If Richmond’s
datives wish hi* body sent there. If
^te receives no reply It will be buried
at the grave yard at the prison.
THINK THAT MEN
DIED IN CRASH
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 29.—Crushed against
the Martha Blip, Jersey City, by the
New Jersey Central ferry boat Red
Bank, the naphtha launch Hudson was
ground to pieces before daylight this
morning. One man certainly and pos
sibly two, on the launch, perished.
MANY AMERICANS
BEGGING IN FRANCE
By Private Leased Wire.
Paris, Aug. 29.—An unprecedented
number of Amerfcans are stranded In
Paris. The. American Relief Society
and Americans generally are over
whelmed with requeue for help. Many
are begging In the streets. None of
them apeak anything but English,
which makes matters worse. The re
lief society Is .sending as many aa po.v-
almle to London, Including a Texan and
wife and child, who made their living
by stilt walking In England, but were
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