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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. I III PIONEER CITIZEN, Was Secretary of Atlanta Waterworks Depart ment. goDooowwwDODODdw O PRESIDENT R008EVELT O a TAKES HAND IN PLAN8. O 0 o O By Private Leased Wire. 0 O New York, Aug. 29.—President O O Roosevelt took a* hand in the 0 O Bryan reception plans and direct- O O ed the authorities of the port of O O New York to suspend the rule pro- O O hi biting landing of women at O O quarantine in order that Mrs. 0. 0 Bryan and Miss Bryan may be 0 0 permitted to come ashore from 0 0 the Prlnzess Irene with Mr. Bryan. 0 00000000000000QOO000000000 By Private Lcnsed Wire. 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 ? Continued on Page ^*h m. OO0000000000Q0O000000O0000 O O O WELCOME, WILLIAM; O O WELCOME TO OUR CITY. 0 O 00 OOC OOO O00OO0O00OO00OO0I2 ACTRESS TO WED 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 BY CIRCULAR SAW llf Private Leased Wire. • 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, Continued on Page Throe. Welcome, Bill. 0 Welcome to our beautiful city. 0 He’s getting several good hands O 0 all right. o 0 For further particulars, look u O elsewhere on this v age. 0 0 As to the weather— O 0 Showers Wednesday night and O O Thursday. O 0 Wednesday temperatures: O 0 7 o’clock a. m 73 degrees 0 0 8 o'clock a. m 73 degrees O O 9 o’clock a. m. 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. WOMEN FAINT AS MAN DIES FROM AN ELECTRIC SHOCK .. ..74 degrees 0 .. ..75 dear eon 0 .. ..75 degrees 0 .. ..76 degrees 0 .. ..77 degrees O .. ..78 degrees O 00000000000000000000000000 O io o’clock a. m. .. 0 11 o’clock a. m. .. 0 12 o’clock noon .. O 1 o’clock p. m. 0 2 o’clock p. m. .. 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- VIOTIM OP ROW 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 OO00OIKHJ0O00O00000O000O000 O CRUISER 18 LOADED o WITH 8EA-3ICK LADS. O O <3 By Private Leased Wire. 0 O Norfolk. Va., Aug. 29.—With a 0 O battalion of Rhode Island naval 0 - reserves aboard, who are being o given a practice cruise at sea, the O cruiser Columbia dropped anchor 0 In Hampton Roads today. The 0 cruiser waa searching for quiet 0 waters Stormy weather was en- 0 Countered at sea, and most of the 0 , amateur seamen were made sick. 000OO0OO000O0O00OOC0000000