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ATLANTA
Population SJMOO
Komoa 26,000
Tolrpnontf 15,000
MnIn linos of mllroads Kovon
Milos of /itroot rnilwnys 150
Hsuklng cnpltnl $2*000,000
The Atlanta Georgian.
GEORGIA
Population :
Value of 1906 cotton $10
Milos of steam railroads
Mile* of electric rnilwnys
Got ton factories 130, nindles.. ]
Hales cotton consumed In 1916.
VOL. 1. NO. 107.
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1906.
Morning Edition.
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Ordinance Goes
Council For Final
Action.
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OCEANL1NER WITH BRYAN ABOARD
AND HEADED FOR NEW YORK WHERE THOUSANDS AWAIT HIM
SIGHTED EARLY OFF FIRE ISLAND
MRS.VAHOERBILTSEES
HER HUS8AN0ARRESTED
Nebraska Delegates
Threaten to Capture
Him in Harbor.
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O New York, Aug. 29.-—President O
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O New York to suspend the rule pro- O
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lly Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 29.—The steamer
Princess Irene arrived at quarantine at
3:30 o'clock this afternoon with Wil
liam J. Bryan on bonrd.
H.v Prlvnto Len*»*d Wlr*.
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 11:46 a. m. She will
probably reach Sandy Hook about 3
p. m.
NEBRASKANS 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 Vic-
Continued on Page Threo.
ACTRESS TO WED
NOBLEMAN’S SON
.Here I. the latest picture of Mra.
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., who wa*
with her hu.band when he wai ar-
rentcd for auto speeding.
WRlGHfislEATEN
...Newport, R- I, Aug. 23.—Beal* C.
''right I* no longer tennis champion
of the United State*. The title was
' I 'l“‘n today by W. J. Clothier, w!«>
ce»t Wright In straight *et*. Score*:
«-3. M, «.4,
RUSSIAN CONSUL
SHOT AT TIEN-TSIN
Tlrn-Tsln. Aug. 23.—A Ruaalan con
cession contractor named Levlnskl at-
'*■'opted to assassinate the Russian
here today. Four shot* were
b> ‘ *he assassin, one of which took
™ t, 1 In the stomach of the consul,
■no |> *.|d to be In a acrious condl-
""n. The would-be assassin was ar
reted.
By Prlrste leasd Wire.
London, Aug. 29.—The announce,
ment Is made of the engagement of
Miss Camille Clifford, the actress, to
the Hon. Henry Lyndhurst Bruce, eld
est son of Lord Aberdare. Mr. Bruce
confirmed the announcement to news
paper representatives. Mis* Clifford
Is spending a holiday with her parents
In Norway.
Bruce Is a sportsman and motorist.
MAN 18 CUT IN TWO
BY CIRCULAR SAW
By Prlrste leased Wire.
Cumberland, Md„ Aug. 29.—William
Byers, head sawyer at Alton. W. Vn.,
was Instantly killed today. He had
turned the log and was placing guides
In position when his foot slipped,
throwing him against the rapidly re
volving saw. He was cut In twain.
MURDER IS CHARGED
AGAIN8T V CURTI8S
W. R. DIMMOCK.
One of Atlanta’s best known cltl-
xant, who dlsd Wednesday.
R,
PIONEER CITIZEN,
Special fo The lioorglmi.
Macon, Oa., Aug. 29.—The Inquest
over the remains of Joe Newsome re
sulted In a verdict of murder, charging
the crime to Jim Curtis, who Is dying,
and his brother. Monk Curtis,- who In
at targe.
Was Secretary of Atlanta
Waterworks Depart
ment.
William R. Dlmmock, for many years
connected with the city government of
Atlanta, died at the residence, HI
North Jackson street, Wednesday
morning at B:50 o'clock after an lllnesa
of two weeks. The cause of death
a complication of paralysis and general
nervous breakdown, brought on, It ta
believed, by the severe studies Mr.
Dlmmock Imposed upon himself prior
to taking examination for a lieutenan
cy In the Governor's Horse Quart,
August I. For over a week previoug
the death Mr. Dlmmock was uncon
scious.
Mr. Dlmmock Is survived by his
wife, one son, Avery Miller Dlmmock,
It years of age; two brothers, Thomas
W. Dlmmock, of Carrollton, Oa.. A. E.
Dlmmock, Valdosta, Oa.; and one sis
ter, Mrs. L. M. Bealer, McRae, Oa.
The funeral will take r-tace from-the
(trace Methodist church. Boulevard and
Houston, Rev. C. C. Jarrell ofBctating,
Continued on Pago Three.
Rumors tp the. effect that the 3100,
000 abattoir, which has been proposed
by certain local and outside capitalists,
will be an arm of the Chicago meat
trusts were refuted at the joint aes
slon of the special Investigating com
mittee and the board of health Tues
day afternoon by th* 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
tion by sectloA and adapted, 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 dlseqge and dirt, meats
not only pure and wholesome, but of
good quality for all times—providing
Its terms are enforced.
Before the meeting was called to
order Messrs. White and McLendon
H ere heard from.
Mr. White explained that he came
before the committee to assure 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 A Co..” said Mr. White,
“but both of us resigned our positions
to engage In business for ourselves.
Atlanta presents a line opening, and
we have decided to start thRt business
In this city, where both of us have
worked—that I*. 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.
Striet rules ars all we want. This will
keep out the cheap, fllthy house* 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 tho people will
clamor Instead of for the Western
meat*. The only way we can do thl*
ta to have strlcts-regiintlnns. We mu*t
have tho aupport and confldence of the
Atlanta people to make a tuccera 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 nak for any privileges
that would not be given to competitor*
and that the new company was not to
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
In the benefits and help along the
biyiness.”
LIFE OF DR. H. P. COOPER
WOULD HAVE BEEN 8PARED.
Chairman Walter A. Taylor then
called the meeting to order. Before
the reading of the ordinance Dr. Taylor
said it was 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. Thousand*
of live* depend upon clean and whole
some meats."
Dr. Taylor then read a communica
tion from the Cleveland, Ohio, health
board, stating that the ordinance MB
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 hi* had not been
the case, a* 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 condl
tlon.
Dr. C. F. Benson, president of the
board of health, stated that the same
cry hdd been put up when the milk
ordinance was flrst made a law, but
the results were similar to those In
Cleveland—better product, and none of
the little dealers out of business.
FEATURES OF ORDINANCE
AS PA88ED BY COMMITTEE.
Borne of the principal features of the
ordinance follow:
Workers In the slaughter houses
must have health certlflcates, stating
that they have no contagious or In
fectious disease.
The workers must wear unitary
clothing.
The floors must be built of concrete,
properly guttered and graded.
All animals must be Inspected asfnre
and ufter being killed.
The slaughtering must be done In the
resence of an Inspector between the
noure of 7 a. m. and 3 p. m.
The minimum weight for calvee, SO
pounds; for hogs, IS, and for sheep
or goats, 12 pounds.
There must be steam for cleansing
purposes In every abattoir.
The maximum chargee Axed
slaughtering are: SI.2S for cattle,
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 can
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 ta 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.
THOUSANDS OF MEN
AND WOMEN FIGHT
TO RESCUE SA VINGS
Failure of Big Trust Concern Causes Sen
sation—One Man Owes Co. $£,000,-
000—Was President Hypnotized ?
By Trlrata leased Wire.
Philadelphia, p a .. 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
that the police reserves from the city
hall were called to preserve order.
Depositors Throng 8treet.
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 U. Hippie,
president of the company, who 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 was
found apparently drowned.
Speculation Csuses Crash'
The crash was brought about by the
speculations entered into by President
Hippie with Adolph Segal, promoter of
various enterprises which have not
been financial successes.
Segal alone owes the trust company
$5,100,000.
The company's liabilities are approx
imately $10,000,000, with quick assets
of about $$,600,000 and doubtful collat
eral of about $8,000,000.
Trustee For $86,151,062.
In addition, it had about $26,167,682
of trust funds invested and was a hold-
corporation securities, under
mortgages, and as depository and
trustee for the Issues of collateral
trust bonds to the amount of $60,483,-
400, a total trusteeship of $86,161,082.
The securities are supposed to be
safe. Nothing is known of the,,trust
funds. A striking feature of the fail
ure is 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 Msy Lose.
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,
$176,000.
Hippie being treasurer of the general
assembly's board of trustees and many
of the trust company's directors and
officers being prominent In the church,
the corporation had become the finan
cial center of the Presbyterian denomi
nation In Philadelphia, and was to
have received shortly the entire funds
of the general assembly, amounting to
more than $18,000,000.
Was Hippie 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,
made what Is termed a "double sys
tem” of making reports.
When the state bank examiner called
Desperate Criminal Is
Killed at Federal
Prison.
ties to offset the loans made and when
the president made his reports to the
directors he would show thsm 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 were the same, approved the
ports. '
Receiver Earle say* he ha* hopes of
re-openlng the Institution.
Arrsste Expscted.
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 eoon resume In some shape
or other, a* the director* have con-
cludsd to meet all claims of the de
posltors.
Investigation Into the methods of
the late president of the concern by
the receiver brought out a number of
ugly facts today and It was declared
there would be at least one. 1f not more,
arrests In connection with the failure
within a very abort time.
NEGRO PREACHER LASHED
BYELBERTON, GA., CITIZENS
FOR INSULTING A LADY
Nprrlsl to The Georgian.
ElUerton, Oa.. Aug. 29.—The negro.
Will Morrison, who made an Imper
tinent proposal to a lady yesterday,
received all the lashes the doctor* say
he could stand last night at the hands
of the cltlsens of this city.
Morrison ta 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 a
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 flegro he of
fered an Insult. ' She raised an alarm
and the negro fled. A poase quickly
formed and pursued and captured the
negro. He was brought back and pun-
llcly whipped.
WOMEN FAINT AS MAN DIES
FROM AN ELECTRIC SHOCK
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 29.—George Westing-
house, president of the Westlnghouse
Electric Company; General Manager
Smith, of the New York Central rail
road, and twelve other official* 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 question*
tboy put to him. McCarthy stortl mo
tionless, within an arm's length of
them, holding up a heavy chain. He
was dead, and 10,009 volts of electric
ity were coursing through his body,
but the millionaire officials did not
know It.
Aa the officials were talking to Mc
Carthy a gang of men were raising a
heavy cable through some tubing. One
end of the cable swung near a dynamo
arthy grasped It In hi* hi
The end of tni
and McCarthy grasped it In his hands.
e chain touched a com
mutator, through which 10,000 volt*
were passing, and McCarthy was killed
Instantly. He made no sound, but stood
ht, grasping the chain, held erect
je electric current. Several of the
women fainted. The current was shut
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 le allowed to
under an alleged contract, thereby cut
ting off the south breeses and obstruct
ing the view and spoiling the symetri-
cal appearance of the street, Mrs. Au
gusta E. Underwood has sued 8. W.
Bulllvan, the owner of the property,
and A. B. Buehl. a real estate dealer,
from whom both bought their property.
Mrs. Underwood's home Is at 112
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 SO Met
A temporary Injunction has been
granted restraining Sullivan from pro
ceeding with the building of one house,
and If Mrs. Underwood Is successful In
obtaining a permanent Injunction
will also probably get a manda
compelling Sullivan to tear off a part
of the roof of his bouse two doors from
Mrs. Underwood. This roof she
leges extends to within 40 feet of the
street.
Striking Cop* Ar* Fired.
By Private t.rased 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 100,
will shat* the tame fate.
LYNCHING EPISODE
DRAWN INTO POLITICS
By Prlrste Lrased Wire.
Salisbury, N. C„ Aug. 29.—The Re
publicans of Rowan county, the home
of Assistant District Attorney A. H.
Prlie, are after him to accept the
nomination for solicitor 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
InrestAratlon* conducted here within
the past four years. They declare that
he has not tried to bring the partici
pants to justice.
There ta another anamalous phase to
the matter. The Republicans are mak
ing a fierce light against the Democrat
ic candidate for sheriff, J. H. Krlder.
The main opposition to him comes from
Democrats and In country districts
where t ta believed he shot J. C. Mc
Lendon. an engineer, who was In the
party storming the jail August 0, three
weeks ego. These people were sym-
VICTIM OF ROW
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Special to Th* Georglsn.
Macon, Ga„ Aug. 29.—Shortly after
3 o’clock thle morning Joe Neweome,
one of the participant* In the Monday
night light In "Bridge Row,” died at
the city, hospital, where he was being
treated. Newsome was shot three
times.
George Curtis, the other man wound
ed severely In the light. Is sinking fast.
He had his skull fractured with an ax
and an operation has been performed,
but there are no hopes that It will
save him.
pathlsers of the lynchers. Krlder
catches It for supposed fidelity to duty
(he did not shoot McLendon) and
Hammer ta fought because he has not
been alert enough. Price says he Is
not a candidate. He retires from of
fice September I. the result of the
factional differences between himself
and Blackburn.
As a result of what ta believed ta
have been a deliberate plan to kill his
keeper, Ed Richmond, convicted of train
robbery, was shot to death Tuesday
afternoon by Guard Pet Fry at th#
Federal prison.
Richmond was 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 was 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 1901 ho was the leader of a
mutiny In the chapel and nn various
occasions before and since has given
the guards trouble In one way or an
other.
Tuesday he wa* 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 that
the guard followed him there to And
what was the matter.
Went Into th* 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
wa*. 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-
era all the time, waa not supposed to
be armed and the prisoner lind drawn
him to a point where tho rifle of one
of the armed guards would be useless.
But Fry had a pistol.
When Fry ordered him bnck to work
the prisoner cursed him and told him
he had him Just where he wanted him.
IIo advanced on Fry. who attempted
to push him back with the curved end
of Ills heavy cane. Richmond grabbed
this weapon and Jerked It from th#
guard's hands.
Tried to Brsln Fry.
He 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 few of the hunter's bullets In
him, the prisoner only tried the harder
to kill the guard. Finally Fry, when
he waa In Immediate danger of being
killed himself, put a third bullet right
above his assailant's heart, killing him
almost Instantly.
Fry hsd been threatened several
times by Richmond, who told him thnt
If It waa not for the other guard* he
would have been killed long before, and
for this reason carried a revolver with,
out the knowledge of the inen among
whom he worked.
Guard Fry waa considered by War
den W. H. Moyer to be one of his best
men. He has had years of service as a
prison guard and waa very cool and
self-poassssed In dealing with danger-
ous prisoners. He came to Atlanta two
years ago from Nnshvllle, Tenn, where
h# had for seven years been connected
with the Tennessee state penitentiary.
If neither the guard nor the prisoner
had been armed the odds would prob-
nbly been In favor of the latter. He
had been at work In the stone shed for
two year* and this had made him a
powerful man. After he had taken
Fry’s can* from him he could
killed the guard had not F
armed with a pistol.
Warden Moyer has wi *
dlan Territory to find
relatives wish bis bod.<
he receive* no reply li
at the grave yard at t:
THINK THAT 1
DIED'
By Prlrste Lrased Wlr_
New York, Aug. 21.-“
the Martha slip, Jer
New Jersey Central
Bank, the naphtha 1a
ground to pieces bef
morning. On* man >
stbly two, on the tau
MANY AMER u,Mayoung
BEGGING ,at,on of your
By Prirate Lrased 11
Parle, Aug. 29.—.ie Georgian is
number of America , .
Pari*. The AmerhPahsed by any
and Americans geitt
whelmed with requr ne 1 °
are begging In thej, and the pa-
them speak anytl , „
which makes matte cetl report 01
lief society Is sendli,
slmle to London, Inc. , •
wife and child, who
by stilt walking In newsv and re-
police.
crease as much
•orgian have a
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