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Newspaper Page TextATLANTA population 130.000 Horn.** 28.000 Tp|«*plion. B 15,000 Main 11 lion of railroads Seven Miloa of street railways 150 Hanking capital $22,000,000 The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA Fopala Milos of ntf'nm railroads Mile* of electric railway* VOL. 1. NO. 108. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1906. •p-RTPf?. • Jo Atlanta TWO CENT* XUVlA^JD. On Train* FIVE CENT* BASEBALL-RACING WILLIAM J. BRYAN, SCENE OF HIS RECEPTION, TWO SPEAKERS AND ROUTE OF GREA T PARADE UNPEOPLE ‘If You Don’t Do Something, City Will,” He Says. COMPANY BEGINS TO TAKE NOTICE Committee Did Nothing On Tuesday Because of Lack of Quorum. "If th. iu company doe. not do something the city will own It. gas plant a. sure aa the sun rises In the east and sets in the west," said Aider- man James L. Key, chairman of the special gas Investigating committee, to T. A. Hammond, attorney for the At lanta Oas Lighting Company, Wednes day afternoon. The mien-of the gas company has undergone a remarkable change since th. election In which there was such a clamor for municipal control. When Alderman Key first declared the gas company should be investi gated the officials of the monopoly hooted at the Idea. Now they wish to patch matters up and. It possible, to stop the Investiga tion. The special committee was to hold stsslon Wednesday, but It was found Impossible to get a quorum. Alderman Key and Councllmen Draper and Cur tis were the only members In attend ance. After waiting some time, during which there was a spirited conversation between Alderman Key and Attorney llammond. the meeting was adjourned until next week. To Formulate Report Later. Because of Labor day, council will adjourn-at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon and hold'session at tho regular hour on Tuesday. This will glvo tho Inves tigating committee sufficient time to hold another meeting, during which the report, to be considered by council, will be formulated. The report will be similar to the one presented by the committee to council at a recent session. This was returned so It could be put In more concise form. The principal features of the new report will be' a provision for Inspectors to look after gas met.rs, a bureau of complaint, where any one may report his grievances against the company and have them Investigated by the city, and th. amendm.nt to the city charter allowing the people to build and operate a gas plant If It la desired. “W.’ll See What May Be Done.” Although there was no meeting Wednesday, Mr. Key and Mr. Ham mond had a long talk, during which th. gas light attorney asked the aider- man to put what he wanted In writing and the gas company would see what could be done. "Just tell us what you want don., Mr. Key,” said Mr. Ham mond, "and maybe all this alleged In vestigation can be cut short.” In rtply, Mr. Key said: "The city wants your company to make only a fair Income from your In vestment; wants your meters Inspected by a city Inspector who can represent the people In all controversies, and the city wants you to pay a fair and equit able sum for the franchise under which you do business." Mr. Hammond asked that this be put In writing, so that the company could thoroughly understand It. Negro Thompson Spirited Away and Carried To Birmingliam. kpeclsl to The Georgian. Mobile, Ala., Aug. 10.—A mob, num bering over 1,000 persons and led by determined men, attacked the Mobile county jail shortly after 10 o'clock last night for the purpose of burning at the stake the negro. Will Thompson, the self-confessed assailant of chil dren. The county authorities learned of the attack In time to spirit Thompson away. Urged on by Its leaders, th. mob rammed the gate from Its fasten ings, and with a rush crossed the court yard of the Jail, demanding the negro When told that he had Leen removed, the mob battered the iron door down, saining admission. During the attack several volleys were Bred by deputies within the Jail, hut without effect At the threshold 'he mob was met by the deputies and a hand-to-hand struggle resulted. Sher iff Powers was disarmed and held, but his release was forced by deputies. Learning that the negro had been removed, the mob dispersed. Thompson was taken to Birmingham for safe-keeping. RACE RESULTS. „ SARATOGA. Saratoga, N. Y., August 10.—The races here resulted as follows: FIRST RACE—Solly M., JO to 1. won: Miss Strome, 8 to 6, second; Pulssaner, 6 to 2, third. Time, 1:09. SECOND RACE—Allegiance, 4 to 1, won; Sandalwood, 7 to 5, second; Llg- ero, even, third. Time, 4:31 2-5. THIRD RACE—Olvonnl Balerlo, 8 to 1, won; Bertha E.. 4 to 5, second; Calabash, Ito 1. third. Time, 1:41. FOURTH RACE—Dandelion, 4 to 5, "'on; Entree, 3 to 5, second; Ravenna, out, third. Time, 1:54. HFTH RACE—Columbia Girl, II to 5, won; Bryan, 2 to 1, second; Cadi- chon, 8 to 5, third. Time, 1:41 1-5, SIXTH RACE—Paumonok, 2 to 6, w?n: Fish Hawk, 1 to 2. second; Joe Miller, 4 to 5, third. Time, 1:07. . LATONIA. Latonla, Ky„ Aug. 30,—The races here this afternoon resulted as follows: URST RACE—Ruby Right, 60 to 1, won; Mlladl Love, even, second; Min nie Johnson, 3 to 1, third. SECOND RACE—Avendow, 6 to 1 won; Grandlta, 5 to 1, second: Or- landwlck, 8 to 2. third. THIRD RACK—Athena, 5 to 1, won; 1 'third 0 * * t0 6 ' ** eon<1 ’ Bell * v| ew-, 4 to FOURTH RACE—Esther, 0 to 2, won; Major T. J. Carson, 6 to 1, sec ond: Dondom, 2 to 5, third. FIFTH RACE—Babe B„ » to 1, won; Uncle Henry. 3 to 1, second; The Thrall, out, third. SIXTH RACE—Savolr Falre, 7 to 2, won; Lady Charade, 3 to 1, second: Coruscate, out, third. WINDSOR. Windsor, Ont., Aug. 30.—Here are the results of the races here this after noon: FIRST RACE—Minnie J., 6 to 1. won; Redondo, 9 to 10. second; Doc Wallace, 3 to 1, third. Time, 1:23 1-5, SECOND RACE—Emlhoia, 9 to 2, won; Laura A., 10 to 1, second; French Empress, 20 to 1,third. Time, 1:02. THIRD RACE—Saro Reslcas, 4 to won; Little Wally, 2 to 1, second: Trenct The Mer, 15 to 1, third. Time, 3:39. FOURTH RACE—Fox Meade, even, won; Secret, 7 to 10, second; Thtstte Doe, 6 to 6,t hlrd. Time, 1:41. FIFTH RACE—Tnnbark, 5 to 2, won; Attention, 12 to 1, second; Fire Alarm, i to l.thlrd. Time, 1:01 3-5. SIXTH RACE—Joe Levy, 4 to 1 and 3 to 5, won; Cambridge, 7 to 1 and 4 to 6, second; George Vivian, 4 to 6, third. TWO SMALL FIGHTS OCCUR IN CUBA Special Cable—Copyright. Havana, Cuba, Aug. 30.—Two slight engagements between the loyalists and Insurgents ore renrted today. Fifteen rurals who were guarding ... CaJahazar, Snnta Clrra. province, wave «-fni jittiickeil today hy nftj insurgents.'The n rurals lied with one man wounded. The other brush occurred'at Artemlsa, PI- nar Del Rio province. No details of the light have- been received. ATLANTA ATHLETES RESTING Tl The Atlanta team had no game aeheduled Thursday. That earn la rest ing in New Orleans. Harley will pitch Fridpy against probably Phillips. DEADLOCK EXISTS IN CONGRESS RACE Statesboro,.Ga., Aug. 30.—After elev en ballots the tie for congress from the First district Is unbroken and the con vention has adjourned until 8 o'clock tomorrow. OTHER GAMES. AT HUlIKVKl'OItT- ShrevoiH.i. 0110 000 01JJ —5 Mnntqomerv . . .100 090 IdJ —J Becker Slid Grudins; Walsh and Hausen. I mplre— Rudderhaui. AT LITTLB ROCK- Lime K„ch 030 000 10^ Hirminquam .... 001 400 13; ■> . J Keith and Douginas; Reagan slid Garvin. I mplrc—Wnlncutt. Meaay goe* In the box for Little Ilock In the seventh tiling. SOUTH "ATLANTIC. Augusta l Macon . . . 4 Batteries: Moore, Lavender Carson: Clark and Harnlsh. plres—Mace and McLaughlin. Savannah 1 Jacksonvile l Batteries: Parkins and Buesse; Lea ver and Kahlkoff. NATIONAL. First Game- New York 000 000 000— 0 Philadelphia .. ..001 010 00*— 2 6 2 Batteries: Mathewson and Bower- man: Sparks and Donovan. Second Game— New York 000 000 001— 1 Philadelphia .. ..000 000 000— 0 Batteries: McGInntty and Bower- man; Duggleby and Donovan. Boston 000 031 202— 8 11 2 Brooklyn 000 200 030— 5 10 3 Batteries: Ltndernmn and O'Neil; Scanlon and Bergen. Cincinnati 001 000 100— 2 8 2 Chicago 011 100 000— 3 ti J Batteries: Frazer and Schlet; Tay lor and Moran. AMEPticAN. Washington .. ..000 000 000— 0 2 2 New York 000 230 00*— 6 8 2 Batteries: Patten and Warner; Doyle and Klelnow. Second Game— Washington ...000 020 000 0— 8 11 New York ....100 004 300 1— 9 15 Batteries: Kltson and Wakefield; Bergen and McGuire. Philadelphia .. . .010 100 000— 2 7 S Boston ...101 010 00*— 3 Batteries: Cpombes and Powtrs; Infer and Corrigan. EASTERN. Jersey City Providence ... 8 2 3 Batteries: Foxen and Butler; Cronin onu Barton. Baltimore 5 14 1 Newark ... 6 11 1 Batteries: McNeill and Beyers; Car- rick and Stange. Rochester ... 8 17 1 Toronto 2 5 2 Batteries: Henley and Cartisch; Williams and Wood. By Private Tented Wire. Washington, ' Aug. 30.—Reciprocal tariff concessions have been entered' Into between Spain and the United States, according to a proclamation made through the state department. American goods are to pay according to Spain's second tariff schedule, and In return there are to be reductions on the Importation of wines and other Spanish imports into the United States. SS MESSAGE SENT ATLANTA TO THE SEA PERTURBED PACKERS SEEK SECY. WILSON; ' “ WHERE ARE WE AT?' Washington. D. C„ Aug. 30.—Secre tary of Agriculture Wilson today held another qeance with the perturbed rep resentatives of packers and food dis tributing agents, to find where they will stand when the meat inspection law takes effect. Packers' representatives from all over the meat country came to discuss the matter with the secretary. Chief Chemist Wiley and Dr. Melvin, chief of the bureau of animal Industry. The gathering was larger than the previous one which considered the same set of problems. The packers have been rather unduly deliberate- about getting ready to com ply with the new label requirements Imposed jointly by the pure food and meat Inspection laws. Now they are fearful that they cannot poslbly get their labels ready for use by October 1, when the Inspection law will be In effect. They wunt the department to show them a way out of their troubles; If not that then at least to look sympa thetic and say a few kind words. Instead the departments countenance Is as atdne, and the only language It knows Is the letter of the law. DEAL JACKSON TELLS BLACKS TO WORK HARD Negro” mean, "black,” and surely Thursday was "Negro” day at the meeting o( the National Negro Bus! nee. League. In the absence of the president, Booker T. Washington, who was at tending a meeting of the executive committee, the aeaslon wa. called to order by the third vice president of the league, Charles Ranke, a coal black negro, who la caahler of the bahk at Mound Bayou, the negro eetllement In Mlealialppl. The reporti from eeveral of the na tional officers, which were scheduled to come Immediately after the Invoca tion by Rev. H. H. Proctor, were omit ted, and the first subject on th* list was taken up for discussion, ’The Negro In Agriculture.” Isaiah T. Montgomery, founder of the negro city of Mound Bayou, Miss., was the Hrst speaker. ’ Montgomery was said to have been at one time the largest cotton producer In the United Stales, and In a well-set and stirring address he called upon his people to realise the need of working out their own salvation. On* of the molt sig nificant statements he made wa* when he declared that two-nfths of th* cot ton produced In this country today Is grown by negroes, who elth*r own or teas* the farms on which they plant. Deal Jackson Speaks. The next speaker was Deal Jack- son, of Albany, aa.. and his talk was easily the feature ot the morning aea slon. Jackson, like Banks and Mont gomery. Is of the coal black type, with a little pointed bit of wbltkers bob bing oft from the end of hi* chin, and at Ti lots of gold teeth In his mouth, which h* seems to take great pride In show Ing. Jackson Is an uneducated negro with a fondness for long words, which he frequently gets mixed up, to the delight of his audience. He was lis tened to with close attention, however, and when his time was up frequent cries from All over the hall of ”g6 on." "keep it up." etc., catteed him lo keep on talking for several minutes. He told of his early etruggtes; how he had started out *lth one mute and plowed day after day and hauled hie produce to Albany with his "britches" rotted up lo his knees, but how he was able to buy another mule tha second year, and another the third year, and sq on, until now he owns two thousand acres of good land In Dougherty coun ty and has all of bis own farming Im plements. "They say a nigger can’t work nig gers," he said, "but I know batter. Come down yonder and 1 will show you where I have over a hundred on my plantation, and I don’t have no trouble In getting help, fee got lots of young nlggera working for me that’ll soon be plowing for demaelvee,” he continued. "You may tell me about the 'ploomera - (he evidently meant diplomas) what you gtte at Morrie Brown and Tuskee- gee end all these other colleges, but If you Wants to see a good n laser yea com* down and see some what got •ploomers’ from my farm.” Incidentally It might be mentioned that for tha last ten years Jackson has regularly pro duced the first bale of cotton to be marketed In Dougherty county, and It usually brings him about twice the market value. The executive committee' 'decided Thursday to hold the next convention ■sday ti opeka. Kami. Charging Infidelity, She Asks $'>0,000 Alimony. A suit for total divorce and $50,000 alimony, charging Indflellty to mar riage vows, has been filed by Mrs. May Nelson Gress against O. V. Giohh, the prominent lumber dealer of Bouth Georgia and formerly a citizen of At lanta. She will later name co-respond ents. Mrs. Gress asked for an Injunction to prevent the withdrawal of $36,000 on deposit (it the Fourth National Bank to the credit of Mr. Gres. This was granted ’.by Judge Pendleton, who set the hearing for November 10. It Is set forth in the petition that Mr. Gress had on August 7 recognized her claims for divorce and had deposited $30,000 in the Fourth National Bank as a settlement, this to be paid out when a check drawn by Samuel D. Hewlett, then Mrs. Qress* attorney, should be presented. Hlnce then Mrs. Gress has changed her attorney, T. F. Corrigan now rep resenting her. Mr. Gress Is declared In the petition now to be a resident of New Jersey, Mr. and Mrs. Gress were married in 1882 at Indianapolis, Ind. -They have no children- living. G. V. Gress has ben for many years one of the beat known men In Georgia. He is worth about $500,000. He started the Grass Zoo at Grant Park by pre senting a number of animals to the city In 1892 ' MILNER ON TRIAL FOR THE KILLING OE B, R, DORSET 'Who Is that I hear so far off?” The Savannah line steamship "City of Co lumbus," plowing through the deep At lantic flashed out the sentence Into the thick darkness of the night. "Couldn't tell you,’ roplied Charles ton, without the least difficulty, al though 100 miles of water separated her from the steamship. Then Atlanta broke In and convers ed fluently over land and sea to the City of Columbus, to Charleston and even farther, to New Orleans. In other words the DeForrest Wire less station, situated In and on top of the Candler building, made Its first test last night. The test was remark ably successful and within a month, Rpeelsl to The (Jeorfinn. Jonesboro, Ga., Aug. 30.—When Clay ton’s superior court convened this morning at 8:30 o'clock the case of Leon T. Milner was called, charged with the murder of B. H. Dorsey, broth er of Judge R. T. Dorsey, of Atlanta. At 11 o'clock the work of securing the Jury was still In process, seven men having been secured for the case. On Dec 25, 1905, Milner shot Dorsey on the streets of Jonesboro and on the following day Dorsey died from the effects of the wounds. Since that time Milner has been Ip the county Jail awaiting trial. Colonel Charlie D. Hit, of Atlanta, and Colonel O. J. Cooper, of Jonesboro, are assisting Solicitor Howard In the Ion. Brown * Brown, of Mc- _.»; Colonel John D. Humphries, of Atlanta, and Colonel W. L Waiter- son. of Jontsboro, represent the de- SHARP ADVANCE MADE IN PRICE OF IRON STOVES Five Per Cent. Increase Made and Another Is Coming. so Captain K. S. Finch, district man ager In charge of the local station, states, the station will be ready to send commercial aerograms. The preliminary test made shortly after 9 o’clock last night proved be yond a doubt that Atlanta Is splendidly situated for a station. At nearly every station put up In the South and many erected In other portions of the globe there has been difficulty in adjusting the apparatus, in some Instances It has taken from three to six weeks to get a message after the station had been erected. The Atlanta station, however, went off without any diffi culty. Captain Finch declares this Is due to the soli and altitude. II IT YET Nebraska’s Favorite Son Is Yet Un decided. THOUSANDS READY TO WELCOME HIM Owing to sharp advances In the price of pig iron and tho necessity of In creased wagea for all claaaes of la bor, alovea advanced 5 per cent In price Thursdny. A atove truat? They aay not. It la atated hy Bam D. Jonea, preal- dent of the -Atlanta atove worka, that a aecond advance of 5 per cent will probably be neceaaary within a very ahort time. But the advance will not affect atovea alone, but every claaa of manufactured gooda In which Iron la uaed. A meeting of the Southern Assocla- tlon ot Btove Manufacturers waa held In Chattanooga Wedneaday, at which time It was unanimously determined to at vance prices on stoves 5 per cent at once. Mr. Jonea could not attend the meeting, owing to an Important engagement here, but he atated Thura day that the advance waa In accord with his own views and Intentions. He said: "Within thirty daya pig Iron has ad vanced nearly 34 per ton, and la now quoted at 116, with a Treat rcarclty existing I look for a further advance In the nlw material ijrlthln a very short time, and manufacturer, will have te meet It In order to live, "The labor problem has struck th* Iron producer* hard. Many big fur naces have had to dose down because of Inability to secure competent labor. It has made pig Iron scarce and l.ard to obtain, this condition affecting every part of the Union. "We manufacturer* have the name problem. Labor I* growing scarcer, wage* ar* higher and th* quality of th* STATE'S DELEGATES IT A After Conference, Members Pay Visit to Mr. Hcarst. By Prlrate Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 30.—John Temple Graves, editor of The Georgian, of At lanta, Ga., and chairman of the Geor gia delegation to the Bryan reception, arrived with his party last night. The Georgia delegation held a meeting at noon today In tha reading room of tha Waldorf-Astoria, to which all Geor gians of New York were Invited. Aft er the meeting a call waa made upon Mr. 1 learnt. FAILURE TO INDICT IS UP TO JEROME By Prlrate Lrnted Wire. New York, Aug. 30.—Through the evidence or rather the lack of evidence presented to the grand Jury In connec tion with the Investigation into tho charges of alleged criminal conspiracy against the Ice trust, that body re turned Indictments which put the re sponsibility for the failure to return In dictments squarely up to the office of the district attorney. The character of the evidence, the presentment seta forth, waa such that It was Impossible to find Indictments aga’.nstthe officiate of the trust against whom the allegations of conspiracy hava been made. labor Is deteriorating somewhat. It I* Imperative that w* advance our price* In order to live, and. as 1 stated, a further advance of 5 per cent In stoves will probably result wltbln a very ehort time.” Big Parade and Reception Take Place Afternoon and Evening. i-irgxi-j [By Prlrate Leased Wire. |New York, Aug. 30.—Cheered by a tremendous crowd, Including asmall but enthusiastic number of his old neigh bors, his "home folks," from Nebraska, William J. Bryan landed In Manhattan Boday at 4:05 p.m. ■The big throng of admirers acted as plough they would have liked to havo taken the Nebraskan to themselves nnd literally "toted” him up Broadway to his hotel, but the big squad of police men directed by Inspector Schmlttber- ger kept the crowd well In check. Mr. Bryan left the Yacht llllni of |hla friend, E. F. Goltra, at nbout 4 In the yacht's tender. He was accompanied by Mr. Goltra, Lewis Nix on and one or two other members of the committee of reception. On reaching the hotel Victoria Mr. Bryan was shown at once to his suites whither Mrs. Bryan and hts daughter had preceded him. ■He was not long to rest, however, but In a few minutes descended to the rooms where the delegations from pie various states were awpltlng him. |New York, Aug. 30.—This was Bryan day In New York. ■The Nebraskan must have thought of the old campaign days long before the time set for the real big demonstra tion of the day arrived. He »p«at the nlghl aboard Edward Goltra's yacht, the llllni, In Netv York bay, having gono aboard the yacht at a little after midnight from the home of Lewla Nixon on Staten Island. Ht Goss Ovar Speach. Mrs. Bryan and her daughter hml gone quietly to the Hotel Victoria, where a suite had been provided tor them. Mr. Bryan rose early today and prepared for tho strenuous reception which hla friends have provided for him. He made numerous appointments for each hour of the day up to the time set for hla departure from the yacht from pier A at Battery A, and all day long the yacht's tender whs busy carrying visitors to and fro. He spent the first hour or so after breakfast In going over hts speech, to be delivered tonight In Madison Square Garden. He declared that he never felt better In hla life, and looked It. Lewlx Nixon was one of tho first caller* and he was followed by other members of the official reception com mittee. Cheered From Beata. Every up-river boat seemed to know the llllni, and whenever Mr. Bryan's well known face waa sighted he waa cheered In no uncertain fashion. At Mr. Nixon's Invitation, Mr. Bryan, at about 10:30 o'clock went aboard Mr. Nixon's house boat, the Lougoun. and there met members ot the ofTV-lal reception committee and prominent New York Democrats, with whom h« had mads appointments yesterday. Those Included were O.'H. F. Belmont, Norman E. Mack, Daniel J. Campau, of Michigan, and others. Mayor Brown, ot Bryan's home town, Lincoln, Nebr, [also saw him. Bryan Was Sea Stole. During the voyage Mr. Bryan had to pay the tribute exacted by old Nep tune. He was sea sick, not very bad. but undeniably aea sick. He took an active part In the life of tho ship. At the concert he made a graceful and pleasant speech, which he began with a humorous story, at the expense of Roger Foster, a lawyer, who had been introduced to him. Mr. Foster had spoken In very flat tering terms of Mr. Bryan and In bis speech Mr. Bryan remarked that It re minded him at so engagement he had once to make* ueech, nnd when he was asked how ne would like to be In troduced. "I naked him,” said th* Nebraskan, to refer to me as ‘Mr. Bryan, a law yer of Jacksonville.’ I had just been admitted to the bar, nnd wanted the fact known. The chairman came to me half a dozen times to be sure he had It right, and finally Introduced me. saying: 'Mr. O'Brien will now spake.’" He Enjoyed Voyage. I Asked If he had a pleasant voyage, Mr. Bryan said: "I have enjoyed the trip Immensely, notwithstanding the fact that I have been working most at the time. I have been very busy preparing my article* for publication, and during the last few days 1 hava had to devote a lot of time to the speech which l am to deliver at the reception In New York to be given to me on my arrival." ''Will you discuss politics In your tepeech?" *T will touch on politics slightly." said he. Jokingly. “I cameo M it* ai this time the eubject This te no' an opportune time for such a discussion.'' Attitude Not Changed. You have announced yourself as a candidate for the Democratic nomina tion for the presidency, have you not No. I hav* dot announced myself as a candidate.. I wrote a letter to f r- Continued Page Nina.