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l 130.000 26.000 16,000 ir;7„ jine« ot-rallromia Mile, of itre**t railway. nunking QiPltal >>-.000.000 The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA crop $100,000,000 VOL. 1. NO. 112. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1906. T>T?TniT. In Atlanta TWO CENT*. irlVlA/Jli. on Train. F1VF1 CENT*. DEMOCRATS OF GEORGIA IN CONVENTION AT MACON TO CHOOSE HOKE SMITH THEIR STANDARD BEARER FOR GOVERNOR UPON AN EPOCH-MAKING PLATFORM E III RED AUTO “Hering Owned Me Body and Soul,” He Declares. I’M LEGALLY GUILTY, BANK LOOTER ADMITS Weeps When He Thinks of Dishonor Falling on Son and Daughter. By Private Lenaed Wife. Tangier, Morocco, Sept. 4.—Paul O. Siensland admitted, when questioned after his arrest, that legally he was guilty, but morally others were far more so. For ten yeara the bank re ceived deposits, mostly from Italians. Poles and other foreigners, amounting to *2.500,000. He may have received about half a million only. The prisoner cried when making the foregoing statement. He expressed re. gret at the dishonor brought on his son and daughter, now in America. . Arretted at Postoffice. Stensland arrived here a fortnight ago and deposited In' the Tangier agency of the Comptolr National des Comte de Paris 70,000 francs the day of his arrest. He proceeded to Gibral tar, where he took passage for Moga- dor. via Tangier. He landod here yes terday and Detectives Olson and Mr. Kelly, editor of a Chicago newspaper, arrived there yesterday morning. They met the prison at 8 o'clock at the British postoffice, where he was ar rested and taken to the American lega tion. He slept in the British hotel last night In custody. Blsmss Cashier Hering, Stensland declared Cashier Hering was the forger and that Haring got most of the money. He exonerated hla son. Theodore, and the bank directors, He denied he had spent. any money on Leone Langdon Key, or any other worn ■ an. He declared that he never took all [he money he put into real estate or Investments In the hope of making good. Stensland expressed surprise that the total loss Involved In the bank’s failure would reach *2,000,000. "To my certain knowledge,” he said, ' the liability to the bank does not ex ceed 5500,000. Anything over that must have been stolen by Hering." He said the flret money he took wns In 1808, when he was In n tight hole and needed money. He put hit own note In the box. “Owned My Soul. "Hering," he declared, "suggested He Is Met at the Sta tion By Mayor Dunne. WHOLE FAMILY TAKEN IN PARADE Col. John Temple Graves One of the Speakers at Meeting. By Private Leased Wire. McOary, theshrd srdaclndndohr ltras Chicago. Sept. 4.—William J. Bryan, Mrs. Bryan and Mlscs Grace Bryan, arrived In Chicago from Detroit at the Forty-seventh etrect station of thg. Grand Trunk rallyway at 8 a. m. today.' Welcomed In his Pullman sleeper by Mayor Dunne, John W. Eckhardt and J. W. McGary, the globe-glrdllng trav eler and his wife and daughter enter ed John Farson's big red automobile with them and led an automobile par ade which terminated at the Auditor ium annex. "I welcome you to Chicago, Mr. Bryan," said Mayor Dunne, extern*! ng his hand, which was grasped by the Nebraskan. "I feel as If I were coming home when I reach Chicago,” said Mr. Bryan In reply. The Bryan family then entered the CONVENTION ORGANIZES WITH JUDGE A. L. MILLER PERMANENT CHAIRMAN S Farson's automobile. Mayor Dunne, former Judge Phlllpstein and Charles F. Gunther, former treasurer, rode with thn Rpvnns — TUn rr^odffoi.w- this. He pointed out that It waa eauy to obtain money in that way. Then "hen my own notes became too nu merous he suggested the forgeries." ‘'An<l you acquiesced?" "Yes. First, he tempted, then he urged and I fell. Ever since that I was forever In his power. He owned me body and soul." The forgeries, he declared, were Her- Ing'a. "I Was His Slavs." Toward the last Stensland said: Hering openly took any money he "anted, and did as he pleased. He would stay away from the bank three [>r four days at a time. He gambled on horses, a year ago he promised to •lull, lie did for a time, but resumed. JJ* S Pals got to calling up the bank. That is why I had a secret ’phone put in. so I could overhear. But he got on to it, and went outside to ’phone his bets. “He had me In his power. He knew I was becoming more and more In volved. He knew I had to constantly use forged notes, and as the price of my silence he kept a lot of stock for- K^rtes on hand to be used as occasion required. I was his slave and could Jot get along without him. If he had been decent and honest, I would not be SULTAN TO BE A8KED , TO GIVE UP STENSLAND Private la-nwHl Wire. Washington, D. C, Sept. 4.—Govern or Deneen, of Illinois, and State At- jorney Healy, at Chicago, have united ™ * 'h*patch to the state department, asking that Minister Gummere be In- •tructed to have Stenslaftd detained, wing to the lack of an extradition irauty the department can taaue no 'uni Instruction*, but the acting sec retary ,,f state telegraphed the Amer ican minister at Tangier to sound the •Moro-mn government as to Its will ingness to surrender the alleged bank "re.-ker. It |s expected to be gladly granted by the sultan a» a favor to this government. SENA TOR TELLER IN A RUNAWAY Dj I'rtvnte Leased Wire'' Lewiston, Idaho, Sept. 4.—While “living into Lewiston, United States Senator Teller, Mrs. Teller, Judge Nor- !" an '’nek and Miss Hattie Moore, the «0 latter relatives of Senator Teller, ■arrowiy escaped Injury when the team 1 the senator was driving ran f \ Th * horses ran half a mile be- t he could control them. Mrs. Teller . ' ■‘offering from nervousness after 'at runaway. the Bryans.-'The chauffeur' furned^he wheel and the parade started. Millard Dunlap, of Jacksonville, did not arrive In Chicago In time to take part In the reception at the station, but Mrs. Dunlap and family were pre sented am! entered the second auto, James Walker, of New York, who pre sided at the Madison Square Garden banquet to Bryan, completed the par ty. In the third auto were John Eck hnrdt, J. W. Dickinson, Leon Horn stein, Justice John R. Caverly and Jo. hann Wage, representing the Iroquois Club. The fourth automobile was occupied by Theodore Nelson, William Slack and other members of the Jefferson Club. Among the other speakers this even Ing wilt be Mr. Bryan, Hon. John Tem ple Graves, of Atlanta, Ga., editor of The Georgian; Hon. Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and Hon, Robert L. Taylor, United States sena tor-elect from Tennessee. CHILD OF FIVE SHOOTS MOTHER Ily Private Leased Wlro. Frederick, Md., Sept. 4.—Mrs. Walter O'Rrlon, near Frederick Junction, was accidentally shot and killed by her 5-year-oid son. The child picked up a rifle which his older brother had left standing In the yard, and while han dllng It, discharged a cartridge. The bullet passed through the kitchen win dow and struck Mrs. O'Brlon In the breast. She died In a few minutes. O0000000O000O0000000000000 0 DID YOU EVER HAVE O A WEATHER DREAM? O O 0 00000000000000000000000000 m Cartoonist Brewerton had a bad O O dream the other night, the sub- O O stance of which he has put In the O O foregoing sketch. He dreamed he O O had drawn a weather picture pre- O O dieting heat and that It had sud- g t> denly turned cold. Then when he O O awoke he wrote this verse; g 0 "By George! This heat Is awful,” g - said the Funny Picture Man. O "I must draw a humid picture, g make It red-hot as I can! O But alas! O, fickle weather, ere O the day waa over half, g It had turned as cold as Green- g land and the artist got the g laugh!" I ® S The forecast: g "Local thunder norms Tuesday g night and Wednesday.” g Tuesday temperatures: g 7 o'clock a. m 74 degrees O .... degrees 0 .. 82 degrees 0 . .85 degrees 0 . .85 degrees 0 .. 87 degrees 0 .. 88 degrees O ..8* degrees 0 00000000000000090000000000 8 o’clock a. m. 9 o’clock a. m. 10 o’clock a. in. 11 o'clock a. in. 12 o’clock noon 1 o'clock p. in. 2 o’clock p. m. Cananes Reported in Hands of the Mexicans. TOWNS IN ARIZONA ALL EXCITEMENT Battle Feared—2,000 Troops S&id To Be'Marching To ward Augua Prieta. By Prlvste r-eased Wire. Nogales, Arizona, Sept. 4.—Fighting between Mexican and American work men, broke out at Cananea at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mexicans rule the place at this hour (9 p. m.) This In formation was brought here by a lo comotive engineer named Mitchell, of Colonel Green'e railroad. He left Just after the fighting began and hoe no particular!. • 'r'rZfc HON. HOKE SMITH, OF ATLANTA, Who Will Be Nominated for Governor By the Democrats of Georgia in Convention at Macon Tuesday. Nomination of Hoke Smith Comes Later in Day. ATTENDANCE LARGE AND INTEREST GREAT Hardwick Draws Great Ap plause With Disfranchise ment Speech Accepting Tem. Chairmanship. By JOHN 0. REESE. Macon, Ga., Sept. 4.—The plat form of the state convention will not be adopted until later in the afternoon. A first draft of the document has received considera ble attention in the committee room. The nomination of the Demo cratic candidate for governor was placed tenth on the list of set busi ness and will not come before 4 ’clock. Macon, Ga., Sept. 4.—When Chairman M. J. Yeomans called the state Democratic convention to order at noon the big audito rium was packed to suffocation. The ground floor was given up en tirely to the delegates who were in shirt sleeves practically to a man. The gallery contained a large number of ladies. The Fulton delegation had seats directly in front of the speaker's stand. As Chairman M. J. Yeomans in troduced Congressman T. \V, Hardwick, temporary chairman, the doughty member from the Tenth was greeted with tremend ous applause. As he proceeded to eulogize Mr. Smith, the enthusi asm was intense. When lie refer red t<j “the matchless Democrat from the wlicatflelds of Nebras ka,” the cheering was deafening. As he turned to the negro dis franchisement plank, the crowd gave prolonged approval. “We will disfranchise every nc gro in Georgia,” he said with great vehemence. He said that the next legisla ture would pass an amendment that guaranteed the supremacy of white votes. Miller Mede Chairman. Judge A. L. Miller, of Macon, wns then nominated and chosen permanent chairman of the atate executive com mittee. In accepting the nomination, he eald three things were finally de termined by this primary. First. That a Populist party no long er exists In Georgia. "They have all come bark to the Democratic party, because we offered them a man,” he eald amid applauae. Second. That the people have said to the railroads, "You must do the square thing.” Third. That the complete and final disfranchisement of the negro must be accomplished. Order of Business Fixed. R. L. Berner offered a resolution, which was adopted. Axing the order of business. First came the committees and report*. Tenth In order la the nomination for governor, and hla speech of acceptance. The last two orders are nominations for railroad commissioner and election of executive committee. Committee on Crodontialo. The committee on credentials follows: First district, E. C, Collins, Tattnall; Second district, R. C. Bell, Grady; Third dlatrlct, Sampson Bell, Webster; Fourth district, E. II. McMIchael, Ma rlon; Fifth district, R. J. Guinn, Ful ton; Sixth district, W. C. Hightower, Upson; Seventh district, J. E. Rosser, U'nllfor' Plirhfh illulrlcl V If flanran Walker; Eighth district, E. H. George, Morgan; Ninth dlatrlct, W. B. McC'ants, Jackson: Tenth district, S. F. darling- ton, Richmond; Eleventh district, 8. C. Townsend, Clinch. The following committee on platform and resolutions was named: First district, F. L. Scales, Burke; Second district, W. U. Sheffield, De catur; Third district, Warren Grice, Pulaski; Fourth district,, J. J. Slade, Muscogee; Fifth district, James M. Gray, Fulton; Sixth dlatrlct, C. L. Bart lett, Hibb; Seventh district, Newton A. Morris, Cobb: Eighth district, Thomas E. Lawson, Putnam: Ninth dlatrlct, Uedrge G. Rucker, Fulton * Tepth dis trict, R. U. Hardeman, Jefferson; Elev enth district. Dr. B. H. Patterson, Ap pling. At 1:40 o’clock the convention took a recess for 20 minutes. Fulton Row Goos to Convention. A resolution by Hooper Alexander re ferred the Fulton county two-headed committee tangle to the resolutions committee. A resolution by Longley, of Troup, Indorsed James R. Gray for hls work In the campaign. A resolution by J. M. Strickland, of Spalding, recommended Axing primary dates for the Arst Monday In June. Reuben Arnold, of Fulton, ofTered a resolution that nothing be done at tjils convention as to the appellate Judge ships nnd that a duly regulated pri mary be held -later to select the can didates. Primary Plan Recommended. Another resolution recommended the South Carolina primary schedule. This feature Is to be embraced In the plat form. It was announced that the Fifth dis trict at a caucus recommended that the executive committee at large consist of eleven membets Instead of fuur. A resolution was offered that a white OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED AT ANY MOMENT By Private Leased Wire. Nogales, Aria., Sept. 4.—Nogales and Douglas, In Arizona and Sonora, and Augua Prieta, In Mexico, were In a frenzy of excitement today and an out break waa expected at any moment. Armed guards surrounded the custom house and Jail, where the attack waa expected, with orders to ehoot to kill. Troops are on their way here, but It Is expected that the outbreak would occur before they could arrive. The Jail Is full of leading citizens of this town and Sonora, who have been arrested during the last month and held In communlcado and since the dis closure of a revolutionary plot to take the town It has been reported thaf the arrests were the result^ of the endeav ors by the government to head oft the Impending outbreak by Imprison ing the leaders. Might Attaok Jail. It was expected that when the out break came the Jell would' be stormed In an effort to release the prisoners. It has been given out that they had been arrested on suspicion of smuggling, but It Is known now there was a more serious reason for the arrests. Groups of excited men were scatter ed all over town all night waiting for the outbreak, but few seemed to know who were on tho side of the govern ment and who were revolutionists. Word was received early today that government troops were marching on this place, but It waa declared that when they reach here the town would be In the hands of the revolutionists. And the soldiers would have to Agbt their way In. 2,000 Troops on Way. Dispatches from Douglas, on the American side, and, Augua Prieta, Just across the border In Mexico, stated that 2,000 troops were marching on the Mexican town, but It was not known whether they were government soldiers or revolutionists. In either event. It was stated, u battle was Inevitable when they arrived. The Arst warning of the approach of troops came In a telegram to the com- mlssario (head of the Mexican supply department) at Augua Prieta, Inform- ii AND EXPECT —R. Cheatham. Jordan and Cheatham Leave For Hot Springs. JORDAN TO PRESENT COMMITTEE’S REPORT Genial Cotton Association Secretary Says Ho Isn’t Worried. President Harvle Jordan and Secre tary Richard Cheatham leave Tuesday afternoon at 4:50 o'clock to attend the meeting of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton Aseoclatlon at Hot Springs, September 6, 7 and 8. 1 President Jordan carries with him the report recently made to him by the committee appointed by him to make an Investigation of tho charges that certain ofllclala of the association were Involved In bucket shop deals. This report will be submitted to the executive committee for whntover ac tion It thinks proper. Secretary Cheatham, who was one of those to be ’Investigated,” said Tuesday morning that ho was still In tho ring and ex pected to stny there. He gnve the Im pression that ho did not consider him self disfigured In tho least either. Mr. Cheatham by multiplying the circulation of The Oeorglan by the number of columns It dovoted to the Investigation Agures that the asso ciation hns gotten 2.508,000 columns of publicity. "Not Inches nor lines, mind you," said ho, "but columns—2,508,000 whole columns I got, so I didn't mind the attacks at all. I actually got fat on It.” President Jordan would not vouch safe nny Information In regard to the report of tho Investigation beyond sny- Ing that It would bo submitted "Just ns the committee Intended." He said, that the executive committee, which Is* composed of 33 men. was meeting to consider the condition of the crop and to decldo on a minimum price. He said that so far ns ho could learn tho crop would be a fair one, but that the heavy rains In certain parts of ths cotton belt had been the nucleus of numerous evils, such ns boll weevil, boll worms, shedding nnd other bogs and diseases to which the cotton plant falls heir. P« Ing him that a body of 2,000 ti would arrive at Augua Prieta carl, day and that contributions of men and supplies from the town would be ex pected. Americans Are Warned. This telegram was unsigned, and the commlssarlo was unable to say wheth er the troops headed In the direction of the town were friendly or hostile. Word was sent to all American merchants of the Mexican town warn ing them to get whatever money and valuables they had on the American side of the line. The excitement soon spread to the American side of the line, and the entire population of tho place was under arms. RACE RIOT IN CHICAGO FOLLOWS NE WS THA T GANS WON FIGHT ON A FOUL By Prlrste lamsejl Wire. Chicago, Sept. 4.—One thousand men and women, black and white, Joined In a race riot last night In South Chicago, a short distance from the home of Battling Nelson, as a result of the downfall of their Idol, and for half an hour fought a pitched battle In the streets with Asia, clubs and stones. Four of the belligerents are now in the hoapltal, forty-two are un der arrest, and hundreds of others, who escaped the vigilance of the police, suf fered minor Injuries. ortly The conflict, which Btarted sh atter 8:30 p. m„ and followed the nouncement that Gane had won ov the Chicago lad In the forty-se ond round, Aa the result of a foul wi precipitated by two negroea, whore e: cess of Joy at the triumph of the bla< man was permitted to bubble over. F over an hour following the police we compelled to cope with a riot of m usual proportions end to press ex pre wagons Into service to take their pris oners to the station. Forty pollr used their clubs freely before the tllltles were brought to a check. Continued on Psqo Thrae, ROOSE VELT REQUESTS DIAZ TO MEET HIM IN TEXAS By Private Leased Wire. San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 4.—General Rivero, of the Hex was In San Antonio today on hla way North. He aald Presldei Just received a letter from President Roosevelt, In which the pressed the hope that the president of Mexico can visit the s International fair, the Arst two weeks In November, and Indh the writer would make It convenient to meet him hero. President Diaz Is considering the matter, the general said Is a probability that the executives will meet In this clri In N-