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i ATLANTA population ... 26 000 Kfn ll«5 H rallrnado Seven f!n c « of at root railway 150 B.I capital IM.000.000 ——m ■ .•rPP.flWPPW'IWU" ,• iP' r- The Atlanta Georgian. Cotton fnptorlon 130. Vnlno of 1906 potto VOL. 1. NO. 113 Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, ,1906. Morning Edition. ‘prJTprp . In Attests TWO CENT*. XT. on Trains FIVF CKNTa negro attacks WOMAN IN YARD Family on Porch, Mrs. Gregory I s Seized. IN GEORGIA With her husband and other mem bers of the family'In the front port of ,he house. Mrs. Gregory, wife of J. H. Gregory, a Southern Express employe, va s attacked by a negro Tuesday night about 8:80 o'clock. The negro seized her by the throat u she stepped on the rear porch of their home at 198 Whitehall street, leaving the prints of his Angers In the tender flesh. Though frightened hor ribly and her breath almost cut off, Mrs. Gregory managed to scream, bringing her husband and neighbors quickly to her rescue. As they rushed to the rear of the dwelling the burly form of a negro was seen running away. Mrs. Gregory lay on the ground all but unconscious from the severe choking she had received and the fright. Attention was flrst given to ministering to her, and It was some time before It was known Just what had happened to her. When she had finally become calm, Mrs. Gregory said that she had stepped from the kitchen to a rear porch, when the negro Jumped and seized her. all happened so quickly that she could give little Idea of the man’s appear ance. The police have been notified and are on the watch for, suspects. Mrs. Gregory Is a delicate, refined little woman, and Is almost prostrated from her terrible experience. Mr. Gregory left the kitchen Just a few minutes before the assault. IN WASHINGTON By Private Leased Wire. Washington, Sept. 8.—Despondent be cause of matrimonial troubles, h^rs. Dorothy L. Williams, formerly of Law- rencevllle, Ga., 86 years old, living with her sister, Pauline Benson, at 341 Bry ant street, Northwest, attempted commit suicide by taking carbolic acid about 8 o’clock last 'night In the park In front of the new Freedmen's hos pital building. Her life was saved by Officer Delavlgne, of the Eighth pre cinct, who approached the woman and knocked the bottle from her hand as she raised It to her lips. 8he was badly burned about the face, chest and shoulders, but after being treated at the hospital was able to go home. The police notified the woman's husband, C. P. Williams, who lives at EOS Twelfth street. When he arrived at the Eighth precinct station he told the police he did not believe his wife had attempted to commit suicide, but •aid he had reason to believe she had been assaulted. At the home of her sister Mrs. Wil liams declined to be seen, and Miss Henson said she did not care to dis cuss the case. Mrs. Williams Is tl)e Final Smashing of Old Time Political Ma chinery. Directors Hope 'to Open Door of Con cern Soon. mother of four small children. T Bperlnl t„ The Georgian. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 6.—Nat Thorn hm. of Atlanta, who put Krelgh Col ■ms, the Chicago tennla expert, out of •he running In the singles In the trl- Staie tennis tourney, was himself de feated Wednesday, with hla partner, Bryant Grunt, In the doubles. They {*" < ‘ as >' victims to Carl Kehr and R. D- Little, New Yorkere, regarded as •he beat doubles in the tourney. Little ? “■* man who was recently defeated <>y Uothler for the national tennla r PJ ,lon " h| P- All the sets were easy ,, ‘he New Yorkers, the scores being *•}. 6-2, and 6-4. m the singles this afternoon Nat Thornton plays Cowan Rodgers, the otnoxviiie (Tenn.) who, who Is regard- va a* dangerous tn the touhley. Thorn ton a playing in the singles Is winning, much applause. : 700000000000000000000000 * ATIONAL bank keeps o £ OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, O 2 fi y Private Leased Wire. B Th^i U r ore ' hid.. Sept. 6.—The O " Jh'fd National Bank has begun o n ‘"enty-four-hour banking bus! o n, 11 “>e first national bank 6 m 'he country to make the O 2 change. 0 By Private Leased Wire. Philadelphia, Sept. 6.—On warrants charging embezzlement and making false returns, sworn out by a deposi tor of the wrecked Real Estate Trust Company, Adolph Segal, promoter: William F. North, treasurer, and M. S. Collingwood, assistant treasurer of the wrecked Institution, were arrested today and arraigned before Magistrate Kochersperger at Central police court. Segal’s ball was fixed at 126,000 and that of North and Colllngswood 310,000 each. At a secret meeting of directors of the Real Estate Trust Company, which lasted nearly all night, a plan of re organization submitted by Receiver Earle was practically adopted this morning. The plan when promulgated will effect a complete reorganization of the company with an entire new set of employees from the president down; liquidate every cent of the 37,000,000 Indebtedness and the doors of the In-" stltutlori will be thrown open within a week. They Expected Arrest, The arrest of Segal, the arch pro moter; Treasurer North and Assistant Treasurer Collingwood, In no way will affect the plans of the new organization. Segal knew last night that he was to be arrested. All along he felt that the blow would fall. He wps ready to enter ball In any sum that Is required. North, too, felt that the arm of the law was after htqi. Collingwood was not aware that a warrant was out for hla arrest today. He was under the Impression that be would be Immune, but that North would have to suffer. Auditor is Safe. Horace Hill, the auditor, who la 76 years old and broken In health, will not be arrested. District Attorney Ball aaya he was merely a figurehead and a tool used by the looters. The district attorney In explalnlnr today how the conspiracy was carrlei out, said: ’’Blank notes with Segal’s name at tached have been discovered and I think that we are on the track of -an explanation of the 32,300,000 difference In the amounts of loans as given by books of the bank and In the state ment of Mr. Segal. Had Wildcat Schemes. “Evidently Hippie and Segal were parties In all the latter’s wildcat schemes. Hippie, while he was not di rectly Implicated as a stockholder or director In the various companies or ganized with the funds of the com pany, was represented In each of them through his son, who was treasurer of four of the companies. “Segal’s method of doing business was to buy up or organize a company at an expense of 350,000. He would then mortgage It for eight or ten times this amount, Issue bonds and pledge these as collateral for more money. “Mr. North appears to have been the executor of the Hlpple-Segal plana and Collingwood knew what North knew.” Says He Warned Hippie. Auditor Horace Hill, who passed the bogus lists of wildcat securities, by which President Hippie threw millions Into Promoter Segal’s hands, confessed today that he Warned Hippie a year ago of Impending ruin and that the president had promised to reform. He said he had taken hla word for It, and had tried to save the suicide. Logan Bulllt, millionaire coal opera tor and candidate for congress from the Fifth district, has served formal notice upon Receiver Earle that unless he at once began proceeding* to estab lish the liability of the directors to pay each depositor In full, he would begin civil and criminal suits, Mr. Bulllt said he Intended to get every cent of his money back, and that he thought that 48 hours was ample notice to the receiver. It now looks like the general assem bly of the Presbyterian church will lose a great portion of the 3903,000 trust funds held by this company. THE GEORGIAN WINS ITS FIGHT FOR A RIGID MEAT INSPECTION; TAYLOR MEASURE IS PASSED 00000000000000000000000030 o • o a GIRL 13 IN8ANE . 0 FROM cigarettes: O a 9 c OOO0OOOOOO0O0 OO0000OO Kan is badly hurt in TROLLEY COLLISION •p*ri:il Anniston. Ala., September 6.—Two r -«>•., ocjjiRuiuer B.— p,™ 1,le Annleton Electric and Ga* i'mpany collided head-on late laet collided head-on late laet while on the road between this vl 'V' 1 Wont Lake Park. Cheat superintendent of the wood *ork. ‘‘ nt °*. th * Kilby Locomotive badly hurt In the back and was cut on the noee by broken i two cars being slightly damaged. By Private Leased Wire. Leander, W. Va„ Sept. 6.— 0 „ Bertha, the 10-year-old daughter O S of Jerry Clay, a prosperous farm- O er of this county, has been ad- O 0 Judged Insane owing to her secret O O and Incessant smoking of cigar- 0 O ettes. She will be sent to a san- 0 O Itartum at Baltimore. 0O0OQ000OO00000O000000O000 3000O0000000000O0OO000000O | INVALID FATHER CH(LD ^ | O O By Private Leaeed Wire. O 0 Anbury Park,. N. J- Rept. 6.— O 0 Frances Wadsworth, of Newark, O D a daughter of Frank Wadsworth. O _ esterday at Brad- 0 O ley Beach while her Invalid fath- O O er, half distracted, watched her O O body sink out of sight. 000000OO00000OOO0<«K>0000OO Not a Dissenting Voice Heard in Meeting. The ordinance which for all time will assure clean, wholesome meats for this city, was unanimously passed by council Tuesday afternoon. The deplorable conditions and lack of laws to change them, first brought to the public notice by The Georgian, will soon be a thing of the past, as the ordinance goes Into effect January 1. Already the exposures have worked great Improvement In the local abat toirs. Walter A. Taylor, who has been the active leader In council against the filth of the slaughter pen, who la au thor of the long and drastic ordinance pnd chairman of the special committee appointed at hla Instigation by the city council, said when asked what would be the amount of cost to maintain the regulations: M If It rn*ti 'If It costs the city 3100,000 a year, It should be passed. There Is nothing more Important than the health of the people, and there Is nothing which af fects the health of the people more than the meats they eat. The ordinance Is alike for the benefit of the poor and the rich—every one In the city of At lanta.” Cost Not Over $10,000. It In estimated that the cost of main tainlng Inspectors and Carrying out the ordinance from year to year will not exceed 310,000 per annum. The ordinance as passed Tuesday Is, with a few minor exceptions, the lame as first drafted. The wording was changed In several places Tuesday by Alderman James L. Key. The vote was then taken ahd not one dissenting voice waa heard. The first Idea of the condition* exist ing in the local abattoirs was brought to the notice of the public several months ago by The Georgian. This was followed by an exclusive Interview from Meat Inspector Waseer, of the health department. The facts related In the first article were corroborated. At that time It was claimed by aeverat of the members of the board of health that the statements published were ex aggeratlons. President C. F. Benson, of the board of health, however, was 04 Uie UUttlU U* licaiui, uunutci, wan from the start one of the strongest advocates of the new regulations, and for a number of year* has attempted to better the conditions. Taylor Takes Matter Up. Councilman Taylor, having heard that the local meat conditions were anything but good and seeing the artl clea In The Georgian, brought the mat ter before council, asking that a spe cial committee be appointed. After In vestigating and finding the conditions even worse than had been stated, he sent letters to all the large cities where slaughtering Is done to any extent and In this way combined the good points worked out by long experience with the local knowledge that could be gathered on the matter. Central Abattoir Assured. The establishment of the central abattoir, which Is oseured by the pas sage of the ordinance, wlit be the means by which the ordinance may be carried out to the letter. The central abattoir will be operated on the co operative basis, many of the local re tail dealera being directly Interested In the project. The plant will coet 1100,000 and In every way be modern and up-to-date. The details of the abattoir have not aa yet been settled. The petition of W. H. White, Jr., J. L. McLendon and others to erect the plant on a portion of the city atockade property has been referred to the committee on public grounds and buildings. 0000000O000O00000000O00O00 BROTHERS TIE IN RACE O AND FEELING IS BITTER. O 0 Special to The Georgian. 0 Covington, Ga., Sept. 5.—The 0 first two bales of cotton raised 0 In Newton county this year were O inlay and 0 brought Into town Satui sold for 10 cents. The bales be- O longed to two brothers, Marvin 0 ana Howard Mlddlebrooks, who O own separate farms, and who 0 were striving to be the first man 0 to bring the new bale in town. 0 When one saw that the other O had been the flrst to get his tot- 0 ton to gin brotherly animosity 0 showed Itself and came near re- O suiting In a personal encounter, 0 but soon after they laughed at the 0 Incident. O Bdth are successful fanners. O 0 00O000000000000000000O00OO LEADING PROVISIONS OF NE W ORDINANCE The Taylpr meat ordinance baa many features, and each feature la neceisnry. The ordinance !■ some ten pages In length, but the more prominent polnta, epitomised, are: Workers In the (daughter houses must liuvo health certificates, stating that (hey hnre no contagious or Infectious disease. The workers must wear sanitary doth* Ing. DR. WALTER TAYLOR. Who led the fight for boter meat inspection laws. The floors must tie built of concrete, properly guttered and graded. All animals must be Inspected before and after being killed. Tho slaughtering must he done In the presence of an inspector between the hours of 7 n. ra. and 8 p. tn. The minimum weight for calves. 60 pounds; fur bogs, 16, and for sheep or trouts, 12 pound*. There must lie steam for clennalng purposes In every nhotttor. The maximum charges fixed for slaugh tering are: $1.25 for cattle, 36 cents for hogs and 80 cents for sheep and goats. No meat from outside sources can lie sold In the city unless It liears the gov ernment stamp and has been Inspected on arrival In Atlanta. BRYJIN IS READY TO VISIT Can Come to Atlanta Be tween September 19 and 23. COMMITTEE THANKS GEORGIAN FOR WORK \ Atlanta, Ga., 8ept..6, 1900. The Atlanta Georgian, City. Gentlemen: The committee on the Investigation of meat, of which I am chairman, beg to thank your paper for the hearty co-operation you have given us In the work that has been executed, ennbllng us to draft and have passed before the session of the mayor and geneml council an ordinance which we consider, to be one of the most Important that has come before this body for many years. Your recent editorial, at a time when there was being circulated over the city a petition that would have retarded our progress, was timely, and the large number of letters received by the committee and your paper ahow the extent of The Georgian's Influence. As suggested above, the passage of this ordinance Is a source of congratulation to us and the city at large. We can only trust that when the ordinance goea Into ef fect that the board of health will see that It Is properly executed, and we have no doubt of their co-operation. The city of Atlanta will be enabled to get a very much better class of pure meat food, and nt the same time, the ordinance will be an In centive for-the farmers throughout the state to raise beef and cattle, be ing'assured that they will get the highest market prices for both the jive stock as well as the by-products. Again thanking you for your Interest In the matter, I am, yours truly, (Signed) WALTER A. TAYLOR, Chairman. By HENRY BURNS, Hpoelsl to The Georgian. Chicago, III., Sept. 6.—The banquet of the Jefferson Club to Bryan on Tuesday night Is conceded by Chicago papers to be the greatest political ban quet In the history of the West. Twelve hundred representative Dem ocrats from every Western state filled the great hall of the .Auditorium and enthusiasm reigned supreme from flrst to last. Bryan 8ounds Bugle Not*. Mr. Bryan's calm Inflexible arraign ment of Roger Sullivan, of Illinois, tvas pitched upon the highest moral plane, and sounds a bugle note for clear politics that will, It Is believed by many of his hearers, purify the party and enthuse the country. It was received with a long continued demonstration of approval that foreshadows the de feat of Sullivan two years hence. John Temple Graves, of Georgia, was the chief speaker on the program next to the great commoner, and ut the urgent request of the Jefferson Club, greutly extended the remarks prepared for the press. Mr. Graves waa cheered and compelled to rise and bow his thanks to the audience. Chicago Papers Praise Graves. The ^Chicago Chronicle pronounces Graves’ effort the really great speech ' -Ocean FOR HUGGING HOKE SMITH OFFICER MUST STAND TRIAL Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., Sept 6.—For hugging Hon. Hoke Smith on the stage of the Augusta opera house on the night of August 18, the night that he spoke here. Police Officer Tom J. Williams will have to face the police commis sion Friday afternoon on a charge of taking an Interest In politics, something that ls not allowed In the police de partment. There Is a standing rule In the police department that the members of the force must not take any active part In the elections, either state, county or municipal, and while Chairman Cohen, of the commission, was on the stage and a strong supporter of Hon. Hoke Smith, he could not refrain from pre, ferrlng charges against the officer who forgot himself for the moment. Police Officer Williams has been In the service for a number of years, and has always been attentive to hla duty. HEAVY STORM IS REPORTED TO BE HEADED FOR STATE OF GEORGIA 8peeial to Tht Georgian. Charleston, 8. C„ Sept. 5.—A heavy storm off tho Bahamas is moving rapidly toward the Georgia and Carolina coasts. Residents of tho island resorts are hastening to tho city. POLICE INSPECTOR PLACED UNDER BAN BY BUSINESS MEN Hpeeldl to The Georgina. New Orleans, La., Sept. 5.—Inspector of Police E 8. Whitaker Is formally charged In a letter received today by Mayor Beherman with using vile, pro- thermore the writer of the missive as serts that the Inspector said he “would do him up.” Morris Abraham, a mem ber of the cotton exchange and owner of large business buildings, make the charge. He complains of having at tempted to get an Interview with the Inspector to lay before him the matter of burglaries that have been commit ted repeatedly of late In one of his buildings, but a personal talk was re fused. Whitaker afterward called him up over the telephohe and shamefully of the evening. The Inter. speaks of him as the Wendell Philips of tho South. Mr. Bryan thanked him publicly and declared that he had done Democracy a mighty service. Mr. Bryan told Mr. Oraves finally that It will be Impossible for him to visit Atlanta In October, but thnt he Is In n position to accept an Invitation to speak In Georgia between Septem her 19 and 23. So If the Young Men’s Democratic League wants him It can get him. Bryan Led it Applause. Mr. Bryan speaks In warm term* of Hoke Smith, lie thlnka he la a tower of strength to Democracy. The moat significant Incident of the the fact that Mr. Bryan banquet was himself, with great henrtbdness, led the applause nt Mr. Graves' tribute to Wil liam Randolph Hears!. Mr. Graves left at noon today for Atlanta amid a cheering delegation of the Jefferson Club. EIGHT ARE KILLER IN DOUBLE WRECK OF FREIGHT TRAINS By Private Leased Wire. Martlnsburg. W. Vo., Sept. 6.—A ter rible wreck occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio at Sir Johnsrun, near here, and the division Is completely tied up. Wrecking trains have been telegraph ed for and relief for the Injured Is on the way. Reports received here asking for medical old stated that eight men were killed and several others so badly hurt that they would die. Sir Johnsrun la Just west of this point and la In the modst of a mountainous territory and Is filled with heavy grades. It waa on A NEW REGIME HOLDS THE REINS Only Storm in Great Hoke Smith Convention Caused by Court of Appeals. one of thfse that the wreck occurred. ~ freight trains, running in op- Two poslte directions, collided and before another freight following close could be flagged It came along and plied Into the debris of the original collalon. 8HOOT8 TWO WOMEN; _ . THEN MAKES ESCAPE Special to. The Georgian. Cheater, S. C., Sept. 6.—Monday night about 9 o'clock Lawson Addison, col ored, shot and Instantly killed two ne gro women. Tlldy McMaster and her sister, Mamie Halsell, about six miles from this place. They had been to church and othera were near enough to aee the flash of the pistol. Addison ran off Just as they came up. He and one of the women had been sweet heart*. but she waa about to discard him. fane and obscene language and fur- abused him In the manner stated. Buried Unidentified. Special to The Georgian. Amerirus. Ga., Sept. 6.—After en deavoring for eight days to discover the Identity of the stranger who died here, August 28, aboard a passenger train en route from Rochelle to Mont gomery, the remains were Interred here yesterday afternoon. By JOHN C. REESE. Georgia has seen her last great po litical convention. Tuesday In Macon tho death knell to that ancient and time-honored po litical machinery was sounded. There were no flowers. -no crape, no sorrow ing mourners. From this good day forward the peo ple will run directly, nnd the schemes and “deals” of convention bodies will be known no more In the Empire state of the South. A new regime Is In the saddle. The disgruntled say that It is simply a new “ring.” The man who Bwept to unparalleled victory on August 22, says the people arc the rulers now. To watch that final convention Tues day Impressed the unbiased onlooker with the certainty thnt tho common people are running things now, at uny rate. To the great majority of that body It was a new game. Tho few old- timers on hand either took a bnek seat, or else had scampered to the hand wagon In time to get in the limelight. To write the accurate story of that convention Is to begin with Hoke Smith nnd end with tho same two words, filling between with Hoke Smith. It was n Hoke Smith body of men almost to n unit; It wns a links Smith chnlrmon, officers nn.l execu tive committee; It was a Hoke Smith platform nnd n Hoke Smith nominee for railroad commissioner. And why not? The people had plac ed overwhelmingly the seal of approval on him, nnd to carry out his Ideas, which they Indorsed, the machinery for Its consummation belonged to him. Hotels Overflowed. Macon hotels filled up early Monday evening, nnd belated comers on night trains begged the privilege of resting wearied bodies In office chalra or what ever might offer a slight resting spot. Bed* were at a premium.' and Tues day the hundreds of delegates and vis itors swept the restaurants clean of edibles early In the day. Hot, too. When the weather man down there turns oh the "caloric’’ you've got something cgmlng to you In the way of real, sizzling hent. But no body growled. Everybody wns In per fect good humor. Wasn't It a unani mous thing? No rows, no contentions! Everybody Just brothers, aa somebody pally put It. Wet goods emporiums did a record - smashing business, but not nn Intoxi cated man was In evidence, which Is a tribute to the clennness nnd sobriety of the men who ca’me there from ev- ry part of Georgia. They came for one purpose—to nom- loke Smith for governor and da Just what he wanted done. All forenoon the hotels were n seeth ing mass of perspiring men. Limp collars prevailed. Delegations were busied selecting members of the state executive committee, and finnl confer ences were being held on tho platform. It took a long time to shape the plat form to meet the approval of all con cerned. As finally adopted much of the rod-hot matter embodied In the original draft was shorn away to con form to the semi-conservative views of some. Convention Called to Ordsr. When Chairman Yeomans rapped the convention to order promptly at noon, the big auditorium was Jammed to suf focation. The delegates got as com fortable as possible by shedding coats and using fans. The muchly adver tised electric fans were conspicuous by their absence. Borne Ice water Was furnished.- and ladles at the entrances did a land-office business selling lem onade. When Temporary Chairman T. W. Hardwick arose, he was given an ova tion that must have made him tingle with pleasure. He showed his appre ciation with a ripping speech. He speaks vehemently and emphasizes with B profusion of gesture The - N . weather was not suited for mat sort of exercise, but Congressman Hard wick didn’t let a little thing like heat worry him. Before he had proceeded far a tiny rivulet of rersplratlnn was streaming off the point of his chin to his shirt front. He didn’t take time to ply his handkerchief «s n corrective. 8late Slides Through. Then the convention got down to business and carried out the slate as announced. H. H. Cabanlss, of At lanta, and Professor E L. Martin, of Macon, were unanimously named as temporary secretaries, and a little later were made permanent secretaries. They were placed In nomination by Murphy Candler, of DaXalki ■ By a unanimous vote the resolution of R. L. Berner, of Monroe, to place the alternate* on the same footing as the regular delegates, was passed. It would be Impossible to state how manv delegates that gave Mr. Smith on the floor, as the number „f alternates from the eountles varied. Secretary Martin placed Judge Mit- Continued on Paqe Three.