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r ATLANTA %S8 rSSSairn 16,000 Thda fines Of railroads Seven of street r.illwnys 150 y.‘n'm" ‘spits' $22,000,000 Georgian. GEORGIA Population .. J.M0.000 Mile* of atenm railroads 8,800 Milos of elootrlc railways 400 Cotton factories 130, snlndles.. 1,800,000 Bales cotton coosumea In 1905. 500,000 Value of 1906 cotton crop $100,000,000 VOL. 1. NO. 116 Special Saturday Night Edition. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1906. Special Saturday Night Edition. On Trains FIVE ( STENSLAND, FUGITIVE WRECKER OF BANK, GIVEN TO PROSECUTOR Attorney Olsen and Journalist Keely Become Custodians of Famous Prisoner—They Give Receipt For Their Captive. Chicago. Sept. 8.—The Chicago Tri bune prints the following special copy righted cable: “Tangier. Sept. 8.—Acting under-the directions of President Roosevelt, transmitted through the etate depart ment, Paul Stensland today waa turned over to Harry Olsen and myself, we being designated the officials of the United States government 'to return the fugitive Chicago banker to the United States and Illinois. “The transfer of the -prisoner took Place In the office of the American con sul general, Hoffman Philip, we giving the following receipt: ••'We have this day taken over the custody of the person of Paul O. Stens land from Consul General Philip, of the United States, according to presidential warrant of September 6, 19<\g, In which ive are designated as the agents of the United States to keep In safe custody said Paul O. Stensland and bring him by the most direct and convenient means of transportation Into the United States for delivery to the proper au thorities of the state of Illinois, as set out In the cable of us from Assistant Secretary of State Bacon. '“Also received one check book on the Comptorit National d'Escomptes bank and one cablegram Intercepted by the United States Minister to Mo rocco to Paul O. stensland. '“Also received two trunks and four satchels, being the luggage of said Paul O. Stensland, removed from the German steamer Oldenburg by order of the American legation at Tangier. (Signed) '“HARRY OLSEN. “ 'JAMES KEELY. '• 'Witness—Paul O. Stensland. "‘Signed and delivered In my pres ence. " 'HOFFMAN PHILIP, " ‘Consul General of the U. S,’ ” With the signature of this document, Paul Stensland practically Is In the hands of the Illinois authorities, and In the custody of the man who will try him when Cook county Is reached. 6,000 CUBAN INSURGENTS MARCHING ON HAVANA Residents of City Panic-Stricken From Fear. J, H, HARWELL TO OPPOSE PAITILLO FOR POLICE BOARD English-Brotherton Fight For Control Takes a New Turn. A factional fight for the control of the police board, which Is in essence merely a recrudescence of the old Eng- llsh-Brotherton row which held for many years the attention of political Atlanta, has taken a new turn. Howard Pattlllo, councilman from the Second ward, Js a candidate for the police board. He has been for two weeks very active in his canvass for votes among the old and new members of council.* It was thought at first that he would be opposed by Captain W. H. Brother- ton himself, but that veteran has de cided not to run. He feela that possi bly his health is not strong enough to stand the strain,of the political grind. In his stead, it Is understood, that Mayor Pro Tern. J. H. Harwell will be offered. Mr. Harwell Is alderman from the First ward, la strongly aligned with the anti-Knglish forces and knows the local political game from A to Is- zard. If looks as though the race to suc ceed Orion Xunnally lies between Messrs. Harwell and Pattlllo. If It does, it Is a cinch that the Rrotherton-Knglish fight is still In the ring. KELLS HEIRS HIT LIEUT WILL so shsjkhk Lawyer Believes They 11 Ac cept Bequests—Not Col lecting Loans. New York, Sept. 8.—The many ru mor* circulated recently that the rela tive* of Russell Sage were planning to content his will when It Is ofTered for probate on September 21 were denied by Lawyer C. W. Osborne, one of the executors, today. “Of course, I cannot state positively that there will be no contest," said Mr. Osborne, “but from what I have been able to learn I do not believe that there will be one. In fact, I have as surances from a number of relatives that they will be content to accept the sum named In the will. The heirs have the privilege of contesting the will at any time during the year fol lowing the date after the will has been probated. But I do not believe that •here will be a contest. "Owing to the fact that we are mak ing no effort to collect loans made by Mr. Sage during hi* life, brokers are making Immense profits, call money having been as high as 40 per cent. But, after a conference, wo decided not to nccept more than the regular rate, 6 per cent. Where loans are returned voluntarylly we accept them and make deposits .In the various trust compa nies. I know nothing of Mrs. .Sage's plans for disposing of the money." By MANUEL CALVO. Special Cable—Copyright. Havana, Cuba, Sept. 8.—Pino Guer ra not only has refused the suggestion of a truce, but with Asbert has begun a forward movemertt all along the line and both Plnar del Rio and Havana are threatened by the rebel forces. Raiding parties of rebels have ap peared In the outskirts of the city, and that they have created great conster nation In the goverhment Is evidenced by the rush of men to the outskirts to drive off the raiders. Asbert's entire force Is now close to the city. It In cludes his own band and those of Leon as, Costtllo and numbers more than 1,000 men. Rebels Reported Victors. - It Is reported that Gusman with 1,500 or 2,000 men, Is marching totvard Havana from Santa Clara and that Guerra has divided his forces, sending one contingent against Plnar del Rio and with the main body, Including all his mounted men. Is making a dash on Havana to Join In what Is believed will be a general attack on the capital. Near Plnar del Rio a part of Guer ra's forces and the government forces DID BRYAN’S OWNERSHIP SPEECH KILL DEMOCRATIC LITERARY BUREAU? Washington, Sept. 8.—The literary bureau of the Democratic national committee has gone out of business. Robert Miller, who has had su pervision of this work, dismissed all his clerical force except his private secretary, fend the work of distributing Democratic literature, so far as this branch of the party organisation Is concerned, has been completely suspended. This action, It Is stated by persons supposedly well Informed regard ing the management of affairs by the Democratic national committee, Is due to the recent speech of Mr. Bryan, at Madison Square Garden, In which he came out strongly for the government ownership of railroads. The closing up of the bureau Is looked upon by many as tantamount to a confession that under existing conditions It Is useless to continue the work. met In battle. It Is believed the rebels have been victorious, but the telegraph wires have been cut and little Informa tion can be obtained from the xone of the fighting. Bridges Are Blown Up. The rebels were also victorious In an engagement at Clenfuegos. Two rail road bridges between Plnar del Rio and Ban Lucia have been dynamited and a passenger train carrying 260 men with horses and two machine guns, sent by the government to Plnar del Rio, was attacked by the Insurgents near Puerto de Goolpe. After twenty minutes of firing the government train, which was armored, was forded to retreat and was run back to Palacios. The operator at Puerto de Goolpe re port* that heavy detonations have been heard In the direction of Las Ovas, and It Is believed the bridge at that point has been blown up to prevent govern ment troops from reaching Plnar del Rio. This would force troops to march ten miles through the Insurgents' coun try to reach that city. Britain May Protest. If reports are true, a rebel force of 6,000 men will soon be about the city of Havana and the government has no adequate force here with which to meet them. The city Is In a state of panic as a result of the rumors. In foreign circles there Is strong be lief that the action of Guerra In blow ing up bridges on the Western railway will result In action by the United States. This Is British property and It Is believed the British government will suggest to the Washington gov ernment that under the relations be tween Cuba and the United States the latter power should see that foreign property Is protected. SECRETARY RICHARD CHEATHAM IS BENEFICIARY OF WHITEWASH BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Report Exonerating Him Adopted by Vote of 11 to 5. Special to The Georgian. Hot Springs, Ark., - September 8.—In secret session last night, the executive committee of the Southern Cotton Association, by a vote of 11 to 5, “whitewashed” the charges of dealinp-m cotton futures preferred against Richard Cheatham, secretary of the asso ciation, and to wflich Mr. Cheat ham several weeks ago confessed before a apecinl committee ap pointed by President Harvie Jor dan to investigate the charges. The special committee had de nounced the practice of dealing in cotton futures and had “cen- HERE ARE 7 WO REPORTS IN THE CHEATHAM CASE; CAN YQU RECONCILE THEM? PICTURES IN THE WEEK'S NEWS Appended are the reports of the two committees which have had under consideration the case of Secretary Cheatham of the Southern Cot ton Association, who was charged with and who confessed to/dealing In cotton futures. Basing Its acUon on Secretary Cheatham's own admission, the prtglnal committee of Investigation reported that the action of Cheatham “meets with our strongest disapproval and condemnation," but refererd the matter to the executive committee for further action. The executive committee, with the Investigating committee's report before It, whitewashed Ip*’whole: IhatWTI-but -declared rhnt in the future such action as Cheutham's "shall constitute nn offense against the associa tion oml thnt any officer guilty of violating this shall be expelled from office." The Irreconcilable reports of the two committees follow: executive"committee MAKES CLEAN WHITEWASH OF THE CHEATHAM MATTER "That while all tbrm of specu lation are disapproved of, yet the committee finds that Mr. Cheat ham was acting only for other par ties and In view of the fact that there 1s nothing In the constitu tion which makes a person Incom petent to hold office because he deals In futures, and because of Mr. Cheatham's efficiency and of the fact that we believe the as saults on Mr. Cheatham came from the enemies of this association, we dismiss the charges as unworthy of further consideration, and de nounce all charges made against Mr. Cheatham, except what Is hereinbefore stated, as false. “That in tha future it ehall con stitute en offense apainst this as sociation for any officar or mem- ber of the executive con.mittoe or state officer to in any way dea! in futures, end any one violating this shall be expelled from office."— FINDING OF EXECUTIVE COM MITTEE OF SOUTHERN COT TON ASSOCIATION IN CHEAT HAM’S CASE. ORIGINAL COMMITTEE STRONGLY CONDEMNED SECRETARY CHEATHAM "Mr. Cheatham, the eecretary. having admitted to your commit tee euch dealing In the name of and for Michael O'Grady and P. A. Lee, cornea within this rule, and euch action oif hla part, while an officer of this association, meets our etrongeet disopproval and con demnation, Your committee fur ther finds no reasonable excuse for or reason for the use of, by him, of the word "secretary" after his name, signed to cheeks In these transactions, but beliave it to have been misleading end a wrong against the association, whose sec retary he was, and this meets the same disapproval and condemna tion as above; applying this earns rule to Mr. A. A. Fairchild, an em ployee of this association, for he wns unquestionably no more, no less, we make the same finding as to him.”—FINDING OF COMMIT TEE MAKING ORIGINAL IN VESTIGATION IN CHEATHAM CA8E. mired in the strongest possible terms” the action of Secretary Cheatham. The special commit tee had then referred the inntter to the executive committee of the association for final action. The whitewashing by the latter committee, therefore, came in the nature of a surprise, though it had been apparent for twenty- four hours that a desperate ef fort wns being made by President Jordan and Secretary Cheatham and their immediate friends in the association, who came here for the purpose, to bring about the diamissal of the chnrgcs. President Jordan is known to have urged upon members of the committee the desirability of ex onerating Secretary Cheatham, stating that any other course might be regnrded as reflecting upon his administration and might injure the association. Despite this fnct, there was a long, hard fight in the committee, | whose session was secret, with the result that Chcnthara won out by a vote of 11 to S. The Cheatham matter was first re ferred to a sub-committee of the ex ecutive committee, composed of L. B. Irwin, E. W. Mmlth and L. E. Love, This commute made the following re port. which, after a fight, was adopt ed by the vote given above: t Whitewash Rssslution. "That while all forma of specula tion ere disapproved of, yet the com- RICHARO CHEATHAM, Secretary of tha Southern Cotton- Association, la tha recipient of « whitowaah on chargae of dealing in cotton futuree. mlttee finds that Mr. Cheatham waa acting only for other partlea and In view of the fact that there la noth ing In the constitution which makes a person Incompetent to hold office be cause he deals In futures, and be cause of Mr. Cheatham's efficiency and of the fact that we believe the Continued on Page Two. JAS. L. KE Y REPLIES ' TO W. H. PATTERSON ON GAS FRANCHISE Sixth Ward Alderman Sets His Fellow Coun cilman Down With a Plain Tale to His \Disadvantage—Charges Him With Being Interested in Gas Co. By JAS. L. KEY. To the Editor of The Georgian: In yesterday’s Issue of The Georgian my friend and fellow councilman, W. H. Patterson, favored you with hla vlewa on the subject of me, and on the subject of The Georgian, and on the subject of the franchise held by the Atlanta Gas Light Company. v This favor appears to have been called forth by one of your editorial* appearing In Wednesday’s Issue, and In which some reference was made to Mr. Patterson's attitude on the pending Investigation of the gas franchise question. He says that he does not wish to engage In a controversy with the writer of the editorial and that he guesses that this editorial was either written or dictated by myself. He says that he knows that the production Is mine, because "It contains numerous expressions" which l am accustomed to use when trying to awaken him and others to a sense of their duty In dealing with these questions. Allow me to do you the Justice, Mr. Editor, to state that I did not dictate the editorial, nor write It, nor Inspire It. As to the charge of author ship In any way, I must deny the “soft Impeachment," however much I should like to confess my guilt. I never saw nor heard of the editorial un til the paper was Issued, and it was being read by thousands of others along with myself. If the authorship of the article In question was mine, 1 would gladly acknowledge It, and would contribute more os often as they could be print ed, until the people of this city were fully nroused and were ready to act as a free and Independent people In bringing to account this giant monopoly that he Is so ready to apologise for and defend. Mr. Patterson sees much In me to condemn, because, as a member of the city council, I am trying to act In a manner to win the good opinion of the people who elected me and who both he and 1 profess to serve. He seems to think that It Is naughty for me to try to win the "plaudits," as he puts It, of my fellow dtlxens. He spy* that In his case he first satisfies his own conscience and then If there are any “plaudits’’ laying around he would like to have some of them, too. In my case he Inclines to the opinion that "plaudits,'* or the good opin ion of my fellow cltlsens, are the first consideration and hints that In seek ing them I am violating my own solemn convictions. In this charge against me he needlessly offends the good sense and discernment of our people. No man who violates conscience or surrenders honest convictions can ever hope to win "plaudits” from these people. The people are not as big fools as he thinks they are. They know who has honest convictions, and further more, they know who Is standing up to thoso convictions, and outside of a stockholders' meeting of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company Mr. Patterson couldn't bo convicted of either proposition. But In this matter of the gns franchise, Mr. Patterson lays the whole subject on his "conscience,” and Is guided accordingly, so he says. I would like to ask him what he does with his conscience when he assumes to act as an exact arbiter between the gas company and the people whom fie Is sworn to serve, when at the same time he Is part owner of the gas com pany? Every moment that he has served as a member of this special com mittee to pass on the gas company he has had safely lodged down In his Jeans a block of the stock of the Gonrgla Railway and Electric Company, and this latter company owns the gns oompnny. No wonder that he apologizes for and defends the company, although it takes rather nn elastic conscience to do It. In good conscience he ought to hnvo declined do’serve. Hs would be disqualified so a judge or juror. Even as s witness, his interest could be proven to show Hit bias. If his conscience did not keep him from serving, his sense ot decency and pro priety should have prevented him. * Even now he should decline to vote on any question where his own In terest* are Involved. I might odd that the people nre thinking about It and talking about It, and outside of the stockholders ot the Georgia Railway and Electric Com pany he Is not going to be annoyed with any "plaudltfe” on account of hla course. A word as to the gas franchise. For a long time I have been of thn opinion that the gns company was exceeding Its charter rights nnd was making a claim of a perpetual franchise, which It was not entitled to. When I came upon the aldermanlc board I Introduced n resolution nxking the city attorney to Investigate and report as to these franchises and the claims of the rompany. The resolution was passed, the city attorney In vestigated and made his rsport. This report was In effect that the gns com pany did not have any right at all lo many of( the franchises which It Is using; that the company* was exceeding It* charter rights In the char acter of tha business conducted, and he further reported a certain slate ,,f facts which might be construed to mean that the franchises all had ex pired, or might soon expire. This report came back to council, nnd a spe cial committee, of which I have the honor to be chairman and Mr. Putter- son a member, was appointed to take the same under consideration nnd report back such action as they thought proper, looking to the assertion of the rights of the city and securing fair and Just charges and reasonable conditions of service from the gas coippany. The conclusions of the city attorney were contested, of course, hy the gas company. They say he Is wrong. This committee, Including Mr. Pat terson, doesn't know whether he Is right or not. But we do know that It the city attorney I* right, Ibe city can reclaim a great many valuable rlghis which are now held adverse to her; that she could then easily secure for her cltlsens a reduction In the price of gas and a course of dealing that Is not so arbitrary as at present. I proposed that the question Involved be submitted to the courts for determination. It Is the only way that I know of that a matter of that kind can bo decided. But a majority of the com mittee determined that they would decide these abstruse legal propositions themselves. Mr. Patterson Is one of the majority. They decided It In fa vor of tho gas company and against tha opinion of the city attornI do not say that the city attorney le always right. I have taken tho liberty of differing from him at times. But I do Insist that when his formal opinion on such weighty matters la called for, and Is given on the side of the city, that It Is the duty of the council to stand up to him until he can have an opportunity of presenting hla contentions to the courts. In his cord Mr. Patterson Informs us that for certain good reasons “the rlty granted n perpetual franchise” to the gas company. His clear Insight Into the facts adds great weight to his opinion on the law of the case. The city has never granted any franchise at all to this company. The franchise was granted by the legislature In 1858. On the face of It. It Is claimed to be a perpetual franchise. The rights and privileges of untold millions of generations of people will thus be disposed of at a time when Atlanta wae but n village. I contend that no set of men have a moral right to thus lay an embargo on unborn generations of people, and I very much doubt their legal right to do so. One thing Is sure. If there is any way that can be found to set aside such a grant the people of-Atlanta will be Justified In resorting to It Referring again to Mr. Patterson's card, he says In speaking of a "Bos ton millionaire" who Is the principal owner of the gas company and street railway company, that "If the ownership of all the municipal utilities was vested In one person. I do not know a man who would administer them with greater fairness nor with a higher conception of his duty to the public than woul(l Mr. Cooledge.“ The gentleman referred to seems to have made a good Impression on Mr. Patterson. lie seems to have been "struck” with him. Maybe he Is the long-sought for man who "struck Billy Patterson ” It seems that he not only Inclines to private ownership of public utilities, but that he favors sole ownership and sole ownership of all utilities, pro vided the services of this other gentleman can be had In the capacity of owner. This would : eem to throw a load of light on another one of Mr. Pat terson's positions on the utility question. Less than a year ago the city was fairly stunned at the proposition of Mr. Patterson that the etty place Its waterworks system In the hands of private parties. Maybe he had la mind this same "democratic and unassuming" Boston gentleman. Who can tell, or rather who v ill tell?