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ATLANTA r,*poi flt,OD jo.ooo 15.000 ” n’/’railrojul*......... 8even ...r railways........ 150 iml 122.000.000 The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA .... 2.600.000 ropuinfion Miles of steam railroads.. Miles of eleetrlc railways 400 Colton factories 130, snlndtes.. 1,500,000 Hales cotton consumed lu 1905. 600,000 Value of 1906 cotton crop $100,000,000 VOL. I- NO..122. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1906. PRICE: IN BATTLE NEAR HAVANA REBEL TROOPS DEFEATED Insurgents Forced to Flee After Sharp Conflict. V0 DETAILS HEARD OF FIGHT REPORTED AT TOWN OF EL CANO American Warship Des Moines Arrives in Ha vana Harbor Sat urday. By MANUEL CALVO. Havana, Sept. 15.—Reports reach here today of a sharp en gagement at El Cano, about 10 miles from Havana. No .particu lars have been received.’ General Rodiguez had a sharp fight last night at Wajay, about 12 miles from Havana. He at tacked the rebels under General del Castillo and Colonel Acosta, 1,000 strong. After a stubborn fight the rebels were dispersed. Eight of their number were killed and 23 wounded. The United States cruiser Des Moines arrived this morning. Havana, Cuba. Sept. 15.—The arrival here of Secretary of War Taft and Act- Ins Secretary of State Bacon le await ed with keen Interest by every claes of population of Cuba. Word comes from practically all the Insurgent leaders that operations will be euspended pending the arrival of the distinguished Americans, while tho government Is perfectly willing to wel come a cessation of the fighting. Foreigners Are Jubilant. ,.,.Thr..fmf|gn .t»r»l»«TLv- ment Is perhaps the most pleased of all. They regard f he president's message to Cuba through Senor Quesada, the dis patching of two of the highest cabinet ofllcers to act as arbitrators and the hurrying of an overwhelming force of sarshlps to Cubnn waters as the vir- lunl asumptlnn of an American prot<;ct- oratrjuir Cuba, and the consequent speedy restoration and maintenance of order under w hich the normal develop- mr-it of business fnay proceed. Senator Zavens, leader of the Liber als, and whom the revolutionists haVe selected as the successor to President Palma, is quoted as saying when In- fonnednf the action of President This picture shows the U. S. cruiser Des . Moines, which has been dispatched to watch the Cuban rebel lion. The photograph from which this picture was made was taken at the time of the Oyster Bay re view. Below is a picture op Commander W. F. Halsey, of the Cruiser Des Moines. TAFT TO GIVE SIGNAL FOR ACTION^ BY U. S. Eight American Warships to Remain in Cuban Waters Until Fate of Island ~~ Government Is Settled. Roosevelt: “Were Fighting for This.” “This is what we have been fight ing for. Prom the first we have been willing (o submit our case to the Unit ed States and are perfectly willing to •bide the decision In good faith. When •tcretarys Taft and Bacon come we mil be prepared to demonstrate to them that wc are not responsible for the armed revolt and outrage of which the American president speaks. We • HI »no» that Cuba, since the last pre tended lection, has not been a Re public. but a dictatorship, with every constitutional guarantee violated, with me rights of the people so curtailed mat tnt people would have d'emonatrat- M their unfitness for self government had they submitted. "President Palma with the public wrse at his command, and with the world open to him for supplies, munl- “” n " of « ar nnd recruits, has been we tn hold only the cities, and these 'wiy because we have been loath to •M needlessly the blood of our broth- Jlf ™* demonstrates that back of ™ movement Is the almost solid etrength of the Cuban people. _ Congress’ Action Expected. " e have no fear but after a full In stigation It will be decided that Cu- «should have a fair election and with h' result of that election we will bo content.” J5 1 * ls understood to represent the eatiments of tho revolutionists. ine anion or congress yesterday was “Wcteu. Most of the opponents of M v 1 ! ri . lm ' nt are either In tho field l»a„ n . 1 ls believed that the prompt orsenin.. of the president's policy strengthened his position Americans. Rebels Call on Colwell, commander Colwell, of the United cruiser Denver, tins been visited by a commission of tho JSutior.i.'t,. who stated that they s-,1,, ,u “i" “d all military operations In, ,> 'i' struotlon of property pend ing in m K ' ,tlatlon ® that are now go- ■l hot been . _ , f ,r, 'es the revolutionists in bav,",' K hh-irhood of Havana would Ju7' enterc.l the cltv last nhrht nro- hdtd wifu , the c "y hut night pro- WonM ? h llvt >amlte and dire results 011 “ave followed their entering. Filibusterere Land. d£J„I ai h'drigue*. commander In tom,- government forcee, has left for i "'hh 800 rural guards and 'ildo. ‘imlfk-firing guns. Colonel tut. ls in command at Clepfu- i»« >"■ troope are holding their Aar ‘‘yr-wh they are not well armed. It being of an old pattern, fcstruai, ','” r ? ed ,hat the reports of the ‘I 1 . 0 * " a * ar mills by rebels are 1 th* tt The reported deetructlon «s (tey sugar m m |, denied, bport nf , no confirmation of the Wtusrr h “ destruction of the Hor- hgir ni|n itat a or the Constaelaon ***w si . All these properties are Th, l- Anierlcans. «>ble from Havana to ■lUrlti hi *» been cut today. A flll- ' Edition landed at Marie! New York, Sept. 16.—In a warning Issued to President Palma and the Cuban people, In which he Intimates that unless peace le soon restored In tervention must follow. President Roosevelt today raised the big stick over the warring republic of Cuba. As a part of the president's plant, Secretary of War Taft and Acting Sec retary of State Bacon start for Havana tomorrow, and upon thslr report re garding the situation the future action of the United States will depend. Eight Warships for Cuba. This Is the Cuban situation today, as shown by dispatches received. this morning: Preparations are being made to sur round Cuba with a fleet of eight War ship* and to land 2,000 United States marines and sailors on the Island. Four thousand rebels are near San tiago De Los. Vegas, ten miles from Havana, and more are joining them. 5,{K)0 Rebels Near Havana. General Guerra, with 6,000 menl Is within five miles of the capital. Ha vana ls entirely Isolated from the rest of the republic because of the Interrup-' tlon in railroad service and the cutting of telegraph wires. A three-days' truce has been declared by the revolutionists as a direct result of the landing of sailors from the United States cruiser Denver on Thurs day. The-cruiser Denver Is at Havana and the-gunboat Marietta at Clenfue- gos, awaiting orders. The cruiser Des Moltjes left Key West last night and Is due at Havana today. Marine Corpe Reedy. The cruiser Dixie, with SOO matinee aboard, Is making all haste from Guan tanamo for the Cuban capital. The Minneapolis la at League Island and the stores, with nil speed, are be ing taken aboard. The Tacoma sailed from New York today nnd is to be fol lowed tomorrow by the Cleveland and Newark.. The marine corps le ready to rush an army at a moment's notice. To Protect Americans. The diplomatic reason for the as aembllng of this force Is that It ls for the protection of Americans and Amer ican Interests, as 6200,000,000- of Ameri can capital Is Invested In Cuba. President Roosevelt's letter warning Cuba was made public after a seven- hours' conference with Secretary of War Taft, Secretary of the Navy Bona parte and Acting Secretary of State Bacon. It le Up to Cuba. "Our Intervention In Cuban affaire will only come If Cuba herself shows that she has fallen Into the Insurrec tionary habit; that she lacks the self restraint necessary to provide self-gov ernment, and that her contending fac tions have plunged the country Into anarchy.” 0FFICER8 AND MANY MEN ORDERED OFF TO CUBA. Annapolis, Md., Sept. 15.—Orders have been received at the marine bar racks here for a detachment of'eight ofllcers and seventy-six enlisted men to hold themselves In readiness to pro ceed to League Island navy yard, Phil adelphia, to embark In the vessel which shall be designated for Cuba to pro tect the Interest* of the United States. BIO CRUISER CLEVELAND SAILS FROM PORTSMOUTH. Portsmouth, Va.. Sept. 15.—The pro tected cruiser Cleveland left at o'clock this morning presumably for Cuban waters. The Newark Is to get away on Tuesday, likewise the pro tected cruiser Tacoma, which 1s how engaged In loading stores here. It Is also learned that the corfverted yachts Restless and Hornet, light-draft vessels, attached, to the service here, arc to be sent to Cuba for patrol duty In shallow waters. It Is also reported that the cruiser Minneapolis, recently ordered out of commission. Is to be sent to Cuba. U. S. TROOPS PREPARE FOR ACTION IN CUBA Washington, Sept. 15.—All Washing ton applauds President Roosevelt's ac tion In sending Secretary of War Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Ba con to Cuba The chief emissary. Taft, Is recognized as a post master In the art of conciliation. Senor Padro, the Cuban charge d'affaires In Washington, today re ceived a copy of the president's letter to Mlnlstef Quesada, which he for warded at once to hie government by cable. , The Cuban minister, who Is promi nently mentioned as I'Sima’s successor. Is at Lisbon, having arrived there yes terday en route to Waehlngton front Rio de Janeiro, where he was a dele gate at the Pan-American conference. Speaking as the representative of the Cuban government, Senor I adro ex pressed the utmoet confidence In the ability of Secretary Taft to straighten out the present difficulties and thus avoid forcible Intervention by the United States government. 1THEL 4II. Will Mot Transfer Freight Shipments in Atlanta. LIFE OF WITTE NEED CUKE IS COAL DEALERS ARE HIT HARD ATLANTA MUST GET FROM JJNFIT MEAT One . Inspector Is Unable Properly to Cover the City. It Is probable that measures will be taken by the city council or the board of health to Increase the Inspection force so that one or two more meat In spectors can guard the health'of'the people between now and the first of next ye;tr, when the Taylor meat ordi nance will go Into effect. The terrible condition of attain found exletlng at the ^enterprise Sau sage Company's plant, 125 Peters street, Friday by Inspector Wasser, Dr. Wal ter A. Taylor and a member of Tho Georgian's reportorlal stair has shaken what confidence Atlantans had In lo cal meat to such an extent that only the most drastic Inspection' will be ef fective. Although Inspector Wasser Is exert ing all the vigilance possible to one who has made meat Inspection a long study. It Is Impossible for one man to properly Inspect the numerous places at which meat is sold. This Is the gen eral opinion nf these members of the health board und members of the city council who lima* Interested themselves In the fight forpBre wholesome meats. At the present time the people are at the mercy of the dealers and the dealers, many of them, realize It, as was clearly shown by the decayed, moldy and vermin-infested me | s sent to the sausage factory by a number of the local dealers. Walter A. Taylor, author of the. meat ordinance, said: "The people of Atlanta will not be safe until there is rigid inspection. Al most dally Inspector Wasser Is uncov ering conditions too horrible to think pf. Those who have seen and under stand the conditions will not breath easy until the meat ordinance Is lt^ ef fect." NICK LONGWORTH GETS NOMINATION Looks Like Attempt to Hold Merchants Up for Freight. The Southern rallwaydias refused to transfer freight shipments from the Louisville and Nashville railroad to points on the Southern's spur tracks In and around Atlanta. The ruling h'as caused great Inconvenience and ex pense to merchants and other recelv ers of freight In car lots. It Is said to be a result of the effort of the Southern railway to force all merchants and dealers to have thslr In bound freights routed over Its lines. But little Information on the subject could bo obtained at the offices of the two railroads, the Southern officials being reticent and tho Louisville and Nashville freight men Indisposed to talk on the subject, though admitting that the Southern had refused their freights; ' . Ridgtley Talks. Division Frelgh( Agent Rldgeley of the Louisville and Nashville, said; ■Yes, It Is true that we have .receiv ed a number of complaints that the Southern has refused to accept cars n\ the Loulsvlle and Nashville for Itching to concerns on Its tracks. We not know thnt the Southern 1 ■il any order* on the subject a ye • ii nu , Irotilur to 'hot off fact the Southern has received a num ber of cars from us since their refusal to accept other care." The chief clerk In the office of It. L. McCIsskey, division freight agent of the Southern, was questioned. After asking the source of Information re garding the matter he declined to make any statement or denial that the South ern was refusing cars from the Louis ville and Nashville. Hits Cosl Dtalsrs Hard. The coal dealers have been perhaps the most seriously affected by the or der. The greater part of Atlanta'* Coal supply comes from points In Kentucky and Tennesaee, a. territory which Is traversed by both the competing lines. A large, part of the coal has been ship ped over the Louisville and Nashville to Atlanta, and the Southern has re fused to transfer the cars from the Louisville and Nashville yards to the sidings of dealers on Its own lines. It was evidently expected that this action would force dealers to route their ship ments over the Southern from the mines. Several prominent coal dealers of At- lanta said Saturday that the resulting shortage of the supply here will proba bly raise the price In the Immediate fu ture. Not only have coni dealers been In convenienced and put to heavy expense In this way. but It Is stated that mer chants In other lines and manufactur ers who Import large quantities of raw materials have been hampered in their business and their shipments greatly delayed. Russian Tries to Kill the Former Pre mier. Berlin, Sept. 15.—A dispatch from Wiesbaden, says an attempt was mads today to assassinate Count Witte, tor mer premier of Russia. • Armed with a bomb, a revolver and a dagger, a Russian student named Roeenburg, made the attempt. Only prompt action by detectives saved the former premier. The attack wae made at Soden, a wa tering place near here, where Count Witte had gone to drink the medicinal waters. As Witte was leaving his carriage to enter a hotel, Rosenburg made his at tack. Detectives who were guarding M. Witte seised the student before he could throw hie bomb or use either of hla other weapons. The would-be assassin was over powered and taken to jail. Count Witte did not lose his nerve In the presence of the danger which menaced him, although he paled slight ly and thanked the police ofllcers whe had saved him. NOTED SPORTSMEN 10 L Root, Taft, Shaw and Joe Blackburn in the Deal. Lookout Inn, the famous summer re sort on Lookout Mountain, near Chat tanooga, Tenn., will be sold to a big syndicate of sportsmen und converted Into a clubhouse with extensive hunt Ing and fishing preserves If negotiations now pending are carried through. The president of the organization Is General J. C. S. Blackburn, of Ken tucky. Ellhu Root, secretary of state 8enatpr Morgan, of Alabama; Perry Belmont, Secretary Tnft. the Hon. Les lie Shaw and other Wnen of national prominence, are Vico presidents. The list of honorary member* Includes President Roosevelt, William Jennings Bryan. Vice President Fairbanks and Grover Cleveland, who have already ac rented membership. Henry J. Bohn, of Chicago, president of The Hotel World, and a prominent hotel expert, was sent to Chattanooga recently to appraise the value 6f the hotel and grounds. He has msde his report to the organisation and It stated on good authority that the deal will be closed at an early date. The terms are not made public. A friend of Mr. Bohn, who Is In At lanta for some time, Is responsible for the statement that the deal will shortly be consummated. He states that not only tne purchase of the Inn and the grounds Is contemplated, but that a large tract nf land on the Tennessee river and In the mountains will be purchased and retained as a hunting and game preserve. The membership of the club will be drawn from the most prominent statesmen, business men and literary men of all sections of the country. OF HE HOME Probing Committee Recommends Reform. CONDEMN MRS. REID AND FORMER SUPT. The Committee Report Was Rendered Late Saturday Afternoon. FOUND DEAD IN THE SWAMP WITH MANY BULLET HOLES SHOT THROUGH HIS BODY Special to The Georgian. ReldsvIIIe, Oa., Sept. 15.—Yesterday afternoon R. W. Moore, a prominent man, was found dead In Alawaha swamp, twelve miles south of hero, Although this view Is the one gener ally accepted here, the administration Is going right ahead with Its war-like preparations. The army Is quietly pre paring for possible concentration of troops at New York, Norfolk, Tampa, New Orleans and Galveston, although It Is believed that the naval force* will be ample to cope with any emergency. Should Taft be unable to bring about a cessation of hostilities and a resora- tlon of normal conditions, he will be the one to give the signal for an inva- Blon of the island. The president will rely entirely upon his judgment in the matter. tHWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOg O FIVE ARE OVERCOME 0 IN A CHICAGO FIRE. O O 0 0 Chicago, Sept. 15.—Five pemona, O O two women, two children and a O 0 man. were overcome early today O O in a burning building at 564 Went O O Chicago avenue. The entire faml- O 0 |y were rescued, unconscious, by a O pOOoSxHKWOOOOCOOOOGOODOOa ' gone over la two yean. Cincinnati, Sept. 15.—Congress man Nicholas Longworth was renominated for congress today by acclamation. 400 New Names on Lilt. Special to The Georgian. Athens, Ga.. Kept. 15.—County reg- Istrara who are at work perfecting the list:, for the October election And that some 400 new names of parties who hav decently come to the city appear .on the net*. The lists hare not been WHERE GIRL SLEEPS with-six bullet holes through hie body. He had been dead two or three days. No papers or money had been taken from his person and the murder is a mystery. He was 60 years of age and leaves a wife and children. Charleston. 8. C., Sept. 16.—An at tempt was made this morning shortly after 5 o'clock, to commit assault on Miss Gertrude Worrell, a respectable young lady of Charleston, by Allen Denton, a young negro man. He en tered her room where she was asleep with a young sister, and In trylni;, to carry out his purpose, awoke the young lady. She screamed and broke from his grasp. The negro ran from the room and was caught In the yard by a brother of the girl. Denton was de livered to the police and this morning Magistrate Oschaughnessy committed the would-be assailant to jal'. without a preliminary hearing. All haste Is be ing used to get the negro safe behind tl-e jail bars. This Is the Aral case of the kind thvt has occurred In (.'harits- ton In years. Denton was an employee about the house. IN LONELY CABIN ON MOUNTAINSIDE Decatur, Ala., Sept. 15.—The lifeless body of pretty Mies Mary Lyman has been found lying In a deserted cabin on Sand Mountain, and It Is not known whether death was due at natural causes or to murder of suicide. The .whole affair, so far as can be learned, le shrouded In the deepest .mystery. The story was made known here last night. Miss Lyman left her home on last Tuesday to visit a neighbor about a mile and a halt distance, where she wa* to remain over night. The next day some of her relatives were passing by a cabin which had been deserted for some years, and going In, found ber body lying on the floor. There were no marks of violence and there, was noth ing to Indicate that she had taken her The committee's recommendations condemned Mrs. Reid, the former stewardess, and “the former superin tendent." They also recommended that the of fice of superintendent and purchasing gent be combined. That the board of trustees be changed from cloven to seven, and that the pres ident, vice president and two others be chosen from Fulton county. The legislative committee Investigat ing the Soldiers’ home concluded the taking of testimony at the afternoon session of Friday, and on meeting Sat urday morning heard short speeches from Attorney J. L. Anderson, who appeared In behalf of the complain ants, nnd Judge Freeman, of the board of trustees. \ Mr. Anderson condemned In no un certain tones the present administra tion of affairs at the home, nnd con tended that the majority of the trus tees should live in Atlanta and take an active part in the supervision of affairs of the home. Ho also Inveighed against the present method of sus pending men for even minor offenses on the authority of the superintendent solely, as this gives too much power to one nmn, who might exercise It au tocratically nnd unjustly. He advo cated the doing away with a purchas ing agent nnd plnclng of his duties upon the superintendent, who should bo paid a better salary and made re sponsible for the entlro administration of affairs. In nnewer. Judge Freeman stated that he had understood at the close of the Friday session that there would be no argument, and had come unprepared for a speech. Judge Freeman stated thnt neither he nor any one else of the trustees would tolerate any mis treatment of the old soldiers, and tlmt he would fight In nn Instant If he saw any evidence of their mistreatment. Would Be Glad To Be Relieved. “If you think wc have been Incom petent or derelict In the discharge of our duties, gentlemen of the commit tee, say so In your report, and let oth ers be appointed who can do better. Moat of us have accepted the appoint ment under protest, nnd I, for one, would be glnd to be relieved. “Now as to the charges against Cap- • tain Thompson. I believe he II the best superintendent the home has ever had. Where is the graft that has been complained of? None has been shown, and I soy that none exists. "Now, gentlemen, I wnnt to protest against these charges which have been made against the character of Mrs. Reid. A grave Injustice has been done n very estimable woman. There hnsn't been developed a scintilla of proof of the Charges brought. You can't get a good woman to go out there now since these charges have been made against Mrs. Retd." Evidence Wes Suppressed. Representative Williams here Inter rupted the speaker with the Statement: "We have suppressed and declined to hear evidence that could have been In troduced against Mrs. Rqld, nnd tlje committee has gone no further Into these charges than It was absolutely obliged to.” Judge Freeman responded that she may have been Imprudent, hut that he would not believe her anything but th* very purest of women. Judge Freeman went on to sny that he differed wholly with Colonel Phil lips, who on Friday stated that he be lieved the home ought to be closed. He stated that he didn't believe thnt a single other trustee would agree with Colonel Phillips. He admitted that he cooking might have been poor at times, but that II was unavoidable on account of the Inability to keep ser vants. He said that Mrs. Reid bad done all the cooking for as much as ten days at a time with no assistance but a negro boy, when the servants hud left. He defended Dr. Fox nnd stated un equivocally that he was the very best man connected with the home, and had saved his salary many times over. At the conclusion of Judge Freeman’s speech the committee went Into execu tive session. Negro Fined for Prowling, Hpedal to The Georgton. Athens, Ga., Sept. 16.—Pat Lee. a negro, was fined 525 by Mayor Dorsey for prowling around the homes of citi zens of Athena at night, and when told to leave, refused, and showed a fighting spirit. He Is 50 years old. own life. The only reason to believe she committed suicide was from the fact thst the was In love with n young man of the neighborhood and her pa rent* objected to her keeping hla com pany. The body showed that ah* had been dead several hours.