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ATLANTA
reputation
Homs*
#*. 26,000
Mala Hoes of railroad*
Miles of Mreet railway,....
Baskin* capital
... 6eron
... 160
The Atlanta
1 ojMimi Kig
of itMO railroad*
Mil** of electric railways
Cotton factories 130. spindle*..
Hairs cotton consumed In 130ft.
VOL. 1. NO. 124.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1906.
PRTPP. >” A floatsTWO C*!*T«.
rIUWj . On Trains PIVR CENTS.
OUR PLATFORM—-The Georgian stands for Atlanta owning its own gas and electric light plants, as it now owns its
W ^ r ^ or . her cities do this and get gas as low as 60c with a profit to the city. This should be done at once.
lne (jeorgian believes that if street railways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is no
good reason why they cannot be so operated here, but we do not believe it can be done now, and it may be some years
before we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW.
MANY LIVES AND SHIPS ARE DESTROYED
BY FIERCE TYPHOON WHICH LAYS WASTE
SHIPPING IN THE HARBOR OF H0NG-K0NG
Vessels Go to Bottom
With All on
Board.
HORROR PARALYZES
PEOPLE IN CITY
Manila, Sent. 18.—A cablegram
from Hong Kong states that a ty
phoon suddenly struck that town
at 10 o’clock yesterday morning.
Enormous damage resulted. The
Herman steamer Johann was
sunk, the British steamer San
( hung was sunk. The Hong Kong
and Maco railway steamer Fus
tian foundered and only two offi
cers were saved.
The Canadian Pacific Compa
ny's steamer Monteagle is ashore.
All business in the city is at a
standstill.
Enormous Damage Done.
it Is linpossioie ai (his time to form
even a rough estimate of the enormous
damage, which was done by the ty-
ph ,M, n. which for more than two hours
swept over the city and harbor, smash
ing great ships and sending them to the
bottom and breaking smaller craft Into
kindling wood. Nor did the city Itself
escape. Houses were tumbled over,
trees wrenched off close to the ground
und other property destroyed.
It Is feared that the loss of life will
well into the hundreds. It is known
that the crews of many vessels which
were sunk went down with them and
the entire water front Is strewn with
wreckage and meager reports from up
nnd down the const show that the do
st ruction was not confined to this port.
Cams Without Warning.
The typhoon came practically with
out warning. .Almost simultaneous
with a sudden drop In the barometer
the storm broke and the destruction
began. >lUf h ct the damage to ship-
jing was done by a succession of huge
roilen which were almost like tidal
wave-*. Anchors were jsmerless. A
number of small craft were smashed
avalnst thr stone breakwaters and bro
ken with no chance for those on board
tv> be saved. '
The garnsen was called out to assist
th** police and fliemen In saving
lives it was possible to save.
It is feared that n number of Amer
icans and Europeans have been killed
Paralyzed by Horror.
Business Is at a complete standstill,
the entire community being paralyzed
with the horror of the catastrophe.
The Gentian steamer Johann and the
British steamer San Chung went down
with all hands.
The steamer Fustian of the Hong
k ng and Maco railroad foundered
< »nly her purser and mate are known
t-> in* alive.
The ('anadlnn Railroad t’ompnny
the Mont Eagle was driven ashore.
It Is not known whether or not her
crew escaped.
Many other vessels great and small
h-.s • names cannot be learned met
Mnillgr fates and the death list In the
l -iib.ii alone will rise to big propor
B- ns, it is thought.
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The rain Tuesday morning rang O
5* the last bell on straw hats and al- O
JJ most all the tattered relics of the O
5 summer gave way to new lids or O
JJ nondescript derbies or felts which O
5 been hung on the shelf for O
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JJ Hioa® ladles who have been put- O
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f da >' "or© them on shopping ex- O
® l “dltlons. The street comers pre- O
o tinted an unusually attractive ap- O
JJ l**aranee. O
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9 "Clearing tonight, fair Wednes- O
o day. Q
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ONE CUBAN GENERAL
IS PREVENTING PEACE
FROM BEING DECLARED
Loynaz Del Castillo
Backed Up by Other
Leaders.
REFUSES TO AGREE
TO ACCEPT TERMS
ESTRADO PALMA,
President of the Republic of Cuba.
BRYAN WILL SPEAK
AT PONCE DE LEON
AT 4:30 THURSDAY
Mrs. Bryan To Be En
tertained by Ladies’
Committee.
The hour of William Jennings
Bryan’s address Thursday afternoon
has been changed from 2 o’clock to
4:15 In order that a greater number
of people may be able to hear the dis
tinguished Nebraskan. This announce
ment was made by the Young Men’s
Democratic Club Tuesday afternoon.
Business houses are requested to
close their doors during the hours of
the address In order that all clerks anil
other employees may hear Mr. Bryan.
Mrs. Bryan will visit Atlanta In com
pany with Mr. Bryan and will be en
tertained Informally by a committed of
ladles composed of Mesdames Ilnke
Smith. J. K. Gray, James K. Orr, Sam
D. Jones, H. H. Cabanlss, Louis Ghol-
ctln, B. M. Blount, Burton Smith,
Lowry Arnold nnd J. M. High.
At 11 o’clock the committee will call
on Mrs. Bryan at the Piedmont, after
which she will he taken for an automo
bile drive through the city. At 2 o’clock
„ luncheon will be served for her at
the Piedmont Driving Club.
Since Mrs. Bryan Is always one of
the most enthusiastic of her husband’s
audiences, scats of honor will he given
her and the ladles of the committee at
the great skating rink at Pone,
Leon, where Mr. Bryan will speak
NEGRO TEAMSTER
HELD By LADIES
FOB J POLICE
M ist rented Mule — Ladies
Forced Him to Wait
For Officer.
Noticing a mule being cruelly treat
cd Monday afternoon In State street,
near the State Street public school,
eral ladies, residing In the commu
nity, went Into the street, stopped the
negro driver, Jim Wilson, and held him
at bay until the arrival of Dr. Will
Carnes, humane officer, who placed him
under arrest.
The ladles told the negro he was mis
treating the mule and Informed him he
could not proceed further. They forced
him to stop driving and while he was
being held prisoner one of the ladles
telephoned Dr. Carnes.
The doctor was on the scene In a few
minute* and, after examining the mule,
entered a case against Wilson. It was
found that the inule was lame In one
hind legs and that the negro
„ * had tied a rope from the leg to the col*
From 6:10 to 6:30 li* the afternoon | lar in order to force the animal to step
a reception will be tendered Mrs. Bryan | evenly,
at the Woman’s Club, Mrs.
MoI>.
Wilson acting as hostess of the occa
sion. At 8 o'clock Mrs. Bryan will dine
quietly at the Piedmont with the la
dles of the committee, this Informal
dinner bringing to a close an altogether
delightful day.
On arrulgnment before Recorder
Broyles Tuesday morning, Wilson ex
plained that he flistened the mule's leg
with the rope to prevent It from kick
ing. The recorder Imiiosed a fine of
13.7.') and warned him not to again mis
treat a mule.
Whistles Blow Wel
come to Nebraskan
in Winston-Salem.
Special to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C., Hept. 18.—Charlotte
is all expectation today, waiting for the
coming of the peerless Nebraskan, who
will arrive at 7:20 o'clock this even
Jng, and remain until JO:20 tonight
before leaving for Columbia, where he
will appear tomorrow, speuklng there
to probably one of the biggest assem
blages of his tour South.
In this city there will be a turnout
of many thousands of people, and It will
not he possible for all to hear him, al
though the speaking will be In the open
air and under the blaze of many elec
tric lights, at Vance park, not three
blocks from the Southern station.
Whistles Blow at Winston.
Mr. Bryan began his speaking tour
today at Winston-Salem, where at a
given signal every whistle In the city
gave a welcome to the distinguished
guest, whose arrival at the speaker's
platform, after a big parade, was close
n 11 o’clock. After luncheon a spe-
ialRelegation will leave with Mr. Bry-
n and party on the trip to Charlotte,
via Greensboro. The next stop is at
Kcmersvllle. then Lexington, on the
main line of the Southern, about the
middle of the afternoon, where the
Philadelphia, Sept. 18.—The
cruiser Minneapolis left League
Island for Havana today with •T75
marines aboard.
Washington. Sept. 18.—Secretary
Taft, Assistant Secretary Bacon and
their party arrived at Tampa this
morning and went at once on board the
Dea Moines. They will leave this after
noon and the pence commissioners will
be landed In Havana some time to
morrow morning.
The navy department ha* received a
dispatch reporting the arrival at Clen-
fuegos of the cruiser Dixie from Ha
vana, with marines aboard.
The commanding officer of the Dixie
states that there have been no further
disturbances In the vicinity of Clen-
fuegos.
Havana, Sept. 18.—Loynaz Del Cas
tillo Is the bull In the < ( *uban china shop
and unless he Is talked over by his
companions In arm* there 1* no hope
that peace will be arranged before the
arrival of the American oommi**loners.
Castillo declare* that he Is willing to
agree to a truce and stop fighting, but
will agree to no final settlement except
on full terms for which the rebels took
the field, until after the whole situa
tion has been presented to Secretaries
Taft anti Baron.
It Is said that he Is barked up In thl*
position by Pino Guerra, while his own
subordinates nt a meeting held at Be
Jucp,), unanimously derided to support
him. With Castillo and Guerra holding
off It Is practically certain that Guz
man and Asbert will take the same
stand.
Havana, Sept. 18.—Efforts on the
part of the government to have peace
negotiations well under way with the
insurgent* before the arrival of Secre
tary of War Taft and Acting Secretary
of State Bacon *o a* to prevent, If
poflHlble. any searching Investigation
of the administration’* acts, I* believed
to have been defeated by rebel leader*
yenterday, when at a stormy meeting
In the town hall of Bejucal they de
dared against considering peace over
tures made by President Palma's em
issaries.
Liberal leaders, wjio have been In se
clusion In the city because of fear of
arrest, have, as a result of the order
suspending hostilities, come Into the
open and now make no secret of their
movements. Some of them have held
conference* with representative* of the
government with regard to possible
peace arrangement*. Notwithstanding
the fact that they seem to favor i
termination of the civil war, their at
titude of Independence would Indicate
that they are not overly sanguine of
the success of the plans for i»eace aa
mapped out by the government.
Won't Grant Concessions.
Neither side Is willing to grant any
great concession*. and President
Roosevelt's representatives ore likely
to find, upon their arrival, that they
have a great deal of diplomatic work
ahead of them.
Little success 1* expected from the
conference between emissaries of the
government and Liberal leader* which
Is to take place tomorrow at El Cano.
It Is believed here that General Del
astllfo will give scant satisfaction to
those who call upon him In the Interest
of pear* Alfredo Zayeas, Liberal lead
er, and General Menocal held a confer
ence, but without definite result,
News of the result of fighting In
Hantlngo province Is awaited with In
terest In the capital. An engagement
reported to have occurred at I-i
Maya between rebels and rural guards
men.
Anxiety Is Exprssstd.
Anxiety Is expressed as to the situa
tion at flenfuegos, which city Is re
ported besieged by Insurgent forces.
The telegraph lines connecting the city
Ith the outside world have been cut.
That Americans und American proper
ty there will be protected Is certain, for
nlted States gunboats and marines
re on duty at Clentuegos.
It is stuted that at a meeting of
leaders of the insurgents at El Cano,
Pln») Guerra was elected major gen
eral of the First division of the forces
in the western part of the Island, and
•oynaz del Castillo was chosen as nvi-
„ >r general of the Second division. The
brigadier generals selected were As
bert, Guos und Arenclba. The rebels
now have about 2,300 men concentrated
between Arroyo, Arenas nnd Wajay.
E
KEY MI
Municipal Control
Proposition Stirs
Council.
2,455 NEGROES
S
Continued cn Pago Two. %
MAY NOT REACH HAVANA
BEFORE NOON WEDNESDAY.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Sept. 18.—It Is be
lieved here that Secretaries Taft and
Bacon can not reach Havana before
>morrow at noon. The president’s
Continued on Page Two.
"I don't want this matter side-track
ed, and It won’t be side-tracked unless
you side-track me,” exclaimed Aider-
man James L. Key when another at
tempt was made to railroad municipal
ownership of public utilities to the
table at the session of council Monday
afternoon.
Some lively words, some able ex
planations, some good hard sense and
some arrant foolishness was shown
during the session when the municipal
ownership nnd municipal control prop
osition was brought up by Alderman
Key.
Alderman Key first Introduced a res
olution asking that five citizens be
ndded to the gas Investigating com
mittee. He named ns the most suitable
men Hoke Smith, George Hlllyer, Sam
D. Jones, H. A. Boynton nnd Joel Hurt,
explaining that the Integrity of these
men was unquestionable and that they
knew more about the matter than any
other five disinterested rltlxens. "The
special committee Is In a state of hope
less disagreement,” said Mr. Key, “and
to reach some definite decision we must
Infuse new blood Into it."
The document In which the names
were suggested stated In substance
that It would be the work of the new
committee to form some tangible plan
looking toward the city's Inspection In
the use of gas and electricity by the
people, to inspect the meters and to in
spect the service nnd also to report a
plan by which the city could get pos
session of, and operate lta own gaa
and electric lighting ptant.
Hirach Wanted Councilman.
As soon as Alderman Key took hi*
sent, Alderman Joseph Hirach, who
throughout ha* been one of the main
stays of the corporations In possession
of the public utilities, arose and de
dared that he was against going out
side of council to get committees.
Councilman Terrell suggested that
the old committee be discharged and a
>w one appointed.
Later Councilman Ellis moved that
the matter, along with that of the !n-
ter-urbnn franchise, be referred to the
electric committee. This was lost by u
vote of 14 to 6. The majority was
composed of Him*. Qullllan, Key, Cur
tis, Terrell, Pattlllo. * Martin, Oldknow,
Chose wood, Draper, Glass, Wikis, Han
cock, Patterson and Roberts. The mi
nority was made up of Holland, Hlrsch,
McEachern, Foster, Ellis and Taylor.
Alderman Key’s resolution to place
the five citizens on the committee was
then voted on nnd lost by u vote of 16
to 6. Those voting against the propo
sition were: Holland, Hlrsch, McEach
ern, Terrell, Pattlllo, Oldknow, Foster,
Draper, Glass. Ellis, Taylor, Wikle,
Hancock and Roberts.
Those for the committee of five rep
resentatlve citizens to act with the old
committee, which had found It Impos
sible to agree, were Qullllan, Key, Cur
tis, Martin and Patterson.
Commitfts# is Choatn.
Near the close of the session Aider-
man Key Introduced another resolution
which placed seven of the councllmen
on the committee to take the place of
the old committee. The resolution was
unanimously adopted. Those appoint
ed are: Key, McEachern. Quilllaz*
Pomeroy, Ellis. Hancock and Terrell.
This came after a long love feast
participated In by almost the entire
council and with Councilman Patter
son as the host. Council Patterson
went deep Into the matter of owning
Georgia Rullway und Electric Compa
ny stock. Councilman Patterson bus
been a broker and bond merchant the
greater portion of his life and during
that time has won the reputation as
being one of the most careful and
strictly up-to-buslness men In thr
business. He Is nt present the tyesl-
T
Investigating Com
mittee Horrified
at Sights.
A determined attempt will be mad*
by the members of the joint commute#
from council and the police board to
put out of business half of the saloons
In Decatur street.
This radlcai decision was reached by
the Individual members after a start
ling Investigating tour they took Sat
urday night.
They found by actual count, 2,456
negroes loitering In saloons In Decatur
street between the hours of 8 and 10
p. m.
All within four squares, between Ivy
and Butler streets.
The sight of the 2,455 negroes in only
two hours led them to wonder that At
lanta Is not rampant with assaults,
Continued on Pago Two.
Til TIKE UP
Will See if Switching
Can’t Be De
manded.
dent of W. H. Patterson & Company.
He explained, while the council Itsten-
ed eagerly, that he had thought ho
owned 10 .hare* of the Georgia Rail
way and Lighting t’nmpany stock, but
had found that he did not.
Patterson Explain*.
Mr. Patlernon mated that Alderman
Key had a perfect right to make the
tight along *uch line* os he aaw fit and
that there wa* not the lea»t hard feel
ing ao far o* he wan concerned.
Mr. Patterson went over the situa
tion from the time he was firm ap
pointed on the committee until he arose
til make his speech, claiming the floor
for persona! privilege.
”1 did not reply to Mr. Key’s card
because I thought he had the right to
carry on his side as he pleased,” said
Mr. Patterson, after having stated that
he wrote a card because the language
In an editorial In The Georgian sound
'd like that of Mr. Key.
As to the card written by Mr. Smith,
the stieaker stated that Mr. Smith wa,
young and had much to learn. He then
spoke of the stock and Mated that he
would like to have some of the rail
way Mock. •
“At the time f thought I had some of
the stock, but oa a inatti r of fact I
found that I have not,” raid the coun
cilman.
Mr. Patten on then asked that he be
complaints made by Atlanta shipper*
Of delays In tho prompt delivery of
good* Assigned them has caused the
railroad commission to call a meeting
of that body for October 4 to determine
whether or not the new JJteed bill,
passed by the last legislature, does not
give them full authority to correct this
evil.
It Is believed that the recent trouble
between the Southern and Louisville
and Nashville In the refusal of the
former to transfer coal cars tendered
by the hitter Is one of the primal causes
nr the commission's determination to
take the situation In hand.
Until the passage of the Steed bill
the commission had no authority what
ever to compel one road to switch car*
over Its side tracks and terminals when
delivered by another road. No penal
ty for delays In prompt delivery could
he assessed, and as a consequence ship
pers suffered. Roads take their own
time to place cars from another road,
especially l( their own business Is
pressing.
For the purpose of having a direct
hearing from shippers and all others
Interested, the commission has set Oc
tober 4 to determine Anally the power* •
the Steed bill gives them. The follow- ’
Ing official notice Is being sent out by
Secretary George Montgomery Tues
day: . ■
The Official Notice.
September 18, 190*.
To Whom It May Concern:
The railroad commission haa held
that Its penalty demurrage rules do not
upply to delays caused In the transfer
or switching of cars after the car has
been tendered and accepted by the con
signee named In the bill of lading; or
In other words, after the contract
named In the bill of lading had been
completed. The commission wilt at Its
meeting on October 4, however, con
sider the question as to whether or not
Its authority has been so Increased by
the provisions of the Steed bill, passed
at the session of the legislature In 1905,
as to give It legal authority to require
the switching of cars, to provide a
reasonable rate of charges therefor,
and to apply penalty rules tor delays,
etc., and at the time above Indicated
the commission will be pleased to have
any person Interested In this question
to api>ear and present his views upon
this subject.
By order of the hoard.
GEO. P. MONTGOMERY,
Secretary.
relieved from tho committee. It was
first moved that this be done. .\ldor-
man Qullllan then Introduc'd a reso
lution to the effect that Councilman
Patterson had the entire confidence of
the council. This wa* passed without
a dissenting vote.
The regular order of business was
then taken up.
