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Mile* of itrett railway* ign
Bank!tig capital 122.000,000
The Atlanta Georgian.
Popnlntlon
GEORGIA
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MIIm of »tenm railroad! .
Mllea of electric rnlhvara 400
Cotton factorl** 130. aplnilea.. 1,500.000
Dales cotton consumed In 1905. 500,000
Value of HHG rotten crop 1100.000.000
VOL. 1. NO. 127.
Moraiug Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1906.
Morning Edition.
TypTror. On Trains FIVB CENTS.
JTAVXA/Jli. jn Atlanta TWO CENTS.
DINNER SPEECH
IS BRYAN’S BEST
"IDREAD THE EXPERIMEN7
BUT IT IS COMING IN TIME”
“I have favored government ownership of state railroads
only after a long deliberation. I dread an experiment by which
all the station agents and brakeigen and trackwalkers will be
appointed and directed from Washington. I am a Democrat
and I view with alarm the obliteration of state lines and the
increasing influence of Washington.
"But I see in the future a dual ownership—state railways
owned by the states and trunk lines owned by the nation. You
need not consider this now—but it is coming in time, oh, my
friends, it is coming I"
—WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Makes His Most Sig
nificant Utterance
on the Government
Ownership Idea.
In Importance of Issues
and Stand He Took,
the Banquet Speech
Was the Greater.
By DUDLEY GLASS.
Bryan, the orator; Bryan, the
matchless leader of men, has never
in Atlanta spoken to greater ad
vantage than in his address to 400
Democrats at the Piedmont dinner
Thursday night. To those who
had heard Kis address of the after
noon and believed that Bryan had
lost the magic of the past it was a
revelation. To Democrats faint
hearted with continued defeat it
was an inspiration which brought
new courage to their hearts aud
set the blood pulsing with hope of
victory at last.
There were those who thought
that in his afternoon address Mr.
Bryan had been a disappoint
ment. lie had delivered a great
message, had presented the cause
of Democracy in a masterly way,
but there had been but little of the
old Bryan whose ringing climaxes
had placed him upon the summit
of oratory /He had been calm, de
liberate, dispassionate. There were
thoso who said that with his years
had come breadth and stability,
and with their coming the fiery
eloquence had disappeared. But
those who heard the Great Com
moner at night learned that the
old Bryan wns still there.
Began After Midnight.
The created efforts of the treat Ne
braskan have been at nlsht, when oth
er men were exhausted from contin
ued war upon convention floors. It
was In the gray dawn that he spoke at
ht. Louis and held a hostile army with
the magic of his voice. It was at mid
night, when other speakers had been
fnterrhpted by the tiring crowd, that
Mr. Bryan began his Atlanta address
before a throng which tilled every cor
ner of the great dining room and ren
dered the street outside - Impassible.
In the afternoon Mr. Bryan had ad
dressed a great mtidlence of tho peo-
|i!e. There were women and children,
there were men upon whom It was nec
essary to Impress simple facts. A
the gathering was of veterans
political arena. Here It was not nec-
tssary that the rudiments of Democ
racy be explained. Before Democrats
fram every section of Georgia, from
Dade to Camden, from Rabun to De
catur, he sent forth a trumpet call to
arms against the onslaughts of preda
tory wealth. He was no longer the In
structor; he was a leader calling upon
his captains to lead their forces once
more Into the light. When he con-
• hided there were no party divisions In
that hsIL Populists, old-line Demo
crats, all were Just Democrats again—
ornl they were Bryan Democrats.
Explains Ownership Ideas.
For the first time since his announce
ment of his stand on government own
ership of railroads Mr. Bryan explain
ed his Ideas of how this should be gain
ed nnd regulated. He took up the dif
ference between national and state
ownership and declared himself In fa
vor of the Individual states owning
their own roads. He did not hesitate
<" say that he feared the appointive
power which would result from govern-
JMnt ownership, but he declared that
he feared the appointive Influence less
" hen In the hands of an administration
than while under control of a railroad.
Be dropped the tariff question upon
"hich he had spoken In the afternoon
and confined hlmeelf to railroads.
Mr. Bryan spoke for forty minutes,
his hands clenched and his body sway
ing as he denounced the corporation
ting and appealed to his hearers for a
sweeping reform. His mobile fare re
flected his every feeling and when he
f"*e to a superb period It wss a face
transfigured. His climaxes were met
with applause which swept the room
and wss echoed from the street, where
f >r hours the crowd had waited for the
*ddre»s of the great commoner. 11 hen
111 left the hall he was bathed In per-
‘ilriitlon and, ns lie pushed his way
through the crowded corridor to his
f'sun. where Mrs. Bryan was waiting.
Voting men and old fought for the right
to grasp hts hand. .. „ ,
Si one extracts front the address fol
low;
"Plain Jennings Brysn."
'! am afraid that I have brought too
m 't'l name t„ Georgia. Two are
•sough. Tonight we hava heard from
15 KILLED:
Dynamite Explosion
Ruins Property Val
ued at $1,000,000.
Csntinusd on Pass Seven.
Special to The Georgian.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 21.—The town
of Jelllco, Tenn., 64 miles north of
Knoxville, was almost totally destroyed
early this morning by an explosion of
dynamite. It Is known that ten peo
ple are dead and fully fifty more or
less seriously Injured. Every house on
the Kentucky side of the town Is
wrecked. The buildings on the Ten
nessee side are damaged without ex
ception. Not a window glass In the
town remains Intact. Many chimneys
have fallen as a result of tho explo
sion.
A car loaded with dynamite, and
standing In the yards used Jointly by
the Louisville and Nashville and the
Southern railroads, was Ignited, caus
ing the catastrophe.
Two reports are current as to the
manner In which the explosives were
Ignited. One Is that three parties were
firing at a mark on the car and i
bullet penetrated It, striking the dyna
mite, with fatal effect. Another re
port says the cars were being shifted
In the yard, and a switch engine sent
a car loaded with pig Iron Into the
siding on which the dynamite car was
standing, and the pig Iron car struck
the explosives; with the result already
stated.
Circue Train Wracked,
It Is reported here that John H.
Sparks' circus train was standing In
the yards and several of the circus
employees were killed or Injured and a
wild linn was liberated.
The Southern railway and the Louis,
vllle nnd Nashville railroad are rush
ing section gangs to Jelllco to Join In
the relief work.
It Is estimated that B00 people are
homeless. The Knoxville Sentinel has
started a relief fund, which Is grow
ing.
The know dead at noon today were:
J. M. Cooke and eon, Joseph Sellers,
Walter Rodgers, George Atkins, John
Gordon (colored), Sam Sbarp( colored),
William Lovett, Ida Rayne, James Rey
nolds.
Three men—George Hudson. John
Knock and Daniel Taylor—are dying
and ran not survive the day.
The list of fatalities will. It Is be
lieved, be largely augmented.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 21 A dis
patch from Jelllco, Tenn., saye two car
loads of dynamite exploded there early
today.
A Standard Oil tank wae destroyed
and several buildings were demolished.
It Is reported that 15 persons were
killed, live of whom have been re
moved from the wreckage.
A special train carrying doctors has
left here The property loss u report
ed to be 11,000,000.
List of Dead.
The following are known to have
been killed:
JOHN GORDON.
JOHN COOK, ear Inspector for the L.
& N. R. R.
WALTER ROGERS.
GEORGE ATKINS, lineman, Eaet
Tennessee Telephone Company.
Five unldentlfled bodies were taken
out of the wreckage.
Th explosion occurred on the Louis
ville and Nashville tracks at the de
pot.
Every warehouse In Jelllco along the
Louisville nnd Nashville railroad Is
totally destroyed and nearly every etore
MR. BRYAN. IN VARIOUS ATTITUDES DURING HIS SPEECH AT PONCE DE LEON
*1
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ATLANTA.
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Roosevelt wok .tn$
POPULARITY ONT *
democrat 10
PRIATOIPLES
bEMOCBTACY
IS THE
HOPE OF
THE
NATIOM
The sun
NEV&R. £CTS
AMERICAN PHILANTHROPY
(Rkrtchrd from th© Pro** Htnml t»y Hrpworton.)
LEAGUE BE
Tax Payers and Voters
to Organize in
Cause.
Y MEET DEATH
THROUGH ACCIDENT
OVER THE COUNTRY
Series of Mishaps Which
Maim and
Kill.
or damaged to auch an extent
la a ruin.
The entire third floor of the Carma-
than Inn, a large brick hotel struct
ure, was blown off.
It Is believed that no prominent white
people, business or professional men
or their families are Included In the
death list. ^ ,
Some of the business houses either
totally destroyed or partly wrecked
aI Armour's packing plant, total.
Judge and Pinnacle Brewing Compa
ny's plant, total.
Kentucky nnd Standard Oil Compa-
r warehousee.
Jelllco Grocery warehouse.
Glen Morgan Hotel, badly wrecked.
Carmathan Inn, third story off.
Link's tailoring house
Hoodge Undertaking building.
Smith Dry Goods Company.
Cumberland Opera House, 115,000
structure badly shnttered.
The National Bank la ruined, as Is
tn» Baird wholesale dry goods house.
Moses grocery store. Central Drug
house and M. J. Steinberg’s clothing
11 The postofllce Is partly wrecked, and
Bslrd A Smith's furnishing store Is
shattered.
The Municipal Ownership League.
The public Interest In civic owner
ship and control of public utilities has
reached (his point. The Leaguo Is be
ing formed.
Already the project has the backing
of many of Atlanta's most Influential
cltisena, who have rallied to The Geor
gian's cause.
Within a short period of time It Is
believed that there will be 6,000 votere
of this city who have signed the mem
bership blank.
• Jn the recent white primary a can
didate running on a municipal owner
ship platform polled over 4,000 votes.
It Ib expected that 100 per cent of the
men Who voted for municipal owner
ship will Join the organization and
push Its purpose to success.
Aside from those who by their bal
lots expressed their views, there are
hundreds of others who cast their votes
for personal reasons who will Join the
movement sweeping Atlanta. It Is on
this basis that the conservative figures
to tho membership are based.
Friday morning a nurnbtr of promi
nent citizens were called upon by a
representative of The Georgian and
asked for their views. In the short pe
riod of time It was Impossible lo see
a great many of the strongest support-
Hpeelnl to The Georgina.
Bt. Augustine, Fla., 8ept. II.—The
dally procession of warships en routs
to Key West and Cuba speak to the
wireless station opposite this city. Yes
terday harrowing tales of a ship wreck
and suffering were communicated by
the cruisers Tacoma and ‘ Cleveland.
The former'reported having picked up
fouV sailors adrift on wreckage many
miles out to sea.
The Cleveland reported having pass
ed several derelicts. Today the cruiser
Newark got In communication with
the station here and reported the
schooner John Jackson wrecked
Frying Pan Shoals. The four men
rescued by the Tacoma, It has been
subsequently learned, were from this
schooner.
The Newark also reported passing
sunken schooner In latitude 32.66 and
longitude 78.06. About 16 feet of tho
masts were visible above the water.
The Minneapolis was spoken to to
day. At the time of opening communi
cation she was 60 miles east of Charles
ton. She reported that at midnight
she picked up James Alson, who was
floating on a plank. He was a sur
vivor of the schooner Twilight, which
he reports was capsized Monday morn
ing at 6 o'clock In a hurricane. The
schooner carried a crew of seven men,
but It Is believed all perished, as the
Minneapolis hovered In the vicinity
until daybreak without discovering any
traces of the crew.
New York, Sept. 21.—"Wallace
Owen and his machanlclan, while tak
Ing their last practlc* spurt today in
the 80-horse-power Maxwell ea
which they were to enter elimination
trials In the Vanderbilt cup race
morrow, hod a cylinder head blow out
on the East Norwich road at Deud
Man’s Curve and were flung out as the
ers of municipal ownership.
“J Will Join,” Says Hoks Smith.
Hon, Hoks Smith was reticent about
giving out an Interview off-hand, but
It Is well known that he Is one of the
stroifgest advocates of municipal own
ership In the state. Mr. Smith said;
■it Is against my rule to give out an
Interview that I have not written out
myself, but you may say I will Join the
league when It Is formed.”
8am Jones: "In my Judgment munic
ipal ownership Is a coming proposition,
and It will be more nnd more insisted
upon by the people. It Is a matter I am
not willing to be quoted at length on
without giving careful consideration to
what I say. but I am In favor of the
city's owning ami operating those
things necessnry to the public."
H. A. Boynton, president of the Boyn
ton Grocery Company, and one of the
committee of live suggested by Aider-
man James I>. Key at the past session
of council to formulate plana by which
the city can own Its ow n gas and elec
tric plants, said: "I am strongly In fa
vor of municipal ownership. I have not
Contlnusd on Page Thro*.
BRITISH IN EGYPT
London, Sspt. 21.—Continual reports
from Egypt Indicating the Increase of
Moslem fanaticism and official dis
patches from Lord Cromer, the British
representative In that country, pointing
out the necessity of strengthening the
British karri son there, are giving some
cause for alarm In England. In the
present emergency England Is brought
face to face with one of the most se
rious problems of the future.
NEGRO - III TOWER
MAY 6EWR0NG0NE
Make Demand
Uniform Wage
Scale.
for
Marshal Ryan says that while the
negro at the Tower almost exactly flts
the description given by Mrs. Kimball,
he cannot believe he has the right man
In the face of th* statement of Mr.
Hughes that the negro was at his home
at the time the crime was committed.
Mr. Ryan is now working on a clew
furnished by Frasier Morgan, who lives
nbout half a mile from the Kimball
home. Mr. Morgan says that on Thurs
day morning a negro exactly fitting the
description furnished by Mrs. Kimball I. ....
wns splitting wood for him, but quit Birmingham ths existing scale Is
about lo or 11 o'clock In the morning, 11.-25 a day.
leaving In the direction of the scene of It Is generally believed among the
Two hundred and flfty machinists,
employed at the Southern railway
shops In this city, and perhaps 2,000
on the system are making a demand
for Increase In the wage scale from |S
a day to 23.25.
The proposition Is now In the hands
of the executive committee of the Ma
chinists' Union, and a meeting will he
held within the next few days to form
ulate a request to be presented to the
Southern railway management.
general strike on the system Is
probablo. If the demand for Increase In
wages Is not granlsd.
The contention of the marhlnslst Is
fox a uniform scala The claim that
THECAUSEOF
ASSAULTS?
License Inspector Ew
ing Wants to Abolish
* Them.
Pictures, paintings and photographs
of white women In the nude festoon
the walls of several of the negro clubs
In Atlanta.
There are eight of these clubs where
whisky Is sold and flres the brains of
the negro members.
There have been mhny attacks on
white women In and around Atlanta
during the past few months.
License Inspector R. A. Ewing has
determined to close up these clubs and
to that end made an Inspection Friday
morning, accompanied by Alderman F.
A. Quintan, chairman of the tax com
mittee.
It Is Mr. Ewing's purpose to enforce
the 11,000 retail liquor license tax on all
clubs that sell liquor. All of these
eight clubs sell whls)<y and beer In re
tail quantities.
"This will also affect the whit*
clubs," said Mr. Ewing, “but that can
not be helped under the present laws.
Certainly every respectable white club
would be wilting to pay the license
rather than have the negroes Infltmed
by liquor and Indecent pictures."
The clubs now pay the state tax.
E
T OFF
Senator Brackett An
nounces There Is To
Be No Contest.
the crime, and that he had not returned
for his pay.
This Is the man whom the county of
ficers are now hunting. Mr. Morgan
saw the Clayton negro ut the Jail Fri
day morning and said he was not the
man whom he had employed.
Form of Ballot Announced.
Special to The Oeorglan.
Maeon, Go., Sept. 21,—Judge A. I,.
Miller has announced the official form
of the ballot to-be used In the election
for Judges In the appellate court at the
[primary set for October 3. Three men,
and only three, must be voted for.
car swung over to the side of the
course.
Neither of two men was seriously
hurt. Owen telephoned to Krug's ho
tel for help. Walter White, in a big
White touring car, headed one rescu
ing party, while Christie In his tlO-
horse-power Christie started with his
mechanician, formed another. Both had
a narrow escape from collision as they
came along at a terrific clip In oppo
site directions. While had to put on
his brake, throwing all four of the oc
cupants of the car to the road. None
as hurt.
Victoria, B. C., Sept. 21.—'The steam
ship City of Seattle, from Seattle for
Alaska, via Victoria, Is ashore on Trial
Island, held fast, broadside the shore,
hlch Is rocky.
She went on during a fog today. The
passengers were landed and have ar
rived here. The salvage steamship
Salvator and the mb Pilot hare gone
lo the aid of the stranded vessel and
a tug will he sent from here to Port
Townsend. .
Pulaski. WIs., Sept. 21.—A work train
on the New Northwestern railroad line
ran Into n workmen's sleeping car here,
killing Ed Were and George Madden,
>f Pittsburg, and Injuring fourteen oth
ers.
Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 21.—Word has
Just reached here of a dynamite ex
plosion on thi right of way of the
Grand Trunk Pacino railway, near tin-
mark, New Ontario, In which five men
ere killed and six others Injured.
conservative leaders of organised labor
here that the demand will be granted
without necessity of a strike.
Local unions held meetings Thurs
day night and discussed the situation.
About three years ago a strike exist
ed for thirteen months at the Bouthem
shape here.
New York, Sept. 21 Senator
Brackett announced that there should be
no contest of the Russell Sage will.
The senator Intimated that a financial
settlement had been effected, hut he
refused to give out any Information re
garding It. He said that one of the
attorneys for the estate would give out
a statement.
Brackett represents Edison Conrad, 8
years old, of near Troy, who Is a great
grand nephew of the late millionaire.
Attorneys tor Mrs. Sage today Issued
the following statement:
"Assuming no contest of Mr. Sage’s
will, Mrs. Sags has Intended and In
tends to give to each of Mr. Sage's rel.
atlves who are beneficiaries under his
will an additional amount equal to his
or her legacy, and to do this as soon
as'possible after her qualification as
executrix.”
Had Jawbone Broken.
Hpedal to The Ueorgtsn.
Athens, Ga.. Sept. 21.—Henry. Jr,
the little 10-yei»r-old son of Henry T.
Comer, was thrown from a horse yes
terday and had severkl teeth knocked
out, his jawbone broken and his knee
badly lacerated.
TYPHOON L
NOW NUA
Hongkong, Sept. 21.—It Is now ea
were lost In the recent typhoons. M
tain that ths entire fishing fleet, of 6
stroyed.
Dead bodies are being cremated t
engaged In this work have succumb
ror of It all.
)EA TH LIST
VIBERS 10,000
1 mated that not less than 10.400 lives
1st of these were Chinese. It Is cer-
90 vessels and 6,000 men. were de
prevent a plague. Many of those
id to the dreadful stench and the hor-
AUGUSTA NURSl
RESCUE STA
New York, Sept. 21.—Rescued after
having drifted In a wrecked schooner
for live days without food or water,
with a sick crew. Captain R. J. Robin
son, of the schooner Flora Rogers, told
a thrilling story of suffering upon his
1 AND DOCTOR
RVING SAILORS
arrival on the Clyde line steamship Al
gonquin In New York.
The captain and crew were rescued
by Miss Jacqueltna Rowe, a trained
nurse, and Dr. S. S. Hammond, both
of Augusta, Ol, who rowed a boat from
the Algonquin.
SUES MOTHER FOR $5,000 DAMAGES;
QUARREL OVER NU SPELiN CAUSE
Elkhart, Ind, Sept. 21.—Henry Commens has tiled an action sgalnst
his mother-in-law, Mary Peas, for 26,000 for alienation of his wife’s af
fections. The trouble originated In a quarrel over bis criticism of Presi
dent Roosevelt for championing spelling reform.
