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population ••••• IjW'ZS
Homo* 26/>«
Telephone* .#•#*** •••••• la,TO
Main lino* of rnllrond* fieron
Mllci of «treat railway*
Backlog enpltal..'~ 122;000,000
The Atlanta Georgian.
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Mil#** of el**etrlc railway* 400
Cotton factories 130, snlndlea.. 1,800,000
B*le* cotton consumed In 1908. 600,000
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VOL. 1. NO. 132.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 27,1906
PPTrn?. On Train* FIVE CENTS.
rXUUX!l. in Atlanta TWO CENTS.
U. S. TROOPS STATIONED IN GEORGIA
ARE ORDERED HELD IN READINESS
FOR IMMEDIATE ACTIVE DUTYINCUBA
Soldiers and Marines Now Await Signa
of President Roosevelt to Sail to Back
Up Taft and Stop Wrangle Be
tween Rebels and Government,
MEN OF SEVENTEENTH
ARE READY FOR ACTION
Out at Fort McPherson 7(0 private, and a .core ot offlcere are await
ing eagerly word to march on toward Cuba, but up to 2 o'clock Thunday
afternoon no word had been received to march or to prepare, .aid Col
onel Van Oredale, officer commanding.
Judging from the Washington dispatch, the war department will noti
fy Colonel Van Oredale Thursday afternoon.
"The regiment was never in better «hape,” said Colonel Van Oredale.
"The men are a. hard as nail, and a. healthy as horses. They have Just
returned from their hike to and from Chlckamauga and are ready for
.tiff campaigning.
"Excepting for the Issuing of extra clothing, no preparation will be
necessary for us. We are In condition for Immediate transportation or
mobilisation."
The officers of the Seventeenth are:
Colonel J. T. Van Oredale, Lieutenant Colonel Charles McClure, Ma
jor James A. Manley, Major Edward Chenoweth, Major Frank McCoy,
Chaplain F. 8. Doherty, Captain D. C. Morse, Captain Karl Relchmann,
Captain James H. Frier, Captain Henry J. Hunt, Captain Mathias Crow
ley, Captain B. F. Hardaway, Captain Thomaa L. Smith, Captain Oscar
J. Charles. Captain Robert C. Davis, Captain Percy M. Cochran, Cap
tain Robert O. Van Horn, Captain A dolph Hueget.
The Twelfth cavalry at Fort Ogl thorpe Is under command of Colonel
John B. Kerr.
Washington, Sept. 27.—Orders have been issued to the com
manding officers of the organizations hereinafter designated to hold
themselves in readiness to move without delay -upon notice, as a
result of the Cuban troubles. The quartermaster’s department
has arranged for immediate transportation by rail and water,
making concentration at points of embarkation unnecessary. The
subsistence department has prepared the necessary travel and
emergency rations and the ordnanco department has ready for
shipment all the stores required.
Engineer Battalion—Companies E, F, G, H—Washington
barracks.
Eighth Cavalry—Eight troops, Fort Clark, Texas; four troops,
Fort Houston, Tex.
Twelfth Cavalry—Twelve troops, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Fifteenth Cavalry—Twelve troops, Fort Allen, Vermont
Thirty-six troops of horse, about 2,100 effectives.
Third and Fourth batteries, Fort Meyer, Va.
Fourteenth and Twenty-first batteries, Fort Sheridan, Ills.
Fifteenth and Sixth batteries, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Twenty-third and Twenty-seventh batteries, Fort Alien, Vt.
Thirty-two field pieces, three rapid fire guns.
Fourth—Companies E, F, 11,1, L and M, Fort Thomas, Ky.
Fifth—Twelve companies, Plattsbnrg Bnrfacks, N. Y.
Seventh—Companies A, B, D, E, F, G and II, Fort Wayne,
Mich., and I, K, L and M, Fort Brady, Mich.
Twelfth—Companies A, B, C and D, Fort Porter, N. Y.
Seventeenth—Twelve companies, Fort McPherson, Ga.
Twenty-third—Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H—Madison
Berrncks, N. Y., and Companies I, K, L and M, Fort Ontario, N. Y.
Twenty-sixth—Twelve companies, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Twenty-seventh—Twelve companies, Fort Sheridan,. Ills,
Eighty-four companies, about 5,000 effectives.
This movement gives:
Engineer troops, 320; cavalry, 2,100; field artillery, 8,000;
infantry, 5,000. Total, 8,220.
Marines, 2,000; blue jackets, 4,000.
Tentative orders have also been issued for the mobilization
of a second expedition, composed of troops in the southwest and
in the posts located in Kansas and Minnesota. It is not the inten
tion to make use of the coast artillery or infantry.
BIG STORM IS RAGING
ALONG GULF COAST;
MUCH DAMAGE DONE
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O STRAWS SHOW WHICH WAY O
O THE WIND BLOWS. SO DO O
O ALL THE PALL STYLES. O
<1 "The lid la dn,” the council sajra,
O But autumn breezes scoff
O On ever}' gale the derbies sail;
O A thousand "lids" are qff.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP MOVE
INTERESTCONTINUES UNABATED
WITH SCORES JOINING LEAGUE
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O But the drouth has been bro- O
O ken—externally. It's a good day O
O for mackintoshes and umbrellas. O
O The weather prophet remarks: O
O Rain Thursday night and Frt- O
O day with high variable winds 0
O Thursday night
O Thursday temperatures:
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O 7 o'clock a. m..
O 8 o'clock a. m..
O 9 o'clock a. m..
O 10 o'clock a. m..
O 11 o'clock a. m..
O 12 o'clock noon..
O 1 o'clock p. m..
O 2 o'clock p. m,.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Washington, Sept. 27.—The depart
ment of Justice handed down an opin
ion today holding that there waa noth
ing In the meat Inspection law to pro
hibit the Interstate transportation of
Imported uninspected meat and meat
producte.
It calls the attention ot the secretary
of agriculture, however, to the fact
(hat ths pure-food Jaw, .which wlU be
come effective January 1, prohibits the
Interstate transportation from one state
to another or from any foreign country
"of any article of food or any drug
adulterated or misbranded.”
Names Continue to
Come in Despite
Trouble.
RUMOR SA YS DR. BRADLE Y /
TURNED DOWN$20,000 JOB
PTRIOTIC CITIZENS
ARE URGED TO JOIN
Many Expressions of Opin
ion From Men in All
Walks of Life.
So Insistent are the cltlsens that At
lanta have municipal ownership that
applications for membership In the Mu
nicipal League have continued to pour
Into The Qeorgtan office during the
recent excited period In the city's his
tory. The thoughtful citizen* have
been awake to a full realization of the
fact that the outbreak would soon be
put down, and that the city would re
sume Its normal tranquillity; but they
have also realised that municipal own
ership Is a matter in which they can
not afford to lose Interest. And there
fore the applications have continued to
come until the membership has reached
Imposing proportions.
People have stopped by The Georgian
office to leave the applications; some
have mailed them In, mnny of the en
velopes containing as many as live ap
plications. Almost every member makes
some pertinent remark, giving his
views on the situation. The most sig
nificant feature is that men In all walks
of life—lawyers. Insurance men, mef-
FEARING FA TE OF MAINE
OFFICER PROTECTS SHIPS
By MANUEL CALVO.
Havana, Sept. 27.—The Cuban situ-
ztinn has taken a new turn and while
It would be too optimistic to say that
American Intervention Is Improbable,
It certainly doe* not teem so certain
a* It did yesterday. The deadly earn
estness of the preparations In the Uni
ted States to meet the emergency had
Its effect and the moderates have blown
"ft steam after the flrst anger of dle-
ai'polntment had worn away and there
Is a more calm frame of mind.
Fears a Mains Affair.
Captain t’onden, who commands the
American warships here, Is taking no
Chances of another Maine affair, and
maintains a most vigorous patrol of the
bay. No one Is allowed to approach
the warships, especially at night, un
less their business Is well known.
General Funatnn Is ezpected here to
day, and It Is believed he will be of
great assistance to Mr. Taft In straight
ening out the tangle.
It Is said that Palma's stand has
been taken out of a sense of loyalty to
his friends. Ho would not consent to
hold office under an agreement which
prescribes that the men who have
stood by him should go out.
Resignation of Palma.
As the situation Is now. President
Continued on Pago Two.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE*
APPLICATION BLANK.
I hereby make application for membership In the MUNICIPAL OWN
ERSHIP LEAGUE.
I favor the ownership of a gas and electric lighting plant by the city
of Atlanta.
Rcmarke:
Name ..
Address
Occupation
Note.—Cut out and return to THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
Special to The Georgian.
Anniston, Ala., Sept. 27.—The store
rooms of Aderhold &. Co., on East
Tenth street, were entered and robbed
Wednesday night. The extent of the
losa la a matter of conjecture. Cloth
ing, shoes and dry goods were selected
as the booty, together with a quantity
of change left In the cash register.
Special to the Georgian.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 27.—There Is
some talk among local saloonlsts of
abolishing the free lunch counter, fol
lowing the course of the saloon men at
Jacksonville, where, however, they had
some assistance from the authorities.
Free lunch Is at present served In most
of the saloons between 11 and 1 o'clock.
Special to The Georgian.
8avannah, Ga., Sept. 27.—The Savan
nah Electric Company has announced
an Increase in the wages of a number
of Ita older employees to 17 cents per
hour. The new schedule will go Into
effect October 1. The company believes
that a choice body of employees can
be retained at the advance In wages.
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 27.—Miss
Allle Glenn, a daughter of the late
Treasurer Glenn, of the Alabama Poly
technic Institute, at Auburn, was to
day elected by the board of trustees
to succeed her father.
Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Sept. 27.—The post'
offlee at Mountainboro. In the western
part of Etowah county, was broken Into
and robbed, either last night nr In the
early hours of this morning. The post-
office was In the store of S. H. Leath,
nnd the thieves enteerd through a win
dow. Fifty dollars belonging to the
postofflce was taken and a sum of
money belong to Mr. Heath.
Special to The Georgian.
Charleston, S. C„ ,8ept. 27.—Magis
trate E. J. Whllden. of Charleston
county, died yesterday afternoon, the
victim of blood poisoning, which devel
oped from a gun-shot wound In the
knee, from a weapon held In the hands
of his best friend. P. G. Porcher. About
two weeks ago Messrs. Whllden and
Porcher went out together to hunt for
cattle. Accidentally Mr. Porcher shot
Magistrate Whllden. The wound at
drst did not seem to be serloua, but a
few days ago the magistrate had to be
moved to Charleston, where, In spite of
the best skill, he died from blood pois
oning.
FUNERAL SERVICES
OF MRS. F. R. HOLLEY
The funeral services of Mrs. Frank
R. Holly were conducted by Dr. John
E. White Thursday morning at Bar
clay A Brandon's, chapel.
Mrs. Holly, whose husband 1s a trav
eling salesman, died early Wednesday
morning, after an Illness of several
months. While h*r death waa not un
expected, still It came as a shock to
hosts of friends to whom she had en
deared herself.
She was a consistent member of the
Second Haptlst church. She was born
In Unlondale, Pa., but has resided In
Atlanta for the past ten years. She Is
survived by her husband and several
brothers and sisters.
enrolled. Every one of them has
faith In the principle, and with the as
surance that a model organisation
would be formed they have come for
ward to enlist In the cause of civic
progress and the light for the people
against the corporations.
Many Lsttsrs Received.
The Georgian hns received many let
ters on the step It has taken. Many
of these are too long to be published.
We would like to publish them all, but
those that we do not publish have been
tiled away carefully eo that the public
may realise when the time come* Just
how the cltlsens feel. We take the
liberty, howover, of publishing the fol
lowing letter which came from C. L
Johnson, a clerk who resides at No. I
Highland avenue It Is a fair sample
of the enthusiasm the movement has
aroused:
Atlanta, Ga., 8ept. 27, 1908.
The Atlanta Georgian, City:
Gentlemen—Thank heaven for a
leader,' Join the Municipal Ownership
League? Well 1 should say so. I hand
you herewith my application. Put It
DR. H. 8. BRADLEY.
Atlantic Seaboard Is
to Feel the
Effects.
MISSISSIPPI GETS
WATER AND WIND
Reports Heard Regarding
New Orleans Are Offi
cially Denied.
Louisville, Ky., Bept. 37.—Coramun.
lent Inn was had with New Orleans for
a few minutes at 10:4S a. m. The tele
graph operator there reported that the
wind was blowing about 48 miles an
hour, but that the renter of the storm
was east of New Orleans and that the
city bad not suffered any serious dam
age, nor has there been any loss of
life as far as reported. It Is consid
ered probable In New Orleans that the
storm hit the Mississippi coast ami
Mobile hard, but there was nothing to
confirm this. The wire failed at this
Juncture.
General Manager Evans, of the Lou
isville and Nashville railroad, has re
ceived reports from division superin
tendents on his road. Indicating a se
rious storm south of Greenville, Ala.
The high wind has blown trees across,
the tracks, destroying telegraph wires
and Interfering scrously with the op
eration of trains. A passenger train duo
In Montgomery, Ala., at 8 a. m. did not
arrrive until nearly 11 o'clock, the de
lay being caused by numerous stops
to remove trees from the tracks.
The storm appears general between
Montgomery and the Gulf of Mexico
and westward to the Mississippi rlv-
Water Is reported four feet deep
In the streets of Moss Point, Miss., tho
high wind blowing the water In from
the gulf.
thing doing that will make In .
slightest degree toward Atlanta owning
all her public utilities I am not only In
favor ot cities owning what belongs to
them, but I am In ravor of the United
States government owning every mile
of railroad and trolley lines In this
country, with the exception ot the
trolley lines In ths limits of the various |
8|Msial to The Georgian.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 27.—The story
that Rev. Dr. Henry 8. Bradley, form
erly of Atlanta, Ga., has refused a
120,000 Chicago position, because he
thought It his duty to retain his 88,000
position here, is causing much comment
In church circles here.
Dame rumor has It that the Chicago
position was no other than the chair of
theology at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Bradley refused to admit or deny
the story.
Dr. H. S. Bradley waa for four years
pastor of Trinity Methodist church In
this city, leaving the chair of biology
nt Emory College to enter the ministry.
He left Atlanta In 1906, to take the pul
pit of n Methodist church at St. Louis.
Despite his udvanrrd views and the
consequent charges of heresy made
against him. Dr. Bradley was one of
the most popular amt best-loved min
isters Atlanta has ever had.
He was a scholar of distinction,
pulpit orator of ability and was con
spicuous because of the earnestness
and seal of his pastoral work.
The size of the snlary of the Chicago
position Is doubtless exaggerated. So
far as Is known, there are no 820,000
professorships.
FULTON GRAND JURY
FIXES RESPONSIBILITY
FOR RECENT RIOTING
Interstate commerce commission com
posed of seven, eleven, thirteen or sev
enteen members, elected by the people,
one from any one designated section
of the country. Then elect the senator*
by the people and we will have govern
ment from Washington that will gov
ern all the people (and the railroads),
‘ ‘ ' ‘ Tours
by the people and for the people. Tou
very truly, C. L. JOHNSON.
3 Highland Avenue.
People 8hould Think.
We ask that every man who has the
good of the city at heart think over
these things, and when you have de
cided that municipal ownership of gas
and electric lighting plants Is a good
thing, cut out the membership blank
which will be printed In every Issue of
The Georgian, and either mall or send
It to this office. The Georgian can do
nothing without your help. We ask that
you holp yourself by giving us your
moral support. Your display of pub
lic spirit and Interest In your city will
aid us In the fight which we are mak
ing niul which wc will continue to make
until we come off victorious.
Thomns H. Goodwin, former candi
date for mayor, a lawyer with offices
at >18 Century building, sends In his
application for membership with a re
mark to the offer, that his services are
at th* command of the League.
T. W. Beers, an architect of 10 Hol-
dernesa street, 'asked to be enrolled.
"Let It be soon," wrote R. E. George,
printer, who resides at IBS East
Georgia avenue.
"And why not six car tickets for 25
cents?” asked James Horne, a clerk
who resides at B1 West North avenue.
"The Georgian ar,d Mr. Key should
have th* support of every thinking
man. woman and child." wks th* way
F. P. Stony, of (15 Austell building,
put It.
Manv Enthusiastic Comment:.
"To be owner: exclusively by the
city," remarked Thomas E. McAfee, a
salesman of 274 Ashby street. J. D.
Langston, a merchant of 200 Marietta
street, displayed the proper spirit when
he said: ”1 will urge others to Join."
Continued on Paco Two.
The Fulton county grand jury this morning unanimously
adopted the following resolutions touching the causes leading
up to the rioting in Atlanta on last Saturday night:
“Grand Jury Room, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 27, 1906.—We, the
members of the grand jury of Fulton county, Georgia, believing
that the sensational manner in which the Hftornoon newspapers
of Atlanta have preseuted to the people the news of the various
criminal acts recently committed in tiiis county, has largely influ
enced the creation of the spirit animating the mob of last Satur
day night, and that the editorial'Utterances of The ’Atlanta
News for some time past have been calculated to create a dis
regard for the proper administration of the law, and to promote
the organization of citizens to act outside of the law in the pun
ishment of crime; '
“And believing further that the distribution by The Atlanta
News of sensational and heavy-leaded extras on- Saturday night
among a large crowd of excited men and boys who thronged the
streets, greatly inflamed the crowd and promoted the formation
of the mobs:
“Therefore, resolved, Thnt the sensationalism of tho after
noon papers in the presentation of the criminal news to the pub
lic prior to the riots of Saturday night, especially in tho case of
The Atlanta News, deserves our severest condemnation, and we
trust that, in the interest of law and order in Fulton county,
there may be for the future a cessation of such journalistic
methods.”
Washington, Sept. 27.—The weather
bureau makes the following announce
ment:
“The tropical disturbance has reach
ed the Bllsslsslppl nnd southeastern
Louisiana coasts, where It Is central
this morning as a storm of great se
verity. Reports from Mobile and Pen
sacola are missing by reason of the
general prostration of wires In ths
storm-swept territory.
“High winds and rain prevail over
Alabama. Mississippi and southern
Louisiana, a maximum velocity of 48
miles an hour from the northwest be
ing reported this morning from New
Orleans.
"The troplral disturbance will proba
bly move northward during the next
twenty-four hours and cause general
rains east of the Mississippi and south
of Ohio, attended by high winds In the
lower Mississippi valley, tho gulf
states and probably In Tennessee.
'Htorm warnings are display
the Atlantic roast from Norfolk to
Jacksonville and on the gulf coast front
New Orleans to the northern part of
the west Florida coast.”
NO DAMAGE AT MERIDIAN,
IS REPORT FROM MEMPHI8
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 27.—The pa
pers here have received nothing by
special service from lower Mississippi,
owing to the storm. No damage Is re
ported at Meridian.
REPORT OF TIDAL WAVE
18 OFFICIALLY DENIED.
New York, Sept. 27.—A report reach
ed Wall street early today that New
Orleans has been submerged by a tidal
wave or a break In the levee. The re-
port came by long-distance telephone
from Louisville, Ky.
Theodore F. Price later received dis
patches that business Is proceeding
regularly on the New Orleans cotton
exchange and no reported damage had
come In. There Is high water at New
Orleans, due to the prevailing cast
wind*, and a heavy storm ban disar
ranged the wires.
Chicago reported that both telephono
and telegraph are working direct with
New Orleans. They knew nothing of
any tidal wave.
The rfeathlr bureau at Washington
denied at once the tidal wave report at
New Orleans.
A. J. West, Foreman;
J. R. Nutting,
John M. Green,
Alonzo Richardson,
James M. Couper,
Krijcst Woodruff,
Albert Steiner,
W. II. Kiser,
Demps Perkcrson,
B. M. Blount,
Edwin Kingsbcry,
Frank Hawkins,
Wm. J. Davis,
George E. King,
George W. Sciple,
J. W. Cotton,
L. II. Beck,
S. C. Huff.
SOUTHERN TRAIN WRECKED
BY BANDITS IN CAROLINA
S|ie,4al to The Georsldu.
Columbia, 8. C„ Sept. 27.—Oovemor
HeywaYd has Just received a telegram
from Magistrate J. M. Patterson, of Al
lendale. Barnwell countv. stsllnr that
the Southern train. No. 30, has been
wrecked by the removal of a rail.
One Is dead.
The governor was asked to send
bloodhounds if nossiht-
POSTAL TELEGRAPH CO.
SAYS NO LIVES ARE LOST.
Chicago, Sept. 37.—The Postal Tele
graph Company furnishes the follow
ing Information from New Orleans:
The high wind and rain that usunlly
strikes this section at the time of the
equinox have blown down the wires In
numerous places. As far as we ran
learn there has been no lass of life <>r
property, though a tidal wave Is ru
mored on the gulf.
REPORT RECEIVED
IN ATLANTA SAYS
DAMAGE WAS GREAT
Telegraphic connections were
established by the Postal Tele
graph Company Thursday after
noon with New Orleans through
Memphis. Dallas and Houston.
Reports were received that the
storm sweeping the gulf coast
was of an exceptionally severe na
ture, ,
Tho Western
were reported all
o'clock
l nion s wires
ilown at 2:45