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ATLANTA
[ Telephone#
1 Mile# of itreet railways....
| BanklDf capital..
The Atlanta Georgian.
Population ...
Mllfs of fltonm railroads 1,800
Mil*# of electric railway# 40#
Cotton factories ISO, spindle#.. 1,600,008
Rales cotton consumed Id 1906. 800,008
Value of 1906 cotton crop $100,000,008
GEORGIA
$.600,009
VOL. 1. NO. 133.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1906.
TTOTPI? . On Trains FIVE CENTS.
JrXtlL/J2i.in Atlanta TWO CENTS.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE IS DONE
BY GULF COAST HURRICANE
Other Towns Along
Coast Suffer From
Wind and Rain.
DAMAGED BUILDINGS
ATTACKED BY FLAMES
Meager Accounts of Disas
ter Are Told by Fugitives
From the Coast.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 28.—Damage
aggregating more than tSO,000.000 was
done and many pereona undoubtedly
were killed In the terrific - hurricane
that devaatated the gulf coast and In
the flood that accompanied the wind.
Every succeeding report from the
•torm area telle of the damage previ
ously unknown. The reports of loss of
life, are ,lndeflntte but scores are said
to have been drowned. ,
Forty Persona Missing.
Forty persons are missing on one
steamer on Lake 'Pontchartraln. They
were all from this city and were on the
way to Mtlnerberg. Whether the ves
sel was,lost and all on board drowned
Is Impossible to learn.
From Bay St. Louis and Pass Chris
tian, just beginning to receive their
fall crowds of notables; from Missis-
slppl City, Biloxi, Ocean Springs and
Pascagoula, there are vague reports
of widespread damage and numerous
deaths. From Pensacola. Fla., the
drowning of a large number of persons
are reported. But those and other cit
ies In the deluged, hurricane-swept dis
trict arc yet cut off from communi
cation with this city, und the fate of
the Inhabitants cannot be ascertained.
Tho tropical storm Is now sweeping
with merciless fury up through Ken
tucky and Tennessee.
No Trains from City.
Loss of life is reported from the low
lying regions between the city and
the navy yard, which are covered by
five to ten feet of water. Through tho
washing out of tracks and the oblit
eration of telephone and telegraph
wires Mobile,. Ala, was cut off from all
communication and It waa Impossible
to learn what damage was done there.
Reports from points to tho north of
.Mobile say the storm Swept through
Alnbama at a velocity scarcely less
than that registered at New Orleans
during the day, from 85 to 40 miles an
hour.
Officials of the railroads say there Is
no likelihood of trains leaving New Or-
leans for days
Memphis, Tenn., Sept; 28.—Great loss
of life with property loss running Into
the millions. Is now believed to have
been wrought by the etorm along the
gulf last night and yesterday. Mobile,
Ala., one of the storm centers, is still
to he heard from as well'as many vil
lages In ths bayou district of Lou
tstana. ,
Today the storm Is sweeping up
the Ohio valley after devastating the
eastern gulf states.
Psnsscols Has Suffered.
Pensacola. Fla., has suffered the
worst of any city yet heard from. Fif
ty lives are reported lost and the prop
erty damage Is roughly estimated at
TAFT GIVES THE CUBANS
UNTIL 4:30 P. M. FRIDAY
TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES
TEDDY ROOSEVELT, JR., GIVEN RIDE
IN A PATROL WAGON IN BOSTON
Continued on Page Two.
MALLORY LINER
BADLY CRIPPLED
Key West, Fla, Sept. 28.—The Mal
lory liner Comal, from Galveston Sat
urday, bound north, encountered a
storm Tuesday which carried away her
after works, steering gear and rail
ings. The cargo Is Intact.
She put Into port this morning.
The storm Is reported the worst evor
experienced.
Passengers were transferred to the
steamer Denver for New Vork today.
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THIS PICTURE SHOWS KERMIT ROOSEVELT, THE PRESIDENT'S SON, IN A BOUT WITH HIS BOX
ING TEACHER. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., WHO WAS TAKEN TO A BOSTON POLICE STATION
THUR8DAY NIGHT IN A PATROL WAGON, IS SHOWN IN THE BACKGROUND, ACTING AS REFEREE.
3,000 Marines and
Blue Jackets Pre
pared to Land.
MODERATES TOLD
NOW IS THE TIME
President Palma Declares
Has No Intention of With
drawing Resignation.
Boston, Sept. 28.—As the result of a
frolic of Harvard students In. Boston
last night, which ended In police Inter
ference, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of
the president, and three companions,
were taken to station No. 4 In a patrol
wagon and Patrolman Freyer was sent
to the Relief hospital In an ambulance
suffering from the effects of a blow' ad
ministered hy some one, nnd the effects-
of a heavy fall upon a concrete wall on
the Common caused by his having been
tripped up while chasing the party of
Harvard men.
It Is said that young Roosevelt and
his companions had nothing to do with
the assault on the policeman, and at the
station house, after explanations had
been given,' no charge was entered
against them nnd they were-;released.
■ It' appears that a large party of stu
dents had come to Boston frofn Cam
bridge, nnd; after spending the evening
In this city, were about to take a sub
way car for Harvard square. When
they reached the Common thoy began
to uct In a boisterous manner.
Officer Freyer saw them and started
In pursuit. They took to their heels,
followed by the officer on a run. Ha
had nearly caught up with them, when
some person, whose identity tins not
been learned, tripped the officer up
and after he hud fallen heavily on the
walk,- administered a severe blow.
Either the blow or the fall rendered
the officer unconscious.
Meanwhile a crowd of about 100 per
sons had gathered and joined In pur
suit of the students. Patrolmen Mur
phy nnd Grace, hearing tho shouts of
the crowd, also ran after the fleeing
students and managed to seize four of
them. They were conducted to a near
by call box and the patrol wagon be
ing summonod they were placed In It
and taken to station four.
There It was learned that President
Roosevelt's son was' one of the party
raptured by the police. It was,-how
ever, 'shown to the satisfaction of the
officers In charge that he was ons of
those who were seeking to get away
and that he could have had nothing to
do with the tripping of Officer Freyer
or with the blow dealt him.
WIND VELOCITY HERE
WAS NEARLY AS HIGH
AS AI NEW ORLEANS
Atlanta’s wind storm Thursday reached a velocity but slightly lower
than that of New Orleans and Mobile. Observations at the local station
showed a velocity of 40 miles an hour, while the highest recorded at New
Orleans was 45 miles.
The weather observers In Atlanta did not anticipate any serious
storms here, In spite of reports from the South.
“Those West India storms never touch Atlanta," sat<^ Forecaster Mar-
bury Friday morning. "We sometimes get the edge of them, but the
greater part passes to the cast or west of us. There has been no reason
for uneasiness." - -
Atlanta seems to be catching some of the storm Friday. On the streets
at 11 o'clock It was hard to walk against the wind, and hats were roiling
In the gutter with owners In frantic pursuit.
MAIL CLERK OF ATLANTA
WAS AT WORK ON 7RAIN
STOPPED BY THE STORM
Crop in Mississippi
Suffers an Estimated
Loss of 12,000,000.
Neal Baldwin, formerly a city fire
man, but now In the railway mall ser
vice, one of the crew on No. 97, run
ning between New York and New Or
leans, reached Atlanta Friday at noon,
his train having made on Ineffectual
attempt to get to Mobile.
•The storm was something awful,
even where we were." said Mr. Bald
win. "We understood It was a great
deal worse down on the coast, and In
sections of Mississippi. No. 97 was
making her regulation fast run be
tween Atlanta and New Orleans when
a tree blew acroes the mall car. }\e
had to stop and get the tree off. Me
started, but were stopped
made several efforts to get to Mobile,
edge of the storm and Information was
very meager. It was awful where we
were, and If . that was the edge the
center must have been horrible.”
None of the mall crew was Injured
when the tree fell across the train. The
crew was overworked, however, getting
out and lifting trees and torn timbers
from the track so that the train might
proceed.
PLANS FOR AMERICAN ARMY
OF INVASION ARE PREPARED.
Washington, Sept 28.—The army of
the United States Is now ready to move
_ to Cuba on an Instant's notice. Yes-
buYgot'oniy within ten miles, when It terday the full general staff of the
was "discovered that It was Impossible
for us to get through. W e turned back
to Montgomery nnd the mall was sent
by another route. •
"Great trees were uprooted and torn
Into splinters," continued Mr. Baldwin.
"We heard that a number of people
had been kUcd, hut we were on the
army, presided over by Brigadier Gen
eral J- Franklin Bell, chief of staff,
met and came to n Anal decision re
garding the movements of troops to
wards Cuba, should the president order
armed Intervention.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 28.—A
dispatch received here from Jack-
son, Miss., declares thnt the storm
of today and yesterday did enor
mous damage to the cotton crop in
Mississippi.
The equivalent of 300,000 bales,
the dispatch states, has been
ruined, the loss in money being
estimated at $12,000,000. It is
stated that fully one-third the to
tal crop of the season was in the
open held, and therefore, a prey
to the ravages of the wind and
rain.
Meager reporta from points in
template the movement of 25,000
troopa within twenty-four hours' no
tice, and It la believed that within 10
days from the day President Roose
velt order* an army of occupation to
Cuba the . first expedition of 6,000
The plans of the general staff con- troops will be In Havana.
By MANUEL CALVO.
Havana, Sept. 28.—On representation
made to him at noon by General Afe-
rnocal, Sanchez and Agramonte, that It
would be Impossible to secure a quo
rum of congress by 2:80, the hour set
for congress to meet. Secretary Taft
conceded the veterans who ore work
lng for peace until 4:30 p. m. In which
lime to secure the quorum.
Liberal members aro still undecided
whether to stay away from the sessloi
thus preventing a quorum, or to attem
to give a chance for congress to tako
some action which may prevent Inter
ventlon.
Havana, -Sept. 28.—The fate of Cuba
Is In the balance today and the cards
are going one way or another before
another sun sets; President Palma'
resignation goes to congress, which Is
called to convene In extraordinary ses
slon, and upon the action taken by the
congress depends the Immediate future
of the country.
Secretary Taft has notified the lead'
ers of the moderates that the time for
fooling Is past, and It Is now time to
act. A proclamation declaring an
American ad Interim government has
been drawn up naming either Mr. Taft
himself or Wlnthrop Beekman, goy-
ernor of Porto Rico, governor general
of Cuba, and orders have been Issued
to Acting Admiral Couden,'senior naval
officer, to be ready to land 2,000 rrm
rines and blue Jackets.
2,000 Reedy to Lend.
The landing parties have been told
off aboard the various warships and
within an hour of tho time Secretary
Taft gives the word, 2,000 men con be
landed In Havenn ready for any busi
ness that may be at hand.
Won't Withdrew Resignation,
Beyond denying a rumor that he will
withdraw hie resignation. President
Palma refuses to say anything. He Is,
however, preparing a final stat
which will be Issued when he retires
from office.
If Mr. Taft takes hold, a commission,
to consist of General Funston. Major
Ladd, General Menocal and some other
Cuban, will be appointed to make ar
rangements with the Insurgents for the
laying down of their arms. Elections
win take place on January I.
A provisional Cuban government,
with General Menocal as president,
would be accepted by the Liberals, but
not by the Moderates.
PRESIDENT, OUT AT SEA,
MAY ORDER INTERVENTION
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 28.—If the
Stars and Stripes are flung to the
breeze over Cuban soli today or to
morrow to officially announce Ameri
can Intervention and temporary Amer
ican control, the order will probably be
Issued hy President Roosevelt when he
Is out of sight of land and far beyond
the historic !-ml)e limit, beyond which
no executive before his time ever dared
proceed during his term of offlcf.
The Mayflower, upon which the pres-
tdent sails to Cape Cod bay today. Is
equipped with wireless telegraph appa
ratus and he will be able to keep In
touch with Havana and the world at
large every minute of his absence.
On his present Journey the president
will receive official and personal mes
sages from the nearest wireless land
station, which Is at Newport, R. I. The
messages he transmits to Secretary
Taft or his other correspondents will,
of course, go through the air to the
same point before being relayed
their final destinations by wire or
cable.
The United States cruiser Prairie
and the battleship Texas are to sail
tomorrow, respectively, from Boston
and Norfolk, loaded down with marines
for Cuba The Brooklyn, at the League
Island navy yard. Is scheduled to sail
on Sunday.
Including the marines and bluejack
ctH already In Cuban waters aboard
American vessels of war and those
scheduled to sail within the next three
days, there will be a force of more than
8,000 men In Cuban waters ready to act
on the word from Oyster Bay.
LOYALIST CUMBERLAND
PRESBYTERIANS WIN OUT
IN FIRST TEST IN COURT
Alabama, especially in “the south
and middle sections of that state,
are to the effect that the storm
has done great damage to the
cotton in the fields.
It is believed, in view of the
foregoing reports, that cotton
throughout the gulf states suf
fered greac loss from the ravages
of the hurricane.
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 28.—
Reports from all sections indicate
that the loss to the cotton crop has
been heavy. Besides reducing the
grade probably half a cent, much
of the cotton has been knocked
from the bolls.
The other property loss to the
South is mostly sustained by the
railroads and will runinto the mil
lions.
No news is received here from
Mobile.
EXPERT Til
IN SECURING
CITYJLANTS
Municipal Ownership
Gets Bopm by Special
Committee Action.
The Georgian's fight for municipal
ownership of a gas and electric light
ing plant Is taking the city. The spe
cial committee of council appointed to
devise ways and means whereby the
city can get what It wants and what
It Is entitled to has decided to hold a
meeting In the very near future and
secure the services of an expert who
will outline a course of action.
Alderman James L. Key, chairman
of the councllmanlc committee, has
urged every member of the committee
to familiarize himself with conditions.
This has been done, and when tHe com
mittee meets It will have the assur
ance of not only the backing of a fear
less, Independent newspaper working
for the upbuilding of the city and In the
Interest of the people, but hundreds of
the people will have spoken on their
own behalf through the columns of
The Georgian, assuring the committee
of the hearty support and sympathy
which the movement has taken on.
* People Are Aroused.
The people have become aroused to
the situation. They ore wondering why
It Is that Atlanta has to pay so much
more for her electric lights than scores
of other cities In tho. United States.
Ths people do not understand why
they are forced to sign a two-year con
tract, obligating themselves to pay at
least 12 a month whether they use
electricity sufficient to consume that
amount or not. They wnnt to know how
It Is that the Georgia Railway nnd
Electric Company can contract for
power at from four to six-tenth cents
per kilowatt hour and charge from
eight to twelve cents per kilowatt hour.
They very naturally reason that If tho
Gporgla Railway and Electric Uompa
ny can do that the city can <fo It.
Then there Is the question of ths gas
plant. If they could get gas at a reas.
onable price and under favorable con
dltlons they would not submit ,o tho
dictatorial methods of the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company. But
when the poople begin to figure on do
lng without electricity and going to gas
they find themselves confronted with a
condition where they are at the mercy
of tho same corporation. The Georgia
Railway and Electric Company will
supply the people with gas or electrici
ty. If th6 people do not like the ges
or electricity fumlehed by the Georgia
Railway nnd Electric Company, why
very well: do without.
Enormous Profit Made.
The people want to kpow how It le
Judge Pendleton De
clares Church Union
Unconstitutional.
ENJOINS UNIONISTS
FROM INTERFERENCE
First Victory Gained by Op
ponents of Union Out of
Many Suits. . <
Continued on Pago Three.
REBEE CHIEFS
TO BE SLAIN
FI
-adrone Leaders Sen
tenced to Death at
Cavite^
Manila, Sept. 28.—Judge Vlllamoer, a
Fllfpfno, today at Cnrlte sentenced to
death the Ladrone leaders. Montalon,
Salcay, Vlllafurte and Devaga, who had
pleaded guilty. Natlvlda, another lead
er, and 34 Ladrone privates, who also
pleaded guilty, were sentenced to 20
years’ imprisonment at hard labor.
The sentences have caused a pro
found sensation among the Filipinos,
many of whom. Including Gomez, who
Induced the surrender of the band
while he was acting as a government
agent, claim that the bandits were
radically assured of light sentences,
he native newspapers accuse ex-GoY-
ernor Ide.
Some of the papers hall the cut
throats as martyrs. Both ex-Oovemor
Ide and Colonel Bandholz denied any
promise of Immunity. All death sen/
tences are subject to review by the su
preme court.
Court Docket Light.
Bpeclnl to The (Icorglon.
Perry, Ga., Sept. 28.—Houston supe
rior court meets here Monday. The
civil docket Is very light. There will
be a good deal of criminal business.
A bomb waa thrown Into the camp
of the former Cumberland Preabyte-
rtani, who favor union with the Pres
byterian' church In the United States
of America, when Judge J. T. Pendle
ton Friday morning’ handed down a de
cree forbidding the unlonlstB from tak
ing any part whatever In the manage
ment or control of the First Cumber
land Presbyterian church of Atlanta.
This Is the first serious reverse re
ceived by those favoring union. They
won In suits brought at Decatur, III.,
and Warrenaburg, Mo., nnd got the bet
ter of a decision rendered at Fayette
ville, Tenn., but In Atlanta they have
been absolutely turned down at every
point.
Judge Pendleton enjoined them on
every point and In almost the exact
verbago of the temporary restraining
order, and besides that, added to the
order a paragraph stating that the
union was In conflict with "the express
provisions of their constitution." The.
unionists deny this construction of the
•court, contending that the union was
merely not authorised, but not forbid
den. They declare that no church con
stitution contains a clause giving It
permission to dissolve Itself Into an
other church.
Rev. George H. Mark, pastor of the
church nnd In favor of union, said Fri
day afternoon that It was too early to
mako any statement whatever about
the matter. Though he will not say so.
It 1b said that there Is no doubt that
the case will bo appealed to the su
premo court. In fact, It was said be
fore the decree was rendered that It
would bo appealed by whichever faction
lost the case In the lower court.
The decree In full follows:
Judge Pendleton's Decree.
After hearing the evidence and the
argument of, It Is considered, ordered
and adjudged that the defendants,
George H. Mack. W. E. Foute. L. B.
Hambrlght, C. F. Williams, D. B. Car-
son and J. B. Jones, themselves and
the class which thoy represent, both
as Individuals and as officers and mem
bers of a church organization, are
hereby enjoined until further order of
this court:
1. From diverting or attempting to
divert, or changing or attempting to
change, from transferring or attempt
ing to transfer and conveying or at
tempting to convey tho property of the
First Cumberland Presbyterian church
of Atlanta. Ga., or any part thereof to
the use of the Presbyterian church In
the United States of America, or any
church other than the First Cumber
land Presbyterian church in Atlanta.
2. From In any manner Interferrlng
with the use and control of the prop
erty of the First Cumberland Presby
terian church of Atlanta, Ga., by the
petitioners or other members of said
church or In any manner changing the
present status of the property and the
Utle thereto of the First Cumberland
tertan church of Atlanta, Ga.
om passing or attempting to
pass any resolution or ordinance pro
viding for tho union cr tho declara'lon
of union of the First Cumberland Pros-
'terlan church with tho Presbyterian
lurch In the U. S. A.
4. From using In the namo of and as
officers and members of the Presbyte
rian church of tho U. S. A. the church
building and property of the First
Cumberland ITesbyterlnn church who
have not become members of tho Pres
byterian church of the U. 8. A., but
who have retained their membership
In said First Cumberland Presbyterian
church.
6. From Interfering with or inter
rupting In any manner the worship of
letltloners and other members rem&tn-
ng In the First Cumberland Presbyte
rian church of Atlanta In the property
of said church according to the consti
tution, creed, organization and doctrine
of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church.
8. From Interferrlng with or Inter
rupting In any manner the church ces
sion* and business and religious meet
ings of petitioners nnd the class which
they represent, held under and In har
mony with the constitution, creed, or
ganization and doctrine of the Cumber
land Presbyterian church.
The union between the Presbyterian
church In the U. S. A. and the Cum
berland Presbyterian church was null
and void. The action of the general
assembly of the Cumberland Presb>te-
rian church seeking to effect such un
ion was without constitutional au
thority and In conflict with the express
provisions of their constitution.
J. T. PENDLETON.
Judge S. C. A. C.
September 28, 1806.
Services Not Held,
On account of the recent disturbances
In the city It has been decided not to hold
the special services which were to have
been held at the Pryor Street Presby
terian church on Thursday and Fri
day nights of this week.
Negro House Burned.
Fire Thursday night about 11:34
’clock destroyed a two-room negro
house on ths premises <>f :he Swift
unp.tnv in \Y, 11s Mreet The
damage amounted to about 820. The
soap plant was In no danger, as the
burned Imujo wns sume distance from
the main building.