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NIGHT EDITION The Atlanta Georgian. NIGHT EDITION VOL. 1. NO. 139 ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1906. PRICE: KIDNAPERS OF CHILD TO CUT OFF HIS HEAD ABOARD YACHT, RUSSELL HOPKINS MARRIES MISS VERA SIEGRIST; UNLESS PAID $5,000 BLESSING A WAITS THE COUPLE Gotham Sleuths and 8,000 Police Seek Stolen Boy. LITTLE ONE’S FATHER frantic with alarm Keeps His Other Children Locked Up to Save Them-From Harm. yew York, Oct. 5.—A letter from the kidnapers of 4-year-old Willie La Bar bara. enclosing a lock of hie hair and a threat that unless $5,000 ransom was paid Immediately they would cut off his head and send It,to the parents, stirred the police to fresh action to day. Scores of central office detectives and 8,000 policemen were Instructed to hunt tor the boy and his kidnapers. Mr. and Mrs. Frank La Barbera, the child's parents, were In a frenzy of fear lest the threat be carried out, and each ring of the door belt at S97 Sec ond avenue, furnished a shiver of ter. ror to their hearts. The letter was written in Italian and translated read: "Enclosed you will And some of your boys hair. Unless we receive the $5,000 by Friday night you will receive your boy's head In an express pack age.'' The fnther, frantic with alarm, hur ried to the police with the letter. Mr. La Barbera said today, with flashing eyes: "I will kill on sight the man who stole my Willie. Ever since Willie disappeared I have kept my live other children under lock and key. In some of tho letters that we have received the kidnapers threaten to steal my other children.” John G. Newman Dead. Special to The Georgian. Slatesboro, On., Oct. 5.—John O. Newman, who was stricken with pn- Twenty Mangled Bod- Recovered From Mine. les Blueflelds, W. Vo.. Oct. g.—All night long rescuing parties searched for the dead miners In the West Fork mine of tho Pocahontas Coilleries Company and up to early morning twenty burned and mutilated bodies were brought to the surface. The company Is maintaining the ut most secrecy and to obtain the names or correct number of tho dead Is almost Impossible. The number of dead Ib es timated at from 75 to 100, Were Blown to Bits. Many of the bodies are literally blown to pieces and It will be Impossible to remove them from the mines. Almost a dozen small boys serving as telephone operators were Instantly killed. One. Immediately after the ex plosion, telephoned for aid, but died A man named Brown and John Od- ham were heroes who gave up their lives to rescue their fellow workmen. They again entered the mine, after having escaped and failed to return. Both leave large families. Fifty Coffins Received. Fifty coffins passed through Blue flelds this, morning, en route to the Pocahontas collieries. Pocahontas, which Is a typical min ing town. Is In a fever of excitement. Almost every mine In the Flat Top Aeld has shut down and thousands of people are rushing to the scene. The cause of the explosion Is still a mystery, as It < occurred three miles back under the mountain. This Is the worst accident sines 1*01, when an ex plosion In the Babylon mine killed 187 men. Including rescuers. , . PROHIBITION ELECTION NOW SEEMS ASSURED IN COUNTYNEXTSPRING Many at the Meeting Wanted One Im mediately. Bride Is Grand Daugh ter of Multi-Million aire. HONEYMOON TRIP MADE ON RIVER Grandpa Lawrence Told of Ceremony Over ’Phone From Poughk^ep- FUNSTON USES TROOPS TO FORCE REBELS INTO GIVING UP THEIR ARMS Better Class of People in the Island Ex pect, and Would Welcome, Annex ation By United States. By MANUEL CALVO. Havana, Oct. 6.—Trouble has occur red at several points today over the disarmament of Insurgents. The tur bulent elements object to surrender ing their weapons and In several in- •tsnees have forcibly tried to resist. Guinea Is the point of the greatest dif ficulty. and General Funston has dis patched a detachment of marines there 10 Pteserve order and enforce disarm- Rebels are surrendering their anti quated blunderbusses to the United ntntes authorities, while their service "muggled home for use In the next revolution. This Is no more RACE RESULTS. BRIGHTON BEACH. Hrlghton Beach, Oct. 5.—Here are the resui,. Of loday's races: Race—Loring, a to 1, won: ' Ilium 7 ,o 6> « eco nd; Gallant Dan. third. Time 1:07 3-5. *SK( OXO RACE—Colonel Fnntnlne, ’ . "on; Realm, 4 to 5, aecond; °T rVe "' thlrd ' T,me 4:22 1J Race—Handseara, 1 to 20. Tl ' U> to 1, out, second. 3 ‘ 5 - Only two starters. RTH RACE—Far West, even. . Geddlck, even, second: $:™ 2 V VlUl ' le ' 2 ,0 2 > ,h,rd ' Tlme ' I R AC*—Sonoma Belle, fo to l’,„ " ‘O'Perlon, 7 to 10, second: Wes, stvn r A Tlm *i 1:49 1-6. w,‘ m II ,. mo RA, ' E — M * rlpo "«. 8 1» 1. 10 , ,I£! n ’ £,)'<'»■ second; Jobstown. ’’ !. third. Time, 1:42 1-5. LOUI8VILE, Louisville, Oct. S.-Todays races re- ,u ;;ed as follows: jhST Race—Royal Legend, 7 to «' " n: Ml, ndl Lave, 4 to 1, second; «£ ."V 10 *• th,rd - *n„"\ UND RACE —Marendo, 2 to 1, , - latlanunable, 2 to 1, second: Mae s. third. I, —Princess Drna, 5 to wi,i The Uan »man. 10 to 1, sec- Fnrivr2 » «o 6, third. ' O1 «ros, < to 1, Don D.'mo"."? 1 Bty - * to 2 - *«-ond; ASSN?.*® *• third, won lLv*Ao®—Froward, 20 to 1, A 'fl>iit‘- »,o', mo AVJ* 10 *• “ cond: ''■■n X The n At ’?~ 8hlnln * 8,ap > 8 *° 6. U. * to l uSfi"*- 2 tu »• •* cond : Ju- than was expected. Now that peace reigns and order la being rapidly restored. Cuba, with a sigh of relief, has sunk back upon the broad bosom of Governor Taft. Ha vana Is unanimous In the opinion that annexation must come. President Roosevelt’s promise of a new election was made In good faith, but It Is not believed that the time for the election will ever arrive. Control by the United States Is not expected to be relinquish ed. Educated business and professional men of all nationalities In the Island are unanimous In the belief that Cuba is not At for self-government and that the country's salvation depends upon annexation. The middle class, small farmers who were sufferers from th» Insurrection, as well as the sugar and tobacco Interests, favor annexation. BASEBALL. AMERICAN. New York 000 400 020— 5 10 Boston 010 100 020— 4 6 Batteries: Orth and McGuire; Ober- tin and Carrlgan. Cleveland 120 000 200— 5 12 2 Chicago 200 007 00«— » 15 0 Batteries: Bernhard and Clarke; White, Smith and Towne. Detrolt-Bt. Louis game postponed; cold weather. NATIONAL. Boston 100 000 204— 7 5 0 New York 000 010 000— 1 » 0 Batteries: Pfeifer and Brown; Ma- thewson and Bowerman. CHICAGO O'BRIEN WON *1,000 BY PUTTING UP $15,000 Brighton Beach, Oct. 6.—Chicago O'Brien, the "prince of cinch” players, as he Is known lln the betting ring and among turf gamblers, outdid himself this afternoon, when he got down $16,- 000 to win $1,000 on the Ally Handsara In the third rare, where mares and Al lies went three-quarters of a mile. Handsara won. geor G ia~mTddy~”~ annapo l |8 Annapolis. Md., Oct. 5.—Midshipman Henry C. Hamilton, a member of the second class at the naval academy and whose home Is In Dalton, Ga.. resigned from the service today on account of defective eyesight. His resignation was accepted and tok effect at once. G0VERN0RJ|LK8 B Ar^' FERER8 X n iS»Vt. «•—Governor Jelks, today drew his warrant for II.- 000 on the treasurer for the storm suf ferers of Mobile. This money comes from the governor's contingent fund. 000O00O0000OI 0 DR. HOPKINS WAS 0 VERY MUCH 8URPRI8ED. O 0 "I didn’t know a thing about 0 O Russell's marriage," said Dr. J. O 0 R. Hopkins Friday morning, "un- O 0 til I was called up from a news- 0 0 paper office and asked about It. 0 O “Russell's mother didn't know O O anything about It either. She Is 0 0 at the St. Regis, you know. 0 0 "I Just returned from New 0 0 York, and Russell hadn't said O 0 anything about It when I was up 0 0 there. O O • ”1 haven't heard anything from 0 O him yet. I don’t know where he O 0 Is going on,his honeymoon. 0 0 "It certainly was a surprise to 0 O me.” 0 0 O 00000000000000003000000000 New York. Oct. 5.—Dr. J. J. Law rence has changed his mind. He con cluded this afternoon that he would not Journey to Peeksklll In search of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hopkins, but would stand In readiness to bestow his blessing upon them as tfiim as they came within blesslpg distance. The millionaire manufacturer of med icines made known his Intention when he reached his ofAce In As tor court. "I will receive my granddaughter— of course/ I will,” he said. Mr. Hop kins, of Atlanta, so far as I know, Is a proper young man and I know of no reason why there should be an elope ment. As a matter of fact, we had no Intimation that they were In love, so we had no chance to object. Yesterday 1 got a 'phone and a feminine voice said: •• ‘Orandfalher, we're married.’ Then the wire stopped working and that's all I know except that my grand daughter has not been home since night before last night.” SCORE ARE INJURED BY LOUISIANA TORNADO Destruction Wrought to Propery By Fury of the Storm. New Orleans. La., Oct. 6.—The tor nado which struck the city this morn ing left a trail of destruction about eight miles long. No lives are so far known to be lost. The price of cotton sentimentally soared $4 a bale' higher. The street railways uptown can not operate because of trees and debris In the streets. Telephone and electric light wires are all out of order. The storm had passed over within thirty minutes and a calm prevailed after ward almost deadly In Its Intensity. New York. Oct. 6.—On the steam yacht Uno somewhere up the Hudson, Russell F. Hopkins, of Atlanta, Oa., nnd his bride, who was Miss Vera Sfe- grls*., the granddaughter of Dr. J. J. Lawrence, the multl-mllllonalre manu facturer of medicines, whose home Ib one of the show places of New York, arc today on their honeymoon. The wedding of the couple occurred on the yacht off Poughkeepsie, while the grandfather of the girl was dis tracted over her disappearance from his mansion, 1020 Fifth avenue, some time between Wednesday night and yesterday. Missad at Breakfast The Arst Intimation that the fam ily of Dr. Lawrence had that Miss Ble- grlst, the granddaughter, was not In her room was when she failed to ap pear for her breakfast, and a maid was sent to Inquire If she was III. The servant reported that the room was empty and that neither Mips Slegrlst nor her maid was to be found. Then It was thought that perhaps the young woman and the maid had gone for a walk, but this was disproved by the testimony of the servant In charge of the great Iron doors of ths Lawrence mansion. It then developed that In some man ner. not yet made public. Miss Slegrlst had managed to leave the house be fore dawn. Later In the day, word was received from Poughkeepsie that she had become the bride of Mr. Hopkins. Minister Came Aboard. Miss Slegrlst bad cons straight from New Orleans! Oct. 5.—A section of Louisiana a hundred miles wide was swept by a tornado shortly after 2 o’clock this morning,. and many people were Injured. Besides, many houses were blown down and other damage done to the extent of $200,000. The storm was most severe at Pontchautou, 50 miles north of here. At First and Magnolia streets a house was demolished and a woman and child hurt. A factory at Erato and Magnolia streets Is also reported to have suffered severely. Several per sons were Injured by Aylng timbers. . Thunderous Noiae. The tornado crossed the river near Audubon park, swept In a northwest direction over the city, crossing Canal street to the west aide of L'Clalborne. It was preceded by a thunderous noise. Along Its whole path of three miles more In the city damage was done. Telephone and telegraph poles were prostrated and communication with many parts of the city was rendered Impossible. Debris strewn along Its track put the Peters avenue car line temporarily out of business. FOR THEFT OF 3,499 1 TAGS George Lyle, Express Mcs- seuger, Fouud Guilty at Washington. Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, Oct. 5.—New Orleans was partially wrecked by a destructive tornado at 2:12 o'clock this morning and a score of people were Injured. Twelve Injured have been taken from the wreckage and are In the hospital, No loss of life Is reported In the city, but the destruction of property Is great. The tornado Arst struck the upper residence portion of the city, a score of houses were torn' down and many others unroofed, chimneys blown down and. windows crushed In. The streets were Ailed with 'debris. Besides the residences demolished, many factories and buildings In the city and suburbs were wrecked. The gas works were unroofed within 13 blocks Of Canal and Royal' streets, and the stand pipe was blown down The cotton-seed nil mill, near the gas house, was demolished. The McArlllc Foundry was destroyed, and the Jui Hal LI skating rink was demolished. Many residences In the vicinity of tile skating rink, Milan and Carondelct streets, were badly demolished. Lousiana Town Wrecked. The tornado struck Pontelatoula, La., 60 miles from this city, at 9 o'clock, carrying destruction to property and four people are known to have per ished. The residence of Robert Hawes was destroyed, killing Mr. Hawes and three members of his family. Others are believed to have perished. Wires are tangled and details are yet lacking. her home to the steam yacht of Mr. Hopkins, which was lying off a con venient point In the Hudson and Cap tain Wells had made steam for Pough- l<e wh»n the yacht Uno reached Pough keepsie, a small boat was sent ashore, and returned with the Rev. Dr. Oak ley. of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, jf that city. In the cabin of the little steamer was the maid and Captain Wells as witnesses, the ccrc- Washlngton, Oct 5.—"If I had want ed to be a thief I would never have taken a package of tin tobacco tags when I have hundreds of thousands of dollars entrusted to my care all the time,” dramatically declared George Lyle, of Atlanta, Ga., before Judge Mutlowny, after being found guilty of stealing 2,499 such tags, valued at 1 cent each, from the Southern Express Company, by whom hs Is employed as a messenger. ■'Maybe It would have been wiser,' the court ugreed, "for then you would have been showered with bouquets.' Company Misttd Tags. For months past the company has been missing packages of these togs, which have a ready sale through Dixie land. and are bought and sold by mes sengers as a “side line.” Suspicion fell upon Lyle. Obtaining a decoy box, Patrick Burns, agent of the company, placed In It 2,499 tags and sent It by ryessenger to Atlanta from Joneaburg, addressed to Greens boro. It was handed over to Lyle In tact. The coal of his train was sprin kled with vermllllon prior to starting on the trip. Upon reaching Its desti nation ths box was examined, and small lumps of coal, bearing the tell tale red die, were found substituted for the togs. Arraigned by Court. Lyle ends his run In this city, and when he arrived yesterday he was placed under arrest by OfAcer Warren, his bag examined, and the tags dis covered. The defendant seemed dosed when brought Into the police court. He swore he bad received the box, had carried It safely to Winston-Salem, pointed at the circumstantial nature of the evidence and Intimated that the messenger Co whom It was Arst given and who k^ew Ite contents could Just as well have substituted the coal, ills own tags, he said, he had bought In the South. Judge Mullowny severely arraigned him for ruining his career when he received a good salary and Aned him 2200. B.<£ B. ARRAIGNED Dr. White Piles Up Charges Against Whisky House. REV. 0, J. ELLISON CALLED AS PASTOR Continued on Pago Two. The Central Congregational church has called a new preacher. Rev. D. J. Ellison, D.D, formerly the pastor of a large Baptist church In Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. Ellison Is a celebrated preach er and has always had congregations Ailing the auditorium where he preach-' He will deliver his Arst sermons here next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. All friends of the church are invited to hear him. Dr. John E. White, pastor of the Second Baptist church, strongly ar raigned the city council for refusing to hear his protest against the re licensing of certain saloons. In his ad dress before the meeting at the Wes ley Memorial Church Friday morning. Dr. White showed how he had appear ed before the council to make a pro test against Bluthenthal A Blckert, liquor dealers, and had been refused a hearing through the objection of one councilman on the ground that It would be discourteous to the commit tee. He said: "I went to the city council Monday afternoon to make objection to sev eral saloons applying for license. I supposed I was acting In accordance wllh the usual liberty which bas per- mlted citizens and attorneys who rep-, resented something to bo heard before those who are our representatives. I represented by commission the entire evangelical ministerial body, t repre sented the conservative prohibition sentiment of the city which had con- Adence that the council would act sympathetically with the cttlsens and their desire to close up objectionable places. Want to Object. 'I was denied the privilege of object Ing to nny part of the police commit tee’s report. By the rulo of the clt the objection of a single member la sufficient to debar. One member objected to any citizen's being heard, He did It. he sahl, on the ground that It would be discourteous to the com mittee. No opportunity, of course, was allowed to explain my failure to meet with the committee. "I went to that meeting especially to oppose the license to the Bluthrn- thal A Blckert Company on the ground that they conducted a disreputable whisky business and the dtlsene of At' lanta had Indicated no exceptions t. their demand that disreputable houses should be denied license. "I was prepared with documentin’ evidence to snow and prove to the council that Bluthenthal A Blckert had been conducting a disreputable whisky business. Chargss of Fraud. "First, That their record was tainted with charges of fraud against the reve nue laws, of which fact the police com mlttee was cognisant. Second, That they were shown In the South Carolina dispensary Investl- S atlon to have corrupted one of the Ispensary officials by bribery •This fact wop published In The Co lumbia State: It is significant also to know that ths member of tho firm who was purchasing tho furniture that went to this dispensary official tried to got tho firm of Chsmborlin-Johnson-DuBoco Company, from which ho purchased, to bill it st a different pries from tho real price paid, which that firm refused to do. They not only wanted to corrupt tho dlspsnsary official, but to chest him as well.' •Third, I was prepared to show that Bluthenthal A Blckert were deluging Decatur and Peters streets with con coctions of whisky, so called. I had the certified statement of Mr. Mc- Candlees that their whisky which was submitted to him as state chemist with out his knowing whose product It was and that he pronounced It In nls own -Am •.irtlflr'fnl * mod« Ot COIOtfllC REV. JOHN E. WHITE . URGED CALMNESS Campaign Committee of Ten Is Appointed to Start , Work. j , \ words 'artificial,' made spirits' and. 'caramel' Own Most of Dives. "Fourth, I was prepared to show that Bluthenthal A Blckert were the real proprietors and promoters of the great majority of the dives and disreputable negro saloons In Atlanta which the citizens' meeting demanded should be put out of business. That they were In the business of fostering and soreadlng these 'dives' In Atlanta. ”1 was certain at that time If these proven facts about Bluthenthal A Blckert were shown to be true about a whisky business on Decatur street the council would without hesitation refuse to license It. In consistency they would deal with big and 1 little alike I thought. Still I know that at least three of the special committee which brought In the report recom mending Bluthenthal A Blckert knew all these fsete as well as I knew them and did not doubt them any more than I doubted them Whether the other members of the committee or council knew them I cannot say, but I do know this—the council was denied the privilege of Information backed up by reputable cltisens and convincing proofs with regard to the license of Bluthenthal A Blckert that the city had the right to have and which I as citizen had the right to submit to them.” f MAN HAS CLOSE CALL IN BURNING BUILDING. Spencer, N. C„ Oct. 6.—Two dwell ings belonging to H. F. Hedrick and Mrs. C. II. Hoover were burned here at an early hour this morning. The An election to determine whether or not the sale of Intoxicants In Fulton ' county shall be prohibited will be held In the coming spring, If the determine. . tlon expressed at a meeting of citizens. Friday morning Is carried out. A com* I mlttee of ten prominent men has been appointed to take the campaign active-^ ly In charge. The meeting was held at the Wesley | Memorial church at 10 o'clock. The. auditorium was half Ailed with strong 1 advocates of prohibition. Ministers of; nearly every church In Atlanta, busi ness and professional men, one leader. among the better element of negroes— i all were united on the prohibition ques tion. The only battle was over the ; time of the election. When the meeting opened tho sentl-, ment was clearly for Immediate ac tion. Several speakers mado an ap- j peal for an election to be held as soon : as a call could be Issued, and protested against any delay. That a more de liberate course was pursued was due to the calm and powerful address of Dr. John E. White, pastor of tho Second Baptist church, than to any other coun sel. When he had spoken the leaders of the movement for an early election withdrew their former motions and took his counsel. Three elements were noticeable. One favored action at once, while the pro- hlbtionlsts might tako advantage of the tide which swept over Atlanta during the recent trouble, and which has In dorsed the closing of tho saloons. An other urged a postponement until after the next session of the legislature, when tho negro might be disfran chised and his vote eliminated from the prohlbtlon light. Another opposed any sudden and hasty movement, yet ad vised against the delay necessary to wait for the legislature, together with the uncertainty of what that body might do. It was the third which pre dominated at tho close, nnd the reso lution calling for an election In the spring, and leaving the date to be set by the committee, was adopted unanimously after a long discussion. The resolution was presented by Dr. M. J. Cofer. Campaign Committee. The committee of ten named by Dr. Cofer Is composed of tho following: ■ M. R. Emmons, chairman; Wheeler Mangum, Rev. J. D. Gunn, T. H. Jones, W. L. Randall. Jeromo Sllvey, A. W. Farllnger, A. It. Holderby, Rev. G. E. Dowman, Lee Douglas. Dr. Cofer made an eloquent address In favor of his resolution. I. E. Gar rett. an Instructor In a correspondence school, who has taken an especial In terest In the prohibition question, spoke passionately for Immediate action. He was received with npplause, which showed the sentiment of the meeting at that time. Mr. Gnrrett roasted the elty council In caustic terms and said that the revocation of tho licenses hod been merely a trick to gain an excuse for reissuing the whole list. Dr. John E. White took the Aoor and made a powerful argument for delib eration and organization before jump ing Into a campaign. "Eventz are speedily shaping them selves," ha said, "which' can have no other Issue but an election. But I be- the foundation hrmly In tho publlo mind and organizing In a way to In- ■ nr* ■iipi'AM ” sure aucctM Dr. White took up his visit fo the city council, where he was refused a hearing. When he stated that one councilman had opposed his speaking there were cries of “Name! Namel” from the house, but Dr. White con tented himself by stating that ths councilman had given as his reason for objection that It would be a discour tesy to bear before the council a speak er who had not appeared before the committee. Dr. White arraigned tho Bluthenthal A Blckert Company. His remarks on this subject are given in another column. "Must Move Calmly." 'My brother has said we must move In God's way,” continued Dr. White, 'but unless I have read wrongly God has always taken time to do His work. It Is very easy to say, 'Jump out nnd let's have an election,' but bow fool ish, how certain of disaster! In-the face of the earnest rounset given us by reasonable and InAuentlat men. It you precipitate this election now you will And yourself deserted by the men you most need." Several speakers followed. Secretary J. C. Solomon, of the Anti-Saloon League, withdrew his amendment looking toward an election In March and permitted the resolution to pass as written. Other speakers counseled deliberate action. Henry H. Proctor, a leading negro minister, was Invited to the stand and applauded as he pledged the support of the better class of negroes to the prohibition cause. He affirmed that two-thirds of the negro voters of Atlanta would stand with the prohibi tion leaders In the coming fight Are originated In the Hedrick building and la believed to.have been the work an Incendiary. Hedrick Is In Jail awaiting a trial for the killing of Gray \\ :.|r i h-if last pi.ni!, and a broth- who was sleeping alone In the house last night, had a narrow escape from burning to death. W. H. Burton, a Are commissioner. Is making un in vestigation.