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Mil€« of «tre<*t railways 150
junking rwpltal 122.000.000
The Atlanta Georgian.
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Value of 1305 cotton crop $100,000,000
VOL. 1. NO. 144.
ATLANTA, GA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11,1906.
PRICE:
SILVERIA CHANGES SHIPS
WHILE ON HIGH SEAS;
WHEREABOUTS KNOWN
Wall Street Amazed
at Failure of Big
Firm.'
yEW SENSATION
IS HINTED AT
Receiver Admits That Lia
bilities of Ceballo &
Co. Amount to Many
Millions.
New York, Oct. 11.—Word was re
ceived by cable this afternoon that
truce of Manuel Sllverla, "the J. P.
Morgan of Cuba," whose alleged de
falcation of tl,ooo,000 caused the failure
of the great banking house of Juan
Ceballos & Co., of New York, for near
ly *4,000,000, had been discovered.
The cable advices were received by
Sullivan & Cromwell, attorneys for
William V. Rowe, the receiver for the
wtecked concern. These advices stated
that Sllverla, who left Havana with
his family and more than a million
dollars In his possession, on the char
tered steamer Carmelina on October 2,
had boarded another vessel on the high
seas when two days out from the Cu
ban capital.
Know 8ilvsria’s Whereabouts.
It was stated at the offices of the
attorneys that the present whereabouts
of the Carmelina Is known and It
was intimated that the name and
destination of the other vessel had also
been learned. Agents of the attorneys
are believed to be In close pursuit of
the fugitive.
Assignee Rowe said today that ac
countants were busy on the books of
Ceballos & Co, but that It would take
fully two days before anything like an
accurate estimate of the exact liabili
ties could be made. From what had
already been done, be declared, how
ever, that the first estimate of the lia
bilities at from 18,000,000 to 84.000,000
would probably prove substantially cor
rect.
Wall Strest Astonished.
It was freely predicted on Wall street
today that there would be startling
developments as a sequel to the tre
mendous failure of the Ceballos firm.
Considerable astonishment was gener
ally expressed that a firm with the sup
posed stability and solid connections of
the Ceballos Arm could not have man
aged to secure an extension of credit
for the usual ten days to tide over the
shortage made by the alleged defalca
tion.
It was pointed out that firms of the
standing of Ceballos & Co. have usual
ly not the slightest difficulty In getting
creditors to agree to a short extension.
The announcement of the suspension of
the firm was characterized as precipi
tate, to put It mildly.
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O HORSE SHOW ENTRIES §
O FOR THURSDAY AT FAIR. 0
2 . O
O 4 p. rn.—Ring 512, galted saddle 0
0 horses; entries, C. E. Anderson, 0
2 LA; Russel > & Son, J. H. Miller, 0
O W. H. White, Jr, J. K. Ottley. 0
v 4:15 p. m.—Ring 615, gentlemen 0
0 riders: entries, Harry Russell, W. 0
g H. White, Jr, J. K. Ottley. 0
2 4:30 p. m.—Ring 500, light har- 0
2 ness horses (single); entries, 0
2 James S. Floyd, J. w. Russell & 0
2 Son, J. Hall Miller, Charles E. Al- 0
O derman. <j
2, 5 P. m.—Ring 511, high school 0
O horses; entries, D. N. McCullough. O
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BY STRIKERS OR
BLOODED STOCK SHOW
IS CENTER OF INTEREST
COTTON CROP HURT
BADLY BY SUDDEN
COLD WAVE IN STATE
Many Farms Send Jer
seys to Compete
for Prizes.
FAIR DRAWS CROWD
IN SPITE OF COLD
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS
IS REPORTED VER YILL
Advanced Age of the Distinguished Patient
Is Giving Physician and Nurse
Considerable Uneasiness.
Midway Shows Devide In
terest with Exhibits in
. Main Buildings
of Fair.
Union Men Remain Out and
Hold Meeting But Noth
ing Develops.
A meeting of the local striking ma
chinists of the Southern railway was
held at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning
in the hall of the Federation of Labor
on Forsyth street. ^
The meeting was held behind closed
doors. The strike situation was dis
cussed by a number of the members of
the local union. As far as could be
learned, no business of Importance was
transacted. The union will hold a
meeting, It Is understood, each morn
ing, as long as the strike continues.
The union Is standing firm, said all
those seen by a representative of The
Georgian after the meeting.
"No news! Nothing to say! Would Be
glad to give you anything If there was
anything to give at present."
This was the result of an attempt to
..Interview F. W. McCabe, Business
agent of Atlanta Lodge No. 1, Inter
national Association of Machinists.
Mike Riley, chairmnn of the press
committee of the union, had about the
same statement to make.
"We stand now," he said, "where we
stood-, whin we - walked out on this hre ‘ l frnm
!. We. haven't changed our posl- IMrtPl1 thoronghbieds.
strike.
tlon In the least. We don’t Intend to
change either.'
At the Southern shops In South At
lanta all was quiet. Save for the oc.
caslonal sound of one or two lone men
at work, there was nothing to disturb
the quietude. Where before the little
army of 126 men had tolled, only two
or three now were performing their
regular duties.
In the city there was nothing to In.
dlcate that a strike was on. There were
no gatherings on the streets and no
disturbances of any kind.
It Is said that several "strike break
ers" arrived In Atlanta yesterday, and,
after learning the situation, refused to
work.
COBS ARE 2 TO 1 FAVORITES
IN THIRD GAME OF SERIES
Nearly 15,000 People
Flock to Park to
See Contest.
FEVER OF BETTING
ATTACKS CHICAGO
Enthusiasm of Players Sim
mers Down to a Deter
mination to Win.
WESTSIDE BASEBALL PARK.
Chicago. Oct. 11.—The crowd gathered
slowly this afternoon for the third
game of the series between the White
Stockings and Cubs for the world's
championship, and In size did not come
up to the expectations qf the manage
ment, being less than 15,000.
The batteries were announced as fol
lows; •
Cubs, Pflster and Kllng; Sox, Walsh
eml Sullivan.
First Inning.
Hahn walked to the plate and Ptels-
ter eyed him carefully. The southpaw’s
attempt was too high and was called a
ball. The next shot close to Hahn's
fhiri front. He then put one squarely
over the plate. Hahn then sent a
grounder to Stetnfeldt and was out at
diet. Jones singled through Pfelster,
I'bell could not solve Pfelster’s dellv-
et y and struck out. Jones out stealing,
Khng to Evers. One hits no runs.
Walsh put two squarely over the
Plate, Hoffman swinging at both. Hoff
man landed on the next one and
mopped a single In center. Sheckard
minted foul and he had to come back,
oheckard swung at a fast one and
oulllvan, with a quick throw, almost
'aught Hoffman off flrst, Sheckard
Jnen fanned. Hoffman out, Sullivan to
isbeii. Schulte smote a double to left, Is certain that
ahich went under the seats. most bitter.
THIRD GAME OF THE SERIES
CALL8 OUT GREAT CROWD.
Chicago, Oct. 11.—Fierce as a grapple
of death was the third conflict between
the White Stockings and the Cubs for
the world's highest honors In baseball
today.
The National and American League
champions are on even terms, and the
feeling was so deep that It broke out In
black looks.- They were not looks of
anger, but of the fury of the battle
field.
The tense faces of the players proved
that the strain was telling. All of the
lightness and the free and easy confi
dence of yesterday and the day before
are gone. '
Day Breaks Cold.
Instead there Is stolidity and a dogged
determination to get the "jump.
The day broke cold, but later turned
warm and pleasant. The sun and the
breezes which swept up from the south
were welcomed by both fans and play
ers.
Betting took on new life with the fast
vanishing cold weather. People were
willing to put their hands Into their
pockets for money and take notice
when they were challenged to make a
wager.
Cubs Art Favorites.
The odds on the Cubs were the same
as on the opening day of tbe battle.
They are strong favorites today. Two
to one Is the general run of the bet
ting, the Cubs being favored.
The warmth that came has made the
selection of a pitcher more of a prob
lem than before. Had It been known
that the day would be warm. White
would have been saved for the Cubs to
day.
It was warm enough to send Altrock
against the Cubs once more, and there
was big Ed Walsh, the spit ball artist,
chafing for an opportunity. So confi
dent Is Walsh that he would win that
he has promised a friend that he (the
friend) may shoot him If he does not
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0 FRIDAY-8 PROGRAM. 0
0 0
0 10 n. m.—Gates open. 0
0 10:30 to noon—Concert Wede- 0
0 meyer'a Concert Band and all-day 0
0 singing. 0
0 2:30 p. m.—Running races.
0 3 p. in.—Flight of airship. 0
O 4 p. m.—Horse show. O
0 6 p. m.—Gates open free. 0
S 8:15 p. m.—Fall of Pompeii and 0
fireworks. 0
O 0
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The second day of the Georgia State
fair at Piedmont park took on a busi
nesslike appearance Thursday morning
as the crowds began to gather about
the grounds and throng the big build
ings. Thursday brought the opening of
the live stock exhibit, showing some of
the finest cattle and swine In the coun
try.
A grand parade of cattle will take
place on the race track next Thursday
morning at 11:30 o'clock. The parade
will be composed of all the prize win
ners of this and other fairs, and the
occasion will be one of Importance to
the visitors, especially the farmers of
the state.
Several car loads of cattle arrived at
the park Wednesday night and were
added to those In' the old machinery
hall south of the race track. Two
more car loads will be added to the
collection Thursday afternoon. All the
stock on exhibition Is blooded, most
tin.
Altrock Wsnts Chsnce.
Chance’s calculations were tossed
skyhlgh. He had settled upon Lund-
gren, btlt he became uncertain when
he saw the sun so bright anil all but
decided upon Brown. Should Brown
and Altrock face each other again. It
" ' the battle would be
Anderson Farms Exhibit.
The Anderson farms, of Marietta,
Ga., owned by James T. Anderson and
William Lea, has an exhibit of about
twenty-live head of Jerseys, hogs and
Merino sheep. A Berkshire hog weigh
ing 7$0 pounds and a prize winner at
former fairs is on exhibition by this
farm. This Is one of the best exhibits
in the hall.
S. T. Whitaker, of Oakland City, has
a number of thoroughbred Berkshire
hogs on exhibition. The exhibit con
tains several prize pozslbllltles, as the
owner has made a special effort to
make a good showing.
One of the. largest exhibits of live
stock is that of'W. B. Hardeman, of
Commerce. Ga. proprietor of the
White Oak farm. Some of the finest
specimens of Berkshire hogs and pigs
ever exhibited are to be seen in the
pens bearing the White Oak label. Mr.
Hardeman Is also a poultry breeder,
and Is expected to have several entries
in the poultry exhibit, which opens
next Tuesday.
T. W. Whitfield, of Smyrna, Ga.. has
several fine entries of Berkshlres. They
are fine specimens and appear to be
able to hold their own with the other
excellent live stock shipped to this fair.
Prize Jersey Bull.
Gain Llpes, of Atlanta, Ga., has
prize-winning Jersey bull" on exhlbl
tlon, the animal weighing about 2,000
pounds. This specimen was bred from
imported stock and Is registered with
the National Live Stock Association.
His pedigree Is clear and one of tbe
best In the hall.
B. M. Wilson, Albany, Ga., has one
of ths best live stock exhibits to be
seen In the Southern states. He has
seventeen specimens and all are en
tered for ribbons.
A. W. Piper, Morgan Falls, Ga„ has
two full-blooded Jersey entries, one
being "Francis Cleveland," a prize-
winning Jersey, that has been a suc
cessful contestant In fairs all over the
South.
Another prize-winner Is "Golden
Lady of Georgia,” owned and exhibited
by M. H. Collins. This is a young ani
mal, but being bred from imported
stock Is full-blooded and claimed to be
among the best in the country.
E. H. Penn, of the Eastvlew Farm,
has several Holstein cattle on exhibi
tion. He Is one of the few Holstein
exhibitors, and when the judges have
given out the ribbons the owner ex
pects to get his share. Mr. Stewart, of
Atlanta, has an exhibit of live stock
that will command attention of the
judges.
One of the largest exhibits at ths
fair Is as expected from Belmont Farm,
of Smyrna. This farm always enters
all contests and the owners have num
bers of ribbons won on specimens
shown at Atlanta fairs. The exhibit
was delayed on account of transporta
tion difficulties, but It la expected to
arrive Thursday afternoon.
Hundreds of Visitors.
Hundreds of people Inspected the live
stock exhibit Thursday and the big
building had visitors until late In the
afternoon. Live stock always draws
the attention of the agriculturist and
most of the visitors were farmers from
different sections of Georgia.
TMs department Is In charge of A. J.
Smith, superintendent, assisted by Su
perintendent Hill. Four premiums are
offered In each class, the prises amount
ing to a total of several thousand dol
lars. The entries Include Holstelns,
Guernseys, Herefords. Red Polled, De
vons, Short Horns, Grade Cattle, fat
Continued on Pag4 Three.
THEY SAID IT LOOKED AS IF
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•e Mr* •• farcafClly laprcaaed with in* retults from our
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you a taut it.i Stoat at tegan toatnasa at ha*t giwtn you and athtr
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ad In tnc Oaorgdan.
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vert teing aeaiua In the city and at have retched this conclusion
after giving It a thorough.teat.
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MAYOR OFFERS REWARD
FOR AUTHOR OF A LETTER
Special to The Georgian.
Balnbrldge, Ga., Oct 11.—Officer
Rock, of 4he local police force, wan
the recipient of a very threatening
letter yesterday morning. It will be
remembered that Rock Shot Frank
Sutton, a notoriously bad negro, to
death a few weeks ago. Yesterday
morning on opening his front door Of
ficer Rock saw a letter lying on the
porch and found It to be of a very
threatening nature. U w*a evidently
written by some negro wbo was a
friend of the dead negro, or who has a
personal grudge against the officer.
The letter Is as follows: "Rock, you
bedder leave here dt wonce as I am
going to kill you wherever I see you If
I hafter lay In the yard, you must
die. It may be tonight. It may be to-
inorrer night but I mean to kill you
like y >u did frank." Mayor Willis has
offered a reward of 3100 for the cap
ture of the guilty party with evidence
to convict. Considerable feeling baa
neen aroused on account of the let
ter.
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0 ENTRIES FOR FRIDAYi O
0 FIRST RACE 2:30 O’CLOCK. 0
0 0
0 First Race—Three-fourths of a 0
0 mile: Davenport, 104: Caroline. 0
O 104; Charles McKee. 100; Glad 0
0 Hand, 103, and Marseilles, 104. O
0 Second Race—Five eighths of a 0
0 mile: Rosaline May, 104; Golden 0
0 Flxz, 99; Red Ogden, 103; Fore- O
0 piece. 98: Sweet Kittle, 105; O
0 Twirling. 96. 0
0 Third Race—Seven-eighths of a 0
0 mile: Albertola, 107; Hook-See- 0
0 Oka, 105; Mrs. Annie, 109: Stock- 0
0 wood. 105; Jim Hall, 105; Glen 0
0 Gallant, 112; Index, J13. 0
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TRAINS COLLIDE
ATFLAIiTONiALA,!
MANY ARE INJURED
Harvie Jordan Places
State Loss at 50,-
000 Bales. •
COLDEST OCTOBER DAY
IN HISTORY OF STATE
Reports from Over Georgia
Show Cold Wave Wide
spread and Damaging.
Mobile Girl En Route to At
lanta Among'Reported
Injured.
Special to Tbe Geoiglnn
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 11.—No. 96
passenger train on the Louisville ami
Nashville, from New Orleans, and a
freight going south, collided near Flo-
maton this morning, and ns result sev
eral persons were Injured, some se
riously. Engineer J. C. Comer, and
Fireman .Jumps, of the passenger.
Jumped Just before the collision. Com
er's collar bone was broken, lilp and
knee fractured and head cut.
Fireman Jumps was hurt In the hip
and foot.
Miss'Humphries,' of Mobile, who was
In the sleeper going' to Atlanta, war
severely hurt.
Both engines were torn almost' tc
pieces.
Conductor Brock, of the passengei
train, wns painfully Injured.
Details, at this time, are meager, but
U Is reported that none of ths freight
crew were seriously Injured.'A wrecker
with physicians left here fur the scene
A misunderstanding of orders Is
to have hern ihe caust? or the'colli
sion.
New York, Oct. 11.—That Mrs. Jefferson Davis Is a very sick woman Is
' new admitted by Dr. Robert H. Wylie and her nurses. One of the nurses
who has been In attendance at the Hotel Majestic, Central Park west and
Seventy-second street, during the illness of the widow of the president of
"the Confederate state*,"says that Mrs. Davis'condition Is very low.
What is greatly feared by both Dr. Wylie and the nurses Is the advanced
age of the patient.
Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, daughter of Mrs. Davis, is expected to reach
New, York from Colorado this noon.
SAW A BROKEN BAIL,
BUT COOIJ NOT STOP
Engine Thrown 20 Feet and
the Crew Sustained
Injuries.
Special to The Georgina.
Adrian, Ga., Oct. 11.—The south
bound train of the Wadley Southern,
while making its regular run yesterday
morning, was derailed at Ethel, about
5 miles north of here. The wreck was
caused by a broken rail. The engin
eer saw this as he was nearing the
curve but not in time to stop his train.
The engine was thrown about 20
feet front the track and badly bruis
ing the engineer anil fireman. Luck
ily no one else was hurt, but many
cere badly shaken up.
Tbe Rents Lumber Company sent
their engine over and brought II
wounded here for medical uttentton.
After a close examination, the do.
tor found that Mr. Duke, the engineer,
only suffered from a bruised leg and
Anger. The fireman was also slightly
injured, but neither are thought to be
seriously hurt. The road has not yet
been cleared, and all traffic, tilt further
notice, has been suspended.
HOMeIfJ. K.M'CALL
IS DAMAGED BY EIRE
Fire shortly before 1 o’clock Thurs
day afternoon badly damaged the res
idence of J. K. McCall, 266 Piedmont
avenue.
The roof was destroyed and the sec
ond story considerably burned. Prac
tically uli of the contents of the second
story were lost. The damage Is esti
mated at from $1,000 to $1,500.
The Are Is supposed to have been
caused by a defective flue.
Fifty thousand bales of cotton In
Georgia were killed Thursday morning
by the frost which spread over the en
tire state.”
This Is me statement made today
by Hon. Hnrvle Jordan, president ui
the Southern Cotton Association.
"The greatest amount of damage to
the cotton crop In the state, as ttin
result of tills frost,” stated i.lr. Jor
dan, “Is In middle and north Georg, l
where a large proportion of tne Ma
son's crop has not matured.
"1 had estimated that the state woul »
produce a million and half bales tti j
year, ns compared to a million onu ntn*
hundred thousand Inst year. I now es
timate the cotton production in G r --r-
gia this year ns 1,45(1,000.
*‘The pea and the late sweet potato
crop will also be damaged to a lm\;e
extent by this frost.”
Frost Was General.
Reports received at the oittce of the
weather bureau at noon today show* *1
that the frost had been general. Ah
far south ns Thomasvllle, the tempera
ture leacheu the freezing point. At
the city named, .the lowest figure to
which the mercury could climb was
38 degrees, several degree* below the
temperature necerary tor a front.
Atlanta Down to 31.
From no point heard from at noon
did the temperature go lower than at
Atlanta. After going down steadily
from midnight Wednesday, the mercu
ry at 6 o’clock this morning stood at
the record establishing mark of 31 de
grees.
This was 7 degrees colder than the
temperature of yesterday. It was 14
degrees, lower thsn.the lowest temper
ature for the same date, ns far back as
the rtcords of the local weather bu-
tr v nj. degrtaft ’'lower UmYi the
lowest temperature on record for any
day in October up to the 11th. On only
one day In .October was the tempera
ture ever lower than It was at 6 o'clock
this morning. This was on October
31. 1887, when the mercury stood at 3»)
degrees. * . ;% . « I
The highest temperature on record
for the month of October. Is 83 degrees.
Following were the temperatures of
Thursday',-as given out at the weather
bureau:
6 o'clock a. m 31 degrees
7 o'clock a. 32 degrees
8 o'clock a. m.......• 37 degrees
9 o'clock a. m..... 39 degrees
10 o'clock a. m .........41 degrees
11 o'clock a. m............. >43 degress
12 o'clock noon ......46 degrses
1 o'clock p. m -.47 degress
2 o'clock p. m ....49 dsgrtss
STATE DEPARTMENT HAS
BUT MEAGER REPORT
In the absence of authentic reports
from the state at large the agricultural
department Is unable to accurately de
termine the damage done cotton by the
cold of the past few days.
Frost \yus present Wednesday morn
ing tn a considerable extent, and some
reports say that Ice formed In a thin
skim In the open. Commissioner Hud
son Is of the opinion that some damage
will result in low lands, particularly to
cotton One effect will be to make the
bolls open prematurely, causing an
Inferior gtgtde of staple.
Colonel O. >B. Stevens ranie dow a
from Habersham Wednesday morning
to attend a session of the railroad
commission, nnd said that a henvy
frost formed there. The frost Hn.
probably extended below Macon.
COLDEST OCTOBER DAY
RECORDED AT ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Oct. II.—This was the
coldest October day ever recorded in
St. Louis, the temperuture being 34
degrees.
ALL WEATHER RECORDS
BROKEN IN KENTUCKY
Louisville. Ky.. Oct. 11.—There was
a light fall of snow.here and In the
mountain,regions of Kentucky.' This
breaks all records.
FOUR INCHES OF SNOW
FALLS AT SOUTH BEND
South Bend. Ind.. Oct. 11.—Four
Inches of snow fell here lost night.
FIRST SNOW OF SEASON
APPEARS AT ALTOONA, PA.
Altoona, Pa.. Oct. 11.—The flrit snow
of the season fell last night.
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