ATLANTA
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VOL. 1. NO. 148.
The Atlanta Georgian.
ATLANTA, GA .TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 16, 1906.
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sday. He had cut
through the south-
hurrying home to
relatives. These
ons had been held
SPECIAL TRAIN BEA RING DEAD EVANGELIST
IS MET AT CARTERSVILLE BY 3,000 PEOPLE
BODY. TO LIE IN STATE IN ATLANTA FRIDAY
George Stuart Will
Preach Funeral Ser
mon atCartersville.
will bring body to
ATLANTA TO LIE IN
STATE AT CAPITOL
Widow Overcome by Grief
and Strength Is Failing.
Great Emotion in *
Home City.
What was to have been a great
family reunion—the celebration of
the Rey. Sam Jones’ birthday-
wu converted into a day c.
mourning in Cartersville Tuesday.
Mr. Jones would T
years old '
short his trip
west and w.as
receive the c
friends and
birthday r"
regularly for many years. They
were always gala days.in Carters
ville. The great evangelist him-
elf looked forward to them with
pi most boyish pleasure.
More than 200 relatives and
friends were to have gathered in
Cartersville Tuesday to congratu
late the great evangelist on anoth
er successful year in his life’s
work. Host of'them'were there
to await the eoming of the special
train hearing the remains.
Instead of a day of rejoicing it
if a day of sorrow.
Cartersville. Gn.. Oct 16.—The
body of the Rev. Sam R Jones
will be taken to .Atlanta on
special train Friday morning and
will lie in state at the cnpitol that
day. It will be returned to Car
tersville for burial.
By CHARLES E. HARP.
Cartersville, 1 Ga., Oct. 16.—The ape
rlsl train bearing the body of Rev. Sam
P. Jones arrived In Cartersville at 1:50
o'clock and was met by more, than 6,000
persons. There wae not a dry -eye In all
the great assemblage; Mayor dllreath
end every member t>f the city council
were among the prominent men who
met the train.
Mrs. Jones and other members of the
tamll.v accompanied the body. Paul
Jones, a son, left Cartersville early In
the morning and met the train at
i hattanooga, returning with his mother
•nd sisters.
The casket was removed from the
cuter box and placed In the little park
close to the depot. After all the crowd
been given a glimpse of It, the
JMket was placed in it hearse and the
funeral procession moved toward the
Jones residence, three blocks away,
k 1 ■'* Brief of Mrs. Jones was heart -
I tending. The other members of the
nimtly bore up bravsly. Hundreds were
weeping aa they followed the hearse to
the residence.
«oo h . e . fun . er »* service In Cartersville
r i ,a »e Place at the Bam Jones taker-
".‘f' 1 ', Thursday afternoon at S:30
nrlovk. The Rev. Qeorge Stuart, of
Viet eland, Tenn., for many years a
Sm i r S* r with the Rev. Sam Jones,
». ,.;*Hy* r ,h " funeral sermon. Blsh-
harles B. Galolway, of Mississippi,
"HI arrive to assist In the ceremony.
•'•rtersvUls, Ga.. Oct. 16.—Carters
'■He Is In mourning.
The news of the death of Sam P.
Jones cast Instantaneous gloom over
■he enure community. It spread rap-
dly. nnd within a few minutes after
JfL "’essage was received Monday
morning every person In Barton county
IsllM ° f t lC d* at ** °f the great *>■*"-
..Ti" - ''°b n tenances of the people bore
i, 'T?! lon, . of genuine sorrow. They
■•> subdued tones of the life and
■■>* famous preacher In Car-
*1. and what he had accomplished
sin. home UP' 1 vicinity.
"OMAN OPERATOR FAINTED
WHEN NEWS WAS FLASHED.
REUNION OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY .OF REV.
FRONT OF THE EVANGELIST IS HIS ENTIRE FAMILY.
(From a Photograph Taken at the celebration of Mr. Jones' Fiftieth birthdsy, Nine Years ago Tuesday.)
SAM P. JONES. IMMEDIATELY
news was caught by the local
iterator as It went over the wires from
-wisvllie to Atlanta. Mayor Ollrsath
' n th* telegraph offle# at the time.
'■>• woman operator faint and
h er aaslatance. She wan re-
t*\v, “ mo9t Immediately and gave the
r.Tl’r' 1 '^ m b* r * of the family In Car-
:n?w Vk d ? not b « H ®vs It at first. They
... , V lat Mr. Jones was not subject to
, * ' trouble.
hy sician thinks cause of
DEATH ACUTE INDIGESTION.
... r ,' R ' Tripp, the family physician,
)» death was caused by acute Indl-
says Mr. Jones' heart
i.’Anptoms of any disease
bonm’
•Poll II
C . 'trent examination.
. h, ‘ l cautioned him hliout dieting.
, , Physician's opinion is strength-
1 <he Information that Jlr.
e “ cx ixrlenced sour stomach Just a
GREAT MASS MEETING
IN MEMORY OF SAM JONES
Vi: D.- Upshaw, editor of The Golden Age, speaking Tuesday of the
death of Rev.* 8am P. Jon#s, said:
"I feel a peep personal grief in the death of So|n Jones. The announce
ment came to tne In my ofllce on my birthday, and as I was receiving
the.congratulations of friends. A pang of sorrow covered everything else
for ino for the day.
“I notice with great Interest the action of the City council In asking
the family tfi allow the body to Ms in stole so the people of Atlanta who
loved hlin So'well might look on the good man's face.
.‘•I have another suggestion to make which I hope.will meet with wide
approval. There ought to be held next Sunday a great memorial service
In Atlanta. While tne regular funeral will be held In his own church In
Cartersville. Sam Jones was npt only a child of Methodism, he was a
champion of Christendom and belonged to everybody. By all means, let us •
hare the memorial service In Atlanta for Georgia's beloved dead.”
PRESIDENT J. W. THOMAS
TENDERS SPECIAL TRAIN
TO TAKE EVANGELIST HOME
WHERE IS ‘KINGDON’?
GUEST OF CLUBMEN
JUMPS HIS HO TEL BILL
The detective force ( of Atlanta, the
officials of tile Piedmont hotel;and cer
tain well-known society giants have
had' their peace of mind quite' rudely
disturbed by the Inexplicable manner
In which the clever ,nnd .wily, young
Impostor, Who was dined and wined
here as Klngdon Gould, the son nt the
multi-millionaire, George J. Gould, ef
fected an escape frcAr what seemed
certain capture.
The average Sherlock Holmes story
pales Into significance and "The ■Mys
tery of the Missing Cook,” by Nick
Carter himself, reads like the first les
son In the first grade .of a primary
school book beside the mystery of .the
disappearance of £lngdon Gould of
the question'mark.
"Klngdon" had .had apartments .In
the Piedmont since Thursday nlghf:
.floor, pack his belongings,, pay. his bill
and.depart. He went to his room. The
house detective was stationed outside
;the door to see that the. bill was not
forgotten In the haste of the young
man to. leave. - »
As un extra precaution, a man Was
stationed, at each elevator dooc In . the
lobby and at each e'xlt to the building.
■ Three men. one fit them a Mr. De-
Brcssles, who.had registered'with the
questionable one, and who had apart
ments adjoining, came out. The de
tective followed them down to. the lob
by. He wan ecnt stralght back, with'
Instructions to watch no one but slip
pery "Klngdon."
How 'Klngdon". Skipped.
When he.returned the door was open
and the blrdJhad flown. No one Jiad
seen hlpi pass,through any of the exits.
A hasty and thorough search of the
By CHARLES E. HARP.
Cartersville Ga., Oct’.’ 16.*—The Jones
home It a scene of deepest grief and
sorrow.
Members of the family did not be
lieve the tumor of Mr. Jones’ death
Until a message was received, shortly
after noon Monday, from Mrs. Jones
at Memphis, confirming the reports.
It stated that the evangelist was
dead when found In his berth.
As soon as the news reached Nash
ville, Tenn., President Thomas, of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway, wired relatives In Cartersville,
and Mrs. Jones In Memphis, that he
would send his special train to.Mem
phis to bring the body to Cartersville.
John ffl Thomas, the late president
of the Nnshvllle, Chattanooga and St
Louts railway, waa one of Mr. Jones'
closest friends. They had known ruck
other for a number of years, and when
the evangelist visited Nashville he was
always a guest of the railroad presi
dent. It was In memory of his father
as well as an expression of his own
regard for- Mr. Jones and his great
work,that the present president of the
road extended the family the courtesy
of the special train.
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS
IS BEING KEPT ALIVE
BY THE USE OF OXYGEN
Doctor Gives Up All
Hope'of Her Re
covery.
DEATH OF PATIENT
QUESTION OF HOURS
Mrs. Hayes, Her.Daughter,
and Other Relatives,
Are at the Bed-
. side.
GRAYBEARD BURGLAR CAUGHT
IN DORSEY HOME; MYSTERIOUS
PROWLER DECLINES TO TALK
JKE5K8!*«.;5if; t S I hotel wa. made, hut the "slip" had-been
given good 'and prdper,' and "Gould 1
had disappeared as completely as If he
had never been In existence, the whlth-
scion of the aristocratic fnmlly. qf
Goulds had enjoyed the best the fa
mous hostelry could afford. ’ 'When,
therefore, officials ofihe Piedmont read
In The Georgian a telegram from New
York, staling that-the real goods Klng
don was In New York attending Co
lumbia University, the other eye' began
to wink. The Georgian was the oply.
paper which cnrrleil the story.
Handed Him His. Bill."
Upon returning from a delightful
automobile ride Monday afternoon
about 4:60 o'clock, the democrat by
practice and the aristocrat by profes-
slon was handed n neat little package,
In tlje shape of an I. O. U. f the Pied
mont being the "IV
The "I" end of the pgekage became
somewhat offended. He said he would'
go straight to his room on the first
few hours before death Is supposed to
have come. '
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY
ARRIVE AT CARTERSVILLE.
The members of the family In Car
tersville are: Mrs. W. R. Turner, Sam
P. Jones, Jr., wife and child, Robert
Porter Jones, Mr. and Mrs. B. C Sloane
and son, Sam Jones Sloane, Robert W.
Jones and son. Ham Paul Jones.
With the evangelist on the way home
were: Mis. Sam P. Jones, Miss Julia
Jones and Mrs. R. Pymn.
The evangelist was on his way home
from Oklahoma City to be present at
a family reunion today, celebrating his
fifty-ninth birthday, over 200 relatives
were expected here to attend the re
union and dinner, end preparations
had been made on n large scale.
Members of his family say that he
always looked forward to these blrth-
ty dinners and was always present.
He was to have returned to Missis
sippi Tuesday night, where he was
to have begun a series of meetings In
Holly Springe.
er and the how being enwrapped In
hiyatery almost thick enough to cut.
I The detectives .were put on his'trall,
but at the latest writing, nothing haa
been seen.of him.
While the clever young fakir did not
look his part In person or In wearing
apparel, he made up for this deficiency
by ciever acting.
The average man of this class, play
ing a like or similar game, would nat
urally have avoided as much as possl-
ble the discussion of home topics. This
one seemed to delight In telling of the
adventures of his youth, and of speak
ing of his father and his brother.
His card, which wag printed, bore
the name of "Klngdon Goulld," 2116
Fifth avenue. New York. He also reg.
Istered at the Capital City Club Friday
evening at "Klngdon Goulld." The "I"
elso appeared In the name on hie bag
gage.
Although he was with friends at the
Capital City Club .several times. It Is
now remembered that he appeared un
usually absent-minded and forgetful,
when It came anywhere around hie
time to treat. He dldn’t.buy a stogie or
a ham sandwich, as far as Is known,
the whol# time he was In Atlants.
He had a weakness for champagne
and club sandwiches—whenever the
other feliotv produced the coin.
The smell of gasoline was as the
choicest perfume in his nose, and the
nerve racking "honk! honk!" was as
music to'hls'ears. The fortunate In
dividuals who owned autos were not at
all backward in .taking; "Klngdon
Goulld" out for a spin.
Wanted an Auto.
In fact, he'selected for purchase.a
very fine automobile at the Atlanta
Automobile Company. Joe Brown Con-
nally, who had been among the en
tertainers of the young man, however,
was a little dubious, anil he asked for
a little of the "long green” in advance.
An. aged white man, with gray hair
and long grajc.whiskers, \vho gives hie
age as 60 years, and his name as Ed-
,ward-R.-8herman, but who declines to
give any further Information concern
)ng himself, was caught Tuesday morn-
Jng nt 2_'o’clock In the act of burglarlx-
Ing the residence of Judge B. T. ’Dor
sey,- 171 Capitol -avenue.'
The aged.burglar was discovered>ln
the house by- Attorney - Hugh Dorsey,
son of Judge Dorsey, who wns awak
ened by the noise of the marauder
walking up the stairs. Mr. .Dorsey
shot twice at the burglar In the hall
way of the second-story, but nejther
of the bullets,took effect.
After, he had lied down the stairs,
Sherman was captured by Judge Dor-
eey, Hugh Dorsey and Dr. R. T. ’ Dor
sey, another son,-Just as he was In the
act of lefiplng through a window- When
cornered, the aged man attempted to
pull his pocket knife, and as he did
so was struck and felled to the floor
with a chair In the.hands of Hugh
Dorsey. '
Sont to Tower by Recorder,
- Bicycle Policemen Dunton and Galln-
lier were passing the house on their
bicycles In answer to a call, and heard
the window glasa crash as Sherman
was caught. The officers quickly dis
mounted and ran to the house, taking
the burglar Into custody and sending
him to the police station.
Hherman was arraigned before Re
corder Broyles at the morning session
of police court and was bound Over to
the superior court In bond of >1,000,
on the charge of burglary. As he
rendered his derision, tho recorder re
marked:
"I think the penitentiary Is the best
place for you."
Sherman effected ontmneo Into the
house through a front window. Be
fore , nterlng, he removed his shoes and
Klngdon said: "Of course." He went
to the Fourth National bank, where he |
left them on the ground under the wln-
dot\. Although-.In his. sock feet, the
burglar made sufficient noise In as
cending' the stairs to awaken' Attorney
Dorsey. ■ Realising that a burglar was
In the house,. Mr. Dorsey seised his
revolver and quickly turned on the
electric lights. ; - ■
As he. stepped Into the hallway, Mr.
Dorsey saw a man leap behind a book
case and try to hide. ‘ The attorney
levelled his pistol at , the form and
fired. At this, the burglar ran. from
behind the -book case anil the attorney
fired the second shot. By this time
Judge Dorsey nnd Dr.' Dorsey had
reached the scene, and the three men
advanced toward. the. Intruder. ^
“I'll Shoot," Cried Burglar.
Backing Into a corner, Sherman
pulled from' hts pocket-what’appeared
to be a pistol, but whlqh was only a
screw: driver, and commanded his pur
suers to halt. -
I'll shoot ■ if you copie toward * me,'
he said. ,
This threat gave him opportunity to
make another move, and he ran down
the stairs. Attorney Dorsey tried to
Shoot ngaln, but. his pistol failed to
fire. Fearing the burglar would get
away, Mr. Dorsey threw the pistol at
him, striking him In the back; Judge
Dorsey and his two sons then ran af
ter the burglar and cornered him just
ns lie was In the act of leaping through
a front window.
"Don't crowd me, or I'll hurt you,"
he exclaimed, nnd made an effort to
get his knife. It was then that Attor
ney Dorsey struck him with the chair.
After entering the house, SKemian
had closed the window. He explained
this act by,saying he was itfrald If he
left It open some of the Inmates might
be awakened by the cold air blowing
In.
When taken to' the police station, tho
aged burglar said he was only after
money, and had no Intention of harm
ing nnyone in the house. He had no
pistol.
Is a Man of Myatsry,
Sherman U a mysterious personage.
New York, Oct. 16.—At 6 o'clock Mrs,
Davis was Just alive, oxygen being
freely used.
The end was momentarily expected.
New York, Oct. 16.—Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, widow of the president of the
Confederacy, was reported io be sink
ing so rapidly In the last stages of
pneumonia at 9:30 o'clock In her suite
at (he Hotel Majestic that her relative*
around her bedside expected her death
nt any moment.
Dr. Robert H. Wylie, the attending
physician, said today thnt all hope of
Mrs. Davis recovery hi I. been given
ur. He had been at the dying woman's
sldo throughout the night. Mrs. Davis
sank into unconsciousness at 8:16
'clock.
All efforts of Dr. Wylie to bring her
out of her state of coma were unavail
ing. •
At 10:25 a. m. It was stated that Mrs.
Davis Is kept alive only by the use of
oxygen.
MR8. DAVIS REPORTED DYING
AT EARLY HOUR TUESDAY.
New York, Oct. 16.—Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, widow of the president of the
Confederate states. Is dying of pneu
monia at the Hotel Majestic here. It
Is believed that she can not survive
more than a few. hours.
Mrs. Davis has been III .several days,
but It had been kolleved that she would
recover ui> t-> List night. when a sud
den change for the worse was noticed.
Mrs. Davis went to tho Majestic a
short time ago on her return from the
Adirondack's, where she spent most of
the summer. The day she reached
town' she was stricken with a cold.
hlrh Induced pneumonia Her mar
velotts vitality, however, gave hope
ultimate: recovery until lost evening,
when her physicians announced that
daath waa near.
Near by relatives were at once sum
moned to the hotel aiid those at a die
tance were notified.
DID ANYONE
URGE THAW
TO MURDER?
Another Arrest Intima
ted by District
Attorney.
New York, Oct. 16.—District Attor«
ney Jerome startled the court of gen
eral sesalons this afternoon, when In
opposing the motion of Harry K. Thaw
for a writ of prohibition restraining the
further taking of testimony by the
state, he Inferred so plainly as to make
misunderstanding impossible, that he
was about to have a second person In
dicted In the fnmoua murder case.
To Recorder Goff Mr. Jerome said:
“Your honor, It does not appear in
this case where the defendant got tils
revolver, nor does It appear whether
words were spoken to egg the defend
ant on to the deed he committed.'
6,000 CUBANS
INDORSEOUR
PEACEPLANS
Praise United States
For Stopping the
Civil War.
DR. BROUWER
ACTS LIKE
A_B0Y
Thinks Jury Can Do
Nothing More Than
Free Him.
By CHARLE8 SOMERVILLE
Toms River, N. J., Oct. 16.—A man
In the shadow of the gallows, dancing
with joy. There never was a stranger
.sight than this. But so sure le Dr.
Frank Brouwer, the Tome River phy
sician, that he Is going free that the
man actually performed a fandango In
a laughing, almost childish way, on
the stone path under the treee between
the bank and the court house.
"I've told my story, and they're
bound to set me free,” he cried.
As this big man, growing fat. but
with his emotional nature us upper-
■ald money was to have been sent him | 1Ie refuses to give any Information
that day. He saw Captain English anil about himself, and the police have so
Hi M * ' far been unable to learn anything con
was notified that the money had not
arrived. He was. of course, very sorry.
He asked Captain English to lunch
with him some day during the week.
Mr. DeBresales, who was with "Klng
don," turned out to be as completely
deceived by the Impostor as had been
any one else. He |>ald his hotel bill,
and took a train for Birmingham Mon
day afternoon at 4:60 o'clock.
"Ooulld," by the way. was met at the
train upon his arrival Thursday by a
Closed carriage, having wired the Pied
mont to look after this for him.
If the wily individual in caught,
which now seems highly Improbable,
woe be lo him, If he Is made to stand
unprotected the outpourings of wrath
of those who w Ined and dined him, and
who are now nearly as hard to find us
he Is himself.
cernlng hint. There Is nothing In the
apiiearnnce or demeanor of the man
to Indicate a criminal, and he would
be one of the last men picked out for
a burglar.
He Informed Judge Broyles he had
been In Atlanta since the cotton ex
position. but declined to state bis busi
ness. When asked his place of resi
dence. he replied;
"I live first one place and then an
other.”
He etatad that this waa hbf first at
tempt at burglary. His hut bears the
trade-mark of a Chattanooga firm, and
It Is thought lie possibly came from
that city or section.
He went to the Tower In default of
bond.
won friends, whose attitude
appearance on the witness stand yes
terday bae grown Into one of absolute
content on his' Innocence.
geohgTpboperty
TO SOUTHERN STEEL
Will Be Improved and Put
in Full Operation in the
Near Future.
8p*cl*l lo Tlu» ileorrfun.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 16.—The
Southern Steel Company, of Birming
ham, haa purchased the properties of
the Georgia Coal and Iron Company,
near Rising: Fawn, Ga. It Is said the
deal Involves an expenditure of about
$2,000,000. The property bought In
cludes one 200-ton blaat Iron furnace.
61,000 acres of coal and ore lands, which
embrace an Immense body of manganese
ore, and 320 coke ovens, together with
40 miles of railroad. This purchase
gives the Southern Hteel four furnaces,
a steil plant and finishing steel plant
Havana, Oct. ^6.—Six thousand per
sons crowded into and around the the
ater at the great Liberal demonstra
tion, probably, the .greatest meeting
ever held on the Island of Cuba. About
2,000 persons attended an overflow
meeting.
American Intervention wns praised
by all the ^pralteis l'nnn i>\.Mayor
O’Farell, who presided, on down the
list of those on the platform, includ
ing Jose Miguel Gomez, Alfredo Znyus
and Senor Castellanos. Some of the
speakers declared that the act of the
American government wns without
paraded In tho history of the world,
and they urged Cuba and Cubans to
follow the example of generosity and
forbenrnnee shown by America.
An appeal for a peaceful nnd united
-p 11 '■ ’mid" l>\ < Jonif/. and loud
ly applauded. He denied thnt the rev
olution had been, brought about by the
Liberal party, and declared thnt the
victory had been as complete a surprise
to them as It was to any one else.
Palma waa denounced by Zayas.
Governor Magoon said today that h-
will take no action at present on a peti
tion presented by leading Liberals In
Rio del Rio provlnve demanding the
removal of Governor Sobrnda.
He denied that there Is the least
foundation In truth for the rumor that
he Intends to appoint Amsrlcnn army
officers to positions In his cabinet, In- •
stead of selecting Cubans.
POLICE SAVE
V
The families of Ike Strauss, of 161
Pulliam street, and A. Levlson, of 165
PulHam street, adjoining, had a nar
row escape from death In a fire that
nlmost completely destroyed both res
idences Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock,
the families being saved from the
llames by the quick work of Bicycle
Policemen Aloes and Paynt.
As the roofs ware about to fall In.
nnd while the two houses resemble:!
furnaces, the two officers forcibly burst
In the doors, awakened the Inmates and
rescued them. They had no time to
dress and were gotten out Into the
street In their night clothes. Kevera:
children were In the rescued party.
No one In either of the two h-mses
was aware of the fire until aroused by
the policemen. Had the officers ar
rived on the scene a little later, the re
sult might have been serious.
Moss nnd Payne, who were some ins
tance away, discovered the fire and at
once started there on their bicycles.
Aa they passed No. 9 engine house. In
Central avenue, they cried out:
"Fire, fire!’’
They did not stop at the fire station.
t they realised the five hod gained
great headway, and feared some one
might be In danger. Arriving on tho
scene, they made the starlllng discov
ery that no one was awake. The offi
cers knew It was a case of quick ac
tion, and. rushing onto the porches,
burst In the doors nnd awoke the slum
bering Inmates, getting them quickly
Into the street.
By file lime the flames weie extin
guished I tot It houses It td been practi
cally destroyed
