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ATLANTA rnpnlatlon KD.OOO Hoiiim a!,ooo ■jyl.'phonM 15,00) Main lino* of rnllRNKK Sevpn Miles of Street railways ,50 hank lug i-aiilt.il I22.*M.(K)i) Atlanta Georgian. VOL. 1. NO. 161. GEORGIA 2.5V.6W Milos of * ton iu railroad* .... Milos if HePtrl.- railway iu3« ^tV.fn ‘ronstunw/ In 136. Value «■'- 1‘* •" ■: 1 O.tfJ ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31,1906. T>PTnTr.On Trains F1V« CENT* I IXlKjLt. jo Admit* TWO CENTS. ENTANGLED AND HELPLESS IN ROPES Or BALLOON DR. JULIAN THOMAS IS CARRIED OUT OF SIGHT; BASKET AND BALLAST ARE LEFT ON THE GROUND FEELING OF UNCERTAINTY STRIKES CAMP OF HUGHES, AND HEARST IS CONFIDENT Both Sides Are Doing Great Deal of Bluffing. York, Oet. 31.—As the state campaign draws to a close, there Is a feeling of growing confidence on the part of the Hearst managers, and in creasing feeling of uncertainty on the l of the Republican leaders. The reports which the latter are se curing from up the state are not reas suring, and while openly proclaiming satisfaction with the situation, State rinirman Woodruff and his assistants in the management of the Hughes cam paign privately admit their displeas ure with many things, and their un certainty as to the outcome. Both Bides Are Bluffing. Both sides are playing the usual game of blufT at this time. Chairman Woodruff pretends to believe that Hughes will obtain a plurality of 150,- votes outside of New York city, and also declares that the Democratic plu rality in Greater New York will he held down to 25,000, and may be wiped out altogether. chairman Conners, of the Democratic state commltte, and Max F. lhmsen, Henna’s personal manager, rush to the other extreme. They profess the be lief that Hearst will carry the sections north of the city by 25,000 to 50,000, and will carry the city itself by some thing like 100,000 plurality. Murphy Won't Make Estimate. Charles F. Murphy, the leader of Tammany Hall, declines to state open ly any estimates, but expresses his sat isfaction In the situation, and predicts Hearn’s election by a big vote. These things are interesting only as ampalgn figures, and instead of being icepted as news, should be regarded contributions to the comic weeklies. Tfcere Is absolutely nothing in fact or in reason to.Justlfy the Republican be lief that there is any chance of wiping out a Democratic plurality in Greater New York, nor Is there any basis for the Hearst dream that Hughes will be beaten In the sections up the state. Will Not Bo Satisfied. The cold facts, as the campaign WILLIAM R. HEARST. Now York Court of Appoals de cides that his Independent League hit right to name its own candi dates. draws to a close, are that the Republi cans are apt to be woefully disappoint ed In their up-stnte vote, and that the Hearst people will be by no means sat isfied with the showing in Greater New York. With all the facts at hand, the writer expresses the unbiased belief that Hughes will come down to New York city from up the state with a plurality neighborhood of GO,000, possibly sllgh- ly under tjiat figure; while Hearst will carry New York city with a plurality of approximately 50,000, possibly slightly over that figu». Hsarst a Slight Favorite. There Is good reason to believe that the election is as close as that of 1902, when Odell. Republican candidate for governor, defeated Bird 8. Coler, Dem ocrat, by less than 10,000 votes. There Js about as much uncertainty In picking the winner as there is in a horse race, with two strong entries, but the result promises to be mighty close, with Hearst a slight favorite. Although the betting mukes Hughes a favorite still, the odds are shortening and the two candidates ate likely to show up nearly on even terms in the betting on the night before election. Celebrated Aeronaut Loses Con trol of Aerial Device at Augus ta Fair and Is Carried Beyond the Vision of Assembled Thousands. This picture snows ur. junan i nomas, the famous new yotk aeoronaut, formerly of Atlanta, as he appear ed standing in the basket of his balloon. The doctor's son is shown standing by the basket. FATALLY WOUNDED, RUNS SEVERAL BLOCKS AND FALLS IN STREET Corporal Wood Will Die; Woman Killed in Dining Room. POSSUM SUPPER IN JAIL; CRUTCHFIELD INVITES FRIENDS TO A FEAST to 3 risoner Is Trying Rival Harry Thaw. , J. H. Crutchfield, held in the Tower G r shooting and beating hla wife, Mrs. •Suille Crutchfield, Is about to rival Harry K. Thaw, the celebrated million- fch* prisoner In the Tombs in New York, as to “princely” jail life. Fallowing phonograph concerts at Tower on Tuesday and Tuesday night, Crutchfield announced Wedncs- d '\ morning that lie would he host WdneKday night at a Hallowe’en ’pos sum supper, to be served in his upart- nu-nti fjfih floor of the big prison. The pris his wife Is declared out of danger. Has Big Roll of Greenbacks. Crutchfield is plentifully supplied with money, and is able to send out and buy anything he desires. In pay ing for some article that had been sent him at the Tower, he carelessly pulled from his vest pocket a roil of green backs as big as an ordinary .forearm, the roll composed mainly of $20 bills. When asked Wednesday how he was fee!Ing. the prisoner replied: •Must say that 1 am feeling so hlghl> elated over the improvement in my wife’s condition that 1 have nothing to say today.” And he certainly looked the part, Since It was announced that his wife was practically out of danger, he has become exceedingly Jovial. It is stated at the Grady hospital that .Mrs. Crutchfield continues to Im prove. . _____ CKKlrtOOOPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOtlOa In the jail hospital wan! on the, a STORMVWEATHER DUE O V,r nf .1. hi- „H.nn The oils-IO IN POLICE DEPARTMENT. O Special to The Georgian. Charleston, S. C., Oct. 31.—As the re sult of a sensational tragedy here dur ing last night Lillian Reaves is dead and Corporal Wood, of the United States marine corps, Is fatally wounded. The woman was found In the dining room with a wound in her left side and a pistol near her body, two cham bers being empty. The man was found several blocks away, with a wound In fils chest. He was carried to a hospital, where an ante-mortem statement was made, which seems to be murder and suicide. The authorities are Investigating the affair. Wood Is from Richmond, and the woman Is from Branchvllle, S. C. The tragedy took place In a house of questionable reputation. BUT UTILE HOPE FOR RECOVERY OF JOSEPH M. HIGH At 3 o’clock Wednesday -the condition «f J. M.<HJgb, who hns been danger ously ill for several weeks at his home, 528 Peachtree street, hal shown no change lor a number of hours. Mr. Higia Is slowdy sinking and the physicians express but little hope of his recovery. Messages of sympathy and hope that the well-known merchant may ultimately recover have been received by hundreds at the home and at the busi ness house. Mr. High has been closely identified with Atlanta for many years and his circle of friends is a wide one. Many Inquiries have been received at the newspaper offices regarding “ condition. IF Dr. John A. McLeay Probably the Ap pointee. WITHOUT BASKET OR BALLAST ATLANTAN'S PLIGHT PERILOUS Augusta, Ga. Oet. HI.—BULLETIN: 3 p. m.: Dr. Thomas dropped to the grouud but could not hold the baloon, and it dragged him qbout half a mile across a field. lie was bent and bruised up but not seriously injured. He is safe and is coming to town in a buggy. The balloon lnnded six miles from the fair grounds. Augusta, Ga., Oet. HI.—Dr. Julian Thomas’ balloon, the Nir vana, got away from him at 2:20 o’clock this afternoon at the fair grounds of the Georgia-Carolina Fair, and carried him without basket or ballast into the air. He is entangled in the ropes of the balloon, and the wind car ried him rapidly in a southeasterly direction. The balloon soon reached a height'.! where it, could not ho seen, and Dr. Thomas was hanging to the ropes when last seen. An effort will be made to rescue him when the balloon de scends, but there is no news from him yet. POLICE NEWS CENSURED; CHIEF JENNINGS OBJECTS TO TOO MUCH PUBLICITY SPENCER IS TO CONFER WITH STRIKE LEADERS 0 Once upon a time—anti many O O times thereafter—a foreign conn- O 0 try had a ruler who kicked be- o 0 cause the scribes of Ids day paid O 0 things about the * extended nn invitation to repre sentatives of the press to partake of tk*- delicious spread and stated that a f** w of his frlendtf would also be v - t M-sent I 0 things about the royal ,\ny or o Pospum and ’eaters, with eider on|0 ruling. The presses were demo!- Q Uir- side will be the menu," explained | o Ished and the office ton el broUon; O < nitchneld O Sow Atlanta lias an omeial cen- M Will a. “Soei.lv” Affair. O nor of police department news and O will Be society «nair. 5 -iimv tnaaesty" la imponlble. The O • He said he had already mane ar-; foreorxet at the police station Is O rmigemenu to lihve the supper pie-1J .ytormy." « Hired at one of the local restaurants.: q ijti’ the weather: Fair t m'siit a ' l utchfteld gave out no further de- j 0 an d Thursday. •ails of his supper, but It Is understood 0 Wednesday's temperature the table will lie artistically arranged | 0 7 a. m. .. . i , lepresent a heavily barred diHir, with 1 0 8 a. in. .. . slices of Juicy 'possum peeping | 0 Settlement of Trouble on Southern to Be Discussed. 'Ugh the ban#. The central decora- j 0 j„ ill be u padlock, tastily caught j 0 11 a. »_ ....._ ..tut T,i furlhi'l t ^ j hi Whit* and blue ribbon. To further "carry nut the appropriate effect of the •upper, souvenirs of the occasion will , attractive little keyH. In fact, the supper Is to be a jail |p ty affnlr. • ‘rutchfleld gave another phonograph concert Tuesday night, placing *■'- . .Ill degrees C ..45 degrres O ..IS degrees O .. 52 degrees D ..54 legree.i O ..5? degrees O ..58 degrees O ..59 d’gtees O O 000000000000000 0OO0OOOOO0O 00000000000000000000000000 • 1 ■» uwhjo; r*"' n . I machine on the balcony in front of the 0 nPANK BAY RUM h.’Pltal ward. By tbl» arrangement. O SHE ORANK BAY ™ff UBLg$ 0 ai the prisoners in the jail were O n a musical treat, which "iichfield has made himself » I-iiu e „f good fellow* among the P r j*“ ix and they are anticipating with • t the tlm* when he In to leave the v **r. he having announced that no loned to apply for bond as soon an 0 Schenectady, N. Y...net. 31.—An O 0 unhappy life caused Mrs. Lena O O pierce, aged 3T, of this city, to O 0 commit suicide by drinking a O O quantity of buy rum. ~ OCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Washington, Oct. 31.—President Jas. O'Connell, of the International Associa tion of Machinists, and a committee representing the striking machinists of the Southern railway, will leave Wash ington tonight for New York, where they will confer with President Samuel Spencer and other ofllclals of the Southern relative to a settlement of the strike. Seth Low, president of. the National Civic Federation, of which Mr. O'Connell la also a member, will participate In the conference. SHOPS AT MANCHI8TER LIKE FORTIFIED CAMP. Richmond, Va„ Ocf. 31.—The South ern railway shops In Manchester today present the appearance of a fori! fled camp. Every entrance Is blocked by 12-foot board fence, and each gate Is guarded by a special officer^ Without this tine of defense, which bars equally Ingress and egress. Is formed a second cordon of men—striking machinists— hallenge every' man, woman ami child who enters the shops. The strikers today were In possession of the railroad station, from which point of vantage they directed their operations. According to reports from the strikers’ camp, only six strike breakers have managed to enter the yards since October X, and these are barricaded In the paint shop, where they are said to eat anil sleep. The police commissioners have re fused to appoint special policemen to patrol the tracks of the company. barbers rerjsFto shave SOUTHERN RAILWAY FOREMEN. Salisbury'. N. Oct. 31.—C, W. Haves and G. S. Turner, of this city, foremen for the Kouthem Hallway Company at Its spencer shops, were refused a shave at a leading barber shop here Saturday night nn the ground that they were unfair to union labor, and remained at their posts of duty when the machinists' strike was called. 200 STRIKE-BREAK¥RS ARE AT SPENCER SHOP8. Spencer, N. C„ Oct. 31.—The fifth car load of strike-breakers has been received by the Southern railway at It* Spencer shops. This shop now has more than 200 new men, taking the places of strikers, and is said to be in better shapp to meet the strike than any shop on the Southern system. THREE ARE KILLED AS RESULT OF DUEL OVER A CARD GAME Iren Mountain. Mich.. Oct. 31.-There are tlire*» denil and feu injured us the re suit of n hend-on collision oik the St. Paul mil refill, between nn extra freight ftiul n special train consisting of nn Bine nnd two eoscUet. Tlie train crews escaped eeriotm injury by Jumping. 00000000000000000000000000 O 0 0 PRISON POPULATION 0 0 IN MIS8I88IPPI SHOWS 0 200 INCREA8E POR YEAR. 0 0 ^ * 0 0 Hpedal* to The Georgian. 0 O Jackson. Miss., Oct. 31.—The 0 Q prison population of Mississippi Is 0 0 increasing. 0 O Figures Just Issued by the board 0 O of control show that there are O O now 1,300 convicts on the various 0 0 farms of the state, this being an 0 O Increase of 200 for the year. If O 0 this Increase keeps up it would not O O be surprising if the state did not 0 O within the next five years have 0 O to purchase another farm on O 0 which to work Its convicts. 0 O over two-thirds of the convict* 0 O are negroes. ' O There la a strong probability that a» British consulate will be established in Atlanta at an early dute nnd that an Atlanta man will be the British consul. Dr. John A. McLeay, who came to this city a short w’hlle ugo from Can ada, his native country, has been strongly urged for the position and he has the recommendation of many prominent men In Canada, besides Gov ernor Terrell, of Georgia, and 8am D. Jones, president of the AJIantu Cham ber of Commerce. • Dr. McLeay has made formal appli cation for the position as British con sul. Ho is strongly In favor of Atlanta us the consulate, and embodied this suggestion in his application to tho British ambassador. Dr. McLeay Is well known In At lanta. His offices ure In the Fourth National Bank building. Governor Terrell wrote the British ambassador at Washington some time ago, strongly urging the establishment of u consulate In Atlanta, and recom mending Dr. McLeay ns consul. The Chamber of Commerce, through the president, Hon. Sam D. Jones, followed this up with a letter to the British ambassador. Strong Rocommondations. With these recommendations from the foremost men of Canada, the gov ernor of Georgia, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce, it Is highly probable that in the event of the estab lishment of the consulate, which more than probable, Dr.’McLeay will be consul. In the establishment of an embassy here the British will in a way be fol lowing the lead of Germany, which country over u year ago established a consulate here. Prom tha Ambassador. A letter just received by Hon. 8am D. Jones, In reply to his to the British ambassador, says that the matter has been referred td the foreign office. The letter is from the secretary of legation, Hon. Cecil Higgins. It Is as follows: Oct. 25, 1906. Reporters Will Be Re fused News From Patrolmen. "Lenox, Mass., wci. ivus. ”Hon. Sam D. Jones, President Cham ber of Commerce: "Blr—I am directed by the ambas sador to acknowledge ihe receipt of your letter of October 17 last, in sup port of the proposal to establish a Brit ish consulate In the city of Atlanta, and am enclosing a petition on this subject and urging the appointment of Dr. Mel^eav to the post of consul, "I have to Inform you In reply that ihe matter is receiving the considera tion of the foreign office, to whose no tice your communication will be brought. I am. "Your Obedient Servant, "CECIL HIGGINS. Secretary." Atlanta Needs Consul. The appointment of a British consul In Atlanta Is regarded as being doubly important because of the geographical location of the city relative to the cot ton belt. England gets all of Its cot ton practically from the South and has many interests In this section. The duties of the consulate would be Following the next regular meeting of the board of police commissioners, all Atlanta police news in to be under strict censorship. Chief Jennings will be the oftllcial censor. All news for the press will be given out by the chief. The mouths of ull other mepibers of the department rill be sealed to reporters. The new's gutherers will not even be permitted to scan the police books and records, as has been their privilege In the past, A movement to this effect Is on foot In the police department, agd has as sumed definite shape. It will be brought to the attention of the police commis sion, at its next meeting, by Chief Jen nings. . The commission, about two years ago, uriopted rules embracing the plans for an official censor, and It Is under stood the chief will order the rules rig idly enforced. It Is said he will not put the rules Into effect until after he confers with the commission. Although this action was taken by the commission, ‘the rules have never beeh enforced, the police reporters hav ing the privilege of looking over the books und records at any time they de sired. What Caused It. The proposition to put the censorship Into effect Is said to he the direct result of the recent controversy between the police reporters of The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta News and Miss San-, derson, police matron, the differences between the newspaper inen and the matron never having been settled. It la also believed that the presentments of the Fulton county grand Jury, re turned Tuesday, In which the police were criticised for their conduct dur ing the recent riot, had something to do with the movement. Chief Jennings has had a conference CHIEF HENRY JENNINGS, Censor of Newt for Atlanta Police Department. slon. In regard to the matter, and, It le .said, this conference resulted In the determination.to establish the censor ship. Chairman Terry Is known to be In favor of the plan, although Wednesday mornln/r he declined to discuss It for publication. It Is understood he has expressed himself as favoring a restric tion of the press as concerns the police news, on the ground, It Is said, that lig considers It better policy to have all news emanate from the chief direct. The first step towards the censorship was taken Wednesdays morning, when Chief Jennings Informed the police re porter* of the three afternoon papers that no newspaper men would be per mitted to enter tlie matron's ward until the present situation could be brought to the attenhm of,the commission and steps taken tow*ard effecting a settle ment. He said that If the reporters, desired any news from tf»e matron they would have to request her to come out they any female prlnoner. The movement to render Chief Jen nings the sole source of news In the po lice department has been brewing for ■■■■ ■■ some time, and Its outcome will be with 4’halrman Terry, ot the commix- watched with con.lderable interest. a - o 000000000000000000510000000 to look after the IntereeU of EnglUb subject* In the South, encourage and develop trade relations between the two countries and give personal atten tion to such official matters that might develop. The recent announcement that an F.ngllsh colony might be es tablished in this section Is Relieved will be seriously regarded by the British government in making the appoint ment. Mr. McLeay Is a registered physician and surgeon In Edinburgh, a licentiate of Apothecaries’ hall, Dublin; graduate of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons in Ontario and Quebec, and a graduate of the Toronto University. Dr. McLeay’* citizenship in Atlanta Is regarded by him as an accident. In March 1904, he was en route to Ashe ville. N. c\, from Palm Beach, Fla., where he had been spending the win ter, and had occasion to stop over In Atlanta. He became Impressed with the city, and the people, and, as the climate was particularly agreeable t<? Mrs. McLeay he decided to •remain In the city awhile. McLeay has been an Atlantan ever since. Likts tha City, "This Is one of the finest towns In dren- the country,” said Dr. McLeay Wed nesday, "and my residence of two years here has been most pteasant. I was not here long before I discovered what the "Atlanta spirit” / was. I found lt was not a myth. Atlanta has the hustle and enterprise of a North ern city and 1 expect to remain here.” Dr. McLeay la a brother of the late Franklin McLeay, an eminent English actor for tyany years with Beerbohm Tree In London. The actor was re garded as being one of the foremost In his profession, and the English stage suffered a distinct less when he died two years ago. Dr. McLeay Is also a close friend of H. Cooper Cllffe, an English actor with the "Squaw Man” Company. Mr. Cllffe will be a guest of Dr. McLeay during his coming visit to Atlanta. Mrs. Minnis Lou Brown. The funeral services of Mi 1 #. Minnie Lou Brown, who died Monday, were conducted Wednesday morning ut her late residence. 5? Tye street. She \% survived bv her husband a«d *otu * Mi-