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8|HM-hil to Tin* Georgia u.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 14.--
Hurd, a negro who i j charged w Itli
murder of Patrolman T. o. Mu«k
In a south aide .saloon two weeks
was Indicted this morning and ui
brought to this city from th I
county jail under a heavy *. uud
evening. He will lie given bea
Monday mornfng.y On account of
talk the chief of police and sli
have detailed a heavy guard to c*
him from the depot to the Jail.
On the night of hi* capture l
was spirited over the city to dodgi
angry mob which swore vengeam .
him.
Secret Session of Police
Board Springs a
Leak.
The Atlanta
VOL. 1. NO. 173
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 14,1906.
pprer. On Trains FIT* C®NTH
1 Jo Atlanta TWO CSJVT&
COUNTESS DE CASTELIANE GRANTED
ABSOLUTE DIVORCE FROM HER COUNT;
COST OF TRIAL IS CHARGED TO BONI
Holdings of Magnate
Reduced to $65,-
000,000
I'llOBING OP U. S.
FEARED BY OCTOPUS
Millions Are Lost 1>y Com
pany’s Stocks as Re
sult of Attack.
New York, Nov. 14.—Attacked by the
Federal government, the market value
. r Standard Oil has shrunk within the
year $126,000,000. The stock sold to
day at the lowest point reached In
yearn. The slump has caused John D.
Rockefeller's money pile to wither $65,
iMMt.ooo. W|tli street fears the eftorts\>f
the government .to break *up the oil
trust will cause 26 Broadway to ham
mer ail stocks to show the adminis
tration that the oil suit has depressed
business.
Pour years ago Standard Oil sold for
$J»40 a share and today it sold on the
rttrb for $575. With a capitalisation
..f $100,000,000, the market value of tho
latiipnny 1ms slumped $275,000,000. To
day there appeared to he little support
».» ihi* stock. Small holder* were sell
ing, ft rlug that the government would
give the ttUHt n body blow and cause
its dissolution.
John D. Fools Slump.
l„o.t January Standard Oil sold for
a share. President Roosevelt told
tii*« department of Justice to go ahead
'v|th Ha suit against the trust. Henry
J1 Roger*, director general «»C the
Standard oil. mid John U. Aiohbohl;
’■‘j'Tlod »•» Washington. They could do
la'dldns Th'* slock begun to sag in
Weir *fri*£j. JJHlo attention was paid
xi tin* decline, which was gradual,
livny point meant a loss to John D.
Uoi-Kefellen of $600,000. With the stock
weak at $575. today hankers wondered
a »w far the decline would go.
It's a rich man's panic, in Standard
"ii." declared a broker on the stock
• \< hoitge today.
Fight Is Far-reaching.
The attack on Standard Oil Is a tight
•: fur-reaching effect. The gigantic
monopoly not only control* the oil bu»l-
n**ss, hut it practically controls the cop-
r*i.•steel, and other big industries,
.'hmidani Oil runs banks, traction lines
' *1 gas companies. It*, varied Inter-
• -tx have a combined capitalisation of
t)00,UO0. The operations of Stand.
"I <>11 in other companies are careful-
i; masked.
• in* government's suit will bring more
! '«hr on the underground methods of
• "il trust. Honkers In the tinanefa!
'‘strict today usk if nothing can stay
»•* slump In Standard Oil what will
'iippen when the administration inserts
obo in allied trusts of Standard
Charges of Brutality
Likely To Be
Probed.
NAMES OF WOMEN
MAY BE REVEALED.
Countess Cannot, by the
Court’s Decree, Take
Her Children Out of
France.
Paris, Xov. 14.—Countess tie
Oastellane, formerly Anna Gould,
has been granted an absolute di
vorce from her husband, Count
Boni de Castellane.
She is also awarded the custody
of her children.
Boni Mutt Pay Costs.
As first read, the verdict of tho
court was generally accepted as al
lowing Count Boni alimony amounting
to $30,000 a year, but a closer perusal
[
Says Thirty Men Are
• Nee.ded to Quell
a Riot.
DENIES NEGLECT OF
DUTY BY POLICE
Picture of Couthcs* Boot diEj***
tellanc, formerly Anna Gould, from
n painting by f'urolus Duran, ami
three postal cards whirl) figured In
the testimony In tho-fastolluno di
vorce suit. Tho Frync-ii version*
nml English’ translations;fallow:
, ■ > "Murosponso eat lo refua il'une
femme respectablft » voir un el
grand llbertltt.” (My response Is .
the- refusal 'of a respectable woman
tn set! suelt a libertine.)
“Me me cruls pan stupldo ulnsl qun
dlt Madatne X.” (Do not think I
am so stupid us Jlmc. X. Imag
ines.)
"Avec moil •- profoml dedain."
(With iny profound seem.)
During a discussion of the decent
race riot and tho best means of pre
venting a repetition of that trouble,
the police commission, In executive ses
sion Tuesday night, decided to nmke a
special appeal to the city council for
an appropriation sufficient to establish
a reserve force of thirty policemen.
Commissioner Brandon whs Instruct
ed by the commission to draft a memo
rial to tho city council explaining In
detail the necessity for such a reserve.
Mr. Brandon will prepare the memorial
at once and have It ready for submis
sion ut the next meeting of council.
This action followed the reading of a
supplemental report presented by Chief
of Police Jennings In regard to the riot
and the conduct of the police during
that crisis. The commhudone.li dis
cussed the matter at considerable
length, desirous of arriving ut some
method to suppress any possible out
break lit the future, and finally deter
mined on the proposed reserve as tho
must feasible remedy.
In his report Chief Jennings stated
the number of policemen on duty due
lug the night of the riot und explained
that It was u matter of Impossibility to
TRY NEGRO FRIDAY;
MRS. CAMP APPEARS
BEFORE GRAND JURY
GianJ Jury Called Koi. LYNCHING FEARED
Special Meet
ing/
PROMPT JUSTICE
FOR NEGRO FIEND
Sheriff Slept at Jail to
Guard Prisoner From
Possible Attack.
The negroe Joe Glenn, accused of as
sault on Mrs; J. X. Camp Tuesday
morning, will be tried Friday morning.
A Jury will be drawn from the grand
Jury list If this Is found to be legal.
The court has appointed Charles
Hopkins, L. Z. Rosser nnd John 10. Mc
Clelland, three eminent attorneys, to
defend tho negro.
Mrs. Camp will appear before the
grand Jury Wednesday, afternoon nnd
tell her story. An Indictment will then
be returned.
Tho city court will hold no session
Friday on account of this special trial.
The Fulton county grand Jury was
called for a special meeting Wednes
day afternoon at 3 o'clock to Investi
gate fho cose of criminal assault
charged against the negro Joe Qlenn,
who was raptured Tuesday afternoon
and longed In tho Tower. He was
Identified by Mrs. J. X. Camp, (he vic
tim of the assault, and brought to the
city by county officers, who evaded all
attempts to take their prisoner from
them.
A Guard at Towar.
In order to prevent any poaxlble at
tempt at molt violence on (be negro
Joe Olenn, Identtlled by Mrs. J. X.
Camp, as her assailant of Tuesduy
morning, a special guard whs on duty
at the Tower all during Tuesday night.
This guard was composed' of Sheriff
Nelms. Deputy Sheriff Fain, Jailer
Chastain and two county policemen,
Haiflihia ' MMMiiilMi
Heavy Guard Detailed to
Escort Prisoner From
the Station.
wanted to be on the safe side.
The prisoner Is confined In a cell In
’murderers' row" on the fifth floor of
tho Tower. Ho protests that he Is in
nocent. but says he understands fully
what tho Identification of Mrs. Camp
means to him. .
Negroes Write Card.
A number of representative negroes
have condemned the crime of Joo Glenn
In the following curd:
"In behalf of u number of Wading
colored citizen*. withered Informally,
we have been authorized to express
their horror at such a crime u* that
reported Tuesday afternoon. Wo com
mend tin* officers of tho law for their
prompt and heroic action In securing
the prisoner, and we trust that he will
be given u speedy and fair trial, and.
If the guilty one. punished to th** full
extent of the law.
"Wo deeply deplore such occurrences
at aiiy time, und we desire
• »li. |
To Flit Court Paper.
special Attorneys Kellogg and Mor-
"* >», of tho department of justice, are
" route from Washington to Ht. Louis.
u ‘thln 4M hours they will file a pett-
• *n for a permanent Injunction against
* Mg oil trust. A special grand jury
• IH doubtless act favorably «n the pe-
and the tight between the United
SiatDM government und the Standard
’ dl will be on.
IS RE-ELECTED BY
Resolution Is Adopted
< ’hanging Title of Com-
i minding Offieer.
’v i d („ Tbs Georgian.
Savannah, (la.. Xov. I*.—At this
■ witling's session of the Confederate
\[ brans, Brigadier General A. J.
v " ‘t. of Atlanta, was re-elected com-
; ruler of the Georgia division for tho
""•'i year.
!> was also decided to hold tho next
(■ union at Augusta.
A resolution was passed providing
* 1,dt " hen commanders of divisions are
1 led they be known as commanders
not as brigadier generals.
Hie purpose of the resolution Is to
i e vent the confusion of the titles won
hi Hie war with those conferred through
office of election. .
die following commanders
lp h: Easterp brigade. J. W. Clark;
' mhern brigade. Colonel I-. Pierce
1 " mas; Southern brigade. Captain
l-ittso. Young; Western brigade. Cap*
"V /■ E. I )eVaughan.
hi'Ike Robert L. Rodgers was ne-
'"(I state historian. He accepted
honor in a pleasing address.
of tho order luter in tho day revealed
tho fact that the defendant had not
only been denied any alimony, but (p
addition had been assessed for the ;
cost of tho proceedings. ,
The possibility of Counters Anna's
re-marriage is not touched In the
court's decision and the general Inter
pretation Is that sho will bo free to wed
again should she choose.
Can’t Take Children.
While the countess will have charge
of her two sons, the decree of the
court forbids her taking them out of
France without the caurt’s permission.
The financial responsibility of the
couple is to be settled by a referee,
appointed by the court.
The court rendered Its decision on
the documentary evidence offered and
on the representations of counsel. It
was the general belief among members
of tho French bar today that an In
quiry may bo ordered In view of the
sensational charges that were -made
by the countess that Count Boni beat
her and otherwise treated her with
great cruelty.
May Reveal Names.
Should this Inquiry be ordered by the
court, both on account of the countese’
charges and also because of certain al
legations of the count, the namea of the
several prominent society women, some
of them with titles, who were men-
In the course of tho proceedings,
, _j “Mm*. A.," ''B.,'' "X.." etc., will
at last be revealed publicly.
Thought He'd Persuade Her.
The Castellane divorce suit has prov
en the sensation of a decade even In
sensational Paris. Tho court room, at
all the open sessions, was parked to the
doors, women of title, nobility and up
per society of the bourgeolse being In
the majority nmong the spectators.
All Paris believed, up to live very
day when the trial began. Just two
weeks ago. that it would never get into
the courts. All Parts believed that
persuasive Boni, as he has so often
done before, would again ‘ bring the
countess around and get her to for
give what he has always termed as
merely peccadillos. But all Paris, was
deceived.
Her Anger V/ee Aroueed.
It did not know the American girl,
once her nnger was aroused, was Irre
vocable The Countess Anna was de
termined to be rid of the count once
and for all. because of the deceit, cru
elty nml frivolity practiced by her hus-
h,, Thln the crowded court room realised
almost with the ilrst words of Maltre
Cruppl's opening address In the pros
ecution of the case for his client, the
countess. And Count Boni realised It
as lie had not even up to that very
moment.
* Count Beni Pelt Secure.
He hud not evdn taken the trouble to
nut in a defense, so firm was Ids belief,
'it the eleventh hour, that he would be
aide to dissuade his wife from her de
termination. The Countess Anna pro-
NQVEMBER SNOWSTORM .
HE A VIES7 IN 28 YEA RS;
SURPRISE 70 PROPHE7
Atlantans Treated To
Unusual Spectacle
for. Season.
The heavjesr snowfall in Atlanta, as
early as November 14, in twenty-eight
years visited Atlanta Wednesday
morning and three-tenths of ah Inch
was recorded j»y the iooal weather bu
reau. A trace of.enb'w fell in. Atlanta
on November 19, 1901, and two-tenths
was recorded,'by the official gauge ae
early as Xoveinber IS, 1904. .
The sudden and unexpected change
In the weather conditions Wednesday
morning was as much, a surprise,to the
weather office officials as. to the public
at large. The Indications received Tues
day Indicated that the weather .would
be fair and warmer, but the'Opposite
brand visited Atlanta. ' ?['
The change came tome tlmabejween
midnight and breakfast-time 'Wednes
day morning. Atlantans rubbed their
sleepy oyes and looked out of their
windows upon rising to find that a thin
coating of enow covered roofs of houses
and sheds and little drifts had accumu
lated In places protected from the wind.
"Hominy” enow fell In a desultory
manner until about 10: *0 o'clock, when
the flakes fell faster and thicker than
ever before. Had the ground been dry
and conditions more favorable the city
would have been covered with a thick
mantle within ten minutes of the ex
ceptionally heavy fall. At 10:Jo a. in.
the snow was falling at the rate of
an Inch an hour. The enow was 'fol
lowed by sleet.
Barometer Falling.
The official barometer In the weather.
duced a startling series of love letters
lo her from the count In which he most
abjectly begged to be pardoned, de
claring he would die and hoping he
would, unlese she kept "a little corner
In your eoul for me."
Maltre Druppf startled the crowded
court room by saying that these pro
fessions of the count were as Insin
cere and unmeant as all his other pro
testations to hla wife.
Ho Maintained Apartments.
It was shown that he maintained a
number of bachelor establishments, in
Pari*. ar.U 1ft this connection Woolen
OOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOiWfO
O . O
O THREE INCHES OF SNOW O
O IN NORTHERN ALABAMA. O
O O
<3 Special to The Georgian.'.
O Huntsville, Ala., Xov. 1,4.—A 0
S general snoiv storm prevailed O
throughout north 'Alabama. At O
O Huntsville It Is threo Inches deep. O
O The town Is practically: nuf of O
O fuel and much suffering Is feared. O
O<KH3OO<KKKKIOCH3OOOO0O0OOCIO<I
office cut unusual 1 capers and fell ten-
hundredths within lift hour and forty-
five minutes before the .heavy fall of
snow. It.registered 29.80 at 10:46 a. m.
and woa still falling.
In accordance with the predictions
Tuesday by the weather observer, the
temperatures all' over the Houth have
risen perceptibly. In Atlanta tho tem
perature wns eight degrees warmer
Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock than it
was Tuesday morning at the same time,
"The sudden change In the weather,"
said Observer Marbury, "Is due to tho
presence of an area of lower barometer
centered over Mississippi. The high
that was over, that .section Tuesday
morning has disappeared entirely and
there has been a decided fall In the
pressure In the Missouri and Mississip
pi valleys and over most of the South
since yesterday morning, and ns a re
sult cloudiness prevails at nearly all
stations, with lain falling at Vicksburg,
Birmingham, In Montahu, Yellowstone
Park and'Oregon—sleet at Atlanta and
Macon and snow at Xashvllle, St. Louis
and St. Paul. There has been a gen
eral rise In temperature all over tho
South.
"The conditions favor cloudy weath.-
er, with rain. In this section tonight
and probably Thursday. Warmer to
night.”
ALL RECORDS BROKEN .
IN TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR8.
Kperisl to The Uenrfhuu
Chattanooga. Tenn.. Xov. 14.—In the
first snow of the season tile record for
twenty-eight years was broken. A
snow storm began at 4 o'clock this
morning and continued with 2.8 Inches,
and the temperature at 28 degrees.
Much suffering among poor Is predict-
cii because of the great scarcity of coal.
BUNDING 8NOWSTORM
PREVAILS AT ROME.
jut'll the disorder any sooner.
Ha stated further that lie n.ul made bfUi’o^big’ptls’om" .shjflff X.'ims
t thorough investlgntlnn. but had fulled
to llnd any euse of neglect of duty or
cowardice. In regard to tlje roast given
the polleo by the last grand JUry, tho
chief reported he had appealed to the
grand Jurors for the names of nny
policeman guilty of neglect of duty or
uny Information that would tend to
throw light on the matter, and that lie
had been Unable to get anything dell
nile ut all.
The commission was officially noli
lied of the possugu by council of un
ordlnanco reducing the civil service
average required of applicants for Jobs
on the police force from 70 to 60 |>er
cent. Eight men who failed on the
first educational examination, but who
made more than 60 per cent, .were
elected as supernumeraries, ns follows:
J. If. Elder, J. D. Turner, Charles
Nelson?M. P. Dailey, J. R, Black. H. A.
Klmbrell, S. E. Imng nnd L. O. Askew.
O. O. Adams, who failed on the physi
cal examination, but who has since
gained the required weight, was
thorlied to take the educational ekatn-
Ination.
to be under-
ifflcers remulned In tho Jail of- ■stood by-nil inen for all time that we
lice, with weapons’ In close reach, and*1 colored men arc thoroughly on the side
Were prepared to resist any effort by a ! of taw and order, condemning nil crime,
inob to take the prisoner and lynch and especially tlds crime of crimes,
him. "I. Garland Penn, U It. S. Green, ft.
No incident, however, occurred dur- 11. Proctor. Willi.on K Penn. J. Wrugg.
Ing the night lo disturb the tnuiquIlUl) K. J. Thomas, 11. W. Russell. William
htutod ! King. T. K. Askew. J. c. Weaver*. W.
that he anticipated no trouble, but I A. Wynn, ft. T. uv.itli'rbv."
CADETS FORM FIRE BRIGADE;
SAVE VALUABLE PROPERTY;
THORNTON HOME DESTROYED
Without waiting for the command,
the students of the Georgia Military
Academy rushed Into the burning home
of If. J. Thornton, In Virginia avenue.
College; Park, about 11 o'clock Wednes.
day morning and suved a good portion
of the household furnishings.
the three-story dwelling, original'
the attic and presumably from a de
fective hue. Within a remarkably short
time the (Ire had spread throughout
the building and as East Point has no
nre department It looked as It the
contents of the dwelling would be con
sumed.
Tho Georgia Military Academy hoys,
realising that quick action wns neces
sary, Jumped to the work und labored
like Trojans In taking out furr.iiurc
und bric-a-brac. They were cheered
un by tho crowd which bad gathered
and won for themselves the commenda
tion of the cltlxenx In that suburb.
Mr. Thornton’s »wo brothers. ('. A.
and Htoyy Thornton, also had their
fntnllles In the same dwelling and hist
most of their belongings ,,n tlie second
and third floors. The loss was almost
wholly covered by Insurance. II. J.
Thornton Is a representative of the
Aetna Fire Insurance Company In At
lantic
GREET ROOSEVELT
AND HIS PARTY
ON MH SEAS
Captain of the Advance
Thanked by the Pres
ident.
MISSING YOUTH RETURNS
AS MYSTERIOUSLY AS HE
DISAPPEARED FROM HOME
Xew York, Xov. 14.—Officers of the
steamer Advance, arriving "here to
day from Colon, exchanged signals with
President Roosevelt during the voyage.
When the Advance met the battleship
Louisiana and her eecort, the Tetvies'
see and the Washington, the following
message was sent to the president:
"Captain nnd men of the eteamshlp
Advance send greetings. Wish you and
Mrs. Roosevelt a most pleasant voy
age, and oongratulate you on result of
the Xew York state election.
(Hlened) “EDWARD HAMMOND.
"Captain."
President Roosevelt's reply was:
"Captain Hammond and Men of the’
Steamer Advance: Heartiest thanks for
your congratulations on both counts.
(Hlgnedi
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
After having been strangely missing
since Saturday afternoon, not the
slightest clew having been obtained as
to his wheyeabouts, Herbert G. Brant
ley, 21 years of age, assistant cashier
of tho Hayner Distilling Company, re
turned to his home some time during
Tuesday night, the return being ns
strange and mysterious as the disap
pearance.
Slipping nolselesly Into Ills home, at
Castleberry street and Madison ave
nue, and without awaking any of bis
people, the missing young man cfnwled
Into bed with his brother, without even
waking him. With wan features and
an expression of fatigue on his face,
Brantley was found In bed Wednesday
morning In an npparent stupor nnd has
lain In this condition practlfally nil
day.
■Inquiry by a Georgian reporter Wed
nesday afternoon at the home of the
young man elicited the information i
from Mr. nnd Mrs. Brantley, the par
ents, that they have been unable so
fur to obtain anything ilcllnliu from
their son. They sold be had been asleep
nearly ever since be entered the bouse
during the night, un(l that as lie ap
peared to be tired and worn they had
refrained from waking hhn.
The mystery of the disappearance
and the whereabouts of the young man
since he disappeared will not be solved
until ho wakes anil clears It with his
own statement.
The cause of his disappearance and
what has taken place during the Inte
rim are mutters tile parents would like
very much to know themselves. Young
Brantley lias been suffering with a mrv -
ous trouble for the past few weeks, duo,
It Is believed, to overwork und
confinement, and his people are of the
opinion this is responsible for his
strange conduct.
Since the news of Brantley's return
became known, numbers of his friends
have called ot his home Wednesday in
an effort t'o sec him. *
LONG STANDING FEUD
RESULTS IN TRAGEDY
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O DEATH OF BROTHER O
0 CAUSES HER TO LEAP, 0
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0 Fontalnevllle, Jnd., Xov. 14.— 0
O .Miss Petronella Romero, daugh- O
0 ter of P. M. Romero, a merchant, 0
0 leaped from a third-story window O
0 of her father’s residence while In 0
-pannijilsttt am -.lie „"y visited this sectloo slis-c lx*,
O a frenzy of grief over the death O
0 of her 17-yenr-old brother, Ro- 0
0 land. 0
i. , -j- 0 She struck on her head. Attend- O
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ran*, m ojpioiu i-nr.il lor. It la said l.y the oldest settlers “
known throughout Ute trial as Mine. | h , Ih,. heaviest snowstorm that Ina i O
Npisiul to The ticorgfaii.
Vldalia, Ga., Nov. 14.—Bruce McLeod,
of Lyons, shot and fatally wounded W.
■R. Wilkes this morning near Vldalia.
Tills Is tiie cuhnlnaiion of
In which Bruce -McLeod w
stabbed by W. II. Wilkes
ago. The sympathy of tli
with McLeod; It would app.
NASHVILLE PEOPLE
BANQUET DR, NISBET
Xashvllle lias received Rev, • 'tiarles
R. Kfsbet, formerly pastor of West
minster church here, and called ti> serve Ish,
Woodland Street Pn
Nashville,' with opbti
On Inst Monday ei
was the guest of boa
the Maxwell Bouse,
ed him by 50 nt the
rlaus of the city. Ni
scribe the scent* os
feast. There were Hu
fellowslkip,
which the
