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1 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 (30000000000000000000000000 O O O DEATH OF BROTHER O 0 CAUSES HER TO LEAP, 0 0 O 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 lies In Home are plated In destitute dr-1« Ina- nil vs I via ns -IV she cannot 0 eninstanc"". Sufferers nre being properly X ;P® > K ' i - It la said by the ..West; witters { g »»*■_ g 00000000000000000000000000 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