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The little one Honored In great ngony until 0:40 Friday night, when death re* tutted. 12very effort wan made to nave the child nt firstly hoapltnl, but her Injuries proved too severe. 8bo waa atanding before the fire at her home Friday morning, when her dreaa be came Ignited. Hhe ran acreamlng with R ln. and fright Into the atreet. A nclgb- r ran out and extinguished the blase. Bernle and her baby alater wero In the house alone when the accident occurred, the mother having gone to tho city on busl- Bfl>. “Situation Wanted” ! Ads. Free In THE i ATLANTA GEORGIAN : The Atlanta Georgian. “Situation Wanted” Ads. Free In THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN VOL. 3. NO. 176. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, 17,1906. W. R. HEARST STRUCK BY PULITZER’S SON; EDITOR DENIES FIGHT When Told of Denial, Pulitzer Said “He Lied.” ENCOUNTER OCCURS IN ST. LOUIS OFFICE Employees of Pulitzer, It Is Said, Kept the Men Apart. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN CANAL ZONE St. Louis. Mo., Nov. 17.—Joseph Pu litzer, Jr., son of the New York pub lisher. admitted tqjlay that he struck William B. Hearst In the pit of the itmnuch lale yesterday, and when In formed that Mr. Hearst had denied that there had been an encounter, replied: • Well, he lied then." According to Pulttser he asked llearst whether he believed things he had said In a campaign speech about Joseph Pulltser, Sr., wero true. Hearst Is said to have replied that he usually meant what he said. •i then struck Hearst,” said Pulitzer. "He hud laid off his overcoat before." Hearst, It Is said, started toward Pulitzer, but employees of the editorial department of The Post-Dispatch, where the sceno occurred, Interfcrred and Hearst left the- building. .Mr. Hearst said he had gone to The Post-Dispatch building on business, but added: •There was no quarrel, no unpleas antness of any kind. 1 don’t even know this young Pulltser." LITTLE GIRL DIES AFTER SUFFERING FOR TWELVE HOURS Dynamite Blasts Set Off For His Edifica tion. Panama City, Nov. 17.—President Roosevelt told Chief Engineer Stevens that he wanted to see all the work In connection with excavation of the big ditch, even to the temporary laying of tracks. With this In view fye boarded a work train near Pedro Miguel and went to the point where steam shovels were at work. The presidential train continued on the regular line toward Panama. The work of the steam shovels was ob served, and the president made a de tour to examine the site of the Pedro Miguel lock. He shook hands with all the Americans he met while walking over the ground. Big 8hovel is Decorated At about twenty-five minutes past 8 o’clock the president entered the deep portion »f Culebru cut. his train mov ing slowly. In order that he might ob serve the workings of the drill ma chines und shovels. One shovel was decorated with a sign reading: "We will do our best to help you build It." Th'e president spent some time In the deepest vortion nt the cut. In which last Sunday twenty-two tons of explo sives were used to throw down 35,000 cubic yurds of material. Watches Dynamite Explosives. Tho rain was now’ coming down In torrent# nnd tho water poured In rtv- -ulets'dcmi'thc funn' l-shiipcil sides nr the famous cut. Several charges of Until' relieved the suffering or Item! T.lsfilr, IM little Iy^af sM daughter of . .. Mr». Llnule.Tel.i fair, nr w ithlnrhan sired, dynamite were exploded In oruer tbnt trim was burned Friday morning. the president might see tho effect, after which he went back to his own train. Mr. Roosevelt displayed great Inter est In the work. He lunched nt the residence of the chief engineer at Cule. RACE PROBLEM TOPIC AT NEW MEN’S CLUB Tim Men’s Club of the Untrersaliat church met Friday evening In the lec ture room of the church on Hast Har ris street, near Peachtree. Addresses on the race problem were made by Rev. Drs. C. B. Wllmer, rector of fit. Lukes Episcopal church, and M. L. Troutman, pastor of Park Street .Methodist Episcopal church. Both urged a careful study of criminal so ciology, and unremitting application of the fundamental principles of Chris tianity in the effort to find the solvent for the perplexing problem of modem civilization. This club, which has but recently come Into being, will bo entirely, non- 51 ctarian In Its character, and religious rather than theological. It will hold us meetings monthly and will have for discussion at each meeting some sub- Jct of vital civic Interest. All men "Ml he welcome, regardless of religious allillutlons. Announcements of the date of meetings will be made through the pros NEGRO DESPERADO SHOT BY A WOMAN bp* • lal to The Georgian. Jackson, Miss., Nov.. 17.—Will Bur- J ,| i. a negro desperado, shot and killed lust night by a Mexican tamale vender r mod Manuel Cabrera, whom Burtln attempted to hold up and rob. I REMAN SUES FOR LOSS OF HIS LEGS J. I*. Miller, n fireman on the West- and Atlantic railroad, filed suit Hatur- iiBOlnst the Seaboard Air Liue, asking ; ,:i dnlnni - ’Olilus Wades In Rain and Mud. Weuring white overalls, he waded through the rain and mud. to look at the work In the t'ulebra cut. He also Inspected tho Culebru hotel, the peni tentiary, commissary, and other places. He talked with the employees and com mented upon the conditions prevailing In the canal zone. At 1 o’clock he visited the office of the assistant chief engineer for the purpose of meeting employees. He made a speech, saying all he would have to suy was that he heartily ap preciated on behalf of the United States the work that waa being done. He added: Proud of the Workmen. "Yesterday und today, while going along the canal and seeing your work, I felt more and more that you were earning the right to the gratitude of your country. I feel that I have been meeting men who have done a big work that is necessary to tho honor and In terest of their country. The thing that is best worth being done Is some thing lhat counts for your country. That Is the work you ore doing. ”1 hope this spirit will grow with each of you, so that each man can Identify himself with the work, and that in the future it will only be necos- sary for him to say that he waa con nected with the canal to have a patent of nobility conferred upon him. “Good-bye and good luck. You seem to be a straight-cut set of Americans. I am mighty proud of you." BOND REGISTRATION MAY BE CHANGED railroads will fight { attanoogs; Tenn., Nov. 17.—Attor- - for tho Chattanooga Railway * a, i«»ny liave tiled a bill of injunction - the chancery court enjoining the * mr.ty trustee and the state revenue •pin from back assessing the property street railway company. The 1 Ate revenue agent, A. fci. Birdsong, of Mioxvllie, claims that ulthough the * >R>lJitny'» property since the consoli- » i a Valued at about $2,000,000, the ■ lament made on a basis of ARMOUR TO BUILD $100,000 FACTORY Justice, Sworn In. 1 he with of office was administered xitmlay morning by Governor Ten-ell hlcf Justice Fish and Associate •zsieea Beck, Lumpkin and Atkinson, ‘ ' i whom were elected in October. ••am was administered twice to Lumpkin nnd Atkinson, as elected i» bolh the unexplred It was proposed at the meeting of the finance committee of council at 10:30 o’clock Saturday morning that the presept system of registering city bonds fie changed, so that the bonds will be more marketable. The resolution was Introduced by Chairman Patterson, of the committee. It was that all owners of city coupon bonds be allowed to take these to the city comptroller, who will register them, and In their stead give the hold ers certificates. The bonds will be placed In the city vault, to be destroyed at their maturity. The resolution will be acted upon by the finance committee at a meeting In the future. . .. This was the only , matter to be dls cussed at the meeting. From Tho New York World. “DIG, YE TERRIERS! DIG!’ CITY FIVE MILLION RICHER THIS YEAR IN TAXABLE VALUES The aggregate taxable property In the city of Atlanta for 1808, both real and personal. Is $73,413,662. This Is a gain over 1805 of $6,144,368. The books of the city tax assessors were balanced Saturday morning, and the foregoing figures told the story of the city’s remarkable growth. These and the following figures will be embodied In the nnnual ’ report of the city tax assessors for-1806. The total tax received by the city for tho year 1806, including the In terest, Is $1,004,162.88. This Is a gain of $70,1$>.6$ over the tax received by tho city In 1805. The amount received from atreet tax, collected from those between the ages of 21 and 50, for 1806, ts $11,787. The total for 1805 Is $650 less. The estimated receipts from the comptroller of the state, from taxes of all the great public service corporations In the city Is $75,000. This makes the total receipts by the city for taxation $1,079,162.88. The defalcations for 1906 were $101,946.85, an Increase of $13,008.76 over 1905. . In 1906 the taxable real estate was $66,184,766, as compared to $52,- 455,186 for 1905. Tho gain le $3,731,570. HEAVY GAIN IN PER80NAL PROPERTY. In 1908 the personal property given In for taxation amounted to $17,- 237,908. In 1905 the personal property was $15,916,207. The gain of this year over last Is $1,412,699. The aggregate taxable property, real and personal, for 1906 Is $73,412,- 662. The aggregate for 1905 was $68,268,393. This makes the total gain $5,144,369. Thu street tax for 1906 was $11,878, and for 1905, $11,187. The gain of this year over the previous one Is $650. The total tux for 1906 Is $899,197.05. Tho Interest Is $4,965.94. The total tax Is $1,004,162.99. The total tax for 1905, Including Interest, was $934,029.46. The gain of this year is $70,133.53. The defalcations for 1906 were $101,946.96, as compared to $88,938.09. The Increase of this year is 811,008.78. The city tax assessors are C. D. Meador, J, L. Harrison »nd J. H. Ew- Ing. Their force of clerks, who, by the way, are about the hardest worked men at the city hall, are: John D. Malone, chief clerk; E. M. Williams, George B. Beauchamp and J. H. Conyers. H|icclal to The Georgian. Augusta. Ga., Nov, 17.—Ve Augusta, Ga., Nov. 17.—For the post two months there has been a deal on |,v the Armour people to establish a plant here, and yesterday the final plans were closed up. The plant will mean an outlay of some 8100.000 at .nice and it Is estimated that the weekly payroll will amount to at least ,S Tho factory will be In charge of J. Lee Ethridge, and the annual output ling January 1 .1 1 1 the reg- of the factory will be something like » tyreeftc*. '*30O.fiW w.wth of fertilizer. MAYOR WRITES MESSAGE TO COUNCIL PROTESTING AGAINST ELECTRIC RAIL WA Y OOOOOOD00000oooooooooooooo 0 O GOVERNOR ISSUES O O PROCLAMATION OF O THANKSGIVING DAY. O O O 0 Governor Terrell’s Thanksgtv- O O Ing proclamation has been pro- 0 O pared. O O He calls special attention to the O O continued prosperity of Georgia O O and the whole country. Thanks- O O giving Is Thursday. November 29. O oaoooaoooooaoooooooooooooo 0 o O TAFT REDUCES WEIGHT O O 65 POUNDS BY DIETING. O o o Special to The Georgian. - O ('hattanpoga, Tenn, Nov. 17.— O O Secretary of War W. II, Taft, In O O an Interview here, stated that ho O O would return to this city In about O O a month for the purposo of going 0 O over the ground at Chlckamaugu 0 0 with a view to the establishment 0 0 of a brigade army post at that 0 0 place. The government has op- 0 0 tlons on land surrounding the 0 0 great battlefield amounting to 0 0 18,006 acres. ‘Colonel Taft said O 0 that the army posts throughout-O 0 the West are In fine condition. 0 O Tho big secretary of war haa 0 0 reduced his weight 65 pounds In O O the last few months by dieting. W 000490000000000000000000000 O 0 WEATHER FOR SUNDAY O WILL BE DISAGREEABLE. 0 0 O 0 No use of getting a grouch he- 0 O cause Ideal weather isn't assigned 0 0 us all the time. What do you O I 0 expect now, anyway ? Got to have O ' 0 some “disagreeable” and might ns 0 0 wall come now as any old time. 0 0 Nothing doing In the way of a O O pleasant Sunday. o O Forecast: O O “Bain Saturday night and Sun- O 0 day; somewhat warmer Saturday 0 0 night, colder Sunday.” 0 0 Temperatures Saturday; 0 0 7 o'clock a. m 47 degrees. O O 8 o'clock a. in..' .. ..48 degrees. 0 O 9 o'clock a. m 49 degrees. 0 j 0 10 o’clock a. m 51 degrees. Will Explain His Position on Franchise in Support of His Veto—Says Route Is Dan- geous and Streets Badly Chosen. Mayor Woodward will, on Sunday, give to the Atlanta morning papers, copies of the message he will send to council, explaining the ren*on* why he vetoed the ordinance, granting :t franchise to the Atlanta ami Carolina Constrnctloo Company for Inter- urlians to Conyera and Weat Point. The meaaage will be rftsd to* council at venlent and daugeroua. He will say that It la not necessary to pasa over so many streets and make so many curve*. He will my that several better routes could be cboseu, nnd will propone one. lie will aay tbnt the line, beginning nt the corner of Pulliam and Hnwaon streets, cab go out Pulliam, Instead of Itnwnon, the meeting Monday afternoon. It la prob-aml cau go along Pulliam's weat line to able, although fsr from certain, that coun cil will override the mayor** veto. First, tjie mayor will assure conndl that he la not opposed to the proposed Intemr- l$an* coming to this city; In fact, that he Is In favor of the enterprise, nnd to nil ciiterprlae* «*.iP*alatod to help the clt? or the p$*ople of Atlanta aienn, nnd then to Crew street, out Crew to Atlanta avenue, out Atlanta avenne to £ mth Iloulevanl, and then forth on Itou- ranl to Con fed era to avenue. IIm will any tbnt the interurliana for the local service will be of practically no use; that the route Is so circuitous n f»ersoii could walk to town taster Ibmi he could Oil o'clock a. m 51 degreea. O O 12 o’clock noon.. ..50 degrees. O O l o’clock p. m 50 degrees. O O 2 o’clock p. m 50 degrees. O Doooaooooooaooo OOOOOPOOOOO prcrrp. Train* nv» cbnt* L , D Atlanta TWO CIMT* FACE NEGRO Files Petition to Re duce Bail to $3,000 or Less. J.’ II. Crutchfield, who Ih confined In the Tower for zhoottng and maiming 111. wife several week# ago, applied to the superior court Saturday afternoon for a reduction of his ball. The ball had been fixed nt $6,000 by the court. Crutchfield asks that this be reduced to between $2,000 and $3,000. In his petition he states that- he Is a hardworking man; that he lias never saved anything: that he has been sup porting his wife and many members of his and her families, and that If the bond Is reduced he can secure the amount through friends. The attorneys In the case aro Bcubcn Arnold and Van Astor Batchelor. When asked Saturday concerning the rumor that ah. would return to her husband upon her recovery, Mrs. Crutchfield smiled Inscrutably and re plied: ’Walt and soe.” Johnson, Second Sus pect, Says She Iden tified Him. Will Johnson, tho negro prison* r held In the Tower nnd accused or luu-uult- Ing Mrs. J. N. Camp Inst Tuesday, states that he was Identified Friday by Mrs. Camp herself. To a reporter for The Georgian John son said that he was taken Into u room at the court house Friday and pointed out to Mrs. Camp. "They took mo In a side room.” said the negro, “and they brought In the lady. She said, ‘That Is him."’ The county police state that so fai ns they know Mrs. Camp never faced Johnson after his arrest. Mrs. Camp left the court house niter her testimony and the negro was captun believed that Johnson thought Mrs. Woodlee, v him as a mail who had pi at her, was Mrs, Camp. Chicken Bone in Throat, Bishop Tigert Undergoes Very Serious Operation Special to The Georgian. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 17.—Message received In Nashvlllo this morning from Indian Territory stated that Bishop John J. Tigert Is critically III. although members of hls family are hopeful. His Illness waa brought about by the lodgment of a chicken bone In hls throat below one of hls tonsils. An operation was performed and un ab- cess resulted. Blood poison Is being fought ngalnst with hopes of success. Dr. Hol land 51. Tigert, of Nashville, eldest son of Bishop Tigert. iwuched Ills fa ther’s bedside this morning and the bishop will be brought to Nashville us soon as hls condition will admit to lr avel. * EIGHT MEN ENTOMBED '• BY A WELL CAVE-IN Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 17.—Eight men were entombed In ft large by a cave-ln- at the Indiana Dlatllle ry today. Bescurers are working to them out. SHIPS DRIVEN ASHORE ON COAST OF CANADA cxtraniely Uungerot:*, ntnl eapccljiHy to rlill- <lreu. lie will (mint out the proximity of the lino to the Houlornnl it ml tin* Fair Htri’ct Ki-hoolK. nnd show tbnt moot of the children going to then* (school* would Iiqvo to cro** the tnif-kn. He will wiy that thin will lie esfiechtUy dnnireroUK to tin* little tot* In the ilr*t, *eenn<l nnd third grade*. The mayor will recommend that tbe-efty re*erve the right to condemn erery Inch o* track of the luteimbnn In the city, mid not the bight Juat to condemn a few block*. Hi* will nsfiert ns bl* rea*ou for recom mending this the tact that Nome time, when iiuml»er of other fiiternrtian* apply for case with railroads. He will urge council not to block other similar enterprises In the future by ul- lowlng this company the right to lay track* on «o many atreet*. when a le** circuited* route could be delected, will «!*o emphasize the fact that the city must need* have the light to couileum nil tracks of the road, so ns to make the com pany, If noeesuary in tho future, come In on another track. He may touch uimmi the parcels express and charge that the company will bring package* too large to ls» culled par- thc proposed route t* cel*, ns bn* l**cn the r**c with other In ternrlmn*. II«r may nloo answer criticism* of bf* veto published In the itew»pa|>er*b Ottawa. Nov. 17.-r-A fierce gale is sweeping the eoa«t here. Six vea have been driven upon the shore. Men and women line the Nhore urn Ing for the coming of vessels, which can hardly live thfough the da>! waters, running In wavea mountain high, and the shrieking wind. The gale Is sweeping the coast and terrible results are feared. GIRL OFFERED BARBER $1,000 TO KILL GILLETTE Herkimer. N. Y., Nov. 17.—The amaz ing statement wu made today that a prominent young woman of Herkimer, In her hatred of Cheater Gillette, on trial for murder, offend John II. Franee, the prizon barber, $1,000 to let hi. razor slip across Gillette’, jugular oa he waa being shaved. Franee made the remarkable dlzelos- ure himself, but has refused to reveal the name of the young woman who hated Gillette so bitterly. * "1 was offered $500 to ’just let your razor slip,’ so that it would rut Gil lette’s jugular vein." declared Franc toilsy "A ».>man well known here mode this proposition to m she raised the offer fo $1,000. "This woman said that I co the killing of Gillette was an or that I could declare tli.-vi committed suicide by t(jro» head back against the razor shaving him. But I’m not in Iness.” The prison regulation. .n<- regard to Gillette that he rou time commit suicide.' Sui h i that devised against 111 I - tl <* _ ia- —rr**r—