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Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. 1. NO. .179.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1906
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Sen. Clark’s Brother
Is President of
Company.
COAL LAND TITLES
TO BE ATTACKED
Denver Lawyer Files Alle
gations at Washington
Against Corporation.
I Washington, Nov. 21.. — Specific
[ charges of fraud against the govern-
! ment nre made against D. O. Clark,
president of the Union Pacific Coal
Company, and brother of Senator Clark,
of Wyoming, In connection with the In
vestigation of the coal land frauds.
Long beforo the Interstate commis
sioners’ hearings In Wyoming and Col
orado caused a sehsntlon, Secretary
Hitchcock was using all the resource;-
at his command to traco these alleged
frauds. • -
The most sensational of all the land
fraud trials since Secretary Hitchcock
llrst engaged In this Inquiry Is soon to
he hold. They are expecting to shed
new Ight on the whole land rob.-cry
system and to give a new conception
of tho Immensity of the series of con-'
spiracles by which the government has
been defrauded of its domain.
lawyer Smith, of Denver, who has
Hied charges, demands "the cancella
tion of all patents issued to (he Union
Pacific Coal Company, its agents or
etnjdovecs on beh.nlf of the coal :cm-
pany that are attained with fraud and
can be legally assailed.”
BISHOP TIGERT-DEAD;
CHUR CHLOSESBIGMAN
THE LATE BISHOP J. J. TIGERT.
CHISOLM IS SANE
JURY SAYS AFTER
HEABIKGJVIDENCE
His Mental Faculties Are in
a Condition for Trial
of His Case....
•po. ini to The Georgian.
Hlrnilngham, Ala., Nov. 21.—T
which heard the evidence upon the Ih-
loday returned n verdict I
States court. The Jury
''hlsolm is sane and In sufficient pos-
cesslnn of his mental faculties to be
Placed on trial.
Ilecnuse of the Illness of a Juror the
hearing on the merits of the embes-
rllng charge wo
"VI... k.
Death Due To Blood Poison Which Devel
oped in His Throat After an Operation To
Remove Small Piece of Chicken Bone.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 21.—Bishop John J. Tigert, of Louisville, died at
Tulsa, I. T., this morning.
Ho was elected bishop of the Southern Methodist church at Birmingham
May 17th last.
Bishop Tigert’s illness was due to a small piece of a chicken bone
lodging in his throat one day last week. An operation was performed and
inflammation set up, resulting in his death. He wae in Indian Territory hold
ing a mission conference.
NasTiville, Tenn., Nov, 21.—Bishop John J. Tigert, a member of the Col
lege of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, died this morning
at 8:45 o'clock at Tulsa, f. T„ after an illness of ten days.
He was 50 years of age.
Dr. Tigert was a son of John J. and Mary Van Veghten Tigert, of
Louisville, where he was born November 25, 1856. He graduated at the
schools of Louisville and at the Vanderbilt university. Two years were also
spent in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was granted a
license to preach in September, 1875. From 1890 to 1894 he was a professor at
Vanderbilt university, and in 1894 he wae elected book editor, a position
held in Southern Methodism until he was elevated to the College of Bishops
at the last session of the general conference in Birmingham, Ala., in May,
1906. He was a member of the famous Ecumenical conference of 1901 and
and of the general conferences_of 1894, 1898, 1902 and 1906 and was secreta
ry of the two last mentioned.
He married Miss Amelia McTydie, daughter of the lata Bishop H. W.
McTyrie, first president of Vanderbiltuniversity. Bishop Tigert leaves a wife
and six children, as follows: Dr. Holland M. Tigert, Mrs. Will D. Rhea,
John J. Tigert, Jr., now a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, England; Mist Amalia
Tigert, Miss Gayle Tigert and McTyrie Tigert.
Bishop Tigert was regarded as one of the ablest minds in Southern
Methodism and his death has caused a profound shock in Nashville.
The funeral arrangements have not yet been perfected.
OUT ON A STRIKE
S* vpn negro delivery wagon drivers
* »rking for the Hamper Grocery Com
pany went out on a atrike last Satur
day beeauaa a white driver was em
ployed. Hamper promptly employed all
drivers, und has now appealed to
the police department to give the men
Proper protection. The firm was some
what apprehensive that the striking
hi-groex might attempt to harm the
white drivers. So far no trouble has
*ak» n place.
UnLTV OF MURDER
(SWIFT EXECUTION
TO BE METED OUT
1 'enter, Texas, Nov. 21.—Waiving hi.
right, and requiring that he be
ii-mged at once on his plea of guilty to
‘‘filing Dr. Paul on Saturday, Dick
Marrott, a'negro, will b, executed to-
• The Haste in punishing the negro
* ,V> avoid a lynching. -
hollowing Dr. Paul's funeral yester-
I he mob went to the Jail. Marrett
r nr for the district attorney and
wared to be executed. Judge Davis
•greed to hear the case and pass sen-
>r.. e at once.
itASON TO MEET
TO DISCUSS PLANS
*I‘ire Impetus will be given the
Movement to build Urn new Masonic
T 'mple In Atlanta at n meeting tonight
n the old Temple. Iteiwrts from the
milt tees In regard to the new Tem-
*’ 'rill be made and fully dlscdseed.
•'n Informal supper will be served at
• t. -.clo- k and there w ill be speeches
several prominent Masons.
LIFE OF BEI
THREATEN1
AUTHORIT
Chicago, Nov. 21.—A postal card nan
received today by the authorities,
threatening Injury to Senator Tillman,
of South, Carolina, If he persisted in
giving the lecture scheduled for next
Tuesday night for tho benefit of the
Chicago Union hospital. The card was
placed In Chief of Police Collins’ hands
today.
The threat written on the card was
as follows:
/ TILLMAN \
WIN WEST; j
IES WA RNED j
"The Honorable Ben Tillman will not 5
speak. If ite does he wilt bo shot by u
mulatto who wjll go In the hall unat- .
tended. * A. T. HOMES.” S
No such person as “A. T. Homes" ,
can be found, and the police are at a ,
loss to understand who could have S
written the missive. The communlca- J
tlon was written on a common one-cent ,
postal card and was posted at 11 ;
o'clock at night. i
An attempt to disguise the writing j
was evidently made. ,
BURIED UNDER DEBRIS; |
MEN ARE IMPRISONED s
BYDISASTROUS WRECK!
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gpecliii to The tScorglan.
Waycross, Qa., Nov. 21.—Six men
were Injured, three severely, in a rear-
end collision which occurred Just out
side the yard limits In this city early
this morning.
The injured are:
Engineer Harris.
Conductor Hobert.
Flagman Jackson.
a
Two negro brakemen and negro Are- J
man. 2
The wreck was caused by a dense fog ”
and the first section of a freight unex- ”
pectediy being held outside the ”Y.” ’
The,cab of the flrst section was demob jj
inhed Into kindling wood. The locomo- ~
five of the second section overturned 5
and several cars piled on top of It. »
Some of the Injured men were im- “
prisoned under the debris und It was :
with difficulty they were released. g
TURKE Y AND FIXINGS
' ARE ROOSTING HIGH
Missing Girl Married
at Acworrh to Will
Whitten. 1
Cranberries
and Stuffing
For Big
Family
Count Up to
Fat Sum.
• High
Prices Make
Poor Man
ThinkAbout
Cutting
Out Turkey
After an absence since Sunday from
the home of her mother, Mrs. Emma
Daniel, at 96 South Boulevard, word
has been received by the family that
Miss Eva May Daniel, 12 years old, was
married last Sunday at Acworth, Ga-,
to a young man named Will Whitten.
Plain Clothes Officer Coogler has been
looking for the girl all the week, but
was unable to And any trace of her un
til the word came from Acworth of her
marriage.
GENERAUilRM
ELECTED COMMANDER
Special to The Georgian.
Mobile, Ala., Nov. 21.—With equally
as large an attendance of old soldiers
and visitors the sixth annual reunion
of United Confederate Veterans and
United Sons of Veterans began here
today, both organizations holding a
morning session, principally devoted t«
addresses of welcome* appointing of
committees and the hearing of report*
General George P. Harris was re
elected commander of the Alabama di
vision.
{secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Her
bert addresses the veterans.
The Immense parade takes place to
morrow morning.
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0 8 a. m 60 degrees 0
0 9 a. m. .. .. .. ..64 degrees 0
0 10 a. m. ..69 degrees 0
0 11 a. tn. .. .. .. .. ..71 degrees 0
0 12 noon 73 degrees 0
0 1 p. m, .. 73 degree
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National. Bird of Thanksgiving Day Hardly
in Reach of Proletariat, While Necessary
Accompaniments Are Also Boosted.
Paducah, Ky., Nov. 21.—Stand- O
ik with garment, drenched afti
battle with a swollen atrearri In O
two-hone wagon, Ben Benseo!i
ml Dora Fox, aged 21 and 1
ere married yesterday. Tt
ouple started from th.lr hon
ear Creal Springe, 111., In the O
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New York, Nov. 21.—"Jimmie, O
he butler,” one of the oldest <
ho Western Union Telegraph O
By hi. aide, clasping his
PRES. ROOSEVELT IS
TO BE HOME MON DA Y
Nov. 21.—President
arrive ip Washington
Washington,
Roosevelt will
Monday. ,
* A cablegram received In Washing
ton today announced that the president
and party wfll remaJn at San Juan,
Porto Rico, tonight. They will return to
Ponce tomorrow forenoon and re-em
bark for the homeward trip.
The cable adds that the sea voyage
from Colon ha* been n very pleasant
one.
Tweijty-flfth Infantry, colored. Is Ma
lar General Daniel E., Sides, who today
expressed the opinion that President
Roosevelt's method of discipline was
unjust and prejudicial to the good of
the service. He declared that he be
lieved the discharge of the companies
without trial had no precedent, and he
doubted If civil tights thereby was
legally accomplished.
"From all I can hear, these men had
a good record of service and 4 good
record under 3re,” he said.
When asked what could be done for
the negroea already discharged, and for
the others when the order Is carried
Toulon, France, NoV. 21.—Fire 0
oday destroyed the dry docks of a 0
>rlvate ship-building company. O
foreign warship* are being con
tracted in this yard and a few O
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might be allowed to re-enlfst without
prejudice to their previous service. This
would put them back again upon their
old standing.”
"In case that Is not done, can nny
legal steps be taken to restore their
civil rights?” the reporter Inquired.
"I have grave doubts whether the
deprivation of a man's civil rights
merely upon executive order, and with
out trial or courtmartlal. Is legal/
the answer. "This Is not an autocratic
government like Russia, and we have,
so far as I know', no precedent for a
It will cost money and a heap of it to
eat turkey on Thanksgiving day this
year.
The trimmings that go with this an
nual dinner—those stereotyped things
which have been used since the days of
the Puritans—are not so bad. But tho
turkey— *
Is flying high.
If it's a case of living on the bank
jwll—a case of all going out and noth
ing coming In—chicken, rabbit or even
a nice piece of roast pig would be
preferable, for the turkey dinner is
something nowadays that only (ho
well-to-do can enjoy.
Last year the price of the national
Wrd—that Is, the eating bird—was high.
And this year the indications are that
It will be ns high, If not higher. Bo
far, there are few turkeys to be had In
Atlanta, but the storekeepers have
them ordered, and so far they don't
know what the price will be.
They talk optimistically to the In
quirer and say this delicious bird will
cost anyivhere from 20 cents a pound
to 26 cents or more.
There was a time within the memory
of the oldest Inhabitant when every
body ate turkey on Thanksgiving day.
But that was the day before the trusts
and high prices were born.. In many
neighbors sent in turkeys to the
man of family whose back yard wasn’t
large enough to raise a few, but as
Mr. Poe's raven said—nevermore.
An Exclusive Bird.
The turkeytoday la an exclusive bird
—4 bird for the man 'with a roll and
one who knows where there Is another
roll just like It coming In.
Of course folks’ who are In the habit
of grabbing a lunch from a counter
may hnvb turkoy If they get there In
time, but even then they will not be
able to avoid the rush.
It’s the man with a family that the
price hits.
An average family In Atlanta whero
the people agree with Mr. Roosevelt’s
Ideas about race suicide, consists of
about live persons, and, ns a rule; these
persons are of the hungry variety
around Thanksgiving day, and one of
those lean, kinky birds won’t at all.
It’s better to have a pig or rnbolt than
it mean-looking turkey on T/ninkxglv-
Ing day.
So, accepting the optimistic views of
the grocer by plncing the price of tur
key at 22 1-2 cents a pound, a bird
large enough for five hungry mouths
will weigh at least 12 pounds and will
cost $2.70. ,
The balance of the dinner Isn’t so
high, except .Malaga grapes and
oranges and celery and a. few' other
things, but whAt are the trimmings
without the turkey?
And as for flowers but perish the
thought. Chrysanthemums selling at $6
a dozen and roses for )1.5u a dozen
bring on thoughts of heart trouble.
Taken altogether the Thanksgiving
day dinner outlook—that is, the regu
lation dinner that the passengers on
the Mayflower made famous, presents a
picture of the poor man of family dig
ging deep In his pockets and then—
Deciding on roast pig.
cutm
THOUSJ
EACH YEAR
Head of Department
Talks of City
Utilities.
CORPORATION PLANT
WOULD' COST MORE
MYSTER Y OF BLA CK CLOAK;
HOW TWO BRA VE OFFICERS
PROIE Cl ED SA CRED HE A R 7
City Ownership Proves
Value in Results of
Water Plant.
"If the waterworks department, now
owned by the city, were the possession
of a private corporation, the price of
water would be higher, the
could be no better, and the city would
lose thousands of dollars In revenues
every year.”
This Is the statement of Frank P.
Rice, president of tho waterworks de
partment since 1903, and now general
manager of the department, In the ab
sence of Colonel Park Woodward.
Municipal ownership of the water
works has proven a great, an Immeas
urable boon to the city of Atlanta. We
furnish as good water ns any city In
the UnlU»d States and for less money. *
And ihc-io i< absolutely no politics tn
this department. When a man does
his duty he holds his position. When
ho falls, his successor Is chosen.
’\Vc will take In this year in actual
cash in the neighborhood of $276,000.
In addition, the city charitable Insti
tutions, public schools and the like,
will be furnished free water, which, Jf
It had to be paid for, would cost about
$185,000.
Very Small Expense.
"The total appropriation for the year
for operating expenses, Including tap
ping. Is 30,287. Think of this*. Tha
operating expense Is actually less tha»
what the city would have to pay for he:
own water, If tho department was
owned by a private concern. Why, the
city has 1,57.3 plugs, for which the prico
of 11 private corporation would be about
$75 each. •
"Tho total appropriation for this
year. Including Investments, whl<?h can
not bo considered as operating expense,
is only $224,000, Take $224,000 from
$275,000, add It to $185,000, and you
have the actunl cash money saved by
the city In owning her waterworks for
one year. The Improvements to the
department and the additions are In
cluded here In tho expense.
Add to this, the cheapness of the
water, the good quality of the water
and the faithful service, and you have
an Idea Just what the municipal own
ership of her waterworks hus done for
Atlanta In one* year.
i have not studied the light situa
tion. Don’t know what the costs are
or tho expenses. Can’t say, therefore,
whether, municipal ownership of tha
and electric light plant would be an
successful. However
reason why It should
\ Rice has served
the* waterworks depart
and his present t
until two years h
without pay.
TEN WATER SPOUTS
GEN. 8ICKLG8 DECLARES
ROOSEVELT WAS UNJU8T.
New York, Nov. 21.—Among the re- , ltT Ullina WMn _ iHV V1IIS1 ln vol , irM w „. w .... _. —.— — ..— . ,
tired army official* who object to the out until all have been sent from the wholesale discharge like this without great djoikjwiitlr,- btttflrmJy. Itrq- ihe ®‘ *}2 r
£«*roeTt accorded a battalion of the army. Oeneral Sickle, replied that they -h.i" hU effort.. Then the .tranger And It nerer did.
Chapter 1: The night was dark and
the wind wht.tled a weird rymphony In
.harp around the corner, of the
Candler building, Across the city,
chimney pots, borne on the wings of
the wintry gusts,, came the boom of
the city clocks, chiming the hour of
10:2S.
Down deserted Ivy street crept the
shadowy form of a man dressed In
black, who drew his Inky cloak about
him as though to shield himself from
observation. His hat, a broad felt of
a hue rivaling the raven’s wing, shield
ed his countenance from any belated
pedestrian who might pass by. There
was an nlr ot mystery In his whole ap
pearance.
The eiranger of the night pursued
Ills way until he reached the spot
where old Sacred Heart church caste
Its shadow across the- streets like a
protecting arm thrown oitt to shield
the etty while It sleeps. Across the
way an arc light sputtered out male-
dictions against fhe wet, for a misty.
Insidious rain was softly falling.
Chapter 2: In a dark corner slightly
removed from the church stood two
officers of the law, their blue coats
buttoned tightly against the encroach
ing dampness, whUe the flickering rays
of the arc lamp barely revealed the
badges of their olflce. They were evi
dently on watch.
"It’s a shame to break a man off the
force for Just one little drink,” remarked
Policeman 21 to his companion. "Now,
on a night like”— .
"Hist!” Policeman tt muttered the
word sharply. No. 22 hlstsd.
"There, In that shadow. He Is a
burglar. Follow met"
The stranger had reached the portals
of Barred Heart. Drawing his hand
from beneath his clock, he shook the|
made his way to the doors of the parish
house, where half a dozen brothers ot
the order slumbered In peaceful Ignor
ance of thieves Who break In to steal.
Then the stranger drew back Into a
vestibule and the gleam of a match lit
the'darkness.
ANDTRAINSSTOPPED
Floods in North Georgia
Cause Heaviest Damage
in History of Section.
Chapter 3: "Aha, I have you now.
You -are Bllnky Bill, the mysterious
burglar 1°
The guardians of the law had crept
upon their prey. Policeman 23 drew a
strange little black cylinder from hts
pocket and pressed a bilttnn. An elec
tric light shone upon the hitherto con
cealed face of the stranger. Policeman
44 stood a little In the rear, ready to
foil an attempt to escape. It was a
dramatic scene; The captive hesitated
a moment. Then, with a sudden move
ment he threw back his Inky cloak
and atood revealed under the glare of
the searchlight.
Chapter 4: "It'a Father Gunn!"
"Why, It’s his reverence!"
Policeman 44 was hardly a second
behind 23 In his exclamation.
Why, of course It Is,” remarked the
very Reverend Father John H. Gunn,
rector of Barred Heart church. "Were
you iim’Mliii' iii«- fur a burglar? Yoa
see, I always try these door* before I
turn In, and I Just stopped In the ves
tibule to light a cigar. You’d better
come In with me out of the wet.”
The doors closed behind the priest
and his captors and for half an hour
there was a sound of merry laughter
within. When the policemen emerged,
the father held up U warning finger.
"Not a word about this, remember!?
he said.
’Oh. It won’t leak out, father," said
Special to The G eorglnn.
Blue Ridge, Nov. 21.—On last Sun
day night there fell In the northwest
ern section of Fannin county, on Hugar
and Flghtlngtown creeks, at least 2<>
water spouts. These two creeks are
said to have been ten feet higher than
ever known before. Four county bridges
and every mill on these creeks were
washed away and the foot bridges on
Toccoa river at Fry and McCays were
also washed away, together with some
dozen dwelling houses In McCays. The
water was seven feet deep In the
streets of McCays. The stores between
the railroad and the river were flooded
and the damage to merchandise Is said
to exceed $25,000.
One negro and several Italians were
drowned and other persons nre miss
ing. The rains were more »e\ere In
this section of the county, but great
damage was done In other parts. There
are no trains running on the Atlanta
division of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad further north than Blue Ridge.
h of the railroad track between
here and McCays has been destroyed
and It Is repo
reach Knoxville by either the old or
new line before the middle of the week.
Of the 2.3 railroad bridges and trestles
between Blue Ridge anti Murphy, only
two are left uninjured, many ni them
entirely gone. At this time It lx Im
possible to estimate the actual da nagi
done to public ami private property In
the county* Much of the public rotdf
in the «. ounty
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