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VOL. 1. NO. 179.
ATLANTA, GA.,.WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1906
BISHOP TIGERT IS DEAD
Sen. Clark’s Brother
Is President of
Company.
COAL LAND TITLES
TO. BE ATTACKED
Denver Lawyer Files Alle
gations at Washington
Against Corporation.
Washington, Nov. 21. — Specific
charge* of fraud against the govt
ment are nmdo against D. O. Clark,
president of the Union Pacific Coal
Company,’and brother of Senator Clark,
of Wyoming, in connection with tho in
vestigation of the coal land frauds.
Long beforo the interstate commis
sioners’ hearings in Wyoming and Col
orado caused a sensation, Secretary
Hitchcock was using all the resource,
at his command to trace theso alleged
fraud*. > •
The mo*t sensational of all the tand
fraud trials since Secretary Hitchcock
first engaged In this imuvry p- •««...n t■.
be hold. They are expecting to shed
new light on th*a whole land robccry
system und to give a new conception
immensity of the scries . f ,-m-
spiracles by which the government has
been defrauded of its domain.
Lawyer Smith, of Denver, who has
filed charges, demands "the cancela
tion of all patents issued to the Union
Pacific Coal Company, Its agent* or
employees on behalf of the coal :cm-
pany that are attained with fraud and
esn be legally assailed."
CHISOLM IS SANE
JURY SAYS AFTER
HEARMNCE
His Mental Faculties Are in
a Condition for Trial
of His Case.
THE LATE BISHOP J.’J. TIGERT.
RACES
LIFE OF BEN TILLMAN
THREATENED IN WEST
' BENNING.
Washington, Nov. 21.—Here are the
results of today’s races:
FIRST RACK—Six furhmgs: Mont-
fort, 2 to 9, won; Nancy, 3 to I, second;
Donna Elvira, third Time, 1:16 4-5.
jSECQND RACE—Two and a half
fillies: njeariMii, s to won: Follow
On, 1 to.4, second; Mount Henry, third.
Time, 5:19.
THIRD RAC&—Mile and a half: Ne-
melses, 2 to 1. won; Winifred, 5 to 2.
|second; Single Shot, out, third. Time,
“FOURTH RACE—Seven furlongs:
Fire Brand, 2 to 1. won; Chippewa. R to
1. second: Belle Strome. 3 to 1, third.
Time. 1:29 4-5.
! FI FT HR ACE—Mile and ,70 yards:
Economy, 7. to 5, won: Sally K.. 2 to 1,
second; Ambush, 5 to 2, third. Time,
1:47.
SIXTH RACE—Mile and three-six
teenths: Agile, 7 to 5. won; Dainty, 2
to 1, second; L. J. Haymnn, 1 to 3.
third. Time. 2:05.2-5.
Death Due To Blood Poison Which Devel
oped in His Throat After an Operation To
Remove Small Piece of Chicken Bone.
*!» < Inl tu The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 21.—The Jury
which heard the evidence upon the In
sanity laeue In the caee of Alexander
11. I'hlHolm, chanted with embexsllng
large auma of money from the Flret
'National banlc of Birmingham, where
lie «u employed as a paying teller,
today returned a verdict In the United
Slates court. The Jury decided that
I'hlaoim la sane and In sufficient pos-
•".ion of hie mental faculties to be
plated pn trial.
Kmiuae of the Illness of a Juror the
hearing on the merits of the embex-
tllttK charge was not resumed until 2
O'clock.
I
OUT ON A STRIKE
negro delivery - wagon drivers
forking for the Hamper Grocery Com
l^n? went out on a strike last Satur
day i.raust a white driver was em-
ktoy'Ml. Hamper promptly employed oil
JjWb* driven, and has now appealed to
in** police department to give the men
I»ropf-r protection. The Arm waa some
what apprehensive that the striking
kegroew might attempt to harm the
driver*. So far no trouble has
Place.
whit*
SWIFT EXECUTION
WAS METED OUT
' '-nlor, Texas, Nov. 21.—Waiving hi*
r*»' rights and requiring that he be
oaricej at once on his plea of guilty to
‘JUlng Or. Paul on Saturday. Dick
•’""r'tt, a negro, was executed to-
• The haste In punishing the negro
“ in avoid a lynching.
mason to meet
TO DISCUSS PLANS
•'" re Impetus will be given the
"J"'cment «to build the new Masonic
•eniple In Atlanta at a meeting tonight
<n the ,||,1 Temple. Reports from the
oiiiHolitees in regard to the new Tem-
V' "HI bo made und fully discussed,
fe. iiformal supper will be served at
i t, ,,iock and there will be speeches
' "‘ veral prominent Masons.
thirty passengers are
REPORTED INJURED
•f-l.il le The lieorclsl.
II"bile, Ala., Nov., 21.—Thirty pos-
| ^ nR, ‘ r * ure reported Injured In awrerk
u .!Xr n lWo l»**«cngei trains on the
ttn d Ohlu^rallroal near Dwigh«
Special to The Georgian.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 21.—Bishop John J. Tigert, of Louisville, died at
Tulsa, I. T„ this morning.
He was elected bishop of the Southern Methodist church at Birmingham
May 17th last.
Bishop Tigert** illness was due to a small piece of a chicken bone
lodging in his throat one day last week. An operation wa% performed and
inflammation set up, resulting in his death. He was in Indian Territory hold
ing a mission conference.
Dr. Tigert was a son of John J. and Mary Vnn 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 ths Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Ho was granted a
license to preach in September, 1875. From 1890 to 1894 he was a 'professor at
Vanderbilt university, and in 1€94 he was elected book editor, a position
held in Southern Methodism until he was elevated to the Collegb 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 McTyd’e,' daughter of the late Bishop H. W.
McTyrie, first president of Vanderbiitunivorsity. 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; Miss Amelia
Tigert, Miss Gayle Tigert and McTyrie Tigert.
EH KIEL:
IS HIE IT-
Missing Girl Married
at Acworrh to Will
Whitten.
Chicago. Nor. 2L—A postal cord was
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 the benefit of the
Chicago Union hospital.* The card was
placed in Chief of Pdllce Collins* hands
today.
The threat written on the card was
as foUowo:
"The Honorable Ren Tillman will not
speak. If he does he wJU be shot by a
mulatto who will go In the hall unat
tended. A. T. HOMES.”
No such person as "A. T. Homes’
. an »>.• found, and th- .* an- at a
loss to understand who could have
written the missive. The communlca
tlon was written on a common one-cent
postal card and waa posted at 11
o’clock at night.
An attempt to disguise the writing
was evidently made.
CITY SAVES
BURIED UNDER DEBRIS;
• MEN ARE IMPRISONED
After on absence since Sunday from
the home of her mother, Mrs. Emma
Daniel, at 96 Smith Boulevard, word
been received by tbe family that
Special to Tbe Georglnn.
Waycross, Ga. t 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 llobert.
Flagman Jackson.
Two negro brakemen and negro fire
man.
The wreck was caused by a denpe fog
and the first section of a freight unex-
pet Iedlv being hold outside the "V
The cab of the first section Was domol
Ished Into kindling wood. The locomo
tive of the second .section overturned
and several cars piled on-top of It, - ...
S"in*> "f ilu- Injured men were Im
prisoned under the debris and it
with difficulty they were released, l
TRAIN AND 200 PASSENGERS"
REPORTED LOST IN COLO.
Colorado .Springs, Col., Nov. 21.—
Somewhere >u the prairies In eastern.
Colorado a Rock Island train Is lost,
and the passengers may be suffering for
want of food. Since midnight Monday
the wires between here and Good land.
Kansas, have been kept hot In an effort
to locate the train, but Rock Island offi.
rials have no knowledge of Its \yhere-
;i In ui fh.
The train Is number 41, limited, and
was duo In Colorado Springs from Chi r
cago at 9:40 Monday night. The num
ber of passengers on board approxi
mated 200.
WOMAN DOESN’T APPEAR
70 PROSECUTE CARUSO
ork.
New York, Nov. 21.—Preparations
were made by the police department
and counsel representing Enrico Caru-
so. the famous Italian tenor of the Met
Miss Eva May Daniel, 12 venrs old, was rop.ditun npei.i f'ompuny, for o fienr-
married last Sunday at Acworth, GaJ Itur In police court today on the charge
to a young man named Will Whitten. ( that Caruso annoyed a woman In Con-
Fin In clothe* officer Cooler has been tral pork one day Inst weak. Notwlth-
looklng for the girl nil the week, but “landing whnt appeared to be an cur-
wan unable to find any trace of her un- search for the woman, whom Ca
ll! the word came, from Acworth of her ** alleged to have annoyed, repre-
inarrlage. , xentatlves of both the police and th
M YSTER Y OF BLA CK CL OA K;
HOW TWO BRA VE OFFICERS
PROJECTEDSA CRED HEAR7
Chapter 1: The night wa* dark and
the wind whistled a weird symphony in
a sharp around tbe corners of the
Candler building. Across the cltys
chimney pots, borne on the wings of
the wintry guets, came the boom of
the city clocks, chiming the hour of
10:28.
■ 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. Hla hat. a broad felt of,
a hue rivaling the raven’s wtng, shield
ed his countenance from any belated
pedestrian who might pass by. There
wus an air of mystery In his whole-ap
pearance. ■
The stranger of. the night pursued
his way until he reached the spot
where old,Sacred Heart church caBts
Its shadow across the streets like a
protecting arm thrown out to shield
the city While It sleeps. Across the
way an Sri- light sputtered.out male
dictions against the ant. for « misty.
Insidious rain was sofUy faiyne
Chapter 2: In a dark corner slightly
removed from the churrh H.sid two
officers of the law, their blU" coats
buttoned tightly ugainst the encroach-;
Ing dampness, whllo.the dickering rqya
of the arc lamp barely revealed the.
badges of their office. They were evi
dently on watch. ,>• ’ . .
-It's a shame to brenk'a man off the
force for Just one llttledrlnk,” remarked
Policeman 23 to his companion, "Now,'
on a night like”— • ‘ ;
“Hist!" Policeman 44 muttered the
word sharply. No. 23 hlsted.
“There. In that shadow. He Is a
burglar. Follow me!"
The stranger had reached the portals
of Sacred Heart. Drawing his hand
from beneath his cloak, he shook the
great door, gently, but firmly. It
sleted hie efforts. Then the stranger
made hie way to the doors of the parish
house, where half a doxen brothers of
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.
Chapter 3: "Aha, I have you now.
You ure Bllnky Bill, ’ the mysterious
burglar!"
Tbe guardians'of the law had crept
upon their prey. Policeman 23 drew a
strange little black cylinder from his
pocket and pressed a button. An elec
tric light shone upon the hitherto con
cealed face of the stranger. Policeman
44 stood u little In the rear, ready to
foil an attempt to escape. It waa a
dramatic scene. The captive hesitated
a moment. Then, with a sudden move
ment he threw back his inky cloak
and stood revealed under the glare of
the, searchlight. .
- Chapter 4: "It’s 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
Mery Reverend Father John K. Gunn,
rector, of Haered Heart church. “Were
you arresting me for u burglar? You
see, 1 always try these doors 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
ami his captors and for halt an hour
there was a sound of merry laughter
within. When the policemen' emerged,
the father held up it warning Anger.
Not a word about this, remember!"
he said.
'Oh, it won't leak out, father," said
the officers, in chorus.
And it never did.. , , . .
PRES. ROOSEVELT IS
TO BE HOME MON DA Y
Washington, Nov. 21.—President
Roosevelt will arrive In Washington
Monday.
cablegram received in Washing
ton today announced that the president
and party will remain 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 has been a very pleasant
one.
GCN. SICKLES DECLARES
ROOSEVELT WAS UNJUST.
New York, Nov. 21.—Among the re
tired armv official* who object tu tbe ion. Inspect
L HARM
ELECTED COMMANDED
Special to The Georgian.
Mobile, Ala., Nov. 21.—With equally
as large an attendance of old aoldlers
and visitors the sixth annual reunion
of United ' Confederate Veterans and
United Sena of Veteran! began here
today, both organisations holding a
morning session, principally devoted to
addresses, of welcome, appointing of
committees and the hearing of reports.
General Oeorge P. Harris was re
elected commander of the Alabama dl
vlilon.
necritary of the Navy Hilary A. Her
bert addresses the veteran*.
The Immense parade takes place to
morrow morning.
TO ASK LEGISLATURE
FOR PROHIBITION LAW
SpeHol to The Georgian.
Cartersvllle, Oa„ Nov. II—The after
noon session of the Georgia Baptist
convention unanimously adlpted a res
olution asking the next legislature to
pass a strict prohibition law.
CONTRACT NOT LET~ ~
FOR DOUBLE TRACKING
Hpeclsl |o The Georgian.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 21.—W. J. Oli
ver, railroad contractor, today denied
defense declared before the it,
for the hearing today that they had
been unable to find her.
When her complaint caused the
rest "f tbe singer she was taken to
the pollee slntl.m along with the pris
oner and gave her tintne ns Mrs. Han-
nuh K. Graham, of the Bronx.
A business man said today he ki
Mrs. Graham, and'that she would not
attend court on nccoUnt of the notoriety
and the probability of being "snapshot
ted" by photographers and her picture
spread all over the country.
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other officials .who were sent to
Rrownsvllle. Tex., and Fort Reno,
okla.. to Investigate the riots at
Brownsville while troops were station
ed there last August, at last have b's.n
treatment accorded a battalion of the
Tw-nty-tifth Infantry, colored. Is Ma
jor General Daniel E. Rides', who today I made puhiic.
expressed the opinion (hat President I The reports show the conduct of
Roosevelt’s method of discipline was scores of the negro soldiers of the three
unjust and prejudicial to the good of SMiLTSAS KSSSSK
the service. He declared that he be- j nature as td make It Impossible for the
lleved the discharge of the companies good of the service for the guilty ones
without trial had no precedent, and he to continue wearing the army uniform,
doubted If civil rights thereby wasl It Is declared that It would be Impos-
legally accomplished. (Bible to pick out any certain men for a
I successful courtmariial.
Acting on these reports the presl-
CONDUCT OF NEGRO TROOPS . ...
rtFMANDc, RADICAL ACTION 1 'tent’s older prohibiting any of the men
DEMANDS RADICAL ACTION [(fj^hargsd from ever again entering
Washington. Nov. 21.--The complete I Into the service of the army or navy or
reports of Brigadier <;• nrrul tuning-1 ..f the government In any capacity
isneral of the army, and 1 whatever.
TURKEY AND FIXINGS
ARE ROOSTING HIGH
Cranberries
and Stuffing
For Big
Family
Count Up to
Fat Sum.
High
Prices Make
Poor Mafi
ThinkAbout
Cutting
Out Turkey
T
S
YEAR
Head of Department
Talks of City
Utilities.
CORPORATION PLANT
WOULD COST MORE
City Ownership Proves
Value in Results of
Water Plant.
rVH
I 5.14-==Dinner for 5=
”5.14 J
Turkey
.hfc’.TO
| Blue Point*
. .30 1
| Mnkiied Potatoes ....
• - 12 E
Cranberry Sauce ..../.
• --° I
Squash
. .’JO 1
Cauliflower
. .12
Celery <...
. .40
Lettuce Salad
. .35
Malaga Urnpi**
. .50
Oranges
AS 1J
If the waterworks department, now
oft nod by the city, were the possession
of a private corporation, the price of
ater would ,be higher, the service
could be no better, and the city would
thousands of dollars in revenues
••very year."
This i* the statement of Frank P.
nice, president of the 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-
orks has proven a great, an Immeas
urable I t<» the city <>f Atlanta. We
furnish os good water as any city In
the United Hinton and for less money.
And there Im absolutely no politics In
this department. When a man does
his duty he holds Ills position. When
he fall*, hi* successor Is chosen.
will take In this year in actual
cash In the neighborhood of $275,000.
idlt Inn. the city chut (table Insti
tutions, public schools and the like,
111 Ik* furnished free water, which. If
It had to b« paid for, would cost about
3185,000.
Very Small Expense.
"The total appropriation for the year
r operating expenses, Including tap
ping. Is $130,287. Think of this! The
operating expense Im actually less than
hat the city would have to pay for her
wn water. If the department wax
vned by u private concern. Why. the
city has t'tio plugs, for which the price
private corporation would be about
$75 each.
’The total appropriation for this
year. Including Investments, which can
not be considered as operating expense.
only $221,000. Take $224.00(1 from
$275,omi, arid it t,, $ls5.0nu, and you
have the actual cash money saved hr
tin* city hi owning her waterworks for
<•!!<• year. The improvements to tho
department ami the additions are In
cluded here In the 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 whnt the municipal own
ership of her waterworks has done for
Atlanta In one year*
"I have not studied the light situa
tion. Don’t know what the costs are
or the e\p«.n«es. t’an’t say. therefore,
whether municipal ownership of the
gas and electric light plant would he an
successful. However, I know of no
ir.ison why it should not."
Mr. Rice has served as president of
the waterworks department since 1902.
and his present term doesn’t expire
until two years hence, ills office Is
without pay.
TEN WATER SPOUTS:
National Bird of Thanksgiving Day Hardly
in Reach of Proletariat, While Necessary
Accompaniments Are Also Boosted.
It will cost money end a heap of it to
eat turkey on Thanksgiving day this
year.
The trimmings (hat go with this an
nual. dinner—those stereotyped things
which have been used since the days of
the Puritans—are not oo bsd. But the
turkey— ,
Is Hying high. ,
If it’s a rase of living on the, bank
roll—a case of all going out and noth
ing coming In—chicken, rabbit or even
nice piece of roast pig would be
preferable, for Ihe turliey dinner Is
•meriting nowadays that only the
well-to-do can enjoy,
'.ast vcUr the price of the national
bird—that Is, the eating bird—waa high.
And this year the Indication* are that
It will be *a high, If not higher. Bo
far, tllere are few turkey* 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 anywhere from 20 cents a pound
to 28 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 trust*
and high prlioB were born. In many
cases neighbors sent In turkey* to the
■nan of family whose hack yard .wnsn't
large enough to raise a few, hut os
Mr. Poe's raven said—nevermore.
Floods in North Georgia
Cause Heaviest Damage
in History of Section.
Hpeclsl to Tli»* firorglan.
Blue Ridge, Kov. 21.—On tost Sun
day- night there fell In the northwest,
ern section of Fannin county, on Sugar
and Flghtingtown creeks, at least 20
water spouts. These two creeks are
said to have been ten feet higher than
ever known before. Four county bridge*
and every mill on these creeks were
washed away and the foot bridges on
Toccoa river at Fry and McCoys were
also washed away, together with some
dozen dwelling houses In McCoys. 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
drowned and other persons are miss
ing. The rains were more severe in
this section of the county, but great
damage was done In other parts. There
are n<» trains running on th** Atlanta
division of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad farther north than Blue Ridge.
Much of the railroad track between
here and McCays has been <lo>-iioye<l
and it to reported that n<» trains will
reach Knoxville by either the .d.| or
new line before the middle of the week.
Of the 23 railroad bridge* and trestles
between Rlue Ridge and Murphy, only
two ate left uninjured, many **f them
entirely gone. At this time it is tm-
|M.w>ihle to rstimate the actual damage
done t«- publb and private property in
the county. Much **f the public road*
in the count> Is impassable.
