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advertisers USE Th£ GEORGIAN FOR RESULTS ■ ■■■■■ ■wa .r-f« . wijff'y Georgian. If You are an Advertiser and Want Results, Test Us. VOL. 1. NO. 197. Atlanta, ga., Wednesday, December 12,190a - FIRES AGENT OF L Alabama Statesman Hits at Congo Lobby. CA THOLICS A RE GIVEN EE W HO URS \ TO CONFORM TO NEW CHURCH LA W POPE AND THE CLERGY PRAY GOD TO GIVE AID TO CHURCH IN FRANCE DOES NOT WANT GUILTY SECRETARY Sends Garrett Back to Ser geant at Arms to Get Another Job. Washington, D. C.. Dec. 12.—Thomas W. Garrett, for many year* aecretary m Senator Morgan, of Alal^vma, haa hern discharged because of hla al leged activity In behalf of the lobby which for the last two years has been representing King Leopold, of Belgium, In ihls city, and endeavoring to pre- vent action by congress with regard to the atrocities perpetrated on the lives of the natives of the Congo Free State. The reason for the action Is the pub lication of letters written, by Colonel Kowalsky, chief of tho lobby, to King I.eopohl praising Garrett for the as-1 Finance he had given him In prevent- ; In* action by congress Inimical to the i i •nngo government and of letters writ ten bv Garrett to the colonel asking bn money In payment for the services rendered. Morgan Let Him Out, Senator Morgan, when asked about the matter today, hesitated to use the word "discharged." "Mr. Garrett was assigned to me by tie .sergeant at arms," said he. “Upon the publication of the evidence that Garrett has been active In connection with the Belgian lobby In the Congo affair, I told Barrett that I did not want him around me any longer. I told him to go to the sergeant at arms ami ask to be assigned to some other place." Garrett’s Chanosa Slim. Senator Morgan’s suggestion to Gar rett that he should apply to the ser geant at arms for another assignment was, of course, otjlr hla way of dis missing him. Qaprett’s chances for further employment around tho senate lime gone. I POPE PIUS X. He is astonished at the action of the French authorities in expelling Mgr. • Montaguini. Measure To Be Rigid ly Enforced After Noon Thursday. PAPAL .SECRETARY FORCED TO LEAVE Courier From Vatican Is Stopped at Frontier by the Authorities. FRENCH NEWSPAPERS HAVE PUT CHURCH ALWAYS IN WRONG His Holiness, Assisted by Papal Secretary of State, Remains Up Late at Night Discussing Situation. . Paul McKinney Makes Charges Against Matron, Home. Italy. Dec. 12.—The excite ment In Vatican circles lx naturally great. All the clergy, from the cardi nals to the humblest priests, are de voutly Invoking the aid of God for the faith and their co-rellglonlsts In France. The anti-clericals seem dis posed to make capital for themselves. One of the anti-clerical clubs, the Giordanc Brunco, has Issued u mani festo denouncing the Jtullan govern ment as a slave of the papacy, Tho document was so violently worded that the censor confiscated It and would not it to be reissued until the more, serious errors were taken out. It de nounce* the Vatican and praises the energetic action of France. Pops Reads Telegrams. The Vita, a radical newspaper, prim* Contrary to his usual habit, the pop remained up until a later hour last night for the purpose of reading the telegrams and going over certain docu ments concerning the sltuktlon li France. With him was Cardinal Merry Del Val, the papal secretary of state, who Is proving an Indefatigable as sistant. Both the pope and the cardinal are ting aided by the Mgr. Della Chlesa extraordinary of e Mgr. Gusparri. Comments on Expulsion. Commenting on the situation in France and with special reference to the expulsion of Mgr. Montagninl, the pope is quoted a* saying: “Man cannot fathom all the designs of Providence. Perlm|»s the present a strong article charging the Italian i tribulations are intended only to quick- government with weakness toward the t . n and emphasise the ultimate and in- vatienn. evitable triumph of. the. church.” Alleging, Ip effect, that Miss Sun-j the police matron, has $11.10 of j i,is money, which she has no right to,; P-mjI McKinney, of 41 Park avenue, a .-Itu NEGROES ACQUITTED; JURY SHOCKED AT ACTS OF SOME COUNTY POLICE WAYCROSS SWEPT B¥ $15,000 Eli NSURANCE LIGHT conductor, has reported the I Not Guilty of Murder ion to the chief of police. of Policeman James Heard. McKinney says that he had a, n, ‘ • •. Pauline McKinney, whom he j •»<I"|i!#*d us a child. He says that he i , lr, W‘d this little girl over to the matron| Atiuust 17, and got her to take the, • I to the Home of the Good Shep- j b'rd, in Cincinnati. j • be matron, he says, demanded that j “Not guilty” was the verdict of the f *1 11*; paid her for the expenses of tak- ‘jury In the cases against Marlon Peters, j tho child to the home. This he (Jim Peters. Wiley Brook's and Oeorge | 1 " I Mr. McKinney says that upon 1 Lewlx, the negroes charged with ^mur- j Way •»*' Migatlon he found that the ma- i expenses were paid by the home. Paris, Deo. 12.—In the chamber of deputies last night Premier Clemen- ceau. In answer to a question, declared that the reason Mgr. Montagninl. the papal secretary of the nunclaturo at Paris, had been expelled from France, was of his complicity with prominent clergymen of Paris, against whom pro ceedings were pending. In Inciting church-goers to rebellion. “The government’s conciliatory prop ositions toward the church,” declared the premier, “have been exhausted and It has now been decided In future to leave the onus on Home." Premier is Applauded. This statement was greeted with great applause. Continuing. M. Ciernenceau said that If the church wishes there Is still time to avoid a buttle. ‘Wo offer her," he said, “the law of 1881, made for all Frenchmen and submitting thereto she will have peace, but otherwise- by seeking us she will I find u?” Accompanied : >v a commissary of po- , lice, Mgr. Montagninl was escorted to, the French frontier last night and ex* pelted from the country . Great quant!- j ties of documents which were found In the secretary'"" house, were seized by j the police. Courier Turned Back. It is stated that a courier from Car- I dlnal Merry Del Val, the papal secre- j tary of state, with dispatches from the ] Vatican, was halted at the frontier and not permitted to enter France. By refusing to make the required requisitions under the law of 1881, Ho- • man Catholic worship by Schismatic organisations became Illegal today, and the struggle, which began a quarter of a century ago with the banishment of the Jesuits, has ended In the legal rup ture of the bands which have for nearly 1,000 years united the state and church. Moving to Lodgings. Cardinal Rickard and many of the bishops already have begun the re moval of their private effects from the episcopal mansions and the clergy arc preparing to leave their rectories and move Into hired lodgings. It is announced that the parlidt priests have received offers of places In which to hold religious services, but REV. FATHER JOHN E. OUNN, 8.M. Eminent Atlanta Priest who has prepared for The Georgian a returns of tho troubles betwosrt church and state in France. SHE IS CAUSE OE SHOOTING Maude Adams’ Mother Admits Friendship For Sen. Brown. MRS. BRADLEY WAS JEALOUS OF HER “I Could Haye Prevented the Affair,” Declares Mrs. Annie Adams. New York. Dec. 12.—Mrs. Annie ; Ada mix, t lie uctioxx and the mother of Maud#* A damn, Charles Frohman’s chief woman star, was at the Grand Union I hotel today, anxiously awaiting word [ from Washington as to the condition ! of former United States Senator Arthur 1 Brown, of Utah, who wax believed to he dying In a hospital In Washington. D. <\, as a result of Ills being shot in a .sensational scene In the Hotel Raleigh j there by Mrs. Annie Bradley, of Salt j Lake City. It Is said that Mrs. Adams was also considerably perturbed over the con fiscation by the Washington police of a packet of letters, believed to be aimed "Annie,” and said to have been written ! by Mrs. Adams to Senator Brown. The Washington police, according to dis patches from the capital, say that these letters will furnish a remarkable chap ter in the life history of Senator Brown, the climax of which came with Ills be ing shot down by Mrs. Bradley. Then She Shot Him. Just before she shot the former sena tor, Mrs. Bradley taxed him with hav ing deserted her and her two children for the sake of another woman. Mrs. Bradley was hysterical and apparently i quite nut of her. mind. She was heard . to assert that Senator Brown had an appointment to meet Mrs. Adams In New York and that she would prevent him keeping It. . Giving Senator Brown, ut the point of her pistol/ the alternative of #»ith*r Pope Is Not Monster Described and State; Repudiated Its Own Law. demand seriously. Then she tired and Continued on Page Fifteen. By REV. JOHN E. GUNN, 8. M.’ It liax been suggested by an Knglieh Journalist, with a view to the forma tion of a healthy national literature, that u prize should he offered for the beat rxaay, nigle or female, on ’’Lying there” In” noTYheTughtatt‘ Indteatlon I ^ folrkrant Considered oh One of tho that they Intend to take advantage of Fine Arts.’’ If the proposed recoin- the remaining chance to retain their pense is still available the enterprising churches, by making the declarations | conductors of the Parisan papers have called for by the law. more than earned and won it within Are Given a Respite. Probably tbe last funeral to be held under the old regime was that of M. Biunetleres early today. 'The respite of forty-eight hours! granted the church to make the noo- ! the Inst few weeks. They have proved beyond a shadow of doubt that In all conflictx between the church and state In France the church Is alwuys in the wrong, and the state always in tho .... . .. . . right; that the hindrance and infalli- exsary declarations under the law, to . .... # , .. _ . , . . ... bfllty of the great rulers of France are xavn their church property, will ex- 1 ' plre at noon tomorrow. After that hour the police will rigidly enforce every provision of the new law ami that great discord will prevail through out France, no one doubts.^ utholic put teas ar»* urging the faith ful to attend services the coming Sun day, defend their prelsts and prevent any hostile demonstration on the part if the ixdlce. seriously, menaced by the Insolent urn I blundering Incapacity of a peasant pope J and his aristocratic English secretary j of state; Plus X has evil designs, thoy ! say, on France and Frenchmen. He has already broken tjie concordat made by the great Napoleon; he has brought about u divorce between the church 1 ami state; he has destroyed the tradi tions of over a thousand years, and not j content with all this, he Is now' actively j at work robbing the prlestx and bishops of France of their salary, depriving 38 j million Catholics of their churches and trying to stir up a civil Internecine war In a country profoundly peaceful and happy. American Catholics are sorry to hear Continued on Page Nine. MRS.HARTJE VINDICATED BY DECISION OF COURT; NO DIVORCE FOR'HUBBY’ IS III HANDS OF RECEIVER Bankruptcy Petition by Creditors of Reid Dry Goods Co. * i hat the child rode on a charity : ’<* i, which cost only $4.90. He says : • h-ioks of Cl|jr Warden Evans show 1 • t«» be true. 1 hexc matters have been brought to attention of Chief Jcnnlngx und * ’ HMnlaxioner English by Mr. MeKIn- . who says that he Is going to con- 111 hla lawyer In regard to preferring •ii-gc* against the matron before the i-’i'i- board. , 'Jj* 1 " Sanderson contends that Mr. K|nney voluntarily", at his own In- ‘ 5,n '“ ami suggestion, gave her $15 to *he child to Cincinnati. DOG L ''OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO oooc oo ° GRANT’S OLD STAFF “ IS GONE TO REST. O ’ o „ Huntington, Ind., Dec. 12—G. O. O * ‘Hde, the last survivor of Gener- O £ •'/ *’• H. Grant’s staff, was found O X ' ! '‘uil in a room in this city to- O •‘ay. Mr. Pride was bom In New O £ ' »rk. June 4, 1828. Ills father O ''J?* a quaint character, told of In O Th# I«axt Days of the Knfcker- O X ‘'"«‘kers.“ O 0 0 Go OOQ000000900000000000000 Imrged with mur dering County Policeman J. L. Heard I The verdict «a* returned Wednesday; " morning and the prisoner* were dlH-|“ charged by older of the court. j th' "We found our verdict,” raid George ilure. of the Mure Clothing Company, foreman of the Jury, to a Georgian re- porter, "on a portion of Judge Hoau a charge that If we did not believe the defendant, guilty of having formed a conspiracy ngaln.t the police, that we should rentier a verdict of not guilty. After a careful ronelderatlon of the evidence we came to the conclusion thnt there had been no conaplracy formed. Title «us the tiuestlon on which the decision hung. “We th) not think there wu.« a con- epiracy for eevernl leu.-tone. With the large crowd of negroea which the of- She Now Has Chance! to Press Suit For' Separation. claimed t«» have seen, shooting on all side* *>f them, we think that If the negroex bu<l formed a conspiracy to km the police they eould have done so without trouble before the police could hardly have tired a shot. Wo think the negroes were gathered together Just US white people were In other parts of town, for the purpoae of defending their homes. If they were attackeil. ..you can state that we were shocked by undue! which the evidence j Tli#* <i«*orgimi. •ohx, Ga., D#»c, 12,—A property of about $15,000 was sustained b> #* <>n Plant avenue in tho heart of business section of Waycrosx Hits Th#» blaze commenced In tho store of j Park Woo ward Will A. W. Ling and spread through tlu coiling to tho J. A. Jones Buggy t’o.. Anthony Hardware t'o., and laaFavoritu Cigar CV. The loss In Ling’s store alone will amount to about $10,000. The second floor of his place wax filled with household goods stored PIuxburg. Pa., Dec. 12.—Judge Rob- | { ort Frasier today handed down a de- j I vision refusing Augustus Hurtje, mil-' • millonaire paper manufacturer, a dt- | ; vorce from his wife, Mrs. Mary Scott i ; Hartje. on charges of Infidelity. After the hearing In the courts of J honHatlonal charges that made the ea^e j Recommend Issue to Council. been guilty of.” The evidence In tho cases wax fin ished Tuesday evening. Judg#; Roan charged the jury Wednesday morning. They retired and made their verdict tn a short time. Solicitor General Hill represented the state, while the do- foijx.- wax represented by J. D. Kil - J■ patrlck. T. L Bishop. J. W. Moore un i showed soma of tha county police had W. H. Withers. the most celebrated In the annuls «tf Allegheny count), the decision camel In the nature of n \ Indication for Mrs. ■ Hartje. By the decision Mrs. Hartje Is to re tain possession of her two children, John Hc.nt UHcotty") Hartje and Mary Louixe llnrtjc. Hho will also be enabled by this decision, providing nn appeal Is not taken, to press her suit for divorce from her husband. Since the trial of the case, the negro coachman, who swore against Mrs. Hartje. has been found guilty of per jury f«>r giving the evidence. The case U,u.r.l Matwgtr Park Woodward, of j w *« tried boforc Judge Frazier aUo. iway fot ronfilnma of WaycroM., .'"‘I! , h „ .u. will rm oi»m,n.l In Mnt. Hartjo. who wan in California ■ ■ ■ !, * . .a With the children, returned aeveral day. hi. annu.il r.port to the board of water. a ^ w itt Itj„ court', order to have the comml.Monerx the holding of an elec- ,, bit.iien in the Juriadlctlon of the court, tlon for the Issuance of $500,000 of This gave rise to the Impresxlon that bonds for the enlargement and Im- the decision might Ik* against the wife, provement of'the waterworks. ! ’ ™”'T Z. - . _ The waterworks board will! then HQlJRThjt,N HURI tlon «>t Mr. Wodd 1 there wax hardly lrt |>er cent of Insur ance on them. Tlic Anthony Hardware Co. Joncx Buggy t*«».*s loss was fully ered by insurance. upon the recommendation « ward, recommend to council the call ing of an election early In 1907. The legislature passed an act In 1905. authorising council to call for su#*h an electloft, but tills has never ’been dona. A lively session of the new council It will be when the. proposi tion to call for a bond election Is brought up for consideration and art loti. IN TRAIN WRECK Itataavillr. Ark., Dec. 12.—Fourteen peruana were Injured, three aeriouaty when u train on the Iron Mountain railroad wna derailed near here late yeaterday. One imaaenger coach roiled doom a steep embankment. A petition wuh filed in Clerk Car ter’* office of United Statea court, di vision of bankruptcy, Tuesday after noon, forcing the Reid Dry Goods Com pany, 165-175 Peters atroet. Into vol untary bankruptcy. Affidavits were made Wednesday morning, and Judge (N'ewman appointed’V. B. Moore as re ceiver. G. u. Reid, president of the company. ■ agreed Wednesday morning to the pro ceedings forcing him into bankruptcy. Hubpvnua were Issued by the Federal ilourt clerk, returnable at 10 a. m., De cember 21. Receiver Moore took charge of the stock of goods Wednesday morn ing nnd will conduct the business until a disposition is made of the petition. President Reid was not at the stars when a reporter culled, but It was found that he had made known a desire not to be interviewed. It Is understood, however, that an effort will be made to compromise with the creditors In order that the stock of goods may be disposed of at u receiver’s snle. It wa* learned at the store that the stock would In voice about 140,000. The following creditors and their claims wore included In the petition: Janies H. Dunham & Co., New York. >1,666.45: Atlanta Paper Company, >44.40: United Paper Company, >411.71. The creditors charged in the petition that Mr. Reid committed an . of bankruptcy in preferring Morris Hro- Commission Company by paying that firm >100. No schedule of asset- an* 1 liabilities was filed. MR8. MARY 8COTT HARTJE. She has been vindicated, as court rafuaad tc grant her husband a divorce. Navigation Company Chartered. The Albany and Gulf Navigation Company was chartered by the seeir-. i tary of state Thursday morning. It i< ; chartered for a period of 30 years, the principal office, will be in Atbuny. the i capital stock Is >25.000, ahd the Incor porators are S. W. Smith, C. W. I son and othcra.