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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 26. 1906.
FRENCH CHURCH CLOSED
BY ORDER OF MAYOR;
PRIEST TOLD TO LEAVE
! Fight Starts Over
Negro’s Refusal to
Pay Fare.
| WHITE SOLDIERS
AID CONDUCTOR
[ Trolleys Running Between
N
Leavenworth and Fort
Are All Guarded
by Sentries.
Christmas Eve Mid
night Mass Is Cele
brated in Private.
SPECTACLE HUNTERS
DON’T MIND CHANGE
Editor, Angered at Carica
ture of Cardinal Rich
ard, Smashes Window.
Leavenworth. Kans., Dec. 26.—As the
I reeuli of a street car riot here last
night, started by a negro soldier re
fusing to pay hla fare, fourteen caval-
I rymen, mostly members of the Ninth
I Cavalry, are said to have been placed
under arrest today. At least four have
been ordered court-martialed. The
preildent has been apprised of the af-
I (air
The trouble occurred late last night
en a car between Leavenworth city and
the fort.
Fifteen or twenty soldiers, Including
both whites and negroes, seem to have
been engaged in a free-for-all light in
which several shots were tired and
Mine of the windows in the car smash
ed. Conductor P. L. Brown, who was
In charge of the car, says the trouble
arose over the refusal of a negro
trooper to pay his fare or get off. The
trooper became abusive and struck the
conductor. A general light followed In
which the white soldiers came to the
aid of the street car men.
The negro troopers' were finally
sleeted from the car. In retaliation
several shots were fired and stones
thrown through the windows of the
car. Two women and four civilians
were aboard the car, which was crowd
ed from tho fact that It was the last
car for the night from the down-town
district to the fort.
During the melee the motorman lock
ed himself In the front vestibule, leav
ing the conductor to be beaten by the
negro soldiers. He was badly beaten
before the white troopers came to his
Paris, Dec. 2(.—Christmas has come
and t gone In France, without the Christ
mas Eve midnight mass. Privately,
midnight mass was celebrated In va
rious places where the devout could
assemble. Just as there Is mass dally
In the church, and the deVout attend
ed without any embarrassment what
ever, but the spectacle hunters, who
have been numerically the greatest fac
tor In the midnight mass, went their
several ways without seeming to mind
the change ordained by the church.'
Devout worshipers, to the number of
thousand, made their way to the
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great church of the Sacred Heart, In
Montmartre, where midnight mass was
gatd.
Curs Ordered to Leave.
The Authorite says that next year,
when the peasants leave their cottages
A GOLD
see a light on the hill, a light
to the Star of Bethlehem. Crowds will
gather In a bam, open to the winda of
heaven, to celebrate a feast to which
the churches are closed.
The first Instance of the closing of
a church under the separation act oc
curred .at Indre, where the mayor. In
writing, ordered the cure to leave both
the presbytery and the church edifice,
which, he declared, the communal au
thorities would take over In pursuance
of the law.
The cure consequently quitted the ed
ifice, which has been closed. The ques
tion of the legality of the mayor's ac
tion is arousing considerable contro
versy.
Angered by Caricature.
At the comer of the Grand Boule
vard and Rue Richelieu there Is a
window, where, public men are carica
tured In drawings that are changed
dally. The caricature today showed
Cardinal Richard in a way which of
fended a Catholic Journaltat, Henri
Bruchard.
Bruchard did not act Impulsively, but
went up to a policeman standing near
the window ami' Inquired what would
happen If he smashed the window. The
would be necessary to arrest him,
whereupon Bruchard violently struck
the window with his cane and bade the
officer to do hla duty.
station house, an
had acted because his conscience was
violated by the caricature, Bruchard
was liberated.
FIVE RAILROAD WRECKS
MARKED THE HOLIDAYS
in South Georgia
Not to be dug from the bowels of Mother Earth, but
by systematic, intelligent farming in
South Georgia lands.
Southern Breaks the
Record For Trouble
and Accidents.
I aid.
The negro troopers who created the
dliturtmnce were captured only a few
bouts later, while attempting to reach
their quarters at the fort. The sonti-
nels fired at one of the men, who tried
to escape. All cars running between
the fort and the city of Leavenworth
h«ve been guarded by armed sentries
todsy, in anticipation of further trou-
Ur.
NEGROES AT KANSA8 CITY
IN FREE-FOR-ALL FIQHT.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 2*.—Using
lelubi, knives and stones, 50 negroes en-
I need In a drunken fight last night.
I Many heads were broken.
Patrolman C. M. Larabee was knock-
I *d down by S. R. Johnson, a negro,
|*ho used a baseball bat.
I James Hully, white, bartender In a
IMsr-by saloon, struck Johnson with a
■stone and knocked him senseless.
I James r, Marlcol, a white man, waa
litruek on the head with a stone and
Five wrecks occurred on the South
ern system Christmas Eve and Christ
mas day, and the wrecking crows In the
divisions In which the accident^ oc
curred had anything but a holiday. But
one man was reported killed In the
series of wrecks, notwithstanding the
heavy holiday travel. Several were In
jured. Two of the wrecks were freights.
Several Atlanta people were Injured
In the first of the series, which occurred
at Central, S. C„ about 8 o'clock Christ,
mas Eve. Northbound passenger No.
40 was standing at the station at Cen
tral when passenger train No. St, go
ing In the same direction, ran Into the
rear coach of No. 40 before the engi
neer could reverse his engine. The
official report said theft sixteen people
were hurt.
Christmas morning the wrecking
crew In'the local yards were hurried
out to Inman yard, where a freight
engine had left the rails, carrying sev
eral freight cars with It, blocking
traffic and causing Incoming trains to
make a circuitous route to get Into the
city.
Another passenger wreck was report
ed at Cedar Mountain In the Charlotte
division. The engine Jumped the rails,
HARRIED TO DEAIR
BY A FIERCE DOG
Iwvertly hurt.
[keifer Charges conspiracy
AGAIN8T BROWNSVILLE FOLK.
Springfield, Ohio, Dec. 2«.—Wheh
I * , N<'il about the discharge of the negro
|!?r J. Warren Keifer. congressman
12™ ibis district, who Is home from
I W ashington, said:
| "I think the president has made a
IMstake. I believe the evidence will
■show that they are Innocent, and that
I Here
carrying several coaches Into the ditch,
ijfer “ ‘ ' ’ *
, tamp at the time of the
IJJA- I believe that the evidence will
l»i»o*h""' that there was a conspiracy
IJ. !' iU 't of the white people to
■ Place riic hiame for firing of the shots
I on the negro troops."
the general added that he was not
lil,«
question and that he would allow
I them tn scrap It out.
No passengers or trainmen were killed,
but several were Injured. No other
details were contained In the reports.
A wrecked train at Oakdale tied
up traffic on the main line Christmas
afternoon. Trains from Birmingham
and Cincinnati, running'late anyway,
were prevented from entering the city
and a special was made up and sent
out to bring the passengers Into the
Terminal station.
The last of the Chrlitmas series oc
curred near Jacksonville, Fla, at
Monerlef, where southbound passenger
No. 33 was sent Into the deralllnr
switch by the operator In the swltel
tower. A negro fireman was killed.
The white engineer was scalded; the
express messenger and a negro helper
were also Injured. •“*-
sengers was hurt.
Out of twenty-three trains on the
Southern due In Atlanta Chrlitmas day
sixteen were from an houT to sixteen
hours late. Only one arrived on time.
This train came in from Brunswick.
Other local tralna from points within
the State were from twenty to forty
minutes late.
Crawfordsvllle, Ind., Dec. 26.—Mrs.
Nancy Wallace, aged 90, met death In
a shocking manner here last night. Her
granddaughter, Mrs. Leona Benson, had
gone down town, leaving the aged
woman at horns alone. A short time
after her departure Mrs. Wallace faint
ed and fell to the floor.
A ball dog which was In the room
began to bark anil pull at her clothing
and hair and bit her several times,
badly lacerating her arms and pulling
out great hunches of hair. The bark
ing continued until neighbors were at
tracted, and upon Investigating they
found the woman covered with blood
from the many wounds Inflicted and
bearing evidence of having beert
dragged about the room by the anl-.
mal. She died about midnight as tho
result of her Injuries.
Y, SAWTELL DEAD
AT ADVANCED AGE
905 Acres of as fine South Georgia lands as
can be had. 225 Acres of the tract already under
high state of cultivation. Practically every foot
of the tract can be successfully tilled except
where branches flow. About 700 Acres lie al
most as level as-a yard.
A new railroad has recently been built right through these
lands, giving a main stop in the midst of the plantation. A far
mer living not over ten miles from this tract of land on a similar
farm has cleared by book account in the last three years over
$30,000.00, a record that the world can’t beat, and a healthier
section cannot be found.
Price, $20.00 Per Acre,
Half Cash, balance on Easy Payments.
For further information, address
pKlIHO IS SHOT;
FARMER SOUGHT
Jutland, Vt„ Dec. 20.—While abe was
Pertaining some friends Christmas
* n, Kht at a reception following her
: edd,n f* Mrs. Mary Gilmore, aged 19,
** *hoi and seriously wounded by
"known i )er *°ns who were In the thor-
^fhfaro in front of th^ house. The
I'Yrfw
I 1
I
authorltlog are making an ln-
j *’tlgaiion and are looking for An-
urell, a young farmer. The
used la aald to have been a
of large caliber, carrying heavy
me-made bullets. The motive for
assault la unknown.
,„' r " 'IIImore heard voice. In the
I thinking other guests were
EjjrijijN opened the door. She aaw
*»;«.
»hota waa the answer.
SPECIAL TRAINS DUR
ING HOLIDAYS BE
TWEEN ATLANTA
AND ALBANY VIA
CENTRAL OF GEOR
GIA RAILWAY.
Effective Brat train. leaving Atlanta
8:45 a. m. and first train leaving Al
bany 2 p. m„ December IS. and dally
to and Including December 25, for the
accommodation of holiday travel.
For detailed Information apply to
your nearest ricket agent, or
Oistrict Pssstfiflsr Agtnt.
Sailors from the United States erul
ser Cleveland caused a panic last night
In a public park at Clentuegon, Cuba,
where a concert was going on, by en
gaging In a fight and firing many shots.
The police arrested several of the sail
ors. >5
I Start, an account with a LITTLE HOME BANK and book or with the
wok only In tho
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OF
THE NEAL BANK
I Pro !n, '" w allowed at the rata of THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT.
° ER ANNUM, compounded aeml-annually. U , BBV r „ h; . r
I E H. THORNTON, President. W. F. MANRY, Caah,.r.
H. C. CALDWELL, Asst Cashier.
I. Y. Sawtell, the father of T. R. Saw
tell and L. P. Sawtell, two of the most
prominent business men of Atlanta,
died Tuesday afternoon* at 5 o'clock.
For over fifty years he had been a res
ident of Atlanta, coming here from
Athens, Tenn., where ho waa born 72
years ago. During the greater part of hla
residence In this city he was engaged
In tho real estate and mining business,
from which he retired some ten years
ago.
In 1859 he married Miss Rllxa Rob
erts. a daughter of Dr. G. H. Roberts,
of Villa Rica, Ga. She and three sons,
T. R. Sawtell, of Atlanta: L. P. Saw
tell, of Atlanta, and E. M. Sawtell, of
Columbus, Ga, and four daughters.
Misses Mary, Annie, Estelle and Dora,
all of Atlanta, survive him.
The funeral services will .6b conduct-
B. E. WILCOX,
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Ex-Senator Fifteenth District, and
Ex-Representative Irwin County.
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A TR OCITIES IN CONGO
UP TO UNCLE SAM
ten’s late residence, 143 Richardson
street. The Interment will be In West,
view cemetery.
The seismographs at the observato
ry. Hamburg, registered earthquakes as
severe as those which occurred at San
Francisco.
Mra. J. P. Parsons.
Special to The Georgian.
Decatur, Ala, Dec. 25.—-Mrs. J. P.
Parsons, aged 71, died at her home on
Sixth avenue. New Decntur, Thursday
afternoon after only a few hours' ill
ness. Heart disease was supposed to
have been the cause of her death. Mrs.
Parsons had lived In New Decntur for
the past nineteen years. She was
native of Dwight, III. She leavee
husband, brother and sister.
The National City benktof New York
has ordered from the Carnegie Steel
Company the largest fire and burglar-
proof vault ever built In the United
States. It will be made of 390 tons of
armor plate and constructed In the old
customs house building In Wall street.
According to the annual report of
General Superintendent Kimball, of
the life-saving service, Washington, D.
c, out of 849 marfne disasters in the
waters of the United States 4* vessels
and 29 lives were lost and Sll persona
succored. The total value of property
saved was 812,266.100. The service
cost the government 81,832,465.
In the presence of four troops of the
Fort Sheridan* (Illinois) squadron of
the Ninth cavalry, who had Just begun
their Christmas dinner In the dining
hall of the fort Tuesday night. Ser
geant John Griffin, of Troop I, shot and
_s _ I, — 4 I ■- !. t 'oer,.-l*« I UML
almost Instantly killed Corporal Wil
liam Taylor, of the same troop. Both
the men, who are colored, quarreled
over a woman.
Earl Northup, aged 22, was probably
fatally subbed during a saloon quarrel
at Fort Sill. Okla.. yesterday, by Pri
vate Howard, of Troop K, Thirteenth
cavalry. Howard waa arrested and Is
In Jail In default of bond.
The assassin of Count lgnatleff has
been Identified at Tver. Russia, as a
student named Fldler, who was one of
the leaders of last year's Insurrection
at Moscow. At that time he was bound
over In 83.000 ball for good behavior,
and this sum will now revert to the
treasury.
Low Rates
ONE WJV OR ROUND TRIP
Arkansas, Oklahoma,
, Texas,
New Mexico, Missouri,
Kansas and Colorado
w* Birmingham and the
Tickets will l>« sold from Atlanta on
firet and third Tuesday* of January*
February and March.
ra and ’Frisco will be allowed lib
eral atop-orer priTlleaea; also diverse
routes west of Memphis to many points
In Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado.
Fatronlae the road that la trying to help
you. Write for literature and detailed
Information to
S. L. PARROTT,
District Passengsr Agsnt.
6 N. Pryor St
Millionaires 0*11 Mr.
, Root’s Attention to
Condition.
government Is avowedly established.
The abuse of the natives by white
representatives of officially recognised
companies.
The binding of little children to years,
of labor at uncertain wages by con
tracts they do not understand und even
more serious maltreatment of children
supposedly under the Immediate care
of the government.
Great Injustice In the administra
tion of the courts, so that the natives
dread the place of Bonus, the place
where the judicial system Is central
ised.
The sending nut of punitive expedl-
New York, Deo. 28.—The attention
of Secretary of State Root has been
directed tn conditions In the Congo
Free State by a letter addressed to him |
and signed by the Rev. .Messrs. Lyman
Abbott, Henry Moffet, Wllford L. Rob
bins, George William Kno*, Charles H.
Parkhurst, John P. Peters, William R.
Richards, Anson P. Hatterbury, Percy
8. Grant and Messrs. William Jay
Schleffelln, William H. Douglas,
Charles A. Schleren, Spencer Trask,
George Haven Putnum, Everett P.
| Wheeler, Robert C. Ogden, J. Plerpont
Morgan, D. Willis James, R. Fulton
Cutting, J. Cleveland Cady and W. J,
Havemeyer.
The letter declares that "flagrant
Inhumanity exists" In the African state
controlled by King Leopold of Bel
glum, and Mr. Root Is urged, op be
half of the American people, "to use
the moral support of the United States
government-to correct the abuses from
which the Congo natives are alleged to
be suffering."
No Rsform, Undertaken.
The letter says that while reforms
have been recommended by a commis
sion appointed by King Leopold, no re
forms have been Inaugurated, and there
seems no evidence that the evlla re
ported are to be corrected.
Here are measures said to be prac
ticed In the Congo Free State, as re
ported by a former board of commis
sioners:
The exaction of a tabor tax so op
pressive that many laborers on whom
It falls have little, If any, freedom.
Ing peace and order, but for the pur-
pose of terrifying the natives Into
puylng a tax which, as administered,
even the commissioners regard as in
human.
HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS
VIA GEORGIA RAIL
ROAD.
On account of Christmas holidays
tickets will be sold at all polnta south
of the Ohio and Potomac and east <>r
the Mississippi river, St. Louis, Moo
Included, at rate of one and one-thin!
first-class fare, plus 25 cents, for the
round trip.
Tickets on sale at all stations De
cember 20 to 16, 80, 81 and January i,
final limit January. 7, 1907.
For further Information apply to any
ticket agent, or
A. O. JACKSON, C. C. M’MILLIN,
G. P. A. A. G. P. A.
Augusta, Ga.
NON-STRAIN
goggles. We have tha most complete
Automobile, engineers and motorman
line ever ahnwn In Atlanta. Recogntx-
the natives are practically
prisoners within their own territory.
Murder and Pillaga.
of the government ps sentries of cruel
brutish blacks, chosen from hostile
tribes, who murder, pillage and
the people for whose protection
"tJS
something to please you, we have made
special efforts to secure the best makes.
Walter Ballard Optical Company, II
Peachtree street.
SOUND AND HEARTY
MISSING BOY IS FOUND.
Special to The Georgian.
Decatur, Ala., Dec. 2*.—Tillman
Clark, the 18-year-old son of Wllllsm
■rad
Clark, who so mysteriously disappear)
from this city on the night of Deceit
her 3, has been located In Chattanooga
and placed under arrest until his fa
ther could be communicated with. Tim
young man le sound and well. His fa
ther offered a reward of ISO for th*
return of the young man dead or alive.
“OF ALL THE SAWS I EVER 8AW SAW,
LIKE THESE SAWS SAW."
One suitable for
father
Ann.
Sister
These in
sure an early
breakfast.
One suitable for*
farmers for taw
ing a winter'! tup-
ply of stove and
fire wood.
One suitable for
wood yard men,
who have labor
trouble. Nearly
every large vood
yard in Atlanta
uses our Sawing
Outfits.
One suitable for
tawing for the
public. This is
mounted on a
truck, in combina
tion with the re
liable Foot Gaso
line Engine.
FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS.
DUNN MACHINERY C0-, Atlanta, ga.
Phones 1761. 54 Marietta Street.
MACHINERY FOR FACTORY, MILL OR FARM.
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