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m ON UR AFTER BATTLE 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 d H< 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. m 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. HI