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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER S8, 1900.
FRIDAY
ENTIRE FAMIL Y OF “ THE GEORGIAN” ENJO Y
YEAR’S END BANQUET, GUESTS OF MR. SEELY
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Birmingham. Ala., Dec. 28.—Judge
Kavannugh has wired that he will be
in Birmingham at 4 p. m. It ia proba
lile that the directors will meet to
night. President Baugh, of the Birm
ingham club, will entertain the dele
gates to the meeting tonight at the
Country Club with a banquet. Presl-
,!mt Amerlne, of the Montgomery club,
and Wally Screws, pf The Montgom-
erv Advertiser, were among the ar
rivals this morning.
Mr. Amerlne says that Malarkey
has positively been named the man
ager and that there will be 'no change
In the ownership of the franchise. The
.Montgomery team will probably play
at the new park next season, the one
In the heart of the city.
i barley Babb says: “Memphis will
nln the pennant next season, depend
ing on what Billy Smith has In At
lanta"
CENTRAL RY. WON
FIRST BRUSH AGAINST
CITY IN FIGHT FOR ST
In Recorder Broyles’ court Thurs
day .morning J. A. Goins, a contractor
employed by the Central of Georgia
railroad, appeared In answer to i
charge of blocking up a public thor
ouglifnre—Foundry street—where 1
crosses the tracks of the railway com
pany. The cane "was not heard, Arthur
Hyman, of Dorsey; Brewster & Howell,
attorneys for the railway company,
announcing that he would ask Judge
Pendleton, of the superior court, for
an injunction prohibiting the employees
of the city of Atlanta from digging
holes and planting, poles upon property
which it claims Is part of Its right
With the consent of City Attorney .1.
L. May son. Judge Broyles continued
the hearing indefinitely.
Later on the railway company, by Its
attorneys, petitioned Judge Pendleton
for an injunction perpetually restrain
ing employees of the city from tres
passing upon Its property. The peti
tion sets forth that the erection of the
poles along the right of way, claimed
by the railway company, and which is
adjacent to the property of the Con
tinental Gin Company, would serlojisly
interfere with the business of the rail-
Picture from a Flashlight of Ths Georgian’s Family at a Banquet at the Kimball
BERESFORDS DEATH
RAILROAD WRECK
STIRS SENSATION
Once Lived in New Orleans
as Married Man—Be
lieved Dead.
Full Working Force,
Numbering More
From
('ay.
Judge Pendleton denied the petltl m
in so far as a perpetual Injunction Is
concerned, but Issued a restraining or
der and cited the parties In Interest to
appear and show cause on Saturday
1907.
EFFORT AT SUICIDE
WAS SUCCESSFUL
Special to The Georgian.
Ln<.range, Ga., Dec. 28.—Frank Bus
»«*u. the young man who In a tit of
d< spondeney cut his own throat, died
from the effects of the wounds this
morning.
For several days the unfortunute man
had been despondent and had told sev-
«mI of his companions that he Intend
ed taking his own life, byt little at-
t* ntlon was given these remarks, as he
had often made similar threats. On
Thursday evening he was found In his
I'x.m with gashes across his chest und
throat, which proved fatal.
ATLANTA BOY WINS
SUCCESS ON STAGE
Vernon P. Wallace, formerly a local
newspaper man, but now in the the
atrical business. Is In the city spend
ing the holidays with his mother. Since
entering the profession' Mr. Wallace
been connected with the Cosmo
politan Comedy Company, the Lottie
'VllHamsun Company anil others.
II- Is now with the H. D. Rucker-
Katak Company, with which organiza
tion he takes a loading role. He will
chi his company In Houston, Texas,
jdiortly. .Mr. Wallace’s hosts of friends
in Atlanta are pleased with his success
«h the stage.
HOAI) WILL FIGHT
THE RECEIVERSHIP
Editor and Publisher to Office and Galley Boys,
Than 100, With Wives, Mothers or Sisters, Gather
About the Festal Board at the Kimball and After -a Feast of Good
Things, Hear Inspiring Talks From Mr. Seely, Col. Graves and
Airs. Ball, and Enjoy Music and a Stereopticon Trip Around
the World. Event a Notable One For All Present.
The Atlanta Georgian family got to
gether Thursday, night and had the
time of their lives.
Over a hundred employees of the
paper assembled in the dining room of
the Kimball at the bidding of Mr. F. L.
Seely, The Georgian’s publisher. Of
more than one hundred employees, the
absentees could be counted on the fin
gers of one hand, and these from un
avoidable causes. Practically all those
who are directly connected with the
dally production of The Georgian were
there, and they enjoyed every minute
of the time.
In addition to the hundred and some-
odd employees, a great many of their
wives were present. Mr. Seely says
every man’s wife should be his part
ner In his work or his business and
that the wife’s interest In his work and
surroundings make him a better work
man.
Whatever apprehension any one had
before going that it would be a very
formal and a very dressy afTalr was
quickly relieved.
"Andy” McGough did wear his hest
green necktie, but he said he couldn't
find his other one. There were some
clever talks from Colonel Graves, Mrs.
Ball *nnd a heart-to-heart talk from
Mr. Seely. There were some very In
teresting stereopticon views, with ex
planatory words about each—a quick
but delightful Journey to out-of-the-
way nook* of the world.
The banquet was not a banquet. Ban
quets are formal and fyr formal bodies.
But It was a mighty good, appetizing
dinner. If there’s anything on this
mundane sphere that Manager Will
Zimmer knows how to do it Is to plan,
prepare and serve good things to eat
for hungry mortals.
And he showed his record-breaking
ability last night by handling In addi
tion to the big Georgian dinner of over
one hundred and twenty-five plates,
throe other big banquets—four under
one roof.
delay In the scheduled hour of 7
o’clock of a few minutes—the writer
values his Job too highly to state the
exact cause—had whetted the appe
tites of the family almost to the raven
ous point. And how the delicious and
substantial courses did disappear!
It was a big family gathering. Nobody j,our everybody was so busy
tried to put on style. Nobody was al- ministering to the needs of the Inner
lowed to be formal or feel cramped. man that conversation was desultory.
Some one insinuated that Colonel
Graves’ frequent moves to chat with
this and that member of the big family
was only a clever ruse on his part to
test the quality of sundry extra plates
of bivalves on the shell. Anyway,
everybody had ns good and appetizing
a dinner as could be prepared by the
Kimball—which is saying all that Is
necessary.
With that first Important business of
dining out of the way. Colonel Graves
wiih called on for an Informal talk.
He glowed with the spirit of the occa
sion, and was never heard In a happier
vein. It wouldn't be right to tell what
he said, because he was talking to the
family affairs. Sunshine und laughter
and humor and a touch now and then
of deep feeling made It a talk no one
will forget.
Then Mr. Seely talked In his whole
some, hearty way. He took the family
Into his confidence and told them what
The Georgian had accomplished and
the future. And those who heard vowed
new zeal and allegiance to this man
whose life and work mean so much.
Mr. Shirley Victor Brooks, with his
rich, deep basso, rendered that grand
old hymn, "Rooked In the Cradle of the
Deep.” Ho prolonged and hearty was
the applause that he responded with
“Believe Me.”
The Georgian family has always been
lal to The Georgian.
• N '"‘ York, Dec. 28.—When the news
! ,r action of the court at Mobile,
»n the appointment of receivers for the
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City rall-
was conveyed to President Bird
M Robinson, of the road, he declared
that such proceedings were without
ledge of any
-age of any one connected
"ab the company, and entirely with
°’Jt t-ause.
''"ntinulng, he said: "The company,
with several large bondholders
un(J other creditors, has employed
jounsel, headed by Judge John F. Dll-
lon * of this city, to take Immediate
* l *hs toward the removal of the re-
f ‘' Ve rs and the restoration of the
property to the management, so that
■* operation*of the properties of the
ompnny will no be Interrupted and Its
>oli«atlons met as they mature/'H
MEETING.
fray ses. and the long black la oil:
■•'I the yellow half-moon large nud low;
'O'! the startled little wares, that lean
in iWey ringlets from their sleep,
*7 1 Mb* the cove with pushing prow,
I'O'neb Its speed In the shiftily sand.
, 11 •' mile of worm, *c*-*coi»te«I beach;
holds to cross, till a farm spiw.ira;
a tap at the pane, the quirk sharp
A nd blue spurt of a lighted inn tell.
“"I d 'nice less loud, through Its Joys i
hi arts. Iientltic efleh to each
—ROBERT BBOWMXO
She Hat ths Advantage.
r <m» The Chicago New*.
I* a woman know* how to roa*t a
and make pumpkin pie ami
pudding, most men are generous
•k;i to overlook It In case .she
f'i understand all the Intricate
•ug* of our political system. Even
»t she may know a* much ns he
:ibout them, and she has the ad-
‘waRe of those other accomplish-
WIFE OF A BRICKLA YER
SAYS THAT HER SON
IS CHILD OF PULLMAN
New York. Dec. 28.—In support of her
claim that she was the wife of George
Pullman, son of the mllllonulre car
builder, and that her aon, Kdmond, who
was taken almost starving from a tene
ment house, Is the son of young Pull
man and entitled to $50,000 left to him
In truat by hla father, Mrs. Pullman-
Breslln, wife of a bricklayer, has made
public a letter which she says was
written to her by Pullman when she
was In Rome, Italy, the guest of Car-
dinal Hatolll. . _ ...
•T will fight to the last to nee that
mv son Is given what rightfully be-
longs to him,” declared Mrs. Pullman-
lire-1 In. “For myself I don t care. But,
poor as I am, I will light for my boy.
$p,aks Many Languages.
-phe spectacle of this woman, mis
tress .if four or live languages, pos
sessed or the best education that Eu-
mee the protege -*
In March, 1898. My mother died and
was burled In Algeria. My brother,
Walter E. Muson, died In South Africa.
I he.va no one In the world now but my
husband, Mr. Brealln.”
PONTIFICAL ARMY
THANKED BY POPE
rone could give, ... - - lt t -
(Virriinal Hatolll and later well known
L* Washington as an awdriant to Miss j first met Pullman. He
!*lam Barton In' the Red Cross, forced t-rr ... mi.. In
hv circumstances Into the bitterest and
moat grinding poverty, now the wife
of a common laborer, formed a strange
and pathetic example of the curious
qU tfere*lM f her story as she told It:
• | feel as surely a* that I am *1111
alive that I can prove I am the wire
of George Pullman and that my boy.
Edmond. Is his son. I have the docu
ments that must convince any one In
the world, who Is fair minded. I se
cured a divorce from him ten years
ago. The case was tri«* before Jus-
In New York, and I was given a de
cree. There are’ records of that trial,
and I also have documents relating to
that w'hich show* that Ciara Elliott, a
woman well known then In Washing
ton, D. <\, was named as the co-re
spondent. During the trial, and the
records will prove »t, I showed by the
registers from the Waldorf, from the
Holland house, from the Murray Hill
hotel and from others In New York
that George M. Pullman lived there
nnd that I was registered as his wife.
I proved that satlnfactorily and my di
vorce was granted.
Says She Was Hounded.
"The Gerry Society bas hounded me.
It has taken the boy away from me.
I am convinced that there Is some pow
erful Influence behind the Gerry So- !
clety’s prosecution. j Rome, Italy, ' Dec. 28.—While
”1 was educated In Italy. I speak 1 electric train was entering the railway
Italian fluently. And 1 speak French, station at Gallarate, Lombardy, yei-
Hpanlsh and German as fluently as I terday. It collided with another train
do English. It was In Washington. | and thirty person* were Injured, many
something over ten years ago. that 1 j of them seriously.'
Rome, Dec. 28.—The pope received
517 survivors of the disbanded pontifi
cal army*, the Zeroes of the battle of
Mentcanu In 1887. The veterans were
led by Colonel Hlumenthal. The pope
thanked the men warmly for ihelr past
service*, and said he regretted that the
condition of the church would not per
mit him to old the defender* of the
papacy as he would like. Then he
funner spoke separately to many of
the men and to Prince Lancelotti, and
raid he was aware of his participation
In the battle and knew he was the first
man to bring Plus IX the news of the
victory.
fond of Mrs. Ball and believed her to
be the best society editor In the coun
try. But she sprang a surprise on
every’ one. Called on for some re
marks, she made the hit of the even
ing with a brief and witty little talk.
Everybody had previously conceded the
palm to Colonel Grave* a* the best of
after-dinner speakers, but there Is di
vided opinion In the office now. And
the colonel has gone over to Mrs. Ball’s
side.
Then Mr. Seely took the family for a
little Jaunt around the world. Not the
regulation views one sees anywhere,
but pictures made by Mr. Seely, which
ad'led the necessary personal touch.
He took the family to odd corner* of
the world and to see quaint and cu
rious people.
Every time he got to "Darkest Egypt”
lhi? steroptlcon, In evident sympathy
with the subject, failed. But the trou
ble wa* quickly righted and the inci
dents only added to the merriment.
At 11 o’clock good night* were said
and everybody went home with tho
memory of one of the most delightful
evenings of their live*.
Those present were Mr. nnd Mr*. F.
L. Seely, Colonel nnd Mr*. John Temple
Graves, Mrs. Emma Connally, Mrs.
George Ball, Miss Susie Ball, Miss
Charlotte Stewart, Mis* Helene Arm-
Harp, John C. Reese, Claude Nealy, J.
D. Gortatowsky, Paul E. Wilkes, Hugh
Steele, Joseph B. Lively, Miss Lively,
Mr. and Mr*. J. E. Palmer, George P.
Torbett, Paul Beam, Tracey Heutell,
Miss Florence Lytle, Dr. and Mr*. A.
M. Beattie, J. E. McLauchlln, C. W.
Upchurch, T. O. Senrle, W. E. Mulr-
head, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Favor, II. O.
Crosthwalte, Ed Chapman, Theodore
Flelsh, S. V. Brooks, Miss Jessie West,
Mr. and Mr*. J. L. Boeshan*, Mr. and
Mr*. Ed R. Meyer, T. B. Phlbbs, B. S.
Brown, Albert Brel ten bucher, W. 8.
McLeod, Jesse Cape, W. H. Glower,
Pi R. Guinn, 1J. P. Pltchford,
W. G. Smith, E. L. Hollingsworth. Har
ry Smith, Carl Smith, Orion Marks,
Richard Johnson, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Johnson, S. B. Marks nnd mother, Alvin
Copefund, George Williamson, W. E.
Aeuchbucher, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hol
liday, J. PL Coble, P. L. Riknrd, Mr. und
Mrs. R. E. George, Mr. nnd Mrs, Fred
J. Terry, Mr. and Mrs, B. Lee Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Ro*s, R. L. Cure-
ton, Mr. nnd Mrs. R. S. Bennington, Mr.
and Mrs. PL R Griggs, J. E. Halle, Mr.
and Mr*. Guy Griggs, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
White, \V. T. I*ec. Mr. nnd Mrs. AIca
Huddleston, Hub Huddleston, Gordon
Haygood, "Andy" McGough, Jack
Guard, Charlie Jonen, Charlie Wright,
Special to The Georgian.
New* Orleans, Dec. 28.—The’ reporte 1
death of J. J. Beresford, In a wreck
on the Santa Fe railroad, at Ender-
ling, N. D., and the fact that he made
a provision In his will for a sum of
810,000 for the negro nurse who cared
for him at No. 834 Camp street, while
he had yellow fever In 1897, has brought
out some sensational developments and
how a deception was accomplished
promises to become an International
episode, the dead man having been a
brother of Lord Charles Beresford,
ranking admiral of the British navy,
and the families were highly connected
In England and Europe. Bere*fo:d
lived here a* a married man and his
wife believed him to have died In Hot 1
Dlu from fever. Mrs. Fannie Hibbard
kept the boarding house when Beres-
ford wa* sick with fever. She now
lives at No. 910 Camp street. She re
members distinctly that Beresforr«
wife came back and lived with her
after the supposed death'of Beresfrl
at Hotel Dlu.
RY GOV, VARDAMAN
FOR RACE RIOTERS
Executire Says Whisky
Soaked Negro Is Worst
Type of Fiend.
Special to The Georgian.
- Scooba. Miss., Dec. 28 t —Following
a temporary cessation of the race riots.
Governor Vardamnn has posted a re
ward of 8500 each for the capture, dead
or alive, of Hal Bird, Ernest Brown or
Dan Kerr, white men, who are alleged
to have shot Clint Nicholson, an Inno
cent negro farmer, and burned him be
fore he died.
The governor also offered a reward
of 8500 for the capture of Tom Simp
son. a negro, who assassinated Rail
road Detective John Q’Brleft. The
wiilte men aro believed to have fled to
Aluhama. Simpson started the series
of bloody conflicts.
"The negro Is a brute snd con only
be controlled by force," sold Governor
Vnrdaman, In discussing the situation,
and the negro race in general. "When
whisky-soaked and addicted to the use
of cocaine nnd morphine, the negro Is
the worst type of fiend."
UNCLE SIM UELENTSi
SOAP ANO TOWELS
FOR P, 0, EMPLOYES
strong, T. B. Goodwin, Dudley Gloss, Cicero Kendrick, R. A. Carmichael, Jack
4\ j. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R Trout, Henry Simon*, Emmet Marks.
RAILROAD TO PENSION
FAITHFUL EMPLOYEES
Chicago, Dec. 28.—President K. P.
Ripley, of the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Ke railroad, announces the In
auguration of a penalon system Janu
ary I, which he believes to be more
liberal than any now In force for rec
ognising the long nnd faithful service
of employees.
The system Is to be mannged by a
30"PERSONS HURT
IX TROLLEY CRASH
the secre
tary to Miss Barton, In the Red Cross, j w
and I was also an assistant of hers. **• ,7V;"'
We were married March 2«. 1897. " ■ Smith died Iriday morning at
• I was taken l.y my father. Dr. I * Vlvato sanitarium. Mr. Htnlth had
Sumner A. Manon, r.h<
... n cl I known * ***** suffering for some time with heart
to New York, to Italy when I w*a* a 1 an <*
little glr! and pent to school at Palermo,' Florida from hi* home. In New York,
In Sicily. From there I went to the i ,n ^ health. Finding it
nunnery at cava da. and afterward* to *7° hot, for him there, he came further
the convent of San Fresco Del Rarr<
While 1 was being educated my father
lived In Genoa In the came house with
Ml** Folsom, who wa* afterward*
married to Grover Cleveland. My un-
Profe**or Charles W. Mason, of
North, stopping In this city. Here he
wa* hent to a private nanltarium. After
suffering for some tlm*. he paused
away. HI* sf*ter returned to Chicago,
her home, about u week ago for the
holidays. Mr. Smith wa* n native
Colin, In the supreme court here the Kansas University, My father died New York city, belnf president of a
ROOSEVELT PARTY
IS AT PINE KNOT
“board of pensions," to be composed of
live officers or employees of the com
pany to be a--olnted by the president,
and to art during his pleasure.
The pensions will be calculated on
the basis of salary and time of service,
but a minimum of 120 Is fixed, and
ordinarily a maximum of 875 will be
the rule, although In exceptional eases
the board and president may Increase
the amount.
Cleanliness belnr next to godliness,
[the postoffice department, acting upon
this principle, has at last nude ar
rangements with the treasury depart
ment whereby the employees of the
Atlanta postofflee may have aoap and
towels at tho expense of the govern
ment for the first time since Atlanta
llmd a postofflee. I
■The towels will not have "Treasury
[Department" woven Into the turkey-
red border, as other government prop
erty, but will be just plain every-day
towels. Hut they will be furnished liy
the postoffice department. Also tho
snap, and 500 pounds of this cleansing
article, “harmless to the akin,” hoa
been purchased.
According to the red tape, the treas
ury department refused to furnish tho
towels, but agreed to pay for the laun
dering. This department also refuted
to pay for the soap, but agreed tA fur
nish towel racks, and four of tin -o
articles, costing 81.25 each, were pur
chased and have been installed.
MEXICAN REBEL
IS FINED $1,500
GIVES WIFE ESTATE,
Charlottesville, Va., Dec. 28.—Presi
dent Roosevelt, Ml*. Roosevelt and
(heir four children, with Surgeon Gen
eral Rlxey, Miss laungdon. of New
York, and Lieutenant R C. Hammer,
Jr., of the navy, reached "Pine Knot,"
the Roosevelt lodge In Southern Albe
marle. at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon. They will remain here ' until
New Year's eve.
The party wo* cordially welcomed
by Joseph Wilmar, of Round Top, and
four servant*. Including "Uncle Dick"
hnd William WHmer, the New York
hanker, *ho arrived from the metropo.
II* Wednesday.
The trip was uneventful. During al
most the entire Journey the party occ
upied the car Twilight, which was at
tached to the rear of the regular train.
THEN KILLS SELF:
T
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 28.—Dr. t’harle* L.
Culpepper, aged 42/one of the leading
physician* of Portsmouth, Va., and su
preme state medical examiner of ,|he
Royal Arcanum and other orders, com
mitted HUlcide in hi* office last night
by firing a bullet Into hi* brain after
he had drunk the content* of a bottle
of w'ood alcohol. Bad health is assign
ed an the reason for Ills act. The body
was found today.
He wa* a man of large means, and a
membejr of an old Virginia family. He
U survived by a wife and one child.
AH of his property wa* transferred to
his wife yesterday.
Tombstone, Arlz., Dec. 28.—Judea
Doan yesterday sentenced Thomas Es
pinosa, one of the captured Mexican
revolutionists, tor*erve tw'o year* in the
pen and to pay a fine of 81.500.
Report* from Mexico say that the
revolutions* handed over to the gov
ernment by the territorial authorltD
have either been *hot or are serving
loqg terms In Mexican prison*.
TROOPS OF SULTAN
QUIT SHAH’S tAXD
Con.tantlnopl., Dee. 28.—To avr i l .1
conflict between Turkish and Persian
troopx the Ottoman government has
ordered the withdrawal of Its forces
from the dl.puted territory.
THEATRICAL MAN
CAN’T BE FOUND
New York, Dec. 28.—The myaterioua
disappearance of Patrick J. Kenne<l\,
a well-known theatrical manager, hu>,-
band of Elizabeth Kennedy, star of
Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s play, “Mlipcth."
which he produced at the Academy of
Music, lias stirred the police of Nh
York and Brooklyn to the solution of
what they acknowledge to bo a baf
fling problem.
Kennedy and hla wife quarreled while
dining out together. Hla hat anil > -
coat were found on a ferry boat.
large savings bank. The funei.il
rangemenle will be annoumr.l n
his relatives are heard from.