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The Georgian Carries
The BUSINESS
And All Of It Clean
The Atlanta Georgian.
The Georgian Carries
The BUSINESS
And All Of It Clean
VOL. 1. NO. 213.
ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. DECEMBER 31.1906,
PT?Tf!7r!. Atlanta TWO cents.
A 2AJ.V/J2J. o„ Train, JNVB CENTS.
Key, Pomerey, Ellis In
sist on Special Ses
sion Tuesday.
DID MAYOR MEAN
KEY AND POMEROY?
Woodward Says He Will Be
Ready to Produce In
formants to Back
Charges.
ALDERMAN JAS. L. KEY,
Who »ys Mayor Woodward was
making Thrust at him.
A special session of council will be
held Tuesday 'afternoon at i o'clock
for the purpose of Investigating the
charges brought against members of
the special police committee by Mayor
Woodward, In his veto messago to
council.
The statement In the message, which
has aroused the wrath of the members
of the committee who are attorneys. Is
as follows:
"I have It from what apppears to me
to be reliable authority—In ono In
stance especially—that members of the
general council and of the special
committee have received fees In a ie
gal capacity to represent different na
Icon men before the committee and
before general council, and that In one
or more Instances of this character
the license has been restored after the
saloon had been closed up, and In an
other Instance I learn that a fee was
bald by and accoptod from the Liquor
Dealers' Association for services to be
rendered. It seems to mo that this Is
it very serious condition, and a prac
tice that should not be allowed to grow
up or be tolerated. No man who Is n
member of the general council can af
ford to accept a fee from any one for
the purpose of representing them be
fore that body upon uny kind of claim.
The general council should Immediate
ly pass very stringent measures against
any such practice.”
A Thrust st Mr. Ksy.
The statement Is considered by mem
bers of council as nothing short of a
charge of bribery. There are three
lawyers on the special police commit
tee on saloon licenses. These are Al
derman James L. Koy, Councilman E.
E. l’omeroy and Councilman W. D.
Ellis, Jr.
It Is known that the mayor was not
referimg to Councilman Ellis. Aider-
man Key states that he knows that
'he mayor Is making a thrust at him,
and It Is believed that the mayor also
a tshes to Implicato Councilman Pom
eroy In his charge.
•Monday morning the three attorneys
met and decided To go to the mayor’s
"flice and Insist that ho call a special
meeting of council to Investigate the
1 barges. They Insisted upon the mayor
calling the meeting, and he did so,
naming the time as 1 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
Mayor Ready to Tall.
Mayor Woodward says at that time
"in produce his Informants, and
‘til toll all he knows about the mat
•w. He refused to name his Informant
before then, or to name the special
member or members of the police cotn-
m 'tee to whom he referred.
A majority of the member* of the
genr-ral council were seen by a repre
►ntatlvo of The Georgian Tuesday
morning, and they wore practically
'm.inimous In saying that a meeting
*’■ uld be called, at which the mayor
•boulu produce his informant, and
•isle positively and definitely who he
charged. In effect, had been bribed.
The mayor could have hardly sP r “ n {
u water sensation than making veued
•barges of bribery against such men as
Ak.er.uan Key and Councilman P<mi-
ANNUAL INSURANCE NUMBER
In behalf of the families and homes of The Georgian’s friends in all walks of life,
we have collected a mass of practical fads regarding insurance. J
We present them on this New Year’s eve that one of the most important pro
visions a man can make for his family or his business may be made intelligently at the
beginning of the New Year.
Happy New Year To All!
CROWDED TRAIN TELESCOPED BY ENGINE;
FORTY MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN SLAIN;
MORE THAN EIGHTY PERSONS ARE INJURED
Dead and Wounded
Line Side of the
Tracks. -
HEART RENDING
SCENES ENACTED
BY THE SURVIVORS
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Washington, Dec. 31.—Forty per
sons were killed and more than eighty
Injured In a rear-end collision on th»
metropolitan branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, about four miles
from Washington at tr28 o’clock last
[ERMESLODCE
TO ENTERTAIN
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Sovereign Command
er Richardson
Coming.
lion. Jemes Daniel Richardson, of Ten
nessee, sovereign grand commander of the
thirty-third degree of the Ancient and Ac
cepted Scottish Iltte of Free Masonry for
the southern Jurisdiction of the United
kutea, wlU arriva ls Atlanta Monday night
night. ' Mom of the wiled and'injured' ‘ **52211 ^'
were resident's of Washington and the rentm*?** U fourteenth degree win he
suburbs.
The wreck occurred at Terra Cotta
Station, about a mite and a quarter
from Brookland. The accident was
most appalling. For a quarter of
mile along the track the bodies of
dead and Injured men, women and
children were strewn.
Coaches Wsrs Crowded.
The wrecked train wan No. 66,
local carrying passengers from Fred
erick, Md„ and other points, to Wash
ington. It was made up of three
coaches and an engine. All of the
coaches were crowded, many persons
standing In the hlsles. That any of
them escaped Is remarkable.
Train No. 86 had Just started to
pull out of Terra Cotta Station when n
train of six empty passenger coaches,
drawn by a monster engine, running
full speed, crashed Into It.
The engine plowed through the local,
scattering death and Injury on every
hand. The entire local train woe com
pletely telescoped.
Bodies Hurlsd About.
I The scene after the accident was
terrible. Bodies were hurled on every
side. A heavy fog hung over the scene,
making It difficult to see far. The
many acts of heroism and selfisacrt-
flee that were performed will never
be known.
Mothers were robbed of their chil
dren, husbands lost their wives and
wives their husbands. Parents died
before the eyes of their children, and
saw their little ones mangled beyond
recognition. There was little of the
wrecked train
The big engine had done Its work of
death and destrucUon thoroughly. On
either side of the track were great
piles of wreckage, and buried In It
were men. women and children,
quarter of a mile from where the col
lision tooK place the last vestige of
the wreckage was found. It was a
high pile of debris, and buried far un
der It were the bodies of two women
and a child. A neatly gloved arm
protruded from the debris.
No Warning Given.
The dead probably never knew what
occurred. There was absolutely no
warning. Crowds of men and women
and little children were chatting with
thought of danger. The crash came
the twinkling of an eye. Borne were
killed Instantly: others lingered for
several minutes after they were taken
from the- wreck. All that was possible
as done for them by willing hands.
It was only a few moment* after the
collision that the residents of Terra
Cotta, a sparsely settled village, were
made aware of the disaster, and
quickly all the relief possible was at
hand. Fully three-quarters of an hour
elapsed, however, before physicians
were on hand to relieve the Injured.
They were hurried to the scene from
the nearby villages and many were
sent from Washington.
• A wrecking train was sent out from
Washington within a few moments
after the news reached the city, one
from Bruckwlck, and still another
from Baltimore.
Dead Taksn From Ruin*.
Before the wrecking train* reached
the scene scores bad been rescued
from under the debris and taken to
surrounding houses or sent to the near
by hospitals in wagons pressed Into
service. All the police reserves of the
city were hurried to the scene
upon twenty-two candidates by
the Hermes Ledge of Perfection.
While there tre other Masons st the bead
of varioua Jurisdictions In the world who
hive the tsino rink as Mr. Richardson, by
renson of the fact that the southern Juris
diction of the United States had Ita Incep
tion over 100 yearn ago at Charleston, b\ C.
and la therefore the oldest, he outranks
crery other Mason In the world.
Resides witnessing the conferring of the
fourteenth degree, Mr. Richardson will make
an Inspection. This la the first tlmo he bss
ever been hi Atlanta for this purpose, lie
was expected Monday morning, but a letter
wan received from him Monday by Joseph
C. Greenfield, K. C. C. H. of Hermes Lodge
of Perfection, saying he would not b« in
Atlanta until 7:30 o'clock.
In addition to Mr. Richardson, there will
, two other visiting thirty-tbira degree
Masons at the communication Monday
night. These are Dr. R. J. Nunn, of Hn
vaunab, Inspector-general In Georgia, and
George Moore, of Mobile, Ala. Both of
these sre among the moat distinguished
Mnsuns In tho Booth, and Mr. Moore Is ed
itor of The New Age, the Scottish Rite pub
lication, and a brilliant and cultured man.
In addition to having attained the highest
rnnk smong the Masons of the world, Mr.
Itlchnnlsnn has been honored by his fellow-
cltltens In Tennessee and waa several
terms In congress and wan formerly the ml
nority leader In tbs house. He gsvo up hit
seat In.coogress to devote his entire time
to his Masonic work.
Flnt Musical Program.
An elaborate muslenl program has been
arranged for the meeting Monday night and
consists of the following:
Te Deum—Buck.
The Barth Is the
I-ord Have Mercy
Hcarrh Me, O God-Manton.
Teach Me. O God—Bishop.
Lord's Prayer—Merrill.
Blest Be the Tie That Blnds-Magell.
Bins Hsllelnjtb Forth-Burk.
choir consisting of some of the most ex
the following: Sirs. T. H. Wingfield, *o-
W -ftno; Mrs. J. M. Cooney, contralto; J. W.
arsbbsmlk. tenor; J. II. Mollln, basso, and
nartment was called out.
arrived the villagers had taken
out many of the bo Ilea and laid them
de by aide near the tracks.
At one iipot there were twenty* three
Continued on Pmq• Four.
I*. M. Hubbard, organist.
At the conclusion of th
nn elaborate banquet will —
oral other affairs had been planned to en
tertnln the distinguished gnests, but owing
to the late arrival of Mr. Richardson there
will hardly be time. It la probable, how
ever. that Itefore Mr. Richardson leaves for
Washington be wlU be shown over Atlanta.
Officers of Hermoe Lodge.
Tb*e officers of Hermes Lodge of Perfec
tlon No. 4 are aa follows:
Joseph F. Greenfield, K. C., C. II., venera
ble master.
John D. Simmons, senior warden.
Thoms* II. Jeffries, Junior warden.
David Marx, orator.
Henry C. Htockdell, treoanrer.
r«ul Rurkerf, secretary.
Forrest Adair, almoner.
John M. Wilson, toaster of ceremonies.
John R. Dlekey. expert.
Robert A. Render
C’lcero A. Peek, ci
Janies M. Fuller,
Scotish Rita Masonry.
A called meeting of Hermes Lodge of
Perfection No. 4 of the Ancient ami Ac
cepted HoottUh Rite of Free Masonry,
Koutbern Jurisdiction. IT. 8. A, will be held
at the sanctnary of the * Rite, corner of
Mitchell and Foray th streets. Monday even-
Inc. December 31. 19M. at 7 JO o’clock sharp.
The sovereign grand commander, James
Daniel Richardson, accompanied by other
diction, will visit Hermes Ixslge on tbli
ensfeo.
vlted to l»e present on this orcneloa.
At the conclusion a reception will In? ten
dered our distinguished guests.
JOtfKPIl C. IIKKKXFIKLD.
K. C. C. II.. Venerable Master.
I’Alifc UUUKKUT, kfecretnry.
HELD, OTHERS
ARE RELEASED
Hearing Held Before
Judge Roan Mon
day.
Forces Passengers to
Disgorge $800 in
Cash.
COMPELS PORTER
TO LOCK DOORS
Shoots Conductor, When At
tacked by Officer, and
•Makes Escape.
HON. JAME8 DANIEL RICHARDSON, SOVEREIGN GRAND COM-
COMMANDER.
OVER FIFTY MILLIONS
INC RE A SE IN CLEA RINGS
Over fifty and a quarter million dollars Is the Increase of clearings of
the Atlanta Clearing House Association of 1(06 over 1905,
The clearing, fur ISOS ,',s slv.fl out M-nnmy by manuger Darwin U.
Jonen are 1235,997,896.02. The clearings for 1905 were 1135,625,611.(8.
The Increase for the month of December Just passing over tho samo
month of lost yenr Is 14,391,759.86.
The clearings for the saige month InDecember, U06, are 925,281,955.78.
The clearings for th esamo month In 1905 are t2o.989.595.92.
This Increase, showing the prosperity of the Houth nnd better
money conditions, will probably plnce Atlanta nearer the top In the list of
thirty-three American cities tabulated monthly by tho New York Clear
ing House Association. The figures published today vs 111 probably put
^tlanta ahead of Memphis In the list of Southern banking cities.
BODY OF WILLIAM DAY\
MUTILATED BY RATS, IS
FOUND BY LITTLE GIRLS
Hermit Blacksmith
Dea 1 Days in Base
ment Room.
Hoad and n*ck horribly eaten by rats, th*
dead Iwdjr of William Day, 65 yeura of age,
ono of the oldest blacksmith* In Atlanta,
was discovered Sunday afternoon In a dirty,
dilapidated basement room in the Henley
building, In Magnolia street, Just off of Ma
rietta street, which room the' dead man
cnlled home for n long while.
The aged blacksmith waa last seen alive
Thursday afternoon In a place of business
In Marietta street, a short distance from
his room, and It la believed ho died Thurs-
rir night.
The body had lain In the dingy basement
Sunday afternoon and In the Interval
fallen prey to rodents. The ears of the
dead mnu had been eaten away aud bis
neck was also terribly mutilated.
ence of foul play.
_„rewsome discover:
little girls who reside
of the Healey building
at the time In the bad. , .......
f ins* In the window of Day’s room Is bro-
cn out, and. peering throurf! this aperture,
the little glrla paw the dead body ou the
The police ntntlon was notlOed and Fall
Officer Foopcr made an Investlgntlou. The
tmdy was later sent to the undertaking par
lors of llsrry G. l'oole A Fo., where Foro-
ner Thompson held nn Inquest Mood ~
morniug. The verdict was that be came
bis death from some unknown cause. It ts
‘WE WILL FIX BLAME
FOR THIS CA TASTROPHE’
Washington, Dec. 31.—"Till* horrible
catastrophe could have been avoided,
gome one la responsible and we Intend
to leave no atone unturned -until that
responsibility has been fixed. From
hat I have learned so far, one of
two men made an Inexcusable blunder,
hlch one I do not know, and it will
be Impossible to say until an investi
gation ha* been made.”
In thl* statement, C. W. Galloway,
general superintendent of transporta
tion of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, exonerated the company from all
blame, and put the responsibility on
the engineer of the freight train or
the operator at the Takoma block.
"The official Investigation will be
held this afternoon or evening. If Ibe
coroner’s Jury fall* to hold the en
gineer or the block operator we shall
not consider the matter settled. En
gineer Harry B. Hllderbrand was con
sidered one of the mod careful men
In our employ. Milton E. Phillips, the
operator, was clear-headed and one of
the trusted employees,"
COAST LINE AGENT
DIES IN GOTHAM
New York, Dec. It.—Joseph H.
While, Eastern passenger agent of the
Atlantic Coast LI he railroad, died at
his residence In this city yesterday
evening.
Mrs. Willie Stamper, of 530 1-2 Ma
rletta street, who on the night of De
cember 16 shot and killed John
Dodgen. a bailiff of Justlofc Puckett’s
court, was held for the gr.-nd Jury of
Fulton county by Judge Loan In the
superior court Monday, '’t
R. A, Jordan, Mrs. Ilessle Gary an
Mis* Hattie Goss, who, with Mr*.
Stamper, have been held at. the Tower
on suspicion since the day of the mur
der, were released. The action of Judge
Roan was taken after a preliminary
heating, which loated for more than
two hours Monday morning, and dur
Ing which all of the evidence that waa
given before the coroner's Jury was
gone over.
The evidence was practically the
same as that given at the Inqueet, the
only difference being that both Bessie
Oii> uoii Kniiie uoss stated that Iwo
shots were fired by Mrs. Stamper. The
first shot, they said, went through the
panel of the door, and the other
through an auger hole In the door
frame. At the coroner's Inquest theie
witnesses stated that only one shot had
been fired. Mrs. Stamper was not put
nn the stand, but Jordan was allowed
to make a statement In his own behalf,
and also to testify as a witness In be
half of Mrs. Stamper.
Testimony Differ,.
With regard to changing their testi
mony Bessie Gary and Hattie Goss
testified that they had at flrat testified
that only one shot was fired, at the re
quest of Mrs. Stamper, who had told
them that If they said two shots were
fired, It would get them all Into serious
trouble.
The only new witness Introduced
was Dr. J. W. Hurt, called to the atand
by Judge Roan. Dr. Hurt was exam
ined as to the character of the blond
stains found nn the floor of the house
of Mrs. Stamper, as well os upon some
clothing found therein.
Fifteen wltneeses were examined,
and at the conclusion of the hearing
Solicitor General Hill reated the state’s
case without argument, simply asking
that Mrs. Stamper be held. Attorney
John W. Moore, for Mrs. Stamper, con
tended that she was Justified In shoot
ing through the door when she was un
iter the Impression that someone was
trying to forcibly enter her house after
midnight.
A Css# for Grand Jury.
Judge Roan, In rendering his de
cision. said that It was clearly a case
for the grand Jury. The woman admit
ted firing the shots, but the question
was whether she knew that the man at
the door w as Dodgen; If there was any
motive for her killing him, or If she
was guilty of criminal negligence m
shooting before she had given the man
time to make known hi* mission. These
questions. Judge Roan said, should l>e
determined by a Jury. He therefore
committed Mrs. Stamper without ball,
and she was taken back to the Tower,
Her ease will be considered by the
grand Jury, which meets next Monday.
The witnesses placed on the stand
this morning, beside* those mentioned,
were: John Lawrence, colored: G. R.
Peterson, special officer of the South
ern railway; County Officer Dunbar,
Justice John Dodgen. father of the
murdered man; City Detective Sprad
lin. Justice Puckett. Miss Ruth San
derson. matron of the JaU; Call Of
ficer Wagner, Policeman Shaw, i--pe
els! Officer Milk), of the Seaboard Air
Bailiff Cook, of Justice Jones’
court
Tbs attorneys for the defendants
were John W. Moore, Charles J. Moore
and J. A. Branch. Solicitor OiWil
Ul!l represented the stats.
Richmond, Va„ Dec. 31.—At 2:40 o’clock
fill, morning, ns ftenboaril Air Line train
No. 81 npiironclied LnCrosse, Vs., about It
miles south of Itlelimomt, one of the must
daring hold-ups that over took place In
Virginia occurred.
A pnnncngcr, aged ntmut 25. who board
ed tho train nt Richmond, wnlkcd Into ths
I'ultuuin nnd took a sent In the smoking
comportment. Tile conductor nnd porter of
the Pullman were In the day coach at the
time. As the porter returned, the stranger
placed a pistol to his head and forced
him to lock both door* of the sleeper, after
which, masking himself, he went through
the car, holding up half asleep passengers
nt tho point of his pistol. •
He had secured 9800 from a passenger
when the I’nllnmn conductor forced his
wny In and nttempted to arrest ths thief.
Quick ns n flash, the roldier shot th* con.
din-tor, nnd, pulling the emergency brake !
enrd, stopped the train and disappeared la
the woods.
The conductor's wound Is not serious,
only baying been shot through tho arm. i
CHI OUSTS
OF
Dewey Acknowledges
Defeat and Grace
fully Steps Aside.
fyHictnl to Th* Georgian.
Mobile, A*., Dec, 21.—The old manage
ment of the Mobile, Jackson nnd Km - s
City llnllrond Company secured control of
the property ngalu nt noon today, ou-tlng
F. B. Iiesroy and J. L Dnutslcr. who g, to
appointed receivers on Wrdnsedfiy, Decem
ber 26. The order ousting Dewey rt nl.
from control was Issued by Chn II,-r
Tkomns II. Bmfth, of the chancery i-o'irt,
who, In his onler, states that W. 1). Nlr.it-
too, B. M. Robinson, Alesnudor. Melton- j
nhl. It. \v. Jones, Jr„ Charles K. Ley-.
K. K. Jackie,ii, J. W. Whiling, WIIIUui
II. McIntosh, Charles It. Willoughby,
Thomas F. Whittlesey, Edmund'K. malle i
nnd the other aecnfties of the esatnsar '
have applied for and ulitnlncd an nspent
to the supreme eottrt of Alsbama, n turn,
ulile January 14, to sopersetln an orib-r mads
on Deremlier 29, appointing receivers
The appeal bond Is filed at 3190,409,
outy receiver In charge, F. i: Ii. wey,
up the office peaceable
his defeat.
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