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VOL. 1.NO. 118.
Georgian.
The G eorgian Carnes
The BUSINESS
And All Of It Clean
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 5,1907.
Wreckage Comes
Ashore Near Wad
dell Beach, Cal.
life rafts found
but no survivors
Vessel Is Said To Have Been
So Old as To Be Thought
Dangerous.
San Francisco. Jan. 5.—The Pacific
mail steamship, Clly of Panama, la be
llevcii to have foundered at aea.
Whether any of the more than one
hundred passenger* and crew on the
vessel have beep eaved Is unknown,
l.lfe rafts from the steamer, pro
visioned as If for a party flight, came
ashore Inet night at Waddell beach,
1« mile* south of here.
During the night a vast quantity of
wreckage came close to tho ehore and
the worst la feared. Ranchers pa
trolled the beach today to watch for
bodies that might be waahed ashore.
Sixty Paaaengera Aboard.
There wera fifteen flret.elaaa cabin
passengers on the Panama besides Zb
annexe and 20 ateerage paaaengera.
Among her passengers waa J. Henry
Waldo Coe. of Portland, who waa
honked through to New York, and
while at Panama waa to Investigate the
hrgenlr surroundings os far as they
affect labor. He waa to make a report
In I he Medical Editors' Association, of
which he la president, and to President
Roosevelt. Mrs. Coe waa with him and
s number of prominent Oregonlana
SIS'!
The ctbln passengers were: James
Bow dry, W. O. Mertieraon. R. O. Mc
Pherson. Dr. E. Rutherford and wife,
Pr. H W. Coe and wife, T. E. Prince,
Prank aiuyas, Charles L. Bhawtard,
J C. Coney and Harry Cooper, wife
and child.
TerriHe Gale Prevailed.
A terrific southeastern gale has nre
vs lied along thn coast for some days.
News of the disaster was brought to
IVsesdoro from Waddell beach by Mr.
Minefield, a cltlaen, who rode the six
teen miles from Waddsll beach on
horseback.
The city of Panama tailed from this
port last Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
bound for Anacon, and the first stop
was to be made at Maaatlan, a port of
Mexico. Under ordinary conditions
tide port could be reached In six days.
The vessel waa commanded by Cap
tain a. w. Nelson, his first trip. He
Is rated as an excellent seaman.
Was Fit for Junk Pile.
w H. rtllsbury, a brother of Contain
A F. Pill,bury, of the Marine Under-
»titers, was Aral officer of the Panama.
He was chief officer of the Manchuria
"hen she ran ashore on Rahblt Island
In I *99. This waa his second voyage
' " the City of Panama and he has seen
1 "ng service on the Panama route.
Tlie steamer was built In 1973 and
f - the oldest operated by the Pacific
Mall. Considering ■ the fact that she
has been In constant service for morv
Hum 3.7 years, she should have been
► ‘Id for old Junk long ago. It has long
beiti feared among shipping men that
the vessel would founder.
CRANK BURLS BOMB AT FINANCIER,
KILLING SELF AND ASSISTANT CASBIER
AND WRECKING PHILADELPHIA DANK
Unknown Man Is Sup
posed To Have Been
a Russian.
DEMANDS A LOAN
AND IS REFUSED
Many of the Clerks in Office
Are More or Less
Hurt bv Fly
ing Debris.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 5.—W. Z.
McLeer, assistant cashier of the
Fourth National hank, and an un
known man, were instantly killed
by the explosion of a bomb hurled
by the unknown man in the bank
just at the closing hour at noon
today.
Twenty other persons were more or
less seriously Injured. It Is expected
that three of them will die.
Tho unknown mun, who Is supposed
to be a Russian, went Into tho bank a
few minutes'before 12 o’clock ond asked
to see Richard H. Rushton, the presi
dent. Ho was granted an audience and
asked for a loan.
His manner and speech Indicated that
he waa mentally agitated and the loan
was refused. With the final expression
of refusal from Rushton the man drew
a eyhndrtcal-shaped object from hla
pocket and let It fly.
The office waa wrecked and the In
terior of the banking apartment scat
tered about. By a miracle Rushton
escaped Injury.
The bank Is on the ground floor of
the Bullet building and the plofe was
filled with clerki and business men.
SAGE’S LIFE WAS MENACED
BY.CRANK WITH A BOMB
Rome year ago the late Russell Sage was called upon by nn un
known man In hie oilier. In New York. ,The visitor demanded n large sum
of money. When the financier refused, tho man threw a -bomb - at him.—
Sage to»\refuge behind one of hie clerks and escaped ’ unharmed. The
clerk, however, was maimed for life.
The crank was blown to atoms. No one knew who be was, and It was
owing to the enterprise of Isaac D. White, a reporter for The New York
World, that hla Identity was established. . In “covering" the story White
found a button off the man's coal. 'On the back of the button waa tha
name of a Boston clothier.
White went to Boeton, learned the names of the men who had or
dered clothes with buttons like the sample he had. and by hard and rapid
work found the crank's home. The widow said her husband had not seemed
himself and had gone away, she knew nbt where.
SUB-TREASURY FIGHT
TAKES PLACE MONDAY;
ATLANTA IN THE FRONT
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVE3.
Washington, Jan. 9.—There Is no
doubt that Atlanta Is In the fight of her
life over the eub-treasury.
A powerful delegation come up from
Savannah this morning. Including A. R.
Lawton, Mills Lane, J. R. I.onkln, Plena
Stovall and J. Stillwell, red hut with
light and enthusiasm. Georgia's decid
ed contention la met by Alabama, unit-
ed oh Mlrmlngham, and Carolina united
nn Columbia. Georgia's only ho|s> is
In first uniting on one city, and then
In securing the vote of Florida and
tho vote of Carolina for Georgia as
second choice.
Long Discussion Htld.
The conference this morning resulted
In a long wordy discussion delayed by
the absence of four Georgia members
due to arrive tomorrow. It was finally
decided'that the Georgia delegation and
the committees from the two cities
should meet Monday at 9 o'clock to ad
just, If possible, the conflict between
the two cities and go as a united Geor
gia Into tha fight
Here, then, the whole mntlor rest,.
The caucus Monday morning will de
cide whether Georgia can agree and
win or whether It will divide and lose
to Birmingham.
How Congressman Stand.
Senator Clay and Congressmen Liv
ingston, Bell, Lee, Hardulek, Howard
and Adamson are for Atlanta. Senator
Bacon te non-committal. Congressmen
Rrantley and Overstreet are for Ba-
vannah. Griggs le absent and uncer
tain, and Lewis Is supposed to be for
Atlanta.
The Atlanta delegation Is hot afoot
after Florida and Carolina delegations
today and tomorrow.
But everything waits upon the con
ference at 9 o'clock on Monday morn
ing.
Clook Goes on 8lrikc.
New York, Jan. 5.—The old clods
In Bt. Paul's steeple, at Broadway and
Vesey street, which was Installed In
1978, Mopped nt 1C minutes to It a. m.
It never before, ceased tot go of Its own
accorj for 119 years.
SEABOARD GETS SHORT LINE
MACON, DUBLIN. SAVANNAH;
ATLANTA CENTER OF SYSTEM
Gives Seaboard Short
Line Macon to
Savannah.
n ROUTE DEI
TO BE PROSECUTED
BU.S.COURT HEM
Al an early date fifteen suits will be
! "I In the United States circuit court
Hi" Northern district of Georgia
sralnxt mall carriers of fifteen different
•i ir mutes and their bondsmen for foil
u "' to perform service. Action will
•I" bo brought against tho carriers
a’" 1 'heir securltlea to recover'actual
damages sustained by the government
Tho bonds filed with the postmaster
g'-nersl. after securing contracts for
* ,ttr ro u<e malls aggregate
The actual damages sustained
,■ 'he government, as alleged by the
1 " I'lce department In having serv-
1 ' performed by other than regular
‘ ,'j 'era, amounts to 14,728.87.
• ie suits now being formulated by
■'"‘ixtant District Attorney Weldon,
" • • says that where the damages are
'■r 1100 suits will be brought for
• recovery of (he whole amount of
'■<>nd and the amount of damages
'"x'alned. Both securities and prlnrl-
j *» who signed the bonds ore liable
' • Hie entire amount of the bond and
damages, each security being I'ndlvldu.
*‘ lv hahle for the full amounts.
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S f ;lrard. Kan.. Jan. 5.—Mrs. Al- O
„ '• "Halderman, president of a state 0
X bank « Olrard, Kan.. Is the only 0
r " ’man bank president In the O
c ’untry,
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O Mileage of entire Seaboard O
system .,....,5,8(110
O Mileage of system In Georgia 781 O
O Mileage of M, D. A 8
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0 to Savannah
O Mileage of proposed line At-
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0 Mileage of proposed ahorthne
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0 Advantage
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The announcement that the Macon,
Dublin and Bavannah had been trana
ferretl lo the control of the Seaboard
Air Line Interests came as a distinct
surprise to the railroad world In At
lanta. The consummation of the deal
developed much speculation In the
minds of those In Atlanta as to the
real Intention of Hie Atlantic Const
Line, which formerlly controlled the
transferred property,
The addition of the Maren, Dublin
and Savannah to the Renboartl system
adds to the Importance of Atlanta ns
n railroad renter, and, with the
strurtlon of the proposed line fn.
Inntn to Mneon, will give n line from
Atlanta lo the const 30 miles shorter
than any other route. Many Import
ant connections In south Georgia make
this nddltlon to the Rea bond of great
Importance to tt)al section of the state.
Owned by Coast Line.
It In well known thjlt this smaller
road was practically owned by the At
Inntlc Const Line, which got hold of
the securities from a Chicago firm
when the construction company went
under. It le also known that the At
lantic Coast Lino owns 830,800,000 of
the 180,000,000 Louisville and Naah-
vlllo stock. Also that the Louisville
and Nashville owns 17,177,800 of the
110.000,000 of the Nashville, Chatlanoo.
gn and St. Louis stock. Tho Atlantic
Coast Line ond the Louisville and
Nashville have a 99-year lease on tha
Georgia railroad and all rolling stock.
Thp recent reports that the Atlantic
Iinnt Line was coming Into Atlanta
seem to have been baaed upon the be
lief that the Coast Line and Its nllles,
after falling In securing trackage ar
rangements with the Central or South-
ernfrom Macon to Atlanta, would
hulld Its own line lo Atlanta from Ma-
tapping the Georgia railroad tracks
MOTHER EDDY REPLIES
TO MAGAZINE STORY;
INTERESTING HISTORY
Resents With Force
and Dignity Attack
on Her Father. —
RELATES FACTS TO
DISPROVE STORY
IN JAN. M’CLURE’S
Tells of Members of Her
Family and Incidents of
Lifo From Early
Childhood.
By MR8. MARY BAKER G. EDDY,
8pcctal to The Georgian.
Concord, N. H„ Jan. 5.—The January
laaue of McClure'a Magaxlnc contained
an article which purported to give the
history of the enrly life of the Reverend
Mary Baker Eddy, leader of the Chris
Ban Scientists, and her family. Thl
was brought to the attention of Mrs.
Eddy. She has taken the palni to cor.
roct the matter, and has tent-out the
following statement over her own elg-
nature:
It Is calumny on Christian Science to
say that man Is aroused to thought or
action only by ease, pleasure, or rernm
penis. Something higher, nobler, more
Imperative, Impels the Impulse of Soul.
It becomes my duty to be Just to the
departed and to tread not ruthlessly on
their ashes. The attack on me and my
late father and hla family In McClure'
Mggaalne, January. 1997, compels me
aa a dutiful child and the Leader of
Christian Science to speak.
McClure’s Magazine refers to my fa
ther's “tall, gaunt frame," and pictures
“the old man tramping doggedly along
" 1 irly bet
the highway regularu
the
RANGER CHIEF IS OF UPS
T AFLAG
Q A IIAI III
bOooocooooOOOOOGOOGOOOOCOG — Continued on Pago Three. facto,
Ban Antonio, Texas, Jan. 6 —Captain
''Bill" Macdonald, Texas Ranger, came
lo San Antonin today to Insist upon
Judge Purdy taking more avldenre from
Im aa to the Brownsville troubles.
He had read the report of Senator
Foraker’s speech In Ihe senate and
waa angry.
"1 would allsmpt to awlm the Mis
sissippi river, even at this season." said
Captain Macdonald, "to give Foraker
an opportunity lo cross-examine me.
I see this senator coats reflections on
the Rangers anil wants to know whal
they are nrgnnlsed for. They aro to
run down Just such criminals as he Is
trying to make angels of at this lime.
“I wan* lo look FMraker In the eY«
and tell him what I * think of men of
his stripe. I am a gentleman and can
not be Insulted by him. but his position
gives him power for Immeasurable
harm, and the senate should know tha
farts " '
Porterville, Cal., Jan. 6.—A mob of
Japanese laborers on the Southern Pa
cific tracks near here Palsy attacked
(he aectlon boss, Roy V. Clark. He waa
hit over Ihe head with shovels and
bedten with slicks. Clark escaped and
secured warrants here for Ihe nrreat of
forty Japanese. The Japanese resent
ed the effnrte to arrest them, and many
special officers were rushed lo Ihe
scene.
Finally fifteen of the Japanese were
arrested, but they were taken to Visa
lia Jail, aa. It was not considered safe
to put them In Jail hern because nf the
excitement. The Japanese are report
ed to have ralecd the Japanese flag be
fore the fighting began. The feeling
le so strong against the Japanese that
wore trouble Is feared. _
ground with a huge walking stick.'
My father's person waa erect and ro
bust. He never used a walking-slick.
To Illustrate: One lime when my fa
ther waa vlaltlng Governor Pierce,
President Franklin Pierre's father, the
Governor .handed him a gold
beaded walking-stick aa they were
about to start for church. My father
thanked the. Governor, hut declined to
accept the stick, saying, "I never use a
cane."
Although McClure'a Magaxlnc attrib
utes to my father language unseemly,
hlx household law, constantly enforcej,
was no profanity and ntr along phrases.
McClure's Magazine also declares that
Ihe Bible was the only book In his
house. On Ihe contrary', my father waa
a great reader.
Opposite Was Trus.
The man, whom McClure's Magaxlnc
harncterlses as vignorant, dominating,
passionate, fearless," was uniformly
dignified—a well-informed. Intellectual
man, cultivated In mind anil manners,
lie waa called upon to do much husl-
for his town, making out deeds,
settling quarrels, and even acting ns
lurisel In a law suit Involving a ques
tlon of pauperism between the towns of
I.oudon and Bow, N. H. Franklin
Pierce, afterwards President of ffii
United States, wan the counsel for Lon
don, and Mark Baker for Bow. Both
entered their pleas, and my rather won
the suit. After It waa derided. Mr.
Pierce bowed to my father and con
gratulated him. For several years, fa
ther was Chaplain of the New Hamp
shire-State Militia, and as I recollect It.
he was Justice of the Peace at one
time. My father was a strong believer
In atatea' rights, but slavery he re
garded as a great eln.
Mark Baker was the youngest nf hla
father’s family, and Inherited his fa
ther's real estate, an extensive farm
situated In Bow and Concord, N. H. It
Is on record that Mark Baker's father
paid tha largest tax In the colony.
McClure's Msgnslne snye, describing
the Baker homestead at Bow: "The
hnusa Itself was a small, square box
structure nf rudimentary architecture."
My father's house had a sloping roof
after the prevailing style nf archltec
lure at Ihnt date.
McClure's Mngaslne slates: "Alone of
the Bakers, he (Albert) received a lib
eral education. • • • Mary linker
passed her first fifteen yenrx nt the
ancestral home al Bow. It was a lonely
and unstltmilstlng existence. The
church supplied tho only soelnl diver
sion, the district school practically all
the Intellectual life.”
Truth at to Her Family.
Let tie see what were the fruits nf
this "lonely and unatlmulatlng exist
ence." AM my father's dnughter* were
given an academic education, suffi
ciently' ndrnnced so that they all taught
school acceptably at various limes nnd
places. ^
My brother Albert was a distin
guished lawyer. In addition to my
academic training, I won privately tu
tored by Mm. He wn* a member of the
New Hampshire Legislature, and was
nominated for Congress, but died be
fore the election.
McClure'S Magazine calls my young
est brother, George Rulllvan Baker, “a
workman In a Tilton woolen mill.” As
s matter of fart, he was Joint partner
with Alexander Tilton, and together
they owned a large manufacturing re-
tabllshment In Tilton, N. II. His mili
tary title of Colonel came from ap
pointment on the staff of the Oovernor
of New Hompehlre.
My oldest brother. Hamuel D. Ba
ker. carried on a large business In
Boston, Mass.
ItegaMIng the allegation by Mc
Clure's Magazine that all the-family.
Continued on Page Four.
MRS M/4RY BAKER G. EDDY.
Leader of Chrietian Science.
COMPETITION
STILL tt
HE SAYS
«
Witness at Harriman
Probing Gives His
Impression.
TCew York, Jnn. C.—Tho Investigation
Into the consolidation and combina
tion of the Harriman Altroad and
steamship Interests to dcurmlno
whether they are In violation of the
Sherman nntl-trurt law, waa continued
lit tho Federal building today before
Martin A. Knapp, Franklin K. Lane nnd
James 8. Harlan, of the Interstate com.
merce commission.
E. T. Jeffrey, president of Denver
nnd Rio Grande railroad, and affiliated
aids, which Include the new Weatern
Pacific Company, was callcd’aa the first
witness.
Construction Is Explained.
Mr. Jeffrey, nt the request of Mr.
Severance, read Into the record a report
made at the annual meeting June. 1905.
which explained the reason for the eon
strurtlon of the Western Pacific. The
report among other thlnirn stated that
It *hnd been expected that closer re
lotions would be established betweei
the Denver and Rio Grande and the
Houthern Paelflc, but such was not tho
nse. because of the control of the lat
ter by the Union Pacific. Then, be-
cause of the Increase In traffic to Ja
pan and the other countries In the Far
East. It "as decided to build the West,
ern Pacific.
He said tho Illinois f'entral was not
a competitor of the Union Pacific, and
before tho acquisition of the Southern
Pacific by the Union Pacific the rates
were the same to points as fur
Pittsburg.
Competition 8till Kssn.
"The competition for business from
nllfornla to Atlantic coast points Is
as gloat today ns It was before ?” asked
Judge Lovett, of the llarrltnati coun
sel.
'I would hesitate to speak positively
as to that. My Impression Is that
competition In as active today as ever
before, replied President Jeffrey.
Woman Drinks Acid.
Cumberland, Md., Jan. 5.—Mrs. Isa-
bell Marietta, aged 53, wife of a well-
known contractor, committed suicide
at fonnelsvllle by drinking carbolic
acid. Despondency over III health Is
believed to have been the cause.
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ELLIS ONLY
WITH in
Every Other Member
of Council Will Vote
to Override.
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MR. ELLIS SAYS HE
HE WILL STAND PAT
Twenty - One Councilmen
State Positively Will
Stand by High
License. . *
One member of the general council
will vote to sustain the veto of Mayor
Woodward lo the hlgb .license ordi
nance. • •
This one I, Councilman W. D. Ellis,
Jr., who stales' positively that he will
not cast his ballot to override the veto,
'I have studied the situation' careful
ly," he sated Saturday morning to a
representative of Tho Georgian.
“I have come to a conclusion os to
my duty as a member of the council,
and I have a number of times glvsn
the public my reasone for It. Tho
views of thp other councllmsn do not
affect me, and I shall, when the ques
tion comes up, vote to sustain Ihe vetot
If mine Is the only vale for It."
Of tho twenty-three members of tho
general council who have a right to
vote on the veto of the mayor, twenty-
one have stated positively they wUI
vole to override. Councilman Taylor,
who wns originally for sustaining. Is
In Washington, but It Is believed that
he wUI Join with the vast majority of
ths others In voting to override,
’nttnrllman PatiUlo, tha lost
»e over on the aide favoring the or
dinance and opposing the veto, has
tbli to layi
“I don’t want to be bull-headed about
this matter. It seetne that council Is
about unanimous In favoring ths ordi
nance, and opposing tho veto; and I
will, therefore, vole with my col
leagues."
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NOTYET, BUT SOfllh
BROUGHTON SAYS
HE WILLAPOLOGIZE
So Happy, He Can Graceful--
ly Doff His Hat to
Council. ailiii
"Hello, there: tell me whet Is.going*
on In Atlanta since I left. I haven't
seen an Atlanta newspapers since Heft
town, nearly a week ago.“
This came from tha Rev. Len O.
Broughton, who was found reclining In
the smoking compartment of the Chi-,
cago steelier on ihe Western and At
lantic train that reached Atlanta about
noon Baturday.
In answer, the representative of Tbs
Georgian addressed told the doctor
briefly what had transpired since hs
left ihe clly, finding sn eager listener
lo that part of Atlanta'! recent hap
penings that had to do with the city
council and the high license ordinance.
After being (old that enougb of the
rnunellmen and aldermen hod been
Pledged to carry the ordinance over the
veto of Mayor Woodward, Dr, Brough
ton ssld:
'Well, It looks to me aa though I waa
going to have to make that apology I
promised them. But I'll tell you. If
they will pass that ordinance It will
make nte so happy, that I will be able
to mnko the apology with the very beet
of grace. But, look-a-here, I ain't go
ing to apologise to them until they
have the matter clinched, for I have
seen some nf these fellows go back on
newspaper Interviews before this. I
will at least wait until that ordinance
Is a city law before I rush Into apolo
gies."
Dr. Broughton told he would devote
the sermon of Sunday night week to
tho question of hla apology and the
liquor question.
When told about the charges that
had been made by Mayor James G.
Woodward In regard to Councilman
James L. Key, and how they had been
treated by the council,-Dr. Broughton
sold:
Well, the things that man Wood
ward hot done slnm h« hex been In
official positions In Atlanta have been
•tokening to’the people for a long time,
but when ho printed thqt-BCurrlleUa let
ter that he wrote to me. coupled with
the ebeurd accusation that l had sold
liquor In South Carolina, he made
them sicker. Hie charges against Jim
Key have acted as lppecar, and the
people of Atlanta will throw him up
now as sure aa gun's Iron "
Woman-le Lobbyist
Alban)', N. Y.. Jon: l!—Among those
who have filed statements with the
secretary of etaie as lobbyists la a
nman, Mary E. Crolge, repress si tag
the New York Btate Woman's Suf
frage Association. . J