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mjTHE Atlanta Georgian.
The Georgian Carrie*
The BUSINESS
And All Of It dew
ATLANTA, GA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1907.
PRICE* fc*$32TrraaS»
LOWEST FOR
riNJlL IRK
uniinL vv ui ii\
Knoxville Man Offers
to Dig Ditch For
Uncle Sam.
ms PAY TO BE 6.75
PER CENT OP COST
Proposals Are Opened Sat
urday in Washington
by the Canal Com
mission.
Washington, Jon. IS.—When the bide
far the construction of the Panama
ranitl were opened by the commleeion
today It wee found that the loweet woe
that of WUUam J. Oliver, of Knox
ville, Tcnn, and Anthony M. Bang*, of
,\o. 4 Nassau street, New York, at 6.76
per rent of the total eetlmated cost.
George Pierce A Company, of Frank-
hot. Germany, and New York, .city.
..instructors of the Beat River tunnel
In New York, were aecond at 7.1* per
rent; the MacArthur-ailleeple Com-
I .any. rompoaed of leading New York
financiers.' and contractor!, waa third
nt is 1-2 per cent, and the fourth and
last bidder was the North American
Dredging Company of Ban Kranolsco,
the largest contracting linn on the Pa
cific. at SB per cent.
I'ndrr the form and. contract
which bids were received today the
canal contractor undertakes to do the
dredging, clearing and excavating at
the ends of the canal to deep water; to
construct the Oatun dam and the dam
or dams to be built on the Pacific end
ami all locke and regulating worka
wherever located.
The commlealon will furnish ell to.
comoflves, care, nteam abovela end oth-
— -*■*
the
tools.
by the contractor la 'the beginning
actual construction within- etgty day*
from the signing of the contract end
the employment of hte own labor.
CREDITORS FORCE
Big Tobacconist Defendant
in Bankruptcy
Court.
Inmltmtary Bankruptcy proraotlliixa ware
®*"l Bi tU«» Federal court Saturday after*
• n By the J. J. Ooodnini Tobacco Coin-
I nr and others agalnat R. F. Wynn, a
it'vv lolmccn and groenry dealer, doing
1’ihlneat at 101 and 103 Houth ForaytU
• ,r,H *t. J. R. Maddox waa luicunllalcly up-
pnlntod receiver. 0
Ilio rrctlltora, J. J. Gnodruin Tobacco
< -tnpnny. W. F. Wlnecoff and J. A. Mnn
«•». claim that the atock of gooda will In
'••I .* over 110.000. The petition asking for
tii- np|tointment of a receiver atatinl that
tli- were ofi*a perishable oature. and
1 -«l constant attention. The crcilttora
b>re represented by Moore St Pomeroy.
PrintinQ Concern Bankrupt.
A petition waa filed In the bankruptcy
0 vj*j.*o ot the Federal court Friday after-
h nr *n tty Hugh Boyd, of McCmaker*Bo.vd
|,r *—*. a printing concern, asking for a de
* r. .* of voluntary bankruptcy. The tiutult-
’ — of the company were aehedulvd ot 12,-
■ with no aseeta.
Voluntary Bankrupt.
" K- Rates filed papers In the F***lontl
r "'-i Friday afternoon aecklng a decree
*•' Voluntary bankruptcy. Ilia liabilities
* f r *‘ sc heduled at <303.15. and assets IL».,
TO FIGHT ROOSEVELT
SENATOR FORAKER.
He hee no ids. of giving up hie fight on tho preeldent
SEN. FORAKER WONT 3
CONSENT TO PEACE
SIS-
Four Officers Killed
in Battle at
House.
-rwwF
COUNT WITTE
GIVES TIIE TIP
He Has Spy in Organization
of the Czar’s Worst
Enemies. ;
London, Jen. 11.—A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company
tlielr Bt. Petersburg correspondent
eeye tbet four policemen were killed
today while trying to arrest two men
whom Count Witte hed recognised u
terrorists, having received their pho
tograph. from a spy In the terrorist
organisation.
Count Witte promptly notified the
•lice, who followed the men home.
rhe-houee, hut the men inshk opened
fire, and four of the officers dropped
dead.
The terrorists made good thetr es
cape, and no trace of them has been
found.
He Wants to Fight
Brownsville Affair
Out.
VOTE IS EXPECTED
LATE ON MONDAY
Scheme for Amicable Agree
ment Likely to Fall
Through iu Senate.
WHILE CROSSING
CROWDED STREET
•L' k Hudgins, of East Point,
Victim of Heart
Failure.
_ Washington. Jan. 12.—From present
prospects, the proposed arrangement
for an amicable agreement among the
Republican senators os to the terms
end scop* of the resolution to be adopt
ed providing for an Inquiry Into the
Brownsville. Tex, riot by the senate
committee on military affairs, will not
be carried out.
Henator Foraker. leader of the oppo
sition to the president's action In dis
charging the enlisted men of the Twen
ty-flfth negro Infantry, has mnde up
his mind to Ignore tho compromise res
olution proposed by Senator Lodge, the
president's principal supporter, and In
sist upon the adoption of tv resolution
which he attempted to present at the
same tlmo the Lodgo resolution was
luld before the senate.
Resolution Comprehensive.
The Foraker resolution, while having
the same Intent and purpose as tho
.edge resolution. Is more comprehen
sive. Mr. Foraker waa willing to agree
to any resolution for taking additional
testimony ns to tho Brownsville trou
ble, but be objected to tbo Interpreta
tion of Senator Lodge that a failure to
provide for an Investigation Into the
right and authority of the president In
discharging the negro soldiers without
honor would be a virtual Indorsement
of the president's action.
Since Mr. -I-edge gave utterance to
that Interpretation. Republican leader*
In the eennte have sought to bring
ulmut a compromise hy which Mr. For-
akcr would offer amendments to the
Lodge resolution which would be ac
cepted by Lodge. It was believed bv
the lenders that they had succeeded In
providing for this solution, but some
things have happened that have pro
voked Mr. Foraker, and he le now will
ing to go Into the senate and make a
straight out-and-out fight, not only to
secure lustlce for tho tnnoeent inem-
bers of the Tw*rity-imh infantry, hut
to leave for future determination the
question of whether the president vio
lated the law and constitution In dis
charging the men without honor.
Vote Expected Monday.
The prospects are that there will be
a vote on the Brownsville resolution
late Monday afternoon.
CITY WANTS SHARE
IN INSURANCE SUIT
The city of Atlanta,has filed appli
cation with Judgo Now man to be
made party to the ease against the
Atlanta-BIrmlngham Fire Insurance
While creasing Mitchell street at Company. In tho bankruptcy proceed-
--.street Saturday at company
•I . Urns. 65 years old, of Last Point. I ^ |he c(fv ,- 000 tMoa Tho fl
stricken with heart failure and 1 fju are attac hed to the application,
•■"t before a physician could be sum-1
'toMinderUdSn^^rion of Hllburnand | Bowden. «. ■« ■* -.Uhl.
•I' lland, 102 South Ftirayth street. | health failed hlm_an»» i M«*_ago waa
‘“-11 his relatives eould be notified. “ * w,chluUt •“* P*l* r
Hudgins lived with bit filfiter, Mre.*ntUI foretusu.
STORM WARNING DISPLAYED
ON ATLANTIC SEABOARD
Washington. Jan. 12.—A special storm warning waa ordered dis
played today. It reads;
"Southwest storm warning ordored displayed-10 a. m. along coast
from Norfolk to New York. Storm la over Ohio, moving northeast
with Increasing Intensity. High south winds this afternoon and tonight
shifting bo west sag horthwest by Sunday mornlnK"
STATE WINS IN SUIT
AGAINST RAILROADSIN
Demurrer Sustained
by Judge Newman
Saturday.
CUT IN RATES
TO BE FORCED
Ruling Camo Much Sooner
Than Had Been Ex
pected.
The tb-orgla railroad commission
won out over the railroads Saturday
morning In the United States circuit
court before Judge Newnan when the
demurrer filed by the commission was
sustained, putting Into effect an. order
for a cut of 10 per cent In prrfcren-
tlals and a re-cloaslficatlon Issued hy
the commission In the famous circular
No. 218.
The sudden turn In affaire created
considerable surprise and the counsel
the railroads was taken un
awares. Attorney General llart and
A. Wlmblsh, of Ellis, Wlmblsh *
Kills, representing the state, while they
[iietced u favorable ruling In the end,
il not expect It to come so soon.
The Southern. Central anti Atlantic
Coast Line asked the railroad commis
sion to grant a 25 per cent Increase In
preferential* affecting nearly every
commodity because the expenses ot the
railroads dltl not allow- "living ex
penses." The railroad commission ac
quiesced In this request unit granted
this Increase over and above the
standard rates of the railroads.
"Circular }!."
The era of prosperity, however,
which lias made Itself manifest over
the country caused the railroad com
mission to believe that the Increase had
been In force long enough and circular
No. Ill was Issued In January, l»ot.
reducing tha preferential to 16 |s-r
cent. Tha Issuing of this order brought
a howl from the railroad*.
Borne Weeks ago the railroads se
cured an Injunction before Judge Bar-
dee In the United Htatee court seeking
restrain the Georgia rmtrend
commission from putlng circular No.
216 Into effect, reducing the Inert-use
prnfenentlals to it per cent
hte move on the port of the rail-
muds was followed by Attornev Gen
eral Hart and Attorney Wlmblsh with
a demurrer setting forth the position
of the railroad commlealon. the re
quests made hy the railroad* when
the Increase was allowed and the rea
sons which prompted tho commission
In reducing the Increase.
The Ittlgutlon has been pending for
some months and the briefs have ac
cumulated until a batch of typewrit
ten pegs* ubuut 10 Inches In height
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O O
O FURS AND FEATHERS O-
O ORDER FOR 8ATUROAY. o
O O
0 Fur boas, heavier clothes amt O
a gum shoes ugutn Mlglft carry O
0 an umbrella Hnturday nr take O
0 chances of borrowing one. At O
O least, aa much might tie deduced O
O from what the weather man says: O
O "Probably showers und colder O
O Saturday night; fair and colder O
O Sunday."
O The temperatures:
O 7 a. M d*L
O k a. m 60 dege
O it a. tn «2 degrees 0
b 10 u. ■>; 62 degrees O
W II u. Ill 64 degree* O
O 12 noon 65 degree* O
O I p. 67 degree* O
O 2 p. m 68 degree* a
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SENATOR "BEN 1 * TILLMAN.
He mad* attack on President Roosevelt for discharging tha nogro troops,
In a speech before the senate Saturday,
TILLMAN INSPEECH
FLAYS PRESIDENT
BRIGADE POST
of Plan For
an Addition to
Chickamauga.
Says Roosevelt Had
no Right to Fire
•Negroes,
guik&of Lynching, HH
DECLARES SENATOR
FOR IIS Bill |
RFFdRF milRT
LIU uliLuUuiir
Grandparents Kept
Child After Death-—1
of the Mother. . ~ t ‘|
NEWSPAPER MEN
ARE EXCLUDED
Case Continued UntilNext ,
Saturday Morning for
Final Decision.
The legal hauls for the possession ot
John B. Richards HI, the ll-montha-
old son. of John B. Richards, Jr. of 211
North Boulevard, began before Judge
Pendleton, tn tho superior court ot
Fulton county, Saturday morning. Tha
father of the child la the plaintiff, and,
the defendant* are Mr. and Mrs. A. Mc-
Han. of Jasper, Qa., the maternal
t rand pa rents of the Infant. Thera ti «
large number of witness** in the case,
~J TCOTiofn* of th* allegations In the J
Xtoer of tho defense are of such char
acter that during the hearing all ex
cept the parties to the case, the wit- [
nesa testifying, members of tha bar I
and newspaper men were excluded j
from tho court room.
The plaintiff claims that the. child .
I* being Illegally held; that he has
made repeated efforts to secure posses
sion of the Infant, which has been de
nted him by the defendants. He seta ,
forth that he Is fully able, fit and capa- :
ble. financially and morally, to rear the ’
child. The defendants allege that the
custody of the child waa given them at I
| I mother lM-tkttt
Intimates Chief Executive
Is Not Sitiecre in His
Attitude.
reeprd the argument* In the
Jxjrfnff tha armimcnt of Attorney
ItrewHter, of Dnrxcy. Brawatar Sk How
ell, Judge Newman interrupted nn»l
aald that unlean the rnllruadft amend-
ed their application for a bill of in
Junction tho demurrer «« prevented by
the railroad commlMlon would he eu«-
talned. th»» principal ground being llutL
it won without equity. The court gave
other groundn which, will be act forth
In the final order.
Attorney Wlmblsh prepared a decree
BUNtatnlng the demurrer and dlemlBBltiK
the Injunction, and submitted It to tin*
attorneys for the plaintlffB before pre
venting It to the court for hla signa
ture.
Railroad's Objection.
This Brought nn objection from th»
railroads. Attorney firewater request
ing the ortler l»e entered next Fnttit-
duy, with a provision allowing them tin*
piivllege of amending their hill if they
saw fit after a conference. He said It
would allow a breathing spell ami
would prevent th* m trunk Imsing. Ilflm-H-
days In case the suit was ap|a*aB <1
This was answered by Attorney <••*»»-
oral llart, who asked that the order
Ik* put upon th# records at once. At
torney Wlmblsh reminded th» «• »tirt
that the plaintiffs had six months with
in which to Mppenl. and that th»*y Bad
plenty <*f tlmo within which to amend
: If they so saw flt after a conference.
Judge Newman ended the differences,
however, by saying that ho would pre
pare the ortler setting forth his grounds
for his decision, and that It a mild be
filed next week; that If the railroads
wanted to amend their hill they could
notify the court and the state and the
amendment could be mode by Janu
ary 26.
- - "It is 4U great victorv tox-ihc-nUiiu,"
said Attorney General Hart after
Judge Newman had stated his position
in the matter "The case has Bren
pending for some time and Iih* been
stubbornly fouglu by both sides."
MR. STRAUS DINES
WITH ROOSEVELTS
Washington. Jan. 12.—President
and Mrs. Rnoxovelt entertained the
secretary of commerce and labor. Os
car Btreua, and wife, last evening at
a dinner.
Washington, Jan. 12.—'The presl-
deht's action In dismissing these men
waa nothing more nor less than lynch
ing."
This waa only on* of many bltte# ex-
".plet* report as to the sultaMIHy c | aroat |ona mad* by Senator Tillman
In a speech on the floor of the aanate
this afternoon on tha IlrownsvIUa af
fair. . It was regarded as the most vio
lent address ever delivered by the
South c'arolinan before that body.
Charge Against President
In a voice heavy with emotion, he
charged President Roosevelt with hav
ing revived the race Issue and with
find Adaptability of a large tract of ground
rlMtdng riiickfiaiaacn park for a Brigade
headquarter* Bus been prepared and rent
w. dhlngtmi by Brigadier flenrml Wil
liam 1*. lMivulle commander of the depart-
ment of the gulf. What the report la ran
not !*• known until It la made public By
thi- war department.
Actio* upon the Authority of a letter
from tho war department appointing n
B ard «f officers to examine the alto for
the
Hid iiiAde u thorough esaudnntB
iIn* fdtunfhm.
The ground adjoining the rhlekamnugs
rrrervnttun v.lilrh It l« rontemplatwl to uso
I- a tmet aevei hI inllee long mid wld*\
ind nimther tract aliuoat na large adjoluim.
ju the north. , . .
It Ih proponed tn e*tnBllah a mixed Brig
id** St the new post which will In* one of
i In- limit complete anti finest lu the coun
try.
BITTEN BY DOG
SHAH YOUTH
AWAITS DISEASE
..f th.
minute
dng than those of 1861.
•"Hie president Is primarily more re
sponsible than any other man tor tho
(Hisltlon the negroes, In the 8outh and
out of It, have taken on the question
of negro rights," he declared. "He
gave recognition to Hooker T. Wash
ington In a social way. He did It know
ingly, flying In the face of the feeling*
•>f caste among 17.ooo.ooA white people
In the Houth, and against the same
feeling of two-thlr.da of the people of
the North.
"Has Mads Mass of If."
"He does not understand tho nogro
or the deep and vital character of the
IsHue* Involved. He made a mess of it
In the first Instunce In the Hooker
Washington case, and has made a
noise tnes* of It In the llrownsvllie
Senator Tillman spoke with unusual
emphasis und reminded his hearers of
the old day* when he received Ills title
of "pitchfork.**
"Will Hs Act on Thaory?"
After quoting tho president's llrow
villi* message. In which the president
declared that each man should be dealt
with on Ids merits an a man and not
httve Ills conduct Judged because of hte
dor, Mr. Tillmnn shouted
whosa death
rust, 1806, the eldest child being now
In ths custody of the father In this city*
Under Habsst Corpus.
The hsarlnx came up under habeas
corpus proceedings instituted several
work* ago br Mr. Blch«rtr On
count of tha large number ot wltnssssa,
tir be examined It is cot- thought thai-
the case will be concluded today.
Considerable delay waa had In be
ginning thff bearing owing to the ab
sence nt witnesses which the
claimed ware, very -material
tom.. -
m
Finally
irt and |
1A
these witnesses came Into court
the hearing began shortly before Ilk
o'clock.
Mr. Richard* waa the tint witness
examined. He told of his relations
with the defendants. He denied that 1
at tho death of his wife ho had given
his youngest child Into the car* of Its
gran.ilparenti. After the death of hla
wife, witness said, ho went to Uve with
his wife's parents ,at their suggestion.
Some time later, he stated, hs was or
dered to leave the house on account bt
alleged Immoral conduct. He left tha
house that night and went to th* hotel
In Jasper. Within a few hours, wit
ness claimed, Mr. McHan visited him
at his room In th* hotel and In tha
presence of his eldest child, called him
vtle names and threatened hla life. Wit
ness said that he was unarmed and de
fenseless at the Ume, and waa obliged
to submit to the abuse.
Mr. Richards said that he returned,
to Atlanta and some time later learned I
Hint the child was at the home of Mr.
W. H. Garwood, 527 Central avenue. At-
Isnm. Mrs. Garwood being a daughter
of the defendant. He made repeated
efforts to see the child, which waa then
In posnrsslon of Mrs. McHan. and waa !
successful once. He stated that he Is;
While, Ur Jollies N. Ilin
I'nstenr Institute, I* nmklntt
Httllnnttmi of It il"K'* licit'l to Hscertnl!
whether qh-re-wr*-qt*itcn.tnw--of-tnnrnplin- 1 —"l- Ftr-i.li'nt ltooesv.lt nn.lc 1
tils, J, t\ sinter, a prominent tm*tne.* uisn
of Haviiimtth. I* nnltlni! nuilously with lit*
lu Atlanta.
‘ luphol.l:
Tf'”
PnufiMir fr*
i. r.r «lll I-
Tih-Ihy
Ih** rlilM
flu* in«l '
BoO ih* ling
• Oik
Its treth lull. . _
.\t tht iHiif flu* nomul mu ilre«*-1 by
a pl»y*l<*ii«ii oi»l tin* *B»g rtiiiliiuil nml
watflonl fi.r »lxna «»f rni»l«*6- In n »h«»rl
tliio* ll»*r«- ana •\.*ry ItitlB'allmt that th**
animal «n* »iilf»*rlng from hyilrophoBln,
nml H wiir kllhtl. It* h»*n«l »**kiT««l iohI
Broiik’lO to Atlauta with th«* hoi.
r.itlur hi..I imiii itrrlvf-il rerl% M.-mmUy
mori.lmr. mol l»r. lint a nor linm***llrt t#*l; *
gun it ii»B*rere i apl«al rxnailiinth»n ft
ratloiiB of l»j*trophobln
liulB
ococooocooooooooouocoooooo
"Would bo accept an u daughter-In-
law a ChlncMo, n .Malay, an Indian or a
negro In accord with the doctrine laid
down In till* message?
"We all know he would not, and
while ’fine words butter tn* parsnips.*
words like bln are a source of Incalcu
lable evil, coming from that high
source."
Troops Not Wantod Thtro.
Discussing the llrownsvllie case, bv
said:
"There Is nn doubt of tin guilt of
nonie of the soldiers ns Iieing respon
sible for the outrage nt Brownsville,
but It la contrary to the fundamental
principles of liberty and of Kngllsh and
financially to care for hla children,
whom be desires shall be reared to*
get her. He denied the allegations at
the defense ns to his moral character.
Attorney W. R. Daley represents tha
plaintiff and former Congressman Car
ter Tnte and Victor 8mlth art the at*
torneys for the defendants.
Newspaper Men Barred.
When the plaintiff had concluded
his testimony. Mrs. McHan, one of the
defendants, was placed on the stand.
Mih. McHan's testimony was substan
tially what was set forth In the de
fendants' answer to the plaintiffs
charges.
At the conclusion of Mrs. McHan's
testimony Mrs. Georgia Roberts, of J
Jn*|H>r. -was-called to thawtatid. I he f
had Just begun her testimony when
Attorney Daly called Judge Pendleton's
attention to the fact that there krtre
several persons in the’court room who
might be witnesses In the case, and If
so. should be excluded. An Inveetlga-
tlon developed the fact that the only
* WAY WAM* NEQRO ^ O,
O TO TEA8E FORAKER 0
O O
O nior—*GM*thr’senate* wing of the § j American law that the Innneent should
O eiipttol that President R.»..«eveil 0 suffer because of the sins of the guilty.
O recently Ima Intimated a purpose O In this case 167 men hnve l>een pun-
O t" appoint n prominent negro lie- O i lahed while not more than twenty hnve
O publican politician In Ohio to O j ever been rhurged with partldiaitlon
O some Important Federal office In 61 > In the crime t
O the Ruckeye Htate. partly In rcc. o. "The troop* never should have been
O ognlllon of Senetor Foraker’s val- O i sent to Rrowntvlllo. U was done
O orous defense of the colored mnn O i ugnlnst the protests of on* senator and
O and brother In the Brownsville O j members of congress from that district
O affair. O
O o|
OOOCKtOOOCOOOJOOODOOOOOOOOO Continued on Pag* Ten.
the lutr were representatives of the
inree afternoon papers of Atlanta. At
torney Daly offered no objection to the
presence of th* newspaper men, but
Attorney Victor Smith evidently did.
He held at brief whispered conference
with Judge Pendleton, with th* result
that tho sheriff was Instructed to clear
he newspaper
hearing
members of the bar.
men wer* excluded and tha
continued.
The court adjourned at 2 o'clock and
the hearing of the rase will be con
tinued neat Saturday morning al 10
o'clock.
With Undo Remus Magatln*.
Bpectal to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tcnn. Jan. 12.—8. K.
Davidson, who has been connected with
th* Neleon-Cheaman Advertising Agen
cy In this city for some time, has been
appointed advertising manager of th*
"Uncle Remus" Magaxta*. which la to
be published by Joel Chandler Harris.
Mr. Davidson will remora to Atlanta la
a few days