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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY, JiXrAUT >4. INK HO OFFICE Brilliant Procession Follows Executive to Capitol. / IMPRESSIVE SCENE AT THE STATE HOUSE Public Reception and Inau gural Ball Are Expected to Eclipse All Records. (peril! to The «lwir**«n. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 14.—Nn gpv : j ernor ha* ever been Inducted Into of- flee In Alabama wnn auflh a trtsf I military and civic parade a* w«« Oov ernor Bran on Bran Cnmrr today. From uia time The ranine began mil cwos Agent Clark Warns Against Sending More. PRESENT SUPPLY IS CLOGGING TRADE If Permitted to Ease Off, tlie Situation Is Certain to Change. W—Mtiftwn,—Jan;—ttr—Conr grainy the greut mng™tlon of Amgrlran cot ton piece goods St Shanghai, Special Agent W. A. "Graham Clark says that to send In any vary optimistic reports as to the situation there would be ml»- JgRding. wrung: "After seeing the stocks on hand and Interviews with the leading merchants, dealers and hankers, ft can he stated that if no further goods are thrown on the market the stocks on hand will gradually ease off until they get down to n weight that can he hundled. The foreign Importer at Shanghai la called the ’merchant,* while the Chinese mer chant, t*sdt*ttnKulsh him. Is usually re ferred to as tho ‘dealer.* Most of the American goods to Shanghai are re sold by the Chinese dealer there to Chi nese merchants ni other |M»ints. who are referred to as ‘outside* or ‘country dealers? Every Lins 8ssms Weak. "The most encouraging factor at present Is the fact of the rising prices of goods In America due to the corf«3ff situation and the report that a good muny millions are changing front heavy Import good® to lighter weight goods for the homo market. A few months ngo the dull market in New York and the rising value of the pur chasing power of tho tael, due to high er exchange, was such that goods could he Imported hy the outside dealers nt Cheftto. Tientsin and other port*, through the merchants cheaper than the dealers - were willing to sell from tt«»ck at Hhanghnl. "Every line of cotton goods seems weak, but the greatest drug In In sheet- IngN and drills, and next shirtings. The greatest stocks, thrntt-fourihs of tho total. Is in these goods.-- In round numbers theca .Wf re-on hand on Oc tober 1 at Khangha! 4.000.000 pieces Amertcan gheettngs: l.soo.oon piece* American drills, 1,000.000 places Amer ican gray shining and 3.001),000 piece* Kngll*h gray shirtings, and 2,ooQ.Ouu lili'i’iw VrtgUtli uhlio «*TitrTmg Thftr or«» live to ten times the stocks nor mally on hand at this period of the year, ant will take much to reduce. The total stock of cotton piece goods on hand at Shanghai October 1, wus about 1C.2oo.6oO pieces. Big Supply on Hand. 'There are, therefore, now on hand approximately half n billion yards of »tton piece goods, and the owners are having to pay carrying charges on ap proximately $50,000,000 worth of Mle goods. The tie-up has cut off all new order* and haa affected very adversely many American mills, and there ran never be f iur.d n better concrete ex ample of the serious danger ttUit lies In carrying all our eggs In one basket. To carry this load at Mhanghitt takes not only money, but starve, Tut the car rying charges are heavy and the pitta- peels not good. The outside dealers have been waiting for this nerve to weak »n when they expect to pick up goods much bchiw cost and at their own prices; but a!Ut4»tigh weak spot* develop, which still further depress the market, the majority "f.Jbe hold ers put on a bold front and have so far refused to accept the low prices. “About three-fourth* 4»r more of th«* goi>ds on hand at Hlmuglml are owned hy the t’hlnesc dealers, and bought, though not paid for. by them, being a riled by the merchants on bank loans. Alt the merchants here agree Unit the boycott, if not abso lutely dead, I* at least on the quies cent ami that the slackness In buying Is not In any way due to this hut pro ceeds from various natural local causes. This stagnation tn trade Is not only on American piece goods, but on English and Ovrman piece goods and dher goods Imported at well." WOUNDED IN DUEL; \RM AMPUTATED UnWmm?d Skap?s 25 Gnls Each 9 O'clock Tuesday Morning, 3rd Floor _li ? Millinery Dep't. • .. • And by actual count there are 715 Untrimmed Shapes that were 1.25, — 175, 2,50 and 3.00.— Felt Shapes in large, small and medium sizes. — Black," navy, garnet, brown? pearl, greens, champagne and other I boon tin after th* review by the gnv- J emor and Brigadier General Louie V. 1 Clarke, at I o'clock, large crowds were j lined up on each aide of the atreeta ( through which the parade parted, and thouaanda followed the line of march up to the capital, where’ Governor Co- i mer mad, hi. Inaucural address. The ] ceremontea were more Impreaalve and mora Imposing than ever be fur*. , People beaan to come In yeaterday. and by the time the parade atarted j there were many thousand visitor. In 1 the city. Psr.de B.Qim, At a little after noon the line of march was formed near the corner of ' Catoma and Church atreeta, where Governor Comer I* atopplna with hi* aon-ln-law. J. Or»l* ttrnlth. Mr. Co- mer wa* cacnrted to hi* carriage hy a committee. When he appeared on the acene he wa* (reeled with many chcere. Marshal J. A. Thnmp*on, with Troop A. wa* the epcclal eacort of tho gov* arnor'* carriage. Pint came the mounted police. Alburn cadet* (armedl and hand. Troop A, Governor* Guard*. First cavalry. Then came lh* carriage*, the first containing Governor Jelk* and Gov- amor.elect Comer. Second carriage. Lieutenant Govern or R. M. Cunningham. Lieutenant Oovernor.elwt Henry II. Gray, Senator Perry Thomas, president pro tein. of the senate, and W. L. Marlin, speaker of the house of representative*. Marahal Abercrombie had charge of shades. Shapes that can be easily trimmed, and all are correct modes, After 9 O’clock Tuesday. • m l 1 D r 0 ian iberli in-J toll ihSOh-l Di iDose Lo. Th* Mat# ofl1c*ra. In rhnrg* «*f Mar- ghat Pwaraon. followed In carrlagi**. The Joint committee of th* city coun cil and Commercial Club, In charge of Marghai Burnett. Other tarrlngea contained members of the city council and the Commercial Club. Following the carriages came the members of the Confederate Veteran*' organisations. In charge of Marshal The others came aa folio wa: General I«ouia V. Clarke and ataff. Companies of the First Infantry. Ala bama national guard, In command of Colonel n, P. Dumont, of Mubllo. Second Infantry, Colonel C. R. Brick- to, of Luverne. commanding. Third Infantry. Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy, of Blnnlngham, commanding. Battalion off artillery. Major Weat- cott commanding. Squadron of cavalry. Major Atkina, of Selma, commanding. Howard College cadets. In charge of Marahal Tyaon. Mobile Military Inatltute cadets, In charge of Marshal Strausa. Unarmed cadats, Alabama poly tech- nlc Inatltute. In charge of'Marshal Sey mour. The parade, after atarttng at the ror- v her of Catoma and Church atreeta, ; moved down Church afreet to Lee. then down Lae to Tallupnoaa, down Tulla- ‘ poosa to Commerce, up Commerce to Court equate, thence to the rapltol. At the Capitol. Here the ceremontea were moat Im pressive. Prayer was offered, after which Oov- emor-clect Coiner was sworn In as governor of the state of Alabama. Aft er he became governor he turned to the large gathering and began his In augural address. He was greeted with cheers throughout his ttalk. After the Inauguratl ceremonies the governor and General 1*. V. Clarke re viewed the troop* from a specially constructed stand at the corner of Per ry and Dexter avenue. The troop* made t splendid showing, and after the re view the governor Spoke In the highest terms of the military boys. A public reception will be held by the governor ami Mrs Comer tonight nt 9 o’clock, at which they will l*« pre sented to those who attend A large number are ex|>erlei! to take this 4>4*. coalon to meet personally Ahihnma'* new chief executive Governor's Ball, Tonight nt 10. o'clock the Inaugural hall will take nlare and the Indications are that It will surpa** anything ever held In Montg4)inery In the sivlsl line. Already the city Is crowded with s-vle- ty young Irntllem from different part* ot tha state. The ball will take place at the auditorium and will be l-«l by Gov ernor und Mr*. Corner. MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB. SENATE IS STYLED B Y FORMER MEMBER 25% Redaction On Suite ud Over coats— in eluding blues and blacks. Levy & Stanford special to The Georglttn. Clayton. On., Jan. 14 —While In the i*ods cutting timber recently, John McCall wan approached by l.ognn Bleckley with a shotgun, said to have been in a threatening manner. McCa!l also had a guti and seising It flrctl .u ltleckley. It is said, bat only a few- shot hit ami slightly wounded him. Bleckley then fired, the entire load entering the left arm of McCall Just above the elbow. Blood poisoning having sot in. U was necessary for McCall's arm to he nm- potato.!, which was done Friday, and nope* are now entertained for his re covery A warrant has been issued for Bleck ley, but »n> arrest ha* yet been made. Sped*| to The Georgian. Savannah. Ua.. Jan 14— Judge Thomas M. Norwood, who nearly $0 years ago was United States senator from Georgia. Iths returned from Wash ington, and after visiting the senate and house, meeting many of Ita mem bers, la out In an Interview*, which, while Interesting from a point of view of stirring reminiscence. Is scathing on the United Btste* senate. Judge Norwood expresses It as his opinion that unhss thr moral sense of the people of |he North is aroused, or the choke of the United Htates sen ators Is placed In the hands of the people. t!t* nation ls dimmed. He says that the senate Is a millionaires* club and is entirely different from what It was in Its pristine days A scat there now has a commercial value, he eaye, and Is as purchasable ns a seat on the New York Block Exchange. Case of Contrast. "Ilow does the statesmanship of the senntc now compare with what It was when you were n member of the senate?’* he waa asked "Well, tn my opinion It ts not a cn*e of ciMi^parlaon. It ts one of con trast. I sjieak of the entire body— not of exceptional members. It IM like comparing the wealth of tltc entire country in the year IK71 to the wealth of t9<u*\ There were not five men In the scnr.te then reputed to .own *>ne million dollars each Now it is a mil lionaires' club, that Is. of senators above the Ohio river It Is a commer cial convention holding credentials conferring autocratic ami almost abso lute power. You can Judge how* Its statesmanship ranks In comparison i with n body composed of such men as Thurman, of Ghlo; Bayatd. of Dela ware; Matt Uarpentrr. of Wisconsin; Udnklln. of New York; Edmond*, of Vermont; Sherman, of Ohio; Sumner ami Hoar, of Maagnchu/etts. “It Is Idle to talk 4»ff statesmanship In connection with that which I* the objsct of barter and sale. A seat In the senate In nWlrty Northern states Is like h seat In the stock exchange In New- York, or like ownership of a railroad. The man who wants It goes into the market tn buy It. W. A. t'lark's seat cost over $500,000. Head ers of Mctiure'a Mugntlne know all the details of that disgrace on Amer ican civilisation. But this crime la get ting to be so common that If not cheekid by giving the electon of sen ators to the people. It will become re spectable—that la at the North. Guggenheim the Limit. •’And now* comes Guggenheim, of Colorado, who throws ills hand on the table, face up. and claims the pot, on the around that he already owna the legislature, lie is the full grown fruit of the evolution tbit has been going on ever alnre the Republican party has had possession of the gov ernment. And the end Is not yet. If these signs do not arouse the moral sense of the people in the North, we arc a dmined nation. ’’While I was meditating over the change* In the senntc. I thought of a bright r-mark a young hlgh-tller tn Atlanta -*» years ago made at a ball. As he entered the room several young indies begun spenrlng'hlm with ques tions about his friends—'What had become of them?' •• •Well ’ he said, ’some of them are dead, some are sick, very alck; some are in Jail, and, well, some are In the penitentiary.' ’’ 24 MEN ARE DROWNED IN SIGHT OF LIFE SAVERS GOOOGOOOOOOOOOG OOOOOOOOOOn O O O MILLIONAIRE PUBLISHERS O O COMING TO JEKYL ISLAND. O ■O o O Special to The Georgian. O O Brunswick. Ga. Jan. 14.—Mem- O O hers of the Jekyl Island Clubs are O 0 (massing through Brunswick almost O O dally now en route to the million- O O wires’ retreat on the Islaml O O Among those expected this week O O are C4irne|ius N Bliss and Editor O O Joseph 1‘ulliser. of The NVw York O 0 World O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOCOO Dog Only LivingThing Rescued From Vessel. t’uxhnr.ti. Gerais nr. Jan. It—Driven 4«n the risks In s tcrrltk ask*, the British Ship IVngwnm wns tlsshol t*» piece* mi th** eosst off Heknrhrtrn. tea miles tuwtheast off this pjior, and the entire crew of twenty four |*4 i sons |>erl»he«l. Nut a soul mi Iward Frnntle efforts wen* made fr«m short* to rescue tin* doomed uien from the ship, and a sen g»ln* ina \eninred sauu-t the tie- nietnloiiM s*-a. but It was nnntde to art near enough t t » l*e of service While the resellers Were still strlllng to rrsch the ship, uier wbMi euvruiuus seas were breaklna. a monster wave engulfeil 1U* vessel, it •mashi'il the ship to lilts aud au Instant later ship and nil on board bad dis appeared. I.lfe toat* could not live In tho heavy s»»«*. lint at the risk of life the s<\v-i{nlti( tug Vitlkati pm out from the tinrtKir. The tug reached elose eimuati to the ilmime<l ship to hall those oh Imnnl. It was lui|waal- hie to throw a line or make fast to the ship to take off those on Ut.\rd. Although desper ate efforts wen* made to do so. Time and agnltt the tag went up efoae to the ship, only to be driven off by the tremendous waves. line sailor hurled n dog Slid a bundle of clothing overboard. Thrse were rat rim) on the crest ef n giant wnre that rvdlml over the ship and drove the tug toward the short. Hue of the tngts»ai vrew caught the dog olid bundles as they were swept to the tug. Again tin* tug Unit l*eat Inick t.»wanl the ship. Ileers and crew of the |Vug wain evidently thought their u-ss-l might. iHittho tlis sloMu und that their on'.) hope w«s lu vitugtbg tu Iter, RICHARD CHEATHAM FOR RE-ELECTION Under no circumstances will Richard Cheajham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, stand for re-elec tion for this position at the third an- minLconvention, which opens In Birm ingham next Thursday. "My private tntersts and those of the Southern Cotton. Journal, of which I am general manager, would prsvept m« accepting the position of secretary again even If the members of the as sociation were disposed to again offer It. I have held tt sine® the afwuia- tton was organised in New ur'.eano, but I would not accept It again under any circumstances,'' he said Monday. Who Secretary Cheatham's succes sor wtll be ts not yet known, and no names have been associated with the place since the secretary's announce ment that ho intended not to go In for re-election. President linrvle Jordan's attitude toward rr-electlon Is not definitely stated. It was announced several months ago that he would resign or not stond for re-election, but he de nied this a week or two ago and It Is the popular belief that he will be re elected ami will accept the office. Secretary Cheatham will leave Mon day night for .Birmingham and will be present nt the meeting of ihe execu tive committee Tuesday morntnf. HI* report as secretary of the association lias been compiled and will be submit ted In executive session It will not be published unless given out by the ex ecutive committee. President Jordan arrived in Birmingham Saturday night. THE THEATERS Railway Telegrapher*. A merllng »f railway irlrgrnplirr*. employed hy Ihe varlnu* line* enter ing Allnnt*. wa* held Bnndny nftcr- noon and w»* largely nttendrd. I>epu. iv Pre.ld-m L. A. bnnquary. of th, grand division, wa* prevent and deliv ered nn addre**. He rook up the our,- lion of reaponalbllliy for railway acci dent* and referred to the low ealarle* paid nperatnra, who were expected to remain on duty fur long and tedloua hour*. What Children Swallow. In ilic I,out on bonpltnl there I, *1 preven t n liny pnllent, one year end thr«o- wi—k« old. who I, .tilferllig from the effrcl* of awallnw'lii* a heir curler. v He.en week, npt, followlnp every hnliv'a Hietlnev nr pwnnif nwyihleg «n*t everything Into It* mouth, .he elirl upon , fn-T nalln* olijecl lineil hy l«dle* to ludure a lie- eotnln* wave In the Inttr. end pmmptly •wallowed tt. The l—liy I, kept under •done ni'-crtntlon with thr X-ray., and It I* hoped that, aa there la no Inflaiomalhoi oe htali teiii|H'ri.ture, nn opcrnthni will not be tteceauaty. A Ikllly Mall r. p.irlrr wa* Informed that Ihe ruse wa* liy no mean* rtrepllonal. Re. rently a rlilld w-aa under Ireetiunit who had awallnwe.1 a toy Irtrydr. and nnothev waa livimght In with n lima* monkey In his Interior I'nltir and taut loithoia were much — tilt'll fled, — l.omliu Mali. •Th* T*nd*rfoof That daahlng operatic comedy. -Tha Tenderfoot," with Oacar L. Flgman and Ruth White aa tha atara, li playing a matinee at th* Grand Monday after noon and will play another engagement Monday night. Tho mualc of thl( piece ha* made It a general favorite, a* there I, a ■wing about It that *eta th, feet tap ping and Ihe blood moving faaler. H. L. Heart*, who Is reaponslbl* for the *cnr* nr mora of tunea, caught the spirit of Richard Carl'a book when he wrote Ihe muale. It la characteristical ly Western In Ita free awing and easy rhythm. Curie'* book la not only wit ty, but there In n well-defined plot, that carries tha story to a definite conclu sion. Maxina Elliott. Atlanta admirers nt Mlaa Maxine El liot t will have an opportunity to see that talented tier In one of the beet plays of her career at the Grand Wed nesday and Thuhday nights, when Ml** Elliott Will be seen In the Clyde Kltrh comedy. "Her Great Match." This plev, pronounced one of Mr. Pitch'* heat. Waa presented by Mlaa Elliott In thr Ka.t last season and proved so pop. ulnr with tha playgoers that Mlaa El- Moll determined to u*e no oilier this , year. She has been admirably lilted •Jtlih a role by Mr. Pitch, who In addl- ‘ lion has embellished hi* comedy with half n score of other flnely conceived characters. Mlaa Elliott has not been seen In Atlanta, where she la extremely popular, for almost two yeara, and har return on Wednesday Is sure to prove a big society event as well aa a gen uine drnmallp treat, “Fantatmn" at Bijou. A large crowd al the station wel comed the arrival of Hanlon Brothers' special Monday morning, consisting of four car loads of fun and frolic. This spectacle, Ihe most cumbersome at traction playing the popular prices, will open at the Bijou Monday night and remain for the week, giving the udUal matinees The Hnnlona have no competitors In their special line, and jthls year's production—the “New Pnn- tssma"—Is by far the moat expensive and elaborate eilravagants they have •ver offered. Pico, Ihe funny clown, wilt lead you Into Castle St rouge, where the furniture dances; Into the Ijind of ZAmalle), where Ihe demon* reign; Into the village of Funnyo, where It la all Play and no work; down to th, bottom of the sea. where the octopus dwell*, and acoraa of other strange nml funny place- Music and comely, tableaux, transformations and sperlaltiea abound In <M, popular pantomime There ha* been u specially large demand tor seats which Indicate* a capacity rale for each performance. Matinees will be given nn Tueeday, Thursday and Saturday afternoon*. At El Dorado. At the El Dorado Monday night the opening bill of the week hy the Reld- wln-JlelvIlle Stock Company will be "The Royal Slave," which. I* a drama tisation of the novel by General I-ew Wallace. 'Tile Bun God." In 'The Roy. at Slav*" all the Intense dramatic pow- CLYDE FREIGHT STEAMER ASHORE! POUNDED BY SEA Chatham, Maaa, J»». 14.—Th* Hyd* Lin* freight steamer Onondaga, cap tain Bunntll, bound from Boston to Charleston and Jocluonvlllo. stuck on Orleans beach early Sunday morning and la In a dangerous position. »nd *t law wator was high and dry. Non* at the crew cam* ashore, a* the vessel at no time gave evldsnea of breaking up. The steamer had .wandered two mile* off the course In the ll-mtle run tram Kausett Lights to Pollock Rip Shoal lightship. Two tug* arrived at the scene, but no attempt was mode to float the vessel. It I* expected that th* greater portion of her cargo will have to be lightened before the vttiel can be Sooted. Lost night th* captain shouted selmr* that hli vessel wo* still tight and showed no algna of breaking up. al though ah* had been hammered stead ily all day and spray was continually flying over her. The Onondaga waa built at Phllndel. phis In 1104. Hhe la t.tll tons n*t bur den. and ITS faet over all. She carrle* a crew of twenty-eight moh. She had been on the Boston and Jacksonville line almost continuously as a freighter. er of tha book* of Oonarel Waltoce i» *e*n In It* highest perfection. The scene* are laM In Mexico, where th» passion* run wild and free and then uncurbed lawiManao* 1* plainly shown In th* action* of th* principal* ft ,h ' drama. Th* costuming !» th* riches, ever »een at th* Bl Dorado and ■ fin ished production In ovory reaper' J* promised. "Tb* Royal Slave" will be th* hill Monday. Tuoadsy and Wednes day night* with matinees Tuesday »ni Wednesday. ■so.a. Tha Star. An unusually strong program win M presented all this week at th* Btsr th*- pier. Every member on the big bill Is a winning feature. A* the Star has large and »teadil>' in creasing oensiaegs It woald SS*'" "-* 1 the management waa delivering E ods. Tbu company was never in Her condition, with several sir*"* additions,'It will probably he b*t'*f than ever. 'Two Lucky Tramp* •how the way, and experience, of ’ typical bums who create a senenti '" In fundom. The moving picture* » be good. Including "Marrted_for Ml • lions" and "Pigeon Fairy." The lllu-' (rated songs are also very good T • bill win be presented all this week, » usual matldees.