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The Georgian Carrie* The BUSINESS And All Of It Clean The The Georgian Carrie* The BUSINESS • And AH Of It dean VOL. 1. NO. 227. ATLANTA, OA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1<X)7. PRICE: HALF OF CITY IS DESTROYED BY GREAT FIRE Garthquake Stricken Kingston Is Threatened With Total Destruction by Fire. PANIC-STRICKEN PEOPLE FLEE TO HILL COUNTRY Many Persons Are Roasted to Death Under Ruins Caused by Upheaval of Earth. New York, Jan. 16.—The Western Union Tel. Company has posted a notice that communication with Kingston, Jamaica, lias been restored and that a tem porary office in that city has been opened. New York, Jah. 16.—A cablegram received today by L. S. Smith, a big fruit dealer of Fort Antonio, Ja maica, who is at present in this city, stated that one half of Kingston hns already been destroyed by fire, following the carthquaker Mr. Smith said that in all probability the flames would result in the total destruction of the town. "The buildings, which are of pitch pine, are built close together and it will be practically, impossible to -CTctinguislrthe flames,‘‘ said he. London, Jan. 16.—'The manager of the West Indies and Pana ma Cable Company has received a cablegram from the compa ny’s manager at Hull Bay, about 8 miles from Kingston, Jamaica, in which he says that Kingston has been practically deserted, the people fleeing to the hills hack of the city in terror. The cablegram states that the walls of the Holland Bay house have collapsed and there is not a building safe for occu pancy between Bull Bay and Kingston. The earth tremors con tinue at frequent intervals. The superstitious blacks of the island arc in a state of terror. Special Cable. St. Thomas, D. W. I., Jan. If..—One terrific shock that sent buildings tumbling into- piles of blazing ruins, crushing men. wo men and children to death, coming without nn instant s warning, destroyed a great part of the city of Kingston, Jamaica. From 100 to 1,(WO persons, according to varying reports, are dead in the ruins. Scores, trapped in the debris, were roasted to death m tho flames that swept over the ruined city Four more shocks quickly followed the first and then came a trembling of the earth that gradually subsided, but the great de struction hnd been caused by the lirst shock. PANIC FOLLOWS ON HEELS OF THE FIRST SHOOK. Panic came on the heels of the earthquake. Mobs, frenzied by fear, rushed through the sliaki streets for the suburbs, un heeding the cries of anguish and appeals for help from those crushed and dying in the blazing ruins. The military hospital was among the buildings that went down with a crash. Mon* than thirty soldiers were buried in the mins and were roasted to death in the tire that then spread through the city. .. The greatest destruction occurred in the business section, the central part, where business houses and dwellings alike fell into piles. * . . , , As the greater part of the buildings ot the city were wood en. the fire spread with incredible rapidity. The (ire department was demoralized, and for a time useless. TROOPS ATTACK FRENZIED MOBS IN THE STREETS. In a short time bands of robbers were at work, and, with the flames roaring around them, began pillaging wrecked buildings und homes from which the occupants had fled. The negro population added to the wildness of the scene, as they seemed crazy with fear and rushed to and fro, screaming frantically and hindering those who first recovered their wits and sought to aid the injured. Manv had died in the crush ..I the tumbling walls and many others were killed by being caught in the tangle of live electric wire*. When the terror and demornli/.attion were at their height, Sir Alfred Jones, who is at the head of a visiting expedition of nota ble Englishmen, consulted with the governor, and urged instant measures of control. All the troops available were sent to the city’s principal points nml nft^r K^jere treatment of the mobs, in bringing about something likc onler . GHOULS SHOT WHILE LOOTING THE DEAD. Then began battles between the troops and the robbers, who were looting buildings. Tin; fired with the lust for plunder, refused to withdraw when the soldiers drew near, and manv were shot down. In a number of instances they were found ILL AND DESPONDENT, ALONZO R. MALLORY TAKES HIS OWN LIFE DEFENSE OF COMMITTEE CALLS FORTH APPLA USE Inventor of Plow Well Known to Far mers. . ENTERS GROCERY; SHOOTS HIMSELF Temporary Insanity Causes Suicide of In ventor. While In a supposed Hate of tem porary Insanity, brought on by III health. Alonzo R. Mallory, Cl yearn of known citizen and Inventor of the celebrated Mallory plow, committed eulcldo Wednesday morning shortly before 7 o’clock In the grocery store of D. A. Winkle, 21* Capitol avenue, by shooting himself In the right temple with a 38-caliber revolver. Mr. Mallory lived fully forty minutes after tending the fatal bullet Into hie brain, but never regained consclous- neza and never epoke. No cause for the tragedy Is assigned further than that Mr. Mallory was a condition perindured by III health, covering period of several months. N. W. Winkle, 21 years of age. a brother of D. A. Winkle, and a clerk In the store, waa the only person about the place at the time of the suicide, and he did not see the shot fired, as he waa engaged In moving groceries on the sidewalk. -• In Despondent Mood. Mr. Mallory appeared to be In a de- epondent mood Wednesday morning, and at the breakfast Uble drank only a small portion of a cup of coffee. Arising from the table, he walked Into a front room and, picking up a pistol, “ — ft’ dared It In Ills pocket, without the tnowledge of any member of his faml- ** “ " riW iy. He then left the houae and atari toward the street. His daughter. Mlea Myrtle Mallury. •aw him leaving the house and called out: "Papa. where are you going?” The father responded that -he merely going over to the store for a few minutes. The Winkle store la sit uated on the opposite aids of the street from the Mallory home and only a fee- doors away; Entered a Meet Market. Miss Mallory thought nothing wrong In the conduct of her father and of fered no objection to him going to the store. Mr. Mallory first entered a meat market, adjoining the Winkle store, but quickly departed without saying anything to anyone. He then entered the Winkle store passing young N. W. Winkle at the door. Notlelng Mr. Mallory go Into the store, young Mr. Winkle remarked: "Mr. Mallory, can I wait on you now ?" "No. not at present” was the calm response. Mr. Mallory then walked Into the rear Continued on Pegs 8svsn. of Portland, Ore,, a son ef lease M. Wits, Founder of Hebrew Union. MILTON M. HIR8CH. Nowly Elected Assistant 8scrotery of Hebrew Union, LIPMAN LEVY, Veteran 8scrstary of Union, who Was Re-Elected Tuesday. OOOOOOOQOQOQOOOOOOOOQOQQ0O o o O KINGSTON 1.275 MILE8 O O FROM CITY OF ATLANTA. O O As the crow flies, the city of O O Kingston. Jamaica, which was 0 O wrecked hy earthquake and lire O O Monday evening. Is ubout 1.275 O O miles from Atlanta. g Atlanta to Key West.... f,:,n mllea O Key Weal to Havana |ihi miles O O Havana to Kingston ....525 miles O HORRIBLE CONDITION OF ATLANTA’S'JUNGLE’ HARVIE JORDAN WONT AS PRESIDENT OF S. C. A. Birmingham, Ala.. Jan. • 16.— Harvie Jordan, preiiident of the Southern Cotton Assnriation. do- clined re-election ns prealdiuit of the BHsoeintion, anti antiminoetl that he would not accept tho of fice again under any circum stances. This information was given out immediately after the doors wore opened ou the executive eunimit- tce. Walter Clark, of Mississippi, is mentioned ns Jordan’s successor. It is believed that the light on the. New York Cotton Itxehange was discussed at length in the committee meeting today. « PLACE FOR SUB TREASURY” Waxhlnfrton. Jan. 16.—'"8omewhPr«- In ihc groat xoutheUMt," In the m »*t tloAnltft ««prenHl**n **f opinion that S• r»» i.ny Hlmw gave the homo* r-mitnlt. lee on way* nml moan* today In hi* l»n**r regarding the proponed lorntInn of n Ntib-treamirv In the Houlhern Htati-j* Mr. Hlmw menihma nev« n South ern eltIon an probable plac*a for the f» ul»-tn*ni*ury, and after u long Mute- mrnt about function* of u mib-trcanu rv. cloaca hi* letter thus: "An examination of the map will probably Indicate the moat appro priate location for the *uh-treasury" The commltt«tr took no action tod «y in th«* mib-treasury mailer, and ron- Nldcratlon of tt will probably go over until next week. LIST OF THE CALAMITIES 7HA 7 HA VE BEFALLEN ISLE Juno 2, 1692—The whole Island was shaken by un earthquake. 1722. 1724, 1751—Destructive hurricanes. October, 1815—The whole Island deluged, hundreds of homes washed Into the seas; hundreds of vesto-l* wrecked; more than 1,000 person* killed. 1*50—Epidemic of cholera curried off about fA000 persons. October 18, 1882—Port Antonio destroyed by Hre. October 27 to SO, 1899—Destructive floods with great loss ot life. May, 1902—Volcanic dust falls in great clouds over island from St Vincent. August 10, 1903—threat hurricanes destroyed crops. August 10, 1903—Port Antonio In ruins from Are. January 14, 1907—Kingston laid waste by earthquake And tire. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O SUMMER TEMPERATURE 0 O 18NOT-YET EXHAU8TE*VO O The conspiracy against the O O Oenrgln prnch crop 1h still b'lug 0 O hatched. The weather man In O o framing up trouble for tha men O O who njlso lCIhert.ie, More tf-ipl- O O cal days are forecasted, little lul- O O ly It rends this way: O O ••Pair Wednesday night nr l O O Thursday, with i-nntlnu •<) hlgn O O temperature.'* o O The temperatures: O Stock Yards Filthy Be yond Description in Print. COUNTY POLICE MAKE EXPOSURE The Georgian Again Calls Attention to Awful Condition. Adolph Kraus Replies to Speech of Rabbi Gries. COMMITTEE OF SIXTY WORKING FOR RIGHT Jewish Council Is Divided on tho Subject^of Debate. ‘‘Pod forbid that the Jews of Amer- tli-s of this country.” This was the dramatic utterance of j Adolph Kraus, of Chicago. president of— the convention, at the Wednesday morning session of the Union of Amer ican Hebrew Congregations at the Kimball House convention hell. Mr. Kraus left the chair end arose to a point of personal privilege, to reply, to the attack ot the night before on the committee of sixty, which wee appoint* ed to look after Jewish Immigration to (Ills country. "I rise to a point of personal privi lege.” began 51r. Kraus, “not that I have any personal feeling In this mat ter, hut as a member of that comtnlt- deprccH O O 9 o'elock i •hetr O M i O II o'clock a. m. to 12 o'clock noon 1 O I o'clock p. m. 0 2 o'clock |>. in. ....59 ilegi- . ...«:i degrees O ... .86 degrees O *9 degrees O ... Tl degrees O ....72 d--trees O ooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO \) % . \'L\\ ■^’(.AAir jc A'll OCEvl AT . ; 6 ‘ o °» . flap* O COUNCIL WILL CLOSE O o 8E8SION THURSDAY A. M. O O - — O o Tho roum-ll ..f tho I’nlon *»r O O Alim I* .th ir* r»n w ri'ingiaguHoin* O O mot at o'. fn« k Wodn* Nflav aft- O O e-moon at tho convention hall for O O tho ttHtiMi* tl ui ..f rogul.ir btiHl- O O tie**. ItiM'osi* u||| !«• t.ikun lit O O o'clwk. O O \Wilnt.*«lny evening at * o\ lock O O tho dologiitoN and tholr alvo.s will O O ho tho guo^-ts of tho nii-mhoiT* of O O tho local « omn-egntion at a ban- O O quot at tin- Klmhiill. O O Th** hint No.xjdon of tho council O 10 will ho hold at 9:.Hi o'clock Thurs- O ! O day morning. Tho htixlm*** of tho O O coun-H will ho wound up, and O O offl. ot- for tho onNUlng two yo.irs O |0 will bo olot iod. O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the premises and adjoining hind the I’nlon Htock Yards and the Hattie Hill slaughter house has revealed u condition. It Is said, little short In Its dnngor to tho public health of the tor rlble packing house cases In Chicago which were exposed last year by a commission appointed by President Roosevelt. t'ounty policemen found refuse mat ter from the cuttle killed nt both of these places lying on tho ground un hurled, either on the premises of tho slaughter houses or on adjoining land. Several months ago The Georgian Inaugurated an exposure of conditions In slaughter houses which resulted In the passage of an abattoir ordinance and u closer Inspection of meat prod In spite of this the conditions rtaln stock yards have grown ob jectionable beyond description, accord ing to reports of the authorlt!«s. _evidence—'was found _at—the Uattic Hill slaughter house which the county police think Indicates that cows hi unhealthy condition are slaughtered an«l sold to the public. Five young mlV*** wem found desd und lying uncovered on the ground at thu Rattle Hill slaughter house. t'hlef Turner states that refuse mat ter from the slaughtered animals arc fed to hogs nt the Itattlo Hill slaugh ter house and that these hogs are aft erwards killed. He could not state positively whether or not these Imgs were sold to the public, hut It wtis hi* opinion that they were. TtrribU Condition Provailo. At the I nioti Htock Yards, the coun ty police also found a terrible state. Vjunntttlcs of decaying meat und tefiise matter were found dumped In the ditches .>r on the level ground urt* hurled ring matter hns made the I In which the slaughter located, It Is said, almost esldelice to he located and unplalnt has been made This det a nWghliorhoo houses are unfit for a i onslderahh by nearby resident Dr. J. I*. Kennedy, health nfWcer. of Atlanta, stales that It Is of frequent occurrence that Imgs und cattle fed on refuse matter or on swill from the distilleries are sold ns good meat In this city. Ur. Kennedv also states thut most of the cattle killed In Atlanta are shlp- l«ed In from Tennessee nnd that 11 large quantity of these are animals which are barred from other cities on account • •f mote stringent health laws In those Continued on Pago Savon. * A NT 5 Continued On Ps»« ThrsB THIt MAP 8HOW8 THE LOCATION OF THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA ' 910 THt r.lTV UIUO.8T0N. LEADER AMONG HER RE WS COMPLIMENTS GEORGIAN "In «h<> minion uf Thu tlrniKlnn this nfti<rnunn u|i|ii-m<il onn nf ihi 1 most beautiful trU'ill'-* to tho Ji-wlsh lari' anil unu of the fairest unit iiiom loiriral exiio-uion of r.u-iM relative to our rare tha: ever rams from the pen of it fearlees anil gifted eitrtar. "I rommemt the rdltorln! of John Temple Graves to nil of you ns an esample of what the 1-011. truest and most learned of modern Amer- b ans think *>f our pro|de."—Hon. Htmnr. Wolf, .if Washlncton. former min ister t>i Kxyia and one of the most dl.tlmtulHhed members of the Jewish latth tn Atnt-i lea. In an address to the Union nf A inert ear. Hebrew- Con- ■reitatluRa Turediiy night Fee of sixty, which waa so blttsrly at* tarked on the floor of this hall last night. "We must not let oursetves do any thing which will be a stumbling block In the way of our children. I was a inbinber nf that committee. Now, 1st this union do the manly thing In a manly, Jewish way. Let us net hurt accusations and throw atones at men who are doing their duty os they see -4 It—men w-ho nre seeking not only to help themselves, but to help you and 1 our distressed brethren on foreign and ] hostile soil. Defense of Committee. "Much was s«ld because the com- j mil tec was self-appointed and not elected. Many were the thrusts hurled i at this committee because of thle fact. J And herein, because the committee was it responsible only to Itself, lies your safety. The committee waa composed of men who represented no body or or- ] Irani nut Inn of Jews. If there was any . objection to the committee or to any of Its actions, the blame could not bo -J placed on you and your union or on - the Jews nt America, oitlr on these tn- ^ dividual-members orTt xnr-xppBthttd committee. "After the fearful massacres of re- 8 cent months, when the appalling con- . ( ■I It Ion nf the Jewa In other countrtea wns brought to our notice 10 forcefully nnil so horribly, was not the Jewish press zealously and persistently plead ing that something be done to relieve our suffering brethren? "No one said what waa to be don* by the committee. No one said how the committee waa to be chosen. A meeting of the Jewa of America waa 7 Impracticable for many reasons. To Help Thsir People. "Then five prominent Jewe of Amer- U-u called a meeting for New York city of sixty Jews. We were no better than you. Wo knew no more, nor were we more ansloue to help our people. That committee did have ordinary, average Intelligence. You will admit this j "Suppose we would officially have named a committee to Influence legle- I Intlnn on behalf of our Immigrants, 4 wouldn't the call have rung out, 'Isn't T congress representing usT Yes. and J TahTHie president our president?' Cer. t.-ilnly they are. We need no commit- J ice to spenk for us ns American Jews. J ■ Why. then, fon-c us to separate our selves from the rest of Amrrliun cltl- senr • You see nnw why this commit- 1 nils appointed. - not elected, he- j cause Its action could be IndlvlduaL not official. "Hid not such distinguished and pa triotic Jews ns Marshall and SchlS want .1 committer elected hy the con gregations? We of the West opposed Did they not acquiesce, convinced that our stand was the best? "Then, can this union elect such a committee? Are we all the Jews of America? Think nf what o small pr*« pni Hon we do represent I "It would have been dangerous to lone elei-ieil sui-h a committee. There must he no unity mining the Jews of Aim-Ili a to control politics., Degen Organisation. "Hid not all this foolish agitation lead to a movement of one organlsa- lion to orgnnlxe all over the country? Hid not one men go all nver the coun try, lecturing on this organisation? What are the planks of Its platform? First, all Jews must become natural ised. Fecund, they must become regis tered voters. Will we. must we, or ganise a political parly! Qod forbid! Is>t us vote our hor.eat convictions, but let iis vole ns Individuals, not as Jewe members of any rellgtoua body. When we get where we can control politics our safety Is at an end. "I don't believe In throwing accusa tions at men doing their beet. We must not say, -New York has her Ghetto, 000 Jews, let her keep them.' We don't need New York. That's true. Hut they need ue. Let ue help them. "I have alweye considered that a rab bi was a teacher of ”ood; that he'was > good man, who, above all else, was heritable.” At this point the spsaker was Inter rupted by Rabbi Jacobson.. "I rise to a point of order!" he ex- ■aimed. "This Is not personal to you,” said President Kraus, amid laughter and cheers. 'A point of order lx out of order at this tunc." ruled Vice President fiutx- berger, w ho occupied the chair. "Let Us Be Charitable.” Let us be charitable,” continued tha Continued on P<8« tma i