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And All Of It Clean
The Georgian Cirrin
The BUSINESS
And AB Of ItCWn
YOU 1. NO. 229.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18,1907.
PRICE:
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS AND A HUGE TIDAL WA VE
COMBINE T0 ~ WRECK THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA
Four Explosions Fol
low in Quick 'Sue* ;
cession.
BANK’WRECKED ™
BUT MON^Y SAVED
There were many prominent English men and women at Kingston, Ja
maica, when that historic city wae almost destroyed by the recent earth
quake and fire. They had gone there to be present at the conference of
cotton apinnere and cotton planters. At the extreme left of the picture ia
shown the Kingston parish church, at the extreme right is the ancient
cathedral of the West Indian capital. The photographs from left to right
are those of 8ir Alfred Lewis Jones, president of the Elder A Dempsey
8teamship Company; the Hon. Evelyn Ellis and eon, the Countess of Dud
ley, Earl Dudley, formerly lord lieutenant of Ireland. At the bottom ie
the picture of the noted novelist, Hall Caine,'who U in Kingston study
CITY OF KINGSTON
IS HALF SUBMERGED
BY WATERS OF BAY
Land Is Shifted—Part
of the Isle Is
Sinking.
WHOLE COAST LINE
REPORTED CHANGED
American Battleships Arc
at Kingston to (live Aid
to the Survivors.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The fol
lowing telegram was received by
the navy department this after
noon:
"Key West, Fla., Jan. 18.—A
wireless from Guantanamo: Pen
dleton reports at 2:20 a. m. from
Kingston that Indiana, Missouri
and Whipple only men' of war
there. Food and tents needed. Ad
miral Davis ashore conferring
with governor. ,-.Situation quiet.
Cuban consul killed. Wife slightly
injured. No other officials known
to be killed. BEHLER.
"EVANS."
Another dispatch came through
this morning from Admiral Evans
on the battleship Maine, by wire
less. via Guantanamo and Pensa
cola, to the Washington navy
lard, as follows:
"Yankton, Kingston, midnight,
with further medical supplies, and
two press reporters."
• Norfolk, Va7~Jan. 18.—The
wireless telegraph station at Cape
Henry this morning received the
following message from Guanta
namo, Cuba:
Grand Jury Takes Up
"Bucket Shop”
Cases.
Crowd Arose andf
Cheered When He
Entered Hall.
TWO EXCHANGES
ARE INVESTIGATED
Anderson’s and Curran’s
Places Under Eye of
Courts.
"Steamer Colon reports by wire
less that the school bouse at King
ston, Jamaica, fell at the first
shock of the earthquake, killing
®0 children. The city is in bad
shape and still smouldering with
shout 500 reported killed, and in
jured.
"The channel in Kingston har-
bon, said to have shifted.
“The battleships Missouri and
Indiana, of Admiral Evans’ fleet,
entered the harbor safely. Five
hundred personi are in the hospi-
isls The indications are that many
llnul move l.y the alute author-
i nice against tho the alleged "bucket
■hops." which have been operating In
Atlanta under the names of "ex
changes." ten mm were Indicted by tho
Pulton county grand Jury Friday morn
ing on the charge of "keeping and
maintaining a gaining house.”
i\ N. Anderson, proprietor of the
Commercial Club, was Indicted In one
lull, with Harry Anderson. Louis Huf-
falter. K.lward Whittlesey, Daniel
Danny nml T. M. Hamilton, Sr.
Albert Curran, proprietor of the At
lanta Board of Trade, was Indicted In
unothcr bill. Those Indicted with him
are Holland Curran. John Curran and
Gu* Esehor.
Six of the warrants which were Is
sued on the indictments have been
served by Deputy Sheriff Dan Perkin
eon. Those who hnvo boon served
wlih the warrants are C. X. Anderson,
Holland Curran, Edward Whittlesey,
Daniel Danny. T. M. Hamilton. Sr, and
J.OUH Huffakor. All of these men will
make bond Friday afternoon In the
sum of »l.000 each
FIRST SPEAKER
OF THE DAY
Introduced by President
Jordan As The South’s
Greatest Statesman.
WALKERSTREET SCHOOL CHILDREN
WATCH THE CLICKING LINOTYPES
IN THE PLANT OF THE GEORGIAN
l-ndtr the Boykin law wire houses
w.rerequireiltn cwehjp. Jen ;
„, n . i Several have continued, end
, i ,t n that they are operating merely
a- headquarters for supplying cuetom-
I,, w th quotations, under state char,
tecs, and do not handle any trades.
were .lightly injured.”.
Admiral Evans haa sent an offi
cial wireleM report to Waihing-
ton on the Kingiton disaster, but
its content* will not be divulged
at the wireleM itaUon on coast.
Havana, Jan. IS-—A wirelcw
message* received by the cruiaer
Continued ea Page Tvre.
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham. Ala, Jan. 18.—The nd
drees of Governor-elect Hoko Smith,
of Georgia, waa tho feature of today's
session eif tho Southern Cotton Asso
ciation.
' Practical means of making lint cot
ton. bringing to the farmer a Just
price," was his subject, and he handled
It In a forceful and eloquent munner.
When Governor Smith entered the
invention hall ha waa given un ova
tion, delegates crowding around him to
grasp hla hand. He was escorted to
tho Hippodrome, where the convention
Is being held, by a special committee
of three, named by the executive com
mittee.
In Introducing Governor Smith, who
waa the first speaker of the duy, Preat
dent Harvle Jordan spoke of him os
the Houth'a greatest man.
Other addressee delivered this morn
Ing were: "How Shall We Finance the
Cotton Crop," by F. H. Hyatt, of South
Cap.linn, and "The Pnibable Proflta
to Stockholders In a Corporation to
Buy and Sell Cotton, and the Beet Plan
to Operate On." by S. A. Witherspoon,
of Meridian. Mlsa.
Bach subject was discussed from the
floor by different members of the as
sociation.
President Jordan declined to say this
morning whether or not he would ac
cept the presidency again. Ha aalil tho
matter would bo settled at a meeting
of the executive commltee at 4 o'clock
this afternoon.
OOOOOOOfOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOO
O *200,000,000 is NEEDED O
O TC HANDLE TRAFFIC. O
O
£
l
S Myi
000 01
I
Washington. Jan. 19.~Interntate O
O Commerce Commlielonar Harlan O
need* S
1200.000.- O
WALKER 8TREET SCHOOL.
Walker xtreel echonl waa The
glan'a Kue*t Friday. The aeventh ami
eighth grailca. boya und glrla. paid in
nftenvwoi rail at the renUlenco of tfu ll
friends ami they saw every nook and
cranny In the houac. from the front hall
where contrlbutnra and others leave
their cards, to tho kitchen In the 1mm-
ment where the only thing aerved Is
hot metal. •
Not many In Walker atreet »«
Crew meet, but that gave the vlattnra
a better opportunity to study the mod
ern newapnper plant, to stand by the
flying linotypes nnd see the hot type
rattle out -under tho deft hands of the
operator** at the chain* They sto.id
over the forma and watched the expert
•’typoe" make up tho pag< fitting each j
head dine nnd. each "atory” Into the
a reporter from one of the row of
desks.
’’llustle down to llliink and Push
Mrecta," he say*, "and get a story. Man
Jrfl ^♦ff^a’roof." -
lt*a only a few minute* t
time.** The reporter grabs Ills hat and
hustles. If Im must go very fur he
phones his news In. If It !m only a few
blocks he comes back—on the run
hurrlfH to u typewriter—every m.i
The Georgian ha* hla own machine—
and begin* to write. In a few minute*
he placed a story—everything In i
newspu|a>r from a two-line Item to .
full page article Is a "story" on th>
city editor's desk. In It Is the name »f
the man who fell,- bin home nddr*
ago. hi.i business. Ills religious belief, a
description of his clothing, the names
of his family, how he came to fall, how
l«.ng he lived and when he will be bur-
Startling Charges’ Are
Made by San Fran
cisco Policyholdeis.
•TO FEATHER NEWT,”
SAYS PETITION
Atlanta - Birmingham Fire
Company in Federal
Courts.
porter tnuet work fa»l on an
. . .. YU i aflci'n.».*ii impel*,
proper place to give the big nou n tho I
prominent position uiu! yet make each
O aayu the country
expended In making l|a Inter- O
'apable to “ “
. nal waterway, capable to rellev
O Ing the tremendou- pressure of O
o traffic.
opocoooooooooooooooooooc
|iage look Ita heat
Pretty Interesting thing to follow a
piece of "copy" from the alroet Into the
paper. The Walker street vlelram did
Ihle Friday. Yor tar. follow them If
you wlih.
How Newt it Made.
Telephone bell buxten. Home friend
of the paper at the other end le talking
to the.ctty editor.
"Man fell off a roof down the elratL"
he aaya; "though! you'd like to know."
City editor drops the phone und mL*
Ruihlng a "Story*
riiv editor reada the story, puts
"head" on It, and Bands It out to tho
cinupotlhg room to ba set In type. Hero
the foreman grabs It. turns It over to
the linotype man and than tha pNUy
part of the work begins. If It le a
"telegraph etory" ft come« ov4r The
Georgian', private wire to the . tele
graph operator, la edited by the tele-
adttor.
graph ■
, and then goat to tha com-
Cafitinoed an Papa Five.
A petition seeking the removal of J
T. Dm gun or receiver for the Atlanta-
Ulrinlnghum Fire lnauranre Company,
eharglng him with manipulating Its
funds and aaoetR to the detriment and
Interest of the pollcyholdrra, was tiled
In the clerk's office of the Called
Hlatca circuit court shortly utter noon
Friday. Tile petition will he heard >>v
Judge Newman at Id o'clock Haturdiiy
morning.
Heventy-t».> policy holders who rue-
tnlne.1 losses In the recent lire and
earthquake m Han Francli.cn, head hI
by R. It. Thompson, and representing
over S3J,‘>,'in.l In unpaid clalins. i
represented In the petition by Moore
Pomeroy.
Startling Chargee.
The petition cnntatns many sturtllng
chargea, prlnrl|iully that Receiver Der-
gnn transferred the assets of the lllrm
Ingham Conipony to unfrock llie ennt-
|utny of all Its assets nnd thut said
transfer was fraudulently made and
wus effected without the consent or ap
proval of certain creditor* and over the
protest of certain stockholders.
The declaration reviews the poet Mil
gntlon which resulted In the cese being
transferred lo the Federal rourtt.
It Bhows that Receiver Durgan, prior
to hie appointment, was president of
the Atlanta-BIrmlngham Fire Incur
anre Company nnd the Prudential Fire
Ineurance Company, and that tha of.
flcera In each, with tha exception of the
vice president, are IdenttcaL
Deal With Prudential.
"Your petitioner* allege." eaya the
petition, "upon Information nnd belief
that on or about Juno It, 1»04, being
Insolvent, the said Birmingham Com-
pany entered Into some sort of deal or
contract with the Prudential Company
whereby all of the assets of every char
acter and description of the Blrmtng-
Eighteen Shots Fired at
Wounded Cashier, Who
Was Prostrated oa ,
Ground. - .—|—-1
Mldvllle, Go.. Jan. II.—Tha Bank o!
Mldvllle waa wrecked last night by
four explosion* of dynamll* and pesk
ier Powers was shot In the hip by a
rifle hall, and le now In a serious con
dition as the result of his attempt to
save the property of the bank. Al
though 11.000 was,In the safe, still
none of the money waa secured, at tho
robbers became frightened, and “an
away.
About 2 o'clock this morning Cash
ier Powers, who resides near tho bank,
was awakened by an explosion In tho
dlrecil.in of the bank and ho Immedi
ately arose to Investigate the cause of
It. While dreaelng. another explosion
occurred, and. white on hla way to the
hank, still another explosion camo
from the bank. Mr. Powers waa armed
— .tit « winchester rifle and as ha
came close to the hank another ex-
pi..si. n occurred, and at the same time,
i ne of the robbers, who was standing
guard In front of tha bank building,
•hot Mr Powers lo tho ground, and
Ida two companions began to tiro at the
prostrate form of the cashier. Eigh
teen shots were tired at Mr. Powers ss
he lav on the ground, but he reitlved
no further wounds.
The rohbers then became frighten-
"ires ira
cd nnd ran off. The bank flat __
n total wreck. The bank, however. In
being used today, although Mr. Pow
ers Is unable to be at hla poet of duty.
There le no clew to the Identity a*
the safeblowers.
WALSH INDICTED
ON 182 COUNTS
Chicaifo, Jan. 18.—John R.
Wnlgh wats indicted today on 182
count* by tha United States grand'
jury. Wnlnh is charged with di
verting $13,000,000 from tho de-
losits of tho Chicago National
lank to farther hia railroad
schemes.
ROADS ARE TRYING "■
TO DEFEAT BILL’
Centtnund an Page Five.
i iri niaiii’iriBi m ifnfi
railroad emplopoae to 1C, which ptiw
tho Mnair laat week and la now la Uw
houao cDimattlcq on mu*rotate own
Washington, Jan. 19.—Railroqtf at*
torneye are boxlegfcg tho uapftol In an
effort to defeat the enactment at tha •
