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c 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 •