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VOL. L NO. 230.
ATLANTA, QA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 19,1907.
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KINGSTON STILL TREMBLES UPON ITS FOUNDATION;
U.S.MARINES ARE ON GUARD TO PREVENT LOOTING;
7G0 BODIES ARE BURIED; THE INJURED ARE LEGION
Expects to Cause
Cortelyou to Get
Busy.
BIG SENSATION
NOW THREATENED
Salty Charges May Be Piled
Against Officials Unless
Action Is taken.
Washington, Jan. 10.—Unleu Poet-
master General Cortelyou grants a
fraud order against the New York Cot
ton Kxchange In the immediate future.
It is understood from Representative
Livingston and other Southern mem*
hers of congress, that they will Intro-
duce a resolution calling for the ap
pointment of a epeclal commission to
Investigate the matter under the direc
tion of Secretary Straus, of the depart,
merit of commerce and labor.
K.i far. Mr. Cortelyou has made no
statement of what he Intends to do. but
Mr. Livingston and others Interested
a 1th him declare emphatically that
they do not propose to be humbugged
nr bully-ragged through any game of
politics, and that If. after the showing
they have made, the poetmaater gen
eral doee not believe they have made
mu a prtma facie caae agalnat the
exchange, they - will seek olher'roller.
While Mr. Livingston appears to
have Inaugurated the movement to put
the exchange.out of buslneu by de
barring It from further use of the
mulls on the ground that It la nothing
hut a gambling Scheme,' there are many
other members of congress from dif
ferent parts of the country who ore
lucking him up In the efforts he boa
taken.
Unless a decision ft reached by Mr.
Cortelyou In a faw days, some sensa
tional chargcs.nmy possibly be brought
against the 'povtdt officials and the
pnsttifflfe department ganecaUy Ipjym-
nectlon with the matter.
bOG BLAMED FOR WRECK;
FIFTEEN ARE CREMATED
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 19.—Superintendent Houghton, of
the Big Four, gave ont the following statement:
“The wreck near Fowler was due to a dense fog. Our list
shows 15 known to be cremated and eight killed outright, their
bodies being removed from the wreck before the lira reached
them. Owing to the rapid spreading of the fire, which waa fan
ned by a strong east wind, it probably will not be known m-
actly the number of dead, but the remains of 15 bodies, badly
charred, have been taken out. The wreck is rapidly being cleared
away." — —--A '
PINNED In wreck,
PASSENGERS BURN
MORE THAN 25 DIE
Half-Crazed Man Is
Rescued From Living
Tomb.
WARSHIP MISSOURI
^ SUBDUES CONVICTS
Dynamite Used to Clear De
bris-Great Suffering
Among Poor.
Promises Low Rates
on Cotton—-rAgainst
Immigration.
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O JORDAN HAS ACCEPTED
o PRESIDENCY OF 8. C. A. 9
O Special to The Georgian.
O Birmingham, Ala.. Jan. 19.-
O llarvle Jordan has accepted the O
O presidency of the Southern Cotton O
O Association for another year, the 9
o executive committee a»«uilra him O
O that It would give him all the O
O tlnanclal backing he wants t > fur- O
*> i her the tntereata of the naaodn- O
O Unit. Immediately after he uc- O
0 < epted nt 1:S0 o'clock thla after- O
° noon, the executive committee ad- O
° i 'urned elne die.
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t*l i«l to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 19—An ad-
dr, -s by Governor B. B. Comer, of Ala
bama, the thtrd governor |o apeak dur*
c the preaent session of tho Southern
dton Association, waa tho feature of
1 I n s aeaalon of tho convention. He
1 -cl no prepared apeech, althnu*h he
' 1 pt close to the subject aaalgned him.
' Tor American Cotton Crop."
'» "vernor Comer aald that certain
are enemies of agricui-
and that the aaaoclatlon should
v ■ "low on the Immigration duration.
B' promised lower freight rates In
Alabama on cotton, and told the dele-
sot, s he would pardon any of them ar.
"■►ted for libelling Wall street.
The second speech of the day was
made l,y W. D. Nesbitt, of Birmingham,
on "The Modern Colton Warehouse,
< 'instruction and Economy of Opera-
ti -n "
■ "•■sldent Jordan did not preside over
"invention today, being detained at
■• •‘ling of the egecutlve committee.
1 *f thla reason Governor Comer was
1 " ed to watt half an hour on the
I'lotiorm, Finally W. H. Seymour, of
Montg.imery, took the chair uml acted
i "siding officer at lha morning ses-
Lnndon. Jan. 19 —The Evening News
has received a cable from their Xing'
stun, Jamaica, correspondent, saying
that up to Friday at noon TOO bodies
have been hurled, and over 1,000 bodli
have been recovered. The greater part
of these have been Identified.
According to the dispatch. 500 par
sons are alill reported os missing.
Kingston, via Holland Bay. Jamaica,
Jan. 19.—This clly of death and ruin Is
shaking again, seven more shocks hav
ing hern felt, and alight tremors of
the earth are continuing. Five new
Shocks of severe Intensity have oc
curred. The new shocks demoralised
telegraphic communication for three
hours.
The w ater auptitv of the city has not
been restored, and twenty more deaths
have occurred. More than 500 bodies
have been recovered fffom the ruins and
bulled already.
Americans on Guard.
The streets of lha city are picketed
with American guards. Admiral Evans,
at the request of the British authorities,
landed a number of marines from the
battleships .Missouri and Indiana.
The Hamburg-American liner Prins
Waldemar has stranded east of Plum
Point, a light house point about 10
miles east of Kingston. The ehlp was
on her way to Kingston when she
struck, having left Port Llmon on the
day of the earthquake.
Bodies Found in Bay.
Shocks having destroyed the lights,
the steamer presumably lost her way.
It was said by the Hamhurg-Amerlean
officials that the passenger list »("
probably not he large. The vessel was
to have sailed direct from Kingston to
New York. The Merrltt-Chapman
w recking steamer Premier has gone to
the rescue of the liner.
Dynamite Is being used to clear away
the debris of shattered buildings and
facilitate the work of recovering bodies.
Ten bodies were recovered from the
hav It I* supposed the victims were
thrown from vessels by the earthquake
Shocks or Jumped Into the «**•»
through fear.
Great Suffering Exists.
drcul suffering- exists among tha
poor because of the lack of food and
medicine. A committee from the suf
ferers called on the governor.- The
.Okesman said that many had dlad
f neglect He charged that thoaa with
-one* hud been supplied with food and
EX-GOV. HIGGINS
"lean. N. Y„ and t|>e gravest
•"tuencea are feared by his family u»d|
(Mends.
lie chewed that those a wlth
maney had I
m Twn n rargnea of food supplies which
arrived were exhausted quickly and
more ore needed.
Living Man la Rascusd.
I'lv, dead bodies nnd one living man
rre taken from one wrecked building.
I, were Imprisoned by (be build-
, .llapslng and all but one were
death. Ills name waa Truss-
Canadian. Ha waa
the corner of a room
waa halt Insane,
in tha penitentiary
Continued on Page Throe.
RECORDS OF DARGAN
INSPECTED BY A UDITOR;
EVIDENCE IS STARTLING
PaiUcyomdera
For His Re
moval;
IS IK IDS
OF RECEIVER
Fire Company Has
Paper Assets, But
Can’t Collect.
Big Four Special
MASTER NAMED
TO TAKE UP CASE
Judge Newman to Try It
on Return From New
Orleans.
Attorneys for the Ban Francisco
policy holders of the Atlanta-BIrmlng-
ham Fire Insurance Company made an
nouncement In the federal'court Sat
urday morning that they would show I
proof that J. T. Dot-fan, receiver and'
president of the bankrupt company,
assured attorneys In tha caae last De
cember that no bill' Would be llled,
while, at the‘same iim%lie ~bad'per
sonal counsel and psrsonal represen
tatives In Birmingham preparing a bill,
providing for hta appointment as re
eelver, and which the- secretary of-the
state of Alabama refused to approve.
After many loquacious skirmishes,
developing an Intermingling maxe of
technicalities, tha attorneys for lha Ban
Francisco creditors finally secured an
order from Judge Newman designating
O. C. J’MIter oa commissioner to take
evidence and prepare briefs In the ab
sence of Judgo Newman and refer the
same to him upon hla return from New
Orleans.
To Inspoet Records.
An order was also granted allowing
Hudson Moore, of Moore & Pomeroy,
and R. H. Cross, of Ban Francisco, and
an auditor to ha selected to Inspect
all records, documents, mlnulca and
stock books now In the hands of A.
C. Saxton and J. T. Dargan, receivers,
together with proofs of-losses mode by
San Francisco creditors. This brought
forth a strenuous objection from the
attorneys for tha company.
Tom Felder, attorney for the com
pony, stated that there were certain
papers and matters of evidence In that
office secured at great expense to the
company, which tended to show that
the claims of lha San Franelaoo people
ware without equity and that they had
no right to an Interest In the company's
assets. He objected to letting the San
Francisco attorneys get Into their de
fenses. This was provided for by Judge
Newman and thla evidence will be ex
cluded from the Inspection.
Object to Inspection.
"We claim that tha attorneys of the
Frisco creditors hava no voice In thla
matter," aald Mr. Felder. "We expect
to show that many of the buildings In
sured were already In an almost total
■tale of collapse when the earthquake
came, and If some other things are
also shown, they will not be entitled lo
a division, it Is to tha Interest of the
stockholders of tha company to defeat
thaaa claims."
"1 presume the gentleman refers lo
San Francisco," said Mr. Cross, allud
ing to the wonf '"Frisco." used by Mr.
LARGE FIS
IN Hi
Felder In the beginning of hla remarks,
nnd thtreby proving nt* residency In
Whom ’Frisco policyholder* want
removed from- receivership of
Atlanta-BIrmlngham Fir* Insur
ance Company.
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Suits are Filed at Little
Rock Aggregating
Millions.
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 10.—
Suits for the alleged violation of
the anti-trust laws have been tiled
here against Armour & Co., Wa-
ters-l’iercc Oil Compau.v, Ham
mond Packing Company, Morris
& Co., nnd the Cudahy Packing
Company for amounts aggregat
ing $1,833,000 each.
MOUNTAIN NEAR CITY
CONTAINS COAL DEPOSIT.
rtpoctat to Tha Georgian. —;
Bristol, Trnn., Jan. 1>.—What np-
iH-ars In he a valuable vein of coal has
la-en discovered on Walker's mountain,
only ten miles from Bristol. Thla Is
tl»> nearest to Bristol that coal-has
l»'cn discovered and the and has creat
ed much Interest.
LOOK OUT, I’LL SHOOT!’
CHILD’S AIR GUN MAY
Refusal of the members of the Geor
gia Mutual Fire Insurance Company to
pay tha asaeaaments levied agalnat
them has resulted In the Insolvency of
the company and the appointment of
u receiver to take charge of the as
sets.
Allaging that the Georgia Mutual
Fire Insurance Company la Insolvent,
It. C. Powell secured a temporary In
Junction Saturday before Judge Pen
dleton against the Interference by tha
company with lia assets, and 8am N.
Kvlna was appointed temporary re
volver.
Petitioner had lnsared with the
company a house at Colquitt, Oe. Tha
pAUey was fnr flOo, Pmiliumi alleges
that the outstanding losses of lha com
pany aggregate 5100,000; that the com
pany has been sued and Us bank ac
count garnisheed. The funds In bank are
held by this garnishment. Plaintiff alao
charged that the commissioner of In
surance has served the company with
a notice that unless the losses art paid
Its license will be revoked.
Judge Pendleton granted a tempo
rary Injunction raatralnlng the company
or Its agents from Interfering with tha
receiver or Its assets and restraining
It from undertaking to cary on Its af
fairs until further order of tha court.
Mr. Evlna Is required to glva bond In
the sum of 51,000. The regular hearing
of the case waa set for January >1.
W. M. Wilson, secretary and treas
urer of the company, stated to a Geor-
tun HI lira vwiupwij. PtWl'tl ■ XXVIII -
glan reporter Saturday that the com
pany had about 510.000 assets on paper,
but that they could not collect them.
Levy Assaaamants.
"Our company Is a mutual one." said
Mr. Wilson. "We Insure people and
when losses occur aeteisments are lev.
led against the members of the com
pany.
"We have had a number of Mss**
lately and assessments were levied a>
usual. Hut numbers of the members of
the company refused lo pay their as
sessments. We could not collect the
money, hence the company became In
ilvent."
The Georgia Mutual Fire Insurance
Company Is an Atlanta company and
hns 11s offices In the Candler building.
H. Wilson, of Spartanburg, H. Is
president and W. M. Wilson, of Atlanta,
secretary and treasurer.
Crashes Into a
Freight. --
WRECK OCCURS
AT FOWLER, IND.
Twenty Known To Have
Met Dcath-^-TrainOr-'“
ders Disregarded. £
Kanakee, III., Jan. It.—Seven survl-
vora of the Big Four wreck at Fowler,
Ind, were brought to Kansk oe at 1 a.
m. In the private‘car of Vice President
Srhaff, of the railway. With them waa
unloaded the body of John Shannon,
aged 40, of WllllamaporL Ind, who died
on the way.
Upon arrival of the private car tho
only on* of the six saved from the
Ore which followed the collision of tha
Hying passenger With tha freight tsstav
It Mas declared that possibly twenty-
flv« persons were dead. Thalr badtan
ware burned. ,j
Five Are Reecaed.
uf the passenger* known to MV*
been In tha comhlnminn roach at tlkt
head of the train, only five wwe roe-
eued. Moat of tho others died 1
deaths by nre and steam, pinned In tha
wraukase of tha 4Af.—~ 1
and baggageman of the ;
are missing. They are believed to have
been killed and their
crated.
The passengers who came to Kana-
kee were all In a state of ‘
HtfllK, ii^py Af them were
They had Hed from the four
Ing car* of tha train Jnto cold.
rain, nnd had seen the car* and their
belongings burn. As they deiwrtad they
had seen the bones of the wrack vic
tims In the combination caiv—skulls,
cosr A GIRL’S SIGHT J
Lois Mims Shot
Eye by Willie
Emerson.
in
Ceqtinued on Pago Three.
Look out. I'm going to shoot you!”
cried little 9-yeir-ol<I Willie fSineraon,
of 376 Pulliam atreet. Friday after
noon as he pointed an alrgtm at pretty
TvOla Mima, of 358 Pulliam atreet. the
It-year-old daughter of J. P. Mima,
and a bright and popular pupil of the
aeventh grade of the Pryor atreet pub
lic achool.
Hulling the action to the word, the
child pulled tha trigger and a buckshot
struck the girl In the right eve. mulct
ing an Intrneely painful nnd dangeroua
wound.
Realising what he had done, the lit
tle fellow threw the weapon to the
ground and tun screaming for a»slnt-
ance.
Following the ah*»oilng. the boy re
peated the old, old story:
“Didn't Know It Wat Loaded.**
M I didn't know It was loaded.”
Tho little fellow, who la deeply
grieved over the accident, declare* he
waa only “funning" with little Miss
Lola and really Mhd no Intention of
to snap the gun. and protest* he waa
unaware It waa loaded.
The girl had a decidedly narrow
encApe from more aorloua result*. The
fact that the shot glam-vtl I* all that
saved her from probably a fatal wound
Had the shot struck nqunrely In the
eye It would likely have penetrated
the brain.
A* It la, the wound 1* scrlou*. a* th-i
•juenflon of the eight of the light eye I*
now In doubt. The *hot *truck Just be
low the pupil* of the eye and tut an
ugly guah In the ball.
May Lota Sight
Dr. William E. (’utnpbell I* attend
ing the wounded girl and I* doing
everything possible to anve the sigh*.
Ho. state* that It will be at leA*t Mon
day before he can tell whether the sight
will be destroyed. He expresses the
opinion that the sight can be saved.
The sh'Mitlng occurred In Love street,
near the comer of Pulliam, only a short
distance from tha Mims home. Little
Miss Lola hail been calling on a girl
friend and waa returning home nt the
time As she passed along the bIU-.»-
wulk she met the little Kpiersun boy
and two or three other playmates. The
Emerson child had hla alrgbn 4n hi*
hands, and. suddenly leveling It at the
girl, fired, telling her he waa going to
shoot.
There waa no III feeling between the
two children at nil and the boy la
greatly agitated over the shooting. It
waa announced Saturday morning at
the Mima home that there wlU be no
shooting her. He says be only meant prosecution of the boy.
WITH LOCAL
Special tc Th. Georgian.
Augusta, Oa.. Jan. It.—A hea<t-nn col
lision occurred on the Atlantic Coast
Line thla morning at Danmark. 8. C,
55 mile* from Augusta, at 10 o'clock.
In which the fast train from New
York to Augusta, No. St. collided with
a local freight train, going from thla
city. Both engine* - were demolished
and the engineers and firemen Jumoed
tn aar* their lives.
Engineer Rutherford, on th* freight
engine, waa sarloualy Injured In Jump
ing.
The mall car and Baggage car are
said to be piled on top of each other
and savant) freight car* destroyed.
Th* mall clerk, name unknown. I*
badly Injured.
Loral officials refuse tn discuaa the
collision until thay can obtain mors
details.
Crushed Like Shells.
Th* train* mat threc-quartrra of a
mile east of Fowlsr. Both were at top
speed. When they struck the engines
wars welded together. Th.' combina
tion car flrat In the paaxenger train
waa crushed Ilk* an eggshell under
th* Impart of tha aleepera behind.
Before the grinding, splintering maaa
had time to settle, bright Itaraea
sprang up In halt a dosan place.. The
combination car wax smashed to kin-
dlln- nnd much of tta wreckage toeaad
upon the hissing locomtlve wreckage
burned fltrcaly.
In a few minute* the wind had drives
tho On back into the flrat sleeping
car. Ita occupants knew (he cur would
burn and befar* lha Ore attacked It
had fled, some of them In night attire.
The engineer *f Iho freight train,
who waa not brought to Kanaka*, told
the pauengera of the wrecked train
that hla train had a clear track, ac
cording to hla order*, and the passenger
train wad moving at the rate of to
miles an hour when the collision oc
curred.. , .'5
f'k Partial Uet of Dead. . ,
Th*' foltokrlhg la a partial list of
'''unknown woman.
JOHN SHANNON, Wllllamaport,
Ind.
FIREMAN of one of the engines.
The Injured;
C. L. Bam**. Cincinnati; M. A. 7.
t'reton, N*w Tork city; Miner Griffin,
Khrlhyvllle, Ind.; w. B. Harris, Indian,
a polls; L. F. Lang, Chicago; H.
Lynch. Chicago; E. W. Tripp, Indlan-Tx
a polls
WRECK OCCURS EARLY .,
AT FOWLER, INDIANA.
Fowlsr; Ind., Jan.19.-vV dleaatroo*
wreck occurred near hara on tha Big
Four railroad at 5tM o'clock thla
morning anil many persons lost their
lives.
Passenger train No, |t, which left
Chicago at 11:50 p. m. collided with
a freight train a short distance from
the station. A sleeper and on* oOiar
coach were demolished and It I* footed
that nearly every person In th* ran
wax killed. The wreckage cangkt Sr*
and paraengen pinned under th* ruiaa
and unable to escape war* roasted to
dtath.
The flyer had orders to atop at tha
block to permit the freight train to
reach th* siding. Th* order was dis
regarded nnd tn* fast train piunggd
at full speed Into the fratgfct train.
The engineer nf the flyer Jumped
Into tha ditch and wax’ waved. Tta*
fireman of the flyer waa killed eatrtgfct.
Tho cause of th* accident area the same
ax that which brought shoot th* wtoafc
of the train Morwaihlhgtoa, D. C,
a faw weeks ago. The freight troth
crow had been given four mtohtgs '
take the riding end was doing a* ' '
belief that lb* flyer would slay
and atop at th* block.