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TFteC jetnua Carries Hie BUSINESS And All Of Itdcan The CufjiB Ctfiias . TheBUSiNESS And All Of It Qew VOL. L NO. 230. ATLANTA, QA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 19,1907. PRICE: M&W? — ... — ■.... — 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. o oooooooooooaooooooooooooo o o 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. 0 J ocoooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 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. *■ 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.