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wmmamm MnnnnMHnHH| The GertMa Carrie* • TheBUS The BUSINESS And All Of It Clean VOL. 1. NO. 243. * ATLANTA» GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1907. LIVES OF JURORS PROBED; THAW GETS RABBITS FOOT THIS PICTURE SHOWS HARRY THAW. NOW ON TRIAL FOR THE'MURDER WHITE. HE IS IN CHARGE OF DEPUTY WARDETTHARLEY AND IB GOING BRIDGE OF 8IGH8 PREPARATORY TO GOING INTO COURT. Prisoner Touched by the Gift of Virginia Negro Boy. ANOTHER JUROR MAY BE EXCUSED Jerome, Hartridge and Judge Hold Long Con ference at Opening of Court, "—— 00000000000000000000000009 a HERE IS THAW JURY U ON FRIDAY MORNING. O O O O No. 1—DKMINO B. SMITH. O O aged. to, retired manufacturer. O O married. O O No. 2—CHARLES H. FECKE. O a«ed 46. manager department of O O steamship line, married. O O No. 3—GEORGE PFAFF, aged O O 40. dealer In Hardware und ma- O O O chlnery supplies, married. O « No. 4—OSCAR A. PINK, aged O O 41, a salesman, married. O O No. 6—HENRY C. HARNEY. O O aged to, manager of piano wars- O O house, married. O O NsT «—HARRY C. BREARLEY. O a aged 33. advertising agent, mar- O rled. 6 No. 7—MALCOLM B. FRASER. 0 O aged 35, clothing salesman, mar- 0 1—CHARLES D. NEW- O O TON. aged .45. retired railroad O O official. married. O O No. 5—WILBUR 8. STEELE, O I aged 40, a manufacturer. marrled.'O , a*. in intlV a ft . ELECTRIC CO. f S INCOME OVER TWO MILLIONS; SHOW HEA VY INCREASE The total receipt* of the Georgia Railway and Sfcctrlo Ootnpasy for i$o« were v ‘ r-•- •' Of this the total amount received by the city, which*la 2 per cents mtmli aft taxex wntitcpiisetf. 1» $$0,944;t9. —~“ The total receipt* of the company fbr 1901, the .year previous, were $l,95M99.62i w $361,916.22 leee than wea-rctrelred the pant year.— The total amount received by the city of Atlanta In 1905, minus all tuxcH and license#, was $26,449.50, or I4.534.S6 less than woe received by tin* city last year. Tliv receipts are from fares and tolls collected from passengers and property, electric lights, power and steam heat. The contract “With the city, as einbmlled In { at Is known ns the "Consolidation Ordinance" of 1902. he first three yeara the city waa to rat 1 per cent of the total receipts, for the next twenty years, from 1905 to 1925, the city waa io get 2 per cent, ami from then on until the expiration of the character, 3 l-er cent. It waa specified that the amount of llcensea to be paid by the company to the city and the franchise tax should bo deducted from the percentage of receipts paid the city. This amounted to $15,451.96 this year. But,for this, the city would have received $46,436.32, instead of $80,984.36. The licenses and taxes paid by the company during 1906 ware: Rail* way, steam heat and electric light licenses, $350; plumbing Ucense t $50; sani tary tax, $98.80; franchise tax, $14,953.16. In 1905 the deductions were $12,749.50. as compared to $15,451.96 last War. - £ O ~*No. 10—JOHN B. DEN NEE. O O aged 33, traffic agent Southern 0 0 railway, unmarried. O O Np. 11—JOHN H. BOLTON, 0 O aged 87. a clerk, married. ODOOOOOOOO0O0OO0OOOOOOOOOO New York, Feb. 1.—Harry K. Thaw waa In an angry mood when he uwak- ened today. Ha paced the floor of hla Tomb* cell nearly all nlfht and to the firm keeper who greeted him thla morning made aotne hareh crltlclama about the melh- ode of the dletrlct attorney. He rrltl- claed hla action In aweaiing In Jumra and then dlamlaalng them aa a simple ruae to prolong the trial knowing welt that ho could not moke ( out a case ogalnal him. It waa bearing heavily on hie nerves, ho .explained to the guard, and ex pressed the wlih that Jerome “would reaa* such unfair methods and go ahead with the case. Slautha Watch Juror*. Thaw'* anger, however, did not np-1 pear to have any effect upon hi. appe-1 tlte. For breakfast he had a large • •trloln steak, halt a doien rolls, some j HON. TOM WATSON'S GREAT SPEECH IN FULL IN SATURDAY'S GEORGIAN; • DON’T FAIL TO GET COPY OF IT The tienrKiun will print In Saturday's Issue the full text of the ad dress delivered by H«m. Thomas E. Watson befhre the rally of delegate* from th« National Farmers' Union In Atlanta on the evening of January »rt of ... ...... —. Distribution <w Wealth.** Is conceded by .»H who hoard It or have sines rend It to be one of the greatest speech**# delivered In Oenrgla In many a day. Because It deal# so fully and ho ably with questions affecting the great bAd.v of farmers of this country, and because It must go down.In history us a notable piece of literature, oratory ugd statesmanship. The ‘ Georgian, despite th- fact that It published a rather full synopsis of the H|K*rch the day after its* delivery, bus deemed It worthy of reproduction In full. 9 • More than 3,«»oo farmers heard the Speech and applauded It to the echo. The fame of the effort has gone abroad, and there have been many request* for a full report of It. both by those who heard It and those who were not so fortunate. The report in Saturday’s Georgian will be the lint complete text of the speech printed, and extra copies of the paper may be secured at The Georgian office or will be mailed on request FAIR STREET SCHOOL > VISITS THE GEORGIAN The Rainy Weather Doesn’t Diminish Enthusiasm. MAILING ROOM IS BUSY PLACE Calhoun Street School Next on List of Georgian’s Visitors. Fair Btrtel School sent Its seventh and eighth grade* to vtalt The Oeor- glan Friday afternoon, nearly a hun dred boy* and girl*, healthy, earnest Interested looking. They fairly awarm ad over the plant from bualnesa office to linotype room. Thee* visit* of Atlanta’s future men and women have come to be eventa In The Oeorgtan office. It la not to be presumed that the visitors are the only unee entertained. Everybody In The Oeorgtan building, from basement to top floor, look forward eagerly to th* coming each Friday of these bright-, fared, earnest, wholesome young peo ple. It la good for the blues to have them about—not that anybody about a new*. newed test and interest In their busi ness. And how thee* young people do abeorb Information! If they don't quite understand about something (hey won't be aattsfled until they do. And that la what The Georgian wants. The purpose In Inviting the pupil* of the public schools waa to give them Intimate and comprehensive knowledge of how their dally paper waa made In every datall. So the questions help In that purpose. After a cartful Inspection of the ed Itorlal- roomy, the marvelous linotype machines and the various mechanical Th* some processes In the work of maklug Georgian, the VMltork stopped for * time In the mailing departmrnt. .. xmuB&ra methodical The traveling carrier com ing' up from the basement, where the great press Is turning out papers with all but Incredible swiftness, brings ai steady stream of papers, sed and passed tn the These are eel long tables where the mulling work. A bundle o! Georgians Is thrown under n -.my machine written-1* wanted swiftly by hand. Each motion cuts from u green printed slip the name of ,t subscriber..the same motion pasting It at the top of the paper. Wend.rfut Speed. -When-tlw Hw for a poatofflce1rrom-~ pleted, the pile of papers la toaesd to another man who placea a ttttck wrap per about them all, and the bundle Is completed with posting the name of the town on th* wrapper. And all of ActionTakenbyTknk- ruptcy Referee on Petition of Creditors. THE FAIR STREET SCHOOL. PUPILS OF UPPER GRADES • IN FAIR STREET SCHOOL Th# Two Grades. Thr following are th# |>uplla of tin* sev enth and eighth cradta of the Fair street school: SavantH Grad*. Kathleen Mark*. Norma MH'laln. WtUte Cirmlrbtcl, Allot* II after. Asm Porter, Mam Took. Hcott Standard, * ‘I III CYcIIIa Woods. fUctwt rofceu. __ilpb Minor. Walton BoImi. James E. Unngum, iata-lWMf, Chant# Cook, imasfe. Ik la. I loll) rook. Kellie Cook, qbarlty Uavln, Marl# Main*!, Katie Antrejr. Kellie Mtraoaa. laurlle Callahan. Mabel Mmith. Kmtljr a. a L Wood* fl.ron Robinson, Frank lionling. Fannie Ctdeman. Helen Bass. Inn Mat Harris. Eighth Grnda. Lottie Bell Arnold, ltnhy Coat right, Florence.Mum. Norma McClain. Mattel Klim*. Mary Vernejr, Annie jr Hill. Kelta O'Handler. WUUe Mae Hcott, Era M. BridweU, laemmle IVttr. Jimmie AlnaUe. Fannie Davenport, jMSKV* DarH Coleman. * Kohl Ruby Eubanks. Mettle Poindexter, Charley Coleman. JeMan Camp, Fred Martin, Ham I'atteraon, Finley R. Illll, IMWItt rfathorn, _ Annie Mantle Muilth, Mnv Wallace, Pearl Cooley. KuU ilogau. ** • ?k»t( Klnaey, Mary standard, Hay Coleman. Frances ' com urn this la dune with such speed that II leema many error* would ocour. Bui (he parentage of papers undelivered for the ark of Incomplete address Is very, very small. , Th* bundles an rushed lo a Walt- Ing wagon, which when loaded Is driv en lo the station for the outgoing train. Very often th* margin of time Is so short that bundles are losaed on trains already In motion. But her* la an other thing—missing u mall la a very, very rare occurrence. The Fair Street visitors enjoyed their visit to Thr Georgian plant In splto of rite disagree.* blp w eal her outside. And The Georgian enjoyed having (hem On next Friday iho pupils of the i*v. enth and eighth glades of the Calhoun street school will visit The Georgian plant. CZAR’S CHIEF ho had hnlshcd the meal he ; mado preparations to go lo the court j bout*, where the trial was lo he re-1 eumed with eleven Jurors In the box.. loth side* are confident that the lust' of Sha twelve men will bo aecured with-1 It a few hours, and that by tomorrow ; loornlpg the taking of evidence will be j *Tliat detectives are rat to work to thi eti ramoraolcsaly expose the entire past of, over/ juror th* Instant ho I* uccepted i and lakes his sea: In th* jury box to Continued on Papv Thin*. NE W EE A TURE FOR GEORGIAN; MEN’S FASHION DEPARTMENT IN THE SATURDAY EDITION The Georgian will Inaugurate In Its Issue of Saturday a department of Men's Fashions. This will be maintained as a regular feature of th* Saturday edition, mid It Is believed, will prove an attractive addition tn the mony good f,-mures which have popularised (he Saturday Georgian. This depiirtnjent of Men's Fashions will bo devoted to showing, In a dignltt.-.l manner^ the correct modes In mil’s wear. The rorreet dress for looming, afternoon am! evening affairs, formal ami Informal, will be shown. The rlinngra In men's fnshllons, from lime lo time, will be noted. The correct thing In hats and neckwear nnd nil the little things that men wear, mid de-tre to have right, will be presented. The department will be conducted by an expert who will keep closely in touch with "wlint's what," and will be Illustrated from lime lo time with photographs of late styles In, men's fashions—hats, neckwear, clothes, U will be kept Interesting and up-to-date, and will In no way »ma< k of advertising. Tin re la m> ih iurtment w hich more interest* women than fashions. The modern -.nan Is tusl as snxlous thill hi* wear be correct n* any wom an. Why should he not find In III* pnjicr the Information he desires? come, and im imlni will be spared to keep It correct anti attractive. • net- Band of Terrorists Kill Head of Secret Police. Warsaw, Poland, Feb. 1.—A band of terrorists shot and killed Victor Gruen, the chief of the at*- cret police of thin city, aa ho wan driving in n cab. The aasaiuim escaped but the police are search- ing Warsaw and many suspects are bcinp arrested.'' Ground Broken, far Depot. Special to Tbs lirerglaa. Haalehurst. (la.. Fab. I.—Ground waa broken for lb* new depot for che Southern railway her* yesterday. The ing Haslehurst. Electrician'* Report. Th* January report of Krad H. Miles, city electrician, shows that h* rxaili - the month. 131 commercial arc* an<! 241 hors* power. Fourteen separate lulls were theft in the Federal court Friday shorlly after soon by the • department uf justice against Thomas 31. Crumpton ami Charles B. Byrd, contractors, und Leau- d*r G. Entrekln and Robert K. Byrd, st surarits, for the forfeiture of four teen bands aggregating 53.500. Another suit waa filed at, the same im* against the same defendants by he department of Justice for the re covery of 14.744.57 alleged actual dam ages sustained by the United Btalea In the failure of the defendant! to per form contracts. All the defendant* nr* dtlsens or Carroll county and the suits claim that Crumpton and Byrd secured several contract* from the postofllce depart ment for carrying the star route malls In several sections of the state. Each contract la protected by an adaquata bond, the curettes on each being Lean- der Kntrakln and Robert E. Byrd. It Is understood that these contract or* have been securing contracts from the postal department to enrry star route mall* and later farming them out to other parties. These parries upon finding that the contracts were unprofitable, abandoned them, leaving Crumpton and Byrd to answer to the government In many Inatnnroa the United State! has been forced to ^evr the service performed by private . ties at a greater expense than the orig inal contract -price.- and In this caae actual damage* are au*d for. The suit* were prepared by Aoslat- ant Attorney Hanley and caper IIS typewritten page*. FIERCE FIRE in Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 1.—Not sine* the burning of th* old stats capttol building ten yeara ago has Harrisburg been th* scene of pn destructive a con dagrallon aa that which swept over the busloeew center of the city—early ties and rauelng a loss that maisd at 3i.ooo.THi4. — The Grand opera house block. In which there were four atom, was de stroyed and nothing Is standing but the walla. The Duncan building acroes th* street, occupied by three atoraa and a pool room, was also destroyed. Th* Park hotel and th* Columbus hotal were badly damaged by lire and water. Started by Explosion. Th* United Telephone Company building, the Security Trust building, th* Bijou theater, Roshmon's photo graph atudlo In the College blocks, the Harrisburg Gas Company building and the buildings occupied by the Harris burg Cycle and Typewriter Company, the Philadelphia and Albany dentists, and G. Hoover, jeweler, were also dam aged. The fire wag started by an explosion In line'* hat store In the Grand opera house block about 2 o'clock, and with in an hour had practlrally destroyed building and had badly damaged the Park hotel, which adjoins the opera house, and had leaped acroaa Third st rest to tha Callage block and the Co lumbus hotel. Firs Spreads Rapidly. The flame* spread with almost in credible swlftncaa, being fanned by a COURT LAND-GILMER FOR AUDITORIUM SITE PAPER’S INSOLVENCY IS FULLY ADMITTED General Manager Daniel Al so Admits Impossibility Continuing Publica-, ... tion. ' % Acting upon tha petition Lookout Mountain Coal and company. J. W. Knglls Hopklr * “ th* Cok* . _. h. Jr, and John L. Hopklna A Sons, Referee-In-Bank ruptcy Percy H. Adame, in. the ab sence or Judge Newman of the federal court, Thursday afternoon appointed J. K. OtUey receiver of the Atlanta News Publishing company. Thla action eras taken by Referee Adams after the Atlanta News Pub lishing company, through Charles Dan- Insolvency and acknowledged that the averments In the petition of th* credi tor* war* true, and had consented for a raoetver to be appointed to take _ gif the It waa also agreed by the defendant the celrer X petitioning creditors to give bon The following Is th* petition of tha creditors asking that the company be adjudged bankrupt: “The petition of the Lookout Moun tain Coal and Coke Company, of Fulton county, Georgia, and James W. Ena'' Jr., of Fulton county, Oeorglo. and. L. Hopkins A Bona, a Arm romponen Of Charles and L. C. Hopklna. sad the Southern Engraving Company, all of Fulton county, Georgia.- respectfully ASM That Th* Atlanta News Publish!** oaipany. a corporation under tba tael ‘ Georgia, haa for the greeter portl.as or six months newt preceding th* date of filing this petition, bed Its ; It* _ county of 1 aforesaid, end < of $1,000 and more. That your tlonera an creditor* of said News Publishing Company, havtag provable claims amounting latllH gragata In them to th* aom of 3300; that the na- ICr. i I . and amount of your petltlonerk claims arc as follows;— "Th* Lookout Mountain-Coal I--OM- Cokt Company, represented by a note for 12,700, dated December 23. mi. and due thirty day* after date. - •James W. English. Jr., In the sum 12,0*0, re presented by a not* dated tober 31, 1004, duet thirty days after dank iM * s “John L. Hopklna X Bona, represent, ed by an open account forjirofeaalonal services rendered, kmounflng to 3150. and your pOUdoner* further represent that said Atlanta News Publishing Company Is Insolvent. "Wherefo ’ore, your petitioner* pray that service of tbla petition with a subpena may be made a] The At- ■■■ ipany. aa tha acta of congress relat- cy. and that It may be lent* Maws Publishing provided In th* acta of < ng to bankrui iptc_. id judged by the court to_ be bankrupt within the purview of said act.” In addition t<> the petition filed ask ing that the company be adjudged a bankrupt, another petition waa filed. asking lliat a receiver be appointed to take charge of tha assets of the ny tod pcotect thetn f9t|h« creditor*, and admitting the Impossibility of con tinuing th* publication of the paper. This petition waa consented to by tha company through Charles Daniel, gen eral manager, and tha Inaolvancy of th* company *51 admitted and the avarmtnta In the petition acknowledge *1 ad. The auditorium-armory will be lo- j able for the purpose, all things ann ealed on the corner of Courtland and i ildtred. Gilmer street*. Will Cost 3250,000. Th.- site ha* been selected by the| T1)( , „ f , h0 au( m„ r t um -ar. Im committee of 26 cltlxen* and the j m , ir) . w(1 | |25n,.ion. —This leaves luncll committee of Itve,-and the price j iigi oqq fur the structure itself. The *Th>- lot°l* owned Jointly by.six or *"tlowlng advantage* were what Influ- seven parties, all of whom were reply-[‘need the committee to select the Oll- sent’ed In the negotiations by A. J. 31c-1 m- i'-f'ourtl«ml site: Bride. The silo ..insists of (O.ono It contains 40.0AII sqpnro feet. It square feet, fronting ion feet on tlllmer front* 200 feet on Courtland street and street and 300 on Courtland. It ta on I Son feet on Qtlmer street. It Is tocal- an elevation und ta In the geographical ed on the crest of a hill anil Is one of center of the city. the 1110*1 elevated and commanding According to.architects consulted by | site* In the city. It I* un Ideal site for the Joint committees, an auditorium-1 a magnlltcriu public stiuciurc. armory can be built on this site which It Is central, being within the quar- wtll have a seating capacity of MOO ter mile limit. It Is within three short people No time will be tost In getting block* of th.- ger.graphlcat center of the thing ready for the actual to begin. John K Murphy, who was ehblrman of the sub-committee on sites, was up tty and Silverman’* corner the center of strrel car system. It now |mi**»■**•** splendid street car facilities. Th. street car bain, where pointed, by motion, at the meeting of! all eat* of the city are housed at night, tl.e cltlxen* and the council committees I Is vfltldn 2*0 feet. Every car In the Thursday morning to. be chairman of J' similar committee to close with Ml. ktcltrlile. provided he could get the lot for a satisfactory figure. r. Murphy has been notlfled that tie can g->t the property for 339,.via and' he he* accepted. It only remain* now for council Monday to close th. .Jeal, which will be done probably without a dls- naming vote. The committee at drat waa aomewhat divided aa lo whether to aelect the lot on the northaaat corner of Ellis and Ivy atreets or the northeast corner of he men.befs agreed unanimously that the latter iva* prefer- . ttliln three Jtk site. It is accessible fr.nn all portions of thr city. This section ts destined to be on* of th* b.-st In the -tty. The Washington street vlvduct. that .-.meeting link be tween the north and south sides, will be constantly used. The Boys' High Hcho.il In Just opposite. Tl.e natural topography of ground la such that street level entrances into ground floor can be made from tvith Uourtlan.l and Gilmer stieets and at tile same time the main entrance can be made with slight elevation a atreei level entrance Into floor above at the cores- of Courtland and Oiliner atreets. It was on th* strength of thla that Referee Adami appointed th* receiver. The caae waa sat for adjudication by Referee Adams on February 14. Re ceiver Ottley's bond was fixed at 310,- 000. Th* Atlanta News waa founded as editor-in-chief and as managing editor. Colonel Grave* left The Newa and on April 35 outlin ed the editorship of The Atlanta Geor gian stiff northeast breese that drove them In great ahaala acroaa Ui* street and sent sparks flying for blocks, threat ening *0 large a section of Ih* city that Manager 0rnaa wired lo Lancaster. Carlisle and Mechanlcaburg about 5:34 o'clock and aakad th* lira companies of those elite* to hold themselves In readiness lo com* to tha md of Harris- burg. Fortunately, however, the necessity did not arise and by 3 o'clock th* flames ware under control, though they burned stubbornly for two hour* long er. Ecsnery ta Destroyed, The wardrobe and acenary #f Charles _ Chaplain's stock company, was playing at the opera I week, were destroyed, tha 523,000. Two firemen, C. W. Gilchrist and S. Downey. Jr., were hurt by a falling t or v-aaries •ny. which houas kMn loss hung wall while dfbactlng a stream hpon the smoldering rulna of th f the opera house nay's Injuries nr* serious, the Karrtabnrg hospital. It ta In clou proximity to Grady 1 plte.L police htadquarlen, county city hall, county court houre and at are capital. IlC- y l«i.