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The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. L NO. 37.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1906.
FIVE Cent*.
SLEUTHS GUARDING
LIFE OF ROOSEVELT;
FEAR ASSASSIN A TION
President Not Allowed
Out of Sight of
His Men.
STRANGERS NOT ALLOWED
NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE
Alleged Plot of Oregon Nihilists,
and Recent Attack on King of
Spain, Responsible.
pv Private Leased Wire.
Sen- York, June 7.—A Washington
dispatch say* an extra force of se
cret service agents and plain clothes
men from the police force have been
assigned to guard President Roosevelt.
A score of uniformed policemen guard
the exits and entrances to the white
h The augmentation of the guards Is
believed to be due to the discovery In
Oregon of a plot to assassinate the
president and the attempt to kill King
Alfonso.
When the president starts for Ills
customary afternoon drive in the open
vehicle which he prefers, no one Is
permitted to linger about the drive
way or the two Pennsylvania avenue
entrances.
As pedestrians approach either of
these places, an energetic but polite
sergeant of police waves his club
warning!)', accompanying the gesture
with a request for the curiously-in
clined to “Keep moving, please; the
president Is coming."
A double team and open-seated rig,
standing beneath the high covered
porch of the mansion Is generally the
first Intimation that the president Is
getting ready for a drive, and usually
there are a score of tourists and others
attracted to the scene when they
learn who Is expected to emerge from
the white house portal*.
As soon as the president leaves the
Inclosure, plain clothes men, mounted
on bicycles, ride two nbreast in front
and behind the vehicle. At the out
skirts of the capitol, the occupant of
the carriage mounts a saddle horse,
which has been awaiting him at an
Indicated location.
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a MERRY MONTH OF JUNE
0 BEQIN8 TO WARM UP.
O The merry month of June Is
0 beginning to warm up a little,
0 and the temperature Thursday
0 will go higher than It has be-
0 fore this month. About 3 o’clock,
0 the hottest time of the day In
0 Atlanta, the mercury will doubt-
0 less reach the 90 mark and may
0 go a little higher.
0 However. It has not been ao
0 oppressive Thursday as during
0 the last five or six days, the
0 air being much drier aijd more
0 salubrious, as the summer re-
0 sort ads say.
0 Maximum temperature Wed-
0 nesday, 89 degrees; minimum
0 Thursday, 70.
0 Weather Forecast—Generally
0 fair Thursday night and Frl-
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AGAINST PAYING
INSPECTION FEES
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, June 7.—Thomas
Wilson, representing the big packing
concerns of Chicago, appeared before
the house committee on agriculture,
continuing hie defense of the packing
Industry of the country and giving his
views on the pending legislation affect'
ing the packing Industry
His most emphatic objection-to the
Beveridge bill as It passed the’senate
was against the provision that the
packers bear the expense of the Inspec
tlon of meat. i
Other features of the bill to which
he objected were the provisions that
the packers shall label their prepared
products with the date of their manu
facture and that no Ingredient of any
unwholesome nature at all shall be
used In the preparation of their pro
ducts.
"Small Profits Made."
In objecting to the packers paying
the Inspection fees, Mr. Wilson said
that the packing business is one of
small profits and that the packers are
enabled to carry It on only because of
the'volume of business they do.
He stated to the committee also that
the packers buy large droves Of cattle
and they have to stand the loss when
the cattle are shipped and found to be
unlit for slaughter.
Representative Henry suggested -to
Mr. Wilson that his attitude on this
question was directly opposed to the
statement made some weeks ago by
certain packing Interests that they
would be willing to pay for the cost of
government inspection.
Congress Might Rsfust.
Mr. Henry further suggested that It
might be better for the packers to pay
the Inspection fees, even If It cost them
4 cents a head for all the cattle they
used, as It was a known fact that their
products cannot be sold abroad unless
they bear the government tag of ap
proval. Mr. Henry pointed out that
any time congress might refuse to ap
propriate the money to pay the coat of
nspectlon disastrous results would fol
low.
To this Mr. Wilson replied that the
packers contend that they ought not to
be compelled to pay the cost of an In
spection which benefits all the. people
of the country who consume the pro
ducts which have been Inspected. He
did not believe congress would refuse
to make the necessary appropriation.
Use "Harmless” Things.
In explaining his objection to the
paragraph forbidding the uee of all
ngredients of an unwholesome nature,
in meat products, Mr. Wilson said It
sometimes was necessary to use such
harmless things as saltpetter or borax
on the outside of meat products.
■ The committee has not yet decided
whether It will accept the packer* In
vitation to visit their establishments In
Chicago.
In the hearing today Mr. Adams, of
Wisconsin, brought out the fact that
the •president's attention had been
drawn to the pdcklng house conditions
primarily by a report from one of the
subordinates of the secretary of agri
culture and that the president hoe
promised to submit this report to the
committee.
OUZTS TRIED DEATH
A T TABERNACLE HOME
Patient in Dr. Broughton’s Institution Shot
Self Just Below Heart—Had Suffered
and With Severe Illness.
Long
1 have suffered eo much that
"anted to die,” were the words In a
letter left by Cecil Ousts, 20 years of
a 8e, who, lying on his bed In the Tab
ernacle Infirmary, 69 Luckle atreet,
, ' hlm *elf probably fatally Just be
ll'" the heart shortly after 10 o’clock
Thursday morning.
11 ’ has, for the past year and a
nslf, worked Intermittently In Atlanta.
Is McRae, da. His parents
ih. rf. h *SS They will reach
5 Thursday afternoon. For more
* lehr the young man has been
neuralgia and neuras-
._' n * He was to have been dismissed
■rum the h.pspital Thursday,
tm.f, y . In . the morning. Ousts was al-
<’> leave the Infirmary, and it
as during his absence that the rovol-
i* "'°ured which ho used In the
■tempt to kill himself. After rcturn-
'*>* Infirmary he went to Ills
.^herr Miss Hrnarlus, superln-
Pf " r the Tabernacle Infirmary,
,, him a few minutes previous to
J* stiootlagi When she entered the
«Uh*.t ms 1 wa * sitting on Ills bed
In ***** rolling down Ills face.
to her questioning, lie de-
, ' ' '"at hla long-drawn-out Illness
h'°r* than he could stnnd. After
"beery words, she left the room
- ‘wond floor of the hospital, and
* t *dra. In 11 ft" minutes,
li nts and nurses were startled by
SL °l * P**»ol- Dr - E. C. Da-
' the house physician, Wfla the
i to the room, and found Ouzts
Jorl. .'* ° n the bed. with the blood
T ,r °m his left side. The re-
1,,, "T *'** lying by the bed. where It
dropped from ouxts’ hand,
m examination, it was found that
'l< "utiet had entered about 2 Inches
w"* * h ; heart and lodged In the back.
S !,t ' attention was given the
C™’ ®nd there Is some hopes of sav-
' '"• despaired life.
T Left Two Letters.
■ *" letters were found In the room. !
them In touching terms for all they
had done, and declaring that ’’God will
reward you for your kindness."
The other letter wa* addressed to W.
D. Upehaw, editor of The Golden Age,
who has, for a number, of years, been
a friend of the young man. The letter
Is tender and grateful, thanking Mr.
Upshaw for hi* helpful friendship, and
asking that he take care of the body.
In the letter, he stated that he suffer
ed so Intensely < that he wanted to
die.
Young Men May Die.
Dr. Monroe Smith, who wa* In the
building at the time of the shooting,
went to the room and assisted in at
tending to the wound. Dr. Charles A.
Wilkins, who has been Ousts’ attend
ing nhyelclan. wa* telephoned for, and
visited his patient. Dr. Wilkins said
Thursday morning that It could not be
ascertained whether Ousts would die.
He further statssl that his condition
before the shooting showed a marked
’"ousts came to Atlanta to work about
eighteen months ago, and entered the
employ of J. J. * J. E. Maddox, whole
sale grocers, as clerk. He left this
position last summer, and
afterwards became connected »Ith the
wholesale clothing and skirt Arm of
1 KILLED, 30 HURT W WRECK;
CORONER HOLDS NO INQUEST;
RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT PLACED
PROSECUTION A WAITS
DISPENSARY BOARD
FOR MALFEASANCE
Central Crashes Into
Atlanta & West Point
Picnic Train.
MANY ESCAPED DEATH
IN MIRACULOUS WAY
Accident at Fair Street Growing
Drew Thouiands to the
Scene.
Moore ft Floyd. He traveled^ south-
Georgia
’ add
to the physician*
ot the Infirmary, which thanked quake.
era un.„„ and Alabama. Mr. Floyd
told a Georgian reporter that Ousts had
worked for the Arm for el*ht or ten
months. „
••Shortly after starting on th« road,
said .Mr. Floyd, ”h« was taken !UJn
southern Georgia, and sine* ha* been
III off and on, which made hi*, work
rather spasmodic. During hi* Uinta*,
he stayed at the Tabernacle infirmary,
and when well at the Kimball house.
ree months ago, Oust* l*ft
Atlanta and ivent to f*«"
rhere ti.- remained until after the de-
tructlon of that city. HI* object ln
going west was to get in better health-
From Han Francisco he wrote a cheery
letter to ..ne of the Moore ft Floyd of*
days before the tarth-
DEAD—
OSCAR COOK, 313 West Fair street.
INJURED-
MISS LUELLA LANCASTER, 139
Rawson street. Injured about .the
head and body nnd gashed on the
throat. She Is considered badly hurt.
Miss Lancaster Is In the Tabernacle In
firmary.
J. W. DICKERSON, 447 Edgewood
avenue. Hurt about the spine.
BEN STRICKLAND. 44 Hayden
street. Bruised about the hip.
MISS MAMIE HEARD. 44 Hayden
etreet. Bruised and mashed.
HERBERT TALLEY’, 470 Whitehall
street. Cut on back of the head.
.MISS IVY LANCASTER, 139 Raw
son street. Feet Injured, and otherwise
hurt
MISS MAMIE LANCASTER, 13
Rawson street. Bruised and burned.
MISS ROSA HAM, daughter of Pro
fessor Ham, of McDonough. Bruised
and ntaahed.
ALEX FULTON," t West End ave
nue. Cut and bruised.
W. H. BROWN. Hand hurt and In
ternally Injured.
ROY O. COOK, 318 West Fair street
brother of Oscar Cook. Cut about the
head nnd bruised.
MISS BAGBY. 182 Haynes street.
Hurt about the lxtck.
MISS NELLIE WARD, Battle Hill.
Leg broken. -
STEWART WARD. Battle Hill,
brother of Miss Nelllo Ward. Badly
bruised.
HOWARD OLIVER. Badly hurt
about the leg.
K. A. WALLACE. Hurt about the
head.
LESTER CARROLL, a butcher, of
East Point. Badly bruised on right lag
and side of head.
MRS. S. II. BEAM, " 37 Pulliam
street. Badly bruised. Mrs. Beam
fainted at the time of the accident.
LIEUTENANT ROSCOE HEARN,
son-in-law of Colonel Park Woodward.
Nose broken.
H. J. PENN, 46 Kelly street. Arm
hurt nnd bruised.
FRED HUDSON, Simpson street.
Bruised.*
WILLIAM DAVIS, Kelly street.
Hurt In side.
MISS IDA SMITH, Jackson and
Fifth streets. Badly hurt on the head
by being thrown against the side of
the car. _ ,
WILL SHERMAN, 699 East hair
street. Bruised on the arm and shoul-
der.
EXPRESS MESSENGER MARTIN.
> Central train, bruised on left
shoulder and face. Only a few pack
ages of express were damaged.
MRS. M. K. BEACH, of 198 Ira
street. Badly bruised.
MISS ’ EMILIE BROCKMAN, 34
Bradley street. Hip Injured.
CHARLIE WILLIAMS, 210 Luckle
street. Injured In the side.
MRS. J. A. HALL. Bruited.
H. K. CLEVELAND. Bruised.
Miss Ward and her brother and
Howard Oliver were taken to Grady
hospital, where they were attended by
Dr. C. W. Strlckler. Mr. Ward ami
Miss Ward were removed Thursday
morning to their home In Battle Hill
In an ambulance, attended by Dr. Sam
Wilkes.
While one thousand men, women nnd
children were returning Wednesday
night from an all-day picnic at Pearl
Springs, and the threescore persons In
the rear coach of the train were sing
ing, "Ood Be With You Tilt We Meet
Again,” regular passenger train No.
16, of the Central of Oeorlga railway,
crashed Into the special at the Fair
street crossing. One person was killed
and thirty were seriously Injured.
In a moment the notes of the song
became cries of the wounded and the
frightened, and a scene of pandemo
nium ensued.
The two train* were:
Atlanta and West Point picnic spe
cial, In charge of Conductor W. T. Dil
lard, and the latter’s son, who was
flagman.
Central of Georgia No. 13. from Ma
con; Sim B. Cosby, of No. 366 Central
avenue, engineer, nnd John Hillman,
fireman.
The accident happened Wednesday
night at 8 o’clock.
Special Had Stoppsd.
The picnic special had stopped at
Fair street, probably to let some of the
passengers who lived near the cross
ing off. The exact reason why It
stopped ha# not been made public, but
many had got off the train the minute
It stopped. A moment later the Cen
tral engine crashed Into the rear coach
of the special and plowed Its way half
way the length of the coach. The en
tire holler of the engine Imbedded It
self Iff the coach.
Thera were more than sixty people In
the rear coach, but by what must be
regarded aa a miracle only one was
killed—Oscar Cook, who wns sitting
with Mlsa Luella Lancaster. His com
panion was the most seriously hurt of
all the passengers.
To recover young Cook’s body. It was
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Oscar Cook could bo removed. 0
Police Captain Mnyo was on 0
the scene nnd had under his
command a number of patrol
men, plain clothes officers, and
detect Wes. The officers kept
the crowds back from the wreck
and. kept the tracks clear, so
that other trains could move.
They also aided In tho work of
removing and caring for the In
jured.
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Somebody’s Blunder
Causes a Terrible
Smash-Up.
FAILROAD OFFICIALS
GIVE NO INFORMATION
Coroner Thompson Won't Inves
tigate to Find the
Blame.
The collision of Wednesday
night was productive of one hu
morous Ipcident, In striking con
trast to the story of death and
Injury.
The scene was In the refresh
ment car In tho front end of
tho picnic train. Poyceman
Grier, a member of the city
force, attended tho picnic and
wns standing In the refreshment
car when tho train enmo to a
stop. Another man walked up
to him and Introduced himself,
tho two men engaging In con
versation. About this time
there was a sudden jolt and both
men were knocked down. Neith
er of them suspected there had
been a collision, noth quickly
arose nnd drier remarked to his
newly-made acquaintance:
•'Hay, what's the matter with
you? Why did you hit mo?"
"I didn't hit you. What did
you hit mo for?"
Both men protested they were
Innocent of hitting one another,
and In a few seconds more they
learned what had occurred.
They rushed out of the car to O
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jured. O
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Because of somebody's blunder, Cen
tral pnssenger train No. IS crashed
into the rear of nn Atlanta and West
point extra picnic train at th« West
0! Fair street crossing at 8 o'clock Wed
nesday night. One person wns killed
and thirty were seriously Injured.
Responsibility for the accident has
not beon fixed and officials here of both
roads positively refused Thursday
morning to make any statements that
would throw light on the accident or
Its causes.
Tho responsibility, however, lies
either with tho night telegraph oper
ator at the Whitehall street block sta-
tloVi of the Central of Georgia railway
or with Conductor R P. Dillard and
his eon. Flagman Dillard, of tho At
lanta and West Point train.
/ President Wickersham, of the Atlan
ta anil West Point railway, declined ti»
be seen by a representative of Tho
Georgian Thursday morning. None in
his office would givo any Information
other than that both the Central nnd
tho West Point managements were
conducting Individual Investigations,
and that n Joint Investigation would be
hold shortly to determine officially the
responsibility.
Miss Cartledge Not to Blams*
Miss Laurlo Cartledge, qf No. 381
Whitehall street, is the night operator
at tho Whitehall street block and was
on duty Thursday night. It 1s stated,
however, on good authority that In
coming trains are not held at tho block
by the oporator till tho arrival of the
preceding train Is flnshed from the
Terminal station, and that sols respon
sibility for such accidents In the yards
rests with the train crews. The trains
are supposed to run slowly enough
within the corporate limits to avoid
accidents nnd In case of tho stopping
of a train a flagman must be sent back
immediately for protection.
No Inquest to be Held.
Coroner Thompson declined Thurs
day morning to hbld an Inquest be
cause oye witnesses wero present at
the death of Oscar Cook. Unless he
changes this determination thore will
be no attempt on the part of the civic
authorities to Investigate the causes of
tho accident and determine who was to
blame.
Tho Investigation by the two rail
roads will bo conducted In Atlanta
soon. President Wickersham will con-
By MRS. ELLA REEVES BLOOR.
New York, June 7.—My first day's
Investigation of tho slaughter houses
in this city revealod conditions os hor
rifying as those disclosed by the Chi
cago Investigation, but on a miniature
scale.
For filth in the handling of meat, lack
of inspectors, unclean process In tho
killing and general show of careless
ness of the public welfare, Now York
city stand* a close second to Chicago,
or Packlngtown.
the borough of Brooklyn, and unfortu
nately my coming had been heralded
by some unknown source to the slaugh
ter houses, and everything am far ns
was possible was put In readiness for
my visit.
Hurried House Cleaning.
There seems to have been a hurried
general house cleaning. The floors were
strewn with fresh sawdust, ond the
racks had besn half cleaned, and what
ever could be put In shape In a few
hours was cleaned, or better, the sur
face was scoured. In a word, today
was a busy, day In the slaughter houso
district of Brooklyn, which covers a
few blocks of Johnson avenue.
The buildings of theso abattoirs ore
old nnd rickety. At tho door of cnch
■ •f tin* elnughter 11.»11*4«• h the proprietor,
who had been "tipped" off on our com
Ing, wns waiting our visit. Their white
coats were spotless as were also tho
now aprons worn by some of the work
men. Bach In turn extended to us tho
usual Invitation:
'Como In and see our place. W<
want to show you everything."
Then would begin the tour of In
apectlon.
Some Rooms Locked Up,
But In many of theso places, as nn
attempted to enter certain parts of the
plant, the proprietor would apologise
and tell us "thnt Is closed" or "thero
la nothing In there."
When we Insisted on visiting these
partH, the guide would reluctantly look
about for the keys, nnd after as much
lolay »h they could give, tho door
would bo opened for our entrance
(Yus for the most pint In these llttlo
:ornerH that the great bulk of the filth
and dirt was found.
Just before going Into the daughter
houses my attention wjih called
a small shop where a man.nmj woman
were working on n filthy miiBs com
posed entirely of heads of cattle, it
confused mass of staring oycH, Jaw
bones ond meat was lying In a heap In
one comer covored with blow files and
Investigation Grows
Highly Sensation
al Thursday.
ATLANTA FIRMS CHARGED
WITH GIVING PRESENTS
These Included a Horae and a Car
of Furniture and Other In
dications of Good Feeling.
duct the probing for tho Atlanta nnd
West Point ana Superintendent I fall,
of Macon, will look Into tho Central's
sharo of It.
President Wlckeralinm Thursday
morning summoned many employees of
tho road nnd the crew of tho picnic
train.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbia, 8. C.. June 7.—The ln«
veatlgatlon of tho state dispensary af
fairs 1ms become highly sensational.
Last night. It was testified by Louis
\V. Parker, manager of tho largest mill
Interest In the state, that 8. J. Lnnu-
han. of It.ilt lu.sti li.til it >n f**n.«4i*d to
Mm t lint, it 11 !i> mikIi Ii*’ hail paid a inern-
Imm ..r tli.* 111><p• 11•*.11 \ pm c busing txiard
11.500, he was unable to get any
business, as this member's brother-in-
law , represented another house.
This was corroborated this morning
t*\ E \\ itnlM'rtHon, ilIriM’tor <>( tho
same mill Interests, nnd lending bank-
II In tin- state The rnmi l nations
with Lanahnn had occured In a hotel in
New York, where they were attending
meetings of mill directors.
.VC. Davis, contractor, swore this
ruing that whllo building a house
for H. H. Evans, at Newberry, he saw
rernl tlmex In Evans' possession
wads of money.
There was generally a $1,000 l>lll on
tin* outside one time he had strain
'd his eurh.Mlts ami h.td xeen as many
ns three bills of this denomination.
* *n* 1 • lie had ’.’.'ii Mr. Evans with
a beavorliat full*of money In green
backs. Evans had told hint that his
friends had given him the money,
other presents, nnd his friends
liquor dealers.
Evans was then chairman of
pmclnmlng bonvd.
The most astounding proposition of
this morning was Davis' testimony to
tho offset that he had heard Evans
complain that other members of the
board wero not giving him bis share
■ >f the onion*, n< 4 millng t<» arrange
ment, and thnt he had laid a trap
by which ho nnd Briggs Wlls
ngcr of a distillery In Colon
Hern other whisky men pant
money to other members of
pensary board.
Evans and Wilson wero standing 4>n
a table looking through a transom.
All of thin evidence was brought 4»ut
by Messrs. Fraser Lyon nnd Neals
ChrlMten»en, who have been working
nn the scandals for a year, and are now
beginning to open up their box of ovl-
dence.
Contractor Davis stated thnt among
r Evans’ frl<mis 1 was Hluthenthal,
of Hluthenthal A Blckert, of Atlanta,
who had sent him presents. Including
a horse ami a car of furniture. Be also
stated.that one Jonah Loeb, a drurn-
for an Atlanta house, four years
ago hud mine i<> Newberry t * * get
Evans to'order out a 600-case order
hlch had been given nominally, and
thnt he hod to pay $2 per case to get
Evans to order It shipped. Ills house
hu*l then Instructed him to let the dis
pensary alone.
It has already been shown that the
whisky sold to the dispensary has been
puiely 4’liemfral rather than chemically
I mi i e, nnd mu' llqimi Ihumc has been
reported as admitting thnt It hail to
adulterate Its liquor for .South Carolina
use In order to get their profits hack
fter the rebates.
Prosecution Authorized.
The greatest sensation of all the dis
pensary matters was sprung after the
dispensary investigating committee ad
journed. when Governor Heyward au
thorized tho attorney general to prosA-
. ui. f..i iii«*i 111* ml'ors of tin board for
mnlfens
meant are II. H. Evans, L. W. Boykin
nd J. B. Towell.
This Is evidence that th
tho state aro aroused by
tlonsi
Governor Hayward telli
General Youmana that th<
bo vindicated.
and
the
hud
buto
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