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rHE Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. L NO. 70.
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1906
Morning Edition.
Tmjnw. Atlanta TWO CENTS.
X ivivij . Oo Train* FIVE CENT It
BIG SHIFT IS MADE
BY THE SOUTHERN
BrooksMorgan Resign:
to Enter Private Bus
iness in Atlanta.
JEROME C. BEAM
TO GO TO ST. LOUIS
Change in Passenger Agents
Made Affecting Entire
Circuit South of
Washington.
Change* affecting the paaaenger de
partment of the Southern railway from
Washington to Jacksonville, from Co
lumbus to St. Louis, have been decided
on and will go Into effect August 1.
They are:
BROOKS MORGAN, assistant gen
eral passenger agent. In charge of the
Atlanta division, has resigned to enter
a manufacturing business In this city.
JEROME C. BEAM, district passen
ger agent, with offices in Atlanta, goes
to St. Louis to succeed George B. Al
len.
GEORGE B. ALLEN, assistant gen
eral passenger agent. In charge of the
St. Louis division, will probably take
the position made vacant by Mr. Mor
gan's resignation.
J. C. LUSK, of Jacksonville, at pres
ent district passenger agent for Flor
ida, comes to Atlanta to succeed Mr.
Beam.
JAMES FREEMAN, traveling pas
senger agent, with headquarters at Ma
con. will be transferred to Jacksonville
to succeed Mr. Lusk.
J. LAWRENCE HUNT, city ticket
and passenger agent at Columbus, goes
to Macon to succeed Mr. Freeman.
Slsto Made Saturday.
The slate.was mnde up at u confer
ence held In Atlnnta Inst Saturday, at
which General Passenger Agent W. H.
Tayloe was present. The result of the
conference was kept very quiet arid
news of It did not transpire until
Tuesday.
Official confirmation could not be ob
talned Tuesday from any o$ the rail
way men In Atlanta, all declining to
talk for publication.
The news Is straight, however.
The entire shake-up Is caused by
the retirement of Brooks Morgan, who
has, since the promotion of W. H. Tay
loe to the position of general passenger
agent, been In charge of the Atlanta
division.
Mr. Morgan will become a member
of the manufacturing firm of the
Frank E. Block Company, making
crackers, cakes, candles, wholesale
groceries, etc. His success In the rail
road world has been phenomenal, and
be Is perhaps the youngest railroad
man in the country, occupying a posi
tion of relative responsibility. He has
been particularly popular In Atlanta,
and has made an enviable record.
As chief clerk and district passenger
acent, Mr. Allen, of St Louis, served
In Atlanta several years, when Mr.
Hardwick was In charge of the passen
ger department here. He Is very well
known In Atlanta and Charleston,
wh«re he was for several years a dl
vision passenger agent.
Mr. Beam gets a big promotion* ac-
c-rdhig to the slate, going to St. Louis.
Mr. Lusk, Mr. Freeman and Mr. Hunt
are all well known In the passenger
•ervice and have made good records.
IS JEROME THE MAN
THE SUN REFERS TO?
Smiles When Asked If He’ll Be Democratic
.Candidate For Governor—and Next
President.
By J. WIDEMAN LEE.
Warm Springs, Ga, July 17.—While
on the way down here yesterday after
noon William .Travers Jerome was
shown The New York Sun's now fa
mous political forecast that the next
governor of New York will be a Demo
crat and that the next governor of New
York will be the next president of ’the
United States.
Mr. Jerpme was standing on the
front end of the sleeping car talking to
Mr. Garvan and Mr. Vandiver. He
looked at the clipping and smiled, but
said nothing, nor would he eay any
thing on the subject.
Mr. Vandiver volunteered the aug-
estlon that the reporter look at The
trooklyn'Eagle of the same day as the
Issue of The Sun containing the edi
torial, which, by the way, was without
a heading, and double leaded, at the
top of the first column of the page.
The editorial of The Eagle.dlscussed
at length, to the extent of a column
and a half, the significance of such ai
editorial In The Sun, and the prophet
tc nature of the simple statement*
made so terse and to the point. It w
noted, too, that on the front page
the game issue of The Sun appeared
story to tbe effect that Hearst would
run on a ticket --f nis nun. whether
nominated by any party or not.. This
feeler by The Eagle, which was en
tlrely noncommittal, by the way.
ferred that The Sun meant none other
than William Travers Jerome, the dl*
trlct attorney of New York, who Is now
at Warm Springs, and will deliver an
address here Thursday morning ' *
the Georgia Bar Association..
Mr. Jerome's reticence as to hlmsolf
and his own political affairs Is quits
noticeable. Despite his remarknble
race of the last cnmpalgn, ho hns little
to say of New York political conditions,
and his notice of The Sun editorial
was expressed merely In a smile.
HARGIS AND CALLAHAN
AREA CQUITTED BY JURY
■ WITHIN HALF AN HOUR
"Can’t Say," Say* Morgan,
M'hen asked Tuesdsy for a confirm
stiun or denial of the report of these
charge*, Mr. Morgan said ha had* noth-
kg to say.
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SPEEDIEST RAIN
FOR MANY MONTHS.
Atlapta had some rainfall
Tuesday morning, the heavens
opening up and pouring forth their
; a fb*bt for the Little Rock team,
«hlch was so badly mangled In
the fray Monday afternoon, in
twenty-flvs minutes over an Inch
fall was recorded, and about 1
2 clock there came another
downpour, and the Instrument
teglatersd a quarter of an Inch
In three minutes, which, Mr.
Marbury said, waa raining some.
10:14 o'clock and 1:10
Between ...... ....
precipitation amounted to a
little more than two Inches.
Forecast:
Partly cloudy Tuesday night
and Wednesday; probably
'hower*.
.Wednesday temperatures:
! o clock a. m 71 degrees
® o'clock a. m 71 degrees
* "clock a. m 75 degrees
? ".c ock a. m 80 degrees
JI o clock a. m 73 degrees z
, ", c . lock noon 79 degrees O
1 o clock p. m 70 degrees O
2 o’clock p. m 71 degrees O
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Beattyvllle, Ky., July 17.—Former
County Judge James Hargis and for
mer Sheriff Ed Callahan were acquitted
this morning of the charge of com
plicity In the murder of J. B. Marcum,
who was shot to death at the court
house door In Jackson, Ky., In May.
1901. •
Hargis and Callahan were accused
of having formed the plot to kill Mnr-
ctim and with having porsuaded Curtis
Jett, Hargis' nephew, and Tom White
to carry It out. Jett and White are
In the penitentiary for life for the
crime.
The Jury was out twenty-two min
utes. The case was given to the Jury
at 7:30 this morning. When the ver
dict was returned the Hargis hench
men around the court house set up a
shout of Joy and a few pistol shots
emphasized their satisfaction, though
this was quickly stopped.
Mrs. Marcum, widow of the murdered
man, wept over the verdict. Beta were
freely made last night by friends of the
defendant* that they would be acquit
ted In less than half an hour after the
Jury retired. This lent color to the
rumor that members of tho Jury had
pledged themselves to acquit tho tie
fondants no matter how strong
evidence.
It wrm commented on tlin*
Beattyvllle Is In a RnpubUcuilJconnty,
every member of tho Jury was a Demo
crat and Jurge Hnrgls Is a member o
the Democratic state central commit
tee. A verdict against has been con
sldered doubtful, however, since Curtis
Jett, after a confession that Hargis
and Callahan persuaded him to kill
Marcum, went on the witness stand
drunk and asserted that he alone killed
Marcum for personal revenge.
CENTRAL SLAUGHTER PEN
NOW NEEDED IN A TLANTA,
&4 YS CHIEF J NO. JENTZEN
'Absolutely the best thing th* city
could do Is to have a central slaughter
house and have all the cattle, killed for
use In Atlanta, slaughtered there under
the Inspection of city officiate," said
Chief Jentsen, of the health depart
ment, Tuesday morning. *
Chief Jentsen was asked what he
thought of the action of council ap
pointing a committee to Investigate the
condition of meats being sold In At
lanta.
■'I don’t know the exact purpose of
the committee," said the chief, "blit If
It will lead up to municipal control of
the slaughter houses, It will do a great
work."
Chief Jentsen then explained how the
slaughtering was done outside of the
city, and, therefore, the animals could
not be Inspected by his men before the
animale were killed.
"I know some horrible thing* are
done, but I am powerlees to etop them."
He then mentioned the killing of cow*
Just before they gave birth to calves
and eelllng both the cow and the calf In
the market; the Incident brought to
light In The Georgian and the one that
la the foundation of the present cam
paign In Atlanta.
He also gave numerous other In
stance* aa to the killing of cows while
they were dying of some disease, and
then selling the meat.
DENSON ELECTROCUTED
IN MYSTERIOUS MANNER
His body writhing with pain for a
fractional part of a minute, and with
out uttering a sound. Will J. Denson,
an etnployee of the Southern Spring
Bed Manufacturing Company, of Bell
street, was Instantly killed by elec
tricity at the plant of the company
Tuesday morning at 0 o’clock, shortly
after beginning hla day’s labor. Jacob
Haas and R. o. Davies were standing
cloae by the unfortunate man when th*
accident happened, and they rushed to
his assistance, but were too late.
Just what caused tjie electrocution
has not yet been learned. The stricken
man waa working over a piece of ma
chinery and touched an electric light
wire, being Instantly killed. As soon
as possible after the affair happened
the city electrician was summoned and
two others as well, but no faulty In
sulation or other cauees could be lo
cated.
Denson was a married man and lived
at No. 390 Whitehall street He had
been employed by the Sam* company
for the past fifteen years, and waa con
sidered one of the best workmen about
the place. He bad no children.
The body waa taken to the undertak
ing establishment of Harry Poole *
Co. as soon ■* It was learned that Ilf*
was extinct, and later taken to the
home at No. 190 Whitehall street. The
body will be taken to Locust Grove.
Ga., on Wednesday morning for fu
neral and Interment.
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SITUATION
UNCLE SAM PLANS
TO’STOP FIGHTING
By Private Leased Wire.
Oyster Bay, July 17.—Aa a result of
the conference between President
Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary Ba
con. definite step* are to be taken to
ward bringing about peace in Central
America. It Is understood that the
United States warship Marblehead will
■o to the scene of negotiations, so that
Juatemala and Salvador will appoint
peace delegates, and they will meet
with the Mexican and the United
States ministers to the warring repub
lic*. These latter will act In the, na
ture of. arbitrators, though without
power except as advisor*. It Is un
derstood that a truce will be declared
sending the beginning of formal nego
tiations. It Is not settlod whether or
not Honduras, Salvador’s ally, will be
represented.
The Marblehead already has sal ed
for Acajutla. Salvador, where It-is tin-
GENERAL REGALDO
WAS ASSASSINATED
By Priralp Leased Wire.
City of Mexico, July 17.—Mexico will
act In conjunction with the United
State* In bringing about peace between
Guatemala, Salvador and Honduras. 1
The sugettlon that the northern rt-
iWlc# act together at a peace 'con-
r*tce Is well received here. The
new* from the south Indicates that the
lighting between th* warring republics
has been unusually severe and tbs
at 700 kilted and 1,100 wounded,
and those of Guatemala at 1,000 killed
and 3,000 wounded. It Is reported her*
that Instead of Ming killed In battle.
General Regaldo was assassinated by
Guatemalan emissaries.
VACATIONS ARE EXPENSIVE
BUT THE COMMON PEOPLE FOOT THE BILLI
HON. MADISON BELL.
■'■f. .J’AteizSw*-'
Who finally won out with his child
labor bill.
CHILD LABOR BILL;
WHAT IT WILL MEAN
The child labor bill passed by the lower house Monday provides that
no child under ten years of age shall he employed In any factory within
the state under any circumstances; that after January 1, 1907, no child of
twelve years shall be so employed unless such,child Is an orphan and has
no other means of support or unless a widowed mother or aged or dis
abled father Is dependent upon th* labor of such child, In which event such
parent shall file In the factory a csrtlflrate from the county ordinary. It
Is further provided that after January 1, 1903, no child of under fourteen
years shall be employed In any factory between tho hours of 7 p. m. and
6 a. m.
The rompulsory education fenturro of the law provide* that after Jan
uary 1, 1908, no child under fourtseil yean of age Mmii he employed in
a factory unlesa he or she can write simple sentences, tnd shall havp at
tended school for three months each year until after public school age,
six weeks 'of school attendance to be consecutive. It provider! that cer
tificates of birth of Child employees shall M filed In ih* factor!** Of It
names n penalty for furnishing false certificates. Agents nr representa
tives of the factories hiring such children os are under age are liable for
penalties, aa are parents or guardians who hire out children In violation
of the law.
CLAIM FOUL PLAY
WAS THE CAUSE
OF CENTRALWRECK
Train Derailed and Three
Lives Are Lost As
a Result.
DECISION INVOL VES
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
Bpeclal to Tbe Georgian.
Montesuma, Ga, July 17.—Three
lives, were sacrificed In a frightful rail
road accident here yesterday evening.
A Central refrigerator train, loaded
with fruit, In chargd of Conductor C.
Winn, had left town only a few
miles when the engine, for some un
known cause, jumped the track, turned
over, carrying with It all of the loaded
fruit cars and th* cab.
Engineer Green, of Macon, and two
colored member* of the crew were In
stantly killed.
FOUL PLAY I8~CLAIMED
BY OFFICERS OF THE ROAD.
Bpeclal to Tbe Georgian.
Macon, Ga., July 17.—Officials ot the
Central of Georgia railroad claim that
foul play was the cause of the wreck at
Montesuma. Ga., yesterday afternoon.
Superintendent H. D. Pollard, ot the
southwestern division of tbe road. In
which territory the wreck occurred,
spent yeeterday evening at the scene.
The dead are:
CHARLES OREEN, ot Macon. Oa.,
engineer.
SAM NEDD, of PowersvIUe, Oa., col
ored, fireman.
JIM REDDING, of Macon, Ga., col
ored, brakeman.
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NO WORD 8P0KEN
AT FATAL DUEL.
By Private Leased Wire.
Geneva. Hwltserland, July 17.
Two deaf mutes, who** sec
onds were also deaf and dumb,
went to a secluded *pot In *n
auto and fought a duel, at which
not a single word was spoken,
and on* of them was fatally
shot
Hperlal to Tbe Georgian.
Macon, Ga, July 17.—In a decision
today Involving tbs citizenship of a lit
igant in hla court, Judge Bpeer ren
dered a decision that participation In a
white Democratic primary does not,
without additional proof, determine the
cltlsenShln of a man. This decision
was brought about by the plaintiffs In
a cube trying to keep the defendant
from transferring th* suit from the
state to the Untied States court.
The plaintiffs alleged that while the
defendant claimed cltlsenshlp In North
Carolina, ha Had participated In a
white Democratic primary, eat on the
stand at a llok* Smith meeting, I
Irwin county, and had whooped thlsi
up for that candidal* Just like a clll
sen of Georgia. Judge Speer thought
that the whooping up on that edifying
occasion, while It might have been
good politics. It did not constitute a
proof of cltlsenshlp. He also derided
that the primary was a selection, an
not an election.
The litigant was allowed lo bring hi
case In the United States court.
HARTJE LETTERS
ARE- FORGERIES,
DECLARE^EXPERTS
Different Persons Penned
the Famous Divorce
Epistles.
By Privet* Leased Wire.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 17.—Mr*. Hart
Je'e attorneys -opened the day by put
ting several more handwriting expert*
on the stand to say the “Modlne" let
ters were not genuine.
John K. Duff, secretary and treasur
er of the Cltlsens' National Bank, was
the first witness railed. He was shown
th* forty famous letters, and asked hi*
opinion.
“My opinion Is that exhibits 10 and
31 were not written by Ihe same per
son who wrote Noe. 1 to 5,'
Then you think Nos. 10 to 34 were
all written by the same peraonT*’
'No; No. 34, th* envelope, was writ
ten by a different hand than 10 to 31."
James H. Orr, first paying teller cf
th* Mellon National Bank, came next
He said No. 0. the “Dear Susie” letter,
was not written by th* person who
penhed Nos. 1 y 5. He examined th*
letters, be satu, between 10 and 1
o'clock yesterday and at 5:30 to 10
p. m. ffbt night. .
J. II. Nicely, receiving teller of t|ie
Mellon Bank, was called. The first
two banker* had been easily dealt with
by Ihe cross-examiners, but Attorney
Ferguson sailed Into Nicely and aaktd
a hundred questions about the forma
tion of characters Into writing. Nicely
was firm In his answers and remained
unshaken In his positive declaration
the "Madlne” lettrrs had been
FLAGMAN SLEEPS
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IS CHARGE MADE
Passenger Train Dashes In
to Freight, But No
One Is Killed.
Special to The Georgian.
Oglethorpe, Oa., July 17.—The north
bound Central passenger train far Ma
con ran Into a freight train standing
on Ihe main lln* here early this morn
Ing, and both trains wert badly
wrecked. The flagman on the freight
train was asleep. It Is claimed, and
failed to flag th* paesenger train.
Nobody was seriously hurt, but th*
R lns and se -----
y battered.
SLA YER OF WIFE
CHEATS GALLOWS
By Private Leased. Wlr*.
Detroit, Mich., July 17.—Christopher
Splndleman, wife murderer, facing the
gallows In the county Jail at Sandwich,
Ont., across th* river from Detroit,
committed suicide during Monday
night by hanging himself with his shoe
lace. He was found dead by Ihe Jailer
'"ussday morning.
Splndleman killed hie wife by shoot
ing her In th* head with a revolver last
Saturday night. He was driven Into a
frenzy by drink and constant brooding
over the fact that he had been forced
Into deeding over his property to bis
wife, •
Splndleman was prevented from put
ting a bullet through his own brain by
the prompt action of Ms eldest son.
Five children survive.
RUSSIA IS RIVEN
BY CIVIL STRIFE
IN ALL SECTIONS
Mutiny and Riot - Are the
Signs of Disinte
gration.
By Private Leased Wire.
St. Petersburg, July 17.—Mutiny, riot
and sign of disintegration continue In
all sections of'the czar's empire.
The trusted garrison at Ihe fortress
of St. Peter and St. Paul mutinied when
two soldiers were threatened with ar
rest for refuting to obey orders, Kv.
ery soldier In the regiment went to the
support of the two, They wsr* puri
fied by assurance that the grtevaruei
would be Investigated. *
Several battalions of Cossacks are (->
he disbanded because they have grown
disorderly and demand to be relieved of
police duty.
Representatives In parliament of the
various regions are uniting Irrespective
of party, for the advancement of tln-ir
local Interest*. The Armenians, Tar
tars, Georgians and Cossacks of tho
Caucasus hnvo formed a group and the
little Russians have also united.
The Poles and the member* fi m
the Baltic provinces were previously
organized. Thl* mdvement zhu".
•InInly Ihe tendency toward dlslntegr-i-
lon of the vazt empire should the grip
of the central authority be broken.
In ths village of Kunlkoff 300 house*
have been burned In peasant riots. The
crown forest lands have been set -•■
fire In sixteen different places. Ouarda
are working night and day to put out
the flames.
GIRL IS DRUGGED
AND MISTREATED
BY UNKNOWN MEN
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Marion, Jnd., July 17.—Miss
Minnie Miller, tho pretty 15-ycar*
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Miller, of East Sherman
street, was seized, bound, drug
ged ,aml assaulted by two un
known men Sunday night as slut
was returning from church about
0 o’clock. Hhe was found in n
field along the river yesterday
about 8 o’clock by Mrs. Hurry
Sheldon, a member ot n searching
party who was attracted to tho
hotly by tbe barking of her bird
dog, that accompanied her.
She said tho men poured a li
quid into her mouth that para
lysed Iter tongue so shu could not
calk for aid.
THREE AERONAUTS
LAND IN RIDDING
OF FERRY SLOOP
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New York, July 17.—Leo
Chariot* Leva® and Jarnea Hn
made a balloon aacenilon from
H. I., yeeterday, narrowly escep<
by drowning when the bailor
wrecked by coming in conto
the meet of a sloop In Flu*til
A ft. i i i • v-wlr.M N«”a Y«.i k In
high elevation, the aeronaut* *
ed over Pltuhlov Bay gaf .'feg
pertmente with a let mlMo
thus ensured their hi Ilf— m
against the moat of tit* i—li
■loop
A hole wee ripped In the b-m
collnpeed, leaving the three mw
Ing to the rigging. from wide
descended to the deck of the »
< 'llfton,
<1 death
which
they
KILLS HER SISTER;
STARVES TO DEATH
By Private Leased Wire.
Nebraska City, Nebr., July 17.—After
killing her sister to keep her from go
ing Insane, Lucy Lloyd starved herself
to death In the asylum at Lincoln,
where she was taken Imm* lately fol
lowing the tragedy two weffits ago.
The sisters lived alone on the farm
left them by their father a few miles
Inorth of here. Lucy admitted she
strangled her sister to death. She was
adjudged Insane, although protesting
she was not. Thera she absolutely re
fused to touch food.
11VI NTEI) TO WHIP
HIS SON IN COURT
titr i
By Private Leased Wire.
South Bend, Ind., July 17,-
chapter to th* sensational “w»
divorce case. In which Fra;
Seybert, of South Bend, Is plal
Ethel Griffiths Ssvbsrt, «'f Cln- ago. Is
defendant, was added to the tight yes
terday when D. A. Griffiths, father of
th* defendant, threatened to hors, whip
Seybert In the court house. The threat
was mads because Seybert refused the
pleg of his wife to withdraw th«
•Bow her to get a divorce on a c
of desertion.
Mr*. Seybert Is charged wttl
trsme cruel treatment of hts two
dren. twins, aged 7 years, the nllei
being that she tried tbs Filipino
ter cure” upon them In ad,mi
heating them until they were bln.
blue.
hi to
• large
Street Car
Carrie Wilson
court Tuesday
Georgia Rallwa;
may, claiming 3.1,
eged to have bee
iger. She all
tor ejected her fro
had raid her fate
roughly uj to Lnjui
npany Sued.
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