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The Atlanta Georgian.
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VOL. 1. NO. 154.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1906.
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riuv.lt. In Atlanta TWO CBNTJL
CONVENTION BEGINS WORK;
ENTHUSIA STIC GA THERING
FDR VERY LIFE
Sheriff and Posse Lay
Siege to Robbers’
Retrea 1 .
Sawyer, N. Dak., Oct. 2*.—Surround
ed In a wood, ten miles from here, five
bandits are battling for their lives with
the sheriff and a posse of twenty-five
citizens. It Is believed that the chief
of the robbers' has been slain, but his
comrades still refuse to surrender.
The bandits have barricaded them,
selves behind a wagon and big piles of
loirs. They hold an fldvantageous po
sition, which prevents the posse from
charging from across an open wheat
Held. The battle has waged fpr hours,
and several of the posse have been
slightly wounded.
Armed with Krag-Jorgensens, the
citizens arc aMlc to do their fighting at
long range and have taken shelter be
hind various farm houses.
The bandits, when they saw there
was no chance to escape, turned their
weapons on the posse, which outnum
bered them five to one, and the citi
zens replied.
Twenty-five men. armed with Krag-
Jnrgensens, left Minot, X. Dak., on a
goo train to assist Sheriff Lee in cap
turing the bandits.
The robbers entered the town early
yesterday, and wiled discovered at
work, held the citizens -at bay for two
hours, until they had looted a safe of
14.500. The robbers escaped amid a
volley of shots, and their pursuit was at
once begun. • .
Committees Canvass
ing City to Raise
• Money.
$109,000 so far for the auditorium-
armory.
A committee composed of Sam D.
Jones, Asa a. Candler. Colonel Clifford
L. Anderson and \V. O. Cooper was out
all Tuesday morning and as a result
the following subscrlntlons to the stock
and bonds of the Atlanta Auditorium-
Armory Company were secured:
W. Q. Raoul $5,000
J. Carroll Payne .. 5,000
John W. Grant .. 6.000
Walter P. Andrewa 4,000
E. H. Thornton.. .. 4,000
Henry Johnson 4,000
G. W. Connors .. / 1,000
E. Woodruff 1,000
Thomas H. Morgan 1,000
BIG DIACE
Merchants and Manu
facturers Lose Large
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Sums.
Daniel T. Wilson Is
Named For New
President..
F,
ID Ell PRICES
Meeting at Topeka Is
Discussing the
Matter.
Topeka, Kan., Oct. 23.—An organiza
tion to control the grain products 'of
th« country Is being formed in Topeka
this week. o
The Farmers’ Co-operatlv^BusIneea
Congress opened Its first national meet
ing here. 4
About 100 farmers' organizations are
represented, and the purpose of the
congress Is to decide upon plans of
corn-tried action that will enable the
farmers belonging to the organisations
to fix the prices that consumers must
pny for their agricultural products. Xo
secret Is mado of this purpose.
The leaders of the movement avow
It openly, and point to the results
that they have already attained In the
South, where a similar attempt has
been made. The plan by which the
farmers figure on Axing the price that
must be paid for their product! la that
of co-operatlvo enterprises.
In the South, the most powerful of
agricultural organizations exists, and
has succeeded In banding the farmers
together. Co-operative gins and
Warehouses are used to hold back the
cotton crop until the buyers are forced
to pay the price demanded by the
union. „
S. Barrett, of Oeorgta, says this
J* not a political movement, but that
the organization will not healtate to
, icglslatorz to do certain things.
Bucket shops must go, he says, and In
their places will be Installed agricul
tural colleges and experimental sta-
When President Brunsmon called the
opening session of the Carriage Build
ers’ Association to order In convention
hall at Piedmont park Tuesday morn
ing, there was a very large attendance.
Quite a number of ladles were pres
ent, nnfi President Hrunsman express
ed great eatlsfartlon over this fact.
He then • Introduced Governor-elect
Hoke, Smith, who welcomed'the dele
gates In a speech that received fre
quent applause.
Hoke Smith's Wolcome.
GOVERNOR TERRELL
RETURNING HOME
Special t„ The Georgian.
Darien, Ga., Oct. 2$.—Governor Ter-
"" and party were here 8unday. All
rmi*..*’*. 11 ’ , They were at St. Cathe-
to Ll tcr l ay and will go from there
.“ 5 a ' a " n « h today. The governor goes
10 Atlanta tonight.
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largest and most powerful association
In the country.
Mr. Smith said he had been called
In to welcome the delegates at the last
moment, owing to the absence from
the city of the governor.
He touched upon the vast resources
of Georgia, and said he hoped that
many of the visitors would And It ad
vantageous to either move or estab
lish branches of their business here.
Mr. Smith received hearty applause
and brought about u feeling of good
fellowship at once.
Woodward Talks of City.
Mayor Woodward followed In a wel
come In behalf of the city. He raised
a laugh by saying that a great many
years ago a distinguished federal gen
eral mado a mighty Ane site for a city.
"I leave It to you If we haven’t made
good our opportunities and built a won
derful city.’’
He referred to the recent riots here
and said that In order to allay any un
easiness any one might feel that the
reports were greatly exaggerated In tne
newspaper reports.
Mr. Hunter Responds.
R. P. Hunter, of Cincinnati, respond
ed in behalf of the association In a
most happy manner. He Is an easy,
gracefuf speaker.
"When we held our last session In
Philadelphia there was some question
ns to where our next convention would
bo hold. A’ meek looking - gentleman
with the air and bearing of a South
erner came there, and In the face of
Cincinnati, Chicago and other places,
he won tile convention for Atlanta by
Ills pleasing appearance and cordial In-
V He referred graclgusly to Secretary
Elliott Dunn, of the Atlanta Vehicle
Club, who Invited the C. B. N. A. to
A, »lr. Hunter said that they were all
mighty glad they had come, for the
welcome accorded them was most cor
dial In every way, and he felt assured
that It will be one of themosttuccee.-
ful conventions ever held In the South.
He was given hearty applause,
President’s Address.
President Brupsman In declaring the
convention open for business, made a
short, but Interesting,' talk on the work
of the hssoclatlon.'
’’For the Aret time In the 34 years
of our organisation ive are meeting
south of tho Mason and Dixon line,
and l’m sure we are all very happy to
be here In such a line city and ninong
such hospital hosts."
BrleAy. he outlined the work of the
association, what It had and hoped to
accomplish. ., . t
"We ore not a monoply, he de
clared. "But we aland "" Common
ground In such matters as freight rates.
Insurance and such other matters as
DANIEL T. WILSON NAMED
FOR NATIONAL PRESIDENT
Nomination Amounts
to Election by the
Convention.
After the speech-making had been
safely disposed of gt the Initial ses
sion of the Carriage Builders’ National
Association .Tuesday morning. Presl-
lent Brunsmon c< “
for his successor.
H. said Atlanta was )MM tor have ilLKASftS
such a great and representative body
of men here. That It-was perhaps the
nation Daniel T. Wilson, of New York,
for years rhalrmait of the, executive
committee. The nomination was
unter unrolled a huge telegram,
with the following on It:
"For president, Wilson. That’s all.
(Signed) "EVERYBODY.”
And Mr. Wilson had enough nice
things said about him In a few minutes
to turn his head. If he were not a well-
balanced man. His formal election will
take place Wednesday morning.
One‘Person Is Killec
and a Score In
jured.
Oct. It.—one
Schenectady, X.
dead ai
the result of a smash-up on
passenger dead and at least a score
Injured is
DANIEL T. WILSON.
FT. OGLETHORPE DESERTER
EFFECTS DARING ESCAPE
FROM PRISON IN ST. LOUIS
Special to The Georgian.
St. Louie, Mo., Oct. 23.—Several com
panies of eotdlers are scouring the
woods south of St. Louis, searching for
two deserters who yesterday captured
their guard and escaped to the woods.
Charles W. Rodgers, one of the es
caped prisoners, was serving hie third
enlistment In tho army, when he de
serted from Troup H of tho Twelfth
cavalry, at Fort Oglethorpe, Oa. Ho
was tried by a general courtmorlfal at
Jefferson barracks and his sentence of
two years' Imprisonment was mado
public Sunday.
Mich Tnylor. the other escaped pris
oner, was also bervlng a term for de
sertion.
REALISM CARRIED TOO FAR
IN EL DORADO MELODRAMA
i ior nit luiiiihom —. .
We stand for the best Interests of
the carriage-makers and manufactur
ers of accessories. We can "dvlse to
aether, hut we can not and no not at-
tempt to Ax arbitrary rules on any
"'lie^stated that during the convention
a forestry expert from the government
would talk on the subject of hart-
woods and lumber generally In thla
country.
Hardwoods Almost Exhausted.
"According to the estimates of the
best experts tlie total available supply
of hardwoods in the United States will
be exhausted In 30 years. We must
face this tremendous problem.
President Brunsman stressed the ne
cessity of good roads as one of 111'.'
While portraying a murder scene
Monday night at the El Dorado thea-
ter. In the second act of "For a Broth
er’s Crime," William Ffcrello. In the
role of "John Redmond," the villain,
accidentally plunged a knife blade Into
tho left arm of Leo Monroe, playing
the part of "Old Man Flynt," InAlctlng
a painful, but not serious, wound.
Monroe continued on the stage until
the curtain fell, and no one In the au
dience wgs aware that an accident
had occurred. Notwithstanding the
wound In his arm. the actor played his
part perfectly and gave no Intimation
by either expreaslon-or action that he
had been hurt. .•
At the conclusion of the act Dr. E.
L. Hawley was summoned and dressed
the wound. The doetty stated that the
wound was not- serious.
The "murder,” which had auch an
unexpected and realistic tinge, ended
Monroe’s part In the performance, but
he remained In the theater until the
Anal curtain was rung down.
In the second act "Old Man Flynt” la
’•killed" by “John Redmond," the "mur
der" being committed with a knife. Ad
vancing upon his victim, the villain
raised his knife and made a swipe at
him, the blow Uniting on the "old
man’s” arm. Florello realized he had
cut his fellow actor, but,-like Monroe,
he remained calm and kept up the play.
feared that several of the Injured
wlll.dle.
A car. coming from. Troy got beyond
control of the mortorman and alt his
attempt* to stop It proved useless - The
car, going at a fearful rate of speed,
left the tracke, at the Junction and
bowled along the ground until It hit
one of the poles that support the trol
ley wires. The car was overthrown an
the passengers were thrown about lllt<
sacks of grain.
ARE SENT AGAINST
REBELS IN CUBA
Havana, Oct. 21.—Three hundred
men of the Seventeenth Infantry, under
command of Colonel Orsdale, have been
ordered to Puerto Pilnclpe province to
cope with armed rebels who are re
ported as hovering around the out
skirts of the capital and committing
depredations.
And They Say This Isn't A Fake Story
By That Festive Gent, The Press Agent
PRETTY ANNA HELD ROBBED OF $297,000!
Continued on Pen* Three.
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 23.—Chief of
Police Kohler hag had a large force of
detectives busy trying to run down the
alleged theft of a satchel containing
gems and money to the amount of
$297,000 that was reported as having
been stolen from Anna Held, the ac
tress.
At Aret the chief was Inclined to be
lieve It was a press agent's yarn, but
,Mr. Zlegfeld. the husband of the ac
tress, Insisted that this was a bona Ade
robbery, and the actress really wept as
she told about It,
According to the story, the satchel
was taken from a state room on a-
Pennsylvania train.
She said:
"They look all my Jewels—every one
of them, but a Jeweled comb and the
little watch I wore. I worked for this
property all my Ilfs, and now I've
nothing left, not even a ring. They
took a portfolio containing valuable pa
pers, notes and policies. They took
$6,000 In $100 bills, 9,000 francs In
t.000 and 100 franc notes, and one gold
piece."
ALDERMEN REFUSE
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At Its meeting Monday afternoon the
alderinanic board found that there were
people who objected to the granting of
a franchise lo the Atlanta and Caro
lina Construction Company'for the
building of an electric line through cer
tain streets of the city entering the
corporation at Confederate avenue and
ending near the Terminal station.
J. ,'Q. Oglesby, Julius L. Brown and
others living along the route which the
proposed ordinance allows the road to
take came before the board anil argued
to such effect that the measure was re-
referred to the city cbuncll, with the
recommendation that the com n't tee on
electric and other railways give It a
more thorough consideration and make
further recommendation.
Total Tuesday $30,000
These subscriptions were secured on
Monday after the publication of the list
in The Georgian:
Georgia Rnllway and Electric
Company $10,000
Asa O. Candler 6,000
C. J. Simmons .. 4,000
J. W.-English .. .. .. .. 4,000
George W. Parrott 4.000
J. K> Orr ... 2,000
Raised at the meeting of thfe
committee of 25 at noon Mon
day 60,000
Grand total ..$109,000
The following committee are can
vassing the office buildings named on
Tuesday afternoon:
Fourth National Bank Building—H.
C. Bagley, J. Wiley Pope and J. W.
English.
Prudential Building—E. If. Thornton
and a committee to be selected by him.
Third National Bank Building-
Frank Hawkins and C. E. Caverly.
E. R. DuBoae reported the subscrip
tion of his partner, Henry Johnson,
Tuesday morning, and said he expected
at least $76,00n.of tha securities to he
taken In Whitehall street.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 2$.—Heavy dam
age to real estate and merchandise In
the submerged district, the extent of
which can not be. Intelligently esti
mated at this time. The Iosb of thou
sands,of dollars to manufacturers and
merchants by the Inundation of Indus
trial plants, wholesale and retail stores.
Thousands of dollars' loss In trade to
rotall merchants In lower Main, Frank
lin, Cary and Seventeenth streets In
the submerged portion df the Shockoe
valley and In the low-lying districts
of Fulton, whose places of business are
closed.
Temporary suspension’ of traffic In
the Hooded streets, Inconvenience and
expense to the patrons of the street
whose business compelled them to
make use of the Improvised ferry sys
tems, which are In operation in. the
Inundated streets. * “- * j •
Several thousands of .dollars paid out
by merchants for the removal of goods
and machinery to temporary storage
out of reach of the encroaching waters.
maximum 'height -shortly before day
break this morning.
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SAYS VOICES GUIDE HER;
MRS. BRIGGS FANCIES SHE
IS UNDER HYPNOTIC SPELL
Believing she Is under the Influence
of some strange hypnotic power, which
controls her every movement and from
which aha la unable to free herself, Mrs.
Alice Briggs, of 38 East Georgia ave
nue, wife of Charles Brings, both na
tives cf London, Is held prisoner, a Jury
before Ordinary Wilkinson Tuesday
morning declaring her to be Insane.
Mrs. Briggs, who was taken Into cus,
tody Monday night by Police Call Of
Acer Dorset! at the Instigation of her
husband, ridicules the Idea that she Is
Insane, declaring there la absolutely
nothing wrong with her mind. She as-
rerts she was hypnotized by some un
known persons for an unknown reason
and that she has been under the hyp
notic epell for tho past year and nine
months.
On all other subject*, except hypno
tism. Mrs. Briggs talk* rationally and
demonstrates that she Is- a woman of
culture. On thle subject, however, her
conversation becomes rambling and It
plain her mind Is unbalanced on
this point. ,
Husband Tails Story.
The husband, In talking of the cose
Tuesday morning, stated, that he Was
afraid the strange hallucination of his
wife might lead her to do something
rash.
"My wife says sha can hear voices
talking to her and that these voices
commsnd her what to do. This hal
lucination haa driven her to threats of
suicide rtnd other violence.”
Mrs. Briggs last July created a scene
In Washington by appearing nt the po
lice station and appealing to the chief
of police to afford her some relief from
the hypnotic spell. She had been sent
to Washington by her huaband In com
pany with another woman, he thinking
the trip might benefit her.
"I certainly am not cmay," said Mrs.
Urlggs Tuesday morning at the pollen
station. "I hove always been regarded
as a woman ot Intelligence and, in 1' ict,
my older sisters and brothers, locked up
to me, I know there Is something
wrong with me, but It Is not my mind,
it Is hypnotism. I was hypnotized a
year and nine month* ago anil ever
sine* then I have bean trying to $*•
llevo myself of this spell. It nAccts my
whole being. I am under control bf
other minds and I Just have to do what
they command.”
Mrs. Briggs and her husband came to
America from London nine years ngn.
They have traveled. extensively since
coming to this country.
SHIP WITH $3,000,000 IN GOLD
ON BOARD MAY BE A WRECK
New York, Oct. 22.—There Is much apprehension felt by the agents
of the British steamer, Arlblstan, for her safety. She has $2,000,000 In
gold on board. She sailed from Buenos Ayres and Montevidq last
month. She was last reported as having sailed from St. Lucia on Octo
ber 12. The eteamer was then bound for San Juan, P. R., but no news
of her arrival there has been received In New York.
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IE UTILE TO SAY
The local striking machinists of the
Southern have decided not to make a
reply to the statement of II. B. .Silen
cer. general manager of the Southern,
which was published In Monday’s pa
pers.
They continue to hold their regular
morning meetings, but will not give
out any action that takes place there,
unless It Is considered by them of gen
eral Interest. They are steadfast In
their determination to hold out to the
end for tlielr demands for higher
wages.
Asked If the Southern could einploy
enough men to take their places, which
has been threatened, one of the strik
ers replied that the Southern might get
"enough men, but not enough nutchln-
Ists.”
The liberating of the defendant, .the
arrest of the stato's only witness for
perjury and the arrest of another man
for contempt of court, was the result of
the trial Tuesday of Walter Edmunds,
a white man charged with the murder
of Frai$J< Smith, a negro, on the For
syth street viaduct during the rioting
on the night of September 22.
Tom Oakes, the slate's witness, had
sworn before the grand July that he
saw Edmunds kill the negro with
knife and hud pointed out Edmunds us
the guilty man to J. T. Oawhorn and
T. L. Fuller on the night of the riot
ing; but when lie got on the stand he
said thut he was so scared that he
cijuld not tell who did the killing.
He said at Arst that no one had
spoken to him about the case since he
was before the grand Jury, but later
admitted to Solicitor Hill that a man
who said Ills name was Webb anil who
represented himself to be a bailiff, had
told him at the court house last week
that If he testlfled against Edmunds he
would be sent to Jail. He stuck to
his story, however, that he could not
swear Edmunds was the man who
stabbed the negro.
It ts said the defense, was prepared
to show by companions who were with 'sented thi state.
Oakes on the night of the riot that
he saw nothing of the killing of tho
Smith negro.
When he saw how things stood Judge
Roan ordered that Oakea be held for
Investigation by the grand Jury' and
that Webb be brought before him for
contempt. The Jury returned a verdict
of not guilty In the Edmunds case,
without leaving their seat*.
AFTER LENGTHY TRIAL
OWENS' IS ACQUITTED
T. L. Owens, a railroad brakeman
and former city policeman, was found
not guilty Tuesday afternoon In the
superior court after a twelve-hour trial,
for an alleged assault on his daughte
Bertie Owens.
The defense claimed that the ’girl
had had a bad character and I
trumped up the charges against I
father because he had been too str
with her. The defense was unable
prove positively any Immorality other
thin swearing, however, and the prose
cution claimed that this had been
tnught the girl liy hep father.
Attorney John W. Moore spoke m
about an hour nnd a half for the de
fense and Solicitor C. IX HU1 repre-
