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The Wetther: tonight nn«V St"' Atlanta Georgian (and news) vol. v. NO. 207. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1007. PRICE: MSS® SEABOARD LATEST IN THE WRECK LIST Only Man Killed, in Collision Was En gineer Hudgins. “LUCKY ROAD” IS STILL LUCKY Powder Springs Scene of What Might Have Been Awful Wreck. THE DEAD AND INJURED THE DEAD. ENGINEER CHARLES A. Hl'OOIKK. of 451 East Georgia Avenue.* THE INJURED, BaMBcemaster A. A. ('Ilsby, of Dlrmlnfham; cut on the forehead. . Juet over the left eye, an.I bruised In the beck. Condition not eerloue. Mall Clerk J. D. McCord, of 46 Pulliam atreet; aide bruleed and hee acalp wound. Condition not eerloue. * Flr.msu -Will Bolton, colored, uf Ulrmlnshum; hie compound frac- ture of the left leg. and has scalp wound. Condition serious. Robert T. Sexton, of New York, traveling salesman; nose bruised and left leg sprained. Condition not serious Special to The Georgian. Powder Springs. Os, March 2.— Speeding through the sheeted rain and blinding llgntnlng at in miles an hour, "The Exposition Limited. No. 38," at 7:«4 o'clock Friday night crashed Into twenty runaway freight curs u mile from here Death for Engineer Charles Hudgins, serious Injury for several of the train ciew, miraculous escatie from a terrible fate for scores of passengers nnd total destruction for the entire passenger I train followed. It Is certain now that no human | agency could have prevented the nccl- | dent after the cars broke loose. Many ! hours afterwards the lifeless body of i brave Engineer Hudgins was dug from | the upturned engine rah.—He crouched at the lever, with one hand grasping It still—showing that he had given his life grandly In an effort to save others. And It was not a bootless sacrifice, for to his last efforts belongs the credit for saving semes of passengers. Drawhead Broke. A long freight had drawn up at Pow der Springs to take the siding for the passenger. Flagmen were sent In both directions. An angle cock to an air brake broke suddenly; then a draw- head pulled out, and twenty cars racsd away down the--grade. Before this happened conductor J, C. Kelly had set the brakes on the caboose and Jive cars. But the wild care gained* motion swiftly, though Conductor Kelly was madly setting brakes on other cars. Bat It did not appear to check the speed. The flagman was passed, and the runaways came to a stop half a mile away at the bottom of the hill. Before anyone could stop the pas sengsr the headlight ashed around a curve and' the train leaped oh the run away freight cars. Flamss Followed Impact. The Impact was frightful. Like a giant done to dtath the engine stag gered, reeled and plunged upatde down In the mud, carrying Engineer Hudgtna with It. With the engine ofr the track, the first baggage car tore ahead, the mall car following, piling up on the crumpled freight cars. And almost In stantly flames burst from the plled-up wreckage, attacking the whole passen ger train. Passengers tumbled Into the GARRETT TOUCHED WOOD IN TALKING ABOUT LUCK The remarkable fact that only one man was kll'ed und four were In jured In the wreck of the Seaboard passenger train ut Powder Springs •' Friday night recalls the conversation between W. A. Garrett, president of the road, and a Georgian reporter upon his visit to Atlanta last Saturday, when that official was Informed 'hat only one person had been killed by his road since Ausust 19. “I don't like to talk about such things." said President Osrrett, holdlug up Ills hands as If warding off Ihe subject. "Lightning may strike tomorrow—who can tell? I always touch wood when I speak of It," and he good humoreilly reached for a cedar pencil In Ills vest pocket. Six dave later a fast passenger crashed Into a string of frelght cars, killing Engineer Hudgins and Injuring four other people, wan still lucky, as only one passenger was hurt. But the road CONDUCTOR KELLY, HERO; AWFUL RIDE IN THE DARK ON RUNAWAY FREIGHT stormy night. Five cars of the limited and several freight cars were totally deetroyed. About 300 sacks of mall were burned, together with a large amount of bag gage belonging to the passengers. Many passengers walked through the driving storm to Powder 8prlngs to take an Incoming Routhsrn train, while others waited for the wrecking train. Thejnjured were brought to Atlanta and 1-arrled (o Grady Hospital. Robert T. Sexton, of New York, was the only passenger Injured, and he re ceived only some bruises. Wreck Cleared Away. After working all night and Ratur- ,day morning, the wrecking crew sent out from Atlanta has managed to clear up most of the wreckage, and Seaboard officials pt Powder Springs expert that trains will be passing over their own mail on Saturday afternoon. The engine which dealt death to En gineer Charles Hudgins Is lying on Its elite ni Ihe foot of the hank and the sume Is true of some of the wrecked passenger cars. All the morning the scene of the wreck was visited by curious crowds of people from Powder Springs and Ihe center of attraction was the ponderous locomotive under which ihe engineer died. All during Saturday morning Sea board trains were sent over the trnqks of the Southern, nnd It was said that Hsnhourd freight trains would be held In Atlnnlu until Ihe wreckage was suf ficiently cleared lo use Ihe Seaboard tracks Stuck to His Tr(iin;s Set Brakes by Hand. nngle cock on one of the airbrakes went rong. anil realising that we would k Into the elding at Powder Springs down grade. I set the brakes on the laet i fou i- cars and the caboosa , • The flagman was sent back half a I mile to flag No. 38. and a flag was also l sent ahead to flag another passenger. I No. 38 was about due when we went ' Into the siding. Drawhead Pulled OuL "Just about the time we were stop ping a drawhead pulled out and twenty loaded cape started down grade. I re alised the' danger and climbed up and began asttlng brakes. The rain was coming down In torrent* and the night His Lawyers Insist That She Give Evidence. MRS. EDDY’S SON SAYS MOTHER FEARS DEATH AT HANDS OF ASSASSIN Declares She ' Told Him Will Was Stolen. Concord, N. H„ March 2.—In ■ signed statement, given out today George \V. Qlovtr, son of Mrs. Mary Raker Eddy, tipotes the leading Chris- OO000000O0000O000C0000000O **an Scientist a» saving O O "One day a wa O EVELYN KEPT THAW O O UNDER HER THUMB. O o o O New York, March 2 —Ti Is re- O O ported that District Attorney Je- O Q rome. has received a letter from 0 O Craig Wadsworth, second secreta- O O ry of the American embassy at O O London, who knew the Thaw par- 0 ... 0 ty while there In 1903, offering O I -now irnlng from God told me I had better look after It (referring lo her will9. 1 went lo get'll nnd It was gone. I could have sworn It was there. Refore night of the day on which the will.was taken I made an other. I have It where no one can gel They Went to Kill Me.” Replying lo this question by Glover, o you think the will was . . „ .. . . _ Mrs. Eddy's son quotes her as hoe letters from Thaw which, he 0 (saying: **" “ **' "Why, by men who came and wanted me to go out to your place. They wanted to get me away and murder me for the will." Glover quotes his mother ns saying thnt a pair of line driving horses were O says, show Thaw w as surely In- O 0 sane. He aim contends that 0 O Thaw was completely under Eve- O O l.vn's domination. It Is believed O O the lettera can throw' light on the O O niyetery of'the “trouble" between O O Ihe unnamed eeeretary of the O O American embassy In London, anil O O Mrs. Nesblt, which Evelyn testl- O 0 fled caused cablegrams to be sent 0 O to Htanford White asking him to O O make the eeeretary stop annoying O O Mrs. Nesblt. O O O 00000000000000000000003OOtl NeW York, March 2.—Harry K. Thaw was Informed today of the result of an Important consultation of hie Jive law In the face of almost certain, death. J. C. Kelly, conductor of the freight train, performed one of the bravest of deeds l>y sticking to his post In a „ blinding rain worm and tn -pttdr black ™ 'H'acBT TV seemed tbs mot* . darkness, selling the brakes In *n at tempt to stop the runaway freight care In their wild flight down grade. No more heroic deed In the face of such grave danger has been recorded under «tmUur conditions He had Just aurcceded in stopping the cars and wa* running down the track to.-flic the oncoming passenger train when a flash of the electric head light told him he was too late. Weak ened and out of breath from running over the cars and setting the braaes. the conductor met the passenger train about five car lengths from the run away freight. He waved, his lantern frantically, but the passenger train was running DO miles an hour and the awful crash fol lowed a second later, which resulted In Ihe death of Engineer Hudgins and the Injury of several trainmen. The con ductor brought the special passenger train from the wreck Into Atlanta Hat- urday morning. • In speaking of Ihe wreck Saturday mornlng Conductor Kelly said: Conductor's Story. "We left Birmingham four hours late and were running four hours late all the way. We were loaded with shle meat and pig Iron, the heaviest freight handled. 1 "Before w# got to Powder Springs an orake* 1 set the faster the can ran. "I wa* out of breath when I had eat sixteen brakes. Jumping down to a low ear and setting the brakes climbing upon * high one, took my wind. It seemed as If the-cars would never slacken up. but kept on running. "Thav ran on by the flagman ana 1 knew No. 31 was due. but 1 set mom brakes and the cant stopped at the foot of the hill. I got down and alarted run ning back lo flag the passenger, but It was then too late, aa I was ohly about four or five car lengths away. "It was an awful wreck. Engineer Hudgins eluck to tits post and he was dug out sitting In hie position hi the cab. The flagman had both legs broken. In a minute It seemed the wreck caught lire and four or live coaches were burned. An attempt was made to push the slteper out of the reach of the flame*, but It couldn't be done. "I have made my report and my con science la clear, because 1 did every thing tn my power and took All pro cautions. It was an unfortunate affali and no one was to blame. I tried to sleep, but there was no sleep for me. wouldn't take that ride again for the entire Seaboard system. They may fire me. but 1 believe I did my duly. Pleas* don't put my name In the paper, be enuse—" And the brave fellow folded up hie official report preparatory to sending It in for the verdict of his superiors. PHYSICIAN'S WIFE RECEIVER NAMED For Additional Wreck Newe See Pap* 3 OOCooooooooooooAoooooooooo o o O WEATHER MAN RELENTS, O After depuration for pome time. Mr«. Minnie 8. Robinson won nn Saturday morning granted a temporary In Juno* tlon ugalnst her husband. Dr. Walter t\ Robinson, of 3$2 Whitehall street, restraining him from disposing of his property, and Kugcne Dodd was named as a receiver. Mrs. Robinson recites In her petition that she was married to the defendant In 1N85 and that he was a devoted hus band until a year ago. when his de meanor changed toward her and her children, and when he declared that he was tired of them. Since that time they have been living aiuirt. Mrs. Robinson alleges that her hus band. who is a well-known physician, has properly vafUOjO at 345,000. anil his Income Is $6,000 a year. Khe asked that permanent alimony be grunted her and a receiver named. She asked for an Nintn limit nuLwit i o, w TURNED OFF THE 8PIG0T. O Relenting, the weather man 0 j?!*er restraining him from dl»pn.ing of 0 turned oft Ihe aplgnt anil Imntleil O 0 un one carved right out of |he O O heart of May. O O Nice man, nice weather, nice O 0 everything! I'hap that can't feel 0 O good n day like Saturday len t O O entitled lo anything—except (la- O O lerlantlon. Forecast: 0 O "Fair Saturday night nnd Sun- O O day : nimeu hat colder Saturday O O night: warmer Sunday 'O O Saturday temperature.: O O 7 o'clock a. m 45 degrees O 0 8 o'clock a m 46 degrees O O 9 o'clock a. m 48 degrees O O HI o'clock a. m 50 degrees O O II o'clock a. m 62 degrees O O 12 o'clock noon 54 degrees q O r o'clock |>. tn 56 degrees O O 2 o'clock p. m tt degrees O OOO00000000000000000000000 his property. Dr. and Mrs. Robinson have six children. Threaten Jail MORGAN EXPECTS NEGROESTO RETURN TO AFRICAN WILDS Washington. March 2.—Senator Mor gan. of Alabama, evidently haa Jt In mind that some day the negro popula tlon of this country will return to the Congo country to live and that this government should do all within Its power to see that the riches of that country ure kept Intact for the colored people so they may he Induced to re turn to A/rlca and take that which Is theirs by light. Mr. .Morgan yesterday reported fa vorably from the committee on foreign relation* his resolution calling upon the president for Information regarding any concessions any Americans may have received from King I«©opold for the gathering of India rubber in the Congo Free Htate. Accompanying the resolution was a statement saying “It Is the duty of the United States government to see to It that no barrier or Impediment Is created by the act !,eopold or by any other authority to debar the exiled Africans who have been held In slavery In the United States from the right to return to their native land and to hold. In company their klnspeople. the free nnd unobstructed opportunity to enjoy the 1 great advantages which are now of. j fered to them.” yen, held at the home of Delphln M Del mas. chief counsel, as the result of Thaw's dread that his mother's story on the stand would aid the district at torney In his plan to send him to a mad house. This harrowing fssr caused Thaw to Insist on a consultation with his law yers. Whan several of the lawyers went to the Tombs to see him he urged them not to call hla mother as a wit ness, saying that he feared the result of Continued On Pggs Nina. her Injury. When Glover and daughter left Mrs. Eddy she embraced them, saying: “Oh. you don't know how I love you. and,! love till your family. You are m/ sun and only child.” *■ What Her Lawyer 8ays. Glover thought his mother looked very much older nnd feebler than she did four yeurs ago. He thought her eyes indicated signs of stimulants. Mary, however, detected no Indication “I have not conferred with Mrs. Eddy since I learned of these proceedings.” said Frank 8. Streeter, her personal counsel. “Hut within two weeks she has consulted me several times on busi ness matters of Importance. Her ca pacity to manage her business affairs and other affair* Intrusted to her care can not be questioned.” Mr. Htreeter said the bill In equity will In no way Interfere with the activi ties of the Christian Science church. 8CIENCE CHURCH TRU8TEE8 TO HOLD CONFERENCE. Boston. Mom.. March 2.—Trustees of the Christian Hclence church are hur rying to Concord to confer regarding TRIED TO KILL WHILE INSANE Testimony of Philip Said to Have Hurt H the Case. the suit brought aculnst them to secure nn arcnuntlns of the flnancleJ affairs of Mrs. Eddy. All deny that the mother of the church Is weak-minded. Refore leaving. General Alfred Far- low', of the publication committee, said: ' Mrs. Kddy Is In excellent health, attending In her business affairs as usual. The pruflts from her book* are her only Income aside from the Interest she may receive on investments." Members of the church hint that a New York newspaper which last Octo ber printed a startling article about Mrs. Eddy's alleged feeble condition, I* behind the preeent eult. MRS. ASTOR, LEADER OF m, IS REPORTED TO BE DYING MRS. WILLIAM ASTOR. It it reported that the leader of New York’s "400" it dote to death. . «•••«»««• CN» TILLMAN WANTS $ DATA ABOUT BIDS { Washington, March 2.- A Senator Tillman, of South Uf Carotins, today presented * * resolution culling upon p the president for all letters 0 S and information in his pos- 0 HeHKton relative to the re- 0 0 eentlv proposed construe- 0 0 tion of the Panama canal 0 0 and rejection of bids. 0 000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000 0 0 O 8AW 8TANF0RD WHITE SHOT, O O PEN8AC0LA MAN SAY8, O O 0 Pensacola, Fla., March 2.—Dan- 0 CUPID INVADES THE COURT ROOMS! Cousin of Defendants Wed* Old Sweetheart and u Leaves Culpeper. $f Culpeper, Vn., March 2.—It ll evident Dial the prosecution In the trial of James and Philip Strother, charged with the murder of William Bywoten* who was shut to death after his al« leged attempt lo desert'hls bride of an hour—slater of the defendants—will combat vigorously any attempt on that l>art of the defense to Inject evldenc# tending lo show Insanity. When the trial began It seemed cerwi tain (he Strothers would plead the “un.I written law" In defense of their action.! Judge' Harrison announced from the bench yesterday, however, that the called "higher laa" ognlxed In lilt court. Dr. Charles Clark, the alienist, ana swerlng u hypothetical question, stated today on the stand that he could char acterize the mental condition of tbs Strother brothers as “Irresistible. Im- prtnen by strain on the brain, man acting under strain la not fuIUr.' responsible. Dr. Clark explained that there is A and ange* He said lions are not strong enough to over-| power Judgment, the man ll not sponsible for his acta. Philip Hurt Hia C turn fot It Is generally believed that the ■“ ip - •♦ter W seven HWg It I* conceded ^ „ of the defense considerably hyl several damaging admissions, portion*! larly when he admitted that the broth*] era hod Intended all day to kill,BY* waters If he attempted to evade tbs marriage or to desert the bride. This tended to shew that lh* klUlag was premeditated. Dr. Charles Clark, the alienist, la pec ted to be the chief wltueee defense today. Cupid at tha TrieL—~ Dan Cupid today sneaked Into tha little Culpeper court house, and led away one of the stanchest Strother ad herents. He wee Botte Strother, cousin of Jamee and Philip Strothor, and the reason for his desertion woe hla desire) to wed Miss Helen Johnson, one of Cal* 0*11*1"* prettiest and moat popular gtrl% The young couple have been tweet* hearts for several years. Rev. J. A. Ware, who officiated at th* marriage of Viola Strother and Wil liam F. By waters, which ended, tn the tragedy, married the young couple In the parsonage of the Episcopal church. tertalned at an elaborata luncheoifc served at the bride's home, after whlohi they took the train for Washington. O ell Cannon, employed us a clerk O 0 In the Pensacola postafflee. has O | 00000000000000000000000000 O made a statement tn United States O 1 O 0 District Attorney Sheppard that 0|o 8UMMER CAR8 ARE 0UT| witness tn the slaying of O o LOOKS LIKE SPRINGTIME. 0 he O Stendford White, and (hat "two 0,0 O nights previous tn the killing he O ! _ . . . — — Summer care, the flret of tha O heard the arehltert threaten the O |o season, were sent out on auxiliary O life of Harry Tliaw. He declares O IO schedules Saturday morning, and q that he woe seated In a restau- O ! O from now on. unless extremely q rent at a table next to (he one O i O c old weather la experienced, will O occupied by While and a party of O 10 relieve the heavy traffic morning* q friends. o i o and afternoons on the regular 0 O I O schedules Q OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU oOO0OOOOOOO0O0O0OO00OOOOO« Growth and Progress of the New SoutlK Tb* Georgian records hero each day torn* economic fact lo refvruuce to the onward march of tbo Boutb. BY J08EPH B. LIVELY# Now York, March 2.—It la reported that Mr*. William Aator. loader of American aoclety and for years th© leading flgffre In New York’s ”400," is near death. Her favorite granddaughter. Miss May Van Alen, has been hastily summoned. No information I* given out ni Ihe Aator home. EN GINEER DIED I OR OTHERS, DECLARES AH ATLANTA MAN\ "The Chattahoochee river Is destined lo become on* of the moat lm* portnnt channels, from a commercial standpoint, of any navigable stream In the entire South," says The Chattanooga Tradesman. The demand la Increasing for property all along Its banks on both Georgia and Alabama aides ut constantly advancing prices. Practically within the city limits of Columbus the Chattahoochee river falls 115 feet, affording 12.522 net hors* power available at average low water. At times the power Is much greater, but the above estimate la bused on official low water records. Rettveen West Point nnd Columbus, a distance of 37 miles, there Is a fall of 361 feet. The net horse power available at avarage low water, be tween these points, Is 134.926, while the government estimates the gross horse power at 205,000. The undeveloped fall In the Chattahoochee river between West Point anil Columbus Is about 290 feet. With Dynamite]''^ trainmkx i VOTE TO S strike: Bloomington. III.. March 2 An nn-1 Philadelphia. March 2,-Though no nonymous warning Is being served on j "(Acini statement has been Issued, It families residing near the Jail hers I*" authoritatively said that about 9.000 where Thomas Kaldw In. slayer of four ? ul **)* 9.600 yardmen employed , , . ___ . ,v.. I by the Pennsylvania railroad on line* rsons. la conllned. In the effect lhat of pin.nurg and Erie have voted structure Is tu be dynamited. Twen- ( u strike In an effort to enforce their armed men are guarding Baldwin. demands. H. Fn»l*lrben. whose home In In Went Point. Go.. Rm who travel* Ar lh«* At- liintu Paper Uompuny. was a panaenger on th© wrecked train* but wan not in jured. Aelde from u severe Jolting up and exposure to th© elements, he wan none the wore© for his experience Hat- urday morning when seen at the Mar lon by a Georgian representative. •! don't want any more experiences like that of last night. Although I came through It without Injury, as did all but one passenger, thnt sort* of thing !s calculated to take the nerve out of a man. ”!t Mtrutk me that the passengers aboard wen* unusually calm and col lected for such a terrible experience. At first there was a great deal of ex citement ami some hysteria, but It soon subsided, and everyone turned hand and haart to the poor fellow^ deed, dying or Injured In the wrtef “It Is almost Incredible bow quickly ' the thuncs spread to the entire train. ! The bagguge and mall cars were tele scoped, and the smoker upended par tially. The other cars, however, w#*H not derailed, und It sarins n pity they could not have been detached und saved to protect the passengers from the fury of the rain und storm. ”1 want to suy that the Pullman por ter wua the real thing lie did heroic work In assuring passengers thnt Ahere was no danger, helping the Injured and protecting the ladles with blankets ami bedding taken fi«un the Pullman cars. "1 did not m.»v to sen the train burned up. hut struck out with several others for Powder Hprlngs It was a dreadful Walk through the heaviest rain I ev«*r saw. nnd mud nnd darkness. It seems a miracle no more people were Injured or killed. “The engineer stuck to his train until th© last ami the bravt fellow gave his life tor many others.* ent Idle, Is equal to the |>ow< r of 147.470 horses, even tn periods mnir > ■» Wfierrlt t* suited lhat out of this Immense resource only 26.866-horM power has been actually developed to date (and half of that only recenUy)» the great Industrial possibility of tho future tor Columbua con be better appreciated. In this duy of industrial development water power—the cheapest power on earth—Is at a premium, and It Is Idle to suppos© that many more years will elapse before every foot of th© 362 feet fall between Watt Point and Uolutnhus will he utilised. The river within this distance falls 362 feet and develops 114.316-horta power net ut average low water. Of this power, 107.470 Is still Idle* ml* though most of it Is to be developed In the near future. on the Georgia side of the river there are fourteen counties with man ufacture! products valued at tll.032.3Sl. In these counties the capital of manufacturing and mechanical Industries Is estimated at $3,411,400 and the value of farm products not fed to stock Is placed at.$0,414.000. The value of farm property Is conservatively estimated at $20,610,001^ the number of successful farmers being 13,668. Six large counties border on the river In Alabama, with manufacture lug products at $2.060.330; capital of manufacturing and mechanical In dustries. $1,372,730; value of farm products not fed to stock, $8,014,740; value of fsnn property, $16,532,500; number of farmers, 19,209. In Florida the channel flows through five rich counties, with Mil farmers, owning property valued at $4,526,763; value pt farm products not fed to stock. $1,042,602; capital of manufacturing and mechanical In dustries, $1,656,226; value ot manufactured products* 98,007 '-r