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fh* WmOmti Atlanta* and rlHnlty: Fair tonight aud Ten. day, warun-r toulght. News VOL., V. NO. 208. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1907. SCENES AT THE WRECK FIPUBLIC Farmers Open Fight For Two-Cent Rate. FILE PETITION AT CAPITOL National and State Officers of Fanners’ Union Sign Paper. The light in Georgia for reduction of passenger rates on all railroada has opened. A formal puper was filed with the railroad commission Monday morning by Charles 8. Harrell, president of the National Farmers' Union, and signed by State President Duckworth and other state officers Notice waa served some time ago that the Farmers' Union would Inau gural*. the tight, but this Is the first tangible move In the matter. Judge J. K. Hines, of Atlanta, has been employed to argue the case before the commls slon when a date Is set for a hearing. Heuttary Montgomery, of the com will notify all the railroads of the filing of the paper, and acknowl edgment will be mailed to President Barrett. The ne«t meeting of the com mission will be held March 14, and it Is prolatble that the paper will be taken up then and a decision reached what direction the matter will be given. The petition of President Barrett and others In full Is as follows: Tba Formal Petition. Barneavlle, Go., March l, 1W7. To the Railroad Commlaaoln of Geor gia, Atlanta, Gs. Gentlemen:— Believing that the pros, ant passenger rate of 1 cents a mile In this state Is too high, and that there ought" to be A reduction thereof, we write to ask you to consider thts mat ter. reduce the present passenger rate, and make such a rate as will be rea sonable and lust both to the railroads and to the public. We believe that the present passenger rate can be reduced end ought to be reduced. We believe that this should be done In Justice to the public and would suggest that you take Into consideration the adnplon of the J-cent rale so generally fixed by various states during the past few months. We do not wish to lie unfair and un just to the railroads. It Is In this spirit that w — Big orane and wracking craw rsp lacing wracksd engine en track. B(1 „„ ... ask you. In behalf of the farmers of Georgia, to consider the present rate and to reduce the same to such n point ns will be both reasonable and lust to all parties at Interest. Yours * rU,y ’ C. 8. BARRETT. President National Union. J. G. EUBANKS. Press Agent Georgia State Union; J. U LEE. organiser Georgia 8tste Union: R. I.. Duckworth, President Georgia State Union; J. L. BARRON. Sc, retary and Treasurer Georgia State Union. Enter Cortelyou; Exit Leslie Shaw Washington, March 4.—George Cortelyou left the ofilce of postmaster general this afternoon to become secre tary of the treasury. l.cslle M. Shaw, who has managed tlic monetary affairs of the government for five years, retires to private life. Mr Shaw will be found at his desk to morrow ns president of the Carnegie Trust Company In New York. Ilia,Is of the bureaus presented Mr. Shun With a magnificent solid silver dinner service. Prior to the swearing ,.f Cortelyou Into office, George Von I- Meyer look the oath ns postmaster general. ’ Took Laudanum. •/. N Morris, or BO Weyman street, nas tHltett to Grady hospltul Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock unconscious from an overdose of laudanum!! Ills lit tle son saw him swallow the medicine and re|M,ried It. Moris' condition Is se rious. _____ O O C OO OOO OO 00 OOO OOOOO ooooog O SPRING POET IS DUE: O O LOOK OUT FOR HIM. O o o O Just a* lino weal her n* the O O 1111it*i |.sii tit ular would want—a O o ninn who would kick on tills klnd O C might to be kicked. O O SiiiYtTUy wan iim rare ns one of O O April's best product*, nnd parks O O ..ml woods were * filled with Allan- O O tun* out for n day** recreation. t» O Forecast: 2 © M Ki»lr .Monday night and Tues- O O dnv: warmer Monday night.” O O .Monday’s temperatures TIE DEFENSE FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS ADJOURNS; SPENDS OVER A BILLION DOLLARS; LABOR BILL IS LAST ONE PASSI price: miasms A RECORD BREAKER Dr. Wagner Agrees With Expert Evans. freight train. SOUTHERN’S 43 IN COLLISION Mail Jacob Blodgett, Clerk, Is Badly Injured. TRAINS COLLIDE neaStI&Well’s Were Running Slow and Only This Saved Passen gers of Fast Train. The Southern railway's flyer from Washington, due In Atlanta at 4:50 o'clock Monday morning, was wrecked shortly after 5 o'clock by colliding with a freight train Just leaving Atlanta for Birmingham. And as a result two per sons were Injured and two ponderous engines -were smashed up and made candidate! for the repair shops. The Injured are Jacob I*. Blodgett, a mall clerk, and brother of Postmas ter E. F. Blodgett, and W. E. Mitchell, another mall clerk, of 165 McDaniel street. Mr. Blodgett I* now at his home, 12 ^Ice street, under the cate of Dr. Monroe Bmlth. and It will be several days before his able to resume his du ties. He was Injured In ithe hip and arm, and his nerves shattered. heavy mall case fell upon Mr. Mitchell's foot, and while his Injuries are painful, there Is nothing serious. The pAtsenger train was In charge of Conductor C. 8. Marshall and Engineer R J. Blackburn was. at the throttle. The train Is a fast one and Is known as No. 43, due to arrive In Atlanta at 4:50 o'clock. It was shortly after 5 o'clock that the train passed the Howell Sta tion block tower, and between that point and the Marietta street bridge over the tracks engine 405, pulling freight train No. 82 for Birmingham, got In the way. A Glancing Blow. The freight engine hit the big pas senger engine a glancing blow on the right aide and carried away the massive cylinder and smashed the front of the engine. While not as badly torn up as the passenger engine, the freight en- Cine was stripped of its right-hand cyl inder, but a wrecking crew was able to pull It from the scene shortly after wards. It was different with the passenger engine. The monster was kntw'ked front the rails nnd Its huge wheels were burled in the cinders along the tracks. JACOB P. BLODGETT. Mail clerk who was injured in col lision Monday morning. The cylinder, Itself a massive affair, was knocked from the engine and land, ed at a point under the cAb. while the 4 1-2-Inch piston roil was bent - and broken off with as much ease as If It had been n piece of wire. According to those who investigated shortly after the wreck occurred. En gineer Davis of the freight train stop ped his train before entering the block beyond Howell’s Htntlon and went to the tower to see If he hod a clear track. In the meantime. It was said, the pas senger train pulled by engine No. 1232 came along. Rolling Freight Train. The freight train began to move to ward the main line on which the flyer i running, hut before It got the track the two trains collided. The col lision occurred Just before the truck on which the freight was running and the main line Joined, and as n result, both engines hit each other glancing blow; on the side. was said by one railroad man pres ent at fhe wreck that the freight train started out onto the main line by the negro fireman, hut this was denied by niters, who said the train rolled out and hit the passenger before It could be topped. The liter was n»i running fast at the time, and to this alone I* attributed the fact that the wreck wmh not more se rious. The p:f4.Hciigcr corn were not de railed. and besides a severe jolting up, the passenger* suffered no harm. A w reeking crew b now at work on the wrecked passenger engine, and It will probably take all day Monday to get It back i»n the rails and to the re pair shops. THREE OFFICERS SHOT ATTEMPTING TO ARREST NEGRO IN MOUNTAINS 00900000000000000000000000 o . o WONT SEPARATE THAW O _ , FROM HIS PRETTY WIFE. O O &aw York. Mart'll 4.—Emphatic O O dltltal waa matlr by lrgal repre- O O aentatlves of the Thaw family that 0 the Thaw, were planning to aepa- O »te legally Harry Thaw and titi wife otter the runrluidon of th< . trial. It waa Inelatcd that the 0 Kory waa mallclouely Incorrect In O O every detail, and that Mm. WII- O — Ham Thaw If ,he would conaent to O an Interview would lead In de- O notinring It aa aucli. O OQOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOnOOO New York, March 4.—It la learned that even If Dlatrtct Attorney Jerome doea not compel Dr. Rrltton D. Evant. the Naw Jeraey alienist. to admit that Harry K. Thaw, on trial for the killing of Stanford White, In Innane at the preagnL he will aak for the appoint- ment'Of a commission In lunacy before the and of the week. —Dr. Allan Hamilton, one of the ex pert! engaged by the prosecution, haa declared that Thaw', fundamental de- rangemant haa exlated for aeveral year*, and hla condition la auch now that It would be unjunt to convict him for the crime. Hamilton Won't Taatify, Although Dr. Hamilton baa compiled many worka on Innanlty and has been cttlled upon for hie opinion In numerous caaes. In a lecture delivered before the New York Academy of Medicine he at tacked the medical experts In legal cues. saying that the methods of ex amining lunatics was antiquated and unfair. The fact that the expert haa sees fit to make hlx opinion, public at the present time la conclusive proof that he will not be called to the stand, notwithstanding he haa been In dally consultation with Mr. Jerome and tuu aided him in the questioning of Dr, ^Should -lie diffibaa hr any chance succeed In carrying out Its plana It will he three week, before the case 11 aent to the Jury. It will require all of today for Mr. Jerome to finish the croea-ei- amlnailon of Dr. Evans and when this la done three of the Thaw family phy sicians will be called. Next will como Mm. William Thaw, who will testify that Harry showed evidence, of Insan ity shortly before hie marriage to Eve lyn Nesblt nnd that he had not fully re covered hie mental equilibrium when he shot Stanford White. Should Jerome fall to have the luna cy commission appointed he will create a sensation when he calls his witnesses In rebuttal to the stand. Besides the half dozen young women whom he hopes to prove that Evelyn Neablt Thnw confided the story of White's III treatment of her. he ha. half a aeora more who will .wear that Thaw knew the architect was on the roof garden on the night of the murder nnd he went there expressly to shoot him down. There are witnesses who will contra diet Evelyn that Thaw was In the habit of carrying a revolver while In New York, hill purchased one for this spe- rlal urt. They will swear that he had mode threats to murder nnd Instead of hating White from the tlmn his wife I alleged to have related her narrative, he was on good terms with him and had sought Ills advice In several mut ters. Evans Concludts Testimony. Today marked the forty-second day since the beginning of the Thaw trial. During that time there has been S4 1-4 actual court days and the time used In hearing the ruse thus far Is set at 113 hours. The state opened and present ed Its case In 3 1-3 hours, henring eight witnesses, while the defense has put on as many, but has by no means com pleted Its euse. Dr. Britton D. Evans resumed the witness chair nt the resumption of the trial of the Thaw rase today, and was cross-examined by .Mr. Jerome. The cross-examination of Dr. Evans was concluded about noon. Brain Storm Vanished. Dr. Evans stated that Thaw's delib erate action In shooting White and hl.i appearance of Indifference Immediately afterwards tended to show that the defendant was Insane when he commit ted the deed and did not regard hts act os wrong. "So that If lie hail the brain storm nt the time of the shooting he had so re organized Ills mental faculties he was entirely In a different state when It" made the statement to the ff'rinan?" asked Jerome. Yes. that it l» a very truthful ex the International A FE W 0? THE THINGS CONGRESS RE ALT DID Washington. March 4.—Among the things accomplished by the con gress which adjourned today are the following: It ratified the Santo Domingo treaty. Passed a billion dollars’ worth of appropriation hills. ordered an Investigation of the lumber trust: Harvester Trust and of cotton exchanges. Passed an Immigration act. coupled with exclusion of Japanese coo lies. Knocked out the canteens at soldiers' homes. Gave the railway employees a sixteen-hour law. Established an agricultural bank In the Philippines. Passed a rather tome currency reform measure. Provided for a new battleship. Passed a modified act prohibiting corporations from making cam paign assessments. Ratified the Algedraa treaty. Adopted a resolution providing fhr vUie. Tax, riot. — an investigation of the Browne- Decided that Senator Smoot, of Utah, was entitled to his wat. Passed a general eervloe pension act. Passed a rtrer and hawker Mil. It raised salaries of vice president, speaker, cabinet members, mem bers of congress and postal employees and provided an appropriation for pneutnatlc postal tubes In several large rltlee. 00000000000000000000000000 O VAN DYKE MAY QUIT a o JOB AT PRINCETON. 0 D (j O Princeton. N. J, March 4.—It Is O O reported here on good authority O O that Dr. Henry- Van Dyke Intende 0 O resigning his professorship In O O Princeton University. March 16 O O Dr. Van I>ykr leaves for a tour of O O the Holy Land. a OOOOOOOOOIKKXH^OODOOOOODOO Phinizy Thinks Won’t Be Thorough In spection. Through hfs attorney. Austin Branch, Hon. Bowdro I'hlnlsy. of Augusta, de clines the Invitation of the Georgia railroad commission to Join with It In Inspecting the Georgia railroad, be ginning Wednesday. tin the ground that tt Is evidently the Intention of the commission to make inly a limited Investigation nnd the statontent that the commission has nt funds to employ an expert. Mr. Phltllzy declines to Join with them. He says that the Invitation of the tnmlsslon evidently clnlude* theGeov- gla Railroad anti Hanking t'ompany and the lessees of that company, nnd that SO far there Is only one "party" to tlie complaint and ttiat Is Mr. Pblnlzy, Not Thorough Inspection. One pari of the communication says: "You do mit state with anything approaching definiteness what kind an Inniiedlon you propi where you expect to go. nr now lung you expect to he gone. For this reason it Is extremely difficult for us to form any estimate of the range, character .0 purpose of your Inspection. Wo rather Infer that you expect to he away on the trill only a comparatively short lime. There l« nothing onminly Ine that the railroad commlaalonera are going to be able to examine and report on the true facts as to the condition of the road." Attention 1s railed to the offer of the Georgia Railroad and Hanking fom- linny lo employ an expert nnd stand all expenses of the Investigation. Mr. I’hlulzy asks for a special hear ing before the commission on March IS. Extend, invitation. A telegram wag received at the office of the railroad commission Monday morning from Jacob Phlnlxy. of Au gusta, president of the Georgia Rail- load and BankingCompany, and chair man of the Inspection committee. Invit ing the commission to Join In the an- w«k ln " p ‘‘ r "' >n " r ,lle properties this | t ,„ r , u pervlslon of Mr. Phltllzy says the committee Is willing to .tart from Atlanta on Wed nesday, the date ffxed hy the commis sion to begin the Inspection by that nr. gnnlzatlon. unit will lie pleased to place the faculties thus ufTorded at the com mand of the three members. lie says that they will have an expert with them, nml that the commission may use him ns they see proper In the work of Inspection. None of the com missioners will be here until Tuesday, so Just what action will lie taken In the mutter I* nm known. Hands of Clocks Turned Back ijn Both the Houses. | SHIP SUBSIDY BILL IS TALKED TO: President Signs Hours Labor Measure Before Congress Passes Into Historw Washington. March 4—The ninth congress, celebrated bectu the fact that Its appropriations exceeded the blllton-dollar passed Into history today. The senate adjourned at II: IS p. and the house live minutes later. c . hands of the clocks In both houses to be turned back to show the r hour at adjournment, according to I Delay wits caused by the ii the hour at whleh the senate [ hours of labor bill. It was signed the president before the expiration the fifty-ninth congress. The house gave Itself up to song mirth, singing "For He's a Jolly Fellow," which always Is a port at set program for adJournmenL ' waa a reception at the Hpeaker Joe Cannon Leader John Sharp Williams, of If slppl. Informally received the ms The senate waa more dip dent Roosevelt presided at the session of that body. Ship Subsidy Bill Daad. The ship subsidy bill Is dead, bustertng against It, which began I senate Saturday afternoon and cor ued with brief Intermissions until day night, came lo an end without further contest. After the senate reassembled t* Mr. Carmack, of Tennessee, In of the filibustering plana, recognition to continue hla when. Mr. GalUnger. of N charge of the shipping Ml the measure. 'It haa been only about I Since, the first billion doll Into v tsar—when Uia tlona for two sessions of a < a billion dollars.' servntlve minded men rail the government was running to travagance. but now the country witnessed a billion doltar billion dollar congress, for It la safe to predict that now the billion lar stage haa been reached for a session, succeeding sessions will l necessary to appropriate aa much has been appropriated at any p~ Ing session. What Congrats Didn’t Oe. Here are a few things which fffty-nlnth congress failed to do: Failed lo consider a new trade venilon with Germany. Did not ratify the Isle of Pints tr with Cuba. Did not modify the Chlneaa excl art. Did not eodlfy the revised statu Did not reduce the Philippine duties Passed no anti-injunction acL Failed to strengthen the eight-" law. Did not pass n child labor law.' Did not revise the tariff. Did nothing for the conservatloa public oil nnd oal lands. Did not provide eltlienshtp for ! Ilk-ana or Japanese. Passed no copyright act. Did nm put ait on the free list. Did not pasn the Payne bill to ' solldnte customs In districts. ■■ Did nothing toward licensing or -poratMMfiT tTn Did nothing 1" cheek swollen tunes and passed no Inheritance tax. Defeated the Littlefield pilot Failed to provide that eoet Inspection shall fall on packers. Passed no bill lo allow appeals fraud orders of poatolfice depart:, no convict labor act: no regulation Interstate traffic In alcoholic bevan Lively Sunday Session*. The senate and house held day Continued On Page Tan. make clock a. m. O X o'clock n. m. . O » o'clock a. m. . a to o’clock a. m. . O II o'clock n. in. . O 13 o'clock noon . O I o'clock p. in. . a 1 o'clock p. in. . O ...41 degrees 0 44 degrees 0 47 degrees O S3 degrees 0 53 degrees O 31 degrees .O (1 degrees O (3 degrees O 0 Went To Make Raid on Blind Tiger When Battle Opened. K|HM'lnl t<» Tin* Georgian. I'hnrlotte, S’. March 4.—The entire Matt* was *hocked yesterday l>y the news of another tragedy In Fayette ville, In eastern Carolina, resembling QO00O0OOO0OOOOOO0OOOQOOOQ0 that at Asheville some months ago, reached today. three* polh-riiu'ii bring the vlillm* In eiu h Instance. Turn Walker, a des perate n^gr >. \\n* *u*plcioned of oper ating a hlimi tiger and his place raided, when hr shot otfl probably fatally woum anil Officer liu* klngham. Today Walker .safe in the state prison at Ilulclgh. where he will probably be kept for safety until the trial. The excite- ment In Fayetteville, wlilrh uun at fe ver hcut, ha* in u measure nuhftldcd. The negro. Walker, will not admit hi* aullt. Tin* plM.%: with whirl* the mur der was commit let! hu* been secured. The critical point In the condition of the two Injured men will likely be planatlon of what occurred." replied y our p.m-i to warrant u presumption I Kvon*. "When he suffered this brain K hnl vmjr p,*,*., ti«m will be either Mono—brain storm* are not all alike— {i,,„ rm Jgh, exhaustive or » onelu*lve. wa* unbalanced nml not re.-ponslbl«* "obvbuiHlv the Munition demand* and hi* ad. 1 am hot In n position to; t | l# , people expci t an Investigation that mv JuM 1C hat he was thinking about u ,„ vrrv r*H>t of the matt'— nt the time He hail been overwhelmed by the thing* he had been told and when he Huddenly came face to face Locality iloail and! with the man whom he believed t» be i,,,.,t ' responsible there i-atne an explosion, i.led t met t h train T(j » man ,* rest rained by logical This matter Is by far the most Impor tant that line ever 'Suin' up before your honorable body, and It will not tie fair either to eompliilnailt or to the com pany against whom the complaint ra tiled for any conclusion t" !>•• reached reasoning from doing nt times what he j ,, xi . rpt afu ,,. s . : , r . lung and « f would like t" do: the Insane Is furred < ,| r(l . n , inquiry Into the matters at I power urged or by illogical reasoning." Or. Wagner is Cattail. Dr. tiiarlea Wagner, of Blnghnmp- tott, N. V.. an alienist, was net' called to the stand. (He testimony strengthened thr de- lense s rase materially, lie said hr had heard Dr. Evans' testimony and what he (Kvana) said coincided with hla view of the case. firl'-ht Inquiry Into the matte or except upon Die admissions of th- i company itself. "He Must Decline." "Until complainant lura heen fully assured that such an Investigation Is! to be made he must respectfully decline to participate In the proceedings," The letter to the inmmlsaior. says I Dint the statement that there was no| fund to employ an expert, that "it seems "hUdlah oral wotaa than futlla to tmag- Growth and Progress of the New South Thr Grorclnn rrconla her* etch Unjr *«»tne economic f*<t In reference lo the uonnrtl march of the Kouth. lit ImltiMrlal prosperity in the H »uth Texa* la the banner Mate, all mo tion* pnrtlcipAtlng at record*breaking Mrttie*. (lalveeton. In matter* of commerce, ha* been breaking past record* for a period of live years, but all previous record* are *o small in cotuparlMin with the record* made thue far thl* flnrnl year that even thorn* whose business it I* to keep an gccu- rate MaitMIra! account of commercial affair* ere nMonlshed at the pr ic** made. During the fiscal year »>f ly05-0t» the value of foreign exp amounted t«> $146,000,000. Thl* waa an Increaae over all previous rec* ord* «»f I40.ooo.omt in round number*. During the culendar year I export value* amounted to $lS6.ooo.ooo, placing the port of Galveatbn i ••»id tt» the port of New York in export rank, by a- large margin, ixirtag the tir*t *e\en month* of the present fiscal year the value of foreign es* port* amount* to 9l57.000.ooo uu.l there le but little question that the flecat >ear 1*06.07 will pa*« the $200,000,000 market In thle>reepect. tlnlveston ha* gone mo far ahead of competing ports In the handling of mtton that the comparison make* a story like a fairy- tale, having noer punned the 3.000,000-hale mark in cotton receipts since September 1. 19n expstrtlng port la the world ever came within a million bales aa much hi no short a time, an«l no exporting port In the world ever received aa miMfc totton during a full neason of twelve months. Very conservative ee matm place (htlveMon'a cotton receipt* for the season of 1606-67 3.750.000 bale*, while several wager* have been laid that receipts foe the nestnoti will pan* the 4.ooo.ooo-b«le mark. At the present time receNd average 2o.ooo bale* per day. Com paring GAJveeton'a cotton receipts tba far thl* season with the closem competing porta and we hava Oalrests* 3.101.282 bales: New Orleans. 1,819.108 bale*, or 1,389.174 less than i vest on. Savannah. 1,257.183 bale*, or 1J44.09I teas than Galveston; .nnnah nnd New Orleans combine*^ 3,071391 bales, aa compared 3,101,282 bale* for Galveston.