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The Weather! the In- Following dicatlons for Atlanl i„“ vicinity: Fnlr and not aultc so warm to- SSftit and Friday. VOL. V. NO. 259. Atlanta Georgian (and news) spcrc uotxozt: Liverpool, StonHy: *.5M. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 2,1907. PRICE: MABELLE GILMAN TOWED ON THIRTEENTH Helper Killed, Messen ger May Die and Pas senger Injured. fire broke out IN SLEEPING CAR Train Split Switch—Nine Cars Thrown Against an Embankment. ns. Special to The Georgian. Orchard Hill, Ga., May 2, Central of Georgia through pas senger train, No. 91, known the “Dixie Flyer,” which left Jacksonville yesterday evening 6:30 o’clock, due to arrive in At lanta at 7:50 this morning, was wrecked in the yard here this morning at 7 o’clock. The train jumped the switch in the yard. The dead: JIM FITTS, colored, express helper. Injured: L. Jelke, express messenger, of Jack, sonvtlle, injured In arm and head may be fatally. Mrs. G. N. George, of Jacksonville, slightly Injured. The Injured are being cared for at this place, and the passengers are all detained here. Nine Cara Wrecked. The train Jumped the track at switch. In a slight cut. Nine cars left the track and plied against an cm bankment. A great many passengers were In the sleeping cars' and were thrown from their barths and a panic followed. Shortly afterwards Are hroke out In one of the sleeping cars, but was ex tinguished before any great damage was done. It was only the work of cool heads that prevented a' worse dis aster from Are. It Is regarded almost miraculous that there were not more people killed and Injured than what were. It was perhaps due to the cars going against the embankment, which prevented them from turning entirely over. A rail for a wrecking train from Griffin was made and one wae hurried to the scene. At once the work of clearing and repairing the track was begun. The track. Is badly blocked and the rails torn up. so that It will be eeveral hours before traffic Is resumed. Engine Not Wrecked. Of the nine care which were wrecked five were passenger and four were express. The wreck occurred In the east end of the yards, after the train hnd passed the station. The first car split the switch and left the track, and the others followed. The cars broke looae from the engine when It first left the track, and the locomotive was the only thing that remained on the track. A, L the crew remained at their post. The train from Atlanta arrived shortly before noon and the passen ger* and baggage were transferred and taken on. The train was running at the rato of about fifty miles an hour when the wreck occurred. freight core standing on the side-track were demolished. Passengers Tell Story of Wreck Only two passengers, as far as could , lettr ned, were Injured. One was a minister, Rev. G. C. Pollock, from Min. nesnta, whose right arm was crushed, and the other. Mrs. D. N. Geyer. of Fetosky. Michigan, whose back was severely sprained. ahl.o* *, raln ,ent out came In filled' oct E, * ht coaches were Ir.m.i5 1,h ,I' a **">K«>‘s- All were ex- , MC ' ted - Miss Olive Lamb, of ati.i ?' * u ff®red a severe shock *™ Wl >» In hysterics. M - Chapin, wife of the lanm .1 representative In At- the*AtUn? E ', Y - clark * were among om ns . ln th « w "ck. Both came ou uninjured. Mr. and Mrs. D. N. rent. % °. f . 0a, ne»vllle, Fla., the pa- IT " f •'"•«. C. B. Wllmer. of At- *« * "("imlnjured! * he Wr * C, " d ,nUn - uhl th ® express messenger. 2r Jured - He *■ from Jack- who !!•« LI? ? ame of hie negro helper, h . "as killed, was John Palm. "h(n"! n o 0t ‘feecrlbe my sensation n . r ? , „ " aw eomethlng was the wreck ** Mr *‘ < ' llai> * n ' ln discussing •lAtalulrf kno ’?'* ), * e 1 K 01 of 11 was f-L IKht of "moke — * “ and flamea coming car - 1 mu«t have been the th. '° *** It, for I reached gmt.n-l _ afety teron any . o( The porter wae Just 'h,front of me! nearly'an rt „. ,, ;£ ,to before I had left, ana ,h * care had turned over •tain,, n They brushed ,r\ k n ' coal care when side- r^ndwfni d ,K lh .* ? hat, *red the cars. It’s f.„ rIul ,l>a t the casualties were Rev WITNESS STAND TRACES LINEAGE Believes Some of Ilis Ances tors Were Afflicted MI8S MABELLE GILMAN. New -Tork,-May 2.—Mabelle Gilman, the former actress - and. noted singer, not superstitious and declares her; wedding 'to ‘Millionaire. \V. E.' Corey will take place"May; 11. J Miss Gilman surprised everybody by stepping from the liner Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grouse yesterday afternoon. G.S.&F. RAILROAD MUST CUT RATESi CLASS CHANGED ‘ “I must refuse to discuss my per sonal-afTatrs. However Important you may regard It for me to gratify the curiosity of. friends and strangers, I am afraid I.can.ndt.share your views. But I will so far depart from this reso lution to say that Mr. Corey , and I will be married In thls.clty.on May 13, and both Mr. Corey's family and-mine .will be present. That'll all.',' Miss Gilman's coming here was un expected until thirty-six hours before her-actual arrival, ao quietly had the former opera singer taken her depart ure ffom Paris, ■ where. she ’ has been living for several years. Mr. Corey dined with his fiancee last night. BATTLES FOR HER CHILD AFTER GOING TO JAIL FOR RUNNING AWAY WITH HIM Freight rates on the Georgia South ern and Florida rollr.oad, running from Macon to Jacksonville, via Valdosta, were reduced' ten per cent Thursday the railroad commission. The road wae taken out of Class C, which entitled a charge of twenty-live per cent above the standard 'freight tariff, and placed ■ In-Class B, which allows a charge-abeve standard of only fifteen per cent The road Is 260 miles length, and. 1s an Important ■ line. After considering the Increased bust nese and earnings of the road,, the commission came to the conclusion that a Cut of- ten per cent was Justifiable, and the order will' be' Issued at once. The road Is now In the same class as the Southern and Central. No decision has been reached yet on the Seaboard reclassification In freight rates, but It Is believed that a similar cut will be made In the rates of that line. minister of Litchfield, Minn., who was on the wrecked train with hie wife and daughter, gives high praise to Engineer Wall, declaring the presence of mind of the engineer prevented what might have been a terrible catastrophe. Rev. Mr. Pollock was In the men 1 * dressing room at the time of the opcldent and was slightly Injured on the hand. "I would certainly like to have an opportunity to shake the hand of that engineer," said the minister after his arrival In Atlanta Thursday afternoon. By his bravsry and presence of mind je avoided what promised to be a more serious wreck. On discovering that the train waa leaving the rails, he promptly applied the air brake* and then, before train had come to a stop, uncoupled engine and shot It ahead, prevent- ,he coaches from colliding with It. dre. Pollock and her daughter were uninjured, but had a narrow escape. They were In the ladles' dressing room. In which apartment a gas tank ex ploded. The coach caught fire, but the flamec were quickly extinguished. W O. Britt, -of Thomaston. who transferred to the Atlanta train at the scene of the wreck, stated that the coaches were badly damaged, the whole Ing l Her eye* red with weeping, and fran tically wringing her hands, .Mrs. Mat- tie Richardson sat'In the court room of.the DeKalb county court house Thursday^ morning and heard lawyer* and witnesses, declare she was not proper, person, to care for tvsr only child. , . And while she,wept and listened, lit. tie Wesley i Richardson, the flve-year- old youngster, over whom such a fight la being waged, remained in.the DeKalb county Jail and cried for hie mother. Mr*. Richardson’s startling recovery of the little boy from the-home of Its grandfather last Monday, and the chase which resulted. Iniher capture and con finement over-night In the. DeKalb county Jail,’ will. bo remembered by readers of The Georgian. The hearing! of * the . habeas corpus proceedings Instituted by W. H. Rich ardson to secure the child, whom the mother took away from the Richard son country‘home, commenced before Ordinary. James • R. George Thursday morning and for several hours the le gal battle was waged. Judge John 8. Candler and R. L. D. McAllister ap peared for the grandfather of the little Plea Qf Self Defense Is Entered by Him. KILLING OCCURRED IN DECEMBER 1905. Graham Says Richardson ' Attacked Him Without Any Cause. boy, while Mrs. Richardson's side was handled by Attorney L. J. Steele, of Decatur,-and Attorney Beverly Wall, of Atlanta. Mr. Richardson testified and declared that his daughter-in-law was not a,—.- ...— — — - proper person to care for llttlo Wesley I by the coat and struck me In the face. All during the proceedings the mother I As he did so one of the men with him Charged with the murder of George Richardson, a machinist formerly In the employ of the Van Winkle Machine Company, Walter Graham, 23 years of age, and a switchman in the employ of the Georgia Railway Company, waa placed on trial In the criminal division of the superior court Thursday morn Ing. The defendant is represented by Attorneys Arnold nnd. Stephens, and the plea of self-defense Is employed. The crime with which Graham li charged was committed on the night of December 22, 1905', on Jenkins street. Since that time, until Ills arrest a fen- weeks ago In South Georgia, Graham has been out of Atlanta. The first witness for the state wo* Robert Clay, a painter, who, with S. R. Watts, was ln the company of Graham on the night of the killing. The witness stated that he, .Graham and Watts were passing along the street when someone suggested that they crossover to the other side. Some, one objected, saying that negroes lived on that side. 8to'ry of Killing, Oh, well, damn them,” he stated Graham replied, and the trio continued their walk down the street. Immediately after Graham's ejacula tion with reference to the negroes, said the witness, they passed three men. One of the men called Graham back. He heard, a few words passed and saw one of tHe party strike Graham, and then heard two shots fired. The testimony of Watts was along the same line. He heard one of the three men who passed them aay some thing to Graham about "butting In" und saw him knock Graham against tho fence. After the shots were fired, the witness stated that he and Clay ran from the scene. Officer Dorsett stated that he went to the scene of the killing and found that Richardson was dead. He found hat and overcoat near the scene of the shooting. Miss Odessa Jnhnsnn testified that she spent the night with Graham's sis ter and that Graham came to the house for a hat and told them he had shot a man. LeRoy and Collier, who are said to have been with Richardson on the night of the killing, were not put on the stand as they have stated that they do not know anything about the af fair. Graham Testimony. When the state rested Its case At torney Arnold outlined the defense, after which Graham took the stand. ‘Just after we passed the three men," said Graham, "one of them called me hack and said something about butting In. 1 had never seen him be fore and did not know him. I pre sume he had overheard the remark had made Just before and thought 1 had reference to him or his friends. Hs said ‘that Is the man,' and caught me Mentally. Sppclnl to The Georgian. nirmlnghntn. Ain., May 2.—For two hours today Walker Percy, a'prominent attorney «*f IIIruiIngham, told of the confession of Alexander It. ('hUolm, charged In tli« fed eral court with embezzling funds of the First National bank. Mr. Percy was the last and moat Important witness for the govern- r 1 I** case when he bad T III Tit STREET Th. hided c first witness for the defense put on itflflll tl'fla Ilea llnl. A Hft Jll. I ,. - 5 ■ a. _ _ th*. , «" , l"„ Mrs. Holm? t'hlso'im mother S 'ioiattii.. fai-yrSJKjjBfwt tile United States ... family of Smith Cnrollnn. -declnrli .iT„. "corn loroiuin, declaring thnt the former Justice died Insnue nnd his grandson, who. she aitld, hml a mania for horning houses. Chisolm's defense |, inssnlty nt the time the 3100,000 from the flank, ihe chief witness at the afternoon ses sion yesterday wits llnnk Examiner 8. H. L. '"•'.moiiy brought out the fnet that I hlsolui during the course of his opornthins had turned in 1137,000 to the bank and bad taken away 3233.000. to being present when bank and lie testified _ ug Chisolm, ,, saying: < ooper, they* bnve got nto nt their inerev: that money was thhre when I left." tbs moos ** Kly i " t 10 Mr ‘ "I took ,<if the child wept and nervously looked from witnesses to attorneys and It was with an effort that she kept from breaking down entirely. After old Mrs. Richardson had given her testimony and had retired to the room for the witnesses, the strain of testifying proved too much for her and she fainted. A physician wss hastily sent for and the trial was delayed until she revived. Colonel Harry Silverman was a wit ness for the defense, and he told how young Mrs. Richardson had worked ns a waitress In his restaurant, and he de clared ho had never heard a word detri mental to her charactsr^MI^^H Mrs. Richardson was accompanied to court by Mrs. Charles Williams, her friend, who remained In Jail with her when she was arrested on the kidnap Ing charge. At 1:30 o’clock the hearing was ad journed for luncheon. ONLY SOFT DRINKS TO BE GIVEN VETS Special to The Georgian. Colombia, 8. C., May 2.—TJhe Richland Ue-' mortal Association has adopted s resolution which condemns the giving of beer or any other totostesnt to the veterans of ths re- union to be held here, and recommends In stead the plentiful supply of coffee tad •oft drtoki. Tbs most InSaentlsI women In the com munity are members and the resolution will likely respected. a - hi- Pollock, a well-known side of tho express car being torn away. Cooks’s Wift Gats Letter. Hartford, Conn., May 2.—Mrs. Jere Knode Cook, wife.of tbo Long Island minister who Is believed to have eloped with a young heiress, received a letter here today at her parents’ home from the prts*.ag minister. Hhe said It did not help his position any. it was mailed from Baltimore on April 2<k ALL REMAIN OPEN Valdosta, Ga., May 2.—Valdosta's ten sa loon* opened a* uiual this morning, deiplte the action of the city council yesterday In lit night. Mayor Kohcrta baa not signed the reso lution, and the chief of police has not ao far enforced it. PRIEST SAYS LET ROOSEVELT DIG CANAL Chicago, May 2.—After returning from a four months’ trip In Panama and countries of (South America, Rev. Edward A. Kelly, a Roman Catholic priest, says: "Let Theodore Roosevelt become chairman of the Panama commission and dig the canal for us—he’s ths man to do 1C struck mo ln the Juw.t Richardson then shoved a gun of some kind ln my face and snapped. When It did not fire he Jabbed me In the fare with it. About that time the other man turned mo loose and Richardson caught me by the throat. I Jerked away from him and os he rushed on me again I shot at him twice. I did not know that I had hit him and I ran to get away from him." Graham's story of having his face beaten, was verified by W. M. Mitchell, a farmer living In DeKalb county: Homer Kimball, a yard conductor of the Georgia railroad, and B. F. Cauley and an engineer. Both the railroad men stated they saw Graham after the shooting and that his face wbs beaten almost beyond recognition. Mr. Mitchell stated that Graham came to his house on the following morning and that his faco was badiy cut up and swollen.. Coroner Thompson testified that a doubled-barreled derringer, with one cartridge snapped, was found on the person of Richardson. The case will probably be concluded Thursday afleVnoon. GEORGIA TO GULF IS ROUTE PLANNED Money Bag Empty and Ring Taken From Finger. CHILD STUMBLED ON DEAD BODY R. T, West Shot in Street as He Was Going to Store in Columbia. . * .i*S> Savannah and Southwestern Is Given Charter by State. A 27,000,000 railroad—the Savannah and Southwestern—running across the lower part of Georgia nnd Florida^ to the Oulf of Mexico, a distance of 330 miles, was granted a charter Thurs- day morning by the secretary of state. The Savannah and Southwestern will begin at Savannah and run In a aouth- westcrly direction through Chatham, Bryan, Liberty Tattnall. Appling, Jeff Dai la. Coffee, Berrien, Colquitt, Thom, as, Grady and Decatur counties, Geor gia, and Leon. Gadsden, Liberty, Frenk- ijh' Calhoun and Washington counties, Florida. Tho capital »tock Is placed at $7,000,. 000 and the bonded Indebtednemi l* limited to $20,000 per mile. Th© prin cipal office will be In Savannah, and the Incorporators are: D. O. Purse L. JJcNutt, J. C. Rowland, K. M. Frank,’ J- H. H. Entelman, J. J. McDonough, (.hatham; H. R. Brown, Bibb; C. W Deen. Appling; J. W. Quincy, Coffee; W. R. Roddenbery, W. A. Walker, Grady; J. A. Carlton, Colquitt. UNGLAUB HEADS BOSTON BALL TEAM Boston, May 2.—Bob Unglaub has been chosen as the successor of George Huff, ns manager of the Boston Ameri can baseball team. Ho Is popular with the players and Is expected to prove a great success. MAN SHOT DEAD IN CHICAGO STREET Chicago, May 2.—Charles I.lndlcy was shot dead In the atreet this ninriilng. mid three •*!?'", "?* ."J ",' om °" n Kortlxleh, who la anld to he the alayer. are under arrest. It Is said a wonina Is the rauae uf the crime. Special to The Georgian. Columbia, S. C., May 2.—R. T. West- cott, 15 years did, wno conducts a meat market at 1608 Taylor street and re sides tn Waverly suburb, was shot through the left temple at 6 o'clock this morning as he waa passing around the corner of a school house, two blocks from his home, on his way to his stors. HI* 16-year-old son stumbled over the corpse as he passed along half an hour latef. Neighbors heard one shot fired. It was Westcott'a custom to carry his money In a shot bag between his store and his residence with his revolver in his hand. His weapon was found lying by his side unflred. It Is not known how much money he carried this morning, but only 60 cents was found ln the shot bog, and his diamond ring had been stripped from his finger. Well-trained hounds from the peni tentiary would follow the murderer's tracks only a few feet, a large crowd having gathered on the scene by that time. Weatcott leaves a widow and four children. FATE OF BADDNESS IN JURY'S RANIS New York, May 2.—It Is expected that the Jury will give a verdict before night deciding the fate of Baroness Louise DeMassey, on trial charged with murdering Gustav Simon, the million aire shirtwaist manufacturer. The case against the woman waa based entirely on circumstantial Evi dence which waa weak’ In points. The baroness contented herself on the stand with a general denial of the charges. chjoooooooogoSoooooooooochw o a a WANT TO GO FISHING? p O WEATHER JUST RIGHT. P O a O Straw hats, low-waldted shoes O O and other signs patent of real O spring had a genuine boost qn O Thursday In all the stores. O Many a man tolled over a desk O O that wished he was out on the 0 0 creek bank with all the necessary P 0 paraphernalia. But what Is the P 0 use of making anybody feel bad? P O Forecast: , p 0 “Fair and not quite ao' w arm o Thursday night and Friday.” 0 Thursday temperatures: p 1 a. m. 62 degrees O 8 a. m 64 degree* P 67 degrees 0 ..79 degrees O .. ..72 degrees P .. ..76 degrees O .. ..77 degrees 0 0 2 p. m 79 degrees 0 00000000000000000000000000 O 10 a. m. O It a. m. O 12 noon. CAPT. GEO BASON DIES AT CHARLOTTE Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C., May 2.— Captain George F. Bn son, of Gaatonln, formerly of this city, died lost night following a brief III- nett*. The deceased wm attorney for the Bouthern railway and former amlatant dis trict attorney. He tlao served In the state senate. TWO NEW PARTIES ARE PREDICTED , Chicago, May 2.—J. Hamilton Lewis, for mer corporation counsel, of Chicago, In nu address before tbe Cltlxeusblp Club, of the Young Men’s Christian Association, predicted that tbe next presidential cam- nalgu will sec l»otb tbe Republican ami Democratic parties • dismembered, nnd su- Growth and Progress of the New South narcb of ths South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. w k-*** °* nr * la and ■ Alahama Industrial Index aaya In Its Issue for this .. .' The K™ 1 dlv( « lt > r “ w !" »» magnitude of manufacturing plants that are being established In Georgia and Alabama Is Illustrated In ports to The Index for the past seven days, showing the variety of re sources In the two states that can be developed with profit. If any such demonstration of progress as Is being made week after week In the col umns of The Index for Georgia and Alabama can be made for any other states In the Union, It Is not being done, and It Is to be doubted If there Is equal development In any other section. The recital of numerous In stances of the exercise of that commercial faith which Invesu large sums of money, and of highly profitable returns from Investments pre viously made. Is In the last analysis the moat attractive, effective and best method of advertising the magnificent resource* which await develop ment In the two states. "The Index reports among other things this week: Three thousand spindles to be added to cotton mill, Winder, Ga.; cement plant for which 400 acres of land have been purchased for site at a cost of 140,000 De- mopolls. Ala.; 260,000 plant for manufacture of patented grate' shaker Birmingham, Ala.: wagon factory, Augusta, Ga.: electric light plant’ Headland, Ala.; 230,000 saw-mill company. Sparks, Ga.; oil mills, Jasper,’ Ala, and Heflin, Ala; machine shops, Anniston, Ala; power plant, whlcli will furnish electricity for power and lights to cities and towns within a radius of 50 miles, to be established on Short Creek. In Alabama: elec tric railway between Gadsden, Ala. and Scottaboro, Ala.; mining opera tion! to be enlarged, Smy the, Ala: 19 new corporations with total mini mum capital stock of 2621,000 ; 2100.000 fire Insurance company. Cedar- town. Ga.; 2600,000 life Insurance company, Birmingham. Ala: five-story office building fop which site has been purchased at cost of 218,000, Sel ina. Ala; business building for which site has been purchased at co-t of 212,000, Montgomery, Ala; three-story hotel, Jasper. Ala: fire church-- Including one at Mobile. Ala, for which site has been purchased at cost of 221,000. and which will be one of the finest In the South; school build ings, Including 210.000 building, Ashland. Ala., and buildings for ln-Mtu'.> Cedartown. Ga. paving plana In three cities, club house. Savannah <7,. warehouses, waterworks system and three bond Issues for municipal im provements, Including 220,000 of paving bonds, Elberton, Ga. "Among the contract awards noted are: Five-story ofilce build me Tlfton, Ga.; 220,000 sales stablea Birmingham, Ala., and 216,5"0 c m hall' Hawklnsville, Ga A number of land deals are reported. A Jl.n lumber manufacturing company nt Thomasvllle, Ga, Is equipplnz *.,« . mill with machinery to cut 60,000 fest per day, another to i m feet per day, establishing planing mills, remllllng plants nnd dn kilns and has ordered steel rails for building 36 miles of railway. In puimi.m, of plans previously noted In The Index." ww^aeawaaa -a&agBBsaaauj