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The Atlanta Georgian. ■ ■ &. VOL. I. NO. 58. ATLANTA, C.A., MONDAY, JULY 2, 1906 PRICE: i AMERICAN TOURISTS ARE SLAIN WHEN FLYING ENGLISH TRAIN QUITS THE RAILS AND IS WRECKED Crowded Express Go ing About IS Miles an Hour. IT CRASHES INTO TEAM ON A SIDING Twenty-Three Persons Meet Death Others May Die—Inquiry Is Started to Fix Blame. By Private Leased Wire. London, July 2.—England la appalled by the deadly railway dlaaater at Sails bury. In which the percentage of dead (twenty-three paaaengera out of forty, two having been hilled, together with four trainmen) la greater than In any remembered catastrophe In British railroading. Nearly all of the victims are Americans. Officials of the Southwestern rail way admit today that the death list probably will Increase to thirty owing to the terrible nature of the Injuries of twelve persons now In the hospitals. Papsrs Demand Inquiry. The London papers today are of one ’ voice In demanding Investigation of the charge that reckless engine driv ing, due to speed competition, caused the accident Representatives of the United States embassy have gone to the scene of the wreck to Inform them selves as to the facta and to protect the Interests of Americans. The Inquest tomorrow Is expected to develop a tangible charge that the 111- from Plymouth to Loi from the steamship New York, was speeding at the rate of 70 miles an hour. Sympathy is Exprssssd. The newspapers express deep sym pathy with the relatives of the victims nnd especially deplore the fact that such a terrible calamity should have overtaken visitors. The London Times says: "The Salisbury disaster Is of a kind to awaken keen regret whatever the na tionality of the sufferers, but that re gret can only be Intensified when the suffering Is confined almost wholly to members of a race so near our own.” "The accident," asserts The Graphic, “may shock the confidence of the trav eling public nlWtbe reflection that most of the victims belong to a coun try which we are accustomed to re gard as the home of great disasters Is a wound to our national self com placcncy.*: ■ Curve Is Dangerous. Salisbury, the scene of the catastro phe, is S3 miles from the Waterloo sta tlon, and is noted as the site of the Salisbury Cathedral, which was con structed in 1210. A short distance out of the town be gins a remarkable curve, which some times hns been described as the most dangerous in the world, and which cer tainly possesses elements of danger. Not only does the line cover and leave the station on a curve, but It takes a slight rise in order to afford suf ficient hendway to the dipping road way below. It was near this point that the engine Jumped the rails while proceeding at a terrific speed. Crashes Into Milk Train. At the scene of the disaster there are five lines of rails. Two are main lines, two others are devoted to local traffic and the fifth Is a siding, these five lines only two were occupied at the time of the accident. A milk train laden with empty cans waa leis urely entering the station In the op posite direction from the express, while at the entrance of the siding was a solitary locomotive to furnish any ser vice the milk train might require. In the meantime the express which was ilue to run through with an empty tin.' of mils on each side of her, came founding along, swaying heavily, ow. Ing to the tremendous speed. The In spector on the station platform watch ing hnrd, followed Iter course with his eye, ami was horrified to see the train leave the rails, Jump to the vacant line on the right and plunge Into the milk train. Hurled From Carriage. A crash like the roar of artillery awakened Salisbury. Within twenty seconds the whole train became a cha. «tlc mass of wreckage. The pqnder- ou* engine first smashed the guards' tan of the milk train and then hurled Itself against the bridge parapets. . ''hue the underparts of the railway carriages remained on the track, though ofr the rails, the woodwork of the carriages projected over the bridge, and the street below was strewn with glass and splinters. . line Passenger was even hurled right Rivalry of Two Railroad Companies Is Responsible For Disastrous Wreck By Private Leased Wire. London, July 2.—Last week the Great Western took a party of German editors to London from Plymouth In < 1-2 hours and established a new record for the distance of 243 miles. The Southwestern attempt ed to beat this, with the resulting death roll. The distance from the start to the place of accident, 143 miles, occu- S led 147 minutes. The first part of the Journey from Plymouth to Exeter, i over heavy grades, where the speed was necessarily lower. There Is a straight run of 11 miles before Salisbury Is reached and this was taken at a flying pace. There Is a long, but not sharp, curve at the station, and It was In the middle of this the train Jumped the track. It la clear that the speed was not reduced and the comparatively light English engine and cars could not stand the strain. JACKSONVILLE, FLA., MAN WHO WAS IN THE WRECK SAYS IT WAS PREDICTED By Private Leased Wire. London, July 2.—Walter Bellatl, of Jacksonville, Fla., who was uninjured, tells a remarkable story of how a young woman on the train who had been reading the hands of some of the passengers predicted the catastrophe. I was not a believer In palmistry," said Mr. Bellatl, "but the palmist sa'ld would come through terrible acci dents shortly without hurt. I have got the first one over. She told Mrs. Cosslt, the bride whose husband was killed, that she would shortly lose a dear male friend In a railway accident. I shall not be so skeptical of palmistry In the future." In describing the scene following the wreck, Mr. Bellatl said: "My compartment was naclllatlnr pertously on the edge of the bridge anc It seemed as If It would be pitched Into the road at any moment. The groans of the Injured were fearfuL With the others who had not been In. Jured I did what little I could, but the scene. The wonder Is, conslderl the spot where the accident happen that any one escaped. I remained Salisbury for some time to comfort and cheer some ladles who were In sore distress.” HERE IS LIST OF THE DEAD AND INJURED IN BIG WRECK «v. _ * - wees* IIUIICU li||3ii hreugh the Side of a broken carriage . iih ty .fif* to ,h * embankment and kll| ed and mangled by the fall or hiin maI '" ot wrtcka ** that fell upon Woman Especially Brave. The locomotive and tender rebound ing from the parapet now hurled their tremendous weight against the station- f ry '“comotlve, which became a shape- Hei"creK- ck ' l 1 ,", l>0,, er exploding and so thi Hre, ’ ,ral ?' n « bo >b the driver and died tL ,hat ,h * lat, * r hu since ■£* T h h .\ >xpr f” * n * ,ne "hs'ly turned broken backed. In the midst of tomptet*. abode Sjf t,on wu “It* the aver seA ! h ‘ Th * « OTk of th « dls- Jured V‘r'1 t*r hurt ue.r 1 ', " n< l ,h< ?* * ho were n ot murmur daaed *° ra,aa * ven • i oic,'e,’'™: k m * mn »*" "Id a pos- h » h " among"the the »„ m ' hl 'mttraordlnary bravery of Inc tVada, wa * Httle scream- i 1 "" The Won£n OZZLfL with dogged courage.' Mo.. l"^ ra d D®'ng Well. “ ° f ,h ® Injured are progressing Continued on Pa B , Thrss. By Private Leased Wire. London, July 2.—The dead as known are as follows: First Cabin Passengers— BARWICK, Walter, Toronto, OnL CASHIER, Louts, Trumbull, Conn. COSSITT, Fred H„ New York. ELPHICKE, Mrs. C. W., Chicago. HARDING, Dudley P., No. 216 West ■Ninety-fifth street, New York. HITCHCOCK, Mrs. L. N., No. 231 Central Park. west. New York. HOWESON. Miss Mary F„ No; II West Thirty-first street, New York. KING, Rev; F. L, Toronto, Ont. g. Uq auiuiiiu, will. KOCH. Frank W, Allentown, Pa. McDONALD, John E., New York. M'MEEKIN, C. F„ Lexington, Ky. PIPON, C. A., Toronto, Ont. SENTELL, Mrs. E. W„ Brooklyn. N. Y. SENTELL, Miss Blanche M.. Brook lyn, N. Y. SENTELL Miss Gertrude U., Brook lyn, N. Y. SMITH, Mrs. Walter W.. Dayton, Ohio. SMITH, Miss Eleanor. Dayton. Ohio. SMITH, Gerard, Dayton, Ohio. WAITE. Mrs. Lillian Hurd, 424 Fifth avenue, New York. Second Cabin Passengers— GOEPPINGER, Louis, address urn obtainable. KEELER, Jules, address unobtain able. THOMPSON, W. H„ address unob tainable. FOUR RAILWAY EMPLOYEES. INJURED. Crlchell, Robert S., Chicago. Griswold, Miss I. S., address unob tainable. Hitchcock, Miss M., New York city. Koch, Mrs., Allentown, Pa. Koch, Miss Anna E., Allentown, Pa. Raak, Miss M., address unobtainable. GOING 75 MILES AN HOUR TRAIN LEAPED THE RAILS By Private Leased Wire. London, July 2.—The speed of the wrecked train at the time of the acci dent Is said by some to have been sev enty-five miles an hour. GeoTge E. Strachan, of Boston, one of the survivors of the wreck, tells a graphic story of the scenes attending It Mr. Strachan has arrived here with his aunt, Mrs. J. H. WhUton. “Just before the crash I remarked to my aunt that we were traveling too fast for safety," he said. “The speed was terrific. We had rushed through the darkness with bewildering speed. The train rocked so violently that It was with great difficulty we ate sup per. We had all got well acquainted on the ship, and we were nearly all In the dining car together. "There was much talk about the speed of trains In America, and we were willing to admit that we had few were traveling. The conductor ed through, and I asked him thought It was safe for us to be going at such a clip. He laughed and said we were a minute or two behind the schedule, and that along seevral stretches of the track 70 miles an hour was reached. “When the crash came I was thrown forward, but my head luckily landed In the softest part of the cushion back of the seat directly opposite. I was rescued and revived by the firemen who played water on the wreck. My aunt and I were Imprisoned for about two hours. I hardly think we could have had a worse wreck In America. On a similar run In the states all of us would have been In Pullmans and I believe few lives, If any, would have been lost. The construction of the coaches was too frail, as I saw when I Inspected the wreckage." BRIDE ON HER HONEYMOON TELLS OF HUSBAND'S DEA TH By Prlvato Leased Wire. London, July" 2.—Under the care of a physician, at the home of J. E. Du- ven. No. 273 Park Inne, Mrs. Frederick Henry Cosslt, the bride whose husband was killed In the wreck while they were on their honeymoon tour, told the story of the accident. Mrs. Cosslt Is a daughter of Justice Dugro, of New T “we were the only occupants of a carriage," she said, "and I waa lying on a seat with my head on my hus band’s knee. Both of us were asleep. Suddenly I found myself In another part of the carriage, which was upside down, and saw my husband was fear fully injured. “I Insisted on his being dragged out of the window first, and then I was pulled out." Mr. Cosslt’s skull was fractured. He died soon after being taken to the hos pital. Mrs. Cosslt proposes to return to New York next Wednesday. Beyond the severe shock to her system she was not Injured. SUICIDE WAVE Four Women Try Self- Destruction in One Day. ONLY ONE ATTEMPT PROVED SUCCESSFUL Qrady Hospital Physicians Work ed on Three Cases of Poison ing at Same Time. Along with the terrific heat of Sat urday and Sunday, a suicide wave hit Atlanta. Four attempts at self-de struction were made, all fly women, three of whom were white. The'ns- ffrea* died. Thay COHINNE EARNEST. 20 King street. MRS. T. G. THORNTON, 123 West Mitchell street. JESSIE DORSEY, lit 1-2 Decatur street ELLEN TOLBERT, negro, Decatur and Courtland streets. •The Grady hospital physicians were Sunday working on three of the cases at the same time. Csss of Mrs. Thornton. Taken to the Grady hospital Sunday unconscious, Mrs. L. L Thornton, wife of T. O. Thornton, of 138 West Mitchell Street Monday morning declared that her condition was due to an overdose of morphine administered hypodermic ally Sunday morning by a physician In an effort to relieve pain. The name of this physician both Mrs. Thornton and her husband de cline to divulge. Mrs. Thornton has been 111 during the past few days and 8unday morning Is said to have been suffering Intense pain. Three physicians were with her during the morning and one of these la said to have given her a hypodermic Injection of morphine In the arm. The poison afforded the desired re lief, but as the suffering left her Mrs. Thornton lapsed Into a comatose stats. Efforts to revive her proved futile and realising that her condition was serious •band notified the hospital and the hu« had her taken there. After touch work on the part of the physlclnns. she was revived nnd Mon day was reported out of danger. When soen Monday morning Mrs. Thornton said: 'I have been III of late and yesterday morning waa suffering considerably. My husband during the morning had three physicians with me. One of the doctors Injected morphine Into my arm to relieve the pain and this Is what put me In the hospital. I could feel myself growing easier and then I remembered nothing more until I awoke here In the hespltal." Jessie Dorsey. Jessie Dorsey, a young white woman, was found unconscious Sunday after, noon In her room at 116 1-2 Decatur street, as the result of an overdose ot morphine. She was taken to the Grady hospital In. an ambulance, where her life was saved. Whether the poison was taken with suicidal Intent la not known. It la understood the young woman has been addicted to the drug habit and It Is generally believed she accidentally swallowed an overdose. She was still In a partial stupor Monday and was unable to talk Intelligently of her con dition. Eltsn Tolbert. As the result of an overdose of mor phlne, Ellen Tolbert, a negro woman of Decatur and Courtland streets, died Sunday night at the Grady hospital. When discovered, the woman was unconscious and In a dying condition. The poison had gotten In Its work too well for medical science to be of any avail. The hospital physlclarfa worked with her for some time, but were un able to resuscitate her. What prompted the woman to taka the poison Is not known. DEATH'S OWN INVENTION. PRETTY GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE BECAUSE SWEETHEART FAILED TO WRITE AFTER QUARREL Despondent and morose because her sweetheart fled from her two weeks ago In a fit of anger, following a lovers' quarrel, and because she had not seen nor heard from him since, Miss Corlnne Earnest, a pretty girl ot It years, whose bomo Is at 20 King street. Into Sunday nfternoon swaWoesd an over dose nf landsncm In an elTort to end her life. So determined was she to die that the girl, as noon as the Grady hospital was notified, slipped out of her home and ran through the near-hy streets for several blocks In an attempt to baaed ANKERS' CONVENTION AT THAW-WHITE CASE MENTIONED BY TWO PASTORS IN SERMONS By Prlrste Leased Wire. Columbus, Ohio, July 2.—"One les son ought to come home to us, taught by these fatal revels In the house of mirth—the peril of lawlessness," said Rev. Dr. Washington Oladden, In his sermon at the First Congregational church yesterday, after re&rring to the White murder and declaring the character of Thaw to be the logical product of "multl-mllllonlsm." . At one point, when speaking of the dangers of great accumulation of wealth, he made what many hearers took to be a thrust at Chancellor Day. of the Syracuse University, declaring: ■It seems strange to me that political ohllosjphers and college presidents who know something about history should ignore this fact. REFERS TO THAW CASE IN FAREWELL 8ERMON By Private Leased wire. Louisville, Ky., July 2.—Rev. U. A. MacMillan, for a number of years pas tor of the Oak Street Presbyterian church. In preaching his farewell ser mon took occasion to refer to the Thaw-White tragedy. He said: "We need a revival of pure borne life. The shocking tragedy In high social life within the last few days should be the occasion of sounding a note of social reform that would sweep over this land now blighting with such a! leprosy." Special to The Georgian. Warm Springs, Oa., July 2.—Every thing Is In readiness for the two days' convention of the Wltham bankers, which convenes here tomorrow. quite a number of men prominent In financial circles from Atlanta will be In attendance at the meeting of the Institution which was organised by W. 8. Wltham of Atlanta. Asa G. Candler, president of the Central r and also 3. Candler, president of the Bank and Trust Corporation, m president of the Bankers' the convention, which will be attend, ed by the officials of the seventy-five Wltham banks located In all parts of Georgia and some points In Fforlda. Besides the many questions relative to banking methods to be discussed, an address will be delivered by Hon. J. Ounby Jordan, of Columbus, and Hon. John Temple Graves, of Atlanta. The Wltham banks represent over 360.006,060 of money In Georgia and their combined strength makes one of the strongest financial organisations In the country. Mr. Wltham believes In the raw ma terial to be found In the young men of the rural districts and prefers these In his banks to many other classes of escape the doctors. She was and finally caught by her brother-ln law, Joseph Ray, who took her back to the house. The girl screamed when caught nnd begged her brother-in-law to 1st her alone and allow the poison to do Its work. few minutes later an ambulance arrived and the death-seeking girl waa hurried to the hospital. After working with her for some time the physicians brought her out of danger and she was able to return to her home Monday. John Franklin the Man. The young man about whom the girl tried to kill heraOlf Is John Franklin, of Greenville, 8. C., who worked In At lanta until the quarrel with his sweet heart. Oo quarellng with the girl, Franklin Is said to have returned to Greenville, since which time he has sent her no word whatever. Madly In love with young Franklin, 0000O00O0OOOO000OOO LOST HER FAITH IN ALL MANKIND. nwur in iiiib win, young r luiinini, the girl brooded over the quarrel and the abaence nf her lover until eke could stand It no longer and deter mined to end her troubles In deatlt Pro curing a bottle of laudanum. Miss Earnest swallowed the contents as she unday afternoon. A younger sis ter noticed her drinking from the bottle and ran to Inform Mrs. Ray, another sister. The latter asked Miss Corlnne what she had done and the latter promptly Informed her. Mrs. Ray then The love nfTalr of pretty Co rlnne Earnest, which caused her to attempt suicide Sunday af ternoon, has soured her on tho masculine sex In general. The girl declared Monday morning that the "things" that wear pants are only pretences and that she has no more confi dence In any of them. When John Franklin, the man she loved, left her. two weeks ago after a lovers' quarrel, and failed to write to her, the girl's confidence In mankind evapo rated. "There are no men now," she remarked In discussing her at tempted suicide, and with an expression of disgust on her usually pleasant features. "They are only things and pretences. Tho pants that walk about the streets every day are simply being swindled." THAW CASE CERTAIN TO DEVELOP INTO HARD LEGALBATTLE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO writes or whether I ever hear from him In any way." Before she left the hospital, Mlsa Earnest promised her sister, 61 rs. Ray, she would never make another effort to commit suicide. Later she remarked: If I ever do try again I Will make a success of It. 1 won't make another Both Sides Are Prepar ing to Fight to Last Ditch. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 1.—It became kiu today that a secret battle, barked millions on each side, has begun a result of the effort to send Harry K dall Thaw to the electric chair for killing of Stanford White, the fain architect. White’s relatives and his severnl In- bun Earnest la an orphan and sides with her grandmother, Mrs. 1L Linn, 20 King street. for assistance. Miss Corlnne rush; from the house and ran through the streets until caught by Ray. When seen Monday morning. Miss Earnest at first declined to discuss the attempt on her life, but finally declared It was prompted by love for young Franklin. Nothing Left In Life. "1 have loved him dearly for two years," said the girl, "and I have sim ply worried myself Into despondency over his abaence. We had a little quar rel two weeks ago and he left me In angsr, returning to his home In Oreen- vllle. He has not written to me nor sent me any word and this was mors than I could stand. It just seemed as though there waa nothing left In life for me and I wanted to die. Without his love everything looked dark and gloomy and I simply preferred death to this continued worry and mental tor ture." When asked If she still loved Frank lin, she replied, with a faint smile: "Oh, yes, I love him; but It la Im material to me now whether he ever OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 0 0 a o COMPANY ANXIOU8 TO PUNISH GUILTY. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 2.—The local officers of the 'International Mercantile Marine Company, of which the American line Is a part, held a meeting at the com pany's offices here today for the purpose of discussing the wreck of the American line express train at Salisbury, England. Assurances were also given that the American line officials on the other side would do all In their power to cause the cor oner at Salisbury and the board of trade, which had Jurisdiction In such matters, to begin a rigid Investigation of ths wreck so that If there were any criminal negligence responsible the guilty ones ehould be punished. 0000000000000000000 tlon with the most noted nnd high- est-prlced attorneys In tho profe-xi.m. who have been retained to push iho case against Thaw. Hide Their Identity, These lawyers have In moat ca-es succeeded even In hiding their Identi ties thus far, and will say nothing in regard to the case, but It became known that they have already exam ined a number nf persons who will in nil probab*-^? become the most Im portant witnesses fur the prosecution when the trial begins. On the other hand, the lawyera re tained to defend Thaw, also among Hie most prominent In the country, hnva not only succeeded In getting the com plete life history of Evelyn NcaMt Thaw to present to the Jury thnt will sit In Judgment upon the prisoner, hut they have found a score or nmi. ,,f other Important witnesses, tnnny of them former girl friends of White. State Prepares Case. While this secret war between o|,|,..b- ing counsel was going on today tho district attorney’s office began an earn est preparation of the state's oi,« against Thaw which the prosecurors expect to make sufficiently strong to secure conviction. No matter how loud the outcry may be from certain quarters," said As-1st- ant District Attorney Garvin today, we are confronted with one all Im- l- 0 m, i 1 to spare no possible effort that Justice Is done and the majesty the law upheld." To Be Startling Trial. Hit was virtually deckled today, aft consultation between Attorney Jeroti and Assistant District Attorney- No end Garvin, to place Thaw on trial Georgia boys and 'developed them Into able bankers through bis methods and they are now enjoying lu> cratlve positions with the Wltham bank organisations. At the convention new methods and Ideas will' be discussed for the further development of this splendid organisa tion. while one of the purposes and advantages of the convention Is recreation and enjoyment of the cm- jtdoy x from the counting room. NEW CANAL COMMISSION NAMED BY THE PRESIDENT By Private Leased Wire. Washington, July 2.—The following statement was given out at the ilsalon today: office of the isthmian canal rommla "Because of the failure of the senate to take action looking to the confirmation of the Isthmian canal commission, the president Immediate ly following the adjournment nf congress appointed a new canal commls- ‘ h the following members; slon, with I , "Theodore P. Hhonts, chairman; John 8. Stevens, Charles Magnon, Peter ('. Haines, U. 8. A., retired; M. T. Endleott, U. 8.' N, and Benjamin M. Harrnd, C. K., U. 8. A. "Mr. Hte/ens becomes s member of the commission vice Brigadier General Oswald H. Ernest, C. K, who retired from active service recently, and who will hereafter devote his entire time to the International water ways commission. Mr. Stevens has. In addition to his duties on the com-< mission, those ot chief engineer. The salaries of the members will re main as heretofore. Mr. Stevens, however, will continue to draw his sal ary as chief engineer, without extra compensation, as a member of the canal commission." the criminal branch of the court early In October, From the number and character ..f the witnesses already examined nr dered to appear before the district at torney, and also because of the d' ■ ta lon of the defense’s attorneys to p!.i « Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, wife of the pris oner. on the stand, the Thaw trial to day promised to become the most son- rationally startling and remark ot.lo New York has ever witnessed. Witnesses Are Summoned. 'Among the other principal wttw-«a called by the district attorney's of fice today were James Lawrence Brass*, member of the Brook Club, of which While waa aleo a member, and a cloee friend of White. W. Gould Brokaw and Truxton Beale, of Ban Francisco, are alio expected to furnish teetlmony which will tend prove that Thaw had threatened white's life before the night of the shooting. i A t. r Dr. Ward's Anniversary. Ths fourteenth anniversary of pastorate of the Rev. A. C. Ward celebrated at the Temple Jt.ij church 8andey by services of an proprlate nature. Tho paator was elated by the "blackamlth preart and a series of meetings la being < rled on. In hla aermon Sundnv Ward touched upon It* discussion, saying that It out tha real friends uiiMUii