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msmm y*ln HnM of railroad* 8ev*»n Miles of *fra*t ralltrny* IS0 Rankin* rapltnl *22,000.000 The Atlam ta Georgian. GEORGIA ropnlatlon „ f.SO-V'lRl Miles of Sfentn railroads C.M* Miles of electric railways 401 Value of 1905 cotton « SI oo. 000.0M VOL. 1. NO. 159. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1906. PPTPl?.. On Train* FIVE CENT*. L IVLUJj. i n Atlanta TWO CENT*. Number of Reported Dead in Pennsylvania Trolley Wreck Is Now Eighty LOCKED IN CARS, MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN PERISH Number Saved By the Breakman Who Risks Death to Save Lives of Other. HALF A HUNDRED DEAD BODIES TAKEN FROM THE WRECK MANYFINn'NSAN/ry WAV' be offered WATERY IN DEFENSE OF CRUTCHFIELD GRAVE His Friends That He Crazy. Declare Was Crowds of Frantic People Rush to Scene of Catas trophe to Ascertain if Relatives Are Amoilg the Slain. Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 29.— 11:43 a .in.—The latest estimate of the number of persons dead in the electric train on the Pennsyl vania that plunged into the Thor oughfare, is put at 80. The num ber has steadily grown all day and at this hour 57 bodies have already been taken out. Among those now believed to be dead is Prank Hine, driver for tha Adams Express Company. He had arranged to take that train. Brown McBaird, head porter at the Marlborough-Blenheim, was aeen ninning for the train on its departure, and has not been heard from since. He, too, is dead. Professional divers, hired by the railroad, as well as scores of vol unteers, began work on the sub merged ears at dawn today and kept at the work of recovery of the dead hour by hour. Held tight in a trap, the vie tints, most of whom were women and children, were drowned in the ears, submerged in 20 feet of water. It was asserted that a few min- ntes before the arrival of the train the drawbridge had been opened *9 permit a vessel to go through. Then, when the draw was closed, it is alleged, the ends of the rails were not brought to a perfect un >"n. a protrusion of half ar. inch caiming the flange of the ear wheels to strike the other rail in- *tcad of passing over, the jar rausinp the cars to jump from the track. It is admitted that the signals showed that the bridge was elosed and indicated to Motorman neoft that he had a clear and safe track. District Attorney Abbott, of banding, is at Atlantic City . instance of the Pennsylva- 8ls officials, investigating the eausi.„[ t he wreck. Wo would like to learn some- nag nf the cause of the wreck, •"! he. “so we can go into details , mn e respousibilitv. While the •preadnig 0 f a rail caused the now hinted that the . 1 tr !' tender may have been re- Ponsiblp by imperfectly locking “e draw.” ,. p ***.n«r* Still Misting, un. foIlow, "g >« a list of the pas- "tin missing: b , n llE WU8. Mrs. Charles, Morris- «-BERTUS. child of Mr. and Mr*, m-n" Al,l,, rtue, Morristown, Penn. “t Hi H, ji A - R - Camden, N. J. " J TT, Mrs. R., Camden, N. Chief of construc- i 0»n.r«\‘ rt e ctrical • railway, expert of - Wv v il'tectrlc Company, Schenec- Vpr \ vV, w ** In first car. ' usui;;,.,, • Fr »nk, assistant chief of It n,"" t |on . also of Schnectady, wa» PHY-TWO BODIES , taken from waters. ui» 11 ~ "" tmdlha have been thu* far fll, m the waters of the Thor- and It u fujly believed. that Whether Mr*. Sallle Crutchfield re cover* or whether she dies, It i* gen erally believed that her husband, J. H. Crutchfield, accused of shooting her and then beating her In the head with the butt end of a shotgun, will plead In sanity a* his defense. Mrs. Crutchfleld, the wounded wife, Is still lingering between life and death at the Qrudy hospital, the outcome of her wounds, a matter of doubt, was announced Monday morning that she appeared slightly better, but that her condition Is still critical. It Is be lievea now that she has some slight chanee of recovery. It Is stated that Mrs. Crutchfleld has reacted fairly well from the shock of the operation Saturday afternoon, at which time her right leg was ampu tated just above the knee. She was shot In both legs, but It Is thought the left leg wilt be saved. Friends of Crutchfleld Insist that he Is crazy on the subject nt his wife, and are confldent a plea of homicidal or emotional Insanity will be made at the trlaL The prisoner has not Inti mated wiiat his defense would be, fur ther than his assertion that the shoot- Ing and beating of his wife was purely accidental. Detectives’ Theory. City detectives who have been In vestigating the case are Inclined to the belief that Crutchfleld Is afflicted with a definite form of Insanity. The officers put no credence what ever In the story of Crutchfleld that the shooting wab an accident, declaring they believe he laid In wait for his wife In front of her home and deliber ately shot her, after which he beat her In the head with the butt end of the weapon. A friend of Crutchfleld, In speaking of the caee Monday morning, said: "1 am confident Crutchfleld 1* crazy, and I think Insanity the tnoet plausible defense he can offer. He was elm; * Insanely jealous when he (hot his wi and I am satisfied had no control over himself. A plea of Insanity. I be lieve, would certainly place him in the asylum. His close friends know he le crazy about his wife." Crutchfleld line had a conference with Attorney Reuben R. Arnold. In regard to obtaining his services In de fending him, but no definite arrange ments have yet been made. Mr. Ar nold stated Monday he was unable to say as yet whether he will defend the prisoner. Turns to Prayer. When Informed Saturday afternoon that her right leg would have to beam, putated, Mrs. Crutchfleld realised the seriousness of her condition and that the operation might coet her life, and her thoughts turned tie her spiritual welfare. She requeued that Dr. W. IV. Lan drum, pastor of the First Bnrtlat church, come to her bedside and asked that the operation be delayed until he could get there. Dr. Landrum was no tified and Immediately went to the hos. pltal. He went directly to the room of the wounded woman and talked with her for some time of spiritual matters. After this he prayed for her. A few minutes ls.ier Mrs. Crutchfleld was put under the Influence of an anesthetic In the operating room and her right leg taken off just above the knee. there will be at least 20 others recov- ered during the day. The conductor of the Ill-fated train, James Curtis, said today that there were 95 people on board his train lifter It had left Pleas- nntvllle. Of there all have been tdentl- fie crowds 6 ' of people are hovering around the edge of the waters looking for their dead relatives or friends be ing taken into the morgue, where the work of Identification goes on slowly. The scenes at the Improvised morgue In the old Empire theater are heart rending. Women and strong men break down as they recognize the cold forma of those who were so suddenly plunged from life Into eternity. GUARD RI8K8 HI8 LIFE TO SAVE PASSENGERS. Almost before they had realWd their peril, the flrat two cars dived Into the water. The third car hung from the track at the edge of the d ra*hrldge, then Jumped In and was auhmeigeO^- To this fortunate circumstance wap due the escape of moat of the sur vivors. who scrambled out t|i*rear door, held open by a brave rd ird *‘ the risk of his own >‘fe, or .broke through the windows and J" the water until they w*erc rescued by b °Forty n -four bodies had been recov ered this morning, most of ‘beffiiielng brought to the surface b> diver*. Of thoee In the Aral cars. It Is believed that only four men escaped. frantic people line BANKS OF THE STREAM. Today wrecking crews and boats were working to pass <£aln cable* around the submerged cars to raise them to the surface and recover the awful cargo of corpses. As they la svmwrssztt the bottom of the stream. hosts AH ntfht hundred. ( »f man thronged the thoroughfares; men. women and children, frantic for fear SPECIAL PRIVILEGES CAUSE MUCH COMMENT The unusual liberties given J. H. Crutchfleld during hta two days’ stay at the police station, which have formed the basis for much com ment and criticism, will he Investigated by the board of police comtnls- aloners. Chairman Terry, when seen Monday, declared he considered the treatment accorded Crutchfleld entirely Irregular, Improper and the like of which he had never heard of before. He said that, owing to the grav ity of the charge against Crutchfleld, the prisoner should have been locked In a cell as soon as taken to the police station and kept there as long ae lie waa under Jurisdiction of the police. The chairman sold he considered this a matter for the commission to thoroughly probe and place the blame where It belonged, remarking: “This Is a.matter for Investigation and I am sure If there Is any thing for the commission to do It will do Its full duty, whatever that may be.” Chairman Terry said he had never heard of a prisoner anywhere being allowed such courtesies and given such magnanimous treatment when under a serious charge. UNUSUAL PROCEDURE. "It was not right," said he. “It waa decidedly Improper. To say the least, the procedure was unusual." Following the storm of criticism that developed Saturday In regard . to the liberties of Crutchfleld, who was allowed to go anywhere he pleased about the police station In custody of n guard and who la said to have even been allowed the freedom of the streets, the prisoner was removed from the police station to the Tower. Crutchfleld has been provided with quarters In the jail hospital, on the fifth floor, and has not been lockad In a cell. The prisoner was vlalted at the Tower Monday morning by his eldest son, Paul, 12 years of age, who attacked his father at the time of the shooting and tried to prevent him from beating his mother In the head. The boy remained with his father for several minutes. Crutchfleld requested Jailer Chastain Monday to telephone the hos pital and ascertain the condition of hie wife, and when Informed that she appeared some better, he seemed greatly pleated. Crutchfleld la visibly anxious about his wife’s condition and while at the police station tele phoned to the hospital himself several times. E. A. Loudette, a brother of Mrs. Crutchfleld, arrived In Atlanta Saturday from his home In Columbia, S. C., and will remain here until the outcome of her condition la determined. Mr. Loudette states that the special sent out from Columbia to the effect that hie father la dying there In poverty Is Incorrect. He says Ills father la paralysed, but le not dying. The father Is being cared for at the home of the son. The young man I* connected with the Columbia theater. LIST OF THE DEAD IN TROLLEY WRECK Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 1» —Follow ing Is a Hat of. tK* dead In the Penn' sylvanla wreck: ALBERTUS, Charles, aged 25 years, Norristown, Pa. ANOURSO, Petro, (IS Christian street, Philadelphia. AXNIBILA. Vincent. New York. BENCKERT, Clarence, boy. 2131 South Sixth street, Philadelphia. BENCKERT, Harry, boy, aame ad dress. BENCKERT, Mrs. Man', same ad dress. BRADDISH, Mrs. W. 8., aged Eattport, Maine, sister of George 8e- vett, manager Hotel Walton, Phila delphia. BROWN. Mrs. Cora Biddle. Eastport, Maine, niece of Mrs. W. S. Braddlsh. CARTER. W. L.. detective. Ninth and Walnut streets, Philadelphia. DEMPSEY, James, 240 Stevens street, Camden. N. J. DEMPSEY, Mrs. James Paul, sam* address. DESACESXO, Frank, Kimball street, above Ninth, Philadelphia. EGAN, James, 2418 Pacific avenue, Atlantic City. FIEL, Samuel L., 72 year* old. West Washington Lane. Philadelphia. FRIED. David, New York. LAWRENCE. Mrs. Theodore, 101* Brandywine street, Philadelphia. MAZZELLI, Paaquelo, 40 year* old, married, Christian street, Philadelphia, cornetlst In Royal Italian band. MONROE, Frank, Camden, N. J. MONROE Mrs. Frank. Camden. N. J. XEECE, Miss, daughter of Ernest Neece, Philadelphia baker. VINCENTE, Donnelll, Royal Italian band. WONFOR. Mrs. George H., Ill Fed- eral street, Camden, N. J. Unidentified Bodies Recovered. The following unidentified bodies have been recovered: Woman, partially gray hair, three ring*, one ring with Initials, ‘*B. B. S.,’’ gray cloth suit, watch with no Initial! handkerchief with "J" on one end am ”F” on another. One member of Royal Italian band, height 5 feet, 0 Inches: weight 1(0 pounds; black hair, black mustache. Woman, (0 year* old, gray hair, 120 pounds, green waist, black skirt, black shoes, white gloves. Young women, black .hair, about 20, 110 pound*, light waist and black skirt, one gold tooth w.eddlng ring with Ini tials “I. P. D. to I., M. Q., 12-21-’04.’’ She died In hospital. Man, black hair and mustache, white sweater, black abort coat, about 40, feet, 10 Inches. Man, about (0 years of age, 5 feet, 7 Inches, black coat and trousers, black hair and mustache; bill In name of Klemm, In account with' Shapiro, (28 and (30 South street, Philadelphia: small, open face watch; large scar on left arm. Young woman, about 23 years, brown hair, 110 pounds, black silk skirt, white waist, Eton coat. Known Dead Still In Wrtek. The known dead still In the wreck are: « SCOTT, Walter, motorman on the wrecked train. 778 Michigan avenue, Atlantic City. WONFOR, George H.', photographer, 318 Federal street, Q ‘ "s rad ex n. LIST OF GREAT WRECKS OCCURING IN THE U. S. ■ Here Is a list of the great wrecks In railroad history In the United Stat *8S(—Camp Hill, Pa., (8 killed. 1878—Ashtabula. Ohio, 80 killed. 1887— t’hatiworth. III., 85 killed. 1888— Mud Run, Pa., 88 killed. 1898—Atlantic city, N. J., 47 killed. 1903— f .aural Run, Pa., 85 killed. 1904— Eden, Colorado. 46 killed. Continued on Psg* Three- CAPT. BACHELOR SHOT BY WALTON AT BELAIR Special to The Georgian. Augusta,.Ge., Oct. 39.—W. A. Bach elor. who for a number of years has been a resident of Belslr, and. who was 25 or 30 yeare ago pronounced one of the most daring duelists In the state, was shot and killed yesterday evening ut 6 o'clock by W. T.'Walton, a young man at Belalr. • Mr. Bachelor had been a resident of Belalr for half a century, end up to a few -years ego he was considered .a very reckless man. He had reformed. however, and waa living a quiet peace ful life at the time of the tragedy. Walton came to Augusta last night' and surrendered to the officers. He killed Mr. Batchelor In the depot at Belalr, and says that It was self-de fense. He said that Mr. Bachelor was pursuing him with a pistol. Captain Bachelor was a veteran o the civil war and was well known In Augusta and this vicinity. Walton, who lived at Harlan, had accompanied his wlfa to Belalr to visit relatives. LAST WEEK OF CAMPAIGN FINDS HEARST WINNING Strike of Chauffeurs Becomes Issue in i Politics. New York, Oct. 21.—As the last week of It.' campaign draws near, It be comes more and more apparent, In spite of the rainbow statements that are be ing put out by the Republicans, that Hearst has gained greatly In strength In many counties outside of this city, and thac here he Is at least holding his own. Apparently he Is directing his energies to capturing the so-called la bor vote. Democratic and Republican, and apparently he la making a great success, from all reports. A statement last week that a poll of manufacturing plant up the state, which employs nearly 15,000 men. showed only 178 for Hughes was thought to he an error. It was declared the number employed must be 1,500 Instead of 15,000, owing to the email- nese of the Hughes vote Indicated. But the figure* were correct. G. O. P. Funds Ar* Low. Owing to the fact that the law In this state now prohibits corporations from contributing to campaign funds, the Republican campaign cheat la pret ty low. The state committee has no such sums as It used to have before the law passed last winter. It* poverty may reduce the Republican farmer vote, for this year there will be no fund* to speak of to expend on bringing the farmers to the poll*. There was a stir In politics here to day when Charles F. Murphy, the lead er of Tammany Hall, announced, through his counsel, James W. Os borne, that he would prosecute for criminal libel any newspaper that here after pictured him In prison stripes. Murphy Rsmovss 8trip*». The town Is placarded here and there with posters and cartoons. In which tho Tammany boss Is pictured In stripes. Yesterday Mr. Osborne was on the go looking for thesr, and the advertise ments on the elevated cars were de manded removed. Most of the poetert were taken down or covered up. HEARST ON LAST TRIP TO UP-STATE COUNTRY. . New York. Oct. 29.—William Ran dolph Hearst, candidate for governor on the Independence League and Dem ocratic state ticket, departed at noon today for his sixth and final up-state campaign tour. Mr. Hearst will speak tonight at two meetings In Syracuse and Auburn. The flrat will be held at Byracust, and he will then take a fiat train for Auburn, where an enthusiastic reception Is promised him. Tomorrow he will speak at Seneca Falls, Waterloo, Geneva and Canan- dauga. Reports from these places In- dlcats that an ovation will be accorded him. Three Speeches in Buffalo. The lost night, October -21, of hie final up-atate tour will be spent in Buffalo, where Mr. Hearst Is scheduled to speak at three great meetings. The candh date returns to New York on Xovem. her. 1. and will apeak In Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 1, 2 and’2. Jamee Farley, the notorloua enemy of.'labor and the avowed supporter of Charles E. Hughes for governor, who. If Is alleged, haa made 31,000,000 by crushing strikes for the "Plunder, bund," Is In this city today with 1 tfapusand strike-breaker* at hla call for the purpose of breaking the strike of 822 JAPANESE FISHERMEN PERISH IN , A HURRICANE Vessels of the Coral Seeking Fleet, to the Number of 228, Are Destroyed by Storm. Tokio, Japan, Oct. 29.—Eight hundred and twenty-two live* have been lost in a terrific hurricane off Goto Island. In all 266 coral fiahing vessels were caught in the storm, and only thirty-eight survived. Only 3S8 men were saved of 1,210 on board the fishing craft and 100 of these were badly injured. / The Island of Goto Is Just off the western coast of ths Island of Klu- shlu, which Is ths most southerly of the Islands forming the group known as ths Empire of Japan. PASSENGERS JOIN CREW IN FIG HI WITH NEGROES Special to The Georgian. Prosperity, 8. C., Oct. t*.—An excit ing time was experienced Saturday night on the Columbia, Newberry and Iaturens train from Columbia to Lau rens. Three negroes were attempting . to beat their way. conductor Blair followed them into the baggage car, when one of them grabbed up the baggage master's rifle and fired, but missed the baggage mas ter. They jumped off, the train was stopped and a general fusllade began, some fifteen or more shots being fired. Two of the negroes got away, but one waa shot in the arm and captured. No one on the train wa* hurt. Pas sengers Joined In the light and every effort was made to catch the negroes after they fired on the baggage master. The negro who picked up the gun car ried It with him. Thus the strike of the chauffeurs now a political Issue. The 126 etriklng chauffeurs, while they recognise, the power of Farley, who recently declared he had a Hat of 25,000 non-union mtn ready to do his bidding, are undapnted. Strike Breaker Gets Angry. Farley, who has made his fortune by tutting down labor troubles, Indui ng the subway strike, la stopping at the Hotel Aator, where he I* In touch with his "Plundtrbund" friends. The notorious strike-breaker was very angry when a reporter smoked him out and asked him his plans In regard to the chauffeur strike. With a burst of profanity ha denied he was here to break the strike. It's a lie," he shouted. "I have thousands of cllants. Including the biggest corporations In the country, but I am not handling this strike." “We know that Farley la supplying the 'scaba' to take our place*," said Millard Perkins, president of the Elec tric Automobile Operators' Union No. 282, "and while we are a* firm as ever i the belief that we are going to win, e also appreciate the tough proposi tion that w* are up against with this man Farley." Hughes in Good Shape. Mr. Hughes began the last week nf his up-state campaign today at Dana- vllle. After resting Sunday as the guest of John E. Hedges, at the Jackson health resort. Mr. Hughes appeared to be In splendid condition, mentally and physically. The strain under which (he candidate ho* been laboring may be better realized when It la considered that he made 35 speeches, the majority of them In the open air, during last The normal plurality returned for the Republican ticket 4>y the count la about 2,000. DansviUe ta the early home of Mr. Hedges, Mr. Hughes’ campaigning mala The last of Mr. Hughes' tour was characterized by meetings, which were, In the main, successful. The two meetings which may prop erly be reckoned a> showing the great est degree of Mr. Hughes’ popularity were those at Cortland, In Cortland county, and at Bath, In Steuben. - TAFT SAYS IF HEARST WINS HEEL BE NOMINATED IN 1908 Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 29.—"If William R. Hearst la elected governor of New York, I believe he will be the Democratic candidate for the presi dency In 1901. I do notlaee how they could Icaap’fba nomination/away from him." . william-H.- Taft, aecretaryof war, made this statement emphatically. In discussing the probable result of tho gubernatorial campaign In New III FIR OF IFOLLTICKET Hearst League Gets Order for Hearing on Decision. New York. Oct. 29.—The attorneys for ths Independence League won a great victory today when they ap' peared before Chief Judge Cullen, of the court of appeals, and aecurtd his consent to convene an extraordinary session of the court of appeals at Al bany tomorrow, where the attorneys will carry to the highest tribunal of tha atate their tight on behalf of 1 the can didates and cltlxena- generally, whose petitions tiled with the board of elec tions were despoiled, torn and mutl lattd. League Hopsa for Decision. Great' hope Is entertained from the action of Chid Judge Cullen' by the attorneys of the Independence League that when the facte of the treatment to which the petitions were subjected when In the hands of the board of elec tion. are fully laid before the court of appeals that the remarkable decision of the lower court taking away the rights of the candidates to be voted for under the emblem of the Independ ence League, will be reversed by the tribunal. Lawyers representing the Independ ence League met today at the home of Chief Judge Cullen, at 144 Willow street, Brooklyn, at a meeting appoint ed by his honor, In response to a lat ter addressed to him by the Independ ence League attorneys In which the decision given by the lower court was characterised a* follows: Contention of League. “It Is directly contrary to what waa decided by the appellate division in the second department In the matter of Wise. 108 appellate division, last year and It brands as Illegal substan tially every independent certificate of nomination ever filed since the enact ment of the new election law.’’ The court of appeals Is not scheduled before November », but today tha In dependence League lawyers Impressed hla honor with thslr claim that unless an Immediate session of the appellate court were called Irremediable Injus tice from their standpoint, would have been done against candldatta and cltl- sens who had expressed In their peti tions their desire to vote for them for Nebraskan T h i nk.s $100,000 Salary Is' Too Much. Chicago, Oct 29.—William 3. Bryaa spent Sunday In Chicago. Ha arrived unannounced In the morning from hia .•lump-speaking tour of Indiana and Ohio and doparted In the evening for Des Moines, Iowa. He said he wanted to see Hearst elected governor of New York. "Do you ( thlnk tho election of Hearst would make him a presidential candi date In 1901?” tha Nebraskan was asked. “Well," he said, *1 believe In fighting one battle at a time. The wisest course Is to dispose of this contest first and then go on and take up the other one later. The circumstances of one does not necessarily govern the other.’’ Rsgsrding Sullivan Affair. Mr. Bryan was asked If the Sullivan controversy was to be left In the back ground, to which It has receded during the last two months. "I don’t know,” replied he, wearily. "The principle for which I contend is that the matter la still there; It will always live because It Is right, because It Is the truth. But I don’t know how an Indication of public sentiment on the subject could be obtained at this time." Mr. Bryan was then told of Senator Continued on Pag* Two. the offices of assemblymen, senators and congressmen. Judge It in Doubt. 'it lo a fact," said Judge Cullen.’ "that the decision of the appellate di vision leaves mo In doubt on what grounds the decision was granted, whether It was because of a lack of signatures on the multiple petitions or whether It waa because of conditions Into which the petitions had fallen. I am fully alive to the necessities of prompt action If It should appear to morrow that there are sufficient legal reasons .for my entertaining an ap peal." During the controversy Air. Gilbert, attorney for the Republicans, said air ily: "Oh, well, It does not matter wheth er these men run or not." "That Is an appropriate remark coin ing from a man who was a funner partner of Attorney •General Mayer,* rejoined Mr. Shears.