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"Situation Wanted” Ads. Free In THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN The Atlanta Georgian. "Situation Wanted” Ads. Free In THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN VOL. 1. NO. 177. Atlanta, ga., monhay, November io, dog. PRICE: Id Atlanta TWO ' SHIPS MATE BLAMED FOR LOSS OF 50 LIVES JUR Y HEARS HO W GRA CE BR 0 WN WAS SLAIN AT BIG MOOSE LAKE Smashed Craft Sinks as Panic Is in Progress. SIX WOMEN DIE; ONE GIRL RESCUED Mate of the Dix Is Charged With Murderous Reck lessness by Captains of Two Boats. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 19.—Puget sound, so prolific of marine dis asters, had another last night in s collision between the Alaska steamer Jeanie and the Seattle- l’ort Blakely steamer Dix, which between 45 and 50 people were drowned. Those lost were all passengers of the Dix and many residents of the mill town of Port Blakely. The unfortunates were sent to their awful death with scarcely a moment’s warning. Saddest of all, they gave their lives through the criminal, nay the murderous, reck lessness of one Charles Dennison, mate of the Dix. This strong statement is practi cally that of Captain P. Lermond ami Captain .Mason, masters, re spectively, of the Dix and Jeanie. Both charge him with having been responsible for the enrollment of appalling a death list. SIX WOMEN DROWNED; ONE GIRL IS RESCUED. Mate Dennison was at the wheel temporarily in charge of the Dix, ami In this capacity of yjuiter, deliberately approached from astern and tried to cro«« the bow of the Jeanie. The ves sels came together about midway be tween Duawmiah head -nd Alkal point, two mllea oft the Seattle ahore. The reacne vessel arrived nt about 11 '/clock. Of the seven women and glrla aboard the Dix, only one girl. Alice Simpson. 14 years old, survived. The Jennie with her regular crew and 300 ions of Alaska ore. left Smith Covo at 1" minutes of 7 o’clock, and at 7 o’clock i hi- Dix set out from her berth. The wharves are about two miles apart, off Duuwmlsh head, the Jeanie hold ing the regular course for Tacoma, war •everal ships lengths ahead of the Dix. Seeing that the Dix kept up her ef. fort to cross his bow. Captain Mason Evidence to Convict Him Without Mrs. Camp’s Testimony. Evidence that Will Johnson, the ne. gro now in the Tower, Is guilty of as. saultlng.several white women during the put summer and fall seems to be now almost conclusive. Sunday at the request of Chief Tur ner, of the county police, Mrs. Richard Hembree, who wu assaulted near Bat tle Hill In May, came to the Tower and positively Identified the negro ae her assailant. This will In probability con vict the negro, whether or not Mrs. J. N. Camp Is able to say that he la the man who usaulted her In euch a brutal manner lut Tuesday. Johnson Is the-negro whose arrest during the trial of Joe Qlenn lut week for the usault on Mrs. Camp caused that negro to be turned loose. Glenn Is, however, still In the Tower at his own request for protection. Identified Clothing. The three extra suits of men’s clothes and two skirts which Johnson had on at the time he wu apprehended Friday by County Policemen Buntyn and D. 8. A. Davis have been Identi fied by an old negro named Bill Jef fries. who liven on L. A. Baker's place, near Battle Hill, ns the property of himself and his wife. The old negro missed his “Sunday clothes” when ho went to dreu up Hun an who had taken' them from his house. When be went fell (he ofilcers what he had lost Ills ■icriptlon tallied with tho property found on Johneon. The grand Jury will meet Thursday. November 32, and Will at that time. In all probability, return a true blit against Johnson for the usault on Mrs. Hembree at laut. The superior court convenes Monday. ' It hu been found that on the day he was caught Johnson had been In ■ crowd with five other negroes, all of whom were near by at the time of hla arrest. The negroes were together In the country, but on approaching the city separated, JUMPED FROM BRIDGE TO BE MANGLED BY WHEELS OF A TRAIN Unknown Man Hurls Himself From Magnolia Viaduct to Meet Death on Tracks Below. This picture show* the family of Frank Brown. They are in atendanco at court in Herkimer, N. Y., where Chester Gillette ie on trial for the murder of Mias Grace Brown. Those in the group are Mr. Brown and wife, parents of the dead girl, and her eieters, Miss Frances Brown standing and Miss Mary Brown, sitting. Mary is said to resemble strikingly her do ad sister. ^ Factory Girls Say Gil lette Never Went With Woman. signaled full speed astern^ but It wu i Jeanie struck the Dix on 1 late. Th, ... I lie starboard aide amidships, almost mtllng her In two. MANY PASSENGERS DRAWN TO DEATH WITH STEAMER. Many of her .passengers Jumped overboard though doubtless a score or more went down with the boat, not having the slightest chance for their Jives, Heart-rending cries erase from the water. Women and men were scream- Ing piteously for help. It was an in describable death struggle. <‘aptaln Mason lowered two life boats from the Jeanie with the greatest pos sible dispatch. It wu difficult and dangerous work picking up the fut- drowning passengers. The two boats were soon filled and hastened to the Jennie's side, where the rescued were honied to the shore. When the rescue boats returned to the scene not one person could be found. They searched and searched, the Jeanie meanwhile steaming about doing at! sho could. Captain Mason remained ut tho scene, he stated, as long as there upi*ared to be the slight est chance of picking up any one alive. WIRE8 ARE DOWN AND DELAY IN TRAFFIC IS RE8ULT. Tho torrential storms In the Missis sippi valley Saturday nlgh| and Sun day caused considerable damage to the companies, but beyond a few del messages (he local offices were not dis commoded. Repair parties were sent out Immediately to repair breaks, and communication was Immediately re stored. The regular elgnals for the weather bureau from Corpus Chrlstl, Palestine and Taylor, Texu, were reported miss ing Monday morning, and until a late hour had not arrived. The lateness of layed the Issuance of the daily weather chart, which came out about 11 a. m. Local officials claim that the wires along the Mississippi will be in service again before night. AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE MAY FACE CHARGES IN A DIVORCE SUIT Beautiful Countess of Westmoreland Fig ures in Rumors. New York, Nov. 19.—A1I New York "I'm a mooed and shocked today over •he cablegrams from London and Paris tolling of an International rumpus In the British peerage, which. It Is said, 1,1 exiiecled to result In a suit by Lord Westmoreland to divorce his countess, hie of the most beautiful womert In •bigland and lady In waiting to the queen. The man In the case. It Is said. Is an •yigi„.American niuItl-mlHIonalre. one V l , h,! largeat holders of realty In New .''' r *. now a widower In the prime of Whose two children both married happily against his wishes. Earl Asked Explanation. The Countess of Westmoreland, who *»s separated from her husband efter J 11 sensational advertisement In the London newspapers that he would not any more of her debts, recently ““cime the possessor of a Jl.J50.iri0 set °f hamood ornaments. Lord Westia r,; m l asked for an ex planation, which was not forthcoming, and the reports of Impending divorce proceedings followed. During the last HUifimcr the countess rented a country house close to the magnificent castle of the inultl-mllllonairo on the Thames. American is Wealthy. The American millionaire Is 58 years 'of age and has long held a certain pe culiar position In the English capital. Hla personal fortune la one of the greatest in the world, but for the past sixteen years, with Infrequent visits to New York, he has spent his tremendous Income In England and In travelii about Europe. Two of his children r cently married happily, although rnlb against his will. The millionaire recently astnnlsl all England, by purchasing one of greatest estates In Great Britain magnificent country seat with parka and great rolling farm lands In the county of Kent. The castle was one of the favorites of Henry VIII. Her Family Unfortunate. The <’oqn>*** of Westmoreland be longs la n maritally unfortunate family. She a* sister of the Earl of Roslyn. re membered by New Yorkers as a mem ber of one of Chatlew Frohman’a com panies under the stage name of John Erskine. The eart’a marriage to the beautiful American actress, Ann Rob- Inson, has been followed by nothing but unhappiness. The Countess of Warwick, then Lady Herkimer, N. Y..' Nov. 19.—The story of the fatal love tragedy of Grace Brown, whoee body was found In the waters of Big Moose Lake, was un folded chapter after chapter today when the taking of teetlmony woe commenced In the trial of'Chester E. Gillette, charged with the girl's mur der. , Girls who worked In the'Cortland shirt factory, where Groce Brown first met the defendant, told the Jury that Gillette never appeared In public with her. The dletrtct attorney I* , handling the case In narrative form, starting from the first relationship of Gillette and Grace Brown and closing with the death of the girl and the arrest of Gil lette. Mrs. P. O. Carey, of East Orange, N. _ , who, with her husband, had a camp on the lake, will testify that the even ing of the tragedy she heard Grace Brown's death cries. It was too dark to see, and Mrs. Carey was unable to tell from whence the crlee come. Gillette's Ntrve Weakens. Gillette’s nerve le fast weakening and when Frank T. Brown, father of hla alleged victim, was called to the stand toda/ as the first witness for the state, the young man's nervousness was apparent to. every one In the packed court room.' He sat biting his finger nails and casting side.long glances at the father of the murdered girl without once look ing squarely at him. The father’s testi mony was comparatively unimportant, serving simply to show the close rela tions between Gillette and Miss Brown: The testimony of Mrs. Hawley, the eldest sister of the dead girl, was along the'same general line*. Several em ployees of the shirt factory were called to testify t* Grace Brown's attachment for Gillette, and hla mistreatment of her. ProprietQr of Restaurant hi New York City A nd Offers DeCastellane $10,000a Year New York, Nov. 19.—Count Bonl De Castellans has' only to say the wonV and lt< will be In his power to regard with lofty hauteur the fashionables of. New York while they dine under his personal supervision In a Broadway restaurant. ' It all lies with his decision on an of fer cabled him today by J. B. Martin, proprietor of the Cafe Martin, at Broadway and Twenty-sixth streets. The. cable was worded substantially as follows: “Will contract to engage you as a .major-domo at salary of 50,000 francs a year to take charge of waiters.and manage restaurant privileges nf Cafe Martin. Oblige with Immediate an ewer.” “Count Bonl Is Just the man I am looking for," Martin said. “My patrons will be Interested In a head waller with such an.interesting career as that re- vealed In Mme. Gould's divorce. Count Bonl Is graceful, fascinating and un doubtedly knows good food and how to serve It. I made the offer a handsome one of 310,000 a year In case Count Bonl ha* scruple* about going to work,” OCEAN LINER IN DISTRESS London. Nov. 19.—A report from Holyhead say* a large passenger fttenmer I* flying signals of distress off that port, and la thought to be disabled. Assistance has been sent to her. WAS BO Y POISONED? MAX BRASELTON HAS TWO Q UEER A TTA CKS Mystery Surrounds the Strange Illness of Small Boy. RELATIVE OF OIL KING DIES FROM EXP08URE. BomeiVllle, N. J.. Nov. 19.—Menla Riykefeller, aged 82, who Is said to he a member of the Hunterdon county family of Rockefeller*, of whlrh John D. Rockefeller Is a descendant, was found dead In u lane near the home of 8. E. Garretson, three miles east of this place, today. It Is supposed that Rockefeller fell off his horse, was stunned and died from exposure. Sybil Ht. Clair Erskine. was married to Lord Weatmoreland-Anthony Mltdmay Julian Fane, thirteenth earl. In 1893. It was one of the most remarkable weddings of that season among London society, oa his wife was one of the love liest girls In the klngdt What poisoned little Max Braselton? That Is the question which I* pux- xllng his father and mother and the physicians at Grady hospital. It Is a strange, case. The boy has hud two attacks of.a serious nature. Just a week apart, lie 1s recovering from th* second at tho hospital, but no positive explanation of hla Buffering has been made. Max I* the IJ-year-old son of Po liceman Robert Broselton, of 91 Crew street On Sunday morning a week ago he came Into the house, frothing at the mouth, his eyes set and glassy und evidently In a serious condition. He was brought round by prompt at tention, but he could not explain dlls condition. Hunday morning. Just a week after hi* first attack, little Max was playing at a neighbor's with his brother, Rob ert. who I* 13 years of age, and Albert Butler, a young companion. The other boys missed Max from their play and found him sitting on the front steps, his eyes glassy, his mouth covered with 'n white foeni. He was stiff and cold and could hardly speak. "Take me home." ho muttered. “And lake those bugs off me.” Before the ambulance from Grady hospital arrived Max had had three convulsions. At the hospital he lay unconscious until Monday morning, Is believed he will recover. “I believe Max was poisoned,” said Mr*. Broselton at her home. “No, I cannot say 1 suspect anyone. Max had a quarrel with n mean little negro boy who stole his bicycle a short time ago, which might have something to do with it.” .'T saw Max eating some red berries Sunday," said the little Butter boy. What the berries were has not been learned. Physicians ' at Grady say no trace of poison was found In thn boy's stom- nch. They lire of the opinion his condition was due to acute Indigestion. Max denies ho ate any berries or that he was given anything to eat by any one. After walking to and fro over the Magnolia street bridge for three hours Monday morning, an unknown white man at 9:30 o’clock suddenly leaped from the bridge to the railroad-track below. In the yards of the Western and Atlanttu railroad, being crushed and mangled by a moving train of freight cars. The stranger was picked up uncon scious and hurriedly sent to the Elkin- Goldsmith sanitarium In the Grady hos. pltal ambulance, where he died at 11:30 o'clock. He never regained conscious- ness amt never spoke, bis death ren dering the case one of the most mys terious In the. annals of local trage dies. ■ The railroad officials are eatlsfled the man's death was a deliberate case of suicide. He leaped directly In front of the moving train and It was Impos sible for tho engineer to stop In time to save him. No one has been found who saw the stronger Just at the ino- mont when he took the fatal leap, but members of the train crew taw the fall. Ing body as It plunged through the air and fell on the track. His Body Mangled. The engine was Instantly reversed and everything possible done to stop the train, but by the time that It came to a standstill th* body of the unfor tunate man had been enu-ht under neath the wheels and crushed. The unconscious form was quickly removed from the track and taken to Foundry-street, a short distance away. Ynrdmaster Wheeler , Mangum bent over the injured man and made ksmIiI- uous efforts to get some Information from him. but to no avail. The man was already In a dying condition and wu* unable to speak. He continued to breathe until 11:39 o'clock, when lie died at the sanitarium. The clothing of the dead man was cloeely examined, but not the slightest clew was found that would tend to reveal his Identity. He left no note nor explanation of any kind regarding hla act. He was first noticed on the Magno lia Street bridge Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock. ,N'o special nttentlo I lad the east Idea he contemplated n tragi Ing of M* life. He was seen io con tlnuslly walk to and fro hcmo th bridge, as though fascinated by unknown object there. For thre hours he kept up this nervous pm < Why he watted from *:3o until 9:3 o'clock to Hike the leap Is a matter " conjecture, hut It Is presumed a ton filet whs being waged In nls bn-.i- over the question of whether he shout take Ills life. A switch engine was on gaged In switching a train of car.' making up an outgoing freight, am when the train started under the brldg the body of the stranger suddenly -ho downward to a terrible d ig to was A laborer, black coat and blue overall trou He weighs about 170 pounds nml Is proxlmntaly 5 feet 9 Inches tall, nad a blonde mustache and was w Ing a stubby beard of about three d growth. His hair la tinged with gru W. J. FREEMAN DEAD; TUBE FROM GAS JET LED TO HIS MOUTH Clerk at Marion Hotel, Tired of Illness, Writes Letter to Wife and Goes to His Death. W. J. Freeman, night clerk of Ih* Marlon hotel, died at 8:45 Monday morning aa a result of hla second at- tempt at suicide. He was found at 8 o'clock Saturday morning with hla bed under a chandelier at a room In the home of hla sister, lira. Will Meador, at 120 Ivy street, and a rubber tube running from the gaa Jet Into his mouth. The phyelclans kept him alive by artificial means for 48 hours. Mr. Freeman was off duly Friday afternoon anil spent the time In hi* room In the Marlon annex, writing a long letter to hi* wife and packing hi* effects. He worked at the deek Friday evening and went to his sister’s home to spend the night. In th* letter to his wife he said that he had carefully considered his act and had decided to die only after mature deliberation. He said that he felt that he was losing his mind and that he could not remember things aa he had once been able to do. He said ho thought suicide preferable to the possi bility of becoming a burden to his family. * ■ Check for His Wife. With tht letter wan a check payable to hla wife, who wan Miss Cora Lou Harrla, of Knoxville, before their mar riage. Thla check waa for every cent of hla account at the Centra! Bank and Truat Company, and he aald that In eaving her thla he wished that It waa much more. Another check payable fo him and by him Indorsed was also with the letter. Mm. Freeman, who haa been visiting her father. Dr. Harris. f»ne of the load- I'U! .!. nti-fM «.f K id >x vill*\ for the past, two months, arrived at her husband's beduiuo Sunday morning, but the doc tor* were never able to bring him to consciousness. Mr. Freeman had been In wretched heulth for several weeks, but had np- I • Ii'lv lit • h III spll M His Second Attempt. Mr. Freeman's first attempt on his life wo* In Baltimore three weeks after his marriage, a few year* ago. Dabney H. Scovllle. proprietor of the Marlon, speaks of his dealings with the dead man In terms which any man might envy. He was one or the most gentlemanly men I ever met." gtfd Mr. scovllle Monday. "Friday evening after he had night been been ofT In the afternoon, he camo here to the office and balanced u books perfectly and turning al cash over to W. J. Cartwright, the er night clerk, told him that he r not see him any more. Hla ser and his conduct here have very commendable." At Knoxville Mr. Freeman was a leader in the Elks' Lodge and th** At lanta Elks will escort his body to the train for Knoxville, where his remains will be sent probably tonight If his brother arrives here this afternoon. Coroner Thompson holds an Inquest Monday afternoon. SNOW IS PREDICTED TO FOLLOW SUMMERY WEATHER OF MONDAY HART URGES COURT TO HEAR TAX CASES At torney General of Georgia Appears Before U. S. Supreme Court. SiWl'iabiM.HTri il mil • - r ■> «■ —1 -ie Washington, Nov. 19.—Attorney Gen eral Jnhn G. Hart, .,f Georgia, today re quested the supreme court of the Unit ed Elates M hear aa early as |»>*sible the eases nf the Central nf Georgia rullrnud anil the Georgia Railroad and Ranking Company against the comp troller general of the state. These cases Involve the taxability, __ under the law* of Georgia, of foreign when he showed Improvement, and It stock held by ciUxen* of Georgia. May be Here Before Mojning—or May Not. section with tjie low barometer a win ner with high temperatures ns u result In this section. The rain storm* In the MIsdsHippl valley tore down the wires and the ser vice had not been completely fepalred More snow! (Maybe.) The second Installment of fleecy flakes may fall In thla neighborhood Monday night or Tuesday, unit other of the unexpected climatic changes takes place and more favor' able conditions for other brands of weather prevail. The local weather observer, whether you believe It or not, says that rain or snow will probably fall Monday night and Tuesday will be clear. Also, lhat as the conditions indicate colder weath er Tuesday may be clear and cold and the foggy dampness of the past few days will give way ro (noting weather. Excessively high temperatures pre vailed In this section Saturday night, Sunday and 8unday night, while a bat tle between "highs" and "lows" was on down about the gulf coast and Gal veston. A queer combination of at- • pre moepherlc conditions prevailed In that day ' less grouch-pro- Monday morning, because th were slow In coming In to bureau. It was not until o'clock that (he chart daily v for the public. Considerable tat Ion wan reported froth th* with the heaviest at Knoxvll 1.64 Inches was recorded. Sunday night the official climbed up as far as 71 degi temperature has been rising since the Cold spoil, which waning since but Thursday, cury Thursday was at 36 degre day it had risen to 49; Satunl It was at §€, and Sunday night the maximum of 72. In 1890 tl est temperature for Xovemh registered at this station wan HiKnnl* eady dpi- Ttu Fri- nlglit 10th, when the record at M, at which time t clear and a southwest Ing. The Indication* M • • ■ ii.tr th-- 111•• i i tj to drop gradually and weather would prevail will probably remain < ntll a higher bar ■it In nl- nlght •* wmthei for a da> l<- prt*HMuri fall Mot- \ kmmmmbimLi