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GETS BUIE
FBRUFELOSS
Smashed Craft Sinks
as Panic Is in
Progress.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1906.
In Stlaeta TWO
JUR Y HEARS HOW GRA CE BR 0 WN
WAS SLAIN A 7 BIG MOOSE LAKE
RACE RESULTS.
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, ao prolific of marine dis
asters, had another last night in
a collision between the Alaska
steamer Jeanio and the Seattle-
Port Blakely steamer Dix, in
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
and Captain Mason, masters, re
spectively, of the Dix and Jennie.
Both charge him with having been
responsible for the enrollment of :
dlinir a |h list.
SIX WOMEN DROWNED;
ONE GIRL IS RESCUED.
Mate Dennison waa at the wheel
trm|s>ratfly in charge of the Dix, and
In this rapacity of master, deliberately
approaches from aatem and tried to
cross the bow of the Jeanie. The ves
sels cume together about midway be-
toeen Duawmlah head and Alkal
point, two mll«a oft the Seattle abore.
The rescue vessel arrived at about 11
o'clock. Of the seven women and girls
aboard the Dix, only one girl, Alice
dltnpson, 14 yeare old, survived. The
Jeanl» with her regular crew and 300
ions of Alaska ore, left Smith Cove at
In minutes of 7 o'clock, and at 7 o’clock
the Dix set out from her berth. The
whurves are about two miles apart.
Off Duawmlah head, the Jeanie hold-
in* the regular course for Tacoma, war
HENNING.
Washington, Nov. 10.—Here arc the
results of today's races:
FIRST RACE—S|x and a half fur
longs: Barlngo, 105 (Miller), 11 to 10.
won; Yorkist, 103 (R. Williams), 7 to
10. second; Tudor, 109 (McDaniel), 3
to 5. third. Time. 1:33.
SECOND RACE—About two miles:
Valley Forge. 135 (Pyle). 8 to 1, won;
Frank Somers, 140 (Regan), 8 to 5. sec
ond: Harry ILiylor, 135 (Ehelder), 6 to
3, third. Time, 4:33 3-6.
THIRD RACE—Six furlongs: I.ord
Boanerges, 112 (Notter), 6 to 1, won;
Landsman, 113 (Creamer), l to 3, sec
ond: Botanist. 113 (Hogan), 1 to 3.
third. Time, 1:16 1-5.
FOURTH RACE—Six furlongs: Eh
Dorado, 105 (Horner), 6 to 6, won;
Cnmbyses, 105 (Miller), 8 to 5. second:
Kmlnota, 102 (Bllac), 3. to 1, third.
Time, 1:16.
FIFTH RACE—Mile and 60 yards:
Ivanhoe, 109 (J. Johnson), 6 to 1. won:
Brand Duchess, 109 (McDaniel). I to 1,
second; Delphla, 109 (Howe), 2 to 1,
third. Time, 1:48.
SIXTH RACE—Mile and an eighth:
Ormonde's Right, 115 (Notter), even,
won; Angler, 120 (Miller), 1 to 6, sec
ond; Araunter, 110 (McDaniel), out.
third. Time, 1:57 2-5.
I'vernl ships lengths ahead of the Dix.
Seeing that the Dix kept up her ef
fort to cross his bow, Captain Mason
signaled full speed astern, but it was
too late. The Jeanie struck the Dix on
the starboard side amidships, almost
cutting her In two,
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
MAY GO OUT AT DALLAS
Dallas, Tex.. Nov. 19.—At a meeting
ut Western Union operators last even
ing 75 per cent of the men employed
In the Dallas office were present and
voted unanimously to join the union
In n body.
A strike at Dallas Is now probable.
Evidence that Will Johnson, the ne
gro now In the Tower,-Is guilty of as
saulting several white Women during
the paat 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 was assaulted near Bat
tle Hill In May, came to the Tower and
positively Identified the negro as her
assailant. This will In probability con
let the negro, whether or not Mrs. J
N. Camp Is able to say thot he Is the
n)an..vrJta.ass.iulteil her In such a brutal
manner mat Tuesday. ’
Johnson Is the negro' whose nrrest
during the trial of Joe Glenn last week
for the assault on ilrs. 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'
clothes and two skirts which Johnson
had on at the time he wee apprehended
Friday by County Policemen Buntyn
and D. 8. A. Davis have been Identi
fied by an old negro named Bill Jef-
fries, who Uvea on L. A. Baker's place,
near Buttle Hill, as the property uf
himself and his wife.
The old negro missed his "Sunday
clothes” when he went to dress up Sun
day and called on tht county police to
help him And the-man who had taken
them from his house. When he went
to tell the officers what he had lost his
description tallied with the property
found on Johnson.
The grand Jury will meet Thursday,-
November 22, and will at that time,
In all probability, return a trite bill
against Johnson for the assault on
Mrs. Hembree at least. The superior
court convenes Monday.
It has been found that on the day he
was caught Johnson - had been In
crowd with five other negroes, all i
whom were near by at the time of hi
arrest. The negroes were together In
the country, but on approaching the
city separated.
W. J. FREEMAN DEAD;
TUBE FROM GAS JET
LED TO HIS MOUTH
J. Freeman, night clerk of the
Marlon hotel, died at 8:45 Monday
morning as a result of his second at
tempt at- suicide. He was found at 8
o'clock Saturday morning with his bed
under a chandelier at a room In the
liome of his sister, Mrs. Will Meador,
at no Ivy streeL and a rubber tube
running from the gas Jet Into his
mouth. The physicians kept him alive
*’■' artificial means for 48 hours.
Mr. Freeman waa oft duty Friday
rfternnon and spent the time In Ills
toon: In the Marlon annex, writing a
•uk letter to his wife and .Hacking
effects. He worked at the desk
Friday evening and went to his sister's
n one to spend the night.
In the letter tq his wife he said that
" had carefully considered his act nnd
lad derided ,u e on | y u d er mature
d. liberation. He .said that he felt that
«as losing his mind and that he
could not remember things ax he ha«1
'n., |,pe n able t „ do. Re eubl he
bought suicide preferable to the posst-
of becoming
larnllv.
much more. Another check payable to
him and by hlin Indorsed was also with
the letter.
Mrs. Freeman, who has been vlsltttlg
her father, Dr. Harris, one of the lead
ing dentists of Knoxville, for the past
two months, arrived nt her husband's
bedside Sunday morning, but the doc
tors were never able to bring him to
consciousness.
Mr. Freeman had been In wretched
health for several weeks, but had ap
parently been In good spirits.
His Second Attempt.
Mr. Freeman's .first attempt on hls
life waa In Baltimore three weeks after
his marriage, a few years ago.
Dabney H. Scovtlle, proprietor of the
Marlon, speaks of his dealings with the
dead man In terms which any man
might envy.
"He was one of the most gentlemanly
men I ever met,” said Mr. Scovllle
Monday. "Friday evening after he had
been off In the afternoon, he came back
here to the office and bnlanced -UP hls
books perfectly and turning all lit
cash over to W. J. Fart might, the oth
night clpi-ii, told him that ho might
Good Schedule in the
City Required By
Council.
The ordinance granting a franchise
to the Atlanta and Carolina Construc
tion Company t operate un electric
railway through city streets waa passed
•Monday afternoon over the veto of
Mayor Woodward.
Every member of council voted for
the measure except Councilman Dra
per, who stated that he wished council
to go over the route again.
An ordinance by Councllmen Holland
and Draper was passed requiring the
company to mnlntaln a fifteen-minute
sohe'dule In the city limits between 5
am. and 8 p.m. A second ordinance
passed requiring a ten-minute
schedule between 5 and 8 n.m. and 4
and 6 p.m. A letter from the stock-,
holders agreed to this schedule.
Ask Legisluture to
Amend Charter
_ of City.
The Georgia legislature will ha a«»ko#1
by oily council to amend the charter
of Atlanta to make retail liquor licenses
not less than $2,000 nor more than $:!.<
000 a year, and wholesale lflcensfs not
le«H than I1.0Q0 a year.
This action Is recommended by the
sj»cclal saloon committee and has been
signed by ('ounrllmen Ofdtamv. peters,
Roberts, Wood side. Hancock and Ki
lls. Councllmen Key nnd Pomeroy
have not signed because they wish to
make the amendment even stronger.
An amendment will also be asked pro
hibiting the operation of ji beer saloon
In either white or negro residence dis
tricts of the city nnd requiring an ex
amination of applicants for any license
as to moral character and ability to
keep order.*
The present license fee |* $1,000 for
retail nnd $300 for wholesale liquor
houses.
Factory Girls Say Gil
lette Never Went
With Woman.
not see him any more,
and hls conduct here have always been
burden to hlr 1 yrry cwtwwMlfc”
At Knoxville Mr. Freeman was a
Check for Mi. wife : leader In the Elks' Lodge and the At-
.. tor Hit Wife. i ln[|tB will escort hls body to the
' Ith the letter was a check payable ! train tor Knogville, where hls remains
' ids Wife, who was Ml** «'.>ra Lou will be sent prohal’ly tonight If hli
" iris, of Knoxville before their mar- brother arrive, her- this afternoon.
11 ., Z : , ,neH mar Coroner Thompson holds an Inquest
( - This cheek was for every cent M „„ day afternoon.
account at the Central Bank and I The runner's Jury returned a ver-
Company, and hr aald that in 1 die* of asphyxiation fror > gas poison,
■ ‘fg her this he wished that It was administered w;llh s'l ,’ldst Intent.
■ Herkimer, N. Y„ NoV.. 19,—The stqry
of the fatal love ■ tragedy of Grace
Brown, whose botry was found lh the.
waters ■ of■ Big ■ Moose Lake, was'un
folded chapter after chapter today
when the taking of testlntony was
commenced In the trial of Cheater E.
Gillette, charged with the girl's mur-
der. , .
Girls w-jip-worked In the . Cortland
skirt factory, where Grace Brown first
met the defendant, told the Jury that
Gillette, never appeared In public with
her. The district attorney la handling
the case In n«rratlve form, starting
from the first relationship of Gillette
anil Grace Brown and closing with the
death of the girl and the arrest of Gll-
,0t Mrs. P. C. Carey, of East Orange, N.
J., who, with her husband, had a camp
on the lake, will testify that the even
ing of the tragedy ahe heard Grace
Brown's death cries. It was too dark
to see, and Mrs. Carey was unable to
tell from whence the cries came.
Gillette's NerVb Wtsksn*. •
Gillette's nerve Is fast weakening
and when Frank T. Brown, father of
hls alleged victim, was called to the
stand today as the first witness for the
Htate, the young rnan’n nervousness wan
apparent to every on; In the packed
court room. ' •
He sat. biting hls 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 lister of the dead girl, was along
the same general lines. Several em*
ployees of the skirt factory were called
to testify to Grace Brown's attachment
for Gillette, and hla-mlatreatment of
her. ,
Proprietor of Restaurant in New York Ctty
A11 d Offers DeCastellane $10,000 a Year
New York, Nov. 19.— Count Bonl Dr
Caatellane has' only to say the word;
and It will be In hts power to regurd
with lofty hauteur the fashionables, of
lien York-while they dine under 111*,
personal supervision in a Broadway 1
restaurant. . 1
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 of Cafe
Martin. Oblige with Immediate an
swer."
"Count Bonl Is Just the man I am
looking for," Martin said. “My patrons
will be Interested In a head waiter with
such an Intereating career aa 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 110,000 a year In case Count Bonl
has scruples about going to work.”
WAS BOY POISONED? .
MAX BRASELTON HAS
• TWO QUEER ATTACKS
JUMPED FROM BRIDGE
TO BE MANGLED BY
WHEELS OF A TRAIN
Unknown Man Hurls Himself From Magnolia
Viaduct to Meet Death on Tracks
Below.
After walking to and fro over the
MngnoIIa stwt 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 ami
Atlantic railroad, being crushed ond
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
pital ambulance, where he died at 11:30
o’clock. He never regained conscious-
IiI.h death ren«
annul* of local
»ge-
a Hailed the
dering the case
terlous In the
dies.
The railroad i
man’s death was a deliberate ru.se of
suicide. Ho leaped directly In front
of the moving train and It was Impos
sible for the engineer to’ atop In time
to save him. No one has been found
who .*■ <i\v the Mi.tngor Just ;it the mo
ment when he took the fatal leap, but
members of the train crew saw the fall
ing body as It plunged through the air
and fell on the track.
SNOW IS PREDICTED
TO FOLLOW SUMMERY
WEATHER OF MONDAY
May be Here Before
Morning—or May
Not.
Mystery Surrounds the
Strange Illness of 1
Small Boy.
OCEAN LINER
IN DISTRESS
London, Nov. 19.—A report from
Holyhead says a large passenger
steamer la flying signals of distress off
that port, and ta thought to be disabled.
Assistance has been sent to her.
RELATIVE OF OIL KING
DIES FROM EXPOSURE.
Homervlllet N. J.. NoV. 19.—Menlo
Rockefeller, gged 62, who Is said to
be a member of the Hunterdon county
family of Rockefellers, of which John
D. Rockefeller Is a descendant, was
found dead in a lane near the home
or 8. E. Gari-etaon, three miles eaat
of this place, today. It Is supposed that
Rockefeller fell off hls horse, was
Htunned and died from exposure.
gOOOOOOtX: OOt^tXHSOOOOOOOOOOO
FROM ROUNDHOUSEO
N'owburg. N. Y.. Nov., 19. —Two O
'opewel unction roundhouse on
the New Haven road lost night
and rode ten miles to fishktll
landing, where the engine was
found today.
OOOOOOOOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO when he showed Improvement, and it
VVIlat poisoned little Max Bruxelton
That Is the question’ which Is pux-
xllng hls father and mother and the
physicians at Grady hospital. It Is a
strange case.
The boy has had two attacka of a
serious nature. Just a week apart. He
Is recovering from the second at the
hospital, but no positive explanation of
hls suffering has been made.
Max la the II-year-old, son of Po
liceman Robert Itraxelton, of 91 Crew-
street. - On ■ Sunday morning a week
ago heJcame Inin the house, frothing
at the mouth, hls . eyes'set; and glassy
and evidently tn a.serious condition,
He was brought round by prompt at-;
tentlon, but he could not explain hls
condition.
Hunday morning. Ju*t a week after
hls first attack, little Mnx was playing
at a neighbor’s with his brother, Rob
ert, who ls*lJ years of age, and Albert
Butler, a young companion. The other
boya mleeetl Max from their play ami
found him sitting on the front ate|>s,
hls eyes glassy, hls mouth covered with
a white foam. He was atlff and ro|d
and could hardly speak,
"Take me home,” he muttered. "Arid
take those bugs off me."
Before the ambulance from Grady
hospital arrived Max had had three
convulsions. At the hospital he lay
unronsejous until Monday morning,
Is believed he .will recover.
-. "1 believe Max was poisoned,” said
Mrs. Uraaelton at her. home. • “No, 1
cannot say I suspect.anyone. Max had
a quarrel with a mean little negro boy
who stole hls bicycle a short time sgo,
which might have something to do
with It."
"I saw Max eating some red berries
Hunday,” said ' the little Butler boy.
What the berries were bns not been
learned.
. Physicians at Grady say no trace
of poison was found In the boy’s stom
ach. iThey .are of ■ the opinion hts
condition was due to acute Indigestion.
Max, denies he ‘ate any berries or
that he wax given anything to eat'by
any one.
WRECK REPORTED
ON GEORGIA R. R.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 19.—It
is reported here that a wreck,
has occurred oh the Georgia
railroad between Warrenton
and Macon. Whether or not
the wreck is a serious one is
not known.
More snow!
(Maybe.)
The second Installment 'of fleecy
flakes may fall In this neighborhood
Monday night or Tuesday, unless an
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 noL says that rain or
snow will probably fall Monday night
and Tueaday will be clear. Also, that
as the conditions Indicate colder weath
er Tueaday may be clear and cold and
the foggy dampneaa of the paat few
daya will give way to less grouch-pro
moting weather. ,
Excessively high temperatures pre
vailed In this section Saturday night,
Hunday and Hunday night, while a bat
tie between "hlgha” nqd “Iowa” was
on down about the gulf coast and Gal
veston. A queer combination of at-
moaphertc conditions prevailed tn that
section with the low barometer a win
ner with high temperatures as a result
In this section.
Tlie rain storms In the Mississippi
valley tore down the wires and the ser
vice had not been completely repaired
Monday morning, because the signals
were elow In coming In to the local
bureau. It was not until about 11
o'clock that the chart daily was ready
for the public. Considerable precipi
tation 'was reported from that section
with the heaviest at Knoxville, where
11(6 Inches was recorded.
Hunday night the official mercury
climbed up as far .us 71 degrees. The
temperature has been rising steadily
utlier
to drop gradually nnd somewhat
weather would prevail. The w<
will probably remain cloudy for
or so until a higher barometric- |irc-H*ure
prevails. Snow or rain may fall Mon
day night. . ■
nt by
Washington, Nov. 19.—A sene* of
most remurkable charges against tho
conduct of the general lone! office, es
pecially In relation to the Wyoming
coal lands, that have been turned >vcr
to the Union Pacific Intesests. have
I. • a l <1-1 cl flicials ..f Che
Interior department tn a staten
Artemus J. Smith, a Denver
Air. Smith declares that foi
than three years he has been
to get a hearing concerning thee
tera, but thus far has failed,
cites the history of hls endec)
get the chance to prove, us he .
can.do. that "vast areas of the
valuable coal lands In the st
Wyoming have been wrested fn
government by a system lieu
nefarious as to become a public >
that the Union Pacific Rallwa
Coal Company has acquired t
these lands on perjured evldenc
outrageously false represented
WICKER COMMITTED SUiCIDE:
VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY
opium poison with suicidal Intent
was live verdict of the coroner's Jurv
Monday afternoon on the death of r.
since tho cold spell, which has been j dearo'mm'broBfftKlmbUM' J*fy?** *'*”
waning since last Thursday. The iner- . '
cury Thursday was at 36 degrees. Fri- j STOCKHOLDERS OF B. A O.
day it had riaen to 49; Bulurilay night RE-ELECT OLD DIRECTORS -
It was at 56, and Hunday night reached
Baltimore, Md., Nn\ . Iy The board
of directors of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad wer. r—-elected at the annual
the maximum of 72. In 1890 the high
est temperature for November ever
registered at this station waa on tha
10th, when the record waa established t , IM j ay * -p,,,. ()i|
nt 82, at which time the weather was! in a week or b
clear and a southwest wind was blow- of officers pmb.
Ing, . 'day's meeting w
The Indications Monday morning most of tlo- *
were that the meifttury would begin proxy.
ckhold