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1 BRIBHT ANO BREEZY ? * * ’‘All The News." * £ North Georgia's Great J ? Daily. X * Only 50 Cents a Month. £ %*«»<«»»» ttoctc/ ESTABLISHED 1887. FRIGHTFUL ' COLLISION 25 of the 200 Passen gers Were Killed. rJIRE BURNS COACHES ’ hoy We’e Pinioned Under Debris and Perished in Flames. COLORADO THE SCENE OF DISASTER Out of 29 People In One Coach Only 6 Escape. |<A CONDUCTOR’S ERROR CAUSED 11 ■ Passenger and Stock TrainC.a-hed Together. Sides of Track Strewn With Dead Animals. Newcastle, Colo., Sept. 10. The :moßt disastrous railway wreck that has 'ever happened in Colorado occurred at 12:16 a. m. a mile and a half west of * this town. Denver and Bio Grande passenger train No. 1, westbound, col lided with a Colorado Midland stock train, going east, wrecking both en gines and several cars in both trains. Shortly after the collision fire broke out in the ruins. The mail, baggage and express cars, smokers, day coach and a tourist sleeper were burned. A number of passengers who were not killed out right, but who were pinned in the wreck and could not be extricated, per ished in the flumes. There were about 200 passengers. It is estimated that 25 persons were killed and as many more bruised, scalded and burned, of whom -over six are likely to die of their injuries. As yet it has not been possible to ob tain a full list of the dead and injured. Following is a partial list: Dead: Mrs. Alex Hartman and two children, Hersher, Ills.; Engineer Ostrander, Rob ert Holland, fireman; Charles Leiper, Leiper, Pa.; James Keenan, postal clerk. Injured: Alex Hartman, Hersher, Ills., both legs broken, will die; Robert Gordon, engineer, ruptured and terri bly bruised, may die; Fireman Hines, terribly burned, cannot recover; Miss Pearl Cornell, Oregon, leg broken; John H. Standart, Blackfoot, Ida., cut and burned, both legs broken; J. H. Sheets, Blows, right hand cut; R. J. Sheets, Lecher, Pa. slightly hurt; James O. Foley, express messenger, Denver, bruised; William Messmer, express mes senger, Denver,, bruised; W. D. Haw thorne, conductor, bruised, P. H. Mc- Avoy, Victor, Cola, burned about head, back bruised; Frank F. Maunix, Victor, 'Cola, slightly bruised. Collided oa a Carve. The accident occurred at the worst possible point. Two minutes running time and they could have avoided the -wreck, as each engineer could have seen the approach of the other train. The trains collided on a curve or bend around a mountain, and there was no opportunity to avoid the wreck or even to slack their speed. The surviving trainmen say their trains were not running fast, but the facts seem to be that both passenger and freight were at full speed—about 20 miles an hour for the passenger and 10 or 12 for the freight. The Rio Grande Junction road, on -Which the -wreck occurred, is a joint track operated by the Denver and Rio -Grande and Colorado Midland compan ies. It is a single standard gnage track, 77 miles long, running from Newcastle to Grand Junction, connecting the two roads with the Rio Grande Western. -On the road west of the Grand river nearly all the way are high bluffs on one side of the track and the stream on the other, it being from 16 to 20 feet be low the surface of the track. The Rio Grande passenger train was due at Newcastle at 11:06 p. m. and should have reached the point miles beyond Newcastle, where the accident occurred, by 11:10. The train must, therefore, have-been at least one hour late, as the accident occurred at 12:16 a. m. One report as to the cause of the acci dent is to the effect that Conductor Burbank of the Colorado Midland stock train made a mistake of ten minutes in figuring on the time when the Bio Grande passenger train passed New castle and that therefore he Was chiefly responsible for the disaster. JJ >’ar Coach Damollshad. The passengers in the day coach fared the worst. Out of 29 people in that •oach only six are known to have es caped. All was confusion and some may have escaped unnoticed. As in all similar accidents, the en ginemen were first to lose their lives. Engineer Ostrander went down with. <?.u .the J#v«, FUamsu Hol- THE ROITE TRIBUNE. BAD MACON BOYS Attempted to Wreck Train Near Talbotton. They Did it, They Said, Just to See a Smash-Up—Are Only 12 Years Old. Talbotton, Ga. Sept. 10.—John Williams and Charles Galiardi, two white boys about twelve years old, were arrested here today for attempted train wrecking. They placed a heavy truck on the track on a culvert some three miles from this place this afternoon, and a fearful wreck w»s narrowly averted. Both boys are from Macon. Williams says that his father is a mechanic, and Galiardi’s father is a fruit dealer. They just wanted to see a smash*up they state as their reasons for attempt’ng the wreck. PERRY’S INSURANCE. Carried Two Policies For 82.000 Each. Had Nothing Else. Atlanta, Sept. 10.—A short time be fore his death, H. S. Perry, who Was banged at Decatur Wednesday, made a will under which his wife will have complete charge of the $4,000 insur ance he had on his life. The insurance consisted of two policies of $2,000 each, one being made payable to Mrs. Perry and the other to Mrs. Perry and her children In the will the condemned man showed the confidence he had in his wife by relieving her from any bond and from the neccessity of filing a re report in any court. The only direction Perry gave bis wife was worded in a request that be fore making any investment of the money sbe should consult her father and brothers. The life insurance was all Perry had to leave his family. The day before his death he stated he was absolutely without means, and had been forced to borrow money in order to pay the expenses of his defense. THOMAS CONVICTS ESCAPE Five Saw Through Bars—One Return d Later and Gave Alarm. Thomasville, Sept. 10.—The city was in a fever of excitement early this morning over a report of the escape of the chaingang, but upon investigation it was found that only five escaped. There are 12 or 13 now on the gang. They are quartered at night in a large room in the county jail. By some cleans they secured implements with which they sawed into the. iron bars of the window a’nd five of the number made their escape, while the others slept. One of the five escaping, after going three miles, changed his mind and re turned to the city and gave the alarm. The other four are yet at large and the sheriff and posse have failed to find any trace of them so far. They got out about midnight and the officers were notified about four hours later. All those making their escape were long term convicts. isr.r, ot • tne passenger ' train was SO badly hurt that he died at 5 o’clock. Engineer Gordon of the passenger may live, although he is badly injured, and at first was thought to be fatally hurt. Hines, the Midland fireman, was so badly hurt that the doctors who ex amined him at 6 o’clock said that he could not recover. T. F. Daniels, the passenger brake man, who was unhurt, came back to this place and notified the railway offi cials of the accident. A special train was sent out with physicians and nurses as soon ns possible. At 3:10 a. m. another special relief train was sent from Glenwood Springs, where news of the wreck caused great excitement. Neighboring ranch houses were used for the reception of the in jured and all did what they could to help. Superintendent Ohoate and offi cers of the Rio Grande did everything possible to relieve the suffering. At least two cars of stock were wrecked and the road strewn with dead animals. Some excitement was occasioned by two Italians attempting to break open trunks taken from the baggage oar. Marshal Pearson shot at one and thinks he hit him. The other, Nick Wick, was arrested and taken to jail. Churned Willi 'High Traaaati, Vienna, Sept. 10.—Proceedings have been begun against Herr Iro, German Nationalist deputy, on the charge of high treason. The prosecution is said to be based upon speeches which Herr Iro has delivered in protesting against the ordinances in Bohemia, prohibiting the use of the Czech language side by ■ide with Germany. ► hot bv Hu B<iu>ln-Lnw. Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 10.—William Manning was shot and killed at Gun tersville by his son-in-law, John Rol lins. Born men were drinking. In their druuken frenzy they became en raged at one another and engaged in a J desperate fight. Manning was a very I old man and was a prominent merchant. 1 ROME. GA., SATURDAY. SEPTEMBIfiR 11 1897. MEDICINE GIVES OUT Biloxi Left in a Dread ful State. NO FREIGHTS ARRIVE Drag Famine in a Mississippi City With Yellow Jack. ONE NEW CASE AT OCEAN SPRINGS Trained Yellow Fever Nurses Are Badly Needed, TWELVE SUSPICIOUS CASES REPORTED In New Orleans, But They Will be Closely Watched—May Not be Yellow Fever. Are Quarantined. New Orleans. Sept. 10.—Dispatches from Biloxi say that the trouble that is becoming unbearable is the fact that the drug stores are running out of medi cines and no freights have been re ceived, although ordered in ample time. President Lemon of the Biloxi board has wired President Oliphant, urging him in behalf of humanity to see that requests for drugs be promptly at tenaed to. The board of hrtilth has issued a no tice to all physicians that they must re port within 24 hours to that body all in fectious, contagious and suspicious cases that are met with in their practice, under penalty of SIOO fine. There are no new developments at Biloxi and all prevailing cases of fever are reported to be convalescing. Ocean Springs reports one new case, but no deatiis since that of the man Seymour. Au urgent request, however, has been forwarded to New Orleans for yellow fever nurses. A corps of at least five trained nurses is absolutely necessary because it is said that many of the sick at Ocean Springs are not receiving tne attention which only experienced yel low fever nurses can give. New Or leans will fiud some way of meeting tne request, but if it is unable to do so the federal government will probably be appealed to. The Catholic college at Bay St. Louis has been closed and nearly 200 boys were sent to New Orleans. There is no sickness at the bay, but the professors considered it wise to take time by the forelock ami not to run any risks. The Western Union Telegraph com pany has established a telegraph line at Rigolets in order to facilitate the phy sicians stationed there m communicat ing with the city. A camp of deten tion has been established at this point and it has several inmates who have come from infected points. At 10 o’clock Dr. Oliphant of the board of health announced the 12 cases re ported on St. Claud street. New Or leans, are still suspicions. They will, however, be very closely watched for further developments. No deaths have as yet occurred atnoug them and hone is expected immediately. lu the mean time the board of health has effectively quarantined the square in which they exist. ANGRY M'N’S RASH ACT. ChicMfl’oau StrlttM* Him Hoy on the Heid With a Lighted Letup. Chicago. Sept. 10. —Charles Sayers, upon reaching home, became angry and upbraided his wife bemuse she did not have supper ready. William, the elder sou, took the part of his mother, and the father struck the boy <>u the head with a lighted lamp. Vededa, the 20- year-old daughter, made a heroic at tempt to save her brother from the father’s violence, and she is now dying at St. Elizabeth’s hosgiral, frightfully burned. Mrs. Eden Sayers, the mother, and Burt, a 14 year-old son, made a brave attempt to rescue Vedelia from the flames and they, too, were taken to the hospital severely burned. William, the object of the father’s wrath, covered with blood and burned also, was the fourth member of the family to be cared for at the hospital, while the father, unhnrt, wai locked up at the West North avenue police sta tion. A TXbiilhl From lixry A n<iernr*ti. London, Sent. 10. —Mrs. Antonio F. de Navarro (Mary Anderson) telegraphs to the Associated Press, saying that the statement of The Daily Mail to the effect that she may appear on the con cert platform in L >ndon this autumn is absolutely false. Mrs. Navarro adds that her only effort in this direction will be in singing one evening in a small village for charity, THEY ARE ANGRY. Atlanta Republicans Roast Things Generally They Do Not Like Buck And His Crowds Management Os Affairs. Atlanta, Sept. 10.—The county re publican executive committee met to day and proceed to roast minister Bnck and his element in great shape. They refused to jendorse W. H. Johnson, and sat down on Maj. Smythe for postmaster of Atlanta. They endorsed Wilson for the place. It appears that Maj. Smythe’s chances for the postoffice are not good now. The committee also administered a severe rebuke to Bock for recommend ing that the democratic postmaster at Ft. McPherson be allowed to retain the place. Mr. Angier was present with a lot of resolutions but he was turned down in a hurry. The split in the republican ranks of Georgia is growing worse every day. national, league. Boaton Has Close Call With St Louis—Balti more Gets Forfeited Game. Washington, Sept. 10.—Boston pulled a victory out of the fire today with St Louie, while Louisville forfeited a game to Baltimore. Washington waL loped Cleveland for the fourth time. The scores: Washington 9, Cleveland 4. New York 2, Pittsburg 2. Brooklyn 11, Cincinnati 4. Boston 10, St Louis 9. Baltimore 9, Louisville 0. Philadelphia 6, Chicago 8. SIX-YEAR-OLD PLAINTIFF. Sues Father’s Landlord for a Fall From A Piazza Savannah, Sept. 10.—Leila York, by her n<ritt friend, J. B. York, a mem-, her of the Savannah police force, filed a suit in ♦he city court yesterday against G. H. Remshart for personal injury. The plaintiff is only six years of age. She fell from a piazza of a house her father rented from Remshart. HILL MAKcb ■’ CONFESSION. Oaten* Jssa«Mhi implicates Tiro of Neighbor**, the Brassell Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 10.—Frank Hill, the Autauga county farmer who is charged with firing a load of buck ■ shot from ambush into the body of Mr. S. S. Oates, a neighbor, as the latter drove along a highway in a buggy with his wife and two babies, has made a confession, in which he charges that he and two other neighbors, the Brasseli boys, formed a conspiracy to assassinate Oates. Hill was to fire upon him as he passed iu his buggy, and in the event of his arrest the Brassells were to prove an alibi for him. The Brassells did not swear to the satisfaction of the judge in the prelim inary trial, nor to that of the defendant, and hence the confession implicating them. Hill states that when he saw Oates coming down the road with his family in the vehicle his nerve failed, whereupon L H. Brasseli took the gun from his hand and fired the load inw Oates’ breast. The Brassells have been arrested. Leader and Wood* Released. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 10.—N. H. Woods and A. S. Leader, Republican registers in the municipal election at Bessemer, who were arrested last week at the instigation of Democrats on the charge of issuing fraudulent registra tion certificates, and who on prelimi nary trial were held to the grand jury and sent to jail in default of bond, have been discharged as the result of a ha beas corpus proceeding before Judge Sharpe of the city court after a trial lasting all day. Vol-belt lit a rear rn> Again. Wheeling, Sept. 10.—Ex-Champion James J. Corbett, who is here to play ball with the Wheeling team, has just received a telegram from Chicago in forming him that the Northern Tulane club of New Orleans offers $20,000 for a contest between Corbett and Fitzsim mons. Immediately on receipt of the telegram Corbett authorized the Asso ciated Press to say he accepts the offer and will await Fitzsimmons’ decision in the matter. Corbett declined to say anything further nut 1 Fitzsimmons is heard from. Pr<»phHflh»<i MW Own Dtmth. Ohatanooga, Sept. 10.—Rev. Jere miah C. Long, an aged minister at Mon roeville, Ala , in a protracted meeting ■everal weeks ago produced a sensation by prophecymg m open meeting that. ,ie would die on the morning of Sept. 9. Thursday morning Rev. Long died very suddenly, presumably of heart disease. The community is much wrought up over the exact fulfillment of the minis ter's prophecy. Attorney Klklu Resigns. Harrisburg, Sept. 10.—Deputy At torney General Elkin has resigned. VAT BONES AREHUMAN Chemical Analysis Made By Experts. IN MURDER MYSTERY Luetgert Appears Unmoved By the Dam aging Testimony, LOOKS BAD FOR SAUSAGE MAKER Prof. Delfontaine Identifies Parts of Fingers and Toes. AN IMPORTANT FACT ESTABLISHED Evidence That is so Mach Against the Prls oner Seems to Have Very Little Effect Upon Him. Chicago, Sept. 10.—Only a few peo ple were gathered around the entrance of the criminal court building waiting for a possible invitation and a pass which would enable them to enter the room where they might get a glimpse of Adolph L Luetgert, alleged wife mur derer, and by continued attention catch a word or two of expert testimony as to chemical analysis on the bones and sljme said to be all that remains of Mrs. Luetgert. For the first time in the his tory of the trial at least half of the number in attendance at the morning session were men. Shortly before the session opened two muscular officers brought in the dry goods box with its gruesome contents of bone, flesh, slime and the reeking can vas. by examination of which the ex pert witnesses for the state are expected to establish both the possibility and the facts of a human body having been dis integrated in the long wooden vat in the basement of the sausage factory. At 9:30 o’clock Luetgert entered the courtroom, closely followed by the jujige and the jury. By the side of the prisoner were his soi Arnold, William Charles, his friend, and several of the expert chemists who will assist Attor ney Vincent iu cross examining the ex pert witnesses. Professor Delfontaine was the first witness placed on the stand by the state. The witness identified several bits of bone which he had received from In spector Shaack, asserting that the par ticles were taken from the slime which was designated as being the residue taken from the sluice leading from the vat. After a few minutes of question ing the witness positively identified the bits of bone as human, asserting that they were portions of joints from fin gers and toes. This is one of the most important facts which the state expected to estab lish. It produced no effect on the equa nimity of the prisoner, who tilted back in his chair, wearing his usual expres sion of interest, betraying no emotion as he listened closely to the testimony. SEVEN HURT IN SMASHUP. Electrio Cars Collide at San Francl.co. FasnC'ii-ers I„ a Wild Paulo. San Francisco, Sept. 10.—Seven per sons were injured in a collision of elec tric cars on Mission street. A car of the Bryant street line, returning from Ingleside, had reached the top of Col lege Hill. The fuse or connection, which carries the electricity to the mo tors from the overhead wires, suddenly burned out, leaving nothing with whicn to control the car except the brakes, and they were of little use. The lights went out and the passengers were panic stricken. The car continued its flight until at Mission and Seventh streets it ran into the car ahead of it. The passengers iu the car that was run into escaped with a rongh shaking up and a bad scare. Both cars were damaged. The conductor of the run away car jumped before the collision occurred and escaped with a few bruises. The motormau remained at his post and was not hurt. | The following persons were injured: ' Mrs. McNutt, severe cut on the right side of the head; Mrs. Josie Tresch, cut on temple and bruised ou arms and side; M. Tresch, 4 yeais old, cut on face; Mrs. Oarroll on temple; William Man ning, cut on arm and bruised on right Bide; Henry Peters, hip bruised; Fred • O’Neill, severe cut on temple. Paducah,' Kyi’ Sept. ioArom <j or . ley fatally shot J. O. Jackson at Stiles, near this city. The former had been foreman at the Standard Oil company 1 stave factory and hud been discharged. Jackson was his successor. Eighteen buckshot pierced Jackson’s breast. £ Increase Your Trades $ X A Klondike Strike £ * By advertisin'* in The J Tribune. * J Best medium in North PRICE FIVE CE.NTS MODERN_JYENTION Insirument That Sends 4,300 Words Per Minute. It Has Proven a Success in Recent Experiments in London. OmaHa', Sept. 10.—Edward Rosewa ter, editor of The Bee, has received a letter from George E. Squier regarding 'the experiments recently made at Lon don in rapid telegraphing by Messrs. Squier and Crehore by means of tha synchronograph. The English postal lines were used for the trial. Mr. Sqniet says: “On Aug. 22, over a line from London via York to Aberdeen, and re turn to underground cables we sent messages at the rate of 4,900 words a minute, and this speed was only lim ited by the particular dynamo availa ble.” COLONY FOR CALIFORNIA. Salvation Army's < ommander-la-Chlef Him m New Scheme. New York, Sept. 10.—Commander Booth-Tucker has started for Califor nia to inaugurate his first colony under the auspices of the Salvation ar (ay. The commander, in an interview, Said that several wealthy citizens of San Francisco had raised $25,000 for the organiza'iou of a colony from the poor of that city on lines proposed by him. It was stipulated that the colony should be planted in California, as it was not deemed desirable to reduce the population or thi Golden State. “After I have finished my business in San Francisco,” said the commander, “I shall go to Denver, Colo., to make ar rangements for the first colony to go from New York city. “The first colony will cost SIOO,OOO. We have many applicants" from would be colonists, and best of all. some of the applicants have a little money. ” AT THE NASHVILLE FAIR. First Ohio Artillery Arrives and Goa, Into , lamp—Exhibition Drills. Nashville, Sept. 10.—The First Ohio artillery arrived and went into camp at the Centennial exposition grounds. There are six batteries and the exhibi tion drills to be given during their stay will be a very attractive feature. This was Bedford county day at the exposition and the morning trains brought hundreds of people from that county to the city. No formal exer cises were held and the visitors spent the day in viewing the exhibits and at tending the concerts given by Conter no’s baud. The largest crowd seen since the opening of the exposition is expected to be present at the celebration of Nash ville day Saturday. The program, which will begin early and end late, is the most elaborate yet arranged. CAMPHOR TREE CULTURE. Secretary of Agriculture Wll.on Will Send Seed to I’e isluoul»r State. Washington, Sept. 10. Secretary Wilson of the agricultural department said that arrangements would be made at once by the department for the thor ough introduction of the camphor tree in Florida. He added that there was no donbt that the tree would be a suc cess there, as it had already passed the experimental stage. The department will give all possible encouragement in the way of supplying seed and young trees, and Mr. "Wilson predicts that the country will soon be producing a sufficient supply of cam phor for its own needs. He also announces his purpose to adopt a policy for the encouragement of the growth of the English walnut, the trees of which will, he thinks, do well anywhere south of Washington. Surveying Warrior Canal Koate. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 10.—United States Engineer Joseph Ripley of Sault Ste. Marie. Mioh., accompanied by'As sistants Branes and Swift, has begun the work of surveying the route for the Warrior river canal from North lake on Five Mile creek, 2 miles north of the city, to the Warrior river, in accord ance with an act passed by the recent extra session of congress. The purpose of such a canal is to secure an all-water route from this district to the gulf, via the Warrior and Tombigbee rivers for Alabama coal and iron. Engineer Rip ley expects to complete the work in two months, so that his report can go to congress in December. Sjola a Ride I Lost Hl* Life. Charleston, Sept. 10.—Harry Nohr den, a 15-year-old boy, was killed here by being run over by a South Carolina and Georgia railroad train. The boy was stealing a ride ou the train through Columbus street when he fell under the wheels. Three loaded freight cars passed over his body, literally tearing him limb from limb. Kai -Mr lu a Sham Hatt la. Hamburg. Sept. 10.—Emperor Wil liam personally commanded the attack ing force in the army maneuvers, all the troops being engaged against an imaginary enemy. Greenwood*# New Courthouse. Greenwood, S. 0., Sept. 10—The cornerstone of the new Greenwood county courthouse was laid here with impressive ceremonies in the presence of 1,000 people.