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. > A • • '■ v ... ■ 'V f-, 1 Scmi-Wcckly 3otiriuil. VOL. V. ODELL AND COLOR RUN NECK AND NECK RACE Candidates For Empire State Governorship Are Making Spectacular Finish. NEW YORK, Not. I.—Governor Benja min B. Odell and Bird S. Coler have al most an even chance for election a» chief executive of the Empire State, according to The Herald s latest revised forecast. Os course the gift of prescience is not within the attributes even of metropolitan newspapers, but a poll of all the election precincts of the state, such as The Herald hn carefully conducted during the past montn. is apt to show pretty accurately the trend of political sentiment The very latest figures, diligently veri fies and compiled by The Herald, indi cate an apparent plurality in the entire state of 1.071 for Odell. Republican, over Coler, Democrat. This is tantamount to saying that the balance is pretty evenly maintained, and that a very few votes may swing the election either way. The Herald's second postal card poll in dicates that Coler will carry New York county by 76.<161 votes. Coler's managers claim Kings and Queens and Richmond by smaller pluralities; and if these claims are well-founded the Democratic candi date should go to the Harlem river with 90.M0 votes to the good. If these calcula tions are anywhere near correct. Bird S. Coler will be the next governor of New York. Conservative political observers are not inclined to admit that Odell can come down to the Harlem with more than 75.00 or 80.000 plurality, although some of his more extravagant supporters have been claiming as high as 100,000 up-state plu rality. The latest revised postal card poll of Erie county, in which the city of Buffalo is located, shows that Coler will carry the county by 5.W8 plurality. Frank Campbell, chairman of the Dem ocratic state central committee, expresses great confidence, and declares that the Democrats cannot lose the state. A careful and exhaustive estimate of The Herald as to the political complexion of the fifty-eighth congress indicates that the bouse of representatives probably will be controlled by the Republicans by a bare , majority of six. Congressman Griggs, however, is positive that the house will have a Democratic majority. Congress man Babcock, chairman of the Republi can congressional committee, asserts that the Republicans will elect 3M members of the house, which would give the Republi cans a majority of 22. The campaign tn this state wound UP tonight with a whirlwind finish. and General Apathy, who has held the field during most of the time since the nomi nations wgre made, appears to be com pletely mute!. LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS MAKE BID FOR LABOR VOTE NEW ORLEANS. Nov. L-Loulsiana will elect seven congressmen on Tues day. The Republicans have made an ac tive campaign, but lbs ease among them is apparently as to who will poll the largest vote, in hope of administration recognition. The Republicans have made a strong bid for the labor vote. The Democratic leadete have been aided greatly by the two years poll tax pre requisite to voting, which has kept down registration. IN LONE STAR STATE CAMPAIGN HAS CLOSED DALLAS. Tex.. Nov. L-ZThe political campaign in Texas, which closed today, \ has been exciting only’ in spots. There are five tickets in the field, and unusual opposition has been manifested by the Republicans in several congressional dis tricts. The Democrats have a full ticket in the field, while the Republicans nomi nated only a partial ticket. The registra tion was light all over the state and in terest in the election is mild. F. J. ODENDAHL COMPANY, OF NEW ORLEANS, RUINED NEW ORLEANS. Nov. I.—President F. J. Odendahl, of the F. J. Odendahl com pany. limited, one of the largest grain exporting firms in the United States, has issued the following circular to the grain trade: « "We regret very much to have to ad vise you that our firm is forced into liqui dation and will not be able to pay its lia bilities, You will spare us the necessity of making further explanations, as they are painful. •*Our business has been very profitable and large, but the profit has been divert ed into other channels, not through any fault of the writer.” Today's circular follows a widely cir culated report of alleged forgeries on the pert of a prominent officer of the firm, amounting to between *150.000 and *175.000, and at the present time the following banks are known to hold the company's paper in approximately these amounts: Comptotr Nationale d'Escompte de Paris, *70,000; Hibernia Bank and Trust company, SO.OOO; Louisiana National bank. *15,000; Commercial National bank. The Odendahl Commission company has done ar -*normous grain exporting busi ness and for yean has been in the habit of borrowing large sums from ten days to a month on unendorsed notes secured by bills of lading, warehouse receipts and blanket Insurance policies. It is alleged that advantage has been taken of the high credit of the firm to borrow immense sums from banks on forged bills of lading and warehouse re ceipts and that this has been the cause of the failure. F. J. Odendahl, president of the company, was formerly president of the New Orleans board of trade and is one of the beat known business men in the south The company bought exten sively in Kansas Chy, St. Louis, Chicago and other cities. No warrant has been issued for the ar rest of the official alleged to be Responsi ble for the failure of the firm and be is reported to have left the city. TWO MEN ARE SENT BY INTRUDER TO DEATH CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Oct 2k<—A spe cial to The News from Dayton. Tenn., says a tragedy occurred there at 11 o'clock last night, resulting in the killing of N. J. Cooley, and his son-in-law. Will Whit field. by Manuel Thurman, a saloon keep er Whitfield was shot three times and died Immediately. Cooley made a dying state ment saying that Cooley and Whitfield were at Cooley's hotpe when Thurman entered a room occupied by Cooley's daughter. Whitfield heard a noise and entered the room, when Thurman grap pled with him. Cooley then entered and Thurman open ed fire, with the result as stated. Thur man surrendered to the sheriff. Whit field was an engineer of the Dayton Coal and Iron company. - ; HUNDREDCOLONELS TO MARCH WITH COLTERRELL SMALL STANDING ARMY OF CITI ZENS ARE APPOINTED TO MILITARY LIFE BY GOVERNOR. , * When Governor Terrell signed his name to an order Saturday afternoon he made one hundred new Georgia colonels and one new major. They are scattered about, at least their residences are. in the va rious sections of the state, and when they are called together to accompany the gov ernor on his various expeditions a regular army will be formed. Some of the most prominent men in the state were given a title by the order is sued yesterday: men who had heretofore been known as "Mr.” will hereafter an swer to the cognomen of “Colonel.'* The hundred colonels who were appointed Sat urday comprise Governor Terrell's staff— his military staff. They will be sent com missions Monday, commissions that are good for three years and for that length of time and forever after they will be en titled to be colonels in Georgia. There .were numerous applicants for po sitions on the governor's staff and he was engaged for nearly three days in compil ing the list of 100 men from different sec tions of the state. He will make some more appointments tn February. The appointments made Saturday do not include any of the men who were on Governor Candler's staff, as their com missions last until February Ist. At that time Governor Terrell will make some more Georgia colonels. Major J. W. Warren, the veteran secre tary of the executive department, said Saturday when he heard of the appoint ments: •'More Georgia colonels were made today than in maqy years. Governor Terrell, however, did not come up to the mark of Governor Stephens, who had over 300 col onels on his staff throughout his admin istration.” birminghambar-rooms CLOSED FOR THREE DAYS BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. I.—On ac count of the Sunday laws and the Sayre election laws, all saloons In Alabama must close tonight at midnight and must remain closed until Tuesday night. This means three consecutive days. In Jeffer son county the day preceding the election and tisetion day, Tuesday, wfflTse rigMTy enforced with the saloon keepers, while, in Birmingham all three days will be ob served closely by the retailers of boose. This makes it real hard on the dealers in Birmingham, inasmuch as on Monday a big street fair opens up here, to con tinue a week, and during that time no little “grog’' is dealt In. The sheriff has announced that all saloons in this coun ty must remain closed on the days men tioned. Chief of Police Austin states that saloons in Birmingham must observe the Sabbath day and he will have extra men out to wath the day. The saloon men say they are “hit" quite hard through this law. * WOMAN LIVED FOUR DAYS WITH WOUND IN HEART NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-Great Interest was manifested by the doctors of the city in the autopsy on the body of Mrs. Kings ley, who had six stitches taken in her heart. The woman was stabbed by her husband and was Immediately rushed to the hospital. Dr. George W. Stewart, attending surgeon at Bellevue, stitched the cut in the heart up. The woman lived four or five days. An autopsy was per formed and it showed that the left ven tricle, which Dr. Stewart drew together and stitched, healed perfectly, and recov ery would have followed, it is said, but for an infection of the original wound caused by the knife blade with which Mrs. Kingsley was stabbed. This caused blood poisoning, which the most skillful and delicate surgery could not prevent. HUSBAND DREW KNIFE; WIFE SHOT HIM TO DEATH ■' ■ JOPLIN. Mo., Nov. I.—R. O. Randall, a real estate dealer of Carthage, was shot yesterday noon by his wife and instantly killed. Mrs. Randall had sued for a di vorce some day ago and.yesterday when they met In a lawyer's office in Joplin, a quarrel ensued. Randall drew a knife and attempted to stab his wife when she shot him five times. Mrs. Randall was ar rested. The Randalls are prominent. EATHMMiSTIKE, KILLS DAUGHTER WITHOISDN J. P. FREEMAN GIVES HIS TEN- YtAR-OLD CHILD A DOSE OF DEADLY STRYCH- NINE. SOCIAL CIRCLE. Ga., Nov. 1.-One of the most heartrending tragedies of the times occurred here yesterday. J. P. Freeman, through mistake, gave his ten year-old daughter a done of strychnine. The child lived only a few hours. The father is almost erased. BIRMINGHAM WILL HAVE NEW DAILY NEWSPAPER BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Nov. 1- J. Carter Cooke, chairman of the Republican state cam paign committee, stated today that as soon aa the election wa« over the Republicans of Ala bama would organize a company for the publi cation of a daily paper In Birmingham, with both morning and afternoon editions. He said that a company would be formed with 1100.OOC capital and that a first-class plant would be installed. Steps have already been taken, he says, looking to the formation of the rtoek comreny. • ATLANTA, GEORGIA; MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1902. PEACE BOARD TOADJOUHN THURSDAY COMMISSION WILL GIVE MIN • ERS AND OPERATORS SUFFI CIENT TIME TO PREPARE THEIR EVIDENCE. SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. I.—The arbitra tion commission, which is engaged in set tling the differences existing between the anthracite coal operators and the mine workers, decided today while on their tour of the Wyoming valley to adjourn next Thursday until Friday, Nov. 14, when the taking of testimony will begin in this city. The first four days of next week will be taken up in inspecting the mines and min ing towns of Hazelton south to the end of the hard coal fields. Chairman Gray said tonight that the object in taking a recess of one week was for the purpose of giving both sides sufficient time to pre pare their cases and also to give the mem bers of the commission an opportunity to examine the issues. The commissioners feel that the ques tions Involved are so important that any haste may work an Injury to either side of the controversy. When the hearings are begun week after next it is the inten tion to have the miners, who are consid ered the plaintiffs, submit their case first. The 67 individual operators will also be given an opportunity to be heard as well as all the larger coal companies. The arbitrators spent the entire day in and about the city of Wilkesbarre. visit ing one mine and making a tour of sev eral of the towns on the outskirts of the city. The commission’s special train reached the Dorrance colliery of the Le high Valley Coal company at North Wilkesbarre at 9:30 a. m. Nearly two hours were spent in the mine, about 850 feet below the surface. The mine is a very gaseous one, and the commissioners and other members of their party were compelled to carry safety lamps. Thera were no special incidents in the trip be low ground. Today was All Saints day, and it is re ligiously observed by many of the for eign-speaking mine workers. The com pany officials drew the attention of the commissioners to this enforced' curtail ment in the production df coal. After luncheon the party visited South Wilkesbarre, Ashley, Sugar Notch and Plymouth, inhabited principally by mine workers. Whenever their private car stopped the commissioner asked questions of the crowd which gathered about them, regarding rents and other living expenses. On the return to Wilkesbarre the party immediately boarded the train for Scran ton. The arbitrators will leave here late Sun day night for Hazleton, where they will continue their inspection of the mines. PEACE BOARD VISITS ANTHRACITE MINES SCRANTON. Pa., Oct. 30.—The real work of the arbitration commission ap pointed by President Roosevelt to adjust the differences Existing between the coal operators and their employes began to day. Briefly stated, the day's work consisted of a general Inspection of the Inside and outside workings of coal mines and the homes and surroundings of the workmen. Tomorrow and Saturday the mining re gion from here south to Wilkesbarre will be looked over. The commission is mak ing this tour so that the members may gain a better idea of mining, in order to more intelligently understand the testi mony that will be given by experts on both sides ot the controversy. No tes timony will be taken during the inspection trips. The commission party consists of 14 persons. The personnel of the party is as follows: Judge Gray, Colonel Wright. General Wilson, Thomas H. Watkins, E. W. Par ker, Bishop Spalding, E. E. Clark, com missioners; E. A. Mosely and Charles P. Neill, recorders; C. Gerry, S. W. Morris, F. R. Hanna and A. C. Edwards, stenog raphers; J. S. Sears, messenger; General Superintendent R. A. Philips. Delaware. Lackawanna and Western; E. E. Rose, general superintendent Delaware and Hudson; General Manager W. A. May, Erie company; General Superintendent J. R. Breyden, Ontario and Western; Gen eral Manager 8. B. Thorne, Temple Iron company; T. D. Nichols, district president United Mine Workers of America; Rev. Peter Roberts and James I. Warwick, both representing the miners; Henry Collins, organiser United Mine Workers. STRIKE RENEWED THURSDAY AT HAZELTON COLLERIES HAZELTON. Pa., Oct. 30.—The strike at the seven collieries of Coxe Brothers & Co., the four mines of G. B. Markle & Co., and the Silver Brook operation of J. S. Wentx & Co., was \)fficially renewed to day through an order issued by District Secretary Gallagher of the United Mine Workers upon instructions from President Mitchell. Thre strikers at those mines were not permitted to return to work in a body, Coxe insisting that their employes make personal applications for their former .po sitions and G. B. Markle & Co., requiring that each man before going back to work promise to abide by the decision of the arbitration commission. The mine workers allege that the object of these requirements is discrimination against men who were prominent in the strike. A. Pardee & Co.’s collieries, where the men have been asked not to interfere with non-union hands, are not included in the strike order. The men voted on Saturday not to resume work until the agreement is withdrawn. The trouble at Silver Brook is similar to that at the Coxe mines. The following notices were posted by Coxe Brothers & company at their collieries today: “Any man, who, by intimidation (moral persuasion) attempts to induce a company employe to leave or join a society or anybody who objects to work with any other employe because he has or does not belong to a society, will be discharg ed. (Signed) "EDGAR KUDLICK. Another notice posted is headed, "Scope of Board of Arbitration In Connection With the Strike of 1902,” and is a copy of that portion of the fiftlr paragraph of the coal operators arbitration proposal which refers to the non-interference of former strikers with non-union men. The only change in the wording is that “own" has been ips*rted after "their,” making it rend "their own” employes, which in its original shape read "their employes." This notice is not signed or dated. Soldir of Two Wars Dies at Home. R J. Black, agred twenty-six yezrs, died at bls home in South Atlanta Friday afternoon after an extended illness. Mr. Black was a volunteer in the army during the war with Sialn and later served f-> the came canacitv tn the Phllivvl"— TRAIN DASHES LIKE BOLT ON GAB MOTORMAN INSTANTLY KILLED AND MANY OTHERS ARE VERY SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CHI CAGO SATURDAY. CHICAGO, Nov. I.—With no warning of the approach of a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul freight train, a Clayboume avenue electric car was struck broadside Benjamin Ptacek, 34 years old, cut about was killed and five injured as a result of by the train at 5 o’clock today. One man hurled fifty feet, being turned completely around. The dead: Richard Wilson, motonnan, 59 years old, skull crushed. The injured: ’ I Henry Yaeger. 52 vehrs old. seriously in jured internally and fracture of right arm; may die.. i ’ Andrew Grand, 35 years old, cut and bruised the collision in which the street car was the face and supposed Internally injured. William Rube Hagen, teamster, at u,e Claybourne avenue bims, cut about face and left arm. Joseph Drelss. Conductor, thrown against the side of the car and bruised. The men were employes Os the Union Traction company. All except 'Wilson and Dreiss were on their way to work when the wreck occurred. Wilson was the old est motorman in the service of the street car company, having! been in its employ 36 years. He drove a horse car while John M. Roach, now president of the company, was a conductor on the Larrabe street line. There were three other passengers on the car, none of whom were seriously Injured. The trolley Oar was smashed into splinters and two cars of the freight train were thrown from the track by the impact. The collision occurred at Clay bourne avenue, 200 feet north of the in tersection of the Chicago and Northwes tern railroad tracks. Backing swiftly into the street through a narrow cut in th* high board fence sur rounding the Deering Harvester Works, which is known in Lake View as the Red Terror,” the freight train bore down on the trolley car Just as the latter was crossing the spur leading from the Deer ing works to the elevated bed of the Northwestern. Wilson, who was running an “Owl car" between Element and Fullerton avenues, was making nls Fast trip for the night anu was due at the Claybourne avenue barns in three minutes. Then came the wuu shout of one of the passengers as the end of a box ear shot through the narrow gate in the fence not twenty feet from the street car track. Before any one could escape the creshscame. BOY Bk«W PEA ifirTYE*^ 1 AND CAUSED BAD WHECK CHICAGO, Nov. I.—A 10-yfear-old boy, celebrating Halloween with a pea gun, caused a collision between an electric car and a patrol wagon last night, in which nine persons were more or less seriously injured. A pea from his blower struck the eye of John Paul, motorman on a Fulton street electric car Just as the car was passing Franklin street, and Paul, smart ing under the pain, clapped his hands to his face. It was only an instant that he neglected the controller and the brake, but in that time the car crashed into the Larrabee street station patrol wagon that was conveying two patients to the Wash ington home. The patrol wagon was wrecked by the impact and all of the nve persons riding in it were injured. Four persons in the car were also hurt. The police were unable to learn the iden tity of the boy whose pea blower caused the accident. i NEGRBBURNED FDR MURDER AT BE MISSISSIPPI MOB OF FOUR THOUSAND MEN APPLIED TORCH AFTER CONFESSION WAS WRUNG OUT. SARDIS, Miss., Nov. I.—One negro, name unknown, has been burned at the stake, and two white men. implicated by the negro in his dying confession, are be ing held by a posse pending an investiga tion in the murder of E. O. Jackson and a mill owner named Roselle, at Da-ling, Miss., Wednesday night. The negro was burned at Darling last night by a mob of four thousand persons, both white and black, and Just before lighting the funeral pyre he confessed that he had committed the double mur der with the assistance of two white men. The motive-was robbery, and a consider able sum was secured, which, the negro stated, was divided among the three. After the burning a posse went in search of the two white men. and soon captured them. They are being held pend ing an investigation of their guilt or in nocence, and it is believed that a double lynching will follow if guilt is proven con clusively. The names of the prisoners are not known. Darling. Miss., is a small station on the Lake Cormorant branch of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad, about 25 miles from this point, and there is no direct telegraphic communication. The news that has reached Sardis has come through persons from the neighbor hood of the crime, who have been called here on business. The region is a remote one, and the particulars of the lynching and subse quent actions of the mob cannot be ob tained except by chance. Later it was learned that the two white men were released by the mob, an alibi having been proven by each man. No further trouble is expected tonight. Congressional Elections Tomorrow. The elections for members of congress throughout the United States will occur THIHTY PEOPLE HRECAUGHT IN DEBUG GRANDSTAND AT FOOTBALL GAME IN CHICAGO COLLAPS ED WITH HUNDREDS UPON THE SEATS. CHICAGO, Sept, I.—Thirty persons were hurt, ten oi them seriously, by the col lapse of one of the smaller grandstands at Marshall Field, a few minutes after the Wisconsin-Michigan football game started this afternoon. For a time panic prevailed and the crash came without the slightest warning, throwing the occupants of the stand, about 300 in number, into a seething mass of humanity. Those injured were laid out upon the grass and surgeons attended them temporarily when some were remov ed to university buildings and otlfers to neighboring houses. Among the seriously injured were: Fred Carton. 15 years of age, of Chicago, probably fatally. Walter Robinson, Princeton, Ills., seri ously. Alfred Welnett, 615 East 35th street, leg broken. E. E. Washburn, hurt inter nally. F. Y. Wall, Tbluca, arm broken. The stand which broke was on the east side of the field, north of the regular bleachers. Men were still at work on the temporary structure when the accident occurred. Those occupying the seats were sup porters of both teams as the structure was but a temporary mahesn—<. to accom modate the vast crowds. For a time it looked as if there might be other accidents and panics in the im mense rows of seats an both sides of the field, as many hurried to reach the ground, fearing there might be a repetition of the mishap. Those who occupied the stand which broke swarmed through the ropes onto the north end of the field and many volunteer surgeons were called to assist the injured. For a time the gfridlron was turned into an emergency hospital, and the doctors who came to attend injured players were put to their utmost to relieve the spec tators. ' me most seriously hurt were not remov ed, but were attended while they lay on the grass. Their injuries had hardly been cared for when three patrol wagons arrived on the scene to remove the patients to the hospitals. WTien the accident occurred players did not go on with the game for several minutes. GAINESVILLEDAHLONEGA LINE ALREADY UNDER WAT GAINESVILLE, Ga., Nov. I.—The Gainesville and Dahlonega Electric Rail way company yesterday began laying track. The wiring will be completed by the latter part of next week, find the big double dynamo is at its place on the Chestatee river. Colonel H. H. Dean drove the first spike on the road. Ordinary W. N. Dyer the second and Councilman L D. Puckett the third. About *175,000 has already been dis bursed by the company. Six cars have been ordered for the line and two have been shipped. The city is having a string of granite put down on each side of Main street from the depot of the Southern railway to the public square, and when the work is com pleted Main street will present an attrac tive appearance. The Southern railway several days ago enclosed its right of way in the neigh borhood with a strong wire fence. The city council last night put a force of hands at work and In a few minutes tore all the fencing away, because of the fact that the fence obstructed a road which has been in use for almost a generation. The idea of the railroad company in put ting up the fence may be traced to the fact that the electric road company con templates the erection of a line of tracks from the depot to the junction of the G., J. & S. railroad and from the railroad to Pacolet mills at New Holland, which is situated on the direct line of the South ern’s track, thus giving the Pacolet mills competitive freight rates. This ruse of the Southern’s probably had as its inten tion the throttling of the electric road’s scheme. ENGINE AND CREW TAKE LONG LEAP TO DEATH BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. I.—A yard engine of the Woodward Iron company at the Woodward furnaces ran off the end a high slag dump this morning and Engineer James W. Hoyle and Electrician Boss Fields were instantly killed, being crushed under the locomotive. The fireman who had got down to throw a switch escaped death. The locomotive was moving slowly and the cause of the accident is not known except that the engineer failed for some reason to stop it hefore It reached the end of the trestle. FIVE MEN ARE DROPPED FIFTY FEET DOWN SHAFT DES MOINES. la., Nov. I.—Five men fell fifty feet down a coal shaft at New ton yesterday afternoon and some of them cannot recover. The men were being elevated to the sur face of French Brothers mine at the close of work. The cable broke just as they reached the top and they dropped to the bottom of the shaft withllghtning ra pidity. The men were found plied In a heap at the bottom, all unconscious. But one, Andrew Fleming, has regained conscious ness. Hugh Smith cannot recover and the fate of the others, John Snook, Eugene Welsh and John Walsh is uncertain. Each of the men have a family. BURTON SMITHES ( IMPROVED IN CONDITION The condition of Burton Smith, who is at the Halcyon, was improved yesterday. It is believed by the physicians that Mr. Smith will be able to be at his desk at the end of two weeks unless complications set in, which is a possibility that can probably be guarded against successfully. After the second operation of Thursday at which four ot Mr. Smith’s fingers were removed at the wrist, leaving only the thumb, it was feared that his entire hand would have to be amputated above the wrist, but it is now stated that the neces sity for the third operation has been re moved and that Mr. Smith will retain his ROOSEVELT IS NIMROD ON WILD TURKEY HUNT SOUTHERN TO BUILD UNION DEPOT IIS flTLftNTft PRESIDENT SPENCER ANNOUN- CES HIS COMPANY HAS DE CIDED TO SPEND OVER HALF A MILLION. By July, 1904, Atlanta will have a new union passenger depot the equal of any in the United States; one that con tain ten tracks, arranged to hold trains of twelve ears each, a station with commodious waiting rooms and every convenience for the traveling public. The new station will be constructed by the Atlanta Union Station company, which will be formed as soon as the pre liminary survey of the property is made and which company will be composed of the various railroads entering Atlanta. The plan for the organization of such company has been formed, mainly by President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern railway, but it is understood that all of the railroads coming into Atlanta have agreed to become stockholders in the ‘company. The new union station in Atlanta will be located mainly on the property of the Central of Georgia railway, be tween the Mitchell street viaduct and the Western and Atlantic railroad. It will be a magnificent structure. The de pot building will be five or more stories high and will contain offices for railroad officials, watting rooms, baggage rooms, mall rooms and ticket offices. The train shed will be 750 feet long by 250 feet broad, and will contain ten tracks, each track capable of holding a train of twelve cars in length. The train shed will open at both ends for trains to enter and depart. This morning H. »M. Steele, chief en gineer of the Central of Georgia railway will begin the preliminary survey for the new station. He will be assisted by the engineers of the various railroads. This work will take a week or more, and when the exact location of the depot building and train sheds are determined, a meet ing the railway officials will be called in Atlanta to form the Union Station com pany. When this is done and the prop erty is transferred from the Central and Southern roads to the station company and the data necessary for the architects to drew plans is compiled the work of drawing plans will be turned over to the architects. Stated Chances Killed. ' ■ Ipewedart ASiaMwy ttfiwnrK •T. Btovre, • the Western and Atlantic railroad said: "If the Southern builds a depot it kills all chance of the state building one on Its own property. The state could not afford to build a union station for the Western and Atlantic railroad alone. I have been expecting that the Southern would build a station ever since the meeting of the depot commission and the railroad officials here last February." Mayor Is Pleased. Mayor Mims Is pleased with the an nouncement that the Southern will erect a *600,000 depot, although he declares that he would have been better pleased had it been possible to have the state erect a union depot for all the railroads on the present site. “Build to the Sea.” Hon. Ferris Cann, who is a member of the depot commission, which was unable to bring about any agreement between the state and the railroads relative to a de pot, said this morning: "I thought all along the railroads would build a depot. It leaves the state road in a bad predicament. When the lease runs out the line will be entirely bottled up and will hardly pay running expenses. It seems to be the only thing that can be done will be to build the road to the sea or sell it. If it is bottled up by other lines at the end of its lease it will hardly be worth anything to the state.” FLORIDA COTTON GROWERS DEMAND AN INCREASE GAINESVILLE, Fla., .Nov. I.—At a called meeting of the State Cotton Grow ers’ association, held at Alachua, a large number of growers were present. It was decided to withdraw all staple from the market, and not to again put it on the market until a raise in pricte was made. By a committee appointed, it was learn ed that the yield for this year would fall far short of« last year’s crop and that last year’s crop being a short one. the growers were in a position to demand bet ter prices, which they are determined to have. Last year they held their cotton and succeeded in getting 21 cents per pound for the staple in lint. thueTMleo BI IN ENGINE , EXPLOSION SWAINSBORO, Ga.. Nov. I.—Friday af ternoon about four miles from town, a locomotive on the log road of the Rentz Lumber company exploded, killing three men. Engineer Green Underwood and two colored employes, outright, and seriously wounding three other negroes and one white man. Two of the wounded negroes are not expected to live. The train was heavily loaded with logs and the engine had on an enormous amount of steam. Physicians hastily left for the scene and did all they could for the wounded men. Engineer Underwood was an experienced man and a good citizen. He leaves a wife and one child. MILLIONAIRE SCHWAB ENJOYS HIS VACATION LONDON, Oct. 31.—The last news received ■ here from C. M Schwab. Is that he is at I Coma, Italy, thoroughly enjoying his holiday. [ No mention is made of his being in bad health or of his having the Intention to resign the presidency of the United States Steel cor poration. He is likely to cruise in Drexel's steam yacht Margaret* in the Mediterranean sea for NO. 15. President and His Small Party of Hunters Are After Wild Tur- keys* Scalps. MANASSAS, Va., Nov. I.—ln the fitful glare of locomotive lanterns. President Roosevelt at 11:30 stepped briskly from his private chr in the railroad yard here and greeted cordially the little group of newspaper men, special officers and rail road men who had gathered to see him start on his hunt, for wild turkeys. He was attired in a khaki suit with leg gins and over this was a long heavy over coat and a black hat. Secretary Root, who had preceded the president from the train, wore a canvas shooting suit, an overcoat and a golf cap. The president, after a quick survey of the starlit sky, remarked to Mr. Root that they were in luck as to the weather. Mr. Root and the president were joined fit once by Dr. Rlxey, Secretary Corteiyou and Mr. Lelchman, who will act as guide for the party during the hunt. They were preceded by the railroad men bearing lan terns. The party proceeded along the maize of .railroad tracks to the carriages in wait ing for them to convey them to the shoo't ing grounds. They were followed by ser vants carrying a big hamper of mineral water and luncheon. As he walked brisk ly along the president remarked to Sec retary Root: “I have tramped ties before in my time." "Yes,” responded the secretary with a suggestion of irony in the tone of his voice, “I have often thought that there was no active exercise so restful to the wearied mind as the tramping of railroad ties." The party entered carriages in the vil lage and, preceded by Sheriff Lelchman and a secret service officer, in a buggy, started for the hunting grounds, about four miles distant. President Roosevelt, Secretary Root, Secretary Corteiyou and Dr. Rlxley, occupied one carriage, which, was followed by another containing ser vants and messengers with the luncheon. Thia morning the party is hunting over a fine preserve of 500 acres known locally as the Ben Lomond place, owned by Rep resentative John F. Rixcy, brother of Sur geon General Rlxey. While the president'hopes to add a wild turkey or two to his hunting trophies, he said this morning he was here partlculM*ly for the needed resuscitation the outing would afford him and for the purpose of getting over the historic Bull Run battle fields which he never had visited. After the morning hurit, the party assembled about noon at the Henry house, which is in the very center of the operations of ths first battle of Bull Run. There luncheon was served. Corteiyou Wings Bird. The prestde\jt and party reached ths "Turkey Blinds" before day-break and after *ach had been stationed, the callers endsavored to entice ike wily birds with in gunshot. A drove of six turkeys were discovered and later one of them fell so the gun of Secretary Corteiyou. President Roosevelt was unfortunate in being the only one of the party who did not get a shot during the morning. The turkeys are wild and scarce and Mr. Cot»- telpou’s bird was the only one bagged. At noon the party assembled at the Henry house for luncheon and for two hours afterward the president walked over the Bull Run battlefield, the points of historic Interest being Indicated and ex plained by Henry Seen, who now occupies the Henry house. Subsequently the party returned to the turkey overs and continued the hunt. NATION’S CHIEF MAGISTRATE NEVER GOT A SHOT SATURDAY BRANDY STATION, Va., Nov. 1.- President Roosevelt, Secretary Root, Secretary Corteiyou and Surgeon General Rlxey are tonight the guests of Repre sentative John F. Rlxey at his handsome ly appointed country home, about two miles from this village. During the turkey President Rocseyelt did not get " shot. He led the party on a long, hard tramp. De spite the recent injury to his leg, he was the least fatigued member of the party at the close of the day. When the president reached his special train at Manassas on returning from the hunt, he a crowd of two pr three hundred people awaiting him. At the solicitation of Judge Nichols, of this judicial circuit, the president consented briefly to address the people. His remarka follow: "I wish to thank you very much for the way you have come to greet me. I have thoroughly enjoyed my day here. I regret to state that the turkeys did not materialize (laughter). In the first place I had a good walk. It is the first time I have had one for six weeks and I ap preciated it. I was delighted to have a chance to visit the great battlefields heres and It is a very pleasant thing to any man Who has the desire to be a good American to come through your historic town and to see the two avenues named in memory of Grant and of Lee (ap plause). I feel that all of us in any part of this country now have an equal right to glory in the valor and the devotion to duty as each saw his duty alike of those who wore the blue and those wbb wore the gray (applause). I thank you for having greeted me.” President Roosevelt’s coupling of the names of Grant and Lee elicited genuine enthusiasm. As the special train pulled out of the statiofi, the crowd gave the president a parting cheer. augustTget?next' REUNION OF VETERANS COLUMBUS. Ga., Oct. 30—The fourth annual reunion of the Confederate Vete rans of Georgia closed last night in a blaze of glory and amid cheers for Co lumbus. The old soldiers carry away with them many pleasant memories of this occasion. Augusta was selected as the place for holding the next reunion. The principal feature of today's pro gram was the parade of the "Haymakers,” a long and comical array. The members of this order, Who are Red Men also, fur nished more amusement for the many thousands that filled the streets. Almost everj' kind of a comical vehicle or char acter was represented, and the crowds cheered loudly and laughed as they passed. MAJOR ROBERTSONTbANKER, DIES AT DEMOPOLIS, ALA. DEMOPOLIS. Ala.. Oct. 30.—Major John R. Robertson, one of our best and fore most citizens and president of the Robert son Benking Co., died at his home last night about hair past twelve after an illness qf three weeks. The deceased was about 65 years of age and leaves a wife and several brothers and sisters.
