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TRAINS CRASH; ,
THIRTEEN DEAD
Besides Mangled Victims
Over Thirty Injured.
WAS REAR-END COLLISION
Fast Flying Excursion Train Plunges
into “Milk” Cars and Both Demol
ished—A Horrible Scene.
Thirteen persons killed and over
thirty others injured in the appalling
record of a renr-end collision between
an excursion train and a milk train on
the Bethlehem branch of the Philadel
phia and Beading railway Sunday
morning at Hartfield, Pa., twenty
seveu miles north of Philadelphia.
The wrecked train consisted of ten
day coaches and was the tlrst section
of a large excursion made up of peo
ple from Bethlehem, Allentown and
surrounding towns to Atlantic City.
It left the union depot in Bethlehem
at 0:05 Sunday morning exactly thirty
live minutes behind the milk train.
The latter train consisted of two milk
cars and two passenger coaches and
had stopped at every station on the
road from Bethlehem en route to Phil
adelphia.
At 0:54 the milk train drew up at
the milk platform at Hutfield and in
less than two minutes the special ex
cursion train, running at the rate of
thirty-five miles an hour, crashed into
the rear of the milk train. The loco
motivo plowed through the two pas
senger coaches and crushed them as if
they were egg shells. The milk car
immediately in front was ulso badly
wrecked. Four persons, Godfrey Kae
lin. his daughter Mamie, Harold Lan
dis and William Blackburn, on the
passenger car of the milk train, wero
almost instantly killed. Fortunately
there were very few persons ou this
traAi.
The excursion train was a picture of
indescribable horror. The locomotive
was a mass of bent and broken iron
aud (irmly held the bodies of its en
gineer and fireman beneath its great
weight. Behind the engino six of the
ten cats wore also a mass of wreckage.
The first car was broken in twain and
tho other five cars were thrown ou
their sides, completely demolished.
Nine persons were killed in the first
two cars and the others in these
coaches were badly maimed.
As soon as the crash came a terrible
cry rose from the smashed cars, and
those who had not been injured qmck
ly crawled or jumped from the cars
and went to the assistance of the in
jured. Many were pinned down l>y
wreckage and bad to bo freed by the
liberal use of axes. Messengers wero
sent to the nearby villages for physi
cinus and a relief train was telegraphed
for from Bethlehem. With fifteen doc
tors aud a half dozen nurses u speciul
train was sent from Bethlehem, hut
before it readied the scene of the
wreck it was signaled to return to
Bethlehem, as a special carrying nearly
all the injured had started for the hos
pital at that place. Ou the run frpin
Hatfield to the hospital three of the
injured died.
There are conflicting stories as to
responsibility for the accident. Oua
version is that the engineer of the ex
cursion train had been warned at Sou
dertou, the station above Hatfield, that
a milk train was a few minutes ahead
of him. Another story is that the
train dispatcher's office in Philadel
phia was at fault. The truiumeu re
fused to talk of the accident.
DR. IV COR MICK’S FEE.
Goebel Estate Will Pay Physician
s■o,ooo For His Services.
One of the handsomest fees ever
paid a general practitiouer for services
in a single case will be received by
l)r. J. N. McCormick, of Bowling
Green, for his attendance upon Wil
liam Goebel after he was shot at Frank
fort. Arthur Goebel, brother o t the
dead governor and his devisee under
the will, has placed a claim against
the estate of Governor Goebel for
SIO,OOO for Dr. McCormick’s services.
GEN. WHEELER TO RETIRE.
On Septemb-r loth He Will Hava
Reached the Age Limit.
General Joseph Wheeler, in com
mand of the Department of the Lakes,
with headquarters at Chicago, will be
retired on Monday, September 10th,
oil account of the age limit. On that
day Getieral Wheeler will be sixty-four
years old, aud he has uu option about
retiring, as the law which regulates
the matter provides that an army oth
oer is permitted at sixty-two, but re
tires iuvolutarily at sixty-four.
A NATIONAL COLLEGE
Will Be Erected By Sons of G. A. R.
Veterans-.-floney Is Ready.
With assets and pledges amounting
to upward of $500,000, the Sous of
Yeteraus of the G. A. B. are making
active preparations to begin work on a
national college, which is to be dedi
cated to the Grand Army of the Repub
lic and in coinuiemoratiou of the men
and women of civil war times. While
the money has been raised for the
erection of the buildings and the en
dowment of the institution, the loca
tion has cot been selected.
BILL ARP’S LETTER’
He Gets Forty-One Copies of an
Old Poem That He Asked For.
“AND STILL THEY COME” SAYS BILL.
In Many < Lf>ttra Acroinpanlffd the
“ft*recloti Verne*” anl Proved Very
Comforting To l#j*rtow Man.
How time flies—tempus fugit—the
ancients likened it to a bird that had
wings, and so did we half a century
ago. But wings will not do for a
simile now. Time has been condensed
steam and electricity have ulmost
annihilated both time and distance. I
was ruminating ahont this because in
last Sunday’s paper I published a re
quest for a copy of the poem, “Tell
Me, Ye Winged Winds.” I thought
that perhaps I might, during the week,
be favored with one or two copies from
some kind, cultured friends—some
lady or ladies who had long years ago
pasted the poem in a scrapbook, like
my wife did this one, but some yankee
thieves came along and stole hers (may
they live always when tho devil gets
them.) When Monday morning’s mail
came it brought me six copies from
Atlanta friends and one from Jackson,
which is seventy miles below.
Monday night’s mail brought me six
more, and Tuesday’s mail increased
the number up to twenty-five, and
Wednesday’s to thirty, and tho cry
is, “still they come.” I have now
forty-one, and am grateful to all my
friends. lam glad that L made the
request, for these numerous responses
are the host evidence of the culture
and literary taste of our people—most
of them are from the gentler sex, for
women are tho salt of the earth. They
preserve tilings. And that reminds mo
to say to some of my fuir correspond
ents who wish to know who is that
heroic person referred to in my scrip
tural enigma. She was Lot’s wife, of
course. Her body never saw corrup
tion, and her name is never spoken.
What it was before she looked back wo
cannot tell, but after that I reckon it
was “Sal,” for Sal means salt.
But the letters that inclosed the
copies of the poem were very comfort
ing to me, for there were kind words
in every one. I am just human,aud like
words of praise, of commendation—l
want them while 1 live. As Eugenia
Smith says in her beautiful poem, “If
I Should Die Tonight:”
“Keep not your kisses for my cold, dead
brow.
The way Is lonely—let me feel them now."
Epitaphs and obituaries are for tho
living mourners, hut we do not know
that our departed spirits will heed
them or need them. Solomon says
that “a living dog is better than a
dead lion."
Yesterday I received by mail a neat
little book of 200 pages illustrated,
that has provoked my earnest atten
tion, for it is the history of the acts
aud deeds of the First Louisiana cav
alry during the civil war. It is well
written and as entertaining as a ro
mance and abounds iu interesting
facts and anecdotes. Only one who
was a purt of it could have written it,
aud that one was Lieutenant Howell
Carter, of company E. I note that our
Colouel Morrison's Georgia regiment
was a part of the same brigade, and
fought side by side with Colonel Scott’s
in many conflicts. The author does
not stint his praise of Colonel Morri
son’s command. What attracted my
attention is tho complete muster roll
in the close of the book, and the
deaths, resignations and promotions
of every otlloer and the present where
abouts of every survivor. Now
where did Lieutenant Carter get all
this—aud why have uot our Georgia
regiments got such a historian? Why
did they uot ehoose one long ago and
put him to work? Why is there not a
record somewhere of overy soldier’s
name, company and regiment who was
in service? Colonel Byrd, onr adjutant
goneral, told me tho other day that he
had no muster rolls in his office, aud
knew not where they could be procur
ed. He did not know of Colonel
Avary's valuable catalogue of the offi
cers in his history of Georgia ('SO to
’81). The generals, the colonels and
their staff and all the captains are
there, but this record fails to tell what
became of them. Captain Twigg’s
compauy, of Angusta, had nine differ
ent captains during the four years’
service, and the record ought to tell
what became of them. Are any of
them living now besides Captain
Twiggs? Who kuows? This cat
alogue shows that of the fifty-one regi
ments that went out in '6l-62, ouly
one brought back the same colouel it
took ont—-some of them mode six
changes. The Eighth Georgia, that
was first commanded by Colouel Bar
tow, made five changes, aud the last,
Colouel Towers, of Marietta, is the
ouly survivor.
It seems to me that a systematic ef
fort should be made by the state to
complete the records aud file them. I
was talking to an old weather-beaten
veteran the other day, Walter Young
Craddock, of Captaiu Salman's com
pany, iu the Twelfth Alabama. He is
on charity; was shot all to pieces at
Seven Pines in 1862; is paralyzed in
one arm and one leg, but gets about
and sells pencils for a living. He says
he could get a pensiou if he could
prove his service, but he does not
know of a single survivor of his com- j
paay. Maybe there are some who will
see this aud write to Craddock at Tal
ladega, Ala.
There is another record that needs
special attention. The Daughters of
the American Revolution earnestly de
sire to re-establish the last colonial
records that were burned in Professor
Scomp’s house at Oxford a few years
ago. These records were procured in
England about sixty years ago by
Charles Wallace Howard, after long
and diligent research, for which the
state paid liberally. They were loan
ed to William Bacon Stevens,and then
to C. C. Jones, and then to Professor
Scomp, and now they are gone forever,
unless the state will take measures to
duplicate them. Mrs. K. E. Park,
who represents the Daughters of the
American Revolution, will bring this
matter before tho legislature, aud we
hope will succeed in her effort.
And there is still another record
that ought to be made—a brief biog
raphy of our state governors and the
notable men for whom many of the
counties and towns were named.
While I was at Mount Vernon re
cently I asked a score of well-inform
ed men to tell mo something about
General Montgomery, for whom the
county was named, and all that they
knew was that he was a soldier of the
revolution. They did uot know where
he was from, nor what he did, nor
when he died. Such a book should be
compiled, aud let each school board
subscribe for a few copies. White’s
statistics are out of print, and they
are not up to date. Appleton’s Cyclo
pedia of American Biography contains
much that is valuable to us, but it
costs too much—the six volumes
bring $36. We ought to have a book
within easy reach of the rising gen
eration for about 75 cents.
Who knows anything of Floyd or
Glynn, or Taliaferro, or Quitman, or
Murray, or Whitfield, or Dade? I
wrote a paragraph about Commodore
Tatnall, who said that “blood was
thicker than water,” and an old man
away up in Nova Scotia read it and
wrote to me a long and careful letter
about Tatnall, and corrected a mistake
that I made in saying that he com
manded the Grampus when in the
China seas. It was in the war with
Mexico that he commanded the
Grampus. He referred me to Colouel
Kell’s recent book, which I have not
yet seen. I believe that if we will be
gin even now, we can collect much
history that will be prized after our
generation has passed away.
Look out for an early frost this fall.
The yellow butterflies have begun to
move southward, and it is ten days
earlier than last year. —Bill Akp iu
Atlauta Constitution.
CORBETT BEST MAN.
in “Scientific” Bout Kid HcCoy
Was Put Out In the Fifth
Round.
The long-promised aud long-looked
for meeting between James J. Corbett
and Charles (“Kid”) McCoy, under
the auspices of the Twentieth Century
Club, at Madison Square Garden,New
York, was consummated Thursday
night, and in less than five rounds
Corbett proved himself to be tho better
nan.
That Corbett and McCoy are the
cleverest exponents of the art of self
lofeuso anions the present gonoratiou
of heavy-weights goes without saying,
:iud keen judges of the game who saw
I’hnrsday night’s fight declare that it
vas the-cleverest exhibition ever wit
icssed iu the ring.
Up to the moment that the men
•teppeil into the square circle opinions
is to their respective ability wero
videly divergent. Many claimed, aud
'ightly, too, that Corbett would prove
o be the stronger as well as the clev
erer, and it was through his superb
eintiug and heavy slugging that he
put McCoy down and out. McCoy’s
riends all along have claimed that he
was equally as dexterous with his
bands, eyes and feet as the former
champion, and in addition to this they
mid that the “kid” could hit harder
than Corbett.
All who have met McCoy acknowl
edge that his blows are powerful ones,
and that they stiug aud cut wherever
they land. Thursday night, however,
while McCoy landed some stinging
jabs, he did uot ont Corbett’s skin, nor
did he land a single heavy right-hand
blow during the contest. On the other
hand, Corbett, when ho dropped sci
ence aud began to slug, lauded hard
rights and lefts, which simply took
McCoy's guard away, and when Cor
bett found a vulnerable spot iu the
region of MoCov’s heart, two lefts di
vided by a right ended the battle.
Both men entered the ring in superb
condition.
Neither man when he returned to
his dressing room showed any marks
ou face or body.
ROCKEFELLER IS MISSING.
Standard Oil /Tagnate Is'Wanted as a
Witness In Trust Case.
A New York dispatch says: Detect
ives have been hunting John D. Rocke
feller, the richest man iu the world,
but have not been able to locate him.
Because of their failure the hearing
on the state of Nebraska’s action
against the Stnudard Oil trust has
been indefinitely postponed. The
prosecution was prepared to go on
with the heariug Friday, when word
was received that the detectives had
been unable to find Mr. Rockefeller.
FAVORABLE TO ADOPTION.
Associated Press Announces That
Powers Will Accept Proposal.
The Associated Press at London has
official authority for announcing that
the Amerioan-Russian proposal in fa
vor of the withdrawal of the allied
forces from Fekiu, with the view of
facilitating negotiations for the con
clusion of peace, has not only met
with considerable favor at European
chancellories, but is almost certa ;
_te adopted. ?
CZAR’S PROPOSAL
IS MADE PUBLIC
Reply as Formulated by Assistant
Secretary of State Adee.
TEXT OF CORRESPONDENCE
Other Powers Made Acquainted
With the Communications.
The state department has made pub
lic the text of the Russian proposal
and its response as follows:
Telegraphic instructions sent to the
representatives of the United States
iu Berlin, Vienna, Paris, London,
Rome, Tokio and St. Petersburg.
Department of state, Washington,
August 29, 1900. The Russian charge
yesterday made to me an oral respect
ing Russia’s purposes in China, to the
following effect:
“That as already repeatedly declar
ed Russia has no designs of territorial
acquisition in China; that equally
with other powers now operating
there, Russia has sought safety of le
gations at Pekin aud to help the Chi
nese government to repress the trou
bles that, incidentally to necessary
defensive measures on Rnssiau border,
Russia has occupied Newchwang for
military purposes and as soon as order
is re-established will retire troops
therefrom if action cf other powers be
no obstacle thereto; that the purpose
for which the various governments
have co-operated for relief of
legations in Pekin has been
accomplished; that, taking the position
that, as the Chinese government has
left Pekin, there is no need for her
representative to remain, Russia has
directed Russian minister to retire
with his official personnel from China;
that the Russian troops will likewise
be withdrawn; and that when tho gov
ernment of China shall regain the
reins of government and afford au au
thority with which the other powers
can deal, and will express desire to
enter in negotiations, the Russian gov
ernment will also name its representa
tive. Holding these views aud pur
poses, Russia expresses hope that the
United States will share the same
opinion.”
ANSWER OP UNITED STATES.
To this declaration our reply has
been made by the following memoran
dum:
“The government of tho United
States receives with much satisfaction
the reiterated statement that Russia
has no designs of territorial acquisi
tion on China and that equally with
the other powers now operating in
China, Russia has sought the safety of
her legation in Pekin aud to help the
Chinese government to repress the ex
isting troubles. The same purpose
will control the government of the
United States aud frank declarations
of Russia in this regard are in ajeord
with those made to the United States
by the other powers.
All the powers, therefore, having
disclaimed any purpose to acquire auy
part of China, aud now that adherence
thereto has been renewed since relief
has reachod Pekin, it ought not to be
difficult by concurrent action through
negotiations to reaoh an amicable set
tlement with China by which the
treaty rights of all the powers will be
secured for the future, the open door
assured, the interests and property of
foreign citizens conserved and full
reparation made for wrongs and in
juries suffered by them.
Asa result of these considerations
unless there is such a general expres
sion by the powers in favor of contin
ued occupation as to modify the views
of Russia and lead to a general agree
ment for continued occupation, we
shall give instructions to the com
mander of the American forces in
China to withdraw our troops from
Pekin after due conference with other
commanders aa to the time and manner
of withdrwal.
“So far as we are advised the greater
part of China is at peace and earnestly
desires to protect the life and property
of all foreigners, aud in several of the
provinces active and skillful efforts to
suppress the Boxers have been taken
by the viceroys, to whom we have ex
tended encouragement through our
consuls and naval officers. The pres
ent good relation ahould be promoted
for the peace of China.
“The government of the United
States is much gratified by the assur
ance given by Russia that the occupa
tion of New Chwang is for military pur
poses incidental to the military steps
for the security of the Russian border
provinces menaced by the Chinese,
aud that as soon as order has been es
tablished Russia will retire her troops
fro)n> those places if the action of the
other powers be not an obstacle there
to. r
“No obstacle in this regard can
arise any action of the United
States; whose policy is fixed aud has
been repeatedly proclaimed.
(Signed) "Alvei- Adee,
“Acting Secretary.”
Gomez Declines.
Genjeral Maximo Gomez has declined
to accept the nomination offered him
by the national Cuban party to the
constitutional convention. He says
he hay always kept oat of politics and
does |iot wish to enter now.
Dtenmark Puts On Quarantine.
Denmark has declared a quarantine
against all vessels arriving an Danish
from Glasgow on account of bu
■Bnic.
WAYCROSS AIR LIE RAILROAD
Tim© Table.
Taking effect 12:01 a. m. Wednesday November Ist, 1899. Superseding Time
Table Dated Sept. 24th, 1899. Central Time Standard.
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