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, VOTAJMK XVII- .GAMBLERS WHELMEU | 1 :v I (Tari Exchange at Hot Spring; Wrecked by Explosion. RESULT HORRIBLY DISASTROUS Two Meet Death, While Half a Hun dred Sustain Broken Limbo and Other Injuries—Many May Not Recover. At Hot Springs. Ark., Wednesday, an explosion in the cellar of the turf evchange, a club house and pool room, operated by Chambers & Walker, the building -was badly wrecked and thir ty people were injured, two of whom died shortly afterwards. Sixteen are in a serious condition and of these four are expected to die. Twelve others sustained bruises and slight in juries. About 4 o’clock p. m. the pool room was crowded with more than 100 per sons. Just as a race at New Orleans was being called by tbe operator the floor of the building seemed to rise, and in an instant a report that shook the entire block rang out. The upper floor and back walls of tne building fell on the mass of struggling men who were wildly excited in an en » deavor to escape to the street. The entire house looked as if a tornado had ploughed through its center. | The news of the catastrophe spread I ranidlv. and soon Central avenue was i jammed with people. Reports were I current that several persons had been I killed. The police and firemen took I charge of the building and the work I of rescue began. Men were pulled I from under the debris in a terribly II shattered state. One of the most pit- I iable sights was when ‘'Billy” Hel- I wig. the blind manager of the Lamar ■ bath house, was taken from the ruins. B Helwig is widely known to the *hou ■ sands of visitors who visit Hot B Springs annually. He died at mid ■ tight. The other victim was Joe Ken- E[ ol ney, also a resident of Hot Springs. B R. C. Chambers, one of the proprie- Btors of the turf exchange, is also a Jh, lessee of the Fort Erie, Ontario, race Bj track, and is one of the best known B sporting men in the country. His con- B dition is considered serious. Ik The injured were taken in charge HfL by the local physicians and every- H thfng possible is being done to alle ys vtate the suffering. IK The exact cause of the explosion has not yet been determined. It is (Usald by some that gas, whicli had es ‘Jl.eaped in the cellar of the building, £ was ignited in some manner, causing n® the terrible accident. Another report says a driver of a 1 gasoline wagon was filling a tank in jt the cellar when the explosion oc «cur red. M The police have made a full In kvestigation, and have held Ben Mur- Jray, who is alleged to be responsible (for the disaster in careless handling (of the high combustible. The bank roll of the pool room. I consisting of $55,000, was blown away in the explosion, but the greater part of it has been recovered. |j BANKER’S SON SUICIDES. {Neal Thornton, of Atlanta, Cuts Short His Life With Pistol Ball. i At Atlanta, Ga., Christmas Dey, Ben Neal Thornton, son of E. H. Thornton, president of the Neal Loan and Banking Company, one of the city’s best known and most popular I young men, committed suicide by fir- I ing a ball into his temple. I There was no statement left by the I young man, nor any intimation given j ■ of any cause or reason for taking his | I own life. I He was a victim of lung affection, I Vanderbilt is Greatly Improved. I A bulletin issued at New York I Thursday night by the physicians in I attendance on Cornelius Vanberdilt I reads: I “Mr. Vanderbilt has had a good day, I holding the improvement he has B made.” I MRS. GRANT’S WILL. K Document is Probated in Washington. ■ Estate Goes to Children. The will of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant B was probated at Washington Saturday. : t The estate is to be divided into four j f equal portions. It also provides that I a memento presented to her by the em- I press of Japan, said to be a thousand ; I years old, snail go to the Museum of ■ K Arts, New York. I General. Fred D. Grant,’son of tes | tatrix, delivered the testament at the ■ register’s office in person. Mrs. Grant Manned as executor “The trustee to be r selected by my three sons, a majority, I or the survivors of them.” <£l)c turner!) JHcmitor. REEL . Oi I . ,&T In Midst cSPitchr. Up Peace jWith J Outsidtts sastr; is Beset So:; at | omel. 1 ! . I I Advices On \VU nistjul. ol j Curacao, si'. 1 thit ihe Venejtelan I revolutionijs havi resumed ctive hostilities jeinst President (istro. There oc< ‘t|l Sunn ay mor-lng a lively eti* ‘glent between l,2ojrevo lutionis' ,t:-V General Riera and governn t t'es f Cuayarao. n the vicinity ie O. details of te en gagemerp but it Is nown there that |thovojutionlsts hai artil lery. Tb< g-rinjuent forces were commanded I , Jp] o] ;eferani Cas tillo. Th ar,, , -,'een tte gov ernment and lb k onisti has just expired. <l.-: *. News has : 1> o.emstal from an authoritat».«AA -: o in Caracas, that Vicente onic 1 <t vie- presi dent of the rmbli 1 * ends o carry out a bold fkteg 'I -toke against , President Ca'o. General Zo Vi J 1 nf fr ' other leading supp< ers ei.era.j Matos, [ who ha dsoufi of % in Wilemstad, left the islaiuo; GcurtSo .*ary Satur day morning a t at which took ’ them in the.llrectfn ol Cuinarebo, near Coro, o the Vtteztelan coast, j The departv,. of tins nen is taken r as proof tha fie reyiil aiainst Prcsi r dent Castro agai-i advt. -[4 ANGRY fI ( )THER )N SCENE. ET I 3 Archduke G*'- to Oenv; and Chas tises ly Fi-ennnan.. j Andrew Gi;-, thi Frtuh tutor with s whom Fifim i.oitist of Saxony eloped, reUehl > boatig at Geneva, , Switzerland. aitlie. hands of Archduke Jo.- vougcr brother of the prince . viobot scene was created, a w olv through the interventii i U ■ -rit• *f.s herself that the 1- i >. s ived from a worse drubbi Arclub c,) pii v ;t > Geneva in hopes of per line his Veter to re turn to the i-'. i■’ pakee at Dres den. The pr ss consented to see him, but i -.sir tha: Pri’i-ssor Giron be presen at )i i • to which Archduke lush cons an- > • The mo ment the t-.'tr.fjijte'-c ’ ti, - room, how ever, the jarci/ ke Erans upon him. i The princj?ss ent 1 the/ aid of her lover anil final suca-ed' ■’ in tearing the men apatj Thi she protected the Frenciima fronlfuriher attacks by her brother Later there as ’ jrht-r stormy in terview wl en Del ~k;e Joseph met his older broi,lr, r.'Told Ferdinand, who aceompaiM . s | sister in her flight. An hike '.T p<>ld retorted that life felted b j-ojirt etiquette was the tho.st. < j conceivable. As an arcll.Aike he felt like a slave, bui ,a i a Id Woifling he felt a fro r rfmely happy. Leopold h »s*rr<-n i|i ml in Sals- Burg that he he a tie princess regretted •> dr endue ( HUME'-' ' "8 ACM ir PARIS. Under H ! avy Gard of Detectives Family of Swinctrs :ave Madrid. The memters eM*he ! bert fain ily, who wore aj in Madrid. I Spain, in eonnectr i I: tie great Paris safr "euds .on from prison Ka 'ay ev d conveyed 1 |to the m vjy sta ion , heir jour | ney to iiri. under a . g guard of ' French aid Spaiiis: lives. The mule and fejaat isoners were l confined n separate caiages of a ! special tiftirt and no < .imunh ai ion ; | was allow'd between thsUrious mom ■ bers of lie Humberl Mount |ed genda'mea kept < around i the train until it stc u of the j station, it order to prev I any com- j 1 municatieii between the * rs and spectators I The trrtn was attache> the Paris i express <n reaching l aye, the ! French f'ontic-r slation, :e>on Sun- I i day. Par her is Sent to vey. The l uted States cr Panthe r sailed Sf' urday from U -ague i land navj’ yard, at Philad a, to jo ■ j Admiral Jewry's fleet aV jlebra ifi j land. Th * Panther carrie: J) seame n | and mar:: eg for Dew* fl and also , a supply ->f medicines. CROWN PRINCESS L 'TED. 1 Leaves Husband and Sh c “witz erlrnd With Anothc y. The crown princess oi ,:;y i: in i Geneva, Switzerland, und' ,e name jof Frauiein Von Obe*n. i brother, | Archduke* Leopold Ferdii , and 1 Professor Giron arc at th .me ho- : , tel. The- archduke ha:: n ied 'he- ! j name of I ■» Burle.no. King George and the C Prince Frederl* kr-.w whe-e erowi princes da- ought relue t they * have el o accep' t >iange- * ment o* ' aid >i baud j as irrep ran e- i I ■ i ,,s J i ' f iiiRNtN. MOJilTt JMERY COUNTY GA. TiIUUSDAV. JANUARY I. I»UM. TWt.ji "EIGHT DEAD Frigii ti Appalling Wreck | . inadian Road. THE HU” iDER OF AN OPERATOR Terrible Bl fzzard War Raging and Blood c > f Victims Dyed Snow md Sleet a Deep Crim son Hue. \ A speda * from London, Ontario, says: iug a blinding snow storm Friday .'it twenty-eight persons were 1 and thirty others injured in a iu*: ti collision between a west bound t ugh passenger and a freight train n fW an stead, on tho Grand -j' rlltl ' way. The wreck was due to con it 4 orders. T1,,. ]’ fie express was two hours late an inning at high speed when it stru. 1 i freight as the latter was about i so a sidetrack according to orders. he locomotives reared thedr * pilots 1 tin the air and fell into the ■ ditch. o baggage car telescoped the snu ' and here the death list was I made. Main the dead were terribly mu tilated. eads were cut off, legs were wrenct from the bodies and the lev el s tre of snow became crimson w ith t lood of the victims. The ,nan sleepers did not leave the ra their occupants escaped II except y Tlo i lusib'lity for the accident lias lie en definitely fixed, but it is believ 1 have been duo to a telo grapli rator, who gave an order to pass 5, the Pacific express, at Wans and failed to duplicate tho order to give a copy of it to the condn and engineer of the express. Inste; this the conductor of the expre >*eeived a clearance order, tellin ito run right through. The bliml torm which was raging ren dered bets invisible at tho distance of a feet. The operator at Wan stead not usually on duty at night, but 1 ty evening ho was in tho of fice I a she>rt time. Ho was going out u to door when he heard the tol egra J hstrument click and immedi ately ill repeatedly the message: “Sto i ” “Stop No. 5.” Seizing a la /he operator dashe-d for the tlooi /as he clejsod it behind him ]:,. : ( the: crasii of the collision up the |- T ain was erowdeef with people ret.i jt.. from holiday trips. No. 5 was - rjing fully 50 miles an hour thn igh lhe blizzard, when at the, Wa jd.fe siding the headlight of tho fi ei ht :gine loomed up tlirough the sno 1 was impossible to see a liun (j;, f< ahead, because of the snow, am I’th- train crashed together al mo be ore the engine crews realized tlia n ollfsion was imminent. Tiio jm brew the two engines clear of ei rae*k on the right-hand side. Th (t.e day coaches of the express W c veen the heavily loaded bag v i and the weighty Pullmans. a terrific crash tbe rear bag ar wa driven into tbe coach j roif ! hroe-fourths of its length and in | a (twinkling a score of the occupants w/*re» dead and two score more pinned de-,'vvn in the w-reckage crushed and j m 'angled. The horror of fire was raor- | ci fully Spared the suffering persons bijtried Irj the wreck. A little flame I broke- out, but the uninjured passen ! extinguished it with snow beforo could gain any headway. The occu mtof the two Pullman ears and the on day coach swarmed out of their ci s to thet rescue. A perfect bedlam m e’3 greeted them. The hiss of | i;:S*■ ai ig steam from the wrecked en rin.-s mingled with the piteous cries of ho unfortutiates pinned in the ruins, j i be; rdt.ter wind and snow added j ! tjo. their sufferings. Volunteer rescue ■ Aartles immediately formed and did j | neroic work. Meanwhile a brakernan had rushed h rough the storm to the; telegraph of i( * and notified both London and Sar nlu officials of the accident. Relief i trains with surgeons and wrecking fairs were on their way to the scene fr«ini both e re] of the division in the shortest pee slide time. DAMAGES FOR A BOYCOTT. | i Chieaejo Court Awardc $22,000 for Hinchcliffe's Loss of Business. A verdict having ;t significant bear ling on the right of labor organizations iito maintain or assist in enforcing a (jb-iy itt was rendered .Saturday in ( Ji 1 ) Val’s court .* Chicago, whereby | Cc .;<■ Hlnehdiffe n; awarded : (in , amages agaii ibe members of 1 , i e Chicago Bulide association th<- Brick Manufai 4 r.-rs’ Asso* i lliie hcliffe aske-el for *IOO, t ages, which he aib-n-d he IH, h< i i ed owing to a boye ,h of ,p,ce not ft of his brick yard, a Hob* o- - I ihe part of the a tocit, \ [ WEDDED BLISS WAS BRIEF. e New Wife of Phil G. Elyrd, Assistant Adjutant General of Georgia, Files Suit for Divorce. Mrs. Carrie L. Byrd, wife iff Phil G. Byrel, assistant adjuf.tnt general of the state of Georgia, Vo whom she was married on September 25 last, has filed a suit fur total divorce: from her husband in the supetjor court of De- Kalb county. In which she makes some very sen nii" harges. Mrs. Byrd v. • Carrie* Louise Montgomtery. anti wedding to Colo nel Byrd three n ' ago was an oc casion of much <*st. The cere mony was qulN aipressive one, and interest ii i occasion was heightened by th i iy:e> in uniform of a large numbe Colonel Byrd's military friends The charges m it y Mrs. Byrd are. in general, hal Itm utoxication by the use of drug cl treatment and unfaithfulness. Mi Byrd asks that on these groun be granted a to tal divorce from i. ■ husband and that her maiden name, < iirric Louise Mont gomery, be restored to her. in amplifying the- charges the peti tion make's aecu itions which nro quite sensational, 'ho petition says: “The criud treatment complained of and charged herein coniine*!eed on the next day after aid marriage, and has been continuous (except with intervals of kindness, coup’ed with promises to desist, broken as often as made) until it became unendurable, and petitioner separatcil herself from elefendant as hereinafter related. * * * “On the day ii cr said marriage at Nashville*, beam lie first stop made on the irldal (rip, petitioner met her brother, whom she had not seen for a long time In h i , and put her arm over his shonldti and kissed him, de*- fenelant heim "se*nt, anil as soon as petition: an cfendant jiarteel from her broiler lie defendant rebuked her for lei.*: In ter brother, said it was disgraceful' n,t the petlton then pro ceeds to give lie language in whicli it is alleged life cursed her. Another aitojed experience of the bridal trip is ti the effect that the de fendant cursed her while on Ihe way to St. Louis, “md finally, taking some kind of drug himself, came to Ihe berth in whicl petitioner was In ter ror and irt broken, and insisted on her taking sinie of it.” Mrs. Byrd then states tin she refused and there upon he took : double dose, saying ho didn’t know vhethor it would kill him or not and diln’t care, and then that he showed he* money and told her how to ship Ids bidy home. , The peiitioi continues to relate inci dents of thi character which, ii is charged, ooeirred oji the bridal trip, and repeats frequently curse words whicli, it is stated, were directed at her. Colonel B rd is at present qtiite ill at the GraiV hospital, in Atlanta, where he hi, been for the last two weeks, stiffe-ing from nervous prostra tion. His coalition has been so serious Hiat. no one has been permitted to see him, excep Ids daughter, who has been wilh iim since lie went, to the hospital. MURDERED AND CREMATED. Robbers, .ommit Dastardly Triple Crjirr Near Louisville, Ga. A terifibc murder, robbery and act | of incendl rlsm was committed a’few ■ miles fror Louisville, Ga., Christmas | night. E. L F tlay, who runs a country store aboil six miles out, was called up about midnight by some one to go to thi stne, which he did. Gils i was a fjiquent occurrence, bis wife ! thought iothiiig of It, and went to sleep. She wi awakened In a few min ! nles to find the store in a bright ! blaze. /> few of the neighbors arrived i on the r-ene and it was discovered | that. Mi r,ay was lying dead In ihe store, i strong effort wa smaiU to j recover ids body from the burning | buiiditif, i; ut owing to heat It was im I possil/li After the store burned down, Mr. o|a.'. body was taken from the de ; hr ] 'cued almost eomplotoly up. His safe,,,(mtainlng about SSOO, was open 1 ed 0j ; all of Ids money was missing i He v a successful farmer and mer- ! eha'- 1 1 always kept from one to | Ji. • ■ * red dollars iri ids safe, Y/OE PURSUES MASCAGNI. i Dago fompoier Arrested by His Maria- j ger for Embezzlement. ..re Pietro Mascagni, the Italian , compiser who abandoned his Ameri can l ip while playing in Cnlcago lasi we // w;i ' ; placed under arrest Friday | nlfon a enarge of embezzlement, by manager. Richard Heard. : ;i jpJi Mascagni decided to return to -j-I,J he had no further use for Ids -•sun* lean manager and discharged It I Heard asserts thai bis contract ii, i.,|rj for $5,000 and tried to collect ,i i,. ,(amount. Mascagni refused to pay ;ti < rd any such sum and the am-* 1 Iwed, «.. a “KEEP HANDS OFF!” •> (s Adv ce of American People to President Roosevelt. OBJECT TO HIS BEING ARBITER Concensus of Opinion is Against Ac ceptance of Such a Delicate Re sponsibility and Compromis- .. ing Position is Feared, The Atlanta Journal’s Washington correspondent wires his paper as l’ol : list’s: With the whole country practically at Ills back in the attitude of saying, “Don’t do that,” President Roosevelt is yet undecided on the proposition of the powers to arbitrate the claims against Venezuela. Those senators anil representatives who are in Washington are almost unanimous In the opinion that tho president should keep bis hands off tbe job. The president has entered a refusal to the first Intimation of the powers’ proposal, but Hint intimation was merely a feeler. Now Ihe direct request of the powers is before him Rinl he must soon give a direct reply to them. It is the opinion of Washington that wo have so far come out of the im broglio with credit, but that we might get seriously entangled if our chief executive attempts to act as account ant for the Venezuelan claims. No one here advances any reason as to why t lie powers should call on our president for the great I ask, when Tin: Hague tribunal Is constituted for just that purpose. It is a tribute to him and the United States to bo asked to do the work by all parties concerned, but whether ho could do it and at I lie same time take care of our interests is another matter. Senator Cullom, chairman of the senato committee on foreign rela tions, declined to be publicly quoted, but it. can be stated that he is dis posed to regard It as a step lo lie avoided if possible. Senator Cullom Tuesday received several telegrams from constituents in Chicago, asking him to see the president and request him not lo serve. Senator Foraker, of Ohio, a mem ber of the committee on foreign rela tions, said: “I sincerely trust the president will noL consent to act as arbitrator In tho Venezuelan controversy. It is assert ed that by accepting Ihe position as arbitrator, no responsibility attaches to tho United States. That may bo true, but at the same time tho foreign powers will naturally ex.ect tho Uni ted States to assume certain obliga tions in support of any decision tho president may render. Tho course of the president and Ihe secretary of stale has thus far been firm, but en tirely neutral, and I have no reason to believe lhal there will be any ma terial change in our policy which may Involve us in serious complications with any of the parties to Ihe Vene zuelan controversy. Senator Morgan, of Alabama. Hie ranking democrat gnemher of the committee on foreign relations, said: “1 do not tint it too strongly when I say that It Is ridiculous for Germany and Great. Britain to as!; Ihe pre;l dent of the United States lo arbitrate Gils case. There is precedence for such action on tho part of a presi dent. in boundary disputes and In cases where the disputes have net j reached the point of war. But, there is no precedent for such arbitration when once a* state of belligerency h»- >en established. Acts of war baW.t taken place and war was de clared by Great Britain.” FURLOUGH FROM JAIL. Judge is Released Long Enough to take in Christmas Holidays. Judge Thomas Nevitt, of HI. Glair I county, Missouri, who has been in I jail in Marysville for falling to obey ! a mandate of the United States court, I | was released Tuesday by .Judge Phil- j lips so lie could spend Christ mar, with | j his family. After the holidays lie will j I return to the Marysville Jail. THIRTY THOUSAND IN FEES. I Surgeon Lorenz Says He is Not Mak- ! ing a Barrel of Ducats. Adolyh Lorenz, who returned to New York Thursday from Boston, I while discussing ids visit to (hls j country, said In an Interview: "There Is ona thing 1 want to say, ‘ and that is In regard to finance. I j see it reported that I nave made in j th(« country SIOO,OOO. Now, as a mat-! ter of fact, / got one fee of $30,000 in I Chicago, ar.d In tho four months I j hare been here i have earned Just 1 $30,000. My practice a» home in four 1 month- is worth that." ++4.*4i^+**4>**+**^******+* i Cretin of News.* 'H-t+Wt'!"W'+++'H'H"H , +W+++ Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Day. —Phil G. Byrd, assistant adjutant, general of Georgia is sued for divorce by his bride* of three months, the peti tioner alleging cruelty and other rea sons. —Philip Watson, a former Georgian, returns to Macon after twenty years residence in Texas to find his wife married to another man. —Following Governor Longino’s proclamation against whitecapping, a meeting of Lincoln county citizens has been called to devise means of sup pressing the evil. —Near Greenville, S. C., revenue of ficers destroy eight. Illicit distilleries in one day. —President Roosevelt declines to bo arbitrator in the Venezuelan contro versy. —lt transpires that the negro lynch ed by a mob at Pittsburg, Kans., Christmas day, wfls the wrong man. —The will of Mrs. Mrs. U. S. Grant has been probated. Her estate, valued at over $200,000, Is to be divided among her children. —Lily Langtry arrived at New York last. Friday from Europe. —Thirty tin mills In Pennsylvania that, have been idle since last August ; will ghortly'resunio operations. —London papers, commenting on Iho refusal of President Roosevelt to act as arbiter in the Venezuelan trou ble, declare he acted wisely. —Crown princess of Saxony anil Archduke Ferdinand are coming to America to find more congenial homes , Ilian they can in Europe. —Earthquakes occurred at Aslia bad, Russian Turkestan. Fifteen thou sand houses destroyed and many peo ple killed. —A Mississippi convict sends a pe tition to Governor Longino, asking an investigation of 100 charge lhat ho played poker with members of the grand jury of Sunflower county. An Anniston, Ala., man finds sev enteen pearls In an oyster in a Bir mingham restaurant. --Birmingham had (he quietest Christmas In her history. Only two fatalities are reported . —While the church bolls wore sounding Christmas chimes the peo ple of Pittsburg, Kans., were lynching a negro murderer. Christmas at the while house was very merry. The president and his family woro the recipients of many presents. l)r. Adolph Lorenz denies thut he has received 50,000 in fees since he came to the United States. He Hay* that he lias only received $30,000, which was paid him by . rmour. President Ca tro now stales that he Is ready to refer the pending dlffl eultles to The Hague court of arbitra tion, The king of Italy has sent a ca blegram to Marconi, the wireless mes sage wizard, congratulating him on his success. Postmaster E. F. Blodgett an nounces that the Christmas business for 11)02 breaks all records In the his tory of the Atlanta postofllco. Party at Greenville, H. ('., who did not get Invitation to wedding, eon cludcd a serenade would be the prop er thing. The father of the bride fired on the serenaders, woum.ing two of them. Professor Forney, of the Unlvi r Hity of Alabama, was killed while he was amusing his children by shooting, sparrows with a parlor rille The gun accidentally discharged, lodging a ball In the professor's oraln —Marconi sends Christmas greet ings across the Atlantic to Ills eo-dl j rectors. -Communication of Great Britain ! and Germany over the Venezuelan J trouble is received by the United Stales. The famous Potter trial at Savan nab closed with conviction of W. J. Potter with a recommendation to mer cy and Hip acquittal of Swayne I’ottor. —Knoxville, Term., was swept by a big conflagration Monday morning, en ! tailing a loss of a million dollars. The funeral of Mrs. U. H. Grant was J held in New York Sunday. Burial was at Riverside Drive, In the mausoleum where the remains of her distinguished husband are. The list of dead by the wreck at By ron. Cal., has reached twenty, and It Is probable two more of those Injured will die. —Expose Is made of plot to steal body of former President Benjamin Harrison. A bitter liquor fight Is promised 1 for Charlotte, N. C\, the'establishment cf a dispensary being proposed. NO. 41.