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MACON, GA„ MONDAY. SEPTEMBER II, 1S93.
\l RESOURCES
OF THE SOUTH.
Manner in Which It Has Stood
,he Financial Pressure Was
the Crucial Test
yTEST ADVERTISEMENT YET
,jIiWhat the Present Condition of
, country Will Prove-A Four
fold Foundation of Indm-
UlM nod taToolOfM.
E. RMhsxd H. EJdmcmds writo* tlh«
Ignore Sun an follow* on the won-
Tjut mturil n.’eources of the South
t the rapid development now to prog-
lin that section:
Ifte manner to which tWe South Is
Em ,j,e present financial pressure
Jpove a greater advertisement than
I. action has ever yot had. It is an
ItrJMtnent that comimande the at
of the entire dusjic» woilu,
[S'result will be worth more mil-
I to the South than even the great-
ftnlhusiast would dare to put Into
| fltutvs. •
Mb' people, even leading financiers
[eneral business men. in the ^forth
I west and in Europe, never hav-
Ifully understood the South or It*
trees nor appreciated thA 'solidity
. progress of late years, have been
Ideal as ho It* desirability a* a place
| nrestment. They have not be-
i because they never tnveeti*ad*d
Isbject, that the South possesses a
of advaartagea for th« sup-
f i 1 dense populatioo and for the
i of wealth unequaled elsewhere
As broad as Ik this statement,
|«hfti!ness oan easily be seen,
lithe only country in the world
I combines on such a. large scale
(ieiimlrably situated ts to be sus-
Sto of utiHaiitibn at a minimum
fc cotton, timber, coal and iron—
■ foundation which cannot be
But to ntoma ft odds a prac
I rarunpoly of the world’s supply
at* rock, the value of which
r reaching benefits to the South
f-o bwtht.m agriculture cannot be
tlmstud.
I'rodocU and Climate.
pn***i*<v% agricultural powibiUtlrt
' beyond wtast K receives credit
last mey cso aaly. b* sppreksid
I ; ! .M'uv'.-s eh-wv ng th»
(be value or propenteo of ogrlcul-
|l products of the South and the
ce of the country to 1160. It has a
■ of climate running from the al-
ttopkal of som* of tts seooosst
» n that of some of its high mo.m-
I eotious almost Identical with the
)• - of Canada.
f reu>/u of Its long ocean and gulf
: tt has access to the markets of
sorld, which forever secures for all
K Juets the lowret freight rate*,
past threw resources and advan-
« w ith those of any other country
tith the** oh any other section of
| country.
Oust Urtlaln’a Wsslth.
foundation of the enormous
|ta of Onsit Britain ts largely art!-
> Nature has given |t but little
ft.i-h to build. It imparts all of Its
pa. mu,«i of *t» Iron ore and aver-
(tb.m I710.QOO.OOO a year for food-
• and it mins* Its coal sit a d:pth
f te 2.000 feet, with the cost con-
' increasing.
M with all these disadvantages its
P m'Tmfuciur.n* and its ooal and
Intareata have crested enormous
F 1 Upon these, to fact, the proa-
|f md progress of Great Britain
|>etn built up.
l?* w England ws see a duplication
p:-at Britain. Without natural ro-
" with s barren soil, dependent
oth-r sections for its coal. Iron
* and foodstuffs. It has Import-
P raw materials and yet made It-
|t*» manufacturing center of the
State*. Pennsylvania, with coal
■<nn as the basts of Its industrial
|m* developed Ha manufacturing
IT’ 1 t. such an extent that their
T“ Product exceeds in value the
l product of manufactures in the
r«n Southerrwgtates. In the North-
' u ®ber ha* made several state*.
Tb. Konth's flaw lUIrrl.l.
i ths South we find all these raw
concentrated In one section.
A.ung three-fourth* of the world'*
f?'"SP* >he South is no longer con-
I Jf wp it* raw material elaewhere.
I'* rapidly Increasing the number
[•cotton mills, having quadrupled
Itadu.try in the last ten years.
|,£* cwn any longer question the
l mat the South can manufacure
tv** if * lower cost than either
l England or Great Britain.
J,. Industry of a few years
I» dally growing stronger.
I?" 1 * if Possible for New England,
Pimport* it* cotton. Import* it*
UT. ,. which to run Ha mill* and
,* *•» foodstuffs with which to
L,.„ t *?P l e. to compete in cotton
ptarturtng with the South, which
I,.,.,, c°iton. which ha* an unllm-
lx y of rh *ap J»al for mill* that
, wner Power, though it* un
is .n? bowers are great enough
I A, th * cotton spindles In the
I ’„#*« which produce* every va-
■1 of foodstuff, at a low cost?
one case we see that everything
► 'r„ a ' wmw ~1 «t the factory a* ■
fw freight and mlacel
• „ , ' while in the other
1^ ri thing I* practically produced
m factory door.
,r “» Products.
*° In *ron. No other
i. ,uc h a combination of ad-
[r*.the Deduction of Iron.
resources of iron and
oheapnea* of bringing
JS ! her •* the furnace, are alone
*l'i™*t rW, s?? empire.
_«i iron hi* been depress*] for
- wdth small proflta to the
i h ’J, not alter the fact that
« thduatry la one of the greatest
TPcodneer* that human skin has
ir!, , .V'L tr ? n - whoae production and
atVn J* *** <s to measure the
-r £ '* *. nation, will add to
“gbas and the wealth of the
to ^ uch l 2?T' ,b »" they have
ts .’T at Brt . utn "“I Hennayl.
** the supply in these u eg.
7 'he supply In the South.
ber in the United States is In the four
teen Southern states. Its utilization
can, therefore, create a woodworking
lndustiy covering everything from a
clothespin to the finest and costliest
furniture—greater thnn the present en
tire woodworking industries of the
whole country.
“These four great industries—coal,
iron. ®ptiW>n, lumber—vast as they are.
do not by any means represent the
full extent of Southern manufacturing
superiority. They are merely four cor
nerstones in the great building of
Southern for which nature
has supplied a variety and abundance
of materials, the like of which can-
not 5® found elsewhere. Measureless
as the manufacturing possibilities
of the South are. that section, unlike
many ohers, is not confined to manu
facturing alone.
Amazing Progreu.
"As already stated, the South’s future
as an agricultural country can be ailc,
quately judged only by a study of its
agricultural productions prior to the
war. Slavery has been abolished, but
this only adds to the possibilities of ag
riculture, for free labor Is cheaper than
slave labor.
"So great, though—passing all com
prehension when we try to put it Into
dollars—was the destruction wrought
by the war and so deep in debt did it
leave the South and Its people that
Southern agricultural interests have
never fully rallied from the blow.
"Since 18S0 their progress has been
amazing.
“During that time cotton has In
creased from 5,700,000 bales to over
9,000,000 bales.
"Corn from about 250.000,000 bushels
to over 500,000,000 bushel*.
"Oats from 31.000.000 bushels to al
most 80.000.000 bushels.
Wheat from 33,000,000 bushels to
nearly 60.000,000 bushels.
"And the early fruit and vegetable
business from almost nothing to about
$40,000,000 or $50,000,000 a year.
Not Kqunl to 186(1.
The business world is amazed at this
advancement. It Is pointed out as a
marvelous growth, and It Is generally
supposed that this shows the superiority
of the new South to the South of ante
bellum days. But great ns this progress
has been, it has not yet brought South
ern agriculture up to where it was in
1860.
"Omitting Texas and Arkansas, two
states whose development is mainly of
late years, the South, with Ha increase
in grain production since 18*0, only
raise* about the same amount, of corn
and wheat that It raised thirty years
ago. Then the population of the whole
South was in round figures 10,000,000:
now it is about 20,000.000. This is not a
reflection on Southern agricultural
progress; It is only an Illustration to
show how great are the agricultural
possibilities of that section, as demon
strated by the results accomplished
before the war.
« omparative Flparei.
Comparing the South'* farm product*
or I860 with ISkss* of the balance cf the
country, we have an interesting table:
Yield in Yield bal.
South. Country.
Cornu bushels 258,153,000 427,297.000
Wheat, bushels.... 44.800.000 125,200,000
Cotton, bales .... 5.100.000
Tobacco, pounds...351,000,000 77,800,000
Rice, pounds 1*7,100,000
Sweat potatoes, bu. 38,000,000. 3,660,000
Sugar, pounds ....604,000,000
“Thus, over thirty years ago the
South produced all the eowqn, rice and
staple* u/ u-iNy regarded as the main
crops of that scotton.nenrly cme-h-itf of
ttit reave com crop of the country.
$51,000,000 pound* of tobacco out of a
total of 429,000,000 pounds, and $8,000,000
bushels of sweet potatoes out of a to
tal of 41,600.000 bushels in the whole
country. The disastrous (druggie of
1860-65 »o completely bankrupted the
South that tts farm interest* are only
now getting back to the poettvxn held
prior to 1160.
"The Inherent strength of the South
and fra un equaled combination of re
sources and advantage* have been test
ed by the present financial trouble ts
never before.
“Without the accumulated capital and
surplus *ueh as the North and West
have through years of prosperity gath
ered^ and without any great financial
centres. It has had to fight it* own bat
tle* during thb last few months.
"Iflt had only stood the attain as well
as the North or West, under these cir
cumstances, this would have been s suf
ficient proof of Ms wonderful endurance,
but that tt hns had t\mtr failure* of
banka and business bouses and fewer
factories dosed down and less general
bu wires* trouble than either the- North
or the Wbst. 4s further sod mors cm
photic evlder.ee of its strength.
While tile World Lookilln.
DR. GRAVES
ENDED HIS LIFE.
He Who Is Supposed to Have Poisoned
4 V
Barnably Could Hold
v Longer.
FOUND DEAD !N hIS CELL
Declared That He Had Neither the
Monoy or Inclination to Fight
the Prosecutor of the Case
Any Luu^«(.
FOR THE BENEFIT
OF CROAKERS.
A Fe.v Instructions Which, If Followed,
Will Make Them Feel
Good.
SOME SIGHTS THEY MIGHT SEE
TWs fart Is attracting world-wide at
tention It has convinced people who
never before betsrved In the soundness
and preroameno* of Southern proz%**
that this section ts the best place in
America for investment.
“When business again revive* the
Booth will be the first to feel th« full
benefit of it. Money from the East and
from- Europe will go Into cotton mills,
into iron work*, into woodworking en
terprises, and into all the varied
branches of manufacturing for which
the South has such unlimited raw ma
terials more freely than ever in tbs
past.
"In the South, tnsfiead oi in the Wert,
the surplus capital of the North will
henceforth find its most profitable
field.”
CHINESE FROM MEXICO.
Many of Them Said Co lie Crossing the
lilo Grande.
Bn Antonio, Tex., Sept. 3.—Despite
the vigilance used by custom* official*
along ths Rio Grande border the exodus
of Chinamen from Mexico into this
country continues unabated. It is es
timated no lew* than 600 of the unwel
come foreigners have smuggled them
selves across the border and have been
successful in making their way unde
tected into the totertor of the United
States during the pist thres weeks. The
sheriff of Medina county captured four
Chinamen yesterday who ha.1 just
crossed the river sod were making theta-
way toward this city. The Chinese
colony in this city numbers about 200.
Two months ago there were only sixty
Chinamen hire. The greater number
of arrivals speak Spanish fluently.
DEATH OF DR. WAKULAW.
He W.
Atlanta, Sept. 3.—Dr. W. C. Wardlsw
a prominent dentist, known through,Hit
the southern states, died here sudde*
today. Ills home has been Augu*t
but he was recently chosen dean of Hi
Atlanta Dental College, and on Si'cr-
day afternoon he came here to pro
pare for that work. His health Ms
not been good, and today he ws*
stricken down wtth cenge-tinu of rfci
brain, and died this afternoon.
• one-half of th« i
IxmkvUle. Sept- 3.—Tlio LoiiUrlUe
and N: -tortile trainmen do not like
tb- - ulcinent effected with the r, i
ond bare no hesitancy to saying
hut the agreement by the chlefi
binding sad they can t help them-
selrer Everything Is quirt on the sys
tem and in the next day or two eveiy-
. ,11 h. an n.nsL
Denver, Col., Sept. 3.—Dr. Thatcher
Graves, the convicted poisoner of Mrs.
Josephine Barnaby, committed suicide
in hi# cell in Jail last night, presumably
by taking poison. Ho was found stiff
and cold in death at 9 a. m. by the
"trusty” who had been caring for Mm.
Oi) his person was found the following
letter:
"Denver, Col., Aug. 9, 1893.—To the
coroner ot uenver—Dear sir: yiease
don’t hold any autopsy on my remain*.
Tha cause of my death miy be rendered
as follows: Died from persecution,
worn out. exhausted. Yours respect
fully, Thatcher Graves."
The corpse was cold when found. The
direct evidence of suicide was visible,
but the letter ,t';lls the story. There
were also letters from Mrs. Graves,wife
of the doctor, to Jailor Crews and one
addressed to rife public.
That the prisoner long contemplated
taking his life Is .evident from the date
of the letter—August 9, last. Another
letter was addressed to Capt. Crews,
the jailor. It read as follows:
lit* teller to th« J teller.
"Aug. 9. 1893.—It would keep a man
busy to follow Stsvens and the lies
which (te umblurtilngly hands out to the
public. One or two. however, ore easily
proven Hes. I was a member of the
Massachusetts Medical Society, also the
Connecticut State Medical Society. I
have never made an application to the
Rhode Island Medical Society for ad
mission and have papers proving that
never wronged Mr*. Barnaby nor her
estate. The estate owes me now. The
public now s:e what I have to expect
from tl»3 villalnou*.cowardly falsehood*
of Stevens. I cannot expend more
money fighting him. I must take the
only means to prove it for ray wife and
dear honored, aged mother. .
’ ThoXhcr Graver. '
As is well known' Dr. Grave* was
awaiting his second trial for the al
leged murder of Mrs. Joseph Barnaby
of Providence, who. at th- time of her
death, wo* visiting friends in Denver.
She died April 19. 1891. On April 9
She drank from a bottle of whisky that
had come by mail from Boston and
label :d: "Wtrti you a happy New
Year. Pleas* accept this fine old whis
ky from your friends m the wood*."
The Whisky contained a solution of
arsenic.
Dr. Graves was accused of sending
the bottle. After one of the most fa-’
mous trials in the criminal annals of
this country Dr. Graves was convicted
of murder in the first degree and sen
tenced to be hanged. The supreme court
granted a new trial, which ws* to have
begun -the latter part of this month.
Ths Call Searched,
thorough search of the cell had
been made before the letters were
brought to light. A pile of books and
magazines that atood on the little table
were examined and his clothing was
searched, but nothing was found to ex
plain the matter till a saichell to lift
ed aside and the letters found under it
The doctor left everything In order be
fore be di:d.
Mrs. Graves, ths wife of the doctor,
was Informed of her husband’s death
shortly before noon. She was at the'
house of Attorney Thomas Macon, who
"has ably defended her husband. Where
she had been for some time past. The
poor woman wa* deeply affected by the
new* and for a time nobody could com
fort her. Mrs. Macon did what she
could for the afflicted woman and Mrs.
Graves finally regained composure and
expressed a with to see her husband’s
remains. Accompanied by Mrs. Macon.
she hurried to the jail, only to find that
the body had been taken to the coro
ner’s office. This news causfd another
altering scene and the poor woman
in a dazed state for some time. Then
she went to the apartments of Jailor
Crew*, where she remained for tome
rime moaning and crying Later Mrs.
Graves returned to Mrs. Macon’s home
without going to the coroner’s office.
Dr. Graves’ letter to the public wa*
given out. The doctor charges that a
his trial the officials, except the elect
of the court, the deputies, judge and
Jury were all under the control of Iky
Stevens, the district attorn y and a
leading politician, and that he stood no
chance against Stevens by such a Judge
and a purchasable Jury. He says he Is
tired of the whole business. He is ex
hausted and thinks it hopeless to con
tinue to fight. He oondudes as follows.
"U it was a fair, stand-up legal light
I should have some chance and would
stand it. But it is not fair. It is as
foul and dirty sn affair as ever dis
graced a court. The whole power of
the court is in the hands of Stevens and
bis nathre never allows him to deal
fairly. He Is an underhand sneak and
always works by methods Which gentle
men abhor and despise
"I am informed that the case will be
continued to an indefinite pcrhsl, that
I may fas dragged through mud and
mire, tossed here and there among the
lawyer* who keep it up for newspaper
notoriety which they receive.
"Now I am tired of it. I hive great
expended a fortune in the flcht, h
the courts will compel me to rxp-r
more. What I have left will go to n
noble little wife and my poor, suffering
mother. Th:re is a way I a
expenditure*. Allow me to reprat wh
I have already said publicly and pri
vateiy: Upon my solemn Masonic oatt
I. T. Thatcher Graves, did not have
anything to do in any way, strap:, man
ner nor deed ui-h the death of Mrs.
Barnaby. I write knowing what the
future may have In store for n».
"The p -ople will believe and aympa-
thhtr with me. They will know even
the strongest man can be beaten down
by a cyclone of filth, mud and
Tlniei liars Not Checked Building
.id Improvement, | n and Around
.Uacon-mnldliige Going Up
la ffv.ry Dliilttolr,
Here are a few instructions for the
special benefit of the man who is con
tinually croaking and grumbling and
declaring to his friends and the world
in general that the city Is going to
the dcmnltion bowwows ahead of sched
ule time. These, if followed, will make
him confess that he has been talking
through his hat, If he has the least bit
of honesty about him.
sf
lines in the city, say. for instance, he
starts wtth the belt line of the Consoli
dated. Get on at any given point, make
complete round trip and see what ho
will see.
On this trip, if he looks out on both
sides of the car he will sec as many
as seven new buildings in course of
construction and four that have Just
been completed. All of these are hand
some dwellings, costing all the way
from $1,800 to $4,000, and are betug
built for the owners to reside in. Sev
eral more will be built within the next
few months, but these are now going
up, and during the entire trip he will
hardly g- t out of sound of the saw and
hammer. He will also sec many evidences
of fresh paint and other Improvemen s
that will convince him that there ere
still some people who have enough
money to beautify their homes.
On the Metropolitan.
After hr* hae taken his trip around
the belt line M him got on n Metro
politan c n at Ihw intersection of Fourth
UU Ciicfry fdiu while the fitTA
Orld Fellow*’ building, in cour*e of co*-
Biructiort on-Cherry street, is the cos«-
Host building h** will see, It 1* by no
*ns th* - - only one
* time he gf
• he will hf
- going up a
houns at
there
th**
s to the jumping
e seen four now
id .i whole village
Bellevue. The*^
ago. and
thi
•*y Ipft
si Hi w.n
eld land, for
• td not hav
Out money.
thi* time he will begin to feci
ashamed of himself for what he has
nald and thought, and wonder why he
had done eo anyhow'.
Let him then come back to Cotton
avenue and Poplar street and get on
a Vineville car.
Out tn Vineville
From the window* of a Vineville car
he will *ee five handsome dwelling* go
ing up besldea the remodeling of the
home of the late Thomas Hardeman.
Thcte new house* are of a claaa that
coat conalderable money, and arc orna
ments to the city and Vineville. At
the present rate all of the vacant apace
along thta line between th# Vineville
branch and Crump'#' Park will aoon
be built up. and not a shoddy or cheap
house among them.
Let him soak hi« head in on# of th#
lake* at Crump’# Park before h# atart*
on the return trip, and h# will feel
better with himself and th# rest of
mankind. He will And that he has been
looking at thlnga through n gla**
darkly and that Macon la not dead by
a long ihot
On tlio Indian ftpring
After getting back tn town let him
get on one of the handsome new car*
of the Indian spring road. Before lie
has gone a block he will realize that
the building of tht. line wa* a l>lg
thing for the city, and not only turned
loose -t largo amount of money In th*
city during the summer, but showed
President Carling had faith enough In
the present and future of this city
to spend a small fortune In building
that be knew what he wa* doing and
the road and that the large number*
of passenger* aeen on each car prove
that he It reiplng n harvest of shek
els on hit Investment.
By the time he gets around to the
storting point he will have ntn
starting point ho will see nine new
buildings going up. and the majority
of them nice one*. He will fed so
pleased with what he has seen and the
easy riding of the smooth-running care
that hs will bo fully convinced that
he has been dead wrong, but in order
to see Just what is going on let him
p t on an ast Msr- n oar and cross the
Ocmulge*.
£•■1 Simeon, Too.
On this lino ho will not see manv
Improvements until he reaches the ter
minus of the line In East Mscn, but
when he gets there he will be amply
repaid for taking the trip.
After taking a good look at the hand
some Presbyterian church In course of
erection end the magnificent dwelling
of Mr. lt.iwird Cutter, on Church
street, which will be .the
In Bast Macon, lot him look around him
and see the eight or ten comfortable
cottages going up. and thank his lucky
stare that ho Is living.
If he will take th» trouble to inquire
of any East Maconlte he will learn that
the people of East Macon never quit
building and that wbtle they have
teen some notice of dull time* In the
newspapers, snd on occasion
treated to an Interesting story of hard
times told by an Atlanta drummer who
went over they, rby have realty had
no actual experience with them, and
don’t expert to. They are happy, con
tented and prosperous and haven’t got
any room tor croaker* or grumblers.
. South Sim
turned from South Macon let him walk
down Cherry street and look at the
mammoth buljding being built by the
Macon Hardware Company, and then
stroll at random about the city and
see other buildings going up and Im
provements being made. If he don’t
,?. n look and talk more cheerful he
will prove himself to be a man whose
room la better than his company.
CHARLESTON SENDsTlD.
All the Churches Make Contributions to
the Storm Sufferers.
Charleston, 8. C., Sept. 3.—In nearly
all the Charleston churches the ser
mons today related to the great storm
last Sunday night, and special collec
tion* were taken up for the benefit of
sufferer* on the sea islands. The con
tributions aggregated quite a hand-
aome sum, and an organization was ef
fected for systematic work of relief
among the church people.
Collections were taken up In the col
ored churches also. Mount Zion A. M.
E. congregation, which had its church
building wrecked by storm, raised HO,
and others of the damaged churches,
white and black, showed by their con
tributions, though small in amount,
the spirit which animates hope in the
dread emergency. Some of the col
ored congregations have called mass
meetings for tomorrow and Tuesday
nights to raise a largo relief fund. The
Charleston relief committee, organized
yesterday, sent out four car loads and
a steamboat load of provisions last
night. The Southern Express Com>
pany’s vans were out today collecting
clothing and bedding for th# destitute.
All railroad companies offered to trans
port all supplies free of charge. The
committee will hold regular dally meet
ings to keep the work moving. ^ ^
tricts increase in horror every day.
Fully J,000 lives were lost, and the liv
ing are begging for bread. Charleston,
though badly hit by the storm, Is go
ing down in her pockets to help the
sufferers. There is no worthier and
more deserving object of charity than
thi*. It i* hoped the American people
will answer this call for help. Money
Is needed to buy provisions and supplies.
Contributions may be safely sent to
Joseph W. Barnwell, chairman of the
Charleston relief committee, or to the
News and Courier, in which due ac
knowledgment will be made of all gifts
of money, provisions or clothing made
for the sufferers by th# storm. Today
the city authorities began the work of
clenrlng up the wreck of the cyclone,
and the city will bo ready to transact
all business sent here.
POUT ROYAL NOT SUFFERING.
Augusta, Ga, Sept. 3.—'A special to
t*he Southern Associated Press* from
Port Royal, 8. C., #ay»:
“It is currently reported that in the
hurnfcane of August 27 many live# were
k»t in Port Royal and that almost the
entire town was swept away. Ill view
of the viafrenent X dwni it proper to
annooiftce the fact#. There was not a
single Ufe Vo*» or a person Injured by
the utorm. Business houses ond resi
dence# were not dimaged to an amount
exceeding $5,000. While Port Royal dr**n
not soHot or need aid, the adjacent
islands are a scene of desolation whPh
>gly appeal* to every charitable
:. Rowe Price. Mayor.”
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After returning from Etst Macon, let
the min who has been a croaker take
a straight shoot to South Mao:
Me the hundred* of new house* that
hive recently been completed and that
are now being built-
It Is aatd that somebody starts
build a new storehouse tn South Ma
ss every week and that a tenant
always found t^r each one as aoon
tt B completed.
Varan! h-.t; —h- will find, are
t r in -c litre Mi r, :i- I- - n t
—o, but v-i-.-t- III the p.-. "
ro.r.e from that move Into th» n»w
booses that are constantly bring built I Sj. wtn n
he wlli find f. hat-1 - - r. . t it H.nt ar.t
A!t-.r th" reformed ci ,k-r hj re- I »n*ira *t
THE CAR BRAKE
DID NOT WORK.
Fatal Flight of an Electric Car Loaded
Down With Sunday Pleas
ure Seekers.
TWO WERE INSTANTLY KILLED
SU Other Passenger* Ar* Injured So
That They Cannot PoMlbly Sur
vive nut a Short While—A
uuttdtng Craahed In.
CtacItm.iK, Sept 3.-What Will prova
the most disastrous street oar accident
over recorded took place In this city
this evening at 7 o'clock. An electric
car daubed down a hill at a frightful
speed, left the tnaek, broke a tetegr.iph
pole and idiot into a saloon, wrecking
the structure it struck. As a re-*tilt of
the collMon two people are dead, six
injured Deyoncl recovery and nearly nil
of the forty passengers were hurt,
many dangerously.
It was soon after the Eden Pork
Sunday afternoon concert had closed
‘and the nightly open nlr audience, as
usual, made a rush for the car down
town. The Avondale electric car No.
OH was soon packed with people and
Matonnan George M. Divine ran with
out incident till he reached a grade a
mile long that descends into the busi
ness part of the city. Suddenly the
brake became unmanageable and tlio
heavy oar began to descend with per
ilous upeed. Conductor Charles II.
Smith ran to tats comrade's assistance,
but -the brake was obstinate and the
two men turned their attention to the
frightened passengers. “
By persuasion and forre tlio Unit
handled or more Inmates were kept
In tlielr seats while the oar swaying
-to and fro shot down the lull whit aw
ful velocity until reaching the Intersec
tion of Hunt and Broadway, it left
th<- track and, smashing a telegraph
pole which stood tn It* path into
pieces, plunged into rh" saloon of
George SohrfiWt at Sir. Broadway.
Vi.ton. ic.r.,,d Injury.
There were f .rty-tlve pae.ple in tht
nd not one of them escaped in-
Jura. I lie ni .t-.ruian and oonduetol
Jump"! Just lirf-.r-- the car struck the
Met*. Sept. 3.—A special train bring
ing Emperor William anrl the crow 1
‘prince of Italy arrived ht.-e at 11 o'clo-t
this morning. Waiting at the stan it
to receive the emperor and his guc.tr
were' the grand Duke of Baden, the
regent of Brunswick, the Prince uf
Bavaria, Chanclior von Caprtvi at-d
other high officials. There wa* a splen
did programme carried out later, im
mediately after alighting at the atat. in
the Imperial party proceeded to tl *
mtltary field*. The review was he'd
on a vast plain in the presence of tin-
whole Sixteenth army corps. Af .r
the service the emperor entered U t<
by the gat# leading to the P*rt«.r
Straue. He was formally welcomed to
the city by the municipal authorities
and groups of maidens dressed in wh tu
nnd school children carrying flower*
The Imperial party then proceeded to
the Place Esplanade to watch H.-
march of the troop*. The empe.-o-
wore the uniform of the Guard do
Corps and the Italian crown prince th>t
of a Hessian hussar. The march p.m
was a brilliant spectacle and was wit
nessed by enthusiastic crowd*. At 1-30
p. m. the Imperial party left for Urvllle,
he emperor* country house.
Prince von Hohenlohe, file governor
of Altaoe-Lorraine, accompanied »he
emperor to Urvllle. -in the course of
hi* reply to the burgomaster* speech
of welcome on entering the city. Em
peror William said that Me-.z nnd the
army corps formed the corner stone of
the military power of Germany and
was deatined to safeguard the peace ot
Germany and the whole of Europe, and
It was hi* purpose to maintain peace.
At the conclusion of hi* reply he pre
sented to the burgomaster a massive
gold chain. _
The president of the Lorraine diet
also made a speech of welcome. The
emperor made a short reply, which
was received with ringing cheers. Tho
streets were thronged with country
visitor* throughout the day.
Part*. Sept. 3.—The comments ot the
F-iri- newspaper* on th** German e*w
leror’a viait to Metz are extremely bit
er. he visit is declared an act which
Prance will not forget, though It will
not make her depart from her attitude
of calm.
ACCEPT THE REDUCTION.
It. C, A »t, L. Peopl. Will Work »t 10 P.i
Cent- I.***.
Nash villi'. Tenn.. S-pt. 3.—The Narti
ville. Cbartanoog i. and St. Louis cm
ployes presented to MaJ. Thomas, pre*l
dent of the company, a signed agree
meat accepting the 10 per cnt. reduc
tioo for ninety days^aylng among other
things: .
"We are •willing to h“W our Mure
of any burden falling on the railroad
interest* of the company in view of f~
present financial conditions, agre-
recrive for ninety day. 10 per cent
than our regular wages.”
Waahlngton. Sept. 3.—A statement
prepared at the While House showi
that the number of nomination.. Its
eluding recess appointment*, rent to tho
senate by the president from the be
ginning of the .pedal s«siou up t.i
Friday last, and the number of th'**.
confirmed, arranged by departmen.a
wa. a. follows: State nominations U-i
confirmation* 53. Treasury nomination.
44- confirmations 17. War nomination*
40- confirmation* 40. Justice nomina
tion 49: confirmation* 29. Postofft
nomination* 10; no confirmation- In
terior nominations 62; confirmation* V>
Navy - ni1 agriculture, no nominaj
Total noroins
lions 169.
3M;
"-aped.
rnariirel into "i»l!nti
front of ilie saloon nnd ear.
Six patrol wagoD* were on thesccno
within i few mi notes nnd the dead
and dying mm:- Ut tr\n-f--rr."l to th"
city hospital. The entire* medical
force was soon engaged In rendering
all nrtt.s;ance tn their power.
Th" killed are Marie Maloney, ng--l
2. Inara oily killed; Mrs. Sarah Dub
lin. aged :15, fractured skull: died at
hoispital.
The six fatally wounded are: Lizzie
John- .n, No. 21 Ridgeway avenue. This
oity, skull fractured, wilt die: Clara.
Becckly. 50 Clinton xtreet, skull frac
tured, pronounced fatal: Mrs. Mury
Bcekly. 00 Clinton street, skull frac
tured and spine Injured, will die: Edna
Ford, 44S Ninth street, both thighs
fractured, lacerated body wounds and
internal Injuries, probably fatal; I/ra-
l*i Best. 2B0 Wade street, fractured
skull. Will die: Allen Beat. 250 Wado
street, both legs brok- n. skull frac
tured it base of brain, will die.
The motorman claims that tit" car
„a<l attained no unusual momentum
wh-u th" brake refused to do It* duty.
Of the six given above a* totally In
jured. K la believed not one can sur
vive for forty-eight hours, whil- others
of the injur-*1 will dev.-lop more dm-
giroua wounds than appear at the first
hasty examination.
Terrible H»tlw»y Wreck.
Strcater, Ill.. S- pt. 8.-Saturday night
a terrible wreck In the suburb* of this
City resulted in the death of two un
known men and gerioua injurl"- of
to :l dozen others. At. 0:«t0 p. m.
there was tin accommodation train left
the city over the Illinois VaUey *nd
Northern branch of the Burllru-on
went through a bridge and a heavy
freight cur. together with a oar con
taining IIIMHIfUW pulled HP me
»m of I twenty-five.foot ravine.
The wreck took tire from a store.
injured trainman succeeded
ting out the flam-', but^t t
froT'i." ci'.v^nl "v^rhTng
he victim*. The two meu kill-lw-re
-wmed beoenth die wreck and ™rir
ood'.-i not recovered till daylight. Tho
injure-1 were nil brought to the city,
ami Placed to 4bc hospital
PAN-AMERICAN DOCTORS.
nbers of Lcsm'd M-n Gathering et
■aJhington, Sept. J.-'The pan-Amerl-
Med.cal Congrert, the *•£**•'
•ring of medioil men ever held In thte
country, will begin it*
rety Tuesday and continue untd Friday.
The congress la an ou tgrow in of iu»
toovemr which bad its ln->>P«onat
the meeting of the American Med toil
Association in Ws#htn#ton in May, 1W1*
an I took
introduced by Dr. Cbsrlr# A. L. Rwj
of Cvnclrtnai The movement #«cured
for Itself,ttw #upport of the MtjMgl
author!*. and tb# congress will be
h-M under the patronage of the unlte-l
Bt»re«. Profession#! visitors *r<* ox-
petted from -abroad, a f-w baring al
ready arrived.
DEATH, BUT NOT FROM FEVER.
Brunswick. Sept. 3--f8pe i*L]
ow or suspicious eases of MW W
John K.lly. who was shot yesterd
put-
mttl m>v-
scTerely
. returned u> tbH ci»y tonuht.
tve s conference Kit \ :he Pr -v
•ubroit his rep v.t on Hstrsttan
the urlkft prscix^I Rot&cnt.
In a bsrroom row by Wfllism
di* «1 !<#• lay from Ws wound*. The
oner’s Jar> pronounced it murder.
Clar* V'.tP - no - $•• m at ex pi
be shot Kelly.
