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34 DEAD, SCORES HURT
IN THREE RAIE CRASHES;
NEW HAVEN, CONN., Sept. 2.—
The New Haven road added one more
to its frightful series of fatal wrecks
on the sand plains a mile north of
New Haven station today, when the
first section of the White Mountain
Express No. 95. southbound, crashed
into the rear of the second section
of the Bar Harbor Express, standing
on the tracks, cutting a awath
through the Pullman sleepers Chan
cellor. from Kino, Maine, and Ka-
sota, from Portland, Maine, and par
tially telescoped the Pullman sleeper
Chisholm, killing eighteen passengers
and injuring at least two score others.
The bodies of the dead were torn
and mangled in the wreckage or
hurled into the air, many of them
landing in a nearby watermelon
patch.
The injured were scattered through
tlje wreckage or strewn along the
tracks.
Crash Laid to Signal.
The Bar Harbor Express, running
an hour and a half late, had stopped
at a banjo signal, a part of the anti
quated system used for years on this
division. Whether they sent out a
flagman or set the torpedoes neces
sary to stop the following train is a
question. The Bar Harbor train
men assert they did.
Engineer A. B. Miller, whose home
Js not far from the wreck and who
tvas on the White Mountain Express,
says he saw no flagman nor heard
any torpedoes, and in the dense fog
could see nothing until he suddenly
discovered the signal against him and
applied the emergency brakes, but too
late to prevent the crash, which came
almost instantly.
Miller and his fireman, Albert B.
Robertson, of Springfield, Mass., stuck
to their posts. The engine, one of the
new superheater moguls. No. 1337, an
exact duplicate of No. 1338, which
caused the big wreck at Stamford,
went through the cars with little or
no damage to its parts.
Both trains were loaded with pas
sengers returning from the Maine and
White Mountain resorts for the sum
mer and many of them were dressing,
while some were still asleep in their
berths.
Dead in Trolley Barn.
The dead were brought to the
James street trolley car barns in this
city, which were converted into a
temporary morgue.
To-day is the first day of the ad
ministration of President Howard N.
Elliott, of the New Haven road, suc
ceeding President Charles N. Mellen,
whose resignation followed a series of
attacks on the administration of the
road, augmented by a number of fatal
wrecks.
This statement was issued by the
New Haven Road two hours after
the wreck:
“At 7 a. m. this morning the first
section of the White Mountain Ex
press No. 95 ran into the rear end
of the second section of the Bar Har
bor Express No. 93 at North Haven.
Two rear sleepers of the Bar Harbor
train were telescoped. Thirteen dead
have been removed from the wreck
and twenty are injured.”
13 Dead in Collision
Of English Trains.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
DERBY, England, Sept. 2.—Thirteen
persons were killed, ten were fatally
hurt and many others Injured in a
rear-end collision between two fa
mous North England express train.*
on the Midland RailrQad near Aisgil!
to-day. Both trains were en route
from Carlisle to London, when one
Southerner Among
New Haven’s Dead
NEW HAVEN, CONN.,
Sept. 2.—Among the identified
dead in the New Haven
wreck are:
R. H. HOTCHKISS, son of
Leonard Hitchkiss, of C. W.
Scranton & Co., brokers, New
Haven.
ALBERT GREEN, New
York.
WILLIAM ALTSCHUL,
Norfolk, Va.
FRANK B. BUTLER, vice
president and sales manager
Scranton Bolt and Nut Com
pany, Scranton, Pa.
HAROLD AVERY, 694
Broadway, New York.
L. H. MARTIN, Bryn Mawr,
Pa.
K. T. IAMA, a Japanese, ad
dress unknown.
MISS STODDARD, New
York.
MISS AGNES WHITE, Bos
ton.
TVIISS MURPHY, New York
city.
MISS MERRITT, Philadel
phia.
overtook the other. The accident was
due to a mistaken signal and fog.
Several of the coaches on the for
ward train were telescoped and the
wreckage caught fire.
Among thqse fatally injured is Sir
Arthur Douglas, Bart., former under
secretary for defense for New Zea
land and former lieutenant in the
royal navy.
Iowa Wreck Fatal
To Three Persons Probed.
CEDAR RAPIDS. IOWA, Sept 2.—
Investigation was begun to-day of the
wreck on the Decora branch of the
Rock Island Railroad in which three
persons were killed yesterday. The
train was running thirty miles an
hour when the engine left the rails
and the entire train slid down a high
embankment.
Commerce Commission
Orders Wreck Probed.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—An in
vestigation of tbe wreck on the New
Haven Railroad near Talford Cross
ing. Conn., early to-day, in which 10
to 25 persons were killed and 75 in
jured, was ordered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Two inspectors, one from Pittsfield,
Mass., and the other from New York
City, were ordered to the scene of the
wreck. Chief Inspector Belnap, of the
commission, will leave Washington
to-night for Talford Crossing to make
a separate investigation, at the in
stance of Commissioner McCord.
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TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
M’CONNELL DEFENDS NEW WOMAN;!
ARRIVES TO BEGIN TABERNACLE WORK
Dr. Lincoln
McConnell,
new
Tabernacle
pastor, greeted
by church
fol kon
arrival.
Dr. Lincoln McConnell.
C. W. Hatcher, chairman of
board of deacons.
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Are Works of Art
It’s not merely cloth
or silk cut along certain
accepted lines, and put
together by skillful tai
lors; but—
Luxurious materials,
soft to the touch, odd
rich colors, made by de
signs that artists have
drawn, with lines that
make for the greatest
possible amount of
grace—these are the ar
tistic suits at $25 to
which we direct atten
tion.
<rocthen, brings you
choice of the smartest cut
away models in medium and long
er length, all entirely new; some
with the short front and sloping
back, some in the semi-Russian ef
fect, some with Empire lines, some
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All are handsomely tailored, and many have trimming J
touches of distinction and individuality. Among the ma-|
terials are both plain and rough weaves—cheviots, diago- J
nals, Bedford cords, serges, boucles, wool poplins, wool |
brocades and other nbvelty weaves in plain and two-tone |
colorings.
Mrs. A. C. Botaman, hostess to
Dr. McConnell.
Famous Pastor Declares Modern Dress Is Only
an Indication of Trend of Times.
SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, Sept. 2.
—After arguments had been delivered
in the habeas corpus proceedings in
stituted by Constable John Boudreau
to liberate Harry K. Thaw so that he
might be taken in charge by immigra
tion officials, Judge Matthew Hutch
inson announced this afternoon that
he would take the case under advise
ment and render a decision later.
Thaw’s lawyers opposed the writ;
counsel for Canada argued In favor
of it.
Just before the hour set for argu
ments to begin a report that rep
resentatives of Dutchess County, New
York, planned to kidnap Harry Thaw
caused great excitement. The judge's
decision to delay his decision, how
ever, put an obstable In the way of
ihe alleged kidnapers.
Fair Crowd Is Disappointed.
Judge Hutchinson also announced
he would hear arguments in cham
bers, which was a keen disappoint
ment to the hundreds of persons who
stormed the courthouse. Thousands
of strangers are In town for the pro
vincial fair.
The plot to carry Thaw back to
New York in high-powered tourlnK
cars relayed along the road was re
ported to be In the hands of Captain
John Lanyon, head of a private de
tective agency, who came here with
ex-District Attorney Williams Travers
Jerome, of New York.
Lanyon is well equipped with cre
dentials. He was officially appointed
to represent the office of District At
torney E. A. Younger, of Dutchess
County, and carries a commission as
a keeper in Matteawan asylum. This
is signed by Dr. Ray rand Kieb, sup
erintendent of the asylum, who is now
in Sherbrooke. Layton took part in
Dr. Jameson’s raid which was the
forerunner of the Boer war.
Thaw’s Lawyers Are Alarmed.
Leaking out of the kidnaping re
port caused out of town newspaper
men to scurry for automobiles to fol
low the kidnaping if the daring plna
were attempted.
A new figures whose presence has
seemingly great significance was on
the scene to-day. He was A. Goeff-
rain. K. C., of Montreal, a representa
tive of Sir Lomar Gouln, governor of
the Province of Quebec, upon whom
Jerome called yesterday. The arrival
of Mr. Geoff rain alarmed the Thaw
lawyers greatly. They thought he
came here under orders from Sir
Lomar, bearing a message from his
chief.
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK.
COLUMBUS.-—The Rev. A. Y. Na
pier, a missionary to Central China,
will be the principal speaker on the
opening night of the Woman's Mis-
sinary Conference of the Columbus
Baptist Association, which meets in
the First Baptist Church here Sep
tember 1L
Declaring that the woman of the
present day doesn’t mean to be “had”
by wearing the "latest” X-ray skirts,
silhouette gow T ns and the like. Dr.
Lincoln McConnell, the new pastor
of the Baptist Tabernacle, who ar
rived in the city Monday night, es
tablished his position on the modern
movement, and incidentally differed
sharply with his famous predecessor,
Dr. Len G. Broughton, who says the
wearers of the late gowns are in
league with the devil with no possi
ble chance of ever seeing Heaven.
“Modem woman,” declared Dr. Mc
Connell, "doesn’t mean near as much
by her fads as most people seem to
think. Neither is she bad, nor has
she given up her old ideas of virtue.
The fact that she is going to ex
tremes in dress as in other things is
simply another indication of the
'Trend of the Times,’ the movement
all along the line—in religion, in pol
itics, in all governmental affairs, to
throw off restraint.
“This so-called ‘shocking’ part that
woman Is playing in the great move
ment ultimately will work out all
right. The restraint will be thrown
off (no doubt about that) the pen
dulum will swing far out—it has al
ready almost reached the farther
point—woman will get universal suf
frage—and then this same pendulum
will swing back again.
No Need for Alarm.
“There is a breaking away from the
old things—the eld faith—a whole
sale throwing off of all restraint. But
people phould not be alarmed, for
there will be another trend backward
when the good has been reaped from
the present movement."
Dr. McConnell declared Tuesday he
would preach next Sunday night on
this topic, “The Trend of the Times,”
touching on all of those so-called evils
about which people are talking so
much to-day.
Greeted by the Chautauqua salutes
and the cheers of more than 100 mem
bers of the Tabernacle congregation,
Dr. McConnell stepped from the Dixie
Flyer at the old depot Monday night.
Harry Ethridge, one of the deacons,
was the first to grasp the hand of
tho new pastor, and then followed a
handshaking such as Dr. McConnell
declared lie had never before expe
rienced.
Following the reception at the de
pot, Dr. McConnell was taken to the
home of Mr. A. C. Boatman, choir
master of the Tabernacle, who will
entertain the new pastor until he is
fully established in the city.
Dr, Broughton to Preach.
Dr. McConnell will preach his first
sermon next Sunday morning. On
the following Sunday the installation
ceremonies will be held witli a num
ber of noted ministers taking part.
Among the speakers will bo Dr.
Len G. Broughton, former pastor of
the Tabernacle; Dr. Bennett, of the
Home Mission Roard; Dr. John E.
White, pastor of the Second Baptist
Church; Dr. John F. Purser and Dr.
Charles W. Daniel. W S. Witham
will preside and James Mayson, the
City Attorney, will welcome Dr. Mc
Connell in the name of Atlanta.
Among the leaders who took part
in the reception to Dr. McConnell
Monday night were C. W. Hatcher,
chairman of the Board of Deacons;
Dr. A. F. Man hart, Professor A. C.
Boatman, Robert Osborn, Harry Eth
ridge, G. W. Seales, former Police
Chief Jennings, Wiley Harris, W. J.
Gamer, W. D. Upshaw, W. C. Strad-
ley, J. W. Boone and others.
Doctor Calls Kissing
Fine, and Also Safe
PITTSBURG. Sept. 2.—Kissing "as
a general proposition” is approved by
Dr. J. F. Edwards, head of the City
Bureau of Infectious Diseases.
“Kissing is as old as the human
race,” said Dr. Ed ward a "What harm
is there in it? It is not the puny
creature that sits around and spoons.
Usually the men and women addicted
to this love affection are strong and
healthy.
"Weaklings do not have enough
energy to spoon. There is no special
danger in kissing."
Smoke in Pittsburg
Tuberculosis Foe
PITTSBURG, Sept. 2.—This city’s
low death rate from consumption is
due to the preventive effects of sul
phur in the heavy smoke from the
mills here, according to Dr. John A.
Hawkins, tuberculosis expert.
JACKSON’S WATER GOOD.
JACKSON.—The State Board of
Health has pronounced the sample of
city water sent it f#r analysis to Ik
good. This was the first analysis of
the water made since the installation
of a gravity filler.
French Woman Wins
Bryn Mawr Honors
PARIS. Sept. 2.—Mme. Galabert.
who took the highest honors at the
Fontenay Normal College, has just
been awarded a scholarship at Bryn
Mawr College which that Institution
placed at the disposal of tho French
Minister of Public Education.
GAME WARDEN REAPPOINTED.
AUGUSTA.—W. H. Lanier, game
varden for Richmond County, has
been reappointed by State Game
Warden Jesse Mercer.
The war on Impure milk declared
by Commissioner of Agriculture J. D.
Price was begun in earnest Tuesday
morning when a dozen Fulton Coun f y
dairymen charged with selling bad
milk appeared at the Commissioner’s
office following an official summons.
Commissioner Price declared It was
his Intention to show these dairymen
how to keep their milk pure, and
warn them that it must be kept pure.
If the bad conditions continue, he
said, cases would be made out against
each offender, the Attorney General
would be called In st the hearing and
indictments before the Superior Court
would follow.
Such drastic action, however, is not
looked for, according to the Commis
sioner, who was assured Tuesday
morning by the dairymen that they
would follow his instructions to the
letter and were more than willing to
co-operato in the pure milk cam
paign.
According to the Commissioner, 90
per cent of the milk products exam
ined by the State Inspectors is con
taminated and not fit for use. Up to
date 218 samples of milk have been
collected, and about 50 dairymen have
been summoned before the Agricul
tural Department.
The pure food war, according to the
State officials, will be carried forward
vigorously, with the view of eliminat
ing the evil conditions said to exist
The Outlook for Crepe de Chine
Silk Dresses at $25 is “Black”__
In silk dresses, black has the call. In crepe de
chinos alone there are six different styles—plain and
plaited with draped and slit skirts; some all black; others
relieved with a white collar or touch of color. Shades, \
crushed girdles, new shoulders are other style touches.;
Twice six different styles in colors and other silks such as j
crepe meteor, charmeuse and Canton crepe. Of one other '
thing we’re sure—the assortment has never been so com- \
plete this early in the season at $25.
(Ready-to-Wear, Second Floor)
Stylish75c to $1.25 Laces at
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Surviving Heir Files
Her Claim to Estate
DALTON, Sept. 2.—M!»s Margaret
Cook came here from Mount Pleas
ant Monday to make her claim to the
estate left her and her two sisters by
a relative at Gainesville. The three
women left Gainesville 40 years ago.
When news of their inheritance
reached here last week. Miss Marga
ret Cook was the only surviving heir.
RURAL CARRIER6 MEET.
MTLLEDGEVILLE. — The Tenth
District Rural Carriers’ Convention
met here Monday at the City Hall,
there being 40 members present. The
meeting was called to order by Presi
dent Braddook, of Mitchell, after
which speeches were made by Mayor
M. 8. Bell, Postmaster R. B. Moore,
R. N. Hardeman, of Louisville, and
Mr. Kitchena of Mitchell.
$50,000 KENTUCKY FIRE.
SOMERSET, KY„ Sept. 2.-—Four
stores and a residence were burned
here to-day, with a loss of $50,000.
Street car and telephone service was
stopped by the burning of several
cables.
Last installment city tax
now due. Pay now and
save cost.
Though these identical laces are now in
high vogue tor trimming dresses, millinery and
making entire Mouses, they represent the accu
mulated odds and ends of the season. Therefore
29c Instead of 75c to $1.25.
Find among them Chantilly, Filet and Shadow
5 laces in black, cream and Svhite in edgings, bands and galloons 3 to
» 10 Inches wide and only 29c.
«5 (LaceB, Main Floor—Right)
Bath Mats
A small lot obtained under
price from the maker because
In weaving they show a drop
thread or some other slight hurt.
Were 50c to $1.25.
Now 39c to 89c.
(Main Floor—Left)
Bed Spreads
One big table of odd spreads
that are not jierfectly fresh. So
the price drops to pay for the
laundering and a little more.
Were $1.50 to $7.50.
Now $1.29 to $5.90.
(Main Floor—Left)
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Are represented by the third new shipment, which includes
black, purple, Copenhagen and navy. The belts are 4 inches
wide, buckles are self-covered.
For 25c and 50c nail
buffers—finished with
attached or detach
able chamois.
For 25c to 50c combs
or brnshe s—t h e
combs of rubber,
coarse or flue teeth;
the brushes of firm bristle.
j Stamped Nainsook Gowns 59c|j
Women’s gowns of fine nainsook stamped for French
-J eyelet or the new punch work embroidery. Easy to work,
very pretty when finished.
3 Stamped corset covers of nainsook at 15c.
(Main Floor—Center)
s For Girls Off to School, Plan
:*• a Dress or Suit of Serge
'J Nothing like sorgo for practical travel and
5 school wear. It shakes the dust, wears splendidly, always
'5 looks neat. Our stock of serges includes the solid colors,
and navy blues with pin or finger stripes of white. 75c
^ to $1.50.
Silk & Wool Poplin $1.50
3 The richness and beauty of silk wedded to the strength
^ and serviceability of wool. The combination makes a soft free
*» flowing fabric that drapes delightfully add la exceedingly smart for
fine Btreet wear. 42 Inches, leading street shades. $1.50.
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s Window Shades
s Made to Order
; 5 When you give us your
order for window shades,
jZ you simply select your color,
knowing that the shades
*2 will be hung to your satis-
faction at the time agreed.
pm All shades are mouuted on
> the Improved Hartshorn rollers,
tg \ve use only the test materials.
JJJ Our workmen are experts.
Choice of solid colors or colors
^g lined with white. Estimates
ig cheerfully furnished; prices very
i reasonable.
^ (Draperies, Third Floor)
Composition books, rulers,
school bags, drinking cups,
straps, paste, tablets. All at
minimum prices.
(Center Ais
1M. RICH & BROS. CO.
New Ruchings
Have Come in
The very newest designs
ranging from the narrow
widths for trimming up to
the 6-inch widths for neck
ruffling. Black, white,
cream and black-and-white
combinations. 25c, 35c, 50c
up to $1.25.
(Main Floor—Right)
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