The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, October 26, 1906, Image 1
NigMEdition The Atlanta Georgian, mm
VOL. I. NO. 157.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1906.
'S
FIGHT FOR
Vigorous Campaign
Comes to Close .
Saturday.
much is involved
FOR GROWING CITY
Review of Agitation and
Expressions From Promi
nent Citizens.—Mass
Meeting.
RAGING
JAMAICA.
Jamaica, Oct. 36.—Here are the re-
suits of today's races:
..r if ¥? T RACE—81* furlongs: Lotus,
110 (Nutter), g to 6, won; Bertha E.,
107 (J. Heqnessy), 3 to 1, second;
Quadrille, 116 (McGee), 8 to 6, third.
Time, 1:13 3-5.
SECOND RACE—Mile and a six
teenth: Slater Francis, 113 (w
Knapp). 1 to 3, won; Water Grass, 109
(Miller). 1 to 4, second; Nellie Burn,
80 (G. Burns), out, third. Time, 1:49
1-5. Only three starters.
THIRD RACE—Mile and an eighth:
Johnstown, 95 (C. Ross), 3 to 1. won;
Calfonne, 98 (Hagan). 4 to 1, seoond;
Peary (in, 103 (H. Cochran), out, third.
Mariatta’a plucky fight for munici
pal ownarahip comas to a close Sstur.
Jay, whan an alaction will be hold to
determine whether the Cobb county
capital ahall iaaua bonds authorized by
the last legislature to purchase -r build
a waterworks plant and aatabliah
thorough system of sawarags.
There are involved in the outcome
the vital questions of sanitation and
domeitie economy.
The health of ovsry man, woman
and child in Marietta ia inseparably
eonneetad with the proposition to in
stall a general aowaraga system. With-
out a free artd inexpensive water sup
ply, effective sewerage is impossible.
To Have this, the city must own its
water plant. In addikon, the pocket-
book of every head of a family is af
fected by the outcome.
The spirit of the pioneers has been
rife during the remarkable campaign
just cioaed with a mass meeting on
Thursday night.
Tb# fight has been watched with in
terest by Atlantans because the issue
involved 1» one which concerns this
city in a broader scope.
Many of Atlanta's business men have
homes in Marietta and this fact hat
added to the loeal Interest In the out
turns of the campaign.
There It every indication that the
citizens of Marietta under the leader
ship of Mayor Dobba and J. W. Legg
will be entirely successful at ths polls.
Time, 1:55
FOURTH RACE—Garden Stakes:
Rye, 105 (Miller), IS to 30 and out,
won; Wes, 98 (Finn), out, second.
Time, 1:43 4-5. Two starters.
FIFTH RACE)—Five and a half fur
longs: . Clara Huron, 99 (F. Swain), 6
to 1, won; Lady Vincent, 98 (Hagan),
6 to 1, second; Sally Preston, 104 (Mil
ler), 3 to 5, third. Time, 1:07 3-6.
SIXTH RACE—Five and a half fur
longs: Waterbury, 116 (Miller), 2 to
1, won: Molesey, 102 (C. Ross), even,
second; Gild, 109 (J. Henncssy). 6 to
" third. Time, 1:08.
LATONIA.
Latonla, Oct. 26.—Today's races re
sulted as follows;
FIRST RACE—McCord, won: Field
Lard, 6 to 1, second; King Pepper, 3 to
5, third.
SECOND RACE—Emma V.. SO to 1,
won; Buren Arnold, 1 to 2, second
Veneto. 8 to 1, third.
THIRD RACE—Mile; Mcllvaln, I
to 1, won: Joe Coyne, 8 to 1, second;
Tartan. 1 to 3. third.
FOURTH RACE—Bertha, 1 to 2.
won; St. Noel, 8 to 5, second; Berate
Cramer, 3 to 3. third.
FIFTH RACE—Lexollne, 8 to 6,
won: Tanager, 2 to 1, second; Grace
Kimball, 2 to 1, third.
SIXTH RACE—Elliott, 13 to 6. won;
Red Thistle, 2 to 1, second; Don E'onso,
4 to 5. third.
GEM THIEF CAUGHT!
CONFESSES HIFGUILT
New York. Oct. 26,—After a chase of
several months, the police of this city
today arrested Benjamin S. Jaffe, a
former salesman of the Castleberg
Jewelry Company of Pitsburg, Pa., on
a charge of absconding with Jewels
valued at $5,000 from that Arm. He
confessed to the robbery.
Jaffe was only released from prison
last June after serving time for forg
ing checks' amounting to abdut 94,000.
MISSOURI BANK ROBBED
OF $2,000 BY BANDITS.
Bonneville, Mo., Oct. 26.—The James
town bank in Maniteau county, 20
miles from Boonevllle, was blown open
and robbed early this morning by ban
dits who secured about $2,000. Sev
eral persons heard the explosion but
paid no attention to it.
J. W. LEGG HAS BEEN POWER
IN CA MPA IGN NO W CL OSING
Health of All Marietta
Is a f Stake, He
Declares.
Bpvdfil to Ths Georgian.
Marietta', Ga., Oct. 26.—J. W. Legg,
well-known drugglsf and one of the
most active and wide-awake of Ma
rietta'* citizens. Is chairman of the
working committee in the light for mu
nicipal ownership and the establish
ment of a sewerage system. As such
he has headed the people's cause In the
campaign, which comes to an end to
morrow.
In declaring his position on the mat
ters at Issue In the election, Mr. Legg
said;
"I am for a Greater Marietta and ex
iy voting for bonds to build a system
of waterworks and sewers for ths city.
The health of every man, woman and
child In Marietta Is at stake. Tho
town can not grow as It should unless
wo have municipal ownership of pub-
lid utilities. We can not afford to own
tho sewers while a private corporation
controls our water supply. Men of
capital In search of healthy locations
are continually coming to our town,
but they pass on when they learn the
real facts. Our city must have water-
‘WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT,”
SAID MRS. CRUTCHFIELD
Vindication of City
Official Is Com
plete.
At the last session Friday afternoon
of the committee appointed to Invest!
acter of W. L. Gidknow.aa a member
of the city council, a report was formu
lated completely exonerating M. Old
know or any other member of the gen'
eral council.
During the Investigation, which was
thorough, and took note especially of
the recent revocation and regrantlng of
saloon licenses, sixty-seven witnesses
were examined, not one of whom made
any damaging statement based on his
own knowledge.
FOR 7TH DISTRICT
SCHOOL ARE BEST
J. W. LEGG. * .
Popular druggist'and chairman of
working, committee, who Is lea,).
.Ing the 'light for municipal owner
ship .of waterworks and sewerage'
In Marietta.
If Floyd county will add 16,000 more
to Its offer of 310,000 In cash and 300
acres of good land within throe miles
of Rome, that county will get the agrt
cultural chool for the Seventh district.
Mayor John W. Maddox and Barry
Wright, representing Floyd, appeared
before the meeting of the trustees at
the capitol Friday afternoon and made
a straight offer of 310,000 In cash and
200 acres In land.
After discussion It was decided to
give Floyd the school*If they would
add 36,000 to- the offer. T«n days are
allowed In which to. ntake up this
umount.
"The ech'ol Is ours,” said Judge Mad
dox, with a confident smile.
GEN, EARLY'S NIECE
works and sewerage, and we can not
afford to let this opportunity pass.”
Sjievlnl to The Georgian,
Marietta, Oa.. Oct. 26.—Tomorrow
an election will be held In Marietta to
determine whether or not the city shall
float bunds amounting to 3110.000 for
the pur,tose of Building waterworks and
putting In a system of sewerage. If
the proposition carries the bonds are
to be of 31.000 denomination, bearing
6 per cent Interest, and to mature In
1937. The mayor and members of the
council, together with the majority of
ihe wealthiest and most prominent peo
ple of the city, are leading the fight,
and It Is believed that the bond propo
sition will carry.
At present Marietta Is supplied by
water from Ibe Waterworks of a pri
vate corporation, the Georgia Manu
facturing and Public Service Company,
but the city has never had any sewer
age, except a few private disconnected
lines, put In by Individuals for their
own convenience
The people of Marietta have long
f"lt ihat a system of sewerage for the
city was an absolute necessity, and
ihe 'tuestfon has been discussed and
Hgltated at various times for several
years. The last census showed Mariet-
ta to have a population of about 6,006
People, and as the town has been
growing and Increasing In population
'cry rapidly since then and has also
extended Its corporate limits, taking In
a much larger area than heretofore, It
hclleved that there are now between
*""" and 10,000 people within the limits
"f the city.
SERIOUS SITUATION.
In addition to having this great num
ber of people huddled together with no
facilities for sewerage. Is the further
fact that the private sewers In use
empty indiscriminately Jn and about
the iity , n * uc j| g way as to be a
•landing menace to the health of the
MASS MEETING DECLARES
FOR CITY WATERWORKS
At a mass meeting In Marietta "Ths water company Is now building
Mith this situation- staring the peo
Pic In the face, about three months ago
Thursday night, nearly two hundred
cltlsens declared strongly in favor of
establishing a municipal waterworks
plant. Mayor Richard Dobbs was one
of tlie leaders in the fight for relief
from the corporation plant.
“Not half a dozen men at the meet
ing were opposed to the plan,” said
one Marietta citizen who Is In Atlanta
today. The'only people who opposed
It were the officers of the Marietta
Public Service Company, owners of the
waterworks and electric light plant.
"That company owns not only the
waterworks and electric plant but
paper mill which has a number of
employees. The company has about
100 employees and the total registered
vote In Marietta Is only 682. With the
relatives of the employees opposed to
a change and with this solid vote
against It, It will be hard for the ad
vocates of municipal ownership to car
ry the two-thirds vote necessary to
pass the bond election. But I believe
we shall do It.
"M. 31. Session, president of the com
pany, and D. W. Blair, the attorney
for the same corporation, appeared and
opposed the municipal ownership plan
In a strenuous way. But Mr. Blair Is
the same man who drafted the bill In
1905 and Introduced It In the legisla
ture,, providing that Marietta purchase
the old waterworks plant. Mr. Ses
sions headed a delegation to aid the
measure. At that time the company
was anxious to dump the old plant on
the city buC when .things took a new
turn not so profitable to them they
turned, and opposed municipal owner
ship.
a new plant which, it la promised, will
give a better and purer water supply.
The preaeht plant draws Its supply
from Rottenwood creek and la con
taminated from the city. It has been
unffitered for years and Is not f)t to
drink. If the city builds.Us new plant
It will choose an available pure water
source. It will certainly not buy ths
old plant now in Use.'
TAKES 01 LIFE
Chicago, Oct. 26.—The .coroner's Jury
which Investigated the death of Albert
Moekler returned a' verdict today of
suicide. Mnelker was a widower, 60
years of age.
While sitting on a couch in the un
dertaking rooma of John H. Hartwick,
yesterday afternoon, Moelker shot him
self through the head, dying Instantly.
Shortly before killing himself Moelker
wrote a mote to Mr. Hartwick, telling
him how to tilspose of the body and to
notify Moelker'a son in Atlanta, Ga.
It Is understood that the son Is on
his way from Atlanta' to this city to
get the body. The elder Moelker was
a salesman. He belonged to the Ma
sonic order. -
Norwell, Mass,, Oct. 26.—Brought to
gether through means of a correspond
ence club, Benjamin Prouty, of Wash
ington and West Norwell, a veteran
of the civil war, will. In a few daye,
take Miss Lucretla M. Early, a niece
of General Jubal Early, of the Confed
erate army, for his bride. Mr. Prouty
Is- 78 years old and Is a bachelor. Miss
Early le 69. She has been a teacher,
nurse and hotel matron. She has wear-
led of life alone and has promised to
become the bride of a New England
yankee.
Some weeks ago he wrote her that
he was an old man In poor health. She
responded that she was coming on to
see him and would take care of him.
After considerable writing on the mat
ter, In which Mr. Prouty urged her not
to come, she finally decided to call on
him, and the two met In Brockton on
Mies Early’s arrival on the Fall River
train. They came to thle place and
Miss Early obtained a boarding place.
She remained In town for a fortnight,
and they decided to get married. The
ceremony will take place next week.
While visiting Mr. Prouty, Miss
Early, who evidently has monsy,
bought a -home on Washington street,
and the couple are making prepara
tions to occupy It at once.
for her home In Palmyra, Pa, and
return next week for the wedding.
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Shot By Her Husband, She Lays in Critical
Condition—J. H. Crutchfield Held at
Police Station—In Court Before.
Dr. James N. Ellis announcsd
Friday afternoon that ths condition
of Mrs. Crutchfield is critical. He
said she had gotten over ths shook
and appeared some better than on
Thursdsy night. Mrs. Crutchfield
was shot in both legs, between the
ankle and knee, and the right leg
may have to be amputated. There
is one wound on the head.
On returning from the matinee and
while In the act of entering her home
at 300 South Pryor street, corner of
Alice street, Thursday evening about 6
o'clock, Mrs. I. H. Crutchfield, a strik
ingly pretty young woman, was shot
with a double-barreled shotgun and
then severely Injured In the head with
the butt end of the weapon In the
hands of her husband, a -well-known
machinery broker with offices In the
People's building, at Marietta and For
syth streets, from whom she' Is now
seeking a divorce.
The shot penetrated Mrs. Crutch
field's legs about the knees, badly lac
erating the flesh. The 1 blows on the
head produced ugly wounds.
Mrs. Crutchfield was later removed
to the Grady Hospital, where she Is
being treated by Dr. Jamee N. Ellis.
It Is announced Friday that her condi
tion Is serious, but It Is not believed
the wounds will result fatally.
Crutchfield was arrested by Police
man Pitman several blocks from the
scene of the shooting, while he was
holding back a crowd of men and boys,
who sought to effect his capture.
Crutchfield advised that no one bother
him, threatening to shoot the first man
who laid hands on him.
At Police 8tstion.
He was taken to the police station
by Officer Pitman, where a charge of
assault with Intent to murder was
docketed against him. Ths tlms for
the preliminary hearing has not yet
been determined. '. ...
The etorles of Crjtchfleld and hla
wife In regard to the shooting vary
widely. Mrs. Crutchfield declares her
husband, from whom she has been sep
arated for the past three months, at
tacked her In the dnrk without provo
cation, shooting her with his shotgun
and then brutally bent Ing her In the
head with the butt rnd of the gun.
The husband, on the other hand, pro-
testa that the whole affair was an acci
dent. He asserts he had no Idea of
harming hls‘ wife, but had gone to her
house armed and with the Intention of
"getting" another man, who, he de
clares, has been trying to ruin his
home and caused hla wife to leave him.
He says that when his wife saw ths
gun she tried to take It away from him,
and caused It to be accidentally dis
charged. He etstes that after she was
shot she continued to scuffle with him
and In this way received the wounds on
the head.
Mr. and Mrs. Crutchfield have two
children, both boys, Paul and Ludette,
aged 13 and 9, respectively, and Paul
was the first person to reach his
wounded mother. He corroborates the
story of his mother, asserting that his
father beat her In the head with the
gun. In an effort to save the prostrate
woman little Paul attacked his father,
selling him about the neck and trying
to prevent him from again using the
gun.
Mrs. Crutchfield says she Is satis
fied the Interference of her son saved
her life.
Since the separation of Mrs. Crutch
field from her husband she has been
conducting a boarding house at 300
South Pryor street and It was on the
front porch of this house that the
shooting occurred. Mrs. Crutchflsld
alighted from a trolley car directly In
front of her home and had just stepped
onto the porch when hailed by her
husband, who Is said to have been
waiting In the dark armed with the
shotgun.
Mr. and Mrs. Crutchfield have been
married fob fourteen years, and, ac
cording to statements of both husband
and wife, their married life has been
stormy. The suit for divorce, now
pending In the superior court. Is ths
third ono ’filed by Mrs. Crutchfield. The
other two suits, sho explains, were
withdrawn by her on promises of
Crutchfield to cease his alleged mis
treatment.
Mrs. Crutchfield asserts her husband
has abused her almost ever since their
marriage and gives this as the renson
she left him. Crutchfield makes tho
counter charge that another man.
whose name he declines to divulge, but
who, he says, reside* below Atlanta on
the Atlanta and Weet Point railroad,
persuaded his wife to leave him and
has caused the trouble between them,
MR8. CRUTCHFIELD’8 OWN
8TORY OF SHOOTING.
When seen by a Georgian reporter
Tammany Men Put Up
.Money/Taking Hearst
End. »
New Tork, Oct. 26.—Betting on the
election has-begun In real earnest on
the curb and the odds on Hughes forced
down from 3 1-2 and 3 to 1, to 2 to 1.
The latter Is the prevailing figure to-
day.
More than $100,000 Hearst money
was bet to 3200,000 of Hughes money.
The Hearst money came to light in
big rolls at noon In the hands of bro
kers who are known to handle accounts
for Tammany men. They asked for 3
to 1, but yore unable to get It. Re
publican offera of 3 to 1 were refused
for about half an hour, and then Hearat
bettors began to nab ' everything In
sight.
Two freakish offers to bet on the re
sult of the election were announced to
day by G. B. Buchanan, .a member of
the stock exchange, who says he has a
very large aum of money on commis
sion to be on the election.
One of the propositions Is $2,600 to
$7,500 that Mr.'Hughes will win by
100,000 plurality. - No ono has taken
this bet.. The other Is $1,000 to $15,000
that Mr. Hearst will win by 100,000 plu
rality. i
This has not been taken.
Continued on Page Three.
MAYOR DOBBS IS ACTIVE **
IN MARIETTA' SBIG FIGHT
Pledged Himself to
Municipal Own
ership.
Special to Tb# Georgian.
Marietta, Ga„ Oct. 36.—Mayor E. P.
Dobba, with several prominent citizens,
Is leading the fight for municipal own
ership In Marietta. Ha la deeply In
terested Id the outcome of the election
to be held tomorrow to decide whether
the city shall Iaaua ths necessary bonda
to enable It to own and operate its
waterworks and build an adequate sys
tem of sewers. Speaking to a repre
sentative of The Georgian, Mayor
Dobbs stld:
"The city of Marietta IW sorely In
need of waterworks and sewerage, and
I pledged mykelf during my race for
mayor tb give the city these much-
needed Improvements If It was possi
ble to do so. Since my election I have
agitated the matter and used every
means at my command as chief execu
tive of' the city to bring about this
election. I also pledged myself during
the campaign to the municipal owner
ship of these public utilities, and-I still
think that this Is the proper count tor
HON. E. P. DOBBS,
Mayor of Marietta.
ever, the people will now have an op
portunity to settle these matters at the
ballot ^ix tn the way that they think
best, and whatever they do will be sat
isfactory to me.'
K BIDET HOI
GET TERM III Jill
(Continued on Page' Fifteen.)
fight for office
STOPPED BY COURT
. Pl »n Francisco, Oct 26.—Superior
l ourt Judge Seawell Issued an order
ij 11 " 'nornlng restraining Abe Rueff
. -••••ssiiiiB icniiaiiiuiK ouo
■ rum taking possession of the office of
district atorney from which he Is at
tempting to remove William H. Lang.
>10,000 School Building.
'd'ian, Oa., Oct. 26.—The cltlxens of
■'•Irian are delighted over the prospects
" r ,lav ing a beautiful, up-to-date, brick
hool building ready for use In the
* r future. O. L. Adams, contractor,
tmm Mt. Vernon. Oa., bos the work In
HUn<t Ths» hiilMlnv •■■III ivh»n
„ The building will cost, when
completed, about $10,000.
EX-GEORGIA MAN MAY
SUCCEED ELIHU ROOT
it
Is Rumored That Oscar Straus Is Likely
to Be Secretary of State If Change
Is Made.
Washington. Oct. 26.—There Is gos
sip here today Indicating that Oscar
S. Straus, who Is shortly to become
secretary of commerce and labar, may
eventually succeed Ellhu Root as sec
retary of state. It would not be entire
ly unexpected should Mr. Root find It
convenient to leave the state depart
ment within a comparatively short
l< The training of Mr. Straus would. It
is thought, admirably fit him for the
„ _ rtment,' and
jt la recalled that President McKinley
at one time had Mm under considera
tion for the poet.
Mr. fArauss Is a Georgia man; hewas
practically, reared In Talbotton. His
father was L. Straus. Mr. Straus re-
sided In Columbus, Go., for some years
before he went to New Tork. His two
brothers are Isador and Nathan, both
well known In financial circles.
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0 the poet sings about and the over- 0
0 coat dealer welcomes. Fine for 0
0 golf and football.
O Forecast;
0 Fat rand warmer tonight; Satur-
0 day Increasing cloudiness.
0 The temperatures Friday;
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0 7 o'clock a. m 46 degrees.
0 8 o'clock a. m 66 degrees.
0 » o'clock a. m.. .. ..60 degrees.
O 10 o’clock a. m 64 degrees.
0 11 o'clock a. m 67 degrees.
0 13 o'clock noon.. .. ..18 degrees.
0 1 o'clock p. m.. ..63 degrees.
0 2 o'clock p> m 71 degrees.
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Makes Startling Charge.
Chicago, Oct. it.—"White the state
of Illinois delays to provide tor the
care of epileptics, the State Horticul
tural and Agricultural Socletp reaps a
revenue from the exhibition of such
unfortunates aa. 'wild women' and
'snake caters,"' said Superintendent O:
A. Zoller, of the South Bartonvllle In
sane Asylum, before a conference of
charities at Hull house lost evening.
Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 26.—The Ice men
must serve their sentencta in the work
house.
The circuit court has decided that
there was no error before Judge R. R.
Kinkade, In common pleas, and that
the pleas of guilty were not obtained
from the ice men by promises of
leniency.
The following defendants In the cele
brated “Ice trust”, litigation must don
the gray of the workhouse prisoner:
Roland A. Beard, vice-president and
general manager of tbd Ilygenla Ice
Company; Joseph A. Miller, general
manager of the Toledo Ice and Coal
Company; Reuben C. Lemmon, secre
tary of the Hygenla Ice Company.
Each of the Ice men will have to
serve six months In the workhouse and
pay a fine of 12,400. They were origi
nally sentenced to serve one year and
pay a fine of 36,000, but this was mod
ified by Judge Kinkade on application
of the Ice trust lawyer.
Sheriff Chambers will take Miller,
Beard and Lemmon Into custody as
soon as possible and turn them over
to the workhouse authorities
Spanish Bark Not Arrivsd.
Special to Tho Gewflas.
Brunswick, Oa., Oct. 26.—The Span
ish bark, F. G. Oliver, which left Ha
vana on OctobeY 2 bound for Bruns
wick, has not been heard of since she
left that port. It Is feared she was
caught In the hurricane and wrecked.
RECKLESS AS A
R. R. ENGINEER
railroad, now a part of the South,
era system. His uncle. Captain Green,
waa general manager of the Air Line
at that time, and after the consolida
tion was made general auperlnteadent
of that division. Another uncle, Joseph
Green, was master mechanic at Colum
bia, 8. c:
Crutchfleld acquired a reputation for
carelessness and risky running on the
road. ‘ An Incident Is related by an old
engineer who pulled a wrecking crew
to clear up one of Crutchfield's wrecks
near Central, S. C., about twelve years
ago,
"From what we heard,” said the old
engineer, "Crutchfield let his engine,
pulling a work train, get away from
him a few miles south of Central. He
ran down on a bridge where a gang
was doing some repairing. The rails
had been lifted and the engine barely
hung to the edge of the trestle.
"1 do not remember that anyone was
killed, but some of the men were In
jured. Crutchfield jumped down a fill
about 100 feet deep and It was a won
der It didn't kill him. He has had a
number of miraculous escapes, and
usually In wrecks caused by his care
lessness Its was let off for the Cen
tral wreck, but waa put bock by bis
uncle's Influence."
FLAGMAN SACRIFICES
LIFE TO RESCUE AGED
COUPLE FROM DEATH
8pednl to The Georgian*
Kpartinburg, K. O., Oct. 26.—NVwton TIL
lotion. In the employ of tho Southern mil-
way for twenty-two years os flngmnn, win
strurk by n Southern pnsMeuger train
Thursday at noon nt the Magnolia street
trussing, nod received luxuries which re
sulted in Ills dmHj rhlH morning.
Ife met with the accident while Baring
nn aged man and wnman from ?>fiug
crushed by the Incoming train. The couple
were in a buggy nnd did not heed the
warning of Mr. Tlllotson, but attempted
to drive across the track In front of the
train.
Mr. Tlllotson caught hold of the reins
nnd drnggeil the mule, buggy nnd occu
pants 1 across tho track. In saving the
life of the old man and woman, Flagman
Tlllotson was struck by the engine.
FEARING THAT DECREE
London, Oct. 26.—It Is learned today
that the Duchess of Marlborough, who
was Consuelo Vanderbilt, is to forsake
her plan for a divorce from her hus
band.
ThlB'chnngo In position with refer
ence to the duke Is said to have been
brought about by the personal plead
ings of her friends and those of her
husband, whom she greatly respects,
who told the duchess that It would
mean tlu* ruin of his political career If
sho applied for a divorce. No place in
the cabinet would then be open to him.
The duke and duchess have agreed
DOERON LOST $10,000
IN A MIDNIGHT FIRE
Sperlal to The Georgian.
Doe run, a a.. Oct. 26.—Wednesday
night about 12 o'clock Are was dis
covered In the two-story wood build
ing on East Broad street, occupied by
J. B. Powers & Company, general mer
chandise, and the Masons and other
secret orders.
The building, with its contents, was
consumed, also the store of W. T. Fus
sed & Sons; the barber shop of W. F.
McGraw' nnd the feed and livery stable
of J. D. Harrell.
The loss will be about $10,000, part
ly covered by Insurance. The build
ings will be replaced with substantial
brick.
ANARCHIST 6ERKMAN
STRANGELY MISSING
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 26.—The police
are searching diligently for Alexander
Berkman, the well-known anarchist,
who served a term in a Pennsylvania
prison for his attempt to kill Henry
C. Frick. Berkman delivered a speech
here Tuesday night w nd was to appear
last night, but failed to show up. The
Cleveland anarchists claim that he has
been spirited away by detectives ia
the employ of H. C, Frick.
7>t>T/"1T7# ° n Trains FIVE CENT1L
fKLL&: m Atlanta TWO CENTS.
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