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VOL. 1. NO. 177.
Atlanta, ga., monhay, November io, dog.
PRICE:
Id Atlanta TWO '
SHIPS MATE BLAMED
FOR LOSS OF 50 LIVES
JUR Y HEARS HO W GRA CE BR 0 WN
WAS SLAIN AT BIG MOOSE LAKE
Smashed Craft Sinks
as Panic Is in
Progress.
SIX WOMEN DIE;
ONE GIRL RESCUED
Mate of the Dix Is Charged
With Murderous Reck
lessness by Captains
of Two Boats.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 19.—Puget
sound, so prolific of marine dis
asters, had another last night in
s collision between the Alaska
steamer Jeanie and the Seattle-
l’ort Blakely steamer Dix,
which between 45 and 50 people
were drowned. Those lost were
all passengers of the Dix and
many residents of the mill town
of Port Blakely.
The unfortunates were sent to
their awful death with scarcely a
moment’s warning. Saddest of all,
they gave their lives through the
criminal, nay the murderous, reck
lessness of one Charles Dennison,
mate of the Dix.
This strong statement is practi
cally that of Captain P. Lermond
ami Captain .Mason, masters, re
spectively, of the Dix and Jeanie.
Both charge him with having been
responsible for the enrollment of
appalling a death list.
SIX WOMEN DROWNED;
ONE GIRL IS RESCUED.
Mate Dennison was at the wheel
temporarily in charge of the Dix, ami
In this capacity of yjuiter, deliberately
approached from astern and tried to
cro«« the bow of the Jeanie. The ves
sels came together about midway be
tween Duawmiah head -nd Alkal
point, two mllea oft the Seattle ahore.
The reacne vessel arrived nt about 11
'/clock. Of the seven women and glrla
aboard the Dix, only one girl. Alice
Simpson. 14 years old, survived. The
Jennie with her regular crew and 300
ions of Alaska ore. left Smith Covo at
1" minutes of 7 o’clock, and at 7 o’clock
i hi- Dix set out from her berth. The
wharves are about two miles apart,
off Duuwmlsh head, the Jeanie hold
ing the regular course for Tacoma, war
•everal ships lengths ahead of the Dix.
Seeing that the Dix kept up her ef.
fort to cross his bow. Captain Mason
Evidence to Convict
Him Without Mrs.
Camp’s Testimony.
Evidence that Will Johnson, the ne.
gro now in the Tower, Is guilty of as.
saultlng.several white women during
the put summer and fall seems to be
now almost conclusive.
Sunday at the request of Chief Tur
ner, of the county police, Mrs. Richard
Hembree, who wu assaulted near Bat
tle Hill In May, came to the Tower and
positively Identified the negro ae her
assailant. This will In probability con
vict the negro, whether or not Mrs. J.
N. Camp Is able to say that he la the
man who usaulted her In euch a brutal
manner lut Tuesday.
Johnson Is the-negro whose arrest
during the trial of Joe Qlenn lut week
for the usault on Mrs. Camp caused
that negro to be turned loose. Glenn
Is, however, still In the Tower at his
own request for protection.
Identified Clothing.
The three extra suits of men’s
clothes and two skirts which Johnson
had on at the time he wu apprehended
Friday by County Policemen Buntyn
and D. 8. A. Davis have been Identi
fied by an old negro named Bill Jef
fries. who liven on L. A. Baker's place,
near Battle Hill, ns the property of
himself and his wife.
The old negro missed his “Sunday
clothes” when ho went to dreu up Hun
an who had taken'
them from his house. When be went
fell (he ofilcers what he had lost Ills
■icriptlon tallied with tho property
found on Johneon.
The grand Jury will meet Thursday.
November 32, and Will at that time.
In all probability, return a true blit
against Johnson for the usault on
Mrs. Hembree at laut. The superior
court convenes Monday. '
It hu been found that on the day he
was caught Johnson had been In ■
crowd with five other negroes, all of
whom were near by at the time of hla
arrest. The negroes were together In
the country, but on approaching the
city separated,
JUMPED FROM BRIDGE
TO BE MANGLED BY
WHEELS OF A TRAIN
Unknown Man Hurls Himself From Magnolia
Viaduct to Meet Death on Tracks
Below.
This picture show* the family of Frank Brown. They are in atendanco at court in Herkimer, N. Y., where
Chester Gillette ie on trial for the murder of Mias Grace Brown. Those in the group are Mr. Brown and wife,
parents of the dead girl, and her eieters, Miss Frances Brown standing and Miss Mary Brown, sitting. Mary
is said to resemble strikingly her do ad sister. ^
Factory Girls Say Gil
lette Never Went
With Woman.
signaled full speed astern^ but It wu
i Jeanie struck the Dix on
1 late. Th, ...
I lie starboard aide amidships, almost
mtllng her In two.
MANY PASSENGERS DRAWN
TO DEATH WITH STEAMER.
Many of her .passengers Jumped
overboard though doubtless a score or
more went down with the boat, not
having the slightest chance for their
Jives,
Heart-rending cries erase from the
water. Women and men were scream-
Ing piteously for help. It was an in
describable death struggle.
<‘aptaln Mason lowered two life boats
from the Jeanie with the greatest pos
sible dispatch. It wu difficult and
dangerous work picking up the fut-
drowning passengers. The two boats
were soon filled and hastened to the
Jennie's side, where the rescued were
honied to the shore.
When the rescue boats returned to
the scene not one person could be
found. They searched and searched,
the Jeanie meanwhile steaming about
doing at! sho could. Captain Mason
remained ut tho scene, he stated, as
long as there upi*ared to be the slight
est chance of picking up any one alive.
WIRE8 ARE DOWN AND
DELAY IN TRAFFIC IS RE8ULT.
Tho torrential storms In the Missis
sippi valley Saturday nlgh| and Sun
day caused considerable damage to the
companies, but beyond a few del
messages (he local offices were not dis
commoded. Repair parties were sent
out Immediately to repair breaks, and
communication was Immediately re
stored.
The regular elgnals for the weather
bureau from Corpus Chrlstl, Palestine
and Taylor, Texu, were reported miss
ing Monday morning, and until a late
hour had not arrived. The lateness of
layed the Issuance of the daily weather
chart, which came out about 11 a. m.
Local officials claim that the wires
along the Mississippi will be in service
again before night.
AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE
MAY FACE CHARGES
IN A DIVORCE SUIT
Beautiful Countess of
Westmoreland Fig
ures in Rumors.
New York, Nov. 19.—A1I New York
"I'm a mooed and shocked today over
•he cablegrams from London and Paris
tolling of an International rumpus In
the British peerage, which. It Is said,
1,1 exiiecled to result In a suit by Lord
Westmoreland to divorce his countess,
hie of the most beautiful womert In
•bigland and lady In waiting to the
queen.
The man In the case. It Is said. Is an
•yigi„.American niuItl-mlHIonalre. one
V l , h,! largeat holders of realty In New
.''' r *. now a widower In the prime of
Whose two children both married
happily against his wishes.
Earl Asked Explanation.
The Countess of Westmoreland, who
*»s separated from her husband efter
J 11 sensational advertisement In the
London newspapers that he would not
any more of her debts, recently
““cime the possessor of a Jl.J50.iri0 set
°f hamood ornaments.
Lord Westia r,; m l asked for an ex
planation, which was not forthcoming,
and the reports of Impending divorce
proceedings followed. During the last
HUifimcr the countess rented a country
house close to the magnificent castle of
the inultl-mllllonairo on the Thames.
American is Wealthy.
The American millionaire Is 58 years
'of age and has long held a certain pe
culiar position In the English capital.
Hla personal fortune la one of the
greatest in the world, but for the past
sixteen years, with Infrequent visits to
New York, he has spent his tremendous
Income In England and In travelii
about Europe. Two of his children r
cently married happily, although rnlb
against his will.
The millionaire recently astnnlsl
all England, by purchasing one of
greatest estates In Great Britain
magnificent country seat with parka
and great rolling farm lands In the
county of Kent. The castle was one of
the favorites of Henry VIII.
Her Family Unfortunate.
The <’oqn>*** of Westmoreland be
longs la n maritally unfortunate family.
She a* sister of the Earl of Roslyn. re
membered by New Yorkers as a mem
ber of one of Chatlew Frohman’a com
panies under the stage name of John
Erskine. The eart’a marriage to the
beautiful American actress, Ann Rob-
Inson, has been followed by nothing
but unhappiness.
The Countess of Warwick, then Lady
Herkimer, N. Y..' Nov. 19.—The story
of the fatal love tragedy of Grace
Brown, whoee body was found In the
waters of Big Moose Lake, was un
folded chapter after chapter today
when the taking of teetlmony woe
commenced In the trial of'Chester E.
Gillette, charged with the girl's mur
der. ,
Girls who worked In the'Cortland
shirt factory, where Groce Brown first
met the defendant, told the Jury that
Gillette never appeared In public with
her. The dletrtct attorney I* , handling
the case In narrative form, starting
from the first relationship of Gillette
and Grace Brown and closing with the
death of the girl and the arrest of Gil
lette.
Mrs. P. O. Carey, of East Orange, N.
_ , who, with her husband, had a camp
on the lake, will testify that the even
ing of the tragedy she heard Grace
Brown's death cries. It was too dark
to see, and Mrs. Carey was unable to
tell from whence the crlee come.
Gillette's Ntrve Weakens.
Gillette’s nerve le fast weakening
and when Frank T. Brown, father of
hla alleged victim, was called to the
stand toda/ as the first witness for the
state, the young man's nervousness was
apparent to. every one In the packed
court room.'
He sat biting his finger nails and
casting side.long glances at the father
of the murdered girl without once look
ing squarely at him. The father’s testi
mony was comparatively unimportant,
serving simply to show the close rela
tions between Gillette and Miss Brown:
The testimony of Mrs. Hawley, the
eldest sister of the dead girl, was along
the'same general line*. Several em
ployees of the shirt factory were called
to testify t* Grace Brown's attachment
for Gillette, and hla mistreatment of
her.
ProprietQr of Restaurant hi New York City
A nd Offers DeCastellane $10,000a Year
New York, Nov. 19.—Count Bonl De
Castellans has' only to say the wonV
and lt< will be In his power to regard
with lofty hauteur the fashionables of.
New York while they dine under his
personal supervision In a Broadway
restaurant. '
It all lies with his decision on an of
fer cabled him today by J. B. Martin,
proprietor of the Cafe Martin, at
Broadway and Twenty-sixth streets.
The. cable was worded substantially as
follows:
“Will contract to engage you as a
.major-domo at salary of 50,000 francs
a year to take charge of waiters.and
manage restaurant privileges nf Cafe
Martin. Oblige with Immediate an
ewer.”
“Count Bonl Is Just the man I am
looking for," Martin said. “My patrons
will be Interested In a head waller with
such an.interesting career as that re-
vealed In Mme. Gould's divorce. Count
Bonl Is graceful, fascinating and un
doubtedly knows good food and how to
serve It. I made the offer a handsome
one of 310,000 a year In case Count Bonl
ha* scruple* about going to work,”
OCEAN LINER
IN DISTRESS
London. Nov. 19.—A report from
Holyhead say* a large passenger
fttenmer I* flying signals of distress off
that port, and la thought to be disabled.
Assistance has been sent to her.
WAS BO Y POISONED?
MAX BRASELTON HAS
TWO Q UEER A TTA CKS
Mystery Surrounds the
Strange Illness of
Small Boy.
RELATIVE OF OIL KING
DIES FROM EXP08URE.
BomeiVllle, N. J.. Nov. 19.—Menla
Riykefeller, aged 82, who Is said to
he a member of the Hunterdon county
family of Rockefeller*, of whlrh John
D. Rockefeller Is a descendant, was
found dead In u lane near the home
of 8. E. Garretson, three miles east
of this place, today. It Is supposed that
Rockefeller fell off his horse, was
stunned and died from exposure.
Sybil Ht. Clair Erskine. was married to
Lord Weatmoreland-Anthony Mltdmay
Julian Fane, thirteenth earl. In 1893.
It was one of the most remarkable
weddings of that season among London
society, oa his wife was one of the love
liest girls In the klngdt
What poisoned little Max Braselton?
That Is the question which I* pux-
xllng his father and mother and the
physicians at Grady hospital. It Is a
strange, case.
The boy has hud two attacks of.a
serious nature. Just a week apart, lie
1s recovering from th* second at tho
hospital, but no positive explanation of
hla Buffering has been made.
Max I* the IJ-year-old son of Po
liceman Robert Broselton, of 91 Crew
street On Sunday morning a week
ago he came Into the house, frothing
at the mouth, his eyes set and glassy
und evidently In a serious condition.
He was brought round by prompt at
tention, but he could not explain dlls
condition.
Hunday morning. Just a week after
hi* first attack, little Max was playing
at a neighbor's with his brother, Rob
ert. who I* 13 years of age, and Albert
Butler, a young companion. The other
boys missed Max from their play and
found him sitting on the front steps,
his eyes glassy, his mouth covered with
'n white foeni. He was stiff and cold
and could hardly speak.
"Take me home." ho muttered. “And
lake those bugs off me.”
Before the ambulance from Grady
hospital arrived Max had had three
convulsions. At the hospital he lay
unconscious until Monday morning,
Is believed he will recover.
“I believe Max was poisoned,” said
Mr*. Broselton at her home. “No, I
cannot say 1 suspect anyone. Max had
a quarrel with n mean little negro boy
who stole his bicycle a short time ago,
which might have something to do
with it.”
.'T saw Max eating some red berries
Sunday," said the little Butter boy.
What the berries were has not been
learned.
Physicians ' at Grady say no trace
of poison was found In thn boy's stom-
nch. They lire of the opinion his
condition was due to acute Indigestion.
Max denies ho ate any berries or
that he was given anything to eat by
any one.
After walking to and fro over the
Magnolia street bridge for three hours
Monday morning, an unknown white
man at 9:30 o’clock suddenly leaped
from the bridge to the railroad-track
below. In the yards of the Western and
Atlanttu railroad, being crushed and
mangled by a moving train of freight
cars.
The stranger was picked up uncon
scious and hurriedly sent to the Elkin-
Goldsmith sanitarium In the Grady hos.
pltal ambulance, where he died at 11:30
o'clock. He never regained conscious-
ness amt never spoke, bis death ren
dering the case one of the most mys
terious In the. annals of local trage
dies.
■ The railroad officials are eatlsfled the
man's death was a deliberate case of
suicide. He leaped directly In front
of the moving train and It was Impos
sible for tho engineer to stop In time
to save him. No one has been found
who saw the stronger Just at the ino-
mont when he took the fatal leap, but
members of the train crew taw the fall.
Ing body as It plunged through the air
and fell on the track.
His Body Mangled.
The engine was Instantly reversed
and everything possible done to stop
the train, but by the time that It came
to a standstill th* body of the unfor
tunate man had been enu-ht under
neath the wheels and crushed.
The unconscious form was quickly
removed from the track and taken to
Foundry-street, a short distance away.
Ynrdmaster Wheeler , Mangum bent
over the injured man and made ksmIiI-
uous efforts to get some Information
from him. but to no avail. The man
was already In a dying condition and
wu* unable to speak. He continued to
breathe until 11:39 o'clock, when lie
died at the sanitarium.
The clothing of the dead man was
cloeely examined, but not the slightest
clew was found that would tend to
reveal his Identity. He left no note
nor explanation of any kind regarding
hla act.
He was first noticed on the Magno
lia Street bridge Monday morning at
9:30 o'clock. ,N'o special nttentlo
I lad the
east Idea he contemplated n tragi
Ing of M* life. He was seen io con
tlnuslly walk to and fro hcmo th
bridge, as though fascinated by
unknown object there. For thre
hours he kept up this nervous pm <
Why he watted from *:3o until 9:3
o'clock to Hike the leap Is a matter "
conjecture, hut It Is presumed a ton
filet whs being waged In nls bn-.i-
over the question of whether he shout
take Ills life. A switch engine was on
gaged In switching a train of car.'
making up an outgoing freight, am
when the train started under the brldg
the body of the stranger suddenly -ho
downward to a terrible d
ig
to
was A laborer,
black coat and blue overall trou
He weighs about 170 pounds nml Is
proxlmntaly 5 feet 9 Inches tall,
nad a blonde mustache and was w
Ing a stubby beard of about three d
growth. His hair la tinged with gru
W. J. FREEMAN DEAD;
TUBE FROM GAS JET
LED TO HIS MOUTH
Clerk at Marion Hotel, Tired of Illness, Writes
Letter to Wife and Goes to His
Death.
W. J. Freeman, night clerk of Ih*
Marlon hotel, died at 8:45 Monday
morning aa a result of hla second at-
tempt at suicide. He was found at 8
o'clock Saturday morning with hla bed
under a chandelier at a room In the
home of hla sister, lira. Will Meador,
at 120 Ivy street, and a rubber tube
running from the gaa Jet Into his
mouth. The phyelclans kept him alive
by artificial means for 48 hours.
Mr. Freeman was off duly Friday
afternoon anil spent the time In hi*
room In the Marlon annex, writing a
long letter to hi* wife and packing
hi* effects. He worked at the deek
Friday evening and went to his sister’s
home to spend the night.
In th* letter to his wife he said that
he had carefully considered his act and
had decided to die only after mature
deliberation. He said that he felt that
he was losing his mind and that he
could not remember things aa he had
once been able to do. He said ho
thought suicide preferable to the possi
bility of becoming a burden to his
family. * ■
Check for His Wife.
With tht letter wan a check payable
to hla wife, who wan Miss Cora Lou
Harrla, of Knoxville, before their mar
riage. Thla check waa for every cent
of hla account at the Centra! Bank and
Truat Company, and he aald that In
eaving her thla he wished that It waa
much more. Another check payable fo
him and by him Indorsed was also with
the letter.
Mm. Freeman, who haa been visiting
her father. Dr. Harris. f»ne of the load-
I'U! .!. nti-fM «.f K id >x vill*\ for the past,
two months, arrived at her husband's
beduiuo Sunday morning, but the doc
tor* were never able to bring him to
consciousness.
Mr. Freeman had been In wretched
heulth for several weeks, but had np-
I • Ii'lv lit • h III spll M
His Second Attempt.
Mr. Freeman's first attempt on his
life wo* In Baltimore three weeks after
his marriage, a few year* ago.
Dabney H. Scovllle. proprietor of the
Marlon, speaks of his dealings with the
dead man In terms which any man
might envy.
He was one or the most gentlemanly
men I ever met." gtfd Mr. scovllle
Monday. "Friday evening after he had
night
been
been ofT In the afternoon, he camo
here to the office and balanced u
books perfectly and turning al
cash over to W. J. Cartwright, the
er night clerk, told him that he r
not see him any more. Hla ser
and his conduct here have
very commendable."
At Knoxville Mr. Freeman was a
leader in the Elks' Lodge and th** At
lanta Elks will escort his body to the
train for Knoxville, where his remains
will be sent probably tonight If his
brother arrives here this afternoon.
Coroner Thompson holds an Inquest
Monday afternoon.
SNOW IS PREDICTED
TO FOLLOW SUMMERY
WEATHER OF MONDAY
HART URGES COURT
TO HEAR TAX CASES
At torney General of Georgia
Appears Before U. S.
Supreme Court.
SiWl'iabiM.HTri il mil • - r ■> «■ —1 -ie
Washington, Nov. 19.—Attorney Gen
eral Jnhn G. Hart, .,f Georgia, today re
quested the supreme court of the Unit
ed Elates M hear aa early as |»>*sible
the eases nf the Central nf Georgia
rullrnud anil the Georgia Railroad and
Ranking Company against the comp
troller general of the state.
These cases Involve the taxability,
__ under the law* of Georgia, of foreign
when he showed Improvement, and It stock held by ciUxen* of Georgia.
May be Here Before
Mojning—or May
Not.
section with tjie low barometer a win
ner with high temperatures ns u result
In this section.
The rain storm* In the MIsdsHippl
valley tore down the wires and the ser
vice had not been completely fepalred
More snow!
(Maybe.)
The second Installment of fleecy
flakes may fall In thla neighborhood
Monday night or Tuesday, unit
other of the unexpected climatic
changes takes place and more favor'
able conditions for other brands of
weather prevail.
The local weather observer, whether
you believe It or not, says that rain or
snow will probably fall Monday night
and Tuesday will be clear. Also, lhat
as the conditions indicate colder weath
er Tuesday may be clear and cold and
the foggy dampness of the past few
days will give way ro
(noting weather.
Excessively high temperatures pre
vailed In this section Saturday night,
Sunday and 8unday night, while a bat
tle between "highs" and "lows" was
on down about the gulf coast and Gal
veston. A queer combination of at- • pre
moepherlc conditions prevailed In that day
' less grouch-pro-
Monday morning, because th
were slow In coming In to
bureau. It was not until
o'clock that (he chart daily v
for the public. Considerable
tat Ion wan reported froth th*
with the heaviest at Knoxvll
1.64 Inches was recorded.
Sunday night the official
climbed up as far as 71 degi
temperature has been rising
since the Cold spoil, which
waning since but Thursday,
cury Thursday was at 36 degre
day it had risen to 49; Satunl
It was at §€, and Sunday night
the maximum of 72. In 1890 tl
est temperature for Xovemh
registered at this station wan
HiKnnl*
eady
dpi-
Ttu
Fri-
nlglit
10th, when the record
at M, at which time t
clear and a southwest
Ing.
The Indication* M
• • ■ ii.tr th-- 111•• i i tj
to drop gradually and
weather would prevail
will probably remain <
ntll a higher bar
■it In
nl-
nlght
•* wmthei
for a da>
l<- prt*HMuri
fall Mot-
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