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l’HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
*'1:1 DAY. XOVKJJBfJI
13
(Jntermeyer Has Pre
pared Case Against
insurance Men.
Police Commissioner
Starts a Rigorous
Investigation.
See York. Nov. 30.—Samuel enter, j
meyer. rounwl for the Internationa! j York. Nov. So.—Police-Comiuts-
p.ilies' Holder*' committee, which has today began a most
„ ticket In the fleld for trustees of the , < !™ u " ,nVM tl*nll.->n, It was repotted
Xcv. York Life Insurance Company lo 1 ’“•"htiai'ter*, Into certain particu*
upp.nl;Ion to the administration tlckst ! a ‘ ; acls which have developed In te
ll preparing a case against sontt off* sr ‘’ 10 ,Ue charges on which Enrico
the company* officials In which he | 1 '■«» arrealad, ahd also ordered
Will charge that ballots have been j >he police to dm! Mrs. Adam Stanhnhe
fatged In. groat number* and voted lot the • ;irr. Graham" who ra.
the aimlnlstration candidates, i charge. made the
‘ The renewed search for Mrs. Htan-
: hope v.as for the purpose of a police
Inquiry, It was said, and not to prepare
a ense against Uaraao, to be presented
jin court fallowing the great tenor's
j appeal.
; The pjiice commissioner himself
! tvants to question the woman, accord*
, Ing (» today's report.
It was learned today that Adam Stan-
i the woman's husband, Informed
| his counsel. Leonard Bronner, of 309
.. M Broadway, In tvhove employ Mw. Stan-
Frank \\. Patterson, warrant clerk tn ; hope was formerly, that Jeremiah Me-
to* city comptroller'.-, offlre. has re* \ I'&rthv. the only witness which corrob-
turned, after an absence i f ten day* In ; orated Policeman Gann's story In court,
(’allfnnla. wat not In the monkey house when Ca-
Mr. Patterson left ostensibly to go to mso was arrested, nor Immediately
Sr.il Francisco. Incidentally, he stopped before. timl tnat he did not appear as
over in Los Angeles for a few da vs. a .7*^ "* lintl * 1)10 P° llc ® In dim*
i"'“.m 1 wui 1 h m'."*'0”le n M “ joncT’', 1 ? ! V P ? U “' ‘ Tmmlsslonsr also wants
S.iip nun Miss Ut.le M. Jones, of t» Inveslignte the statement of Mrs.
Stannope, that t’aptaln Stephenson told
leporto her sr.c need not kIcc her real name
• : and need not appear in court.
CARUSO, FAMOUS TENOR, LEAVING COURT
AT THE CLOSE OF'HIS RECENT TRIAL AND
CONVICTION FOR INSULTING A WOMAN
>* Anffelc*.
Incidentally. Mr. Patterson
hat lm forgot to go to 'Frlsct
SAYS SHE WAS DRUGGED
WHEN WEDDED MIZNER
Widow of Charles
Yerkes to Sue For
Divorce.
New Volk. Nov. 3u.—Wilson M toner
"as indignant today when Informed
that his wife, Mrs. Charles Ye'rkcs-
Mlrner. was to Institute proceedings
f'»r rMvorce. alleging that she had beer
drugged at the time o? the marriage.
'There will be a sensation yet unless
thssc lawyers keep out of our affairs,”
*ahl Mtoner. ‘Ut . will he up to me to
make a few statements shortly. an*l
"hen I do cut loose I'll tell some things
dirt'll make these lawyers wish they
1;hiI kept Inactive."
Representatives of Mrs. Mlzncr. who
h nenk and III in Chicago as a result of
n ojics of »|/erAtlons, were In New
! York today, it was learned by the
, Heurst NVv.s Service, to get deposi
tions from witnesses of her marriage to
Wilson Mtoner, as the first step in a
s'Uit for divorce.
Mrs. M toner. through her attorneys,
has now made the startling charge that
she waa • drugged when she married
M toner.
It liar been learned that a most Im
portant deposition from one of the wit*
nesses of the marriage In Neu* York has
already been secured by one of Mrs.
Yerkes-Mtoner's lawyers. This lawyci
Is Willlatp H. Johnson, of Chicago. Tie
found the witness, who Is an actor in
Allentown. Pa. After getting this wit*
ness’ sworn statement he formulated
the charges which Mrs. Yetkes-Mlxner
is prepared to make as the basis of hot
suit for divorce.
This Is Mrs. Yerkes’ statement:
“I am Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes, If you
wiil. I will never be called Mrs. Wilson
Mtoner again—never. I care nothing
for him: he has brseeched me to take,
him buck. I found the horrible mis
take I have made. The /nan was aft*?
my money. I am done with him for
ever."
BLA CK CREPE HANGS
FROM OFFICES AND
TERMINAL STATION
Railroad Men Mourn Death of Great Head
of Great System—Officials Hurry to
Washington to Assist in Funeral.
Local ticket offices — .... Pi—.—— _ .
the big Atlautn Toruihml 8t.itUrn were?* 1 *'' Joined ftt Lnhi, On., by llnmp McV..
.broadal In ..rape K»Ms, ».-min* In honor
of lb. memory of Samuel R. S|w»oer. pro.- ] 1o in arranging Ibc mini delnll,
Idout of the Houthern railway, ahccc tragic | of the faucial,
dentil In a wreck on his own toad Thursday I .Other high officials
details
the HontUeni In
morning shocked the entire country. ' ! *53 A f min'frow
— * *'* On this
prt
the
Employees of a local undertake;* works ^
until late Thursday night draping the new i train'was C» IL Aekeii/fourl..
ticket office. of tbo Mcnthern In tbs Peter., dent Slid K^nornl uwnsr-r ef the Southern.
amt other officials who had been out on the
lllit t r» Whan . Infbrntail Af tl,n
building, und the black and whit
on the windows ami doors tells of the gen
uine sorrow of th? officials and employees
lu the !<** of the president of the com
pany. The Incident has caused a complete
pall to perrade every office of this system,
mid only bustuess of direct Importance Is
Mitchell street l»c draped In mourning fAr
President Spencer. Hundreds of yards of
black and white doth have been used for
this purpose on tbo big building.
Officials Go to Funeral.
J. 8. B. Thompson, general agent of the
outliern In Atlanta, and Hamuei P. Inman,
a director of the Southern, left at noon orer
Mobile division. When • Informed of the
death of the president of the road they
gave up all business and returned to the
capital city.
Delayed trains Nos. 35 and 37. due In
Thursday, were taken off and the schedule
the
ofiS!
■■■■PHHHhs trains wore
brought Into Atlanta on Friday's regular
No. ». doe to arrive at 3:S0 a. m. Tills
train nrrtved at the AtlantA Terminal Sta
tion at 7:56 n. lu. Only a few passengers
thetr^nmcT.
coimdetdy suspended on the
could pats.
will Im» run
regular schedules
tbi h
officials here think that
as it
be -
CLASSMATES LOVED HIM;
JUDGE BEN HILL TALKS
OF SPENCER'S SCHOOL DA YS
MAN LYNCHED BY GUIDES
FOR A TTACKING A WOMAN;
CULPRIT HANGED TO TREE
Albany. N. Y.. Nov. 2u.—Reports of
«•> alleged sensational lynching which
r,) »<v place, forty miles from Tupper
i.ai c junction are brought hero by a
."am of hunters Just returned from
north woods.
According to the accounts given by j him up.
the hunters, a native attempted to mis
treat the wife of one woodsman. Her
•creams and cries for help brought to
the scene several guides.
It Is said that the Infuriated guides
took the culprit to n trt-e and strung
INDUSTRIES CHARTERED
DURING I HE PASI WEEK
SPENCER’S DEATH
IS A GREAT LOSS,
of r
cub lent 8a mad Hpeijeer,
In* terrible manner in
s shocked me ns it bit:,
•aid Governor Terrell
ORGANIZED LABOR
EXPRESSES GRIEF
10
'•Tito deal
ami particularly
which It came, bn
all Htif country,"
Friday.
*ile wag n wonderful man: one of iht
grent mejitul giants Industrially of our
dnv. Of coarse, the vast system over
nhlH. hi, wulu, prnMjst *>,'»«?I “on behalf ot ihe Atianm IVdcrnUon
but there I, no piliiMylti* that he will be of Tradee. lepiesentlng the labor or-
' *nnl*atlon* of title clt.v. we extend to
•Buell, Itoritu. 1 .,.,,,11,. ...,,
Picture from d snapshot of Big-
nor Enrico Caruso leaving York-
vllle court at the close of Ills trial
on It charge of Insulting Mrs. Han
nah Graham lit Central park. The
picture shows the tenor carrying
one of the many bouquets sent to
him by friends during the proceed-
Inns. At the bottom Is a court
sketch showlnsr Cnruso weeping
when his counsel, ex-Judge Ultten-
hoeffer. In summing up his case,
declared that tho singer tvns the
victim of a police plot.
ATLANTAN ’8 STORY
OF AWFUL WRECK
Continued From Pags One.
'No. f was not a chtseuiatc of I'resldcul
Samuel Hpeueer. but 1 was nt the Univer
sity «f the same thm* ttud knew him well,"
aaid Judge It. li. Hill Friday lu reply to n
query*
••President Speuepr belonged to the cI.ihs
of 1SG7, while l.graduatiHl III ISflD. Tl*it. ns I
•ay. I knew him Inrtmntetly. and lilt U«*«th
has proven a profound shock to me. Hr
stood first Ju ids graduating class, which
was an achievement because there were
many brilliant young fellows In tuat class.
"Krorybody lu college lov«wl Hain Spencer,
and oven then a great career was predicted
for him. If Is ttiiiid was clear. logical and
brilliant. We believed* great things of him.
mid none who were In college nt tbst time
were surprised afterwards when 8am 8pen-
reln toward the g:»u
Went of the country. ...........
ally by Ids native state, and the dsrelop-
went nud prosperity of Georgia, particu
larly. delighted him. 1 sincerely mourn Ids
tragic and untimely death."
Mr. John l\ Fort and Mr. Frank B. Kills,
of Atlanta, were classmates of President
Rpenccr.
STUDENT'S OF UNIVERSITY
MOURN SPENCER'S DEA TH
ill miss him i
2 d -a n -- on ,hr um,mp|y
nriprlcH of the South'
his wife mid son
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS
nothing until he found himself In tlic
Atlanta man's state room.
Cer Cut In Two.
The private cor was cut completely
In two parts anil the sides were
dragged along and then plied high In
the nlr ugalnst the roach preceding the
private car. So high In the nlr tvns
tlilH wreckage piled that when he first
went out of Ills car Into the dim curly
morning light Mr. Cuestn thought It
tvao a water tank.
Eventually the progress of the flumes
w as stopped by the arrival of «n engine
from Lynchburg, which drew the
coaches not already on lire away from
the wrecked engine and burning bag
gage car.
Mr. t'ucstn now ha, a large lump
on Ihe side of Ills bend where ho wus
The Atlanta Federation..of Trade* hit by the falling gins* globe nnd Ills
joins In the mourning for President wrists were somewhat sprained when
Spencer. At a called meeting of tho h . c ,' va " thrown through the door of hl»
executive committee tVcdneadbv elehi ’ ,,a,r ,Ic "old. however, that he
executive committee "ennesauj night wgK nol at „„ hurt AIK| whan ,„lklng
resolutions of regret were adopted and n) ,„ut the wreck he tried to minimise
the following telegram of sympathy the work of rescue that lie did and/was
extremely modest hi Ills recital.
“One thing that Impressed me.’' said
Mr. Cuesta, “uas the manner In
which Ihe negro porters who were not
hurt ucted. They did nothing nnd ap-
pen red too horrified and dnsed to assist
•In the work of rescue. What was done
nt first was done by the passenger,
and the train crew."
Message to Wife.
As soon as he could get to u tele
graph station Mr. Cuostu sent a mes
sage to hi* wife telling her ho was safe
Special to The Georgian.
Athens. Oa., Nov. So.—The faculty
and students of the University of Oeor.
gla mount President Samuel Spencer’s
death. On account of the Thanksgiv
ing holiday no official action was taken.
Chancellor Barrow says that the facul.
ty will meet to arrange for appropriate
exercises. The chancellor soys Mr.
Spencer tvas one of the most generous,
loyal and distinguished sons of the uni
versity.
FIRST RAIL VIA YPRESIDENT
KILLED ON HIS OWN ROAD
President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern railway, who was hilled
on Thanksgiving day at Lawyers, Vo.. In it wreck, was the first railroad
president In the history of railways In the United States who met death
In an accident on Ills own road.
, «’«* sent to Mr*. Spcnccr:
•O foewsnt "Mrs. Samuel Spencer. Netv York:
» luiwnil** “I In twxls.rlf Ailo.ito l.'.wL.w. I I
SISTERS OF MR. SPENCER
LEA VETO AI TEND FUNERA L
j you ami your family our slncerest nym*
V PPROPR1 VTTOM ' men under his control found him al-
A AiY/A iUiii iVii wavs i-pfldv to listen to nn iLtmoul nml
Continued From Pago Ons.
-The
•Special to The Georglun.
''hattanoogn, Tenn., Nov. 30.-
» r 'v Industries established In thr
Swuhern states during the week are
"hoivn by the attached list reported P>
Th’ Tradesman through authentic
' Ismaels, The list does not Include the
brer list of small Industries which,
In ihe aggregate, arc a very con*ld<yw
kb Item In the progress of the South,
Tho Tradesman'
a* follows?
Alabama.
'"man's Store—310.0V0 lumber mill.
Birmingham—|«,l)00 lumber com-
batty.
, North Carolina.
! Morrisvllle—JUS,000 cotton mill.
Tarboro—IS“.»00 land company,
j U'ndesli'iio—ISO,000 hind coiiiprinj - .
| Staley—(35,000 chair factory.
Bessemer City—Cotton mill,
j Gold 11111—31.000.000 mining com-
I pan}'.
South Carolina.
Marlon—350.000 lumber company,
rimers—jto ooo lumber company,
i Spartanburg—110,000 development
list for the week Is I company.
Tenntscss. ,
Chattanooga—35,000 wood fiber plus
ter company.
Nashville—320,000 land company.
John.Min city—Lumber company.
Paint hock—310.000 flume and trana-
•k rtnilon company.
' Bull’s Gap—35.000 canning factory.
Memphis—315,000 lumber end inarm
factoring company: 330,(toe lumber
company.
Harrlman—320,000 lumber an.! mm
Ing company.
Bristol—$15,0*0 bottling works
(’llnton—3S.000 bottling works.
Georgia.
Ailanta—330,000 mining company:
' “i.oon wheel factory; mining com-
i 1 'ty: $30,000 leather company.
' iikustB—3100,000 fertiliser factory.
1 a' rencevllle—310,000 guano fact 'ty.
tlhan.v— Laundry. *
1 ulumbus—Bottling works.
• - \"ive*lor-—Telephone, syelcm.
t'KXTRAL RAILWAY j 0 "' 0RO | J n‘CHARLOTTE 0 REVIVAL
>IAV ffiV5% T 0 ^hSiT'srrrw. IT-—The
ROAD I O MAtUft rival sen-ices being rondumed by Ke\.
• — \v. K. Walker, of Atlanta. In the 3’lrst
{ Baptist church here, are attracting'
' large number* of people of all denomi
nations, and Ihe Interest Is Increasing
i*{'“cbd to The Georgia"'
Macon. Ga„ Nov. 30.—The central
"dlway will double track between t)t!s
»nd Atlanta at a very early date.
It Is stated.
This InrorQiatl <p comes pretty
*' 1 .tight, and the work will be started
J"'! as soon is necessary arrangement.',
'»(: be made.
h Is pnderstood that the surveying
1 V ty has already started from Hope-
v II". eight miles this side of Atlanta.
■""I will make Its way to this city as
i : Mdly as possible.
COLONEL EDWARDS BETTER:
HE MAY NOW RECOVER.
*' "."1 lo The Georglsn.
, - '(.Timali, Ga.. Nov. St.—t'oloiicl BdwstUs,
' 'her .if linn. Charles ti. Edwards, who
•slued n fraetnre of Ids I"- several (lays
•I- nfur several weeks sti
*“i 1st a permauebt nipple.
Rev. Lon G. Broughton, of Atlanta. ,i
expected to arrive soon to take up the
work which has been Inaugurated l»
his co-laborer.
WORK TO BE STARTED
W ON MONTREAT HOTEL.
.Special lo The Gcoigtao.
Charlotte, N. (’.. Nov. 30.—Dr. J. It.
Hone non, ot tbl* city, who I* at the
head of the Monlreat Mountain Asso
ciation. has returned front that place
and announces that work will soon be
started on the handsome new hotel and
open-air auditorium and that the com-
tt.lttee In charge has selected as super-
Inttndem of construction John Hill,
formerly of Norfolk, w ho I" the builder
„l 1 of n ntmtbcr ot church edifices In title
*eciiuii.
prodiiction In tho twenty rltlts
upon by Mr. Hall."
Expert Engineer.
Thto led to the discussion of the ' system
feasibility of having on electrical and
mechanical engineer look into then*
matters nnd determine Just what tin.'
cost of production would be here, and
for how much the cKv could furnish gu »
to consumers.
•Tills," said Alderman Qullllan. Tn :*
business proposition, not a politic*! one.
If wo can furnish or produce gas cheap
er than the private company, then Jt’r
up to us to make an effort to do so. If
wo can't, we might Just ns well let it
alone." , , ...
Alderman Key concurred In this. Hay
ing that If Investigation showed the gun
companv was furnishing light as
cheaply’ms could the city, why there
was nothing else to be done.
••If on the other hand/ said Mr. Key.
••the investigation proves tho contrary,
then we have something definite •-
death of your husband. .Mr, h'amuel
Spencer, whom we admired In life and
now mourn In death.
(Signed) “JEROME JONES,
"President."
There was always friendliness be*
tween President Spencer and the lead* -
cm of the unions. The organized work- (nna well and she got this telegram be*
fore the extra editions of the newspa*
pern reached her telling of the wreck.
Another to think of hto fatally imme
diately was tho private secretary, and
ns soon as his burned hands and face
hud been bandaged by Mr. Cuestu, he
called for a telegraph blank and sent
messages to his wife *. nfi mother.
T have traveled all over the United
States." concluded Mr. Ouesta, “and
have been In Europe und all over the
West Indies, but this wreck was the
worst I ever saw, und ! trust 1 shall
never experience such rights again. My
only regret is that my stout friend und
myself wore not able to get the body to
which that protruding hand belonged
out of the debris before the fire drove
way* ready to listen to an appeal nnd
received courteous treatment at Ids
hards. If ho could not always accede
to the demands of the union, at least
he acted squarely with organizations.
The telegram sent by the federation
expressed the feeling of organized la
bor toward the ^rreat head of a great
SEND MESSAGE OF
Mr*. -Frank E. C’sllowfty, of Atlanta, and
Mrs. Stanford K, Moses, iislf-slsters of
President Samuel Spencer* left Atlanta on
Thursday tiff ftt for Washington to attend
Ida funeral. Mrs. Moses Is the wife of
Lieutenant Moses of the United Htstes ntry
and wo* visiting her sister, Mrs. Cslloway,
when the new* of I'reslUeut Spencer'*
destli ws* received.
. Frauk K. Galloway, husband of Mrs. Cab
luwny, haa ticen Identified with the railroad
business for a number At yean, until n*
••ently, when be Iwcame assorlatvl wit u
Oliver brother*, construction contractor*.
Mr. and Mrs. Calloway live on East Four-
FEAR OF CAUSING WRECK
DRIVES MAN TO SUICIDE
Cincinnati, Ohla. Nov. 30.—Constant fear that lie would make a mis
take that would cause a wreck and death to man)-, drove James Oliver
I’afe. ngedMO, day foreman in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad yard, to
blow his brain* out.
SAM'L SPENCER'S DEATH
BRINGS SORRO WTO MA CON
Tin* following lut* bei*n uitdre«*od t«* Mr*.
Samuel Spencer, New York city, l»y the of
ficer* of the Atlnutn innciiiiiiMt*;
Allautti Lodge No. I, International Asso
us a way.
Mr. Cuesta has been a citizen of At
lanta for over twenty years, although
his business Interests are In Havana
t nnd Tampa, Fla. fie is n native of
Hpuin, but he has lived In America for
many years. He is well .known tn At
lanta. especially among M^ttc Hhrin*
era mid Elks.
work on: we have a foot^nff und can » ^intlou of Machinist*, in nevsiou. Instructed
proceed to take steps looking to muni* - «officers to convey to yon anil yonr family
«~-.i n' the ra* and electrl. t|ie!r sincere sympathy nud condolence in
your bereavement In the death of your
husband. Mr. Samuel Spencer. We knew
him n* «»ur friend in life and Join with you
in mounting Id* death.
• II. F. GAItflBTT, President,
T\ II. EAVES, Secretary."
The iiinchlnlst* met TliurtMlay night lit
the hall of •!)•• Atlanta Federation of l«*ilK»r.
I pal ownership of the g^s and elect!*!-
lighting plant."
Among those present were Attorney
E. Rosser and Mr. H. I*. Parry,
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Aiken. 8. l\. .Nov. ft).-On Wednesday
evening Ihe mush- hall of the Academy wa*
filled to it* capacity with n iuo*t Apprcrhi.
tiro audience, which came to wltm*** the
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ttfsHdal to Tho Georgian.
Macon, tin.. Nov. 30,—President Hauiuol
Spencer of tho Hon Hum railroad, who was
killed In » rn 11 road accident yesterday
inot'iiluz near Itlchiiioiid. Vn„ was very
well known Iti Mncou, and hi* death cuiimhI
a great *l»m*l; to tho IndUMtrlal circles of the
dry. To many ot tho railroad men of Ms*
psuy with President J. F. Jlaavni of tho
Centrnl of (Jeonris ratlrosd. Presldeut Usu-
son arrived lu Macon last Octolwr, leaving
President Kpencer (n Now York city. While
on this tour the two railroad rnagu.it
visitiHi many of, the famous Europesu cap-
ItnlM nnd spent * most pleasant summer.
He la Nat K. Uarri*. of this city, wa* al«M»
a very norm friend of President fipencei*.
The two went through the Ihilverstty of
Prica of Lights Rsduetd.
Special to The Georgian.
Charleston. 8. i’., Nov. 30.—Charles
ton will have cheaper lights ns a re*
suit of action taken by city council. I y
which n substantial reduction, both In
electric nml gn» rates, has been agreed
to by the local light corporation. Gua
will ultimately be furnished at $1.25 n
thousand feet from $1.«3, the present
rot*..
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
AFTER RASH OEEO.
' F,)*h1jiJ to The Georgian.
, N.iv.iunah. Cis., Nov. 3J.—J. It. Clifton,
who was shot by bis wife three times
through the l»ody yesterday afternoon be
cause he came home intoxtcatci) after in.
oyster roast given to the uniformed rank
Knights of I'ythlas yesterday. Is Improve !
today, ond It Is believed L
Mrs. riifton attempted
was locked up.
will rvcc
clde
nd *!u
The
SOUVENIRS TONIGHT
New London, t'onn.. No,. 3*. ___ .
la-f as.i train from New London to AFTER THE THEATER
Battlehorn. Vt., known a* the “boat j
— - - train." while runnlmr nt high speed. I AT THE NEW KIMBALL
of Th. Georglsn alone, which Is only “ n °P , ’ n ""“ ch nt Mwwrtlle |
34.50 per year. Take advantage : early today and collided with n freight PALM GARDEN, THE I
The Oeorglah clubbing offer. You can | train standing on the siding.
get The Jeffersonian CWntson's new i ►Irerflen Gretr. of New London, wa* MOST POPULAR PLACE !
magazine) and Tho Georgian one year j f* und dead under Ihe owl In (ho tender.
- — Georgian,, 'f hla engine, hi* body (wing horribly I jjj ATLANTA
each for the price of The Georgian,,
34.5'). Dv it now.
crushed.
FLAGMAN WAS SENT BACK
TO WA RN ON COMING TRAIN
Regarding the Southern' wreck Thursday near Law/ >rt=. Va„ in u-falch
President Baniuel Spencer and .seven other |ier«n;i* met death. General
founsel Thotn. of the Southern. In an official statement, says that when
Mr. Spencer's train tva* about ten mile* south of Lgmchltutg drf.. tlv.
eoupIlnK broke and the train parted.
"A* soon :i* the accident was discovered.” Alt. Thom lay*, “the engl-
neer stopped and sent out a flagman to warn train No. 37. The il
man. going back, met tho train, but as It was on » downgrade It was
late for the engineer to *top It tnd the locomotive crashed into Mr. S[ en-
cer's ear with very tittle of Its velocity reduced.
"5Vhy the signal was given lo No. SJ that th# block v : we
hnv.- thus far been unnble to secectaln, but that •# a matte, whh h Is
Ing Investigated."
M