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VOL XLIII. NO.-90- NEWBERRY. S. 0. TUESDIAY. 0Coro0B W-j" 30. 190..TIEAWE.S.0AYA MANY PASS.R.GERS FIND WATERY GRAVE ELEOTRIO TRAIN FALLS FROm TRESTLE INTO THIRTY FEET OF WATER BELOW. Until Oars' Are Pulled From Water the Exact Number of Dead Will Not Be Known, But May Exceed Eighty. Atlantic City, N. J., Oct.' 28.-A railroad accident that was even worse than the Meadow wreck of July 30 1896,'senk about 80 people to t a sud den death this afternoon, catching them like rats in a trap. The cars of the 1.30 electric train of the West Jer. soy and Seashore railroad lines du< here at 2.30 jiimped the track on tle, trestle bridge over the thoroughfare and before aiiy one could get out they were hurled to a watery grave. The trestle is about 15 feet above the wat er the drop to the water requiret several seconds, giving time for the passengers, men, women and childreu to see and calculate their fate. The entire city was thrown into a state of excitement as.the news reach ed town about 2.30 o'clock; a fev minutes after the disaster happened Fully 5,000 people crowded the Mead ows and the trestle, many relative: and friends crying out in despair asking for loved ones. Chief of Po lice Maxwell had a cordon of polic< swuing around the death circle, and Chief Black of the fire departmen called out his men on an emergenc call and made ftem police te'mporar ily. Seven Bodies Recovered. There were seven bodies recovered up to 7 o'clock tonight, ana the wrecking train is now at work try ing to hoist the submerged ears fron the water, where fully 70 lead bodie: must be entombed. The accident was due to a rai ''turning in.'' It appears that the rail, which was an outside one on the right aInd s'ad S u'%. kti. d n, mu1. have been out of plumb about at eighth of an inch. The sharp flangc of the electric train caught this and twisted inwards. Had it spread in stead of twisting inwards the acci dent never would have happened. ThiE twist threw the first car off the track, and into the water. The result was that the second, an< third cars were dragged with it, ane while the third car was descendinp the rear portion struck a piece of tht abutment, hung for a short time, am then slid into the water. Ib1 this *brief stop saved several lives. number of men and a few wonien leap ed clit of windows and the rear dom either into the water or caught hol< of a post and were rescued. It waF stated that fully 80 to 100 passengerE were aboard, mostly all crowded intc the first and second ears. These ar entombed. Among the passenuer were 20 men of the Royal~ Artiller band, wuhmo were. on their way hera from Philadelphia. One or two o: the bodlies of the bandmen were recov ered early in the afternoon. ~.Vent Down With Train. M~'ortorman Scott wvent down witl his train. Conductor Curtis als< perished. The thbird trainman, Brake man WVood, proved himself a hero When the train left the rails anm bumping over the ties Wood ran t< the rear' door' of the last car', threwv i wide open and held it for the pas sengers to escape. HIe held the doo open uin'il the car slid off the bridg< and wvent into the water with it. H then swam to the shore. His actio1 in hmoldng the door open probab; saved many lives. When the third car dropped int< the water Henry Roomer was in thi act of crawling from a windowv. Free ing himself with an effort and being i strong swimmer Roemer~ set about ta help others. Swimming along the sidi of the fast sinking car, lhe kicked on the glass and thus gave several pas sengers an opportunity to escape. One man was caught inl a window and wai drowned before he could extricati himself. The accide-it v:'se witnessed b; many people and resceie work wa: prompt. Strong swim! 'ra endeaver * o dive to the subn irged cars: search of bodies, but so strong % the tide that they were forced to i sist. Professional divers were th secured. But even they were unal to do anything against the tide tl1 swirled around the sunken coaches. An Italian named Marco Bona w rescued from the third car, but di from his injuries. Boats soon swarm about the spot where the cars we down, thei- location being marked the tops of their trolley poles. Liberated Passengers. Cha. Kessler, a merchant, was t first on deck and displayed a c head. He secured an axe, jumped top of the submerged car and beg to black thle roef to liberate thie i prisoned passengers. The task w a difficult one and he was unable rescue many. He managed to some women out and above water. C. Smith of Newfield and A. R. K ley of Jeffersonville, N. Y., .who w< passangers on the train got off Pleasantville for no other reason th ihat something told them to char their minds about coming to Atlan City. About'15 people got off at Plei antville, said they, and nearly -many more got aboard. They si fully 100 passengers were on I train, a great many women. Jo Eades of 112 Bay street, this city, parlor ear man, was on the train a escaped by erawling through a w dow of the rear ear and swimml ashore. The old man who attends th3 brid in speaking of the accident, declai that the bridge had been opened abc three minutes before the tvain ca: alonm, A yacht passed through. ] says that lie saw that the bridge - properly closed and that the tra< were inspected. He canndt expli why the rails spread as they did. An Unidentified Woman. Aiong the dead at the hospital y an unidentified woman wearing wedding ring marked ''T. P. P. to N. G.'' and two diamond rings a a pearl ring. She wore a white wai black shirt, new shoes, and is app -n0v j1hout 30 years old. A man lying at the hospital is na ed Vincent, residence unknown, w a fractured skull. He is in a dyi condition. Oreste Ray Meatielle, st posed to be a resident of Atlan City, is also at the h'ospital badly jured. Coroner Gaskill personally hurri to the scene and made a minute vestigation of the twisted track a the territory and will summon a ji tomorrow to hold an inquest. Pro, eutor F. Pleassot Abbott was also the ground to search for any crimit negligence on the )art of the railro company. At the big hotels, where frier and relatives are staying, there much anxiety. One of the rescurers at work on I top of a subnmerged ear discovered woman 's jewelled hand sticki through the roof ventilator. He wol ed heroically to get her body, a finally succeded in drawing through the aperture. It has not beeni identified. Helped to Safety. .J. S. D)eFord, a railroad man, sav man clinging to the trestle crying help 'ri succeeded by crawling aio the edge of the brige and reachi .down in pulling him safely up. 'I man was cut and bruised and dcclir to give his name. The wrecking tra will work all night, trying to hoisti submerged cars. The train consisted of three of new electrie ears with whbeh the rec m has been equip)ped. The line is op1 ated by the third rail system. 'I trains began running a mouth a replacing the steam trains. When the rear ear of the tra caught on the abutment on the brid where it hung plosied for a minu there was a frantic rush of the p songers for the rear door. Probal a score or more g.ot out and asi ear plunged over it. :3 , 1thers he: ed into tha -.va.ar. The last car tI went ovei I' ':ridge fell upon I others and sti ,rid off into I wm. TI e .' m:a~: dev.~ h e ve'.', gave several pa enger~ vportunity to Nap in to thewa fore the cm. was firna:!y subhmerged. -' A Camde.. physician, whmos' am as wife, are believed to be among thh [C- (lead. el Running at High Speed. Ile When the train left the rails, it was at running at a high speed, according to some persons, as fast as 40 miles an as hour. ed Although the work of rescue was ed begun immediately the recovery of the nt (lead was retarded by lack of facilities by and the quick upproach of darkness. Not tntil daylight tomorrow will the full extent of the tragedy become lie knowii, and not until then can any iol real headway be made in recovering on and identifying the dead. It is believ an ed that at. low tide, the ears will be n- only partly submerged. A wrecking as crew 1111d divers are endeavoring to to lift the submerged ears, but results et are not looked for until tomorrow. T. Details as to just how the terrible Dl- accident occurred are vague. A com re plete circumstantial story cannot be at obtained from any one of the pas an sengers as yet. Two equses have beei ge assigned for the derailment of the Lie train. One is that the rails spread and the other that tlho rails were not ls- properly locked when the draw as bridge was closed. tid The mai who may best, be able to he tell what caused the accident is Dan hn iel B. Stewart, the bridge tender. ,a Stewart, however, is in no condition nd to talk tonight. He is 65 years old. in- He was the only person who wit ng nessed the plunge of the train with its human cargo from a close point ot ge vantage. The scenes which followed e d caused him to lose his reason and ut wilen he was found hours afterwards, me he could not tell a rational story. lie as OFFICIALS SAY DEAD ks WILL NOT EXCEED 57, till Pefnsylivania Railroad Makes State& nent Concerning the Accident pas Near Atlantic City. a Philadelphia, Oct. 28.-At 10.13C *I o'clock tonight the Pennsylvania rail. road made a statement showing that st, according to information received x ir- ere not more than 57 of fie SO per Sons on thle train lost their lives in m- the Atlantic City accident. ith The Statement follows: n0 ''Electric train No. 1065, consistim P of three coaclics, which left Camden Lic Ii at 1 p). M., left Pleasantville on time and running at a speed of about 20 miles an hour, left the rails at the west end of the drawbridge over the n- Thnrougifare near Atlantic City at n about 2.25 p.^m., and 4plunged into the water. The first two cars werei en tirely submerged and the third cat oil partially subneirged 'with ithe rear end resting on the cribbing under the ad darwbridge. The drawbridge wP.1 ds fouid properly closed and locked, the signal showing a clear movement. The track was in good condition and until lie the calls can be raised out of the wat er, it is not possible to determine the cause of the accident. It. was neces sar'y to procure divers before the train could lbe raised and1( thIese are inow working on the wreck. Divers not being available in At lanutic Cit y, they 'thad to b)e procnred from Camden and Philadelphia. ''General Manager' At terbuiry, with ai a force of assistants, is on tIhe ground or and every effort possible' is being ng made to remnove the cars i rom the iig water and recover the bodies. It. is 'lie hoped with the removal of thle care ed that a critical examination of the in equipment can beo made so t hat the he cause of the accident may be deter. lmed. he ''All possible effort is being made ad to learn t.he names of the p)assngers or-- on the train. The bodies when recov 'lie ered are beiing placed in charge of go, undertaikers to await identification. ''The equipment of the train is en din tirely new, having ini service but a efew weeks, and is believed to have te, been p)erfect in every p)articular. n- I''The traiin I .d, leaving Pleasant >ly Iville, 70 passenger,, s f whom 23 have he por accounted for - 1 ing safe, and *-it' believed that hseral more es tat eapedl. he ''The motorman, Walter t. Scott, hewas drowned. The conductor, J. 0. w-- Curtis, and the brakeman, R. B. 'm- IWood, escaped. i.'even bodies have --been rocovered. only one o ' nich, an * mployo, James Demj"e ,, oreman of is' car insp)ectors t.t 'Ja-. en has beon THE TREND SOUTHWARD. Figures Show Commerce Tending to South-The Hepburn Rate Bill Special Cor. Herald nd News. Washington, Oct. 29.-The trend of voimnerce toward the South is strik ingy illustrated by the statement of the Bureau of statistics giving the value of exports of breadstuffs for the first, nine ioniths of the present calendar year. During that time th6 total value of these exports t.hrough all the ports of the country was $130, 607,719, an increase over the corres ponding iponths last year of $43,601, 654. More than sixtythree per cent of this increasd was accounted for by shipments through the South Atlantic and Gulf ports. The total value of exports of breadstuffs through those' ports during tlie nine months this year amounted to $56,535,470, against $28, 876,743, an increase of $27,658,727, sliow1ing that the exports through the Southern porls had very nearly doub led as compared with list year. The net increase for all the Southern ports was 95.7 per cent, while for all the other ports of the country it was but 27.4 per cent. The Hepburn railroad rate law has now been in effect for two months, and some idea can be formed as to how it will work. There have not as yet been any formal proceedings be fore the Interstate Commerce Con mission uder the new law, but its principal object-that of doing away witli rebates and other forms of dis erimination bet.ween shippers has been fully accomplished by its mere enact ment. All of the reecni indictineuts and convictions for offenses of this character have been for acts commit ted prior to the enactment of the new law an(] have been under the Elkins act. Since the passage of the ILep. burin Iaw materially strengthening the Elkins act and imposing heavier pen alties oi both t he givers and benefici aries of rebates and discriminations neitlher the Interstate Commerce Com mission, the Dep rn 1-tnmen I (of J13siiie nor the Bureau of Corporations has been able to find a single ease in which a rebate or other favor has been either granted or solicited. It is realized that the Interstate Commerce Commission intends to enforce the Hepburn law and that It will have the support of public opin ion1 ill doing so, and the railroads are showing a disposition to Comply with all of its provisions as fast as they are interpreted by the Commission. The leading roads have been shown a willingness to co-operate with the Commission ill every way and the Commission has encouraged this atti tude and is considering the sugges tions of the experts of the roads as to rulings involving technical matters. An example of this is tihe (lecision of the Commission to appoint a commit tee of' exp)erts to confer with expert 11raffic mieni designlatedl 1by thle r'oads as to( thle reg.ulat ions to 1)0 mnade gov' erning thle filIinig anid posting of sche (dutles of rat es. It is impnlort ant that these regulat ionis shall reqyuire the schedules to be in such form t hat theuy can 1)e undecrstood1 by a man of ordi nary intelliiece and thle adlvice of these expeits, while it will not gvov ern t he act ion of' thle Coinmmisioners will enable them to proceed with miore intdlligence and to devise reguilations that will accomllishi thle object of the ha w wvhich is to enab)lle any shiipper or p)assenger to ascert ain any inate fmr hiimsel f. On thle whole, the niew law is b)eing put1 into effect with very lit tle friction or d1ist urbance of buisiness and the p)resent iindications are that i ' the ruling of thle Commission are madle so as to allow , the fnilest of commerciail liberty consistenit with the p)rotectionu of the rights of all shippers and passengers thme Hepburn law will prove a highly satisfactory solution of the p)rob)lem of governmental regu lation of transportation. The Census Bureau has published ain interesting rep)ort on the niunber of paupers in almsouses in the United States oin December 31, 1903. "'h! comp)arisons with the census .ugmues for 1890 and 1880. They show a de crease in the number of paupers jin p)roport on '0 thle tota lpopulation. The toaal . umhbe on 'nenemhe 3 1903, was 81,764 or 101.4 for each 100,000 of the total population, against 116.0 on June 1, 1890 and 132 on June 1, 1880. The Southern States, as a whole, make a much bet ter showing than any other section of the country, the number per 100, 000 in the Sout,h Atlantic States on December 31. 1903, having been 75.4, and in the Central Southern States, but 42.7. The porportion for the South Atlantic States would have been niuch smaller but for the high figures for Delaware and Maryland which were 145.9 and 131.7 respective ly. ii 190 (lie proportion'for the South A!Iaiitic States wa, 198 and for the Central Soulthern States 46. The lowest propoetion in any S lae in 1903 was 11) 1 in Louisiana, and the high est was 403.9 in Nevada. IT PUZZLED WILD BEASTS. Wire Fence in tho Woods Proved to Be a Trap.-Cow Moose Did the Trick and was Proud of It. Blue Sea Lake, Canada, October 20. --It is now three years since the com pletion of the railway through this part of Canada. When the first trains began to rim the wild creatures suf fered rather severely from their ig norance of the power and speed of the locomotive. Bela, deer hares and even birds used to b)e picked up every day by the section men. For the first few months partridges would stand in co veys withIin three or- four feet of handears, allowing the railway hands to shoot. them with revolvers. After tle first. twelve mouths the wild thine-s learned their lesson. Bearn were nOVt cauglit by the trains. I)eer were killed only when the fright'ied creatures got on the traeli 1111(1 rn between I lie shining raih ahead of .I engine, evidently afrai( to stoip aevoss the metals. Partridges learned that it was safest to fly out ot tle right of way soonl as the rumhk of approacling wheels wvas heard. Strangely enough the foxes, thougli suipposrd to be tbe most knowing ol forest folk, haive been slowest to find out file danger of (lie track. Three full grown) oles have been killed late ly on one section of the line, just about this place. A whole litter of young ones werv cut to pieces oin an upper portion ol the Iine near the Indian reserve. On1 two different occasions fine brushes or fox tails, have been picked up be tween the rails showing where foxer escaped, if they eseaped at all, willi great difficulty and considerable losa% lut none of lie alinials seems tc m1derstan"d lie philosophy of th meshed wire fences, which iuelose the track. 'I" head section man travel ling alon, "'' :-e of his hands on a hand car lately j.1 a tremendonw noise issuing from the fence, and up on thurning a sharp corner discovered lhe cause of a buck, wh'ich had thrust its for'efoot thIrough one of thue mneshe.s and contrived to get the lower straind tw iaed abont Iin suc'h a mainer that all his furious st ruggl ings could not release it. Aniinot her of' 3'. mneii found a sinmilair noise to be caus;ed lby iw fighting st aga, which were poking a way at each ot her Itrough the fene. At his approach one Ithem made ofr, but Itle othler hiad htis aniitIers st utck thIirough the wide opening near the top and could neitier wvi thIdrawi thlenm nor go forward before the man had p)ut, a long kni ft into his heart fr'om b)ehind1( the shoulder. Hunters find that many of the deerF have initjure d thieir foIrelegs b)y paing at these fences, in the at tempt to break a way through, as thle creat ur'et arc accust omed to foirce a passage through thle ('reepers and t angles oft their nat ive woodls. The curious p)art of it is that the deer ha~ve not the slight est (difficulty in .jumping over the fences when they desire to do so, though in the first few months nuim her's of them were -severely injured by leaping short, as though they could not see the height of the wire. The bears hearnedl to let the fence alonie and1( to cross when necessary by elimnping a stoult p)ost, though curuiou.s t!h'.ogs somet,imes happen when a fence is eneountered as they are hurrying awvay from danger. 1' instnce, a en.-,rge she ha. was running before the hunters with her cub when she came to the wire fence. The little follow scrambled through, under the influence of a gen tel cuffing from the old one. The mother herself made the mis take of trying to struggle through one of the large meshes, about two feet by nine inches. She forced her shoulder through and by that time had tdrn the fastenings out of the posts on either side of that panelling, making the fence sag, so that she could not get enough purchase upon them to smash the several wires. Instead she managed to get wedg ed into the mesh and to twist herself up so that she was found completely cauglt. when her pursiuers came along. The little chap was doing his best to help by hanging on to his mother forepaw with his teeth and endeavor ing to pull her through forcibly, for which attempted kindness he was re ceivilg anything blit thanks. There was another big, black follow who, being hard pressed, ran against tile wires with such vigor as to be sent back with considerable force by the rebound. As soon as he recovered his wits he essayed to clamber over the fence ladder style. Across tile top he fell, as has many a humnan animal, and in trying to save himself by his prehensile hand foot got (lhat twished through a mesh, so that !. hiumt head down. As lie strug gled to regain his equilibrium the siarp claws of tlie protrtiding hind foot. scratched his nleek anld hie snap wd v-iciously ai the offenlding mem ber, and when seckred and badly chewed his own foot. A curious thing iiwas noticed not far above Burbridge station on this line. A' A two-year-old cow Came up to a fence; apparently for the first time. Sle smelt, at the obstacle, pawed at it. tried squeezing her ungainly head through it, pushed hard against it and finally jumped easily and not un gram'cfully over it. 'I'ien she examined the wires fron that, side with great deliberation. For fifteen minutes or so afterward sht aimsed herself by leaping over it as speedily as possible. Whether this was done in derision or by way of piactice did not appear, but the grave solemenity with which she performed her gymnastic evereise made the per formnance the more amusing to the Onllookers. Tliis cow moose exhibited a good deal more common sense than did a big bull moose, who was thrown back with i a good deal of force as lie was swing)ing t an easy trotting gat through tIhe opeii hardwood busb. Witlhout waiting for investigation lie rushed savagely at. the obstacle, and litfting bothli feel brought them down witi trelen(lois force on the topmost wire. Thanksgiving in Paris. Iha rper 's Bazar. I[are you any idea of what is the Thanksgiving of the American resl don1t of I 'ar is? Let me tell you.. W4 have tiukey wi th cranberry sauco. The tnukey is stuiiffed with things wh ich 011ly thle Frenich tongue can defi no, and1( eranberry sauce is usually bough.IIt in a enn, readly-mnade, from aum' EluIish factory. St ill, it s real tur- e key, and the sauce( is fed with real cranberry skins in it, so that.we comn plain not. We are evenl glad and grateful, this, too, ini spite of the fact ) that we are commonly all widows and ~ orphlans-tempfllorarily- who assemble v to eat thme Thnsgvn dinner at J homie. Our husbands and( the fathers of our children are wont to grace thej (innerPl giveni by the American club " where e'very manil resident of ParIsLk Iwho is a true patint foes, burstinge with a sense0 of gratitgQboegd ( is a citizenl of thegra t ear ithI. To this dlinner are bidden eac year ai ecrtainu Inmber of innocent and'9 unmsuisp ectinjg Frenchmen, who ared; miadle to consume even larger quant1-9 ties of American eagle than of turd key, and who must go home sadi enou1gh if thev believe all that the spleakers of tihe evening tell thim ii o how Amermicamns are doh' 'iverth'n in thme world that is =or'th doing;a' I y. small affahs which tihe FrenPlb may still be0 carryhmig on, we tbc peo. ple of thle United Sta:es, shall ap~pro? pr'iiat# whenever we take the notiohQ