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FREIGHTS COLLIDE j And Crews of Both Engines ! Meet Horrible Death. I i IMPACT WAS TERRIFIC1 Victims Were Engineers Atkinson ' and Hamilton and Firemen Gen- i try and P.inson, All Old and Faithful W. & A. Employes. Jn a frightful head-on collision between freight trains on the Western and Atlantic road at 2:45 o'clock Monday morning ,at King's bridge passing, just five miles from Chattanooga, Tenn., the engineers and the firemen of both trains met instant death. Til /.? nnfti^DTlt hoC Tlrtt me cause ui uio mwuvuv u>w uV? .yet been ascertained, and will probably remain unknown until tbe road completes an investigation, which was begun Monday. < The dead are: W. P. Hamilton, engineer of freight train No. 8; R. H. Atkinson, engineer on freight train Ko. 13; Oliver A Gentry, fireman on "No. 13, and H. F. Pinson, fireman on &o. 8. In addition to the killed, four men were slightly injured. Immediately af"ter the accident fire broke out, which burned the body of Engineer Atkinson, and also burned,up one oar loaded with cattle. No. 13 was southbound for Atlanta, while the other engine was northbound. The two trains had approachrorr nftar to the Dassing point when the accident occurred. Just exactly how it happened is unknown. No. 13 was to have taken the switch, T)ut apparently failed to do so, and the real reason why the two engines ' smashed into each other may never he known, as both engineers and firemen are now beyond the power of an earthly investigation. After the collision the freight cars on No. 13 caught fire, and as there was no way of stopping the blaze they burned until the fire was satiated, eight cars being destroyed. In addition to these eight freight cars on No. 13, four cars on No. 8 were very badly damaged in the collision. Three of the men killed, Atkinson, Hamilton and Gentry, were residents of Atlanta. Pinson was a resident of Ellijay, Ga. OR. H. Atkinson was 43 years of fitra onrt had heen connected with the tt?v ***-~ railroad for the past nineteen years, and during that term of service had jnade a most enviable record, never liaving had an accident of any con sequence to take place. He leaves a wife and six children. W. P. Hamilton, aged 44 years, had *>een in the employ of the Western and Atlantic for the past twenty years and was one of the most competent and faithful engineers of the road. He leaves a wife and two children. Oliver A. Gentry was 36 years of age, and leaves a wife and three chilx ?dren. The unfortunate man jumped in an attempt to save his life, but rvas thrown under the train and his 2>ody cut in half. .1 MURDERER DRINKS P)OISON. . Hancock Escapes Gallows by Taking Carbolic Acid. Fred Leslie Hancock, murderer of Professor Jesse Troutman, who figured In a sensational trial for the crime at the v last term 01 me circuit court, committed suicide in his ceil in the Escambia county Jail at Brewton, Ala., Sunday by taking an ounce of carbolic acid. Hancock made his escape from jail May 9 and had just been recaptujed * In Kansas City, Mo. Sheriff Raney -returned to Brewton with him last Friday. He left a note in which he : said he was going where he would r receive a just trial, where only the r truth was told and where he would -.not be tried by the prejudice of the people. ICE MEN OUT OF JAIL. (Convicted Members of Trust at To* ledo Given Liberty on Bond. The circuit court at Toledo, Ohio, " tha wnrkhouse sen QSS buspcuuvu w?v _ tence of Messrs. Miller, Walters and Breining, the ice men, who have been :in jail for two weeks while their lawyers have been fighting to get their cases in the circuit court. Bond in the sum of $5,000 was furbished by each of the men. All of the convicted ice dealers have had rsentence suspended and are out on "bond. ON CHARGE OF LARCENY. Son of President of Nicaragua Is Ai* rested in Washington. Alfonso Zelayai son of the president of Nicaragua, was arrested In T Washington Thursday and locked In a cell at the first precinct station on c? warrant charging petit larceny. Mr. Zelaya recently was married to a jyoung lady in the city. BSiSfcs! * ^ - . \ \ * 'BRYAN STANDS READY ! To Answer Call of Democracy, But | Will Not Work for the Nomination?Writes Ex-Senator Jones. i j A Washington dispatch says: Former United States Senator James K. I Jones cf Arkansas, who was chairman of the democratic national committee when W. J. Bryan made his campaigns for the presidency In 1896 and 1900, has received a letter from Mr. Bryan in which he announces that he will accept the nomination for president for the third time if it is tendered to him. The letter is dated June 18 at Stockholm, and is as follows: "I have been watching political developments and have noted with gratification the Vindication of democratic principles. You have correctly stated my position. As I wrote to Colonel Wetmore, I shall do nothing to secure another nomination and do not want one unless the conditions seem to demand it I may add that I enjoy the freedom of private life and feel that I can do some good without holding any office. "There are, however, certain reforms which I would like very much to see accomplished, and to assist in the accomplishment of these reforms I am willing to become the party candidate again, If, when the time for the nomination arrives, the advocates of reform are in control of the party, and think that my candidacy will give the best assurance of victory. If some one else seems more available, I shall be even better pleased. "I need not assure you that I am more interested in seeing our principles triumphant than I ahi in the personnel of the ticket. The country needs to have JefferSonian democracy applied to all of the departments of the government, state and national, and I am content to help make this application. Yours truly, "W. J. BRYAN." NO TIDINGS FROM PEARY. Feaf1 Expressed That Explorer Has Perished In Arctic Ocean. That Captain Robert E. Peary has sacrificed his life in the effort to discover the north pole is the fear of naval men in Washington who are worried by the failure to get any tidings of the ship Roosevelt, which sailed for the arctic regions July 16, 1903. Advices from the American Geographical Society add to their fears. Reports are that the weather in the far north this spring and early summer was more than usually rigorous ?that severe storms have been frequent and that the ice is heavy. Consequently, it is feared that Peary's ship may have been ground to pieces by tne arming noes. The explorer's plans, when he left last summer, were to proceed to the farthest possible point of landing north of Cape Sabine and within 500 miles of the pole. There he was to establish a winter base and make all preparations for a dash across the Ice this summer as soon as weather conditions would permit. This he expected would not occupy more than six weeks, and according to his calculations he would reach home not later than October oT this year. Esqulmos and dogs, it is supposed, were taken aboard the Roosevelt last summer, for it is on the hardy inhabitants of the polar regions that Peary always relied. It was thought, however, that a whaling vessel might bring somo tidings of the Roosevelt, and the failure of any news of the expedition to reach the outside world for so many months is arousing the keenest anxiety. TWO KILLED; EIGHT HURT. Explosion of Gasoline Tank Wreaks Death and Destruction. Two persons were killed and eight injured, three of them seriously, by the explosion of a large gasoline tank on the second floor ot the boiler house S* the Cosendai Dye Works at Saginaw, Mich. ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE. Representative Landls Expresses Sympathy for Harry Thaw. In the course of an independence day speech at Mount Claire, N. J., Representative Charles B. Landls of Indiana said that people were in the habit of sympathizing with poor men's boys because they had no chance In the world, but he sympathized with the rich man's son because they had absolutely no chance. ?<Tf ic, with cnna UVa Wnrrv Thaw that I sympathise, because they never had a chance to become anything," declared Mr. Landis. HAILSTONES BIQ AS ORANGES. Great Damage Done in Spain by a Downpour of icy Pellets. In Valencia, Spain, and vicinity, Friday, a hailstorm killed a child and injured fifty persons. Hailstones as big as oranges smashed the roofs of houses and drove the Inhabitants to the cellars. The crops in many districts were destroyed and great distress prevails. I ! THE "WORSTED CHURCH" . NEW HAMPSHIRE'S UNIQUE EDIFICE DECORATED 3Y WOI MAN PASTOR. The Rev. Mrs. Monmouth Found the Church Bare of All Ornament and Without an Organ?Use She Made of Worsted and Paper?Mecca for | Sightseers. Probably the most unique church to be found anywhere in New Hampshire and probably in the New England states is the little union house of worship in Eact Canterbury, some six miles from Canterbury Centre and 10 miles from the nearest railroad, writes the Canterbury correspondent of the Boston Herald. The little church, which is known throughout New Hampshire as the "Worsted" church has been the home of the Congregational and Methodist societies since 1839, the year in which the building was erected. The unique feature of this meetinghouse is its interior, which is decorated wholly with worsted and paper, but considerably more worsted than paper, and it was on this account that the edifice received its name, the "Worsted" church. While this place of worship is in a secluded part of the town, to which access is gained only by walking or driving over 10 miles of country roads from the Canterbury station of the Boston & Maine railroad, the church register shows that hundreds of visitors are shown through the church every year and especially during the summer season by Frank Brown of East Canterbury, who is custodian of the little edifice. The residents of the town frequently visit the place, and are regular attendants at every Sunday service which is held during the summer season, when it is rvrtooiVvIa eaoura o r>1 orp-vmfln to fill J/WOIUIC ?,V the pulpit. To the natives and more especially to those who are members of the church, Methodists or Congregationalisms, the place is the pride of the town. The people of Canterbury swore by the decorator, who was also the preacher, and she was Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Monmouth. To all Canterbury and the surrounding country Mrs. Monmouth was a.redeemer. She was always sought in case of trouble and her advice was final. When any of the good Christian people were ill and feared they were going to die they had to see Mrs. Monmouth and a few comforting words from her had a better effect than much of the medicine prescribed by the village doctor or by his wife in his absence. The preacher held the esteem of every man, woman and child in the village and she respected thm. Mrs. Monmouth, who was pastor of the church, died nearly 20 years ago, after administering to the spiritual wants of the people .of Canterbury for more than 10 years. Her death was due to overwork in striving to do what was almost impossible in the little church, where she preached, lived, slept, cooked and ate. While she had a comfortable little home in Canterbury Centre, sime six miles away, she ? ~ ~ fn hfl noor hor TkPOnlP was LLTLT ailAIUUO t.v uv, MVU. ?v. r r , and on that account she made her home as near to them as possible, and found that the church was the best place she could be found day or night. Her principal services were on the Sabbath, when she held one in the morning and another in the evening, with Sunday school at'the noon hour. During the week, too, she had prayer services, and although many of her congregation lived miles away, they never found it inconvenient to attend and listen to her advice to men and women. Mrs. Monmouth was not an ordained preacher, nor did she have a license; but she took the place of the regular pastor one Sunday during his absence and made such an impression upon the congregation that a committee of the churchmen waited upon her and asked her to fill the pulpit regularly. She consented to do so, and in less than a month she was the regular preacher. When Mrs. Monmouth assumed charge the interior of the church was without decorations of any kind. There was not a picture on the walls, and, in fact there was nothing but the pulpit and pews. The Sunday services consisted of a serman by the pastor, and occasionally X1? ? A offamnf Ia cir?<r a me ijieui uei a vvuuiu aiicui^1' ??? & ? psalm without the aid of an organ or piano. While the preacher was a good pastor, he had a small congregation and saw no prospects for enlarging it. When the new preacher assumed charge she purchased an organ and installed it in the choir gallery, and in the cjioir loft she placed a little motto, "Give thanks and sing," which she worked out in worsted in brackenburg. This was the first of a series of worsted needlework, and from that day for nearly 10 years, or almost during the entire time of her pastorate, she worked daily upon something or other of worsted which she used to decorate the interior of the little meeting house. Several of the quotations which she worked out in worsted and framed in the same material before hanging on the walls were very appropriate, the members of the church say, and among them were, "(Jet wisdom. God loveth a cheerful giver," which was hung over the poor-box; "Enter betimes the open door," which was in a conspicuous place in the vestibule, and another, "Work while the day lasts. The night cometh wherein none can work," hangs on the wall, where no one can fail to see it. Over the pulpit is probably th^ most elaborate which she worked out in a frame. This reads; "Ye are come unto Mt. Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem and ~ < *" " V.; 'v. to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first born which are written in heaven and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus, the meditator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel." The decorations include draperies, streamers of worsted and paper suspended from the walls and ceiling with festoons of the same material where the streamers meet. "Window shades, table covers and a thousand and one other things about the interior of the little edifice are of worsted, and those who were very intimate with the preacher say that she used thousands of yards of the material to do the work, and what was more, she purchased it out of her salary, expending every cent in that direction. The work throughout is artistic and the many colored shades of worsted are blended together with the greatest nrvMirapv Tho host matprinl was used, and much of the work is of such an excellent design that the* pastor was acknowledged as an artist after she completed it. Worsted flowers, white calla lilies, roses, Mayflowers, and almost every flower in worsted adorn the pulpit and a circular arch which extends over it. While these decorations have been in the church for more than a quarter of a century they are Ln almost the same condition today as they were when they were first put up. While the pastor was alive, she personally took care of the decorations and kept them clean, and her example was followed by the members of the church after her death. During the whole time Mrs. Monmouth was engaged in the decorating, and that was almost the whole time she was pastor, she made her home in the choir* loft and she would give it up Sunday to the choir singers. Although she was recognized as a good preacher and a most attractive pastor, she was also considered very eccentric and the idea of decorating a church wim worsted was one 01 ner greatest eccentricities. As a preacher she followed the style of Henry Ward Beecher and very frequently memorized his sermons and delivered them to her congregation. While her regular congregation never numbered more than 50 she was always favored with a large audience of townspeople, and in the summer by vacationists. The seating capacity, which is 200, was very frequently taxed to its utmost capacity. After her death the Union Society of Methodists and Congregationalists was unable to secure a pastor, and only during the summer months services are held. At all times during the year | the church is open to the public, and if there is anything that Sexton Brown likes it is to show visitors through the old edifice. Another eccentricity the pastor possessed was her fad upon economy, and ! while she was worth thousands of dollars, she boasted that she lived on 10 cents a day and had all she wanted to eat for that money. She was so anxious to have her friends follow her i example that she wrote a book upon the question and distributed them among her friends; but they took such little interest In. that part of her preaching that there is not one of the books to be found today in Canterbury. She died January 16, 1887, at the age of 59. at the home of a relative in London. TURKEY WITH WOODEN LEG. Big Bird Killed In Virginia?Superstitions of Long Shore Hunters. In most communities there are certain persons who possess peculiar characteristics, habits and beliefs, and this is true of the 'long shore sportsman of the old Mother State as of persons dwelling elsewhere. Many of the o}d time sportsmen still carry and use their muzzle loading guns, which cannot be displaced by more modern arms. They usually manage to bag a good many birds and other game, and this is chiefly due, it is believed to their knowledge of the habits of the game. They seldom go out without finding something. A story is told of one gunner who if any of the shot should fall from his hands while loading his gun will at once return home and make no further effort to hunt that day, believing, as he says, that those lost were his luck shot, and it would be useless for him to continue the hunt. Another, whom I will call here Capt. Pete, is a sailor and all round yachtsman. He loves to tell of his adventurs with his dogs and gun, and is sel i.1, TJ/v 4-a.ITa monw UOLU seen WlUlUUt UlCUJ. xic wu luau; stories about the accuracy of Sweet Lips, his gun, and declares he can beat any man in "a shootin' for a turkey in the United States of Virginny." On the occasion of a turkey hunt near the Rappahannock River Capt. Pete claims to have shot a forty pound wild turkey, for which he was offered $4 cash. The gray whiskers on the turkey's breast were eighteen inches long and he. had one wooden leg. Here Capt. Pete gives a laugh that could be heard a half mile away. "Sar, he was the biggest turkey I ever saw. There were eighteen fellows In the bunch of us, and four others, and all ate a sumptuous meal from one-half of his breast." Uncle Pete says he cannot account for the one wooden leg unless that turkey had been previously owned by some one as a pet wild turkey.?Forest and Stream. Logical. Diner?Is it customary to tip the waiter in this restaurant.? Waiter?Why?ah?yes, sir. "Then hand me a tip. I've waited three-quarters of an hour for that steak I ordered."?Sphere \ / 'Try This Salad. Cut hard-boiled eggs In even slices. Dispose of these, alternately, with thin slices of Bologna sausage, crown shape on a serving dish. Season a pint of cold, boiled potato cubes and half a pint of the fceet root cubes, separately with sauce tartare. Turn these into the centre of the crown, gprinkle the whole with chopped parsley and-serve at once. For the sauce tartare add to a generous cup of mayonnaise dressing one-fourth a cup of very fine chopped olives, capers, gherkins and parsley. Orgeat. Boil two quarts of milk with a stick of cinnamon, then remove the spice and allow the milk to cool. Blanch and peel a quarter pound of Jordan almonds and when cold pound to a paste with orange flower water. Sweeten with milk, add the almond paste and let it cook a few moments only, lest the almonds become oily. Strain through a fine sieve or linen tammy, leaving the milk smooth. Place on ice until ready to serve, which must be the day it is made, as it does not keep well. This is a refreshing drink in case of 'hay fever or influenzas of any sort and was formerly considered an indispensa? ble refreshment for parties. Green Pea Soup. This is a green pea puree, and makes a most delicious soup. Shell half a peck of peas and wash a handful of the pods. Put both in a stewpan, with'a small peeled onion, one cabbage lettuce, previously washed and a handful of washed spinche; add enough water or stock to well cover the ingredients, also I a ninch of carbonate of soda and a little salt. Boil until the peas are tender, and rub the whole through a sieve. Melt one ounce of butter in a stewpan, and add tc it a heaped up tablespoonful of corn flour; cook for a few minutes without allowing it to brown, then pour in the puree of peas, etc., reheat and allow it to cook for ten minutes, season with salt and white pepper and add a little cream or milk. Just before serving add a teaspoonful of finely chopped green mint and a teas.poonfhl of castor sugar; serve with small,dice of fried bread. Parched Popcorn. When the sweet corn commences to ripen in the garden select several fine ears having large firm grains and let these ears remain just as they are on the stalks- to ripen. When they are quite dry remove from the porn stalks without disturbing the husks, bind into bunches with a strip | of muslin and hang away in the attic ' in a dry place. After a few weeks, according to What to Eat, the corn will be ready for parching and -men wis new sort of popcorn may be enjoyed. Place an Iron spider or frying pan over the fire, and tnrn into it a capful or two of the corn, which should be husked and removed from the ear Just before using; the fire must not be too hot and the corn must be stirred frequently with a long fork, or it may scorch. After a time the grains will have puffed up until they are almost round and will turn a delicate brown color when they are done. Turn the parched corn into a large bowl and pour over it some melted f butter, stirring the corn kernels about so they will be buttered evenly, as one butters ordinary popcorn; salt the corn as soon as buttered and the corn, is r ready to eat. This dainty may be called "parched popcorn" to distinguish,it from ordinary popcorn, ??Hints to Housekeepers. A package or envelope sealed with white of egg cannot be steamed open. It is an old saying that pepper on .strawberries will increase the digestibility of the fruit White tissue paper is invaluable to the traveler as it will wipe away the greasy look on the face better than soap and water. Inhaling the fumes of vinegar from a well saturated cloth will overcome the effects of ordinary anesthetics and prevent the unpleasant nausea. The lumps of sugar served with the black coffee by one woman have been rubbed with the skins of lemons. For tea she rubs the sugar with orange peel. " -v- J 11- - ? -3 "Bat Olive Oil aounuauuy <tuu n*c on vegetables with little or no meat if you would have a good complexion and a clear head," is the advice of an old doctor. An economical woman has discovered that men's worn linen collars cut into narrow strips furnish convenient substitutes for the wax tapers used in gas lighters. Beans may easily be removed from the pods by passing the latter between r-rwn? nf a rlnthfis wrineer. This is UI1V 4 V4*W v* * ?? w a convenient and rapid jnethod and doesn't harm the beans. A brilliant polish may be given to brass door fixtures, ornaments, etc., by washing them in alum and lye. Make a solution by boiling an ounce of alum in a pint of lye, and wash the articles in it. A good way to keep silver bright that is in daily use is to place it in hot borax water occasionally and allow it to stanisan hour or two; rinse with clear, hot water, and then wipi with a clean, dry towel. ' v . ' tw * , *+--V ? _ ' WHEAT FLAKE C&CERY FOOD '- ,x* ' "* * '.. * * ^ is a perfect food, as it contains the most essential elements to supply energy for the performance 4 of the various body functions. Its daily use tends to strengthen $ and regulate the bowels. l9 * JO cents a package _ | For sale by all Irooert I ' CATCHES RABBIT8 IN NUMBER. ' , ' I Victim Traps Himself and Resets The Snare for Others. Consul General Bray reports froor ' j Melbourne that a new rabbit trap is. V being used in Australia with great p success, whereby rabbits may be caught alive in very large numbers. It is used in connection with small trap yards, diagrams for the construction of which are supplied by tha patentee of the traps. The trap it? self is IS Inches long, 12 inches hlgB and 6 inches in width. It has a balanced moving floor and a door at each end, which opens and closes au? A tomatically. The weight of a rabbit on the inverse end of a floor closes the door behind him by which he has entered and opens the door in front leading to the trap yard, so that the rabbit has no option but to go on, and when he leaves the trap It goes bock to its former position, thus re- , $ seting itself. The small trap yards are constructed of double-wire netting ' fences, in the spaces between which im green-fodder or hay is cultivated or provided, and, although these foods ' cannot be reached by tie rabbits, ^ entices them to enter through the traps to try and get out the fodder/ from the other side. Two, three more traps may be used In conned; :> J$ tion with each trap yard. The Inven- tlon has been tried with great sue* :.Ccess on several extensive ranches in' Australia, and the inventor has a * number of certificates frop leading ranchmen, one of whom states that \ with two of the traps set at a smalt water hole he caught G30 rabbits one night. Excessive Use of Ices. It was estimated a few years that the Ice cream consumed during the summer months in the city of Cincinnati alone would make a mountaln taller than the highest publhj/^^ building in the city. This gives bqfejpjB a faint idea of the extent to which;/ the American people use ices and kinds of iced drinks. IjSjB Physicians tell us that ices eaten hurriedly or in large quantities ar* > ;||| rest digestion and are otherwise jurious. In addition to this, much ol^J|j8 the ice cream sold in cities is of most inferior kind and the cheap, flavoring as well as the ingredients used in "doctoring" It, and the fact that it is frequently left standing for./^jva several days at a time render it most-y^as unheal th ful. The English give us an example moderation in the use of ices that. || wn misrht well imitate and the sooner : ^ we learn to check our appetite along... this line,' the better will be our health and the less our doctor's bills. - ' v ? m Says the Richmond Times-Despatch, ?"France has more small proprietors ^ than any other country in Europe of the same size. These men support 'j& the government." J . .. --" 'v DOCTOR'S SHtFTT 4 Now Gets Along, Without It > A physician says: "Until last fall I . ^ used to eat meat for my breakfast < and suffered with Indigestion until the meat had passed from the stornach. / "Last fall I began the use of Grape-Nuts for breakfast and very soon found I could do without meat, for my body got all the nourishment V necessary from the Grape-Nuts, and ^ since then I have not had any indigestion and am feeling better and i have increased in weight. "Since finding the benefit I derived ^ from Grape-Nuts I have prescribed vS the food for all of my patients sufferlng from indigestion or over-feed- ; ing and also for those recovering frrwn rilftpasa where I want a food :-<* easy to take and certain to digest and which will not overtax the atom- y; ach. "I always find the results I look for when I prescribe Grape-Kuts. For ethical reasons please omit my name." Name given by mail by Pos- A.." turn Co., Battle Creek, Mich. The reason for the wonderful amount of ifutriment, and the easy 1 .% digestion of Grape-Nuts is not hard to find. V In the first place the starchy part V:; of the wheat and barley goes through various processes of cooking to per- / ! fectly change the starch into Dextrose or Post Sugar, In which state it 4 f r it ready to be easily absorbed by the' // ^ blood. The parts in the wheat and barley which Nature can make use of fbr rebuilding brain and nerve centres are retained in this remark- ;?$j able food, and thus the human body is supplied with the powerful strength producers* so easily noticed after one Ju has eaten Grape-Nuts each, day for, a ~ week or 10 days. "There's a rea- % on." t Get the little book. "The Road to .WeUtTille," In pkgs.