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' " ' .V ' SEABOARD WRECK Passenger Crashes Into Runaway Freight Cars. ENGINEER IS CREMATED Shatttered Coaches Were Soon Ablaze . and, Together With the Freight Cars, Were Reduced to a Heao of Ashes. Train No. 38, of the Seaboard Air Line, known as the Exposition Limit . eu, crasnea into ten runaway ireignt .cars l 1-4 miles from Powder Springs, i Ga., at 7:04 o'clock Friday night, and in the smashup which resulted one man, Engineer Hudgins, was burned 10 death, seven persons btiilv injured, the passenger engine and live coaches utterly destroyed and five - freight cars reduced to ashes. A few minutes before the accident a freight train one mile from the scene of the wreck started to sidetrack in order to ailow the coming passenger the right olf way. in some way ten of the cars, five of them loaded with cotton, broke loose from the train and started down the track toward the approaching Xo 3S at a fast gait. Ore mile from the starting point the brakes worked, and the flagman, leaping to the ground, rushed ahead to flag the oncoming engine. He says he did flag the train, and it is the opinion of those on the train that either he warned the engineer or ;hat Hudgins in seme way became aware of the dangei, for one of the nasseneers testifies that tnere were three distinct shocks, the lirst when the emergency brake was put on the train. It was too late, however, for the engineer to save his own life, though Us action, it is believed, was responsible for the safety of the passengers, for the next moment the engine plowed its way into the first freight car. Iii the frightful shock that followed, the engine tumbled down the embankment, a distance of over fifteen feet, and there fell over on its side, pinning the engineer under it. The engine being out of the way the first baggage car then hit the first freight car and piled upon it. Another second and the mail car was added to the heap, while the smoker, halfway off the track, continued to hang on. The passengers, shocked and bruised, having realized that they fiad escaped with their lives, scrambled out of the cars and crowded out into a field of mud, while a heavy rain storm beat down on them, tendering their situation exceedingly uncomfortable. As the last of the passengers lert thg cars trie trainmen started on^their rescue work, the first coach began to burn as if the rain were so much kerosene oil the mail car, baggage car, engine and first coach blazing with increased brilliancy. The spreading flames soon reached the other coaches, and then continued on their way through five of the freight cars which were the cause of the wreck. The five which were utterly destroyed were loaded with cotton. The injured were taken to nearby homes, and the passengers looted it through the rain for over a mile to Powder Springs, where all possible was done for their comfort. JUDGE WAS FOUND DEAD. 'Seaborn Reese, Well Known Georgian, Victim of Heart Disease. Judge Seaborn Reese was found dead in his law office in Sparta, Ga., Friday afternoon. His death is attributed to heart disease. The passing of Judge Reese removes from the scene of action one of the most prominent men in public life in the state, which he has served, notably, in the capacity of legislator, congressman, jurist and citizen. TRAIN WRECKED AND BURNED. hast htyer LCdVCS iidv-tv, wcanuy Death and Destruction. Baltimore and Ohio train No. 49. westbound, running IS minutes late and 40 miles an hour, was wrecked Thursday night near Indian Creek, seven miles east of Connellsville, Pa. The entire train* was thrown in a ditch at a foot of the mountains, where the wrc-ckage was completely burned. The engineer was killed, the fireman fatally injured, and the baggage master, express messenger, conductor and six passengers were seriously injured. About thirty passengers were - more or less cut and tiuised. VALUABLE SET OF WHISKERS. Man Wbo Lost Beard in Gas Explosion Awarded $101 Damages. Samuel Beattv of Weilston, Ohio, 76 years old. has ueen awarded damages of $101 by the circuit court against the Southern Ohio Gas Company for the loss of a luxuriant growth of whiskers, burned off in a gas expiosion two years ago. FOR DAUGHTER'S MURDER John BuMard is Sent to His Doom in Marietta Jail?Died Protesting That it Was an Accident. ' John Dullard, convicted of murder- I ing his 17-year-old daughter, was hanged at Marietta, Ga., Friday. The j execution was private. Bullard stuck to his last statement that the shooting was accidental, and done in a fit of coughing. i-le called reporters to him while Standing on the gallows, and said he wanted the people to know that he t/iM tKft tt-nih oml iffaf lio hciH nisrtfl his peace with his God. The trap was sprung by Sheriff Frey at 11:15 a. m., aud 11 minutes afterwards Bullard was declared dead. It was on Monday morning, September 24th, at early breakfast, his daughter, Ruby, was murdered. She was out the night before attending religious services, and came home in company with friends, and spent some time outside the house in friendly conversation, during which several matches were lighted. Bullard had retired, and claimed he was disturbed by the noise of striking matches, and the talk. At the breakfast table the next morning he claimed to have reproved his daughter for making so much noise, and disturbing him. Some words followed, Ruby going to an adjoining room and putting on her bonnet. Mr. flullard claimed he went io his bed, secured his pistol, and started to put ?: in his trunk, when Ruby returned to the room, and picked up a fork from the table. Bullard alleged she started to attack him, and he ihrew up his hand to protect himself, and in doing so the revolver was discharged, the bullet finding lodgment in her .head. lie said: "I saw her stagger, and J thought she was dead, so 1 might as well fire the rest of the shots, which 1 did.'' Bullard was tried and convicted at the October term of the superior court, and sentenced to be hanged. His case was appealed, the decision of the lower court being affirmed. It was then claimed Bullard was insane, and a special commission appointed by Governor Terrell examined him, and declared him sane. His case was then carried to the prison board, who, in turn, refused clemency. As a last effort to save his life the governor was appealed to for a stay of execution, on the claim that Eullard's physical condition was .such that it was only a question of a few more weeks until Bullard would yield his life to the dreaded disease, consumption. Governor Terrell sent a committee of doctors to Marietta Thursday morn- i | ing to examine Bullard as to his pry- j sical condition, and they reported his temperature slightly above normal, and pulse normal. With this report, all hope for clemency from the governor fled, and' Bullard resigned to his fate DEFENSE SHIFTS PLEA. Unwritten Law Relegated in Trial of the Strothers. The defense in the Strother trial at Culpeper, Va., Friday shifted from the "unwritten law" to ''emotional insanity," and almost the entire day was devoted to argument on the proper form of a hypothetical question, which was asked Dr. Charles \. Clark, who was called as an insanity expert. The prosecution showed no surprise whatever when the defense set about to establish a plea of emotional insanity. REDUCED FARES FAVORED. North Carolina Senate Adopts Report on 2 1-4 Cents Per Mile. The North Carolina senate, Friday night, after prolonged discussion, adopted the report or the conference committee, reducing pasenger rates to 2 1-4 cents per mile on roads of more than sixty miles in length, and abolishing first and second class fares. fc ENGINEERS GET MORE PAY. Louisville and Nashville Will Raise Wages Ten Per Cent. An agieement was reached at Louisville. Friday, between the general adiustment. committee of the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and if o^nprai manaccr of the n. (11. oiauw, Louisville and Nashville railroad, whereby the engineers will receive an increase of about 10 per cent in wages, and about 3 per cent for overtime, effective March 1. The increase will effect nearly 1,300 engineers of the system. BROWNSVILLE INVESTIGATION Is Adjourned to March 11th by Committee on Military Affairs. The Brownsville investigation by the senate committee on military affairs was adjourned at Washington on Wednesday until Marcn 11. By that time it is expected that white officers of the discharged battalion of negro soldiers will be available as witnesses. ~ i. . , CURSES BY BAILEY Heaped Upon His Enemies in Texas Legislature. i ' HOUSE EXONERATES HIM Senator Wins Out With Flying Colors % in Galling Investigation and Comes Back at His Traducers in Hot Fashion. By a vote of 70 to 40 out of a possible 128 votes, 18 members being absent, United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey was exonerated by the low er iiouse of the Texas legislature at Austin Wednesday night of charges of irregular acts in public life, as alleged by Representative Cocke of the lower house on January 14, last. Action which resulted in this exoneration was precipitated at the time stated, after three days of private consultation between house members and friends of Senator Bailey and concludes some six weeks of investigation that has occasioned Senator Baileys constant attendance in Austin. On Monday last, by a vote of 15 to 11, the senate exonerated Senator Bailey without waiting to hear the report of the investigating committee, and Wednesday night the house took like action to the extent of acting on the recommendation of a majority of the investigating committee for complete exoneration without the submis sion o? the evidence. The opponents of Senator Bailey pleaded to have the evidence submitted before being asked to vote, but the Bailey forces, slightly in the majority, forced a vote and won out as outlined above. The galleries of the house had been crowded with spectators, many ladies being present since early afternoon awaiting thu dramatic event, and once Senator Bailey's exoneration was assured by the adoption of tbe majority report declaring that there was nothing in the evidence in any way reflecting upon him, the climax was reached wrhen Senator Bailey appeared and addressed the house. He gave every evidence of laboring under the suppressed excitement of the past few days, especially with it3 , intense mental strain, and delivered himself of a speech decidedly critical and emphatic in the matter of reviewing those who have seen lit to oppose him during the investigation. x Senator Bailey, while bitterly abusing those who opposed him, announced that he was going to continue as sratA<s senator from Texas for at least three terms. He said in part: ' "You have just concluded the most remarkable campaign ever witnessed in any state of the American union, and be it said to your honor that you have concluded it in accordance with the will of the sovereign people. The conspirators have been given a wholesome lesson. Never will they attempt it again ^ within this generation. Never again will they wear the honors of Texas democracy in their life. Such men would betray a republic if Hessians were for hire. The leader of the contest was a man who has gambled with negroes, and if he attempts to deny it I will prove it on him. "One of them was convicted of embezzlement and yet he is here drawing his cloak about him saying that lie cannot keep the democratic commandments. "These are hard words and I intend them to be. I wish I had words of hate with which to criticize them. See what they have done.1 They have lied about me. Their master is Hearst, who has led this fight against me in Texas. The leader in thi3 fight is the man who had this telegram publish ed lying on the legislature, claiming that it was corrupted by wine, women and song. Hearst has his emissaries and agents in the Texas legislature today. \ ' They seek to destroy my usefulness, but thank God I am too far above them to hurt it." FRYE AND THE >DAM BILL. Maine Senator Causes General Laugh Among Dignified Solons. Senator Five, of Maine, startled the senate Saturday. He was on his feet making a report from his committee on commerce, on several bills, when he suddenly raised his voice, ana exclaimed: "If I can get immediate considers tion fcr that dam bill I will promise the senate not to report another dam bill this session." Amid a general laugh the bill was passed and a dam will be built across certain shoals in the Savannah river. * COLLEAGUES GREET BAILEY. Texas Senator Arrives in Washington to Take Up Duties. Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, upon entering the senate chamber about uoon Sunday, fresh from the scenes of his sensational trial in his native state, resulting in his exoneration and political vindication, was given a hearty, friendly greeting by liia colleagues. - . .. * . V/ . ;; - ? RATTLED. Jack?"Too bad about young Ney, Isn't it?" Tom? What about him?" Jack?'Tie was sent to the insane asylum last week." Tom?"You don't say! What was the cause of it?" 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He declares that dancing is the greatest exercise in the' world. * "Dancing puts more ambition into a man and makes him more cheerful and happier," said the white-bearded patriarch yesterday, after he danced the "Kotzatski," which i? a famous Russian dance. Silberman came to this country years ago. He was wealthy at one time, but lost his fortune in speculation. He has been at the Home of. the Daughters of Jacob for years. "My advice to the younger generation is that they should dance every morning before breakfast and also just' before retiring," he said.?New York American. STRIKING AN AVERAGE. Bacon?According to an expert In phrenology, the average adult head has a circumference of fully 22 inches. Egbert.?I guess that average is all right. Some nights my head is 16 inches and some mornings it is 28 inches.?Yonkers Statesman. 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A resolution was presented in the senate Saturday by Senator Tillman calling on the president to send to the senate, "if in his judgment not incompalable with the public interest, all papers of information in his j i.Ao-om1 tA i VIA I UUddCdOlU'li 111 IUjUIU IU 4 UU \J I letting of the contract for the construction of the Panama canal, which was bid for by W. J. Oliver, and others, and to state the existing status." In a speech supporting the resolution Mr. Tillman said the whole country wanted the canal constructed with as little scandal as possible.' "There have been some remarkable occurrences in connection with this work," he continued. Reference was then made to the resignation of Mr. Wallace, who, he said, was berated and abused by the secretary of war. "Then came the information that Phnirnian Shonts was retaining hi3 railroad business; that the canal work was insufficient to occupy his entire time, and then the statement that he was going cut. ' And then came Mr. Stevens' resignation. Now comes the matter of Mr. Oliver's bid for the work." Mr. Oliver, he said, was an efficient and able contractor and his bid was the lowest. "But at once hocus focus came into the game. As I understand it Mr. Oliver has complied with every requirement. I may be a little suspicious, but there has appeared to me a disposition to let in the bidders who were a little too greedy in their first bids. Now Oliver has disappeared and the army engineers are said to be put on the job. I want a little information." coueluded Mr. Tillman. Senator Carmack said he had prepared an identical resolution to that introduced by Mr. Tillman. It seems to him that Mr. Oliver had received very had treatment. He had spent $30,000 or $40,000 of his own money in complying with the requirements of the government and had made the lowest bid. Because of objection the resolution went over for future action unaer uie rules. PROBING OF EXCHANGES Will Begin at Once By Department of Commerce and Labor. A Washington dispatch says: In accordance with the house resolution providing for an investigation of the business methods of cotton exchanges dealing in futures, the bureau of corporations of the department of commerce and labor will begin a general inquiry into cotton dealing immediately. Representative Livingston, of Georgia, who has been active foi months in the agitation for reformation in the methods of cotton exchanges, said that he expects'to appear before the bureau and present much data which he has collected on the methods of cotton dealers. , The department has been supplied by Mr. Livingston with the names of manv witnesses whom he wishes 1 ?'I'"' o nH lists lO UitVC k,ancu, auu WiS4%?> will be furnished by representatives of I he cotton exchanges and other persons interested in the investigation. As the resolution was pmended by the house committee on interstate ana foreign commerce it does not provide for an investigation of any particular exchange, but Is believed by members of congress interestea in ? the matter to be broad enough to extend the inquiry to the New York, New Orleans and Memphis cotton exchanges. Coast Line Carworkers Strike. The car inspectors and car workers of the second and third divisions of the Atlantic Coast Line went out on a strike Saturday morning in Waycross, Ga. The men recently asked for a 25 per cent increase, which was declined. , SENATOR BACON APPOINTED By Governor Terrell to Succeed Himself for Interim Term. Governor Terrell of Georgia has appointed Senator A. O. Bacon to succeed himself for the interim term between March 4 and the meeting of - 1- 'lino at the Georgia legislature m ? which he will be elected United States senator for another term of six years. In a letter to Governor Terrell Senator Bacon stated that' he had found ample precedent for such an appointment. ' K FOUR KILLED; THREE INJUREDIn Explosion oi Powder In Mixing Mill at Cossett, Tenn. The mixing mill at the Rand Powder Company 's plant at Dos sett. Tenn., was blown up Friday afternoon. Four men were killed, and three injured. Two others are missing. The dead are; William Hall, William Owens, Thomas Kennedy, James Mesterson. The explosion shook buildings in Clinton, seven miles away. OLIVER A SUGKEfltl He So Styles Himself ~f| garding Bunco Canal Deal! < .jg HIS ANGER IS AROUSE&|| Declares He Was "WhanuooodlecT by 41 Roosevelt arid is Preparing a Hot Roast for Nation's i Chief Executive. -* William J. Oliver, contractor, llj mad cl*?ar through as ther esult of thai M way in which he has blen treated* hv the administration in the matteejIsH of the canal contract, says a Wash-;^3? ington dispatch. He states very em-y%j? pliatlcally that he has been "whang* doodled,'- and proposes to tell how was done. He is preparing a detailed^^H statement of jthe case that will, it ig|^H believed, equal in many respects thdMiagJ sensational feature of the epistolarjfc^^ deal between President Roosevelt th Storers. v .:JH| Mr. Oliver announced that he spentj^H about 140,000 in incorporating construction company jWhich was ttigSgj assume the obligations <3f digging ibBrfigM canal, being induced to do this bj?: assurances, which he declared clehrtj^gH indicated that the contract wouht^H nnany ue awarueu mui. "Do I look like a fellow who woidflSHr^ invest $40,000 in rainbows" he Not only Mr. Oliver himself* bjaS^M several of those who were in his -.coajjgfJI fidente, have declared that he had POfl^^W itive assurance from keadquarhaH|9 that he would get the job, when<;j|jH |1 straightened his hand. Be dechtfelSiM emphatically: "I dug up the uttfl?8^9 and the dollars. My bid was the est, and according to the lejms quired. 1 have been handed a *em|^8 diminutive line in exchange for 000 or $40,000 of my good, Mr. Oliver illustrated his conditiJj^^H by reciting a story of a spiked poft*jK|ra game out west, in which a "whatt9 m doodle" was introduced and \ toofei^pM jack-pot over four aces, held b]ffi9|j9 tenderfoot. The .next night the ru!gn&|B were changed, in. order for four acdjMi|9 to beat the tenderfoot's :whang<^^^M "In this case I'm the sucker, nounced Mr. Oliver. "I enteredcanal game, made the lowest rospowSj^B sible bid, called Hie ndmlnistrack^HH hand, and got 'whangdoodled out Because Oliver was too sure of ?w|9||B cess and indulged in a specie^gflKu boasting, or because some newspaptt I men assumed to send, out prema^MpHMM reports as to what Oliver prcposea>:^B^B do, is given as the explanation the president's action in turxjSaK^ down the Oliver Jt>id. The same explanation is made to ply to the acceptance of ?nginc^^^9 Stevens' resignation. Stevens done well, it is admitted, but IwHIB wanted to complete the work wimyjaffl out any dictation or intervention hwpM a contractor, and wrote the prea^^H dent that he would resign if 01ivq?||9 was given the contract. It is dfljaiM clared he was very much surprise4j||? when his resignation was really cepted, although another story has that he really did not aspirelm|l known as the "man who l*uilt?a. ?tn tulet* 51 nnaiKyM.ggi canai,' uui rcsigwu ?.v tlon with r western contractor, ntm 8j twice his' present salary. In accordance with the president^a;?j instructions as set out in "his lettar^JH to the isthmian canal commission posing of the bids received for construction of the Panama canal, Rogers, the law officer of the comnd3^|fl|S sion, sent a notice Thursday to Oliver, of the decision to reject bids, including his own. The check which accompanied Mr. evr's bid was also transmitted to hin^%U but was returned by him to the keep*j|flM| ing of the commission until later. MORE WARSHIPS NEEDED '-"Wm To Protect American Interests in Zone of Central Amerida. Developments in the war in Cent|ii|9fl America, with the indications that trajljH least four of the republics have come involved, has led the state ara$|3ia navy department officials to consii^HH innpoacino tne expeuiouc^ American'naval force in those watetV^B and it is probable that within days several other ships will be or-'||Js dered to reinforce the Marietta Chicago in protecting American inte$|gj|l . - . .11. my ^ ^3jl CONGRESS REWARDS CARROLL^ Lieutenant Who Risked Life WitftJ|^H Mosquitoes is Promotcu. ;'-3B The house Thursday passed a seilr ate bill raising Lieutenant James Cax&^B roll to the rank of major lieutenant^JB Carroll is the officer who submltte#||M himself to the sting of mosqui toeg. culated with the germs of yellow^^B fever while stationed in Cuba, as a result has been an invalid .-ever ;^B