Show A TRAIN WRECKED no doubt the work 0 robbers three killed outright ana a number of others are badly injured macon ga march 1 A wreck costing three persons their lives and inbur ine eight others occurred at stone creek trestle last night it was discovered today that several rails had been removed on the trestle which is many feet above the water and there is no doubt the accident was caused by train robbers the following people were killed MERCER fireman of macon F W baggage master macon JOHN REDDISH fireman who died rum scalds injured M E ogburn cincinnati misa sallie beaw reids ga miss minnie williams billiards UH BI of pullman aart A joiner maion alie ps enger train had hardly met its destruct on before a coming about at a good rate of speed reached the trestle and striking the structure bared by the misplaced rail went into the creek engineer joiner of alie passenger train and his fireman mercer did not discover the rails had been removed until the engine jumped the track the engine plunged forward on the trestle and broke through falling to the bed of the creek the freight train left macon ten minutes behind the passenger the wildest excitement prevailed at the acene of the wreck for two hours the uninjured quickly began the work of rescue the railroad officials sent word of the wreck to acon and a train was with physicians and officials several detectives were on board eliat the wreck was the work of thain robbers seems certain the rail was removed armi the left hand track going south mercer fireman on the passenger train was coalina at the time and engineer joiner could not see the track conductor joiner of the passenger train quickly sent back one of his men with a lantern to stop the freight but it was too late engineer green of the freight saw the tra inmans lantern and attempted to bring bis train to ii stop but it plunged into the broken apace of the tracks whippier Whip pier the wag drowned in two feet of water in liis car the baggage car tumbled into the creek and body was pinioned don in the water which d into the car he was found with his feet in the air and his head a foot under water A coincidence is that the areek occurred within one mile of n similar wreck one year ago and rolard reeds company who etere in last years wreck were also in last nights accident he and members of his company have euit pending against the road now for damage none of the actors were seriously hurt last night there is strong circumstantial evidence against three men suspected of removing the rail but no arrests have been made anent the transvaal london mar 1 the times will to morrow publish a dispatch from johan saying eliat president kruber will seek to secure the abrogation of the convention of between the south african republic and great britain which gives the latter suzerain in the transvaal and ta substitute a treaty of commerce and unity which will recognize great britain as the paramount power in south africa and accord to alio transvaal the preemptive right to delagoa bay W L burt returns mr wm L burt of the firm of S J burt bros saturday afternoon over the rio graude western after having been absent in the east for about three weeks this is mr burls first trip to new i york ho informed a STANDARD reporter that he enjoyed the trip very much indeed but biad been exceedingly busy absent and was thoroughly tired the weather lie was in new york was exceptionally cold the thermometer recording on one occasion C degrees below zero in speaking of the business outlook in the east he said he as impressed very stron pH with the extreme quietness in commercial circles and lie believed that the prospects for the coming ear are none too promising however mr burt said though he had made very conservative purchases yet bo had bought fairly heavily the bew goods promise to be very beautiful A fool in love A modern and decidedly startling vereion of and juli t was enacted before sunday at alie houe of may Se abod brooklyn alie central figure of the ep sode narrowly escaped a bullet and saved hid life by jumping from an extension roof to te yard a distance of twenty feet alie jumper was picked up unconscious by io policemen poli cemer ano supposed lie was a burglar frederick 0 jacobus a young man of excellent family the romeo in the realistic play ivas I 1 bound in a trolley car the car reache ii franklin avenue and jacobus got out according lo 10 his own story he suddenly recalled the fact that he was onla a few blocks away from the home of lisa josie pine but miss family moved saturday mornine and mr jacobus was unaware of the fact then lie made a mistake in alie aliouse and chimed up to tho second story of the houe occupied by alie family of mr stab st ab id to llie roof of the rear addition twenty two deoc above the ground the of his nocturnal climb was that miss lulu seabold suddenly appeared at alie window at which he was tapping and unit a minute later her brollier brot lier max was aiming a shotgun at alio in whom retook betook for a burglar mr jacobus leaped from alio extension roof to the ground he lay bucon inious at the foot u lie grape arbor when a policeman at rived he was taken to a faid charged with burglary when lie made this ment 1 I am the living illustration of a fool who is dead in tuve I 1 really dont know what I 1 waa doina but in u vague way I 1 made up my mind to goto my house and go through the rolo of romeo and juliet in a word to exemplify alie balcony scene I 1 got into the wrong bouse climbed up the wrong arbor and begun my protestations of love to the wrong girl oi a sweet faced girl responding a man with wrath in his face and a rifle in his hand appeared at the window this knocked the shakespearean Shakea pearean notion out of my licad and I 1 jumped aiom the extension roof to the ground below I 1 nm sorry now that the man did not shoot me and save me from ridicule if not disgrace A friend of has explained matters to air seabold and the latter has promised not to 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