The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-02

/ falling In tIs creek and tie
other cars thrown mo con
/ fused mass. Work was begun at once n
/ rescuiug passengers. 1t was found that
/ considerably aud his bead badly cut. E1-
I press Messenger Reese Caraker was bruised
up IDLY. o. T. Pace, a ira veling salesman
| for W 7 Conn d Co., Of MilleIgeviile, was
badly hurt, but not thought dangerous.
| Baggagemaster Jack Sharp had a foot
mashed. Mrs. T. l.. Avsnt was bruised,
but not seriously The passengers were
tention vas given the wounded. The scene
| Of the wreck is described as pitiful, indeed.
i is a miracle that the entire crew was not
killed.
Dudley DuBose of Wilkes county made
the following atement in Atlanta recently
in reference to The contest between Messrs.
Carlton and Reese for congress: "Strange
as 1t may seem, cast the vote which nom
mated Dr. Carlton and brought alb ut the
defeat OF Seab Reese for congressional nom
iuation the last time, and | was a strong
Reese man too. l. came about in this way
A meeting had been allied ia Wilkes county
--a mass meeting for the purpose # declar-
/ 2 the choice of ths county. It was very
ev9nly divided between Reese ard Carlton.
and it turned out that | was tn decide the
matter Of the nomination. The meeting
the question was upon the postponement
to a later date. The Reese men opposed
the postponement. When | got there the
vote was being taken on the postponemeH t,
a d 1t WAS tie. | was candidate for the
legislature myself, and while was strongly
for Reess, | knew that the people on whom
| depended for my vote-and votes were
pretty precious then, by the way-were
opposed to Reese and in favor of postpone
ment. | bad dropped in merely as a spec
tator, with no idea of taking any part in
tho proceedings, but when | got in there
found that | could not back out of it in any
way. so my vote was cast for a postpone
ment Of action. At a later meeting the
Carlton men carried the county over whelm-
lngly, aud the county vote was cast for
Carlton. SO you see 1t was my vote that
elected Carlton and defeated Reese.n
Blanche Wilson, the girl who swallowed
morphine Wednesday night at house on
Collins st eet Atlanta is dead. She died
very suddenly Thursday afternoon at 2:10
o'clock. Her case Is a rather remarkable
one. About o'clock Thursday morning
the physicians quit work. sit is a matter
Of simple impossioility to save her
life" said they, 'she may live
twelve hours and she may not live
possible" After the physicians left her the
bed was surrounded by the inmates Of the
house, aud the girls death was expected
every minute. To all appearances, bow
ever, she began to get better, and about 10
O'Clock she was breathing regularly. She
recovered consciousness, recognized those
about her and spoke to some of en-. She
was lifted from her bel and walked up and
down the room. About 2 o'clock she sat
down on the sofa, and a second later she
sprang to her feet with the exclamation
''I'll soon be all rightm And added almost
Immediately: II feel one of those spells
coming on me againln She would have
fallen, but one Of her companions caught
her and laid her back on the sofa-dead
During the two or three hours that she was
conscious she referred a number of times
t. her attempt at suicide She protested
no regret for the deed, and wished a
number of times that she had never walked
up. She assigned NJ definite cause for
her action Last A pril or May JACK Moore
died in the house where she died yesterday.
He was either her husband or her lover aud
the father of her Chi d. 1t was he that
first induced her to leave her fathers home.
AT erward when she had come to Atlanta,
Moore was dying with consumption I'd
went to her, out Of money aud without a
friend. She devoted her time and attention
to him, and from her own money paid for a
decent burial. Since his death sac has been
listless and dispirited, and has more than
once repeated her wish to leave the life she
was leading. She is remembered in Law
rencevile and near there as young girl of
remarkable beauty and many accomplish
ments. Her relatives were notified of her
death Yesterday, and the body will prob
ably be sent home to-day.