The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
ONE MORE DEATH
 FROM THE WRECK Another Passenger of III Fated
 Train SuccumbS
TREASURY IS RUNNING OVER
Money Is Coming Into State Reposit- ory In Surprising Manner-Em- ploye of Seaboard Is Ground
 Under a Train.

Atlanta, January 9.-(SpeciaI.) )-Alex- ander Forester, 50 years old. and a re- tired business man of Cleveland, O. died in the Atlanta hospital this morn ing, as an indirect result of the recent wreck of the Southern railways Flori- da special near Hiram, Ga. on Tues day.
 MT. Forrester's death was due direct ly to pneumonia as he was not even classed one of the seriously in jured. He had a dislocated shoulder and fractured rib, and but for con tracing the fatal malady would un- doubtedly have recovered in d very short time.
 This makes the fourth death attribu- table to that train disaster At the time of Mr. Forrester's death his wife was lying seriously injured in another room in the same hospital. Her in juries however, were not considered fatal and she was informed of the death of her husband, being almost prostrated by the news Mrs. W. L. Clements of Cleveland, O., MT. Torres ter's only daughter. accompanied by her husband. arrived in Atlanta today. They started for the city soon after they heard of the wreck, and arrived to find the father dead.
 The other injured are all doing well. They are distributed among the various hospitals, almost all of which have had to secure extra nurses to attend the unexpected increase in patients.
 The Southerns Chattanooga line which was blocked by the wreck, was finally cleared again this morning and traffic over it was resumed. Strange to say the first train to come over it was the Florida special from Chicago. one section of which was wrecked there two days ago.
 During the last three days State Treas urer R. k. Park has received in remit tances from tax collectors in various counties over the state. more than S600, GOO. Such returns at this time are some what surprising, especially in view of the recent money stringency, and the state treasurer looks upon it as a strong in- dcation of the fact that financial trou- bles are largely past.
 As a result of these receipts the treasury finds itself in such good condi- tion that it will begin making payments before they are actually due. Although the first quarterly payment of pensions to veterans, under the law provid- ing for quarterly instead of annual pay ments. is not due until March l. Treasurer Park announces that this distribution of a quarter of a million pension money will be made early in February.
 Tn addition to the foregoing the treas urer announces that the money is on hand in the treasury for the payment of the balance of about 50 per cent due the of t1,n eta to and ia aNy pected that this distribution will be made within about a week. The teachers are very well satisfied with the efforts being made to pay them promptly, but there is considerable complaint from some Of the veterans about getting their money in driblets. whereas they used to get it in lump sum.
 l. A. Melton, an employe of the Sea board while getting off the work train, which is run for the accommodation of the employees was run down and killed by passenger No. B backing out from sta tion. His body was fearfully mutilated.
 Al q mass meeting of citizens owning property on Decatur street. tonight, it was decided to repave the street and work to- ward its regeneration. Decatur street has for years been rendezvous for ne- groes. and saloons have fourished. Citl- gems have great hopes of the future of fhe street now that liquor is no more 
 The Republican State league, at q meeting tonight, indopsed four candidates for national committeeman, criticised Roosevelt. opposed Taft and praised For aker. Tom Blodgett was the principal speaker.
 Records of the Atlanta. police court con- tinue to show that business with the police has fallen off about one-hah as compared with last year, tine difference being attributed to prohibition. There were a total of S arrests. one of which Twas for drunkenness yesterday. as com rared with 4s cases with eight trunks on January s. 1so9