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VOLUME XI. NO. 13.
Ml 10 THE KNIFE
BETWEEN PRES.
AND ROTH
HORSES
CONGRESS DOES NOT LIKE TO
BE DICTATED TO AS HAS BEEN
THE CASE DURING TWO SES
SIONS.
THE "BIG STICK”
POLICY DEFIED
Has Been Cause of What is Really
a Rupture in the Party and is a
Contagion of Strained Relations in
the National Government —Now
Open Revolt in Congress.
WASHINGTON. D. 0., .lan. 16.
Once more it. is war time in Washing
ton. It is not to be a peaceful revolu
tion after all. The decision of the
senate to curb Mr. Roosevelt and
keep him in his constitutional place
is being resented at the White House.
The ohjectlons of members of the
house of representatives to the Phil
ippine tariff hills and the Joint state
hood bill have only called down upon
thair heads extravagant expressions of
executive wrath and numerous blows
from the "big stick.”
The hostile situation has advanced
from that of secret hostility to open
revolt, until there is a condition now
prevailing that promises the most se
rious results for the republican party.
Higher and higher each day for
more than six weelys have arisen the
waves of revolt against the preten
sions of the president to dictate rather
than to recommend to congress. The
storm is raging at both ends of the
capitol. The great dome resounds with
republican denunciation of Mr. Roose
velt. The White House offices echo
with the outpourings of an Impulsive
and undismayed president against the
senators and representatives who
thwart hia will.
Out of such condition only one thing
was to be expected and that, has about
. been realized. The republican party,
which at. the last national election car
ried every northern state and swept
the great state of Missouri away from
Its democratic moorings, is split wide
open. The administration is defied in
the house of representatives and iB
tinder searching and unrelenting in
vestigation in the senate. More than
that, the senate has definitely decided
that hereafter things shall be done dif
ferently in Washington and that the
president shall consult it in the matter
of making treaties, appointing persons
to office and digging the Panama
canai
Senatorial determination to take a
position of a corrective character to
ward the president seems to have its
inception in the course pursued by the
executive with reference to Santo Do
mingo. The senate forgave Mr. Roose
velt and Secretary Hay for negotiat
ing the Sanchez-Dillingham secret
treaty because the administration
promptly back tracked. But the sen
ate has not forgiven Mr. Roosevelt
for entering into the debt collecting
arrangement with Morales last March
Immediately after the senate adjourn
ed. There seems to be no prospect
that the senate will ratify the treaty
with Santo Domingo, and there is in
this case an almost complete and sig
nifloant parallel with the fight General i
Grant had with the senate over Santo
Domingo early in the seventies.
Senate Is Resentful.
President Grant became impressed
with the idea of having control of
Santo Domingo immediately after the
Virginias affair. He desired to annex 1
the island In order to get a military
foothold in the Caribbean, and for
that purpose, without the knowledge of
Secretary Fish, sent his private secre
tary. Mr. Bnheock, to the island to;
negotiate a treaty. This instrument
was negotiated by Mr. Babcock, who
returned after expending something
like 1150,000. It provided for our tak
ing over the island on the payment
of *1,000,000. President Grant's cabi
net was so opposed to what had been
done, especially in view of the gen
eral belief that he had been made
an instrument by speculators and ad
venturers. that he could not get it to
discuss it. He sent the treaty to the j
senate, where it was bitterly opposed
by Senator Charles Sumner.
President Grant resorted to the
same tactics now being employed bv
Mr. Roosevelt to get the treaty I
through. He sought the votes of'
southern senators, used patronage and
all his influence, but the treaty failed
The opposition of the senate to Mr
Roosevelt is by no means confined to I
what he has done in Santo Domingo. |
as was the opposition to President
Grant, and It Is much more deeply
rooted. On the other hand if is per- i
haps not so outspoken yet as was that j
which was manifested toward Pros!
dent Cleveland In the fight over the
"Wilson bill, or In the opposition led by
Senator Hill against the nomination of
■William B. Hornblower and Wheeler
H. Peckham to be justices of the su-1
preme court of the United States. Nor!
Is it so rancorous as that which led j
to the attempt to impeach President i
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Missouri’s Attorney General Who is Fighting Standard Oil Magnates
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FIELD CRITICAL;
NOT HOPELESS
Physicians Say He Has Grown Worse
Since Last Evening, But Still Bare
Chance of Life.
NEW YORK. Jan. 16.—At 0 o'clock
Marshal Field’s physicians issued
the following bulletin:
"Mr. Field’s condition iR worse
than last eneving. There appears to
be a spreading of the disease. While
the case is critical, it is not hope
less.”
MANY IMPROVEMENTS.
Trolley Company Will Spend Quarter
of Million.
ATLANTA. (!a.. Jan. 16.—1 Special)
—During the current year the Geor
gia Railway and Electric company
will expend a quarter of a million dol
lars in improvements, and. in addi
tion. will erect a bnilding to cost
♦Bo.oob, which the motormen and
conductors of the street railway sys
tem will use as a place for recreation.
This building will he erected at Pied
mont avenue and Armstrong (former
ly Jenkinsl street, on a lot recently
purchased by the company. It is the
purpose of the company to double
track all its lines in Fulton county
wherever such improvement is possi
ble. Also heavier rails will replace
those of light weight, and all worn
material will be repaired or done
away with altogether. Nearly all
plans for these contemplated improve
ments have been prepared in advance
and will be carried out as fast as
practicable.
ENGINE ALL FOR HIMSELF.
Declared Railroads Were for Accom
modation of the Public.
PITTSFIELD, Mass.. Jan. 16.
Daniel Phelps, of Williamstown, Is
under arrest a* Bennington, Vt., on
the charge of attempting to run
away with a locomotive, the prop
erty of the Boston & Maine rail
road.
Phelps was discovered by Charles
Wickham, a yard watchman, in the
cab. getting up nteam. The em
ploye called an officer, who Interro
gated Phelps as he wrr shoveling in
coal.
Phelps said that railroad properly
was for the service of the public,
that he wanted to go to Williamstown
immediately, and that he proposed
to go by rail. And with his hand
on the throttle, he hacked the engine
to the main track, but was overpow.
ered hv the officers.
DISTRIBUTE SCHOOL MONEY.
ATLANTA. Ga . Jan. 16.—(Special)
—This week the state treasury de
partment will distribute among the
several county and local school sys
tems of Georgia $581,685.45. This
disbursement will cover the claims
for the last quarter of 1906. Flight
counties have thus far failed to end
in their claims and their proportionate
part iR not among the money that will
be paid out, this week. The money
is raised by direct, taxation, special
taxation, liquor taxes. Western and At
lantic railroad leases and poll faxes.
The total amount for the year from
these sources amounts to nearly two
million dollars.
Johnson. But it is on so many differ
ent topics that at almost any min
ute an explosion in an entirely new
direction may occur.
As to the Panama canal .the opposi
tion of the senate has been taken
calmly and after much thought. This
Investigation means that many mat
ters that are now managed hy the
president shall be taken back clearly
by Senator Halp in his speech deliver
ed immediate!' after the president's
Panama message was read.
It is reported tha* in order to ob
tain his confirmation Mr. Shonts,
chairman of the canal commission, has
consented to resign his position as
the head of the Olovpr I.paf railway,
and that he has Informed the canal
commission of the senate that he is
now engaged in winding up his con
nection with that property. This will
result in the confirmation of Mr.
Shonts.
LOCAL FORECABT: For Auguaia and vicinity. Fair and colder tonight: Wrdneaday fair.
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NKW YORK, Jan. 16.—’’Put. into a
nutshell—no matter how hard it. may
be to crack—our grievance against the
Standard Oil company is something
like this: A has shot B. A Is the
Standard Oil company and R Ik the
Rtate of Missouri. Recently- wd have
obtained in Missouri absohlfe evi
dence of the shooting. The shooting,
translated into plain words. Is con
tended to be the Standard Oil’s own
ership or control of the Waters-Plerce
Oil company, the Republic Oil com
Puny, the International Oil company
and a minor concern. We have al
ready proved to our satisfaction that
these alleged independent companies
are really the Standard in disguise.
Otherwise, the Missouri anti-trust law
has been violated. A has shot B. i
have come to New York simply to
obtain evidence as to whv A has shot
B."
Thus, picturesquely ami without
waste of words. Attorney General Her
bert S. Hadley, the young legal Loch-
Invar who came out of the west the
other day and began skirmishing on
S. C SUPREME COURT SEVERELY
ARRAIGNED BY SENATOR I. T. HAY
COLUMBIA. S. C.. JAN. 16. THERE WAS A SHARP PASSAGE IN THE STATE SUPREME
COURT TODAY WHEN SENATOR J T. HAY. WITH SUPPRESSED EMOTION. ARRAIGNED THE
COURT IN THE MATTER OF LETTERS OF J. S. FARNUM. THE COURT HANDED DOWN A DE
CISION TO THE EFFECT THAT FARNUM HAS NOT BEEN IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AND
THAT THE DEFENDANT SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO APPEAR IN PERSON AND BE EXAM
INED.
SENATOR HAY THEN RESENTED THE INSINUATION MADE YESTERDAY BY JUSTICE IRA
B. JONES TO THE EFFECT THAT THE COURT WAS BEING MADE A CAT’S PAW BY THE
, COMMITTEE. HE CHARGED THAT EVERY COURT IS IN A WAY TO GET AT CRIMINALS.
MORALES AND DID
GUNBOAT GAVE
UP TODAY
MONTI CRISTI CAPITULATED ON
CONDITION OF PROTECTION
FOR REVOLUTIONISTS AND
THE DOMINICAN WAR HAS
BEEN ENDED.
SAN DOMINGO. Jan. 16.—The
port of Monte Crlstl. on the north
coast has capitulated to the govern
ment forces, the latter guarateelng
to protect the lives and property of
the rebels.
The Dominican gunboat Independ
encia. which supported former Presi
dent Morales, also surrendered after
her commander had sought refuge on
an American warship.
The revolution Is ended and all is
quiet.
FAIL TO CHOOSE WIVES.
WII.KKSBARHE, :'a.. Jan. IC. -
Despite the desire of Father Manley,
AUGUSTA. GA.. TUESDAY. JANUARY 16. 1906.
ATrQFWZy GENERAL HADLEY.
• the plains of print, summed up the
now famous case of Missouri versus
the greatest industrial power on earth.
“That is the case in a nutshell,” he
asseverated, "although the witnesses
here do njt seem to he aware of the
> faet. By declining to answer ques
tions, on (he advice of counsel.” iron
ically, “they have not only prejudiced
: their case In the eyes of the people.
| but have given ns excellent evidence
in support of our contention. Regard
less of the legal aspect of the case,
the hold declaration of one prominent
man that it was quite Immaterial lo
him what the supreme court of Mis
sourl desired him (o say in the prom
ises was the most damaging defiance I
of law and order that could possibly'
be thrown at the American people."
"Should you succeed in establishing
in evidence lhat the four alleged in
dependent concerns are veiled syn
onyms for the Standard Oil company,
what action would follow?” was
asked.
“What. action? Why, they and all 1
other Standard Oil agents would cease I
WEEK OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE.
Mororean conference In Algeclras Spain, January 10, in which
the United States will take part.
Election of president of France on January 17.
National conference of primary election and ballot reform In
New Vork, January 15.
United Mine Workers' convention In Indianapolis, Ind., Janu
ary 16.
Annual meeting of American Protective Tariff league In New
York, January Ik.
Continuation of parliamentary elections in Gr<*at Britain.
Ship subsidy and pure food bills to be discussed In the I'nlted
States senate.
Investigation of the Panama canal situation by senate commit
tec on Isthmian cannls. January 16.
Discussion and vote on the Philippine tariff hill In the house of
represt motives
National rivers and harbors congress in Washington, D. C , Janu
ary 15.
of St. John's church, Pittston, that,
at least ftfiv young men of thp con
gregation should propose during the
week Just ended and announce their
coming weddings at the masses to
day. not one obeyed.
Father Mauley did not preach, but
ihe said afterward in an Interview
that, there were eighty marriages in
the congregation during the year just
ended, and he was surprised that fol
lowing Advent, during which there
are no Catholic marriages, a number
were not announced. This Jed him
last Sunday to suggest forcibly that
at least, fifty young men proposed
to do business in Hie stale of Mis
souri. that’s all.”
"llut where would you get oil, other
thnn Standard oil?"
"Without crossing my bridges he
fore reaching them, it is pretty well ,
established that Missouri will not he
dark for want of Standard oil," laugh
ed Attorney General Hadley. "Kan
sas, with Its capped and abundant
wells. Is at our door, and there are
plenty of refining and distributing
means of marketing the product."
"What impression have you formed
of Vice President Rogers?" was von
lured.
"He corroborates the testimony of
Thomas W. Lawson," was the smiling
reply. "I should say I have never met j
a more forceful and intense man nor
one who is more thoroughly master
of himself and of his environment. But
the law is the law, and when any
mun in this country can safely set
hlniHelf above il, ran convey the im
prosslon that Special statutes must he
formed for him nnd Ills kind, this will
no longer be a government for, by and
of the people.”
during the week and that the girls
be not backward about saying "Yes,"
Papers commenting upon his re
quests have been s«'nt him, he says,
from all over the country, and he
lltius he h- 1 achieved a notoriety he
dislikes, and declares he will say no
mote upon the subject.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 16 The
trial of Midshipman Minor Meriweth
er, Jr., on charges of hazing in six
separate instances was continued to
day. His counsel entered challenge*
to certain members of the court this
' morning.
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CLEIIELAIO'S
BROTHER DEAD
Effects of Paralysis Caused Demise
of Aged Retired Presbyterian Min
ister at Columbus.
I’tll.l MHUS, Ohio, Jan. 16 Rev.
W. N Cleveland, brother of former
I' si.Vnt Grover Cleveland, died last
night frum the offecis of paralysis.
Ilt> was 78 years old. and died at the
home of ids sun. W. N. Cleveland, of
tills city. Rev. Mr. Cleveland was
a retired Presbyterian minister.
Former President Cleveland lias
been notified and the funeral arrange
ments await word from him The
burial will probably be in thin city.
COMING MINE CONFERENCE.
Definitely Btated That Operators Will
Meet Representatives of Employes.
NKW YORK, Jan. 16 Anthracite
coal operators, including the big rail
road operatoors, will meet the miners’
representatives In about two weeks.
It was said today liv (he president of
a coal railroad. The exact date of
the conference has not been fixed,
Probably It will be held In this city
early In February, Hfter the natlonur
convention of the I’nlted Mine Work
ers.
President George IV liner, of th<
! Rending, and John Mitchell, head of
i the United Mine Workers, have boon
corresponding for several weeks, and
reached an agreement for conference
recently. The railroad operators have
not outlined their nttltude toward the
miners, it was said today, for the rea
son Mint the miners have not present
ed their fill! side of the ense.
The Individual operators will z.o
represented hy Joseph L. Cake, of the
Clear Spring Coal Company at West
Pittaton. Pa., and by Frank Pardee,
of the Pardee Coal Company at Hazle
ton. Mr. ftaer will represent the rail
road operators, It was stated
' BIG WORK BTARTED.
Engineer Preparing to Build the New
Viaduct.
ATLANTA, Gn., Jan. Hi (Special)
Work on the Washington afreet
viaduct begun thin morning. ('apt.
Clayton, city engineer, began a aur
vey of the viaduct. preparatory to
drawing plana for 11. The city finance
committee has aet nalde $50,000 for
the viaduct and the city engineer
aa.va he has no dealre lo lone any time
Ip gelling the preliminary work In
ahape. The preliminary eatlmale of
the entire atructnre la $176,000. The
railroads are to give SBO,OOO of thla
nmount and the city will make up
the balanee when It la needed. The
Washington at root viaduct protnlaea
to prove one of the moat Important
Improvement* made In Atlanta In
many year*. It will nerve to connect,
two sect lona of the city which have
been well nigh at rangers for the past
quarter of n century.
BURGLAR'S LOOT FOUND.
According To Convict, More Treasure
Is Concealed In Woods
Near Boston.
BOSTON. Jan. 16. It came to
light last night In Brookline that two
tlri boxes containing the works of half
a dozen watches and n quantity of
cheap Jewelry, which were found eon
cealed In a stone wall In the Chest
nut Hill woods by two men at work
destroying gypsy moth nests, were
hidden there hy William Barrett, who
was known as the “lone burglar" and
who has since 1 808 been serving a
life sentence In the Charlestown
Htatn prison for the murder of James
Farrar, a constable of Mouth Lincoln,
on May 17, IK!H. Among other things
found in the boxes were papers boar
Ing Barrett's name and dated IKSS
Barrett made a statement after he
had been sentenced to prison for life
to the effect that there are boxes con
tajnlng *176,000 worth of bonds and
stocks concealed In the woods, some
where between Chestnut Hill and
Newton Center, j
. THF PLANTER’S LOAN 4
* AND SAVINGS BANK. 4
> Gross Resourcaa $1,000,000,00 4
> PAYS 4 PER CT. INTEREST. 4
> Dsposlta may be made by MAIL. 4
> L. C. Hayne, Praaldant. 4
• Cha«. C. Howard, Caahler.4
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 A YEAR.
HORRIBLE DEATH OF
WORKMEN INTHE
EAST RIVER
TUNNEL •
COMPRESSED AIR PIPE BURST
AND WATER RUSHED INTO BIG
HOLE UNDER THE RIVER BBD.
CAISSON DISEASE
CLAIMED VICTIMS
Known at ‘ Benda,” as Force of Ale
Draws Its Victims Into Knots.
Foreman and Assistant Nearly Loet
Their Lives Doing Rescue Work lit
the Tunnel.
NKW YORK. Jan. 16. —Two negro
mnnel workers wore killed by snlTn
caiion and ealaaon disease, two were
drowned, two others seriously over
come. and a while foreman and his
assistant suffered severely in rescuing
1 those who survived, when the com
pressed sir pipe burst In the Fast.
! river tunnel, on ’ Man o’War Reef.’*
opposite Forty second street today.
The bodies of the drowned men ntlll
lie at the bottom of the shaft, 20 feet,
below the river level. These men
were overwhelmed by water that en
tered the shaft when the pressure
was removed.
The foreman and the assistant In
the work of reseuo left, the bottom of
the shaft Just In time to escape drown
ing and death by the "bends” as the
dreaded caisson disease Is railed.
Man o’War Reef” Is a mass of
rocks Ivina Just below the surfsce
lof the river at low water. When It
was fixed upon as a place for the
shaft, a crib was built, which was
| made air light, and. by dumping rocks
from Die other shafts upon it, the
contractors have made a little Island
for the work there. From this Is the
shaft through which the compressed
air was driven to the workera below
was sunk.
EXPOBED NECK.
Showed Jury Her Shoulders for $6,000
Suit.
LOUIHVILLR. Ky.. Jan 18.—About,
thirty days ago Miss Stella Rancher,
a pretty young woman of Jefferson
ville. Ind., appeared before a court
of I his county In an action for dam
ages against the Louisville Street rail
way company, the Illinois Central and
the Henderson Route roads.
At the request of her attorney. Miss
Roacher gavo the Jury a morn than
fleeting view of her shoulders, neck
and arms. The Jury Immediately
awarded her damages to the amount
of $6,000.
Mlsh Rescher, since the suit, has
received forty foifr letters from vari
ous pnrls of Ihe union, all of a matri
monial eliaracter, and still others of
fering sage advice as lo how best to
dispose of her wenlth, while from a
Little Rock (Ark.l woman, who, ac
cording to an Investigation made by
Miss ReHcher’s attorney. Is wealthy,
cornea an offer of a home.
Miss Rescher. who Is of rather a
retiring disposition, doea not take
kindly to the notoriety thst has been
thrust upon her because the wisdom
of her attorney dictated that she ex
pose the Injured part of her body to
the Jury.
THREATS AGAINST HANGMAN.
Told He Will Not Live to Put Noose
About Mrs. Tnlla'a Neck.
HACKENSACK. N. J.. Jan. Hl.
Prosecutor Ernest Kessler went to
Washington yesterday to appear be
fore the I'nlted States supreme court
In the case of Anna Valentina the
murderess under conviction here
Sheriff Mercer, Judge Zabriskle,
and Hangman Vanhlse have received
hundreds of letters relating to the
i asn of Mrs. Antoinette Tolls, who
was reprieved last Friday for thirty
days. The moat of these missives
are from the south and from the
west as far as the Dakotas, appealing
for mercy. But those received by
Vanhlse art* of the Black Hand ty|!e,
some of them smeared with blood,
ana Informing him that he will never
reach Hackensack If he starts to
hang Mrs Tolls. They are all from
Milwaukee and vicinity. One from
that city to the sheriff declares thnt
the Jail and all In It will be dynamit
ed before Mrs. Tolls shall die on
the gallows, and that Vanhlse will
he done for on Ills way (o the execu
tion. The writer declares that a
large delegation of anarchists has
been selected to carry out the order's
decree.
TERRIFIC BTORM.
Ohio and Kentucky Suffered consid
erable Damage Last Might.
CINCINNATI. 0.. Jan. 16.—Dis
patches from various points In Ohio
and Kentucky tell of great damage
by a severe wind, rain and hall storm
last night. The wind reached a vein
city of 40 to 60 miles an hour. Wire*
wore blown down and many build
ings unroofed.