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VOLUME XI. NO. 69.
TILLMAN SUBMITS REPORT
ON RAILROAD RATE BILL
STRONGEST KIND OF STATE
MENT IN SENATE TODAY BY
BRAINY CAROLINIAN.
RATE QUESTION PARAMOUNT
IN NEXT NATIONAL CANVASS
Great Accumulation of Wealth In the
Hands of Few Such Menace to Lib
erty That the Honest Patriot Stands
Appalled at Outlook—Supreme
Court Must Finally Decide.
Benjamin R. Tillman.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 15.
Today Senator Tillman presented to
the senate his report from the com
mittee on Interstate commerce on the
house railroad rate bill, in which he
"expressed his views, but did not pre
tend to speak for any other member
of the committee.’ He believed the
bill should be amended, but the amend
ments should not impair or prevent
the actDmplishment of its objects,
which are set forth best, he says, in the
president’s message.
He emphasized the need of regard
ing the measure as non-partisan, but
predicted that the issue will be para
mount in the next presidential elec
tion. As to its effect, he said:
t,. Those who are responsible for de
lay, or inadequate legislation, will And,
when at last the flood gates of popular
wrath and indignation are hoisted,
that there will have been some fine
grinding done.”
He reviewed the circumstances of
reporting the bill by the committee,
saying that the senators who con
curred in reporting it favorably agreed
as to the general purpose of the bill,
but that there are radical differences
among them as to the amendments.
He said that the most essential change
in the bill from the existing laws reg
ulating commerce was a provision em
powering the interstate commerce
commission to fix rates around which
contention has arisen. He said the
final determination of the question
must be made by the supreme court.
He had not the slightest doubt that it
is possible to properly amend the bill
so as to prohibit circuit courts from
interfering with the orders of the in
terstate commerce commission by any
Interlocutory order. This question,
also, he said, must be determined by
the supreme court.
Summing tip the situation he said:
"It is impossible to deny this great
accumulation of wealth in the hands
of a few, and is such menace to liberty
that, the honest patriot stands appaled
by the outlook.”
He said the provision in the hill
giving the interstate commerce com
mission power to determine a ‘‘fairly
remunerative rate" should be stricken
out as it was too elastic and ambigu
ous.
Mr. Tillman recommended that the
amendments to the bill be adopted
which would give relief to “the ano
malous and outrageous conditions of
affairs disclosed as existing in West
Virginia."
A WHIRLWIND CANVASS
IN BEHALF OF Y. M. C. A.
Determined In BavannaH to Put Up a
Grand Association Building.
SAVANNAH. f»a., March 15.—(Spc
cial.) —This morning there was begun
in Savannah what is expected to be a
fifteen days' whirlwind canvass of the
town for subscriptions to the new
Y M. C. A. building, which It is pro
posed to erect.
The structure is to cost SIOO,OOO.
Of this amount $78,000 is already In
hand The committees that went, to
work this morning started out with
the determination to raise the addi
tional $22,000 in a hurry so that work
may be commenced.
Savannah has long envied Augusta
and other Georgia cities that boast
o.’ Y. M. C. A. buildings, and it is de
termined to get In the van ot me pro
cession.
Mr. W. B. Stubbs is president of
the Y. M. C A., and he has the hack
ing of the best citizens of the city in
hi' efforts to give the city a Y. M. C.
A home of which the citizens may
ha orcmd.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
BEN TILLMAN TRIUMPH
IN LOWER HOUSE TODAY
WASHINGTON. D. C. March IS.— !
The Townsend resolution conferring
additional power on the inter-state
commerce commission to •nnke the
special investigation authorized in the
Tiilman-Glllesple resolution regarding
the relations between certain railroads
and tlie coal and oil industry was pass
ed by the house toduy.
COL BILL CLIRON
WILL ANNOUNCE
FOR CONGRESS
AUTHENTIC INFORMATION THAT
HE WILL BE IN THE RACE TO
SUCCEED LESTER.
FORMAL CARD IN FEW DAYS
One of the Best Known Men in Geor
gia—Knows Everybody in the State
and Sure of Making Very Strong
Race.
SAVANNAH, Ga., March 15.—(Spe
cial.)—Col. Wm. Clifton has deter
mined finally to epter the race for
congress from the First District. His
announcement will ze out in a few
days. This information comes from a
direct source.
Col. Clifton is one of the best known
men in Georgia. His long association
with the House of Representatives has
made him known to nearly public man
in the state. He is looked upon as the
father of the new county of Toombs.
COAST LINT MEN
STOP IN SAVANNAH
Directors Halt on Their Inspection
Trip to View Property of Their Cor
poration.
SAVANNAH, Ga„ March 15.—(Spe
cial.) —The directors of the Atlantic
Coast Line railway who have been
touring Florida during the past sev
eral days, were in the city this* morn
ing for a couple of hours.
They arrived from Waycross on a
special train and reached the city
about 9 o’clock.
They spent a part of the time here
viewing the property of the Coast Line
at this point. They were very much
interested in the examination of the
realty holdings of the Coast Line as
this Important point. They met some
of the prominent citizens of the place
and seemed very much impressed with
the importance of Savannah as a busi
ness point. They left during the morn-
Jng for the north.
S. H. KAUFMAN DEAD
PROMINENT NEWSPAPER MAN
President of Washington Evening Star
and President Corcoran Art
Gallery.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 15.
S. H. Kauffman, president of the
Kvening Star Newspaper Co.: presi
dent of the Corcoran Galery of Art;
former president of the American
Newspaper Publishers association, and
one of the best-known citlens of this
city, died this morning.
He was born in Wayne county, Ohio,
April 30, 1829, and was a newspaper
publisher in Ohio during the fifties.
He was a member of numerous clubs
in this and other cities.
LORD BARRINGTON
DIDN'T HMD TOM!
State Supreme Court Has Not Set
Hearing Date —Action of March 6
Operated as Respite.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. March 15.—'The
state supreme court has not yet set a
date for the hearing en banc of the
case of Frederick Seymour, "Lord"
Barrington, who was to have been
hanged today for the murder of James
McCann, a horseman.
The action taken by the supreme
court on March oth. transferring the
case to the full court, acted as a re
spite until a final decision is ren
der ad.
LOCAL FORECAST: For Augusta and vicinity. Fair and colder tonight: Friday fair.
The resolution was amended by
striking out the sr>n,on.) appropriation
on the statement, of Mr. Tawney that
the commission was to submit an esti
mate which probably would aggregate
$150,000.
The resolution meets the pre.-ident's
suggestion in his special message on
the subject.
lON.TJ.IDICK
WANTS TO SEE
SHOW DOWN
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION INTRO
DUCED BY HIM IN THE HOUSE
THIS MORNING.
WHENCE CAME THE FUNDS?
By Whom Were Political Subscrip
tions in Last Election Made, to
Whom and for What Were They
Expended?
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 15.
Representative Hardwick, of Georgia,
today introduced a resolution direct
ing the committee on the election of
president, vice president and repre
sentatives in congress to institute a
thorough and exhaustive investigation
as to the amounts of money which
were contributed during the national
election of 1904 to the national and
congressional campaign committees of
both the republican and democratic
tickets, by whom, and to whom such
contributions were made and the man
ner and purposes for which they were
expended.
MINE WORKERS
IN CONVENTION
Confidently Predicted That Action
Contemplated Will Prevent Huge
Threatened Strike.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 15—The
national convention of the United
Mine Workers of America, opened
here today, with over 1,000 delegates
representing 1.461 locals. The con
vention has been called to consider
the action which may result in an
agreement with the coal operators
that will prevent a general strike,
that would bring 425,000 men from
the mines on April 1. The conference
with the operators will begin Monday.
The first, business of the conven
tion was the organization, and the
greater part of the day was taken up
with credentials committee.
REPORTED AT SEA OVERDUE,
BUT SHE IS ALL RIGHT
NORFOLK. Va„ March 15.—The
steamer Richmond, engaged in the
lumber coasting trade, reported at sea
overdue, is safely at anehor in Hamp
ton Roads, off Sewell’s Point.
The steamer was hound from
Georgetown , B. C., to New York and
sailed from Norfolk Monday and an
chored In Hampton Roads, it is re
ported. because of fog and bad weath
er generally.
DIVINE SUM
HAS (DRRIVED
Busy Time at Walker's Hall Fixing
Stage—Jim Tant and Staff Lent an
Assisting Hand, Despite the Trust.
Madam Sarah Bernhardt arrived on
her special train at about 2 p. m. to
day and the troupe went, shortly af
ter to Walker's Hall.
The special came from Jacksonville
snd was about one and a half hours
late. There are busy times at the
hall this afternoon where the Divlr.e
Sarah wdll play this evening, as there
are a good many things to arrange
before the performance is pulle I off.
Madam Bernhardt remained in her
car during the afternoon.
While Mr.dame Bernhardt is olay
ing independent of the theatrical
trust still she had to call on that well
known stage manager Mr. James
Tant to help In the firing of the stage
and “Jim'' was equal to the emergen
cy. ami took his stage staff to the fiail
and. taut a helping hand.
AUGUSTA. GA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 15. 1906.
HELD FOR STEALING
DIAMOND PROM
CARNEGIE'S
NIECE
MRS. J. C. GREENWAY. CLOSE REL
ATIVE OF PHILANTHROPIST,
WITNESS IN JUDGE NURNBER
GER’S COURT TODAY.
ROBBED EN ROUTE TO CITY
On Testimony Furnished by Dlstin-
Guiehed Lady C. H. Woodfork, Pull
man Car Porter, Committed In De-
Fault of Bond to Answer Larceny
Charge.
Mrs. Jnmes C. Greenway, the nleop
of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the promi
nent philanthropist who is now at
Hampton Terrace, was the main wit
ness in a case against C. H. Wood
fork, a colored Pullman sleeping car
porter, on trial at the court of Magis
trate W. M. Nurnberger this morn
ing.
The case was a very Interesting one
and resulted in the defendant being
bound over to the city court on a S3OO
bond, and in default of the bon I was
committed to Jail. He is charged with
larceny.
The case was brought by the Pull
man company and Mrs. Green way.
Mr. W. C. Lane represented the
state and Mr. C. A. Plcquet the de
fendant.
The hearing consumed about an
hour.
Mrs. Greenway testified as to the
reasons that she "had for believing tnat
the Pullman porter stole a diamond
from a ring setting of hers.
The negro denied the theft and told
his version of how he came by a loose
diamond that, he said, was not the one
alleged stolen.
Story of Alleged Theft.
The story of the alleged diamond
theft is as follows:
About two weeks ago Mrs. Green
way and party engaged the Pullman
car “lolanthe” for a trip to the south,
Woodfork was assigned to the position
of porter of the car. On a certain af
ternoon about two weeks ago the party
boarded the ear In the Jersey City sta
tion and the hand baggage of the
ladies was placed in the car while the
party went onto the rear platform to
view the scenery as the train sped
southward.
They remained on the plntform sot
perhaps an hour. While they were on
the platform there wns no one in tho
ear except Woodfork.
Among the hand baggage was si hand
bag that contained .i jewel ease that
belonged to Mrs. Greeaway, and
among the Jewels was a solitaire dia
mond ring, her wedding ring
The Journey was continued to the
south and on a morning a day after
leaving Jersey City the "lolanthe"
came to a halt in the union station In
this city, and Mrs. Greenwny and
party went to Ham) ton Terrace.
The Diamond Missing.
About two days after the arrival nt
the tourist hostelrie Mrs. (ireenw.iy
had occasion to open her Jewel case
that she had placed in her truna on
arrival at. the hotel, and to tier dis
may found that the stone of h n r wed
ding ring had been prized from the set
ting and w'as missing.
She had not had the bag whim con
tained the Jewel case nut of her pos
session since she left Jersey City, ex
cept when she had gone on to the rear
platform of the Pullman and she at
once suspected the porter of taking
the stone.
Police on Search.
The case was placed In tin hands of
the local police and Detect!vi How
ard and Williams began to work on
the matte.-
The Pullman company was also no
tified of ihe loss. The company at once
I set ti\ work to find the oort Wood
fork and located him in the west,
I where the “lolanthe’’ was at the time.
He was ordered to come to Augusta
and was accused of the theft, which
i he strongly denied.
| He arrived here day tiefore yester
'dsy and was arrested by the local
police. The police kept the matter
on the quiet and a hearing was ar
ranged for the porter.
Pawned Diamond.
Attorney Lane and the detectives
learned that the porter had on the
night, that the party arrived In this
! city been at the eating house of a cer
j tain colored man and had exhibited a
j loose diamond that he wanted to tet
a loan on and which he did raise S2O
on. He later redeemed the diamond
Woodfork’s statement today was to
the effect that he had won the stone
1 in a gambling house and had since loaf,
jit. Whether this be so or not the
j diamond has not been recovered to
' date. The next step in the proceedings
.is the trial of the porter In the city
1 court which may bo next wools.
The Retort Courteous.
x —Now York Herald.
FIRE RUG BURNED
WAREHOUSE IN
BLACKVILLE
D. P. JHNSON’S PLACE DESTROY
ED DURING NIGHT BY SOME
ENEMY.
LITTLE INSURANCE
Odor of Kerosene Betrays Fact That
Fire Was Criminally Started —Large
Collection of New Vehicles Among
Destroyed Property.
BLACKVILLE, S. March 15.—j
(Bpeolnl.)— Fire broke out at 12:35
o’clock this morning, destroying the
blacksmith shop and warehouse of Mr.
D. P. Johnson. A collection of forty
new buggies, phaetons and wagons
were destroyed. They were stored
In the warehouse. In addition to this
tlipre were about thirty boxes of valu
able harness destroyed.
Night. Watchman Dychos states that
tho fire whs evidently of Incendiaryj
origin. Strong odor of kerosene was
detected.
Mr. Johnson slates that he Is un |
able to estimate the precise lost as
yet, but. says it Is very heavy and not!
covered by Insurance.
DAVID SRERRICK
AN EMBEZZLED
Former State Auditor of Indiana Was
Found Guilty Today of Miauae of
State Fund*.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 15.
David Hherrlck, former auditor of the
state, was today found guilty of em
bezzlement.
Hherrlck was tried on Indictments
(barging the misuse of $127,000 of
state funds. He resigned on demand
of the governor and the money has
since been paid hack to the state
1 treasury.
funeral services today
OVER SUSAN B. ANTHONY
Interment This Morning In Mount
Hope Cemetery.
ROCHESTER, March 15.—Funeral
services over the body of Susan B.
Anthony were held In the Central
Presbyterian chureh today.
The Interment yas In Alounl Hope
[cemetery. j
KILLED VISITOR
AND HIMSELF
TART SCANDAL
IN SAVANNAH
City Officials Indicted In Judge Speer’s
Court for the Wholesale Manufac-j
ture of Voters.
SAVANNAH, Ga„ March 15—(Spe
cial.) The uctlon of the grand Jury
of the United Stales court yesterday
afternoon in returning so many in
dictments against those connected
with the alleged fraudulent registra
tion of Greeks, after having made
thpm citizens by fnlao affidavits, ex
cited the keenest Interest In Haven
nnh. Except for the (IreekH, the tnen
who were Indicted are all well known.
Most, of them are politicians.
Those Indicted were:
For swearing falsely to affidavits
and applications for citizenship, H. K.
Papadeaa and James A. Wood, Lwo-In
dictments; N. K. Papadeas und Jas.
Mcßride, J. J. Garrlty, six Indict
ments; N. K. Papadeas and James
Mcßride. I/. K. Papadeas and George
Christopher, two Indictments; L. K.
Papadeas snd G. P. Capltan, two in
dictments, James Mcßride and Paul
H. Broome.
For aiding snd abetting In the
fraudulent, naturalization of citizens:
James Mcßride, four Indictments; al
so James Mcßride and Paul (I
Broome, L. K. Papadeas and rßltt. O.
Rogers.
Of these defendants, Mcßride Is c-ify
harbor master; Garrlty Is employed in
the rlty scavenger department; Paul
Broome is rtssislnnt clerk of tin- in ■ •
ket; J. A. Woods is a police sergeant
ami Rogers is an employee of the
city.
The Americans who were Indicted
yesterday gave bond last night. The
security given by James Mcßride ag
gregated $14,000. and consisted of
seven bonds of $2,000 each, upon
which Mr. J. H. McKenna appeared as
surety.
The six bonds given by J I Gar
rlt.v amounted to $12,000. Upon all
of these James M. Dixon appeared as
surety.
James A. Woods was held In two
$2,000 bonds, upon which J. ('. Slater
Is surety. Paul H. Broome gave one
bond of $2,000, upon which the stir,
ties were Alex Mendall and J. W.
Seay.
The bond of $2,000 of B. O. Rogers,
was signed by J. M. Dixon. The to
tal amount of binds given, Inclusive
of those given by the- Greeks, amount
ed to over $36,000.
The court fixed the amounts of the
bonds before leaving the benclt yes
j terday afternoon. The Greeks were
[held In bonda of SSOO for each charge.
♦ TUC PLANTERS LOAN ♦
♦ AND SAVINQB BANK. *
♦ Gross Resources $1,000,000.00 •
♦ PAYS 4 PER CT. INTEREST. ♦
♦ Deposits may be mad# by MAIL. ♦
♦ L. C. Hayne, Preeldent. ♦
♦ Chaa. C. Howard, '‘.ashler.#
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DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 A YEAR.
SENSATIONAL MURDER AND SUI
CIDE IN NEW YORK THIS MORN
ING.
RACE TRACK MAN’S WORK
Louis Notser Locked Hit Wife In the
Bath Room and While She Wae Im
prisoned Slew Mist Stella Reynolds
and Committed Suicide.
NEW YORK, March 15.—Ixmls Nos
ser, a race track man, locked his wife
In the hath room today and, while she
was a prisoner there, shot and killed
Miss St.-11a Reynolds, of Now Orleans,
an actress, who was a visitor at their
home, and then killed himself. Miss
Reynolds, It was said, was formerly
an Intimate friend of Nosser.
The murder and suicide were the
sequence of a stormy scene last even
ing. when Miss Reynolds called at
the Nosser home. Mrs. Nosser, It
was reported, objected to the call and
during the argument which followed
her husband swallowed a small quan
tity of laudunum. Both women, bjr
uniting I heir efforts, forced him to
take an emetic Immediately and the
poison did him no apparent harm.
Miss Reynolds then remained with
Mrs. Nosser all night.
Today, while the wife wns In the
bath room Nosspr turned the key,
and, disregarding her protestations to
lie let out, went to. Miss Reynolds’
room and committed the deed.
POLITICAL WHOOP UP
IN SAVANNAH TONIGHT
i "Agin the Government” Faction to
Denounce and Declate.
SAVANNAH. Ga. March 15.—To
night at the old hall of the Y. M. ft.
A., there will bo held fl district po
litical meeting, at which some verba!
pyrotechnics will probably he turned
loose.
The speakers will be .Messrs. Anton
P. Wright, R. J Travis, J. S. Collins,
.! F. C’ann, W. Stevens, T. M. Cun
ningham ami Percy Sugden.
Mr. Sugden is that rara avis, a wit*
! t- Englishman, asd his speech Is ex
pected to be a funny effort
Tills Is the faction that Is agin’
flu government, and It Is anticipat
or' that the ground work will be laid
for some hot administration speech#*
[later In tho game.