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A LITTLE AD
IN THE HERALD
WILL BE
A BIG HELP TO YOU
VOLUME XI. NO. 79.
WAR OF EXTERMINATION
RIGHT THING, SAYS CURRY
AND HE HAS BEGUN WORK
HALF COMPANY OF CONSTABU
LARY CUT TO PIECES BY THE
TREACHEROUS OUTLAWS IN
SAMAR.
HE REPORTS TO WASHINGTON
Puts War Department on Notice That
He Has Asked for Federal Troops
for the Purpose of Killing Every
,
Man—Bandits Trapped Americans
and Massacred Them.
Manilla, March 26.—Governor Cur
ry. in his report to the government on
the recent engagement with the Pu
lajanes, at Magiaon. says:
"We had a hard fight, in which Cnpt.
Jones, of the constabulary, lost half
of his command, gaining a magnificent
victory, in the face of overwhelming
odds. The Pttlajanes, under a flag cf.
truce, and while promising to sur
render, immediately opened fire and
charged th© constabulary.
"The leader of the Pulajanes or
dered his men to first wipe out the
constabulary and then capture my
self and the other Americans.
“I have requested a company of
Federal troops immediately and, later
on. when joined by this additiona:
force, I will prepare to wage a war
of extermination against the fugi
tives. which is the only alternative.
"The constabulary did splendidly,
though their inferior yms. which
were minus bayonets, placed them at
a disadvantage. With the assistance
of the Federal troops we will he able
to exterminate the fugitives, who
are now In the mountains, and will
destroy the crops.
“The natives of Samar, with the ex
ceptlon of the Pulajanes, are in sym
pathy with us and are assisting us.
"Every town is endeavoring to as
sist in the extermination of the fugi
tives
"Several prominent Filipinos were
present and witnessed the treacher
ous action of the Pulajanes.
1 "Judge Lobinger and all the other
Americans are safe.”
SMOOT CASE UP IN
WASHINGTON
TODAY
EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL OF TES
TIMONY TAKEN SO FAR IN THE
CABE AGAINST HIM.
WILL REQUIRE TWO DAYS
Attorney for Smoot Confident He Can
Get Through In That Time Unless
Cross Examination Requires Longer
Than He Expects.
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 26.
Evidence in rebuttal of the last testi
mony taken in the case against Sen
ator Smoot, of Utah, was presented to
the senate committee on privileges and
elections today.
The attorney for the defense said
he could conclude the examination of
his witnesses in two days unless the
cross-examination was more extended
than he expected.
Robert J. Shields, of Salt Lake, gen
eral sales agent of the Inland-Crystal
Salt company, the president of which
is Joseph F. Smith, head of the Mor
mon church, was recalled to refute
the testimony of C. A. Smurthwaite,
which was to the effect, that the Mor
mon church was so actively engaged
in the salt business as to gain a con
trol amounting to a monopoly.
NINE MEN DEAD
IN 1 WRECK
CASPER, Wyoming. March 26. —An
accommodation train on the Chicago
an. Northwestern Railway’s new
branch ran into a washout on the
prarie, 26 miles west of here, this
morning. Nine persons were killed
and thirteen injured.
Most of the killed were in the ca
boose, which was at the rear of the
train. Back of the caboose was a pon
derous steel water tank car. Theca
boose sans deep into the mud and the
tank car plunged into the caboose and
crushed It Uko an egg-shell, catching
the people in the trap.
Most of the killed and injured were
workmen on their way to the grading j
camps., i
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
GOV. CURRY IS SAFE;
OEMS OF RESCUE
NOT YET KNOWN
FEDERAL TROOPS ASSIST CON
STABULARY IN PURSUIT OF
FLEEING NATIVES.
KRAG RIFLES LOANED
Insular Government Has Not Request
ed Aid, But Modern Guns Are Be
ing Used in Place of Old Time
Springfields.
MANILA. March 26. —Governor
Curry is safe and well, but the par
ticulars of his rescue are not yet avail
able. General Buchanan, command
ing the department of Viscava, has
left for Catfalogan, the capital of the
island of Samar, to tend the aid ot
the Federal government to insular au
thorities If desirable. Small detach
ments of Federal troops are now as
sisting the constabulary in pursuit: of
the fugitive Pulajanes.
The insular government has not yet
requested Federal aid. Major General
Wood has loaned the constabulary 500
Krag-Jorgensen rifles to supplant the
single shot Springfields they have been
using.
NOAGREEMENT HAD
OUT SESSION IN
PROGRESS
OPERATORS AND MINERS HAVE
GONE INTO WHAT WILL BE THE
LAST CONFERENCE.
ALL DEPENDS ON TODAY
If, Prior to Agreement, Motion to Ad
journ Sine Die is Put and Carried
Great Coal Miners' Strike Begins
Monday Next.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 26.
The representatives of the bituminous
coal operators and the miners of the
central competive and southwest dis
tricts today resumed their executive
sessions in joint committees.
A FACTORY FIRE
IN NEW YORK
Girls Jumped from Second Story Into
Fire Nets—Several Firemen Over
come by Smoke.
NEW YORK, March 26.—Many lives
were in peril today when a ix-story
factory building at Downing and Bed
ford streets caught Are from an explo
sion and collapsed in less than 45
minutes. Several girls jumped out oi
the second story windows into the
tire nets. Many others were rescued
by ladders. Two of the three-story
tenement were partly crushed when
the factory walls fell, but it is believ
ed that all the occupants escaped. The
Are spread to other buildings In the
same block. Four Aremen were tak
en to a hospital unconscious, having
been overcome by the smoke.
The Are became so hot (hat the fire
men could not get close enough to play
water on It, effectively. The flames
spread across the street to two tene
ment houses, making seven buildings
on fire at the same time. It Is re
ported that Captain Walsh of engine
company No. 14. and one fireman, were
burned under falling walls.
MR. WM. F. RANDOLPH.
Mr. Wm. F. Randolph, secretary of
the Board of Trade, of Asheville. N.'
C„ is in the city. Mr. Randolph is
prominent in the business circles of
the Mountain City.
ANOTHER POSTMASTER.
WASHINGTON. March 26.—The I
president sent to the senate today
tho nomination of T. H. Fox, as post
master at Ashland, Va. ,
LOCAL FORECAST: For Augusta and vlelnlty. Showers and warmer tonight and Tuesday.
REFUSED TO ELOPE
m HER LOVER
SHOTJIR
MADDENED MAN TURNED GUN
UPON HIMSELF AND COMMIT
TED SUICIDE.
TRAGEDY IN THE TIVOLI
Girl Supposed to be Mortally Wound
ed—Shooting Occurred in Hallway
of Well Known Tenderloin Restau
rant.
NEW YORK. N, Y„ March 26.--
Because Louise Franchini, a pretty
Italian girl, daughter of the proprietor
of the Tivoli Restaurant, in West
Thirty-eighth street, refused to elope
with him. Victor Custlna, a former
waiter in the restaurant, today shot
and probably mortally wounded he:
and then killed himself.
The shooting took place in the ha 1 :-
way of the Tivoli, whieh is one of the
well known eases of the tenderloia
sertlon.
FREE ALCOHOL BILL
MEETS WITH FAVOR
House Sub-Committee Decides to Report the Measure to the
Full Committee With Favorable Recommendation.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 26.-1
The free alcohol sub-committee of
the house on ways and means today
agreed to report the free alcohol bill
to the full committee on Wednesday
next.
The bill takes the internal revenue
lax off of denatured domestic alcohol
for technical uses. Including lighting.
ALICE NIELSEN TALKS
OF GRAND OPERA WORK
PLANS TO PUT FINE OPERA ON
EXTENSIVE SCALE IN SOUTH
ERN COUNTRY NEXT YEAR.
ENTERTAINING TALKER
Possibilities of Grand Opera as Ex
plified by the Sweet Singer—Henry
Russell, Her Manager, Has Opera
Ambitions.
Very rarely has there been a sing
er in Augusta who has created so
great, and such continued interest as
that accorded Alice Nellsen, who was
so enthusiastically received in Ital
ian grand opera Saturday night.
Call us a grasping, mercenary na
tion, if you will, but nowhere in the
world are pluck and perseverance and
the determined devotion to a high
ideal so honored as here in America.
Miss Nielsen has been true to the
highest and the best in her art; there
fore the Interest felt In her Is some
thing more heartfelt, than that gener
ally accorded anyone In this busy,
crowded-life. Demanding no less Inter
est Is the man who has helped to
make her what she Is, and who will
have a large share of the credit for
making her what she is doubtless
destined to become—Henry Russell,
Jr.
Rarely if .-ver has an eminent sing
ing master been the director of a
great opera house. Combination of
these two qualities in one man should
prove both interesting and useful, to
the musical public. Mr. Henry Rus
sell, who is -better known to vocal
students as a singing master who
gained great distinction both in Lon
don and Rome In the exercise of his
profession, has In the last year or two
1 been to the fore as an Impressario and
director of grand opera. Some of the
most prominent European singers are
enthusiastic in their praises of his
method and ability as a teacher and
I the press has on more than one ooea
i sion given the technical details which
distinguish Mr. Russell’s teaching
jfiom that of other masters. After
i teaching in London for some years ho i
AUGUSTA. GA., MONDAY. MARCH 26. 1906.
MAN CUT TO DEATH
BY CONVICT IN
PENITENTIARY
IN‘RETURN CONVICT SHOT DEAD
BY ONE OF GUARDS IN THE IN
STITUTION.
STABBED TRHEE TIMES
J, W. Woods, Employe in Missouri
Penitentiary, Loses His Life This
Morning in Tragic Manner.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Mareh 26.
—When the convicts at the peniten
Gary were called for breakfast today,
Guard J. W. Woods, of Macon. M>,
was pounced upon by a convict and
stabbed three times.
Woods died instantly.
Another guard immediately killed
the convict.
The convict’s name was "Sonny"
Anderson, colored, sentenced from St.
Louis. in 1904, to serve four years for
assault to kill. He had been on what
Is termed the "cranky list" for several
days and had been kept in a cell.
He was let out this morning with
the other prisoners, but soon after
ward Guard Woods was ordered to put
him hack into the rell Anderson re
fused to obey and drew his knife and
stabbed the guard three times, eausing
instant death.
The other guards and several con
victs rushed to the rescue of Woods.
Anderson was slashing right and left,
and injured two other convicts. One
of them was William Sheridian, sent
enced from St. Louis to serve ten
years for murder. Ho will probably
rile.
Anderson seized a hose and directed
a stream of water on those who at
tempted tci“capture him. finally mak
ing his way into the yard. Believing
it Impossible to capture him alive, the
guards finally shot him to death.
| heating and motor uses. The bill is
to go into effect three months from
the date of its passage.
It Is predicted that the effort of the
bill will be a revolution In heating,
lighting and furnishing fuel for mo
tors, as alcohol will be cheaper than
kerosene oil or gasoline and can be
made from any grain, vegetable, root
or fruit containing starch.
attained a unique position in that city
and became a fashionable craze
amongst the most prominent members
of the singing profession in the Eng
llsh nobility. Mr. Russell, however,
was not satisfied with the atmosphere
of london, either from a musical or
financial standpoint, and he decided to
go to Italy, principally with a view to
studying the question of how opera
might be given at moderate prices.
Apart from the honors which were
quickly showered upon hint in the
land of sun and melody, an Important
result was soon forthcoming In the au
tumn of Italian opera which he ini
tiated and directed at Covent Garden
last autumn. The San Carlo Opera
Company was under his direction, nnd
the great Caruso consented, as a per
sonal favor to Mr. Russell, to open
the season which was destined to
prove a success. It was in this en
terprise that Miss Alice Nellsen I who
has pursued all her studies with Mr.
Russell,) scored her successes In
"La Boheme," "Rigoletto" and other
roles. Last, summer Mr. Russell Ini
tlated another season of gTand Opera,
which won the unstinted and univer
sal praise of the ablest art. critics. He
has now come to America for the pur
pose of directing Miss Nielsen's tour
in the United States and also to lec
ture on the a-' of singing.
But. as some one has most happily
put, it, "To us, It 1h as an alert living,
breathing, thinking, feeling, artistic
mind that KV« R >I m OBI interesting
—what, he thinks of America and
Americans; what he believes our mu
sical prospects are; what he regards
as vital qualifications in a singer;
what he hopes for the future."
We could fill columns with profit
able talk along the line of what Mr.
Russell thinks may he accomplished
in a musical way In the South. Miss
Nielsen has met with such brilliant
success in her Southern tour in grand
opera— a success even more marked
than her phenomenal one In corotc
opera—that her manager feels encour
aged to believe that there are won
derful possibilities for art In this
Western south land, possibilities that
will doubtless blossom as perfectly as
i n the South of the Old World— sumyy
Italy.
"It, is a very easy matter to talk
of being a grand opera prlma donna.
Continued on page 7.
PAYMENT OF EXPENSES
OF GEN. LEONARD F. WOOD
Explanation of the Matter Made by Secretary of War Taft
To Senate Committee on Military Affairs.
WASHINGTON, IV l\. March 26
Secretary Taft explained In detail be
fore the senate committee on mili
tary affairs today the payment, of the
expenses of General Wood, who ceiue
from Manila to the I'ulted States last
ifummer for a surgical operation.
General Wood had suffered from an
Injury received In Cuba seven yeata
ago by striking his head on a chan
deller. General Wood first left the la
| lands on a leave, but met the secre
tary In Chicago and explained his cir
AN ATLANTA VIEW
OF THE GEORGIA PEACH
“Oodles and Oodles” of the Fruit Killed, is Report Sent Out
from Atlanta—Only 30 Per Cent Killed.
ATLANTA, Ga.. March 26.—(Spe- 1
rial. i There is aot any use worry
ing about the peach chop, for there'll
lie oodles mid oodles of peaches tills
year, just tho same as last. That Is
the optimistic view of the situation
taken by the state depart melt of agri
culture. at any rate, ami the state dc
partment of agriculture has itk finger
on the pulse of the peach, so to speak.
More Ilian thirty per cent of the
crop is killed, but taking the slate as
a whole, there will be considerable
surprise felt. Commissioner Hudson
has just returned irom a trip down tho
stale and among the counties visited
was Houston county.
This is tile place where the Elberla
originated and more poaches are min
ed there than in aony other area of
MEH IMBIBE
SPIT Of WEEK
Horse Show Decorations in Store Win
dows—Some Very Novel Displays.
Horse Show is on Everybody's
Mind.
I’ho merchants of Augusta have
never failed lo do their part in fur
thering any enterprise that lookH to
the aggrandisement, of the city; And in
regard to the Horse Show they have
made no exception. They have not
been called upon, as It. happens .to
give any llnanelal assistance; but
they have done more than that In eon
trlbuting an interest thut has meant
the bringing to Augusta of all man
ner of beau if ul garments suitable for
the Horse Show, such things as have
’never before been seen nr sold in this
part of Georgia. Further than this,
they have accentuated their patriot
ism In the matter by decorating their
windows in a most, gorgeous array
suggest Ive of the Horse Show
With most proper regard for the
j claims of the Country club, ihe Horse
Show committee has adopted purple
and gold for the official colors and
these are today everywhere In evi
dence. Very effective colors they are,
and most strikingly are they used.
In first one way and then another, the
ribbons and the flowers making a
splendid showing even apart from the
more dlrertly appropriate Horse Show 1
appu fiances.
Very Ingenious are some of the ar
rangements.
One resourceful merchant has n
trap and horse In his window. An
other has made use of a great num
tier of lovely dolls to give a horse show
in mlnature. Htlll another has a truly
Inspiring display of toy horses.
Another shows nil the equipments
of the four-footed animals who will
strive let us hope not without avail—
to attract a little bit of attention away
from the gorgeously gowned women In
whose behalf th< most beautiful robes
Imaginable have been Imported
j These are only a few of the many
who are dally reminding us that the
Horse Show Is about, to usurp alt
ihere Is to he had of public Interest
n very great all In this Instance, since
Augusta Is determined to be second
to none In giving such an outdoor
Horse Show as has never before been
heard of In this country.
WEST ri AIMS
SENATOR BEN TILLMAN
The Senator from South Carolina
Read Letter to Senate on Rail
road Discrimination.
I WASHINGTON, March 26.—Senator
I Tillman presented to the senate today
h letter front Millard F. Snyder, of
| Clarksburg, West Virginia, relating to
thf discriminations of railroads in
that, state against, the independent
coal operators by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. The letter stated that
the people of West Virginia had begun
to look upon Tillman as their senator.
HOUSE CONSIDERING
DISTRICT LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 26.
-The Home today considered the
[District of Columbia legislation.
cumstancea, suggesting Mint he he
put on duty, to which the secretary
consented.
The president directed General
Wood to return to the Philippines by
way of London for the purpose of con
sulting a specialist.
The secretary said that, nn officer
was ns much on public duty when
protecting lus Health as at any other
time. He said i.en. Wood was allow
ed actual traveling expenses which
amount to *::,6ou.
the same size In the world. Houston
county is going to have so many
pearlies Ihnt it will hustle transporta
tion companies to get tlinin to mar
ket. 1,. S. Townsloy, of Houston coun
ty. who has been making au exam
ination of the crop In that section, was
at the capital lliis morning participat
ing In a peach "Fanning Bee," mid he
gave It as Ills opinion thnl not more
Ilian 30 per cent of the blooms had
been Injured by the recont frost.
From the northern part of the statu
conies cheerful news as well. Hon.
(). It. Stevens lins written ('apt. R. F.
Wright, assistant commissioner of ag
rloulture. from Cornelia, to the effect
thnt up thai way from 65 to 75 per
cent of the crop lias probably been
uninjured.
AUGUSTA, ATHENS
AND NORTHWEST
- -
Charter Applied for Railroad to Tra
verse the Counties of Wilkes, Elbert
and Others.
WASHINGTON, (la., March 26
(Special.)—The rumors to the effect
that Washington would, in the near
future, h ( . placed on a great trunk line
to the northwest, sorma lo have sonns
foundation In the petition for charter
for a new railroad to Washington.
The articles of the* petition ask
that a charter he granted the Hart
well and Washington, a line of roHd
that will be some fit; miles In length,
and traversing the counties of Hart,
Klhcrt and Wilkes. and passing
through Elberton and Tlgnall, tu«*
most. Important cities between the
two cities which will he at either end
of the line.
The company will be capitalized at.
$250,000, and has among Its organiz
ers men of sterling worth In the va
rtms counties through which the road
will run. It la believed that, this pro
joe ted road is the eulniiiiHllon of the
reports which have been prevalent
for some time thst the Seaboard was
to build a trunk line from Charleston,
H. via Augusta, Washington, and
Athens, on to the northwest.
DISCRIMINATION
IN PUBLICATIONS
The Trust Sheets and the Anti Trust
Sheets and How a Georgia Paper
Barred from Mails.
WASHINGTON, March 26.—'"Be
! cause It was designed primarily for
advertising purposes," was the reason
the posfotflce department, denied the
second-class rate to the Union News,
ol Thomasion, (la,, according to the
reply of the postmaster general, Cor
ti you, to tin housi resolution on thu
subject today.
Quite a (Inhale over the question of
tin. News took place on the floor of the
! house sortie days ago. Minority Leader
I John Sharp Williams championing the
j cause of the publication, which has
I been debarred from entrance as sec
■md class matter. Mr. Wiilluiuh com
pared the paper with that of several
Other publications of a similar char
acter. but which, according to him,
were patronized largely by trust ad
vertisers. Ills speech was Intended
i > show that, the publieatloti patroniz
ed by the trusts was allowed to go as
second class matter for that reason,
while the Georgia paper devoted al
most. entirely to the Interests of farm
, is, was barred. Much dlscrltvnation,
by Washington bureau chiefs, was un
just and unlawful.
ELEVEN STORES GONE
IN NORTH CAROLINA TOWN
J. H. Hinton, Prominent Man, Very
Badly Hurt During Confladration.
RALEIGH, N. C., March 26.—A spe
cial from Fayetteville, N. to tin
Evening Times says:
Fire originating in Frank Thornton’s
THF PLANTER'S LOAN <
AND BAVINQB BANK. -J
Gross Resoureoa ~ $1,000,000,00 4
PAYS 4 PER CT. INTEREST. 4
Deposits may b« made by MAIL. 4
L. C. Hayne. President. <
Chae. C. Howard, Cashler.4
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 A YEAR.
JORN U. WILL TREK
IF THE COURT
DESIRES
BUT THE COURT MUST GO TO
MILLIONAIRE. NOT HE COME
TO THEM.
WHAT HADLEY SAYS OF IT
Archibald Telia the Session of Inquiry
on Oil That Rockefeller Objects to
Notoriety and Cartooning, Not to
Giving Evidence.
NEW YORK. March 26.—The Stand
ard Oil inquiry of Missouri was con-
11 limed today. John D. Archibald, vice
president of the Standard Oil com*
puny, taking the witness stand.
Archibald said that John 1). Kncke*
, feller lias no desire to evade any
,questions. He said Rockefeller knows
nothing about matters conoerned in
this suit. He dislikes very much the
notoriety and cartooning," said Arch-
Ibold if Attorney General Hadley
wauls lo go to Lakewood and question
'him, I am sure he will find him willing
lo answer any questions."
“There Is only one way lo examine
witnesses here," Iho attorney general
Interrupted; "only one way.”
PRESBYTERIANS
HUNTING HUSTLER
Want to Find an Able Man to Lead
Their University Movement—Meet*
ing at General Assembly Rooms.
(Special to Herald.)
ATLANTA, (in . March 26.— Prnshy.
lerlans are hunting for a hustler to
head Ibelr university movement In
.Georgia and will pick him out. of a
number of candidates Tuesday morn
ing. At the last synod, which met
in Grlffln In November, It was de
cided definitely that a college should
lie huilt In Atlanta and to appoint a
I subcommittee, of which lU*v. Charles
[N. Nlshet is chairman, to meet at,
the general assembly room of lha
home mission board In the Inman
building and consider Ihe funds prop
osition.
The subcommittee, which has charge
of the election. Is made up as follows;|
Rev. Chas. H Nlsbet, of Atlanta, chair
man; Rev. R. L. Morris, Rev. T-en R.
Walker, George T. Glng, .1. K Orr, of
Atlanta; Dr. J. Y. Fair, of Savannah;
Rev. C. C. Carson, of Valdosta; James
Watt, Thomasvllle; R. L. Anderson
and Rev. It. E. Douglass, of Macon;
Rev. D. W. Brannon, of Mlllndgevllla;
Rev. .1. W. Walden, of Athens; Judge
.1. C. Turner, of Jefferson; Rev. W. E,
Wev, Dalton; B. I. Hughes, of Rome.
REPORTED RAILWAY WRECK
ON C. AND W. C. R. R. TODAY
Nothing Definite Could be Secured
Confirming Rumors Coming to
Reporters.
A report wn-t In circulation late
this afternoon to (lie effect that a
freight train on the C. & W. 0. road
had been wrecked In the vicinity of
Yamassee. The report Indicated that
a small trestle had given way, result
ing In Ihe smaHh-up of several freight
cars. Nothing, however, had been re
ported at the offices of the road here
regarding the wreck, and owing to th«
late hour the report eould not he cor
roborated.
BEVEN HORBE SHOW ENTRIEB.
Mr. Mitchell, of Havannah. tele
phoned to Heggie stables at 4 p. m.
today that he is sending him seven
horses, Ip car** of two men. The
horses arc to tie entered In the Hors#
Show.
♦
LANDS IN FORT CLINCH.
WASHINGTON, March 26.—Tho
senate passed a bill today confirming
the title lo lands in the Fort Clinch
reservation in Florida.
BEaThTs FATHER BADLY.
VALDOSTA, Ga„ March 26 -(Rpe
dal.)- -Reports have reached hero
from Nashville that IWh Ilrant, a well
known and wealthy farmer, thirty
seven years of age, while Intoxicated
Saturday night, beat his father, John
Brant, ugod elglity-one, nearly to
death.
drv goods store consumed eleven
Stores In the heart of this city, last
night and this morning, and caused a
loss of about $250,000. General Man
ager .1. 11. Hinton, of the Gas and Elec
tric company, was seriously Injured.
The Hlghsmlth hospital was slight
ly damaged, and the patients were re
moved amid exciting scenes. The or-
Igin of the fire is unknown. The los«
Is only partially covered by insur
ance.