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VOLUME XI.. NO. 298.
FAMOUS MURDER CASE;
GILLETTE , DEFENDANT
Tragedy of Moose Lake, Last Summer, Recalled
by Beginning of Trial for Killing
of Wrong Woman.
HERKIMER. N. Y. —Chester Gil
lette, Scion of a prominent. Cortland
family, was brought to trial Monday
for the murder of Ills sweetheart.
Grace Brown, Tho girl wns found
drowned In Big Moose lake last stun
raer In the Adrlondacks, where Oil
let.e had taken her on a vacation.
Her h< ad was crushed and the prose
cution hopes to prove that Gillette,
tiring of the girl, did away with her.
The autopsy ' disclosed that Miss
Brown soon would have become a
mother
Grace Browu worked in the Gillette
shirt factory of Cortland. The pair
hud been sweethearts for a year. Last
April the girl's manner became de
pressed. She was frequently seen In
ißrnest conversation with Gillette.
On July 11 Miss Brown and Gillette
apeared at Big Moose lake In the
Adriondscks. Gillette registered as
"Carl-Graham.” Immediately Gillette
SIMPLE SPELLERS
ARE PHELLII6
Prof. Jordan Says “Too Much Mat
thews'' While Matthews Says “Taint
So" —Chas. Sprague Says Some One
Must Work.
NEW YORK. Whether or not'
real war among the simple spellers
breaks, out will depend largely upon
what the executive committee of the
simplified spelling board does at its
regular meeting about the resignation
of I’rof. David Starr Jordan.
The resignation has been in the
hands of Prof. J. Brander, of Colum-j
bja. chairman of the committee.
Prof Matthews said- that be be
lieved the resignation had been;
os; f-d by a misapprehension.
Prof. Jordan said that there was j
too much Matthews and too much
Prof. Calvin Thomas to suit members
of the advisory board who really
wanted to advise.
Pro* Matthews says that that. Is
no* i so, and Charles E. Sprague,
the lay member and treasurer of the
executive committee, said that some '
on- had to work anyhow.
INDUSTRIES TO STOP
FOR LACK OF COAL
Cotton Mills and Other Enterprises Will Cease
Work Because of Threatening Coal Famine.
COLUMBIA, S. C.—The cotton mills,
and other industries dependent oni
coal are still short of their needed
supply and a well posted manufac
turer in the city today declared that
the ' situation was very serious. At
the office of Superintendent. Williams
of the Southern railway it was stated
that recently there have been no com
plaints about the shortage and the
railroad itself is now more amply
supplied than it was a week or more
ago, when there was on band only a
few hours’ supply. But the mills in
the i upper part of the state are not
on this division and the complaints
might not come through this office.
It Is said that unless the situation is
remedied soon there are several en
terprises which will have to shut
down temporarily, and one or two ofj
the smaller cotton mills have already I
had to run on short time for lack ofi
fuel.
The greatly increased business on
all the roads is perhaps partially re-!
sponsible for the failure to deliver
the coal that is needed, although the
railroads declare that they can handle
all the coal that can be obtained from
the mines and that the trouble is it I
the mines. It is reported that in,
the upper portion of the state the)
coal bins are empty and the coal cars j
dump their loads only for them to be
taken up again by the engines in
waiting. Both the railroads and the
mills are making every effort to get
After Being Stranded ,
< Young Man Steals Pants
EXCEEDINGLY HARD LUCK AND PATHETIC TALE OF DOWNFALL—
WAS JILTED AND DRIFTED AWAY.
WASHINGTON. Notwithstanding
the fact that his brother is chief of
police at Greensboro, N. C.. and tba
his parents are prominent, Felix Me-
Knight Crutchfield, the l»-year-old
actor, who has been held by the au
horitie.- for alleged theft of eleven
pairs of trousers at Chambersburg,
Pa., was Monday handed over to Sher
iff Evans, who took him back.
Crutchfield's Btory of his downfall
s a pathetic one, and made an im
iresalon on the police, both on ac
count of his youth and his frank de
meanor. It is said that he was en
staged to a young woman in Greens
ooro, who suddenly broke oil the op
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
eugaged a row boat, saying be desired)
to take photographs. He left the ho
tel accompanied - by Mias Brown.
Twenty-four hour* later the girl's
body was found In shallow water on
the-lake's v-rtge. There was no trace
of Gillette. A man was seen carrying!
a suit case uear the Big Moose lake I
by woodsmen. The autopsy told the!
story of a wronged woman. A strand
of the girl's hair was found on an oar
blade. The skull had been fractured.
Gillette was caught at Arrow Hoad.!
He admitted his Identity. He said that
the boat had capsi/.ed and. unable to I
save Miss Brown, he swam ashore.
Ho had been practically abandoned
by bis relatives. Gillette’s parents In
Michigan were converts to Dowle and
gave all their property to the “Pro-i
phet." A special panel of 150 tales-!
men were examined today to select n
Jury.
NEPHEW OESIRES
TO MARRY MINTj
Couple Have Run Awty With Matri
monal Intent, But Father, Uncle and j
Law Against Them.
CINCINNATI, O.—Miss Mary Le
roy, aged 31 years, and her nephew,!
William Dearth, aged lit years, of
Carthage, notwithstanding the rela
tionship existing between them, ar
dently wish to be married, but the!
lad s father, his uncle and tbe law
stand In their way.
Young Dearth and Miss Leroy ran!
away from the boy's father several j
months ago and sought refuge at the
home of Edward Dearth, an uncle, in;
Carthage. The young man’s father
wrote to his brother and asked himi
to do all in hi* power to prevent the
marriage. When Dearth applied for a
marriage license, the uncle Interfered, j
and informed the authorities that he!
was under age.
Young Dearth appealed to Mayor.
Birch of Carthago, for assistance. He:
claims that he has lived indepond- j
ently of his father for several years,
and wants to know whether or not tbej
senior Dearth can keep him from get
ting married.
in a supply of coal. Some of the mills
make it a practice to keep one month
ahead in their supply, but with con
ditions such as have prevailed for the
last few weeks it does not take long
to use up this reserve supply.
A prominent cotton mill man who
was In the city today said that all the
immigrants who have gone to work in
the mills in the upper portion of the
state are apparently well satisfied,
and that they are at work without
any friction at all. Much to the grati
fication and somewhat to the surprise
of the mill managers the new-comers
went to work the day after their ar
rival at their respective destinations,
not waiting several days to get their
goods straightened out, as many of the
native mill operatives do. They seem
to be an energetic and diligent class
of people and bid fair to make gjod:
operatives. The same is true of the 1
immigrants at work in the mills in
Columbia. The new comers have beeni
received kindly by the old operatives
and the best of feeling seems to pre-|
vail umong them. Tho mill managers
have endeavored to give the immi
grants good homes and to make them
satisfied and it seems that they have!
succeeded very well. The lack of la
bor has been a serious handicap to
the South Carolina mills lately, and
the fact that operatives of an intclli- j
gent, and diligent class can lx- secured!
from abroad will prove a great help
to the manufacturing industry in this
state.
gagement and married another young
man of that town.
It. was tnen that. Crutchfield gave up
a position he had and drifted away,
following the theatrical profession.
He became advance agent for a stocY
company, which stranded recently,
, leaving hint penniless and in debt at
) Cbambersburg, Pa.
By pawning some of his belongings,
the youth raised all but $1.35 of the
amount sufficient to purchase a tick-i
)et to his home, and, becoming des
perate, he stole the trousers from a 1
) Chambersbnrg firm and sold them to)
secure the money necessary to take 1
[him home.
LOCAL FORECAST For Augusta; Fair tonight; Wednesday fair and w armer.
CHARMING ENGLISH GIRL WHO IS
BETROTHED TO PRINCE ARTHUR
*; '
• ' -
rket*
□MO HOI
AFIRE ON OCEAN
Magnificent and Largest Vessel in
Cunard Service Was Afire in Mid-
Atlantic, as Signalled Off Ireland
—Flames Subdued.
QUEENS TOWN. The Cunarder
Caronla, while passing Roches Point,
signullod that she had beeu a-flre in
mid-Atlantic, but the crew subdued
the tiames and no passengers were!
injured.
The Caroria is a steel twin-screw,!
20 000-ton steamer, and was launchel
last year.
'1 he Caronia is the biggest vessel ]
in the Cunard service, and on account
of her sire and somewhat unusual
draught, ran aground May 17 laßt, off
Sandy Hook on- the edge of Bay side
channel. She was aground for more
than c tny.
PASSED OVER " 5 000
SPURIOUS HALF DLLARS
MILWAUKEE.—Geo. Howard, a
counterfeiter, was arrested today In
a West. Side flat building. His whole
outfit of tools, with a large number of I
spurious .half dollars, were taken into j
custody with him.
"Counterfeiting was so easy,” he
explained, at. the police station, T did
not like to work after I learned how
to do it. i made 50-cent pieces en- 1
tirely, because they pass without dll
Acuity. I have passed probably 5,0001
of them in Cuicago."
Ar the police headquarters he ad ’
ml tied that he was arrested throe i
years ago at Chicago for counterfeit-)
ing and was sentenced to two rears' I
imprisonment at Joliet.
CASTRO AGAIN REPORTED
AT DEATH’S DOOR
__
\V ILLLMBTAD, Island of Curacoa
—The latest advices received here
from Caracas confirm tb<- previous rr
ports to Itie effect that President Cas
tro’s illness is approaching a climax)
and that his physicians believe it 'is
impossible for him to recover.
The Venezuela rebel leader Mon
tilia is again in arms, and has twice
defeated the government troops and
threatened t „ pillage the town of
Barqulsimeto.
AUGUSTA. GA.- TUESDAY AFTERNOON- NOVEMBER 13. 1906.
•LADY MAJWORIE MANNERS
GOLD ROBBERY AT
ICON HO FAIR
President of Association Relieved of :
Hand-Bag Containing SSOO by Color
ed Hackman —Drove Away and J
Changed Vehicles,
MACON. Ga A very hold rob-1
bery was pulled off in Macon last,
night by n negro haekinan, aud today
the negro lair is SSOO tho loser.
President R. It. Wright, of the!
negro fair, last night started home
in a cab and he hail with him SSOO
In money. The money was in a small
handbag. He stopped in town for a
j few minutes lo enter a store and
when he came back the hack was
gone. He reported the matter to the
police and they are now making an
effort, to find the negro driver. It was
learned that the hackman drove
direct to tne station, where he kept
his hack, and changed it for another.
MR. AND MRS. LONGWORTH
LEAVE CINCINNATI
—
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Congress
man and Mrs. Longs
worth left today for Farming. Conn.,
lo visit Mrs. Cowles, sister of Presl
j dent Roosevelt, and aunt, of Mrs.
j Longsworth.
They expect, to arrive in Washing
ton about November 25th and will no'
return to Cincinnati until the holi
days. Mr. Longsworth was radiant
; with health and happiness.
"The coining session of Congress
may he an important, one,” he said,
| "but. It will depend upon tho recom
mendations of the president’s mes-,
i sage. The people are with hint and.
! Congress will llsun.'’
NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB.
I LONDON. The National Sport
ing Club will offer a purse for a
match between Obrien and Molr, for
the world’s championship.
+ * * -:-T •:* * * + * *
j* 600 MILES OFF COLON. +
v WASHINGTON, D. C -Accord- ❖
*:• lag to a wireless message which
reached the White House over ❖
<• night, the battleship Louisiana, *
with the President*and party on |
<• board, was six hundred miles off <•
<(• Colon last night. The weather *:•
wtu reported as being fine. •>
v The message came from the v
naval station at. Guantanamo to
•S* Key West and thence to Wash- +
irigtou by tin- wireless slut lon.
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WIPE’S CONDITION
COMPLIED WITH
Jealous Sponse of County Surveyor )
Would Not Let Huaband Run for
Office Except on Proviso,
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Because his wife j
was Jealous of the beauty of the book-'
keeper, employed in the office of the
county surveyor. .John drvine. who re
cently was elected, was compelled to
swear that he would discharge her as
soon as elected. The promise was se
cured before Mrs. Irvine would even
consent to her husband filing his petl-1
tion for nomination, and site inttmat- ■
ed that tiDlesH he obeyed her, she
would see that he did not get the
nomination if she could prevent If.
Fearing that opposition so near Ills
own hearth would result, disastrously.
Mr. Irvine solemnly promised to serve
notice on Miss C. Rlngwald as soon
as he was In office. Yesterday he
kept his promise.
WHISKEY AS CHASER
FOR CARBOLIC ACID
HAVANNAH.—HeInrIck Frank, a
G-erman, committed suicide Monday
afternoon by drinking carbolic nclrl.
Ho was a German who was despond-j
ent because he could not. heur from!
the Fatherland.
He told several people he was go
ing to commit suicide, hut rto one be
lieved him. He tunned several let
ters from home and us they were con
sumed he took the poison that ended
his life.
He took a drink of whiskey as a
chaser for the drug.
DELAWARE'S 3ENATOR
NOT RESIGN.
WILMINGTON. Del —Col. Henry A.
Dupont, the Unite Slates Senator
elect from Delaware, will not resign.
The rumor was that the senator
would give up lhe post because pf 111-
bealth. with the understanding that
his cousin. T. Coleman Dupont, presi
dent of the Dupont Powder Company,
would be elected by the legislature in j
•January as his successor.
SPLIT AMONG LIPERALS.
HAVANA. The declaration of
Senator Morna, who is a negro, In I
favor of Jose Miguel Gomez, a liberal, |
as n candidate for the presidency, has i
encouraged rumors of a split in the
liberal party, the friends of Senator j
Zayas being ranged on one side and j
those of Gomez on the other.
TROUBLE BREWING
OVER FISHERIES i
BIT THE BUNKS”!
BRITISH GOVT. AUTHORITIES OF!
..NEW FOUNOLAND LIABLE TO
CLASH OVER AMERICAN RIGHTS
GRANTED.
PRESENT SEASON ONLY
No Local Fisherman Permitted to
Ship on American Vessels and Much '
Inconvenience to Result.
WASHINGTON. !> C. Tho
trouble between the British govern
ment and that of itn crown colony,
New Found.and. over the fishing
rights to be accorded to Americans
fishing in New Kouudland waters. Is
brewing.
New Foundtand is absolutely ignor
Ing Ihe modus vlvendl between Great
Britain ami the l nlted States. That!
document gave for the present fishing
season ouly, American fishermen the
right to use Purse Seines and employ
New Foundland crews both of which
privileges are expressly denied by
laws passed by the Now Foundland
legislature last spring.
The New Foundland Premier.
The New FouudUnd premier pro
poses to have the fishing conducted
under tho local New Foundland laws
and he is sending agents to see that
those laws tiro enforced nnd to arrest
any of the New Foundland fisher folk
who are caught shipping on American
vessels for the purpose of fishing In
the wuters of the colony. He has
sent Solicitor Edinburgh to carry out
these Instructions, while another so
llcltor has gone to look out for the
Interests of uny of ..e men wlto may
be arrested.
There will undoubtedly be a clash or
authority and considerable inconven
ience, if not worse, Is certain to re
sult,
ZIMMERMAN PLEADED GUILTY.
CLEVELAND, O.—J. R. Zlmmer
! man pleaded guilty to tbe charge of
conspiring to wreck a national bunk
In tho Federal court here and was sen
tenced to serve fwo years in the peni
tentiary ami to pny u fine of ten thou
sand dollars.
ism NEXT
inn BE MED,
It ia Believed That People’s League
Will Tonight Tender Nomination to
/. J. 8. Collin*.
SAVANNAH.—Tonight the People’s
Democratic league, which is now the
dominant faction in Chatham county
politics, will hold a meeting of its
executive committee of 100 for the
purpose of discussing tho political
situation nnd possibly to make a nom
ination for mayor.
There are n great many names that
arc being considered by tho league
anti no one knows who is to be named.
Mr. J. H. Collins seems to have a
majority of the committee of one hun
i rircd with him, but It Is not known
If he can hold them when the real
test comes.
The present administration has done
nothing yet toward getting out a
ticket.
It.MU*.
SCATTERED DIAMONDS
ON TEXAS STREETS
Proprietress of Show, Possessed of Many Fine
Jewels, Gives and Throws Away Valuable
Ones. Arrested While Scaling- Fence.
GALVESTON, Tex -Fifty thousand[
| dollars worth of diamonds have bocnj
j scattered about Galveston and lions-,
ton, and May Alvldo Is In Jail, hope
lessly Insane,
She adopted a method of getting rid I
of her wealth, for to distant friends
I and even to strangers she gave away
i diamonds, and some of the precious
\ gems she recklessly cast, upon the;
Small Gun Boat Fleet
Sails for Santo Domingo
BUILT AND EQUIPPED WITH THE GREATEBT SECRECY THOUGH
FRIENDLY OFFICES OF UNITED STATES.
Stu.J YORK. —Four gun boats sail |
today front this port, for Santo Do ,
ratngo City, where, under the (lag of j
the Island republic, they will dash up j
j the rivers and attack the camps of j
'the insurgents.
The building, launching, equipping
and partial manning of this little
, fleet of fighters, has been carried on j
j with the greatest, secrecy, and was ae ;
Icompllshed only through the friendly j
offices of the United mates govern
rnotit, which recently assumed guard I
If You
You Nccd\.
Give It a Fair TrK
You Will Be Con vim
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 A YEAR.
FORECAST Of TWO
SUBJECTS IN THE
COMING MESSAGE
! PRESIDENT’S PAPER TO CON
GRESS ABOUT COMPLETED AND
WILL BE FINISHED ON RETURN
FROM PANAMA TRIP. ,
MENACE OF BIG FORTUNES
Another Subject le Supervisory Au
thority Over Corporations Engaged
In Inter-State Commerce With Sug
gestions for Actions.
WASHINGTON. D C. Before
President Roosevelt left Washington
! on his (rip to Panama he virtually
completed the message he will send
to Congress next month.
During the interval butweon his re
turn to the capital and the convening
|of Congress, less than a week, ha
will have an opportunity to make
some chauges. hut for the most part
jit is now In the form In which It will
go to the lawmakers.
Growth of Fortune*.
Without a doubt the most vital re
commendation relates to the necessity
of formulating a method of regulating
the growth of groat fortunes in this
country.
The President will urge Congress
to devise a scheme of progressive tax
ation r.n all fortunes beyond a certain
! amount, either given in life or do
! vised or bequeathed upon death to any
individual. Ho hellevea it ha* an un
wholesome effect upon the common
-1 wealth fur swollen estates to pass from
1 generation to generation.
He is convinced that Congress pov
1 t-esHoK the constitutional authority to
i Impose such a tax, and his opinion ts
based upon the judgment of some of
the best lawyers and Jurists In ths
country.
Authority Over Corporations.
Second In importance will be a re
commendation for an enactment glv-
I Ing tho federal government super-
I visory authority over corporations en
gaged In Inter-state commerce. It is
not his purpose to furnish specifica
tions as to the manner In which this
power should be supplied, whether by
federal license or otherwise, but be
will Insist that It is of paramount
Importance that the government be
vested with much authority In order
to deal effectively with the far-reach
ing evils of overcapitalization.
He will point out that such legis
lation should be Ihe first step in the
direction of a policy of superintend
ence and control over corporate wealth
engaged in inter-state commerce, but
will explain that such supervision Is
not to lie exercised In a spirit of mal
evolence toward the men who have
created wealth, but with tho purpose
both to do Justice to them and see
that they In turn do Justice to tbe
public at large. Tbe president is
much in earnest in this matter as
Congress and the country will reatlze
when they read his message,
PENNSYLVANIA’S REVENUES.
HARRISBURG, Pa Auditor Gen
era! Snyder has uroken all records for
the collection of state revenues. The
receipts have already reached $25,000,-
: 000 for the last eleven months, and
will exceed $20,000,000 by November
30, the close of the fiscal year.
1 nis Is the greatest amount col
lected In one year by the auditor gen
eral department slnco tho formation
of the state.
streets of Houston and Galveston.
May Alvldo In Houston ran the
Standard Varcly show. Most of her
wealth was Invested In the finest and
largest stones. She still has many'
of her countless rings. Her arrest
occurred at the Graud Central sta
tion, In Houston, where. In fear ot
Imaginary enemies, Hho was attempt
ing to scale a high iron picket fence.
| lunsntp of tuc West Indian republic,
and Is in charge of the collection of
i Its customs.
The boats were completed only to
Icently and everything bus been ar
ranged so that the guns can be put
| in place as soon ns Hugs are changed
:In Dominican waters,
A fighting crew of SO Dominican
sailors will he put aboard each voa
; sol, hut the captain, mate and work
ing crew will ho Americans and prac
tically the fflll control of the vessels
i will remain in their hands.