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VOLUME XI.. NO. 299.
tha w is a wreck,
SAYS NEW COUNSEL
Eminent Member Cal
ifornia Bar Comes As
His Chief Counsel.
VISIT TO TOMBS
Famous as Lawyer on the "Unwritten
Law”—Retainer Paid and SIOO,OOO
for His Service*—Trial Dec. 3rd.
NEW YORK.—Preparations for the
defense of Thaw, slayer of Stanford
White, wore begun in earnest today
when rtejphln Michael Delmar, leader
of tne bar on the Pacific coast, took
charge of the case. Justification tin
der the "unwritten law," it is definite
ly stated, will he the defense. The
trial will probably open December
third.
Mr. Delmar has come from Cali-1
fornia to participate in the trial. Yes !
tordav he made final arrangements
with Mrs. William Thaw, mother of
*hc prisoner, and received his re-1
tainer. Half an hour later he was
with Thaw in the Tombs, when the
plan of defense was outlin 'd.
Mr. Delmar has a. national reputa
t!in. earned in many hard fought
rates. He has been successful in sev
eial instances of clearing clients un
der the "unwritten luw” plea in Cali
'orn’a. it is reported he will receive
SIIO.OOO for his services.
Mr. Deima'- saw Thaw in his cell
and -aid he found him a nervous
• reck. He added: (
Judging from my sing'e interview
»:• i him, which took pla>v Monday
;ifi. moon, tc.- young man is lslwrlng
on , r sexcite n • ■«. and i* •
c’ a highly nervous tempera-
THROUGH TOED
T #KES SENTENCE
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Ohio Bank Wrecker Takes Two Years
and $20,003 Fine Rather Than Let
Former Friend Off.
CLEVELAND. O.—Rather than per
mit his former partner. L. P: Ohliger,
ro testify against him, J. R. Zimmer
man, entered the plea of guilty a
conspiracy to wreck the Wooster Na
tional bank. He was sentenced to
two years In the penitentiary and
fined” $28,000. Ohlinger.a former con
gressman of Wooster, was sent to the
penitentiary for eight years some time
ago for wrecking the Wooster bank.
Ohligpr was brought back from tho
penitentiary a few days ago. and it is
sni I he would stand a better chance
of parole if he testified against Ztm
nie mail But Zimmerman, who now
ha es Ohliger would not let. him profit
at lis expense.
' he conviction of Zimmerman
ma ;es the tenth bank wrecker sent to
the penitentiary by iDstrict Attorney
Sullivan in a little over a year.
HOW SHORTAGE
IMIS DISCOVERED
Deficit in Sub-treasury at St. Louis
Found Out by Merest Accident.
ST. LOUIS.—A government official
at ihe federal building, who is in a
position to know, told today how, by
the merest accident, the discovery of
the $81,500 shortage in the sub-treas
ury was made
I( was Cashier Johnson's cus
tom to check up (he receiving tell
er's cage every two weeks or so. and
Johnson was doing the routine check
ing on the morning of October r>.
Dyer's accounts checked all right, it
is said, and the hooks and cash bal
anced.
"Johnson went back lo his desk in
MILLION STOLEN FROM
’FRISCO RELIEF FUND
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Sensational Charge Being Investigated By 100
Detectives As to Improper Diversion of
Money Sent to Sufferers.
SAN FRANCISCO. —The Chronicle
say* today: A new investigation is
progressing in course of developments
in local graft scandal. It now apears
that many sums of money, large and
email, that were sent from different
stages to San Francisco for relief ot
offerers never reached thls^ commit
tee. Some of these amounts which ag
gregated large sums were mailed to
car.k Mayor Schmltx, F. J. Heney, de
lactives and about 100 government
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
BOTH PRINCIPALS
IN TRAGEDY DEAD
Herachel Tarbutton la Dead From Ef
| . sects of Weunda Inflicted by J. L.
Tyre Whom He Killed After Being
Shot From Horse.
BANDERSVIULE. Ga—The story of
'the bloodly shooting affray between
| Hprsehel Tarbutton and .1. L. Tyre,
: which was first given to the public in
a special to The Herald, has come to
an end by the death of Herachel Tar
| button.
As will he remembered Tarbutton
was fired upon with a shotgun by .1.
L. Tyre while he was riding along a
road, and after he fell from hia horse
he raised on his elbow and pulled his
pistol and fired a death dealing shot
at Tvre. who died in a short while.
Herschel Tarbutton has now died
from the effects of ills wounds and the
two principal characters being dead,
[ there is no criminal court proceedings
to follow.
Both of the men were prominent in
the section in which they resided and
the tragedy has shocked ti- whole
community. The trouble arase over a
dispute concerning ihe lines and titles
to some property In which the value
of some timber was involved
The tragedy is greatly deplored by
everybody. The Tarbutton brothers
were raised in this county and havo
many friends and relatives here. Mr
Tyre was a brother of Mr. .7. B. Tyre
of Dublin and was regarded as one of
the best young men in I .aureus county.
If the parties Interested had not acted
so hastily the dlapute about the loca
tion of the saw mill could have been
adjusted peacably without any blood
shed.
imiTIHGTRE
RAILWAY HORROR
! Charged That Doors Were Locked
and Inmates Trapped Like Rata.
Hundred and Twenty-eight in Hot
. .pltal.
CHICAGO.—An allegation that the
doors of several of the coaches on the
Immigrant special wrecked at Wood
ville, Ind.. yesterday, were locked. Is
being investigated by Coroner Carson.
Considerable evidence has been dug
up tending to show that many of the
half-hundred vicitims of the disaster
were trapped like rats, with no chance
of escape from death. a
Several additional victims oPyester
day's horror are dying in Chicago
hospitals today, and it is certain ihai
j the list of 49 dead wm be swelled
) considerably.
Of the 128 victims taken to Chicago
hospitals yesterday, only 50 were in
j a condition to be moved today.
, PISTOL SHvT TAKES
CURL OF HAIR.
SHAWNEE. O. T.—Mrs. Florence
i Phillips, running away from Meridian.
took a shot at Patrolman Hewitt and
) special officer Moore this morning on
| a Rock Island train here. She nar
rowly missed liolh officers and the
I bullet imbedded itself in the wood
! work of the car above a woman's
! head, carrying a curl of her hair witu
I it. The officers overpowered Mrs.
j Philips.
; -s-srr
another part of the office. Marshall P.
Ferguson, paying teller, whose cage
was next to Dyer's, had left the office
to go down on personal business.
"As he glanced momentarily In the
direction of Dyer's rage.” the Inform
ant says, "Johnson saw Dyer hurried
ly throw a bundle of paper money in
to Ferguson's cage. Suspecting tha!
something was wrong, Johnson wait
ed until Dyer had gone out to his
lunch, and again checked up Dyer’s
accounts. Then. It is said, a shortage
of $01,500 was found.
I agents have been making an invest!-
' gation
President Roosevelt is the moving
1 spirit behind the inquiry and has de
eiared no man guilty of diverting re
lief funds shall escape Justice.
The cases come within the jurisdir
1 tion of federal authorities because of
, interstate character of postal .service
which, it is alleged, was criminally
! tampered with.
It is said that in the aggregate steal
ings will amount to million dollars.
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LOCAL FORECAST For Auguata; Rain tonight and warmer; Thuraday probably rairu
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 14- 1906.
GRANTED ABSOLUTE DIVORCE AND
CUSTODY OF THE'-CHILDREN
—I COMTE tort Dt nKs'*'
FREED FROM BONI
WITH CUSTODY OF
; TWO CHILDREN
FRENCH COURT SEVERS RELA
, TIONS OF FORMER ANNA GOULD
WITH COMPTE DE CA6TEL
LANE—ABSOLUTE DIVORCE,.
FINANCES BE REFUSED
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I Court Forblda Children Balog Taken
Out of France Without Count's Con
sent
PARIS. —The Countess de Cast el
lane was today granted ijn absolute
divorce from her husband, % Count
♦ Boni. and the court gave her the cus
tody of their two children.
1 While >.ie Countess will have charge
;of her two sons, the decree of the
J court forbids her taking them out. of
iFrance without the court’s permission.
Not Leave France.
The financial responsibilities of the
j couple are to be settled by a referee
appointed by the court.
ihe court rendered its decision on
| the documentary evidence offered and
ion the representations of counsel.
It was the general belief among
members of the French bar today that
an inquiry may be ordered In view of
I the sensational charges that were
made by the Countess that Count
; Boni beaj her and otherwise treated
I her with great cruelty.
Mme. A., Mme. 8., ate.
Should this inquiry be ordered by
the court, both on account of the
countess’ charges and also because of
certain allegations of the count, the
names of the several or more socle
]ty women, some of them with titles,
who were mentioned In the course of
the proceedings only as Mine. A..
Mme. B„ Mme. X.. etc., will at last
lie releaved publicly.
WASHINGTON. Howard Gould,
brother of the Countess De Castel
lano, who is in this city, when In
formed by the Associated Press that
his sister had been granted a divorce
from the count said that while he was
grateful for the information he had no
comment to make upon It.
PARIS.—Count Boni de Castcllane
was granted the unprecedented sum
of $150,000 a year alimony.
PARIS. —The end of the famous
case came suddenly. The court
I brushed aside the demand of the
count's lawyers for an examination of
! witnesses, and, as anticipated, the
PM bile prosecutor did not even ask to
I he heard.
As soon as court assembled Judge
j Ditto handed down the judgment,
which is a sweeping victory for th”
j Countess.
The count's demand for an alimen
tary allowance of *50,000 annually,
was pronounced by the court t< be
without foundation in law ami was
rejected
The court appointed the presiden’
of the chamber of notaries to lulqul
datc the affairs of husband a”d wife.
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FORMER CLERGYMAN
DESIRES DIVORCE
SEATTLE, Wash. Behind .hr post
pouctnent of the divorce suit of Henry
Austin Adams, the former New York
Episcopalian clergyman, lay the fact,'
now made known, that Ills wife, whom
he deserted for the young woman
with whom he Is now living hcr<-, is
preparing to flglr the suit.
Adams suit is brought for the undis
guised purpose of enabling him to be
the lawful husband of Gertrude Desch,!
to whom he is said to have already !
been married in this State two years j
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BONI BE. ,X * /
castyllani,
ALL PARIS AT THE
DIVORCE TRIAL
Long Course of Cruelty, Frivolity,
Debauchery and Deceit Ended by
Decree of French Court.
PARIS.—The Uastellane divorce
: suit has proven the sensation of a
decade even in sensational Paris. The
court room, at all the open sessions,
was packed to the doors, wotpen of
title, nobilltv and upper society of the
Bourgolse ireing the majority among
the spectators *
AIL Paris believed, up to the very
day when the trial began, just two
weeks ago. that It would never get
Into the courts., All Paris believed that
the persuasive Boni. as he lias so of
ten done, would again bring the count
ess, and gpt her lo forgive what he
has always considered as merely pic
cartllloes.
But all Pails was deceived. It dirt
not know the American girl, once her
anger was aroused w»s as irrevocably
as her sense of dishonor at tho long
course of deceit, cruelty arid frivolity
upon the part of her husband.
STRIKE AVERTED
ON N. Y. CENTRAL
Installation of Third Rail Syatem
Been Viewed With Alarm by Rail
road Foreman.
NEW YORK—The New York Cen
tral and the N. Y., N. H. and 11. rail
roads have averted the trouble which
threatened tiie Erie, Ig planning the
representatives of the Brotherhood of
J/oeumo!lve Firemen with a proposi
tion Him admits of a readjustment
six months after electricity is In
stalled.
The advent of the third rail on the
two systems has been viewed with
alarm by foremen, because it appear
ed that their usefulness would soon.be
at an end.
Rumors of the probable employ
!mi nt of skilled motormen added to
! this feeling of unrest and the two
companies advanced it proposition
calling for a year’s contract with priv
| ilege of renewal at Ihe old wage scale.
STRONG’S HEIRS LOSE
MILLION AND HALF
SPRINGFIELD, <) Mote than $:, j
500,000 wm lost to Hu heirs of Former
Mayor William L. Strong of New York;
by a decision In 'he common ideas
court in favor of the Central Contract)
end Finance company, which is bet j
ter known as the Price Thomas Nat
nral Ga;> Corporation Ihe former j
mayor started the case shortly before
his death, and It wits at tils request
that it was carted on hy his heirs.
The trial was held six mouths ago.)
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Snow- In Atlanta. *
+ .ATLANTA. Ga. —A alight. -1-
lull of snow occurred hen- lilts <•
morning
v
+ HCNTBVILLK, Ma A
♦ -now storm is genresl over -J
--+ northern Alabama this morn- •!-
Inc. Huntsville is pactlealjy -y
■P out of fuel arid some suffering *!•
•P mav result. -P 1
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IRE CONFEDERATE
REUNION CLOSES
WITH BIG PARADE
i GEN. A. J. WEBT ELECTED COM.
MANDER OF GEORGIA DIVISION.
SONS OF VETERANS
‘W • *
All Hold Annual Election and the Re
union Closet Wednesday Evsnlng
With Picturesque Parade and Con
federate Flags Afloat Above the
Tattered Ranks in Grey.
SAVANNAH.—This Is the last day
of the Confederate reunion in Savan
nah. The picturesque feature of It
will not occur until the afternoon,
when the parade of the veterans takes
place. This will be a striking con
clusion to what has been a moat sue
cesaful reunion. The Hons of Veter
ans will parade with their alrea and
i the school children, armed with Con
! federate flags,Vili line the pavements
and wave a welcome to the columns of
the veterans and sons as they pass.
The local militia will act as ua es
cort to the veterans and sons. *
The election of officers took
this morning at the meeting of vet-'
erans. Gen. A. J. West of Atlanta was
elected commander of the Georgia di
vision. Tills was a deserved tribute
i to one who has long been associated
; with the Confederate c ause and whose
: gallantry during the war won him
| many compliments.
Tile Sons of Veterans held their an
nual meeting last, night and elected
officers. W. Lamar Williams of Mu
con was re-elected commandant of W.
W. Solomon of the same city was
chosen adjutant general and chief of
stall'.
The meeting of the sons was short
and most harmonious. |i whs shown
by thy reports made that the- sons In
Georgia are hi a healthy condition and
that the membership is being added
lo each year. In Savannah the or
ganization Is In splendid shape.
There Is no-doubt that the veterans
have enjoyed their visit to Savannah
very much Indeed. (Sell. Wiley, the
commanding officer, who reltnquianes
Ills Office lu re, gave evidence- of that
when talking lo your representative,
lie- said he had never seen , t reunion
where there was such good feeding,
such splendid entertainments, and
where everyone was made to feel ho
much at home,
Nearly 2, 000 veterans attended the
reunion.
Tonight the Daughters of the. Con
federacy will entertain for the visit-
In,- veterans and sons with a reeep
tion at the Guards Hall.
SULLIVANS WILL SUPPORT
TAMMANY HALL
NEW YORK.— Unless Mayor Me
Clcllan and hit friends can show be
tween now and the- lasi Tuesday In
December wh>-ii the annual reorgan
ization of Tammany Hall will lake
place, that thee are strong enough to
oust, Charles K Murphy, the mayor
will not have »h<• support of lip Sul-
Hvans.
That wan made clear lodaj l»> ' Lit
tle Tim" Sullivan, who said Dial the
Sullivans had always supported tin
organization In the past and would
always do so
CONTRACT LABOR
LA W VIOLATED IN S. C.
RICH YOUNG WOMAN
MAKES STAGE HIT
Miss Lewisohn. Daughter of Copper
King. Worth $2.C53,900, Appears in
“Pippa Passes."
NKW YORK.—AnWßrfshtng dramat
ic circles and causing envy among
theatrical managers who realised the
chance they hail missed, the news
ctillie out lhaf Mis* Alice Lewisohn,
sister of Jesse, Fred anil Adolph Lew
ishon. was appearing in the Majestic
Theatre In ‘Tippil Pusses.''
The young woman, win* is only 23
years old, and has $2,000,000 In her
own right, attempted to keep her
stage appearance a secret, and she
was Introduced to all the other mem
bers of the company as Eleonora
Leigh. Even tnose who thought they
knew the girl well, were not aware
she was onn of this city's wealthiest
women.
Miss Lewisohn is a daughter of tho
late Leonard Lewisohn. multimillion
aire copper king Miss Lewisohn is
not only playing in Ihe piece, but It
lis her property, and Mrs. Sarah C'ow
ell lo Moyne Is the star.
ROMANCE ENDS IN
RAILWAY WRECK
CHICAGO, lll.—The saddest of the
tragedies caused by the H. * O. wreck
at Woodville, Ind.. was that which
ended the elopement of Irnm Grado
vitrh. Ihe daughter of a wealthy land
owner In Russian Poland, and Vlatlls
lav Sarinski, said to be a member of
a noble family of Poland
The girl Is 22 years old and the
boy but 1«. The girl Is missing, prob
abiy among the dead; the boy Is lying
in u serious condition at Mercy hos
pital In Ihls city.
EXPOSE OF DUE
WILL BE DEFERRED
General Overseer Valiva Says He In
. tende to Soon “Arraign the Dowle*
Before the World.”
CHICAGO. lll.—General Overseer
Wilbur Glenn Voltva, of Zion City,
lasi night at a mass meeting In Shiloh
Tabernacle, announced that he lias
deferred tils threatened exposure In
Mrs. John Alexander Dowle and Glad
stone Dowle in deference to a plan
of settlement to be proposed before
Judge Kenesaw M Landis today.
He said, however, he still Intends to
"arraign tho Dowles for their perfidy
before ihe whole world."
cSPONSIBILITY FIXED
FOR B. & 0. ACCIDENT
CHICAGO.—Frank Oalnour, <n
glneer of the first section of the Im
migrant train which figured In the
wreck at Woodville, ind., admitted
that his carelessness wss responsible
for the catastrophe.
on passing die freight train which
was standing on a siding he whistled
three times to Inform the freight that
a second passenger train was follow
ing, He received no reply, but did
not stop to ascertain why his signal
hud noi liee n acknowledged.
"That's where I made my mistake.''
said Dalnour.
SWEETHEART AT TRIAL;
FORMER ONE IS DEAD
Intense Interest in Moose Head Lake Tragedy.
Miss Benedict Asserts Utmost Faith
in the Prisoner.
HERKIMER. N. Y Charles K. Gil
lette, on trial here for ihe murder of
Ids be autiful sweetheart, Grace llrown.
whose laxly was found In Big Moose
Lake, In the Adirondack*, was greatly
cheered today by Ihe presence of Mlssi
Net De Benedict, daughter of a rich
Cortland lawyer, who, It is alleged,
supplanted Miss Brown In Ills. Gil j
letter, affections, and supplied ihe,
motive lor the crime, according to the,
prosecut lon,
Tremendout Cruah.
There was a tremendous crush at
the court house today and women
fought with, men to obtain seats
Farmers drove Into town from ten to
fifteen miles, but many of them were
unable to gain admittance to the trial
room.
The theory of Du prosecution Is
that Gillette killed Miss Brown so that
lie might lay siege to the heart of
Mis* Benedict. The district, attorney
*aid that he would put witnesses on
If You Want the News
You Need The Herald
(live It a Pair Trial and
You Will Be Convinced
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 A YEAR.
American Federation of
Labor on Recent Ship
load of Immigrants
COMMISSIONER WATSON
Union Labor Atserta That Commlt
sioner General Sargent Put Hie
Foot In It by Lending Official NdVns
WASHINGTON. —Whai Is regarded '
by government authorities ns tha
most Important case ever brought for
ward, involving nn alleged violation
of tho contract labor laws. Is embodi
ed In a charge made by the American
Federal lon of Labor that s thousand
or more immigrants recently landed
at Charleston, S. C.. came to the Uni
ted States under contract, expressed
or Implied.
Sanction of State.
The case is complicated by the fact
that the Immigrants were brought,
over under the sanction of the state
of South Carolina, and that the agent
of tho state who went abroad to In
duce Immigration received certain In
structions or directions from the Unt
ied States commissioner general of
immigration as to the manner in
which he should proceed in securing
desirable persons to settle in Soutn
Carolina. The project, therefore, was
Inaugurated by the state government,
and hart the Inrtorsement of the Fed
eral government.
Union Labor.
Union labor leaders assert, it is un
derstood, that Commissioner General
Sargent put his foot in It when he lent
I the official name to South Carolina's
I scheme of colonization and that, he I*
direct|v responsible for what appears
to be a violation of the contract labor
laws. The matter was regarded as of
sufficient importance by the acting
secretary of commerce and labor to
refer it to the solicitor of the depart
ment. for a Judicial opinion.
SECRET TO LIST
PULLMAN CM CO.
I
| In Effort to Collect $8,000,000 Attor
ney Edgar Charge Big Corporation
With Groas Discrimination.
CHICAGO.—Maxwell Edgar, city at-
I torney, who is trying to collect $5,000,-
I 000 in back taxes from the Pullman
S Company, has obtained the secret pass
I list of the company, and ha charges
that the company has given passes to
state and federal Judges, legislators
and other public officials of Chicago
and the nation.
Mr. Edgar practically intimates
that money was used In the lower
house of congress in Hie fight of the
Pullman Company to escape being
brought under federal control through
tb« now rate law.
"The senate," Mr. Edgar says, "was
I too expensive for the eompany.”
Gross discrimination is charged
against the company in Its dealings
with the big and little railways. While
koine were charged three cents per
mile rental for the Pullman cars,
olhers paid only half a cent.
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INTENDED ATJON.
NAPLES. —Gabriel Lazctto, a Pat
erson, N. J., anarchist, has been ar
rested here on .i warning from the
American police that It was Lauzetto's
intention to assassinate King Victor
Emmanuel.
It was also learned that, a plot had
been hatched In Neiv Jersey to kHI
the Duke and Duchess of Aosta.
the stand to show that Grace Biwwb,
under a promise of marriage, trusted
Gillette 100 far.
Theory of Prosecution.
It was said by the district attorney
that Miss Brown's condition made it
necessary that she be “eliminated”
front the horizon of this new love af
fair. and (hat there followed "the un-t
explained trip to Big Moose Lake, in
the Adirondack*: the boat. ride, the
overturned boat, the girl reported
missing and the subsequent finding
of her body."
The Whole Story.
It if the Intention of the district
attorney to have the whole story of
rare Brown's romance with Gillette
brought out in testimony. To t.hl*
end one hundred witnesses have been
summoned The first, meeting of the
couple will he described, and it will
he traced how their Interest ripened
Into affection, and how, tor many
months, they were almost msep&robl*.