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VOLUME XI.. NO. 301.
ALL VALLEY TOWNS
SUBMERGED UNDER
RAGING STORMS
BETWEEN SEATTLE AND TACOR
NA IN WASHINGTON. GREAT
DAMAGE DONE BY FLOODS.
DEATHS REPORTED
Under Water Ranging From Eight
tp Twenty Feet in Depth—Thou
tnds are Camping on Foothills.
ATTLE, Wash.—Homeless and
suffering from hunger ami exposure
and in hourly dread that rising waters
will overwhelm them, thousands ot
residents of fertile valleys, lying be
tween Seattle and Tacoma, camped
today in the foothills nearby, with
what few provisions and effects they
could carry in their hurried fllßht.
Six deaths thus far have been
chronicled as due to floods which
have followed the rapid rise of rivers
in King and Pierce counties. Three of
the men who met death In floods,
were trying their utmost to prevent
log Junts that would endanger resi
dents of towns further down the riv
er.
How many farmers' families have
lost some member through the rapid
advance of the treacherous waters
will not be known until the waters
subside.
All the valley towns are under
water, ranging iu depth from 8 to 20
feet. Railroad communication has
been cut off and the towns cannot be
reached except by messages over long
distance telephone wires.
A dispatch from Portland, Oregon,
says that forty men, women and chil
dren are surrounded on a little island
in the Columbia river, and it. is fear
ed the water will cover the island be
fore a relief steamer on its way to
i.ieir relief reaches them.
MARRY THAW PLANNING
BIG CHRISTMAS DINNER
Confident of Acquittal And In Receipt of Letters
Extolling Ability of Delmas.
NEW YORK. —Convinced that ho
wotld be free before Christmas,
Hafjy K. Thaw has arranged to cele
brate his liberation by giving the un
fortunates who will be left behind
within the prison wills a feast that
they will never forget.
That intends to have a conference
with Commissioner Coggey over the,
afTair to find out how far he can go
with the celebration under the prison
rules.
Rigor O’Mara. the Pittsburg detec
tive! arrived at the Tombs yesterday
witH Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw.
"Harry is happy” said Mrs. Thaw,
"and talks with delight about having
his (Ihrlstmas dinner with me.”
Mrs. Thaw had been in consultation
earlier In the day with her husband's
principal counsel. She was greatly
i-latid by the reception of many let
ters'in which the ability of I). M. Del
mas. as an advocate before a jury,
was extolled.
SIDKES’ CHAFFEUR
CUT UP HIGH JINKS
Smashes $20,000 Auto by Reason 'Tis
Said of Too Much’ Whiskey and
Quinine.
NEW Y’ORK.— Whiskey anil quin
ine, taken for a bad cold by Anson
Phelps Stokes’ new chauffeur, Finney,
bad a bad effect upon the man's rrfueh
heralded capacity, for he smashed the
machine into stone fences, stopped it
In front of trolley cars, paid little
heed to the cop of Stamford. Conn.,
and cut up all kinds of high jinks.
'I ne automobile cost $20,000, and it is
a wreck. Mr. Stokes was so disgust
ed he refused to bail the man out of
jail.
SECT SHAW NIPS
SOUGHING PLAN
Price Asked for Site of New Pitts
burg Postoffice Found to be Exor
bitant.
—An alleged deal,
which, it is asserted, was framed to
beat the government out of about
$330,000. was discovered here by Sec
retary of the Treasury Shaw, who
was about to close negotiations for a
site for th<- Pittsburg postoffice. at
$985,000.
Mr. Shaw sen', word that he would
take toda.' To look it over, aud It is
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
LOCAL FORECAST FOR AUGUSTA AND VICINITY: Partly cloudy tonight and warmer. Saturday rain and warmer.
ALLEGIANCE TO
UNROEROCTHE
0! SECT OF STATE
SUBJECT OF MR. ROOTS ADDRESS
AT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CON
GRESS AT KANSAS CITY.
PREPARED WITH CARE
Will Re-Assure Latin-Amerlcan Re
publics of Positions of tha United
States on Questions.
WASHINGTON. D. C—The undy-
Ing allegiance of the United States,
and the administration to the Monroe
doctrine, will be proclaimed by Secre
tary of State Root. It is expected. In
the address he will deliver before the
trans-Mississippi C Jtress at. the
banquet in Kansas Cay next Tuesday
evening. '
Sir. Root has prepared an address
for this occasion with great care, and
it Is believed that as the mouthpiece
of the administration, he will voice
President Roosevelt'S attitude toward
the Monroe doctrine.
Since the declaration of Prof. Htir
gress, lu Berlin, that the Monroe doc
trine is practically it dead letter In
the United States, there ha* bceu no
opportunity for the administration to
declare its adherence to the time-hon
ored doctrine.
Secretary Root is expected to avail
himself of the opportunity to reassure
the Latin-Amerlcan republics that the
TTnited States still proposes to pre
vent European nations from acquiring
territory on this continent.
PROMINENT OHIO MAN DEAD.
CINCINNATI. Ohio.—Dwight Kin
ney, one of the best known clubmen
of Cincinnati, dropped dead iu a ho
tel in St. Louis. Relatives hete
were notified of his death.
TAFT HURRYING
TO WASHINGTON
j Cuts Short Inspection Trip on Re
quest of State Department—Wanted
for Consultation on Cuban Affairs.
NEW ORLEANS. Secretary of
War Taft, passed through New Or
leans last night on a Queen and Cres
cent train bound for Cincinnati. He
had been expected to remain here a
day or two to inspect the local army
I post, but yesterday a telegram was
i received by Captain Clayton, who ac
j oompanied the secretary to the de-
I pot.
After a short stop iii Cincinnati he
! will proceed Immediately to Washing
i ton. The serious condition of affairs
| in Cuba Is said to be the eauso of the
! secretary’s change of plans and his
hurry to reach Wasmngton. Secre
! tarv Root is reported to have tele
graphed Mr. Taft to liasteu to Wash
ington. Advices from Havana indi
cate that Cuba is on the verge of an
archy and prompt aud stern measures
are necessary to prevent an outbreak.
USHERS FIGHT FIRE,
GIRLS IN BATH ROBES
NEW YORK.—There was a lively
time in the Circle Theatre, Broadway
and Sixtieth street, last night, when
a slight fire was discovered In the bal
cony.
Chorus girls, arrayed in bath robes,
ran around the auditorium greatly
excited, but the ushers formed a fire
j brigade with signal success, and the
j treasurer kept right on selling tickets
TIGER S E/E” BOYB
SHOOT UP TAVERN
SCHENECTADY. N. Y. Thirty
[student*, belonging to the Tigers' Eye
Dillon College's most exclusive socle
jty, at Sober ecindy, N. Y., visited a
[tavern yestordav nearbv town .uid
the-u began firing pistols aud destroy
ing property. The Schenectady pro
prietor "’ill make them pay.
Intimated tnat he wilt then condemn
[ the site under consideration. Instead
of giving a.moßt a million for It.
Congressman Burke and some mem- 1
hers of the Chamber of Commerce,
made an investigation and found that
property on either side of the site
was on the market for $4-‘!o,t)oti. Hence,
it appeared as If tnis was a plan to
make more than $500,000 If the deal
| went through.^
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. FRIOAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 16. 1906.
ITALIAN EMBASSY
SETTLEO THE BIG
PEONAGE CHARGES
.CHARGES OF LABORERS WHO
STATED RESTRAINT AND DUR
ESS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN.
(
NO COMPLICATIONS
; Case of Great Intereet in Southam
Lumber Circles Satisfactory Set
tled by King's Representative.
WASHINGTON.—After months of
negotiation the Italiau embassy has
Anally succeded iu effecting a satis
factory settlement of the labor trou
bles at Marion, North Carolina, which
culminated In the riot of May 14, in
which two Italian laborers were kill
ed, flu- others wounded and hundreds
of ltulian workmen driven into the
mountains.
The Italian laborers Involved In the
trouble were employed by the Spruce
Pine Carolina Company, engaged In
; laying tracks for the South and West
ern Railway Company.
The Spruce Pine Carolina Company,
which has been succeeded by the
Meadows Company, effected a com
promise in the case by paying dam
ages to the families PT the two Italians
killed and effected a satisfactory set
tlement with those injured.
A few days ago the Italian
who are looking after the Interests of
the laborers coming to tills country,
were instructed to again send Italian
subjects into North Carolina.
Charges of peonage are still pend-
I ing against tho Spruce Pine Carolina
[ Company, but the corporation has
j ceased to exist as such, and since the
recent troubles have been satisfactor
ily settled,' the Italian embassy is not
disposed to make further trouble for
the officers of that company,
GEO. H. WOODALL DEAD.
FAIRBURN. Ga. —George H. Wood
all, a prominent railroad man of Jack
' sonviUe, Fla., died at the horn j of his
parents her* F*Wu* ipoMiiua. Mis.
IS. E. Marston. of Augusta., is a sister
j of the deceased.
JAPAN LAUNCHES
BIGGEST WARSHIP
Designed and Constituted Exclusively
by Subjects of Mikado—England
Wires Congratulations.
TOKlO.—Japan Is jubilant over the
successful launching of the big battle
ship Satsunia, at. Yokosuka. The ju
(illation is due to the fact, that not
only is it the biggest warship in the
world, but that, it was designed and
constructed by Japanese exclusively.
The British admiralty has wired con
gratulatlons, expressing the hope that
the Satsuma would uphold the glo
rious traditions of the Mikado's navy. |
The imperial diet has been convok
ed to meet on Christmas day.
HERMAN OELRICHS
HAD SEALED BOX
- -
NEW YORK. —The sealed box
which Herman Oelrioh carried with
him at. the time of his death on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosso will be
opened today in tho hope of finding
a wut later than the one which it is
sougii*. to probate. The box will be
examined in the presence of repre
sentatives of the dead man’s rela
tives and a clerk from the state
comptroller's office.
TWO SHERIFFS RACE
FOR ONE PRISONER
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—The sheriff ol j
Davis county, Ky„ and the sheriff of
Franklin county, Ark., raced across
the state today, each bent on getting
to Springfield ahead of the other in
order to secure the person of a clever
forger named Al Travis, who Is want
ed in both states for numerous forg
eries.
The Kentucky sheriff won the race
by a few minutes and now Is on ills
way with the prisoner, to Owensboro,
Ky„ where Travis is charged with
swindling a bank.
PEARY HAS ARRIVED
AT CHATEAU BAY.
HALIFAX—The attic ship
Roosevelt, with Commander
Peary on board, arrived at
Chateau Bay. Labrador, ac
cording to a dispatch received
here.
The Roosevelt had been de
layed by heavy weather, but
•expects to eail Immediately for
Sidney.
VICTIM OF MOOSE LAKE
TRAGEDY LAST SUMMER
main
Damaging Testimony In
The Gillette Murder Case
BITTER QUARRELS BETWEEN CO UPLE ON NIGHT BEFORE AND
AT BREAKFAST OF THE DAY OF TRAGEDY.
HERKIMER. N. Y-. DMnngliwt ios
tlmony against Chester K\ Gillette,
charging him with the murder of
Grace Brown, who was drowned In
Big. Moose Lake, after going oyt row
ing with Gillette last summer, has
been unearthed.
Witnesses have been found who will
testify that Gillette and Grace Brown I
had a bitter quarrel the day she was
drowned.
Grace Greenwood, a waitress at the |
Cliff House, is ready to testify that
Gillette and Miss Brown quarreled
there. Miss Greenwood says that at
supper, the night the pair arrived at
Big Moose, the sir! did not speak to!
BOUGHT FREEDOHI
FROM INIS URUTE
Saves SIOO From Washing Every Day
and Secures Release From Drunken
Husband.
POUGHKEEPSIE.—There is a wise
i woman In Poughkeepsie. She is Mrs.
%
I James Crawford, who for years has
supported her husband, who drank up
all the. money he could get. while she
did seven washings a week. Little by
little she kept, putting away savings
ifrom her meagre earnings until she
had SIOO. ,
.
She caused her husband to be sum
moned before Justice Carpenter and
[offered him the SIOO if ho would sign
an agreement to leave the village
and never come near her again.
Crawford signed the paper and look
the money.
Saves the Grandson of
His Old Colored Mammy
KENTUCKY'S LIEUTENANT- GOVERNOR KEEPS KIN OF OLD FAMI
LY SLAVE FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR IN OHIO.
' CINCINNATI. Ohio.—ln order to
save the, grandson of the old colored
mammy, who nursed him, and who
was a slave in his family years ago.
trom the electric chair, Lieutenant
Governor William Thorne, of Ken
tucky, came here from his home and
secured the-services of a prominent
criminal lawyer to defend thr prls
SHILOH’S HOLY C-HOST
SOCIETY 18 A MENACE.
NEW YORK—The Holy Ghosts’ So
dety at Shiloh In a hearing, before
Governor Cobb, of Maine, and coun
sel. was reported as being a “menace
to 'b< State.' KcllowerM say *itai itc
It* v. Frank H. Sanford, the leader, imn
ii hypnotic in;''."ace over hi.-; Hock. ,
Gillette until he called her a name for
not. eating. *
"I am doing the best. I can undei
the circumstances," Miss Brown re
plied.-
Miss Greenwood said the couple
were nervous and distraught.
At breakfast Miss Greenwood said
the girl's eyes were red and a bruise
showed on her forehead. Gillette
I swore ut her under his breath and
made some remarks which made the
I girl turn pale.
Miss Greenwood said there was a
violent quarrel, but she would not tell
what, words Gillette used until on the
witness stund. Miss Greenwood said
that before breakfast the couple took
I the-'bus and went to the lake.
AS EVIDENCE SHE
TAKES PAIR SHOES
Mr*. T. C. Platt Alleged to Have Se
cured Pair of Woman Footwear
When House Was Broken Into.
NEW VORK. Mrs. Winslow H.
Bushy, of Highland Mills, is the hand
some young woman, who was In Mrs.
La Monte’s house, at 214 West 28th.
street., at the time Mrs. Platt, her
coachman, J. K. Hedge*, and private
detectives smashed their way through
a door and found United States Sena
tor Thomas C. Platt, In u handsomely
furnished rear apartment.
This information Is given by Mrs.
Busby's husband, who declares that,
his wife's visit to the house was per
fectly Innocent, and that it merely was
a coincidence that. Senator Platt was
In the house at the Hume time.
It is asserted now that as a result
of the raid on the 28th. street house,
Mrs. Platt, triumphantly carried a
pair of woman's shoes as evidence.
loner and also appeared in court in hie
behalf. The efforts were successful,
and though charged with murdering
hi« wife, the accused was allowed to
plead guilty of manslaughter.
The young negro In Andrew Watte,
Ift years old, who killed his wife,
Anna, In a George street resort, Au
gust ?4 last.
EIGHT MEN BURIED
UNDER TONS OF ROCK
NEW YORK. -A dispatch from
Douglass, Arizona, says that eight
men were hurled under tons 'if rock
hy the premature explosion of giant
powder at a lime quarry near there,
Employes from the smelters have!
heen sent, to dig them out.
“ME, TOO," N. Y. SENATOR
SETTLES BIG SUM ON WIFE
Empire State's Senior Senator Probably Forced
to Resign Scat-Marital Separation Costs
Between Half Million and Million.
NEW YORK.—The retirement of
Senator ’luomas C. Platt from Con
gross is regarded today mm tho proh
able outcome of the latest develop
ments of his domestic scandal. If the
aged Senator returns to Washington,
tie will find his position so dUagre*-
ablo that he will he forced to retire,
Polttleul pressure will also he ap
plied to assist the Senator to reach
GIGANTIC MERGER
IN NORTHWEST
James J. Hill With Abandon Name of
“Burlington Route” and Have One
System in Name aa Well at Fact. 1
CHlCAGO.—Reports In railroad clr-|
cles became current today thut James
J. Hill, president of the Great North
ern road, who acquired control of tpe
Burlington system several years ago.
hud decided to merge it absolutely
with (lie Great Northern and abandon
even tho name Ilmlingtou. Tho
scheme contemplates the emerging of
Hill's three great roads into one sys
tem in name, as well as in fact. With
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
eific long under his control, he has
acquired absolute control of the Bur
lington by purchase.
PISTOL FUSILLADE IN
IN ’FRISCO SA LOON
Masked Robbers Order All “Hands Up"—Order
Obeyed, Except By O'Connor, Who Is Dead.
SAN FRANCISCO. Two men
dead, two others dying aud others
seriously Injured Js the result of <«
pistol duel last night in an attempt
to hold-up a saloon by two masked
robbers.
Shortly before midnight two men
with handkerchiefs over their faces
und revolvers in their hands entered 1
the saloon.
All (lie inmates compiled with the'
order to hold up their hands, given j
by the masked men, except Ooorgo
O’Connell, retired and pensioned po
lice officer, who drew Ills revolver!
Mr. Busby Explains AH
About Mrs. Platt*s Shoes
AGED U. S. SENATOR, WHO IS HAVING HARO TIME IN MARITAL
RELATIONS—ALSO INCIDENTA LLY COSTING HIM A MILLION.
“My wife does not deny being In
t the Lu.Mnnte house when Mrs. Platt
| broke lu with her raiding party.
"My wife does not deny being there
[at the time, and sin- lias authorised
me to say so.
"Mrs. Busby was not there to meet
Itlie senator. She did no/ know thut
tic was in the house tiutU after Mrs.
Platt anil her eoacliinnn and the do
! lectlves forced an entrance. Natural
ly she Inquired what the commotion
I was all übout, and then, for the firm
time, she learned that the senator was
iu the house.
“That story that Mrs. Platt found
San Francisco’s Mayor
Indicted With “The Boss”
ALLEGED EXTORTION PRACTISED FOR TWO YEARS IN CONNEC
TION WITH RUNNING OF FRENCH RESTAURANTS.
SAN FRANCISCO. — Mayor Eugene
Schmitz, and "Hohh” Abraham Itucf
were Indicted on charges of extortion.
The Indictment was reached at the
end of two days of Inquiry. Ball was
fixed at $lO,OllO.
All of the five counts concern the!
eases of the so-called French restau
rants, the charge being practically
that the restaurant keepers paid large
THE DAVIS STATUE
NEARLY COMPLETE
*
Magnificent Bronze Figure of the
* Confederate Chief Bet Up at Reun
ion in Richmond.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.—A largo
bronze statue of Jefferson Davis, presi
dent of the Confederate States Is be
ing completed at the works of Gor
ham company In this city to bo un
veiled in Richmond. Va.. on June 2,
1907, at Hie annual reunion of the
I’nlted Confederate veterans.
The figure will be set up in Monu
ment avenue In Richmond, and is to ,
be olio of the chief figures of the elate 1
If You Want the News
You Need The Herald
Give It a Fair Trial and
You Will Be Convinced
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 A YEAR.
a decision to get out. He hag out
' lived his usefulness to the party, and
I lie owes it to his parly to give way.
In cotmeetlon with the announced
separation of Senator Platt and his
wife, the latest rumor current is that
Mr. Platt made a settlement of ssoor
I MM) on Mrs. Platt. By soma the
money consideration is placed at
| even ILOtHVoOO,
130.000 GONE
WITH CLERK
Employe of Southern Express Co., at
Salisbury, N. C„ Absconds—Bonded,
But Lose Exceeds Bond.
SALISBURY, N. C.— The shorl
age of \Y. S. Gray, night money
clerk for the Southern Express com
pauy, who has absconded from Salis
bury. will reach 920,000.
Tho money was In currency and tt
Jls now lielieved that Gray, who was
hut. 17 years of age, had one 01 morn
confederates, but nothing definite In
known.
Deteetlves have been employed on
I the case, lint no trace of the default
{lug clerk has been found. He wan
| bonded, hut it Is learned the loss will
I exceed the bond.
and commenced shooting at one of
the robbers.
The robber* liegan firing at the
ex-)>ollcemun and the. patrons of the
saloon at almost the same moment
\\ hen thu tituuku. of the battle was
cleared nwav four men were lying on
the floor of the saloon, three of them
dying anil four seriously injured--
CfConnen with two bullets In his
■ chest, Stephen Lynch twice shot In
the abdomen. Ixmls Delatour with his
,iaw torn away by a bullet and Michael
Kennedy shot In the- enr.
One of tbo robbers, Frank Burke,
an ex-convlct, was found dead out
side with his mask still on.
my wife's shoes in the senator's room
und then took them away for evidence
In her divorce case, Is a diabolical
lie. if Mrs Platt hud any suspicion*
that my wife had been In the sen
ator's room, she did not make that
accusation there.
"I understand thut Mrs. Platt pick
ed up a pair of shoes In the closet op
posite the bathroom which divides the
senator's room from the reception
room. ”
When Mrs. Platt and her daughter
had climbed into the hack seat, tho
coachman tucked tho robes around
them. Mrs Platt talked rapidly to
him and all three seemed Jubilant.
i sums to Rues to Induce him to force
! the administration to grant them lic
enses which would otherwise have ha
denied them on the ground that the
, places were Immoral.
For nearly two years the alleged
objectionable relations between the
French restaurants and the municipal
administration liuve been a subject of
puodc denunciation.
ornte system of public decoration.
! Three days before It Is set up another
| statue which the orhum people are
| now moulding, one of Maj. Gen. J. E.
'll. Stewart, will be unveiled.
I The statue of President Davis which
represents thut leader of the Confed
[crate cause Is cast in what Is known
as heroic size.
■ , Tr ■ ■
CROKER NOT COMING
NOW TO AMERICA.
LONDON.—‘‘I am not now going
to America, at all. I did Intend going,
but since my law salt has been set
tled. I have changed my mind.”
This statement was made by Rich
ard Crokor
The law suit he refers to was hi*
action for libel against some of the
charges of corruption against him
Harmsworth publications for theit
■ luring the lime he was the "boss” of
Tammany Hall, in New York. Cruiser
won thy suit. . v- - - - , „