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VOLUME XIII., NO. 84.
ATTEMPT 10 KILL
STEKEKS RESULT
IF 1 PUT
SAN FRANCISCO—The attempt to
assassinate Durham W. Stevens, po
litical adviser of the Korean council
of state, it 's now said was the result
of a carefu v hatched conspiracy in
spired imnid, ’ately by the manifesto
of the Korean ' Righteous Army” call
ing upon all loyal Koreans to con
secrate themselves to a holy war and
exterminate all Japanese.
This manifesto reached here on the
same ship which brought Stevens.
SAN FRANCISCO—I. W. Chang,
the Korean, who yesterday shot D.
W. Stevens, last night made a writ
ten statement in which he said:
"This day I shot Stevens. 1 shot
him because he was the main factor
in the Japanese reign of bloodshed
and oppression in Korea and because
he, as head and adviser of the re
gime, was responsible for tne deaths
of our fathers, mothers and brothers
in Korea.”
TRUSTED EMPLOYES
ARRESTED FOR
EMBEZZLING
PITTSBURG.—WiIIiam L. Folds,
United States bank examiner, yester
day made two informations under the
advice of United States District At
torney J. W. Dunkle, against Henry
Reiber, paying teller and John Young,
auditor of the Farmers Deposit Na
tional Bank, before United States
Commissioner W. D. Lindsay, charg
ing them with embezzling and mis
appropriating $G5,000 of the banks’
money.
Both men were arrested last night,
were given a preliminary hearing by
Commissioner Lindsay and committed
to jail in default of bail.
Reiber and Young are both old em
ployes of the bank, each having risen
from a subordinate position. Reiber
has been employed . 32 years and
Young 25. They unsuccessfully at
tempted to conceal their misapplica
tion of the bank's money through col
lusion in changing figures of the
amounts of cash on hand in the bank
:n Pittsburg and the amounts of cash
on deposit in New York banks.
The prisoners claimed to have lost
the money in speculation. Both were
bonded.
COMMISSIONER
WANTS OR. IfIATZ
DISCHARGED
NEW YORK. —As a result, of his
investigation of the circumstances
surrounding the premature discharge
of Abe Hummel from the penitentiary
on Blackwell’s Island. Commissioner
Coggey. of the department of correc
tion, has written to the state medical
hoard asking that Dr. Philip B. Mata
be transferred to some other insti
tution and another resident physi
cian sent.
Dr. Matz. in explaining the circum
stances which have resulted in this
request, said: "I had called upon the
captain of the health department boat
Thomas W. Muley to take me over
earlier than the usual time, that I
might get a drug that was urgently
needed.
"Hummel saw me going, and I took
him along as a favor. He took me in
his taxicab to Third avenue and Fif
ty-second street where I left him, got
tee drug and hurried back to tne
island.”
This explanation did not seem to
satisfy the commissioner who asked
that Dr. Matz be replaced.
LORO CAVENDISH
OF DEVONSHIRE
.. IS DEAD
PATHS.—Spencer Compton Caven
dish, duke of Devonshire, is dead at
Cannes, where he had been spending
some weeks. He was 75 years old.
The duke of Devonshire was taken
serior ft ill in February. Ho was
taken r>> Cannes in an effort to re
store ills health.
The duke became a minister of tho
crown in 1862, when hr Lord Hartlng
ton he entered official life as a lord of
the admiralty, succeeding, later to
Hie posts of war secretary, postmaster
general, Indian secretary, and Irish
secretary.
The duko of Devonshire was the
eighth of the line. Ho will be ruc
corded by Victor, the eldest son of the
duke’s youngest brother, Lord Edwin
Cavendish.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Photo Of The British Ship Indefatigable”
c/lnd The cMarket Place In Port-Au Prince
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The eyes of the civilized world are now turned to Haytl. The excep
tion of political prisoners and the threat to violate the sanctuary of
European consulates, has sent a number of warships hurrying to Port-au-
Prince. Among them is the British cruisers Indefatigable, a picture of
wfcich is here shown. At the rig ht is shown the entrance to the prin
cipal market place in Port-au-Prince.
SHIP WRECKED BY FALL OF
GREAT WHITE HOT METEOR
LONDON. —Fifteen survivors of the •
wreck of the sailing ship Eclipse, 1,-
692 tons, have arrived here, and are
relating one of the strangest tales
of shipwreck out of fiction. The
Eclipse was on a voyage from New
castle to San Francisco. She had
been at sea eightv-five days when she
was overtaken by a terrible hurri
cane. Lightning lit up the entire sky
and the thunder was deafening. Sud
denly a meteor fell, striking the fore
topmast which fell in splinters to the
deck. The meteor struck the deck,
crashed through, boring a bole in the
hull of the vessel, disappearing into
the sea. There was an explosion as
the white hot meteor struck the wa
ter.
The crew, after extinguishing the
fire which resulted from the meteor
RAILROAD SITUATION NOT
SERIOUS, SAYS LANE
WASHINGTON. D.C.— Figures com
piled by the statistician of the inter
state commerce commission would in
dicate, says Commissioner Franklin
K. Lane, that the railroad situation
throughout the country is not as se
rious as is generally believed.
The railroads upon whose net earn
ings Commissioner Lane bases his
opinion are the New York, New Ha
ven and Hartford, New York Central,
B. & 0., Pennsylvania. Southern, L.
& N., Rock Island, Atchison. Topeka
and Santa Fe, Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul, Northwestern, Southern
Pacific, Great Northern, and North
ern Pacific. While thesq systems are
representative of the entire country,
it will be noted that no mention is
made of the S. A. L., or the Chicago
and Northwestern, both of which are
DEAD SENATOR'S WIFE TOO 111 TO
CONTINUE WITH FUNERAL TRAIN
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Senator W. I
J. Bryan’s body arrived here at 11
o’clock this afternoon, and was met
at. the depot by several committees \
representing the city, county and
state governments and taken to the
home of the brother of Ihe deceased!
In Springfield. The wife of the dead
senator is completely prostrated and
she is in Charlotte, N. C.. unable to
attend the funeral which will tak
place at St. Johns Episcopal church
tomorrow afternoon. The father of;
WILL EULOGIZE HIM.
GRAND FORKS, N. D.—Friends of
both Bryan and Gov. Johnson unite In
saying that If any resolutions Instruct
ing delegates to the democrat le na
tional convent ion are passed by tin
democratic state convention which
will meet here tomorrow, those reso
lutions will be for Bryan. But it Is
expected Governor Johnson will bo
eulogized.
democrats*’ga'thering.
INDIANAPOLIS. lndiana demo
crats are beginning to gather In" In
dianapolis for the state convention
which convenes tomorrow.
Local forecast for Augusta and vicinity—Fair tonight and Wednesday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 24, 1908.
coming into contact with inflammable
cargo, gave attention to the pumps.
They worked for four days and
nights, resting only an hour at a
time. The water gained steadily and
Captain Laszen and his crew were
forced to take to the boats.
For 15 days the men suffered in
open craft beneath the scorching sun,
laying their course for the Sandwich
Islands. Two biscuits and two gills
of water formed the daily allowance
: for each man.
Cm tiie thirteenth* day adrift throe
i men died. Their bodies were thrown
overboard and were immediately de
voured by sharks. Some days later
land was sighted and the boats finally
reached a small island. The exhaust
ed men were eared for by natives and
later made their way to Honolulu,
I thence to London.
in the hands of receivers, or the Gould
lines.
Making his selection of southern
roads for the purpose of comparison,
Mr. Lane’- believes the Southern and
the L. & N„ meet with the necessary
requirem -uts. The Southern rail
way, he Believes, is a case in point,
as that road is now holding confer
ences with' its organized employes to
bring about a ten per cent reduction
in wages, after having reduced the
salaries of all its officers and clerical
force.
“From the figures available to the
commission," said Mr. Lane today,
“it does not appear that, taking the
country as a whole, the revenues of
the railroads have fallen off to the
extent that is believed in some quart
ers.”
l the senator is ill at his home in Dan
iel, Fla., and cannot be present Jit,
the funeral.
Mayor Sebring has issued proclam
ations requesting general suspension
of businoss during the funeral. Dis
tinguished mt”i front all parts of Flo
rida are arriving on every train to at
tend the last sad rites. The funeral
cortege (All be the largest in the
city’s history. Board of trade, church
club, Knights of Pythias, and other
I organizations will attend in a body.
THEY WILL TEST IT.
WASHINGTON. The possibility
> that the railroads will force an early
test mr the constitutionality of the
Hepburn rate law, in which the de
cisions in tho North Carolina and
Minnesota cases, as handed down by
the supremo court yesterday, will be
cited, is attracting a good deal of at
tention today. .
ANTICIPATING FLEET.
MELBOURNE.—In government, cir
cles It is anticipated that the Ameri
can fleet will spend ten days here
| and an eoual length of time at Syd
ney.
PROHIBITION IS
PERMANENT IN
RIS Oil
WASHINGTON. “From observa
tion and inquiry while in Augusta,
Ga.. last week,” said Nathan P. O'Dell,
of San Francisco, in passing through
this city, “I have reached the con
clusion that prohibition in that state
is to become a permanent institution.
The Georgians are well pleased with
the situation thus far. Prohibition is
popular because it deprives the ne
groes and the mill hands of liquor.
Heretofore this class has spent con
siderable money for drink, but since
prohibition went into effect much of
the money thus spent is turned over
to the family. One curious result of
the abolition of bar rooms is the es
tablishment of five cent theaters. The
towns of Georgia are full of such
places of amusement.
“The prohibition law is being
strictly observed in many of the
towns 1 am told. At the fashionable
hotels the guests are deprived of wine
or other intoxicants. All in all, the
situation seemißgly is verv satisfac
tory.”
FORCER TO DRINK
WHISKEY, ONE
FELL OEM
PITTSBURG, Pa.—David Lennix,
the big, cross-eyed policeman of the
Wylie avenue district, decided to have
some fun in his own way. He as
sembled a dozen hard-looking cases
in the street and chased them into
a saloon. Ordering them to line up
in front of the bar, he made a speech
as follows:
“I don’t think you fellow’s ever had
all the whiskey you wanted in all
your lives, hut you’re going to get it
now. You can drink all you’ll hold,
hut the fellow that don’t drink ten
whiskies, two gins and one beer, gets
licked and arrested besides. I pay for
everything.”
Valiantly the gang tried to drink
the whiskey. Harry Thompson was
the first to fall in his tracks. He
dropped like a log on his ninth glass
and died in the patrol wagon. Four
others fell, and are in jail with phy
sicians trying to bring them to. Po
liceman Lennix has disappeared. It
is expected his arrest will be ordered.
HINDOOS POOTEST
AGAINST BEING
' DEPORTED
VAJi COUVER. B. C.—An excited
assemblage of 100 Hindoos met in the
Sikh temple here and after protest
ing against expulsion and deportation
from Canada, sent the following cable
to John Morley, secretary for India
“We protest against expulsion and
deportation from Canada. As British
subjects we claim protection through
out the empire, if our interests are
overlooked by others, those In India
must necessarily resent your govern
ment’s neglect."
DERIDE THE IDEA.
WASHINGTON.—Army officers
greet, with derision an expected at
tempt, by Oberlln M. Carter to re
gain his position in the army. There
is small likelihood of his reinstate
ment.
REPUDIATED HIS VOTE.
PEORIA. Ills.—A. W. White, a Juror
In the ense of Jacob Nau, vs. the
Standard Oil company today repudiat
ed the vote he had cast giving the
plaintiff SB,OOO damages, thereby ne
cessitating a new trial. Nau sued for
$16,0(10 damages. White was one of
two jurors who held out against the
plaintiff until the court refused to ac
cunt disagreement.
CU OF TOFHIOI tin
STANDS 8( IIS GEORGIA iSISTFS
Special Janitor-Policeman
Sworn In to Prevent Entrance
of Another Preacher
TRENTON, N. J.—Given the full
power of a special policeman, David
Trout, sextion of the First Methodist
Episcopal church, stands guard over
the edifice ready to thwart any plans
made by Rev. Dr. William A. Frye,
named by Bishop Luther B. Wilson
as presiding officer of the New" Jer
sey conference to be pastor to take
hold of his charge. The sexton-po
liceman says he will arrest Dr. Frye
if it becomes necessary, as the con
gregation has refused to accept him
as its pastor in place of Rev. Dr.
Charles O. Jones, the Georgia preacn
er whom Bishop Wilson and the con
ference refused to recognize.
Unless a compromise is effected
within a few days, the First church
may become independent of the con
ference. The members have already
notified Dr. Frye that they do not de
sire his services. At the service Sun
day morning the congregation was
the largest in the history of the edi
fice. Persons of all denominations
heard the eloquent southerner, and
after the service Dr. Jones was sur
rounded by hundreds who pledged
their support to aid him in keeping
his contract to serve as pastor for
one year. Sexton Trout has been
made an officer of the law at the in
stance of the trustees and sworn in
by Mayor Madden.
“He was sworn in to prevent gen
eral disorder about the church,” said
the mayor.
It. is declared that the only com
promise possible is that Bishop Wil
son name the Southern preacher as
supply pastor until his contract ex
pires and appoint Dr. Frye to a charge
in the central Pennsylvania confer
ence. It is believed by many that
Bishop Wilson will come to Trenton
personally and take charge of the
First church and later install Dr.
Frye as pastor. In this event, it is
said, the bishop might' be privileged
to enter the church, but tlm church
members sav the bishop would have to
preach to empty pews. On the other
hand, if Bishop Wilson should assign
Dr. Jones as a supply pastor, it is
declared this would cause much in
dignation among other Trenton pas
tors, who say he is a member of the
Methodist church. South, and of an
other vconferenee as well, not having
been properly transferred.
TOINVESTIGATETHE
CIRCUMSTANCES
OF DEATH
CHICAGO.—The cremation of the
body of Mrs. Jennie Orchard, of I
Commander John M. S.
N., was halted by order of Het-ith Of
ficer Evans. The authorities wanted,
a delay, pending further inves Jgation I
into the circumstances attend! g her (
death on Saturday.
Mrs. Orchard was a Christ!jji Soi-I
ontist. and, according to the dej/h cer
tificate w’ritten by Dr. Fra-.fl n J.
, Morgan, practitioner of a physio-med
ical school, who is connected with
the Christian Science cult, tflie had]
been ill 33 days.
The cause of death was announced
as “exhaustion and the perforating
of an ulcer of the stomach, followed
by septic peritonitis.”
During this time Mrs. Orchard re
ceived the attention of several Chris-j
tian Science friends, among them two
women who are practitioners.
Health Commissioner Evans has in
structed the coroner to make a thor
ough investigation.
FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS.
WASHINGTON.—A large and en
thusiastic delegation of prominent
citizens of Louisiana appeared before
the rivers and harbors committee of
the house this morning.
MAY AGREE.
PITTSBI’RG. —The United States
Steel corporation and other large con
sumers ot coal have taken a hand in
'he controversy between operators
and miners regarding the wage scale
and working conditions, and ike pr >s
peots for an agreement be't« the
close of this week are said u< he
much better than at any time -fining
the past two months.
SINGER SAILS.
NEW YORK. —Mme. Emma Calve,
:he famous singer, sailed to Jay for
Europe on the North Gorman Llo; d
steamship Kronerlnz Wilhelm.
SHOT BY nTgTTt^rTdTrS.
HOPKINSVILK. Ky.—Night riders
to the number of twenty-five or thirty
invaded Golden Pond, Trigg, county
last night, dragged Thomas Weaver,
a negro in the employ of the tobacco
association from his bed and, carry
lug hltn to the road, commanded him
to run. When he failed to obey the
night riders began firing at him. K®
was found in a dying condition. No
cause for the crime is known.
DAILY AND SUN* AY', $6.00 PER YEAR.
“Emperor of Sahara”
That there is an Emperor and that
he holds regal states here while
awaiting possession of his kingdom,
in New York, has just become known.
The Monarch in question, whose pic
ture here appears, is Jacques La
baudy, who disappeared from Paris
in July, 1906, after the failure of his
project to establish the “Empire of
Sahara” in the desert of that name.
BELIEYE VESSEL
IS WRECKED
PURPOSELY
LONDON —An extraordinary ta <■
I of the sea was brought forth at the
| inuqirv at Caxton Hall Westminister
■ into the loss of the Glasgow sailing
ship Gunsford t.ff the Cape of S',
j Roque. The representatives of the
| underwriters, Mr. Scrutton, mtu: ains
| that the ship was lost intentionally,
! and he did not hesitate to set forth
his views in frank and emphatic lan
j guatre before the inquiry.
I The Gunsford was built in 1892 for
! 20,750 pounds and has had an adverse
financial career. in 1907 the boat
j was insured for 19,000 pounds ster
ling. The shin had paid no dividends
J in seven years, says Mr. Scrutton and
| the indications are that she would not
pay any. Mr. Sctutton says that this
investigation into the carter of the
Gunsford shows that debts aggregat
ing 11,000 pounds have plied up over
her. The representative also said
that the captain of the Gunsford had
not been to sea for 20 years and that
his certifirnre had expired. The own
ers contend that the ship was not
lost intentionally and refute general
ly the charges made.
TWELVe"*IN JU i-tc.:
•HEROIN. Ky—Twelve persons wore
Injured, several fatally, when a iiass
e-ngor and a freight train on tile Cin
cinnati Southern met in ,i head-o
collision three miles north of here to
day. Both i ; 1m s were smashed
and rolled down a 63-foot embank
ment with several coaches.
TORNADO KILLS NEGRO.
CAMILLA, Ga. —Joe Hammond, a
negro, was crushed to death when Ins
home collapsed In the violent tornado
wKiJi .truck this section at 6 o'clock
this morning.
REMISSION RECOMMENDED.
BOISE, Idaho.—Governor Gooding
today received notice from Judge
Freemont Word ot Ihe sent .nee ■>!
Harry Orchard, the self-confessed nmr
derer of < x-Govcrnor
and recommended the remission of
the deatli penalty.
populists" MEET.
ATLANTA, Ga. —in the senate
chamber in (he slate capltoi the exe
cutive committee of the peoples party
of Georgia met this morning for the
purpose of naming delegates to the
national convention.
ft I The courageous mer
\Jjr3C chant increases Ml*
WUIUU advertising when he
sees and feels the need of lr>
creased sales. That’s just "com
mon sense.”
NEWSJN BRIEF
BILL EXCITES INTEREST.
LONDON. —The bills authorizing
national military training which
makes every man medically fit a
member of the Territorial Army, lia
ble from his eighteenth to his fortieth
birthday to short periods of military
training, is exciting national interest.
This service is practically the same
as has been hitherto performed by
volunteer forces.
DR. FASSETT DEAD.
NEW YORK. —Dr. Bryant Fassett,
28 years old, of Elmira, N. Y., son of
J. Sloat Fassett, died early today in
Roosevelt hospital.
NEEDS THE MONEY.
NEW YORK —Having won her con
cent to wed him, Prince Helie de Sa
gan today is registered as Bertrand
Detrain, of Paris, at the Bellevue-
Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia
while Mme. Anna Gould, former wife
of Count Boni de Castellane is in
New York with the members of her
family for consent to her new matri
monial venture..
NAME^TT’FLORIDA.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—l( was said
at the White house that shortly be
fore his illness the late Senator
Bryan, of Florida, asked the presi
dent that one of the new battleships
be named in honor of that state. The
president did not give a conclusive
answer, but it is announced that in
view of Mr. Bryan’s untimely death
the president has decided to name
one of the new ships the Florida,
ihus honoring the late senator’s re
quest.
HOLDING HIS OWN.
BOSTON, Mass.—Governor Guild is
holding his own, but his condition
is one that cannot last indefinitely.
A change for the better or worse is
expected soon.
CAN’T CARRY GUNS.
CHICAGO.—OnIy persons duly au
thorized and registered by the police
may purchase and own firearms or
other deadly weapons in Chicago in
future. The city council last even
ing passed three ordinances regulat
ing the sale, use and confiscation of
weapons.
BUYS A RAILROAD.
BRISTOL, Ya. —George L. Carter,
of Bristol, the wealthy railroad build
er, mine owner and capitalist, has
just purchased the North Carolina &
Virginia Terminal Railroad, a 45-mile
line in eastern North Carolina, and
a frontage of nearly a mile along the
Atlantic at Southport, N. C.
JOHNSON REPLIES.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Governor
John A. Johnson .of Minnesota, crit
icises Charles Edward Russell in an
interview regarding charges made
against him by Russell, in which
Johnson is accused of having no in
tention of becoming active against
“intrenched privilege,” and with en
tertaining no grievance against
“wealthy malefactors.”
CHURCH CONFERENCE.
BALTIMORE, Md.—Bishop Alpheus
W. Wilson, with all of the pastors of
Southern Methodist churches in the
city and about a score of the laymen,
left here this morning to attend the
Baltimore annual conference of the
denomination at Roanoke.
HEAVY RAIN AT MOBILE.
MOBILE, Ala. —Mobile and vicinity
was visit-d by an unusual heavy rain
fall during the last 48 hours, the to
tal for this period reaching the high
mark of C. 19 inches. The lowlands in
and around the city were completely
inundated and in some instances dam
age was threatened to household
goods on low floors.
JUMPED UNDER TRAIN.
NEW YORK. —An unidentified man
committed suicide in the subway to
day by jumping in front of a down
tow'll local subway train from the
crowded platform of the Sixty-sixth
street station.
BIG WASHOUT.
PENSACOLA. Fla. —No trains have
gone north from Pensacola or come
into the city since Sunday night, due
to a big washout on the L. & N., near
Century.
SHIPPEY CHIEF WITNE9S,
( UICAGO —Chief of Police Shippey,
b ’ wifi and his son will he the prlfc
cipal witnesses today at the inquest
of Lazarus Averbuch, the anarchist
kill d by the chief on March 2.
Friends of the dead youth now assert
be only wanted Chief Shippey to sign
ome sort of passport lo enable him to
| leave the city to go to lowa.
FOUR KILLED.
LEXINGTON, Ky.- Four persons
; were killed and several injured in a
'wreck of a passenger train between
ilurpiti and High Bridge, on the Queen
and Crescent railroad.
STORM HiTS SALEM.
LA GRANGE. Ga.—The little com
munity of Salem, Troup county, was
visited yesterday afternoon by a ter
rific wind and rain storm. The Sa
i■■ni church and two dwellings near
the town wore blown down and two
houses across the line in Harris coun
ty were wrecked.
IMPERIAL EXODUS.
BERLIN. There was a royal ex®-
(Jus from the capital today when Kais
i r Wilhelm, the kaiserln, their fourth
son. Prince August, Princess Victoria,
many members of his majesty’s family
and n number of the royal couple per
sonal friends left Berlin for Venice.