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8,061 Daily Average Circulation for June VOLUME XIII., No. 204. SOMMERS INIEDOOPTII POUTICSL sra Gov. Deneen Was Speak ing in a Tent at Chic ago When Robbers Threw Bomb. WOMEN SCREAM AND FAINT Xo Damage Was Done. Sev eral Arrests Made But Later Released. CHICAGO —A bomb exploded in the tout where Governor Deneen was ad dr 3sirg a political meeting on Gar li-Md boulevard and Princeton avenue 1- st night. Women screamed and fainted. No damage was done, though the excitement was started for the pur pose of robbery. A number of ar rests were released. ma~m Congo PATERSON, N. J.—August Eber hard. the grocer's clerk who was ar rpsted here this morning, has con r’-psed to Prosecutor Kroester and Chief of Police Dunn that he murder ed his aunt, Mrs. Ottilie Eberhard, and wounded her daughter, Miss Ot tilie Eberhard. He killed the wom an, stripped her of her clothing, stole $2,500 which was sewed in the bosom of her dress, and drove the younger woman front the scene, wounding her as she tied. The police authorities have recov ered $2,350 of tip; money stolen by August Eberhard from his aunt, Mrs. Ottilie Eberhard, after he had mur dered her and wounded his cousin, and fiance. Miss Ottilie Eberhard. The murderer, after confessing his crime, pointed out the spo’t where he had burled the money. THE HOUSE WANTS A SHOT AT ALL OF THE CONVICT LEASE BILLS Resolution to Refer all Sucl? Bills to a Commit tee of Fifteen Was Killed ATLANTA, fia.-A resolution to send all convict lease bills to a spe cial committee of fifteen and to com bine them Into one measure was de feated in the house this morning. FUNERAL OF MR. DUNNE OCCURRED THURSDAY The funeral services of J. A. Dunne, whose death occurred early Wednes day morning at the rity hospital, was conducted from the residence of his brother, G. C. Dunne, No, 19C1 Broad street, this afternoon at 3 o'clock, by the Kev. J. Q. Watts. The interment took place at the West View ceme tery. WILLIAM WINTER^ DRAMATIC CRITIC IN CRITICAL STATE LOS ANGELES, Cal.—William Winter, author and dramatic critic, yesterday was removed to a local hos pital 'n a critical condition. From a relative of Mr. Winter it was learned he never has recovered from the shock sustained in the Santa Ke w-"ck near Winslow, Arizona, on Jua JB. INF.*:.r SON OF MR- and" MRS- J- L- WARD DEAD The death is announced of Jass.e T, Ward, the infant son of Mr, and Mr*. J. L. Ward, which occurred Wed nesday afternoon about 3:40 o'clock, at th<- risjder.ee, No. 115 Greggtown Funeral services from the house this afternoon at 5 o'clock, the Rev J, Q. ~atts officiating, and interment At the West View cemetery, ONE KIU-YtTIN WRECK. 1 'HICAW) '*B* man was instantly killed and four'other* injured short ly before 4 a. m., today, when two ngines came together in a haad oo co'.iiaton on the tracks of the Chicago I,ake Shore and Eastern railroad, near the Buffington, Ind , p.ant of ' iinois Stsel company. THE AUGUSTA HERALD PICTURE 1 f ILL FATED STEAM YACHT ARROW □ Qk,QOQQEiaQQ WHICH BLEW UP BRINGING DEATH TO TWO At least two lives were lost when the steam Yacht “Arrow blew up in New York Bay. The “Arrow” a picture of which is shown here was at one time the fastest craft afloat. She belonged to Chas. R. Flint, but was recently sold to Edward Whitney. CONSPIRACY IS DISCOVERED AGAINST SON Plot Found to Force Abdue Hound to Abdicate at Once IZZET PASHA UNDER ARREST Sultan’s Secretary and Fa vorite With Many Of ficers and Ladies in Custody VIENNA. —The Zeit prints a dis patch from Constantinople stating that a conspiracy had been discovered in the place to force the sultan to abdicate. Izzet Pasha, th e sutlan's secretary and favorite, who is the alleged lead er of th e Plot, has been arrested, any officers, Armenians and six la dles of high family have also been taken into custody. These reports, and a rumor that the Ottoman bank bad been blown up, caused a panic at the Constantinople bourse. Many speculators were ruined IFF ms TO SEE FAMOUS LETTER Introdnced Resolutions to Request Brown to Fur nish it. ATLANTA, Ga.—Muff, of Lumpkin, introduced a resolution requesting ’ Governor-elect Brown to furnish the legislature with a copy of that famous and mysterious letter HNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BARBE3UE AND DANCE The annual outing and dance of the Knight* of Columbus held at the Pis'a yesterday evening was pronounced by those fortunate enough to he pres ent as one of the most delightful events of the tear. About 500 Knights and their ladies sat down to a bar becue dinner cooked by Pickens under the direction of Mr. Charles Bober, and both In menu and preparation the feast was said to be have been above criticism. Following the dinner, dancing to Edelbut s orchestra music was enjoy ed tor aersral hours. Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity— Showers tonight or Friday AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 23, 1908. LOCAL COTTON MILLS ARE HEAVY BUYERS noun AMERICANS' MEN O' 10 HONOLULU—The Atlantic battle ship fleet is enroute today to Ankland New Zealand, having terminated Its visit here last night. The fleet is in four divisions and presented an im posing appearance as it steamed out of the harbor last night in the midst of a bombardment of fireworks by the Japanese residents. The sixteen battleships lay at anchor last night, about a mile and a half off shore in a line extending two miles in Its for mation. The presence of (he fleet has done much to stir the patriotism of the Americans. Elaborate preparations have been made in Australia and New Zealand for the reception of tho fleet, and the entertainment of the sailors. OLYMPIC RESULTS. 110 meter hurdle—First heat, won by Healy, England. Time, 15 4-5. Second h«at, won by Garrells, Am erica. Time, 1G 1-5. Third heat, won by Groenings, England. Time, it; 2-5 Fourth heat, won by Kiely, Eng land (walk-over. ) Large Dccr Tried in Vain To Stop a Passenger Train NEW HAVEN, Conn. —A telephone message to the state game warden here informed him that a big deer, a buck weighing 300 pounds, had been killed near Durham, Conn., in an at tempt to stop a passenger train. With Body of Young Lovett Cut in Naif By Shark After Several Days Search Body of Cadet Wax Found by Fort Scriven SAVANNAH, Oa.—Half the body of young Harry Lovett, the young Ben edictine cadet, who was mysteriously drowned while swimming off the north end of Tybee on Monday has been found The lower portion of his body wl h both feet eaten awav wash'd up against *he »ea wall of Fort Screven early this morning and has been brought to the city for burial The remains were found by compan ions and friends of the ad, who have been ceaselessly patrolling the beach s'nee the tragedy. The condition of Uiat portion of the body recovered Land Office Business Done today—Nearly Two Tkos and Bales Changed Owners. Augustas cotton merchants trans acted a land offlee business today and 1,194 bales of cotton were sold to buyers. Local mills took every bale and this is one of the largest sales to Augusta mills within the past. year, lit is generally regarded as au Indlca- I tion that expert cotton men right In I Augusta consider the market nt bot tom prices when the local mills buy heavily. Middling today is quoted at 11 cents per pound, against 13 1-2 cents per pound a year ago. Tho Augusta mills generally seleet the highest grade cotton procurable on the market and consequently they are enabled to manufacture cloth of tho highest grade. Much comment was caused on Cotton Row by the heavy purchase and It added actively to the local market. The new crop will be moving rap idly within the nexj month, though iso far there is no Indication as to ( when t.hr* first, new hale from the Au gusta district will be received At Houston, Tex., today 124 boles of new | cotton were received and the western crop Is now moving In earnest.. Authentic reports concerning the cotton crop around Augusta are to the effect that the production this year will he materially under the figures of last year A leading cotton man and farmer stated today that within one exception he never knew pros peets to be quite so poor. However, an optimistic vein seems to he ruling in cotton circles and everything will I soon be busy on Cotton Row. | a doe and two fawns, the buck stood |on the tracks. The engineer blew j the whistle and the doe and fawns i I'-aped to one side. The buck, how ever stood his ground with lowered j head and was run down. seems to indicate that It was a shark which attacked the young man while trying for a long swim The finding of the lacerated por tion of the body cast a gloom over the entire island. Men with seins are now trying to find the rest of Lovett. BALDWIN'S BALLOON AT FT. MEYER. WASHINGTON The ear and gas bag of the dlrlglhlebnlloon built by Captain Thomas S. Baldwin, of New York, for the army signal corps, have arrived at Fort Meyer, where the trials of the b'alloon be held early in August. The eglne was shipped from Hammondaport, s Y , yesterday, and !< expected to arrive iu Washing too tomorrow. BOSTON BANDIT BIND BUTTLED BOLDLY WITH LIVE HUNDRED ARMED BLUECOATS BDOSTEDS TD ASSEMBLE FRIDAY Plans are complete for the meeting of the Augusta Roosters club for Fri day night and the indications are that a large crowd will he present on the occasion. The promoters are very enthusiastic over tho project aud they feel sure that their work will result in great good to Augusta. The move ment will no doubt be a help to the various organizations in Augusta. The organization will ho more of u public nature than any of the various bodies now existing in the city. Ev erybody in invited to come out and attend tho gathering. The meeting will be held nt the offices of tho Chamber of Commerce at 8:30 oclock and refreshments will be served to tho crowd. At the meeting a definite plan of action will b e mapped out by thoee Interested and from start to tlnlsh the elub will push Augusta to the front. While the organization doea not plan to be too conservative it will guard agalnet radicalism and only foster such measures, schemes and plans as will stand tho test of thorough In vestigation. MRS. HARRIET TUTT PASSED MONO Death Occurred at Ten Thirty O’Clock Saturday Morning. Widow of of the Late Win. H. Tutt The death is announced of Mrs. liar riet Rebecca Tutt., relict of the lata William H. Tutt which occurred about 10.30 o’clock -Thursday morning, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Leila Rosslgnol, 501 Telfair street. The deceased was in her 78lh year of her age. She was well known throughout, tne entire community, anti beloved by a host of friends, who will ho deeply grieved at tint m-wg of her death. For a long time she whh a member of St. John Methodist Church to whose Institution site contributed liberally. She was a devoted Chris tian. Four daughters are left to mnunr her death, and seven grand children as follows: Mrs Rem Remson, Mrs Lewis Thompson, Mrs. Edgeworth Eve, Mrs. Leila Rosslgnol, Walter and Edun Remsen, Perey and la-wls Thompson, Rollo, Katherine arid Har riett. Tutt. The latter live of New York city. Funeral Servian will be conducted from the residence Friday afternoon at 6 o'clock by the Rev Dr. Clunker, and interment Is to he at the City cemetery. PROSPERITY WILL FOLIOJJEBIIKE CHICAGO -The general opinion of leaders In the financial world seems to be that the decision In the Htand ard Oil case was proper, and that It would result in a reaction from thu business depression and Inactivity. "Not, being a lawyer, I am not qual ified to express an opinion from i legal point ol view," said Joseph T, Talbert, vice president of the Com mercial National bank. "Indeed, the court has In a masterly document covered the case so thoroughly that any further word by laymen or lawyer sei ms superflous, "The d< cl si on will do much to strengthen confidence |n our securi ties abroad, and will be no small fac tor In assisting the return of general prosperity." W. T Kenton, vice president of the National bank of the republic, ex pressed similar views Kdwln H Lacey, president of the Bankers National bank said: "The amount of the fine was startling to the business community. I feel, how ever, that the decision of the court of appeals wifi have a wholesome and favorable effect on business and that It will counteract Hi iff, -s of the Imposition of the flue by the lower court.” _ DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. MAN LODGED TO SWALLOW POTASH Last night about 9 o’clock C. E. Fitzgerald, a on,, armed white man living on Popes alley, was attacked by two men near Uerekmans nursery and forced to take a drink Against Ilia wishes. Instead of the fluid be teg whlHkey It proved to bo common lye, or dissolved potash, according to a statement from Dr F. H. Hay lea, Interne at the city hospital Aeording to the story told by Fitz gerald, he had been off at work and was on the way home when he waa acosted by two heavy built men and they asked him If he did not wlall a drink. He Informed them he did not, hilt they Insisted and grabbed him, pouring the liquid Into his mouth by force. They then threw him down and left him by the roadside. Inline dlately after drinking the dose he was attacked by hemorrhage and this probably saved his life. As soon as lie was able he yelled with all his might for help and suc ceeded In attracting attention. Mr. Uerekmans had a team hitched up and sent the unfortunate man to the city hospital, where ho Is being treat ed Ills condition Is not critical and he Is resting well today. There Is no clue by which the mis creanta can be Identified Fitzgerald is a linker and does various odd joba over the city He stated to tho hos pital authorities that, he probably had numerous enemies, but he could not specify any particular instance upon , which officials could work. TiS. E, Mil WILL SPEH BLUE Populist Presidential Non* inec Will Deliver Cam paign Address Hero in August An authentic report stales that Hie Hon. Thou. E. Watson will speak In Augusta the first week In August, making this one of the points of his campaign In an effort to carry Georgia in the contest lor Iho presidency of the United States on the populist ticket. It Is understood that the McDuffie statesman will also speak In Savan nah, probably before lie doer In An gusla, but It Is hardly presumed by leading men who formerly supported him here that he will be »h|c to ma terially affect the democratic vote ol the state at. largo, but will probably prove a factor in canning a heavier democratic vote by bringing out tnou sands of voters who would not go to the polls if the contest was warfed only between the republican and deni ocralic nominees for Die presidency. So far as can be ascertained no plans have yet been made for Mr. Watson's speaking hero, but arrange merits will probably he made soon if It la definitely decided that the pop ullst nominee Is to speak here. UNITED KINGDOM PLAYERS SELECTED. LONDON M. J flitch I’ , A .1 Hint the Irish champion and K. I’owell, of Cambridge University, have been lected to represent the United King dotn In an effort to bring back the Dwight K. Davis lawn tennis chal lenge cup from Australia The men will surt from Loudon In October. Advertising Is Business Insurance (fly ”Th«* Have yyti ever iwi«Ul.*r<-<1 ,1 n 'ulv<-rtl«lng campaign from Iho standpoint of an Insurance policy/ You Insure ugnlitsl Sll'-tl eiml Irtgenclea ns lire shipping dlHfielcr. dis honest employ* - etc, as * mad lei **f corns*-, bul It**- moment earn I on# mentions advertising as .. Inn-In ess• builder fur your particular lii-m-m you immediately begin in "p.-dgr 1 and vow that you can mil atTord soon an exp*nsivs luxury, n- , etc., Have yen ever llmuglii that Ih*- grrntest of all calumnies loss of trs*l* can he Inatii*-*) ag.-rinst 7 ’I i* ' premium i *•(***> re * **| nv the- coat of advertising Is, In proportion tr> the Important-* of the s< * art* y afforded, no higher than other Insttr t*t*-t" f-.ct, it is * imstOM.* <*y emallei and -non In root* * a minus quality Any other kind of Ipsurgncr Is tin expense worse than that—it Is s dead lows so long as there is no "* taint." Hal t t*e tnsiifn*,' *- tis ttaoe i* ,it> ■ - n!„<l l*y advertising carries a direct profit With It 1- • •IS not hid) il.i of losing trad* lull also the minor risk of being compelled by eompe Itlnn to carry on Intalitena at a illminlsti- Ing profit, 'I t*,*s tltf- "Ifieuran*'- premiums" represented by your advertising out lay art s*> -yen-matle.tlly - t onp d I*y the currant and simultaneous lo ci ■ * - ot ptnfita that, Instead of being w-garded ns an Investment of *.* I*l- xI, a the;, ought log) ally to be. they ate almost Invariably written off, year by y*ar, as a currant expense. A considerable pro portion of ’pin-rnlume" could properly be trauma as Invested capital, since lbs t- i ind assuror! maintenance of do martd la a tangible and waIAOI- ssot. Think It over you wno h , tsfnmed to regard advertising as art much blue sky .-t*d hoi alt . t . ighly praell* abb- business prop, osltlon and sho-ibl la side,* no other llgltl K* -p up your adver tising ‘ premiums and you won I have "to die to win.” 8,061 Circulation for Juna Daily Average FOR THIRTY-SIX HOURS BOS TON IN TERROR OF THUGS WITH GUNS FIFTEEN FELL FIGHTING Pitched Battle Foußlit in Cemetery and Ganf; was Scattered With tho Police Pursuing. BOSTON. —In n desperate gun bat tle with 509 policemen, one member of the Jamaica Plains bandit gang waa riddled with bullets and killed in a ravine In Forest Hill cemetery at daybreak today. He fought, to tho laat ditch. Ills companions In last night’s raid of Jamaica Plans escaped, It Is feared. Two suspects were caught. Three others in the hand are missing. Thus ended a thirty-six hour reign of terror in BoHton at drfyhroak to day In which the bandits killed two men and injured fifteen, throe of them perhaps fatally. After these fifteen fell in furious liatlle In the streets of Jamaica Plains Inst night, search of the cemetery was made tills morning for another mem ber of the hand, who Is believed to. have been Injured and possibly to have fallen into u pond back of the cemetery and drowned. The pond Is to he dragged. The policy have In custody after the night two young men who were rounded up as suspects. One of them, who declares ho will tie aide to prove an ultbi, will probably be released. He Is a Boston Elevated employe, nnd was arrested In the cemetery to day just after the shooting. Other members of the hand or their confederates are believed to be still hiding In OreftleA Bouton, and a care ful search Is being made for them. PITCHED BATTLE FOUGHT IN CEMETERY. The night's developments In the hunt for the bandits were by far the most seiiHatlonul In the criminal an mils of Boston. The pitched battle In tin- conietcry as morning dawned was like a battle of war limns, but the odds were heavy on one side. That wus on tin* side of tin- police, ft wns a case of two men with two guns, against 500 men With 000 guns, and a dozen rounds of ammunition. The desperadoes lost. One was killed. The other may have been killed. The police emerged with only a few wounded, Marching In soldier like fashion, af ter an all night vigil In the lonely hills, the police advanced upon the fugitives a few minutes after 4 o’clock, and hunter) them to cover. Then the shooting began. The air was filled for fifteen min utes witli pellets of lead. Spectators saved themselves from the shower of bullets by crouching alongside of stone fences and behind Ire* : and none was reported Injured. T lie Hi-cue wns one of Indescribable confusion. The desperadoes with stood the fire as long as they couid, returning It until their ammunition gave out. Then they fell. Tin- victim was carried off the field In an automobile. As tip- smoke of battle seemed to subside, a youth whose Identity was later learned, was seen running from the cemetery close lo lie- edges. Again the signal to flro ; was given, and once more the show lor of load whizzed through the air. At tin- moment the youth was sus pected of being the second member of the bandits, hut later It was dis covered lhat flu- poll*! wer,. In error Had the youth not halted In his flight, Ills body would have been rid died like Hist of the bandit I'Oil ea rner! pounded mi him when he stop ped The crowd jelled: "Lynch him! Lynch himj” Even some of the patrolmen Joined In the clamor for the man's life. The young man was bundled Into another automobile and with n crowd of fully 400 officers and 800 citizens, pushing !on behind, lie was taken through thu L (Continued on Huge Eight.)