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VOLUME XIII., No. 205.
John Temple Graves to Oppose
Governor-Elect Joseph Brown
Report in Atlanta is To
Effect That Independence
League Will Put Out
Ticket in Fall
Election.
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Independence
League of which Hearst is father,
will enter Georgia with an independ
ent gubernatorial ticket, according to
members of the party in Atlanta.
John Temple Graves will probably op
pose governor Elect Brown.
CONSTITUTION IS
GIVEN TUSKS
ST SULTAN
CONSTANTINOPLE—An Imperial
Irade issued this morning ordains the
assembling of the chamber of depu
ties in accordance with a constitu
tion which has been elaborated by
the Sultan. The Irade was commu
nicated to the Valis and district
lieutenant-governors with orders for
hoiding the elections. The consti
tution is practically the one worked
out in 1876.
The Sultan’s convoking parliament
created a sensation, taking all Con
stantinople by surprise. The imme
diate cause of his raising the white
flag and yielding to the demands of
young Turks was the receipt of a
telegram from Albanians of Uskub an
nouncing their oath to favor the re
establishment of the constitution.
This landed like a thunderbolt, as
the Sultan had believed he could de
pend on the' Albanians. Fred Pasha,
an Albanian, had fostered this
and the Sultan immediately dismiss
ed that favorite. The former Grand
Vizier said, Pasha when summoned
to the palace reported the real gravi
ty of the situation and the necessity
for some measure of constitutional
government. Similar pressure by
others long absent from the palace
council completed the conversion, and
resulted in the historic irade.
BELGRADE, Servia.—Cipher des
patches from European vilayets of
Macendonia declare the young Turks
are complete masters of the situation.
All Turkish authorities have sur
rendered.
The publication at Kossovo, Euro
pean Turkey, of Sultan’s proclamation
hailed by a salute of twenty-one guns
from fort. There is great rejoicing.
STANDARD OIL IN
TROUBLE AGAIN
Discriminatory Rate Case
With a Chance of a
Thirty Million
Fine.
JACKSON, Tenn. —A special term
of the Federal court will convene
here November 8 to hear the case
against the Standard Oil company of
Indiana. There were 1,524 counts
returned here in October, IvtoG. Each
count charges transportation of a
separate carload of oil at a discrim
Inatory rate In favor of the Standard
Oil company. The maximum of the
total penalties Is over $30,000,000 and
the minimum *1,500,000. They covet
illegal shipments for three years from
Whiting. Ind., to Grand Junction,
Tenn. an obscure hamlet on the IF
linols’Central road on the trans-Mis
sissippi line.
The indictment Is the outcome of
an investigation of James Randolph
Garfield, commissioner of corpora
tions. Into the operations of the
Standard Oil company.
NICE BOYS.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Georgia
Hussars, the crack cavalry company
of Georgia, wants It understood that
it was not this command which shot
up a few- towns along the .oute from
ths.camp at Chickamauga. The Hus
sari.-ams home In very orderly shape
and vere received with loud acclaim
by the stay at homes. They did not
fire a rifle after leaving camp.
Roosevelt Versus Grosseup;
A Parallel on Trust Theme
NEW YORK. —President Roose
velt’* attack on and Judge Gross
cup* defense of the decision revers
Ing the $29,000,000 fine of the Stand
ard Oil company ease are paralleled
In the Awo paragraphs:
"There Is absolutely no question of
the gut't of the defendant, or of the
exceptionally grave character of the
offense The president would regard
j» «s a grave miscarriage of Justice if
through any technicalities of any kind
tho defendant escaped the punishment
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
ODD FELLOWS’
CANDIDATE
sues rou
120,000
INDIANA MAN SAYS HE WAS
SERIOUSLY INJURED DUR
ING INITIATION CERE
MONIES
PENETRATED TO BONE
Struck on Thigk By Me
tallic Instrument which
Exploded, Tearing
Large Hole in Leg
NOBLESVILLE, Ind.—Charles Kas
sabaum, 22 years old, has sued the
Sheridan Lodge, I. O. O. F., and sev
eral individuals who assisted in his
initiation into the order, for $20,001).
He alleges that during the initia
tion he was "struck upon the left
thigh with some sort of metallic in
strument which penerated the flesh
to the bon e and exploded, the powder
and paper with which it was loaded
tearing a large hole in his leg.”
Kassabaum was unconscious for
several hours after the accident, and
he has not been able to work since on
account of the injuries sustained,
which are said to be permanent.
ROOSEVELT’S AFRICAN
HOST READY FOR HIS
ENTERTAINMENT
President Will Be the
Guest of W. M. McMullin,
Owner of a Large Rubber
Plantation.
St. T^ouis —Friends of William M
McMullin, who will be the host of
President Roosevelt during the lat
ter’s visit in British Soutn Africa,
where he will hunt big game, today
received letters from him in which
he speaks of arrangements being
made for the entertainment of the
chief executive. McMullin is the
owner of a 20,000 acre rubber plan
tation, near Moboaa.
"We have had the president’s room
all fixed," writes Mr. McMullin.
"There wont be any luxuries here,
out Mr. Roosevelt Is used to rough
ing it, and I think he will be pleased
with the accommodations."
From the broad porch of his house
one may see every evening species of
nearly every kind of animal that lives
in Africa, from the elpheant and Hon
to the monkey. It Is expected the
president will push into the deep for
ests, and lose himself for a while, al
tnough there Is plenty of shooting on
the McMullin preserves, where he will
make his headquarters.
JUDGE GROSSCUP DENIES
RUMOR THAT HE IS TO
RESIGN FROM BENCH
NEW YORK— Judge Grosseup, who
is staying at the Waldorf for a few
days, denies that there is any truth
In a statement published In Chicago
to the effect that he would soon re
tire from the bench and become "a
corporation lawyer.”
"This statement as to my future
plans has been made so many times
and I have denied it so often," he
said, "that I can only reiterate that
denial now, and tell you that my
plans have not changed since the last
time I dented it.
"If I do retire from the bench, how
ever, I shall practice la« and take for
clients Individuals or corporations
whenever I see fit to accept their
cases.
"I shall never place myself In a
position where I should be the hired
I man of any one man or corporation.'
which would have unquestionably
been meted out to any weaker defend
ant who had been guilty of such of
fense,"—President Roosevelt,
"There Is no more reason why I
should take notice of the comment of
Mr. Roosevelt than I would that of
any private citizen, for th< office that
he fills and the office that the Judge*
of the court of appeals fill are en
tirely Independent, though co-ordinate
branches of the government..”—Judge
(iNUtm
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity— Showers tonight or Satur day.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 24, 1908.
BRYAN CONFERS
WITH DANIELS
Oil AFFAIRS
111 SOUTH
NOMINEE HAS ASSURANCE
THAT SOUTH WILL VOTE
FOR HIM AS SOLID
LY AS EVER
RECEIVED NEGRO CLUB
Negroes Hitherto Staunch
Republicans Told Dcm-t
ocrat They Were For
Him—Had Lunch
on Lawn.
LINCOLN, Neb, —Yesterday was
Bryan’s busy day. It was also his
joyful day. The business that oc
cupied his time was greeting a steady
stream of pilgrims. The joyfulnesn
was resultant upon the visit of a dele
gation of Lincoln negroes, heretofore
staunch republicans, who marched
out to Fairview to pledge Iheir sup
port to the democratic ticket. The
visiting negroes carried a banner la
beling its followers as members of the
negro Bryan and Kern club of Lin
coln. While Mr. Bryan was giving
them a hearty welcome, and urging
them to keep in touch with the col
ored brethren throughout the country
somebody In tile house was frying
chicken. A picnic lunch was served
to the visitors on the lawn.
One of the most important visitors
was Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, N.
C„ proprietor of the Nows a .d Ob
server, national committeeman, und
member of the sub-committee of ele
ven to select a chairman and othei of
ficers of the committee. Ills friend
ship and political judgment are high
ly prized by Mr. Bryan, and he was
•ummoned here for a conference with
special reference to the condition >
the Southern states. The democratic
nominee was assured that the south
would be solidly for him.
MANY FACE STAVATION.
LAKE CHARLES, La—According
to Alderman Shattuck, who returned
last night from a tour of investiga
tion, conditions along the Red river
are pitiable. The floods have swept
away almost every vestige of food
matter, and many are facing starva
tion. Relief will be sent Into the dis
trict at once.
Policeman Who Killed Miss Ricg
Says She Pestered him with Love
NEW YORK—David E. Shellard,
the Brooklyn policeman who is un
der arrest charged with having mur
dered pretty Barbara Rleg who was
shot to death in the Shelter house of
Irving Square I‘ark, was arraigned in
the New Jersey avenue police court
today where he set up an odd de
sense.
He persisted that he had not annoy
ed the girl with his attentions, as her
friends have declared, and in ex
tenuation, said that she wooed him.
"She Ji iced her attentions upon
me,” he went on, “even asking me to
desert my wile and elope with her,’’
INVALID HUSBAcNP SHOT
HIS WIFE’S ASSAILAcNJ
Though Lying in Plaster
Cast, Chicago Man De
fended Woman’s
Honor from Bad
Boarder.
CHICAGO, 111.—Fatt last evening
chanced to place Lucas Sletten with
In th<- range of the supposedly help
less Invalid whose home he had
broken up, and the Invalid -lying in
bed in a plaster cast which practically
I precluded the possibility of move
ment —fired two shots and killed him.
William Thomas Branltzky. who
used to he a well known archlteet
with an office In the T’nlty building
fired the shots and avenged the
wrongs over which he had been brood
lng for more than two years. In the
doorway of his room, a witness of the
shooting was his young wife, Klotse,
who Is credited with causing much of
the trouble, Branltzky Is 3* year*
old. hi* wife 20, Sletten 23. Branltzky
became bedridden six months ago, a
victim of tuberculosis of the spine.
The victim of the bullets had on a
THUNDERBOLTS
WRECK CAMP
of sums
ATJFAFT
SECOND PENNSYLVANIA
BRIGADE SUFFERED SEV
ERELY FROM LIGHT
NING AND RAIN
3 GUARDSMEN DEAD
Forty Men Shocked in One
Tent. Scores Injured.
Some Soldiers Forced
To Swim.
GETTYSBURG, Pa—The second
brigade is in fearful shape today fol
' lowing the terrific electric storm that
last night rent the camp of 12,000
I Pennsylvania guardsmen, killing
lhre e guardsmen, injuring scores ol
1 others, and blowing down the tent of
i Governor Stuart, who was inside, bift
escaped Injury.
The wildest scenes of panic follow
ed the terrifying bombardment of
lightning and roar of wind which
successively demolished tent after
j tent during the half hour it lasted.
lAs soon as the uninjured could l)e
mustered, they hastened to discover
the extent of the havoc. were
strewn about unconscious on every
side and were gathered up by troop
ers with lanterns.
Besides the cries of the wounded,
(he desperate efforts of soldiers en-
I tangled in tent ropes and ranvas to
free themselves and the continued
; electrical display, rivers of water
raged through the Impenetrable dark
ness of camp and made It Impossible
ito reach some of the injured until
i they were nearly drowped.
j. A dozen men of the Fourth regi
ment were shocked by lightning In a
single group. Every surgeon who
has seen the dpad and Injured blames
the trouble on th e leggings worn by
the tmen
Major C. C. Wiley, who was at first
j believed to have been killed, was an
alienist for the defense in the Thaw
case.
Col. Weaver, surgeon general, was
pinned to his cot by the wreckage of
Ills tent and was not discovered for
some time, when he was rescued by
the guard. The men of the Second
brigade, whose tents were pitched Ip
the lowland, wvre forced to swim to
safety. Their cots are floating about
the camp, and not a tent of this brl
igade remains intact.
Mrs. Eva Rleg, the mother of Bar
bara, said there was not the slight
est doubt but that her daughter was
Ihe victim of an assassin.
”Bhe was as happy as a child when
she left home the night before her
death,” said the mother. "She whh
thinking only of the man Hhe was en
gaged to wed, and of the happy days
ol wifehood ahead."
Shellard’s confession that he was
in the Shelter house with the girl
when she grabbed his revolver and
killed herself, hus not satisfied his
superiors by auv means, and be will
again be put through another gruel
ling examination.
previous occasion caused Mrs. Bran
itzkv to leave h*-r husband, hut she
had returned to him some time ago
■ Three months ago, against the hus
bands wishes, Hletten became a
hoarder In the apartment. There were
three others hoarding at the house,
! hut Sletten was the only one of whom
j the husband was Jealous,
At 8:30 o'clock last evening Bran
; Itzky, from his bedroom, heard his
wife struggling with Sletten.
Owing to the nature of his affile
' lion, Branltzky was unable to leave
the bed. The struggle continued In
th<- rear part of thy bon and Mr*.
Branltzky's cries for help were car
ried to the husband's ear* through a
1 long corridor that runs from his bed
room to the kitchen.
"Let go of me!. Please let me
alone!" cried the woman who tried to
free herself.
To a small room off the kJtchen
Sletten was trying to drag the wo
man She broke away from him and
- fled down the corridor toward her
: l-ushand's bedroom.
"Oh, Will, Will.” she screamed,
Lou I* striking me."
Tin- husband thus became rertaln
j that Sletten was the man with whom
' his wife was struggling. • He man-
20,000 Striking India Mill Hands
Fought Body of British Infantry
TAYLOR HOME AT TEAL POND
D Q Q D Q □
PARENTS OF MISS H. DREW
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Bapaß./. t*. iL l-iMIFSGmSSB&K&tii
ftS -f. spo!
I MI
Here are some of the figures In the
Hazel Drew murder, which Is puzzling
the authorities in the northern part of
New York state. At the top is shown
a picture of Will Taylor's home near
Teal’s Pond, standing with a rake on
his shoulder is Coon Teal, owner of
Teal’s Pond, where the girl's body was
found. Below are pictures of Mr. and
Mrs. John Drew, parents of the mur
dered girl.
HIGHWAYMEN
RIFLED MAIL
POUCHES
GRAND GORGE, N.Y.—Two daring
highwaymen overpowered the mail
clerk of the Ulster and Delaware
train No. 27, known us the Ulster Ex
press, early today, rifled the mall
pouches, and escaped The robbery
look place between this station and
Stamford, the robbers leaving the
train at the latter place, and making
their way Into the western range of
the Catsklll mountains.
F. A. Peek was In charge of the
mail ear. lie was busy sorting and'
distributing the mail In the ear when
two men, who boarded the train at
Grand Gorge burst in upon him. One
of them covered him with a revolver
ana the other without ceremony
knocked him down. Both men plied
on him, binding his limbs und tying a
gag In bis mouth, so he could make
no outcry.
The robbers then doubled Peek up
and dumped him Into u mall box.
shutting the cover. Then they leis
urely went through the malls, tak
Ing everything of value. They als'o
took s2f> In cash uud the watch from
the mail clerk.
When the express drew Into Stain
ford the two men made their way
back to a day couth and left. They
quickly disappeared from the station,
heading back east In the direction of
the mountain ranges, where It Is
thought they have a hiding place.
The express had gone some dis
tance beyond Stamford before the
I robbery was discovered and the mall
I clerk was released An alarm was
; sept out all along the line and pet- e i
are scouring the mountains In search
i of the desperadoes.
TEXAS POLITICIAN
SHOT DOWN ON THE
STREETS OF DALLAS
The Tragedy Win Drawn
From Bailey’* Fight For
the U« S. Senate Last
Year.
DALLAM, Tex. A politics) tragedy
t growing out of the fight on United
States Senator Halley last winter,
was enacted at Comanche, Tex., yes
ter day. K Gaines, running for re
election to the legislature, met lit*
opponent, .1 W Reese, and shot him
1 down on the street, Inflicting mortal
wounds.
aged to reach under his pillow and
get a revolver As tfle young man
followed his wife Into his room, he
1 drew the revolver and shot twice,
i both shots taking effect and killing
(Slettuu Instantly.
DAILY AND SUN DAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
II Ji! i& v mm
Ik Jwl W J
NO SECULAR POWER
CUN VETO POPE
Secret Bill Recently Pro
mulgated Remove* For
mer Power.
LONDON- A dispatch to the Chron
icle from Milan says that the pope
has promulgated a secret bull abolish
Ing the privilege hitherto appertain
lng to certain secular powers of veto
ing tho election of a pope.
The bull Is said to Impose major
excommunication upon any cardinal
daring to submit to such a veto.
BHIPPERB FIGHT RAILROADB.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. All the large
! shippers In the state will act In uni
son to assist, the state In fighting the
injunction asked for by the railroads
operating In the state to restrain the
railroad commission from enforcing
the two cent passenger rate and the
freight regulation laws.
Bob Evans’ Son Hit Superior
Aboard Battleship Georgia
CHICAGO The Amerlcon prints the following dispatch from Hono
lulu Lieut Frank T Evans, son e r Fighting Bob Evans, knocked dow i
Lieut Commander -I K Carter, of the battleship Georgia, In a fist light
aboard the Georgia Tuesday night, according to the statement of alleged
witnesses today. . „
A report Of the affair lo the navy department Is expected. Lvaria
and Carter refined to dl .Visa the matter, and a strong effort was made
by officers of the fleet to suppress It . .
It Is alleged that the men engag'd In a hot dispute on the deck of
the Georgia, that the quarrel I'd 1 o blows, and Glut Lvans struck Ills
superior In the face, flooring him.
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SOLDIERS FIRED . INTO MOB,
KILLING ONE NATIVE AND
INJURING SIX
SEVERAL POLICEMEN HURT
Strike Grew Out of Sym
pathy For Nationalist
Leader Transport
ed For Six Years
BOMBAY, Indie Twenty thousand
cotton mill hands struck yesterday
und the strike Inis been attended by
great disorder.
This morning the strikers warn
riotous. ,\ detachment of British in
fantry was called out and tired Into
the mob killing one native and wound
lng six. Several European nnd na
tive policemen sustained Injuries, hut.
the rioters were dispersed.
The strike Is the outgrowth of sym
pathy lor Tilak tho Nationalist lead
er ami editor, who was sentenced to
transportation for six years on a
charge of sedition.
FOND fiT
SPIKED BRIDE
When Youthful Swnin
Would Not Permit Spouno
To Return Irate Parent
Put Her Across Knee.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. Dr. John
English, a wealthy practitioner, who
lives In Redstone township, and
whose 16-, year-old daughter, Ethel, on
last Tuesday eloped In the family au
tomobile with Claud,, llecklnrldge to
Ohio, yesterday look measures to
spoil the children's wedding.
Learning that Ethel hud rolused to
leave her Imshaml and come home,
and that Claude, 11 1 ,• husband, had
whipped the two younger brothers of
Ethel when they went, to bring - her
home, English drove to the Beckln
rldgo home and taking the bride of
two days ami nights across hla. knees,
spanked her soundly and sent her
koine to her mother.
Claude Beeklnrldge, the husband,
then came In for a thrashing at the
hands of the angry father-in-law, who
then had his son-in-law arraigned for
perjury, alleging that he swore to an
untruth In taking out the license to
marry 15-yeur-old Ethel. The young
husband was held under ball.
JOSEPH HIRSCH ANNOUNCES
FOR MAYOR OF ATLANTA
ATLANTA, (in The announcement
yesterday that Joseph I Uracil has de
, elded to enter the race for mayor will
! be learned with interest by his many
| friends over the elate. He Is a busi
ness mail nnd the chief plank of Ills
platform will be an avowed stand for
a conservative business administra
tion. Two other candidates have al
ready entered the race. They are
James G. Woodward and Thomas H.
Goodwin. (tourlland S. Winn, l)r.
Frank Edmondson and 11. 11. Cabanlsa
may also enter the race.
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