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VOLUME XIII., No. 208.
SOUTH IS 01
SITS MO.
OFFICIAL
SOUTHERN RAILWAY AND AL
LIES HOLD CONFERENCE IN
WASHINGTON TO CON
SIDER SITUATION
WASHINGTON. —A conference of
twenty-of the chief traffic officers of
the Southern railway and its allied
and subsidiary corporations was be
gun at the offices of the Southern, in
this city, today, its purpose being a
discussion of the business situation
generally in the south. The gather
ing, which was called by W. W. Fin
ley, president of the road, will be pre
sided over by hint and will include
ihc presidents of the companies af
filiated with the road.
It is stated that as the fiscal year
of the various roads and other cor
porations interested came to a close
on July 1, much attention will be
g - en to planning for the new year
ah -g the lines of taking care of
.r, i.,ht and passenger business in the
Southern's territory. The intention
is to take action to conserve the in
t< rests of labor on the various roads,
and at the same time attempt to im
prove the service of all lines.
“We expect the resuit of our de
librraMons to have considerable *-*
feet in the way of further building up
railroad business along our lines,' 1
b-'d F. 1,. Russell, vice president of
the Mobile and Ohio, who is here.
“Mil d you, I do not think business
is bad There is a revival of prosper
t,v in the south since the first of July,
this time a steady, sore, day by du>.
increase of traffic. I have never been
rble tc understand why we had what
is called “the panic" six months ago,
hast year we had good wheat crops,
good corn crops, and good cotton
crops' These products all sold at
good prices. Yet, business stopped in
a doy, ns it were. From the signs,
ns I saw them, after that time, 1
thought the depression had touched
bottom and that business was on the
rebound, but every time business
uek a spurt, I was doomed to disap
because traffic fell off
again And you know that railroad
traffic is a sure sign of business con
ditions, This continued through Feb
ruary, March, April. May and some
part of June.
“Now there is a change, sure, for
the better. The South has in sight
the best cotton crop ' has had for
twenty years, the best corn crop it
has had for several years, and I under
stand there is an average wheat crop.
“Since July I bustness on the Mo
bile and Ohio lias averaged better ev
ery day than since 'the pane’ struct,
us. This points to encouragement.
HITCHCOCK NAMES
S, 0. P. COMMITTEE
Executive Committee Was
Announced Last Night by
the Chairman. Only
Members of the National
Committee Named.
CHICAGO, lll.—Announcement was
made last night by Frank H. Hitch
cock, chairfj p of the republican na
tional oorrir ittee, that the following
men will constitute the executive
committee: Charles F. Brookor, of
Connecticut: T. Coleman Dupont, of
Delaware: William E. Borah, of Ida
ho; Frank O. I.owden, of Illinois;
( harlex Nagel, of Missouri; Victor,
Rosewater of Nebraska: William L.
Ward, of New York: Edward C. Dun
can. of North Carolina, and Boies Pen
rose, of Pennsylvania
Chairman Hitchcock decided to
adopt the plan of having the ex
ecutive committee made up solely
front the membership of the national
committee The members will be d|s.
tributed between the eastern *nd
western headquarters in a manner to'
be announced later.
TOT HAPPENED
10 JONES IN
PITTSBURG
PITTSBURG. Pa.—Yesterday was
not a Jonea day, according to chron
icles of death and disaster In the
Pittsburg district. Two .Joneses died
as the result of injuries, and a third
was reported seriously hurt.
The roll:
ThomV* Jones. 28 years old. of Fed
*ral.‘ near Carnegie, fatally hurt on
railroad.
Thomas Jones. 26 years old. a rain
er, died of Injuries received Saturday
when struck by an engine
Joseph Jones, of Federal street.
North Side, hurt bu street car.
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QUEBEC.—The Prince of Wales today visited the
old French Canadian village of St. Joachim and was
entertained at a summer establishment of the Laval
University.
There is a regatta today between the crews from
British, French and Ame rican warships.
A Live Baby Boy For the Holder
of the Lucky (?) Coupon
LEXINGTON, Ky —At Paris, in
Bourbon county, the manager of a
moving picture show offered as a
prise a boy baby, three months old.
together with a baby buggy and suf
ficient baby clothes to do three,
months. Manager Jackson says the
baby is a white baby, but he will not
teil its name or how he < came by It.
"I will guarantee that the holder
BEATEN 10 DEATH
II POISON OF
m
MILW;. I’KBE, Wis.-Matt Wagner.
16 years old. returned yesterday from
Texas, where he served part of a
I term of three months for stealing a
ride on a freight train, and tells of
the manner in which, he says, John
Kulik, his chum, was beaten to death
'• in a Texas prison.
Half an hour after one beating, says
Wagner, Kuok dropped dead. He says
a third Milwaukee boy, a negro name.i
Williams, is still In the prlsoD. and
will die unless soon saved.
The boys started for California
when unable to get work hare because
of a strike. , hey were taken off a
train in Texas and after being beaten
like slaves, 'were set to work.
Kulik was unable, Wagner says, to
stand the work, and was forced to
work when dying Finally he was
: given a last beating and forced to
w'ugk In the blacksmith shop until he
dropped dead Then he was hurled
lln the Jail yard In a shallow trenen,
j with not even a ploe box for a
| coffin
OFFICER ELECTROCUTED.
MANILA.—Lieut Hcrnard Oswalt,
Twenty-ninth L'nlted States Infantry,
at Fort McKinley, originally from
Alabama, was electrocut'd while
bathing yesterday by a fellow-soldier
i who had hoi>ed to play a Joke on hint
by attaching a live electric wire to
i the tub.
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Showers tonight or Tnesday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 27, 1908.
of the lucky coupon gets the baby and
that there are no strings to the trans
action Every person buying a ticket
to the show is given a coupon on
which is a number and at the end of
the week the number which is to
draw the baby will be called out, and
the person holding the corresponding
number gets the baby," Is all he will
say.
WHO IN WENT
REALLY WILD IN
STORM
MCDONALD, Pa.- lyeppo. the wold
man, with the Metropolitan show
here, became erased when lightning
struck the big tent, and in his fury i
attacked John Dudley, a negro, with'
his teeth and bit him so badly that
h» will die.
Leppo fastened his teeth In Dud- j
ley’s neck and held on until his Jaws
were pried apart with an Iron bar In -
the hands of another employe of the
show. »
Opce separated from his victim,
l.eppe ran wildly about the tent, In
which several hundred persons had
taken shelter from the storm. He t
hurt many people before being felled
; with a stake and chained
OFFICER KILLED MAN
WHO CHEWED HIS EAR
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio. Knocked
down with his own club by Mike Me- )
'fort. Policeman Bert Haggerty fired
twice at Mcfort as the latter leaned
;over the fallen officer Sunday at. Mtn
go Junction Both bullets entered
McCort’s left side, and after he had
run half a square he fell and soon
died Mcfort, who had been arrest
ed, had seized his raptor a club and ;
almost chewed off the officer s right j
i ear
Haggerty shot In self defense and j
1 no charge was preferred agalnat him !
INDEPENDENCE
PARTY VOTES
TONIGHT FOR
A NOMINEE
CONVENTION OF THE NEW
PARTY TO BE CALLED TO
ORDER BY W- R- HEARST
IN CHICAGO
QUIET AND ORDERLY
No Confusion Like Other
Conventions. They Mean
Business. Will Not
Throw Vote To
Another Party
TODAY’S PROGRAM.
10 a. m. —Meeting of the na
tional committee at the Audi
torium.
10 a. m.—Meeting of women's
auxiliary committee on recep
tions and entertainments, at tile
Auditorium.
12 m. —Temporary Sergeant at
Arms Frank Brust wiil meet with
100 assistants at Orchestra Hall
and arrange for first session.
1 p. m. -Caucuses of all the
states except lowa begins
stretching through the afternoon.
2 p. ill.—lndiana delegation re
ceived by W. R. Hearsi at the
Auditorium Annex.
7:15 p. m. Doors open at Or
chestra Hall for convention.
8 p. m.—Convention called to
order and following business
transacted:
Secretary Walsh reads the con
vention call; temporary chair
man, probably W. il. Ilearst, in
troduced; temporary chairman
makes "key note speech." - ’
fßy Ernest Eli Itoeser.)
CHICAGO.—This evening at 8
o’clock the national convention of the
Independence party—the new party—
will be called to order by William
Randolph Meant, who (Ills the office
of temporary chairman.
There is none of the noise, none of
the tremendous crowds, none of tin
holiday spirit, and the gay decorations
in connection with this convention.
The assemblage has the appearance
of what the workers In the new party
intended it to be —a working or
ganization.
Tbe leaders of the new patty sty
this convention Is not to be like the
others There is no set program.
Anything is likely to happen and any
of the msi mentioned for the ureal
deney Is likely to be nominated. Ali
depends on the will of the various
delegations.
One thing may he regarded ns as
sured by the common opinion of the
delegates—there will be no fusion.
'I lie Independence party will stand by
Itself; will call for and work for Its
own votes, and, In short, will cam
paign with the same vigor that the
other parties will. There Is abso
lutely no chance of the vote being
thrown to candidates of either ihe
democratic or republican parties, ac
cording to the men who are doing
things here today.
There Is considerable speculation In
Chicago aa to what will really hap
pen at. the convention. There are
those who predict that an attempt
will he made to stampede the conven
tion ror the democrats ft Is true
that filibuster worn has been In pro
gress, but a canvass of t.h» various
delegations falls to find any evidence
of weakening on the part, of the dele
gates
As to who will be the candidate for
president this Is pretty much of an
open question One thing Is assured —
Mr. Hears! will not be the man. He
declines uneqtilvocably to run and he
will not accept if nominated. Hlsgen,
of Massachusetts, Is accorded strong
support. It Is believed he will be
nominated There are other candi
date,, however, whose strength Indi
cates to many that the question Is an
open one and the honor will fall to
any one of four men who are men
tioned Besides Hlsgen, Howard, of
Alabama. Is regarded as a remarkably
strong man, and It would not be sur
prising If he won out over the Mas
sachusetts man.
Oraves, of New York, Is another
-trong candidate The editor Is well
ilked by the delegates, ano he will
have a strong following Taylor, of
Illinois, and Neal, of Indiana, also are
In the field, and hav e hosts of friends.
PERU MARKB TIME.
WASHINGTON - The Peruvian
government has Issued a decree or
dering the adoption, beginning Tttes
day next, of the official hour corre
sponding to the 75th degree of longk
rude west of Greenwich Arrang'
ments have been mode with the South
and central American Telegraph com
patties to transmit dally from New
York the official hour of uoou.
DUTCH WARSHIPS
MAYBOMBARDPORTS
OKLAHOMA LAND
OPENED TO
SETTLERS
MFSKOGEB, Okla- -At midnight
last night the law removing the gov
ernment restrictions on nine million
acres of Indian lands in eastern Okla
homa went into effect. Every one is
striving to get the first chance at the
property. TITe removal means that
11.000,000 of the 20,000.000 acres of In
dian and in forty counties of eastern
Oklahoma, which was formerly Indian
Territory, becomes salnhle
For a month agents of real estato
companies have been rounding up tlm
Indian mid negro allottees. One buyer
has been entertaining a number of In
dians and negroes here for three days,
providing them with everything they
desired, the only conditions Imposed
being mat they do not leave their
roomß nor allow any one to enter.
MORE SCANDAL
111 CONVICT
AM
House Today Considering
Holder Lease Bill. Inves
tigating Committee Sits
This Afternoon.
j ATLANTA, Ga.—At 11:30 o’clock
i this morning the house took up the
consideration of the convict lease bill
of Mr. Holder, of Jackson, which pro
vides for the discontinuance of the
j present lease system on December 31,
1311, unless there be further leglsla-
J tion before hand, and witleh lias al
ready been recommended by commit
} tee of the whole of the house for
passage.
Mr. Blackburn, of Fulton, offered an
amendment providing that trial Judges
(should Its given discretionary powef
to send all misdemeanor convicts to
/the state farm Instead of to the pttb
' lie works. A substitute gave tills
i power to trial Judges only In cases
of female convicts. The amendment
was adopted by a vote of !i8 to 17.
| tlVon request of Mr. Holder the
bill was taken up by sections and per
■ footed by the adoption or defeat of all
amendments to each section.
At 2 P m. the house was still on
gaged In discussion of the Holder bill.
The Felder legislative committee will
resume Ita labors this afternoon at 3
o'clock with Louis D. Yancey and Die
I hooka of Hamby and Toorns and W
: it. Hamby, convict leasees, as the first
j subjects for the official probe. It Is
| not unlikely that one or more of the
.prison eommisslonora will be tailed
to the atand thta afternoon and made
to tell of th* commlsalon’s peculiar
penchant for Harris Overton, the por
'ter, whose ex wife told to the com
misHloa Saturday that he had furnish
led James W English, Jr«, an Atlanta
| capitalist, with a list of bld.i and bid
tiers on convicts
Th» woman further testified that
I Harris Overton s name hail been
transferred from the state capltol pay
‘ roll to the prison commission, In or
der that the porter's salary could be
Increased to an amount, known only
|to the members and attaches of the
commission.
MET SWEETHEART
IN NICKELODEON AND
THEY’RE MARRIED NOW
BISMARCK N. D nlfretl Blais
[dell, net ; rolary of stale of North Da
kota, renewed a boyhood love when
he strolled Into a 5-cent theater at
! Minot, N. D , and there met Miss
Grace Emmons, the pianist, whom he
-had known as a girl in Minnesota
| The meeting resulted In their mar
rlaga here yesterday Ml: Emmons
|is the dsaghter es Q. H. Emmons,
postmaster at Emmons, Minn.
CHILDREN'S DAY AT JOHNBTON.
JOHNSTON. 8 <’ The Baptist
Sunday school at this place observed
men and boys’ day Hurulay with an
attendance of 203, 102 being males,
! Special music was used and two ad
I dresses given by Die pastor, Rev. M,
I, Lawson, and a former pastor. Rev.
L. A Cooper.
Cap* J H. Bauknfght, who has
been so 111, Is reported rapidly con
{valescitig.
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
FIFTH TNND
STOLEN BV NEGBB
THEFT OF MAIL POUCH IS
CHARGED TO CHARLES
SAVAGE OF KANSAS
CITY
AUTHORITIES HAVE PROOF
Theft Oeciirred ' Between
New York and Los An
geles During Last
July
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Charlea Hut
age, a negro has been arrested hero
charged with stealing u mall
pouch In the Kansas City union sta
tion on June ti, last, containing fifty
thousand dollars, being sent from lain
Angeles to a New York city bank.
Tile postoffice Inspectors assert that
they have positive evidence against
Savage and declare their belief that
be has burled tin- money intending
to recover It after ills release from
prison.
Savage was taken Into custody a
few hours after lie returned to the
city, lie had since the robbery vis
ited several western eltles, including
Denver. In his pocket the Inspector*
found a clipping from a Denver news
pnpur giving the calculations of a rob
ber who had stolen a large sum of
money and buried It, The man had
been sent to the penitentiary for a
number or years, and In the story, lie
figured out that by serving a certain
number of years lie would upon bis
releaso have earned sixty thousand
dollars a year. Upon this the lnspec
tors base their belief that Savage lias
concealed the money. \ few days
following tie- KunsttH City robbery,
Savage was arrested by the local po
lice, but. was released, the judge hold
lug Hint there wiih mil sufficient evl
deuce on which to bold the man, Hav
age Immediately left 111,, city. The
postoffice Inspectors had Information
that Savage would return here today,
and when he appeared at a negro
lodging house Ihey arrested him.
ABDUL’S BROTHER
DEMANDS
TIME
CONSTANTINO PI The brother
of thf Hiilfwn, Renhhl Kff*‘rwll, today
, niadfi formal demand Hint ih«* throne
the transferred to him ho that It. would
not. fall to the miltnn’H non, who
Ib fifteenth In the line of Hijcrettfllon
After Dropping Two Stories
Woman Lands In the Souo
NEW YORK Miss Julia Jacobson,
while eating dinner on the second
bnlrony of the Bohemia hotel, on Httrf
avenue, Coney Island, lost Ic-r bal
unco, and fell two stork-,, through a
skylight, landing on the range upon
which the remainder es her meat was
cooking. She v,u,i taken to the re
j ceptlon hospital, where It was said
Real Estate for Sale Ads.
Almost any piece of real nutate In this city or near by can be "sold''
—ls the owner Is willing to sacrifice not only Ills legitimate profits but
some of hltt original Investment. In that case the owner Is, also, "sold."
For, In or about, thl city, there Is to be found a buyer for any piece of
real estate WHO WILL PAY WHAT IT |H WORTH and thla ALWAYS
means a profit to the aciler, unless he has paid a seandaloualy high price
himself.
The old point, "FIND THE MAN;” persists, of course. And the old so
lution, BENBIBLE ADVERTISING, remains th e best ona. To apply
the solution to your esse you must simply size the matter up
in a cold blooded way, and decide for youreelf whet newe
paper to use, You should uee the one that reaches the
PEOPLE WHO HAVE MONEY TO INVEST. That
proposition will lead you In a straight line to
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The readers of Tho Herald am readers of Its advertisements. They
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ALL HOLLAND’S VESSELS IN
AMERICAN WATERS ORDER
ED TO AT ONCE PRO
CEED TO VEN
EZUELA
CASTRO MUST APOLOGIZE
Strongly Fortified Port*
of LaGnayra and Puerto
Bella Will Be Shelled if
Worst Comes.
AMSTERDAM.—OfficiaI announce
ment was made here today that all of
the Dutch warchipa in American
waters have been ordered to proceed
at once to Vtncrela and make an a*-
sertlve demonstration unless Preel
et.nt Caste apologizes for the aurn*
mary expulsion of J. H. Dereus, the
Holland ambassador. Should the
worst oomo to the worst, the Dutch
may bombard the Venezuelan ports at
LaUuayra and Puerto Bella, although
such a action la hardly antlclpatack
Those cities are tho principal for
troaece of Venezuela on the coaet, ant
are strongly fortified with coast gar
rlsons
LOPEZ LEAVES
CURACAO.
WILLKMHTAI), Curacao—Great Joy
was manifested by the population
here when It brotinu* known that the
Venezuelan consul], Lopez, who took
refuge In Gorman consulate after tho
mob of Curacao natives had stormed
the Venezuelan consulate, bad tnkon
]>UMHH|;e today for Port i Cabe'lo.
The population of Mio island 1*
quite calm. TroopH wer* withdrawn
and roturned to barracks.
ft very possible protection wa.i ac*
corded the consul by the Wlllinrntd
authorities! and he 1h unharmed, ex
cept a few Insignificant bruises
caused by stones thrown at him.
WILLIAM ST A I.), Curacao. The
Dutch cruiser Gelderland arrived at
Willemstad today.
The Gelderland has aboard Nether*
land's Minister Kciih, at ('aniens, who
was dismissed from Venezuela T*'
President <'astro.
Reus boarded warship at. Porto Cs
hello.
The Gelderland was later ordered
to proceed Immediately for Venezuela
to protect Dutch Interests there.
TUFT’S BROTHER
WANTS TO BE
SEIM
CINCINNATI, O. A new candidate
for th" Untied His D-h senate from
Ohio la Charles P, Taft, tho brother
of the candidate for the presidency.
It I known thus far only to hia per
sonal frlanui, not even the politicians
having been taken Into Ids confident's.
But the senatorshlp, It la said, la to
t.- Ids reward If any one except Fer
al-er Is to be returned by the next
legislature.
that she was suffering from conctis
slim of the bruin and bruises. Him
will recover.
Ilenrl, the chef, was flavoring the
soup when the glass skylight over his
head crashed and the woman
fill on Die stove, pots and pans dis
appeared, and lingerie and skirts took
'their place.
i Henri almost fainted