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FOR THE CAMPAIGN If you want the new% you’ll need The Herald. SUBSCRISE NuW. 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. THE AUGUSTA HERALD PRINCE OF WALES IN CANADA a q a a a a QUEBEC CELEBRATES FETE X mmtsTWL. ,J IBSBSiEIHggBfgiSBSBSI... I II vt ; i) Br ymm \Mi mV't } W J FXr n -' ' r VVH mkJm SI p wlf *! • ' i 4 li it , !. il 1 ' rxmrnw&t sjamamMEi ePhN- 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 The Herald office, The readers of Tho Herald am readers of Its advertisements. They are urged to be always "Ad.-reading” and "Ad answering" are preached to our readers as cardinal virtues In modern living They read ads. They buy advertised things THEY AltK ABLE TO BUY REAL E 8 TATE TiI HIT ft ISA D REAL ESTATE ADH. THEY WILL READ YUUU4. Read The Hera d THE FIRST NEWS. THE BEST NEWS. ALL THE NEWS. For (ampaign News 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