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VOLUME XIII., No. 210.
HISGEN AND GRAVES NAMED
INDEPENDENCE CANDIDATES
SKETCH OF HISGEN.
Thomas L. Hisgen. although a
citizen of Massachusetts, was
bcrn in Petersburg, Ind., and is
50 years old. When he was 16
his family moved to New York
state, near Albany, and his
brothers worked in a clothing
store.
A few years later they started
the business which has since de
veloped until the Hisgen broth
ers are the most successful rivals
of the Standard Oil company in
New Egland.
Mr. Hisgen was nominated by
the Independence League in Mas
sachusetts last year as its can
didate for governor. He *ade a
personal canvass of the state and
polled 75,000 votes, 6,000 more
than the regular democratic can
didate. He Is a splendid type of
the successful business man, a
forceful speaker, and is known
to all New England as ‘ Honest
Tom” Hisgen. He is married
and has three children.
CHICAGO.—Thomas L. Higsen of
Massachusetts and John Temple
Graves of Georgia were nominated
for president and vice president by
the Independence party early this
morning in Orchestra Hall, amid the
greatest enthusiasm.
Mr. Hisgen was nominated on the
third ballot. The vote was: Hisgen
831, Graves 77, Howard 38, Hearst 2.
Hi3gen's nomination was made unani
mous on motion of Georgia.
It looked like Hisgen from the time
the first ballot was taken. On that
ballot he received 396 votes. Under
the two-thirds rule 619 was necessary.
New York, on the second ballot,
was the first state to break to His
gon, the 64 votes given to Reuben
I-tobie Lyon being transferred to the
Massachusetts man.
Upon the third roll call state after
state changed its vote to Hisgen.
The Massachusetts delegates began
to cheer when Hlsgen's nomination
was assured. Michigan asked per
mission to change its vote to Hisgen
and Florida, Missouri and North Car
olina quickly followed. Alabama then
swifeg into line, and states that had
supported favorite sons joined.
The motion to make the nomination
unanimous came from Georgia and
was auopted with a shout that shook
thp building. Instantly a delegate
from Massachusetts seized the banner
of that state and, followed by other
members of the delegation, started to
parade around the hall. State after
state joined the procession until ev
ery delegate was on his feet, march
ing and cheering.
The vote for president on the first
ballot resulted: Hisgen 396, Graves
21/,. I t ward 200, Lyon 71, Hearst 49.
On the second ballot Hisgen receiv
ed 590 votes, Graves dropped to 180,
and Howard to 109. Hearst held his
49, and Lyon was eliminated.
When order had been partly res
tored a committee, consisting of John
Temple Graves of Georgia, Milford W.
Howard of Alabama, and Reuben R.
i.von of New York, was appointed to
notify Mr. Hisgen of his nomination
ard escort him to the platform.
SHFARN NAMED
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
I ending the return of the commit
Tilt STATE IIM SUE
EMU HE
Advisability of Action
Considered by the Gov
ernov. Extrp. Session
of Legislature Prob
able.
ATLANTA, Ga, Thn stata may sue
Jak>- Mcero to recover the money
made by him out of the leases. The
gove'ior and attorney genera] are
now considering advisability of bring
ing suit against the ex warden to re
cover the money he is alleged to hate
made while an agent of the state.
An extra session of the legislature
now seems very probable.
CLEVELisa left
PATER HE
Sill!
PRINCETON, N. J,—While nothing
fn Mr Cleveland's will, which was
filed several weeks ago, indicated the
amount of his fortune, and although
no official announcement has beta
made as to Its extent, it became
known here today that his personal
nd real property amount! to 1250,
000.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
SKETCH OF GRAVES.
John Temple Graves Is a South
erner, having been born at Wii
llngton Church. Abbeville coun
ty, South Carolina, on Novem
ber 9, 1856. His father was Gen
eral James Porterfield Graves,
and his mother, Katherine Cal
houn, a niece of John C. Calhoun.
Mr. Graves was graduated from
the University of Georgia, in
1875, and went into journalism.
He was recently editor of the
Atlanta Georgian.
He was a presidential elector
from Florida in 1884 and from
Georgia In 1888. In 1905
a candidate for United states
senator from Georgia, but with
drew.
Mr. Graves was for years one
of the most popular lecturers on
the Chautauqua circuit, and a
number of his lectures, as well
as other works, hav e been pub
lished in book form.
tee Clarence J, Shearn of New York
was recognized by the chair and plac
ed John Temple Graves in nomination
for the vice presidency.
In Ills speech Mr. Shearn said In
part: "I have a most pleasant duty to
perform. We need to complement the
nomination we have just made a man
who can carry our principles to all
parts of the country. I have in mind
such a man.
"From what we know of his loyalty,
his f.ealty and hie devotion to the In
dependence party I know he will ac
cept the unanimous call of this con
vention to join with Honest Tom’His
geu. I nominate Colonel John Temple
Grave*."
The mentldk of Mr. Graves’ name
was greeted with a yell of approval.
W. G. Ballard of Indiana placed
Chas. F. S. Neal of Indiana In nomi
nation. Stephen Charters of Ansonia
was placed in nomination by John
Kelly of Connecticut. C. A Wendle
of Illinois named Dr. Howard Taylor
of Illinois. Dr. Taylor withdrew his
name. Connecticut withdrew the
name of Charters and moved to sus
pend the rules and make Graves’ nom
ination unanimous. This was done by
acclamation, and the convention ad
journed' sine die. ,
NAMING BRYAN
BROUGHT ON RIOT.
An attempt by John I. Shepard, a
delegate from Kansas, to stampede
the convention for Bryan, provoked a
rfo’t in the convention hall, and the
arrest of half a dozen Bryan shout
ers.
The convention was In an uproar
for nsarly an hour. The police re
serves were summoned and discourag
ed any further efforts at stampeding.
Mr. Shepard was piloted from tho
platform unuer escort by the Hearst
leaders, led by Clarence J. Shearn. to
prevent, a threatened assault on him
by delegates from New York and Cal
ifornia.
Shepard had attempted, In defiance
of the plaiform, to present the name
of Mr. Bryan as a candidate for the
presidency. After he had left the
hall he was expelled from the na
tional committee of the Independence
party and his name struck from the
roll of delegates.
SQTHERN FILES
AN SITED SUIT
Hurried Visit to Reno is
Now Explained. All
Documents in Case Are
Asked.
RENO, Nev.—Edward H. Sothern's
hurried visit and departure from here
yesterday wai explained when his at
torney filed the answer to the com
plaint filed last week by Virginia
Mamed Sothern for a divorce. Mr,
801 hern came to verify the answer.
The answer, like ail the other docu
ments In the case, is sealed.
Yesterday's action by Mr. Sothern
would seem to Indicate that he will
contest the action brought by his
wife.
WEALTHY WIDOW JAILED
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT
ST JOE. Mo—Mrs. I.uclnda Ash
ton, 80 years old. and a wealthy wid
ow, was sent, to Jail here yesterday
for contempt of court by Probs'e
Judge Intel
Mrs Ashton’s daughter 1b suing to
break her father s will, and her moth
er, who is contesting the suit, re
fused to surrender stocks and bonds,
pending the result.
The sheriff held Mrs. Ashton Ir
his private office.
COWLES TO RETIRE.
WASHlNGTON.—Announcement Is
made at the navy department of the
forthcoming retirement of Rear Ad
mlral W S. Cowles, brother-in-law of
President Roosevelt which is to oc
cur August 1, (or age.
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Rain tonight and Thursday.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 20, 1908.
TROOPS ILL
PROTECT
BLACKS
ATLANTA, Ga. —The governor has
ordered troops to go from Fitzgerald
to Ocilla to protect two negroes held
on a charge of entering the bed-room
of Mrs. J. B. George, Tuesday night.
There Is great excitement and a
lynching is feared.
At two o’clock Tuesday morning the
negro entered the bed-room of Mrs.
J. B. George at George Hotel through
a window. Being awakened by the
noiße Mrs. George called out to two
ladies whose bed-room adjoined hers.
When she spoke the negro drew a
pistol. Brandishing It in her face,
lie threatened lo kill her if she cried
out before he could get out of the
room. The negro left the room
through the window he entered.
As soon as he disappeared Mrs.
George gave the alarm. Bloodhounds
were placed on the negroes track,
but the dogs failed to take the track.
Four suspects are under arrest among
them being hotel porters, Joe Brown
and Bob Mingo. Mrs. George has
not been able to identify either of the
negroes. She says, however, that the
negro who entered her room was a
small negro with hair clipped short.
Excitement runs high, and it was
found troops might be needed to pro
tect the negroes and the sheriff ask
ed for them.
millionariVpistol TOTER.
NEW YORK.—Eugene N. Beals,
stepson of Richard Hudnut, the mil
lionaire drug manfaeturer, was held
in 1500 ball for trial In special ses
sions by Magistrate Wahle, today
charged with having carried a loaded
revolver.
DUTCH FLEET COES
10 VENEZUELA
Five More Ships Leave the
Neatherlands for Scene
of Probable Action.
THE HAGUE.—The battleships
Heenakerah, Piet Hein and Evertsen
and the cruisers Holland. Utrecht and
Friesland have been ordered by the
Netherlands government to assemble
In the West Indies.
The marine ministry has also noti
fied thp Ea3t Indian squadron com
mander that he may ho ordered to as.
semble his fleet off the coast of Vene
zuela, pending further orders.
The government Is negotiating the
purchase of a number of small, fast
steamships in the event of a block
ade of Venezuelan porls.
GIRL KILLED AID
SISTERJJiIRED
Cecilia Tresslcr Grasped
Live Wire and is Killed.
Sister Attempted to
Save Her and is Bad
ly Burned.
CONNELLSVfLLE, Pa. Cecilia
Tressler, 12-years-old, was killed and
her sister, Hazel, aged 17, is In a se
rious condition as the result of the
former grasping a live wire near their
home In South Connellsvllle yeßter
day. The two were picking berries
among thick bushes when Cecilia, In
pushing tho branch, * aside, seiz' d a
trolly feed wire which had been
blown down. She screamed and Haze!
rushed to her assistance. When the
latter touched her young sister she
stepped In a pool of water and was
knocked down Haz-Ts cries attract
ed attention of passers-by who found
Cecilia dead. By cutting the wire
they extricated her body Irorn the
bushes The dead girl’s clothing was
partly burned off, while her arms
wen roasted to a crisp.
Hazel s clothing was afire when the
rescuers arrived, but the blaze was
extinguished before she was serious
ly burned
Bride On Outside Looking In
Groom On Inside Looking Out
cripple CREEK, Co!.—Standing
on a box under a window of tho coun
ty Jail, a minister at her side, Miss
Gram, Hod sell, daughter of llnitsd
States Marshal Ilodsell, of Ottomwa.
was married last night to Prof Hans
Albert, a prisoner. The couple clasp
ed hands through the barrV window
as the pastor made them husband and
1
GIRL MURDERED;
BODY BURNED
ANOTHER BAFFLING MURDER
MYSTERY IN BROOKLYN
SUBURBS.
WATCHMAN IS HELD
Watchman in Neighboring
Building Found Body.
Body Charred Unrecog
nizable.
NEW YORK.—One of the most
startling murders that has come to
light in Brooklyn in many years was
revealed today In the finding of the
charred body of a young woman in
the rear of a stable at No. 348 Green
Point avenue, in the Williamsburg
section. The victim, who was appar
ently twenty-six years old, had first
been killed by a drag, her clothing
satnrafed with vitriol (hat all marks
of identification might be destroyed,
and then her slayer or slayers re
moved her body to a desolate spot
and set fire to it. The features were
so badly burned they were unrecog
nizable.
Joseph Ruddlck, who found the
body burning and put out the flames,
was arrested by the police as a sus
pect. He told different stories that
Captain Kuhn, of the Brooklyn detec
tive bureau, ordered his detention as
a suspicious person.
Ruddlck is the night, watchman em
ployed at the stable which Is owned
by Phillip Murtagh. On each side of
the structure there is a little dwelling
houße, but the remainder of the neigh
borhood Is desolate for many blocks.
About three hundred feet back of the
structures Is a little creek which Is
used as a dumping ground for ashes
WILE FAMILY
SWALLOWED
PHI
WHEN PARENTS FOUND THEY
HAD GIVEN BABY WRONG
DOSE THEY ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE
BARNWELL, S. O.—News reached
Here yesterday from Bolling Springs,
a rattier remote settlement, aliout 12
miles \rom here, that Mr. H. Cum
mings Hay, wife and child were at
the point of death from poisoning.
The particulars concerning the pois
oning of this family are as follows:
The nine year-old duughter and only
child of Mr. and Mrs. liay was sick
Monday night and before going to bed
was given a dose of medicine sup
posed to be a cough mixture. The
parents found, after giving the child
Ihe medicine, that a mistake had
been made and a deadly poison had
been given Instead of the cough mix
ture. Mr. Hay then Immediately
took a dose of the poison and left to
go to his brother's homo Just a short
distance away to Inform him of what
had happened. While he was away
Mrs. Hay got the poison and took a
dose her self. Mr. Hay accompanied
by his brother soon returned to his
home and shortly afterwards as a
result of the poisoning (he father,
mother and child were extremely 111.
The latest news from them there Is
that they are all silll alive but are yet
In danger. The above news has bun
received here with sadness as t he
family lived here formerly and is one
ernong the prominent families of Barn
well county.
SHELLARD ARRAIGNED
AND CASE ADJOURNED
NEW YORK.—David H Shellard,
the policeman of the Hamburg ave
nue station, Williamsburg, arrested In
connection with the murder of Bar
bara Rleg, was arraigned before Mag
lerate Furlong today and the case ad
Journed until August 12.
Miss Hod sell and Albert eloped last
week and be was arrested on Satur
day on a charge of Insanity to pre
vent the marriage
The girl Induced tho Rev. Mr In
man, of Goldfield, Col , to Join h--r
cause, and after admission to the Jail
was refused they went around the
building to 1 window where the odd
ceremony was performed,
WHEAT SOLD
FOR PIER
MILLION
ROANOKE, Va. K, It. Stoner, ot
Fiacastle, has sold the rights in a
new wheat seed which ho has de
veloped, to westerners for $250,000.
The first single seed brought forth
120 stalks of wheat. Seed sent, lo
a number of states for experiment
have done equally as well.
HOUSE REFUSES TO
AGREE WITH MR.
BIGHT
ATLANTA, Ga. —The house this
morning voted down the Wright
amendment which proposes a com
mission of eleven to go Into the con
vict question and report on a perma
nent system to lie adopted in the fu
ture. Slade, of Muscogee, in a
spirited speech denounced the
charges made before the investigation
committee as slanders against Ihe
state and urged the house to in
struct committee to take them up
one at a time and sift ouch to the
bottom.
ANOTHER RAILROAD
STRIKE FEARED
Switchmen of the D. an«l
W. Have Many Griev
anc es. President is
Confident.
NEW Y< “K Delaware ami Lacka
wanna railroad switchmen are voting
on a proposition to strike. They
have a number of grievances, the
principal one being the discharge ol
several of their members. These
votes will be counted today.
The men are said to favor a strike
but before one can tuke place the
grandmaster of the swltchniHti ami
the national executive officers muni'
sanction It, and this will be done only
after these officers have failed In ef
forts to arbitrate. •
When President Truosdalo of the
Delaware and Lackawanna was asked
about the trouble he said: "The men
complained because of the discharge
of a few men, but there Is no serious
trouble and we do not expect a strike
The matter will straighten Itself out
In a few days.”
■IAN NOT TO
GET INJOULD PIE
NEW YORK.—That K. H, Hstrrl
man will not be admitted to tho di
rectorate of the so-called Gould lines
In this country and to the reprnaenta
tlvs banking houses connected with
the Mould enterprises, was the posi
tive statement made today by George
J. Gould, head of Ihc Gould enter
prists upon bis arrival in tills elt
on board the North German liner
Kronxplngessln Ceellle,
"Although Mr. Ilarrlman would be
a great help to the Gould llru-s arid
would materially help to lift the
great, burden connected with the bust
ness of the lines, I havi not heard of
any rumor to the effect tbs: Mr Mur
rlrnan Is to become a member of tie
board of governors of tin Mould
roads This Is ail news to me." said
Mr Gould.
Commenting upon Ihe financial con
dition* In this country and in Eu
rope a' the present time, Mr. Gould
said Insofar an he wait able to learn
things had taken a decided change
for the better.
"Conditions have about reached
their normal standing," iiald Mr.
Gould "both In this country and In
Europe better times are coming with
in a short, period, but -if course,
things are not as much out of the
rut as I would like to see them.
There will be a tremendous crop this
year and of course that will greatly
aid In r* storing public confidence,
"Mr. Taft Is a fine man and I look
for his election to bring back the
good times existing previous to last
October. He Is a man of large na
tlonal experience and his election will
be a good thing for the country us
well as everything In general.’*
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $0 00 PER YEAR.
IMPROVED BUSINESS IN
THE SOUTH IS REPORTED
Dismissed Cadets
t > '-wiA
West Point h»*. had another hazing
upheaval and eight young men have
been suspended on charges of hazing.
The pictures of seven of them are
here shown. They are from top to j
bottom: William T. Rossell, William
Nolle, H, G. Weaver, James A, Gil
lespie, Georqe W. Cha-e, William W.
Prude and Byron Q. Jones.
ATLANTA WANTS
CONVICTS TO WORK
HER STREETS
ATLANTA, flu. Atlanta will cn
deavar to procure cither county ml*-
(loin lll] or convict* or Ntate convict* to
work on the utroeti* of tin* city. The
city council now han the plan under {
consideration, following the adoption
by that body of a rcMolutloii. The
rcHolution in batted on the itHHiimptlon
that the general a**wnbly will make
Horne change In the method of wink
ing the convict*. Alderman Hancock,
author of the reMOlutiou, nay* Atlanta
furnlnheH a lurge whare of the con*
vlct* and hlioulcl r.ft a hli ij< of ’hem
for work on the c6unt HtreetH.
Advertising Is the Life Bouy of liusines
Some Striking Sentences by J. S. Jones
SIR WALTER SCOTT declared that 1 novella! could only
hope to amuse -a remark that ahowa plainly that Sir Walter
could do hie work much better than he could talk about It.
An advertlaer does more than amuie—he Interests and In
struct*. How else can we account for the Inevitable Inetmct of
nearly all men and women to turn to the advertising column* at
toon as they unfold their nenwapaper?
Advertising symbolize* the concentrated energy of creative
capacity. It I* a picture of business, of science, of art. It I* the
electric expression that strikes home and vitalizes the gathered
results of the merchant, the manufacturer, the chemist, the artist
—the doer In every department of human activity.
Creating by thoueanda Instead of dozen* la economy. The
power of advertising juatlflea the larger production*—and reduce*
costa. Thu* It la thaj hundreds of things for domsstlo uae and
personal adornment are put within the reach of people of mod
erat mean*, that otherwise would be limited to lifting the but*
dene and gratlfyng the teetee of only th # rich.
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Por f ampaign News
Southern Railroad and Af
filn.tc Companies Make
Report at General Con
ference.
WASHINGTON. -At a conference
which lias been in progress two days
between President W. W. Finley, ex
ecutive officer of the Southern Rail
way company and affiliated compan
ies. the officers of the traffic und op
erating dcfiarlnienls, genera] condi
tions of business In iho South and
prospects for the future were dls
cussed. The officials reported an Im
provement lu business throughout the
South.
The agricultural outlook Is encour
aging. Southern fruit and vegetable
crops have generally been gold and
have found a ready market ut prices
which, although 111 some cases below
those of former years, have been
profitable. The present condition of
the cotton crop and of the grain crops
Is good. If there Is no deterioration
lu cotton between now and the close
of the season tho yield will be large.
As a result of general prosperity
among Iho farming eomiminitles re
tail business In most Southern towns
have kept up fairly well. Merchants
have been buying conservatively, how
ever, and the effect has been a cur
tailment of wholesale business and
depression In some lines of manu
facturing. Slocks of all kinds In Iho
hands of dealers have been reduced,
and with the good agricultural out
look there Is reason to expect a grad
ual Improvement In all lines of busi
ness, the railroad men believe.
CRAPSEY’S REART
BROKE WHILE
HE WALKED
Long Islam! Murderer Col
lapsed When He Realiz
ed Heinoitsiiess of His
Crime
NEW YOKK. l)r. Andrew Bergen
Crnp-a-v, who slim and killed Ills wife,
Gertrude, at their homo In Bath Beach
lasi week, died yesterday afternoon
In the ltnymond street Jail, Brooklyn.
Dr. Kessler, the prison physician,
says heart disease killed him. A phy
sical wreck, tils heart broken by a
full realization of his terrible crime,
he had Imcn on the point of collapse
for several days.
Dr. (trapse' belonged to one of tho
oldest families In Klnga county. Dr.
(Irapsi -v arrived ut the Hath llcucii
house last Tuesday, and, muklng his
way Into the bedroom, shot and killed
lilh wife. Her alaters und Ilia chil
dren hid lu a locked room until the
police arrived, tic waa sent to t«-
Raymond street Jail.
For twenty-four hours he was In a
state of semi-coins. He did not real
ize whut lie hud done. Then the na
ture of his deed and Ills own predica
ment dawned upon him and lie be
came hysterical. For hours he would
call for Ills wife and two children,
Willie and Herbert. He did not eat
and he could not sleep. All day and
night le- paced In his cell.
While exercising yesterday Dr.
Crapaey collapsed, Dr. Kessler was
summoned, hut the treatment he pro
Vlded failed to obtain any reaponss,
owing to the patients physical ex
haustion.
KINNEY’S SON JOEL CUT OFF
WITH LEGACY OF BUT $50,000
NEW YOKK Joel Klgney, son of
the late Francis Hlierwood Kinney,
lhe clgureitc manufacturer, will re
ceive bill 150,000 out rif the 115,000,
000 estate left by his father. The
bulk of tin, big estate, according to
the will, which hus Just been pro
haled, In Morristown, N. J., goes to
two sons and a daughter.