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VOLUME XIII., No. 217.
Sultan of Turkey Stabbed
) Is Report In London Today
LONDON.—A private dispatch re
ceived here this morning stated that
the sultan of Turkey was stabbed by
a minor palace official who had been
bribed by the leaders of the Young
Turkey government. It was detailed
how the would-be assassin drove his
dagger at the heart of the sultan, but
the point of the blade was deflected
by the coat of mail which the ruler
wears beneath his clothing.
A later dispatch, from the same
source, stated that an attempt to kill
the sultan was made from the rear,
and that the man who made the at
tack actually succeeded in driving bis
short-biaded dagger up to the hilt,
seriously wounding the sultan.
Both messages purported to come
from a leader of the Young Turkey
movement, who is now in Geneva.
The messages created no end of
alarm, for it was predicted that an
attempt at complete revolution of
government In Turkey would follow.
As no confirmation of either message
has thus far been obtained, the belief
prevails that the rumors were inspired
by Young Turks, whose object is to
keep the revolutionary pot boiling.
CONFEDERATES
PROTEST IT
BOSKS
AUSTIN, Tex—The John B. Hood
camp, Confederate veterans, have
filed a formal protest with Governor
Campbell against the action of the
state text-book board In adopting for
the public schools of the state a car
tain elementary arithmetic, beoeuew
it contains the following examples,
which, the camp holds, is an adroit
attempt to foist the names of federal
leaders on the youth of the south:
General Grant was born April 27.
1822, and was 41 years, two months
and seven dayß old when Vicksburg,
Miss., was captured. When did he
capture Vicksburg?”
"General William T. Sherman was
horn February B,' 1820, and finished
his great march through Georgia Dc
cember 13, 1864. How old was he on
ihat day?"
"General Sheridan was born March
(> 1831, and made his famous ride
from Winchester to the battlefield at
Cedar Creek October 19, 1864. What
was his age then?"
MINISTER NAMEI
CO-RESPONDENT
BE HUSBAND
NEW YORK.—The Rev. B. Q. Den
ham, formerly pastor of the First
Church of the Disciples of Chrigi,
on West Fifty-sixth street, has been
tiamed by E. Bartol Hall, Jr., the
Long Island millionaire, in an action
he has brought Vr absolute divorce
against the beautiful wife, formerly
a Miss Kirk, of Glen Cove.
Coincident with the filing of the
suit in the supreme court of Nassau
county the church which the Rev.
Denham unceremoniously abandoned
after a ten weeks' return pastorate,
will formally repudiate the pastor to
night at a meeting of Its board of
deacons.
Mrs. Hall, who up to the present
time has given no sign that she in
tends to contest the suit, is at the
borne of her father, Benjamin Kirk.
In North Carolina, and the Rev. Den
ham is supposed to be at Pleasant
Hllla, Mo.
Hail and his wife were both ardent
worshippers at Dr. Denham's church,
and laat May, when Hall found Is wife
gone, and a note left behind which
read: 'i am all right and happy.
You will not see me again." The
millionaire sought the pastor for con
eolation. He was amazed to find
that he too was missing.
Skillful detective work finally lo
cated the missing pair in lowa. Hall
in his complaint, says that Denham
on his Journey west with Mrs. Hai
preached fervently at asveral towns
where hi* florid style of eloquence
was much appreciated by both th-»
congregations and Mrs. Hall, who
passed as Mrs. Denham.
EDISON CARES NOTHING
FOR MONEY ANY MORE
NEW YORK- i’homus A Edison
has begun to gratify an ambition be
ha* cherished for many years, and
the laboratory at Llewellyn, N. J.,
will see comparatively littlj of him
henceforth.
Mr Edieon s ambition ha* been to
give himself a roving commission Into
science and to steer clear of commer
cialism He doesn't want to inciease
his for .1 y He has got |2b,ooo,oo'J
which » Jiulcs Is more than enough
All of his Jfe he has been turning
out money-making inventions. He
will devote his ">m;«.n!ng years to
investigating anything that strikes h!s
fanny, without regard to Us financii.l
productiveness.
I.
Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey
FEMALE POLITICAL
PiRTK JKMI2EO
Stands For a “National
Beanty Bureau, a Wo
man President, no Trusts,
no Fusion, Dress Reform,
Etc.”
NEW YORK.—What the Ideal Fem
inine Federation party platform de
mands:
Labor reform. Four hours and a
half house work a day for women,
the remaining hours to be devoted to
Belf-improvement and culture.
Cessation of war, domestic and oth
erwise.
A national health bureau.
A national beauty bureau.
Prohibition of bossism.
Revision of transfer system.
Work for everybody.
No trusts.
No fusion.
A woman president of the United
States.
"Absurd is it? And why? There
are three women to every man. The
majority rules. Women ought to vote.
Certainly not for men, however, but
for women.”
This is how a little band of earnest
working women will argue when you
storm the citadel of their headquar
ters at 1497 Broadway, Mrs. Elia
Nokels, secretary for the prime lead
er of the growing party, is in Boston
now. Vesta la VJesta, cosmopollst
and inventor of a boul kiss, is working
: hard to catch up with the political
spirit of the day. Mrs. Nokels, Mrs.
Nan Hanson, Mme. Riqua and a small
following of Vesta la Vlesta's intimate
friends are preparing for a eonven
I tion of women, to be held in tin' ;
l Madison Square Garden. Vesta la I
Viesta was interviewed by a reporter |
about the convention.
“No, this has nothing to do with
suffragettes," she explained, emphat
ically. "Our platform is unique. It is
true. We shall go in very seriously
for dress reform. We shall establish
a national beautv bureau, but we have
1 some other surprises up our sleeves.”
PIFCHEB BAFFLE
BETWEEN POLICE
SNBIFSEISNS
CLINTON, Mass.—ln a series of
pitched battles between police and
striking Italian workmen in the cen
ter of this town today five workmen
were shot by the police and two po
licemen were seriously injured by
locks thrown by the strikers. The
police finally over powered the riot
<rs, made some arrests and dispersed
the rest. Throughout the battle the
strikers were rallied around a iargu
United States flag to whose flagstaff
was attached a placard announcing
the demands of the strikers. No
deaths have occurred yet though
some of the strikers wounded by po-
Ice bullets are In a serious condi
tion. Patrolman Thomas J. Whelan
bad his right wrist broken by a roc<
thrown by some striker. Patrolman
James T. Fox was hit on the head by
a rock, knocked unconscious and se.
rlously hurt.
The riot Is the culmination of the
series of disorders following the re
fusai of the J. W. Bishop company, of
Worcester, to grant demands of the
workman.
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Showers tonight or Thursday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 5, 1908.
WALKER TO BUT
FBEEDOM 111
FEW MONTHS
NEW YORK.—It is believed that
William F. Walker, absconding treas
urer of the Savings Bank of New
Britain, who is serving a jail sen
tence for etfibezzltng more than halt
a million dollars will purchase his
liberty by refunding a large portlOD
of his stealings.
It will be recalled that after Walk
er's flight to Mexico the arrest ot
Charles Gondor and others in this city
was believed to have broken up the
machinations of a band of expert wire
tappers that had been engaged In ex
tensive swindling operations and was
known to the police as “the wire tap
pers trust."
It was said, and was generally be
lieved by detectives who had worked
on the Walker embezzlement, that
this band had been the ultimate
beneficiaries of a large proportion of
the securities stolen by Walker
though it has never been definitely
cleared up whether its members ob
tained front him substantially the
whole of his bank loot or only a
large part of it.
It Is now said to be definitely
known that Walker has knowledge of
the present whereabouts of something
like 8100.000 of the stolen securities
and he is well aware that he is the
only person through whom the bank
has any chance of recovering this
property and only considerable part
of It. As it Is all listed securities,
most of which are high class railway
bonds, these cannot be easily disposed
of without risking exposure. He is
understood to be willing to give most
of Hits back, retaining a competence
for himself.
Efforts have been made to persuade
Walker to testify against Gondor who
is now awaiting trial, but he has
steadfastly refused thus far all over
tures tending in that direction. The
reason for his refusal has now ap
peared, for he believes be holds the '
oards in Ills own hands and that by
playing them skilfully, he can be
come a free man again after little j
more than a year.
PENNSYLVANIA
BOAD IS IN
FRDUBLE
NEW YORK—WaII street is hold
ing its car to the ground today listen
ing to rumblings that come from Phil
adelphia telling of a big row on the
inside of the Pennsylvania railroad
According to the stories tha* are be
ing circulated irt the financial dis
trict, James McCrea, the head of the
big system, is to resign within sixty
days. The same report, has it that
he Is to be succeeded by Vice-Presi
dent James Rae.
The trouble in the Pennsylvania has
apparently been brewing for a long
while. It came to a head a week ago
at a meeting of the board of di
rectors when President M’Crea is said
to have been taken sharply to ac
count for making a freight contract
with the N. Y. Central by which the
Pennsylvania ir claimed to be losing
at the rate of a million and a half
a year.
It Is also said that Mr. McCrea in
ih'- term of his presidency has fail-1
<d to show the borrowing abilities of
his predecessor, the late A. J. Cas
satt, who had a marvelous knack
for putting his hand on money when- 1
ever It might be required.
The Pennsylvania needs much
ready money for Improvement* which ■
It It* now putting through. Including •
the great New York terminal. There j
was much nposlttnn to Mr. McCrea
when he became elected His elec-1
tion followed the shake-up that re
t oll'd from the exposure of reflating
in the Pennsylvania.
BRONSON HOWARD
DIED SUDDENLY
Dean of American Play
wrights Passed Away
From Chronic Affection
of Heart.
NEW YORK.—Although Bronson
Howard, the playwright, nad been In
111 health a year, many of his friends
were surprised today to learn of his
death from a chronic affection of the
heart at the Avon Inn, Avon, N J
yesterday. Mr. Howard, 66 years old
was "dean of American playwrights.”
He had been in bed for three days
but death was not expected until a
hort time before It came Mr. and
Mr* Howard went to Avon from their
New York home June 25 The fun
eral will take place at tl.e home of
Mr. oward’s nephew, Mr. Whitney
Waterman, of New York , who has
a cot iage at Avon, tomorrow after
noon.
Bryan Laughs at Republicans
Following His Phonograph idea
a •
‘‘FAIRVIEW,” Lincoln. Neb—The
übc of the phonograph by Candidate
Taft as means for the dissemination
of his speeches as reported In the
dispatches from Hot Springs, Va., ex
cited the liveliest Interest of W. .1.
Bryan, so much so that he gave out
the following statement in regard to
it:
"The republican papers have been
making fun of me for using the pho
nograph ns moans of reaching the
public but since the republican can
didate has followed the example I pre
sume that the criticism will rouse
and that this will now be regarded
as a dignified method of discussing
public questions. It looks as If tho
democrats were going to have hard
time this year protecting their pat
ents from Infringement.
"The republicans seem bent, upon
Imitating not only our platform, hut|
Little Rome Girl Rescues Baby
From Feet of Maddened Bull
ROME, Qa.—An act. of rare heroism
was witnessed here when Marie Da
vis, aged nine, rescued two-year-old
Jewell Robert* from an angry bull.
The bull had toased the baby Into
the air and was tn the ad of goring
It when the cries of the little one
AAOBSE BECAINS
com. BE
A BANK
NEW YORK —Once more Charles
W. Morse who was suddenly thrown
from his position of eminence in the
financial world in the panic last fall,
has taken steps to regain his lost
fortunes Morse, so his friends say,
will deposit within a few day* to the
credit of Übarle* A Hanna, receiver
of the National Bank of North Am
erica, 12,900,000 In ra*h in the sub
treasury and will receive in return
the asset* of the hank which he for
merly controlled. That Morse who
was supposed to be In debt to the
extent of 13,000,990 last, fall, has
been able to raise $2,990,099 cash, Is
astonishing even Wall street, accus
tom'd as It Is to constant, shift of
fortune.
[our campaign methods. There Is.
'however, some advantage In the fact
that wo are setting a pattern this
year."
Among Bryan’s early callers was
Edgar O. Schmidt, of Dayton, ()., who
called at the request of National Com
mitteeman Garber from Ohio, In ref
erence to a plan to reach the voters
in doubtful states with a series of
typewritten letters.
Bryan thought, well of the proposi
tion and Schmidt left for Chicago,
where ho will m«et Chairman Mack,
and talk the matter over with him.
Brvnn was much pleased over tho
decision of Secretary of Stale Jun
kin, confirming the fusion arranged
last spring by the democrats, and
Ihe people’s party. This will have
I the effect of throwing a large number
jof populist voles to democratic elec-j
| tors of Nebraska.
were heard by the girl, who rushed
Into the street grasped the child
from under the feet of the enrag'd
aniinul, dragged it Into the yard, and
fastened the gate.
The baby was badly bruised by the
bull, but It Is said that. It Is not fata’-
ly hurt.
PORTION OP TOWN
WAS DESTROYED
BY m
EL PASO, Tex A report was re
celved here today from Blsbee, Arl
rona, the seat of a rich
rnunity, that flood and landslide* last
night wiped out h portion of the town
and killed many. Al least 25 llvei
are believed to have been lost.. Enor
mous damage is reported. Blshee
has a population of 26,099.
POWERS WILL LECTURE.
MADJHON. Ind After s heated ills
cussion the director* of the Madison
Chatuuqua have reconsidered their ac
tion as to the lecture of Caleb Powers
and he will appear as originally
planned on August H.
Secretary Cravens notified Powers
of Ihe hoards' action, and a telegram
was received from him saying that
he would conic.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
MISHAP STOPS
ZEPPELIN'S
ELJGBT
STUTTGART.— Zeppelin’s airship
was torn from its fastenings by n
storm which came up suddenly and
sailed away, one end of It in iiames.
Repairs were being made to (lie me
chnnisra at the time. It Is feared it
will he a total loss.
Six persons were hurt In an effort
to save the airship. Zeppelin him
self escaped Injury.
The airship was totally destrbyed
by an explosion of the motors. The
fragile aluminum frame work was
torn apart by (he force of the explo
sion releasing the gas bag ’[’lie
craft ' shot like a blazing meteor
through the skv.
The explosion was caused by a
benzine motor catching fire while the
workmen were repairing the metal
propeller.
The flames shot, high Into the air
and the explosion of the motors fol
lowed within a few seconds. Count
Zeppelin condoled wllh the Injured
men and expressed deep regret that
they should have been injured.
BERLIN.—A second mishap tills
morning in the propeller of Co mi
Zeppelin’s airship Interrupted the
proposed twenty-four hour flight and
precluded the possibility of th i ship
getting baok to Frlrdiichshaten with
in the prescribed time When the
ai' hip was near Stuttgart the motor
broke and it was necessary to bring
tin' aerial flyer to the earth.
The injury to the motor will require
several hours for fixing Tile first
accident, to befall the Zeppelin ship
look place yesterday altornoou at
Mayence, but that was trifling, com
pand with the mishap of today.
Count Zeppelin started on Ills jour
ney at 6:45 o’clock yesterday morn,
tng from the shed at Ftiedrlchshafen
on the shore of Lake Constance His
intention waa to sail for twenty-four
consecutive hours proving llic prnctl
hlllly of aerial navigation. After va
rious trials he thought he had Ills
nblp In such perfect condition Ihat
he would not. meet wllh a single mis
hap.
MADE NEW
AERIAL RECORD.
Notwithstanding the accidents
which befell him, Count Zeppelin etc
tablished a new record in aerial
sailing. A profound sensation has
been created by the aiicocsa of the
count In keeping afloat na long as he
did.
Every one along the route taken
by the big floating craft was excited.
At Baale the military authorities
turned out to do honor to the count,
and Hied muny salutes as his ear
sped like a bird above the city.
At this point the count dropped a
card upon which was written: "Every
thing Is well. I am now going to
Strasshurg.”
At ihla point the aeronaut was 600
feet In the air and gilding along np
parently with the greatest ease.
At Mannheim IhotiHituds of people
turned out to whatch Mia strango
sight. Artillery boomed and people
cheered mightily as the car circled
this way and that, nnswnrlng the
allghtast pressure of the pilot.
At Mayence the turn was made and
the count began his homeward voy
age.
ONLY TWO TOPICS
IN BRYAN’S
SPEECH
FA/RVIEW, LINCOLN, Neb.—The
democratic candidate for the presi
dency, William .1 Bryan today gave
out an outline of the speech he will
deliver next Wednesday, when ho Is
officially Informed of hi* nomination,
He marie It plain that the speech wilt
treat of but two subjects, leaving the
other Issues of th* campaign to b<
dealt with later. Mr Bryan says:
"The notification speech will deal
with but u lew questions Having a
letter of acceptance to writ# later and
several speeches to make on Import
ant topics, suoh as tho tariff, th*
trusts, the banking question, the rat!
road question, tho labor question, etc.,
etc., It w«m not necessary to Include
them In tills speech and I could not
have done Justice to any one of the
questions If 1 had to treat of a num
ber. Our platform declares the over
shadowing Issue to he "shrill the
people rule?" and In this speech 1
lake up rhe admitted conditions, what
has produced this® conditions, how
they can be remedied, and how the
people can ho put Into control of
thilr own government.
"The only other subject discussed
Is the measure of rewards, the aim of
all Just governments being to see that
each individual receives the reward
to which hi* work entitles him. i
shall within the present month dls
cuss the tariff question, the trust
question, and the guaranty of bank
deposlta. The speech on trusts will
he delivered at Indianapolis, the one
on the guaranty of bank deposits it
Topeka. I shall dlseusH the tabu
question at Chicago, and at I'eoiln
the subject will be the 'stale and tho
people. 1 "
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VANCOUVER IS 1
MASS OF FLAMES
NOTHING CAN SAVE THE
FAMOUS CITY FROM DE
STRUCTION
A FIGHT FOR LIFE
Fire Fighters Flee in r
From Death on Train
Encounter a Wall of
Flame.
VANCOUVER, H. C.—For throe
days the peope of Michel have fought
for their Uvea and homes, but at. dust
yesterday, the olty started to burn.
Nothing can save It from runln. A
gale from the wcat sprung up in the
afternoon.
At the edge of the town JOO.fIOO feet
of mine timber owned by a coal com
pany caught fin . and four loaded rail
road cars standing on the side track
were consumed Two Canadian and
I’aoltlc locomotives were hitched to
a l rain lo carry the fire fightera away
to the west to safety.
The train got only a half a mile on
lls journey w'hen It encountered a
wall of flamas. There waa danger
of its being hemmed In and burned
wllh everybody aboard, so the loco
mot Ives were reversed and run back
with ail possible speed. By the time
(lie train returned all the houses on
the tint district back of the Great
Northern depot, were burning and the
mnln town seemed likely to catch at
nny moment.
GEORGE G. SMITH
DIED TUESDAY
INJITLANTA
WELL KNOWN COTTON FAC
TOR WAS ON WAY AROUND
WORLD WHEN ILLNESS
SEIZED HIM. WAS AC
COMPANIED BY WIFE
Nows of the sudden and unexpected
death of Mr. Geo. C. Smith, which oc
curred in Atlanta last night., reached
Augusta this morning, causing Inex
pressible sorrow to a large number
of friends, especially on Cotton How,
where he wuh ho well and favorably
known. He started on a world trip
wllh his wife a few days ago, but he
was taken lil al Mllledgevllle, whore
lie had some biiHlnesH interests, ami
In going on to Atlanta his malgdv
developed and ho died In Ihat olty.
Mr. Smith was head of the firm of
Geo c. Smith Hi Co., here, and car
ried on a large hnsineHS In ootfon
Inlying, handling much spot material
for export. He dime to Augusta
two yoars ago and eatahllshed a largo
trade and won friends for himself and
clients tiy his fair dcalirigskuind per
sonal attention to hualneas.
He came lo Georgia about 20 years
ago and engaged In hualnnss In
Mllledgevllle, where he was very suc
cessful. Five years later he mar
ried Miss Charlotte Hmlth, of Green
ville, H C., anil she was with him at
the time of his death.
Mr. Hmlth had just recently pur
chased the Baxter home on Greene
street which he expected lo occupy
on Ills return from abroad. The news
of his death will be received as a
severe shock to scores of friends
throughout the city.
The funeral will occur in Atlanta
tomorrow afternoon from the resi
dence of Ills sister on Peachtree
street and several Augustans will Ijp
present.
MISS KATHERINE ELKINS
WILL BECOME CATHOLIC
LONDON A Rome dispatch slates
that Card Inal Gibbons confirms the
statement that Miss Katherine El
kins will formally embrace the Homan
Catholic faith before she marries the
Duke of the Abruzl.
The correspondent says that the
Pope questioned Caidlual Gibbons
closely regarding Miss Elkina, and her
relatives.
The Pope expressed pleasure Mat
Miss Elkina whs about to become an
Italian and Catholic princess
SPECIAL MESSAGE
READ TO LEGISLATURE
ATLANTA, Ga. In a special mes
sage this morning Governor Hmlth
urged imporiimci legislative action
on four measures, anti-lobbying, reg
Ist ration and primary election laws
and provision of maintenance fund
for slate college of agriculture and
district agricultural schools
NEGRO LYNCED IN ALABAMA
I'.RIGTON, Ala The dead body of
Will Millings, a negro, waa found this
morning hanging lo a tree by the
side of the dirt road Icudlng from
Brighton to Woodward He had boon
'aken out of the Brighton Jail during
the night and lynched.