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fOR THE CAMPAIGN If you want the news, you'll need The Herald. SUBSCRI3E NoW. 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 " Read The Herald THE FIRST NEWS. THE BEST NEWS. ALL THE NEWS. For Campaign News 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.