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Are you making it “pay”—
this occupation of keeping
boarders? Perhaps a better way
to put the question would be:
“Are you advertising the fact
THAT YOU keep boarders?"
VOLUME XIII., No. 229.
Tragedies in Many American Cities
Follow Race Rioting in Springfield
NEGROIS STABBED
II EVANSVILLE
BY WHITES
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—George Mon
die, a negro of this city, was probably
fatally cut last midnight by two un
known wnue men, who made their es
cape and for whom the police are
searching. The two men were dis
cussing the race riot at Springfield,
Ills., and one of them had just re
marked that “all negroes ought to be
run into the river” when Mondie
came along down the street. The men
assaulted Mondie with bricks and one
of them stabbed him in the back and
they made a hurried retreat down the
street. Mondie was removed to St.
Mary’s hospital, and is now in a critl
acl condition.
OLD WHITE MAN
ASSAULTS GIRL
SUMMERVILLE, Ga.—Late yester
day afternoon R. L. Williams, 50,
white, was arrested charged with fel
oniously assaulting the 9-year-old
daughter ot Mrs. Hamson, his next
door neighbor. The crime is alleged
to have been committed on the pub
lic road between Summerville and
Trion, when Williams was bringing
the child home from the country in
a buggy.
Williams says he knows nothing
about it, claiming he was under the
influence of liquor. He has been
removed to Rome for safe keeping.
Williams has borne a fair reputation,
is a married man, and has grown
daughters.
The child is said to be isl a serious
condition.
ONE OF LYNCHERS
3 LOSES SANITY
PEORIA, Ills.—-“ 1 am one of those
who helped to lynch William Donne
gan at Springfield, and I believe I am
going insane," was the statement ot
Charles Gadwin, at the office of the
superintendent of the Bartonville asy
lum yesterday.
"We stamped him in the fa ,e, we
cut his throat and then put a ropo
around his neck. That’s what it took
to kill him."
Gadwin said that ne formerly was
a member of the Thirty-second United
States volunteers i;} the r uuiDplnes,
and had a sister at the asylum.
He was placed under guard.
HE WAR IS ON IN
OKLAHOMA TOWN
McALISTER, Okla.—ln a fight be
tween white men and negroes at
Adamson, a mining town near here,
last night, Harry Mineson, white, was
killed, a number of negroes were in
jured. and Deputy Sheriff Wilcox was
badly beaten. According to the late
reports from Adamson a serious clash
is thought probable, a sheriff’* posse
has been sent to the scene.
SON HITS FATHER
WITH HEAVY STONE
ALTOONA, Pa—During an alterca
tion a few mlleg from this city, R.
\V. Reed, aged 27, is alleged to have
struck his father, Samuel Reed, aged
05, on the head with a atone, render
ing him unconscious. Believing he
had killed his father, Reed, it is said,
d. ~ged the body down an embank
ment, covered it with sand and brush,
9b ii fled.
Sunday morning, Reed, recovering
■onsciousness, burst his crude tomb
ttnd summoned assistance. He is serl.
ously Injured, and may not recover.
The police are looking for young
Reed. The father told the police he
ana his toe were visiting friends and
that he Ntlte carrying the younger
man’s two year old ehlld. Tiring, he
requested the son to take the bur
den. A fight followed.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
II NEW YORK STATE
FEELING RUNS TO
VIOLENCE
HUNTINGTON, N. Y.—A negro, wtio
late yesterday attacked a while woman
resident of this place, Is under heavy
guard In the local lock-up, after having
been recued by deputies from a crowd
of angry citizens.
Threats of violence were frequent dur
ing the evening, as the news of the as
sult spread, and shortly after a mob ot
BO men buttered in the front door of the
jail with a railroad tie and attempted to
rescue the prisoner. The attacking party
found itself confronted by two deputies
with guns, and after a parley' withdrew.
The attack was made upon Mrs. Isoulse
Gerdeslne, wife of an employe at the
Hotel Chauteaux deg Beaux Arts. The
negro sprang upon the woman in a lone
ly section just outside the village, H<
took to the woods when several men ran
toward the spot attracted by the wo
man’s screams, but was caught and with
difficulty' taken from his citizen captors
and lodged in jail.
OUTBREAK DROVE
CHICAGO NEGRO
CHICAGO.—-Clayton N. Williams, a
negro porter, in a fit of temporary in
sanity, caused by brooding over the
Springfield outrages, locked Lucy
Briggs, 67 years old, into a room at
her house, 2312 Dearborn street, at
noon, and battered her brains out
with a rocking chair.
Williams’ insanity took form in the
belief that he was the messiah, come
to regenerate the fallen ones of his
race, and that the woman was pos
sessed of devils which he must cast
out.
The woman was preparing the
man’s dinner when she was attack
ed. Williams was the only boarder
in the house. He spent yesterday
morning in his room alternately read,
ing the Scriptures and accounts ot
the Springfield rioting. At noon he
left his room, seized the Briggs wom
an, dragged her into his room, and
attacked her with a rocking chair,
which he swung about his shoulders
like a scythe.
The woman screamed until she
was uonconscious. Policeman McGov
ern heard her cries, turned in a riot
call, and made for the house.
Williams swung the chair at the
policemen when they hurst open the
door, but was overimweted. By this
time a crowd had gathered. Excite
ment bordered on the lawless.
Cries of "Lynch him!” and "String
him up!” strengthened into a roar.
The murderer was hurried to the
Cottage Grove avenue station in a
patrol wagon, followed by the mad
dened crowd.
mob grew in numbers until it
jammed Cottage Grove avenue in
front of the station clamoring with
ugly threats for lynen law. fiue pris
oner was rushed from Cottage Grove
station to the Harrison street station
and saved from the Infuriated mo!>.
The murder was the second to lake
place in the negro quarter during me
day. Both of them raised excitement
in the district to a fever heat.
JOHN J. RYAN’S AUTO
RUNS OVER DEAF MUTE
CINCINNATI, O—lgnatz Wandrack
a Polish deaf mute of this city, was
run down and killed yesterday after
noon by John .1. Ryan, the turf plun
ger,ln his racing automobile.
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BABY BORN IN RUNAWAY.
WASHINGTON, Pa 'When da <
buggay loopa da loop, we wus <
fur of us riding. As we land <
on da ground dare was five.” <
This was Pietro Carnlno’s <
tense account of a runaway Sun- <
day afternoon that resulted In an <
unexpected addition to his fam- ■
lly.
Gamine engaged a horse and <
buggy to take a drive. Going 1
down a steep hllV the horse <
stumbled, fell and broke its nerk.
The buggy described a semi <
circle in the air, while the oc- ■
cupan'.i made a living leap -
through space. When men who -
witnessed the accident hurried 1
to the spot they found Mrs.
Carnlno bad given birth to a <
son.
Forecast for Augusta aud Vicinity—Fair tonight and Tuesday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 17, 1908.
NEGROES ATTACK
POLICEINII
CHICAGO
CHICAGO—WaIter Allen, 2t years
old, colored, living at 1910 Dcarbon
street, was shot in the back and seri
,on sly wounded late last night by
Policeman John Teeling. of the Har
rison street station, after Alien and
; five others had attacked the officer,
. when the latter attempted to arrest
them at Fourteenth and State streets
on a charge of disordely i onduct.
The men wore jeering at a white
I man who was passing and Policeman
! Teeling requested the negroes to
move on and keep quiet, as the hour
was late, and they were disturbing
the peace. Instead of obeying his
i command, the negroes advanced in a
body aud attacked him.
i Teeling struggled away from them,
j drawing his revolver. The negroes
then ran, and when they refused to
halt at his command, the policeman
Gred one shot, which struck Allen.
He was taken to the county hospital
The others escaped.
11l GROKED
BY NEGRO BRUTE
WASHINGTON. —As a result of be
ing choken into insensibility and
brutally beaten by a negro who en
tered her home early yesterday morn
ing and robbed her of $95, Mrs. Mary
J. Cole, of St. Elmo, Va., is lying dan
gerously near death.
Although the police of this city and
Alexandria have been notified of the
affair, and are searching for the fu
gitive, the residents of St. Elmo and
the neighboring country are highly
excited over the assault, and openly
express their intention of summarily
dealing with the negro if he falls into
their hands.
Rumors as to the capture ot the
negro were rife in the vicinity Just
across the long bridge yesterday,
and late last night it was said the
assailant had been captured and was
being held in a box car at (he Poto
mac railroad yards by employes.
ELECTION To"fILL VACANCY.
HARLEM, Ga. —Judge G. E. Gray,
one of the town councilmen of Har
lem, has resigned from that position
anu an election has been called on
August 24th, to fill the vacancy.
His Wife’s Ruin Will Be Plea
In Defense of Captain Hains
WHAT BOTH SAY.
NEW YORK.-Gen. Peter C.
Hains says: “Captain Hailin'
defense will be justification. The
written confession of his wife, in
which she admitted her relations
with Annis, will be his chief ar
gument."
Mrs. P. C. Hains, Jr., said: “I
do not care what is done to my
husband or his brother, but I
hope that tlie law will hang
them both.
“I have the deepest feeling of
sympathy for Mr. Annis' family.
"I never gave my husband oc
casion to be jealous.
"I never made any confession,
having nothing to confess.
"He forced me Into signing a
paper after he had drugged me.
"I want my children and shall
take steps to get them.”
NEW YORK. —Captain Peter Con
over Mains, Jr., IT. 8. A., who shot and
killed William K. Annis, advertising
manager of a magazine on the float
of the Bayside Yacht Club, with his
brother, T Jenkins Mains, who, with
a pistol, kept back the crowd, was
arraigned today In the police court in
St. Mary’s Lyceum building, Long Is
land City, before Magistrate Smith.
Both are charged with homicide.
They were held without bail and
sent back to their cells.
While the two brothers apparently
unconcerned were being arraigned in
court, Mrs. Annis was prostrated at
her home, No. 47 Claremont avenue,
where her husband's body awaited
burls) tomorrow She was unable to
add any word of explanation or de
fense on her dead husband's behaif.
This was left to a friend, Mrs, Ben
nett who attended her.
"The whole terrible tragedy," said
Mrs. Bennett, "lies at the door of
Captain Mains' brother, Jenkins. It
was h>- who filled the raptaln's ears
with all the gossip he heard. That
was what caused Captain Mains to be
glri the divorce proceedings It Is bas
ed on gossip and nothing more.''
It is now known that the basts of
the defense of the two brother*—be
tween which the law makes no dis-
LIVERMORE , THE PLUNGER
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ANOTHER COUP IN COTTON
~ V A- J J
Jessie L. Livermore, the young cotton plunger, who has Just pulled
over another coup In his favorite market. Having pushed the price of
cotton up to as high a point as he thought it would stand, he then be
gan profit-taking while the bears on the market thought he was desper
ately trying to maintain his corner.
tinction in the degree of crime—will
be an alleged confession signed by
Mrs. Peter (!. Mains, in which wrong
doing with Annis Is said to have been
admitted. Justification under the no
called unwritten law is the super
structure to be bullded by the broth
ers on this document,
WIFE REPUDIATES
CONFESSION.
The confession la repudiated by
Mr*. Mains, who declares (hat she
was forced to sign It under duress,
and that she had no knowledge oft
what It contained.
Letters have been furnished to Dis
trict Attorney Ira O. D. Darrin, of
Queens county, by Harvey Rockwell,
Annis' friend, which were found in
the pockets of the dead man. In them
Annis was warned thut his death was
Impending. Me was urged to remain
away from the Bayside Club. By
whom the letters were signed has not
been made public.
Mrs. Peter C. Mains has reached
Mils city, coining from her home In
Wlnthrop Highlands, Mass., In an ef
fort. to gain possession of her chil
dren. They were placed with Captain
Mains' mother when the officer
brought a ault for divorce against the
wife, and she had not been permitted
to see them since.
As she was leaving her home to
come to 'bis city, Mrs, Claudia Libby
Mains said:
"There Is no confession In exist
ence I bad nothing to confess I
did sign a document, the contents of
which I knew nothing but I did It
because I was forced to.
I had been kept, without food for
two days and In this weakened con
dition whiskey was forced upon me.
Then they brought me a document
and made me sign It Thl* mum be
the conftsslon that they speak of.
"Jenkins aided my husband In the
scheme, and I do not care what , a
done to either of them, but f hope
that the law will hang them both
"AH I want. Is my children and I
will take steps to get them I will
carry this fight to the courts. The
killing of Mr Annis Is proof enough
(hat my husband is no fit custodian
lor ray loved ones.
"I never gave my husband any
cause for Jealousy. I have done
nothing ror which a wife might be
ashamed. All my thoughts have
been and are for my children. It
was when my husband beat me, yes
beat me black and blue, Inst May,
that my mother came and took me
away from him.
"I have (he deepest sympathy for
the family ot Mr. Annis. I know
that they, too, are suffering the hu
miliation which 1 also am suffering
at (his time.''
T. JENKINS HAINS
KILLED BEST FRIEND.
The killing ol Annis brings to light
I hut T. Jenkins Mains is the Thorn
ton J. Mains who killed a man who
| bad been his best frlehd after a
• quarrel In a boat in 1891. Thl* man
was Edward Manncgnn, grandson of
Col. Thomas Nelson, of Indiana
The two had gone out in a canoe
and Mains emptied ills companion's
revolver, signalling to a yacht. Then
he quarrelled with him supposedly
over a young woman to whom both
were paying attention lie shot Man
negan is he sat facing him, unarmed
Hear Adimrai Jiobley I). Evans,
then captain, was a witness against
Mains, but the young man was ac
quitted on self defense plea after
a bitter battle.
Captain l’etcr C. Mains, who shot
William E. Annis, sat ai his brother's
side all through his trial In bis nn
val cadet uniform. Meetßig Com
tnander Evans In the street after
Evans hail testified against Thornton
ho refused to salute him, on the
ground that his superior oflieer was
not in uniform, and was court-mar
tialed for It, M< was dropped from
the navy and obtained civil appoint
ment to the army from President
McKinley la 190(1.
After ills acquittal Thornton J
Mains wus sent to sea in the mer
chant service by his father Ye;,
la'cr, under the change of name to
T, Jenkins Haiti*, he bobbed up as u
writer of sea stories and his work
began to appear In the magazines
Later ho expanded to sea novels, and
most of his tales have to do with
; bloodshed and violence.
The arraignment of Captain Mains
land bis brother today, and their ro
j torn to the Jail without, examination,
waa the fruit of a conference between
j their couneel and District Attorney
Ira 0 Darrin, of Que ens county. Tho
1 Mains' counsel pleaded for time and
llt was decided to Ist the examina
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR
SPRINGFIELD PEOPLE SAY
NEGROES MUST GET OUT
The Known Dead
SPRINGFIELD, Ills.—Situation in
the city long ruled by mob:
Known dead:
BURTON, SCOTT, negro barber at
Ninth and Jefferson streets, hanged
by meb to tree at Telwth and Madi
son streets.
COLWELL, John, 1517 Mathony
avenue, shot in stomach by negro, bul
let striking spinal cord, died Satur
day morning at St. John's hospital.
DELMOHE. FRANK, Windsor hotel
employe, struck in lung by stray bul
let at 7th and Washington streets and
died Sunday.
DONECAN, WILLIAM, Colored. 118
Edwards street, hanged by mob at
Spring and Edwurda streets Saturday
night; died yesterday morning.
JOHN, LOUIS, 1208 East Rey
nolds street, killed by falling glass
at Loper’s restaurant.
Troops on Duty
First infantry, Chicago, full regi
ment, 700 men; Col. J. B. Sanborn.
Second infantry, Chicago, full regi
ment, 600 men; Col. J. J. Garrlty.
Seventh Infantry. Chicago, full regi
ment, 740 men; Col. Daniel Morlarity.
First cavalry, Chicago, 250 men;
Col. Milton J. Foreman.
Fourth Infantry, nine companies;
450 men, Cel. Edward J. Lang.
Fifth Infantry, 12 companies, 680
men; Col, F. S, Wood.
Third Infantry, 2 companies, 100
men; Col. R. J. Shand.
Gatling gun sections, first and fifth
infantry; 40 men, In command of Ma
jor General Edwin C. Young.
SCARED BLACKS RUN
FROM VIOLENCE
TO SAFETY
SPRINGFIELD, IIIh. A careful es
timate place* the number of negroes
who have left Springfield since the
beginning or the race war si 2,000.
or tills number nearly three fourths
have gone out of the country on trains
and Interurbazi cars. The rest have
gone by wagon and on foul and are
located In the rural districts.
The great mass of the scurrying
blacks are still wllbln the state. Homo
are known to have gone as lur past
the Mason and Dixon line us Louis
iana. There are still many negroes
left In Hpringi.eld. but of these there
are many who are planning to go at
the first opportunity. Since Friday
the Wabash railroad lihh r.arrled ful
ly 300 negro passengers out of Spring
field. Most of tlieiti bought ticket a
for Jacksonville, but others wont
south and crossed the river to Mis
souri.
The Illinois Central and Chicago,
Peoria and Bt. Louis railways sent
between 300 amt 600 passengers of
the black race oui of Springfield since
the rioting started Most of them
went south toward East HI. Louts,
Litchfield and oth<r places. Chicago
got a number of the departing ones.
Fully 500 negroes used the Chica
go and Alton as means of leaving.
CHICAGO. —Between 150 and 200
negroes who tied from Springfield,
arrived in Chicago yesterday. Those
who had friends here south their
homes, where they were warmly wel
comed. Others crowded into col
ored lodging houses or left on early
afternoon trains for other places.
Hon of the two prisoners go over for
a week.
As Captain Mains was led hack to
his cell, he said: "I slept well, never
felt better in my life, in spite of be
ing In a cell. And that, was because
my conscience Is clear.”
Not Military Case.
WASHINGTON The war depart
ment will take no official cognizance
of the killing of William It Annis
by Captain Peter Conover Mains, Jr.,
In New York, Saturday, according to
General George B. Davis, Judge advo
cate general of tho army, who dis
missed the sensational ease this morn
Ing. The only way, General Davis
says, In which the case may come
before the department, Is In the event
of a conviction of the army captain,
In which event, presuming that u sen
What Advertising Will Do.
For That Business of Yours.
, Advertising vitalizes business by giving the thoughts of
your customers NEW DIRECTIONS- It halts the vagrant fancies
i f the inert, and stimulates their Imagination until they are alert
to the good points of your merchandise and prices Rhetoric,
whether It leaps, or frisks, or flashes, Is helpless to stir enthu
siasm until It throbs with MEANING. If your Advertising pro
claim* an authenticated truth, the wind cannot bear It fast or
far enough. Mind responds to mind All are put Into quick
communication, and tue electric thrill completes the circuit.
Every step In ADVERTISING Is Intrinsically ns Important as
til* reauit. The quality of the fruit depends upon the seed that
Is planted, *
USE THE HERALD FOR RESULTS.
HERALD READERS ARE AO READER*
People who live In furnished
rooms come to "know the town”
better than other people. They
move when they see chances to
better themselves. The ads.
are IMPORTANT to THEM.
Qtiiet Restored in Illinois
Capital by Over 4,000
Troops Nefsroph o b e s
are Still Rampant, How
ever.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills. With two
more dead today as the resull of tho
three days and nights of riot and
bloodshed. Ihe 4,500 guardsmen who
are patrolling the city have, tem
porarily at least, put an end to the
lynching and rioting, hut the antl
negro element, although over awed by
tho mill (fin's- bayonets and guns,
awaits only the departure of the
troops to wage another war against
the blacks.
Governor Deneen ordered State's
Attorney Frank L. Hatch to convene
« special grand Jury today to indict
fifty rioters who are now prisoners
in the county Jail, two of whom are
alleged by the police to have madu
complete confessions, tolling who the
leaders were In the hangings and
burning down of the negro homes.
Negro fugitives from till* city are
being attacked in neighboring coun
ties mil at no place are they ba'ug
permitted to stop, ,
Springfield was a closed city Sun
day night. Services In churches woro
suspended, and the buslnoas housea
of all sorts were In darkness.
The grand Jury Investigation will
he as direct and forceful as a mill
itiry court-martial. It is expected
l rue hills will be voted with regular
ity and precision. The governor In
formed the city authorlt.es that tho
ensuing prosecutions must he real and
vigorous.
Private Joseph B. Klein, of Com
pany 11., First Infantry, who fatally
stabbed Earl Nelson, a boy who at
tempted to board the soldiers’ spe
cial train, was acquitted by a mili
tary tribunal, but later was demand
ed by the Kankakee authorities ou
warrant.
ALL DRUG STORES
ORDERED SHUT.
(thlel of Police Morris has order
ed all drug stores closed until the
city has quieted down. This was
done because many of them wore
selling liquor. This was followed by
the closing ot fruit stores and soda
fountains. Fifteen saloon kespers
wi re arrested for opening ;helr places
of Imslnsss.
There is not the least doubt in tho
mind of any one who knows tho true
conditions at this houT, It Is tho fixed
determination of a goodly portion of
llte white population of Springfield to
banish the negro rrotit tho city for
i ver.
Every man and woman In Spring
field who has said anything at all,
has said that the negro will never
fie again permitted to five In this city
In peace. The prejudice against the
race Is general and deop-rooted aud
very one who has closely watched
the progress of events, Is of tho
fixed belief that withdrawal of the
mill Ila at this time or at any tlnAj
In tho near futtiro, will result In tho
sliiying of every negro who may dare
vonture back Into tho city.
It. Is not because of general law
lessness that RprN-gfield is now oc
cupied by 4,500 soldiers —one soldier
to every fifteen of the city’s Inhabi
tants—and that more soldiers are on
their wuy bare.
The Into reason for tho presence
of all these troops Is, as Governor
Deneen has expressed it, that the aU
tltude of the people toward the ne
gro has not changed since that first
night of horror, and it Is realised by
the men in authority that the spirit
of vengeance will flume anew juet as
soon as the overpowering force ot
military rule is lifted.
Over awed by the presence of the
great body of troops, Ihe largest that
hits I teen assembled In an lllonls duty
camp since the riots In Chicago In
1H94, the lawless element of the city,
white and black, which In Its fury
has been responsible for the deaths
of live persons since the rioting be
gan on Friday night, made no de
monstration Hnnday.
tenon of death or Imprtaonment was
Inflicted, a our! martial would be on.
derod and necessarily Captain Hntns
being of no further use as a soldier,
would pronanly be discharged.
There was a feeling of general sym.
pathy apparent in army circles this
morning for General Peter Cooper
Mains, the father of the inan who
calmly shot down the nlleged despoil
er of his home, at. Flushing. Gen
eral Mains Is at, present, stationed at
Fort Hancock, N. Y.