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VOLUME XIII., No. 231
HOI-HOPS
0011 SPRIIffiFIELD
SECOND REGIMENT ILLINOIS
INFANTRY LEAVE AND ALL
WILL BE AWAY BY
SATURDAY
GRAND JURY AT WORK
Negroes are Destitute and
Scores Are Homeless—
Costs County S2OO per
Day to Feed Them
SPRINGFIELD, Ills.—The second
regiment Illinois National Guard was
withdrawn from Springfield at 8
o’clock this morning. The soldiers
left over the Illinois Central for Chi
cago. The first regiment of cavalry
will be withdrawn tomorrow and the
seventh infantry will leave Saturday.
Then the city will again be under
control of the civil authorities.
As the soldiers are leaving and the
special grand jury is drawing up in
dictments against members of the
mobs comes another phase of the sit
uation thai is causing the county au
thorities much uneasiness. The ne
groes are destitute. Scores of them
are homeless. They must be provid
ed with food and shelter by the coun
ty. Already Henry Dessell, overseer
of the poor, Is being appealed to. He
is expending about S2OO a day for food
for the homeless negroes. Ab the
fund at his disposal in this enter
gency Is limited, It Is not at all Im
probable that a special meeting of tb 0
board of, supervisors may be called
to devise' ways and means of caring
for the destitute negroes.
That the prosecution will receive no
aid front the coroner’s office in get
ting evidence those responsi
ble for the lynching of Burton and
Donegan, is evidenced In the verdict
returned by the coroner's jury In the
Burton ease. About twenty witnesses
were heard last ntgnt and ap open
verdict was returned.
The Donegan inquest will be com
menced tonight and Coroner Wood
ruff is skeptical. He has offered sls
to each witness who will testify, but
at this time not a man has been
found who will give the name of a
member of the mob.
SUPPOSED SPY
ISJfiOESTED
Japanese Found Near a
Projectile Factory Act
ing Suspiciously.
PITT6BURG, Pa.—The government
authorities have been asked by the
looa! police to investigate the strange
case of Sant Flue, a well dressed and
apparently educatid Japanese, who
was arrested upon the technical
charge of trespassing, but who will
be held upon the suspicion of being
a Japanese government agent.
Flue was arrested near the plant of
tile Firth-Sterling Steel company at
McKeesport, a company which turn.-,
out projectiles for use In the United
States army and navy. He was tres
passing upon railroad property in a
forbidden enclosure when approached
by a detective. He flfst said he was
employed bv the Firth-Sterling com
pany. His contradictory manner
aroused the suspicions of the detec
tives who turned him over to the po
lice, who in turn notified the govern
ment authorities.
JOHNSON ACCEPTS.
NOMINATION
ST. PAUL. —Governor Johnson call
ed the newspaper men together and
announced that he would accept tin'
nomination for governor tendered to
him by the state democratic conven
tion at Minneapolis yesterday.
M. J. CARPENTER RECEIVER.
LINTON, Ind.—Mr. M. J. Carpenter
was appointed as receiver for the
Southern Indiana railroad at Chicago
this morning.
Stops Summer Pastoral Calls
Account of Comfort Garments
ST. LOUIS.—The hot weather and
Its attendant necessity for negligee
costume, has caused the Rev. C. A.
Lincoln, assistant pastor of the Pil-
K/Ua Congregational church, to aban-
A m*m»B gaateua utldt in the
THE AUQUSTA HERALD
CHATTANOOGA TO
BE TERMINAL
POINT
ATLANTA, Ga—The Savannah, Au
gusta and Northern railway, which is
being built from Savannah to Ath
ens, will be extended to Chattanooga,
according to W. H. Lynn, who ts pro
moting the enterprise.
Mr. Lynn, who was in Atlanta re
cently, stated that the receivership
had been adjusted and that the com
pany's affairs are in satisfactory
shape.
“The road is being operated from
Statesboro to Garfield, a distance of
40 miles,” says Mr. Lynn. “Forty
miles more have been iVaded and we
shall go ahead with the work a 3
rapidly as possible. * The road will
pierce an unoccupied but productive
country, which only needs better rail
road facilities to increase Its develop
ment and enchance its property
values.”
The new road will pass through
Louisville, Thomson, Washington and
Lexington, en route to Athens and
will give a short lino to the coast.
HUSBAND TO-BE
JUMPSJJEBDSNS
After Making all Arrange
ments for Ceremony, man
Leaves Girl Behind.
ROCK ISLAND, 111.—After making
all arrangements to marry Miss
Blanche B. Eldridge last night, Jew
ett E. Warren, supposed to hail from
Atlanta, Ga., has disappeared, leav
ing his intended bride in distress
A dispatch from Atlanta says that
neither city nor telephone directory
: shows any J. E. Warren.
It is alleged that Warren has taken
with him about $5,000 belonging to
Mrs. Mary E. Cramer, an aunt of Miss
Eldridge, and all of the jewelry pur
chased for her niece.
HIGH EXPLOSIVE
MADE GOOD TEST
MUNICH—A new high explosive of
a power beyond anything hitherto
used in the German army was tested
near here yesterday in the presence
of th artlllry proving commission from
Berlin, representatives of the Bavar
ian war ministry, the imperial nav\
and the fortress and ordinance de
partments.
Three shells, exploded by electricity
tore Krtipp armor plates to pieces.
The explosive is th’e Invention of
Fritz Gehre.
EUGENE WT'CHAFIN TO
SPEAK AT STATE FAIR
Presidential Nominee of
the Prohibition Party
Accepts Invitation.
ATLANTA, Ga. —Eugene W. Chafln,
presidential nominee of the national
prohibition party, will speak at the
Georgia state fair in Atlanta Satur
day, October 10.
The advice was received by Gene
ral Manage,- Frank Weldon, of the
Georgia Fair association In a telegram
yesterday from Mr. Chafin, who Ir
in Chicago. Mr. chafin wired his
acceptance of the fair's Invitation
Tiusdav night shortly after he was
officially notified of his nomination by
the notification committee.
The visit of Mr. Chafln to the fair
will be made a r< d letter event, and
a number of promlnen* prohibition
leaders from ail r -• th< * i-itry, in
eluding Hon. Seaborn Wright, will
be present and speak a 1 the . xerclsi ;
that will he held in honor of Nominee
Chafin The principal address of the
day will be delivered at the fcilr.
Invitations have been issuer 1 . *o Mr.
fhufin, William .1. Bryan and William
H. Taft a few days ago, and Mr.
Chafln Is the first to accept. Presi
dent Perfidlon Diaz wan also in
vited.
summer time. He too often arrlr»a
when the fair members of his flock
are in that flowing, loose, bow-cool
i-am raiment, which add* to the
charm of a pretty woman, and, as a
Consequence, finds It difficult to at
to his duutss
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Storms tonight and Friday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNO ON, AUGUST 20, 1908.
MRS.JACK GARDNER
IS ANGRY ABOUT
PUBLICATION
CHICAGO. —Tho story printed yes
terday telling of an attempt to smug
gle SBO,OO worth of art objects Into
America by Mrs. Emily Crano Chad
bourne for Mrs. “Jack" Gardner, of
Boston, proved the sensation of the
day in Chicago.
All day long Mrs. Chadbourne was
kept in seclusion by her brother-in
law, Mr. E. A. Russell, in Lake For
est. She was in the house most of
the day, but in the afternoon took a
long automobile ride. She denied her
self to all callers and her friends and
relatives with, the exception of her
father, K. T. Crane, declined absolute
ly to comment on the case in any
way.
In Boston Mrs. "Jack” Gardner was
equally invisible until late at night,
when she consented to talk lor pub
lication. She denounced tho customs
officials, declared she did not know
Mrs. Chadbourne was going to bring
the things to America, and by infer
ence, declared that she was not in
any way responsible for the plight in
which Mrs. Chadbourne finds hefself.
A different view of the matter is
taken by the relatives of Mrs. Chad
bourne. The $70,409.18 exacted by
the treasury department as duty and
penalty was produced by the rela
tives. It is not at all likely, however,
that Mrs. Gardner will be permitted to
evade payment of this sum and should
the government impose a further pen
alty of eighty thousand dollars, Mrs.
Gardner also will be forced to settle
this little account.
Doesn’t Believe It.
"I don't believe it," said Mrs. Gard-
I nor. in Boston, last night "They
wouldn't dare to go so far as that,"
when told that the authorities had
seized the entire lot of art treasures
imported by her' friend, Mrs. Chad
bourne.
“1 thought Ihe whole matter was
settled, and had no idea it was to
beeome public like this. I don't see
why they should give It out to the
newspapers. Why didn't that cus
toms man who came to me ten days
ago send me word first, before bring
ing It out like that story yesterday?
"Any way, [ don't believe it. The
customs department has Always perse
cuted me, and 1 have paid thousands
of dollars duty upon objects of art as
a result of their impositions."
Still affected by the surprise he re
ceived from reading the account of
his daughter’s entanglements and
overwhelmed with demands for an ex
planation as to who paid the $70,000
to the customs officers, R. I’. Crane,
at. his Rummer home at Lake Geneva,
dictated a statement that was tele
phoned to his Chicago office, and there ■
was given out by his secretary. Later
it was said that tt had been prepared
in haste and that, as a matter of facY,
the manufacturer knew little about
Mrs. Gardner's art treasures and noth
ing about Mrs. Chadbourne’s part in ■
bringing them to this country until
the story came out yesterday morn
ing.
CAMP IMPED OUT
BT FOREST FIRES
WINNIPEG, Man.—Forest fires on
Vancouver Island are extending in
every direction, and the latest re
ports Indirate that the settlements are
threatened. In Koksilah district twen
ty square miles are ablaze.
The fate of the shattered ranchers
is unknown. The flames are advanc
ing ot: Coldstream and one hundred
and titty inhabitants are back tiring to
save the villages. Several lumber
camps have been wiped out,
i elegraph and telephone messages
state that the eastern side of Bowen
Island Is a mass of fire, A settle
rnent of eighty souls were scattered
about the sedlon which has been
swept by the flames, but It Ik impossi
ble to ascertain their fate.
MR. WALTER AKERMAN
ELECTED PRESIDENT
At Recent Sessions of the
Presidential Postmasters
in Savannah.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Mr. Walter Aker
man, vho was elected president o'
the prrsld ntlal postmasters of Grct
gla at ilmir recent session in Savan
nah, has been posmasier at Cartelh
vllie tor fourteen years. His father
wan Colonel Amor T. Akerman. at
torney general of the Cnlted States In
the cabinet of President Grant. Hit
brother, Hon. Alex. T. Akerman, Is
assistant district attorney of the
United States court at Macon, and
was one of the delegates to the re
publican convention.
I resident Akerman is chairman of
the republican committee of the sev
enth congressional district of Gorgl*
and stands vry high with the re
publicans of th>- state, always taking
the lead in every movement that
tends to advance !he Interests of the
lenabiiOWi b*rtv m Gaurai*.
KAISER HITS WHITE PLAGUE
a a a a a a
GIVES $24,000 TO KOCH FUND
c *' v
BERLIN. —The emperor has given $24,000 to the
Robert Koch foundation for resisting the spread of Tu
berculosis.
Woman Does Not Allow Her
Husband To Be Ridiculed
MAMMOTH SPRINGS, Ark.—Mrs.
Jennie Sprun, of New Madrid, Mo., ad
mits her husband does not. resemble
Apollo, but she will stand for no re
marks about him. at least not by an
other woman.
Mrs. Jennie Hamilton, of Mammoth
Springs, ventured to make compari
sons yesterday and the result was
YANKEE COUNTESS
TO BUT HE
ESTATE
' \
VlENNA.—Countess Hzechenyl, for
merly Gladys Vanderbilt, of New
York, is about to buy, It Is reported
here, a magnificent estate in Komorn
township, at the confluence of the
Danube and VVaag rivers, 48 miles
southwest of Duds Pest.
The price she will pay for It is said
to be fl.sul),000. The land Is ex
ceedingly fertile and the region is
picturesque.
The free city of Komorn Is a great
military center. The population is
wholly Magyar.
GOVERNOR HOKE’SMITH
OFFERS APPOINTMENTS
ATLANTA, Ga.- Governor SmlMi
has tendered t 0 Hon Price Gilbert,
it Columbus, the app dntmeut < f
judge of the sujmrlh" emirs of tnn
ciiattaboorhie circuit, vice J ut;' 1 J
11. Mai tin. who has resigned. He ha ft
Iso tendered to George Palm r
Esq., tiro of Columbus, toe appoint
m< nt at solicitor goner <i, to succei d
Mr. Gilbert, whose eleolion to :li<-
bench will leave a vacancy.
Jiidfe Martin’s P-rni o' attic* would
have expired on Jauuar" t i and Mi
Giib'-rl who is now so It I,or general,
lies been eleetid In -ticeced him. Til"
governor believes that Mr. Gilbert
should have the refusal or the, pin e
nt this time, b •cause he Is the cioiee
of the people of th< circuit.. Tn<-
same reason prompted him to tender!
the ppointm'oit to Mr Palm'd.
TAX ARBITRATION TO BE
SETTLED BY JUDGE ELLIS
ATLANTA, Ga.—Judge W. 1). Kills
of the Fulton superior pourt has be-,,
i greed upon as tFm umpire In the mat- ]
t'-r of th" C'-ntral of Georsl, tar. ar-.
titration. Tb< srbili.itors, Judge
Uforgc Hlliyer, representing the.
Mid Ai*i W, Smith, r present-1
a complete suspension of the pollen
at the reunion of the Blue and Gray,
of Missouri and Arkansas, while the
delegates wutehed the melee which
followed.
Mrs. Sprun wns patient for a long
time, but her wrath knew no lioiiiiilh
when Mrs. Hamilton voiced her opin
ion that the formers husband was
"the ugliest man In Missouri.''
JOHNSON IS JUMffl
MINNESOTA’S
NOMINEE
■ ■
HT. PAllli.—John A. Johnson was
i nominated for the third time tor gov
i rnor amid the most tumultuous »'etm
ever, seen in a Minnesota political
convention yesterday afternoon.
Shouting and singing the delegates
[inarched over the platform and about
the ball, and no other name was pre
aeiiifd. Mayor I) VV. I-aw ter, of St.
Paul, made tip. nominating speech.
| He gol about half way through when
he nald: "There Is no iianut to *bu
(ortaldored by iliis convenllon except
! tile name that is In the mind and
hearts and iiiouilih of every democrat
in Minnesota John A Johnson."
A shout of triumph greeted John
eon’s name. Mayor l-awter tried In
j vain to continue his speech, but lie
other delegates fell In the line behind
Hi. Louis county and In an Inman’
tin- convention had blown up.
i The stnte ticket nominated was as
follows:
Governor John A Johnson
Lieutenant Governor Julius Roit-
I < r, Rociioster.
Attorney General M. K. Matthews,
I Lyon county.
Comptroller Frank /-lon, Ht. Cloud
Treasurer if P. Nelson, nibbing*
Secretary of Stato- It P. Lamb,
Murray counts'.
Bryan sentiment was pushed to the
limit. In tin- convention hall
Hiiortly after tint convention met
I the announcement was made that
Mr. Bryan would address the eonven
’ Hon through ih>- medium of a phono
\t; aph. The announcement was greet
■ I with an outliuisi of ch<-< ring that
continued many minutes and flnnlly
t'lialrman Itay rapped for order and
; tne house became quiets Then a pho
i nograph, Info which Mr. Bryan had
jtr Ik< d. was started
lug the company, wee- ui.ublc i >
i agree ns to th< value Oi h" popet-ty
arid they have decided to sr„: u >n
j Judge Kills to SCI. as it’', pi re, Ills
I award war b« trawl.
DAILY AND SUN DAY, SG.OO PER YEAR
SOUTHERNERS 111
NEW YORK AIO
DEMOCRATS
NEW YORK. —In answer to a call
by William Harmon Black, former
commissioner of accounts under Mayor
McClellan, about sixty southerners
met yesterday to form a campaign
club to work for the Domocrutle na
tional and state tickets. John R. Dun
lap. a member of tin l governing board
of the national Democratic elub, was
temporary chairman of the meeting.
Among those present were Col.
John C. Calhoun, ox-president of the
Southern Railway company; Judge
Charles F. Moore, William Hepburn
Russell, Ernest Bright Wilson, ex
speaker of tln> house of representa
tives of Tennessee; Harvey YVntter
son, son of Col, Henry Watterson;
Col. James A. Gray, former assistant
district attorney of Queens county,
and Phelan Beale, who organized tho
Columbia University Democratic Club.
"An interesting feature of the or
ganization will lie lining up for
Bryan," said Mr. Black. “Any num
ber of men have signified their In
tention to join who at the last elec
tion bolted Bryan. This year they
are going to got on the hand wa
gon."
TOIMTSi SPOKE!
TO CMD *T
EM
KI.BURTON, Ga. lion. Thomas E
Watson spoke here yesterday to an au
dionee of two thousand Great cheers
greeted the utterances es the speaker.
The spcakei* deviat'd litiuslf to he tie'
only genuine Democrat seeking the
presidency. Matty Democrats assured
j Mr. Watson es their hearty support
The speaker was introduced by lion.
Geo c. Grogan. Dr. A. S, Hawes
presided over the mooting.
GIRLS DISAPPEAR
MYSTERIOUSLY
Daughter* of Wealthy far
mer Thought to he Held
Fox* Ransom.
KKNOSHA. Win. llnuminl mytt«»ry
mirroumlH th« cllHftppmnince of flu*
Mlhhi'h Gertrude and Dorothy Melhn,
who have not been wen by frlendn
hliico their pamitH left them hlHliik
in a hammock on the lawn ut their
home at p o’clock Monday nlulif.
Jacob lb Ihn, their father, In one of
the wealth lent funner* In Southern
WlaeonHln. For thi* r cmhoii many he
Hove tin? kltlh were kidnaped and are
hedd for ran Hom.
Another angle Ih given to the affair
by tho receipt by Mr*. Beilin, who 1*
the Htep mother of the iulhhliik kIMh,
of a note aeveral week* rigo warning
her that a plot wan on foot to Hteul
the Kirin.
That there whh a kidnaping Ih tcMtl
fh*d to by rnemheiH of the houae
hold, who nay that about 10 o’clock
Monday nlKht a closed carriage wan
jdrlven up to the Heihn gate, it Ih d»*
j ciared that a man whh h aid Hbarply
commanding the kltlh to enter and
that they obeyed him. 'lhe liorm-H
were then whipped up and the vie
itlmn rapidly carried away.
Tho glrlH are eleven and fourteen
year* old, respectively.
AUTOMOBILE BLEW UP.
LAFAYKTTK, Ind Two men were
perhaps fatally burned and three
I others seriously Injured by the ex
! plosion of an automobile near here
yesterday. Those seriously Injured
were Thomas Denman, a wealthy
farmer, and Ralph Hear, of Honwell,
Ind. Tho others wounded wore Wil
liam t'off* nherg, I<eo SchuesHlor and
■ Warren Mank* y, also of Boswell.
Three Handed Folks
John II Gough used to :.-iv Ihsl lots of people have three hands—
a right hand, n left band, und a little behind bund.
The behind hand folk . are the folks who think hard luck has ramp
ed on thAlr trail,
Tiiejr'il fell you about Kale’s unkl -lines* to them until you get either
very sad or very mail according to your temperament.
They have always Just nils "d >ntm pure good thing. Thoy have
mum ho <-lok- to fair Fortuno as to see h‘-r wink her eye the other oyo.
'They talk about all these Hiliikh, talk long und loud, usually.
You know the type |t has Infinite variations, but ten times out of
nine you can diagnose their troubles as arising from that “Uttle behind
hand. ’’
Iri othi r words they are slow too slow They see a good thing nod
think they’ll go after It.
But they put off going,
THE BEST WAY TO KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH INCREASED BUSINESS IS IN
MERAI 0> WANT An*. Ttl.V
Advertising Is the motive
power of business. Stop adver
tising and your business will bo
as dead as an engine without
steam.
POLITICAL BOSS
IS HELD EDO
BRIBERY
SAN FRANCISCO—After a prelim
inary examination, Abraham Rouf,
former political boss, was held by
Judge CabineHs for trial In the su
perior court upon a charge of brib
ery. He is accused of giving former
Supervisor .1 J. Fuery a large sum
of money to vote for an electric street
railway franchise.
Ball was fixed at $3,000, which was
promptly furnished.
STATE TsUPPLY
lAIILT RESISTANT
COTTONSEED
Black Root. Causing loss of
Thousands of Dollai's and
Improved Seed is Now
tho Only Remedy.
ATLANTA, Ga. The state depart
ment of entomology has received most
encouraging reports from the invest 1 -
gallons anil experiments which it has
be»in conduct lag relative to the ox
lermluation of ihe cottou disease
known as black root, which tiau cost
tho farmers of south Georgia many
thousands of dollars.
Black root Is u disease of cotton
caused by a fungus which attacks tho
root oi the plant to wither and shed
iih leaves. Often a litrge portion of
a field Is left with hardly a stalk
alive, so thorough Is the work of de
struction.
The only remedy Ihe farmer tins
known hitherto was to refrain for
a long period from planting a field
with cotton where the black root has
made Its appearance, as the germs of
Ihe fungus remain alive for several
years in soil that has been affected
With them. Tills, of course, caused
great inconvenience wlih reference to
th use of iiiueh valuable cotton lump
Through Its experiments I 10 siutc
department of entomology has sue
needed by selective processes in se
curing cotton seed which produces
ii plant that rosistM practically nil
ravages of the black root fungus. Thu
seed rd the new resistant type have
been obtained by selecting the scad
of the stalks that are always found
even in Ihe fields that are most badly
affected by the fungus, and by improv
ing Iheae seed lintll they 11 rd prac
tically absolutely resistant.
Ii is the purpose of the departnaenf.
of entomology to furnish theso seed
to the farmers of overy section of
Ih'- Hint!- where Ihn blnek root fun
■ih fins caused trouble, In order that
ihe disease may be exterminated.
•Sometime will be required In order
to gel sufficient Heed for thlH purpose
hut every effort Is being made to fur
nish the Infected districts soon as
possible.
This work of tho department alone
when It Is completed will save tho
farmers of south Georgia many thou
sands of dollars.
GIGANTIC SWINLE
IN POSTAGE STAMPS
UNEARTHED IN RUSSIA
MOfIUOW The Moscow police are
only on the threshold of their In
vestigation of a fraudulent postage
stump business, for which thirty per
sons wore reported arrested yester
day.
It. Is believed the operations—a
systematic traffic In cancelled stamps
will develop Into one of the most
colossal swindles of recent times In
Russia. The figures already reported
fi, 000.000 stamps cover only the
gaii-H at Moscow for three months,
CHILD CREMATED.
GATE UITY, V». In u fire that
destroyed the residence of C. Morell,
twelve miles west of here, Claude
Swanson, the three year-old son of
, lorcll, was cremated.