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VOLUME XIJT., No. 244.
do Toll Charged On Bridge
Announces Mayor Dunbar
Email Cost of Repairs
Make it Unnecessary that
City Seek Re-inburse
rnent—Contingency That
Called for Toll No Longer
Exists.
Mayor Dunbar advises The Herald
oday that when the bids were receiv
d for the repairing of the damage
o the North Augusta bridge, that he
fas delighted to find that the entire
:ost involved would not reach the
mm of $2,500, some of the bids being
is low as $2,000. That when he was
lonfronted with this condition, and
;ound that the cost of the rebuilding
>f the bridge would be so exceeding
ly small, that he decided to aban
don the establishment of a toll sys
tem, but that the city would rebuild
the bridge itself.
That his entire action in this mat
ter was in the interest of the com
munity. That when he was first ad
vised of the destruction of the bridge
by the freshet, and was advised that
the city was relieved from the liabil
ity of replacing said bridge under the
contract entered into with the North
Augusta Land company, in January,
1896, and that the cost of replacing
said bridge would run into thous
ands, that a conscientious perform
ance of his duty required that he
should neither encourage nor permit
the expenditure of a large amount of
the city’s money in doing a work
for which the city was in no way re
sponsible, and could in no way be
held legally or morally liable. That
the North Augusta Land company ret
fused to accept either the moral or
legal responsibility, and in this con
dition the city was without a bridge.
CONTRACT NOT
CLEARLY WORDED
The contract between the North Au
gusta Land company and the city of
Augusta was unfortunate. In that
while it relieved the city entirely of
liability for rebuilding the bridge in
cans of a freshet or high water, It
d'O. not, in so many words, place that
burden upon the North Augusta Land
company, but it did, by clear implica
tion. as there were but two parties
to the contract, and it said distinctly
that the city of Augusta should not
be liable to put it back In case It
was destroyed by freshet or high wa
ter, leaving the implication that it
was to be put back, and put back by
the North Augusta Land company.
But now that we have found that the
whole matter can be put back for a
nominal cost, and at this particular
period, no one wants to be put In
the position of interfering with Au
gusta's rapid restoration to her form
er progress and prosperity. I have de
cided that, as the toll idea was sim
ply an emergency idea in a contin
gency. and it looked like there was
no other way of providing the means
of producing this result, and as the
emergency has passed, to abandon the
idea of charging toll on the bridge.
We will rush it to completion with
all rapidity, and we hope in the next
ten days or two weeks to have the
bridge used again as formerly.
Mr. Austin Branch Will Endeavor
To Put $2,000 Tax On Street Railway
Mr. Austin Branch, member of the
city council from the Second ward
h»6 devised a plan which he con
siders a solution to the North Au
gusta bridge problem and he will in
iroduce an ordinance in council Mon
day night to this eilect. In speaking
of the matter Mr. Branch says
"l am going to introduce an ordi
nance into councH at its regular Mon
day night's session placing a busl
nes tax of $2,000.00 per annum upon
all street car companies doing an tn
ira-etate business within the limits of
rtie city of Augusta. The validity of
such a tax has already been sustained
in the Savannah case.
"In this way the companies under
the management of Mr, Jas. U. Jack-
There’s No Way
To Reach More Quickly
To Reach More People
The People of Augusta
,j *Vhe People of Georgia and South Carolin?
Than Though the Columns of
the Daily and Sunday Herald.
If You Want Results—
Use The Herald.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
ROCKEFELLER HISS
BLUE BLOOD
lure
ALBANY, N. Y.—John D. Rockefel
ler is the descendant of a noble race,
according to an announcement made
at the annual reunion of the Rocke
feller family being held here.
The announcement was made in a
report by Aaron R. Lewis, who last
year was commissioned by the Rocke
feller family association to trace the
family history in Europe.
Dr. Lewis asserts that in his re
searches he found that the family of
which John D. Rockefeller is a mem
ber is of noble lineage.
He also reported that several mem
bers of the family at one time held
the title of baron in Southern France.
NEMBKEMNEE
OFFEBS TB HELP
AUGUSTA
pmm
The New York Cottort Exchange
has started a relief fund for the Au
gusta flood sufferers and it is pos
sible that quite a large sum will be
realized from there as the member.-,
have a great love for this city aside
from the commercial interests they
have here.
The following telegrams were ex
changed in the matter this morning
and it is quite probable that some
thing more will be heard during the
afternoon'
New York, Sept. 4, 1908.
Mr. James L. Stulb,
Sec'y Cotton Exchange,
Augusta, Ga.
We are opening a subscription list
for the sufferers by the flood in the
Augusta district. To whom slfall wj
remit’’ Answer
GEORGE RRENNECKE, Prest.,
Cotton Exchange.
The following answer was sent:
Augusta, Ga., Sept 4, 1908.
Mr. George Brennecke,
President Cotton Exchange,
New York City.
Remit through Mr; A. J. Salinas,
President Augusta Cotton Exchange.
Many thanks to members.
JAMES L. STULB, Sec’y.
COLUMBUS SENDS
IIIIONEfJO FOOD
COLUMBUS, Ga.—Columbus sent
*3OO check and car-load of provisions
to Augusta last night. They will
send car-load of mattresses tomorrow.
I son will be compplled or directed to
j no what they have refused to do di
rectly: That Is make some fair an-1
Just contribution towards defraying
the cost of rebuilding the North An
j gusta bridge.
"If council passes this ordinance,
| It will be unnecessary to levy tolls,
l upon the people, as the cost of build
lng the bridge will be placed, when
it in fairness and Justice it belongs
partly upon the city and party upon
the companies.
"Or if council chooses the tax may
be made large enough or continued
; lor a sufficient number of years to re
[ nulre the companies wnich Mr. Jack
son represents, completely to restore
: the bridge.”
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity— Fair Tonight and Saturday
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1908.
CHESTER JORDAN
HACKED UP WIFE
MURDERED HER, THEN CUT
OFF HEAD, LEGS AND
ARMS AND BURNED
THEM
PUT TORSO INTO TRUNK
Police Say He Is Coolest
Murderer They Ever
Met Or Better Actor
Than He Appeared
On The Stage
JORDAN’S CONFESSION.
Confession made by Jordan to the
Boston police: “My wife and I quar
reled at our home in Somerville on
Tuesday night. She struck me first
and then I knocked her down and was
terrified to find that I had killed her.
I put the body in the kitchen and
went to bed and to sleep.
“When I awoke next morning I
went into the kitchen but I did not
touch the body. I prepared my own
breakfast and ate it in the presence
of my dead wife.
“I went out and bought a butcher
knife and, with the aid of a hack
saw, I severed the head. I put the
scalp and hair in the kitchen range
and placed the skull in the furnace
in the cellar.
“Then I cut off the arms and legs.
Then I sliced the flesh from the bones
and put the body where I had put
the skull. The strips of flesh I put
in the trunk along with the torso.
“I brought the trunk to Boston on
Wednesday, arriving late in the af
ternoon. I expected to sail for New
York on the steamer Harvard, but the
vessel did not leave. The trunk
stayed at the North Station until
noon yesterday,—Thursday—and then
I hired a hackman to take me to the
boarding house in Hancock street.
There I was arrested."
BOSTON, Mass. —After having mur
! dered his wife, cut off her head, legs
; and arms with » butcher knife and
burned thorn, jammed her torso Into a
(rank which was shipped from his
home in Somerville, to this city, Ches
ter Jordan, an actor, is In Jail today.
He has told the police of his crime
and of the Incidents leading up to it.
Jordan, who is 30 years old, is a
brother of Mrs. Jesse L. Livermore,
wife of the New York speculator who
has recently been credited with mak
ing millions out of cotton a few days
ago, add Is believed to have lost a
larg e part of his fortune.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phlneas
C. Jordan, and a sister, Mrs. Kendall,
are prominent in society circles In
Somerville.
Either Jordan is the coolest self
confessed murderer the police of Bos
ton has ever bad in their clutches, or
else he is a better actor than he ever
appeared to be on the stage. Jordan
has not attempted to conceal any de
tails of the murder, or of his attempt
to hide the crime, but this fact has
not unnerved him In the ieast. The
murdered woman was known on the
vaudeville stage as Irene Shannon!
She was 23 years old and a handsome
woman, though of late she has been
dissipating, according to Jordan.
Jordan was arrested by the police
last night after he had brought the
trunk with the mutilated torso from
his home, No. 500 Medford street,
Somerville. He came here hoping to
sail for New York with Ills gruesome
trunk load. He believed he could
drop the trunk and Its contents from
the steamer Harvard and that his
crime would never be discovered. He
probably would have succeeded had
not Hip steamer Harvard met with an
accident which prevented her from
making the trip yesterday morning.
On his arrival here from Somerville
Jordan engaged George W. Collins, a
hackman, to take his trunk to the
South Station, where he intended
boarding th“ train for New York as
ter lie found that the Harvard would
not sail.
ACTED WITH
UTTER SANG FROID
He changed his mind, however, and
purchasing a ticket on the f'unard
steamer Iverina which sails today for
Liverpool, again called the same hack
man and had him take the trunk to
a boarding house. When the trunk
was taken Info the house Jordan ac
companied It and was smoking a cl
garette while he talked with the land
lady.
Jordan then went off and bought
a roll of wire, wire nippers and eight
window weights which he described
as "sinkers" and several sheets of
heavy wrapping paper. With these he
Intended to wrap up the parts of the
body or his wife, weight them and
throw them into the Charles river.
The weights, paper and wire were
found on a mantel in the room.
The cabman became suspicious
about the contents while carrying the
trunk Into the house. Its weights
made him think It contained stolen
silverware and the nervous manner of
Jordan aroused him. There have been
many robberies of late and the back
driver believing he was on the trail
of the thief went to the police and
fold them of the mysterious trunk
He described the room in the bouse
to which he had carried it
Claims SIOO,OOO From Lawson
'■ '^'i*''^ 1 \
Alexander P. Moore, owner of the Pittsburg
Leader, who elainms One Hundred Thousand Dol
lars from Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston. Mr. Lawson
offered that sum to any charity if the Loader proved
its contentions in its attacks on “National Stock.”
Mr. Moore holds that the Leader made its assertions
Surgeons Patch Man's Neck
With Part of Dog's Vertebrae
OIL CITY, Pa —lt Harry Remus, of
Warren leaves the hospital alive su 1
doctors say he will, he will be par',
dog. Homos fell from » trestle at
Riverside Junction and broke his
Sergeant Michael Crowley was dr
tailed to go to the Hancock street
house and Investigate. When ho
reaehod Ihe house Jordan was got Jn,
but the policeman was shown the
back room on the second floor which
Jordan had engaged and found the
trunk. Crowley did not open the
trunk.
About 5:20 o'clock Jordan returned
and on being accosted In Ihe hall
way by the officer, at first denied his
Identity. Later he admitted who ho
was. Asked about his trunk, he de
nied he had one He was ordered lo
him room by the officer, however, and
commanded lo open the trunk.
OBJECTED TO
OPENING TRUNK
Jordan did not appear nervous or
alarmed, but hesitated to open the
trunk and It was not until after con
siderable argument on the part of the
officer that he produced the key to
the trunk and Inserted It In the lock.
Turning his head to one side so he
could not see Inside the trunk, Jor
dan threw irp the cover and then
sank hack on his knees, burying his
face In Ills hands and sobbing.
Sergeant Crowley staggered back
aghast at the sight disclosed. In the
open trunk before him lay a sicken
ing mass of hacked flesh, a woman s
torso filling the greater part of Ihe
trunk while pieces of flesh from other
parts of the body were stuff'd Into
the corners, the entire interior of the
trunk being bespattered with blood.
There was no covering of any sort
over the remains.
Turning to Jordan, who was on the
floor, his face ashen white and every
muscle quivering, Crowlef said: "You
are under arrest!”
Jordan submitted without protest
to the handcuffs and was led to Sta
lin No 3 and locked up.
Giving his name and address he de
dared the body In the trunk was that
of his wife and appear. .1 perfectly
willing to tell the officers everything
connected with the cime For more
than four hours last night Jordan was
closeted with ttie police and time as
ter time went ov.r the horrible de
tails. While professing that he was
dazed when the crime was committed,
yet py the dearness and eonels.ficss
of his statement It seemed apparent
that whatever preceded the actual
killing the most careful plans were
laid for the disposition of the body
and the covering tip of the crime
Mrs. Jordan was Mrs. Honorah
Kddy. whose maiden name was
O’Reilly, and whose home was In
Somervlle In September, 1904. Jor
dan did not know who his wife's first
husband was or what became of him.
The couple went on the vaudeville
stage, Jordan taking the part of a
tramp ,and his wlf,. that of a nurse,
In a sketch About three years ago
they returned to Somerville and took
the first story flat In the house at No.
500 Medford street
Mrs Jordan according to her hus
band, had taken to drinking of late,
and he says was associating with oth
: er men and he became jealous The
i murder was prompted by Jealousy, the
I police say.
nouk. II was nrcesVirv In remove
a vertebra from the spinal column
and In tin place was Inserted one from
Ihf neck of a dope. Thf* surg'-onn ex
peel the patient soon will be ready
to leave the hospital.
EMM P. MEN!
MS DONE HIS
EISTJNORK
WASHINGTON. Frank Pierce Snr
gem, commissioner general of iho bu
reau of Immigration, department of
commerce and labor, one of Hie host
known Immigration experts in iho
world, died at his home, The Manor,
at 8 o clock this morning as the re
suit, of a paralytic stroke which fol
lowed a fall several wicks ago.
in ;plte -jf the stroke of paralysis
which Mr Sargent suffered after IPs
l ill down stairs while sojourning near
Hhepardstown, W V., in July, he ha I
been r“covering and his friends were
taken entirely by surprise whop they
learned 11 Is morning of Ills death.
Mr. Ha l gent was years of age,
and came from Vermont.
MILL STRIKE ON
IN NEVUS
Tie- attempt of New Orleans ernl
grHilon agents to get mill hands from
Auguata to relieve the situation In
New Orleana where a strike la In
progress has been nipped In Its In
fancy by the circulation of the true
stale of affairs In the Orescent eltv.
Yesterday afternoon The Herald re.
celved the following telegram from
.1. K. Hcroth, organizer of the Arner
lean Federation of Idibor, which read
as follows:
"Strike is on In New Orleans, re
sl«tlng 20 tier cent reduction In all
operators' wages. Advise mill hands
to stay away."
Today Mr. J. Frank Cavanaugh, one
of the best, known traveling men in
Augusta, confirms the telegram’s
statement and says that Is the true
condition of affairs In New Orleans.
As a result of this information no
mill people will leave here, and the
local mills will be in operation with
In a month.
Jordan was born In Indianapolis
and his wife was born at sea. Moth
| had been appearing at. the pastime
I theater, a Boston vaudeville house,
for several weeks, until last Hatur
day, when their contract expired.
When brought before Justice lint
ter In tin- Somerville police court
this morning Jordan pleaded not,
guilty to the charge of having mm
| dered his wife The caa was oon
j tinned until Friday, September 11,
laud Jordan was remunded to J«U.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAJL
AUGUSTA HAS TOO MUCH WORK ON
HAND TO DIVIDE AGAIN INTO
HOSTILE CAMPS.
Just a word of comment on the North Augusta bridge situation
one of the problems that confront Augusta. Every interest In the
city should get together, pull together, and handle each and every
problem that Augusta has to face in the quickest, fairest, and biggest
way possible. This applies just as much to the repairs of the North
Augusta bridge as it does to the Center Street bridge, the repairs to
the Canal, the Waterworks situation, sanitation, street work and
every other problem.
The way to work out these problems is to work them out rather
than spend time and energy and loss of force and momemum in criti
cism. Let’s try the plan of all working together for a few weeks
until the work es restoration is complete.
As to the North Augusta bridge, the main thing just now is to
repair and complete this bridge as quickly as possible. This we un
derstand will be done. The Herald is confident that an equitable ar
rangement will be arrived at among the parties at Interest as to fairly
sharing the cost, and there should be, whether those parties are the
City, North Augusta, the Street Railroad or the Public that this
bridge serves.
WORK OF REBUILDING
IS GOING ON APACE
The special relief committees In charge of tho work of taking care
of the flood sufferers are:
From citizens; Capt. W. B. Young, chairman and Messrs. Bowdre
Phlntzy, Thomas Barrett, Jr., It. H. Allen, I>\ B. Pope, Thos. W. Loyless
and Charles Estes.
From council: Messrs. E. G. Kaibllelsch, J. K, Woodruff, U. J. Bates,
Austin Branch, J. I*. Saxon, all from council, and Messrs. E. H. Hook
and ('. U. Matheny from the city at large.
Mr. C. A. Howland, president of the Associated Charities, is also at
tending by special in vlt at lon and Is assisting In managiug the work la
a splendid manner, in the estimation of bis co-laborers.
WATER ON DAILY,’ FRO M 8 TO 11 A. M.
The water supply of the city is plentiful to supply the needs of the
city and will be maintained
The water will be turned en dally from 8 o'clock to 1.1 o'olook until
Iho regular supply Is available again
LIGHTS THROUGHOUT CITY
EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.
The llqhls In the city will be on the first part of next week. Mr.
Mr J. II Adams, the engineer In charge of the work said Friday morn
ing. ‘We will nol have the lights to Iho city until the first of next
week All the dynamos Ihul were connected by steam were submerged
except one and what, power we have at present is generated from this
machine."
"We have two dynamos that are run by water and If we could get
water in the canal, the people would not know that we were In any
trouble wlmtovci Wo are putting tip ihe new machine and when It
Is erected we will have all Ihe power necessary ’’
Tills new dynamo will flo away with Ihe four dynamos that have
formerly been general lug Ihe power. *
SCHEDULES OF CARS
RUNNING MORE SMOOTHLY.
The schedules lire better now th in they were vshen Ihe ears started
to running Supl. Ihigby gave the following Friday morning, hut he
sild Hull the cars could noi keep tho exact schedule under the existing
conditions.
On Ihe l.nke View line Ihe ears leave East Boundry 16 and 45 min
utes alter tho hour. A car leaves the Lake hI Ihe same time that one
leaves East Boundry. The cars are due at Bth and Ititaad streets 10
minutes after they leave the Boundry.
The Summerville and Monte Sano cars leave the Cemetery on a
25 minute schedule, commencing nl 6:20 a ill The car* are due at BMi
and Broad streets 1(i minutes after leaving the Cemetery.
The Turpin Hill cars run on u 40-mluute schedule, commencing at
6 a. m.
NORTH AUGUSTA BRIDGE
OPEN SEPTEMBER TWELFTH. ' ’ *
Mayor Dunbar announces the repslrs on the North Augusta bridge
approaches will be sufficiently completed to allow the use of one side
for trafflcc liy .September 12, Batufdxy neat
TODAY’S CONTRIBUTIONS
Over $7,000 has been received
through the office of Mayor Dunbar
up to date. Friday $1,371.52 wmh re
ceived in one mall, the contributions
coming from the following sources:
Savannah Morning News . $ BB.aii
A. It Moore, Chairman Joint
Committees, Savannah
Chamber of Commerce and
former Augustan* 790.35
J,. A. Camp, Chairman llellef
Committee, Colrmbu*. (la "lou.no
Rev. .1 C Center, Lltlioi-la,
Georgia 5.00
One car-load supplies from Co
lumbus. (la. transported sis-u via
Central ot Georgia railroad.
Messrs. Arrington Bros h Co., yes
ter.lay received the following letter
from f’enlck * Ford, sugar and syrup I
makers, with factories at Columbus i
(la., New Orleans, and Shreveport,
La. The letter explains Itself and ,
Is only one of several of similar na
lure received by the shove firm:
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 2, I hog.
Arrington Brothers *■ Co.
Augusta, Ga.
Gentlemen: Answering your favor
of the 31st. We sincerely regret to
learn that, your personal loss In the
Augusta calamity has been severe,
and we Join you most sincerely in
the sympsthy you feel for the poor
of your city, who are now destitute
and sorely In need of help. Since
writing our letter of Saturday, oqr
mayor, Mr Brown, has thrown open
a subscription list for relief of Au
gusta sufferers, and we have suit
scribed an amount of SIOO.OO for
their assistance.
With very kindest regards, we beg
to remain.
Sincerely yours,
I’enlek K Ford, L’ld,
Columbus Factory.
'. Ralston Cargill, Manager
Acknowledged Friday.
Tin- folowlng Is a list of contrite ■
tlona receiv'd today by Mr. Hook:
Savannah Cotton Exchange, sub j
If you have any kind of work
to offer, to any kind of a work
er, your want ad. will find
more eager readers than the
most interesting nows dlsputoh
in the paper.
ROUSE AND SENATE
COMAfIITTEE AAEET
ATLANTA, Ga,—The house has dis
agreed with the senate to substitute
the convict blh and appointed a con
ference committee to confer with a
slmilur committed from the senate.
The committee la composed of Meters
Holder, of Jackson; Jones, of Meri
wether, and Dunbar, o< Richmond.
Alter the announcement of the com
mlttee the house took a recess to
await the action by the senate. The
report may come from the conference
committee during the afternoon and
in this eas,. It. Is possible for the oou
i vlct bill to be adopted by tonign^
milled to that organizations and for
warded through Mr. A. J Halluas
, V $1,5410 1)0
J II Lana * Co., N. ¥ 500 00
Von Katnp, Vaughan and
Gera'd lot) 00
J. II '1 human, Jr, Nashville 50,-0
August Dorr s Hons 100 00
Geor'ila It. It Bunk 25(;.0n
($250 more when needed )
J. N. Smith, per Tennllle
«hb 39 00
city of Columbus louoo
IJnl.inee from Citizens’ Nat.
I'ank, Washington, aeon
trltmtlon of SIOO already
hcl l if In hand 7.75
improved Order Hepta
sophs, Columbus Seoo
August i Drug Co 7i.(IQ
c T. Walker, col committee 40 5.0
Total *2,511.:*
Mr it,«ok stated 'his morning that
ihe reller fund on hand at present.
In the aggregate, Including above list
contributions wus about SIB,OOO. This
does not, of course. Include the help
to be rendered by the government