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'Yes; a want ad. campaign, it rsistent enough, will find a 3 for you—perhaps In one y, perhaps in ten days; BUT en in dull times” there is ark to be had by the deta ined seeker. 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