The Savannah tribune. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, August 29, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XXIII. i DESTRUCTIVE STORM Sweeps Away Many Bridges. Railway Trains Delayed. CROPS WERE BADLY DAMAGED Swollen River* in Georgia and South Carolina Cause Great Property Loss. Twenty-Two People Dead. Augusta, G$. —The most serious flood in twenty years swept over Au gusta and other cities in Georgia and the Carolinas, resulting in the report ed death of twenty-two persons, a property loss of approximately over a million dollars, blocking traffic and cutting off all communication by wire and telephone. Following the break of the big dam at the head of the Augusta canal, practically every street in that city .was covered with water and many of the stores were abandoned. The river at Augusta reached a height of thirty-eight feet and the wa ter was two and one-half to four feet deep in Broad street. The offices of the Georgia road closed on account of the flood condi tions. The canal dams broke and added to the seriousness of the situation. The losses to the railroads on ac count of damage to tracks and des truction of trestles and bridges are enormous. The water completely flooded Broad street, the B principal street, and the plant of the Augusta Herald was put out of business. On the Ocmulgee river are Haw kinsville and Abbeville and on the Oconee river is Dublin. All three of these places were flooded. Throughout almost its entire length the Savannah river was at flood stage. On the Georgia side much crop land was >mndated, but with the exception of Augusta, there is no Georgia town of importance on the Savannah river. Across the line in South Carolina, however, the river is dotted with thriving towns. They suf ered great damagge. No trains were run in or out of Augusta for over twenty-four hours and for almost half a day this city was not in telegraph communication with the outside w’orld. While the waters were rushing like a great stream through th& streets of Augusta, fire broke out in the Nixon cotton and grocery warehouses, and for a time threatened surrounding property. The fire department was absolutely helpless, and citizens gazed at the Itylaze doing its w’ork, and hoped for •the best. The buildings were destroy ed, but fortunately the horrors of a general conflagration were spared the panic-stricken inhabitants, and the fire was confined to the warehouse. It is said the blaze was started by the wa ter reaching some lime in one of the warehouses, causing an explosion. It was a brilliant scene while the ,flre lasted, causing people in the neighborhood of the blaze of the fire to almost forget the great flood for a while. The Savannah river valley farmers worked like demons hauling crops and farm implements and driving cattle to the uplands out of reach of the water which flooded that district. Railroad schedules were deranged. Ten washouts were reported on the Charleston and West ern Carolina and several on the Southern, between here and Colum bia. Camden, S. C. — The Wateree bridge at this place was washed away with the probable loss of nine teen lives. The river, greatly swollen by the tremenddus rains of the past forty eight hours, caused the bridge to give way when a number 'of rafts and other craft jammed into the iron structure. The destroyed bridge cost $lB,OOO. Columbia, S. C. —Reports from Spar tanburg and Anderson counties tell of unprecedented rains in the Pied mont section of South Carolina, re sulting in great damage to property, forcing power plants to close down, thus cutting off the source of power of a number of cotton mills, electric light plants and other enterprises. Spartanburg county was under wa ter for forty-eight hours. It is esti mated that ‘ $150,900 will not covey the damage to bridges in the county, a dozen or more having been wash ed away. The great dam across Lawson’s ‘Fork at Whitney Mill, thr*ee miles north of Spartanburg, was swept away hby the flood. A train on the Charles ton and Western Carolina railway ran into a washout and the engine was ditched. Athens, Ga. —In a period of thirty seven hours, a little more than tw’elve ; inches of rain fell in this city. The Oconee was above the highest mark jin the recollection of the people here, l»nd at places nearly a half mile >wide. Three city bridges were wash ed away and the two remaining ones [rendered unsafe for traffic. The northbound Southern from Ath ens barely escaped going into the riv er, at the trestle two miles out from Athens. Some boys seining heard ithe trestle crack and saw it rocking. iThey . rushed to the bank and suc- Jceeded in flagging the approaching [train just before it reached the tres jtle. The streets of the city are dam |aged at least $10,009. Total damages ►here will nft be less than $50,000 in kill lines. ahr Banamtah ®rilnme. OF POLITICAL INTEREST. The unanimous action of the Minne sota state convention in renominating Governor John A. Johnson for a third term was gratifying news to Mr. Bry an who at once forwarded a telegram of congratulations. It has been announced at republican headquarters in Chicago that Speaker Joseph G. Cannon will make a speech making tour of the country beginning in September. He will talk, if possible, in every doubtful congressional dis trict. Governor Hughes is an aristocrat in his correspondence. When he writes a personal note from the executive [chamber at Albany he uses the heav iest type of stationery of a cream white color, double page, and ten by seven inches, twice the size the aver age man has for his personal use. The seal of the state, embossed in gold, is stamped at the head of the paper with the words, “State of New York, Executive Chamber,- Albany, N. Y.,” in blue below. Thomas Watson, populist candidate for president, has announced that he will wage an active campaign to car ry Mississippi and with that object in view will make numerous speeches m that state. The fact that Senator Foraker of Ohio was not asked to participate in the opening of the republican cam paign in that state has caused much comment from the republican press. The reason given for tnus slighting the senator is that in an address re cently before the chamber of com merce of Cincinnati he made a severe attack upon the policies of President Roosevelt. Thousands of democratic campaign buttons of the vintage of 1896 and tyoO have been sold to Brooklyn shop keepers, and fully $5,000 was realized by those who engineered the transac tion. Some of the buttons bore the pictures of Bryan and Sewall and oth ers o fßryan and Stevenson. A trick mule mascot sent to Mr. Bryan by the Minnesota State Agri cultural society -became unruly while an eastern newspaper correspondent was riding him and the reporter was thrown and seriously injured. A large black snake, which has made its home under the porch of Mr. Brian’s home at Fairview and which has frightened many visitors, has been captured and given to the zoo at Lincoln, Nebraska. Eugene Chafin, candidate of the pro hibition party for' president, has ac cepted an invitation to speak at At lanta, Ga. The occasion of Mr. Chaf in s visit will be celebrated by the holding of a great prohibition rally in that city. John W. Kern was asked by a friend if he liked Roosevelt. Mr. Kern replied that he did and asked his friend how he liked Roosevelt. “Well,” replied the friend, “I’d like him a lot better if you didn’t like him so well.” Chairman Mack of the democratic national committee has authorized a denial of a report that the national committee had received a fund of $300,000 left over from the last demo cratic national campaign. Mr. Mack said that the report is without foun dation. If George T. Angell, president of the Massachusetts S. P. C. A., has his way, William H. Taft has taken his last horseback ride. “It is outrageous cruelty to animals,” said Mr. Angell, “for. a big 300-pound man like Taft to ride a horse about the country. If he must ride, let him use an automo bile, or elephant.” National Chairman Charles R. Jones of the prohibition party has announc ed that it had been decided to make a vigorous fight for the South Dakota vote for Chafin and Watkins, presiden tial and vice presidential candidates of that party. Announcement has been made by General Dupont, director of the speak ers’ bureau at the republican national headquarters, that Governor Hughes has offered his services as speaker during the campaign, and that the offer has been accepted. Mr. Bryan will permit no one to ride his trick mule since the animal threw and seriously hurt a man who was riding him. The mule has been put to work, pulling a 'grass cutter over the lawn of Mr. Bryan’s home. Contributions to the campaign fund from corporations or from officers of corporations, acting as such, are not being accepted at republican national headquarters, according to a state ment made by Treasurer George R. Sheldon, of the republican national committee. Mr. Sheldon said that he had returned several such contribu tions to those who made them. Editors of every democratic and in dependent newspaper throughout the United States have been appealed to by the democratic national committee to start subscriptions for the demo cratic campaign fund in their news papers. Eugene V. Debs, the socialist party candidate for president, will make most of his campaign speeches from a train, w'hich he has chartered to take him to the Pacific coast. A car load of socialist party literature will be taken along and distributed. The cost of sending out the special, it was said, would be $20,000, made up from contributions by socialists from ten cents to one dollar. “The people have ruled through the republican party.” This is Wil liam H. Taft’s answer to Mr. Bryan’s challenge: “Shall the people rule?” The answer was made in an address the republican presidential candidate made before a gathering of several thousand Virginia republicans who came to Hot Springs to see and hear Taft and to celebrate Virginia day. THE TRIBUNE OFFICE REMOVED TO 462 WEST BROA STREET. SAVANNAH. GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 29. 1908. 30 MINERS SUFFOCATED Tragedy Occurred in Colliery in Oklahoma. FIRE BROKE OUT IN MINE * Air Shaft Was Destroyed and Miners Killed—Twenty-Five Bodies Were Recovered. McAlester, Okla.—More than thirty miners were suffocated in Hailey-Ola coal mine No. 1, at Haileyville, four teen miles east of McAlester, when fire destroyed the hoisting shaft and air shaft, and cut off air from the men hplow. Twenty-five dead bodies were re moved from the mine, following a three hours’ successful battle with the flames. It is believed that six or eight more will be brought out. Twen ty-five mules were suffocated, and some of their bodies were burned. Explorations in the channels reveal ed that none of the men met death by burning, but that all of them were suffocated. It is impossible yet for the rescuers to get far from the base of the main shaft, and it probably will be day before a thorough search of the entire mine can be made. Some of the channels are three-quarters of a mile long. After the entombed miners had gone down in the cage, a fire tyoke out, occasioned by the ignition of a barrel of oil which a miner was try ing to divide. The flames spread at once to the hoisting shaft and the air shaft, and all communication with the top was cut off. TWO CADETS DISMISSED. Six Other West Point Lads to Be Sus pended Shortly. Washington, D. C. —Announcement was made by Secretary of War Wright that his recommendation for the punishment of the eight West Point cadets suspended from the mil itary academy for hazing, had been approved by President Roosevelt. The order to be issued by Secretary Wright, based upon the president’s approvel, will dismiss from the acad emy the two first class men under suspension—William T. Rossell, Jr., a son of Colonel William T. Rossell of the engineer corps of the army, and Harry G. Weaver of Illinois, and the suspension without pay and allow ances for one year of the six mem bers of the third class, George Wash ington Chase of New York, James A. Gillespie of Pennsylvania, Byron Quimby Jones of New York, William Nalle of Virginia, William Wellington Prude of Alabama and Isaac Spalding of Oklahoma. LUNATICS IN AMERICA. They Are Admirably Handled, Says British Commission. London, England.—The members of the royal commission on the care and control of feeble-minded persons, who in the course of their investigations visited the United States, have issued a report, in which they speak highly of the American system of dealing with these unfortunates and the man agement of the institutions where they are assembled. “in most of the states visited by us,” the report says, “the practical measures adopted for the solution of this problem were more advanced and more successful in character than anything attempted in Great Britain.” With regard to lunatic asylums, the impression of the commission is that in America these institutions are bet ter designed. INDEPENDENCE OF CUBA. It Will Be Accomplished January 28, 1909, Says Governor Magoon. Oyster Bay, N. Y. —That the presi dential and congressional eletcion in Cuba would be held on November 14 next and that the inauguration of the newly elected president would take place on January 28, 1909, was the statement made by Charles Ma goon, governor of Cuba, following a conference with the president/Govern or Magoon said that President Roose velt and himself had agreed upon these dates after a full discussion of the situation. A MILE OF PENNIES. To Be Collected by Georgia Women to Build Monument. Rome, Ga. —To raise a mile of pen nies is the task that has been set for themselves by the ladies of the N. B. Forrest Chapter, Daughteres of the Confederacy. The ladies have cal culated that sixteen pennies laid side by side make a foot, and that the mile will amount to $844.80. They will add the money to the fund for a monu ment to General Forrest, who saved Rome from the federal army. Score of Persons Hurt. ^ew Orleans, La.—An excursion train on the New Orleans and Great Northern railroad, returning from Covington, was wrecked near here. About twenty passengers who w’ere cut by flying glass and others who were seriously bruised were brought to New Orleans on a relief train. Booth Asks Equality lor Women. London, England.—On the eve of his departure on a tour abroad. Gen eral William Booth has issued a long manifesto eloquently pleading for the equality of women with men and ex horting every member of the Salva tion army to embrace this view and train his children to this end. TELLER UNDER IS ARREST. Is Held for $193,000 Shortage Found Eighteen Months Ago. Chicago, 11l. —George W. Fitzgerald has been arrested on a charge of stealing $173,000 of United States funds from Assistant United States Treasurer William Boldenweck on February 20, 1907. The mystery of the theft of $173,000 from the United States sub-treasury a year and a half ago, one of the largest losses the government has ever suffered in this manner, is be lieved to have been solved. Fitzgerald was an assorting teller under Assistant United States Treas urer William Boldenweck. Suspicion at the time of the theft, February 20, 1907, rested on him, but so plausable was his story and so intense his ap parent interest in discovering the real culprit, that interest ceased to center on him. Much work was done on the theory that the crime had been per petrated by a colored man. Meanwhile Fitzgerald was discharg ed from the government employ for culpable negligence in allowing such a theft to be consummated under his very eyes. The money stolen had been used and had been tied in pack ages, some of it having been marked for destruction at Washington. Any of it would readily have passed any where except for their large denomi nations. None of the bills were under $5OO and some of them $l,OOO and $5,000 denominations, the $l,OOO ones predominating. The theft created a sensation throughout the country and congress at the last session was asked, and re fused, to release Assistant Areasurer Boldenweck from liability, although it was promised that congress would again consider the matter at the next session. Meanwhile Herbert F. Young, a former Chicago newspaper reporter, and now head of a secret service agency, became interested in the case, but later as the agent of Mr. Boldenweck. Mr. Young’s attention was redirect ed to Fitzgerald. The latter upon his discharge from the subtreasury stated that his whole fortune consisted of $6OO in cash and a stock certificate for $l,OOO. His wife had a $7OO inter est in the estate of her mother, which was valued at about $4,000, and was in litigation. Fitzgerald, however, ac cording to Mr. Young, embarked in speculation on a scale not consistent with the size of his means and his ar rest was the result. NEWSPAPER ATTACKS ROOSEVELT. Says President Cares Little for Jus tice and Majesty of Courts. Caracas. Venezeula. — President Roosevelt has been Viciously attacked in the official journal of President Castro. The attack appears in Cas tro’s paper. El Constitucionale, and is based on Roosevelt’s criticism of Ven ezuelan courts. Here is the attack in part: “If President Roosevelt attacks the tribunals of his own country, and questions the prestige of the courts, the honor of the judges and the im partiality of their judgments, it is nothing strange that he should also attack the tribunals of foreign coun tries and more easily cast aspersions on the name of judges whom he does not know. It appears that President Roosevelt cares little for the majesty of justice and, the respect which he owes to the people.” SAID HER HUSBAND WAS UGLY. But He Was Not “the Ugliest Man in Missouri.” Mammoth Springs, Ark. —Mrs. Jen nie Sprun of New Madrid, Mo., admits that her husband does not resemble Apollo, but she will stand for no re marks about him, at least not by an other woman. Mrs. Jessie Hammond of Mammoth Springs ventured to make comparisons and the result was a complete suspension of the peace at the reunion of the Blue and Gray of Missouri and Arkansas, while the delegates watched the melee that fol lowed. Mrs. Sprun was patient for a long time, but her wrath knew no bounds when Mrs. Hamilton voiced her opin ion that the former's husband was “the ugliest man in Missouri.” LARGE BROKERAGE FIRM FAILS. Was Unable to Deliver Stock They Had Sold. New York City. —A. O. Brown & Co., one of the largest brokerage houses in this city, announced their suspension on the stock exchange. The transactions of the firm have been under investigation by the au thorities of the stock exchange and it was announced that transactions had ’been made for the firm s account un der the rule which provides that where a firm is unable to deliver stock sold to another broker, the pur chaser may buy in the stock at the expense of the firm failing to make deliveery. kernloldlfnWination. Delivered His Opening Speech of the Presidential Campaign. Indianapolis, Ind. —William J. Bry an delivered his keynote speech on the trust situation in connection with the notification of his running mate, John W. Kern, of the latter’s nomina tion for vice president of the demo cratic party. Mr. Kern also delivered his opening speech of the campaign. Mr. Bryan flayed Mr. Taft, the republican candi date, and the requblican leaders, who have blocked the inforcemeent of ex istence of anti-trust laws and the re publican platform, which he declares is lukewarm on the subject of pri vate monopolies. STOCK EXCHANGE DEALS Queer Transactions in New York to Be Investigated. ORDERS WERE “MATCHED” Over Million Share* of One Stock Were Bought and Sold Without Af fecting the Price. New York City.—A special com mittee of five members of the New York stock exchange will conduct an investigation of the transactions which took place on the floor of the exchange recently, when more than 1,000,090 shares were bought and sold in enormous blocks in one day, and in such a manner as to arouse sus picion that the sales were so “match ed as to create a fictitious impres sion of activity. The governing com mittee of the exchange took up the matter, and in a brief session author ized the president of the exchange, R. H. Thomas, to appoint the investi gating committee. The belief that the sales were man ipulative had its origin in the fact that shares were bought and sold kr tremendous blocks without greatly af fecting the market prices. Some of the more conservative members refus ed to accept the orders when they ’became copvlneed that the sales were “matched,” an order to sell a block of given stock being followed by an or der to buy, given through a different broker. Some of the smaller brokers who trade on the floor, accepting a reduc ed commission of $2 for 109 shares, gave the names of three or four firms as having done practically all of the day’s enormous business. A single firm was reported to have handled transactions amounting to 699,909 shares. The main question before the in vestigating committee will be the identity of the prime mover in the extraordinary market. If it is found that the orders were “matched” se vere discipline will be applied, as it is a violation of the rules and pun ishable by dismissal from member ship of the New York Stock Ex change. NOTED DIPLOMAT DEAD. Baron Speck Von Sternburg, German Ambassador to U. S., Passes Away. Heidelberg, Germany.—Baron Speck Von Sternburg, the German ambassa dor to the United States, died in the Hotel Victoria in this city. The .bar oness, who was Miss Lillian May Langham of Louisville, Ky., was with her husband at the end. The imme diate cause of death was inflamma tion of the lungs. The baron and baroness came here from Hamburg at the end of last month to consult with Professor Vin cenz Czerny, a skin specialist, con cerning a malady from which the am bassador has been suffering for some time. After a prolonged examination of the diseased part on the left side of the Baron Von Sternberg’s head, Professor Czerny affirmed that the trouble was not cancer, but a lupus, and that he could cure it. Both the ambassador and his wife were im mensely cheered at this opinion. Bar on Von/Sternburg is described as hav ing felt that his long agony was near ly over, and that soon he would be a well man again. His wife also shared that hope. The ailment that resulted in the death of Baron Speck Von Sternberg has been stubborn and of long stand ing. It has been described as a lu pus, growing out of an injury result ing from an accident that occurred while the baron was in the service of his government in India. He made a brave fight against the spread of the maladv from the start, and his plucky effort to prevent the disease from spoiling his diplomatic career aroused keen sympathy. Washington, D. C. —News of the death of Ambassador Von Sternberg came not as a surprise, but as a great shock to his personal and official friends in Washington. By the offi cials in the state department and by those who were so fortunate as to enjoy his confidence and friendship, the death of Baron Von Sternberg is regarded as a distinct ♦ personal loss. STRONG ANTI-JAPANESE FEELING Result of American Fleet’s Visit to New South Wales. Sydney, New South Wales. —Disre- garding veiled threats as the agent of his country, Kisaburo Uyeno, Japane ese consul, prevented a crisis by praising the American fleet’s visit at a dinner given to the officers of the fleet. He declared Japan’s frieend ship with America was traditional. An anti-Japanese feeling is sweep ing Australia as a result of the visit of the fleet. Mother and Son Charged With Murder. Baltimore, Md. —Alexander Rosen bloom and his mother have been ar rested here suspected of the murder of E. J. Rosenbloom, the father of the young man. His body was found in a trunk near Belmar, N. J., and the case attracted considerable atten tion at the time of the discovery of the trunk. Fish Hawk Attacks Swimmer. Asbury- Park, N. J. —Immense fish hawks attacked a swimmer near the beach. They pecked his head until he was nearly exhausted. Life guards rescued the swimmer after his head was horribly larcerated. The rapici ous birds were after weak fish. LATE NEWS NOTES. General. James Keir Hardie, socialist mem ber of the house of common, has ar rived at Montreal, Canada,. The ob ject of Mr. Hardie’s tour is to try nad amalgamate the/ z American and Canadian trades unionists and social ists into one political organization like the British labor party. Official tests of gas meters in New York city show that defective me ters give the gas companies the ben efit of the doubt, that is, where there is one,that is too slow there are two that are too fast. Dr. James F. Rymer, a native of Croydon, will soon gain the distinc tion of being the first fully qualified English physician to carry on profes sional work within the Artic circle. A few days ago Dr. Rymer left Ed monton, Albera, on a lonely journey of one thousand eight hundred miles along the Athabasca and Mackenzie rivers. His destination is Fort Good Hope, which is about one hundred miles within the Artic circle. He does not propose to return to civiliation for at least three years. Dr. Rymer’s patients will be Indians and Eskimos. Declaring that he had received a message from heaven in a vision that the city of New York would be visited by a terrible disaster and the city's buildings would tumble to the ground unless it repented, Rev. Milton bparks has announced to his congregation at Chester, Pa., that he will immediate ly go to that city to try and save the wicked who make their home in the metropolis. Boston electrical engineering ex perts have issued a warning against the placing of flagstaffs on skyscrap ers and other tall structures. They declare that the danger from light ning is great and that all flagstaffs must be removed from the high build ings. If not there will be a catastro phe in the near future which will be appalling. They also insist on all high smokestacks and chimneys be ing equipped with “spiders,” a new form of lightning conductor. Mrs. Mee Stone, wife of a wealthy young business man of Wytheville, Tenn., who has been missing for ten daß’s, and who, it is feared, has been the victim of foul play, has become violently insane. Not a trace has been heard from the young man. With one of his own razors W. C. Conlee, a St. Louis barber, commit ted suicide by cutting his throat. Conlee had been despondent for some time, owing to the falling off of his business, which he ascribed to the use of safety razors by former cus tomers. The return of Cardinal Gibbons from abroad will be a social epoch with the Catholic circles of Baltimore and the south. He is expected Octo ber 10. Governor Crothers has an nounced that he intended to assemble his staff and hold a public reception. The mayor of the city will allso car ry out a suitable recetpion for the prelate. A record for releasing prisoners was made in Boston when the mayor freed 551 prisoners at once. Because of the wholesale arrests of crooks, yeggmen and tramps in the crime wave that has been sweeping over Massachusetts the police stations and city jails have been packed to suffo cation. The men released were also charged with minor misdemeanors. One man was killed and two were -injured when a speeding automobile dashed over an embankment at Buf falo, N. Y., into an abandoned stone quarry. James Wayland, a chauffeur, was instantly killed; John Wakefield and James Morrison were seriously hurt. The automobile was reduced to splinters. Miss Blaine Golding, champion wo man swimmer of America, defeated three other fast women swimmers in a three-mbile race across the Hudson river from Irvington to Piermont, swimming the distance in the remark ably good time of one hour and forty five minutes. Asserting that this time the revo lution will not be so easily quelled as the one before, and that the end will be the overthrow of President Nord Alexis and his followers, Gen eral Frederique, a Haitian exile, left New York for St. Thomas, where Mr. Firmin, leader of the last expedition against the Haytian government, is awaiting him. Washington; At the point of a pistol, three al leged thieves were captured in New York by a policeman while they were in the act of robbing five sailors of the United States cruiser Prairie Indicative of returning prosperity. Acting Comptroller of Currency Kane has stated that under the last call, reports of the condition of national banks shows since December individ ual deposits had increased $197,000,- 000 and total resources $306,000,000, while the liabilities of banks for gov ernment deposits decreased $104,099,- 090, bills payable $47,999,990, clearing house certificates $74,000,000. Admiral Dewey hoisted his flag on the Dolphin and sailed for Ports mouth. It was the first time since 1905 that the admiral of the navy has flown his flag over a naval vessel on a sea trip. Mrs Elizabeth Sousa, the motaer of John Philip Sousa the bandmaster, di^d at her home in Washington. She was the widow of Antonio Sousa, who was connected with the United States marine band for years. Records of the treasury department show that the port of New York dur ing the fiscal year of 1907-1908 has a/ larger balance of trade in its favor than ever before. For the entire United States the balance is $G66,457,- 103, which exceeds by $2,000,000 the largest year before, which was 1900- 1901. NO. 49.