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THE SANOERSVILLE HERALD.
TEDDY PICKS TAFT
To Win Hands Down in Re
publican Convention.
COUNTS ON 600 VOTES
War Secretary Taft Makes His First
Campaign Speech In New York.
Address in Part Devoted to
Placating Labor.
CHILDREN DIE HORRIBLY
Sixteen Trampled to Death and Scores
Maimed During Stampede in
English Theatre.
Sixteen children were tramped to
death and forty others, several of whom
cannot live, were Injured In a mad
rush for better seats at an entertain
A Washington special says: Presi
dent Roosevelt made the prediction
Friday to callers that Secretary Taft
will Bet 600 votea republican
national convention on the flrst ballot
and be nominated without a contest.
This is the first positive statement In
the shape of a forecast given out from
the white house, and Is taken to mean
that the president Is entirely satisfied
with the outlook. The friends of tiio
war secretary are elated. The president
went Into the matter in detail und
showed where the secretary was go
ing to get on the flrst ballot 600 of
tha 980 votes which will be represent-
od at the convention.
He has recently received advices
that make him confident that Secretary
Taft can count on the delegations from
tho solid soutli, the solid woBt, many
of the middle western states and one-
hulf of the New England states. He
thinks several votes from states sup
porting "favorite sons" will go to Taft
and that If Governor Hughes persists
In his present attitude, Secretary Taft
can count oil one-half of New York, it
Is known that every influence Is being
exerted from the white house to Insure
the nomination of Taft.
Taft Speak6 in New Lork.
For the first time since he became
a reoognied candidate for the repub
lican presidential nomination, Secreta
ry of War William H. Taft, Friday
night, faced a New York audience, set
forth in detail his stand on the perti
nent questions of the relative interests
and rights of labor and capital, and
in turn submitted to a rapid fire at
tack from the audience, which quizzed
him keenly and In a somowhat contro
versial spirit, according to the prac
tice of the People’s institute, whose
guest ho was. The secretary proved
equally effective In attack and de
fense.
Not less than 2,000 persons, its ca
pacity, had crowded Into Cooper Union
when police reserves were summoned
to clear the walks In front of the build
ing, where a thousand or mroo had
congregated.
In his prepared address the secretary
pointed out the dependence one upon
the other of capital and labor. He de
clared that great aggregations of prop
erly employed wealth widened the field
of labor and were to be welcomed,
while Improperly used wealth was to
lie condemned. He advocated uiuonism
in so far as sympathy and the result
ant co-operation made for the com
mon good, He said, In part:
“The conclusion I seek to reach Is
that the workingman who entertains a
prejudice against the lawful capitalist
because he Is wealthy, who votes with
unction for the men who are urging un
just and unfair legislation against him,
and who make demagogic appeals to ac
quire popular support in what they are
doing, is standing in hts own light, Is
blind to his own Interests and is cut
ting off the limb on which he sits. It is
to tho direct Interest of the working
man to use careful discrimination in
approving or disapproving proposed
legislation of this kind and to base
his conclusion and vote on the issue
whether the provision is fair or just,
and not on -the assumption that any
legislation that subjects a corporation
to a burden must necessarily be in the
interest of the workingman.’’
ment given in the public hall at Marne-
ley, England, Saturday afternoon. There
was a great rush to secure admittance
to tho entertainment, and when the
show opened every seat was taken,
and tho gallery was literally packed
with children, who filled the aisles and
were dangerously mashed against the
lower railing.
With a view to relieving this crowd
ing in the gallery, the attendants decid
ed to transfer some of the children to
the body of the house, and some of the
ushers called out: “Some of you chil
dren come downstairs!”
Immediately the rush started, and
within a few seconds hundreds of chil
dren were being trampled under foot.
Even those who had scats in the gal
lery doubtless bocame panic stricken
by the screams and struggles of the
crowds fighting to reach the staircases,
and Joined in the stampede.
Tlie scene was a terrible one, the
cries of the injured and moans of the
dying causing the greatest excitement
among those gathered in the body of
the hall.
When the reserve police arrived they
found the narrow stairway practically
blocked with bodies, which were crush
ed In some cases almost beyond recog
nition. Score's of children were forced
by the pressure from the crowd behind
them to scramble over those that had
fallen, whether living or deud, anil
many of the Injured children wero
found later to be suffering from frac
tured bones and severe lacerations,
caused by the indescribable manner In
Which they had been trampled upon.
TEDDY HITS SPARKS
Nevada Governor Alleged to
Be Ruled by Mine Owners.
OPEN PLOT IS CHARGED
President Thinks Scheme Was Worked
to Get Federal Soldiers to Gold
field—Decides to With
draw Them.
GRAFT 13 CHARGED.
Newly Installed Atlanta Alderman
Want3 Park Board Investigated.
Alderman Frank A. Pittman, the new
alderman from the third ward, Atlam
ta, states that he will Introduce a res
olutlon In council for an investigation
of the work done by the park board
during the year 1907.
The alderman says that he has been
Informed that members of the park
hoard have used Grant Park for the
furtherance of their own private inter
ests. lie alaims that ex-Councilman
Charles A. Chosewood carried flowers
from the park to his private park, the
“White City,” and that one wagon load
was removed after the dark
He says that he Jkuows personally
that flowers are now being kept In
the park greenhouse which belong to
members of the board.
“I understand that there has been
a misappropriation of labor and ma
terial from -the park, Pittman says
“Furthermore, I am told that Superin
ten-dent Gillespie has been raising
chickens at Grant park for Mr. Chose
wood.
“X asked a member of the park board
about these matters, and was Informed
that Mj. Chosewood, W. C. Puckett
011(1 A.. J. Ryan had been running Grant
Dark.”
OUTBREAK BY SOCIALISTS.
Thousands In Germany Engage in Dem
onstration for Universal Suffrage.
A special from Berlin, Germany,
says: The determination of the. so
cialists to secure direct universal suf
frage, combined with their indignation
against Chancellor Von Buelow's curt
declaration refusing their demand, gave
rise Sunday to an unusual scene and
monster popular demonstration, ac
companied by disorders in the streets
of the Prussian capital in which 4,000
organized socialists participated, while
30,000 sympathizers from time to time
actively joined in the manifestations.
Among the features of the day’s up
rising was the number of women who
engaged In the demonstration and they
appeared even more earnest In their
activities than the men. The authori
ties took the sternest measures to pre-
vnt outrages and tho strictest precau
tions to protect the assembly and other
public buildings and Prince Von Bue-
low’s residence from the outburst of
fury. Crowds In the streets were dis
persed and collisions between proces
sions of inanifestants and the police re
sulted In the Injury of a considerable
number of the demonstrators, but so
far as is known no fatality occurred
in Berlin.
The police refrained from making
arrests except in case of extreme vio
lence. The movement extends through
out Prussia, where the socialists are ex
ceptionally numerous in the country.
Reports received from other cities,
however, do not indicate that- the
demonstrations there were accompa
nied by violence.
CANAL TO COST MORE.
Additional Sum of Hundred Millions is
Latest Calculation.
The Panama canal Is likely to cost
at least $100,000,000 more than the
original estimates, according to figures
and data now in the possession of
the senate Interocoanlc canal commit
tee. Splendid progress is being made
upon the canal where the work con
sists only of dredging and excavating.
TO ASSIST THE UNEMPLOYED.
Mass Meeting Will Be Held by Organ
ized Labor in New York.
Organized labor has taken up the
problem of finding relief for the 125,000
persons said to be out of work In New
York city. A meeting will be held at
which plans -to assist the unemployed
will be discussed. It Is expected that
an apepal will be made to city, state
and national governments to assist In
npeqial emergency funds and by giving
weifc to come of the idle thousands.
FLEET AT RIO JANEIRO.
Brazilian Port Is Reached In Safety and
Grand Welcome is Extended Bob
Evans and His Men.
MORE TROUBLE IN MOROCCO.
President Roosevelt has determined
to withdraw the federal troops from
Goldfield, Nevada, shortly after the
legislature begins its special session.
This Intention was made known at
the white house Sunday when the re-
l>ort of the special Investigating com
mission was made public, together with
a letter from the president to Governor
Sparks, dated January 4. The pres
ident says he shall be governed by the
recommendations In the case unless
the governor oan show that the state
ments of tho report are not In accord
ance with thoir facts. The report says:
"The conditions did not support the
general allegations In the governor’s
request for troops, nor were his spe
cific statements established to any such
extent as to justify his use of these
statements for the purpose of getting
federal troops.
It concludes with this recommenda
tion:
“But wo also must firmly believe that
upon the assembling of the legislature,
or within a few days thereafter, the
troops should be removed, regardless
of any request for their retention that
may be made either by the legislature
or the governor of Nevada, It being
essential that the state of Nevada
shall understand this situation com
pletely, shall recognize the fact that
the state government the responsibil
ity of keeping order, and that recog
nizing this possibility, it may take such
action as Is the duty of the state and
as will be sufficient in the premises.
In his letter to Governor Sparks, af
ter reviewing tho steps so far taken In
the Goldfield mining trouble, the pres
ident continues:
“I have Just received the report of
these three gentlemen (Murray, Smith
and Neill) which sets forth In the most
emphatic language their belief after a
careful investigation on the ground,
that there was no warrant whatever for
calling upon the president for troop3,
and that the troops should not be kept
indefinitely at Goldfield. The report
further states that there was no In
surrection against the power of the
state at the time the troops were call
ed for, that nobody supposed that there
was such an insurrection.”
“The signers of the report express
their conviction that the troops should
remain In Nevada until the assembling
of the legislature, so as to preserve the
status quo In order that the legisla
ture may deal with the situation as It
exists; but that shortly thereafter the
troops should be removed.
"I agree with the recommendations
of this report, of which 1 enclose a
copy, and shall act accordingly. Un
less It can be shown that the state
ments of the report are not in accord
ance with the facts, it will be Incum
bent upon the legislature of Nevada,
when It convenes, Itself to provide for
enforcing the laws of the state. The
state of Nevada must itself make a
resolute effort in good faiih to per
form the police duties incident to the
existence of a state.”
“The report further says:
“ ‘There Is absolutely uo question
that if the state of Nevada and the
ciounty of Esmeralda exercised tlhe
powers at their disposal they can main
tain satisfactory order in Goldfield;
that, so far, these authorities have
done nothing but rely on federal aid,
and their attitude now is expressly that
of refusing to do anything and desir
ing to throw their own burdens upon
the federal government for the main
tenance of those elementary conditions
or order for which they, and they only,
are responsible.’ ”
Reviewing the conditions leading up
to the present strike and since the
strike began, November 27th last, the
report draws this conclusion:
“The action of the mine operators
warrants the belief that they had de
termined upon a reduction in wages
and the refusal of employment to mem
bers of the Western Federation of
Miners, but that they feared to take
this course of action unless they had
the protection of federal troops, and
that they accordingly laid a plan to
secure such troops and then put their
program into effect.”
Peace
New Sultan Proclaimed and
Measures Fall Flat.
There is much consternation among
Moroccan officials at the sensational
news from Fez, announcing the pro
claiming of Mulal Hafid as sultan and
the dangerous conditions now prevail
ing that city. Couriers who have ar
rived in Tangier announce also that
the people of Mequinez have proclaim
ed Mulai Hafid sultan.
CHICAGO IN GRIP OF GALE.
The American fleet of sixteen bat
tleships entered the port of Rio Janeiro
(Brazil) at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon,
after a passage from Port of Spain,
Trinidad, more than 3,000 miles, un-
maVred by serious accident, replete
with Interesting incidents and ending
with a royal welcome from the thou
sands that had gathered to greet the
visitors.
The fleet weighed anchor at 4 o’clock
on the afternoon of December 29, at
Port of Spain, and exactly at 4 o’clock
Sunday afternoon the vessels were
swinging at their anchors In Rio Ja
neiro’s beautiful harbor. The fleet lias
so far covered about 4,600 miles, about
one-third of the distance of the voyage
to San Francisco.
Early in the morning the crowds be
gan to gather in the streets of Rio
Janeiro, and long before the signal
flags were hoisted announcing the ap
proach of the American ships of war,
thousands of curious spectators had
taken up the points of vantage on pub
lic buildings and the elevated quays.
When the fleet steamed into the har
bor, under the splendid mountains that
frame the bay, beautiful In the tropi
cal sun, It was a spectacle incompar
able to the eye.
The Connecticut, Rear Admiral Ev
ans’ flagship, was in the lead, with the
Brazilian cruisers, dressed In gala at
tire, on either side. Pa.\ing tho for
tresses the Connecticut fired a salute
of twenty-one guns, which was respond
ed to by the Brazilian warships, the
German cruiser Bremen and the shore
guns. The yards and fighting tops were
manned and cheers upon cheers wero
given for the splendid passage of the
flagship and her sister ships.
As soon as the anchorage was made,
tho Brazilian minister of marine, Ad
miral Alencar, the captain of the port,
the American consul, G. E. Anderson,
the commandants of naval divisions
and the civic authorities, went on
board the Connecticut and extended a
hearty welcome to Rear Admiral Ev
ans, his officers and men. Not less
than 15,000 to 20,000 persons were
aboard these boats and more than 60,-
000 others were gathered on shore to
celebrate the coming of the fleet. Sun
day night the city was beautifully Il
luminated and a gala occasion was
made in honor of the visitors.
All the way down from Port of Spain
the voyage was an enjoyable one and
all on board the ships were well and
seemingly happy. To some extent the
progress of the fleet was hampered by
the strong currents and the swell, poor
coal and minor derangements of tho
auxiliary machinery of several of the
ships. Until Friday, the 10th, a uni
form speed of ten knots was maintain
ed. The speed was then increased to
eleven knots and finally to twelve.
At midnight on the fifth of January
the fleet crossed the equator.
PLAN IMMUNITY OF FORESTS.
Snow Storm Cuts Off All Communi
cation with Outside World.
Chicago and its environs were cut
off for several hours Sunday from
wire communications from other points
by a snow and wind storm which be
gan before dawn and raged without
a break all day. Considerable damage
was done to poles and wires.
Monster Mass Meeting Will Be Held
in Atlanta January 16.
A monster mass meeting, designed to
crystallize southern sentiment in favor
of the preservation of the forests of
the south will be held in Atlanta on
January 16th, when a number of dele
gates representing every section will
be present.
Enthusiastic plans have already been
arranged by the promoters of the big
gathering, which will result In a strong
delegation being appointed to be pres
ent when the Appalachian-White moun
tain bill is brought up In congress.
SOUTHERN IN GOOD SHAPE.
Un-
Receivership Reports Declared
founded by Road’s Officials.
J. S. B. Thompson, assistant to the
president of the Southern railroad,
states that the report as sent out from
Washington in regard to a receivership
for the Soutliorn is without fact or
foundation, just as it was declared
in that city.
MANY VICTIMS FOR YEAR.
SPECIAL WRECKED
Tourist Train on Way to Flor
ida Goes Through Trestle.
THREE DEAD; EIGHTY HURT
Palatial Coaches, Filled With People
from Ohio and Pennsylvania,
Dumped Into Swamp of Mud
Near Hiram, Ga.
New Jersey Railroads Show Appalling
List of Casualties.
The New Jersey railroad commission
ers, in their annual report to the gov
ernor, state that from January 29th to
December 1st, last year.^ 108 persons
were killed and 198 injured by the rail
roads In New Jersey.
Railroad companies are blamed for
the long fatality list. Unguarded gradq.
crossings are said to have been respon
sible for many of the accidents.
Three men scalded to death, two
passengers known to be fatally hurt,
and eighty-odd more or less Injured, Is
the result of the most complete wreck
ever known on the Southern road,
which took place Tuesday afternoon,
two and a half milos north of Hiram,
Ga., when the second section of the
“Chicago - Florida” limited broke
through a trestle and wont tumbling
down an embankment. That the train
did not catch on flro and burn the Im
prisoned passengers to a crisp is a
miracle. What was tho finest Pullman
train which ever passed ont of Cleve
land, Ohio, was half burled in mud and
slush of a Georgia swamp, tho brightly
burnished onglne a mass of scrap iron,
the solid vostibule train broken and
battered.
The doad: Engineer James Edwards,
123 Jones avenue, Atlanta, scalded,
died at Hiram few hours after wreck;
Road Foreman of Engines D. H. Snapp,
34 Cooper street, Atlanta, scalded, died
at Atlanta sanitarium; Moses Baldwin,
negro fireman, of Atlanta, scalded, died
at Grady hospital, Atlanta.
Fatally injured: Mrs. Emma Hoover,
of Cleveland, Ohio; Mins Florence A.
Studehaker, of Cleveland, Ohio, inter
nal injurios.
This train, which was due to arrive
in Atlanta shortly after noon Tues
day, left Chattanooga in charge of Con
ductor Y. R. Norris of Atlanta and E»-
gineer Jim Edwards of Atlanta.
On the curve between Dallas and Hi
ram, a distance of about five miles, and
Just below the point where tho Sea
board, on a high trestle, crosses the
Southern tracks on the Chattanooga di
vision, tho wreck occurred.
The entire train was made up of
Ohio people bound for a winter vaca
tion In Florida and Cuba. They were
scattered throughout tho vostibuled
train, but the majority were In the
dining car when the wreck occurred.
Just after the track crosses the Sea
board intersection It runs upon an em
bankment in the middle of which there
Is a trestle which spans tho Copper
Mine creek at a distance of ten feet
in the air, with the embankment slop
ing away on either side for forty feet to
a lowland of slime and mud.
Just about 2:40 o’clock this train,
late and running fast, hit the curve
which is broken by the span over the
creek.
Reports vary as to how the accident
occurred, but it is generally conceded
that the rails spread after the engine
reached the trestle. This giant mogul
immediately left the track; the jar
caused the trestle to break; the engine
was turned over and fell up against
an embankment, while the entire train
of seven coaches cither fell through
the trestle or rolled over and over
again down the embankment until the
bottom was reached.
Luckily, In rolling down the embank
ment, tho fire in the dining car, fell
with the range to the giound. Not a
single car was left cn the tracks, and
all had to crawl out of the top of the
cars, through the side windows or be
cut out of the train by the wrecking
crew.
As the engine went over, Engineer
Edwards, with Chief Engineer Snapp
and Fireman Moses Baldwin, were
caught in the cab and scalded with
hissing steam.
As quickly as possible word was
sent to Hiram for help, and the wires
were calling for aid from the country
side. Every physician for twenty
miles wa3 called to the wreck and spe
cial trains run to the wreck from Rome,
Dalton and two from Atlanta.
The Seaboard Air Line train, w'hich
ran by in sight of the wreck, stopped
and transferred many of the passen
gers to Atlanta. Only a half hundred
were able to walk the distance of a
quarter of a mile to the "relief train.”
The others were too badly hurt to
make the trip. ,
Then began the work of rescue. Aa
quickly as possible the fatally injured
from the passenger coaches were rush
ed on the flrst.wrecker to Hiram,where
their wounds were dressed and every
effort was made to save them.
NEW FINANCIAL BILL
Introduced in the 8enate by Aldrich
and Referred—Bacon Injects Pro
hibition Question.
BANKS MAKE GOOD SHOWING.
New York,Institutions Now Hold More
Than the Legal Reserve.
The statement 6! clearing house
banks in New York for the week shows
that tho banks hold $6,084,050 more
than the requirements of the 25 per
cent reserve. This is an increase of
$17,593,600 In the proportionate cash
reserve as compared with last week,
when there was a deficit of $11,509,550.
Senator Aldrich Introduced his cur
rency bill In the senate Tuesday. Ho
had the bill read and announced that
the committee would be glad to con
sider In connection with It all bills
that senators might desire to Introduce.
Senator Clay of Georgia announced
that he proposed to have a vote In tho
senate to test the sentiment of that
body on his resolution favoring a fed
eral law to uphold states In their ef
forts to make effective prohibition with
in their borders.
His resolution also Instructed the ju
diciary committee to report whether
or not congress has the constitutional
right to pass a bill prohibiting thn
transportation of liquors from state,
counties or municipalities where such
liquors are legally sold into states,
counties or municipalities where local
option or prohibition prevails. Upon
objection by Senator Nelson the reso
lution Vas permitted to go over.
The Aldrich financial bill providing
for an emergency currency, was refer
red to the committee on finance. It
Is certain to meet with very vigorous
opposition.
The bill provides for an emergency
Issue limited to $250,000,000, and sub
ject to a tax of 6 per cent while out
standing. Applications by banks for
this emergency currency must be ap
proved by the comptroller of the cur
rency. The treasurer of the United
States and the secretary of the treasury
shall approve the kind and amount of
eecurlty offered. This security may
be either state, county, municipal or
first mortgage railroad bonds.
Particular objection Is made to tke
inclusion of railroad bonds In the list
•f approved securities, even at 75 per
cent of their value. It was learned
later in the day that so much opposi
tion had immediately developed on thlc
point thn/t railroad bonds would proba
bly be stricken from the bill when re
ported from the committee. It was
pointed out that this provision placed
the credit of national banks and un-
impeached business houses below that
of railroads, which may be in the
hands of stock jugglers.
Banks cannot put up cotton ware
house certificates at three-fourths or
even one-half of their value; they can
not rediscount their customers’ paper,
gilt-edge though it may be; and thus
convert bank credits into a legal me
dium of exchange; they cannot make
such arrangements with the treasury In
times of great emergency that they now
make with the banks in which their
reserves are placed in normal times.
Under this bill the national banks
oan buy up railroad stock and secure
75 per cent of their value from tfr»
government. The railroads and the
treasury are thus brought, close togeth
er. There are thus offered tremendous
possibilities for the railroad stock gam
blers to use the funds in the national
treasury to promote schemes of stock
manipulation.
WOMAN KILLED; BABE CREMATED
Diabolical Crime In Gwinnett County,
Ga.—Two Negroes Jailed.
One of the most diabolical crimes
ever committed in Gwinnett county,
Georgia, was perpetrated in Cater dis
trict. and as a result John Hudson and
Henry Campbell, two negroes are la
jail at Lawrencevllle, charged with
murder and arson.
The house of John Hudson was
found to be on fire, and when neigh
bors came in they discovered the bod
ies of Hudson’s wife and tnree-months-
old baby in the flames.
The bodies were removed from the
burning building, and it was seen at
once that the woman had been murder
ed by a blow on the head. She was
also stabbed through the heart, and
then almost dismembered.
The child was not killed, but was
left to die In the flames.
Coroner H. J. Moon was notified, and
after Investigating the case ordered
the arrest of John Hudson and Henry
Campbell as the murderers.
WARNING TO MAIL CARRIERS.
Cannot Deliver Booze on Their Routes,
Says Postmaster General.
Postmaster General Meyer has Issued
an order which has a direct bearing
upon the prohibition movement The
order is as follows:
“It is hereby ordered that it shall
be a condition of any contract hereafter
centred into for carrying the mail3
upon star, sci- cn wagon, mail messen
ger or special service route, that the
contractor or carrier shall not trans
port intoxicating liquor from one point
I to another upon such route while in
the performance of mall service.”
ANOTHER VICTIM OF FINANCE.
Now York Stock Broker Throws Him
self Under Train.
William Bourne Nevin, 44 years old,
who, until two years ago, was a mem
ber of the stock exchange, committed
suicide in New York Thursday by leap
ing in front of a subway train at Broad
way and Seventy-ninth street.
His wife said he had suffered heavy
financial losses the last five months.
GREENE WORKS; GAYNOR IN BED
One of Noted Convicts Given Job, But
Other is Physical Wreck.
For the present Greene and Gaynor
are seperated at the Atlanta federal
prison. Benjamin D. Greene has been
set to work in the construction office
at the federal prison, while his partner
In crime and conviction lies upon a
cot in the hospital ward unable to da
any meiital or manual
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