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THE MORNING NEWS. i
Established 1850 - - Incorporated 1888 5* dap
J. H. ESTILL, President. * 1 iK I 4 .nlln.
The 90 H, P. Machine of Foreign Make, Driven by George Heath, an American,
That Won the Long Island Auto Races.
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FOR ONE, HONOR;
ANOTHER, DEATH
GREAT AUTOMOBILES SPED
AT EXPRESS TRAIN SPEED OVER
LONG ISLAND ROADS.
George Heath, an American. Driv-
Inga Foreign Machine, Won the
Race in Speetacnlar Form—Carl
Menel Will Drive Xo More-
Crushed to Death by the Car He
Drove—Arents Fatally Injured—
The Story of the Great Race.
ONE IS DEAD AND
ANOTHER IS DYING.
New York, Oct. 9.—George Ar
ents, Jr., a New York millionaire,
lies dying at a hospital on Long
Island, and his chauffeur, Carl
Meusel, is dead as a result of the
automobile race for the cup offered
by William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. The
official award had not been made
early to-day.
Arents’ car was wrecked by tires
slipping. The chauffeur was taken
to a hospital terribly mangled,
where* he died half an hour later.
Arents was also taken to the hos
pital, where it was found he was
suffering from a cerebral hemorr
hage, and at an early hour to-day
he was not expected to live. His
family had been summoned to his
bedside.
The result of the race had been
protested, and the protest was un
der consideration up to an early
hour this morning. No decision as
to the winner of the race has yet
been announced, although Heath
finished one minute and twenty
eight seconds ahead of Clement.
New York. Oct. B.—Four-wheeled ve
hicles of all sorts of incongruous
shapes, rushing along the road at a
speed of from sixty to ninety miles
an hour, the air resounding with the
••honk-honk" of horns, the clanging of
hells, and the shouts of guards; signal
flags waving and fluttering, and an oc
casional cheer from thousands of
throats, was the atmosphere in Mine
cla, Hempstead, Garden City and other
Long Island suburbs of Greater New
York to-day, during the 300-mile auto
mobile race for the William K. Van
derbilt, Jr., cup.
One death, one man in the hospital
fatally injured, many lives placed in
jeopardy during seven or eight hours
of the day, and many thousands of
dollars expended is the result.
Nerve* at High Tension.
The story of the .face itself is one
Of intense excitement and nerve ten
sion. After running for seven hours,
sometimes at a speed of sixty to nine
ty miles an hour, faster than many ex
press trains, George Heath, an Amer
ican, driving a 90-horse-power vehicle
of foreign make and representing the
Automobile Club of France, finished
first in the run of 300 miles, with Al
bert Clement, representing the same
club and driving an 80-horse-power ma
chine, also of foreign make, one min
ute and twenty-eight seconds behind
him.
When the two men flashed by the
Judges the crowds in the adjoining
grandstand rose in a body and cheer
after cheer relieved the tension of
nerves that had held the crowd for
so many hours.
But the award was not yet certain,
for Clement lodged a protest with the
racing board of the Automobile Asso
ciation of America, under whose con
trol the race was held, and the decis
ion given but a lew minutes before,
was withdrawn until the board had
made an investigation into the claims
•et forth by Clement. These were of
a technical nature. Clement, in hla
protest, declared that he had been held
up in Hempstead over a minute and
a half, and that if this time had been
allowed him he would have won the
Continued u Math *<**% i
Jiatawital) JUofnitttj fta>£
(FJtoto 3ry
Gabriel in His 90 H. P. Machine, Which Narrowly
Escaped Collision With a Locomotive.
ADVICE ABOUT DIVORCE
Was Given the Convention by a
Canadian Clergyman.
Boston, Oct. 8. —The greetings of the
Anglican Church of Canada were
transmitted to the Episcopal general
convention at a brief session to-day by
Right Rev. Charles Hamilton, Bishop
of Ottawa; Right Rev. James Car
michael, Bishop Coadjutor of Mon
treal, and Dean Evans, also of Mon
treal.
Bishop Hamilton thought that the
United States might well adopt some
of the methods of dealing with divorce
which were in vogue in his country,
where the courts which sever mar
riage had little to do.
The House of Deputies considered
considered the proposal to permit the
election of suffragan bishops in large
dioceses or in localities where there
are large numbers of colored people or
persons of foreign extraction. The
matter was referred to a committee.
The House of Bishops concurred in
discharging the committee on change
of the name of the church.
It is announced that the divorce
question will be taken up by the con
vention on Monday.
Richmond,* Va., is favored by many
delegates as the place for the conven
tion of 1907, and it is understood that
a committee, of which J. Pierpont
Morgan is chairman, will recommend
that city. The fund raised by the
woman’s auxiliary for the Board of
Missions now amounts to $160,000, the
largest in the church’s history.
M’CUE’S LAW OFFICE
IS NOW IN THE JAIL
Former Mayor of Charlottesville
Receive* Hla Client* There.
Charlottesville, Va., Oct. B.—By a
deed tiled with the corporation clerk
to-day former Mayor J. Samuel Mc-
Cue, now in jail, charged with the
murder of his wife, conveys lo his
brother, Police Justice E. O. McCue,
a number of lots here to secure pay
ment of a $2,500 bond. He also h*as
conveyed his library to his brother-in
law.
McCue receives people at certain
hours for the transaction of his law
business.
According to authoritative state
ments made to-day, McCtie’s four chil
dren, including his eldest son, Wil
liam, who has been considered an im
portant witness for the state, left on
a westbound train with an uncle, who
paid the fares to some point unknown.
13-YEAR-OLD'BOY SENTENCED
Guilty of Manslnuahter In Killing
Hi* Father.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. B.—A special
to the Gazette from Texarkana, says;
In the District Court of Bowie coun
ty, Texas, at Boston, Willie Watson,
a 13-year-old white boy, was tried to
day on the charge of killing his fath
er at Oak Grove, near DeKalb, in the
west end of the county about six
weeks ago, convicted of manslaughter
ar.d given five years In the peniten
tiary.
The boy had told his father that If
he whipped hla 10-year-old aiater again
he would kill him. When the father
a few days later was punishing the
girl, the boy slipped up behind him
and discharged the contents of both
barrels of a shotgun into his head,
blowing out bis brain**.
GEORGIA WILL
BE A FINE SHIP
AN HONOR TO THE NAVY
WILL BE THE VESSEL TO BEAR
THE NAME OF THIS STATE.
Governor Terrell nnd Hl* Parly, In
cluding Mis* Tate, Who Will Be
Sponsor for the Georgia, Are In
New York:—Will Leave In Time to
Reach Bath, Me., on Tuesday—
The Launching of the Battleship
Will Take Plnce at That City.
New York. Oct. B.—Gov. and Mrs.
Terrell of Georgia. Congressman Car
ter Tate of the Ninth district. Mrs.
Carter Tate, Miss Stella Tate, sister of
the congressman; Judge and Mrs.
Hamilton McWhorter of Athens, and
Miss Camilla McWhorter, are here to
night, en route for Bath, Me., where
they go to represent the state when
the battleship Georgia is launched on
next Tuesday. The party reached
New York this morning. Gov. Terrell,
Congressman Tate and Judge Mc-
Whorter visited the Democratic head
quarters and discussed the national
campaign. The Governor’s party will
reach Bath Monday night, will par
ticipate in the exercises on Tuesday
and will leave Maine Tuesday night,
arriving in Atlanta on Friday morn
ing, Oct. 14.
One of Three Great Ship*.
The Georgia is one of the three bat
tleships authorized under an act of
Congress, approved March 3, 1899, and
is a duplicate of the two battleships
authorized in 1900. Bids for the five
ships were opened at the Navy De
partment, Nov. 15, 1900, and in Feb
ruary, 1901, the Bath Iron Works was
awarded the contract for the Georgia.
The four sister battleships of the Geor
gia are the Virginia, Rhode Island,
New Jersey and the Nebraska.
The Georgia has a trial displacement
of 16,000 tons. Bhe is 435 feet long, 76
feet 10 inch beam, and will draw 24
feet of water under trial condition*,
with an extreme draft of 26 feet, when
fully loaded and equipped with stores,
coal, ammunition, etc.
The hull has a cellular double bot
tom, and is .divided Into about US wa
tertight compartments. Her armor
consists of a main belt extending the
entire length of each side of armor 11
to 4 inches thick. The upper casemate
armor, and the athwartahip armor is
6 inches thick. The 12-lnoh turrets
and barbettes are covered with 10-inch
armor, the 8-inch turrets and barbettes
with 6-inch armor. The conning tow
er is 9 inches thick, the signal tower 6
Inches thick, and the gun protection
and splinter bulkheads are from 2 to 3
inches thick. The total weight of the
armor is about 3,700 gross tons. The
vessel has a protective deck throughout
her entire length and breadth at about
the level of the waterline.
All the vitals of the ship, that Is
the motive and steering power, togeth
er with the electric light plant, are
below this deck, and consequently be
low the waterline.
In addition to this protection, the
Georgia has a complete belt of coffer
dams at the waterline which are filled
with cellulose which has the charac
teristic of promptly sweMing to several
times its original bulK when wet,
thereby stopping any hole made by
■hot.
The Fighting Machine*.
The main battery consists of four
12-Inch breech-loading rifles, eight 8-
inch breech-loading rifles, twelvs 6-
lnch breech-loading rapid fine rifles,
twelve 3-Inch breech-loading rapid fire
rifles, twelve *-pounder guns, four 1-
pounder automatic guns, four 1-pound
er single shot guns, two *-lneh field
guns, two machine guns and six au
tomatic guns. The Georgia is also
Santiniwfl an iiaU* fa**
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1904.
CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATS
TO GET RHODE ISLAND.
Uovrrnor Karvln Hn no Atunrril
JndKr Parker.
Esopus, N. Y., Oct. B.—Gov. L. F. C.
Garvin of Rhode Island spent tlie en
tire morning with Judge Parker In a
discussion of political affairs in his
state. He gave to the presidential
candidate an exhaustive report of what
is being done in the campaign by both
Democrats and Republicans and what
he believed to be needed to enable his
party to conduct a more effective can
vass. He said that factionalism in the
Democratic party had been eliminated;
that there are defections in the Re
publican party concerning national is
sues, and the foreign policy of the
present administration. These, he said,
place Rhode Island in the doubtful
column, and the Democrats have a
good fighting citance of carrying it for
Parker and Davis, as well as for the
state ticket.
Among Judge Parker’s callers to-day
were representatives of the Hebrew
section of the Parker Independent
Clubs of New York. The delegation
consisted of Julius Strahl, Joseph Ja
cob, Louis Applebone and William
Fox. who live in the lower East Side
of N<nv York.
Judge Parker will go to New York
on Monday to confer with his political
managers. He will remain there most
of the week.
Former Senator David B. Hill will
leave Albany to-morrow for Baltimore
and from there will immediately start
on a speaking tour through West Vir
ginia and Indiana.
TOO MANY ARE*ON THE
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.
Wynne Has to Call Down Virginia
Federal Olltclals.
Washington, Oct. B.—The Civil Serv
ice Commission has called the atten
tion of Acting Postmaster General
Wynne to the large proportion of fed
eral officials who are members of the
State Executive Committee of Vir
ginia. Mr. Wynne has written to the
postmasters of several Virginia cities
who are members of the committee
asking them to take such steps as will
prevent further complaints of that
character and notifying them that in
having so many federal officers on the
committee, “the limit of good taste in
the matter of political activity on the
part of officials has been passed.”
Battleship Georgia, as She Will Look When Going Full Speed Ahead,
REVOLVER FOR OTHERS.
Dr. Belt those Carbonic Acid for
Himself.
Springfield, Mass., Oct B.—Dr. Ed
ward J. Belt this evening shot Judson |
Strong, a wealthy real estate man, and
Dr. Benjamin Jackson ,a medical elec
trician, and then took carbolic acid.
Dr. Belt died In the Mercy Hospi
tal half an hour later.
Judson Strong’s wound is serious and
he may d|e.
Belt was a graduate of Harvard and
his home was in South Boston. He
had been in Springfield three years.
Dr. Belt occupied an office in Jud
son Strong’s Iblock. He entered Mr.
Strong's office, where the latter was
engaged in conversation with Dr. Jack
son, and immediately opened fire on
them with a ,32-callber revolver. Two
bullets entersd Mr. Strong’s left Jaw.
one lodging In the throat. Another In
flicted a slight wound on Dr. Jack
son’s scalp.
Dr. Belt then went to his office and
took a dose of carbolic acid.
The three men wera removed to
Mercy Hospital, where Belt died a
short time afterwards. ,
Previous to the shooting of the two
men it is alleged that Dr. Belt had
made an attempt to kill Miss Amelia
Pumas, to whom he was engaged. She
met him in his office by appointment,
and after a struggle with him escaped.
BACON AND TILLMAN
TO WHOOP UP ILLINOIS.
New York. Oct. B.—Chairman Tag
gart of the Democratic National
Committee received a dispatch from
Montana to-day stating that the labor
organizations of that state had in
dorsed the Parker and Davis electoral
ticket, which Mr. Taggart says mean*
the electoral vote of Montana for the
Democratic ticket.
Henator Bacon of Georgia will spend
next week In Illinois making speeches
in the principal points In that state.
Senator Tillman will also bs tu Illi
nois,
MUST APPEAR
WITH CENTRAL
ALL THE LINES AFFECTED
MAST COM K INTO COVRT IN TUB
RATES CASE WAR.
Preliminary Hrnrlnnr Has Started
llefore .lodge Newman In Atlnntu
in tlie Matter of the Iniuoetinit
Heat raining the Commission Prom
Making Effective the flutes Ills
criminating Against all the Heat
of the State in Atlnntu'a Favor—
Adjourned Till Oct. 117.
Atlanta, Oct. B.—As a result of the
preliminary hearing In the freight
rate injunction case in the United
States court before Judge Newman to
day, all of the other railways, as well
as the Central, affected by the rates
promulgated in circulars 301 and 302 of
the Georgia Commission, have been re
quired to come into court and make
their cases now, so that the whole
matter may be determined by one de
cision.
Representatives of other railroads af
fected stated that they would also file
suits for injunction against the Rail
road Commission to prevent the en
forcement of these circulars, and the
case was set for a hearing upon the
demurrer filed by the commission on
Oct. 27.
The foregoing Is in brief the result
of to-day’s consideration of the Cen
tral Trust Company’s Injunction suit
against the Railroad Commission. The
Louisville and Nashville and the At
lantic Coast Line, joint lessees of the
Georgia Railroad, anticipated this
turn of affairs, and just before the
case was taken up, filed through their
attorney, Col. Ed. Baxter of Nash
ville, a bill for injunction similar to
the bill of the Central Trust Com
pany, holding that the commission has
no right to reduce rates within the
state In order to force reductions on
interstate traffic. The allegations were
practically the same as those found in
the first bill filed.
Judge Newman granted the tempo-
rary Injunction asked, and set the case
for hearing, along with all the others,
on Oct. 27. i
The state’s motion to modify the In
junction so as to make it 'apply to on
ly the Central of Georgia Railway was
the first thing taken up. The object of
this motion was to bring all the rail
roads opposing the reduction dt the
rates into court inasmuch as the Cen
tral of Georgia w'as the only road
fighting the reduction.
Attorney General Hart began the ar
gument of the question for the state
and presented the reasons why the Cen
tral of Georgia should not be allow
ed to keep the orders of the Railroad
Commission from affecting the other
railroads in the sfate.
Col. Ed. Baxter of Nashville argued
against the motion, and stated that
he had been employed to bring suits
on part of the other railroads. His
most sensational statement w'as that
the Railroad Commission had gone to
the limit of its authority.
Judging from Judge Newman’s re
marks it was evident that he would
have granted the motion to modify, but
this wol d Wave only put the mat
ter oft until a few days later, when
all of the roads would have filed in
junctions. so when the Judge suggest
ed that the attorneys agree to post
pone the case, the state counaW,
through Judge Hart, announced that
the state having accomplished the pur
pose for which the motion vAis brought,
would agree to Its withdrawal and
would wait until Oct. 27 for the other
railroads to file their suits.
There was a large array of legal
talent present. In addition to many
railrdad men and the members of the
railroad commission. The conclusion
stated was reached after brief argu
ment by counsel on both sides.
BLOWN UP BY POWDER.
Bat Wh Family and m Man Waa
Seriously Injured.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 8.-—A special to
the Commercial-Appeal from Medina,
Tenn., says that (by the premature ex
plosion of gunpowder late this after
noon at that place, Herman Walker,
the 17-vear-old son of 'Rev. EL T.
Walker, had one side of his face torn
off and received other injuries which
will result fatollv.
Jerry Sewell had his leg broken and
may die.
The exploston shook severs! houses
severely, breaking window panes,
JEWS HELD RESPONSIBLE
For (he Whole Series of Terrorist
Crimes in Husain.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 9.—The Russian
police are convinced that the whole
series of terrorist crimes, ending with
the murder of M. Plehve last summer,
are traceable to a common inspiration.
While some links in the chain of evi
dence are lacking, a long investigation
has revealed the fact that the inspira
tion for the revival of terrorist activi
ty In Russia comes chiefly from a
band of revolutionists mostly recruited
from exiles to Siberia, living on the
shore of Lake Leman, Switzerland.
This “fighting organization," as It is
termed, seems to be without a direct
oTvjoct. hut rather as supplemental to
the work of the revolutionary propa
ganda which the agitators abroad are
spreading among all classes of the
population, the political murders be
ing Intended to stir up the discontented
portion of the populace.
With the capture of the revolution
ary agent, Gerschunln, the authorities
are satisfied that they have tald hands
upon the active agent in Russia of the
foreign revolutionary agitators. The
revelations at the trial of Gerschunln,
which have not yet been made public,
it is authoritatively stated, prove that
three Jewish exiles—Golz, Roublnovlch
and Gerschunln. who formed the edi
torial staff of the “Messenger of the
Russian Revolutionaries" were the
leaders of the “fighting organization. ’
The evidence, it is declared, shows that
Golz and Roublnovlch are graduates
of the Nihilist school.
FIREAT SHENANDOAH
Destroys tlie Entire East End of the
Tost n.
Roanoke. Va„ Oct. 9.—A message
received here at 2 o’clock this morn
ing is to the effect that the entire Aist
end of the town of Shenandoah, Va.,
in Page county, has been destroyed by
tire which started about midnight.
Among the buildings burned were two
hotels. The lire Is still burning. The
town is without waterworks.
The telegram received here came over
the railroad wire and details are lacks
ing.
The tire originated in one of the ho
tels located in the business section.
Bucket brigades are fighting the flames
at 2:30 o'clock and hope to have them
under control by daylight, by which
time It is believed thirty-five buildings
will be. In ashes.
No lives have been lost.
WANTS TO REMOVE THE
CAUSE FOR LYNCHING.
Negro l**ndrr Make* nn Appeal lo
Hl* People.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. B.—At to
day's session of the International In
terdenominational Association of Col
ored Sunday-school Leagues In session
here, President W. H. V. Mixon of
Selma, Ala., In his annual address,
urged the suppression of crime among
black races as the cure for lynch law.
Rev. Mixon said in part:
•‘Evil allurements, confusion and un
timely death will continue in the land
as long as idlers remain.
“Bad literature and bad company
will bring any man, woman or child
to disgrace and often to death with
out even a premonition of that fact.
Lynching, flaying and burning hunrten
beings will be removed from the globe
when the causes are removed."
WILL GIVE AMERICAN ~
RICE SOME CHANCE.
Cuba May Make n Tariff That Will
Cost Germany Trade.
Havana, Oct. B.—A bill has been
prepared for submission to Congress,
Increasing the duty upon rice from
$1.20 to $2.00 per kilogram.
If the bill passes it Is expected that
the result will be to give entrance to
Cuba to Louisiana rice, as the higher
duty, multiplied by reciprocity, will
put a check upon the preeent control
by Germans of Cuba's rice purchases.
The measure ia Intended also to fos
ter rice culture in Cuba.
It is proposed to raise the duties on
corn, onions, starch and potatoes In
ordar to snoourag# their production In
Cuba. and. Incidentally, it is said to
Increase the Importations of th**s
products from the United States,
6 CENTS A COPY
DAILY. W A YEAR.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.iI A YEAR
FIVE DROWNED IN
PENSACOLA BAY
CAPSIZING OF A SAILBOAT
FOLLOWED tA; SHIFTIM! OF THE
CHAIN BALLAST.
Nine Men Were Aboard the Sailboat,
Ilrtnrning From Pensacola to the
Navy Yard—Four Were Rescued
by a Hoat's Crew From the Can
boat Vlaen—Strong Tide Was
nunnliiK Toward the Calf and the
Itodlen Have Not Been Recovered.
Pensacola, Fla., Oct. B.—Five men
were drowned in Pensacola bay to
day by the capsizing of a sailboat in
which they were returning from Pen
sacola to the navy yard. The dead:
Otto Brunse, chief water tender, U.
S. N.; Richard Lewis, machinist at
navy yard; H. D. Hartly, fireman, sec
ond class; W. G. Foster, fireman, sec
ond class; N. McGinnis, oiler.
The boat contained nine men, eight
of whom were members of the crew
of tho gunhnat Vixen. Four were res
cued by a crew from that vessel, who
heard cries of distress and rowed half
a mile to the spot where the boat cap
sized.
The boat contained & lot of dhatn
as ballast, and when a squall struck
the boat the chain shifted and the
boat capsized.
A strong tide was running toward
the Gulf. The bodies of the drowned
men have not been recovered.
ODELL SAYS HE’S TIRED
OF HOLDING OFFICE.
New York. Oct. B.—'T am tired of
office holding. I do not want any more
of It," said Gov. Odell In this city to
day.
"Doea this apply to the United
States senatorshlp?" lie "-ns asked.
"It does,” replied the Governor.
FAMILY POISON CASE.
Kriro Acenard of the Attempt Wti
Held for tile Ciranit Jury,
Lexington, Ky., Oct. B.—When the
examining trial of Louie Mttrhell, the
self-confessed poisoner of food Intend
ed for the family of Judge Ja men H.
Mulligan, wan resumed to-day, James
Mulligan, Jr., of Chicago, said he had
no recollection of a threat to drown
himself In the lake at Chicago, as al
lege by witnesses.
He had been told considerable money
left by his mother had been Invested
In the Maxwell place, the home of the
present Mrs. Mulligan, his stepmoth
er. He said he felt some resentment
because hts own sisters were not al
lowed to live at the Maxwell place that
wus bousht by this money. He knew
of no facts that would fix the blame
for tb# poisoning on any one, but
would not say whom he suspected.
He stated on cross-examination that
his resentment toward Mrs. Mulligan
was due to her efforts to alienate his
father’s affections from the children
of his first wife. He complained bit
terly against her for alleged bad treat
ment of his sister, Mollte.
Dr. Louts Mulligan, a brother of
James, said the relations between him
and his stepmother were entirely pleas
ant, and she had treated the step
children fairly and kindly. He ad
mitted there had been bitter feeling
between the two branches of the fam
ily.
After a long and bitter wrangle
among the attorneys, a motion made
by the defense to dismiss Louis Mitch
ell was refused and he was held to the
grand Jury. Mitchell's case goes be
fore the grand Jury at once.
A sensational feature of the develop
ments to-day was Mrs. Mulligan's vol
untary appearance before the grand
jury. James Mulligan also went be
fore the grand Jury.
Lady Beeaat, Ragland.
London. Oct. S. —Lacy umm+at, wid
ow of Sir Walter Besant. the nolevls’,
died to-day at Mansion, Devonshire,
from heart AUeaaa.