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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. - - ’-■■-■■ ■ ■■■■--f ;. g— _ 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.