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    THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIII., No. 254
HUGHES IV HOT
HE CHOICE OF
IEPDUIS
Opponents of New York’s
Governor Can Defeat him
if They Can Settle on
Suitable Candidate.
(By GEORGE H. PAYNE.)
SARATOGA, N. Y.—A gorgeous sun
and a bracing air accompanied the
dawn ot the first day of the New
York state republican convention, but
it brought no joy to the hearts of
the anti-Hughes insurgents.
Saturday and Sunday the delegates
were milling like the cattle of the
west stopped in the madness of a
stampede. Today the milling contin
ues. There is no one to lead the
stampede. Here is the situation in a
.nutshell before the convention is call
ed to order:
The anti-Hughes men have enough
to nominate if they could agree on
just the right kind of a man.
There many men in the state
of jus;, i ! sort wanted. But every
man o nese men Root, Choate et
al—is a Hughes man, refuses to con
sider a nomination, and declares he
would decline it if offered.
It is all but openly admitted that
not one of the men who would ac
cept a nomination can get it. Wads
worth, White, Stewart, Bennett, Ber
ry, and others, have only sectional
following.
Wadsworth is the strongest and
might secure 250 votes.
The convention is due to be called
to order at 3 o’clock this afternoon.
Temporary organization will die ef
fected. Secretary Root as chairman
will deliver his speech and adjourn
ment will be taken until tomorrow
morning. The night will be full of
toil and trouble.
That the situation will change any
is not probable. It has not changed
any in the three days preceding the
convention. The Hughes candidacy
is unlike any other candidacy ever
known in New York state republi
can convention. The governor is not
here, has no authorized representa
tive here and probably refused ‘o
have anything to say to any of his
supporters. The Hughes men until'
this morning have had no organiza
tion or headquarters or spokesmen.
Today this changed in one respect:
William Barnes, ,Ir.. of Albany, the
real original out-and-out anti-Hughes
man. has claimed all along that he
represented in his sentiments and at
titude the organized republicans of
Albany county. Today this was flat
ly contradicted and headquarters
etfen opened at the United States ho
tel by the Taft- Hughes league of
Albany county, where this contradic
tion was handed out to all concerned
and backed up with written state
ments, figures and affidavits.
ROOSEVELT’S
STATEMENT.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y—President
Roosevelt, piqued by numerous re
ports that he is holding the big stick
over the republican leaders in New
York state, dictating to them who
should be nominated for governor, Is
sued a characteristic statement today
denying these reports. The statement
follows:
The president has been In com
munication with Secretary Root and
Cook in reference to
the governorship situation, and has
authorized them to state that, while
he has no intention of dictating, to
all his friends who have spoken to
him on the subject, he has said in
the strongest possible terms that he
favors the re nomination of Governor
Hughes.”
ITALIAN BANKER
HAILED IN COURT
Angry Crowd of Dupea
Present When Caponigri
Faced Judge.
NEW YORK.—After living In con
stant dread of assassination for some
monthß. Pasquale Caponlgrt, charged
with absconding nearly two years
ago. owing depositors in his banking
house at No. 20 Mulberry street, more
than SIOO,OOO, faced many of his an
gry dupes in the Harlan police court
today There was joy of an ominous
kind In Mulberry, Grant and Broome
street* when the news of Caponlgri's
arrest .became known for many of
them f>st all their savings when the
bank "Vised Caponlgrt Is 60 years
old arm well educated. When taken
to police headquarters he said he
fled from his creditors because times
were hard and he could not realize
on the securities he had.
“I did what other* have done,” he
said “I had lost money tn specula
tlon and everything had gone wrong
Your countrymen would have
simply closed their doors, a receiver
would have been appointed and the
law would have taken Its course. But
I could not deal that way with those
of my country. They would have
kllmd me.”
GREENVILLE IN
NARROWLYESGAPES
B. S. Brooks of South Car
olina Lives After Fusi
lade of Bullets —Two By
standers Dangerously
Wounded.
CUMBERLAND, Md.—After his
discharge by B. S. Brooks, of Green
ville, S. C. manager of a force of men
distributing for a St. Louis stove firm,
J, W. Campbell, aged 50 years, of
Baltimore, ,\ld., shot at Brooks seve
ral times in th ( . lobby of th c Hotel
Gladstone, Frostburg, Saturday night.
The shots missed Brooks, firing as
he went. One shot struck Joseph
Bruno, aged 24 years, of Eckhart, Md.,
who was standing in a dtsorway.
Constable John Bartohin tried to
stop Campbell, and the latter engag
ed him, the men firing at each other
within eight feet. A bullet made a
flesh wound in Bartolon’s back, while
Campbell was shot In the lee and in
the index finger.
The fight covered a range of 200
yards in the heart of the business
section and Campbell was finally
overpowered. He was hustled to the
police station, which was surrounded
by a mob of about 1.000.
There were cries of "lynch him” but
Sheriff Hodel arrived on the scene in
an automobile from Cumberland,
covering 11 miles of stiff road in 22
minutes. Seating Campbell in the au
tomobile before him and presenting
a revolver, the sheriff soon had
Campbell away.
Martin is shot In the breast, the bul
let shattering both the collar and
breast bones. It lodged just above
the root of th P heart. Martin's condi
tion is aggravated by a large carbun
cle on the neck. He is also shot in
the hand. Bruno is shot in the liver
and the bullet lodged in the fleshy
part of the back. Both men are in a
precarious condition.
MU CHILDREN
DIE FROM
HEfIJ
CHICAGO- —The hot weather of last
week exacted the heavy toll of 239
deaths from the child population of
Chicago. The mortality was largest
in the crowded district west of the
stock yards and in an equally con
gested district south of the Chicago
; rolling mills.
Improper nourishment and the ex
cessive heat are the causes given by
the board of health report.
GOIiFrHDH HISKEIL
SHED«BOARD
Says the Suit Was Inspired
by the Republican Ma
chine of Oklahoma.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Governor C.
H. Haskell, of Oklahoma, treasurer of
the democrtlc national commute, who
was sued Saturday for $1,122.50 for
board for himself and family at the
Turner Hotel, Muskogqg, says the suit
was Inspired by Oklahoma's republi
can machine. He said If "the gang”
Is looking for a scrap It can't pos
sibly find anybody who will fight
quicker than h e wlli.
I he governor said his family is a
heavy stockholder In the hotel proper
ty; that board for himself and family
wer e always charged off by the presi
dent of the building company, a A.
Kinney, as part payment for rent He
says Fred Schurbel, the former pro
prietor of the hotel who filed the ault
bad consented to this arrangement.
ACCIDENTLY SHOT BY
HIS YOUNG BRIDE
Were Shooting Target and
the Rifle W as Discharg
ed Accidently.
WHEELING, W. Va—Archtlad Stew
art, was shot and mortally wounded
by hit young bride while spending
(heir uoneymoon on the farm of Mr
Stewart's parents at Wilbur. Mi
Stewar married Miss Hall at the
home of her parents at Marietta on
Thursday Thcv went to the country
to spend a few days. While the;
were shooting at a target. Mr. Stew
art was setting the target, Mrs
Stewart accidentally discharged the
rifle the bullet passing through
Stewart s abdomen and pbystclons
say the' cnances of recovery are slight.
The young bride la prostrated.
Local Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Tuesday
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTMEBER 14, 1908.
Three Prelates Prominent at Eucharistic Congress
MANY ARE INJURED
IN TRI WRECK
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS RUNS IN
TO THE REAR END OF AN
EXCURSION TRAIN
ONE WOMAN DEAD
Others Receive Some Se
vere Injuries Carried
to Hospital on Relief
Train.
CHESTERTON, Ind.-At 1 o'clock
this morning the midnight, special on
the Lake Shore, running out oi Chica
go, crashed into the rear end of a
Bpeclal Mancie Indianapolis excursion
train, telescoping the rear coach ami
injuring a score or mope of the 50
passengers in the car, one of whom
Mrs. Esther Hacock, of Chicago, has
since died. The injured are:
H. I, Smith, Indianapolis, artery
cut In Jest arm; H. V. Miller, In
dianapolis, hand and legß cut by glass.
Frank Lohman. Indlanapoiis, head cut
Marion Boyd, Tipton, ind., head and
hands cut and bruised. Miss Rose
Scott, Ind , broken arm Miss Ada
Johnson, Ind , foot crashed. A. C.
Brown, Ind., artery in left arm cut!
Samuel Joseph, Indianapolis, hgnds
cut and arms bruised. Mrs Alctha
Austin, Indianapolis, hands and arms
cut. Miss Mamie Prentice, Indianap
olis, right leg broken. T. R. Prentice
hands cut by glass. Miss Emm i
Connelly, and Miss Julia Connelly,
legs bruised, and others.
The excursion train arrived here
for order* a few minings ahead of the
suburban train. At the time a great
cloud of smoke from the forest fires,
driven down by the wind, hung over
the tracks making thc rear lights In
the excutsiou train dim and shutting
off a view of Ihe tracks even a hun
dred feet ahead of the suburban
'rain at the time the trains came, to
gether. The suburban train was
running at greatly reduced speed ow
ing to the haze, or the Injured list
would have been greater. The sun
urban tram engine telescoped at least
half of the rear coach of the excur
sion train, forcing the passengers of
ihe car to the forward end. Immediate
ly after the trains struck the UglitH
in the coach were extinguished which
added to Ihe confusion In the coach.
Rescuing parties were made up of
trainmen and the excursionists re
moved the injured to temporary hos
pital*, where the injuries were dress
-d temporarily. Later a relief -rain
was rushed to Chicago with the In
jured to place (hem In Mercy Hos
pital.
Home of the Injured were taken to
La Porte hospitals, while the less in
jured proceeded ou the excursion
train to their homes in Indianapolis.
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South Carolina Negroes Are
Charged With Insurrection
I
Intercepted Letter Reveal
ed Plans and Eleven
Negroes are Now in Jail
at Gracewood on Serious
Charge.
COLUMBIA, 8. C. - Eleven negroes
arrested at Ninety-Six. 8. C., are tn
jail at Greenwood on charge of insur
rection. growing out of race friction.
An Intercepted letter revealed the
fact that a hand of negroes had been
planning secretly at Nlnety-Hlx to
“shoot up" the town on Sunday nigh'.
Sept, flth, but that floods which caus
ed annulment of all freight trains had
delayed the delivery of rifles to the
negroes.
Kissed William J. Bryan ,
Was Fined Ten Dollars
WHEELING, W. Va—Because lie
was over zealous In the democratic
cause snd affectionate to William .).
Bryan, Josenh Morgan was fined slfl
and costs by Justice of the peace
Phillips
During the wait for the democratic
presidential candidate In front of th.t
Once Blind Can Now Sec
Through a Rabbits Eye
NEW YORK—A blind man ha*
been mad*' to see through a rabbit'*
eye a* the result of an operation per
formed by Dr. Henry K. Lesser, of
No. 4 Went Ninety-third street Th«
operation consisted In grafting the
cornea from the eye of a rabbit upon
TROOPS EN ROUTE
TO MEXICAN LINE
WASHINGTON—Rush orders rrrr
•more troops on the Mexican border
have been received from General
Meyer, United States army, who la
personally investigating conditions.
Two troops of cavalry have started
from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, mak
ing three troops now in service nßmg
the ltlo Grande, and two more troops
will go forward today.
Advices from Del Rio say there are
Mexican mounted soldiers on the Mex
ican side of the Rio Grande, and that
four more companies are on their
way. The Mexican carrying arms
were arrested last night while en
deavoring to cross the river into
Mexico at a point north of Laredo.
They declare they were pursuing a
gang of horse thieves, but are being
held as revolutionists.
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Thses three prelates of the Roman
Catholic Church took prominent part
in the Eucharistic congress that has
just ended its sessions In .London.
Th,aJ«trge picture is that of Cardinal
Varmutelll, papal legate whos e pro
posed reception by the King occasion
ed such a storm of anger In protes
tant England that the King found it
more polite to attend a race meeting
than to see the legate.. The picture
below is that of Archbishop Bourne
of London. Cardinal Gibbons is shown
In the picture to the right.
P*
Hlierlff McMillan asserts that evl
deuce against the negroes Is conclu
sive. There has been much friction
between tlie race* since the general
election race riot near Ninety Six ten
years ago, when many negroes were
killed.
Two years ago it was rumored that
the negroes were obtaining guns to
use in attack on white citizens, hill
merchants who It was found Hold guns
furnished names of those who bought
them and ail guns were collected.
Four weeks ago Joseph Tolbert, a
white republican, was run out of
Ninety Hlx at the local election and
It is said that In the Intercepted let
ter negroes mentioned ns marked
men four of those most active against
Tolbert.
Windsor Hotel, where he delivered nil
sddress, Morgan stood, awaiting Bry
an's arrival.
As soon as Ihe candidate appeared
at the door, Morgn threw his arms
around him and kissed him affection
ately net ire the Commoner could be
gin to realize what was going on
the eye of the patient, who had been
blind for 15 year*, He I* now able
to count finger* at a distance of Vi
Inch**, distinguish color* and go
about unattended. The opera'lon.
though not unknown to optical sur
gery, ha* seldom proved as success
[tul as to the present case.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAIL
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanter
Leads in New York Muddle
cumin, MD.
WEDLOCK TOWN
Nearly Two Hundred Mar
riages Performed There
in Two Months—Three
Ministers Married Nine
ty-Four Coui>les.
CUMBERLAND, Md—ln July and
August 174 marriages were solem
nized m Cumberland. Ot these mar
riages three ministers performed 94,
while the remaining SO were divided
among 20 ministers.
One ol the ministers in the trio
which Is charged with "having a cor
ner" on tlie matrimonial market, does
not live here, but comes In almost
daily on a trnln. Ills specialty Is
Pennsylvania eloping couples, and ho
is generally at the depot, and Is noti
fied by the newsboy of the number ol'
couples on the train. .
The newsboy canvasses the pas
sengers before the station is reached
and tlie minister arranges with the
couple to perform the ceremony us
the train speeds on. lie performed 27
marriage ceremonies.
Other Cumberland clergymen are
objecting lo the activity In gathering
fees dlsplajed by the outsider, and
it Is understood thut Ihe mliilNleriul
association will lake up Ihe matter.
YOUTH’S REMARKABLE
RECORD OF CRIME
Boy Who Killed Polioo
Captain at Los Angeles
Committtcd Suicide.
LOS ANGELES Carl Hulherlnnd.
the youthfm slayer of Captain of Po
lice Walter Auble, of Los Angeles,
wlio killed himself after ihe crime,
left letters which shew he was a re
markable criminal.
In one of these Idlers Sutherland
said he waH horn al Lamar, Mo., and
became a member of a band wblrh ler
rorlzed that locality. He first aided
iwo criminals, who were wauled for
fobbing a depot al Oswego, Kansas,
and shooting « deputy sheriff, to es
cape In a canoe on the Neosho river
and later Joined them and others in
bolding np an Iron Mountain (rain st
Malvern, rk.
Near Ponca, Oklu., lie was captured
by a vigilance commltlee, but eseap
ed by kmieklng down Ills guard with
a dub ami later holding up one of
the vigilantes and robbing him ot his
pistol, purse and horse. Millibars
of tils band killed several men al
different times In this vldnlly.
lie aided in a .tall break at Lamm,
and later helped hold up a Choctaw
I rain near Memphis, lie was finally
arrested at Okmulgee, Creek Nation,
and taken to Lamar by Hlierlff Har
low, where he was sentenced to the
reform school at Boonesville, Mo, for
17 months.
Sutherland confessed to ti Witnber
of crimes committed here, lie gave
names of members of the hand with
which people was associated and no
counted for the violent deathM of sev
eral of them
Prisoners Overpowers Sheriff
and Attempt to Make Escape
PERKY, (la. —Afler overpowering
the sheriff, whom ihey almost hem
lo death prisoner* In Perry lull Hat
Man Killed Over Last
Drink of Water in Camp
BKLLhJFONTAINE, O Fighting
over the last drink of water left In
camp, the drought having dried up nil
the wells and springs in tlie vicinity
Frank Dadish was shot and killed by
Iwo men at the Ohio Electric Railway
construction camp yesterday. Dudlslt
wanted the water for Ills wife. In the
last two weeks It has become a se
rlous proposition to supply tip. camp
Bryan On Advertising.
It Is the lot of the wise man lo he asked fool questions. In
fact, the asking Is an acknowledgement of the wisdom of Ihe man of
whom the Inquiry ls made. Nobodv ever asks a fool question of u
fool, for a fool answers a fool aceordlng to his folly, and there la no
questlot, whereto tho usker so honestly wants a wise answer as a fool
question.
This being so, the man who asked William Jennlng* Bryan
whether he reuliy believed In advertising paid Mr. Bryan a compli
ment. It happened In Reading, Pennsylvania, last winter, and the
modem Commoner indeed showed that he was a wise man by the re
ply he made. It was:
"THE FELLOW WHO TRIES TO ATTRACT BUSINESS
WITHOUT ADVERTISING IS LIKE THE FELLOW WHO THROWS
HIS SWEETHEART A SILENT KISS IN THE DARK. HE KNOWS
WHAT HE IS DOING—BUT NOBODY ELES DOES.”
It is a Settled Fact, How
ever, That Democratic
State Convention Will be
Free From Domination.
(By EDWARD TRANTOR.)
ROCHESTER, N. Y. -With the ar
rival in Rochester this morning of
Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany Hell
It Is confidently expected the complex
ed gubernatorial situation will be
somewhat clarified after a conference
with state Chairman Conner* and oth
er lenders. As the situation now
stunds it is Lewis Stuyvesant Ohanlnr
against a big field, with chances
somewhat In his favor. Leader Mur
phy Is due here about 9 o'clock and
will probably he accompanied by
Judge Alton B. Parker, who, with
Judge Morgan O. O'Brien, will act ns
either temporary or permanent, chair,
man of the democratic atato conven
tion which convenes tomorrow noon.
Almost immediately upon his ar
rival In Rochester into last night Sen
ator Pat McCarren sought and obtain
ed an Interview with Chairman Con
ners. McCarren came here with two
declarations. One for the existence
or absolute harmony, and the other
for J. B. Adam, of Buffalo, for gov
ernor. While Senator McCarren pro
fesses he Is deeply sincere with ref
erence to his choice for governor,
there is n strong suspicion that the
name of Buffalo's mayor is being uaed
in advance as a blind or Hhleld for
some purpose to bo made known
later.
Chalrninn Conners expressed ihe
opinion that he did not believe tho
Erie county delegation would be solid
for Mayor Adam as reported In some
dispatches. Announcement was made
by Senator McCarren that the Kings
county delegation would hold a can
oe* tonight.
Representative Hulzer of New York
is working industriously ns over for
the gubernatorial nomination and
sonic regard him In the light cf be
ing able to cement u broach or two.
The meeting of the democratic
state committee tonight will bo the
first real business of the convention.
The roll of the convention will be
passed on and temporary officers
Chosen At 8.30 o'clock tonight Chair
man Conners will meet tho county
Chairmen and dlHeuss the situation
'with them.
| At 9 o'clock Mr. Connors will en
tertain the democratic editors at din
ner.
National Chairman Norman R. Mack
Is expected about noon in an auto
from Buffalo.
CROWDS PUSH MAIf
UNDER IITRI
LA PORTE, Ind.—-The drouth con
ditions are so severe In Kankakee
county, whore the farmers maintain
dally and nightly vigil to prevent
their homes and farms from being
swept away hy fire that all day ser
vices for rain were held yesterday In
a number of churches.
The conditions are so serious that
the railroads have men detailed lo
watch the bridges to protect them In
case of Uro.
qrday afternoon attempted jail de
livery, that they did not osenpe was
due to the arrival iff citizens.
with water, It booing necessary to
tramp three tulle* to obtain a supply.
Yesterday morning only enough water
for a drink was left. Riilu and Dar
rlea arrived Just us Dadish was pour
ing the last bit of water to carry to
his wife. The men demanded that ho
divide and when 1 1 refused, a fight
followed. During the scuffle the water
was spilled on the ground,