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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. M l»-.v WNk Jgit wmm ™** 11 H 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. life?' 1 P • t JW r ' y * ill L\ Ml m '^V'i ”, - 1 iff |jjj| ■te . Jr A acsr -i If.. :■», 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,