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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIII., No. 257 POLISH PHIEST BMinTIBB WAS SITTING ALONE STUDY ING HIS BIBLE WHEN THE ATTACK WAS MADE ASSAILANT DEMANDED MONEY Then Hit the Priest in the Head With a Cane, Slashed at His Throat and Cnt His Face. CHICAGO.—The Rev. John Tomas esweki. priest of All Saints Polish (Independent) Cathedral, Robey and I.ubec streets, was beaten and stab bed early yesterday afternoon by a would-be assassin. The attack was made shortly after 1 o’clock, while the priest sat alone in the quiet of his study at the parish house, ad joining the cathedral, stduylng his Bible. The assailant entered the parish house unobserved, by way of a rear stairway leading to the porch, and mounted the spiral stairway leading to the study. The first intimation of his presence was given Father Tomasesweki when the man appeared in the doorw'ay of the study. "What can I do for you, my son?” asked the priest, who later recovered to the extent of being able to relate the occurrence. "I want money and you must give it to me,” the visitor said. "I have no money, my son, so I can give you none.” replied the priest. He declares no other word was said The assailant leaped forward, swing ing a heavy cane from behind him, and struck the priest heavily across the forehead. As the priest stnggered hack against the reading table the man struck another blow, and as Fa ther Tomasesweki reeled he slashed twice at the priest's throat. The first stroke of the knife caught the priest in the face, nearly severing his nose; the second, delivered as he fell, in flicted a long, deep wound across the side of his face. The priest was dis covered by his housekeeper .uncon scious. lying in a pool of blood. She ran fo.r doctors and notified the po lice of the attack. The priest says he never had seen his assailant pre vious to his appearance in the door way of the study. He gave a good description of the man. MOURNED FOR REID iii wilmietuoi Disappeared Mysteriously Eight Years Ago, Made Another fortune and will Return Home. CHICAGO —Old, enfeebled and yearning for the familiar sights of Chicago, John Woolensaok, who disap peared mysteriously from his home in this city eight years ago, has been discovered in a little town In Califor nla and may return t.o this city to spend his remaining days. His family would have mourned him as dead had It not been for the lact that the Pennsylvania Railroad company was desirous of acquiring the business block at Canal and M’ashlnr ton streets, which the old man had owned. Just as the family had taken steps to have ap administrator ap pointed for the estate, which would have had the effect of making Wool ' -nsack legally dead, his whereabouts were discovered. Wooiensack was found saveral months ago by an agent of the Chi cago Title and Trust Company. Btncc then the efforts of his wife and her children have been exerted in an af fectionate effort to keep his where abouts a secret. They "didn't want him bothered," they said. It is known, however, that he has twice visited Chicago within that period without making his pretence known to his most intimate friends. All that is known in general is that the old man—he was nearly 60 when he left home —had made practically another fortune in California. A xhrewd business man in this cfy lie amassed more than half million dol lars when he left which he left to ills wife and ehitdren. But when, on the afternoon of Au gust 23. lD'ift be put on his hat and left his hardware store at Canal and Washington s'reets with the intern tlon of disappearing forever from this city he took with him enough funds to establish himself elsewhere. It hat- developed that he departed with ca*b and securities approximating >40,000. This ha/ been more than dottblea by his shrewd Investment* in th* west. One of the old hardware merchant s -friends was asked what caused him wo ieave 'Asthma and society," ho said He suffered from asthms but more .han that he objected to chantr Ing bit manner of Ufa after be amm sed a fortune He always a plain ’nan and a* hit wife and children be came ambitious for 'selal prestige there *u more of less friction 80 be Juat decided to go away. Hit estate is now vatinuud to p* worth |7(W,O(K». SEHSTIM GALVESTON, TEXAS GALVESTON. Tex.—This city yes terday, from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m„ weathered one of the severest storms excepting th e cataclysm of September S. 1000, in many years. The wind, blowing from the northeast, reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour for about two minutes, and held to a 62- tnile an hour gale for several min utes. It was uot a hurriean.e but a West Gulf disturbance. Nearly six and a half inches of rain fell, and owing to a poor drainage system, the streets were flooded with water to depths varying from six to twenty inches. The actual damage was triflfllng, but the scare prompted many timid people to go to Houston, 50 miles inland, only to encounter the same storm, which reached there yes terday evening with a higher wind velocity. hduselting NEW CONVICT 11 ATLANTA, Ga. —The house is to day voting on the tuiw convict bill. The measure is being adopted, a sec tion at a time, and will be passed. An effort to fix value on a convict was defeated. Bach speaker was limited to ten minutes. DRUNKARD S GLASS TAKE THREE BAT TREATMENT RICHMOND, Va.—A class of 100 drunkards under the immediate su pervision of Alderman Ellett and Pro bation Officer Porteaux last night be gan taking a three-day cure for the liquor habit, at th e hands of a phy- j slcian who says that by his system the worst of sots will lose all desire for Intoxicants after three days. The men in the class ar e all on pro batlon from the police court. The class assembled at the First Baptist j church at 8 o’clock, where the first j treatment was administered. Owing to the condition of a number i of the drunkards now In the city jail, it is considered Inadvisable to release them in order that they may take the treatment, so a separate class will be treated In the Jail tomorrow TOUNGWHITEGIRL'S MALTREATED BDD'I FOUND ■ BLUKFIELD. W. Va.—The body ot Lou Stafford, a ter. year old whlit girl, who has been missing since Mon day, v.as found Thursday night in a l clump of bushes In the court house yard at Welch The child had been strangled after being maltreated. A suspicion points to an old white man The body was located by the clerk of the court, whose mother had e dream in which she saw the child s bod' lying In lie court house yurd beside a clump ol bushes. The mother told her son who went to the spoi and there found the body Just as ijs mother had seen it iri the dream ATTORNEY GENERAL WARNS OFFICIALS ATLANTA Ga. —As a result of At torney General Hart’s recent opinion, the county authorities of the sta'c will be warned against, leasing or hiring misdemeanor convicts to private per sons, firms or corporations and per son* now »nesged In working such convict* will be formally notified that ihey ate doing so in viola;Ion of law. The governor believes that, private camp* of the state will be broken up in ’hi* way. LAWYER INDICTED. MATTOON, lll—The Mat toon city court grand Jury yesterday returned an Indictment against John 8. Hall, one of the best known criminal law yer* of this part of the state, charg ing that on April 2fi he attempted to bribe the town clerk to allow the ballot cast In the local option el" tlon that day to be tampered with HaJl was’ placed under at rent yester day evening and released on *1,500 bond. Local Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Fair; warmer tonight; Saturday showers. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 18, 1908. ILL PUMP HER 10 MIS FROM THEM From now on there will bo plentj ol water in the mains of Augusta ample for fire and all purposes ex eept drinking. This morning by or der of the mayor after conference with the president of the Board oi Health a tire engine was placed at the wharf and put to work pub piny Savannah river water directly into the mains. This afternoon two jiunipt. with a combined capacity of a mil lion and a quarter gallons will be placed at the foot of Campbell street. It will be operated by a locomotive. A third pump will be installed at the Chemical works, where a great basin has been formed by the flood. This will give a pressure ol' fifty or more pounds on the street level and Is suf ficient to send the water to the third story of houses or even higher. This action has not been taken by the mayor until *«und absolutely nee essary. All the water In the reservoir is practically exhausted and it will be some days yet before the water will be in the canal permitting the usual pumps to work. Much of th e Inconvenience of re cent days will be thus obviated, hut Augustans will still have to buy drink Jug water or carefully boil that sup plied through the mains. The wa ter at present given is not filtered oi clarified, but comes direct from the river. It is not fit for drinking and is supplied for flushing purposes and for fire use. Under no circumstances should it he allowed to get Into one s mouth before It Is boiled. The pen nlty for violating this may be typhoid fever. The Board of Health cautions everyone to boll the water Even 11 spring water Is used boiling cannot hurt it. 801 l th e water. CMCKSn LIT IRK II HuFXE ENTERED HIS ITALIAN VILLA AND STOLE MANY VAL UABLES PITCHED BATHE RAGED Sheriff and Posse Fight the Burglars With Pistols; Sheriff Wa* Wounded. SOUTH NORWALK, Conn —A gang of New York cracksmen looted the beautiful Italian villa of Mark Twain at Keddlrg early Friday and after waru engaged in a desperate pistol hade wilh Sheriff Banks, of Danbury and his posse. During Ihe battle Sheriff Banks was i-hot in the leg and one of the rob hers was wounded and captured. The battle took place on board a train of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad, as it drew out or lie ihel, Sheriff Hanks having traced the robbers lo that point. It was about midnight when Miss Lyon, Mark Twain’s secretary, was aroused by hearing the crash of glass on tin lawn In front of the house. She awakened the humorist and his daughter, Miss Clara Clemens, and the butler Claude Douchotte, who was armed. The party sallied out on tip lawn and found two men rifling thp drawers of an oken sideboard which they had carried from the dining mom and which was filled with souvenirs and costly plait s. Six or seven shots were llred by the burglars, who is known as filed Rooney,” and the sides and the roof of the car were perforated. Constable George ..nkn displayed wonderful grit by holding to Ms man in spite ot the fact that he had been shot in the thigh and was seriously Injured. When Rooney wu-; finally pounded Into submission, several id the seats in the ear were demolished and the car look< d like a slaughter pen, being saturated with blood from the officers and the burglars. A bag of loot containing *BOO or *7OO worth of was found In the seat of the ear. The two thieves were traced to Bethel. Word was telephoned to Red ding and there Constable George Banks and Const ,blc Harry Thomas boarded the train. Conductor John Dias pointed on the two men and their bundle of plum dei at which one of the men rati out one end of the car and up the truck. The baggage master had been stand lug outside and h< shot the robber In the leg. wounding him so that he was caught before he had gone far. ( Roonev shot for the other enn of the | ear and was headed off by Bias fn •he fight Constable Thomas 'humb wa* m arly bitten off hv the thief who had to be pound' d Into Insensibility | before he gave Up. SUICIDE BY TRAIN. WATERINGHURY. Kng While ! th,. gbf-Ht of Col. CharloK Edward Ward**, M. I\, at Teuton Major Con oral Edward Luard, retired whoa#* w|f*» wbh m>rtt#*rlotmly *hot and killed n#»ar London on Aug'iMt 24 committed Riilrldf* this morning by throwing hlm i **lf beneath tho whotU ot a moving fulu. * EVELYN THAW BACK IN CITY d q a is 0 a WON'T TALK FAMILY AFFAIRS NEW YORK Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw returned lo New York yes terday from a three weeks' vacation in tile country. Darin her absence It was published: Fiist That she is to Hall for Europe on September 26 for a two years’ auto trip through England and Iho continent. Second That the chauffeur who drove her dally between her hotel and the Tombs during the long confinement of her husband, Harry K. Thaw, had resigned ills position with an nuto company and would ne company her as her driver. Third That she had placed herself under competent Instrnotoi s and expected lo return to the stage once her present matrimonial trou bles are at an end. Fourth- That she was writing a hook that would bear her life and tell more ill detail of !he troubles that led up to Harry Thaw's murder of Stanford White. Also Mrs. Thaw was reported as having been seoti in Cincinnati, Detroit, Saginaw, Mich.; Boston, Baltimore, Atlantic City, and Montreal. But here Is her own story of her vacation and plans, as told to a Hearst Now* Service reporter: "Being greatly upset by the many false stories appearing about me from time lo lime, I decided that 1 was err titled to quietude. Thus II was I packed up my grip and stole quietly away. All the time I was within a few miles of New York and as I was not recognized. I was spared many annoyances. That my vacation did me good yon can see by the flush on my chocks and the horrid freckles on my nose. What Is more, by ihe simple life I gained ten pounds, and never felt better In my life. "When my troubles are over I hope In go abroad for a couple of years. Egypt is Iho country I wiHh most to visil. Two years I here would prove both pleasurable and profitable lo my health. “As for the stage, should I live to be one thousand years old, I would never think of returning to it. Again, there Is no need why I should appear before the footlights. My Income for all future time is assured. I do not need the money. "Of any differences with my relatives I would not speak They are sacred to ine and to them. Suffice It to say I shall never, no never, marry again. "In future I hopy that I may be left alone, ho the world will some dav realize I am not as black In cither mind or action as I have been painted.” WOMAN BORNEO BY her own mm MOBILE. A hi. I ylng on a rot In the hospital hrr« Ih Mr*. Mary Bradford, the wife of t’aptaln John Bradford, a retir ed ship iriHHtrr, dying from horrlbla burn about her head and body, c&uikml by her own hand*. Early l hi* morning Mr*. Bradford poured k*ro*en« oil over her clothing and applhd u niaU’h to her garment*. Tin unfortunate woman ran Into thr nfr»*et for fully a block before *he wa* caught by neighbor* and Iht flaming dre** extinguished. A big *enM*tlon he* been created by tin* woman’s attempted iulrldc, and tho phynlelan* hold out urnal! cbunco for her recovery. NINE SHIPS ARE REPORTED OVERDUI? Fear In Felt That They Have Been Founded in the Galea. NB'.V YORK—Nine ship* are over due In thin port ami fear Ir felt 111 shipping circle* that some of them may have foundered In th© a rent gale that la raging on the Atlantic. Detail* f the a term, called the worst In year*, were brotiKht to port bj officer* and pa enger* of the llambim; American line aleamihlp Deiitachland. The terrlflce gnle, wltn the velocity of the wind fluctuating between 70 and 80 mile* an hour, swept down on the bits liner at eight o'clock Wednesday night, continued for eight hour*, and left a* suddenly a* It appeared Thl* same hurlrcane, which lanhed a path of gigantic wave* from the Gulf stream northward, overtook at least eight coatUwlae »team era bound for New York, and none of these, due yesterday, has yet been reported |t caught during Its height the outward hi ind f'unard line steamship Dual tanla and the White Star's Majestic, which sailed from this port WeUnes day morning. SHOT AT IN, BUT STRUCKJAUCHTER COLUMBUS, Go While T. J. Ha den, a prosperous farmer living four miles from here, was sitting with Ills family on the front porch last night, h>- was fired on from ambush by un known HHHMHHItIH. Tile bllllet lllisseil its mark but struck little Klhln, Ha den s ten-year old daughter, and nior tally wounded her. The child expired this morning. There has been found no clue to the assaHsliiH. JOHNNIES IN ROW. ROME, (la. Oro Knight, tenor and leading man of the Majestic Comedy company, which Is play ing an engagement at the Rome opera house, was :.hot In the arm, struck In the mouth with a brink and otherwise roughly treated last night In a melee with four or flv,, “Johnnies’’ who had ne • eompunied some of Ihe chorus girls to the hoarding house as • ter the show. MR. RYERSON GUESS’ POULTRY EXHIBIT Hr, Will Send a Wyandotte Exhibit to the Nashville Show. 1 • Mr. fly* root i Ou**r* will *<*nd l ight of I I* fti)i’*l While Wyandotte bird* to th* NhmHvlll* f'oultry Hbow. which open* H*p»emb«r 2l*». H< at first Intended t*. Nffid two pen*, but on Recount of the fii* * that faellltie* tor getting the mirk fri Nhape are rather limit'd, he thought be • to enter only a *<*»p of eight Mr tJue**, bird* ate among the t>«*i In ih* KOilth, and It * *afe ,to ray they'll l>< among tii« t»'-*i of ih*j|r cluaa ul Sunn villa DAILY AND SUNDAY SB.OO PER YEAR ONE KiLLED AND ONE INJURED WHEN AIRSHIP FELL TO EARTH Lieut, Selfridße Dead and Orville Wright in Hos pital With Broken Ribs and Hip. Passed Good Night. WASHINGTON, D. C. Orville Wright paksed a fairly comfort able night, hut is still in pain, tie is fully conscious and dis cussed the accident with Me chanic Taylor, his assistant, this morning. WASHINGTON. Latest reports from tlie military hospital at Fori Myer Indicates (hut Orville Wright, ihe earoptanlßt who was Injured In Iho fall of his machine yesterday, at the time Lieut. Thomas K. Scllrldgo met liis death, has a good chance of recovery, ills Injuries consist of Iwo broken ribs on the right side and a fractured left hip, 'together with some bruises and contusions. So fai ns can he learned, no vital organs were affected, and, although Mr Wright inis losl considerable blood, he will make a Speedy recovery. The ward department tills morn ing gave Instructions that the spot on the Fort Myer parade ground where tl)o europium' fell, shall ho marked with a view to live erection (hereon of n monument to the memory ot Lieut. Selfrhlge. the bravo young ar tlllery officer who was Wright’* com punton mi tho trip which ended ho tlisisl ronsly. While the breaking up or the pro* enl rj chlnn and the Injury of Mr. Wrlgtu have brought to u close, for Ihe present, all efforts to qualify Bit ihe government tests, it is generally understood Hull ycßtcrdav s accident will not deter the Wright brothers from MiiitlmiinK In thejr life work. A telegram from llatlon. 0., quotes l,orln Wright, a brother of Orville and Wilbur as saving that his brother will pursue till' tests until their machine Ih as near perfect as It ta possible lo make It, unless they lose their lives In the attempt. CharluH H. Flint, the New York banker who has been Interested with (he Wrlghls In their work, and who witnessed last night’s mishap, also as scried that Ihe tesl* would be con Untied as soon as Mr Wright lias re covered and the machine can he re imlrvd. Will Be Investigation. Mv direction of Major Squlor, act ing Chief signal officer. Ihe entire membership of the aeronautic hoard on duty In this city. Including Major Charles McK. Sul/.maa. Captain • him S. Wallace and Lieut. Frank I*. Latim, ail of the signal corps, Lleilt. George C Sweet U. H. N„ and Lleilt. Rich aid II Greeny, 11. 8. M. 0., proceeded to Fort Myer ibis morning ami begun an exhaustive Investigation of yester day’s accident They made a minute examination of the aerujdnne wlleek, examining the breakages and closely questioned Mechanics Taylor and bur nerr the officers who were presi n , and nil other reliable eye witnesses. In addition to the Investigation lor cause, the board will make an Inven tory of Ihe machine and a complete report hh to its exact condition. Beyond th* all Important fact that the propeller broke, Machinist Tayler was unable to explain tills morning the technical cause of the disaster. There Is one theory that the offlt In.ls are now Investigating that would in dicate that the propeller, on account of Its added longth, may have Jtrm-k a wire eonnerlid with the supports of the frame work. The other henry Is that the propeller, which Is made of pieces or birch, was Insecurcly.lxaind, and gave way under the slrai'i of the extraordinary rapid revolutions neces sary lo the carrying of iwo pat-.eng era' Lieut. Kt Bridge being a heavy man. No arrangements have as yet been made for the funeral of Lieut. Self ridge. It Is probable, however, that tin lieutenant will Is- burled In the Arlington National Cemetery, near the i remains of Adnjlral Helfrldge, and dose by the spot where he met 111* death. NEGRO MUST DIE. HI’IUMIFIELII, Id Joe James, th" negro slayer of clergy A Ballard, must pay the penalty of death upon ill,, gallows for Ills crime. The fixing of punishment at death was returned | at (Lift o'clock lasi evening, after the ! |ury had deliberated since 10:45 to I the morning. Generalities Don’t Count*. AN OLD REAL ESTATE DEALER QUOTED IN THE DETROIT FREE PRESS "T’cero are matiy way* to advertlm*-, nonie good. Home ball and ROtnc not worth i ' u*h ’ -alti an old and fill real estate dealer the other day, eofiinientlfig on tho Vnturn* from Hlh liner ad*. "Out* way It) advertl*n and nt v* r expec and return I* to nruikci your advertisement too general, flic man who goes Into genorall ins in a real i state advertisement is wasting space Tho man who goes Into details will gel. Him returns. "I wouldn’t give much lor an ad’ that rays that John Smith iias a great iimibcr of fine prop*rtl'-H for .;al*. not If It covered a page. The adverllaemem Gin! ons that lohn HmlHi will sell a two-story residente on c»rs aveim in a<■ lain block, for *IO,OOO, 10 per cent i ~sh. half east) or all ersh, is worth something. The prospictlve Outer ,n see by the price whether the pro perty Ir within his means Mv th. terms quoted he <nn tell wfielhcr he ran handle Ii or not H<- eap alto determine whether the locality d II hi hint as M appears In tin, advertisement he will make h, . to t ill mi the dealer having th* property. WRIGHT'S BROTHER DEARS OFAGGIDEIiT LE MANS, Franco.—Wilbur Wright, brother of Orville, who was to have made a flight on the field of Auvours In the try for the Mlehelln and Aero club prizes was very much perturbed over tho accident which resulted In the death of Ltcut. Helfrldge and the injury to his brother. Upon receipt of tho news he countermanded the order for the preparations for his flight. From the meager details he had received ho was ftt a loss to un derstand how the accident could have happened. The announcement not. to fly Friday created a profound impression on the great crowd that. Bad assembled on tho field. lit PROTESTED lICREASED RATES » w. ■> ATLANTA, Ga- Formal protest ha* been filed with the Interstate com. merce commission by Attorney Gen eral Hart and James K. Hines, of the railroad commission, against the pro posed Increase in (tie rates on Tour, grain mid meals from Ohio and trail* Mississippi ptilu(s to Georgia. The charge Is made that tho railroads have not been economlccally operated or the Inorease would not have been necessary. BATTLESHIP FLEET, SAILS MANILA ALBANY, Australia— With th* Con twcMctii lh«* only ship of tlio Amarlear* not coaled, ordma have b*»»n l**uod Tor willing thin hridfiy afternoon at b o’clock. Tho dcNlinallon la Manila which will he reached about October 2. The days that the Hast remained in Ihe harbor here w«m a gala occasion for Albany. A liritlnli whip wan present and uMnlatcil Iri tho recaption and entertain ment of the men and officer*. The ter mination of the fleet’* visit mark* the end of the mo*t notable exchange of ln t < rnet lona I amenities In tho history the American navy. SANITARY INSPECTORS FIGHT CHOLERA EPIDEMIC MANILA One hundred additional munitary tnapcctor* were sworn In today in the campaign to wipe out the Choi* era epidemic which claimed 12 victim* In the pa*t twenty-four hour*. Today there are twenty-five on»ea of the dlHciiMc, and every effort in being made to prevent a Hpread. F3very effort In being made to have the dlaeaae •damped out hv the time that the Amer ican fleet arrive*. CARNEGIE'S PARTNER ARRESTED PITTBBURQ, I’a.—Harold H. Hope, son of II I*. Hope, vice president of the Carnegie Htacl Company, one of Andrew Carnegie's young partner* who Is worth between |r>,ooo,ooo and |8,0t»0,000 was arrested here this after i,non with Frank U. Steen and W. U (laugh. SPECIAL SESSION BEGINS INDIANAPOMB. Ind Hpecial set slot or the sixty fifth general assemb ly of Indiana convened today tinder a cull from Governor llandly to con sider among other things a county meal option bill and bill giving the governor additional ailtho'ltj **» W" vent destruction of property by night riders in Houthem Indiana.