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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME xm„ K*. 260.
SI LEASERS
CORTEREIMI
r ALK OVER HEARST’S
CHARGES AGAINST GOVER
NOR HASKELL, THE
DEMOCRATIC
TREASURER
BEARST HURTING REPUBLICANS
Cs not Doing the Democrats
Any Harm, But Is Really
Helping Them.
SEW YORK.—The New Ycrk Press
or Monday has the following news
■eport on the conference between \V.
I Bryan, National Democratic Chair
nan Norman E. Mack, and D. Cady
Herrick, in Albany:
"Chairman M ack and Bryan talked
J vor the Hears? charges against Gov
■mor Haskell, of Oklahoma, the
'feasurer of the democratic national
committee. Mack was reticent on
hit reiurn last night when questioned
about Haskell, but he Intimated that
Utbough Senator Foraker has been
Irlviii from the raft campaign by
Uearst s accusation in connection
with -Standard Oil, Haskell will /at
lult so easily.
' He wul rest his case simply on a
lai denial of the truth of Hearst’s
tccasation.
U is evident, however, that Bryan,
Mack and other democratic leaders
>re eimjairassed sericusly by Hearst’s
charge that Standird Oil interests
ve on friendly twins with Bryan in
•ihlH campaign. Hr.an, it was learn
■d, ltiUtmed to make s> great play"
in the west on his assertion that the
steel trust tr supporting the Taft cam
paign.
"One of Bryan's closest friends sari
yesterday the Nebraskan w- 1 make
raesi prominent hereafter his plan to
bav» naivonrl banh~ guarantee their
deposits, as he believes this is a
t.oflttlnr cry. Bryan bar- said conh
dontiaily (hat he believes the bank
guaratuet pian is one- of his strong
est issues In Ibis campaign, as it
litis been received well everywhere
he has used it for a texi.
"Another change has heeu made ne
e-wary in Bryans plans. He was
preparing to picture Hearsl as real
ly "In cahoot" ,h the republicans
for a conelrtei.. jn, but Hearst’a at
tack on Foraker and the consterna
tion it has caused in republican ranks
will cause Bryan to go slow in assail
ing Hoaret along the lines planned.
"Prominent democrats advised Bry
an yesterday that Hearst is injuring
'he republican party even more than
be is hurting Bryan, and that It
would be best for Bryan to give him
plenty of rope, and pay as little at
tention to him as possible."
MANCHESTER
COTTON MILLS
V IDLE
MAt'RIifVKR, Eds —More than 400
cotton mills Id Lancashire are idle as
result ot a dispute over wagas be
tween operatives and employers.
This means that 40,000,000 spin
dles are whollv or partially stopped
that more than >200,000.000 of caltal
is not bringing in sny return, and that
140,000 operatives are without work,
and losing something over $700,-
000 in wages a week In view of the
present glutted condition of the mar
ket it is not believed that this ces
sation of work will entail any heavy
damages to employers. It Is not felt
here that the strike will last long
for the card room workers are ex
pected soon to take a second ballot,
and agree to five per cent reduction
in wages.
SHERIFfI*
SHOT DIN
NEGRO
FORT GAINER, Ga —George Tha
mas, the negro whom the coroner's
Jury charged with the murder of
Henry and Herfiert Plus, ten day*
■iff was Mondsv morning shot to
Sen -. tny Sheriff W. H Beard, after
the negro had shot the .sheriff five
•lmes In restating arrest.’
MRS. HANNAH CORBIN DEAD.
NEWPORT, R I. —Mrs. Hannah N.
Corbin, of New York, widow of Aus
tin Corbin, died suddenly at her turn
ner home, aged 5«. She was the
»wner of Corbin Park, the splendid
yame preserve established by her
nusband, which contained 25.000 acre*
and was stocked with herds of va
rloua wUd a aim ala by Mr. Corbin.
MRS. WILLIAM NEAL HUGHES
Q Q 0 Q Q Q
NEE GWENDOLYN WHIPPLE
Mrs. William Neal Hughes, formerly Miss Owendolln Whipple, who be
came the bride of the Naval Officer, recently at Newport.
“This Is My Last Glass, Boys,”
He Said, Then Dropped Dead
CHICAGO —John Burskew, 02 years
old, a character in the lodging houses
of the West Side, dropped dead yes
terday while drinking In a saloon,
"This is the last glass, boys" he
said, as he raised the liquor to his
FOHAKEH CANNOT
SPEAK FOR
TAFT
NBW YORK.—As a result of evi
dence produced by William R. Hearst
In speeches In Columbus and Bt.
Louis showing close relations between
Senator Foraker of Ohio and the
Standard Oil company, Senator Fora
ker will not be permitted to speak
for William H. Taft at the nuns meet
ing in this city on October j.
This was agreed to at a conference
between Governor Hughe*, Frank ii.
Hitchcock, chairman of tie repuiil
can national committee, and Herbert
Jtarsons. president of the New
county committee at the Hotel Astor
this afternoon. Mr. Hitchcock had
previously discussed the question with
Mr Taft over the long distance tele
phone and was gattsfied that Sena
tor Foraker should not be allowed to
speak for Taft lp this or any other
state In the light of Mr Hearst'a
revelations of his connection with
the Standard Oil Trust. Both Gov
erner Hugh'* and Mr. Parsons wer.
ot the opinion that Senator Foraker
should not he allowed to speak for
th* republican ticket and M«. Hitch
eoek agreid with them It was de
cided finally that Governor Hughes
rhould make (he opening speech In
hie place and that he should be no
leoted la place ot Mi. Foraker.
Local Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Fair tonight; probably showers Tuesday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 21, 1908.
lips, "for I have decided to reform
and mean to begin right now.
"We have seen many places to
gether—”
Before he could finish speaking the
empty glass slipped from his fingers
and with a moan he fell dead.
EARLE (All HIS WIFE
ARE IT PEACE
AGAIN
MONROE, N. Y.—Again the Dove
of Peace reigns In the household of
Frederick Plnnev Eearl.
Eluding the villagers and met only
by the husband whom she left after
she accused him, a few weeks ago, of
beating ner, Mrs. Earle arrived at
Oxford station, near this place Sa'ur
day night. She carried her baby and
was unaccompanied.
Earle drov*- from Monroe to Ox
ford to meet her bundled her and h<-.
luggage into tin carriage quickly to
avoid attracting attention Husband
and wife drove to the Earle home
without It becoming known In the
village that Mrs. Earle has returned.
None of Mrs. Earle’s relatives, who
were charg' d by th'- artist with bring
ing about the breach between hjin
and his wife, which resulted in Earle
spending a day In Jail, Is flr the Earle
home, TTte mother of the artist, how
ever, fg there and since her return
from Europe recently Is said to have
been Instrumental In restoring to
peace to Earle's domestic establish
meat.
NEGRO KILLS SHERIFF
FORT GAINS, Gs W W. Beard,
sheriff of Clay county, was mortally
shot a 7 o’clock this morning by i
negro supposed to be the man who
killed the pins boys at Shelltoan J as'
week. A posse is iu purs hit.
MUCKSSH'S
ciisiijmi
LIFE TERM PRISONER WITH
OUT CAUSE FOR SUCH A
LONG SENTENCE
RELEASE DESIRED
Aroused Indignation and
Now An Attempt To
Secure a Pardon
Is Stai'ted.
GALVESTOfJ, Tex.—Chaplain Jake
Hodges, of Texas state penitentiary,
at Huntsville, has just brought to
light that W J. Dent, a cousin of Gen
eral T. J. ("Stonewall”) Jackson’, and
a member of one of the first families
of Virginia Is a life term prisoner in
Ibis institution; that his tncareera
tiou seems without due process of law
and that his offense was not such as
to warrant such punishment even in
Russia. He has endured the suffer
ings for eight years. But disclosure
by the prison chaplain has aroused
indignation and started a move to so
cure his pardon.
Dent, ten years ago, was given a
short time for swindling, but was
pardoned. While Imprisoned he form
id a friendship with a man named
isancs, who was serving a life sen
tcvj'o for accessory to murder. Re
leas'd from prison, Dent got hold of
a pardon blank, which had been used
and substituting the name of Isaacs,
secured the letter's release. Isaacs
disappeared, but Dent was captured
and sentenced for life. He was re
fused a trial by jury and was not per
mitted to testify or Introduce wit
nesses.
ciioyscnc
HMD OR. M’ELMIEEII
'
Warns Young Men against
Voting For the Shrewd
! Politicians.
CHICAGO.- "Joseph (i Connob it
a scalawag, who should be Ignored
by the people," is one of the state
ments made by Dr. William T. Mc-
Elween, pastor of the First Congre
gational - Church of Evanston. 11l a
lively little talk yesterday to the
members of the Young Men s Bible
i lass of the church. The subject
that Dr. McKlween spoke upon was
"The Ethical Significance of Uovor
nor Hughes' Ite-nomlnatlon."
"Young men, lie careful In the
choice tor men for whom you are go
Ing to cast your votes In the comtnr,
election, and beware of Speaker Can
i on, of Senators Hopkins, P'att ai d
Aldrich," said Dr McKlween. "O"
| course these men are shrewd. That
jit their business- to In adroit point
| dans. And for J G. Sherman, the
Sunny Jim' ol the newspapers, why.
lie Is nothing more than a prince ol
politicians, who has more tact than
worth Tin God or Hughes, of Bryan
and of Roosevelt today.'
THE SALVATION ARMY
ANTI-SUICIDE BUREAU
Many Application* Have
Been Received and More
Coming.
LONDON- The Anti-suicide Bureau
of the Salvation Army has just, com
pleted eighteen months of existence
during whic h the value of the schem"
has been fully evident In the first
year of the life of the bureau 1,125
applications were received and since
then people have been seeking aid at
the rate of about twenty a week. It
Is the Intention of the army leaders
to open similar bureaus In New York
Berlin and Paris.
CONGRESSMAN BEDE
SCORES JOE CANNON
He I* Not At. All Sore
About His Defeat, Just
Joke* About It.
DULUTH, Minn -"When next I
see Hpeaier Cannon," ssld Congress
man J. Adam Bede, "I shall have to
demand that lie reimburse the filing
fees that I paid to rifit for re-norw
nation for congress In this district. I
paid the filing fee and he ran. That,
was not fair. Besides, he had no
tight to try and run for congress out
side of his own state. It is uncon
Mlnitlonal."
Mr, Hede lapxhfd and the hearers
'bought .! we a good one on Can
non. Mr. Bede Is not at all dlsap
pointed over his defeat last Thurs
day.
"I can make In three months what
It lakes me a year to rnase as a con
gressman," he said. ’ and have nice
mouths for study and travel, ao that
•i financial way 1 shall be better
off out of congress '*
PJIRIS TELEPHONE SYSTEM
COMPLETELY WIPED OUT
Shut Off From the Outer
World’s Telephone
Communication.
PARIS.---Business is completely nt
u standstill tn Paris today as the re
suit, oi the ». ,000,000 tiro which wiped
out the telephone system and des
troyed the now five-story central tele
phone building this morning.
It was not until day light that the
firemen, weary with lighting tlamis
all day yesterday in the Fauburg
street department stores and ut uigln
at the post oftlre central telephone
building, managed to get the ravine
ing conflagration under control.
Even at this time It is Impossible
to estimate the vast loss which wll:
result from the sweeping fires. Busi
ness fs so badly crippled that It will
require weeks to get it to normal
again. Figured conservatively upon
the apparent damage done, the loss
will reach $5,000,000 but indirectly
Ihe loss will be much greater,
Paris might just as well be trans
ported to the middle ages today, so
far as long dlstince communication
is concerned. Added to this fie burn
ing of the post office burned many
thousands of letters and postal puck
ages and has contused the mall sys
tem so greatly that tho authorities
have Issued bulletins to the people
stating that it will be some time be
fore the system ts again tn working
order.
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE
A MYSTERY.
The origin of the fire is somewhat
mysterious and numerous rumors
{gained currency today while the In
vestigutton was being made by the
police. It was reported that the con
flagration was of an Incendiary nature
but later this gave way to the newer
rumor that It had originated from a
short circuit. The employes of Ihn
central office are being questioned to
day but so far this has revealed noth
Ing The description of tin* (Ire as
told by Ihe young women employes of
the office Is most ghapliic. The girls
were first aroused by clouds of smoke
Which surged through the building,
seemingly from nowhere. The burn
ling guttapercha, which was used In
Igreat quantltes In the telephone equip
inent, added a pungent volume which
j was almost deadly to the Inmates of
the place. Within a short time the
j offices from the entire five floors of
the building were so completely tilled
with smoke as to render escape a per
ilous action. The women found their
way to the windows by keeping close
to the walls.
FIREMEN RESCUE
WOMEN.
The firemen raised ladders and ca l '
fled down the half fainting women,
while others ascended the roofs to
adjoining buildings, carrying ladders
and axes and lines of hose upon I heir
errands of rescue.
Meantime the streets were rapidly
filling with a crowd so vast that the
police could not control It, Platoon
after platoon of reserve men were
ordered to the scene by the prefect,
hut they were swallowed up In the
vortex of seething humanity and
proved Utterly unable to handle the I
mighty throng.
The spectators disregarded the or
tiers of the police and crowded upon
the firemen hindering them In their
work, making ihe fight against the
flames a much more severe task
The officers of tho telephone coin
l<anioß give; th«i public every mhmi r
ancc today that the hvsNdi would !> •
placed In normal working otdi r an
quickly as po«*ft>le, and alniOHl before
Iht ruins of th« building had ceased
to Hiuokc, an army of men had been
sot to work.
FIRE SPECTACULAR
AND COSTLY.
If wan one fit the most Hpwfficulftr
and co itJy fires that ever visited
Pam. 'lll** dailies roared from the
roof of the telepfionr bul'dlnr glvinx*
li tho upfieanuK*** of a aeethtriK mu’-
dron. Greedy tongu'w leapt d from
the windows and shower' of sparks
burst upward like tin? display of fire
works adding a wild beauty, hut add
mg, at the same time a grave decree
of danger. froopn were called from
the city barracks Jhis morn fro? and to |
day they are patrolling the utreels
about the MM-lie of the fire. Thdr
presence this morning preclud'd the
possibility of looting of vagabonds
who gathered with the crowd wllli
evident hopes of plunder were driven
away at the point of bayonets
Twenty thousand lines, Including I
trunks and branches, wore destroyed i
These dries coropfls? all In use by the
ministries, the banks, the newspaper
offices, and the commercial houses 1
In addition to fills, all the provincial ,
and Inter national trunk systems were
destroyed.
ENGLAND’S KING AND QUEEN
TO VISIT KAISER WILHELM
RERUN It I* officially stated
here that the visit of King K'lwari!
tinrl Qui-.-ii Alexandra of K'glaml, to
Germany will h<‘ made In February
'i hay will ap.-ml thrc»- or four days
in Berlin, the guests of Kaiser WII ,
helm:
THIEVEB ROB POST OFFICE
ERIK, Pa Word from Albion
early thlr monitor la to the » ft'-et that
thh-vc* d ■ nnMilted the po*t office suf"
there and Huec..<|c t | |„ getting away |
with 11,000 aii'l it quantity of alumni*
DAILY AND SUNDAY SB.OO PER YEA&,
FOREST FIRES
DESTROYING
TOWNS
RHINELANDER, Wls -The towns
ot Gagen and Woodboro are totally
destroyed, their populations, uonsisi
ing of 4,000 men, women and chil
dren, are homeless, and the refugees
are Joining with able-bodied residents
ot Rhinelander today In fighting a
new forest fire which threatens eve - /
minute to boar down upon tho town
and consume it.
Men and women fought the Mazo
all night, but despite the aid of a fav
orable change of the wind, little pro
gress wuh made.
Citizens of the town, terrified fij
the floret immure, have (lauded to
ask Davidson to call out the Wis
consin state troops to aid In saving
the town.
The fire is a fresh one and Is not
a continuation of the forest fires,
which last week did so much damage.
The forests are like tinder, owing to
the continued drought and the Humes
threaten to consume them entirety.
Fearing the fate that befell tlugon
and Woodboro, the mayor of Rhine
lander requested Milwaukee to send
a lire engine to protect the city, amt
nil engine, naif a mile of hose and a
truck soon were on the way on a
special train.
The fire started In the woods In the
i arly morning and quickly reached
Gagen uml Woodboro. Men, women
and children fought valiantly to save
their homes, but without avail.
FIRE FIGHTERS
GALLII FOR
HELP
BOSTON.—A general alarm, call
big hel|i front Boston uml surround
ing cities bus been sounded- for a fire
which started at 8 a. m. In the hint
her district of Chelsea (llty that was
swept by a devastating lire only a
few mouths ago.
At Wood and McManus box manu
facturing plant, one of tho biggest in
the country, wllh several millions feet
oi lumber, Ih In ashes.
Kelly Bros' show factory, Pope and
Dottles' lumber yard, and other plan's
are in llaines The m w Boston and
Albany freight yard with 5,000
freight cars yard'd there Is In the
path of the flames which are driven
i>y a stiff east wind. Bo far the
fire Is utterly beyond control.
NEGRO PRISONER’S
KILLING MANIA
ALEXANDRIA, La. A mania for
killing took pourtcHgloii of ICriwanl
Ayl<’H # h ingro prl*ont*r, wlion lilm
death warrant for tho rnunlor of bln
wif<* wan r<?a<l to him In Jali lant night
Ho grabbed a cam* kill fa and alow two
othor priMonnm and aovoroly wound
f*d four othoiH, ah imgrooH. One of
t.h<- Injured may die.
During tho reading of th*» warrant,
Ayh’H wuh quhd arid Binding hut whon
the offd-MH I«*f t. hlh prcwirim. h«? bo*
canif! furloMH. Tho hvto uiiih of wound
otl and dying prlHonorn attractal
moat Ohio thousand jicraona to tho vl
olnlty of tho lad. Maanwhdo jail of
floor* fdayod a flro hoao on Avion, tho
oold wat.or finally bringing him bu#k
to roaaon.
Tho dond aro;
Tip Duvlb and Garfield Hradloy.
THE PAVE POINTS 0E TRADE
1 Rom ft h In* to no\\.
2 A plucf to H#*|l It,
8 Dropfr biMliifHtf minimsegment find mifflrlont working capital.
4 Lood hji If Minfi 11 v »hlp Htnl efficient, courtcoiiM Fin ploy ecu.
ft Advertising.
And ili«* Hin n-'th of th*» whole Sh fr? th«* harmony of sh« part*.
Advertising only brlnto people Into contact with the goods,
and tfiMc Ps power ends, and h ilcMn niMhlp begin*. If thf advertis
ing I good, tin probfiblllty of u hhlu Is begun. If th* reputation
of the firm b* one of reliability, tho nhopper Hdvgnews n sh p toward
tl< pi j relit dug point. If the goods arc* as represented, still another
edvaoee l« made
Tin Una! step in the consummation U*** salt* Is controlled by
the hhli smun, and an Incompeten sgli-Hman can anlri the work of tho
highest priced fulvertlslqg niMiiag* t In America, fin the making of a
m tie there is ulrnoKt ;m much impt rtanee In the w.iv it prospective* cus
tomer Is received and Healed us there Is In the goods offered for his
selection.
LET THE HERALD DO /OUR ADVERTISING INTO THE HOMES
OF THIS CITY AND SECTION?
Mil II LEO INTO 1
OT OSS EXPLOSION
THREE MEN RECEIVED TER
RIBLE INJURIES AND ARE
REPORTED TO BE
DYING
HUDSON STREET UNDERMINED
Wont, Out To Inventigate,
Struck a Match and
Liftflit Escaping Gas
Causing; the Ex
plosion.
NEW YORK.—Hurled high In the
air by a tremendous explosion of gas
following the undermining of a part
of Hudson street, Hoboken, three men
received such terrible Injuries early
today that they are reported to bo dy
ing at Ht. Mary’s hospital.
The man are Robert Gorth anil
Benjamin Braich, of 120 Hudson
street, and William Bass, ot 25 Gar
den street.
By th B breaking of a big water main
under the Hldswallt In front of 123
Hudson street, a large section ot tile
street wns undermined and caved In.
Little notice was taken ot »h,j hap
pening until some time later, When a
strong smell of gas rouLod out tho
sleepers In tho houses thereabout.
Groth and Urutoh went out to in
vestigate. They were Joined by Sans
who was passing. The caved-in upc
tlon of the street and uldewalk show
ed that th« water main had burst aag
tho water was flowing down towards
the river, but, the men could not dis
cover where the gas come from.
Knowing that a big Illuminating gas
main was laid on that side of the
Street, all three men lighted matchee
and began to look for the break. An
instant later, with » terrible roar, ful
ly twenty square feet of the street,
paved with asphalt and th,. flagging
of the Hldewaik were shot upward.
High above the debrles flow the
thro,, men, Hass going as high as the
top of the houses. Apparently ho
got. the full force of the explosion.
The other two did not make such an
extended trip skyward, hut all three
were unconscious and groaning when
occupants of the near-by houses ran
out in terror to see what, whs the
trouble. Home thought the explosion
was the result of an attack by black
mailers and women and children
screamed In terror.
CRAVED ARREST TO
GET All EDUCATION
flllOAGO.—"Policeman, plnasa ar
rent me bo l can auk thu Judge to
Betel mo to the John Worthy School
or tho Juvenile Home where I will
have a chanc# to get nn education and
the poHstbllity of a trade"
Policeman John Atchison, of tho
Last Chicago police station was ap
proached by Joseph Wetidel, a boy ot
Hi, who nmdu this strange request
The policeman after questioning tho
hoy called a patrol wagon and sent
him to the station, Instructing him to
tell Ills story to the sergeant. Tho
"My mother died when I was five
years old aud my father four voars
laler," Bald the hoy, "I went to
rchool until I was 13 years old, and
innde iny homo with my broth«r-ln
'aw and sister, on Arden avenue, I
have spent, the time doing odd Jobs
and lam Monday I left home to go to
work, taking my iuncli and car fare.
After two day« the boss toid me l
look too long on my errands and dis
charged me.
"I cannot see anythin*; ahead of
me Ini' a plek anil shovel or being a
hum If I go on this way, and you know
they don't think murh of men of that
kind I know with some education
and a trade I can make somnihtug of
myself.
"I Hin going to ask the Judge to
mnd me whore I will hu\« a ehanco
and when I get out I will he aide to
fight my own buttles and be more
than just a common laborer."