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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIII., No. 274.
Caught Like Rats In Burning Trap,
*= Eighteen Persons Knitted or Hurt
In New York Incendiary Fire
MAN CARRIED BARRELS FULL
OF OIL-SOAKED RUBBISH
INTO HALLWAY AND
SET WAFIRE
HAD NO CHANCE
People were in Death Trap.
Heroic Fire-F ighters
Saved More than Twenty.
Many Thrown From
Windows Into Arms of
Bystanders.
“We never had a chance to <
save these unfortunate people. <
Neither had they a chance to <
save themselves. The building 1
was a roaring furnace front cel- i
lar to roof when we arrived. It <
\vas a tire trap and there are <
other buildings like it in the i
nelghboiuood.”—Battalion Chief <
Jennings. <
<
NSW YORK. —Ten persons ate
dead, two are dying and six others
were badly hurl lu a fire early today
which destroyed the four story tene
ment house at 1 1-2 Mulberry street,
iku heart of the Mulberry Ilend sec
liou.
.None of those who lost their lives
had a chance to escape. They were
penned in the rookery-like building
with a column of flames roaring up
the one stairway in the front and
with the fire escapes in the rear so
cluttered with boards and rubbish as
to bar the progress of those who
were fleeing for their lives.
The fire was the work of an in
cendiary. The police have a des
cription of a man who carried bar
rels of oil soaked rubbish into the
hallway with which to start the fire.
The bravery of nremen saved the
lives of more than twenty persons.
Among these were six little chil
dren, who were thrown from - win
dows into the arms of firemen, po
lice and pedestrians. An entire
family was smothered to death on
fn* fourth floor.
The dead:
FURCILLI, DOMINICO, 30 years
old
FURCILLI, ANTELLINO, 28 years
old.
FURCII-LI, ROB 10, 30 years old.
FUKCILLI, JOSEPH, 3d years old.
FIJRCILLI FELICIA, 2 years old.
POLOSPRINO. FRANCESCO, 18
years old, musician.
SCHATTINO, ROSE, 32 years old.
SCAHTTINO, CRETLN'A, 7 years
old
BAIiONE, VITO, 21 years old.
MAGELUCIO. PETRIO, « years
old, taken out by firemen, but died
in St. Gregory’s hospital.
The injured:
Unknown mar., terribly burned,
dying in hospital.
Bchattino, Amelias, 13 months old,
overcome by smoke, dying in hosp*-
tal.
Magellicio, Frank, 22 years old,
both legs broken, hands and feet
burned, and others.
The rookery-like building is only a
few doors from Bayard street, and is
one of a row of the oldest buildings
facing Mulberry Bend Park. The
rear has an extension which concocts
with Bayard street, and which is No.
100 on that street.
Persons returning from a nail dis
covered a blaze in the hallway of the
tenement, and turned in an alarm,
also shouting and pounding on in
doors of the apsrtmen*s to wskf** the
dwellers. Many escaped before th<
fire got its full start, but after a few
moments, the halls and rooms be
came so filled with smoke and flames
that those remaining became bewild
ered and there was no chance for
them to get out.
The Furcillt family were smother
ed in the rooms on the fourih floor,
m they slept. They worn found bv
the firemen. The family of Frank
Sachttlno ran tor their lives. The
husband and wife escaped. Rose
and Cretin* two of the daughters,
•were burned to death.
The building which was owned by
Baum Brothers, real estate brokers,
•was completely gutted within half
an hour.
Only the bravery of the firemen
prevented much greater loss of life.
SCHOONER WRECKED
IN ATLANTIC STORM
MOBILE, Ala.—Caught in the mer
ciless grasp of one ot the disastrous
storms which (or the past month
hate been sweeping the Atlantic, ba'-
tlmg (or days against adverse winds
and gigantic seas, only to succumb
finally to the fury of the elements
*n<y olunge to the bottom Is the fate
of A r stanch three-masted schooner
Bernas McCabe, which sali-d from
thta port on August 1, for Porto
Itico.
The Beulah McCabe was command
ed by Captain Bailey, and carried a
crew e( nine men. She waa char
lered by 'he Mclntyre Lumber and
Export company, i.nd with a lull car
go ot lumber put to tea on August
)1. rib- was ea rout* for karjarfle,
Porto Kicw.
NIERF RIDERS
DO BIRTH
WORK
ii i 4
HICKMAN, Ky.—Fifty night riders
late Sunday night set fire to the home
of Dave Walker, a negro, and as the
house was burning shot. Walker, his
five-year-old daughter and his infant
child to death as they attempted to
escape.
Walker’s wife and three other chil
dren are believed to be fatally in
jured. The eldest son is missing, and
is thought to have been cremated in
the burning building.
The riders went to Walker’s home
with the intention of whipping him
because he had cursed a white wo
mand and had drawn a gun on a white
man. They arrived just before mid
night, and ordered Walkor to come
out.
Walker refused and opened fire on
the invaders. The bany retaliated by
saturating the house with coat oil and
applying the torch.
MANY 10 ATTEND
MISSIONARY MEET
NEW ORLEANS, La.—Dr. W. M.
Taylor, pastor of the Sonia Strael
Christian church, in charge of the
many details in connection with the
big convention of the International
Christian Missionary convention of
the churches of Christ, which will be
held here October 9-15, Is completing
the program of entertainment and the
order in which the convention will be
carried out.
It is expected several thousand per
sons wIU attend the New Orleans
meeting. For the most part the ses
sion will be held in the Anthenaeum
and in the First. Methodist church.
R. A. Long, a multi-millionaire of
Kansas City, Mo., will preside.
Delegates from all over the United
States, various parts of Canada and
many of the foreign countries will
attend the convention.
HONOLULU INCORPORATED.
HONOLULU, T. H.—After the No
vember elections the city of Honolulu
will be an incorporated municipality,
with a full fledged mayor, board of
aldermen, and all the other accessor
lee and Incidentals of machine poll
lies, graft, etc., of any up-to-date
American city. The charter of incor
poration was granted by the last leg
islature, but its legality was question
ed. and the matter has Just been de
elded by a decision of the supreme
court holding that the act Is all right
as far as legal requirements go.
Heretofore Honolulu has been govern
ed in connection with the countv o f
Oahu, which forms the island of the
same name, a board of seven super
visors being the executive power. As
the affairs of the county are most
closely identified with the city the ex
pediency or necessity of a separate
administration ts questioned by many
citizens.
WATER FRONT FIRE IN FRISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. -A fit
which started in the coal bunker of
the Pacific Coal company is burning
on the water front. Several ware
houses have been destroyed and the
loss already amounts lo half a mil
lion dollars. The entire fire fighting
j forces of the city are at work to pre
vent a further spread of the fire The
entire water front Is threatened.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Score by innings: R H. E.
Brooklyn 000 040 00
Philadelphia 001 OCO 00
Batteries- Wilhelm and Dunn; Spark 3, Foxen and
Jacklitch.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Boston ... 00
New York 00
Batteries —Tuckey and Bowerman; Ames and Bre
snahan.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Score by innings: R- H. E.
Cleveland ~ 00
St. Louis 10
■'•'tteries Liebhart and Bemis; Dineen and Stel ,
pheus. 1
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. MONDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER S, 1908.
GOVERNOR SMITH
AND WU BRYAN
WRITES ARTICLE GIVING REA
SONS FOR SUPPORTING THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
FOR PRESIDENCY
■ » —.«
NO MEDIATE CHANGES
Changes in the Govern
ment Will Be Brought
on Gradually; and
Changes Will Be
For the Better
NEW YORK.— Governor Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, in a two column
communication to a local paper,
gives his reasons for supporting
William Jennings Bryan for the
presidency this year. in part he
says:
“When Mr. Bryan was nominated
for president in 1898, while his purit,
of character and lofty conception of
public servioe were recognized,
many teared the effect oi his elec
tion on account ot the silver issuo.
During the past twelve years he has
twice gone to defeat as the candi
date of his party. Unco he has been
defeated by his own party. In spit- 1
of all this, lie Is today re-nominated
for president by no machine, by no
moneyed interests, by no coterte of
office holders, but by the plain peo
ple of America, who know him well
and have l'aith in his ability. With
confidence we may vote for Mr. Bry
un now, knowing that he will make a
great president, conservative and
sane in his regard for the rights of
persons and property.
"There are differences between the
democratic and republican parties
which make It desirable that a demo
crat should be eleoted.
“Probably (he most Important, in
my opinion, certainly, the most Im
portant, Is the tariff.’’
Governor Smith goes into an ex
haustive discussion of the tariff ques
tion.
For a long time,” he says, “the
effort has been made to deceive the
laborer with the claim that a pro
tective tariff was Intended to pro
tect his wages against foreign pan
per labor With the combination of
protected industries, destroying com
petition among employers, with no
restriction agninSt pauper labor com
ing to take tho laborers Job, with In
flated stock and bond Hanes absorb
lag the profits from increased prices
brought about by the tariff, tills argn
j men! has failed.. At last ilie re
publican parly pathetleally admits
that the high tariff is to give profits
to those who hold the watered slocks
of the tariff protected trusts.”
He charged the republican party
: with being responsible for (he im
! proper use of money' in polities, and
i says the fart I hat Taft is pledged to
' the Roosevelt policies nf reform, Is
I unavailing in face nf the power of
i Cannon, Aldrich and others in the
republican party. In conclusion he
j says:
“I do not expect by the election of
Mr. Bryan immediate radical
changes. They will naturally be
gradual, for the senate Is overwnelin
ingly republican. The hens •of rete
reacntaMvo* will probably lie demo
cretlc. The two housoH will tlfcld
each other in check, but thi demo
cratic house and the inspiration of
Mr. Bryan’s high Ideals, will force
the pat ug of legislation conceded
to lie right, and the entire trend win
be toward a broader, fairer a-id purer
conduct of national affairs, with less
extravagance and a greater regard
for constitutional and moral right*, '
Aurjnsta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Tuesday.
SOFIA—The proclamation of Bulgaria as an independent kingdom
was formally made at Tirnovo to-day.
EMPEROR FRANCIS, OF AUSTRIA,
AROUND WHOM STORM CENTERS
v*""* 1 V • • # >
SMUGGLING PLOT
IS FOUND
Of
NEW YORK.—News has leaked
out here of the seizure by custom
house officers In Ibis city of more
than $20,000 worth of costly cameos
and corn! jewelry, and this news led
to the disclosure of a gigantic smug
glirg plot Involving more than $20,-
000.000.
It has been ascertained that tho
smugglers did not confine their op
orations to jewelry. The scope of
their Illicit traffic was of the widest,
■and embraced almost every article of
value that la imported from Italy.
Already five men have been cap
tured In connection with these dis
closures. Three of them are now
tinder bail for trial. These men,
however, are evidently tools of the
big men acting behind the *,c*n«s.
HASKELL WRITES
NEW YOFT < Governor Haskell,
in ,‘i letlc!' o the World says, in
part:
"On par 1 , of your issue oi Hep! .
25, you r< ’-r to my receiving :i fee
ol $1 *,OOO, as attorney In n receiver
ship case against the Columbus,
Shawnee and Hocking railroad for u
single night '* service, etc.
"The following are the fa-fs in th •
ease: j'he railroad company had
been in financial strnlts for month*
and had paid (he ln’err»i on Its
bond* for the lasi mo or three pe
riods hy lisnlug diieblils In exehai c
for th-- coupon*. A committee of
bondholders lor weeks had been eon
templatlns a reorganization. A
attorney, I had been Interested in
three bondholder clients. The suit
for protection of bonds and Inc)
dentally a receivership wan begun
in the name of (’ II Roser, as the
holder of a small quantity of bonds.
“I did not go to Ohio at all to
present the application lor a re
celver."
Haskell then goes on to tell tha
Governor Hoadlny asked him lo sub
stitute Nicholas Monger Alt, as re
celver, an It would mvtcrwpiy
strengthen them ,rr ie organizing (lie
property and he Joined In recoin
mending this substitution. He says
this fixing ot hi* lee was left to Go,
ernor Headley's law partner, Ed
ward Lauterbaeh, who fixed It *i
sl* 000.
The allowance stipulated,” h-»
adds, 'that 1 should pav several oihe,-
claim* out of lhat aum to'al, ho that
I had left an my fee four it the new
railroad bonds mentioned In your
article.”
PROMINENT EDITOR WAS
BURNED TO DEATH SUNDAY
HAKTVILLE, Mo Lomax Pittman,
an attorney, formerly on the editorial
staff of th»'Encyclopedia of Atferlean
and English Law, and a brother of
Judg- Pittman, of Memphis. Tenn ,
was burned to death Sunday In a fire
which destroyed a number of business
buildings and for a lime threatened
the entire town with destruction.
BAR BIG MOGULS
FROM BOARD
' MEETING
CINCINNATI. O. —Barney Dreyfus,
and Charles Murphy, of Chicago,
have been barred from participation
In the meeting to consider 'he dis
puted game between the Giants and
Cubs. The meeting has been ltd
Journed until 3: J0—3:30
time, to await tho arrival ot Brest
dent Brush, of Now York.
Fatly morning prospects were that
the disputed New York-Chlcsgo game
would not he fully analysed until
sonic time during the afternoon. The
cause of the delay wan Ihe non ar
rival of Fresldent Brush, of the
Giants, nnd his bodyguard of counsel
tors.
President Pulliam, of the National
league, received a telegram from
President Brush this morning Inform
Ing him that ho and Ills attorneys
had been unable to secure sleeping
car accommodations to Cincinnati on
Die train on which they desired to
come, and so would not arrive until
1 o’oiock (his nftnrnou, requesting at
the sumo Unit that tho hearing lie
adjourned until alter Ills arrival.
However, In order to guard
against any one sneaking one over
Hie plait on him Mr. 'lrtish engaged
Mon. Thomas t’ognn, tit this el:-, too
look slier the New York club's In
l eresl uni it Hie arrival nf the Gotham
squad
President Murphy, ot the Cult;,
was one of the early arrivals. He
declares thot h<- will sit in the dlrec
tor’p mee-ilng us n regularly elected
member of the board of directors nrul
that he also will vole on the 'trtmnsl
ilor s lien I' comes up. President
Pulliam declares against the voting
of Murphv and produces lh "ntlonal
league constitution lo prove thui
Murphy cun'i vet
-1 lie other member of (he hoard
ere M'-tk. Hermann, Fibbclts,
Dreyfus- ard Dovey, who aro doing
Hie clam ail when II comes to dls
cursing 'he ease.
WORC TRACK SHOES
ON STREETS SUNDAY
Si* Athlete* Were Arrcat
ed on Complaint of »
Yov.nfc Woman. Mara
thon Competitor in the
Bnnch.
NEW YORK should n costume
worn In the reeent Marathon raee In
England be considered Indecent In
Brooklyn'’
This question whs raised before
Magistrate Speers In th< Flatbush
pollen court Monday, when six nth
letes, arrested Sunday on complaint
of a young woman, were arraigned be
! fore him. Magistrate Rp- ais decided
| that 'he cost uin oh worn by Ihe nth
I leie* were not exactly what Brook
i lyn churchgoers cared to rec and
discharged them with a warning
I Among the six who were arrested
was Harvey f'ohn. one of flu. Olym
| pie team that took part In the three
jrnlle team raeo In tbo Marathon con
test.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.09 PER YEAR!
MEDIATION SCATTERS
BALKAN WAR CLOUD
TODAY’S POLITICS
IN CONDENSED FORM
Mr. Bryan hoard and accepted as
true, though refusing to comment on
It, a report that President Roosevelt
intended to make set speeches in
New York. Indiannpolls, Des Moines,
Omaha, Denver and San Francisco,
probably speaking elsewhere from Ids
train. Secretary Loob said Mr. Bry
an was misinformed, that he could
not yet Hay whether tho president
would or would not take the stump.
Congressman Longworth, who Is re
ported to have been taken off the
slump on orders from the White
House because of his Rock Island
speech, left Candidate Sherman at
Evansville and Mr. Sherman will
speak alone until another Congress
man ts sent to join him. Mr. Sher
man went uutolng and played golf.
Governor Hughes arrived in Chi
cago suffering front acute laryngitis
and was unable to keep an engage
ment, to speak, and his Wisconsin
dates were cancelled.
In a letter Governor Haskell ex
plained the work he did In Conner
tlon with Ihe SIB,OOO fee he received
from the Hocking railroad, Haiti he
paid other claims out of the money
and kepi hut a small part himself.
Governor Hoke Smhit. of Georgia,
declared that Bryan’s election will
bring relief from Iho Intsls.
W. C. Cronemoyer, organizer of Iho
tin plate trust and friend of Presi
dent McKinley, whom ho assisted In
framing Iho McKinley (arlff bill, said'
the Intsls are getting away from both
Idg parlies, and tlinl nothing Is be
ing done to hold them down, and dm
elared for Dobs.
Mr. Debs spoke to an amllunco of
8,000 al the Hlpperdrome after ad
dressing a smaller gathering art Iho
American theater.
W. H. Taft Is scheduled to sitoak
today in St. .It \ Mo.
Governor Hughes Is due to speak
at St. Paul.
Mr, Bryan Is at his home in Lincoln.
WOMAN ARRESTED
ON MURDER CHARGE
It Is Alleged That. Sho
Killed An Old Miser To
Get Money.
WAIIASHA, Minn—Mrs. Emma
DreeH Vaakcr Is In Jail here, having
boon arrested by detectives, and
charged wilh the murder of liornhardt
itoelner, an aged and miserly farmer,
who lived a few mllas west of Wab
asha. Thu woman denies the charge.
Mrt;. Vuski-r, It Is alleged, killed the
old man thal she might secure money
and marry the- man of her choice.
As Emma Dree* she was house
keeper for Itoelner at the time of Ihe
homicide on February 20 lasi. With
in throe months after the crime she
was married lo Anlbony Vankor.
When Itoelner was found dead near
Ills house, hlti housekeeper slated two
man hail, knocked a* the front door
and enticed tlm old man out or the
pretext of allowing them the road to
I town ad then murdered him.
HONOLULU A FREE PORT.
| HONOLULU, T, H A movement
Is on fool here to have Honolulu
made a free port, and It Is possible
tbai the next congress may hh asked
to lake the necessary measures to
make it so The Important position
which Hawaii occupies us a commer
cial centre and distributing point,
mokes It desirable that all nations be
allowed to Import goods for mannfuc
lore or resblpßient, without the bur
den or annoyance of customs duties.
It is n: r-rted that the Step cotlld be
taken without letting down the tariff
hats on the matnlund, and al the
same time prom of more value to Hi
territory In the increased business it
would stimulate, than the duties at
i present amount to.
,SOMt DffINITIONS Of ADVIRIISING
a /■"* A I ! I A. V'-.. "Advertising Is to Business what
* /\ w A U l-A * ste.im la to machinery, the great
motive powet."
g-s | a r~v z- ’rfkM I i Publicity la an enormous power In
I w a_-» *- - business and nothing can make
money without It, save a mint.”
Use the Herald if You Want Results I
INDEPENDENCE OF BULGARIA
BEGINS NEW ERA FOR
EASTERN EUROPE
ALL TREATIES BROKEN
Ferdinand Throws Off
Protectorate. Austria
Annexes. New Triple Al
liance Will Force Turkey
to Mediate with Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria.—Bulgaria, a <
tributary principality under the <
suzerainty of tho Sultan of Tur- i
key, today proclaimed her lndo- <
pendonoo of Turkey. <
This action was taken at Tir- <
novo by Prince Ferdinand, who <
was elected Prince of Bulgaria In <
1887. Tho Bulgarian oablnot was <
present with tho prince, having <
met him yesterday at tho frontier <
and Journeyed with him to Tlr- <
novo. Tho party reached Tirnovo <
last evening. <
Tirnovo Is tho ancient capital <
of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and l
It was there tn olden days that <
tho kings ot Bulgaria were <
orowued. <
PARIS) —JUuropo today s'ands upon
iho threshold of a new era, the
hums of which will be the now East,
a movement which will spread rapid
ly, oncu the Independence of Bul
garia Is accepted by the other na
tion which would bo taken by the
Bulgarian government, unofficial
statements norne from the forelg-. of
fice here that mediation may s-u :-
what It was feared the mbit attflb of
gunpowder might he called upon to
effect.
Europe retired yesterday apprised
from the Bulgarian caplin! that a
piuolnmatlon of Independence would
Im lanuad by the government today
freeing tho nail in from the nuiinflnt
cf the protectorate. Th's forshtn
aldnd one of two things Recognis
ed Independence or wur. This morn
ing, however, events In Ucato pcaois
fui arbitration by the agents ot Eng
land, Russia and France.
There was a long conference today
attended by Foreign Ministers Plch
<m, of France, lrwolskob, ot Russia,
and Mauon Pasha, of Turkey. Furth
er than the brief official announce
men! that there would he anothar
conference tomorrow when Dr. Stani-
Koff. the Bulgarian minister of for
eign affulrs, would bo called In, noth
ing was given tho newspaper corres
pondents.
Politically tho may of Europe
would suffer upheayul from the un
restrained notion of Bulgaria. It
would open the way for other i*i»s>
cm countries In Europe to doolaru
freedom and throw off any restrain
ing ullluncns..
Paris hoard disquieting rumors to
day. However, lu the face of the
calm action which was taken her*
this morning, tho reports did not
create any groat feeling of lntaisOO
llonal uneasiness.
There was an unofficial announce
ment Issued from the foreign otfloa
Hiut tho member* of the new triple
alliance, England, France arid Rue>
sla. have agreed upon a proposal
which will be submitted to the Turk
ish government for mediation with
Bulgaria. Tho English minister,
Bfr Edward fluty, will likely be In
attendanoo at thin conference.
The sore Jeopardy In which the
groat International treaties of Etk
rope htivo hum placod by the com
plications arising from the Bulga
rian situation mini lied In a new di
rection today,
bitspatches from London today
stale that Iho French and English
foreign government offloe» aro pre
paring a Joint message of protest
against tho proposal of Austria-Hun
gary to annex Boslna and HorzegO
vlnla. While In name this territory
belongs to Turkey, It ha* coma t»
be geographically considered a pan
of the Austria-Hungary empire.
In lh'- diplomatic skirmish tho
English were plainly out-generaled.
mil p is feared that shoutd the plan
now considered be carried through,
II will tie an a ills* Hon of the
i most Important treaties.
I Continued on page Six )