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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 )