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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIII., No. 284
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BTFIIE
EL PASO. Tex—The town of Bis
bee. Arizona, was swept by fire lasi
night. The loss is variously estt
mated at between a million and a
million and a half dollars. This Is
the biggest Are in the history of the
city, and more than fifty acres of the
business and residential section
were swept clean.
The lire started at the Grand Hotol
on Main street, in Tombstone canyon,
and swept north to School Hill, burn
ing everything in its path. Part of
(he residences on School Hill were
burned, and Clausen Hill also suffer
ed. A total of one-fourth of the
residences of the city were burned
and many valuable business blocks.
The Anyelus Hotel was dynamited
by the volunteer fire in an
effort to stay the rapid progress of
the flames, but as a strong breeze
was blowing up the canyon, the fir
was carried ahead of it furiously.
It is believed that several persons
lost their lives, especially in the work
of dynamiting, as many are unac
counted fti» who were at work with
the fighter's in their mad effort to
save the city.
The tow'n of Bisbee was founde:
20 years ago, and is at present a city
of about 25,000 inhabitants.
THE MORSE-CURTIS
TRIAL CONTINUES
Jury Chosen and the Tak
ing of Testimony Begun.
NEW YORK. —The trial of Charles
W. Morse, “ice king," and Alfred
Curtis, ex president of the National
Bank of North America, on four joint
indictments charging over-certifica
tion and misapplication of funds,
was continued Thursday before Judge
Hough in the United Statps circuit
court. Six of the eighteen jurors
chosen Wednesday were eliminated
by perf> nptorv challenges, and the
taking of testimony wms begun
Mrs. Ciistis. wife of the ex-presi
dent. was again in court at the side
of her husband. Her presence has
greatly encouraged Curtis, who, to
gether i th Morse, is in danger of a
prVion e \tence, If found guilty.
The tt il of F. Augustus Heinze
the former “copper king," who is
also under indictment for the over
certification of checks of his brother
to the amount of $450,000, drawn on
the Mercantile National bank, is
scheduled to follow the prosecution
of Messrs. Morse Curtis.
FOREIGN^MISSIONARIES
MEETING IN BROOKLYN’
NEW YORK—The annual business
session and the election of officers
was the most important, item on the
program of the American board of
commissioners for foreign missions in
Brooklyn Thursday. The morning
meeting was devoted to the reports
of missionaries from India and Mi
cronesia
The election and business session
were held in the afternoon.
TO-DAY’S POLITICAL NEWS
NETW YORK.—Mr. Taft, in a state
ment at the close of his tour of Ohio
mill districts, said the reports that
labor was estranged from the repub
lican party were untrue, and that the
labor vote would divide along former
lines His train was derailed on the
edge of a 30-foot precipice, but no one
was hurt, ne Bpoke at three Immense
meetings in Steubenville, Ohio, and
Wheeling, W. Va.
Mr Bryan spoke In farming towns
along the Nebraska river, where he
once gained fame as the “Boy Orator
of the Platte.” He declared Taft was
a "pocket edition of Roosevelt.” and
that Hughes’ hands were ‘‘red with
the blood of the two-cent rate bill”
he had vetoed. The farmers were cor
dial.
Mr. Sherman made a 50-mile auto
campaigning tour up state, in which
his machine killed several chickens,
knocked down a horse, and burst a
tire. He talked tariff
There was said to be a likelihood
that the United Mine Workers’ con
vention in Pennsylvania would en,
dorse the democratic ticket.
Mr Taft today is en route to Lou-
Isville, where he will speak tonlgh'.
He will address audiences in the fol
lowing Kentucky towns: Shelb.vvllle,
Lexington. Frankfort. Winchester and
Mount Sterling.
Mr. Bryan ends his Nebraska tour
today.
Treasure Hermann Rtdd-r, of the
democratic national committee, today
makes pubbc names and amounts
contributed to the campaign
Governor Hugh»s today speaks at
Rome, Oneida anil ranastota. and to
nigh' will b* at Syracuse The fee.’
ure of his address will be Principle,
h Oi PuiL”
(vtHiH yev can\
MAKING SERVICEABLE
PAPER FROM CORNSTALKS
WASHINGTON. D. C. —Chemists of (he human of forestry and the
bureau of plant Industry, working in co-operation, at last have solved
the problem of how to turn the millions of tons of cornstalks wasted
every year in ’he United States into a serviceable paper. The fact a a
announced at the bureau of forestry, show beyond doubt that the vast
quantity of material heretofore considered valueless and destroyed ev
ery year by farmers, can be utilized, thus saving much of the remain
ing wood reserve of the coun'ry and bringing about the manufacture of
paper front an annual crop.
The first practicable samples of this new paper have been manu
factured in Washington by Dr. H. S. Bristol, and his assistants. Thev
consist of five grades, In five colors. One grade is of dark gray, thick
and heavy, resembling parchment. It is almost, as tough as sheepskin.
There is a lighter gray of the same character, two shades of yellow,
and one of white.
HUSKY AMAZON DUSTED
ROADSIDE WITH A TRAMP
WILKESRARRIE. Pa—Mrs. John
Snyder, of Riverside, near here,
wpighs 275 pound;, much of which
is muscle. 'She dusted the roadside
Wednesday with a tramp who had in
rulted her, and when she was through
with him, he was a pitiable slgnt.
He went, to her farm house, and
after being given something to eat,
discovered she was alone and Insult
ed her.
Mrs. Snyder knocked him down.
Said That tic Was Asleep
When He Killed Victim
CHICAGO That he killed a man
while in a dream was the defense
offered by John Ochowskl. who was
placed on trial before Judge Clifford
Wednesday, "harped with the murder
of William Libbertas. a shoemaker.
Counsel for the defense represented
that Ochowski had gone to Libbertas
shop, at 210 Division street, to de
DUKE MUST WORK BEFORE
MARRYING MISS ELKINS
NEW YORK—Luigi, duke of the
Abruzzi, will not be permitted to mar
ry Miss Katherine Elkins unless he
agrees to the demand of her father.
United States Senator Stephen B.
Elkins, of West Virginia, that h"
come to America and go to work.
Upon no other rondltion will Ml s
Elkins' father give his consent to the
marriage. So say dispatches this
morning.
AERO CLUB PRESIDENT
HAS MENINGITIS
Excessive Jarring of His
Nervous system in Motor
ing Brought on the At
tack.
NEW YORK. Oortlandt Field
Bishop, president of the Aero club
of America, who has been in a sani
tarium In Afx les-bans. with a serious
attack of meningitis, brought on by
excessive motoring, is in grave dan
ger, and it Is believed has small
chance of recovery. A cablegram to
the aero club announces his critical
condition.
He suddenly became ill while trav
eling In France, and his wife and
mother-in-law, who wear- with him,
had hlrn taken to the sanitarium. It
was said there It was the excessive
jarring of his nervous system In mo
toring which brought ou the attack
t of meningitis. J
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 15, 1908.
PROSPERITY FOR WHOM ?
picked him up again, ran him to the
road, held him with one hand, and
beat film with the other until hl.i
lace was like a raw beefsteak, sev
eral teeth were loosened, and he
was otherwise badly bruised.
Neighbors, hearing his shrieks, ran
to Mrs. Sniders aid and wanted :o
lynch the man, but She fhslsted that
thP punishment she had given was
severe enough, and he was released,
and hooted down the road.
mand the return of money Libbertas
won from him at cards; that the
shoemaker was absent, and that while
awaiting hls return Ochowski fell
asleep. He dreamed he was being
attacked by Libbertas with a knife.
Libbertas returned and roughly arous
ed the man, who. said the lawyer,
shot him before he was fully awake.
The fluke of the Abruzzi Is the son
of a king of Spain, the cousin of the
king of Italy, the brother of the Duke
of Aosta, and the Count of Turin, a
rear admiral in the Italian navy, and
Is the first tnan to climb Americas
highest mountain peak, Mount St.
Ellas He is an explorer of world
vide fame, and the holder of the rec
ord of nearest approach, next to Com
mander Peary, to the North Pole.
GIVES VALUABLE
PLACE TO CHILDREN
D. O. Mills Gave to Hits Son
and Daughter the Big
Mills Of'lice Building.
HAN FRANCISCO.—I). O. Mills, fit
New York, has given the big Mills
office building here which cost
500,000, to hls son, Ogden Mills, and
hls daughter, Mrs. Whltelaw Held. It
Is set forth in the deed that the coo
slderatlon Is love and affection, anu
for ’’the better malntenanee, suppor*.
protection and livelihood of nts chit
dun ’ The ateel frame and walls
of i building remained after th-
Are, hut the brick walls had to b
tak n down, and the rehabilitation
coat 11,000,000. 1
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—-Fair tonight and Friday
THE BETTING 15
IN FAVOR OF TUFT
CHICAGO—William H. Taft Is
made a one-to-five favorite for the
presidency by “Jim" O’l.eary, king
of Chicago gamblers. By the stint"
authority Charles Deneen Is a one
to-two favorite for governor.
The stockyards gambler opened a
bonk on the election Wednesday and
announced he was ready to post nion
cy on the candidates eltlp r way. He
does not give quite the odds on Taft
that he requires against him, nor on
Deneen either, for ho Is looking for
his percentage. Ills odds are as fol
lows: Taft. I to 5; Bryan, 4 to 1;
Deneen, I to 2; Stevenson, 8 to 5.
O'l.eary's odds were a surprise to
the Bryan men. Several of those
around headquarters declared they
might Journey out to the stockyards
Thursday and make some small bets.
HISQEN SAYS NO MORE
BOSSES IN POLITICS
The Independence Candi
date Was Given a Rous
ing Reception at Spokane
SPOKANE, Wasn. —“The death
knell of the boas in politics Is being
sounded from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific. The people are responding and
I believe that, the first national cam
paign put up by the Independence
party will do more to purit: our gov
ernment and put the fear of the Orest
Being in the hearts of the politicians
than any other one campaign that
was ever waged."
Thomas L. Hlsgen, Independence
party candidate for president, receiv
ed a rousing response to this senti
ment when he declared It last night
before a large audience at He* armory
building Mr. HI <guti and hls party,
who arrived here early Wednesday
afternoon, found the same boosting
spirit that characterized Los Ange|«- ,
Han Francisco, Portland and Seattle.
COL. TUCKER’S WIFE
IS VERY CHARITABLE
Says That She Wants Her
Husband, Who Deserted
Her, to Recover*.
CHICAGO. I hope and pray for
the ultimate recovery of my hurbttnd.
and am sanguine that even at this
late day he will come to ;t realization
of the trouble he has brought upon
all of us. I am not Inspired by any
feeling of bitterness or heartlessness,
but nm here to see this matter
through and have wiped out the slur
that has been cast upon rn<. It is
all regrettably "
So speaking Mr*. Mary Logan
Tucker, deserted wife of Col. William
F Tucker, chief paymaster of the de
partment of the lakes, Wednesday
night gave out a statement of her do
mestic troubles At. several stag's
when relating 'he more Intimate Inci
dents she showed evidence of tears.
Mrs. Tucker arrived In Chicago
Wednesday evening when Col, Tuck
er was taken from the Southern ho
tel. Ht. I .out* to take a train to go
to the army hospital at Hot Springs,
fear was expressed that he might die
before reaching his destination.
CHINESE AND JAPANESE TROOPS CLASH;
SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS MAY RESULT
ROOSEVELT FAVORED
THE BIG STEEL TRUST
The Republican Campaign
Funds Received Contri
butions from the Great
Monopoly.
NEW YORK - Senator Charles A
Culberson, of Texas, who appears (o
have closely followed tho controversy
between Attorney General Bonaparte
[and Josephus Daniels, chairman of the
press bureau of the democratic na
tional committee, concerning the en
forcement of ilu- Sherman anti-trust
law during the Roosevelt administra
tion, has come to the North Carolina
man's rescue in a letter lo (lie Her
ald, in which he says:
“The tariff profits of the steel trust
-that is, the profits arising entirely
from the operation of the tariff it
(has been estimated, exceed $80,000,000
j annually, about $1 for every man, wo-j
man and child in the United States.
“in spite of this exorbitant duty,
this unconscionable tariff tax upon tliej
Ameriacn people, notwithstanding the
fact that the steel trust was already
a practical monopoly and was in com
bination with its only compotltt'rs, tho
president lias expressly admitted that
lie approved the absorption by it of
its principal rival, the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company.
“It is naturally to be presumed that
the president consulted Attorney Gen
eral Ronaparate before giving bis ap
proval of so Important a matter af
fecting the future notion of Hie de
partment of jsuttre. But whether he
did or not. the fact remains that the
administration, yea, tho president him
self, has approved tho taking over by
the trust of Ills competitor, and to
that extent has further riveted the
chains of a gigantic monopoly upon
| the public.
"It has been smnl authorltatlvoly an
! nouncod that officials and beucflol
j arles of the steel trust have contrlb
j uted enormous sums of money ibis
i year to the national republican cam
. palga fund. In view of Ihat stale
ment and the facts here recited, It
seems to me (he people are until loti
| to know:
“1. Whether Judge Taft, If elected
I president, will recommend lo the con
gross a reduction of the Iron and steel
tat Iff schedules, and, if so, to what
I extent.
“2. Whether Attorney General Bon
aparte at once proceed to dissolve
j this combination of steel mamifactur
ers and punish the offenders, and
, whether Judge Taft, should ho bo
elected, will favor such legal proved 1
! Ings."
CHANGE WILL BE MADE
IN SHIPPING PORT
United States Steel Corpo- 1
ration will Abandon Bal
timore for New Ware
house.
BALTIMORE, Md The Uniteo j
States Steel corporation, which now
makes the bulk of its export ship j
inents from Baltimore, will abandon
this port after the completion of Its
warehouse'' and interchanging rail
way yard, now In course of construe
lion on the shores of Newark Bay, N.
J. The steel trust has no warn
house in Baltimore, and its shipments
me direct that Is, by rail from the
mills at Pittsburg to Tidewater here,
and reloaded In Blips.
The Maryland Steel company his
:he only rsll mill on tld> ■> .alei on th -
Atlantic coast, and this Is a tlecideo
advantage In competition for foreign
business, ua the haul by mil Is quits.
an Item in the cost. The steel cor |
oration, It Is expected, will pi; ready I
to make shipments abroad from the 1
Newark warehouses • arly In March
This will he a factor of economy to;
the steel corporafTon.
THE POPE CONFERS
HONORS ON TWO
The Papal Ropronentative
Made the Announcement
Wednesday.
NEW YORK. Before starting on
hIK trip to Etninlttsburg. Md , and Hi
I-oulm, Wednesday, Archbishop Far
Icy, the pupal representative, called
to the arch Episcopal residence the
Rev. Dr. Dennis ,1 McMahon, rector
of the Church of the Epiphany, Hoc
ond avenue and Twenty-first street,
arid Thomas M. Mulry, president of
the Emigrant Industrial Havings
bank and announced to them tha'
Pope . us X desired to confer eerie
sisstic honors upon them. Dr. ft r
Mahon war made a monslgnor, which
entitles him to weal the purple and
makes him a Roman prelate of the
papal household. Mr Mini" received
the decoration of a Knight of lit.
Gregory an honor which may tie con
ferred upon a layman only, and which
makes him a soldier of the papal
household
THE TEXAS GOVERNOR IS
NOW CRITICALLY ILL
DALLAH. Tex Acordlng to reports
reaching Dallas, Governor C ,'npbell
Is very ill at Crystal Lake near Pal
entire, ids physician* f'nr nervous
prostration. He has be"u unable to
take part in the state or national i
democratic campaign.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
GEHMHHLLDOI!
FELL IN IDF
NORTH SES
BERLIN.- The Uenmin balioon Burt
ley came down VYodtieHriay in the*
North ana. The two nion on hoard
were rescued by parsing; r.tearner.
Tho aeronauts were rescued with
great difficulty. A small boat was
launched and a line was made fast
to the ear which was being dragged
amid clouds of spray over the tops of
tlm waves.
The aeronauts were* half naked and
utterly exhausted when taken aboard
the steamer. Most serious approhen
sions are entertained for the safety
of the other two airships, Plauen and
Hergoßell, it having been three full
days since they wore hoard fronu
The German warships are searching
over the North sea.
STRIKE BREAKER
LURED INTO TRAP
Girl Foolsml Him Into the
Street Whore He Was As
sailed and Killed.
NEW YORK Lured by a girl Into
a death trap and then beaten uncoil-
M'lous by nton who lay la wait for
him, George A, Leavitt, a strike
breaking New York tnxlrub driver, Is
dying In the I’rcsbyterlan hospital of
a fractured rkull.
The girl who lured him to the trap
wan handsomely gowned and, like tin
man who accompanied her, was clad
In evening dross. Leavitt wan de
aerted by the two bi Hevcmty-socond
atrcci and Hecond avenue, after ho
bad been turned over to the mer
cies of a crowd armed with brickbats
and clubs. Leavitt’s assailants cs
caped.
Leavitt managed to give the police
a connected story, lb- aald Hun he
waa waiting outside the Hotel Nelli
erland for passengers when a man
and a girl came out of the hotol ami
naked him to drive Ilium to 118 East
Seventy-second slr-eL Leavitt was
a little surprised when tie got the
address, but suspected nothing, and
drove over there.
When the car got lo a dark stretch
of Seventy second street, beyond Sec.
ond avenue, ii dozen men, who had
apparently been walling for tie- cah,
jumped into the street and each man
hurled a stone ut tho two men In the
front seat. Leavitt wns struck on the
side of the head by one of the first
bricks thrown, and ho toppled over
off his seat into the street. The spe
cial policeman, who bad no revolver
because his permit had not vet been
Issued, ran after the men In Hplle of
being ; truck on the body by several
of the Inicks.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
WAS GUTTED BY FIRE
Tlse Pollen Think That the
Destruction in the Work
| oi' Incendiarioe .
WORCESTER Mass. Fire which
is thought by the pollee to be of In
cnndlarv origin, gutted the Notre
Dan.'- Roman Catholic church T Imre
day morning doing $75.(101) worth of
during" Tin Rev, Father Joseph
(isgtltlll si 111" pel'll of Ills own life,
i Hindi' lilm way Into the burning build
ing and rescued the host,
Franklin s Code of Conduct
Temperance. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
Silence. Hpeak not bill what may benefit, yourself or others; avoid
trilling conversation.
Order. Let all your tilings have their places; ]el eurh part of
your business have Its time.
Resolution. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform with
out fall whai you resolve.
Frugality, Make no "'pause but to do good to others or to your
self, i, e , waste nothing.
Industry. 1.0 " no time; l,<- alwu, ' employ'd In something use
ful, run off all unnecessary actions.
Sincerity. I no hurtful deceit; think Innocently and Justly, and
If you speak, speak accordingly.
Justice. Wrong none by doing Injuries or omitting the benefits
that sre your duly
Moderation. Avoid ex'remes; forh-ar resenting Injuries so much
as you think they deserve.
Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanllnesa In body, clothes, or habita
tion.
Tranquility. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common
or una voidable.
Chastity. Rarely use vi nery Imr for health or offspring, never for
dulbe s weaker is, or th" Injury of your own or another’s peace or
reputation.
Humility. Irnlialo Jesus and Horrates.
Chinese Fired on Jap
Police Troops Without
Provocation—Many Kill
ed on Both Sides—The
Chinese Refuse to Allow
Pursuit of Offenders In
to Chinese Territory.
—— W ||
(By Hearst News Servioe.)
I’EKIN. Grave complications which
threaten (lie poace of China and Ja
pan are feared as the result of a
clash between Chinese and Japanesa
troops oil the Corean border near Kan
tao. According to reports, a body of
Chinese soldiers fired on the Japanese
wlllmut provocation, and In tho fight
ing which ensued many were killed
on both sides, the Chinese being fin
ally forced lo retreat. Tho Japanese
followed them to tho border and the
Japanese commander demanded the
surrender of the Chinese, which was
refused. The Japanese foreign office
was quickly communicated with.
[I Is feared here that China’s re
fusal to surrender the men responsi
ble lor the attack on the Japanese
may cause Japan to cross the border,
which would undoubtedly precipitate
an ugly situation.
Eight Chinese Killed.
TOKIO. The Japanese foreign of
fice does not attach much Importance
to tho encounter between Japanese
and Chinese troops at Kentao Ac
cording to Information reeclved here
the Chinese attacked a police garri
son and In the fight lug that followed
eight Chinese and three Japanese sol
diers were killed. The Chinese are
said to have been the aggressors.
Srious Complications.
SEOUL, Korea.- -Serious complica
tions affecting the peace of China and
Japan threaten as result of an en
gagement between Chinese and Japan,
esc troops In Kantno, Northern Korea.
In which several were killed or
wounded.
The refusal of the Chinese war of-
I floe to permit pursuit, of the detach
ment of soldiers who are said to have
been the aggressors may result In
crossing of tho frontier by Japanese
troops.
The Chinese Holdlery are reported
lo have opened the hostilities by fir
ing upon a police stntlon occupied by
Japanese' troops who worn sent Into
Kantao us guard for Koreans resident
there.
The fighting that ensued lasted
several hours, and while tho exact,
number of casualties Is not obtainable
there were u number killed or wound
ed.
WATER ANALYSIS
lIIS UPON
DRJJfLE
Augustan* Will Not Know
How Pure or Impure
Water in Until City Bae
terioloKist Return* From
Atlanta.
The board of health has not com
pleted an analysis of the water In
all sections of Ihe city, owing to the
absence of Dr. W. C. Lyle, who Is In
Atlanta attending a meeting of mill
ilary surgeons. Dr. Lyle Is city chem.
' Ist and bacteriologist and has the
work of examining the city water In
charge. Ho far as Is known no Im
purities now exist, but an official re
port lias not been made by the board
jof health.