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About The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1909)
THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD Forecast f or Augusta and Vicinity—Rain and colder tonight; Tuesday fair aiul much colder. VOLUME XIV., No. 46 STECIII. FLYER STRUCK ROCK ON TRUCK Passengers Badly Shaken Up But No One Was Se riously Injured. PHILADELHPIA. —The Pennsylva nia special, an eighteen hour flyer from Chicago to New York, struck a rock at Newton Hamilton, Hunting don county, Pennsylvania, 83 miles west of Harrisburg shortly after 6 o'clock Monday morning, wrecking the train. Official reports to the company in this city say that beyond a severe shaking up no one was se verely injured. Newton Hamilton is at the foot of the eastern slope of the Allegheny mountains and a heavy fog obscured the tracks at the time the accident occurred. So far as can be learned the en gineer of the flyer had no time to re duce his speed before striking a rock which had fallen from the hillside. The locomotive, Pullman, combina tion,, smoker and baggagfe car and three sleepers were derailed, the engine and the first two cars turn ing ever on their sides. The last car remained on the track. All passengers .were still in their berths and it is considered remark able that no one was killed. All of the passengers were thrown about and badly shaken up. 11 MIKE IPPEIL IN IRE LOWE USE Special to The Herald. AIKEN, S. C.—Court adjourned af ter a two weeks session. An im mense amount of business was trans acted, but still the docket is not cleared. There is talk of an appeal in the Lowe case on the ground that the judge erred in allowing testimony of the declarations of the deceased as to the ill treatment of her hus band. COUNTRY 11 HI TO INCREASE MS WASHINGTON, D. C.—Discussing the naval appropriation bill Senator Hale predicted that if the present rate of increase in appropriations continued it will be necessary for the government either to increase the »ate of taxation or to borrow money. ADULTERATED OATS SEIZED BY THE U. S. MARSHAL Deputy U. S. Marshal Murray served a of seizure on C. D- Carr & Co. Monday morning, for twK* car loads, containing 200 sacks of what the legal document alleges to be adulterated oats, and the same will be held In confiscation, under a pro vision of the Pure Food and Drugs act. It appears from the warrant that the C. D. Carr company purchased from a wholesale grain firm in Nash ville two car loads of oats. Upcn arrival here it seems that the local firm discovered that the oats were adulterated with a very inferior grade of barley and with elevator sweep ings. The shipment purported to be No. 2 white oats, which weigh 32 pounds to the bushel. 'Barley weighs 48 pounds to the bushel. No. 2 white oats are worth 64 cents per bushel, while barley is only worth about 48 cents per bushel. When it was discovered by C. D. Carr & Co. that their shipment had been adulterated, report of the same was made to the proper federal au thorities, and an inspector came here at once from Atlanta, to examine the same. The warrant of seizure was the result. MAN WAS KILLED IN FLORIDA RESTAURANT As Resuft of Old Grudge Frank Fenton Killed Bob Fleming. a* MILTON, Fla.—Bob Fleming was shot and instantly killed Sunday even, log In a restaurant by Frank Penton. The shooting is a result of an old grudge. Fleming leaves a wife. Both mpn are prominent In this county. The coroner’s Jury immediately ren dered a verdict of justifiable homi cide. It was proved that both men drew guns and began firing. WOMEN ATTACKED Oil STREETS OF BERLIN BERLIN. —The mysterious attacks upon women on the streets of Berlin continue. Five women of the work ing class were wounded in the city and in the suburbs Sunday, while Monday the wife of a merchant was wounded by an unknown assailant. None of the women were seriously hurt. COL. KINGMAN MAY STOP ACM • SERVICE WASHINGTON.—Coy. Kingman, of the corps of engineers, in charge of the rivers and harbors work in the vicinity of Savannah, has been order ed before the retiring board here for examination to determine his fitness for further active service. APPEALIiiTN THE LEPROSY CASE Will Carry to Higher Courts and in the Mean time the Injunction Con tinues. Special to The Herald. AIKEN, S. C.—Messrs. Hendersons have served notice of appeal to the supreme court upon Messrs. Croft & Croft and Sawyer & Owens in the Kirke leprosy case. In the meantime the injunction is continued, and Miss Kirke is in her residence as before. This case has educated the public as to what leprosy is, and the people are learning that leprosy is not as bad as many other skin diseases; and to the better informed the name of leprosy does not carry such terrors with it as formerly, especially since people have found out that many peo ple have lived in the house with Miss Kirke including the chairman of the board of health, and nobody has caught the disease, as shown by the testimony at the trial. NEGRESS CHARGED WITH BEING A MOONSHINER Mary Jane Fason, a negro woman from Emanuel county, near Summertown, was given a preliminary hearing before Uni ted States Commissioner Godwin and bound over to the district court under a bond of S3OO, on a charge of operating an illicit distillery. Although no evidence was introduced to show that the woman s husband waa involved in the alleged violation. Mar shal Murray believes that the “still** was his property, and t-.at his wife looked af ter the plant while he waa away at work. The woman gave a personal bond for appearance before Judge at the next term of court. HONOR THE MEMORY OF MAINE VICTIMS Services Will Be Held in Many Farts of Country. Ship Went Down Eleven Years Ago. WASHINGTON —Memorial services in honor of the sixty-three American sailorß who went down with the Maine In Havana harbor just ele ven years ago Monday, and whose bones still moulder in the wreck of the iH-fated battleship, will be held Monday evening by the Maine Memo rial association. Patriotic societies, particularly veterans of the Spanish war, also observed the anniversary. This year's anniversary is especial ly notable, since it Is marked by an insistent public demand for the raia lng of the Maine, In order that the sailors whose tomb It Is may be given proper burial. Determined op position to this project in some quart ers has aroused considerable Indlg nation among the veteranß of the Spanish war. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 15, 1909 Woman to Die in Electric Chair Mrs. Farmer, who has been doomed to he electro cuted in New York for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan. Mayor of New Orleans Indicted For Cutting Off Man's Whiskers NEW ORLEANS, La.—A sensation was created in the United States cir cuit court this afternoon when a grand jury returned indictments against the mayor and other promi nent citizens of Kenner, Jefferson Parish, charging them with “conslpr ing and agreeing to arm themselves with pistols, guns, scissors and other weapons to injure, oppress and threat en certain voters.” The indicted men are: Mayor Paul Felix, Dave Meyer, John T. Fitzger ald, Moxle Wildenstein, and Frank Hall. HUSSARS CANVASS PROGRESSING WELL „ The committees from the Rich mond Hussars and from the Chamber of Commerce worked among the prominent merchants and business men of the city Monday morning. People are responding liberally to help the Hussar's make the trip to Washington. Almost one-third of the money has been secured, and It is thought, the citizens will subscribe the amount later. The committee from the Hussars held a meeting Monday morning for the purpose of selecting a route to Washington. The schedules of the Atlantic Coast Line and the South ern were talked of. There Is much to be considered in the time of ar rival, the accommodations, and tho parking of the cars, so the commit tee decided to wait, until the matter could be further investigated before making a decision. The following is a list of the con tributions to-date: City of Augusta SIOO.OO Ca/sh 10.00 Cash 25.00 W. H. Barrett 10.00 .1. S. Reynolds 10.00 W. M. Dunbar 5.00 E. .1. O'Connor 5.00 F. G. Mertlns 8.00 ' Theo. G. MeAullffe 25.00 A. P. H. Mullarky 5.00 Great Eastern Shoe C 0... 5.00 Frank G. Reynolds 5.00 W. n. Nort 1.00 John S. Carwell 1.00 Previously published 175.00 Total $387.00 SPERRY’S FLEET IS NEARING THE COAST The Navy Department Reckonings that they are One Thousand, Five Hun dred Miles Away From America. WASHINGTON.—AdmiraI Sperry’s fleet Monday is within 1,300 miies of the American coast, according to the reckoning of the navy depart ment, but no wireless communication has been received from the admiral. The indictments grew out of the cutting off of the whiskers of E. A. O'Sullivan, a prominent attorney of New Orleans, at the Keener Polls at the lats national election. Mr. O’Sul livan went to the polls for the avowee purpose of giving legal advice to cer tain cllnets opposing the Felix Re gime. As he approached the voting booth he was seized and his flowing whiskers, with a state wide reputa tion for their luxuriant growth, were summarily clipped. An Incidental Intimidation of other parties, it is al leged, flured In today's indictments. IB 111 NEW YORK mmcy negro Beat Him Severely for At tempting to Flirt With a White Girl. NEW YORK. —Crowds of angry men Monday pursued a negro who tried to flirt with Miss Helen Cassldv, of Scranton, while in the subway and the man was given a severe beating before he escaped. NAKED MAN FOUND ON CHARLESTON STREET Squeezed Through Win dow Pane of Roper Hos pital Without Cutting Himself. CHARLESTON, S. C—Keeper ,T. 1,. Jones had a surprise at 3 o’clock Saturday morning which nearly caus ed him to lose his bold on life when his eyes Anally convinced him that he was beholding an absolutely naked man. The, unfortunate fellow had es caped from confinement at the Roper hospital. The man had squeered through a window pane, carefully breaking the glass artd suffering no cuts in getting through the frame. The man might have cut himself and bled to death but fortunately he got out without hurting hlmseif, only to be recaptured arid carried back to the institution. ATLANTA MAN DIEp SUDDENLY ON TRAIN Man Thought to he F. L. Woodruff Dropped Dead From Heart Disease on Michigan Central. CHICAGO.—An unidentified man, 45 years old, believed by the police to be FV L. Woodruff, of Atlanta, Oa., dropped dead supposedly from heart disease on the Michigan Centra] pas senger train bound for Detroit Sun day night. ROSS CSRTZION IS FGUiO GUILTY OF MURDER NEW YORK.—Rosa Gratzion has been indicted for murder in the sec ond degree for killing her husband last August, after he urged her to live a life of shame when site was placed on trial Monday at Kings county court. The wife doesn't deny shooting her husband and declares she was so wrought tip over the terrible proposi tion that she did not know what she was doing. 818 OIL COMPANY ACCEPTS ITS FINE JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Henry S. Priest, of St. Louis, and H. Clay Pierce, chairman of tho board of the Waters-Plerce Oil company, have filed In the supreme court of Missouri tho acceptance of the terms imposed up on the company by the recent ouster order of the court. The fine of $50,000 was paid. MR.1.8. MURPHY IS BIGKFRIIPMII Mr. T. D. Murphy arrived in the city this morning from his trip to Panama with President-elect Taft. Mr. Murphy says he had a Sue time on the trip. The weather was de lightful on the -vav down, and the cli mate in Panama was very watm. Tho trip back was rough. Mr. Murphy accompanied Judge Taft to Birmingham and came home by the way of Atlanta. Tile trip was thoroughly enjoyable and interesilng. TUP! HAS COKE TO WASHINGTON CINCINNATI, Ohio—President-elect Taft left Cincinnati today for Wash ington. Ills trip primarily is for (ho purpose of transmitting to the presi dent the report of the board of civil engineers who accompanied him to Panama. He will take advantage of the opportunity to consult regarding his inaugural address. He will return here Thursday to remain three days. SPAIN TO RECEIVE BRITISH RULERS MADRID. —King Edward and Queen .Alexandra will be given a royal greeting when they arrive at Villa garcia Tuesday on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. King Al fonso and Queen Victoria will receive the royal visitors. There will be a royal banquet and excursions to the surrounding country and to Corte gada, where King Alfonso has built a palace. A British squadron will convoy the Victoria and Albert and French, Ital ian and German fleet divisions are also expected to arrive at the same time. KANSAS CITY STARTS WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A warfare on tuberculosis, by which it is hoped to arouse the entire southwest., was commenced hero today In connection with the opening here of the national exhibit V the tuberculosis congress. Eminent physicians will deliver ad dresses during the exhibition, which will continue for two weeks. In ifansas City one death In every nine Is due to tuberculosis and a strong effort will be made in an at tempt to rouse the people of the city to the danger they are in'not observ ing ordinary precautions. CARRYING MAIL TO BATTLESHIP FLEET CHARLESTON, 8. C.— The United States scout, cruiser Salem so'led Sat urday with 300 bags or mail matter for the great battleship squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Sperry, now returning from the cruise around the world. The Salem will meet, the fleet in mid-Atlantic and successfully effect the transfer of the pouches which will probably prove a difficult under taking PAPERS BOOST PRICE. TRENTON, N. J. Under an agree ment. entered into by all the newspa pers of q renton, the price of each was Monday advanced from one cent to two cents a copy. Increased cos> of production are the reasons ad vanced for boosting the price. * DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 FER YEAR. POURED 011 GS BIS WIFE AND SET HER JIBE PORT CHESTER, N. Y.- Because bis wife objected to his attentions to : a young woman, Michael Hentiesey, aged 60, deliberately poured kerosene over her and its charged set her fire. The wife is in a critical condition. Hennesey is In jail. BElciiiEO liPJiiOX BILE WASHINGTON, D. C.—The first business to command the attention ot the house was the senate bill to overcome the constitutional bar to Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania .oc cupying the office of secretary of slate. WASHINGTON.—Mr. Clayton (Ala bama) favored Ihe Knox eligibility bill, saying it would not be in viola tion of any organic law of the land Mr. Clark (Missouri) opposed the bill saying It was simply an effort to override tho constiutlon by statute Mann (Illinois) republican, opposed the bill saying he did not Intend to be party to the conspiracy to violate the constitution. The bill ninied to remove the con stitutional objection to the appoin*- ment of Senatox Knox: tut secretary of state In Mr. Taft's cabinet was re jected by the house. Among the others who opposed the bill were Haekett (North Carolina), Webl) (North Carolina) and Hard wick (Georgia.) After the failure to secure the ne cessary two-thirds vote under suspen sion the committee on rules brought In a rule to take up the bill this af ternoon and dispose of It.. This being suspension day a two thirdß vote was. required to suspend j the rule and pass the bill but tills vote was not forthcoming, party lines being broken. At 2:40 p. n. yeas and nays wore ordered on a rule making It In order to again consider the bill reducing tho salary of the secretary of state and providing for a majority vote on the measure. BISHOP HOSS WAS OPERATED ON BALTIMORE.—-Bishop Hoss, of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, underwent a surgical operation Mon day morning at the Johns Hopkins hogpltal for Intestinal trouble. At noon he was reported to be reviving from the effects of ether In a satis factory manner. thibtyHwned IN MEDITERRANEAN ALGIERS.—An unknown stilling vessel rammed the Belgian steamer Australia, Feh. 12, near Alberan Is land. Botl# vessels foundered. The total loss of life was thirty, 14 men from the sailing vessel and 10 from the Australia. LARGE MATERNITY HOSPITAL OPENED Jewish Hospital Will Be Free to All Women Who Are Unable to Pay. NEW YORK Built and equipped at a cost of SIOO,OOO by subscriptions ranging from 25 cents to SSOO, the new Jewish Maternity hospital in Esst. Broadway was formally opened to patients Monday. It Is the first Institution of Its kind on the , Eas’ Side, and will be conducted strictly in accordance with the rules of the Jewish orthodox faith. However, wom en of any creed, color or social con dition will be taken In and the ser vice will be free of all charge ex cept to those who are able and will ing to pay, MARGARET ILLINGTON WILL GET A DIVORCE AND MAY RE-MARRY NEW YORK. If Edward Bowes, the Ban Francisco miner, Is to marry Margaret Illington, after Bho secures a divorce from Daniel Frohmnn, the theatrical manager, Erohman ap proves the match. He said today ho didn't know whether the report is true, but "if they do marry I know they will be happy." STORMS MOVING ESSTMO RAPIDLY WASHINGTON.—The follow ing is the forecast of the weather bureau Monday: Much colder Monday night east of the Gulf stales with a cold wave Tues day and much colder Tuesday in tho Sbuth Atlantic states. Blizzard Playa Usual havoc in North and Northwest —Traffic Tied up and Telegraph Lines Demol ished. CHICAGO.— Following tho example of January's blizzard, the Bteet and storm which lins tled-up the middle west Is moving eastward, leaving suf fering and destruction in Its wake. In Nebraska the temperature has fallen below zero and In Texas It Is un usually cold, and It Is feared there will be heavy loss among cattle. Thousands of telegraph poles aro down in Missouri, lowa, and neigh boring states, while passenger traffic has been badly hampered by thb heavy snowfall In Minnesota. In Michigan, Illinois and Ohio similar conditions prevail. Tho present storm has not taken Its toll of human life, although tho eltloH visited report the usual amount ot suffering among ihe unfortunate. The middle stnles oast of the Mls- Isslppl and Gulf states will next feel file full force of the storm, which Is scheduled to hit the Atlantic region Tuesday. COLD WAVE SPREADS OVER WHOLE COUNTRY Entire Eastern Coast from Maine to Florida May be in Grasp of Blizzard in a Few Hours. NEW YORK. —What probably will be the worst snowstorm of the winter followed by n record breaking drop of temperature Is expected to strlkp New York and vicinity either Monday night or oarly Tuesday. Already the blizzard Is moving enstward and ha* tied up traffic of all kinds In the western states. The Mississippi vat ley Is now in the grip of the storm. The storm signals have been display ed nil along the Atlantic coast and warn mariners of the high winds. Predicted that within twenty-four hours th<' entire coast from Malae to Florida will be visited by the cold wave. WASHINGTON.—The following Is the forecast of the weather bureau Monday, much colder Monday night east of the Gulf states with a cold wave Tuesday and much ooldar Tues day in the South Atlantic states. SLEET STORM SEVERE IN OHIO. CLEVELAND, Ohio.—The damage wrought to telegruph and telephone lines In northern Ohio by the heavy sleet stonn which began yesterday, is proving the most disastrous suf fered in many years. Along the lake shore hundreds of poles are down, and It will require days te even get the lines connected up temporarily. Many towns are completely isolated, so far as communication by either telegraph or telephone Is concerned. WHISKEY CAUSED MUCH CRIME IN AIKEN Nine Tenths of Cases Tried in Last Term of Court Were Due to Intoxicating Liquors. Bpeeli* to The Herald. AIKEN, S. C Mr, Geo. R. Webb, editor of the “Horse Creek Valley News,” in an editorial, calls atten tion to the fact that nine-tenths of the criminal cases tried during the past two weeks were caused by In toxicating liquors, and asks the "Law and Order League" to exert Itself to assist. In stopping the sale of Intoxi cating liquors In this county. Many people .-oil id like to know why the North Augusta dispensary Is continued In face of the fact that at the election 'tie no-disponstry ticket won at that place. Senator Otts, of Cherokee, has In troduced a bill In the senate to make a full Investigation of all the eounty dispensaries from their beginning and publish their report. The people of Aiken county are especially inter ested In this bll as they are not at all satisfied with the reports that have been made, as they do not give Itemised expenditures, sales and so forth. ANTI-BETTING BILL PASSED. HELENA, Mont.—The bill which restricts betting on horse races during fair week has passed both houses of the legislature. It is ex pected that the governor will sign the I bill this week. -- -
