THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
The Herald is the best medium for merchants who desire to win a large share of the Easter trade this week
VOLUME XIV., No. 97.
EOSL WEATHER
COMING FOR
FEW DAYS
WASHINGTON—The following bul
letin has been issued by the United
9tates weather bureau:
“Several days of comparatively cool
weather are indicated for the eastern
half of the United States, with frost
in middle and upper Mississippi and
Ohio valleys and Lake 'region and
thence over middle Atlantic and New'
England states. Frost also likely to
occur in interior of Gulf and South
Atlantic states.”
HOUSES DESTROYED
BY TORNADO IN.
WABASH
WABASh, Ind. — itie only tornado
Wabash has known in 25 years in
jured a score of persons last night
and did damage amounting to thous
ands of dollars. A doZfen houses were
demolished.
MANY BUILDINGS
RUINED AT PERU.
PERU, Ind. —A tornado Tuesday
night destroyed four factories and sev
eral school tmildings and wrecked
many small structures here.
INDIANA
TOWN SUFFERED.
INDIANAPOLIS.—A report here
says that many are injured by a tor
nado at Wabash, Ind, early Wednes
day.
One Fatally Hurt.
LONDON, Ontario. —The hurri
cane here lnjured\six persons, one
perhaps fatally.
PASTOR WARNED BY
THE BLACK HAND
Minister Who Assessed
Parishioners Fifty Cents
Each Advised To Leave
Town Before Easter.
WORCESTER. Mass.—A letter sign
ed “Black Hand Society” and threat
ening death unless he leaves town by
Easter Sunday was received recently
and turned over to the police by the
Rev. Vincent Buckeveckas, rector of
St. Casimir’s Roman Catholic church
of this city. The congregation, which
is composed of Lithuanians, has had
much financial trouble, and when, a
few months ago, Father Buckeveckas
was sent here by Bishop T. D. Beav
en, of Springfield, some of the par
ishioners demurred to a request that
they pay fifty cents a month toward
the support of the parish and in ad
dition pay $6 before Easter. The dis
senters organized a new church and
have since been endeavoring to pro
cure a pastor.
The priest says that he intends to
remain in charge of his parish and
will take no notice of the threat.
MILLEDGEVILLE CARNIVAL.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.—A street
carnival given under the auspices of
the Baldwin Blues, one of the most
famous military organizations in the
South, will be held here next week
and large crowds are expected to visit
this place. Fifteen attractions are
billed by the company putting on the
shows.
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Forecast for Augusta and Vloinlty—
Showers tonight and Thursday; colder
tonight.
For South Carolina—Showers this
afternoon or tonight; cooler. Thurs
day fair.
For Georgia—Showers this after,
noon or tonight; cooler i n north and
west portions. Thursday fair.
The depression has moved from
the lower Missouri valley to the low
er Lakes with increased depth, at
tended by rain from the central ’Gulf
coast, northward to the St. Lawr«ww
Valley, the rainfall being heavy in
portions of Tennessee, Alabama and
Mississippi.
There is also a moderate depres
sion along the West Texas . coast
which, so far, is only causing cloudi
ness in the southern portion of that
state. ’
Snow Ir falling in upper Michigan,
Wyoni Attend Colorado and an ini'
mensi high pressure occupies
the middle and northern Rocky Moun
tain country. It i= quite cold this
morning west of the Mississippi, ex
cept In Texas, and temperatures have
'alien decidedly in Missouri, Illinois,
Dltlahoiiitt, Tennessee and Arkansas.
LABORATORY DOING
A VALUABLE
WORK
The laboratory of the Board of
Health is now well established, and
in daily operation. It is prepared
to make chemical and bacteriological
examinations, when requested to do
so by physicians, and many doctors
in the city have already availed them
selves of its many advantages.
The Board of Health has recently
addressed a circular letter to every
doctor In the city. It explains, in
some measure, what work the labora
tory is doing, as follows:
March 5, 1909.
Dear Doctor:
The laboratory of the Board of
Health, is now In operaton, and the
board is prepared to make chemical
and bacteriological examinations
when requested by physicians.
This applies particularly to sus
pected oases of malaria, typhoid, tu
berculosis, G. U. diseases, uncinari
asis and other disorders.
The board does not wish to com
pete with physicians who do bacte
riological work for themselves, or
other physicians, and charge a fee
for same; so no fee will be charged
for medical work done at this labo
ratory; but in justice to such bacte
riologists, examinations will only be
made for such patients as are unable
to pay; or when desired by the
board.
By an ordinance of the Board of
Health, all cases of suspected uhm
theria must be examined microsconl
cially (not necessarily at this labora
tory) before quarantine is establish
ed, and if found positive, a second
examination must be made by the
board, and an inoculated culture tuba
sent here at least 24 hours before
quarantine is raised.
All specimens of blood, sputum,
pus, feces, urine, etc., should reach
laboratory before noon, as it is fre
quently necessary to incubate for 24
hours, and a report can then he made
at noon of the succeeding day.
For your convenience, depots for
tHe distribution of culture media,
slides, receptacles, etc., will bp es
tablished at the following drug
stores:
Alexander Drug Co., Land Drug
Co., J. F. Burdashaw, Hubbard &.
Davenport, Broadway Pharmacy, Ca
banss Drug Co., Parr’s Rharmacy,
Will T. Caldwell, Dr. J. P. Smith
Burruss’ Pharmacy.
You might, clip this and paste in
your visiting list.
Fraternally yours,
W. C. LYLE, Ohemißt, B. of H.
A blood serum tube, a sterelized
swab for use in the throat of diph
theria patients, slides for other spe
cimens and a sputum cup for tuber
culosis specimens constitutes the
package for each physician, together
with a regular form of blank which
when properly filled out, furnishes to
the board the desired information re
garding each patient, the number of
tests that have been made, the dis
ease, etc.
The laboratory is doing a wonderful
work. It is equipped with evory ne
cessary apparatus. Dr. W. C. Lyle
is authority for the statement that
the equipment of no laboratory south
of Baltimore can compare with the
one in Augusta.
As an example of the promptness
with which physicians throughout the
city realized the value of the labora
tory, Dr. Lyle has within the past 30
days been called upon to make 24
examinations for tuberculosis.
That was only one case, and others
equally as pertinent might be men
tioned.
PADGET DEMURRER
IS OVER-RULED
The demurrer In the ease of John
Padgett vs. Guy Sturgis was argued
before Judge Eve Wednesday. Judge
Eve overruled the demurrer of Mr.
Padgett. The case will be appealed
to the supreme court. The case was
a suit for the recovery of whlekey
in the possession of Mr. Sturgis,
which was seized when the place of
Mr. Padgett was raided by the officers
some time ago.
Mr. Padgett in his petition sets
forth that Mr. Sturgis has no right
to hold the whiskey as there is no
law giving him authority to do so.
Mr. Sturgis in reply states that he
is holding the whiskey as special ball
iff of the city court, and that he will
continue to hold it until the state di
rects him to do otherwise. He fur
ther states that Mr. Padgett was
found guilty of having the whiskey
for the purpose of illegal sale, and
that to return it w ( ould probably mean
that it would again be sold, and
therefore be a nuisance to the com
munity.
Judge Eve has ruled that Mr. Stur
gis had a right to hold the whiskey
until the state decides what shall be
done with ft The case will be a
test case as there are numerous oth
er dealers here who have been raided
and their whiskey seized, who will
wait for a decision in this case be-
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 7, 1909.
START WORK EARLY
ALONG THE CANAL
River and Canal (Former
ly Flood) Commission
Met Wednesday and Au
thorized Mr. Wingfield
to Advertise for Bids.
The canal and river commission
(formerly flood commission) met
Wednesday at noon in the city hall
to perfect reorganization, since their
creation by council a permanent
bedy. No change was made in the
officers, Mr. Fred B. Pope remaining
chairman.
The first official act of the commis
sion was to instruct Mr. Wingfield,
commissioner of public works, to
draw up specifications as soon as he
can for the work necessary along the
canai banks, and advertise for bids
for the same.
He W'ill be ready to advertise, it
is thought, in a few' weeks. The no
tice will be run 30 days, and a con
tract awarded. The elevation of and
strengthening of the canal banks will
be the first work done. The policy
of the commission is to push as rap
idly as possible all measures that
will be possible with the money in
hand.
PRESIDING ELDER AT
BROADWAY CHURCH
Rev. B. F. Fraser, presiding elder
of this district will hold the second
quarterly conference at the Broadway
Methodist church Wednesday even
ing. Preceeding the conference Mr.
Fraser will conduct the regular
church services, taking for his sub
ject, the parable of the Sower. The
services will begin at 8 o'clock. The
public generally is invited to attend
these services.
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THE HILL MURDER
MYSTERY STILL
UNSOLVED
Detectives and Court Of
ficers Busily Engaged in
Attempt To Find Clue To
Guilty Parties.
Special to The Herald.
MACON Ga.—Considerable atten
tion fe being paid by the officers of
the Federal court in Macon over the
mystery surrounding the death of
Pope S. Hill, the Macon lawyer, in
Mcßae, and officers of tho court have
been upon the scene. Some of the
court officials have seen service In
Dodge county as they had to serve pa
pers there In the Dodge cases. For
thiß reason they are fitted for detec
tive work and may be used.
Tne most startling development
of Tuesday was the report of the phy
slcians who made the post mortem
examination in Macon on Monday
night. The top of Mr. Hill’s skull
was sawed off and during the ex
amination several bad contusions
were found on the head. The skull
was fractured, thus completely over
turlng the suicide theory.
Mcßae people at first were reticent
about admitting murder, but they
now believe that Hill met with the
foulest kind of play and many of
them have volunteered whatever aid
they may be able to render.
The funeral of Mr. Hill was con
ducted Tuesday and the Interment
was in Rose Hill cpmetery. Hlb wife
Is still prostrated from grief.
INFLUENZA KILLING INDIANS.
WINNIPEG, Man —The Hudson Bay
company’s Inspector in the Mackenzie
river district reports that there has
been heavy mortality among the In
dians of the district owing to the prev
alence of innuenza.
The almost total failure of the fur
crop is causing great suffering among
the Indians In the northern districts.
fore entering suit against Mr. Stur
gis.
Messrs. C. H. & R. S. Cohen and
C. E Dunbar represented Mr. Pad
gett, while Mr. ,J. C. C. Black, Jr.,
renresented Mr. Sturgis.
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In the centre is shown ex-Presiilent Roosevelt on
the deck of the Hamburg American liner, Ham
burg, en route for Africa, via Naples. The map
shows the route Mr. Roosevelt will take from New
York to Mombasa.
Crazed By Novels, Sunday
School Student Tried Black
Hand Methods on Asa Candler
ATLANTA, Ga.—"lt was lust a fool notion I got from reading dime
novels,’’ said Daniel W. Johnson, Jr., the 18-year-old boy who was Jail
ed Tuesday night for having attempted to extort $35,000 from Asa G.
Candler, a prominent banker and Georgia’s wealthiest citizen through
black hand methods.
The young man at first told the police that he had been .forced
by three strangers to write the letters to Candler demanding money.
He now admits that the scheme was of his own concoction.
Johnson wrote a second letter Sunday repeating his threats of
death to Candler In case of his non-eonipllanee and then went to church
and took his regular place in Candler’s Sunday school class.
1,500 FISHERMEN AFLOAT ON
ICEBERG IN MID-OCEAN
BERLIN.—A huge Iceberg on which 1 ~r > oo Russian fishermen were
working near Riga was suddenly driven into 'he open sea hut 37 of the
fishermen escaped, according to a dispatch to The Lokal Anzelger. One
version is that, the Iceberg overturned far out at sea and the men
drowned. Another dispatch says She Iceberg Is still drifting further
seaward and scores of fishermen have fallen into the sea.
Woman Dies From Glanders
Contracted From Pet Horse
BOYLESTON, Pa.—Mrs. John W. Fenner, a wealthy resident of the
Jfilltown township, is dead with the glanders. Mrs. Fenners had
a custom to pet her favorite home and in this way contracted the dis
ease.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
WOULD RAISE THE
TARIFF RATE
BN JJARLEY
WASHINGTON.—>The bailey sched
ule of the Payne tariff bill was thresh
ed out in the house of representatives.
Pending amendments were, one by
Miller (Kansas) increasing the Payne
rate from jjfteen to twenty-five cents
a bushel, and another by Alexander
(New York) fixing the rate at ten
per cent advalorem.
INFERNAL MACHINE
FOUND IN BOOK
Was Sent To Magistrate,
But Not Opened By Him.
Contrivance Clever.
CALCUTTA, India. —Acting on se
cret information Ihe police have jUHt
opened a book found on the desk on
the lnle Mr. Klngsford, magistrate at
Muzafferpore, whicli the magistrate
had not opened. They found Inside
the book a clever contrivance of
springs and picric acid, which was
intended should explode when the
book was opened.
The Infernal machine found at the
offices of the Englishman recently
proves to have been of a highly ex
plosive character.
Two women, a Mrs, Kennedy and
her daughter, were recently killed at
Muzafferpore by ihe explosion of an
infernal machine placed In a box of
chocolates sent to the ladles by some
one unknown.
NINE ENTERED PLEAS
IN THE CITY COURT
There were nine pleas of guilty en
tered In the city court Wednesday.
They were: Charlie Hamplore, plead
ed to obstructing a legal, process.
Hamplore tried to keep Constable W.
J. Owens from levying on some goods.
He was given 6 months.
Hamp Walker was given SSO or 8
months for assault and ha’tory.
Will Herald on escape from the
Stockade was given 6 month} to bo
added to his present, seme nee.
Monroe Dicks was given 10 months
for stabbing. lie cut his wife be
cause she was talking to another
man.
Emory Moore alias Bryant was
given SIOO or 8 months for simple
larceny.
Charlie Rich was given SSO or (1
months for gambling.
/ANT TO GIVE
BABY BOY AWAY
The Associated Charities has a fine
three-months-old baby boy which
they wish to give away. The child’s
mother is dead. Anyone who would
like to take the child can secure In
formation from Mr. Hollingsworth,
the secretary of the association, at
her office In the Montgomery build
ing.
STEAMERS COLLIDE
NEAR STATEN ISLAND
NEW YORK.—The Ward lino
steamer Havana ran Into the Munson
line freighter Cubana near the quar
antine station on Staten Island Wed
nesday morning, tearing a large hols
In the Cubana’s side near the steam.
The Havana was ml damaged. The
Cubana was towed by tugs toward tin
beach at Clifton, Staten Island,
AN INNOCENT CRIMINAL
ByM. THOMPSON
A Thrilling Narrative of How an Innocent Man Can
Be Made to do a Criminal’s Work J* J* J* J* J* J*
The captain and I were sitting
alone under the awning under the
bridge dozing away the hot afternoon
over our coffee and cigars.
The captain was cranky and tired
of the whole business. He longed to
get away from the sport with its ma
laria and mosquitoes and yellow fe
ver. We were lying al New Orleans
loading cotton and they were work
tng feverishly at (he dock to gel us
away that rilghf. One huge bale of
cotton after another was swung
aboard by the derrick, hung for a mo
ment over the hutehway and was
then lowered Into the hold with much
rattling of chain. The Insufferable
heat, the stench of the yellow, muddy
river water and the monotonous
sound of the chains doped our nerves
and senses and made us silent and
uncommunicative.
"Bay, doctor,” the captain at lasi
broke the silence, "can you tell me
wh“t Is tho matter with the mate
CHANDLERWON’T
PRDSECUTE
JOHNSON
ATLANTA. —Asa G. Candler ai»
nounced Wednesday that he would
not proceed against Daniel W. John
son, Jr., the member of his Sunday
school class, who confessed to the
authorship of the blackhnnd iettera
demanding thut Candler surrender
$35,000. Johnson, however, will be
held for the postal authorities wh»
have the case In baud.
CASTRO LANDS AT
FORT-DE-FRANGE
FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique.—
Clprittno Castro, in rage against the
British government and the state de
partment at Washington, left th»
steamer Guadeloupe here Wednesday
and has taken up quarters on shore.
Finding all ports in the West Indies
excepting Fort de France barred
against him, his present course wag
the only one left open to the former
Venezuelan dictator.
Senor Castro’s wife will continue
on board the Guadeloupe to La
Oualra.
The American cruiser North Caro
lina came Into port Wednesday morn
ing.
CARACAS, Tuesday, via. Willem
stad, Curacao. —The Venezuelan gov
ernment line sounded France to as
certain whether or not. difficulties
would be encountered If Clprlano
Castro wore arrested on board the
steamer Gaudeloupe at a Venezuelan
port. The reply of France Indicated
Hint she would make no protest In
such an event.
BARIS. —The French government
will undertake to prevent Castro from
ÜBlng French territory as the base of
operations against the present gov
ernment of Venezuela,
This understanding follows the ex
changes, and Is in full accord with
the wishes of the Washington gov
ernment.
Furthermore, the French govern
ment is considering the advisability
of expelling Castro from the Island of
Martinique, where he now Is. No de
cision on this point, however, haa yet
been reached.
MRS. ELLEN READY
DIED WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Ellen Ready died at 6:60
o’clock Wednesday morning at heir
residence, 1929 Telfair street. Mrs.
Ileauy was 80 years of age. BHe had
been 111 for some time. Bhe waa a
devout member of the Christian
church.
Mrs Ready leaves four ohlldren.
Mrs. Samantha liodle, Mias Ella
Ready, Mrs. Emma MatUeny and )ir.
Ruymoud Ready. She Is also sur
vived by a number of grandchildren.
The funeral will take plaoo front
the residence Thursday morning at
10 o’clock. Rev. Howard T. Ores
will conduct the services. The inter
ment will bo in the West View oeme
tery.
these days. For I’ll be hanged H
there Is not something wrong. Now
he has come to ine to draw his money
In advance and quite a bit of money
every time, too. What the devil does
he spend Ills money on here at New
Orleans? Of course there Is some
girl behind for Holst looks to me like
a fellow who would do anything for
the stike of a pair of pretty eyes."
The captain stood up from his chair,
threw his butt overboard and lit a
new weed.
"And then I will be d—d If he has
not begun to walk In his sleep," be
continued, pacing up and down the
bridge. "It was about 2 o'clock this
morning when 1 woke up by hearing
someone moving about In my state
room. I quickly threw off the mos
quitonetting and there standing In
the middle of the room was the mate
staring at me dazed and bolding a
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