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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIV., No. 350. ARMED RESISTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES IS URGED BY PRESIDENT ZELAYA S MINIONS NICARAGUANS APOLOGIZED 10 A BLUEJACKET Sentry Pushed Ship's Mes senger Off Street at Point of Bayonet. Re grets Accepted. CORINTO. —The Nicaraguan gov ernment Thursday apologized to an American bluejacket. It apologized humbly and the regrets were accepted by Commander Oliver of the cruiser Albany. While a brawl was on Wed nesday night a ship’s messenger from the Albany was forced off the side walk by a Nicaraguan sentry at the point of a bayonet. The messenger reported the matter and the incident reached the ears of the commandant of the port, who Thursday called on Commander Oliver and expressed his regrets. The situation was quieter Thursday. The ammunition hoists of the Albany are prepared for Instant service. The Albany’s men have been order, ed to keep to their quarters at night. At the report that Rama had been captured by the government troops and General Estrada routed was proven absolutely without foundation Thursday when communication be tween Managua and Rama was again established. The expected battle had not begun. The situation in the cap ital Thursday was critical. The whole sale arrests made by the police which continued Thursday, Inflamed the pop ulace and the spirit of revolt against Zelaya is reported to be gaining ground constantly. One of those ar rested was the mayor, who was later released. Congress is already riven by the fight, and tke partisans of the rebels are reported to be making headway. Several anti-Zelaya addresses have been delivered amid scenes of disor der, and other speakers have urged armed resistance to the United States: REBELS GET AUTOMATIC GUNS. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The state do. partraent Thursday made public a dls patt*" from Commander Shipley, U. S. N„ of the cruiser Des Moines, dated Wednes day sent from Blueflelds, Nicaragua, stat ing that the revolutionary forces have received more automatic guns and am munition. Commander Shipley says he believes that the arrival of the arms, am munition and reinforcements recently re. ceived by Estrada, will ultimately result In the surrender of Zelaya’s forces. An other dispatch was received from the commander of the Cruiser Albany con firming the news of riots at Leon. A dis patch from Managua say# that Presi dent Zelaya has sent arms to Grenada. The navy department announced that the cruiser Prairie sailed this mornhfg from Philadelphia with 700 marines foi Panama. CREW IS MAROONED WITHOUTJUPPLIES LITTLE CURRENT, Ontario—The big steel steamer Wissahlckon, of the Anchor Line, Is ashore on one of the outer duck Islands of Lake Huron, The crew of the vessel are marooned on the Island. Foi three days they have been buffeted by a terrlfio cut oft from the world and ab solutely without supplies. The steamer was driven ashore Sunday night by thi gale and the crew reached shore wirfi difficulty, It Is reported the lower decks and the stern of the vessel were sub merged Thursday and she was hanging on to the rocks by her nose. Supplies Sent. CLEVELAND, O—Aid was sent Thurs day to the ship wrecked crew of the steamer Wissahlckon, on one of the Duck Islands, Lake Huron. A tug was de spatched from the Soo, bearing food and other supplies. Duck Island is one of the worst spots in Lake Huron. If the ship is released from the rocks at all, she will be badly damaged. She was bound for the head of Lake Superior, and today was 72 hours overdue at the Soo. Her master is Captain Hugh Miller. LIFE CHEAPER THAN SPOONS, SAYS, JUDGE H. C. HAMMOND In sentencing Will Peeler, who was charged with robbery. Judge Hammond said: "Will, you made a mistake when you steal, for’accord ing to the jury you have committed a great crime where as the mur derers who w a have had up before us, have been turned loose. To me the gravest shame upon our present civilization is the small value placed on human life. In this court we have seen it displayed that sil ver spoons are far more valuable than the life of a fellow creature. For this great ofTence that you have committed I will sentence you to eight months on the chaingang.” MYSTERIOUS MURDER FOILS FRENCH POLICE Mutilated Body of Widow of President of Bank of France Found Near Rail road Tracks. PARIS. —Mme. Gouln, widow of the ' president of the Bank of France, was murdered last Wednesday night in a railroad train from Fontainebleu. The ; crime was discovered when the train i arrived at the Gare De Lyon. The ! woman’s body, mutilated and show ' ing signs of a terrific struggle, was 1 found near the tracks at Fontaine j bleu. The crime which is one of the most brutal, and mysterious that has shocked France in months, threw the police into great activity. The rail road carriage and the scene where the body was found were carefully searched by the most astute detee ! tives of the government and the muni -1 cipalty, but few clues were found, when the train arrived at the Parts station a porter discovered the traces of the crime In the locked compart ment which Mme. Gouln entered at Fontainebleu. The compartment, first class, was in disorder, and there were signs of a terrific struggle. A hand ful of the victim’s hair, to which a portion of the scalp still clung, show ing that it had been torn out by main force was found. Bits of cloth ing were scattered about the com partment a broken comb lay on the floor and a broken gold lorgnette. In one corner crumpled and torn, was discovered a ticket from Fontainebleu to Paris. Blood was spattered about the cell like compartment staining the floor and cushions, and there were other Indications which led the police to be lieve that the woman was killed be fore her body was thrown from the speeding train. Mme. Gouln, after the death of her first husband, the banker, married the manager of a lo comotive construction concern at Ratiquelll. SIMM LOST FROM II HICK Col. John D. Walker Dropped Package of Script and Stock Wednes day. Reward Offered. Loss of valuable bank stock and certificates, some $35,000 worth of such script dropped from the hack of Col. John D. Walker, of Sparta, yes terday on the way to the depot. For tunately for 001. Walker the script and stock cannot be used by any one and so there is no personal or pecuni ary loss, though there is a great In convenience and a reward of $25 has been offered for the return of this script to The Herald office. The package Is described as having been wrapped In rough blue paper about an Inch or so thick and about the size of the ordinary hank draft, with the name of John D. Walker printed on the outside. As the package was lost between Broad street and the Union station and with the reward offered for its return, the chances are that some one in the city will soon be richer than before by being able to claim the re ward. MRS. J. A. HATCHER DEAD. Special to The Herald. BLYTHE, Ga-—Mrs. J. A. Hatcher of this place dies at her home at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. She had been sick for a long time. She was the wife of Mr. J, A. Hatcher and a most lovable Christian woman. THE WEATHER Conditions favor fair weather in this section tonight and fair and warmer Friday. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 16, 1909. GENERAL LAND OFFICE SCORED IN CONGRESS Declares Lawlessness and Favoritisms Prevail in Office. Change in Inau guration Date Proposed. WASHINGTON, D. C.—For several minutes after the house met at noon Thursday the members and visitors in the galleries were interestedly looking for some action directed against the Sugar Trust and Cunning ham Claim Coal Land syndicates. Representative Dalzell, of Pennsylva nia reported a resolution to appoint a committee of five to investigate and report on what should he done with accumulated and useless documents. Representative Champ Clark, of Mis souri, said he wanted to know and what the people wanted to know was when the committee on rules would act on the resolutions calling for in vestigations of the sugar fraud scandals and an investigation of the land office. PROPOSED CHANGE OF INAUGURATION DATE. He asserted that, there seemed to be a process of smothering these resolutions. The house then con sidred the restrict of Columbia ap propriation bill. Representative Staf ford of Wisconsin introduced a hill to fix the date of assembling of con gressing. The bill provides that con gress shal meet every year in regular session on the second Monday in No vember. The house committee on elections of the president, vice-presi dent and representativs in congress held a hearing Thursday to change the inauguration date from March 4 to the last Thursday in April. Com missioner of the District of Colum bia MacFarland appeared before the committee in favor of the proposed change. CHARGES ;j SENSATIONAL. Representative Hitchcock of Ne braska made a sensational attack on the General Land office. He said n! part: "Within the last few months a senationa! controversy in the gen eral Land office itself has attracted the attention of the whole country and possible reveals a condition of lawlessness and favoritism which is amazing this revelation indicates that the real seat of the public land frauds is in the land office itself rather than outside. "The only way to reach the evil Is by a congressional investigation. To appropriate money for the land office to use in guarding against fraud is folly, if the land office itself is in the hands of the Phillistines. Rumors are even now current about the mis use of the million dollars appropriated last year to protect the public lands. I hear of thousands of dollars expend ed out of this fund for expensive fur niture of salaries of favorites that have been doubled out of this fund.” SCHOONER 15 SUNK NEAR CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, S. C.—The five masted schooner Governor Ames has been lost with all on board except one man. News of the disaster was brought here by the steamer Hhawmut which arrived from Philadelphia. The Bhawtnut picked ut the sole survivor John Shearman, when, exhausted and nearly frozen, he was about to slip from the raft he had im provised when the Ames went down. The Governor Ames was bound from Bruns wick, Ga. to New York wth a cargo of railroad ties. On board were the captain and his wife, and a crew of eleven, be sides Shearman. The Ames grounded Monday night on the Whittle Shoals, 25 miles North of Cape Hatteras. In spite of the nature of her cargo she was quickly beaten to pieces. Shearman made a raft of ties and when the final disintegration came put off from the ship safely. BOOKER T. WIL.Ii SPEAK IN ATLANTA [Herald Bureau, Candler Building] ATLANTA, Ga—Booker T. Wash ington, the negro educator, will speak in Atlanta In January, at the Audi torium-Armory. The committee in charge of the building has decided to allow the negroes the use of the Au ditorium-Armory for that occasion. The fund derived from the lecture will be used for the erection of a hospi tal in connection with one of the ne gro churches. ROBBERS VICTIMS IF OIJiiTE Bodies Found By Rail road Track, Where They Prboably Were Killed By Accidental Explosion. TULSA, Okla. —The bodies of two men, believed to have been bank or train robbers, who fell victims to their own dynamite, were found on the hanks of the Arkansas river Thursday. They apparently had been killed by an accidental explosion. / - \ v J J~ 8 W , s «d®M® AUTHOR OF THE RAINES LIQUOR LAWDIEDTODAY CANANDAIGUA, N. Y.—State Sena tor John Raines, author o> Raines liquoi law, died at 1:45 o’clock this morning af ter a long tight for life. CcmsciouH to the last, the man who led the republi can forces on the floor of the state sena tor for seven years passed away almost without pain. Stricken on Nov. 5, Sena tor Raines made a brave struggle for life In spite of the fact that several times his death was considered imminent. The actual cause of death, according to Dr. F. P. Warner, was taxaemia. Powerful Republican. .. Senator John Raines was one of the powerful republican state leaders of New York, and by his death Albany has lost cne of the most conspicuous figures in Its legislative halls. Senator Raines was born in 1840, in Canandaigua, bis home up to the time of his death In private life he was an in surance agent and lawyer, having been prepared for the bar at the Albany Law school. He served In the army of the Potomac and in the North Carolina cam paign until July 1863, when ho returned from the war and again took up the practice of law. Senator Raines had been an active member of the republican party for many years. He was a member of the assem bly from 1880 till 1885, when he wc* Meoted to the senate. He continued a member of the senate until 18S0, when he was elected to the Fifty-second congress In 1894 he was again elected to the senate, to All a vacancy caused by the resignation, of Charles T. Saxton, who had been elected Lieutenant-Governor for many years, he was chairman of the committee on railroads. Senator Raines devoted a great deal of his time to the excise laws. It. Is said that he usually carried an amend ment to that law In his pocket. One of his chief legislative achievements was the passage of the well-known liquor tax law which hears his name, and which gave rise to the large number of so called “Raines law hotels” in New York City. CAROLINIANS WILL BANQUET IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, Ga.—A number of prom inent speakers will be heard at the banquet of the Society of South Car ollnanlans, which will be given at one of the local hotels on Tuesday even ing, December 28. Among the speak ers will be Mayor Hobt. F. Maddox, Luelan Umar Knight, Hon. Clark Howell and James W. Austin. Col. Sam Wilkes will be toastmaster. Miss Virginia Wardlaw in Court • -r£m if® *. - ■■ ’i :, C -ife^ \ ELEVEN BODIES ARE RECOVERED FROMRUECK RALEIGH, N. C.—Later details from the scene of the Southern railway wreck at Reedy Fork Trestle, 15 miles North of Greensboro early Wednesday morning fully verified the roports as to dead and injured. In all eleven bodies have bee:: recovered and identified, two are critic ally injured and reports from the hospi tal are that they cannot live through tin day and It Is believed that more bodies wreckage Is removed from slirdlu etaotns will be recovered when the mass of wreckage is removed from water. At the hospital in Greensboro there are twenty patients from the wreck all reported as holding their own. Robert Russell, companion of George Gould and former editor of the Metropoli tan magazine is badly hurt. The coro ner and Jury will make their report to day. George J. Gould, who with ids sr«i Jay was in the Pullman was not serious ly injured. Mr. Gould and his son came into Greensboro on the special train hear, ing the injured and left, soon after In a private cur for his hunting lodge near High-Point. He stated that tile wreck had not disarranged his plans. When the sleeper hit the ground 25 feet below, Mr. Gould provided a way of egress for himself, son and guest, Robert Russell, In knocking out a window with a shotgun. The three men then crawled through the opening then pro vided and clad In night attire, sat. upon the roof of the car for an hour arid a half until help arrived. Russell is badly hurt but his condition is ,not critical. KIKE LEOPOLD’S CONDITION KOBSE The Physicians Have An nounced That the Intes tinal Inflammation Had Become More Acute. BRUSSELS.—A sudden turn for the worse came in the condition of King Leopold Thursday after an easy night had increased hopes for bis re covery. At II o’clock the physicians announced that the intestinal Inflam mation had become acuter. It. was stated Thursday that, the king had absolutely refused to receive his daughter. Princess Stephanie, In spite of her many attempts to reach his side. Princess Louise at Budapest has been receiving bulletins by tele graph, inforrnlag her of every change in the royal patient's condition. DAILY AND SUN DAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. Miss Virginia Wardlaw, aunt of Mrs. Ocey Bnend, the New Jersey bathin') victim. This sketch was made during the examination as a result of which she was held for the grand jury on the charge of complicity In the death of her niece. Miss Wardlaw foiled every effort of the corps of photographers to ob tain a snapshot of her. CHARLESTON REAL ESTATE WILL BE RE-ASSESSED. CHARLESTON, S. C.—City council has taken steps to have real estate in Charleston re-assessed. It is claim ed that lots of property Is not bear ing its proper share of taxation and the municipal body has decided to have all real estate re-assessed next January with a view of Increasing the revenue and equalizing the public burden. KINDNESS BROUGHT SLEEP TO PELLAGRA BOY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY MONTHS ► Wishing Leo Roy many happy ► Christmases, and promising to ► pay him a visit before long.— ► Note accompanying a small con ► tribution for Lee Roy Renew. “I am very happy, daddy,” said lit tle Lee Roy Renew when his father came home from work Wednesday! night. “Look at the things some la dies sent me, everybody is so good to me, | like Christmas." The appeal of the little hero has touched many, and In his joy at be ing the recipient of so many pres ents his little heart Is glad. He fools the love of a world he has never known, and In Ills happiness his pains and sufferings' are forgotten. A reporter went to the Renew resi dence Wednesday night, and found the family gathered around the fireside In tho little fellow’s room while he lay In his bed sleeping the sleep of a tired child, the first, time, Ills mother said, the little man has slept sound ly in many months. On the fioor be side the bed were a number of pic ture hooks, some toys and a big baskoi of delicious fruits. Ills father said that Lee Roy was fond of look ing at the picture hooks and playing with the toys, hut what he liked most was good things to eat. Mrs. Renew said that she had no objection to persons sending presents to Lee Roy, as It seemed to muke him happy, to reeeive things from people whom he If It’s The News You Want, You Need The Herald Just' the news, the first newß, the best new h, the most news Is what you get In The Herald each evening and on Sunday morning. Bead your Herald carefully these days and see whether or riot you are getting the news of the day, the day It happens. And along with the news you get the business news and the store announcements of Import ance in this city. And the merchant who talks to you In The Herald around the family fireside, makes his every prom ise good next day in the store, READ HERALD ADS DAILY AND REMEMBER ALWAYS TO BAY WHEN SHOPPING THE NEXT DAY: "I SAW IT IN THE HERALD.” MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MOTHER OF REEK ARRESTED Poison and Suicide Letters Found in Effects of Bath- Tub Murder Victim’s Mother. i;4U , g NEW YORK—Mrs, Mary Snead, mother-in-law of the bath tub murder mystery victim, Mrs. Ocey W. Snead, was arrested Thursday afternoon on a charge of murder. Shortly before the arrest Mrs. Caroline B. Martin, mother of Mrs. Ocey W. Snead, who was arrested at the Hotel Bayard early Thursday morning where she had been in hiding since the death of her daughter, was arraigned before Magistrate Kernochan in the Tombs' police court and held without bail until Saturday on an affidavit charg ing her with being a fugitive from justice. Slic was then taken to the Tombs prison. The old woman was so feeble that she could hardly stand up in court, but despite that fact she had thoroughly baffled the detectives who put her through the third degree before her arraignment. While Mrs. Martin was being questioned a search of her rooms revealed a bottle of poison and 100 “suicide letters” pur porting to have been written by Ocey Snead. The bottle was inside a tin box. The poison was of the deadli est kind. A chemist at Newark is now making an analysis of certain of the organa of Mrs. Snead’s body for traces of poison. * ■*** 1 4 GEORGIA POSTMASTERS WASHINGTON, I). C.—ln executive session Thursday evening the senate con tinued the following nominations: Post masters, It. It. Griffiths, Quitman, Gn.; W. I. Cooper, Syivanin, Gn.; W. W. Webb Aklilrn, Gn.; A. M. Smith, Brunswick, Gn.; Ethnn Edgar, Allen Jr., Richmond, Va.; Hally M. Blrmberry, Albany, Ga. lirh never known, and to think his Santa Claus letter Is being answered. Besides Lee Roy, In the Renew fam ily, are two little hoys, each younger Ihan Lee Roy, Unlike him they are healthy looking chaps, with the rosi est cheeks and little faces a« round as the full moon. They, too, are go ing to write a Santa Claus letter to The Herald, as the means of the fam ily are very nearly exhausted provid ing for Leo Roy. Mr. Renew was told that Mr. Ros slgnol, Ihe music man, was going to send the little fellow a phonograph, and he assured the reporter that It would be valued highly by the child. Several people are des'rous of con tributing some present to make his Christ mas happy, and many wish to send something out for bis two little brothers. Some of the Tubman High School pupils are making up a purse and will purchase something appropriate for him. Several small contributions in money have been sent to The Her ald office, and these, too, will he used to buy something nice to send out to him. Every Indication Is that when Santa comes next year he will find the jbed of the little Invalid vacant and only two little stockings hanging by the chimney. Each day brings him nearer the Great Divide, and soon the Father will call the little hero where suffering is no more. He does 'not fear the end, neither does he fear to live. The little body -scarcely more than a skeleton —racked by years of endless suffering, each day growing more excruciating, has the flrsi complaint to wring from the lit tle parched lips. GLADSTONE WILL BE HEAD IN SOUTH AFRICA LONDON Herbert. Gladstone, son of the famous British Premier, and now secretary for Home Affair*, will be the find governor general of United South Africa. This wan decided upon at. t meeting of the cabinet Thursday. Th* quest lon of his successor has not been settled. HORSES WENT TO FIRE WITHOUT A DRIVER Special to The Herald. CHARLESTON, S. C.—Engine No. fi ran to a fire Wednesday morning riderless, the driver having fallen from his seat, leaving a free line to the mad horses ns they tore through the streets The tire had an attraction for the animals and they kept a straight, line down Calhoun street un til within hulling distance of the alarm box, and then it was seen that the horses were not controlled and seve ral firemen rushed up and seized the horses. -
