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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
WOULD USE DICE
TO END DEADLOCK
County Secretary Forbes Offers
Solution of Two Chairmen
Riddle
Both Dam and WOrthingtOn
Still Claiming Right to
Preside

With the time for the local repub-
lican convention approaching, the dis
pute in the sounty committee Is still
unsettled and there are still two
claimants to the chairmanship. F. H
Dam, who is the legally chosen chair
man of the committee, declares that
he will certainly call the convention
to order. Harry Worthington, who
was chosen chairman by the Herrin
| men in the body after the split oc-
CURED, says that he will wieid the
gavel
Just how the dispute is to be ad-
| Indicated has not yet been determined.
When Judge Murasky decided that the
controversy was OF a political nature
and involved no Judicial rights, it was
understood that it would be taken to
the state executive committee by the
Herrinites, but this has not yet been
done.
P. S. Teller, chairman of the execu-
tive committee, declared yesterday that
the state body would have nothing to
do with the dispute unless it were. re-
ferred to that body for settlement. He
said that as chairman he would not
take cognizance Of it on his own ac-
cord.
Should the Herrin men carry their
|
1T is doubtful whether the Ieaguers
would be willing to recognize the au-
thority of that body to depOse Dam,
whom they regard as the legally con-
stituted chairman.
Charles H. Forbes, secretary OF the
county committee, said yesterday that
he would issue the call for the local
convention tomorrow, specifying Wal
toms. pavilion as the place of assem-
blage. He had no solution for the
two chairmen riddle beyond suggest
ing that perhaps Dam and Worthing
ton had better shake dice for the
honor.
There will be meeting of the Her
rim wing of the county committee in
the headquarters in the Pacific build
ing tonight. Some way out of the
difficulty will be sought if there are
enough members present to make
what the Herrin men are pleased to
call quorum. Fopbes stated yester-
day that eighteen members would be
present, including "Prima Donna Ham
ilton Bauer and his anti-Sullivan con-
tingent
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
LEADERS GATHER
TO NOTIFY KERN
Bryan at Indianapolis to Attend
Ceremony at Notification
of Running Mate
Democratic Candidate Has En-
thusiastic Receptions On
Trip Through Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 24.-William J..
Bryan and party arrived here from
Chicago this evening TO participate to-
morrow in the gathering at which John
Worth Kern will be notified formally
of his nomination for the vice presi-
dency by the democratic party.
With Bryan came Norman e. Mack,
national chairman; DR.. P. L. Hall, vice
chairman; Urey Woodson Of Kentucky,
national secretary; National Commit
teeman Roger C. Sullivan of Illinois
and Robert Ewing of Louisiana; Con-
gresham J. T. Lloyd of Missouri,
chairman of the congressional commit
tee, and a number of others. The party
was met at the station by the local
committee on reception and arrange
ments. headed by National Committee
man Thomas Taggart and State Chair
man Stokes Jackson of Indiana.
Kern called shortly afterward and
was given a hearty greeting. All day
the hotels of the city have been filing
with Indiana visitors The first to
arrive was Sig Kahn, Indiana member
OF the notification committee.
Up to a late hour tonight Theodore
A. Bell, chairman of the notification
committee, had not reached here.
The notification meeting tomorrow
will be held in the Coliseum at the
state fair grounds near the northern
limits of the city The building will
accommodate $4,000 people and over
flow meetings will be held, if neces-
sary. Speeches will be made by Theo-
dore A. Bell of California, chairman of
the notification committee; John W.
Kern. Thomas Marshall, democratic can
didate for governor of Indiana, and
Mr.. Bryan, who will discuss trusts at
length.
A band concert and an informal re-
ception at the hotel, followed by
luncheon, will be the morning program
tomorrow. Bryan, Kern, Chairman
Mack and other party leaders will hold
a conference at noon and the official
party will be taken from the hotel to
the Coliseum in automobiles, the route
including a drive through the city and
past the Kern residence. Following
the speeches at the Coliseum the Off
cial party will be entertained at a
dinner at the county club by Mr.. and
Mrs. Kern.
An immense crowd greeted Bryan
and his party at the station when they
left the special car for the drive to
the hotel.
Bryans journey through Indiana
from Chicago to this city was marked
by enthusiastic receptions at every
station where the train stopped. He
delivered five speeches and shook
hands with a large number of people.
In all his remarks Bryan expressed
confidence in the righteousness of de-
mocracy's cause and never failed to
impress on his audience his satisfac-
tion with the Denver platform and to
urge them TO read ii with caro-
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
BRITISH GENERALS
WIFE MURDERED
Shot to Death and Robbed in a
DesOIate Wood Not Far
From London

LONDON. Aug 24.-The wife of Ma
jor General Charles Edward Luard was
mysteriously murdered this afternoon
in a desolate wood near Seven Oaks,
which is short distance outside of
London. No trace of the murderer has
been found, but the motive appears to
be robbery, valuable rings having been
taken from the woman's fingers.
The circumstances surrounding the
tragedy are inexplicable. The general
and his wife were about to go on a
holiday and the general suggested that
they walk from their residence at Ing
ham Knoll a short distance to the golf
links to get some things which they
needed from the clubhouse. They
started at 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
making short cut through a wood be-
longing to a neighbor, which the gen
eral had the privilege Of using. Mrs.
Luard. becoming tired, decided to al
low her husband to proceed alone, she
declaring her intention to return home.
The general proceeded to the club
house, and having collected the things
which he went after. returned to his
residence by another route. Finding
that his wife had not reached home, he
set out in search of her and was horri-
fed to find her lying face downward in
pool Of blood near the spot where he
had shortly before left her in the wood
was lying on the balcony of summer
house used for pienics, while other re-
ports say that il was lying behind the
summer house AS the general ap-
preached the spot his wife's favorite
terrier rushed TO meet him and then
returned, mounting guard over his
dead mistress
Mrs. Luard had been shot with re-
volver one bullet entering the temple
and another striking her behind the
ear From the position of the body
apparently she had faced her assailant
and he had shot her at close quarters.
This bullet entered just below the left
eye. The second shot seemingly was
fired after the woman fell on her face.
Her hand had been pulled back and
three rings were wrenched from the
fingers. Her dress was torn from the
body.
The summer house is a mile distance
from any dwelling. A farm hand heard
shots in that direction at about half
past o'clock, or half an hour after
General Luard had left his wife
Mrs Luard was tall and handsome
woman about IS years OF age. Major
General Luard is a retired officer OF the
royal engineers. He entered the army
IN 1857 and was an active officer in
London during the Fenian disturbance
In 1867. He devised the scheme for the
rearmament of Gibraltar. He founded
the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs IN
1901 and the Patriotic society in 1907
In 1871 he married the youngest daugh-
ter OF Thomas Hartley Of Gillfoot
Cumberland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
GENERAL MENDES JOINS
IN RAWHIDE RUSH
Venezuelan Reyolutionist Seeks
Wealth in Camps of the
Sagebrush State
sPECIAL DISPATCH 10 THE CALL

RENO, New, Aug. 24.-General Men
des, the revolutionist who led the
forces against Castro in the Venezuelan
uprising. is in Nevada. Attracted by
the stories of wealth to be had in the
Sagebrush state he has Joined in the
rush to Rawhide. He came in last
night and since then has been nego-
tiating for conveyance to get into
the new camp. For nearly week
ahead all automobiles and other rigs
along the line of railroad surrounding
Rawhide have been engaged, and at
Schurz alone 800 fortune seekers were
reported stalled last night. The rail-
road company has provided boxcars
as a means of assisting to accommo-
date the crowds waiting an opportunity
to get in. Mendes secured an auto
mobile tonight and with party of
friends left for the camp. Not to be
handicapped in looking for mines at
Rawhide, said Mendes before leaving,
you see 1 already have friend over
there and he has some property. 1 am
going over TO help him work it. 1 un-
derstand mining and feel certain we
will become wealthy
Mendes refused to discuss the Central
American adventure, or as to whether
he planned to make another effort to
secure the power from Castro.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
HEARST HURLS HIS
HATCHET AT CLUB
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fathers, but l say that both the blade
and the handle have been changed so
often that there is no recognizing the
original principles
had a balky mule, and he couldn't make
the mule so. A stranger came along
and offered to help. and the farmer told
him TO go right ahead. The stranger
had a bottle of turpentine. and he
opened the mules mouth and pushed
back his head and poured about half
of the bottle into the mules stomach.
The mule gave one startled gasp.
struck out across the prairie and was
lost to sight The surprised farmer
stood for awhile immersed in deep
thought, and then he said
Stranger, please give me tho rest of
that turpentine; I've got to eaten my
mule
Friends and ex-brothers of the one
time Iroquois club. I have always
~ upon the principles of the founder
of the democratic party and the Trainer
Of the declaration of independence; but
the democratic donkey has gone gal
Looping over the political prairie until
1t is lost to the sight of its original
adherents.
1 am not in the race to catch that
donkey, and IL you are, you will find
that you will have to keep plumb full
of a different kind of turpentine in
every campaign.
+ And so 1 received your communi-
cation with gTatification and gratitude,
and so I withdraw from your club with
pleasure and without the slightest hard
feeling.
Good luck and God bless you, and
your mule Sincerely.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
SUSPENDED CADETS ARE
INFORMED OF DISMISSAL
General Ainsworth Notifies Mill
itary Academy Hazers of
OffiCiaI Punishment

WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.-Adjutant
General Ainsworth Of the United States
army today forwarded to Cadets VIII
liam T. Russell Jr. and Harry T.
Weaver, the suspended first class men
of the military academy at West Point
notification informing them OF their
dismissal from the academy, in pursu-
ance of orders from the president and
Secretary Of War Wright.
Adjutant General AinsWorth also
sent letters TO the six third class men
suspended from the academy for haz-
ing, informing them that they had
been suspended until June Is. 1899
when they viii be ordered to return to
the academy unless they shall resign in
the meantime.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
NAPA REPUBLICANS VOTE
AT FIRST OPEN PRIMARIES
Ticket Named by City Club
Wins Election of Delegates
of Convention
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NAPA, Aug. 24.-Republicans of
Napa county held open primaries in all
precincts of the county today for jele-
gates to the county. state and con-
gressional conventions and much in
terest was taken In the voting
This was the first open primary for
the selection of state and congressional
delegates held in this county for many
years and it proved a great success.
There was a lively contest between
consisting of DIR. E. o. Hennessey, G. s.
Mckenzie, G. w. Berry and E. H. VIM
ship and, the the other including P. S.
King, w. T.. Rutherford, III. G.. Knief
and John Wilson. The former ticket,
named by the Napa republican club,
won, including Winship who had de-
clined to stand as candidate for dele
gate. The county convention will be
held at st. Helena September 5.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
DOZIER WILL. PRESIDE
Shasta Man to Be in Chair ir
Republican Convention

After the republican convention has
been called to order in Ye Liberty play
house. Oakland, on Thursday afternoon
at O'clock organization will be effect
cd preliminary business Will be dis
posed of and an adjournment will be
taken until Friday morning.
Thomas b. Dozier of Shasta is the
choice of the state executive committee
for chairman and Harry S. Anderson
of Oakland will be secretary. The
minor officers will be chosen by the
Alameda county committee.
The headquarters of the state central
committee and also of the citizens
committee. which will take charge of
visitors, will be in the Hotel Metropolis,
Thirteenth and Jefferson streets.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
BELL SEES HARD FIGHT
Declares People in Western
States Are in Receptive Mood

CHICAGO, Aug. 24-Theodore "A.
Bell who will notify John w. Kern to-
morrow of his nomination for the vice
presidency. arrived in Chicago today
en- route to Indianapolis from speak
ing tour in the Pacific coast states. OF
conditions as he observed them. Bell
said:
The people in the western states are
in q very receptive mood. They are
paying more attention this year to
democratic argument than they have
for long time past. Our fight is to
win the votes of this receptive element,
which is favorably inclined toward us.
1t Will be a hard fight and every demo-
crat must work"
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
EYES OF MANY COWS
ARE PUNCHED OUT
Cattle of Charles Gigerich Suf-
fer From Inhuman Treat
ueuf

Los ANGELES, Aug. 24-oficials Of
the Society for the Prevention of f,r,a1-
" TO Animals are looking for the man
who perpertated the inhuman crime of
punching out the eyes of several cows
at the dairy. of Charles Gigerich near
the city limits on the San Fernando
road. Glgerich believes that some
enemy has taken this cruel method OF
revenging himself. Four cows have
been rendered totally blind by having
their eyes gouged out with a knife or
some sharp instrument, and five others
have lost one eye each. The outrages
nave occurred over period of several
days. Detectives have been assigned
TO the case.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
POLICE COMMISSIONERS
OF SAN JOSE OUSTED
Found Guilty of Having Author
lied Liabilities Against City
Fund Exceeding Revenue
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALI.


SAN JOSE. Aug. 24.-PoIice Commits
sioners F. j. Hambly and Louis Hen
ming. officials appointed under the late
Hays administration and who were
suspended from office by Mayor Charles
w. Dawson, We're found guilty tonight
at meeting of the common council
of having authorized liabilities against
the treasury of the city of San Jose
in excess of the income and revenue
provided for such funds. notably the
fire fund, and a majority report was
adopted removing the two commission
eB from office.
Hambly and Henning were suspended
by Mayor Dawson Immediately after he
assumed mayeralty duties and charges
We're preferred.
Two of the counciimen, Brehaska
and McGrath, disapproved of the ac-
tion of the mayor and the council and
returned a minority report to this eff
feet. In the Henning case Brohaska
and McGrath favored suspension. but
not removal from Office.
L. 3. Archer, attorney for the accused
commissioners, stated last night that
some action would be taken to prove
the injustice of the charges. He as
serted that the only possible ground
the council could base their Judgment
upon was the supposition that orders
made in one month for the delivery
demands upon the fund.
EKBEzzLER KILLS HIMSELF-Fraukfort
Aug. 24.-Herr GeltcrmaDn. cashier of thf
coupon departlDent OF the Mittledeutscbe credit
bank shot. Himself dead in this city TODAY.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
STOCK BROKERS FAN

NEW YORK. Aug. 24.-The failure
of Meadows. Williams & Co was an
exchange. The firm has offices at as
Wall street. It had branch offices at
Buffalo and Hamilton. Ont It was
lily involved and that its embarrass-
ment was not due to the recent mar
ket movements.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
CHAFIN. WORKS HARD

MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 24.-Eugene w
Chain, prohibition candidate for pres
ident, spent a strenuous day today in
Minneapolis. He spoke five times at
open air meetings in the fiourmill dis
trict and on Newspaper row. Still an
other address was made in the rooms
of the Eastside commercial club. All
the meetings were well attended.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
santa Cruz Excursion

August 80. Round trip 81. Take a
days outing at the seashore Many
attractfons-launch rides, surf bathing.
fishing. boating. board walk, confetti
battles. aquarium, penny arcades, etc.
Special trains leave Third and Town
First and Broadway. 1880 a. m. In
Quire agents Southern Pacific. Ticket
Offices, S64 Market street, IA Powell
street. Third and Townsend streets:
and Thirteenth and Franklin streets,
Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25
THOUSANDS OF TAILORS
Go OUT ON BIG STRIKE
Brotherhood Makes Demand to
Employers for Higher
Wages

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Between 5000
and 5000 tailors are on strike in this
city today according to the estimates
of the united brotherhood of tailors. to
enforce demand for an increase in
wages sufficient to make up the reduc-
tion suffered during the panic last fall.
Officers of the brotherhood said that
some of the employers have yielded
and that $50 strikers have been re-em-
ployed at advanced wages
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25

BoER WAR VETERAN DIES-winnipeg.
Aug. 24.-word was received here today of the
death at Battle Creek, Mich, yesterday of
Colonel Evans, G. B., In charge of the western
Canadian military district. He was Boer war
fighter, and son in law Of Governor Nc
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-25

EKBEzzLER KILLS HIMSELF-Fraukfort
Aug. 24--Herr Geltcrmann. cashier OF the
coupon department OF the Mittedeutsche credit
bank. shot himself dead in this CITY TO-DAY
He had enbezzled $125. 900 from the bank.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-29
GERMAN BARON
LAID TO REST
With Solemn Ceremony, Fu-
neral of Ambassador Stern
burg Is Held.

Luetschena, Aug. S-With solemn and
impressive ceremonies the body of Baron
Speck Won Sternburg. late German am
bassadoF to the United States, was to-
day placed in the family vault, at Castle
Luetschena- The funeral service. which
was characterized by marked simplicity.
took place in the dining room of the cas-
tie. Besides the baron's relatives and
representatives of Emperor William and
King Frederick Augustus of Saxony, Dr.
David j. HILL the American ambassador,
who represented President Roosevelt; T.
st. John Gaffney American consul gen
eral at Dresden, and a number of min
listers of state and old comrades of Baron
Won Sternburg were present The popu-
lation of the entire countryside also -th-
cred to pay last tribute of respect TO
the dead diplomat.
From early in the forenoon mournerS
arrived in carriages and gathered within
the precincts of the baronial home, where
the body lay in state in the dining room.
surrounded by numerous beautiful floral
offerings. Pastor MoltZer delivered an
grafton. in which he dwelt upon the bril-
liant services rendered by Baron Won
Sternburg, concluding with quotation
with regard to the dead man made by
President Roosevelt:
He was the most trustworthy and
most upright man l ever met.
The recitation of prayers and the sing
ing of hymns ended the ceremony and
the body was transported to the family
mausoleum, preceded by the regimental
band of the Uhlans, playing funeral
marches. Delegations from various local
societies and comrades of Baron Von
Sternburg marched in front of the hearSe.
The pail bearers were officers of the Uh-
lans Baron Won Sternburgs father, who
is 81 years old, walked with other rela-
tives of the deceased to the grave.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-29
THREE THOUSAND HOMELESS
Cape Fear River Overflows and
Floods City, Cutting Off All
Communication.

Fayetteville. N. c., Aug. 2s.-The
Cape Fear river at this point has
reached a height of seventy-nine feet,
breaking all records of former floods.
The river valley on the east side is
covered for miles with a rushing tor
rent of muddy waters. Houses and
bridges are swept. away for miles
around, and the estimated damage to
the cotton and corn crop will go beyond
SO per cent.
The greater portion of Fayetteville is
covered with water backed W to the
city hall from the river, which is a mile
and a half distant.
Three thousand people are homeless.
The city will be in total darkness to-
night, the power plant being sub
merged.
In the country there are thousands
of people homeless, and an appeal was
issued today for relief by the chairman
of the county commissioners.
All means of communication with the
outside world has been severed, with
the exception of a cable owned by the
Western Union Telegraph company.
which had been laid in the river, and
this is threatened by the rapid torrent
at any moment.
No trains have entered the city for
three days.
The food supply is short. Eggs are
selling at dollar dozen, and vegeta-
bles are held at four times their value.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-29
Three DIVORCES GRANTED
Lewis Kloes' Favorite Pastime Was
Throwing Dishes at
His Wife.

Although willing TO admit that her
husband is a ''first-class coek,' Mrs.
Elizabeth Kloes does not think that he
is a first-class husband. and therefore
appeared before Judge Morse yesterday
and asked for a divorce which was
granted. Mrs. Kloes said she married
Lewis KIoes on Nov. Z, 1906, and that
he has treated her cruelty ever since.
One OF his pastimes has been TO get
drunk, come home and throw the dishes
at her. On one occasion he struck her
while she was leaning over a washtub
and knocked her unconscious.
He would get drunk as often as he
had money" said the wife.
Besides the divorce she was granted
the custody of four children by a for
mer marriage.
Lena Petersen was given a divorce
from James r. Petersen on the ground
of desertion, and when the decree was
entered Mr.. and Mrs. Richie Hardness
adopted her two babes, one aged 3
years and the other months. Mrs.
Petersen married John r. Petersen
Nov. 8, 1905. and says that he has lived
with her but little since that time.
Petersen brought original suit for di-
vorce eighteen months ago but did not
press it, and the wife secured a divorce
on her counter claim.
Lottie DOnnelly was granted a divorce
from w. II. Donnelly. They were mar
ried Feb. IA, 1906, and have one child,
the custody of whom was given to the
mother. Mrs. Donnelly alleged cruelty,
and said that her husband often struck
her and called her vile names. On sew
eral occasions he threatened to kill her,
and also choked her
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-29
TWENTY-FIVE BODIES FOUND
Death and Disaster Follow in Wake
of Terrible Floods in
Georgia.

Augusta. Ca, Aug. 2S.-The flood water
at Augusta is receding rapidly and il is
apparent that the loss has been underesti-
mated In addition TO the disaster al
ready reported TO the riverside mills. the
damage 10 planted fields and loss of cot
ton which ff$Sted away is estimated at
SlD.WO; the Reid cotton marsh, the finest
IN the south, was greatly damaged but il
VIII require a survey 10 determine the
loss; the triangular block where the
wholesale houses are assembled was also
badly damaged. The Mason * Co ware
house has collapsed. and Is being RACED +.
the National Biscuit company building
was wrecked. The Central grammar
school and the Davidson grammar school
were aIso severely damaged.
In addition TO The fires already report
ed. ten smaller houses wH-c burned In diff
ferent sections OF the city
Twenty-Five Codes have been recovered,
and corpses are being found everywhere.
The steamer Swan, which arrived today,
reported they saw on the trip up the
river az least twenty-five corpses. The
Chronicle estimates the death list at
sixty.