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IMPORT OX COLER DEAL
MVBLET LOAN HARD HIT.
Vcsult of Commissioner MitcheVs
Probe Goes to Eider.
Ac the end of a report submitted to the Mayor
John Purroy MitclK-1. Commissioner of Ac
nt= following an inquiry into the loan of
{ „,..., made to Bird S. Color. President of the
Borou-h of Brooklyn, by William B. Hurley.
Te president of the Borough Bank of Brook-
Z I** after the Borough President had hur
ned through the payment of some *-J4,<«» on a
sever contract financed by Hurley, the follow
ing statement Is made:
tp are of the opinion that the close inter
action of the public and private business of
« o"idal is fraught with great danger to the
hUe service. Whether the foregoing facts
institute an infraction of the law such as to
Snderthe persons involved liable to punishment
!rL,for is a matter for determination by offi
]lZ other than the members of this commission.
.'. would appear, however, that a case Is pre
"" r ted which calls for action beyond the Juris
!T r ' tiO r, of the Mayor. We accordingly recom-
X,»nd'that the matter be referred for determina
tion to the authorities charged with power in
the premises.
Assistant District Attorney Elder said last
night that be had received the report of die
Commissioners of Accounts from the Mayor's
office, but had not read it. He said that if there
was thing in it that he had to lay before
the grand jury he could net talk about the
charges in It. He said that he would probably
leave the entire consideration of the rei«<rt to
District Attorney Clarke, who will. return from
his trip abroad on next Monday or Tuesday.
When Commissioner Mit-he! was asked yes
terday just what be meant by reference to "au
thorities charged with power In the premises"
he said he did not care to be more explicit.
The facts in connection with the sewer con
tract and th« Coler loan were first brought out
in the preliminary report on the acquisition by
the city at an alleged exorbitant figure of a
training; farm for police horses in Flushing.
••Since the filing of that report." says Com
missioner Mitchel in the special report of yes
terday, "an.l in the course of our current exam
ination of the accounts and methods of the of
fice of the President of the Borough of Brook
lyn. ye have made un exhaustive inquiry into
the facts surrounding this loan, and while we
are by no means as yet prepared to render a
final report upon the department of the Borough
President of Brooklyn. the testimony and evi
dence received in connection with this special
matter present a case touching the administra
tion of that department bo grave as, in our
opinion, to make it imperative that we bring the
facts at once to the attention of your honor."
HL'KLEY-S INTEREST IN CONTRACT.
The report states that on the evidence they
find that Mr. Hurley had financial interest in
the Knickerbocker avenue sewer contract, held
.in the name of M. C. Madsen. The Borough
President approved a voucher for the payment
of (3A.M875 upon the contract on October 7.
J9<i7. $21,787 G9 of the amount being the releas
ing of retained percentages. The voucher was
; approved. It says, before the final checking and
computation of the quantities and before accept
ance of the work by the city, such a payment
of retained percentages before acceptance of
the -work being unusual.
The warrant for the $24,lCiS represented by
the voucher was delivered to Mr. Ma isen on
October 10. 1907. On the same day Mr. Hurley
lent to President C&ler $10,000. to do which he
drew his check for that amount on th« Borough
Bank. The check was against a balance of
J420 10, and, the report Bays, it was with the
knowledge or President Coter that the check
■ tras drawn against insufficient funds.
To make good this check Mr. Hurley obtained
from Mr. Madsen $10,000 of the £(4.000 repre
sented by the city warrant and deposited it to
hi.- account in the Borough Bank.
The report also states that the evidence
Fhowed that in the period immediately prior to
October 1<» President Coler had endeavored
without success to procure through Mr. Hurley
loans of from §10.000 to $*_'.".,< from various
individuals and financial institutions. Finally
Mr. Hurley had agreed to lend President Cole;
fIO.OOO of the money to be paid by the city on
th*- account of the Knickerbocker avenue sewer
contract, when it should be received. Presi
dent Coler understood that Mr Hurley was
without funds sufficient to lend him $10,000 un
less he should first receive the sewer contract
money.
COLER RUSHES PAYMENT THROUGH.
SPrr-*ident Coler made a personal visit to the
Controller's office, requested Deputy Controller
ilcCooey to expedite the Hadsen voucher and
secured its passage through the hands of eight
•ifncers and the delivery of thy warrant all in
one day.
The report also deals with the paintins: by
Bruce Crane, which was presented by Mr. Hur
ley to President Osier. on one of the occasions
when Mr. Hurley was urging expedition in the
payment of the money on the sewer contract.
Sir. Hurley testified that after many talks to
President Osier on the subject be got the im-
I freasion that there was' a "constant apparent
intention" to hold up the payment.
• The value of the picture has been variously
estimated. Mr. Hurley said he regarded it as
*aa exceptionally fine example of Crane's art and
&at pictures of the same size by Crane had
sold for from J350 to $1,500. Mr. Hurley's only
explanation of the gift was: •lie [Oolerl ad
mired the picture and I thought he would like
hi have it. I got th*» Impression be would like
to have it. and I gave it to him." He declared
th«- pift had nothing to do with the payments
*o Th. sewer contract. He admitted, however,
that Mr. C<>i«*r was not an intimate friend and
that their relations were almost entirely of a
b-jslress nature.
On the stand President C-Jler declared be had
"'U advanced or facilitated the iladsen voucher
** payment in any manner except to say to
Deputy Controller M<Coo»-y . that the payment
*»J> a!! ri?ht. Asked his reason for making the
l-:ar. to President Coler. Mr. Hurley replied that
-« thought it to hf the best thine to do "under
•he stance." Madsen testified that Hur
'•}' told him he had to do it. "if not. I suppose
j •* v.ill hold our payment for another three
ths." Mr Hurley contradicted Madsen, and
. pp t~?t ~? v °red 10 «x!,':.ni the testimony by saying
Uat Madmen's knowledge of English was not at
' .j- brst and he mii-i! have been misunderstood.
EXPLAINS OOL.CRS POSITION.
;_,!n the absent of Borough President coler
"|f~ Wrtvate secretary. John E. Heffenian. issued
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MRS. HOWARD A SUICIDE.
Woman Charged with Leading
Springfield Mob Takes Poison.
fßy Telegraph to The Tribune ]
Springfield, 111., Aug.' 23.— Mrs. Kate Howard.
accused of leading the mob which lynched two
negroes and destroyed scores of negro houses in
this city in the recent riots, swallowed poison
after her arrest to-day, and died on her way to
the jail.
She was indicted several days ago fcr mali
cious destruction of property, and this afternoon
nas ■gain indicted, this time for murder. When
arrested, at r>:;U> p. m., she asked the deputy
sheriff to wait until she dressed. It is believed
She swallowed the poison while left alone a few
moments for that purjwse. She said nothing
about it on the way to the jail, merely asking
Ihe deputy for permission to use the jail tele
phone to consult her attorney. She died just
before the jail was reached. She protested her
innocence of the murder charge with her last
breath.
Ten more indictments, three charging murder.
•rare returned by the special grand jury late
this afternoon True bills charging murder were
foond against Abraham Raymor and Ernest,
aJias ■'Slim," Humphrey, as well as Mrs. How
ard. Ethel Howe, a young woman, was indicted
for malicious mischief. She was a friend Of Mrs.
lliuvan'.
THIRTY MISERS PERISH.
Cut Off' by Eire in Air Shaft of Ok
lahoma Working.
McAJester, Okla_ Au?. 36.— More than thirty
miners are believed to have perished in Hailey
01a coal mine No. 1. at Hafleyvftle, fourteen
miles east of McAlester. when fire destroyed the
hoisting shaft and air shaft and cut off air from
the men below. Twenty-five bodies have al
ready been removed, and it is believed th;tt .-ix
or • lgb.l more will be brought out.
After the miners had gone down in the cage
a tire iiroke out. occasioned by the ignition of a
barrel of oil which a miner was trying to divide.
The flames spread at once to the hoisting shaft
and the air shaft, anil all communication with
the top was cut off. The first Indication per
sons at the surface had of the trouble was seeing
flames and smoke coming out of the top of the
shaft. Hundreds of miners rushed to the scene
and tried to get into the air shaft, but this \\a
impossible, as flames and smoke w ere coming
■:p that way with such force as to drive them
back. Then an effort was made to operate the
cages running up and down the hoisting shaft.
but it was round that the cages, the cables and
the guides had been burned. There was abso
lute ly ti.i help fo;- the Imprisoned miners. It
was late to-night before an attempt !<• enter the
mine was successful.
ANTS ATE HIM ALIVE.
Consumptive Laif Helpless Tender
Tree for Forty-eight Hours.
Los Angeles, Aug. 241.— After lying helpless
under a tree near the ostrich farm, east of
the city, from Sunday afternoon until Tuesday
nipht. while red ants swarmed over his body
and literally ate him alive. Burton B. Jarvls.
twenty-six years old. a contracting teamster, of
Terre Haute, md . died to-day at the county
hospital, where he was taken when found last
night.
Jarvis was suffering from tuberculosis, and
came to California two years ago Last Sunday
he left his hotel in the afternoon to go to the
ostrich farm for a pleasure trip. On the way
he became faint, and. walking over to a shade
tic. lay down. Instead of recovering his
strength he fainted, and did not regain con
sciousness until lons after dark that right.
For two days and nights he lay helpless, with
ants and other insects tormenting him. Occa
sional pass* rsby thought the man under the in
fl:i<-n-.e of liquor ami did not go %■> his assist
ance.
SHOT DOir.V IX STORE.
Alleged Black Hand Agent Held
Police Fight Ctowd to Station.
Ciro Bivono, who conducts a grocery store at
No. 302 First avenue, was shot and fatally
•rounded on his doorstep last <-vening. after
talking with alleged Black Hand men. At Belle
rue Hospital Bivono identified an Italian as one
of the two men who had fir<-d upon him. but
later said he had never ueen him before. Hi*
wife, however, said h'- was the man who had
Shot her husband.
Patrick Heffern, of No 500 First avenue.
••aught a man who said be was Francisco Cra
panzona. of No #05 East 2»th street, and held
him until the arrival of Patrolmen Rosenthal
and Carroll. Rosenthal says he took a pistol
from the prisoner. Three of the chamber* were
loaded and the two others held exploded shells.
the police say. The police had to fight an angry
CTOWd of men and women to jjet their man to
the Kast :'.."»th street station.
Bivono has received many Black Hand let
ters, the police say. About two rears ago there
was a bomb explosion in the" hallway of the
house adjacent to his rooms, and according to
the police his life was threatened at that
time by the Black Hand. As Bivono stepped
across the threshold of his store, after selling
cigars to his visitors, the firing began. '
WHIRLED TO DEATH BY BELT.
Workman's Body Revolves at the Rate of
One Hundred Times a Minute.
With hi- arm caught between 'a heavy belt and
a shaft pulley Wolf TaubVr, of No. 228 Avenue C,
was whirled around yesterday at the rate of a
hundred revolutions ■ minute and hi* life was
battered out before the power could he turned off.
The accident occurred In the Metallic Bed Com
pany's works on the second floor of the building at
No. I*> l>»wis street.
Taubef was operating a biasing machine. Th«
belt of the machine came off suddenly, and Tau
!,er climbed u;> to the shaft and tried to replace
the leather without having the power shut off. He
•■lipped ti..- belt on. but in doing so caught his arm
between the belt and the wheel. Inptr.nly bis body
■hot up and was whirled around by the rapidly re
volving wheel. The power was shut off quickly,
»,uf not before the life had been dashed out of
Taub*V.
ENGAGEMENT OF MISS DREXEL DENIED.
Paris. Aug. 26.— hint a. J. Drexel, of Philadelphia]
makes denial of tr.e reported engagement of her
daughter. Hiss Itargaretta, to Lord Herbert V.-re-
Tempest
COUNT TOLSTOY SINKING.
• St. Petersbutg. Aug. 27.— The St. Petersburg min
ing newspapers say that Cunt Leo Tolstoy's con
u.ti'Ji: is v.ry giave
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NEW-YORK. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1908.
\0 TEST AS TO HUGHES
PRIMARIES ME AX LITTLE.
Issue of Renomiuation Not Draxin,
Except in a Fere Districts.
Friends of Governor Hughes declared yoster
<'ay that it was absurd for those who oppose
the renomination of the Governor to attempt to
.-how that the upstate primaries on Tuesday
were an indication of sentiment against the
Governor. They pointed out that if a careful
canvass of the results in all the districts showed
anythii it showed the strength of the Hughe
sentiment.
As a matter of fact, there were no Hughes or
anti-Hughes tickets at the primaries, except in
a few districts. The single ticket in most of the
districts was an organization ticket, which rep
reser.ted neither Hughes nor anti-Hughes senti
ment. It is in the conventions for the election
of delegates to the state convention that the
test will undoubtedly come. The friends of the
Governor pointed last night to the Erie County
convention, held yesterday, where resolutions
indorsing the Governor were passed, and de
clared it was only an indication of what would
happen in other counties.
It is conceded by the leaders that the dele
gates from Albany County will be controlled by
William Barnes, jr., who seems to be an ini
piacable enemy of the Governor, and that the
delegation from Onondaga County will lie
pledged to the candidacy of Senator Horace
White. But the fact remains that leaders of
prominence in the organization have determined
that the renomination of Governor Hughes is es
sential to the best interests of the party, and It
is not believed that this decision will be over
ruled in the last analysis.
Chairman Hitchcock, of the national commit
tee would not permit himself to be drawn Into
any discussion of the results of the primaries
or the state situation in any form. He repeated
uhat Representative Sherman said on his re
turn from the conference with the President
last week that the consensus of opinion was
that the Governor should be renominated. but
do determination of the question had h-en made.
President Parsons of the county committee
simply .-miled when asked what the upstate
primaries seemed t<> indicate. He is said to
have told a friend that it was far fetched to try
to draw any conclusions as to Hugh's sentiment
from the primaries where only one ticket was in
the field.
Darwin U. James, president of the Brooklyn
Voting Republican Club, which has been making
an active campaign t<> secure the renomination
•if the C,o\ ci nor, .said:
"There is no question that the organization
■ an control in almost an> district in any county,
and the result of the primaries is about what
might have been expected. At the primaries
the men who vote an the organisation men. al
most entirely, very few Independents coming
o^it. iien.e ,t la Datura] that with the leaders
opposed t" the renomination of the Governor it
mij;ht be said by sume that the primaries
showed a tendency adverse to him The unim
portance of yesterday's figures will be better
appreciated if you Mop to think that it is rare
that more than r. to HI j«r cent of the enrolled
voter* vote at th< primaries. We rind— that is,
the club that wherever we sound sentiment
from 8S to '.*• per cent of the voters favor the
renomination <<f the Governor. I am ready to
aayert that I can go i»t.. any section of the
state and make a canvass of the enrolled Re
publican voters and that nowhere will the re
sult be lower than H» per cent in favor of the
renomination of the Governor."
THE I rsl\ i TE RESI LTS.
Anti-Hughes Men Trying to Make
Capital — What Barnes Says.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune 1
Albany. Aug. :£»».— The result of yesterday's
primaries, despite the fact that in no part of the
state was there a distinct and pure Hughes
issue, has been seized upon, as drowning men
grasp at straws, by the anti-Hughes politicians
here and In nearby cities. William Barnes. jr.,
the Hendrick organization In Syracuse and the
anti-Hughes men in Schenectady and Mont
gomery counties are trying to make capital from
the machine victories for their campaign to pre
vent the Governor's renomination.
Barnes himself made a special effort to get out
his voters, and practically 7." per cent of the en
rolled Republican voting strength came out to
support his ticket. Assembly district conven
tions to-morrow will elect delegates to the state
convention, and while probably they will not be
instructed they will be anti-Hughes men.
There is gossip here that they may be instructed
for Speaker Wads worthy
Commenting editorially to-night on "A l>an
gerous Situation." Mr. Barnes declares that in
the natural course of events the Governor, see
ing himself so opposed within the party, would
consult with the leaders of the organization, and
having ascertained the strong feeling against
him withdraw from the race. The editorial
goes on to say:
Hut the Governor refuses to hold consultation
with the Republican organisation <>f the state,
which unquestionably has behind it a majority
of the Republican electors, and might very eas
ily. In case of his renomination, refuse to ask
for its co-operation to bring about his election.
The party which puts an Independent at the
head of its ticket, be says. Inevitably weakens
itself and alienates its voters, citing as .an in
stance the weakness of the Republican party in
New York City as compared with upstate coun
ties. He continues:
The great public question involve.! at the con
vention which will be held at Saratoga Is that
of party responsibility against individualism. If.
however, the party responsibility Is to disap
pear and the Individual views of Governor
Hughes are to be accepted on every public ques
tion, then the party no longer, exists. In that
cast- the party organization should disband and
the people should take ill hand the entile mat
ter. No one knows what Governor Hughes will
advocate if he is renominated and re-elected.
No one will know until his message is read.
Moreover, we must enter our exception to the
attempt of voters who do not wish to vote for
:-..- Conners-Murphy candidate for Governor to
dictate the Republican nomination. That should
be done by the Republican delegates them
selves, who have been chosen under a repre
sentative system, to go to Saratoga and there
deliberate over the naming of a state ticket.
Friends of Governor Hughes point out that
the anti-Hughes men, in their exultation, are
attaching too much significance to these primary
results, since in Albany, onondaga and Schenec
ladv counties no anti-organization ticket was
run. In Niagara County, where the Wadsworth-
Merritt men won over the Porter-Stevens fac
tion, the Hughes indorsement by the Stevens
people was merely sin Incident to the factional
contest which has been raging in that region
ever since the defeat of Congressman Wads
worth, and in Cayuga County, where Senator
Wilcox was opposed on the racetrack Issue, the
Hughes Club In a very short campagn showed
surprising strength, which might result in the
defeat ot that legislator for re-election if thrown
iv an oßpomnti
-TWELVE 'AGES,
BDGBESWOS FARMERS
IX SARATOGA COUXTY.
Reception Cool at First, but Heart i)
Before Speech Ended.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]
Hallston Spa. V.. Aug. 26.— Governor
Hughes invaded "the enemy's country," the
home of horseracing and its attendant gambling,
to-day, to speak at the Saratoga County Fair
here. Although he prohably made no converts
among the disciples of tha Personal Liberty
ague, he did demonstrate with a force which
surprised the few horsemen who came down
from Saratoga that outside of that community
there is a vigorous sentiment supporting him in
this county, coupled with an admiration for past
p. • Nrmances and desire to see him renomi
nated.
The Governor's audience to-day consisted al
most entirely of farmers and townspeople of the
county outside of Saratoga Springs. Probably
there were not two hundred Saratogians at the
fair grounds, including two women and a man
who flaunted Personal Liberty flags in the Gov
ernor's face. The "sporting crowd" showed their
dislike of the Governor by staying away. In
stead of by a hostile demonstration, which many
of the more hotheaded among them had planned.
Y< t even the audience of three thousand fanners
was distinctly cold at first, and it was not until
the Governor was half way through his speech
that he won his hearers. When he had finished
h< had them with him save the few irrecon
cilables. Even his opponents admitted that.
Briefly, the situation In th's county is far
more favorable to Governor Hughes, even po
litically, than bis adversaries will believe. The
professional politicians are against him. as they
are in most other parts of the stat". Ex-Sena
tor Brackett. once counted an ardent Hughes
man when he had personal interests at stake,
now Is known to be anti-Hugh'-* smce those
schemes came to naught, owing t" the Gov
ernor's disinclination to being used. Horsemen
and their camp followers of every description
are anti-Hughes. Business men In Saratoga
Spring* who have suffered a bad season are
anti-Hughes: but. seemingly, the bulk of the
people outside of these classes admire the Gov
ernor, respect him and will vote for him again
gladly if they have the opportunity. Of curse.
the delegates from here to th, state convention
will be anti-Hughes men. though probably not
instructed, but to-day's occurrences indicate
that anti-Hughes votes would misrepresent the
county ut large.
MET BY POLITICIANS.
Governor Hughes was met at the station h-re
by a moderate sized throng of townspeople.
representatives of th" Saratoga County Agri
cultural Society and some politicians, Including
ex-Senator Brackett. County Judge Rockw 1
an.l Bartlett Grippen. ex-County Treasurer, who
IS strong i" the rural districts. The Others sh.x.k
hands with the Governor, but Sheriff Bradley,
no« under chars- s of failure to suppress gam
bling, did not. This was the only part the poli
ticians took in the Governor's reception.
Detailed tr. escort the Governor was Company
L 2d Regiment of Saratoga It had come at
the inv.tation of the fair authorities, but only
after a lively fight within the company, most
of the members refusing outright to meet (in\
ernor Hußhes. KS«mhel*— ■ the men marched
up the hiil from the station to the fnir grounds
ahead of the automobile in which he n-de. The
Streets were lined with people, but there was n.»
applause, as there usually is at such affairs
Occasionally there would come a burst of hand
clapping, as frequently there would be a loud
jeer, which the Governor could hardly nave
helped hearing.
At the fair grounds there was only an aver
age attendance, and the Governor's arrival
seemed to excite little interest at first. There
was a mild cheer, but the audience seemed
stolid. The Governor began his speech telling
of the work the state government was doing to
encourage agricultural education. Gradually
people strayed over from the stables and hen
houses to listen to him. But it was only when
the Governor got down to a discussion of the
duty of every citizen toward the state, with a
deunnciation of special interests or political
bosses who would tor private gain run counter
to the best interests of the people, that he
roused real inter* st.
W(>N OVER OPPOSITION.
Then he met the Saratoga County people on
their own ground and won them "\t-r to his
views on one i»hase of the racing situation.
••No community can prosper by defiance of
law and order," he declared, and the crowd
cheered really cheered.
SO, too. when he spoke of a new and prosper
ous Saratoga, "with nothing to offend the eye
or shock the conscience." And later, when he
declared his desire to see the will of the people
expressed In all methods of nomination and
election, the farmers showed thorough approval
of his advocacy of the direct nominations sys
tem.
"I have talked with a good many men here to
day."' declared Secretary Witbeck of the Agri
cultural Society, "and my Judgment is that out
side of Saratoga Springs the sentiment of the
county is strongly for a renomination of the
Governor. I'm << Hughes man first, last and
all the time, and you'll find many Democrats.
members of our organisation, who say tin- sam^
thing 1 think the farmers, as a class, are
for him. In spite of the racing legislation. Now,
you'll hear a lot of talk about Hughes having
killed Saratoga, and the whole county, for that
matter. It's all rot. The racetrack people built
the racetrack, but they never built any hotels
or houses. Hetore the Percy-Gray law Saratoga
was a prosperous community. Ever since racing
and gambling came It has been going down hill
and real estate values have fallen off. Bus
iness for the farmers Is now worse than usual,
and if Saratoga came back to what it used to
be it might be much better for us."
(". J. Kellogg, of Clifton Park, a Republican
supervisor and a representative farmer, said he
had discovered no anti-Hughes sentiment in his
district.
"I'm for Hughes," he said; "he's true blue. I
guess the whole Kepubllcan organization will be
when the time conies. If it's wise. I could name
twenty Democrats up my way who will vote for
Hughes if he's renominated."
Edward ciauson. of Ballston Centre, said he
was delighted with the Governor's speech. "I'm
a Democrat, and didn't vote for Hughes last
time, but will if 1 get a. chunce this time."
The opposite view was expressed by a dis
gruntled horseman, who said he was going to
Europe re 3 his horses, that Hughes couldn't
I-- renominated, and L" he were. coaMhVt be
elected.
THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.
TUB Governor spoke as follows:
You have in this county one of the most beau
tiful resorts that this country affords. You have
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WATERS SWEEP AUGUSTA.
Flood Costs Georgia City $500,000
— Five Dead - Fire Raging.
Atlanta. Aug. 2*!.— The floods in the Carolina^
and Georgia culminated to-day in the breaking
of the big dam, Fix miles from Augusta, which
v -crts the water from the Savannah River into
the canal at that point. The great flood of
water let loose soon found its way into the city,
and to-night from lath street to the eastern
boundary Augusta is under from six to twelve
feet of water, which is gradually rising.
The big bridge across the Savannah River
went down in the rush of waters, and the dam
at the lock seven miles above the city collapsed,
adding to the flood.
The Nixon warehouses, containing thousands
of bales of cotton, are said to be in flamis. and
a general conflagration is reared. The city is
in darkness and boats are being used in the
streets. All wires are down.
There were three deaths caused by the flood
in Augusta to-day. The damage to the rity and
immediate surroundings, it is estimated, will
reach half a million dollars.
The Union Station is in ten feet of water, and
in the residejic..- district in Green street th.
water is six feet deep and slowly rising. Th,-
Sacred Heart Church is in six feet of water.
The Southern and the Georgia railways have
b'-en unable to move any trains over their reiri-
Uir lines since last night. All traffic was i~
toured by way of Nashville to-day. Trains are
from twenty-four to thirty-six hours late.
A dispatch from Camden. 3. C. reports two
lives lost and nineteen missing as the result of
the washing away of the steel bridge over the
Wateree River at that place.
FLOOD LOSS MILLIONS.
All Record* Broken in South Caro
lina—Five Known Dead.
Columbia. S. C. Aim. 36.— Reports teceived
from all sections of the state indicate tint the
present flood is the m-jst damaging ever record
ed in South car' linn. The flooded area covers
practically the entire state, and at many points
th>- rivers are from two to six feel hightr than
ever known, not excepting th>- gr--at floods <>f
In4 - _*. 1886 ami 19(0. The railroads are operat
ing few trains, and no effort is made to maintain
schedules.
Maiiy places In the state are isolated. M"f
than a dozen tr.'.! and public bridges crossing
tin- larger rivers have been swept away, and at
least two steel railroad i,r*ds>s nave gone d
Many of the dams alone; the riv» rs. erected for
the protection of the fertile bottom lands, have
lieer. swept away, and the large corn crops along
the ditYerent streams are a t"tal loss. Th«* to
tal loss of life thus far reported is fly.-.
It is impossible to estimate th>- 'Irimasse to the
farming interests throughout the state, bui it
will run into the milßans. It is estimated that
the damage to the c>tton crop alone is ten times
greater than the total loss of property resulting
fn»m tlie greal Hood of 1908 in this section,
A dispatch from Anderson says thai the st'->r:/i
damage in Amit-r.-nn County will amount to
hundreds of thousands of dollars, and no train
service Is >xpe ted for the next ten doys.
A dispatch from Camden says the crops along
the riv»-rs and creeks in that section are a total
loss and untold damage las been done to th»
corn and cotton crops „n the uplands. It is now
practically certain that five persona were
drowned yesterday afternoon, when the toU
bridge across the Watered River went down —
George Ration and bis son and three negro
women^ ________
.s\ / NDERS FOR ( '< >NG RESS?
Boom Started at Batavia- Talk of
Strong Support.
[By Telegrapl! to Th. Tribune. 1
Buffalo, Aug. 26. — Republican politics in the 3»th
Congress District took on a new face to-day when
the delegates from Genesee County were ordered
to go to the convention uninstructed. Since the
receipt of the telegram from President R< oseveM
demanding the resignation of Collector Sanders a
strong Inclination to support Sanders has arisen
amonß voters, regardless of faction. To-night hi
Batavia hotels a strong boom for Sanders for Con
gress was started, and it is general!] understood
that if enough delegates of the Wadsworth-Mer
ritt faction in other counties can be secured his
name will go before the convention.
Judge Washburn, who heads the delegation to
the Congressional convention, advocated Mr. San
ders' 3 nomination, declaring that he had sacri
ficed his federal position in order to be loyal to
.the best interests of the Republican party. The
Livingston County delegation is controlled by the
Wadsworth-Merriti faction, and, it Is generally un
derstood, will give its vote for Sanders if the Niaß
ara delegation can be controlled in his interest.
If the Wadsworth-lierriti faction is so disposed —
and it is believed here that the leaders are willing
to stand by Sanders— they can throw the delegates
to Sanders when the Congressional convention
meets. In Niagara County the eighty-nine delegates
pledged to Simmons at the county convention can
cast their votes for Sanders delegates to the Con
gressional convention, and. with Livingston and
Genesee counties already pledged for him. Sanders
would have no difficulty ii. securing the nomination.
Samiers did not attend the convention, hat was
nt the Richmond Hotel prior to the meeting. He
refused to comment on the President's demand for
his resignation. Senator Hooker, who was also In
Batavia to-day, declared that he was not a Con
gressional candidate, bu< is still a candidate for
I Sheriff.
AGED JUDGE WANDERED TWO DAYS.
Finally Staggers Into Colorado Hotel After
Trying Experience in the Mountains.
Estes Park. CoL, Aug. 25.-After wandering help
>lesa and daaed in the mountains, without f<xxl and
shelter for n.-irlv forty-eighl h'>urs. Roderick Kml!»-
Rombauer. a' St. Louis Jurist and author. sta«
gered into the I 'rake Hot- 1 tO-day*. For two nmhts
and lays the Judge bad t>e»-n vainly seeking the
trail, and he wan half dead from exposure WhSB h»
found shelter to-day. He is sevnty four y.ars old,
but with careful nursing is expected soon to rr
cover.
Afraid to lie down for a rest lest he would freeze
to death. Judge Rombauer had kept constantly go
tes: since he separated from the members of the
party with which he started from Hallet Glacier
and which he left to make the ascent of Hages
peak Monday at noon.
CARLE NAMED IN DIVORCE SUIT,
Boston, Alii;. 26.— Richard Carle, the piaywrignt
and comedian. is named as corespondent in the ■_!
for divorce tiled in the Suffolk County Court to-day
by A. W. Godfrey, a Harvard graduate and son of
a wealthy lumberman, against Jiis wife. Th- God
freys lived in the Back M district until last
March, when they separated over the alleged con
duct on the part of Mrs. Godfrey which is ■■_■
the basis of the action. It Is charged that Mrs.
Godfrey was with the comedian in New York. John
U. McCarthy, of Boston, is also named in the suit.
Mrs. "Godfrey was Miss Beatrice Brunner, of lowa.
$22.20 TO TOLEDO AND RETURN
Via Pennsylvania Railroad. August 27 to ■•> Tickets
good to return until September 15, inclusive. ' Con
sult ticket agents.— Advt.
PKICE THREE CENTS. I
I)A.\(;ER IV BRYAN PLAN"
T.tFT OS BASK DEPOSITS.
Says Federal Guarantee Would Put
Premium on Reckless Banking. :
[By Telegraph to The Tribunal
Hot Springs, Va.. Aug. 2C— William H. Taft*
explained to-day his reasons for deprecating th»
federal guarantee of bank deposits.* and also*
elucidated his attitude with regard to pledges
which he made In his speech of acceptance, ant
which went beyond the text of the Republican;
platform. Mr. Taft. while frankly admitting
that a Presidential candidate could not bind has
party to policies not Included in the party plat
form by including them in his speech" of accep
tance, remarked that President Roosevelt had
obtained the adoption of several policies on.
which the platform of the party had been silent,
notably the federal control of railway rates",
para food, federal meat inspection, etc., all of
which Mr. Roosevelt, as the leader of his pavty.
had recommended to Congress, and which a Re
publican Congress had cheerfully enacted into
law.
Mr. Taft declared that the intelligent voter
considered both the platform and the candidate.
and th.it in sosne instances faith was pinned t.>
the platform and : other instances to the c-andi
date, while many persons supported a ticket be
cause of th.ir iaith in both. Certainly, he said.
there was n>> restriction to compel a President
to refrain from exerting his influence to obtain
legislation over and above those things con
tained in the jiarty platform.
Mr. Taft also called attention to the fact that
many rm-n refused to support Mr. Bryan, not
because of the party platform, but because of
tile personal views which they knew Mr. Bryan
to entertain. Ot course, he said, an effort had
hef-ri aaade in the Democratic platform to pro
tect the candidate from himself, so to speak, by
defining the issues for which the party stood.
but that would not prevent the voters from re
•alling the various vagarks which Mr. Bryan
has advocated fron. time to time, nor were
there many who would for a moment cherish,
the idea that the Democratic candidate :f
elected would restrict his recommendations to
Congress or his influence with his party leaders
to the precise planks of the party pronounc*
menti
PLAN IXDLC RECKLESS BANKING.
Concerning the Democratic advocacy of fed
eral guarantee of bank deposits, Mr. Taft said:
The fundamental objection to the proposed
plan to guarantee deposits in national banks is
that it puts a premium on reckless banking anil
is an bMtacemewJ to reeadoss banking. Relieved
of the i-esp< ■nsibility to and the fear of the de
positors, the tendency would be to induce ex
ploitation, manipulation and the use of assets
>>:' hangs in a speeaiaftve way. It would atw
in.'te speculation at the expense of fellow bank
ers, and that ultimately means at the expense of
the depositors. Any proposition as at th>?
amount of the tax that should be assessed, as
based on the present rate of loss, is an erreaw
ous basis, as the danger of loss of deposit? is
Increased vastly by the proposed system, so
that the percentage of the tax would have to>
be vastly increased.
Mr Bryan did favor a government guarantee.
xh ■■ government to raise the funds by taxing
inks, but the Democratic platform nro
\;.ir-s fbt an enforced insurance, which compe'a
all national banks to contribute to the kssssrassre
fund to met the defaults of the speculators.
I am told that such a law- was in force in New
Tort and that the result was that when a panif
ensued, the tax having been improperly calcu
lated, there wer^ n^t suficient funds to pay th<*
I'-ss. hut this I have only on the authority of
a well known writer on the subject.
LEADING DEMOCRAT F< >R TAFT.
Colonel John McAnern#y. a leading New York
Democrat, formerly of Alabama and a colonel
in the Confederate army, has declared his pur
pose to support William H Taft in the coming
election Cofoaei McAnerney's declaration is of
peculiar signiric in< c because of his former ac
tivity as a Deaascrat. He was a Democratic
, l.ctor-at-laree and president of th<- electoral
college of New Jersey in IS9B. and it was
through his efforts that all of the members of
!!ege stumped their state, largely increas
ing Mr. Cleveland's majority.
In 1892 Colonel McAnerney presided over th«
big business men's meeting for Cleveland In
New York City, and four years ago he was an
ardent and energetic supporter eg Alton B. Par
ker. Colonel McAnerney's standing with busi
ness men has long been established on the high
est plane, and it is often recalled of him that.
Ms firm having been forced to the wall in the
panic of 1ST:;, and a settlement of "JO cents on
the dollar effected, he regained his lost fortune,
and a few years later sent to all his creditors a
circular letter, inclosing not only the remaining
So cents on the dollar but interest to date.
Some of those circular letters were framed by
bankers and others and hang on their walls to
this day.
PBMOCRAT, ICCI BRYAXITE.
When asked t<>-day if he would take any part
In this ytar's campaign. Colenel McAn'rney
said he would support Mr. Taft. but would not
participate bj the campaign. "I am a Demo
crat." he said, "hut not of the Bryan variety.
1 believe true, conservative, constitutional Dem
ocxatk: principles will be coexistent with ths
111".- of the KepuMic. and that after the people
grow weary of the group of demagogues now la
control of the Democratic party machines, ths
grand old party will axaln win the confidence
and support of the conservative people of this
country. There are many able Democrat*
throughout the o-untry. but they have no influ
ence while these agitators and demagogues are
in control.
"President Iloos^velt snta right." he con
tinued, "in interposing the strong arm of ex
ecutive . ower t.etween the people and certain
corporations and individuals which. In thetr
Krt-ed. forgot the republican character of our in
: itutions. But his success in stopping rebate*
ami in compelling obedience to the laws has
made Bryan and his stripe of demagogue en
vious, and they are determined to outdo Roose
velt. ev*-n If they wre.k every railroad and in
dustrial interest in the country. I cannot be
lieve that the country want a man like Bryan
In control of the government for the next four
yearn Agitation must cease. The laborer, th-?
mechanic, the manufacturer and the merchant
want a restoration of corns ■'.—:. - "-. » •-... i
be wholly impossible with Bryan and a bunch of
his Oklahoma advisers in control of the govern
ment and the court appointments."
!••:;:>• .\ \:. !'i:Ai.-K F- >H taft.
"Colonel, what opini.>n h;ive you formed of
Judge Taft '.'•'
"I find him a charming, agreeable gentleman.
He seems like an old-fashioned fanner, plain
and th roughly democratic In his intercourse)
with his fellows. Ills address •... the Virginia
Par Association, urging simpler and quicker^
methods of legal procedure in behalf of toe poor*
and unprotected, was a masterpiece, showing
his broad views and generous heart. That ad
dress should be read by every workingiTian 'and
wage earner in the land." « "
• 1»o you believe Judge Taft will be elected"" :
"Yes. 1 do I believe the people know him to
be thoroughly equipped and experienced, and he
ui^nrebsea al! who meet him with bis calm, <!♦•