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ALBANY, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 10, 1906. NUMBER 65. ■9 [ SEVERAL LIVES ARE LOST IN MINNEAPOLIS HOTEL FIRE, COUNCIL AND RAILROADS COULD NOT GET TOGETHER ON THE FRONT STREET FRANCHISE PROPOSITION. The special called meeting of the council which was held yesterday af ternoon for the purpose of again tak ing up the matter of granting the Al bany & Northern and the Georgia Northern railroads franchises for the use of, Front street resulted -in the accomplishment of but little or noth ing. The Messrs. Pidcock and their at torney, Col. J. W. Walters, of the Georgia Northern, and Mr. J. S. jCrews, of the Albany & Northern, 4 were present again to urge the grant ing of privileges on Front street. Be fore taking up the matter the council decided that the called meeting should go on record as a continuation of the regular meeting of Monday night. Ordinances had been drawn by City Attorney Mann designed to give the roads permission to place their tracks in Front street, the exercise of these rights being conditioned upon a faithful compliance on the part of the railroads with the conditions to be determined upon by the city in regard to the crossing of Broad street, the maintaining of Front street, etc. A further condition ^vas placed on the granting of the right to the Albany & Northern railroad, and that was that all rights rfor the use of the track in Washinton street for other than passenger street rail way purposes be relinqufshed. There was considerable discussion, after which Alderman -Jones moved that the matter 110 deferred until a called meeting this afternoon, and that the council, in company with City Engineer Wilcox, should visit Front street in a body this morning and see just what the railroads want- just how the granting of the Nine Are Dead and Possibly Alore Imprisoned in Hotel Rooms. Minneapolis. Jan. 10.—Nine persons are known to be dead and pos sibly more imprisoned in rooms as the result of a Ore in the West Hotel early this morning. The blaze began in upper stories of the ho tel. An electric alarm was given at once, and many escaped clown the stairways, but these were soon cut off and the halls, filled with smoke. Capt. John Berwin, of the fire department, fell while trying to lower a woman from the fifth floor, and was killed. The woman was caught by another fireman. An unknown man jumped from a window for the roof of an adjoin ing building, miwd it and was killed. A middle-aged woman jumped from a fourth story window and was instantly killed. \ There were many daring rescues. The fire was confined to the two upper stories and was controlled at 8:40 o’clock this morning. LIST OF THE DEAD. Minneapolis, Jan: 10.—Following is a lis^t of the dead in the hotel fire: Captain John Berwin, Thomas Somerville, of Springfield, Ill., suffo cated in room; Alice Martin, a servant, who jumped from the seventh floor: W. S. Nichols, cf Minneapolis, suffocated; two unknown men, who jumped from the upper floors. DEATH LIST INCREASES. Minneapolis, Jan. 10:—At noon it is known that the list of dead from the West Hotel fire numbered nine. The property loss is estimated at twenty-five thousand dollars. rights sought would affect that street. Alderman Jones’s motion prevailed, so the matter will come up for final settlement this afternoon at 4 o’clock. TRIED TO EVEN UP WITH MAN WHO SHOT HIM. After Recovering From Wounds At lanta Man Attacks Assailant. Add 100 Per Cent. to value of Yo ur rarms h. by using’ Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 10.—'(Special.)— Thomas M. Giddens, who was shot and severely wounded several months, ago on South Pryor street by City Fire man W. A. Pope, yesterday afternoon, shortly after 5 o'clock fired two shots from a revolver at Pope at Alabama and "Forsyth streets. Neither bullet took effect. Gld-lene was promptly ar rested by Police'Sergeant. Foster and talon to police headquarters. He was so excited at the time of his arrest, he could make no statement. The men met on Alabama street, near Forsyth, and just as they passed each other Giddens drew his revolver and fired. At (Ire first shot Pope ran into Stewart’s stable and Giddens lived at him a second time, this bullet graz ing one of the horses in the stable. The shooting created intense excite ment and a great crowd quickly gath ered. About three months ago Pope shot Giddens on the street, finding him In company with his, (Pope’s) wife.''Giddens was In the hospital for several weeks. E. Two Dispatches Which May Mean Anything or Nothing - - “You Pays Your Money and Takes Your Choice.” PLAIN RICK RUSSELL'S MET IN ATLANTA TODAY. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 10.—Representatives from thirty counties gathered here today to confer on Judge Russell’s race for governor. His political advisors say he will make a great campaign. They met in the office of Walter R Brown and approved the opening of headquarters in Macon. THE CHINESE AND EXCLUSION. Chinese Minister Advises His Government that Satisfactory Legislation is Improbable. / Pekin, Jan. 10.—The Chinese min ister at Washington has telegraphed his government that satisfactory leg islation by congress on the exclusion question is improbable. He says that a majority of the congressmen favor greater liberality, but. that the influ ence of the laboring class is too strong against the Chinese. THE CLANSMAN Dixon’s Play Presented First Time in Gotham. The Audience Captlvatsd—The New York Herald Dashes Cold Water on It, But Says It Is Harmless—Dix on’s Curtain Speech. I’m a Yanke Doodle Dandy. 9 If -A. merican Field ence Five Carloads just received at Albany Machinery Co. STUMBLED AND FELL WITH NURSING BOTTLE. An Atlanta Child *he Victim of Pecu liar Accident. It. was impossible to get anything like a satisfactory report of the Smith‘Howeli join* debate at Colum bus today in time for this afternoon’s Herald.. This paper had all arrange ments made for a report which was to reach us not later than 3 o’clock, but our mhn has evidently either gone | astray or has been overcome by the , excitement of the occasion, j Following are two bulletins which | came over the private wire of Clark & Co. I* the reader doesn’t like one, be can take the other—tiler's one for him on njatter which candidate he favors: For the Howellites. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 10.—Howell's i opening was a masterpiece. He at tacked Smith’s record and predicted gloomy times if Smith was elected. Howell made a great impression and it is not belidved that even Smith can answer him . For the Smithites. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 10,,-—Although the house is packed against him. Smith is electrifying the audience by his terrific drives against Howell, his party and platform. Conservative men here say that Smith’s address will go down In history with those of Toombs and Hill. Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 10.—(Special.)— While carrying a nursing bottle to his mother for his baby brother, Carl Funston, the 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Funston, of 207 Ivy street stumbled and dropped the bot tle to the floor, breaking it into many pieces, and, falling on one of the frag ments, he was severely cut in the ab domen. His condition is considered se rious. THE GEORGIA RAILROAD AND CENTRAL OF GEORGIA. Liable For Stock of Western Railway of Alabama. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 10.—In the famous case of the state against the Georgia and the Central of Georgia Railroad, the supreme court yesterday after noon decided that the Georgia road was liable for taxes on fifteen thou sand shares of the Western Railway of Alabama stock as far back as 1895, and that the Central was liable for the year 1900. A million dollars is involved In the original suit\ The city court adjourned yesterday afternoon, after a session of two 'days. "A number of criminal cases were tried, hut none of great importance. GEN. THOMAS H. BARRY TO BE DECORATED BY CZAR. Atlanta Ga., Jan. 10.—Word has reached Atlanta that Brigadier Gener al Thomas H. Barry, formerly com manding officer of the department of- "the Gulf with headuaqrters in this city, is soon to be decorated by Czar Nicholas o* Russia. Secretary of State Root has sent a special report to Con gress requesting that the military at taches from the United States army, stationed with the Russian forces, in the recent Russo-Japanese war, be al lowed to accept and wear the decora tions tendered by the Czar. General Barry was one of the officers specifi cally named for this honor. It was while stationed in Atlanta that the general was detailed to join the Rus sian army in Manchuria. Since his return home he has been detailed to the war college In Washington. MRS. CASSIE CHADWICK DENIED RE-HEARING. Cincinnati, Jan. 10,—The motion for a re-hearing of tlie appeal for a new trial for Mrs. Cassie Chadwick was denied in the United States Court of Appeals here today. New York, Jan.'9.—-To all appear- Andes “.The Clansman” completely cop tivQ tod* -the huge New York audience gathered in the Liberty theater last night. The applause began early and kept up till passages in the play w;?re frequently Interrupted. This continued till at the end of ‘tie second act the curtain rose again and again, while the players grew weary of bowing their acknoweldgments.^Finally, after continued applause and loud calls of “author” and .Dixon,” Mr. Thomas Dixon, Jr., appeared and bowed again and again to the salvos that greeted him. When the audience at last quieted down Mr. Dixon spoke as follows: ‘‘My profession for twenty years has been public speaking and if there is one thing that tires me It is the sound of my own mice. I’ve a mtlon that it has tired other people, too. People say, ‘The Clansman’ has been a success in the South. You have dem onstrated tonight that there is no ( North, there is no South, we are all : one people. The simple fact Is that joy, sorrow, peace and suffering are all universal and belong to the human heart everywhere.” j These sentiment? were followed by ( another outburst of applause whe'h j lasted for several minutes. Repeated j rounds of applause marked the close of every act and even the rise o-' the j curtain. I The company as a whole was- very much better than that w'hich appear ed in the South. The new cast con tains several people of known repu tation. Only two or there of those that appeared in the South are in the present company. One of these is Austin Webb, who did such splendid work as the negro, Lynch. The play is also much ntore sumptuously mounted. A great many Southerners were in the audience and these were particu larly enthusiastic A good many ne groes were also present. The theater was filled from top to bottom. /In speaking of The Clansman,” the New York Herald today says: “Boisterous hut harmless was the ebulitlon of sentiment aroused last night by the production of Mr. Thom as Dixon’s dramatization of his own novel, “The Clansman,” at the Liberty theater. From the continuous and enthusias tic though staccato applause with which' it was greeted, it was evident that a majority of the large audience gathered to bear i* was composed of New Yorkers ot Southern birth or sympathies. But *ifs majority was / 1 The Company Planning to Have Permanent Home and to Organize a So cial Club. The.Albany Guards intend to Imlld an armory and to form a german club soon. Tills has practically been decided upon by them, although the definite plans have not been made. Thore has been talk of a suitable armory and gymnasium since Company F was re organized, and It has about come to a tangible state now. Plans for the armory and gymna sium have been drawn and submitted to the company, and the contractors are waiting for the final action of the company. It has also practically been decid ed to add a social feature to the mil itary company, and this will be a reg ular soml-monthly ball to he given by tho german club, which will be com posed of members of the company. The Guards have been attending meetings regularly since the reorgan ization, and all tbs members feel a keen Interest In the company. There Is no reason why the german club should not bp a succes^ Of course the Guards are already looking forward, with' pleasant. ant'C pntion, to the next, encampment. MILITARY BAND SERGEANT MUST PAY FINE OR WORK Band Sergeant at Fort McPherson in Trouble. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 10.—(Special.) Signor A. StochOta, sergeant of’the baud of the Seventeenth infantry at Fort McPherson, will spend sixty days upon Ihe chalngang of Fulton county, unless $50 %nd the costs in two cases against, him is forthcoming. The signor last.' Friday night was ar rested, by county officers. He was charged with being drunk and disor derly. He was placed in the calaboose at Oakland City to wait arraignment. About 11 o’clock *Jiat night smoke was seen issuing from the roof o’ the bastile at Oakland City. Officer Oli ver put out the fire and another charge, that of malicious mischief, was entered against the musician with the foreign nqjno. So when the signor was arraigned before the may. or of Oakland City he was declared guilty in each count and requested to pay or work. AMADOR NOT ALARMED ABOUT INDIAN UPRISING. New York, Jan. 10.—A HeralJ dis patch from Panama, says that Presi dent Amador does not regard tho re ported San Bias Indian uprising as serious, but lie will Rond a gunboat with a request to Chief Inannaqulna to come to Panama fr a enferenee. entirely good natured and It mot with no responsive antagonism. 'The play Itself, 1b a coarse and crude way, presents the story of the post helium periods when the negro, through the Instrumentality of ‘car petbag’ adventurers from the North obtained temporary ascendancy over the South .That period is happily over, and one rather resents the appeal to sectlpnal prejudice so long al ter the fact. "Happily, the appeal has so little force that ft can do no permanent harm. Indeed, as presented last night, the dominant features were simply those of a negro minstrel show. It was the histrionic exploitation of the old time comicalities of daikeydom that| knit the audience into a kinship of applause.” RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT’S PRE MIER PLEADS WITH ST. PETERSBURG CITIZENS WHO CALL ON HIM. m St. Petersburg, Jan, 10.—-Premier Witte today made a statement to a. delegation beaded by the mayor of the city requesting tho relaxing ot the orders of the prefect of police against meetings In tho Interest of an electoral campaign.] The premier could not promise that anything would bo done until after. January 22. While he personally did not sympathize with the harsh meas ures of Interior Minister Durnovo, he regarded them as essontlal. The premier refused to assume responsi bility for the course which, If It re sulted in bloodshed, would make him a scapegoat. He complained bitterly of the failure of the moderates to sup port the government, saying that on their shoulders rests largely 4he bur den of cpmpelllng the government to rosort to repression. I n 9 . , PrRFDENT HARPER, OF CHICAGO UNIVERSITY, ——r « Critically III—Grave Fears Entertain-. ed For Hie Recovery. Chicago, Jan. 10.—The condition od William R. Harper, president gl the Chicago University, is reported criti cal and grave fears are entertained for his recovery. U has been known..- for several months that ho was af dieted with gn Incurable disease, but the progress of the malady has been slow. . 1 . fgg-SBgg-Jlt-J! Yo ur Prescriptions H m ere And have them filled hy experienced pharmacists with pure ingredients and exactly in the manner that your|pnysician wants them compounded. 3ga? Hilsman-Sale t tfiilliilill V. iBw