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■ ;-;■■ :-: -ya—^ ”W""W” „ _ H A ^r , "in H "V 1 ■*"% "Bf\k A w ^ay r> wv In Northwestern' Part of the State Half the Crop is Offered for the Pick ing. '■VY._. _ Waco, Texas, Jan. 19. — Thousands of bales of cotton- In northwestern Texas will he utterly lost for a lack of pickers. In some counties half the cotton now standing Is offered to pickers to gather the crop. LUKE E. WRIGHT TO BE OUR FIRST AMBASSADOR. Washingtpn, Jan. 19. — The Presi dent has named Luke E. Wright, of Memphis, governor, of the Philippines, to he the first American ambassador to Japan. All the indications are that Judge Henry 6. Ide, senior member of the Philippine commission and acting governor of the Philippines, will suc ceed Governor Wright. GANNIE PORTER’S MURDERER HANGED AT LOUISVILLE. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 19.—William Vandalzen, white, aged 23, was hanged here this morning for the murder, last fall, of Miss Fannie Porter. SENATOR CHAUNCEY DEPEW NOT A RESIGNER. New York, Jan. 19. — Senator De pew, who has returned from Washing ton on account of a slight illness, de clared through his private secretary that he has no intention of resigning from the United States •senate. Assistant Chief Kemp had a lively time with four negro excursionists last night at the depot. The negroes were celebrating, having taken rather liberallly of liquid refreshments. They were lodged In jail, but later paid the penalty and 'went back home. Suck Respect Never Before Paid to Memory of Private Citizen in Chicago. .Chicago, Jan. 19.—The funeral services of the. late Marshall Nield were held at the family home on Prairie avenne dt 11 o’clock and were attended only by the family and immediate friends. Services were held at the First Presbyterian church at noon, to which admission was by card. During the afternoon memorial services were held at the Auditorium, attended only by the employees of Field & Co. Never before in the history of Chicago has such respect been paid to the memory of a private citizen as was shown today. During the hours of the funeral all the large retail stores in the State street shopping district were closed, and a thousand enterprises operated by members of the Chicago Commercial Club, located in all parts of the city, were closed. The Board of Trade held only a brief session, and flags were at half mast-on every club, prominent office building and city building. General Funston.to Be Sent to Philippines to Have ' Brigade Ready for Emergency. San Francisco. Ja/i. 19.—The Call says that General Funston will soon be transferred from the command of the department of California to the Philippines, where'he will "be given charge of a brigade which is being formed in Luzon in view of the possible necessity for an active cam paign in China. _j ^ ALBANY ACADEMY HONORS R. E. LEE. BE BETTER As Soon as Matters at the Big Shoals Plant Can Be Put in Ship Shape Condition. Add 100 Per Cent. to value of' Yo ur Farms A ky using merican field Fence Five Carl just received at Albany Machinery What is the matter with the street lights? That qhestitm has been asked" a number of times of late. It is sug gested by the fact,, which is apparent to all who are observant, that the are lamps over the streets do not burn with the brilliance which was nightly noted when steam power generated the current which'supplied them. Last night, for instance, the string of lights in either of the long streets running north and south looked. like a procession of fire-flies. Those at a distance of several blocks diffused a feeble, pink light, instead of the clear blue so familiar in the past. , Tho transformation from the per fect illumination of a short time ago to the rather unsatisfactory condi tions now prevailing has caused gen eral comment. The Herald has made inquiry con- i. ceruing this matter, and is Informed that the trouble is only temporary. It should be borne in mind that the power plant at the Big Shoals is still in a partially make-shift stage. All the machinery ha| not been placed, nor has the power-house been com pleted. It was with difficulty that the plant could he made ready for enter ing upon the fulfillment of the com pany’s contract with the city on the first of October, and since that time matters hpve never been gotten in ship-shape. It is contended by those who are in position to know that as soon as the plant at the Big Shoals is completed and the machinery perfectly adjusted, as if soon will be, the current sent into the city frill be regular and of the proper voltage for the perfect il lumination of the streets. Conditions as they at present exist could not have been avoided, and only. a little pa tience on the part of the public is necessary. NO MOROCCAN CONFERENCE ON MOHAMMEDAN SUNDAY. Algeelras, Jan. 19.—This being Mo hammedan Sunday^ there will be no- session of the international Moroccan conference today. An agreement has been reached among the delegates not to consider questions outside the Franco-German' program. • SENATE COMMITTEE STILL BALKED. Evidently Doesn’t Know What to Do With Poultney Bigelow. Washington, Jan. 19. —The Senate committee on lnteroceanlc canals has postponed until next wee)? considera tion of the recalcitrancy of Poultney Bigelow, who refused yesterday to answer .certain questions regarding conditions at Panama. It is believed that he will go unpunished. BILL URGENT CARRIES OVER $15,000,000. Big Money Included In Measure Un der Consideration by Congress. Washington, Jan, 19.—Consideration of the urgent deficiency bill was taken up by the House today as committee of the whple. The bill includes fifteen million, two hundred thousand do! lars, including five million, three him died and forty thousand for the Pan ama canal. CAR FELL TO STREET ON BROOKLYN ELEVATED. One Person Killed and a Dozen More Injured. New York, Jan. 19. — One person was killed and a dozen injured when a car qn tho Brooklyn elevated road fell to the street at Fulton and Chest nut streets today. ATLANTA POULTRY ASSOCIATION’S OFFICERS. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 19.—At a meeting of the Atlanta Poultry Association the following officers were elected: President—Ed. L. Wight, of Smyr na. Vice-President—J. H. Porter, of At lanta. Secretary—H. F. Hells, of Atlanta. Treasurer—A. C. Wooley, of At lanta. Assistant Treasurer—C. W. Fowler, of Smyrna. Mr. P. T. Daniel, a painter, and Mr. Joe Moss, one of the street pavers, agreed to disagree last night, and they fought out the' disagreement it, front of the Office Saloon on Broad street. From what can be learned, Daniel and Moss got In a heated’ argument, and thOy decided to determine positively who was right and who was wrong by the first method. Daniel found out. Both will find out when the mayor imposes his fine next Wednes day. Messrs. Ed. K. Jones and P. W. Jones have purchased from Mr. I. G. Ehrlich a lot on Tift street, near the western limits of the city, 72% by 213 feet. The transfer was made through R. Jones, real estate dealer. • r. SYSTEMS COMMISSION OF GEORGIA REDUCES LOCAL RATES ON SOUTHERN, CEN TRAL AND COAST LINE. Local freight rates on the Southern Railway, the Central of Georgia and the Atlantic Coast Line will be re duced about 10 per cent, as the result of orders issued yesterday by the Georgia Railroad Commission ehang- ing the classification of these lines, and reduolng the percentage which they are allowed to charge in addi tion to the standard tariff. These orders and the new rates which they promulgate will become effective on February 19, .or within thirty days from the date of their is- s^boe..r-" 4 ■''fteportinig tBS^slgnifleaftce of- these orders, the Atlanta Constitution this morning says: "While it is impossible to make any accurate statement as to the general result of theBe reductions, and the saving to the people of the state as a result of them, it Is roughly estimated that they will amount to a total an nual saving to the people of Georgia of about 3300,000. “The Central of Georgia and the Southern are transfered by these or ders from Class C, where they stand at present, and in which they are al lowed to charge 25 per cent, in addi tion to the standard tariff to Class B, where they will be allowed to charge only 15 per cent. In addition. “The Atlantic Coast Line has. been transferred from Class B, where It was permitted, to charge, 20 per cent, in addition to the standard tariff, to a new class, to be kniwn as Class A-l, where it will be permitted to charge only 10 per cent, in addition, t “The Seaboard Air Line, which is in Class C, is not changed, its fates be ing permitted to stand as at present. Cannot Change Rates. “In addition to the foregoing the commission also passed two other im portant orders which will have the ef fect of preventing the railroads from taking steps to equalize these reduc tions by changes of classification. ■ “One of these orders providfls that the present prevailing • rates dn all lines f in the state Which are lower than the rates allowed to he charged by the commission are adopted as the rates of the commission and no change shall be made in any of them without the consent of the commis sion being first obtained. “In one sense the foregoing ip per haps the moBt important order of all those issued yesterday by the com mission. The railroads of the state have many rates between what are known as common points in Georgia which are ^considerably lower than the rates which they are allowed to charge under the commission's scale. The railroads have been accustomed to moving these rates uj) and down to suit their own convenience and con ditions, without asking anybody’s con sent. Now these rates must stand as they exist today until application has been first made to the commission and permission granted for the change to be made. “The other order issued by the com mission adopts the Southern classifi cation, which was made by the South eastern Freight Association, to be come effective Jpnuery 10, 1906, as the commission’s classification, the object Exercises Appropriate - to the Day. Songs and Recitations. The Albany Academy held interest-, ing and impressive exercises this morning, commemorative of the birth day of Robert E, Lee, the patriot of the South,- I The exercises . consisted for the moBt part of recitations, both appro priate and pretty, and of songs of the Old South. The regular lessons were heard un ‘ til 10 o’clock, and .then an hour was devoted to the services. The primary grades, the regular academic grades, and the high school had separate en tertainments. At 11 o’clock, school was dismissed for the rest of the day. Professor Barwick stated that the oustom of. holding exercises a part of the day and giving a half holiday the reBt was preferable to a whole holiday, as by the former arrangement the spirit and the purpose of the occasion were better understood. WRITING OBSCENE WORDS IN A PUBLIC PLACE. r ’ •*” J' ■ > > • ■ v Atlanta, Gji., Jon, 19.—As a result of being .deolared guilty of writing 'ob- sceno^words of a door of a millinery store oh .'Decatur Street, A. J. Shlde, who ownB a tlnshop on South Forsyth Street, was yesterday fined 360 and costs and sentenced to serve thirty days in the chaingang by the recorder, The prisoner said ho did not know what possessed him to write the ob jectionable language. “My mind is weak at times,” he said, "and I do not always know what I am doing." The recorder gave Shtde a terrible tongue-lashing ''before pronouncing sentence! i. . CHINESE COMMISSIONERS ARE NOW IN CHICAGO. Chicago, Jan. 19. — The Imperial Chinese commissioners, with' their retinues, arrived on a special train from the west today. They were greete'd at the station by a committee headed by Mayor Dunne and escorted to various points of intetest. They will stay herp three days. Furious Fighting. "For seven years,” writes Geo, W. Hoffman, of Harper, Wash., "I had a bitter battle with chronic stomach and liver trouble, but at last I. won, and cured my diseases, by the use of Electric Bitters. I unhesitatingly recommend them to all, and don’t In tend in the future to be without them in the house. They are certainly a wonderful medicine, to hava - -cured such a had case as mine." Sold under guarantee to do the same for you, by Albany I Drug Co., druggists, at 50c. a bottle. Try them today. Fitting Observance of the Day at the State Cap ital and Throughout the % City. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 19.— 1 The birthday anniversary of Gen. Robert E. Lee is being appropriately celebrated in At lanta today. AH the state house of fices, those of the oity government, banks and- schools are observing a holiday. During the morning formal exor cises were held In most of the schools, then the children were dismissed for the day. In the hall of the House of Rep sentattves at the state capitol t afternoon, beginning at about o’clock, interesting exercises are Ing held.under the auspices of lanta Camp, No. 159, United C orate Veterans. The members o camp are hejpg assisted by mem of other local camps, the Daugh of the Confederacy, the Ladies’ orlal Association, the Order of I ert E. Lee, and Sons of Confed Veterans. This evening at the Piedmont the members of the Atlanta vl Sooiety will attend a banqu the first time in the history ol society tho annual banquet will b tendedihy tho wives and sweetl of the 1 inembers, NO TRUTH IN THE REPORTED ARREST OF AN AMERICA New York, Jan. 19.—Tho A Press -St. Petersburg regardipg the reported Ham English Walling, of Chi St. Petersburg, for rovolutl tlvlty, says the report, is w foundation and that Walling heed, arrested. * 'A 'S ' f-.i* iur H ere • - -i ■ A Proposition to 1 the Howell Voters. Knowing a good thing when they see it, and acting not upon impulse but from good reasoning, they will not only vote* for Howelj, but will pur chase one or more of /the.hduses and lots embraced in the following adver tisement: CUred His Mother of Rheumatism. “My mother has been a sufferer for many years from rheumatism,” says W. H. Howard, of Husband,- Pennsyl vania. At times she was unable to move at all, while at all times walk ing was painful.. I presented her with a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and after a few applications she de cided it was the most wonderful pain reliever she had ever tried: in fact, she |s never without it now and is at all times able to walk. An occasional application, of Pain Balm keeps away the pain that she was formerly trou bled with.” For shle by Sale-Davis Drug Co. "- "••• Z&PfiBSBHHi And have them filled hy experience pharmacists with pure ingredients^anc exactly • in the manner that your physician wants them comt Hilsman-SaJ being to prevent any increase being made in the reduced rates made last year by changes in classification.” - ' • 'kisL..., ' /' C il . «•-' I ;i < mm®