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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, OA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 27, 1906.
NUMBER SO.
RUSSIAN BALTIC PROVINCES
Revolutionists Depose Old^ Authorities in Some Coun
ties, While Their Leaders Are Shot in Others.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 27.—A dispatch from Gomel says that halt
the town Is In flames and that fighting Is going on between troops and
revolutionists. The disorder extends to five counties surrounding Gomel.
The peasantry deposed the old authorities and elected revolutionists to
fill their places.
Fire and Blood In Baltic Province.
WEKIN, Livnla, Thursday, Jan. 25.—The pacification ot the Baltle
province is reaching the final stage as far as the Agrarian movement Is
concerned. Nearly 250 revolutionists have been shot, several thousand ar
rested and 5,000 rifles captured by the troops. The revolutionists have
stopped burning, but occasionally fire on the troops. The revolutionists In
this district burned 200 castles valued at $4,000,000, not including articles
which they contained.
TO
BETTER SYSTEM
Of Bookkeeping and Re
cording for the City
Government is Planned
by Council.
Arrangements are under way for
changing the present system of book
keeping by which track is kept of the
business of the city of Albany, to
methods more convenient and up to
date.
The change has been contemplated
for several years. Attention to the de
mand for a better system was called
by retiring Mayor A. J. Lippitt in his
admirable annual report submitted to
the Council on January 1, and at va
rious times, before and since, the ques
tion has received the attention of
. members of Counqiil |
Now that the city will have the full
time of City Cleric Rust, it. will be
possible to have the books and records
of the municipal government kept in a
much more elaborate and satisfactory
manner than heretofore, and no time
loo
Add
Per Cent.
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 27.—Three lives
were lost early today in a fire which
damaged the Richardson Hotel here to
the amount of 650,000. it is feared
that the list of deaths will be in
creased when the ruins are searched.
Several injured have been taken to
hospitals and numbers are being
treated in other hotels and in resi
dences.
The dead are all women. Two have
not been identified.
The fire, it is believed, started in
the kitchen from an overheated stove
rjknd was burning- an hour' before be
ing discovered. A party of gentle
men playing cards smelled smoke at
2 o'clock thlB morping and gave the
alarm and 'summoned the fire depart
ment.
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People from the third and fourth
floors were rescued from windows In
their night clothes.
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THREE LB LOST
I Mi FIRE
The Richardson Hotel, at
Lowell, Mass., Takes
Fire from Kitchen Stove.
Three Women Perish.
The Dead Identified.
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 27.—1 p. m.—All
the dead have been identified.
There were more than 400 guests In
the hotel and the register was not
available for hours. It was then dis
covered that only three lives hod been
lost. V
MABEL PAGE’S MURDERER
Sentenced to be Electrocuted at Cam
bridge on June 10.
/Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 27.—Charles
Tucker, who was convicted of the
murder of Mabel Page in March, 1904,
wnB sentenced today to bo electrocuted
on June 10. He declared that he was
innocent of the crime.
ATTENTION, R. Al M.—Special con
vocation Albany chapter, No. 15, R.
A. M., Monday evening, 7:30 o’clock.
Work in Royal Arch Degree. All
visiting brothers cordially invited.
DANIEL MAYER, Secretary.
will be lost in making arrangements
for the contemplated change.
In fact, a request has already been
made of a well-known firm which fur
nishes modern bookkeeping outfits
that one of its representatives be sent
here, and a reply has been received
stating that one of the concern’s trav
eling men will be in the city In the
course of a few days.
Under the new system, it is probable
that the Council will adopt the rule of
apportioning to each department of
the government, at the beginning of
the year, a certain amount, within the
limits of which, except in case of ex
traordinary demand, it will be neces
sary to hold expenditures.
Another change which will in all
probability be made will bo the plac-
ing In the hands of the clerk of the
work heretofore dono by two separate
boards of tax assessors, one of real es
tate and the other of personalty. Such
an arrangement would, have manifest
advantages.
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IS GHEH Mfgpf SESTERCE
Commander of the Ill-Fated Steamer Guilty of
Criminal Negligence.
New York, Jan. 27.—William H. Vansehaick was today found
guilty- of criminal negligence in failing to have fire drills on the steamer
General Slocum, which he commanded in June, 1904, when the steamer
was burned with a loss of more than a thousand lives. He was imme
diately sentenced to ten years imprisonment by Judge Thomas, of the
United States district court.
The jury disagreed on two other counts, in which Captain Van-
schaick was charged with criminal negligence by using life preservers
of poor quality on the steamer.
ATTORNEYS OF' BEEF TRUST
TRY TO SUBSIDIZE THE PRESS.
Bold Effort at Bribery Exposed by Authority of
President Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—By authority of President Roosevelt, cor
respondence has been made public at the White House relating to
methods alleged to- have been' employed by attorneys for the beef pack
ers |vhq are under indictment at Chicago, to influence public opinion in
behalf ot the packers.
The documents consist of a communication made to Attorney-Gen
eral Moody by United States District Attorney Morrison, of Chicago, set
ting out certain alleged facts regarding the payment of a sum of money
to a Chicago newspaper reporter by one of the attorneys for the beef
packers; a letter of the attorney-general to the President transmitting
Mr. Morrison’s report, expresslpg the opinion that np way existed under
the law by which the alleged offense could be punished; and a letter
from the President to the attorney-general directing the publication of
the correspondence. Mr. Morrison's letter, which contains the allega
tions'regarding the payment of money, says:
"That on the 27th day of December, 1905, Judge George W. Brown,
who is one of the attorneys for the packers in the ‘beet trust' case, gave
to a Mr. Hasler, who is n reporter for the Inter-Ocean, and who reports
the proceedings of the ‘beef trust’ qpsp,- ( a cevtain^'amytinL-.at..money,, os
tensibly as a Christmas present, the exact amount I do not know, and
directed him to give 6100 of it to a Mr. Eiwell, who is a reporter for the
City Press of Chicago, and who is also detailed to report the court pro
ceedings in this case and whose reports are UBed by all of the news
papers of Chicago, and largely by the Associated Press. Mr. Hasler had
intimated to Mr. Eiwell before that day that he was 'going to receive a
present, and on that day met him in the corridor df the Federal building
and handed him $100.
Mr. Eiwell declined to take it, and he pushed it into his pocket with
Judge Brown’s card and told Mr. Eiwell that Judge Brown had sent it to
him. Eiwell went to his employer and told him about it and his employer
told him to take the money and give it to Judge Brown, which he did,
and Judge Brown told him that he did not mean anything by it; that
he JuBt wanted to make him a Christmas present”
, Mr. Morrison in his letter says that Judge Brown called on him and
explained that lje had given money to Eiwell out of gratitude for com
plimentary articles concerning himself. Judge Brown also admitted giv
ing Hasler money. He said the money he gave was Ills own and his
clients knew nothing about It.
Attorney-General Moody, In transmitting Mr. Morrison’# letter, says
the articles of the Inter-Ocean reporter Were "misleading" and contained
) "mnny false statements of facts.” In his letter authorising the publica
tion of the letters, President Roosevelt Bays;
"Extraordinary efforts have been made in this case, as In one or two
similar cases, to poison the public mind by the dissemination of false
and misleading statements, and it is right that the public should know
why and how their circulation Is secured.” ^ Y
GENERAL STEPHEN D. LEE
New Orleans, Jan. 27.—General Stephen D, Lee, General Com
manding the United Confederate Veterans, today issued a .general or
der calling official attention to the death of General Joseph' Wheeler,
reciting the principal facts in his life and eulogizing his record arid
achievements. ' : . -
Approved by the United
^States—A Boycott Fight
May Be First/Move by
France.
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Washington, Jan. 27.—As a prelim
inary to a naval demonstration, France
is now considering the Initiation of a
boycott of all the Venezuelan products,
of which she is the largest foreign pur
chaser. No plan ot- action has been
finally determined Tip'on, hut the ap
parently complicated situation at Al-
geciras has caused a suspension in the
programme for the immediate dispatch
of warBhlps to La Guayra, and It Is
probable that the cruisers now in the
West Indies will await the arrival of
the two additional cruisers, now fitting
out In France before proceeding to
Venezuela.
A boycott against Venezuelan pro-
IEI
Venezuela’s Position With Reference to Taigney’s
Forced Departure Not Tenable.
CARACA8, Venezuela, Thursday, via Port of 8paln, Saturday, Jan. 27.
Twenty-five diplomats today dellvored to the Venezuelan government a
formal Joint note that they oan not accept Venezuela's position that M.
Talgney, former Frenoli charge d'affaires, was deprived of his official char
acter and ranked only as a French citizen at the time of his forced depart
ure from Venezuela. The diplomats communicated the text of the note
to the representative governments, .
iHrar
With Perfect Smoothness.
Boilers at Municipal
Plant Will Now Have
■ Long Rest.
The new motor-drivon pumps re-
cently. installed .at the waterworks sta
tion are now in dally operation, and
the proceas ot supplanting the steam
machinery which began on the first
day of October ts now complete. *
For a few dayB a little fire will bo
maintained under the boilers, but this
will be merely a matter of precaution.
The motor-driven pumps being new, it
is a possibility that their operation
may be interrupted as the. result of
some irregularity not yqt discovered,
and to guard\ against such a contin
gency a email head of steam is being
kept up. None of the steam mahbln-
ery is being UBed, however, and after
a few dayB the hollers will have all
the fire drawn from under them.
The two pumps are working smooth.
Ijf and satisfactorily,, and,- no. trouble'
Is feared. The smaller of the two Is
kept In operation at all tlmeB, so as
to maintain domestic- pressure on the
mains.. But should an alarm of fire be
turned in, the smaller pump will be
cut out nna the larger one, which ex
erts a pressure of eighty pounds and
is driven by a 70-horsepowor motor,
will be put in operation. With both
pumps working, a pressure of 110
pounds wquld 1)6 exerted.’
The waterworks and light plant is
now ns it was intended to be when
the extensive changes that have been
made were decided upon. The pumps
and air-lift machine are mo,tor driv
en, while the city is lighted with cur
rent from the Big Shonls without a
wheel at the municipal station being
turned. Wlth-a complete steam plant
in reserve, it may safely bo stated
tliat'there is not a more up-to-date
municipal station* In the .South than
Albany now boasts.
!E
Has Some Difficult Prob-
s lems—Powers Trying to
Revise the Moroccan
System of Revenue.
ducts could be established by the Is
suance of an official decree at Paris,
but no Information on this subject is
obtainable here, and it Is said that
no decision has so far been reached.
Washington Approves Course.
Paris, Jan. 20. — President Loubet
presided today at a council of minis
ters, nnd in the course it Is said on
good authority a decision was reached
relative to France’s eventual action
towards Venezuela after Premier Rou-
vler had given the ministers a com
plete explanation of the situation. The
measures to bo taken have not yet
been made known, but, it is under
stood that the United States has been|
advised of France’s course of action,
which is entirely approved at Wash
ington.
Russell Works for Peace.
Washington, Ian. 26. — In a cable
gram from Caracas, dated January 2R
and received at the State Department
last night, American Minister Russell
reports that be has practically suc
ceeded in restoring friendly relations
between Colombia and Venezuela.
These were severely strained through
the escape of a rebel Venezuelan gen
eral across the frontier into Colombia
and the tardiness ot the Colombian
authorities In satisfying Venezuela’s
demands for thp general’s extradition.
Mr. Russell’s cablegram, it Is Bald,
throws no new light on the Franco-
Venezuelan imbroglio.
Algeolras, Jan. 27. — The Moroccan
conference resumed its sessions today
and spent two hours reviewing the
work ot the committee bn Moroccan
revenue. The powera have several
important objects in examining the
revenue system, or lack of system, i
Morocco and in making an effort t
regulate it.
The proposition to tax land owneri
was opposed by the Moorish
sentatlves, as the landlords i
never be found. Internal conditio
of Morocco appear to raise an <
stacle to any proposal yet put forwa
and the problem promises to be a cc
plicated one.
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
IN GREENE-GAYNOR TF
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Savannah, Ga„ Jan. 27—Sesalo
the United StatOB court ih the C
and Gaynor trial today were t
with further examinations ot
mentarj- evidence and argumen
counsel as to its admissibility.
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exactly
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your physician
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