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■'Si: >! Wi VOLUME XV. ALBANY, GA„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 2, 1906. NUMBER 85. L In Conference Today-Min ers Said Present Scale Must Be Raised But Con ference Voted Different. Indianapolis, Feb. 2.—The coal oper ators of the Central Competitive Dis trict and the Southwest District met today In joint conference to settle finally whether an agrement on a ' wage scale is possible. President Mit chell, of the United Mine Workers of America, announced that the miners refused to accept a continuance of the present scale. A final adjournment was reached'at 12:40 o’clock, after the president had declared carried a mo tion that the present scale be con tinued. The vote of the Pennsylvania representatives of the miners carried the proposal. President Mitchell im mediately called a meeting of the miners’ organization for 2 o’clock this afternoon. THE LEADING MOTOR BOAT WAS REFUSED THE TROPHY. Only One Man in the Winning Boat During the Race. Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 2.—The mo tor boat “Coe,” which won the 16-mile race yesterday, was refused the trophy because only one man was In the boat during the race. The race was award ed to the “Allon,” which finished sec ond. Five races are scheduled for today. The leading event is a mile race against time for the Sir Thomas R. Dewar trophy. NEGBO WIFE MURDERER HANGED AT WASHINGTON. Washington, D. C., Feb. 2.—William Hamilton, a negro, was hanged early today for wife murder. The crime was a brutal one. Add 100 Per Cent. to value of . Y our F u r Farms by using A mencan Field ence Five Carloads just receive d at Albany Machinery Co. The Report Shows 250,884 Bales—Not Quite 50 Per Cent, of Ginneries Reported. iTITUTION LEAGUE MEETING AT COOPER UNION LASTED ALL NIGHT And Took the Form of General Denunciation of Conditions in the South. Dixon, Tillman and Others Denounced. New York, Feb. 2.—The meeting of the Constitution League', called at Cooper Union last night, and which lasted until morning, became a gen eral denunciation of conditions in the South. Four-fifths of the three thousand present were negroes. Thomas Dixon, Senator Tillman, Governor Vardaman and F. Hopklnson Smith were denounced in unmeasured terms. Dixon was called a “frenzied apostle of evil propaganda that would deprive the negro of Ids' rights by holding up I the grotesque and repugnant side of his life with hideous portrayal,” “a shameless priest of God with undis guised daring doing the work of the devil.” ^ Congressman Kiefer, of Ohio, de clared that to take away the vote of the negro to give power to a few was the first step toward autocracy. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—In response to the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives yesterday, Director North, of the Census Bureau, this morning made public the figures of the bureau on the unginned cotton in the United States on January 16, showing 250,884 bajes. The report shows that the active ginneries in the United States num ber 28,918. Of these 12,941 reported all cotton ginned prior to January 16, 1,643 failed to make estimates, and 14,334 sent estimates. The report by states shows Florida 3,509, Georgia 17,375 and South Carolina 9,760. AT THE NORTH BROKEN BY A GOLD E. New York, Feb. 2.—The advent of a cold wave here today breaks the mild weather of the last few weeks. The temperature j^egan drop ping at midmgfff and"regiitereH fifteen at about 10 o’clock this morning;' at Buffalo, one below, and fn the Adirondacks a drop of forty degrees in the last twenty-four hours to zero and below. A RAD AEEAIR Dr. R. C. Lindsey Kills P. J. Williams, Who Was Found in House With Mrs. Lindsay. , Moultrie, Ga„ Fell, 2.—P. .T. Wil-' liams, a young man 24 years of age, well known In this city arid section, was shot and instantly killed at 9 o’clock last night by Dr. R. C. Lind sey, a prominent local physician. Dr. Lindsey returned to his home at a time when he,, evidently, was not expected, and found Williams and Mrs. Lindsay together. He drew a revolver and immediately opened fire. After killing Williams, Dr. Lindsey remained a brief time in the house, talking with Mrs. Lindsey, who had witnessed the killing. They discussed the disposition of their child, and that matter adjusted, Dr. Lindsey#left. Dr. Lindsey went from the house to his office, where he remained without any effort being made to arrest him. Slayer Exonerated. The coroner secured a jury this morning and went fully into the case. The verdict was in accordance with the facts as stated in the foregoing, and completely exonerated Dr. Lind sey. Were Certainly Married on Last Tuesday Night. Mizner Gave Statement to Reporters Today. THREE MORE MINERS LOSE THEIR LIVES. Roanoke, Va„ Feb. 2.—Further re ports from the scene of the mine dis aster near Delorme, W. Va„ yesterday afternoon, state that three miners lost their lives. Two were white, and one was a negro. MIDSHIPMAN MILLER s PARDONED BY PRESIDENT. Washington, Feb/2.—'The President today pardoned Midshipman John Paul Miller, of Kentucky, recently convict ed of hazing at the Naval Academy. New York, Feb. 2.—Wilson Mizner, of San Francisco, said last night that he was married to Mrs. Charles T. Yerkei?, at her Fifth Avenue home, Tuesday evening. He told the report ers that Mrs. Mizner would probably make a statement today. He said she at first denied the reports of her mar riage because these came out “too soon.” She did not expect the an nouncement to be made for some time, but when she found the Wednesday morning papers full of the report, she was so angry that she denied the en tire story. She had put herself on record, and did not want to “face about.” She believed that it was no body’s business but her own. MRS. MATTIE W. STOVALL DEAD AT ATHENS, GA. She Was the Mother of Editor P. A Stovall and Other Prominent Geor gians. Athens, Ga„ Feb. 1. — Mrs. Mattie Wilson Stovall died tills morning at her home in this city at the age of .70 years. Her death was the result of an attack of acute indigestion Sunday night. Mrs. Stoval was horn in Kuru mann, South Africa, being the daugh ter of a Presbyterian missionary. She was married in 1856 to Bolling A, Stovall, of Augusta, Ga., who died in 1887 in this city. For many years she had lived there, being a prominent member of the Presbyterian church, the Daughters of tho Confederacy and the Daughters of ths American Revo lution. She leaves five children, Hon. Pleasant A. Stovall, cf Savannah, and Mrs. R. T. DuBoise, Mrs. H. W.-Lam- kin, Mrs. Billups Fhinlzy anil Mr. Har- my Stovall, of this city. The funeral will he held tomorrow afterrf&on and the interment. v/ill he in Cconee ceme tery. JOHN TEMPLE'GRAVES REMOVED S After an Editorial Written by Cal. Graves Had Been Suppressed by Injunc tion, Another Petition Was Granted. Atlanta, Ga., Feh. 2. — Lnst night Colonel John Temple Graves was re moved from tile position of editor-in- chief of the Atlanta News by a peti tion of Charles .Daniel, granted tem porarily by Judge Pendleton. Tlie petition of Mr.. Daniel was in the form, of an amendment to the cross hill to Mr. Graves’ original injunction, and in the order signed by Judge Pen dleton last night Mr. Graves was com manded to appear before the court February 12, to show cause why he shall not be attached for contempt of court. This startling development in the Atlanta News embroglio followed the suppression by injunction of an edi torial written yesterday afternoon by John Temple Graves, then editor of the News. The editorial did not ap pear. Charles Daniel, general manager of the paper, stated last night that until the case was heard Charles J. Bayne, associate editor, would have charge of’the News’ editorial page. The grounds for the removal of Editor Graves, as set forth In the pe tition, were that the suppressed edi torial, “A Story of Journalism in Flor ida’’; the editorial In yesterday’s pa per under the caption, “The Joys of Neutrality," and the editorial in Mon day’s issue, “A Newspaper's Func tion,” are in violation of the Injunc tion recently temporarily granted re straining Colonel Graves from printing anything favorable to his own candi dacy,or anything bearing on the status of the present tight for tho control of the Nows. One of the allegations is that Edi tor Graves wrote and published an edi torial in which "lie contemptuously dealt with the order of tho court by leaving dashes for his name, identify ing himself thoroughly, however, by printing Underneath’said dashes ‘Edi tor Atlanta Nows,' and further by stat ing In the body of said article tho fact tlmt It was a telegram from tho edi torial department of the News.” Tho editorial suppressed In Injunc tion yesterday wns a narrative of a newspaper enterprise in which Col onel Graves wns involved many years ago In Jacksonville, Fla. It. wns alleged In the petition for injunction that tho publication would create undue preju dice in favor of the writer, and would operate in the injury of the Atlanta News. The petition was presented by John L. Hopkins & Sons nnd WeBtmoreland Brothers, and tho hearing on tho tem porary injunction wns set for Febru ary 12, tho date fixed for the hearing of the News' case in its entirety. The editorial involved stated that in • the year 1884 two young news paper men in Jacksonville, who bad been "sold out to a northern schemer,” started up an afternoon newspaper on $600 borrowed money and the friend ship and co-operation of n printing firm. The purpose of thlB paper, the edi torial Bald, was to light for the people. Success crowned it from the begin ning. In six months it had doubled its circulation and the number of its columns, according to the editorial, and was beginning to bo feared by the railroads. It finally succumber; however, the editorial stated, to a combination of circumstances brought about by “the vast railroad interests of Henry M. Flagler.” The Weather Bureau Is sues a Circular to Ex plain Some Things That the People Should Know. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Cli mate and Crop Service of the Weather Bureau, Georgia Section. Atlanta, Ga., February 2, 190(5. To AH Concerned: The daily weather forecasts are often misunderstood, and such mis understandings result in erroneous judgments of the efficiency of the Weather Bureau service and the relia bility of the forecasts issued; atten tion Is therefore Invited to the follow ing words of explanation: ]. A forecast of fair weather does not necessarily require clear weather for Its verification; the term "fair” indicates weather free from precipi tation, and may be either clear, partly cloudy or cloudy. 2. A forecast of showers for a sec tion of the state does not mean that rain must fall in every locality of that section, but that the weather will be threatening throughout the territory designated, and that rain will fall in some or all parts of the same. A lit tle thought concerning the matter will readily convince one that a forecast of rain for a certain portion of the state should be considered a success when followed by threatening condi tions and rain,"even though a number of communities in the same portion be free from rainfall. 3. In some localities there are local peculiarities of topography that may cause forecasts to fail of verification in those immediate districts, whereas they are successful at neighboring points. The effects of these local pe culiarities can not he allowed for by the forecaster, since his forecast must cover the entire district; but a careful study of their influence in connection with the daily forecasts will help much toward an understanding of the kind of weather that may reasonably he expected under any given set of conditions. Very respectfully. J. B. MARBURY, Section Director. KEEP YOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR AT THE THEATRE. The Troubles of the "Goosey” and of Caroful Dressers. Have you ever noticed, at the the atre, how often a person in the audi ence—not any particular person, but just some one among the many— jumps suddenly and inexplicably, tjien whirls savngely around In Ills—or’her —scat and glares witherlngly at the party Immediately behind? Have you ever noticed? Well, It has all beep explained to our satisfaction. You may have won- dered, like scores of others, what it all meant. You Ree, tlie trouble witii those who make these demonstrations in the the-, atre is that, they' are either ‘‘goosey,’’ or are ultra-particular about the kind of cure they take of their persona! apparel. The cliuirs in the theatre are so con structed that there exists In each an aperture between the rear edge of the seat and tho lower edge of the back, about four inches wide. It makes a nice foot-rest for the party in tho rear, and Is so utilized for that purpose by many theatre-goers—usually ladles. And when the toe of n Indy’B shoo slips through tho snld aperture and sharply prodH the susceptible area of the “goosey” Individual, a disturbance is the result. The “goosey” man is easiest “goosed” when ho is uncon scious of danger, and that Is why so many opera house sufferers are noted. As for the liuly with tlie muddy shoes, she has- a little stunt that is all her own. She operates on the Immac ulate skirt or Sunday trousers of the Individual In front, successfully trans ferring the accumulation of mud or dust from her footwear to 1 the gar ments- of the hapless victim. It is suggested that long-sufferers wear steel traps on their coat tails or In their bus—Ahem! QUEEN ALEXANDRA GOES TO FATHER’S FUNERAL London, Feb. 2. — Queen Alexandra left this morning for Copenhagen to attend the funerfcl of her father, the late King Christian of Denmark. Extra fine Lemons, 25c doz, Flori da Oranges, 30c doz. Cocoanuts, 6c and 10c pach. Phone 70. W. E. FIELDS. I This Morning For High School Building, Bids Being to High—Another Meeting. A contract for the erection of the Al bany High School Building was not awarded today, following the opening of sealed bids in tho office of County School Commissioner L. E. Welch, at tho court liouso. The bids, of which there were five, ranged higher than was anticipated, nnd after being in session for nearly an’hour the committee adjourned until 2:30 o’clock tills afternoon, wlion an other session will he held. County Conniiissloners Whitehead nnd Wiidor, Councilmen Ehrlich, R. L. Jones and Tarver, and Mr. Welch were present, at the meeting of the committee at noon. The bldB ranged from $33,250 to $27,- 117.60, tite lowest being that of C, D. Smith, of Albany. With certain changes suggested by the bidder, this proposnL-wns cut down to $25,084.50. This price, however, did not include the heating apparatus, the cost of which will be in the neighborhood of $3,000, nor the fee of the architects. As the committee has at its disposal but $25,000, it is manifest that the contractors must figure closer, or else changes in the specifications mpfit be made. The specifications ns originally prepared call for tho best of every thing In the building. Mr. A. C. Bruce, of the firm of Bruce & Everett, of Atlanta, the architects of the building, Is In the city and, at tended the meeting thlr morning. He is still conferring with th a committee, and it is hoped that at the afternoon session of the committee a way will be found to overcome the difficulties which appear to stand in the way. Weather Forecast. ■ The following Is the -weather fore cast for Georgia for next 24 hours: Fair and colder tonight; tempera ture probably close to freezing In the southern portion. Fair Saturday. The Ace of Clubs.—Hercules. our Prescriptions H ere And have them filled, hy experienced pharmacists with pure ingredients and exactly in the manner that your physician wants them compounded. mm