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I VOLUME XV. ALBANY, GA„ MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY S, 1906. NUMBER 67. COLD WAVE C0IBIN6. The Coldest Weather of the Winter Due in Georgia Tonight and Tomorrow. v Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 5.—Wisconsin is experiencing the coldest weather of the winter today. The thermometer registers two below zero, ten below at Madison, and eight below at Greenbay. St. Paul re ports sixteen below. HEADED FOR GEORGIA. Washington, Feb. 5.—A cold wave is predicted for Georgia and the South tonight and tomorrow. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 5.—Dispatches from the North and West show low and falling temperatures at many points. Snow has been.falling at Cleveland, Ohio, for the last twenty-four hours, blocking traffic seri ously. Des Moines reports twelve below zero. High winds prevail through Iowa, causing loss and suffering among stock. Low tempera ture is reported in Oklahoma, Arkansas and northern Texas, with the cold wave moving towards the Gulf. REV. J. E. DEAD 111 WELL. Mysterious Death of Local Baptist Minister in Valdosta-Preached on Saturday, Dead Sunday. Valdosta. Ga., Feb. 6.—(Special.)— News was received here this morn)qg of the tragic dearth of Rev. J. G. Nor ton, one of the beat known men in the county, and a local Baptist minister. He was found dead in the gin house well at his place, a pulley weighing 150 pounds being (led to his neck. The well was six feet deep in water and about twenty feet from the top. to the 'water. His coat, Bhoes and collar were found near the well, which led to suspecting that he was in it His son located the body, but it was with much difficulty that it was gotten out, as the weight held it down until the rope whioh fahtened lt’ was“cul. " Rev. Mr. Norton preached at Naylor Saturday, and told the congregation that he would return and preach for them, though he was expecting trou ble. He was' one of the most promi nent men of the county, and had ac cumulated much property by farming. Add 100 Per Cent. to value of Y our Farms by using A merican Field ence Five Carloads just received at M Albany achmery CLOSE TO DEATH. J.. O. Allen Narrowly Es caped Electrocution Sat urday in the Davis-Ex change Bank Building. J. O. Allen, a well-known employe of the Albany Electrical Construction Co., narrowly escaped death by elec trocution late Saturday afternoon, while at work In the Davis-Exchange Bank Building. Mr. Allen, In company with Mr. G. W. Saye, of the, same company, was repairing an accident which called them Into the pit where Is located the electric motor which operates the ele vator. Mr. Allen was under the motor, and carried a movable Incandescent lamp with which to light the dim re cess. In a moment of carelessness, the globe was struck against a piece of metal and exploded. Instantly the wires on the interior of the globe came in contact with the Iron of the elevator apparatus, which was charged with the full voltage entering the building. Mr. Allen was not Immediately ren dered unconscious, and ' was able to call for help. Mr. Saye rushed to* Ills assistance, and pulled him from his perilous position. By this time, how ever, the unfortunate young man was unconscious. A wild report reached the street that he was dead, but Drs. P. L. and A. H. Hilsman, who were called In, soon succeeded in resusci tating him. Later In the afternoon he was able to resume Ills duties. There was a current of but 115 volts on the wire entering the building, but thp disastrous effect upon Mr. Allen was due to the fact that his body was In contact with the metal of the eleva tor apparatus at a number of points. Mr. Allen is receiving the congratu lations of Ills friends upon his narrow escape. ATLANTA LADY KILLED BY STREET CAR, Mrs. Emma Camp, Widow of Geo. W. Camp, Dead from Injuries. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 5.—(Special.) — Mrs. Emma Camp, aged 60,. widow of Geo. \V. Camp, was run down by a street car this morning. As a result both lower limbs were badly crushed, and she died at a hospital. EMPEROR WILLIAM’S WEDDING PRESENT To Miss Alice Roosevelt- Will Be a Beautiful Bracelet. Berlin, Feb. ,5.—Emperor William’s wedding present to hjjss Alice Roose velt will be a beautiful, artistically wrought bracelet lO. I Extra fine Lemons, 26c doz. Flori da Oranges, 30c doz. Cocoanuts, 5c and 10c eacb. Phone 70. W. E. FIELDS. “So let it be done.”—Hercules. feeiihi! ran kb HITE Prof. C. D. Tenney, at Head of New School System, Removed Because He is an American. Pekin, Feb. 5.—Yuan Shi Knl, vice roy of Chill province, has discharged Prof. C. D. Tenney, the foreign direc tor of education, who organized the new school system in this province' and within three years made It a model for the empire. Strong opposition has arisen lately to foreign management of the school* and particularly against Dr. Tenney because he is nr Amerimni. Yuan Shi Kal told Dr. Tenney that he appre ciated his work, hut the viceroy has so many enomles that he could not afford to keep him. The boycott agitation against Ante-- lean goods is bein'g revived. When It began, Mr. Rockhlll, the American minister, and the American consuls urged the Chinese to wait until con gress had time to act on their de mands, and the failure of congress to do so has aroused their resentment. Strong pressure has been brought to boar upon the republic to remove E. B. Drew, the commissioner of customs at Canton, who 1b considered one of the ablest men in the establishment of Sir Robert Hart, director-general of maritime customs, because ho Is an American. Professor Tenney was an appointee of Yuan Shi Knl, and started the con struction of tho college at Pnotlngfu, seat of the viceroy. In July. 1900. at the time of the Boxer uprising. Dr. Tenney was presi dent of the University of Tien Tsln. He became angry over tlio nightly en tertainments given by high officers of the allied troops and at the delay of the forces to mnrch from Tien Tsln to Pekin, offering to ^guldo the army thither. "This business Is not progressing In accordance with Anglo-Saxon tradi tions,” he said. “Twenty thousand soldiers staying here, while women and children of their own race are starving and awaiting massacre eighty miles away, military and naval officers meanwhile wasting time In bickering over petty politics, Is a sorry specta cle. It will be a dark blot on the rep utation of every commanding officer here If the white people In Pekin are allowed to perish without a desperate effort to save them.” INTER-STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION’S REPORT On Alleged Railroad Combination Transmitted to the House by the President, Washington, Feb. 6.—The President today transmitted to the House the re port submitted by the Inter-State Com merce Commission In response to a resolution regarding an alleged com bination of the Pennsylvania and other railroads,' which was adopted by the House last Wednesday. The railroads concerned are the Pennsylvania Rail road Company, the Noroflk and West ern. Baltimore and Ohio, the Balti more and Washington, the Northern Centrnl and the CheBpeake and Ohio. Violation of the act of July 2, 1890, Is charged. The commission report, after recit ing statistics regarding the roads named and giving lists of their of ficers, says that rates have been main tained and occasionally advanced. The report expresses no opinion as to whether the law has been violated. GREENE AND GAYN0R WERE THE REAL BIDDERS. They Used Other Men as Figure heads In Bidding for Contracts. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 5. — In the Greene and Gaynor trial this morning W. F. McCauley, vice-president of the Savannah Bank and Trust. Co., was Introduced on the stand by the gov ernment. His testimony tended to show that contracts for government work wore let to bidders who were figureheads for Greene and Gaynor, and that they were the real bidders. CABLE TO WEST INDIES . OUT OF COMMISSION. Cotrlmunlcation Interrupted Early To day—Cause Unknown. New York, Feb. 5.—-Cable communi cation with the West Indies south of Klngstone, Jamaica, was interrupted early today, and officials of the cable company were unable to say when they would be likely to get messages through. The officials had no Idea what was wrong, and said that no news had been received since the ca ble between Kingston and Porto Rico went down. POSSIBILITY OF STRIKE SENDS UP PRICE OF COAL Chicago, Feb. 5—The possibility of a strike of coal miners caused an ad vance of twenty-five cents In the price of soft coal here today. RELIGIOUS REVIVAL BEGUN IN PHILADELPHIA. Evangelistic Campaign Started Which Is Expected to Spread Over the En tire Country, Philadelphia, Feb. 4—After a four years’ evangelistic campaign which took them through Australia, India, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Canada, the Rev. Reuben A. Torrey and Charles M. Alexander, the revival ists, today began In this etty a three months’ mission, with afternoon and evening meetings, which 1b expected to eclipse any similar movoment ever undertaken here. Two large meetings were held In the armory of the Second regiment, National Guard of Pennsyl vania, the first In tho afternoon and the second tonight. There wus an overflow of several thousand persons and hundreds attended nervlces In nearby churches. A choir sang sev eral hymns and Mr. Torrey delivered his Introductory sermon on “He That Winneth Souls Is Wise.” There were ten conversions. A choir of nbont 3,000 voices has been provided, BOO being present at church this morning. Mr. Alexander Is musical directoi. About 400 clergy men and others have volunteered to do personal work among tho people or act as ushers. During the revival noon day meetings will bo conducted for the benefit of business men and meetings will also be held In large Industrial establishments. The religious awak ening Is expecte 1 to cost close to $60,- 000, which sum is being collected through general contributions of tho citizens of the city. Those engag'd In the work of evan gelism hope ti nt the revival begun here today will spread throughout tho country. Alter their throe months’ work In this city, Messrs Torrey and Alexander will go to Atlanta, Ga„ for the month of May. PATTERSON "BUCKS 99 At Democratic Caucus Dictation—Springs A Sensation in the Upper House. Washington, Feb. 5.—Senator Patterson, of Colorado, caused a sensation in the senate this morning by introducing a resolution relative > to tee rights of senators voting on treaties. m The resolution recited that the action of-the Democratic caucus dictating how he should vote is a plain violation of the spirit and intent of tile constitution that each senator is entitled to a vote, and that the attempt to coerce him is an invasion of the rights of the state; that a senator permitting himself to be so coerced degrades his state and high office, etc. Senator Tillman objected to consideration of the resolution except as a matter of personal privilege. Senator Patterson declared it was not such, and gave notice that he would discuss the resolution to morrow. ■ • m TD PREPARE NEW PLANS For High School Building, to Come Within Limit of the Sum That is Available. > New plans and specifications Will he prepared (or the Albany High School building. As already reported In these col umns, the bids opened by the elty and county authorities on Friday were all’ too high to come within the limit Of the funds available tor that purpose. There Is but $25,000 which tho city- and county have available for erecting and equipping the building, and the lowest bid' was too high, by several thousand dollars, to Thgko this possl* ble. , : ■ An effort was made' to; ’’trim” the specifications at certain points In the hope of being able to overcome the ob stacles which confronted the commit tee, hut at another meeting of mem bers of the City Council and Board, of County Commissioners this morning tills was found to be Impossible. Therefore there remains but ope thing to do, and that has been ordered done. Messrs. Bruce & Everett, the Atlanta architects whose plan was ac cented, have been requested to pi epare an entirely new set of plans, with specifications which will guarantee that the building Can be erected with in the limits of tho sum available. tjr. A. C. Bruce, who represented Ills firm at tlio several meetings of the committee, lins taken tho .matter up, and will have tlio plans completed and ready to he advertised nt the earliest poHSihlo date. Then bids will once more be received, and It is hoped that plain Balling will result, In order that the school may be roady for use at the opening of tho school'term next fall. PRESIDENT TAYLOR OF DINNERS’ASS'N i Finds an Error in Govern ment Report Which Cost the Farmers of the South $10,000,000. Washington, D. C„ Feb. 4.—Presl. dent J. A. Taylor, of .the National Gin- nors’ Association, in a signed state ment asserts that ha has "found out that intentionally, I believe, the Janu ary 16 report of the Census Bureau Included from one to sevpn days’ niore ginning than should have been in cluded, and this report will cost the South $10,000,000. The discrepancy wbb caused by the way the Instruc tions were given to'the government agents asking them to get from gin- nors the amount of cotton ginned to date and the amount they expected to gin. The glpners believed that the cotton already ginned and.yet to be ginned were to be added tor a 'total report, and In many Instances gave tho agents the numbers of Bales ginned to, say, the; l’/th-or-23rd of the month. There was also a lbas of 900,000 In our. trade ualanoe with for eign countries as a result of the re port.” ' _ He quoles Mr. North as saying a lenk from his. office had never been discovered, and said he thought Mr.. North “was- mistaken.” =.• Your PRIVATE HOUSE WRECKED BY EXPLOSION OF A BOMB. Disaster Occurred Across the Russian Frontier from Kattowltz. ANOTHER BIG FIRE AT ASBURY PARK. Berlin, Fob. 5.—A local paper today printed a dispatch from Kattowltz, Russian Silesia, announcing that a pri vate house across the Russian fron tier had been destroyed by the explo sion of a bomb. The bodies of twelve persons were seen In the ruins, and It Is believed that many others were killed. Asbury Park, N. J., Feb. 6. — The Hotel Astoria was partly burned and several well-known buildings near the beach were entirely destroyed by fire today, with a loss of $50,000. Many guests of the Astoria barely escaped, but no lives were lost. TRANSFER CLERK PENN DEAD AT VALDOSTA. Died from Injuries Received at the Scene of 8aturday’s Fire. GEORGE W. BEAN FOR POSTMASTER AT TAMPA. Washington, Feb. 5.—The President today sent to the Senate the nomina tion of, George W. Bean to be post master at Tampa. Valdosta, Ga„ Feb. 5.—C. A. Penn, the transfer clerk of the Georgia Southern road, whose arm was crushed off yesterday while moving the records from the burned depot to the old depot, died last night. His death was due to the loss'of blood and the shock. He came here from Macon, but for merly resided In Montlcello, Ga. He fell between an engine and a freight car, the wheels crashing off his arm. Prescriptions ■*v . Here And have them filled hy experienced pharmacists with pure ingredients and exactly in the manner that your physician wants them compounded. 5 5 3 Hilsman-Sal i'% e Druj Go.