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NARROWLY ESCAPED TOTAL DESTRUCTION EARLY SUNDAY MORN
ING—DAMAGE HEAVY, BUT LOSS FULLY INSURED.
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The Herald Publishing Company’s
newspaper and job printing plant was
badly damaged by fire Sunday morn
ing and would have been totally de
stroyed but tor the excellent work of,
the fire department.
The Herald plant occupies the entire
second floor of the brick building on
the southeast corner of Pine and Jack-
son streets, the ground floor housing
the X’nited States postofllce and Jos
Lin Ton’s laundry.
At 4. o’clock , yesterday morning
flames were seen issuing! trom two up
per windows* near the center of the
west wall. A bell boy at the.New' Al
bany hotel, saw the reflection of the
flames and gave an alarm.
When Chief .Tames . and His men
reached the building they went to
work through the west windows. The
flames were confined to the large com
posing room, an apartment 25' by > 60
feet, containing job presses, linotype,
imposing stones, dozens of cabinets
holding hundreds of fonts of newspaper
and job type, not to mention the va
rious other appliances which go to
make up the outfit of a modern
printing plant, j
The upper apartments were filled
with a dense mass of smoke, and the
heat was so intense that for a long
time the firemen were unable to enter,
even though they had succeeded in
mastering the flames. It was about
an hour before a fair idea of the ex
tent of the damage could be obtained.
The principal damage to the plant
was in the job department. Three
large cabinets of fine job type were
completely destroyed, the flames hav
ing evidently originated under one of
these pieces of furniture. Other cabi-
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nets were rained. Practically the en
tire outfit of job type, including a
number of series that had been in the
office, but- a short time; was either
melted or so badly damaged that it
will be impossible to utilize any of it.
Many cases,, various sets of electro
types and stock cuts, the entire out
fit of . belting, etc., proved a total loss.
The rollers on the job presses were
melted by the extreme heat, arid these
machines were otherwise damaged.
The linotype typesetting machine
was put out of commission, being cov
ered from top to bottom with a heavy
deposit of gum which it was necessary
to remove before the machine could
be operated. - Soldered parts ' were
melted, the celluloid keyboard was
ruined’, and other damage resulted.
The walls of the composing room
were burned through in several
places, and everything in the apart
ment suffered damage from smoke and
heat. Type in cases which were not
reached by the fire was melted until
it ran together. The stock of paper,
in another apartment, was also con
siderably damaged by smoke.
Repairing the damage.
Hardly had the smoke blown out of
the shattered windows before the ur
gent work of repairing the damage
began. The full force of employes of
The Herald, except those who were
Out of the c^ty, was summoned. In
surance agents were consulted, and
in a very short time plans for issuing
this evening’s Herald were on foot.
JN.ew type was .ordered by telephone,
and was in hand early thi3 morning.
Fortunately the newspaper press had
not been materially injured, and the
motive power was repaired before
noon yesterday.
The linotype machine was stripped
from top to bottom, and as the result
of the combined efforts of tw6 men
who worked all day and nearly all
night, was able to respond, in some
measure, at least, to the demands that
were made upon it this morning.
The loss is fully covered by Insur
ance, the Herald Publishing Company
carrying an ample line on plant and
New Ybrk, Feb, 19.—Curt Stettauor,
of London, who directed / the distribu
tion of the Jewish relief fund, has ar
rived here.
‘It has been difficult,” he. said, “to
estimate accurately the number of per
sons killed in the outrages, but verified
returns from twenty-seven of the 301
towns involved shows that the killed
number 753, the wounded 3,750. The
families whose liouses, shops and fac
tories were pillaged number between
40,000 and 50,000, and the indirect suf
ferers by the closing of factories nearly
a quarter of a million; the direct mater
ial loss by theft-of property destroyed
is a hundred million dollars. ” '•
“Two million ddl.lars of the relief
fund has been distributed, -leaving a
million still available. ” f - *
Washington; Feb, 19. •— Governor
Samuel W. Pennypacker, of Pennsyl
vania, was chosen president of the
Congress on Uniform Divorce Laws,
which was called for by Governor
Pennypacker last summer, the Penn
sylvania legislature appropriating $10,-
000 to defray the expenses. The mem
bership of the congress is national in
scope, all but three states in the union
being- represented. Following a*n ad
dress of welcome by District Commis
sioner McFarland, Governor PennV-
packer outlined the objects of the
congress in an address.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19.—Mrs. Eulri
Durham, a stenographer, was rescued'
in a thrilling manner this morning
about 10 o'clock by Fireman Presley,
of fire headquarters, from death by
suffocation in a fire in a wholesale
house on Alabama street, almost oppo
site fire headquarters. The woman
was upstairs, and all avenues of es
cape by stairways were cut off by the
smoke. A ladder was run up, and
Pressley brought the frantic woman
down in his arms. Thousands of peo
ple cheered rescuer and rescued.
WITH GREAT CEREMONIAL, IN
SPITE OF FACT THAT THE BRIT-
ISH COURT IS IN MOURNING.
fixtures, distributed among the local
agencies.
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London; Feb. 19.—King Edward to
day opened the second parliament of
his reign with the customary cere
monial. The court being in mourning
for the death of King Christian of
Denmark detracted somewhat from
the usual brilliancy^ of the occasion,
but the proceedings followed closely
the ceremonials of previous years,
ATLANTA MAN- EXPIRED AFTER
EIGHT DAYS OF KEEN SUFFER
ING.
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Malaga, Spain, Feb. 19.—Dispatches
from Melilla, Morocco, dated yester
day, announce that a Moroccan war
ship bombarded factories of the
French filibusterers at Marchicha, de
stroying a portion of the workfe. The
?f oroccan rebel forces replied without
esult. It is believed that the incident
will complicate the situation at the
' Igeclras conference.
ATTEMPT TO ASSA88INATE
PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA.
‘pied that Several Shots Were Fired
Without Effect.
Washington, Feb. 19. — News has
cached here of an attempt to assas-
‘-’ate the President of Colombia, Feb-
•a-v 10. Fteht shots were fired at
‘ - but4ione of them proved effec
tive.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19.—Violent hic
coughing for eight days caused the
death of Thomas A. Crusselle, a con
tractor, who died at his home, corner
of Cameron and Pickert streets. He
became ill about two weeks ago with
stomach trouble, and shortly after he
was seized with hiccoughs. Three
physicians, were called in, but all
their efforts to stop the attack were
without success. Mr. Cruaelle weak
ened rapidly, and his death -soon en
sued. He was 54 years of age, and Is
survived by his wife and eleven chil
dren. The funeral takes place this
afternoon, the interment being dt Oak
land cemetery*
■-■♦h ^iuGr out in the rain to see
'•»les. •
Mr. Bacon Makes a Statement
We wish to state to the public that,
although a number of men left our em
ploy on Saturday last, we are not
“seriously crippled,” as stated in yes
terday’s Atlanta Journal, blit ready to
attend to business, almost, if not
quite, as promptly as heretofore. We
also wish 1 o state that our men, ac
cording to their own statements, did
not strike, but quit,
THE BACON EQUIPMENT CO.
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IV MEETING
The Rivers and Harbors Committee
of the United States House of Repre
sentatives will visit Albany on the
morning of Monday, March 9th.
This visit will.be.the fruit of the;ef-
forts of the Albany Business . League,
seconded by those of. Representative
,lames M. Griggs, who. has used , his
persuasive powers to induce tho com
mittee to include Albany in its itiner
ary.
It is believed that the proposed visit
of the Rivers and Harbors Committee
to this section will be the means of in
ducing the government' to pay greater
attention to the Flint, Chattahoochee
and Apalachicola rivers and Apalachi
cola harbor. Nothing should have more
weight with the committee than' the
physical conditions which it will be able
to understand as the result of an "on-
the-spot” inspection,
The following Washington special to
the Atlanta' Constitution outlines the
forthcoming visit of the committee : *
Washington,'Feb. 17.—Only this af
ternoon Judge Adamson completed with
Judge Burtoni chairman of the River
and Harbor Committee, the details of
the coming visit of the committee to
Columbus and other Southern,points.
With the full consent of Judge Adam
son, who has taken the iniative* in
bringing about this Southern trip, the
plan is for a stop en route’ut August^,
the committee consenting to leave here
one day earlier than originally planned.
The committee will leave here on March
7. This also enables the' party to ac
cept the urgent invitation of,Judge
Griggs to visit Albany, anti ty'eakfast
Special to The Herald,
WASHINGTON, D. C„ FEB. 19—
THE HOUSE TODAY PA8SED THE ,
BILL ATTACHING TIFT, TURNER,
CRISP, COLQUITT AND MILLER
COUNTIES TO THE ALBANY DIVIS
ION OF THE UNITED 8TATE8
COURT.
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Washington, Feb. 19.—Mr. and Mn
Nicholas Longworth will spend a
tlon of their honeymoon in Cuba. -Tl
left “Friendship”; the McLean estate,
on the morning of the 9th there, instead* thismorning for Alexandria,
OF STATE HOUSR OFFICIALS OF
INDIANA—THE SECRETARY OF
STATE DOWN AND OUT.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. HI.—During
a stormy conference just closed at the
state house, Daniel H. Storms, secre
tary of state, tendered the governor
his resignation, which was accepted.
Fred Sims, of Frankfort, was imme
diately appointed his successor. It is
reported that the governor refused to
promise Storms that he would not be
prosecuted further.
TRIAL OF TELEPHONE LINEMAN.
Jesse Roundtree Charged With Mur
der In Savannah — Three Arrests
for Alleged Illegal Registration,
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 19. — Jesse
Roundtree is being tried in the super
ior court for the murder of John Floyd.
Both men were telephone linemen.
Floyd was shot by an unknown party
as he was fixing a wire on a pole six
weeltp ago.
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Charged With Registering Greeks.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 13. — W. H.
Peek, a city employe; James McBride,
harbormaster, and James McBride, Jr.,
a city employe, have been arrested by
United States authorities for alleged
crookedness in registering Greeks for
the county primary. This makes five
city employes arrested.
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Pass Through.
8pecial to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga„ Feb. 19. — Mr. and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth will pass
through this city at B o’clock tomorrow
morning, en route to Cuba.
JOHN B. 8TET80N DIE8
AT HI8 WINTER HOME.
Deiand, Fla., Feb. 19.—SrShil B. Stet
son, the wealthy hat manufacturer and
founder of Stetson University, died
suddenly yesterday at his winter home
hore.
of at Columbus, as originally planned.*
The party will reach Columbus for
lunch on the same day, the committee,
being very anxious to Visit Albany in
order to inspect the Flint river, which
is a part of the Chattahoochee system.
For the same reason, the party will
visit Bainbridge, in Judge Griggs’ dis
trict, upon leaving Apalachicola ,and
Carrabelle/ |
The committee accepted the invita
tion of Columbus and Apalachicola for
January, but-had to postpone the tfip
on account of legislative business. On
the trip down tho Chattahobcheo, land
ings will be made of several points in
the district of Judge Griggs and Col
onel Henry D. Clayton, of Alabama,
both of whom have been very earnest
in their co-operation with Judge Adam
son Jn arranging for this trip, which, it
is hoped, will bring such substantial re
sults in the improvement of the Chat
tahoochee, and other rivers' which are
parts of the Chattahoochee system. 1
From Bainbridge, the party will go
to Gulfport, MisB., and then return di
rect to Washington. The committee
will permit no additions to the itinerary
as here announced, .beoause it is al
ready longer thao they wish to remain
away from Washington.
Colonel Pete Hepburn, 'the distin
guished chairman of the interstate and,
foreign commerce committee, and sev
eral members of that committee, will
accompany the party, in order to look
into the railroad situation at the points
visited.
"Aly
they boarded the private car
ian,” which was attacked to the Soutl
erh Limited train at 11118 o’olo
They will go to Tampa, via ,
ville, whore they will take- a boatAfor
Havana, arriving there Thursday
morning.
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MI8SOURI LOSES CASE
BEFORE SUPREME COURT.
Decision Handed Down This Morning
Favorable to Illinois.
We sell them. I
shipments of these
cious confections are
ceived weekly, 1, 2,
and S pound boxes
ancy Package
"Washington, Feb, 19. — The United
States Supreme Court today decided
the famous case of the State of Mis
souri against the State of Illinois, In
volving the right of Chicago to divert
its sewage through the drainage canal
and the Illinois river into the Mlssip-
pl river, in favor of Illinois. The court
decided that Missouri failed ,to prove
her case.
As with candy, so
everything. We sell on!
the best. If you wi
the best your
should come to
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Fire did slight damage to the home
of Mr. W-O. B. Garter, in I5a~t Albany,
about 10:30 o’clock this itiorniig The
fire department was called out, but up
on finding that the house was t-o near
.Worth county to’ be within reaoh. the
laddies returned. The flro started In
a closet.
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