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NARROWLY ESCAPED TOTAL DESTRUCTION EARLY SUNDAY MORN ING—DAMAGE HEAVY, BUT LOSS FULLY INSURED. A \ 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- A: .swr. v 4a c ln>. er - / i 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. \ 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. / 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. JT" 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. i w ■ ■ SSS5 por- 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. 1 1, 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. WB because H uylers Cand .ies Are t] ie Best* m m? 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 ord 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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