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VOLUME XV. ALBANY, QA„ WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 21, 1906. NUMBER 105. 10,000 Votes in Philadel phia, as Shown by Yes terday’s Municipal Elec tion. Philadelphia, Feb'. 21.—As the result of yesterdays municipal election, the Republican' party is” again. In the min ority- ■ . /£ t A The contest kinged <5n the . election of tiro police magistrates, and the re form candidate -with; Democratic en dorsements led the Republican candl- date by 10,000 votes. Yesterday’s vote was light, and there was little interest In the election aside from councllmanic-fights In a few wards. THE DEWEY IS Big Dry Dock Has Lost Her Tow Several Times, But is Still Safe, According to Dispatches. / Washington, Feb. '21.—The Navy de partment has received a cablegram from Las Palmas, Canary Islands, say ing the “Potomac," one of the tugs towing the “Dewey” the big dry dock, has arrived there, and reports that ail is well. New York, Feb. 21.—k Herald dis patch'from Las Palmas pays tbpt the dry dock “Dewey” broke adrift three times, and was picked up .. with diffi culty by the towing fleet. The fleet and dfy dock are now 480 miles west of the Canary Islands, and everything is going well. Alt any Machinery Go. Interesting Trial Was Con cluded' This Morning in Savannah—Life Sentence Imposed. Special to The Herald, Savannah, Ga., Feb. 21. — Thd jury In the ease of Jesse A. Rountree, who has been on trial in the Superior Court, for the last- two days, returned a verdict of guilty this morning, with a recommendation, to mercy. He was sentenced to Imprisonment for life. This ends, ah least for the time, if not forever, one of the most peculiar' and interesting murder trials Savan nah has ever witnessed, and thdse who have watched the history of the city know that It has had its full share of'sensatlortal murder trials. Rountree and John Floyd were fel low employes of the Southern Bell Telephone Co. On January 19* last, Floyd was found hanging to the wires of a telephone pole,, shot through the body. The gun with which he was shot was found hidden near by. It belonged to Rountree, and had been pawned and redeemed during the at- 1 ternoon. Rountree had been seen in the vicinity of the shooting. The wires had been out as If to lure Floyd to the spot so that he could, be. slain. Rountree was arrested on circum stantial evidence, and yesterday after noon on the stand he told his side of the story f&r the first time. He ad mitted getting the gun out of pawn, hut said he did it for Floyd, who -gave him 'the money. He admitted buying shells for'It, hut said he did' this, for Floyd, who wanted .to hunt.. He ac knowledged being In'the vicinity of the shooting, but said he went there to carry the gun to Floyd, and that he left the gun at the foot of the tele phone pole and came into'the city. He said that was the last time he had seen Floyd alive. When he got home in the evening he said he told his family of what he had done, and when they heard of the shooting they recalled it all and told him he was In great dan ger. He professed great friendship for the dead man. The effect his story had upon the jury can be seen by the verdict that was rendered. GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ? PERMIT MEETING. V • Acute Stage in Conflict Between Coal ition Party and the Crown. Budapest Feb. £1, — The scene of the conflict between the coalition party and the crown will now be trans ferred from Budapest to the country districts, where disorders can be ex pected within a week. The coalition party plan to proceed to their various election 'districts at the end of the week, assemble their con stituents and protest against Monday's alleged ille gal dissolution of parliament. These meetings will be prevented and bro ken by the government, with the as sistance of the gendarmes, on, the ground that the crown can, not and will not tolerate such criticism of an act on its part which it conridersMegal and constitutional. It appears as though the crown had determined to terminate the right of free meeting, free press and even free speech in Hungary whenever such man ifestations reflect on the legality of the crown’s actions. As pAot of this it was ascertained from an excellent government source that the crown Is prepared to. suppress .newspapers which conduct a propaganda based bn criticisms of its actions Monday. The members of the coalitldn party decided last evening not to proceed to the. parliament building today. While not necessarily admitting the legality and constitutionality of Monday’s dis solution of the parliament, the fact that the houses were dissolved must be recognized, otherwise the members of the lower house could not take part in any manner in the next elections. Received consignment of thQ famous Cahaba Soft Lump Coal. / ALBANY COAL & WOOD CO. PRESIDENT TELLS HIM, THROUGH SECRETARY EOEB, THAT OUT OF CONSIDERATION FOR MRS. MORRIS, MATTER SHOULD BE DROPPED. Washington, Feb. 21. — Dr. Minor Mhrris, whose wife was ejected from the" White House some weeks ago, to day gave out for publication the cor respondence between himself and President Roosevelt regarding the cash. Dr. Morris demanded a public apol ogy of President. Roosevelt, “for this outrage on womanhood and com mon decency." Secretary Loeb, under date of February 19, replied to this letter, stating that an investigation by the chief of police showed that the arrest of Mrs. Morris was justified, and that the kindest act to Mrs. Mor- Citizens Club, Now on the Defensive, Held Rousing Meeting Last Night-The SpeaKing. Savannah, H fret).. 21.-T)ie first political rttily ^jfitoe ; Citizens Club held at the Savannah Theatre last night brought out a large, 1 number of ad herents to tha club and the administra tion. The meeting was - in every way as large as that of the oppo sition a week ago, and there was just as much enthusiasm shown. Mr. W. From the Denomination of $1 to That of $10, Young Man Now Being Held in Atlanta. Irish Potatoes, 40c pk. Onions, 2 qts., 15c. Sweet Potatoes, 20c uk. Phone 70. W. E. FIELDS. . / Special to The Herald. _ Atlanta, Ga„ Feb. 21. — Charles Strailie, a white man, 35 years of age, charged with raising $1 bills to $10, who was arrested Monday afternoon at the corner of Luckle and Cone streets by Patrolman Hood, after a desperate struggle ending in the po liceman choking the prisoner until he fell to the ground, was arraigned yes terday before United States Commis sioner Colquitt for preliminary exam ination. He was committed to the Fulton county jail in default of hall for appearance before the next term of the federal court to answer to the charge of altering and passing obliga tions of the United States. To a reporter Strailie admitted that he had himself altered the bills. He said he had been In hard luck and needed the money. He said he would plead guilty before Judge Newman, but did not wish his personal history to become known, as Mb arrest would humiliate innocent persons. The crime with which Strailie is charged is punishable by a fine of $5,000 and a sentence of fifteen years at hard labor. I.J ris and her kinfolk would be to re frain from' giving the case additional publicity. Secretary Loeb said in his letter that Major Sylvester, superintendent of police of the District of Columbia, mads a careful. Investigation of the circumstances and took a number of affidavits of witnesses', all of which was submitted to the President. The latter concluded that the arrest was justified, and that the force" used In making the arrest was caused by re sistance from Mrs. Morris, and was no greater than necessary to make the arrest effective. Ijgf That He Promised Imm,un- ity-Gives, Interesting Tes timony in the Beef Trust Investigation. Tfro Cottages,i Occupied by -N. L. Ragan and 0. J. Bradley, Destroyed Early This Morning. I Chicago, ill., FeJ). 21,-r-Commlsslon- er of Corporations Garfield took the stand yesterday lh the packers’ case and denied many of the statements made by the witnesses for the pack ers during the'hearing of . the immun ity pleaB now In progress. Edward Morris, Edward Bwlft and Arthur Meekes, representatives re spectively of the packing firms of Nel- Fire early this morning destroyed two dwellings on Society street, be tween Jackson and Jefferson, entailing a loss estimated at $7,000. One of the buildings was a frame cottage owned by Mrs. I. C. Brinson and occupied by Mr. N. L. Ragan. The other was a brick dwelling, completed only a few months ago, and owned by Cruger & Pace. It was occupied by Mf. O. J. Bradley and family. The fire waB discovered about 2 o’clock, and had gained such headway that to save eithdr building whs an im possible task. Mr. Ragan tells a thrilling Btory of hiB escape from his burning dwelling. He is partly deaf in one ear, and was hot aroused until the interior of his bed room was blazing. He "sprang out of bed, snatched his clothes from ’ a chair and ran into the street, where he dressod, in the rain. At that tjme one ■whole side of his dwelling waB envel oped in flames. Mrs. Ragan was away from home, visiting in Florida. It is uncertain whether the Are orig inated in the Ragan cottage or the brick building. They stood so close to gether that the burning of one meant the almost inevitable destruction of the Other, and tyhen the Are was discovered both were blazing. v There Was a good deal of delay, It is ShocKing Story Comes From Andalhsia-Negro is Al ready Killed by an Aveng ing Posse. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 21.—A spoo ls! from Andalusia says a white man named Cox was arrested last night, suspected of being an accessory to the . assault on Mrs. ,T. T. Bray early yes terday morning; for which a negro named Pedigree was killed by a posse. Another white man Is alBO being hunt ed for. > The negro went to the Bray house add told Mrs. Bray he had a note from her husband, and while ehe read It, the negro pushed a door open, put the children In a side room, locked the door and for hours compelled her to submit to him. He told her that white men 'were standing outside on guard. some of the leaders of the opposition to' task for some of their acts in the re cent and distant past. The Citizens Club has been put on the defensive by the anti-administra- tionists and the purpose of Mr. Osborne was to change the status and get same of the opposition to explaining. He came pretty near doing so, too. His speech is the talk of the town < this morning. Osborne.is a fearless fighter and.hepid not meet his enemies with any apologies or half way utterances. Among the other speakers was Mr. T. E. Morgan, Jr., who has recently re turned from New York and who is taking an active interest in politick once more. ' A-'ntiriiber of neighbd'r- bis department had the power to com- hbod telephones were frantically rung; pel information if they refused to give but it 4b , claimed that five minutes It willingly, while Mr, Garfield on the elapsed before a response was received, stand declared that he had never made ; The firemen saved the brick cottage such a statement. He also denied that , , ■, he had ever promised immunity to the adjolnm? the one deBtro y ed ^ after packers, saying that the only protec-■ bard Work. For a long time It seemed tibn that had been promised was pro- that their efforts would be unavailing, tection for the individuals of their, con- but they finally triumphed, the endan- ftdential figures. This he said had g^rbd building escaping with a bad been given them, and although the 3Corcb j n?4 average of, these confidential figures ‘ ,, had been given In the report '.of the ' Most of tha contents of both, cottages commissioner on the beef industry, In- proved a total loss. .Mr,/Ragan dlviduals had been respected and their those who went to his assistance suc- names had. not been given. He also ceeded in Baving a few articles, princi- denied positively that he promised p a j]y pictures and ornameuta, from the that all information would be regarded L r , but a „ the contenta of the othor as confidential. He. also denied that ' . ... he had at any time said anything re- ^rtments were completely destroyed, gnrdirig an oath in connection ’ with This was one of the most beauti- the investigation. fully furnished tyomes in Albany, and Mr. Garfield was the first witness Mr. Ragan’s insurance, which amounted for the government, the packers hav- to $2,600, will hardly more than cover lng rested their case after having ;se- b ; a j oss cured the admission as evidence of Cr ; r & Pace estimate I e va|ue „ f President Roosevelt's letter to the at- , • torney-general, which stated that the the brick cottage at $3,000, and they Bureau of Corporations and the De- earned insurance of $2,500. Mr. partment of Justice were working to- Bradley’s furniture and household ef- gether. j fects were insured for $600, which ! amount will lack a great deal of cover- MUTINOUS COSSACKS | ing his loss. Mrs. Brinson canied in- ARE GIVING TROUBLE. “ e onher <=« f *». which will lack a good deal of replacing the • structure -i 1 Ekaterinodar, Ciscoucasiaert, Rus-1 / , sia, Feb. 20.—-An engagement Is in ^he or *8' m the fire is not known, progress at the village of Geaginskaia,' between 300 mutinous Kuban Cos- JEROME MAY ADDRESS Whose Unidentified Bodies Were Found Under I way Bridge at Knoa Today. Knoxville, Tdnn., Feb. 21. — Th unknown white men were found de here this morning under the Te: nee river: bridge of the LoutsvllU NaBhvlIle railroad. It is belleyed men: lost .their Hyes.ln jumplbg fro a freight train. '"!■ The Albany Buggy Co. has just ri solved another carload of Bu Light Surrtes and Fancy Runabouts; something new and nobby. Come i buy first choice. Because Hi-i^’c .uyier s Best. GEORGIA LAWYERS. sacks and the punitive expedition with five machine guns, which 16ft here last week to crush the insurgents. The ’ Cossacks comprised the garrison of Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21—According to Ekaterinodar who during the uprising lnforraatl(m ma(]e pub]lc |*JL It of November joined the revolutionists is altogether ^ A D , g » When order was restored the Cossacks Attorney of New Yorki wm be one of the distinguished speakers retired to their native villages in the mountains where they have since held Vgv ^ ^ theannual conventlon out, refusing to surrender their arms or the colors of the regiment. They are well armed and disciplined and heavy losses on both sides are antici pated. PATERSON, N. J., HAS DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. of the Georgia Bar Association at Warm Springs thiB summer. He has been Invited to attend and speak, and the officers of the association seem to think he will accept Mr. Jerome’s re-election was the result of one of the most astonishing and sensational campaigns ever pulled off In the me tropolis. He was chosen for the place ; he had held by an almost unanimous Paterson, N. J., Feb. 21.—Fire in the uprising of the people who favored business district last night damaged reform In city government, property to the value of' $130,000. ’ - ■ i Three big firms were seriously dam- No Wood famine In Albany now. aged. Barron gets it by trainloads. v, '•■t’-'ffiBBI We sell them. Fresh shipments of these deli- cious confections are re ceived weekly, 1,2, 3 and 5 pound boxes and Fancy Packages. .,•7 _ l.l . • j As with candy, so wit everything. We sell on' the best. If you the best your ordei should come to smaA -Sale i