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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 23„1906.
NUMBER 106.
Democrat on Interstate
Commerce Committee
Agree to Report the Bill
and Make Fight in Senate.
/
Washington, Feb. 23. — The Demo
cratic members ot the Senate commit
tee on interstate commerce today
voted to report the Hepburn bill to the
Senate without amendment and trans
fer the contest to the floor o£ the
Senate. This action does nob commit
the .Democrats on the question of
court review. 7
SENATE COMMITTEE DIVIDED
ON RAILROAD RATE BILL.
Washington, Feb. 23. — The Senate
committee on interstate commerce
failed during the morning session to
reach a vote on the railroad rate bill
to be reported to the Senate. An en
deavor is being made to reach a' de
cision by 3 o'clock.
Senator Dolliver moved to report the
Hepburn bill favorably without the
amendment as adopted by the House.
The Democratic members asked
time for consultation, and Senators
. Tillman, McLaurln, Foster and New-
lands withdrew for that purpose.
Senator Dolliver said he would force
a vote by 3 o’clock if possible, and
expressed the belief that he had votes
enough to pass his motion.
NEGRO WITH A KNIFE
RUNS AMUCK IN TOPfeKA.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 23.—After cut
ting three persons, two of whom will
probably die, Cyrus Hapgood, a negro,
believed to be insane, surrendered to
the police and asked protection. He
had been chased by friends of his vic
tims, who surprised him in the act of
robbing a boarding house.
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In Interest of Burrell Pat
terson—Fair Messenger of
Hope WorKing for Con
demned Man.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 23. — If Burrlll
Patterson, sentenced to be hanged in
Heard county, escapes the gallowB he
may thank Mrs. Able Boyce, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Martin, who re
side at 64 Hill street
Mrs. Boyce is young and beautiful.
She has Interested hersetlf in Patter
son’s behalf, and it was owing largely
to her ’ pleadings that the governor
gave Patterson a three weeks’ respite
to enable the prison commission to
make a thorough investigation of the
case.
On Monday Mrs. Boyce will make a
trip to Heard county to interview each
of tho jurors who par.sed on the Pat
terson case, also members of the
grand jury, the juc.ge and solicitor-
general, and hundreds of citizens, if
need be, to establish the young man’s
innocence or at least secure a com
mutation of sentence from hanging to
life imprisonment.
Mrs. Boyce’s interest In the case
came as a result of a Sunday after
noon stroll In company with a visiting
cousin. They were walking near the
capltol when this cousin suggested
that they visit the Fulton county jail,
which Is half u block distant from the
state house. She knew Jailer Fain,
and agreed to the plan. She was In
duced to see Burrlll Patterson In his
cell. The young man’s mother was
talking with him wh^i they arrived.
The pathetic sorrow of the aged
woman stirred Jhe younger one, and
she decided to do what she could for
Patterson, to saye his mother from
as much grief as possible.
Having fully made up her mlnd, she
lost no time in carrying out her plan.
She called on the governor and pre
sented so many strong arguments that
he consented to give her time In which
to work on the case.
TO ENTERTAIN
On Rivers and Harbors,
Preparations of Business
.League Are Now Well
Under Way.
Under direction, ot the directors and
secretary of the Albany Business
League? arrangements are well under
way for the proper entertainment of
the RlverB and Harbors committee ot
the national House of Representatives,
which will Ivlsi't Albany on March 0.
A number of committees have been
appointed and are at work. One com
mittee will look after the reception
and entertainment of the city's guests,
the program includlpg breakfast at the
New Albany. There will be a short
carriage drive, and a run down the
river on ohe of the little steamboats
which ply the upper reaches of the
navigable Flint. These matters are
also in the hands of proper commit
tees. Arrangements have been made
for the running of a special from Al
bany to Columbus over the Seaboard
Air Line', President Barr having him
self taken up the matter with the
Business League and agreed to do all
that may be desired. The special will
leave Albany at 10:30 o'clock. Sev
eral prominent citizens of Newton will
be upto meet the committee.
The Business League desires that
the use of a number of carriages be
placed at its disposal, those engaged
from the livery stables not being suf
ficient They will be needed from 7
to 10:30 a. m. on the 9th. Those who
will furnish carriages are requested
to notify Secretary Betjeman, of the
Business League.
Phone
Chips.
280 for Stove
Wood and
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Former Chinese Minister to the United
States Talks at Pekin.
PEKIN, Feb. 23.—Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese Minister to the
United States, in a long Interview on existing conditions in China, today
' said:
"China is at a crisis and is, passing through a transition stage, States
men and people feel the need of reform, but there is great difference of
opinion regarding the means of bringing it about The majority is agreed
that China has been deprived of many rights by concession and territorial
grants and by the manner in which Chinese have been treated by ton
elngers in China and in foreign countries. Chinese abroad write com
plaining of arbitrary discrimination against them which dare not' be at
tempted against other foreigners 7 . Hence the boycott of American goodh,
Illustrating the feeling against unjust exclusion laws. The rumor of an
antl-fore.gn feeling is not well founded, and there Is no sign ot an out
break against foreigners.’’
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AGAIN DELAYED.
Legal Complications Cause
Stay of Execution of Fa
mous Wife Murderer-
Federal Court Intervenes.
Chicago, ill., Feb. 23. — Today was
set for the legal execution of Johann
Hoch, convicted of wife murder.
Shortly before the hour set for the ex
ecution Hoch’s attorneys filed a peti
tion in the United States circuit court
asking for a stay of execution on the
grounds that hanging would be In vio
lation of the fourteenth amendment
to the federal constitution.
As a result of the legal complica
tions, Jailer Whitman announced that
the execution would be delayed until
the application for a writ of habeas
corpus could be passed upon by the
federal court.
Hoch exhibited extreme good nature
and jovlajity.
■THIS intRNOOH
Federal Court Judge Reftise^
to Grant Stay and the
Wife Murderer Pays Death
' Penalty.
SARAH BERNHARDT
GOING TO SAVANNAH.
Will’Play “Camille” in Skating Rink
Hall.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga„ Feb. 22. — “The Di
vine Sarah" Is coming this way. She
will be In Savannah the night of March
10 and will appear in the Mutual
Skating Rink in “Camille.” Madame
Bernhardt could not get the theatre,
as she Is out of the keeping of tho
“theatrical trust,” and the skating
rink was the next best thing offered.
She will have to play “Camille” be
cause that is the only ’thing in her
repertoire that doesn’t require any
high scenery. A living room and such
things as that are the only things re
quired to play "Camille,” and no high
“props" are needed. It is expected
that "the divine one" will ho given a
marked recoption when she comes
here.
GOVERNOR TERRELL.
DID NOT ENJOY HOLIDAY
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 23. —Governor
Terrell fully meant to spend Washing
ton’s birthday at his old home In
Greenville yesterday. But he did not
have that pleasure. Instead, he work
ed the greater part of tho morning at
his office in the capltol. Early in the
morning he boarded a train for Green
ville. All went smoothly until the
train had arrived at a point about six
miles from Atlanta. Then it stopped.
It took a siding and remained there:
Fifteen minutes rolled by. Then half
an hour, and then an hour. The train
did not budge. Realizing that he could
not make connections further down
the road so as to reach his home, the
governor got out came back to the
city and went to work.
Chicago, Feb. 23.—Judge LandlB, in
the federal court, refused to grant n
stay of execution in the case of Johann
Hoch, and the preparations for his
execution were renewed.
After the Landis decision, attorneys
hastily prepared an appeal bond and
rushed to the jail to get Hoch’s signs*
tore to >thb bond, after his, march to
the, scaffold had begun. Proceedings
were again temporarily stopped. A
hasty conference ot the 1nil officials
waB held and Judge' Landis was tele
phoned. H e sa *d he refused to do
anything, und that the officers neeii
not delay the execution.
Hoch was hanged at It 34 o’clock.
Upsets a Wireless Station
at Newport-Navy Depart
ment Disturbed by Boy’s
WorK.
Washington, Feb. 23.—With home
made apparatus, a Newport school boy
is able to interfere with the operation,
of the naval, wireless station at that
point.
Commander Albert Glaeves thinks
the matter so Important that he has
Bent to the bureau of equipment of
the navy a detailed account , of the
plant which the boy has built The
meagreness of it may bo gathered
from the statement of the commander
that the young operator Is getting
messages through tho medium ot an
ordinary Incandescent eleotrlo lamp,
whose glass he has broken and which
he uses for a receiver.
In his detailed' description, Com
mander Gleaves says that the power
is derived from a' battery ot eight dry
cells, giving about twelve volte. His
Induction cAli Is one taken from an
old automobile, and throws a halt Inch
spark, while his key is the ordinary
Morse instrument The coII with which
he controls the wave length is made
of No. 14 copper wire, bare, wound
around a wqodon cylinder in grooves.
His spark gap Is made by two com
mon steel nails driven' into a pine
board one-eighth of an inch apart, and
bis - ground current is accompllshel
through a connection With water pipes
Id . the house in whioh he llveB^ Two.
common wooden poles, Slteep feet
high, attaohed to the ridge pole Of titfl
house, support the antennae. Those
are three bare capper wires, stretched
between the poles, kept'' apart by
spreaders, and Joined only by a single
wire ruining down to the Instruments,
In addition to this, his equipment
also Includes a home-made potentio
meter, choke colls and a telephone
receiver. Aocording to tho reports
made to the. Navy Department, the
young man, -who Is not more than six
teen years 81d, has given a decided
shook to the wireless operators, and
it Is believed that in his crude appa
ratus they may And several' valuable
Ideas.
At New Orleans April 26 to
27-Cammander Leeways
the Original Dates^Must
Stand. ,,
Columbus, Miss., Feb. 23.—To quiet
conflicting reports as to the date ot
the annual reunion ot the United Con
federate Veterans at Net*. Orleans,
Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commanding the
veterans’ organization, today issued'an
order that as It is Impracticable now
to change the dato, tho days first
named will stand for the reunion,
JUDGE NORWOOD
AFTER J. FERRIS CANti.
Former Legislator, Celled, on for. Ex
planation of Utterance* Made in a
Public' Speeeh. , 1 . ' ' .
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga„ Feb. 23.—The' author
of “Plutoeraoy” Is In the saddle again.
Judge,T. M. Norwood, judge of,the
city court of Savannah, has, it is un
derstood, taken Mr. J. Ferris' Gann, ox-
Senator and ex-RepreBentatlve
Chatham qounty, to task for. a criti
cism of Judge Norwood’s court, made
In a political speech in Savannah.
Mr, Gann, In a' apeeoh last week, re
ferred to the method of drawing ju
In Judge Norwood’s court He clalmfed
that "taloshuin were used Instead of
having the Jurors drawn from the Jury
box’ Jticiga Norwood"® written t
asking about Ilfs .-Utterances, and It
understood domandlng-an explanatld
Mr. Cann has replied
what hiB, answer is, Is not kn
he and Judge Norwood are out i
city and can not be reached Ju
this time,
Interesting Exercises Occur
red this Morning at the
School, Which Celebrated
Special Arbor Day.
interesting Arbor Day exercises
were held this morning at the Albany
Academy. While not the Arbor Day
of general observance, it was never
theless a memorable occasion as an
event In the history of the school.
The exercises In the building con
sisted of songs, recitations, etc., and'
were followed by a program rendered
out of doors. Five trees wore planted,
one each by the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
and Seventh grades, and one by the
High .School department.
The Fourth grade named Its tree
“L. B. Welch," after the beloved coun
ty; school commissioner. The Fifth
grade’s tree is “Nelson Tift,” in mem
ory of the founder of.Albany. Tho
tree planted by the Sixth grade Is to
be known as “John A. Davis.’’ "Joe
Wheeler” Is the name of the tree
planted by the Seventh grade, and that
of the High School was christened
“Mamie L. Brosnan,” In honor of the
beloved assistant principal
of the
school.
GERMANY EXTEND8
RECIPROCITY TARIFF,
Berlin, Feb. 23—The roiehstag to
day, by a large majority, passed on
final reading the bill providing for the
extension of Germay’s reciprocity tar
iff rates to the United States to June
30, 1907.
Brinson &.Co, JVood and Coal,
'Phone 867. Prompt service. Patron-
age solicited.
CHINAMAN WILL RESIST
REQUISITION MOVE.
Interesting Case In Atlanta, Where
Lum Woo Is on Parole.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 23.—Ail efforts to
take Lum Woo, a Chinaman, to Lou
isiana to stand trial on a charge ot
murder will be resisted' here. The
governor hhs been' advised that Gov
ernor Blanchard has written him a
letter asking that a requisition for the
Celestial'be, honored in Georgia. When
this letter arrives the governor will
take action.
Woo, In the meantime, Is on parole.
Every day he calls at tho office of
the chief of police to show that he has
not left the elty.
Yesterday Lum Woo, in company
with Solicitor-General Charlie Hill,
Clerk of the Superior Court Arnold
Broyles, Attorneys Harley Hill and
Rev. Dr. A. R. Holderby, pastor of the
Moore Memorial church, called on tho
governor for a consulation. The con
ference was held for the purpose of
forestalling any sudden actlon'on the
part of the Louisiana State officers.
Woo was attested hero somo Umo
ago, but was released, the state and
local authorities deciding that he was
not guilty, and that there might be
something in Wioo’s claim that .High
binders .had Instituted the proceed
ings.
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WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATED IN HAWAII.
Hilsman-Sj
Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 23.—Wash
ington’s Birthday was celebrated here
yesterday by the : biggest itoral parade
in the history of the inlands:
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