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Three More Negro Houses Burned and Many Othe
Negro District Stoned—Military in Charge.
Is Offered to the State,
Without Interest, to Pay
Off the Deficit in Pen
sion Rolls.
The Deposed President of
the Southern Mutual Life
Insurance Co. Leaves
Morristown Home.
Weather Forecaster at At
lanta Believes that Great
Damage Has Been Done
in Georgia.
Springfield, Ohio, March 1.—The d
is. at peace this
morning and there are no signs of the disorderly scenes of the
last two nights, excepting the militia on the streets.
' The military authorities gained control after wholesale ar
rests of rowdies and disorderly persons on the streets last night.
Bpeolal to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., March 1.—A promi
nent, wealthy and patrlotlo citizen, In
a letter to the .governor, has offered
to lend the state, without Interest, a
sufficient sum to make up the deficit
ot $7,000 In the pension rolls. The
only condition is, that his name won’t
be divulged. The state will accept.
New York, Maroh 1.—Richard Mo-
Curdy and family last night boarded
the steamship “Amerlka,” which sails
for Europe this morning.
A reporter, endeavoring to get an
Interview with McCurdy, was knocked
down by McCurdy’s coachman, who
was arrested.
The McCurdy home at Morristown
Is left In charge of caretakers, and it
Is reported that the owners will be
absent several months.
McCurdy’s health Is much Improved.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., Maroh 1. —According
to the opinion of Local Weather Fore
caster Marbury, great damage may
have .been done the fruit crop in Geor
gia, especially in the southern and
central portions of 'the state, by the
severe freeze of Tuesday night. The
thermometer dropped to 20 degrees
yesterday, morning at 6 o'clock —12
degrees below freezing—and this was
considered cold enough to kill fruit.
If the buds are not killed they may be
damaged by the chilling which will
cause the Immature fruit to rot and
drop off.
A special bulletin 1b being prepared
by the weather department, which will
give an estimate of the damage and
will be issued tomorrow or Saturday.
While many fruit growers in various
parts of the state appear optimistic re
garding the situation, a number of
others are fearful of the result of the
cold weather which has obtained re
cently.
The net results of the night’s troubles are three negro houses
burned and several others damaged by stoning. Three persons
were injured, but none fatally.
Brakeman Davis, the assault upon whom on Tuesday
caused the rioting,, is still alive, but his condition is precarious.
It is believed that his death will lead to more trouble.
A meeting of citizens is called for tonight to take energetic
action to quell the disorderly element which has been treated
with great leniency of late.
LAST NIGHTS REPORT OF THE RIOTING.
Springfield, 0.,Feb. 28.—With eight figured in the Dixon mob and subse- the negro quarter of the city- made
companies of state troops on guard In quent race war two years ago, has their way to the city building, which
this city, as a result of last night's been stoned tonight, and several at- is in charge of the soldiery.
mob violence in which six houses were tempts made to fire it, but as It is
burned in the negro residence district, guarded by militiamen the efforts have Hundred Men Chase One Negro,
more incendiary fires were started so far failed. Springfield, 0,, Feb. 28.—This city,
again tonight in various parts of the Several alarms have been turned in the scene of mob violence last night,
city. In every instance the houses as a result of the fires started, but aB la which six houses were burned', is
were occupied by negroes and whites, this dispatch is filed no general alarm * n the throes of more excitement to-
A negro house at Harrison and York has been turned in, as every available night. Another mob Is forming and
streets was stohed by a large crowd, fireman is at work on the,.flres now excitement has been precipitated In
but the occupants are believed to have under way. East Main street by a crowd of fully
Several negroes who had been 500 people in pursuit of a negro.
Chased . by the angered; whites, from *
ATLANTA POLICE
BAG BEGGARS.
Men Fined in Police Court and then
Bound Over for Vagrancy.
ANOTHER EXTENSION
OF POSTAL S WIRES.
8peoia| to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., Maroh 1.—Nine white
men, four of whom are cripples and
all, of whom are believed by the po
lice to be members of an brganizcd
gang of professional beggars and
fakirs, were--bagged yesterday In a
.
raid at the Cannonn Hotel, corner
South Pryor and Alabama streets.
Seven of tjie men ocoupled one room.
In this room were heaps of empty beer’
bottles. The place looked like the bot
tling department of a brewery. Whis
key bottles also were in evidence. No
less than jthirty-six beCr bottles Were
capture'll.In, tha.rald. When the pris
oners were arraigned boforff the re
corder eaoli was fined $25.76, or thirty
days in the stockade, and bound over
to'the state courts on charges of va
grancy. None of'the prisoners is a
cltlzop of Atlanta. Each oame here
from Bomo Other section of country.
Line Now Covers Many Miles of Ter
ritory in Moosehesd Lake Region.
Special to The Herald.
Bangor, Me., Maroh 1,—The Postal
Telegraph-Cable Co. has today com
pleted direct connection with the
Northern Telegraph Co., operating
j lines on the Bangor & Aroostook rtC|l-
| road, thus adding to the Postal sys
tem, five, hundred miles of pole line
and ope hundred and fifty places in
, the famous lumber, agricultural, hunt
ing and fishing regions In northern!
ijSiaine.; Teliipimk, are, jtow tralihinlt-'
KNOCKED OUT LAST NIGHT
AND DIED THI8 MORNING.
Death Follows a Prize Fight at San
Francisco.
is inhabited by negroes, and which
region and. all points on the Biugor
& Aroostook railroad.
San Francisco, March 1. — Harry
Tenny, who was knocked out last
night by Frank Neil, the“bantam-
. weight pugilist, died here this morn
ing.
HOWELLITE-SMITHITE
FIGHT IN ATLANTA.
Have a Little Tilt in Court. A Joint Debate Between Partisans
Ends In a Fight.
Samples of Goods Sent for Inspection of
American Manufacturers.
The Judge Insists Upon
Usual Formalities in Ad
dressing the Court.
Washington, March 1.—The bureau of manufacturers have re
ceived from special agents appointed to investigate the Chinese market
for American goods a large quantity of samples of cotton materials in
demand in China. The samples will be placed on exhibition in New
England, Georgia and many other points where manufacturers may
examine them.
The agents-say that the United States is not competing in. the
Chinese markets mainly because the American manufacturers don’t
know what the Chinese want, and consequently are not shipping the
England, Germany, France and otiler foreign coun-
Speclal to. The Herald. mid Clark Howell to land the guberna-
Savannah, Ga„ March 1.— 1 The prill- tnrlnl plum, between A. S. Hadley, a
elpal incident of interest to Georglads Smith supporter, and &am Vaughan, a
In the Greene and Gaynor trial In the Howell enthusiast, ended in a fight In
United States court yesterday after-, which blood was'spilled In no small
noon was the colloquy between Judge quantity. Both men were arraigned
Emory Speer and Col. P. W. Meldrim, before the recorder. Vnughan was
of attorneys for the defense, upon the agreed to be the aggressor and was
lack of courtesy to the court on the fined $10.75. Hadley was^ assessed
part of Colonel Meldrim-.' ' The attor- $5.75. Hadley said Vaughan struck at
ney had addressed the court once or him with a billiard cue, which broke
twice without prefacing his remarks qu his arm, and with the fragment
with the customary “May it please your Hadley landed on Vaughan’s skull,
honor.’’ Judge Speer called his at- knocking him senseless so that he had
tentlon to this omission and referred to b® Bon ^ to t * 1 ® hospital,
to the fact that he had had to call his
attention to the same thing in Val- INCREASED SALARIES
dosta when court was held there. FOR OFFICIALS
Colonel Meldrim said that he did it '
only to save time, and that If the court The lncrull t0 be Ext(mded to Mem .
would only suggest a formula for pre- ber , gf Conflref ,
facing his remarks, he would be glad
to conform.to It. The Judge told him Washington, March 1—Senator Gal-
that the usual salutation was all that Ilbger , B bI11> lntrodu J, ed to adjust the
was required. The Incident closed with . ■ , „
this explanation. j salarlo8 °' ^ral officers of the gov-
desired articles,
tries are supply the trade at present,
We sell them, Fr<
.
shipments of these d<
cious confections are
' * • •#ss8
ceived weekly, 1, 2,
and 5 pound boxes r
FranK Colbert Had But 42
Days of a Ten-Year Sen
tence to Serve—Reward
Offered for His Capture.
Frank Colbert, a convict serving a
10-year sentence at Cruger & Pace’s
brickyard, escaped last night and is
still at largfe.
Colbert belonged to the night force.
He was a trusty, though guards were
on duty at the time he made his es
cape. He slipped out of the enclosure
under eover of darkness, and has not
been seen Since.
Colbert was sent up from Stewart
county under, conviction for assault
with Intent to murder, and had served
all but forty-'two days of his sentence.
He had an allowance of two years and
two months for continued good 'be
havior, which he will of course lose
if he is captured.
Deputy Warden C. C. Barbre has
offered a reward of $100 for the ar- breakwater last night by the sinking
rest and return to Crugor & Pace’s of the barge.
RUMORED DEATH
OF DOWAGER EMPRE88.
ANOTHER COLLEGE
As with ..candy, so j
everything; We sell i
the best. If you \
the best'Efyour’for
should come to
DORMITORY BURNED.
London, March 1. — The rumored HAniMIL in JArAH
death of the Dowager Empress of vo enmimir PDAVCD
China Hr regarded here as wholly im- » UHUW,Nb ^KAVtK.
probable. It originated In a vague'
rumor from Hong Kong, and no au- Thousands on the Verge of Starvation,
thoritatlve statement here has any In- Some Pitiable 8torles-
tlmatlon of Its truth.
Seattle, Wash., March 1. — The
In publishing In yesterday's Herald steamer “Dakota” brings advices from
the list of committee* for the recep- Nagasaki that the famine in the uorth-
tlon and entertainment of the visiting em provinces of Japan Is growing
congressional committee next week, steadily graver. The foreign relief
the. name of Mr. John D. Pope, which committee says that in December 680,-
appears on the original list, was unln- 000 ware on the verge of starvation,
tentiocally left off of the list furniBhed Many stories ot pitiable destitution are
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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH j, 190$.
NUMBER 111.
