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VOLUME XV.
\ ALBANY, QA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 3, 1906.
NUMBER 113,
General Clement A. Evans
Makes a Suggestion to
Daughters of Confeder-
acy-The U. D. C. Pin.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., March 3.—Mrs. A. B.
Hhll, commanding the Georgia Daugh-
tors of the Confederacy, has received
from Gen. Clement A. Evans, of At
lanta, a suggestion relative to the
• monument which the Georgia Daugh
ters propose to* erect to Capt. WIrz,
the martyr of 'Andersonville. Gen
eral Evans‘thinks that the most ap
propriate monument to this hero nf
the Confederate cause would be a giant
boulder of Georgia granite, with a suit
able inscription in a copper plate.
The suggestion does not meet with
entire approval among the members
of the Georgia chapter. They want
something finer and more elaborate.
There is a boulder qf this kind now
in place ,in Savannah, having beqn
erected to the memory of Tomochichi,
the Indian friend of Oglethorpe.
At the coming state convention of
the U. D. C.’s at Ameircus, a move
ment .will be made to stop the pro
miscuous wearing of the Daughters of
the Confederacy pin as an ornament
or Jewel, ft is desired that the pin
be used only as a badge of honor.
This question is certain to be a live
one in the councils of the Daughters
next fall. •.
ONE THOUSAND
FUTURE MISSIONARIES.
• Nashville, Tenn., March 3.—The fea
ture of the Students’ Volunteer Move
ment convention today was the gath
ering at a special meeting of one
thousand students intending to be for
eign missionaries.
IK FI
iiiraco
Sweeping Through the Pan
Handle •••Many Ranches
Denuded and Losses Al
ready $1,000,000.
I, MISS.,»
TORN BY TORNADO
, . # • \ -
Many Persons Killed and Injured and
Great Property Loss.
Crosswell, N. M., March 3.—More
than a million acres of pasture land
in the western paft of the Pan Handle
has been burned over by a prairie
lire, which is still beyond control,
with a front of fifteen miles, and ad
vancing under a stiff wind. Probably
a dozen big ranches have been de
nuded of food, and the loss is al
ready placed at a million dollars.
Head
quarters
MAJOR LIVINGSTON MIMS
IS CRITICALLY ILL.
Prominent Atlanta Citizen and Former
Mayor Hovering Between Life and
Death. V
ESTIMATES OF THE NUMBER OF DEATHS VARY FROM EIGHTEEN
TO ONE HUNDRED—THE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS STREET OF THE
CITY IN THE TRACK OF THE 8TORM-
BE GREAT.
•PROPERTY LOSS WILL
All;
M
any
acninery
Co.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., March 3.—Major Liv
ingston Mims, former mayor of Atlan
ta, president of the Capital City Club,
and manager of the Atlanta office of
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, lies critically 111 at his beautiful
home, corner Peachtree street and
Ponce de Leon avenue. Tuesday
night Major Mims was very low, and
his life was despaired of. He rallied
somewhat, however, but Ib by no
means out of danger. He Is receiving
the best of .attention 1 of' thr.ee phy
sicians, and his wife and his daugh
ter, Mrs. Joseph Thompson, nre con
stantly at hts bedside.
Mrs. Mims is a prominent figure In
Christian Science circles. Major Mims
was born In South Carolina. He
moved to Mississippi and became a
prominent person in politics, public
■apd social life of that state. He then
came to Georgia. He served with dis
tinction throughout the civil war, be- i
Ing attached to the staff of Lieut.-Gen. 1
Pemberton. At the close of the war
Major Mims and denernl Johnson en-1
tered the insurance business together'
at Savannah. When the general
moved to Virginia, Major Mims came l
to Atlanta. He was one of the char
ter members of the Capital City .Club, I
which was organized twenty-three
years ago. He has presided at many j
famous functions at the club house,
nmong them being receptions to Presl-1
dent Grover Cleveland. President Ben
jamin Harrison and President-William
McKinley. In 1900 he was persuaded
to be a candidate for mayor. He con-j
sented and became known ns the "blue
stocking” candidate. One of his op-1
ponents spread the report that the ma
jor had declared that if elected he [
would flush the city sewers with rose j
water. Major Mims was mayor during
the celebrated street railway fight
which finally ended in the consolida
tion of the two competing concerns.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 3.—A special to the Commercial-Appeal
from Meridian, Miss., filed at 2 o’clock this morning, says that a tor
nado, in the wake of which followed death, lire and property loss to an
extent not to be estimated now, but probably not less than a million dol
lars, descended on Meridian at 6:30 o’clock last night
The tornndo ploughed from the southern to the eastern suburbs of
the city a pathway several hundred feet wide and a mile long.
The known dead number eighteen, eleven of whom nro unidentified,
and the Injured many more.
The tornado lasted less than five minutes and was followed by nu
merous fires, which were partly quenched by the half hour’s heavy rntn
which followed. The residence portion of the city was unharmed.
Among the firms suffering ths heaviest damage are the Meyer-Mov-
ille Hardware Co., whoso store is a complete collapse; the Meridlnn
Fertilizer Co., loss almost total. This was the first largo building Btruck.
The wind then wound its way through the negro settlement, and so far
little is known of the losa of life thire. The property loss there is not
great, ns the houses were small a id not valuable.
The lighting station was demol'shed and.the city left in darkness.
It will be ten days before this can bo restored. The Robuck Lumber Co.
Is a heavy loser.
Front street presents a terrible scene. Few houses aro standing.
Fire which broke out was controlled at 2 o’clock this morning, but
for a time It threatened the entire city.
Vandalism was apparent Immediately after the storm,'and the local
militia was called out for protection.
Telegraph wires are down for miles In and out of the city. Tele
phone service Is badly demoralize 1 and communication with the out
side world was cut off for hours.
The exact number of the dead and wounded can not be estimated-for
many liom».
I
ONE HUNDRED DEAD AND TWICE THAT MANY INJURED.
NEW ORLEANS, March 3.—A special from Meridian, Miss., says
that while much confusion prevails and a detailed list of the casualties
Is unobtainable, the loss of life Is believed will reach one hundred, and
double that number of injured. Telegraphic service to Meridian is still
spasmodic.
THE PROPERTY LOSS. RONS. UP INTO NJILUON8.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 3.—A special from Jackson, Miss., say?
that a prominent citizen of Macon, Miss., who has just returned from
Meridian, declares that the property loss will he from six to seven mil
lion dollars. Twelve bodies were recovered at 3 o’clock this morning.
Many of the principal buildings and manufacturing plants of the city
were totally destroyed.
MOBILE, Ala., March 3.—An Item special from Meridian, Miss., says
that from forty to forty-five buildings were destroyed, and places the to
tal property loss at 65,000,000.
EXTENT OF DISASTER GROWING WITH FURTHER REPORTS.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 3.—A special from JackBon, Miss., says
that the extent of the Meridian disaster grows with additional reports.
Thirty-one are (mown to be .dead this morning and twice that number
Injured.
Appeal for Assistance.
An appeal has been Issued for assistance. Hundreds of families
are homeless. Governor Vardaman, with one hundred members of the
legislature and many physicians, left on a special train for Meridlnn.
Many are reported missing and are believed to be under the piles
o? debris, and it is likely that a complete list of the dead can not ho pre
pared for several days.
A NASHVILLE PASTOR
KILLED BY STREET CAR.
COL. ESTILL’S
Rev. W. H. Strickland Caught While
Trying to Cross In Front of Rapidly
Moving Electric Car.
Nashville, Tenn., March 3.—Rev. W.'
H. Strickland, pastor of the Spruce j
Street Northern Methodist church, of
tills city, was run down and killed by |
street car early today. His body
was horribly mangled. He attempted
to cross in front of a rapidly moving j
BRAKEMAN DAVIS
DIED THIS HORNING.
The South Georgia Candi
date Soon to Enter the
Enemy’s Country - - Will
Invade North Georgia.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., March 3.—Col. J. H.
Estill, candidate for governor of Geor
gia, is preparing to carry the war Into
the enemies' country. . He has been
confining his campaigning to South
Georgia since his candidacy was an-
Man Who Was Shot in Springfield, nounced, but in a short time he is go
Which Caused the Rioting There, j n g a trip Into the northern
Dies of His Injuries. • pa f»t the state, where Messrs. Smith
„ , „ ~ w «, >«\r and Howell have been at work, and
Springfield, O., March 3.-7AlarK M.
Davis, the brakeman who was shot by will try to undo some of the work
a negro Wednesday night, died early these candidates have done in that
today. The shooting of Davis led to* section. He is inspired to do this
the rioting of the last three days. probabIy by the faot tbat botb MeSBri)
Two negroes are in .Jail at Dayton
, ” . , .Howell and Smith have been very ac-
charged with the killing. ,
five In the first Congressional district
The First Strawberries. thfs week. Mr. Howell spent Thurs-
The Herald this afternoon recleved ( j ay night In Savannah and Mr. Smith
the first strawberries ol the season. j g 8 p Ca ] t j n g ab Lyon, In the new coun-
And they are beauties. ™y came colonel
from the Cash Grocery Store, where ' .
more of the same sort can be had this will not campaign in the home coun-
evening, while they last. ' ;
will play all around them.
The Chatham county candidate has
opened headquarters in* the Southern
Bank building and is sending out a
mass of literature. He hopes to edu
cate the people in this way to seeing
that it Is their duty to elect him gov
ernor.
COILS TIGHTENING
AROUND ATLANTA CROOKS
Atlanta, Ga., March 3.—W. G. Hil
liard, a. Pinkerton detective from
Washington, called at the Fulton
county jail yesterday afternoon and
took a good look at the hunch of al
leged crooks caught in a recent raid
made on rooms at the Cannon hotel.
He said that Clark, the prisoner be
lieved to be a safe-cracker, and who
is held In $6,000 ball, Is a noted crim
inal and that he had seen him before.
Clark and Thomas Newman may
have to answer to the courts of Mon
roe county for brutally assaulting and
robbing Marshal J, M. McMlchael, of
that place. The crime was committed
a few weeks ago. The marshal came
to Atlanta yesterday and identified as
his a revolver taken in the raid at the
hotel. He Identified several other ar
ticles which were found on Clark and
Newman. He says the men who at
tacked him wore masks and therefore
he could not say that the two prison
ers were the same men.
{yip
At Coming Assembly of the
Chautauqua Expected to
Be More Numerous Than
Ever Before.
Stops are already being taken lock
ing to the creation of renewed interest
in the four Chautauqua medal con
tests, which will be an interesting and
Important feature of the approaching
eighteenth annual assembly.
It is hoped and believed that there
will be a larger number of participants
in tho contests this year than ever
In the past. There has been a Steady
increase of interest for several years
In nil the counties that hnve sent rep
resentatives, and the possession of
one qf the Chautauqua medals has
come to be a recognized mark of no
small distinction.
The following circular letter has
just been sent out by the management
of the Georgia Chautauqua to county
school .commissioners, principals and
teachers-of schools and others who are
apt to be interested:
Chautauqua Medal Contests.
Albaily, Ga., Maroh 2, 1006.
We take thin means of oalling your
attention to the fact that the Georgia
Chautauqha holds its eighteenth an*,
mini session beginning April 22.
The oratorical contest for the Wat
ters-Cliautauqua medal, for boys be
tween the ages of 12 and 18 years, will
occur on Monday at 10 a. m.
The contest for the Laura Clemen
tine Davis - Chautauqua medal, for
young lady readers between the ageB
of 12 and 18, will take place on Mon
day afternoon at 8 o'clock.
The contests for the Laura demon-
tlno Davis-Chautauqua medals in vocal
and instrumental music, ’for young la
dles between the ages of 15 and 21
years, will take place, on Monday
night.
Your county is Invited to send one
contestant foi each: 'of- those modalB,
and we earnestly ask your co-opera
tion, requesting your board of educa
tion to select them in some equitable
manner.
The medals will be awarded by a
committee of competent and disinter
ested persons, and' be delivered on
Monday night. In the Auditorium, by
Dr. W. A. Duncan.
Yours truly,
A. W. MUSE, President,
J. S. DAVIS, Snpt. Inst.
A SAVANNAH MAN
WILL TRY TO FLY.
Strawberries, 35c ql. Cash Grocery
ties of any of the candidates, but he Co. Ring 'phone 73.
Prof. T. H. Glgnllllat Has Constructed
a Machine at Tybee.
Special tc The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., March 3.—Prof. T. H.
Glgnllllat, a teacher In the public
schools, who has for several years en
tertained original ideas about a flying
machine, has completed one which he
has been building at Tybee, and ho
will probably make ah experiment with
it as sooii as he gets some papers from
Washington perfecting his patents.
Prof. Gignilliat has given a good
deal of his spare time to perfecting
this instrument, and if it doqs not Ry
he will be greatly disappointed. He
has studied the theory of aerial navi
gation thoroughly, and at one time or
ganized a company to malte a model
of a‘machine. He has not yet suc
ceeded In flying, however.
Mrs. Mary Paritins, of At*
lanta, 86 Years Old, Vic
tim of Heart Failure This
Morning.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., March 3.—Mrs. Mary
PerklnBon, aged 88 years, living at -138
Whitehall street, was found dead In a
bathtub at 11 o’clook this morning.
She went into the bath room to
empty a bucket of water, and was
found a short time afterward lying In
thO' tub dead. Heart failure is sup
posed to have been the cause of her
death.
WAVES FROM STEAMER
SWAMPED SMALL BOAT.
Four Men Drowned In the Ohio River
Todey.
Steubenville, O., March 3.—Waves
^•om the steamer “Virginia,” on the
Ohio rivor .at Mingo, today swamped
a small boat, drowning four men.
DELEGATES AGREED ON
MOROCCAN BANK SCHEME.
Algeclrns, March 3,—-The delegates
to the Moroccan conference are prac
tically agreed on tho Moroccan Bank
project. The bank will be chartered,
for fprty years, with a.capital of three
mlllio.n dollars. Tills, stock in gptd
will be divided in equal portlotjs
among tljO, powers pariiOlpatlng in the
conference, each having the right to
“ ’mcribe its share.
1
I
I have three newly-built, connecting
rooms for rent to couple, suitable for
light housekeeping. Address Mrs. j
Mittle Fields, Arcadia.
B
ecause
Huvl
yier &
Candi
es
MANY WERE POISONED
BY FREE LUNCH.
Lunch 8erved at a Public 8ale on a
Farm Proatratea 75 Persona.
Nashville, Tenn., March 3.—Seventy-
five persons were poisoned yesterday
by a free lunch at the public sale of a
farm near here. While all are very
sick, they are expected to recover.
Officials are making, a rigid investi
gation.
Board Wanted for Thirteen.
Bids wanted by the undersigned for
boarding the thirteen members of the
Albany baseball team from April. 16
until May 2, Inclusive, the time the
team will be in Albany for practice.
Address J. W. Thomas, 407 Park Ave.,
East, Savannah, Ga. 26-lwk
Country eggs—all fresh—20c doz.
Phone 70. W. E. FIELDS.,
Are the
Best.
We sell them.. Fresh
shipments of these deli- , |
cious confections are re
ceived weekly, 1, 2, 3 .
and 5 pound boxes and
,
Fancy Packages.
i . v —
t - ; : V^pT
As with candy, so with
• • •'“’f.yi’jvj
everything. We sell only
the best. If you want
the • best3»your a [[orders
should come to
Hil
sman-
Drug
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