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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 .fM