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, ; ■ ■ . • . ■■■ ; ■ ■ .. i;-:-y ?V.v?P pffl - :■ ■X VOLUME XV. ALBANY, QA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 5, 1906. NUMBER 114, CLYDE UNERZ4II Steamer Favaho Caught in Storm and is in a Very Dangerous v Position Off Cape- Fear. Wilmington, Del., March 5. — The Clyde Line steamer “Favaho,” from Wilmington to New York, Is ashore on Middle Ground Shoals off Cape Fear in ten feet of water. The "Favaho” cleared for New York Saturday and was caught in a south west storm last night. She attempted to put hack and it is understood that she was driven ashore while drawing fifteen feet. The revenue cutter “Seminole” and three tugs went to thfe stranded steam er’s assistance last night, hut were unahle to move her at hig^tide. She is badly listed and her position is dan gerous, in case of strong southwest winds. Her cargo is being lightered and another effort Will be made to float her this afternoon. IMPERIAL UKASE FIXES THE DATES For Election for the National Assem bly In Russia. St. Petersburg, March 5.—An imper ial ukase issued today orders elections for the national assembly to begin in twenty-eight provinces on April 8, in- seventeen other provinces in Central Russia on April 27, and in two other provinces on May 3. PATRICK O’SHEA DEAD AGED SEVENTY-FOUR. New York, Match 5. —‘•.Patrick O’Shea is dead at his home, Summit, N. J., 74 years old. During the civil war lie ‘was an earnest advocate of the Union cause and an aggre3Bive writer over the/nanle of “An American Citi zen.” Property Loss Now Placed at Million and a Half. Several Missing Persons Unaccounted for. Birmingham, Ala., March 5,—A spe cial dispatch from Meridian says the work of clearing away the debris of the tornado is going on’uninterrupted ly day and night by convicts from the state farm and city prisons and by thousands of citizens. A cordon of soldiers surrounds the wrecked sec tions. Special efforts at clearings are be ing made at points where it is feared that bodies are yet entombed, as sev eral missing persons are yet unac counted for. Offers of assistance are still pour ing in, but the committees announce again that outside aid has not been asked for and will not be. Sunday was marked by a large num ber of funerals.' The death list now numbers twenty-four and the property loss is placed at a million and a half. Seldom, if, ever, visited by a storm of cyofone proportions, the merchants and residents of Meridian had never protected themselves with storm or cyclone policies, so in the matter of adjustment of insurance, agents will have little of no auditing beyond the fire losses. A million and a quarter dollars is now thought to be a con servative estimate of the damage wrought. Colonel McCants, in command of the National Guard, which is now spread out in cordon over the devas tated district, today said.that never in his years Of military"experience had he observed before the entire absence of vandalism and ghoulish acts, which usually follow on the heels of a like disaster. Not a single instance of this character has been reported to the colonel. Atfer leaving Meridian and enter ing Macon, a suburban town about five miles distant, all trace of the storm seems to have disappeared, lit tle, if any damage being reported from the country. ►any Machinery lE C ' VERY SEVERE From Europe on Summons of Jerome If Needed, or Not Later Than Sep tember 1. _____ ^ New Orleans, March 6.—A special received here, says that Richard' A. McCurdy, former president of the Mu tual Life Insurance Company, before sailing for Europe, 'signed an agree ment with District Attorney Jerome to return to this country at any time he may be wanted, and by September 1, anyway. II CHS HIST MEL Papers for Disbarment Give Details — The Libellous Publications in .“Town Topics.” On “Pistol Toters”--Chath am Superior Court Opens. Interesting Murder Trials Scheduled. New York, March 5.—The charges against Justice Deuel, as contained in the papers served on him for disbar ment, are signed by District Attorney Jerome and by Edward M. Shepard and James, W. Osborne, of Mr. Nor man Hapgood’s counsel. Portions jot Justice Deuel’s own testimony in the Hapgood trial are included in the pa pers in support Of the charges. . Tho“first-charge Ib. that Justice-Deu el, while he has been on the bench, since July 1, J895, has been in the bus iness of owning, managing, editing, nrintlng, canvassing, for and selling “Town Topics?’ “The Smart Set” and “Fads and Fancies,” and managing, di recting and controlling the Town Top ics Publishing Company, the Smart Set publishing Company, and the Printers tand Publishers Realty Com pany. It is-charged that Justice Deuel carried on such business enterprises, “well knowing he was forbidden by law to carry on the same or, any of them.” It is then fcharged that in “Town Tonics” there was containually pub lished “abusive, scandalous, salacious', scurrilous and libellous matter, as Jo seph M. Deuel well knew,” and that it was one of his functions to read such On Friday to be Guests of Albany-Names of Those Who Are in the Party. Following is n list of tho members of tho Rivers and Harbors Committee of tho national House of Representa tives who will spend next Friday morning in Albany: Hon. T. E. Burton, of Ohio, chairman of the committee; Representatives B. B. Dovener, of West Virgihla; R. P. Bishop, of Michigan; E. F. Acheson, of Pennsylvania; DeAlva S. Alexan der, of New York: G. P. Lawrence, of Massachusetts; J., H. Davidson, of Wisconsin; James McLachlln, of Cali fornia; William Lorimer, of Illinois; W. L. Jones, of Washington; J. A. Bede, of Minnesota; Edgar C.-Ellis, of ■Missouri; Rufus E. Lester, of Geor gia; J. H. Bankhead, of Alabama; S. M. Sparkman, of Florida; J. E. Rand- dell, of Louisiana; George F. Burgess, of Texas; Benjamin E. Humphreys, of Mississippi. This party Is scheduled to reach Al bany at 7:30 o'clock on Friday morn ing, the 9th Inst. fTh'e visitors- will remain in. the city until about 11 o’clock, and during the time of their sojourn will be in the hands of the local enteitainment committee. 1 In addition to those whose names appear above, Colonel Hepburn, of Iowa, chairman of tho Commerce Com mittee of *fhe House, Representatives Mann, of. Illinois, Richardson, of Ala bama, and Alexander, of New York, of the Rivers and Harbors Committee, and Representative Griggs, of this dis- Spcclal to The Herald. Savannah, Ga., March 5,,—The su perior court of Chatham ^county open ed this morning with Judge George T. Cann presiding. The judge charged the grand jury, and after it retired tho consideration of matters for the petit jury was taken up. One day- this week will be given up to the hearing of divorce cases. There will he about the usual number of -separations in Chatham this spring. . In his charge to the grand jury, Judge Cann. tJas particularly severe upon the practice of carrying con cealed weapons and the violations of the law against carrying concealed weapons. Much of the crime of the county can be charged against this evil. During the month there will, be sev eral murder trials, those of Tim Mc Bride and Sap Dwyer being the most important. They will be .tried for the murders growing out of the pistol duel in front of the city hall recently. McBride is charged with killing Babe Dwyer, the brother of Sap, and Sap Dwyer is charged with killing Patrick Kearney, a policeman. Go. NEW YORK AMERICANS SOUTHWARD BOUND. New York, March 5.—The New York American League baseball team leaves today for Birmingham, Ala., to begin spring practice. matter and so edit, phrase and modi fy it as to decrease the risk of civil or criminal liability of its authors; that it was part of the business of William D. Mann, Charles Stokes Wayne,. Moses Ellis 'Wooster' Robert A. Irving and others associated with him in the Town Topics Publishing Company , to compel the "payments of large sums by persons of supposed means or social standing in the com munity by means of threats that un less they subscribed to a book and paid for it an ‘exorbitant and extrava gant sum,’ or unless they paid for ad vertisements, matter derogatory to them would be published in “Town Topics," and that it was tho custom to publish in “Town Topics” deroga tory matter regarding persons who did not pay and to publish matter in praise of persons who did pay. Of such prac tices, the charges say, Justice Deuel “either knew or should have known, and by the exercise of due fcare and diligence could have known.” Mr. Jerome and the other petition ers to the appellate division ask that Justice Deuel be directed to make an swer to the charges, and that upon tho answer and the testimony submitted with the charges the appellate divis ion shall "decree such action in the premises as to it may seem just and proper.” It is expected that the appellate di vision will adopt the 'usual practice of sending the charges before a refefee for investigation, and that the referee will take the testimony before making a report. In such case Mr. Gans will conduct the prosecution of Justice Deuel before - the referee. Edward Lauterbach, it is understood, will de fend Justice Deuel. trict, will come -down .on the night train Thursday. They will leave Wash ington Wednesday night and reach Al bany at 11; 36 p. m. the following day. With this party will be Mrs. Hepburn, Mrs. Mann, Mrs.' Griggs and Mm AdaniBon. All arrangements for the entertain- rirent of the distinguished visitors are in the hands of the committees ap pointed by Mayor Rawson aud Presl dent Wesloskx. of tile Business League. The members of the party arriving Thursday night, as well as those who are to come in Friday morning, will he met at the depot by members of the. committee on entertainment. The three and a half hours of the stay of the committee in Albany will be full of “something doing” There will be a hurry trip to Blue Spring, a drive over the city and about tho sub urbs, pnd breakfast at the New Al bany, the drive probably taking place before the meal is served. The arrangements are now practi cally complete, and the full program will be published in The Herald not later than Thursday. Before the Supreme Court, Which Today Awarded Disputed Land' to the Latter State. Washington, March 6. — The., Su premo Court today decided the case of Louisiana against Mississippi, involv ing the water boundary line between the states, in favor of Louisiana. The dispute involved tho peninsula of St Bernard, aud the opinion held that the peninsula and adjacent islands were part of Louisiana. New YorK Congressman to Don Robes of the Grand Sachem Tonight—Was Se lected Month Ago. New York, March 6,—Congressman Bourke Gockran will be Installed as Grand Sachem of Tammany tonight at the Fourteenth street wigwam. Ho was elected by the Council of Thirteen two months ago, hut his installation has been Impossible before on account of his congressional duties. WILEY WILLIAMS NOT TO OPPOSE EVANS. Spr-vl to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., March 6.—It has just been announced officially that Captain Wiley Williams, chief of police of tho city of .Columbus', On., will not be a candidate against General Clement i'A. Evans for the office of prison , com missioner at the coming state pri mary. For a long time It has been understood that Captain WilliamB was thinking seriously of coming out against the general and the friends of the incumbent were moro or less dis turbed as a result, for Mr. Williams is genorally regarded as un exceed ingly strong man. m !£§ Steamer Goes to Save the Others Who Are Adrift in the Gulf of Fin* the N land. Cronstadt, Russia, March 6. —A block of ice from the Gulf of Finland, with 150 fishermen, has been driven ashbro here. A steamer has gone to the rescue of the remainder of the fish- Helsingfors, Finland, March 4.—It Is feared that 800 fishermen, with their families, who are afloat on the tee In tho Gulf of Finland, are doomed- to porlsh. A fortnight ago about 1,000 persons, who had with them their horses, were fishing off the East -Land, when the lee parted and waB driven by a storm into the Baltlo sea. Later the toe Bplit, the wind ohanged, to the ehet and yesterday a block on which thebe were 200 persons came ashore at FrederlckBEam. The fate of the othera Is unknown. Fifty Believed to be Lost. Trondhlom, Norway; Maroh 5.—Be side the eleven fishing boats already reported missing in the storm, several others are unaccounted for. The loss , ... I i of life is estimated at fifty. BILL GIVES ALASKA A REPRESENTATIVE. / House . Washington, March .6.—The today passed tho Senate bill providii for a delegate In Congress from All ka, ; ’ ■: ' LpNGWORTH RETURNS TO SEAT IN HOUSI WORTH COUNTY PRIMARY. Set by Executive Committee for the Second Wednesday In July. IS Distinguished Georgian and Confederate Veteran Pass ed Away This Morning in Atlanta. Special to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., March 5.—Major Liv ingston Mims died at his home on Peachtree street at 2 o’clock this morning. Major Mims had been in a critical condition for some hours preceding hi? death, and former announcements from tho sick room had prepared the people of Atlanta for the news. The deceased was one of tho most distinguished 'citizens of /'tlant.a. He had been mayor of tho city, and was for twenty years president of the Cap ital City Club. The funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. Major Mims' was one of the most widely known men in Georgia. He was an intimate friend of Jefferson Davis, and served with the Confeder ate armies throughout the civil war. Special to The Herald. Sylvester, Ga„ March 6.—Tho Coun ty Democratic Executive Committee met herd Saturday and fixed the sec ond Wednesday in July ah the date for the white primary for Worth coun ty. Tho same rules as adopted by the state committee were adonted by the county committee to govern the pri mary. | There are no contests, up to thlp *lmn, fpr any of t\io county offices ex cept that of representative, for which t.hreo candidates have already an nounced. Those,are Col. Claude Pi ton and Messrs. G. G. Fold and J. McPhaul. Each of those candidates enjoys promlnonco and wide popular ity, so a lively race is expected. Washington, March 6.—Represeu tive Longworth returned this i ing to his duties in the House,. B ecause 1 uyier s Candi les im itH deli- $60,000 CHURCH Excavations Benun for New St. Luke’s Church, Atlanta. / Special to Tho Herald. Atlanta, Ga., March 6.—Excavating for the foundation for the new St. Luke’s Episcopal church, which is to he erected on Peachtree street, be tween Currier and Pine, has been Be gun. The work will be carried for ward with all possible speed, as It Is the inteiitipn of the members of the J congregation to have the laying of the cornerstone calibrated with impres sive ceremonies on Easter Sunday. The church will probably be one of the handsomest Episcopal edifices ip the South. It Is to coot $60,000. Th\ lot was, bought last year. It cost $18,000. Country eggs—all fresh—20c doz. Phone 70. W. E. FIELDS. We sel| them. Fresh •shipments of these d " jcious confections are ceived weekly, 1, 2, and 5 pound boxes an .. i >6? ' Fancy Packages. -' . • : As with candy, so with everything. We sell onl; the best'. If you i the best^iyouTa! should come to Hilsman-Sale ffl ■IM