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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 10, 1906.
NUMBER 119. ■
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In New YorK Tenderloin**
Raid Directed by District
Attorney Jerome
Campaign.
New York, March 10.—By direction
of District Attorney Jerome, a flat in
the Tenderloin district was raided last
night as the preliminary to a cam
paign against a hand of negroes who,
it is alleged, have been abducting, as
saulting and keeping young women,
white and black, in places of evil re
sort. The police claim the existence
of a syndicate of resorts patronized
by negro men, where white women are
forcibly detained.
NO ANNOUNCEMENT OF
FRENCH CABINET.
Although M. Sarien Lunched With
President Fallleres This Morning.
Paris, Mareh 10.—President Fall-
ieres today recevied M. Sarien and M.
Borgeois, who lunched with the Pres
ident, but ho definite announcement
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is made whether Sarien will under
take to form a new cabinet.
Sarrlen Undertakes to Form Cabinet.
Paris, March 10.—M. Sarrien has ac
cepted the task of forming a new min
istry, after securing the consent of M.
Bourgeois and M. Poincaire to take
portfolios.
Services All Next Week.
■ The Herald Is requested to give-no
tice that the ladies of the Baptist
church will hold prayer services at
the church five afternoons next week,
beginning Monday and continuing
through Friday. The hour announced
is 3:40 o’clock, and all the lady mem
bers of the church are urged to at
tend.
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For
Will Be Given First Hearing
in Recorder’s Court This
Afternoon—To Hold Stan*
difer.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., March 10.—Mrs. Willie
Standifer will be arraigned before Re
corder Broyles this afternoon, charged
with disorderly conduct and discharg
ing firearms in the city. She will
probably be bound over on a charge
of murder. Her husband will he ar
raigned on a charge of adultery. The
coroner thinks an inquest is unneces
sary.
The immediate cause of the killing
of Miss Chappell Whisenant, aged 19,
by her married sister, Mrs. Willie
Standifer, yesterday, seems to have
been a midnight carriage ride which
Standifer, the woman’s’ husband, and
Miss Whisenant, took Thursday. Stan
difer admits that the ride was taken.
The vehicle was driven by Jim Bilbro,
a negro, and he was submitted to a
line of questioning yesterday by mem
bers of the detective department. The
negro gave a detailed statement telling
exactly where he took the couple on
the drive. Among other things, he
paid he drove to a certain house In
the local Tenderloin.
When questioned about this, Standi
fer indignantly denied that he had
taken Miss Whisenant to any ques
tionable resort. He admitted visiting
the community as stated, but declared
the trip was made after he had seen
the young woman safely to the home
of her sister, with whom she was stop
ping.
This is. what Standifer says about
the dead girl: “1 had known Chappell
all her life. My wife and 1 were mar
ried about three years ago. 1 loved
Chappell. 1 won’t deny that, but it
was a pure love. 1 had taken her to
the theatre several times. Thursday
night 1 went to ride with her, and took
her home about 1 o’clock Friday
morning. Often I saw her. But 1
swear our relations were of the pur-
est.”
He admitted having written to the
girl, and to having received letters
from her.
Mrs. Standifer appears .perfectly
calm 'when telling of the tragedy in
which she was one of the chief prin
cipals. She says that about a year
ago, when Bhe was on a visit to Gads
den, Ala., her husband and her sister
began the attachment which ended
yesterday in the death of the sister.
“I have pleaded with both my hus
band and my sister to cease their sin
ful attentions to each other, but with
out the desired result,” said she.
“Time and again I warned them that
I could not, for my baby’s sake, if for
no other reason, permit a scandal, and
they always promised that there would
be a change in their conduct, put
these statements were made only to
be broken. My siBter has even come
to me to ask me to let my husband
conduct her to various places, but I
always indignantly refused.”
She says that after she learned of
the midnight ride of Thursday she
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went to her sister, pleaded with her
to give up Standifer and then asked
her to accompany her home so as to
be brought face to face with the hus
band. The girl refused. Then Mrs.
Standifer drew her revolver and fired
five times at her sister. Four of the
bullets entered the young woman’s
body. The-fifth made a flesh wound
and crashed into a-mirror before which
she was standing combing her hair.
Miss Whisenant was to have been
married next Wednesday to J. E. Sit-
ton, of Seneca, S. C, A telegram was
received yesterday afternoon from Sit-
ton saying he desired to make no
statement He said he had known the
young woman but a short time.
CHILDREN SLAIN
In Attack on Mount Dajo-Mingled With
Warriors During the Battle.
MANILA, Mareh 10.—The wounds received by Lieut. Gordon Johnston
during the recent battle with Moros at Mount Dajo are severe, a slug
passing through his right shoulder. He performed a gallant deed in scal
ing the wall of the crater, and was blown oif the parapet by an artillery
explosion.
The federal troops and constabulary formed in three columns, ad-
vancing'by three trails against the Moro stronghold.
Women and Children Were Slain.
An unofficial report says that the families of the Moros remained in
the village in the center of the crater, and women and children mingled
with the warriors during the battle, so that it was impossible to discrim
inate, and all were killed in the fierce onslaught. General Wood is not
available at present to confirm or deny the report.
An Associated Press dispatch from, Zamboanga says the attack on
Mount Dajo commenced on Monday. There were four days of hard fight
ing, during which, it is estimated, nine hundred persons were killed or
wounded.
T FOR
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At Newton Awarded by the
Commissioners of BaKer
County - • Direct Tax if
Bonds Not Authorized.
Special to The Herald.
Newton, Ga., March 9.—The county
commissioners of Baker county, &t a
meeting here yesterday, awarded a
contract for the erection of Baker’s
new court house.
There were five bids, and they
ranged , from $26,000 to $29,000. The
lowest was that of the Atlanta. Fire
proofing Co., and to that Concern the
contract was awarded.
The board of commisisoners has
called an election -to he held on the
14th of April, at which time the quali
fied voters of the county will be given
an opportunity to authorize the issue
of court house bonds in the sum of
$26,000. It -is hoped that the bonds
will be duly authorized, but in the
event the necessary vote is not regis
tered the commissioners will levy ahd
collect a direct tax for the purpose of
paying for the new temple of justice.
Baker county has long needed a new
court house, and there is general sat
isfaction that the prospect is so good
for the erection of a handsomd build
ing during the present year.
A SUCCESSOR TO
JUSTICE BROWN
Has Not Yet Been Decided Upon by
President Roosevelt.
Washington, March 10. — Secretary
Taft today made the following state
ment:
"I am authorized by the President
to say that he has made no decision
as to the selection of any one to suc
ceed Associate Justice Brown. He has
been in consultation with Secretary
Root, Attorney-General Moody and my
self, the three lawyers of the Cabinet,
and no decision has been reached.'’
NORMAL CONDITIONS
AGAIN IN MANCHURIA.
Washington, March 10.—The State
Department has received a cable re
port from a trusted source in Man
churia that commerce and trade fEere
are approaching normal conditions,
and that the Japanese troops will be
entirely out of Manchuria In a few
days, when the country will he opened
to the .world.
HAGGATT IS NEW
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA.
Washington, March 10.—The Presi
dent today announced that he had de
cided to appoint Wilfred B. Haggatt
governor of Alaska. Haggatt Is a resi-
| dent of Juneau, and succeeds John G.
Brady, resigned.
Gives Assurance That 18th
Assembly will be One of
the Greatest in Associa
tion’s History.
The program of the eighteenth an
nual assembly of the Georgia Chau
tauqua has been completed and will
jbe-publlshed ln.'The. Herald next week.
In view of the past achievements of
this splendid moral and educatlohal
Institution of Southwest Georgia, Its
friends and patrons can not be ex
pected to look forward to anything
less than an unqualified success for
the approaching assembly. A study
of the program leaves no room for
misgivings on this score. The names
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appearing in the list of teachers and
entertainers is one which would lend
luster and dignity to any program or
Institution.
The assembly, as has already been
stated in these columns, will open on
Sunday, April 22. The annual bacca
laureate sermon will be delivered by
1he Rev. Dr. Eckman, of New York,
one of the most eminent divines of
the metropolis. Dr. Eckman will also
be in charge of the Bible Normal
work, and will lecture on -Tuesday
evening.
Bishop John H. Vincent, of New York,
the founder of Chautauqua, and one
of the foremost men cf thought in the
country, will be one ol the bright par
ticular stars of the assembly. He will
deliver a lecture and preach the clos
ing sermon on Sunday, the 29th.
Miss Ida Virginia Smith, of Indian
apolis, will he in charge of the physi
cal culture department, which will
open March 26. There is reason to
believe that the patronage of thie de
partment this season will be larger
than ever. Miss Smith Is a director
of experience, and the management is
fortunate in having been able to se
cure her services.
The teachers’ institute will be in
progress throughout the week, and
will he under the direct supervision
of State School Commissioner W. B.
Merritt, who will be ably assisted hy
Superintendent Lawton B. Evans, of
the public schools of Augusta. A num
ber of counties will Join In the Insti
tute.
The musical department will be un
der the direction of .Dr. Alfred Hallam,
musical director cf the New York
Chautauqua, one of the foremost men
of his profession In the country. Ho
will he assisted by a full orchestra,
and the assembly soloist will he Miss
Christine L. Giles. It’Is planned to
have the largest chorus In the history
of the Georgia Chautauqua.
Particular attention will be paid to
Three Prisoners Who TooK
Part in Murderous Mu
tiny at Jefferson City
Must Swing.
Jefferson City, Mo., March 10.—The
condemned convicts, Henry Vaughn,
George Ryan and Ed. Raymond, found
guilty of the murder of Prison Guard
Clay in the prison mutiny last Novem
ber, were sentenced today to be hanged
April 20th. The presiding Judge ov
erruled motion for a new trial, and
passed sentence. An appeal was
granted to the supreme court.
VERDICT
In the Dyer Case, Which
Went to the Jury Yester
day Afternoon*-Mistrial
Expected.
Paris, March 10.—A terrible catas
trophe has occurred at the great coal
mine in the Courriere district, eigh
teen miles from Bethune. An explo
sion of gas killed many miners, and
three chambers of the mine- are burn
ing. The number of victims is not
known, but 1,800 miners descended
into the pit this morning to begin
work.
The explosion occurred at 7 o’clock
this morning. ,Tbe flrBt reports reach
ing the minister of public works an
nounced that It was Impossible to es
timate, even approximately, the num
ber of victims, but It is hoped moot of
the miners sought refuge in the lat
eral galleries. No further Information
has been received. The government
at once took measures for the relief
of the families of the victims.
8peelal to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., March 10.—The case
against Timothy McBride went to the
Jury in the Superior Court today about
noon.. Up to 3 o’clock this afternoon
no verdict hid been rendered. It is
expected that .it will require some time
for the jury to reach a conclusion, If,
It does so at all,
' The case has attratced the greatest
attention, iu this section of the state,
The defendant, when he, went upon
the stand, expressed doubt as to
whether he had killed Dyer at all. It
will be recalled that he was charged
with killing Dyer during a fusilade of
shots that were fired In front, of the
city hall, the trouble being caused hy
polities. The young man further
claimed, as was anticipated in these
dispatches, that he believed he was
shooting to protect his father’s life.
, The arguments began in the case
yesterday afternoon, after Judge Cann
had received a notice that one of the
Jurors was related by marriage to the
defendant. This was Investigated and
found to be untrue.
Mr. F. M. Oliver, attorney 'for th#
defense, opened the argument yester
day afternoon. He spoke for some
time. His contention was almdst sole
ly that the shooting was done by Mc
Bride because he believed that his fa
ther was about to be killed.
Mr. W. C. Hartridge, employed by
the prosecution, mafic the principal
speech for the state. He contended
that McBride ran out of the city hall
and shot down Babe Dyer, who was
unarmed, and that the crime was mur
der.
Judge H. D. D. Twiggs made a very
powerful plea for his client. Assistant
Solicitor-General Charlton also spoke
for the state.
The failure of the Jury to agree up
on a verdict in a reasonable time em
phasises the belief that a mistrial will
result.
the C. L. 8. C. work, which will draw
Inspiration from the presence of Bish
op Vincent.
In addition to those whose names
appear above, Dr.-W. t. Duncan; Hon.
Champ Clark, of Missouri;. Governor
Jos. A. Terrell, Mr. L. P. Hillyer; Hon.
Edgar Wright, of Alabama; President
Charles Lee-Smith, of Mercer Univer
sity; Ralph Bingham; Henry Blount,
“The Apostle of Sunshine,” and others
will be heard during tlic week.
Governor’s and-Military Day will be
on iWednesday, and Mpnday will ue
‘devoted to the' Chautauqua medal con
tests.
' On the whole, it promises to be a
delightful Chautauqua, and one which
the whole section will enjoy.
The full program will be
next. week.
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1,800 Men Descended Fit
This Morning-Explosion
Killed Number Which
Cannot be Determined.
WOODWARD NOT TO
RUN FOR LEGISLATURE.
Atlanta's Mayor Peolares There Is No
Foundation for the Report.
'riiy
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., March 10. — Mayor
Woodward emphatically dentes the re
port that he ha^ any Idea of running
.Uor the legislature. A Story to the, ef
fect that he had aspirations in
direction was printed yesterday.' It Is
known that friends of the mayor have
been to him and urged him to make
the race from this county, but that
they failed in their efforts is certain
in view of the statement made yester
day by Mr. Woodward that there was
absolutely no foundation for the sur
mise that he might he a candidate.
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