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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA* TUE8DAY AFTERNOON, MARCH ,13. 1906.
NUMBER 121.
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In Rocky Mountain States**
Wind 60 Miles an Hour
at Salt Sake City-Much
Damage. \
Butte, Mont., March 13.—This state
last night was in the throes o£ one of
the worst blizzards of the winter. The
thermometer was 12 to 20 degrees be
low zero. Traffic and wire service are
badly crippled.
Salt Lake City, Utah, March 13.—
This city last night was .in the grasp
•of the worst storm in many years.
The wind attained a velocity of sixty
miles an hour, which worked great
damage. The wind was followed by
the fiercest blizzard ever seen here.
Street travel iB almost impossible this
morning, and only one telegraph wire
is working to outside points.
. Snow In Central Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio, March 13.—Snow is
falling steadily throughout Central
Ohio today. There is seven inches of
snow on the level here. Farmers are
finding it difficult to feed their stock.
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Snow Heavy In Iowa.
DeB Moines, March 13.—A heavy
snowstorm struck this state early to
day, and is Increasing in severity.
Trains, so far, have not been, delayed,
but Jfiis cannot continue long. It is
reported that the storm is general all
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over the state.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
DIED THIS MORNING.
Rochester, N. 7., March 13.—Susan
fe, Anthony died at an early hour this
morning, 86 years old. Death ended
a 24-hour period of unconsciousness.
Alt any
Machinery
Co.
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A. E. Battle, Night Watch
man, Lay Alone in Dying
Condition For Five Hours
Last Night
A strange and tragic death over
took A. E. Battle last night. ,
Battle was 69 years of age, and dur
ing the several years of his residence
in Albany bad been in the employ of
the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., as
night watchman at their plant in the
western part of the city.
Yesterday evening he went on duty
as usual, just as the day employes
were leaving the premises. At 10 min
utes to 6 o’clock he was the only per
son in ^he grounds.
Watchman Battle carried a large
Colts revolver. He had occasion to
take it from his pocket a few minutes
before 6 o'clock, and accidentally
dropped it. As the weapon struck the
ground it was discharged, the ball
striking Battle in the right hip,
through which it passed, ranging up
ward toward the abdomen.
The injury was of Buch a nature as
to completely disable the wounded
man, and he was neither able to rise
from the ground, nor,'’on account of
his weakness, to make himself heard
by persons living in the vicinity of
the plant.
For five long hours the wounded
manway where he had fallen. A great
deal of blood flowed from the gaping
hole in his hip, and he realized That
death was'near.- At11 o’clock.a Cen
tral switch engine entered the grounds
and the wounded watchman was found
by the crew.
He was carried to his home near
the west end of Pine street. Dr. A. H.
Hilsman was summoned, and found
Battle in a dying condition, the bullet
having penetrated vital organs in the
abdomen. The wounded man died at
2 o’clock, but was able to give an ac
count of the accident before he lost
consciousness.
The deceased was highly esteemed
by the officers of the company for
which he worked, and many friends
mourn his death. He is survived by
a wife, and George Battle, until re
cently of this city, but now of Tampa,
Fla., is a son. 1
WITH NO HAND
ON THROTTLE
Engine Plunged Along the Rails, the
Engineer Having Been Killed.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., March 13.—"While lean
ing out of his cab Window on an en
gine pulling a Southern train through
a cut near Greenville, S. C., Sunday
afternoon, H. D. Spinks, of Atlanta, a
veteran engineer, was struck on the
back of the head by a projecting boul
der. He was looking toward the rear
of his train, His skull was crushed
and his body dragged from the cab.
It fell Ao the side of the track.
For three miles the locomotive with
out a master plunged along over the
rails, The fireman, failing to hear the
whistle blow for a familiar blow-post,
investigated and found his engineer
missing. He gave the whistle cord
two. quick -pulls, called the conductor
forward, and the train was stopped
and run back to where the dead body
lay. It was taken to Greenville and
brought back to Atlanta yesterday. •
Saturday night before he left home
for his regular run, Engineer Spinks
got his little daughter to / play bis-fa
vorite hymn—“God be with you till we
meet again.” In the laBt twelve years
four tragic deaths have occurred in
the Spinks family.
Results in Order Granting
Speedy Hearing for Per
sons Ar^sted for Politi
cal Offenses in Russia.
St. Petersburg, March 13.—The gov
ernment has issued a circular fo the
provincial governors instructing that
persons arrested for political offenses
must be confronted with charges and
allowed to make explanations within
twenty-fouy hours.
The order results from a tremen
dous outcry against the arbitrary ac
tion of local authorities in arresting
suspects and holding them without
trial, or exiling by administrative or
ders. More than 70,000 perspns have
been arrested in European Russia
since the government began Its active
campaign against the revolutionists.
Following Her Release From
Custody Yesterday on
$5,000 Bond—Strangers
Signed Bond.
Special to The Herald.
'Atlanta, Ga., March 13.—After hav
ing been bound over to the Fulton su
perior, oburt on a charge of murder'for-
killing her sister, Mrs. Willie Standi-
fCr, as announced briefly in a special
dispatch to The Herald, was yester
day afternoon released from custody
on a $6,000 bond signed by W. U. Cot
ton, her brother-in-law, and R. A. Gor
don and A..W. Reid, the last two be
ing strangers to her.
After’ her release, Mrs. Standifer
held an impromptu reception in tire
sheriff’s office. She left the court
house in a cab, going to her home at
No. 203 West Alexander street. She
carried her sick baby, and was accom
panied by her brother, Ross Whise-
nant, of Gadsden, Ala., who says he,
will remain at her. home as a protec--
tor until her trial comes up. ’
The application for bail wa3 made
yesterday morning by Mts. Standifer’s
attorneys, George Westmoreland and
Madison Beil, the latter one of the
representatives from Fulton county in
the Georgia general assembly., Judge
Roan, before whom the application was
made, set the hearing on the petition
for the afternoon. It was represented
to him that the woman’s health was
shattered and that It was very neces
sary that she be given freedom until
her case is taken up in regular order,
first by the grand jury and then by the
superior court in the event the grand
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jury returns an indictment against her.
County Physician Richardson testified
that Mrs. Standifer has consumption.
Friday morning laBt, Mrs. Standifer
went to the home of her 19-year-ofil
sister, Miss Chappell Whisenant, on
the Boulevard, and fired four bullets
Into the young woman's body, killing
her almost instantly. The cause of
the killing was Mrs. Standifer’s hus
band's attentions to her young sister.
Standifer and Miss Whisenant. had
been for a carriage ride about town
Thursday night Miss Whisenant was
taken home at about 1 o'clock Friday
morning. Mrs. Standifer heard of the
ride and went at once to her sister’s
home. Standifer was arrested along
with his wife. He admitted bis affec
tion for the slain girl. In police court
Saturday Standifer was bound over to
the superior court on $1,000 bond on
a charge of Immoral conduct .He de
clared his relations with the girl were
proper.
This and Other Matters of
Importance Considered at
Regular Council Meeting
Last Night.
At the regular meeting of the City
Council last night, Mayor Rawson and
Aldermen Tarver, Clark, Ehrlich, R. L.
Jones and P. H. Jones were present
to give attention to municipal busk
ness.
The usual number of monthly re
ports of city officers, building permits,
bills, dray and back bonds, etc.,
claimed attention, the report of the
marshal showing collections of fineB
amounting to $628 during the month
of February.
A letter of W. J. Willingham was
read, asking if the city would donate
two acres of land with railway front
age to petitioner if the latter would
erect thereon a manufacturing plant
turning out products annually to the
value of $60,000. The clerk was in
structed to ask Mr. Willingham for
more definite information. When thiB
is received, the proposition will he
passed upon. ' . (
Mayor Rawson called attention to
the condition of the water main on
Flint street, east of Washington, which
will have to be taken up and replaced
by a new one. The work will be done
under direction of the street commit
tee.
Attention waB called £o the condi
tion of.railroad-tracks, on-Nortlf street
atithe intersection of Washington. The
rails are now a foot and a half higher
than the paving on Washington street,
and will accordingly have to be low
ered. The reads at interest will be
notified that this work will have to be
done at once, as Washington street
will shortly be opened to traffic.
The license of parties engaging in
paving operations was placed at $10
per annum. , '
The matter of having the newly an
nexed territory surveyed for the pur
pose of locating street lines..and cor
ners, was discussed at some length,
it was agreed that this work would
have to be done at once, and the.mat-
ter was placed in the hands of the
street committee, whjch will make
such arrangements, aa may be neces
sary to secure the services of a sur
veyor. it will also be necessary to
locate lines at certain points in the
old portion of the city.
The members present last night dis
cussed at some length the financial
condition of the city. It appears at
thiB distance that at the end of the
year there will be a considerable dis
crepancy between the receipts and ex
penditures of the municipal govern
ment, the balance being on the wrong
side and causing a deficit at the be
ginning of the new year. A number
of purchases will have to be made, in.
eluding some new muleB and carts and
a street sweeper for the street de
partment, and other things.
In view of what was said last flight,
Council will be rather disposed to
economy during the rest of the year.
It waa the opinion of every member
present at the meeting that a census
of the city is badly needed, but no defi
nite action in the matter was taken.
The census will’ probably be author
ized, however, at an early meeting.
The matter of erecting a stable and
other necessary buildings on the lot
recently purchased try the city for that
purpose was referred to the contract
and street committees, as was the mat
ter of purchasing a street sweeper.
Don’t forget the meeting of Bm>lness
League at the City Hall tonight.
To Mississippi Sole ns—“De
mocracy” His Theme-
Declares 'Party Has Im<
portant WorK to Do.
Jackson, Miss., March 13.—Judge Al
ton B. Parker delivered an address on
Democracy" before a joint convention
of the state legislature here today,
Judge Parker was introduced by Chief
Justice Whitfield, of the Supreme
Court About one thousand persons
heard the address.
No Democrats Have Become Real
Boases. , ,
At jmc stage of his address, Judge
Parker said:
'It is one of the natural, but inter
esting, and often overlooked, facts of
political history, that, with all the de
velopment of ‘bosses’ throughout the
Country, during the past generation,
there is no instance where, In any
state, a Democrat has come to the
front with the will and the opportunity
to UBe public power or revenues to en
rich himself, or his henchmen, or his
followers. It is alBO true that,'in-no
more than three or four citlOB, has
this rank and foul ex'eresoence been
able to gain a hold, to grow and to
flourish for any considerable time In
the Democratic party.
'No claim need be made that this
is an illustration of party virtue; but
it is true that never in its, history has
the party been so allied with monop
oly aB to attract its agents. As It has
had-no public favors to sell,, it could
not demand that any of the pipps from
the reservoir of bribery - should-, be
turned, its way. It has; therefore, al
ways had to depend upon ' contribu
tions, from its Individual members, for
heeded campaign funds, and—even if
neither, principle nor morality were
involved—it could make no more seri
ous mistake than to enter the auction
mart for votes."
He concluded his address as fol
lows ;
' ’’As Democrats we have much work
to do. of a serious kind. We bave.only
the smallest responsibility for the fun
damental evilB which have put into
peril the great moral heritage of our
people. We ha-ye never bought or sold
options In the market of privilege or
monopoly. We can not gala or regain
power by subterfuges, and we ought
not to do so. If we have no princi
ples fixed Immutably upon Jde^s, and
genuine attachments to the public in
terests, we shall then be without hope.
If we can not now see how vital a
moral issue may he made on the side
of''both policy and righteousness, then
we may as well abandon the field, and
let either the corruptionist and the
monopolist, or the radical, the destruc
tive and the anarchist, have their way.
Our history, our tradition?, even our
Weaknesses, have always represented
the antithesis of these, and we. may
feel sure that, if we but do our duty,
a better fate than thiB Is in Btore for
UB."
WAGE SCALE ACCEPTED
By Representatives of Telegraphers
and Station Agents of the Southern
Railroad.
Washington, March 13.—A commit
tee of five, representing the telegraph
ers and station agents of the Southern
Railway, last night agreed to accept
the wage scale'of the road. As agreed
upon, the scale does not contemplate a
maximum or a minimum wage, but has
been adjusted to fit each Individual
case.
DRY DOCK
On Account of Repairs at Las Palmas,
Canary Islands. .
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Washington, March 13. —,A cable
gram from Commander Hosley says
that the repairs on the dry dock
“Dewey” Were delayed at Las Palmas,
Canary Islands. They are expected
to be finished next Fliday.
Countess deCastellane Has
Amended Her Petition**
Prays for Temporary Cus
tody of Children.
Paris, March 13.—The Countess de
Castellano appeared today before the
president of the Civil Tribunal of the
Seine and asked permission to amend
her application for separation from
her husband, Count Bonl de Castel-
lane,, so that the decree will give her
an absolute divorce. She also asked
for a separate domi&Ie and the ’cus- -
tody of her children pending, further
legal proceedings.
1,212 VICTIM!
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Latest Figures Confirm the
First Estimate of Awful
WorK of Courrieres Mine
Explosion.
Paris, March 13.—The latest flgui-es
show that there were 1,212 victims ol <
the Courrieres mine explosion Satur
day.
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Hundreds of funerals are being held
today in the towns surrounding Cour-
riereB. ■_ '
The German Westphalian rescue
crew today recovered twenty-six more
hnttno 1 av/tl,,.. .--.(cn tn. , 4 onion.
bodies, exciting praise for' its .splen-
'did work,
Fresh Dally.
Water-ground meal, grits and chops.
Corn and oats for sale, at Shackel
ford’s Mill. 3-13-tf
B
ecause
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[uyler s
Candies
Are t
lie
Best.
mm
We sell them.' Fresh
shipments of these deli-
cions confections are re
ceived weekly, 1, 2, 3
and 5 pound boxes and
Fancy Packages.
As with candy, so with
everything. [We sell only
the best. [If |you want
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the best your Jorders
should come to
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