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' i VOLUME XV. ALBANY, GA* TUE8DAY AFTERNOON, MARCH ,13. 1906. NUMBER 121. > V '4k; 11 it 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. "■ •— ■ ' v ;. 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 S' 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. / 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 <* 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. . >* 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! HI 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. J ; vhJfcgj 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 E [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 ;‘ ( ' f -‘I the best your Jorders should come to INDSTINCT PRINT