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VOLUME,XV. ALBANY, QA* WEDNE8DAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 14, 1906. NUMBER 122. Warehouse of the Inmans, Compress of Atlanta Com* press Company and 700 Bales Cotton Burned. Tocooa, Ga., March 14.—A fire, ot unknown origin, early today destroyed the cotton platform and warehouse of Inman, Akers & Inman, the compress of the Atlanta Compress Company, and seven freight cars; also, seven hun dred bales of cotton. The loss is esti mated at 6160,'000, fully insured. JURY’S RECOMMENDATION IGNORED BY JUDGE. Judge Cann, of Savannah, Gave a Ne gro Robber a Surprise. 8peclal to The Herald. Savannah, Ga., March 14. — Judge George T. Cann gave a negro robber a surprise in the superior court yester day. The negro, whose name is Hen ry Plckney, had been convicted of as sisting in robbing a Greek. The jury recommended that he be punished as for a misdemeanor. The judge would not stand for that, however, and in stead of giving the defendant a year on the chain gang, he gave him twenty years. It is the first time in .a long while that a recommendation haB been disregarded‘in the courts of Savannah, SENATE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT MOUNT DAJO. Washington, March 14.—The Senate today adopted a resolution requesting the Secretary of War to send to the Senate copies of all reports on the re cent attack by IJiiited States troops on Mount Da jo, near Jolo, in the Philip pine Islands. Fresh Daily. Water-ground meal, grits and chops. Corn and oats for' sale, at Shackel ford's' Mill. ' ' 3-13-tf FOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP PLAN For Street Railway System Business Men Vote-Other Important Matters at Business League Meeting. Seventy-five members of the Albany Business League who were, present at the regular monthly meeting at the city hall last night applauded enthu siastically when Mr. Joseph S. Davis, cashier of the First National Bank, suggested that a committee he ap pointed to investigate the municipal ownership of street railways in Al bany. Mr., Davis’s motion promptly re ceived a second and was carried with out a dissenting vote. The committee appointed by President Weslosky, who presided, is composed of Messrs. Jos eph Davis, chairman; J. P. Clark and " J. Jones. ThiB committee will in vestigate this important matter fully and will report to the League at its next regular monthly meeting in April. But this was not the only interest ing and important thing that came up at last night’s meeting. The report of Secretary Betjeman on the work of the League since its organization was most interesting. It gave those pres ent an idea of the great work that this organization has undertaken for Al bany. Mr. Betjeman stated that there had been about forty factory proposi tions submitted to the League by man ufacturers desiring to locate in the South. Of these he was still in cor respondence with a large woolen mill, a shoe factory, a cotton print factory, a cement factory, a canning factory, and several others. , Tljp proposition of a Northern man ufacturer who desires to bring a large woolen mill to Albany was presented in.-dfefinite shape. This manufacturer proposes to move a $150,000 woolen mill to this city if the people of Al bany w,ill subscribe to the capital stock of the mill the amount of 650,-' 000. The sense of the meeting last night was .expressed by resolution as favoring the woolen mill" proposition, and the secretary was instructed to advise the party at interest that the Albany' Business League would raise stock to the amount of one-third of the capital stock, provided further Investi gations were convincing that the mer its Of his proposition were entirely up to his representations. One of the most Interesting features of the meeting was the report of M r. Joseph S.Pavis on the entertainment of the Rivers and Harbors Committee of Congress, which paid a visit to the city last week and which was enter tained by the City Council and the Albany Business League. Mr. DaviB, acting as Albany’s representative, ac companied the party to Columbus and from that point down the river to Apa lachicola. Mr. Davis stated that he could not see any prospect for immediate and startling results from this vlBlt in the matter of appropriations for the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers, as there were projects now outlined by the gov ernment’s engineers which would cost more than $600,000,000, and the com mittee had been unable to secure from Congress during the last nineteen years a river and harbor appropria tion of more than $17,000,000. The proper improvement of the Flint, according to the opinion of en gineers, would be to build locks and dams, and this work would cost $1,000,- 000, and $15,000 per year for mainte nance. Another interesting fact that Mr. Davis learned was that, whereas north ern and western rivers were given ap propriations amounting to only about 40 to 60 cents per ton on the com merce carried over their waterB. Judge Griggs had secured for the Flint river an annual appropriation amount ing to $8 per ton. There is no doubt that these great improvements will be made eventual ly, but the members of the congres sional committee feel that Albany can hasten this work best by joining with the people on other waterways in an effort to influence public opinion to favor larger appropriations for-.river and harbor improvements, and In that way enable the committee to secure much larger appropriation bills. For Ihe present the principal good.-the liver can accomplish for. Albany’ is'to he used as a lever to' depress freight rates, which can be easily accom plished If a boat line, of however small tonnage, : is put on the river and a regular schedule maintained. The meeting last night was largely attended, mut it is a pity" that every man in the city was not present to hear just what the Albany Business League is doing for the. advancement of Albany. John S. Sharp, a Prominent Citizen, Assassinated in His Own Yard Last Night. ' Waycross, Ga., March 14.—Mr. John S. Sharp, one jpf the most prominent and largest reaftestate owners of Way- cross, was assassinated in his own yard on lower Plant^avenue last night at 8:15 o’clock. Mr. Sharp’s family had gone to church, and the horrible deed was not known until his wife and children re turned from church, about 9 o’clock, when they found his bpdy and gave the alarm. Neighbors heard the shoot ing and heard screams in the direction of the gun reports, but thought no more of tile matter until the dead body waB discovered. The assassin, is seems, was hidden imder the front steps, and as Mr. Sharp stepped out and started through the yard, two loads of buckshot were fired into his back, killing him almost instantly. As soon as the news of the assasina- tion became known, great crowds gath ered on the scene and-ivlewed the body, which was not disturbed until the cor oner could Arrive and hold an inquest mmr fho romolnfl over the remains. The coroner’s inquest came to an end about 11:30 o’clock. There w& no evidence introduced as to who com mitted the crime. Neighbors testified that they-hwfi.Mr.' siatp scr&ni just before the gunshot reports. The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death by gunshot wounds in £he> hands of a pOrson or persons unknown. Officers are at work on the case. ' John S. Sharp was about 50 years old, and had been a resident of Way- cross for several years. He came here from Jasper, Fla., and was married in to one of the best and most influential families in South Georgia. For some time he was editor of the Waycross Evening Herald, but for the last few years he was not actively engaged in business, his time being taken up in looking after his real estate. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and was a past chancellor ccjmmander of the lodge here. AN ATLANTA PHYSICIAN AND HIS AUTOMOBILE. 8pecial to The Herald. • Atlanta, Ga„ March 14.—As,a result of a collslon Friday afternoon between an automobile and a bicycle. In which, H. M.’ Nichols, assistant court reporter of Fulton county, was painfully in jured, Dr. E. M. Coleman, a well- known physician, was fined $25.75 by the recorder and had his automobile license taken from him for a period of sixty days. This was the first case tried in the police court under thd new city automobile ordinance. SENATOR DEPEW IS AT NEW YORK HOME. Rumorh as to Hla Condition ai Whereabouts Set at Rest New York, March 14. — Senat 'Chauncey Depew, about whose wher abouts there has been much specula tion during the last few days, is at': home here.' It is stated that he is fined to his home with a slight col) and that his condition at no time been serious. He is expected to turn to Washington by the close of i week. /• CONFERENCE Details of Police and Bank Questions Can Not Be Settled by Delegates. ALGECIRAS, March 14.—The Moroccan conference has reached, the peculiar stage where it is completely helpless to solve the deadlock which has arisen over the remaining details of the police and bank ques tions. The sessions are temporarily suspended without knowing when they will he resumed. The Freneh and German delegates are hound by Instructions and are unable to make further concessions. The conference, not having legislative -or judicial powers, can not settle the differences by a majority. The delegates from neutral powers recognize that the conference is unable to get out of the present difficulty by itself, and it remains for the governments themselves to Intervene for the purpose of reaching an agreement. . A GREAT RIVER OE LAVA \ FLOWING INTO TRE SEA. Volcano on One of the Samoan Islands in Eruption—Villages Destroyed. Paris, March 14.—The, new-ministry today outlined Its policy, saying that the government intends to carry out the church and state -separation law with inflexible firmness and establish the responsibility for the recent resist ance to taking inventories. Concerning Morocco, the new min istry intends to follow the policy of the preceding ministry, hoping that the equity and dignity of that position will permit an early and satisfactory solution. ' HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 14.—The officers of the steamer Sierra, which has arrived here from Sydney, New South Wales, via Samoa, report that the eruption of the volcano on the Island of Sava!!, of the Samoan group, continues on a large scale. Three villages have been completely destroyed. Where was located the finest cocoa plantation on the iBland, the residences of A. King and G. Barleley have been re duced to Tuine and are a total lose. The lava from the volcano is flowing ihto the ocean In a stream three- quarters of a mile wide and twenty feet deep, at the rate of twenty .feet an hour. At night a solid wall of molten lava oan be seen reaching far out into the sea. For some distance the sea water is Boiling and the surf breaking over the fiery stream. ■ - ■ The government recently chartered the Bteamer Maori to remove women and children from the zone of danger. , FOR ATTACK ON CantoN, Ci-iinA, Mardli 34.-*—Thejeider of -the rebellion'iiwK-iang- Si prbvihce and three others implicated in the attack, on the house of Rev.. Andrew Beatty, the American mistionary at Fati, in February, Andrew Beatty, the American misrionary at Fati, were; beheaded last Monday. Minnesota Congressman is Warned by Head of G. A, R. Not to Cut Salaries of Veterans. Washington, March f4,—‘‘Corporal’’ Tanner, commander-in-chief of the Q. A.-R„ has written a letter to Repre sentative James A. Tawney, of Minne sota, chairman of the committee on appropriations, protesting vigorously against the action of Mr. Tawney’s committee in recommending the en actment of a law reducing the compen sation of government clerks after they have attained the age of 66 years. ''Corporal’’ Tanner writes particular ly in behalf of his comrades of the G. A. R., many of whom, now employed in the government service, would be affected seriously by the proposed cut in compensation. "Corporal” Tanner says: “My pegr'Mr. Chairman: "There is a dead line in legislation respecting the saviours of the nation as perfectly marked as at Anderson- vllle, bpyppd which no enemy may go. Let me bee you to pause before yoq attempt* to cross it under the belief that the country is asleep apd to have only words ot praise for the bridge that ipany times and oft has carried yqp w safety, and, like the belfry, in the market place of Bruges, ‘thrice ^(jrnpd down and thrice rebuilfled, still Watches, o’er the town/ •iypu may pass this unjupt, cruel, law while the staff remain rooks the wor) if,’~domlnates the affairs of the nation. 1 write not In anger, but in deep, sorrow, for it is my. coun try apd my comrades with whom I’ve eo lohg touched elbows In whose name this great wrong is being donp. ' “Our comrades in the government service, are, by the circumstances of their positions,\ powerless tc defend themselves. 1 beg you to speak for, Instead of against, If you can not leave them alone.” ■ Corporal Tanner paid a tribute to a Confederate officer who had refused to remove a single G. A. R. man under him, when he had the authority to do so. TEACHERS TO BE EXAMINED IN JUNE. State School Commissioner Announces That Dates Are June 22 and 23. County School Commissioner L. E. Welch has received, a circular letter from State School Commissioner W. Merritt in which the latter states that the next examination of appli cants for license to teach in the public schools of Georgia will be held In all the counties of the statd on the 22nd and 23rd of June. The scope of the examination appears in the “Outlines for Institutes for 1905.” Agriculture will be made a special toplo, and will not be included under the head of geography as heretofore. The state school commissioner has also sent out a set of questions tor Seventh Grade pupils, who will be ex amined on the 22nd of the present month, and in the. long-term schools again on the 24th of May. There was a real -blizzard in Opio, Iowa and othgr states of the Middle West and the Rooky Mountain section ie flag and the memories of men '-yesterday and night before last, bat women are not stricken with thus far its effect has not been felt in but before yon do, I hope this neck of the woods. We seem to i’ll hear -Whitcqmb Riley recite be pretty well into spring, though •bye, Jim; Tek Keer o’ Yourself.’ there is, of course, no telllng'twhhfa “This letter is, of course, you under- few days will bring forth. l$and, wholly Impersonal; I happen to j - official representative of my Brinson A Co, Wood and Coal, comrades as are you ot the powerful ’Phone 867. Prompt service. Patron- llttee that, like ‘the hand that age ^plidted. As to Morocco-French Po sition Outlined by Pre ceding Ministry Will be Followed. “BATTLING” NELSON AND TERRY M’GOVERN To Have a Six-Round Contest In the Ring Tonight | Philadelphia, Pa., Mai'cb 14. —The ring contest here tonight between ’Battling" Nelson and Terry McGov ern promises to be the greatest light weight event in a decade. Nelson waB the favorite in the betting this -morn ing, but Terry has plenty of backing. The men will flight at 133 pounds,,and both are in prime condition. The light will he limited to six rounds, and'there will he no deoislon. Regardless of the result of the bout, Nelson will receive $10,000 of the money, and McGovern $7,600. They will enter the ring at 10 o'clock. , I A 40c line of fine Chocolate per lb., Is what we offer you in the fol lowing: ' Chips, Macaroons, Jellies, peanut Clusters, Carhmels,. Pee,me. 'Creme .de Menthp, Figolottes. and otb- . ere. Large assortment of -the 10c lb. also on hand. Sole agent for the abovei candies. Phone 70. W. E. FIELDS. White Pearl Onion Sets for sale by C. M. Shackelford. 13-dtf B ecause 1 uyier s Candi -es A re Best. We sell them. Fresh shipments of these deli cious cpnfections are re- t V, *■ ceived weekly, 1, 2, 3 and 5 pound boxes and ..... ancy Jrac As with Jcandy, so with everything. jWesellonl the best. Jlffyou want the best your ^orders should- come to Hilsman-Sale iO.