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ALBANY, GA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 16, 1966.
JUDGE SPENCE IS
OUT OF THE RACE
| TRAINS COLLIDE
IN BLINDING SNOW
Forty Persons Killed and Many Injured
on the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad—Fire Follows Wreck.
Stated Yesterday Afternoon Before
Leaving Albany for His Home
at Camilla.
Will be Issued on Sunday,
April 15-Will be Great
Advertisement for Albany
and the Chautauqua.
Many Changes in Govern
ment Engineer’s Place
Since Uncovering of Capt.
Carter’s Shady Deals
.ludg/ 11V 4 . N. Spence will not make the race for Congress In the
approaching primary.
■ To a Herald representative Judge Spence made this positive state
ment yesterday afternoon as he was preparing to leave, the city for his
home at Camilla. He said: •
"The action of the District Democratic Executive Committee today
renders it impossible for me to make the race for the nomination. The
primary has been called for the 16th of May. It will be necessary for
me to hold my spring courts before beginning an active canvass, and %b
1 Will be thus engaged until about the middle of June, It only remains
for me to abandon whatever Idea I may have had of making .the race.”
In the announcement which appeared In state papers on last Sunday
to the effect that Judge Spence would be a candidate for the nomina
tion, k was stated that he would not begin canvassing the district until
•after completing the round of his spring courts.
In his conversation with The Herald’s representative Judge Spence
rather intimated that he had never fully determined to make the race
against Representative Griggs. He had authorised the announcement which
appeared last Sunday, but rather intended It as preliminary to a positive
announcement which he might see lit to make later, hut had not positively
determined Upon.
Judge Spence appears to accept the action .of the district executive
committee In the best possible spirit. While he would have preferred a
later primary, he had no word of criticism or protest to offer’yesterday
afternoon. He left at 4 o’clock for Camilla.
This announcement from Judge Spence means that the congressional
prirpary will be a quiet affair. Representative Griggs will be the only
candidate, and will represent the district In the Sixtieth Congress. The
lack of contest In his own district will enable him to devote a great deal
more attention than would otherwise have been possible to the Interest
of the party In other states, where his services as chairman ot the Con
gressional Campaign Committee will be badly needed.
PUEBLO, Colo., March 16.
-The worst railroad wreck in Colorado
since the Edln disaster, when 100 persons were killed, occurred at 2
o’clock this morning near Adobe, thirty miles west of Pueblo, on the Den
ver & Rio Grande railroad. Train No. 16, east bound, crashed into train
No. 3, west bound, telescoping the forward cars of each train. The
coaches immediately took fire, and the flames completed the horror.
The dead are estimated at upward of fifty;'the injured at least
twenty-five. /
The cause of the wreck Is believed to be a failure to deliver orders
to No. 16 so that No. 3 could pass.
At the office of the ggneral superintendent at Denver it Is said It is
believed thkt the engineers, firemen and express messengers of each train
were killed. All of the cars and coaches, excepting the sleepers, were
burned. No. 3 carried passengers from all parts of the country; No. 16
carried mainly passengers from lodal points.
Relief trains were sent out immediately, but the work of rescue is
slow on account'of the burning wreckage and a heavy show storm which
is raging. It will be some time before an accurate dead and injured
list can be prepared.
The management of The Herald de
cided this morning to Issue a Chautau
qua Edition of The Herald this year,
as usual, and selected Sunday morn
ing, April 15, at the date upon which
the special edition will be Issued.
It has been problematical since the
fire wjilch wrought such destruction
In The Herald office on February 18
whether The Herald would be in posi
tion to Issue a Chautauqua edition this
year. There have been some delays
In the shipments of our new equip
ment, and we did not know definitely
until today that we would be in a posi
tion to Issue such a paper as would
be a credit to The Herald and to the
city.
Of course, we would not undertake
the issuance of a special edition unless
^ur equipment was In such shape as
to enable us to present a paper that
would be entirely creditable. The pol
icy of the management, as is well
known to ill, has been to make these
special editions' just as attractive as
possible, and neither time nor expense
has been spared to make our special
editions in the past just what the peo
ple would have them.
Ap for the ChautauquawEdition for
the Eighteenth Annual Assembly, we
can say that we will be in position to
issue more of a metfopolitcn paper
this'j’ear than, ever before. Our al
ready Well-equipped plant has fleen
largely increased, and we do not hesi
tate to say that our type equipment Is
the most modern and comprehensive
in South Georgia. From a typographi
cal standpoint, we are sure that the
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., March J.6.—Lieut-
Col. Dan C. Kingman, Corps of Engin
eers, U. S. A., who has been sent to
Savannah to succeed Major C: E. Gil
lette, has reached the city and as
sumed hlB duties. Jast how long he
will remain Is not known. Since the
uncovering of the scandals in conncc-'
tion with ex-Captaln Carter’s shady,
deals in the Savannah office there have
been many changes, and no man has
remained here long.
Major-Gillette, who started the In
vestigation that landed Carter in the
penitentiary and pvt Greene ahd Gay-
nor on trial, has left the service. Hu
was at first succeeded by Col. J. B.
Quinn, who, after a service of a cou
ple of years, became an advocate ot
Cartor’s plans for the improvement of
the harbor, and has been ordered to
some place In the far northwest The
Department of Justice exerted its in
fluence to have Colonel Quinn moved.
Just how long Colonel Kingman Is go
ing to stay is a question. ,Tho Savan
nah station seems to be somewhat
hoodooed. ■ ' .-i
ESTIMATES OF THE DEAD AND INJURED.
PUEBLO, Colo., March 16.—Word has been received from Dr. Mo-
Mason, who has been at the wreck since early morning, placing the num
ber of dead at forty. •
DENVER, Colo., March 16.—The central officers of the Denver fi, Rio
Grande railroad at 10 o’clock this morning stated officially that not more
than fifteen were killed in the wreck, and only twenty Injured.
MARION STANDIFER
GIVES CASH BOND.
FATAL HOTEL FIRE
AT TUSTIN, MICH,
Will Not Return to His Wife, But to
His Father.
Most of the Occupants Escaped In
Night Clothes, But Four Perished.
THE PLAGUE REAPPEARS
AT SIDNEY, N. S. W
Grand Rapids, Mich., March 16.—
The business portion of the village of
Tustln, Osceloa county, was' destroyed
For the Punishment of Mis*
erable Persons Who At*
tempt to Commit Suicide
and Fail.
People’s League Rally Last
Night—The Anti*Admin*
‘ istration Forces Getting
Very Busy.
-t)y/n~flre early'.loday. -Whloh-itiwed-ln,
ttye basement of the Hotel Compton
from a defective furnace.
Most of the occupants of the hotel
escaped in their night clothing, while
four were burned-to death.
W :NCW t South Wales, ‘ M
16.—The plague has reappeared 1
Two cases were reported yestei
and three more were discovered t
In the same blockhouse.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., March 16. — Recorder
Broyles wants a law passed which will
provide for the punishment of all per
sons who attempt suicide but fail. He
thinks that if a few of those who make
unsuccessful passes at death were sent
to the chain gang there would be less
of that sort of thing to contend with.
Of course, those who succeed in their
attempts at self-destruction are sup
posed to get all that is coming to them
in the Hereafter. The recorder ex
pressed his mind on the subject yes
terday when Troy Bowden, a young
machinist who drank some laudanum,
was haled before court. The young
man could give no reason for wishing
to- die. He, admitted that he had at-
tempted to kill himself, but denied that
he was drunk. The case against him
was dismissed, the recorder being
powerless, under the law’, to punish
for attempted suicide.
jujjeu uej sjbuji, AJiaa , Special to The Herald,
naut, because of the Infatuation which ( Savannah , Gf ,, March lc ._ Tbe Pea .
Standifer had for his slster-In-law, was p , e8 , Lea ^ e ' rally at the oid Y . M . c .
released from custody, pending his ar- A ha)] ]ast n)ght was one of tbe warm .
raignment In the state courts on a ^ wbat ls provlng t0 be a very
charge of immoral conduct. The warm c , mpa)gn , Tbe 3peaUers agalnBt
money was furnished by the young the adm inistratlon' talked with their
man’s father, who came here to aid ^ off T he favorite orators were
him. it ls said that Standifer will not there RJ1<{ lhey - band(j< j out ' some hot
join his wife here, but will go to his
father’s home at Jacksonville, Ala. | n ’ u proba „ e tbat tbere will be a
meeting of the adminlstratlonlsts soon,
SECRETARY TAFT j and some hard things s*ld last night
AND THE PRESIDENT wi!1 be rep,!ed ta
* | One of the features of last night’s
Had Long Conference Today-More meeting ™as the singing of ,a song,
Time to Consider Appointment of Mr - Osborne,’’ to the tune of "Oh,
Justice Brown’s Successor. Mr - Dooley." It set the crowd laugh-
1,, | iug heartily. The song dwelt upon
Washington, March 16. — Secretary Mr. Osborne’s^ Influence In the cam-
Taft was In consultation with the paign and his work In connection with
President for some time this morning, this campaign.
Following the conference the Presl- The Impression Is rapidly gaining
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SENATOR DSPEW
TAHIKG A REST.
Physicians Will Not Let him Return
to Washington at Present.
New York, March 16.—It ls reported
on the best of authority that Senator
Depew is gaining great benefit from
his temporary rest from his official
dutleB. He ls better than for months,
and If permitted to have his own way
would return to Washington Immedi
ately, He Is ordered by his physicians
to recuperate thoroughly before re
suming work.
HARPER’S SAD CASE.
Died In Asylum as Result of Injuries
by Railroad Car.
Albany confidently expects to have
a street railway system in the not dis
tant future. The city will need one
before she gets much larger. In fact,
she needs it now, and tho§e who have
been investigating the .matter express
the conviction that an electric line
would he a paying enterprise.
ing the successorship to Justice ment of the present political campaign
Brown on the Supreme Court bench at the spring primary. It becomes ap-
that as Justice Brown will not retire parent that the ins, who control the
until June 3, when the court takeB a Executive Committee of the County,
vacation until October, and as no In- will not be able to make terms that
convenience arises from the vacancy will he acceptable to the outs, and
during the vacation, tile President will there will be a free-for-all fight, with
take further time to decide the ques- the negro in the saddle. There has
tion of a successor. Several names; not been such a campaign in ^van-
including that of Secretary Taft, are „ , . . J
nah in ten y« arB -
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., March 16.—Yester
day afternoon occurred the funeral of
Robert E. Harper. This was the> final
chapter in the life and career of a
young man whofee future a few years
ago was bright with promise. It ls
one of the saddest stories that Save
developed In South Georgia In some
t|me.
Harper was employed as a clerk for
a railroad at Savannah when be was
struck by a freight car and badly In
jured. He sued for, the injuries in
flected upon him and was given a very
large verdict. Tbs' Supreme, Court
sustained the verdict, but the week A
did so Harper became mentally unbal
anced because of his Injuries, and had
to be sent to the asylum, where he
died. The money was paid to his fam
ily, but Harper did not receive any of
the benefits from It
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paper upon which active work is now
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Since the last special edition of The
Herald, Albany has made wonderful
progress. There Is a wealth of ma
terial for such an edition, and certain
ly no one can question that It Is possi
ble to make this paper thg most inter
esting and important ever published
in this city.
8o many have taken occasion to ex
press their regret at the possibility of
there being, no Chautauqua Edition of
The Herald this year, that we feel sure
the announcement of the determina
tion of The' Herald management to Is
sue the biggest and best paper of Its
kind ever attempted here will be re
ceived with pleasure by all who are
Interested In Albany and In the Geor
gia Chautauqua.
STEAMER ASHORE _
NEAR ATLANTIC CITY. Dr. J. Herman Ferst Charged With
j Murdering Mrs. Rosa Mangrum.
Believed to be the “Cereanese," of the .
Booth Line, | Nashville, Tenn., March 16.—Dr. Jr
.Herman Ferst was arrested here this
Atlantic City, N. J., March 16.—The morning charged with having mur-
Barnegat life-saving station reports dered Mrs. Rosa Mangrum, whose
that a steamer ls ashore near Island dead body was found floating In the
Beach, and is believed to be the “Cer- Ohio ’river, near Cairo, HI., about six
eanese,” of the Booth Line. Help to weeks ago. Dr. Ferst is a prominent
float her has been sent from Philadel- Physician, and bis arrest has caused
phla. The vessel is lying easy and a profound sensation. Mrs. Mangrum
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