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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19, 1906.
NUMBER 126.
5a,
TODAY S RAINSTORM
IS QUITE GENERAL.
Tremendous Rainfall at Atlanta, New-
nan, Birmingham and Other Points.
4 High Water Warnings.
Atlanta, Ga., March 19.—The rainfall in the past eighteen hours,
ending at 9 o'clock this morning, reported by the .local weather sta
tion, was 3.18 inches. Four and quarter inches is reported from Bir
mingham, Ala., four inches at Newnan, Ga., and 3.83 inches at the
Oakdale observation station on the Chattahoochee river. Warnings
have been sent to all points down the Chattahoochee river of rapidly
rising water. It/is feared that much damage will be done. The
weather is growing rapidly colder. The storm appears to have been
general all over tlie South.
NQ WOMEN KILLED IN
MOUNT DAJO FIGHT
The Undertakers’ Association Branded
as a Trust of the Worst Order.
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CHICAGO, March 19.—The Chicago FedeVation of Labor bas\ de
clared war on the Undertakers’ Association, branding It as a “trust of' the
worst -order.” A resolution was adoptecf declaring • that no union man
should, purchase a non-union casket or asslst^n paying for the same: thnt
nonunion man shall be a pallbearer at a fhneral where a nop-unlon
casket Is used. Every effort will be made to, suppress the alleged fu ;
neral trust.
Interesting Cablegrams from General
— Wood Made Public by Secretary
of War Taft.
FIVE INCHES OF RAIN AT JACKSON? MISS.
Birmingham, Ala., March 19.—A special from Jackson, Miss.,, says
that railroad traffic has been, paralyzed for the last eighteen, hours by
heavy rains. Many trains are five to ten hours late, and others have
been annulled. All railroad lines to New Orleans seem to be blocked,
and there is no certainty that trains will get through. Five inches of
rain has fallen In the last twenty-four hours at Jackson.
HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE OHIO VALLEY.
DAYTON, Ohio, March 19.—Eight inches of snow has fallen here
since midnight, and traffic of all kinds is demoralized. A drizzling rain
followed the snow, and fears are entertained of a disastrous flood. There
has been an unprecedented snowfall at Columbus, six inches falling in
four hourB to 8 o’clock. Reports from all parts of the Ohio valley say
that the snowfall Is unusually heavy.
C. fill, SHIVERS
DIED LAST NIGHT
At Eatonton, After a Long
Illness--Was Former Al-
- banian-Funeral at Amer-
icus Tomorrow.
Trustees of .University of
Georgia Have Agreed Up
on Successor to the Late
(fhancellor W. B. Hill.
v Atlanta, Ga., March 19.—It la an
nounced unofficially, but from-an au
thoritative source,-'that the University
of Georgia trustees, have unanimously
selected, as successor to Chancellor
; Walter B. Hill, Justice Andrew J.
Cobb, of thp Supreme Court.
THE
ERNI
A telegram received this morning by
Mrs. C. M. Clark, brought news of the
depth at Eaionton of Mr. C. IVf. Shiv
ers, a former resident of Albany.
Mr. Shivers passed away last night
after a long illness. His health failed
soon, after he left Albany, and he
sought relief in vain in sanitariums
and other places. The news of his
death was n,ot unexpected, but occa
sioned much
friends here.
L CLOSED
With Little Q Phillips This
Morning, the Information
Concerning the Firm Hav
ing Proved Satisfactory.
The contract for the erection of Al
bany's new high school building was
signed this morning.
It. was ; stated In last Wednesday’s
Herald that of the EidB received and
opened on that day, that of Little &
Phillips, a Cordele firm, was the low
est, thq amount of their bid being $20,-
170. Before .finally' accepting the bid;
the county' and city authorities de
sadness among Ills sired, however, to malie inquiries con-
The remains will he cernlng the Cordele firm, which was
brought to Americus, which Is Mrs. • not known 'hbre. These inquiries
Annual Banquet of the An-
Shivers’ family home, and the funeral
will take place tomorrow.
Mr. Shivers and his family made Al-
cient Society Tonight-* bany thelr home for several years. He
Judge Speer to Be the On
ly Out-of-Town SpeaKer.
\
WASHINGTON, March 19.—Secretary Taft has received two cable
grams from General Leonard Wood, at Manila, relative to the Mouijt Dajo
fight. ~ '
The fir^t message suggests that the Secretary of War call upon
Major Hugh 8cott, now In the United-8tates, relative to conditions at the
scene of jthe 'fight/
The second cablegram, which la dated at Manila today, says:
“The sensational cables sent to the United States relating to the
Mpunt Dajo fight were made up In Manila.- There has been no reference
In any .cablegram from Mindanao to the killing of women and children.
The reporters here had no other Information than was cabled In my re
ports." * "
THE "GREENE HD
Two Recesses on Account of
Deaths Since the Trial
Began and Another Now
Seems Probable.
Speolal to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., March
Greece and Gaynor case
elicited perfectly Satisfactory informa
tion, and the firm was notified last
week that the contract would be closed
with them today. This was done this
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., March ,19. — This who was a Miss Prince, of Americus,
evening at .the DiSoto Hotel will take and by a lovely little girl, Mildred,
place the annual dinner of the HlBer- who 'have the deep sympathy of their
nian Society. ,This is one of the'great- Mends ?* th!s clty ln Great sor
est social events of the spring in Sa- ’ / v ,
vannah. The annual dinners of this
ancient organization always bring to-
established the C. M. Shivers Drug morning at the court house, and Little
Co., and we;3 manager of the Sale- & Phillips will Immediately begin
Davis branqh store for some time after ; their arrangements"for the.erection of
it was sold by the Sale-Davls Drug Co.; the school building.
He left Albany to go to Rome. - There is a clause in the contract in
The deceased is survived by a wife, which the county and city authorities
Dancing Class Tonight.
The regular meeting of Miss Chlo-
emlly Gilbert’s dancing class and a gether the brightest wits' and bright-
soiree will be held at the Elks’ Hall est mindq of the city. It is probable
at 8 o’clock tonight.
that Col. P. W. Meldrim, president of
the society, will Jnot act ae toast
master this evening,, because of the
very' serious illness of his son. it will
he the first time in ten or fifteen yearB
he has failed to do so. Judge Emory
Speer will be one of the speakers to
night. He will be the only out-of-town
orator.
The annual meeting of the society Cut
was held this morning and officers
were elected. There was no change
from last year.
THE CARNIVAL
OF COMMERCE
Off from Communica
tion with Outside World
by Sriowslide-Loss of Life
aqd Property.
\ - - . •
Be Pulled off Tomorrow
Unique Entertainment.
Night.!
Ouray, Colo., March 19.—Six hun
dred miners employed in • various
mines within twenty miles of Ouray
have been cut off from all communica^
tion with the outside world by a snow-
slide. It Is feared that twenty miners
have lost their lives. Twenty-five
mines are isolated, and the loss m^y
teur entertainments ever arranged in reach a million dollars.
Albany, will be presented to Albany “ “•* - " •
theatre-goers <at the Rawlins opera more inspiring has been put on the
house tomorrow night. local .stage.
For several weeks the ladles and The final rehearsal of the Carnival
The Carnival of Commerce, one of
the most unique and interesting ama-
my
Machinery
children selected to take part In the of Commerce will be held tomorrow
entertainment, representing the choice afternoon at the opera bouse at 4
of the Albany theatrical talent, have o'clock, aiql all those who will take
been diligently rehearsing, and, under part ire expected to attend,
the able management- of two pro’fes- The prices of seats will be 50 cents
$ lonalq, they have reached a high for the lower floor and 26 cents ln the
grade of efficiency. balcony. ' \ -
The program Is clever and enter- The entertainment will be given for
talning throughout Not only that, the benefit of the charity hospital,
but the entertainment Is something than which there could be no more
entirely new and unique, and it can worthy cause, and in view of this fact,
he said to be unlike any othet ama- and the assurance of the ladles that
teur or professional attraction ever the entertainment will be worth, much
before seen ln Albany. more tllan the price of admission
-Practically all the leading business there is little room to doubt that the
firms of the city will be represented, opera house will be well filled whan
There will be numerous pantomimes, the curtain rises tomorrow/ night.
clevep and'amusing. Artistically ln- ,
terspersed with the rest will be a num-. Albany Lodge, No. 24, F. 4. A. M.
her of vaudeville acts,' whlch. lt Is Albany, Ga., March 19, 1906.
said, are really high class. A regular communication of this
iO.
One of the features of the perform, lodge tonight, Monday, March^9, 1966,
ance will be the electrical tableaux, at 7:30 o’clock. Work In E. A. degree.
All the paraphernalia and accoutre- Visiting Masons who are qualified are
ments of the tableaux have arrived cordially invited to meet.with us.
and have been put ln place. Those B. C, ADAMS, W. M.
ln charge say that nothing prettier or B. F. BRIMBERRY, Sec.
reserve the right tc ghange the brick
from the grade specified to those of a
superior quality^ Tins cHfage will In
volve an additional cost of $1,500, but
will, probably be m-ide.
. The contract price pf $20,170 does
not include the plumbing) and, steam-
heating apparatri in the building, for
which separate ci intracts have' been
let. - ' '
,19. — The
wears Its
weary length along In the United
States court. An adjournment had
tq be taken on Saturday because of
the critical Illness of the son of ,the
attorney for the defense, and it Is not
yet certain that another adjournment
will not have to be had because of the
fatal termination df that illness.
Death has already caused one Ye-
cess in the cisp. Mrs. Evan P. How
ell, who died a short time pgo, was
a Bister of U. S. Attorney Marion Hr-
wjn, and the case went oveY while he
E
Young Mother at Sylvester
Gives Birth to Three Baby
Girls, all of Whom are
Living', /
Special to tile Herald. \
SylveBter, Ga,, March 19.—Mrs. Kate
Ricks, of this place,'on Saturday gave
birth to three baby girls. The ar/lv-
attended the funeral. The mother, of at.- wljl cqfe any ordinary case oil
Mr. W. W. Osborne, one of the attor- the bluea. He has the reputation of
neys for the. defense, died since the being a prince of good fellows, and his-
trial began, but having been hurled entertainments lare .Always memor-
on Sunday flo adjournment because of able,
hei- 'death was taken.
Fortunately., so far there have‘been
no deaths In -the; families of any of
the Jurors.
Engineer Armstrong and
His Fireman Killed, in
Accident on the B. ® 0.
Today. 1
Tuscaloosa, Ala;, Mqrch 19.—An ex
tra tralrt - on the Mdblle & Ohio rail-,
roatl, <near Fletcher, Ala., ran Into a
washout today. Engineer Armstrong
als are all lusty yoyngsters/weighing and .his fireman were crush id under
the locomotive, which went Into the
three* and a quarfeY poupds each, at
the time of their Birth. All are living
and doing well.
The mother of these interesting
triplets Is the wife of G. >V. Ricks/ a
carpenter and day laborer w,elf known
ln this section. She Is about 24 years
of age, and had previously given birth
to one child, a girl, now nearly three
years old. 1 '
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
IN NEED OF REPAIRS.
Faulty Construction Believed to be
the £ause of Trouble. •
Special t^The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., March i9.-4-A.s,,a result
the locomotive, which went Into the
washout. Both mpn are dead.
the local lodge of the Knights of
Maccabees of the World will hold a
special meeting tonight, Mr. George
W. Gunder, the state commander and
prganizer of the Albany chapter, being
a guest. - ,
PREACHER AFTER
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.
8peclal to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., March 19.—Rev. W.
P. McCorkle, paptor of the Flrat Pres
byterian church, last night preached
a sermon against the belief of the
Christ|an Scientists.
His views on
—., — 1— -— —:
of the receipt of , a letter from Presl- this question have been pretty well
dent E. C. Branson, of the State Nor- ventilated before. The sermon wae
mal School at Athens, that the Winnie called forth by the visit on Wednes-
Davis Memorial Hall and the Practice day night- of a Christian Science lec-
School building- of that Instrfuffon are tnrer.
badly in need of repairs on account of; — -V. v
alleged Improper construction. Mate! The weather report-today,Fringe the
School Commissioner Merritt, as gratifying Information that the rainy
chairman, hffs called a meeting ofthe weather which has made today dts- s
prudential committee of the State Nor- agreeable will be short-lived, and that
B
ecause
Huy]
.ers
Cand
les
- / ’ ’ /
Are '
tlie
est.
We sell them. Fresh
As with candy, So with
everything. We sell only
the best. If you want
the best your orders
should come to
Hil
sman«
-Sal
e
tlon, stated that'the building was leak- of cohrso, it does not get cold enough;
lng badly. It was his opinion'that to injure vegetation, which is not con-j
faulty construction was the cause. sldered likely. I ^ •
Ofthe Army to Be Abolish
ed,But Amendment MaKes
Possible ' Promotion of
Corbin and MacArthur. •
\vashlngton, March .19 —The House
today accepted the Grosvenor amend
ment to the bill abolishing the grade
of lieutenant-general of the army,
thus making 'possible the promotion
of Generals Corbin and MacArthur. to
that grade. The vote on the amend
ment was 138 to 101, The /bill then
passed without opposition.
On the Chautauqua program for the
coming assembly, one name shines es
pecially bright, and that Is Ralph.
Bingham. Bingham never gets tired
of being funny. He Is naturally funny,
aud he has one of those fat, good-
natured, laughing faces which, Just to
WANTED —A competent saleslady,
None- but thoroughly competent
salCBlady need apply. 3. Reich.- ’
shipments of- these .'deli
cious confections ate re
ceived weekly, 1, 2, 3
and 5 pound boxes and.
ancy Packages.
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