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VOLUME XV. ALBANY, QAq WEDNESDAY AFTERNOQN, MARCH 21, 1906. NUMBER 128. gl BANK ROBBERY IN OLD MOSCOW. MasKed Men, Armed with Bombs and Revolvers, Hold Up BanK and Carry Off $432,500. Only p Detail of the Nat- / ional Guard on Duty Last* st Petersburg, March 21.—The No- Night-Negroes Returned voe Vremya ' s account of the robbery , .. . . yesterday evening by masked men of to WorK. the Credit Mutual Loan Bank, one of the largest, hanks In Moscow, the roh- Chattanooga, March 21.— Guard de- ■■ ■ , tails from the National Guar* of the bera securin S ?432 ' G00 ' saysthat ^e Sate of Tennessee, remained on duty vaults, were still open when the ban- at the Armory all night, after the rest dtts entered ' The bandlts numbered of the command had been relieved. twent >" men - armed ^with bombs and Everything is comparatively quiet this revolvers. The leader announced that morning. No crowds are on the tbe y came in the name of the revolu- Btreets tionary committed, which needed Trie negro laborers 'who quit 'y/ork mone ^ Promising that ho harm would by hundreds y ^sterday, began work come . IP* th e bank employes unless again today. ' ^ ey raised an outcry, in. which event At the Rouse-Mehan foundry a they would blow the establishment to white man shot a negro this morning. Pieces with bombs. One bandit Stood The incident ended with the arrest of with a lighted fuse near a powerful the white man, and no further trouble.riomb on a.table, ready to be fttploded Is anticipated. ■1ST IH ID! Agitation, Due to Govern ment’s Repressive Meas ures in the Provinces, is on the Increase. * if necessary. The shades of the bank windows were lowered, the telephone disconnected, and when the bandits had completed their work they warned the employes to give no alarm for fifteen minutes or a bomb would be thrown through the windows. / Last Night’s Report of the Robbery. Moscow, March 20.—The Credit Mu- 1 tual, one of the largest banks in Mos cow, was mysteriously robbed by St. Petersburg, March 21.—There is growing unrest and agitation among HuBSlan workmen, largely due to the masked men at dusk tonight, the rob, bers securing $432,600. It was an ex tremely . daring job. The facts al ready-developed raise the question the robbery was committed by or un der the direction of some one at pres ent or previously employed in the in stitution. The bank is situated In governments repressive measures in Ilinlia Btr “t, in the heart of the city. the .provinces. At Ekaterinoslav, 1G,- 000 employes of the Hughes Iron "Works are reported txr have already struck, and great Agitation prevails in: the industrial section of Moscow. The last of the clerks had just de parted, leaving an inside guard of three men, while under the porte co- seen no one enter or leave it. chere outside were a policeman , and the house porter. The street. was crowded with people hurrying home: According to the story of the guards, in the twinkling of an eye they were confronted with revolvers in the hands of twenty masked men, who had en tered silently by the main door, which had been locked when the .office force left. After a command to the guards to hold up their hands, not a word was spoken. The guards were quickly .bound and 'gagged and thrown into a dark corner. The robbers then took up positions at all the entrances and the curtains of the Windows were low ered. The chief of the robbers, who bad directed the operations of Ills as sociates by gestures -. and without speaking, showed thorough familiarity with the location of the vaults. "When all was.ready, he went to the heavy burglar-proof safe, and, jvlth a few whirls of the knob, threw the combi nation of the lock, the heavy, doors swung open and the treasure of the bank was pevealed. ( The plunder, consisting of gold, sil ver and notes, was speedily thrust in to sacks. When a clean haul of the money had been made, not a kopeck being left, the robbers departed as silently as they came, making their exit through the main entrance and leaving no trace behind them. They had been in the bank less than half an hour. Twenty mUnites later one of the guards succeeded in freeing himself and gave the alarm. The dumb founded policeman and house porter, who had been standing in front of the bank throughout, claimed they had FRUIT CROP 15 HURT IN SOUTH GEORGIA Mr. W. H. Newsom Expresses the Opin ion That Few Peaches Have Escaped Last Night’s Freeze. The fruit crop in Southwest Georgia was badly damaged by laBt night’s freezing temperature. Mr. W. H. NewSom, one of the-’ most prominent farmers and fruit men in this section, was called up by telephone at his home in Lee county this afternoon by The Herald, and in response to inquiries stated: | , “I have examined the Elberta peach trees on my place, add find that last rtight’s cold badly damaged .the young fruit. The trees bloomed some days ago, and the tiny peaches were attaining -good first-stage growth, I find practically every one damaged. They show the marks of frost bite, add will not mature. There may be^p few peaches, but I pre dict that the crop will be one of. the smallest ever gathered In this sec tion.” > ; • . , Mr. Newsom’s long experience in the fruit business causes more than ordinary weight to attach to his opinion. Conditions last night were such as to produce one of the heaviest frosts of the winter! While the reports from further up the state indi cate that the damage was hardly as serious as was feared, a different stage of the crop in tfijs section seems to have resulted in damage which is clearly stated by Mr.’ Newsom. Last night the temperature was sev eral degrees below the freezing point, and the almost complete of the atmosphere gave the frost opportunity to do its worBt work. . Early gardens are badly damaged, beans and potatoes being among the worst sufferers. ~ The prospect is, therefore, that we wi]l not have a great deal of fruit in this section next summer, and that truck gardens will be back ward. \ • V , -. 1 ..’ CONGRESSMAN PATTERSON OF PENNSYLVANIA DEAD. THE MOUNT Washington, March 21. — Represen tative George B. Patterson, of Penn sylvania, died of heart failure sudden- MofOS Were ly this morning. I. Outlaws and Fanatics—The Truth of the Attack. Washington", March 21. — Secretary Taft has received the following cable gram from Governor-General Ide, Ma nila, relating to the Mount Dajo fight: "Newspaper reports from Manila announcing wanton - slaughter of women and children at Mount Dajo extremely sensational, and in all es sential details false. The situation oc cupied by the Moro outlaws in the crater of the vplcano, 2,100 feet high, was exceedingly difficult and required great display of heroism on the part of the army, navy and Filipino and Moro constabulary, who rendered moBt valuable service. Some women and children were killed or wounded, by preliminary shelling at a distance. * “The Moros were outlaws and fa natics and refused to surrender to the last, attempting repeatedly to murder our forces who were rescuing wounded Moros. The Moro silltan and leading dattos rendered great assist ance and ,the surrounding population is In ^jreat sympathy with the course taken to remove the gang of cut throats who were preying upon the community, retreating as occasion re quired to what they supposed to be impenetrable fastnesses. There was no killing of anyone except such as was Indispensable to end the intoler able situation. The attack was not ordered until every resource looking to a possible adjustment had geen ex hausted. The troops and officers are deserving of the highest praise," Secretary Taft also has made public an exhaustive report from Major Hugh L. ..Scott, who was governor of the Moro provinces just preceding the en gagement, respecting the habits' of warfare of those people. Major Scott details his efforts to maintain order among the Moros and says: “The policy of General Wood Jn that archipelago has alwayd been to bring about peace and order as gently and with as little loss of life as possible. In every case when it has been neces sary to arrest Moros charged with crime and they have gone into their strongholds and called their friends and relatives about them to resist ar rest, every possible effort, extending in some eases over weeks and monthB, has been made to bring about the ar rest without bloodshed.” WM. ROCKEFELLER IS NOT SICK. He Rumor that Stomach Denied. Has Cancer of the my Mackinety ,.New York, March 21. — Reports of the illness of William Rockefeller, who is now in Europe, are denied .by ■his son, William -G. Rockefeller, who said that bis father is not suffering from cancer of the stomach. He said the report, was circulated to influence the stock market j ’ VOTE F/OR PAUL JONE8. The Elks will hdld meeting tonight their regular VOTE FOR PAUL JONE8. A SHORT SESSION OF HOUSE TODAY. The Statehood Bill Will Be Tak Tomorrow. 4 Up Washington, March 21.—The House adjourned today, immediately after convening,;>bn r .aCcdtiht of the death of 1 Representative Patterson, of Pennsyl vania. The usual resolutions were adopted. - The statehood bill will be taken up tomorrow. THE DAMAGE IN NORTH AND MIDDLE GEORGIA. ATLANTA, Ga., March 21.—kfeagre reports from the peach sections of Georgia this morning indicate less injury from the cold of Monday and"last night than was feared. From the'northern part of the statp, 26 per cent, loss is claimed. The thermometer reached 22 degrees at Dalton, with heavy frost. Scattering reports from other seotlons indi cate less damage. Fair and warmer weather is promlse'd tonight anti to morrow, with frost' in exposed places tonight. Stated by Southern Express Company Officials That It Will be Put on April the First. The dally express service on the Albany & Northern railway will be established, ,on the first of April. Notice to that effeot has been re ceived by Mr. Olaud James, agent of. the company here, and arrangements are being made for instituting the new service. ' This Is the direct fruit of the work > of the Albany Business League, which, - immediately after its organization, took up the matter of an express ser vice between Albany and Cordele with officials of the road and the Southern Express Co. The road had been anx ious for' some time to have a service inaugurated, hut its efforts in this di rection had been unsuccessful. As the result of the effortB of the Alhahy Business League, it jvas prom ised’by officials of the express coin- pany that the service on the Albany & Northern would be inaugurated, ns early as' possible. Now. comes the positive assurance that it will bo'put on a week from next Monday. The' Inauguration of this service will mean great things for the people along the line bf the Albany & North ern between this city and Cordele. They have long been clamoring for it, and now they will proceed to' enjoy it' 1 Begun by 100 Contracts are Awarded to Local Concerns for Grad ing and Hauling. - The Central of Georgia railway has closed a contract with 6. K. Christian, of this city; for the grading which will be necessary In the Albany yard of the road in connection with the improvements which are to be made this spring and" summer, and is pre paring to begin at once the construc tion of the proposed buildings. About 100 colqred laborers have been brought in to be put to work on the grading contract'. These laborers are now at work on the grading, which will bo pushed to completion as rap idly as possible. The contract for hauling in connec tion with the grading has been award ed to E. W. Livingston & Co., a local concern, and several of the other con tracts for supplies, etc., have been placed with local firms, largely througlrHhe influence of the Albany Business League. The Albany Busi ness League has been in touch with the officials in charge of this work from the time it was Announced that the extensive improvements would be made' here, ancYlt has been the means of bringing the railroad people and local firms together. The railroad Will build its own houses with its own force of hands. The round house will be built near the southern end of the Central’s yard. The /coal chute will be built out beyond Society street. The entire yard will be largely rearranged- and enlarged, so as to enable this popular road to handle more advantaegously its ever-increasing freight business at this point. , . These Improvements will cost in the neighborhood of $60,000, and, will lie, a big improvement for the city. Aside from the benefits’whldi Albany will dferive from ,the , more, 'expeditious handling of'freight, a large portion of this expenditure-will be paid , to la borers engaged in the work and will be spent with Albany merchants, do that the town will be. greatly benefited in that way. VOTE FOR PAUL JONE8. Crmo Chicken Ft and Chops, ,26c pk. " ed, 26c pk.; Corn W. E. FIELDS. VOTE FOR PAUL JONE8. VOTE FOR PAUL JONE8. « —*krr-/.V Albany Decorating -Co., Wail *Ba.per, Burlaps, Room Moulding and Picture Hal!, Rumney.Building. £ .... Phone ,393. Large Audience Witnessed Trade Extravaganza Fer VOTE FOR PAUL JONES. SENATOR JOE BAILEY’S FATHER DEAD. V New Orleans, Marcli 27.'—After a month's illness, Joseph W. Bailey, father of United States Senator .1. W. the Fenefflt ot the Hospital ; Bailey, .of Texas, died here early to day, .72 years old. ‘ , ■ ■ Last Night. The trade extravaganza, qr carnival ot commerce, at the Rawlins theatre last night was a huge success. It was witnessed by a large audi ence, whoBe interest and enthusiasm never lagged. It had been announced that a number of changes on the pro gram were necessary as late as yes terday, but those who witnessed the performance would never have guess ed the fact. Scores of young people assisted dn making the affair a success, They were trained by Mrs. Holllbnugh and Mrs. McBlroy, whose long experience in their .work was very largely re sponsible for last night’s triumph. Nearly all the business firms of Al bany were represented on the stage. As an advertisement, the affair was altogether novel, and the large audi ence could not fail to be Impressed with the importance of what the ama teur advisers did and Bald. The entire program was published in yesterday’s Herald,, and lack of space today forbids that it be pub lished again, or that individual men tion be made of the firms represented, or of those taking part in the perform ance. It will he gratifying information for readers of The* Herald that the char ity hospital will -realize a handsome sum" from the enterprise. HAMILTON DECLINES TO APPEAR. Does Not Want to be Examined Con cerning His Work for New York Life. ; New York, ' March 21.—Andrew Hamilton today sent a reply to the Fowler investigating committee of the New York Life Insurance Co., declin ing to appear before the committee for examination regarding hia work for the company. VOTE FOR t>A|IL JONE8. Sugar Cured and Smoked Breakfast Bacon, 16c lb. The^beat to be had at the price. Phone 79. W. E. Fields. hBmBhHHh VOTE FOR PAUL J0NE8. VOTE FOR PAUL JONES. ecauae ■i uyier a lea eat. We sell them. 'Fresh shipments of these deli cious confections are re ceived weekly, lj 2, 3 and 5 pound boxes and Fancy Packages. As with candy, so with everything. We sell only the best. If you want the best your orders Should coipe to man —Sale Drug ya mama m