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VOLUME XV. ALBANY, OA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 27, 1906. NUMBER 133. MM FI FOB HU. New York, March 27.—Warrants for the arrest of three prom inent life insurance men were obtained by District Attorney Jerome this morning. It is reported that at the time the warrants were issued that one man named in them was in the court building -with attorneys arranging for his release on writs of habeas col-pus. CHAIRMAN AND TREASURER OF REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE IN IT. It is reported in the criminal court building that the warrants asked for were for the arrest of Postmaster General Cortelyou, as chairman of the Republican National Committee, Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of that committee, and Geo. W. Perkins, former vice presi dent of the .Mutual Dife. After the warrants were issued District Attorney Jerome declined to say for whom they had been issued." It is believed this action was the result of the sharp discussiou between District Attorney Jerome and Justice O’Sullivan over the question whether officials of insurance companies could be prosecuted for making political contributions. Supreme Court Decision in Tax Injunction Case Car* ried Up from Worth County—Its Effect. A case of wide Interest which was carried up from Worth county has Just been decided by the Supreme Court. It g$ow out of the levy of a special tax to provide funds for the erection of a court house and jail at Sylvester, these buildings having now been erected. In 1904, after the county seat was moved from Isabella to Sylvester, the county commissioners levied a tax of $16 on each $1,000 of taxable property for court house and jail building pur poses. An election held to authorize bonds failed to receive the necessary two-thirds vote, and the commission ers proceeded to the collection of the WHEELER MEMORIAL IN ATLANTA TODAY. Parade of Veterans Had to Be Cut Out S-f On Account of Rain. OTHERWISE THE ELABORATE PROGRAM IN HONOR OF THE LATE GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELfiR WAS FULLY , CARRIED OUT- PROJmi^ENT SPEAKERS AND VISITORS. For special tax. But In beginning the col lection of this tax, the commissioners, in order not to lay too heavy a burden on the property owners of the county, called for only $6 of the $16 per $1,000 levied, collection of the .balance being deferred until such future time as might be deemed wise. But when the collection of this bal ance was ordered, property holders in the county enjoined the commission ers. Judge Spence, of the superior court, dissolved the injunction, but the case was carried to the Supreme Court, which has rendered the follow ing decision: Johnson et al. vs. Pinson et al., com missioners. Petition for injunction. Before Judge Spence. Worth superior court. Cobb, P. J.—i; On August 29, 1904, the county authorities levied a tax of $16 on each thousand dollars of the taxable property of the county, - the proceeds of which were to ,be used in erecting a court-house and jail. On September 6, 1904, ■ contracts were en tered into for the, erection of these buildings. On October- 21, 1904, the county authorities suspended the col lection of all the tax levied, above re ferred to, except $6 on each thousand dollars of taxable property. On Sep tember 28, 1905, the county authori ties levied,a tax to pay the legal in debtedness of the county, embracing in such levy a percentage sufficient to pay the balance due the contractors who were erecting the buildings above referred to. Held: (1) That the tax levy of 1905 was illegal, and should have been enjoined. (2) That the county authorities should proceed to collect the balance due on the tax levy of 1904, for the purpose of discharg ing the liability on the contracts for the erection of the buildings. ■ _ Judgment reversed. Atkinson, J., dissenting. The tax levy of 1905, for the purposes men tioned in the headnote by the majority of the court, was not illegal and should not have been enjoined. J. H. HalJ, J. B. Hutcheson, and ATLANTp Ga„ March 27.—The Wheeler Memorial held here today was attendeAm|nearly 800 veterans. Addresses were made by prominent representatives of the veterans’ organizations, both North and South. Rain made it necessary to cut out the splendid parade which had been planned to precede the addresses at the opera house. The auditorium was handsomely decorated 4 with the national colors and the main floor was crowded with veterans. Boxes were reserved for the honored guests of the occasion, the daughters of General Wheeler— Miss Annie, Miss Lucy and Miss Carrie—also Mrs. Julia Wheeler Harris, sister of the dead general. Other boxes were filled with ladies of the Daughters of the Confederacy and similar organizations. Governor Terrell, after a brief address of welcome, introduced the following speakers: Hon. John W. Maddox, former member of and repre senting Wheeler’s Cavalry; Gen. Clement A. Evans, representing the Uni ted Confederate Veterans; Corporal James Tanner, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Major Charles R. Miller, speaking for the Spanish War Veterans. Music was alternated with the ad dresses. The 1 program closed with taps and the reveille by bugle, and the benediction was pronounced. it required a couple of hours of close application lost night for the City Council to dispose of the matters which came before the body. The full board of aldermen was present, with Mayor Rawson in the chair, and busi ness of public interest was transacted. Ex-Mayor Lippitt Complimented. Former Mayor A. J. Lippitt was elected to the vacancy on the board of directors of the Carnegie Library, being named to fill the unexpired term of Mr. A. P. Coles, resigned. It was a compliment worthily bestowed, for, \ > besides being capable Of adding to the Alta Warren Roberts, for plaintiffs. J. H. Tipton, for defendants. The most interesting feature of the case grows out of the facts stated as follows: When ttie special tax of $16 per thousand was levied, Worth coun ty had not been affected by the new county movement. Later, however, Turner and Tift counties were created by the legislature, each taking in a slice of what had originally been Worth territory. _ Under the decision of the Supreme Court, the commissioners of Worth county will now be obliged to carry out the collection of the uncollected portion of that $16 levy, and all prop erty which was subject to that levy will have to stand its share of the burden. Thus it comes about that all property in those portions of Tift and Turner counties which were formerly in worth will have to contribute for the erection of Worth’s public build ings, besides having to ante up for the same purpose in the counties of which such property has since become, a pari ny Machinery Cd. MERIDEN. CONN., THEATRE BURNED Meriden, Conn., March 27. —The Meriden theatre burned early this morning. The loss in estimated at $200,600. Ex-Mayor Lippitt Library Director - - About Streets and Sanitation--The Cen sus, ParK-Other Matters. THE GREENE THE CHARACTER OF CARTER’S WORK AT 8AVANNAH 8HOW8 UP WELL —ONLY BIG 8UM8 OF MONEY HE HAD NEED EXPLAN ATION. Special to The Herald. Savannah, Ga„ March 27.—The Gay- nor-Greene case in the United States; court, which has been likened to Ten nyson’s brook and everything else that is supposed to have no end, will prob ably wind up wltbln the next two weeks. It is thought that it will not go further than April 7. The defense has bad several days in which to get in its testimony, and unless It intro duces a long-winded witness like Ex pert Accountant Johnson, whom the prosecution presented, it is believed that its' last witness can be heard by Wednesday or Thursday. The defense has succeeded in pray ing to the satisfaction of the public that the work done by the contractor!, under Captain Carter’s direction has accomplished all that was required ol it Engineers ranking high In the^ ser vice have testified to this, Major Cur tis MoD. Townsend, of the Corps of Engineers, has given the dagawork of the defendants a fine recommendation, and has also; said that Carter did noth ing wrong in his treatment of the for tunate contraotorB and those who tried to get the jobs in and around Savan nah and Brunawiclf. The only thing the defense hne not yet explained is the great sum of money Carter had. strength of the board, Mr. Lippitt will be placed where he can have a voice in the' management of an institution which he was very largely instrumen tal in securing for bis town. To Register Bonds. An' ordinance was' introduced and adopted under a suspension of the ♦>. rules, providing for the registration by the clerk of all bonds of the city to be issued in the future, and of all bonds', already Issued which may at any future time be presented by a holder with the request that they be Vegistered. The ordinance was adopt ed at the suggestion of former City Attorney Crosland, who was present He represented clientB who held City of Albany bonds which had recently been returned by parties to whom they were offered with the request that they be first registered. The ordinance which was adopted therefore became necessary. The City Park Question. . The city park question was dis cussed at length. The report .of the park committee, composed of citizens and councilmen, was presented by Al derman Ehrlich, who reported a unani mous recommendation that a tract of twelve acres in Arcadia previously agreed upon he purchased, at a special price of $3,500. It developed, however, that nearly an acre near the center of the tract had recently been disposed of by the former owner, who had atone time agreed to sell to the city, the latter not having had the option re; newed. The whole matter was finally referred back to the committee with the request that it investigate this matter fully, and also inquire into the availability of other possible sites. For a City Census. Several citizens present were recog nized by the Mayor, and presented va rious matters. Mr. S. M. Brooks and Mr. D. W. Brosnan stated that they bad noticed that Council contemplated having a census of the city taken, and announced that they would be glad to make'a proposition to do the work sat isfactorily. No action was taken, but the matter waB discussed with the evi dent idea that a censuB would shortly be ordered. Re-Numbering of Buildings. . Mr. Brooks also presented the mat ter of having the houses of the city numbered again, this important work never having been properly done. He urged that the work would much more than pay for itself in enabling the city to secure returns for taxation of a vast amount of property which now never finds its way to the tax books. He stated that he would, if desired, pre pare a complete map of the city, show ing fa detail a plan for numbering all buildings. The matter was referred to the contract committee for investi gation. Conditions In the Street Department. Alderman Ebrlloh called attention to the fact that there is work in the city for the health committee to do, sum mer being near, and complaints of of fensive conditions in certain localities having already been made. This precipitated a long and at times almost lurid discussion of conditions In the street department Alderman Tar ver repeated what he had stated in previous meetings, that unless the size of the street force is inoreased, it will be impossible to keep the city clean during the coming summer. He called attention to the fact that the chairman of the street committee of 1905 (Aider- \ man R. L. Jones) had, at the close of the year, urged the absolute necessity for the purchase of two additional scavenger carts and mules. He cited evidences of the recent rapid growth of the city, and said that it was abso lute^ impossible to maintain a regu lar, systematic, satisfactory service with the present force and equipment. Alderman Tarver also stated that the police officers were perhaps too indifferent In the matter of docketing coses against parties who violate the ordinances prohibiting the throwing'of trash into the streets and alleys and requiring that all premises be kept in a sanitary condition. - There was a lengthy and spirited discussion, in which Aldermen Tarver, Ehrlich and Jones, Chief of Polloe Westbrook and Chief James of the Fire Department, participated, and at the end of it all it was the apparent determination of Council to increase the facilities of the street department as soon as a new stable can he erected. Many Minor Matters. A petition of several cltlzenB for more lights in certain alleys was re ferred to the Water and Light Com mission. Action was deferred on a potltion of the St. Andrews Chapel for assist ance in rebuilding the ehuroh of that congregation, which waB demolished by the recent tornado. To the street committee vyas re ferred for investigation, and report the matter of opening new streets jn the recently annexed territory west and south of the old llmitB. Bills amounting to $174, represent ing the expenses of entertaining the congressional committee on the occa- ordered paid. A number of other bills were ap proved, and various bonds were ac cepted. JOINT SCALE Of Coal Miners and Opera* tors Agree to Disagree and Will So Report to Joint Conference. < Indianapolis, Ind„ March 27. —The joint scale committee of the coal op erators and miners of the central com petitive district, after being in session one week, decided this morning to re port a disagreement to the joint con ference at 2 o’clock this afternoon. sion of its recent visit to Albany,' were ATLANTA HOTEL MEN AND THE EXPOSITION. Fall River Line Sieamer and Other Craft and Pier Shed Darned at Newport. Loss $1,000,000. Newport, R. I., March 27.—The Pali River line steamer "Plymouth” was burned to the water’s edge, the freight Steamer "City of Lowell" was dam aged, apd thp long pier shed, hoisting Shears and ofher property were de- -stroyed, anditfiree other steamers of .the-Fall River line were, damaged an early morning fire today. The ldsi Is one million dollars, Don’t forgot, Tuesday and Wednes day Max Cassell & Sister display their Spring Millinery, April 3 and 4. If you use any other brand of painty it- is proof, conclusive that yop. do not know all the virtues of Five Hotel* Willing to Subscribe Only Twenty Thousand Dollars. Atlanta, Ga., March 27.—At a meet ing of the Atlanta Hotel Men’s Asso ciation yesterday the association ad hered to its previously expressed opin ion that the sum of $20,900 is a liberal and generous contribution to the pro posed exposition to bn held in Atlan ta in 1910, The association, in its con tention that the contribution is fair, sets forth, the fact that Portland, Ore. hotel men, representing eight hotels, gave only $10,000 to the exposition held in that city, while the Atlanta ho tel men offer, with but five hotels, three less than Portland, to give twice as much as the Portland bonifaces. Those behind the movement in the in terest of an exposition had hoped to get considerably more than $20,000 out of the hotel proprietors, it being con tended that the hotels would profit probably more largely by ihe lair than any one class of business in tire city. Unquestionably the best paint for this cli- 1 mate. 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