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VOLUME XV.
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ALBANY, OA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 11, 1906. plNQSTINCT PRINT
NUMBER 145,
SOON TO flEST WITH THE JURY,
Delivery of Lengthy Charge by Judge Speer Com
menced This. Morning.
Savannah, Ga., April 11.—The fate
of Greene and Gaynor, alleged con
spirators agtdnst the United States
government now reBts with 4 Jilry of
government, "will soon rest with the
Jury. Judge Speer commenced deliv
ering his charge to the Jury this morn
ing, the arg^mh'nt of, the lawyers hav
ing been concluded last night, and, af
ter speaking for tour hours, announced
that he would conclude tonight. 'A
recess of the court was then taken
•until tonight. ,
When court opened this morning
the room was crowded to ButtocaUbn.
The attendants whose -ditty It was to
bring In the prisoners and the Jury
had to literally force their way lata
the presence of the court The ladles
were In evidence 'In large numbers.
The fact that Judge Speer Vas to de
liver his Charge had been well adver
tised In the dally papers and the crowd
was on hand, expectant and alert to
hear what he wmfld have to nay.
Judge Spedr went thoroughly Into
the case, as under the law he has
the right to dot He discussed ‘the law
and the evidence. He reviewed the
departure Of the defendants lor "Can
ada after their Indictment some "years
ago. He spoke ol the fair trial that
the defendants Tiadhad and told the
Jury they Were'to be ‘the flndl lodges
of the guilt vir Innocence of "the de
fendants. The Whole charge was filled
With those 'beautiful thoughts for
which Judge "Speer Is noted, ft was
in fact a finished effort, coming from
one of the clearest brains and most
intellectual men In the south. The
great audience literally drank-ln every
word he Uttered. The prisoners sat
unmoved through It all as they had
sat through "the speech Of United
States Assistant Attorney-General Ma
rlon Erwin and "during the arraign
ment of Judge Samuel B. Adams; who
-closed for the prosecution last night.
If the 'defendants ’are convicted It
means another fight through the court
of appeals and perhaps straight to the
supreme court of the United States.
Only a verdict of acquittal can stop
the case at this juncture.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga., April 11.—The Green
and Gaynor case. It Is reported, will
go to the jury at 11 o’clock tomorrow
morning. Judge Speer began his
Charge today, which will be concluded
tonight or early tomorrow.
DRY DOCK DEWEY IN'
SOME ROUGH SEAS.
Loses Her Tow and Get* Adrift in a
8torm—All Rlfllit Plow.
■ Washington, April 11.—Information
from .Admiral Slgshee,."dated Messina,"
Italy,, yesterday,' was received jjy the
navy department today. It says the
dry dock Dewey broke two 1 lines in
the Mediterranean 'Sea, oft Malta, and
drifted about in a Storm for .three
hours, hut Is now In control of the
vessels towing It.
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CHICAGO TROLLEY CAR
RAN INTO CROWD.
Four Persona Injured, Two Fatally, In
' Chicago Today.
VESUVIUS CONTINUES
TO SPREAD PANIC.
Reported in Naples that Sarao
Been Destroyed.
Has
People in Naples Panic Stricken, Ashes and Cin
ders Covering the Ground and Roofs to a
Depth of Four Inches—The Present Calamity
Inflicted by Vesuvius Widespread.
Chicago, April 11.—Four persons
were Injured, two fatally, when the
motorman -of an Indiana Avenue trol
ley car ran into a crowd at the 'inter
section of Wabash avenue and&dqmB
street Daley, the motorman, made
no effortPto stop, and was pursued by
policemen before lie was arrested.
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Machinery, Shingles kfid
Lath Mills.
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NO
MOVE MADE
BY DOWIE TODAY.
Issues "Statement ‘Saying He Is Confl-
fident of Vindication.
Chicago, April VL—John Alexander
Dowle today Issued a statement
through one of fils adherents saying
that he Is confident of Ultimate vindi
cation. He made no move today.
Naples, April 11.—It is reported here that Samo, in the
province of Salerno, has beenr destroyed by Vesuvius. It is
impossible to verify the report this morning. Sarno is a town
of ten thousand inhabitants,"teti,, miles east of Vesuvius.
At eleven o’clock this morning tbc.panic was increasing.
Prisbners in the city jail mutinied from fright and succeeded
in breaking open some floors of the building, hut were sub
dued byjth^ guards. Double guards are required. .
The employes of a toWco" factory here today, thinking
the roof about to fall from/the'/'weight lof accumulated ashes,
fled in a panic, communicating their fears to many others.
The police were required to restore order. ■
So widespread is ttihe catastrophe from the present enrpi
ttion of Vesuvius, that it is estimated that it null require an
organized body of one hundred thousand men and am ejqpendi-
ture of many miTSions of dollars to raise houses, erect tempo
rary huts for the thousands of refugees, clear the roofs of
buildings that may yet be saved, extricate the bodies from the
ruins and bury the dead. The eruption increased during the
night and a coating of cinders and :osbes to a depth "of four
inches is covering the ground and rodfs today. ASUtrailroad
service out oftthe city is interrupted and engineers refuse to
take omit trains, - on account ,of tte (darkness caused by the
heavy fall off sashes. ' i
Ottajaaio and vicinity are TtaJffiing bnt ’Ti hoap-of ruins
Four feet of ashes and sand cover !San Gitiscppe. The inhab
itants of TEorre del Greco> ate .'awaiting steamers "to escape
from the danger zone.
The President Cables Contidlence to King ?of ■ Italy.
Washington, April 11.—The president todayment a cable
message df< condolence ^>,the/ King of-'JEtaly xtjem the havoc
and loss <rif life from the Vesmvnus eruption.
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MRS. WILLIAM GANUS
DIED YESTERDAY.
Mrs. William Ganus died late yes
terday -afternoon at her'.home on North
Street, near Washington, after a long
Illness with pulmonary trouble.
Mrs. Ganus had been a resident of
Albany for many yeara, though as a
result of the secluded life she had led
she was known'to comparatively few
persons In the community- Her hus
band, the late William Ganus, who
was one of the most Skillful gun
smiths In this part of the "country, has
been dead a number of years.
During' the last tew months of her
life Mrs- Ganus had b^en confined to
her home. She was Without Immedi
ate relatives, and her -wants were
looked after by good friends and
neighbors. She was -a -woman of fine
Christian character, having been for
years a consistent member of the
Presbyterian church, where she ah
ways' attended services when her phy
sical condition would allow.
/The funeral will take place this at
teropon at 3 o’clock from the church,
the services being conducted by Rev.
William H. Ziegler, 'the pastor. Tho
remains will be Interred In Oakvlew
Engines,. Boilers, Saw cemetery '
CZAR REFUSES-TO ACCEPT
M. WITTE’S RESIGNATION
SL Petersburg, April 11.—It Is
learned from high authority today that
the czar has refused to accept Pre
mier Witte’s resignation. ’
- Real Estate Deal.
Messrs. Ed. R; & Clayton Jones have
sold for' the DaVls estate the house
and one acre lot on Pine- street, and
khpwn as the Kaufman lot, to Mr. a
O. Gleaton. The consideration has
not been made public. ""
The Fhsrt Recorded Eruption of Vesuvius—
Destruction of Pompeii in the Year 1069.
Vesuvius, probably the world’s hedt tain, from which Stones, ashes and
known volcano, and one w^h a record!! pumice were poured (down on all the
unequaled ‘for Its terrible eruptions,!
Is situated near the eastern ahum -of;
the Bay -el Naples, about ten riffles
from the City of Naples.
It Is a solitary mountain rising ma
jestically from the plain of Campania
having at 'toe base a circumference :Of
about 'thirty miles and dividing at a
certain height Into two summits, Soto"
ma and Vesuvius proper. The bright
ol the mountain and form of 11a apex
are - subject to" frequent changes 1jy
eruptions. It Is estimated to he at
present about 4,270 feet high.
In the Single eruption of 1822 It lost
800 feet, nearly all of which has been
restored .by snbseqnent eruptions. Be
fore that event the summit was a
rough and' rocky plain /covered with
blocks of laVa and scoriae and rent by
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numerous fissures, from which clouds
of smoke were given <rit. Bat It was
then altered to a vast elliptical Chasm
three miles In circumference, three-
quarters of a mile at Its greatest di
ameter and about 2,000 feet deep.
The First Eruption.
The first recorded eruption of Ve
suvius took place In 79 B. C-, Warn
ing had been given sixteen years be
fore by a great; earthquake which
shattered the cities of Herculaneum
and Pompeii, and the earth was fre
quently shaken by slight shocks tmtU
August of tho year 79, when they .be
came more numerous and violent.
Previous to this Vesuvius was not
suspected to lie a volcano. Its sides
were covered with famous vines and
its ancient crater, partly filled with
water, formed the stronghold of the
rebel chief, Spartacus. The morning
of August 24 brought comparative
ease, but In the course of the day a
huge- black cloud rose from the moon-
region around.
The eider Pliny, who commanded
the’Roman fleet 4t Mtesnum, sailed to
the help of the distracted Inhabitants.
He "landed near the'bssC of the moun
tain, was enveloped ’la the sulphurous
vapor and was suffocated. The young
er "Pliny gives a graphic account of
the eruption in two letters to Tacitus.
Ho lava was ejected on this occa
sion, nor Indeed in "any eruption In
historic times up to the year 1066.
"Pompeii was then 'buried under
tHWknesrf of twenty feet of loose ashes
and -remained unknown until about a
center ago. A torrent ot mud spread
over Herculanaeum, which by addi
tions from subsequent repeated erup
tions, now forms a thickness of eighty
or one -hundred feet.
Active at Intervals.
Since "this first famous eruption
Vesuvius has been an active volcano
and bas been frequently, but Irregu
larly, In eruption, about sixty great
and numerous smaller ones having
taken place..
In 472 the eruption was so great
that ashes fell In Constantinople,
causing great alarm. In 1681 the vil
lages at the foot ot the mountain were
covered with lava and torrents of boil
ing water were sent forth. A famous
eruption was In 1779. At. that time
columns of Ore two miles high shot'
from the cone. One mass of rock
ejected was 108 feet In circumference
and 17 feet high. Fifteen years latm
there was even a more terrible erup
tion, when the town of Torre del
Greco was destroyed. In 1866 there
Were a series of eruptions. There was
another in 1872 and another ih 1878.
This was followed by one In 1880.
In the latter year a railway was open
ed to the top of the volcano.
The present disturbance began In
the middle of last week and assumed
alarming proportions on Friday.
BRIGHT FOR
S new lien
rom Albanv to Camilla,
Cairo and the Gulf-Im
portant Business League
Meeting Last Night.
The meeting ot tho Albany Business
League at the olty hall last night wnB
largely attended, and proved one of
the most encouraging and Satisfactory
conferences business men of the com
munity have ever. held. Tho attend
ance proved that Interest In the league
and lts work Is not legging.
Anumbcb ot proposltlona which the
leagtie' lias 'rtfcdlved or made in, the
Interest Of '.additional manufacturing
enterprises Which It is desired to" hying
here were discus Bed. These Matters
are in vartbka stages of development,
and some of them have assumed do,
cldedly hopeful phases. As the result
of action at last night’s meeting .fresh
encouragement will be given the pro
motors of certain of these manufac
turing enterprises, and It Is believed
that some of them will shortly locate
here.
-, The New Railroad Proipeot
Mr, W. B. Roddenberry, a prominent
Citizen of Cairo, was present, and ad
dressed the meeting at length on the
subject of the new ipllroad enterprise
—the Albany to Calrq and the Gulf
line.
Mr. Roddenberry has been over'the
line Which the proposed rood will tra
verse, and last night ho spoke os the
re'presehtaUreTSf'Calro.OamHla,-New
ton, Quincy and St. Joseph’e Bay, the
lator being the road's objective point
on the dull He stated that .prospects
;wero decidedly bright, Tho people of
;tho towns named are willing, even
janxlous, to secure a charter, provide a
'right-of-way and have a aurvey of tho
'line made, thus leading tho enterprise
up to the point where capitalists
should bo willing to take It In hand
and carry It through. Mr. Redden-
berry's talk was entertaining and In
structive, rind showed that ho was en
tirely familiar with the subject whlob
he presented.
As the result ot the discussion fol
lowing Mr. Roddenberryls remarks. It
was determined, to hold a meeting In
Albany on the 26th Inst, at which a
committee representing each of the
Interested towns shall appear, and at
which It Is believed the railroad mat
ter will be placed In definite shape for
a triumphant consummation. The
meeting being set for a .date during
Chautauqua week, those attending
will be enabled to take advantage of
the reduced rates on the railroads
leading to Albany.
The trade day matter was referred
to a committee, with power to act,
which Is to be appointed at the meet
ing of the board of directors of the
League to be held tomorrow night
This committee will take up the
project without delay.
Many Albanians Were Out
Last Night-Opening was
Informal, But Gave Insti
tution Auspicious Start
The formal opentug of the Carnegie
Free Public Library occurred laBf
night, beginning at 8 o’clock.
The directors of the Institution were
present, and a considerable number ol 1
those citizens who are Interested
the future of the library, took advan* •
tnge of the first opportunity of seelnp •>
what has been accomplished, anil’
something of the facilities provlSffd
and tho arrangements for. platfk^ ;
them at the disposal ot the public, ;
As stated. In The Herald several
days ago all the work to he doneHae ‘ ’
not yet been completed, but a BiiOV '
clent number of volumes will bo foufldv
on the shelves to-render . tho Instill*: ■
tlon of great service to those who D*;
froo)E9<rit. pinny volumes are $«©».
be; numbered, and listed,, and the TO-
riiatijipg-iwoi'k will be done,Aft.
as possible.
The Interior of the Carnegie Library
leaves nothing to ho desired. u .
apartments are large, perfectly llghtci**'
and thoroughly ventilated, and /ihehSj"
arrangement could hardly be Improve*."
upon. There Is'nothing nrohltectualfy
shoddy about the building, either ’to:’
Bide or out
The opening last night was ontircJV
..... ..
Informal, but it was an encouragklg
beginning for an Institution In
Albany Is very much Interested!/
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A Baby’s Death. ’
The friends and acquaintances <0
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. ifellarty "deeply
sympathize "with them In the loss I <*’
their 20-months-Old baby hoy, W. Uj!
who passed away this ,moraln^ 'a^-
10:30 o’clock after an Illness-of tarty
a few days’ duration. The funoraJ/lq'j
announce!!., for 10 o’clock tomorrow
morning from the family, residence, 4'fl
Commerce street, and will be coiy-
ducted by Rev) W. L, {llohards, pastor
of the Baptist church. The reiimlnsl
of the little one will he (laid 4way hi
Oakvlew cemetery. .
If you use, any othe^.
brand of aintf ifJiffl
proof conclusive that
you do not know all
virtues of
NO AGREEMENT yet
IN ANTHRACITE REGION
Scale
Committee Holding Another
Conference Today,
New York, April 11.—The scale
committee of the anthracite mine
workers began consideration today of
the counter-proposition of the opera
tors to arbitrate only two questions of
difference—wages and a method'to ad
just complaints. It Is believed that lta
plan will not bo accepted by the min
ers without modification, but District
Delegate Dettrey said: ’’The miners
don’t want a strike, and wffl go as far
as the operators to prevent one. It Is
likely the miners will concede some
thing If the operators show a conclla-
tory spirit and agree to a more liberal
arbitration plan.”
President Mitchell Is silent, but not
perturbed over the situation.
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