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VOLUME XV. > 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. -\ 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. ny \ Maqlmiery Co. Make aspecialty - <• 4 <(){ • «• } Heavy • C . ■ ■ \ M ackmery Southern Engine and •Boiler Works. Higk ,Grade Mills, \7Vood Working Machinery, Shingles kfid Lath Mills. m Marsk 1c am Pumps. 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. i 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 > 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!/ mmgm "' ■* ’ L' f RIB 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. /• Unquestionably t E‘.d'. -3 best paint'for this cli mate. 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