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ALBANY, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 20, 1906.
VOLUME XV.
NUMBER 153.
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Chicago, April 20.—A special to
Tribune from Honolulu says earth
vibrations felt , there six minutes
yesterday. Feared repetition San
Francisco disaster. ,
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And Two of Road’s Officials
Soaked for $10,000 Each
for Violating Anti-Rebate
Law. i
Chicago, April 20.—The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad and Da
rius Miller and Claud C. Burnham, of
Jr,
the same road, were found'guilty in
the Federal court today of granting
rebates ill violation of the law. The
railroad was lined $40,000 and the two
officers $10,000 "each.
HIS GRACE’S
65TH BIRTHbAY.
Archbishop Farley the Recipient
Many Testimonials of Esteem.
of
New York, April 20.—Archbishop
John M. Farley entered upon his 66th
year today and was the recipient of
numerous congratulations from nu
merous churchmen and laymen in New
York and elsewhere. His grace was
born In Ireland in 1842 and came to
the United States shortly before the
civil war. In 1892 he was made coad
jutor bishop of New York and ten
years later became head of the arch
diocese on the death of Archbishop
Corrigan.
Flags in.-Albany are conspicuous
only by thqir absence. Thera...are
flagstaffs in plenty, but they are bare.
The only flag in the city is the one
over Reich’s. There is no excuse for
this state of things.
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STILL RAGING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Three Hundred Thousand People Homeless and Hungry-All
Who Can Are Fleeing from the Stricken City.
San Francisco, April 20.—The care and feeding of three hundred thous
and hungry people is now the main problem for the city authorities. Pro
visions are lacking, but supplies are now on the way here. Three' relief
stations have' been established under the direction of a- committee of
with Mayor Schmitz at the head.
fifty,
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 20. —There seems
now to be little hope of saving the choicest portion of
the residence district west and north of Van Ness ave-
nnue. The fire department is still making strenuous ef
forts to check the flames, but without avail.
FIRE REACHES TELEGRAPH HILL.
The fire is now in full possession*of the houses on
Telegraph Hill, and will probably take everything to
the water front on Van Ness avenue and west of there.
The main fire has reached Octavia street, and is ad-»
vancing fast. The ferry buildings are crowded with
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people carrying small packages, trying to get 'away
from the city. The fire came close to Fort Mason last
night, and the big Fontail warehouse and nearby can
neries will probably go. The fire will probably make a
clean sweep to Golden Gate Park.
BREAD FOR REFUGEES.
The principal food of those remaining here is can
ned goods and crackers. Refugees from here are met in
other towns by bakers, who are selling them bread at
ordinary prices. Food dealers here are charging exor
bitant prices, but this cannot last long.
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We have in Stock the Celebrated
and invite Inspection.
One customer tells us he
hauled two car loads of freight
at one trip over an ordinary
Country Road.
' We also carry
Grain Threshers
in stock in all sizes.
SANTA CRUZ SUFFERED SEVERELY.
OAKLAND, Cal., April 20.—An Associated Press
correspondent arriving last night from Santa Cruz says
103 were taken from the wreck of Agnew’s state insane
asylum at noon yesterday. Official estimates place the
number of injured there at 207, of whom thirty are not
expected to live.
THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 20. — Noon.— The
fire is under control, having been checked at Van Ness
ayenue, and also in Mission. It is still raging north of
Mission toward the bay, but will not spread west. Prob
ably one-fourth of the city is safe.
Measures are being taken for the relief of the desti
tute. Supplies of bread and milk are urgently needed.
NEW YORK, April 20.—The Western Union re
ceived a dispatch from San Francisco, at 9 o’clock, Pa-
cific time, saying that the fire in the residence portion
had been stopped at, Octavia street and was now con
fined to Telegraph Hill. The flames will probably not
spread much further in this direction.
GEN. FUNSTON’S REPORT TO WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.—The War De
partment received, soon after 11 o’colck this morning,
the following from General Funston:
“Three hundred thousand people are homeless. The
troops are co-operating with the police. Famine seems
inevitable. All large supply stores are burned. The
most’ energetic efforts from the outside only can prevent
frightful suffering. I request that everything possible
be done in the way of food and supplies, tentage and
blankets. No more troops are needed now.”
FROM A STOCK BROKER’S VIEWPOINT.
E. F. Leland wired the following to the Albany of
fice of Ware & Leland: ,
CHICAGO, Ill., April 20. — The amount of loss in
San Francisco is yet unknown, but is now estimated in
the neighborhood of $200,000,600, and probably much
more. This will hit )the fire insurance companies, and
may not only make them sell out their stocks, but it
seems almost certain that quite a number of the fire in-
San Francisco, April 20.—The |P
port that the Cliff House has top-,
pled Into the sea cannot be verified !
and Is probably untrue. Confusion !
makes It Impossible to reach It. ']
Annual Meeting in Savan
nah—Unveiling of Marble
Seat Marking Spot Where
Oglethorpe Spent First
Night.
8peclal to The Herald. -j
Savannah, Ga., April 20.—The prin
cipal eventHp connection with the an
nual meeting of the Georgia Society
of Colonial Pomes, now in session &
Savannah, will be the unveiling of the
memorial to Gen. Oglethorpe on
.street, near-the city hall, this after
noon at 6 o’clock. The spot wK«(»
Oglethorpe spent his first night in'JSa-
vannnh is to he marked with a marble
Beat appropriately inscribed.
Mr. Walter G. Charlton is to dellvof .
the address at the unveiling, andithe-
mayor and aldermen of the .city will
be present. There will be Daughters
from almost every olty in Georgia, andj
the occasion Is to be one of marked
mnmnnl
moment.
The election
of ofllcers, of tho
Daughter? was hold this morning anil
resulted in few changes. The present
ofllcers have served with suoh marke'4
faithfulness that there rfas no dei 1
to change them. The annual medi
this year has been a very pleasant,
one. There has heeu much social W .
tortaining for the visitors. !/<
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In the early mornlngB now and at
about 7 o’clock In the evening tile
replaced cheaper later on. It is good business judgment
to curtail your market risks at present.
national Government sends a special
REPRESENTATIVE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20. — President
Roosevelt and Cabinet devoted the cabinet meeting to
day to a discussion of the San Francisco situation and
detailed Secretary Metcalf, a resident of Oakland, to go
immediately to the stricken city as the representative of
the national government, advising with Governor Par
dee and the San Francisco authorities. 'I
ROOSEVELT SENDS HIS CHECK FOR $1,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.—The President
today sent his check for one thousand dollars to the Red
Cross Society for the California sufferers.
Senator Knox sent five hundred dollars.
ies are alive with English sparrows
chattering with a fervor ’wqrthy 'of.trij
kfJAvnvVilnV nnmlnN Tl,«l In
ears, without it something would Been*
to be missing. The average Amerloan, •
relishes the raoket of the energetic; 4
little oreatures. '
If you use any other !
brand of paint, it is.. ,
proof conclusive that;
you do not know all tfe
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DR. McCASKILL
MAKES APPEAL
In Behalf of Railroad Men — Those
Ponds and Mud Hbles Near the
Depot a Menace to Health.
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Mat tilery
Albany, Ga., April 19, 1906.
Dear Herald:
Quite a number of railroad men
(who, by the way, are my patrons)
have requested me to appeal through
The Herald, in their behalf, that some
action be taken to place those low flats
in a sanitary condition. Within fifty
steps of the A. & N. shops is a pond
which in my opinion is a cesspool of
poisonous gases. It is thick with
slime, and notwithstanding the recent
rains, the place absolutely stinks. This
is only one of many other such pools.
It would be an easy matter to drain
tbenf with shallow ditches. These
men tell me that when they go to
their work in the early morning that
the stench is fearful, and as they pay
their taxes and other dues imposed by
the city they feel as if they should
have some protection of health, etc.
Respectfully, etc.,
ALEX. B. McCASKILL, M. D.
THE COUNTRY’S GREAT
FIRES SINCE 1700
Weather Forecast
The following is the weather fore
cast for the state of Georgia for the
next twenty-four hours:
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday.
Probably showers Saturday. '
Bananas, 20c dozen.
’Phone 70. W. E. FIELDS.
The San Francisco fire will probably go into history
as the greatest conflagration that ever occurred on the
North American continent.
And it is not San Francisco’s first bad fire, by any
means. In 1851 she was swept by flames three times,
the losses being, respectively, $3,500,000, $13,000,000
and $3,000,000. She experienced still another serious
fire during the previous year. Again in 1895 $2,000,000
went up in smoke in a single day, and another loss of
the same amount was recorded three years later.
The greatest fire experienced in the history of this
country, with the probable exception of San Francisco’s
last frightful disaster, was when Chicago was swept in
1871 by a conflagration which consumed property hav
ing an estimated value of $168,000,000.
Charleston, S. C., has been particularly unfortunate,
the following being the years of her fires.and amounts
of her losses: 1700, amount not known; 1778, $3,000,-
000; 1796, $1,500,000; 1838, $5,000,000; 1861; $10,000,-
000.
The great fire of 1872 in Boston destroyed $75,000,-
000 worth of property, and in 1835 New York lost $15,-
000,000 in a blaze which threatened to destroy, the en
tire city. Portland, Me., paid a tribute of $10,000,000
to the fire fiend in 1866.
The Jacksonville, Fla, fire of 1891, is well remem
bered. It cost $11,000,000, and the Baltimore confla
gration of 1904, the greatest that ever occurred in the
South, swept away $50,000,000 worth of buildings and
their contents.
There have been 200 other conflagrations in the
United States since 1700 which destroyed property of
the estimated value of not less than $1,000,000.
SAVANNAH WILL
AID SAN FRANCISCO.
Unquestionably the
Movement on Foot to Contribute for b eS t . .pint, for this cti* r
Relief of 8ufferore.
8peclal to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., April 20.—Savannah
will do her share toward alleviating
the suffering at San Francisco. There
is already talk of starting a movement
to solicit fundB for a subscription and
this will probably take definite shape
during the day. The Savannah Benev
olent Association, which has a very
large reserve which it holds for Just
such emergencies as this, will, it is
expected, make a liberal donaUon.
Savannah was so materially aided
by the outside world in 1876, when she
was in distress, that it is bard for her
citizens to turn a deaf ear to appeals
for help from any source.
Acting Mayor jas. M. Dixon has sent
a telegram to Mayor Schilf, of San
Francisco, asking if there is-need of
outside assistance. If he says that
there la thea the city wilt probably
subscribe something and the ciUzens
will be appealed to to make donations
for a fund Raised by private subscrip
tion.
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mate/ Any good paibter *
will advise its use, be- ‘
cause it looks better and
lasts better than other
kinds. ■;
This is the best sea-
son for painting. If
your house needs a fresh
coat, figure with •; us.
We can save you money. ,
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DIRECTS VERDICT
FOR BLACKBURN.
Greensboro, N. C., April 20.—Judge
Goff today took the case against Con
gressman Blackburn from the jury and
ordered a verdict of not guilty. >,
Floor Paints,
Floor Stains,
Wall Paints,
Roof and;Barn
Paints,
Enamels,
Varnishqs,
Lead and Oil.
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