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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON APRIL 26, 1906.
NUMBER 158.;’
THOUSANDS WITNESSED GREAT SHAM
BATTLE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Interesting' Spectacle on Flint River Flats--City Captured by
Spence’s Army—Chautauqua’s Success Continues.
Yesterday will long be remembered I murmuring or regret, and their names
by Albanians and the people from all are written high among those of the
sections of Georgia who attended the
Military and Governor’s Day exercises.
Following the parade of the morn
ing, as reported In these columns,
there was a review of the troops by
the governor on Broad street
From the review the soldiers pro
ceeded direct to the flats between the
river and the union depot, where the
sham battle was scheduled to take
place, and where thousands of spec
tators had gathered.
It was an Ideal place for battle ex
ercises. The topography of the ground
was peculiarly adapted to such man
euvers as were planned for the after
noon, and everything that was done
could be seen-by the Interested thous
ands.
The spectators lined the western
side of the field, finding commanding
positions on the A. ft N. embankment,
on the tops of box-cars in the railroad
yards and on knolls out of the terri
tory in which the soldiers were sup
posed to operate.
Battle of Flint River Flats.
The Battle of Flint River Flats goes
into history as one of the fiercest con
flicts ever born of fratricidal strife.
The field was drenched In crimson
blood, through which the survivors
waded without flinching to shout'de
fiance at each other at the bayonet's
point; and the muddy Flint bore away
to the sea the gory record of a battle
never to be forgotten.
And Albany fell!
But It was a glorious fall. The he
roic defenders fought and died without
world to whom belong imperishable
fame.
The defending army, commanded by
General Lieut.-Col. Peter Preor, was
entrenched In a strong position near
the southern end of the flats. Wireless
messages from the balloon corps kept
him informed of the movements of the
enemy, and he knew, veteran fighter
that he was, that the advancing col
umns of the allies must take his posi
tion by assault before they could enter
this devoted city. Though confronted
by a vastly superior force, General
Preer enjoyed the advantage of a
strongly entrenched position, and
every man In the rifle pits drew In
spiration from their leader. They
swore to fight as long as a drop of
blood flowed In their veins.
General Lleut.-Col. Capt. U. S. A. R.
E. L. Spence had reconnoitered the po
sition of the defending forces with
great persistence. Utilising the exper
ience gained In the Philippine wars, he
disguised some of his men as Moros,
and sent them through the grass,
snake fashion, to within a hundred
yards of the first line of entrench
ments. In thtB manner valuable In
formation was secured, though one of
the “Moros,” observing a beer keg
near the ramparts, ventured too close
for safety, and was captured by a
party of skirmishers who made a sud
den sally ?
Consummate strategist that he is,
of Flint River Flats was a matter of
glorious history.
The dead asserted after the battle
Unit being killed Is no joke, as the
field of Flint River Flats Is covered
with millions of sharp flint rocks, and
all the corpses showed signs of rest
lessness.
Among the killed were several cows
and horses and a mewel. The mewel
was blind and could not see what he
was up against.
It Is learned that the City Council
will grant pensions to all survivors of
the defending army, and will head the
list for a battle monument fund. It is
proposed to raise at least a million
dollars for the monument.
General Spence was last night de
clared dictator of the city, but abdi
cated this morning in favor of "The
Prettiest Woman In Albany.” As no
name was given, there has since been
a terrific contest between those who
claim to have full title under General
Spence’s order. It not having yet been
decided who the prettiest woman In
Albany Is, Mayor Rawson Is still dis
charging the functions of office.
for Prof. Hallam, who had trained thorn
carefully for days.
Hon. Champ Clark Lectures.
Hon. Champ Clark, the brilliant and
versatile Missouri Congressman, lec
tured last night to a splendid audience.
“The United States of America In the
Twentieth Century” was Mr. Clark’s
Subject, and he handled It In hlB char
acteristic and Inimitable manner.
Mr. Clark speaks very much like the
average man cuts wood. He rolls up
his sleeves, shoveB hts collar out of
the way with his chin, swings his arms
to see that the joints are In good
working order, and begins. He speakB
emphatically, Bays what he means and
means what he says. His manner. Is
forceful and Irresistibly Impressive,
and It Is impossible to forget what he
says. His lecture last night waB a
gem, and It made his .hearers feel as
he declared he felt—that they were
citizens of the greatest country on the
face of the earth, and one which would
Cadets’exhibition Brill. , , _
, , , ' . . • lead the world In- every field during
The picked company of forty cadets „ , .. - , . ■
. .. _ . ■ the century upon which we are just
of the Georgia Military College, Mll-
ledgevllle, gave a beautiful exhibition
drill Immediately preceding the be
ginning of the battle exercises. The
drill occurred where it could be seen
by perhaps 10,000 persons, and'thej
young soldiers were at their best. It
was a beautiful exhibition, .and loclud-
■ed some faultless Bklrmlsh work, Dur-'
lng the battle, the cadets continued to
General Spence sent forward a strong
[I
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
force of pklrmishers to develop the en
trenched positions. For this delicate
work he chose his own boys, the Mil-
j ledgovllle cadet battalion. The long
blue line deployed as sharpshooters,
and advanced at a trot. Their first
halt was at 600 yards, at which dis
tance they sent several hundred of
the old-fashioned but always effective
Springfield bullets straight at the Ir
regular line of felt hats appearing
above the first row of entrenchments.
Fifty yards was covered at each ad
vance, and another line took up a
similar plan of advance nearer the
river.
General Preer' ordered his men to
hold their fire until the skirmishers
were within 200 yards of the fortifica
tions. Then he gave the signal, and
the long line of glinting Krags began
to spit forth spitefully and effectively.
At the 200-yard range, the fight raged
with terrific intensity for the space of
a quarter of an hour, the attackers
hugging the ground, seeking protec
tion behind little knolls, and the brave
defenders crouching low behind their
works.
At this juncture the artillery opened.
General Spence had saved his heavy
guns for use at a. critical stage of the
engagement, and when the first deep-
voiced roar sent its reverberations
across the field of carnage the attack
ing line broke Into cheers, which were
Grain Threshers
in stock in all sizes.
Macliiiieiy
be the center of Interest.
The cadets are manly young fellows,
and their conduct while in the city
was exemplaryr
A Day Without Disorder.
Indeed, ho body of men could be
better behaved than were the soldiers
who were Albany’s guests yesterday.
Not a single case of drunkenness was
seen on the streets, and not a com
plaint of misconduct on the p&rt of
the wearer of a uniform was reported
to the authorities. The behavior of
the soldiers was that of perfect gen-,
tlemen.
There were, as a matter of fact,
only several cases of drunkenness
during the entire day among civilians,
and the officers made very few arrests.
entering.
This Morning's Exercises.
The platform was shared during the
morning- exercises today by Mr. L. P
jHillyer, of Macon, and Hon. Lawton
B. Evans, of Augusta.
. Mr. Hlllyer Is a delightful enter-
tainer.. • He Is ah elocutionist of rare;
ability, and nothing seemB to be byond
him. His selections this morning
were admirably adapted to the temper
of his audience, and "Casey at the
Bat,” with which he concldded his en
tertainment, was a thing to be re
membered with smiles for a long time.
Mr. Evans carried his audience to
Italy, and painted a number of beauti
ful word pictures of travel In that In
teresting country. He climbed moun
tains, peeped Into volcanoes and
I viewed the ancient cltieB of Italy -with
his hearers at his side, and hts leature
will be rated as one of the treats of
the week.
The Children’s Afternoon.
One of the most delightful enter-
The Chatham Artillery.
The Chatham Artillery Is still in the
city, bdt will leave tonight to return to
\
Savannah. Tho people of Albany and
the management of the Georgia Chau
tauqua greatly appreciate the visit of
this famous organization, which Is the
talnments given In the auditorium oldest In point of continuous service
since the Georgia Chautauqua became in the United'States. It Is the Chath-
an established Institution, was enjoyed ams’ first visit to Albany, and they
by a large audience yesterday after
noon, when more than two hundred
children held supreme command.
The first half of the afternoon was
allotted to the little folks of Miss
Immediately answered by shouts of j Markley’s kindergarten. There were
defiance from the death-vomltlng en
trenchments.
about forty of the most Interesting
tots of Albany In this entertainment,
which was called a "Flower Cantata.'
By this time the Infantry was en- j
gaged all along the line. The main j The little girls wore beautiful paper
force of the allies had come up dresses of various hues, and the spec-
through the valley of the river and they presented M tbey went
driven in all the pickets and outposts. , ,, , .... ...
The artillery fire had also necessi- thr0U S h thelr » art of the entertain-
tated the abandonment of the more meot was one never to be forgotten,
advanced entrenchments, where there They sang charmingly and did every-
had been frightful carnage. thing e , 80 beautifully.
Finally the time for the fate of the j _ . __ „ _ t . .
day to be decided had arrived. The TheQ Prof ' HalIam B blg choruB of
sun was sinking behind the tree tops, 18® children was presented for one of
and General Spence knew that It the most beautiful song services ever
would never do to run thd engagement heard i n this section. 'Though the
Into the night. ' Bingers were mUe (o]kBi they
So he seht forth his orders for a
general charge, and his troops re- opened their mbuths to the fullest ex-
sponded magnificently. . tent, exercised their lungs with great
Raising their hats in the air and yjgor and poured forth a volume of
cheering wildly, they dashed forward meIodloug BOUnd whIch made the blg
at a run. Thousands were shot down,
but the rest never wavered. Over the audience sit up and take notice. It
breastworks they poured. Bayonet was surprising that the various num-
met bayonet, and Krags were used as berg> gome 0 f them really difficult,
clubs at close quarters. ..... were rendered In a manner almost
The struggle was fierce, but brief.
When it ended, Albany was in the faultless, and the concert was a trl-
W ^ hau ls of the enemy, and the battle umph for the little vocalists, as well as promising.
have been distinguished guests during
the last two days. It Is hoped that
they will repeat the visit on some fu
ture similar occasion.
This Afternoon.
Hon. Edgar M. Wright, of Alabama,
lectures at the auditorium at 3 o’clock
this afternoon.
Grand Concert This Evening.
The assembly grand concert will
take place this evening at the auditor
ium. It will be the musical event of
the year, and will be attended by a
large audience. The program appears
elsewhere.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
E THE ElflT
Lights Will Burn in Streets of San
Francisco Tonight.
Tiventy Thousand People
Being Cared for in Tents
at Presidio—Fifty Thou
sand More Tents Expect
ed Soon—How the People
Are Living in the Stricken
City. .
San Frnnclsco, April 26. — Twenty-
two thousand persons are being cared
for at the Presidio In tents. All avail
able tents are In use, but a supply of
60,600 Is expected soon, when every
one needing shelter will be provided
/or.
For the flret time since the earth
quake the street UghtB will be burn
ing tonight,
Coroner Walsh had a gang yester
day removing the bodies burled In
Portsmouth Square Blnce the first day
of the fire. Thirty bodies were trans
ferred to Laurel Hill cemetery. Bod
ies were also removed from-Washing
ton square.
60,000 Building Burned.
A map of the burned dlstrlot Just
published here Bhows an area of 463
city bloeks destroyed, and It 1b esti
mated that about 60,000 buildings
burned.
that they are to be shot without, cere
mony.
Water Supply Problem.
The water supply Is still a serious
problem. It haB been decided that
Btlll further restrictions should be put
on the use of the water now available.
Hereafter, until the water system has
been repaired, there is to be but one
water faubet for each block through
out the city.
The state militia has not been with
drawn, according to the request from
the mayor and the citizens’ executive
committee. Governor Pardee has' hot
met with the executive committee or
with the heads- of the military and
civil authorities at Fort Mason, He
hag sent word In explanation of his
absence that he had been advised too
late to reach the meetings.
HAVANA FREE
FROM YELLOW
And Authorities There Are' Mystified
at Mobile’s Quarantine. -
Havana, April 26.—The health au
thorities here are completely',mysti
fied by the cldse quarantine ''estab
lished by Mobile against ships iuul
people from Havana. They, doclaro
that there Is not a case of yellow fever
here or anything resembling it,’ arid
that the general health of the city is
good.
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Program for Tomorrow.
9:30 a. m.—Bible Normal Class, at
Baptist church, by Bishop John H.
Vincent
11 a. m.—Address, Rev. Charles Lee
Smith, D. D., president Mercer Univer
sity.
3 p. m.—Entertainment by Ralph
Bingham.
8 p .m.—Address, Bishop John H,
Vincent
The ball game will be called at 4:16
this afternoon. - It Is hoped that a
good crowd will be on hand. Yester
day’s game was a good exhibition of
the national sport, and today the pros
pects for Albany’s winning are most
S*r Franclscd, April 26.—Ap : eart|-
quake shook-yesterday afternoon-top
pled over several tottering wails and
cracked ohlmneys, left by the severe
shockB of Wednesday of last week and
the fire that followed, and killed one
woman In her home. The shock was
not severe, but the partly wrecked
condition of walls and chimneys, re
sulted In the upsetting of some mason
ry. The shock was barely perceptible
In Oakland and vicinity, and was not
felt far from San Francisco.
Cooking Out of Doors.
The preparation of the morning and
evening meals for San Francisco ds a
rule Is a picturesque sight. In front
of every house there Is a small Im
provised furnace or a cook stove, oil
which the food Is prepared. In some
cases servants remain faithful to their
employers and to them the cooking Is
Intrusted; but It is no unusual thing
to see the wives of men who a few
days ago were the possessors of for
tunes stirring the porridge or deftly
manipulating the eggs.
! Early to Bed.
San Francisco goes to bed ht night
fall. While the extremely rigid rule
concerning lights In houses has been
modified, still the general situation Is
considered by the average citizen to
be so unsafe at night that he retires
without going abroad, and lh many
cases without showing a light in his
house. Many reports have been made
during the last few days of shots fired
into houses. that Bhowed a fight, and
few are disposed to take chances.
Regulators Condemned.
Mayor Schmitz has taken a firm
stand against "citizens’ protective com
mittees" organized in many sections of
the city by men who undertook to
regulate the affairs of their neigh
borhood. Many complaints have been
made against these "committees.”
Responsible citizens have been stop
ped at night and made to explain why
they were abroad after dark, and even
shots have been fired at persons who
had a right to go anywhere thoy
pleased at any hour. It w»- one of
these so-called “vigilance committees”,
that Is to be held responsible
for the death of Major Tllden,
who was shot while performing relief
work. The mayor gave Instructions
that the members of these “commit
tees” were to be disarmed wherever
found by the city police, and if any
resistance was offered they were to
be treated as
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TWO PERISH
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Frankenmouth, Mich., April 26
Two people were "burned to death i
four seriously Injured In a, fire wh
destroyed a hotel here early today.
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