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The Albany Daily Herald.
VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY 10, 1906.
NUMBER 170.
JHF PEOPLE OF RUSSIA
SEE THEIR EMPEROR.
Is Aim of Mafiy Petitioners
—Prison Commission Re
ceived First Plea for
Mercy Today.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga.^ May ,10.—A petition
playing for the’commutation of the
existing death sentence in the case of
the celebrated Lowndes county prison
ers, Milton and Jesso Rawlings, was
, filed with the State. Prison Commis
sion this morning.
The petition came fiom J. A. .T. Hen
derson, of Ocilla, president of the
Ocilla & Valdosta railroad, and con
tains the names of seventy of the
most prominent business and profes
sional men'of Irwin county. It prays
that the death sentence be commuted
to life Imprisonment, Leonard Raw
lings, the third brother, having already
begun his life term in one of the penal
institutions of the state.
It is announced that Attorney Coop
er, who has defended the Rawlingses
throughout the famous trial, will come
to Atlanta next week with a monster
petition praying for a commutation of
the death sentence & life imprison
ment When this petition reaches the
'prison commission It will be consid
ered along with that received today
from Irwin county, and the case of the
two unfortunate boys will be disposed
of on its merits.
Opening of the New Douma in St.
Petersburg Today.
The Emperor’s Reception Passed Without Untoward In
cident—Hopes of Better Understanding Between the
Ruler and People Revived—Speech from Throne is
Conciliatory.
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WHAT BIG COMPANIES PROPOSE TO D O AF
TER BOASTING OF MEETING LOSSES.
INVESTIGATING
SPIER’S BOOKS.
New Yprk, May 10.—The Herald to
day says that experts- are examining
the books of Charles-L. Spier, confi
dential employe ot H; H. Rogers,
whose mysterious death in his Staten
Island home Monday night, has not
yet been explained. Mr. Rogers re
fused last night to diseuss ! the matter.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 10.—A bright May Day, with happy augury,
brought the representatives of Russia's millions face to face with the Rus
sian emperor, In the opening of the new Douma today. The city presented
a brilliant picture, gay with national colors and a soft haze hanging over
the scene, |
Troops everywhere gave the appearance of a siege. Banks, stores,
schools and some factories closed In honor of the event, but no general hol
iday was proclaimed.
Notwithstanding the mutual distrust which constituted the one jarring
note, there Is not lacking hope that a sincere understanding between ruler
and people will be established In foundations deep and strong.
Like all great Russian functions the day began with religious cere
monies. The city reverberated with bells at 10 o’clock this morning, sum
moning the people to thanksgiving In the churches and cathedrals.
The imperial yacht bearing the emperor, passed majestically up the
river Neva, dipping the imperial standard to the salutes from warships,
and landed under the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, where the party
entered a carriage, and, driving to the cathedral, spent twenty minutes In
prayer.
At 2:30 p. m. the emperor's reception passed without untoward Inci
dent. The tone of the speech from the throve was conciliatory. It ex
pressed the emperor’s wish that relief be given to peasants, and called on
parliament to work with him In solving the present problems of Russia and
handing down to posterity a united and prosperous empire.
The emperor and empress, after leaving the palace, entered a launch
and returned to Peterhoff. Crowds on the banks cheered the Imperial
party.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., May 10.—Insurance
agents in Savnnnnh have been ad
vised that the Insurance companies in
New York have increased the rates on
fire Insurance because of the recent
earthquake and conflagration at San
Francisco. This means, they say, that
the peoplo of Georgia will soon be
called upon by the Southeastern Tariff
Association to pay a greater premium
foi their protection against fire. Some
of the larger companies. It Is said,
fcuve withdrawn from the association
that first advanced the rates, but the
most, of them were willing to see the
new rate go Into effect.
The Insurance companies have been
making great capital of the fact that
they withstood the losses In 'Frisco,
but those who have policies will not
relish the Idea of their being made to
pay the plpor. The Increase, If It
comes from the Southeastern Tariff
Association, will affect every city In
Georgia and every Goorgia business
man who carries fire Insurance.
CHARLES A. PEABODY TO TESTIFY
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Mill Supply
Department:
Genuine Gandy
Belt, Atkin’s Cir
cular wand' Cross
Cut Saws, Marsh
Steam Pumps.
Implement
Department:
Harvesting Ma
chinery, Thresh
stock, all sizes.
SOLID CAR
Twine,
Twine,
Twine
Sufficient to bind all
the oats in this sec
tion.
Alt any
Mackmery
Co.
New York, May 10.—Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of
President Davis, of the Confederacy, is. dangerously ill
with grippe at her apartments here. As she is nearly
eighty years old, it is feared the attack may be fatal.
Her daughter, Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, has been' sum
moned from her home at Colorado Springs.
FROST KILLED COTTON LAST NIGHT
IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY.
Birminham, Ala., May 10.—A special from Decatur,
Ala., says there was a heavy frost last night in the Ten
nessee river valley, which killed cotton. In some places
the entire crop will have to be re-planted.
. , , . . .He Had Been Kicked by a
“8 Machines in playmatei Then Fainted
and Afterwards Died-
cused Boy Released.
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Speclal to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., May 10.—Twelve-year-
old George Schala, a Syrian, who re-
aides with his mother, Mrs. Martha
Schala, at 64 Butler street, was taken
to police barracks yesterday to await
th6 result of an investigation into the
death of Hermann Trupp, aged 6, who
died Tuesday afternoon at the Grady
Hospital. Young Schala was charged
with causing the other boy’s death.
It is alleged tjyyt the hoys were
playing together Monday afternoon in
front of 66 Butler street, and that dur
ing an argument in which they en
gaged, the Schala boy kicked the
Trupp boy in the stomach, injuring
him so severely that death resulted.
Immediately after ’being kicked, the
Trupp boy went home and complained
to his mother about the treatment he
had received. While be was talking
he fell to the £oor unconscious and
never spoke again. His condition be
came so alarming that he was taken
to the hospital for immediate medical
treatment Throughout the remainder
New York, May 10.—District Attorney Jerome to
day issued a subpoena for Charles A. Peabody, Presi
dent of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, compell
ing his attendance before the special grand jury investi
gating insurance matters. It is understood that Pea
body will be a leading witness.. It.is not known when
he will be called. .
iffEnffif HEm.
Temperance People and Women Who Don’t Want the
Preachers to Use Tobacco in Evidence.
Birmingham; -Ala,, May 10.—At -to-
j
day’s session of the general conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, a resolution was adopted call
ing for the Investigation of "groat and
terrible wrongs” In the Congo region,
and urging the United States govern
ment to take action for the promo
tion of an international Inquiry.
A petition signed by numberless wo
men of the Holston conference asked
the- enactment of-n requirement-that-
young preachers pledge themselves not
to use tobacco.
i c The temperance committee recoin'
mended the prohibition of a church
member acting as a liquor dispenser
under the dlspensnry law. The sanu
committee reported a resolution that
the President and Congress prohibit
(he manufacture and sale of liquor In
Panama, the canal zone.
COLQUITT TO
SEE BITTER
FIGHT
Nomination for Sheriffalty
in Democratic Primary
Bone of Contention Be
tween Campbell and Car
ter.
Moultrie, Ga., May 10.—What prom-
lacs to be a spirited and bitter contest
has grown out of the recent primary
io nominate county officers in this
county. The inco for sheriff was very
close between, the present sheriff, J.
A Campbell, and one of his opponents,
,t. A, Collier. When the consolidation
was made it wns found that 'Collier
had defeated Campbell by 12 votes. A -
few days passed, and Campbell had*
his attention called to the fact that
the total of the votes cast in the Moul
trie precinct did not amount to ah
much ns a total of the votes received
by the three candidates in the same
precinct. The sheriff asked for a re
count, and for' a time his successful
opponent consented, but waB later ad
vised by friends not to do It. Campbell
has employed counsel and presented a
formal petition to the exeoutive com
mittee asking for a recount afid Col
lier has employed counsel and will file
an answer objecting to the'rSfiuunt.
t/t> to the present no meeting of the
committee has been cnlied, bat the
committee will hold a meeting on the
17th inst. for other business and lt,i_fl
probable that the fight for the’recotmt
or contest will be held off until'
time, In the meantime the friends of
the two,m u ere lining up witffth'era
and the comeBt prmises tbbe a very
and unfortunate one.
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JOSEPH LEITER SUSPENDED
FROM CHICAGO BOARD OE
F.
RETURNS ARE
! SLOWLY MADE
of the evening and night he Buffered
intense agony. When arrested the
Schala boy denied emphatically that
he had kicked Trupp or had struck
him. He also denied that he and the
other had quarrelled. It is alleged By C | ty Property Owners-Tax Books
that a boy who was playing with j
Trupp and Schala nays they did quar
rel and that Trupp was kicked in the
abdomen by the Syrian. Dr. S. H.|
Samuels, who attended the stricken
Chicago, May 10.—It is announced that Joseph
Leiter, who carried on the spectacular wheat corner of
eight years ago, has been suspended from the Chicago
Board of Trade on complaint of a trader that a bill for
eight thousand dollars for services rendered during the
corner is still unpaid.
Close June 1st.
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Have you returned your city taxes?
City‘Clerk Y. C. Rust this morning
, ...... .... .. called the attention of a Herald man
boy, states that he cannot tell exactly ...
. , .. . . 7. _ to the fact that a comparatively small
what caused the youth’s death. Young
Trupp was buried yesterday at Oak
land cemetery. The mother of the
dead boy is reported to be In a serious
condition.
The Shala boy was released yester
day afternoon for lack pf evidence.
GEORGIA TROOPS
IN ENCAMPMENT,
Will
Go to Chlckamauga
August 5th and 25th
number of the property-owners of the
city, have made their returns, though
the books have been open for several
weeks. It Is the desire of the city offi
cials that the books be closed not later
than the first of June, and the clerk
(will probably be given instructions to
. tiiat effect.
| It Is always the case that property-
owners in Albany are slow about mak
ing their tax returnB. When the books
Between are flrst °Pened very few returns are
I made. The weeks pass, and when the
authorities begin to sound the final
warning, threatening double taxation
unless returns are promptly made, the
8peclal to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., May 10.—Georgia’s delinquents begin to bestir themselves
state troops will go into the summer and hundreds hurry forward to attend
encampment this year at Chlckamauga *° should have received attention
Fark between the dates of August 6 ,on . s
„ „„ m . .... , , And at the eleventh hour, while the
and 25. The adjutanhgeneral has re- , a8t period of gmce lB expIringj there
celved a letter from the war depart- |= a tremendous ruBh to the office of
ment at Washington asking for an es- the clerk, who is fairly overwhelmed,
timate of the cost and time suitable History is repeating itself this year,
for the encampment of the state mill-, if you happen to be one of thoBe who
tia, and Assistant General Scott, after have nut made their returns, give the
figuring out the cost estimates, will matter prompt attention, so you will
reply that the dates mentioned In Au- not be in the Inevitable eleventh hour
gust will be the most, suitable. rush.
JURY SAID IT
. WAS SUICIDE.
Death of Ira 8prlng Fully Investi
gated by Coroner Yesterday After-
A coroner’s jury Inquired fully Into
the death of Ira Spring yesterduy.
The Herald reported the tragic end of
the young man, stating that all the
circumstances pointed to suicide.
But there were certain circum
stances which seemed to demand a
careful Investigation, and this was
made, Justice deGraffonrler conduct
ing the inquest In the absence of Cor
oner Kearney.
A good deal of testimony was taken,
but nothing developed to controvert
the theory of suicide. Neither was
there any evidence to prove to the
satisfaction of the jury why the young
man had been led to take his own
life. The note which was found by
the body referred to a business mat
ter, and shed no light on that which
Induced the suicide.
The Jury viewed the body as it lay
in the house in Bast Albany, and the
inquest was completed at the undertake
In establishment of W. H. Wilder &
Son. The verdict was to the effect
that Spring died by his own hand.
Last night when the baseball special
got back from Cordele the hackmen
did a thriving business carrying the
belated fans to Bupper,.......
The tar on the brick paving oi
Washington street Is getting sol
again. For several. days if has been
hard, owing to the rains, water having
a tendency to harden tar.
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