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I VOLUME XV. ALBANY, GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 14, 1906, 1 INDSTINCT PRINT NUMBER 1?3. SnHIIR7 TH0UGHT IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE. Distinguished Citizen of New York Died at Early Hour This Morning—Was Born in 1829. New YoVk, May 14. — Carl Schufz, widely known as a publicist and a former cabinet minister, died at his home in this city at 4:35 o’clock this morning. His death was due to a complication of diseases following an attack of stomach trouble, which be came acute last Thursday. Mr. Schurz was 76 years old and was born in Cologne in March, 1829. EXPLOSION OF POWDER MAGAZINES SHOOK BRIDGEPORT EARLY THIS MORNING. Bridgeport, Conn., May 14. — Four magazines in the testing grounds of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company exploded early today, the concussion shak ing the entire city and causing great alarm, but no loss of life. Fearing an earthquake, hundreds ran into the streets clad in their night clothing only. Each maga zine contained 25,000 pounds of powder. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Most of the plate glass in the city was shattered, and the isolation hospital, half a mile distant, was wrecked. There .was a panic among the inmates, hut no one was hurt. THE RUSSIAN WORKMEN CELEBRATING MAY DAY. MORE THAN 200,000 MEN IN ST. PETERSBURG JOIN IN DEMONSTRATION. ST. PETERSBURG, May It.—The workmen today made an Imposing showing In their May Day celebration here. Practically every factory, mill and shop In the city Is Idle, more than 200,000 men Joining In the demonstration. Early reports from the interior cities show that work generally Is suspended. Fear was entertained that the day would not pass without bloodshed. Large' reserves of armed police are massed In the industrial quarters and detachments of cavalry and Infantry are posted at strategic points, although Just out of sight. PRESBYTERIAN S. S. PICNIC, Train Leaves for Phllema Wednesday Morning, May 16. Albany, Ga., May 14, 1906. Editor The Herald: Please announce In today’s paper that all those who expect to attend the Presbyterian Sunday school picnic will meet at the A. & N. freight depot, on Flint street, before 8:30 Wednes day morning, May 16. .The fare for round trip will be as heretofore, 30 cents for adults and 16 cents for chil dren. Don’t forget your baskets. E. H. CRAIN, Superintendent THE BAPTIST CONVENTION. The Morning Session Was Devoted to Foreign Missions. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 14.—The morning session of the Southern Bap tist Convention was devoted to foreign missions, under the leadership of Rev. R. J. Willingham, of Richmond, Va., secretary of the board. Mill Supply Department: i , Genuine Gandy Belt, Atkin’s Cir cular and' Cross Gut Saws, Marsh Steam Pumps. Implement Department: Harvesting Ma- ' chinery, Thresh ing Machines in stock, all sizes. [ ADMIRAL St. Petersburg, May 14. — 1 Vice-Admiral Kuzmick, commander of the port, who was unpopular with the workmen, was assassinated here today by the workmen, •whose May Day celebration he attempted to stop. L 11 Her Natatorium Training Saved Miss Blanche Wes- losky’s Life at Palmyra Yesterday Afternoon. SOLID CAR Twine, Twine, Twine Sufficient to bind all the oats in this sec- ti?n- Albany Machinery Co. At. Palmyra yesterday, Miss Blanche Weslosky, the 15-year-old daughter of Mr; and Mrs. Morris Weslosky, fell into Klnchafoonee creek at a point where the water Is fully twenty feet deep. But the young lady was not drowned. Though burdened with her clothing and chilled by the unexpected plunge, she rose to the surface near the middle of the stream and swam to the hank. Her young companions, on the hank above, were frightened nearly out of their wits, hut she called to them to keep quiet and help her up the hank. This proved no easy un dertaking, as the hank was steep and slippery. Finally, however, several hoys formed a chain, and the young lady was safely drawn from her peril ous position In the water. Here is where the Albany natator- lum scored again. Miss Blanche Weslosky Is one of many young girls, not to mention a hundred or more boys, In Albany, who have learned to swim at the natatori um, which opened up several summers ago. Many of the girls are as much at home in the water as docks, and Miss Blanche Weslosky Is one of these. This young lady accompanied a number of her friends to Palmyra yes terday. In attempting to gather some ferns on the steep bank of the Klncha foonee, she lost her foothold, plunged downward and disappeared beneath the deep waters. But her natatorium training served her In good stead, and in spite of the fact that she was bur dened . with all her clothing, she had little difficulty Jn swimming to the bank and keeping herself afloat until her companions could draw her up to safety. Let rthe boys and girls learn to swim. There’s no means of knowing when the knowledge will stand them In good stead. THE L E. Many Important Questions To Be Considered at Ses sion of Sixty Days Which Began Today. Baton Rouge, La., May 14.—The sec ond andj&st session of the. Louisiana General Assembly, convened today. The session will .continue Bixty days. Many Important matters, particularly those relating to state and parochial taxation, are to come before the ses sion. The passage of a compulsory primary election law and the question of a constitutional amendment to per mit a bond issue for municipal Im provements in New Orleans will bo considered during the session. ATLANTA POLICE RAID NEGRO CLUB. BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL OF ATLANTA. Large Class to Graduate at Closing Ex ercises May 31. 8pecia! to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., May 14.—Graduating exercises of the Boys’ High School will be held at the Grand Opera House oh the evening of May 31, and i? young men will get diplomas. This is the largest graduating class In the his tory of the high school. Floors Were Bloody When the Fracas Had Ended. Special to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., May 14.—In a raid on a negro club house at 155 ^ Peters street early yesterday, hy a large posse of officers, a score of negro prisoners were arrested and the jail wub filled to overflowing. When the officers en tered the room a lively fight was going on. The policemen arrested right and left, but many of the negroes escaped through windows. A negro woman who afterwards mysteriously disap peared, began shooting, wounding sev eral of the negroes. By the time quiet was restored the floors of the room were covered with blood and there waa every evidence that there had been a spirited and bloody fight in progress. Special to The Herald. ' ATLANTA, Ga., May 14—According to statements made by Alderman Key, of the reform element in council, he.will take the question of mu nicipal ownership of the gas lighting plant before the citizens of Atlanta at the October primary if the city fathers decline to act in the matter. About the middle ^ the week the special council investigating commit tee, of which Mr. I^y is chairman, will iheet to make some sort of report on the condition of the franchise owned by the Atlanta Gas Light. Com pany. Mr. Key contends that the company has. forfeited its rights In At lanta, while other .members' of his committee are of the opinion that the company’s franchise is all right, and they will probably so report.' Mr. Key, in that event, is likely to submit a minority report; and then set about preparing to have the matter submitted to the voters of the ciy at the regular fall primary. People’s Democratic League May Not Accept Primary Rules Laid Down by Chat ham County Committee. CONFERENCE HELD TODAY ' Deaths from Appendicitis decrease In the same raUo that the use of Dr. King’s New Life Pills increases. They save you from danger and bring quick and painless release from consti pation and the Ills growing out of It. Strength and vlgoi always follow their uaa. Guaranteed by Albany Drug Co., druggists. 26c. Try them. 1 L, " , Between Roosevelt and Friends With Reference to That Senate Affair. Washlnton, May 14.—Attorney-Gen eral Moody and Senator Allison con ferred with the President this morn ing on the situation which has arisen concerning the railroad rate bill In the Senate. Mr. Moody refused to make a statement regarding that made by Senator Tillman in the Senate Satur day. but said if any statement was made It would come from the Presi dent. He refused to say, however, ■Whether such statement would be made! City Court In Session Today. The regular monthly session of the <ity court of Albany convened this morning, his honor, Judge D. F, Cros- land, presiding and Solicitor John D. Pope looking after the interests of the state ia criminal cases, on which the court nas been engaged all morning. It is not an easy matter to forecast the length of time which a court will consume. The present session may not laBt‘ longer than tomorrow morn ing, though it is quite possible that it will continue for several days. Special to The Herald. Savannah, Ga., May 14.—It will not he known until tonight whether the Peoples Democratic League will con sent to accept the rules laid down by the Democratic Executive Committee for the county primary, June 12th. The committee of one hundred of the league will meet them to consider the question. • The Democratic Executive. Commit, tee Is composed entirely of adherents to the Citizens’ Club, and they ar ranged rules that were perfectly agreeable to the opposition, except in one particular. This was In connec tion with keeping order at the polls. The leaguers wanted the police to keep quiet, and suggested that the sheriff and 100 especially sworn In deputies he employed to keep order. The police are known to be a partisan force, and the spokesmen for the league make no secret of the fact that they want the force removed from act ive work on the day of the election. This having been denied them, it be comes a matter of very grave doubt whether both sides will go into the primary or whether the campaign will continue until October and the fight be made at the general election, with the negro holding the balance of power. Committee on Publications ; Shies at Request of Typo graphical Union to Union ize Publishing House. r Birmingham,, Ala,,! May 14.—Bishop A. W: Wilson presided over the delib erations of the General Conference of the MethodlBt Episcopal Church, Soulh, today, and devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Forest Pretty- man, of Baltimore. Reports of committees was the order of the day, and such reports were re ceived on various subjects from the Commltiees on Itineracy, Revlsuls, and others. A memorial from the International Typographical Union peeking to union ize the publishing house at Nashville, Team, was ruled upon by the Commit tee on Publication that the matter does not come wltliln the jurisdiction of the committee. MRS. DAVIS STILL BETTER TODAY. Broke Through Hearth of. Iron Works at Birming ham, Killing One Man and Fatally Burning Others. Birmingham, Ala., May 14,— Molten iron broke through the hearth of No; 4 furnace, of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company’s mill this morning. Charles Johnson waB killed outright, and Archie Drake, Weyman Stein and James Brown were fatally burned. The damage to the furnace amounts to several thousand dollars. J. F; BYLC.LT Special to The Herald, . , Savannah, Ga., May 14.-— John F. Sapp, of Waycross, a section foreman for the At lantic Coast Line, was killed: by a Coast Line train;-list night'at the Fortieth'street crossing. He was walking on the track. M Their Twentieth Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pinson cele brated -.the twentieth annlversary--of . their,, marriage on Saturday, ap^'ip the' eveiting-a large- number of friends ; were their guests at their home Just south of the city. An elegant 6 o’clock barbecue dinner was served, and this ocottsion proved one long to be re membered by those who were so for tunate as to be present. Mr. and Mrs. Pinson sincerely hope they win live to celebrate as happily many another anniversary. Some Brushes New York, May 14.—Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who has been 111 several days, is reported today as showing contin ued Improvement. THE WEATHER. NEGRO HOU8E BURNED WITH CHILDREN IN IT. Parents Went to Church, Leaving the Children In the House. Covington, Tenn.,- May 14. — The house of Henry Hunt, a negro living near here, was destroyed by fire last night and four children were burned to death. Hunt and his wife were at church, and found the house burned when they returned. Incendiarism 1b suspected. Business League Meeting Tomorrow Night. Members of the Albany Business League are reminded of the regular monthly meeting of that body, which will be held at the city hall, over fire department headquarters, tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock. Several important matters are to be presented for the consideration of the members. One of them relates to the trade day plans. All are Important as bearing upon the future of Albany, and it is hoped that business men generally will manifest their interest by attending the meeting, which is scheduled for 8 o’clock. Weather Forecast. The following is the weather fore cast for the state of Georgia for the next twenty-four hours: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Local Weather Observations. The following record of mcteorologl. cal observations taken by the local co-operative observer of the Weather Bureau of the United Stated Depart ment of Agriculture for the twenty- four hours ending at 7 o'clock this morning Is published for the Informa tion of the public: Maximum temperature 85.00 Minimum temperature 00.00 Mean temperature 72.50 Precipitation 00 River 3.80 ■Fall In 24 hours 80 Weather Clear Wind East D. W. BROSNAN, Volunteer Observer. Postmaster Robbed. G. W. Fouts, Postmaster at River ton, la., nearly lost his life and was robbed of all comfort, according to his letter, which says: “For 20 years T had chronic liver complaint, which led to such a severe case of jaundice that even my finger nails turned yellow; when my doctor prescribed Electric Bitters, which cured me and have kept me well for eleven years.’ Sure cure for Biliousness, Neuralgia, Weakness and all Stomach, Liver, Kidney and Bladder derangements. A wonderful Tonic. At Albany Drug Oo.'e drug store. 50 cents. showing line of We are a beautiful bristle, goods* includ ing Hair Brushes, 75c to $4. Tooth Brushes, 10c to $1. Nail Brushes, 25c to $1. Shaving Brushes, 25c to $1.50. Clothes Brushes, . 25c to $1. Bath Brushes, 75c. Hilsman-jSale Drug Co.