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VOLUME XV. ALBANY, GA.. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 12, 1906. NUMBER 198. SOUTHEAST IN GRASP OF SEVERE WEATHER RESULT OF DISTURBANCES OF LAST FEW DAYS IN GULF REGION. The effects of the meteorological disturbances re ported during the last few days from the Gulf of Mex-’ ico are being felt today in this region, and one of the most disagreeable bits of weather of the year has blown in upon us. The disturbance is from the northeast. All during the forenoon the wind blew strongly from that point of the compass, and a little before noon rain began falling. The precipitation steadily increased, and by 1:30 p. m. the rain was coming down in sheets. With a strong wind to blow it about, it has proved thoroughly disa greeable. The bad weather is probably general, and reports tonight and tomorrow are expected to tell of heavy downpours^nd strong winds over the entire Southeast. The bad weather may continue several days. It is more like a fall than a summer disturbance. It is probable that heavy weather will be experi enced at sea, and it will be surprising if Gulf and At lantic marine disasters are not reported during the next few days. SAVANNAH HAVING A HOT OLD TIME AT THE POLLS TODAY—THE CITIZENS’ CLUB TASTING DREGS OF DEFEAT. Special to The Herald. the Democratic League seems destined Savannah, Ga., June 12. — The Citi*- JiP be victorious. It consists of Messrs. A SCHOONER’S VALUABLE CARGO OF LUMBER. Special to The Herald. Savannah, June 12. — The schooner J. B. Thomas, bound tor Philadelphia, has cleared from this port with a cargo of lumber of 1,018,324 feet of lumber. This is the largest cargo of lumber ever carried away from Savannah on a sailing vessel. The sphooner was loaded here and went to sea with her valuable cargo in good shape. The cargo was' vorv valuable, considering the high price of lumber. The passing of the strawberry ush ered In the blackberry. Now the lat ter are common enough. Mill Supply Department: Genuine Gandy Belt, Atkin’s Cir cular and Cross Cut Saws, Marsh Steam Pumps. Implement Department: Harvesting Ma chinery, Thresh ing Machines in stock, all sizes Gasoline Engines, To wers and Tan] :s Alta ny Mackmery BRITISH SOLDIERS WENT GUNNING FOR NATAL REBELS. zens’ Club is having the fight of its life for existence at the county pri mary today. Not in ten years has there been such a contest, and at the noon hour it' was evident that if the tail of the proud bird which poses as the emblem of freedom and of the Club is not trailing dejected in* the sorrow of defeat when the polls close at 7 o’clock this evening, it will have a very sore back, at least, from the licking it has received. There has never been such opposition since the Citizens’ Club was organized fifteen or more years ago. At noon it was conceded that the Citizens’ Club could not land all of its ticket, and it began to look as if it had lost the greatest number. If any Citizens’ Club man wins it will be Col. Pleasant A. Stovall, candidate for the State Senat'e, and his major ity will be very small. His opponent is Major W. B. Stephens, former law’ partner of F. G. DuBignon, and a very popular man. The rdce between these two is very close, and it will take the count tonight to declare the winner. The rest of the legislative ticket of Durban, June 12. — Colonel McKen zie’s column yesterday attacked rebel natives, who sought shelter in the bush. The rebels climbed trees, whence they hailed assegls on the troops, but the bullets of the soldiers dropped them from the branches. More than forty were thus killed, and altogether, 160 natives were slain. The rout of the rebels is regarded as practically complete. •, v;w>\iff;- GEORGIA STATE DENTAL SOCIETY. Program for the Meeting in Savannah Next Week. Special to. The Herald. Savannah, June 12.—One week from today the thirty-eighth annual meet ing of the Georgia State Dental So ciety will be held in Savannah. It will meet in the banquet hall of the DeSoto Hotel. There will be an ex cursion o,ut to sea during the conven tion. hfayor Myers will deliver the address of welcome, arter Rev. Gilbert A. Ottman has opened the meeting with prayer. There will be a re sponse to the address of welcome by Dr. S. W. Foster, oi Atlanta. Dr. S. H. McKee, of Americus, will deliver his annual address. The dentists from every city in the state will be pres ent. SAVANNAH SCHOOL TEACHERS ELECTED. Prof. T. S. Lucas, Recently Resigned, Elected Teacher of Mathematics. Special to The Herald. Savannah, Ga., June 12.—The an nual election of teachers for the pub lic schools of Savannah was held yes terday afternoon. The me'mbers of the Board of Education met at 4 o’clock to select the teachers. There was much interest in the election of a teacher of mathematics because there was such a hard contest for it. Prof. T. S. Lu cas, who resigned the place two months ago, applied for re-election. Among the other applicants was Prof. Kilpatrick, who .recently lost his place at Mercer University. He taught in the public’ schools of Chatham once before. There has been^some tall electioneering during the past week. Prof. Lucas was elected. There was some shifting among the other teachers, but this was not of much interest, as there is usually some changes made each year. DELAWARE: SENATOR IS A REPUBLICAN. Dover, Del., June 12.—Col. Henry A. Dupont, Republican, was elected U. S, senator this morning by the Delaware legislature In joint session. The prospects of a ball game this afternoon at thls-tlme are In keeping wm with the clouds—dark. David C. Barrow, A. Pratt Adams and Joseph McCarthy. They will probably be elected to the House unless there is a movement this afternoon to over come the lead they had nt noon. In the fight for County Treasurer, Waring Russell, the old warhorse of Chatham politics, has defeated his op ponent, Mr. C. H. Carson. The fight for County Sheriff is close, but Major John Schwarz has probably defeated Mr. T. F. Screven. James M. McIntyre, Jr„ has prob ably defeated J. J. Horrlgan for Sheriff of the City Court. Much depends upon the count as to the fate of the other candidates on both tickets. The representatives of both factions were at the polls early this morning. They appeared fully two hours before the polls were open. They spent the night In various halls in the city, and marched to the polls, where each fac- tjon was allowed to make a line and vote alternately. , There were no serious fights during the morning. The police were on hand, as were a determined lot of People’s League men. I E E L POSTAGE RULES. WORK OF THE RECENT UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONGRESS AT ROME. Washington, June 12.—In connection with the work of the rectent Universal Postal Congress at Rome, the Post- office Department has given out a statement of the results affecting the United States. \ The congress ordered substantial reductions in letter postage by Increas ing the unit of weight, effective after October, (1907. By one decision, a [specially low rate will become opera tive between England and the ’United States, A letter to Great Britain now costs five cents for the ilrst ounce, and three cents for the second ounce. Un der the new rates it will be possible to send a package of six ounces for what Is now charged for two ounces. T DEATH PENALTY Protested to the Last That He Was Innocent of the Crime for Which He Was Condemned. Boston, June 12.—Chas. L. Tucker was electrocuted at 12:12 o’clock this morning for the murder of Mabel Page at Weston, March 3, 1904. Tucker was officially pronounced dead by the pris on doctors at 12:19. Three applica tions of the current were made. When Tucker arrived In front of the THREE CASES OF YELLOW FEVER In Gulf of Mexico at Quar antine Station Midway be tween New Orleans and Mobile. New Orleans, June 12. — The fact that three cases of yellow fever have been under quarantine for the past l ten days at Ship Island, a government , quarantine station In the Gulf of Mex« I ico, about midway between the tnouth of the Mississippi river and Mobile, j Ala., has been made public by Dr. C. ' H. Irion, president of the Louisiana State Board of Health. death chair he drew from his trousers The an „ 0U ncemeU of the yellow pocket a brief statement, which he fever cases was the result of a dls- read. The statement was: cussion bbtween Dr. Irion and Health “I hope that God will forgive me for 0^ cer Hunter, of Mississippi, over all the wrongs I have ever done in my past life. I forgive everybody who has ever wronged me. I am at peace with my Maker. May God have mercy on my soul.” Tucker then sat down In the chair the fact that they had not been noti fied-Immediately of the fever's pres ence. The cases came from Colon and were taken off the steamer Whitehall, which was bound for Gulfport, Miss. Ship Island Is a short distance south the and, after the guards had adjusted the of the Mississippi coast, and is in straps, the warden raised his hand as cnarge of United States Marine Hos- a signal to the electrician. | pttal officers, who Immediately notified After the first application of the Surgeon-General Wyman, of the Uni- electricity Dr. Joseph McLaughlin, the prison surgeon, made an examination, and announced that the. pulse was still beating. After the current had been applied a second time the surgeon detected a movement of the heart, but when the current was applied a third time Tucker was pronounced dead. this announcement was made at 12:19 o'clock. , The surgeon stated that Tucker was unconscious from the moment the first shock was sustained. Gov. Guild made public yesterday a telegram received by him from Presi dent Roosevelt In which the President, after pointing out that he had been requested to Interfere with the execu tion of Tucker, declares that In his judgment Gov. Guild’s decision not to Interfere with the carrying out of the ted States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. — Dr. Irion commented upon the cir cumstances under which this report was made. He announced also that quarantine orders have been Issued against Celba, Honduras, at which port It is reported that refugees are gathering to escape yellow fever, which Is said to be breaking out at several points in Honduras. He also said that he has received reports that there Is yellow fever In Havana. and commanded his hearty sympathy. The baptism of Tucker was per- fonned during the forenoon by Rev. Mr. Bishop, of the M. E. church, and Rev. J. F. W. Barnes, the prison chap lain. The prisoner’s reception of bap tism was accompanied by renewed sentence seemed to him entirely sound protestations of his Innocence. PACKING HOUSE CASES ON TRIAL TODAY CASES AGAINST FOUR PACKING HOUSES SUB MITTED TO JURY BY AGREEMENT. KANSAS CITY, Mo„ June 12. — Cases against four packing companies charged with accepting freight rebates were given to a jury in the. Federal court here today. A verdict is expected today in the cases against the Armour, Swift, Cudahy and Morris packing com panies, which were consolidated for the purpose of sav ing time and submitted to the jury on an agreed state ment of facts. A Verdict of Guilty. KANSAS CITY, Mo„ June 12. —The Armour, Swift, Cudahy and Morris packing companies were found guilty in the United States district court today of ac cepting concessions from the Burlington railroad on ex port shipments of packing ho'use products. The jury deliberated one hour. Sentence, which proyides for a fine only, was deferred until after the trial of the Bur lington Railroad, charged with granting the same con cessions. The trial begins this afternoon. JOSEPHINE TERRANOVA ON PAROLE. CONFERENCE REPORT ON STATEHOOD BILL IS WITHDRAWN. New York, June 12.—Josephine Ter- ranova, the young woman recently ac quitted of the murder 61 her aunt, was today paroled in the custody of her counsel. No action was taken In the case against her charging her with the murder of her uncle. The action to day was taken at the request of the district attorney. Washington, June 12(—By a vote" in the Senate today the conference report on the statehood bill was with drawn. Another conference will b'e held. GALVESTON CUT OFF GEORGIA RAILROAD COMMISSION MEETS. FROM MAINLAND, Two Most Important Cases Postponed to dune 20. a I to aiua, Atlanta, Ga„ June 12.—The State Railroad Commission will meet to morrow morning In regular session. The two most Important oases fixed for that date have been postponed un til June 20. TheBe are the fertilizer rates from Savannah and Brunswick to Atlanta and the marble rate ease. Aside from the matter of h depot at Kenwood, in Fayette county, on the Southern, no other case Is especially set for the meeting, though Borne may develop before the hour of meeting. Otherwise the meeting nromises to be short, and of little public Interest, St. Louis, June 12.—A special from Houeton, Tex., says that 1,000 feet of the railroad bridge,connecting Galves ton with the mainland, wan burned this morning, cutting Galveston off from communication with the outside world, excepting by boat. showing HOME-COMING WEEK IN OLD KENTUCKY. All Trains Running Crowded, Carrying Throngs to Louisville. We are beautiful line'^of bristle goods, includ- ■ . .V Louisville, June 12.—All trains arc running crowded, some In two and three sections, bringing throngs to "Home Coming Week,” which will be Inaugurated tomorrow. Former Vice- President Adlal Stevenson is coming tonight. Former Governor -Leslie, of Montana, came this morning. GOVERNMENT’S CASE AGAINST CARTER. For Recovery of Money Is Postponed In Federal Court. Chicago, June 12.—The case of the government against Oberlln M. Carter was continued today In the federal court and will be taken up about Au gust i. Carter Is belhg sued to recov er $3,000,000 embezzled In connection with Greefie and Gaynor, the contrac tors, In the harbor work at Savannah, CHOLERA CASES IN THE PHILIPPINES. Four Thousand Cases and Three Thou sand Deaths from August to April. Washington, D. C„ Juno 12.—The of ficial report of the ravages of cholera In the Philippines from last August to April.'21 of this year, shows a total of 4,093 cases and 3,144 deaths. Aa 7 asses The people who went on the excur sion to Columbus yesterday report a good time. Quite a number of Albany people went. Hair Brushes, 75c to $4. Tooth Brushes, 10c to $1. * Nail Brushes, 25 c to i Shaving Brushes, 25c to $1.50. Clothes Brushes, 25cto Bath Brushes, 75c.