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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 14, 1906.
NUMBER 200.
INSURANCE COMPANIES
AND FIRE LOSSES
IN SAN FRANCISCO
THIRTY-TWO COMPANIES ARE HOLDING OUT
AGAINST THE PROPOSITION TO CUT PAY
MENT OF LOSSES TO POLICY HOLDERS TO
SEVENTY-FIVE PER CENT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 14. — Thirty-two
fire insurance companies are standing out against the
proposition which has been advanced by fifty other
companies to order out 25 per cent, and compel policy
holders to accept 75 per cent, of their losses. Among'
those opposing the cut are the Aetqa, California, At
las, London, Liverpool, London and Globe, London and
Lancashire, Hartford, Home of New York, Queen of
New York, and Royal of Liverpool. Fifty-four com
panies have granted an additional period of sixty days
in which policy holders may file proofs of loss.
I
New Democratic Committee
to Organize This After
noon — Appointment of
Delegates to State Con
vention.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., June 14.—The newly
elected Democratic Executive Commit
tee will hold a meeting this afternoon
for the purpose of organization. They
will Belect a chairman and a secretary.
It would net be surprising if Mr. T.
Mayhew Cunningham is made chair
man of the party. He has served, in
the capacity before, and if he will
serve again he can he elected by the
new committee, which is Very much in
favor of his taking it.
The retiring chairman of the com-
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,
Towers
an
d Tank
s
AIL*
►any
MacLmery
mittee, Mr. A. A. Lawrence, has been
at the head of the party in Chatham
for several years. He was elected by
a committee chosen in a contest just
as the present committee was.
The new committee is a very impor.
tant factor in the coming gubernatorial
primary on August 22. There is much
speculation as to what it will do rela
tive to the selecting of delegates to the
gubernatorial primary. Col. J. H. Es-
till’s friends are confident of carrying
the county and sending a full delega
tion to Macon.
H. E. Wilson is Chairman.
Special to The Herald.
Savalnnah, Ga., June 14.—H. E. Wil
son was elected chairman of the D9m
ocratio executive committee this after
noon. A. P. Wright 1b vice-ctHimar,
and John E. Schwarz secretary.
COL. MERCER STILL
CRITICALLY ILL
Great Anxiety Over Condition of Popu
lar Savannah Man.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, June 14.—The condition
of Col. George A Mercer, who, as men
tioned In these dispatches yesterday,
was stricken with apoplexy while in
his office, is not such today as to en
tirely relieve the concern of his
friends. Colonel Mercer is an old
man, and his health for some time has
not been good. It is feared by his
friends that the attack will not yield
readily to treatment.
The popularity .of Colonel Mercer
has been shown by the great interest
taken in his Illness by friends here
and. throughout the state. Many have
called at his home and he has had
numerous inquiries from other cities
as to his condition.
Colonel Mercer has long been promi
nent in Savannth. He was for years
colonel of the First Regiment of In
fantry, and for a quarter of a century
he has been chairman of the Board of
Education. One of his firm beliefs is
that it ip a waste of money to teach
negro school children the higher
branches of education. He thinks
that the “Three R’s” are enough for
a negro to get from a state school.
He has often talked upon this sub
ject. If he does not recover in time
to attend the annual commencement
exercises of the Savannah High
School, June 20, he will be missed.' It
will be the first time he has been ab
sent in twenty years.
SUPREME COURT
JUDGES PRO TEM.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., June 14.—On account
of the disqualification of Associate
Justices Cobh and Lnmpkln, of the
Georgia Supreme Court, to hear the
case of Greend county and other coun
ties against the comptroller-general,
on June 15, Governor Terrell has ap
pointed two superior court judges to
preside. The Judges who are named
to be members of the Supreme Court
pro tern, are Judge Z. A. Littlejohn,
of Amerlcus, of the Southwestern cir
cuit, and Judge R. W. Freeman, of
Newnan, of the Coweta circuit.
SARAH BERNHARDT
SAILS FOR PARIS,
New York, June 14.—Sarah Bern-
THE
STEAMSHIP HAVORFORD WRECKED AT
DOCK IN LIVERPOOL.
Arrived from Philadelphia and Landed Her Passengers
Yesterday Afternoon, and Explosion Occurred as the
Stevedores Were Opening Hatches to Unload Cargo
This Morning—Nine Kill d and Many Wounded.
LIVERPOOL, June 44.—Nine men were killed in
stantly and forty or more others wounded, several fa
tally, by an explosion on the British steamer* Havor-
ford this morning.
The cause of the explosion is yet unexplained, but
it is rumored that it was caused by an infernal ma
chine. The Haverford arrived yesterday from Philadel
phia and landed her passengers before nightfall.
The stevedores were opening the hatches to unload
the vessel when the explosion occurred. The explosion
blew off the hatches, scattering the dead and wounded
in'all directions. This was evidently caused by the ex
plosion of a barrel of naphtha which followed a fire in
the cargo of linseed oil cake. It make a fierce blaze, and
the firemen fought two hours to extinguish the flames.
NOUHLf Mill
Interesting Session of the
' Albany Business League
at the City Hall Lat?t
Night.
The meeting of the Albany Business
League which was held at the city
WILL BE GIVEN
Favorable Report Made on
Postmaster Brimberry’s
Application for Increase of
Free Delivery Service. -
The Albany • postofflee will shortly
be given an additional local mail car-
hall last night was the regular month- rler.
ly meeting postponed from the night
before. The Btorra Tuesday interfered
with the meeting, so it was held over
until last night
The petition of the clerks in the Al
bany freight warehouses tp have the
business league sanction a movemenb
to close the warehouses of the city at
noon on Saturdays was the first mat
ter that came up last 'night. Some op
position having developed to the move
ment, the clerks modified their request
no as to cover only the summer
months. Mr. I. J. Hofmayer repre
sented the railroad men and explained
that they had decided, in view of the
opposition to the movement, not to ask
to have the freight warehouses closed
all the year, but to be allowed to close
at noon on Saturdays only during the
summer months, from May 1 to Sep
tember 1. There was no opposition to
this plan and a resolution was passed
favoring it.
The matter of immigration, so inter
esting to all our people just now, was
taken up and Mr. C. Rasmussen, a
Dane from Minneapolis, Minn., ad
dressed the meeting. Mr. Rasmussen
represents about 100 Scandinavian
newspapers published in the United
States, and he presented a proposition
for a campaign of advertising In thebe
papers to reach the three and a half
million Scandinavians in this country.
Mr. Rasmussen spoke enthusiastically
of his people and gave his hearers
some valuable facts and figures In re
gard to the results accomplished by
this class of immigrants in this coun
try.
Mr. Rasmussen made a most favor
able impression upon his hearers, and
the league passed a resolution favor
ing the acceptance of his proposition,
which was referred to a special com
mittee-of five.
Secretary Betjeman told some inter
esting things in connection with the
work of the league and what it was
accomplishing. Among the recent re
sults of league work is the establish
ment of a double daily mail service
on the B. & TV. branch of the Atlantic
Coast Line. It developed that all mat
ters that should receive the attention
of the league were being looked after
carefully and vigorously.
*Tbe sand-lime brick matter came up
and an expert brick man who has been
attracted to the city , by the large sand
deposits here spoke on the subject -
It was nearly 11 o’clock when the
meeting adjoumed„the cession having
It was stated in these columns sev
eral weeks ago that a United States
postofflee inspector was in the city
for the purpose of making investiga
tions preliminary’to a report on the
application which Postmaster Brim-
berry had made for an additional car
rier. The Inspector remained In the
city long enough to go fully Into the
matter, but before leaving gave no in
timation as to what would be the na
ture of his report.’
It develops, however, that the re
port unreservedly recommended that
the request of Postmaster Brimberry
be granted, local conditions 'fully Justi
fying the increased service.
The Postofflee Department has writ
ten to Postmaster Brimberry for cer
tain information additional to that con
tained in the report of the inspector,
and this has been supplied. It was
of a character to emphasize the Impor
tance of the need for an additional car
rier.
It is expected that an order will be
.passed by the Postofflee Department in
the course of the next week or ten.
days increasing the local carrier force
from three to four. This will make
possible the covering of tfie entire city
with at least two deliveries dally, and
three or four deliveries in the business
district.
Since the city was enlarged by be-
lng extended on three sides, and as
the result of greatly increased popu
lation, the local postofflee has been for
some time wrestling with the prob
lem of efficient service. It was real
ized that such service would not be
possible Vintll the carrier facilities
were Increased. It Is therefore partic
ularly gratifying to Postmaster Brim
berry, no less than to residents of the
suburbs, that the extra carrier Is so
soon to be provided.
In this connection it Is Interesting
to note that Albany appears among a
list of Georgia towns and cities the
salaries of whose postmasters have
been increased, to .take effect June J.
Postmaster Brimberry’s salary is in
creased from $2,500 to $2,600 per an
num.
THE mm LIQUOR DEALERS
DON’T INI ANOTHER
WILLING TO LEAVE PRESENT RESTRICTIONS
UNDISTURBED.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., June 14.—There seems
to be no desire to provoke any dis
cussion of a change in the present
liquor regulations In the city, accord
ing to the statements made by a num
ber of wholesale whiskey men In At
lanta. Several days ago It was ru
mored that there was "kely to be a
hot prohibition fight pulled off In the
city In a short while as a result of
efforts to extend the liquor limits.
The existing arrangement Is an agree
ment reached some years ago between
the antis and the prohibitionists. AH
saloons close at 10 o’clock at night
and are not permitted to be open on
Sunday., Several times efforts have
been made to extend the dosing hour
to midnight, but each time the mat
ter has been broaehed In council the
prohlbs have threatened to .bring on
another liquor election, and this has
had the deBlred effect. Atlanta suf
fered to a considerable extent whon
the last agitation over saloons wob
held, and the people are not fancying
another such campaign.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN VISITS
THE RUSSIAN
ST. PETERSBURG. June 14. — William J. Bryan
-wa§ an interested spectator of the proceedings of the ’
lower house of Parliament today as the guest of Ambas
sador Meyer, in the diplomatic box. During the recess
Mr. Bryan discussed the situatiofi with some of the lead
ers, who were anxious to explain their views to the dis
tinguished American.
SKIES DARK
AND LOWERING
IN LOUISVILLE
While Thousands Sing "The 8un
Shines Bright In My Old Kentucky
Home.”
LouIbvIHo, June 14.—The skied today
are dark, and lowering in spite of the
words of the'’ song, “The -81111' shines
bright In my old ’Kentucky home, 1
which tune is heard on every corner.
The day is devoted to the honor ol
Stephen 0. Foster, author of the words
of the song. The statuo of Foster
wub unveiled at the corner of Broad
way and Third avenue by Mrs. Marlon
Foster Welsh, of Alleghany, Pa„
daughter of tl^e composer, and during
the ceremonies attending the unveil,
lng a chorus of a thousand children
sang this hymn, "Old Blaok Joe,” and
other of 'Foster’s melodies.
ROBT- B. ROOSEVELT,
PRESIDENT’S UNCLE,
’ PASSES AWAY.
A Life-Long Democrat and Had
Many Positions of Honor,
Hold
Sayville, N. Y., June 14,—Robert B.
RooBevelt, uncle of the President, died
here early today. He had been ill
several months.
He was 76 years old, and a life-long
Democrat. He held several responsi
ble positions under the city govern
ment, and was chairman of the execu
tive committee of the Committee of
Seventy which fought the Tweed ring.
He was minister to the Netherlands
in 1888 to 1800, and treasurer of the
National Democratic Committee at the
time of Cleveland’s second election. He
was a well-known writer on natural
history topics.
VICTOR H. OLMSTEAD
chief Statistician.
Appointment of Hyde’s Successor An
nounced Today.
Washington, D. C., June 14.—Secre
tary of Agriculture Wilson today an
nounced the appointment of Victor H.
Olmstead In the place of Chief Statis
tician Hyde,' who besigned, 11
W. R. Ward, of Dyersburg, Tcnn.,
writes; “This Is to certify that I havo
used Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup for .
chronic constipation, and It has prov
en, without a doubt, to bo a thorough,
practical remedy for thiB trouble, and
it is -vylth pleasure I oftor my con
scientious reference.”
So
me
Brush
es
We are >
beautiful
In
ine&ot
bristle goods, includ
ing
Hair Brushes,
75c io M;
.-A'iirU
mm
STANDARD OIL MAN
WOULDN’T TESTIFY.
Tooth Brushes,
iOc to $1.
Nail Brushes,
25c to $1.
Cleveland, O., June 14.—The Inter
state Commerce Commission inquiry
Into Standard Oil methods was re
opened here today. Only one witness
was examined for the Standard Oil
Company, who did not care to offer SJinwincr "R-riiolioa
testimony in. refutation of what had kJlldVing -DrUSIieS,
been elicited- against them. He said
he believed that a complete answer
was on file with the Commissioner of
Corporations at Washington.
25 c to
HARGIS ARRESTED
AND GAVE BOND.
Louisville, Ky., June 14.—A special
from Jackson, Ky., says that Judge
James Hargis, under arrest for the
murder of Dr. Cox, was today granted
bail in $15,000, which was promptly
SUCCESSOR OF
SENATOR BURTON.
Washington, D. C., June 14.—A. W.
Benson was inducted into office this
morning as the successor of United
States Senator Burton, of Kansas, re
signed. -
Clothes Brushes,
25c to’
RICH GOLD FIND
IN TENNESSEE,
Chattanooga,
find of gold beating quartz la reported
from
aratlons