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fog VOLUME XV. ALBANY, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 15, 1906. NUMBER 201. HAVE YIELDED And Will Join Combination of Roads Issuing Inter changeable Mileage—Cen tral and G. S. & F. Special to The Herald. « Atlanta, Ga., June 16.—After hold ing oft tor a long time, the Central of Georgia and the G. S. & F. railroads have made formal application to the other railroads of the South for per mission to be admitted Into the Inter changeable mileage system In opera tion throughout the country, and It Is generally believed among railroad of ficials that the two roads will be ad mitted. The matter will be decided this week, and If granted, the roads will issue the new books on July 1. The Central, G. S. & F. and South ern roads have for three years been the only ones In the South not enter ing Into the agreement 'among the roads. It Is generally believed that the Southern will also enter soon, making the system complete through out the South. Considerable expense will be at tached to the changing of the two roads to the organized system, as all outstanding mileage books will have to be called in at once and new ones issued In their place by the first of next month. REV. J. J. BENNETT , ELECTED SECRETARY And Treasurer of Mission Board, Georgia Baptist Convention. Special to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., June 16.—Rev. J. J. Bennett, pastor of the First Baptist church of Grlflin, was yesterday after noon elected secretary and treasurer of the Mission Board of the Georgia Baptist Convention by that board, to succeed the Rev. S. Y. Jemeson, who waB recently elected president of Mer cer University at Macon. FLY TIME. Keep them out with our wire screen windows and doors. Complete Btock on hand. C. D. SMITH. Mill Supply Department: Genuine Gandy Belt, Atkin’s Cir cular and Cross Cut Saws, Marsh Steam Bumps. Implement Department: Harvesting Ma chinery, Thresh ing, Machines in stock, all sizes Gasoline Engines, Towers and Tanks Alta ny mery Silgil AGITATION AMONG WORKMEN GENERAL. MOSCOW, June 15.—Agitation among workmen here is general, and a strike is in full progress. A reso lution was adopted by th e workmen to support Par liament only so long as it persists in its fight against the bureaucracy. FLOUR MILLS BURNING. LULU, Russia, June 15.—The flour mills and grain houses here are burning. KILLED BY PEASANTS. KOHILEV, Russia, June 15.—The proprietor of an estate near here, who refused, tQ distribute his land to the peasants, has been killed.. SITUATION STRAINED TO BREAKING POINT. ST. PETERSBURG, June 15.—The press is unan imous today in condemnation of yesterday’s events in the lower Jiouse of Parliament. The situation is strajn- ed to the breaking point..^ COSSACKS AND DRAGOONS ORDERED. OUT. TVER, Russia, June 15. — Cossacks and dragoons have been dispatched to districts near here where, peas ants are taking possession of lands. The peasants are losing patience with the inaction of parliament. LANDED PROPRIETORS DRIVEN OFF. NOVOGOROD, Russia, June 15. — Several landed proprietors in this province have been beaten and driv en off by the peasants.. WAR ON THE JEWS RENEWED IN RUSSIA JEWISH ANARCHIST STARTED TROUBLE BY THROWING A BOMB. f Bialystok, Russia, June 15.—So far as learned, thirty Jews were killed in yesterday’s outbreak here. The hos pitals are filled, and It is Impossible to learn the correct number of casualties, as many of the injured are in. private houses. All Jewish shops on the four princi pal streets were sacked. Military and police are now guarding the streets and no civilians aye permitted to leave their homeB. A sort of armed truce has been established, pending the res toration of order. Origin of the Trouble. Bailystock, Russia, June 14.—A- Jew- ish anarchist' threw a bomb among the Corpus Christ! procession, which was in progress here today, and killed or wounded many persons. In conse quence the Christians attacked and massacred the Jews and demolished Immediately after the explosion the Jews began to Are with revolvers from the windows of the house into the crowd. Soldiers surrounded the house and fired two volleys Into the win dows. Meanwhile the enraged Chris tians attacked the Jewish stores In Alexandrov and -Suraz streets, demol ishing the fixtures and windows and throwing the goods Into the gutters and beating and murdering the Jews. A crowd of Jews fled to the railroad Btation, pursued by the mob, which killed many of them there. Three Jews were thrown from second story windows of the railroad station build-j ing. F WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15.—When Senator Mallory today tried to' get action on his resolution to survey the Florida Everglades, Senators Gallinger, Till man and others opposed diverting the irrigation fund to such purposes. The resolution eventually went to the calendar. THIS IS DANIEL BOONE DAY their shops. Hundreds of persons were killed or wounded. The homb was thrown from the bal cony of a house in Alexanderov street. A Russian clergyman, named Fedoroff, was among those killed by the explos ion. An Associated Press Correspondent on the Scene. Bialystok, Russia, June 15.—When an Associated Press correspondent reached here this morning, the city was in possession of troops, who oc cupied the streets and railroad sta tions. There was no rioting up to noon today. About twenty persons were killed and eighty wounded yes terday. Bodies lay for hours in the streets. DAY’S PROGRAM MADE UP OF INTERESTING CEREMONIES AT LOUISVILLE. THE GEORGIA PDPHEISTS TD HOLD STATE ACTION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FORE SHADOWS PUTTING OUT STATE TICKET. Special to T he Herald. Atlanta, Ga., June 15.—At a stormy meeting of the executive committee of the People’s Party, held yesterday afternoon at the Kimball Hou^e, a motion was adopted calling for a state convention to meet in Atlanta to place in the field a full ticket for the Populists. The vote on the propo sition was 7 to 3. The date is yet to be selected, but it is thought that July 4 will be the day selected for the state convention. • The meeting in its early stages was purely one for Hoke Smith, several speeches being made in his favor, while the name of Clark Howell was njot mentioned during the entire time the committee was in session. The minority were fighting for a state ticket and were plainly displeased with the way in which ihe sentiment appeared to be flowing against such a plan. In the end, however, their plea for a state convention prevailed. The meeting was held behind closed doors. In addition to the members of the executive committee there were present about thirty Populists from various sections of the state. YOUNG WIFE DIDN’T HAVE DINNER READY. Husband Left Home and Then the In jured Wife Took Laudanum. Special to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., June 16.—Because she failed to have dinner ready at the usual hour, the husband of Mrs. Car rie Lancaster, threatened .to leave home. The wife, just to lease him, said he could leave whenever he got good and ready. So Lancaster left. Then the wife—a bride of six months —took laudanum. The'drug failed to kill, and a reconciliation has taken place. When Mrs. Lancaster-took the laudanum a neighbor realized her con dition and sent in a call for the ambu lance. It came in a hurry and the young wife was taken to Grady Hds- pital, where her life was saved by the physicians there. GASOLINE EXPLODES; TWO BADLY BURNED. 8peclal to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., June 15—While clean ing a silk skirt in the plant of the Stoddard Dyeing and Cleaning Com pany, at 85 North- Broad street, yes terday afternoon about 4 o’clock, J. W. Stoddard, proprietor of the establish ment, and a negro helper, Max Alex ander, were severely burned by the explosion of a can of gasoline. Stod dard was the more severely injured and was sent to Grady Hospital. His hair was all singed off and he was burned about the head and face. An alarm of fire was turned in and while the firemen were at work extinguish ing the blaze. Assistant Fire Chief Presley was severely .burned. The damage ’to the building by lire was slight. The building Is the property of Hon. Hoke Smith. Louisville, Ky.’, June 16.—"today was devoted by the “ home-Comlng ” cele bration to the memory of Daniel Boone as yesterday was to that of Stephen Foster. The floral parade, postponed from Wednesday on account of rains, was held this morning and the glorification of Boone occupied the afternoon at Cherokee Park, where a reunion of Boone’s descendants was held, and later the ’ statue of Boone was un veiled. V \ Breekenrldge Castleman, of Louis ville, /mad^ the presentation for C. Wlekel, the donor. The acceptance address was made by Col. R. Dnrrett for the park commissioners. .Following thiB ceremony living pic tures of a scene in Boone's life were given in a sham battle between Indians and settlers. Open air dancing fllled the rest of the day, and this evening there will be a grand ball, for whloh 20,000 invitations have been Issued. AFIRE AT SEA SIGNS DE LIFE ON SEATTLE, Wash., June 15.—The schooner Argus Is burning thirty five miles off Destruction Island, and, according to Captain Brldgett, of the steamer Asunslon, it Is not likely that her crew will ever be heard from. Captain Brldgett thinks that the crew was blown up In an ex-' plosion which set the vessel afire. He says he went alongside and found the vessel’s hull and bow burned away and the lashings on the small boats had not been touched. LEAGUE WILL ARRANGE RATES On Railroads Into Albany for Howell - Smith Joint _ Debate in Albany Next Month. The Albany Business League has taken charge of arrangements for handling the crowds into and out of Albany on the occasion of the joint debate in this city between Hon. Hoke Smith and Hon. Clark Howell, an nounced to occur some time during the month of July. The Business League was appealed to by the local adherents of both Mr. Howell and Mr. Smith, being request ed to take up with the railroads the matter of special rates to Albany for the occasion^ The Business League is not a political organization, and takes no note of political preferences. Therefore, Its-activities In the pres ent case will he wholly Impartial, but It has undertaken to lqok after the purely business end of'the prelimin aries of the joint debate. • Secretary Betjeman, of the League, has already entered Into correspond ence with ofllclals of the roads enter ing Albany, and the replies have been in the main of a satisfactory charac ter. It is believed that there jvlll be little dtfllculty In making the neces sary arrangements, and that a rate of one fare for the round trip will be secured. There Is a great deal of Interest throughout this entire section of the state In the approaching debate In Al bany between the gubernatorial can didates, and It Is not doubted that they will be greeted by one of the largest crowds of the entire guberna torial campaign when they feather In this-city. The best safeguard against head ache, constipation and liver troubles Is DeWltts Little Early Risers. Keep a vial of these famous little pills in the house and take a dose at bedtime when you feel that the stomach and bowels need cleaslng. They doit’t gripe. Sold by Albany Drug Co., Hilsman-Sale HE BEST SHIT II THE Honor Falls to Sergt. Bra- . ham Hill, of 24th Infantry. Records of Carbine and Pistol Firing. Washington, June 16. — Complete records of the rifle, .pistol and car bine firing of the United States army for the last year, which have just been published, show that Braham Hill, a sergeant In the Twenty-fourth Infantry, is the best Bhot In the army. The percentage of possible shots 'by him, on Blow fire, timed fire and skir mish fire, was 86.33, ONE OF TOO MANY JUST SUCH CASES. Girl' Married Man Without Knowing Who and What He Wai. Special to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., June 16. — Charging that C. H. Hall, a railroad flagman, had enticed his' 16-year-old daughter, OUie, away from home by promising to marry her, J. R. Rakestraw has had Hall arreBted and has notified, the police that Hall has a wife living in Alabama. Some time ago Hall was injured on the Southern railroad, He was taken to Grady Hospital, and there met Miss Maud Rakestraw,'Ol- lie’s sister. When he got better,. Hall became a boarder at the RakeBtraw home and there fell In love with Miss Ollle. He received a tardy consent from the parents to wed the girl. The two oame to town yesterday, and later were arrested. Hall was bound over on a charge of abduetlon, while tho girl was taken home by her parents. Deadly 8erpent Bites are as common Jn India as are stom ach and liver disorders with us. For the latter, however, there 1b a euro remedy: Electric 1 " Bitters, 'the great restorative medicine, of which S. A. Brown, of Behnettsvllle, S. 0„ says: "They restored my wife to perfect health after years of suffering with dyspepsia and a chronically torpid liver." Eleetrlo Bitters ouro chills and fever, malaria, biliousness, lame back, kidney troubles and bladder dis orders, Sold on guarantee by- Albany Drug Co. Price, 60c. Some Brushes We are showing a beautiful lme £of bristle goods, includ ing ' fti 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 ‘mmBt Bath Brushes, 75c. Hilsman-Sale i