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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY AFTERN06N, JUNE 23, 1906.
NUMBER' 208.
BF SAN F
AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
CHINESE SOCIETY TAKING STEPS TO PRO
TECT INTERESTS OF MEMBERS.
San Francisco, Cal., June 23. — The Oakland and
San Francisco branch of the Chinese society, Chew
Hung Tong, has decided to take steps to protect its
members who were insured and suffered loss by the
great fire here frbm unfair treatment by the insurance
companies. In proportion to numbers and business
interests before the fire, the Chinese carried more in
surance than any other nationality jn San Francisco.
Their losses amounted to several million dollars.
I DESIRE
WHITE HELP
Other. Communities Are In
terested in the Movement
in Dougherty County to
Solve Labor Problem.
Since it became known that a move
ment was on foot for bringing to Al
bany a number of white domestics, in
addition to perhaps several hundred
laborers for farms and industrial en
terprises, Secretary John A. Betjeman,
of the Albany Business League, has
received a number of communications
from parties in other towns and cities
of this section in which the writers
seek further information and make it
known that white domestics are want
ed in other communities of Southwest
Georgia.
There appeared several days ago In
a Savannah paper an article which
gave the impression that definite ar
rangements , had been concluded for
bringing to Albany in the immediate
future abotit forty German girls -to fill
domestic positions. This article was
premature, but it has had the effect of
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
giving a fresh impetus to inquiries of
the character referred to which are
pouring in upon the Albany Business
League.
As a matter of fact, but one thing
remains to be settled before a large
number of white servants will be
brought to Albany, as well, in all prob
ability, as many families Ipx Dougher
ty county farmB. That one thing is
the securing of the guarantee of indus
trial or immigration agents of respon
sibility that the servants and laborers
furnished Albany and Dougherty coun
ty are men and women of good mor
als, and altogether desirable. This Is
an important detail which alone re
mains to he satisfactorily settled be
fore the first batch of white servants
is brought to this city.
As for placing those domestics and
laborers which it is proposed to secure
there will not be the leaBt trouble
about that. Applications have alreay
been filed for as many as will come in
the first batch, and other local parties
will be clamoring for preference when
assignments of the arrivals are in or
der.
Washington, D. C., June 23.—The
Navy Department has made public
the chief characteristics of the battle
ships “Michigan” and “South Caro
lina," bids for i)he construction of
which were opened today. The new
battleships, which must -displace on
their trial trips not more than 16,000
tons, will be 4fi0 feet long, with an
extreme breadth at the water line of
80 feet and 2% inches, and a length
of 450 feet. ! The armament plans
call for a ma'ln battery of eight 12-
inch breech-loading rifles, and two
submerged torpedo tubes, while the
secondary buttery is to consist of
twenty-two 3-inch rapid-fire guns, two
3-pounder semi-automatic guns, eight
1-pounder semi-automatics, two 3-inch
field pieces, and four machine guns
of .30 calibre. The 12-inch guns, of
which the new ships will carry twice
ijs many as are on board any Ameri
can vessel now in commission or
building, are to be mounted in pairs,
in four electrically controlled ellipti
cal turrets, each with an arc of fire of
270 degrees, two turrets being forward
and two aft. The guns of the second
ary battery will be placed in com
manding positions, and are to have
large unobstructed arcs of fire. The
torpedo tubes will be Installed for
ward.
The hulls of the "South Carolina"
and "Michigan” will be protected by
ANOTHER RAILROAD
HEADED THIS WAY.
Line From Valdosta To Be Built
Very.Spon..
The Valdoatft^'h’Imes of yesterday
afternoon published the following:
At 4* o’clock this afternoon The
Times received the following message,
by wireless telegraph:
“DeForest Wireless Station, S. S. City
of Atlanta, at Sea, June 22.
“To the Valdosta Times:
“You may announce positively that
the Valdosta, Moultrie & Northwest
ern Railroad will be built very soon.
“C. R. ASHLEY.” j
It is understood that Mr. Ashley has
been to New York in the inter|(j^|^j
the new line to the northwest from
this city.
ANNUAL REGATTA
AT POUGHKEEPS:
Events of the Intercollegiate Ro’
Association.
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 23.4-ythe
annual regatta of the intercol^iiate
Rowing Association will be heljd/lliis
afternoon. Cornell, Columbia^ Syra
cuse, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and
Georgetown universities have crews
in one or more of the tbrei) events.
The first Varsity four-oared I race is
scheduled for 4 o’clock. Thp Fresh
men eight-oared race follows:' and the
Varsity eight-oared race will /be rdwed
at 6 o’clock. Great crowds have
gathered and there is much interest.
The Cornell crews are the favorites in
all three events.
Gasoline
Engines,
Towers
and Tanks
Alt any
Mactmery
Co.
HOUSE DECIDES
TWO CONTESTS.
Contests from Missouri and! Texas Dis
tricts Settled Today.
Washington, June 23. -f- The house
today unanimously adopted the report
of the committee on ejections that
Ernest E. Wood was not elected to
membership from the 'Twelfth con
gressional district of > issourl, and
that Henry M. Coudry was elected.
Coudry presented hlmst if and took
the bath. The house also decided that
J. Houston was not elected from the
Second Texas district, ~and M. L.
Brooks retains his seat/
PURE FOOD BILL
IN CONGRESS.
Washington, June 23. — The house
today is considering the pure food bill,
upon which a final vote will be taken
this afternoon.
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BIDS OPENED TODAY
FOR NEW BATTLESHIPS.
FEATURES OF THE “MICHIGAN” AND THE
“SOUTH CAROLINA.”
a waterline belt of armor that will
vary in thickness from twelve to eight
Inches in some sections, from twelve
to ten Inches in some, and'from eleven
to nine Inches in other sections. The
ammunition will be carried in maga
zines and shellrooms so placed that
one-half of the total supply will be
carried forward and the other aft.
The handling rooms will be Isolated
from the turrets, the 12 and 3-lnch
ammunition and the torpedoes and
warheads to be transported on trol
leys and tracks fitted in the maga
zines, handling rooms, passages and
shellrooms.
The engines of the new battleships
are to have a combined indicated
horsepower of 16,500, each engine to
be in a separate water-tight compart
ment. The twelve water-tube boilers,
which are to be fitted with superheat
ers, will be in three water-tight com
partments, and■tho coal bunkers are
to have a maximum capacity of about
2,200 tons. All the main compart
ments below the gun deck will be pro
vided with forced ventilation, the
combined capacity of the seventeen
blowers being not less than 100,000
cubic feet per minute. The accom
modations are to be sufficient to ac
comodate fifty-one officers and 878
men.
Cramps the Lowest Bidders.
William Cramp & Co., of Philadel
phia, are the lowest bidders, submit
ting an offer of $3,640,000.
1THER BID RAILROAD DEAL
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SEABOARD AIR LINE PURCHASES A HALF.. IN-
, V TEREST IN TERMINAL COMPANY.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., June 23—The Seaboard
Air Line has purchased a half interest
in the Gate City Terminal Company,
owned by the Atlanta, Birmingham &
Atlantic Railroad Company, and will
use the tvackg of that company to
bring its freight into' Atlanta from
powell’s Station. This fact was de-
veloped by the visit of President Air
fred Walker and Vice-President and
Traffic Manager E. F. Cost, of the Sea
board Air Line railroad, who left yes
terday for Chattanooga after a 24-hour
stay in Atlanta in consultation with
Chief Engineer Sodden, of this city.
This negotiation was vSrified at the
office of the Atlanta, Birmingham &
Atlantic railroad on Marietta street,
but the consideration was not an
nounced. It Is further stated that all
land needed for the trackage, and the
freight terminals which will handle
freight for both roads Into the heart of
Atlanta in the neighborhood of Hunter
street, Peters street and Madison ave
nue lias been purchased by the com
pany and that work on it will begin at
once. ■
This brings to light one of the lar
gest railroad deals In the history of
the city since the announcement was
made that the Atlanta, Birmingham &
Atlantic would touch this city from
two points. By the deal the Seaboard
Air Line, which has been entering At-
lanta both with freight and passenger
service over the bracks of the Western
& Atlantic (state road), delivering
freight from the foot of Spring street
and the W. & A. road and passengers
at the old union depot on Wall street,
will soon enter freight through the
Gate City terminal tracks to some
point near the new terminal station.
This will necessitate a new freight de
pot to he erected in the vicinity of the
freight depot of the Southern and Cen
tral near Hunter and Mitchell streets
and Madison avenue. The Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic haB already
announced that its freight depot will
be in this very vicinity. Now that the
Seaboard and the A. B. & A. roads
have announced t nckage within a
short distance of the Terminal station
it may be that both roads will enter
the station. It is stated, however,
that both roads stll I have access to the
Union station, and the Seaboard may
prefer to continue its use of the priv
ilege on the W. & A. trackage for pas
senger traffic and confine Its rights on
the Gate City terminal track to its
freight.
AMERICAN AND
FOREIGN LABORERS
At War in West Virginia—Foreigners
Flee from Lumber Camps.
Cincinnati, O., June 23—A special
from Clarksburg, W. Va„ says that a
war has broken out in the lumber
camps in Nicholas county, between
American and foreign laborers on ac
count of the displacement of Ameri
cans by foreigners. Already one for
eigner has been killed and one fatally
wounded, and the remainder have fled
from the camps.
DEATH OF DUKE
OF ALMODOVAR.
Acted as President of the Late Alge-
» ciras Conference.
Madrid, June 23—The Duke of Al
modovar, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
who acted as president of. the late
Algeclras.conference, died here today,
52 years old.
GRAIN ELEVATORS
BURN IN CHICAGO
STANDARD OIL TO BE PROSECUTED
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BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
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FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF PURPOSE IS
MADE BY ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
in
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Washington, June 23.—Formal an
nouncement of the purpose of the gov
ernment to prosecute the Standard Oil
Company has been made by Attorney-
General Moody.
It appears from his statement that
the proceedings in the first Instance
will be had under the Elkins law
which prohibits rebates in interstate
commerce. The attorney-general, how
ever, giveB notice that in all probabili
ty, should the investigation he is still
making justify it, he will bring further
action against the Standard under the
termB of the Sherman anti-trust law,
and also will take steps against tfie
continuance of such discriminations in
trade and transportation as are not
subject to prosecution under existing
law, but are especially provided
against in ihe,pending rate bill'.
The attorney-general’s statement
follows:
After full consideration of. all the
information now available, including
the report of the commissioner of cor
porations and the evidence taken by
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
have reached the conclusion that
criminal proceedings against the Stan
dard Oil Company should he instituted
In certain cases where there appears
to have been a violation of the laws
regulating interstate commerce and
prohibiting rebates and other unlaw
ful discriminations.
"Accordingly such proceedings will
be begun at onee in the appropriate
judicial districts.
’These caseB are regarded and will
be treated as of importance, as It
seems clear that, in so far the Stan
dard Oil Company has obtained mo
nopolistic control of Interstate trade,
that control has been in large degree
made possible by discrimination In
transportation rates or facilities.
"The discriminations in some cases
was in violation of laws and in other
cases, though injurious to the public
welfare, not in violation of law, and ’
therefore subject only to sjich correc
tion as may be afforded by the railway
rate legislation now pending in con-
.■> .
"I shall continue the investigation
of the affairs of the Standard Oil Com
pany, and of such companies as have
been or may be brought to the atten
tion of this department, with the view
of ascertaining whether or not there
has been any violation of the anti
trust act, or of any other federal act.
“The investigation will require as
sistance outside of the department and
I have employed as special counsel
Frank! B. Kellogg, Esq., of St. Paul,,
who was one of the counsel for the
government In the recently terminated
litigation against the Western Paper
Organization; and Chas. B. Morrison,
Esq., of Chicago, now United States
attorney for the northern district of
Illinois. Mr. Morrison will in the near
future resign his place as district at
torney.
“The courge of action I haVe stated!
has received the approval of the Pres
ident and^nll the members of the
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ACTING REPORTS FROM ATLANTA /
TO HOWELL-SMITH MEETING.
Elevators and One Hundred Thou
sand Bushels of Grain Destroyed.
Chicago, June 23. — The Mabbatt
elevators "A” and “B,” on Archer
avenue, burned today, with 100,000
bushels of grain. The loss is $125,000.
Three adjacent buildings were de
stroyed, and twenty-five families are
homeless.
BRYAN SPEAKS
IN TRONDHJEM.
The Smith-Howell joint debate in
Albany will in all probability occur,
on either the sixth or the ninth of i
July.
A prlvato telegram received in the
city this morning by a friend and sup
porter of Mr. Howell stated that July
9 had been selected as the date for
the meeting here of the two Atlanta
candidates. The telegram was from
a member of the Clark Howell cam
paign committee.
The Herald immediately wired its
Atlanta correspondent for further par
ticulars, and a few minutes before
2 o’clock received tho following reply;
“Atlanta, Ga., June 23, 1900.
"Mr. Smith's secretary states that
the Albany debate will probably bo
fixed for July 0. He will not know
positively, however, until Mr. Smith
returns from Rome.”
Here Is a confusion of dates which
can not at this hour bo explained, it
Is possible that Un error occurred in
the transmission of one of the tele
grams, or that Mr. Smith’s secretary
In Atlanta may not be in possession
of information in tho hands of the
party who wired that the debate would
occur on the 9th.
Both Mr. Howell and Mr. Smith are
in Rome today, and it is not Improb-.
able that an agreement was reached
between them there this morning as
to the date for the Albany meeting.
Tho 6th of July falls on Friday and
the 9th on Monday, and It is presumed
that one date would be about as satis
factory to the people of this 'city and
section as the other.
As the time for the debate draws
nearer, interest Js rapidly increasing.
That the meeting here of the two can
didates will take place early in the
month of July seems to be settled, and
there will be a monster crowd to hear
them.
Some
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We are skowi:
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Hair Brushes,
■ 75 c to .*$4.
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Tooth Brushes,
' 10c to $1.
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No Reference to Politics—Norwegian
Character and Civilization,
Trondhjem, Norway, June 23.—The
American delegates to the coronation
of King Haakon today held a meeting
and invited William J. Bryan to ad
dress then). Mr. Bryan complied, but
made no reference to the political sit
uation. He spoke In a congratulatory
vein on Ihe Norwegian character and
sturdy civilization.
Nail Brushes,
25 c to $1.
Shaving Brushes,
25c to $1.50.
Clothes Brushes,
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25c to
“NOT GUILTY,”
SAYS THE JURY
In Green and Doremue Postoffice De
partment Conspiracy Cases.
Washington, June 23.—The jury to
day in the Green and Doremus Post-
office Department conspiracy and br! :
bery cases returned a verdict of not
guilty.
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Bath Brushes, 3
75c.
Hilsman
