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V.|,J 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. tlE. lirtg 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. W 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 FDR 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 • 'LjL' BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 'rWM FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF PURPOSE IS MADE BY ATTORNEY-GENERAL. in aips 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 ineL” a m \ , i r'fe : •V $2$ mm • f . • WILL ALBANY DEBATE CON i 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 Brushes ri . t Ss- ;W We are skowi: a beautiful line o kristle goods, me ing m j® Hair Brushes, ■ 75 c to .*$4. ■ l Tooth Brushes, ' 10c to $1. m 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, V • 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. hhhrSk : J.vt* vl 1 '•vrfaafr- / W.’vii; / - - rC-.-T.-cW At A Bath Brushes, 3 75c. Hilsman