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•~i“h'WiiMfiTltl-W7lW*tlWfr ‘ifl - NUMBER 209. VOLUME XV. ALBANY, GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 25, 1906.. T ALBANY GETS $125,000 FOR FEDERAL BUILDING To Guarantee Washington Street Paving—A Special Meeting of Council This Morning Became Regular Session. A special meeting of the City Coun cil called for 11 o’clock this morning was, by unanimous consent of the members present, converted Into a regular session of the body, and all the business in the hands of the clerk, as well as that presented by the mayor or various aldermen, was disposed of In order to obviate the necessity of another meeting tonight The special meeting was called for the purpose of conference with Mr. J. H. H. Entelman, a prominent Savan nah banker. Mr. Entelman’s bank backed the Southern Concrete Con struction Co., which .paved the three blocks of Washington street from North to Broad. There remains un paid on the contract something like $6,000, which Is being held up by the city pending compliance by the con tractors with one Item of their con tract, viz., the furnishing of a ten- year maintenance bond In the sum of $10,000. Mr. Entelman and his attorney, Mr. U. H. McLaws, have been seeking at the hands of Council an amendment of the contract, so that a five instead of a ten-year maintenance bond may be furnished and accepted, a 10-year guar antee bond being given by the manu facturers of the brick for the material furnished by them. These overtures have been several times turned down by the city. At the meetlns Entelman and present, such representations were mac$e that Council agreed on one con dition to accept the proposition of Mr. Department: Item Appears in Omnibus Public Building Bill Reported to the House Today—Other Georgia Cities Fare Well. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.—The omnibus public building bill was agreed upon today by the House Committee and presented to the House. Among the amounts agreed upon are the following: Florida—Gainesville, $25,000; Ocala, $85,000. Georgia—Gainesville, $45,000; Valdosta, $125,000; Albany, $125,000; Americus, $50,000; Atlanta, $200,000. Alabama—Gadsden, $10,000; Montgomery, $12,000; Selma, $60,000; Bessemer, $50,000; Florence, $50,000; Tuscaloosa, $150,000; Dothan, $40,000. Genuine Gandy Belt, Atkin’s Cir cular and Cross Cut Saws, Marsh Steam Pumps. ■ * * -At* Implement Department: Harvesting- Ma chinery, Thresh ing Machines in stock, all sizes Gasoline Engines, Towers and Tanks Alt any Machinery Go. BIG PROSECUTIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY CHARGES AGAINST PENNSYL VANIA RAILROAD AND STANDARD OIL. New Yrok, June 25.—A special to the Times from Philadelphia says that in Philadelphia will be seen the first great prosecutions to be brought by the govern ment against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Standard Oil Cor.ipany. The arrangements will be completed this week in New York between Alexander Simpson, Jr., and Charles E. Hughes. The chief ques tion under consideration is the advisability of the prose cution of A. J. Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The charge to be brought by the government is that of cpnspiracy. Government Employs Special Counsel, icagarr fene 25,-r-Distr;cLAttorney, C„ E-Morri son, who conducted the trial of the packers for the gov n ernment, announced today that tie had been appointed special counsel for the government to conduct an in vestigation into the management of the Standard Oil Company and various railroads, and that he had ac- cepted the position.. TO EMIDITE GREENE MO 01(100. Washington, D- C., Tune 25. — It cost the United States $100,000 to extradite Greene and Gaynor and bring them to trial. This statement is contained in a letter from Attorney-General Moody to Chairman Taw- ney, explaining a request for a deficiency appropriation. Of this sum, $22,500 is to 4 be paid to foreign counsel in this case. Entelman. That condition :s that its acceptance be recommended by Engi neer J. W. Wilcox, of Macon, who was consulting engineer in charge of the Washington street paving work. Should the engineer’s recommendation be favorable, the city will accept a five-year maintenance bond in lieu of one for a period of ten years, and as soon as this is furnished the balance due under the paving contract will be paid to the paving company, or others as their interests may appear. The Regular Business, j All the members of Council were present with the exception of Aider- man Ehrlich, who Is absent from the city. ' The regular business this morning cdnsl3ted of the passing for payment of a large number of bills, the ap proval of the monthly reports of sev eral city officers and the granting of building permits. Mr. E. R. West, who is about to Improve some property on the west side of Jackson jtreet, be tween Broad and Commerce; was noti fied that he would be required to ob serve the street line as established by a recent survey of this city "en gineer, and not as It appears from the frontage of property already Improved. Action on the ordinance requiring the more careful construction of pole and wire lines In the streets and al leys of the city, and the arrangement of 1 those now deemed unsafe, was de ferred pending the securing of desired InformaUon. ' Alderman’ Tarver, chairman of the street committee, reported that be had arranged to have the county convict gang do the- work necessary to drain the string of ponds and lagoons hp- tween the Union depot and the river, and the work will be done at once. This will remove an eyesore and a menace to the healflt- of the commun ity, and the public will heartily ap plaud the move. No other' business of interest was transacted. UNITED 'DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY Will Have a Building at the James town Exposition. Norfolk, Va„ June 25.—The United Daughters of the Confederacy are to have a building at the Jamestown Ex position. The cost of the building and the site have not yet been determined, nor the method of raising the neces sary funds, but It has been suggested that a contribution of 50 cents on each of the 40,000 members be made for the purpose. OVER $10,000,000 FOR DEFICIENCIES. Washington, June 25.—The general deficiency appropriation bill was com pleted and reported to the House to day by the appropriations committee. It carries a total of $10,025,509 to sup ply deficiencies In the various depart ments of the government. JURORS IN NEW MEXICO MU8T SPEAK ENGLISH Washington, Juno 25.—The ‘ Senate today passed the bill regulating Jury service In Nbw Mexico, requiring that all Jurors in that territory- be able to speak the English language. HOKE SMITH TO INVADE ESTELLE S HOME COUNTY SAVANNAHIANS, HOWEVER, WILL LOYALLY STAND BY THEIR HOME MAN. Special to The Herald. Savannah, Ga„ June $5.—Hon Hoke Smith’s friends in Savannah have been advised that, he will come to Savannah and deliver a speech to the voters of Chatham about the middle of July. Mr. Smith will no doubt be heard by a fair sized audience Just as any other candidate would be. That he should come Into Col. Estlll’s home county to be heard has caused some surprise Venezuela Will Not Be Rep resented at the Pan-Amer ican Conference at Rio Janeiro. New York, June 25.—A dispatch to morning papers says that Venezuela will not be represented at the Rio Janeiro Pan-American conference be cause General Castro, who Is to re turn to the presidency, believes that the United States will try to use the conference to get control of the small er American republics. BURGLARS WERE BUSY LAST NIGHT. Negro Couple Robbed—Another Negro Fired at Would-be Burglar. Burglars were abroad In the city last night. Two cases were reported to the police this morning, two vic tims and an Intended victim being and that It will do him any good no one believes. This county Is certain to stay In the Estlll column. Col. Esttll has too many warm friends and admirers in Savannah for there to be any danger of him losing It In the pri mary of August 22. Each time he comes home from a tour over any part , of the state he brings encourag ing reports to those who are support ing him at home. • • hi Washington, June 25.—Speaker Cannon delivered a mjld lecture to the House membership today, stating that in the closing days of the present session more business of vital importance to the nation is to be trans acted than in the 'three months previous, and urging close attention to the proceedings. By unanimous consent, it was decided that House would sit .from 8 to 11 o’clock tonight. The conferees oh the sundry civil appropriations bill have agreed on all points in dispute with the excep tion of the $3,000,000 appropriation for an office build ing for the Departments, of State and Commerce and Labor, and on a $4,500,000 appropriation for the James town exposition. I tISE OF TEM FEVER II l New Orleans, June 24.—One case of yellow fever was reported today at the Mississippi river quarantine sta tion, ninety-seven miles below New Orleans. This is qie first case of yellow fever reported In Louisiana this year by the state board of health. The patient is a Cuban sailor who arrived at quar antine on June 18, on the steamer “Holstein” from Havana. His tem perature being above normal, he' was taken oft the steamer and detained for observations. Last night during an official visit of Inspection by mem bers of the state board of health and the Louisiana legislature to the quar antine station a consultation of phy- sjcians decided that the case Is yellow fever. The "Holstein” Is sUll detained at quarantine, having been disinfected after tho sailor was taken oil and or dered to He at anchor for six days be fore proceeding to New Orleans. . No other cases of elevated tempera ture have yet appeared on the “Hol stein.” Dr. C. H. Irion, president of the state board of health, said that so long- as present quarantine regulations are maintained in Louisiana he be lieves there will never be another epi demic of yellow fever here. At pres ent five quarantine stations are oper ated, by the etate along the Gulf of Mexico coast. i The existence of yellow fever at Rio Janeiro, also of two cases of bu bonic plague at that port, were re ported to the state board by officers of the steamer "Sallust,’’ arriving here today. THE CHICAGO STREET KILLING TOO CHICAGO, Ill., June 25.—Indictments of the presidents and leading officials of the various Chicago traction companies will be sought bv Mayor Dunne unless Immediate and satisfactory explanations are forth coming of recent fatalities by street railway corporations. It is re ported that within fifty days twenty-one persons have been killed by street cars In Chicago. negroes. Charlie Anderson, who 1b employed at S. Reich’s, but operates with the help of his wife an Ice cream parlor on tho corner of Tift and Madison streets, heard a noise In hlB house last night, but decided that? It was made by a cat, This morning he dis covered that hts purse, which con tained $3, and his wife’s purse, which contained $8, were missing, having been borne off by a burglar who loft no clew. Most of the stolen monoy was taken In yesterday from sales of Ice cream. Out In Sand Town, another attempt was made at burglary. Stri . enough, the Intended victim la i engaged In the Joe cream' bush and Is also named Charlie. ~ Charlie Morris r<' " ie Interrupted the one .who was rummaging fie began to Investigate, and trader ran out hurriedly. Morris fired at him with a pistol, but the shot did not take effect. ' > . m S ome Hair Brushes, 75 c to $4. Tooth Brushes, . 10c to $1. Nail Brushes^ 25c to $1. Shaving Brushes, 25 c to $1.50. Clothes Brushes, 25c to $1 4 - Bath Brushes, Hilsman-1