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VOLUME XV. ALBANY, GA., 'THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 28, 1906. / H E Kansas City, Mo., June 28.—The anti-saloon cru- siade at Kansas City, Kan., was renewed today with in creased vigor. In addition to destroying stocks of liquor and bar fixtures, C. W. Tricket, Assistant At torney-General, appointed by Governor Hoch to enforce the prohibition law, today threatened to demolish the buildings of owners who persist in reting places to sa loon me. Dougherty County Main tains Remarkable Rate of Increase in Tax Values Passes $5,000,000 Mark. The state and county tax rctnrna of Dougherty comity for the year 1000 show an Increase over the previous year In excess of $400,000. The figureB are as follows: 1906 10,058,546 1006 4,646,089 Increase $ 418,457 Is richer by millions, and Is better pre pared than ever In her history for the accomplishment of great community achievements. Of the 8K,068,546 returned by prop erty owners In the county this year but 4288,943 Is owned by negroes, but ts proportionately more than has been returned by the colored race In the past -ME REGATTA TODAY. A OF NEW BILLS III THE LEGISLATURE TODAY. A JOE HILL HALL’S BILL FOR STATE AUDITOR PASSES THE HOUSE. Number of Important Now Bills in Both Houses — One Is to Prohibit a Judge from Serving When a Candi date for Another Office. Special to The Hernld. Atlanta, Ga„ Jute 28.—Joe E.all's bill for a state avdltor of acccunts with a salary of (2,000 passed tho house today by a >ig majority. Mr. Hall made a hot fight for this moo sure and hammored dowt opposition. Hall and Wright, of Ployd, male n strong effort to prevent tho houso from adjourning at noon, hut lost. / Also the meeting hour of 9 j’clock was moved up half an hour. I’erry, of Hall, introduced a bll! for a biennial session. / There was a llood of now!bills In tho house and senate. In the sennto Old New London in Holiday Attire for Annual Event. History of Vale-Harvard Races. New 1-ondon, Conn., June 28.—This New England town Is todny rejoicing In Its annual college outing, for the crews of Yale and Harvard contest for These figures contain proof that : supremacy on the Thames this after. Dougherty connty la maintaining the splendid rate of progress of tho loot four or five Tears. During that period the returns of property for taxation have shovrn an annual increase Of from $350,060 to $500,000, and tho to tal Increase turn amounted to $2,000,- 000 1n about nix years. Nothing speaks more eloquently Of a county’s progress and development than her tax books, and In the case of Dougherty county they hnve Since 1900 .been telling an unvarying stogy of healthy development. • The county Mill Supply Department: Genuine Gandy Belt, Atkin's Cir cular and Cross Cut Saws, Marsh Steam Pumps. ImpL Lenient Department: Harvesting Ma- noon. Tho town, us usual, Is decorated Impartially in bluo and crimson, and everywhere on the streets are *hmrt- lng masses of students. It la goner- ally conceded that the three races— 'varsity eight, 'varsity four, and froBll- man eight—will bo tho most closely contested events In years, ulthougb ptrpnlm- opinion thin morning slightly favors Yale In tbo.’.vArslty race. Even Harvard men admit that endurance alone will pull out tho race, and It Is upon {lire that Yale’B hopes arochielly based. At the Bamo time tho Harvurd supporters appear confident of the re sult of The big race and a large amount of money Ts sure to change handB nf- tur the-event. History of Yale-Harvard Races. For fifty-four years, with occasional Intervals, the crews of Harvard and Yale have battled, the rival colors having been borne during all those years by four, six and eight-oared crews. Jn the forty races that have been rowed, since the Initial contest In 1852, five points now separate tho contesting universities, Yale having won twenty-two races and Harvard seventeen. During the early years of the con tests the events were rowed on Lnkejl now child labor hill, a measure for 2 cents mileage, and a bill to prevent the use of automatic guns for hunting were tho principal bustnoss. Bills wero Introduced In both the house and senato to require inspection of all Illuminating oils produced, sold or used In the state and Increasing the salary of the chtof oil Inspector from $1,200 to $1,800, and a bill was also Introduced to prevent supremo and sq, perior court judges from Borvlng when a candidate for another office. Also a bill In tho house to create a court of appeals to relievo tho supreme court. It provides for a presiding Judge and four associates. Y Till IS INDICTED BY NEW YORK GRAND J IN ST. PETERSBURG TDDAY. St. Petersburg, June 28.—The Constitutional Dem ocrats were hurriedly summoned to caucas this after noon, and it is rumored that negotiations are pending in the lower house of Parliament for the formation of a ministry, headed by M. Mouromtzeff, president of the lower house. I mi OF ROIH RITE Blit Washington, June 28.—The conferees on the rail road rate bill today formulated a third report, which will be signed by all but Senator Tillman. piano lessons, while Mme. Bramsen, a conceit singer, cultivated Mrs. Thaw’s voice. All of tho touchers woro housed In one building, so that Mrs. Thaw was taught by one us soon as another vtts finished. All this teaching led to the report that young Mrs.. Thaw had grown tired of society and was about to ro- turn to tho stage. But that was not true, according to hor friends. INDICTMEKT QUICKLY FOLLOWS INQUEST HELD BY THE CORONER. New Yol k, June 28.—Tho Tliavi in quest was complex «1 and the ease sub mitted to tho jurj nl 11 o'clock this morning. Tho Ju'-y quickly returned a venllet that Slat-ford White mei his death by gunshot wounds Ir.fllctcil by Harry Thaw. Tht; most itmpoi tnnt testimony vyns that given by Lionel Lawrence, stage director cf tho Madison Square Gar den roof thi-xCtFe, who brild of Mm. Thaw embracing her husband with Hie promise‘to sttml by him, uni of TIisW’s udmYeslo i thnt ho ktlod White. Will Plead to Indictment Tomorrow. Soon after the oloao of the cor oner’s inquest, proceedings were be gun against Tlmw by the graaii Jury, which returned an Indictment against Thaw, charging murder In the first de gree. Thaw will pload to tho Indict ment boforo Justlco Cowan tomorrow. A». unofficial report of the procoed. lugs before the grand Jury Bays thnt Mrs, Thaw decltnefl to answer ques tions askofl her beyond admitting that she 'was tho wife of the prisoner, -EsUiangemen: in the Thaw Family a t First, but Pit.ts- brairg Fashnnahies Finally Accepted! the Bride. Nuv York, Jaini 28.—^he kilihv; Stanford Whitt ly Ilurjy Thaw„ on QiilnstauTnond. In 1878, however,-the} account of .allege I conftccut of YFnito event was" held on the Thames, and -with the exception nf thrive y?ara since that time the event han been an an nual fixture and on the Thames course. Lake Qulnfflgamond was abandoned us the place fr/r holding; the races in 18G9, and In the following year the crews i met at Luke Saltonstall. The next year Springfield wan chosen for the event, and after that came the Thames at TSew London. Early In the history of the event It was rowed orver a two-mile course, pllf’IPrV 'T| 1 rpeh which was increased to three miles In LUMlCI^ , X 1IIX.C5U lg55 A g a j n the distance was increased ing Machines in stock, all sizes jasoline / Engines, To wers ami Tan ks AIL; any Machinery .YuO, In 1876, tills time to four miles, which has. been the length ot the 'varsity races ever since. Yale bolds the rec ord for this distance, having covered the course In 1888 Sn 20 minutes, 10 seconds. Harvard's last victory was In 1899, since which time Yale has had six successive victories Yale Wins First Two Races. Mew London, Conn., June 23—The first race, freshman 8-oared, two miles upstream, was won by Yale, trine 10:35, Harvard 10:41. The corlest wan close throughout, each crewHlur- ing the race having the lead moredhan once. The second race, the 'varsity four- oared, two miles upstream, wa* >von by Yale by more than eight lengths, time 11:46%, Harvard 12:14. 'The first half mile was rowed evan, /then Yale gradually drew ahead, winning with ease. I Dividend Notice. At a directors' meeting of tike Ex change Bank of Albany, Ga, held June 26. 1906, a semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent was declared, payable July 1, 1006/ W. C. SCOV1LL, as-St) Cashier, toward .the wired Thaw, has rerived l.lij seavutlon which Thaw's marriage utcaslol/ed eight* >n months ago. The World prints an Interesting story of Thaw’s marriage to the actress. It sip's: Harry Thaw esl ranged himself from lilt: family when lie married, eighteen months ngxi, Evel :n Nesblt, the hi fl.'.i- ti fill modell, lino i:a among hor sir.I friends as "Plus: le the Fuix." Tho luantage was dt iieo and confirmer and denied ag.il i and reconfirmed, f Pittsburg society was .shocked. W ith the Earl of Tart outb In -the family, the Thaws did net relish the illlaice of the eldest son with .his Income of $80,000 to a" gb l whose only fortune was a ix'autiritl II ;uro ami face. The/ s never v as' any doubt that Harry Thaw wav desperately In love and .was hfiadstro .g enough to go his aw way. He co; .coaled his marris'.ge as long ash/e cou. il and when conce al- ment became no longer possible he became defiant, following a tbnmt from Pittsburg fiat his Income v/us to be cut to $2,S0( a year. The marriage was celebrated at Parts In October 1904. On Novem ber 1 Thaw and his bride arrived In New York on th< Kaiser Wilhelm II. Immediately afte coming ashore he denied positively that he had mar ried. He went tt the Hotel Cumber land and engage 1 a suite of apart ments for hlmsell, “a man servant, a maid and a lady-' The lady was Ms bride. The propr etor of the hotel (e- clined to permit Ihe young Plttshu-g millionaire to reg ster with her except as Harry Thaw sad wife. Thaw refused to do this, and went and took rooms Is the hotel apart from those of his brlrie. She denied the marriage the nei t day, and so again milled. Then enme an effort to pla cate Pittsburg society. Mrs. William Thaw, fillliongli sho had bitterly op posed the union, bun: all her ener gies Ito have Ifew son's iiitfo recognized. The “novOy rich” In Pittsburg did cllietr host to snub and humlllatu tho bride and fUrldegroom. Mrs. Thaw's ymstor, iho Rev. William L. Mclflwan, vif Che Third Presbyterian church, had married Ebmnor Colvin, who had boon MR. WM. ESTILL ‘ HOPELESSLY ILL. Col. J. H. Estlll Called Home from Campaign Tour. AUTOMOBILISTS IN ATLANTA win Have to Stand Examination to Obtain License. .'s Special to The Herald. Savannah, Ga„ June 28.—Col. J. H. Estlll reached the city last night, hav ing been called from his campaign tour by the critical Illness of his broth er, Mr. William Estlll, who Is dying at his home on Gwinnett street, west. The Tact that Mr. Estlll was very ill has been told In these dlspatoheB. Hip condition now Is such as to cause the greatest concern. Jt ts feared he can- n(ft survive the day. He was uncon scious all of last night and has Indeed huon only conscious nt intervals dur ing tho past week. He was run down durlpg the Peoples’ League political demonstration Inst week, and his hip ■broken. He is 73 years of age and Is -not physically strong. Everybody in Savannah and every man almoHt who has visited tho city during the past forty years knows Mr. William Estlll. For nearly a half a •century he has kept a news store In Savannah. He has many warm friends not only in Savannah, but throughout Georgia. Of the most eheorful and 8peelal to The Herald. ■ Atlanta, Ga., Juno 28.—The olty hoard of automobile examiners will he busy the remainder of the week with the examination under the ordinances of the city, of nil chauffeurs, Tho board consists of C. H. Johnson, Dlolt Holland and Chief of Police Hen: Jennings, and the law requires that examinations he made annually by thi 30th of June of each year. It ts stated that the hoard will he very careful see that those applying for permissi to run machines shall show their com petency. The law stipulates that all licenses shall expire on June 80, and all automoblllsts who wish to operate machines during tho coming year must go before the board and secure new licenses, no matter how skillful they may be In the operation of the horse less vehloles. lils sionogT/uijhor anil secretary. Mrs.,j optimistic disposition, ho has always Thaw, btinfles giving a most hand-j taken tho most eheorful view of life, /some wedding presold, suggested to]He curries a helpless hand and arm tier pastor that .It would bo nice for J as tho result of a wound received In Ivor to glue a double reception when] the civil war. •Che pastor raid Ills hide returned from] tun | a MONUMENT "Double reception,"” echoed the Hev.| T?T'Wri5>DT? Mr. McEwnm. "To-s horn ?” t U UuLhiMltjKrLi, “To Mrs. Me Ewan and rn.v d a u Kil ter-In-law, Mrs. Hurry Kendall Tho.wJ -itfio 1h a mruflt bride." said’Mm Wll- | Savannah to Ask Legislature for Contribution. KNOX COUNTY, TENN., INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BURNS, Knoxville, Tenn., June 28, — The Knox CJounty Industrial School, Just beyond the city limits, was destroyed by fire oarly thlB morning. No lives were lost. .<6 I' /( V Our Specialty I liun Thaw:. This double reef prion was not held. How the Iter. Mr. Mcrnvan extricated blmseJf has not beun mado known, but the circumstance was commented upon repronchftllly by those who knew how much Mrs. William Thaw had done for her pastor. Some years ago the. Ilev., Mr. McEwan had birthday party, and Mrs. Thaw was the first one nvited. Sho attended, .-and left as a birthday present check Tor $3,000. It cannot be raid that the reported refusal o/ the pastor to allow his wife to take part in a double reception ln- jm.ed.the -chances of the.young bride’s breaking Into society. The grace of Evelyn Nosbit-Thaw was r.ot denied by any who met her. She assisted her mother-in-law at an Immense recep tion given in honor of Miss Hermlone Schenlcy, and carried herself like a queen. Pittsburg people who had tried to freeze her out were brought to her feet. In February, 1905, Evelyn Nesblt, as she still Insisted on calling her self, was operated on for appendicitis In a private sanitarium In East Thirty- third street, and for a fow days there was fear she would not .recover. In April she went to Pittsburg for a post nuptial education tn branches she had neglected when she was compelled to go on tho stage to make a living. Prof. Luigi von KunJts became her tutor and devoted himself to Insirnct- lng her in French. Mrs. von K units, a . German, taught young Mrs. Thaw the Teutonic tongue. Henry Bramsen, did Thaw, but e mutually it was ud- of the Pittsburg Orchestra, gave her Special to The Herald. Savannah, Ga., June 28.—Considera ble Intoreut has been aroused In Sa vannah by tho announcement from At lanta thnt Mr. Walter G. Charlton had been Invited by the legislature to de liver an address upon "The Life and Services of James Oglethorpe, the Founder of Georgia.” It is hoped to got the present legislature to pass a hill giving Savannah something like $10,000 to be used as part payment for a monument to Oglethorpe, and It Is hoped that Mr. Charlton’s address will Impress the solons with the Impor tance of this movement. The spot which has been selected for the monu ment Is the Intersection of Bull street and Oglethorpe avenue. These are two very wide thoroughfares and the monument would have a splendid Bet ting there. On Bull street Savannah now has monuments to Nathaniel Greene, Sergeant Jasper, Count Pulas ki, and busts of Generals LaFayette, McLaws and Francis S. Bartow, of Confederate fame. BRYAN INDORSED IN WISCONSIN. Milwaukee, June 28. — The Demo cratic state convention platform agreed upon to be presented to the convention strongly endorses William J. Bryan for President in 1908. . ■ y, .. - .IVd V. :.’ The trains for the ball park will be gin running at 8:30 and continue until 4 o'clock this afternoon for the con venience of the fens. I Every store has some Y| one department or some line that it makes a spe cialty of. This store is no exception. Our spe cialty . is prescription *»- work, which we claim to do in the most thor ough and scientific man ner possible. Our drugs are bought only from those manufacturers who are recognized as the... leaders, and we always buy their very best pro- - ducts. If you want a pre scription made hurried ly and of cheap drugs, go somewhere else. If you want the best pre scription that can be compounded, come here. And when one is sick and needs medicine, who would be satisfied with less than the best ? It’s our hobby, this prescription business, and we believe it’s the best hobby a drug store could have. Hilsman-Sale Drug Co.