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VOL. 8.
ALBANY, GA„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1901. *
NO 5C
WITH MEDIAEVAL POMP TODAY—QREAT
THRONO ATTENDS.
King Edward Formally Opens the Session.
Wild Scramble^ol Nobles and Impresses
In the Houser to Gain Vantsgs Points.
' Precedence Thrown to Winds.
London.” Fe.b. 14,-^-Tbo KIur opened
parliament today. He arrived at. West
minster at 1:68.x The scene in the
House of Lords was Remarkable. Nobles
met i*i the House in gorgeous uniforms,
• and peeresses in decollete dress were
engaged fronj early morning in an eager
struggle to obtain vantage points. The
rush for the doors resembled the en*
tranoe pit o£ of a popular theatre on n
■ holiday night. Precedence was thrown
to the winds.
' London, Fob. 14.'—Great crowds filled
, the streets and thrones surrounded the
houses of parliament, cheering the im
posing mediicval display with which
King Edward opened parliamuut today.
. The King delivered a speech in which
he alluded to the groat sorrow over the
Queen’s death. He said it was with
great satisfaction that he assured them
that Great Britain's relations with other
powers continue friendly. He said
farther:
. "The war in Sonth Afrlon has not
entirely terminated, but the oapltals of
the country and the principal lines of
oommanioation are in my possession.
Measures are being taken whloh will.
X trust, deal effectually with the foroes
whloh still oppose ns.Tho_ early
submission of the' Boors mnst be.
desired in their own interest, as nntil it
takes plooe It will be impossible fer me
to establish in those .colonies the institu
tion which, will seonre'equa'l rights to
‘all the white inhabitants and'proteotion
and justice to the native population ”
In order to give effcot to the wishes of
■the late Queen, it has been deoided that
. the visit of the t Dake of Cornwall and
York to Australia shall not be aban
doned, and ehallbb extended to New
Zealand and' the Dominion of Canada.
IMS UGLY
ON ACCOUNT OF THE MARRIAGE OF
INPAN TA MERCEDES.
Tlie Usual Wedding Festivities WHhln Gilded
Walla, While the Dlsnleaaed Populace
Roars Outside—Martial Law Proclaimed
on Account of Disturbances.
Madrid, Feb. 1*1.—All the grand fates
which were planned have boon post
poned, and the Infanta Mercedes,
Princess of Asturiai; \vy • n arrlerl today
to Oount Oaserta in the strict privacy of
the royal palace. There was the usual
weduing festivity on the part of the
royal guests within, with locked t*i
guarded doors, but the roar of the revo
lution outside penetrated the gilded
walls. Neither the Princess nor the
Count oared or dared to appear outside.
Martial law was proclaimed today ou
account of the disturbances. The cav
alry have taken the plaoo of the police
in the streets, and are patrolling the
streets, which are unusually full.
Crowds have gathered in the vicinity of
the palace. The city is calm, but no
dtoorations, no flags or bunting are dis
played except ou the official buildings.
WILL BE TORN DOWN:
Old Jail Will Soon Be Torn Down aud Carted
flHAif£P!52liOH flMlinii
, The county chain gang toroo has’al
ready begun the york of cleaning up
up the old jail Yard. The fence Which
surrounded the yard, other fenoos on
the premises, tjbs‘iworoom cabih| 'riaii
for the kitchen, and the stable have all
been torn down and dantisdaway. -
In a few days the dirty .dingy qld jaU
will be torn down by ! the -ctravibts dbk
,no vestige of the old structure yeW,,be
. left. The work of tearing 5 ddvta Wold
jaU yallbegm In the. near, fatnre,, Thy.
lot llrherB'the aUFwl ahrids! , 'togetii4r
with the back of the new jail, will be
enblosed in a tall board feuoe. -Theold*
• jail yard will be .used: for-a gardep
.patch as soon as. it, is cleared up alter
the old jail has been tprn down! .
W The front yard of the neWjail idjto
sodded and made very attractive looking.
' ' As Boon as these changes are made, the
jail premises will he‘greatly Improved.
WIFE COULD NOT TESTIFY.
Man CbaaMLWJIb. MurdeiW H(» Child, does
£! i, m - iim
Oolnmbns, Ga'.,' February 18.—A rath-'
er peonliar murder ease was dismissed
by Solicitor filbert in the superior
court yesterday. Six or seveu years ago
Ben Franklin, a negro of this oounty,
compelled his wife to murder their ohild,
itjiis alleged. BTe skipped out, bttt. was
’•refieritly daptured at Dawson, Ga.
It seems that the only witness to the
alleged killing was his wife, and she is
not permitted to testify against him
The oircumstanoes of the oas,e were Buoh
Lhat thesolipitordid tjot^present theaase
to the grand jury, and the negro was
discharged.
-The new rifle range for the Guards is
how^aipbrtalittjr.jBud it jwill be bnilt
within the next few weeks. All the
preltnhinary arrangements have been
completed, The' fcocessary MSS
the Albany Briok Company’s plant, hais
been secured, and nothing remains to
Ington street, and, with the exception
.y'l'
WILL NOT SUICIDE.
Chinese Officials 'Ask to Be Exctised Prom
Killing Themselves.
Pekin, February 18.—At leaBt three of
the Chinese to whom. Emperor Kwnng
Su sent a oholoe of the methods of sat-
oldo, in'pursuance of the demand of the
powers for their punishment with death,
have deolined to oomply, and the em
peror has withdrawn his request that
they should destroy themselves.
His majesty now telegraphs Prtnoe
Ohing that when he agreed to the terms
of the joint note, the latter only in
quired that the punishment should St
the crime, and he argaes that if the
worst of the gnilty deserve de4th, .the
others should be lanlshed.
The foreign envoys, ou the contrary^
say that if those who are gnilty deserve
death, and as there Is no worse punish
ment, all mast sailer the same penalty,
although, ,lf China should desire to make
distinctions regarding the primes, she
can sentono i the worst either to qaar»
other forms of Ohi-
tering or to some otl
uesu execution.
14,—Tbo tremble
rivers arid harbor con
North river has packed
d. Several ferries on
Unless the court, changes Its views, no,
Itrimddlate settlement is possible.
TROUBLE WITH THE ICE.
: 1 1—^
North aud East Rivers and New York Har-
Sif I’ .’ V • boi- Blocked.
i3MM|
Governor’s Island..
Efflpitijri-vefheiug unable to ^rup, .-have
saspohdfecl^-uieir trip* entirely The
bridge in consequence became clogged
with trades for the first time since the
blizzard of I888> ^ Persons walked across
Governor’s Bay on the .ice
There is little • navigation in Sandy
ok.‘ The Majeflfcio can^e in coated
f ih ioe. The ferries on Notch river
had to plough through ioe half way
across the stream^ There is much delay
but no serious obstruction.
Famous Slave Trader Dead.
£Mohile.^Feb.'ia.—Captain Wm. • Fos
ter, commander of the last American
strive'iiessdl that made a voyage to,
Afrioatdied today, nmeaeB
i ■ >A I W r Delinquents.
Marshal R. N. Westbrook and Deputy
Marshal-Jf-W. Kemp have been busy
few.da^p, and many of those , wh6 had
neglected to settle with the city for last
year’s taxps. have been induced to pay
BP.-. .. 2 ! ■
When the list was placed in the mar
shal's hands Only a few days, ago it
shbwed about ISO,' delinquents, but,
thanks to the aotivity of the oity’s offi
cers, the number hps now been reduced
more than half. Executions have al
ready been issued, and levies will bo
mode at once m the oases ot the remain
ing jlelinqaeqts. All thoee who do not
settle np before the first Of March, ini-
eluding costs of levying, will have their
adv«thfiid,fqr.*aie fflLtheJrst
Tnesday in April. It therefore be
hooves aU remaining defaulters to settle
A up A
MRS. NATION’S WAR.
REFORMERS DEMOLISH A JOINT
WINFIELD, KANSAS.*
IN
A Preacher Knocked One of the Proprietors
In the Head with an Ax—A Woman Shu..
More Trouble Expected—Mayor Calls
Special Mooting ol Council. '
THE COLDEST DAY.
Nn\% YORK IS TIED up by the ice
KINO.
Many i'lrry Bunin Slick Fast In the Bay sod
Rivers—Piisscnscrs Underno (lrcat Sul-
lering-One Man Blown Out to Sen on a
Scow.
WiniuLri, Kai, Feb. 14.—A mob of
two hundred men'cud women, armed
with axes, revolvers and shotguns, yes
terday totally demolished .Schmidt's
silicon, the finest in the city.
Some one fired a half dozen shots/
from ft shotgun through the front door ,
that Started- if general onslaught with
rocky anil guns on the windows anil
doors.. EmmaDonny reoeivod a pistol*
ball In her face and was slightly hurt.
Although this was an riccident it served,
to enrage the mob, and the ornsaders
swarmed Into the saloou. . 1
There they found Charles and Honry
Sohmidt. After driving them from the
building through the rear Noor, the mob
oreated havoc right and left. Cigar
cases, mirrors and pictures were smashed
and those that could not be reached w\th
axes were shot fall of holes.
Rev. Oharleo Lowthor prevented
Sohmidt from entering the place by
striking him with an axe, inflicting a
scalp wound. As he fell to the ground
Henry Sohmidt made a gun play in de
fense of his brother that nearly oost
his life. One of the ornsaders, folli
iug upthepreaoher's attaok, had railed
UU*
$
an axe to strike Henry Sohmidt, when
a companion wrested the weapon from
his hands.
For a time sarioos trouble seemed
likely. The mayor oalled a special
meeting of the oonnoil to plan means of
quelling the distnrba'noe and providing
against farther outbreaks. Last night
the oonnoil deoided that all joints mast
close immediately. The jointlsts are
defiant and bloodshed is feared.
LOVE FINDS'A WAY.
Now York, Fob. 18.—This is the cold
est morning ot the soasou. It was 13
degrees at I) o’clock, ami is now 33 de
grees. A -heavy wind ut midnight blow
- own tlu'oe throe-story frame houses
in East Now York.
Now York, Fob, 18.—Fast in the ioo
in New York bay aud tlio North ami
East rivers, thousands of men and wo-
mon passengers suffered like Arotio
navigators this mornirtg. A number of
ferry boats stuok fast in the ioo nnd
wore unable’to move. A huudred togs
tried to liolp them but oould not fetich
thorn. In some oases hours passed bo-
foro'thoy could be reaohed. Tho flros
were loworod ou account of the 'coal
giving out. Passengers were nearly
frozen.
One man was blown oat to soa on the
scow Hallenbeok, the hawser,of the tug
parting. •
. LOCAL POULTRY ASSOCIATION
Ordinary Smith Tied a Nuptial Knot at the
Court House Today.
From Wednesday's Heralij.
“Love finds a way." And 'twero
ever thus.
At 11 o’olook today, in the office of
the ordinary, It the court house, Mies
Minnie Smith and Sit. "W. H. ( Boyd
were united In the holy bonild of wed-
look, Ordinary S. W. Stpith officiating.
It is a Gretna Green affair. Miss
Smith’s homo is in Tampa, Fla., and
Sir. , Boyd, a former resident-of that
city,.works for tho Red Cypress Lum
ber Company, twelve miles south of Al-
Hnjr, ! ",
Miss Smith aud Mr. Boyd, it ssems,
Have,been lovers fot sbmU time, but
there was objection ou tho part of tho
you ig lady’s parents to the!/’marriage
Bat ‘Hoye'.flnds ft .way.’fi jWss Smith
arrived in Albany at 4 o'olook this
inoraing, and was niet by Mr 1 . Boyd and
his friend, Mr: S’ B. Bates, who also
Works for tho Red Cypress Lumber
Company.,
The rest is soon told. . Mr. Bates pro.
onped the lioense.and arranged for tho
performance of the marriage ceremony,
whioh took plane at 11 o'elook today.
A Ohlhese newspaiier' fa tb tid Waned
in New York-on Monday next. It wifi
bo oalled Tie Chinese Weekly - Herald,
bnt only the name wlll'be English. Mr.
Fang,'the'editor, was fp>mellir' if 1 Jliejn-
ber of the staffi of The Sag, Frepfdioo
Chinese Herald, and of late has. been
rnnnlng an evangelist sheet' In' New
Fort Theriewpaper -drill he:lurgfly
filled with news translates!' from the
metropolitan -dailies. At present the
only way in whioh the vast majority of
Chinamen oan hear news is by paying
from Onri to'five cents each night at
some informal olub while a professional
reader translates extracts from the daily
papers. Mr. P^ng has imported from
Oinaafont of type whloh consists of
12,000 oharaoters.
The diajfosicion of the money left over
from the bay day carnival and etreet
fair is still an open question, the execu
tive committee at its meeting called for
that purpose yesterday aftehnoon having
failed to decide it. ' The qpestiop is now
referred to the subscribers to the fund,
as will be seen by an official notioo else
where in the qxBALP. Tho qnestibh'of
holding a fair this year-is also referred
to the WUzens. The meeting at whioh
these questions are to be settled is oalled
te Wednesday next at 4 o’clock-in the
fi t-.'v:-.- *«<j
To Be Organized Neat Monday Night—Poultry
Shaw In the Pall.
1 Local fanciers of fine ohickons, daoks
aud turkeys will- hold an important
meeting on next Monday night, the
18th instant, for the purpose of organis
ing a local association.
The meeting will be oalled to order at
1:80 j(. m. in .the offloe ot the Postal
Telegraph Co. In the Carter & Wool-
folk warehouse building, and it Is ex
pected that there will be a large at
tendance-
Among those who* are interested in
the movement are Dr. P. L. Hilsman,
Dr. J. W. Gillespie, Mr 0. M, ShaokeU
ford, Mr. T. M. Nelson, Mr. B. 0.
Adams, Mr. Dan Brosnan, Mr. Hr, Y.
Ferrell, Mr, A.. V. Phillips,, Mr. W. B.
Moore and Mr. MorriS Sonthelmer.,
These gentlemen, with a uuinbor of
others, will organizo a looal poultry as
sociation, the objeot ol whloh will bo to
onoouraRje the raising.of. fancy poultry-
A poultry show ffill.bl pulled off some
tim^.next fall, and an effort will be
mode to brtng^he Bjute afaeoplat^on here
for its annual meeting. Last year it
mot; at Jackson, ,
Au as^ociaUou suoli os it ia proposed
tb organize next Monday night wiR, fi
ll great dealof good for' those Who are
interested in tho raising of fine poultry. 1
The Herald hopes to ece'the movement
succeed.,- . ,-,-i ,, (1 i,i-
Mrs. Jennie Towns llotime llend.'
Albiinlllns will read wltll deep sorrow
tho ariiiOoneeincnt iff the death'of Mrs.
Jennie Towns DoHtfib,- which ooonrred
at her booth lh Atlailta Sunday night,
BBth- 'prior to' and 'Si4o< ]ier ibnrriage
Mrs. Dohm'e frequently vi41ted Albari'y,
where she was greatly' beloved b'y a
large eiitolebf friends. The followih,
notice of her death is ;taken from Mou
ld’s'A'tlantW Journal:"
Mrs. Jennie Dohme,' wife ol Robert
Dobme, died: last night- at - the' family
residence, 80 EUfs street, at 12:95 o'elook,
of heart failure.
Mrs. Dohme had been siok for several
Weeks',- her condition gradually getting
worse despite" thb careful'attention'of
the dob torsi whowero attending. ■
.Mrs, Dohme,. who /was Miss Jennie
Towns, was a oonseorated and earnest
Christian worker in the First Baptist
ohnroh. Shu enaeared herself to hVery
member of, that ohnroh, as well as to
every one with whom she camp in con-
*-ct.' .; ....
The' funeral servioes will be at the
house tomorrow at 8 o’olook p. -i rd. Dr.
W. W. Landrum will officiate. The in
terment will be in, the. family .vault at
Oakland cemetery. . ( •
The following gentlemen will, aot
INTO CAPE COLONY.
DKWET CROSSED THE ORANIIE RIVER
LAST NIGHT NEAR NORVAL’S POINT
And Is Now Marching Towards Phlllpstown.
Hr Is llclng Followed by RrMIsh Force.
Kilchcner Is Really In Need uf Rc-eu/o: ce
ments ol JO.OOO Men.
Pretoria, Feb. 12.—Geh. DoWtif
orossod the Ornngo river into Capo
Colohy Inst night a few miles north of
Nerval’s Point, and is now making for
tho Phillpstown district. Generals
Knox nhd niuniltou are following him.
All the drifts are guarded and mined.
Now York, Feb. 12.—A dispatch to
the Tribune from riomion says:
Tho dispatch wldgli was issued yes-
torday by the war office goes u long way
to pi-ovo that the'big reinforoomeut of
80,000 mounted mon now nnder orders
for tho Capo, is really cssonlial to t-lio
fulfillment of Kitchener's tuSk.
An engagement In whloh tho attack
ing force numbers 2,000 Boers, and
whloh results -in at lonst twohty-four
men boing killed, oaunot bo oonslderod
a more guerilla aotlou. Nobody now
adays affeots to believe tlmt the-Sonth
African campaign is virtually over, and
it is qnite ovident a general surrender
ot the Boer foroes is not likely to take
plaoe for some time to come,
MRS. T. C. PLATT "DEAD. |
Wile 01 New York Senetor Passed Away This
Morning.
New York, Feb. 18.—Mrs, Platt, wife
of United States Senator Thos. O'. Platt,
died this morning at the Fifth Avenue
hotel, and when tho end oame Senator
Platt, his two sons, Frank M. and
Henry H. Platt, BDd his daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Frank H. Platt, were with
Mrs. Platt.
pall-bearers: Messrs. Jot'n Wit
William A.' OorrigaU; James E.
Fred Law, James' E. Carlton, A. !P.
Stewart. Ben L, Willingham, Morris
Conley, Lopjs Hi}l an£ E.,p. BJack,, ,
The grippe is not as prevalent'as was
the oase a fortnight -ago; The physi
cians have fewer patients,who > are i suf
fering from this disagreeable affoctlon.
: ’-Thd :3 hunting season draws to its
olose, and soon the
have the protecting wa of the
above them.
I
STRUCK WOMAN SENSELESS.
Bold Robber Attempt! Reid os Brooklyn
Blevsted Railway Station.
Now York, Feb. 18—While'alone »t
midnight in tho olfigo of tbo Third
street station of the Fifth Avenne Ele
vated Railroad, Brooklyn, Mrs.. Patter
son, the station agent, was set upon by
a man whp hit her over trte bead with a
bottle, knockihg her seviselbss. Evi
dently fearing he had killed her, he
fled. .From the. name on a pass on
whioh he had. been let through-the
turnstile, Olaronoe Lehman was ar
rested. The lbtoiik WHs evidently to
rob. _■' -
The Two Builders.
Trbih the Bdltim'oro AUioriealii ' p
Two men, a CJhifl'eae legend runs,
Onoo-found that eaoh mbit ibnild
A house. And,each, In building,-was
, An prtis^n mof|t skilled, I
But one tbonghtofthe days of work,
Arid ivoary was at hdairt. ‘ '
The otHer thAttglili riot of the’ toll.
But how ’twero best to start, .-
The one knelfriowri befort his Joss/
, With connteuanqe dismayed-
He asked the Joss to build the honse,
And prayed, and prayed, and prayed.
-The other gathered up his tools,
And straight tho task assailed.
He hewed the joists,andhungthedoors,
And nailed, aud nailed, and nailed.
The one prayed on, before his Joss. .
, Through all the weary while, - !■,«.
The Joes peeredfront the altar smoke,
With something llkri a smile. .
The other, wbep.he.bntlt his,honse.
Took all the extra planks, ,
And burned them at the Joss’ feet— 1 ‘
An offering of thanks.
The one lookedi&h'Irom vfblfe he knelt,
And cried: “Oh, wretohed man,
Yon ’did n'bf wait for hoi jj didl ’
Tours was tf picked plin."
The-other smiled, and answered him:
"I’d not ask Joss to bless .
A quality thzlt might bo termed'
As simple lhzlness." '
The beanty oil the legend is
That it may be applied
To any work we may attempt,
Or any faith beside. .
For, asking Providenoe to do
Some toil whloh we would shirk,
Is apt to teaoh a lazy man
The usefulness of work. ■ "
—Josh Wink/,
MILITARY PREPARATIONS TO STOP.
FI0I1T,
Meefi
But President,Hobart, of Km Sneagurlest,
There Will Be Poelporiemeat—No
lag ol Ssosigerjesl Until After Judi
Hollister’s llcchilon. - ,
Oiuciimnil, O., Feli. i;.—Direct
dors hero lioou given to a soporatH
puny of'tho Eighth regiment of Ca
to pruoeotl to this oity tonight. It, l
pouted that this company will
Saongerfest llall touiorroiy-. Presid
Hobart, of tho Saougorfust, snya tha
wilt bn noposfpouoinnnt of the.
Ruhliii light. There will not be a me
iug to lU.-imss it until* Judge Holiliti
has rendered bis rleoiulan.
Oinoinnatl,' O., Feb. 1-1.—Xml ga Hoi-
{later has granted tho injunction to st<
the fight.
THE CENTRE OF POPULATION.
Point That le Now Is the Hoosler
State.
Daring the Inst 10 years tlie oentr
population of the United States
moved Westward some 14 miles,
now very near the oity ot Oolnmbn
Ind, Technically tho oentre Is now I
the point expressed 8H degrees 0 min
utes, 80 sooonds north latitude and 8
degrees 48 mlnntos 54 seoouds west long
tnde. At the point mentioned a
monument has boeu erected,
why it is of so maoh Interest.
The oentre of population ot a, oo
is the oentre of gipvlty of the oo
aaoh persoik being assumed to have
same weight, sayB .the New York 1
aid. In plainer words, it Is the
whore if a pivot were placed' and
country weron card.shaped plane
ered with all uu-qual dlstrlbu
people tho card would exactly 1
In tho present instance tha woig
12 people ou the Pacific coast ball
that of 40 ou the Atlantic soabord,
former, though less in unmbei
so fur away from the dense *(
I'East that the leverage exerted i
the greater mnnbot and weight o
latter
Catching Colds.
Why It Is, asked Medical Talk,
people who are most exposed to (
ont-door employment are the i
who are least subject to colds? p
beoanse, It answers, no one oati
by exposlmj the whole body to i
Those poople oiltoh cold wbo try t
die thoraBelves and keep .the
away from cold. A person onto!
when a portion of the bodyl.s e
cold, while the other • portion ii
warm by artifloM limit. One Ji
apt, to oiltoh cold sitting by a st(
nnventilatqd room than by
blizzard in the open air.
Nansen aud his men, wheu i
Avctic regions, were, exposed to c
OYery description, and it is. state
they never oneo snffored from
Bnt no sooner liad they returned ti
native Ipnd than thoy one and all c
severe oolda. The reuhon for I
proba bly 1 -ecause they, were,
warmly housed, and spent a pi
their time *“ nnveptllated, roon
lug in stuffy bedrooms. The more £
thBra ,S,
oatohing epld, the more apt they are
oatoh ool^. The proper course, to f
is toclotho tho children warinly,
vide good, stout; shoes, and to
loose in the open air. Let tb
rain or shinejcold or warm; 1<
'Havethe opentair everyday.
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The uptown offices of the i
Georgia railway, at the oorri<
ington and Pine streets, are'l
somely fitted tip. The interior i
ments werejoompleted some
and this weekjdecorators have h
work on Jtho exterior of the build
SigiiBofJthe "Central of Geot| ' '
way’.’ and|tha "Savannah,
stoamships^have been pairitei
The opera honse management has
several other high olass attractions
booked fotthslatter part of the season, loters have been .ei ecte
,^b)phiWl'.l oYose.in a few wed#., the bnildirig. Tho ci
mow, oheoks or stripesfb, Tailor. t'.‘ Well,
some of oar onstomere like stripes, bnt
w..,.
t half - a di "' '
outside walls,(while a pair of
handsome signs of burnishe”
are in oharge of
who, sinoe