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WEEKLY
VOL. 9.
ALBANY. GA.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23,11901. .
NO 1 '
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BLEW OUT AT THE ELECTRIC STATION
LAST NIQHT.
id Twelve Days Three Engines Have Been
Wrecked by Nearly Exactly Similar Acci-
dents—The Plant Badly Crippled, But
Lltbta Will Probably be on Tonight.
From Thursday's Herald.
Another engine nt the oity eleotrio
plant blew ont ita cylinder head last
night. Tills was the third accident of
nearly exactly similar character that
has occurred at the plant within twelve
days.
On Saturday night, the Oth inst., the
cylinder head of n 100-horse power en
gine was drlvon from its position with
tremendous force, narrowly misBing
Mayor Brown and Eleotrioian Sweet,
who were standing within a conplo of
feet of big mnohlne.
Four nights later another engine, the
largest in the plant, pent the head of its
oyllnder flying against tho west wall of
the building.
And last night the only remaining
engine at the plant, a small, 05-horse
power maohine, joined the procession
by kicking off its oylinder head and
rendering the plant practically hors do
oombat.
Tlie acoident ooonrred about 12:80
o'olook. At that hour the only lights
burning in the oity were on the aro cir
ouit which supplies tlio street lamps,
and after the breakdown tho latter, of
coarse, burned no more.
During the early part of the night the
ourrent was on all of the.resldence and
commercial oirenits, and the incandes
cent lamps burned steadily, but they,
too, went out a little before 8 o'clock.
This was due to still another accident at
the station.
It will be remembered that as soon as
the oylinder head blew out of the
first enine, a little lesB than two
weeks ago, parts to replace the
broken ones were ordered by, wire from
New York. They strived several days
ago and the disabled engine was again
harnessed up night before last. It ran
smoothly until about a qunrtor of eight
o’olook last night, when it was found
that the babbitt mptal with which the
boxes were filled had worn down
until it was no longer safe
to run the engine. It was
therefore, shut down. The Her
ald was assured this morning by Elec
trician Sweet that the engine would
be ruuning again tonight, and that the
honso lights in the business and resi
donee seotions of the oity would bo
burning. The street lamps may or may
not be lighted.
These repeated acoidonts at the elec-
trio plant are, naturally, causing a good
deal of talk about town, and there is no
dearth of oritioism, whioh is impartially
divided between the plant itself and its
modus operand!. The people want
lights and don’t get them. Therefore,
they complain. One man or a number
of men may be to blame, or, posBlbly,
the fault is exclusively meohanioal, due
to an odt-ol-date, broken down plant.
The eleotrio light rebus is one that
our city fathers will have to solve
sooner or later—the sooner the better,
There are seven competent bus
iness men in oharge of the munioipal
government,and the people expeot them
to rise to the exigencies of the occasion.
The Herald believes they will'notbe
found wanting.
WILD FIRE AT MAY’S LANDING. .
Utile Town In New York Threatened With
Destruction.
Atlantic Oity, Fob. 21.—May’s Land
ing is threatened with destruction by
fire. The fire started in the house of
D. B. Frazer and spread to other build
lngs; all wood. Oommunication is out
off and the loss iB not ascertained.. The
fire resembles a fire in a forest.,
MONEY FOR LORD ROBERTS.
Parliament Will Be Asked to Vote Him One
Hundred Tbousadd Pounds.
London, Feb. 21.—It is reported that
the British parliament will be invited to
vote one hundred thousand pounds to
Lord Roberts. The question cn this
subject will be.asked in the House of
. Commons this afternoon.
CIVIL GOVERNMENT
BEING ESTABLISHED IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS.
Six Hundred Thousand Persons Have Re*
ccived Benefits of Civil Government Up
to Present Time—Philippine Commission
Starts for Southern Provinces Next.
Manila, Fob. 21.—Up to the present
time 000,000 persons have received the
benefits of civil government established
in various places by the Philippine Com
mission. The various provincial officers
took the oath of office today bofore
Chief Justice Arellano and members of
the commission, after which Chairman
Taft explained again their duties. , He
told them they would exeroiae their
duties under the supervision of tho
head of tho Insular government, who, at
present, is General Macarthnr, the mili
tary governor. The Commission will
start out again next week to organize
oivil government in other places. It
will start for the southern provinces
about the tenth of March.
THE FOURTH’S ENCAMPMENT.
SITUATION IN CHINA. -
Complete Surrender of Chinese
Envoys Expected 'Tomorrow.
Von Waldersee’s Expedition.
Difficulties Expected Between
Powers.
Several Cities Would Like to Entertula the
Soldier Boys.
Tha annual encampment of the
Fourth Georgia "Regiment next summer
will be one of the year’s events m mili
tary circles, It lias not yet been de
cidod where the encampment will be
held, but the sentiment in the regiujgnt
is almost unanimously in favor of tho
proposed gathering of the twelve com
panics in a sohool of iustructiou and
recroatloh.
There is a movement on foot, dnder
the influential leadership of Ool. George
T. Gann, State Inspector of Rifle Prac
tice, to hold an enoampment of the
state at Savannah in May or June. The
encampment, if the scheme, goes
through, will last for a week, and the
troops will have the splendid advan
tages in rifle- praotioe .offered by the
Avondale rifle range.
In oase the Fourth Regiment decides
to have an independent enoampment,
there will be lively rivalry betw een tho
companies of the organization for tho
honor ot playing the part of host. Sev
eral cities where companies of the regi
ment are Btationed bavo already ex
pressed a desire for the encampment,
and there will be some lively wire pull
ing if the Fourth deoides to ‘‘go it
alone."
The Dawson News of this week, in
this oonneotion, has the following:
"Captain H. A. Wilkinson of the
Dawson Guards has written to Obi. W.
E. Wooten ot the Fourth Georgia regi
ment asking him upon what terms the
regiment will agree to enoamp In Daw
son several days this summer.
"As was stated in last week's News,
the Fourth regiment will spend a few
days In oamp in one of the towns in Its
territory during the summer months,
and inducement!) will be offered the sol
diers to take their vaoation here. Cap
tain Wilkinson has not yot received a
reply to his letter to Oolonel Wooten."
Pekin, Feb. 20.—Tho foreign envoys
this morning received an nnolfioial com
munication from- the Chinese plenipo
tentiaries offering to agree to all the
teruiB of the powers. Tho Chinese,
however, desired to save • the lives of
Oban Hsn Oliioo and Ying Hien, but
were informed by the ministers tbat
they insisted upon their former demand
Complete surrender is expeoted to
morrow.
Meanwhile extensive preparations are
beiiig made for tbo expedition planned
by Opunt Voti Waldersee. The Ger
mans have purchased 800 camels for
transportation Bcrvice,
The foreign ministers told a press re
porter that they considered the gravity
of the situation over, bat that they ex
pected difficulties wonld now ariso
among thomsolvos when some of the
governments send in their Indemnity
claims, and particularly is there uneasi
ness regarding the demand of Germany,
TROUBLE. IN AUSTRIA
THE POLITICAL SITUATION- l»REGARDED
AS MOST SERIOUS.
Emptror Francis Joseph Threatens to Asians
aa Absolute Dictatorship sad Govern
Without a Parliament—Premier Pleads for
More Time, Which Is Finally Qranted.
WHAT SORT OF VARMINT" IS IT?
Cals, flogs and Chickens la Sand Town Are
Rapidly Disappearing.
Daring the last two weeks oats, dogs
and olilokons in Sand Town, Albany's
southwestern snbnrb, have been disup
pearing at a rate whioh threatens the
dual annihilation of the oanine and
feline pets and barn yard* fowls ot the
neighborhood. . •
There is-a difference of opinion as to
the identity of the ^'varmint” whioh Is
said to be responsible for the destruction
of so many Sand Town pets. Several
parties olaim to have seen the animal,
and most of them agree that it is a huge
catamount, though there is.some doubt
on this Bcoro. / ,
The rnuraudor, whatever it is, does its
work at night. It raids hen roosts in
seaioh of food, and incidentally makes
An end of whatever Tabbies andFidos
it chanoes' to' enoonnter. There are
many family pots misBing, and there
are many demands for the Boalp of, the
"onery varmint," whioh Sand Townites
are anxious to destroy.
Several parties have fired at the sup
posed catamount, io the dgrkness, but it
seems to bear a oharmed life and al
ways escapes. Timid persons are afraid
to venture ont after dark, add tbere is a
genuine neighborhood scare in Sand
Town.
‘ Vienna, Feb. 21.—The political situ
ation in Anstriais most serious. Be-
oaase of the trouble in parliainout, Em
peror Franois Joseph threatens to as
sume an absolute dictatorship. At mid
night the Emperor summoned von Koer-
bor, tho premier, and said ho would
prorogue the Roiohrath and govorn
without a parliament unless it olosed
the proooedings that disgrace Austria in
the oyes of the world. The premier
pleaded for more time, and the Emporor
finally agreed In give the Relohrath one
more ohanoe. There is little probability
of the disturbing factions ooming to
gether and transacting bnsiness peaoo-
fnlly. :
LOST AT SEA.
THE
CHAMPION MAY BB OUT OP THE
KINO FOR ALL TIME,
His Ailment Pronounced by a Noted Physician
to Be the Condition Known an Floating
Cartllago— Symptoms and Character ot
the Disease,
Ciuoinnnti, Feb. 21.—JeffrloB’ in.
jured knee may nnt him ont of the ring
for nil time. Tills state of affairs was
brought to tho surface today when one
of the most notod surgeons examined
him. His ailment was prunonneed to
MORE THAN A BILLION
IS THE CAPITAL OP THB NEWLY ORGAN
IZED STEEL TRUST.
The Pinal Papers In She Orcat Cgnsotldailon
Have Been Signed—Carnegie Oels, all
Told, $332,000,000-The Concern Is Buy
ing Up Coal and Iron Railways.
Now (York, Fob. li).—The Mail and
Express contains the following s
Tho fltml papers in tho steel consoli
dation were signed this evening. The
oapital stook and 4400,000,030 7 percent,
preferred stock uud 2400,000,000 com
mon stock, besides an issue of $300,000,--
be the condition known as floating 0 00 8 per o’ont. first mortgagadfondi,
cartilage. One of tho symptoms is
sudden siokenlng pain that may oauso
vomiting and sometimes a fainting spell.
The sufferer at, tho same time cannot
move the joints and often falls to. tho
ground. This is followed by swelling
of the joint and considerable soreness..
These attaolcB oome without warning.
Schooner Isaac N. Kertln, From Jacksog
ville to Baltimore.'
Ifow (York, Feb. 21.—The steamer
Werra, whiyh arrived this morning, re
ports that on February 18, in latitude
80.28, longitude 65.05, she spoke to the
British steamer St. Quentin, from Sa-
vannah, Ga., to Liverpool, whioh sig
nalled the report that from Amerioatt
schooner Isaao N. Kertln all hands were
saved. It is presumed from thid that
the sohooner was lost at sea and the
crew ploked up by the St. Qnindu. Tho
Bohooner left Jacksonville January •20
fCr Baltimore with a cargo of lumber.
CARNIVAL STOPPED.
PLACINC THE COPING.
Confederate Monument Now Complete With
Exception ol Figure.
From Wednesday's Daily Herald,
Tho marble coping for tho Confeder
ate monament arrived sevoral'days ago,
aud today It is being plaoed in position
by Mr. W. H. Miller, of the Albany
Marble Works. Theooping is of very
substantial character, and is of Georgia
marble. It will add very mnoh to tho
appearauoe of the monument sqanro
the -spaoe between tho base and the
ooping being sodded with Bermuda
grass.
Tho ooping is not being paid for out
of the mounmeut fund. It cost $09, of
whioh only about $20 has thus far been
subscribed. A oonple ot gentlemen of
the oity who aro interested in the mon-
Mr. Oarnogio is to rcoetvo bonds in
exchange for Ids $88,000,090 stook nt 150,
giving him ®124;500,000 and leaving
abont $15,000,000 of bonds to be used for
organization and bankers’ commissions.
Mr. Oarnogio will, have no Stock in the
new company, lint will hold $207,500,000
ol tho new botfds.
T)io Times todny says:
Tho plans that the.groat steel combi
nation has under way inoinde the go-
qulreineut of control of certain coal and
Iron railways, operating In what will
be tho stool and iron territory. This
first reported accomplishment appears
in the pnrohaso of oontrol of the Cleve
land, Lovable nnd Wheeling'Railrodd, '
whioh is capitalized at $8,000,000.
Final details In tlds transaction wero
completed on Saturday and yesterday
(Monday) at the banking houses of
Blair Sc Go. and J. P. Morgan Sc Co.
In the syndicate whioh now acquires
the property. Federal Stool interests are
prominent. The most important mem
bers ot this syndicate aye Norman B.
Ream and H. H. Porter of Chicago, and
Anson R. Flower nnd J. P. Morgan.
Taking tho stook in block, the syndi
cate is said to have been willing to pay
a substantial premium above stook ex-,
ohnnge quotations tor both the common
nnd proforro issues'.
To oomo extent in some way, Eslti- '
more Sc Ohio Railroad interests may
Waycross Calls Off Street Carnival on Ac
count ot Scarlet Fever.
Wayoross, Ga., Feb. 10.—Tho oity
board of’health yesterday afternoon do-
olded not to allow the street carnival
advertised to open today, owing to the
prevalence of soarlet fever. Most of
the shoals wero ereoting tents when no
tified. They threaten to enter salt
againct the oity. All the schools of the
oity were closed yesterday for the same
oanse.
CAUGHT IN FLORIDA.
umout guaranteed tho payment of frho hftvo ft noteworthy part in the Cleve-,
balance, abont $40,’before theooping was ! 1 “'* d ’ »’"» Wheeling Railroad
", pnrohaso. Norman B. Ream is an ac-
taken out of the depot,. An effort WllJ nre dlreotor (|f tll8 BrUimorB O hlo.
bo made, within tho next few days, to »
raise this money by Bolloiting small con- ' A NEW YORK, SENSATION.
trlbntlons.’and it is hoped that no dif
ficulty will be experienced in securing * lch n ‘ a «« d
lo Bo
COMING TO CHAUTAUQUA.
THE FRUIT CRUP,
Which
The
Accept
Woe lo Daoger, May Be Saved by
Cold Soap.
From Thnrday's Daily Herald
The present cold snap has been hailed
as a great blessing by the trait growers
of the State.
Many orchards, even in the upper
portion of the State, were beginning to
bud, and it has been feared for some
«
time that unless there Was oold weather
to arrest the unseasonable development
of the bnds the frnit crop 'would be
killed by a late freeze. •
While it oannot oe safely said that
the pre- ent cold snap insures the Bafety
of the i rnit orop this season, tbere oan
be no d.v.i tof-the fact tbat it bos im
proved the prospects very materially.
FIREMAN KILLED
Fatal
Americas Light Infantry Will
Invitation.
From tho Araoricus Herald.
The Amerion8 Light Infantry will
meet tonight. The company will in a
few days reoeive an invitation to at
tend the annnal Ghantanqna in Albany
early in the spring. Oolonel Wooten
of the.Fonrth, who has oharge of the
arrangement ot military day, accord
ing to the Albany Hebald, is going to
make military day this yaar eolipse all
other like oooaslons. The A. L, I.’s
have attended several like oooaslons and
remember them pleasantly, and no
donbl they will be glad to accept their
oolonel’s invitation to attend this year.
Negro Who Shot the Morihol of Tlfton Is Cap
tured. ■
Tho Thomosville Times-Entcrprise of
this’morning says: "Sheriff Pearop, of
Leon oounty, passed through here yes
terday morning en route to Tlfton with
negro oharged with shooting the
marshal of Tlfton last summer. Sheriff
Pearoe ploked him up in Florida. He
generally gots ’em."
MORE ARRESTS MADE.
Colllllon on the Lehigh Volley This
Morning.
Batavia, N. Y., Feb. 21.—A west
bound Lehigh Valley freight was cross
ing over to the eastbonnd track on the
overhead highway at Stafford this morn
ing) when another freight orashed. into
it; James Levensk, of Niagara Falls, a
fireman, was killed, bis body being cat
in two. Engineer Craven jumped and
, .escaped with slight Injuries.
Conspiracy to Furalib Supplies lo Filipino
loeargento.
Manila, Feb. 21.—The military polioe
yesterday made arrests df several gov
ernment employees and others impli
cated with-Carman md Andre, tho Bel
gian representatives, in a conspiracy to
tarnish supplies to the insurgents.
. The advertisement of MrrJ. B.-.Pink
ston, whioh appears on the fyont page of
this paper, will,prove, wteresting to the
ladies. Mr, Pinkston, advertises .a line
of premium wash goods which were
displayed at. the Paris Exposition and
which received an award of a gold
medal.
HAD TO RURN CARCO.
all that is needed.
1,000 OUT OF WORK
As the Result of Pli-e In the Pennsylvania
Mining District. *
Wilkesbarre,* Pa., Feb. ID.-The No. 1
breaker of the Erie Complin-, lately
acquired from the Pennsylvania Com
pany in tho coal deal, burned to tho
groand last night. Nearly a thousand
men and bdys are, oohseqaently, oat of
work. The fire swept over Silvei Crook,
and many familios are homeless.,
AT HER FATHER’S CRAVE,
Young Woman Assaulted by ■ Negro
Brute. i
Kansas Oity, Mo., Feb. 20,—While
kneeling ot hep fathor’s grave In Elm
wood cemetery, Dora Dezell, a young
woman nineteen years of age, was as
saulted by a negro. Although .lalne,
she fonght her assailant desperately, the
two straggling for half an hour,
British Steamship's Cool Supply Exhausted
While it Sea.
Queenstown. - Feb. 10.—The British
steamer Lord Kelvin arrived here today
twenty-five days out from Norfolk, her
last port of oall on the way from New
Orleans to Hamburg. Her coal supply
became exhausted, and phe was obliged
to burn a part ot her cargo In order to
reach port. . ' ,
BIG FIRE'AT JACKSON, MISSi
Opera Hoooe and Book Building Boned—Lou
ot LUe Peored.
Jaokson, Mind.,Feb. 10.—The Pythian
opera house, the Seoond National Bank
bnildlng,' the local offloers of the Ameri
can and Southern Express Company’s and
three adjoining ^buildings were homed
last night. TBe loss is one hundred
thousand dollars. It is feared that two
men lost their lives. •
Arrested.
Bad Fire in Brussels.
Brussels, Feb. 21;—A big fire In the
suburbs today oansed aloes estimated
at- two million franos. Two flpemen
were killed.
This v,-cither gets the sportsmen cat
in force.
Rev. W. F. Smith. .
The following, whioh we take from
the Bainbridge riearohlight, will be ap
preciated by many of the local readers
of the Herald :
"Halleluiah, the Lord God, omnipo
tent, relgneth" jwas the text need by
Ref. W. F. Smith, the pastor, at the
Methodist ohnroh last Sunday morning-
Thls young divine measured up to tho
expectations of - the large congregation
assembled, whioh taxed the oapaoity of
the bnildlng, and handled his snbjeot in
a masterful manner and held the undi
vided attention of the oongregatton
throughout its dbllvery. Seldom has a
sermon been delivered in whioh so
much interest manifested and attention
shown as was the sermon delivered by
the'pastor of tho Methodist ohnroh last,
Sunday morning. . .
The Methodists of Bainbridge are to
be congratulated upop, having each a,
man as W, F. Smith as their pastor,
and tho citizens generally ought to - fool
proud of the foot that snob a minister is
in our midst and that we,have the-op
portunity of hearing the gospel,preached
so earnestly and so eloquently, by
man of God. RepoRtIj
Reports show A, grbatly! increased
death rate from throat and lupKlroubles,
di»e to tho , prevalence;,oi< oroqp, pneu
monia and grippe. ; We adviBe the 'nee
of One Minnte Cough Onto in all of
thepe difficulties. Tt is the' only harm
less remedy tjrnt .gives immediate re
sults. ..Children like it; "Albany; Drug
Co., Sale-Davis Drug Oo.
Now York, Feb, 20.-1$ is annonnoed
that District Attorney Philbin will have
arrestud today a head ■’’grafter" worth
three millions. IDs name is not die-
olosod, but it Is understood that -he is a
powerful politician high in Tammany
and a prominent city oflioial. •
GmEF Dk.very the Mar.
New York, Fob. 20 —It is now Btated
that Chief Dovory is the big man the
district attorhey is gunning for. It, is
olaimed that si ffleient evidauoe was
obtained in tbe Dey street raid to lndiot
him. ■
afrench’subject' •
-!
Arrested For Aiding the Filipino Insur
gents.
Manila, Feb. 20.—At Pogsanjan, pro- -
vince of Lagnna, yesterday, Lieutenant
Vangban of the Thirty Seventh infan
try arrested Fornaudo Ruetau, -general
agent of the Tabaoaloria Cqjnpany, on
ther oharge of aiding the insurgents.
This is the third agent of the company
ar. Bated, Rnslan Is a Frenoh snbjeot.
MANSLAUGHTER IN FIRST DECREE.
Newspaper Reporter Coovlcted For Klllleg
Ysuog Mllllooolre.
Minneapolis, Fob. 20.-A verdlot ot
manslaughter in the first degree was re
turned by the jury in the trial ot Frank
Hamilton, the newspaper reporter, tor
killing Leonard R. Day, the young mil
lionaire. The jury was ont thirty ; five-
hours and had been divided on the ques
tion of murder in the second degree.
BIC FIRE IN ATLANTA.
Hall o Million Loss In the Business
Section.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21.—Fire this
morning in tho bnsiness section bounded
by Decatur, Lloyd and Well streets and
Railroad Avenue; destroyed property
amounting to half a million dollars,,
’ ' ' -—cm— Fdf( - . ■ -
For the weakness and prostration fol
lowing grippe there is nothing so prompt
and offective as One' Minute Cough
Care. This preparation is 'highly >ea-
dorsed as an unfailing remedy for all
throat and lnag troubles and its early
use prevents consumption. It was
made to enre qniokly. -Albany Drug
Co., Salb-DavisDrug Co.
1 .imam.