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VOL. 9.
ALBANY, GA.. SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1901.
NO 2
FOB MURDER BY INFURIATED MISSISSIPPI
MOB. i
For the Murder «l Doe Davie, John Knox le
Lynched by a Mob ol One Hundred Well
Armed Men at Scranton, Mlaa.—Mob
Battered Down Jail Door.
Soranton, MIbs., Feb. 27 —The body
of John Knox, white, is dangling from
& tree here today. He was lyuohed for
the murder of Don Davis by a mob of
100 men fully armed, who caught and
bound the sheriff and battered the jail
door down.
VETERANS DECLINE.
Will Not Be hi the inauguration Parade on
March 4th.
Washington, Ifeb. 28.—Veteran or*
ganization8 of the oivil and Spanish
wars have officially deolined to partioU
pate in the inaugural parade on March
4th. The decision affects organizations
in the Grand Army of the Repuhlio, the
Union Veteraua’ Union and the
Spanish War Veterans.GfcThe dissatis
faction of the veterans with the
plaoe assigned them in the parade
is responsible for their adtion. It
was their jvtsh to act as the personal
escort of the president. Grand Marshal
Green, on the contrary, assigned them
to a position in the line ahead of the
oivil organizations and following the
national gnard.
Gen. Daniel Sickles yesterday notified
General Green that thejveterans hadjde*
olined to participate in the parade, and
tendered his resignation as marshal of
the veteran division.
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EX-SENATOR EVARTS DEAD.
OP CHI SIND AND HSU CHENQ YU WIT
NESSED BY TEN THOUSAND.
The Condemned Mel Death Bravely—Powera
Were Legally Rcpreeenled at Execution,
But Ministers Were Absent-Both Vic
tims Were Beheaded,
Pekin, Feb. 27 —A crowd of nearly
10,000 saw the exeention of Obi Sin and
Hsu Cheng Yn. They were beheaded
here yesterday in aooordanoe with the
demands of the Powers. The members
of the various delegations were oonspio-
nously absent, feeling that if they were
present they might seem to be gloating
over their fallen adversaries. Every
Power, however, was legally represent
ed by military offloers and Boldiers and
also a Btaff oiHoer from each foreign
Power. The condemned met death sto
ically. In each case one blow severed
the head from the body.
UNDUE BENEVOLENCE
Indicated iu Policy ot United States, Think
the Loudon Papers.
Loudon, Feb. 20.—The newspapers
here believe that Minister Oonger’s re
turn is caused by Ills recall. They
deprecate the notion as indicating a .ten
dency iu the United States policy to
ward undue benevolence.
FAR
THE POLICY OP VENQEANCB IN CHINA
HAS BEEN CARRIED,
Manchester, Eng., February 27.—The
Manchester Guardian publishes today a
New York telegram, which quotes
President MoKinley as malting an in
formal protest against the policy of the
Powers in China and as declaring the
thirst of Christendom for blood must
now be considered sufficiently slaked
after taking at least a hundred lives for
every Christian slaughtered.
INTERNATIONAL
COMPLICATIONS MAY RESULT BETWEEN
BRAZIL AND PORTUQAL.
Oporto, Portugal, Feb. 86.—A oollislon
between the polioe and atndents last
evening reanlted in' numbers on both
aides being injored. The polioe in
vaded the institute in pursuit of the
students. The professors have pro
tested to the government.
It is understood that the Brasilian
government will demand ah explana
tion from Portugal for the attempt that
The Guardian, referring editorially to was made to abdnot the daughter ot the
this, says that for a fatuous palitloian i Brasilian consul hore and plaoe her in a
like McKinley to speak so vigorously is I oonvent against tho wishes of her
a startling indication of the lengths to | father. A dispatch has been reoelved
whioh the policy of vengeance has been here from EiO Janeiro, whioh says a
mob in that plaoe stoned the Portuguese
representative on aooonnt of the inol-
dents in Oporto.
carried. It says ’tis a foroible plea for
England’s natural co-operatibn with
America in the Chinese policy.
DlfiT BROKEN
Died ol Pneumonia at Hie Home In New York
This Morning.
New York,Feb.28.—After a bad night,
Ex-Senator Win. M. Everts suffered a
relapse. His family was summoned to
hie bedside. He has pneumonia. ■ Pby-
siaians administered stimulants but he
failod to rospond. He may not live
through the day.
LATEIl.
New York, February 28.—Ex-Senator
Everts died this morning at bis residence,
Fourteenth street and Second avenue
A LARGE INCREASE
Is Shown In the Budget For the English
Government This Year.
Loudon, Feb. 28.—The budget will
amount to ucarly£200,000,000. TVehes vy
returns show an expenditure from the
. exchequer for the year of £102,000,000.
There will be an increase in revenue.
It is oalcnlatod that the national bill
will reach £7 per head yearly. Every
oonoeivable thing except Hoar and Amer
ican meats will be taxed. At least
£100,000,000 must be raised more than
nsnal.
TRAINS COLLIDE
Oil the Lake Shore and Wreck In Dinger ol
Burning,
Cleveland, Feb. 28.—A collision of
two trains on the Lake Shore road oc
curred this morning near Willoughby.
An oil car caught on fire and the trains
are in danger of burning. Oondnotor
Cbesboro is under the debris.
BURGLARS MAKE BIC RAID.
Secure (30,000 Worth ol Jewelry from the
Home ol Fronds B. Hoffman.
New York, Feb. 28.—Two burglars
entered tjie mansion of Franois B. Hoff
man on East 70th street last night and
seenred $80,000 worth of diamonds,
pearls and other jewelry.
Albany Conple YY-eds in Leesburg,
Leesburg, Ga., Feb. 27.—(Special )—
Leesburg was tho scene of a romantic
marriage to-day. Mr. Campbell and
Miss Miller, both of Albany, drove up
to the office of Judge Long and Btated
that they were" desirous of putting on
-doable harness. The judge quickly
adjusted the noose and the new couple
went on their way rejoicing. It is not,
known what parental or other objections
-stood in the way.
A record breaker cotton crop is in
sight, as ail farmers are moving heaven
and earth to get as much planted as
FELL TO HIS DEATH.
Workman on the New East River Bridge Polls
120 Feet.
New York, Feb. 20.—A fall of a hun
dred and 'twenty feet from the New
East Rlvor bridge this morning killed
a workman, Oharlos Miller, who slipped
between the girders, dropping to the
pier below.
THE NEWARK WRECKED.
Was a Small Vessel In the Quartermaster's
Department at Manila.
Mnnila, Fob. 20.—The steamship
Newark, a small vessel in the- quarter
master's department, has been wreoked
on Oatanduance Island.
BUMING COLLAPSES
For the Foundation of the New Meihodlet
House of Worship.
From Wednesday’s Herald.
Dirt was broken yestorday for the
foundation of the new MethodlBt ohuroh
NEW BOILER BOUGHT.
Electric Light Plant Will Soon Have Sufficient
Boiler Power.
From Wednesday's Herald.
Tho readers of the Herald will re
member that at a reoeut meeting of the
which is to be created on the ooraer of city council the Electrio Light Commit-
WBRB.EN ROUTE TO SAN PRANCISC0 TO
00 TO PHILIPPINES.
Officer! In Charge Unable to (Quell the Dis
turbance and Regular! From Fort Lesv
enWorth Called Out—Pour Hundred Re-
crllleln Ike Meeting.
Kansan City, Feb. 28.—A party of 400
United States reoralts on the way to
San Frnnoisoo for tjie Philippines muti
nied yesterday after passing St. Lonls.
The offioers were unable to quell the
outbreak. Telegraphio orders weresont
to Ft. Leavenworth for the immediate
dispatoh of troops to suppress the dis
order. Company I of the United States
infantry arrived here last night to meet
the train.
When they and Offloer Parnoy re
ceived word from the offioers that ’they
had been compelled to go aronnd Kansas
City apd the party was on its way to
El'Paso, Texas, a squad of regulars
therefore left for ElJPaso.
TO CONTEST FOR MEDALS.
tee was authorized to parohase a new
boiler for the eleotrio light plant.
Yesterday afternoon the purohase of
the boiler was .made. Tho deal was
made with Soofteld’s SonB, of Maoon.
The new boiler is to be a 100 horse
power boiler and tbe contract BpeoiiieB
that it must be delivered within the
next thirty days. The price paid for
the boiler has uot\]een made pnblid, bat
Flint and Jaokson stroets.
Tho plan of the foundation was staked
off Monday and yesterday the workmen
began to excavate with pick and shovel.
Boon the briok walls of the handsome
new edifico will begin to riBe and ore
tho sammer is over,; the Methodists will
be worshiping in a handsome new
$10,000 ohnrch.
The parsonage hoe been moved from
the selected site of the new ohuroh to it is understood that the cost was in the
tho site the old church ooenpied It is! neighborhood of a thousand dollars,
being improved with a new ooot ofj Chairman Lippltt, of the Eleotrio
paint and other improvement! and will ( Light Committee, said to a Herald re-
bo made into a neat and comfortable' porter thia morning that the new boiler
modern home. would be pat in as soon as it eamo and
When the dew ohuroh is completed that it would greatly strengthen the
and the parsonage thoroughly renovated eleotrio plant. Chairman Lippitt- also
the Methodists will have oanse to be stated that they hoped to have tbe big
proad of their property on the ooruer ot I qngine, the oylinder head of whioh Ye
Flint and Jaokson streets.
Two Persons Killed and Two Seriously In
jured.
New York, Feb. 27.—A building on
West Nineteenth street oollapsod today.
It is reported that four persons were
buried uudor the ruins.
Two men were killed and two injured,
oue p-obably fatally, in the oollapJo of
the building. Twenty in all were be
neath the toppling mass when it swung
over, but tho rest esoaped.
STEAMERS COLLIDE.
One Sinks and I(s Captain is Drowned—Crew
Rescued.*
London, F»)b. 28.—The British
steamer Chamois was in a.collision yes
terday. She arrived at Gravesend in
tow and greatly damaged. The vessel
sunk was tho Samuel Laing. The latter
foundered and the captain was drowned.
The rest of tho crow are aboard the
Ohamois.
GAMBLING DENS
In New York Are Raided and $15,000 Worth of
Paraphernalia Seized.
New York, Feb. 27.—More than
$15,000 worth of gambling parapherna
lia was seized in the raids on the gamb*
ling rooms in the tenderloin this morn-
9
ing. There were nineteen arrests.
FOR MURDER OF RICE.
Application For a Warrant Against Alfred T.
Patrick is Made.
New York, Feb. 27.—Application for
a murder warrant was made this morn
ing against Alfred T. Patrick, the al
leged murderer of Millionaire Rice.
The electric light plant has been run
ning smoothly for several nights now,
and tho whole community is indulging
a hope .that the last break-down has oc
curred. *
Some of the big snow balls made last
.week are still holding together, though
they; size has decreased very rapidly
during the last two days.
The Guards will have their hew rifle
range competed by the first of March,
land will then begin regular practice.
HE LEFT HIS CLOTHES.
Tbe Interesting Story ol a Fireman's TbJn
Attire on a Freezing Night.
From Tuesday’s Daily Herald.
The boys aronnd at Are department*
headquarters are telling a good story on
oue of their number. The Herald
heard it yesterday for the first time, and
considers it worth priuting.
It will bo remembered that the elec*
ctrio light plant caught fire last Satur
day night, tho department being called
out about 12:80 o’clook. The night was
one of the coldest of the winter, add the
ground, in many places, was still cov
ered with snow.
When the alarm was turned in all the
firemen were in their bunks with the
exception of the one duty down stairs.
As soon as the call was received he
pressed the button whioh liberated the
horses and touched off a gong in the
sleeping quarters overhead. One after
the other the suddenly awakened fire
men came sliding down the pole, and in
a few seconds the department was on
its way to the fire as fast as two fleet
horses could pull the hose wagon.
The lights had gone out jast as the
alarm was turned in, and the firemen
oonld not see themselves ar each other
when they left the station. Arriving at
the scene of the fire, the men sprang
from the wagon and prepared to extin
guish the flames whioh threatened tho
destructson of the plant.
Then, and then only, it was discov
ered that one of the firemen was clad in
but two garments, his raiment being
that in whioh he / had bean sleeping
when the big gong awakened him.
“Awakened” is hardly a good word to
use hore, for the fireman declares that
he did not awake until he sprang from
the wagon, lauding with his bare feet in
a bank of »snow and ice. He declares
that he has no recollection ot leaving
the department headquarters, or of the
ride to the fire. The luckless somnam
bulist nearly froze to death before a few
of his acquaintances who had hastened
to the scene provided him with a pair of
shoes, trouser* and a coat. In spite of
his thin raiment, he plnckily helped his
companions with tho work at hand, but
could hardly stand or talk after return
ing to the station.;
bently blew out, repaired by this after,
noon so that it would be running to
night.
Chairman Lippitt raid that they were
going to do their beBt to get the plant in
shape and give the oitizeris better ser
vice in the future.
BURIED IN LOT.
Sliver Stolea from Davis Home Unearthed by
Burglar.
From Thursday's Herald.
Killy Stokes, tins negro who burglar
ized the home of Mr. J. S, Davis in De
cember, and who was oaptnred in
Brunswick some three weeks ago, made
a confession to Sheriff Edwards and
Chief of Polioe Westbrook yesterday,
and told them, the disposition he had
made of the stolen artiolhs that had not
been previously reoovered.
Stokes said that he had bnried some
of the silver in the lot on tbe Davis
premises. The offloers were inoredn-
lons about this story of the confessed
burglar, bnt they took him np to the
DaviB home and he dng np some of tho
articles he had stolen. The artioles he
dng np were a silver tea-pot and a silver
enp, and two obina onps and sanoers
whioh had not been missed. He said
that he had left the knives, forks and
spoons on the bridge to the stable and
that some one else must have gotten
them. This story is not believed.
Stokes also told to whom he had sold
tbe pistol that was among the stolen
goods,.and that was also reoovered yea
terday afternoon.
The offloers hope yet to recover the
table silverware, whioh, with the excep
tion of the money and a Lew trinkets,
are all of the valuables whioh have not
been reoovered.
Thomas County Pupils Being Urged ;to Come
to Albany In April.
The following,whioh weoltp from tho
iiomssville Tlmes-Enterprlso, shows
that an effort is hoing made to interest
the pupils of Thomas oaunty in the
medal ooutests that will| take plaoe in
Albany next April in commotion with
the Thirteenth Annual Assembly ot the
Goorgia Chautauqua. Preparations are
being made in a nnmber ot oounties to
send contestants to AlbanyJ.in April,
and it is safe to say that the newest
feature of onr assemblies will prove
again, as it did jlast^year, one ot the
most interesting. ,
The Tlues-Entorprlse says:
Fonr medals have been offered to the
hoys and girls of Southwest Georgia,
and will bo given at the doming thir
teenth assembly ot the Georgia Chau
tauqua in Alhany. The following ooun
ties will bo represented: Baker, Ber
rien, Olay, Calhpon, Colquitt, Coffee,
Douglas, Dooly, Deoatnr, Dougherty,
Houston, Lee,Miller,Randolph, Bnmter,
Terrell, Thomas and Worth.
The medals to be given ore: >
First—The Walters Ohantanqna medal
in deolamatlon for boys between tho
ages Of twelve and nineteen.
Second—The Lanra Clementine Davis
Ohantanqna medal in instrumental
mnsio, for girls between the age of
twelve and nineteen,
• Third—The Lanra Clementine Davis
Chautauqua medal in vocal mnsio for
glrln between twnlvo and nineteen.
Fourth—The Lanfa Clementine Davis
Chantanqna medal in oratory for girls
between twelve and nineteen.
Oaly one from each oonnty will be
admitted to eaoh of the oontests. We
hope the schools in town and oonnty
will send contestants tor these medala
to Albany. We have many bright boys
abd girls in Thomas, and they should
be yopresented at Albany. As will he
seen Thomas can oontest for fonr med
als. Let the teaohers ot town* and
oonnty take up the matter and prepare
for the oontest.
IS DISBASBO, SAYS HIS SISTER, MRS.
ELLIS.
She Offers This ss sn Excess for His Bxptss*
slons Concerning Men In Nivy—He Is
Snb|ect to Severs Mental Attacks, Sbs
Says.
Detroit, Feb. 28.—Mrs. Bills, of thin
oity, a sister of Admiral Sampson. 1*
much distressed over the trouble In
wl loh her brother has been Involved by
his expressions regarding the men of
the navy. She says his health le poor, '
so poor that they hare given np all
hopes that he over will he what he wan
before the war.* Hia tronble is mental,
"All this talk jnst makes (it worse. HO
is subjeot to very severe attaoks of men*
tal tronble," she says. ’
Haster Forest Gilbert n Winners .
The friends of Master Forest Gilbert,
the bright young sou of Mr. and Mfe, J.
B. Gilbert, are congratulating him to- .
day on his triumph in being solooted ns
oue of the lnoky lads who will go to
Washington next week as the Atlanta
Journal's gnests for the pnrpose of wit
nessing the seoond inauguration of
President MoKinley and of seeing the
historic sights of the national capital.
The winners In the Journal's oontest,
with the details of whioh all our readers
are donbtless familiar, were announced
in yesterday's edition ot that paper. In
all, the Journal's spooial train will carry'
eighty-six oollege students and sohool
boys and ten teaohers and oollege pro-
fossors to witness th« Inauguration.
Among the twenty-five sohool boy*
outside ot Atlanta who were selected,
Master Forest Gilbert stood sixteenth.
He reoelved 8,0BB voter He will goto
Atlanta on Friday or Saturday, i
will leave for Washington on the Jo
nal’s speoialatfl o’clock Sunday mo
tag. The party will spend two f n
in tjho capital, and will t
Wednesday evening,
Forest is a bright, raa _
hundreds of friends id Alban
congratulate him on his good f
None of the Journal's youthful gue
will derive more boueflt from the
than he.
Burned to Death.
The friends of Mr. Walter Brantley in
this oity will he shocked to learn of the
horrible death he iias met. Private let
ters to,tho eitystato that he was horned
to death in a little one room dwelling
house in Boffalo Bluff, Fla. Mr.
Brantley was sleeping in the house
when it oaught on fire and burned. He
did not escape and was burned in the
house.
Mr. Brantley was a nativo ol Dongh
erty county and had many friends hero'
who will be grieved to learn of his Inn-
timely and horrible death.
Another Prize Offered.
Mnoh interest is being manifested in
the voting oontest being conducted by
the Steele Fufnltnre Store, and hun
dreds of conpons are being dipped from
the Herald overy day. Those who are
Interested in the contest will please bear
in mind that the entire advertisement
of the llteele Furniture Store as it ap
pears on the third page of the Hebald
represents the coupon to be voted.
Mr. W. P. Threlkeld, who has oharge
of the hardware department of the bnsi
ness, has decided to offer another hand
some prize. To the married lady or un
married lady over fourteen years of age
who guesses nearest the correct nnm-
er of coupons oast for tbe little girl
winning the nickle plated Bnok
"Junior” range, Mr. Threlkeld will give
a handsome Smyrna rng, large size.
Every lady who will call ot the Steele
Fnrhitoxe Store will be entitled to one
gness. After the first guess is made,
any nnmber of others may be made if
eaoh one is accompanied by a payment
of 5 cents. All money bo received will
be given to the Confederate monument
fond.
Great interest is boing manifested in
the coupon contest, and many ghesses
will no tlonbt also be made in the rng
contest.
Chaplain Wright, of the Fourth regi
ment, will hold a military service at St.
Paul’s ohuroh on the seoond Sunday in
Morph. Both companies of the Albany
Guards will attend the servloe,
The Forsaken Grave Yard.
From tho Boston Transcript.
No oostly granite tnarks the graves,
Np fresh-oat flowers grace,
No new-made footprints in the olay .
To tell a weU-loved plaoe;
Only a few old, tottering stones
Grown weary with the years,
With faded letters worn and dim
Bat more with rain than tears.
Aoross a grave with sunken breast
A timid wild rose oroeps;
Who knows bnt 'neath its perfnmed
leaves
A pitying heart It keeps I
Sometimes a wild bird rests npon-
A ornmhling rock and Bings ;(
Who knows bnt from a pitying heart
That tender note he brings?
Here lies a grave so short and small,
'Twonld tonoh a mother’s heart;
Within some breast at some sweet time
It held a larger part.
And here aronnd a faded name
Are green and clinging vines ;
Who knows with what a pitying touoh
The tender ivy twines?
And here’s a long and narrow grave,
With nanght to mark the plaoe
Exoept a bine forget-me-not
. That lifts its dainty face;
Bat who can say it blooms less fair
Upon the panper’s bed •
Than where yon tottering stone 'is seen
Above his neighbor's head?
The wind blows sadly through the pins* t
Alone, it seems to sigh.
Forgotten, whisper low tho leaves
That rustle softly by. .
Bnt ah I we do not need to lie ■
Beneath a stone to be
Forgotten and alone; perhaps
They live in memory.
Building the New Range.
The oonnty convict gang, in oharge of
Superintendent -Pinson, is matting
rapid headway on the Guards’ new rifle
range, the site of whioh is oat Washing
ton street, opposite the Albany Briok
Company's plant.
The embankmonts that will serve a#
bullet bntts are fairly under way, the
larger one being at least half completed.
The work of pit digging and grading le
progressing satisfactorily, and it now
appaere certain that the range will
he completed by the middle of *
Maroh. Telephones will be installed
and shelter houses built, after whioh
the Guards will have tho best range id
the state, the one at Savannah excepted.
The fire department has a record of
small fires ior tho first two months of
the year.
The last oold snap brought fraoktg
these parts many wild dnoks,
