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ALBANY WEEKLY VOL. 9. C/. 2* ALBANY, GA.; SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1901. NO 13 , c e MAYOR OF ICKEES'MT GIVES FAIR WARNIH6. Police of the City Will Not Be Used to Protect the Private Property of Cor porations, and the Steel Companies Are Warned Not to Import Outsiders to Make Trouble. A UNUSUAL TRAGEDY OCCURRED NEAR COR- DELE LAST NIOHT. Wilson Henley, a Country Darky, Plred FIve Bullets Into His Wile's Body, Then . Ended His Own Existence With a Sixth Shot—Details Lacking. Oordole, Gn., .Ttily 84.—News has jnst McKeesport, Pa., July 85.-T1,h talk rPaohed here of a hor ,. ible lnurder alld suicide which occurred three miles west of hero last night. Wilson Henley, a of the steel company starting operations here by the utilization of non-nnion men resulted today in Mayor Black de fining what his attitude will be in oase that is done.• Mayor Black says: "The polioo of McKeesport are em ployed by the citizens to proteot their property, and will not be used to proteot the private property of corporations, as has boen done at Olnrk's mill in Pitts burg. Our people are law-abiding. The bringing of outsiders here to start the mills is certain to provoke trouble. I have no sympathy in the trouble. I am not siding with the strikers or the steel companies. In my opinion the Importa tion of outsiders will cause trouble. I shall notify the companies not to do so. If they persist I shall arrest the men ^nd order tliem-cut of the city. I want to warn all irpn makers to stay away from McKeesport and not come here to create trouble. I am mayor of this town and am going to preserve order." OFFICIALS SAY BIO BRIDGE IS SAFE. Regular Traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge Not Yet Returned. Hew York, July 25.—Regular traffio Was not resumed on the Brooklyn bridge this morning. The north driveway, where twelve suspenders gave way en tirely, was closed. A few passengers were allowed on the foot path. Half a dozen .trollies are running and some wagon trafiio is allowed. The officials «ay the big structure is absolutely safe. MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS. negro, shot his wife five times and ont her throat from ear to ear. He then turned bis pistol on himself, and with n single bnllet ended his life. Particulars of the tragedy are not availablo. “CET tocether: Hon. W. U. Brantley Talks About Governor- . ship Race. Brunswick, Gn., July 28.—Hon. W. G. Brantley, when asked about his in tentions os to the gubernatorial race, said, in substance: "All I um after is to seo South Georgia get the recognition this part of the state is entitled to. As to the means and methods to be employed to arrive at this end the people are the best jndgo. For mysolf I simply want to see South Georgia ‘got togeth er.’ Shonld the people deoide that they want me to represent them in the race I will abide by their decision, bnt the main thing to think of now is that we must unite, on some man from Sonth Georgia. I am for a Sonth Georgia man every time, and now, seems to be oar best chance to get ono in the ohiet executive’s chair." Miss TIFTON S SOCIAL DOINGS. a Delightful SCHLEY DEMANDS COURT OF INQUIRY. Secretary Long Received Expected Letter From the Admiral Today and Immediately Granted the Request for Investi gation-Court to Meet in Septemer—Admiral Dewey to Preside. Washington, Jnly 24.—Rear Admiral Winfield Soott Sohley has demanded an investigation of the ohargee made in MaoLay’S History of the Navy. Secre tary Long reoeived a lotter from the Ad miral tills morning demanding that a oourt of inquiry be ordered, and im mediately granted it. Admiral George Dewey, who was at the Naval College at Newport, R. I., was at onoo telegraphed for by Secretary Long, and immediately came to Wash ington. He was offered the presidency of the oourt by Seoretary Long, and at once accepted. It is announced that the conrt'.wlll be held in September. Tho 'nnmeB of the other members of tho tribunal will be given ont later. HE IS ECCENTRIG. She Has Suffered From Ihe Hot Wave, But Not to i Daaieroua Deiree. Portland, Maine, Jnly 25.—The con dition of Mrs. Jefferson Davis is un- ohanged. She has been removed from her room on the street to a rear room and escapes the noise of the streets. She is reported to have felt the effeot of the heat wave, bnt not to a dangerous theories. PROSPERITY OF GEORGIA NEGROES The Subiect ol i Bulletin Issued Today hy the Department ol Libor. Washington, D. C., July 25.—The De partment of Labor issued a bulletin to day which Bays the negroes of Georgia are in a oyole of unprecedented financial success. In 1895, they owned in Geor gia 888,709 acres of land valued at *1,288,902. In 1900, they owned 1,075,- 720 acres, valued at $4,274,549, of conn- try land. UNCLE SAM AND THE VATICAN ioa Smith Eolertslos st Birthday Party. Tifton, Ga., July 24.—(Special.-The home of Mr. E. J. Smith, on Park ave nue, was' the scene of one of the most enjoyable social gatherings of the sea son Monday evening, the 22nd, when Miss Ina, the eldest daughter, entertain ed friends at her birthday party. The invited gnests were Misses Oeoelia Wood, Novella Piokard, Katherine Tift, Mand Greer, Jeddie Timmons. Mes- dames I. W. Myers and J. H. Goodman, and Messrs. Lon Diokey, Llnwood Piok ard, Broiks, J. L. Padriok, J. H. Good man, Taylor, L MoWhite, L. Greor, J. A. Peterson and Dr Meldrim. Progres sive games were played until a late hoar, after whtoh the guests were in vited into the dining room, where they partook of refreshments The gnest9 left about 12 o’clock, voting Miss Ina many happy returns of the ocoasion. Gap*. H. H. Tift and family are spend ing a few days at Pablo Beaob, whenoo they will go East for a two months' visit. Dr. and Mrs. J. A. McRea are the prond parents of another boy, who oame to make his home with them Sunday evening. Only Five Persons Outside Ills Family Have Seen Him la Thirty Years. Waverly, Ohio, July 25- — A very unique character is Meade Rickey, an eccentrio farmer abont 69 years of age„ who resides in southern Pike county, near the village of Plat. Though living within one and one-half miles of the- village, Mr, Rickey has not been there onoe in 80 years, nor has he been beyond the limits of his farm during a period of 20 years. It is said that within that time he has been seen by only five persons other than the members of his- own famtly, as he immediately seoludos. himself upon the approaoh of neighbors or strangers. Mr Rlokey has a large family of chil dren, all of.whom are intelligent and usefnl oitizens and who can assign no reason for their father’s peoalisr actions. Reach Agreement Concerning ReligiousOrders In the Philippines. London, July 25.—“A complete agree mout has been reached between the Vatican and the United States govern ment,” says the Rome correspondent of tho Daily Chronicle, “with regard to the religious orders in the Philip pines. Aceordmg to this agreement the Dominicans aurl the Augustiniaus will remain for the present, but the Spanish monks will be replaced from time to time by others. Moderate compensa tion will be given for the property handed over.” CUBA'S ELECTORAL LAW. The Australian System ol Voting Adopted by Committee. Havana, Jnly 23.—In a report made today by the committee on the electoral law to the constitutional convention the Australian system of voting was adopted. Candidates for office must have the special qualifications provided for by the electoral law. On registering the voter receives a certificate, which is destroyed when he votes.- JUDGE PERRY, OF BAKER, JUDGE SHUTS DOORS OF HIS COURT ROOM AQAINST NEW YORK NEWSPAPER REPORTERS Because They Had Olvea to the World a Prayer Ultercd by Mrs. Foibarg st Her Murdered Daughter’s Grave—The Oriel Stricken Mother's Prayer. . Pittsfield, Moss., Jnly 88.—Judge Stevens opened court thie morning in the Fosbnrg case by exolnding from tho oonrtvroom representatives of the New York Herald, ’World and Journal for printing tho story of Mrs. Fosbnrg, Sr., being at the grovo cd her daughter May, on Sunday, and the words of the prayer she used. The Pittsfield! correspondents of the' papers named whred specials tolling of the Snuday visit of ihe Fosbnrg family to t he grave of their murdered daughter. May. Mrs. Fosbnrg knelt by the grave and iu the midst of sobs of anguish cried ont:: "May, May;dr, May, my daughter, is yon could speak only one word to tell the world that year brother is innocent and take from ue the iorrible weight of tronble that is ears." At the conolieion ihe mother woe bo overaeme that it was neoessavy for her stalwart sons, one on eaoh side, to as sist her to the carriage and Bupport her on her way hone. SOUTH' GEORGIA'S COUNTIES. SCHLEY COUBT OF INPRY IS NAMED. gw* Secretary Long. Made Its I Detail Public this Morn ing—'Admiral Dewey 1s President, and the Other Members Are' Rear Ad miral L. A. Kimberly and Rear Admiral' E. K. Bon ham, Both Retired- Washington, Jnly 25.—Sucre tcey Long has appointed the Sebley court of in quiry, and its detail is- not exaotly as was forecasted by yesterday afternoon’s and this morning’s-papers. The supposition, was that Admiral George Dewey antVHear Admltale Ben- ham and Ramsey,, both the latter re tired, wonld comprise the court. In fact, the authoritative statement was made yoeterday Went' Admiral Dewey had hcen offereed the presidency of the board, and that he had promptly, signi fied his entire willitignesB to serve. This morning, Secretary Long, made public the oifioial detail of the board, which is as follows: Admiral George Dewey, president!.Rear Admiral Lewie A. Kimberly, retired;: and Rear: Ad miral Andrew BfcEi Bonham, retired, IN 9EVBRAL OP THE AFFLICTED STATE OP THE WEST.. lowsVIsIted by Copious Rains, an* Cora Nat Already Dead Has Ceod'Shoxrinf—Partial Reiki Also In Porilent ot Nebraska, Illi nois,.Minnesota and Mlohlgaa.. Chicago, Jnly 25.— Reports reoeived this- morning iudioste that the great drought has broken in at least one state ' in. the corn belt, Iowa, and that some relief has been afforded in Nebraska, Northern Illinois, the Dakotas, South ern Minnesota and Mlohigan. Ita Iowa, heavy ruins fell, and the oorn that had flurvivrd lvas an excellent ohanae. Tho rain was light in other sections, PRICE OF COTTON TIES ADVANCED. Pour Seconds Ihe Nomination ol Hon. H. 0. Timer Por Governor. Newton, Ga., Jnly 80,1901. Dear Herald : I notloe that Hon. H.G. Turner, of Brooke, has been brought to the front as a candidate for governor of Georgia. I most heartily endorse this movement. Of all the men In the state, none Is bet ter fitted for the offloo. Fall of wisdom and integrity, and a statesman of the very highest order, he would make a ep endid governor for this great com monwealth. Very tmly, John O. Perry. Show a Oslo el Nearly $1,002,000. Lowndes Leads the List. HfmunnnH NevuvspwuhD. Atlanta, Jody 281—The tax digests of five counties af the state received today at the office ol Controller .General Wnght, show an aggregate increase over lost year sf more than a million dollars. Ne- one of the larger oonntieB of Georgia or those with the greater population are among the five, and should tha gain la the smaller oonnties come op ts, the average already set foi; the year, the aggregate increase in the property o* the whole will be larger than ever before in a single year. The county of Lowndes shows the re markable increase ol $181,118, and it Is interesting to note that fully one-half of this gain is dne to the establishment of cotton manufactories. An inorease of $5M60>waa realized in lands, $70,000 In bonds and notes, $88,000 In oity proper ty, $24,000 in building and loan proper ty. and $15,600 in hank share*. Macon oounty shows an inorease of $191,88*, whioh is the largest gain tho county has made in a single year for a, long period of time, Mitchell county’s, digest indicates an inoreaae of $225,UBk while Fannin goes, up $78,000 and Dongherty $84,000. Dado county shows a decrease in value of $89.17. MRS. T. M. NORWOOD DEAD. Ssvsuuah Death Occurred el Her Home In This Morning. Savannah, Ga., July 84.—Mrs. Thomas M. Norwood, wife of Hon, Thos. M. Norwood, Judge of the Oity Court of Savannah, and former United States Senator and Congressman, died in this city Ithis morning after an ill ness of two years. SIX TONS OF COLD DIED AT ELIJAY: Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Livingston, eii Newton, Lose the Last ol Their Twin Children. Newton, Go., Jnly 19.—The lost one of the twin obildren of Mr. stud Mrs, W. T. Livingston died in Elijay on the 10th and was brought to Nowton and bnried today. Tho sympathy of thia oommnnitv is extended to the bereaved family in this their loss and aflliotiou How Ihe Soulheroi-Plenters are- Aitecte* by Steel Strike. Memphis, Tenn., Jnly 88;—Cotton ties have jnstheen ndvanoed 20 -and 25 cents per bnndte in thie market. This carriers prioes to $m6 and. $1.80 per handle to the trade in Memphis ter ritory, whlohi is nnpplled through deal ers at this-point, Tjie advance grows ont of the strike at the abssi, hoop mills of the United States 8tael Corporation at Pittsburgh whioh praatioally controls the output cd ties in th!», oountry. The local jobbers yoeterday reoeived notification through tho combine’s agent at this point that the-vetoes fog ties too, August delivery had been withdrawn. The trust, however, has some 29,000 t*. |,000,handles of tiee bronght down tho river daring the early snaomer, and< stored lan warehouses in-this oity, which, are quoted to the jobbers here at $ft2$i for immediate delivery and, acceptance, though not more, than KKOfiOiaooordingr to. the offer arc. available. The-price- paid by jobbers here a few days age itm delivery in Aqgaat was $iiper, handle. Olne of the jobbers who- handles a large portion, of the tie*, at thia. point •hated to a ropresentatige-of the-Scimi tar this mowing that there- was-little telling to what end the advance-woald go, or how seriously the Memphis- terri tory wonldibe affected; It will depend very larg'dy, he aaidv.on.thndnmlkon of the strike- He eettmated that the job bers had contracts for abont one-third of the rise they wonld. handle- daring the next season,hut addodtthat there are so many claueee in,the contrasts protect ing the combine, in caaeot strike, etc.,, that the jobhous. coaid scarcely ooant upon the delivery of stea this email pan- oentage of their need*. BOER PRISONERS Reacted Sin Francisco Trim Ihe Yukon Today. Miners Almost Emply-Hsnded. (Jail Francisco, July 24.—The „ig THIRTY-THREE KILLED. Flood Causes the Collapse ol Tenement in Russia. Lemburg, Australia, Jnly 25.—Floods caused the collapse of a tenement house here today, and thirty-three persona were killed. ABSCESS OF LIVER. Prince Henry ol Orleans Submits to Surgical Operation. Saigon, French C.ochin China, July 23.—Prince Henry, of Orleans, has been operated on for abscess of the liver. Three days most elapse before it can be known whether the operation will prove fatal or sot. steamer St. Paul arrived last evening direct from St. Michael’s, bringing abont six tons of gold from Dawson and other points on the Yukon. It is val ued at $2,339,600. Most of the gold is consigned to commercial companies. Forty miners returned on the vessel, with little gold to show for the hard ships they have endnred. The Death Kate Reported Prom the Cosceatrs lien Camp. London, July 24.—A report from the reconcentrado camp in South Africa shows that out of a total ot 85,410 pris oners, half of whom are children, there have been 201 deaths of adults and 369 children. Fatal Mine Fxpiosion. Vienna, Jnly 25.—The Tagblatt re ports the explosion from fire damp in a mine at Doneg, Russia, in which twenty were killed. HOWARD E. CASS, SOME OTHER CAND1 All-the Interest Not Centered natortnk Race. Ouber- T, J, Simmons, Jr„ after disonsslng , the gubernatorial candidates in the At lanta News, says: Audi-white the folks are discussing the gubernatorial race there-may be other interesting races. All the state boose oiRoese--will have ho be re-eleoted and., there-is-considerable talk that many ot them- will have opposition. It is said that Bit J. Guinn will ’ oppose G. R. Glenn-for the offloo of atato school com missioner, and that-BlU Clifton will be ’ the opponent of Phil Cook foaseoretary of state,, scad W. A. Bmaghton will ran against Treasurer Park, and” that Judge George ©obor will again'try for the an-, poems oourt against • Jostioe Cobb, and thatixk hi. Nlabet. Intends, making the race- for commissioner of agriculture - againat Commissioner Oj B.‘ Stevens- Judge John Hart-wantato.be attorney, general-. John little, Joe-Hall and Mr. HNU.of Lowndes, one also mentioned in commotion with- the same position. There are sixty-five applleationa for the position of state -librarian,, among them poaaoof the moat prominent 1 men In the state. There la-talk that flharley Bast* latt won’t be a candidate for oongreas from the sixth dtetriot. Politicians have it that T. W-f Hardwick, of Washing ton, proposes^ to - oppose. W. H. Fhsm- for congressional honors. Rohand and Seaborn Grambland are man at ooagreeslonab oandidatee from sixth. Governor- Candler baa de nied that he will rnn<tar congress-from |tba ninth. Ed Wight- la spoken of as opponent to Jim, (Briggs, and New*'’ toaMorrladsHld t9.be after Congress man Maddox,* seat. There was, never so mnoh political talk before, and be fore the- primaries, an over wkh the politicians-will be-tired oat, ton, pn j££ atoned t rise six ■m DIOWSIOS' EAR. DABSECtHE AT NEWTON. Our Neighbor Dorf* the River HnvUl a Big Time Todiv. By Tolfipljono te tho Hnrnld. Newton, Ga., Jnly 24.—The people of Newton and surrounding oonntry gave a bijj barbeoue hero today, and it has been a grand success in evory way. There wore about three hundred and fifty people present, and Albany, Oamil- Pelham, Leary, Arlington and la, An American Millionaire, Dies la Eat- lead. Lanoaeter, England, Jnly 23 —How ard E. Casa, an American millionaire, is dead, Blakely were represented. The dinner was a royal one, and the day has been one of nnailoyed pleasure. There is a baseball cino here from Camilla, and as thie message is being sent the hoys are lining up with a home nine ftjr a game of ball. WoadirifiiAcaarilA Preptrilei olithe Famous Prison. Eneiy. soheal, boy ia familiar with the stony of. the* atsve constructed: by Diony sius,. tyrant, of Byraoaie, as a prison, whioh wax Ingeniously thawed Uke tho tinman, earn,, ao that even tike whispers of hii pnisoasn might be heard. A traveler who vieitei the cave tells a. wonderful story of soxie-experiments in. aoonatios that he made there. For ex ample, standing at the entrance, ho struck the edge of a sheet of letter-paper lightly with hla finger three times, when there oame from within the great ear three heavy blows, as lotid and resonant as though they had been made with a sledge-hammer on tho roof of a house of iron. He then rattled the sheet of paper lightly, and the feeble sound Was Increased a millionfold, reverberating throngh the oave like the roar and crash of tbnnder. When he spoke or whistled every note was repeated as if a thousand stentors were inside and calling to him. We have onr echo oaves, onr echo val leys and onr eoho mountains, bnt there is no struotnre, natural, or artifioial, of modern times that has snoh acoustio properties as Dlonysina' ear. Capitol The son Is rapidly drying np the moisture deposited by the rains of the Ykf .'■4 We find the following In the ’ Notes” in yesterday’s Atlanta News: “Hon. Ed L, Wight, of Dougherty county, nailed at the oapitol this morn ing. Mr. Wight soys Joe Terrell, wh last few days, and the oust will soon be ihe makes ht« announcement for go np and doing. etnor, is going to sweep th« stftW.’i IMIhkKy Bin