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ALBANY, GA.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1901.
NO 34
A
EXPLOSION OP OAS IN A FURNACE
SPREADS SAD HAVOC.
Ten Men Killed end Twenty Others Injured.
Men Wet* it Top of Furnace 120 Peet
Pram the Orannd When the Explosion
Occurred—Bodies Horribly Mutilated.
Pittsburg, Pa., Deo. ID.-By the ex-
p'osion of gas in the Sopo furuanoe of
Jones & Laughlina this morning ten
men were burned to death and probably
twenty others fnjucad.
The damage to the plant is twenty
thousand Hollars.
The men were at work at the top of
the blast fnrnaee ISO feet from the
ground. They were employed as fillers
and were just getting ready to quit
work, being members of the night shift,
when gas whioh had accumulated in the
furnace exploded and tons of molten
olnders and slag were thrown over the
unfortunate men on the Tom of the
structure.
A panto ensued. To jump meant
death, and to remain on the platform
was certain death. Tons of molten
metal and flames fell upon them ami i
burned ten men to dentil. Theii bodies
droppod to the roof of the mill So feet
below. Every bone was broken and the
bodies became an unrecognizable mass
of human flesh. In all parts ot the yard
beneath the fnruaoe injured were found
and harried to lio-pltnls.
THE DAY’S
NEWS AT
CAPITAL.
THE NATIONAL
Congressmen Lbavlug For Home—Brief Ses
sions ot House and Senate Today—Ad
miral Sampson's Condition Unchanged-
President Roosevelt Appoints Two Negroes
to Olflce.
TRAINS IN COLLISION.
Ten or Twelve Persons Killed nod Many In
jured on the .Southern Pacific.
Stalina, Oal., Deo. 10.—The north
bound Sunset express on the Southern
Paoiflo and the Sunset express from SAn
Francisco ^ere in collision this morn
ing half a mile west of Uplands. They
were completely wrecked, the engines
thrown from the track, several oars tele
scoping. One traiu was partly destroyed
by fire. It is reported that ten or twelve
persons were killed and fifty injured.
Washington, Deo. 10.—The seuato
hold only a brief session today and ad
journed until January G.
After the vote on the Philippines’
revenue bill yesterday there was a gen
eral exodus of the members of the house
for their homes to sptud Christmas, and
today, when the house met, there was a
wasteiof vacant seats. The session of
the house was brief. * _
NO ALAKM FOR SAMPSON.
Admiral Sampson's condition remains
unchanged. It is emphatically denied
that his illness is snch as to give rise to
any feeling of immediate alarm.
PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEGROES TO GOOD
OFFICES.
The President todpy nominated Dr. J.
R. A. Orosland, of St. Joseph Mo., to be
minister to Liberia and J. 0. Dancy,
oollnotor of the Port of Wilmington, N. J
n., to be recorder of deeds for the Dis
trict of Columbia, Vice Heury P. Cheat-
ham, whose term ot office soon expires.
Both the new nppolntees are negroes.
SOUTH CAROLINA DAY.
MANY MEN OP PROMINENCE 0A$BRBD
AT CHARLESTON.
The Day Set Apart For the Celebration si the
State'e luelltutlone—Exerclaeetl the Bx-
pMlNoijQrouedi—Dig Banquet and Elo
quent fhesches Tonight
Ohurleston, Deo. 10.—'this is South
Oaroltua day at the exposition, being
the celebration of the state's institute's
oentennial Hundreds of alumni and
atudenfb are here. Exerotse were oon-
BY CITIZENS.
RBPRBSBNTATIVB WHEELS WOULD HAVE
SCHLEY'S CONDUCT INVESTIGATED.
Says American People Desire Tbit Schley's
Conduct From Tlmo Ho Took Commood of
Flying Squadron Through Bailie ol San
tiago Bo Investigated hy.Clllien Net
Cooked With Navy.
Washington, Ddbi 17.—Kepfesenta-
tlvo Wheeler, of Kentuoky, lntrqfiuoed
a resolution today to investigate the
oonduot of Bear Admiral Sohley from
dneted at the exposl'ion grounds this the time he took oommard of the flying
morning, consisting ohlefly ola weloome squadron up to and luoltgj*X$ (he de-
by the eoltoge of Oliarlestnu to the visit-1 struotlon of tho Spanish fteet. It re-
lug oollegiates. Tonight a big banquent | oites the action of the oourt of inquiry
will be held at whioh many distinguish-' and declares.that the Amerioan people
ed graduates will speak. Many piomi- desire an investigation by • citizens not
nent men are here participating In the oonneoted with the navy department.
oelebration, hmong them General Wade
Hampton, an alnmnus.
LABOR AND CAPITAL CONFERENCE.
DENIES REPORT OF ENGAGEMENT.
Miss Ludlow Says She Is Not Engaged to
Captain Hobson.
Pittsfiuld, O., Deo. 17.—Miss Eleanor
Lndlow, a niece of ex-Gov. Bushnell,
said today: ‘‘There is positively no troth
in the report of the engagement of
Captain Hobson and myself. You will
do rao a favor to deny it and yon cannot
make the statement too omphatioal,”
Committee on Plan and Scope, With Dll-
tlrgultlud Membership, Preparing Report.
Now York, Deo. 16.—Charged with
the task of drafting a scheme of plan
and scope, the general committee ap
pointed v«»«terday at the labor and capi
tal con firm: oo m*n today in private con
ference to tulk about tho work. Among
those in attendance were Oscar Strauss,
Charles M. Schwab, S. R. Gallaway,
Oornelins N. Bliss, J. J. McCook, R. M.
Easly, Samnel Gompers, John Mitohell
Representative Mudd, of Mipyland,
also introduced a resolution t€*dorlug
the thanks ot oongress anrfUio Amerioan
people to Sohley for the viotqry over the
Spanish sqaodro*?'
LITTLE PUBLIC INTEREST.
Manifested In the Dabala ol Tetnpsrary .Reve
nues lor PhUBpInea, Resumed In Ihu House.
Washington, Deo. 18.—The boase to-
day resumed the debate upon trte bill to
provide temporary reveones Kt' tho
Philippine Islands, under the agreement
tho bill to bo voted npon at 4 o’elook
this afternoon. The attendance did not
indicate mnoh pnbllo interest in Hie tie
and Prank Sargents. It was aimonnoed; bate. Ilehry, of Texas, was tho first
MURDERED BY A BURGLAR..
FIRE IN CHARLESTON.
Thirty Houses, Mostly Shanties, and Some
Street Shows Destroyed.
Charleston, Deo. 19.—Fire this morn
ing destroyed fourteen buildings in the
upper part of the city. They were most
ly small shanties and the total loss is
only $80,000. Among the places burned
were several street shows here for tho
exposition. A Chinese laundry man had
^ narrow escape with his life. The loss
is about two-thirds covered by insur
ance.
LONDON WAR OFFICE
la
Possession ot a Cipher Telegram Prom
Boer Commandant Delarey.
Londou. Deo. 19.—The war office has
come in posession of a cipher telegram
purporting to.be sent by the Boer com
mandant, Delarey, stating that he coaid
not hold oat longer than January.
Boykin Wright May be Attorney
General.
Atlanta. Deo. 18.—It i.i reported at the
oapltol today that Hon. Bovlein Wright,
of Augusta, will be appointed to suc
ceed Hon. J. M. Terrell as attorney gen
eral when the latter resigns to ran for
goveror. Governor Candler was non-
oommnnioative when questioned.
Me-
Prominent Woman in Pittsburg Pound Dead at
Her Home—Murderer Escaped.
Pittsburg, Deo. 17.—Harriet P. Mur
phy, prominent in church and society
olrcles and treasurer of the Kingsley
House was found murdered in her home
in East end. Sho was murdered by a
burglar about 8 o’clock this morning.
The murderei made his escape and al
though the deteotive and police foroe in
that seoMon were called, the man has
not been found.
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
IS till!
Estimated Damage of the Floods In the
State of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia. Deo. 17.—The railroad
service of this state whioh was badly
crippled by the floods of Saturday and
Sunday is gradually recovering to its
normal condition. In the lower anthra
cite region, however, the situation is
growing worse. Mine workings are
thoroughly soaked and it may be weeks
before some of them can be worked
Fifty thousand mine workers are idle as
result of the flood. Estimates on
damage run from three to four million
dollars.
FIRST IN THE SOUTH.
FOR FIRST TIME IN QUARTER GENTORY
Northern and 'Southern Synods In Missouri
Meet In Joint Session.
St. Louis, Deo. 17.—For the first timo
in more than a quarter of a century the
Synod of Missouri connected with tie
general assembly of the Prosbyterlagi
church iu the Uuited States North, and
the Synod of Missouri connected with
tho general assembly of the Presbyte
rian chnroh in the Uuited States, South,
whioh are holding their annual meetings
h ro, have met in joint session. The
opening sermon was preached by Rev.
Dr. William Hoge Marquis, moderator
of the Southern Synod. The o mmun-
ion service which followed was impres
sive, tho two moderators, Rev. Dr.
Marquis and Rev. Dr. Himeaway, pre
siding.
STEAMER SANBLAS WRECKED
$5,000 Pension For Mrs.
Kinley.
Washington, Deo. 19.—Senator Han
na today introduced a bill granting a
pension of five thousand dollars a year
to Mrs. McKinley.
Hon. “Hut” Jenkins Dead.
Eatonton, Ga., Deo. 17.—Hou. I-I. A.
Jenkins, ex-speaker of the Georgia
house of representatives, died here this
afternoon.
Dr, J. B. George Mnrriet
The friends.in.this city ot Dr. J. B
George,- of Morgan,' win bo interested,
to know that he was married on Sum
day evening. The ceremony occur
red at 7 p. m. in the parlors of the
George Hotel, Dr. George claiming for
his bride Miss Carrie Sibley, of Green
Cove Springs, Fla. Dr. and Mrs. George
have been the recipients of many worm
congratulations.
Tbe Big Steel Rail Mill in Alabama Is Now
Completed.
BirmlnglAm, Deo. 17.—The Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad do. has an
nounced the completion of its steel rail
mill at Ensley. The plant will be in
operation within a few weeks. This is
the first industry of its kind in the
South.
THE CASE ARGUED.
Jurisdiction ni Claims Commission on Claims
Growing Out ol Sinking the Maine.
Washington, D. O., Deo. 18 —The
Spanish treaty claims commission today
heard argument in support and in oppo
sition to the contention that the com
mission has no jurisdiction over claims
-grpwing ont of the sinking the bafctle-
shipMain'e, . - ■ • >*
-.--i .1, if-?—
Wife and Child Cremated;
Jacksonville, Miss., Deo. 19.—The
home of Henry Davis, six miles from
Jackson, was destroyed by flro last
night. Davis’s wife and child were
cremated.
that the committee on plan and soope
and upon which Senator Hanna, Arch
bishop Ireland, Bishop Potter and
Messrs. Gompers, Nixodl^Ittoheli, Sar
gent, Bliss, Schwab and Strauss have
been named, would present a prelim
inary report daring the day.
speaker.
A SNOW BLIZZARD
Extends Over Scotland and Paris nl England
and Wales.
London, Deo. 18 — A snow blizzard is
raging today over practically tho whole
of Scotland and partB .of England und
Wales. Roads qud railroads are blooked.
Many oonntry uidtriots are isolated and
in others work Is Bnspended on ncoonnt
at the weather. Several deaths from
exposure and n number of minor ship
wrecks are reportod.
AN ANTI-ANARCHY BILL.
\
or teaoh the overthrow of government,
and any Interference with governmet t
oHloers is made punishable by death.
Penalty Is alio provided for conspiracy
in this country leading to the killed of a
foreign ruler.
A BEGGARS' FEASTDAY.
OH Ladberlad on Pacific Coast—Passengers
and Craw Saved.
San Franolsoo, Deo 18.—A dispatch
to the Merchants' Exchango says the
steamer Saublas, whioh left San Fran-
clsoo November 28 for Panama, was vember 26. This, says the Ephlmeris,
wrecked on December 17 off Ladbertad. | o( Oonstantinoplo, is the festival of St.
Tho passengers aud crew were saved.
Only Time Tbal Coustantlnqyle Is Free
Mendicants.
One day in the year Constantinople Is
free from the beggar nuisanoe—on No
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
John the Almsgiver, the patron saint of
the mendicant profession. No beggar
of the Greek faith ift on his or her beat
The Alabama Justice ol Ihe Peace Who Killed' that day. In the forenoon all, or nearly
a Methodist Minister. \ all, orthordox mendicants attended a
Birmingham, Ala., Deo. 18.-Justice, "P^ 1 • ervioe in the church of St. Oon'
of the Peace Coffman, who killed the, 8tantiae ' at whioh an Archbishop offloi
b- When using baking
powder it is always econ
omy to buy the Royal.
Royal makes the finest,
n$ost wholesome and de
licious food.
FREEZING WEATHER
HAS OUEtyPED AS FAR SOUTH AS TAMPA,
feORIDA.
Atlanta, Ga.,Deo. 18.—The cold wave
whioh broke December records last
Monday equalled them in many plaees
lost night aud forced the line of freezing
tompcr.turo nearly as far sonth as
Tampa, Fla. Although tho weather Is
expected to moderate tonight, the
weather conditions lndloate that the re
lie' wiU4>e bub temporary.
The' following minimum temperatures
are roportod by the weather burean to
day:. Nashville, 0; Memphis, 8; At
lanta, 0; Fort Smith and Knoxville, 10;
Meridian,,Miss., 12; Montgomery, 14;
Maoon and Charlotte, 10; Angnsta, 18;
Savannah, Charleston and Wilming
ton, 22; Jacksonville, 20.
MONEY FOR TEACHERS.
Tba Basis u! Legislation on tbat Subject by
(pogress.
Washington, Deo. 18.—Chairman Ray
of the house committee on judloiaiy, to-
day introduced an anti-anarohy measure
whioh will be the basis of legislation on
thatsnbjeot. It Is made a felony to ndviRol the pedagogues when they learn that
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Belag Dis
tributed Tbla Weak.
The following from the ' Abkinta
Jonrny) of yesterday afternoon will be
of special interest to the pn|>lto school
teaohors:
Georgia sohonl teaoheva will receive
$800,000 from tho state this week. Thu
warrants are now being drawn by State
Sahool Commissioner Glenn, and ns
soon os they cro siguo 1 by the governor
nnd tho ooraptrollor tho checks will bo
Bent to tho various county school com
missioners, who will in tarn pay the
money to tho teaohors.
The payment whion t^-to bo made this
week will be for the tbiril rnoirib. Tho
state is some nine mibuths behind in giv
ing the teachers their rnotiAy and there
will no donbt be general rejoicing among
they are to reoeive tho long due com
pensation
State 8chool Commissioner Glenn an
nounced this morning that another pay
ment of $800,000 would be made to the
teachers next month and another wonld
probably bo made In February. If the
supreme court holds that tile pnhlio
property fnud oau bo used for the pay
ment of the Interest on the pnbllo debt,
then the teachers may roceivo another
payment in Maroh, as the state trees-
uyer will have enough money on hand
at that time for that purpose.
It wllTtako several days to get all tho
warrants drawn ap and signed, bnt it Is
expected to have the money with tho
te.vo her a by Friday or Saturday at least.
OH NEW YEAR’S NIGHT.
INVADING GERMANY.
THE AMERICAN TOBACCO TRUST BUYINd
UP CI0ARBTTB FACTORIES.
Berlin, Deo. 18.—Kleiue’s Joapnal says
that FreqtdeuC Dale, of tho Amerioan
Tobacco Co., has acquired the Jnsmatzi
Cigarette Company, of Dresden, and the
faotory of Kyriazi Brothers, of Berlin..
Two other Dresden oonoernH will be ab
sorbed by the .American Tobacco Co.
Mr. Dnke has gone to St. Petersburg
for the pnrpose of buying oigarette fac
tories there.
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TREATMENT FOR SCALE. ;
—
Californian's Successful Method of Claaoilqjl
Trees.
There is pronably no more deadly pest -,
known to fruit growers than the soale .
whioh infests ninny qf tho finest orchards
of California. lunnmerablo efforts have
boon mudo to rill tho trees of their do-
stroyers, but the sneoesn whioh ha*
been attained has not always been note
worthy, says tho Scientific American.
Mr. Isaac M. Clerk, a fruit, grower
of -Lompoo, Cal., has invented a pro-
oohs whioh seems to be nil that oau bo
claimed for it.
Tho snhstanoes which arc used in the
process by whioh the' trees are- .freed of
scale comprise essentially any mineral
oil, oanstiu alkali and water. Tho min
eral oil is sprayed upon tho iroes by
means of a ppnfp. Tho oil spraying is
then followed by the caustic alkali so
lution, applied In tho same n an tier.
The oil is intended to kill and destroy
the scale and tnso.ta that infest the
trees—a result aehieved in from throe to
eight minnteH. /Thu eanstio alknll solu
tion serves tho purpose of neutralizing
the oil after the desirod end line been,
attained, for without snoh neutraliza
tion the oil would destroy the fibre and
foliage of tbe tree. The oil and alkali,
It is found, form a paste of n soapy con
sistency, which pusen Is a fertilizer
eminently advantageous to the Ufa and
growth of the tree
Old Soldier’* Kxperlunpo. .
k. M. Austin, a civil war veteran, ot
Winchester, I: d , writes: "My wife
was sick a long time iu spile of good dob-
toy's treatment, lmt was wholly onred'
by Dr. King's New Life Pills, whioh
worked won ers for her health.'' They
always do. Try them. Only 26o at Al
bany Drug Co., Sale-Davis Drag Co.
Rev. J. W. Brandford, the Methodist
mipister at Brooks, Sunday before last,
was he’d without bail at the preliminary
hearing today. Coffman will endeavor
to secure bail through habeas corpnB
proceedings.
Rev. Otaas. T. Wright has reoeived
notice of his selection for membership
in the Actors’ Church Alliance, an or
ganization within and under auspices
of tho Episcopal ohnroh in the United
States. The Actors’ Church Alliance
pays heed to the spiritual interests of its
members wherever they may be, and
ministers who are members of the or
ganization are kept posted as to the
movements of theatrical members For
instance, Rev. Mr. Wright, as a resident
minister and member of the Alliance,
will know when a theatrical member
visits this oity with any oompany,
and will be in position to extend such
member a warm welcome to St. Paul’s
-church, andtm occasion give spiritual
comfort.''- The A-lliance is a most' Worthy
organization, and does a great deal of
good for chutoh people who have joined
the theatrical profession. Mr. Wright’s
selection for membership is due to Fred
erick Warde, the eminet actor who vis
ited Albany some weeks ago.
ated. It was arranged by their corpora
tion, for they are orgainzed into a guild
like any other trade. The ohnrch, spa-
cions as it is, was none too large for the
nnmerons congregation of cadgers,
many of whom in their holiday garb
looked like respectable citizens. The
rest of the day was spent in festivities,
whioh were apt to extend so far into the
night that many of the revelers were
nnable to attend to business on the mot-
roW • *
The Carpenter Production of “Quo
Vadls.”
"Qno Vadls,” whioh comes to the
opera house Monday night next, Is re
plete with good acting and snperb new
soenio effects. Mr. Carpenter is featur
ing James A. Young this season, and
has surrounded him with a oapable bast,
whioh inoludeB ,Mr. O. H. Fomham,
Harry Morton, Win. Lloyd, Edward
Scribner, Fred R. Clark, Wm Mclroy,
Bertie Clarke, R. Boniface Jones, Oal 0.
Olay, and Misses Lillian Laneaster,
Elsie Mertene, Marie LaBrahy, Ada
Head, Mrs. Harry Morton.
Seats on sale tomorrow morning,
Prloe 60, 76 and $1.
Albany's Married Polks Will Dance In Honor
of Ihe New Year's Birth.
The social people of Albany who are
married and who seldom attend tbe
dances given by the younger, people of
the city are arranging a dance all (if
their own.
The gentlemen of this set of Al
bany's elite hare had several meetings
at which the arrangements for their
proposed dance have been perfected.
It ie the plan to hare tho dance at the
Halcyon-on Now Year’s night, and It Is
to bu ouo of the most elaborate social
functions of tho season. Miko Rose’s
orchestra has been engaged to come
over from Colambus to fnrnlsh mnslc
for the occasion.
The pleasant features of this very de
lightful dance will be greatly enhanced
by o delicious luncheon whioh will be
served the guests.
From every indication, the dance
whioh tbe married people are to
have on New Year’s night will be a
most enjoyable affair.
. While hugging tie fires during this
cold spell, tbe general oomplalnt beard
od all sides is that “we freeze on one
side and bum up on the other,”
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WholuMHlo uiiu lU’tufl
DRUGGISTS.
Sot.b Aoknth Fob
Huyler’s Candies.
(Received Fuehii Each Wf.ek.)
COMPLETE LINE...
Palmer’s,
Rogers & Gallet’s,
Colgate’s
And Other Lines
PERFUMES,
Soaps and
Toilet Requisites.
A Choice Line of Cigars.
Pipes, Etc.
'Phone ns and get it-qnick.
Trading StampR with cashjpnrohasee.
Sale-Davis Drug i
