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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, QA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 6 1906.
NUMBER 68.
HAD CLOSE CALL
W. T. Matthews Accident
ally Swallowed Overdose
of Laudanum While on
Georgia Northern Train.
W. T. Matthews, a traveling sales
man' representlng^e Green’s August
Flower Co., of Woodbury, N. J., had
a close call for Ills life tills morning
■while on a Georgia Northern train en
route from Moultrie to this city.
An overdose of laudanum, taken by
accident, was responsible for Mr.
Matthews’ narrow escape.
The traveling man boarded the
Georgia Northern train at Moultrie,
intending to come to this city. Short
ly after leaving Moultrie, he had oc
casion to take a dose of medicine, for
which purpose he took a phial from
his grip. Whether Be Intended to
take a small dose of laudanum, or of
some other physic, is not known.
* At any rate, a few minutes after he
had taken the dose, Matthews was dis
covered in an unconscious condition.
Passengers who observed him went to
his assistance, and two physicians
who chanced to he on the train were
summoned. They were Dr. Hicks, of
Carlisle, and Dr. Lindsey, of Moultrie.
For some tlmd' it appeared that
MatthewB was dead, and the efforts of
the physicians to resuscitate him were
for a long while unavailing. Eventu
ally, however, consciousness returned,
though when the train reached Albany
the unfortunate man was not consid
ered out of danger. He was carried
to the New Albany hotel, and Dr. W.
L. Davis was summoned. He re
ceived every‘attention, and this after
noon is rapidly recovering from the
effects of the deadly drug,
STILL RECOVERING BODIES
Victoria, Jan. G.—Thirty-six bo’dles
from the Valencia steamer wreck have
been recovered, including twelve
brought in yesterday.
IT IS 111 DFFA horrible railroad wreck
ON THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
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COUNTESS BONI DE CASTEL-
LAINE, JAY GOULD’S DAUGH
TER, FILES SUIT FOR DI
VORCE FROM HUSBAND.
Paris, Feh. 6. — Countess Boni de
Castellane (formerly Anna Gould) en
tered a plea for divorce yesterday.
Representatives of the countess and
the count appeared before Judge Hen
ry Ditte, of the court of first instance,
who, in conformity with the French
law, endeavored to arrange a concilia
tion before allowing a definite suit to
proceed. It is said on unquestionable
authority that Judge Ditte’s efforts
were riot successful, the countess ab
solutely declining to resume her rela
tions with her husband, and that after
repeated but vain attempts by Count
de Castellano’s advisers to arrange a
settlement, the representatives of the
count and countess l^ft the court, and
that the suit V* 11 proceed.
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Y our ants
- For
Saw Mills,
Engines,
BoiL
Lers,
Fittings,
Pipings,
Belting,
Wire
Fencing,
Another judicial effort at reconcilia
tion will almost certainly be made be
fore the, suit comes to trial in the
ordinary court.
No decision has been reached rela
tive to the eventual custody of the
children of the count and countess, but
they being under, age, will for the
present naturally remain in the care
of their'mothrir.
Friends of the Coujj£ and Countess
de Castellano express little hope that
any adjustment of their differences
will be brought about,, but as' divorce
proceedings under the French law are
very lengthy, new developments may
occur before the case comes up for
trial. A decree can not he pro
nounced under from three to- six
months.
Rumors have been current for a
long time that the countess had de
cided that any further continuance of
her relations with her husband was
impossible, and her removal from the
Castellane residencb to a hotel in the
center of Paris gave support to the
belief that she had finally decided to
apply for a divprce. Sensational re
ports have been circulated with refer
ence to the count’s conduct, and the
name of a, prominent society leader of
Paris, a, woman,’of very high stand
ing, has been mentioned in connection
with the affair. But the greatest reti
cence has been maintained by all the
parties concerned relative to the. pro
gress of the negotiations looking to a
reconciliation, and even yesterday
morning a favorable result was ex
pected, especially as the countess re
turned toi her residence. It now ap
pears that the efforts of those inter
ested in bringing about a settlement
of the differences between the count
ess and the count without an appeal
tp the courts have been unavailing.
The count is said to he in the south
east of France.
And anything in the
Machinery line we
can furnish. We are
wholesale dealers and
our prices and ser
vice satisfactory.
Alt any
Mack mery
Co.
UNDER STRONG GUARD
NEGRO GOES TO TRIAL.
Negro Being Tried in Chattanooga for
Criminal Assault.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feh. 6. — Ed
Johnson, the negro charged with crim
inal assault, who was taken to Nash
ville for safekeeping, was brought
hack .for trial, which began this morn
ing. A cordon of police Is about the
courthouse and the Jail, and no one
is allowed to enter without permis
sion. Johnson was brought from the
train in a patrol wagon at a gallop,
mounted officers surrounding him. A
determined attempt was made by a
mob to lynch Johnson at the time of
the crime, ten days ago.
ATTENTION, COMPANY E!
There will be a compulsory meeting
of Company E. at the Auditorium to
night, and all members must be pres
ent. Uniforms and equipment will be
Issued the members.
PAUL BROWN, Captain.
A Runaway Freight Crashed Into Passenger Train.
People Burned in the Wreck.
HELENA, Mont., Feh. G.—A most disastrous railroad wreck occurred
here last night when a runaway freight train on the Northern Pacific
road crashed into a passenger train of the same road, wrecking It com
pletely.
To 3 o'clock tills morning four persons, whose identities nr,e known,
and probably two, so far unknown, were burned to death in a fire which
consumed the freight train. The known dead Include the passenger con
ductor, express messenger and two passengers.
The locomotive of the freight train, which was loaded with sliinglos
and lumber, uncoupled from the train to take water, when the train start
ed down a long grade. The passenger train, standing on the main track,
was hit by Uie flying freight which crashed'into it.
The freight cars and both enrs of the passenger train wore entirely
burned, the fatalities resulting from the fire. The passenger locomotive,
being detached from the cars by the shock of the collision, managed to
keep ahead of the runaway freight following.
Billie Osborne’s Citizens’
Club Not to Have a
Walk-Over in Local Pol
itics this Year.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Gal, Feb. 6.—For the first
time in four years Savanpah seems
destined to have a local political cam
paign that will prove of interest.
The Citizens’ Club, under the guld
ance of W. W. Osborne, has during
the last two local campaigns kept the
opposition so thoroughly in hand that
none has dared to show his head to
Albanians will be much Interested
In the following, which we take from
the columns of Sunday’s Balnbridge
Tribune:
"The handsome two-story residence
'of Mr. H. J. Bruton, on Evans street,
was completely gutted by fire this
morning ard two of the young ladles
rooming on the second story were
compelled to flee In hastily donned kl-
say nay to what the-dominant, taettyri monas -tw escape; suffocation; They
were Miss Louise Bruton and her
wanted. This year, however, there js
a change. There are two organiza
tions that are working to the same
end. One is the Peuple’s League and
the other the Chatham County Demo
cratic Club. One has been organized
by the working classes and the poli
ticians who are opposed to the Citi
zens’ Club, and the other (the Demo
cratic Club) is composed of the "slllc
stocking” ejement. They will prob
ably comblrie before the campaign,Is
far advanced.
One thing that, lends 'zesjj to..the
campaign is the fact that Col. Waring
Russell, a politician as yet undefeated
In Chatham county, Is at the hei\d of
the People's League. ' He is Its domi
nant spirit. The only campaign Mr.
Osborne ever lost in Chatham was
when "Old Man Waring” was on the
other side. Just now, howeyer, tnere
is such a compact organization In con
trol of municipal and county affairs
that It will take the hardest kind of
hard fights ,to whip them out.
The reglstra ion is now on and both
factions are getting every name pos
sible on the books.
DEAD BODY IDENTIFIED
AS THAT OF CASHIER.
Body
of Stlrley Armstrong
Near Roanoke, Va.
Found
Pittsburg, Dec. G.—The decomposed
body of a man was 1 found In the out
skirts of Roanoke, Va., yesterday, and
has been identified as that of Stlrley
Armstrong, cashier of the Washington
National Bank, who disappeared mys
teriously January 2.
DEATH CAME TO AGED
GERMAN IN SALOON.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 6.—Complaining
of a severe pain in his right side, Al
bert Wolf, an aged German, dropped
Into a chair in a saloon at the corner
of West Hunter and South Broad
streets, yesterday and asked the bar
tender to bring him a glass of water
and then telephone ,for a cab to take
him to his home on Walnut street
When the bartender reached the side
of his visitor, Wolf was dead.
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Albany Young Lady Vis
iting in Balnbridge Is
Forced to Flee Fiy>m
• Burning Dwelling.
guest, Miss Eugenia Huntley, of Al
bany, Ga„ In honor of whom MIbb Bru
ton Intended to give a card party
Tuesday. It will be postponed.
/The iriss by the flr^ is estimated at
over $3 000, with Insurance of $2,000.
Miss Bruton managed to save most
of her valuable jewelry, Including a
beautiful diamond brooch valued . at
$2,000. Some dresses of HJlSS. Hunt-
ley’s wardrobe were destroyed, as well
as some of her jewelry. Most of the
furniture on the seconfl story "was
completely destroyed, hut many things
were saved from the ground floor
apartments, Including a piano, suites
of furniture and some prized oil paint
ings.
"The cause of the fire is not well
understood, but a defective flue in the
chimney Is suspected. There have
been several small fires in the Bru
ton household before today, but they
were all put out without much loss.
"Mr. . Bruton declined to state
whether or not he will rebuild.
"All over town expressions of sym
pathy were heard, testifying to the
popularity of the Bruton family."
YOUNG WHITE BOYS
HOLD UP A NEGRO.
Two Youths Rob a Dairyman In True
Highwayman Style.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga„ Feb. 6.—Will Arendale
and Jtm Howard, two white youths,
who v/ere arrested and placed In cells
at police barracks on a charge of
holding up and robbing, In true west
ern highwayman style, William Sulli
van, a dairyman, who resides In De-
Kalb county, were yesterday after
noon removed to .the Jail at Decatur,
Ga.’ to await the action of the DeKalb
county grand jury. The dairyman de
clares the boys robbed him of $25,
.fops'pairs of children’s shoes, and a
big package of pork steak.
EIGHT BURNED TO DEATH
IN THIS FIRE.
Baltimore, ’ Feb. • 6.'— Eight persons,
all negroes, were burned to death to
day in a fire which destroyed a frame
house at CurtiB Bay, Arundel County,
drily one inmate'escapod.
BAGGAGE MASTER, FORMER
LY OF PELHAM,.CONFESSES
TO STEALING $2,000 FROM
S. A. L. BAGGAGE.
Louisville, Ky„ Feh. G.—Walter E.
Bowen, former baggage agont on the
Seaboard Air Line between Atlanta
and Monroe, N. C., was arrested to
day charged with having robbed bag-
gago In Ills care to the amount of
$2,000. He is a son of a former mayor
of Polham, Ga.
Bowen’s wife lives in Jacksonville,
Fla., and had no idea her husband was
stealing. Bowen confessed, and will
return to Georgia without requisition*
NEW CANDLER BANK
OPENS IN ATLANTA.
Furnishings Are Said to Be
somest In the 8outh.
Hand,
Special to The Herald. ’
Atlanta, Ga„ Feb. 6.—At 9 o’clock
this morning the Central Bank and
Trlist Corporation —better known as
the Candler bank—which Is in the new
Candler Bkyscraper, opened its doors
for business. Beginning at noon yes
terday, the bank offices were opened
to visitors and many wore shown
through the vaults and officeB. Sou
venirs in the shape of leather pocket-
booke were given the vls|tors. The
bank furnlrhlngs are said'jo be the
most beautiful and costly In the
South.
The officers \of the bank are Asa
G. Candler, president; W. H. Patter
son, vice-president; John S. Qwens,
vice-president, and A. P. Coles, for-
berly of Albany, cashier.
CHIEF ENGINEER WALLACE
BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE
Ha Tells of Rough Treatment by the
i Seoretary of War.
Washington, Feb. G.—Former Chief
Engineer Wallace today resumed his
examination- before the Senate Inter-
oceanic Canal Committee. He said
the secretary of war said he “had no
use for me excppt on the Isthmus. He
was so angry in his treatment thf(t he
all but cursed me,”
Engineer Wallace declared that he
had great, difficulty llj getting material
a/id supplies to tho Isthmus and ca
bled to have orders expedited. Ad
miral Walker sent the message, “Ca
blegrams cost money,”—a hint not to
use the cables so much.
THOMAS W. LAWSON
IN DES MOINES TODAY
To Confer With Governor Cummins
About Insurance investigation.
Dea Moines, la., Feb. G. — Thomas
W. Lawson arrived here this morning
for conference with Governor Cum
mins regarding the Insurance investi
gation in Iowa. Ho is accompanied by
former Attorney-General Monnett, of
Ohio, Governor Broward, of Flordia,
and a large number of newspaper
men.
AGED SENATOR PETTUS
HAS ATTACK OF SLLEESS.
Washington, Feb. G.—Senator Pet-
tus, of Alabama, had an attack of ill
ness In the cloak room this morning,
but recovered sufficiently to take his
place In the Senate. He is 84 years
old.
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TWO MORE MIDSHIPMEN
DISMISSED FOR HAZING.
Washington, Feb. 6. — Midshipman
Desaussure and Midshipman Melvin
were dismissed today from the Naval
Academy as the result of the'findings
of the naval courtmartlal at Annapo
lis, Md.
GETS ULTIiTl
From James W. English,
Who Has Purchased ,the
Same Shares in the At
lanta News.
Atlanta, Feb. 6. — James W. Eng
lish, Jr., publishes an open letter to
John Temple Graves, In which he
states that he is the purchaser of the
2‘17 shares of Atlanta News stock for
merly owned by Mills B. Lane, of Sa
vannah.
Colonel English says he purchased
the stock purely as a business invest
ment arid proposes to do everything
to see that the paper is kept on a
good business basis. He suggests
that If Colonel Graves desires to con
tinue as editor and will agree to stand
by the contract entered injo with Gen
eral Manager Charles Daniel all will
be well and the present litigation can
be withdrawn. He strifes, however,'
that It Is hlB purpose not to let any
one else get hold of the paper.,, He
says he owns the stock In his own.
name and no one else has any con
nection wljh It whatever. He says
there Is not going to be any receiver
ship and the News is not going to be
sold.
Mills B. Lane, of Savannah, yester
day filed an answer to the recent con
tempt proceedings instituted by Col
onel Graves. Mr. Lane eltes the sale
of this stock to J. W. English, Jr.,
who, he says, also -took up a loan of
$2,600 he made to Daniel. He says he
has no further connection with the
matter and asks the court to relieve
him as a party to the litigation and
also from the contemnt proceedings.
Mr. Lane says Colonel English paid
hltn $24,700 for the stock.
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NEW YORK STATE
SWEPT BY COLD WAVE,
Rome, N. Y„ Feb. G.—Northern New
York was swept today by n cold wave;
by tar the lowest temperatures of the
winter. Forty 'degrees below, zero Is
recorded at Canuien. Other low rec
ords are: Romer32 below: Northvllle.
35 below,; Saratoga, 30 below; Syra
cuse, 28 "below.
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