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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA.,' SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY
12, -190<f
INDSTINCT PRINT
NUMBER 172.
ANOTHER REVOLUTION
FOR SANTO DOMINGO.
PORTO RICO THE BASE OE’OPERATIONS AND
MORALES AND JEMINEZ BEHIND IT.
WASHINGTON, May 12.—Reports have reached the state department
ot the. organization of another revolutionary movement against the gov
ernment of President Caceres, of Santo Domingo. It Is understood that
the Island of Porto Rico Is the base of operations, and It Is supposed that
Morales and Jlmlnez are the leaders of affairs. Instructions have been
sent to the Insular governor of Porto Rico to enforce the neutrality lawB
of Porto Rico and prevent the landing of a hostile force on Porto Rico.
METHODISTS TO HAVE
THREE NEW BISHOPS.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EPISCOPACY
TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE TODAY.
TAYLOR MEN CLAIM TENNESSEE.
BY TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND VOTES
BUT THE CARMACK FACTION APPEARS CON
FIDENT OF VICTORY IN TODAY’S PRIMARY.
Nashville, Term., May 12.—For the first time in the
history of Tennessee, the Democratic voters of the state
are voting directly today for the nomination of a Uni
ted States Senator, to succeed Senator E. W. Carmack.
He .is opposed for re-election by former Governor Robert
L. Taylor. The indications this afternoon are that the
vote will be the largest ever polled in the state. The
Taylor people claim the state by 25,000 majority, and
the Carmack supporters insist that he will win by 5,000
to 10,000 votes.
BYRON TRAMMELL
IS ACQUITTED.
Dothan Postmaster Who Killed Robert
Barnes Goes Free.
Dothan, Ata, May 12.—Byron Tram
mell,. postmaster ait Dothan,' was ac
quitted this morning of the murder of
Robert Barnes, whom he killed on ac
count of alleged intimacy between
Barnes and Trammel’s wife. The jury
was out seventeen hours. The defense
plead temporary Insanity.
Mill Supply
Department:
Genuine Gandy
Belt, Atkin’s Cir
cular and Cross
Cut Saws, Marsh
Steam Pumps.
Implement
Department:
Harvesting Ma
chinery, Thresh
ing Machines in
stock, all sizes.
SOLID CAR
Twine,
Twine,
Twine!
Sufficient to bind all
the oats in this sec
tion.
>any
Machinery
FROM COLQUITT
TO ALBANY.
G., F. & A. Proposing to Build Branch
Line.
Bainbrtdge, Ga., May 12.—The Geor
gia, Florida & Alabama Railway Com
pany has Just beerf granted a chafer
by Secretary of State Cook, Which al
lows it to build a branch line from
Colquitt to Albany.
Col. John E. Donalson, counsel for
the Georgia, Florida & Alabama, has
just returned from Atlanta, where he
went to make Anal arrangements for
the charter.
It has not been ofilclally stated, but
Indications are that the line will be
built as far as Newton, If not to Al
bany.
In all probability the auditor’s of
fices of the Georgia, Florida & Ala
bama will be moved from Tallahassee,
Fla., to Balnbrldge within a short
time. There Is much talk to this ef
fect among officials of the road here.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 12.—At today's session of the General Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the Committee on Epis
copacy recommended the election of three new Bishops. It recommended
the continuation of Bishops Granberry and Fitzgerald on the superannu
ated list, and that Bishop Duncan be granted twelve months' exemption
from active duty, on account of poor health. The salaries of the active
Bishops were fixed at $4,000, the superannuated Bishops at $2,000, and the
widows of deceased Bishops at $1,000 each.
RESIDENTS OF SAMAR APPROVE
EXTERMINATIONS OF REBELS.
PULA JANES ATTACK VILLAGE, KILLING ONE
AND BEARING OFF PRISONERS.
Manila, May 12.—The following has been received
from the acting governor of Samar Island:
A band of twenty-four Pulajanes, with rifles and
other weapons, entered Inabangan, killed one resident
and injured seven others,, burned and looted a number
of houses and took more than twenty prisoners. Con
stabulary, troops, policemen and volunteers are pursu-
in the band. Governor Currey, of Samar, who is on his
way to consult Governor-General Ide, says all residents
of Samar endorse the policy of extermination of the re
bellious natives.
TIRED OF LIFE,
TOOK LAUDANUM.
J. J. Cody Despondent After Having
Lost an Arm.
THE BAPTIST
CONVENTION.
Second Day's Session Devoted to Sun.
day Schools and Seminary.
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 12.—The
second day’s session of the Southern
Baptist Convention opened with devo
tional exercises lasting an hour. The
remainder of the morning session was
devoted to the affairs of Sunday school
and seminary.
RIVER DANGEROUS
FOR BATHERS.
Tomorrow, as on every Sunday now,
a lot of bathers will be In the river.
The fascination of going In swimming
Is irresistible to the average youth,
even If he knows the danger about the
Flint It Is rather swift for a river of
Its size' and deeper than an ordinary
observer would think. Already there
has been one person drowned this year
and any number of stories have been
told of narrow escapes. But the bath
er refuses to learn except by expert,
ence, and then It Is too late. .
■Phone 280 for stove wood and Ice.
ALBANY COAL & ICE CO.
FLY T|ME,
Keep them out with our wire screen
windows and doors. Complete stock
on hand. . , C. D. SMITH.
The best safeguard against head
ache, constipation and liver troubles Is
DeWltts Little Early Risers. Keep a
vial of these famous little pills In the
house and take a dose at bedtime when
you feel that the stomach and bowels
need cleasing. They don’t gripe.. Sold
by Albany Drug Co, Hllsman-Sale
Drug Co.'
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta', - Ga, May 12.—Asserting
that he was tired of, life and that a
one-armed man has no chance to earn
a respectable living, J. J, Cody, aged
2li, took an ounce of laudanum at the
corner of Boulevard and Decatur
streets yesterday. Although he tried
to prevent the physicians at Grady
Hospital from saving his life the drug
v/as soon removed and he will get
well. A short time ago Cody lost a
portion of an arm in an accident and
became despondent over his misfor
tune. He says he tried to get work,
hut was unable to do so. When taken
to Grady Hospital he tried to get
away from the surgeons while he was
being taken from the ambulance to
the operating room.
C. T. FURLOW
IS RECEIVER
For Assets of Traders Fire Insurance
Company.
LEATHER MARKET
IN PARIS BURNED.
Losses Are Estimated at Two Million
Dollars.
Paris, May 12.—The Leather Market,
in the Gobelin district, with many
workmen’s dwellings, was burned last
night. There were repeated explo
sions, and two thousand barrels of oil
were destroyed. The damages are es
timated at two million dollars.
BAILEY’S ATTACK
ON ROOSEVELT.
"He's Clay, and Very Common Clay at
That," Says the Texas Senator. •
Washington, May 12.—Senator Bai
ley, of Texas, In concluding an attack
on President Roosevelt today, said:
‘•Let’s have no more talk of the Iron
man. He Is clay, and very common
cloy at that.”
Work Is to begin at once on the new
buildings of the Virginla-Carolina
Chemical Co. plant, and they will he
completed In time to be used In mak
ing up next season’s fertilizers.
'Phone 70 for Jelly Glasses, 30c
dozen. W. B. FIELDS.
Is Albany building up? Jiist take a
look around and see for yourself.
Deaths from Appendicitis
decrease In the same ratio that the use
of Dr. King’s New Life Pills Increases.-
They save you from danger and bring
quick and painless Release from consti
pation and the Ills growing out of it
Itrength and vlgoi always follow their
use- Guaranteed by Albany Drug Co,
druggists. 26c. Try them.
Special to The Herald.
• Atlanta, Ga,-May 12.—By order of
Judge Don A. Pardee, Chas. T. Fur-
low, asBlstaht state treasurer, has
been appointed receiver of the assets
In Georgia-of ths Traders’ Fire Insur
ance Company, of bhlcago, which com
prise the $10,000 United StateB bond
now In the hands of the state treas
urer. A bond amounting to the sum
of ,$11,000 was required of Mr, Furlow
at a guarantee of good faith in busi
ness. By an Injunction granted by
trie court no part of the funds can be
disposed of, but must remain In the
hands of the receiver until the finances
of the company have been straight
ened out The Traders recently passed
Into the hands of a 'receiver as a re
sult of the fire In San Francisco. The
company had many policyholders In
the stricken city.
CARL SCHURZ
GROWING WEAKER.
Little Hope Now for the Patient's
Recovery.
New York, May 12.—There was a
change for the worse this morning In
the condition of Hon. Carl Schurz,
who Is 111 with a complication of dis
eases. His physicians have announced
that he Is growing weaker and that
there Is little hope that he will sur
vive the day.
TURKEY ACCEPTS
BRITISH DEMANDS.
Constantinople, May 12.—The Turk
ish government has accepted the de
mand of Great Britain, conditionally,
and it Is believed thgt this Is a prelim
inary to complete acceptance of the
British demands regarding the Tabah
boundary question.
The A. C. L. Warehouse.
The warehouse of the A. C. L. on
Washington street Is nearing comple
tion. The wiring Is being put In and
things In general on the inside are be
ing fixed up. The roof Is unlike any
in Albany—tiling—and Is exciting a
good deal of favorable comment.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE
ON INTER-OCEANIC CANALS
IN A DEADLOCK ON QUESTION OF TYPE OF
CANAL TO BE RECOMMENDED .
WASHINGTON, May 12.—The senate committee on Inter-oceanic ca
nals Is In a deadlock on the question of the type of eanal to be recom
mended. A vote taken today showed that five were for a sea level and
five for a lock type, with Senators Gorman and Carmack absent The lat
ter telegraphed his vote for a sea level, and after wrangling an hour
whether to accept his vote, the committee adjourned to next Wednes
day.
it oio mil)
Society Sends to President,
Senators and Representa
tives Cbpy of Resolutions
Asking for Government
Aid.
Special to The Herald.'
Savannah, Ga, May 12.—Yesterday
afternoon Mr, Wallace Mallard, chair
man of the speeial committee of the.
Midway Soolety,' having In charge the
old Midway cemetsrj' In Liberty coun
ty, forwarded ( to the, president ot the
United States and, the senators and:
representatives from Georgia tho reso
lutions adopted some time ago by’the
soolety asking that the government
erect monuments to'mark the graves
.of James Screven, a prominent Geor
gian, and -Gen. Dan Stewart, the great
grandfather ol', President Roosevelt.'
The graves are now unmarked.
The annual meeting of the Midway
■'Soolety -will be held on Mfnr. 28, and It
;is hoped by that time to have heard
'Something from those'Who receive tile
.resolutions. A year,ago when there
was considerable intenast In the sub
jeet of marking the graves and'repair
ing the old Midway churoli, 'President
Roosevelt gave $50 to the plan, and
Grant WilklnB, of Atlanta, repaired
the church. As long ago as 1801 con
gress contributed $500 to the Screven
monument, conditionally, but the con
ditions were never complied wltji by
the Midway Soolety.
Over Deposits for Savings
Department—Can’t Agree
on Rate of Interest to Bp
Paid. •
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Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga, May .12,— 1 Up (Javan-,
tiah banks have been unable to pome
to an agreement relative, to-the amount
of Interest they should pay' upon the
deposits In their savings departments.
As has been told In these'dispatches
the banks have gone wild on the ques
tion ot savings department deposits,
and they jumped from 8 to 6 per cent.
In a short time. They are pow paying II
the latter figure. Some of the hankers
Knowing that there was no' mofley 'in
such prices, decided to get the pr<
dents of the hanks together and w<
f&r a reduction. The meeting to'fix
the amount of interest to he paid was
•held yesterday afternoon, but It came
tn nmiirlit Onmn rtf thn nwaal^entu
tej naught Some of the presidents
CELEBRATION AT
POULAN A SUCCESS.
A Thousand to Twelve Hundred People
Were In Attendance.
Albanians who attended the Worth
County Sunday School celebration at
Poulan yesterday report a delightful
day and one of thermos! interesting
programs ever rendered on these oc
casions.
The crowd was not as large as was
anticipated, or as have attended cele
brations In the past. Still, from l.OTOO
to 1,200 persons spent the day In Pou
lan, enjoying the various events
planned for their entertainment. The
usual singing contests were omitted,
but otherwise the program was pretty
much as It has been In the past.
A large delegation went down from
Albany. y‘
fp not ready to. ci
rrieetlijg wept over’ to gtye the,'
time to consider a new prpppditlbn.L:
r ls understood that some 'of fie'he-
'bimks want to pas’ taore than Sti 1
cent, the Suggested basis of a qi
promise, so that they may get mi
business. They want some attractli
foi depositors, The fight of the
vannah savings hanks Is the talk
state banking circles. •
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We are showing
a beautiful line o
bristle goods, includ-
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THE WEATHER.
Weather Forecast.
The following Is the weather fore
cast for the state of Georgia for the
next twenty-four hours:
Fair and warmer tonight; Sunday
fair, warmer on the coast.
Water Main Extension Completed.
The extension of the water main on
Tift street from Madison to Monroe,
the contract for which was let to W.
S. Bell & Son several months ago, has
been completed. It was tested yester
day and accepted by the city. The
residents In this part of town will now
enjoy the benefits of the system in
common with the other Inhabitants of
the city.
Local Weather Observations.
The following record of meteorologi
cal observations taken by the local
co-operative observer of the Weather
Bureau of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture for the twenty-
four hours ending at 7 o’clock this
morning Is published for the Informa
tion of the public;
Maximum temperature 82.00
Minimum temperature. 54.00
Mean temperature. 08.00
Precipitation oo
River .... 6.60
Ball In 24 hours 80
Weather . .. Clear
falnd. . S.W.
D. W. BROSNAN,
Volunteer Observer.
' The Oldest Inhabitants haven’t quit
talking about the cold spell yet Noth
ing like It has been
Hair Brushes,
75c to $4.
Hi
Tooth Brushes,
10c to $1.
Nail Brushes,
f r,0Sm
25c to $1.
Shaving Brushes,
25c- to $1.50.
Clothes Brushes,
25c to $1.
Bath Brushes,
75c.-
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