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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA.. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 12, 1906.
NUMBER 198.
SOUTHEAST IN GRASP
OF SEVERE WEATHER
RESULT OF DISTURBANCES OF LAST FEW
DAYS IN GULF REGION.
The effects of the meteorological disturbances re
ported during the last few days from the Gulf of Mex-’
ico are being felt today in this region, and one of the
most disagreeable bits of weather of the year has blown
in upon us.
The disturbance is from the northeast. All during
the forenoon the wind blew strongly from that point of
the compass, and a little before noon rain began falling.
The precipitation steadily increased, and by 1:30 p. m.
the rain was coming down in sheets. With a strong
wind to blow it about, it has proved thoroughly disa
greeable.
The bad weather is probably general, and reports
tonight and tomorrow are expected to tell of heavy
downpours^nd strong winds over the entire Southeast.
The bad weather may continue several days. It is more
like a fall than a summer disturbance.
It is probable that heavy weather will be experi
enced at sea, and it will be surprising if Gulf and At
lantic marine disasters are not reported during the
next few days.
SAVANNAH HAVING
A HOT OLD TIME
AT THE POLLS TODAY—THE CITIZENS’ CLUB
TASTING DREGS OF DEFEAT.
Special to The Herald. the Democratic League seems destined
Savannah, Ga., June 12. — The Citi*- JiP be victorious. It consists of Messrs.
A SCHOONER’S
VALUABLE CARGO
OF LUMBER.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, June 12. — The schooner
J. B. Thomas, bound tor Philadelphia,
has cleared from this port with a cargo
of lumber of 1,018,324 feet of lumber.
This is the largest cargo of lumber
ever carried away from Savannah on
a sailing vessel. The sphooner was
loaded here and went to sea with her
valuable cargo in good shape. The
cargo was' vorv valuable, considering
the high price of lumber.
The passing of the strawberry ush
ered In the blackberry. Now the lat
ter are common enough.
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
Gasoline
Engines,
To
wers
and Tan]
:s
Alta
ny
Mackmery
BRITISH SOLDIERS
WENT GUNNING
FOR NATAL REBELS.
zens’ Club is having the fight of its
life for existence at the county pri
mary today. Not in ten years has
there been such a contest, and at the
noon hour it' was evident that if the
tail of the proud bird which poses as
the emblem of freedom and of the
Club is not trailing dejected in* the
sorrow of defeat when the polls close
at 7 o’clock this evening, it will have
a very sore back, at least, from the
licking it has received. There has
never been such opposition since the
Citizens’ Club was organized fifteen
or more years ago.
At noon it was conceded that the
Citizens’ Club could not land all of
its ticket, and it began to look as if
it had lost the greatest number. If
any Citizens’ Club man wins it will
be Col. Pleasant A. Stovall, candidate
for the State Senat'e, and his major
ity will be very small. His opponent
is Major W. B. Stephens, former law’
partner of F. G. DuBignon, and a very
popular man. The rdce between these
two is very close, and it will take the
count tonight to declare the winner.
The rest of the legislative ticket of
Durban, June 12. — Colonel McKen
zie’s column yesterday attacked rebel
natives, who sought shelter in the
bush. The rebels climbed trees,
whence they hailed assegls on the
troops, but the bullets of the soldiers
dropped them from the branches.
More than forty were thus killed, and
altogether, 160 natives were slain.
The rout of the rebels is regarded as
practically complete.
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GEORGIA STATE
DENTAL SOCIETY.
Program for the Meeting in Savannah
Next Week.
Special to. The Herald.
Savannah, June 12.—One week from
today the thirty-eighth annual meet
ing of the Georgia State Dental So
ciety will be held in Savannah. It
will meet in the banquet hall of the
DeSoto Hotel. There will be an ex
cursion o,ut to sea during the conven
tion. hfayor Myers will deliver the
address of welcome, arter Rev. Gilbert
A. Ottman has opened the meeting
with prayer. There will be a re
sponse to the address of welcome by
Dr. S. W. Foster, oi Atlanta. Dr. S.
H. McKee, of Americus, will deliver
his annual address. The dentists from
every city in the state will be pres
ent.
SAVANNAH SCHOOL
TEACHERS ELECTED.
Prof. T. S. Lucas, Recently Resigned,
Elected Teacher of Mathematics.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., June 12.—The an
nual election of teachers for the pub
lic schools of Savannah was held yes
terday afternoon. The me'mbers of the
Board of Education met at 4 o’clock to
select the teachers. There was much
interest in the election of a teacher of
mathematics because there was such
a hard contest for it. Prof. T. S. Lu
cas, who resigned the place two
months ago, applied for re-election.
Among the other applicants was Prof.
Kilpatrick, who .recently lost his place
at Mercer University. He taught in
the public’ schools of Chatham once
before. There has been^some tall
electioneering during the past week.
Prof. Lucas was elected.
There was some shifting among the
other teachers, but this was not of
much interest, as there is usually
some changes made each year.
DELAWARE: SENATOR
IS A REPUBLICAN.
Dover, Del., June 12.—Col. Henry A.
Dupont, Republican, was elected U. S,
senator this morning by the Delaware
legislature In joint session.
The prospects of a ball game this
afternoon at thls-tlme are In keeping
wm
with the clouds—dark.
David C. Barrow, A. Pratt Adams and
Joseph McCarthy. They will probably
be elected to the House unless there
is a movement this afternoon to over
come the lead they had nt noon.
In the fight for County Treasurer,
Waring Russell, the old warhorse of
Chatham politics, has defeated his op
ponent, Mr. C. H. Carson.
The fight for County Sheriff is close,
but Major John Schwarz has probably
defeated Mr. T. F. Screven.
James M. McIntyre, Jr„ has prob
ably defeated J. J. Horrlgan for Sheriff
of the City Court.
Much depends upon the count as to
the fate of the other candidates on
both tickets.
The representatives of both factions
were at the polls early this morning.
They appeared fully two hours before
the polls were open. They spent the
night In various halls in the city, and
marched to the polls, where each fac-
tjon was allowed to make a line and
vote alternately. ,
There were no serious fights during
the morning. The police were on hand,
as were a determined lot of People’s
League men.
I
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L POSTAGE RULES.
WORK OF THE RECENT UNIVERSAL POSTAL
CONGRESS AT ROME.
Washington, June 12.—In connection
with the work of the rectent Universal
Postal Congress at Rome, the Post-
office Department has given out a
statement of the results affecting the
United States. \
The congress ordered substantial
reductions in letter postage by Increas
ing the unit of weight, effective after
October, (1907. By one decision, a
[specially low rate will become opera
tive between England and the ’United
States, A letter to Great Britain now
costs five cents for the ilrst ounce, and
three cents for the second ounce. Un
der the new rates it will be possible
to send a package of six ounces for
what Is now charged for two ounces.
T
DEATH PENALTY
Protested to the Last That
He Was Innocent of the
Crime for Which He Was
Condemned.
Boston, June 12.—Chas. L. Tucker
was electrocuted at 12:12 o’clock this
morning for the murder of Mabel Page
at Weston, March 3, 1904. Tucker was
officially pronounced dead by the pris
on doctors at 12:19. Three applica
tions of the current were made.
When Tucker arrived In front of the
THREE CASES OF
YELLOW FEVER
In Gulf of Mexico at Quar
antine Station Midway be
tween New Orleans and
Mobile.
New Orleans, June 12. — The fact
that three cases of yellow fever have
been under quarantine for the past
l ten days at Ship Island, a government
, quarantine station In the Gulf of Mex«
I ico, about midway between the tnouth
of the Mississippi river and Mobile,
j Ala., has been made public by Dr. C.
' H. Irion, president of the Louisiana
State Board of Health.
death chair he drew from his trousers The an „ 0U ncemeU of the yellow
pocket a brief statement, which he fever cases was the result of a dls-
read. The statement was: cussion bbtween Dr. Irion and Health
“I hope that God will forgive me for 0^ cer Hunter, of Mississippi, over
all the wrongs I have ever done in my
past life. I forgive everybody who
has ever wronged me. I am at peace
with my Maker. May God have mercy
on my soul.”
Tucker then sat down In the chair
the fact that they had not been noti
fied-Immediately of the fever's pres
ence.
The cases came from Colon and
were taken off the steamer Whitehall,
which was bound for Gulfport, Miss.
Ship Island Is a short distance south
the
and, after the guards had adjusted the of the Mississippi coast, and is in
straps, the warden raised his hand as cnarge of United States Marine Hos-
a signal to the electrician. | pttal officers, who Immediately notified
After the first application of the Surgeon-General Wyman, of the Uni-
electricity Dr. Joseph McLaughlin, the
prison surgeon, made an examination,
and announced that the. pulse was still
beating. After the current had been
applied a second time the surgeon
detected a movement of the heart, but
when the current was applied a third
time Tucker was pronounced dead.
this announcement was made at
12:19 o'clock. ,
The surgeon stated that Tucker was
unconscious from the moment the first
shock was sustained.
Gov. Guild made public yesterday a
telegram received by him from Presi
dent Roosevelt In which the President,
after pointing out that he had been
requested to Interfere with the execu
tion of Tucker, declares that In his
judgment Gov. Guild’s decision not to
Interfere with the carrying out of the
ted States Public Health and Marine
Hospital Service. —
Dr. Irion commented upon the cir
cumstances under which this report
was made. He announced also that
quarantine orders have been Issued
against Celba, Honduras, at which
port It is reported that refugees are
gathering to escape yellow fever,
which Is said to be breaking out at
several points in Honduras. He also
said that he has received reports that
there Is yellow fever In Havana.
and commanded his hearty sympathy.
The baptism of Tucker was per-
fonned during the forenoon by Rev.
Mr. Bishop, of the M. E. church, and
Rev. J. F. W. Barnes, the prison chap
lain. The prisoner’s reception of bap
tism was accompanied by renewed
sentence seemed to him entirely sound protestations of his Innocence.
PACKING HOUSE CASES
ON TRIAL TODAY
CASES AGAINST FOUR PACKING HOUSES SUB
MITTED TO JURY BY AGREEMENT.
KANSAS CITY, Mo„ June 12. — Cases against
four packing companies charged with accepting freight
rebates were given to a jury in the. Federal court here
today. A verdict is expected today in the cases against
the Armour, Swift, Cudahy and Morris packing com
panies, which were consolidated for the purpose of sav
ing time and submitted to the jury on an agreed state
ment of facts.
A Verdict of Guilty.
KANSAS CITY, Mo„ June 12. —The Armour,
Swift, Cudahy and Morris packing companies were found
guilty in the United States district court today of ac
cepting concessions from the Burlington railroad on ex
port shipments of packing ho'use products. The jury
deliberated one hour. Sentence, which proyides for a
fine only, was deferred until after the trial of the Bur
lington Railroad, charged with granting the same con
cessions. The trial begins this afternoon.
JOSEPHINE
TERRANOVA
ON PAROLE.
CONFERENCE REPORT
ON STATEHOOD BILL
IS WITHDRAWN.
New York, June 12.—Josephine Ter-
ranova, the young woman recently ac
quitted of the murder 61 her aunt, was
today paroled in the custody of her
counsel. No action was taken In the
case against her charging her with the
murder of her uncle. The action to
day was taken at the request of the
district attorney.
Washington, June 12(—By
a vote" in the Senate today
the conference report on the
statehood bill was with
drawn. Another conference
will b'e held.
GALVESTON CUT OFF
GEORGIA RAILROAD
COMMISSION MEETS.
FROM MAINLAND,
Two Most Important Cases Postponed
to dune 20.
a I to
aiua,
Atlanta, Ga„ June 12.—The State
Railroad Commission will meet to
morrow morning In regular session.
The two most Important oases fixed
for that date have been postponed un
til June 20. TheBe are the fertilizer
rates from Savannah and Brunswick
to Atlanta and the marble rate ease.
Aside from the matter of h depot at
Kenwood, in Fayette county, on the
Southern, no other case Is especially
set for the meeting, though Borne may
develop before the hour of meeting.
Otherwise the meeting nromises to be
short, and of little public Interest,
St. Louis, June 12.—A special from
Houeton, Tex., says that 1,000 feet of
the railroad bridge,connecting Galves
ton with the mainland, wan burned
this morning, cutting Galveston off
from communication with the outside
world, excepting by boat.
showing
HOME-COMING WEEK
IN OLD KENTUCKY.
All Trains Running Crowded, Carrying
Throngs to Louisville.
We are
beautiful line'^of
bristle goods, includ-
■ . .V
Louisville, June 12.—All trains arc
running crowded, some In two and
three sections, bringing throngs to
"Home Coming Week,” which will be
Inaugurated tomorrow. Former Vice-
President Adlal Stevenson is coming
tonight. Former Governor -Leslie, of
Montana, came this morning.
GOVERNMENT’S CASE
AGAINST CARTER.
For Recovery of Money Is Postponed
In Federal Court.
Chicago, June 12.—The case of the
government against Oberlln M. Carter
was continued today In the federal
court and will be taken up about Au
gust i. Carter Is belhg sued to recov
er $3,000,000 embezzled In connection
with Greefie and Gaynor, the contrac
tors, In the harbor work at Savannah,
CHOLERA CASES IN
THE PHILIPPINES.
Four Thousand Cases and Three Thou
sand Deaths from August to April.
Washington, D. C„ Juno 12.—The of
ficial report of the ravages of cholera
In the Philippines from last August
to April.'21 of this year, shows a
total of 4,093 cases and 3,144 deaths.
Aa 7
asses
The people who went on the excur
sion to Columbus yesterday report a
good time. Quite a number of Albany
people went.
Hair Brushes,
75c to $4.
Tooth Brushes,
10c to $1. *
Nail Brushes,
25 c to i
Shaving Brushes,
25c to $1.50.
Clothes Brushes,
25cto
Bath Brushes,
75c.
