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stoves last year They range in price from s4 to s20 each wholesale.
 Sheffield also is soon to have the gen. eral car building and repair shops of the Memphis and Charleston and North Ala bama division of the Southern Railway. The buildings are nearly completed, and the shops will be in operation by June 1. Some 400 men will be employed in these shops, and the pay rol. account will prob- ably be something ike $20000 a month. Indeed, when these shops are in full op- eration l am told that the total pay roll account of the manufactories of Sheffield will be in the neighborhood of $1Oo,OOO a month.
 In the last eighteen months Sheffield's population has increased 20oo Several new small manufacturing plants have been constructed, and number of others are provided for. Indeed Sheffield appears to
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INDEX TO TODAY'S PAPER
Page One.

 Explosion of train load of naphtha causes frightful loss of life near Pitts burg. Pa. Further details of the eruption of the volcano Mont Pelee adds horror to the frightful calamity.-Another volcano ac- tive.
 Ned Brace writes of Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia Miners in the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania begin what is apparently a long struggle for higher wages. Senator Foraker makes sarcastic speech on Philippine question.
 Page Two. House passes bill for relief of people in the West Indies and appropriates s2OO 000 to aid the destitute. Methodists in conference at Dallas have interesting discussion on war claim question B. F. Roden Is elected president of the The carpenters and builders situation is unchanged.
 Page Three. Baptists adjourn their convention at Asheville, N. c. General state news.
 Page Four. MT. Bowie has done excellent work as member of the House committee on elec- tions.
 Editorial comment Gossip heard in local hotels.
 Page Five. City officials busy moving into their new home. Boy run over and seriously injured by a street car. Professor Massey buys lot corner Twen- ty-frst street and Third avenue and may erect ten-story office building.
 Page Six. Social news of Birmingham.
 Page Seven. Local and foreign markets.
 Page Eight. Baseball and general sporting news.
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NED BRACE ON
 TOUR IF STATE Florence, Sheffield and Iuscum-
 bia Are All Growing Towns AGRIcULTURE AND IRON
Florence and Sheffield Are Both Manu- featuring centers, While Tuscum- bis Is a Great Supply Town
 for Colbert County.

There are three towns up in north- western Alabama on the Tennessee river, which are growing rapidly together and in time promise to become one great city
 towns Of Tuscunbia- Sheffield and Flor ence. Florence and Tascumbia are the old towns. They are only about three miles apart and Sheffield, the new town lies between them. Florence has 10000 people and is the county site of Lauder dale County, while Tuscumbia has S200 population and is the county site of Col bert County. The river divides the two towns. Sheffield with 5000 people, lies between the two and all three towns
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STREAM OF BURNING NAPHTHA
 NEAR CITY OF PTTSBURG CAUSES FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE
MINE WORKERS BEGIN
 STRUGGLE FOR WAGES
in Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania 145000 Men Are Idle and Refuse to Return to Work Unless Shorter
 Hours and More Wages Are Allowed Them

and elected delegates to the Hazleton con- vention. It is significant that In every in- stance where the vote of local" be- came public property the ballot showed a decided majority for a permanent strike unless the operators grant concessions. Predictions are made that if it Is decided on Wednesday to continue the strike the struggle will be longer and more bitter than was that of 1900. which lasted six weeks.
 The coal companies in various parts of the regions have already made prepara- ticns for a siege. Coal train crews. tele- graph operators, switchmen, carpenters, machinists and other employees number ing several thousand not identified with the mine workers union have been laid off until further notice. Some of the com panies have also brought their mules to the surface and placed them in pasture.
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Italian bark Peppo, Captain Lariello. 595 tons from Havre.
 British steamer Roddam. Captain Free man, 150 tons from London.
 British steamship Roraima. Captain Muggah, 1764 tons from New York.
 Italian bark Sarcro Guereo, Captain Easano. 556 tons from Marseilles.
 Italian bark San Antonio, Captain Charles Aristo. 595 tons from Marselles. French bark Tamaya, Captain Maurice Moritz or Agusse. 459 tons from Marseilles and Pointe-a-Pitre.
 Italian Bark Teresa Lovico, Captain Fentara, 56S tons from Havre.
 The following vessels have cleared for the island of Martinique and may have been at St. Pierre:
 French bark Marie Helene Captain Harnaud, 344 tons from Bordeaux.
 Italian bark Creolin, Captain LeBoff, 599 tons from Barbadoes. Norwegian bark Smart, Captain Aasen, AIS tons from Barbadoes.
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LIST OF THE VESSELS IN
 RoADSTEAD AT ST. RRE

New York. May 12-From the last issue of the New York Maritime Register 1t appears that the following merchant ves sells should have been in the roadstead at St. Pierre on the morning of Thursday, May at the time of eruption of Mont Pelee:
 Italian bark Albanze. Captain Albanze, 227 tons from Marseilles.
 American schooner Anne E. J. Morse, Captain Crocker. 651 tons from Phil adelphia.
 British schooner Canadian, Captain Musner 10S tons from St. Johns, Neb.
 American barkentine L. w. Morton, Captain Parks, 464 tons from New York.
 French bark Mivique, Captain Crado, 312 tons from Bordeaux.
 Italian bark Nord America, Captain Oilentio, 55S tons. from Marseilles.
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have the Southern Railroad, or the old Memphis & Charleston, the Northern Alabama, now part of the Southern, and a branch os the Louisville & Nash vile which run' dc Sn from Ma shville.
 Tuscumbia Is a great supply town for the farmers of Colbert County. It does a large agricultural supply business, and receives much cotton. It Is also a fine old residence city.
 Florence supplies all of Lauderdale County which lies north of the Tennessee river, and does much of the river trade.
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the casual visitor that 1t will in a few years achieve the predictions made for it during the boom days In northern Ala bama. It has one of the most prosper ous banks in the state. which is largely owned by Birmingham people. This bank Is carrying a deposit account of about s125, ,000 and is making money.
 Florence Is, of course, the big town of the three. It is one of the old towns of Alabama. It :s populated in a measure by the wealthy old families of the Tennes- ial residences here, with great lawns and beautiful shade trees. All the streets and reads for miles in every direction are macadamized and there is an air of
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Company and two by the Sloss Company.
 They are said to be making 800 tons of iron a day. There is likewise large roll ing mill at Sheffield which Is making speciality of hoop iron. It also has two stove foundries with combined capacity of something like 200 complete stoves stove works. One of them makes ! prod uct which is not excelled in this country so far as cooking stoves go. They are made of Sheffield iron and are hand somely nickle plated, all of the work Of which Is done rign. here. This particular foundry sold more than $100,000 worth of
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CITY MARSHAL KILLED.
Fired Upon by Enemies While Streets
 Were Filled With People.

Orange, Tex, May 12.--City Marshal Jett was this afternoon shot to death in the business part of the city while the street was filled with people. Re- gently Lett killed Tom Poole while an attempt was being made to take prisoner from the marshal. George, Claud and Grover Poole have been placed in jail.
 After Jett was shot he drew his pistol and fired three times in the di- rection whence the shot which killed him came, and two of the Pooles were struck, but neither is seriously hurt.
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world. Thousands of them are going into Mexico and other Central American and South American countries.
 Among the other industries Is a stave plant with a capacity of 6,0OoO 900 slaves annually. They are used for making bar rels for liquids, many of which are sold to the Standard oil Company and many to the whisky men of Kentucky. These barrels are made of the oak which is
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Der annually in the manufacture of their wagons Florenc. also has a pump fac tory which employs 225 men, and makes thousands upcn thousands of wood pumps annually. They are made of poplar wood
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NOW ACTIVE
 AND 500 PERSONS KILLED

Kingstown. Many persons were injured and the bodies of 300 dead are unburied.
 Barbadoes, 96 miles off, was in total darkness for time Pebbles and gritty substances have fallen there. Canoes crowded with refugees are arriving at Dominica.
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Roseau, Island of Dominica, B. W. l., May H. Sunday )-The Soufriere volcano on the island of St. Vincent has been in full eruption since Wednesday. Several plantations have been destroyed. Earth quakes and loud reports accompanied the
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It is likewise great manufacturing center. Indeed Florence and Sheffield com bined make up a manufacturing city of perhaps third in importance in the state of Alabama.
 In Sheffield there are five great iron furnaces in full operation three of which are owned and operated by the Tennessee
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lege is located here, and two of the best weekly newspapers in Alabama are published in Florence.
 Florence is also of importance as a cotton manufacturing center. It has two cotton mills-the Cherry Mills with 12.- coo spindles, employing 400 hands. and making a fine grade of yarns. and the Ashcraft mills with 624O spindles and
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PHILADELPHIA. May 12. = Mine

wzM PHILADELPHIA. May 12. Mine 0 workers throughout the entire K anthracite coal region of Penn sylvania to the number of 145O 900 formally began their struggle today for increased wages and shorter hours. Never in the history of hard coal mining has a tle-up been 50 complete. not one of the 357 col lieries in the territory being in operation.
 There is every indication for the belief that the suspension which was to cover only the first three days of this week will be made permanent by the miners gen. eral convention, which will meet at Ha- zleton on Wednesday.
 Absolute quiet prevails everywhere to- day. All the local unions throughout the regions met during the day and evening
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found In such profusion along the banks of the Tennessee River. This concern employs 125 men and has a pay roll &C., count of ssC00 a month. Florence also has a large stove foundry. m achine works. cotton seed oil mill and fertilizer factory, which is making 10000 tons of mixed fertilizer year. The State Normal Col
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Bankhead Starts Home.

Washington, May 12.-(Special) )-Repre- sentative Bankhead left for his home in Alabama tonight.
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Torrent of Flames Follows Ex- pIOsiOn of Tanks in
 Railroad Yards
BURNING VICTIMS BEG
 DEATH ID C.u|EvE THEM
Crowds Gathered to Witness Sight and Second Explosion Follows, Flames EnvelopIng Spectators-WlIf
 Scene of Frenzy.

Pittsburg, Pa, May 12.-The Sheraden yards of the Pan Handle railroad were the scene this afternoon of an explosion in which a score of lives were lost and about 200 persons were so badly burned that, according to the judgment of physi- clans in attendance, 75 per cent of them will die from the effects of their injuries.
 The property loss will amount to at least S600, ,0O0.
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The Key to Success

Is generally turned. by the man who advertises and keeps his name and business before the people
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Contained Poisonous Gases.

(contInued on Second Passl
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The Weather.

PARTLY CLOUDY TUESDAY; PROB ABLY SHOWERS AT NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY,
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Piano Prices Dropped 1918 to- 50
Per Cent Below Regular
Retail Quotations.
Orders from the New York Factory
TO Close Out All Present
Stock of Instruments
To Make Room for New l9O5 Nlod
els in Bradbury s. Webster
Pianos.

The bradbury New York Factory nave ho'ih,
%hcIr Washington Warerooms. ct TO iehhss Ni.'-
avenue that the new 1908 models III bra''a.s
and Webster Upright Pianos Will De reauy Az,
sbipment early in January and haze ordereu W.
local warerooms to close out all of their present
.o,, 80 ,i,nos at 33Is to 500 below the regular
rotou nrices-this means a chance for the people
Of Washington to buy the finest instruments way
below wholesale factory cost
The Bradbury Company is accustomed 10 'ahe
nm inventory of stock January land IN oruer |.
comply with the order from the factory-as uiucn
Of the stock is to be closed out as posslpie peio.
the beginning of the New Year-and If cut prices
or5 nroc+icalIv your own terms any induce
uert there shouldn't be a piano left by January l.
The Christmas trade of the Bradbury was uhpre'
cedentCd-apd the stock is very much brokeh-ohi!
one or two pianos of kind are left.
These are to go at less than prices paid by deal
ers at wholesale.
Among the lines to be closed ont are -FOUR vi
five of the famous Bradbury Upright Pianos that
range in prices from $500 upward-these are mark
ed S265. s2T5 S295, 1926 and $3.50 to close-and
the terms will be made to suit.
Three Webster Pianos 20 in this sale at $780,
so55 and S215. One Windsor Upright Piano at
s195-and one nearly new Upright at $780, In addi-
ton to these there are a number of square pianos
Of prominent makes - Steinways - CHICKERING'S
Knabes-Vose-Stod -Dunhams etc., at S2O,
sos s35. $50 and SO, on 81 weekly payments.
Also a few good organs taken in exchange Tor
Misunderstanding Esteys. Mason Hamiins,
Weavers Ithaca and other wellknown makefs-at
SIS SO $50 $50. etc-on 81 weekly payments.
No sale ever held in Washington offers such gen
une bargain opportunities to the piano purchaser
as this annual stock-taking sale of the Bradbury
Company Don't fail to visit their warerooms,
1928 Pennsylvania avenue, on Monday and look over
the line Of pianos that reduced the bare cost
Of manufacture. 1t
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CHRISTMAS EXERCISES.
Programs Given in Various Local
Churches Last Night.

In number of local churches of various
denominations Christmas entertainments
were held last evening under the auspices
of the several Sunday schools. The pro-
grams generally consisted Of songs recita-
lions and tableaux by the little folks, and
the distribution of presents and candy by
the teachers and friends
The form of entertainment at the Wilson
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. on
18th street between G and L streets south
east, was, however, rather different from
that usually provided. Instead of receiving
presents the members of the Sunday school
brought gifts to be distributed among the
needy. The $50 which is usually appro-
priated to buy candy for the little folks
was devoted to purposes of charity. Each
class in the school contributed food or
other supplies for this purpose Baked
beans We're brought by the little folks, who
were dressed to represent the army and
navy; little girls. clad In green, brought
cabbages. and the older members of the
school made contributions of hams and
shoulders. Other classes presented -four
canned corn, tomatoes etc, and there was
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CRUDE WAYS OF ESQUIMAUX.
English Arctic Explorer Tells How He
Found Them Living.

Mr.. David P. Hanbury, an arctic ex-
plorer arrived in Montreal Saturday on his
way to London. Mr.. Hamburg, who Is a
Fellow of the Royal Geographical So
ciety, is returning from an overland trip
of exploration through uninhabited districts
of the arctic regions principally his trip
was for the purpose of gathering informa-
ton for his book of travel Incidentally
he searched for information which might
lead to the whereabouts of the lost Nor
wegian explorer, Andree, who started in a
balloon to find the pole. Mr.. Hamburg says
he sought for clews wherever he went, but
did not obtain the slightest trace. His
overland trip was made in company of
EsquimauX guides.
Mr.. Hamburg has included the anthro-
Biography and ethnography Of the Esqui-
maux in his studies and he has collected
a great deal Of information by his obser-
walton of their circumstances and charac-
ter, but admits that little is available to
determine their origin
THE point as to whether this people Is
of Monaghan origin Is one for the anthro-
biologists with more data than l possess.
They do not have even rudimentary educa-
ton, and consequently written records are
out of the question. AS to religion, the
Esquimaux, though very superstitious,
have none They do not believe in a SUI
preme Being" the explorer said.
These people are obliging and will do
any moral thing for a white man. They
are very peaceably inclined. and temper is
almost unknown. AS to their domestic life.
you might say that of morals they have
none. Still, the universal interchange Of
wives occasions no broils, and bigamous
wives in the same family are like sisters
The virtue of the Esquimaux consists in a
fondness for their children.
THE settlements continue year after
year at one foca ton. About the middle of
October the snow huts are built ana the
walls fall early in May. The rest c. l,e
year the colony lives in tents made OF skins
1.-The northern Esquimaux have absolute
ly none of the conveniences of civilization.
The weapons they use in the hunt are of
the crudeSt sort"
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small Santa Claus with wagon filed
with books, toys and candy. Coal, wood
and coke were also among the donations.
The contributions amounted to about 500,
exclusive of the $50 in cash, which will be
used reserve fund for supplying needy
families with necessities during the winter.
The annual Christmas festival at st.
Johns Episcopal Church took place yester-
wnen over 200 Sunday school children OF
the parish, with their parents, witnessed
the special program. The Christmas tree
was arranged inside the chancel, which
was handsomely decorated. The children
sang numerous Christmas carols ana ap-
propriate addresses were made by the rec
tor, Rev. DR.. Roland Cotton Smith, ana ms
assistant Rev. e. Slater Dunlap. Each
child received a box of candy. No other
presents were distributed.
The entertainment at the Luther Place
Memorial Church last evening was deslg-
mated as 1.-The Midnight Song" and was
participated in by several hundred little
folks. The program consisted OF songs,
recitations and dialogues. The choir lott
was tastefully decorated with hags ana
palms, and the title Of the entertainment
cleaned in gold letters from high green
background. On one side of the chancel ran
stood a Christmas tree glitterlns with
lights and tinsel and loaded with packages
for the children. Following the program
the gifts were distributed to the anxious
children. Among those who participated IN
the program were Dorothy Graham, Amy
Ierch, Lulu Girard, little Miss Bright, ivan
Bailey, Marion Heitmuller, Madeleine
Smithson, Adele Besson, Marie Prince,
Elizabeth Heitmuller Clara Hebner. Edna
Lerch, Steward Heitmuller and Freddie
Dodson.
The cantata, entitled ''Old-fashioned
Santa Claus" was presented last evening
in the Sunday school room of McKendree
NJ E. Church. Miss Mamie Fowle,
member of the school, originated and ar
ranged the piece and was assisted in direct
ing it's presentation by Misses Bessie Gean
and Agnes Hubbard and Messrs. Middle
ton and Davis, During the entertainment
Dr. E. L. Hubbard, pastor OF the church'
was presented with a handsome umbrella
by the ladies of his congregation
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CLOSES WITH A BANQUET.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity t
Meet Next in Memphis.

The biennial convention Of the Signs
Alpha Epsilon Fraternity came to an end
last evening with banquet at the New
Willard. Benjamin Micou Of this city was
POSTMASTER. Judge Charles B. Howry re-
sponded to the toast, Our Alumni" Other
toasts were Stigma Alpha Epsilon" Will
liam c. Levere; 1.-The Ideal Fraternity
Man." Clarence w. Stowell; Chapter Life"
c. Albert Blakeslee: Undergraduate Ens
thusiasm,' Edgar Barnes; washington
Alumni Association" E. c. A. Meyer; In
the Far West" Richard E. Warfield; Past,
Present and Future" Watson B. Sewage.
At yesterday afternoons session Memphis,
Tenn, was selected as the meeting place for
the convention of 1904. The new ritual pro-
posed for the fraternity was adopted. 1t
embodies number of important changes.
Judge Charles B. Howry of this city was
selected past eminent supreme archon the
only honorary Office of the fraternity.
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piled with good effect to the District Ma

piled with good effect to the District Ma
tional Guard He says:
Il am naturally reluctant to recommend
changes in a system under which sucn ex-
cellent results have already been secured.
But it seems to me that no argument Is
needed to show that each of the following
changes. if made must be beneficial:
list. That the period of the annual en-
campment be at least doubled"
I'D. That the entire guard be armed with
the United States magazine rife the SOON
est practicable.
System of Choosing officers.
I'D. That the elective system of choosing
officers be utterly abolished. 1t ill COMFORTS
with the many regular features of the
guard, and is abhorrent to enduring excel
lence in any military organization.
18th. That the medical department be
organized on a basis more befittiing its ne
cessity and dignity, and more conducive to
its efficiency than at present
9TH. That an independent Signal Corps
be organized, or men be detailed from each
company and suitably instructed, at least
in the elementary duties of such technical
troops.
18th. That this complete division for such
parts of 1t as it may be practicable to util-
ize) be employed by the United States in
any future field maneuvers by the scale,
the United States to bear all expenses incl
dent to this service, Including full pay for
all grades and ranks.
18th. No matter what political pressure
might oppose the step, If the National
Guard of Pennsylvania is ever called into
the service of the United States let ii be
mustered in, commanded and used as a.
whole, not broken up and it's fragments
wedge into various Rosaics with troops of
other states, at the necessary sacrifice Of
its homogeneousness, soldity, regularity
esprit and pride, the very qualities which
most distinguish it and make it so superb"
Notes.
On their own applications Private Law
renee Peyser, Signal Corps and Private
Hynes E. Terry, Ambulance Corps, have
been honorably discharged.
Privates Harry H. Buck, William H.
Huntington and Obed H. Maple, all of
Company c. LIST Battalion. have been dis
honorably discharged by reason of expul-
sion from the company.
Because of removal from the District Pri-
Yates John r. Moore. Alfred F. Rudolph
John B. Tower and Newton E. Zepp. all of
Company c, 1st Battalion, have been hon.
orably discharged.
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Annual Election Of Officers.

At recent meeting of the Deutscher Cen
trail verein the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President
Kurt Voelckner: first vice president w.
Ruckdaeschel; second vice president, Hen
ry Wassmann; secretary, Gustave Bender;
treasurer, Chas. E. Corner.
Articles of incorporation, under the name
and style of United German Societies Of
the District OF Columbia will be filed; the
officers of the verefn to serve as trustees
for the first year. Fifteen independent So
cieties and thirty-one individual members
are represented in the Central Verefn.
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How It Started.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
How did that school children's strike be-
gin, my dear?" asked Mrs. Suburba
II didn't notice, but probably the young
sters took that familiar old Grafton,
Strike till the last armed foe expires! lit.
orally" replied Mr.. Suburba.