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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-20
SOCIAL MENACE

1t was this thought which prompted Com
missioner Sargent to-day to say:
immigration under present conditions
presents d most serious problem No one
can sit at his desk and absorb the facts
that come to uS in reports without appre-
ella ting the peril that threatens Should hard
times come TO this country. l am not ar
alarmist. but when / see hundreds OF thou
sands Of ignorant foreigners coming into
our great cities every year l think 1 car
realize in some degree the danger that
will come from their discomfort and dissat-
isfacti1u when there are no wages TO be
earned"
The full returns for the fiscal year 1908
furnished by Commissioner Sargent to-day
from all countries. compared with the re-
turns for 1907 follow:
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-20
SMITH DEFENDS
OFFICIAL RECORD.
Replies To Charges Made by President
of Civil Service Com
mission.

Philadelphia Pa. J-lv 19.-Forrner Post
master General Charles Enor.r Smith ha G
written q letter to Postmaster General
Payne In reply to 4 communication sent TO
the Postmaster General by John Il. Proctor.
president of the Civil-Service Commission.
which letter criticised the administration
of Mr. Smith during his. term as Postmaster
General.
The main points TO which Mr.. Smith takes
exception are Mr.. Proctor's attack ON the
classification OF persons at pest offices on
Inc esta aolishment OF free delivery and the
alleged packing" OF the Rural Free
Delivery Division OF the department in
anticipation of its classification.
On the first point. Mr.. Smith says the
law provides fer classified most ottices
when the receipts reach $1,000 wear
and on the second point he states that the
statute. not the department. puts the clerks
of new free-delivery offices into the cIassi.
fed service.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-20

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, July !9.-The foreign COM
merce of tho United States in the fiscal year
Just ended is larger than in any preceding
year in its history. The total of imports
and exports as shown by the Department
of Commerce. through its Bureau of Sta
tistics for the year 1903. is s2A5,sl0 al
against $3.50 9s7.15S in the year 1902 which
was considered the banner year prior to
1909.
Imports are larger than in any preceding
gear and exports are larger than in any pre-
ceding year save in the exceptional year
1901. The imports for the first time crossed
the billion dollar line, the total being sl025.-
slsl2". and the exports for the second time
crossed the fourteen hundred million line
being a-E Sd. or practically fourteen
hundred and twenty millions
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The single year in which the value of ex-
ports exceeded those of 1898 is the fiscal year
1891. when the total was Si.4SI.76i9ai. The
imports exceeded those of 1898 by about
Sl59 0G0, ,ooa. and the exports exceeded those of
1898 by about S572 900. The imports. there
fore. have increased is. per cent during the
decade and exports have increased 6I.5 per
cent during the same period.
Comparing the figures of 1909 with these
at deccnnial periods at earlier dates. it may
be said that the imports of 1858 were S26S.-
oOa.00O; those for 1868. $780, .09: for 1873.
s6i2 0OJ 900; for 1885. s2S 600 $50: for 1S3. $780,
10000. AID for 1898 81 .O25 o1o.on0. The exports
of 1873 were 10000: those for 1859. Sa1i-
04ooo0: for 1878. $50 0cocoo; for 1888. ss2S Geo.
00j: for 1898, SSiI.0e0.no. and those for 1903
were within a fraction of Sl.i21 1oOt.c00.
The imports of 1903. therefore, are less
than four times those Of 1852. while the cX-
ports for 1903 are practically seven times
more than those of 1853
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-20
THE WEATHER..
Official Forecast for To-Day an
To Morrow.

Washington, July l9.-Forecast:
For lndiana-Fa.r anc warmer Monday. Tues
day fair: light west winds
For Illinois and Missouri-Fair Monday and
Tuesday; light variable winds
For Oklahoma. Arkansas. Indian Territory and
Western fexas-Far MOnGay and Tuesday.
For Eastern TeXas-Far Monday and Tuesday
light south winds.
FOR iowa-Fair and warmer Monday. Tuesday
fair.
tor Nebraska and kansas-Fair anu warmer
Monday aDC IuesUay
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-20
ERANR GcE

De Soto. No July 1o.-Frank Casey 10 years
old. disd OF appendicitis at the home Of his IA
ther Ichn .. CasSev, De So,o this nnccuiur z
at 2:s1 O'clock. He had been sick only two days
and when the fact was known that he thus
afflicted he too Ill to undergo an operation.
The funeral Will take place at the Catholic
Church 9 o'clock Monday morning.
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1ith St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
The Eerutlfc Bureau,

Washington. July 19.-It is expected that
one million immigrants will come to the
shores of the Unite! States in 1901 These
figures-alarming ;Ne.' may be-are in
dicated by the statistics for the fiscal year.
1908. just made public by Frank P. Sar
gent. Commissioner General of immigration
In 1892 the number of immigrants was
64S.i7S. For the fiscal year OF iNS ended
June so, the number had leaped to s5'.Oi6.
This is increase In twelve months of
20s.3c3. This is jump of 30 per cent That
rate of increase is keeping up for the fig
ures for June. 1903. over the figures FOR
June. l"J2, show an evcess of still 81 per
cent.
If this rate is maintained the number for
the next fiscal year will be away above 4
million. Even should the rate fall to an
increase of Is per cent, which is not likely.
tho one million marx in the flood of foreign
aliens to our shores will be pass"d.
This Is fancy figuring for effect. II
is absolutely demonstrated ny III" percent
age of increase worked out. IL is also
sustained by the opinion OF Commissioner
Sargent.
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Estimated total seen years............

What are we coming 10? one may
naturally ask the question in view of this
showing. The number of aIicns coming IN
seven years most Of them OF a violent ard
sanSuinary character. and nranS Of them
driven from home because they displayed
anarchstic tendencies. almost equals the ell
tire popula ton of the three great cities Of
New York. Cleveland and Buffalo Here Is
the population Of these cities give, b. the
last census:
New .i37. 20 buffalo ......... 7a2.%si
Cleveland ....... 3Sl, itS
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Government Report.

Department of Agriculture. Weather BUREAU
MeteCreIos1cal observariors recel, &c It ST Louis
July 1s. 1873. at 6:59 j.. local time. and D.
M seventy -Tftn meridian time. Observations
made at the same moment Of time e. all stations
Sin-in.la Y I Aeaf
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-20
STATES FLOODED
WITH UNDESIRABLE ALIENS

Number of Foreigners That FloHked 10 Americas Shore the Fcf
the Highest Mark Reached
Immigration Commissioner Sargent Declares That the Prosp"
Alarming-ncrease the Rate of More Than 100000
Year.
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Referring to old records. the only other
year in American history which approaCacd
the figures of 1893 was 1852 Then mad
very lax immigration laws and the foreign
flood was encouraged. The figures went to
7SS, ,992. That has remained the high
mark until the last fiscaH year. Otter
high years Were 'S1. when the number was
6s9. 49, 1883. when il was eeS.322. 1888. 5i6S$':
1881. $50. .319
The figures fell as low in recent years as
229 299 In 1895. Here are the statistics by
years since 1895 when there has beer II
tremendous leap each year in the numper
of ip,niprapfs
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ton: this was g. Mexico also furnished
decrease amounting to 81.
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Total immigration

Total Immigration .........S4S.Ha s57,oi6 2JS.S'S
Ii will be noticed in this repor. that in
a single year the number of stiletto wie!d-
ers from Italy has increased 1900. The
next great increase is from Austria-Hu
gary, which furishes very undesirable
class of immigrants. the increase being a.
900 while the Russian Empire including
Finland, has furnished an increase Of $500
The to.ai number or immigrants debarrcd
was S7S9 of whom 1.oS6 were contract
labor Only one country liz Europe, not
..-oaiaed- <r<=1SS- = G2c-ease in erui~-a-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-20
/ lAST YEARS COMMERCE WAS
GREATEST IN OUR HISTORY.

For First Crossed the Billion Dollar Line, and for
Passed the 81 4O000O000 AarkToa
of Both Was ganst S2SVt37, ,l56 in 1900. the
Banner Year.
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practced children Give profess
uwhoesomel heaply prepared food fraud
thriving thriving blessing
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IIr- ~ EituerStU-I III.
EDWARD Il. LOWE.
Local Foreca st Official.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
Combination Of Canada Permanent and Western Can
ada Companies Produces Splendid
Mortgage Corporation.
The Total Assets Exceed Twenty Million Dollars
Interests in Canadian Northwest Are
Most Extensive.

Of the business showed from year to year, a
steady and natural increase. On the combina-
ton being effected the deposit department of
the business was further gone into. The cor
poration is now prepared to receive deposits
from 81 upwards and allow thereon interest
at the rate of 3k per cent. to be paid or COM
pounded half yearly Debentures in the sum of
500 and upwards are issued for fixed times
stated therein, at rate of per cent, payable
or compounded half yearly.
These deposits and debentures constitute the
first claim upon the entire assets of the cor
poration which amount to over s23 100000.
The corporation makes point Of giving every
attention to this department of it's business.
and owes every facility to the expeditions trans
action Of the business of all classes of it's, de-
positors.
In connection with the 4 per cent debentures
the following advantages pointed out:
The absolute security afforded by the pre-
mier position and strength Of the corporation.
It has much larger paid up capital, reserve
fund and assets than any similar institution
in the Dominion.
The value of it's assets has been determined
by most exhaustive and searching scrutiny
and the valuations of most experienced and ex-
pert appraisers. ~
It's debentures and deposits are a first claim
upon the entire amount Of these assets, which
1t will be seen is ;s23642,4s7.ss.
;yAs will be seen by copy Of order Of the
lieutenant governor mcconnell Of Ontario, or
next page, the debentures of the corporation
are legal investment for trust funds.
Remittances may be made to the corpora ton
and the debentures and interest coupons col
lected without expense.
The Loan Department..
The loan department has been, and will, IN al
probability, continue to be the most importan
branch Of the western business of the corpora
ton. The corporation advances money upor
mortgage security on improved farm, town ant
village properties at the lowest current rates o
interest and on the most favorable terms Of re
payment In it's conduct of this business thu
delays are cut down to minimum. With ever.
facility of modern and thoroughly equipped
office and legal depart nent. all transactions ar
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

Prominent among the financial institutions Of
throughout the west than anywhere else, stands
the Canada Permanent and Western Canada
Mortgage Corporation, This corporate ton, which
Is connection of the Canada Permanent and
Western Canada companies, both having head
offices in Toronto, has a paid up capital of
S. 951 $50; reserve fund of ST. 59O.057 and total
assets of $23,642,497. It's head offices are 10
Gated in the companys own handsome block in
Toronto, while It's branch in Winnipeg is located
at the corner of Palagie avenue and Main. The
directors are follows:
President George Gooderham; first vice pres
ident and managing director, j. Herbert Mason;
second vice president. w. H. Beatty; directors,
w. G. Gooderham, W. D. Matthews, Ralph K.
Burgess, c. H. Gooderham, George w. Monk,
George w. Lewis, s. Nordheimer, George F.
Gait. Frederick Wyld, R. T. Riley, Winnipeg,
Man. ]. M. Robinson, st. John, N B.
The company. or rather the two original
companies of the corporation, have played a
most important part in the development of
Manitoba and the northwest generally. In
the early days Of the city, when the two com
panes rivals in the western world OF
finance, the youtclassed al lother competitors
and handled, between them, easily more bust
ness than all other companies combined. The
Western Canada company, under the manage
ment Of Mr.. w. M. Fisher. one of the ear
Hest eastern institutions to show it's confidence
in the growth of Manitoba by the erection of q
splendid solid stone block. This structure was
destroyed by fire some few years ago, but was
rebuilt, and stands Of the ornaments
to the southern portion Of Main street. The
corporation also owns, and has it's offices To-
Gated in the handsome red brick block the
southeast of Palagie avenue and MAR
street. and in these two properties has easil!
the choice business locations in the city.
a. A General Trust Business.
Until the time of the combination Of tn
Western Canada and Canada Permanent com
panies the character OF the business trans
acted was principally along the lines Of a, gen
eraI loan company business. In this bot
houses were most successful and the volum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07
ROOSEVELT AT WORK.
PIunges Into Mass of Business
 Awaiting Ills Return.

Washington, June 6.-President Roose- welt, refreshed and vigorous from his long western trip. appeared at his office in the executive building early this morn ing. He plunged at once into the mass of business awaiting him. execusing himself to all callers except those who had ur- gent business with him. To members of his cabinet he announced positively last night that he desired to have meeting with them today.
 Before 1o:s0 the cabinet with the exeep- tion of Secretary Shaw had assembled in their room in the executive offices.
 They were in session until shortly after noon. Postmaster General Payne and Sec retary Root remained with the President after the other members of the cabinet had departed. The President also occu- pied a portion of the meeting recounting to his advisors what happened on his trip. Each member of the cabinet made brief statement according to conditions in his department, the postmaster gem eral naturally consuming more time than the others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07

900 spindles has entirely gone. The Cliff ton mill with 27,000 spndles is half wash ed away. The Dexter mill with 30.0OO spindles is probably half ruined. All these mills belong to the Clifton Manu- featuring company. Sixty houses of op- eratives were destroyed around Clifton.
 More than five hundred people are homeless and 4OO0 out of employment
 There was no wind. and no damage by lightning, only by water.
 This fell in veritable torrents, convert ing the surface of the earth into sheer lake of raging water. Rivers overfiowed their banks to heights never before known; creeks became rivers and small rivulets roaring torrents, wiping out everything in their course. Railroad bridges were torn from stone and iron piers; cotton mills were crushed like straw before the flood and grist mills and innumerable smaller industries and cot tages were washed away by the angry waters.
 At late hour tonight scores of people were clinging to the branches of trees at Clifton and could not be reached Un- less help comes to them soon it is feared that many will fall into the water and drown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07
SHOT FATh-R AND SON.
From Behind Pine Tree Man Fires
 on the Two.

Columbus, Ga, June 6--John Ed wards, aged 54 years, a prominent farmer of Muscogee county, was shot and killed this morning at ' o'clock. and his son, Jeff Edwards. aged 22 years, lies at the point of death at the hands of Barlow Nix, 16-year-old boy, who is neighbor of the Edwards. The killing grew out O. dispute over some property which both claimed.
 The killing occurred in an oat field near the Edwards home, where the father and son were at work cutting oats. Nix fired the first shot standing behind pine tree. and after firing three shots killed the senior Edwards and mortally wounded the son. Nix then fled through the woods. He was captured In Phoenix City this after noon about o'clock and is now in Muscogee county, Georgia, jail, having consented to come over to Georgia without requisition papers.
 Both families are prominent and the homicide has caused considerable ex- citement in the neighborhood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07
Hannas Slogan, However, Re-
 moves All Doubt
PARTY MUST KEEP HANDS OFF
Platform Adopted By the Ohio conven- ton Is What May Be Expected of the Party In National Con-
 venton Next Year.
BY PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington, June 6.-(Special.)-If 1t were not for Senator Hannas new cam paigp slogan hands off" the tarin plank adopted by the Ohio Republican conven- tion might be termed a straddle. As 1t is the two words of the Senator remove all doubt as to the attitude of his party on this subject. The defensive stand pat" of the past campaign, when the Democrats suggested the removal of tarifr duties from tariff protected trusts has given way to an aggressive hands off" There is a lot of persinage about chang Ing conditions" but the Iowa Idea and needs of revision through the medium of tariff commission, as once advocated by the President. are wholly swallowed up in Senator Hanna's short construction of the meaning of his platform.
 The platform adopted by the Ohio Re- publican convention is about what may be expected of the party in national con- vention next year The trusts will under stand the platform to mean hands off" while the few Republicans who sincerely desire tariff changes will live in the hope that conditions may change. Representa- tive Livingston of Georgia, who Is in Washington today, regards the hide bound attitude of the Republican party on the subject of tarif as extremely for tunate for the Democracy In his opin- ion the Republican party in taking q po- sition against revision Is going opposite to the views of the all-important inde- pendent voter. He believes this vote will be largely found on the Democratic side next year, and as there is practical unan- imity among Democrats on the subject. the party will elect it's candidate for Tpfeefdenf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07
DEVASTATING FLOODS AGAIN
 PLAY HAVOC WITH HUMAN LIFE
DEFINITE CASUALTY LIST
 IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN

O PARTENBURG, s. C., June s.-so
 many wires are down and oommuni- cation of all sort is so thoroughly demoralized that 1t is impossible to form any definite calculation of the loss of life in today's cloudburst and the resultant havoc of the floods. The mortality list may go to 15O, but the more conservative estimate place 1t somewhere around forty or fifty.
 The total property loss in the entire section laid waste by the storm Is likely to aggregate s2.oo0Ooo.
 The loss at Pacolet Is placed at one million dollars, summarized as follows.
 Mills No. 1 and demolished. Twenty eight thousand spindles are a wreck; thir- ty-fve hundred bales of cotton, two hun dred thousand dollars worth of cloth goods in company's store damaged; grist mill, cotton gin. postofnce, shoe shop blacksmith shop, dental office, livery sta ble and Presbyterian church all washed away
 At Clifton the Converse mill with 51-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07

St. Louis, Mo, June 6.-Two hundred people in the village of Black Walnut, on the north bank of the Missouri. twenty five miles northwest of St. Louis, are surrounded by rapidly rising water and means of escape Is cut off
 Their condition was learned at St. Charles tonight and Sheriff Dierkes of that city telephoned to the St. Louis de- partment for aid in rescuing the imperil- ed villagers. The sheriff stated that it was impossible to reach the people with out the aid of river steamer. lmme- diately Harbor Commissioner Whyte was notified and requested to rush the harbor boat to Black Walnut The appeal was futile, however, because the high water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07
SWOLLEN MISSISSIPPI
 LIKE GREAT INLAND SEA

St. Louis, Mo, June 6.-Like an inland sea the swollen Mississippi has spread over the Illinois shore in the vicinity of St. Louis. Far away to the southeast, the waters covers lower East St Louis and big grain elevator, that at normal stage stands high above the water line, ia) now isolated with a heavy current pouring past its inland side. Half sub merged freight cars stand on the siding and tree tops appear above the surface like bushes.
 The railroad and shipping district of East St. Louis presents a small peninsular on which freight houses stand a short distance above the flood. Beyond these freight houses extends a lake half a mile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07
Government controIIino Power.

Mexico City. June e.-Hon. Charles Stan hope of London today left for New York on business connected with the railway deal whereby the government becomes the controlling power in the National Railroad company and the virtual con- solidation of the National road and the Inter-Ocqanic road Is effected. Mir. Stan hope signed papers on behalf of Messrs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07
WOMAN BLOWS WHISTLE.
At the Signal Cooks and Dlshwashers
 in Chicago Walk Out.

Chicago. June 6.-while scores of per- sons were at dinner at the sound of a whistle blown by woman leader of the waitresses, cooks and dlsh-washers in siegel, Cooper & Co.'S department store restaurant stopped work and walked out today. The place was soon 8 scene of confusion. Clerks were sent into the din- ing room to put the place in orde:. This done the restaurant was closed.
 Almost at the same monsnt the en- ployes of Burky & Mllan's restaurant the Edleweisa. on Madison street. and the Fair walked out. The cooks of the Ath- letic cluo also quit work.
 Three of the smaller restaurants are said to have granted the demands of .he unions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07
JIm crow Law uneonstItutIonaI.

Jackson. Tenn, June e-The Jim Crow law providing separate compartments for whites and blacks in street cars. which was passed by the recent legislature, was declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court here today. The court did not go into the merits of the law itself but declared the act unconstitutional be- cause its caption was not explicit enough and did not state what portion of the old law it was sought to. amend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07
Degrees Conferred.

Philadelphia, Pa, June 6-Provost Harrison of the University of Pennsyl- vania announced today that honorary degrees would be conferred on the fol- lowing persons at the 147th annual commencement on June IT: Doctor of laws, Rear Admiral John C.. Walker, U. s. N; Charles D. Walcott, director of the United States geological survey, and Francis Preston, president of the University of North Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07

wide and the water at the Eastern edge laps at the foundations of tall business blocks. The St. Louis Hay Warehouse company's building, situated on the leyee near Ends bridge, is half submerged. Freight traffic will probably be discon- tinued on Monday.
 At o'clock tonight the stage register ed 354 feet, a rise of seven-tenths of a foot since o'clock this morning.
 The stage of the Mississippi has not changed materially north of the mouth of the Missouri, b'it below the mouth the rise continues Government Foreeaster Bowie tonight issued statement that the rise would continue rapidly for the next forty-eight hours and a stage of SI5 feet would De registered by Monday and il was probable that the water would go tc 3S feet M