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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
SENATE COMBINATIONS.
James r. Garfield VIII Be Commits
sioner of Corporations.


Washington February 2l.-conirma-
lions by the senate:
James r. Garfield of Ohio, commission
er of corporations in the department or
commerce and labor; Col. Wallace f.
Randolph, to be chief of artillery with
rank of brigader- general; Lieut.. tool.
John Hail. to be assistant surgeon gen.
eral with rank of colonel.
Brig.-Gens ]. C. Breckenridge, Mar
shall l.. Ludington and James f. Wade,
to be major generals Ito be retired from
active servce): Paul Nash of New York,
secretary of the legation and consul gen.
eral al Bangkok, Siam.
Army-Cavalry Lieut. Col w. S. Ed
gerty, to be colonel Oretired)
Also a number of appointments and
promotions in the army and navy
Bieut.-Co. F. II. Ernest, corps of en-
gineers, member of the Mississippi river
commission: r. II. Pot, auditor of the
Island of Porto Rico; G. H. Green, mar
shall northern district of Texas.
Postmasters: Texas-R. G. Flato.
Sinner; w. j. Walters Herford; d. Il.
Walsh, Grand Saline; j. Larson. Frede-
ricksburg; William e. Sayers, Sr.. Bay
City; S. b. Strong, Houston; IL. Harris,
Galesville; M. S. French, Alvin; w. II.
Harvey, Bolton; ii. II. Andrew, Dublin;
j. s. Richard. 1tasca; T. Hall. Pales-
tine; e. Blanchard, San Angelo
Tennessee--G. A. McLane, Lewisburg.
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by the withdrawal of the buyer. Those
southern furnace interests which. show
ed disposition to court business by
slight concessions have now stiffeneds up
again. Consumers generally seem to feel
confident that the second half will not
bring higher prices, but may witness
some reaction, and there are indications
that they are abstaning from covering
the pig iron required for contracts for
casting closed"
Extracts from Rogers. Brown & Co. s
circular of yesterday follow:
Cincnnati-It is not to be expected mat
any marked activity will be experienced
in pig iron until the weather conditions
are changed. The difficulties of transport
tation have been greatly increased by
the recent blizzard, and the influence of
it will be felt for some time to come.
Prices remain unchanged, and the feel
ing is growing that the cost of pig iron
will be more, rather than less, during the
remainder of the year.
Pittsburg-The iron market has stiffened
considerably. number of orders for
large amounts have been reported, some
for first half delivery but the majority
for second half. Prompt delivery orders
are for small amounts, ranging from 100
to 500 tons, with corresponding increase
in price. Inquiries are increasing, and it
is becoming more and more evident that
buyers are abandoning hope of reduc-
ton in prices. Northern irons particu-
larly basic and forge, are decidedly scarce
articles for any delivery previous to July
l. For this reason a number of southern
forge orders have been placed for prompt
delivery, and several large ones will prob
ably be consummated within the next two
or three days. The market in general is
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MORTGAGE SALE.

Under and by virtue of mortga GO
executed TO the undersigned by j. a.
Dennis ian unmarried mani ON the 9th
day of January. 1900. and recorded In
mortgage book 2J9, page 81. in the office
of the probate Judge of Jefferson coun.
ty. Alabama, ! will proceed to sell on
Saturday. the 14th day of March, 1908.
at birmingham. Alabama, In front OF the
court house of Jefferson county Ala.
bama, within the legal hours Of sale the
following described property to-witI
Fractional part of the north side of lot
number ten G0) In block number two (2),
lfrontiog forty 40 feet on the west side
tof School street and extending back, OF
uniform width, one hundred and twenty
eight 02S) feet to an alley, of o. w.
Wodd. Jr.. subdivision of Woodlawn, as
1t Is recorded in the office Of the pro-
bate judge of Jefferson county, Alabama,
in map book volume. one %, page two
hundred and forty-one CAD, situated In
Jefferson county, Alabama Z
Default having been made In the pay
ment Of the Indebtedness secured By sale
mortgage, this sale Is had 10 satisfy the
debt secured by said mortgage and the ex-
penses incident to the foreclosure of said
mortgage. Said sale to be for cash.
j. G. sNEDEcOR Mortgage 6
BY John II. Miller. his attorney. 1
2-S-4t-sul
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WILL POSTPONE HIS VISIT.
Governor of Newfoundland Will Not
See Secretary Hay Just Now.

London, February 21.-Sir Csvandish
Boyle, governor Of New Foundland, who
arrived today from Liverpool, had in
tended to go to Washington to confer
with Secretary Hay and Ambassador
Herbert regarding the present status of
the Hay-Bond reciprocity treaty between
this country and New Foundland. but
decided to postpone the trip. He WILL
he said, communicate with Washington
later. OF the treaty he said:
II am very well pleased with the terms
to the treaty and sincerely hope that 1t
will be successfully negotiated. There is,
however, an element of danger in the
wav Of it's being baked by the unreason-
able opposition Of the Massachusetts
senator's representing the Gloucester
fishermen in the matter. 1t is a pity that
there should be any antagonism toward
the treaty as both this country and New
Foundland, as well as Canada. will be
greatly and equally benefited by it's
nassa ce"
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INDUSTRIAL NEWS.

Major f. Y. Anderson has purchased
from e. N. Cullom the entire property OF
the DeKalb company, at Fort Payne
which includes over 1000 town lots, many
of which are improved about 400 acres
of land, containing several additions to
Fort Payne 10000 acres of coal and ore
lands, the DeI<alb hotel and grounds, the
exposition building and grounds, the Of
flee building and the bank building.
Major Anderson says he has great con-
fidence in the possibilities of the proper
ty. Much of it is undeveloped and in ad-
diton to being valuable for the coal and
iron it contains he thinks that section
is by far the prettest in Alabama and
will make an ideal place for summer
homes.
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Fee Situation Satisfactory.

Tangler. Morocco. February IA dis
patch from Fee, dated February 10, and
received here today says General Sir
Harry Maclean, commander of the Sultan
of Morocco's bodyguard, In an interview
describes the situation as being very
satisfactory. He considers that the power
of the pretender Blu Hamara who, ac-
cording TO these advices is reported ly-
ing wounded near PIAZZA, has been COM
pletely crushed and the Moroccan war
minister, Ell Menebhl, is advancing, at
the head of a large force, furnishing in
turn the rebellious tribesmen, many OF
when have never paid taxes. The OPP
portunity is now being taken to crush
them into absolute submission.
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RAILROAD WORLD.


j. II. Kinzie, travelling passenger agent
of the Central of Georgia, returned from
Savannah yesterday
l.. C. Cardinal. travelling freight agent
of the Mobile and Ohio. with headquar-
tiers in Montgomery, was in Birmingham
yesterday.
General Agent f. o. Becker of the
Frisco left last night for st. Louis, Chi
cago and other points in the north.
S. s. Fitzsmmons, fuel agent of the
Atlantic Coast Line, is in the city.
The New York Commercial says: The
Seaboard Air Line has become an OBJ
iect of greater interest in the stock mar
ket with respect to its future than at
any time since the fight for control was
waged between President Williams and
Thomas F. Ryan.
There have recently been so many vio-
lations of the anti-pass exchange agree
ment which was entered into last De-
cember by the presidents of the eastern
trunk lines to be effective during this
year. that 1t is now felt the status of
affairs Is as bad as though there were
no agreement at all.
officials who were originally the strong
est advocates of the agreement now say
that the measure adopted was entirely
too drastic to be maintained, and that
II is only question of time until the
whole thing will be fit for the waste bas-
ket 5
President Ramsay of the Wabash has
issued a long circular letter to employees
defining the policy of the management
on the wage question. II is in answer to
recent efforts of employees to secure an
advance along the whole line.
Yesterday was the heaviest day yet of
Mardi Gras travel this season. All roads
report that the traffic this year is heav-
Ter than ever before and all trains are
running extra sleepers.
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Will Be More Particular.

Berlin, February 21.-Beeause of United
States Commissioner Williams close APP
piication of the law in inspecting i'm
migrants Herr Balm, director general of
the Hamburg-American Steamship COM
pany. and DR.. Wiegand director general
of the North German-Lloyd line, have
directed their agents In middle and south
ern Europe to take no one who Is unable
to fulfill the requirements of the au-
thorities at New York. These instruc-
tions are not merely formal. but are due
to the conviction that the companies
would suffer If they were compelled to
deport people numerously during the
heavy emigration months of May and
June.
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Mexican Cattle Are Healthy.

Washington, February 21.-The secre-
tary of agriculture today received a dis
patch from inspector Shaw at Nogales,
ARR, reporting that he could find no evil
dence of foot and mouth disease in Mexi-
co, and that cattle were now admitted in
to the United States after inspection as
formerly. Secretary Wilson has advised
the British authorities at London of the
result of the investigation.
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Can He Entertain Foreigners2

Washington, February 21.--According to
the Interpretation placed upon the Ian
guage of the law relating to the contin-
gent fund of the navy department by
prominent members of the senate and
house committees, the secretary OF the
navy is empowered to defray out of this
money the expenses, incident to the en-
tertainment of public men abroad. Until
assured of this fact, Mr.. Moody is unwll-
ing to draw upon the contingent fund for
this purpose.
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carneuie is Much Better.

Fernandina. Fla. February a.-Andrew
Carnegie, who has been suffering with a
slight cold for the past day or two. Is
reported to be much improved today.
Mr.. Carnegie is visiting his sister-in-law
at Dungeness. Cumberland Island, and
contracted a slight cold which caused
him to be confined to his room.
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Queen Invites Godson.

London, February a.-Prlor to leaving
London for Sandringham, Queen Aiexan-
dra invited her little godson, Lord Mande-
vile, the child of the Duke and Duchess
of Manchester, TO visit her at Bucking
ham palace. The childs grandmother.
the Dowager Duchess Consuelo, took the
baby to the palace.
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cooper HOSTS His FLAG.

Washington, February 21.-Rear Adj
miral Cooper, senior squadron commander
of the Asatic fleet, has arrived at that
station and hoisted his flag on the cruiser
Rainbow. which was the flagship of the
late Rear Admiral Wildes.
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Chess Tournament.

Mount Carlo, February A.-Gn the ninth
round of the International chess tourna-
ment here today. Moroczsy beat Marco
Mieses defeated Wolf; Taubenhaus and
Pillsbury drew Schlechter bested Mo-
reau and Adm won over Marshall
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Senior Arias Elected.

Washington. February administer
Combes Of Guatemala has cabled the state
fdepartment that Senior Artias was elected
president of Guatemala by congress on the
18th instant.
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Anthony Hone Coming.

Liverpool. February 2l--Anthony Hope
the novelist, was a passenger onS thu
steamer Campania today for New York.
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Vote for Ward and smash
the machine.

1000 copies SO cent Sheet
Music at 5 cents per copy
Monday only. T. Williams,
2OO7 Second avenue.
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Effect of Weather.

1.-THE weather is watched with unusual
anxiety by iron makers since it may
at any time cause further serious trou-
bles in the delivery of supplies of raw
material. With everything so delicately
poised as it is now disturbances are dis
concerning and costly. Developments
during the past week have been rather
In sellers favor, in pig iron, although the
volume of business has been moderate.
One lot of 10000 tons of gray forge was
taken in Birmingham, but was followed
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PIG IRON TRADE
CONTINUES QUIET
Buyers Not Now Covering for
Large tonnage
MARKET Is FIRM HOWEVER
Weather Watched BY Northern Iron
makers With Unusual Anxiety.
How Consumers Feel With
Regard to Next Fall.
MARKET is FIRM HOWEVER

Pascal Shook of Shook & Fletcher.
iron brokers' said of last weeks iron
market:
1T has been, very quiet week, the
buying movement not having set in yet.
Sales have been confined to small lots
of from twenty-five to one hundred tons.
Buyers are not covering for any consid-
cradle tonnages for future delivery. Few
sales are being booked for the last half
The market, however, is firm and steady
with no apparent inclination on the part
of either buyer or seller to force sales
or cover for future requirements"
The Iron A pa saws.
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]. II. Kinzie, travelling passenger agent
of the Central of Georgia, returned from
Savannah yesterday.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-27
NEWARK TROLLEY DISASTER.
A Batch of Indictments Resurned by
 tho Graud Jury.

Newark, N. J., March 26.-The grand jury tonight returned a big batch of indictments in connection with the Cliff ton avenue disaster in which nine school children lost their lives when a trolley car was run down by train on February 19. It was rumored in the court that the grand jury had found indictments against the president and most of the officials of the North Jersey Street Railway company, and had not indicted the motorman and conductor of the car and the engineer of the train.
 The president of the road is Edward F. c. Young and the vice president David Young. The members of the ex- ecutive committee against whom it is rumored indictments were found are the president and vice president: A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania railroad; J. Roosevelt Shanley contrac- tor of this city; Ellis B. Gaddis, capital ist O. this city: Dr. Leslie D. Ward. vice president os the Prudential Insur- ance company, and John D. Crimmins, contractor. of New York city.
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NO SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.
BRIDGEPORT TROLLEYMEN TO
 REMAIN AT WORK.
Conference With Manager ssweIi-aIem Ask but Do Not Demand Rearrange- ment of the Tinio Table of Runs 0utet tn w a serhuyy

Ask but Do Not Demand Rearranss-
 ment of the Tinno Table of Runs
 Quiet In Waterbury.
 Bridgeport, March 26.--General Man ager John E. Sewall of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company came here this afternoon from Waterbury and had a conference with a committee of the conductors and trolleymen em- ployed on the company's lines in this city. The conference was held at the request of the employees who wished to lay before the general manager certain matters discussed at a meeting which they held earlier in the day.
 The men met MT. Sewall at 1:30 this afternoon and were in conference with him for about an hour, and asked for a encouragement of the time table of runs. They informed MT. Sewall that whatever they asked for they put it in the shape of @ request, and would make no demands whatever.
 When the conference was over the men would give out nothing officially, but it was intimated that MT. Sewall gave them reason to believe that their request will be granted.
 The trolleymen held 8 meeting early to-day at which the matters about which the committee conferred with MT. Sewall were discussed.
 Chairman Dillworth of the executive committee of the An1algamated Asso- citation of Street Railway Employes, ad- dressed the men. In part he said that the Bridgeport men need have no fear of being called out on sympathetic strike and that all talk to that effect was nonsense. He said that the Wa terbury men would be paid regular salary by the national organization while they were out on strike. He also advised the Bridgeport men to go slow and to make no threats or demands, re- minding them that their words would gain more than any strike.
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CECIL RHODES SCHOLARSHIP.
New York College Representatives De-
 visc Plan of Appointment.

wise Plan of Appointment.
 New York, March 26.-At a confer ence to-day of representatives of many clleges and universities of the state of New York held at Columbia university, plans were formulated for awarding the Cecil Rhodes scholarship, presented to this state, and committee was ap- pointed to selected candidates.
 The committees selected to-day and their terms of office were: President, Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia university, three years; President Ja- cob G. Schurman of Cornell university, two years, and Rev. Dr. James R. Day. chancellor of Syracuse university, one year.
 It was decided that candidates for scholarships shall have satisfactorily completed the work of at least two years in some college of liberal arts and sciences of this state; they must be citizens of the United States or sons of citizens and except under extraordi- nary circumstances must not be over twenty-four years of age at the time of entering upon the wosk at Oxford.
 It was also decided that the first award for the term of 1904-1905 will be made, probably in January of next year, and the second scholarship, 8 year later. Each scholarship continues for three years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-27
TEXTILE STRIKE ORDERED.

20, 900 to Quit fin Lowell if Demands Are
 NotCopced ed by Monday. Lowell, Mass, March 255. The textile council made up of delegates from sev- en labor unions tonight formally order ed a strike on Monday morning next in seven of the big cotton mill corporations in this city, provided the request for g. 10 per cent. increase in wages is not granted by that time. This action was anticipated as each of the seven unions have instructed it's delegates to the council to vote in favor of forcing the issue" The council for the first time in the present controversy used the word strike" tonight, deeming it best to substitute plain word for the some what ambiguous term force the issue.' Secretary John Mcdonald of the coun- cil tomorrow will deliver to Agent w. S, Southworth of the Massachusetts mills, and secretary of the Cotton Man. ufacturers' association, letter contain ing the record of the action taken to- night.
 No reply is expected, and the mem bers of the council believe that the or der will not only become effective on Monday morning, but will be observed to the extent that by the same evening nearly 10000 persons employed in seven mills will be out of work.
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OFFER 4 SURPRISE.
Its Scope and Parposs Not Qutte Under.
 sfpOH

New York, March 26.-The offer of Secretary Shaw seemed to come as surprise to bond brokers, some of whom professed to be unable to understand it's scope or purport. It was generally looked upon as an emergency or relief measure, inasmuch as the offer will re- lease from S5,Ooo,oOo to $S,0oO,OOO, the amount depending entirely upon the proportion of threes or fours turned in. One broker thought the proposition was designed to induce the banks to in- crease their circulation. Nobody could trace any connection between the offer and the coming Panama canal pay- ment
 Of the three per cent. loan of 19OS-1S there were outstanding on February 2S last S56, 146,3S0 of registered bonds and $41 ,369 2S0 coupon bonds, a total of $97,- 515,660 The outstanding four per cent bonds of the funded loan of 1907 on same date. amounted to $1S4, ,966, 100 reg istered and $4s,213,10o coupons, a total of s233179,200, maing a grand total of $33O, ,694,SeO.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-27
NEW MACHINE GUN.
Miles and Wheeler at Teats of the
 Mclean Invention.

Cleveland, O., March 26.-A test of the machine firing gun, the invention of Dr. s. N. Mclean of this city, was made in the presence of General Nelson A. Miles and General Joseph Wheeler in this city to-day. General Miles was present as the president of the board of Qualifications. The firing was done from the top of a tall building into Lake Erie. The Mclean gun shoots twenty ty-five times with one pull of the trig- ger. A circular plate fitted to the side of the weapon feeds the cartridges Gas generated by the first explosion sets the plate automatically in motion. The gun can also be used as machine gun. General Wheeler thinks we'll of the new firearn, and General Miles was quoted as saying that it was an interesting ex- pertinent and the gun an important in- vention.
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WRECK AT BRIDGEPORT.
TRAIN DASHES INTO
 4 SWITCH ENGINE.

Former Bound for New Haven-Ex-
 ceedingly Narrow Escapo-AII the
 Cars Leave the Track and Narrowly
 Avert Going Over a Drawbridge.
 Bridgeport, March 26.-The passen- gers on the train which left here for New Haven at 6:4S tonight had nar- row escape from serious injury in col lision which occurred in the outskirts of the city. The train which was go- ing at a good rate of speed was run ming out of the freight yard at Bishop avenue, where it struck switch en- zine which had backed on to the spur track. The latter had not gone far enough to allow the passenger train room to pass, and the locomotives came together. The right cylinder of the passenger locomotive and the left side of the switch engine were carried away.
 The train was not brought to a stop until the engine and five cars had pass ed over a high bridge. The rails were torn up and the girders smashed. The cars left the track and narrowly es- caped, going over the edge of the bridge to the ground thirty-five feet be- low. No one was injured, with the exception of a few who were struck by flying glass.
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SOFT COAL TO BE DEARER.
To be Advanced seventy-five Cents e
 Ton.

Philadelphia, March 26.-The Press will say tomorrow: Bituminous coal prices will be advanced 75 cents per ton for the new coal year, which begins on April 1. The prices at the mines in central and western Pennsylvania dur ing the past year was fixed to be not less than $1.25 a ton. The new price at the mines will be $2. Slightly higher or lower prices may be made in special cases, but the ruling prices will be g. This decision has been reached by the operators since the conference at AL toona between miners and operators, at which the miners wages were advanc- ed 10 and 12 per cent. The operators will have to meet April changed con- ditions as to freights as we'll as wages. Rates will be advanced ten cents per ton