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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
THIRTY-ONE MEN
 KILLED IN WRECK
SENATOR HANNA
 DECLINES GROWN
OHIOAN SAYS HE HAS NO AMBl. TON TO ADVANCE AND DOES NOT WANT THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.

Fort Scott, Kan, November 19.-After the Ohio election, J. Conne of this city. an ex-Ohioan. wrote Senator Hanna urg- ing him to become a candidate for the republican nomination for President. MT. Conine received the following letter to- day:
 Please accept my thanks for your let ter of congratulations upon the result of the recent election in Ohio l consider the great victory here an endorsement of the principles and policies of the re- publican party, and it should find an echo in the campaign of next year. Certainly all who are interested in the prosperity and development of our country agree that the republican party should be in power and Ohio has spoken uneduivo- cally. While I am gratified that the set clement is the result which might be con- sidered personal vindication, it does not justify the claims of my friends with ref erence to the suggestion of my nomina- tion for the presidency.
 T have no personal ambition to ad- vance. and my desire to serve my party constrains me to ask my friends not to place me in the embarrassing position which would result from such a move- ment."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
FRANCE DOES NOT
 WANT A DIVISION
DEPUTY DIES CHENEL SAYS GOV EMINENT HAS NO DESIGNS ON MoRRoco AND NO DESIRE TO CONQUER SIAM.

Paris, November i9.-In the presence of crowded chamber today Deputy Des Chanel, republican, formerly president of the chamber, began the discussion of the foreign office budget. He expressed the view that it was the policy of Great Britain to create issue between the United States, Germany and France, which must aid in the reapproachment of Great Bri- tain and Russia.
 Adverting to Morocco, M. Des Chanel said France had no intention to make war upon that country. France wished neither military adventures nor the porti- tion of Morocco. and she had no desire to conquer Siam There existed no ques- ton which could not be settled by di- plomacy or arbitration.
 The deputy further declared that those who were responsible flor armed peace were those who refused to discuss the proposition for disarmament. Il would be d crime. he added to seek to raise is- sues between Great Britain and France The relations between France and Italy were most friendly, but the alliance with Russia must be the corner stone of French policy.
 The speaker made no reference to Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
Panama Commissioners Read
 Canal Treaty
MORE ABOUT THE TERMS
United States Guarantees and Agrees to Maintain Independence of New Republic and Is Given Broad
 Authority on the Isthmus.

Washington. November 19.-The Panama commissioners, pr. Amador and Frederico Boyd today consulted Minister Bunau- Varila and Frank D. Papeni of New York, the legal advisor of the legation. It is understood that they read over the treaty signed yesterday by MT. Hay and MT. Bunau-Varilla, and discussed it's terms and provisions in detail It met their hearty approval
 From various sources additional infor- nation in regard to the terms and pro- visions of the treaty has been obtained. Under it the United States guarantees and agrees to maintain the independence of Panama It is understood that this clause was inserted in order to set at rest all questions as to the recognition of Panama as an independent nation by the other governments. Panama grants to the United States the perpetual use and con- trol of a zone of territory ten miles wide across the isthmus for the canal, with the right to acquire by purchase or by | the exercise of eminent domain any other | lands in Panama, wherever situated, which, in the judgment of the United States, may be necessary for the con- i structon of the canal. the provision for it's supply of water and the proper sani tation of the cities of Panama and Colon, and other territory adjacent to the canal | route.
 Within the zone of territory for the canal and within the limits of the other lands acquired by the United States, the United States will have the same power and authority as if the territory were ceded to the United States and Panama authority within that zone. The United
 States undertakes to construct modern system of sewers and waterworks for the cities of Panama and Colon. and has the right to collect tolls for the period of | fifty years. in order to defray the cost of their construction with interest. At | the end of fifty years phe sewers and waterworks systems become the property | of Panama and Colon.
 The republic of Panama undertakes to compel the cities of Panama and Colon l to comply with the sanitary ordinances | of the United States, and if they fail to do the United States has the right to enforce its rules and regulations in re- 1 gard to sanitation.
 In addition to these general provisions there are many articles of an administra- tive character which provide for the ex- | animation of the materials and supplies for the construction of the canal from cus- | toms duties. and for the nutrallty of the | canal and the entrances to 1t. 1 Panama Is to receive ten millions Of dollars and an annual payment of two hundred nd fifty thousand dollars, be- ginning nine years from the date of the | treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
HER BEAUTY GONE
 SHE KILLS HERSELF
MRS. LULA BRENNAN, A FORMER BELLE OF DENVER, IS FOUND DEAD IN A HOTEL-IN CHICAGO FOR TREATMENT.

Chicago. November 19.--Because her face had been marred by i'll health, Mrs. Lula Brennan has killed herself by the use of chloroform at the Del Prado hotel.
 The reason for the suicide developed at the coroners inquest today. Mrs. Bren- nan was the wife of a wealthy citizen of Denver and up to four years ago, when she contracted blood poison reign ed among the belles of Denver society. She felt the loss of her beauty deeply and last October came to Chicago and placed herself in the hands of beauty doctor" Even at the hotel her face was covered by a veil.
 Must l always be the yelled woman Win people always stare at my face be- cause it is ugly, just as they were once attracted by my beauty?' This she said to her maid in confidence. On another occasion she said to an uncle living in Chicago: Death Is preferable to life in this condition" but she laughed and no more was thought of her words.
 The verdict of the coroner's jury was that Mrs. Brennan committed suicide while insane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
DEATH CUTS SHORT
 MESSAGE FOR HELP
TELEGRAPH OPERATOR IN TOWER STRUCK DOWN AT KEY WHILE ASKING NEXT STATION TO SEND RESCUE.

Elmira, N. Y. November 19.-W. H Clendenen, telegraph operator at Brown Pa station fifteen miles north of Wiliamsport on the Beech Creek divi- sion of the New York Central railroad, was found dead in the telegraph tower shortly after o'clock tonight. At 6:5O o'clock the operator at Oak Grove, Pa. on the same road, received this message from Clendenen:
 Send switch engine quick to me Am being murdered by "
 The wire opened and not another word came. A switch engine was sent to the scene and reached Brown in a short time. The body was found lying under the desk, the head crushed in. A bloody spike maui lay on the floor beside 1t. Robbery apparently was the motive, the watch and money of the operator being missing.
 Clendenen evidently recognized his as- saiant and was about to wire his name when he was struck dead at the key.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
PROGRESS RAPID
 IN SECOND TRIAL
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DARBY AR RAIGNS MILLER AND COINS IN STRONGEST TERMS AT cINciN- NATl-CAsE ENDS TODAY.

Cincinnati, November 19-The second trial of Miller and Johns for alleged con- spiracy to extort a bribe from John J. Ryan, the first of the postal fraud cases to be heard, made unexpected progress today as the government did not, intro duce any witnesses to testify against the previous regulations of the defendants The afternoon session was devoted to ar guments. so that only little more than two hours is left for arguments tomor- row.
 District Attorney Darby arraigned the defendants as consprators in the strong est terms and while he did not undertake to defend John J. Ryan Individually, he did not defend his testimony by reviewing its eorroboration by other witnesses.
 Charles w. Parker in his argument in sisted that Ryan is the one who ought to be on trial Instead of Joseph NJ. Johns, and Henry N. Spans insisted that C. A. c. Christiancy is the one who ought to have been investigated. indicted and tried instead of his assistant, D. " Miller Court adjourned until morning before Spaans completed his argument
 The case is expected to reach the Jury by noon tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
The Colombian Representatives
 Arrive al Colon NO RESULTS ARE ATTAINED
Commissioners Send a Telegram to the Junta at Panama Asking for Peace Conference There,
 But 1t Is Refused.

Colon. November 19.-5:15 p. m.-The steamer Canada from Savanilla is now approaching her dock. General Reyes and other members of the delegation sent by the Colombian government on peace mission, are on board. Marines from the American warships have been landed and are on duty on the wharf.
 The peace commissioners left Savanilla yesterday without knowing the result of the conference between the peace com mission from the department of Bolivar and the members of the junta on board the Mayfiower. When General Reyes learned of the conference, he said that he entirely disapproved of the mission of the Bolivarians.
 There was great excitement on the ar rival of the Canada. Hundreds of per- sons Hooked to the neighborhood of the dock, but were prevented from reaching the vessel by marines. who were landed from the United States warships as soon as the Canada was sighted The marines now guard the wharf.
 Captain Merriam of the United States auxiliary cruiser Dixie, immediately went aboard the Canada and conveyed to Gen eral Reyes the result of the mission of the Bolivarans. He invited General Reyes and the other members of the commission to come aboard the Dixie, but the general and his companions declined the invita- tion Admiral Coghlan, who had just ar rived from Panama, extended an invita- tion to the commissioners to come aboard AF .t..nI tt.t~t tion was also declined
 It is understood that General Reyes and the other Colombian officers will remain on the Canada until tomorrow evening, possibly Saturday evening, when they will leave for Port Limon, for which des- tination all had tickets.
 The commissioners sent a telegram to the junta at Panama asking for con- ference there tomorrow, but the Panama 2, -eit nitn, deyiaed te sranr the request. | is expected, Shcwevef that d represent ative delegation from Panama will arrive here tomorrow and confer with the com missoners on board the Canada. The Colombian generals were not permitted lo land at Colon, and 1t is considered ab- solutely certain that their mission like that of the commissioners from the de- partment of Bolivar, will prove alto gether futile.
 The Canada brings news that there was great excitement at Bogota when the happenings on the isthmus became known there Nothing alarming, however, oc- cured.
 When the Colombian generals left Be- gota, United States Minister Beaupre was getting ready for his departure for the United States The minister, it is be- lieved, will arrive on the isthmus some time next week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
POST TO BE ABANDONED.
Mounted Police Have Been PatrolIinu
 United States Territory.

Ottawa Ont. November 19-The min ister of the interior Hon. Clifford Sifton. has been given orders for the abandon ment of the mounted police post at the junction of the Keleheni and ChiIkat riv- CTS, which has been found by the decision of the Alaskan tribunal to be seven miles within United States territory.
 A second post at the junction of the Keleheni and Glacier rivers may also have to be vacated, but the exact de- limitation of the boundary at that point has not been settled. The Canadian gov ernment is taking active steps to assert it's authority in the far north An expe- dition Is now in Hudson Bay extending protection over the bay and adjacent is- lands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
TRUSTEES MEET.
Designs for Memorial of President Mo
 kinIey Are Considered.

Washington, November 19-A meeting of the board of trustees of the Mckin- ley Memorial association was held here today. Enough money is now in hand to erect such a memorial as the trustees re- gard as suitable, but the fund is being raised for maintenance and care of the monument after 1t is erected.
 About s5O000 Is yet needed for that pur- pose. The meeting today considered de- signs for the memorial submitted by both American and European artists and architects. In all. about six designs have been offered It was decisad to es.enu the time for receiving designs until Jan uary l, 1905, at which time the competi- tion will be closed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
MANY ENTRIES MADE.
Hot Springs Jockey Club Stakes Are
 Very Popular.

Little Rock. Ark. November 19.-A spe- cial to the Gazette from Hot Springs says:
 The Hot Springs Jockey club stakes, just closed here, have received the un- precedented number of 2630 entries to thirteen events, an average of POP to each race. This is said to be the largest entry list on record.
 Among the nominators are Capt Sam Brown, John w. Schorr c. R. Ellison, J. B Wiley. IT, S. Sterns, w. c. Daly, J. J. Ogles P M. Civil, J. s. Pratton, Barney Schroiber, M. Goldblatt J. P. Respress. ]. w Hugh, w. E. Applegate J. Bode- gap. McBray D. Moore, F. M. Arthur. James Arthur. J. F. Cushing. w. l.. Oli- yer w. O. McGuigan, c. R. McCann and others equally as prominent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
PRIEST BEATEN.
Is Accused of Furthering Interests of
 Fuel Company.

Trinidad Col, November 19.-Father Bertha. a Catholic priest, was attacked by a mob of 2O0 men and women late this evening at Segundo, a Colorado Fuel and iron camp, and severely beaten before being rescued by officials of the United Mine Workers.
 Miners at Segundo and other camps de- clare that Father Bertha has been work ing in the interest of the fuel company, and this has caused much feeling against him, especially among the foreign eIe- ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
FATAL COLLISION OCCURS.
Two Men Killed and One Is Fatally
 Hurt.

New York November 19.-As a result of rear end collision late this afternoon between Bay Ridge train containing about one hundred passengers and train of five empty cars on the Fifth avenue branch of the Brooklyn elevated rail road, two trainment were killed one was fatally hurt and a number of others had severe injuries
 Immediately after the crash, two cars of each train caught fire from the electric connections on the "L' structure. Many of the passengers on the Bay Ridge train were panic stricken and made frantic attempts to escape from the cars. Some of them jumped to the street. The motor- man and conductor of the Bay Ridge train were burned to crisp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
Determined Opposition to the
 Cuban Bill Develops
REPUBLICANS ARE WORRIED
Steering Committee Fears the Results of Removing Senator Morgan From His Place on Canal Com
 mittee and Hesitates.

Washington, D. C., November 19.-spe- cial. l.)-Notwithstanding the favorable conditions which were supposed to exist in the senate for the speedy passage of the Cuban reciprocity bill by that body, it became known today that the treaty would meet with determined opposition from half a dozen or more of the sena- tors.
 This opposition is led by Senator Teller, who charged today that the extra session was simply called to force the house in line and that the President and the speak CT have agreed upon the scheme not to appoint house committees until a vote had been taken on the Cuban measure. This was to force the members to either comply with their wishes or else suffer a turn-down for committee places.
 Other Senators Mentioned.
 Among the other senators mentioned who will fully discuss the treaty are Sem ators Carmack, Bailey, Bacon. Morgan and Patterson. Some of the senators say that the discussion may last ten days or two weeks. If this should prove true the treaty will not be ratified at the special session but will go over to the regular session.
 The republican steering committee is in trouble over the makeup of the senate committees. The committee was to re- port on it's work Monday but it asked for two days more time, which was granted Today, however, more time was request ed and then it leaked out there was a row in the committee over the plums of the chairmanships.
 The biggest kick seems to be over tho chairmanship of inter-oceanic canals, now occupied by Senator Morgan. It is said that the President demanded the re- moval of Senator Morgan and at first blush the republicans concluded to accede to the demand.
 Mistake to Move Morgan. gsabsequen,ly several influential repubii- can senators expressed the opinion that 1t would be party mistake to remove Senator Morgan from his place and ar- gued that the Alabama senator would give them more trouble off than on the committee. This set the others to think ing and the result is that the steering committee is at loss to know just what to do.
 In the meantime 0onator Morgan sits steady Tn the boat says he does not care a rap where they put him. as they can not put him off the floor in the sen ate He also says that as chairman of the inter-oceanic committee he has to work hard and unceasingly in his com mttee room. but if put off the committee he will have more time of his own to de- vote to the business of the senate in open or executive session. These views of Senator Morgan have reached the ears of the republicans and they regard them as significant. The Alabama senator is cer- tainly thorn in their sides and the story he Is going to tell the country about the whole Panama scheme when the treaty comes before the senate adds to their discontinue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
Freight and Work Trains Crash Together on Big Four Line
 Near Peoria
SOUND OF THE COLLISION
 IS HEARD FOR MILES
Most of the Victims Were Members of the Work Crew, and the Scenes About the Track Are
 Heart-Rending.

Peoria, ILL, November 19.-Thirty-one men were killed and at least fifteen in jured in head-on collision between a westbound freight and a work train on the Big Four railroad between Maekinaw and Fremont at 2:45 o'clock this after noon. Up to the present time the bodies of twenty-six victims of the wreck have been taken from the mass of debris, which is piled thirty feet high on the tracks, while five yet remain buried un- der the huge pile of broken timber. twisted iron and steel So far only eleven of the victims have been identified, the remaining being unrecognizable.
 All the dead and most of the injured were members of the work train, the engineers on both trains jumping in time | to save their lives. The accident occurred in deep cut at the beginning of a sharp curve. neither train being visible to the crew of the other until they were within fifty feet. The two trains struck with such force that the sound was heard for miles around. A second after the col lision, the boiler of the work train ex- ploded with terrific force, throwing heavy iron bars and splinters of wood to dis tance of two hundred feet.
 Orders Disobeyed.
 Conductor John W. Judge of Indian apols who had charge of the freight train, received orders at Urbana to wait at Mackinaw for the work train which was due there at 2;40 D. m. Instead of doing this, he failed to stop. The en- gineer of the work train, George Becker, had also received orders to pass the freight at Mackinaw, and was on the way to that station. The work train was per- haps five minutes late and was running at fuL speed in ofjer to make up til1e. The collision was witnessed by Russell Noon, a farmers boy fourteen years of age, who hastened to nearby house and telephoned to Trement.
 One of the last bodies rec cred was that of William Bailey of Mackinaw, who had been thrown thirty feet into the air and held in place by two steel rails, which had been pushed up between the engine and the tender of the work train. The workmen had been engaged in laying rails at different places along the track.
 Thrown Seventy-five Feet.
 Brakeman J. N Hyer of the work train was thrown seventy-five feet away from the track and sustained a broken leg.
 The injured were taken to the two ca booses of the relief trains, where tempo rary hospitals were mprovised In which to remove them
 The dead men are residents of neigh boring towns, and the scenes about the wreck this evening were beyond descrip- ton. Wives and children of men who are missing thronged around the debris. peerng at the unrecognizable forms re- moved from the debris. Out of thirty five men who constituted the crew of the work train only four are living, and two of these are seriously injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
DIRECTORS ELECTED.
Stockholders of the Baltimore and
 Ohio Will Meet in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. November 19.--The stock holders of the Baltimore & Ohio South western today elected the following direc- tors:
 Milward R. Bacon, William Green. Ar thur Hale, Otis H. Kahn, l.. F. Loree. James McCree. H. Clay Pierce, J. C. schmidlapp.
 No one was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frank w. Tracey sf Springfield. Ill. The directors met and company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
Bank Acquired.

Baltimore, November 19.-The acauisi- ton of the Manufacturers National bank by the First National bank was consum- mated today. The First National bank ,grees to pay $l22 a share for the stock of the Manufacturers bank, the deal in- yolving se25.0o0, if all the stockholders ac- rept the terms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
Anarchist Surrenders.

Paris, November 19.-A dispatch to the Patrie from Lugano. Switzerland. an- nounces that an anarchist has surrender ed to the police there and has confessed that he had been selected to kill the President of Switzerland, but that his courage failed him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
THE WEATHER.

Washington. November 19.--Fol-
 lowing is the forecast for Alabama: Fair and warmer Friday; Satur- day partly cloudy and warmer with rain in central and north portions: fresh easf, shifting to southeast winds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20

Dr. G. NJ Guiteras today sent the fol- lowing telegram to Surgeon General Wy man regarding Dr Murray's condition:
 "Saw Murray today. He Is stronger better in appearances; lung complication continues. This and probable pleural ef- fusions renders case still critical.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-20
COLD WEATHER HELPS.
Is Proving Important Factor in Stamp
 ing Out Yellow Fever.

Laredo. Tex. November I9-The colder weather is proving an important factor in the stamping ont of the yellow fever. If the weather continues cold 1t is likely the disease will be entirely stamped out. The official bulletin issued tonight Is as