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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
CRISIS IS COMING
 IN THE FAR EAST
WHILE NO NEWS HAS BEEN RE- cEIvED IN PEklN CONFIRMING
 THE REPORTED ULTIMATuM OF
 JAPAN, TROUBLE IS EXPECTED.

Pekin December 2O-While no news has been received at the Japanese legation that Japan has sent an ultimatum to Russia, it is recognized at the legation that grave crisis is approaching.
 Major General Yamani, the Japanese military attache, and the Japanese colo mel who has been been instructing Gen eral Yuan Sinai Kais troops, have both started for Japan.
 The native press recently reiterated circumstantia1 story to the effect that in the event of Manchuria being reinstated by Russia, it was the intention of Great Britain to establish a protectorate over the Yang Tse valley as compensation, and to appoint a viceroy therein, so that her prestige in the far east would be equal to Russia's. Some of the native papers give Wal Wu Pu, of the Chinese foreign board, as authority for the story
 This fiction is largely credited and gravely discussed, and is creating hostili- ty against Great Britain. It is suspected that the story has been fostered by un- friendly agencies appointed for the pur- pose, and the British legation is investt- gating it's origin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
PROF. SCHURMANN SAYS
 ROOSEVELT DID RIGHT

relict if it had not foreseen the revolu- tion that was coming and made prepara- tions to protect American interests and safeguard transportation across the isth- mus. That our government had any thing to do with fomenting the rebellion. is incredible and absurd. The people of Panama had a right to rebel. They had just cause, they said, and in a sense they made good their independence.
 "Our government issued instructions preventing the landing of insurgents or Colombian troops on the isthmus We insisted that there should be peace throughout Panama. What was the al- formative? It was to have allowed Co., lombian troops to land and to have stood by while they waged war. maybe for years; to have allowed the Colombian congress one year from now to turn over the canal rights to France and thus bring about serious international compiiea- tions.
 But between two alternatives. both dangerous, our government made choice. which on the whole seems to have been the most expedient with reference to American interests and the most just in view of all the circumstances of the case"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21

London, December 21.-The morning newspapers display increased alarm over the aspect of affairs in the far east, rath- CT from the fear that some unforeseen in- cident may precipitate conflict, than from any belief that the resources of di- plomacy have become exhausted, the opinion being still almost universal that both Russia and Japan are anxious 10 avoid war
 The Morning Post which Is inspired in the Japanese interest. maGe a suggestion which may possess significance, namely. that Japan should cut the Gordian knot by declaring a protectorate of Corea. The paper continues that this would be satis- factory to all the powers with the ex- ception of Russia, and that it might be welcomed at St. Petersburg, if it be true that Russia does not desire war.
 The special cablegrams from the far
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
ALARM OVER
 RUSSO-JAPANESE AFFAIR
london Papers Display Increased Anxiety for Fear That Some Unforeseen Incident May Preciptae Codfict-RIS-
 sia is Making Preparations far War in Manchurla'

east in this mornings newspapers throw no light on the situation, and all are agreed that Japan has not sent an ulti- matum to Russia.
 The correspondent of the Daily Tele- eranh. who. after a tour of Manchuria, has arrived at Nagasaki. expresses the belief that there will be no war, certainly not before the spring, and that Russia does not want war before she has con- soldated her position in Manchuria. She is aware however, of the Japanese fleet. The report doubts whether there are as many as 100000 troops south of Mukden, or whether the stores there will last for six months. Electric lights have been in- stalled at Mulxden. The correspondent be- lieves that Port Arthur is not over-for- tifed. and says:
 All positions can not be defended. as not half of them are yet provided with guns. The Russians are preparing for the investment of Port Arthur, but will make a fight to secure Dalny from occupation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
HAD NO CHRISTMAS FUNDS
 AND KILLS WHOLE FAMILY
Machins in Cleveland Shoots His Wife Three Children and Then HmseI-Ghidren Tried to Escape But Were
 Caught-Tried to Win on Races But Failed

Cleveland, O., December 2O.-Roscoe w.. Derby. a maehlnist, about 45 years of age, exterminated his family early today by shooting his wife, his three children and then himself
 The crime is believed to be due to de- spondency over the impoverished condi- ton of the family purse, and the near approach of Christmas.
 The dead:
 Roscoe ". Derby. his wife, Harold aged years; Alice, aged z, and Thomas aged years.
 The crime is believed to have been com mitted about O clock this morning. Mrs Derby was shot to death in bed, two bull lets having been fired into her forehead and a third in the back of the neck. Mrs. Derby was probably killed during her sleep. there being no sign of struggle and her face was in calm and peaceful repose Two of the children apparently had a struggle, being awakened by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
BRYAN AT ST. PETERSBURG.
Had an Interesting Talk With Count
 ToIstoi Friday.

St. Petersburg, December 2O-William Jennings Bryan arrived here today. MT. Bryan said he spent fourteen hours with Tolstoi Friday last, arriving before break- fast He rode half an hour with Tolstoi, who then insisted that MT. Bryan should take a siesta while the author wrote. Toi- stois physician laughingly said he was sorry that the author had curtailed his daily exercise through the fear of tiring Mr Bryan. The conversation between Tolstoi and Mir. Bryan took the widest range.
 While MT. Bryan was dining with Am bassador Mccormick, at a restaurant to- night the servants rushed in with the news that MT. McCormck's house was on fire It turned out. however, that only a chimney was ablaze, and the fire was soon extingushed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
ENGLAND FEELS HURT.
Reference to Waterloo Made by Empe.
 TOT William is Resented.

London. December H.-Conslderable re- sentiment Is shown In the English press over the reference to Waterloo made by Emperor William on Saturday a ban quet in Hanover in honor of the annlver- sary of the Hanoverian regiment whom the emperor said when he seized the glass "to the health of the German legions in memory of their incomparable deeds which in conjunction with Butcher and the Prussians. rescued the English army from destruction at Waterloo.'
 The Chronicle. the Standard and other papers protest this morning against what the Chronicle calls the Emperor's pre- posterous claims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
ALARM AT EVANSVILLE.
Steamboat Men Fear the Large Ice
 Gorges in the River.

Evansville, Ind. December 20.-Owing to the heavy rains of last night in this section, there is considerable alarm among steamboat men for fear of the large gorges between this city and Louis vile will break loose The gorge at Three Mile Island has been gradually breaking for the last two days. but con- siderable of the fee remains intact. The rainfall along Green river was heavy and that river is expected to bring out the heavy ice within the next twenty four hours.
 There Is lots of ice along the Wabash river and rise will force 1t out into the Ohio and the boats along the for mer river may be greatly damaged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
QUEEN HELENA ACCEPTS. Is Invited by Ambassador Meyer to At tend an American Exhibition.

Rome December 2O.-Queen Helena re- ceived Ambassador and Mrs. Myer In private audience today. Her majesty con- graduated the ambassador on his recoV- cry from the effects of the recent fox hunt accident.
 Ambassador Meyer told the queen tha. the American residents of Italy would feel greatly honored if she would attend the opening of the first exhibition or the work of the American academy III the Villa Aurora. here, and reininoeu her that King Victor Emmanuel had already ac- cented an invitation to attend The queen renIied that she would be delighted to be present at the opening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21

noise of the revolver, and sought to es- cape. Harold's body was found in a pool of blood in the kitchen, and that of Alice in the dining room with her face to the floor and bullet in her breast.
 From the location of bullets in his head, the boy evidently was caught by his fath- CT in strong grasp and held while the weapon was placed against his forehead and the bullets sent into his brain
 There was also evidence of struggle on Alice's part. The last of the children to die was Thomas. He had remained in bed probably asleep and also received bullets in his head. dying instantly
 After killing the others. Derby went into the bedroom where his wife had been kill ed, and lying down at her side, fired a bullet into his own brain, dying with an arm thrown over her body.
 Several tickets found in the house show ed evidence of Derby betting on races in an effort to win by luck A letter was found from Derby addressed to a friend stating that when received through the mail, he, Derby, would be dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
REPORT IS DIsCREDITED.
Pekln Docs Not Believe That Japan
 Has Sent an Ultimatum.

Pe1in. December 20.-The report cabled from Tien Tsin to London Sunday to the effect that Japan had sent an ultimatum to Russia, is discredited here, and no in- formation of a corroborative nature is in the possession of the foreign legation.
 While the knowledge of the legations on the situation leads to the belief that the sending of an ultimatum is improbable, the prospects of war are evidently in- creasing. The British legation some days ago received a telegram indicating that war was possible and the Japanese lega- ton is officially informed that Russia.s recent reply to the Japanese proposals was unsatisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
PANAMA TREATY
 WILL BE RATIFIED Democrats Do Not Feel War;
 ranted in Defeating t WILL SIMPLY SHOW THEM UP 
As Evidence of Feeling of People Thousands of Letters Are Received by Senators Hoar and German
 Commenting Their Speeches.
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington December 20.-(Special.)- There is little if any doubt in wel-in- formed official circles but that the Pan anna treaty will finally be confirmed.
 Notwithstanding the triekery of the ad- minlstration and the dishonorable meth- ods it employed to bring about tfe un- doing of Colombia, friendly power the democrats, as body, do not feel war ranted in defeating a measure of such vast importance to the country as the construction of the canal
 The democrats have the interest of the country at heart more than do the re- publcans and they will therefore place no Instructions in the way to hamper and retard great projects that will en- nance the prosperity of the country.
 Gorn,,.n Will Show Them Up.
 The purpose of the minority of the sen ate led by Senator German is not to de- feat the canal enterprise, but to show up the proceedings. In these efforts the democrats have the able support of Sem ator Hoar and the sympathy of all good and conservative citizens. The proof of this is in the enormous mail received by Senators Hoar and German since their speeches in the senate Thursday.
 Hundreds if not thousands of letters l,afr course against the government doing a dishonorable act in order to secure a the question and the honor of the govern ment is with Hoar and German is gener- ady admitted but the great and vast inn portance for the canal and the popular feeling for it's construction right or wrong is also admitted and therefore under these circumstances the democrats of the senate do not care to take the responsi- bility of defeating an enterprise that it is administration there does not seem to
 BIoodshed Will Follow. ndl DiOOuoutu III dndlid VIII AOllOW the unwise and unpatriotic course of the administration there does not seem to be doubt but the warrior in the White House and those who follow him do not care for a little thing like that if they accomplish their ends and realize their ambitions.
 Even if the democrats of the senate cast a two-thirds vote in the senate against the ratification of the treaty, which they are not likely to do, still the treaty would receive the 6l votes required as the republicans have 57 votes and there are from five to eight democrats who will vote for the treaty in defiance of caucus action If a caucus is held.
 Therefore, without the unexpected hap pens. the Panama treaty will be ratified at the senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
DIED AT AGE OF 105.
Oldest Woman in Massachusetts Ex-
 pireo in Insane Asylum.

Worcester. Mass, December 2O.-Mrs. Honoretta Marshall of Webster is dead in the Worcester hospital for the in- sane at the age of 1O5 years, four months and twelve days. She was believed to be the oldest woman in Massachusetts, and was a remarkable character.
 Born in Poland, August 8, 179S, she enjoyed as q young woman both wealth and high position. Left a widow nearly sixty years ago with great wealth at her command, she devoted herself to distributing her entire fortune to the poor She had lived with son at Web ster for more than a score of years. Six years ago she developed a mania for walking by night and by day, and event. ually had to be put in the Worcester hospital under restraint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
CREW FROST BITTEN.
Schooner Driven Ashore During a
 Fierce Blizzard.

St. Johns, N. F., December 9o-During a fierce blizzard yesterday the schooner Susan was driven ashore off St. Johns. Her crew after twelve hours in an open boat. made port this morning badly frost bitten The schooner Mary Ellen went ashore at Trepassay. The crew clung to the rocks all night and suffered terribly from exposure.
 The schooner Fasoda went ashore at Greenspond. The crew escaped.
 It Is feared that the schooner Dictator has 'foundered with her crew of seven men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
Vessel Crippled.

Gibraiter. December 2O-The British Ne anolitan Prince, of the Prince line, in command of Captain Eagleton. and which left New York on December 5, bound for nran,os and Palermo, was lowed into this nort today with the tail end of her main shaft broken The vessel was picked up and brought here by the British steamer Ravenshugh. bound from Garnton to Oran, Algiers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
Typhoid Fever List Increases.

Butler, Pal December 0.-The typhoid fever death Hist was increased to a total of sixty-nine by three deaths today. Three new cases were reported to the committee today. The physicians report steady improvement In the general sit uation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
Glue Works Burned.

Peabody. Mass. December 20.-The George W. Brown Glue works. operated by the American Hide and Leather com papy. were burned this morning. causing a,soss of s1O0.O00. The fire is believed to l., of incendiary origin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
U. S. WARSHIPS KEEP
 VIGIL ON ISTHMUS
ARRAY OF VESSELS NOW PROTECT THE NEW RE- PUBLIC OF PANAMA--NO COLoM- BEAN TROOPS TO THE SOUTH.

Washington, December 20.-The navy department today received a cablegram from Rear Admiral Glass; commanding the naval forces on the isthmus of Pan- anna, giving a general summary of the conditions that prevail there and of the various steps that have been taken by the navy The cabegram stated that everything was quiet. The text of the dispatch was not made public.
 The navy department has now a very formidable array of vessels on duty at the isthmus of Panama. To the south of the isthmus are the Concord, the Boston, the Wyoming and the Marblehead, to be augmented by the New York, Rear Ad- miral Glass regular flagship. To the east of the isthmus are the Mayhower the Prairie, the Atlanta. the Nashville and the Bancroft Proceeding south ward to join the other vessels under the immediate command of Rear Admiral Coghlan is the Olympia, his regular flag ship.
 Naval officials say that so far as the reports at hand show, no Colombian troops have been discovered on the southern part of the isthmus, while on the other side the only ones seen have been those on the shore bordering the gulf of Darien.
 Colombian Troops Moving.
 Panama, December 20.-News was brought tonight by the steamer Marti- nique from Savanlla that two battalions of Colombian troops have left Savanila for Quiedo. A passenger on the Martl- nique declared that everything is quiet at Savanilla and that there Is a growing feeling on the part of the people of Boil var to accept the situation on the isth- mus. 1t is reported that President Marro- duin recently sent this cablegram to Cen eral Reyes at Washinton. All aggres- sion against Panama would be disastrous for Colombia. l will undertake further negotiations"
 The dates of the cabegram are not given. The ceremony of blessing the flag of the new republic was performed in open air this morning in the plaza front ing the barracks. Mass was said by the regimental chaplain who blessed the reg irnental flags The soldiers surrounded General Obarrio who made a short speech to them, after which the soldiers, police men and firemen swore fidelity to the flag and to the republic.
 Three hundred and eighty marines are now at Empire station on the Panama railroad under the command of Major John A. Lejude.
 The four companies of marines at pres ent occupy fourteen one-story houses be- longing to the canal company.
 The health of the men is good. The marines have done some scouting for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of nearby trails, and the points to which they lead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
TRoC'S TO THE PHILIPPINES.
Mrs. Leonard Wood Did Not Sail on
 the Transport.

New York. December 20-Witn the sec ond United States cavalry six troops of which came here from Fort Ethan Allen and the remainder from Fort Meyer, the United States army transport Fitzpatrick, bound to Manila by way of Suez. left port today. It is expected that the voy- age will occupy about fifty days. The Second cavalry upon its arrival in the Philippines. will relieve the Fifteenth cavalry, which has completed its two years foreign service.
 Mrs. Leonard Wood. and her three chil- dren, for who special permission to take the transport was issued did not sail.
 -rat,o ,,e,r y,aats at f.etdare'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21
THE WEATHER.

q Forecast for AIabama-Falr Mon . < day and Tuesday; light to fresh to : : northeast winds :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-21

Take your meals at Gelders'
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-10
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telling expression of the will of the
people of republic like the states.
The ten million negroes of the states
pay property tax of two hundred
millions of dollars: this accumulated
in forty years in the face of every OPP
preston; where then is the right in
not giving them a voice in saying who
shall enact laws to rule their actions.
Not because we believe the race
has been the ward of the nation. Not
because many abuses of rights have
not crept in to tarnish the name of
an oppressed people. If we judge
race by the immoral acts of some,
what nationality would escape? But,
in the name of justice and philan-
tnropy, give credit to those who merit
II: curb not the ambition, of the wor-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-10
A THOUSAND FREE YEARS FOR
ONE, FORTY FOR ANOTHER

Editor Advertiser: noticed in your
, Sunday Advertiser, under Current
Comment an article on negro suffrage
/ in the Southern States.
The writer says the Republican party,
after faithful loyalty of over third
, of a century to the idea of negro suf-
frage, has at last struck its flag and
surrendered the negro to the dominant
whites of the South. Historical evo-
luton brings many changes in the re-
lationship of races. But in this
there has been no recent surrender of
the negro by the Republican party to
the dominant whites of the South--be
cause the whites always have domi-
mated the South, and the negro never
was a dominant power in the South
ern States. From the landing of the
twenty negro slaves at Jamestown
Virginia, in 1919. to the present the
negro never has been the ruling power,
politically nor socially. in the southern
section of the United States. Even in
the black belt of the South, where the
blacks outnumber the whites almost two
to one. the Caucasian is the ruling
power, and the writer If he is acquaint-
ed with the South, knows this fact.
Easy is it for one who has spent the
greater portion OF his years over five
he ri Of he
South to say that the party in power
threw down the civilization of the
South during the days of reconstruction
and left it to be dominated by a race
saturated with superstitions and pro-
foundry ignorant of the splendid
achievements of the Anglo-Saxon in
self-government.
This statement and facts differ. The
magnanimity shown at Appomattox,
when Grant returned the surrendered
sword of Lee, was but the Introduction
OF that fairmindedness shown these
forty years by the North toward the
conquered South in giving her every
right of self government. Ever before
Southern statesmen, the best blood Of
the Cavaliers, have filled Congress and
legislative halls with their eloquence,
and had their say in enacting laws for
their Southland, while the Ethiopian
has been contented as race to be loyal
to the party that gave him freedom,
and every intelligent man knows that
the cry of negro domination is only
hoax.
If out OF the ten million negroes
few have received Federal appoint
ments, this is but in the order of things
and but demonstrates that out of the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-10

Emulating the example Of progress
of the opposite race, forty years of
freedom have wrought many changes
in the intelligence, ambition and aspi-
rations of the Hamitic race. The unlinl-
tied franchise may not have been the
greatest blessing to the race. But
what better could have been given, or
can be given to any race, than the full
exercise of manhood by an unlimited
franchise. Limit suffrage and you limit
manhood, because the ballot is the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-10

thy.
1t was but natural that the rebellious
Southerner, maddened by the fact shat
his very hearthstone had been broken
by the ravages of war, his slaves pro-
claimed free and having to live on the
identical soil with him, not yet from
under the stigma of slavery, made it
a hard place for the negro to survive
But withaI. some of the stanchest
friends of the race are found in the
Southern states. They realize that
races living on the same soil, with like
ways and means of living, having the
same common industries from which
their livelihood must come, must sooner
or later become friendly in their deal
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