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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
War Office Not Alarmed.

St. Petersburg. September 17.-There has been an entire aDsence of news from the front today.
 Teh war office is displaying no especial concern as yet over the continual skir- rnishing on the Hanks of the Russian army regarding it as the natural desire of the Japs to keep in touch with the Russian forces, rather tilan preliminary massing for a forward movement by Commander Oyama's army. which the authorities are inclined to be- lleve cannot occur wi..--n fortnight. nn- less reinforceents have been received and the work of getting up has been done more quickly than was supposed to be possible
 The Japanese having been unable to follow up their victory at Llao Yang when the time was ripe, the war office sees no reason for haste on their part to come in touch with General Kuropatkin, now that he has had time to recuperate his forces.
 The question whether big battle will be fought in the vicinity of Mukden is considered here to depend chiefly upon General Kuropatl1n, as 1t Is not believed that Japan will be able to force him to fight at Mukden unless he so elects. The general idea is that when the advance really comes, the Japanese will simply outfiank Mukden. and go direct against Tie Pass.
 The movements of the Japanese land forces and the appearance of a large flotilla in the Llao river are believed to support this view.
 Interest Centers on Port Arthur.
 As far as the public is concerned inter- est seems again to be gravltating toward Port Arthur, where the gallant fight of Lieutenant General Stoessefs garrison is being watched with interest. The report that the garrison has been forced to fall back on the use of home made powder which is proving defective, Is considered q dlscouraging factor. It would be a na- tional grief should the defence of the fortress fail through lack of ammunition. More importance, however, is attached in military circles to the report that the Japanese have abandoned the idea of a direct assault and are tunnelling the forti- fications and it Is believed that the end may come as at Sevastopol with a repeti- ton of the dreaful carnage at the Mala koff tower.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Prominent Arrivals From Europe.

New York, September 17.-The Mar quis of Ailesbury, Lady Harger Bruce. Mme. Nordica, Miss Ada Rehan, Mrs. Patrick Campbell and MT. and Mrs. VanWyck were among today's arrivals from Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Enloined for interfering With Men.

Knoxville September 17.-An injunction was served upon H. H. Atwater. agent of the United States Steel company here. today. chancery bill having been filed by the Knoxville Iron company against the corporation and It's agent. The local company claims that Atwater and other agents are trying to make their employees dissatisfied and induce them to go to New York and Pennsylvania to work for the steel company, where strike now ex- ists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
ROBBERY MAS NOT
 MOTIVE FOR DEED Miss Roberts Death in Deeper
 Mystery Than Ever RINGS AND PURSE FOUND Negro Woman S, ys She Saw Young Lady With Apparently Drunken
 Man Three Blocks From
 Where She Was Found.
RINGS AND PURSE FOUND

Anniston. September 17.-(Special)- 1.-The death of Miss Bessie Roberts of this place is now involved in deeper mystery than ever.
 All along it has been thought that the young woman was murdered for robbery but with the finding of her purse and rings today it seems that robbery was not the intent of the murderer. The purse was found on Tuesday morning by negro boy in the alley in the rear of the dwelling under which the wounded young lady was found and this came in possession of the police today along with the rings she wore.
 The rings had been in the possession of a negress who assisted in bathing Miss Roberts when she was taken to the city hall.
 It was thought till now that some negro knocked her down and took her purse and rings and then hid her body in the back yard of the empty dwelling and that she crawled up under the dwelling while in a semi-conscious condition.
 Negress Saw the Couple.
 It has developed today that a negress saw the young woman and an apparent ly drunken man three blocks from the place of the finding of the body. This was on Monday evening and the police followed the course over which she was thought to have passed and found many who saw the couple about the time the negress saw her. The negress was thor oughly examined regarding the dress of the young woman and was carried 10 the bier and there she identified the young woman as the one she saw.
 Other clothing was shown her but the instant she saw that worn by Miss Rob- erts on the fatal day she recognized 1t.
 The funeral of the young lady occur red today Her death came yesterday from pneumonia caused by the exposure
 It is thought now that the young lady orarreled with some former sweetheart from her home in Texas and he beat her while in a drunken condition. She was found in an unconscious condition after being lost three days and nights under a vacant house in thickly settled DOT tion of the city, one half mile from the court house She was highly connected, being sister of Naval Constructor T. Gains Roberts of New Orleans navy yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Advance Sheets of Tariff Sec
 tion Are Made Public
"PROTEcTION IS ROBBERY
With Advance Proofs Letter From Judge Parker Is Made Public, Say. Ing Personal Attack Must Not
 Be Made on Roosevelt.
BY PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington, September H-(Special)- The democratic national committee and the democratic congressional committee today issued an advance proof of tho tariff section of the democratic campaign book which the committees hope will be in the hands of the public in its entirety during the latter part of the week.
 The section is a clear exposition of the manner in which the American people are plundered by the present vicious system of a republican proteef'-e tariff policy. The democratic platform declaring that protection is a robbery is more than justified. The democratic case proved conclusively by the discount sheets of the manufacturers themselves. There is no ex parte testimony. The manufactu- rers say openly and with it issue their printed export price advertisement to the effect that goods manufactured in this country are sold abroad from 10 to 100 per cent cheaper than they are in the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Prices of Steel Rails.

At a conservative estimate 20 times $4o00000 of manufactured goods can be found in the iron and steel schedules alone which are sold abroad at reduced prices President Schwab of the steel trust told the industrial commission in 1901. that everything was sold cheaper abroad than at home. Our exports of iron and steel goods for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, were valued at s111,- 94S.5s6. From these exports a half dozen items. all larger than s4ooo.0oo, can easily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
BOLD ROBBER IS
 CAUGHT WITH SACK
WALKS INTO SAN FRANCISCO BANK, PICKS UP $2o,ooo BAG OF MONEY AND cooLY WALKS FROM THE BUILDING.

San Francisco September 17.-Just at the close of banking hours today man in the lobby of the First National bank of this city, observing the cage door lead ing behind the counter ajar. pushed it aside, walked in and helping himself to bag containing s2O,OOO in gold coin, made 6 rapid exit.
 He immediately slowed down his pace and walked Into a side entrance of the Brooklyn hotel, which leads to the dining room, closely followed by c. K. Mcintosh, an employe of the bank, who witnessed the theft Seeing he was pursued, the thief turned itno the hotel office, where he was cyertalSen ana seized by Mcintosh. When told to turn over the money he said it was his own.
 The bag was taken from him with it's contents undisturbed The daring robber. who was about 30 years old and we'll dressed, called on the people in the hotel office to come and see if he had told the truth by accompanying him to the bank. Then without a word he walked to the corner undisturbed, boarded street car which was passing and was soon out of sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
TED-sIT DOWN.
FAC SMILE OF JUDGE PARKERs LETTER
ssstneuss ssspvs Nfv vesA
 August 47th, 1904.

Ky ir. farksr;.
 The r1nse corning says party text sodA prepared go the printer in fen d Therefore that there s DO sord in upon personal integrity of Prssdsut Roosevelt.
 &snus eoas saisorssi indicates but little care sas the compiler of ths Republican rsjoirner In Kind 
 feel confident you nc'rsnnaer still anxiety imrsls send this caution.
 Very truly you're. llIo57 7qy Ru.., IT. George r. Parker. w "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Letter From Judge Parker.

Witt. the section of the campaign book the committe Issues a letter from Judge Alton B. Parker to George F. Parker of the literary committee. Many pages of the republican campaign book were de- voted to attacks upon Judge Parker per sonally, especially in regard to his mo- tives in sending the gold telegram to the St. Louis convention. Judge Parker ask MT. Parker that President Roosevelt be not attacked personally. This has been scrupulously observed by the com mittee. The letter Is as follows:
 Rosemount, Esopus, N. r., August r. My Dear Mir. Parker. The Times of this morning says that the party text book is about prepared, and that 1t will go to the printer in few days. Therefore I hasten to beg you to see to 1t that there is no word in it that reflects upon the personal honor and integrity of President Roose- welt.
 An Evening Pest editorial indicates put little care was taken in that direction toward myself by the compiler of the re- publican text book, but let there be no re- joinder in kind or otherwise.
 I feel confident that you need no re- hinder. still my anxiety impels me to send this caution. Very truly yours,
 ALTON B PARKER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
High Charges at Home.

Atkins S Co. of Indianapolis, the metro polls of doubtful state, make the car penter of Indiana pay from Il to B per cent more for saw than he does the Frenchman. Hendrix & Co. will sell spades in Japan for s46S per dozen. They want $5.10 from the American. The same firm sells Acme w. B. hinges for a. 40 per dozen here at home; the firm will sell them for s1.0S in Russia. The mason in Europe can buy a trowel made by Hendrix & Co. at the rate of s10 per dozen but the mason in Birmingham If he or ders from the same firm must pay sl29o per dozen.
 Auger bits from Russell & Erwin can be bought here for $2.OO per dozen they can be bought for $1.60 abroad. The same firm will sell the American housewife a coffee mill for ss cents, 1t is the same mill which the English housewife pays 67 cents for. The Parker company will give the American farmer a hundred pounds of barbed wire for $2.70. the French peasant can get it from the same firm for Il francs-$2.20.
 In further explanation of the great profit the American manufacturer reaps through an almost criminal tariff the fol- lowing articles are enumerated:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18


 The democratic committee in it's com parison of export and home prices pre- sents extracts from the American Export Monthly, the Exporters and Importers Journal, the Export World and Herald and other trade publications, in which manufacturers have advertised for for eign trade. Among other advertisements which appear are those of the firms of Arkell & Douglas. No. Broadway, New York City (Mr. Douglass is the repub- lican representative from the Fifteenth New York district); Henry W. Peabody F State street, New York City; the An drew B. Hendrix Co.,, New York; E. c. Atkins & Co.,, Indianapolis, the Charles Parker Co.,, New York City, and many others.
 The articles are arranged alphabetical ly and offer for sale practically every thing the consumer needs. In one column appears the price of the article here at home, in another the price at which the foreigner can obtain it. For instance, the single zinc washboards cost the American trader g.. 40 per dozen, the foreign trader can buy them for $1.50, a difference of over half Ice cream freezers can be bought in England for s1.s2, but here where it is made $40 must be paid for it.
The Lamar register., 1904-10-19
TEN BADLY INJURED.
Accident to a Denver Omnibus Party
Near Golden.

Denver, Oct ia Golden dispatch
last night says: A bad accident oc-
Cured about four miles north of Golden
at Sis o'clock this afternoon. in which
David c. Ring and Miss Vera G. Daw-
son, teachers in the East Denver high
school, and Joseph Dennis, a Golden
liyeryman, were badly injured.
This morning party of teachers
from the East Denver high school came
up to Golden to enjoy days outing.
During the forenoon they visited the
School of Mines and State Industrial
School, and about II O'Clock convey
ances were procured from Dennis &
Cunningham's livery stable to take the
party out to the Glencoe stone quarries.
about five miles north of town. where a
picnic dinner was enjoyed.
When the start for home was made.
Professor and Mrs. Garvin. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ring. Misses Dawson. Canon and
Wallace, Mr. Potter and Mr.. Reed rode
in the large bus, Misses Dawson and
Wallace occupying the high outside
seat with the driver, Joseph Dennis,
one OF the proprietors of the stable
from which the teams were obtained.
After driving about mile. at a
sharp turn in the road, one of the
wheels struck n rock. Mr.. Dennis and
the two ladies were thrown to the
ground. The team became frightened
and ran away. Being without a driver.
the bus was overturned before going
fifty feet. The tongue broke and the
horses got loose from the vehicle. which
probably averted serious injury to the
entire party.
Miss Dawson was the most seriously
injured. two wheels of the heavy We
hicle having passed oyer her body. Her
injuries are internal and are consid-
cred dangerous.
Mr.. Ring. who had both legs broken
above the knee. was trying to get out
of the vehicle when 1t fell on him, pin
ming him down.
Joseph Dennis, the driver, was also
run over. His right shoulder and arm
are badly lacerated and bruised. but no
bones were broken and he will probably
be out in few days.
The other members of the party. who
were in the vehicle, were all more or
less injured.
The escape of Miss Edith Wallace
from serious injury seems almost mir
aculous. The high seat on which she
and Miss Dawson were sitting was
about eight or ten feet from the ground
but fortunately Miss Wallace fell far
enough away from the vehicle SO that
the wheels did not touch her.
Mr.. Dennis Is considered a most care
full driver and this is the first accident
he has ever had. although he has been
in the livery business here for fourteen
years.
An ambulance from Denver came up
after Miss Dawson and Mr.. Ring. the
other injured members of the party be-
ing able to go home on the cars.
Mr. Ring died in the Homeopathic
hospital shortly after midnight.
The Lamar register., 1904-10-19

Georgia has held the lead in the pro
duction of peaches for the Eastern
market since 1902, and it is likely to be
for years to come the leading peach
state in the Union. The supremacy has
been wrested from Maryland. Twelve
years ago the order o tie chief peach
producing states wis: Maryland
100000 trees; I,'aware. 100000;
New Jersey. 4.3G0.HuD; Georgia, 3,700.
900. Since that time the peculiar ex-
cellence OF the soil and climate OF parts
of Georgia for peach growing has been
established. with the result that Geor
gia has largely increased the number
of its peach-bearing trees, while in the
other states there has been diminu
ton in the number OF trees.
In the fall of 1901 the number OF
peach trees reported in these states
and expected to be in good bearing in
1902. was: Georgia, 100000; Mary
land, 4,O15,00 New Jersey, 100000;
Delaware. 100000. In the following
year. accordingly. Georgia had the
bumper crop. She had SO far surpassed
all other states in number of trees that
she is likely to continue to be the
peach state par excellence for an in
definite time.-New York Sun.
The Lamar register., 1904-10-19

Washington, Oct. 16.-The report OF
the United States commission Of in.
vestigation on the disaster to tho
steamer General Slocum was made
public to-day. In connection with the
important findings of the commission,
presented in the report, President
Roosevelt. to whom the report was
submitted, has written a letter to Sec
rotary Metcalf of the Department of
Commerce and Labor. briefly summar-
izing the report and directing him to
carry into effect the recommendations
of the commission. He also directs
that Robert S. Rode. supervising in
spector of the Second district, steam
boat inspection service. and James A.
Dumont and Thomas II. Barrett, local
inspectors in charge of the port of
New York, be discharged from the
service, the commission holding them
directly responsible for the laxity of
the steamboat inspection to which the
Slocum disaster was directly attrib-
utable.
The President also directs an exam
nation and the wedding out of all in.
competent inspectors.
The Lamar register., 1904-10-19
OBEYED ORDERS
kuRopATklN FORCED TO FIGHT
Russian Prisoners Say Emperor Or
dered Acknowledgements Badly
-t Depleted in Numbers.

TOXIC, Sept. 16.-S p. m.-According
to statements made by Russian pris-
oners, General Kuropatkin was ordered
by Emperor Nicholas to make stand
at Mukden and to assume the agrees
sive as speedily as possible. in order to
relieve the Port AIthus garrison.
This order, the prisoners say.
reached Mukden on September 9th.
and General Kuropatkin, in obedience
to it, began his disastrous southern ad-
vance movement. An extended report
dealing with the statements OF these
prisoners is as follows:
According to statements made to Of
ficers of the center army by Russian
prisoners whom they had captured. the
enemy had received Information that
the strength of the garrison at Port
Arthur was being daily reduced and
that the garrison was in a disastrous
condition. Fresh Russian reinforce
ments wdre constantly arriving at
Manchria from Europe and the strength
Of the forces under General kuropatkln
in the neighborhood of Mukden had
reached to over nine army corps.
"Thereupon, the prisoners said, the
Russian Emperor on Septemb 9th Or
dered Kuropatkin not to retire step
beyond Mukden and directed him, cir
cumstances permitting, to assume the
offensive as quickly as possible and to
drive the japanese out of southern
Manchuria. in order to rescue the Port
Arthur garrison.
1.-The prisoners declared that the war
would continue for a long time because
the Russians had decided to attain a
final victory, regardless OF the losses
which might be involved, as otherwise
a defeat would mean general revolu-
ton and the disintegration of Russian
territory.
During one engagement the Thirty
seventh division, especially the First
brigade, sustained extraordinary losses.
The first company of the One Hundred
and Forty fifth regiment was annihilated
on Sankuaihsi mountain and many line
officers were killed. wounded or cap
tured. The Third Siberian reserve d.
vision sustained the greatest loss.
/ AT the beginning of the war the
Russian regiments numbered 1000 men
each. After the battle OF Lao Yang
each of the regiments was reduced to
strength of about $500. with the excep-
ton of the Twelfth regiment, which as
a result of this battle was reduced to
800. This regiment, after the battle.
was commanded by a captain. the bat
talions being in command of sub-lieu-
tenants, while the older privates d.
rected the operations of its companies"
The Lamar register., 1904-10-19
Cites a Colorado Drum Corps.

The New York Times. in recent
editorial took up the study briefly of
civic pride. 1t does not believe the
merchants and business men of New
York city are doing all they should for
the municipality; 1t considers New
York self-satisfied and says SO. In
summing up its discomfort with the
attitude of New York merchants in
general the Times pays the following
tribute to Denver:
ut is well enough. all these things.
But why stop at this? Why not drink
in some of the spirit OF any Western
city-for example, Denver. That city
sent famous drum corps to Boston
during the G. A. H. reunion. The hun
dred or so lads beat the drums and
sang the praises OF Denver. They
wanted the G. A. r. reunion in Denver
next year and got 1t.
New York send out a drum corps
Impossible! Terrible!' That is what
the average merchant of New York
would say. And why? II a drum corps
will bring visitors to New York, then
let New York get drum corps"
The Lamar register., 1904-10-19
SAFEST FOOD

In Any Time Of Trouble 10 Grape-Nuts-
Food to rebuild the strength and
that is pre-digested must be selected
when one is convalescent. At this
time there is nothing SO valuable as
Grape-Nuts, for the reason that this
food Is all nourishment and is also all
digestible nourishment. A woman who
used It says:
Some time ago 1 was very i'll with
typhoid fever. SO i'll everyone thought
l would die. even myself. 1t left me
so weak l could not properly digest
food of any kind and also had much
bowel trouble which left me weak.
helpless wreck.
II needed nourishment as badly as
anyone could, but none of the tonics
helped me until l finally tried Grape
Nuts food morning and evening. This
not only supplied food that thought
delicious as could be. but it also made
me perfectly well and strong again
SO / can do all my housework. sleep
we'll, can eat anything without any
trace of bowel trouble and for that
reason alone Grape-Nuts food is worth
Us weiet in gold" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Geek. Mich.
Typhoid fever, like some other dis
eases. attcks the bowels and frequent
ly sets up bleeding and makes them
for months incapable of digesting the
starches and therefore pre-digested
Grape-Nuts is invaluable for the we'll
known reason that in Grape Nuts all
the starches have been transformed
into grape sugar. This means that the
first stage of digestion has been me-
chanically accomplished in Grape-Nuts-
food at the factories and therefore
anyone, no matter how weak the stom-
ach, can handle it and grow strong, for
all the nourishment is still there.
There's a sound reason and 10 days
trial proves.
The Lamar register., 1904-10-19
o. & r. G. Head.on Collision.

Pueblo, Colo, Oct. 16.-Nineteen
people were injured. several seriously.
in a head-on collision between east
bound passenger train No. and west
bound freight train No. 60, on the Rio
Grande road at a point about three
miles east of Florence. about $50
yesterday morning. The most seri-
ously injured, their homes, and the
places to which they were removed,
are as follows:
Engineer Fred Boosinger. Pueblo, of
freight train, jaw fractured. arm
broken and internal injuries. Taken
to d. & X. G. hospital at Salida.
Conductor A. G. Moulton. Denver,
train No. 6, had cash on head. Salida
hospital.
Fireman o. NJ. Smith, Pueblo, Of
train No. SO, broken left arm. Salida
hospital.
Carl Pitcock. fireman Of No. s,
broken arm, leg bruised badly and
probably internally injured. Sent to
Salida hospital.
Engineer August Gleyre Pueblo,
train No. 6. fractured ankle and
broken arm. Sent to Salida hospital.
Mrs. F. p. Cunningham, wife of the
d. & r. G. agent at Texas creek, back
severely injured: also received a num-
Der of bruises. St. Mary's hospital.
Pueblo.
Salida dispatch says: Fireman
Carl Pitcock died soon after reaching
the hospital and Engineer Fred Boos.
finger of Pueblo is near death. He has
not regained consciousness and is not
expected to live through the night.
His skull is broken and he is suffering
from conclusion of the brain. Both
arms are crushed and his recovery is
considered impossible by the hospital
physicians.