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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
To Take up Taylor Extraditlon.

If the democrats again get control of the house judiciary committee the first bill they will report is that of Represen- tative James of Kentucky providing for the extradition of w. $. Taylor, a fugi- tive from justice from Kentucky now under the protection of the governor of Indiana. There will be another meeting of the committee tomorrow, but it is al- most too much to hope that a sufficient number of republicans will absent them selves to give democratic majority.
 As stated last night Representative William Randolph Hearst of New York has been requested to come before the committee tomorrow morning and explain his coal trust bill One of the democratic members said tonight that he thought MT. Hearsts bill an extremely good one and he wanted the presidential candidate to submit to a few questions concerning 1t. If MT. Hearst appears before the committee there will be a big surprise here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
MOTHER JONES BUSY. Governor Wells of Utah is Called Upor
 to Restore Order.

Salt Lake, Utah April 21.-The sheriff of Carbon county has appealed to Gov ernor Wells to send the militia to re- store order in the stronghold of the cold strikers at Helper. A few days ago Mother Jones arrived at the camp and went to pay a visit to Organizer Will liam Price of the United Mine Workers, who was under quarantine for small pox.
 The health officer at once placed Moth CT" Jones under quarantine. Yesterday. according to the sheriff, an Italian mob consisting of one hundred men armed with rifles. rescued the woman from quarantine, defying the officers who were present.
 The governor has ordered Brigadier General Cannon, commanding the state militia, to go to Helper and investigate the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
Pettus' Measure is Passed.

The house today passed the bill ntro- duced in the senate by Senator Pettus of Alabama and passed by that body ex- tending the time of the states for filing of Spanish war claims to January 1. 1906. The house added an amendment also, providing for the payment of expenses incurred by the governors for the volun- teers after muster-in, which will proba- bly be concurred in by the senate early next week.
 Captain c. c. Calhoun of Lexington, Ky, the attorney who has been looking after the state claims. says that under the terms of the bill Kentucky will re- ceive about s5O,0O0. Tennessee gets about s190OO, Alabama about s30.0OO Mississippi about s20.000 and Louisiana $50.000. The bill simply allows the government to open up the claims and the accounting officers to pass upon them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
Do Not Refuse Negroes.

Dispatches from New Orleans announce that Lieut. D. T. Boyd. who Is recruit ing for the navy. has refused to enlist negroes in that city, and is credited with saving the navy does not want any more negroes at present. At the navy depart ment It is stated positively that no or der has been issued against the enlist ment of negroes and the New Orleans dispatches are discred ted by officers, who say rlmors of discrimination against negroes were probably inspired by tha refusal to enlist undesirable negroes. Twenty negroes are reported to have been refused by Lieutenant Boyd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
AN UNPLEASANT INCIDENT. Lord Charles Beresford Was Unable
 to Find Seat.

Palma, Majorca, April 21--An unpIeas- ant incident occurred here today. Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford com mandng the channel squadron. with a number of British officers, landed for the purpose of accompanying King Alfonso. but they were unable to find seats with the royal suite.
 Lord Beresford and the other officers withdrew, much annoyed, and did not att tend the reception given by his majesty Premier Maura, hearing of the incident, sent the prefect on board Lord Beres- fords flagship to apologize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
STATUS OF CANDIDATES.

' Washington, April 21.-(Speciai)- : Democratic state conventions held < . up to date show the following re- > suit: -> Uninstructed: Kansas 20, New Jer- < sey 24 Pennsylvania 6S. West Vir- = ginia IA; Oregon 8. Total 134. . Instructed for Parker: New York : < 78. ' Instructed for Olney: Massachu- < setts 32. $ < Instructed for Hearst: Rhode Is- > land 8, New Mexico 6. South Da- !
 ' kota 8. Nevada 6. Total 2S. ' Of the 20 Kansas votes are said
 >- to be Hearst men. ' Hearst will send contesting dele
 : gation to the convention from New
 . Jersey. -H $
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
NEGRO IS WHIPPED.

: Blacksburg. Va. April 21.-A ne- ->
 , gro. accused of insulting some white ' , girls. was yesterday arrested and { ; locked up- This afternoon he was | } released and a large number of the <
 > cadets of the Virginia Polytechnic <
 } institute entered by force house < } into which he was seen to go, drag < } ged the negro out, carried him out -s
 } of town, tied him to a tree, strip | } ped him to the waist and beat him z ; with ropes and heavy switches un- < } til he was nearly insensible. |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
Declines to Accept.

New York, April 2.-Robert B. Roose- welt. an uncle of President Roosevelt who was nominated as an elector by the demo- cratic state convention at Albany last week. has declired to accept such nomIna- tion because of his relationship to the President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22

the surprising blunder caused by the mis- take of the Russian torpedo boat destroy CTS in taking the Japanese torpedo boats for Russian fotilla, which resulted In the loss of the Strashni
 Japs Still Landing Troops.
 St. Petersburg. April 2.-The emperor has received the following telegram from General Kuropatkin under today's date:
 "Al was quiet on the Yalu on the 18th and 2oth and there has been no change.
 "On the night of the 18th opposite Cape Towerhil, west of Kai Chju. a steamer was observed sending off boats. evidently for the purpose of taking soundings. The boats soon returned"
 In another telegram to the emperor General Kuropatkin says:
 q respectfully report to your majesty that two Japanese officers named St. Cevo Yukoka and Giska Oki were arrest ed near the station of Tur Chi Khi. Tn their possession were found three cases of BicBford fuses. a French wrench, dy- namite cartridges, tools for railway wrecking. cylinders containing one and a half pounds of pyrozlin, good maps of Mongolia. Manchuria and northern Ko- req, and a number of notes
 Japanese Officers Are Shot.
 "A courtmartial held at Harbin April 20 found them guilty, while belonging to the Japanese army, of operating against Russia and in order to gam success in their army, of destroying or damaging telegraph and railway communication by means of pyrozlyn and other things pro vided for that purpose. and of making their way secretly into Manchuria, where they were arrested by Russian patrols thirty versts southwest of the station of Tur Chi Kha on the eastern Chinese railway. The officers wore Mongolan dress to disguise their nationality.
 The officers were condemned to be de- prived of their civil rights and to be ex- ecuted by hanging.
 T confirmed the sentences, but in view of the officers rank consented that they be shot instead of hanged, with the same loss Of civil rights.
 T refused their prayer to spare their lives, and they were executed at 6 o'clock on the evening of April 2l."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
WiIey's Bill Passes.

The house today passed Representative Wiley's bill which has passed the senate amending the act authorizing the Mont gomery Bridge company to construct an maintain a bridge across the Alaban river near Montgomery, so as to all the company one year from the appro' of this act in which to begin work to be completed within three year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
ANGUS M. CANNON TELLS
 OF HIS SIX UTAH WIVES
CLAIRTON DEAL IS
 CENTER OF INTEREST
MERCHANT ORE MEN INSIST IF THERE IS ASSOCIATION ALL MUST ENTER AS MINERS OF ORE.

Cleveland O., April 21.-In its weekly review of the condition of the iron mar ket the Iron Trade Review says:
 In the absence of active buying, the iron trade centers it's interest this week in the meeting of Superior iron ore pro- ducers at New York, and the renewal of negotiations for the sale of the Clarion Steel company to the United States Steel corporation The merchant ore men n- sist if there is an association all must enter it as miners of ore, so that ore for consumption in connected steel works, ore shipped on long time contracts and ore sold in the market in 1904 must be subject to one and the same rule. This would require the purchase of some ore In the market by the steel corporation and would give firms well supplied with long time contracts little or no ore to sell h the market this year, but the contention of the merchant ore interests is that any other basis of agreement would make any prices that might be fixed merely nominal So far as prices are concerned, the views of the differ ent interests were only 20 cents apart and compromise on that point alone would be easy
 The renewal of overtures for the trans fer of responsibility for the Clairton Steel company from the Crueible Steel Com pany of America to the United States Steel corporation is interesting coming in the same week with the final ore meet ing and the decision of the steel cor. poration not to take May iron fromB the Bessemer furnaces of the Mahoning and Shenandoah valleys.
 The corporation does not need the Clarion furnace and steel plant but their competitor in steel and prevent the selling same time, 1t would mean the end for many months of any pig iron buying by the steel corporation in the open market
 The meeting of Bessemer furnace com panies in Cleveland Saturday was accom- panied by the statement that all negota. tions on May iron with the steel corpor- ation were off. An extension of the op- tion until April 20 had been talked of but this was not done. The prospect for fur ther business for the merchant furnaces so remote that the valley steel works project, long talked of as necessary some day to give furnaces in that district an outlet, Is again up for discussion. The Bessemer pig iron market has not been poration Sales Of s1s;5o are reported in the past week.
 The quietness in pig iron extends to finished material, and the feeling is not quite so hopeful, though no we'll defined ground for change in sentiment is found. The structural outlook Is slightly better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
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Washington, April H.-A report by mail from Captain Marshall, commander of the yicSsburg, giving an account of the engagement at Chemulpo between the Japanese and Russian naval forces on February was received by the navy de- partment today. After telling of the ar rival of the Japanese squadron and the landing of 5000 Japanese soldiers at Chemulpo. one-half of which number he said took possession Of that town, the other half going to Seoul he says he was notified by Admiral Uriu, commanding the Japanese forces, that hostilities ex- isted between Japan and Russia.
 Admiral Uriu requested that in case tho Russian senior officer present refused to leave port, that he Captain MarshalD keep away from the scene of action in the port so that no danger from the ac- tlon would come to his ships.
 Captain Marshall says the Variag and the Korietz, however, moved out at Il 80 a. m., standing toward Yo-Dolimi islands. Captain Marshall gives the following ac count of the action
 At 11:50 a. m, we heard the report of the first gun fired by the Jepanese squadron. but 1t was not until 10 minutes after that the second fire was heard from a heavy gun, the projectile strik- ing in the water near the Variag. From then on until 12:4O D. m., when the last shot was fired by the Japanese, the en- gagement continued, both Russian ves- ses moving through a limited space to the northwest and eastward of Yo-Dolimi and apparently keeping that island as much as possible between them and their enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
BANDITS WILL BE LEAD ID GALLONS Famous Car Barn MurdererS
 Will Hang Today NElDERMEYER STILL LIVES Three of the Most Famous And Des- perate Criminals Ever Caught in United States Will Pay
 Penalty.

County Jail, Chicago, April A-For a crime never paralleled in Chicago's his- tory for murderous ferocity and mercIless- ness, the penalty of the law will be ex- acted on the car barn bandits on the scaffold tomorrow. The exact hour of the execution has not yet been decided up- on, but 1t will take place some time between 10 a. m. and 12 noon. Neither has it been decided which of the three bandits will hang first. The intention to- night is to hang them separately
 Nedermeyer is still in bed, weak from injuries inflicted in hls attempt at suicide Monday morning but Dr. McNamara, jail physician declared tonight that Neider- meyer would be sufficiently strong to walk to the scaffold.
 With all hope of clemency gone, the three murderers tonight seemed resign ed to their fate and retired early.
 Governor Yates following the recom- mendation of the state board of pardons declined to stay the execution of Van Dine
 The execution of Neidermeyer was threatened with legal interference for d time today, when attorneys representing James Sammons and John Lynch, who are under death penalty for the murder of Saloonkeeper Patrick Barret began proceedings of habeas corpus nature. No judge could be found, however, who would agree to grant the requests. The lawyers first sought the appointment of a committee to take the evidence of Neidermeyer as to his knowledge of the murder of Barret. Neidermeyer some time ago made a statement that he and two cor .panions had killed Barret, and that Summons and Lynch were innocent. When the lawyers failed to have a com mission appointed they then filed an ap- plcation for writs of habeas corpus for Neidermeyer. Judges Clifford, Gary and Of the demands of the lawyers.
 The lawyers for Lynch and Summons stated tonight that they would try again tomorrow morning to have the execution Of Neidermeyer stayed. Any effort to de '. lay the execution of the bandits will he opposed by the states attorneys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
AID OFFERED BY
 THE V|CKSBURC Captain Marshall Reports on
 Chenu|po Affair TOOK OFFICERS ON BOARD According to Alexieff's Report the Destruction of the PetropavIovsk Was Caused By Mines Laid
 By the Japanese.
TOOK OFFICERS ON BOARD


. London, April 22.-The ToSio cor . . respondent of the Telegraph says -s . that Port Arthur is undoubtedly eff .
 . fectually blocked and that events s . there are eulminating around the : . doomed fortress. s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22

Take your lunch with us today.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
From Personal Observation.

This statement is made only from my observation and as 1t apepared to me. About 12:30 D. m. both Russian vessels headed intowards their anchorage at full speed and as they approached it was seen that the Variag had a list to port and appeared to be on fire aft on the port quarter. A number of Japanese vessels were in pursuit until about mile inside of Yo-Dolimi but not firing as the foreign men of war were directly in line of fire, when they gave up the chase and rejoined their squadron outside"
 Captain Marshall says that on learning that there were number of wounded on board the Variag he sent medical of fcer on board to render assistance, and when it was reported that the Variag was sinking, two of their cutters and the whale boat with boats from other cruisers assisted in taking off her per sonnel and putting them aboard the Tal- bot and Elba Two Russian engineer of ficers were taken aboard the Vlcksburg and cared for for some time.
 And" adds Captain Marshall lon my offering to have the Zefaro used as tenn porary quarters, they were taken to the Elba where their captain detained them and declined my offer with thanks"
 Continuing the captain reported, These two officers very freely stated that they themselves had opened valves in the en- zines and fire rooms with the object of sinking their vessel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
REUBEN SIMS LYNCHED
 BY BALDWIN COUNTY MOB
Negro Murderer of c. D. Cole at Little River Was Whipped Into Confession After Which He Was Hanged to
 Limb and His Body RiddIed With Bullets,

D AY ANNETTE. April 21.-(spe-
 H cial)-The sheriff has just return N ed from Little River the scene of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
Fire Continued to Spread.


 The fire aft, he said, continued to spread burning fiercely until the vessel rolled over and sunk.
 The Korietz, Captain Marshall reports, was not hit as far as he could learn.
 She held a position between the Vicks- burg and the Zefaro until 20 (during which interval she never attempted to lower a boat or go to the assistance of her consorD, when she anchored inshore of us, near Observation Island spit" the report cites. Later she was abandoned by her officers and men in their own boats There were distinct explosions, the shock of which caused a lift which was felt on the Vicksburg quite plainly, giving the impression on board that the magazine of that ship has exploded 1m- mediately afterward, the report says, the crew set fire to her and abandoned her.
 In conclusion Captain Marshall said:
 Between 8 and 10 o'clock a. m there seemed to be some sort of conference judged on seeing the frequent communi- cations by boat from the Varag, Elba and Pascal with the Englishman. After the engagement the following semaphore signal from the Talbot to the Elba was read by our signal men:
 "'Our letter of protest was delivered on board the Japanese flagship a few min uteS before the nrSt SnOt was lireu
 All Doubt is Removed.
 St. Petersburg, April 22.-All doubt as to the cause of the destruction of the battleship Petropavlovsk and the dam age to the battleship Pobieda at Port Arthur is dissipated by the report sub mitted by telegraph to the emperor April 21. In it, Viceroy A1exieff stated in way that leaves the matter no longer an open question, that mines were re- sponsible for the disaster. The admission of the presence of Japanese ships off Port Arthur on the night preceding the going out of the Russian ships which were watched by Admiral Makaroff tends to establish Vice Admiral Togos claim that his ships laid mines on which the Russian battleship struck.
 The viceroys report was sent only after thorough investigation ordered by the emperor bad been made. It was pub lished this morning through the war commission. It explicitly states that "un- der the starboard side of the Petropa- vlovsk there was an explosion and specifically declares that mine exploded under the Pobieda.
 That the Russian ships did not run Ion their own mines is shown by the failure of the viceroy to mention anything of the kind and by the positive statement of the port admiralty that Admiral Ma karoff was familiar with the location of the torpedoes defending the port. The Russian officials also fail to understand
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
War and Divorces.

According TO the Jewish World, a
very touching editorial appeared In q
recent issue OF the Hebrew daily ia.
zedrah Of Warsaw. Poland. where the
editor. Nr Soroow calls attention 70
the Talmudic law which requires every
married man before going on the bat
tleficId 20 grant q conditional divorce
to his WIFE. that she may remarry IT
be does not return within q reasonable
time after lhe end Of the war.
The rabbits Of loGz have caused all
the Jewish soldiers that left that city
for the sent of war TO grant sHeh di-
vorces. and Editor Sorolow suggests
that the example Of LODI should be
copied an over Russia
Every married soldier. volunteer or
reserve. registers with rabbi his
name, address age. height. birthmarlis.
name Of company ana regiment he
joins. and the rabbi Keeps record OF
the same until the soldier returns from
The war.
If a reasonable time after the close
Of tie war elapscs and the soldier does
not return hc is counted among the lost
and unidentified dead and hls wife OBJ
tains The divorce from that rabbi grant
ing her tie right 70 remany
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
EASY FOR THE KID.
tho Aee0Ciated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Philadelphia, April 5.-Herr Plache.
Champion Of Holland, made sorry
spectacle Of himself tonight In the
aght with kid Mccoy at the Lenox
club. Standing inches taller and
weighing over ~ p1unds more than
Dis opponent be was beaten almost I'm
sensible in.less than four minutes,
Plac&c never laid glov or Mccoy
except when the mon cllnchoI and
Mccoy iartad in and ous and around
hia opponent almost like lightning
He would teint with his left and chen
!rlye his risnt t0 the face yiciou3ly
scarcely ever failing to bring blood
Before the first round ended Placaa
Vas covered with blood from his neck
waist and both eyes gere almost
elos Il. just before the close Of the
lr5t round Mccoy drove a vicious left
70 the chin. dropping placke ike a
log. The gong saved him from being
Knocked ont
he wae carried to bis corner only
TO bo Knocked out ten seconds aiter
The opening OF the second round. Me
Coy fointad with his right and then
drove bis left square To the point
of Placllcs nose The latter dropped
TO his knees. blood running from nina
in a stream AS he knelt by the ropes
the police stopped the bout.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
COULDN'T BELIEVE HIS PLEA.
Flow Confession Of Guilt Saved a No.
&orious Liar.


torious Liar.
The Rev. DR.. Charles Fl Parkhurst
was discussing recently certain phases
Of corruption,
Il declare he said. "when see
some of the deceit that exists about
me- can almost sympathize with the
jury In the Jerome Ess case. You
have heard of the Jerome Ess case?
No?
Well Jerome Ess, a western man.
was noted for his mendacity II was
impossible to believe him, impossible
to trust him. He cot finally in the tolls
Of the law, and at his trial he pleaded
guilty,
He did well to plead guilty, for the
case against him was strong and ire
futable, Nevertheless the jury in Its
verdict declared him innocent,
The judge was thunderstruck at
this.
Innocent?' he said. Innocent?
But the man himself pleads .Ulty?'
I'VE know it. your honor said tho
foreman of the jury, but he's such a
liar that we can't believe him. - New
York Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-06
The BOStOnianS


clad little John Of the long bow and
leathern breeches, To say nothing Of
magnificent ap0strophe to the Brown
October Ale" Of Robins careless
daTs George 3. rockingham in his
inimitable creation OF the squalid but
mctuous ana always diyorting Friar
Tack: Miss Agnes Brown. and Miss
Gertrude thinner the new and already
famous sopranos Of the Bostonlans.
alternating as Maid Marion Miss
Kate Condor, a ooatralto Of tried ahii-
tiles and unquestioued SUCCESS ITS
Alan-a Dale, and }Ir. Dsdslaso Ruth
yen alternating with Geo Fshe in
The admirable tenor role Of Robin
Hood Howard Chambers, the emf.
nent Australian hasso sings wiz
Scarlet Cambell Donald, said 70 be
fayorite entertainer at Scig9 Castle,