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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Continually Rombardlng laps.

Mukden, via Pekln, October 24.-The Russian forces on the left have again crossed the Shakhe river on October 2l, and arc H9w pushing forward towards the Japanese positions entrenching as they advance. At the same time Russian bat teries are continually bombarding the Japanese. who can be elplainly seen busily engaged in the making of trenches.
 This plan of the Russians to entrench as they advance was adopted because it was found in the recent big battle impossible to advance without some protection in the face of the Japanese shrapnel fire. The Russian batteries are now better screen ed than they were in former engage ments, but the troop on both sides appar- entity make no great efforts to conceal themselves The Russian and Japanese armies are now separated by less than four miles and the whole field of opera tions of both armies can be plainly seen.
 The question of fuel is becoming a se- rious one. The greater part of the Chi nese corn has already been used for fuel and for fodder. while most of the houses in the Chinese villages have been destroyed and their wood used for fuel. Without fuel and without shelter be- yond that provided by the tents, it seems impossible for the armies to remain in the field during the increasing cold wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
GRAND
 JURY MAKES REPORT Alleged Huntsville LyncherS
 Are Indicted THANKED BY JUDGE JONES Grand Jury Recites It's Belief That Naples Would Not Have Been
 Lynched If He Had Been White Man.
THANKED BY JUDGE JONES

Huntsville, october 4-(Special.) )-The United States grand jury made a sensa- tional report to Judge Thomas G. Jones today touching upon the lynching of Horace Naples. which occurred in Hunts vile on September [. Twelve indictments were returned. several of them being against alleged leaders of the mob.
 The grand jury rectes in it's report that the mob was repeatedly notified the pris- oner would have been shown any favor or immunity from punishment for his negro the lynching would not have oc- cured. The report continued:
 We invoke the sense of justice of right of civilization and of honor of the people of our section that they may see from this time forth that their laws are en- l forced, it's majesty recognized and sus- tained. Mob violence, and its sure com panion, anarchy, shall be suppressed, and 1 punishment inflicted upon those who par ticipate in it.
 "Our people must stand steadfast and 1 firm for law and order, for without these there can be no security or protection for the life, character, person or property or l any or our cltlzenS. FeW can pc lnuuceu to believe that had Naples been a white man charged with killing a negro, he would have been thus robbed of his life and deprived of q trial in the courts and an opportunity to disprove the charge made against him.
 ''The white people of this section of the l south feel that they owe a duty to the negro race which has occupied and still occupies an inferior position to theirs and there can be no higher nor greater act from a superior to an inferior race. The law must be vindicated, order main tained and anarchy abolished and pun ished If this cannot be done by one agency then rational and honest men should welcome it's accomplishment from any source by which punishment and pre- vention may be administered Should these crimes bring upon our people what some may consider as outside tribunals to those made exclusively by the state, other interests in our community besides those who are regardless of their duty and citizens would belnjured by the con sequences. The chief blame therefore, will be due to the failure of our own people to respect the law and punish those who violate it."
 In discharging the jury. Judge Jones said that in after years the good peo- ple would rise up and bless the mem ory of the jurors who had made so fear less and patriotic report. He said that l he Is willing for the eight-flve million 1 people of the United States to pass upon l the righteousness and findings of this i jury.
 Judge Jones' remarks were along the lines covered by his charge of two weeks
 ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Bryan Makes New Record.

Hamilton, O., October 24-Willam J. Bryan tonight concluded his tour of Ohio for the democratic national cam paign with speech in this city. Thera were many persons present at nearly ev- cry place along the route where MT. Bry- an spoke and he was enthusiastically welcomed
 Twenty-one towns were visited, Ger mantown and Farmersyille being added the itinerary which provided for nineteen speeches.
 MT. Bryan sad he thought the tour was a record on the number of cities visited and the miles travelled in one day. The speech-maklng in Ohio began early at Brisgoport but Mir Bryan consented to make a speech at Wheeling, w. Va., pre- ceding his visit to the former city. In this city. where MT. Bryan arrived after o'clock thousands of persons were present to greet him. Mir. Bryan was escorted to public stand and reviewed his speeches of the day, embracing the rational Issues which he spoke for. The Nebraskan eft over the Cincinnati, Ham, ilton and Dayton road He will reach Toledo somorrow at 6;3O and leave for kendall@ille Ind, on the Lake Shore, and spend two days in Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
HARALSON AND HUNT
 HAVE WON FIGHT
HARALsoN IN YESTERDAYS CON- MENTION CARRIES JACKSON, MARSHALL, DEKALB AND CHER OKEE COUNTIES.

Fort Payne, October 24.-(special)-De- Kalb instructed today for Haralson for circuit judge, and Hunt for solicitor, and Haralson and Hunt are practically nom mated.
 Haralson carries Jackson Marshall DeKaIb and Cherokee counties Bilbro carries Etowah and Blount. Hunt car- ries Cherokee, DeKalb and Blount Me- Cord carries Marshall and lnzer carries Etowah, and Jackson county does not participate in the nomination for solic- itor.
 The convention. at Fort Payne today was one of the most representative bodies ever assembled in DeKalb. Every pre- cinct in the county was represented but ono
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Woman Charged With Fraud.

New York, October 24-The unusual spectacle of a woman arraigned in a po- lice court, charged with registration frauds, was witnessed here today. The prisoner was Katie Hicks. 38 years old. who is the lessee of three lodging houses on the lower Westsde. From these three houses, according to the complaint. 125 men are registered and it is alleged that between the sixty and seventy registered a majority are frauds. The prisoner it is claimed. has been active in politics for many years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Armies in the Field Are Suf-
 fstIng from the Gold
ND FIGHTING IN PROGRESS
Believed That kuropatkln Will Soon Be Ready for Forward Movement Unless the Japs Are Too
 Heavily Reinforced.

There has been no resumption of fight ing of a general character on the shakhe river. Both Russians and Japanese are en- trenching their positions. The outposts are. within TOO yards of each other and less than four miles separate the main armies. A scarcity of fuel is causing the soldiers to suffer greatly since cold weather set in St. Petersburg has infor- nation that the Japanese army confront Ing General Kuropatkn is receiving heavy endorsements from the Port Arthur army and direct from Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
MRS. sTERNBEReER DIES.
Woman Never Recovers After Being Convicted of Killing Her Husband.

Memphis, Tenn, October 24.-Mrs. Fannie E. Sternberger, who shot and killed Milton J. Sternberger, her hus- band, several weeks ago, and who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years in the peni- tentiary, died tonight at the city hos pital.
 After the verdict was rendered ten days ago the woman collapsed and has not made a coherent statement since. She was removed to the hospital un- Ger guard and has grown steadily weaker until death ended her suffer ings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
WANTS INDICTMENTS FOR
 STATESBORO LYNCHERS

niealities to delay the law. One crime can never compensate for another. This crime is not against Reed and Cato so much as against the law It is to be re- membered that the military failed to do it's duty.
 At the court-martial there was an ef- fort by the militia to blame the civil authorities for the lynching and even they accused the court of complicity. This was simply an effort to get out of trouble. You know whether the court and civil officers were guilty. If you find that the court or any officers are guilty it is your duty to return indiet- ments We are not exempt. The court martial produced evidence that some Of your citizens were leaders of the mob and If you find this to be true. you must lndiet them. If you return the indict- ments. l will see that the parties have a prompt and fair trial and l believe your petit Jurors will return true verdicts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25

statesboro, Ga. october 24-Judge A F. Daley, charged the grand jury of Bull loch county today that it was their duty to lndict the Iynchers. He said all who participated in the mob were guilty of murder, the same as Reed and Cato, the difference being that the former were bolder than the latter. Judge Daley said in part
 If you do not intend to respect your oaths in this, then you have no business in this body. As a result of this lynehing crime has been rampant in the middle circuit The lawless element. 1t seems, are men who are considered good citizens and there was no use for their crime, if law had been promptly applied. I con graduate your entire bar of attorneys- They did not take advantage of tech
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
HILL IS SATISFIED.

New York, October 24.-The dem | . ocratic state executive committee ' . met today It was stated that a . . very satisfactory condition of the . . state campaign was reported and .
 < confidence in the result was ex- . < pressed In an interview David 5. . < Hill confidently expressed the opin- . < ion that the democrats would carry | . Maryland, West Virginia and lndi- | : ana, the states where he has been | > campaigning for the last two weeks. | : He also expressed satis faction | . He also expressed satisfaction {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Russian Has a Narrow Escape from Assault at Very
 Doors of Embassy
FISHING FLEET INCIDENT
 AROUSES THE POPULACE
Admiral Rojestvensky Has Reported to the Emperor, But Nothing Off ciaI Has Yet Been Given Out
 at St. Petersburg.

London, October 24.-Count Bencken- dorff, the Russian ambassador, returned to London tonight from celebrating his silver wedding with his wife's relatives in Sylvia and barely escaped assault from crowd at the Victoria station which followed him almost into the em- bassy. Fortunately for the issue of peace or war, nothing resulted; yet throughout the night special force of police was compelled to guard the Rus sian embassy.
 Count Benckendorff has always been regarded in official circles here as a friend of peace and he was as much op- posed as was Count Lamsdorff to the Russo-Japaaese war. Indeed he is al- most an anglo-Phile in sentiment. There is no doupt that Count Benckendorff' s feelings were deeply wounded by to- nights demonstration. After escaping from the hostile crowd that met him at the station. he drove at a gallop to the embassy. Half a dozen of the mob fol- lowed him, but he arrived unharmed. His noisy rursuers encountered a cordon of police that had been hurriedly dis patched to guard the embassy. After singing Rule Brittania,' the disturbers dispersed, no arrests being made; but the police continued to guard the embassy as if it were a British fortress. With such vigilance did they carry out their task that when prince Sviatpolsk-M Mirsky, cousin of the new Russian minister of the intarior and second secretary of the embassy arrived he had hard work getting in.
 Informs St. Petersburg.
 Count Bsnckendorff had telephoned him to come to the embassy to write a long cipher message to St. Petersburg describing ;nnights hostile demonstra- tion In 1eply to a request for some statement to the Associated Press, the ambassador sent word that he could say nothing, hut 1t was gathered that he had s mt dispatch to St. Petersb burg which may add to the existing delicacy of the situation
 Prin :. Mirsky said
 "The attack on the trawlers was obvi- ously either an act of war or great mis- take. No sensible man can now think 1t was an act of war and therefore it was a mistake; and when you have made a mistake all you can do is to apologize and pay for it. Neither country con- cerned wants to go to war with the other. It is annoying to our diplomatic rea- tions but It is quite different from the sinking of the Maine. Incidental mis- takes, however much they may be de- plored, do 1ot create wars between great powers unless those powers have some ulterior reasons for going to war. Nei- ther the trawler nor tonights affair is likely to produce a clash between the two powers who have every occasion from a selfish point of view to preserve peace between themselves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Carnival Opens in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville, Fla, October 24.-The Jacksonville trades carnival opened here today with floral parade. To night occurred the landing of the royal rarty and the crowning of the king and queen at the stadium. The carni- val commemorates the rebuilding of Jacksonville after the fire of 1901.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Fairbanks in Ohio.

Columbus. O.. October 2l.-Senator Fair banks. nominee for vice president con- cluded a strenuous day of campaigning with a 5peecn tonight in tine Columbus auditorium before an audience which packed the floors and galleries of that building Throughout his tour of Ohio. which began at the Ohio river from Wheeling and ended at the Capitol city, the senator was accompanied by Sena- tor HerrieN who also made several ad- dresses. Between Wheeling and Coum- bus stops were made at Quaker City, ~~~--~~-~~~~~~~~-~~
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mor,on Settlement in Mexico.

Mexico City, October 24.-Mormon Bishop Cuff of Salt Lake City has closed deal in the state of Tobasco for the purchase of nearly 34O,O0O acres of and. There is ample room for 1000 families and 300 are ready to take up homesteads on the property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
No Official Information.

St. Petersburg, October 24-( -(MidnighD- No official or unofficial Russian explana- ton of the unfortunate affair off Dogger Bank is forthcoming up to this time and the world must wait until tomorrow to hear Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's yer sion of the firing upon the British fish ermen.
 He has communicated direct to the em- peror but at Il 80 o'clock tonight the ad- miralty announced that it had not yet received report. At the same hour the foreign office issued a statement ex- pressing the regrets of the government for the deplorapie incident. but explain ing that no formal action would be taken until the admiral of the fleet made his official report. While no formal action has been taken the deepest regret is ex- pressed in all quarters and the purpose of the government to make amends if the fleet Is found to be in fault, has been pro- claimed in every department Foreign Minister Lamsdorff expressing to Am bassador Harding his deepest personal regrets.
 The Russian embassy at London also has been directed to convey similar ex- pressions to the government of Great Britain It Is felt that all that possibly can be done pending the receipt of the commanders statement, will be done. That a horrible blunder has been com m1tteQ IS recognized ana 0epl0red every where and nowhere has an attempt been made to justify the firing upon innocent fishermen.
 Is Good Officer.
 It is felt that Rojestvensky is too good a man and officer to be summarily con- demned It is agreed that he is entitled to hearing but even Iue admiralty re- gretfully admits that it is at loss to understand what explanation could justi- fy such an apparently cold blooded act as the affair appears to be.
 It developed during the day that the admiralty had strong reasons to believe that an attempt had been made against the squadron So specific was the infor- nation that even the present crisis has not diverted attenuon from the possi- bility of such an attack yet occurring. The failure of the steam trawlers with their nets out to obey the signals from the Russian warshps or the nervous ness of some officers who imagined that the fishermen working with their nets in the water were laying mines may be responsible for the blunder
 Will Offer Fullest Reparaton.
 As soon as the facts, are established, 1t Is certain that the Flssian government will voluntarily offerf Be fullest repara- tion. It iu even hint0@nat the emperor tomorrow will sem rnoal message
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Award for Standard Dictionary.

St. Louis. Mo-, October 24-(SpeciaI)- Worlds fair judges today gave grand prize thighest award) to Funk X Wag- nails for their standard dictionary. and gold IL adal for their literary digest and reference works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Diplomats Are Nervous.
Sends Note to St. Petersburg.

London, October 24.-Grcat Britain to- day sent long and urgent note to the Russian government officially detailing the circumstances of the amazing and un- explained attack by the Russian second Pacific squadron during the night of Oe- tober 21 on British fishing boats in the North sea. The text of the note has not been given out, but it is officially stated from the foreign office that it contains the significant announcement that the ~-~-~~~----~------- -~>->--->>~-----------
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
REPUBLICANS ARE
 MUCH STIRRED UP Every Department Busy Con- tradicting Judge Parker LITERATURE Is WAYLAlD Thlrty-five Mail Sacks of Democratic Campaign Documents Are Found
 In Basement of the 5os-
 ton Postoffice.
LITERATURE IS WAYLAlD

Washington October 24-tspeciai)- Judge Parker's strong speeches on inn perialism and extravaganee are extreme, and are drawing the fire of his opponents, The forceful and true statements made by him cannot be ignored. hence the partisan machinery of the administration is turned loose to manufacture denials, and state rents are issued having Tor their object the dissredlt of the democratic nominee.
 What Judge Parker said about the Philippines has been common gossip for months, and the facts stated by him are borne out by hundreds of private letters which have reached this country, as well as statements made by persons who have recently visited the Philippines.
 Of course the information is not derived from government reports, so the admin istratlon at once responds that Judge Parker does not know what he Is talking about and to prove it Luke Wright, Roosevelt's governor of the Philippines, is called upon to give to the people the truth
 of affairs. This Wright does to the satisfaction and qualification of the ad- minstration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Democratic literature WayIald.

The dispatches from Indianapolis to the effect that the democratic committee mail is being delayed and lost appealed strongly to Chairman Cowherd or the democratic congressional committee lie learned today that thirty-tive large sacks of campaign literature has been found In the basement of the Boston postoffice. The literature was sent out several weeks ago destined for Massachusetts districts, and failing to reach the democratic dis trict chairman, tracers were sent out, with the above result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Individuals and Corporations.

.sRut there is a wide difference be- tween an individual employing his wealth in the manner authorized by law and individuals or corporations who operate in defiance of law. The first is inde- pendent of, the latter dependent on gov ernment favoritism. It is but little while since the body of the people at large provided the legitimate expenses of A campaign. Then farmer and lawyer, doctor and mechanic day laborer and banker each contributed something tow
 ard the erection of banners, the circula-
 tion of literature and the expenses of
 nnblic meetings. each contributor was a
 better citizen for it. It stimulated his
 patriotism and the contributions were
 devoted to the legitimate advancement of
 the cause not made for the deliberate corruption of masses of electors.
 "Gradually and, alas, effectively, but surelv not permanently, has all this been changed. Some of the enterprises which have unduly thrived through favoritism. and which have been permitted by stat ute indirectly to levy tribute on the peo-
 ple. have in the course of time become so rich and strong that they can and do contribute large sums when it is made
 clear that it will benefit them, and they contribute when it is made clear that they shall continue to tax the people for their own benefit. On such prom ises contributions have been not infre- quently made in such large measure as to induce and procure colonization, repeat ing and bribery in doubtful stater.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
Are Known as "FIoaters."

This has built up a class of voters known to local leaders as 'fioaters,' a class so numerous that party canvassers allot to them in their canvass books separate column headed with that name. This consideration is recognized by party workers, local. state and national. They are no longer shocked by 1t. It has be- 
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Fit for seIf-Government.

Incidentally the thought naturally arises among many democrats that if affairs in the Philippines are in as good shape as Wright pictures them, the inhabitants of the islands are certainly not as unfit for self-government as the administration has been claiming.
 Acting Secretary of the Treasury Taylor was also called upon 10 contribute to the republican campaign, and from an admin istration standpoint answers Judge Parker's speech on extravaganee as thor oughly as Wright handles the Philippines speech, the only difference being that Taylor did not touch upon the indetensi- ble extravaganza displayed by the admin istraton. He might have referred to .he latest waste of the peoples money, the Wright-Taft cabegrams. for while Secfe- tary Taylor was preparing his statement Governor Wrights reply was coming over the wire.
 It made with the Taft cablegram about HOO code words and cost the government just $57O for this particular republican campaign document.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25

to King Edward conveying his profound sorrow for the incident and offering to make what reparation Is possible as soon as the responsibility can be fixed. These advance assurances 1t is hoped, will be met in an amicable spirit by Great Brit ain
 Notwithstanding the provocation which may seem to exist for most vigorous and uncompromising demand for redress, the emperor has not sent any instructions up to o'clock this evening and up to midnight it had been impossible to ascer- tain whether instructions had actually heen received.
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