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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
CONSIDER FREIGHT
 RATES 0N CATTLE.
Interstate Commerce CommlS-
 sion Takes Evidence
CONFERENCES DO NOT PAY
Railroad Man Says the More Confer ences They Have the More Trouble Is Experlenced-The Union
 Pacific interested.

Chicago. November 14.-rhe interstate commerce commission today began taking testimony in three cases involving rates on live stock from western and south western point to Chicago and terminal points on the Mississippi river About q, COG, GOO a year in freight rates are said to be at stake.
 J. w. Grueber of Omaha. general super intendent of the Union Pacific Railroad company was a witness today. ne heaviest cattle shipments are made about the same t'me of year as the dead freight shipments" said MT. Grueber, and in the same direction. This makes the empty mileage on our cars Whlch must be returned very great. We can put rarely attaln the schedule of speed nxeo for stock tlains and there is added ex- pense for caring for stock which IS on the road longer than 1t should be.
 MT. Grueber was closely questioned re- garding this inability to run the stock trains through on time on account of density of traffic when by his own ad- mission passenger trains maintained schedule of twenty-eight to forty-two miles per hour.
 (Which Is the more expensive to run the trains fast or slow?' asked MT. Prouty.
 "Of course fast running is more ex- pensive, on account of the fuel and wear of machinery" replied the witness.
 "Then you are really saving money by this inabiliey to keep up to the schedule with these rains, are you notY' he was asked.
 No; the trains run as fast as required between stations, but are compelled to wait at si.iings and stations for other trains to pass"
 w. D. Lincoln, car service agent, ana John A. Munroe, freight traffic manager of the Union Pacific railroad, testified to conditions and expenses in the last few years that had made certain rates neces- sarv. Stock trains, MT. Lincoln said, de- layed passenger trains more than any other kind of freight trains, and for this reason alone were an item of expense.
 Asked regarding the terminal rate charged for cars switched into the stock yards, MT. Monroe said;
 ssThis rate is extra rate for an extra service. and has no bearing on the case whatever. Anyhow, the adding of $2 would not take our charge from the req sonable and place it in the unreasonable list"
 s'It would if it was added often enough" suggested Commissioner Prouty.
 ssThe rates in many cases are too low as it is," remarked MT. Munroe. And these rates are not the result of com bination, but are the result of competi- ton of the excessive and unrestrained sort. They have been made at confer ences and these conferences mean that the lowest rate mentioned sets the pace for everybody else; the other rates are Ievened down to conform with it. Docs not a conference generally result in a 1eveling up instead of levelling down2' inquired Commissioner Prouty. ''No, sir" replied the witness. Such has not been my experience. And l have noticed that the more conferences we have | the more trouble we experience"
 The inquiry will be continued tomor- 1 TOW.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
AMERICAN FEDERATION
 MEETS IN SAN FRANCISCO

mittee. This threatened for a time to bring before the convention the question of the trade autonomy versus industrial- ism.
 The Chicago Federation was recently suspended from the American Federation because it refused to comply with the de- mand that the Steamhtters Chicago un- ion be placed under the jurisdiction Of the United Plumbers association Before this question could be voted upon, the mat ter was temporarily disposed of by re- ferring MT. Schardt's standing to the committee.
 The afternoon session was opened With the reading by President Samuel Com pers of his annual address. During the delivery the speaker was frequently inter rupted by applause.
 When President Gompers finished his effort he was greeted with prolonged cheering. Secretary Frank Morrison then read his annual report
 The reading of this report was fol- lowed by that of Treasurer John B. Lem non.
 The visitors gallery during the days session was crowded, many of the spec tators being women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15

San Francisco, November 4.-The American Federation of Labor met today in Lyric Hall in it's twenty-fourth an- nual convention. Delegates from every part of the United States and represent tatives from Porto Rico. England and Canada were present. The hall was beau- tifully decorated in the national colors, delegates being seated in sections ac- eording to the state they represented.
 During the morning hours local and visiting delegates assembled at the head quarters of the offices of the convention and at 10 clock headed by band they marched through the principal streets of the city and then to the convention hall The entire time of the morning session was taken up with the delivery and re- ply to speeches of welcome The only bus mess transacted in the morning was the reading of an acceptance of the commit tee on credentials report.
 Before the question of accepting the re- port was put to a vote, William C.. Schardt, president of the Chicago Fed eration of Labor, rose and called atten- tion of the delegates to the fact that he had been gwen no standing by the com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
VOTE AGAINST SEPARATION.
New York Presbyterians Want No
 Separate Organization for Negroes.

New York. November 14-The New York Presbytery, the local governing board of the Presbyterian church, voted gainst the establishment of a separate Presbytery today for the colored race by an overwhelming majority, at a meeting held here today.
 The vote followed a two hours debate in which the Rev Charles H. Parker. John Cox, Robert Booth and others par ticipated. The Presbytery has lS5 mem bers, and 'f these only three voted in fa- vor of separate organization for colored people All the Presbyteries in the coun- try are now voting on the same question, and when the vote Is complete, the mat ter will be taken to the national body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
PRINCE FUSHIMI IS
 IN WASHINGTON
WILL CALL UPON PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY AND THE PRESIDENT WILL RETURN THE CALL THIS AFTERNOON.

Washington. November 14.-Prince Flu shimi, the adopted brother of the emperor of Japan, arrived in Washington this af- ternoon at half past seven o'clock and as- sumed for the first time since his arriv- al in this country, his official personality as q prince of the royal house of Japan.
 He was met at the station by Third Assistant Secretary of State Pierce. who, as the personal representative of the president bade him welcome to this coun- try; Mir P Hioki. the first secretary of the Jananese legation, and in the absence of the minister the charge d'affaires. pre- sented him to the prince at the station; Baron Kanako, who is visiting in this country, and MT. Pierce and Colonel Sy- monds, U. S. A., who will act as the prlnce's honorary military aide. The prince thanked them for their cordial welcome, and expressed the satisfaction he felt at being in the United States. A procession was then formed outside the car, and Secretary Pierce led the way with the prince on his arm. There was a small crowd in the station, but no par ticular demonstration was made.
 The prince and party were driven to the Arlington hotel. where they will stay while in Washington Preceding the pro- cession of carriages were four mounted policemen and surrounding the prince and the members of his party were bicycle poe licemen In another carriage rode Chiet Wilkie of the secret service. and several members of his staff. Tho programme or the entertainment of the prince pegihs tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock when he will be presented 10 the president.
 The president will return the call or Prince Fushlnl tomorrow afterneen at o'clock.
 On Wednesday secretaar,' Loomis will give a luncheon in honor of the prince at the new Willard hotel. At the invi- tation of Count Cassini the Russian am bassador who is dean of the diplomatic corps, Mir Aspiroz, the Mexicah munster ,vili act as dean during the visit of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
CITES GRAVE PROBLEMS.
Governor Vardaman Issues Annual
 Thanksgiving Proclamation.

Jackson. Miss. November Ex-Governor Vardaman tonight issued his ThanksgiY- ing proclamation setting apart November 94 as Thanksgiving day. The only part of his address which remotely touches on the late republican victory is that part in which he says:
 Grave problems confront the people of Mississippi, together with most of tho other southern states of this republic. and prescribed as they are In dealing with such problems by the organic law of the nation, which law may be enforced by an unfriendly hand, it will call for wis dom, courage and patriotism of the high est order to. meet the difficulties and ad- just them. The right thing must be done, but it must be done at the right time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
Ware Has Resigned.

Commissioner of Pensions Ware has rendered his resignation.
 When seen tonight Commissioner Ware refused to discuss his action in any way, except to state that the newspapers of the country had been 'resigning' him for the past two years. For at least one year, however, 1t has been definitely known that MT. Ware would retire from his office soon after the fall elections and return to his home in Kansas to re- sume his law practice.
 It Is believed here that Commissioner Wares action was not due to any sug- gestion that the severance of his rela- tlons with the pension office would be agreeable to the President. On the con- trary, 1t mas been no secret that Com missioner Ware soon after assuming his duties, found the duties of his office dis tasteful to him, and that this distate steadily increased. There is no intimatlon tonight as to who his successor will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
Vet Snow in Albany, N ', Pr0stratSs Every Wire
 in the City
WALL STREET AFFECTED
 BY THE CHARACTERIZATION
New England Also Suffers From the Storm, Which Is Considered the Worst Since
 1888.

New York. November I4-The storm which swept up through the Atlantic coast states from the gulf yesterday and last night developing into a gale of hurricane force as it moved northward resulted in the most complete tie up of wire communication that the eastern states have experienced since the memor- able snow storm of ISsS disarranging train schedules paralyzing trolley lines and piling several weeclxs along the coast.
 A downpour of rain and heavy snow which accompanied the storm, added to the destructive force of the gale. Tele- graph and telephone poles borne down by the weight of snow and and ice-en- crusted wires, gave way before the sweep of the wind and whole sections were cut off. Both the telegraph and telephone companies with long distance wires today reported their field of operations restrict ed to the territory bound on the west by Philadelphia, on the east by Boston, and the north by New burgh, New York. The big broker concerns in Wall Street. many Of whom under normal conditions oper- ate thousands of m:.cs of wire. today found themselves practically helpless. The exchanges were no more fortunate. and the only quotations received from Chicago and New Orleans were the mar ket reports of the Associated press. These quotations brought over the Associated press wires were the only figures ob- tained in this city from tho cotton and grain centers of the south and west
 Albany Completely Cut Off.
 By an elaborate system of relays and the use of both telephone and telegraph wires, the Associated press succeeded m bridging the path between east and west cut by the storm, and reached all points north with the exception of a small sec tion in the vicinity of Albany. There. the damage from the snow and wind seemed beyond inmediate repair, and with the exeeptiofi of trstins, there was no communication with that section dur ing the day.
 That no more disasters resulted at sea form the gale, is probably due to the ear ly warning of the approaching hurricane sent out by the weather bureau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
Japs Gain Meats.

Headquarters Third Japanese Army, be- fore Port Arthur, November f. via Fusan, November f4.-By a general attack on the eastern fortified ridge on October 90, the Japanese gained the meats of the prin- cipal forts assailed. These are wider deeper and stronger than had been sup posed. and were defended by caponieries or galleries running north of the Kekwan forts. The galleries were captured after desperate fighting under ground
 The Russians still hold parts of the moat but the Japanese are engaged in sapping to dislodge them, after which the capture of the forts should be easy
 The casualties on the Japanese side in this engagement were 1000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
CAN COLOR LINE BE
 DRAWN BY COLLEGES
Hon. John c. Carlisle Attacks Consti- tutionaIity of the Day Bill In
 Kentucky.

Nicholasvi;le, Ky, November H.-con- stitutionalicy of the Day bill which pro hibits co-educaton of white and colored pupils was attacked here today by Hon. Iohn q Carlisle upon a demurrer to an indictment found against Berea college. The case was only partly argued when by agreement, leave was given to file briefs, and the case was set for the Feb ruary term of the Madison county cir cult court.
 Berea college, it is said, is not now re- ceiv,np colored pupils, but at the begin ming of the school year colored pupils were admitted and the college was in- dicted It $ expected this VIII pc taken en ,. tost case and will go to the court of appeals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
UNLUCkY KNOXVILLE HAS
 ANOTHER IMMENSE FIRE

McGhee, who died during that year. The property Is held in trust by board or trustees, which is sef-perpetuating Ihe estimated losses are as follows:
 Building $20,000 insurance $l5,OOOi library $2O, ,OOO insurance S10,000; Vance Furniture company loss S24000, insurance slbooo' Knoxville Business college loss S2OO0, in- surance $500. Total loss $54,0O0, insurance $37,0Oo.
 Captain Joseph Frazier of engine conn pany No. l. and Captain James Jones or engine company No. were overcome by smoke. Vernon Miller, a volunteer, was crippled for life by falling glass, his right hand being nearly severed from his arm.
 The local department Is badly crippled az result of Sunday mornings fire and explosion at the Woodruff Hardware com- pany store Eight members of the depart ment were dsabsea tiieH. three still being in a serious condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
MISS ISIDOR RUSH
 PERISHES IN SURF
WelI-known Actress Dies From Shock Caused by an Immense Wave
 at San Diego.

San Diego, Cal, November 1i-Miss Isidor Rush. the actress, leading lady of the "Glittering Gloria" company. which was to have begun an engagement here today, died of heart failure today while bathing in the surf near this city death being due tC the shock caused when an immense wave caught her and carried her into deep water.
 Half a dozen members Of the company were at the time in the surf which was unusually high. Assistance was at once iusbed to Miss Rush but she was uneon- scious when brought 10 the shore Physi- clans were called and every means pos sibly used to relieve the unfortunate woman, but in vain Another member of the company Milton Herrot, who en- deavored to rescue his companion. was rendered unconscious in the attempt but was later revived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
Carriers Cause Trouble.

It Is all right when the rural free de- livery carriers work against congress- men, but when their wrath happens to turn upon republican nominees 1t Is horse of a different color.
 In the last congress a bill came up in- creaslng the salaries of carriers. It was passed but not few republican congress- men opposed 1t. Now these republican congerssmen found that at the election last week the carriers turned out against them and would have made things very unpleasant had it not been for the Roose- welt landslide
 The matter has been brought before the President by several of these con- gressmen and he will have the civil ser vice commission look into it. Additional rules governing the extent of political activity on the part of rural free de- livery carriers may be promulgated by tho President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15

Knoxville, November 14-The Lawson McGhee library, a three-story brick structure at the corner of Gay street and Vine avenue, was gutted by fire this af- ternoon, leaving no more than the bare walls standing.
 On the ground floor of the building was a double store occupied by the Vance Furniture company. The second floor was devoted to the public library collection Of about 14,000 volumes. and the officers of the Commercial club. On the third floor was the Knoxville Business college. The fire originated in the basement of the fur mace and spread with lightning rapidity through the structure. Bremen saved the surrounding property only after hard fight.
 The building was valued at s20,0OO and was given to the public in. 1885 by Q Charles M McGhee of ths city, as A memorial to his daughter, Mary Lawson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
RUSSIANS HAVE
 ENORMOUS TASK Realize Difficulty of Driving
 Back the laps BESIEGED REFUSE LAPS Desperate Attempts Are Made to Cap. ture the kekwan Fort, But Ef-
 forts So Far Have Been
 UnavaiIina,
BESIfGEO REFUSE LAPS

-AN ,N
 General Kuropatlxp >&% quarters via a Mukden. l, NoyembS % |pelayed)-Fre- quent fights bety ,oToH opposing patrols occurred today .S >o' dssians with heavy Howitzer anf N SS gun batteries shell the Japane9 e9f aes and give the work- ing partl , Q respite Large numbers of Russl cers are arriving at the front to re -ce those who have fallen. The Russian army is realizing more full ly, day by day the enormous task in- volyed in driving back the Japanese. Great hopes, however, are placed on the Russian second Pacific squadron. The troops are now better fed than at any previous period, and the roads are in good condition, enabling endorsements to leave the trains at stations higher up the line and march to Mukden, thus relev- ing the pressure on the railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
HELD AGAINST PROTEST.
Northern Securities Company Meeting
 Is Called to Order.

New York November 1.-The meet ing of the Northern Securities company was called to order today in Hoboken and after receiving a protest from c. H. Warmer president of the Continental Se- curities company adjourned until Mon- cay. November 2l. Very few stockholders were present
 The protest presented by MT. Warner was an objection to holding a meeting of the stockholders on the ground that the time fixed for the annual meeting was room. and that since more than an hour had expired without holding the meeting. or any action taken woald be null and void
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
BABCOCK INTENDS
 ID FIGHT TARIFF.
Even Wants Extra Session for
 the Purpose
CARRIERS ARE IN TROUBLE
Rural Men Were Too Active Aeainst Certain Republican Connressmen. Commissioner Ware Has
 Resigned.

Washington, November 14.-(Speell)- As was expected Representative Bab- cock of Wisconsin is out in an interview this morning asking for q revision of the tariff and an extra session in which 0 do It. As yet the president has said noth- ing to his callers about the matter. but Babeock and his followers think that the president Is on their side and will smash the standpatters before a great while. Nothing has yet been heard, how ever, from the administration's mouth pieces, one of which MT. Babcock Is not. At the same time it is believed here that some time during the administration the tariff Is to be reduced, not enough to amount to anything, but in the effort to make the issue less prominent in the next campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
FAIRBANKS WILL CO
 TO FOOTBALL CAME
He and Mrs. Fairbanks Will Witness Big Contest Between Vale
 and Harvard.

Indianapolis, November lA-Senator Charles w. Fairbanks, vice president elect, and Mrs. Fairbanks, will go to Con- necticut the last of this week to see the football game Saturday between Harvard and Yale, where their two sons, Richard and Robert, are students.
 Senator Fairbanks will go from Yale to New York City, where he has matters that will engage his time for few days
 President Roosevelt has invited Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks to accompany him and Mrs Roosevelt to the St. Louis ex- position. Engagements in the east al the time prevent the senator from accepting. The senator expects to visit St. Lotus sometime this month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15

St. Louis, November H.-The airship or Hippolyte Francois of France, the largest flying machine in the world, was taken out of it's aerodrome at the worlds fair today for the first time since coming here, and at 3.42 D. m. aseended with Captain Adrian Moucheraud, the aeronaut, and Engineer Snyder on board. Professor Langley of Washington and Count Henry De LaVaulx of Paris were interested spectators.
 When released from the ground the air ship immediately rose to a height of about 75 or 100 feet. An iron support be- meath the rear of the airship broke after
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
Destruction Was Widespread.

New York, November 14-rhat the ef- fleets of the storm were more far-reach- ing than ir any particular disturbance slnce the great blizzard ot 1888, became evident today when the dsarrangement of wire communications continued also as comple as any time during the height ot the stor1n.. Up to 10 o clock. many points were completely isolated, while who'll sections were reached only by most circuitous routes. To the west the only points having direct communica- ton With New York, were Philadelphia anu Baltimore.
 The Associated Press, however, had succeeded ,n reaching the west and in- cidentally many eastern points by means of d telephone wire bet Baltimore and Chicago. The news report carried over the regular wires between New York and Baltimore when it reached the latter city was transferred a distance of ten blocks to .he telephone office by cab was then forwarded to Chicago over a long distance telepnone wire, and from Chicago was telegraphed back to Wash ington and other cities, which could not be reached over a regular route The same plan was followed in many other cases.
 The first direct communication with northern and western New York was ob- tained during the afternoon when a single uninterrupted line was forced through to Albany by the Western Union.
 Conditions Little Improved.
 So complete was the prostration of wires through the sections where the effect of the storm was most seriously felt. that conditions had improved but little this evening" Some progress was made, but the damage was so extensively that the work progressed with tedious slowness
 Amsterdam, Schenectady, Albany and Troy were completely GU. off from the outside world. The only reports received from that section of the state today came by train from Albany. Four inches of wet snow had broken down telephone, tele- graph electric light and fro alarm wires in Albany and vicinity, and badly ham, pered street ear and train service. While the effect of the storm was not so severe in New England, some points in that sec lion felt the full force of the gale. Wires were down in all parts of Maine.
 Wall Street Operations Curtailed
 Operations in Wall street were cur tailed today by reason of yesterdays storm. At the opening of the stock market the stock exchange branch of the Vest ern Union Telegraph company had only a few wires working. These were to Phil 1 adeiphia on the south and Hartford and 1 Boston on the east Western and South vestern wires were still down, as were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-15
Railroad Traffic Hampered.

Philadelphia, November 14-Despite the severity of vest erday's storm no serious damage has been reported in this sec tion. Railroad traffic is hampered today and western trains are from two to three hours late. The storm subsided early to- day. The temperature at 8 o'clock this morning was 38 degrees, and the mini mum from 70 o'clock last night to that hour, was 3i. The velocity of the wind had decrea sed from hurricane propor- tions to 24 miles.