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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-27
ENSLEY REJO|CES
At WHISTLE BLASTS
Big Steel Plant is Again in
Operation
MERCHANTS ARE HAPPY
Believed That New Era of Prosperity
for Steel City Has 6esun-only
Cold steel Run at
Present.

Ensley, January 26.-(Special.) -This
morning the whistles of the steel plant
pealed out on the air and the wheels of in
dustry after standing idle since the ff-
teenth of last November began to turn
and the manufacturing of steel rails and
billets was begun.
The welcome sound of the blooming mill
as it rolls and brushes the steeling pots
again resounds in busy Ensley.
Today has been one of the happiest
the Steel City has experienced in some
time. The merchants and business men
wear pleasant smiles. Every one is eager
to extend the glad hand" and even the
stranger within the gates of the town
meets with a hearty greeting.
Only cold steel is being run at present
as the open hearth furnaces have not been
put into service. Gas is being turned in
them, however, and in few days they
will be ready to receive pig iron. scrap
iron and other material necessary in the
manufacture of steel.
The new mixing machine, that is being
installed will prove, 1t is thought, an ac-
QUESTION in steel making, and will be
ready for use in a few days. The machine
will thoroughly mix the materials before
they are placed in the open hearths. 1t
is claimed that it will greatly diminish the
time of heating and also improve the quail
ity of the product. 1t will also decrease
the quantity of scrap iron used in the
manufacturing of steel.
To Elect City Officers.
AT the semi-monthly meeting of the city
council on February Is, city officials will
be elected for the ensuing year. The off,
GERS to be named by the board will be:
CITY clerk. city treasurer, city attorney,
chief of police night captain and all the
city policemen, street commissioner and
three members of the fire department who
receive pay.
City Receives Money.
Today City Treasurer Fonville received
the money for $500 worth of bonds that
the city recently sold to Steiner brothers.
The money is deposited at the Bank OF
Ensley and with Steiner brothers bank.
The bonds were issued for the purpose
of building a sanitary sewerage sys-
tenn in Ensley. Already bids have been
advertised for this work and in few
days it is thought that the work on the
new system will be commenced.
Negro Fined.
Today in the police court Will Walker,
a negro. was brought before Mayor Scott
on a charge of discharging fire arms in
a public place and was fined $3.50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-27

State of Alabama,
County of Jeffer on. SIS.
I, W. A. Porter, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true TO the best of my
knowledge and belief.
w. A. PORTER. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of January, 1904.
CHAS G. DAVIDSON, N. P.
Correct-Attest:
@. S. SIMMONS
b. f. RODEN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-27
Streets Being Improved.

Considerable improvements are in pro-
gress in Bessemer at present A large
amount of grading is being done on South
Highlands. Twentieth and Nineteenth
streets are being put in excellent condi-
ton. The street crossings on Nineteenth
street are being greatly improved
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-27
Will Enforce Cattle Law.

This morning Attorney WEIGH in behalf
of the wholesale merchants of the city,
pettioned the Bessemer city court for a
mandamus to compel the mayor and
board of aldermen to pass an ordinance
regulating the running of cows at large.
Some time ago the merchants presented
petition requesting the board to pass a
law prohibiting the cows from running
at large, but the board refused to take
any action hence the mandamus pro-
ceedings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-27
Take up Civil Cases,

Today the Bessemer city court complet-
ed all cases set on the criminal docket
and tomorrow will take up the civil
cases. The civil docket is heavy and will
consume several weeks
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-27
City Receives Money.
Negro Fined.

Today in the police court Will Walker,
a negro, was brought before Mayor Scott
on a charge of discharging fire arms in
a public place and was fined $3.50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-27
RECEIVERS ARE
BUSILY AT WORK
THEY ARE ENDEAVORING TO AR
RANGE AFFAIRS OF DEFUNCT
BESSEMER BANK FOR A SET
ELEMENT WITH CREDITORS.

Bessemer January 26.-( Especial 1.-The
receivers of the defunct Bessemer Saw
ings bank are strenuously getting mat
ters in shape to pay a dividend to the
creditors. January 20 was the last day
on which the depostors had to file their
claims. Most of the claims were filed be-
fore that time
BY the decree handed down by the Biz
mingham city court all property of the
late bank must be sold on February 49,
The property of the bank that has been
advertised for sale is as follows: Bes-
semer Savings bank building, some va
cant lots, some farming lands in the Bes-
semer district, and S75 acres of coal lands
in Walker county In addition to this
property. the receivers have between $751;
0oO and $4,000 in cash.
The receivers are also lnstigating suits
against the original stockholders Of the
bank. The cases are In the courts and
it is not known what will be the out
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
Named at State Convention Held
Yesterday In City Of
Portland.
r. A. MORE FOR JUSTICE
Resolutions Passed Endorsing
Administration aud Deiega.
tlon Instructed to Work for
Nomination OF Roosevelt.

Portland, April 1.-THE state repub.
lican convention which met here today
elected four delegates TO the repub-
llcan national convention at Chicago
who were instructed 20 support Theo-
dorc Roosevelt for nomination for pres.
ident. Resolutions were passed endors-
Ing the present administration. The
convention tonight ratified the pro.
ceedIngs Of the district congressional
conventions which were held yesterday
The convention nominated Frank A
More. the present incumbent. for Jus.
tice OF the supreme court. Delegates
TO the national convention are:
Harvey W. Scott and w. u. Aver,
Portland; 8. L. Kline. Corvallis. T. s
Smith. Malheur.
For presidential electors:
J, NJ. Hart. Dallas; Jas A. Fee. Pen.
dleton; Grant II, Dlmlck. oregon city:
a. G Hough. Corvallis.
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sented. The agreement as to services
and salary, he says. was as explicit
and unmistakable in it's terms as he
knew how to make It, and he undertook
the mission in confidence that the rep
reservations and promises would be
carried out both In spirit and in letter.
In due time the poet sailed for the
east and in due time Hearst's news
papers began the simultaneous pub
lication of his letters from China. Mil
Ter spent three months or more in his
work Up to date it is said he has re-
ceived only $500 on account thereof.
This is something less than half the
expense he incurred. For the balance
due under the terms of the contract
he is about to bring suit against the
millionaire newspaper owner. His
attorney is John G. Jury, himself poet
of no mean standing.
Mr.. Jury was dislnclined to talk of
the case last evening, saying: "MrI
Miller placed the matter in my hands
only this morning. and l have had hard
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
HEARST SUED BY POET.
Joaquin Miller Money Due For Liter
ary Work For Papers.
Work For papers.

San Francisco, April 1A-Joaquin
Miller. the venerable poet of the sier-
ras. came over to San Francisco yes
day rom his home among the Piedmont
hill for two purposes, to meet Thomas
Nelson Page, the celebrated southern
novelist at the Bohemian Club and to
sue William Randolph Hearst for $S,-
900 alleged to be overdue for services
rendered to Hearst's newspapers on
a contract as correspondent in China
during the Boxer outbreak in 1900.
The well known man of letters says
that at the time of the trouble in China
he was approached by Hearsts agents
and solicited to so to the orient as
special war correspondent. After ar
riving at full understanding as to
the duties expected of him. and the
compensation to be paid him. he con-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
at Breakfast When
an Awful Explosion Occurs
That Brings Death.
GREAT HOLES TORN IN HULL
All Information Tends to Prove
That Mine Is Responsible
for Destruction OF BatIle-
ship PetrOpavlOvsk.

st. Petersburg. April 15.-The Asso-
ciated Press obtained tonight what ID
practically the official version OF the
sinking Of the battleship Petropavloysk
at Port Arthur and 1t clears up to n
great extent the mysterious features
of the vessels destruction. This yers-
ion is as follows:
Retiring before the advance OF the
superior Japanese feet, which was NOT
fighting its progress, the Russian sauaa
ron approached the entrance to the
harbor. 1t was shortly after 5 o'clock
in the morning and most OF the officers
and members OF the crew were at
breakfast on the flagship. vice-Ad-
miral Makaroff was eating breakfast
in his cabin and the ward room was
crowded with ofaesrs surrounding
tables. On the bridge Grand Duke Cy-
rill and his friend Lieutenant Won Kobe
Captain JakovIeff, commanding the
vessel and two other officers on watch
examining the narrow entrance pre-
to entering it.
AT about $50 o'clock there was a
terrible explosion of boilers, followed a
few seconds later by detonation from
the well stored mazazines
Huge gaps were torn in the hull Of
the ship and water rushed in. The CEN
ter of gravity having gone, the ship
rolled on her side and sank.
All the information tends to prove
hat mine was responsible for her de-
;truction.
The scene below will never be de-
'cribed as, so far as known, not a single
'erson between the decks succeeded in
'scaping
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15

st. Petersburg. April I4.--Rear-Ad-
mirai oukomtsky wires from Port
Arthur today that the BezstrashnI, one
Of the Russian torpedo boat destroy
ers sent out during the night to recon-
noiter. became separated from the rest
OF the fleet, owing 10 the bad weather
prevailing, was surrounded by japanese
torpedo boat destroyers and sunk in the
lsht. Five men were saved Admiral
oukomtsky adds:
Il have taken command professionally
OF the feet since the disaster TO the
During some maneu-
verlngs of the battleship squadron the
Pobieda struck against mine amid
ships on the starboard side. She was
lbIe to regain port by herself. No one
on board OF her was killed or wounded"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
HEARST SUPPORTERS BOLT.
One Hundred New Jersey Delegates
Form Independent Convention.

Trenton. n. j., April 14,--A practi-
cally harmonious state convention to
eecte delegates to the national con-
vention at ST. Louis, which today se-
leeted an uninstructed delegation. was
followed by the bolting at the conven-
tion OF the supporters OF Hr. Hearst.
The boilers numbered about 100 men
who claimed they had been illegally de-
prived OF seats in the regular con-
vention. The boltIng convention nom
mated delegates at large and delegates
from five congressional districts. The
IA men named by the bolting conven-
tion will so to st. Louis and contest
the seats OF the men selected at the reg
ular convention.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
REQUIEM MASS FOR LOST.
Twenty Thousand People Pay Respects
To Memory of Dead.

, Twenty Thousand People Pay Respects
II To Memory of Dead.
, ST. Petersburg, April 14.-A requiem
mass for the repose OF the souls OF
vice-Admiral Makaroff and the other
officers and men OF the Petropavlovsk
was celebrated today in the Admiralty
here. The scene was touching in the
extreme outside 10000 people, among
whom were many relatives OF the
sailors lost. stood with barred heads and
sire ming eyes while the service was
In progress. Inside the beautiful white
marble church its walls hung with mil
amt sokens were assembled the en-
peror and the imperial family. high
officers Of the army and navy and the
entire diplomatic corps, all in full uni
form. and also many widows and fami-
lies Of the officers drowned. The gall
leries were crowded with Russian blue
jackets. The widow Of Vice. Admiral
Makaroff entered on the arm of the
Grand Duke Constantine, followed by
her son and daughter and took place
beside the imperial party Every one
present wore band of crepe.
The emperor, who wore the uniform
of captain of the navy entered last
and alone. The grief felt by him was
written on his face. The empress was
not present.
Just before the services began the
dowSger empress embraced Admiral
Makaroff's widow. who sank on her
knees, almost at the feet of her majesty
and remained there until the end of
the service.
The beautiful ceremony of the ortho-
dox church left no dry eyes in the
building. The emperor and all others
present held lighted tapers When the
rector prayed for stephan and all the
warriors who died for their country"
10 the soft intoning of the choir sing
ng Christ has risen; He has overcam-
'th DEATH" the emperor fell upon his
Inees. In an instant all present were
Sneeling and sobbing, the sobbing be-
ng drowned by the song of the choir.
he Grand Duchess vladimir, mother Of
he wounded Grand Duge Cyril, broke
own completely.
When the services were finished the
mperor personally raised the stricken
'idow and kissed her hand. Then, for
everal minutes he spoke to her consol-
Ugly also shaking hands with her
aughter and son. 4
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
VICTIMS BADLY BURNED.

Destruction Of BattIeship May Have
Been Caused BY Internal Explosion
Paris, April 14.-A dispatch to the
Temps from st. Petersburg says:
The causes Of the catastrophe at
Port Arthur are limited to two hypoth-
esis, a submerged Russian mine or an
explosion on board the Petropavlovsk.
All the victims were badly burned and
the catastrophe was complete within
one minute and half, The feet re-
naming at Port Arthur Is reduced to
strictly defensive basis. The COM
mander OF the czarovitch perIshed on
the Petropavlovsk before he had as
sumed command Of the battleship."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
DESTROYED by Japanese in ENLIGHTENMENT
OF Port Arthur April I3---No Dam.
age to Attacking Force.
Report Authentic and all Russia Plunged Greatest Grief by
News Of Second Awful Calamity Of Russian Admiral
Regarding Battle Says That pobieda Reaches Port Alter
Having Come in Contact With Nine in fiarbor.

Washington. April 14.--The Japan.
ese minister today received a dispatch
from his government embodying an off,
cial report from Admiral UrIu regard
ing the engagement Off Port Arthur
yesterday as follows:
According to the report OF the tor
pedo boat destroyer Hotilla, No ., our
fleet approached Port Arthur on the
18th Of April and sunk one battleship
OF the enemy OF the Petropavlovsk type
and one torpedo boat destroyer. No
damage 10 our fleet. No report yet
from Admiral Togo"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
CLEVELAND DENOUNCED.
Ex-President Roasted BY Cochran, of
Missouri in Gruff Manner.

Missouri in Gruff Manner.
Washington, April 1.-THE house of
representatives today passed the Phil
ippine bill, following which there was
extended debate over resolution to
permit Colonel Thomas w. symons, of
the engineer corps Of the army to serve
on the advisory OF consulting engin-
eers in connection with internal i'm
provements in the state OF New York.
After several fiery speeches had been
made in opposition to the resolution
II was adopted by an overwhelming
vote. The general deficiency bin was
taken up and Mr.. Hamilton of Michi-
gan discussed capital and labor, while
Cochran Of Missouri criticised the
usurpation Of legislative power by the
executive and said Ex-President Cleye
land had given the most nasable In
stance Of such usurpation in forcing
his financial policy on the people.
Cleveland, he declared, was the man
whose friendship meant obstruction.
whose touchmeant paralysis and whose
support meant dishonor. He declared
Mr.. Cleveland had been put into exile
never again to be reinstated in the con-
idence of the people
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
EXCITEMENT At FIRE.
Hose Wagon Horss Breaks Lose and
Runs Through Crowd.

NH~ 'hVhbH 0TVWos
Seattle. April i4.--Eleven person,
were injured tonight during the fire
departments run TO fire at Second
avenue and Cherry street. A hose
wagon from headquarters ran into .
Yealer way car that was started across
cecond avenue ahead Of the wagon.
and q small girl, Annie OmIey. was
seriously injured. The platform OF the
car was demolished but neither the
iiremen on the wagon nor the horses
were injured.
One OF the horses attached To hose
wagon No. fell at Second and MadI-
son streets. While this horse was be-
ing raised TO his feet the other broke
loose from a bystander who was hold
Ing himand ran down the street. Two
persons were knocked over and slightly
Injured as the horse broke loose.
Al Cherry street the frightened horse
was turned aside from the middle OF
the street by FIRE negine and he dash
ID onto the sIdewolk running a block
through big crowd that had gathered
% watch the FIRE. Eight persons. two
II them women, were Knocked down
~ the horse. The seriously injured
ire:
Michael Drummond, Of Grays Harbor
i
Jas. sheehan and A. Lebegue, OF se-
title, each an arm broken.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
Traffic Director Goes East.

San Francisco. April 14.-E. o. Nc
Cormick, assistant traffic director of
the Hartman lines. left tonight for Chi
cago, via Portland. He will be met at
Sacramento by Traffic Director Stubs
There is a good deal of business to
be transacted in Portland in connection
with changes that have recently been
made in the management of the Oregon
lines.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
ST. PETERSBURG IN GRIEF.
Sorrow Nearly As Great as That Felt
at the First Disaster.

ST. Petersburg. Aprll 14.-(5:3S p.
m.)-The official bulletin conveying the
intelligence OF the loss Of another tor
pedo boat destroyer and the accidental
crippling Of another battleship, was al
most as severe blow as the loss OF the
Petropavlovsk yesterday, and plunged
the whole town anew into grief.
The Russian word In the text OF the
ofiicial dispatch describing the accident
to the Pobieda means either mine or
but the qualifying adjective
Indicates something moving toward the
ship. This dispatch puts an end to the
dea prevaining here that there had
been an engagement following the dis
lster to the Petropavlovsk. 1t is con-
idered remarkable here that the Jap
.nese did not take advantage of this
errible accident to attack Port Arthur.
(The Pobleda is a battleship of 12.-
"a tons displacement and of 14,5OO
orse power. She Is 4o1 IA feet long.
as II IL feet beam, and draws 26
eet Of water, and is heavily armored
18th steel. She was completed in 1901
as complement of 7S2 men. her esti-
lated speed being IS Knots. The steel
rmor of the battleship varies in thick {
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15

tain Cowles quickly stopped the plan
and put the ship back 10 sea. When
the first explosion occurred the biz
magazine door was open and stand.
Ing against It were four charges Of
powder Without a moments heslta.
tion a gunner's maate. Monson, showed
those aside and jumping into the maya.
zine pulled the door to after him.
The magazine was totally flooded
with water and When the men opened
the door they found Monson barely
llive, the water having reached to his
neck.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-15
HERO or T1E MISSOURI.
0unner's Mate Monson Saves the Yes.
sol From Total Destruction.

Pensacola, Fla, Aprll l4.--How the
newest battleshlp OF the navy Missouri
had narrow escape from being blown
TO pieces by an explosion OF the maga.
zine and also from being beached
came TO light today.
II Is stated. although not by the ON.
GERS Of the vessel that when the officers
heard the explosion IN the turret and
saw the fire tapping through the top
they feared the magazine would next
explode and headed the ship for the
beach intending to beach her IL possi-
BILE before the explosion occurred. Cap.
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~ time to look over the papers. be-
iieve he has valid cause for action
against Hearst. who has paid him only
a fraction OF his expenses and nothing
Tor services. have no doubt we shall
recover the full amount to be sued for.e
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ness from four 10 nine and one half
inches along her belt. The armament
Of the Pobieda consists Of four l0.inch
guns. II six-inch guns, ls three-inch
guns, 10 l.8-inch guns and II l.4-inch
guns. She has six torpedo tubes.)
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-08
La CerVeZa
ANHEUSER BUSCH

Compuesta de exracto de cebada pcra y l6pdo, a h
mas t6nca mas saludable de todas las ccrvezas. Ne
causa dispepsia. La hbrica es Ia mas grande dd
nundo.
E cOns.mAO dd h0pasadO assemble A133.117,sOa
baAeAas.
Agents R. A. Maofe Tetuin 7
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Neoyorquina
MISERIA EN- PASTA


Viendonos q cada ratio conpi-
lar datos estadisticos y contar
por billones 8 trillones, tai vez
haya quien Sc figure que aqui
cualquier pobrete posee I'm MI
lion 6 dos.
Sabido es que el regimen in
giles de Irlanda debe casi todo
su "prestigio' al sistema de de-
sahucios practicable en- los colo
nos cultivadores, sistema que
ha perdido mucho de su vigor,
pero que perdura, por no ser po-
sible que todo ell mundo pague
la renta.
Hasta que extreme Sc ha agl-
tado la opinion de este pals con-
ira ell sistema agrario de Irlan-
da ha sido y es, antes one NADIA,
el principal impedimento para
que entire los Estados Unidos E
e Inglaterra haya casi una he
Igemonia politica,
Empero, no es menester II a
Irlanda para echar trastos q la
'calle.
Durante Ell aflo de 1903 ocu-
rrieron en- Nueva York 6o,463
desahucios y a6,625 demands
que no fue menester llevar al
t1ltimo extreme, porque los in
quilinos Sc mudaron a la prime
ra 8 segunda intimacion del al
guacil.
Fueron desestimadas 15,44o
demandas.
Habia once juzgados munich
pales de apremio y hubo que
crear dos mas.
Esto paso en- la ciudad de
Nueva York, propiamente dicha.
6 sea entire los rios Harlem,
Norte, Estesy la Bateria.
Esto es seflal de abundancia
ST, pero abundancia de aquello
que 'cuando mas sc reparte a
mas sc toca. Verdaderamente
paraIiza ell corazon la idea de
cuanto sc habra sufrido en- esta
opuleDta metropoli del nuevo
mundo en- las dos 8 tres sema-
mas que Sc paso ell mercurio fuc-
tuando en- derredor de cero Fab
reuheit.
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NEuROsINE PRUNIER