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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21

Kansas City, Mo. November 2O.-Speak- ing with the Associated Press over the long distance telephone from his home at Warrensburg this evening, Senator Francis M. Cockrel declined to say whether or not he had been offered the fsthmian canal commissionership by Pres ident Roosevelt, or whether he would ac- cept such an appointment If rendered him. He would not, he said, in any event take any action until he reached Washington on November 2S.
 T have already said all 1 care to say at this time upon this subject" said Senator Cockrell. "I will leave for the east tomorrow or Tuesday, stopping day or two at St. Louis, and then visit my daughter at Dayton, o. I expect to reach Washington on Monday, the 18th, and will take no action until them
 Senator Coekrell declined to say whether or not the isthmian canal commissioner ship would be an agreeable appointment. Yesterday in an interview with the Asso- ciated Press Senator Coekrel said:
 If rendered any position by the Pres- ident I would treat it with the greatest consideration and do whatever might be best In the premises"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
STOCK EXCHANGE
 IS VERY NERVOUS
RUMoRS OF COLLISION BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH IN AF- GHANlsTAN MAKE LONDON MARKET SENSITIVE.

London, November 2O.--Rumors of col- llsion in Afghanistan and hitch in the Anglo Russian negotiations. threw the stock exchange the past week into a ner- vous condition, depressing all the mar kets and greatly restricting business.
 While there is no belief in the possibil- ity of war between Great Britain and Russia, operators are extremely sensitive and cautious. On Saturday reassurtng re- ports brought return of confidence, and the markets rapidly improved. The al lotment of the Japanese loans has been arranged as far as possible in favor Of small investors. The lamentations in the American market were very cratic apparently the outcome of Wall street influence, which could not be accurately gauged here, but generally great con fidence Is felt in the future of American securities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
areat AotIvIty In FleId.

Tolxio, November 2O.-d D. m.)-Increas- ing activity along the Shakhe river seems to indicate the imminence of an- other great battle
 The Russian feints evidently intended to draw Japanese attack are uniformly re- pulsed
 Army headquarters yesterday received the following report from Field Marshal Oyama's report. dated November IS:
 At dawn today detachment of the enemy made an attack near Hsinglung- tun They were repulsed by lis.
 "Slnce this morning the enemy in tho vicinity of Shakhe village have indirectly bombarded our positions With mortars and field pieces. They have effected no damage.
 "A body of the enemy's infantry were discovered at Hsamya anG Hsiaoyantzu. We shelled them and they fled in con- fusion to a neighboring village.
 ."rhe enemy has burned Huanglashetzu and villages to the southeast of the right bank of the river Hun"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
URGING A STATEMENT.
Pope Plus May Write Open Letter to
 Merry del Val.

Rome, November 20.-Irreconcilable cler- icals, especially in foreign countries, have been urging Pope Plus x to publish a statement on the subject of 'The Non expedt." the document issued by Pope Plus TX forbidding Catholics to vote at Italian elections after the fall of the temporal power of the pontiff
 Those who are urging action by the pope fear that the fact that the prohi- bition was not reiterated before the re- cent general election, and that many clericals participated in the election, may be taken as tacit renuciation of the vaticans statements on Rome. It is re- ported that Pope Plus X will write an open letter to Cardinal Merry del Val the papal secretary of state, saying that the status quo existing prior to the gen. eral election remains unchanged. but ad- hitting that there may be exceptional cases as in the last general election when clericals might be advised by their bishops to vote in certain constituencies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
TWELVE BODIES
 BURNED ID CRISP Tenement Fire in Brooklyn
 Was Disastrous ALL CUT OFF FROM ESCAPE Frightened Italians Throng the Streets and Interfere Greatly
 With the Work of the
 Fire Department.
ALL CUT OFF FROM ESCAPE

New York November 20.--Smothered be- fore they could reach the rear fire escape in a burning tenement building at 1S6 Troutman street in the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn. twelve persons met death shortly before 2 clock this morn ing.
 Two entire families, those of Mariana Triolo and Charles Polognio are wiped out, the last living member of each be- ing now in a hospital with no hope of their recovery. They are Charles Polog- nio, SS years old, and Tony Triolo, IS years old, both of whom are terribly burned. Although in the opinion of the coroner all the dead were suffocated. the bodies were badly burned before they could be taken from the ruins by the f1remen.
 The burned tenement house Is In the center of row of three-story tene- ments, extending the length of the block, and was occupied -hy Italians
 The fire Is supposed to have started in the cellar of the grocery store of An tonio Giambalvos on the ground floor. The cellar was stored with inflamable ma terial, and the flames spread with light ring-like rapidity. All the occupants were asleep at the time, and there was con- siderable delay in sending in the first alarm.
 Escape Was Cut of.
 The Giambalvos' family lived in the rear of the store, and succeeded in get ting out of the building, but before the occupants of the two other floors were reused, their escape had been cut off.
 The work of the firemen was greatly hampered for a time by the crowds of frightened Italians who filled the streets. taofe h1nArf rfr,er buildings dragged their household goods out of the buildings and blocked the way of the fire apparatus.
 All the bodies were found in the rear room of the third floor, and 1t was evil dent that all had been suffocated in their effort to reach the fire escape at the back of the building.
 Cries for Wife and Children.
 In his intervals of consciousness, Po- lognio cries for his wife and children, but the physicians fear the knowledge of their death would kill him. and have not told him of their fate.
 At their investigation of the origin of the fire, the police have been unable to obtain a statement of any kind from neighboring tenants. The street about the burned building has been crowded with Italians all day. but the police re- port that every one questioned regard ing the persons burned or the occupants of the building, has refused to make any answer. It was with great difficulty that even the names of the victims could be obtained.
 The dead:
 The mother and two small children of the Polognio family.
 Mariana Trolo, his wife and three children; Marie Ambrosio, and her 1s- year-old daughter; Mary Galigny, 1S; and Lonaria Groszeppi, aged 30.
 The total loss Is estimated at $10.000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
tOOO LAPS ARE
 ARRIVING DAILY Men Are Being Hurried on to
 Port Arthur PECULIAR MISSILE USED
Is Thrown by laps Into the Trenches and Russians Are Unable to Withstand the Escap-
 Ing Gas.

Che Foo November 2O.-4 p. m.)-An- other attack on Etz mountain is expected to occur November 24 according to Chi nese who left Dalny yesterday. The Chinese further report that reinforce ments for the Japanese continue to ar- rive.
 For the past ten days 1000 have arrived daily. On November IA the Chinese say they saw fifty guns brought into Dalny. Some were broken. others were in good condition. The Japanese said they had captured them. They also saw 150 prisoners including three officers, brought in. Some of the citizens of Dalny expected that the attack of November 24 would be general. Etz mountain being the chief object of the attack. Five more heavy guns re- gently arrived from Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
TAFT HAS BUSY DAY.
Secretary of War is Given Glimpse of
 Sugar Industry.

New Orleans, November 20.-Secretary of War Taft put in another busy day. During the day he and his party were taken to Reserve plantation for glimpse of the sugar industry of Louisiana To- night he is the guest at dinner given by Archbishop Chapelle. The party will leave Monday morning on the Dolphin in order to obtain a daylight view of the river mouth and the jetties.
 Since seeing the immense ships in the harbor. Secretary Taft expressed regret that the Columbia had not been sent here to go to Panama direct.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
HosKlNs COMMITS SUICIDE.
Dead Body of Prominent Man Found
 In Knoxville.

Knoxville November 20.--Cromwell B. Hoskins an insurance man. committed suicide here last night, his dead body be- ing found this morning lying In an alley in the business district.
 He had cut his throat from ear to ear. Financial troubles are said to be respon- sible for the rash deed. He was member of the firm of Burbank & Hoskins. state managers of the Aetna Life In- surance company His business partner says Hoskins had no financial troubles that he knew of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
Lady curzon Is Moved.

London, November 2o.-Lady Curzon was taken by special train today from Walmer to Bournemouth, where she will spent the winter at High Cliff castle. Christ Church, a mile outside of the town The milder climate of Bourne mouth is expected to assist her convales- cence. She bore the journey well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
WRECK NEAR MOBILE.
Only Two Passengers and Fireman
 Are Slightly Injured.

Mobile. November 20-The Mobile and Bay St. Louis train, due here at : ?. m.' was wrecked three miles from the city this evening through some miscreanr throwing switch from the main line to a soap factory.
 The train ran some distance into field beyond the end of the switch. Tho engine and first coach were wrecked, but all of the coaches remained upright, end only two passengers and the fire man were slightly hurt The escape from death and serious injury Is considered re- r,,arlsabIa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
GOING TO WISCONSIN.
Prominent Men Will Get New Ideas
 for University Management.

Atlanta. November 2o.-George Foster Peabody accompanied by Governor Ter rell. President Samuel Spencer of the Southern railway and party of forty two will leave at midnight for trip of inspection of the University of Wisconsin, at Madison. Wis. The object of the trip is to famliarize the governing body of the University of Georgia with the methods and progress of the Wisconsin institution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
NO FURTHER CLUE.
Money Arrives to Pay of Employees
 of the Circus.

Tarboro. N. C.. November 2o.-There are no further developments regarding the theft of s3O.00O in cash from the ticket wagon of the Forepaugh-Sells circus ear iy Saturday morning.
 special train to carry the employees of the show to Richmond, arrived here about o'clock this morning, and it Is said that 1t brought money with which to pay off the attaches of the show. Full settlement with the employees is expect ed to be made tonight. Three trains car rying the circus to winter quarters at Columbus, O., will leave about 1 o'clock in the morning, and about the same time a special passenger train will take the employees to Richmond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
RussIan MaqazIne Explodes.

Tokio. November 2o.-Cs p. m.)--A dis patch from the army besieging Port Ar thur, dated November 19 says
 During the bombardment this after noon shell from a Japanese naval gun exploded a Russian magazine near the arsenal.
 "Our operations against all the forts are proceeding as prearranged from Man chnrian headquarters
 At noon today we shelled the Russian infantry engaged in entrenching east of Reiuchangtun, and also infantry in the rear of the villages, causing them to flee In confusion.
 to note."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
FIRE IN EUFAULA
 DESTROYS BLOCK Hart Block One of the Chief
 Business Sections SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY Loss from Flames Will Amount to More Than ooo-only
 Partially Covered by
 Insurance.

Eufaula, November 20.-(Specia1. )--The entire Hart block, one of the chief busi- ness sections of Eufaula, was totally de- stroyed by fire last night, and the flames were not under control until early this morning The damage caused by the fire 1t is thought will amount to more than sl0OOOO, which is only partially covered by insurance.
 The flames are thought to have origi- mated in the store of the Petrie & Stew art Ftgpiture company or in the armory of the isufaula Guards. The flames spread with almost incredible rapidity, and in the course of few moments after the fire was discovered the entire block was a seething mass of flames,
 Among the buildings which were de- stroyed were the Dorling Undertaking es- tablshment, Crawford's bowling alleys. Foy grocery. Foy livery stables, the armory of the Eufaula Guards and the Petrie & Stewart Furniture company.
 Hart plock was one ol tne ihnPosihs business structures of Eufaula. While 1t was built great many years ago. 1t was of splendid design, and is said to have cost S1O0,OOO itself. The building was owned up to short while ago by the estate of H. M. Conner of Savannah. It was bought by Foy Bros. and schour Bros, and they were having repairs done about It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
ROOSEVELT GREETED BY
 AN IMMENSE AUDIENCE
ARE STILL URGING
 TARIFF REVISION
GOVERNOR CUMMINGS, AUTHOR OF IOWA IDEA" VISITS WHITE HOUSE AND TALKS WITH THE PRESIDENT.

Washington. November 20.-(Special.)- The author of the Iowa Idea" Governor Cummings of Coma, was at the White House today and gave the President his views of the tariff. The visit yesterday of Foss of Massachusetts, representing the New England reductionists, and Cummings today representing the west erns is making the fight for tariff revls- ion pretty strong and having rather depressing effect upon the stand patters who are about getting ready to admit that the tariff is going to be revised by its friends at the early date.
 Governor Cummings has long been an advocate of reduction of the present tariff. He was defeated in his state con vention last spring and during the cam pagn had. of course, little to say on the subject. He now feels, however. that he can talk as much as he pleases and has strongly advised the President to urge revision upon congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
Premier Attacked With snowbaIls.

Budapest, November 2o.-As Premier Tisza was leaving a meeting of his po- ltica supporters today. he encountered A hostile demonstration. He was greeted with shouts of resign" and was pelted with snowballs. The police o.-spersed the crowd by discharge of blank cartridges. Forty arrests were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
Pastor Goes to Knoxville.

Galveston Texas November 20.-The Rev Edward Harris, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city for several years today resigned to accept call to the First Baptist church of Knox vile. Tenn. His resignation becomes ef- fective January 15. 1905.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
President Going to Fort Worth.

Washington, November 20-President Roosevelt. according to his present inten- tions, will visit Fort Worth. Tex, in the spring on the occasion of the reunion of the First Volunteer cavalry (Rough Riders). He has given his assurance that unless something unforeseen happens he will make the trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21

ership made vacant by the resignation of Colonel Hecker of Michigan, and has also told him that il he feels that his health will not permit him to take this place, the president desires to offer him a position on the interstate commerce commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
Japs Use Peculiar Missile.

Che Foo. November 2o.-(S:so p. m)-The local Russian consul has received from Port Arthur letter describing the use by the Japanese of a peculiar missile- This missile looks like a long sausage The Japanese throw 1t into the trenches and it bursts giving off an odor so foul that If 1t Is not thrown out of the trenches immediately the soldiers faint. The gas is not fatal in It's effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
Huuh s. Thompson Is Dead.

New York. November 2O-Hugh S. Thompson. former governor of South Carolina, died at his residence here to- night. He was born in Charleston s. C., in 1886. In recent years he was comp troller of the New York Life Insurance company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
shungshu Mountain Gained.

Tokio, November 2O.-(Noon.)-It is re- ported that the Japanese, after success ful mining occupied a position on Sung shu mountain last Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
COCKRELL OFFERED
 CANAL POSITION
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT STATES THAT HE WILL GIVE HIM HIS CHOICE OF TWO IMPORTANT POSITIONS.

Washington. November 2o.-The presi- dent has offered Senator cockrell of Missouri the Isthmian canal commission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21

temporarily beaten in life, as each one will be now and then, but to come up again and wrest triumph from defeat. I want to you men strong men and brave men, and in addition I wish to see each man of you feel that his strength and his courage but make him the worse unless to that strength and courage are joined the qualities of tenderness toward those he loves who are dependent upon him, and of right dealing with all of his neigh bors.
 Cannot Become Too Good.
 q want to congratulate you all on cer- tain successes that we have achieved in the century and a quarter that has gone by of our American life. We have diffi- culties enough and we are a long way short of perfection. l do not see any im- mediate danger of our growing too good; there Is ample room for effort yet left. But we have achieved certain re- suits, and we have succeeded in measure ably realizing certain ideals.
 We have grown to accept 1t as an automatic truth in American life that the man is to be treated on his worth as a man, without regard to the accidents of his position. (Applause). That this is not a government designed to favor a ricf man as such, but that 1t is designed te favor every man, rich or poor, if he i' a decent man, who acts fairly by hi fellows Cheers and applause).
 We have grown to realize that par of our foundations upon which our lib erty rests Is the right of each man t worship his Creator according to the die tates of his conscience, and the duyt O eaach man Is to respect his fellow wh' so worships Him. Cheers and applause) And, Oh, my countrymen, one of the bes auguries for the future of this country for the future of this mighty and ma jestic institution of ours, lies in the fact that we have grown to regard one another with a broad and kindly charity ano to realize that the field for human en. deavor is wide; that the field for char itable, phianthropic. religious work is wide. and that while a corner of 1t re- mains untitled we do dreadful wrong if we fail to welcome the work done in that field by every man, no matter what his creed; provided only, he works with a lofty sense of his duty to his neighbors.' Cheers and applause).
 After a speech by Commissioner Me Farland, the choir sang America" and a number of hymns.
 The President joined in the singing, and the audience was not slow in fol- lowing. A number of young church off clals followed the President to his car riage. He shook hands with them and called forth applause as he drove away saying. Goodbye. boys l am glad to have been with you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21
VESSEL REPORTED FoUNoERED
Officials of kroonIand However Say
 She Is All Right.

London. November 20.-A news agency report from Brussels states that rumors are afloat at Antwerp that the Red Star Line steamer Kroonland, foundered in nnid-ocean. Officials of the company here deny all knowledge of the disaster, and discredit the rumors.
 New York. November 20.--The officials of the Red Star Line brand as malicious the report that Kroonland has foundered. They discredit the report and declare that the Kroonland is not due here until Monday night, and as vessels arriving report heavy weather, she may not get here until Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-21

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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-03-19
The Glass We Eat.

allow much glass do you suppose you
consume daily?" physician asked OF
one of his patients the other day. says
the Philadelphia Record, and then went
on, in response to the others fnterroga'
tive look: "It is a fact that we all swal-
low each day more or less glass, the
manufacturers not yet having reached
the point where their product is imper-
yious to the action of fluids. He who
drinks beer consumes the most glass.
A chemical analysis of any bottled beer
inevitably reveals some Of glass con-
stituents. But the water drinker, too,
swallows his share. In a carafe or in
a glass pitcher have you never noticed
the odd line which marks the level that
the water has had? Well. that line
shows how the water has changed the
appearance of the glass slightly bS alb
sorbing some of it's components AnG
SO every day, when we drink beer Or
water or milk, we consume little glass.
But it does us no harm. l have yet to
hear of any disease that It has ever
caused"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-03-19
SlOpe of Rivers.

Generally speaking, the slope Of riv-
ers flowing into the Mississippi from
the east is on an average about three
inches per mile. Those entering it from
the west have an average descent Of
about six inches per mile. The aver
age descent per mile Of the Missouri
after it leaves the mountains Is reek-
oned at about a foot; the Des Moines
from it's source to its conjunction With
the Mississippi, 7.3 inches. The entire
length of the Ohio shows fall of even
five inches. The Mississippi from the
mouth of the Ohio to the gulf has q
fall of but 21a inches.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-03-19
Order to Examine Accounts.

STATE OF MINNESOTA !
COUNTY OF STEVENS
In Probate Court, Special term, March
18th, 1904.
In the Matter of the Estate of Levi
M. Torpey, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of
NIL. Torpey administrator of the estate of
Levi NJ. Torpey deceased, representing
among other things, that he has fully
administered said estate, and praying
that time and place be fixed for exam
lining, settling and allowing the final &C
count of his administration, and for the
assignment of the residue of said estate
to the parties entitled thereto by law.
. 1T is ORDERED, That said account
he examined, and petition heard by this
:" Monday the 18th day of April
II -. .,.,.- "a. al Stock A. NJ. at Probate
Office in said County
AND 1T is FURTHER ORDERED,
That notice hereof be given to all persons
interested by publishing copy of this Or
der once in each week for three successive
weeks prior to said day of hearing. in the
Morris Tribune a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Morris in said
County.
Dated at Morris, MINI. the 18th day of
March A. D. 1904
By the Court,
Probate E.J. BAHE,
| Seal Judge of Probate.
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