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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Meat for Russians.

Seattle, Washn., December 2S-It is
Understood that 1000 tons of salt beef will
comprise A part of the cargo of the
steamship Tacoma. which ) now loading
here. The vessel is operated by the
Northwestern Coal company. which holds
concessions from the Russian govern
ment and it has been surm.sed that the
meat is for the Russian soldiers at vIadi-
vostock. Though it has been publicly
stated that the Tacoma is bound for
Shanghai. in steamship circles it is said
the Tacoma will proceed either to Vladi-
vostock or win try to run the blockade
q Port Arthur.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
United States Circuit Court Should
Handle Subject
OBJECTS TO COMMISSION
Thinks That Respect In Which Courts
Are Held Would Be Important Fac
tor In Declaring When
Rates Are Excessive.
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington December 8-(Special)-
Senator Elkins, chairman of the inter
state commerce committee, is working on
a bill to carry out the views of the
President on the railroad rebate question.
In conversation today, however. he ad-
vanced the idea that a circuit court of
the United States should handle the sub
ject.
For several reasons" said he, 'I think
the interstate commerce commission is
not the proper tribunal for the fixing of
rates by this method. 1t should be done
in a circuit court of the United States
and that court should be presided over
by a justice of high character who ought
to receive a salary of ten, twelve or ff-
teen thousand dollars a year. Such a
judge would of course be appointed for
life and would be Independent of the
changes that might occur in the adminis-
tration of the government. He could de-
vote his entire thought to the questions
that would come to his attention.
''Just think what might happen if
these powers were placed in a commission,
the members of which would be subject
to reappointment by the President with
II qited terms. Such proposition would
ntl meet the approval of conservative
men. But even with this power to de-
clare what rates are excessive lodged in a
circuit court of the United States, we
would still have to make further provi-
sion for the effectual abolition of the
rebate The fixing of rate will not pre-
vent the rebate. That is a matter l am
endeavoring to go over so fully that we
may be able to draw a bill that will be
satisfactory to meet the ends desired.
las I have suggested, the functions Of
this court would not interfere with the
Interstate commerce commission. In the
important matter of declaring what. rates
are excessive the court would have juris-
diction, and the respect with which our
/ courts are held would prove an impor-
tant factor in making the system sue
cessful."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
DENIES THAT THERE
Is A PAPER TRUST
w. L. DAVIS OF DELLS PAPER
COMPANY SAYS THAT NO ILLE-
GAL COMBINATION HAS BEEN
FORMED.

Eauehlaire, Wis. December 2S.-W. L.
Davis of the Dells Paper and pulp COM
pany. a defendant in the application for
an injunction against the General Paper
company. and other paper companies by
the attorney general In the United States
district court of st. Paul, said today:
THE General Paper company of Chi
cago was organized as a selling agency
of such paper companies as wished to
Join, but 1t was not an Illegal combina-
ton or trust
He said 1t was true that the price OF
paper had gone up but that the advance
was due to natural causes, such as an
advance of fifty per cent. In the price of
pulp wood. the increase In the. price of
fuel. labor and in fact everything con-
sumed In the manufacture o. paper. He
stated further that those back of the
suit based their figures on the rise In
the price of paper on the price made to
consumers when paper was sold at
loss by paper manufacturers.
Mr.. Da 5is said there were a number of
large paper manufacturers outside the
General Paper company therefore, the
statement that the organization has de-
stroyed competition was not true.
I'VE find competition enough" said he,
"and the price of paper IS largely con-
trolled by competition. The organization
of the General Paper company was more
o matter Of convenience than anything
else, for by selling the manufactured pro-
duct through the General Paper company
the manufacturer Is enabled to give his
entire time to the making Of the pro-
duct
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Ew YORK. Deeember 2s.-Ben

NJ Ew YORK, December S.-Benja-
M min ]. Riley of Springfield,
Mass, today declared that he
and Orestes A. Weed of Boston came to
this city with the intention of commit
ting suicide together. The two men were
taken from the Grand Union hotel early
today suffering from morphine poisoning
and Weed died at the hospital after the
physicians had tried for hours to save
him. Riley was revived this afternoon
and was transferred to the prison ward
of Bellevue hospital, where he is held
on charge of attempting suicide. 1t is
thought that he will recover.
According to Coroner Scholer, Riley
who gave his home as Brookline, Mass.
made the following statement:
Weed and l have been ohums since
boyhood. We knew each other = n, and
when we became older we separated and
met only occasionally. We saw each
other at least three or four times yeai
and last Sunday we happened to meet In
Boston, We chatted for some time and
told each other of the trials we had en-
countered during the past six months
Both of us had met with bad luck, and
we were both what you may term as
down and out.
Neither of us had anything that gave
promise and we were down-hearted
''In some manner, how l do not know
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
TRAFFIC DELAYED.
Snow Ties Up Trains in the State of
Iowa.

Marshalltown, Ia, December 2S.-Traffic
on two roads out of this city, the Iowa
Central and the Chicago Great Western
was at standstill today. No trains
have been handled on either since yes
terday morning. The only trains moving
are those from the east on the Chicago
Northwestern.
Chicago Great Western freight train,
lost in the storm, was wrecked two miles
south of Melbourne, causing injuries to
six train and section men. The most se-
riously hurt are the engineer A. III. Dom
nelson. of Des Moines, and a section man
named William Roger of Melbourne
Section Man Roger was buried under
snow and coal for two hours before he
could be rescued. He was pinned down
by piece of timber driven through the
calf of his leg. A wrecking train sent
from Des Moines was stuck in a snow
drift two miles distant and was unable to
assist.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
b. S. PLAYED SANTA CLAUS
TO THE WORLD AT LARGE

orders 1t is. seen the British recipients
got but little more than $40 a piece.
The italian orders show an average of
more than $50 each
Portugal had the smallest average.
The average of the orders forwarded to
that country was 50. In making the holi-
day remittance SALT, 495.11 worth of ex-
change was bought, and in the buying a
tidy amount was saved for Uncle Sam.
International money orders are obtained
from the postoffice at fixed rate of
S4.S7. irrespective of what the market
quotation may be. Mr.. Elliott buys his
exchange at market rates furnished him
daily by twenty-one bankers, and the
postal fund gets the difference. Last year
it amounted to $4,000.
"The liner Majestic conveyed to the
other side money orders calling for a
larger total than any other vessel which
had sailed in December up to Christmas
ewes. When she left her dock on Decem-
Der q, she had in her mail pouches 58,233
orders, amounting to $3.50, 63S.9S."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
NAN PATTERSON Is
IN BETTER SPIRITS
Prominent Men Offer to Go on
Her Bond
HER FATHER IS IN DESPAIR
Says He Believes His Daughter Is In
sane and That She Is a Physical
Wreek--Dr. Mcguire
Talks.
HER FATHER IS IN DESPAIR

New York, December 2S.-Nan Patter-
son, the former show girl who is IN the
Tombs prison charged with the murder
of Caesar Young was in better spirits
today than at any time since the second
Jury which heard the testimony In her
case report ed that they were unable to
agree upon a verdict She believed, she
said, that the freedom for which she
had longing for for more than six months
was about to be granted. kilograms had
come to ner from Wheeling. W. Va, an
nouncing that four prominent men in
that city were prepared to furnish bail
for her in any amount up to $4,000.
Il have received kilograms from men
offering to go on my bond, she said to-
day. but l don't feel at liberty to give
out the names of my new-found friends
until 1 have consulted with my attor-
neys.'
If the offerings from We Ag have
been made in good faith II is probable
the court will be asked in a few days to
fix the amount of the bond.
Who Men Are.
While Miss Patterson would not reveal
the names of the Wheeling men who
offer to go on her bond dispatches from
that city say they are Charles W. Fisher,
secretary of state-elect; II. J. Price, T.
A. Daveny, a lawyer, and Howard Black,
a banker of Fairmount.
Nan Patterson father, who spent the
greater part of the day with her in the
Tombs said after leaving her that he
feared that she was going insane.
"She is broken down completely he
said. II tell you my little girl is a ply
sieal and mental wreck. l am afraid that
her mind is giving way under this dread
full strain She Is worse than she was
when she collapsed after hearing jury $
disagreement. | have sent for our fam
lily physician"
No Immediate Danger.
Dr. Mcguire was sent for later and
after examining Miss Patterson, said
Miss Patterson Is in highly nervous
and even a hysterical condition but In
my Judgment there need be no fear of
insanity from present Indications She
laughs a great DEAL but the laughter is
more of a hysterical character than from
any impulse that would appear like In
sanity. She needs good care and con-
slant watching and companionship. The
latter we all know cannot be very well
supplied in prison
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Coal Shipment Delayed.

Pittsburg, December 2S.-With the
Ohio river at a coal boat stage, the
shipment of large coal tonnage ready
was prevented today by unusually high
winds. The Ohio tonight is rising. and
by tomorrow the coal companies ex.
pect to start two million bushels to
the southern markets. Reports from
down the river say that all coal craft
are now tied up between Steubenyille
and Safe Harbor on account OF the
high wind, but expect to be able to
proceed tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
STILL POUNDS THE BAR.
No Change in the Position of the
Steamer Drumelzier.

New York, December 2S.-Still pound
ing on the bar off Ellis island where
she struck on Christmas morning, there
Is practically no change tonight in the
condition of the steamer Drumelzier. To-
night word was sent to the Sandy Hook
life saving station to get ready to start
for the wreck at daylight. Sapt. T. P.
Patterson will have charge of this crew
of eight men, the hardest life savers
along the coast
The longest life boat at the Hook was
made ready at once. and early in the
morning will be taken in tow by pow
erful tug to where the British tramp lies
stranded
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
WHITE MAN WHIPPED.
Is Given 60 Lashes and Told to Leave
the State.

Natehez, Miss, December 2S.-A. d..
Lewis, a white man, 33 years of age,
whose home is in Chicago. was lashed
today In the woods near Natchez and
ordered out of the state.
Lewis was being taken to the coun-
try correction farm to serve sentences
for insulting women on the streets. As
he was being taken to the farm a
crowd Of six white men took him from
the officer. They entered the woods
three miles from town, stripped him
and gave him sixty lashes across tho
back. They then placed him on a
train and ordered him to leave the
state
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
WILL OPERATE ROAD.
Inter-Urban Railway Company Organ
lied at Chattanooga.

Chattanooga. Tenn, December 2S.-Ap-
plication will be made at once under the
laws Of Georgia for a charter for the
Tennessee-G Georgia Inter-Urban Railroad
company. with a capital stock of 100000,
with the privilege of increasing the
amount to $500.oo0. This company will be
formed with the object of constructing
and operating an electric railway be-
tween Chattanooga and Ducktown, Tenn,
via Ringgold. Catoosa and other nearby
Georgia points. The incorporators will
be s. W. Devine of Chattanooga, J. II.
Walter Smith. Jr.. J. c. Bryan, Jr.. Jones
e. Biggner. J. N. Robinson. W. Il. Bryan
and j. w. Clark of Chattahoochee county.
Funds for the preliminary survey Of
the road have been subscribed, and this
work will be begun at once
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
EVIDENCE OUT.
Is Really Fight Between Virginia
Railway Companies.

Chattanooga, Tenn, December 2S.-A
special to the Times from Bristol says:
The first public evidence of the re-
ported fight between the Virginia and
Southwestern and the South and Western
Railway companies was revealed today
when Judge Skeen of the Wise county
Wirginia) circuit court granted an in
junction preventing the South and West
ern company from taxing railway
through the valley of Guests river until
further orders This injunction became
effective when the Virginia and South
western company filed bond of $4,000
The contention between the companies
relates to advantages In route for
railway from the Virginia coal fields to
South Atlantic ports.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
WILL DELIVER DEEDS.
indian Chiefs Have Not Wholly Sur
rendered, However.

Muskogee, I. T., December @.-Green
McCurtain, chief of the Choctaw nation,
and ]. II. Johnson, chief OF the Chick
asaw nation. have announced that they
will commence at once to deliver deeds
to Indians for the lands allotted them.
There are six thousand such deeds, the
chiefs having for a year refused to de-
liver the deeds In an effort to prevent
their people from disposing of the land.
The chiefs have not wholly surrendered
to the general government. for they de-
clare they Will deliver the deeds without
sending them to Washington for the sec
retary of the interior.
The controversy involves 100000 acres
of land.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Georgia Farmers Burn Cotton.

: Macon. Ca. December PA spe- i.
= cial to the Telegraph from Fort .
= Gaines, Ga, says that the farmers =
. and merchants of Clay county met =
. today In Fort Gaines and decided to =
. burn their share Of two million bales .
9 OF surplus cotton. =
. A starter was made today when n .
. bonfire was made Of Gotten In the .
. streets of Fort Gaines. II Is not !,
. yet determined where II will stop. =
. They have decided to SET the pace =
. and are moving determinedly A .
. large crowd paraded With much =
. spectacular ceremony. The object Is =
. to show that the farmers are ready =
= to sacrifice few bales to raise =
y prices. =
= The fire is still burning and excite =
y ment is high. =
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29

NJ EW YORK, December 2S.-The
M United States played S n a
Claus to the world at large, ac-
eording to reports secured from General
Superintendent Joseph Elliott of the
money order division of the New York
postoffice. From December / to Decem-
Der "a, the night before Christmas, no
less than 334,6S4 international orders were
forwarded to other lands from this city,
and these orders called for $4.667, 5000.
"The remittances," said Mr.. Elliott to-
day, were the largest in the history of
the postoffice The figures show an un-
usual distribution also. For instance,
Italy comes second in the list of benefi-
eiaries in point of money received. and
a good first in the amount of individ-
ual orders.
Great Britain, as a matter OF course.
got more money and more orders, but
averaging the amount of the separate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
PennsYIVanla leads.

New York. December 2S.-At the con-
clusion OF the first round of the sixth
annual tournament Of the Triangular
College Chess league, contested at the
rooms of the German Chess club today,
the representatives Of Pennsylvania lead
with a total number Of M points to their
credit. Brown was second with | point,
while Cornell, holder of the champion
ship trophy, brought up the rear with
half "a point.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Charter for Railway.

Guthrie, o. T., December ga char
ter was granted today to the Northwest
ern Railroad company of Elk City, Okla
homa, capital s1,s5OOOO. to build from Elk
City. through Day, Woodward and Beav-
er counties In Oklahoma. From Beaver,
they will build a branch south to the
north bank of the south fork of the Red
river. The incorporators are E. c. Neiss,
L. N. Bliss e. r. Krauss, A. F. Colgren.
of Chicago, and w. F. Pierce of Elk
CITY.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
MAY GET BAIL.

, Cleveland, o., December 2S.-
; A syndicate. for which Attorney
|, A. p. lluigley of this city Is spokes-
, man, is said to be ready and will
|. ing to furnish bail up 10 the sum
, of $4,000 to procure the release Of
|. Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick, held in
, Jail here awaiting trial on the
; charge of forgery. Attorney Quig-
|, ley would not give the names of the
, prospective bondsmen of Mrs.
, Chadwick, but says that they are
; well able to furnish any reason
, able sum OF money required IL
; Mrs. Chadwick Is permitted to go
, out on bail.
; The federal officials ere said to
; be not in favor Of giving Mrs.
, Chadwick her freedom, and will, 1t
, is understood, discourage such a
) proceeding without. however, In
; fringing on the prisoners consti-
, tutional rights.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Yale Team Victorious.

New Orleans, December 2S.-Yale de-
feated the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation basketball team tonight, 81 to 10.
outpIaying the locals at every point of
the game. The game was played in the
gymnasium tent, and the cold weather
helped the visitors. After the game
the Yale players were guests at the
Mittens ball, given by the leading So
ciety ladies, leap year event.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Accidentally Shot.

Admission, December 2s.-(Special John
Douthard of near Weaver's station, aeci-
dentally shot himself Saturday afternoon.
from the effects of which he died short
1y after. He was examining a gun when
it was discharged. its contents entering
his right leg just below the knee and
sseverine an artery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Carnegie Approves Plans.

st. Louis, December 2.-In a letter to
F. M. crunden. librarian of the public
library, Andrew Carnegie approved Of
the plans for the new st. Louis building,
and states that his cashier has been
instructed to honor from the proper
authorities requisition up to 100000 for
the new structure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Attends Funera and Dies.

Columbus. Ga. December 2S.-(special.)
Thirty hours after after having attend
ed the funeral of her son. Cornelius Pike,
Mrs. Rebecca Pike, aged II years, died
last night at her home on First avenue.
The shock from her sons death is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-29
Anpear Before jury.

Portland Ore, December Ex-senator
Mitchell and Congressman Binger Her
mann appeared before the federal grand
jury today. Nothing could be learned
OF the proceedings in the jury room.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-29
STOCKS ONLY DRIFT
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO PRESSURE
TO SELL SECURITIES.
MARKET IS SENSITIVE
BUT AMALGAMATED COPPER WAS
LIFTED NEARLY A POINT.

Market Closed Practically Stagnnnt.
Bonds Were Neglected and About
Steady-TOtaI Sales Par Value
81 ,O75, OOO-United states Bonds
We're Unchanged on CaII-NorfoI<
and Western. Lost N Point-FOr-
midabIe Decrease in Erie-TotaI
sale of Stocks Were 175,SOO
shares.
New York, April 2S.-The listless
drifting to which the stock market is
being accustomed was again notably in
evidence to-day. With money to be
had on almost nominal terms. there is
no pressure on anybody to sell stocks
to realize cash and no one not forced
to do so would attempt to market hold
ings in such narrow and apathetic
market as that existing.
On the other hand. there seems to
be nothing in the current conditions or
the prospects that can induce the buy
ing of stocks. in spite OF the abundant
facilities to be lad in the way of bor-
rowed money, The sterling rate at
Paris sank to rs francs 10 confines
to-day, thus widening the margin of
profit on gold shipments from New
York, in spite of an easier tendency of
sterling here.
Market Is Sensitive.
Yet the market is obviously sensi-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-29

Trains arrive Savannah as follows:
No. 30, daily, from New York,
Washington and Cincinnati, $40 am.
No. 3S, daily, from New York and
Washington, $40 p. m.
No. 80. daily from all points West,
via Iess,Sss9r, 11;59 p. m.
No. "a, daily, from all points West,
via Jesup, 100 p. m.
All trains arrive and depart from
the Union Depot.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE, ETC.
Trains S3 and "a, THE NEW YORK
AND FLORIDA EXPRESS. Vesti-
pulled limited trains, carrying Pullman
Drawing-roon, Sleeping Cars between
savannah and New York. Dining Cars
serve meals en- route.
TRAINS 20 and so, THE WASH
INGTON AND FLORIDA LIMITED
Vestibuled limited trains, carrying
Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping Cars
between Savannah and New York
Dining Cars serve all meals en- route
Also Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping
Cars between Savannah and Cincin-
natl. through Asheville and "The
Land of the Sky"
For information az to rates sched-
ules, etc, apply to
c. H. ACKFRT, G, NJ, Washington,
S. Fl. HARDwICK. G. p. A.. Wash
ington, D, c.
w. H. TAYLoE. A. G. p A.. ATTAIN
ia, Ga.
r. G. BLArTNER, Depot Ticket
Agent Union Depot, Savannah, Ga.
e. G. THOMSON. C. P. & T. A., Sa-
vannah. Ca, III Bull street. Phones
$50.