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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

N N IAMI, Fla, October 19.-After blow
 M ing a gale Friday. Saturday and Sunday the storm predicted for south Florida broke over this place Sun day about nightfall. In a few hours Mi- ami and most of the towns on the east coast of Florida were cut off from com munication with the outside world.
 Telegraph wires were blown down. and the railroad tracks were obstructed and not until today was communication re- stored The wind attained a maximum velocity of 75 miles an hour. The damage here on land was done by rain. In the surrounding country the fruit and veg etable crop were damaged to a considera- ble extent Reports from Lemon City and Buena Vista are that the storm pre- vailed there with the same severity as here. Serious damage to fruit Is re- ported.
 The schooner Melrose with a crew of eight, and four passengers was wrecked Saturday. Just before sunset great wave swept over the vessel capsizing It and throwing the passengers and crew into the sea- Mrs. Hallen. one of the passengers, was lost, out the crew man aged to cling to .Ae side of the vessel,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Bryan Speaks In Evansville.

Evansville, Ind, October 19.-Notwith- standing that the audience assembled in Evans hall tonight for the meeting which closed the itinerary of the seventh day of William J. Bryan's tom was one of the largest democratic gatherings ever held in this city, the past twelve hours were less eventful than any previous time during the tour.
 Large audiences greeted MT. Bryan everywhere, but the demonstrations were less encouraging than those of previous days. However, MT. Bryan and the other members of the party seem gratified with the result of the days work.
 The meeting tonight surpassed other meetings today in point of attendance and enthusiasm. Long before the special train brought Mir Bryan into the city. the spacious hall was filled to overflow ing. When the speaker was escorted into the hall he was given an ovation.
 MT. Bryan's remarks followed closely the lines of his recent speech in Indian apolis. The issues were discussed gener- ally with especial emphasis upon the Philippine problem and alleged militarism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
GAVE HIS LIFE TO
 SAVE SWEETHEART
J. P. L. CURLEY HURLED HER FROM RAILROAD TRACK ONLY SELF.

N-cKeesport, Pa., October 19.-J. P. l.. Curley aged 21, a draughtsman at the east Pittsburg works of the Westinghouse electric company tonight gave up his life to save his sweetheart.
 Curey and companion named Myers were escorting Misses Walters and Kes- Ter to their homes, and while crossing the Baltimore and Ohio tracks at Elev- enth street, switch engine suddenly bore down upon them. Curley gave the alarm in time for Myers and Miss Kes- Ter to reach safety but he and Miss Wal ters were a step or two behind the first couple, and Curley seized Miss Walters and threw her bodily clear of the track Before he could recover his balance. the locomotive cut him to pieces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
TERRIFIC STORM SWEEPS
 SOUTH COAST OF FLORIDA
Miami and Other Towns Have Been Completely Gut Of iron Outside World Since Sunday-Schooner MeroSe 0oeS
 Down and Several Passengers Are Lost in Waves

and Mir. and Mrs. Weller. passengers, found themselves in the water within reach of the yard-arm of the foremast when the ship lighted herself, the two clinging to her rigging.
 The mast. however, fell, and crushed Mrs. Weller. Her lifeless body was washed overheard while MT. Weller had both bones of his right arm broken. The schooner drifted until Monday, when all were washed overheard. MT. Weller grasped a hatch and fioated ashore. land ing near Palm Beach, as did the captain, mate and two cc1ored seamen. One white man and four negroes were drowned.
 The three-masted bark Zion, owned by A. Hemmes of Emden, Germany loaded with a million feet of lumber from Pen sacola for London, stranded five miles north of the house of refuge, near Fort Lauderdale about o'clock yesterday, and Captain Hemmes and crew of four teen men after several hours of strug- gling saved themselves with the aid of pieces of lumber and improvised rafts
 Key West, Fla, October 19-The Nor wegian bark Rinyfaxe, from Campaehe for Europe, Captain Logwood, ran ashore on Marquessa reef during the storm yes- terday. All members of the crew were rescued by the schooner Welcome The hurricane missed Key West No dam age was done here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Chicago, October 19-Fire tonight caus- ed the dismissal of the audience in the Hay Market theatre, although there was no blaze in the thatre proper. fire broke out In the building next door to the theatre and as 1t proved difficult to subdue, the management of the theatre caused the steel curtain to be lowered. and all the exits to be thrown open and the audience was informed that the performance, which was only half fin ished would be discontinued. The people filed out without any panic and in com- plete ignorance of the fire next door.
 The blaze was confined to the building in which 1t originated and caused dam are of several thousand dollars. Two firemen were slightly hurt by the ex- plosion of a quantity of collodion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Baltic Fleet Will Divide.

Berlin, October 19.-A confirmation of the St. Petersburg report stating that part of the Russian Baltic fleet will follow the Cape of Good Hope route is contained in a dispatch from Kiel, which says that the Hamburg American line has contract ed to coal the battleship squadron, which it is added will follow the Cape of Good Hope route.
 The business men of Kiel complain of the outcry regarding Germanys alleged breach of neutrality, which they say pre- vented the fleet from visiting Kiel as in- tended. and thus deprived the merchants of that port of an opportunity to supply the Russian ships with coal and pro- visions, which now falls into French handA
 French firms have been entrusted with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
ALI IGNORANT IF FIRE IN THEATRE Flames Ragged Two Stories Above Audience in Syracuse CHICAGO CROWD DISMISSED People File Out Without Any Panic In Complete Ignorance of
 the Fire Next
CHICAGO CROWD DISMISSED

Syracuse. N. Y., October 19,-An au- dience that crowded the Bastable theatre sat through the performance tonight un- conscious that half the cfty's fire depart ment was fighting a fire two floors above the theatre. So perfect were the pre- cautions taken by the theatre manage ment, the police and fire officials that although the streets outside were damned with excited people. not one in the big audience knew anything was wrong un- til water began to drip from the ceiling. Then the audiece was told that pipe had burst and no trouble was experience ed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Consider Cotton Bale Question.

Washington, Oceober 19.-The inter state commerce commission today heard arguments of counsel in the case of the Planters Compress company against the Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago and St. Louis and other railroads, involving the question of relative freight rates on square and round bales of cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
AMBULANCE IS WRECKED.
Mobile Man Inside Had Just Shot Wife
 and Himself.

Mobile October 19.-This afternoon as a result of previous quarrel, Charles Harding shot his wife. Mahaley Harding. three times, and then turned the pistol on himself the bullet penetrating the base of the brain
 In conveying Harding to the city hos pital. the ambulance was struck by a trolley car and wrecked. the driver being thrown out and severely bruised. Hard ing and his wife are fatally wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Farmers, Institute Workers Meet.

St. Louis, October 19.-The second ses- sion of the ninth meeting of the Ameri- can Association of Farmers Institute workers was devoted to eighteen minute reports relative to the progress made in their respective states by the superin- tendents and directors of agricultural in- stitutes. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. was selected as the next meeting place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Japs Captured Maps.

W---- General Okus left army at the front October F, D. m., via Fusan, Octo- Der 19.-Maps captured by the Japanese show that the Russians had arranged for series of retreats, and these maps in- dicate where the stands were to be made
 This accounts for the slowness of the ad- vance of the Japanese and their failure to cut off the Russian retreat which was conducted with great skill Ravines and gullies met with by the Japanese ob- structed the advance. The cavalry on the left crossed the Hun river and prevented f1anking advance. The right and center armies held their lines all through the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
VANCOTT IS IN
 GREAT TROUBLE Witness Says He Was Hired
 to Buy Votes PRODUCED A HUNDRED MEN Son of New York Postmaster Is Ar raigned on Charge of colonizine Voters for the Purpose of
 Voting Them.
PRODUCED A HUNDRED MEN

New York, October 19.-Riehard Van- colt, son of the postmaster of New York, and republican candidate for the assem- ply in the Fifth district, and Bankson McAvoy, cashier in the general postoffice, and republican worker in the Fifth dis trict, were arraigned today on a charge of colonizing votes of nonresident cit izens with the purpose of their register ing and voting at the coming election
 Benjamin D. Levy, who is said to have made a confession relative to the case was a witness in the proceedings today He was an empoye in the New York postoffice for several years, and testified that he met Vancott and McAvoy on several occasions, on one of which the latter asked him to get seven or eight boys"
 Levy Picks Them Out.
 Later at MeAvoy's request, he testified, he got seven men from the Mills hotel Levy picked out three men in the court room as having been engaged by him at the hotel. These men, it was said, have affIdavits corroborating Levys statement. He then said he went with McAvoy to several houses and said that McAvoy rented rooms for several of the men.
 Soon after he met McAvoy and Var colt in political club and complained to Vancott that McAvoy had not treated him right because he spoke of having wanted 100 men, and he had a list of fifteen rooms, and he wanted them filed Van colt instructed him to see him again, and at their next meeting Levy said he told Vancott he had 100 men in a nearby park.
 Slips Are identified.
 Slips bearing the address of houses where the men were alleged to have been lodged were identified by Lyy as papers given to him by Vancott and were put in evidence. Soon after this Vancott and Me- Avoy told him they washed their hands of him. Levy said that the bargain made be- tween him and McAvoy for procuring men was 'One dollar for registration, six weeks board and couple of dollars for the vote on election day"
 The examination was adjourned until next Monday with Levy still on the stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

battle. working forward at the same time.
 The Russian force which attacked the right flank of the right army was driven back to the eastward.
 At last accounts the whole Japanese force now holds lien fifteen miles to the north, where the armies are resting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Republicans Seek Funds.

Washington, October 19.-(Special)- Reports from West Virginia say the re- publicans are hard at work trying to raise A big campaign fund Candidates for office are being assessed heavily.
 candidate for supreme judge was as- sessed $500. He responded with a 5000 check and curt note According to these advices Senator Scott gave s30,0oc and Senator EllIins $20.0O0. swelling the total to SS0.O00 A total fund of Sl00,000 is exuected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Anxiety for Mail Steamer.

Havana, October 19.-Anxiety is felt for the safety of the Spanish royal mail steamer Buenos Ayres, which left New York on October 13 and Is now nearly three days overdue at Havana. The Ward line steamer Moro Castle, from New York. which arrived this afternoon. reports rough voyage. She did not sight the Buenos Ayres.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Rla Flre at Cromwell.

Anniston, october 19.-(Special.)- .)-News reached here today of a disastrous fire near Cropwell Tuesday. where Young's gin and machinery was totally destroyed by fire along with sixty bales of cotton. The loss to the gin and machinery Is es- timated at 5000 with no insurance. The cotton is also a total loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Republican Mass Meeting.

New York October 19.-The republican mass meeting held in Brooklyn tonight at the Clermont rink. was addressed by Senator Fairbanks, Secretary of the Treasury Shaw and Congressman J. l.. Griffith of Indiana. The rink whs crowded
 Previous to the meeting. the speakers were entertained at dinner by former Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Wood ruff
 George H. Roberts presided and intro,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Vessels Sail for Russia.

Warned Munde, Mecklenburg Schwerin. October 19-The mail steamers Kaiser Wilhelm and Koeni- Christian. recently sold to an Odessa firm, have been re- christened and have sailed for Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Hoke Smith in Connecticut.

Atlanta, october 19.-Hon Hoke Smith. formerly a member of President Cleye- lands cabinet, left for Hartford, Conn. today, where he will address a demo- cratic gathering Friday evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Stone In Indiana.

Bluffton. Ind, October l9.-Senator Will Ham J. Stone of Missouri delivered an address before mass meeting of demo- crats in this city tonight. The spacious hall was well filled and the speakers re- marks were well received.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
WOODLAND MAN |S SHOT IN BATTELLE D. w. Pickens is Killed by C.
 H. Cole WAS AN INSURANCE MAN Deceased Was Brother-n-Law of Vice President J. w. McQueen of
 the SIoss-SheffleId
 Company.
WAS AN INSURANCE MAN

Battelle, October 19.--(special)-c. II. Cole shot and killed D. W. Pickens. an insurance agent of Woodlawn, here about 9:25 o'clock tonight, shooting him three times. MT. Pickens died almost in- stantlv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
PrOpOunds Questions for Judge
 Parker to Answer
FAIRBANKS ALSO SPEAKS
The Senator From Indiana Makes a Strenuous Defense of Protection as the Basis of Industrial
 Development.

New York, October l9-Senator Charles w Fairbanks of Indiana and Lieutenant Governor Frank W. Higgins, republican candidate for governor of New York, ad- dressed a republican mass meeting here in Madison Square Garden tonight. For mer Secretary of War Elihu Root pre- sided. Large delegations of undergradu- ates of Yale and Princeton were present and took part in a parade which preceded the meeting. Several delegations from other cities including the Pittsburg Marching club of Pittsburg, attended, and a number of "Freemonters0 occupied places on the platform. and the audience filled every part of the auditorium.
 MT. Root in opening the meeting spoke chiefly of national issues He said in part:
 Ut has been in part an attack of a personal nature but at last an Issue has been projected into the canvass. see that my friend Judge Parker says that we have a bad government in the Phil ippines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Slips Are Identified.

coaing the Russian cruisers and torpedo toats, which will traverse the Mediter- ranean
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Attack Was of Personal Nature.

Tn his recent speech to the anti-im- peralists, Judge Parker says that he has been informed by some one, whom he describes as a student of conditions,' that the government of the Philippines is very bad. Judge Parker has been de- ceived Doubtless by the same anti-im- perialist who led him to overstate the cost of American occupation in the Phil ippines by some $415,000,00o.
 ''The judge says, I ask of the republl- can party whether if the administration of the United States should continue In its hands, 1t should undertake to apply any remedy? Will 1t enact for the Philip pines proper statutes regulating their af- fairs with some view to their interestsT
 Has the judge ever examined the stat utes which have been enacted for the Philippines? There are two printed vol umes of them enacted by the commits sion, of whom three out of the seven members other than the governor were distinguished Filipinos, enacted every one of them after public discussion, reported to congress. printed end they have be- come public documents of the United States. I undertake to say that if the judge will examine these statutes, he will find a beacon of law, which for wisdom. for due regard to the interests of any people, for whom they are enacted, and for constructive ability, challenge com parison with the statutes of any state of the American union. The judge asked will the republican party give their perishing shipping relief? Let me tell the judge that their shipping is not perishing and does not need relief. The shipping of the Philippines is carrying on the trade among the islands as 1t always has carried 1t on, carrying it on without obstacles, hlndrances or in terference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Asks a Long Question.

"I ne judge asks will 1t give them tariff regulations under which they can existY Has the judge examined the tariff law which has been enacted for the Philip pines, enacted on the 16th of September 1901. enacted after long, open public hearing by the concurrence of F1l1pinoS and Americans with the unanimous vote of the Philippine members of the com mission, enacted with sole reference to the interests of the Filipino people, impos- ing tariff duties lower than they have ever had in the islands, far lower than the duties imposed by our own tariff here, referred to congress, discussed on the floor of both houses, approved by con gross without criticism or objection by any democrat in eitL-r house except that the democrats sought to force upon the Philippines instead of this law, and with out reference to their needs and for their benefit the Dingley tariff which they ab- hor and condemn and which was wholly unsuited to the trade and conditions oi the Philippines.
 "The judge asks, are the Philippines today self supporting community? Why should not these islands, asserted by all and conceded by all to have grea natural resources, be self supporting Let me tell the judge that they are sell supporting The revenues far exceed th' expenditures in the Philippine govern ment."
 Lieutenant Governor Higgins spoke un til Senator Fairbanks arrived from Brook lyn, where he had made an address, Hi entrance was the occasion for hearty ap pause
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Capital Must Be Assured.

Senator Fairbanks said in part:
 Commercial growth is not the mere result of mere chance; industrial devei- opment is not the fruit of acci1ent. Our rrogress is due alone to an adherence to national politics which do not change with the changing seasons. There Is no political party success SD important as the triumph of sound national policies. Capital must be assured that 1t may sale ly plan for the future. It must Feel satls- fled that the basis upon which 1t calcu- lated will not be undermined or disturbed by irrational or temporary policies. The republican party has during Us entlre career stood for those policies which nave been enduring 1t has stood for the pest thought with respect to economic and financial policies, knowing full well that the highest and best interests Of laDor and capital are to be promoted by right adherence to the soundest policies,
 Talks on the Tariff.
 on the tariff MT. Fairbanks said:
 .rbe republican party stands squarely bv the protective system. This system bas vindicated itself. If is the basis of our present industrial and commercial development Under 1t our domestic com rnerce has attained magnitude unprece- dented in our history. No one can com nrehend its proportions An assault upon the protective system means to imperil our industrial development.
 'The republican party has been essen tiaI in the public interest. It is not in favor of revision for the mere sake of change. It is not in favor of revision along free trade lines. Whenever 1t be- comes evident that revision is needed In the public interest, the republican party Is willing and able to make 1t; but it will make it consistently with the protective policy; 1t will make 1t so as to preserve the protective principle and promote our industrial development-not check or overthrow it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

nn IAMI, Fla, October 19.-After blow M ing a gale Friday, Saturday and VI c,,,aa,. .ha .torp, nradfctad for
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-07-08
Want Eight Hour Law.

DENVER, July 5-The Ways and
Means committee or organized labor
OF Colorado today adopted platform
for the fall campaign and pledged sup.
port to the Democratic State ticket,
If the Democratic platoon shall en-
brace the provisions of the labor plat
form. The salient features of this
platform are: A definate eight hour
law a defnate legislative measure; de-
feat of the present State administrat-
ion; a constitutional amendment tax
ing from the Governor the power to
suspend the writ Of habeas corpus ex-
cept by three fourth vote of the Gen.
eral Assembly, and providing that the
question of insurection shall be decid-
ed by judicial inquiry; expudiation Of
the military debt contracted ny the
Peabody administration, exemption of
5000 worth of property from taxation.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-07-08
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
For Week Ending July 4th, 1904

Carson City. Nevada, July 5, 1904.
The temperature during the past
week has averaged slightly above nor
NAL with generally fair weather over
the greater part of the State. A few
of the days were hot, but one or two
Of the nights were quite cool, but nc
damaging frost occurred.
The weather conditions were fav.
orable for the growing crops which are
reported as being in excellent condition
and making good progress toward ma
turity. Range feed is drying up in q
few localities, but it is still fine and
abundant in most sections Of the
State. Live stock continues in excel
lent condition
The harvesting of alfalfa is pretty
general all over the state, with yields
above the average, both in quantity
and quality, in most districts. Potatoes
and garden truck are doing we'll and
the outlook for fruit is promising. Ir
rigation water is still plentiful and
holding out well.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-07-08
Going Out cf Business.

Having allowed my stock to run
down because OF my having sometime
since decided to retire from business,
| now find myself out of so many
articles as to make it inexpedient to
serve my regular family trade in a
manner satisfactory. either 10 my Gu $
toners or to myself. it therefore be
comes necessary for me to discontinue
soliciting the customary orders from
this date.
All goods remaining on hand will
be disposed Of for cash in quantitie:
TO suit in order to close out as quickly
as possibly.
I take this opportunity to express
my heartfelt thanks to all who have
so generously favored me with then
patronage during the years l have
been doing business in Carson City.
Not only do | appreciate the kind
nes, but regret most sincerity the
severance Of the pleasant relations
that have always existed between US
Geo. H. Meyers. I'M