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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
VAUGHAN WAS AT
 BOTTOM OF PLOT
GOV. FOLK OFFERS $500 FOR AR REST AND CONVICTION OF PER- SONS FURNISHING CONNECTS WITH FIREARMS.

Jefferson City. Mo-, November 26.-Gov- ernor Folk announced tonight that tomor- row he would offer a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the persons who furnished the firearms and explosives to the convicts which were used In the nutiny last Friday at the penitentiary.
 Governor Folk today secured from Ed ward Raymond, confession regarding the matter. Raymond told the governor that Vaughan come to Ryan, Blake and himself about a month ago and told them that if they would join him he would en- able them to make their escape.
 Vaughan told them that while they were together in their cell, he had ex- plosves by which he could blow up the stockade, and they could escape. Later when it was discovered that Vaughan did not have a sufficient amount of the explosive, it was decided to hold up the deputy warden and make him let them out through the road gate. Blake was a locomotive engineer and the plan was to capture an engine and make their es- cape on it. This apparently explains their run to the Missouri Pacific station, where Blake was killed before they came to aE engine.
 Raymond denied to the governor that he knew of the firearms until the time came for the trying out of the plot, when Vaughan took the other convicts to the sole leather room of the factory and showed them the pistols, and the ammu- milton. Vaughan had kept these hidden all the time.
 Vaughan refused to make any state ment Ryan told Attorney General Had ley Saturday night that the supplies might have been brought into prison by freight or by express with goods brought into the prison, but like Raymond he denied any knowledge of where they came from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED.
Man Shot by Dr. Kenyon Was Seen tc
 Swallow Laudanum.

Atlanta. November 26-Dr. o. T. Ken yon of Dawson, Ga, who shot and killed. R. F. Dickerson in a quarrel over young self wounded, was today removed from the hospital to a local hotel. His attend ing physician, Dr. Thomas Longino. stat cd tonight that Dr. Kenyon would recover rapidly, as the wound was not necessarily serious
 It is given out by police authorities that Dr. Kenyon will not be tried by the state courts, as 1t Is said that the evil dence shows he was justiflable. It is stated that just before the shooting, Dickerson was seen to swallow enough laudanum to kill man, and with suicidal intent Dr. Kenyon will be tried In police court on the charge of discharging firearms within the city limits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
NO CONFLICT REPORTED
 IN SEBASTOPOL SUNDAY
Mutlny Is Regarded as the Carefully Planned Work of the
 RevoIutionaries.

St. Petersburg, November N.-Q:30 a.. m.)-At midnight the Associated Press was informed by an official of the ad- miralty that the reports received up to that hour showed there had been no con- flict at Sebastopol yesterday. So far as the official knew, the crews of the Black Sea fleet were still loyal, but beyond that no information was vouchsafed. It is not known whether the troops which were ordered to proceed from Simferopol have arrived at Sebastopol.
 The sailors who mutinied number about 1000 and belong to various equpages from the 18th to the 36th Including the sail ors on board the ships. there were about 5000 in Sebastopol when the mutiny oe- cured The troops In the garrison con- sisted of the Brest and Bielostok regi- ments, with two battalions of artillery and one battalion of fortress artillery. The Bielostok regiment during the outbreak several weeks ago. fired upon the sailors, and at the admiralty no doubt is now entertained that the mutiny was the re- suit of the carefully prepared work of revolutionary agitators to whom the sup port given the mutineers at Cronstadt by the workmen of St. Petersburg offered a powerful weapon. Profting by the mis- takes of the mutineers at Cronstadt, how ever, those at Sebastopol took particular care to adopt measures to prevent their meeting degenerating into a drunken riot, and so far as known both the mutineers and the workmen in the port have con ducted themselves in perfectly orderly fashion.
 There is strong impression here that intelligent leaders are at the head of the movement.
 Cronstadt Sailors We'll Informed
 It Is evident also that the sailors at Cronstadt have had underground informa- tion of what was happening at Sebastpol, because Saturday morning before the news was known in St. Petersburg, re- ports of the mutiny were freely circulated at Cronstadt.
 Vice Admiral Birileff, minister of marine, has issued a formal order threat ening with arrest and the severest pun
 (Continued Or Seventh Paue.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27

state the grounds on which the appeal will be based. There is little doubt, how ever, that 1t will be contended the trial court erred in denying MT. Lehmann's mo- ton to dismiss the entire indictment on the grounds of lack of Jurisdiction. in re- gard to the counts charging that Senator Burton agreed to receive compensation for acting as an attorney before the post office department; and that 1t was not shown in the evidence az ced by the government that Senator -AN> ever re- ceived compensation fo o 9 ming any such services. It is als ,&S ,ie that the bill of exceptions wSN ln reference to the cross-examir GS Senator Bur ton upon certain % which were not referred to in t s~ nation in chief. Those parts O \ g stimony to which the objections defense were over rnld will coy D Q, ie bill.
 Senator emained at the South ern hotel a. He denied himself to visitors, and used requests for either an interview or written statement.
 Tonight there was a conference between the senator and his attorneys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
FARMERS ALL SEEM TO
 BE DEPOSITING MONEY.

''In the north central states farmers have been depositing money in the banks until the rate of interest on deposits has fallen so low that they have diverted a large portion of their savings to perma- nent Investments. In spite of the fact that the banks don't receive and keep all or most of the farmers savings, the in crease of bank deposits in agricultural states, and larger loans Is most extraor- dinary In Iowa and South Dakota the increase was 149 per cent; Nebraska 135; Kansas 95: North Dakota 25. Bank deposits in the great capital state of Massachusetts increased 91 per cent.
 Still more remarkable Is the bank statement for the southern central states. Deposits increased 181 per cent in Texas, 21.4 in Oklahoma, 24.1 per cent in Arkan- sas, and 45.7 per cent in Indian Territory, while throughout that geographic division the increase was 22.S per cent. The gem eral average increase Tor the united States was 13.5 per cent.
 For the first time in the financial his- tory of the south. deposits in the banks of that region now exceed one billion dollars"
 Analyzing the increase of the value of farms MT. Wilson says:
 "F1gured in dollars of gain per acre, the increase during the five years past of medium farms were in the north cen- tral divisions $l1.25; in the western divi- sion s536; In the north Atlantic S.26: in the south Atlantic division S496; in the south central division s466. The average increase for the United States S.31.
 'The cotton farms have increased in value $460,00o.000. so that 1t might be said that during the past five years the cot ton plantations have had six crops. one of them permanent investment promising to pay a good return year by year The report concludes:
 'should there be no relapse from his present position as a wealth-producer, three .ears hence the farmer will find that the farming element. about D per cent of the population, has produced an amount of wealth within ten years equal l to one-half of the entire national wealth produced In three centuries"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
WHEAT SUPPLY SHORT.
Mexican Mills Will Have to Do Con.
 siderable Importing.

Mexico City November 26.--Millers of Mexico are speaking of the necessity of beginning to import American wheat in large quantities. This means that they expect the transport rates of import duty on wheat to be extended Into next year.
 consequence of the shortage of the wheat crop. high prices prevail. As near ly as can be computed, the aggregate ca pacity of the mills here is 6o00 barrels of flour daily. or 1.sooOO0 annually. and the crop here is inadequate to supply the demand.
 Cotton dealers here regard the floods that have prevailed in the Laguna dis trict as likely to considerably lessen the total of the cotton crop, which was called at 90 900 bales
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
Clark Goes With Yoakum Lines.

Nashville, November 26.-George A. Clark. retiring vice president and gem eral manager of the Tennessee Central railroad, recently absorbed by the South ern and the Illinois Central. announced today that he goes with the Yoakum lines as vice president in charge of eonstruc- ton and operation of the Colorado South ern. New Orleans and Pacific. This road will be built from Baton Rouge. La, te Beaumont, Tex, to be known as the Beaumont and Texas, to be extended e Houston. Tex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
GETS HONORABLE DISCHARGE.
South Carolina Student Complains of
 Too Much Hazing.

Charleston, November 26.-The only de- velopment reported today in the matter of the hazing of Cadet Leysath at the South Carolina Military academy was the grant ing of an honorable discharge to the vie- tim.
 His application for such discharge Is al- legged to have brought upon 1im the pad ding for which seven of his classmates are still under arrest. Leysath was up in his studies and his request being en- dorsed by his parents in Orangeburg, + could not well be denied. The authorities would make no statement tonight as to the further disposition of the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
FARM EXPORTS HAD
 VALUE OF $827, ,o0o, ,00o.

With this enormous production, the sec retary says the wants of GOO people have been supplied with a remaining sur plus constituting a generous contribution to other nations. The exported farm pro- ducts during the fiscal year ending June 30. 1905. had value of $S7O00. GOO. which was less by s51 1000,0 600 than the average exports for the five preceding years. In accounting for this the secretary says owing to the short wheat crop there was a decrease in the export of that cereal amounting to s41 .000 GOO; of s5. .000,0 900 in the export of packing house products and an- other S5, ,0OO 900 in fruits and other minor items. The increases included $9,350.O00 in cotton: s4.700.0o0 In oil cake. and oil cake meal; s4.000 900 in vegetable oils and s2,- 100000 in rice and various minor prod ucts.
 During the last sixteen years" the secretary says, ''the domestic exports of farm products have amounted to S12.O00. GOO, 0O0 or S1 ,OO0, 100000 more than enough to buy all the railroads of the country at their commercial valuation. and this with a mere surplus for which there was no de- mand at home.
 Secretary Wilson points out that the farmer Is taking an important part In developing the manufacturing interests of the country by furnishing raw material. and that he has also become banker. The farm contributions to manufacturies during the year were s2,6900Oo,0o0. Under the recent amendment to the national banking act, allowing the establishment of banks with a capitalization of less than s50.000 there have been 1,754 such banks established in the last year. nearly every one of which is located in a rural com munity, and the capital furnizned by farmers. Of these new banks 6S5 are To-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
SECRETARY WILSON IS
 HARD ON GAMBLERS.

In dealing with the crop report "leak'', Secretary Wilson after referring to the "gross breach of trust on the part of one of the employees of the bureau of sta tistics." says:
 This department acted with vigor and dispatch when 1t got evidence of wrong doing on the part of its own officials, but we have no evidence of disciplinary or preventive action at the traders end Of the line, where gamblers interested neither Iii the production nor consumption disturb values to the injury of both, and make loud outcry when creatures of their own kind corrupt officials to betray con fidence for the love of money. The re- sponsibility for this leak is shared by every one who to get money without work, gambles in farm products. When this form of industry ceases, these para sites who tempt department officials will have to work for their bread"
 The method of handling crop reports, he says, has been thoroughly recast dur ing the year. There also has been de- cided change in the methods of work prescribed for field agents. Each agent is now confined to definite group of states with which he becomes thoroughly familiar by travel each month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
cannons for confederates.

Washington. November 26.-(Spe- ciaD. 1.-The secretary of war will or der sent to the Jeff Faulkner Con- federate Soldiers, Home at Noun tain Creek. Ala. four old cannon for ornaments to the grounds. It is believed this is the first time the government has made such dona- tion to Confederate home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
WRECKAGE TAXES FIRE AND
 MANY ARE |NC|NERATED
Through Passenger Train Out of 6os- ton Running at Terrific Speed Crashes Into Rear of
 Accommodation.

} Lincoln, Mass, November 27.- > Just before o'clock this morning ], it was estimated that the dead ], numbered IS. There were IS corpses > taken from the wreck and three } died soon after being removed. } Three of the bodies were headless. }, Two skulls were found at a. n., } and twenty minutes later mans ], head with full beard was picked } up. It is difficult to fix the exact > number of those who perished, but } it is thought it will not exceed } eighteen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
CORN REACHES HIGHEST
 PRODUCTION IN HISTORY.

Analyzlng the principal crops for the year, the secretary says corn reached the highest production with 2.708 900 900 bushels. a gain of 100000 over the next highest year. 1899; hay Is second in order of value, although cotton held second place during the two preceding years. The hay crop this year Is valued at s6o5.- 100000. Cotton comes third, with valua- ton of s575, ,00o GOO; wheat, s525 100000; oats, $2s2, ,000 900; potatoes, $13s, GOO O00 barley, s5S ,O00. 900; tobacco, ,000; sugar cane and sugar beet, s50,000,000; rice. SIS, S92 GOO; dairy products. s665, 100000.
 "The farmer. then" says the secretary Ifs becoming worthy companion to his COW. The annual production of eggs is now a score of billions. Poultry products have climbed to a place of more than a half billion dollars in value. so the farm CTS hen competes with wheat for prece- dence."
 There are more horses and with a larger aggregate value than ever before, not withstandng, as the secretary says they were first threatened by the bicycle and later by the suburban trolley and the au- tomobile. He estimates their value at $,- 200. 100000, or nearly as much as the corn crop, and the value of mules at $252, ,0O0,- GOO.
 Although milch cows are increasing in number and value the report states that other cattle and sheep have for several years been decreasing. There are 17,575, 600 milch cows, valued at $482. .000,000. Other cattle are numbered at s43, 669 900, with a. value of 1862, GOO, GOO. Swine number 47, ,- GOO, valued at s2S3, ,255, ,0O0 In the aggre- gate the value of farm animals has in- creased a few million dollars within the year, and since the census of 1900 have in- creased 9 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27

in cabs, wagons or any other kind of vehicle available.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27

cated in the southern states. and 7e2 in the north central states. Speaking of the increase in deposits in banks by farmers the secretary says.
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Continued or Seventh Pase.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
Washington Managers
and P1ayhouses

derson babe farewell to the stage at Al
baugh's on March g. 1897. p. b. Chase, to
whom polite vaudeville owes its existence
in this city, is an Ohioian by birth. He
was educated at Oberlin College. admitted
to the Ohio bar in 1881. and actively en-
gagged in the practice OF. law in that state
for fifteen years, during which time he had
many commercial interests, including the
ownership, construction and operation of sew
eral street railway and electric lighting plants.
For five years he has been president of the
Association of Vaudeville Managers of the
United States and Canada. He is large
stakeholder. director and first vice preS1-
dent of the Washington Savings Bank, ana
member of the board of directors of the
Business Mems Association. Chase's Thea
ter is exceptional in having woman as
its active manager. Miss IL. Ninltred De
Witt was educated al the Academy of MT.
st. Vincent in New York city, where she
was born She inherited her business abfl-
Ity from her father. who. at the time OF
his death, was one OF the leadlhS sioe
manufacturers in the United states. For
two years she in the dramatic pro-
fession with James \. Hearne in Shore
Acres" and later attained celebrity as
"Solaret' by the striking novelties which
she originated with draperieS, fire and MIR
rors For five years Miss De Witt has had
the responsibilities of general manager OF
the Chase theatrical interests ard of the
mana cement of the Washington theater.
The Lafayette Opera House.
The LAFAYETTE Theater stands on the
ground where James G. iaine's home was
once located The news that it had been
leased by John w Albaugh for theater
purposes aroused much discussion among
the residents of that conservative and his
toric neighborhood The carmine let
tered poster and the flare of the cleo
trio light were not deemed desirable
acquisitions to locality which included
the Treasury building, the White House,
,ny,+ n
mn gnificent park and homes which have
been made memorable by many distin-
gushed associations. The Senate voted to
appropriate S150,000 for the purchase of the
property, but the conference committee
struck the item from the sundry civil bill
and the posters and the electric light as
result hold full sway and at inauguration
time WED, as best they might. with the
splendors of the court of history. The
Lafayette was opened October 5, 1895, by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26

Some of the playhouses of this city have
had eventful careers. and all have at one
time or another entertained some or the
most distinguished audiences that the ma
ton could assemble. Washington's position
as the national capital has caused political
interest to overshadow the Importance or
it's endeavors In other fields, yet 1t has con-
trIhuted no little share to the annals of
the stage.
The New National Theater.
The site upon which the New National
Theater stands has for many years been
occupied for theater purposes. 1t was there
that our forefathers witnessed the per-
fCrmances of such players as the eldar
Booth and Edwin Forrest. Ole Bull has
playeG and Jennie Lind has sung in the
thester which occupied this site. Early IN
the COS William f. Spaulding purchased
the place and for time ran circus there.
In 1860 the late w. w. Rapley became a
partner: in 1873 Mr.. Spalding retired from
the firm and in 1881 Mr. w. III. Rapley. it's
present manager, became associated in its
direction John w. Albaugh having sur
rendered his lease so as to give his entire
att,Liian 20 the new theatcr being built for
him 10y the WIshiaGton Light Infantry.
Tia" UG.ilCC as lt now stands WAS built upon
rlCdrrn lines and with every possible I'M
p1oyement in 1SN5. and was formally OPEN
el in October OF that year with the first
metropolitan production OF Lady Ashley"
with Rheu in the cast.
Memorable first performances have beSn
frequent at the New National noteworthy
among them being the production of ''Aris-
tccracy." with east including Wilton
Lackey and Viola Allen. Blanche Walsae,
Pau. Arthur. w. II. Thompson. Helen
Tracy, Josephine Hall. $. Miller Kent. Will
liam FaverSham. Frederic Bond Bruce Nc
Rae and Edwin MordIunt.
1t was at this thea!er that a benefit was
given to John Philip Sousl on July 10 1892.
after his twelve years service in the Ma
iine Band.
Tho record of distinguished first per-
fOrrlanceS at the National Theater is a
most extensive one. Within recent memory
are such productions Belasco's Darling
of the Gods "Du Barry" Zangwilrs
Children of the Ghetto disapproved by
the public but beloved by his critics John
T, Raymond made his first presentation of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
A Press Agents Menagerie.

From the Minneapolis Times.
Paula Edwardes recently received the
following letter, which is evidently the
work of some polite lunatic:
Dear Miss Edwardes: Knowing you TO
be interested in anything novel in theat-
rical entertainment, l should like to make
an appointment to show you my collection
of trained germs They have the well
known flea circus skinned to death. The
star of the company is typhoid fever ba-
cillus, named Mike. who can stand on all
seven of his hands and whistle Home
Sweet Home through his teeth. l have
also two young measles microbes who do
a sister act and family of dphtheria ba-
cilli. the youngest of which can tuck his
limbs under his neck and sit on both ears
at once. The performance can be given
on a stage two inches square. Kindly let
me know when and where you will see me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26

large audiences, President Arthur and par
ty occupying two boxes at the Friday
night performance. On the night follow
ing banquet was given by Stilson Hutch
ins, then a newspaper proprietor of promi-
hence, to Mr.. Wyndham and company at
Chamberlin's. the British minister being
present. 1t was here that the Stoddard
1ectures-the predecessor of the Burton
Holmes picture ta1ks--were first given in
Washington. Hub Smith produced one or
his early operas, ''Tfie Debutante," at this
theater Mr.. Ford retired from the theat-
ricaI field in Washington in 1885 and the
lease passed into the hands of Pat Harris,
who had made a great deal of money as
museum manager and who had built up
chain of popular priced theaters. 1t was
christened THE Bijou" After that IL had
many managers and many styles of attrac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
An Absence Explained.

From the Boston Herald.
Arthur Hill and Joseph Schrode of THE
Wizard of o. company CHANGED to drop
in at a small shooting gallery in Provi-
dence last week. where they spent an hour
peppering the bullseye and winning innum-
cradle cigars. The place was presided over
by a pretty girl and a decrepid old man
whom she called Father" AS Arthur Hill
does not indulge in the pernicious smoking
habit, he handed back all the cigars he
won for his unerring aim and said to the
girl, Give them to the old man."
The next day Hill and Schrode were stroll
ing past the same place and they noticed
that the girl was on duty alone. but the
old man was missing.
II guess father smoked them,'' remarked
Hill laconically.