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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
Galveston Defeated By Vale.

Galveston, December 8.-The Yale uni versity basketball team defeated the Gall weston team here tonight by score of 27 to 15. making the fifth consecutive vic tory for the college team on the south ern tour, At the end of the first half. the score stood 8 to 8. Galveston started the second half by scoring five points in quick time, and then Yale. in a brilliant burst of playing ran the score up very rapidly, Fargo and Humston doing par ucularly good work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
Whole Committee Arrested.

Moscow. December 2s.-All the members of the social revolutionary committees have been arrested and a quantity of bombs. internal machines and correspond ence seized
 Three hundred revolutlonaries today in- vaded the residence of the chief of the se- cret police and killed him.
 At the medical bureau, $50 wounded and 150 killed have been registered, but 1t IS known that there are fully 1000 unidenti- fled dead in the Doutchow quarter alone.
 A mob of armed revolutionaries attacked the police bureaus but were repulsed with serious loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
Police Capture RevoIters.

Reval, Esthonia. December 8.-The po- lice and the troops today surrounded and arrested seventy persons while they were discussing the tactics to be used in an armed revolt Among those captured were City Councillors Themany and Strand man and Acting Mayor Pratz. The in surgents continue to drive Into the city the troops operating in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
Makes Desperate Leap.

Waco. December 2s-Whie George Payne, young man. accused of trying to sell a horse not his own, was on an Intern ational and Great Northern train in the custody of officers, he suddenly broke through a crowd of passengers and leaped as the train was crossing the Brazos bridge. He fell face downward. a distance of forty-five feet to lot of driftwood. sustaining injuries which will perhaps prove fatal. His hands were shackled when he leaped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
Prominent Woman Kills Herself.

Hot Springs December 2s.-Mrs. H. T. Lewis, wife of the cashier of the Illinois club, committed suicide today by hang ing at her home on Dell street She tied q clothes line to the stairway and jumped off III health Is supposed 10 have prompted the deed Today word was re- celved by Mir Lewis that his wife had been left comfortable fortune by d relative, and while he was away from homa his wife took her life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
Judge PenfieId Resigns.

Washington. December 2s.-Judge Will liam l.. Penfield of Indiana, solicitor for |the state department, has rendered his and 1t has been accepted. Judge Penfield has long contemplated this |Btep, as he desired to return to private
 nfe and re-engage in the practice of law. Dx1o successor has not yet been selected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
kovno Under Martial Law.

Kovno, Lithunia December 2S.-The city Is under martial law and the field guns in the squares and machine guns posted at strategic points have overawed the revolutionaries.
 Members of the Jewish bund fired on a passing patrol today and the patrol fired voley, killing two persons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
cHLoRoFoRM AS CURE.

Atlantic City, N. J.. December 2S.
 Prof Alexander Johnson. secretary
 of the National Charities confer ence, addressing the state school teachers today, suggested that in the matter of defective children the easiest way to exterminate this class was either segregation or
 chloroform. He explained that the law prohibited chloroform, but segregation was permissible. His idea is that lunacy breeds 1unacy, and that three generations of segregation would probably elimi- . nate the defective.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
Mlstchenko Reported Injured.

St Petersburg December 29, 80 a. m.- The Bourse Gazette this morning prints a runor that Lieutenant General Mist chenko. while in the streets of Moscow, was wounded by a stray bullet.
 The paper also prints rumor that Count Vorentzoff- Daskoff viceroy of the Caucasus, has been recalled on account of his failure to pacify the district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
Martial Law In Odessa.

Odessa, December 2s.-Martal law has
 |been proclaimed in this city. The strike, however is nearly over. Hundreds of ar |rests have been made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
RELATIONS ARE STRAINED.

London, December 2S.-The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times reports that the relations be- tween Russia and Germany has be- come greatly strained. and there is possibility of international com plications arising from the re- bellion in the Baltic provinces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
Railroads Are Running.

Warsaw, December %.-The attempt by |the strikers to stop the railroads in Po-
 Hand has not been successful, and num- |ber of them are running.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
PRESIDENT BUSY
 RABBIT HUNTING
EXCLUSION AT VIRGINIA COUN- TRY HOME IS ALMOST COM PLETE-YoUNG ROOSEVELT AR RIvES WITH FIVE DOGS.

Charlottesville. Va, December S.- Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Surgeon General Rixey joined the presidential party this afternoon at Pine Knob. Mrs. Roosevelt's country place in Albemarle county. They came over the Southern railroad to North Garden, and brought with them three beagle hounds and two white setters. The hunting at Pine Knob will begin at once. The presidential partys plans were handicapped this eve ming by drizzling rain, which by o'clock had become heavy downpour. The tele- phone line from North Garden to the country is out of order as the result of the bad sleet storm of last week One of those who witnessed the arrival of the presidential party at Pine Knob. was asked today who was on hand to well come the presidential party He answer ed: Nobody but Uncle Dick and two colored women."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29

Richmond. Va. December 2S.-President Roosevelt and his younger sons spent this morning rabbit hunting. An interest ing bit of news is the fact that a second small house has been recently erected near the original cottage at Pine Knob It is furnished with cots, stove. etc., has pretty blinds at the windows and is other wise comfortably fitted up.
 MT. Winner. the Presidents friend and neighbor at Plain Dealing. was in Rich mond today, but would not say anyLr1ng of the presidential plans for fun and relaxation at Pine Knob. He said he was chiefly concerned lest the Presidents de- sire for complete retirement during his holiday should be thwarted by too great anxiety on the part of the public to know his every movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
Roosevelt Treaty Doomed.

Recent events in Santo Domingo do not change the status of the Roosevelt treaty with that country. The treaty to all ap pearanees was defeated even had Morales retained the presidency without recourse to civil warfare. The republicans in the Senate are almost unanimous in their dis approval of the Presidents original propo- sition which involved an assertion of the principle that the logical interpretation of the Monroe doctrine is to have this gov ernment exercise in the case of any of the republics to the south of us the same those republics that has been exercised by the President in the rsse of Santo Domingo. There is practically unani- nous sentiment that that declaration shall not stand as the declaration of this government either openly or by implica- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
Would Get Out Gracefully.

The republicans of the Senate want to get out of the present complications with Santo Domingo in a way that will make that case stand alone in the diplomatic annals of the country It is no secret that they regard these complications the result of an unfortunate mistake. In other words they generally feel that they are in a scrap. They want to get out of it. They want to save "the face of the country while they are making their es- cape from an embarrassing situation
 It is also no secret that If the Presi- dent were not of the party of the ma- jorty of the Senate, there would be less tenderness on this subject. The majority would then be inclined to let their load of responsibility drop without quite much concern as to who might be under 1t. As 1t Is they are inclined to be just as considerate as possible. At the same time they are today more than ever in- clned to stand by what they believe to be the right course for them to take and that Is to indorse what has been done only sufficiently to permit the government to retire from the situation with dignity, and at the same time to avoid absolutely having this incident made precedent for any future action by the executive branch of the government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29
MOSCOW STRIKE IS NOW HISTORY Only a Few Fanatics Are Con- tnuIng Stugg|s BLACK HUNDRED DANGEROUS Revolt May Yet End With a Horrible Massacre of the Reds-Mist-
 chenko Is Reported
 Injured.
BLACK HUNDRED DANGEROUS

: Moscow, December 2S-The re- : ' volt is practically over and the
 , strike will be called off Monday. :
 } Comparative quiet prevailed today. :
 e Only few fanatics are continuing ; } the struggle. $
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-29

St. Petersburg December 2S.-According night, the rebellion at Moscow is en- tering on it's final stage.
 The same guerrilla warfare was con tinued today, but on a smaller scale.
 General Doubassoff Is acting with greater energy and hundreds of members of the Drujina are already behind the bars.
 workmens council is considering the question of calling off the strike.
 The principal danger now seems to be that the Black Hundreds will complete the work begun by the troops, and end the revolt with a horrible massacre of the reds.
 Lower Glasses Enraged.
 The lower classes are reported as en- ragged at the efforts of the revolutionaries to overthrow the Emperor, and even with the best intention, it may be im- possible for the authorities to restrain the fury of these classes once the oppor- tunity Is offered them
 The attacks made on striking railroad men at wayside stations shows the tenn per of the working classes. Four thou sand strikers marched out of Moscow and completely destroyed several miles of the railroad track between St. Petersburg and Moscow, thirty miles outside of Moscow, in order to prevent the arrival of troop trains bearing the Seminovsky battalion of the horse guards. and the train backed twenty miles to Clyne. whence it is un- derstood the troops will proceed tomorrow on foot for their destination.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26
cOUyTlyG UNCLE SANS CASH.
Occurs Every Time New Treasurer
Is Appointed.

Owing to the recent change IN the
office of Treasurer of the unlteo
States. task of no small magnitude ls
going on in the Treasury Buiidlng.
Every time one Treasurer gives way 10
another the cash must be counted anu
verified before the new official becomes
RESPONSIBLE for the money under MS
care. .,o
As soon as change is made the
Secretary of the Treasury appolhts u
Committee of Three to select force 10
count the cash. This committee PICKS
out n number of clerks in the various
offices of the Department, and they are
set at work to count the millions Fer.
haps there may be forty men selected
to perform this huge count; maybe
fifty or eighty. 1t is always considered
an honor to be one of these counters.
The total sum counted by these men
is somewhere in the neighbOrhood OF
five hundred and thirty millions III
money, bonds. notes and everything
else. One vault alone contains over d
hundred millions in silver dollars. An
other has heavy amount OF silver
fractional currency. and many tons OF
nickel fiye-cent pieces and pennies.
The working cash is handled nrst,
and in order to give it chance to do
regular duty it is counted at night
Most of the money is counted in bulk
and stored away in uags, each contain
ing certain sum. 1nese are weighed,
and if there is even one dollar short,
there is instant detection Of the wrong
count. AS each bag is filed by clerk,
who attaches his name by tag, any
discrepancy in the number Of coins or
any coin missing from the sack Is
charged to him. This is done, not only
to check any tendency toward dis
honesty. but also to cause each counter
to exercise the greatest care. The new
Treasurer is Charles ii. Treat, of New
York, who takes the place of Ellis II.
Roberts.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26
The UncmpIoyed in Germany.

1t seems from consular reports that
there are none. Colonies for the So
called unemployed" take tnem out of
this class Immediately and make pau
perism unknown. Each city supports
large offices where hunters for work
go and register. They get bath, have
their clothing disinfected, and If the
unions which support these institutions
have no work for them in cities, they
are sent to the farm colonies in the
country, where they can work at farm
ing. land reclamation, and in other pro-
ductive capacities. The system Of
these unions is said to be very COM
prehensive; they are open to all, and
besides providing opportunities for
workers, have systems Of old age pen
sions, insurance against accidents, and
other benefits.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26

abstainer, the finest vintage wines are
always offered to such guests as dine
at the palace.
The recent visit of the Shah Of Persia
to England recalls former call of his
upon Queen Victoria. when London
was startled at the Oriental methods
employed by this picturesque Eastern
potentate. Thousands Of dollars worth
of damage was done in the famous
Buckingham Palace by the nochalant
orders of the Shah. The sheep which
provided his mutton were brought into
the palace rooms, which had been
placed at his royal disposal, and
slaughtered upon the magnificent and
costly rugs and other such eXtravagant
practices were the order of the day.
While the meat which the Shah eats is
always supposed to be slaughtered be-
fore his eyes, it was believed at the time
that these performances were simply
the carrying out of an Eastern regal
fancy, to show Western barbarians
what the Orient was accustomed to.
The Queens maids of honor have
very little to do. They live at home,
and when the Queen is in London they
are conveyed to Buckingham Palace
after luncheon in royal carriages, and
remain in suite of charming salons
until required to accompany the Queen
and her unmarried daughter out
driving. They must dress very we'll
and not appear in the same clothes too
often, and, above all, study the wishes
of Her Majesty in regard to colors and
modes. The millinery embargo. that is.
not to wear picture hat must be fol-
lowed to the letter. With a salary of
81 500 and the attachment of Honor
able" to their names, the fair maids-of-
honor manage to worry along until
they marry.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26
THE SAYING OF OREGON.
HOW DIR. WHITMAN BR4VED
ELIZZARDS AND DEATH.
Determined to Save Country From
British Daniel Webster Opposed
to Retaining Territory.

a bloody trophy in possession of the
government at Washington is an In
dian hatchet. The toma hawk reeks
with red and horid association. II is
the weapon with which DIR. Marcus
Whitman, the Indian missionary and
his wife We're slain in 1S47 and with
which the first blow of the tearsome
Whitman massacre was begun-an en-
ormous crime which nearly obliterated
the white American settlers in the Ore
gon country, sent a thrill of horror
and Indignation throughout the Amer
lean republic and saved to the Amer
ican people the great northwest coun-
try out of which Oregon. Washington
and other states were created. 1t is
one of the very cruel chapters in his
tory-a chapter embracing eight years
Of war between settlers and savages
the result Of which was that the Hud-
sons Bay Company and the British
crown were compelled to relinguish
their claim to the territory. Another
result was the virtual humiliation of
the Cayuse tribe of Indians So much
tragic history centers about this rusty
Ratchet that it is one of the rarest rel
les of the government A government
official familiar with the period says
1.-The Whitman massacre was the re-
suit of the Vaccinations of England
TO secure by treaty or otherwise all
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26

Gil in order that he may be saved
trouble" Asa dismissal this couiu
hardly be improved upon.
Father John Of Cronstadt; whose
extraordinary influence over the Car.
M loss than his propaganda against
the reyolutionaries, continually rouses
the ire of the secret committee. ID 90
wears of age. In personality ne
answers to the description OF the aver
age Russian peasant, only in his case
abstemiousness has wrought refining
VAN CALAVA.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26
Enforcing the Laws.
From the Washington Star.

There was nothing original in Gov.
Folks address at ChautauQua. N. Y,
recently, but the well-known truth he
euunciated took on greater weight for
his Endorsement. He is no closet phil
osopher, giving to the public the re-
suits of reading and speculation, but
a man of affairs who has done things
and noted the consequences. He was
elected District Attorney in st. Louis
in the expectation that he would ignore
the laws and let those who We're vio-
lating them continue to flourish on
their iniquities. Instead of that, he
enforced the laws and saw conditions
all around him rapidly improve. When
therefore. such man tells us that a
cure for many of the ills we are endur-
ing as people is the simple execution
of the laws. he has the strongest pos
sible claim upon our attention. and his
advice is worth following. Laws are
of little use unless their enforcement
is demanded and backed up by public
sentiment.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26
The World Moves Quickly.

How the thought of the world passes
from one thing to another. and then
fOrgets. Attention for months was
centered upon Port Arthur, and then
it was transferred to the movements
of the naval fleets, the meeting Of
which was SO disastrous to Russian
hopes. 1t will be remembered that
when Rojestvensky entered the China
Sea he wired to the Gear: "If am
victorious shall inform you. II am
vanquished, Togo will inform you"
To the public Port Arthur is no more
than one of the countless red
splotches that disfigure history, and
the naval battle of all history is
already relegated to dry discussions as
to what branch Of service was most
disastrous to ship and lives.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26
Literature and Music Prosper.

During the past year the Library Of
Congress made eEtries for copyrights to
the extent of 106,577. an increase of
7.141 over those made in 1903. OF
these. compositions Of a musical char
acter head the list, there having been
entered for copyright 23.74O. Period
icals in single numbers follow closely
behind, with a total number of 21.041.
The classification of books" showed
entries to the number of 29516. some
1851 Of which were books and the
remainder booklets, leaflets, circulars,
cards, newspapers and magazine arti-
cles.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26
(T. Views off,
F R.R.STXTleN-

King Alfonso recently had a curious
adventure at Madrid. He had left
Granda one morning incognito. He
guarded his identity SO strictly that
no one suspected his presence and
when he presented himself at the royal
palace the sentry refused him admit.
tance. The King inspected the apart
ments being prepared for President
Loubet of France. who was prenarinp
to visit the youthful Spanish monarch
and then sent summons to the aston.
ished ministers to come and hold n
council.
The Empress-Dowager of China is
thoughtful of her subordinates Here
is an edict Of hers issued recentlv
which will bear out the idea. "Worg
Wen-Shao, the grand secretary has
served under us many years and be
has shown great diligence and faitb.
fulness. He is now over 10 Years nf
age. and in the daily audiences his
obeisance Is now very difficult and onr
sympathy must be shown him at
him be relieved from the grand coun.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
Tales OF Diplomatic and Court In
tripue.

II seems that Mr.. w. w. Astor has
bouyht the historic Hever estate IN
Kent. England, and is improving 1t. II
includes 1000 acres of land and a
moated castle, nearly six hundred
years old. where at one time Henry
VII. maintained Anne of Cleves. on
this estate Mr.. Astor has put to work
about one thousand men, with due ap,
paratus. and is making changes rated
as improvements which the calculating
natives estimate will cost him million
and a quarter pounds. He is building
a lake. a model village. roads. bridges
and gardens. and Is doubtless having
GOOD deal OF the sort of fun that Mr..
Kipling in recent story has suggested
as a suitable recreation for tired Amer
leans.
Though the Sultan is himself total
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26

cans across the continent and in the
autumn entered the valley of the
Oregon.
Develish Work.
The British agents slowly poisoned
the minds of the Savages against the
new comers but it was not till 1S4l
that the Savages in council determined
to massacre all the American settlers
in their country.
The site of DIR. Whitman's dwell
ling waS on the north bank of
the Walla Walla river at what is
now the town of Wahula. The In
dams surrounded the houses of the
mission their weapons hidden under
their blankets. At dawn of November
~, 1Si7 an Indian entered the doctors
house and asked for medicine. As
the missionary turned to his medicine
chest the savage buried his tomar
hawk in the good mans brain. Mrs.
Whitman was killed a minute later
by the same savage with the same
weapon. The murder of the mission
ary was the signal for the wholesale
slaughter to begin. The butchery COM
menced on all sides. The crash of
firearms, the groans of the dying.
screams of women, yells of the painted
demons filled the air. The Indians
women and children danced and sang
as the atrocious work went on. They
multilated the dead. Women and
Of the settlers sank under
bloody knife and club. The massacre
lasted all day and then numbering
1artias started in every direction
Everybody in the Whitman mission
was killed and many settlers all
through the woods We're slain. The
Cayuse attacked mission among
the Nez Perces but these Indians
,eat them back and took the sides If
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26

gress allowing the railroad companies
to construct this station. provision
was made TO drive tunnel directly
beneath the Capitol building. with ele-
vators running Immediately from the
Senate Chamber and the House Cham
Der into private Congressional stations.
This would have enabled the United
States Senator from Oregon. for in
stance, to pass out of the Senate and
walk directly aboard his Pullman
sleeping car without exposure to the
open air until he reached his far
western home. A great convenience
this. doubtless. to delicate legislators /;
but literal undermining of Congress
by the railroads probably wisely ex-
cluded from the architectural plans.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26
the settlers, dispatching parties of
braves after the murderOus Cayuse.
Americ a n Immioration Won the Dav.

American immigration Won the Day.
The surviving settlers were not slow
in seeking revenge and they made the
name 'Paleface" a fearful word to the
redskin murderers of the northwest
forests. War to the death was carrie j
on against the Indians for eight years.
Government troops were in the coun-
try, and stream Of immigration had
set in. The leaders of the Cayuse
who attacked the Whitman mission
We're captured by the Nez Perces on
the upper John Bay river and five of
them were hanged at Oregon city
The graves of DIR. Whitman and his
wife are pointed out near where they
fell at Wahula on that bloody NOvem-
ber morning 1S47.
In the light of this does it not seem
that the government might have been
little cOnsiderate in its treatment of
the late chief Joseph and his Nez
Perces band?
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26
ThcBrickbats Never Touched Hin

/ had funny dream last night.
Thought that John d. Rockefeller was
running for Office
Yes!
And he was about to make a speech
in brickyard, when woke up.