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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
REFUSED TO ANSWER.
Witness States That He Would Be
 Violating Trade Secrets.

St Louis, June 22-J. H. cohn. a former employe of the Wate-s-Pierce oil com pany against which concern. together with the Standard Oil company and the Republic oil company, Attorney General Haley of Missouri has instituted suit to revoke their charters was recalled to- day at the hearing of the case before Special Commissioner Anthony. for the purpose of cross-e.;amnation by Former Judge Priest. attorney for the defend ant corporations
 Mir. Cohn. yesterday testified for the state regarding the methods of the Wa ters-Pierce company. When asked today questions relative to the business of his present employers. he refused to answer. on the ground that 1t would violate trade secrets" Judge Priest then asked Mir Cohn why he was not equally scrupulous about the trade secrets" of the Waters Pierce company and the witness replied that, after he had left the employ of the Waters-Perce company the latter had tried to ruin his reputation and deprive him of the means of making a living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
NEW ASSEMBLY TO
 HAVE COEOUAL POWER
Russian Popular Body Will Be Com. posed of Five Hundred Elected
 Representatives.

St. Petersburg. June 22.-The Novoe Vremya today announced definitely that the powers of the new popular assembly which will be composed of 800 members elected for five years will be co-equal with those of the council of the empire, and that all legislation to become law must pass both houses and receive the Emperors approval.
 Other features given agree with the information already cabled to the Asso- ciated Press. Re. resentatives of the press will be admitted to the assembly but reports must be censored before publica. ton. In addition, there will be publication of the proceedings like the congressional record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
CHANGES IN TARIFFS.
Higher Duties Are Placed on Steel
 Rails in Mexico.

Mexico City, June 22.-Important modi- fications in customs tariffs have been de- creed by the executive with the view of protecting home industries.
 High duties are placed on steel rails, structural iron and steel iron and steel wire. copper, brass or bronze wire, blows and farming implementc. furniture, many lines or foreign lo0n .oaa proaucis including tobacco, unrefned and refined petroleum raw cotton. etc. In some cases duties are reduced as tariff resulting in prohibi- tion of imports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
ARE
 AGAIN MORE QUIET
But Japanese Are Expected to
 Begin Advance
HAVE NOW CLEARED WAY
1t Is Believed the Russian Retiring Movement Will Be Continued to Prevent FIanking Opera
 tion By oyama.

Gunshu Pass, Manchuria, June 21.-(De- layed in transmission)-Th operations of the Japanese during the five days, which at first were thought to be por- tentious, ended last night. The Japanese seem merely to be clearing theii{ tAIneli- ate front. There is no reason for my further delay in beginning the great bat tie, as the opposing armies are essen tially equal. The Russian troops are under the impression that an advance Is about to begin.
 Correspondents are not allowed to re- fer to the sentiments of the army con cerning the preparations. The heads of the various armies have adopted a belli- cose attitude, especially ssnce the open ing of peace negotiations were reached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
Is Accorded Distinguished Honor

New York, June 22.--After q two days solourn in Massachusetts, President Roosevelt tonight left Jersey City at s15 for Washington. The Presidents train arrived at the Mott Haven yards of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad at S46 o'clock, and was switched to the boat Maryland, which started a few minutes later for Jersey City. At Jersey City a crowd cheered the chief magistrate and he bowed his acknowledgements as the train pulled out.
 The President was accorded distin- guished honors and given evidence of regard by large educational institutions on his trip.
 Despite tremendous electrical storms. which swept over Massachusetts and f.onnecticut this afternoon. the Pres- denfs Journey was a prolonged ovation. After leaving Willlamstown at 40 D. m.. the special train stopped at North Adams. Adams, Pittsheld. Brookfield Junction, Danbury and South Norwalk The crowds assembled at the six places aggre- gated many thousands, those at North Adams. Pittsheld and Danbury being notably large At North Adams the President left the train for a few min utes and addressed a great crowd of people from a stand erected near the railroad He was introduced by the mayor of the city. and he addressed him. self particularly to the children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
News Is Very Meaare.

St. Peterbsurg, June 23.-Q a. m.)-News from the battlefield is exceedingly mea- ger. A press telegram of Tuesday spoke of a rear guard action and there are rumors in the city that the Russian army is retreating, but the latest dis patches from Lieutenant General Line- witch bearing the same date declared briefly that the Japanese advance had paused. A dispatch from Gunshu Pass of Wednesdays date says that the op- erations of the Japanese apparently end ed after the last fight and they appeared to be merely clearing their immediate front.
 It is probable that the Russian ad- vance crossed the railroad and will con tinue their retiring movement in order to avoid being fanked and pocketed until the positions at Spipinghai are reached. The main forces seemingly are not yet in collision.
 Colonel Lodygensk. one of the corre- spondents of the Associated Press, died at Harbin of blood poisoning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
WANT CLEAN ATHLETICS
Subject Is Discussed at Meeting ot
 College Y. M. c. A.

Asheville, N. C., June 22.-The Southern college students Y. M. c. A. conference here this afternoon discussed clean ath- letics A. J. Elliott of Brooklyn a for mer football and baseball player of Northwestern university declared that the only remedy for evils in collegiate athletics ls for men of high moral tone to compete for places on the teams. Speaking of distinct evils, MT. Elliott said that the man who sent his teams signals, an instance of which was men tioned, ought to be cgged out of college.
 The largest representations in the con ference are those from Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
SIGNATURE IS REQUIRED.
Attorney General Upholds Secretary
 of Interiors Contention.

Washington. June 22.-Attorney General Moody has rendered an opinion in which he upholds the contention of the Sec rotary of the Interior that the latters signature is necessary to validate patents for lands of the cLoctaw and Chick asaw nations in Indian Territory
 The Interior Department has taken a similar view and it meets with the ap- proval of the principal chiefs of the two nations
 The question arose through alleged rep resentations of certain persons in the In- dian Territory that such signature was not required.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23

of the railways of the United States which are engaged in interstate com merce, with the power when a rate Is complained of as improper and unjust, to examine that rate and if they think the rate should be changed, to change 1t to a given rate and 10 have that given rate take practically immediate effect. Now, am perfectly well aware that there are objections to the proposed change. In my judgment they are infinitely outwelghed by the objections attendant upon not making the change. l expect that the commission will be able to pass upon a given rate brought before 1t just as the supreme court passes upon a given ques- ton of law brought before 1t and one that will prove to be as feasible as the other has proved infeasibe'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
Tampa Tries New Venture.

Tampa, Fla. June 22-Something new in municipal ownership was inaugurated today when the city of Tampa paid to the Ocean and Gulf Realty company of New York s125,OO0 cash for the Tampa Bay hotel and grounds, becoming the sole owner of the property upon which the fate Henry B. Plant spent three million dollars. The city will use the grounds as a park and lease the hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
Heavy Rains in Manchuria.

London, June 23-Dispatches to the Daily Telegraph from the seat of war, says that it is not likely that heavy rains will stop the progress of the great battle. Mojim Japan correspondent of the paper says that the operations are being imped- ed by the rains The Manchuran plains are flooded and the roads are almost inn passable to heavy transport, but the conditions are more favorable to light wagons of the Japanese than to the heavy Russians. General Mentcho's oper- ations have ceased, the correspondent says. and one of his detachments Is com pletely cut off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
Nineteen Were Killed.

 Cleveland O., June 22.-The list of fatal injuries in last nights wreck of the Twentieth Century flyer on the Lake Shore at Mentor, O., is one of the largest in the history of that road, numbering nineteen persons. All of the victims were prominent in the business and pro- fessional world in Chicago. Cleveland and other cities
 The official list of the dead and in- jured as compiled by the officers of the Lake Shore is as follows:
 Dead Passengers. John R. Bennett, attorney, 31 Nassau street. New York City.
 John A. Branley, Waron, o. T. R. Morgan, second vice president of the man-Seayers-Morgan company Cleveland, o.
 c. H. Wellman of the Wellman- Seav- Morgan company. Cleveland o. A. L. Rogers of New York City; died in hospital.
 S. C. Beckwith, 115 One Hundred and Seventy-fourth street, New York. A. H. Head. London, representative of iif ollS oltCt SOAApoiiJ CA OiSNGltidi died in hospital.
 II. H. Wright, travelling man, Chicago, died in hospital.
 D. Arthur, travelling man, Milwaukee, died in hospital.
 J. H. Gibson, Chicago, travelling man died in hospital Cleveland.
 H. c. Mechling. New York. L. M. Brick. manager Keith's theatre Cleveland. killed in wreck.
 E. E. Naugle. Chicago, proprietor of a railway supply house, killed in wreck Two unidentified dead. supposed to be l.. A. Johnson of the millinery firm of Comey & Johnson. Cleveland, and Henry Trinz. the barber on the train.
 Dead Employees. Allen Tyler, engineer. Collinwood, O. died in hospital.
 F.. J. Brant. head brakeman, Erie, Pa died in hospital.
 N. B. Walters. baggageman Hamburg N. r., died in hospital
 w D. Mickey, porter on Pullman car, Chicago, died at scene of wreck.
 Injured Passengers. J. H. Langdon, Chicago.
 R. C. Cordeaugh. Cleveland. NJ F. Kennedy. San Francisco. Kate Trott Chicago.
 Mrs. H. D. Turner, nervous shock Theodore Keuhl. Chicago, severe shock w. H. Colvin, Chicago, not serious. George Murray, St. Louis, not serious A. E. Dickson Chicago, knee wrenched Nathan Allen. Kenosha, Wis, back slightly injured.
 Injured Employees. s. T. Katy, Chicago. slightly injured. A P. German. fireman, side injured Collinwood. o.
 AS to who is responsible for the open switch which was the cause of the wreck the railroad officials are still uncertain They believe that the wreck is the result of either a maniac, who wanted to see the wreck of such fast train or some person bent on revenge. A careful exam
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
Mitche|Ps Lifelong Friend Gives
 Damaging Testimony
BOTH MEN DEEPLY AFFECTED
Evidence Shows the Aged Senator Knew the Firms Transactions Were In Violation of
 the Law.

Portland, Ore, me 22-On the day tLat marked the seventieth mile stone of his journey through life, his face banehed ul.til the blue veins stood out across his temples, John H. Mitchell, senior United States senator from Oregon today listened to the testimony of Judge Tanner, his lifelong friend and law partner.
 Judge Tanner was not less white nor less agitated and throughout his testi- mony his words cane hesitatingly and falteringly and so loy that the ticking of the court room clock vas audible through out the hour or more that it took to give hia testimony When court adjourned for the day Judge Tanner was still on the stand.
 Questioned About the Trip.
 District Attorney Henry questioned Judge Tanner as to lis tri1 to meet Sen ator Mitchell in December last when Nit chell was returning 10 Portland d short time prior to his first indictment.
 Judge Tanner told having received a telegram from the Senator asking him to come as far as Kalama Wash. to meet him. The Judge had taken the trip and had met the Senator on the train with Finger Hermann and Frank c. Baker, chairman of the republican state central committee. The Senator said he was very eager for land fraud news and asked if there was any danger of the government agents having had access to the books of the firm. Mir Mitchell expressed, said the witness, deep concern about the entries and transactions the firm had had with l<ribs and wanted to see the books.
 Ordered the Books Destroyed.
 The following day. Tanner testified, the Senator went to tae office and in com pany with him (Tanner) looked over the | books page by page. According to the testimony of the Judge, Mitchell express ed surprise at the way the entries had been made and demanded that the old books be destroyed, saying the entries | in regard to the Kribs transactions would not only iniure but would convict him If they fell into the hands of the gov efnment.
 Judge Tanner testified that he had told the Senator that though he had done such thing, he would stand by his part ner and do what he coul tr help him. He had agreed to destroy the books if necessary and had called the Senator's attention to the clause of the partnership Ly which the Senator was to receive t-.e fees for work done before the depart monts. He had changed them and the new agreements had been dated back to March l. 19O1 the same as the original and had been signed by both The sub sequent letters pass. 2 between the two men were also entered in evidence as tending to show still further the knowl- edge of the defendant that he had been violating the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
Na.chez Gives Up Franchise.

Natchez, Miss. June 22.-At a meeting tonight the Natchez Baseball association decided to surrender the franchise held by this city in the Cot ton States league after playing the games scheduled for tomorrow and saturday. Lack of patronage is the cause of the assignment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
Commencement at Cornell.

Ithaca. N. Y. June 22.-The thirty-sev- enth annual commencement of Cornell university was held in the armory today before the largest throng of visitors in the history of the institution. First de- grees were conferred upon ell students in the different courses. and 67 advance de- grees were conferred upon others. Pres ident J. c. schurman delivered his an- nual address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
Boycott American Manufactures

Island of Penang. Straits Settlement. June 22.-The Chinese are converting a meeting here to discuss the adoption of a boycott on American manufacturers until the Chinese act is repealed. It is said the Chinese of many state probably will follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
Powell After Nashville Stock.

Nashville, June 22.-The sale of the Nashville baseball club now seems an as sured fact It is understood that Abner Powell formerly manager of the New Orleans and Atlanta teams. has purchased large block of the stock of the Nash vile club
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23
Arplye, in Washinoton.

Washington. June 22.-President Roose- -elt and party reached Washington at )5 o'clock this morning over the Penn lvania railroad.
 The President had not retired and he was driven directly to the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-23

lcontInIed oa Second Paoe)
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13
1sBOOts and Sad dies"

The well known call of boots and
saddles" is really a corruption of the
old French signal bOute- selle-"put OH
your saddles'-from bouter, to put OF
place. and selle. saddle. The medieval
saddles were Of such c,mbrous and
heavy make that they We're taken of
the horses whenever possible In
Mathews powerful FavOrite' Of 162S
occurs the phrase 1.-The trumpets sound.
ed bOute- selle.''
In 100 Steele wrote in the Tatler
''The sound was changed to boots and
saddle" but it seems probable that
the phrase ran in its present form be
fore that date. possibly coming into
use during the civil war among the
ROundheads, to whom the old French
boute-selle would seem pandering to
the cavalier and French tendencies OF
the London Times
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13

Representative Curtis tells a story
of the consultation OF Il friend of his. a
southern Kansas lawyer. with a palm
list. says the Washington Post
MY friend" said Mr.. Curtis. had
his own hand read at my urgent re-
quest. The palmist studied the lines
intently for a little before making sew
eral observations. the. last of which
was:
'.You are evidently a barber
No. said my friend.
".Then. what are you?
"A lawyer
But said the lady, much to my
friends discontinue. will you tell me
what is the difference between being
shaved by barber and skinned by a
lawyer?'"s
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13
AQUARIUM
FOR THE FAR
government to Show Many WI.
cites Of Live Fish At
1905 Exposition

wh roR Vii, ssp. Jan. Ian aqua,,,.
, m" WIN contain several hundred
rieties of fish will be v.
United States government, VI ~
ane Lewis and Clark centennial ~
exposition authorities have ,ooa,
communication from the
commission asking that a sunaa ''s'l
iresn' cola water of 200 gallons NJ
ute De provided for the fisheries ~
or the government building wing
Huge glass tanks from six 10 -,
feet long will be erected in the ssh NY
section, containing all known r
OF the finny tribe that the governm.''
can collect. The tanks will he .s.A
the level of the floor ad the na..
come from above, so that tho ,,.,. ~
10 the exhibit can see the fish swm
ming about in their natural claw.
Several hundred feet of glas wall. ss.
be necessary to display the fish j..
to life. The department will Ia i
charge of experts from the governm,..
department, who will attend 70 q.
proper care and feeding of the fish
1t is said that special arranpemar,.
will have to be made for the accommo
dation of the chinook salmon az he MIN
butt his head against the wall II cor.
fined in limited tank, causing his ov,
death. Impatient of restrain, the ,,,.
mon would, if allowed, commit sucia.
by charging against the walls Of hi,
prison. 1t is believed that to oyercom.
this suicidal propensity of the salmon
that smaller circular tanks will need IN
be provided for the accommodation Of
the chinOoks. In such quarters the fish
could not get sufficient headway and
the curved wall would not offer
enough resistance for him to kill him.
self by impact with the walls.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13
Modern Hotel Men

Two of the handsomest houses re.
Gently opened in New York are man.
aged by men who had their first exper.
fence in restaurants as stewards and
learned in the best way what is needed
to make hotel successful According
TO the Sun. in most of the New York
hotels today the proprietors are either
acquainted with every detail of hotel
life from actual experience or they are
hired by owners TO take charge of the
house The old time hotel proprietor
VINO mas little or no knowledge from
experience of what happens in the
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13
Which Was Worse?

Two Englishmen who had been
bosom friends went to America. They
met with poor success. wrifted apart
and finally one took position as wait
er in a cheap restaurant. He hadn't
been there long before his friend APP
peared at dinner The meeting was
not overjoyful.
why, old man, you down to wait
err, Ell? Gracious. how you have fall
len. And in restaurant like this
too"
Yes" replied the waiter, turning on
his friend, sarcastically but I don't
eat here. thank goodness"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13
Girl Who Can Throw

In a certain lunchroom in the down
town section of Chicago the young
woman cashier disproves the oft re-
peated statement that a girl can't
throw a stone and hit the side of a
barn.
This girl has acquired wonderful
precision in throwing cash checks into
a small aperture in the top of the cash
desk. There $ a row of openings in the
top board OF the desk. one opening for
each determination of check that she
handles There is probably n quarter
inch of wood separating each aperture
When a patron of the room lays
takes the check in the palm of her hand
and deftly fires it into the opening.
The denomination of the cards is indi-
Gated by the color, and she fires red
card into the red box every time.
From the open money drawer in front
of her to the row of openings the dist
ance is over twelve inches. In many
instances she makes a throw and drops
tHa coin into the proper apartment OF
to money drawer almost in the same
motion. The cards are thrown fiat, not
edgeways. as one might suppose. Let
ter clerks in the postoffice attain n
wonderful proficiency in throwing let
tiers, but they send them into bores
with the edge cutting the air. The
girl in the iunchroom fairly slams the
pasteboards into the proper holes,
rarely. IL ever, missing her mark
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13
Would Sell His Chance

Mayor George b. Mcclellan of great
er New York walked down the steps OF
the city hall the other evening and
waiting for his change he said We'll,
my little man. how is business today
The little merchant looked up and an
swered: "On de bum The mayor
thought for a moment and finally said:
Keep at it, my little man. You have
a chance to become the president some
day The liole fellow answered i'm.
mediately: Dat might be so, but I'll
sell my chances for n nickel right now
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13

A railway employee of Krasnolarsk
on the Siberian railway, was accident
ly locked in refrigerating van, and
was afterwards found dead. Imagining
that he was being slowly frozen to
death. he had recorded his sucerings
with piece of chalk on the floor. The
refrigerating apparatus, however, was
out of order and the temperature i'm
the van had not fallen below so degrees
Fahrenheit throughout the journey.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13
Socialist Millionaire Broker

Maurice Rerteaux. the socialist mil
honaire stockbroker deputy. who has
Just succeeded Gen. Andre as minister
OF war. is something of novelty in
that capacity. There have been social
ISL ministers before, notably Millerand
minister of commerce in the Waldeck-
Rousseau cabinet. and Pelletan minis
ter of marine in the present cabinet.
But there has never before been a
stoekbroker minister in France, and
few civilians have been ministers of
war
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13
Tales Of the Business World


kitchen or the wine cellar is getting
rarer every day. And with his disap-
pearance comes simultaneously the
phenomenon that more and more of our
hotel proprietors every year are of for
eign birth or parentage. The older
school of hotel proprietors were Of
American descent
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13
Busy Texan

Editing newspaper, in the concep-
ton of the average man, is almost as
diff1cult as regulating the universe. Not
SO Texas doctor, who, besides prac-
ticing medicine, runs n drug business.
livery stable. a harness and buggy
store, and blacksmith shop.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-13

Little Bobbi> left his mothers lap
and climbed up OH his fathers knee.
DO You love papa more than mann
MAJ" ked Aunt KITE
NO" replied the yOungster. But
mamma and are both going to heav-
en-, and grandma says papa won't II he
don't stop smoking in the parlor. so
I'm going to see all of him can now"
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.