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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
INCREASES MADE
 IN ENGLISH NAVY
LORD SELBoURNE SAYS TT IS NOW CERTAIN THAT OIL HAS A PLACE AS FUEL FOR THE NAVY.

London, March "A memorandum of the navy estimates issued tonight shows the estimates for 19O5-O6 to be $166 945, ,0OO against s1S4, 445000 for the current year. The admiralty proposes to build during the year one battleshlp, four armored cruisers, five ocean-going torpedo boat destroyers, one ocean-going torpedo boat destroyer of an experimental type, twelve coastal torpedo boat destroyers and eleven submarine boats.
 Lord Selborne in discussing new con- structon says the study of tactical and other questions led the board to the con- clusion that two classes of destroyers are required, one for ocean work and the other for narrow seas. They accordingly decided to combine the qualities of speed and sea-keeping power in a special type of ocean-going destroyer which Is ex- pensive. and the numbers of which must necessarily be few. and to design new type of coastal destroyer, which will be cheap.
 Between January 1, 1904, and March 31, 1905, the following ships have been or will be completed and avaiable:
 Four battleships, one armored cruiser. four third-class cruisers, twelve sub-ma- rine boats and a new admiralty yacht At the present time the following are under constructions:
 Eight battleships, fifteen armored cruis- CTS, one second-class cruiser, one third class cruiser, eight scouts, eighteen de- stroyers and eleven marine boats.
 In conclusion Lord Selbourne says It Is now certain that oil has taken a placc as q fuel for the navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
SHOWED HERSELF
 TO BE A HEROINE
YOUNG WOMAN MAIL CARRIER NEAR MOBILE HAD NARROWING EXPERIENCE IN EFFORTS TO SAVE THE MAILS.

Washington, March 2.-(s pecial)-A let ter has been received bN the Acting Fourth Assistant Postmaster General from Miss Etta E. Bolton, rural mail carrier serving route near Mobile, Ala, in which the young woman casually re- ports that she had recovered some keys to mall boxes along her route. The story back of the recovery of those keys is one of woman's heroism and struggle for life and property with which she was in- trusted.
 Miss Bolton had a frightful experience in battling with the elements on trip covering her route last month and bare ly saved her life while clinging to the mall of Uncle Sam. She was driving her mail wagon across a swollen stream over rickety bridge when just as she reach ed the middle, the structure gave way and suddenly deposited Miss Bolton, her horse, wagon and contents into the tur- bulent waters. There was something doing right then for that young woman, and with great presence of mind and ex- ceptiona1 pluck she managed to extricate herself from the debris and the struggling horse and gain the shore.
 The wagon, horse and contents of the vehicle were doing their best to make an end of all but Miss Bolton plunged again into the torrent and worked like a heroine of old to rescue the property. Nearly exhausted, she finally gained the bank. having saved every sack and pouch of mail But the wagon was wreck and was left. She finally got back to the postoffice and reported and the keys were afterward found by a farmer who lived near the scene of the accident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
CHIEFS ARE PLEASED
 WITH THE GOVERNOR
President Roosevelt Expresses His Good Will Toward People of
 Tutuila anl Manila.

washington, March 2.-In a communi- cation addressed to His Excellency' President of the Great Government of United States of America" Faivae. the district governor of the western district of Tutuila and his county chiefs have expressed to President Roosevelt their satisfaction at the kind administration of the retiring governor of Tutuila, Com mander Underwood. The President has acknowledged the communication in the following letter to MT. Moore, the pres ent governor:
 .You will please communicate to the sieners of the letter the great pleasure if has given me to learn of the con- tentment under the governorship of Commander Underwood and the kind expression of good will to me personally.
 "It will always be great pleasure to hear of their continued advancement in education This. united with their sin cerity and the kindly sentiments of the heart they possess. should lead to the highest order of good citizenship, which we may well be proud to share with them. I trust that the material benfits proceeding from continued good govern ment and earnest enoeavor on their part may multiply rapidly.
 .It will be my pleasant duty to appoint over them those men as governors who bv character and example shall endeavor in every way to advance the happiness and enlightenment of the people of Tu- tufla and Manila''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
BILL CAUSES SOME
 SHARP DISSENTION
CONFEREES IN SESSION LAST NIGHT UNABLE TO REACH AN REEMENT-coosA APPRo- TAXATION IS STRICKEN OUT.

Washington. March 2.-(SpeciaL)-At a tee on the river and harbor bill is still in session with no agreement in sight. Chair man Burton remains inslstent that the Senate has not acted properly, has placed lot of amendments for worthless pro- jects on the bill, and they must come off.
 The Senate conferees declare that MT. Burton has drawn up a bill in the House carrying $34,O00.000. Now when the meas ure reaches the Senate and that body adds less than s4OOO.OOO to it, MT Burton instead of yielding to the Senate this meagre amount Is trying to take off the greater part of 1t.
 At one period of the meeting tonight there was an exciting pass between Sem ator Berry and MT. Burton over small appropriation the senator had placed in the bill for the White river in Arkansas. MT. Burton criticised the project severely and Senator Berry left the conference room and threatened to resign his place on the conference committed Later he was urged to return by his democratic colleague and insist upon this and other Senate amendments.
 While there is no agreement in sight at present it cannot be said that the chances of the bill becoming law have decreased to any appreciable extent The fact that the sum total is unusually small leads to the belief that before Saturday morning an agreement of some kind will be forth coming and tine bill passed, barring, of course. a deliberate effort on the part of some senator to kill the measure. It is understood that the conference commit tee has agreed to strike the s2O0 COG amendment for the Coosa river from the bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
STOESSEL WARMLY
 GREETED BY GEAR
RECEPTION GOES FAR TO ATONE FOR THE COOL TREATMENT OF CERTAIN GENERALS AND MILL TARY MEN.

St. Petersburg, March 8. 12:40 a. m.- General Stoessel, who was given an aud fence with the Emperor yesterday. was received by his majesty with warmth which went far to atone for the cool re- ception which he was given by several of the newspapers and military factions.
 General Stoessel Is being feted by so- ciety. A large dinner was given in honor of him last night, after his return from Tsarskoe-Selo. No steps have been taken yet towards an investigation of the sur render of Port Arthur, but the whole matter will soon be placed in the hands of a commission of inquiry .n order to clear up the circumstances in dispute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
IRON MEN GROWING SOMEWHAT UNEASY Markets Are Developing an
 Accelerated Pace VOL LIME IS UNPRECEDENTED Steel Corporation Has Bought 10000 Tons of Pig-Llttle New In
 the Steel Rail
 Trade.
VOLU UME IS NPRECEDENTED

New York, March 2-Leaders in the iron industry are growing rather un- easy over the accelerated pace which the Age. Indications of an unwelcome boom are multiplying. The tonnage produced and taken Is of unprecedented volume, and yet In many branches makers are falling behind in deliveries, the only ex- captions being the steel rails and bridge material. The bride shops have been running light during the past few months but are beginning to do better.
 There has been a resumption of the buy ing movement in pig iron, and in the east ern markets 1t has developed during the past few days on a scale never before witnessed Eastern Pennsylvania steel makers have purchased further quantities of basic pig, aggregating fully 6oO90 tons, for delivery Into the third quarter at prices equivalent to $l6.50 to $l6.75 deliy- cred. The general foundry trade in New England and in the Atlantic coast ter- ritory has been buying in moderate uuan- titles for ready delivery, the aggregate being quite large. The pudding mills are just entering the market for liberal ton mage.
 In the central west the steel corpora ton has bought 46,0OO tons of pig iron, taking 25, ,00O tons from the Bessemer as- sociation The same interest has availed itself of some old options on basic pig for delivery to eastern works, and Is In the market for a considerable quantity of the second quarter.
 Chicago and Cincinnati both report n livelier buying movement in foundry iron and like distributing centers reflected the upward tendency of prices. Acute scar city is observed in the steel market and fancy prices have been paid for sheet and tin plate bars.
 There Is little that is now in the steel rail trade. There are indications. how ever, that the international pool has been making headway, and pending final ar engagements, the mills are keeping out of one another's territory.
 The demand for plates has been heavy, refecting the swelling volume of new or- ders for rolling stock for the railroads.
 Steel bars have advanced $2 ton from $1 .40M1 50 Pittsburg. It has been decided, however, not to retain the extra of s1 a ton for open-hearth bars over Bessemer bars in view of the competition of iron bars The producers of chain rods have added $2 a ton to their prices. It Is ex- pected that the makers of hoops and bands in the Pittsbnrg district also will advance prices S2 a ton. In the merchant pipe trade another reduction in discsnnt equivalent to an advance of $1 ton has been announced.
 The coke makers are heavily sold far into the year and are under great pres sure to make deliveries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
HARTMAN MAKES STATEMENT.
Voting Trust of Kansas City Southern
 About to Be Dissolved.

New York, March 2.-E. H. Harri- man, one of the voting trustees of the Kansas City Southern Railway com pany, made the following statement today regarding the dissolution of the voting trust of that company:
 ''In view of the approaching early termination of the Kansas City voting trust, which expires by limitation on April 1 next, the voting trustees have determined not to exercise the right of electing the next board at the statu- tory meeting on March IA, but to ad- journ the meeting for about sixty days in order to enable the holders of the voting trust certificates to exchange such certificates for actual stock, so that at the adjourned meeting the board may be elected by the stock. holders instead of by the voting t-ust ees."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
RELIGION TO BE MORE
 FREE AMONG RUSSIANS
All Restrictions of vexatious charac. ter Are to Be Removed Within
 Three Months.

St Petersburg, March 2.-The committee of ministers after discussing the status of religious dissenters and considering measures to remove the grievances of that class has decided In favor of re- placing all regulations of a vexatious character proposed by the minister of the interior within three months and to or- der the abolition of all measures inter fering with religious belief except such as may be considered indispensable, which should receive the sanction of the Elm peror.
 The committee of ministers has also decided to direct the minister of the in- terlor to forbid the enforcement of regu- lations dealing with protection. or state or police surveillance of religious mat ters The committee of ministers also calls upon the heads of ministerial de- partments and the procurator gf neral of the holy synod to present reports to the Emperor and request that all sentences of exile and imprisonment for religious errors should be quashed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
KUROPATKIN IS SILENT
 ABOUT HIS MOVEMENTS

St. Petersburg. March SEAS a. m.- In long dispatch from General Kuro- patlzin, which was received here yester- day, the commander-in-chiefo of the army In Manchuria gives retais of various at- tacks by the Japanese the last few days, and the Associated Press correspondent at Mukden, in dispatch received at mid night, indicates a continuation of the ar tillery duel, but neither report throws any light upon the rumored intention of General Kuropatkin to withdraw north ward which has been the gossip of St. Petersburg for the last two days. A pri- vate dispatch received last night con- cludes with this significant sentence:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
Miss Porter to Be Married,

Paris, March "A dance at the American embassy tonight inaugural ed the festivities attending the en- gagement and marriage of Miss Elsie Porter, daughter of Ambassador Por- te., to Dr. Menge of Zurich, Switzer- land. The French government signal ized it's esteem of the ambassador by presenting Miss Porter with a Sevres tea set, especially made at the gov ernments porcelain factory and bear ing her initials. The civil marriage will take place tomorrow at the town han of tho Bois de Boulogne quarter. only the family and the witnesses at tending The church marriage will be celebrated Saturday, and will be the event of the season in the American colony
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
SENATE KNOCKS OUT
 HOUSE "MILEAGE GRAB"

invalid a construction the Senate com mittee, headed by Senator spooner, had placed upon the question of the length of lar session December a year ago.
 The Senator only two days ago declared that there Is no such a thing as a con- structive Recess" that the two ses- sions merged into one and in the face of this the House declared that there was a recess. The conference committee on the general deficiency will be in ses- sion tomorrow, but it is not likely to- nights action of the Senate in killing the Mileage Grab" will materially pro- long the time for an agreement on the bill. It is considered probable that the amendment will never get to q vote, that the conferees of the House will have to recede and nothing more will be heard of the matter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03

Washington. March 2.-(Special.) )-The Senate appropriations committee tonight knocked out the mileage grab" of s19O.- GOO in the general deficiency appropriations bill. The outrageous House amendment was hardly given an instants considera- tion and no one would lend his support to 1t.
 The amendment was read and several Senators made the motion simultaneous ly to strike it off the bill. A ripple of laughter went around the table when con- sideration of the paragraph was begun. The Senate committee was not only op- posed to the amendment on account of it's burglarious features. but because the House republicans and the twenty-five democrats who joined them had deliber- ately gone to work and attempted to make
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
THE SENATE.

Washington, March 2.-The Senate to- day passed the sundry civil appropriation bill. carrying about s6S000,O0o. yas.ous amendments were offered to the meas ure, and most of them were debated at some length. There alaa was discussion of the pure food bill, and MT. Deliver made a brief speech in support Of his resolution providing for the appointment of a joint congressional commission to investigate the question on interstate commerce.
 At the night session the general de- ficlency appropriation bill, the last of the supply measures, was discussed by the Senate.
 The general deficiency bill carrying s29,- 769, 466. was passed.
 The House bill for the celebration of the anniversary of the first English speaking settlement In America on or near the waters of Hampton Roads. Va. appropriating s250.O0O for the purpose. was passed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03

St. Petersburg, March g. 12:4S a. m.- Black clouds are again lowering over the industrial situation of Russia. The strike at Moscow has been resumed on large scale, anarchy reigns in the Cau- casus and at St. Petersburg the measures which the government advanced to quiet discontent and restore good relations be- tween masters and men. appears to have failed, with the probability of causing the storm to break anew.
 The labor delegates representing the whole of the industrial population of St. Petersburg, and who elected to choose go members of the Schidlovsld reconcilla- tion, met again yesterday, and reaffirmed the resolutions adopted the previous day, which threatened in case the demands are not granted. not only to refuse to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
WANT CHICAGO TRAFFIC.
New York Central Lines Will Make
 Outlay of $2oo,ooo,oo

Chicago, March 2.-The Record-Herald tomorrow will say:
 The New York Central lines have form ed comprehensive plans requiring the ex- penditure of more than S200.00O,O0O, with a view to establishing a firmer hold on the enormous tonnage originating in and passing through Chicago
 Millions of dollars are to be expended in extending the Big Four railroad into Chicago, and connecting the Lake Shore, Michigan Central Niclxle Plate and Big Four with all of Chicago's important industries and also in giving these four systems close contact with all of the railroads entering in Chicago.
 The Indiana Harbor road which was recently purchased by the Vanderbilt in- terests is to be the medium of bringing the Big Four into the city and will also be the line used to connect the four systems mentioned with the major part of Chcagois industries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
CLOUDS ARE AGAIN
 GATHERING OVER RUSSIA

elect labor representatives to the com mission, but to order a resumption of the general strike.
 These demands are for the release of imprisoned worl1men, and freedom from arrest; unhampered speech, full publicity of meetings of the commission and the abolition of the conserp.
 A practical ultimatum was delivered calling for an immediate answer.
 There is little expectation that the gov ernor will grant the conditions demand ed. The strike already has assumed large proportions here, about fifty thousand men being out Among those who struck yesterday are the employees of the St. Petersburg shops of the Warsaw railroad. The strike has not yet extended to the trainmen, but the leaders may decide to order them out in order to paralyze one of the most important railroads in Rus sia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03

within two weeks you may expect great events"
 The Siberian railroad, which is being worked to It's fullest capacity by purely military traffic, is about to have fur ther burden imposed upon 1t, namely, that of feeding the resident non-combatant population. The stocks of provisions in Irkusk and other towns in Siberia were not as large as usual at the beginning of the winter, and are now running low. The government has been informed that provisions must be imported by the rail road, or that the towns will be face to face with starvation within a fortnight.
 This will necessitate some delay in the forwarding of military supplies, wh { are sorely needed at the present mom .N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
Vale Expenditures Exceed Receipts.

New Haven, Conn, March 2.-Ar analysis of the expense and income ac counts appears in the Yale Alumni Weekly today, which shows that in cost of tuition alone there was paid out last year 15 per cent more thau the Yale students paid in as tuition fees. Taking the whole university, four items alone show that there was an excess of $213,355. or about 60 per cent excess of cost to the university over and above what the students paid in. In the academic department alone students paid in about S310,000 as compared with s40S, 900 actual cx- penses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
SANTA FEE INCLUDED.
Will Be Sued Along With Standard
 oil Go. In Kansas.

Topeka. Kan. March 2-The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad is to be in- cluded in Attorney General Coleman's suit for conspiracy against the Standard oil company. Mr. Coleman said tonight that the Sant Fe was left out of the original petition by an error of the state stenographer.
 He will at once file an amended petition to include the Santa Fe The suit, is brought against all the railroads of the state. The strongest feature of the suit, according to the attorney general. is that relating to the failure of the Standard oil company to pay charter fees. thus having no authority to do business in the rfafa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
Wires Must Go Underground.

Washington, March 2-The conference report on the bill regulating the use of telegraph wires in the District of Colum- bia involving the placing under ground of wires of the Western Union Telegraph company, was finally agreed to- finally passing the bill. The House also agreed to the Senate amendment to the bill amending the statues so as to provide the writs of error and appeals may be made from the supreme court of Hawaii to the supreme court of the United States where the amount involved exceeds $5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
TaIiaferro Appointed.

Tallahassee. Fla, March Ex-Governor Broward has appointed James P. Talia- ferro to fill the ad interim term as United States Senator. Senator Taliaferro's term expries on March 4. and although the last democratic primary nominated him to succeed himself, yet the legislature will not meet until April. and 1t Is necessary to make the appointment to fill the va cancy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
FANCY PRICES PAID
 FOR THE BEST SEATS
Clarence Mackay Pays $1750 for Priv llege of Viewing the lnau-
 guraI Procession.

Washington, March 2-(special.) )-Those who are going to view the inauguration parade from anywhere except the street. are paying prices ranging from one dol lar to s175O for the privilege. The latter price has been paid by Clarence Mackay of the Postal Telegraph, who has rooms at the New Willard. Others who will pay fancy prices at the same hotel are:
 Cornelius Vanderbilt $150. Pierpont Morgan $1z00 William Nelson Cromwell s1200, Oscar Murray s1oOo Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart 5000. George Gould s5Oo.