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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
.PARDONS CAUSING
MUCH SPECULATION
Counterfeiters Were Regarded
as Extremely Dangerous
SHONIS RUNNING TOO FAST
Arrested In Connecticut for Speeding
Automobile at Too Lively Clip.
Other Washington
News.
SHONIS RUNNING TOO FAST

Washington, July 5.--fspeeial )-Surprise
still reigns in the treasury department
over the Presidents pardon of the two
Pennsylvania counterfeiters. n. s. Ken
dig and w. M. Jacobs. The secret service
consider the two men to be most dan
gerous counterfeiters ever In this coun-
try. The secret service men do not ap-
prove the pardons, nor does the trial
Judge Judge Mcpherson. The trial dis
trict attorney, aJmes M. Beck, did, how
ever, sign the application. 1t is also re-
ported that Former Secretary of the
Treasury Gage added his name to the
petition of the counterfeiters. The At
torney General then recommended the
action the President has taken.
Kendig and Jacobs, were such danger
Gus counterfeiters that an entire issue
of 500 notes amounting to $40,o00,0O0 had
to be retired from circulation because of
the skill with which they counterfeited
them. When the men were captured the
secret service seized great quantities of
the paper of which the bills were made
and great quantities of silk fibre similar
to that woven into government notes to
make counterfeiting difficult. Kendig and
Jacobs were convicted in 1900, and their
release now, after such a short term in
prison. is criticized by the government
detectives, particularly in view of the
fact that the excessive punishment
given the two criminals is assigned as
the reason for their release.
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PLAY FAST TENNIS.
Magnificent Exhibitions Are Seen at
the Wimbledon Tournament.

London July 5.-Beals c. Wright and
Hocombe Ward retired today from the
all England doubles tennis champion
ship only after what was conceded to be
the most magnificent exhibition of lawn
tennis ever seen at Wimbledon. s. H
Smith, the Welsh champion, and Frank
l.. Risey one of the best exponents Of
tennis In England, their opponenas, play
ed at the top of their form, Smith 8
driving being especially brilliant.
In the first set the Americans simply
smothered abe Britishers. but the effort
seemed to tire them and they lost the
second and third sets by III judged
play. The fireworks began in the fourth
when Wright commenced to play the
game Of his life. ably assisted by Ward.
Beamens won the first four games with
the Britshers. contesting every point
But in the fast play which continued, the
Britishers finally got the upper hand and
took the set, 81.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
GORKY DECLINES TO
COME TO AMERICA
HE TURNS DOWN A FLATTERlNG
OFFER TO GO ON THE LECTURE
PLATFORM IN THIS COUNTRY.
OPPOSED TO ENDING WAR.

ST. Petersburg. July 5.-Maxim Gorky.
small village on the coast of Finland, has
refused flattering offer to go on lee
ture tour in the United States. preferring
to remain for the purpose of aiding In the
work of emancipating Russia He is one
of the recognized leaders of the consti-
tutionalists and is visited daily by per-
sons from all parts of Russia. He has
a large income. but gives the major
portion of it to the cause which he has
at heart
Gorky is a great admirer of the United
States and President Roosevelt, but while
he gives unstinted praise to the Presi-
dents efforts towards bringing the war
to an end he says he thinks that from
a Russian standpoint peace would be
a misfortune.
I'm spite of the cost of the war and
Japan has proved to be an unmitgated
blessing to Russia" said the novelist in
an interview today 1T opened the eyes
of the country to the impossibility of
the present regime and has already pro-
duced changes which were hardly dream
ed of two years ago. If peace should
come now the government would be
able to turn its attention to the interior
and possibly check the tide of reforms :
Maxim Gorky's health has much i'm
proved. His attorneys are making exten-
sive preparations for his trial on charges
of participating in alleged revolutionary
plots last January which they hope to
convert into a political demonstration
and they are subpoenaing ministers of
state and other high personages.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
FRENCHMAN WINS
AUTOMOBILE RACE
AMERICANS HAVE BAD LUCK AND
MAKE POOR SHOWING IN THE
BIG INTERNATIONAL EVENT IN
FRANCE.

Leschamps France. July 5.-France
international automobile contest today
over the Auvergne course, Thery, the
French champion, winning after an ex-
citing contest with the Italian champion,
Lancia. An enormous crowd witnessed the
race.
Soon after the start Lanca began to
draw on Thery finally passing him and
securing six minutes lead when his ma
chine broke down. Thereafter Thery had
the race his own way. finishing in seven
hours and ten minues, with Cagnor, Ital-
ian. second: Nazzari, third; Calois fourth
and carp fifth. Three Americans started
but they did not make a notable show
ing
Iytle, who was placed twelfth and who
was the only American to finish, in re-
ply to question said;
"Is had almost completed the first lap
at good speed when the principle lubr-
eating tube of my machine burst I con-
tinued the race however, my mechan-
cian holding the tube together with his
fingers for a distance of 400 kiometers.
We were both soaked and nearly blinded
by the escaping oil and were compelled
to reduce our speed. This accounts for
our bad position In the race None of the
American motor cars participatin in
the race was sufficiently speedy or APP
propriate for the course and there was
also much trouble with the tires. Other
wise we would have been better placed
Thery. the winner of the race. said
~ foresaw that the Italians would be
my most formidable competitors. They
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MANY PERSONS PERISH
AND HUNDREDS OF HEAD
OF STOCK ARE KILLED
Immense Hall Stones Add to the DAM
age and Destruction Wrought BY
Storm Which Lasted for 80
Minutes Yesterday.

Fort Worth, Tex, July 5.-A tornado
which struck Texas in the upper edge of
Montague county, coming north, and
swinging far to the southeast this after
noon, it is believed cost over forty lives,
injured a large number of people and
cattle.
Fortunately the tornado missed the
small towns in the section through which
It swept but it seemed to take fendish
delight in zigzagging in such a way as
to take in the homes of many farmers
and stock raisers in the section
At Jacksboro the force of the wind
was terrific. The Baptist church and
their foundations and number of
buildings totally destroyed.
Mrs Travis Calhoun was seriously in
jured and is not expected to live Travis
Calhoun. Mrs. Thomas Horton and
Henry Vesser and family were also in
jured.
Loss of Life in Country.
At Montague no lives were lost in the
town but in the country there was great
loss Of life reported.
Owing TO the fact that wires are down
in all directions 1t Is difficult to get par
ticulars, Ten persons are known to b.
dead in that neignborhood and uncon-
firmed reports are to the effect that the
list of dead will go high as forty.
Most of those killed lived on Salt Creek.
along which the tornado swept with es-
pecial force.
At Nacona the tornado passed few
miles to the south and latest reports
give the dead at fourteen and the in
jured at forty-one.
Many farm houses were swept entirely
away. The Long Branch school house
was destroyed and the Baptist and Meth
odist churches at Belcher were practi-
oally destroyed.
reliable man at Nacona, who has
been over the scene, says that reports
were being received of the dead when
he left thre and he placs the loss of life
at sixty.
In many instances whole families were
wiped out but details and names are
hard to get The path over which the
tornado passed in one of the richest Sec
tions Of Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
GERMAN EXPORTS INCREASE.
Millions of Dollars Worth Of Goods
Sent to the United States.

Berlin, July SHERMAN exports to the
United States were about 2H dur
ing the year ending June 80. or $12,00000J
more than during the preceding fiscal
year. Although the exports are S2,5O0,00o
less than in 1898 when so much steel was
bought in Germany. yet they are greater
than in any other year for general man.
ufactures. Almost the entire gain is in
northern Germany where the total in
crease is sl1, ,sS7.s3s. Hamburg alone gain
ed s5.46,7S0. largely in sugar.
Nothing pleases the German business
world more than an increase In ex-
ports. 1t Is probable therefore. that the
heavy sales to the United States will
have a favorable influence on t.1e COM
mercial treaty question.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
MUCH FOOD CONDEMNED.
During One Week 1,o91 POI Pounds
Were Condemned in New York.

New York. July 5.-Health Commits
sioner Darlington today reported that
1901 ,291 pounds of adulterated food
was detected and condemned by his
inspectors in New York city during the
single week beginning June. This
amount, he said, equaled one-fifth of
all the adulterated food discovered in
the year of 1904.
Commissioner Darlington attributes
this increase mainly to higher eff
cheney of the food inspectors. His state
ment was made in reply to charges
preferred by the National Adulterated
league that the New York health de-
partment is not doing its duty In con-
demning unfit foods.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
Bowie Talks on Tariff.

There is always chance for change
in a country of free men," said Repre-
sentatives Bowie of Alabama, today MY
belief is that the pressure of tariff re-
form is going to become SO heavy in
the near future that the voters are GO
ing to turn to the only one party that
is fully committed to the principle. The
people are intelligent enough to know
that the republicans are not going to
Grange the tariff system enough to afford
any genuine relief The cause of protec-
ton is too sacred from the republican
point of view to admit of reasonable re-
ductions In existing schedules. and the
democratic party fighting on these lines
ought to win victory in the next con-
gressional election"
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shonts ls Arrested.

II Mr.. Theodore P. Shonts, chairman Of
the canal commission, could make as
much sped in the construction of the
canal as he can with his automobile.
the country would have little kick
coming. Mr.. Shonts was arrested yes
terday at Stamford. Conn. for driving
his automobile at the rate of an eighth
of a mile in % seconds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
Sail for Panama.

New York, July 5.-Two Panama
canal commissioners, Gen. P. c. Haines
and Col. NJ. P. Harrod, sailed for Pan
anna today on the Seguranca to collect
data concerning the surveys OF the ca
nal route and to prepare plans OF this
route for use by the advisory board OF
engineers which meets in Washington
September /.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
Violent storm In France.

Paris. July 5.-Thunderstorms with
gales of unknown violence. accompanied
by hail storms visited northern and CEN
tral France today Two men were killed
at Anglers, where enormous damage was
done to the crops. Near Orleans eighty
houses were razed anu many people were
injured. In the environa Of Lions and
Chaubery the crops were ruined.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
Bio Guns In pisfavor.

One result Of the Japanese Russian
war is declared by experts to be the
doing away with the 16-nch gun. 1t Is
declared that the Pinch gun has been
demonstrated to be sufficiently powerful
TO cripple any battleship afoat The
16-inch gun not only costs 1880 for one
shot, but is not nearly so accurate as
the gun of smaller calibre.
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band and wife and four children.

band and wife and four children.
Fatally injured:
Claiborne White, As years old
Houses completely demolished:
]. F. Clark's drug store. d. Y. Lunn's
grocery store and offices, old bank build
ing occupied by G. L. Alcorn, real es-
tate agent, store of Rowe Hardware
company fifteen dwellings
The tornado lasted perhaps thirty min
utes. Hundreds of head of stock in this
vicinity were killed outright by the wind.
The number of injured is unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
Wants MetcaIfe's Place.

Quite a boom has been started by
friends of Representative Jenkins of Wis
consin for the commerce and labor port
folio. Mt. Metcalf seems to be properly
attending to the duties of his office and
If there Is to be change no one knows
anything about it. This. however, makes
little difference with Mr.. jenkins sup
porters, who have secured the passage
of resolutions endorsing him through sew
eral labor unions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
Terrific Rain In Washington.

Washington, July 5.-One of the
heaviest rain storms ever experienced in
Washington occurred tonight when the
downpour reached almost the propor-
tions of a cloudburst. Between 7:22 and
$40 D. M, the rainfall amounted to 3.1
inches, a greater amount than during any
day of twenty-four hours with but three
exceptions during the past thirty-three
years. 1t was very hot and oppressive
during the day. with considerable mois-
ture in the air. Considerable damage was
dcne about the extensive railroad termi-
nal improvements now in progress here
At various places In the south there
was also unusually great precipitation.
At Raleigh there were three inches of
rainfall; at Norfolk two inches and at
Lynchburg one and one-half inches.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06

Dispatches from Tihis received last
night say that reports of the rioting at
Odessa and the action of the Kniaz Po-
temkine have aroused the most intense
interest and the widest joy among the
revolutionists The receipt of the report
was followed Immediately by complete
strike, even the lamplighters quitting
work The city Is in darkness and the
inhabitants generahy are fleeing to the
northward.
The Emperor Nicholas Ill, the crew
of which Is reported TO have mutined at
Constantinople, is a Russian merchant
man.
Considerable anxiety is felt because the
cruiser Chernomoretz which was due at
sebastopol Monday has not yet arrived.
Order has not been restored at Byelo-
stek censored telegram received last
night reports that shooting has been
heard, that crowds are feeing and that
wild excitement prevails but no details
are given.
aoat Gets Supnliea.
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Mrs Sarah B. Lightfoot, the widow OF
w. B. Lightfoot. Of Pass Christian.
Miss, died today in Baltimore in her
eishty-seventh year. Her father, Capt.
Jack F. Ross, went to Mobile after the
war and later became treasurer Of Ala
hama, in which state she = well known.
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Portland, Ore, July 5.-Nearly 5000
persons passed through the gates of the
Lewis and Clarke exposition yesterday
making the day a record breaking one
so far as attendance is concerned.
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Streets Are Flooded.

First effects of the flood were felt in
this city after 5 o'clock. East of the
falls there is a considerable area, the
surafce of which is below the top of the
retaining walls Of the stream. though
higher than ordinarily high water. At
about $50 o'clock the sewers began dis
charging water into Harrison street the
lowest in the city and upon which are
located many dealers in second hand
goods and poor Hebrews and other fam
lilies. The inflow of water is always a
danger signal at this point The i'm
mense volume OF water rushing from
the county down the falls was met by
unusually high water In the harbor
caused by continued southeast winds and
this hastened the flooding of the streets.
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NINE PEOPLE KILLED IN
STORM At MONTAGUE.

Montague. Tex, July 5--Nine people
ire dead as a. result of a tornado that
,ased over Montague this afternoon.
IIhey are:
A. ?. Earl
! Miss Sadie Earl. daughter Of A. p.
arI.
Burke Earl. his son.
Daby Of Lawrence Pillow.
1omlinson family consisting Of hus-
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Sweeps Over Nacona.


News from Nacona Texas, says:
A tornado and thunderstorm passed a
few miles west and south of here this
afternoon killing fourteen and injurins
many others and destroying a number
Of houses. The latest reports from tine
storm swept districts develope the fol-
lowing casualtes
The Dead.
Linnie Shackelford, daughter of r. G.
Shackelford.
Mrs. s. L. Tumbleson and three chill
dren.
Mrs. Mary Lester and four children.
Caleb White.
Mrs. Irb Williams.
Irb Williams
Frank, son of Sam Eakin. killed by
lightning.
The Injured.
James Simpson.
Miss Alice Simpson.
-- Moore, arm broken
Hobbs. fatally.
c. r. Christian and family
j. M. Steward and family.
c. H. Williams leg broken.
Miss Mamie Austin, seriously.
]. ]. woodson.
Frank Woodson. seriously.
r. G. Shackelford and wife
c. w. Shackelford. injured about head.
Four Of his children also received seri-
ous woundc. A child of Mrs. Mary Lester
Is believed to be fatally wounded
Farm Houses Are Swept Away.
Many farm houses were swept entire
ly away. The school house three miles
west of here was damaged
Baptist and Methodist churches at Bel
cher were considerably damaged. The
Methodist church art Montague is report
I'd wrecked and the court house dam
aged, also other churches there. The
Dixie school house six miles south of
mere was entirely blown away. Hail
stones as large as hen eggs fell here
breaking out many window glasses.
Reports of the work of the tornado are
still coming in. The number of killed
md injured will probably reach sixty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-06
Tracks Are Under Water.

Before midnight the first Hoods of the
cotton mills at Woodberry were four feet
under water. It Is reported that there
does not remain a bridge between Lake
Roland and this city. The railroad tracks
are five feet under water at Mount Wash
ington, a suburb, and much damage has
been done there to mills and stores and
their contents. Fears are entertained for
large factories at Phoenix, Warren and
Kranklinville, with which points no COM
munication is to be had. A Christian
Endeavor special train from Buffalo, N.
Y, due at Union Station at 6. p. m. was
delayed by washout and will certainly
not be in before tomorrow. Much dam
age has been done to the tracks of the
Maryland and Pennsylvania railroad and
a number of It's cars have been washed
q Wav
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lcontInusd on Eighth PaasA
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Boat Gets Supplies.

Sofia, July 5.--Tne Russian torpedo
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AROUSE Widest JOY
AMONG REvOLUTlONlSTS.

means impossible.
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MANY STREETS OF The CITY
ARE ENTIRELY SUBMERGED
Terrific Rain Also Falls In Washing
ton, the Downpour Almost Reach
ing the Proportions of
cloudburst.

Baltimore. July 5.-An immense amount
of damage which cannot vet be estimated
because of the interruption of communi-
cation by wire with the affected terri
tory, was done in Baltimore city and coun-
ty tonight by heavy rains, eliminating in
a cloudburst in the vicinity of Timonium,
a small station on the Northern Central
railway about ten miles from Baltimore.
The Green Spring, Western Run and
Gunpowder valleys sent torrents south
ward and through Jones Falls stream
running through the central portion of this
city, and which at one time constituted
the dividing line between east and west
Baltimore poured a flood of water into
this city, which was strongly suggestive
of the neraora hla food of 1895
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Along the streams in the section of the
country indicated. bridges, houses and
barns have been washed away live stock
has been drowned, railroad tracks have
been destroyed and telegraph and tele-
phone lines have been broken. So far as
can be learned tonight there has been no
loss of human life. At cokeyville on the
Northern General. the Sherwood distillery.
one of the largest in the country, Is SUBJ
merged. At Lake Roland, ON the chain of
reservoirs belonging to the city supply,
the water company has kept dredge VAL
ued at 100000, which has been tied to the
bank. 1t is feared that this will be lost.
All trains are being held at Lake. sta
ton on the Northern Central. which
crosses an arm of Lake Roland at that
point
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-07-05

Rev. Mr.. Z. J. Powell. writing from
Wales TO the Christian En6eavor Times.
has this TO say about the influence Of
the revival and Of Christian Endeavor
upon each other:
The great revival has not only
Quiekened the churches. but also the
whole realm of Endeavor. The men,
bers OF our societies are among the
most ardent in utilizing the exceptional
opportunities for service which have
prevailed during the past six months.
cannot conceive Of anything that
could possibly give such an impetus to
Christian Endeayor as the revival has
done. Many thousands OF converts
have been won for Christ and the
church. and by far the greater proper
tion are young people. The enthusiasm
which thousands OF them devoted 70
excessive sport and pleasure has now
to be turned 10 other channels or else
q very serious reaction Is bopnd TO Sc,
In The problem that had TO be faced
by the churches prior TO the advent OF
the Christian Endeayor society Is vast
ly greater In Wales at the present time,
but now the Christian Endeavor socie-
y Is regarded as the very best means
Of solving the dificulty"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-07-05

One OF the State summer schools Tor
teachers will be at Hampden, five miles
below Bangor, from Wednesday, July II,
to Thursday, July 90 Special rates are
allowed on the railroad and steamboat
lines.
The instruction will be in general ped
agogy, school management, special work
for common school teachers, conditions in
Maine and how to meet them, school mu-
sic, nature and geography.
Special attractions, will be excursions
by land ard water; evening lecture (llus-
tratedl; conferences; round tables; social
functions; field work in nature and geo
grsphy; free classes IN music; trip to his
torie Fort Knox and peary shipyard; spec
iai Sunday service; exhibit of avery
thing around the SCHOOL,; educational ex-
hibitsi manual training; drawing; pen
manship.
Further information may be obtained
from Frank II. Damon, Bangor.