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Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
GREW OF LIeHTsHlP SAVED
Left Vessel In LIfeboat Shortly Before
II Went to the Bottom.

It Went to the Bottom.
New Bedford, Mass, Dec. 1S.-Per-
sistent bailing by hand for "a hours
and wireless telegraphy that brought
help at last, saved the lives of the 13
men on board the Nantucket South
Shoal relief lightship, No. 50, but the
vessel went down few minutes after
the crew had tumbled over the side
into their lifeboat.
For six hours Monday the light
house tender Azalea, which had an
swered the call for help, lay along
side the waterlogged Hghtship. un-
able to render assistance, owing to the
fearful sea- At length the weather
moderated, and then an effort was
made to tow the lightship to New Bed
ford. But after IS miles had been Gov
cred, the water, which had been COM
ing in steadily through a leak in the
fireroom compartment since early on
Sunday morning, began to gain on the
already exhausted crew, and the dis
tress signal was hoisted.
Without stopping for any Of their
belongings, the crew launched their
boat and jumped into It. They had
rowed only a short distance when the
lightahip plunged beneath the waves.
The men were taken on board the
Azalea, which had steamed back to
rescue them, and every one was
brought here safe and sound.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15

sentative Nicholas Longworth, Of Gin
clnnati, has been frequently reported,
on the strength merely Of rumors in
society circles at the national capital.
and It has been as frequently denied
authoritatiYely.
Now. however, matters stand some
what differently between the couple
and society, for they have become en-
gagged, and the formal announcement
will be made by Mrs. Roosevelt within
a few days at the White House.
The wedding day has not as yet
been actually set, but it has been de-
termined upon so far as that Miss
Roosevelt's wedding bells shall be set
a-ringing very early in the spring
possibly before the winter is really
over.
Mr. IOngworth is a representative
IN congress from the first Ohio dis
trict and is a lawyer, a graduate Of
Harvard and a member Of many clubs.
Mr.. Longworth is very wealthy. He
inherited a fortune and is closely iden-
tilted in business interests with
Messsrs. Julius and Max Fleischmann,
of Cincinnati His family is socially
prominent in Cincinnati.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
Farm Hand HeIr 70 s14.ooo. .ooo.

Chicago, Dec. 12.-George Becher, a
young Bavarian living on a farm south
of Hammond, Ind. has been notified by
the American consul at Munich that
ne is ons of four heirs to an estate in
Bavaria said to amount to $4,000, ,000.
The estate was left by the brother Of
his grandmother and there are no
heirs in Europe. Becher is a farm
hand and has been in America three
years He said he had papers proving
his relationship.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
RUSSIAN REFUGEES ARRIVE
Five Hundred Reach New York on
Two Steamers.

New York, Dec. 12.-Five hundred
Russian refugees, many Of them eye
witnesses of the massacre in Odessa
and other Russian cities, disembarked
here from the steamers Patricia and
Chemnitz Some of them told graphic
and pitiful stories Of their expert
ences. Jews who had themselves lain
hidden in Odessa houses while mobs
searched for them, Russian workmen
Of the Christian faith. strikers from
the railroads, a newspaper reporter
and Germans who had long lived in
Russia, joined at Ellis Island immi-
grafton station in declaring that they
had been attacked irrespective Of re-
ligion that their assailants were led
by police disguised in citizens cloth
ing, and that the massacres were not
race persecution, but revolution.
While telling their stories the men
sometimes burst into. tears. for perhaps
half of the entire number had left be-
hind them wives and children who
were either dead or defenseless In
Russian cities.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
Nov nal For TwlnInn.

Philadelphia, Dec. 1.-THE o. S.
Circuit Court OF Appeals ordered a new
trial for Albert C. Twining. convicted
of making false entries in the reports
and in the books Of the First National
bank Of Asbury Park, of which he was
a director. Twining is now under SEN
tence Of six years in New Jersey.
When tried in the U. 8. district court
at Trenton Twining was charged with
having. as a director, over-stated the
amount that was due the bank from
loans and discounts. including in his
schedule . promissory note said to
have been worthless.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
RUSSIAN sTRIKE coLLApsINe
But Rsvoiutlonists In Provinces Are
Becoming BoIder.

Becoming BoIder.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 12.-The tele-
graph lines with Moscow, Reval, Jeff,
Kazan, Noygorod. Archangel and
Narva are working. Many of the en-
ployes have resumed work, and it is
believed that the strike is collapsing.
The mails have not arrived from the
south owing to the railway strike.
The government apparently has re
solved to resort to general coercion.
The scanty news reaching st. Pc
tersburg is all to one effect The last
advices received from the Baltic prov
inces reported the desecration Of the
churches. the murder of land owners
and the piIlaging of property.
The revolutiOnaries are growing in
audacity. In one case they attacked a
detachment of troops and seized
wagons, which they used in the in
vasion of estates in the vicinity. They
escaped on a narrow gauge railway
after capturing a train.
It is learned on high authority that
the government has finally decided
against universal suffrage and practi-
cally in favor of the old project of 21
worl1men representatives and the ex-
tension of the ballot to the small rent
payers, merchants and the educated
However, the law must still
pass the council of the empire and re-
ceive imperial approval. If the decision
is upheld it is apt to end all question
of the support Of the zemstvoists.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
IMPORTANT Mine DECISION
part Of Certificate Act Declared Un.
constitutional.

Part Of Certificate Act Declared un-
constitutional.
Scranton, Pa, Dec. 1.-THE decis-
ion in the shalen case, handed down
by the superior court, while It sus-
tains the mine certificate act, declares
unconstitutional that portion of it
which requires that an applicant for
a certificate must have had two years
experience in the anthracite mines Of
Pennsylvania. The attorneys here for
the operators claim that this is all
that they really contended for. and
that the decision is complete vic
tory for them.
Practically it means that a coal
miner from any state who can pass
the examination is entitled to a GER
tifcate.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
Queen LII Wants s1o,ooo.Ooo.

Warrington, Dec. Is. - A petition
from sx-Queen Lilioukalani, asking for
the payment Of $1O.0OO,OOO to her, was
presented to the senate by Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks. The petition was &C
companied by an autograph letter re-
questing early and favorable consld-
GRAFTON.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
Two Bows Drowned WhIIe skatIr

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Dec. 13. = Two
boys named James Biel, aged 10, and
William o'Neill, aged IA years, Of this
city, were drowned in Pierce's pond,
on the west side OF the susquehanna
river. o'Neill had been skating, and
when the thin ice broke from under
him his companion went 10 his rescue
and both lost their lives.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
Wanted In pottstown For EmbezzIIno.

New York, Dec. 12.-Max Schwartz,
50 years old who describes himself
as a broker. of PAP East 5Oth street,
was arrested at Broadway and Spring
street by detectives. The police say
that sehwart1 is wanted in Potts
town, Pa, on a charge 81 embezzle-
ment. Schwartz will be held to await
the arrival Of the Pennsylvania police.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
Turkey Has Yielded.

London, Dec. 12.-The correspondent
Of the Daily News at Constantinople
says: "The sultan has yielded. He
has accepted the scheme for the finan-
cial control OF Macedonia as embodied
in the last collective note Of the
powers"
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
Perkins Resigns From New York Life.

FUTNTTT9 TIN1IH HII0 7 NT0I ~ 7 y y - -
New York, Dec. 13.-George W. Per
kins handed in his resignation, both as
vice president Of the New York Life
Insurance company and as chairman Of
the finance committee Of that corpor-
alton. The report so long current in
financial circles that Mr.. Perkins
would sever his official connection
with the New York Life was con-
frmed last night In omcial quarters.
It is not likely that Mr.. Perkins will
resign as a director Of the company
at this time.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
SCOTS Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil

is just such a food in its best form.
II will build up the weakened
and wasted body when all
other foods fail to nOurish. If
you are run down or emaciated,
give it a trial it cannot hurt
you. It is essentially the best
possible nourishment for delicate
children and pale. anaemic girls.
We will send you a sample free.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
Man Must Vote Where He sleeps.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 13.-The Iowa
supreme court decided that a man
cannot vote where he eats, but must
vote in the prscinct where he sleeps.
The ruling was made in the case OF
DR.. L. Savre, Of Usage. who was &C
quilted on a charge Of Illegal voting
in the precinct where he took two
meals day. The court reversed the
acquittal and savre must stand trial
for illegal voting.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
Our Motto 1.-THE BEST OF EVERYTHING"

Our next weeks display of high-grade
Foreign and Domestic Fruits, and new
crop of Nuts of all kinds, Figs, Rasins,
ETC., and the Finest CONNECTIONS of all
kinds; Fancy Package goods in Choco-
lates assorted, at all prices; and our full
line of the finest Taffies and Nut goods
made, will excel anything ever opened
here in the past.
The best goods at the lowest prices
consistent with the quality.
Milford chronicle., 1905-12-15
Mss RoosEvELr ENeAeEp

Presidents Daughter Will Wed Con-
gresham Longworth In the Spring.
Washington. Dec. 1S.-The engage
ment of the presidents eldest daugh-
ter. Miss Alice Roosevelt. and Repre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
Scarcity of Labor.

The scarcity of labor. like car short age. is serious question in every in dustrial community in the United States. In every era of prosperity the labor supply Is not equal to the de- mand, but this year, with prosperity at high water mark the scarcity of workmen is felt more seriously than ever.
 It may be difficult to point out just how the situation in northern centers could be improved, but here in the south there Is no good reason why this scarcity of labor should be in ev- idence to the extent 1t is. Thousands of able-bodied negroes are idle month in and month out, because they arc too lazy to work, and thousands more work less than half time.
 Ten years ago negro labor was looked upon as one of the souths great assets. For work in the mines, at the blast furnaces and coke ovens, at pipe plants and on the railroads, the negro was especially satisfactory. For certain lines of work the negro has been sin gularly well adapted. He was more de- sirable as an employe than many for eigners who located in the south. But negro labor has been deteriorating rapidly within the past few years and in point of efficiency large industrial operators estimate it is fully 40 per cent below the average of the year 1900. An experienced coal operator remarked the other day that four hun dred men were required to get prac- tically the same output at his mines that two hundred men accomplished four or five years ago. Negroes who used to work six days in the week work only two or three days now.
 Leaders of the negro race who are solicitous for the welfare of their peo- pie should not only see the facts as they are, but should put forth greater efforts than ever to bring back negro labor to It's former status. Leaders in Alabama should perfect an organiza- tion that would reach every cabin in the state. Unless the strong, pro- gressive men of the race take hold of this labor question in vigorous way It will not be many years before the rank and file of the negroes will be ill a hopeless condition That the negro laborer will be eventually crowded out by immigrants from Europe, unless there be marked improvement Is ap- parent to every one who is in touch with industrial life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

common fairness will prompt Chicago and Pittsburg to stand by Birming- ham. All three appeals are of like na. ture, and If one is good all are.
 There is one thing however, that Birmingham will secure what Nature denies to both Chicago and Pittsburg. Our waterway will be good the year round, while Boreas will close the other proposed waterways five or six months in each year. Uncle Sam is rich and powerful, but he cannot over come the weather clerk and his chron- io methods.
 Let us have, however, all three wa terways, but in all justice and fairness, the Warrior being first in the field and being but comparatively small en- terprise, should be hurried to comple- tion first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
THE "CHURCH TRUST"

From the New York Sun
 Our correspondent of yesterday who professed fear of the federation of evan gelical churches as church trust" which would tyrannze over the religious conscience is frightened by bugaboo of his own creation. The days of tho stake and the thumbscrew for the heretic have passed away. never to return.
 Even if this federation Is formed and holds together, 1t will include only small minority of religious believers. The great Roman Catholic church is not In 1t. The Jews. of whom we have already in New York more than three-quarter of a mill lion, are excluded. along with the Uni tarians and Universalists, by the over whelming vote on Monday evening making belief in Jesus Christ our Divine Lord and Saviour the prime requisite of ad- mission Into it. Moreover this reouire- ment excludes the great body of the higher Biblical critics, even of evan gelical theological seminaries.
 More than half the population of New York i5 outside of Christian churches According to religious census more than million Protestarts are "churchless." The whole number of the communicants of me federated churches in New York is less than half the number of Jews.
 This federation may be church trust" but against 1t will be the great body of religious faith and opinion-to say nothing of infldelity and rationalism. It will be able to burn nobody at the stake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
HOW INDIANS CURE CORN.

From the Southern Workman.
 Long shallow ditches are made in the ground and filled with dry wood which is set on fire. In the meantime the young maidens are busy picking the tenderest corn, and If faithful to duty. soon return with bags filled with the long ears.
 A mother, impatient at the tardiness of her daughter, calls: "Ta-dae-win, why are you so slow?" ''Im comingr' answers glrlish voice from the further end of the field, but she does not come. Again the mother calls: '"rhe fire Is ready, why don't you hurryT' I'm coming!" shouts the maiden. There Is a rustling of the leaves of the stalks, and she does really come; she starts to tell tale of excuse, but the mother quickly empties the bag, giving no heed to the story, and begins to remove the outer layers of husk from the ear. Then she places them in row on the live coals in the ditch and turns them over with stick.
 When the thin layers of husk are scorched the woman with her stick deftly losses the ears out of the ditch. In the meantime the daughter continues her task with more or less delay. until sufficient quantity of corn is gathered for the days work After the roasting of all the ears the scorched husks are removed and the grains of corn are separated from the cob by the use of the sharp-edged shell of the fresh wster mussel. The grain is then spread on skins and put out in the sun to dry The corn prepared In this manner Is called sweet corn by the Indians Enough Is cured in this way to last the family . whole season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
Bju BattIeshlps Wanted.

Our largest battleships have a dis placement of 12,300 tons, engines of 16,000 horsepower, and speed of IS knots. Some of the British battle ships are 1872 knot vessels of 16,S50 tons. and some of the French and Ger man battleships range up to 14,0O0 tons.
 The Dreadnought. which is to be launched in February, will be an ad- dition to the British navy without a rival in the wide wide world, for she will have displacement of 18.000 tons. She will be driven by turbine engines of 25,o00 horsepower, and 1t is expected that that amount of power will provide speed of 22 knots. If the speed anticipated be achieved Eng land will have not only the biggest, but the fieetest battleship in the world. The cost of the new fighting machine of the English navy is to be $7,500, ,000.
 The war in the Far East seems to have convinced all countries that big ships are essential to sea power, and 1t is proposed to ask Congress this winter to authorize the building of the Michigan and the South Carolina on lines as generous as those of the Dreadnought
 The construction of the Michigan and South Carolina was authorized last March. and they were then planned to be battleships of 16.000 tons, but no steps have been taken towards building them, and an effort will be made this winter to increase their size to at least the Dreadnought standard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Famous Vocal Artist.

"A wonderful vocal artist is Mile. Zaza Mazaskai of St. Petersburg, who Will sing at the Jewish relief fund concert at the Jefferson theatre next Sunday after noon." said d woman of culture and musi- cal taste.
 Tn Paris and other great European capitals this young songstress has ap- peared before immense audiences. She ere ated quite furor in the old world, ana has come to this country under a contract to sing in New York and the other large cities of the United States. Mile. Mazaskal Is in Birmingham as the guest or her cousin, Mrs. Louis Pizitz. Next Sunday will be the only opportunity music low CTS of Birmingham will have of hearing the artist as her manager will coniine her engagements to northern cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
Waterways for All.

Chicago wants thirteen-foot chan nel all the way to the sea, and the wonder is that 1t stops at thirteen feet. Pittsburg wants nine-foot chan mel all the way to Chicago's thirteen foot channel at Cairo. Both, of course, expects Uncle Sam to dig the needed channels, and Uncle Sam will probably do the work, which will cost tens of million dollars. x
 While Chicago and Pittsburg are se- curing navigation to the sea Birming- ham will be a persistent applicant for q modest six-foot channel to the near
 st-hand waters of Mobile bay. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
Trom the san Franclsco Chronicle.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 A~ HAT has been expected since n the war between Russia and
 w Japan began. and what is, in fact, the logical result of the terms of the peace concluded in their relations to the Kingdom of Corea, is beginning to take tangible shape in that country now. ency. Japan at no time took much pains to mask her designs on the Hermit King dom She went to war confessedly to- prevent the absorption of Corea by Rus sia. This was done ostensibly in defense of her rights in Corea as her legitimate sphere of influence. It was fortified with the additional pretext that if the Corean government was too weak to re- sist Muscovite encroachments Japan would be compelled to establish a protec- torate over the country in order to pre- serve her own independence. which she assumed was being menaced by Russia's inordinate ambition to extend her sover- eighty into the warm waters of the Pa cific.
 Having trlumphed over Russia and forced her to abandon Manchuria, Japan is now taking time by the forelock to- carry out her poorly concealed plans for the absolute absorption of the Hermit Kingdom. According to a Seoul dispatch, Japan's plans to the Corean Emperor. The report assumes that Japanese pro- tectorate will at once be established over the country, but there is little room for doubt that it will be established in a form which will be equivalent to annexa- tion, for the protectorate Is to be backed by an army of occupation and the im- mediate assumption of naval control of Chemupo. the Corean capitals port of entry.
 The Corean Emperor is said to have anticipated Japan's intentions by sending secret agents to the United States and to the European courts to enlist their in- tervention. The mission is sure to fall. for the United States has no interest in the preservation of Corean independence, and with Great Britain, it Is practically pledged to give Japan free hand, while the European powers are too much en- crossed at present with their domestic affairs to interfere. It is evidently Ja- pans intention to extend sovereignty not only over Corea but over southern Man churia as far north as the Kirin branch of the Chinese Eastern railway and as far west as the banks of the Liaoyang river. This is the only logical explana- ton which can be given for Japans de- mand. through Komura. who is now at Pekin. for the cession by the Chinese gov ernment of the Kirin railway and the right to extend the Corean railway sys- tenn from Viii across southern Man churia to the Chinese Eastern trunk line With these concessions the virtual sov- ereignty of southern Manchuria will be transferred to Japan. which the latter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
MeriWether's Trial,

The courtmartial of Midshipman Minor Meriwether has begun at Annap- oils and the eyes of the entire country are watching it's proceedings with all interest that attests to the importance of the trial On the result will depend whether or not Meriwether Is to be punished for killing Midshipman Branch in the class above him, but it will also determine what shall be done to correct an insidious system" capa- ble of working untold injury to the government training schools of the United States.
 The evidence already adduced tends to show that there is so-called "honor system" at Annapolis which has been responsible for numerous encounters similar to that between Branch and Meriwether which, fortunately and fortuitously. did not have fatal endings The authorities certainly knew that this honor system transgressed or ig- nored regulations. that 1t was detri- mental to discipline and the morale Of the academy. Yet they permitted 1t to flourish. Fights between the midship- men were conducted with all the elab- crate details of public prizefight, with referees and seconds, but with lighter gloves than those worn by profes- sional pugilists. Absences from duty and injuries resulting from these fights were winked at by those who should be held responsible.
 The evidence drawn out on the first day of the trial also shows that Branch had deliberately set out to hound Meri- wether and make his life miserable. i" simply be cause Meriwether had the spirit to ignore silly and absurd orders laid down for the conduct of under class men by men in classes above them. In fact, the whole affair is due to the practice of hazing at Annapolis. It is time for the government to end such brutality in training school where the students are expected to he men, not bruisers. Hazing and the dis graceful system" should be abolished at Annapolis and West Point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
Off Duck Hunting.

Eight members of the Chameleon Hunt ing club, who live in Birmingham VIII leave the city tonight over the Southern railway for ten-days duck hunt on the gulf. Those who will make the trip are r. B. Fowlkes, E. L. Brown, E. K. Camp bell A. w. Wilson, Will H. Johnston, J. B. Robinson w. B. Fowlkes and H. C. Stiles. They will go from Birmingham to Bayou LaBatre. where they will board a schooner and sail out to the gulf islands. The Chameleon Hunting club boasts of having former President Cleveland as one of It's honorary members. All the eight members who leave tonight are hoping for good luck on the gulf.