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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Is Malicious Statement.
Indians Capture a Whale.

From the San Francisco Call.
 Three score Siwashes in a fleet of ca noes attacked and killed a whale a few days ago off Cape F'lattery. and, accord ing to the officers of the Norwegian steamer Tricolor. the red men in the vi- cnity of Neah Bay have been living high on blubber ever since The whale had been seen off the cape for several days, and the expedition to which the big fish surrendered was organized and equipped especially for the chase and capture Of the leviathan. Every canoe carried a dozen harpoons, and to each harpoon was attached a tight-blown bladder Every time canoe approached sufficiently near a harpoon was drove into the whales tough hide When the Victoria tug Lorne came upon the scene the whale had been Init many times and resembled mon ster hedgehog. In addition to the an noyance caused by the forest Of steel shafts there were so many bladoers moored to his carcass that. try as he would he could not sink and so ma at least temporary refuge rom ms tormenters When the Indians had as sured themselves of the buoyancy or thelr prey they threw in a few more harpoons with lines attached and attempted 10 herd the whale into Neah Bay, at the same time using him as a towboat Tor the fleet. But the big fish was too Tar gone to be of much use in harness; so, with A few bombs, the Siwashes torpedoed the monster to death and hired tug boat to tow the carcass into Neah Bay. They beached the remains and are still serving free blubber to all corners.
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SENSATIONAL STATEMENT
 Is PUBLISHED BY WILSON

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 had access to the reports of the field agents, who furnish the data upon which the cotton reports are based. The most important of these reports come from Field Agent B. c. White, and from the several state agents, to all of which Holmes has had access. It was found al- terations had been made in the figures of MT. Whites report for October 31, 1903, and that these alterations appeared to be in Holmes handwriting. Secretary Wilson says a large number of persons made statements of a general character, founded on rumor and incapable of verification. and for this reason they were not made a part of his report, which is intended to deal with facts only.
 New Plan Is Outlined.
 According to the new plan outlined by Secretary Wilson to govern the prepar- ation of monthly reports of the bureau of statistics, the general special field agents and state agents will report on speculative crops directly to the Secre- tary or acting Secretary of Agriculture. These reports will remain sealed in the custody of these officers until the day the official report is to be made, when the agents reports will be opened, and
 
 regulations.
 There never will be at any time in the possession of the bureau of statistics or in any one office of the department ex- cept while the compilation of official re- port is being made, complete informa- | ton of the correspondents in all of the | cotton states. Texas and Georgia, two of the largest cotton producing states, l will be separated from the group of re- | ports from townships and counties. Here after there will be three special field | agents instead of one assigned to the work of collecting statistics for the cot | ton crop reports, These agents will have no communication with each other, and will report on different groups of states Secretary Wilson's report closes as fol. | lows:
 "There will be no more opportunity for advance information on reports of specu- | lative crops.
 In the report from the secret service | operative. Edwin s Holmes, former as soeiate statistieian, is the only depart mental employe implicated, and I have dismissed him from the service of the department"
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Wilson Makes Reply.

Washington. July S.-Secretary Wilson when shown MT. Van Ripers statement, declared that all the facts that had been developed in the case up to date had been given to the public. There was some mat ters requiring further investiga tion, and until they were cleared up the secretary said he would refuse to discuss them. He denied suppressing any facts as charged by Van Riper. and said that when Van Riper was under examination Van Riper fiatly refused to answer certain questions. The secretary denied that he assured Van Riper he would not use his name in con- nection with the case He did, however, he said, agree to refrain from publishing cer- tain names which Van Riper had fur nished him on the latter's statement that to do so might subject him to personal violence.
 So far as the June report was con- cerned. Secretary Wilson declared that 1t was not gotten up by Holmes. but by MT Hyde himself, and that 1t was correct as representing the best Judgment Of the official statisticians. The statement Of MT. Van Riper to the effect that thorougn n investigation would disclose the fact thar the real acreage reduction was from 10 to 25 per cent and not 1171 was without any foundation.
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Thinks Holmes Gan be Crimi- | na|Iy Prosecuted
HAS HARD TASK BEFORE HIM
Declares That If Necessary to Carry His Point He Will Take the Matter Up to the
 President

Washington. July S.-(Special) )-The end of the cotton leak scandal is not yet, despite Secretary Wilson's action in re- moving Assistant Statistician Edwin S. of the statistics system in the Agricul- tural Department.
 Richard Cheatham, whose charges for the first time shattered MT. Wilson 8 ironclad confidence in the perfection of his statistics system, is dissatisfied with the outcome of the investigation and an- nounces his purpose not to rest until an other official of the department is re- moved or forced to resign. MT. Cheatham declares that if necessary he will take the matter up with the President.
 Cheatham Has Hard Task.
 Owing to the Presidents well known habit of standing by his cabinet officers and other friends this may look like a hopeless undertaking, but MT. Cheat hams success heretofore has led to a very large respect for his abilities in do- ing what he sets out to do. When he came here it was to face secretary who had repeatedly scoffed at the possibility of such a leak as he charged and whose personal pride was involved in the sys- tenn he attacked He succeeded in con yerting MT. Wilson, a thing which nc one here had ever believed possible. His task now is to convince the President that the public service requires further action than MT. Wilson has taken. Whether MT. Cheatham will make charges of actual corruption against the other official he is not yet ready to state He does, however, hold that he can prove this official to be unfit for his place.
 Can Be crimnaIIy Prosecuted.
 Aside from this MT. Cheatham holds that Holmes can be prosecuted crimnallS and he does not intend to rest until h' has succeeded In initiating such prose cution. Despite Mr. Wilson's statement to the contrary, MT. Cheatham asserts that the district attorney to whom th' papers were submitted did not say tha proceedings against Holmes would mol hold. MT. Wilson, according to MT Cheatham's belief, misunderstood the dis trict attorneys opinion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Waste By Forest Fires.
m the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript
 The average destruction by forest fires in this country is estimated at $25,00OOod or more annually. It is impossible to pre- vent all this waste-in some respects tho worst that fire can cause, because It takes years to replace it-just as 1t IS impossible to establish conditions where- by all other forms of property shall be protected against this agent of destruc- tion: but it undoubtedly Is possible to enforce a policy or policies to very ap- preciably reduce the danger and the loss if once the public Is brought to reail1e inc gravity of the situation. In Ger many and France these experiences are guarded against in large measure, bes cause the governments have strict forestry laws and the forests are well policed and vigilantly cared for. Here the general government can do little except on it's own preserves, and the work of protec- tion must be left to the states, which as vet do not seem to have risen to sense of their responsibilities.
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dom, which followed the conquest of Alexander The museum at Irkutsk some years ago sent out great expe- dition in which score of political ex- iles spent three years in northeastern Siberia, and for the first time brought in an adequate account of the Ian guages, culture, religion and folklore of the tribes of that region. Messrs. Bogoras and Jochelson, afterward placed in charge of the Jesup expedi- tion from the American musuem, were members of the Irkutsk museum expe- dition.
 "In the little towns of Nerchinsk and Chetah therc are excellent museums, both founded by political exile. He was sentenced to hard labor.
 At the expiration of his term he SC tied in Nerchinsk and took up the trade of photography. Although bur deAed with the support of great fam fly, he managed to collect very valu- able material of the Stone Age and ethnological collections from the sur rounding Tunga and Mongoian tribes.
 But the richest museum in Siberia from a scientific point of view is that of Minusinsk Minusinsk is small tc wn, but the museum is housed in fine brick building, and scientists from the whole world go there to see the collections Illustrating the Bronze Age and stones containing inscriptions in the Mongolian and old Turkish dia- lects.
 "The founder was Martyanoy, a druggist of Minusinsk. He was edu cated in university in Russia, where he c;.me under the influence of dis tinguished anthropologist, Professor Radlov. The latter inspired him to re- turn to his native town and make an- t.-ropological collections of that re. zion, and Martyanoy founded the mu- scum now known throughout the scien- tific world out of his own means and made it's chief collections himself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
sIBERlA'S FINE MUSEUMS.
Collections Which Scholars From All
 Over the World Are Glad to Examine.

That Siberia should be one of the richest countries in the world in an thropological investigation and mu- seums of anthropology may seem sur prising Leon Sternberg, who arrived from the Academy of Science at St. Petersburg few weeks ago to take up employment in the department of an thropology in the American Museum of Natural History, spent term of political exile in Siberia and tells about this phase of Siberia.
 "There is scarcely town of 10000 inhabitants" said he, which has not well-housed museum of anthropology under the care of a learned and com petent curator; and some of these small towns have museums whose col lections attract scholars from all over the world.
 "In the museum of Tashkent there is valuable material Illustrating the civilization of the Greco-Bactrian king
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
ROCKEFELLER KEEPS MUM.
He Was Secretive When a Lad-Habit
 of Silence.

Ida M. Tarbell in the July McClure's
 From the first, concealment was the very key to the game. MT. Rocke- feller's skill in concealing the truth
 was masterly. He is not frank na- ture. He was silent boy-a silent young man. With years the habit of silence became the habit of conceal ment. It was not long after the Stand ard Oil company was founded before it was said in Cleveland that it's offices were the most difficult in the town to enter, Mr. Rockefeller the most diff cult man to see. If stranger got in to see anyone he was anxious. "Who is that man?" he asked an associate nervously one day, calling him away when the latter was chatting with stranger An old friend, MT. Rocke- feller." What does he want here? Be careful. Don't let him find out any thing" But he is my friend, MT. Rockefeller. He does not want to know anything. He has come to see me-" You never can tell. Be very careful, very careful" This caution gradually developed into Chinese wall of seclusion. This suspicion ex- | tended not only to all outsiders, but most insiders. Nobody in the Stand ard Oil company was allowed to know any more than was necessary for him | to know to do his business. Men who have been officers in the Standard Oil company say that they have been told, when asking for information about the condition of the business, You'd bet ter not know. If you know nothing, you can tell nothing"
 l Along with concealment of his own affairs went watchfulness of other peo- ple's affairs. From the beginning he
 saw how useful it is to know what your neighbors are doing. It was not
 difficult to learn. Business men in
 cleveland in those days were openly loquacious. It was a frank, expansive period. What was the fun if you could not talk? MT. Rockefeller was good listener. He helped his friend
 to full confession by his gentle and
 respectful attention and his occasional friendly questions. As time went on
 he did more than listen to those who were willing to talk. He set his em- ployes to finding out things. He began | to tabulate what they learned. But this was not enough. He began to
 employ men in the concerns whose
 business interested him to give him nformation-and this information was tabulated. Tn time he devolped a sys-
 tenn so perfect that it's results are to-
 day actually matter of elaborate and expensive bookkeeping. It is some thing Napoleon never achieved in the
 palmiest days of his cabinet noir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
RECORDS OF COURTS

Mary B, Hill has filed suit in the office of Clerk Gillespy of the city court against Mrs. Kate Elford for s2O,OOo It is al- legged by the plaintiff that she was unlaw- fully, maliciousy and without probable cause therfor, arrested at the instance of the defendant.
 Judge Benners has rendered a decision in the case of Former Postmaster J. w.
 Hughes vs. the Birmingham Trust and Savings company, that closes the rather unusual history of a money order that was raised from Sl to $40 and was cashed several times before the fact that it was not $40 order was discovered.
 It seems that the order was originally
 drawn at Columbus for s1. was raised
 and cashed at Nashville for $40, was
 sent to Birmingham and cashed by the
 Birmingham Trust and Savings company for the same amount, and later given in at the local postoffice and the same amount received. The order was then dis covered to have been raised, and Dr. Hughes was compelled by the government | to pay, the balance of $39. He did so. but brought suit against the Birming-
 ham Trust and Savings company to re- cover from them the amount he had
 paid to the government.
 Judge Benners' decision in favor of the defendant was based on the fact that a notification was sent to the Birmingham postoffice, the payee of the order being a resident of this city. and that the failure of the clerk to notice this was due to negligence.
 The clerks in the criminal court are
 busily engaged in preparing the statis- tics and getting the work of the court
 for the last two weeks of the term in the
 proper shape. The terms to be served by county prisoners will amount te nearly
 forty years, and if all the state prisoners serve their sentences their services will be worth over s11,00O to the state. The following business was disposed of in the chancery court yesterday by Chancellor A H. Benners:
 Hinds Peevey vs. the Alabama club;
 continued.
 Alice Cantanzano vs. H. F. DeBarde- leben; order allowing amendment. Mary Anchors vs l.. w. Johns; order
 allowing amendment.
 Mike Mccarthy vs. Sarah Jackson, sub mitted on demurrers.
 No session of the chancery court will
 be held next week. as Chancellor Den- | ners will hold court in Walker county He will return on July r, the chancery court taking a recess on July 20 Taylor and Sandy Davis have filed suit in the circuit court against John Jack son and Woodford Campbell seeking to
 recover the possession of lot 1S' block 2ss, Birmingham, which 1t is alleged that the defendant unlawfully took possession of 5000 are also asked for the alleged illegal retention of the property. The following real estate transfers nave been filed in the probate court; George w. Harris and wife to BirminE' ham Warehouse and Transfer company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
THE POOR MILLIONAIRE
 MUCH NEGLECTED MAN

shipbuilder's wife sailing in to order three grand pianos and four French gover- nesses. {
 The millionaire can have the best of everything in the market, but this leaves him no better off than the modest pos sessor of $25,00O a year. There is only one thing that he can still order on scale of special and reclklessly expensive pomp and that is his funeral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Successor Is Appointed.

Washington July s--Victor II. Olmstead has been appointed associate statistician of the Department of Agriculture to suc- oeed Edwin S. Holmes, who was ordered removed today by Secretary Wilson. MT. olmstead has for some time past held the position of chief of the division of domestic crop reports in the bureau of statistics, and was also formerly assist ant statistician of the department of Cuba ana the Philippines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Taft Party Sails.

San Francisco, Cal, July S.-The steamer Manchuria, having aboard Secretary of War Taft, Miss Alice Roosevelt and large party of United States Senators and Congressman,
 sailed at o'clock today for the Philip pine Islands. A throng of people was at the wharf to bid the party farewell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Love.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 ssYes." said the Chicago girl, I'm en. gagged to MT. Rocks. It was really hard to decide because like MT. Bullion quitt as well and they're equally wealthy"
 What decided the thing?" asked hel friend.
 Well, Mr. Rocks promised me the most alimony if such a thing should bes come necessary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Public Baths Are Closed.

St. Paul, Minn., July 8.-Because of high water in the Mississippi river at St. Paul, public baths have been closed. I .-e baths are located on an island in the middle of the river and this is completely submerged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Nothing Proved.

From the Washington Post. An Inmate of a Philadelphia asylum for the insane. in making plea for his freedom, declares that he knows enough
 Ito write an editorial for any New York
 newspaper" But has he really proved anything?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
Says Wilson's Report is False
 and Libe|Ous
DOES NOT EVEN KNOW MEN
Lawyers Express Surprise That Sec retary Did Not Consult Him Be- fore duplicating Him In
 the Report.

New York, July s.-The Associated
 Press has received the following letter
 from Theodore II. Price:
 Dear Sir r:-My attention has just been
 called to a bulletin of the Associated
 Press to the effect that a MT. Holmes
 who has been dismissed from the De-
 partment of Agriculture, communicated advance information to New York brokers
 including myself.
 Permit me to say that such state
 ment is absolutely false and without foun- dation. So far as I know, no charge has
 ever been made against me to the de- partment, nor has the department made any inquiry of, or concerning me, with regard to the matter.
 "The report is false and libellous and I shall be obliged to treat it's publica-
 tion as such and to seek legal redress against all who may give further pub licity to the statement.
 Yours very truly; THEODORE H. PRICE," Is Not Even Acquainted. Theodore H. Price the New York cotton broker, today declared that he had no acquaintance with or knowledge of either T. c. Van Riper or M. Haas, from whom | he is said in 8 report of the Department of Agriculture, to have received informa- ] ton concerning the cotton crop. | MT. Price said today that the Washing | ton report on the leak of cotton statis- | tics was a complete surprise to him; that he had received no intimation from the I department in anyway that his name | had been brought into the matter; that | he had received no information from rir. | Holmes or the department in regard to ] any of it's reports, directly or indirectly | that the alleged statement of Secretary | Wilson as far as he has it, brought his | name into the matter only through the | testimony of one Van Riper, whom he | did not know and had never seen or pre- | viousy heard of; that until he was able | to secure a fuller report on the sub ject he could not make his denial more ' expliet; and that meantime any paper 1 mentioning his name in the matter dic | so at it's own risk.
 Is Malicious Statement. Counsel for Theodore II. Price today | characterized the reference to MT. Price | in the report given out by Secretary VII. ! son as "a gratuitous, abomniable, out. | rageous and malicious statement" and | declared that Mir. Price knew nothing about the investigation until he saw the | press dispatch. The lawyer expressed sur
 prise that the Secretary had not seer
 fit to call on Price before duplicating him | in the report.
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part of block 5s. Birmingham: considera-

Drink a cold glass of Ala bama Brewing Co.'s Extra Pale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09
PERSONAL.

The Rev. Father Albert, O. s. B., of St. Bernard Abbey, arrived In Birmingham yesterday. He Is on his way to Europe for a vacation of two months. part of block 59, Birmingham: consdera- ton $14.000
 Marriage licenses have been issued from the office of tho clerk of the probate court as follows: S. Early Robbins of Ensley. to Miss Julia A. Lyons. Wilson Glass of Bessemer, to Miss Sa- vannah Gilmore.
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The following real estate transfers nave been filed in the probate court;
 George W. Harris and wife to birm'ne- ham warehouse and Transfer company.
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Mary B. Hill has filed suit in the office of Clerk Gillespy of the city court, against Mrs. Kate Elford for s2OOOo. It is al- legged by the plaintiff that she was unlaw- fully, maliciously and without probable cause therfor, arrested at the instance of the defendant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

Meade, beloved by all English actors. ana said to have been the best stock ghost that any company ever had. Meade was much given to reading in .ds dressin9 room between cues. Hamlet" was on one night, and after Tom had made his first entrance and exit he went to his room to enjoy the long wait before the closet scene. With his heels on the dress ing table, his stub of a black clay pipe in his mouth, and his silver-rimmed specta- cles astride his nose, he was soon lost in a chapter of deep philosophy and oblivi- ous to all else. The call boy gave him notice of his cue.
 s.IJm yes,' he said, without looking up from his book.
 A few moments later there was feverish excitement in the wings, and emissaries from the stage manager came pouring into Toms room. Down below the light had been lowered. the stage was envel- oped in a blue haze, but there was no ghost!
 Throwing his book aside, Meade jumped for the stage In his haste he entered on the wrong side almost behind Hamlet It was too late to go around to the other side, and in a husky whisper he called to Irving:
 Here, sir, here, behind you"
 Just about this time the man who oper- ated the calcium light succeeded in iocat- ing the dilatory ghost and threw the blue haze upon him as Hamlet exclaimed:
 See where he goes cen now. out At tho