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The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1905-09-11

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The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1905-09-11
Ketehikan Schools Open

The public schools Of Ketchikan have
opened for the season. Prof. W. =.
Myers, Of Park college, No, is the
principal.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02

on Union Pacific common will be raised to per cent at the next meeting of the directors about the middle of July. At the same time cold water is thrown up- on the previously made half pledge of a dividend beginning for Southern Pacific common and stockholders of that com pany are given intmation that they will have to maintain their souls in patti ence for a while longer. Union Pacific dividends on it's common will be on an increased stock capitalization, nearly $75,- 000,000 of the convertible bonds having been turned into stock within the last few months, making the total common share capital nearly S175, COG, ,0O0 instead of sl00,000,000 as previously. At the same time it must be remembered that the holders of the common stock in South ern Pacific will be called upon to bear the handicap of a distribution of per cent on something like $40, ,0O0,OOO of pre- ferred stock with Q possibility of an in- crease in preferred to $100,000,000 at the caprice of MT. Hartman and his direc- torate. The issue of the Southern Pacific preferred was widely heralded at the time of it's authorization as being bull card on the common stock, although no- body has been able to give reason in support of that theory satisfactory to Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02

ewski made as high as 5000 in few hours at concert in Melbourne, Aus tralia, and, computing the average revenue received from each, and as- suming that he should live to be TO years old, his earnings would amount to $30,000, ,000." The lawyers say that his earning capacity and probable length of life would have been taken into account in case of trial.
 Paderewsh accepted the $7000 of fered by the railroad lawyers and has given in return a carefully drawn 'fe- lease of damages. The amount was fixed after many conferences between MT. Allison, manager for Paderewsll, and Charles A. Fooley of Buffalo, counsel in western New York for the railroad.
 Dr. Francis E. Ronczak, the Polish physician of Buffalo, who attended Paderewsld and accompanied him to Boston, whence he sailed for Europe, said today:
 Few persons realize how near paral. ysis MT. Paderewski came. Had he neglected his ailment a few days he would undoubtedly have lost complete control of his muscles, as his nerves were eriously affected"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02

give for 1t? MT. Mellen replied that ba didn't want to give much as the credit of the New Haven was as solid as thai of the government. We'll said | hovs much do you want to give and how long do you want the money for? To this Mr. Mellen said he wanted the loan for six months and would pay 3h per cent for the money. I told him he could have 1t and the transaction was closed without further discussion"
 Supplementary to this condensed mar
 ration 1t may be said that the whole in- terview lasted less than ten minutes and
 that by the expiration of that period MT
 Mellen left the office with MT. Rocke-
 feler's check for S14,000,000. MT Rocke- feller was complimented that MT Mellen should have asked him for the loan, and
 the latter did a good stroke of business in keeping the story of the financial part of the deal strictly in the official family of his company. He could have borrowed the money from anyone of a dozen bank ing houses of Wall street, but with rate tact and diplomacy he elected to go right to the man who had been opposing his policy for the acquisition of Ontario and Western. The incident illustrated not only the value of an established credit, but also brings to light strikingly the enormous resources of an individul mem Der of the Standard Oil group. There have been larger firm and corporation cheeks given than that handed by Mir
 Rockefeller to Mir. Mellen but there is no authentic record of personal check as high as s14.o0000o. It Is believed that MT William Rockefeller could command S100,000,000 in an hours time on his per- sonal account. So far as appearances went that s14,Oo000O check was a matter of merest routine. By the way, the New Haven road has appropriated s20, 100000 for Improvements, an amount believed to be sufficient to raise the service of the road to a state of highest efficiency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
DAMAGES FOR PADEREWsKl.
Accident That Might Have Cost Mil
 lions Settled for $7o00.

Buffalo Special to the New York World.
 Seven thousand dollars has just been paid by the New York Central railroad to Ignace Paderewski, the pianist, as damages for jolting he received in a railroad accident three miles from Syracuse, on April 22 last. After the jolting the pianist was prostrated from neuritis and was forced to cancel his American tour.
 The railroad lawyers are congratu- lating themselves at the settlement, and are joyful because the accident was not more serious. One of them said today:
 "It is hard to estimate the damages a jury might have given Paderewski had his injuries been permanent. Prob ably the record would have been broken and the railroad taxed hun dreds of thousands of dollars. Pader-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Rockefeller's Check.

Further authoritative confirmation is given for the statement that the New York, New Haven and Hartford will un- der no circumstances part with its re- gently acquired western connection, On- tario and Western. It was bought for protection. Its acquisition was vital to the New Haven system and even though It should not in a large way add directly to the revenues of the parent system it's value for the purpose indicated is so clearly established that it will never be surrendered. It's possession is a perma- nent guarantee of what New Haven con- siders an equitable percentage of traffic revenues. What was formerly allowed the New Haven as a favor can now be exacted as a right and 1t Is fact that such division instead of being reluctantly admitted as formerly is now cheerfully granted by the great factors of the cas- tern transportation field It is only re- gently that the importance of the deal to the New Haven system has been dawn ing upon the public, although in the railroad world it's significance was un- derstood from the first. It was one of the great railroad coups of the period
 President Mellen who took the initiative
 in the matter had some difficulty in con- vincing his board of directors of the wis dom of the purchase. The strongest op- position encountered was from William Rockefeller, whose more important inter ests lay with the New York Central which itself had designs on Ontario and Wes- tern Mir Mellen finally prevailed against the Rockefeller influence, although he was not given authority to make the purchase until 1 o'clock in the afternoon of the last day of the option that had been secured. That give him only two hours in which to raise $14O0O. 600 and close the deal New Haven's credit is gilt edged in Wall street and MT. Mellen felt he would have no difficulty in making his financial arrangements. The first man he called upon to discuss ways and means was the same MT. Rockefeller, who had been earnestly antagonizing the plan. The interview is thus described by a gentle man whom MT. Rockefeller told of the incident:
 MT. Mellen announced without prelimi- naries that he wanted to borrow s14000. 900. I said, all right, what do you want to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
TALKS ON POETRY.
Psalms Are Greatest Collection of Ma.
 ture Poems In Existence.

University, July 1.-(Special.)-A. c. Harte delivered his second lecture be- fore the summer school, his subject be- , ing "The Nature Poetry of .the Psalms" Great poems, said MT. Harte, are the most permanent influences in life, and , David the Hebrew, the master of the lyric has exerted an influence greater than that of all the other great poets combined. He has expressed the long, ings of the human soul as no other man has ever done. The Psalms. he said though not voluminous as some others may be, are undoubtedly the greatest collections of nature poems in existence. MT. Harte read seevral selections from the Psalms illustrating their beauty, and interpreted them and commented upon them.
 At night MT. Harte spoke on "A Day in Samaria With the Samartans." Af- ter brief description of Palestine and the modern caravan. he took the part of the guide and lead his listeners to the various points of interest in the Holy Land. pointing out the places of beauty and interest. From Jezreel where Ahab had his summer palace
 
 his hearers to Nablus, the largest city of Syria between Damascus and Jeru- salem, and probably the most fanatica1 Moslem city in all Syria. This city, known in Bible times as Schechen, was connected with the earlier history of the Hebrew people both Abraham and Ja- cob having lived there. The interest in the city today centers in the Samari- tans, the oldest and smallest religious sect in the world. Today it numbers only one hundred and seventy These Samaritans observe strictly the Mosaic code, celebrating each spring the feast of the passover in the ruined temple on Mt Gerizim He ended by taking his audience to Jacobs we'll one of the few identified sites of Bible times. Mr. Harte drew large audiences out to hear him at each lecture, and by his earnestness of manner, richness of word painting, and fullness of thought held the closest attention of his hear CTS
 There will be no exercises at the sum- mer school on the Fourth.
 On Monday next James L. Hughes, chief inspector of public schools of To- ronto Canada, begins a series of lec- lures before the summer schood lasting throughout the week. MT. Hughes is recognized as one of the foremost edu- cators of this continent
 A pleasant feature of last evenings lecture at the summer school was solo by Miss Lista Geil. Miss Geil was in rare form and rendered her part of the programme with exquisite taste.
 The latest matriculate at the summer school is Miss Gomez. of Mexico City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02

Union Pacific Common. What amounts to almost an official pledge has been given that the dividend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
immense New Capital.

To appreciate the extent of the uplift in the general market during the last six or seven years 1t must be remembered that not only are prices 30 to 75 per cent higher than they were at the beginning of that period, but also that there has been an increase of $2,500O0O,O00 in the total of railroad bond and share capital- ization. The rise in prices Is not only on the old, but on the newly created capi- tai Take Missouri Pacific for example The share capital of the corporation has been increased from S50000.0O0 to $1O0 000 GOO within the last five years When 1t was $50,000000 the stock was under $50. Now with total of $100000 GOO the uuo- tation Is around par and has been as high as 1l2. At current prices an increase in market value of 300 per cent Is shown. In this comparison no account Is taken of the creation of a big increase in the bonded debt of the Missouri Pacific sys- tenn, practically every constituent and depent line in it having put out a mass of new obligations There is nothing in the railroad list which makes a more remarkable showing than Missouri Pacific and those who wonder at the present lethargy of the Gould securities may find in this an explanation.
 John w. Gates Is said to be making decided progress in his plans for A unjfi- cation of important iron and steel inter- ests He denies that he has any inten- tion of organizing a huge corporation in direct rivalry of the steel trust but the street persists in believing that such is his intention. With the Republic Iron and Steel as nucleus it is quite possible for MT Gates and his associates to organ ize merger which might be vigorous competitor of Uuited States Steel In this connection it is said with some show of authority that negotiations are again actively under way for the merger of the southern iron, steel and coal proper ties somewhat along the lines conceived by J. H. Hoadley six months ago and which were abandoned on account of ahe opposition of the Hanover Bank crowd. The revived plans are said to be on a very much larger and more comprehen- sve scale than originally proposed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
GREAT RAIL POOL
 HAS BEEN LAUNCHED
Americans Are to Have Free Hand In Trade of the American
 Continent.

New York, July 1.-The Times says:
 By an agreement between the steel rail manufacturing companies of England. France, Germany and Belgium in Europe and the United States Steel Corporation and several other American raimakers. a great international pool in steel rails has been organized to divide arnicably the markets of the world.
 As the result of this pool American manufacturers will hereafter have un- disputed control of the steel rail trade of the American continent from the great lake south to Magellan straits, while the European manufacturers will be free from energetic American competition in all other fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Moors Were Independent.

Fez, Morocco, July 1.-Since it be- came known that an international con ference to consider the subject of Mo roccans reforms l. practically assured the Moors have been showing consid- erably less dependence on the Ger mans. It is stated that the authorities will delay the signing of concessions for the building of harbors at Tangier and Saida, which were promised to German firms, until after the confer ence has been held.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02

Peoples Savings Bank and Trust com-
 pany. as to my honesty for my contractaL
 Fully three-fourths of my patients have
 been treated by some one else before caii-
 hg on me to be cured. Why not como as
 soon as affiicted7 You will save money,
 distressing pain and valuable time; bs.i sides, there h satisfAotion In knowing that the very best treatment is being Nvea ysu by an honest. competent phy- sician. I have treated private troubles as q speciality in the city of Birmingham. Ala, since August 6. 1887. I cure all man. her of private diseases. I cure many pas tients by mail treatment Write for pricsg and terms. I do not use large advertisements ana false statements to attract patients whoh) merit has failed to secure If you fail ts) bo cured by such methods. give me cauI and get well. '
 My offices are the most private anA' quiet in the city. tenth story of the newI First National Bank building. corner ofl Second avenue and Twentieth street. Rooms 1ooe and 1907. Take one of the fine el-vators to tenth hoor
 Office hours: s:co . - ts sso . AI Sunday. 10 a- n- te n -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Aurarian Strike in Hunuarv,

Buda Pest, July IA serious strike of farm laborers has broken out in Hungary and as result the crops are suffering. There have been riots in many places and a number of strikers have been killed by gendarmes. Mill tary assistance has been called for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Russian Navy.

The Russian government has turned down Charles M. Schwab's ambitious proposition to reconstruct the Czars navy Details are lacking, but it is said that the St. Petersburg decision was due to Mir. Schwabs determined stand in the matter of payments. If that is the case the young iron master Is lucky. Nine out of ten contractors who have anything to do with the Russian government go broke unless they consent to divide enor- moust graft with officials. If they attempt to hold out against the governmental corruption machinery payments are de- layed until mankruptcy stares the victims in the face, and when that period arrives shylock terms of the ranSest kind are exacted. Knowing this to be the case MT. Schwab is said to have demanded ab- solute guarantee of prompt payment as his work on the new navy progressed. Finding he would not yield in this impor- tant matter the government laid down on it's arrangement with him.
 Union Pacific Common.
 What amounts to almost an official I1Ix. stat T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
DIR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY
 SPECIALIST
 PRIVATE DISEASES,

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-01
MONONGAH DIVISION.

MONONGAH DIVISION.
No. 1.-Arrives at Fairmont IL: 10 P. M.
No. 5.-Arrtves at Fairmont 6:45 P. Y.
NO. 3.-Arrives at Fairmont 7:45 A. N.
NO. 2.-Leaves Fairmont... 7:1OA. M.
No. 6.-Leaves Fairmont... 2.25IP. N.
No. 4.-Leaves Fairmout.. GASP. M,
No. 66-Leaves Fairmont. 800 A. M.
No. 69-Arrives at Fairmont. 1855 P. M.
Nos: 2, 4, and 5 daily except Sun
day; No. SO Sunday only.
For sleeping car reservations aud
Information concerning tickets ID
rates, consult
T. B. HENDERSON,
Ticket Agent.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-01

u. 8. 9. Merriheld, Jenerson street.
near Jackson. fine shoe repairing;
new work a specially =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-01
F.. N. AND p. BRANGR,
PAWPAW RRANCH.

lMonday, wednesday and Saturday J
No. 2Ol-Leaves Fairmont. .7:O0A M.
No. 2O3-Leaves Fairmont. 400 r. M.
NO. 2O0-Arrives at Fairmont 4 :55 A. M
No. 202-Arrives at Fairmont $40 P. M.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-01
SUPREME COURT
Decisions Handed Down at Recent Sit.
ting at Charleston.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. 1.-At
session of.heSupreme Court Tuesday.
all the judges being present, the fol.
lowing decisions were handed down:
State VS. Chas Peyton, From Tucker
county. Writ of error dismissed.
Opinion by Cox, ].
tiainey vs.. Freeport Smokeless Coal
and Coking Co. From Barbour county
Affirmed in part, reversed in part and
remandea. Opinion by Cox. J.
p. & o. r r. Co. vs.. Allen. From
Ohio county. Decree affirmed. Opin.
Ion by Pofenbarger, Jr.
Eaker vs.. Loan Association. From
Tucker county. Decree reversed and
bill dismissed. Opinion by McWhor.
ter, ].
State, use. etc. vs.. Chrislip. From
Barbour county. Decree reversed and
remanded. Opinion by McWhorter, j.
l.aidley vs. Reynolds. From Kanaw.
ha county. Decree reversed. Opinion
by Brannon, p. Judges Cox and Poi
fcnbarger reserve the right to file COR
curing notes.
'rhe following petitions were acted
upon:
Holley VS.. Baker. From Lincoln
county. Writ of error refused.
Akers vs. Harden. From Mingo
county. Appeal refused.
State VS.. King. From Marion coul.-
ty. Two appeals granted. Bond,
$500 90 each.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-01

ParslfaI does not only make good,
but makes : sensation. And il Is com.
ing 70 E-aIrrnont.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-01

lfFairnont thcatrc-aosrs realize the
grandeur and magnitude Of the produc-
ton Of Pai'slfal togbe given here next
Friday night Deeember list, there viii
not be "a vacant seat In, the theatre.
Try q West virgInian want ad.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-01
RHIL,ROADs..
uf BAlr'noRE 8 Ono
RAILROAD.

PASSENGER trains will arrive at
l. and depart from Fairmont on tho
following schedule on and after Nav
81, 1905:
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The Peoples Bank of Fair
mont.
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CAPITAL STOCK PAID.
IN, $50, 10000.

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Meredith. J. NJ. Hartley, Harry Shaw,
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PERKINS ON THE STAND.
Hughes Retort to the Insurance Wit.
ness Brought Hoots From
IA the Audience.
,From the New York Tribune. |

dive Insurance investigation Charles
e Hughes yesterday laid aside his
GOO. and deliberate method of pro-
eedure. and he treated George w.
Perkins TO the fiercest and bitterest
eross-examination that any witness
mas yet faced. First Mr.. Perkins
tried to make speech This was
tile favorite device employed by him
on former occasions. Yesterday he
was met at the start with prompt
command to answer questions, not to
crate. Then he waxed indignant
and pounded the table, waved his
arms and uttered protests. This was
met with cool directions to address
himself to pending affairs. Finally
be essayed long explanations, and at
The climax Of one he was met with
such pointed comment that the
whole audience burst into boots and
jeers and even Kisses of derlsion.
Nothing in the whole progress of the
Investigation has compared with this
manifestation of animosity which
met MT. Perkins.
Moreover the grim comment of Mr..
Hughes which provoked this unexl
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