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Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-01-09
58th CONGRESS.
Both Branches Have Busy
Program for Week.
Statehood aud Omnibus Claims
Bills in the Senate.
Appropriations Bills and the lnauoura.
ton Plans in the House.

Washington, Jan. S.-1he joint state
hood bill will continue the principle
topic Of discussion in the Senate during
the present week. but other measures
VIII receive attention each day during
the morning hour including the ON
nibus claims bill, for which Senator
Warren stands sponsor. The bill COM
prises more than 200 pages, but the
senator already has succeeded in hav-
ing it read by utilizing odd hours and
this has put large and important part
Of the work Of consideration to the rear.
There will be an effort made to get
through the bill providing for the COM
pensaticn of American fishermen whose
vessels We're seized previous to the ar
bitration of 1893. This measure is in
the hands Of Senator Fulton, who will
press it as an act Of justice to men who
he thinks have been Disseminated
against.
The pure food bill will remain in the
background for the present, not be-
cause they consider that it's chances
will be improved by not pressing for
immediate consideration.
They have been assured by the Re
publican leaders that the bill shall have
first place on the calendar, aside from
appropriation bills after the statehood
bill is disposed of. and therefore they
will not antagOniZe the statehood bill
for the present. if at all. Discussion
of the statehood question will begin,
Monday, with Il speech by Senator Nor
gan and he will be followed by other
oposing senators. The present plan of
the opposition is to keep the discussion
going urtil some of the apprOpria ton
bills are reported and it becomes neces-
sary to take them up or, if this is post
poned too long. to displace the bill with
the pure food bill.
Failing in all these eXpedientS they
probably will seek a compromise. The
only real fight is against the uniting of
Arizona and New Mexico and there is
talk of eliminating those territories en-
tirely from the statehood proposition.
1t is believed if this We're done then the
bill for the consolidat ton of Oklahoma
and Indian territory would pass. Thus
far there has been no confer
ence between opposing factions
on the subject, and probably
there will be little done to change
the present status so long as the lead
ors are anxious to keep other matters
in the background. as appears to be
the case at present
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-01-09

It is the intention Of the House to be-
Gin active consideration of appropria-
ton bills during the present week. Mou-
DAY is District of Columbia day and the
resolution providing for the ceremonies
Of the Inauguration of President RooSe-
velt and deciding where the inauSura :
ton hall shall be held will be considered.
Another measure of more than local
importance to be called up is bill
granting the American Railway ALL
ancp E,xnosition authority to use the
monument grounds for an exhibition.
II is expected the resolutions intro
duc.d by Representative Baker Will pc
disposad Of They were referred to tn"
Judiciary committee and no doubt Will
be reported back. Monday, for action
nv the House These are the resolutions
criticiZing President Roosevelt ana
Secretary Morton.
Tho pension appropriation bill VIII re
reported, Monday. and possibly taken
m for consideration. Tuesday. 1t will
he followed by the army. the Indian
and the District of Columbia approrrla-
ton bills. While they may not all pc
considered during the week. they Will
he ready for action. The Hill currency
hill remains the unfinished business
and Friday will be devoted to pension
bills.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-01-09

were also transferred.
Toxic. Jan. SIT is understood that
the San YO Railway has been instruct
ed to make preparations to transport
20 900 Russian prisoners from Shimon-
| osek to kure. 1t is probable that the
prisoners will be quartered near Kure.
The most serious cases Of sick and
wounded will be left at Port Arthur in
the neld hospitals for the present.
These capable Of being moved will be
brought to Japan when arrangements
for housing them have been completed.
Toxic. Jan. S.-Noon.-The Japanese
intend to establish a naval station at
Port Arthur. Vice Admiral Shibayama
will probably be placed in charge Of it.
The military administration Of Port
Arthur will retain only a small garri-
son as soon as the prisoners are with
drawn and order is restored.
The fleet is busily engaged in clearing
mines, but owing to their number nav
igation will be unsafe for a long time.
Only government craft will be allowed
to enter the harbOr.
1t is probable that Dalny will soon
be opened up to neutrals.
Two Japanese companies are prepar-
ing to establish weekly services to that
port.
1t is proposed shortly to float fourth
domestic war loan under the same con-
ditions as the third was negotiated.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-01-09
THE PRISONERS
All Safely Transform
from Port Arthur.
<.
They Number 878 Officers and
23,49 Privates.
Japs Will Fit Up Naval Station-0alny
to BE Opened.

Toxic. Jan. 81 p. M.-The transfer
of prisoners at Port Arthur was COM
pleted at 4.3O z. NJ. yesterday. The to-
tai number of officers transferred was
SIS; Elen, %, ,49l.
Toxic jan Seen. Nogi's report. re-
ceived at II o'clock Saturday night. an
nounces that the transfer Of the Port Ar
thur prisoners was completed. Saturday
afternoon. Saturdays transfers we're ~
follows:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-01-09

Distress after Eating
Prevented by small doses of Sanfords <
Ginger with or after meals. 50
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-01-09

Tie judges and three clerks of court
were also transferred
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Fifth Avenue.


When the contractors finish the WORK
of paving Fifth avenue from Nineteehlh
to Twenty-seventh streets with bltninlh-
Gus macadam this will be one of the hnest
driveways in tie SOUTH" said property
owner Il hope too that the improvements
will be completed early in the summer,
so that we residents along the avenue VIII
be relieved of the dust evil from when
we have suffered greatly for the past Few
years. The greatest drawback to maea-
damized streets is the dust and II the
street department will sprinkle Fifth aYe-
nue. once or twice every day, when the
pavement is finished, it will be an ideal
thoroughfare.
II hope that the city council will I'M
mediately take up the matter of paving
the avenue from the fair grounds 10 Nine
teenth street. The Improvements should
by no means stop at Nineteenth street
but should extend westward. It does mot
make much difference l don't suppose as
to what kind of material Is used-yitrifed
brick, bituumlnous maeadam or ereosoted
wooden blocks-but the entire avenue
should he improved Immediately
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
Russia's Gold Coin.

The gold in the state bank con
corning which Russia boasts so freely,
Is not free gold at all. A year ago
she had billion rubles of bank notes
in circulation, and the law in Russia
requires the state bank to hold six
hundred and thirty million rubles as
a reserve to secure the redemption of
the outstanding bank notes. This is
the $325,000,000 of gold about which
the Russians have done so much talk
ing. Finance Minister Kokorosoff
knows that gold cannot be used unless
Russia is willing to bid goodbye to
the gold basis, and go back to fiat
money. She did not make her bank
notes redeemable in gold until after
all the other powers had done so. It
was accomplished about five years
ago, and Russia can i'll afford to touch
the reserve gold she holds.
w 81 WOulu dH6ct nef credit so
much that she could not borrow money
in other countries. She recently
placed a domestic loan bearing 8 per
cent interest at Sc. The Russian bank
ers have not. therefore, extreme con-
fidence in Russia's promises to pay.
1t is difficult to say what the money
drawn from France nets Russia, for
1t is so juggled in the handling that
no one can readily determine the rate
of interest paid. But per cent loan
issued by Russia cannot be placed in
France at over 90.
AS long as Russia's credit stands
this low she cannot bolster it with
exhibitions of pledged gold in her
state bank That gold must stay
where 1t is. If it were used to con
duct the war Russa's credit would
quickly disappear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
Democrats Wanted.

Even the Philadelphia Bulletin.
republican paper, says the country
needs a second great party. 1t needs
one party to watch and hold up to its
work and to hold in check the other
party. AT present the opposition party
is weak. Strong opposition would be
salutary and useful. Ever since
Grover Cleveland went out of office
in 1897, the country has lacked
strong opposition party. The condi-
ton of politics has been and still Is
abnormal It cannot endure. 1t would
be unfortunate for the country If 1t
did Three heavy reverses in presi-
dental elections have overtaken the
democratic party, and it lacks new
strength and energy, but this condi-
ton is not permanent. While General
Grant was serving his second term a
House heavily democratic was elected,
and the times begin to point like re-
suit 1t is a long road that has no
turn, and the democratic party road
is not that kind of turnpike.
There are already indications of a
turn. In November 100000 voters
refused to go to the polls. The vote
was very light. Citizens staid at home
why, we need not stop to inquire.
They simply did. They may not in
1906 when Congress is to be elected,
and they assuredly will not in 1908
when a President is to be elected to
succeed Mr.. Roosevelt. No one re-
CARDS the condition of the democratic
party as hopeless if it can secure
leader who commands public conf
dence and it starts out with a deter
mination to do something of an af
firmative nature. Mere negation Is
insufficient
The Bulletin sees some chances of
a democratic victory in 1908. So do
other papers. The country calls for
two great parties of nearly evenly
balanced strength, and economic is
sues are rapidly springing up that
promise to restore the old party TO its
historic place IN our politics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
Rivetted
Screw'd to my memory.
Tempest.
New Orleans and Immigrants.

Out of 10000 immigrants that az
rived in New York last week few or
none went to the south. They either
stayed in the east, or else they
sought industrial centers in Pennsvl-
vania, Ohio, West Virginia and Hi
nois, or else they went straight 20
farms in the northwest. And yet near
ly all of them were Hungarians and
Italians, both coming from warm
countries.
1t is impossible apparently to At
tract immigrants arriving in Ne"
York to the south. Either the dis
lance or the competition is too great,
and southern efforts may as well be
confined to arrivals in New Orleans.
The more the transatlantic trade at
New Orleans is developed the more
immigrants will be landed there, and
the better the opportunity of the
south Will be TO secure them as per-
manent residents.
As soon as the Panama canal is dug
plenty of steamer lines will ply be-
tween the Mediterranean ports and
New Orleans, but even before that
time the Mediterranean trade with
New Orleans can be greatly enlarged.
The utmost influence should be ex-
erted in that direction. II is our one
chance, for we never will be able TO
secure many immigrants at New York.
The cards at that port are stacked
against us. and We cannot fight sue
cessfully the opposing forces. New
Orleans is our hope and opportunity,
and we may as well see at once the
real situation and conform to it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
Chica do Politics.

"The most important election of this
year is to be held in Chicago Tuesday"
said man who keeps up with politics
Questions of far reaching interest are to
be decided. 1t is the city election in the
Windy City. and theer are two candidates,
Judge Dunno, the democratic candidate
and Mr. Harlan, son of Justice Harlan of
the United States supreme court.
The great question at issue is the city
ownership of the street car system Judge
Dunno is in favor of the city purchasing
the street car system If possible, and IL
purchase be not possible, to acquire 1t by
condemnation proceedings. The betting Is
three to one in favor of Dunno.
"On the other hand Harlan is in favor
OF granting the street car companies short
time franchises and making them paw
well for these franchises.
The public in Chicago is greatly
wrought up over the matter, and the ind
cations are that the vote will be heavier
than ever before in the history of the civ
carter Harrison is not a candidate for
the place which he has held for the ma
eight years.
Inc vote in the presidential election in
Chicago was 3SS.OO0, and the Indications are
that the vote Tuesday will be even larger
than that. The question has a national
sioe' as Judge Dunno has become a nat
ionai figure and already there is gossip
III political circles that he may be a nresi-
Dental candidate in 190S.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
Oil Production.

The production of oil east of the
Mississippi river remains stationary
at about fifty,fve million barrels
year. while the fields west of the big
river are yielding sixty-five million
barrels a year. The oil in the west
comes from wells in California, Texas,
Louisiana, Kansas, Indian Territory,
Oklahoma, Colorado and Wyoming,
and the production in the west can
be largely increased.
The oil of Kansas, Oklahoma and
Indian Territory is of a quality we'll
adapted to refining operations. 1t can
be readily turned into Illuminating oil.
The heavy production in the Kansas
district possibly led to the rebellion
against the oil octopus, but whether
it was the production or the desire of
the monopoly to maintain the price
of its products, the rebellion came,
and is still acute.
Those who think that a sovereign
state cannot handle the oil trust will
see their mistake year hence. The
Kansas people are building pipe lines
and Independent refineries, and they
will soon be in position to drive the
monopoly out of the state. The oc-
topus will then proceed to gather ex-
ira profits from the states that lack
the Kansas spirit.
1t is a mistake to say that a state
in earnest cannot control and handle
in its own way any monopoly within
its bounds. Kansas can and will fight
down and probably out the giant oil
octopus. and the contest will be
much-needed lesson TO all the other
states.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01

than a brick wall of thirteen inches
they yielded, and a permit was
granted.
Portland cement is sold delivered in
Fittsburg at $1.S5 barrel, and blocks
can be made and delivered in that
city at about 8 cents. So popular has
the material because in that city that
entire houses are being built of it. the
doors and window sashes alone ex-
cepted. The block makers are al
ready in that city rivals of the brick
makers and stone cutters.
Alabama holds today more and bet
ter cement rock than any other state.
and the rock lies on or near nayiga-
BILE river running straight to the sen.
1t will be strange indeed if a dozen &c.
ment plants are not established in this
state in the next FIVE years, certainly
before the Panama canal is dug. The
making of true Portland cement and
the Transformation of it into building
blocks will assuredly become one of
the great industries of this state, and
the state authorities would serve the
state well if they would print AMI
scatter broadcast Dr. Eugene A.
Smiths pamphlet on that subject.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
Rapid Rise.

The rise of T. c. Powell just appoint-
ed NTH vice precinct of the Southern
railway, shows what a young man of
talent and application can make of him
SELL said citizen. In 1898 Mr.. Powell
was chief clerk to the general freight
agent of the Southern.
lie developed especial aptitude for the
freight traffic business and in the sum-
mer of 1898 he was promoted to the office
OF general freight agent He was soon
advanced to the position of assistant
freight traffic manager of the Southern
and when Mr.. culp was mace fourth vice
president Mr.. Powell succeeded him as
freight traffic manager. From clerk to a
vice presidency in seven years is a fine
record Mr.. Powell is only 80 years old
and his advancement has been on merit
alone"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
POVERTY IN ANCIENT TIMES.
The Poor Man of Today Is Vastly Bet
ter Off.

From the New York Herald.
The home of the laborer in the nine
teenth century contains furniture and
utensils which in the fourteenth CEN
tury would have represented the high
est grade of luxury. Employment for the
laborer must have been precarious and
the pay disgracefuly small Food was
scarce and of the kind which contains al
most no nourishment. Tools of labor
even of the most advanced trades, were
clumsy, inefficient and few in number, as
well as hard to get. If the whole stock
OF a carpenters tools comprised two
broadaxes, and adze, square and a
spoke shave, how limited must have been
the scope of his operations. Agriculture
was a farce, for the yield of wheat to
the acre was considered good IL 1t reach
ed six bushels.
In the fourteenth century people liv-
ed in mud huts, with a rough door and
no chimney. 1t was not till a CEN
fury later that the erection of chimney
was considered more than an indulgence
IN luxury. a fire commonly being built
against the mud plastered wall Of the
hut and the smoke escaping through the
roof. All furniture was of wood Most
pesons slept on straw pallets with log
of wood for a pillow, Even the nobility
had no glass In the windows during this
time. Cleanliness was not a character
istic of the people and Thomas a Beckett
was considered more than necessarily
nice because he had the floor Of his
horse strewn with fresh straw each day
The rich i'm the middle ages concealed
want of cleanliness in their homes and
persons under profusion of costly
scents and to swarm with vermn was
no disgrace. When Erasmus visited
England in the reign of Henry VII. he
complained bitterly of the nastiness OF
the people and attributed the frequent
plaques to this cause. He said-"The
floors are commonly of clay and strew-
ed with rushes under which lie unmo-
Tested, collection of beer, grease, frag-
ments, bones. spittle and excrement OF
eats and dogs. and of everything which
is nauseous." The densest ignorance pre-
vailed among the masses. Investigation
has led to the conclusion that the aver
age duration of human life at that per.
iod was not half what 1t is at the pre-
sent day. Bad food and want of clean
liness swept away the people of the mid
die ages by ravages upon their health
that the limited skill of the time could
not resist. a historian of that time
states that there were no less than twen-
T. thousand leper hospitals in Europe
IL Is well to remember when we feel
inclined to complain of the hard times in
our day that such state would have
been uhneard of opulence four hundred
years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
Quick Justice.

Il think the quickest trial | have ever
heard of occurring in Alabama was the
one down in our section few days ago.
said Felix l.. Smith, an attorney al law
at Rockford, Coosa county.
"A negro was arrested in Tallapoosa
county for an alleged attempt at assault,
and was carried to Alexander City for
safekeeping. Later he was carried to
Dadeville, the county seat. and Judge
Samutl Brewer empaneled a special
grand jury to investigate the case. A
true bill was returned against the negro
and he was then tried. The jury convict
ed him of the charge and he was sentenced
to twenty years in the penitentary.
And all of this happened within twenty
four hours time, too"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
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MEAN TRICK ON THE HEN.
Nebraska Farmer Puts Watch Works
in China Eggs and Gets Results.

Lincoln Neb.. March 31-Representa-
tive Hand of Cass county brought in
new farm story. which indicates that
the makers of the original Waterbury
watch overlooked trade channel which
would have made them weather than
they have become
Up at Neha wka," said Mr.. Hand, 'is
an old fellow who has made a comfort
able living raising spring chickens for the
city trade. Like all other poultrymen.
he has been troubled by the insistency
with which his hens, just when they
should be turning out a good supply Of
eggs, with the market up, will hunt I'D
doorknobs, stones or anything else to
use for setting purposes
He has plan now that he tried last
season and which he says will cure the
worst cases of cluck that ever invaded a
chicken yard. He has inclosed the works
of several cheap watches in white, egg
shaped cases. The attachment has a loud
clear tick and it is better than reading a
funny book to watch how it affects the
hens.
when he finds a hen inclined to shrs
her duty to the egg market ~. kinds up
one of these watches and puts 1t under
her. The ticking causes some surprise on
the ldce ol the men. III resembles, IN its
subdued clamor. somewhat the picking
of an unborn chick upon the inside of
its egg casing. 1t is quite evident that
the hen isn't expecting such speedy re-
suits.
She Will begin to pick at il with her
beak and stir it around. i'm the hope OF
helping out the Imprisoned check The
ticking goes mer-ily on, and no crack ap-
pearing in the case. the thing begins TO
wear upon the hens nerves. She will get
up and go away for a minute. only to
return. and re-examne the wonder.
Finally. with a chirp OF disgust and
fear she will clap her wings and scurry
off. never to come back again. Her wrig-
Cling. cackling and ruffling of feathers
her little trips back and forth. and her
final squawk make a repertory of humor-
Gus acting that has brought dimples into
the old mans cheeks.
HE has purchased half dozen Of these
nest eggs for -the season and he believes
they will pay their original cost many
times over by keeping the hens busy
turning out eggs and away from the un-
profitable business Of acting as incuba-
tors
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
AMERICA Is A FAVORITE
AMONG THE EMIGRANTS

ever. according to the reports of the inn
migrant officials at New York. is of
higher grade, on the average, than in
1903 and 1904, tie country can stand the
deluge.
South America is getting fewer Euro
pean immigrants than is popularity sup
posed in the United States. A few years
ago there were periodic scares about the
German colonies in Brazil and the ire
mendous political upheaval which they
were to cause in that country eventually.
The figures show that the Germans in
Brazil are only an infinitesimal portion of
the 1900 900 or 100000 people of that
country. Moreover they are not military
colonists. The Germans and others go to
Brazil and the rest of South America for
the same reasons-a desire to improve
their condition and to give their children
a better start in the world than they had
themselves-which impel them to come to
the United States They become citizens
of those countries as they do of the
United States. and would fight for them
in war, even against Germany. Less is
heard now about the alleged German
peril in Brazil than formerly. but there
never was the slightest excuse for any
such vagary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
Cement and Cement Blocks.

The cement block makers are in
creasing in number, and the block
houses In progressive cities are going
up with corresponding rapidity. Brick
makers and other interested parties
decry the new movement in construc-
ton work, but It goes on notwith-
standing.
In Pittsburg' the blocks for build
ing purposes consist of four parts Of
river sand and one part of true Port
land cement. At first the official in.
spectors Of that city discountenanced
block houses, but when the seyerest
tests demonstrated that cement
block wall of tweye inches is stronger