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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-10-16

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-10-16
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-10-16
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-10-16

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
 TIE BONE OF CONTENT T|ON
ShackIeford and Lamar Will Be Taken Off Foreign and Interstate Com merce Committee-Bil to Re-
 turn Confederate Flags.
BY PATTERSON STEALEY.

Washington, December 10.-tSpecial)- Naturally the republican press is indig- nant over the intention of Representa- tive Williams to keep Representatives Lamar of Florida and Shackleford of Mis- sour off the interstate and foreign com- merce committee because they violated the democratic caucus action and brought in a report for the Hearst railroad bill instead of the Davey railroad bill. It is declared by the republican press that MT. Williams action has caused big split in the democratic House ranks and the Mississppian will have to surrender the leadership There are not q half a dozen democrats in the House who do not be- lieve Mr. Williams action is justihable The only way to enforce discipline IS 10 enforce it. If two republican members of the interstate commerce committee should bring in a bill in defiance of d republi- can caucus there is no telling what would happen to them.
 There will of course be cosiderable sore- ness on the democratic side as well as the republican when the committees are an- nounced This is bound to be the case where there are comparatively few desir- able assignments and the whole House membership after them. It will likely be found however, that Mir. Williams Tn his committee assignments has thought more of the democratic party than the individual views of members and has made his recommendations to the speaker accordingly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
JOHN SHARPE WILLIAMS
 UPHELD BY DEMOCRATS
QUESTION OF MILK
 WILL BE AGITATED
ALL DAlRYMEN WILL BE RE CURED TO REGISTER WITH MILK INSPECTOR AFTER THE NEW YEAR.

The milk question promises to be an im- portant one during the coming year and dairymen will be compelled to register with the city milk inspector, according to the terms of the ordinance recently adopted The law is considered very eX- acting and Milk Inspector Duncan is au- thority for the statement that those dairy men who expect to do business in Bir- mngham must adhere to every provision contained in It.
 There is no desire on the part of the city to appear hard or to be hard on dairymen, but they must obey the law, said Mr. Duncan Tn the first place the new ordinance provides for the registra- tion of all dairymen and l desire to state that the law will be enforced. This notice will serve 10 put all dairymen on their guard, and they will also be welcome to examine the ordinance. They will be given time from now on until the first of the year to get matters in shape to comply herewith, should any of them be out of line al present"
 Inspector Duncan is going to demand stricter adherance to the law than ever before, though his friends state that he Is doing his duty in every respect at pres ent. He will be given all the assistance possible in the enforcement of the law by Mayor Ward and Health Officer pr Hardness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
SUNDAY CONCERT.
Large Audience Present at the Bir
 ningham Conservatory.

The recital hall of the Birmingham Conservatory was filled yesterday on the occasion of the second concert of the Sun day afternoon seres and not only was the crowd large but the audience was thoroughly representative of the best cul- ture of this community.
 The programme opened with Grieg's c minor sonata for piano and violin, played by MT. and Mrs. Gussen. The solo numbers were as follows: For piano, Consolation, Venetian Gondola Song and Spring Song by Mendelssohn; fiat minor and a c major etude by Reinhardt; D flat etude and a C minor etude by Chopin. For violin, the Andante from Mozart's D major concerto, with ca denza
 The only voice number embraced two old English songs and one Irish song "Kathreen Mavourneen, sung with fine effect by Miss Cunningham, Mrs. Fies and Mrs Gilmore.
 Music lovers seemed to enjoy the en- tire programme The beautiful etudes by Reinhardt of Richmond, Va. had been memorized from manuscript. They were well received, and what added to the interest of their musicianly treatment was the fact that two daughters of the composer were in the audience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
WILLIAMS WRITES LETTER.
Says He Has Only One Wife and
 Wants Prosecution Stopped.

The police are in possession of a letter written by c. C. Williams to the Davis family in Macon, Ga. Williams married Miss Annie Davis of that city and 1t is charged that he has wives at Greenville' s. C., and Enoree, Ga.
 Tn the letter Williams states that he has separated from his Macon wife, but does not state the cause. He intimates that he was not treated properly. He further says that his wife there knows what caused the separation.
 Williams asks that prosecution against him be stopped, and states that he has no wife in either Enoree or elsewhere, other than the woman who was formerly Miss Davis. He says that 1t will be best for all concerned to leave him alone and to stop the prosecution.
 An officer from Macon is expected here to take Williams back to that city for trial on warrant sworn out by his wife there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
NAVAL STORES WAR ENDS.
General Relief in Savannah Over the
 Result

Savannah, Ga, December 10.--The war that for six months has been waged among naval stores exporters has ceased. All naval stores ports in Florida, except Pensacola, have been made open markets.
 The accumulated holding of the Naval stores Export company will be taken over by the S. P. Shotter company and allied interests, known as the Big A and the price paid for these holdings which in- clude forty-five thousand casks of spirits of turpentine is about s2,5OOO0o.
 More settled conditions In the market which has seen great fluctuations during the war" are now looked for. It is un- derstood there Is agreement that prices shall not be allowed to fall below a fixed minimum. In fact it is said that producers are guaranteed a higher aver age price than they have secured during the last few years. though it is not ex- pected that rosin will again reach the exceedingly high figures of a few weeks ago before the break came,
 There has been tense, strained feeling in naval stores circles for months, and there Is a general feeling of relief over the settlement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
MISSISSIPPI COTTON MEN. President Clark Announces Members
 of Important Committee.

Jackson, Miss. December 10.-(Special J. At the recent meeting of the Mississp- pl division of the Southern Cotton asso- citation in this city, President Clark was authorized to appoint ten men In the state to meet here December 19, 20 and 2i. to consider the formation of the or ganization from every standpoint and suggest changes for the future.
 MT. Clark has named Charles Scott of Rosedale, w. H. Herrin of Robinsonville J. s. Boseman of Meridian. Jim Stone of Oxford, F. l.. Anderson of Cohoma, Jeff Truly of Jefferson county, and J. C. Har- dy and all have accepted.
 The three other members of the com mittee have not yet answered. but have been invited. The officers of the Mis- sissippi division and the national execu- tive officers of Mississippi are to meet with this committee and work and act with them for the good of the order
 At the request of the business men and farmers of Aberdeen and Starkville. President Clark will address them on December h and l6 respectively.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
GRAVE PROBLEM LOOMS
 IN ALIEN POPULATION

will be possible to calculate with reason- able certainty on the character of irn- migration in it's greater bulk for some years to come-at least of European immi- grafton"
 Commissioner Sargent does not lose sight of the increased number of immi- grants from European Turkey a field which although practically inexhaustible he says is yet virgin to the activity of transportation agents.
 The importance of a proper understand ing of the contract labor law is dealt upon in this report. No feature of the immigration law he declares, has proved so difficult of enforcement as that which was passed for the protection of labor in the country from unfair competition by aliens. The chief obstacle in the way of such enforcement, he attributes to the erroneous impression that it Is a measure wrung from Congress against its will by the power of organized labor, "exactinS all it could obtain, rather than seeking simple justice"
 The impression is so widely prevalent, he says that 1t produces at least an in- difference to the enforcement of the law, if not a hostile bias against it, and cred it's the law-making branch of the govern ment with no worthier motive for enact ing it than selfish fear. Because or such impression he declares the bureau nnds it's efforts to enforce the law elehef " luctantly submitted to, or resisted, actiVe- ly or passively. and itself viewed as in. some sort of a branch or agency of organ ized labor sensitive to that bodys inter est. responsive to its wishes, and thus as. sentially different from other parts or the constitutional government of the United States"
 "Perhaps labor itself.' he adds, "is not altogether free from blame for this raise public impression and thus unconscious ly has played into the hands of those ln- terests which find it to their account to alienate public sympathy by encouraging such a view
 As an illustration he cites an occasion. during the past year when a branch or organized miners urged the bureau thas an offending company upon which It or iginally had been active in fixing tho resp6nsibility for violation of the law' should not be prosecuted because the miners and the company had reacheo settlement of their differences. Commis- sioner Sargent remarks, however, that despite these obstacles the bureau has never relaxed it's efforts to make the law effective
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
Marine Hospital.

Secretary Saws recommendations in Ia vor of abollshing marine hospitais throughout the country will result III spirited fight in Congress when the new appropriation is under discussion. On the one side will be the secretary ana on the other Surgeon General Wyman' Members of Congress, in whose districts if is proposed to abandon the hospitals will be arrayed on the side of pr. Wymah' who declares that the published state ments put out by the treasury orhciais do not tell the whole story. secretary Shaw declares that the service IS con ducted with gross extravaganee and that money is being squandered. In most or the smaller hospitals. it is said, there mas been exclusive of the medical olncers, surgeons. pharmacists, etc., numper ol attendants equal to and in some cases in excess of, the number of patients
 E. L. Hubbard, general storekeeper ol the Panama railroad, has returned rom inc isthmus on a short vacation ana talks rather gloomily of the canal work' .'The question of lock or sea-leVei canal which is causing so much discussion here. is hardly mentioned on the isthmus' says Mir Hubbard. "The general opinioh is that even if a lock canal IS puiit |, wiii not be ready for use for thirty years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
CITY ITEMS

LARCENY IS CHARGED.-F. F. Fer guson, white man, was lodged in the city jail by officers Baker and Larue last night on q charge of larceny.
 HORSE SToLEN.-M. L. Little of Graves Mines reported to the police yes- terday that his horse had been stolen and he believes that the parties who took the animal en route to Birmingham
 CHARGED WITH ROBBERY-R H. Cooper, a white man. was arrested last night by Officer Burson and a charge of attempted robbery was lodged against him, in addition to a charge of disorderly conduct.
 CARS TURN OvER.-Three fruit cars and the caboose of Frisco freight train left the track near Cordova early yes- terday morning. The cars were loaded with bananas from New Orleans. w w. Hymes a messenger for the Fruit Dis patch company, who was in the caboose. was slightly bruised and cut.
 MERIDIAN JAIL ESCAPE.-A message was received last night by Chief Wier from Sheriff J. R. Temple of Lauderdale county, Mississippi, stating that white man had broken Jail at Meridian. The local officers were asked to be on the lookout for him. The escape prisoner is charged with grand larceny and a reward of s25 is offered for his capture. The es- capped man Is described as about 24 years of age and has a growth of beard of about four weeks.
 LON M'cOY ARRESTED. Policemen Nix ond Dixon yesterday arrested Lon Mccoy, a negro charged with assault with intent to murder upon Carey Tray Tor, another negro near Red mountain last Thursday night. The two men fell out over a trivial matter and Mccoy it is alleged. stabbed his adversary in the head with a knife breaking the blade in TrayIor's head. The injured man is at St. Nincents hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
Two Men Killed at Dallas.

Dallas, December 1o.-ln an unusual ac- cident at the lola Portland Cement works last night, Chris Henriksen was killed and A. M. Rochester probably fatally in- iured The men were at work in the burn ing kiln department and were standing near the great rotary when a heavy end- less chain, in rapid motion parted, the ends living through the air and striking the men. One end struck Henriksen on the head, cutting the entire top off, and scattering his brains. The other struck Rochester, fracturing the left arm, and enfolding the body, crushing the left hip and striking him full in the abdomen. Internal hemorrhages set in and it is be- lieyed the stomach is ruptured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11

Washington, December 10.-In present. ing the annual report of the bureau of immigration Commissioner General Sar- gent refers to the magnitude and gravity of the problems presented by the growth of the alien population of the United States.
 These problems,' he declares, loom so largely in the prospect of our country that it may be said without giving just cause to charge exaggeration, that all other questions of public economy relat- ing to things, rather than human beings, shrink into comparative insignifcance."
 In his annual message to Congress President Roosevelt discussed the immi- grafton question at length so that these features of Commissioner Sargents re- port bearing on the class of immigrants desired, the inducements offered by trans portation companies to immigrants to come to America, laws to be enacted, and the attitude toward the Chinese, have been substantially covered ana made known through the press. There are many details, however, which will prove of in- terest.
 The total alien arrivals reported for the year of 1,026, 499 represents an increase
 
 over the preceding year of 213,629, Of which increase the continental ports Of the United States report 196940 as compared with arrivals there are last year, and at Canadian ports 1884. At the insular ports the increase was IA per cent There also was a large increase in arrivals at southern ports, while a decrease is shown for the Pacific ports which is accounted for in some measure by the Russian Japanese war.
 Of the increased arrivals above Austro- Hungary sent 9s,5 537 over it's quoto of lso4; Russia 39, 756, Italy 2s1S3 and the United Kingdom 49,544. This increase from the last mentioned country, says the commits sioner, is somewhat offset by the decrease from Germany, Switzerland and sweden. Notwithstanding the increase from Italy that country, says the commissioner may be regarded as having probably reached the high water mark. From this showing Commissioner Sargent ventures the prediction that the source Of future increase in immigration are those two countries in Europe which have the great est resources in population-Russia and Austro-Hungsry.
 with the facts in view" he says, Tit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
Confederate Flags.

Representative Lamb of Virginia will introduce a bill this week giving to one of the southern Confederate societies the 2Ss unidentified battle flags remaining Tn the hands of the war department. At the last session of Congress a resolution was passed giving to the states the o1l flags in the possession of the government. Under this reouton 233 of the flags were returned The others cannot be identlhed and the military secretary has recom- mended. and that recommendatlon mas received the indorsement of Secretary Taft, that they be given to some general Confederate or memorial association as the Louisiana Historical association at New Orleans, the Southern Historical so- ciety at Richmond or the United Conreo-
 ,a t yatarans' association where" says General Ainsworth, they will re- ceive the care that those who followed them in battle would have been glad 10 bestow upon them if they could
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
CHINESE AS MINERS.
Not Proving satisfactdry in the Work
 in South Africa.

From the London News.
 Now that the Chinese labor question Is we'll to the fore, some account of actual experiences with the yellow laborers on the Rand may not be uninstructiye. l have no theories and no fads but l saw the first batch of Chinamen march on to our mne's premises. have worked with them and spent anxious days and nights in helping to keep them under when they have broken out. What I have to say is the truth, as I have seen it, told without prejudice or exaggeration.
 TO begin with. let me remark that the policy of mine managers has been to hush up all trouble The full story of the riot ing has never been told. If the China men broke out and threatened whites or native boys we were ordered to use no violence, even though our lives were threatened and the coolie fellow soon learned that they could go a long way without being hit back. Secondly, l may say it was wrong to intrust Chinanen with dynamite and other explosives. We have had some bad accidents in the last twelve months, and men have been blown to pieces through the careless handling of high explosives. But you can't get them to understand. Either intelligence IS LOW grade proposition, or in their compete satisfaction with themselves they have no room for further information. At the same time, they hate the white man because of the accidents.
 They arc an unsayory crowd to handle and reyel in mischief of every kind. Devil try Is, perhaps, a better word than mis- chief in this instance. It was rule Tn our mine that when a man had to climb up on rope or rope ladder rom one stage to another. a Chinaman should al- ways eo first. If this simple insurance were disregarded, some celestial gentle man quite unseen, would be fairly safe to take the chance of hurling rock or stones on the head of the climber. On many occasions these. Chinamen have tampered with the cage by which we go to our work, and we have to examine the fittings very carefully every time. The conditions of work have even got up- on the nerves of men who have served on mining staffs in wilder countries than South Africa. The railway points have been deliberately altered on several oc- casions; small accidents have resulted, and big ones been averted by chance. h. deed. l think 1t fair to say that John Chinaman has no moral sense at all, as we westerners see things, and he would not finch from any action, however, mon- strous He can work well when he likes. and is not too well treated by his over seers Sometimes he seeks revenge. we had the whole camp out one night pe- cause we interfered to prevent an unpopu- lar overseer from being roasted alive
 The Chinaman as I have met him on the Rand is not on speaking terms with honesty You can leave nothing wi.nih his reach He is as susceptible to bright colors as d magpie. and when once a thing has disappeared 1t will never come back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
ON
 ATLANTIC-BIRMINGHAM

waycross Ga., December 10.-A strike of locomotive engineers and firemen on the Atlantic and Birmingham railroad is im- minent. The engineers and firemen of the road are nearly all members of the two brotherhoods, and these organizations have authorized a strike.
 H. B. Wills of Cleveland, O., assistant grand chief engineer, and Timothy Shea of Peoria, H., assistant grand master firemen have been in the city several days representing the engineers and firemen, in negotiations that have been in progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
United States as Debt Collector.

If the United States government goes into the debt collecting business with the San Dominican case as precedent IL will have its hands full. The annual report of the corporation of foreign bond holders, transmitted to the state depart ment by Consul Guenther at franKior,, saws at the beginning of it's report year six Spanish- American states had default ed in the payment of their bonded ooh- cations, namely: Colombia, Costa Rica' Guatemala. Honduras, Venezuela ana the Province of Buenos Ayres. At the end oi the report year Colombia and Nenezueia had made satisfactory arrangements witn their creditors without the pig SUCK haing called into action With reference to Costa Rica negotiations are pending. Concerning Honduras and Guatemala fu- mors are afloat that both are about to submit propositions but so far none nave been received.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
Booker Had Precedence.

Representatives Brownlow ana iaie' ,,a rannhlican members from Tennessee, bad an eneagement to talk Tennessee pol itics with the President last night. They took seats in the lobby and shortly after the attorney general rushed in fresh rom inc Gridiron club banquet. Ihe fresi- dent sent word out that he would De wi'h them within few minutes. The three waited around for about hail hour "ne M II s,,a1enly the door of the red room was onened and Booker T. Washington walked out The President was so busy talkihs with Washington that he had either for gotten other callers were waiting on the outside or concluded the Tuskegee educa- tors visit was more important than that of his cabinet officer or of the Ienhessee statesmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-11
Tar Heel Killed by Hoosler.

Bedford,- Ind, December 10.-Lemenual Lynch. aged 1S who came here recently from Morgantown, N. C.. was shot and instantly killed this evening by Benjamin Rhoades The shooting occurred at the home of Rhoades. Lynch had been pay ing attention to Rhoades' niece. and this evening when he came to the house for a social call Rhoades came to the door and shot him in the breast with shot gun. Rhodes. who was arrested, claims that Lynch had been drinking and at- tempted to force his way into the house after being warned not to do SO.