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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
TEDDY DON'T WANT HIS PORTRAIT USED Asks That Spukane Literature
 be Recalled BIG ORDER IS CANCELLED Chamber of Commerce Will Comply With Request, Although There Is
 No Law to Compel
 Such Action.
BIG ORDER IS CANCELLED

Spokane, Wash, July 25.-President Roosevelt has objected to Spokane's lit- erature bearing his portrait on the title page. Secretary Monroe of the cham Der of commerce received a letter re- ouesting the withdrawal of the brochure on the Lewis and Clark Trail' from publication. The letter is dated from the white house, Washington, July 1s, ad- dressed to the chamber of commerce at Spokane, and declares that President Roosevelt is very much opposed to the appearance of his portraits in advertise ments of any character. and requests that the booklet of which the cover was enclosed be immediately recalled from circulation, and notice be given when this is done. The letter was signed by A. S. Barnes, acting secretary.
 President Goodall of the chamber Of commerce is of the opinion that the re- quest should be complied with. although there is no law compelling the recall of the booklet or it's further circulation.
 The chamber of commerce at special meeting today cancelled an order for fifty thousand of the pamphlets and took steps to call in as far as possible those distributed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
QUARTERS EARNINGS
 WERE S3O,3O5.li6
Regular 134 Per Cent Dividend Is De- cIared By ..ie United States Steel Corporation.

New York. July 25.-At the quarterly meeting of the United States steel cor poratior directors today the regular diyi- dend of 1A per cent on the preferred stock was declared payable August 3O The financial statement for the quarter shows net earnings of 80. .so5,l16. Untitled orders on hands June 90 amount to 4s2s.- 655 tons. The earnings for the quarter show an increase of sl5,Sl4,39l as com pared with 1904 and decrease of $G,337 192 as compared whh 1903 Unified orders are $1, ,G37, ,35s greater than year ago.
 The statement contains several unusual features, including an appropriation of $l,- 100000 charged to special improvement and replacement s5,O0O,O00 on account of the expenditures made and to be made for additional property, etc." and s2, 2,500. : GOO specifically set aside for contemplated appropriations and expenditures, the character of which is not disclosed
 Because of these appropriations the sur plus for the quarter Is reduced to B. 070.68l. an incerase of only $293. .037 com pared with the same quarter of 1904
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
ARKANSAS IS AFTER
 HARVESTER COMPANY
Attorney General Rogers Claims They Have Violated the Antl-
 Trust Law.

Little Rock, Ark, July 25-Attorney General Rogers today filed suit In the Pulaski circuit court against the Inter national Harvester company for penalties aggregating se0O0Oo for alleged infringe ment of the antitrust law, passed at the last session of the general assembly.
 The complaint recites that the com pany is a monopoly within the intent and meaning of the act, and that the mono poly was effected by combination of the Mccormick Harvester company. the Deering Harvester company, the Cham pion Harvester company, the Milwaukee Harvester company. the Plano Harvester company and others for the purpose of regulating the price of harvesting ma chimes and fixing their output.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
REDMOND BLOCKS
 PASSAGE OF BILL
INAUGuRATES HIS THREATENED PLAN OF MAKING GOVERNMENT BUSINESS IMPOSSIBLE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

London, July 25.-The members of the opposition in the House of Commons practically controlled by John Redmond. the nationalist leader who was the main spring of the recent defeat of the gov ernment yesterday, inaugurated their threatened plan of making government business impossible, and in pursuance of which they managed to keep the house in stormy session until o'clock this morn ing, compelling Premier Balfour to have constant recourse to closure as the only means of advancing business. Supporters of the government. warned by the recent disaster, Loyalty stood by MT. Balfour, maintaining a majority in the neghbor- hood of sixty.
 One phase of MT. Redmonds obstruction tactics is likely to arouse great resent ment. It consisted in blocking private bills for enterprises promoted at vast ex- pense by municipalities and commercial companies for public works, such as rail- road and tramways. No less than twenty seven such bills were blocked yester- day, the effect being to delay their opera ton for a whole year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
GOSSIP, . BUSY ON
 EMPERORS' VISIT No Authoritative Statement Has
 Been Made PESSlMISTS SEE DISASTER One Journal Thinks 1t Means That the Squadron of German Warshlps
 Will Soon Go to Rus
 sian Waters.
pEssIMISTS SEE DISASTER

St. Petersburg. July 25.-Gossip and conjecture are busy with the result of the meeting between Emperor William and Emperor Nicholas off the Island Of Bjoerkoe but the return of the Russian imperial party to Peterhoff has added nothing definite to the information re- earding the subjects discussed or the conclusions reached at the private in- terviews between the two sovereigns.
 Under the circumstances no authorita- tive statement can be made and the only information vouchsafed is that the con- versations were extremely cordial and friendly. The belief that the meeting will make for peace was reflected on the boerse today. imperial fours rising a full point to S515 in firm market. The Importance of the meeting is recognized sin the press comments of all shades of opinion Various conjectures are ad- vanced as to its real meaning, but they are all admittedly guess work
 The Boerse Gazette has a well-written editorial pointing to the fact that the good neighborly relations with Germany enabled Russia to withdraw part of her army from 1er WtSltfI llohtiti diio NV clares 1t is the duty of Russian diplo- macy to strengthen these relations at the same time maintaining that the Franco Russian alliance made in the interests ox peace must in no wise be disturbed and that neither France nor Great Britain have any reason to worry over the con- ference.
 The Novoe Vremya after cataloguing the various suppositions advanced de- clares 1t is useless to guess which or them received special attention and con cludes sagely that it is sometimes good to have a diplomatic question discussed without the assistance of professional diplomats. Liberal circles are inclined to look askance at the meeting, the pes simists thinking that 1t bodes Ill to re- form and the Otchestva sees in 1t the prospect of future visit of German squadron to Russian waters and disas- ter to Russia economically and politi- cally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
Inspectors Put of Train.

Decatur July 5--(Speeal. )-Last night two quarantine officers were elected by Conductor Martin Payne from the South ern railroad train. These officers were acting under the state law and for this reason the road may get into a bad mud de as the law on this Is stringent. Offi- cer Lem Jones was put off a Southern train nt Leighton, west of here, by Con- ductor Payne. Payne said he had in- structions from the superintendent not to carry any quarantine officers.
 Jones had a passenger in charge from New Orleans who desired to stop in Ala bama When the train reached here Blewett Wallace. quarantine superinten- dent of this division. met the train, and acting under state laws, placed another officer on the train to take charge of passengers. The conductor said he could not take him, but would himself pur- chase ticket for the officer to Hunts vile, which he did The officer, John Almon, was taken to Huntsville on the conductors tickets but was elected from the train, it is said. by conductor Payne on the outskirts of Huntsville, he refusing to take him any further.
 According to what is said to be official authority Payne may be arrested and taken off his train tomorrow. The local agent of the Southern was notified today to secure another conductor to take charge of Paynes train tomorrow. Today the Southern issued orders to their con ductors to pass all quarantine officers on proper credentials
 Decatur does not anticipate any trou- ble but is taking every precaution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
QUESTION IS NOW
 UP TO ROOSEVELT
He Must Decide Whether or Not Nor way Is to Be Recognized as
 Independent State.

Washington. July 25.-The question of the recognition of Norway as an inde- pendent state is now before President Roosevelt. having been referred to him by Assistant Secretary of State Adee. On numerous occasions it has happened that a revolutionary party asked to be recognized an independent nation. but Norway has not seeded from Sweden through revolution, but merely has taken back the sovereignty which once had been given to the king of Sweden.
 Many Norwegian citizens have asked the United States to recognize the new state. and c. Hauge. who until the se- cession was first secretary of the leRa- tion of Sweden and Norway. has pre- sented more or less formal request to the state department which, however, has no official authority. All these re- quests. however. have been referred to the President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
MINNEAPOLIS WANTS
 THE REPORTS STOPPED
The Chamber of Commerce Thinks the Crop Monthly Summary Would
 Be of More Benefit

Minneapolis, July 25.-Following up the agitation initiated by the New York pro- duce exchange, the Minneapolis chamber of commerce today adopted two radical motions affecting the issuance of the gov ernment monthly crop report, and for warded them in the form of recommends tions to Washington tonight.
 The first motion favored discontinu- ance of the monthly reports. 1t being de- clared the sense of the meeting that the commercial interests of the United States would be better served by the issuance of monthly summary only. The sec ond motion proposed that if the resports were to be continued the time be raised from p. m. Washington time to Il a. m. The principal opposition to the present hour of issue comes from the fact that the Liverpool markets get the first op- portunity t o analyze and digest the crop, American markets Icing closed when 1t comes out. Many members of the local chamber think this method which gives the European markets the first chance at statistics covering American crops and collected by the American gov ernment at great expense. is wrong and
 should be changed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
MISSISSIPPI NEGRO
 IS HANGED TO TREE
WILL HARRIS IS TAKEN FROM OF TIGERS WHILE HE WAS BEING CONVEYED BY TRAIN FROM GREENViLLE.

Memphis. July 25.-A Commercial-Ap- neal special from Glendora, Miss, says that q mob of fifty men today took Wih Harris, a negro, from a Yazoo and Mis- sissippi Valley train at Black Bayou and hanged him to a tree about quarter or mile from the railroad.
 Harris and his brother Henry shot and seriously wounded two white men, Parksdale and Allen, respectively, on the James plantation near Sharkey July ls. A posse pursued the negroes, and In at tempting to arrest them shot and killed Henry Harris The other brother escaped, hut was arrested last night at Heathman.
 This morning the prisoner was taken to Greenwood and later placed aboard train and was being conveyed to point in Tallahatchie county, where he was to he turned over to the sheriff, when the mob boarded the train and secured him. Little difficulty was experienced in talk ing the negro from his custodians' ana Harris was quickly conveyed to a pre-ar. ranged spot and lynched.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
cheatham on the Stand.

Washington, July 2o.-At the instance of United States District Attorney Beach, Judge Wright of the criminal court to- day called before him the grand jury engaged in Investigating the leakage in the cotton crop reports of the department of agriculture, and in instructing them that they had a right to ask any proper question of witnesses. adding that If wit nesses should refuse to answer the court would take steps to compel replies.
 Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Growers association. and Assistant Secretary Hays of the de- rartment of agriculture were witnesses examined by the grand jury today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
Was 1t Internal Situation?

St. Petersburg, July 26.-The St. Peters burg Zeitung, German journal, which has very close relations with the Ger man embassy, lays significant emphasis on the relation of the conference be- tween Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William to the internal affairs of Rus sia It declares that the Franco-German relations. or any questions of world poll tics, could hardly have been the imme- diate occasion of the meeting, but that on the other hand the internal situation in Russia is the most burning question now before the Emperor and that his majesty may well have welcomed the op- portunity to lay the problem before his '.brotherly friend" whose verdict would have the greatest weight.
 The interview. the paper declares, must certainly have had a bearing on the peace negotiations, adding:
 Tt cannot be matter of indifference whether a belligerent in Russia's situ- ation on comemncing pour parlers. boasts such warm and mighty friendship or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
Kavanaush Coming Through R'ham.

Little Rock, Ark, July 25.-Presi- dent Kavanaugh, president of the Southern league, left this afternoon for Atlanta, where he will confer with Manager Frank of the New Orleans club in regard to the effect on baseball that may be caused by the yellow fever at New Orleans, and en route will con fer with the manager of the Shreveport club, who is at Birmingham. He says that if it is found that games can not be played in New Orleans and Shreve- port he will rearrange the schedule so as to provide for their being played in Knoxville or Chattanooga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26

Washington, June 25.-The flood of immi- highest level during the fiscal year just ended. For the first time in the history of the country more than a million immi- grants entered the Fitted States within a period of twelve n xr and in this re- spect all previous r 2 Q were shashed.
 The department .T merce and labor today made public N,ration figures for the month of Jur 0 Q rendering 1t pos sible to ascerta' So tn accuracy the amount of immi > S during the twelve months which 2 on June 30. Within
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
WOULD NOT HAVE PHILIPPINES
 AS GIFT ACCOMPANIMENT BONUS]
IMMIGRANTS LAST YEAR
 NUMBERED OVER MILLION

that twelve months period total of ,,- O27 .421 foreigners entered the United States. The previous banner year was lsoS when the total number was S5l,o46 immi- grants The total number admitted dur ing the twelve months which ended on June 30 was greater than the number or immigrants entering the country in lsoo and 1901 put together. and was greater than the total immigration for the three years period of 1897, 1898 and 1899. More immigrants entered the United States In the single year ending June 30 last than during the entire period of the four years of 1894, 1895, 1897 and 1S9S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
Fire Almost ExtInguIshed.

Houston. Tex, July z.-The fire in the Texas company's tanks at the Humble oil field Is practically extinguished to- night. There is still bit of oil in the bottom of the eleventh tank. but this.
 1t is thought. will be burned out before morning. The charrec remains of eight persons p. have been found and lthe search
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26

Roosevelt will be officially notified of Baron Kopura's arrival, and later in the week the baron will make en informal visit to Oyster Bay. There is no stated programme mapped out for the distin- guished Japanese pending the arrival of M Witte, who is expected to arrive next week. Baron Komura will accept no in vitations to dinners or public functions of any kind. Tonight he dined informally with Consul General suchida at the Nip non club
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
Satisfied With Report.

Stockholm, July 26.-Editorials in the newspapers this morning generally express satisfaction over the unanimity of the special committee in it's report to the riksdag, dealing with the Swe- dish Norwegian crisis. According to well-informed persons, the reason for th-s unanimity was that the committee had privately received information to the effect that Norway was willing to submit to a referendum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
Secretary Wilson Improved.

Washington. July 5.-Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture, who was taken i'll yesterday with an attack of acute indigestion. has almost entirely recovered. He spent some time at the depa rtment during cle afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
New Orleans Has Had 154 Gases and 32 Deaths
SOME TROUBLE IN ALABAMA
Two Inspectors Are Not Allowed to Ride on Train Without Paying Fare and Are Put Off
 By Conductor.

. New Orleans, July 25.-Tonight in : response to the request of the state . board of health the city board of : health compiled the figures of sus- ' picious and actual cases of yellow . fever and deaths, and the figures : as issued by the state board show: ' Between July 15 and July q there
 . were about 1e0 cases. suspicious and
 . positive and twenty deaths.
 . Since then there have been
 . fifty-four cases and twelve deaths
 . up to the 24th making all told l54
 . cases and thirty-two deaths. ' Today there were two deaths . making thirty-four to date. There % are about fifty cases under treat . ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
emneror William In Sweden,

,wuseby, Sweden. July 2-The German imperial yacht Hohenzollern with Elm peror William on board arrived today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
No Alarm in Mobile.

Mobile. July 25.-Dr. Henry Goldth- wait, health and executive officer of the quarantine board of Mobile bay. return ed yesterday from his visit to the quar- antine plant in the lower bay, and made the following statement relative to the reports that have been in circulation in regard to fever at the quarantine plant:
 .,The steamship Colombia arrived at the quarantine plant Sunday morning and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
.OLD FIGURES ARE ID BE REHASHED Cotton Growers Not Pleased
 With the Decision FUNDS EVIDENTLY AVAILABLE cheatham Can Not Understand Why the Department Hesitates About
 Making New Report From
 Entirely New Data.
FUNDS EVIDENTLY AVAILABLE
BY PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington. July 25.-(Special) )-Mem- bers of the Southern Cotton Growers as- sociation here are indignant over what is claimed to be the intention of the ag- ricultural department to decline to get out another cotton report. Assistant Sec retary Hays today issued the following statement "A revised estimate of the acreage planted to cotton this year as compared with that planted last year will probably be made and given to the public tomorrow"
 It is pointed out by members of the as- sociation that while MT Hays statement on It's face will give the country another cotton report. 1t is not of the kind which the cotton growers have asked.
 Will Use Same Figures.
 In other words, MT. Hay and his assis- tants are going to use the same figures upon which the last report issued by Messrs. Hyde and Holmes was based while the Southern Cotton Growers as- soclation have been contending for an en- tirely new report from the ground up They state this is the only kind which can be depended upon.
 
 sociation, who Is still in Washington as- sisting the district attorney in making out case against Holmes and others inn plicated In the agriculture department scandal, said tonight that MT. Hays might as well not get out new report if he is going to take the old figures.
 We have insisted from the beginning" said MT. Cheatham, ''t'hat Il was the duty of the department to have its correspon- dents again send in their estimates in order that an entirely nen report could be made up. In addition to this the depsrt- ment should send its special agents into the field and use every other means to get out report which will inspire conll- dence. The cotton growers will te satis- fled with nothing less and they should not be. As matters stand the department is in possession of a lot of figures worked over by Holmes and perhaps others.
 Estimates Are Missing.
 ''In some cases estimates are missing We know of one county in Arkansas which reported 25 per cent decrease in acreage. This report never reached the department-at any rate, it is not at the department now. Holmes was at his desk for several days, and he knew that he had been found out. Who can tell how many papers are missing or changed? It Is the height of absurdity for the of- ficials to talk about getting out a report from the remaining papers. The estimates V would not be worth the paper upon which they would be written.
 Just why the department is unwilling to give us another report, and one that can be depended upon is more than can see. What makes it especially strange is the fact that President Jordan of the association and Colonel Hester of the New Orleans cotton exchange both un- derstood positively from Secretary Will son that he would order a new report if the money was available. That was the only qualification and 1t has been dis posed of, and the question of expense does not now enter into the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26

New Orleans July 25.-There has been no material change in the fever situa- ton today. Two more deaths were re- ported Physicians are reporting prompt- ly all cases of fever, and immediate steps are taken to prevent mosquito infection. so that the prospects of restricting tho infection are considered bright.
 The emergency hospital on Dumaine street was equipped today and placed in charge of Dr. Hamilton P. Jones' who had charge of the isolation hospital in 1897 He has as his assistants Dr. l. L. Faget a noted yellow fever authority. and a man conversant with the Italian characteristics.
 WflI Clean Up the City.
 The advisory board of the city board of health began active work today and It will have immediate charge of tho work of ferreting out the new focl of in- lection and carrying out the sanitation and isolation. should any develop. It will also have general supervision over the campaign of education and tile cleaning I'D of the city, screening of cisterns and houses, etc.
 Surgeon White and Surgeon Guteras of the marine hospital service have com pleted all plans for the establishment of the detention camps along the different railroad trunk lines and have selected the physicians in charge. who have all ready selected their staffs. The equip ment is on the way Today was spent in trips to the different locations for the
 purpose of selecting the sites for the camps.
 State Quarantined Against City.
 In view of the complications over out l side and inside quarantines the state board will tomorrow quarantine the state against the city of New Orleans, and such territory in the immediate vicinity l of New Orleans which desires 10 main- l tain open communication ali the way. | This will result in relieving the quaran- l tines which Mississippi has placed | against the whole state, and which Dr. | Tabor of Texas threatened. | pr. F. R. Ross, who was left here by | Dr Tabor to report to him on the de- yelopments left for Houston tonight, well pleased with the energy and activity of | inc local authorities and expressing | confidence that they would do asl that could be done.
 Lieutenant Colonel Maus, U. s. A., has sent his report to Lieutenant Generai | Chaffee as to the soldiers at jackson barracks, and tomorrow will inspect Fort St. Phillip He sees no reason to remove the troops
 pr George B. Young, United States
 marine hospital service. has been as- signed to take charge of the inspection of trains, to cooperate with the states and localities which have instituted quar- antines and he will make his headquar- ters in Jackson, Miss
 Dr. Farrar Richardson of the marine hospital service has been detailed as an assistant to City Health Officer Kohnke in field work.