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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
Compromise on Army Revision.

A compromise on the provision abolish ing the grade of lieutenant general in the army has been practically agreed up on whereby General Corbin and General Macarthur will be allowed to reach that rank before their retirement. It is un- derstood MT. Grosvenor will offer the compromise amendment and that MT Hull will agree to 1t on the part of the military committee.
 Monday will be devoted to the con sideration of legislation for the District of Columbia. If there Is time after this order, MT Davidson will call up the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

Atlanta, April Il, F. 13, IA; June 25, 2s' 27; August 16, II, 1S
 birmingham, April 25. 26 27, 2S; July 2, 4, 4, CD. H.), 5; July sO 3l. August 1.
 Nashville, April 30, May 1, ?, 3; June @, %, 30; August G. ', 8.
 Little Rock, May IA 15. IS; June IS, 19. 20, 20 CD. H.) 21; August 27, 2S, 29.
 Memphis, May 9. 10, Il, 12; June 22, 2S, 24 August 24. 25. 26
 New Orleans. May 21, 22, 23, 24; June 10, Il, 12; August 19, 20, 21.
 Shreveport. May II. IS, 19. 20; June 15, 16, r; August 30, 31. September l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
Morton Golnq to Mexico.

Mexico City, February 25.-Paul Nor ton. president of the Equitable Life As surance society, will arrive here early next month, with party of friends MT. Morton has a number of investments In this country which he will inspect.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
WILLIAMS EXECUTED
MURDERER OF JOHNNIE KELLER
HANGED IN THE COUNTY
JAIL AT ST. PAUL.

st. Paul, Feb. 13-With protesta-
tions of innocence upon his lips Will
lam Williams was hanged at the coun-
ty Jail at 1921 a. M. for the murder of
John Keller April 13, 1905. Williams
was also accused of killing the boys
mother, but was not tried on that
charge.
Fourteen and one-half minutes after
the drop fell he was pronounced dead
by the examining surgeon.
Williams went to the scaffold with
fortitude, willingly accorded with all
suggestions and did not finch or
CULVER during the ordeal. His last
words were: Gentlemen, you are
witnessing an unjust act. John Keller
was my best friend and l did not kill
him.
When the trap fell the rope stretched
over six inches, allowing the con-
demned mans feet to touch the floor.
Three deputy sheriffs took hold of the
rope and raised the body and Will
tams was slowly strangled to death.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
RESOLUTION ADOPTED
SENATE AUTHORIZES AN INVEs.
TIGATloN OF AN ALLEGED
RAILROAD COMBINE.

Washington, Feb 13.-The senate
during the day adopted joint resolu-
tion reported by Mr.. Tillman from the
senate committee on interstate com.
merce, which directs the Interstate
commerce commission to investigate
the charge of discrimination and COM
bination in restraint of trade made
against the railroads.
The adoption of the resolution was
preceded by a speech by Mr.. Tillman
In which he practically charged that
the administration was not proceeding
In good faith to secure railway legisla-
tion because he was not satisfied with
the presidents advisers. Among these
he mentioned Secretary Root and SEN
ator Knox, the former of whom he
said was an adviser of the "magnates
responsible for the devilment," and
the latter Of whom had been attorney
for the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany.
Mr.. Knox contradicted the charge
relative to himself, saying he had
never been attorney for the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
JACK THE sTABBER CAUGHT.
Assai'ant Of Many st. Louis Women
Under Arrest,


st. Louis, Feb. 1O.-John Rradv
twenty-five years old, waiter out of
employment, has been arrested on
suspicion Of being the young man
known as Jack the Stabber." who
stabbed a number Of women on the
streets during the past three weeks
After being questioned the police state
that Brady confessed that he had done
the stabbing and was the person for
whom the police have been searching
Brady was arrested early in the day
IN resort where he had, on a pre-
v1ous visit. boasted that he was "Jack
the Stabber."
When he called again the police
were secretly notified and he was
taken into custody At first he denied
all knowledge OF Jack the Stabber."
but upon being confronted and identi.
fed by several men who had held
Jack the Stabber" on the street one
night Brady, it is stated, confessed.
What his motive was in stabbine
women Unfortunately has not been
told by him.
Brady was identified during the day
by number of the women who had
been stabbed as their assailant.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Thursday, Feb. 8.

Prince Paul Metternich, seventy.
four years old, is dead at Vienna
David B. Frankenberger, sixty years
old, for quarter Of century profes-
sor Of rhetoric at the University of
Wisconsin, is dead at Madison, Wis,
Of paralysis.
The internal revenue report for
1905 shows that the business of the
Philippine islands amounted to $685.
100000 in gold The amount of taxes
collected was $400O,0OO in gold.
Rev. Justin G. Wade, pastor Of the
First Congregational church of Wau.
kegan, ILL.,, has been arrested by post
office officials on the charge of send
ing obscene letters through the mails.
The Western Pine Shippers asso-
citation, composed Of lumbermen of
Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Mon.
tana, at meeting at Spokane, WASH,
decided to raise the prices on lumber
from $3.50 to 81 a thousand.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Friday, Feb, g,

A delegation of Hawaiians called on
President Roosevelt Thursday to dis
cuss with him matters pertaining to
the islands.
Colonel S. w. Stocking, a member Of
the board of examiners in chief of the
United States patent Office, is dead of
cancer of the throat He was seventy
years old.
Fire at Portsmouth, O., destroyed
the Portsmouth stove and range works
and a number of adjoining buildings
and stables. The loss may reach $780,
900. Several firemen were injured by
falling walls.
The project for the establishment
Of great university in Brooklyn, OF
which former Comptroller Edward NJ
Grout Is the father and chief advo-
cate, Is to be pushed forward with re
newed vigor.
The Longworth bill appropriating
$6,O00,000 for the purchase of Amer
lean legations and embassies in for.
eign capitals has been favorably re
ported to the house committee on for
eign affairs by subcommittee.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
cHINAMAN ISSUES WARNING.
Predicts the Greatest Massacre Of
Modern Times.

Cincinnati, Feb. 12.-Wong Fong,
former secretary Of the Six Companies
in San Francisco, who is visiting in
this city, says he thinks the Boxer
trouble in China is about to culminate
in the greatest massacre of modern
times.
He has issued the following warning
to several American friends, telegraph.
ing it to Seattle, Los Angeles and San
Francisco:
"The blow is about to fall. Cable
warnings to friends to leave China at
once. Tell them to seek protection of
Germany temporarily and to get out of
country before Feb. a."
Fong is visiting All Loo Wal, the
wealthiest of the local Chinese resi-
dents, and after the messages were
sent explained their purport as fol-
lows:
II have received word that the or.
der has been sent out to the subor.
dinate circles of the Chinese Reform
association to throw off all the foreign
elements in our country, starting Feb.
"a. The association ia ostensibly patri-
otic"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
TWENTY SIX KILLED
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION OF GAS
OCCURS IN A COLLlERY At
HOPE HILL, w. VA.

Charleston, w. Va, Feb. Given
ty-six men met death in mine explo-
sion in the Parallel mine of the Stew
art Coal company at Hope Hill. Thir-
ty-six men were employed in the mine
and only ten have escaped alive. Six
bodies have been recovered near the
mouth of the mine and it is certain
that all the others in the mine are
dead.
The explosion is said to have been
caused by the ignition of gas in the
western portion Of the mine, which is
badly wrecked.
Most of the miners caught in the
mine are Hungarians or negroes who
had little experience in mining. They
were not expecting the pocket of gas,
which is nearly always discovered in
mine faults in the kanawha region.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Tuesday, Feb. 13,

FIRE of unknown origin DESTROYED
$4,000 worth of property at Mason
City, la. 'on
Fire at Texarkana, Ark, destroved
nalf city block Monday, entailing =
loss of about $4,000. :
James Sheehan, who in tho oor,v
BUS was one of the greatest first base.
men In the West, is dead at Beloit
Wis. oA''
orders have been issued at the war
department assigning General BALDWIN
to the command of the department. of
Dakota. -
The formal opening of the James.
town Va.) expedition has been set
1or April 26, 1907, instead of Nav IA
1907, as originally planned.
George c. Mcmillan, president of the
La Crosse (Wis.) Gas and Electric
company, the largest corporation in
that city, and man of great wealth
is dead of uraemc poisoning
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Wednesday, Feb. ID

The senate has agreed to vote on
the pure food bill Feb. 21.
The price of wool in Arizona this
season is higher than ever before
The Colorado and Southern railroad
shops in Denver were DESTROYED bv
ire Tuesday. Loss estimated at $40.
000
William H. Phillips, past grand mas.
ter of the Michigan Masonic grand
lodge, dropped dead at Menominee Of
heart disease
Department Commander Colonel r
A. Copeland has named June II and 13,
l9O6, as the dates for the next annual
encampment Of the Wisconsin G.. A. r
at Marinette.
Chief of Police Collins of Chicago
has issued general order to the de-.
partment instructing all police officers
to see that no boy or girl under eight.
cen years old is allowed hereafter in
public dance hall unattended by par
ents.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Saturday, Feb. 10.

Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate
generally improved tone in the bust
ness world.
Snow to the depth OF eight inches
fell Thursday night throughout the
Schuylkill valley in Pennsylvania.
William Hooten, Chicago grain
broker. has filed a voluntary petition
In bankruptcy. He scheduled liabill-
ties amounting to s53,6OO and assets
of $40.
Judge Lewis H. Pike, member of
the Toledo CO.. bar for half cen
tury, an ex-common pleas judge and
one of the best known Masons IN
Ohio, is dead. He was eighty years
old.
o. C. Ellison, one of the founders OF
the National Irrigation congress ana
California commissioner to the chi
cago worlds fair. is dead at Guyamas'
Mex. He was the husband OF Edith
N. Nicholl Bowyer, the novelist
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
<Rev. Ware Resigns Pastorate.

Rev. George G. Ware, who recently
was convicted in the United States
district court at Omaha Of conspiracy
to defraud the government, has ten.
dered his resignation as pastor Of st.
Johns Episcopal church at Deadwood
and Of Christs church at Lead and
has also sent to Bishop Hare at Sioux
Falls his resignation as minister of
the Episcopal church. The vestrymen
of the churches at Deadwood and at
Lead are awaiting the action of Bishop
Hare before acting on the case.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
AROUND THE STATE
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE,
capitol Commission Preparing to Push
Work on BuiIding-WoIf Hunt
in sanborn County a

Members of the state capitol COM
mission early in next month will visit
the different points in the Black Hills
winch desire to supply stone for the
construction of the capitol and find
out what they have to offer in that
line. While the fund for construction
work has not yet accumulated in a
large enough amount to carry the
whole project capitol lands will be
offered in March in practically all the
counties of the state where such lands
are located, the offerings being made
ut the same time with those Of the
public school lands in the same coun-
ties 1t is believed that this sale will
bring a sufficient fund with what is
already on hand to push the work
right along. 1t is the hope of the COM
mission to at least get the portion of
the building which has been COM
menced enclosed during the present
year and allow the next year for finish
ing the interior.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Wolf Hunt a Failure.

The great roundup of wolves in San
born county, during which it was
planned to scour four entire town.
ships, did not prove the success an
tlcipated. The day was unfavorable,
as snow was falling heavily, and it was
also quite cold. The wolves for the
most part succeeded in keeping en-.
tlrely out of sight of the hunters and
those which were sighted left only a
light colored streak through the at
mosphere when the dogs started to.
ward them. Several coyotes were
sighted, but none was captured or
killed. Another roundup will be ar
ranged in the near future.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Bow scaIded to Death.

The four-year-old son of John Coppo
of Lead died as result of burns re-
ceiyed from scalding water. Mrs.
Coppo was washing and went to the
door to throw out scalding water. The
boy, who was an active little fellow,
ran between her and the door. receiv-
ing the scalding water full in his face
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Tuesday,, Feb. 13.

House-Fortifcati appropriation
bill under discussion and was the text
for considerable heated argument
first over the lax methods of eXpendl
lures of public moneys and second
over the location Of the proposed Slo'
100000 naval station for the Philip
pines.
senate-Shipping subsidy bill under
discussion, Messrs. Spooner and ALI
son criticising various features OF the
measure. Isle Of Pines treaty taken
10 In executive session.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Cheap Power for the Hills.

One of the largest enterprises ever
promoted In the Hills is that now be-
ing pushed by a traction company on
Redwater river. This company has
built large dam, which is completed,
and now is working on a canal. It Is
the intention to develop, by means of
water power, an electrical power which
can be transmitted throughout the
Hills. This can be sold cheaply for
power purposes, as there will be no
cost for fuel attached to it.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16

one hundred years will nrohah,v
see pee .ne exhaustion of the worlds pres.
eht IRON ore sources, according to Dr
~ ~ ne"netn ne Lelth' professor of geology
III the University of Wisconsin,
Judge Thomas N. Mcclellan cbio4
justice OF the supreme court of A1o.
oama' died in private car az tho
Louisville and Nashville tr.;n e.a.. @
Orleans. ave"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
FOUR Perish BY FIRE.
Eleven Others Seriously Injured at
Portland. Ore.


Portland, Ore, Feb 13.-Four per-
sons are dead and eleven seriously in.
jured, one possibly fatally, and prop
erty worth $4,000 was destroyed
as the result of an early morning fire,
which wiped out the little business
district close to the east end OF the
Morrison street steel bridge. The
dead are:
Edwin Daley, aged seven years;
Nathan P. Young; unidentified wo-
man, thought to be Mrs. Cochran, aged
sixty-fve years, and an unidentified
man.
That the loss OF life was not much
greater was due to the work of the
firemen, who rescued persons from
precarious positions.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
EVEN VOTE NO
NEARLY UNANIMOUS
pR OF RATE REGU.
[loN MEASURE.

p, Feb. 8.-The house
pay passed the Hepburn
|blll by a vote of 346 to z.
|ns against the bill were
Rns. They were Little
Mccall and Weeks
pms, Southwick and Vree-
and Sibley (Pa.).
Fa lMass.) voted pres
not paired. There were
members paired. but
were generally political
" 'AeE! was made on the
fequent.y did not indicate
I p!II' as passed, gives
commerce commission
ae'' d rate has been COM
Is unreasonable" by a
.esllsate that rate, state
" II Is unreasonable and.
= unreasonable, to name
~, IS 10 be just and reason.
wy remunerative, which
ls maximum rate to be
~. aSed is to go into effect
at'eF io it is announced by
~ st'.' u.s.. subject during that
IN ASIDE Isl Or suspended by
MI 0+o VI r. 1y the courts. After
I,o Sso. effect it is to remain
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Strike Of Very Rich Ore.

A rich strike has just been made on
the ground of the Cornucopia COM
pany on Dead Dog hill, near Green
mont. Lloyd Boswold, an old time
prospector, owns the control in the
company and has been for some time
sinking shaft. At depth of fifty
feet he encountered quartzite and then
this body Of very rich ore. Samples
have been taken and the assays run
about $50 a ton. The deposit will be
opened up at once so as to ascertain
Its extent.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Flour Mill for Deadwood.

A committee appointed by the Busi-
ness Mems club Of Deadwood to look
into the feasibility of establishing
flour mill in that city has reported
favorably concerning the matter. The
club calls attention to the fact that
Deadwood is the terminus for two
trunk lines and that lis freight and
passenger trains arrive and depart
daily from the city; hence it is in
close and easy touch with the entire
Black Hills.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Killed in a Runaway.

While returning home from an auc-
ton H. Hamann, living four miles from
White Rock, was thrown from his
buggy, became entangled in the lines
and was dragged to his death. When
the team arrived home Hamann's son,
as usual, went to help take care Of
them and found the unconscious form
Of his father hanging to the reins. His
scalp was entirely torn off. He never
regained consciousness and died few
hours later.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Friday, Feb. 9.

Senate - Urgent deficiency bill
passed without material amendment
Mr.. Patterson (Colo) moved TO strike
out the provision abrogating the eight
hour law on the isthmus, but the mo-
ton was defeated.
House-Four hundred and twenty
nine pension bills passed in seventy
two minutes and several minor amend
ments made to the Philippine tariff
act of 1865.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Monday. Feb. II.

A Russian line of steamers is to De
operated between San Francisco ana
Siberia.
Twelve persons were injured foui
seriously, in series Of explosions OF
sewer and Illuminating gases IN Ne"
York city.
Thaddeus c. Field, president Of
Field, Schlick & Co., st. Paul ar.
goods merchants, died suddenly, ageo
sixty-eight years.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
ARE GRAVE
EcusATIoNs AGAlNsi !
L EtklNs wv. vA.)
eoRmAN (MD9.

eoal Trade League OF
i in a Petition to Con.
the Two. Men Named
ator Davis of West v'rs
uiIty of Gross Violations
erstate Commerce and
Laws.
Feb. 14.-senator
lkins of West Virginia.
Eman of the senate COM
erstate commerce, having
railway rate regulation
Itor Arthur P. German OF
/ Democratic leader OF
Re directly charged with
4 violations of the inter-
rce laws and antitrust
btton sent Representative
Fexas by the Bituminous
league Of Pennsylvania.
n caused a sensation in
Id Representative Payne
fought for an hour to pre-
! printed in the Congress
].
ID three times to giving
bnsent to its being read,
a roll call it was sup
Iorarily by a vote OF JOG
nator Henry G. Davis of
a, the father-in-law OF
BIS and a cousin of Sena-
hid vice presidential nonlt-
Democratic party in 1904,
I being a party to these
bn not only charges the
Mr.. Davis with having
ations of the antitrust
kes a strong case against
ania RAILROAD.
ners say that Senator
Senator Elkins, together
Gassaway Davis, are joint
In enormous acreage OF
Ia soft coal lands and
10 mines along the lines of
(irginia Central railroad,
ontrol. The independent
lie petition declares, are
sell their output to one
Of the operating com
by these men and known
Coal and Coke company
Eis Galleries company,
by can get no cars or sid.
pms with which to get
zion to market.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Thursday, Feb. 8.

House-Hepburn railroad rate bill
passed by vote of SAG to 7. All the
negative votes were cast by Repub
licans. The pension appropriation bill
also was passed.
senate-Day devoted to ordlnar,
bills on the calendar and to a brief
executive session,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
ana on his neck. He lived for about
ten hours after the accident,
Millionaire Farmer Dead.

Irving D. Smith, known throughout
the country as the South Dakota mil
l1onaire farmer, is dead at his home at
Madison. He owned 101 South Dakota
farms. Up to few months before his
death he had decided to his wife, chill
dren, tenants and various relatives an
aggregate of 29,72O acres Of land,
which was valued at $679,20O.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
Monday, Feb. II.

Senate-Joint resolution adopted
Greeting the Interstate commerce
commission to investigate the charges
of discrimination and combination il
restraint of trade made against the
coal carrying roads.
House-District of Columbia whip
ping post bill for wife beaterS' laid or
the table by a vote of 153 to 60.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
COMPLETES HIS CASE.

Missouri Attorney General Hears Iowa
Witnesses in Standard OIL Fight.
Des Moines, Feb. 14.-Wlth the TAX
ing of testimony Of Frank NorthFup
and f. z. Lyman of Des Molnes, Doth
former Standard Oil company en-
ployes, Attorney General Herbert D
Hadlev of Missouri announced that ne
had made out his case against the
Standard Oil company in Missouri anu
oxnacts to get decision oustlns the
company from doing business IN tna'
state.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
JOHANN HoCH MUST HANG.
Illinois Supreme Court Refuses Fe'
hearing in His Case.

Springfield, Ill.,, Feb. 9.-Ihe su'
nroma court has denied rehearlng III
.ha case of Johann Hoch, sentenced 10
he hanged in Chicago Feb. 70 for "iie
murder.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-02-16
South Dakota Pioneer Dead.

Colonel J. S. Meckling, who gave his
name to Meckling, this state, is dead
IN Chicago. He was manager of the
old Dakota Southern railroad of pio-
neer days. the first road to enter Yank-
ton.