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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
Shadow of Coal Strike.

The shadow of a coal strike hangs over the market and helps curtail the volume of business. Wall street will hail with delight a settlement of the dispute between operators and miners. The interests allied with operators and the newspapers committed to that side of the case are doing their best to make 1t appear that the miners are divided and that they have small chance to win. They are tireless in presenting figures and arguments to show that the miners are guilty of rank injustice and tyranny in demanding higher wages and a read justment of their schedules as well as q recognition of their union. It is the latter point which really hurts the worst. Both sides are making brave display of firmness and on the surface it looks as though a strike would surely take place. Everybody is hoping there may be a compromise, yet in the background Is a very general fear that the two contending forces may clash in actual warfare. There are almost daily con- ferences among representatives of the operators on the one hand and labor unions on the other The last coal strike three years ago cost the operators in round figures $50OOO, 000 the strikers S30,- O00000, and the railroads $25,00O000. By the terms Of settlement the miners re- ceived increase equivalent to 15 cents on the ton of anthracite coal mined.
 Consumers however, have been taxed ever since at an average rate of $1 per ton more than they paid before the strike.
 On three years production this amounts to an added assessment of $175.O00,000 on consumers of which S26,000.0o0 has gone to workmen and $149,Oo0,O00 to the em- ployers The bulk of this larger amount has gone into the earnings of the rail- roads engaged in mining and transport ing anthracite coal, the increase being reflected in startling advance in the securities of the anthracite group of stocks in Wan street. Reading went
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

Atlanta, February 10.-(Speclal. )-The famous stove rate litigation will be reviv- ed on Monday when the hearing upon the application for injunction to pre- vent the railroad commission from en- forcing circular So9, brought by the Att lantic Coast Line and other railroads will take place. So far as is known now there will be no postponement of the case.
 The railroad commission. represented by Attorney General John c. Hart, is de- termined to make the fight of its life in defending this stove rate circular. The commissioners feel that one of the most important principles upon which the au- thor1ty of the commission is based, is involved in this circular. and every pos its equity and justice.
 The commission won its fight on the stove rates before Judge Cam in Chat ham superior court, soley on the question of jurisdiction, the supreme court declin- ing to pass on the merits of the case in the absence of such Jurisdiction on the part of the trial court.
 But an entirely new proposition con fronts the state in the United States court And in this the Savannah stove jobbers and those of other cities arc scarcely interested to any great extent because the insurance of circular SO9 practically removed the ground for com plaint on their part. This circular made reduced rates on stoves from all of the manufacturing and jobbing centers in the state to all common points in Georgia the reduction amounting to about 30 or @ per cent below the prevailing rates If was prior circulars making rates from manufacturing points only to which the Savannah jobbers objected.
 Now, however, the railroads have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
STOVE RATE LITIGATION
 TO BE REVIVED MONDAY

brought in federal question. They claim that this circular, 3O9. amounts in effect to an effort to take their property with out due process of law. In other words 1t is charged that the reductions made in these stove rates amount to con- fiscaton of the property of the railroads in that the new rates for the transporta- tion of stoves are below a living basis.
 This Is practically the same question that was involved in the fight made by the railroads on circulars S01 and 302 last year, when the commission was enjoined from enforcing reduced rates on manu- factured articles from Atlanta to Ma con, Athens Augusta and Columbus. Those cases, as will be remembered. were dismissed as the result of an agreement reached between counsel for the rail- roads and the commission. The railroads agreeing to take up the matter of rates in general and to make as many conces- sions as they could to the Georgia ship pers. As result of this agreement nu- merous reductions were made both in interstate and interstate rates which re- suited in an annual saving to the people of Georgia of something like $20O0'OOO
 Still the matter of stoves was never satisfactorily disposed of and the com mission set to work to deal with that subject Two circulars were issued mak- ing reductions from points where stoves are manufactured. and these brought on the litigation in Chatham superior court. While this litigation was still pending, circular SO9 was issued, superseding the former stove rate circulars, and while this was satisfactory to the stove job bers it was strenuously objected to by the railroads
 If Is expected the railroad commission will first demur to the bill when the hearing comes up on Monday, and should 1t fail in carrying that point will make a strenuous fight on the merits of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
KNOWING ONES ARE STEADILY BULL|SH New Higher Range of Prices
 Looked For THE CoPPERS ARE ACTIVE Thomas Joins tIoadey in Effort to Boost Cotton Prices-shadow of
 Great Coal Strike HoVers
 Over the Country.
THE COPPERS ARE ACTIVE
BY W. G. NICHOLAS.

New York. February 10.-(SpeciaL)- Surface sentiment Is nervous and there is a disposition on the part Of the superficial class to take flight at the slightest alarm. Representatives of strong interests and strong people continue steadfastly bullish on the general situa- ton and look for a higher range or prices for good stocks. The money earn ing power of railroads and of established industrials has not yet reached It's llnlt and there are still great speculative ana investment possibilities in the market according to the best judgment Of the best people Meantime the market Is full of flurries and at the reaction which has taken place in prices is attendant shrinkage in the aggregate volume of dealings on the stock exchange.
 Activity centers largely In a few fa- vorites and in some of the speeialties. Traders have formed the habit of looking to Union Pacific and the steel issues for leadership. Action in both of these stocks. while in the main favor able to the bull side. has not been alto gether satisfactory to a large following which can not understand why their pet securities should be subject to frequent sinking spells and other disturbing phe- nomena. Both properties are earning at a prodgious rate and there Is substan- tial basis for the most hopeful view on the part of investors, yet every now and then something happens to start prices down and throw margin players into state of semi-panic. For weeks the im- agination of the speculative public has been fed to the point of inflammation by gossip about the distribution in some form or other of fabulous profits supposed to have piled up to the credit of Union Pacific Estimates of the total surplus available for diffusion among stockhold- CTS have ranged from $60. 900 to $1250O0.000. MT. Hartman seemingly encouraged this sort of gossip, although he did not see fit to take the rest of the stockholders into his confidence by giving a definite cue to the facts. This absence of posi- tive knowledge gave the romancers free rein. The reports of what was to be done with the surplus covered about everything this side of the imagery of hashheh dreamer There was to be a 50 per cent cash dividend a 50 70 per cent scrip or stock dividend; the purchase of an- other big block of stock in Atchison; acquisition of control of Illinois Central; a big gift of bonds to represent the s50, 000,0O0 to S60,OO000O to be expended in San Pedro and other Pacific coast extensions, and in the building of new competitive lines into the Hill territory; the outright purchase from Illinois Cen tral of it's Chicago and Omaha branch, thereby giving Union Pacific Its own tracks into Chicago, together with depot and other terminal facilities jointly with the Illinois corporation. These are only a few of the most reasonable conjectures all of which have at various times done service to keep interests alive in Union Pacific and allied stocks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
Cotton Outlook Serene CD.

Now that E. R. Thomas has joined J. Fl Hoadley and given his financial as well as moral support to the cotton market the future becomes serene. The holders of the remaining flag end of last years crop need give themselves no further uneasiness. The 15 cents per pound they have been striving and pray ing for is as good as corraled To be sure there is a little gap of or D cents pound to bridge over between current quotations and the figure, named, but that is mere incident. The hold CTS have only to put their trust in Messrs. Thomas and Hoaday and all will be well. These two gentlemen are not in the deal for personal profit. They have large interests in the south and their motives is the upbuilding of that great and growing section. Doing their fellow men good Is the inspiration of both, pecially Hoadley. Throughout his en- tire Wall street career he has been do- ing has fellowmen good-good and plen ty. His operations in the south repre- sent merely an extension of his field of usefulness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
DYsPEPsIA-PRooF. How Any Meal Can Be Thoroughly En- joyed By Any Stomach.

Men, as a rule, are first discovered by their enemies. Their antagonists turn on the searchlight, and the proof of merit will lie in being able to stand the flash. It was only in this way that MT. White ever knew that dyspepsia was one of Mir Blacks worst enemies. Sitting face to face at a two-by-four table, he handed his afflicted friend the bill of fare:
 Oyster Cocktail Stuffed Olives.
 Boston Clam Chowder.
 Strained Gumbo.
 Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms.
 Roast Beef Hash.
 Boiled OK Tongue with Sauerkraut.
 Lobster la Newburg.
 Baked Pork and Beans
 Combination Crab Salad
 Hot Mince Pie.
 Pineapple Fritters.
 MT White ordered a little of each' MT Dyspepsia Black ordered crackers and glass of milk. q had such big break fast this morning. he said that I'll just take @ bite to keep you company But MT. White could not be deceived: ''I am afraid you can't stand the gleam. MT. Black. Why don't you say you have dyspepsia and be done with 1t? You'll always have that hungry look anyhow as long as you have dyspepsia Now lis- ten. My stomach was in Just as bad condition as yours at one time. But now I can eat anything. at any time. For instance, this clam chowder or sirloin steak or even the lobster would be just as welcome to my stomach as your crack CTS and milk. You don't realize how this dyspepsia business is robbing you of your spirit, of your energy and ability to think quickly. l can't help notice it. You haven't the cheer and sociability you had three months ago. Now I'll tell you what to do." and thereat the cheerful MT. White took vial from his pocket and extracted a wee tablet.
 There there is a tablet that contains an ingredient. one grain of which digests s0o0 grains of food. For even the worst dyspeptic it's the only thing that really gives relief The reason is it relieves the stomach of nearly all the work it has to do, digests everything in the stomach and stimulates the gastric juice. I can't get along without them. They are Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets. You can get them anywhere on earth for 50c a package" Yes. it is true. Stuarts Dyspepsia Tab lets absolutely stop heartburn, nausea, indigestion. dyspepsia of the worst type. sour stomach bloaty feeling and all eruc- tations and irritation. and freshen and invigorate the stomach. They cheer you up, and make you get all the good there is in your food. You will forget you ever had stomach to worry you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
commotIon In Stocks.

In another quarter there has been con- tlnued commotion in copper stocks. As usual most of the news and gossip had It's origin in the Helnze camp. Tips from that locality have been made good SO often of late that a very considerable following was built up among the tape players. From the first of the manipu- lation in the copper stocks the prediction has been so generously distributed would be landed with the goods at high prices. Down to date these prophecies of evil have all gone wrong. Those who have followed the Helnze tips blindly have made big winnings In the market and they are pyramiding their profits with the sublime confidence of children of the desert in their Mohammet. If somebody don't pull the plug out one of these days they will have all the money in Wall street. The higher the copper stocks go the greater the faith In still greater trlumphs. No altitude Is to dizzy to hold their gaze or to daunt their cour- age. colossal copper merger seems to them entirely reasonable. having for its basis an exchange of securities at the rate of POO for United Copper $50 for Amalgamated, HOO for Anaconda, 800 for Shelters and any old price for a collection of odds and ends like Utah Consolidated, Bingham, La Faunce, Fed eral Shelters etc. For good measure the Consolidated Lead company nlBnl pc thrown in at a valuation of $150000,O0O to s90O COG, 900. Other little details not of suf- flcient importance to hold the attention of the principals will be attended to by the office boys. The aggregate capi- talzation of this titantic merger was given a week or two ago at $500, 100000. The total is now voted entirely too small and the containers are insisting thae nothing less than the steel trust capi- talzation will do. Bonds and all that aggregation totals more than S1.500,000,
 OOo. It will be seen therefore that the projected copper merger will be no pix ing affair. F. Augustus Heinze demand ed the presidency of the combine. but H. H Rogers wouldn't stand for it and and so the honor passes to member of the universal Guggenheim family, pre- sumably Daniel. oldest of the brothers. In financial strength these seven Guggen- helm brothers are described as being truly Samsonian. Unlike the seven Suth- erland sisters. they are short cropped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
Statesmen Short.

Some of the bright boys in the street have discovered that the statesman in Washington got heavily short of the stock market before the attack on the Pennsylvania railroad was launched ard
 that they are still short on very large scale. It is furthermore reported that Washington will not let up in it's fight on the railroads until it gets out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
A Notable lmprovement,

From the Washington Star.
 Do yau think the world is growing better?" asked the man who always has something on his mind.
 There Is no doubt of it, answered the cheery citizen. q understand that a number of communities have abolished tin horns and cowbells from holiday cele- brations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
soc Bottle Free.

If you need Liquozone, and have never tried it, please send us this coupon We will then mail you an order on local druggist ourselves for it. This is our free gift, made to con vince you; to let the product itself show you what it can do. In justice to yourself. please accept it today, for it places you under no obligations what ever
 Liquozone costs soc and S1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

we have no wish to argue what Liquozone can do. The simple truth would seem exaggerataion. The re- sults we have seen from this remark able product would sound impossible, until you have tried 1t.
 So we ask you to try tito try 1t at our expense. The product itself will do more to convince you than anything we could say. Test it yourself, as millions have done. Then judge the power or the product by the results that it brings you. Judge if you wish to continue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
What LiquOzOne Is.

The virtues of Liquozone are de- rived solely from gases, by process requiring large apparatus, and from to II days time. No alcohol. no narcotics are in 1t. Chemists of the highest class direct the making. The result is to obtain from these harmless gases a powerful tonic-germicide.
 The great value of Liquozone lies in the fact that it is deadly to germs, yet harmless to you. Germs are of veget- able origin; and this gas-made product, when absorbed by them, stops their activities. We publish an offer of S1,000 for a disease germ that 1t cannot kill. But to the body Liquozone is exhilarat- ing, yitalizing, purifying. It is helpful in the extreme.
 That is its main distinction. Com mon germicides are poisons when taken internally. That is why medi- cine proves so nearly helpless in a serm disease. LQuozone is tonic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
It IS Free


of its results seem almost incredible. But in that mildness lies the power that germ-diseases need. And diseases which have resisted medicine for years often yield at once to 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
Mrs. WInsIow,s soothinu syrup.

by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup and take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE 'TEETHING. with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHS the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND COLIC. and Is twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
Me Paid $lOO,OOO

For the American rights to Liquo- zone, after hundreds of tests had been made with it. After its power had been demonstrated, again and again, in the most difficult germ diseases. Then We spent, in two years, more than ten times that sum to let others test it at our expense The result is that mil lions of people. scattered everywhere, have shared In the benefits of this in- vention.
 We make the same offer to you. We ask you to prove. at our cost, how much this product means to you. Let Liquozone itself show how wrong It is to suffer from trouble that 1t cures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
Germ Diseases.


 Most of our sickness has, in late years, been traced to germ attacks. The list of known germ diseases now numbers about one hundred.
 Some germs-as in skin troubles directly attack the tissues. Some create toxins, causing such troubles as Rheu- matism, Blood Poison, Kidney Disease and nerve weakness. Some destroy vital organs, as in Consumption. Some like the germs of Catarrh-create inflammation: some cause indigestion. Directly or indirectly, nearly every serious ailmant is germ result. Such diseases ll/for Liquozone-no drugs, which cant Ddll germs.
 Every gefm attack. no matter what its symptoms, calls for a germicide. The mildnebs of Liquozone makes some
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-26
MURDER NOT MEASLES
Corpse Looks Like life Had Been
Taken BY Criminal Act.
BY .tsFnc!utsd press.)


RICHMOND. VA Tho body OF Ell
rner Haden. tho young virginian who
died last Sunday in st. Louis. Mo. t.
arrived ut the dead mans homo at
Palmyra today. IT, was in a metallic
caSket OH the outsilc OF which was q
physicians certificate TO the effect thnt
the foceaaeG had died OF measles ag-
grarated by pneumonia.
DR.. Henry Smith oe Eluvauna. open
ell the casEet On It's arrival and OK.
amined the belly. He found wound
on tho mans head made by n blow
with blunt instrument and Q decp
cash in tue side OF the body which
was evidently made with knife. The
doctor said that either OF the wounds
is sufficient TO have caused death.
a brother OF the dead man has gone
to St. Louis to investigate. The family
believe the young man may have been
ra"5ered
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-26
Continued on Page Eighth
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ROCKEFELLER IS DEFIANT
Oil han Says he Will 90 10 Jail
Rather Than Testify.
MISSOURI NAY YET "SH0W HIN"
Sutpoenae Server fa Told by Frank of
the Great House Of Rockefeller That
He Holds the Court and the InvestI.
gators in Contempt.
(ny Assocint eh pressN

Wy ss'-@pcHNteU ''FeSS.)
CLEVELAND. o.. Jan. 25. --Franl,
Rockefeller refused 10 appear before
Acknowledgement lIadley and give tcs.
tinony in the hearing In connection
with the action OF the State OF Mis-.
souri, against the Standard OH Com.
pany.
deputy sheriff served q subpoenae
upon Mr.. Rockcfclllor last evening.
This morning the deputy reported what
MIR. Rockefeller had said: 81 won't
appear. can't appear, and there IS
no Nse talking about it. They may
soDd mo 10 jail II they want to-"
No service was obtained on John
Tcaglo. w. Il. Judd, w. +. Lowe CT
w. j.. Mckee. Lowe is Of the Navarro
Oil Company and Judd and Mckee Of
tho Republic Oil Company.
Frank Rockefeller gave out a state
menc today in which he denied that
ne hal told the deputy sheriff who
served him with 4 subpoenae to appear
rs witness in connection with the ac-
tion OF tho State Of Missouri against
tho Standard Oil Company that No
would refuse 10 testify.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-26

In both houses of tho Legislature yes
terday i'll regard TO the State debt.
were prepared by Second Auditor
Dew aud propose the gradual extin-
punishment oil Yirginia'a obligations
amounting to over sos. 100000. II tho
plan Is adopted and the expectations
OF those Interested are realized, thu
entire debt may hc linuiate In about
forty-four years.
The bills contemplate an annual di.
vision OF portion of the surplus for
the purchase of outstanding bonds.
which. together with the use OF tho
sinking fund. would by the year 1850
result in making the debt of the Old
Dominion bur disasreeablc memory.
Tho debt at present amount to 500.
"3',S2o and i'll addition 10 this, there
Is still outstanding OF the old I'm.
funded obligations, nearly 100000.
One More Judicial District for State
Senator kcezcl tolay offered bill
to divide the State into twenty-five
judicial circuits. adding ono circuit to
the present number.
By Senator Hobbs tby request: To
provide for establishing. workingg and
Keeping in repair the public roads and
'ridges Of Prince George county.
BY Senator Sadler: To empower
county school boards to pay school
trustees for attendance upon sessions
Of the district school beard. provided
said amount shall not exceed $40 TO
any school trustee In any ono year.
Contingent Deficit Bill Passed.
Tho Senate today passed the House
bill providing for the additional sum
OF $1,000 TO the Governors contin-
gent fund for the fiscal year. to meet