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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-20
General Funston Viii Probably
Command Army in Cuba
PALMA RECEIVES TAFT PARTY
First Overt Act of Revoutionists In
Eastern Cuba Was Committed
Tuesday at Firmeza-Ex-
plosives Captured.

Washington. September 19.-Young off,
army is sent there is the plan practically
decided upon by the war department. Cen
eral Funston probably will be In command
and his chief lieutenants are likely to be
Brgadier General Thomas H Barry and
William P. Duvall, who have recently
completed an inspection of the German
maneuvers in Europe They have noti-
fed the department that they intend to
sail for this country September 20, but
owing to the situation In Cuba, they have
been advised that their presence at an
earlier date will be desirable Notwith-
standing the presence of Secretary Taft
and Assistant Secretary Bacon in the
Cuban capital, emergency preparations
are going forward. No communications
of any nature from Cuba were received
during the day by Acting Secretary of
State Ade 1t is said that 1t is unlikely
that either Secretary Taft or Mr.. Bacon
will communicate with the department
on matters relating to their mission.
| Whatever they may have to communicate
will be sent direct to President Roose-
velt
Neither is information from Cuba con-
eerning the progress of negotiations ex-
peeted at the department before those
officials are accredited to the Palma gov
ernment OF course, any complaints Of
the destruction or imperling of American
interests will go through the usual dip
| lomatic channels
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Hope for Peace.

Havana, September 19.-During the con-
versatlon of the American secretaries
with President Palma at the palace this
morning, Messrs. Taft and Bacon sub
scrbed to the sentiments set forth in
President Roosevelts letter and expressed
the hope that their VISIT would contribute
to peace
President Palma reviewed the various
aspects of the electoral problem In Cuba
Asked whether the government had taken
replied In the negative.
Secretary Taft then asked II any revo-
lutionary demands had been directly af-
fected by these negotiations. President
Palma replied that the programme of the
revolution included the absolute annul-
ment of the last elections and that II by
compromise It should be agreed to hold
partially new elections, he Palma, would
no longer continue as executive because
his prestige would suffer and further to
do so would be a drawback to constitu-
tional government.
Efforts to bring about peace President
Palma said hI had left to the political
parties On receipt of President Roose-
velts letter the government had limited
itself to suspension of police The Presl-
dent added that Congress should pass an
electoral law which would a.~oly guaran-
tee both parties; also a municipal cleo
ton law under phch elections would be
held next January, the government 10
preserve strict imparualty
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THREE DAYS AFTER OPENING OF SCHOOL,
MEN MUST NOT LABOR
MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS

works are being constructed are hereby
directed to notify the representatives sta
toned at such public works to report at
once to their respective departments all
cases in which contractors or sub-con-
tractors on works now under construction
have required or permitted laborers or
mechanics in their employe to work over
eight hours in any one calendar day
80 All government representatives in
charge of construction of public works are
further directed that 1t Is part of their
duty to report to their respective depart
ments each and every case in which labor
ers or mechanics are required or permit
ted to work over eight hours day on
the works under supervision of such gov
ernment representatives. Whenever re-
ports showing work In excess of eight
hours are received by any department
they are to be referred to the depart
ment OF justice for investigation.
49, All departments of the government
under the supervision of which public
works are being constructed by contract
ere further directed to have their respec-
tive legal officers prepare and forward to
the President list of such statutes and
on contracts for the construction of pub
lie works and with which bidders on such
works should be made acquainted.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
September IT, 1906.
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Will Cut Fare.

Chicago, September 19.-The management
of the Illinois Central railroad today an
nounced that it would take independent
action in making reduced rate for the
knights of Pythias conclave to be held
in New Orleans October Is to 20. From
October II to 80, inclusive, the round trip
rate from all points on the system to New
Orleans will be reduced per cent of the
one way rate, which means practically l
cent a mile in each direction. To illustrate
the cut the round trip fare from Chicago
to New Orleans will be reduced from SAG
to $50; st. Louis, s145O; from st. Paul
and Minneapolis, $3.50, and to Louisville,
Sl7.50
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READING COMPANY
DECLARES DIVIDEND
Receipts of Philadelphia and Reading
Company for Fiscal Year Are
$4o,563,724.

Philadelphia, September 19.-The di-
rectors OF the Reading company today
declared a semi-annual dividend of per
cent on the second preferred stock, pay
able November 10. to stockholders OF
record October %. The dividend was de-
cided upon last May.
The directors also approved the annual
report of three Reading companies for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1906 and it
will be submitted to the stockholders at
their annual meeting on October 8.
The receipts OF the Philadelphia and
Reading HALLWAY company were $4O.-
$50, ,724, an increase compared with the
previous fiscal year of s3O6S, $50; net earn
lngs. SIS. .426.552, an increase of s411,1 The
surplus after deducting fixed charges, i'm
provements, etc. amounted to $5384,471,
a decrease of 1874, $50.
The receipts of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron company were
$34, OBS, $40. a decrease of s2,0e0,S79.
Due principally to suspension of mining
to $3.50. .604. a decrease of s903. .264 After
deducting various sums for new work at
eollleries and interest at per cent on
debt, to Reading company, depletion OF
land fund. fixed charges, etc, there was
deficit of sl20,745 against surplus the
previous fiscal year of sl67,Sis. The ex-
penditures for improvements exceeds those
of the fiscal previous year by s2,559,708
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Oyster Bay September 19.-President
Roosevelt today extended the eiGLtzhour
law to apply to all public wogA u3dsr the
supervision of any department Of the Cow
ernment. This order affects more particu-
larly work on river and harbor improve
ments.
Charles p. Neill, commissioner of
labor, who, at the direction of the Presi-
dent has had charge since last winter OF
the enforcement of the eight hour law,
has sent to the President a report of
which the following is the concluding par
agraph:
81 might add here that l found that
one very noticeable effect has been pro-
duced in this matter of the eight hour
law. Contractors fully realize now that
the law is going to be enforced with
earnestness, and they no longer dismiss 1t
as a matter of no consequence. They
probably like the law less than ever but
their attitude none the less is rapidly
changing into one of becoming respect
for the statute"
To carry out Commissioner Neills rec
concentrations, the President today signed
the following executive order:
81. All departments of the government
under the supervision of which public
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MACON TO SAIL.
VIII Return to the United States From
Panama, September "a.

Washington, September ia cable
gram was received at the state depart
ment today from Charles E. Magoon,
American minister at Panama, that he
expected to sail for the United States
on the oath instant. Minister Magoon 8
departure from Panama will mark his
practical separation from the diplo-
matte service In Panama, although
nominally he will be United States
minister to Panama until he resigns
or is given leave of absence.
At neither the war nor the state
departments is it known when Judge
Magoon will go to the Philippines as
vice governor general. That will prob
ably not be determined until he has
discussed the matter with the Presi-
dent and Secretary Taft.
No intimation is obtainable of the
successor to Judge Magoon as Ameri-
can minister to Panama.
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NEW ORLEANS POLICE
ARE WATCHING CIJBANS
1t Is Said That Insurgent Emissaries
Seek Recruits In Amerl-
can Cities.

New Orleans, September 19.-An officer
of the steamship Chalmette, who refus I'd
to allow use of his name, said upon the
steamers arrival from Havana today that
Cuban insurgents are sending emssaries
to New Orleans in an attempt to secure
recruits among the former members of
Hoods immunes, company recruited IN
this vicinity during the spanish-American
war.
1t was learned today that the New Or
leans police are watching two Cubans
Who are said to be rich, and who are
stopping at a cheap hotel here. 1t Is al
legged that they are here for the purpose
of shipping arms TO Cuba and that lug
ger-rigged vessels have already been dis
patched from gulf ports of the United
States with munitions for the insurgents.
The police refuse to give Information upon
this subject.
G. Vogeler Of Chicago, resident of the
Isle of Pines, who arrived here on the
Chalmette, said that there Is danger that
the Isle of Pines will run out Of pro-
visions owing to the destruction of thirty
five miles of railroad from Havana to
Batalano, whence foodstuffs are shipped
to the isle.
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First overt Act.

Santiago, Cuba, September 19.-The first
overt act by revolutionists In Eastern
Cuba was committed yesterday after
noon
Fifty mounted men under Captain Vim
cente Costa and Lieutenant Francesca
Salmon entered Firmeza, twenty miles
east of here, where the Juraugua iron
mines are located They presented to Su-
perintendent of Mines Whitaker docu-
ment bearing the alleged signature OF
General Hierezue.- Semanding the delv-
cry of two cases of dynamite and two
blasting batteries. The superintendent ro-
fused to deliver the goods
The insurgents thereupon seized the
explosives and the batteries, one mule
and other supplies. giving their receipt.
They promised not to molest further II
the company's railroad was not used to
transport government troops
The governor today ordered that all ex-
plosives be stored at Powder Island.
whence daily supplies are issued.
A building owned by Frederick Pfeif-
fer, an American stock man, in the Palma
Soriano district, was burned yesterday,
1t is believed by outlaws.
There is evidence here of several bands
of revolutionsts in different parts of the
province. The nearest band Is but fifteen
miles away.
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ARMED FORCE MAY
BECOME NECESSARY
RUMORS OF IMPENDING ANTI
JEWISH OUTBREAK AT BALY-
sToK NEXT TUESDAY ARE NOW
HEARD.

st. Petersburg, September 19.-In view
of the rumors of an impending anti-Jewish
outbreak at Balystok on Tuesday next
when another religious procession is
scheduled to take place, Governor Cen
eral Bogalivskl today issued an order an
nouncing that any one organizing an out
break viii be put down and measures 10
prevent such an occurrence by the use Of
armed force. The papers of st. Petersburg
today published an alleged letter from
Count Witte saying that while the gov
ernor general favors the party of the
right Count Witte was always with the
left. The letter states that Count Wltte
is convinced the premler's policy will fail.
A battery garrsoning the fortress of st.
Peter and ST. Paul has been disarmed and
replaced by shartshooters of the guard,
for refusing to do sentinel work. 1t was
shareholders who at the maneuvers at
Krasnoye-Selo, August 10, fired on Grand
Duke Nicholas Nieholaievitch.
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USE OF NAMES Is
BEING PROTESTED
NOMINEES FOR PLACES ON BOARD
OF DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES
OF INSURANCE COMPANIES DE-
CLINE TO ACCEPT PLACES.

New York, September 19-Protest against
the use of names on the selected fusion"
ticket for trustees of the Mutual Life In
surance company were made public to-
day. Mayor Adams of Buffalo, originally
or the Mutual Life ticket, wired Judge
Alton B. Parker that the use of his name
on the fusion ticket was against his
wishes. Similar messages were received
from James Phelan of San Francisco and
William L. Guillaudeu. of this city.
Replying to notifications that their
names had been placed on the third
ticket" President Charles A. Peabody
and II. e. Duncan of the Mutual Life also
protested. Mr.. Peabody said his accept
ance must be upon the character and
purpose of those who brought about his
nomination Two other offices of the Mutt
ual stated that the bylaws of the coin
pany prevent them from serving as trus-
.eeS-
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Number Of Bodies FIOated SeV-
eraI Miles Down River
LIST MISSING AND DROWNED
One Man Whose Name Could Not Be
Learned Was Taken From the
River Nine Miles Below
the Wreck

Kingfisher, Okla. September 19-The
Cimarron river has fallen eight feet from
the stage at which weakened the Rock
Island bridge yesterday when part of
train No. II went into the river. but the
smoking car is still six or seven feet un-
der the surface, and an attempt to ex-
ploFe it will not be made until tomor-
row. 1t is not known positively how
many persons were in the smoker when
1t fell Conductor Thomas says there
were at least nine. and he believes that
three escaped. Ben Il. colson, who es-
capped from the smoker, says there were
at least ten persons in the car. Mr..
Nicholson escaped from the rear door. The
car filled with water as he clambered
out and he had to break a glass in the
door to make an exit.
The following are missing. and prob
ably drowned:
Mr.. Camel, mail clerk, Kansas.
II. L. Littlefeld of Pittsburg, bill post
er for Forepaugh-Sells circus.
w. L. Douglas, negro porter
Injured:
John Sullivan Chicago; G. \. Smith,
New York; e. S. Ball, l1 Keno, George
l.. wright, Denver, 1ioased seven niles
down stream.
A. A. Baldwin, postal clerk Fort Worth
Frank Cullen. floated several miles from
the scene of the wreck,
L. H. O'Brien, Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Kate Sells, Payne, Ohl).
| Jack Robinson, coloral.
| II. H. Balmer teacher Ia Haskell nsti-
tute, Lawrence, Kans., carried fourteen
miles down stream.
S. Overton, postal clerk, carried two
miles.
Mrs c. e. Hutscher, Dallas, TEX.
o. w. Brow Comanche, Okla.
David ]. Lang, Hillsb )ro, Okla.
Mrs j. L. Robinson, Edid Okla.
). w. Bryan, firar'tn
One man. whose name cannot be learned
was taken out of the river to lry at 9
point nine miles below the Dover aridgc
! He, was nearly dead when brOngh. tC
Kingfsher. He had been nine hours ir
the water clinging to floating debris.
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Raiders In Reunion.

Chattanooga, September 19.-Witn
the invitation and expense of the Nash
vile, Chattanooga and st. Louis rail-
road. the survivors of the Andrews
and of the pursuing party meet In re-
union for the first time. The stealing
by the Andrews men of the locomotive
General" at Big Shanty, Ca, April
12, 1862, was one of the most sensa-
tional events of Buell's campaign. A
monument to the memory of Andrews
and several of his men, who were
hanged was erected in the national
cemetery here at cost of $4,000.
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Automobile Accident.

New York, September 19.-Caught
between two street cars at Broadway
and Thirty-first street tonight an auto
mobile owned by John H. Springer.
lessee of the Grand Opera house, and
occupied by himself and family, was
ground to pieces, the occupants escap-
ing without serious injury.
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klely Is Dismissed.

st. Louis, September 19.-Matthew
Kiely, chief of police. who has been
commissioners on charges of neglect
of duty, was tonight dismissed from
the department. The commissioners
named as chief of police Capt. Edmund
P. Creecy. The commission sustained
all charges against Kiely.
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Eound Off Hatteras.

Norfolk, September 19.-The Ger
man steamer Carl Menzel put in today
towing the schooner City of George
town with her sails gone and parti-
ally waterlogged. She was picked up
off Hatteras by the Mcneil, which is
bound from Fernandina for Riga. Rus
sia
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Thinks II Is Hearst.
silver for Mints.

Washington, September 19.-The d.
rector of the mint today purchased
100000 ounces of fine silver, one-half
for the Denver and one-half for the
New Orleans mints, at s8.35 cents per
ounce.
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WEATHER BUREAU
TO EXTEND SERVICE
viii Give Predictions Several.
Days in Advance
is GROWING AMBITIOUS
Condition of National Banks In Ala
bama Is Shown In Abstract of Re-
port to Comptroller of
the Currency.
S GROWING AMBITIOUS

washington, September 19-(Special.)-
The weather bureau will shortly begin to
predict weather conditions in advance for
several days at time. This is the an
nouncement of Willis l.. Moore, chief OF
the weather bureau. Supplementing the
regular twenty-four hours bulletin OF
the weather bureau there will soon be is
sued another report which will be of great
interest to the farmer or the fisherman or
any of those whose plans are dependent
upon the changes in the atmospheric con-
ditions The new forecast will tell whether
there is to be rain for the whole week,
whether a hot spell is coming or whether
there is to be real fall weather. The gov
ernment experts will appear in more
ambitious roll than they have ever ap-
peared before. Beginning by predicting the
general character of the weather for d
week, the forecasters hope eventually to
peer into the future for even greater pc
riods and eventually to tell the farmer
the climatic conditions likely to prevail
for the whole season. The experiments
conducted this summer were forecasts
for six days at a time.
Alabama Banks.
The abstracts of reports made to the
controller of the currency showing the
condition of the national banks in the
state of Alabama at the close OF business
sentember 4 was issued today. The total
resources and liabilities are placed at A7,-
933. 7ss. The individual deposits are $25,-
1es. 1872. Percentage of legal reserve to de-
10 Of
cash on hands redemption fund and due
from reserve agents 2252 Total resources
and liabilities, s47,9337 7SS. Total lawful
money reserve in banks. S2.696,924, divided
as follows: Gold coin. $436,122; gold treas
ury certificates, s4S939O; silver dollars,
s242. .555; silver treasury certificates, S324,-
GIG; silver fractional coin, s171.s9o.
Could Not Spell Name.
An Italian and negress appeared at
the city hall this morning to secure from
the clerk a marriage license. They were
refused owing to the fact that the italian
could not spell his name for the record
and the negress was unable to do 1t for
him Another italian was brought in but
could offer no assistance. The laws of the
District of Columbia do not prohibit the
intermarriage of negroes and whites, so
as soon as the Italian can have his name
spelled the license will be issued and the
knot tied by negro sky pilot.
Thinks II Is Hearst.
Representative Livingston OF Georgia,
who has been spending some time In New
work. sees in the Hearst victory at the
primaries yesterday the certain nomina-
ton of Hearst for governor. He thinks he
will be elected. In Mr.. Livingston's opinion
Bryans position on government owner
ship of railroads, which Hearst has been
advocating for years, has been OF great
advantage to Hearst and assisted him
~, taria1Iu ", the nrirna rips
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Stage Route will CHANGE Sheriff Takes Prisoner

Beginning with July lst. the stage
line running between Carsol and
Bridgepor, will not go via Y cling
ton. II will traverse its forme road
passing through Antelope vale aud
following alons the course of the
Walker river to the Bri geport
Meadows This change will necessar-
v effect mail matters at Wellington
|nd Smith valley as all mail W nave
, 20 by the way of Wabuska. arrlv-
ng at those points day or two later
than formerly.
Whether these conditions will lie
permanent or not is not known. Al
ready Chas. Rickey has written to the
United States post office at Washing
ton asking for the establishment of n
mail line between Topaz and Minden.
d is highly probable that such IA line
will be established and in this event
line will undoubtedly be run from
to Topaz.
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Monday the shelf of Ventura coun
ty. Cal. arrived in Genoa in an auto.
paid over the reward of $50 offered
for the capture of G. Hunter alias
Boyer. and shortly afterwa,d depart
ed with his prisoner for the scene of
the crime. He stated that the prls-
oner was wanted on the same charge
at no less than five different places in
California and that Mr. Hunter or
Boyer would undoubtedly be placed
where he would commit no more
offences on the livery men of that
State. He advised that the rig which
wa, taken from the man when he was
arrested be held by the officer in this
county for some time as he felt posi-
tive that the man had stolen the rig
from some one. Constable Carr re-
ceived the reward offered 70 thre man
and also his dog.
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Narrowly Escape
Being Struck
By Tightening

Last Monday Charles Brownand his
two nephews John and Charlie
while returning from she Pinenut
hills, whittier they had been looking
after the mining interests of the
Brown Bros. were caught in the thun.
der storm which visited this section
that day. Mr. Brown reports that
lightning struck a pine tree not more
than one hundred wards from the road
where they were driving. The tree
was Immediately evolved into burn
ing mass.
ct seemed hardly second before
th tree. which was green. became a
mass of seething flame. remarked Mr..
Brown in speaking of the matter to a
representative of this paper. MY
team became badly frightened at the
report of the crash and for time
things began to look very bad for me.
| thank my stars that we were not
any ne ,rer the tree when that streak
came or perhaps today | would not he
sitting here