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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27
Estimate 10000 Were Killed.

Manila, September 26.-Chinese newspa- pers received here today estimate the loss of life resulting from the typhoon at Hong Kong. September IS, at 10000 and, D- cluding the loss of the fishing fleet and the damage to property, the Chinese pa- pers estimate the damage done at from s3,O00,00O to $15.000,000 The insurance claims against the Hong Kong local companies are said to total more than $1,OOO,O0O
 
 cific railroad has been unable to place orders in the Chicago market for 11,509 tons of bilets for its mill at Laramie, Wyo, while many other inquiries have met with similar fate, and forging billets have been shipped very long distances. This tremendous demand for crude steel is due to pressure for delay on contracts and also to the large number of orders in prospect
 The buying by railroads continues to be a prominent feature of the market. and sevenal hundred thousand tons of plates will be required for the rolling stock just ordered.
 There Is considerable activity in the pig Iron market in some centers, but very heavy buying can hardly be expected to the present. Some very high prices are be- ing paid for prompt delivery.
 An advance of $1 per ton on all wire pro- ducts has naturally followed the tre- msndous demand of the past three months. The principal producer has a greater tonnage on his books than ever before and independents are well sup piled with orders The largest contract yet received for the rebuilding of San Francisco developed this week in an order for 5000 tons of structural material for the rebuilding of the Palace hotel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27
Die Rather Than Submit.


 It was declared that the government forces should fight to the death. rather than submit to the terms insisted upon by the rebels, and one speaker depicted the horrors of negro domination which would result, he said from threatened liberal ascendancy. brought about with tho alleged assistance of the United States Some of the most radical asserted that the government has plenty of dynamite in Havana which should be used to pre- cipitate those international complications that accrue from the destruction of for elgn property. Several prominent men said that by using dynamite they could bring about intervention by Germany or perhaps Great Britain, while others de- clared that they knew that the foreign diplomats here would favor such a course, and 1t was argued that the destruction of the German bank and the damaging of English railroad property would soon re- suit in European intervention. Certain properties were specifically mention as convenient for such attacks Several speakers even said that they would pre- fer Germany or Great Britain in Cuba to the United States.
 Talk Subsidies After Time.
 This talk subslded after an hour and a half. and the meeting settled down to consider whether 1t is possible to reopen the negotiations with the peace commits sioners. The one point upon which the meeting was unanimous was that the cardinal condition of the reopening of negotiations should be that the moderates insist that the commissioners require the rebels to lay down their arms before pro- ceeding to negotiate. After a brief con- sideration in which no difference of opln- ion was shown, it was agreed that Acting Secretary of the Interior Montalvos should quaint them with the inslstence on this condition.
 Seeks Taft and Bacon.
 Senor Montalvo therefore proceeded to the American legation and submitted this condition to Messrs. Taft and Bacon, add Ing that if the proposition was not ae- ceptable to them the government forces would refuse to lay dowp their arms or deliver them either to the rebels or the commissioners. He reminded Secretary Taft that the committee came to Cuba simply as mediators for the pacifcation of the island and that the steps taken to this end by the commissioners should be bounded by the provisions of the Cuban constitr'ion The solution proposed by the commissioners, Senor Montalvo asserted, were conducive not to peace but to war, as such solution offered incentive to fur ther revolution as a result of the victory which the revolutionists would obtain through the action of the commissioners. In the meantime Senor Dolz had been sent for by Secretary Taft. He appeared ~~~~~~~-~-~~~~~~~
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27
Huahes Receives the News.

New York September 2s.-Charles F. Hughes received the notification of his nomination for governor by the republi- can convention today at his home in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27
Text of Platform.
,latform begins as follows:

The platform begins as folIows'
 Assembled as delegates to the repup- 1ican state convention. we gladly record our pride and confidence in Presldeht Roosevelt. We endorse what ne mas oone in ful6ll,ne the will of the people in pro tactinp hoth labor and capital. in prevent ing unfair discrimination in railway rates; in reforming the abuses of trust eorpor- ations: in providing for the sneedy con struction of the Panama canal; in secur- ing pure food laws and uniform naturah- zation laws; and also in eleyatins the standard of the public service, we con arat,,late him and the world on what he did for neace between Russia and Japan, and on what he is now doing to compel neace in Cuba.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27
Restore Merchant Marine.

Teeislation "for the restoration or an American Merchant marine so that the hundreds of millions now paid to foreign shinnine interests can be paid to our own oaonle. SD that the foreign commerce may be strengthened and enlarged, ana SD tllie we may have an invaluable reserve pow CT of ships and men in case Of war IS favored.
 The platform also says:
 ''Realizing the national dangers arising from the alarming growth of mob par barities engendered by race hatred in our own land. we demand the prompt and adeouate punishment of mob instigators and leaders and we insist ou the just and equal protection of the civil and political rights of all our citizens without regard to race, creed or color. We also place on record our sincerest sympathy with the suffering and outraged Jews in Poland and Russia"
 On motion one ballot was cast for the renomination of John F. O'Brien for sec- retary of state. Merton E. Lewis for comptroller, J. G. wallenmeir for state treasurer and H. A. VanAlstyne for state engineer and surveyor.
 There was great cheering on the an- nouncement of Jerome's declaration at Buffalo that democratic bolters' conven- ton would be useless and that if the re- publicans nominated a decent man at Sar- atoga he would stump the state for him.
 A telegram from MT. Hughes was read, accepting the nomination without pledge other than to do my duty according to my conscience"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27
uiooIns Administration Endorsed.

The administration of Governor Higgins it is declared passes into history as one or the greatest the state has ever knowH' os a result of the recent insurance investi- cation. unworthy officials were driven from power and laws have been enacted to secure the protection of policyholders against long existing and widespread abuses"
 The wisdom of the protective tarin IS affirmed. and 1t Is demanded that its revision, as occasion may require, he en- trusted to it's friends and not to It's ene- mics"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27

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Governor-William Randolph Hearst. Lieutenant GoveYnor-Lewis F. Chanler. Secretary of State-John Whalen. Controller-Martin M. Glynn. Attorney Generally. s. Jackson. Treasurer-Julius Hauser.
 The convention ad1ourned at 2:20 a. m.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-24
BACK TO BUSINESS
SOME VALPARAISO STORES BEGIN
 TO OPEN.
Work of Burying Dead Continue And Many Citizens Leave for Fear of Epidemic from Unburied Re-
 mains.

Valparaiso. August 2a.-Some of the business houses here reopened today for the first time since the earthquake.
 Telephone and telegraph eommunica- tion with Santiago Mas been reestab- lished, but the lines are used almost exclusively by the goss .oent officials. The city is still under martial law. Traffic ceases at 6 o'clock in the even Ing and every body is compelled to take some part in the work of restor- ing normal conditions
 As first installment the government has appropriated S4.00o.000 for the re- lie of the destitute. The custom house was reopened today and traffic by ater and by rail has been resumed. The postal service also Is in operation.
 One of the greatest difficulties en- countered by the authorities is the in torment of the bodies recovered from the ruins. as all the cemeteries were destroyed.
 At the various temporary morgues heaps of collins have accumulated. awaiting the designation of the place of burial. The work of re- to the utmost in order to avoid an epidemic. in fear of which many families are leaving the city. Thorugh the whole length of Brazil avenue and all over Victoria Square, large sheds have been constructed to shelter the homeless from the severe rains.
 Survivors of the earthquake say that during the shocks 1t was impossible to stand erect without support
 A movementu is on foot to organize a company to facilitate the raising of the money necessary to reconstruct the city. It is proposed to advance the sums needed without interest Tor the first six months. The plan Is to con- struct the new buildings of light Ina- teriaIs and to lay out the streets so that they will have a uniform width of twenty metres
 All the provinces of the north and south, which have not suffered from the earthquake are sending supplies of food and money to the stricken cities and towns.
 The department of public works at Santiago has appropriated $1oO,00O for the construction of sheds to shelter the refugees from Valparaiso and else where who continue to arrive at the Chilean capital in large numbers.
 The railroad line between Limache and Ouildue. In addition to suff 9r.ng severely from the earth shocks of August 16 has several enormous crew ices newly formed in it's vicinity.
 Valparaiso Is still without street lights. but order Is maintained. owing to the severity of the authorities. who shoot all persons caught committing
 Among the buildings which fell at tKa time of the earthquake are the Palace of Justice and the Maritime Prefecture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-24
5. F. PARROTT TALKS
TELLS OF CONFERENCE OF RAIL
 ROAD OFFICIALS.
Meeting Was Held Solely for the Pur- pose of Considering Sections of
 New Railroad Rate Law.

New York. Aug. 23-S. F Parrott. vice president of the Southern and Florida Railroad Company, who acted as chairman of the meeting in this city July 27 of executive officers. traf- fic officials and leggaI representatives of all the important rail and steam ship lines operating to and from the territory south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi rlVeP, today made an official statement regarding the object and action taken by the convention as follows:
 The object of the meeting was. prf- marily. to consider the recent change made in the act to regulate commerce. approved June 29. 1906. As those mat ters involved questions of law, the meeting determined to appoint a com mittee of lawyers consisting of the general counsel of most of the companies represented at the meeting to refer to said law committee certain printed questions which had suggested themselves to the executive and traf- fc officials as requiring immediate con- side ration.
 The law committee held its session at Atlantic City, August 14-1S in- elusive and took up the questions, most of which related to the effect of the amendments made by the Hepburn bill but number of which related to the construction of the act prior to the pas sage of the Hepburn bill.
 Some of the questions were answer ed unanimously. while some of them were answered only by majority. The answers to some of the questions were deferred and the answers to few of them were referred to tn gn- eraIe counsel of the respective com panies represented at the meeting. The answers to said questions were report ed back by the law committee and traffic committee on August 22 with the explanation by the chairman of the law committee that the answers were the best opinions that counsel could form within the limited time all lowed for their consideration. that the answers were merely advisory. and in no sense binding on any company.
 "The chairman of the law committee further explained that in considering
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-24
WILL ABANDON POST
GENERAL BELL CONFERs WITH
 THE PRESIDENT.
White Company Now at Texas Town Will Soon Leave, but the Aban- dOnment Will Not Be
 Permanent.

Oyster Bay, Aug 23.-Brigadier- General J. Franklin Bell, chief of star of the army, and Clifford Pinchot, chief of the forestry bureau of the Agricul- tural Department, were in consultation with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill today.
 General Bell said he came at the sug sestion of General Ainsworth, military secretary, in order that the War De- Presidents ideas and desires regarding the difficulty at Brownsville, Tex. be- tween United States troops and the res- idents of that place.
 General Bell said the colored troops at Brownsville had been removed to Fort Reno and replaced by company of white soldiers This action had been taken in compliance with telegraphic request from the State officials. It was desirable, he said, to discuss the whole situation with the President be- fore any further action was taken.
 MT Pinchot said he came to Oyster Bay to discuss the forestry situation with the President He expects to re- turn to Washington today.
 On leaving Sagamore Hill. General Bell said that the army post at Browns vile, Tex, would be temporarily aban- doned, as soon as orders to that effect. issued yesterday by the War Depart ment, could be carried out.
 The company of white troops now stationed there will remain only so long as Is necessary to guard Government property This property will be re- moved in the abandonment of the post
 MT. Pinchot said that the President would address letter to the irrigation congress, to be held shortly at Boise City, Idaho. This letter which MT. take fo the c0nRraQs will be A hearty endorsement of the plans for irrigating the arid lands of the West.
 Postmaster General Cortelyou visited President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill tOdaV
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-24
HEARST NO FIGURE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY TALKS OF
 YELLOW EDITOR.
Jerome Says He Is Not a Man, and, Therefore, should Not Disturb
 Mind of States
 Democracy.

New York, Aug. 2s.-District Attor- ney William Travers Jerome today again talked of the political situation in this State He said he believed the time was now ripe for the many lead CTS of Tammany Hall to state their po- sitions.
 He also declared that MT. Hearst. as a man. did not figure in the coming campaign.
 If Mir. Hearst was nominated by the Democratic Convention, would you sup port him?" MT. Jerome was asked.
 You will never face this situation" he replied. Let's discuss something practical. The Democratic party has had to swallow some bitter draughts in the past, but 1t will never stand that medicine"
 you saw what MT Hearst said about you?"
 ''Yes, saw that" answered the Dis trict Attorney. There is no question of Hearst in this matter. in the person Hearst or in the question of group about Hearst.
 Hearst the man is a man of no im- portance and no ideas. He Is like Mur- phy. The question about Hearst re- solves itself into the persons who are about him, whose ideas, working on the added brain of Czolgosz. armed his hand to slay a President, and working along this line is reflected in the con duet of the great leader of the Inde- pendence League. borough president, Bird S. Coler, who went along the line of the B. R. T. melting riot.
 The great chief. Flaherty. acted in like manner. instead of leaving to be settled by the courts the matter which belongs to them to decide
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-24
ABOLISH ALL FINES
POSTMASTER GENERAL HITCH
 COCK HAS NEW PLAN.
Clerks Making Mistakes and Derelict in Duty Will Have. Their Sal aries Reduced and Efficient
 Ones Raised

Washington, Aug. 23.-Fining em- ployes as a means of enforcing dis cipline in the postal service, a system that has been in operation for many years, Is to be abolis-- l.
 First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock, who has Jurisdiction over all postoffice employees. after a years observation of this means of discipline, has reached the conclusion that it is detrimental rather than helpful. He proposes to establish in its place u uniform system of efficiency records which will be put into operation as soon as perfected.
 To that end he has started Assist ant Superintendent John A. Holmes of his bureau on a tour of inspection of the largest postofices in the United States. Dr. Holmes will consult with the postmasters and their assistants regarding the Introduction of the pro- posed change
 The existing practice of subJeeting 250.000 or more employees to the lia- bility of being fined for making errors fin handling mail or for misconduct Is believed by MT. Hitchcock to be type of punishment rightly termed humil- iating and degrading and which should not be imposed on men and women.
 AS there IS no ueHnllS SCH0udle Ol hnes applicable to specific cases of dereliction 1t is solely a matter of discretion on the part of the. admin lstrative offices. A wide variation in- evitably occurred in the relative amounts of fines imposed by different officers. The system frequently led to resentment on the part of employees receiving the heavier fines,
 In criticism of the system, MT. Hitchcock said that In the absence of an eficiency record that enables the clerk to receive full credit for the amount and character of work done, the plan of hnlng for errors Is likely to discourage rapid work because of the increased liability of mistakes.
 Under MT. Hitchcock's new plan, which will be used as basis for all increases and reductions in salary. employees will be given to understand that when they become generally care- less or inefficient. a reduction in sal ary will follow.
 The periodical promotions that are made at the beginning of each fiscal year win go only t. employees who merit advancement on their efficiency records. The amount of reduction in the salary of an inefficient or delin- quent clerk will not be lost to the De- partment. as in the case of fines. but will be utilized In the promotion of the most deserving.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-24
NEGRO IS
 STRUNG UP Third Lynching in South
 Carolina. ENTERED FARMERS HOME Hanged by Neighbors of the Injured
 Father. The Black Came from North Carolina and Was Caught Climbing
 Through Window Into
 Little Girls Room.

Columbia, s. C., Aug 2S.-Willie Spain, North Carolina negro, 2l years of age, was shot to death by a mob near St. George. Dorchester County, this af ternoon. This Is the third lynching in South Carolina within ten days.
 s. L. Connor, manager of the Dor chester Lumber Company's stores at Badham, was notified by a negro that he saw another negro attempting to enter a window of his home and then run away Into nearby cane patch.
 Connor immediately started for his home; going through the cane field. suddenly he came upon Spain and grap- pied with the negro. striking him a severe blow, breaking several bones in his hand. The negro finally freed him. self and ran Into nearby woods.
 Connor notified hIs neighbors, and about two hours later Spain was cap- tured. and locked up in jail Shortly afterwards posse of forty or fifty men went to the sheriff and, securing the keys to the Jail. took the negro to the house of Common, where his 11-year- old daughter positively Identified the negro as the one who tried to climb through the window.
 The mob then took the negro to nearby tree. strung him up to a limb, and fired about 500 shots Into his body.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-24
Federico Parella, the famous C

Federico Parella, the famous capi- talist and politician.
 Heavy rains have been falling at Valparaiso which have increased the edships endured by the many thou sands of people camping in the streets and squares or on the hills surround ing the city.
 Considerable alarm is felt here. in view of the conditions in Chile. as no food supplies are coming from that republic to Peru and the latter coun- try does not produce sufficient for the use of its inhabitants. Therefore. par tial starvation at least, 1t is feared, faces the middle and poorer classes of the Peruvian population.
 Secretary Root is expected to arrive here early In September.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-24
TAKE ANorHE' krowN.
Rebels Under Guerra Capture San Juan
 de Martinez.

Rebels Under Guerra Capture San Juan
 de Martinez.
 Havana. Aug 23.-The insurgent forces commanded by Pino Guerra have captured San Juan de Martinez, the terminus of the Western Railroad. and have occupied the town and rail- road station.
 There was no bloodshed at the occu- paticn of San Juan de Martinez, accord ing to the reports just received. The small force of rural guards which held the town fled at the approach of the in- surgents.
 force of rural guards and voiun- teer5 has left Cienfugos, Province of Santa Clara, to engage 300 insurgents. who have left Las Lajas under the command of Colonel Guzman. Mayor of that town.
 Another train load of troops was sent from Havana westward this afternoon bound for the city of Pinal del Rio, fl om which base they will assist in op- erating against the insurgents who are occupying San Luis and San Juan de Martinez.
 The non-arrival here of General Jose Miguel Gomez, who was arrested Au- gust 21. at his home in Sancti Spiritus, Is explained by the fact that the pris- oner was transferred at Cienfugos to a steamer bound for Batabano, and that he will be brought from Batabano to this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-24
CUBAN GOVERNMENT BUYS /
 GUNS TO PUT DOWN TROUPE

l--vana, with about twent nsurgents, whose numbers It was i. deved were augmented later by force armed with guns and ammunition. which set out from Havana. The next day it was reported that Bandera had been wounded in the hand in a skirmish.
 Bandera was about so years old. He took part in the ten years war. as we'll as In the war for Cuban independ- ence. He was we'll known in every province of Cuba ana nad great in fiuence with the coiored people. When in Havana. Bandera was in the habit of gathering crowds of negroes about him and making speeches to them on the ingratitude of republics. On one occasion he went to rne Senate Cham Der and delivered a violent speech criticizing the government for not giving him an office Soon afterwards he was appointed doorkeeper of the House of Parliament. The position which Bandera aspired to was that of chief of police.