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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-04
LOCAL FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

Business on the Washington Stock Ex-
change yesterday seemed to be affected
by the weather There was little of it,
and none of a sensational character. The
total dealings were ESQ shares OF stock
and $l6,50O In bonds.
Capital Traction stock was again in de-
mand. and $50 shares were taken from
1875 down to Y. with several bids on the
floor for further blocks, If It should be
offered.
Washington Railway and Electric COM
mon brought out deals in 200 shares,
going from 4074 to Az under active bid
ding
Mitchell Mining was again the feature
Of the day. selling 200 shares at 81. losing
half point from the best price Of the
previous day,
On regular call Central National Bank
sold % shares at $50, and Bank Of Wash
ingtOn stock was bid at $50. something
like So points below the best bid price Of
recent months, but none of It was for
sale.
The board Of directors Of the Washing
ton Mechanics Savings Bank yesterday
announced the issue Of 500 shares Of the
capital stock of the bank. The stock is
offered at par, SO share No subscrip-
tion OF less than five shares will be con-
sidered Each subscription to the stock
must be accompanied by % per cent Of
the value Of the stock, and the limit Of
subscriptions Is placed at January 81.
The issue Of the stock is stated TO be at
the earnest solicitation Of the present
stockholders and many Of the patrons Of
the bank, who desire to acquire blocks
Of IT,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-04

Opinions on the New York Market.
G. Bowie Chapman. Of 2. r, Chapman &
.CO.-''PTessUre on the market was directed
against particular issues. and to some ex-
tent the general list failed to respond 10
the weakness in those under pressure.
Apparently. it is a traders market still,
a narrow-to-dun one az that, and one in
which care must be used IN buying and
no delay in taking profits"
Herbert L. Jones. OF Charles G. Gates
& Cot think prices are very close 10
the bottom, and that good stocks are n
purchase AZ this level In event of fur
Their decline, I would advise buying on a
scale"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-04

Circulation Of a rumor that the dividend
on Baltimore and Ohio would be increased
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
A SHAREHOLDER
 CREATES SCENE
Accuses Directors of Grand Trunk Railroad of "Playing with
 False Cards"

London, October 10.-A scene oc- cured here today at the half yearly meeting of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, when shareholder ac- cused the directors of playing with false cards" He withdrew the remark after a heated discussion with the president, Sir Charles Wilson, but moved a vote of want of confidence in the directors. which was overwhelm- ingly defeated
 President Wilson, in his address, re- ferred to the improvement in the gen eral condition of the company lie said the receipts from all sources had increased but the working expenses also showed increases, due largely to higher wages and the establishment or il Oension fund. The president pointed ont that the ratio of working expenses to gross receipts was not so great as in the case of the best managed Amer ican railroads.
 The president stated that If the traf- fic returns continued favorable until the end of the year there was no req . son why the dividend rate on third preferred shares might not be ln- creased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
STATE OF GEORGIA
 HAS ITS INNING
ATTORNEYS ARGUE STATES SIDE
 IN THE INJUNCTION SUIT OF
 CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAIL RoAD-coMMISS DEPENDED.

Atlanta. October 1O-The state had it's innings in the injunction suit of the Cen tral of Georgia Railway company before Judge Herman today, wherein effort is being sought by the railroad to have per- manently enjoined the 21a-cent passenger rate which it has been ordered to charge.
 Judge James K. Hines, attorney for the railroad commission. spoke at some length He repudiated the slurs which were made upon the railroad commission and the good faith of the administration by Col A. R. Lawton, vice president and general counsel for the railroad company. Colonel Lawton, in his argument yester day, had waded into Governor Smith and the commission, practically charging them with violation of the state and federal constitution and efforts to wreck cor porate property.
 Judge Hines declared that it was the wish of the administration and of the railroad commission that all corporate in dustries should prosper but he declared that they should not fatten by tyrannes committed against the people of the state. He denied that the Central of Georgia had been appearing before the railroad commission for the past 27 years, as it had not been that long in existence. The old Central Railroad and Banking com- pany, he asserted, was a victim of finan- cialy debauchery and management. He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
Tans. It's an unusual Shoe Display

denied that the Central ran through a thinly populated country, showing that t touched the best cities in the state. Ac- cording to the Centrals own figures, Judge Hines said the road made last year from intrastate business alone 5G per cent net. Eliminating the value of it's franchises. he said the road had made over per cent.
 w. A. Wimbish of the firm of Wimbish, Watkins x Ellis, followed also for the railroad commission and the state. He contended that the claim of the railroad company that the reduced rates were con- fiscatory. was purely an assumption, stat ing that the road had not considered at all the volume of increase in business due to lower rates. The railroad, he said, could not properly ask the court to as sume that the rate objected to was con fiscatory without proof of the allegation. MT Wimblsh entered into a technical legal argument from the states stand point of the case.
 Former Senator John C. Spooner of Wis consin has been busily engaged in study ing up authorities and getting ready for the final argument In behalf of the rail road company, which will be made tomor- row.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
Say Food Served is Bad and
 Insufficient
PLACE IS BADLY MANAGED
Two Inmates Visited The Aee-HeraId Yesterday to Say That Institution Fostered by State Needs h.
 vestieation.

If the complaints of T. D. and w. R. Griffin. two Confederates, are founded on fact it might so happen that Jere King will call for the investigation into an other state institution for the keep and protection of the needy.
 These two veterans, the one suffering from the effects of five bullet wounds through the body, and the other with a finger shot away, memorials, these "of the late unpleasantness," panted up the steps of The Age-Herald office yesterday morning with a tale to tell.
 They came to The Age-Herald because their other complaints have not been needed. T. D. Griffin stated that he had journey to Montgomery, some time ago, and poured his tale into the ears of no less d parsonage than the governor of Alabama. "The governor" he said. promised to give the matter his serious attention, but so far there is little inn provement."
 The two old gentlemen complained of the food at the Soldiers Home at Noun tain Creek. From their store of infor- nation it seems that the quality and quantity or the food IS bad and fnSuffl- cient Tine insects, too. they aver, are numerous and ravenous. Do you see this hat" said T. D. Griffin. T hung it on the wall of my room once upon d time, and after two weeks removed it. It was filled with bugs, bedbugs, red bugs and every other kind of bug imaginable. The place is ill-kept a whole and un- cleanly. The servants employed are not compelled to do their duty"
 The two old veterans declared that since the state has taken the home un- der its wing and appropriated $150 per annum for each individual they had fared worse than when the people of the state chartaby handed out the heroes of the sixties their daily bread and raiment The old veterans declared, too, that many men at the home are too great sufferers to be kept there, and should be sent to the Insane asylum at Tuscaloosa.
 Inquiries brought out the fact that the men are not related, though their surnames are identical. T. D. Griffin halls from Guntersville. and speaks fa- miliarly of John A. Lusk w. R. Griffin is a native of Birmingham. Coincden- tally the men are the same age, "A, We'd nesday having been the birthday of T. D. Griffin, while W. R. Griffin reached the seventy-fourth mile post last March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
STEAMER GIULIA
 HAS FIRE AT SEA
OCCURS DURING STORM ON OCTOBER 3-lN THE PANIC PART OF CREW STARTS TO DESERT SHIP.

Now York October 10 The Austrian steamer Giulia. which arrived today from Trieste with 76S passengers had a nerrow escape from destructloh py fire in mid ocen during violent storm on October 2. The crew foughb the flames all day before they were extinguished, while the panic strlckeh passengers prayed for help.
 The Giulia left Trieste September H. calling at Patras and Almeria. After passing Gibraltar September 25, the steamer encountered stormy weather with heavy seas. At daylight on the morning of October 3. while about ioo miles west of the Azore Islands one or the crew discovered fire in the cargo at the bottom of No. hold. The Wihd was blowing violently from the south- west and the Giulia was laboring heaV- ilv captain Cherubini ordered part Of the cargo broken out and water was turned into the hold, but the hfe SUD bornly resisted the efforts or the crew.
 In the meantime the passengers, or whom there were twenty seven In the cabin and 736 in the steerage, learned of the danger, many or them Tell on their knees Tn pfaNel "iiio os'Ni
 came hysterical, adding to the cares of inc harra ssed officers and crew when every effort was necessary to save the ship and her big company. The ships boats were prepared to meet any emergency, but after the hold had been flooded and part of the cargo thrown overheard the fire was eXtih- pu,shed about 3 o'clock in the after- noon. ,..,
 At the moment when the condition of the Guila was most desperate ana the energy of every man was required to fight the fire several of the crew abandoned their posts and began to lower one of the ships boats. Ihe nrst officer headed off the little panic py threatening to shoot the first man to start to lower the boat, The men returned to their work, in which many of the men in the steerage were com pelled to assist them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
INJUSTICE DONE
 ITALIAN RAGE
EDITOR GOTH MAINTAINS RACE SHOULD NOT BE CONDEMNED BECAUSE OF CRIME COMMITTED BY ONE MAN.
, fine Editor of The Age-Herald.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In the last Tuesdays issue of The Age Herald, a special has been published from Jackson, Miss, about the recent race troubles at Sumrall, in that state, that has painfully surprised and struck the thousands of Italian people settled in this section of the country, who were since long time used to the most polite and fair treatment by the local press The Age-Herald particularly.
 We firmly believe that such impolite matter as this must have been overseen by your honor.
 reporter, glorifying what has been nothing but cowardly crime, and insult ing whole people, cannot be an Age Herald reporter.
 We kindly beg your honor to write an editorial on this matter giving our people the Justice 1t is entitled to in this coun- try.
 The New Orleans Times Democrat has already bitterly denounced such happen ings as shame for the Mississippi state and a discredit to the whole south, that only on account of such facts as those is denied Its share of the coun- try's immigration.
 Trusting in your kindness and bencvo- lence, we beg to remain, respectfully yours, A. F. CoTTI,
 Editor of LAvanguardia
 Birmingham, October 10, 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
GEORGIA FAIR OPENS.
Is Very Good on the
 First Day.

Atlanta, October 1o.-(Speeial)-The an- al state fair threw open its gates to the public at Piedmont park at 10 o'clock this morning. Despite the chill in the atmosphere the attendance was remark ably good, many having gathered at the gates before the opening time.
 The final work of putting the exhibits in shape was completed early this morn ins. and the whole show is ready. The agricultural exhibits are said to be the most extensive and complete ever en- tered at a state fair. Habersham,- Hall, Cherokee and Bulloch probably have the most complete county displays. while there are many others less extensive that are extremely good. Some of the other counties exhibiting are Camden, Carroll, Cobb DeKalb. Rabun, Twiggs and Worth. The machinery exhibit is ahead of any thing seen at a similar show. The racing began today. several excellent events be- ing pulled off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
Wants Cheaper Rates.

Atlanta, october (special) )-Council- man J. w. Terrell today filed petitions with the state railroad commission, asking that body to pass orders fixing the rate at which tickets shall be sold on the line of the Georgia Railway and Electric com pany at eight for 25 cents, and that the Atlanta Gaslight company shall be com pelled to furnish gas to consumers at "a cents instead of $l per 1000 feet, the pres ent rate. He stated that he would later on file petition asking for a reduction in>the rates charged for telephone service. Councilman Terrell recently urged the council to appoint a committee to go before the railroad commission with these requests, but the council acted adverse ly on his resolution. Thereupon Council man Terrell determined to take the mat ter up of his own motion.
 A thousand feet of fun on the Curve. Get onto it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
Followers of Alexander Camp
 bell Grow in Influence
WAS FOUNDED IN AMERICA
So-CaIled Christian Church Is Only Real American-Born Church in Existence .-.H Has Produced
 Some Great Men.
BY FREDERIC ]. HAskIN.

Beginning today a series of meetings
 will be held in Norfolk of delegates from the various congregations of the l Disciples of Christ throughout the United States. These meetings are not to be considered in the nature of conventions, for this church recognizes no centralized authority and no higher ecclesiastical 1 power than that vested in each congre- gation. The primary object is the discus- sion of mission work, though no doubt the addresses by the learned men on the programme will bring out many interest ing points in the marvellous growth and prosperity of this church during the 9s | years of it's existence. The international
 missionary conference of this body will begin today and Thursday, October r, has been set aside as Disciples of Christ Day. at the Jamestown exposition
 It is a fitting thing that a special day should be set aside for this only Amer ican-born church by the exposition which celebrates the greatness of the American nation While the Cumberland Presby- terian, the Christian Science and Nor mon churches all sprang up in this coun- try, students of religion usually class the first as a branch of the old Presby- terian church, Christian Science is rank ed as a philosophy, and the Latter Day Saints given no place at all. This leaves only Nthe Disciples of Christ, sometimes known as the Christian church, and err roneously denomlnated the "Campbellite church." as the only one that may claim to be of purely American origin It sprang up early in the 18th century to meet the needs of a people torn with the doubts and dissensions that had arisen to hamper the progress of many churches already existing. It came to satisfy the hunger of an army of settlers sweeping westward through Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia, down the old Wilderness road into Kentucky. and over the mountains into Tennessee. They were a people who had little need for creed or dogma but who needed a simple practical faith for the hard life that new conditions brought them, a simple plan of salvation that they could accept and understand. Pio- neer life had swept them out of the beaten track of the orthodox churches. This church scame to meet their requirements and it's history is contemporaneous with that of the pioneer life of the middle west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11

September B. 1S09 is a memorable date in the history of the Christian church, for on that day was published the "Declara- ton and Address of the Christian asso- citation of Washington, Pa., an association which had been formed about two weeks before. This event the church will fitting ly celebrate with a centennial ceremony at Pittsburg in 1909. The church was or ganized in May, 1911, and the Campbells ministered to the needs of the congrega- ton known as Brush Run, in Washington county, Pennsylvania. The doctrines taught were so like those of the Baptists that on invitation of the Redstone asso- citation of Baptist churches. the Brush Run church affiliated with them. Later, however, the Baptists withdrew from the utilization. Alexander Campbel's first sermon was preached in 1s1o, and he was ordained a minister in 1912.
 While the Campbells were preaching in western Pennsylvania and in Virginia, and even before they had come over from Ireland, there was in Kentucky a fear less, sturdy man preaching gospel based on no particular creed. 0 man who merely called his congregation a Christian church." and who was a great power in the religious revival that swept over that section in 1S0l This man was Barton Warren Stone, who made his own way through the world from the time he heard the guns at Guilford Court House battle ground to the day he entered into rest after 40 years work as preacher, going often hungry and cold that he might be educated. and preaching without pay that the people might be saved. When the doctrine of Campbell reached Kentucky in the twenties and thirtles it found a like one already established and in 1881 a union was effected between the two bodies at Lexington and Georgetown, Ky.
 Campbells first church had 27 members There are over 1,250,0oo followers today, and by the time the centennial year is reached the number will be greatly in creased Ninety-eight years ago the lit tie Brush Run church sheltered the wholc congregation of the recognized Christian church the pioneer folk in Kentucky not yet being organized, while today over 11.O0o houses of worship In this, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11

who founded the church. Burnet, Richard son, Shepherd, Pendleton, each was man of culture and influence. In con- trast with these was dear old Silas Shel- burne, whose education was limited out whose faith was gloriously strong. Once fin a preachers meeting he was censured for using "agin' and ''gwine.' After all had finished the old man arose and se- renely said: Brethren, if that's all you got agin me, I'm gwine along" There was Chester Bullard of eastern Virginia and William Haydon of the Western Re- serve, who rode 600O0 miles on horseback, preaching the word it had come to him. Such were the men who laid the early foundation of the Disciples of Christ.
 Tomorrow-P Progress of the Negro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11

nearly 1000 more in other lands stand in varying degrees of architectural magnif- cence to prove the growth of the doc Urine. On January 1, 1872, the first minis ter of the Christian church was ordained. The latest year book shows 1881 ministers now busily at work propagating this gos- pei. In proof of the growth of the church figures are offered to show that from 1890 to 1905 there was a gain of 94 per cent in membership, the Catholic church com ing second with 73 per cent for the same period The church has now 16 colleges and universities, and has school buildings and endowment funds to the amount of $375, 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
Rulinu Is Sustained.

Asheville, x. C., october 1o.-In the Tinted states court here today Judge prtchard rendered his decision sustain ing the ruling of Standing Master Mont
 gomery in refusing to allow the states attorneys in the railway rate case hear ing to investigate the books of the South ern railway prior to June 30, 1905 The court says that the exception to the ruling of the standing master are with out merit and are therefore oNerruled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
Boqart Is Suspended.

New York. October l0.-The suspension of w. R. Bogart, member of the New York consolidated stock exchange. was announced on the floor of the exchange today. Mir. Bogart is not known as T heavy trader and the suspension is not re- garded as important.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11

TO Thomas and AleXander CampDell, former citizens of Ireland, the church known as the Disciples of Christ owes it's origin. They came to America be- cause it was a land of health and op- portunity for them, and their failure to draw several branches of the Presbyterian chruch to the same communion table was the cause for forming new congrega- tion. The members of this congregation swept aside the traditions of their an cestors. abrogated all dependence on ec- clesiastical power, and going direct to the Bible, based their faith only on such teachings as they found there There was no intention of founding a new church, Like Luther, Wesley, Knox and Calvin, the Campbells merely meant to reform the existing church.
 Thomas Campbell, Presbyterian min ister and teacher. living in County Down. Ireland broke down from overworl and was advised to take a sea voyage. All paths led to America in those days, and he sailed for these shores in 1907. He was pleased with the country end decid- ing to settle was given charge of church in the presbytery of Chartiers, western Pennsylvania He sent for his son to join him next year. This son, afterward the famous Alexander Camp bell, left Ireland with the rest of his fathers family, but the ship was wrecked on the coast of Scotland. This proved to be one of those small accidents which so often shape the policy of great lives, for after the shipwreck the Campbells went to Glasgow, where Alexander en- tered the university and imbibed from the Haldanes many principles of faith that afterward were the basis of his church, such as the independence of con gregations, the Scriptures as the only au- thoritative creed, lay preaching, and later the repudiation of infant baptism. These principles the young man brought to America with him the following year. and when the senior Campbell was con demned by the synod for urging all his hearers to take communion together the father and son preached independently to mixed bodies.