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The Washington herald., 1907-10-04

The baby diocese. the neWIy-created one
Of Duluth. has delegates here. and by
unanimous vote they were given a seat
in the house of deputies.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-04
Negro Question Is Opened.

The first gun in what will probably be
the greatest battle to be waged on the
floor Of the convention was fired this
morning By the delegation from Pennsyl-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
SENATE COM MITTEE
FOR BROWNSVILLE
EXPECTED TO CONSIST OF FIVE
MEMBERS AND THAT THE PRES
DENTS ACTION WILL BE SUS-
TANNED IN REPORT.

Washington, January 9.-(Special)-
With the passage of the compromise reso-
luton calling for investigation of
the Brownsville shoot-up, it is expected
that within three days a subcommittee
of the Senate military affairs will be ap-
pointed to go to Brownsville with the OBJ
iect of framing a report for the consid-
Grafton of the senate. The committee will
probably consist of Senator Foraker, Sem
ator Lodge and Senator Talliaferro of
Florida.
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky is the
ranking democrat of the committee but
as his term expires on March he does
not feel that he can leave Washing
ton at this time There is a possibility
that the investigating committee will con-
sist of five members instead of three,
but the opinion In the Senate now is to
the effect that three will be sufficient.
There is every indication that after the
testimony is taken. the report made and
passed upon the Presidents action will
be sustained His course in dismissing
the negroes has the support of every
democratic senator with the exception of
Senator Tilman and enough administra-
tion senator's can be supplied to make
I'D the difference.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
1000 IoWans Batter Jail and
Get Wife Killer
MINISTERS, WOMEN HELP
Mob Leading People of Charles City
Break Through to Prisoner, Then
Hold Prayer Meeting and
Hang Aged Murderer.

Waterloo, Ia, January "A crowd Of
more than 1000 men tonight battered
through the walls of the county jail at
Charles city. Ia, with railroad irons and
tore hinges from the doors and took
James Cullen out and lynched him for
wife murder.
Cullen, who murdered his wife and
stepson yesterday morning at o'clock,
is the man lynehed tonight. The murder
was premeditated, Cullen telephoning Tor
his brother.
The angry mob took Cullen two blocks
from the main part of the city and hung
him to the county bridge over Cedar river.
The mob conducted prayer meeting and
asked Cullen to pray. Cullen had been
demented for over twenty-five years. He
was 60 years of age The sheriff offered
no resistance and was easily overpowered.
The mob was composed OF many of the
leading citizens of the town and even
the leaders made no attempt to disguise
themselves. Cullen fought like a tiger,
but was overpowered. lie declared that
his wife and son had attacked him. and
that he had killed them In self-defense.
Four or five ministers and a large num-
ber of women were in the crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
OPERATOR HELD FOR
TERRA GOTTA WRECK
CORONER FINISHES INQUEST AND
HOLDS ENGINEER AND CON-
DUCTOR OF DEAD" TRAIN AND
OTHERS FOR GRAND JURY.

Washlngr,nl, January 9.-The cur,ners s
inquest over the Terra Gotta wreck of
Sunday night, December 30, tonight held
for the action of the grand jury Harry H.
Hildebrand, engineer of dead" train 2120;
Frank f. Hofmler, conductor of that
train; z. f. Dent, night train dispatcher
al Baltimore William c. McCauley, di-
vision operator of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad; b. L. Vermillion. engineer of To-
cal train &c. into which 212O crashed .
George w. Maggie, conductor of train &C.,
]. W. Kelly Jr., trainmaster of the
Baltimore and Ohio and William M Du-
trow, the telegraph operator at Silver
Springs. All the men held except Dent
McCauley and Kelly, were in the building
where the inquest was held and were
placed under arrest
The verdict of the jury was that the
deaths were caused by impact due to the
ac: of Operator Dutrow who in display
Ing an improper signal to the crew of
train No. 212O,' and directs that Dutrow
be held for the action of the grand jury
and the jury also holds the others already
mentioned as responsible in a lessor de-
gree for the deaths.
The jury arraigns the blocks system on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad as not
affording satisfactory protection to the
lives and property of its patrons arraigns
the system of wages paid the operators
and signal men on the road, and recon-
be kept open twenty-four hours a day
and no additional duties given the oper-
ators aside from working the signals and
attending to their telegraph duties
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DEMAND SLACKENS
FOR IRON AND STEEL
NOTHING ALARMING IN CHANGE,
WHICH is DUE TO BUYERS HAV-
ING ORDERED FAR IN ADVANCE.
SOUTHERN PIG IRON FIRM.

Cleveland. O.. January 9-The Iron Trade
Review tomorrow will say:
Well defined Indications of easier con-
ditions are noticeable this week. 1t was
hardly to be expected that the astonish-
ing demand for all iron and steel pro-
ducts which has prevailed for many
months would be continued indefinitely.
The change that seems to be setting in
Is not due to any eXtraneous causes, but
merely to the fact that buyers have or
dered far in advance and see no neces-
sity for adding to their obligations. There
is nothing at all alarming in the sltua-
tion.
Pig iron is very strong at Chicago.
where all of the merchant furnaces have
sold fully two-thirds Of their product for
this year. Prices of southern pig iron
, continue firm with tendency to advance,
especially as reflected in the Cincinnati
market, but in New York, Plttsburg and
other centers comparatively little iron IS
being purchased.
Bar iron which began to sag in Feb
ruary of last year, is showing similar
tendency this year The demand for struc-
tnral material has slackened to such an
extent that the Illinois Steel company is
operating its structural mill every alter
nate week on blllets San Francisco is
at last appearing as an important buyer;
since January 1 orders aggregaHng about
1000 tons for new buildings have been
placed, and contracts for several other
structures in that city are pending
Orders for steel for a number OF sky
scrapers in New York have been placed
and some important bridge material con-
tracts are pending.
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8 Known Dsadi 7 Fatally h.
Sr .sdj "a Missing
FURNACE GAS EXPLOSION
Tons of Molten Iron Pour Out of
Pittsbure Mill and Cover a Radius
of Forty Feet Where Men
Are Working.

Pittsburg, January "a disastrous eX-
ploson occurred tonight about o'clock
at the Eliza furnaces of the Jones &
Laughlin Steel works, when large guam
tity of gas which had accumulated at
the base of the furnaces became ignited.
Tons of molten metal were showered
around the furnace for a radius of forty
feet
Out of a force of thirty-hve men en-
poyed at the furnace when the explosion
occurred, three of them, John Cramer,
Andrew Featherka, and Gustave Kesser.
have been taken to the morgue. their
bodies horribly mutilated by the fire
Seven men are in hospitals fatally in
jured and twenty-four others have not
been accounted for While the mill Off
cials are inclined to believe that all of
the missing men were not cremated in
the molten metal, nothing definite is
known as to their present whereabouts.
Only one man, George Cox, has turned
up since the explosion, and he says every
thing happened so quickly that he doubts
whether the men escaped.
Chief Peter Snyder of the Fourth fire
district was seriously injured while di-
reeting the firemen to extinguish the fire
which followed the explosion
The officials at the mills refused to
allow any one to enter the yard where
the furnace Is located. All information
was refused to newspaper men, the Off
cials saying that later they might Is
sue a statement
A heavy guard of foreign workmen was
placed at the yard entrances which even
the police were powerless to get by.
Charles Bennett, a yard brakeman who
was passing near the furnace on a freight
train when the explosion occurred gave
a graphic description of the disaster
Our trein was right near the fur
mace" said Bennett, when the metal
poured out of the furnace over the
ground. | saw the men running for a
place of safety. To the right of the fur
mace ! saw a party of ten men, all of
them running wildly and their clothes a
mass of flames. Apparently some of them
had been injured when the explosion oc-
Cured, as they could hardly run and
several of them tripped and fell. The hot
metal ran over them in a moment. Just
a this time a second explosion occurred.
| again looked to the right of the furnace
for the men, but | could not see any of
them, and | believe all were burned to
death. Ny train was in the path of the
metal and | was compelled to uncouple
the train and signal the engineer to pun
ahead"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
POSTAL CROOK CAUGHT.
Said to Have Raised Money Orders
In Alabama.

San Antonio, Tex, January 9--F Moore,
alias j. C. Coggins, who is alleged to
have given the postal authorities more
trouble than any other man in recent
years, was arrested today in Seattle,
Wash. according to telegram received
by United States Marshal Nolte. Moore
will be taken to Ell Paso to stand trial
on numerous indictments returned in
1903 by the federal grand jury there.
Chief among the charges is that of rails
ing money orders from a few cents to
corresponding amounts in dollars, and to
cashing the fraudulent papers among
merchants of El Paso. Moore is alleged
to have operated in Georgia, Alabama and
other southern states.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
WOMAN EXHORTS
MEN TO STRIKE
RIOT AT ORlZABA MILLS IN MEX
IcO RESULT OF WOMAN CALL
ING MEN EDWARDS WHO WERE
RETURNING TO WORK.

Mexico City. January 0-The situation
peaceful. The authorities have the stu
alton well in hand and no immediate
trouble is expected
Late news from Orizaba confirms the
report that the fatalities caused by the
action Of the strikers n the Rio Blanco
and Santa Rosa mills were not less than
thirty. Practically all the deaths were
among the members of the mob
In addition to the casualties suffered by
men and women the property loss Is now
known to have been less than 81 100000.
Most of the loss was caused by fire.
though a portion Of It was the result
Of the pilIage by members of the mob.
A most remarkable feature of the riot
is that It was the immediate result of
the exhortations of woman who ap-
peared at the entrance of the mills as
the men were about to return to work
Monday morning, denouneing those who
were returning TO the mills as towards.
and urged the strike be resumed. This in
cited the workmen to a renewal of the
strike and rioting followed
Another feature was the escape of NJ
Garcin. the owner of the mills who was
carried concealed In a sack on the back
of faithful servant through the bowling
mob Of men who were seeking him with
the avowed intention of having his life.
The servant IVES recognized but once,
and when hailed by group of strikers,
who asked what he carried, he replied
1t was bag of BEANS" and thus Gar
Gin passed through the mob and was later
taken to the barracks of the soldiers,
whore he has remalned since.
A report from Puebla says that the
workingmen of the Mazatlan mills, which
belong to Messrs Ruiz and Santibanez,
two Spaniards, attended their duties as
usual this morning, but did not return
after dinner. They proceeded to La Teia
where they forced the workingmen of
the factories there to march out. Troops
were sent at once at the request OF the
owners Of the factories. but as there
were no disorders only small detach-
ment was left to preserve order. The
factories are all closed. Trains from Mex
leo City to Vera Cruz are running slowly
and cautiously as II is feared that the
track has been damaged by the rioters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
Jefferson viii Get THO
Important ChaiYmanShibS

Montgomery, January 9.-tspecial1-
Jere King is confident that he will be
able to pass through the present legis-.
lature his bill to put. county officers ON
fees He said tonight that he had talked
with many members of the body and had
received assurances of support from all
quarters, In the small counties even the
sentiment is for the salary against the
fee system 1t is said tonight that JEFF
ferson will get two of the most important
chairmanshps of the house. John is to
be at the head of the judiciary and Haley
of the ways and means. Glover will be
second on commerce and common car
riers, with Maner of Montgomery as
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GROIN WE'LL FLEES FROM
MORGANS CANAL INOUIR Y

Washington, January 9.-tspecial)-
William Nelson Cromwell has sailed foi
Europe. No sooner had the Senate canal
committee favorably passed upon Senator
Morgans resolution ordering the New
Yorker to appear before the committee
than he packed his steamer trunks and Is
now two or three hundred miles out of
New York harbor. He is not scheduled
to return before the latter part of Febru-
ary. This means that he will have little
If any time to testify before adjournment.
Senator Margon wanted to know who
invented the Panama revolution Then he
wants to know how Mr.. Cromwell got
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
WANTS SIX MILLION
MORE FOR PENSIONS
M,CUMBER SERVICE PENSION BILL
DISCUSSED IN SENAT
GETS CONGRATULATIONS FOR
TAKING CARE OF HER SOLDIERS

washington. January 9.-ReceiVing the
right of way for his service pension bill
in the Senate today Mr.. McCumber eX-
pressed the desire that the measure
should receive general discussion in view
of the fact that the Brownsville matter
had gone over. Mr.. MeCumber said there
were few persons who will not eoneede
that at some period after the close of the
civil war a general service pension bill
should have been enacted, and some think
It should have been enacted ten years
ago
There was, he said, a greater obligation
to the survivors of the civil war than to
the survivors of any other war in the his
tory of this nation. The amount of pen
sions which were being paid to the young
veterans Of the Spanish war, Mr. McCum-
her said, was entirely out of proportion.
He opposed the suggestion which he said
had been made for a fiat rate of Sl2 to
those who had reached the age of 50.
He estimated the increased cost result
ing from his bill at $60OO,Ooo. Senator Scott
heartily indorsed the bill and emphasized
the necessity for the proposed legislation
Incidentally he said an example to the
Senate In the matter was the fact that
by state legislation the old soldiers of the
south, who wore the gray, was being
cared for better than the soldier who
wore the blue He congratulated the south
on this policy.
Saving he was not at war with the pres
ent legislation. Senator Gallinger main
tained that we as a nation have been
extremely generous to the ,nnen who
served in the army. In all our wars, he
said. 44OO,OOO men had been enlisted and
of these 50 per cent had served in the
civil war and 81 pc rcent in all other
wars. A total of 1890 900 had been paid
in PENSIONS of which 95 per cent had
gone to civil war veterans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
Grand Jury Indicts Nine.

Meridian, Miss, January 9.-(Special)-
The grand jury this afternoon returned
nine indictments against alleged offenders,
only few of whom were arrested. In
the list is Charles Rosenfeld. the negro
burglar. who was given fifteen years and
escaped after serving eleven days, charged
with criminal assault. His alleged victim
was servant girl in one of the houses
he robbed. It is intimated at the court
house that all the wire brokerage mana
gers have been summoned as witnesses
before the grand jury for tomorrow and
some sensations are predicted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
ChaImette Monument.

Washington, January .-Representative
Meyer of Louisiana addressed the House
today while the army appropriation bill
was under consideration on the bill ac-
cepting the cession to the United States
of the Chalmette monument and grounds
in the Parish of St. Bernard, and ap-
propriating $4,000 with which to COM
plete the chamette monument to COM
memorate the yalor and sacrifices of the
American army In the battle Of New Or
leans. The Chalmette monument was be-
gun by the Jackson Monument associa-
tion in 1866 1t is lacated on the Missis-
sippi river, southeast of New Orleans,
and Mr.. Meyer said that it Is entirely
unworthy of the event 1t commemordtes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
RUNS AMUcK.
Oil DriIler Escapes From Hospital BY
Jumping From Second Story.

Tulsa, |. T., January 9.-After jumping
from the second-story window of a hos
pital and running amuck through driv-
ing rain in the vicinity of the union depot,
S. Hull, an oil driller, today climbed
into the cab of freight train standing
in the yards and opened the throttle.
One of the trainmen who was in the
caboose made his way over the cars and
tender and down itno the cab He Crap
pied with Hull and brought the train to
a standstill before the yard limits were
passed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
Greene-Gaynor Case.

Macon, Ca, January Especial Assls-
tant Attorney General Marion Erwin left
here this evening for Chicago, where he
goes to complete his brief in the appeal
case of John F. Gaynor and Benjamin D.
Greene, in the famous Savannah harbor
cases. The case has been set for hear
ing before the circuit court of appeals
in New Orleans on March 5. The date
formerly fixed was January 7. but owing
to failure to get the transcript of the
record ready and other papers and dicu-
ments in the case, it was necessary TO
carry 1t over until the March date.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
Did They See Anything7

New York. January 9.-About thirty
patients in the alcoholic ward Of Bellevue
hospital were thrown into frenzy today
by clouds of smoke which filtered up into
the word from a fire In the store room
directly underneath the ward. Many men
and women. some of them seriously I'll,
scrambled from their beds and clambered
out on the wide balcony from which they
threatened to throw themselves to the
lawn. They were restrained only by the
greatest efforts of the attendants The
flames were quickly extinguished after
causing slight damage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
Roosevelt Asked to Lee Memorial.

Washington January 9-President
Roosevelt today was asked to attend the
Robert E. Lee memorial meeting to be
held in this city on the 10th inst under
the auspices of the Association of Con-
federate Veterans and the Daughters of
the Confederacy This VIII be the GEN.
tennial anniversary of the birth of Gem
eral Lee, and is to be generally celebrat-
ed throughout the south. The President
will not be able to attend the meeting.
but promised to send a letter.
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chairman, while John will be on local leg
islation. Lovelady refused the temper
ance ehairmanship. King will go ON the
revision of laws, of which Pitts of Dali
las is expected to be made chairman.
Local papers say that Lusk will head the
judiciary committee in the senate, and
O Neil on the common carriers. 1t is un-
derstood that Hoffman of Mobile will
urge the repeal of the law prohibiting
Sunday baseball, and that he will be well
supported. Many of the representatives
are interested in the movement 1t is not
unlikely that the committees of the sem
ate will be announced tomorrow. The two
houses will probably adjourn tomorrow to
Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
Sub z YeasnYy Delegation
Returns Feeling JpbHlant

fore the ways and means committee yes
terday, not TO mention their work pre-
Vious to the holding of the caucus, met
with their utmost expectations. AS soon
as a report Is received from Secretary
Shaw on the several sub-treasury bills.
Representative Underwood will call up
the matter and urge a report from the
ways and means committee. 1t is likely
that no definite action will be taken for
a week or ten days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
Scout the Idea

Fort Reno. okla. January s.-That there
Is or ever has been. a plot on the part
of the soldiers of the Twenty-ffth in
fantry colored, recently discharged by
order OF the President. followding the
trouble at Brownsville. Tex. TO assassi-
nate the white officers at the fort, was
denied tonight by Major Penrose, COM
mandlng officer. Major Penrose also
secuted as absurd the idea that the Off
GERS go heavily armed in anticipation of
an attack.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
Slow Progress in o'Hara Trial.

Jacksonville. Fla, January 9.-Slow pro-
gress Is being made in the trial OF F. j.
O'Hara for the alleged holding Of Russian
Jews In peonage. The feature of the day
was the change for the third time in in
terpreters. There is no prospect of the
case coming TO a close this week
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
No Choice Reached.

Lansing. Mich. January 9.-After five
ballots had been taken to choose a sue
cessor to United States Senator A1ger to-
night, the republican caucus of the state
legislature adjourned at midnight without
making any choice. The caucus will meet
again tomorrow night at o'clock to re-
sumo the contest.
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into the deal by which he is reputed to
have received a commission up in the
millions on the sale of the canal Finally,
it is not clear why Mr.. Cromwell is such
an important factor in canal affairs. The
senator, of course, knows all about it,
but he wants Mr. Cromwell to go on re-
cord instead of going abroad.
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washington. January 9.-(Speeial)-
Birmingham's sub-treasury delegation
left for home tonight. To say they are
feeling jubilant over the situation puts
It mildly. They have taken in all the
tricks in the game and are confident that
their run of luck will continue to the
close. The Alabama congressional dele
CATION says It could not have done with
out them and the showing they made be-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
Great Northern Case,

st. Paul, Mimi, January 9.-At the con-
cluson Of the arguments today in the
hearing before Judge Hallam on the ap-
pication of the state of stock issue by
the Great Northern, the court took the
case under advisement
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
HEAVILY ARMED FEUDIsTs

Jackson, KY. January 9.-Jack-
son is crowded with mountain feud-
lists. all heavily armed. who are
; here to attend the trial of Judge
James Hargis, on the charge of as
sasinating DR.. r. b. Cox. The
trial will begin as soon as a special
elisor can summon jurymen. the
p former elisor having been removed
today, because ne Is said TO be re-
lated to Edward Callahan, who.
; with Hargis and two other men are
charged with the assassination of
, Cox.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
Nomination Confirmed.

Washington, January 9.-The Senate in
executive session today confirmed the
nomination Of Edward T. Sanford of Ten
nessee to be assistant attorney general to
succeed James C. McReynods, resigned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
Underwood Goes to Boston.

Washington, January 9.-(Special.)--
Representative Underwood leaves for
Boston tomorrow. where on Friday he
addresses the Reform club on mmgra-
tion.