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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13


 Mrs. Charles Fremont Cochran, for the past seven years president of the Womans Press club of St. Joseph is the wife of the late Congressman Cochran. who for eight years repre- scented the Fourth district of Missouri at Washington. D. c. During the twelve years that MT. Cochran was edi- tor and manager of the St. Joseph Gazette Mrs. Cochran worked on that paper as exchange editor and dramatic critic. She will come to Birmingham as a delegate from her club, and will be the representative of the St. Joseph Observer, the only democratic paper In that city, of which her husband was death last December.
 Among the visitors to the National league meeting will be Miss Mary Park delegate of the Woman's Press club of St. Joseph. She is society edi- tor of the News-Press of St. Joseph, and has been in newspaper work for the past four years. During that time, she has done reportorial work, as well as feature stories. and is a remarkably bright newspaper woman Miss Park is a prominent worker in various clubs.
 A meeting of Pelham chapter, U. D. C., will be held on Wednesday after
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Mrs. David Fellows will spend the win ter in New York and Cleveland.
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You will find values that can not possibly be matched out side our store. Suits for men and young men in single and double breast.
 MARLEY 6 BAUMAN.
 1924 First Ave.
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l files of that state. Quite number of l out-of-town relatives and friends will 1 attend the wedding, which will take place in the First Baptist church on | the evening of November 12. MT. and
 Mrs. George NJ. Webb, parents of the
 bride will hold reception after the wedding.
 | Mary J. Holmes, the authoress, who re- 1 gently died at the age of IS, was rated
 as one of the most popular writers of fle- l ton In America. Although the beginning 1 of her popularity dates back about 50 l years there is still a steady demand for 1 her 39 novels, especially the cheaper paper 1 bound editions There was nothing orig | inal about her style; she did not try to l found a new cult; she simply wrote of | the emotions of the people as they express | themselves in every day life, and this in creased the sales of her books, which
 are said to have gone, all told, beyond 100000 copies.
 Miss Lena Jackson has returned from Troy.
 Mrs. David Fellows will spend the win ter in New York and Cleveland. Mrs. J. C. Bonner. Miss Jessie Bonner
 and Miss Amelia Lutterer of Cullman
 have returned from a three weeks visit
 to Jamestown Washington and Baltl-
 more.
 Owing to the litigation which prevents
 the Pollock-Stephens institute from open
 ing, Mme Kern Mullen has opened her studio at Forbes Piano company, where
 she will continue to train pupils for con cert church, oratorio, operai, prepare , them for teachers and be pleased to re- celve her friends.
 While in Berlin soree was given in
 honor Of Mme Kern-Mullen by the noted vocal teacher, Mme. Lurig, with whom
 she was coaching. At this soiree Mime. Kern Mullen sang the dramatic uria Amour Viensaider," from Samson ct
 Dalila, Saint Laens and Giordani's ''Caro
 Mlo Gen. achieving an artistic triumph.
 Mr. George Gahm pianist and composer
 or note, who was present. begged her to
 accept his songs and sing them in her
 concerts.
 Mime. kern-M Mullen was also urged to
 give concert tourney in this country by Mr A. M. Abell, critic of the Musical Courier in Berlin, who heard her and
 promised her the greatest success in that
 field. II is possible she may do so in i another season.
 Mir John II. Rountree of Decatur Is
 among the visitors to the State fair and
 horse show. He is visiting his brother. MT j. A Rountree, on Eleventh avenue, i south.
 Miss Maggie Willard and MT. Andrew
 Willard of Epes are visiting Mrs. Lowrey
 meeting of the board of control of the Boys club will be held Monday morn.
 ing at II o'clock.
 Mrs. Charles Higgins, alternate dele gate of the Woman's Press club of St, Joseph to the Brn.pgham convention, is society and dramatic editor of the St Joseph Gazette. Besides being a news
 paper woman. she Is also considered a good pianist, her husband, Charles IIs-
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Miss Lena Jackson has returned from Troy.
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Mir. John H. Rountree of Decatur is among the visitors to the State fair and horse show. He is visiting his brother, MT. ]. A. Rountree, on Eleventh avenue, south.
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files of that state. Quite a number of out-of-town relatives and friends will attend the wedding, which will take place in the First Baptist church on the evening of November 12. MT and Mrs. George NJ. Webb, parents of the bride will hold a reception after the wedding.
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Cheap Rates to Atlanta and
 Return.

Seaboatd will sell tickets to Atlanta and return Oct. IA and 21 at $5.25, limited returning Oct. 28. Travel the Seaboard
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27
Henry Meiggs' Railroad

Henry MeiggS once of san Francisco.
Is tile builder OF the famous Peruvian
railway. from Callao to Oroya which
crosses the Western Cordilleras at an
elevation OF 1866 feet at a distance
from the coast of only T06 miles This
line will in all probability be Il part OF
the Pan American. and in its successful
operation over the Andes the greatest
engineering feat demanded by the en-
tire plan has been met and overcome.
This road is the highest line in opera
tion in the world. 1t rises by a 4 per
cent grade TO an elevation as great as
the peaks of the Swiss Alps, and this
without the use of cog rails or cables.
The American, like the pioneer
of the '40's. will live upon the country it
crosses. With it's coming new life will
be given to the nations in it's path.
Other tentacles will reach up the noun
Down the rivers and across the plains
the feeding branches Will be built
Gold is not the only wealth of a land.
Once it was imagined that the yellow
metal was mightiest to attract enter
prise and commerce, as it once called
the Spaniard TO the. land of the meas
but. strong as is the lure of gold. the
riches of the plain outlast it's power.
The railroad man trained in tables OF
freight values knows that the cattle
country and the wheat country is
stronger in returns for the railroad
than is the richest mining district in
the world And it is on the plains or
Argentina that the Pan American Will
reach its FL Dorado.
With a wheat crop of 1000, 600 tons
and more than $4,000, coo acres under
cultivation. tho nation which the Pan
American Railway viii have at its
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ried over seas TO its far ports. and
which have built up nation in the
south that has outstrippcd the ken of
all but the closest observers.
There is power in the leash. strain
ing for the long run. at both ends Of
the road that is to be- Instead Of the
long, thin line of rails that ezar and
king force through the forbidding
jungle and over the barren steppe. this
road wakes fat on its path, and trans
verse feeders mark the course of it's
approach. 1t is the true child of the
lusty young continent rather than the
toy of kings. With the completion OF
the Tehuantepec road from Salina Cruz
across the Mexican isthmus to the At
lantic. the Pan-American has an aux
Hilary TO strengthen it's onward march
into the undiscovered and the un-
known. The rumble Of heavily laden
freight trains crossing from sea TO sea
viii soon change the cactus plains Of
Southern Mexico from desolation to q
scene of transportation forces which
viii hardly be rivaled by the roads
that cross the American Sicrras FAR
ther south. whore tho steam shovel and
the dyrfamiters are already at work on
the ditch which is to connect two
oceans. another scene OF active COM
merce awaits the coming of the Pan
American
From the isthmus TO Bogota. the
capital Of Colombia. there is not mile
OF railroad. but at Bogota a line is al
ready in operation. which. With the
coming Of the Pan American, will be
extended 70 tap the marvellous rubber
forests of the valleys of the upper
Amazon.
In Ecuador. in Peru and in Chile
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they feed in their course. and ever
struggling Tor the union. when the
life blood OF the one shall mingle
with the life blood OF the other.
Between thepl lies the valley OF the
Amazon with its wealth Of timber; the
peaks Of the Andes, stately sentinels
guarding the tabled mines OF silver
and gold that the incas could not ex-
haust: rich plains that will sustain
the herds and hocks 10 feed z nation;
far reaches OF unsurveyed country
equal in distance TO the width OF a
continent from New York 70 San Fran
cisco.
Through Eight Republics
Through eight republics whose gov
ernments are as unstable as their
resources are unmeasured Will the
Pan-American road pass on its course
from north TO south. In some Of them
the whistle Of the locomotive has
already been heard and in Peru and
Ecuador engineering fests have been
accomplished which viii he absorbed
in the long intcrcontincntal line when
il shall be completed.
The cost Of the undertaking has
been estimated 1T s20O. 000 000 or a
basis OF a maNimum expense of con-
struction Of s50.o00 to the mile.
Andrew Carnegie is the author of the
suggestion that the government Of the
United states guarantee one half Of
this sum on tho condition that the
Central and South American republics
subscribe the other half The late
president Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, Cassatt was one Of the men who
believed in the speedy construction Of
the connecting link by the formation
Of strong company which should
push the undertaking To a rapid COM
pleUon The plan OF the Pan-Ameri-
can Congress was that the entire sys-
tenn SHOULD be divided into three parts
the first TO include Mexico and Central
America; the second the United States.
Panama and Colombia the third Ar
gentina. Peru. Ecuador and Bolivia.
Each section viii hold separate rail-
way conference and report to the con-
Ercss.
1t is not probable that this. the long
est railroad in the world. viii be con-
structed by any one company. As it's
two terminals have already been built
by the Unaided resources Of the nations
they traverse, il is destined that the
interval between shall be gradually
closed by the initiative OF the peoples,
and that the accomplishment shall keep
pace with the development Of the land
itself.
No man knows what the resources
OF that unexploreo vista from the trop-
les southwark has yet TO reveal as il
is gradually opened. What undiscov-
cred Csoldielos and Leadvilles lie hid
den IN the gulches OF the Andes. what
unimagined wealth in the dim tropical
shadows Of the forests OF the Amazon,
The nitrate beds OF Chile. and the prai-
ries stretching from Bolivia, to farthest
Patagonia capable OF giving meat and
bread TO all Europe. are the known fac
tors OF the commerce that is now car
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STRANGE NEW MENACE. no CANE -sUGAR

half as wide The head and thorax are
dark k-greenish the wing covers light
brown, with two narrow, whitish bands
running across them. The head is stout
and broad, the eyes prominent and
there are two small eyes on the upper
surface of the head between the large
compound eyes The antennae are
short and hairlike except the base.
Which is much thickened. The legs are
ark-brown and slender, the wing COW
ers are somewhat thickened. while the
under wings are pale, tinged smoky
brown with yiolaceous reflections
"The adults have not been observed
in the act of feeding. The immature
insects seem always to place them
selves on young, tender roots and il Is
probable that they are unable to pence
trate The hard rind OF the cane with
their beaks. They have been found
feeding at distance of four inches
below the surface of. the soil. The
chief of the Trinidad Botanical Gar
dens states that this insect appeared
on the island a few years ago. dur
ing such a season of constant wet
weather as the present has been, and
the fact that il has remained com
paratively unknown since that time
would indicate that it becomes a pest
only in seasons unfavorabls 10 tha
cane"
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group known as "spittle insects, .
or frog hoppers.r
The name ''splltle insect is given on
account of the popularity Of the imma-
ture insect in covering itself in mass
of white froth which is voided from
the tips OF the abdomen and which
forms a complete hiding place or COW
ering for the insect within. The name
frog hoppers" is probably derived from
the name OF frog spittle formerly given
TO the frothy mass. and from the leap
ing habit Of the adult. The frog hop
pers belong TO the family Cercopidae,
OF the order Hemipfsra. and are there
fore related 70 the principal insect pests
with sucking mouth parts, such as scale
insects. plant lice, plant bugs, cotton
stsiners, etc.
Specimens OF infected cane stuInps
and of the adult insect have been sent
TO the head Office OF the Imperial De-
partment OF Agriculture, and the fol-
lowing account is based on examina-
tion of these specimens:
The adult insect is about fiVe-six-
teenths of an inch in length and about
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southern terminal has already a for
cign commerce that this year viii eN-
ceed s56.00e.000 in volume But this is
only a beginning of what the fates
have in store for the lesser known ma
tion of the south. " 18th present pop
ulation of but 5.0O0 000. it IS estimated
that her feptile plains could support
ten times that number. or 10000 600
souls. From it's northern border clear
down to the remote settlements Of Pat
agonia. Argentina is but in its infancy
Charles NJ Pepper. writing in the
National Geographic Magazine. says:
1T is no wild flight of fancy to
prophecy that in another so years the
nation 2000 miles south of the equator
viii haze a city which may not be eN-
ceeded in population by more than two
cities in the United States"
The following table shows the parts
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These uncempIeted sections lying
along the west coast are in a country
which more than all others is to be
benefited by the completion OF the
Panama canal bringing it into closer
touch with the markets of the eastern
world. From New York TO Chile and
Peru the course of ocean steamships
will be approximately straight line.
The strength which will come to their
commerce from this adv vantage will be
seen in an immediate effect on the
completion of the Pan Anne rican open
links. Capital will come more freely.
Already responding TO the greater con-
ditioHs OF stability in government, for
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there are lines of rail reaching from
the seaports inland. From Guayaquil.
Callao. Lima. AntofoEasta and from
Santiago. roads ascend the Andes tap
ping the inter-Cordillera plateau.
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eign capital in the last few ye'rs has
flowed into South America Great
Britain has S3.Oe0. 100000 in invest
ments, of which 5000. .000.000 TO $3.50.
600, 600 may be assigned the west coast.
Germany has from s475,000.0O0 to $780,
600, 600. with possibly sl50,000,000 in
the Pacific eount4eess and France, with
about the came arnounE. has west coast
investments FeaohluB s1o0,o0o,00Q, her
Chilean holdings Anudunting TO $4,000
O0o. The American Investments are
greatly scattered They exceed $780,
600. 900.
But compared with all these sta
tistics OF freigets and tonnage what an
inspiraticn there Is in the thought OF
tat ride southward through new
scenes. fourteen days through tropics
and snow-covered mountains TO far
away and almost unknown Buenos
Ayres There is only one flaw IN the
picture. Honduras win have lost It's
charm for the escaping graftera OF the
future II such there be. Railroad con-
nection with the snug little republic
to the south. with its attendant feature
Of the telegraph and its swift. inter
ceptinx message. viii end the fun But
what a handshaking there win be
when the San Francisco passenger
alights in passing to greet the little
colony that has gone before the rail-
road to their Honduras retreat.
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-04
PUBLISHED RATE StCRfTly cut
SOUTHERN PACIFIC AND PACIFIC
MAIL INDICTED ~ FEDERAL
JURY.

San Francisco, Sept. 20. - The fed.
eral grand jury yesterday returned
five indictments of 124 counts against
the Southern Pacific Railroad, company
and the Pacific Mail Steamship com.
pany, charging violations of the inter.
state commerce law. These indict.
ments, ii followed by convictions, are
sufficient to render the corporations
liable to fines aggregating $124,OOO to
$2.43O;000. The defendant corpora
tions are accused Of secretly cutting
to 81 the published rate of SIPS on the
shipments of rough mating from ia
pan to San Francisco and thence
throughout the United States.
indictments Are Found.
Two indictments of eight counts
each are returned against the Pacific
Mail Steamship company, which trans
ported the cargo from Kobe to San
Francisco, and one indictment of eight
counts and two indictments of fifty
counts each are returned against the
Southern Pacific for forwarding the
cargo in broken lots from this city
eastward. The published rate for such
shipments, as filed by the defendant
corporations with the interstate COM
merce commission, was $1.25, but the
Grand Jury Charges
that the companies accepted these
goods from George Wild & Co., Taylor
Cooper & Co. and Smith. Baker & Co.,
all merchants OF Yokohama. for 81 on
the hundred pounds. The shipments
are alleged to have been made in bulk
Sept. IL, 1904. via the steamship Mon.
golia.
Judge de Haven, to whom the indict
ments were returned in the United
States district court, directed the
summoning Of either the general man.
ager, the general agent or the secre-
tary or treasurer of each corporation.
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EIGHT ARE KILLED IN WRECK.
Express Train Crashes Into Freight on
Siding-Operator Blamed.


Wheeling, w. Va, Oct Eight
men were killed, four fatally injured
and seventeen more or less seriously
hurt when the Chicago & Wheeling
Express Train No. IA, on the Baltimore.
& Ohio railroad, was wrecked in the
yards at Bellaire, Ohio, few miles be-
low this city. A freight train had just
taken siding for the express. The
passenger train, however, failed to
pass over the switch and crashed into
the freight.
The wreck was due, it is said, to the
failure of an operator to throw
switch
The west-bound freight had received
orders to meet the passenger at the
western limits of the Bellaire yards
and was moving slowly along the sid.
ing. At the point where the wreck &C.
Cured there is very sharp curve.
which prevents the engineers of. east.
bound trains from seeing more than a
few feet ahead. The passenger train
swung around the curve very rapidly,
being three hours late and should have
gone on in safety on the main line.
The switch to the siding, however, had
not been turned and the train shot
onto the siding and into the freight.
There was scarcely time to apply the
brakes and no time for the enginemen
to jump. The two big engines were re-
duced to junk by the impact.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-04
FRISCO WELCOMES SQUADRON.
First Division Of the Pacific Fleet Com.
pIetes 36OOO-Mile cruise.

First Division of the Pacific Fleet Com.
pIetes 36,O00-MiIe Cruise.
San Francisco, Sept. 29.-The first
division of the Pacific fleet, the fore
guard of the vessels which are to as
semble in Pacific coast waters, steam
ed through the Golden Gate at sunrise
yesterday morning. The four armor-
ed cruisers passed the heads in file
formation, led by the starred flag of
Rear Admiral James H. Dayton. Five
hundred yards to the rear came the
Colorado, followed at like distances by
the Maryland and Pennsylvania. The
arrival Of the four sister ships marked
the end of 36,O00-mile cruise which
began at Newport, R. l., last Septem-
Der.
Thousands of spectators gathered
along the water front and on the hill
tops commanding view of the bay.
AS the squadron passed Forts Mason
and Baker the flagship saluted. Ferry
boats, crowded to the rails with early
morning commuters, saluted by blasts
of their whistles, the admiral's ship re.
spending.
Yesterday afternoon joint commit
tee Of 100 men prominent in politics,
business and society boarded the West
Virginia to greet Admiral Dayton and
the officers of the fleet. United States
Senator Perkins made a brief formal
address of welcome.
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People Talked About.

DR.. H. M. Beck, fifty-two years old,
one Of the best known physicians in
Wisconsin, died at Green Bay from
cancer Of the stomach.
George w. Harris, former slave.
died at Rowlandsville. Nd. at the age
of 113 years, 1 month and IA
days. Harris maternal grandmother
was III years old when she died.
Miss Virginia Lee. daughter Of the
late Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, was married
at Alexandria, Va, to Lieut.. John Car
ter Montgomery. Seventh United
States cavalry.
Mrs. Annie Yeamans, Americas old
est actress, will retire from the stage
with the celebration of her seventy
second birthday, Nov. 10. The honor
of being the grand old lady of the
native theater" fell to Mrs. Yeamans
upon the death of Mrs. Gilbert and
the retirement of Mrs. Sol Smith
Russell Mrs. Yeamans has been be-
fore the public sixty-two years.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-04
FLOODS CLAIM SIX HUNDRED.

Overflow of River otonashigawa
Causes Terrible Disaster.
Victoria, B. c., Sept. 29.-Advices of
a terrible disaster, due to great floods
prevailing in Japan, have been re
ceived here.
In the overflow of the river Otonashi
gawa running through the town of Flu.
kuchiyama, near Kyoto, more than 600
persons were drowned. The river rose
more than fifty feet. The barracks Of
the Twentieth regiment and the Tenth
engineers battalion, situated on the
heights near the town. escaped damage
when the town was overwhelmed and
the troops were hurried out to render
what assistance could be given to the
survivors and to rescue drowning peo-
pie. The population Of the town was
over 10000.
Hurriedly fifty or more sailing
junks were dispatched to the scene,
soldiers manning the junks and saving
many persons. The police have. re-
covered 600 bodies and others are be-.
lieved to have been lost.
Gen. Kuroki and Gov. Omori of Kyo
to were in the city. the former being
engaged in inspecting the troops, and
are said to have narrowly escaped
drowning.
One Hundred Drowned in Spain.
Malaga Spain, Sept. ga renewa.
of the rain yesterday caused fresh in.
undations and suspension of the res.
cue work. The picturesque valleys Of
a few days ago are now covered with
water and desolation reigns on all
sides. The bodies of about 100 drown
ed persons have been recovered here
and in the immediate vicinity Of Ma.
laga.