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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-06
Would stop Fights in Los Angs

Would Stop Fights in Los AnGt ie.
Los Angeles. April Am oiain
nnce designed 10 stop prize iighiih-
within the limits of Los Angeles Sc
presented To the city council TIL a.
ternoon by City Attorney Hewitt
The city attorney affirmed that Ia
contests heretofore held at froqreI
intervals were not boxing exhibition
but actual prize fights and cays thc.
are in violation of the Law
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-06

Paul Troe5ter, superintendent ,
the seigle Con Mining company,
Seigle, New, was in camp yeRtel i
in search of miners He NaS not
cessful in his hunt He reports pir1
ty of ore blocked out in the Seis
and says the district is looking We.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-06
train Whistle Carries Far

A train whistle has been heard in
O balloon four miles above the earth.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-06
I Get Even
With Kitty
BY Paul CresWick

Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowls.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23

The holiday season removes from the week most of the fixed sources of news placing Congress in recess, largely suspending conventions and gatherings of various organizations and generally re- ducing the news events that can be anticipated
 The larger interests therefore, will center on happenings abroad.
 At St. Petersburg the trial of General Stoessel will continue with promise of more sensational disclosures concerning the defense of Port Arthur and revela- tlons of administrative secrets of the war with Japan. Count Witte's action In seeking through the press replyto Gen eral Stoessels statements when he was refused permission to testify at the trial is looked upon as possibly the hrst or many developments of sensational char acter that will result from the official stirring of the muddy walters of Rus sian officialdom.
 The trial of Herr Harden, editor or A'e Zukunft, on the charge of libelling Count Kuno von Moltke in his exposures con- corning the now famous court scan dar' will continue unless the efforts max ing to bring about a private adjustment are successful Although the proceed ings covering the most shocking portion of the testimony are being held in pri- yate. Berlin advices intimate that open court hearings will be resumed and that there should be testimony which will reveal at least In part the basis of Herr Harden's charges involving some of the greatest names in the empire
 The Japanese diet will assemble on Wednesday for it's 24th stssion and the number of extremely grave questions which will confront it promise to mahe the session one of unusual importance. The opposition Is said to be prepared to vigorously oppose the budget formally decided upon by the imperial council, few days ago and which contemplates large retrenehment in the public expen- ditures. The emigration question also promises to be prolific of partlsan uepate. The progressive party already has an- nounced it's determination to promote an active campaign in the diet against the governments restrictive policy and to support the emigration companies whose business is imperilled by Foreign Min ister Hayashis action in exercising vigor- ous control over their operations particu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23

The basketball game tonight between the Birmingham Athletic club and the team of the Columbia University, prom ises to be the most spectacular strug- gle of the season.
 Columbia has one of the best teams in the United States this season, as it's de- cisive victory over Princeton last week attested. The team is on a 4500-mile trip, on which a dozen or more clubs and universities will bep layed. So far Columbia has escaped defeat.
 The Birmingham Athletic club has great ambition to win from Columbia. and 1t is barely possible that this ambition will be realized, The members of the team are in excellent condition, and will stub- bornly contest every inch of ground The club defeated Yale some years ago, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
Coming Events Cast
 Their ShadOzVS Before

larly in limiting the sending of laborers to this country.
 The situation in Persia, arising from the conflict between the throne and the constitutionalists, although now reported as being more reassurring is still re- garded as critical. For the present the danger of a clash seems to have been averted, but the attutide of the factions is described as being one of alertness and preparedness to resume the state of armed menace which for thep ast week threat ened bloodshed in Teheran. Late dis patches picture widespread unrest rom which developments might occur that would bring about the necessity of for eign intervention with it's attendant Eu- ropean complications. The national feel ing against the Shah is reported to be spreading. Two provinces have declared in favor of his being deposed and there is some likelihood that the disorder here tofore confined to Teheran may spread. Should the Shah refuse the demands which the parliament is expected to make upon him, his detachment must follow and an acute crisis be immeditely precip- itated with the likelihood of grave inter- national disorders.
 On Christmas Eve the battleship fleet will drop anchor off the Port of Spain, Trinidad, and complete the first leg of the voyage to the Pac1ffc. Tn that ancient little port the 13000 officers and men of the Armada will celebrate Christ mas with festivities and feasting aboard ship for all and shore liberty for the lucky ones Tons of seasonable good things were laid in before the fleet lelt home waters and all hands will enjoy a break in the customary rations Of deep- sea voyaging. For five days the shlps will lie at Port of Spain, where the officials and citizens have arranged an elaborate programme of entertainment. On Saturday the battleships will head southward for the long run down to Rio, where they are scheduled to arrive on January II. for a stay of 10 days. Alter the first day or two out from Trinidad, probably no word will be had from the fleet until 1t is reported at Rio as the ships will have passed from the zone of the wireless telegraph. The torpedo boat fotilla less fortunate than the big ships, will spend Christmas at sea being sheduled to reach Para, Brazil, on Thurs day next.
 Among the few meetings of national importance scr Nduled are the national convention of the American Economic association to be held at Madison, Wis, on Friday and Saturday and the lntercol- legaiate association on Saturday num- Der of well known men are expected to make addresses at the meeting of the Economic association and 1t is probable that the currency question will receive lively discussion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
SUNDAY LAWS ARE
 ID BE ENFORCED Judge Wallace of Kansas City
 Issues Statement
SABBATH IS DAY OF REST
Religious Observance Has Nothing to Do with Sunday Closing in Kan sas City, Says the Judge,
 Friend of Workers.

Kansas City, December 22.--Judge William H. Wallace of the Jackson county criminal court, who has been credited with starting the Sunday ob- servance movement in Kansas City that now has become widespread, today issued a statement on his interpreta- ton of the Missouri law that he is seeking to enforce.
 As a result of Judge Wallace's cam paign the county grand jury has since September 20 returned 11O1 indict- ments against violators of the Sunday law and forced hundreds of shopkeep- CTS to close their places of business on that day. The grand jury is still in session and the judge says he will not cease his efforts until the law is re- spected to the letter. Judge Wallace, in his statement, says:
 "It is mistake to suppose that the Sabbath is purely a religious institu- ton and that it's enforced observance is for the benefit of the church. Jus tice Field, so long a member of the United States supreme court, was right when as one of the supreme Judges of California he declared that Sun day laws are enacted primarily for the protection of labor. We cannot won der therefore that men who work for wages in all the departments of human industry are sending in the unani- nous indorsement of the labor unions to which they belong. Nor should we wonder that the saloon is turning its guns upon the friends of Sunday ob- servance. It can on Sunday glut its ravenous maw with more of the wages that have been paid the laborer than on any other three days of the week combined The Sunday theatre, as rich a harvest as the Sunday saloon, Is a proof of this fact. Upon the two doc trines that the constitution of man re- quires and the word of God commands one day in seven as a day of rest, are grounded the Sunday statutes of the several states of the Union. With rarest exceptions our judicial decision whose name is legion, rest on squarely the same findings. Ministers and priests could not have pronounced the Sabbath more sacred than have the judges. Sun day laws have been declared constitu- tional by every state in the Union. Jus tice Brewer, rendering the opinion, has decided that we are religious people and that Christianity Is part of our law.
 AS to the progress of Sunday clos ing in Kansas City, when the grand jury was convened here in September last over 600 retail groceries were open on Sunday. Now they are closed. Every barber shop in the city Is closed. Retail merchants have closed with the exception of a few who observe some other day as Sunday, as permitted by our statutes. The two thousand places where cigars and tobacco were former ly sold, are obeying the law, except now and then a secret sale. Only three nool rooms and theatres defy the law and two of the latter have recently closed. The credit for this result is due largely to a grand jury composed of fearless magnificent men,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
LITTLE REPUBLICS
 WORK IN HARMONY
TELEGRAMS SENT BY PRESIDENT OF PEACE CONFERENCE BRING ANSWERS FULL OF PEACEFUL SENTIMENT.

Washington, December 22.-To a tele- grom sent by President Luis Anderson of the Central American peace conference which has just brought it's sessions to a close in this city to the presidents of the five Central American republics, a reply has been received from three of those governments, Costa Rica, Mara qua and Salvador, showing that those governments are in complete accord with the action of the conference. Prompt and favorable replies are expected from mala. President Anderson's telegrams are as follows:
 December 20, 1907 ITO the Presidents of Costa Rica, Guate- mala, Honduras. Nicaragua and Salva- dor.
 'The Central American peace confer ence happily terminating their labors to- day have agreed by exclamation to rec ommend the governments of Central America to grant full amnesty for po- litical offenses and others connected there with.
 "Upoon communicating to your excel lency this generous appeal, we rely upon your high sentiments in entertaining the nope that you may see uL 10 crown our iabors with a measure which will be a pledge to reconciliation and fra ternity and a happy beginning of an era of concord of our Central American fam fly. LUIS ANDERSON, President" T applaud the generoul appeal of the conference. In Costa Rica. amnesty is unnecessary because no one is actually suffering on account of political offenses, or others connected herewith or other wise. It will be pleasing to me to conn ply with the request of the conference.
 GONZALES VIQUEZ, President" Pleased to hear of happy termination of Central American peace conference. In accord with high sentiments that animate the honorable delegates, my government has already granted amnesty for political offenses. I congratulate the honorable delegates.
 ]. s. ZELAYA, k President of Niaragua.' ..Impressed with the pleasing appeal of the conference. take pleasure to advice that with Salvador, the government has decreed amnesty since the latter part of November. FlGuEROA,
 "President of Fl Salvador
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
BIG BUILDING BURNED.
Dry Goods Store Is Destroyed With
 Loss of $250,ooo.

Willlesbarre, Pa., December 22.-Nine firemen were injured and damage to the extent of $250,OO0 was done by fire which originated in the Globe Dry Goods store of Langfeld Bros. today. Two of the firemen were overcome by smoke, two others were seriously cut by flying glass and five were burned about the hands and face.
 The contents of the building, a five story brick structure. were completely destroyed. The estimated loss to Lang field Bros. is $200, 900. The loss on the building. which was owned by the Bern ard Burgunder estate. is about S0.00O Structures adjoining the burned building on either side were slightly damaged None of the firemen are fatally injured. It is thought that the fire originated from a defective electric light switchboard. iu- cated In the basement of the Globs store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
CROWD SEES MAN
 FREEZE TO DEATH
THREE YOUNG MEN DRIFT OVER FALLS AND TWO ARE RESCUED BUT THIRD ONE DIES IN THE WATER.

Providence, R. l., December 22.-In view of 200 people who were powerless to extend aid, Alfred Jackson, aged 22. a Providence clerk, was frozen to death while standing on a rock under the falls of the Pawtucket river this afternoon.
 Jackson. with two companions, L. P. Mathewson and Jackson's brother Ar thur, had left the Pawtucket canoe house and when just above the fall they al- lowed the canoe to drift too near the edge and were carried over. Persons on shore threw life lines and rescued Ar thur Jackson and Mathewson. who had fioated down stream. Alfred Jackson in the meantime remained standing up to his waist close under the falls. Sev- eral attempts were made to rescue him In the next half hour, Jackson assist ing until cold rendered him helpless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
TWO NEGROES JAILED.
They Are Charged with Burning a
 Barn on a Farm.

Centreville, December 22.-(Special) Jon Thursday Deputy Sheriff Oakley placed in jail here Tom Edwards and Henry Sanders. two negroes, charged with burn ing a barn on the Howison plantation a short time ago. There are now confined in the county jail here 26 prisoners.
 Deputy Sheriff Gardner, whose leg was broken a few days since by an unruly horse. is doing as well as possible con sidering the seriousness of his wounds. That he escaped death is almost miracu- lou, as his leg became fastened in the wheel of the car and he was dragged about 50 yards.
 The Masonic lodge at this place had a special meeting last night which was largely attended.
 The merchants here report trade fairly good this season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
Whaling Steamer Lost.

Buenos yres, December 22.-The whal- ing steamer Austral, which recently was an Argentine naval transport and prior to that was the Francais, on which the explorer, M. Charcot In 1903-04 made his southern expedition has been totally wrecked in fierce gale on the Urgaua- van coast. The Austral carried 2S per sons, including the members of the meteorological survey for Wandel Island. All were saved, however, by the Mes sageries maritime steamship Amazone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
eoLoFlELD AWAITS ACTION.
Request for Retention of Troops Has
 Not Vet Been Answered.

Washington, December 22.-It was stated at the White House tonight that telegraphic appeals sent by civic bodies. mine owners and individuals of Goldfield to President Roosevelt urging upon him the necessity for retaining q portion of the federal troops at Goldfield indefinitely had been received, but no action had been decided upon.
 Adjutant General Ainsworth stated to- night that the order signed by Secretary of War Taft yesterday, directed to Gen. eral Funston, for the withdrawal of the federal troops at Goldfeld on December 30 was forwarded today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
GOOD CHRISTMAS
 TRADE IN SELMA
MERCHANTS HAVE BEEN Ois- cOURAGED, BUT ARE NOW FEEL ING BETTER OVER THE Holl- DAY OUTLOOK.

Selma, December 22. -(Speciai.)-lhe Christina crowds broke on Selma yes'er- day and the merchants who have been hlne over the situation have been wear ing the smile that won't come oh' ii"uo circles have been very dull and It seemed until yesterday that Santa Claus was going to give Selma but brief Visit' Things are better now and big Chris.- mas trade is expected Monday and Tues- I Ia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
Woman Commits Suicide.

Montgomery, December 0.-(Special.)- Mrs. Wade H. Barnes, age B. wife of the we'll known wire chief of the long dis tance telephone company, took her own life in a tragic way at the family home on South Court street yesterday morn ing. Retiring to the bath room and locking herself in. she blew out her brains with 3S calibre revolver. The shooting was done at 7:5O o'clock and she died at Il. She leaves husband and one son, the latter four years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
Local and Personal.

MT. and Mrs. J. D. Jordan or oha,.a- ,oasa are the guests of pr. J. P. Fur miss on I.auderdale street
 Miss Mary Davison who IS teacning school at Consul is spending the holidays with her aunt. Miss Annie Dawson In this city.
 Miss Lillian Herzfeld has gone to At lanta to spend the holidays with her sis ter.
 pr. c. B. Thomas of Consul was visitor to Selma today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
Steamer Captain Found Dead.

Wilmington, N. C., December 22.-Cap- tain Lake, 45 years old, master of the British steamer Hillmere. which cleared for Bremen with a cargo of cotton was found dead in his cabin today as the steamer was passing down the river on headway to sea. Captain Lake had been suffering with acute nervous ness for several days before leaving here and 1t is belieced that either by mis- take or design he took carbolic acid in sufficient quantity to cause his death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23

now hopes to trim another of the big eastern colleges.
 The sponsors for the game were named yesterday For Birmingham, Miss Eliza beth Dearborn is sponsor. and her maids are Misses Ruby Munger and Eva Conner. Miss Mary Campbell is columbia's spon- sor, and her maids are Misses Ellen Linn Motion and Essie Timberlake.
 The teams will line up. as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
Enqineer Scalded.

John Laster, passenger engineer on the Myrtlewood branch of the Louisviiie and Nashville railroad was badly scaided yesterday just as he was preparing 70 null out of the station here. The in- iector pipe blew out. sending the scald- ing steam up his arm and making an ugly wound. MT. Laster was hurried to A physician and the arm dressed. lie will not be able to take his run out for several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23
Old Minstrel Man Dead.

Philadelphia, December z-. Wiii- fam Henry Rice. one of the best known minstrel men in the United States, died of pneumonia in hospital here today after an illness of 10 days. He was 65 vaara old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-23

Southern Railway now the only line that operates sleeping cars on their afternoon train to Eastern points.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-06
THE PRESIDENT WANTS MORE SHIPS

Whenever the president speaks we all listen
We Americans have lively minds. We interested
in all that goes It is of the peculiar phenomena of
our citizenship to feel that everything that
country or administrators concerns
So that when the president has something to say
whether it's trusts Or politics nature taking the
canal. or anything about anything, observant.
Just now it's ships.
The president more ships. He has been wanting
them ever since he became president Congress hasn
always been willing to meet him half way and when he
asked for less than he wanted congress has usually given
him good deal less than he asked for
The president is going to ask congress for three
ships big Ones 10000 ton monsters. If he gets them by
1911 we will have new and powerful squadron unit.
The naval estimate for next year calls for than
$136000000
something like $250000o0 the average for recent
years includes large for construction and repairs
for ordnance for equipment and yards and docks
What do you think about spending all this money
a navy!
We are inclined to support the president
When the big feet goes to the Pacific, the Atlantic
seaboard will be almost unprotected If they bring it all
home again in four monhs-we hope they won't bring it
all hope they will leave of it here; but if they do
bring it all home, they say they WILL that will leave the
Pacific coast no better off than it is now.
We need the feet in the Pacific; need it in the
Atlantic.
feet isn't like India rubber--you can't stretch it.
There doesn't seem to be but one way out of ito
build more ships.
That is why think the president is doing the wise
thing and the right thing and the only thing.
If ships cost great Of money and if navy yards
and repair stations and docks more great sums of
money, it is well to be careful and to go slowly; but if
must have the ships and the navy yards and the repair
stations and the docks because thousands Of miles
of American seaboad exposed to the avages Of possible
attack, then it ceases to be question of money at all
II we are to be world power we must be powerful
And We know fine place to station those three big
battleships as soon as they are finished.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-06
HAVE BOYS RAISE OWN FOOD

PENDLETON, Ore, Nov. 6.--TO
develop the practical and the in
dustrial side of life and give every
needy boy or girl of eastern Oregon
a chance to earn an education, is
the ambition of r. G. French. presi-
dent of the Weston normal school,
who as the first step in the develop
ment of his plans has purchased SIS
acres of excellent timber land 10
miles from Weston. where boys
may work at wood cutting during
vacation, the product to be sold for
the benefit of the institution. The
making of the Weston normal
school a self supporting institution
is also one of the presidents
unitarian plans.
President French believes that
land should be acquired where
fruits, vegetables. butter, milk,
meats, eggs and practically all of
the requirements of the dormitories
may be produced by the labor of
the students.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-06
San Diego Doomed as Naval Base;
Strategic Point for Canal Defense

ture is "a degrees and in August
only 60 degrees.
The harbor, 20 miles square, is
entirely landlocked. By dredging
in few places where the channel
is a trifle narrow, it could be made
to possess superior advantages as
a naval anchorage. There is plenty
of gradual sloping land to build
drydocks and a water front on.
There are good railroad connec-
lions, insuring an abundant amount
of coal overland if water communi-
cation is cut off in war time. With
increased Notifications at Fort
Rosecrans, which faces the en-
trance to San Diego harbor, and
with Notifications on the opposite
side of the point on which the fort
is located, the harbor could be
made impregnable. San Diego has
about 10000 inhabitants and an
important ocean commerce.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-06
CHAPTER XVI
fContinued.)

This is it," he shouted, his
voice resounding holloway in the
hold. He struck his hand upon a
wooden box about three feet in d.
ameter. ITS stenciled with that
corned beef mark and it's heavy
as lead. You can't stir it. See!"
He strained at the case, which re-
fused to move
Bennett, please row back to the
dhow and bring an AK ak and lam
term Henninger ordered, coOlly.
And don't say anything to them
aboard. We don't want to raise
their expectations"
Bennett must have rowed at rae
ing speed, though the Is minutes
of his absence seemed an hour to
those who awaited him. All four
men then descended upon the pile
of unsteady freight, and Hawke at
tackled the case with the ak. He
succeeded in wrenching off couple
of boards. The interior was stuff