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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
APPLIED ID DAVIS
 FOR COMMISSIONS
Federal Officers Wanted to Serve
 In Confederate Army
COL. CHALARON HAS PROCF
New Orleans Veteran Says He Has the Original Letters, But They Cannot Be Published For
 Some Time To Come.

Baltimore. November 9.-(Special)-An article in the "Confedearte Veteran, the official organ of the Confederate veterans in which the writer says that General Grant. Admiral Farragut and Gen. George H. Thomas applied to President Jeff Davis for cimmissions in the Confederate service, is attracting wide attention and has been discussed at meetings of the camp The author of the article is Capt A. l.. de Rosset of Wilmington, N. C. He quoted as his original authority, Judge Robert Ould of Richmond, Va, who was the commissioner of exchange of prisoners on the part of the Confederate states in transaction which Captain De Rosset de- scribes.
 Captain De Rosset says that Colonel Chalaron, who is the custodian of the Louisiana Historical association, and has charge of the state museum, has in his possession letters which he said General Grant, Admiral Farragut, and General Thomas wrote to MT. Davis.
 Upon the secession of the southern states in 1861 Captain De Rosset says Captain Grant applied to the governor of Illinois to serve in the Union army. His request for d commission was ignored at the time and later on Jefferson Davis
  for a commission in the Confederate army.
 while in New Orleans some while ago." the article continues, "I mentioned the incident to Colonel Chalaron who is the custodian of the Louisiana Historical association, and has charge of the state museum He told me my information was correct and that he had in his possession the original letter from Captain Grant, late of the United States army, to MT. Davis making the request but that in ac- cordance with the terms of the Davis will the correspondence could not be published until two years after the death of Mrs. Davis.
 Further the colonel told me that he had also letters to MT Davis from Admiral Farragut and from Gen. George H. Thomas. each applying for commissions in the Confederate service. l have been told that the wife of each, either dis suaded or objected to the resignation of these officers from the federal service"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
CALEB POWERS WILL
 BE PUT ON TRIAL
THE NOTED PRISONER DEMANDS IMMEDIATE TRIAL AND WILL NOT WAIT FOR THE NEW AD- MINiSTRATION.

Lexington. Ky, November 9.-For the fourth time Caleb Powers will be put on trial at Georgetown. Scott county, Mon day. for alleged complicity in the as- sassnation of Senator William Goebel. democratic aspirant for the governorship of Kentucky in 1900. Goebel was shot January 90, 1900, dying February B. 190O from the wounds. The fatal bullet is all legged to have come from the office of Caleb Powers. secretary of state under Republican Governor Taylor. and, all though he was in Louisville on the day the shooting occurred, 1t is charged that he loaned others the key to his office so that the murderer or murderers of Goe- bel could stand by his window.
 Powers denies this, and declares that he had nothing to do with the shooting. Powers charges the juries heretofore try ing him as having been composed most ly of democrats and that he was not given fair trials Considerable new testi- mony is expected 10 be brought out at the coming trial.
 Although the report has gone out that Powers will ask for continuance of his trial when the case is cal ed Monday. until Governor-elect Wilson can take his seat. Powers denies this and says that he will demand new trial Monday.
 Judge J. s. Morris will preside. having been appointed special judge by Governor Beckham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
ENRAGED CITIZENS
 SEARCH FOR NEGRO
AFTER FAILING IN AN ATTEMPT AT CRIMINAL ASSAULT THIS NEGRO ESCAPES INTO THE WOODS.

Memphis, November 9.-tSpecial.)- Posses of enraged citizens are securing the country in the vicinity of Millington, about 10 miles from here. for a negro whose attack upon and attempted crim- inal assault of Mrs. J. N. Tucker and her 17-year-old daughter was one of the most brutally daring that has ever been recorded. The mob searched all day with the firm intention of lynchlng the brute as soon as he was caught.
 Mrs Tucker was alone at home with her daughter and five other smaller chil- dren when the attack was made. The negro broke into the house through the front door, and grabbing Mrs. Tucker by the throat. dragged her into the street. The daughter came to the mothers aid and attacked the burly black with a stick Back and forth the two women fought in the darkness, and upon the muddy road until by a show of almost superhuman strength the negro was beaten off. The infuriated black then threatened to kill the children if the door was not opened, but Mrs. Tucker yelled through the door that her husband, who was at work. was due at home in a few minutes and the negro, taking fright, fled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Revenue Changes h Tennessee Are Significant
TWO DISTRICTS COMBINED
Internal Revenue Commissioner Has Appointed New Collector For Ten nessee, Which Is Now United
 Into One District.

Washington. November 9.-tSpecial.l- President Roosevelt today consolidated the two internal revenue districts of Ten nessee and appointed Robert s. Sharp or Chattanooga the new collector, with head quarters at Nashville. In the Judgment of Tennessee politicians, the appointment will have but one effect other than the incidental saving of $S5,00O or $4o,OOO an- nually to the government, viz; the strengthening of the third term move ment by the recognition of a faction out spoken for the selection of delegation to the next national republican convention which will be instructed for the renomi- nation of the President
 The appointment of Mir, Sharp is made upon the recommendation of H. Clay Evans and Newell Sanders, chairman or the Tennessee republican committee They are the most persistent third-termers 10 be found in the Volunteer state and aie frequent subjects of interviews bearing upon the availability of the President to again serve his country
 Representative Brownlow of the First district, the absolute boss of Tennessee patronage until about q year ago could not save tho two districts presided over by collectors named by him. Messrs. Caldwell and Butler, the Brownlow hench- men. lose their collectorships, but in oi- der to somewhat break the fall and pre- vent any hostility to the plans Of Evans, Sanders ct al., they have been offered places in the internal reYenue service uh- der MT Sharp, one a revenue agency and the other a deputy colleetorship.
 The two decapitated officials are expect ed to accept the peace offering Of the commissioner of internal revenue, as Tennessee politicians declare that It IS useless to start an organization which is even suspected of being against the thlru term.
 The most hdicrous feature of the whole affair is the fact that Representative Brownlow, the deposed boss. is not op- posed to the renonii tion of the Presi- dent, but has been coming out In inter- views for Taft, whOin he claims IS the Presdents candidaid The faction op- posed to him in Tennessee, however, in- sist that Brownlow Is not sincere In his professions of fealty to Roosevelt and Taft. so there are q few who believe that such stories have reached the ears of the President and persuaded him that MT. Brownlow is possibly allied with the con spiracy
 Mir Brownlow who until few minutes before the Presidents appointment or Sharp, thought he had succeeded in pre- venting the consolidation of the two dis tricts, left for home tonight. He has thought of making an affidavit to the ol- feet that he is in favor of the third term. but is said to fear that even this would mt ,e gufficientlv convincing to the Pres ident's referees in Tennessee
 In announcing the appointment of Mir. Sharp today the commissioner of internal revenue gave out a statement basing the consolidation of the district upon the fact that 92 of the 96 counties in Tennessee having gone dry, there is room for but one district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
LOOK HERE, LADIES!
Trousseau of Princess Marie Bona
 parte Is Perfect Dream.

Paris, November 9.-The rousseau of Princess Marie Bonaparte, whose marriage to Prince George of Greece will be celebrated next month, has been put on exhibitionfand has set all Paris to discussing it. Such mag nificent display of femininity has not been seen here since the advent of the third republic. There are 65 different costumes complete, a dozen hats. a profusion of costly furs and sables, acres of linen and piles of dainty lingerie.
 The lingerie alone cost $S0,000, the beautiful skirts and other garments which the bride will wear on her we'd ding day attracting much attention. The princess has been the subject of much criticism by Parisiennes, because the entire rousseau was purchased at a single house, and not in France, but from an Austrian house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
European Investors Are PTs- paIng to Buy American
 Securities At Low Price
TIDE OF GOLD WILL BE
 CON TINUALLY INCREASED
Over $5o,ooo, ,ooo In Gold Is Already Engaged and the Prospect of Euro pean Investment Helps To
 Clear Away the Clouds.

New York. November e.--A financial force that will furnish a mighty lift to the monetary situation throughout the United States may be expected to make itself felt within the near future when European investors, according to views expressed today by international banking houses, are expected to come to the New York market and purchase standard securities, where papers have been forced to low levels by urgent liquidation.
 Purchasers of American securities on a large scale of foreign investment spells further gold imports of large proportions and the opinion was freely expressed to- day that they will be carried into New York in payment for securities pur- chased at the present levels.
 Arbitrage houses already report pur- chases of an investment character by English houses and as the situation clears these purchases will increase.
 The financial situation made further progress today toward the resumption of normal conditions.
 Gold was engaged to bring the total for this movement mp to more than $50, ,OOO,O 900. an unprecedented acquisition of the vel low metal in the history of New York finances The bank statement was more favorable than had been expected show ing loss of but $4643000 in the banks cash holdings and the stock market vas firm, the most active shares showing ad. vances on the days trading.
 The bank statement does not show the full benefits of the gold received from London, as the statement is not cal culated on a basis of averages for each day of the week, and the greater part of the gold was received late in the week. Thus statement of the condition of the banks at the close of business today would show their cash supplies much lower than under the average system of computations.
 Next week there will be more arrivals of gold, and all of that received this week will figure for the full week so that next weeks statement is expected to show large gains in reserve While the deficit in the reserve is s51 900, it should be noted that the cash on hand is still 20 per cent of all deposits, including those made by the government and which are se- cured by collateral.
 This is possibly less than required by the 25 per cent rule, but it is per cent more than the local institutions are called on to maintain under the state banking laws. Notable advances were made by the stock market during the week, today's final sales showing higher prices as follows:
 Union Pacific. 2h; United States Steel 1h: United States Steel preferred. 9 Reading, As; Pennsylvania. 47s; Northern Pacific. 1&; New York Central 29s; Mis-. ,souri Pacific, 115; Great Northern, 2A St Paul, 27s and American Sugar, 3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
EMPEROR'S WORDS
 ARE SIGNIFICANT
Japanese In Hawaii Are Source
 of Danger
OLD WARRIORS ON ISLANDS
Appeal of the Emperor To His Sub jects Hints at an Emergency Which May Arise In the
 Near Future.

Honolulu November 9.-(Special l. "Should emergency arise, offer yourself courageously to your beloved country and thus guard and maintain the prosperity of our imperial throne
 These are the words with which the Elm peror of Japan in his birthday message yesterday, saluted his 10000 subjects in the Hawaiian Islands. They caused no little commotion throughout the insalar territory, and even the most tolerant of American citizens were asking what tho Mikado refers to when he alludes to d possible emergency
 The position of this great body of Jap anese in the islands, d population which is rapidly increasing, is regarded here among even the most conservative as a source of imminent danger in case of war between the United States and Japan, and the address of the Emperor has not added to the feeling of security. The fact that many of the cooles who have come during the last two years are veterans of the Russo-Japanese war and assist in in- staling an unswerving spirit of loyalty among the older members of the Japanese colony does much, it Is said, to make the presence of Japanese here a growing menace
 The Japanese residents of the islands have universally kept the holiday sacred by feats and speechmaking and entertain ments peculiar to the Japanese
 The appeal from the Emperor to his subjects in a foreign land to remain loyal to Nippon has met with a spontaneous response from one corner of the island to the other.
 The reading of the Mikado's proclama- ton from 1000 platforms was the signal for the greatest display of fireworks in the history of Hawaii. Americans have never before seen the Japanese in such a universal condition of enthusiasm and ex citement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
TWO OLD OFFICERS
 RETAINED ON BOARD
CHAIRMAN JOHN A. TOPPING AND VICE PRESIDENT CROCKARD HOLD POSITIONS WITH NEW TENNESSEE COMPANY BOARD.

New York, November 9-The board of Railroad company, which was purchased by the United States Steel corporation, was reorganized today. The entire old board of directors tendered their resigna- tions and all were accepted except those of Chairman John A. Topping and Vice President and General Manager Frank II. Crockard. These two men, together with several representatives of the United states Steel corporation, were elected on the new board. The new members are:
 E. H. Gary, chairman of the Steel cor poration; w. F. Corey. it's president; w. B. Dickson its vice president, and Rich ard Trimble Thomas Murray and w. J. Filbert. all officers of the Steel corpora tion. Three vacancies on the new board are vet to be filled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
BANK CASHIER DISAPPEARS. Shortage of $5o,ooo Is Found By the
 Bank Examiner.

Lawton. Okla, November 3D. R. Ran kin. cashier of the Merchants and Planters bank of this place, who mys- teriously disappeared last night with a shortage of cash in the bank of about s5o0OO, is still missing. The theory of suicide. at first advanced, is now dis credited and the police are now working on the idea that he has left the country. No c,ue to his whereabouts has yet been found The bank has been taken in charge by the territorial examiner. H. H. smock. Many irregularities have been unearthed, it is alleged.
 Among the assets of the bank is an unsecured note of Cashier Rankin for y3100. [ The estimated liabilities of the insti- tuition are s11s.250, with assets estimated at s55.16s. But $40 in cash was founo ,n the vault by the bank examiner.
 N. H. Dunn was appointed receiver Tor tlte bank today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Eurniture store Burns.

Dallas, Texas, November 9.-The three story building occupied by the Denf:is- Wigley Furniture company in the heart of the business district was totally de- stroyed by fire tonight, causing loss estimated at 800. 900, covered by insurance. The blaze seemed to have originated in the center of the building and was all most inaccessible to the firemen, there be- ing no higher buildings in that vicinity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
swarthmore Beats Navy.

Annapolis. Md. November 9.-Swarth
 more overwhelmed the Mdshipmen here this afternon by the score of IS to in a football game In which the leather was in the Navy's territory the greater part of the time and the cadets were ontplayed at almost every point. Swarthmore made all their gains on straight line bucklng and wore the Midshipmen out completely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Four Persons cremated.

Newulma. Minn.. November 9.-Henry Grimmer, an invalid, and his three young children were cremated today by a fire which destroyed their home. Grimmer was in bed at the time His wife had gone out and locked the children in the houGa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Why Increases Are Allowed.

Tn order that the public may fully un- derstand the reason for the Southern and some other lines being allowed higher rate than are the first-class roads of the state, the principal of which is the Louis vile and Nashville, the following facts
 '-The Louisville and Nashville railroad, while having about one-hfth of the mileage in this state, carries about two fifths of the tonnage, and therefore has a much greate- density of tonnage per mile of track than roads such as the Southern, the Mobile and Ohio and other roads in classes and 8. Another reason for their being placed in class 1. in so far as the no commodities are involved is that their tonnage of coke. coal and ore, pig iron and naval stores comprises nearly 76 per cent of their total tonnage in this state. On none of these items has any reduction been made in rates. therefore only 24 per cent of their tonnage is possibly affected by the reduced rates. The no articles on which reductions have been made comprise the greater part Of
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
NESB|TT EXPLAINS
 NEW RATE MEASURES
Answers Charges of DiScrimi-
 nation By |. & N.
WHY INCREASE IS MADE
The Louisville and Nashville Put In First Class Because of the Great Density of Tonnage Per
 Mile of Track.

Montgomery, November 9.-(Special)- )- In view of the wide interest taken in the subject throughout the state, Associate Railroad Commissioner w. D. Nesbtt to- night issued the following statement, ox- plaining the provisions of the new rate bills:
 Statements in morning paper and ar gument by counsel of the railroads, es- pecially the Louisville and Nashville rail- road, indicate great misapprehension of the facts covering the freight rates made by the bills introduced for passage in this legislature. In order that the public may understand fully the facts, the following statement is made:
 Tn the rates of freight named in the new bills, those allowed to the Louisville and Nashville railroad are per cent hign- CT rates than those allowed them under the 1lO commodity act. Identically the same amount of per cent is allowed to the Southern railroad over the rates all lowed them under the no commodity act. The Southern railroad in it's statement and arguments to the governor and the railroad commission presented certain facts and reasons which in the judgment of the commission made it reasonable to allow them this increase of per cent which was satisfactory to them and which rates they agreed to put into effect in this state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

Said Major Hanson: "Under this law the railroad has no chance If the proposed rates are found to be unjust we have no way to recover what we have conceded. I told Governor Conner the other day that if he would make a personal bond to guarantee us against actual loss pending the determination of the reason- ableness of the rates we would put them into effect as quick as he could snap his finger He refused. In other words we lose whether we put them into effect or whether we don't"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Mileage Almost the Same.

Tn considering the rates to be voted on by the legislature, those for the Louis vlle and Nashville were increased per cent for the reason that the Louisville and Nashville, in so far as the number of miles operated fin the state of Alabama Is almost identical with the Southern railroad, and some of the conditions, at least, considered in allowing the per cent to the Southern were applicable to the Louisville and Nashville. While the Louisville and Nashville has not come before the commission or presented their facts, it was deemed advisable on ac- count of the conditions named above, to preserve the same differences in rates which were adopted in January. of 20 per cent, as between the Southern and the Louisville and Nashville. It is thus seen that in so far as the proposed rates to be voted on by this session of the legsla- ture are concerned, that the Louisville and Nashville and the Southern are treat ed identically alike, though one has agreed to put in effect these rates. while the other has continued an injunction .n the federal court against the application of any reductions,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

There was some talk tonight of a pool ing Of interests among the advocates of anti-prohibition and anti-rate legislation, by which it was hoped to flibuster and possibly keep both subjects from being acted upon. These rumors are probably eroundless for no one denies the large majority in favor of rate legislation. Neither does anyone deny the strong sentiment for state prohibition.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-08-08
WHAT ARE you DOING,

What are you doing to advertise
the Occur d'Alenes? Are you
just sitting back in your Office chair
and waiting for business to come tc
you that someone else has ribbed
up, or are y,u spending some Of
your own money to interest new
people and new capital in this dis.
trict?
The Miner maintains that it il
the duty OF each resident Of this
community, no matter how large or
small his financial stake in it may
he, to do some honest work towards
promoting the general prosperity.
Ii he is poor man, a wage
Garner for instance, he can buy a
few copies Of the local papers from
time to time and mail them to
friends who are likely TO be look
ing for good investments. II he
is a business man no matter
whether grocer, banker or broker,
his financial returns will he larger
SO II is manifcstly to his individual
interest to do more than this.
That is the reason that the Miner
urges the formation of u Chamber
Of Mines so that all can do their
part without individual initiative,
which it seems to be almost i'm
possible to arouse.
The country needs advertising.
Everyone who goes east comes back
with the same story. The invest
ing public knows nothing Of the
Occur d Alenes and it is up to us
to inform them. One man, be he
broker or promoter, or one news
paper cannot do this. He would
necessarily put his own interests
first and might conceivably do
more harm than good. The COM
munity should do it and MS the
county government cannot, indi-
vidual citizens who have the good
Of the district at heart should
organize to accomplish 50 desirable
an end.
Who will call meeting to
institute a Chamber of Mines?