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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
Korean Situation Is
 GrOVing StiU Worse
Government Will Fall to Pieces in Short Order Unless the Japanese Minister Hayashi, Gan Declare What Japans Intentions are Toward the Hermit Kingdom New
 Emperor Orders Punishment of
 Hague Delegation

Seoul, July 21.-The Japanese are to- night agitated by numerous reports of the ex-Emperor's intrlgues since his abdication. July 19. Military anxiety therefore has been revived by the az gravation of the political situation. The disturbing factors are, first. the enig- nautical presence of Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi in Seoul, whose mis- sion is believed by the people to be the abdication of the former Emperor and his removal to Japan. Second domicil- iary contact with the Emperor and ma nipulation of the throne by the ex- Emperor. Until July 19, the throne and court were prostrate with the Emperor groveling before the residency general. Today the resldency claims that, with this at an end 1t will be able to combat the intrigues of the ex-Em- peror. The situation Is such already that Japan Is able to establish any in- depreciation of 1t whatsoever and un- less Minister Hayashi's mission and To- kio's intentions are declared through Marquis Ito to the people, the Korean government will early dash itself to pieces. Three ministers are now with the Emperor. deliberating over the sit uation.
 There was some outward improve ment in the situation today and General Hasegawa, commander of the Japanese troops In Korea. withdrew one of the machine guns from the palace. He re- gards the situation as now being well
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
JAPANESE HAVE
 HARD PROBLEM
FORMER CONFIDENTIAL ADV- SOR OF KOREAN EMPEROR SAYS PEOPLE WILL FIGHT FOR NATIONAL EXISTENCE.

New York, July 21.-"Knowing as l do the Korean temperament and the policy Japan has pursued in the benin sula, I am able to predict that Japan will secure peace there only by the dec imation of the people,"
 This is the opinion of MT. Homber B.. Hubert, for several years intimately associated with the Korean court and confidential advisor to the deposed Emperor of Korea. MT. Hubert, who has just returned to America, said: Tt is hard to arouse the Koreans to the fighting point, They are almost inh- nitely patient, but drive tn hem to des- peration and they will turn on their tormenters as they did in 1592, and then nothing but extermination will give Japan peace there. But to ex- terminate I 1S.OO0,0oo people or even to beat them into quiescence will be no easy task And, who could blame the Koreans If they should turn upon those who are tramplng them to the ground?
 An American officer once told me that no one would care to help the Koreans until they showed a disposi- tion to help themselves. Many believe the Koreans have not enough virility to turn upon the Japanese, but those who know best think differently. The Koreans are fast approaching the turn ing point, and despair will arm them to resistance even though it be sui- cldal The Korean people thoroughly aroused could carry on 8 guerilla war fare that would bankrupt the Japanese nation
 "The many investments of the Japan : ese there would fall to a shortage of their present value. Thousands of bet ter Japanese themselves, witnessing In the desperate resistance of Koreans a proof that they had been wronged, would demand a change of policy. The one thing that Japan fears in Korea Is that the people will get together but at the same time she is doing her best to force them together"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
CRAZED MURDERER KILLS
 FANIL AND IS SHOT

Nunica, Mich, July a.-Henry Scutcn- con, farmer about 10 years old. living near this village, today ran amuck with an axe. killed his invalid son, his wife and her father. Scutcheon was later shot by Henry Mcclellan, a neighbor, whom the crazed murderer had also attacked.
 The dead:
 Henry Scutcheon.
 Polly Seutcheon, his wife.
 Frank Scutcheon, his 1S-year-old son.
 George Aiming, Mrs. Scutcheon's foster father
 The scutcheon farm house had appar- ently always been a happy home except f9r tla cloud khieh .br sons lEValidis cast over the family Today. with no cause as is known, Scutcheon suddenly murdeously attacked his son with an axe. He crushed the sons head frightfully, when his wife interrupted. He turned on her and pursued the frightened. screaming woman from their house to the roao. where he knocked her down with his weapon He then rushed back to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
Uprising Of CubarS Is
 Quickly Nipped in Bud
Volatile Islanders Take Fright Planting of Cocoanut Trees By American Soldiers and Fear That They Intend to Remain Always in the Tropical Republic-Secret Service Men Read Them a Lecture on
 Tree Planting

ing, it was of course obvious that the Americans intended to remain for at least that period.
 Patriots met in secret and decided to in- yoke the counsel of Gen. Loynas Del Cas- tillo of Havana who Is in a condition of chronic agitation over the question of duration of the American occupS n. and that warrior dispatched two CT IS to Santiago to investigate. They AN ,~ doro and with their own eyes Q N ,aptain Alexander's cocoanuts. Ny .ey were the Americans were 2 <2 ( d to remain forever. NO
 The excitement q SsS ed; more meet ings were held;< r oS ere distributed to the number, - 9oSced, of seventy-fiye rifles with an lon, and a rising was set for July l. nder the leadership of one Rodriguez of Santiago and General Commacho of San Luis. The plan was to begin operations by rushing" small iso- them and then as the insurgent ranks in- creased, attacking Santiago itself, and if possible wiping out the American gar rison.
 That there was trouble in the air was soon evident, and Lieutenant Dougherty, the American officer in charge of the rural guards of Santiago, made ready to meet 1t and sent a requisition to Havana for a big lot of cartridges. The secret service officers also went to work ana exposed the whole plot before the date set for the uprising. To the leaders they read A lecture on the subject of arbor culture as practiced by American soldiers in Cuba with a solemn warning 10 ao- stain from any interference. This suf- feed to check their patriotic ardor, and now peace reigns throughout the Oriente.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22

Havana, July (Correspondence Of the Associated Press.)-Upon what terms the business of Cuban paciheation is oc- casionally conducted is shown by the par ticulars which have just leaked out of a projected uprising in Oriente, which re- gently gave Governor Magoon some anx- ious hours. At the palace absolute fgnor- ance Is professed of anything in the shape of disturbance, but the interesting fact remains that an uprising was projected to take place July F, and would doubtless have been successful had 1t not been for the vigilance of the United States army officers detailed in secret service. Moth ing could more forciby illustrate the IT, ritability of some Cuban leaders than the triviality of the incident which started the movement.
 All the trouble arose from the efforts of Capt Robt. W. Alexander, Eleventh Uni ted States infantry. quartermaster of the American garrison in Moro Castle, San tlago, to beautify the grounds about the old fortress by setting out trees. UnlucN- fly he selected cocoanut palms for the purpose, and having secured from an ac- quaintance 100 young trees, had them properly placed. While the captain was congratulating himself on his efforts to improve Cuban property, for all the work of planting was done voluntarily by the soldiers of the garrison, the rumor went flying through the whole province that the Americans were planting cocoanuts on the Moro grounds. and as it takes six years for a cocoanut to come into bear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
COTTON CROP IS
 MUCH IMPROVED
PLANT IS IN A HEALTHY CoNo'- TON GENERALLY AND CoI' NATION HAS PROCEEDED FREE W MAKING FIELDS CLEAN.

Memphis. Tenn, July H.-The Conner cial Appeal will print tomorrow the foi- lowing summary of crop conditions pre- vai.ing throughout the cotton belt dur ing the past week made up from the reports of their special correspondencts
 Hot, dry weather prevailed in the cen tral cotton belts; rain fell in the eastern sections and showers visited the west. Fvervwhere cotton made rapid growth and is now generally in healthy ana growing condition
 Cultivation is excellent and in those sec lions where laying by has begun the cron is being finished in an unusually c can state. The plant is forming souares and in some parts of the belt hollis are well developed and all the fru,t made is being we'll held. It is noteworthy. however, that over the en- tire central and eastern belt fruiting is later than usual, since the larger mart of this section has just now begun to bloom freely.
 The plant is often small. but is every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
JEALOUSY CAUSES
 DOUBLE TRAGEDY
CITY WORK HOUSE KEEPER SHOOTS HIS WIFE FATALLY THEN TURNS PISTOL UPON HIS SISTER-IN-LAW.

Harrisburg, Ky, July 21.-"Busterp Phillips, city work house keeper. sh ot his wife four times today, three of the bullets entering her breast and the oth- CT passing through her abdomen. He then turned the weapon on Mrs Kyle Watkins, his sister-in-law, and fired one shot at her, which entered the left side, inflicting what is thought to be fatal wound. He then fired his last bullet at Thomas Slice, aged IS years. the ball entering the shoulder
 Phillips is 40 years of age and for some time has accused his 1S-yea r-o old wife of being too intimate with Slice. For this reason he left home week ago, but hearing that his wife and Sil- lee were at the Watkins home 1t Is stat ed, he went there purposely to end the matter by killing them. It Is thought he shot Mrs Watkins for allowing them to meet at her home.
 Both Mrs. Phillips and Mrs Watkins are in Il serious condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
VENEZUELA MUST
 PAY ALL CLAIMS Interesting Developments Are
 Promised Very Soon SERIOUS TROUBLE AHEAD
Several of Venezuela's Creditors Want a Settlement And According to Arbitration Agreement at The
 Hague This Must Be Done.

Washington, July 21.--1nteresting devel- opments are promised in the near future in connection with settlement of the in- debtedness of Venezuela to what are known as the ''non-preferred powers" under The Hague arbitration agreement of 1903. On the first presentment Presi- dent Castro paid the last installment of the Judgments assessed by The Hague tribunal in favor of the preferred or blockading powers, meaning Great Brit ain, Germany and Italy. Under the terms of the arbitration the claims of the other powers party to the case, namely. America, France. Spain. Belgium. The Netherlands. Sweden and Norway and Mexico, are to be discharged by series of payments based on the segregation of 30 per cent of the customs receipts of the ports of La Guayra and Puerto Cabello.
 But advices have been received that Venezuela Insists on repudiating the awards of the arbltrators in two cases, from which serious trouble may arise. These are, first, the claim of the General Company of Caracas Ca Belgium corpora ton operating the water works), and sec ond the Martinez claim, preferred by Mexico. In both cases the Venezuelan protest Is based on the allegation that the Judgments were excessive
 The danger In the situation is that an admission of the Venezuelan claim would he an opening wedge for the repudlation of all of the awards and constitute heavy blow at the whole principle of settlement yarbitratlon of pecuniary claims Meanwhile, America is rather turning to her own account the Venezue- Ian effort to reopen the arbitrations by seeking to have adjusted by arbitration the claim of the Orinoco Steam Naviga- ton company, an American concern whose concession was destroyed by President Castro. although the Venezuelan govern ment claims that the treaty of February, 1892, in Its second article expressly pro- vides that all claims be considered by the arbitrators should be submitted within thirty days from their first meeting.
 It iYas the intention Of The Hague trl- bunal lrat thes "non-preferred' claims Is entertained as to the course that Ven ezuela will elect to pursue when the first payments become due, and already there are rumors that common action will be necessary on the part of the claimant powers to secure the execution of judg- ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22

house and murdered his father-in-law Next he tried to destroy himself.
 The maddened man gashed his throat with razor and took some paris green. His wounds did not weaken him and the poison did not take immediate effect Axe in hand, he returned to the road. where he had felled his wife The first blow did not kill her and she had been carried into the house of Henry Mcclellan nearby. Mcclellan rushed to another nelghbor' s for help.
 When Scutcheon found that his wife was in the Mcclellan home alive he smashed window with his axe, jumped through 1t and again attacked her This time iesr' sled her sifGll He then left the MeClellsT home and returned to his house, but when Mcclellan returned from his search for help the crazed man came out and started over toward him saying, ''I want you, too"
 "I will shoot if you come across the road" replied Mcclellan. who had armed himself with a shotgun. Despite the warning Scutcheon came across with mn der in his glance. Mcclellan thereupon shot him dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
RAILROAD WILL BE BUILT.
Mexican Government Has Located
 Satisfactory Route.

San Antonio, July H.-A special to the Express from Mazatlan, Mex, says; Au- tboritative information has been received here that the Durango -Mazatlan railroad will be built by the Mexican govern ment. It will he the first big piece ot construction undertaken after the national railroad merger is definitely effected It is expected work will be started pefore the end of this year. Mexican lnterna- tional engineers have been engaged in making surveys for the Durango Mazat- Ian during the last six years. A very satisfactory route across the Sierra Madre was definitely located some time ago. This route is 9S5 kilometers long and 1t is said the construction of the road bed exclusive of track and bridges will cost s95. .5O000o Mexican currency. It will re- uire several million more to complete the construction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22

St. Louis, July 21.-The career or one of the most remarkable and versatile criminals of recent years will 1t IS eX- pected, come to tragic end here heNI Thursday, when Frank Seymour Bar rington goes to death on the galloWs' Harrington is an Englishma the son of a coachman, but he has always posed as A man of noble birth. As a child or he was sent to prison for five years for arson. and since that time he has served terms in Germany, Frace, Spain, India and the United States
 The crimes charged against him at various times nave ranged all the way from petty larceny to murder Bar rington first made his appearance Tn America in 1888, when he was about 9o years old, masquerading as Lieutenant General Harrington of England. With .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
WORN WITH MARCHING.
Kansas Soldiers Make a Long Jour
 ney Under Difficulties.

Fort Leavenworth, Kas.. July 2i.-Bat- terry C. Fifth field artillery. will start from Fort Leavenworth for Des Moines, Ioda. on a midsummer overland march Monday morning. The route selected Is 232 miles and 1t Is to be travelled in twelve days. The battery is under orders to be in Des Moines by August 5. and take part ir the maneuvers of the Iowa Na- tonal guards Captain D. F.. Aultmal will be in command of the battery. The battery will march back overland when the Iowa maneuvers are finished Troops l. K, l.. and NJ. the third suadron of the Thirteenth cavalry arriving at Fort Leavenworth from Fort Sill. Oklahoma yesterday. This squadron had been on the march nearly all the time for three weeks. The last part of the march, since passing through Fort Riley, was hard owing to heavy rains and excessive heat. The horses were thin and worn with the long march
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
STATUE TO BE UNVEILED.
Indiana Will Honor Memory of For
 mer War Governor.

Indianapolis, Ind. July 21.-An event of the present week that will attract thousands of visitors to this city is the unveiling of a monument to Oliver P. Morton, Indana's war governor, which Is to take place on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the east front of the state house. Oliver Perry Morton, the grand son of Governor Morton, years of age will pull the string that will unveil the monument.
 An imposing military pageant in the form of a monster parade will precede these unveiling exercises. In the even ing big camp fire will be held at Tom linson hall, at which addresses will be delivered by Vice President Fairbanks K. B. Brown, commander in chief of the national organization of Grand Ar my of the Republic, and several other notable speakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
Picayune's Crop Report.

New Orleans, La, July 21-The PIc- ayune will say tomorrow:
 favorable week has ben experienced by cotton planters in Louisiana. south ern half of Mississippi, according to re- ports of Picayune correspondents.
 Sufficient rainfall was had and the rap idly maturing crop received great bene- fit. Cotton is blooming freely, and the fruiting process is all htat could be de- sired. Complaint Is still made in the Red river section on ravages by boil weevils. The turpentine cure has been tried with success in some locations, though no official test has yet been made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
PUBLIC PRINTER DENOUNCED.
Union Alleges He Is Acting Contrary
 to Law.

Washington. July 21.-Declarlng that Public Printer Charles A. Stillings Is iet- ing contrary to the laws of the United States in inaugurating a system "of arbi- trarily deducting from the pay of the proofreaders as a fine for overlooking err TOTS in proofs read by them," the Co., lumbia Typographical union, which in membership Is the third strongest Typo graphical union in the United States. to- day adopted resolutions denouncing the public printer and instructing the secre- tary of the union to call upon Attorney General Bonaparte for an explanation as to the public printers legal right to m- pose such fines. The union mailed copy of the resolution to the President and to the department of justice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
UI/,I LORD HARRINGTON
 ,SUFFER DEAIH PENAL7T?

in year he had married Celestine D. Miller the daughter of wealthy Brooklyn family. After squandering her fortune, he left her and her moth- CT penniless in London. Soon after wards he married wealthy Canadian girl. whom he deserted after he had spent her money.
 In 1902 a Philadelphia heiress became his bride, only to be deserted soon after she had settled a large part of her for tune on her husband. Nothing more was heard of Burlington until he ap- peared in St. Louis.
 In June, 1903, he was arrested, charged with the murder of James Me Cam, a St. Louis horseman, who had befriended him. He was convicted. but fought the case at every turn. In the end, however, his sentence was affirm ed by the supreme court of the United States.
 His only hope for life now is that the governor of Missouri may intervene In his behalf at the last moment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
Killed for Two Bits.

Knoxville, Tenn, July 21.-Frank wolliver, a young white man about 19 years old, met instant death today while trying to collect an alleged debt of 25 cents. Wolliver met Amos Oglesby and a Mrs Jenks. Wolliver claimed that Mrs Jenks owed him the money and asked for It. Oglesby shot Wolliver, killing him instantly, and then escaped. He was arrested tonight as he was boarding train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
Passenger Train DeraiIed.

Chattanooga, Tenn, July 21.-The Cin- cinnati and Jacksonville Express on the Southern railroad, which left here to- night was derailed at Rome, Ga. the en- zine, mail car, combination baggage and express car and second-class coach turn ing completely over. The engineer and fireman escaped injury by Jumping. Those In the baggage car and coach had an ai- most miraculous escape from death or se- rious injury
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22

Detroit, July 21.-The death list as result of yesterdays collision near Sa- lem between an excursion train and freight train stands tonight at thirty-one, but among the 100 injured in this city and Ionia several are reported to be In ss- rious condition There are number or injured at their homes In this city ana many are in the hospitals.
 Of the long list of suffering persons at Ionia. but one, Mrs. M. Curling, whose husband was killed is reported tonight 10 he in a dangerous condition. The most serious cases here are T. B. Huggins' con oussion of the brain. cuts about the head;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22

San Antonio, Tex, July H.-A special from Hermosillo, Mex, says:
 yaori Indians raided the camp Of the picbfeld Copper Mining company, just north of Quirobabi Thursday last ana strinped it clean of everything of value hut the Indians refrained from murder. body of 200 troops has been sent from here to SCOUT the country but iittie s,,coess ia expected from the expedition.
 The Indians made their attack at the r,on hour. while the Americans and Io,,, Gleason. the manager, were aS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
Extending Mexican Road.

San Antonio. July FLA special from Mexico City says: Photographic advices received here are to the effect that MT. Seeley, 2 prominent railroad promoter, has left New York city for this city In company with party and that the ob- ject of his visit Is to complete arrange meats for continuing the Oaxaca and Aca- jutla railroad to the Pacific coast. Re- liable reports are to the effect that E. H. Hartman and Mir. Seley lately had conference at which they failed to agree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
Train smashes carrlaoe.

Lancaster, Texas, July 21.-A fast Mis- souri. Kansas and Texas passenger train today struck a carriage containing J.J K. Lavendar, merchant, Ethel and Ruby Fondern and two little girls named McCallum.
 Lavendar was so badly hurt he died shortly afterwards and Ethel, aged 2, had her skull crushed and may die. The others were more or less injured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
Killed By a Negro.

Memphis, Tenn, July 21.-A special to the Commercial Appeal from Ma con, Miss, says: Mayes Hunter son of a prominent railroad contractor of this city, was shot and killed by Albert Carr, a negro, early today at Alice vile, Ala, and tonight posse of sev- eral hundred citizens are in pursuit of Carr The negro. 1t Is stated, was ere ating a disturbance and Hunter was killed while endeavoring to quiet him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
Inquiry On Bomb Explosion.

Constantinople, July 21.-Having re- ceived no official communication from the government on the subject MT. Leischman the American ambassador, has addressed note to the Porte call ing attention to the formidable bomb explosion in front of the American em- bassy on Sunday night last. In his note MT. Leischman says that he hopes he may soon be able to inform the admin istration at Washington that energetic action has been taken to discover and punish the guilty parties and thus pre- vent a repetition of the outrage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
MANY WRECK SUFFERERS
 IN 4 SERIOUS CONDITION

Mrs. Catherine S. Elbaeh, fractured ribs and internal injuries; J. B. Anderson, fractured skull, fractured leg and internal injuries; Abraham Eddy, suffering from shock of wifes death; William Beals, leg and back injured; Mrs. Nellie Dalson, spine injured, and Mrs. Catherine Smith. skull Injured.
 This has been day of grief and mourn- ing in the little city of Ionia, which Is To- cated 1SO miles west of Detroit The re- lief committee which was organized Is visiting the injured and arranging for medicines, etc. All of the ctiy's normal activities have practically been suspended and everyone Is devoting attention to the victims of the wreck.