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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-28

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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-28

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
UNIONS NOT RECOGNIZED.
British Railway Officials Decline |,
 Confer With Committees,

London, July 30.-Lord Claud John Hamilton, chairman of the Great East ern railway and Henry Cosmo Bonsor, chairman of the Southeastern rail way, speaking at the annual meetings of their respective companies this aft ernoon, both emphatically refused to recognize the Amalgamated Society of
 --.Iway Servants, the executive com mittee of which had demanded the right to represent the railway em- ployes in an effort to settle their al le ged grievances. Both the chairmen declared that their directors were ready to discuss grievances with the employees themselves, but they abso- lutely declined to permit the interfer. ence of a third party. Lord Claud John Hamilton asserted that he in. tended, at all costs, to preserve for the directors of his company and the staff they employed the right to con, tinue to enjoy the privileges of free citizens, untrammelled by the coercion or tyranny of an outside, irresponsi. ble body of men"
 It is understood that the manage ment of all the railroads in the United Kingdom have similarly agreed to re- fuse to recognize the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants as an in termediary between the directors and the man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS.
Regulations Will Be Changed for Fir
 Ing Guns on Naval Vessels.

Washington, July 30.-Immediately on his return from Oyster Bay, where he discussed the matter with President Roosevelt, Acting Secretary Newberry of the navy department today took steps to carry out tho plan agreed on between them by the converting of a board of naval experts to thoroughly investigate turret construction and op- eration with view to the adoption of means to prevent, if possible. repeti- tion of disasters such as befell the battleship Georgia several weeks ago. and which have occurred several times on naval vessels in recent years
 Among the recommendations made by the board of officers which investigated the acident on the Georgia were the following:
 The introduction Into the handling room of an automatic spraying appa . ratus, so that in the case of any emergency the powder then in the room may be quickly wet by merely using a lever.
 A change in the drill regulations whereby no powder Is to be brought into the turrets during the firing until the gun is clear of "all residue from the last shot"
 An improvement of the automatic shutters which separate the turret from the handling room below with the view of preventing by all possible means the falling of any sparks through any circumstances.
 These recommendations will be taken up and considered by the new board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
GOVERNMENT SUES
 POWDER TRUST
IN THE PETITION FILED AT WILL MlNGToN, DEL, ALLEGATIONS ARE MADE AGAINST SENATOR HENRY DUPONT.

Wilmington, Del. July 3o.-The papers in the suit of the government against the so o-called powder trust were filed in the United States court here by Assistant At torney General Purdy today After the reading of the petition the court issued the subpoenas asked for. They are re- turnable on the first Monday in October Counsel for the Dupont companies decline to make any statement regarding the pro ceedings.
 Relative to the connection of United States Senator Henry A. Dupont with the so-called trust, the bill filed says:
 That defendant, Henry A Dupont was the president and member of the board of directors of the E l. Dupont, DeNemours x Co. from the time of It's organization until the first day of January, 1906, during which time he attended from time to time the meetings of the board of dIrec- tors of said company held In the city of Wilmington and participated in the dis cussion and management of the business time of filing this petition the said Henry A, Dupont was one of the principal stock holders In said company and during all of the times herein mentioned has been and Is now exercising dominating influence over the management and business of said company"
 MT. Dupont was elected United States senator in June 1906
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
SERIOUS BREAK OF
 ERIE CANAL WALL
CANAL BOATS ARE DRAWN INTO THE VORTEX AND SEVERAL PERSONS HAVE A NARROW Es- CAPE FROM DROWNING.

Syracuse, N. Y, July SO-The stone arches that support the bed of the Erie canal at a point near the center of this city, where it passes over Onondaga creek, gave way this afternoon and four canal boats were drawn into the bed or the creek beneath. tlIty feet of the wall of the three-story Empire Touring mill fell into the water and the Barters and Greenwa breweries, respectively on the north and south banks of the canal, were threatened with demolition.
 The driver of the canal boat Peter J. Rolter of Black River, noticed that the beat was moving too rapidly and huriredly moored 1t to the canal bank The ropes snapped like so much thread, carrying away a part of the wall upon which the Touring mill stands. Fred Racs, the owner of the boat, with his wife and daughter. were compelled to jump to save their lives. Henry Race. so years old, father of the owner was standing ia the stern of the boat and employees of the Standard Milling company grabbed him as the boat took It's downward plunge.
 iAS pOdl 6OpudiO was Ll6Q uR dI Inb gas plant to a crane. It pulled tho crane over and severed a steel anchorage cable. The boat was drawn into the break, fol- lowed by the Major J. J. Bailey, owned by P. Davenport. Two boats owned by Frank G. Foute of New York, loaded with coal, were swept into the vortex. Mir. Foute's wife and four children were saved by A deck hand
 1he canal level at this point Is five miles in length and Division Superlntend- ent Wheeler immediately ordered the wa ter drawn. When the level is emptied the danger of flood in the creek section north of Onondaga lake will pass and the back ed up waters of the creek will flow unin- terruptedly by the boats All canal traf- nc is tied up and 1t will be several days before the damage can be repaired. The boats and cargoes are total losses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
ALL STEEL TRUST
 RECORDS BROKEN Earnings Are S45,OOO,oOO for
 the First Quarter REACH HIGH WATER MARK Amount of Unified Business on Hand June 30. Is Over 100000 Tons, an Increase of 10 Per Cent
 Over Last Year.
REACH HIGH WATER MARK

New York, July 3O-All records of the United States Steel corporation in the manufacture of steel were shown to have been broken when the company's report for the quarter ending June 90, 1907, was made public after a meeting of the board of directors. The report shows that the company's total net earnings for the spring quarter was s45, ,503, ,705 a high water mark record for any single quarter in the company's history, and an increase of $5,- SIS. .672 over the corresponding quarter last year. The amount of thrilled business on hand on June 30, was 7,e0S,87S tons, an ln- crease og 7s4,2sS tons over last year. The amount of thrilled business on the com pany's books Is a barometric indication of steel making business. The statement also shows that s1S.6oo,Oo0 was set aside after all charges, interest and dividends paid, for new plants, additional prop erty and construction. This is an in- crease of $5,5o0OO0. as compared with the appropriation for the same purpose for the quarter ending June 30, 1908
 The total of the company's quarterly earnings of S45,503f5 has reached, after deducting all expenses incident to opera ton, including those for ordinary repairs and maintenance of plants, employees ben eft funds and interest on bonds and fixed charges of subsidiary companies.
 The directors declare the regular auar- terly dividend of 1s4 per cent on the pre- ferred stock and the regular quarterly dividend of Kz per cent on common stock It was stated after the meeting of the di- rectors by one of the officials of the cor poration that the orders received since July show decrease of between 25 and So per cent as compared with the corre- spending month last year.
 It was further explained that July. 1906, was exceptional as far as orders were con cerned, and It was possible that before the end of the quarter that the loss for July would be made up. The directors of the company. 1t was said, did not dis cuss the advisability of arbitrating with the striking orc handlers at lake points. It was stated that this matter was In no way considered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
ENGINE BXPLODBS
 KILLS FOUR PEOPLE
TRAIN WAS RUNNING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE AC. CIDENT ocCURRED-coAcHEs ARE BURNED.

Memphis, July 9o.-A special to the Commercial Apepal from Milan, Tenn, says:
 Four persons were killed outright, an other was fatally injured and ten others were seriously hurt when at a late hour tonight an engine attached to a fast H. linois Central fregiht train. northbound. exploded near this place. wrecklng the train as wei las another freight train standing In an adjacent siding
 The dead:
 Engineer Maloney, Chicago.
 Robert Henderson, fireman, Jackson. Tenn.
 Two tramps, unidentified.
 Fatally Injured:
 A. B. Lynch, trainman, Jackson, Tenn. The train was running at a high rate of speed when the explosion occurred. Both trains caught fire and will be de stroyed.
 The cause of the explosion could not be ascertained al this hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
Heflin's Tribute.

LaFayeytte, July 30-(Special)- Congressman J. Thomas Hehin paid tn e following tribute to Senator Pettus to- day:
 Ripe in wisdom and full of years, Senator Morgan and Senator Pettus died at their post. In this good year of our Lord, the hand of death has fallen heavily upon us. Two men, the noblest expression of our civilization and the growing glory of her matchless manhood, have gone from us forever. NO two men in public life were ever more beloved by their constituents than were these two faithful, able and incorruptible public servants.
 Wearing worthily the highest honor within the gift of the state they loved so well, and enthroned in the affection and confidence of a proud. patriotic peo- pie, they died as they desired to die In the harness
 Peace to their ashes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
SHARP ARGUMENT IN POWERS TRIAL Council for Defense Bitterly
 Oppose the Judge PREJUDICE IS CHARGED
Attorney for the Prosecution Declares All the Allegations Are Untrue and Said Court Proposed
 to Protect Defendant.

Georgetown. Ky. July 3o.-Argu- ments to have Special Judge Robbins vacate the bench in the Caleb Powers trial were completed this afternoon and the court took the matter under advisement, adjourning court until 10 o'clock tomorrow. Attorney Victor Bradley, associate counsel for the com monwealth, opened and bitterly de- nounced the affidavit filed by the de- fense. He said in the course of his ar Gument that the charge that the court had at the last trial taken a partisan i newspaper to the jury containing an article in which it was reported that the only question to be decided upon by . the jury was a life sentence or the death penalty was an outrage and should not be tolerated. He said seven of the Jurors in the last trial had sworn that it was utterly false
 The allegation that States Attorney Franklin had gone 10 Judge Robbins home town and made a speech on the Powers trial, stating why he should have been found guilty, and the judge from a platform nodded assent to each sentence was bitterly assalled by Brad ley. He said the commonwealth's at torney would make affidavit that it was absolutely false.
 Bradley declared that the other al- legations that the judge was prejudieed and ruled in accordance in the last trial was untrue. He said that every act on the part of the court was to pro- tect the defendant.
 Bradely was followed by William Smith of counsel for the defense, who began argument by saying it was not the purpose of the defense to argue the question when an affidavit was filed. He said the only real question to be discussed at this time was as to wh ether 1t was right to file the coun- ter affdavts offered by the state. He spoke only for few minutes, and at the conclusion the court announced 1t would take the matter under advise ment until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
 The deposition of Mrs. Henry Youtsey filed in the Scott circuit court of the DeKalb county trial, pertaining to the treatment of her husband in the peni- tentiary before and after his confes- sion to the murder of Goebel was read. She says that Colonel Lilliard, warden of the penitentiary told her that her husband could get out if he told what he knew. The statement was also made to the effect that her husband admitted to Powers in the Georgetown jail that he would commit perjury if he testified against him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
MARYLAND NEGROES
 GETTING RESTLESS
THEY THINK THEY ARE NOT GET TING A SQUARE DEAL FROM RE- PUBlICANS AND HAVE CALLED A CONVENTION.

of the leading Maryland negroes, ac- Some of the leading Maryland negroes, &C., cording to reports from Baltimore. do not think they are getting a square deal from the white leaders of the republican party in their state. Steps therefore, have been taken to call within a few weeks a con- vention, to be composed of delegates from every county in the state. the purpose of the gathering being to notify the white fellows in control of the organization that the negroes are getting nothing but husks.
 The blacks, inasmuch as they can mus ter nearly COCO votes in Maryland. and without which the Caucasian element of the party would be lost in the political wilderness. complain that In addition to getting scarcely anything In the shape of offices is too much of the lily win. domination to suit their notions.
 Quite number of the Maryland ne groes hold department positions here and many hundreds are laborers for the gov ernment and for firms of contractors in this city, but some years ago when Sena- tor German was at the helm the Maryland legislature put a stop to the voting in the state unless the voter actually resides six consecutive months in the state and he had his washing done at his home.
 For that peroiod of time, before that law was passed, 1t was easy for the re- publican managers to vote In counties ad- 1acent to the District of Columbia thou sands of negroes who were no more res idents of Maryland than of Pennsylvania or New York.
 It is not thought this movement will amount to much during the present year, but the Maryland negroes are known to be generally restless. They are thought to be organizing more with view of being rec ognized next year when a presidential campaign comes off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31

It had twice controlled the lower house In Congress by alliances, and had cast nearly million and a half votes four years before. AAmong it's leaders wers men of wide experience in politics and statecraft, A majority of these leaders favored the nomination of William H. seward. Others were convinced that Abraham Lincoln should be the standard bearer. The galleries were solid for Lin- coin. The word was passed around and the boys' made ready. ,..4en Lincoln's name was presented to the convention the galleries broke into thunders of ap- plausa which could not be stilled The seward leaders were surprised and dis comf1tted. While no one would credit the nomination of Lincoln solely to the suc- cess or this clauque, 1t undoubtedly had a great influence.
 TomorroW-Continuatio Of National Political Conventions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
New Patents Issued.

Washington, July So.--tSpeciaL )-Patents issued Homer N Patrick and G. T. Ogles- by, Sheffield, picture hanger; Richard V. Veitch, Bessemer, apparatus for making Things of hot pots. Rural free delivery route No. ordered established October 1 at Elba, Coffee county, serving $50 peo- ple and 50 families.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
GLENN'S ULTIMATUM.
He Says He Will Proceed Against
 Other Railroads,

Raleigh, July 30.-Governor Glenn said tonight that unless the Louisville and Nashville and the Carolina and Northwestern railroads agree to &C., cept the new passenger rate of PA cents at an early date, he will proceed against these roads. The governor has received letter from the Louis vile and Nashville asking that its line te exempted from the new law. The road is in the extreme southwestern portion of the state, and is only thir- teen miles in length. This request has been referred to the state corpora ton commission.
 Grass lawns in Birmingham are attract i've. A little care makes a beautiful .m- ..r,A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31

The growth of our business from the day we open in 1904 with capital of one hundred thousand dollars and no customers-to the present time when we have thirteen hundred customers and more than eight hun dred thousand dollars of resources due to an earnest endeavor to serve our customers well and to keep their money safely On these terms we solicit your pat ronage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31

The state officers present were Secretary of State Julian. Auditor W. w. Bran don. Treasurer Feed, Commissioner of Agriculture Wilkinson, President of tho Railroad Commission Henderson, Associ- ate Commissioner Nesbitt.
 Lieutenant Governor Gray was prevent ed from attending by an important matter which could not be postponed several gentlemen being en route from q distant city to fill an engagement with him. Speaker A. H. Carmichael was present and about 100 members of the legislature
 Among the latter frequently in the pub- lie eye were Col. S. w. John of the house, Senators John Lusk and John W. Overton of the senate, Senator Spragins, Senator King of Marengo, Senator Miller of Birmingham, Representative Bulgel, Representative Haley, Representative Kingi Representative Glover of Jefferson, Representative Jenkins of Baldwin, SaE- ator Jones of WilsoX.
 There were also several visitors of prominence not in public life Among these were Hon. Thomas Clark, formerly speaker of the Alabama house of rep resentatives; Hon. Joel Godsby of Mo- bile, former senator and q kinsman; Mir. Harry J. Pettus from Healing Springs, himself 61 years og age and in appear ance greatly resembling the dead sen dlOTt WHO WIS HIS uIlClef iOTlnel fItSiuehl of tho Senate D. J. Meadow Of Marengor, and Probate Judge Ieasty,
 The congressional escort was in charge of Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms F.. l.. Cor nelious and J. o. Jones, the latter for merly being secretary to Senator Mor- gan.
 The Floral Offerings.
 The floral offerings were elaborate and exceedingly beautiful. both those that came from a distance and those from local florists, The usual offerings sent in the name of the Senate and House failed to reach the city. In the name of the state Governor Conner sent a beautiful pillow of peutnlas and red and white carnations. On the streamers were in- scrlbed. Here we Rest. He was our friend"
 The Alabama house of representatives sent shield of red and white brides roses and carnations. a beautiful piece, indeed. The senate's offering was a broken column and wreath made entirely of white carnations and roses. Senator Bankheads offering was a magnificent wreath of roses and petunias enveloping sheaf of Wheat. It was one of the most beautiful sent. The Second Ala bama regiment sent massive piece with the Confederate cross In the center and letters In immortelles as follows: "2 A N G. The Commercial and Industrial as- sociation of Selma sent a beautiful cross or pethnias The state of South Carolina sent the state flag made of purple asters and bride roses, a magnificent piece. The grand division of United Daughters of the Confectionery and the Selma chap ter and Montgomery chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy sent ap- proprlate designs. The teachers of the Dallas academy sent a standing Tyre. The city of Selma sent a beautiful offer ing. being large background of pe- tunias and roses with cross of red carnations In the center. Friends and relatives from Arkansas Mobile, Bir- mingham Montgomery and other cities sent handsome offerings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
FETTUS FOLLOWS HIS COLLEAGUE
 TO THE GRAVE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE l.,

 shower had passed and the sun peeped from behind the clouds, witnessed with bowed heads the lowering into the grave of all that was mortal of the beloved statesman.
 The ceremonies of confinement to the earth being concluded, the military escort gave the salutes complimentary to a brig adler general, taps were blown by the regimental trumpeter and the distin- Suished dead had been given back to the earth from which all mortals spring.
 Many Visitors Attend.
 On account of the inaccessibility of many of those appointed as the congress sional escort, there were but few of the members of the national Senate or House of Representatives present. Senator Bankhead reached the city firm Hot Springs, Ark. via Birmingham at 11:20 His physician greatly advised against his coming but he insisted on being pres ent at the last sad rites over his friend of nearly quarter of century. Senator s. D. McEnery of Louisiana was the only other representative of the Senate pres -ent The House was represented by Con gressmen Taylor, Wiley, Clayton, Craig and Underwood.
 Governor Conner and several members of his military staff were present in charge of Assistant Adiutant General w. L. Pitts. Jr., General Graves being in charge of the military escort \to Senator Pet tus.
 Ex-Governor J. F. Johnston. who will succeed Senator Pettus. was among the visitors.
 Chief Justice Tyson was the only rep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31
State Officers Present.

resentative of the supreme court of tn' state nrescnt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-31

The party was only six years old, but