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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
NO SURPRISE FELT.
Governor Hughes Now Looms Up As
 tht Man of the Hour.

New York. December 1.-The official a,,ouncement from the White House to- night that President Roosevelt would ad- here to his earlier determination not to accept a renomination was received with interest but hardly with surprise by party leaders here. The President generally had been taken at his word, and those In whose political Judgment confidence is feIt had anticipated this evenings state ment. ,,
 If was generally agreed that the elm- ,nation of MT. Roosevet's name brought that of Governor Hughes. as New fork candidate, sharply to the front. Chair man Timothy L. Woodruff of the state committee would not be quoted as to the future attitude of that pooy.
 Senator Horace VI nite of Syracuse. who ,ad conference with MT. Woodruff in tb,s city last Friday, made statement al that time. in which he said
 "yvith President Roosevelt eliminated from inc situation the people undoubtedly wo,,ld turn to Governor Hughes hrst Tn my mart of the state. If the people once get the idea that Roosevelt was abso- lutely out of it I think that Hughes would undoubtedly be the leading candi- date in this state for president.
 covarnor Hughes never has permitted others to speak for him. but Senator Alfred R. Page is probably as close to the governor as any one IS allowed 10 get. When questioned Senator Page said:
 without exception the friends of Gov ernor Hughes are convinced that under no circumstances will he accept re- nomination for governor. lie mas made sacrifices enough and will nave com pleted the work he was chosen to do. The same qualities. however, which would make him desirable as governor would mako him desirable in the office of pres ident.
 Republican National committeemal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
TEXAS TO THE FRONT. State Officials Make Move To Brlnq Capital Back To State.

Dallas Tex, December 11.-An Aus tin special to the News says 1t is re- ported there upon good authority that the big life insurance companies, all of which retired from Texas on July 1 because of the enactment of the Rob- ertson law requiring them to invest 75 per cent of their Texas reserve In cer- tain Texas securities. and to deposit same within this state, are to return to Texas on January l. The law per mits the insurance commissioner to waive any requirement the companies show would be injurious to their policy holders or impossible of fulfillment, and 1t is said that under this authority an agreement has been reached whereby the companies are to return and imme- diately make large investments in Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
COMMISSION IS SENT.
Government Officials Go To Goldfield
 To Make Inquiry.

Washington. December 11.-Asslstant Secretary Murray of the department of commerce and labor, Charles P. Nell, cor missioner of labor, and Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corpora ernoon for Goldneld, New. to make a thorough investigation of the trouble between the miners and mine oper- ators at that place. Secretary Murray and Commissioner Smith made this an nouncement after a conference with President Roosevelt today.
 A statement was made at the war de- partment that there was no intention of withdrawing the troops from Gold field, notwithstanding the dispatch of the commission from here. The troops according to the department will be kept at Goldfield so long as the com manding officer believes their presence necessary for the maintenance of or der. The following instructions were sent to the commanding officer of the troops now at Goldheld today by order of the President:
 "The troops are not sent to take the part of either side in purely industrial dispute, as long as 1t Is kept within tho bounds of law and order They are to be neither for nor against the strikers or the employers. They are to prevent riot and violence and must act in &C., cordance with the constitution and the laws of the land. No man Is to be in- terfered with as long as he conducts himself in a peaceful and orderly man. ner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
Oklahoma Senators Elected.

Guthrie, Okla, December 1.-The cleo ton of the first two United States Sena- tors from the new state of Oklahoma was completed by the two houses in joint ses- sion today, when Speaker w. H. Murray. announcing the vote of yesterday, de- clared Robert L. owen of Muskogee and Thomas P. Gore of Lawton duly chosen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
Commander At San Francisco
 Will Investigate Affairs
COMMISSION IS ALSO SENT
President Roosevelt Sends Government Officials To GoIdfieId To Find True Status of Strike-AlI Wait
 For Outbreak To Come.

Goldfeld, New, December 11.-Governor Sparks and Colonel Reynolds, who is in command of the troops in Goldfield, held a conference today and separated without deciding the matter of declaring martial law in this district. It appears that the governor is being strongly urged by the mine owners to make every endeavor to induce Colonel Reynolds to take this ac- ton before the arrival of General Fun ston, which will be on Thursday, after the attempt is made to reopen the mines on that day.
 The conference today was barren of re- suits and Colonel Reynolds and Governor Sparks will meet again for another dis cusion of the matter. It appears that it was a detective in the employ of Cover nor Sparks who discovered that high grading" was going on in Goldfed and that men were footing the Rogers and Little Florence leases.
 Colonel Reynolds was shown specimens Of the ore taken from the persons of tho men captured In the Little Florence lease last night, which ore was worth some- thing like $20 a pound He admitted that he would not be able to stop the out rages, but was still unwilling to take any decisive step until some act of violence had been committed or until the arrival of General Funston.
 Three more high graders" were cap tured today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
IMMENSE FOREST RESERVE PLANNED
Millions of Acres Are to Be Bought And Reserved
APPALACHIANS SET ASIDE
The Government Will Take Over Great Tracts In the Blue Ridge and AL eghenies and Prevent Fearful
 Waste of the Timber.

Washington, December 11.-(Speeial.)- As result of one of the most extensive and thorough going field Investigations which the government has ever conduct ed Secretary af Agriculture Wilson, in a special report transmitted to Congress today, recommends that the government acquire an area not to exceed G00,000 acres in the White mountains and areas az gregating not more than 5O00,000 acres in the southern Appalachians for the estab- lishment of national forests. The average price to be paid per acre is put at $6 for the White Mountains and at s3.5O for the southern Appalachans.
 The lands which 1t Is recommended that the government take over lie in the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, South Caro- lima and Georgia, In the Allegheny moun- tains of Eastern and Southern West Vir- ginia, in the Cumberland mountains of Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee and North ern Alabama, and in the four main ranges. of the White mountains, mostly In New Hampshire. Immediate action is urged by the Secretary, since the natural re- sources of both regions are being seri- ously impaired by rechiess numbering and wastefui use.
 Congress at its last session appropriated $25,000 to make this investigation, and bills following the Secretarys recommen- dation on the result will be introduced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12

William M. Ward was i'll at his home at Port Chester tonight.
 Ex-Governor Franklin Murphy, also committeeman from New Jersey, said at his home in Newark:
 "All this talk of the renomination of the President for a third term has been unfair to President Roosevelt. l have never believed that he would accept a third term"
 No Doubts Left.
 The announcement that the President would not accept the republican nomlna- tion if rendered came at too late an hour to become generally known in poltlcal circles. but among those who learned Of it-dt aocrats and republicans alike-thc feeling was general that it left no douot of the presidential situation so far as related to the third term of MT. Roose- velt Some democrats, however, express a belief that Roosevelt would shake his resolution and would not prove historical in that no American citizen ever refused a presidential nomination.
 Administration republicans declare that the statement gives an impetus to the Taft boom, while the democrats, many of the leaders of whom are here, are shout ing that 1t means Bryan in walk.
 Speaker Cannon, when shown the Pres ident's statement, said:
 "The President speaks for himself. It would be useless and inappropriate for me to attempt to interpret the Presidents 5 words"
 declared candidates who could be seen to- night, said:
 ''That has been his position all the while. I suppose, but I don't care to discuss the matter, thank you
 Limited To Two Terms. Senator Hopkins of Illinois said: Tt is in keeping with his character and what he has said from the start. It shows him to be a patriot as well as a statesman, following as he Is the tradi- tions of Washington and Jefferson in lini- iting himself to two terms. Senator LaFollette said: While such an announcement could be expected, 1t was not expected to come so soon. l have no other comment to make at ln.s time
 Senator Richardson of Delaware said: q fancy the announcement will be pleasant news to several persons. l need not name them they are too numerous Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota said
 .'There is no question at all about the l Presidents sincerity at this time and be- l fore. If conditions should demand his
  | mate him and I do not see how it would | be possible for him to decline. however earnest he might be- Senator Long of Kansans said: .The Taft boom will be the only one worth considering after this.' Senator Dick of Ohio said: Nothing else was to be expected.' l Among the democrats who commented | upon the Presidents statement was Sem | ator Tillman, who said; This Is by way | of documentary evidence that the Presl- 1 dent has seen the handwriting on the | wall. It means that Bryan will be the next President of the United States. l Roosevelt Is the only republican candi- l date who could be considered formidable. Williams Views.
 MT. John Sharp Williams, leader of the l minority in the House, said:
 ''I believe I am one Of the lew demo-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
Appointments Held Up.

Upon the request of w. F. Sullivan of Mobile Senator Johnston is holding up in the Senate judiciary committee the con- firmation of Marshal Dean and District Attorney Ambrecht of the Southern Ala bama district They were appointed last week and 1t Is understood that Dr. Sul- livan has charges which he wishes to fila against them. w. S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
Sudden Decision.

Further than the official statements al- ready given. no declarations are to be had from any authorized person as to the sudden decision of the administration to take such action as the President did today in relation to the Goldheld strike. It Is clearly understood. however, among the officials of the war department that the purpose is to forestall adverse crit icism on the dispatch of troops to Gold field before there had been any actual rioting There Is no disposition in any quarter to question the right of the ~~-~~~~-~~~~~~~~-~~~
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
t Is Believed That Dead Miners
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225 BODIES ARE RESCUED
Fifty Funerals Are Held and Flowers Are Placed On All Collins By the Daughter of the Treasurer
 of the Coal Company.

Monongah, w. Va, December 11.- Steadily and almost uninterruptedly Mines Nos. and 8 of the Fairmont Coal company are giving up the victims of last Fridays explosion. When tonight s force of rescuers went on duty there had been a total of 225 bodies taken out, most of which have been buried. Others were brought out in groups of two and three at short intervals.
 A number of the bodies brought out to- day did not bear the brass checks used in the company's system of records and accounts of majority of It's employees, thus substantiating the statements of Monday that large number of men and boys in the mines were not included in the checking rolls upon which estimates of the dead were largely based. This has also almost dispelled the hope expressed by mining officials the past few days that the number of dead had been overest,- mated. There is reason to believe tonight that the number will not fall far short of five hundred.
 A canvass of miners homes will be com- pleted tomorrow, and this, together with d list Of hundreds of unclaimed letters III the postoffice will furnish data for new and probably more accurate estimate.
 Conditions outside the mine tonight are much improved through the freezing sur face of the mud which is making the work much easier.
 An opening between the two mines was completed tonight, nn<a within 4S hours all the bodies found will have been taken to the morgue.
 ro oIa In each casket there was bunch of Amer ican Beauty roses or white carnations. The source of the flowers remained se- cret until late in the day, when it was learned that Miss Elizabeth daughter of s. l.. Watson, treasurer of the coal com- pany, had ordered them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12

Nine more bodies were taken from tho mines tonight making the total number recovered up to 1 o'clock 234.
 Of these 119 were taken from No. G. Pit bosses in all their estimates upon time books have insisted that not over 11O men were at work in No. 6. This Is further evidence that the companys rec ords do not include all of the men caught by the explosion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
Mines Will Open Up.

The Mine Owners association still as- sert that the mines will be worked to- morrow and that they have men en- gagged to work them.
 The effort to have martial law declared today is for the purpose of allowing troops to patrol the mines and to search for concealed arms and ammunition al- legged to be held by the strikers in vari- ous places. The mine owners anticipate attempts to destroy machinery or sup plies unless the soldiers take charge of the situation. On the other hand the union men say they will attempt no vo- fence or destruction of property, but will protect the mines and will endeavor 10 induce any miner who may try to go to work to leave the mines and join the union. Captain Swain of the Thiel agency has left for California to be ready to bring 800 California miners here on short notice. The men secured are mostly miners from Joplin, who have been strike breakers in Idaho and California and can be brought here in two days time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12
100 Men Sworn In.

Constable Inman is swearing in 100 extra deputies who will patrol the min ing district and be detailed as personal guards of the miners They are In the pay of the Mine owners association. These deputies will carry only revolv- CTS at first and if necessary will be provided with repeating rifles later.
 The situation here is becoming more intense and there is not n person who does not anticipate trouble of some sort tonight or tomorrow.
 John $. Cook of John s. Cook x Co.'S bank stated today at noon that bank scrip had been issued in Goldheld to the amount of $75,000 and he would be pre- pared to meet the payrolls with gold after Monday. This announcement doubtless will have the effect of indac- ing some members of the Western Fed eration to go to work at once.
 Vincent S. St. John, a recognized member of the Western Federation of Miners, who has been in the miners hospital. left the camp several days ago. jt is stated that other agitators among the local miners have departed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-12

Under the operation of this system of government" he said, "ffty-one men Tn the United States, multi-mililonaires, if you please. have amassed a total fortune of g, 295, GOO .000. Of this fifty-one. John D. Rockefeller, the oil king of the world. leads with s600 O00. GOO; Andrew Carnegie, the steel king of the world. follows with half this amount"
 The Secretary of Commerce and Labor had calculated he said that all the prop erty owned by S9. .000,O0O citizens Is $l07 ,O00,- O0,O0O, so that these fifty-one men own
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New-York tribune., 1907-12-23
SUIT HINGES ON MISSING DEED.
Shows How Sheepshead Bay Property values
Have Increased in Fifty Years.

4 suit which is to be tried in the Supreme Court
in Brooklyn has been brought by Arthur I. sal
mon and Caroline Baker. executors and trustees
under the will of John q. Schumacher and Caroiiie
Baker individually. Nellie Salmon and Ella DOWNS
arafnst Mrs Iaurestine j. Hardenbrook, Minnie l.
Johnson Hester D. Powell, Adele Storms ana
Martin 7 Johnson. The case rests on a missing
% acres Of land in Sheepshead Bay. on the Old
Sbeepshead Bay Road. in the old town of Graves
end They claim to have held such premises as
deyisees of a trust estate in fee, end that the
estate was acquired by the will of John g. Schu-
maker dated June 8 1901.
Edward f. Dean. of Jamaica, counsel for the oe-
PENDANTS says the property is worth $4,000. ana
that his clients own about onethird Of IL The de-
ferlants saw they will sign quit claim deed
Y,nti II has been shown where the missing deed Is
and whether their grandfather drew 1t and trans
forred rle property to strangers to some of his
own kin.
Martin I. johnson and Peter Lott bought the plot
at Sheepshead Bay in 1854. They paid $5l Tor H. &C
cordtng to the papers Peter Lott decided two acres
10 BENJAMIN Freeman, but the deed was not signed
hr Johnson Unless the missing deed, OF when
there is no record in the county clerks oifce
shows otherwise Il will be c0ntendel by the de-
ferdante that johnson decided any OF the
sheeushead Bay land away. Mrs. Hardenbrook,
mentioned first among the defendants. is the wife
of David [. Hardenbrcok Of Jamaica. a real estate
man
New-York tribune., 1907-12-23
SAYS LAW CAN'T REACH ART FORGERY
Thinks Tariff Only Protection Against 'old
Masters Produced III Europe.

REGARDING the movement started by William
tng the forging of artists name after his death
q crime DR.. Fred Hovey Allen said yesterday at
his home No. 2i9l Broadway:
This industry Of producing so-called old masters
is not confined to one factory in London or Paris
The work is done in many parts of the Continent
OLD masters are copied from every public gallery
in Europe and no law enacted in America, in my
judgement would affect in the least the importa-
ton OF these pictures. Every one acknowledges
the desirability of shutting out Of this country
fake pictures and the only protection which we
have against them to-day is a high tariff
.sSuppose a law is enacted ike the one suggested
bv Mr. Partridge and 4 picture IS brought TO
America bearing 8 given signature. Who is to
Determine its authenticity under the law? The
pestirnorv OF one expert Will equal the testimony
of another This will give rise 10 inte-m:nable
litigation to purpose
There must be much more effective way in
vbief this whole matter he revised, and every
fake pict,lr,e brought to America he shown at
its intrinsic value AID every genuine picture re-
cefve its proper consideration.
sIFToyv can taw enacted IN America control sig
natures made IL Europe, and under such law
how can the geruineness or falsty of pictures be
,Iete-r,,.re5 here? Who IS the expert who would
consent 20 run the risk Of being charged with
criminal libel for iniuring a mans business by
calling 2 picture or a signature false? These are
three questions should like to have answered
New-York tribune., 1907-12-23
OVER RhCETRACK TO P00RH0USE.
Long Island Man Loses Fortune on Horses
and Is Now Town Charge.

Freeport, Long Island. Dec 22.-stewart Hyde.
who disposed CT fortune in less than ten years,
spent the latter part of last week, and VIII prob
ably spend his Christmas as a guest of the town
of Hampstead at its Door farm He is a descend
ant Of one Of oldest families in the When
his father died the young man became possessed
of something like 100000. and subsequently he
inherited other sums.
He was then just past his majority. His grand
father, Isaac Hyde. had anassed big fortune in
the leather business In the Swamp" district in
New York When he came into possession of his
part of his fathers estate Stewart Hyde established
stable Of trotting horses and followed the grand
circuit without winning enough balance the cost
of care and transportation Hyde lost heavily.
Then ne turned to running horses. and went down
more rapidly, and finally from owner he turned
a stable helper around the racetracks.
HYDE married Miss Libbie Gardner. daughter of
]. Morris Gardner. She and her child have for
the last few years lived with her father Hyde
applied to the keeper Of the poor farm for relief
and on Thursday admitted.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-23
FORMING NEW LABOR DEPARTMENT
American Federation Takes Action Respect
ing Building Trades Branch.

Formal announ cement was made yesterday os
the executive committee of the Central Feoera'eo.
Union that in accordance with the action OF the
last convention of the American Federation OF
Labor establishing a department OF ouiiuiis
formed a preliminary organization Of that kiiiu
here. Permanent organization will pe eneoleo "
a meeting of the executive committee on JahuaiS
9 and the executive council Of the American GU
GRAFTON of Labor will meet in this city on 'a'uti'
20 when application will be made for chaitei ioi
the branch.
The following organizations are ALREADY III 'ii0
new bodv Reliance Labor Club Of Marble cutters
paner Hangers Union 490 Compact LABOR Ciup'
limited Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union, COM
nosition Roofers Whitestone Association or Marpie
porsbers Rock Driliers and Tool Sharpeners
Union Plumbers Union $50, Engineers Union
20 United Portable and Safety Engineers
Union 1884, District No. Is, international Assn
ciatfon of Machnists, Enterprise ASsocialoh VI
steannatters Journeymen Stone Cutters Unicn,
New York District Council of the brotherhood OIL
Painters Foremen Blasters' Union, brotherhood OF
Carpenters 3Oa Wood Carvers and Modeilers Union
and Coopersmiths Union.
There are several other unions in the ouiidlhs
trades affiliated with the American Federation OF
Labor which have not acted on the question. iney
will have 10 Join the body. however, Whlch
elected the following temporary officers by Daiiot'
Charles Waid Brotherhood Of Painters, chalrfnah'
C J Donnelly Composition Roofers, Vice-preSi-
dent: p Phillips, Engineers Union ~, secre-
+ary-treasIrer and f. Van Horn. of the House
smiths and Bridgemen's Union. sergeant-at-ailhs'
New-York tribune., 1907-12-23
FIVE INJURED IN CAR COLLISION.
Passengers Cut by Flying Glass IL Williams
burg Bridge Crash

Trolley Car No. 3.93S OF the Ralph avenue nne'
BROOKLYN while stalled in the middle OF the VIII
iau,st1ure Bridge O'Clock last night was Pai S
yrecad and five OF its passengers were injured by
car No $3.50 of the same line, which came up iroi"
behind. Nearly every window in the car was
broken and the passengers Were cut by hylns glass;
The arrival of the bridge police prevented panic
and the injured placed en- another car
ard hurried the Manhattan terminal Where DI
McCrce. of GorvCTneur HOSPITAL. attended thelh.
walter Nayith. of No seq East 72d street. was
badly cut o the left scheck: Pearl Morirt. or No
ia Ioriner street. Brooklyn, was cut on the face
and body. Hyman Godsten, of No 2iS Smith street
Brooklyn. cut the head. and Harry Hasten
felt uf No 26. "a street. Manhattan received scalp
wounds and cuts his face: Mrs. Lizzie Brilliant.
Of No 500 Saratoga avenue. Brooklyn was inter-
nally injured. and removed 10 the hospital
Traffic on the bridge blocked for almost an
hour.
Thomas O'Brien. the conductor Of the forward
car, said tLGt the pole had run Off the overhead
wire, leaving the without power and in dark