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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
GEN. KUROKI GETS
 ROYAL WELCOME Japan Representatives to James, town Land at Seattle WERE FITTED AND DINED General and Staff Guests of city-Lo- cal Japanese Wildly Excited-1oo
 Girls Sing the National
 Anthem.
WERE FITTED AND DINED

Seattle, Wash, May 2.-Gen. Kuroki and his staff of representatives of Japan to the Jamestown exposition arrived in this city from the orient at half past o'clock this afternoon after several hours delay on Puget Sound owing to fog. They re- ceived a royal and picturesque welcome by both local Japanese and Americans, who crowded every dock on the water front and lined the streets as the Japan ese party passed through in a string of automobiles.
 Tonight and tomorrow the general is the guest of the city. He is being feted and dined. This evening the party was taken for trip around the city in au- tomobies visiting various points of inter- est. In the evening a brilliant reception was given at the fashionable Rainier club, at which the governor of the state, Albert E. Mead, and prominent business men were present.
 Local Japanese are wildly enthusiastic over the coming of the general. All of the Japanese stores in the city were clos ed yesterday and there were many hun dreds of Japanese to greet the general when he arrived on the Aki Maru Day. light fireworks were set off over Elliott bay and as the party landed the native cheers of "banzais' were almost inces- sant. A hundred Japanese girls sang the national anthem and the generals car riage was almost covered with flowers presented by school children. The gov ernment was represented by Gen. Arthur Macarthur, Col John l.. Chamberlain, Col. Frank Winn and Major w. w. Hart. who, with two enlisted men, will act as the escort of the distinguished party from Seattle to Washington, D. c.
 Gen. Kuroki's party is made up of fourteen. In addition to the general are Gen. Y. Mioshi, Major General Umesawa, Col. Mohta, Major Yoshida, Lieutenant Colonel Nagayama, Capt. Marquis l.. Sai- go, Capt. Taunka, Paymaster Kobeyshi. Surgeon Lemare and four enlisted men. Making the trip with Gen. Kuroki and party is Baron Osawa, president of the Japanese Red Cross society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
BREWER FINED FOR
 FALSE ENTREES
FORMER PRESIDENT OF WASH lNGTON LIFE INSURANCE co. PAYS $5oo-vlCTIM OF VICIOUS PRACTICE, SAY JUDGE.

New York May Civilian A. Brewer Jr.. former president of the Washington Life Insurance company, was sentenced today to pay a fine of $500 for making a false and fraudulent report to the state superintendent of insurance in regard to the financial condition of that company Two indictments charging perjury were dismissed. MT. Brewer paid the fine.
 The indictments against MT. Brewer were an outcome of the insurance inves- tigation, and were based on offenses al- legged to have been committed in 1901. When the case came up for sentence to- day, Assistant District Attorney Nott asked that a prison sentence be imposed, declaring that the offense to which Mir. Brewer had pleaded guilty was equally as serious as that for which George Bern ham, Jr., formerly general counsel for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance com pany. now Is serving a sentence in Sing Sing prison..
 In passing sentence. Justice Blanchard said he had received many remarkable papers in connection with this case, re- ferring to many letters and certificates of character received from business as- sociates of Brewer. and men of note in the financial and social world
 ''I believe that the defendant is a victim of d very vicious practice that obtained in all the insurance companies, he said, "and in view of his hitherto blameless life, and his age. l have made up my mind to impose fine.'
 MT. Brewer Is 73 years of age. He re- tired from the Washington Life in 1904 after connection lasting many years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
BURTON DECLARES TAFT IS WINNER
 f1s
MouTHPlEcE FOR PRESIDENTIAL BOOM SAYS EoRAkERITES ARE UNWILLING TO SHOW THEIR WEAKNESS AT PRIMARY.

Washington, May 2.-(Special) )-Repre- sentative Burton of Ohio, the mouthpiece for the Taft presidential boom. minced no words today in discussing the sentiment among the Ohio voters The claims which have been made within the last week by the Foreaker faction evidently aroused MT. Burton. He declares that the republi- cans of Ohio are unquestionably for Taft, and he has doubts whether a primary will be held for the reason that the Foraker- ties will be in such a hopeless minority that they will be unwilling to stand up and be counted. MT Burton is ordinarily very conservative. As campaign man ager he is in a new role, but seems to be fast learning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
SHIP OFFICERS GET
 WAGES DEMANDED
THOSE WHO RESIGNED WEDNEs- DAY FROM coAsTWIsE LINES COME TO TERMS-oTHER COM PANlES WILL FALL IN LINE.

New York May 2.-The second, third and fourth officers who yesterday re- signed from the service of the coastwise steamship lines because an increase in wages had not been granted them, to- night with but few exceptions came to terms with the companies. The outcome is a victory for the men who receive sub stantial advances. The companies which have not yet accepted the terms of the officers are the Atlantic Coast Lumber company, Guffey Oil company, and Stan dard Oil company. These three, however, are understood to have been prepared all along to fall in line with any action the other companies decide on, and the of ficers consider tonight that the whole sit uation had been satisfactorily adjusted.
 The one concession made by the officers was t9 the Consolidated, or c. w. Morse lines, the management of which long stood out for a sliding scale agreement which the men refused to make. A com promise was reached in system of classification of ships with proportionate wages, and one detail is left to be set tied through arbitration within thirty days.
 The Consolidated lines affected are the Clyde, Mallory, Metropolitan, Eastern Steamship and Ward lines.
 The other lines which have agreed to the demands are:
 Hawaiian and Luckenback and Towing Transportation companies.
 On all save the Consolidated lines the strikers won what they demanded. This was $100 per month for first mates, $S0 for second mates and s60 for third mates, or general increase of $20 per month all around
 The Morse lines held out for sliding scale based on length of service and upon the elas sof ship until tonight, when at a protracted conference a compromise was reached. The Morse lines agreed to the rate of $100 $s0, $60 for first, second and third mates, on what they termed f1rst-class ships and for a second class ship they proposed s9O. s7O and $50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
KELSEY STAYS IN
 SPITE OF HUGHES
State Superintendent of lnsur-
 ance Confirmed By Senate
M'CARREN'S DEFENSE WINS
In lmpassloned Speech the Brooklyn Democratic Leader Fights Gov ernor Hughes Order of
 Removal.

Albany N. r., May Zone year to day from the time of his original ap- pointment by Governor Higgins the sen ate tonight re-confined Otto Kelsey in the office of state superintendent of insurance. giving only twenty-four of the twenty-six votes necessary to sustain Governor Hughes recommendation of his removal from office. Twenty-seven votes were cast against removal.
 The result was received with applause and cheers from the crowded gallery and floor
 Senator Herman of Binghampton, in asking the removal said:
 Governor Hughes had no desire to in- jure or reflect upon Kelsey, but he wanted at the head of that department a man with stogie boots and brass knuckles who would take tne insurance companies by the neck and compel them to give the policyholders their rights. The people are tired of the partnership between rich corporations and politicians and the members of the party who fail to read the signs of the times will hear from the people,
 Senator McCarren of Brooklyn. dem ocrat, opened the argument in support of Kelseys defense and made A speech far greater and much more impassioned than in his won't.
 "The man who votes to remove Otto Kelsey merely in order to sustain the governor, or because the President favors it. or for any reason other than his convictions as to the merits of the case Is a coward and unfit to sit as a member of this senate.'
 Senator Hooker of Genesee. republican, secuted the idea that either President Roosevelt or Governor Hughes would de- sire any senator to vote otherwise than according to the dictates of his own con- science.
 Party lines were cast aside in the de- bate. republicans being divided in their attitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
WAR INEVITABLE
 SAYSLESLIE SHAW
TWO NATIONS WILL CONTEST FOR CONTROL OF THE PAClFIC-A SETTLEMENT WILL BE AT FEAR FUL COST.

Worcester, Mass, May 2.-In speech at the thirty-second annual banquet of the Worcester board of trade tonight, Leslie M. Shaw former Secretary of the Treasury, declared war for the control of the Pacific ocean was inevitable. e 'I do not wish to pose as a prophet, ' he said, "but do you suppose that the Pacific will always be peaceful ocean? God grant that 1t may. We have not enough colliers, transports, powder or supplies to last forty-eight hours. Other nations have. There are many ships in the merchant service of foreign nations who are under contract to leave the path of commerce at moments notice to en- ter that of war.
 Some day as sure as Anglo Saxon blood runs red there is to be an awful war. There are two nations that will contest for the Pacific and there will be a settlement at a fearful cost"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
PRESIDENT FIRED BROWALOW' FRIEND Administration Down on Re- publican Boss in Tennessee ALlGNS WITH CLAY EVANS Surveyor of Customs Joe plIln at Nashville Goes Out and Gore
 Goes In, Indorsed By
 Sanders.
ALIGNS WITH CLAY EVANS

Wash'@ ton. May 2.-(Speeial) )-Joe Dillin the surveyor of customs at Nash vile, was today uneermoniously fred out of office by President Roosevelt and John J. Gore appointed in his place Dillin is one of Boss Brownlows supporters, and through his recommendation has been holding down the Nashville office for the past eight years.
 The other day State Chairman Sanders indorsed Gore for the position, and this was promptly followed today by Dillins removal in favor of Gore It is also un- derstood here that Gore was supported by H. Clay Evans,
 Coming close upon the removal of Col onel Arch Hughes a Brownlow adherent, from the Columbia postofice last week, Tennessee republican politicians say it looks as if the administration has deter mined to cut loose from the Brownlow wing of the party and align itself with Sanders and Evans.
 Since 1897 Representative Brownow has been the undisputed distributor of Ten nessee patronage. There are practically no offices in the state which are not filled by his friends and if the president con tinues his policy as laid down in the Co., 'lumbia and Nashville cases there will be a big shake-up among the postmasters and other federal officials whose terms are about to expire.
 Those familiar with Tennessee politics claim that the administration in case any fight is made upon 1t can not carry the delegation to the national convention over Brownlow. It Is argued that he is abso- lutely in possession of the organization and in addition Is very strong with the rank and file, having made an exception ally good member of congress.
 The most amusing feature of tho whole Tennessee muddle Is the position of MT. Brownlow, who in spite of the rough treatment he is getting from the admin istration, continues to vociferousy advo- cate the nomination of the president for a second elective term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
1se ARCHITECTS COMPETE.
Submit Plans for the Building of the
 International Bureau.

Washington, May 2.-The new building for the international bureau of American republics has attracted 13G architects to seek the privilege of submitting plans. Of this number eight firms were especial ly invited by Secretary of State Root and Director Jarrett of the bureau These firms each will receive bonus of 5000 to compensate them for their trouble
 The other 12s firms will contest for three prizes, the first being 5000. the second 5000 and the third 5000. Andrew Carnegie contributed $75O,0OO for the construction of the building, but the proposals call for q building to cost seOO.OO0. and it is the in- tention to use the balance for paintings and decorations. The $250,000 by the Amer ican republics has been used to buy a site and for landscaping. The architects themselves will elect the board that will select plans. The selection is to be made on June 15, and by July 1 1t Is planned to ask for bids for the construction of the building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
POLICE AFTER SWAFFIELD.
New Orleans Man Charged With Shoot
 ing Parisot on Street.

New Orleans, May 2.-The police are searching for Alfred G. Swaffield, presl- dent of a grain firm of this city. charg- ing that he shot and seriously wounded Louis Parisot tonight. The shooting oc- cured in fashionable quarter of the city when the two men met on the street witnesses say that Parisot's assall- ant first struck him in the face with the butt of a revolver and then discharged the same weapon at him. Parisot said there was no reason for the shooting. but the police claim that the two men had quarreed. Parisot Is 90 years old and Swaffield %.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
Taft to Speak In St. Louis.

Springfield. O., May 2.-Col. J. w. Burke, president of the National Millers' association, received Q message this aft ernoon from Secretary of War Taft ac- cepting the invitation to be the guest of the association in St. Louis May % and to make an address.
 must seek to secure our fellow citizens. It Is an equality of rights before the laws. a measurable equality of opportunity, so far as we can secure it for each man to do the best that there is in him with out harming his fellows and without hind rance from his fellows, and finally and most important 1t is. that equality which we should prize above all else, the equal ity of self-respect and of mutual respect among each and all of our citizens
 The statue commands an imposing po- sition at the intersection of Connecticut avenue and Columbia Road in the north western section of the city. The eques- trian group is cast in standard bronze and is fourteen feet in height. The rider is In field costume. in repose. The horse is slightly in action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
Presidents Action "CowardIy."

Milwaukee. May 2.-Resolutions in which the words unfair, prejudicial and cowardly," were used in a de- nouncement of the attitude of Presi- dent Roosevelt in regard to the char acter of Mover and Haywood, officers of the Western Federation of Miners, who are facing trial in Idaho on the charge of having murdered former Governor Steunenberg of that state, were adopted by the Milwaukee Fed erated Trades Council at the bi-weekly meeting of that body last night Copies were directed sent to the President and two each branch of Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
Dixie Flyer Wrecked.

Atlanta, May PA special to tho Journal from Griffin, Gf says the Dixie flyer, a fast train rom St. Au- gustine Fla, to Chicago. was wrecked at Orchard Hill, on the Central of Georgia railroad. seven miles south of that point. No passengers were in- jured, but negro helper in the ex- press car was killed and two express messengers were injured, neither fa- tally. The wreck was caused by an open switch. The locomotive and two cars passed the switch. but the rest of the train was derailed. Fire started in the wreck, but was quickly con- trolled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
Cotton Buyers Meet In Atlanta.

Atlanta, May 2.-At meeting here today of the Southwestern Cotton Buy ers' association, presided over by Pres ident George A. Nicholson, many ques- tions of importance to the buyers were discussed. The relations between the cotton merchant and the producer, as we'll as the relations between the mer- chant and the spinner, and regulations touching these relations, were among the subjects discussed. Prominent buyers from many southern cities were in attendance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
steamshio Officers Win Fiqht.

New York, May 2.-The offices of the coastwise steamships have won their fight for higher wages. The Consolidated Steamship company made terms with the men tonight. The only lines that have not conceded the demands are the At lantic Coast Lumber company. the Cuff fey oil company and the Standard oil company. These companies are expected to follow the example of the others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
No Reply From Guatemala.

Mexico City, May 2.-There was no new development in the Guatemala affair to- day. At the state department it was said that no reply had been received from Guatemala relative to the note request ing the extradition of General Lima, who is charged with complicity in the assassi- nation of General Barrillas. The govern ment admitted tentatively that troops were being sent to the border, but denied that this could be construed as moiliza- ton. Nevertheless the greatest activity prevails in the local barracks and reports say that similar conditions exist in the military district of Chiapiza, which is on the Guatemalan border.
 Word was received today by Guatema- Ian exies in this city that Gen. Salvador Toledo is at Mayasa, Nicaragua. While nothing WIS given out it Is rumored today that General Toledo Is about to start for Honduras and that within a few weeks he will be at the head of a Guatemalan revolutionary army on the border line be- tween Guatemala and Honduras ready to strike at the Cabrera government at an opportune time.
 Search for Criminals.
 The Mexican government has given of- ficial sanction to the action of Minister Gamboa in throwing open for search by the Guatemala authorities the Mexican legation when tIle CHdTSt WdS lidt criminals connected with the attempt on the life of President Cabrera were being harbored in the legation. The first news of the latest incident between Mexico and Guatemala came when Minister of For eign Affairs Mariscal received tele- graphic note from the Guatemalan gov ernment stating that the auditor of the Guatemalan army had informed the gov ernment that he had reason to believe that various principals and accomplices in the attempt on the life of President Cabrera had sought refuge in the Mexican legation at Guatemala city. As result of this 1t was stated in the note the Guatemalan government had directed note to Mexican Minister Gamboa asking him to take such persons Into the GUS tody of the Guatemalan authorities About the same time a message was received from Minister Gamboa stating that he had received such note from the Guate- malan government and had made an en- ergetic reply and then on his own re- sponsibility to further refute the charge made had permitted the Guatemalan au- thorities to enter the legation and search the same in order that there might be no doubt about the fact taht the Mexican legation was not harboring any criminals and that it was in no way an sylum for such persons.
 Central American exiles in Mexico City are inclined to scoff at what is styled the attempt on the life of President Cabrera. They do not believe that the dynamite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
Wescott Found Dead,

Columbia, s. C., May 2.-Thomas Wes- colt, who conducts a business in Waverly. suburb of this city. was found dead near his place of business early today with a bullet hole in his head. A re- volver with two empty chambers was found near his body. Suicide Is suggested by some, but the general impression Is that he was murdered with robbery as the motive. Jim Gardner. a young white man, has been arrested on suspicion.
 explosion was in reality an attempt on the part of President Cabrera's enemies to kill him. They insist that President Cabrera himself planned the alleged out rage for political effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
Government May Take Hand.

It was said tonight that the federal government. through United States Att torney Stinson. may take a hand in the prosecution of the international commit tees representatives for alleged tamper- ing with the New York Life's ballot mail in the insurance election under section 3S92 of the United States compiled stat uteg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03

When we speak of equality let us try to realize in the spirit of Abraham Lin- coin who pointed out that there was. of course. a certain sense in which men are not and cannot be equal, but who realized by his life and his deeds the profound truth that irl the larger sense in the real, in the all-important sense of this combination-there can and must be an equality among all men. This equality we of the American republic.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-06-13
City Of Vulgar Sensations.

Only in New York are professional
sensation caasers sustained by the
abundance given their appetite TO
feed on They are Characteristic OF
metropolitan life. The really painful
thing Is that they are but surface
expression oil deeper vulgarity. AS
between the woman who pushes her
way into church wedding or courr
room and me minionaire who under
takes to marry stage girl. establish
her in a Fifth avenue mansion and
force his way into society which is
more inherently vulgarg In a city
where moral code Is adapting itself
to rataskeller standards and manners
take their tone from ,.e tenderloai. a
clamorsus mob AT church door
whetner for wedding or a funeral
is. after all. only mild reflection OF
far worse tendencies.--New York
World
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-06-13
BADGER NOTES.

II. c. Putnam and Mrs. Clara Clay
comb We're married at Brodhead
At Ladysmith fifty thousand feet of
logs belonging to Roehler & Jacobs
were destroyed by fire.
David L. Richards of Waukesha. a
senior of the Oshkosh normal school,
died of brain fever.
At Marinette Horace Thompson,
aged 40, United States pension officer
for this county. dropped dead
At Stevens Point employees of the
join Week Clifford and E. J. Pfffner
lumber and blaming mills struck for
an increase of Is cents in daily wages
William Waite, aged As, woods
man, committed suicide in the pres
ence of crowd at Saunders by plac
! ing his head on the track before an
approaching train.
In Janesville season Of fouI
weeks religious awakening was in
augurated at the skating rink with
LOO In attendance Evangelist
Scoville heads the movement.
The Royal ST. Lawrence Yacht club
of Canada has sent a letter to the
Oshkosh Yacht club in which it states
that II cannot send boat to the an
nual regatta OF the Inland Lakes
Yachting association.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-06-13
Fay TempIeton Retires.

Fay Templeton has retired from
the stage. Her last appearance be-
hind the footlights occurred recently
in New York, and marked the end OF
the stage career of one OF the clever
est condolences the American stage
has known during the past quarter of
a century. Miss Templeton has been
on the stage since her fourth year,
making her first appearance at Char
lesion, s. c., with the Templeton
opera company, conducted by her
father, John Templeton, who is now
one of the editorial staff of the Tam
many Times, New York. Holding
her mothers hand she recited Babes
in the Wood, and followed this recita-
ton by singing such familiar songs as
Up In Balloon. Boys, Captain links,
The Grecian Bend. and the like. Her
father encouraged by her success,
wrote several little farces, Pareppa
Rosa, Annie's Farewell and others
that met with the favor OF audiences
She later reached the distinction of
playing Puck in A Midsummer Night s
Dream with Augustin DAILY
Comic opera followed, her first role
being Ralph Rackstraw in Pinafore.
Another step and she was in burles-
que, joining E. E. Rice in his famous
predictions, making her first notable
hit as Gabriel in Evangeline.