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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
ONE MAN KILLED
 SEVERAL INJURED
aAs PLANT ExSLopEs IN CELLAR OF DR. ARTEMIS O. WOTRING AT OGDEN cENTER-cAusE IS NOT KNOWN.

Adrian. Mich, December 1.-Dr. Arte- mis o. Wotring, aged 40 years, was in- stantly killed and several others were injured by the explosion of a gas plant at his home in Ogden Center last night
 Miss Pink Wotring, the doctors daugll- to.. and several friends were driven out onto the porch by gas fumes. when something went wrong with the gas plant in the cellar Dr. Wotring went into the cellar to remedy the trouble.
 It is not known whether he struck a match or the plant exploded from some other cause. He had scarcely reached the cellar. however when a terrific ex- ,plosion which wrecked the house result ed. Among the injured. none of whom was seriously hurt, were Miss Ruth Crane, Miss Elsie Lyon. John Pence, El- Vi Zebering. Mrs. Wotring and her daughter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
Drowned in Bath Tub.

ossining. N. r., December 1.- Charles L. Fergueson, Jr.. was drowned fin bath tub at his home early today. Fergueson, who was in business in New York was married two months ago. Last night he was bathing when his wife retired. It was several hours later when Mrs. Fergueson awoke and found the body. The cornorer decided that Ferguson had fainted and his head slipped below the water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
philander c, Royce Dies,

Kew York, December LAPhilander c. Royce, secretary of the Hartford Fire Insurance company, died suddenly today of heart failure at the Grand Central station. where he and his wife were waiting for a train to take them home in Hartford, Conn. Mir. Royce was 69 years of age and widely known in in- . trance circles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
Harry sehaeffer Dies.

Reading, Pa.. December Hilary M. schaeffer. aged 2, died here today as the result of injures sustained by his auto mobile. which collided with telegraph pole last night He was the son of Charles H. schaener, president of the Union bank here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
DistiIler Commits Suicide.

Reading, Pa, December Is. V. Nagel' aged 55 years. president of the Miller Pure Rye Distilling company at Womels- dorf. this county, committed suicide m his office there tod " by shooting He had gone to examine the firms books, and evidently took his life while tem' porarily insane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

formulate the policies of ie two bodies are putting their heads together with q view of securing an adjournment of the session at as early a date as possible. They are using the fact that the nation al conventions will 1TobablY be held in June to enforce bota repul plicans and democrats and the response received is generally favorable to thu view that the session should come to a close not later than the last of May. The speaker Will make an effort to get the house com mittees in working order before the hol- idavs and a caucus of the republican senators will probably be held tomorrow after the adjournment of the aenate for the purpose of starting the machinery to- ward the reorganization of the senate committees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
Threatens to Make Strong Fight For Issue in House of
 Representatives
WANTS ISSUE FOR THE
 NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Speaker Cannon Announces That He Will Give Minority Increased Representation on Several
 of the Committees.

Washington, December 1.-(Special.)-- Representative J. Warren Keller of Ohio. the former Speaker of the House, an- nounced tonight that not only would he rentroduce at this session his bill cut ting down the representation of the south ern states, which have disfranchised the negro but that he would use every effort to secure it's passage.
 He added that the country needs a good, square, honest issue upon which to fight out the Presidential campaign, and he believed the republican party should adopt southern disfranchising as the basis.
 General Keller said he is satisfied from talks with republican members of Con- gross that there is more sentiment this year for the enactment of his measure Into law than there has been in several congresses. He has no idea of ceasing agitating Che question, and is more hope full of results in the coming Congress than he has been in the past.
  who, until the last Congress has looked after measures designed to cut down the south's electoral vote on account of south ern state constitutions eliminating the negro, announces that the matter is in the hands of General Keller, whom he has no doubt will be able to give it the atten- ton that the importance of the subject justfes.
 Cannon Offers Compromise.
 s;reakef 1annor nas aec .ded to feclin1 to grant Inc Democratic request that there be allowed them a general increase of committee assignments. It is under stood tonight, however, that as a compro- mise he will give the minority increased representation on several of the commit tees
 He will not do so on appropriations, but may on ways and means, and possibly rivers and harbors and public buildings. The Speaker is busy engaged making up the House committees As usual, there is a big scramble, led by the new members. The most desirable vacancies the Speak CT has at his disposal are those created by the defeat of Representative Gros- venor of Ohio, on rules and ways and means.
 Watson of Indiana can have rules, but as he is a candidate for governor, and a place on that committee would require his constant presence in Washington, he may forego the honor in which event Sherman of New York may be selected.
 Increase in Mail Matter.
 The Third Assistant Postmaster Gen erals report shows that during the past fiscal year there was transmitted through the mails in the state of Alabama total of 497,227 registered letters and parcels, an increase of nearly 3s,OO0 over the pre- vious year. ". S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
The Cashiers Checks.

"A cash iers check does not lead to expansion nor imitation, for the req son that by the very nature of the in- strument it Is sent home for redemp- ton at once. No bank holds ca sh- iers' check whether of the weakest or the strongest bank as part of its re- serves but sends it to the maker as directly and swiftly as possible for re- demption. A banks issue consisting of cashing of checks payable to bearer will always keep the currency of the country down to the lowest point of necessity. and yet will always meet the largest demands of trade and com mcrce.
 The entire banking resources of the world aggregate about sS7. 7.O00 000.00 Of this $21 .0oo,0oo.00o is employed in foreign countries and S16,00O 900 900 in the United States. Of the s21000, ,000,- 1000 employed abroad, 25 per cent con sists of credit bank notes or cashiers checks. or currency credits. while with our enormous banking resources, which exceeds three sevenths of the entire banking resources of the world, we have not a single dollar of such cur rent credits. except the clearing house certificates and cashiers checks now in circulation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
Brings $s5,soopae.

New York, December 1.s-The steamship St. Louis arriving from, Southampton today brought in ssS5oo,o06l ip gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

though the reserves be in gold coin. It is simply question of the relation of the liability to the reserve and not the form of the liability.
 Initiation on the other hand Is passing one credit upon another. It Is wholly inmaterial what the basis credit is, whether government bond. state bond, municipal or q railroad bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
Neuro Kills Girl,

Montgomery, December IA special to the Advertiser from Huntsville, Ala. says: Sid Jones. negro wiio was discharged from the army with the soldiers who were alleged to have shot up' Brownsville. Tex. shot and killed Bessie Humphrey, q negro girl, here last night and escaped. Negroes of Madison county are wrought up over the homicide and arc aiding of ficers to capture Jones.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29
Some Odd Wills,

One of the oldest documents of the
will kind known was that Of Queen
Austrigilda, consort of King Goutram
of Burgundy. The dying princess en-
Joined upon her husband to Stay and
bury ip the same grave with her the
physicians who had attended her. An
other will was that of husband who
forbade his wlfes marrying on pain OF
his returning to haunt her. This Is
quite different from that of woman
who Instructed her executors to seek
cut fsome nice, good, pretty grip who
would make an affectionate second
wife to her spouse. 1t Is fact inter-
estlng In this connection that the first
Napoleon actually bequeathed 10000
francs to a fellow named Cantillon,
who had been tried for attempting the
assassination of the Duke Of yelling
ton.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29

When AlphonSo pnudet brought out
"Sappho" an American publishing
house that issued religious books, not
knowing It's character, offered NJ. Dau-
Diet large sum for advance sheets OF
the work. He accepted the offer, and
the advance sheets We're sent. When
the publishers received them they de-
cided that they could not issue the
book, and they cabled to the author,
"'Sappho' will not do" This dispatch
puzzled Daudet. He consulted with
numbers of friends, and this was the
conclusion at which they eventually
arrived; "Sappho' in French is spelled
with one ''p"-"Sapho," after the Greek
fashion. In English 1t is spelled with
two. An unusually acute friend point
ed this out to Daudet, which much re-
lieved the novelist, and he cabled back
to the publishers, Spell it with two
p's." 1t Is needless to state that the
publishers were more astonished at
Daudet's reply than he had been at
their cable dispatch.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29
FAMOUS GAMBLERS.
Old Time London Betting Clubs and
Their Members.

There we're three principal clubs
Whites, Brookes' and Boobies. Whites
was originally a chocolate house" In
William Ills time but became a pri-
vate club early In the eighteenth CEN
fury and was used by the Tories. 1t
was a club always noted for high play
and betting, and very curious some of
their bets were, the old wager book
being still preserved. Brookes' was
the Wing club and was then conduct
ed by that
Liberal Brookes. whose speculative skill
Is hasty credit and n distant bill;
Who, nursed In clubs. disdained vulgar
trade,
Exults to trust and bushes to be paid.
Among the members of this club
were the Prince OF Wales, and, Of
course, his fidus Achates, Sheridan, be-
sides the great Charles James Fox,
who here played deeply and whose
name Is oft recorded In the wager
book, which, however, is of older date
and was kept when the club was held
at Almack's. Lord Northington bets
Mr., G. Fox, June 4, 1774, that he (Mr
G. FL Is not called to the bar before
this day four years." March IL, 1915,
Lord Bolingbroke gives guinea to
Mr.. Charles Fox and Is to receive
thousand from him whenever the debt
of this county amounts to f171,0OO,-
600. Mr.. Fox Is not to pay the f1,000
till he Is one of his majesty's cabinet"
April 7, 1901, Mr.. Sheridan bets Lord
Lauderdale and Lord Thanet %
gulneas each that parliament will not
consent to any more lotteries after the
present one voted to be drawn in Feb
ruary next"-From 1.-The Dawn of the
Nineteenth Century" by John Ashton.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29
Baron [. Ariel
30Oo7
Trial mile as 3-year-old, 2:2O
will reach 2 10 this season.

Baron L. Ariel is a handsome
brown pacing stallion royalty bred,
stands II hands high and weighs 1900
lbs, foaled in 1902. Bred by J. E.
Reeves. Cornelius, Oregon. In con-
formation he is large, rangy horse,
with fine body and splendid feet and
legs, clean cut head, intelligent coun-
tenance. and full name and tail;
strong shoulders, powerful back, hips
and stife, all gracefully combined to
He is one of the most promising
sons of Lovelace, 2 20 trial 2:123, sire
of Lord Lovelace 2:l14; Byron Lace,
2:144 and many others under 2:20.
His dam was Waleen. sired by Altao,
2 :09a. His blood lines are of the best
as will be seen by his tabulated pedi-
gree-the most popular and prolific
speed producing combination in racing
blood lines-the! kind that gets money
on the race track and the prizes in
the show ring.
Baron L. Ariel has all of the quail
tiles of a good sire and race horse,
with richest of breeding, unlimited
speed and endurance; cool head and
perfect disposition; good size and a
natural PAGER.
Even common mares bred to horses
of this class cannot fail to produce
foals that will find ready market as
carriage horses and roadsters as we'll
as general all-purpose horses.
This horse will make the season of
1907 at Pullman. Terms, to insure
mare in foal, $500. Insurance due
when mare is known to be in foal, is
sold or leaves the country, Mares
bred and disposed of before proven not
to be in foal will be collected for at
once and the first owner will be held
responsible.
For tabulated pedigree or further
particulars address
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29
THE PARIS CLUBS.
Election to the Most Exclusive Ones
Is Serious Business.

Election to the Most Exclusive Ones
Is Serious Business.
Election to the exclusive clubs of
Paris is very serious business. The
proposer and seconder must not only
know all about their candidates, but
be able to bear witness to their ante
cedents and even to their forefathers.
They must write TO all their friends
and ask them to support their candi-
dates. When the election takes place,
they must not only be In the room, but
approach each member individually as
he comes up to the ballot box and ask
him for his support.
When the member has been elected,
he arrives the first day as a kind Of
stranger and with his hat In hand. He
Is then formally introduced by one of
his proposers to each member sepa-
rateiy who happens to be In the room
at the time, On the second occasion
he has ceased to be a stranger and may
leave his hat In the hall, but he Is still
expected to go round the room with
one of his proposers and be formally
introduced. This lasts for a week, by
which time be Is assumed to know all
his colleagues. though foreigner who
Is extra punctllous and insists on be-
Ing introduced to every member of the
club gains considerably in popularity
LONDON Saturday Review.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29

Lady Dorothy Neyill In her RENT
niscences tells this story of the two
Misses Walpole, her cousins: "On one
occasion, when both of the two were
well over ninety, Miss Fanny. the
younger, who had that day been rather
Ill, only Joined her sister In the sitting
room Just before dinner. On her ar
rival downstairs the latter Miss Char
lotte by namel remarked: Fanny, I
am going to be i'll too. | feel so hot
about the head. 1t must be apoplexy.'
Nothing of the sortr exclaimed Miss
Fanny, making dash at her sisters
head. Your caps on fire, and I'm go
ing to put 1t out And SO the brave
old thing did"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29
GALLATIN GRATTAN
412I2
Trial mile as two-year-old 2 :28.

Trial mile as two-year-old 2:28.
Gallatn Grattan is a beautiful
brown trotting stallion, highly bred,
stands 16 hands high and weighs 100
lbs. Foaled 1903. Bred by F. E.
Marsh, Prairie View, Ill. His indi-
viduality is superb. He has style and
form, the proudest carriage and rich
glossy coat, with beautiful name and
tail. He has fine disposition. good
head and neck. short back. stout body,
with the best of feet and legs, grand
type of trotting sire. with great speed,
and won the blue ribbon at the Spo-
kane Interstate Fair 1906 in the three
year old standard bred stallion class,
also in class for standard bred stations
for all ages.
Gallatin Grattan' S conformation, in
dividuality, breeding and reproductive
qualities all combined in one horse go
to make that desire of all conserva-
tive breeders, an ideal stallion. His
pedigree on both sides is rich in the
blood that has made the history of
the turf; that has produced game
horses and grand individuals. That
he will beget speed and grand road
qualities there is no doubt, as he not
only inherits but possesses these quail
ties in a marked dergee, having
trotted mile in 2 % as a two-year
and shows great promise of reach
ing 2:10 this season. He is sired
by Grattan 2:13 sire of Graft 2 :02 Ia,
Baron Grattan 2 :03 Ia, Doris B. 2:06a
and seven others under 2:10. Dam
Miss Nefert, by Lord Russell a full
brother to Maud S. 2:084 the former
famous queen of the trotting turf, and
he is backed up by some of the strong
est strains in the stud book. This
horse will make the season of 1907 at
Pullman, Wash. Terms to insure
mare in foal $25. Insurance due when
mare is known to be in foal, or is
sold, or leaves the contry. Mares
bred and disposed of before proven not
to be in foal will be collected for at
once, and the first owner will be held
responsible.
For tabulated pedigree and further
particulars address
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29
HE DIED FIGHTING.
How Prince Louis Napoleon Was
Killed by the Zulus.


How Prince Louis Napoleon was
Killed by the Zulus.
How Prince Louis Napoleon was kill
ed by the Zulus June /, 1870, Is told
graphically in the book by Sir Evelyn
Wood, who took part In that war. The
little party which the prince accompa-
MED was surprised and attacked. Sir
Evelyn writes: THE Zulus In pursuit
ran first after the two white soldiers
who were on the TANKS, three or four
men, headed by Lahanga, following
the prince, His horse had jumped just
as he was mounting, and his sword fell
out of Its scabbard. He was very ac-
tive and was yaulting on his horse In
motion when the wallet on the front
of the saddle broke away, and he fell
to the ground, being at this time only
sixty yards behind the Britshl fugi-
tlVes, There were seven men who 40
tually fought the prince. When Ian
galebele, pursuing the fugitives, first
saw Labanga, he was running away
from the prince, who was rushing at
him. Labanga, crouching In the grass.
threw an assagai at him. The first as
sagai stuck In the princes thigh, and.
withdrawing 1t from the wound, he
kept his foes at bay for some minutes.
In the natives words: He fought like
lion. He fred two shots, but with
out effect, and l threw an assagai at
him, which struck him, as / said at the
time, but always allowed Labanga's
claim to have killed him, for his ASA
gal hit the prince In the left shoulder,
a mortal wound"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29

The subject of ancestors Is often an
interesting topic of conversation. A
lady extremely proud of her mothers
family created a sensation and made
her listeners wonder a little when she
remarked: my father filled many re-
sponsible positions. We all have the
greatest respect for him. Ny father
was good man, but''-and a certain
stiffening of the shoulders and an
added expression of frmness In the
good lady's face added Importance to
her conclusion-"my mother was an
Osgoodp'
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29

They had met in the subway and In
the interval of passing q few stations
had fallen to talking of lovely wo-
nan friend who had died.
nHow did she dIe7 Do you know
he asked.
"She nursed a little niece through an
infectious disease, then took 1t herself
and died of It," said she.
"a strange Proyidencew he unused
sadly. "She, lovely. gracious, charm
Ing. everything TO live for and bless
Ing to her friends, to die In order that
a child might live. A strange and I'M
accountable Providencep-New York
Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29
SACRED 7'nkEADS.
The Cords Worn by the Three Castles
of the Hindoos.

of the Hindoos.
The sacred thread of the Rrahmans ts
well known. 1t Is a caste distinction
assumed at an early age and never
parted with. It must be made by u
Brahman and should consist of three
strands, each of a different color. for
ty-eight yards In length, doubled and
In knots. 1t must be worn next the
skin, over the left shoulder, hanging
down to the thigh on the right side
The three castles of the Hindoos are
distinguished by the material of these
threads-cotton for the Brahmans,
hemp for the warriors and wool for the
artisans. The Parsees also wear the
sacred thread, and boys of seven or
nine are invested with it, the threads
used being made always of fibers Of
the suru tree. Monier Williams de-
soribes the sacred girdle of the Par
sees as made Of seventF-two WOODEN
threads, forming a fiat band, WHICH Is
twiped three times around the body
and tied in two peculiar knots, the Sc
eret Of which is known only to the
Parsees
The use of "medcine cords" is COM
mon among North American Indians.
Mr.. Bourke describes those worn by
the Apaches. These consist of one,
two. three and four strands, to which
are attached shells feathers, beads,
rock crystal, sacred green stones and
other articles, doubtless employed sym
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29
THE PULLuaN HERALD

Published at Pullman Washing ton, every Sat
urday morning and entered at the Pullman post
othee as secondelass mail matter
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29

ALLEN BROS, PUBLISHERS
WlLFoRD ALLEN, Editor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29
Man TO Blame.

Women are more prone to deceit than
men. From the time when Schehera-
zade told her lord 1,001 lies to keep the
peace 1t has been the accepted way.
And the men. not the women, are the
most to blame. It is what they like.
and they get it-Good Words.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-29

Love Is intoxicating, 1t is said. What
good thing 1t Is that marriage has
tendency TO sober a man.-TerreEl
CTex.) Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-26
TOO BAD FOR OMAHA.
Copies of Old Masters Condemned as
Indecent by Courts.

Omaha Jan 26.-The Omaha
courts have decided that works of art
by famous painters, including Van
Dyke, Rubens and Van Der Werff are
indecent and that reproductions of
them can not be sold in Omaha stores.
For persisting in their sale, John
Greenberg was this morning fined and
warned that on the next offense he
would be sent to Jail.
Rubens' Judgment of Paris the
original of which is in the Dresden art
gallery; Van Dykes Diana" and the
"GoIden Reign of Jupiter" Van Der
Werff's "Magdalena," and others of
that class.
A police sergeant confiscated the re-
productions on the ground that they
were indecent, and Greenberg was
fined for having them on sale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-26
New YORK Stocks.

Wall St., New York, Jan. 26-STOCKS-
Prices started downward with the first
dealings in stocks. Great Northern pre-
ferred declined 4, Anaconda 2. Reading
and Northern Pacific 1. Canadian Pacific.
Amalgamated Copper, Smelling and Colo
RADIO Fuel large fractions. The market
was active and broad.
A partial interruption was made to the
declining course of prices soon after the
opening and again just before IL o'clock.
In the interim the entire market was sold
freely and losses of a point Of even com
mon. Many prominent stocks were with
out support and their depression extended
throughout the list. Anaconda fell f. St
Paul, preferred 81. Wells Fargo Express
g. Northwestern Ia, Canadian Pacific and
Pressed Steel Car 1A. Illinois Central.
General Electric and Amalagmated Cop
per IA ST. Paul 11s and Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific, Kansas & Texas pre-
ferred Great Northern Ore Certificates.
American Locomotive, Smelling, Sugar
and Colorado Fuel 1. At IL o'clock the