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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-14
FORAKER OFFERS AMENDMENT.

Washington, April Ex-senator
Foraker today introduced an amend
ment to the railroad rate law passed
June 20, 1906, providing that the com.
nodities clause shall not apply to
properties owned by railroads prior
to the passage of the law.
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EVANS MUCH BETTER.

PasO Robles. Cal. April 13.--Rear
Evais is much better tonight
and early in the evening was able to
attend to his corrospon@ ace.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-14

Advertising in The Bulletin Is profit
able to the advertiser because 1t has
the highest class circulation.
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The Bulletin viii only cost you CO
cents per month and 1t is certainly
worth double the money.
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PROGRESS MADE
IN THE HOUSE
HALF OF NAVY APPROPRIATION
DISPOSED OF WHEN BODY
ADJOURNED.
NO INCREASED SALARY
viii Be Allowed Officers Of Navy
Aldrich Bill Debated Before
House Committee-Bureau
of Mines Approved.

Washington. April 13.-Unlooked
tor progress was made by the house
today in consideration of the naval
appropriation bill. When it was laid
aside for the day it had been one
half disposed of. and the advocates
OF the four battleships proposition
were alignIng themselves in prepara'
ton froa fight on that subject, which
probably will occur tomorrow,
Hope of tbe officers of the navy
and marine corps for an increase in
pay were dashed to the ground when,
on the point OF order by Madden, OF
Illinois, the provision for such an in
crease was stricken ont. On a similar
point by Mndd, of Maryland, the
amendment by Bartnoidt, of Missouri H.
prohibiting naval or marine bands ac
cepting private employment in com
petition with civilian musicians. was
lost
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-14
The Senate.

The brief session OF the senate to-
day was devoted to the transaction
of routine business and the delivery
81 IA speech by Scott, of West Vrl-
ginia, chairman of the committee on
buildings and grounds. Scott ap-
pealed for adequate appropriations for
public hrildings in this city, so that
official business might be transacted
with the greatest efficiency and
economy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-14
PENSIONS INCREASED.

Washington. April 13-Conferees
on the widows pension bill reached an
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THE TIME is PAST when stores
"just happen to prosper" Effective
advertising is a part Of all "stofe
growth" these days.
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CONCLUDED or Third Page.)
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YOUR BUSINESS is in the pubic
eye only as long as your advertise
ment is in the leading newspaper
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
CONDITIONS ON IsTHMUS.
Colonel Goethals Says Labor Is Now
Very Satisfactory.

New Orleans, September 2S.-Col. q. I.
Goehtlas, chief engineer Of the Panama
canal, arrived here today on the steamer
Carriage from Colon en- route to Wash
ington Asked as to the object of his
visit to Washington at this time, Colonel
Goehtals said he had nothing to say.
Natives and Jamaicans," Colonel Goe-
thals said, constitute practically all the
work at the canal An attempt to use
American labor failed mainly because
it could not be secured. At present the
labor situation is very good. Consld-
cradle numbers of our laborers have been
accustomed to leave from time to time
and later to return and apply for work
again. This coming and going has result
ed in developing a source of supply OF
In Dor more or less suitable and trained
for the canal work. AS rule there are
about as many returning to work as there
are leaving. so that We almost always
hav sufficient labor at hand. Just at
present, in fact, there are more laborers
than we can well use.
OF particular interest to southern mer-
chants was statement of Colonel Goe-
thals to c.. II. Ellis manager of the
United Fruit company here, that 1t Is
likely in event the fruit company puts
refrigeratng plants in their new steam
ers the canal commission will have all
it's meat supplies shipped through New
Orleans instead of through New YORK
as at present.
Colonel Cocktails has made appoint
ments to meet New Orleans shippers
and in particular wholesale grocers to-
morrow and confer with them about the
needs of the canal force and complaints
which have been made by southern mer-
chants about difficulties in bidding for
the canal business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
RAILROADS NEED REVENUE.
Central of Georgia Man Says Rates
Should Be Raised.

Atlanta. September 2S.-"We must
make more revenue, or make reductions
in the wages of our employees declared
w A. Winburn, vice president of the
Central of Georgia railroad before the
interstate commerce commission at the
rate hearing here this afternoon.
Mr.. Winburn was on the stand during
the entire afternoon. He stated that
the working force of his road had been
cut down about 5000 men since the fnan-
cial depression began. 1t was not yet
able to make outgo harmonize with in
come and admitted that substantial rate
increases all along the line are being con-
sidered, as those under investigation were
not giving relief. He said the present
increases would net his company about
$42, 900 annually.
1.-The part of this each individual af-
fected has to pay is infinitesmal when
compared with the number of men who
would be kept out of employment If 1t
were taken away" he declared.
c. B. Phillips, superintendent of trans
portation, and W. H. Courtney. chief
engineer of the Louisville and Nashville,
were the other witnesses before the COM
mission today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
STUDENTS HOLD MEETING.
Attempt Is Made To Crush Liberalism
in Colleges.

st. Petersburg, September 8.-Efforts
are being made in several quarters to set
tie the troubles in the institutions of
higher education in this city, which have
been provoked by the endeavors of M.
Schwartz, the new minister of education,
to crush liberalism in the university. A
general strike of the students has been
threatened, but the faculty of the Uni
versity of st. Petersburg has appealed
to the students to continue at work, and
not to jeopardize the existing privileges
of the universities.
At mass meeting tonight the students
by narrow majority decided temporarily
to postpone the strike. Messages from
the students of the universities at Kiev,
Odessa and Dorpat were read, announc.
ing their readiness to join in the move
ment.
The cabinet recently overruled several
of the most unpopular measures inaugu-
rated by the minister of education and
the duma has strongly opposed his pol
icy. The Novoe Yremya has begun a
campaign against him, and it is possible
that NJ. Schwartz may be sacrificed to
heal the breach.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
AERONAUTS HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE

Dusseldorf, Rhenish Prussia, Germany,
September 28.-Capt Won Abercon and
Lieut. Won Goltzheim, two well-known
aeronauts, had a miraculous escape from
death this afternoon during the course
of an ascent in spherical balloon. Thou
sands of spectators had gathered to wit
ness the ascent and they were horror
stricken at the accident, which occurred
high in the air. On being released from
its fastenings the balloon scared almost
directly upwards to an altitude of 5000
feet, when the envelope suddenly ripped
open The gas escaped in a stream and
the balloon shot downward. The aero
nauts swiftly clambered into the network
In the desperate hope or averting the
shock of contact with#the ground After
a fall of 1000 feet however the envelope
spread out seemingly in a purely acct
dental manner, forming a sort of para
chute, which checked the descent The
balloon then gradually came down, taking
an hour and a half to reach the earth,
the two men clinging to the ropes and
the basket. They suffered no injury ex-
cept a few scratches.
The cause of the accident was the sud
den expansion of gas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
PRIEST ANSWERS
THE ACCUSATION
St, Louis Lawyer Comes Back
AT Mr.. Roosevelt
NOT STANDARD OIL LAWYER
Judge Priest Explains His Position
Thoroughly and Shows That
Charges Have No Basis
Whatever for Fact.

st. Louis September 2S.-Judge
Henry Priest tonight gave out state
ment in reply to that portion of Presi-
dent Rooseve1t's reply to Bryan, in
which reference is made to the St
Louis man as trust attorney who is
supporting Bryan for President.
Judge Priest begins by denying that
he is an official of the watersPierce
Oil company.
He says that his firm was retained
by Henry Clay Pierce in 1904 to rep
resent a minority interest in the da>
Tense of the company in a suit insti-
tuted against it by Attorney General
Hadley of this state, and that another
attorney for the company was Mr.
Nagel the present republican national
committeeman from Missouri
Judge Priest continues:
"But it is added that 1 said Bribery
is conventional offense.' These words
are taken from the middle of a sentence
in an extemporaneoW address TO jury
in which they were used solely for the
purpose of making a comparison be-
tween the defendant and the chief wit
ness against him. The defendant was
accused of bribery. The chief witness
against him was confessed perjurer
and 1 made the statement quoted in
comparing the TWO men for the purpose
of putting the moral character before
the jury to be weighed by it in reach
ing a decision. A conventional offense
is one defined by a Legislative conven-
tion and denominated nahum prohibit
tum to distinguish it in character from
al offense which is nahum in Sc. L
then condemned unqualifedly and un-
equivocally both brides and lying
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
STREET CAR WRECKED.
One Person Is Killed and Many Others
Injured.

Wheeling, w. Va, September pa CRY
railway car got beyond control on Mo-
Fart hill today, dashed down the heavy
grade, left the rail at sharp curve and
crashed into house and telegraph pole.
One person was killed and six others in
jured.
The dead:
Albert Kratz of Bellaire. O., contrac-
tor.
The injured
crushed. may die.
John Dare of East Wheeling, spine in
jured.
Willie Butler, school girl of Mozart
Hill.
Harry Hazenaver, conductor. y
Cecilia Farrell OF Mozart Hill.
Vesta Essen of Elm Grove, school
teacher.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
NEW SERVICE ON
ILLINOIS CENTRAL

Chicago, September 2s.-The Illinois
Central railroad today announced that
October IS 1t will inaugurate a new
through passenger train route between
Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla. The new
service is the resplt Of the acquisition
by the Hartman interests of the Cen
trail of Georgia railroad. The new
train, which will be known as flyer"
to be operated over the company's new
Birmingham line, will be composed of
sleepers and will leave Chicago daily
at 1910 p. M, arriving in Columbus.
Ga, at $50 a. m. the next morning
and in Jacksonville at 1850 the follow
ing morning. Returning it will leave
Jacksonville at sos p. M, arriving in
Chicago at 1920 o'clock the second
morning. Connections will be made at
Jacksonville with the Florida East
Coast and the Atlantic Coast Line.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
LONDON LABOR
PROBLEM SERIOUS

London, September 2S.--The problem
of dealing with the unemployed in the
great centers of population throughout
the United Kingdom is being seriously
considered by the government authori-
ties. all of whom agree that the num-
Der of persons out of work will be
greater the coming winter than in many
years before. No estimate has been
made of the unemployed in London, but
a census taken by the newspapers of
provincial cities shows alarming num-
bers.
The conditions at Glasgow are prob
ably worse than in most of the other
cities, there being $4,000 men now seek
ing work at that place. Sunderland
has Is, 900 unemployed, Birmingham 10.
900, Liverpool $4,000, Manchester 5000
and other cities from 100 to 500 each.
These figures do not include the great
army of strikers in the Lancashire cot
ton trade. Distress funds are now be-
ing raised throughout the country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
Chain Talks on White Slaves.

Beresford. S. D., September 2S.-"New
York, Washington and Chicago are the
incubators of crime in this country de-
clared Eugene w. Chain, prohibitionist
candidate for President, before a large
audience tonight Through the encour-
agement of the liquor traffic at these
cities, the official stamp is put on crime
1t is from there that the so-called white
slave traffic spreads throughout the
country. Official figures show that every
"a hours this traffic claims 40 girls II
/ am elected President the first thing
will work for will be a dry Washington.
Then III clean out New York and Chi
cago. That will put an end to the white
slave traffic"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
HISGEN PROMISES
TO JAIL Big MEN

Salt Lake City, September eff I
am elected President 1 will devote my
time to sending these high-class Grim
inals to Jail where they belong said
Thomas L. Hisgen. independence party
candidate for President. at a meeting
tonight.
Mr.. Hisgen referred to the resigna-
ton of Gov. Haskell of oklahoma as
treasurer of the democratic national
committee, and said the governor was
in the employment of the Standard Oil
company. In fact he said, Gov.
Haskell is the paymaster of the Stan
dard Oil. He offered Mr. Monnett
bride of $500 600 when Mr.. Monnett
was prosecuting Standard Oil in Ohio.
He helped make the platform of the
democratic party, and then he was
made one of the most important Of
hcers of that party. Why? Because he
could wiring the money from the
trusts.
why did not Mr.. Bryan, right from
the start investigate Mr.. Haskells
character himself? l honestly believe
that Mr.. Bryan knew that Mr. Haskell
was connected with the Standard Oil
company and if he did not know he
had plenty of time to find out. But Mr..
Bryan is not the man we used to know.
In 1895 he was a white metal man.
Also in 1900 he was a white metal man.
But in 1904 he sold out TO Mr. Parker,
a gold man, and now he himself is a
gold man. In 1912 he will change color
again, and now he looks like kerosene
oil"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
REIGN OF TERROR
AMONG NEGROES
Night Riders Burn School
Houses and Churches
THREE COUNTIES RAIDED
In These Same Communities Negro
Lodge Rooms Were Dynamited
Several Months Ago and Sew
eral Lynchings Occurred.

Albany. Ca, September 8.-There is
reign of terror among the negro inhabi-
tants of a considerable portion of Cal
houn. Baker and Miller counties, as the
result of a raid by night riders Sat
urday night, the trail of the outlaws be-
ing marked by the blaekened ruins of
thirteen negro churches and school
houses
The following buildings were destroyed
Mt Zion church and school house,
Pleasant Hill church and school house;
Christ church and school house; Little
Zion church and school house; Belmont
church; Mt. Aetna church and school
house; New Salem church and school
house.
The night riders first made their ap-
pearance at a point three miles east OF
Kester where the first church was fired.
They galloped away toward the east and
before the glare of the first fire had
reached its height another was being
kindled few miles away.
Fire followed fire and the destruction OF
every building to which the torch was
applied was complete.
Hundreds of negroes went TO their
churches yesterday to attend their meet
ings only to find heaps of ashes where
their meeting houses had stood.
Many of the best members of the ne
gro race in the three counties named
are members of the congregations of some
of the burned churches. This is the same
community where a few months ago a
number of negro lodge rooms were dyna-
lnited and where several lynchings have
recently occurred, the last having taken
place only a few weeks ago
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
SWEPT
BY FURIOUS GALE
Reports Are Coming In of Dam
age Done In West Indies
STEAMERS DRIVEN ASHORE
Houses on Turks Island Are LeveIed
to the Ground and Some of the
People Have Lost All
They Possessed.
STEAMERS DRIVEN ASHORE

Nassau, Bahamaf September 2S.-Only
fragmentary reports have yet reached the
seat of government here as to the damage
done to the outlying islands of the de-
tendency which were ravaged by a hur-
ricane from the 18th to the 14th instant,
but such news as has arrived is suffic-
iently bad. The storm appears to have
originated near Turks Island and swept
with ever-increasing fury up the long
string of islands running southeast from
here. Inauga Adkins, Crooked, Ragged,
Fortune, Long, Watlings, Rumcay Elk
una and the south part of Andres
Islands all appear to have suffered. On
Long Island the gale blew for two days
and the settlements are practically oblit-
Grated from end to end the principal
place, Clarencetown, having only five
houses left standing. The inhabitants
were forced to find shelter in caves and
food and water are almost unprocurable
The government schooner Sarah e.
Douglas was blown from her anchorage
at Long Bay and was driven ashore on
Long Island Many other boats were
lost, but it will be weeks before the
no doubt that the loss of life is heavy.
The whole country side, even so far as
Cat Island, is scalded and burnt as If
with fire from the terrible driving of the
salt water across the land While the
actual money loss is Insignificant, the
houses destroyed for the most part be-
ing mere shanties nevertheless the loss
to the owners is severe, representing as
it does practically everything that they
possessed
The government has taken relief meas
ures and schooners are being daily dis
patched laden with foodstuff, lumber and
nails.
The recent gale is said to have ex-
ceeded in fury the hurricane of 1866,
which has always been the standard of
comparison, but unlike that storm, the
present one was detected from its course
and Travelled northeast and not north
west, so that this, the capital and the
nearer islands which were wrecked in 1866
escaped this time with nothing but stiff
blow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
FARMERS UNION
AGAINST RIDERS

Atlanta September 2S.-Charles s.
Barrett, national president of the Farm
ers' union, in an interview in regard to
the reported threats of burning made
to ginners, said: Il have heard from
every state in the south, and am sa It.
isfed that these reports make noun
tains out of molehills. Wherever a
thing of this kind occurs, it Is imme-
diately magnihed a thousand fold Ind
spread broadcast. II anything of this
kind has taken place 1t is to be at
tributed entirely to irresponsible law
breakers.
The Farmers union has put itself
squarely on record as regards this law
less proceedings, and the rank and file
of our organization will tolerate moth
ing of the kind There is no more law
abiding organization in the country.
and we believe we can obtain a fair
price for cotton by legal and orderly
meth DDS. We would certainly not re-
sort to any other steps. All efforts of
the kind referred to have our unqual-
flied disapproval, and in saying this I
represent the sentiment of every decent
Farmers union man in America"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
HOBO CONVENTION
HELD IN NEW YORK
Unemployed Gather to Discuss
Good of the Order
MILLIONAIRE HOBO THERE
James Eads Howe Speaks in Defense
of His Clan and Takes Up Sub
ject of National Health
of the Unemployed.

New York, September 28.-Having
reached New York city in various ways
not generally used by those who, in trav-
cling seek comfort, delegates from all
parts of the country met tonight in the
Manhattan Lyeeum to attend the open
ing session of the national convention of
the unemployed. When James Bads
Howe of st. Louis, who is known as the
millionaire Hobo" called the meeting
to order in his capacity as chairman, he
faced an auditorium well filled with men,
many of whom had made their way to
the convention through the use of the art
of swindling and holding down the blind
mail" riding the tops and trucks and can
wasting the villages for "hand outs" One
delegate said he had ridden 5000 miles
at the meeting, though the delegation
The country at large was well represented
at the meeting, thought the delegation
from the Pacific coast did not put in APP
pearance. 1t was said, however, that
it was on the way and might be ex-
pected before the end of the convention,
October ?.
Mr. Howe in the course of his introduce
tory remarks. entered a defense for the
"hobo." which term, he said, is de-
scrption applied to wandering railroad
workers of the west, and before discus
sion of the evenings topic, National
Health Of the Unemployed, began he
read a poem from j. II. Seymour, who
signed himself, 1.-The Hobo Poet which
compared the lot of the hobo with
that of the pampered son of wealth.
and said that the former was of incom-
parably more service to humanity.
Robert McHugh of Boston and DR.. Will
liam Ross of New York were among the
speakers tonight. Mr.. McHugh dwelt on
the lack of moral cleanliness among the
rich and ascribed the lack of physical
cleanliness of the poorer classes to the
extravagan of the people in the upper
casts.
DR.. Rossin in his remarks said:
There are two classes of men I'M
employed, those who want to work If
they could and those who will not work.
Many of the latter class do not owe
their condition to wilful Incidence but
to social environment. The rotten ten
ements make physical degenerates. 1t is
little wonder that a child born under
such conditions takes naturally to
whisky drinking and morphine using
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
DUBoISE FACTION LOSES.
Idaho Supreme Court Decides in Favor
of Opponents.

Boise, Idaho, September 2S.-The state
supreme court today decided in favor of
the anti-Duboise faction, the contest be-
tween the two factions of the democratic
party. denying a petition for a writ of
mandate filed by attorney for the Du-
boise faction to compel the secretary of
state to certify to county clerks the tick
ct nominated by that faction at the con-
vention at Wallace, Idaho.
The effect OF this action will be to
place on the ballot at the November
election the ticket named by the faction
opposed to Senator Duboise and headed
by Moses Alexander of Boise for govern
or and Judge c. d. Stockslager of Bal
ley for United States senator. Unless the
Duboise faction puts an independent tick
ct in the field, the Mormon question will
not be an issue in this campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-29
STEAMER is OVERDUE.
Genuine Alarm Is Felt for the Safety
of the Ship.

Winnipeg, Man, September 2S.-Grave
fears are entertained tonight that another
disaster has been added to Lake Winni-
peg shipping The steamer Wolverine is
overdue at Selkirk, % miles north of here,
and genuine alarm is felt for her safety.
The boat was en- route down the lake
from Warrens Landing, the center of the
Booth fishing industry, 200 miles up the
lake. Some heavy storms have swept the
lake during the last few days. If she
does not report by morning a tug will
be sent out to search for her. The YES
sci is owned by the Northern Fish COM
pany, a subsidiary of the Booth COM
pany, and is in charge of Capt. Joseph
Sigurdure. Seamen feel that the delay
is due to accident, but they do not think
the ship is lost.
There are 20 sailors and passengers on
board