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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-11
cAMPAIGNEfss USE STEAMER

CHICAGO, Sept. 1o.-With the rival
political forces engaged all along the
line on land, naval warfare began to-
day when the cruiser Theodore Roose-
velt," which in times of peace is a huge
excursion steamer, left the Chicago
river manned by republican speakers
and some 400 members of the Mar
uuette club, republican organization
of this city, who will carry the CAM
paign for Taft into four states.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-11
MUST HANG FOR
TRYING TO ESCAPE
Supreme Court Refuses to Grant
Rehearing in the Case of
Convict Ouiiada
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
SACRAMENTO. Sept. 10.-Francisco
Quijada, one of the convicts at the
Folsom prison who participated in an
attempted break, about five years ago,
must hang.
He was tried in the superior court
of this county, convicted and SEN
fenced to death. under the law which
makes it q capital crime for a life
termer to attempt prison break. The
supreme court has denied his petit
ton for a rehearing. John Finley,
who attempted to break with Quijada,
is also under death sentence.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-11
DIE or YELLoW FEyER

- KINGSTON. st. Vincent, B. W. L,
Sept. 10.-According TO official reports
two cases of yellow fever have oc-
CURED here. both terminating IA
tally today. The origin of the disease
is not known and stringent measures
are being taken TO prevent an epi-
demic. The heat has been oppressive
Tor several days
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-11
PACIFIC FLEET OFF FOR SAMOA

HONOLULU, Sept. 10AThe Pacific
feet, towing the seven torpedo boat de-
stroyers, sailed at 1890 this afternoon
for Samoa The supply ship Solace re-
which is coming on the steamer Ala
media for the feet.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-11
cHAFIN SPEAKS IN MODESTO

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
MODESTO, Sept. 10.-Eugene Chain
an open air meeting here to-
night. arriving from Stockton at s
o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-11
PATHFINDERs AT PORT SAID

PORT SAID, Sept. 10-The American
battleshipS Maine and Alabama, the ad-
vance guard of the battleship fleet on
its voyage around the world, arrived
here today from Suez.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-11
Free Excursion Sunday

See sunny" East San Mateo. Lunch
con served. Tickets, BIT Kearny street
or 30os Sixteenth street, near Mis-
sion.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-11

Continued From Page 1. Column 3
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-03-29
Debussy and Wagner.

Lawrence Gilman in Harpers Weekly.
II has been amazingly said that Debus-
sys music contributes little to the play;
that 1t '1n no way betters or intensifies
The moods of the drama"-an asseveratio1
which is scarcely worthy of attention
save as a provocation of the comment.
which is made with elaboration, that this
lyric drama of Debussy's is unrivaled in
l. usico-dramatic art for the exquisite just
ness with which 1t enforces the moods
anda action Of the play. 1t Is true that
tie music never seduces the attention of
the auditor from the essential concerns of
the drama itself; never as does the musi,
of Wagner tyrannically and superbly abb
serbs the mind. Always in this unex-
amp1ed music drama there Is maintained,
MS to emphasis and intensity, scrupulous
drama and the tonal undercurrent which
fleets IT. the music Is absolutely merged
in the drama, suffusing it,, coloring it,
but never dominating or transcending 1t.
1t Is for this reason, a true musfc-drama
"a work far more faithful to Wagner 5
avowed principles than are his own mag
Efficiently inconsistent scores. In tbs
rcusic there is no excess of gesture, there
is none of Wagner's gorgeously expansive
II etoric: the "Je t'aime." "Je taussi'' OF
Debussy's lovers are expressed with q
simplicity and a stark sincerity which
could not well go further; and 1t is a GU
rious and significant fact that the moment
of their profoundest ecstasy, though 1t Is
artfully and eloquently prepared. is rep
resented in the orchestra by a blank
measure a moment of absolute silence.
This. indeed, is almost the supreme dis
tinction of Debussy's music-drama; tina.
it should be at once so eloquent and so
simple, an exposition of it's subject matter
so rich and intense, yet SO delicately and
scrupulously reticent. After the grave
speech and simple gestures of these native
yet subtle and passionate tragedlans, as
Debussy has translated them into fluid
tone, the posturings and the rhetoric of
Wagners splendid personages seem, for a
tine, violently extravagant, excessive and
overweight. To attempt to resist the i'm
perious sway which the most superb of
n usical romantics must always exert over
his kingdom would be a futile endeavor;
yet 1t cannot be denied that for some the
method of Debussy as e. musical dram
atist will seem the moro viable and the
more sound, as it is grateful to the mind
a little wearied by the drums and tramp
lings of Wagnerian conquests
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-03-29
Escape Agency.

Paris. March 2S.-Interesting regu-
lations are being published with regard
to the Escape Agency" which exists
to help convicts to get away from
Cayenne penal settlement in French
Guiana. The avency charges $500 for a
successful escape; and $3.50, paid in adj
vance, If the attempt fails. the es-
timated average outlay for canoes pro-
visions and arms being just under $3.50.
From Cayenne to Paramaribo, in
Dutch Guiana. means a four days ca
noe journey and a three days tramp
through virgin fol asst. About half the
convicts who fled rom Cayenne are
captured en- routt II fall victims to
exhaustion or snake bites.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-03-29
WIRELESS THEFTS.
There Seems No Way To Prevent Tap.
ping of Wires.

Berlin March 2S.-Professor Slaby, the
inventor of the system of wireless teleg-
raphy in use by the German navy in Aus
tria. etc, has told an interviewer that
there was no absolute remedy against
thefts of wireless messages.
'As the criminal code cannot prevent
thieving on earth, SO any amount of law
making will fail to stop robberies In the
air. he said, "and l cannot conceive OF
any technical way to forestall the tapping
of wireless messages"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-03-29
!, LOSES CLAIM.
Supreme Court Decides Princess Neec
Not Pay Debt.

Vienna, March 2S.-The supreme court
has denied the claim of Count Rudolph
Festetics against Princess Louise of Bel
GUM, the divorced wife of Prince Phillip
of Coburg.
According to the court records Princess
Louise received 5000 francs from the
count, for which loan she promised to re-
turn 100000 francs. The court held that
the count had tried to unduly profit by
Princess Louises notorious inability to
cope with matters of finance" and that
the commissions and interests he claimed
We're plain usury.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-03-29

It to your measure and send Il to you on strict guar
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buy 1t. Remember mako It to your order-send u
to you-you wear itand II It doesn't satisfy you you
send It back to me and will refund your money,
The hanks or any responsible citizen In Marshall will
tell you that is the way do business-always abso.
utey on the square and have sold TO thousands OF
people this way for tho past I'VE years. Remember,
Iuse no salves no harness, no lies, no fakes Just
give YOU straight business deal reasonable price
c. e. BROOKS, ss,s Brooks BLDG. Marshall, Mich
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-03-29
Don't Wear
A Truss

Brooks Appliance Is 8
new scientific discovery
with automatic air cush.
ions that draws the broken
parts together and binds
them as you would Q bro.
ken limb. 1t absolutely
holds firmly and comfort
ably and never slips;
always light and cool and
conforms to every move
ment Of the body without
cBntinu 0r hurtinD make
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-03-29
Both Mistaken.

From the st. Louis Times.
Had a queer dream last night"
"What was it?"
II dreamed you were lending me $10."
Funny thing. Now I dreamed you
were paying me the $40 you owe me-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
WESTRETURNS HOME
WHITE MAN WHO WAS KIDNAPPED
 BY 4 NEGRO.
Deputy Sheriff Says Black Mnn Took His Pistol, Money and Badge
 and Put Him on
 Train.

Anniston, April s.-(Specfal )--Bud West. who. went to Lincoln yesterday to arrest a negro named Will Cunning ham, wanted in Georgia to answer a charge of murder. but who was him self captured by the, negro. returned to the city today minus his pistol his cash and his badge.
 West says that when he and the ne- gro reached Riverside at Il o'clock last night, the negro loaded him (WesD into box car which formed part of a train and told him to come to Anniston. The negro meanwhile concealed him- self behind a pile of lumber. West, fearing that he might get into trouble with the trainnen, got out of the car and concealed himself till this morning. when he caught a train to Anniston.
 West says the negro he encountered was not Cunningham, but Earl Ver- non. who was passing under the name of Cunningham.
 Sheriff LeGrande was notified this afternoon that the negro had been seen at weems, and he immediately notified Sheriff Higdon who has sent deputies to intercept the negro.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
SETTLING INSURANCE
BIRsfINGHAM-ATLAN CREDITORS
 WILL GET HALF.
Receiver sexton Says That Affairs VIII Be Completed in Sixty Days
 snd Settlement Made at
 Fifty Per Cent.

Pursuant to a decree of the court Ia the receivership proceedings against the Atlanta Birmingham Fire Insurance Company. Receiver A. c. Sexton yester- day annoueed that the advertisements will be at once made for purchasers of the large blocks of stocks and bonds owned by tho defunct corporation. All bids. according to the advertisement. are to bed elivered into the hands of the Receiver on or before April 20.
 The securities to be sold amount to S365 .000 in all. They include thousands of dollars invested in Alabama munich pal bonds and the bonds of other cities which went into the assets of the i'm surance company.
 Receiver Sexton said yesterday that 1t now looks reasonably certain that all creditors of the Atlanta Birming- ham Fire Insurance Company will get at least 50 cents on the dollar on their claims. An exception is made. how ever, In the California losses. The claimants who suffered losses in the Frisco fire have been put in a. separate class by the decree of the court and will hardly get more than 30 cents on the dollar for their losses sustained in that disaster.
 It may be gratifying to the creditors known as reinsurance investors and claimants of unearned premiums that they have been put in the class of cred itors who will receive the 50 cents on the dollar. -t
 Under the 5O-cents clas will also fall all claimants who have suffered fire losses other than in the Frisco con- fagration.
 Asked when the affairs of the com pany would be finally settled. Receiver Sexton would not commit himself to any definite time. but said that 1t might come within the next sixty days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10

Alabama and Tombisbee rivers. decid. ed upon wholesale readjustment oi the tariffs filed by the navigation peo. pie. and this involved considerable re. auctions rather than raises.
 The commission wishes 1t to be known that the rate were mol arbitrarily made. but were con structed upon the idea of it, ting them to the peculiar conditions that exist on the rivers In question and at the same time stimulating river 1t has heretofore attained.
 The request of the Selma. Mobile Montgomery and Demopolis shippers for special concessions to those cen ters as competitive points was given favorable consideration by the com mission in the tariff as finally decided upon. Between these points certain reduced rates on certain classes and articles are put into effect in order to permit of competition with the lines of railway which touch at the cities named
 The tariff may be said. therefore. to be composed of those rates which apply to traffic between Selma, Mont gomery. Demopolis and Mobile and those which apply between all other landings on the Alabama and Tombig- bee rivers. Again, the Commission has adopted, something after the manner of railroad tariffs, certain classified tions under which a number of com are not named in the classifications have their individual rates specifically mentioned in the other part of the tariff she
 The rates going into effect April IS will be just as binding as the maxi mum railroad rates enacted by law. Also, there are the same penalties for violations of the steamboat tariffs as for the violations of the railroad rates. This means that if the steamboat own CT carries freight for less or more than the rate prescribed therefor, or If the Shipper knowingly tenders for shipment articles for less than the prescribed rates, both parties or eith CT is subject to a fine of from $500 to s1.000 for each such ofrense.
 It is expected that this tariff, when 1t has gone into effect, will result in a cessation of the rate slashing game, which has prevailed so many years on the rivers. The practice of land waterways has been, 1t is said to take a published rate of their tariff and shape the figure to suit individual shippers. The main rule seemed to be that whatever would move the freight from any landing or point would be applied, and this has brought about promiscuous set of rates, all falling below the published tariff.
 It is one of the objects of the com mission made tariff to stop the dis criminations of the past by subject ing violators to the severe penalties of the law that discriminators in rail- road business are amenabIe to. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
REsEARcH CLUp MEEIIs.
Interesting Program Ts ORefed Al ThOmaaviIIe. f&


 Thomasville, April s.-(special.)- The Research Club entertained about sixty-five guests at the Hill hotel. one one of its regular meetings, We'd nesday afternoon. The feature of the occasion was an address on American literature by Prof. E. S. Pugh. this subject being the club work for the year. I
 The guests were met by Mra. w |. D. Boyles, Mrs. R. G. Hark ness, Mrs. J. J. Wynne and rMs. O. F. Hill.
 The program rendered was as fol- lows:, ...-. a,yst Vocal Duet-Mrs. }. A. Kimbrough and Mrs. H. H. Hayes. n5i.
 Address-American Literature, Prof E. S. Pugh.
 Instrumental Duet-Mrs. Hardness and Miss Esteile Peavey. nf
 Instrumental Solo-Mrs. W. D. Hoyles.
 After the program a delightful two course luncheon was served.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
RIVER TARIFF ISSUE
nAunoAD COMMISSION PRoMUL
 GATES ITS RATES.
gheefs Carry Some Material Reductions on Alabama and Tombigbee--Rates Constructed to Fit Variant
 Conditions.

The official tariff steamboat freight charges which has been the subject of prolonged study by the members of the Alabama Railroad Commission was promulgated yesterday afternoon for application on the Alabama and Tombtgbee Rivers. The tariff will go into effect April Is.
 The sheet of rates carries some ma terfal reductions of the rates filed last February with the commission for its approval by the opefators of steam boats on these rivers. The boatmen applied then for a number of sharp advances in their rates on certain com modities. Among them was the rate on corn. Instead of allowing these advances, the Commission. after care ful study of the conditions along the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
The Thunder CIond.

Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster. DA D.. Bishop of Connecticut. told an interesting story not long ago of a colored clergyman who was far from being a brilliant preaeh- CT. and had the habit when exhorting his brethren of shouting in very loud tone of voice. The Bishop thought he ought to reprove him. suggested kindly that perhaps his sermons would have as good effect if delivered more softly, But. the eolored minister replied: Well. you see. It's this way. Bishop. l has to make up in thunder what lacks in lightning, liar psrs Weekly .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
Summary of Houne.

Washington. April s.-Three times today in the House. the democrats caught the republicans mapping" and forced them tos produce a quorum. On one other occasion, a vote by tellers disclosed the absence of quorum. but Speaker Cannon premtorily applied the Reed rule and declared a qu orum to be present. In doing so he had a brief but lively clash with Mir. Will Hams.
 Notwithstanding repeated roll calls. progress was made in the transaction of public business. Both the army and the fortihcations appropriation bills were sent to conference: the sen ate bill to increase the efficiency of the revenue cutter service was with demo- cratic help passed and the bill to pro- mote the safe transaction in inter state commerce of explosives was con sidered. It will be finally disposed of tomorrow.
 The democrats prevented the adop- tion of the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill and caused it to be sent back to conference. At o'clock the House took a recess un- til 1l:30 tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
Lectures at Thomasville.

Thomasville. April s-(SpeciaD Rev. William Kerridge. who has just re- turned from a visit to his old home in England and an extensive trip through that country. delivered an interesting and instructive lecture Wednesday evening at the Baptist Church. Prfh cipally his theme was the spiritual side of England as he saw it in Lon don and in. the different section of the country he visited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10

high water and will be equipped with a rail track and launching tram, ope- rated by a hoisting engine. The boats can easily be run in the water and they are then hauled by steam into the house. MT. Persinger of Northport will have charge of the house. MT. Chris tan has ordered three new launches which he expects to arrive at an early date.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
Boring Wells at the Locks.

Tuscaloosa, April S.-(Special )-The e Government is boring wells at all of the lock sites. and one has just been completed at Lock 10, formerly Lock l. Another we'll is being bored at Lock Ii and work will be, started in the near future on No. 14. The well just com pleted at No. 10 was bored by J. T. Heflin of this city. He, also bored the 1,500-foot we'll in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10

club held a meeting before the shoot and James Daniel was appointed secre- tary to succeed Hawkins Williamson. Tn a sh ort time the regular annual election of officers will be held, when the club will reorganize on a much larger scale. .>-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
PANAMA HATS CLEANED.

By HoIt's Dye Works, at 1O0 south
 Court Street.
 Our shop for renovating mems hats Is one of the most complete In the en- tire South. It is equipped with all tae latest blocks and fanges. steam -fit- tings and times saving devises. |, adv-tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
Nerrn In HnnRetl.

Philadelphia. Pa. April s.-warrick Brooks. a negro. was hanged here to- day for the murder of William T. Jones' also a negro, whom he shot dur ing a quarrel Brooks is the seventh murderer to be hanged here within the last eight weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
Boathouse at Northport.

Tuscaloosa, April Especial. )-Tom Christian of Northport is having a large boat house erected on the North ; port side of the river. which will afford storage for a. number of launches and pleasure boats when completed. The house will be out of the reach of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
CONGRESS
snmmnrx of sennte.

Washington, April 9.-The employ CTS liability bill recently passed blythe House was today passed by the Senate without amendment so that it is ready to go to the President for his approv- al.
 The scope of the bill is limited to common carriers by railroad.
 The Senate adjourned at $50 o'clock until Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-10
TuscaIoosa Gun Club.

Tuscaloosa. April s.-(SpeciaL)-The Tuscaloosa Gun Club had very inter esting shoot yesterday afternoon and some good records were made. The
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
% West Madison Street In 1867.

- . - -
forty succeeding years, it must
have been apretty good 'N,ater,
to have caught on that way,
otherwise, instead Of forty
years, such demand for It.
wouldn't have lasted forty
days. It Is hard to deprive a
good thing Of a good name, and
1t always had, and has to-day,
the name of being the best
house-heating device ever in
vented, whether for comfort
or for gorgeous ornamentation.
And among lingering homo memo
ries, how 1t fingers To old settlers
and the last two generations of
people who, In childhood, played
In Its warmth and were dazzled by
It's splendor, Ito associations blend
with those Of the ancestral portraits
on the wall, and viii last while life
endures.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28

Of wooden sidewalks and frame
houses-of oil lamps and can
dies - of houses without gas
light and of street cars with
out cushions and without mod
ern straps for passengers. The
winters were severe and good
heat had been a long-felt want,
when John M. Smyth Co., to
make everybody comfortable,
introduced the Favorite Base
burner, the above picture rep
resenting the first car load con-
signment to the old store on W. Madi-
son Street. The demand for 1t became
furore, like government land-grab-
bling. The mansions Of the present
loop district discarded their furnaces for
1t, and 1t got to be felt as a privation
for any dwelling to be without one.
Cottages were enlarged and one room
addition made to log cabins to let It In.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28

q Favorite along
the avenues or
laboring through
quagmires and
over n a r 70 w
turnpikes to the
outlying homes,
was one of the
familiar street
9 c en- Q 9 of the
pc riod. And,
as a like scene
has continued
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28

vided by John
M. Smyth Co.
was that of a
good house heat
er. It was In
the Chicago of a
former age, when
conditions were
primitive-no
palaces, no gilt
tering boule-
Yards, no park
gardens, no tele-
DhOneS--tho a00
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
InTheirW Worlds Record Feat

Of furnishing over a mil The continuous autumn
lion homes, one of the spectacle of the old-style
home comforts early pro- Smyth wagons depositing
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
SALTS

sumption of fuel ar
are of the very pure
absolutely air tight.
and very brilliant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-12
DISTRICT MILITIA
WILL MAN FORTS
Land and Sea Attacks VIII Be
Made on Potomac
DefenSeS.

The defenses Of Washington will again
be tested August 6 and Z. in the hands
Of the District militia On these even
ings. there viii be land and sea at
tacks on Forts Washington and Hunt
on the Potomac. and the militia Will
man the guns and conduct the defense.
This summer all the National Guard
will go TO the river forts. Last year
only the Second Regiment was there,
and then only for "A week. There will
be but two combined land and sea at
tacks this year on large scale.
The Second Regiment. which was at
the forts last year, will man the guns
IN both Notifications, and the First Reg
iment and First Separate Battalion viii
be thrown out as supports. II is prob
able the District Naval Militia will par-
ticipate In the sea attacks.
General HaTTies and the staff will not
be assigned 10 active duty. as Colonel
CONN. commanding the. artillery dis
trict OF the Potomac will be in charge.
The STAFF has been ordered to the forts
for special duty. The Guardsmen will
leave Washington for the forts Sun
day. July 26. and viii return Sunday.
August O.