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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
BITTER RAILROAD
 FIGHT IS BEGUN

Little Rock, Ark, October 2S.-Dissatis- fled with the revised intrastate freight tariff as submitted to them by the five trunk lines, the Arkansas railroad com- mission today issued an announcement to the railroads that they would hold O joint conference on Saturday to take such action in the premises as may be deemed just and necessary.
 The commission declares that the re- vised tariff shows an increase of 200 per cent over the commissions tariff. The rates on oil are doubled and the inde- pendent oil men claim that the high rates will drive them out of business.
 The commission may create a new tariff, in which case the railroads would have to secure another temporary injunction sim liar to the one granted at St. Paul, Minn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

Washington, October 2S-(Special.) )-That istration and the Mormons of Utah to de- liver the vote of the church to Judge Taft in November in exchange for the in- fiuence of the administration in behalf of Senator Shoot in the protracted fight made by the Utah senator to retain his seat is charged by A. F. Hyde mine owner of Salt Lake City, who is in Wash ington for visit.
 MT. Hyde declared Utah to be normally a democratic state. but added that the suggestion of the church that its follow CTS cast their vote particular way would be accordingly followed by a unanimous ballot.
 Great importance is attached by polit- ical leaders in Baltimore to the speech delivered by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. It was heard by 6O0O or more workmen, and it is believed that its influence will be far reaching in the city and state.
 It become known today that a number of leading men in the labor unions, who have been uncertain IS how they should vote, made up their minds after hearing Gompers that they would cast their bal lots for Bryan and Kern, and the repub- lican leaders are privately admitting that at least 80 per cent of the labor vote will be against them. Gompers' attack on Judge Taft was specific and direct, and he left no doubt in the minds of his hear be relied upon to do justice to the work ingmen.
 President Edward Hirsch of the Bslti- more Federation of Labor, said today:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
AGREEMENT TO DELIVER
 OVER THE MORMON VOTE

"The labor unions of Baltimore are prac- tically solid for Bryan. The speech CT President Gompers is unanswerable. The workingmen of this city are convinced be- yond all question that they would be dis loyal to their own interests if they did not vote the democratic ticket at this election. The fact that President Com pers is not democrat, and never was a democrat, will go very far to influence republican worlxingmen that this is one of the times they must forego the voting of their party ticket"
 From what l learned in the few hours l was in New York 1 could see that the republicans were thoroughly alarmed over the outlook for the national election" said Marshall Mccormick of Virginia to- day. However, that became apparent when the President took the unprecedent- ed action of sending his entire cabinet out to take the stump. It cannot be de- nied the chances of MT Bryan seem bright. There is much more enthusiasm for him in this campaign than there was in the campaigns of 1896 and 1900, and 1 expect him to be elected"
 Frank A. Leach. director of the mint, Will enjoy the distinction Of being Secre- tary of the Treasury for one day, next Tuesday, because of the absence from the city of Secretary Cortelyou and three as- sistant secretaries of the treasury, who are going home to vote The President today designated Director Leach to run the department while his superior officers are out of the city. MT. Leach is from California, and will not go home to vote as the distance is too far.
 Secretary Cortelyou and Assistant Secre- tary Beekman Winthrop feel that their votes will be needed in New York, while Assistant Secretaries Coolidge and Reyn- ods seem to feel the same way about their state of Massachusetts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
Kern Is Welcomed.

Warsaw Ind, October 2S.-A brass band and a large crowd of men, women and children were on hand when MT. Kern and party reached this city after hur- ried dinner in the railway station at Fort Wayne and an hours ride by rail. The nominee was conveyed to the opera house, which was well filled. He spoke for a few minutes only, pleading fatigue and a desire to conserve his voice and strength to the end of the campaign. General Weaver of Iowa took the brunt Of the speech making, MT. Kern touching but briefly upon the campaign issues, and closing with his oft-repeated exhortation for fearless and patriotic ballot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
Deadly Shooting Affray.

Chattanooga, October S.-ln a sensa- tional shooting affray at Rossville, sub urb of Chattanooga, today, Constable John Carter was painfully injured, Oscar Henderson received wounds which caused his death a few hours later ana G' .. Henderson was seriously wounded The fight, it is said was the result of an at tempt of Constable Carter to arrest the Henderson brothers on charge of tres pass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
Talk at PeekskilI.

Peekskill. N. Y., October 2S.-W. J. Bryan got a rousing reception here to- day. He gave five-minute talk from the rear end platform of his car to big crowd of workingmen, who rushed out of their places of employment bare-headed and coatless to hear him. He hastily ex- plained his platform, and charged that the republicans were resorting to deception In the arguments they now were making.
 q trust the tide which is running in the direction of our party" he said, will continue to swell until election day, and until we hear that New York is in the democratic column"
 Mrs. Bryan was heartily cheered also as she appeared on the platform just as the train was pulling out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

Washington, October 28.-(SpeciaL)- Gen w. c. Oates of Alabama was one of the callers on President Roosevelt to- day. General Oates, former member of the House from Alabama is superin- tendent of the marking of graves of Con federate soldiers who died in the federal prisons He wanted to tell the President of the progress of the work upon which he is engaged. Congress appropriated s200000 for marking the graves of Con federates who died in northern prisons. the law intending that they should be given the same attention as the graves of Federal soldiers who died in southern prisons The law provides that simple headstones, like those in Arlington and elsewhere, shall be erected and General Oates has placed before the war depart mnt an instance where it is impossible to follow the law, and he says there are many other instances. In the federal prison at Camp Morton, near Indianapo- lis. 1920 Confederate soldier died and were buried near the prison.
 Careful records were kept of the names and regiments of the soldiers although
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

line of red fire to the hall, escorted by several marching clubs with bands. His progress through the streets was made the occasion for a great demonstration.
 In the course of the day MT. Bryan made speeches at Hastings-o ont -the-Hud- son, TaIrytown, Ossining, Peekskill. Cold Spring, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, Rhine- cliffe Hudson, Rensalaer, Schenectady and Troy.
 Everywhere along the line of travel immense crowds turned out in the rain to hear him. His reception at Schenectady was notable. Two of his three speeches were made in the open air to employees of the locomotive works and the General Electric company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
Chairman Mack's Plans.

New York, october 2S-On his return to- night to this city after accompanying William J. Bryan on his speech-makins trip up the Hudson valley as far as Poughkeepsie, National Chairman Mack made it known that he would not return west before the close of the campaign.
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Oscar Straus was introduced and he invited a burst of applause by alluding to President Roosevelt as the greatest President since Lincoln. At this june ture, Governor Hughes appeared in the hall. The crowd sprang to its feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
HUDSON MEMORIAL.
Concrete Bridge to Be Built Will Be
Largest in the World.

New York. April 27.-The plans and
designs for the new Henry Hudson me-
mortal bridge to be erected across the
famous river on which Henry Hudson $
little craft, the Half Moon" sailed 3ol
years ago, will be far the largest and
most elaborate concrete bridge in thu
world. The architects have been work
ing on this for some time, and the
plans are now practically completed.
The bridge when completed will have I.
span of 703 feet, width Of 20 feet, and
the rise of the arch will be III feet:tota
length will be 2,S40 feet. The largest
single arch bridge in the world is over
the Niagara river below the falls, and
has a span of $40 feet. This is of steel.
The largest concrete bridges in exist
ence are the Grunwald bridge at Mum
ich, with a span of 230 feet; the Walnut
Lane bridge at Philadelphia, with a
span of 233 feet; the Luxembourg. with
a span of 27S feet, and that of Pleuen
measures 295 feet 1t is great jump
from these bridges to the 703 feet span
of the Hudson Memorial bridge.
MANY engineers have claimed that
concrete structure Of this gigantic size
is fmpracticable, but with the care to
be used in this bridge there is no pos
sible chance of collapsing, and it will
endure through the ages as great
memorial, and will last as long as the
pyramids of Egypt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27

perature standpoint, but this did not
daunt the poSSeSSorS of merry widow
hats, peekab boo hosiery and lattice work
shirtwaists from participating in the
weekly exhibit on Kansas avenue dur
ing the afternoon.
er place the bewildered citizen who
tries to keep up with them in strange
positions sometimes. Sunday morning
a we'll known Topeka man appeared
on the street wearing a straw hat,
overcoat and gloves.
Galen Nichols promises to become a
rival of Otis Hungate as a dog fancier.
good dollars for which he received
Kathrine Wonder, prize winning bull
terrier from AN eastern kennel repre-
scented by Thomas Herren.
J. c. Stewart carried off first honors
in the Topeka Rifle club shoot Satur-
day with a score of 1.22S. the low score
being made by John Strickrott who
not in form. Just wait till Strickrott
gets his new gun and then.
Bert Hoag of 113 AFTER avenue, Oak
land, who is employed as a delivery
wagon driver by the Whittlesey Mer-
camille company, was thrown from ms
wagon Saturday evening while the
horse was running away and both
bones in his right arm were broken SO
badly that they protruded through the
flesh.
The arrest of half dozen Indians
from the Mayetta reservation mere
Sunday while on big spree woulo
tend to show that the enforcement OF
the prohibition law in Topeka Is
failure, so far as Indians are concern
ed These Mayetta Indians get drunk
every time they came to town, and
they come pretty often.
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Des Moines 10. Denver 6.

Denver, April 27.-Errors by Paige
and Downie lost for Denver Sunday.
Later in the game Des Moines did some
fine batting. Weather was cold and
windy.
Score by innings: R.H. E.
Denver ...O 220OO2 O0-6 9 8
Des Moines ....2 2 4 3 0-16 IS 3
Batteries-Paige, Zulusky and Nc
Donough; Ford and Yeager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
WESTERN LEAGUE.

Pueblo 8, Sioux City Z.
Pueblo, April 27.-Pueblo tied the
score in the ninth Sunday and then
won out in the eleventh by a score of
s to Z.
Score by innings: R-H. E.
Sioux City ......1 00O1 O00O-7 2
Pueblo ............O 4 0 DO 0 20 Is Il 5
Batteries-Furchner and Shea; Mich
OILS, Jackson, Good and Smith.
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JUMPS OFF THE ROOF.
Despondent Chinaman Commits Sui
eide in New York.

New York. April 27.-Despondent
because of financial troubles, Long
Wundo. 40 years of age. Chinaman
prominent among his countrymen IN
This CITY committed suicide early to-
day by jumping from the roof of six
story tenement house in Eighth ave-
nue. He was almost instantly killed:
Long was a member of the firm OF
Long Song I'll & Co., dealers in art
curios in Fifth avenue. The demand
for chinese curios disappeared almost
entirely as a result of the recent fnan-
cial crisis in this country according to
one of the daad mans friends and
Longs firm suffered and Long became
respondent The firm of which Long
was a member has branches In Can
ton and Hong Kong and Long has a
ieweIrv business in San Francisco. He
was reputed to be wealthy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
DREAMED HE WAS A GENERAL
He Led a Charge Through a Window
Into Basement.

New York, April 27.-The dream
ing of becoming a general in the
army in which Edmond Hynes had
been indulging, ended sadly in a night
mare.
Preparatory to undergoing a physi-
cal examination today for the purpose
of enlistment. Hynes was sleeping
with Corporal Robert Phillips and
Private Samuel Payne in the army re-
cruiting Office in East Thirty-fourth
street At a. m, he sprang out of
bed stood at attention for a minute.
still sleeping, called out. excitedly. Ito
the front boys, to the front. with
me- and charged through a closed
window, falling into a basement Is
feet below. He sustained a badly
lacerated head. body Commissions and
internal injuries. His recovery is
doubtful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

At Columbus-Columbu 5; Kansas
City 2.
At Toledo-Toledo 8; Milwaukee 0.
At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 5; Mime
apoliS l.
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American League.
American Association.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Sunday Baseball.

Cincinnati, April 27.-Errors by St.
Louis and timely hitting gave Cincin-
natl comparatively easy victory Sun
day. Coakley was hit harder than
Raymond but managed to keep the Wis
itors' hits scattered.
Score by innings: R-H. E.
Cincinnati ..........O2 OO1 1905 6 3
st. Louis .............O o 0 0 O 0 90 8
Batteries-CoakIey and Schlei; Ray
mond and Hostetter.
Summary: Two base hits-Lobert.
CAMEL, Mowrey, Paskert. Base on
balls-Of Coakley /; off Raymond 2.
Struck out-By Coakley 6; by Raymond
8. Umpire-O'Day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
NEW SKIN REMEDY
Creates Big sttr; Drug STORES Crowded
With Sufferer.

>.S~.s%o 1SA8 0&AHS Ia w SO0G68 OxOV80o0
With Sunerera
For several weeks past Shows and
other leading drug stores in this city
have been crowded with persons de-
string q supply OF poslam, the new
cure for eczema This is the drug
which has created such stir
throughout the country since its dis
covery one year ago.
For the convenience of those who
use poslam for pimples. blackheads,
Dlotcnes' req nose, acne, herpes and
other minor skin troubles. a special
6O-cent package has been adopted, in
ADDITION to the regular two-dollar
jar. which is now on sale at the lead
ing drug stores.
In eczema cases, poslam stops the
Itching with first application and
proceeds to heal, curing chronic cases
In two weeks. In minor skin
troubles. results show after an over
night application. For free ex-
perfmental sample. write direct to the
Emergency Laboratories, 50 West
Twenty-fifth Street. New York City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
Oyersubscribed Six Times.

New York, April 27.-Subscriptions
to one-half of the Pennsylvania rail-
way bonds of $40,00O,000 were opened
at the offices of Kuhn. Loeb & Co. to-
day. 1t was announced that the $2o.-
900 900 allotted to the United States
was oversubscribed several times. 1t
is understood that the subscriptions
amount to upwards of 500, 100000.
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Omaha 3. Ldncoln 4,

Omana 8, IAncOln 1.
Omaha, April N.-Omaha punched
her hits in the fourth inning and won
from Lincoln, 3 to 1.
Score by innings: r. H E.
Omaha ............0 90 0 0 0 % 9 4
Lincoln ...............0 o 700 0 OIL 4 8
Ratteries-Noah and LIE Brand
Johnson and Sullivan.
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SONS FOLLOW the Dauehters.

Washington. April 27.-With the con-
vention of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution just adjourned the an
nual convention of the Sons of the
American Revolution began in this city
today. No business was transacted,
the delegates taking a trip to Annapo-
lis, where appropriate exercises were
held, including special drill by the
naval cadets and an address by Gov
ernor Crowthers of Maryland. The
business session will begin tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

for a ride this morning in the Ethiopian
Marie all right enough. Say. die get
much Of roast when you got homer
The victim, after much stalling. con-
trived to break away from this one long
enough to fortify himself with spirits
of ammonia, clam juice, and such-like
miserable unauents.
The next wallop on the back 0Query:
Why will they all wallop you on the back
that way, on the next morningO came
as he left the clam juice dispensary.
80 you're alive, old hawss!" raucously
exuded this walloper. Guess you feel
like ten cents worth Of Chinese funeral
baked meats at that, hey? On, you'll be
all right In a month or two. But it's
wonder that soldier didn't kill you. 1t
sure is"
What soldier?" inquired the VICTIM
huskily
Dye mean to stand there and tell
me you don't remember tipping off the
cap of that big regular army soldier at
the corner Of 14th street and the avenue!'
wheezed the wailoper, with every evil
dence of acute enjoyment. well, it
took all the diplomacy of the hull caboodle
Of us to keep him from stamping you to
death, particularly as you declared that
you'd rather lick soldiers, hull regiments
and brigades and divisions of regular
army soldiers, than eat porterhouse steak
or go to the ball game. Mean to say you
don't recall that?'
II do not" huskiIy replied the victim,
shaking that walloper and going into a
chemists shop for a large dose of bro
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previous evening which he did not clear
iy recall.
But he was dead certain, all right
enough, that these incidents would be
recalled for him, knowing. as he did
and does now, that man that Is born of
woman sure does love to relate unto his
tale Of the latter's inbecilities of the night
before.
This man. therefore. was prepared for
the worst
He hadn't alighted from his car. down.
town, more than eight seconds before
he got the first wallop on the back.
"Oh, no. so here you are!' said the stri-
dent voice of the back walloper. well,
there's one thing. you're able to be up
and around, anyhow. Poor old mug! Say.
if I hadn't come up just In the nick OF
time last night you'd have been Tuning
around in police court on this beauteous
morn, you old Moqui. Why didn't you
tell me that you were such a sun-dancer?
How's your bean? Throbbing, eh?"
"In--er-what manner was / making
myself liable to police court possibilities
inquired the victim.
We'll, the nerve of you asking me
that. you poor old maker of war
medicine!' gurgled the tell-tell one.
Say, you'd better ask me what you
were not doingi Trying to punch all the
chauffeurs in town, pulling nine-foot cops
playfully by the ears, standing In front
OF cars and double-dog- daring the motor
men to run you down-well, if I hadn't
run up against you 1t 'ud ha' been you
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No! Mo-, No,,,


For this morning he has a story to tell
and 1t will behoove every one OF you un-
derlings to pay good attention. laugh In
the right place and slap each other on
the back and say: by Jove. that's
peach. Ha, ha." For it's wise guy
that laughs at his masters jokes.
Now Chief Clerk Clifton lives so far out
in the country that the Agricultural De-
partment work is second nature to HIM
He lives so far out that he has to drive
two miles to a trolley. then take train.
then a trolley and then walk long,
long ways. He lives SO far out in Mary
land that the folks out there believe he
is cabinet officer Where he lives they
are still addicted to the use of the oxcart
with square wheels and homemade sides.
And rumor has il that Chief Clerk Cliff
ton drives down to the train In one OF
those things.
But this story has its good points. and
perhaps when the underlings hear IL they
won't have to tickle each other TO get
full power into their cacklings:
There is an old colored man who
drives down to the station every morning
out my wayne has been there for CEN
fury, I guess Election morning ! saw him
driving the other way 1and here II may he
said that this is an election story, but
it's not too late to tell 10, and l asked
him where he was going.
why. Mas Clifton. you all knows
where Use gwine. l 'specks youse been
dar yoseff.'
No indeed / don't know where you're
goin.
"'Humph, why, Use gwine TO vote.
rs gwine to vote TO- Mistah Tariff
Mr. Tariff?
.'Sho, Mistah Clifton. The publcans
done been talkin' bout Mistah Tariff so
long I les low Use gwine vote TO him. y
And they all laughed SO loud that they'll
get all the extra leave they ask for
IRVING c. NORWOOD.
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as fast as we can when we inadvertently
find ourselves in their neighborhood?

as fast as we can when we inadvertently
find ourselves in their neighborhood?
WELL, son. as long as this little pratt
w Ting diary has degenerated, against
the will and wish Of the frivolous writer,
into a disquisition upon clothes and SO on,
here is something for you You've got
to have a fur-lined overcoat this season
If you expect to be anywhere near right.
Gotta have. No way out of it. That S
the decree, and If we won't, or can't, give
ear to these DEGREES what other course is
left to us but self-destruction?
Now, l can quite easily remember when
the wearer of a fur-lined overcoat, espe-
cially those fur-lined overcoats with the
big fur collars and the fur cuffs. was
looked upon, and correctly looked upon.
as an actor person of the genus hammi-
ficus When you'd see q fur-lined over
coat swing down the Main Alley with
something inside of 1t, you'd make bet
of 80 to 1 with yourself that the some
thing inside Of the fur collar was stoige
Individual and you never lost such bet.
either. The fur-collared overcoat was
the hams one best bet. and he went to II
with the kitchen oilcloth ana the mantel-
Different now. though. Oh, VARY diff
ferent The difference has been making
itself manifest for quite q few years.
Now it has crystallized itself into pro-
nunciamento from on high whatever that
means, that every rnanjack of us, no mat
ter what our conditio-. in life or whether
we are there with the price or not. must
have q fur-lined, fur-collared. fur-cuffed
overcoat this approaching cold season, or
just climb right out of the picture and be
done with 1t.
I saw one the other day at a furrier's
that looked right neat, really.
How much for this one?" I inquired,
sort o. toploftically. OF the salesman.
THAR" said the salesman, fumblng
to get hold OF the tag. THAT one is priced
ct 5000. Piece of Russian sable, with