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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
TURKISH GOVERNMENT
 IS BEING REORGANIZED

Constantinople, August 10.-The reor- ganization of the government is still pro- ceeding in all directions and it is un- derstood will involve the removal of ministers at Paris, St. Petersburg, Der lin, Washington. Madrid and Belgrade. Some of the minor officials, it is reported, have committed suicide and others have abandoned their posts. The foreign min ister has ordered the cessation of sub ventions to European newspapers and the suppression of the secret funds of embassies
 London, August 10.-A dispatch from Constantinople establishes beyond doubt that Mehmed Ali Bey, the Turkish min ister at Washington, has been recalled. The action of the porte, it is understood. is due to the changed conditions in Fur key, and the formation of new min istry.
 Washington, August 10.-because of the reticence of officials at the Turkish lega-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
NezV EngIand May Flop
 OVer to Democracy
Down Easer Seem To Be Getting Ready To Break All Records and Join the Democratic Ranks According to Secre tary Clark of the Democratic Congressional
 Campaign Committee.

MT. Clark is particularly gratifed with the situation in Maine. Nearly all the cities of the state have demo- cratic administrations that are clean and popular with the people. The dem ocratic candidate for governor is a farmer and popular and prominent in the farmers state organization, which has the bulk of the Maine republican vote, and from which not a few are ex- pected to contribute to his election. While conditions in Maine are regarded as exceptionally good most encour- aging advices come to Secretary Clark from elsewhere in the east-from Mas sachusetts Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
 MT, Clark will give no figures, makes no specific predictions, but he Is insistent that the Sixty-first Congress will have not only a democratic House but a larger proportion of eastern dem ocratis than the party has had in Con gress for more than 50 years. w. S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
CROP CONDITIONS
 ARE MUCH BETTER

Washington, August 10.-That crop conditions in the United States were in the aggregate somewhat better on August 10 than they were a year ago, but slightly q per cenD below a 1O- year average condition pn that date is the opinion expressed by the crop re- porting board of the department of agriculture in a supplemental report issued today reviewing general crop conditions. The report mentions the crops that are above the average, in- cluding winter wheat, hay. cotton and tobacco. Corn. barley. rye, buck kwheat apples and flax are slightly below the average, potatoes being about per cent, and oats nearly 10 per cent be- low,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
 MAKES HASTE SLOWLY

has very generally prevailed in Georgia.
 J. S. Westberry, county commission CT of Worth county, testified that on the advices of counsel that he could make such contracts, even if they were illegal, as other counties In the state were doing it.
 It was shown during the day that misdemeanor convicts were shipped 200 miles away to 8 wildcat turpentine camp, from Whitefield, Ga., to Worth county At this camp occurred the beating of an old man of SO who had spread the report that Warden Cason had killed a convict. Cason testified to- day that the convict had died of sun stroke and had not been whipped 10 days previous to his death. Cason ad- mitted having given the aged convict 40 licks for stating that he had killed convict. The physician who was called to attend the dead man said there was no marks of. violence and he assumed from the reports of witnesses that he had died from sunstroke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
EIGHT MEN ARE KILLED
 BY BOILER EXPLOSION

pressed into service. A majority of the killed had their heads and limbs torn from their bodies, and were so badly mutilated that identification was almost impossible The mill had been closed about a week and about two score of men were engaged in making repairs to an engine. When the explosion occurred not one of them was able to make his escape
 The shock was so terrific that it de- molshed a large portion of the mill and sent heavy pieces of twisted iron and metal in all directions.
 The plant of the Broomal, Schmidt & Steaeh Co.,, located nearby, was badly damaged, and a horse standing 300 yards away was instantly killed. Box cars on the railroad siding adjoining the mill were torn to splinters and several per sons close to the damaged building were slightly injured by flying debris. The shock was felt over the entire city. The head of the boiler, about four feet square, was hurled nearly a block.
 The injured, many of whom were so black with smoke that they could not be recognized are all expected to recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11

tion, no statement could be obtained to- night regarding the recall of Mehmed Ali Bey. Recently the minister has had sev- eral conferences with Acting Secretary of State Adee, but both officials regarding these matters of a confidential nature, neither of them have felt at liberty to divulge what took place. The minister has uniformly expressed his preference to remain in this country, as he has grown to like it. It is expected, too, that he would prefer to stay here until condi- tions in Turkey become more settled and thus render his return to his native land more suspicious
 It was ascertained, however, that during a call at the state department today the minister made inquiries as to whether the officials had heard anything from Constantinople regarding the minister S fatlIer, Izzet Pasha, whom reports from New York indicate is believed to have ar rived there recently under an assumed name. All he was able to learn was that MT. Leishman had reported that Izzet Pasha had left Constantinople a week ago. The minister says he does not know the whereabouts of his father.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
Awards for Khaki Cloth.

Washington August 10.-Awards for supplying 75O0O0 yards of cotton khaki at Philadelphia for the war department were made today. Two New York firms pre- sented bids on July TO- but neither was entirely satisfactory, so the department split the contract, awarding to the John H. Meyer company the privilege of fur nishing s75,OOO yards at 25 cents yard and to the Otto Goetze company con tract for furnishing 25O,O00 yards at "A 8-10 cents and 125. 900 yards at 25 2-10 cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11

Atlanta, August 10.-By adJourning at o'clock this afternoon while the house was still in session the senate effectually checked any wheel Of legis- lation in the house so far as house measures were concerned. This means that no further measures could De passed to this body, and all movement toward getting through bill having to do with the convict lease system was successfully blocked until tomorrow.
 On Wednesday the legislature ao- journs and everything is being done TOT or against the two leading bills before the legislature to end the convict lease system.
 The legislative investigating com mittee continued it's work today ana the evidence adduced showed that the practice by county authorities Of leas- ing the labor of misdemeanor convicts guilty of infractions of police laws ana such minor offenses, to private con- tractors in remote sections of the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
4 PROCLAMATION

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11

York, Pa, August 1O-Eight men were killed, nearly score more or less seri- ously injured, and thousands of dollars worth of property damaged by the ex- plosion of a boiler in the York rolling mill late this afternoon.
 The dead:
 John Clency, York.
 Benjamin H. Remer.
 Harry Seachrist.
 Paoli Puci.
 Alfred Struck.
 John Slossman.
 Harry Feger, all of Columbia, Pa.
 Edward Fittler, Marietta. Pa.
 The boiler was located in the center Of the mill Thousands of persons were at tracted to the scene by the shock and rescue party was quickly organized and search for bodies was instituted. Am- balances from the York hospital were hurried to the scene, but, owing to the number of dead and injured, delivery wagons and other conveyances were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
Empire Track Cuts Prices.

New York, August 10.-The abolition of the field stand and reduction in the price of general admission from 8 to $2 at the Yonkers race track was officially announced tonight by James Russell Soley, attoney for the Empire City Rae ident Butler had decided on this move The charge for admission to the club house enclosure will be $5, same as last year, when the track was reopened under new management.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
AM BAssADoR IS ILL.
Minister to Russia Is Seeking ENaIsn
 at Watering Place.

St. Petersburg, August 10.-Ambassador Riddles mother and his half-brother, Mrs. and MT. Flandreau of Minneapolis have joined the ambassador at Kislo- vodsk, watering place in the Caucasus, and will remain with him during his con- valescence. MT. Riddle was threatened with an attack of pneumonia and is mak- ing slow progress toward recovery, but is still confined to his bed. He expects to re- main at Kislovodsk until October
 Irwin B. Laughlin, the second secretary of the American embassy here, has been appointed secretary of legation at Athens Hunter Sharp, the newly appointed consul general at Moscow, has arrived at Mos COW to supersede Samuel Smith, who is re- tiring from the consular service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
DENIED HIS MARRIAGE.
Officer May Be courtmartiaIed for His
 Answer.

New York, August 1o.-Because he an- swered single" when the war depart ment asked him if he was married. Sec ond Lieutenant Guy H. Wyman, Eleventh United States cavalry, Is being court martialed on Governors island. It is the first case of the kind to be tried in the army; and, according to Lieutenant Wy man, who is one of the most popular of- ficers in the crack Eleventh cavalry he answered single because he thought the girl he married in Tennessee in 1905 had divorced him. If found guilty Lieutenant Wyman may ha dismissed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
Memorial to Daumier.

Vlamondos, France. August 10.-On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Honore Daumier, the renowned erected on the house here in whic Daumier resided. Daumier was a famous French caricaturist who was born at Marseilles in 1908. He died in 1S79 Louis Philippe. in 1882. con- demned the artist to six months im- prisonment for a caricature Daumier had drawn of him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
Avenaer Wins Trophy.

Newport, R. l., August 10.-In the New York Yacht clubs race for the Kings cup today the 4s-foot sloop Avenger, owned by Robert Emmons, Jr., of Bos- ton, won the trophy presented by King Edward VII. by minutes 36 seconds from Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt's s sloop Aurora, the second boat on time allowance. The Aurora and the Istalena, the other sloops in the race, were al- lowed 52 minutes and 32 seconds The schooners Queen and Elmira were the other two starters. The start was made off Brenton's reef lightship at 10:40 The course was 38 miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
GREAT RIFLE TOURNAME ENT,
Hundreds of Contestants Have Arrived
 at Camp Perry.

Camp Perry. O.. August 10.-What mi- tary officials declare will be the greatest military shooting tournament in the his- tory of the world was inaugurated on the Ohio rifles range at Camp Perry, on tho southern shore of Lake Erie, near Port Clinton. today.
 Hundreds of contestants are on the ground from every state in the union, Hawaii and the Philippines. The Ohio matches will consume today, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
prIest's Appeal Turned Down.

Rome. August 1O.-The meeting of the congregation of the propaganda. after all, discussed one American case, though it was an important one. The matter re- ferred to a priest of Sioux City, who was once condemned by the American courts and twice by the ecclesiastic authorities. The priest appealed to Rome. Cardinal Gibbons participated in the discussion and agreed with the other cardinals to cDnfirm the condemnation of the priest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
kinadon Gould Goes to Mexico.

New York, August 10.-It was an- nounced today that Kingdom Gould, son of George J. Gould. is en route to Guana- tuato, Mexico, where he will investigate the mining district and the properties financed by the Securities Corporation nimited) of New York. MT. Gould will he the guest of the Guantano Develop ment company. which is allied to the Se- curities Corporation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
preparIno Treaty on Sealing.

St. Petersburg. August 1O.-Russia and Japan are about to negotiate sealing convention similar to the Russo-American and Russo-British conventions. Since ac- ouiring the southern half of the island of Caghalin, Japan became the owner or Seal island, which is one of the few seal rookeries; and therefore being Jointly in- terested with Russia, the United States and Canada in the preservation or seals has adopted new views with regard to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
Students Leave Guatemala.

Managua, August 10.-President zelaya is temporarily residing in the department of Carazo. The Nicaraguan students, who it is alleged have been persecuted in Guatemala and for whom the Nicaraguan government recently placed funds in Mexico in order to en- able them to leave Guatemala. will ar rive at Corint0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
TAT DECLINES
 ID MIX IN AFFAIR He Lets West Virginia Politics Severely Alone IA LONG DAY TRIP IS MADE Taft Travels in Two States, Then Gets
 Through With Lot of Mail and Prepares for Confer
 ences With Leaders.
A LONG DAY TRIP IS MADE

Hot Springs Va, August 10.-William II. Taft accompanied by Mrs. Taft and Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, chief of the insular bureau of the war department, reached here today from the Greenbriar West Virginia, County horse show where they went last Friday Several hours were devoted by MT. Taft to an accumulation of mall, In the afternoon he played golf and in the evening again went at his correspondence.
 A. I. Vorys MT. Taft's chief of staff will arrive here for conference tomor- row or Wednesday. Frank H. Hitchcock will arrive Wednesday, when 1t Is ex- pected the personnel of the advisory committed of which Elmer Dover is to be secretary. Is to be decided upon Plans for the general campaign will be dis cussed during this conference, when 1t Is believed final decision will be reached regarding MT. Taft's personal arrange ments Although many requests are be- ing received for his presence at various places, he has so far accepted no invita- tions Incidentally MT. Hitchcock will be asked to define the course his commit tee is to take in West Virginia, whether aid and directions will be given to MT. swisher, the regular republican nomi- nee, or to MT. Scherr, the so-called "bolter'
 Senator Elkins of this state is here, as is also Mir. Swisher, who came on the same train with MT. Taft. Senator Scott is to come Wednesday and 1t Is said MT Scherr will be represented Senator El- kins today predicted Swisher's election by 25,OOO and said that 10000 more votes would be given the national ticket In the state He believes the regular organiza- tion should be sustained. MT. Taft con tinued to refuse to become involved in the controversy. The trip today, from White Sulphur was devoid of special in cident. MT Taft made the comment that he had been able to get real rest of which he had felt the need.
 As the guests of Senator Bourne of Oregon, MT. and Mrs Taft participated in a coaching party, which drove to Oaks, Warm Springs, five miles distant, for dinner tonight. General Edwards also was a member of the party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
No Statement Made.

White Sulphur Springs, w. Va. August 1o-Mr Taft and party left here early today for Hot Springs, W. Va. Not be- ing familiar with all of the days ar engagements by which MT. Dover takes the secretaryship of the advisory commit tee of the republican national commit tee and William Hayward the secretary ship of the full committee, MT Taft said he had no statement to make at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11

Travel ssabeard going east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11

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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-21
IS Pe-ru-na Useful
for Catarrh?

Should a list OF the ingredients OF Pc.
runa be submitted to any medical ex-
ipUrU, OI WnnUover CnOOI Or IInJIOIIHIIJy,
he would be obliged to admit without
reserve that the medicinal herbs COM
posing Perunn are OF two Finds. First,
standard and well-tried catarrh
dies. Second, well-known and gencr-
ally acknowledged tonio remedies.
That in one or the other Of these uses
they have stood the test OF many years
experience by physicians of different
schools. There can be no dispute about
this, whatever. Peruna Is composed of
some Of the most efficacious and uni
versally used herbal remedies for ca
tarrhnl diseases, and for such conditions
OF tho human system az require o tonic.
Each one OF the principal ingredients
OF Peruna has q reputation OF Its W
in tho cure of some phase Of catarrh or
as n tonic medicine.
Tho fact is, chronic catarrh is q dis
ease which Is very prevalent. Many
Thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They nave visited doc
tors over md over again, and been told
that their case is II Of chronic eatarrh.
1t may be Of the nose, throat, lungs,
stomach OF some other internal organ.
There is no doubt as to the nature of
the disease. The only trouble is the
remedy. This doctor has tried to cure
them. That doctor has tried to pre-
scribe for them.
No other household remedy SO uni
versally advertised carries upon the
label the principal active constituents,
showing that Peruna invites the full
inspection Of the critics.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-21
COSTLY SORT OF MATTRESS.
Ole and New Ways OF Handling Biz
Plate Glass.

Ole and New Ways OF Bis
Plate Glass.
Probably about as costly a sort OF
mattress; as any is one that Is made
not to sleep on at all, but to spread On
the long, broad table or platform Of the
wagons built for carrying plate glass,
says the New York Sun.
These mattresses, which are made OF
curled hair, are cry thin, scarcely
thicker than a comfortable, and must
be made with the greatest care to In
sure perfect uniformity of thickness.
A lump anywhere would be likely to
it. and there would be still greater dau-
ger II the weight Of two plates Of
glass were rested on the lump at once.
A mattress for a plate-glass wagon
costs according to size from $50 to $75.
In use the corners of small plates car
ried' on it cut into the ticking covering
and sooner or later it has to be made
over. Simply to make e such a mat
tress costs from $50 to s$25.
On the table-topped and mattress
covered glass wagons the biggest plates
are carried with confidence and safety.
The table is built to remain absolutely
rigid and the thin but uniformtmattress
protects the plate from jar.
Before plate-glass store fronts had
come into common use, when the hand
ling of a big plate was counted as a
good deal more of a job than it is now,
they used to carry a great pane of
glass in a sort of frame, which was put
on the wagon with the glass in 1t. At
its destination this frame or support
was worked carefully across the side
walk to the store front, where the glass
was dislodged from it to be set; and
altogether the setting of a great plate
of glass was then quite an undertake
ing.
Now, with the setting of such plates
a common daily occurrence, and with
men skilled in the handling Of them,
they simply carry a big plate out and
lay it on their mattress-coyered, table
topped wagon and carry it to where it
is to 60 and there slide it off, to rest
for a moment on blocks on the side
walk, and then they pick 1t up and
carry it to the window front.
Then they u under the lower edge
of the glass lifting straps, by which
men standing inside the window as well
as men standing outside a lift on 1t
when the glass is put into place in the
window frame. There. again it is raised
on blocks until the straps can be with
drawn and then the blocks are taken
out and the glass secured in place, all
this being done with great care but
still with comparative ease and quick
ness, and with certainty, and in these
times great panes of glass are thus
moved and set on all but the windiest
days.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-21
one Of the Ola school,

The stern faced old gentleman, who
had been a school teacher in the '40s,
selected a goose quill, deftly fashioned it
into a pen, and wrote his letter on a
single sheet of paper.
Then he sprinkled black sand over the
written page.
Then he folded the sheet in the form
Of a rectangle.
After which he sealed it with a red
wafer and directed it.
II like the old way best" he said, land
IT'S mighty little the steel trust, the paper
trust, and the mucilage trust get out of
me.
But he had to use something modern,
and with a frown he affixed a o-cent post
age stamp.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-21
Grape. Fresh All winter.

-t
A clever French process by which
vine growers in France are able to mar
ket fresh outdoor grapes all through
the winter is thus described. Bunches
of he finest grapes when ripe In
autumn are cut In suchsa way that to
each bunch n piece Of the vine five or
six inches long remains attached. From
this piece the stems Of the bunch hand,
an arrangement vitality necessary to
b success Of thA operation.
A large numbef of the wide-moutti
Notifies, filed with water, Is ranged In
"a cellar and In the open end of each Is
inserted the pieces OF vine stem, the
abtnches Of grapes handing outside.
The grapes do not touch the water,
but are thus supplied with moisture
Through the vine stem, which Is I'M
saes.ed !: .ss. ter b By this r.oscs::
choice varities OF. table grapes arr kept
In perfect condition for the whole win
tel.
The temperature of the cellar is mi
fogm and moderately low and care Is
taken daily to supply the bottles with
the water lost by evaporation. Fruit
thur carefully tended is somewhat cost
", but there are many patrons who
Willingly pay 81 q bunch for the deli
>cacy Of fresh grapes in midwinter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-21

ancy in his whole air, that must strike
forcibly upon an acute observer.
Sir Lucien. usually too keen, is now,
however, so wrapped up In his dreams of
n lost treasure restored, that he fails to
note these subtle touches of gaiety in his
nephew. He is content with the certain
ty that Adare is sitting far from the
girl, and seems very Indifferent to her.
And no wonder he tells himself, with
his cynical old smile, his glance resting
for a m with open hatred upon Am
Der. "