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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-24
At the "White House.-

White House, N. J. October 23-"What place is this?' inquired MT. Bryan to the crowd upon his arrival here today.
 This is White House, came the re- sponse.
 "l am here at last" said the candi- date, amid great applause. Tt has been rather long journey, but happily ended. ] do not know whether it would be proper now to outline the policy of the next ad- mnistration or not. I believe it is the duty of a President on the day he enters the White House to forecast his admin istration and 1t is much easier for mo than for presidents generally, for my work has been simplified by the Denver convention. The platform has clearly out- lined the remedial legislation which we desire enacted, and l can simply promise that the platform will be carried out in letter and in spirit, so far as am able tn give effect to it n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-24
AUGUSTA LADY IS
 DEAD IN ENGLAND

Washington, October 23.-Capt. Archi- bald w. Butt. military aide at the White House. has received cablegram from Ormskirk, England, that his mother died there of heart trouble, at the home of his brother. Edward II. Butt.
 Captain Butt took his mother to Eng land in August last to spend the sumner at his brothers home. Mrs. Eutt vas 73 years old. She was the widow of the late Joshua w. Butt of Augusta, Ga. and sister of the late Gen. William R. Boggs, who resigned from the United States army to enter the Confederate ser- vice. Mrs. Butt was a member of the colonial danes of Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-24
Tremendous Ovation Is Received By DenOcraCys Leader On
 Visit To Newark
BRYAN TAXES ROOSEVELT
 10 TASK FOR QUITTING IN
City of Newark Is AgIow With Red Fire and Enthusiasm Upon Arrival of the Bryan Special and Re-
 cepton Is Remarkable.

Newark. N. J., October 2S-New Jersey today poured out her hosts to greet Wil- liam J. Bryan Refreshed by a long sleep last night, following two laborious days in Ohio and West Virginia, the jemoerat- ic candidate was in splendid form, and took advantage of this to inject into his utterances a spirit which enabled him to impress his audiences everywhere.
 Travelling at a nerve-raclkiug clip over a zg-zag course in a special train, in charge of State Chairman J. R. Nugent, MT. Bryan was enabled to talk to great numbers of farmers, 1aboring men and others in the farming and industrial cen- ters Of the state. Evidently inspired by President Roosevelts recent declaration on the subject of labor, in which Samuel Gompers and himself were severely criti- cised Mir Bryan chose for his main text the labor question, and in most all of his speeches. of which there were Is. made merry with the President. He acct sed the President of putting into the campaign again and deposlng Mr. Gompers, and said sarcastically that he expected before long that he himself would be deposed cpd Mir Nicholas Loigworth, the Presi- dents son-in-law, placed at the head of the democracy.
 He never lost an opportunity to define the difference between the platforms of the republican and democratic parties with respect to labor, and explained with minute detail the pledges which :he demo- cratic party made at Denver to secure the remedial legislation for which. he said, labor vas crying, but to which the re- publ!oans had turned a deas car Inc- dentally, the candidate referred to the fact that his voice had held out so well because he had no ragged arguments to pass through his throat.
 Immense throngs greeted him at Tren- ton, Phlllipsburg SomervIIle. Elizabeth port, Perth Amboy, New Brur swick and here. On no day during tIe campaign were his remarks so interrupted with ex- pressions from people in his audience in- dicating their friendliness toward him than on this.
 The climax of the eventful day came when he visited Newark tonight The whole city was aglow with red fire. and his progress through the streets to the auditorium where he spoke, was nothing short of an ovation. The hall was packed, and MT. Bryan was compelled to deliver an overflow address to the thousands left on the outside.
 The air was rent with cheers as he un- folded the democratic policies and hurled an avalanche of criticism upon the re- publican party for it's failure as he said to listen to the demands of the people.
 Upon the conclusion of his remarks here MT. Bryan retired for the night on his car, which taken to Jersey City, from which place he will leave in the morning at 9;3O for other points in the state, concluding with visit late in the evening to Elmira.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-24
IS PREPARING
 ANSWER TO ROOSEVELT I

that their employment would not begin for some time.
 The following contributions were re- ceived at the New York headquarters to- day: John F. McGuinness of Massachu- setts, s100; James D. Crupp of Virginia, $100; Bryan and Kern and Flood club, Virginia, $125; The State, South Carolina, $1OO; Bird S. Coer Brooklyn, s250
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-24
kERN'S SON BETTER.
Candidate Cannot Yet Resume His
 Speaking Trip.

Indianapolis, Ind, October 23.-There was a shade of improvement in the condition of John W. Kern, Jr., tonight. His father was at his bedside all day.
 "He Is perhaps a little better to- night said MT. Kern, but the im- provement is so slight that we can scarcely notice it. He had a fairly comfortable day today"
 Whether MT. Kern will continue his campaign trip next week will depend entirely upon the condition of his son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-24
Ten-Minute Speeches.

Somerville, N. J. October 23-Mr. Bryan arrived here late today and devlivered a 10-minutes speech before a big crowd MT. Bryan dwelt mainly on publicity of campaign contributions before election aluding also to the trust question, cleo ton of senators by direct vote and panics. He charged that the republicans were now resorting to threats, declaring
 When man threatens you it means that he no longer hopes to persuade; he no longer expects to convince you; and they are now appealing to the fears of the people by threatening a panic if 1 am elected But one panic at time is enough"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-24
Two Companies Ordered Out.

Memphis October 23.-Two of the local companies of state militia received orders late tonight to proceed to Reelfoot lake. They will leave early tomorrow under command of Maj. J. Bright Horton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-24

lC0NTINUEp ON FACE D
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
q. S. AND JAPAN FORM PACT
Agreement Of Far.reachias Importascs
Covering Policy In
Pacific.

Washington, Nov. 29.-Despite OH.
cial reticence, information from relia-
BILE sources has been obtained Of an
agreement Of far.reaching importance
between the United States and Japan
covering the policy of the two coutries
In the Pacific.
The agreement is based on the idea
Of encouraging and defending free and
peaceful commercial development In
the Pacific. It contains not only a
mutual guarantee to respect each 9th.
er's territorial possessions there. but
defines the attitude of the two coun.
tries towards China, binding each to
defend by every peaceful means Chi.
mas independence and integrity and
to give equal commercial opportuni.
ties in the Chinese empire to all ma,
tons. But, more important still, the
agreement in the event Of complica.
lions threatening the status quo, binds
the United States and Japan to con-
suit each other with a view to acting
together.
The Agreement.
The agreement has been drawn up
In the form of declaration and con
sists Of five articles. The first article
gives expression to the wish of the
two governments to encourage the
free and peaceful development Of
their commerce in the Pacific. Tho
second is mutual disclaimer of sn
aggressive design and contains also a
definition Of the policy Of each gov
eminent. both as directed to the main.
tenance Of the existing status quo in
the Pacific and the defense of the
principle of equal opportunity for conf
merce and industry in China. The
third article contains a statement Of
the consequent firm" reciprocal reso.
luton Of each government to respect
the territorial possessions In the Pa,
cific Of the other. !.
Preserve chlna's Integrity.
In the fourth article the United
States and Japan express their deter.
mination to support "by all peaceful
means at their disposal" the independ.
ence and integrity Of China md the
principle Of equal commercial and IN.
dustrial opportunity for all natio Is IN
the empire. The fifth article mur1ally
pladges the two governments, In the
case OF 1.-THE occurrence of any event
threatening the status quo" as above
described or the principle of equal OPP
portunity as above dened, to communi.
cate with each other for the purpose
of arriving at mutual understanding
with regard to- the measures they may
consider useful to take.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
looks BLACK FOR sIIINHHt|.
An New Light on Paris Msrles-
Strengthens Conviction 81
Her Guilt.

Paris. Dec. /. - All the new light
thrown on the murder of Adolphe
Steinheil and Nine. Japy, which &C.
Cured on the night Of May 81 at the
home Of the artist, only goes to
strengthen the conviction that Nine.
steinheil either strangled the victims
alone after administering a narcotic
or poison, subsequently binding her.
self to her bed, or that she had an 40 ,
complete in the person OF profession
al criminal.
The body of the murdered painter
was dtsinterred yesterday and yremov.
ed to the morgue, but the surgeons
found that 1t was in such state of
decomposition as to make it an i'm
possibility to perform a complete au.
topsy. They contented themselves
with taking away the viscera for
chemical analysis, in order to discover
possible traces of poison.
The glasses found at the time of
the murder will also be examined.
Rich Lovers in Pairs.
1t is now learned that Nine. Stein
he'll was receiving the visits of an.
other rich lover. in addition to Maui
rice Borderal, and that she had prom
ised each of them that she would mar
ry him in the event of her becoming.
widowed or divorced.
Testimony from many quarters,
seems to upset the charges of the roy
alist press that the late President Fe-
Tx Faure was the victim of the Grim.
fnal dealing, but even M. Dupuy, his
premier, does not deny that Nine.
Steinheil was with him shortly before
he expired.
Faure Mystery Probed.
It is noteworthy that no autopsy
was held on the body of Faure. The
corpse, while still warm, was filled
with powerful embalming fluids and:
hastily cof1ined.
Little by little the story of that old
crime is coming out in the Parisian
press and the assertion is new pub
lished broadcast that death came to
him from Marguerite Steinheil, and
both press and physicians are specu,
lating on the kind of poison used.
In La Liberte, Henry Deschamps
quotes resident of the Impasse Ron.
sin. who says that from his window
he saw the body Of Felix Faure car
ried from tho Steinheil house by two
men.
Death Scene Is GhastIy.
One CHASTITY detail Of the death of
Felix Faure may be added to the re-
voting tale. In his convulsive death
agonies. the dying man knotted his
fingers in the woman's thick blonde
hair. and as the plotters dared not cut
the hair they had to pry the fingers
loose one by one. This took half am
hour. during which time the woman.
was screaming and went into hyster
les. which ended in a faint.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
HITCHCOCK GETS POSTAL JOB.

Is Offered and Accepts Position Of
Postmaster General in TAFT Cabinet.
Hot Springs. Va, Nov. 29.-Franh
III. Hitchcock has been offered and
has accepted the position of post.
master general in the Taft cabinet
that is to be.
The official announcement of this
conclusion regarding the first cabinet
selection Of President-elect Taft
doubtless will not be made until Mr..
Taft has completed his cabinet, at
which time it will be announced en-
bloc. Because of this view of the sit.
uation no expression regarding the Sc
lection of Mr.. Hitchcock was obtain.
able for publication from either Mr..
Taft or the Republican national chair.
man. There were many reasons, It
was pointed out why it was expedient
that Mr.. Hitchcock's status should be
liked, at least so far as the principals
are concerned, and a complete under.
standing is known to exist between
them. AS chairman of the Republican:
national committee Mr.. Hitchcock be-
came more familiar than any other
person with the political phase of
questions likely to arise at the begin.
ming Of the Taft administration and
the knowledge he gained regarding the
personnel of the party will be of great
service to Mr.. Taft throughout his adj
ministration.
Besides these reasons the national
chairman admittedly possesses a com.
prehensive as. we'll as a technical
knowledge Of postal affairs, gained by
protracted experience as first assist
ant and acting postmaster general.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
Coasting Steamer, in Philippines
Strikes Rock and Sinks
During Storm.
FEAR TRANSPORT May Be LOST
War Department Alarmed for Safety Of
the Dix, Which Is Six Days
Overdue.

Manila, Nov. %. - The coasting
steamer Pointing, carrying a large
number of laborers from Narvacan to
the rice fields in Pangasinan province,
struck rock and sank last night dur.
ing storm off the town of San Fer.
nan, in Union province. It is said
a hundred Of the passengers and
crew were drowned. The steamer Wig
caya rescued fifty-five.
A patrol of constabulary, which was
established Immediately after the &C.
cident, picked up fifteen bodies, and
many more were coming ashore. It is
not known whether any Americans or
Europeans were aboard the wrecked
steamer.
The storm last night kept the liber-
ty men from the Atlantic fleet ashore
all night. The waters of the bay were
exceedingly rough, and Rear Admiral
Sperry sent wireless message
ashore to the effect that they should
not attempt to return to their ships
until weather conditions were more
favorable.
Fear Ship ls Lost.
Washington, Nov. 29.-Considerable
alarm is felt at the war department
over the fact that the army transport
Dix, en- route from Seattle to Manila
with cargo of 200 soldiers and $50
mules. is six days overdue.
1t is feared here that the Dix was
caught in the same typhoon which
disabled the hospital ship Relief while
proceeding from Manila to the island
Of Guam.
Adjt. Gen. Ainsworth yesterday sent
q cablegram to Manila requesting that
q vessel be sent out from that port to
locate the Dix.
The Dix Is the largest of the army
transports. She sailed from Seattle
Oct. Is and left Honolulu for Manila
Oct. 30. She should have arrived ut
Manila about Nov. 81.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
OVER 100 PERISH IN FIRE At SEA.
Shore onlookers Powerless to Aid
British Steamer OF Island of Malta.

O'sS0ssSsS
British Steamer Off Island Of Malta.
Veletta, Island of Malta, Nov. 2S.-
"A terrible disaster, in which more
than a hundred persons lost their
lives. occurred at the entrance to this
port, within sight of the whole pop
ulation of the city, who were power.
less to give aid. The British steamer
Sardinia Of the Ellerman line, hailing
from Liverpool and bound for Alex.
andria with crew of forty.four Eng
hshmen, eleven first and six second
cabin English passengers, and nearly
two hundred Arab pilgrims aboard,
caught fire and within few minutes
We roaring furnace surrounded by
clouds of black smoke, through which
flames burst upward to height of 200
feet, from frequent explosions in the
bold.
Ships Boats Burn.
So rapidly did the fire spread that
the frantic efforts of the crew to op.
crate the fire apparatus proved USE
less, for it seemed but moment be-
for the upper works and masts
crashed down upon the deck, while
the ships boats were crushed by the
falling debris or set ON fire and quick.
ly burned.
Safety lay only in the sea, for no
one could save himself except by
jumping overheard and taking chances
of being picked up. Assistance was
hurried to the burning vessel from all
the warships in the harbor and from
the shore, but the work OF rescue was
greatly impeded by the strong tide
that was running. Even the naval
launches, which came as fast as they
could be driven, were unable to go
alongside. Among the Arabs there
was a panic that could not be con.
trolled. Many Of them were too ter
rified to Jump and they were burned
to death. Others, casting themselves
into the waves, were drowned.
Heroic Sacrifice by Crew.
The crew behaved with admirable
courage, serving out life preservers to
the last, and working the pumps.
When the pumps became useless, Capt.
Charles Littler, commander of the
Sardinia, took the helm and directed
his ship toward the shore, so long as
1t could be navigated. He persisted at
his post. First Officer Frank Watson,
all three engineers, Seagraves, Bishop
and Neil, eighteen of the ships com.
pany and two first class passengers,
one OF them a boy named Grant, are
missing. Fifty or more bodies have
been recovered and seventy persons
rescued.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
Casualties.

Four men persisted from noxious
gases in the workings of the Utah
Copper company mine at Bingham,
Utah.
While playing duel at Marquette,
Mich, Robert Warren, thirteen years
Of age, Of Marquette was shot and
titled by Robert Miller, fifteen years
old.
Frank Steida Steinwitz, a motor.
man, was fatally injured and ten pas.
sergers were hurt when heavy sub.
urban car collided with city car on
Broadway, Cleveland.
In a head-on collision between two
Burlington freight trains a mile west
,f Red Cloud, Neb., Engineer George
eerthOloma and Fireman Donald
Smoke of the east-bound train were in.
stantly killed.
-Four men are believed to have lost
their lives in a fire which partially
destroyed seven-story business
building On Canal street, New York,
and which incidentally afforded an OBJ
portunity for display of heroism OH
the part of two firemen, who saved
several men trapped on the top floor
Of the building.
Latest reports from Eastern Arkan.
sas show that although first reports
Of the number killed in Mondays tor.
uado were exaggerated, the property
damage will be greater than expected.
Reports 80 far give the names of four
Known dead and about fifteen known
injured. Seventeen other deaths are
reported, but names are not given.
Two men are dead and two others
probably fatally injured as the result
sf the explosion of a blast of three
tegs Of powder in excavating work
dong the tracks Of the Chicago, Gin
sinnai 4 Louisville railroad at Gin.
dnnati.
Another double drowning ID report.
I'd from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba,
While H. Vidal and John Stephenson.
fishermen, were setting their nets on
HE Ice at Fisher bay they broke
through and were drowned. The
.odiss were recovered. Stephenson
.1as captain Of the stsamss.
=
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
Otherwise.

President-elect Taft announced that
he had taken the Territ cottage at
Augusta, Ca, for occupancy the 18th
of December.
Seven cases of foot and mouth dis.
ease have been located in Yates coun.
~, New York. The state quarantine
will be extended to that county.
Interesting subjects win be dicuss
ed by prominent speakers at the an.
nual meeting Of the national civil
service reform league in Pittsburg
Dec. II and 10.
Lewis Hanen. aged forty-fve years,
con Of L. Hanen of Webster City, Iowa,
died at the Presbyterian hospital in
Chicago from a bullet wound received
last August in the race riots at Spring.
field. ILL.,
Owen Kildare, author and play.
wright, was committed to Bellevue
hospital in New York for observation
as to his sanity at the instance Of his
wife. She charged threats against
her life..
Notice has been posted by the Amer
lean Sheet and Tin Plate company
that twenty hot mills at the South
Sharon plant will be placed in opera,
ton Nov. 90. The plant has been
closed several months.
The Democratic national COMMITTEES
received in all $620,644.77. and spent
t619, 410.06 during the recent presi.
Dental campaign, leaving q balance
on hand Of $1,234.71. So reads q state
ment made public by the Offices Of the
committee and the itemized statement
will be filed for record in the ONCE Of
the secretary of state Of New York in
compliance with the resolution adopt
ed by the national committee ct Lin.
coin, Neb., last July.
Dense fog in Pittsburg resulted in
the death Of a well known woman art
teacher. the serious injury Of . prom.
lnent business man, several street car
accidents and almost demoralized
railroad schedules.
The committee Of national defense
Of the duma has decided 70 refuse
the appropriation for the construo.
ton q battleships contained IN the
Russian budget for 1900 untn such
time . The nava1 ministry shall have
been satisfactorily reformed. Il VIM.
however. grant money for torpedo
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
WOODRUFF OUT OF RACE.

Eliminates Himself From Senatorial.
Contest in Favor Of Root.
Hot Springs. Va. Dec. 1. - After q
protracted conference yesterday be.
tween President-elect Taft and limo
thy L. Woodruff, New York state
chairman, announcement was made
that Mr.. Woodruff had eliminated him.
self from the New York senatorial
race. in favor Of Secretary Root.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
1894 DOLLAR BRINGS $3.50.

Copper Cent Dated 1870 Sells for
$3.50 at Chicago Auction,
Chicago. Nov. %. - At an auction
sale at the Chicago Numismatic so.
ciety last night silver dollar Of the
date Of 1884 was sold for $3.50. Only
I'VE Of the coinage are In existence SO
far a. known. A. copper cent Of, the
date Of 1899 was sold for $3.50. Two
other cents Of the year 1856. with 4
Tying eagle deGigu, one copper and
the other nickel. were sold for 81 and
$3.50, respectively.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
SIX MEN DIE IN SALT MINE.
Air Supply Shut OFF While Men Were
at Work $50 Feet Below Surafce.

WV
Detroit, Mich, Dec. 1. - Six men.
were suffocated to death Saturday aft
ernoon in the village Of Oakwood, out
side the western outskirts of Detroit.
The lakewood Contracting company
has been engaged in sinking 6O0-foot
shaft for the Detroit Salt company.
The six men who lost their lives were
at work excavating $50 feet down in
the shaft. The supply of air came
from a two-foot canvas tube, which
ran down the shaft from the surface of
the ground.
This tube became clogged Saturday
afternoon about $50 feet down from
the surface. With the air supply
shut off the shaft rapidly filled with
gas and the men were suffocated.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
Desperate Kills sherim.

Ogden. Utah. Dec. /. - Chief Depu.
ty Sheriff Seymour L. Clark was KILL
ed at Uintah by an unknown despera-
do. Deputy Sheriff ]. J. Murphy was
shot in the hand and sick man who
was in the custody Of the two ohicers
was shot twice in the arm. The des.
perado escaped.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
Postal ofielal IL Short.

Wabash, Ind, Nov. 20. - Claude
stitt, deputy postmaster, has disap-
peared and an investigation of his &C.
counts has been made by postoal
inspectors. Yesterday afternoon the
officials announced that there Is a
shortage Of 5000. stitt was under a
bond Of $4,000.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
swlndled Out Of 5000.

- swIndied Out Of 5000.
Indianapolis, Nov. 29.-William B.
Cunningham. eighty-three years old.
was swindled out Of $1,000 here yes.
terday by cofidence men. Cunning.
ham Is retired farmer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-04
USES @NlrRo" IN JAIL. WALL.

Oklahoma Convict Wrecks Building in
Attempt to Escape.
Hobart, Okla, Dec. L. In a desperA
ate attempt to prevent officers taking
him to the penitentiary, Walter Reed,
who was convicted Of manslaughter
and was held in jail here pending his
removal to the state prison, exploded
a large quantity of nitroglycerin;
against the wall Of his cell. The whole
side Of the jail was blown away, but
the sheriff and deputies in the Jail
rushed to the outside, saved their.
lives and prevented Reed from escap-
ing.