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Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-24
ATTEMPT TO
OVERTHROW KING
CARLOS
Lisbon Police Discover Plot
In Time to Arrest Con.
SpirdtOrS and Save
Government.
RIGID CENSORSHIP
IS MAINTAINED
More Than Fifty Arrests Have
Been Made London Hears That
One COnSplrdtor Escaped
From Prison. Aided
by Friends.

Lisbon, Jan. -24.--(The transmits
sion of the following dispatch was
permitted by officials after due con-
sorship) p)-Lisbon is today filled with
disquieting rumors but nothing new
has developed in the abortive attempt
made two nights ago to overthrow the
monarchy and proclaim a republican
form of government.
News of the attempt leaked out to-
day but a rigid censorship is main
tained and it is extremely difficult
to secure information concerning the
plans of the conspirators. 1t has
been learned, however, that a plot
existed to overthrow the government.
but that the plan was discovered by
the police just in time to prevent the
plotters carrying out their schemes.
About fifty men were arrested and
the police are making more arrests.
The police have visited all the news
paper offices and have forbidden the
publication of anything concerning
the attempt or the arrest of the con-
spirators.
Ii Is not known whether Don Mi
guel the pretender to the throne of
| Portugal, is concerned in the plot,
but from the fact that a delegation
recently visited him at his Austrian
home and told him to be sin readl-
| ness it IL supposed that he as
King Carlos is extremely unpopu-
| lar with his people. His action in
| Imposing heavy taxes without the
consent of Portugals parliament is
| one OF the causes. He has been
| openly denounced and 1t is declared
he is without friends or partizans.
The queen of Portugal recently
visited England In an effort to gain
! the powerful support of King Ed
ward in preserving her husbands
| throne. but failed to secure the sup
/ port she expected, for while King
Edward is bound by treaty to pro-
| tect the existing government. he is a
| warm personal friend OF the pretend
| er, and would not interfere unless
! forced to do so.
Conspirator Escaped.
| London, Jan. 24.-A dispatch from
Lisbon says that DR.. Farmano Lopez,
who was connected with the recent
conspiracy to blow up Premier Fran
co with a bomb, escaped today from
San Julian prison. A party of friends
went to the prison In an automobile
and as the auto drew up in front OF
the prison a terrible explosion was
heard During the confusion 1t was
| learned later that some one tossed
Lopez the keys to the prison. 1t is
| supposed that he got away with his
| friends in the auto disguised with
motor glasses and a big coat. The
cause of the explosion is not known
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-24
Plan NO RAISE FUNDs.

Chicago. Jan. 24.-Leading men OF
the city are making plans to raise
fund OF 100000 for the relief of the
unemployed men of the city. TIE
men without work are estimated to
be 10000 in number.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-24
TREASURY BUYS SILVER.

Washington, Jan. 24.-The treas
ury department today purchased
100, 900 ounces of silver for delivery
at the Philadelphia mint paying
So 286 per fine ounce.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-24
FIERCE STORM PREVAILS
THROUGHOUT
THE EAST
Intense Cold In New York
Causes Great Suffering
Among Poorer
Classes.
NEW JERSEY ROADS
BADLY CRIPPLED
New England States Experience
Small Blizzard .-Swirling Sntw
Makes Navigation Heard
ouS--Two Steamers Re-
ported Ashore.

New York, Jan. 24.--The eastern
part of the United States is storm
bound today. Telegraph wires are
down. railroad traffic delayed and
shipping along the coast tied up by
a heavy snow and high wind which
has been prevailing for the past
twelve hours.
The storm here developed into a
small blizzard during the night. Today
the streets are piled deep IN places
with drifts and street car traffic Is
badly impeded. The movement of
river craft Is hampered and trains in
to the city are hours behind their
schedules.
The storm caught many people
unprepared and there has been In
tense suffering among the poorer
classes. For the first time this win
ter the city lodging houses are over
crowded and the covered pier at the
foot OF East Twenty-sixth street was
turned into an emergency lodging
house. Several hundred men have
been given work clearing the snow
from the streets. One man was found
frozen to death. under the stoop OF q
house, where he had crawled for
protection from the cold.
Steamer Went Ashore.
In Brooklyn nearly every car line
Is blocked and in some cases no at
tempts have been made TO move cars.
At Sandy Hook a northwest gale Is
blowing and the swiriing snow makes
navigation hazardous.
The steamer John Starin, of the
Startling line. plying between New
York and New Haven, went ashore
at willets Poibt while entering the
East river this morning. en- route
from New Haven. The pilot was un-
able to locate the light at the en-
trance to the East river and the
storm made 1t impossible to see the
shore. The tide was running high
and the vessel grounded so close to
the shore that when the tide receded
1t left the vessel high and dry. Six
passengers on board the ship walked
ashort.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-24
baltimore Fire Serious.

Baltimore, Jan. 24.--A fire today
the worst in the city since the cal
amity of 1904, took heavy toll from
the fire department and caused a
property loss estimated at $40O, 900
Three firemen are dead and six
ten are injured among them being
George Horton, chief of the depart
ment, who is in serious condition.
The fire started on the qhird floor
of a building at the corner of Holli-
day and Saratoga streets, occupied
by j. REGISTER and sons. dealers in
plumbers supplies, the Baltimore
Bell and Brass company and the Will
liam Hollingsworth company ma
chinlsts
Ffremen Work Hard.
Under the influence of a strong
wind the flames spread rapidly and
the intense cold weather prevailing
made the work of the firemen ex-
tremely difficult. Part of the north
wall of the building fell unexpected
ly, burying a number of firemen
who could not get out in time.
Their comrades worked heroically
to save them, and unmindful of their
danger. plunged into the wrecked
building to rescue the men buried
under the ruins. They succeeded in
removing all the injured and recov-
cred the bodies of three who were
killed.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-24
WEATHER FORECAST

rsWsr. Colo, Jan. Tonight, LEGAL
rains or snow; warmer. Saturday, fair 10
south portion; snow In north portion.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-24
FIREMEN LOSE LIVES
IN BALTIMORE FIRE
Delay in Arrival OF Department
Gives Blaze Good Stdrt--Fire-
men Caught Under Falling
Wall Rescued by Heroic
Comrades.

Portland, Me, Jan. ga fire
which caused a property loss of more
than $1,000,000 early today. destroy
ed the city hall, police headquarters
and adjacent buildings, and endang-
cred the lives of more than 1000
persons who were assembled in the
city auditorium attending a Knights
of Pythias jubilee.
No lives were lost but number of
persons were injured, three serious
ly. The fire caused a panic in the
auditorium and in the rush for the
exits many people were slightly in
jured.
The fire was the worst in this state
since the memorable conflagration
of 1866 when the entire business and
residential parts of Portland were al
most completely wiped out The
blaze originated from crossed cleo
trio wires in the office of the city
electrician and had gained good
ploye of the office.
Ffremen Dclayed.
After it was discovered there was
"a delay of nearly twenty minutes in
summoning the fire department as
the box signal system was out of or
der. When the department finally
arrived the blaze had spread from
the city electrician's office to the Of
flee directly sabove and was burning
fiercely. II quickly spread to the
entire building.
When the audience in the audito-
rum heard of the fire many rose
from their seats and rushed for the
exits. AS the smell of smoke grew
strong the audience could not be re-
strained longer, and Chairman Will
liam A. Turner stepped to the front
of the stage. interrupted the pro-
gram and asked the audience to leave
quietly. His GOODNESS prevented what
threatened to result in a serious PAN
ic but the audience left the building
without serious injury to any.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-24
TRAIN ARRIVALS

No. I--7.45 p. m.
No $3.50 p. m.
No. 10. 5S p. m.
No. 8-7.25 +. m.
No. o-tT.45 pm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-25
Sixfeen-HOur Act

A correspondent fears the sixteen bour act which by its terms becomes operative on March 4 next, will seri- ously affect small railway stations and telegraph operators in particular in such stations. The act in question is Chapter 2939 of the acts of the last Congress, and it became law March 4, 1907. It is an act to promote the safety of employees and travellers upon railroads by limiting the hours of ser vice of employees. It is known as the sixteen-hour act because 1t provides that no employe of railway engaged in interstate traffic shall remain on duty longer than sixteen consecutive hours. The act goes on to provide that mo operator, train dispatcher, or other employe who by the use of the teie- graph or telephone dispatches, reports, transmits, receives or delivers orders pertaining to or affecting train move ments, shall be required or permitted to be or remain on duty for longer period than nine hours in any twenty four-hour period in all towers, offices, places and stations continuously op- erated night and day, nor for longer period than sixteen hours in all tow CTS, offices, places and stations op- erated only during the day time, ex- cept in case of emergency when the employees named in this proviso may be permitted to be and remain on duty for four additional hours in a twenty. four-hour period, on not exceeding
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-25
JoHNsToN's NEW PLAN.

Washington Dispatch to New York Her
 aid.
 In the course of a speech on currency legislation and the Aldrich bill in the Senate today, Senator Johnston of Ala bama proposed an amendment to the bill which met with the approval of many republicans as well as democrats. The suggested amendment takes the place of the last section of the bill, dealing with the reserve to be kept by banks in their own vaults, which was stricken out at the urgent request of a southern member of the committee.
 The bill as drawn provided that banks outside of reserve cities, now required to maintain reserve equal to 15 per cent of their deposit liabilities, shall hereafter hold at all times two-thirds of this re- serve in lawful money. Senator John- ston's proposal is that two-thrds of the lawful reserve be held in the banks, and one-half of this amount may be carried in bonds of the character prescribed as security for the emergency currency.
 The amendment met with favor on the ground that 1t had solved the problem of keeping more of the reserve at hand without making 1t hardship, for the reason that one-half of the reserve may be held in bonds such as are available for security for emergency circulation They also provide ready means of securing additional notes without imposing hard ship and give the bank a return upon it's investment, as the bonds as rule pay more than the amounts of interest now al- lowed on reserves sent by small banks to the larger cities.
 Senator Johnston is convinced that his amendment would result in withdrawing a very large amount of reserve deposited by small banks in the large institutions of the great cities and remove millions of cash from channels where 1t is available for gambling in stocks.
 1t is understood that the amendment proposed would be acceptable to Senator Aldrich, sponsor of the bill. in which case it is probable that 1t will be auopted
 The question of reserves has been a troublesome one to the committee on finance There has been serious opposi- tion on the part of the country to the re- serve requirement., which was met with the demand that deposits be safeguarde1 in some manner which would prove more effective than that shown by the present law during the panic. It is believed that the amendment suggested today will, in d large measure, prove a compromise &C., ceptable to all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-25

three days in a week; provided, fur ther. the Interstate Commerce Com mission may, after full hearing in a particular case and for good cause shown, extend the period within which a common carrier shall comply with the provisions of this proviso as to such case"
 This is ali the law there is in tits matter, and every operator can judge what the effect of it's operation will have on his particular environment. It should not close any small station nor need it be utilized to the extent of reducing any operators pay. A fair application of the law should injure no one pecuniarily, while the general pol- icy of the law is simply beyond ques- tion. It is an excellent law and it will not be repealed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-25
New Argument Produced.

T was interested in the recent editorial in a northern republican organ, which set forth the reason republicans do not want to reduce southern representation in Con- gress," said a newspaper reader.
 ''The claim is made that the form of a republican party must be maintained in the south and the more congressman there are, the more delegates to the national republican convention there will be to manipulate and the greater will be the strength of the candidate that can han dle them.
 This is a peculiar argument and there may be some truth in it, but l am still of the opinion that the lawmakers are more governed by sense of justice in the mat ter of representation than by any other consideration. Northern agitators seem to forget that representationlis rightly based on population, and not on poll of votes cast where lack of opposition makes the totals abnormally small"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-25
The Government Census

While the time for taking the United States census is yet two years off, the census bureau is actively engaged in making preparations for the work. It has been only within a comparatively recent period that the government or ganized the census office on perma- nent basis. Prior to 1890 the bureau was maintained merely as a skeleton organization, with the exception of year before the enumerators were put sus was taken, fully 12 months being required in preparing and publishing the exhaustive reports on the coun- try's resources. Now scores of off cials and hundreds of clerks are fully occupied between the census years in obtaining and classifying data and fur nishing such special reports as may be demanded from time to time. By thus maintaining permanent force the government brings into service body of trained men whose efficiency is en- hanced and who perform their duties in a more thorough way than in years past, when all employees of the bureau were only appointed temporarily.
 Those who have been interested in census matters and have observed the work of the bureau cannot fail to have remarked a great improvement, both in population tables and in the presen- tation of industrial statistics. The last census was by far the most satisfac- tory ever taken. But the practical value of the census work can be still further enhanced if the government will compile mining and manufacturing information by local districts as we'll as by towns and counties. In the census of 1900 Birmingham's showing as to manufactures and pay rolls was mis- leading, because the larger and more important industries of this city are outside of the municipal limits. The Pittsburg district, the Birmingham dis triet, and all other manufacturing cen ters should be treated as units. Only in this way can the public be correctly informed, and comprehensive informa- tion is what people want.
 Let the census officials give this question consideration and include the broader scope suggested in their work ing scheme. It will be entirely feasi- ble and will be greatly appreciated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-25
AnnaIachian National Forest

The efforts to- preserve the forests alono the summits of the Appalachian range by turning them into national park. thereby maintaining the riVe.s and water powers of the lowlands, is to be blocked by charge that 1t is unconstitutional. The subject Is to come before the committee on the ju- dietary this week, and Congressman Clayton is, The Age-Herald is glad to state. member of that committee.
 If it is constitutional to refuse to sell prblic lands because they are needed for a public park, in the Yellowstone country, for example, then it is consti- tutional to buy forest lands for pub lie park along the Appalachian range. If one be constitutional the other is.
 The truth is, both are within the powers of the general government. No one questions the right of the govern menu to loA ANNA along a river, and no one should ques- ton the right of the government to maintain that river by preserving the forests at its head waters.
 The south gets comparatively little from the general government. It gets no pensions; it contains few tariff ben eficiaries, and it's public buildings are as a rule small and inexpensive. No armor is purchased in the south, no powder is made here. The south is heavily taxed, especially by the Ding ley tariff, and small indeed is the re- turn it receives. Congress should not object under such circumstances to the establishment of park along the peaks of the Blue Ridge, and The Age Herald is confident it will not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-25
Diamonds and Panics

Our American panic of October last was felt in Amsterdam, where $500 persons are usually employed in dia- mond cutting establishments. The niainstay of these concerns consisted in sales of diamonds to Americans, and in December and January last our or ders for diamonds fell to $112,471. One year ago in those two months rich Americans took diamonds to the value of $2,706,962. A fall from that aggre- gate to $112,471 was one of great sud denness, and no doubt thousands of men were thrown out of employment in Amsterdam.
 In far away Africa the great De Beers diamond company was also hard hit, for its semi-annual dividend was cut from the customary 35 per cent to nothing. The rich American is no longer buying diamonds, and Hetty Green refuses to lend money on them. The latest reports from the diamond market uphold all she says about the condition of the very rich in these times of declining values and financial stringency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-25
A Good Sinn.

Signs of prosperity observed separately here and there may not prove that bus- ness as a whole is as good as it was before the panic. but still they are worthy of note and are unquestlenably cheering to the public, said Albert Fasnacht, the well known restarauteur, yesterday. "Peo- pie have to eat and those who have the means indulge themselves eating an abundance of wholesome food every day; and so far as I know the restaurants of Birmingham are well patronized, even in dull times. Since January l there has been a slight falling off in the number of out-of-town patrons, but today I had an overflow crowF There were not enough seats for those who came between F and l o'clock. Many people stood up and waited in line for their turns It was the first overflow since early last fall, and took it as substantial indica- tion of better times.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-25
EnsIey's industrial Activity.

Taken altogether Ensleys industrial activity is greater now than ever before, remarked a Birmingham man. While the Southern Steel company's wire and nail mill has been shut down for several weeks, the Tennessee company seems to be busier than it was a year ago. The magnitude of it's work at the steel plant can be seen almost at plance; and the best of it Is the acquisition of the Ten nessee company by the United States Steel corporation means permanence as well as larger expansion As some one said last fall, when the Steel corporation took over the properties, the Tennessee company has changed hands for the last time.'
 'I am not boomer. and own little real estate in Ensley, but I feel sure that those who have invested in building sites on large scale have only to wait 8 few years to find themselves classed with the wealthy The Southern Steel company will be reorganized and will re- sume operations before summer, and this time next year all the wheels of industry at Ensley will be moving. There are not many manufacturing towns in the coun- try in such good shape as our Steel City, and no industrial town has brighter fu- ture"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-25
A Vacant Bishopric.

The death of the Right Rev. H. Y. Saterlee, bishop of the District of Colum- bia, takes from the Episcopal church one of it's strongest men," said the Rev. Dr. ". E. Evans, rector of the Church of the Advent. Bishop Saterlee was a scholarly churchman and a man of exceptionally fine executive ability. It is probable that the Rev. R. H. MeKim, the leading clergyman of Washington, will be chosen and consecrated to fill the vacancy caused by Bishop Saterlees death. Dr. McKim is upwards of 60 years of age but is well preserved and active. He has de- clined episcopal preferment more than once, I believe; but that was because he could not entertain the idea of severing his ties with the people of. Washington. But now that a vacancy occurs in the bishopric of the District of Columbia. he will hardly decline the honor that the diocesan electors are likely to tender him. He is a recognized leader in the church and is greatly beloved by all classes at the national capital"
 When asked who were among the ablest and most influential members of the pres ent house of bishops. Dr. Evans named the Right Rev. A. Maekay- Smith, coad- tutor bishop of Philadelphia; the Right Rev. D. H. Greer, coadjutor bishop of the Thomas F. Caller, bishop of Tennessee, and the Right Rev. James H. Darlington, bishop of Harrisburg, Pa.