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ton on the Pacific coast.
The Department Of Agriculture
will continue rice experimental work
in Louisiana.
President Roosevelt sent a mes
sage to Congress announcing that
he had vetoed the Census bill.
The House Committee on Agricul-
ture will give hearing on the bill
to prohibit dealing in cotton fu-
lures.
The Panama Railroad, owned by
the United States, will be used to
control transcontinental freight
rates.
The omnibus claims bill, which
contains many Southern claims, was
referred to conference commit
tee.
Senor Gcdy, Secretary of the Mex
lean. Embassy at Washington, has
been appointed Mexican Minister to
Cuba.
Luis F. Corea, ex-Minister from
Nicaragua, left Washington for New
Orleans, where he will! make his fu-
ture home
Democrats continue their opposi-
ton to the confirmation Of w. D.
Crum, to be Customs Collector at
Charleston, S. C.
The Haris-Irby Cotton Company,
of Oklahoma, filed charges against
several railroads for alleged illegal
rates on cotton.
William Loeb, Jr.. secretary to the
President, will be Collector OF Gus
toms at New York under the Taft
administration.
tail men to survey the water bound
ary on the Gulf coast between Louis
lana and Mississippi.
The Humphreys bill providing for
the regulation of interstate ship
ments of liquor was favorabiy re-
ported to the House.
The National Committee appointed
to fix the standards of cotton COM
pleted its work and submitted its
report to Secretary Wilson.
The Senate Judiciary Committee
continued the investigation of the
absorption of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company by the Steel Trust.
Louisiana and Texas lumbermen
were given hearing by the Inter
state Commerce Commission on the
question of tap line railroad rates.
Congressman Broussard. of Lolisi-
ana, introduced resolution IN the
House providing for an Investigation
of plan for Federal control of
levees.
Eight men will be hanged March
5 in Louisiana-three in West Baton
Rouge, two in Madison, one in Cal
casieu,, one in Jefferson and one in
st. Mary.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,,
is trying to gag Senator Tillman, of
South Carolina, and prevnet him
from attacking President Roosevelt
by amending the Senate rules.
Members of Congress believe that
the decision of the United States Su-
preme court in the Wall Paper Trust
case will so far toward breaking up
illegal trusts and conbinatI Ions.
b lis S4efg1Afy
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Storm at Rolling Folk, Miss.

Jackson, Miss.,-A long distance
message received here.
states that cyclone struck the town
of Rolling Folk, in Sharkey county,
and that four persons had been killed.
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news NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Happenings of Week Condensed
For Our Busy Readers.

The House has passed the Army
appropriation bill.
The Senate passed the House bill
prohibiting the importation of opium.
The waterway improvement. bill
will be reported to the House this
week.
The senate has agreed to vote on
the Brownsville negro soldier bill
Feb. %.
The largest wireless telegraph sta
tion in the world will oe aracted at
Waahingt
BILL to Increase the pay III AIs-s
Hoezl sarg eon1 beng
uOu OF sAulUS-E1-7 7Eocfni ffS M Erfsf3-
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Hundreds Of prominent citizens
signed the Gond Of Governor Charles
N. Haskell, of Oklahoma, who was
indicated for alleged completely in
Government land frauds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02
FIRE ALMOST DESTROYS
PASSENGER STEAMSHIP

was apparently as dangerous as at first.
At intervals firemen, overcome by the
fumes from the carbdes. were carried out
of the hold unconscious, while frequent
explosions of csrboys filled with carbides
endangered the lives of those who re-
manned. The Texas carried IA first-class
passengers. including five women and
three children, who were transferred to
the United States harbor cutter Tybee and
brought to Savannah. The Texas is of
$500 tons burden and is on her maiden
voyage. She was built in Bergen, Nor
way, and is owned by the Norway and
Mexican Gulf Steamship company. The
passengers were informed of the fire soon
after its discovery but there was no
panic, though the passengers could see
the smoke escaping from the hold. 1t
is stated that the fire cannot be gotten
under control for many hours, If at all.
The loss up to o. clock tonight was esti-
mated at $4,000.
At 2 o'clock this morning the fire in
the steamer Texas was still stubborn
ly fighting for possession of the vessel,
though it has not gotten beyond the
immediate neighborhood of the after
hold, where 1t was first discovered.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02
BEACH HARGIS Is
UNDER HEAVY BOND

Irvine, KY, January 1.-Beach Har-
gis. charged with the murder OF his
father. former Judge James Hargis,
was ordered released on $4,000 bail to-
day by Judge J. P. Adams, the jury at
the first trial of the defendant having
disagreed.
Mrs. Louellen Hargis, widow or Judge
Hargis, and mother Of his slayer and
her two brothers, Floyd and John Day
of Jackson, will sign the bond on Mon
day. A number OF wealthy citizens OF
Estill county also will sign it. Young
Hargis will be released that day.
The young man will not return to
jackson or Breathitt county, where the
murder occurred, and where his fathers
friends still bitterly resent the man
ner of the chieftain's death, but will
go to Hot Springs, Ark. for treatment
for rheumatism. after which he will re-
turn to Irvine and accept one of a num-
ber Of positions that have been offered
him until his case again comes to trial
at a special term of court. called by
Judge Adams for the second or third
Monday in April next.
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Savannah. January with fire eating
through her cargo of paper and carbides.
the new freight and passenger steamship
Texas, Captain Peterson, bound from
Christiania, Norway. to Havana. put into
the Savannah river this morning, and
throughout the day chemical engines from
the Savannah fire department and fire
fighting tugs fought to save the vessel
from a total loss. The fire was discov-
cred yesterday afternoon, when the Texas
was 100 miles off Tybee light. Captain
Peterson at once changed his course for
the Savannah river, with the matches
down and steam pouring into the after
hold, where the blaze was fiercest. The
vessels mate was brought from quaran-
tine on United States tug and took back
with him to the steamer that had come
Is miles up the river the chemical engines
of the local fire department, loaded on
lighters. When the fire was uncovered
further assistance was called for, and
three tugs equipped with fire-hghting ap-
paratus, went to the steamer.
After eight hours of struggling the fire
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02
GREAT MOVEMENT IN
AMERICA FOR ITALY
Burton Is Expected TO
Shine In The Senate

of the Taft strength in Ohio, at least to
the extent of admitting its existence. A
new senator has to make good with
patronage. There is where the head of
the Taft political family will come in.
Mr. Burton is expected to make an able
senator. There Is no doubt of his ability,
his courage and his grasp of public ques-
tions. His record In the House demon
strated these. facts.
''He is hard man to keep the lid on,
however," said one of his friends today,
''and he would oppose the party itself as
readily as he would the machine If it ap-
pealed to his judgment"
His retirement from the House will
leave a vacancy in the Craftsmanship of
the committee on rivers and harbors,
which will probably be filled by Repre-
sentative Alexander of New York.
Advocates of rivers and harbors bill at
this session think the election of Mr..
Burton makes for bill and are hopeful
that he will use his influence upon re-
turning to Washington to find a way to
open the congressional pork barrel.
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Prohibition Goes INTO
Effect In Three States

cities, and in these it is expected vigor-
GUS attack will be made.
The prohibitionists contend they will be
able to pass a statewide bill before the
Tennessee legislature which meets this
month. In other states, notably Texas
and Arkansas, the voters probably will
be called upon this summer to vote upon
a constitutional amendment for prohibi-
tion.
In South Carolina, where half of the AZ
counties are dry, county dispensaries be-
ing operated in the other half, the Anti
Saloon league is planning systematic
fight to secure the passage at the ap-
preaching session of the legislature which
meets early this month statewide pro-
hibition law
The South Carolina counties In which
the dispensaries are not at present op-
Grated voted dry under local option
elections held during the past three or
four years, with one exception, Marlboro
county, which has enjoyed prohibition
even before the advent in that state of
the famous dispensary system.
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OVER 200, 900 DEAD IN ITALY
IS LATEST ESTIMATE GIVEN

Washington, January 1.-(special)-T.
E. Burton of Ohio. chosen to succeed
Senator Foraker is calculated to make an
interesting figure in the Senate when he
takes his seat March 4.
Mr.. Burton is a man of pronounced
character. The method of his election
well emphasizes some of his methods and
force. Always Independent, his friends
think the signal victory he has won in
Ohio will not lessen that trait.
Mr.. Burton will be a strong partisan of
the Taft administration his friends think;
that is. as long as mis- judgment coin
cides with that of the administration.
But this is not likely to abate his own
views to any considerable extent. Poli-
ticians here figure it out that Mr.. Burton
won the senatorship despite the Taft in
fiuences in Ohio, and that he will stand
upon his own pins as a consequence.
Self-interest. however, it is said, will
dictate the advisability of taking notice
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02

Atlanta, January 1.-State-wide prohi
bition laws went into effect today in three
southern states-North Carolina, Missis-
sippi and Alabama. In Georgia statutory
prohibition has been in operation one
year.
A new law which seeks to regulate the
liquor traffic in Louisiana became effec-
tive today, and although the law is not SO
sweeping In its terms as a statewide
measure, prohibitionists contend that if II.
is strictly enforced it will drive the sa-
looms out of the remaining saloon strong
holds.
Having won their statewide fights in
four states, the anti-saloon forces have
enlarged the south's dry area, and they
are now lining for early campaigns in sew
eral other states.
In those states now listed as wet the
anti-saloon forces by persistent work at
the polls have restricted the sale of liquor
to a small territory, mainly in the larger
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02

Erie, Pa, January 1.-"Keep the show
going for Gods sake" called Abraham
Louch. fireman Of the Park opera house,
to the performers on the stage at 10:1a
tonight when he discovered that the
building was on fire. His cool head prob
ably averted repetition or Cnlcago
Iroquois theatre horror. for before the
big audience realized the situation the
house had been almost einptied. Al
though there were many narrow escapes
and a dozen women tainted and had to
be carried out no one was seriously in
iured and much Of the building was saved
from destruction.
Every one of the 1900 seats in the house
was filled. Louch saw smoke issuing
from the floor of the gallery and sent in
a still alarm. He quietly appealed to the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02
CUBAN REPUBLIC WILL
SOON BEGIN NEW LIFE

The Spnnish minister r. Gnytan De
Ayala, the dean of the diplomatic corps,
congratulated Governor Magoon on the
success of the provisional government
which was about to end. He said:
The exactness in keeping the prom
ises of President Roosevelt in behalf of
the intervening nation to restore Cuba
to the exercise of self government i'm
presses us with sense of the high
morals of the government which con-
ferred upon you this difficult position,
and fills with joy the hearts of the
Cuban people. Our sincere and best
" as accompany you, wherever your
government finds any adequate place
to utilize your services"
The governor expressed his thanks,
saying after reference to the success
full elections:
1.-The new administration therefore
assumes office supported by the coun-
try and the franchise of the people. The
commercial, industrial and agricultural
situation Is excellent. Law, order,
peace, tranquility and prosperity have
not only been established but have pre-
vailed for a sufficient period to justify
the belief that such conditions will con-
tinue and are as permanent in Cuba $
in any other country.
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INDEX OF ToDAY'S NEWS

Page
Death list in Italy jeeds 100000.
Guardian angels gil aid to helpless.
Great movement America to aid
Italy. -
Burton expected .hine in Senate.
Cuban republic " begin new life.
Fire almost destr rs steamer.
Prohibition in three states.
Fireman saves lives by presence of
mind.
Page 2.
Selma goes dry very quietly.
Bessemer wants to annex towns.
Page 3.
Ensley's taxes are prompt this year.
Gadsden has fire at turn of year.
Page 4
Editorial comment.
Page 5.
Organization perfected for Italian relief
work.
The Rev. Brooks Lawrence writes on
prohibition vs.. Regulation
Taft party leaves for Augusta.
Street car traffic showed gain during
1908.
Page 6.
Sunday services in the Birmingham
churches.
Page z.
Birmingham society.
Feminine Fancies by Dolly Dalrymple.
Page 8.
Labor contract must be upheld.
Dun and Bradstreet
Newspaper man visits Sicily.
Page 10.
New Years Day at the White House.
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kinu Sends Warm Thanks.

London January 1.-The King of
Italy has sent to King Edward a tele-
gram expressing his warm thanks for
the noble work and charity of the Of
ficers and sailors of the British war
ships toward the earthquake sufferers.
Cooks tourist agency learns from
Naples that it is almost certain that no
English or American tourists were in
jured through the destruction of the
Hotel Trinacria at Messna and 1t is
believed that no English or Americans
were staying at the Hotel Bellevue,
which also was destroyed at that place.
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FIREMAN SAVES LIVES
BY PRESENCE OF MIND

actors to continue the act. Then he
stepped to the front and called to the
audience to file out in order. giving them
to understand that the fire was in an
adjoining structure. No one tried to crowd
until smoke began to fill the building.
Then crush began. The fire department
saved scores from jumping from the fire
escapes by getting the ladders up. In the
front seats of the balcony were many
women and children and several, over
come by fright, tainted and were carried
out.
Fire Chief Mcmahon expressed amaze
ment that the house was emptled without
fatality in view of the fact that standing
room tickets had been sold.
The fire Is believed to have origi-
mated in defective electrical wiring be-
tween the ceiling of the balcony and the
floor of the gallery.
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Plans for Relief of Sufferers.

Washington, January 1.-Baron Mayor
DesPlanches, the Italian ambassador to
this country is working out plans for the
relief of the sufferers from the earth
quake and he will endeavor to rally the
aid of the Italians in this country Thou
sands of Italians in the United States
have suffered indirectly through the catas-
trophe and 1t is expected that prompt
response to the appeal will be made.
Ambassador DesPlanches tonight issued
the following statement:
"As the representative of the Italian
government l desire to give the strong
est Endorsement of the Italian Red Cross
with which the American Red Cross is in
the most intimate relation and to say that
my government places absolute confidence
In this great national organization.n
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02
Birth Of Darwin Celebrated.

Baltimore. January 1.-The activities of
the sixtieth annual meeting Of the Ameri-
can association for the advancement Of
SCIENCE eliminated today in the celebra-
tion of the one hundredth anniversary OF
the birth Of Chas. Darwin. Among those
who read papers, nearly all of which
dealt chiefly with the influence of Dar-
w,n,an theories on modern scientific
thought was DIR. E. B. Poulton, of Ok
ford university.
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big emigrant steamer Nord America ar
rived there today. She can accommodate
1900 passengers and four other vessels
following her will be able to take Off
altogether 5000 more. Signor Chimirrii, a
leading Calabrian deputy in an interview
advises the concentration of all the IN
jured at Naples and at Rome on the
ground of the impossibility of accommo-
dating them, as in 1905, near their own
homes. 1t Is the governments intention
to remove all the survivors possible to the
various ports of Italy.
King Grasps Situation.
AS an instance of his quick grasp of the
situation the King, soon after his arrival
at Messina said to Premier Giolottf:
Send ships and men; above all send ships
loaded with quick lime" So far as has
been possible quick lime has been used
on the dead, many bodies having been
burned and others buried. In the relief
work the officers and men of the foreign
warships have been untiring and their
courage Is beyond words. The crew of
the British cruiser Drake gave up every
thing they possessed for the benefit of
the refugees and practically forgot rest
and sleep for more than 36 hours In their
devotion to duty.
Reports are published that it is the
Kings intention to sell his property in
Sicily and devote the proceeds to the
assistance of the sufferers. 1t is also
stated that the Pope Will suppress the
dioceses of Messina and Reggie, adding
them to Catania and Catanzaro respec-
lively. A dispatch from Catania says that
IL is proposed to build a new suburb to
that city and christen 1t Messina, quar-
tering therein all the survivors of the
fallen city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02
Roosevelt Plans To Give Help.

Washington, January 1.-lnstead of taxi
ing a vacation tomorrow as had been
planned originally, President Roosevelt
will remain at his office to consider how
best the nation may show in a sub
stantial way its sympathy with the Italian
people. AS an outcome of the day the
President hopes to be able to formulate
a message to Congress to be laid before
that body when It convenes Monday ree-
ommending specific action on the part of
this nation. The President has asked SEN
ator Hale. acting chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations. and chairman of
the naval affairs committee, to discuss
the matter with him tomorrow. The pres
ident will also invite Secretay of State
Root, Secretary of the Navy Newberry.
and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
The views OF several leaders of the
House probably will be ascertained dur
ing the day by the President. The uues-
tion of diversion of the supplies designed
for the fleet on its arrival in the
Mediterranean sea or a direct appropria-
tion to be sought at the hands of Con-
gress for the relief of the people of
Southern Italy and othec proposed meas
ures of relief will be considered In all
their phases at the conference at the
White House tomorrow.
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Havana. January 1.-THE inaugural
step toward re-esta blishment of the
Cuban republic was marked with the
New Years reception at the palace to-
day when Governor Magoon, who for
more than two years has been the su-
preme ruler of the island. formally pre-
sented the diplomatic representatives
and consular officers, the supervisors of
the governmental departm0~+s. the
judges of the supreme court and - or
courts, the presidents of the CONNER
cial guilds, the representatives of the
foreign and native press, the officers of
the Cuban armed forces and many
prominent citizens to the president
elect, Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, and the
vice president elect, Alfredo Zayas.
The palace was beautifully decorated
and Cuban military bands played in the
court yard during the reception, which
lasted from 10 o'clock in the morning
until o'clock in the afternoon. Gov
ernor Magoon received in the grand
saloon. He was attended by his aides
in full uniform with General Gomez,
Senior Zayas and the former American
consul, Frank Steinhart.
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Tidal Wave Reported.

Naples. January Lit is reported here
that another tidal wave has swept through
the strait of Messina. The report at this
hour cannot be verified.
Two steamers loaded with refugees and
injured persons that were expected in here
today have not been sighted.
Fears are entertained for their safety.
The vessels may however. have sought
shelter at some one of the islands along
the coast but the efforts to locate them
have failed. and in some quarters it is
feared they have been wrecked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02
Causes of the Earthquake.

ST. Petersburg. January IN. Stel-
ling, an attache of the Russian meteor
illogical observatory, declares that ac-
cording to his observations lateral dis
placements of the earths crust at
tanned on the instruments one-half of a
milimeter, is the greatest recorded since
the introduction OF seismography. This
record was made the day Calabria and
Sicily were devastated. NJ. Stelling
is secretary of the international seismic
commission.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02
Fatal Shooting ARRAY.

Alexandria, La, January LAS result
Of a quarrel at a dance at Holloway,
La, early today. Brusby Murray is dead
from several pistol shot wounds, and the
sheriff is searching for James Robert
son. charged with the shooting. Both of
the principals are prominent young men
os Rauldes parish.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02
Straits Are UNCHANGED.

Malta, January Rear Admiral
Fisher, admiral superintendent of the
dock yard, has requested the collector
of customs to deny the reports that the
Messina straits are unrecognizable. He
declares that the topography of the
straits remains unaltered
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Utter Despair Of Sufferers.

Palermo. January 1.-The steamer
Quirinal arrived this afternoon from
Messina with AZ survivors who were
distributed, like the multitude of others
arriving here. among the hospitals and
private residences. At Messina the Red
Cross had installed numerous camps in
San MARITIME square from which point
the city Is seen in appalling grandeur.
Yesterday the physicians attended 500
survivors who were grievously wound
ed. Refugees who have reached Paler-
mo say that the stupor of those re-
naming at Messina has now given
place to utter despair.
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Rain Adds to DesoIation.

Reggie, January 1.-Rain adds to the
desolation of the scene. and the Difficult
ties attending the work of rescue, while
the continuance of Intermittent shocks
keeps the populace in state OF agitation
which is pitiable to see. In their terrible
condition they are unable to lend hand
with the rescuing parties. Rich and poor
alike are suffering from hunger which
comes close to starvation N6 ore no
more distinctions of class. From Na 81
time ruins crumble and crs o. hs ~ rtl..
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Honsxmoon In Balloon.

Kansas City, January 1.-Charles An
drew Coey of Chicago and Miss Carrie
Hume Leads of this city were married
at the residence of the bride last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coey will leave for Los An
geles tomorrow. where 1t II said they