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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
.ALABAMIANS BUSY
 IN WASHINGTON

washington, January 1a-tspeciai)- After a conference with the Postmaster General tonight Collector J. o. Thomp- son of Birmingham announced that W. c' starke would be reappointed postmaster at Troy. MT. Thompson introduced to the postmaster General Erskine Ramsey who mt in a good word for James Bowron. who stall leads in the Birmingham post office light.
 The Birmingham collector had little to say with reference to the Montgomery district attorneyship and Montgomery marshalship and both offices are subject to a future conference. As yet MT. rhornpson has made no indorsement for inc former office. For marshal he has. with National Committeeman Barker. who was present at the conference with MT. Hitchcock tonight, recommended D. U walker. Judge Jones Is insisting up m the retention of Marshal Judkins
 There is considerable criticism here Tn .,roIes not confined to the Alabama re- r,,hl,cans of Judge Jones' activity in taking part in the distribution of pat rOnage. , or r.n,,arv al and district attorney on Feb ruary S. A settlement Is expected to Ds reached before these dates. Tne usues number of charges may pc expecteo against candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

Poughkeepsie, N. Y. January 1S.-Sarah O. Breymer, aged 25 years, pretty and cultured governess at the summer home of MT. and Mrs. Barnes Compton at Mfllbrook, Duchess county was found in her bed early this morning strangled to death. Frank Schermerhorn, aged 2s. employed as coachman on the Compton place, was brought here charged with the murder. Late this afternoon he made an unsuccessful attempt at suicide, cut ting his throat with razor.
 About 8 o'clock this morning Mary Fennell, maid in the Compton house, was awakened by a noise and says she saw a mans form disappear out of the corridor. She ran to awaken the govern ess and not receiving any reply, entered Miss Breymer's room. The governess was found lying in bed, her face black and finger prints on her throat. Life was extinct.
 On cot in the room was little Polly Compton, aged 8 years, unharmed. The maid quickly summoned the coachman and when he arrived the sheriff and police of the city were notified.
 The officers questioned the maids and servants and the coachman, Frank Scher-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
Nothing Definite Is Known.

Managua, Nicaragua, January 13-There are persistent rumors that an engage Inent has taken place between the gov ernment troops and the revoiutionists in the department of Chontales. but nothing definite is known heis of the result of the fighting.
 Juan Jacoby, an American, to whom a letter alleged to have been written by Cannon on the morning of his execution, was addressed, declai es that the letter, which is in possession of the authorities and which contains an exculpation of all concerned in his trial and condemnation, was not written by Cannon The letter and signature, Jacoby says. are for geries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
SMALL TOWN HAS
 HEAVY FIRE LOSS

Bristol Tenn, January 13.-Elk Park, a town of 120O, in Mitchell county. North Carolina, was swept by destructive fire this afternoon. Twenty buildings in the center of the town are in ashes. with an estimated loss of $75,000 and at s o'clock tonight the fire was not under control.
 The burned buildings all frame. include a bank, the railway station number of stores and several dwellings. Elk Park is without any fire protection and for q time the entire town was threatened with destruction With apparatus sent from Johnson City. Tenn, on a special train the flames were finally brought under control.
 There was comparatively little insur- ance on the destroyed property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

Aviation Field Los Angeles. January ls While Louis Paulhan of France did not do anything so wonderful today as flying nearly a mile high. he took up Miscarol and Maisson, his assistants, and circled the field several times with them in his aeroplane, and cut "cross lots" in what was said by some to be an attempt to slow down Glenn Curtiss, who was ny ing the regular course at the same time for a 1o-lap speed record. The passen- gers were landed safely.
 Curtiss' manager protested against Paulhan getting in the way of the Cur tiss machine and contest may develop. Curtiss' total time was 24 minutes 54 2-5 seconds. not a record. Later Paulhan tried to beat this, but failed by five seconds.
 Earlier in the day with his wife as passenger, Paulhan made three laps of the course in S:16 1-5. He flew over the judges stand after circling the field and alighted easily in the starting square.
 On another flight of seven minutes he had Mrs. "Dick Ferriss as a passen- ger He cut corners, flew over the stands and she seemed to enjoy his pranks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
stockmen Favor Federal Control.

Denver, January 13.-The National Live Stock association at it's final ses- sion today overwhelmingly declared in favor of federal control of the open range. Despite the protest of the Colo rado delegations the resolution com mending the administration of Clifford Pinchot and advocating range lease law and federal control was adopted. Resolutions condemning the Payne tariff law, advocating the increase of the power of the interstate commerce commission and fixing of minimum speed limit for stock trains, were also nd0ntAd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
North Carolina Will Not Pay.

Raleigh, N. C., January 13.--North Carolina will resist to the utmost the payment of $484.090 of repudiated spe- cial tax bonds accepted by the Rhode Island legislature as donation from the New York bond holders commit tee. Governor Kitchen tonight said that the indebtedness of the state was divided into four classes in 1879 and the bonds accepted by Rhode Island come under the fourth class, which were repudiated by the people of North Carolina, and clause has been put in the state constitution forbidding their payment unless ratified by vote of the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
B. & 0. RAILROAD
 MAKES CHAN GEES

Baltimore, January 13.-Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company today put into effect the recently an- nounced change in the management. and declared the usual semi-annual dividend of per cent on the preferred stock and 3 per cent on the common.
 Oscar G. Murray announced his with drawal from the presidency. his formal retirement to take effect tomorrow.
 Daniel Willard. the new president. will take charge of the company's affairs on Saturday at Baltimore. MT. Murray here- after will act as chairm m of the board. the office especially created for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
RUMORS OF BATTLE
 IN NICARAGUA

Washington. January 13-News of a battle at Acoyapa has leaked through the strict censorship at San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, and reached Washington to- night Details are lacking but the repre- sentatives of the Estrada provisional gov ernment here are of the firm belief that Chamorro engaged Vasquez some time between midnight and daylight today and that the remnant of the Zelaya army has fallen back toward Managua. where a final battle will be fought probably at the gates of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
No Decision on waoe Scale.

Cincinnati January 13.-After con ference lasting all morning, commit tee representing the telegraph oper- ators of the Baltimore and Southwes- tern railroad and General Superinten- dent Crimson. representing the road, announced they could reach no decis- ion regarding the demand of the men for new wage scale, and negoti- ations. 1t Is declared, have been sew cred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
p.uIhan Beats Latham.

Los Angeles, January 13.-Cortlandt Field Bishop announced that he had received cable from the International Aeronautic association confirming the new height record of Paulhan. Latham flew 8444 feet high at Mourmelon on January 2. Panlhan's height as now officially Axured was 41S6 feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
Fuel Famine Feared In chIcaoo.

} Chicago, January 13.-In Chicago weather conditions have produced a situation in railroad transportation
 that is serious. The coal traffic is al
 most paralyzed, passenger train sched- ules are demoralized, the movement of
 freight is delayed. and. according to expert observers, Chicago is threatened
 with one of the worst fuel famines in years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
Master of Ship Dies at Sea.

New Orleans. January 13.--That c. U. Kemp. master of the vessel died at sea yesterday of pleurisy and that his body would be brought to New Orleans. war reported by the British steamer at Ifoil. arriving at the mouth Of the Nislssippi river late today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
Waiting on Mississippi.

Washington. January 13.-(SpecialD The Mississippi deadlock over the sen atorship is holding up the action of the Senate steering committee on the committee places held by the late Sem ator McLaurin. For this reason the ap, pointment of Senator Bankhead to the1 commerce committee has not been acted upon As 1t will soon be necessary for the committee to get to work on the rivers and harbors bill 1t fs thought that the steering committee will not wait much longer over the Mississippi legislature and will assign MT. Bank head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14

Nearly all the Alabama members have united in indorsing John B. Smith for the Montgomery district attorneyship. He will be presented to the Attorney Gen eral by Senator Bankhead Saturday. Smith is a democrat and only the most optimistic have any idea that he will be appointed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-01-06

Postmaster General Hitchcock has made
his annual report which shows deficit in his
department of nearly seventeen million dol
lars. This deficit is the largest in the history
of the department and the postmaster general
explains it by showing that second-class mail
matter which means newspapers and maya
zines is carried at too great loss and the
quantity of that class of mail is increasing
yearly President Taft has already called the
attention of congress to the fact that the an
nual deficit in the postofice department might
be reduced by changing the law relating to
the carrying of second-class mail matter:
While this class of mail provides revenue of
the government for it's handling and trans
portation averages 1928 cents pound. TIE
annual loss thus incurred is about 1854 O00, 900.
The growth in the quantity of second-class
matter sent through the mails has been ex-
traordinary Since the passage of the Act of
1879 prescribing conditions under which pub
LEGATIONS may be mailed at second-class rates,
the weight of such matter has increased more
than /, 300 per cent. Last year it amounted
to over 700, 600, 600 pounds. By the weighing
of 1907, second class matter was shown to
constitute 60 per cent Of all domestic mail and
yet it yielded only about per cent of the pos
tai revenues. The loss On second-class mat
ter was greater than the profits on all classes
of mail combined. 1t exceeded the total
amount palQ the railways lOr mall Cfa1lSpOrLa-
ton. Magazines end other periodical publica-
lions exclusive Of daily newspapers comprise
about 60 per cent of the second-class mail.
The msgazines alone form alb u, 20 per cent.
Magazines proper, because of the long aver
age haul, show a cost of more than cents
pound for transportation, while in the case of
daily newspapers for which the average dis
lance of distribution is much less, the trans
portation cost is under 2 cents a pound. 1t
appears that the great loss comes from the
carrying Of weekly and monthly magazines
which are hauled much longer distance than
local newspapers and ruling which would
place such periodicals in class by themselves
and requiring them to pay a rate about equal
to that paid by newspapers in proportion to
the distance carried would increase the rev.
enue sufficient to overcome the deficit. Should
the rate on all second class matter be raised
it would recessitate such an increase in the
price of daily and weekly newspapers as to be
almost prohibitive. The department. might
instead however, save part of the deficit by
doing away with abuses of the franking priv
ilege and by more closely scrutinizing the
contracts for hauling mail. It seems to be
the general opinion that the railroad COM
panies could haul the mail for less money if
they had to.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-01-06

A great many North Dakota people who
invested their good money in irrigated land
propositions in the vicinity Of Mountain
Home, Oregon, are now wishing they had
bought North Dakota land with that money.
It has just been learned that many are VIC
Tins Of gigantic swindle, engineered by
John A. Carrot. North Dakotans were
shown land close to the water ditchns, yet
have found that the land which they really
started by Garret and his company were
never completed. The purchasers were sold
water rights which had been sold before
Carrot made great spludge at Mountain
Home, furnishing the city free of charge two
sprinkling wagons, and gave the Commercial
club free lease on the handsomest offices in
the city. Some of the land in the vicinity of
Mountain Home is all right, but neverthe-
less, hundreds have been swindled.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-01-06

The Independent last week interviewed
forty of our business and professional men
concerning what could be done for Minot in
the year 1910 which would be of most benefit
to our city. This was from business mans
standpoint. Now, we want half a hundred
farmers to tell the Independent what the
business men of Minot can do to encourage
the farmers to give them more of their trade.
Make your replies rot too LONG, and to the
point. We want to publish them all in one is
sue of the paper. We want the replies sent
in as soon as you can conveniently do so. We
are going to offer little premium of $500
for the best answer, and will leave the mat
be sure to make suggestions from farmers
standpoint y hich will prove OF value, in the
way Of creating a more mutual feeling be-
tween the city and the farm. Ourmerchants
will read your answers closely, and no doubt
some good will result from this feature.
Farmers and farmers wives, get busy and
send in these answers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-01-06
Who Will Be
Your
Druggist in
1910
We Ask The I riiviilege

Of serving you during the coming year. If
you have been a customer Of ours during
1909 there's probably no need Of Our ask
ing for your trade. We feel that you'll
continue to patronize Us because'you must
have noted the pains we take in conserv-
ing all customers interests.
We have endeavored to provide the peo=
pie Of this locality with a store where the
stock is ample and the service first-class
and strictly up to the times.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-01-06

Business and nothing else, is responsible
for the fact that the tariff on our imports
were not lowered to the satisfaction of the
masses at the special session of Congress-
Business rules this country and probably al
ways will. Consider the Minneapolis dailies
if you please How long could those papers
exist if they went contrary to the will Of their
best advertisers. The department stores
pour hundreds OF thousands of dollars into the
Golfers Of those papers every year. The bus:-
ness manager keeps in close touch with those
advertisers, and reports to the editorial desk
If it is to the inters st Of those stores that the
tariff be not lowered, then those papers are
pretty certain to advocate the election to Of
flee of Senators and Representatives who will
be pretty certain to deliver the goods The
railroads are interested in having men elected
who will not inquire too closely concerning
their rates The ailroads can afford to spend;
and do spend vast sums of money at every
election, in addition to the countless number
of mileage books that are doled out to those
who pledge themselves to vote right. Rus-
ness furnishes the money with which to carry
on the National campaign, and naturally have
something TO say when it comes to selecting
Cabinet. Business selects the Judges on the
Supreme bench as rule. And coming closer
to home, Business does not overlook our own
little city, where if the publisher dares to in
cur the displeasure of the Powers that be, he
made to suffer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-01-06

It is up to every farmer in this vicinity to
do that which will make Minot better, big
ger and buster city. You farmers know with
out us telling you, that the reason you get
from 80 to IS cents pound for your butter
and from 20 to IS cents dozen for your eggs
nearly the year round, is on account of the
large number Of people living here who are
willing to pay the price in order to get some
thing choice. You know you can get better
prices for your products in Minot than you
can in the smaller towns. Help to build up
good city in your community and you will al
ways receive satisfactory prices for your but
ter, eggs, poultry, pork, beef, garden vege-
tables, cream, milk, hay, or whatever you
chance to have to sell. You know how to
help build up city. Every cent you leave in
your town gets back to you. This is the best
reason we know why you should deal with
your home merchant in preference to helping
to luild up the business of catalogue house.
Matt johnson, editor Of the Omemee Her.
aid, says he has never sold his editorial sup
port and is against that sort Of thing, etc.
Now Matt may be constituted differently
from most publishers, but we don't believe
that he is. Perhaps the reason why Matt
has never yet sold out is because the price Of
fered was not large enough. When an editor
puts on long, sanctimonious expression and
SOlSlllllly uGCldf0S IIlclS SuOuSA4
money in the universe to influence him-look
out. Chances are he's either looking for
big chunk or else he's hoping that the dear
people will take recognition Of his simon-pure
qualities and place him on some political pc
destal. We have learned in our experience
with men, that those publishers who do not
readily sell out are those who do not faunt
the Cant be Bought bannerto the breezes.
The supreme court has docroed that the
famous spotter law in North Dakota is uncon-
stitutional--and after two years. experience
with it, every citizen will be glad to see it
knocked out. Only low-down characters
would stoop to spy upon their felIow-men,
STOPPING to do anything in order to get the
fifty dollars offered by the state. The states
attorneys were never able to do much with
the spoilers, who were guaranteed their ex-
penses, and about the first thing they would
do in the way Of getting evidence, would be
to get ''soused" up in great style.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-01-06

A St. Louis man after six years has sue
ceeded in breeding 'wingless" chickens, that
will be popular with suburbanites. That's
independent has succeeded in raising head
less chickens they have eaten their heads
off-and then some.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-01-06
.RENTHnT.4.- 6.

Inele are more papers IN the STATE IMAM
usual that are inclined to be Known as Repub-
wart organs. The terms 'insurgent" or
''stalwart'' as applied to politics III North Da-
kota mean very little Time was when
Stalwart was man supposed to be tied body,
soul and breaches to Alex Mckenzie and the
'Insurgent' was the fellow who was ever
lasting engaged in digging the big Bismarck
politicians political grave. If you mean by
insur gent as opposed to the recent tariff leg
islation, then there is absolutely no question
but what North Dakota is strongly insurgent
to-day. The Independent believes that the
time has come when one must carefully con-
slider the candidates, whether they be allied
with the insurgents or the stalwarts. An in
surgent may be an insurgent that he may be
elected to Office and for no other reason, and
vice versa. It is a common thing in North
Dakota for the first man who declares him
self candidate for office from either faction,
to make it known that he has first mortgage
on the job, and any other candidate who would
oppose him under the same flag, IS either
traitor or 'buttinsky" who ought to be an
INITIATED. For instance, Aaker from Fargo
long ago declared himself candidate for
Governor as an Insurgent. Buchanan,
WEALTHY retired farmer formerly, from Suits
man county, but more recently from Fargo,
Haunts the same banner to the political
breeze and loudly declares that he toe is an
insurgent candidate for the same office. A
writer in the Fargo Scandinavian paper crit
icizes Buchanan for his nerve, declaring that
Aaker ought to have the clear field because
he was the first insurgent who discovered
that he had an inherent right to that Office
North and South Dakota and Minnesota
in 1909 raised 645, 900, 900 bushels Of grain of
all kinds, estimated to be worth SAP. 799, 900.
This is a record never before equaled in these
q1,,~o
ers the wealthest in the United States on the
average. The Northwest is just getting right
for the making Of money and the farmers will
be able to enjoy all of the luxuries that any
of those of the east can boast of.
A St. Louis man after six years has sue
ceeded in breeding 'wingless" chickens, that
will be popular with suburbanites. That's
nothing. In less than year the editor Of the
Independent has succeeded in raising head
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-01-06
OUR STORE in 1910

creased business enables us to buy in large
quantities which means a money saving to
ourselves and consequently to our patrons.
For the same reason we can provide even bet
ter service although we have always made it
We shall endeavor to make this store at
which it will be worth while to trade even if it
may, for some, not be the nearest one. In fact
we think it already such store
Cañon City record., 1910-08-18

pany forthwith paid a dividend OF 25
cents a share-the price at which
stock sold when the company was or
ganized less than a year before. re-
turning TO the stock holders their
first investment. Stock now sells at
$3.50 a share.
The vast copper districts Of in
terror Alaska, 100 TO 200 miles away,
are all nearer to Valdez than to any
other port.
BY virtue Of its location Valdez
Is destined TO be the metropolis OF
Alaska. IL has a permanent popula-
ton OF 1900. nearly all white Amer
leans. 1t is the sea terminus OF the
United States government road to the
Tanana river. which has already cost
81 100000. Here the military cable
from Seattle meets the land telegraph
lines to Eagle. Fairbanks. St Michael
and Nome. 1t Is headquarters for the
United States district court
Valdez is a modern American town.
with electric light and telephone sys-
TEN, steamheated buildings and 9TH
er equipment Of civilization. II has
a graded public school. three churches
two banks. good stores and n daily
and weekly paper.
The winters Of Valdez are no colder
than winters In the states north OF
the Ohio river. though snow gets
much deeper. The summers are cool
with frequent rainfall. but with many
warm. sunny days. n
Alaska is no place for weaklings
OF misfits. For energetic. ambitious
vigorous men and women 1t offers op-
portunities equal to any found In
pioneer countries anywhere TO make
a living and acquire a competence.
Common labor is paid $3.50 day and
skilled labor in proportion. The cost
Of living is only slightly higher than
in the northwestern states.
Valdez is 1900 miles from Seattle
by water. and one or two steamers ar
rive from that city every week, bring
ing mall, express and freight.
To hard rock miners and particu-
larly to seekers for free milling gold
Valdez offers the best new field In
the west today. The advantages are
proximity TO a supply town and n sea
level. and demonstrated values.