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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-12
N Ew YORK, November 11.-Justice U Lamberts charge to the jury was
 as follows.

as follows.
 "Katherine J. Adams" he began, "dieo on December 2s 1898, and the defendant is charged with the responsibility for her death. The defendant may De convicted if you think the evidence adequate, oi murder in the first degree or if you think of manslaughter in the first degree, or of manslaughter in the second degree"
 Justice Lambert read from the statutes the definition of the various homicidcs laying stress on the necessity of delibera- tion and reconciliation to consumate mur- der in the first degree.
 Ut is contended here by the prosecu- tion.'' he went on. that if this defendant is found guilty he will be guilty of mur- der in the first degree. The defendant, by his counsel, has made no argument in this regard, but you are required to con- sider those things in reaching your de- cisions.
 "The defendant is presumed to be 1n- nocent until the evidence show his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt The burden of proof never shifts. It is always with the state to prove guilt and not for the defendant to prove innocense
 Tt is no easy matter to impart to jury the legal definition of a reasonable doubt. II his guilt has not been shown to you beyond a reasonable doubt you must acquit him. A reasonable doubt should be actual and substantial and not founded on a mere possibility"
 "One of the most important efforts of the prosecution has been to connect this defendant with the address on that poison package. The stats has attempted to do that by witnesses from banks and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-12
SOAP MANUFACTURERS MEET.
President VanHoose of Birmingham In
 Conference at Nashville.

Nashville, Tenn, November 11.-Repre- sentatives of the soap manufacturers of the United States and of the wholesale grocery trade in the south are in confer ence here today, but nothing has been given out as to the purposes that the conference Is to decide what firms are to be cosidered jobbers and to determine to whom the soap manufacturers will sell direct.
 President Van Hoose, of the Southern Wholesale Grocers' association and committee of prominent merchants from other places are closeted with representa- tives of Kirk & Co.,. Fairbanks Co.,, Proctor & Gamble. Colgate & Co.,, En- terprise Soap Works of this city, and other large interests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-12
DEMOCRATS RETALIATE. Colorado Senators Will Offset Any Ac. ton By Republican House.

Denver, Col, November 11.-At a meeting of the democratic state sena- tors and senators-elect here tonight resolutions were adopted to the effect that while fraudulent elections would not be upheld, any revolutionary tac- tics by the republican majority in the lower house of the legislature should be responded to by similar action on the part of the democratic senate. The threat to oust the IA democratic senators from this (Arapahoe) county on alleged frauds actuated tonight's meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-12
Labor Delegates Arriving.

New Orleans. November LA number of delegates to the Federation of Labor convention arrived but the main body, including President Gompers and stan, will come tomorrow and Thursday. The Daughters of the Confederacy began their session with reception at Memo rial hall. Several hundred delegates will be present by tomorrow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-12
GEN. cHAFFEE VERY BUSY.
Arranges for Ills Final Departure
 From Transport Sumner.

San Francisco, Cal, November H. General Chaffee spent very busy day arranging the details of his departure from the transport Sumner and meet ing numerous army friends and those from civil life, of whom he has many in this city tomorrow night General Chaffee will be the guest of honor at a banquet given by the merchants association, and on Thursday, just be- fore his departure for Chicago, pub lie reception will be held in the Mer- chants Exchange.
 General Chaffee and his party will leave San Francisco at 6 o'clock Thursday evening and expect to ar rive at the Chicago and Northwestern station in Chicago about g o'clock next Monday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-12
THREE BURNED TO DEATH.
The Pest House at City Hospital of
 Charleston In Flames.

Charleston, S. O., November 12.-The pest house at the city hospital caught fire this morning shortly before o'clock and three negro men were burned to death before they could be rescued.
 One negro woman, the only other inmate of that department, escaped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-12
Lumber Merchant Drops Dead.

Minneapolis, November 11-Lester R Brooks. miner grain and lumber mer- chant, dropped dead this afternoon while engaged in a chess game with his physi- clan at the West hotel MT. Brooks was 55 year of age and native of Oswego county. New York. He was afflicted with sciatica and for the past few days, though attending to business, had one leg set in a plaster cast. The mental strain of the chess game is believed to have superinduced apoplexy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-12

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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
MOSQUITOES IN OLD TIMES.
George Washington Credited With
Dubious Statement.

Des Moines News.-Tt is natural to
assume that certain pests of modern
times belong, in their deadly perfec-
ton, to modern times only. Not so
mosquitoes, l.. O. Howard says, IN
his valuable book on this insect, that
in ancient Greece, according to
Pausanias, the inhabitants were some
times forced to abandon their dwell
ings to avoid it's attack.
The citizens of Monte, a rich city
of Ionia, fed from mosquitoes to
Mileta; and Porgamo, a beautiful
city in Asia, was abandoned for the
same reason. Sapor, King Of Persia,
was compelled to raise the siege of
Nisbis by a plague Of gnats. Hum
bOldt says that in certain regions Of
South America the inhabitants pass
the night buried in the sand, which
covers them to the depth of three
or four inches, leaving out only the
head, which is protected by a cloth
There is even a mosquito story
which has the hardihood to attack the
veracity of George Washington, or
possibly that Of contemporary
tourist. Isaac Weld, in his Travels
Through North America" says, in
reference to Skenesborobgh, N. Y,
that mosquitoes were ferocious and
plentiful there
George Washington told me-" he
adds that he was never so much
annoyed by mosquitoes in any part
Of America as in Skenthborougn.
They used to bite through the thickest
boot"
Now, the boots of those days were
thick, and mosquitoes were probably,
50 far as structure goes, much as
they are today. Moreover, the Father
Of his Country could not lie; but per
haps Mr.. Weld could or, more prob
ably, one of the gentlemen may have
INDUCED in a sense of humor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16

seizure of Oman as basis Of nava
attack on India.
! The quarrcls between the force OF
! Sheikh Mubarark Of Koweit and the
| tribes of the ameer of Nejd have
broken out af9esh and England is
! compened to strengthen her naval
power in the Persian gulf. Turkeys
/ designs here must be frustrated
Some time ago Britain effectively
checked Turkeys intention to attack
| the Sheikh Mubarak, who has long
flown the Turkish fag-in honor of
the Mussulman religion, he explains,
and not as a symbol Of dependence on
the porte.
Not that Turkey proclaimed its
Warlike intent. On the contrary, it
maintained that the 10000 men it has
massed at Busrah are intended for a
march across Arabia to suppress dis
affection in Yemen.
All the same, Commander Pears of
the cruiser Perseus refused to allow
a Turkish ship to land so troops at
KOweit. The Perseus cleared her
decks and kept a searchlight on the
Turkish vessel all one night when the
deportation was expected to be sur
reptitiously carried out.
The result was the return Of the IN
vading force. A little later the situa-
ton was reported as "quieter." The
Nejd tribesmen ceased to menace
KoWeit and Admiral Bosanquet did
not think it necessary to leave Bonn
bay.
Much sensation has been caused by
the recent arrival Of the two youngest
brothers of the shah of Persia. Hus-
SEM Ali Mirba and Sultan Achmed
Mira, from Teheran, who are to De
educated at a Vienna gymnasium.
They are between 10 and II years Of
age, with raven-black hair and eyes
and strikingly light and bright com
pleXiOns. They were accompanied by
two princes, the son and the nephew
Of the Grand Vizier Isak Khan, and
three sons of a Persian minister, and
at present are staying at the Grand
hotel until arrangements can be made
for them to enter the Theresianum.
AS they are acquainted with 10
other language but Turkish they will
not be able to commence their studies
at the gymnasium Immediately.
Prince Assad Ullah Khan, a nephew
of the shah, the son of his eldest
sister, has been an inmate of the
Theresianum for the last year, to-
gether with Self UIlah Khan, the son
Of a Persian dignitary
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
Bad Outlook for German Trade.

Philadelphia Times.-The industrial
situation in Germany does not i'm
prove. Large numbers of hands are
idle because business is slack on a de-
creased demand for German products.
The country seems to be on the verge
OF a serious economic crisis just at
the moment when the emperor and the
princes in the bundesrath are using
their influence to enact a retaliatory
tariff law. The outlook of German
trade is far from favorable. and any
thing like a crisis in that country
could have only disastrous effect in a
reflex way upon business and financial
operations in the United States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
RESOLVES.

Of all our deeds of the year just
passed
We should think on new years eve,
And remember them all
The great and the small,
Fen though they make us grieVc.
There's no time wasted in such
course
That inspires to better ways,
We gain in strength,
And then at length,
Learn the lesson Of past days
1t is thus we may see what wrongs
we've done,
And remembering our duty is clear,
Resolve on each morn
To grow weary and worn
Ere the sun sees no act Of cheer.
When we fix in our minds the good
we can do.
We have taken a step in advance,
And thus to be true
Let US good deeds do
While our life allows each chance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
Waldorf Sardine Salad.

Cover two dozen sardines with vim
egar and let stand for half an hour;
then skin them carefully and again
lay in vinegar for few minutes.
Drain and arrange them around
dish, three in a group with sprig Of
cress and quarter Of lemon in between
each group. Chop fine medium sized
Bermuda onion and cucumber. Stone
several olives, chop and mix them
with the onion and cucumber. Season
with salt and place in a pyramid in
center of the dish. Put three table
spoonfuls of salt and a dash OF cay
enne; add the strained juice of two
lemons and beat the mixture until
thick and creamy. Pour over the
vegetables and serve.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16

S. Grant: 1T was after the 9. neraYs
second term in the presidency. says
Mr.. Riis. He was staying at the Fifth
Avenue hotel when one morning the
Masonic temple was burned. The fro
line was drawn half way down the
block toward Fifth avenue but the no
lice were much hampered by the
crowd, and were out of patience when
| standing by, saw a man in a great
ulster. with head buried deep in the
collar, cigar sticking straight out,
coming down the street from the hotpl
| recognized him at sight as Cen
Grant. The policeman who blocked
his way did not. He grabbed him by
the collar, swung him about, and, hit
ting him a resounding whack across
the back with his club yelled out
whats the matter with you? Don't
you see the fire-lines? Chase yourself
out of here, and he quick about it, The
general said never word He did
not stop to argue the matter He had
run up against a sentinel, and when
stopped went the other way That
was all The man had right TO be
there; he had none. / was never so
much an admirer of Grant as since
that day. 1t was true greatness. A
smaller man would have made a row
stood upon his dignity and demanded
the punishment Of the policeman. AS
for him there was probably never so
badly frightened policeman when |
told him whom he had dubbed. win
warrant he did not sleep for n week.
fearing all kinds of things. No need
of it. Grant probably never gave him
thought"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
The Cathedral of the West.

Changed unspeakably and utterly
says Emerson Hough in the Century
the old West lies in ruins. To pick
about among those ruins may, indeed
be to find here and there a bit of local
color; but were it not better to reflect
that this color may be only the broken
bits of Z cathedral pane? Restore that
cathedral, in recollection, in magma
ton at least, if it be within the skill of
art or literature to do so. Restore it
and write upon its arch the thought
that history may be more than a mere
recital of wars and religions; that the
destruction of human life may be ma
tionally not so great as the develop
ment of human character. Give the
men Of the old West, parents of the
men of the new west. this epitaph-
that they had character. Let the
heroes have place of honor in their
own cathedral; and so may the west
ern earth lie light above them. and the
western skies smile over them re1nem-
beTingly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16

among the numerous little was
and rebellions which harass Great
Britain outside of her more important
conflicts and quarrels are her troubles
in the Persian gulf. The latter came
within the British sphere of in
fiuence" at the end of the eighteei.. h
century, when the sultan of Mus 81
sought the protection of the English
and Napoleon was contemplating the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16

investment of S4.75. The farmer gets
back a barrel of better flour than can
be bought on the market at So per
barrel, and he has also a lot of mid
dlings worth 81. This practice has been
followed for a period of years, and
several mills were patronized, with
about the same results in all cases.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16

New York Evening Post.-Behind
the Ieper hospital in the San La
FARO district Of the city of Havana
there lies an old cemetery. Few OF
the many visitors to that city know
that there is such place; still FEWER
pass beneath it's vine-cOVered portal
Thousands visit the Colon cemetery,
with It's massive gateway ana us
beautiful monuments; not one IN
thousand sees that city Of the dead
which was established by Bishop
Imam De Espada in 1905. For twenty
FIVE years it has stood unused for
burial purposes.
In old Roman days, in the time OF
the funeral pyre, it was customary to
gather the ashes Of the incinerated
dead and place them in funeral urns.
These were sealed and deposited In
inches in the walls of special build
ings or Enclosures, to which was ap-
piled the name Of cOlumbaria, for the
reason that their appearance sug-
gested a dovccote The general idea
Of the cOlumbaria has been preserved
and. though unusual is far from
unique. The more modern system
dispenses with the burning and de-
posts the cofTined body in inches only
differing from those of the Roman
days essentially in their size. This
is the system of the Espada cemetery
IN Havana.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
WILL HUxLEYS WORKS LIVE?
His Writings Considered as contripu.
tons to Literature.

The Century contains the prize es-
say, poem, and story submitted IN
competition by college graduates of
the year 1900. James E. Routh, Jr., Of
Johns Hopkins, wins the essay prize by
a paper on Huxley as a Literary Man.
VIII Huxley's works live in litera-
ture? he asks. If so what place there
In will they occupy? In regard to the
first we can safely say that the larger
number of his essays will not endure.
These were written for the deciding of
questions of the day, and will vanish
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
dubbed Grant,

In his biography published under
the title, The Making of an American
Jacob Riis tells this story OF how a DO
liceman in New York once dubbed u
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
GENE
BODIES PLACED IN INCHES IN
wALLINo OLD BURIAL PLACES.
RENT CONTRACTS LIMITED

When Lease Expires Bones are Ruth
lessiy Thrown Outside lncIoSure
Ancient Ground May soon be
Put up for Sale for Want OF
Funds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16

German minimum grain duties are
likely TO be stricken out on account
of Russia's threats.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16

President Kruger is to send a
special envoy to the United States in
January.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
Shoot Decorators OF Graves.

In one Of the walls in the western
section a niche is shown in which once
lay the body of man who, in his life.
had grievously offended a group of
students in the University of Havana.
After his burial some of these stu
dents manifested their bitterness by
the foolish prank of Decorating the
tablet which sealed the tomb OF their
enemy. They were caught and sen
fenced to death. A tablet on the face
OF a building near La Punta, in
Havana, states that they were there
executed, shot by the bullets of Span
ISL soldiery. Today one of the special
sights OF Havana is the beautiful stu
dents monument in the Colon GENE
t~ry, and the anniversary of their
death is public holiday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
Burial Places are Rented.

Many of the wall inches stand empty
by reason of an established custom,
prevalent in these countries of rent
ing burial space for a time only. At
the expiration of that time the bones
are removed to a large uncovered re-
ceptacle along the southern wall, where
they constitute a CHASTITY heap, seen
only from the top of the wall. The
vacated space may then be filled by
succeeding tenants or by one whose
payment insures repOse so long as the
place continues as a burial ground.
In some of these now vacant inches
beds of dried grass and discarded
clothing indicate their use by the liv-
ing. There is no doubt that many of
them were occupied as sleeping places
during the days of the recommendation
under Weyler.
Marble tablets, often exquisitely
carved seal the openings of the inches,
taking the place of the now more gen
orally used mausoIeums. monuments
and headstonos. Here and there some
wreath or other floral memento. at
tached to the tablet. shows that even
for a quarter of a century of sleep in
this unused burial ground some dead
are lovingly and actively remembered.
Here and there an English name aD-
pears, but they are very few.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16
Heavy Gate Bars Way.

Heavy cate Bars way.
The opening of strongly locked
and heavily barred iron gateway gives
passage into a highwalled Enclosure
of some three or four acres in extent.
Neither monument nor standing tomb
stone breaks it's fiat and grassy area.
A grass-grown pathway leads straight
across the plat to the mOrtuary chapel
upon it's northern side. All around
are the walls, four to five yards il
height, showing four tiers of round
topped inches, some open and some
closed and sealed. Midway the west
ern wall a gateway opens upon sec
ond incIOsure Of similar area to the
first, though of different arrangement
A brick paved Walkway crosses it
from east ~ west, biSeCting a series
Of interior walls which extend through
it's greater length. If my memory
serves me, there are six of these struC-
lures, alternately open and arching
the pathway. Here, too the surround
ing walls and the interior structures
show the four rows of inches. A lit
tie counting and a rough calculation
gave the total number in both in
closures at about 10000.
The ground Immediately around the
chapel, in the outer yard is largely
occupied by the horizontal slabs which
mark the resting place of those whose
rank, wealth or influence has secured
for them a special interment. Here
lies the body of a bishop, and there
lies one whose coronated coat of arms,
carved in relief on the marble. in
dicates a strain of royal blood. Many
Of the stones are broken, all are
weather stained, bordered with I'M
trimmed grass and weeds. For the
graves of many who lie here there is
no one to care. OF Spanish birth, their
friends and kindred have returned to
tbaIr. bny,2r {, gY.cCl tho coo
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-02-06
Y. M. O. A. NOTES.

The speaker next Sunday in the
Mems meeting is one of the choice
men In Gods word, Mr.. H. w. Frost
OF Toronto, Canada. He is the Di-
rector of the China Inland Mission
for North America Mr.. Frost has
just returned from a trip to China
and Japan. He visited China i'm
medlately after the Boxer trouble
broke out and had an opportunity to
know, from observation, the nature
and extent Of that great uprising. Mr..
Frost is graduate of Princeton in
the same class with James McConkey
who has spoken in Bloomsburg before
many audiences and will be especially
remembered as one of the speakers
at the State Y. M. c. A. Bible Con.
ference held at the Normal school in
1897. Mr.. Harry Barton will have
charge of the music and the Epworth
League choir will sing special selec-
tions.
Bible Study Union Friday evening
at 1880, Synthetic Study of Genesis
is followed in this class. Young mems
class Saturday evening at s o'clock.
The Evening School is in full swing,
but there is sill room for a few more
students. Almost any branch taught.
The Physical Culture classes will
begin next week. See prospectus or
call at the building for information.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-02-06
Preached to Deaf Mutes.

The Rev. Franklin c. Smleau held
a service in St. Paul's Church last
night for a few deaf mutes who live
in town. Mr.. Smileau is himself deal
and dumb, and is an ordained minis.
ter In the Episcopal Church. His
whole time is devoted to ministering
to the deaf mutes in the diocese OF
Central Pennsylvania. 1t will be a
surprise, probably, to our readers to
be told that there are in this State
alone 5000 deaf mutes, Of whom
$500 are found in Central Pennsyl-
vania.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-02-06
A SWINDLBR AT LIME RIDGE.

Some of the industrious ladies oil
Lime Ridge were badly swlnded last
week by young man claiming to be
representative of Jonas Longs
store. His gag was to secure ladies
to make flowers for the millinery de-
partment OF Jonas Longs branch
store, which, he claimed. had been
established at Berwick. After he
persuaded the ladies' to take up the
work, he then secured 81 SO from
each, which was to pay for materia S
used in making the flowers, and also
fJr lessons to learn to make them,
which were to be taught by a lady
who would call the next day. After
they had learned to make the flowers
they were to be paid So. per week,
working one hour each day. Of
course, the "lady" has not come, and
the ladies' who were so defrauded will
never see their "teacher," the swim
dler, or their ST. SO, although he has
a standing invitation to cal again at
the village, where a warm reception
awaits him should he reappear. All
kinds of threats are being made in
his behalf, and he will be doing well
by keeping his distance. Perhaps he
has been enclosed behind iron bars
before now, if not, it is not because
he don't deserve being there.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-02-06
For District Attorney.

The name of Christian A. Small
Esq, of Catawissa, appears in this
issue under the head of political an.
nouncements, as candidate for Dis
trict Attorney. Mr.. Small has worked
his way we'll up towards the front
rank of the junior bar and has a
good practice. He has been chair
man Of the Democratic county com
mttee for the past two years, ant
has filled the position very acceptably
If nominated he will make an effic
lent officer.