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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-07
RICH CLUBNAN
 HELD BY POLICE Associates With BurIyNegrO and
 Visits Pawn Shops IS "JACE THE SLUGGER 
Money Lenders Memory Had to Be logged, and Will Give Valuable Testimony In the Many
 Atrocious Murders.

Boston, November e.-Today's develop ments in the case of Alan G. Mason. who Is under arrest charged with the murder of Miss Clara Morton, laundress at the Mclean asylum in waverly last Sunday night, have been of a startling nature. It was first announced that the watch of the victim had been found in a Cam bridge street pawn shop, where 1t had been pavned for s4 by a colored man, and this discovery at once Tod to a fruitless search Of the city for this man by the entire police force. But later develop ments were far more sensational. When the pawn brokers memory had been logged a little and he had had time to think over the matter, he remembered that the watch had been brought to his office on last Saturday between the hours of Il and Il 80 by a white man and off, fered in pawn. Owing to the fact that 1t was after business hours, he refused to receive 1t, and after expressing disar. pointment the man departed taking watch with him.
 Same Watch Brought In.
 On Monday morning the same was brought in by colored mar whom the pawn broker bought 1t. negro, evidently a companion, hae waiting outside the shop while the was being made. and as soon as it completed he entered the shop and 1 the money which the proprietor Il. passed over Both men then departed Continuing their investigation the of-' f1cers made another startling discovery, which will have an important bearing on the case to the effect that the watch ot Miss Agnes McPhee of SomerviIle, an- other Jack the Slugger" victim nau been pawned at the same Cambridso street shop on October 3. the day after her murder, by white man, whose de- scription tallied exactly with that of the man who brought the Morton watch to the pawn broker last Sunday night The description of this man is said by the police to tally to a striking extent with that of the suspect Mason, and the pawnbroker will be given a chance to- morrow to identify him. if possible, as his visitor on several occasions.
 Unfavorabe to Prisoner.
 Developments today have been most unfavorable to the prisoner, although his friends still say that he can fully estab- fish an alibi. Search for the mysterious colored man Is being carried on as vigor- ously as ever and all sections of the city are being closely watched by the police tonight.
 Two days ago the state police arrested A. G. Mason, a wealthy busfuness man and club member of Boston, on the sus- pision that he killed Miss Morton. After a days investigation the authorities were convinced that Mason could establish an alibi and they announced that he would be released, but during the succeeding night witnesses were found who positively identified Mason as one whom they had seen in Waverly, where the murder was committed on Sunday night.
 On the strength of the evidence yester- day, a warrant charging Mason with murder was issued, and he was held with out bail until Tuesday.
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 but simply assert that sewanee outwitted them and won on her merits. Coach Kent said last night that his men played a good game. His only criticism was that the mon showed more steam at the goal line than in the center of the field and thus failed to gain.
 Kant and Harvey All Right.
 The old Auburn men were of the opin- ion last night that Coaches Kent ana Harvey had worked a fine team out Of the scarce mat erial at hand. Kent is one of the best line men in the football business, while Harvey is considered one of the best coaches in the south on the backs and tackles. They both de- serve great credit for their work, while Coach Boynton of Sewanee has equally as good reasons for being proud of his success. MT. Boynton was very well pleased with his team, and expects to give Vanderbilt a sound drubbing when they meet on Thanksgiving.
 On account of the success in handling games here this year. MT. Pickens will be given several of the best contests of next year for Birmingham He will per- feet his arrangements and proposes to have a game at least every Saturday during the football season. He also ex- poets to arrange for several college base ball games early in the spring.
 Of the two teams Auburn was the fastest. while Sewanee had the superior ity in weight
 Game In Detail.
 The game in detail follows:
 Auburn won the toss up and took the east goal Philips kicked off for Sewa- nee, sending the ball 70 yards. The ball was returned 10 yards. Webb bucks for yards and Allison goes for three more. Eichelberger tries the end, but fails to gain Another play produced no gain and on a trick play Sewanee got the ball. Stewart bucks for yards. Zimmerman failed, to gain. Stewart made one more.
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Dickinson Promoted.

Kansas City. Mo-, November 6.-Edward Dickinson. general manager of the Kan sas City, Mexican and Orient railroad was elected third vice-president of the Orient today when the annual meeting of the election of the officers of the road was held. The other officers were re- elected
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started from behind the line. With an- other years practice Elmer will make one of the greatest football men the south has ever produced. Most of Au- burns gains were made by Allison, Webb, F'ichelberger. Jones and Ward Hill did especially good work in break ing up Sewanees interference, while Smith at quarter handled the ball with almost perfect precision. He was weak from his recent illness but this showed more in his tackling than elsewhere. The only criticism that can be made of Au- burns work was bad tackling. The men tackle too high and frequently let the runners give them "the stiff arm" They could make no gains around the end, and resorted to tandem formations, which worked successfully. All their trick plays failed as did Sewanees with the ex- ception of Colmores long run on the de- layed pass.
 Auburn's Strong Line.
 Sewannee used almost all the plays known to football but made most of their ground on straight end runs. Auburn's line was too strong for them and the plunges at center almost invariably failed. They tried guards back, cross bucks and straight charges at the line. A play they worked very successfully was running a tackle out of the line over the other tackle.
 The star of the Sewanee team and the man who practically won the game was Colmore. Other good ground gathers were Stewart Zimmerman, Davis and Wheeler.
 The contest was characterized by sporsmanlike conduct and the work of the officials was the best ever seen in Birmingham. Mr. Rowbotham of Mem phis and MT. Snow of Michigan acted as referee and umpire.
 Auburn took her defeat philosophically, and the men say they were simply out played. They have no complaint to make
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Earthuuake Shock.

quake shock has been felt at Guarda. Province of Beira, and at other places. There has been serious loss of life and many houses have been destroyed.
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Fine Station for Fl Paso.

Fl Paso, Tex, November GA union station, costing $5O00Oo will be built in Fl Paso. Reports of the seven main lines entering this city agreed here today on the project.
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N Ew YORK, November e-c4air- O man Frank Campbell of the
 democratic state committee, Sec retary John A. Mason and Elliot Dan- forth were in conference here this even- ing. Mir. Campbell, after the consultation, issued a statement of the position of the state committee upon the results of the election.
 After having carefully examining the returns gathered by John A. Mason, sec retary of the democratic state commit tee, as filed in the several county clerks offices, in the different counties of the state. it appears on the race or the re- turns that MT. Odell has a plurality of 9t22 These figures don't include in some of the counties the vote cast by the Greater New York democracy ticket, which has on it the name of Bird $. Coler for governor. This will materially reduce this apparent plurality.
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nothing. Time is called with the ball on Auburn's thirty yard line.
 The Line-Up.
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Elmer of Auburn.

Elmer of Auburn proved the all-star of the game. and the excavations he made in the Tennessee line was aston ishing. Throwing his 225 pound weight before . runner he was sure to make an opening through which garn could he made. Frequently he broke through the line and caught the runner before ne had
The Washington times., 1902-05-25
WORK OF A PRESIDENT, CALLED THE JEFFERSON

he takes John xix42 and Matthew
xxvii:6O and combines them. clipping
out all but the plain statement Of the
burial. The result is as follows:
John. xix:42. There they laid
Jesus.
Matthew. xxvii:eO: and -
rolled great stone TO the door of the
selpulchcr. and departed"
So he leaves Jesus buried forever in
the grave. and gives no hope of the
resurrection and the life.''
Mr.. Lacey's Views.
In concluding his speech advocating
the appropriation of a sum sufficient to
reproduce the book. and describing the
book about as above. Representative
Lacey commented on the volume in the
following interesting manner:
Though it is a blue -penciled and ex-
purgated New Testament. it has not
been prepared in any irreverent spirit.
I he result is consolidation OF the
beautiful. pure teachings of the Saviour
In Il compact form. mingled with only
so much OF narrative as a Virginia law
yer would holi to be credible in those
matters -of-fact days, and the opportUn-
ity is given. Plain and unadorned, TO
compare these teaching with Marcus
Aurelius' and other pagan morals.
They are in striking contrast to Plu-
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rations and stories put into those teach
ings at later date by writers Of later
age, that they. the precepts, would 70!
only not lose by the operation. but would
gain immensely by it.
This idea became the subject OF
much of Jefferson's private correspond
ence.
On January %, 1904. in a letter written
from Washington TO Dr. Priestly, Jeffer-
son said:
81 rejoice that you have undertaken
the task of comparing the moral doe
trines Of Jesus with those OF the ancient
philosophers.
81 think you cannot avoid giving. as
a preliminary to the comparison, di-
gest of his moral doctrines, extracted in
His own words from the Evangelists and
leaving out everything relative to His
personal history and character. 1t would
be short and precious. With n view TO
do this for my own satisfaction. / had
sent TO Philadelphia to get two testa-
ments in Greek OF the same edition and
two English, with a design 10 cut the
doctrines of morality and paste them
on the leaves of book in the manner
you describe in framing your harmony.
But / shall now get the thing done by
better hands
In a letter to John Adams, dated Au-
gust %. 1873. Mr.. jefferson said that he
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had prepared syllabus of the Christian
teachings for DR.. Priestly and DR.
Rush. and that DR.. Rush's family had
returned it after the death of that gen
tlcman to Mr.. Jeffcrson's great delight
for he found 1t likely TO involve him in
religious controversy.
Philosophy OF Jesus.
In letter to Charles Thompson in
January. 1919. Mr.. Jefferson wrote:
II, too, have made a little book from
the same materials, which I call the
philosophy of Jesus. II is n paradigma
OF his doctrines. made by cutting the
texts out of the books and arranging
them on The pages Of blank book in a
certain order of time or subject. A more
beautiful or precious morscl of ethics
| have never seen. II had time would
add TO my little book the Greek. Latin.
and French texts in columns side by
side"
In the October following Mr.. Jefferson
wrote from Monticello TO william Short:
"As you say Of yourself. |. too. am an
epicurenn. | consider the genuine mot
the imputedD doctrines of Epicurus TO
contain everything rational in moral
philosophy which Greece and Rome have
left us. But the greatest of all
reformers of the depraved religion of
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A Judge of Color.

Elise is very observant about the COM
Lination OF colors. fact which called
lady with pink dress on and green
parasol. and there is another lady with
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Mr.. and Mrs. c. 4. Harbaugh have
contributed n cute little boy to Brook
land In the person OF Fred Harbaugh.
He has almost a cherub face. which Is
enhanced with large eyes and mass of
curls. His papa is connected with the
Life Saving Service and is also an elo-
cution teacher. traces Of this latter ac-
complishment being even now noticeable
in the little son in his ease of pose and
readiness of facial expression.
Little Freddie's early piety was dis
played recently when, after recommend
ing all his friends and relations for
blessings in his ,ravers, he concluded
with, And please God, bless all good
sinners"
When asked what he was going to do
when he grew to be a man he said, Il
am going to office. like papa"
Although Fred is but three years old
he takes upon himself the care of his
younger sister when at play and is
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tarch's morals. or rather. his immorals.
No greater practical test OF the worth
OF the tenets Of the Christian religion
could be made than the publication Of
this condensation by Mr.. jefferson. The
jewels are taken from their settings.
but they shine with their own luster.
a verse Of John is combined with o
verse Of Matthew with no interlinea-
tions. but is blended into 4 harmonious
whole.
Can Be Easily Reproduced.
I'm these days Of photolithography
this little volume can be easily repro
duced in facsimile. The work was iu-
tended to place the morals OF Jesus in
u form where. simple and alone. they
ccrld be contrasted with the teachings
of the pagan philosophers. In doing his
work Mr.. Jefferson has builded better
than he knew. and trust that We may
now have = reproduction of this beau
tiful little volume In form to be az
cessihle to the Christian world
"it has been said BY an eminent min
iste- OF the Gospel that Christianity
must be true or it could never have
survived so much poor preaching. Mr..
jefferson has put 1. to a still better
test by this sbridgrent of the doc
trines of the Divine author
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watchful that no harm comes TO her.
One day when she would not follow him
as he desired. he drove her into the
house. saying as he gave a long switch
to his mamma, whip her, she ran
away"
Little Anna Leesnitzer. daughter of
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green dress on and a pink parasol.
Don't you think they should swap"
Elise fayorg her mamma more than
her papa. being typical blond and not
very plump. She is very bright little
girl who can sing. dance, recite, and
tell you all about Foxy Grandpa. %
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Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r. Leesnitzer. is
another typical blond, with chubby
attracts the attention. She can recite
in lisoing tones many of the Mother
Goose rhymes and is beginning to learn
her letters.
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When asked what she wanted to be
when she became big girl, she replied
after some consideration, Il think
would like to be brides mad.
was a flower girl once. and when l get
big l think l ought to be a brides
maid"
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Government proposes TO photo
lithographically reproduce, is in
deed worth reproducing. For the
book is one of the most interesting vol
umes extant
II ia. to begin with. the result Of an
idea which Jefferson evidently developed
in early manhood. and cherished through
the middle age, and carried TO compile
tion in the closing years of his life.
Jefferson was, as is now pretty gen
orally known, a devoted student of the
Scriptures; and regarded them as won
derful literature and as containing the
finest moral code in existence but IN
many respects apochryphal.
As a result Of this view OF the Bible.
he determined II ever opportunity Of
fered. TO go through the book. and care
fully winnow what he considered thu
ctafffrom what he considered the wheat.
and compile the latter into one straight
ard simple narrative which should rrrn-
prise the Morals of Jesus Of Nazareth"
Admirer Of the Precepts.
He admired. evidently. with boundless
admiration. the teachings of the Gentle
Nazarone. and believed that II the pre-
ce,ts Of the Christ were separated from
what he was pleased 10 consider extran-
co.'s and doubtful statements and derla-
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his country ,Sas Jesus of Nazareth.
Epictetus and Epicurus give
laws for governing ourselves. Jesus a
supplement of the laws and duties We
owe TO others. have some
times thought OF translating Epictetus
(for he has never been tolcrably trans
lated into EnglishD by adding to the
doctrines Of Epictetus from the Synta-
maga of Gasscndi and an abstract from
the Evangelists The last | at
tempted too hastily some twelve OF fif-
teen years ago. II was the work of
some two or three nights only at Wash
ington. after getting through the even
ing's task Of reading the letters and
papers Of the day. But with one foot
in the grave these are row idle projects
for nc"
Idea Long Cherished.
These excerpts and many others show
how dearly and how long Mr.. Jefferson
cherished the idea which stands worked
out in the morals OF Jesus of Nazareth,
completed by him after. as he says. he
had one foot in the grave"
The book Is duodecimo volume Of
eighty-two double pages. bound in red
morocco by one Mayo. of Richmond, and
compiled after a peculiar fashion.
First. of course. is the title page.
which is in Jefferson's own handwriting.
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and which reads: THE Life and Morals
Of Jesus OF Nazareth. extracted text
ually from the Gospels in Greek. Lat
in. French. and English" Then follows
the table OF contents. also Jeficrson's
own chlrograpfy.
After this comes n man Of julcl. ar
ranged for ready reference. and mar
ginal note giving the Roman law on
seditlon. under which Jesus was tried.
Then comes the subject matter proper.
which consists of four parallel col
umns-on the left hand pages Greek and
Latin texts. respectively. and on the
right hand side French and English, re
spectively.
All Miracles Omitted.
In this subject-ma;ter everything of
a miraculous nature has been omitted
and the clippings are confined to the
pure teachings Of Jesus. Mr.. Jefferson
has clipped from all the gospels. using
the verses which make the Clearest
statement where the texts are practical
ly tie same. but he Inserts texts from
all of them so as TO include the entire
teachings of the Saviour. and. there
fore. In a clear and lucid form. apart
from all surroundings OF the super
natural. appear the words and moral
teachings OF the Son of Man.
In the concluding verse of the work
Holbrook argus., 1902-06-21
Citrus Fruits in the East

Auction sales of California citrus fruits in New York amounted to but twenty-seven cars last week, four cars less than the proceeding week. Con- parison with the corresponding week of last season shows that offerings at that time were over three times as prising that fancy St. Michaels, Sweets and Valencias should realize exception ally high prices. Large sizes of the latter variety are particularly desired, and reached $7.75. Navels have taper ed down to occasional small lots and command fancy figures tor even ordi- nary quality of stock.
 The lemon market held steady under liberal offerings, and unfavorable weather conditions the early part of the week, and now that the thermome- ter is moving upward again there should be marked increase in consumption.
 DECIDUOUS FRUIT.
 Receipts of California deciduous fruit in New York have been very light so far, only eight cars selling last week, thirty cars less than the same week last season. Offerings have consist ed principally of cherries, with a sprinkling of apricots, most of the fruit arriving from Vacaville, Suisun and San Jose. The condition of the fruit was generally good, although some lots show weakness. Preference continues to be shown for red varieties and well- colored Royal Annes and Centennials realized satisfactory prices, especially on some fancy chest shipments.
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Plunged Over a Cliff

Prospector George Heaton, who has been endeavoring to uncover rich ledge in the vicinity of Big Oaks Flat, above Forest Hill. Nevada, narrowly escaped terrible death Friday. En route from his prospect to his home Heaton plunged headlong over cliff several hundred feet high. Fortunately his body was caught by projecting bush, saving him from fall to the bottom of the canyon. His body was badly bruised and his left shoulder dislocated. He was compelled to spend Wednesday night under shelf of rocks. His suffering from pain and exposure was intense. Thursday he made his way to the North Fork, and remained in a cabin two days. The only food Heaton had was cup of flour which he found in the cabin. After tedious journey he reached Michigan Bluff on the fourth day following the accident.
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First Gold of Season

What may practically be termed the first gold to arrive from the Klondyke this season was brought to Vancouver, B. O., Friday on the steamer Princess May. Approximately $l50,OOO in dust came on the boat. About $7O, ,000 came down on the City of Seattle. Accurate news of the cleanup is difficult to obtain. Claim owners keep the results very quiet. It is the opinion of the Canadian custom officers at Caribou that much gold dust is surreptitiously being run down the Yukon to St. Michael. Such gold, of course, does not pay the royalty now in force, and therefore will never be classed in the output of the Yukon district. When the Dawson passengers of the Princess May left the Klondyke, five cases of smallpox had broken out among the passengers of the steamer White Horse, and it seemed likely that there would be somewhat lengthy detention of that vessel and her passengers and crew.
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pending question was on the motion of Mir. De Armond of Missouri to recom- init the anti-anarchy bill, with in- structions to strike out section which made the killing of foreign ambassa. dors ane ministers punishable with death, and section IS, which creates the legal presumption, in all prosecu- tions under the act, that the officers to be protected by its provisions are engaged in the performance of their official duties at the time the offense is committed. The roll was called, and the motion was lost by 7l to l25.
 The vote was then taken upon the postoffice bill, Mir. Lanham of Texas demanding the yeas and nays. The bill was passed by 175 to 3S. The house then, under the order made last week, proceeded with the consideration of the bill to "transfer certain forest reserves to the control of the department of agriculture, and to authorize game and fish preserves in forest reserves"
 TUESDAY.
 SENATE-Another of the big supply rizing the secretary of war to investi- gate the feasibility of operating an ocean dredge at the mouth of the Columbia river, Oregon.
 Bills were passed as follows:
 To iatify supplemental agreement with the Creek Indians; ratifying the act of the territorial legislature of Ari- zona and providing fund for the erec- tion of additional buildings for the University of Arizona; authorizing the trustees of Navajo county, Ari- zona, to refund $43,0 of its bonded indebtedness at per cent, and large number of private pension bills. HOUSE-At the opening of the ses- sion of the house, MT. Hull, chairman of the committee on military affairs, reported back the resolution request ing information as to the salary or other compensation paid General Leon- ard Wood during the occupation of Cuba. The committee recommended that it lie on the table.
 The debate on the anti-anarchy bill was then resumed. Mir. Bartlett of Georgia, the first speaker, argued that the provisions of the senate bill were unconstitutional.
 MT. Patterson of Tennessee favored the anarchist sections of the house sub stitute.