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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

enlist the readers attentions. The
narrative thus well begun is replete
with thrilling situations and the treat
ment of the tale is highly romantic
while some of the figures are truly he
role. Among the characters are low
able men and women. and there are
scheming rogues and desperadoes
also. The general texture of the story
is true to the historical fact pertaining
TO the incident and situations dealt
with. Mr.. Van Praag wrote an excel
lent book in Clayton Hallowell," but
, in this he has written a better. Its
tone is wholesome and as a story of
civil war days it is excellent. The
New journal in its review above
quoted from says:
1T is book that will appeal to North
and South alike. 1t will be read when
more pretentious efforts have been bur
led on dusty shelves. and its author will
be eagerly watched for future contribu-
tons to literature"
The Weaving of Webs" is hand
somely printed and bound and is pub
lished by r. F. Fenno & Co., New
York; $3.50. For sale by The E. p.
Judd company.
In 'Speronara' is given an admirable
translation by Miss Katherine Prescott
Wormeley, from Alexander Dumas, the
ielder, it being the first volume of Sc
ries of fresh translations Little. Brown
& Co, Boston, publishers, from that
delightful writer which will appear I'M
der the general title of Journeys
With Dumas" Miss Wormeley is the
distinguished translator of BalZac
which is sufficient guarantee of the
high excellence of her work. In
"Speronara" the reader is taken
through a Mediterranean trip, with
jaunt over Sicily. 1t was in 1884 that
the great French novelist set out upon
the travels to be described in Miss
Wormeley's translations. He based
many delightful sketches and stories
upon his experiences and dug out many
treasures of historical and legendary
lore. THE pages of Murray, Baedeker
and the German guide-book,' says
Miss Wormeley, TEEN with the lore,
historical and legendary, that Dumas
gathered, and which is too well known
to myriads of travellers to be other
than dull reading now. But the mar
rative, the tales, the anecdotes remain
as perennially fresh as the best novels
Of the delightful old writer. These are
the parts translated here"
The New York World says: Miss
Wormeley's undertaking to put the
best of these in lasting English form
is one of which readers may be earn
estly grateful"
The Mail and Express says: THE
name of the translator who has under
taken the task is a guarantee, bot only
of the excellence of the translation
themselves, but of the quality of the
material selected"
The Boston Advertiser says: The
Speronara," taking title from the little
barque on which Durnas sailed, de-
scribed a sicilian journey, one of the
Mediterranean trips by which he gath
cred material for sketches almost
amounting to rediscovery of regions
traversed, so rich were they in local
Legendary, historic lore, and vivid de-
scription OF. land and people. They re-
flected his literary personality, vigor-
Gus, breezy and picturesque, marked
by unblushing, almost unconscious
egotism."
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

A new conner In the admirable Flow
ers of Parnassus series, John Lane
publisher, New York, edited by F. B.
Money-Coutts, is a resetting of Shell
ley's delightful nature poem Sensitive
Plant" SO charming to every lover of
poetry who reads It. 1t is exquisitely
illustrated by F. L. B. Griggs, whose
rare talent as an illustrator Is evil
denced anew in this production. 1t fits
well the wondrous imagery of the poet
in the song of the seasons and plant
life.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22


library is the new book Our Noblest
Animal, the Horse by Francis M.
Ware, president of the American Horse
Exchange, manager of the Boston
Horse Show, and author of Some First
Hand Bits of Stable Lore" etc, and
which is published in handsome style
with beautiful title cover by L. c..
Page & Co., Boston. AS Mr.. Ware is a
recognized authority on the subject the
work is of great value to all owning or
having the care of horses. The book
has 1858 pages in clear type and is illus
trated with more than fifty excellent
pictures of noted horses, horses of no.
ted people and scenes illustrating spec
ial points in the care, management,
etc, of horses. Among the matters
discussed by Mr.. Ware are "Horse Ma
ture and Education" Tricks, Etc,
Taught by Kindness" Driving"
THE Docking and Mutilation of
Horses 1.-THE Proper Treatment of
Horses Food, Grooming, Water"
"Shoeing and the Feet" 1.-THE Horse
in Sickness" "Stabling Arrangements
and Conveniences," etc.
Among the pictures of horses Thomas
Lawson's Boralma and Dare Devil are
shown, also Mrs. James L. Kernochan's
saddle horse Julep; also Lawson's
GLORIOUS Quartette.' There are also
two illustrations of Lawson's famous
show barn, one of Alfred G. Wander
bits driving depot wagon, and one
showing Heatherbloom great jump,
eight feet three and one-half inches,
and many others equally interesting.
Some chapters of much general interest
are those relative to the nature of
horses, their predictions and affec-
tons. The author holds that horses do
not know their masters simply by
sight, but rather by voice and gesture,
and cites much in the way Of proof of
this proposition. There are many re-
cipes in the chapter 1.-THE Horse in
Sickness" which have proven valuable
and eff1cacious and are very handy to
have in case of need. 1t is an unpre-
tentious work, sound, wise and full of
valuable suggestions derived from long
practical experience in the knowledge
and care of the horse. Price $1.2O net;
for sale by the Pease-Lewis Co.
An enjoyable book is THE Weaving
of Webs" by Francis w. Van Praag,
of which the New York Journal says:
Not since the publication of Thomas
Nelson Pages RED Rock has a bet
ter story been written of the South"
The book deals with the times in the
South when the civil war ragged and
great armies fought with desperate
valor in 1862 around Richmond. The
scene opens with a gallant Union
colonel riding about in Richmond seek
ing the residence Of Captain Framing
ham and at the start a lovely young
woman who later it turns out is Cap
tain Framingham's step-daughter fig
ures in the scene and figures much in
the story further on The gallant
colonel is on most perilous errand.
He is a spy commissioned by McClel-
Ian, and his bravery and GOODNESS in a
mesh of most trying situations at once
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-22

Little, Brown & Co., of Boston, re-
Gently issued six hundred page vol
ume entitled 1.-THE Law of Intercorpo-
rate Relations" The author is Judge
Walter C. Noyes, of the court of COM
mon pleas of New London county. 1t
is dedicated to the popular lawyer,
Augustus Brandegee, of New London.
The book is divided into five parts,
with eighty-two chapters. Among the
subjects treated are the modern ques-
tons of corporations and railroad law,
many of which have not been consid-
cred in other treatises, with descrip-
lions up to July Is, 1902. Laws govern
ing the consolidation of railroads and
other corporations. Abstracts of the
laws of England and this country re-
garding the consolidation of corpora
lions. 1t treats of the rights of stock
holders, the sale of corporate property
including reorganization through the
exchange of property for stock.
The book treats extensively of COM
binations> of corporations. While not
considering labor combinations it COW
ers the whole field of industrial
trusts" 1t contains the federal anti
trust statute and an exhaustive consid-
Grafton of it's construction and applica-
ton. 1t contains the antitrust laws of
all the states and freely considers their
constitutionality, construction and ap-
plication.
The work is highly commended by
lawyers. The first edition of five hun
dred copies was exhausted in two
weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
TERRIBLE DRoUTH.
Australia Has Suffered Severely From
 the Recent Dry Spell.

London, May 27.-Cabling from Sydney, .. s. w. the correspondent there of the Daily Mail gives an account of the terri ble drouth from which, as a climax to seven dry years Australia is now suffer ing. The correspondent says that the losses In stock in Australia since 1899 amount to e150OO.OOO Unemployed men are drifting into the cities by the thous- ands and there the state governments are providing them with relief.
 The situation has been aggravated by the federal duties on fodder. which pre- vents It's importation. The sheep are dying by the million and even the rabbits are starving. Animals have stripped the bark from the trees for food A common method of treating exhausted horses Is to slit the animals palate with a knife; the horse is revived by swallowing his own blood. Mum bers of 'sundowners" and "swaggers' have been found dead. The government Is doing everything pos sible to alleviate these conditions but metereologists despair of an early change In the weather conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
GLASS TROUBLE
 RESULTS FATALLY
STUDENT CHASED BY OTHERS LIN. TIL HE LEAPS INTO WATER AND IS DROWNED-TRIED TO SAVE HIM, BUT FAILED.

Plattsburg, Vt. May 26.-The feeling that has existed between the freshmen and sophomore classes of the University of Vermont eliminated here today in the drowning of Nelson P. Bond of Bur lington, Vt, treasurer of the freshmen class.
 The freshmen haS arranged to have their annual banquet at the Cumberland House. and Bond, with four others of the freshmen, came over on the morning boat from Burlington to make the final arrangements. Five sophomores sailed to Port Kent on the sloop Alert and took the train there for Plattsburg, arriving in the afternoon. The main body of freshmen, forty in number, arrived on the steamer Vermont at o'clock in the evening, after hard fight on the Bur lington dock.
 Bond left his companions at o'clock in the afternoon for a stroll, and it Is all legged was set upon by two sophomores. presumably for the purpose of kidnap- ing him and keeping hi n from the ban quet. He fled before his pursuers until he reached Wilson's dock, an out-of-the- way place on the North Lake front. The pursuers claim he jumped Into the lake in an effort to escape by swimming. They endeavorcd to rescue him by a boat but could find no oars, and he sank before they could reach him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
PEACE MOVEMENT
 MAY BE STOPPED
OPTIMISTIC FEELING IN SOUTH AFRICA IS NOT BASED UPON TERMS.

Pretoria, May 26.-The prevalence throughout South Africa of the optimistic feeling in regard to the peace negotia- tions, is hardly based upon solid facts. The protraction of the conference at Yer enigen is not necessarily a hopeful sign.
 The delegation to the conference, al- though they have abandoned their hopes of securing independence, still have many points of difference with the govern ment, while an obstinate minority con tinues to regard the resum ption of hostil- ities as the best outcome of the present situation. and at any moment these points of difference may be aecentuated into a refusal to continue the negotiations.
 It Is most unlikely that those who are in favor of peace will throw up the sponge so long a decent minority is desirous of continuing the struggle and all these dissident elements must be taken into accord before 1t is possible to give any sort of prediction as to the issue of the present negotiations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
RYAN DEFEATS HANDLER. From Standpoint of Gameness Handler
 Makes Good Showing.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 26.-In a one sided contest Tommy Ryan was given the decision over Jimmy Handler of New York in this city tonight in the fourth round of what was scheduled as a ten round bout.
 Ryans furious onslaughts began in the second round when he landed with his right and left on the jaw and body as he pleased, and culminated in the fourth round when Handler went down for the count four times. After Handler went down the fourth time from a right to the jaw the referee gave Ryan the decision to save the New Yorker further punish ment
 From the standpoint of gameness Handler made a wonderful showing but in other respects he was no match for the local man. At the outset of the fourth round Ryan landed a hard right to the head which sent Handler to his knees for five seconds Handler struggled to his feet and in an instant down for eight seconds from a right to the jaw. He was in a pitiful state now but he struggled to his feet only to be sent down again by a hard left to the jaw. He got up after nine seconds and when Ryan knocked him down again the referee gave Ryan the decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
ADVERSE REPORT ON
 HOAR'S CANAL BILL
IsTHMIAN CANAL COMMITTEE IS OPPOSED TO LEAVING SELEc- TON OF ROUTE TO THE PREsI- DENT.

Washington, May 26.-Senator Morgan from the committee on isthmian canals today submitted to the Senate the ad- verse report of that committee on Sena- tor Hoar's bill placing the selection of route for an isthmian canal in the hands of the President, The committee op- poses the bill on the ground that 1t makes no provision for further explora- ton of routes, and leaves the President to make a selection on the state of facts already aseertained.
 The report is in effect an argument against the Panama route Colombia be- Ing charged with playing for delay.
 The report adds:
 Colombia is anxious to get rid of the Panama Canal Company without giving offense to France, so that she can seize and possess all the plant of the canal company with all the lands and houses it owns in Panama, Including the great hospital the machine shops and wharves at Colon all the vast machinery in use by the canal company the hospitals and the other houses the palaces built by De Lesseps and his son, and become the owner of 1t all. along with the Panama Railroad. which reverts to her in 1866.
 If this contention should be adopted. not only would delay attend the opening of the canal, but the United States would as- sume obligations to the world that 1t would be impossible to keep and rela- tions with Colombia that will deprive the canal of all value to the United States,
 .H that must involve the most serious con seQuenees
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
SENTENCES COMPUTED.
Men Had Been Sentenced to Be Gar
 roted for Crime.

San Juan, Porto Rico, May 26.-Gover- nor Hunt today commuted to life im- prisonment the sentence of death im- posed upon Ramon Troche, who with four companions was sentenced to be gar roted for crimes committed in 1898
 The communication was granted on ac- count of the youth of Troche, who was only 19 years old when the crimes were committed. The other four men will be garroted at Ponce in about forty days time.
 The evidence taken at the trial of the condemned men showed that they, with about twenty others, in the fall of 1898 went to the house of Antonio Delgado y Delphino, and, obtaining admittance by their being officers of the law, gagged Delgado, assaulted the members of his family and robbed the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
Want Ray Bill Passed.

Washington, May 26-Representatives of the Merchant Association of New York city, New York Creditmen's Association, New York Board of Trade and Transpor- tation, New York Paint, oil and Varnish Club of New York, Grocery Association Chicago Creditmen's Association, Boston Creditmen's Association, National Credit mems Association. Baltimore Merchants and Manufacturers Association, Baltim ore Creditmens Association, Baltimore Shoe and Leather Board of Trade and the Buff falo Merchants Exchange today called on Speaker Henderson and Representative Ray, chairman of the judiciary commit tee. and asked that the Ray bankruptcy bill, now before the house, be given spe- cial consideration. They said 95 per cent of the manufacturing interests of the country Is in favor of the bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
KILLS SWEETHEART;
 WOUNDS HIS RIVAL
A JEALOUS YOUNG MAN, AFTER
 COMMITTING MURDER, SHOOTS
 AND FATALLY INJURIES HIM. sELF-WRoTE TO HIS MOTHER.

Kansas City, Mo. May 26.-Frank Rob- inson. aged 20 years, today shot and killed his sweetheart, Gertie Rawlins, aged 16 years, shot and fatally wounded his rival. Albert H. Ferguson. aged 19 years and shot and fatally injured himself in an apartm ent house in this city.
 Shortly before the tragedy was com mitted Robinson wrote a note to his mother in which he said that as Ferguson had supplanted him in the affections of the girl he loved, he purposed to kill them both and then kill himself He proceeded to the room where Ferguson and the girl were, and upon being ad- mitted. drew his revolver and opened fire on the couple. The girl was shot near the heart. She rushed screaming into the street where she fell dead. erguson was shot in the abdomen. Robinson shot himself in the left breast and his death is momentarily expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27

Washington, May 26.-Following Is the weather forecast for Alabama: Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday; variable winds.
 Page One. Senate may investigate lynchings. Much conjecture over effect of strike. Hitch in peace negotiations reported. Methodist conference adjourns.
 Page Two. Corporal O'Brien's testimony contra dicted. Seaboard Air Line asks franchise from county.
 Page Three. General state news
 Page Four. Editorial comment Gossip heard in local hotels.
 Page Five. Ensiey Land Company files answer to suits involving Ramsay, Bowron, Baxter and others. Believed that Southern Railroad will grant Selma train petition.
 Page Six. Social news of Birmingham.
 Page Seven. Local and foreign market reports.
 Page Eight. Baseball, racing and general sporting news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
COMMANDMENT DELAYED.
Port of Carupano VIII Not Be At-
 tackled Until May 27.

Wilemstad, Island of Curacao. May 26.- A reliable report has reached here that a new invasion of the Venezuelan from tier by Venezuelan revolutionists Is con templated and will occur shortly. The Venezuelan revolutionists who contem- plate this invasion are said to have been assisted by the government of Colombia with arms and men. Four thousand men who will invade Venezuelan territory are said to have assembled at Cucuta, which is situated in Colombia but close to the western frontier of Venezuela,
 President Castro of Venezuela has de- ferred the threatened bombardment of the Port of Carupano in the state of Bermu- deg and which is now occupied by the Venezuelan revolutionists until tomor- row, May 27.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
NEGRO HANGED.
Was Convicted of the Murder of a Ne.
 gro Woman.

Columbus, Miss. May 26.-(speciaD- Perry Beckwith. the negro murderer of Malinda Williams, paid the penalty of his crime upon the gallows this morn ing. His case was carried to the Supreme Court last month and that body affirmed the lower court decision. The governor refused tc intervene. Landrum, Beck vith's attorney, wired for respite at ten thirty today but no answer was received
 Beckwith was privately executed across the river Deputy Sheriff Eggleston sprung the trap at 11:57 o'clock and in twenty minutes the negro was pronounce ed dead His body was buried in the potters field. his relatives refusing to accept 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
MONT PELEE STILL ACTIVE.
Ma Believe Fort de France Is
 Doomed and People Are Fleeing.

Fort de France Island of Martinique. Sunday, May 25.-6 p. m.-The United States cruiser Cincinnati arrived here from St. Lucia yesterday The steamer Fortebelle reached here at o'clock this morning with 150 tons of supplies from the Chamber of Commerce, New York, and other citizens.
 Among her passengers are w. H. Cor wine, who was specially named by Pres ident Roosevelt as secretary of the vari- ous bodies of the United States contribut- ing for the relief of the sufferers; Prof. Angelo Heilprin and other scientists. MT Corwine and Captain Scott brother of Chief Officer Scott of the Roraima were presented to Governor L'Huerre and the French delegates today. The steamer Topaz has been placed at the disposal of MT. Corwine to visit St. Vincent. Her cargo will be discharged Monday.
 Captain Scott visited the survivors of the steamship Roraima at the hospitals today.
 Prof Robert T. Hill, the eminent geol- ogist with his party, has chartered a steamer and is carefully studying the volcano from the sea. George Kennan with land party, Is examining the north ern part of the island.
 Mont Pelee was fairly quiet yesterday although there was big eruption or ashes, which covered the extreme north of the island. The new crater Is active.
 MT Corwine has investigated the meth cd employed in the distribution of sup plies and has informed Governor RHuerre that he considers it excellent. It Is eX- pected that official notification will be is- sued that sufficient supplies have been received.
 Most of the refugees who have come into Fort de France have deserted the town for points further south, as the horror still possesses all, and Fort de France Is believed to be doomed. All business Is suspended, as the amount Of supplies received has killed sales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
SHOT WIFE; KILLED HIMSELF.
Man Was Extremely Jealous and He
 Ended His Existence.

New York, May 26-George l.. Bruns, an examiner of accounts for the Equitable Life Assurance Company, shot his wife tonight and killed himself at their home in Brooklyn. Edna Dashiell, sister of Mrs. Bruns, who had spent the evening with the couple, says that Bruns was un- reasonably jealous and tonight charged his wife with extravaganza and receiving attention from other men.
 Mrs Bruns denied the charges and the quarrel growing flercer, Miss Dashiel left the room. Immediately after four revolver shots were fired. Bruns sending three bullets into his wife's side and a fourth into his own head. he died n- stantly. Mrs. Bruns will probably die. They had been married two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
STUDENTS ARRESTED.
Charged With DIsorderiy Conduct and
 Assault and Battery

Chicago, May 26.-Sixteen of the most prominent students and athletes of North rested today charged with disorderly conduct, assault and battery and resist ing the police. They were released on bonds to appear before magistrate tomorrow. The warrants were sworn out by officers of the alumni of the Sigma Alpha Upsilon Some of the men were ar rested while on their way to their classes.
 The trouble started with the hazing Friday night of George rilrose, a Junior who had criticised the athletic ability of some of the Northwesterns best men. The students declare they will start a criminal club similar to the one at Yale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
DENIES THE REPORT.
Richardson Says Imperialism Is Not
 the Only Issue.

Washington. May 26.-Representative Richardson of Tennessee, Democratic floor leader In the House. made a state ment today correcting an impression which gained wide circulation that he had declared that imperialism, in his opinion, would be the only issue of the Congressional campaign
 "I made no such statement and l hold no such views" said MT. Richardson. 'In fact, I doubt whether imperialism will be the leading issue as there are other inn portant questions presenting themselves to public attention"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-05-27
Troops to oueII Insurgents.

Colon, May 26.-The Colombian gunboat General Pinzon, which arrived here from Bocas del Toro Saturday. returned to Bocas Sunday night with 800 soldiers and a large quantity of ammunition on board. These troops are destined for Chiriqui Grande, where the insurgents are still To- cated The United States gunboat Ma chias is coaling here. She will probably return to Bocas del Toro this afternoon.