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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-26

during the journeys but no demonstration
was made.
The indictments were returned this
evening after the jury had spent two
hours in weighing the evidence
Curtis Jett is already under arrest at
Winchester, Ky, having been arrested
sa"n al days ago on a warrant charging
him with the murder of Marcum. Tom
White, who was indicted jointly with
Jett, lives In the mountains some dis
tance from Jackson. 1t is said that wit
nesses testified that ne was the man who
passed near Marcum and Even a mo-
ment before the shooting. Tonight
deputy sheriff, with a squad of soldiers,
started for Whites home in the noun
tains to arrest him. The party carried
provisions for two days. Another squad
of soldiers with a deputy sheriff will
bring Curtis Jett from Winchester to
Jackson tom ROW.
1t was stated tonight by attorneys that
Jett and White may be tried this week
and that the militia may remain on
guard until the cases are finished. The
trials will In all probability be held in
Jackson, but before a Jury composed 6f
citizens of some other county in this
judicial circuit. There is nothing as yet
To Indicate that Iadgc Redwine will lie
sworn off the bench and trial judge
appointed. The town Is quiet tonight.
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Fifteen Persons Dead and More
Than a Score Injured
HUNDRED HOUSES WRECKED
Most of the Damage Was Caused In the
Rural Sections Of Nebraska In
the NeIghborhood OF Hast
. lnss-severaI Storms, Ill

Hastings, Neb., May S6-Fifteen per-
sons dead, more than a score injured. a
hundred houses. barns and small build
ings wrecked. and losses of 100000. ara
reported today as the known work Of a
series of winds, hail and rain storms, two
of which were tornadoes that passed over
Clay, Franklin and Kearny counties last
night.
Most Of the damage was caused in rural
regions and reports OF casualties and
damages were late in coming In. As far
as reported the casualties are a. fol-
lows:
Near Norman, Neb.-pead.
Daniel McCurdy.
Robert McCurdy.
Mrs. John Wehlever.
Mrs. Arthur Bacon.
Mrs. c. A. Triple.
Injured: Mrs. George Amer. arm brok-
en-; 1. McCurdy, leg broken; George
Amer. badly hurt; Robert Chambers, bad
ly hurt; Earl Bacon, John Wehlever. Mr..
and Mrs. Kinear, not serious.
Near upIand-Dead.
Lutheran minister, name unknown.
Mrs. John Peters.
Mrs. Chris Lamere and mother.
Injured: Chris Lamere and two chill
dren; William and Minnie Schultz. Fred
Pope and mother; Mrs. Isaac Casper.
At PauIIne-Dead.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mumaw and child.
Frank Quigg.
Flora Palmer.
John Palmer.
Injured: Mrs. A. W. Broderick ant
child, serious; John Reynolds, internally
Injured Mrs. Nobe L4nsey, Charles Tay-
lr, seIlous
Near Norman, at the home of Daniel
McCurdy, a number of relatives and
friends were spending the day and not
an inmate escaped death or injury. Two
miles south of Upland German Lutheran
services were being held in school
house when the storm struck and de-
mollshed It, killing four of the occu-
pants, including the minister, and In
juring a number of others.
The storm was equally destructive at
Fairfield, but the people were warned OF
its coming and sought cellars for safety.
Six dwellings, were blown to pieces at
that place, but their occupents escaped
injury with few exceptions.
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100000 MEN ARE IDLE.
Strikes Ordered BY Different Unions
Leave Many Out of Work.

New York. May 25.-It is estimated that
there are close onto 100000 men idle today
In the different boroughs of New York as
a result of strikes ordered by different un-
ions and the lockout decided upon by ma
terial men and contractors in their fight
against the unions On Saturday the num-
Der OF men out of work through these
causes was upwards of 175,000 and to these
were added today 10000 men locked out
by the material men Of Brooklyn and an
other 10000 forced to lay down their tools
for the want of material with which to
work. few contractors have some ma
terial on hand. but none of them sufficient
to last through the week Work on most
Of the big buildings and in the saw mills
and brick yards is practically at a stand
still. Along the subway men are at work,
some Of the contractors having even more
than the Italian excavators and rock men
who went out.
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ed, exemptlng the Washington and New
York postoffices from his examination of
accounts.
Mr.. Gilmer, 1t Is understood. admits that
he did so, but says that his reason was
to have some written authority on record
for the action he took under the verbal
orders to that effect
Miller Arrested.
Miller was taken to the city hall tonight
and placed under arrest by deputy mar
shall He waived examination and was
released on $500 bond for appearance at
court in Cincinnati next autumn. The
warrant, 1t was learned late tonight
charges conspiracy instead of bribery, as
first reported. A warrant on the same
charge has been Issued for the arrest of
Joseph NJ. Johns, lawyer of Rockville Ind.
1t was intended to have both arrests made
at the same time but no report has been
received Of Johns apprehension.
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INDEX TO TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.


For Alabama: Fair Tuesday and We'd
nesday; light variable winds.
Page One.
Automobile race causes many casual
ties.
Another postoffice department scandal.
Much politics in Washington.
Fearful storm in Nebraska and Okla
homa.
Curtis Jett is indicted
Page Two.
Commercial club meets and hears re-
ports.
Catholic view of the Philippines.
Page Three.
General state news.
Man hangs himself near Gadsden.
Politics lively in Louisville.
Page Four.
Editorial comment.
Gossip Of the lobbies.
Page Five.
Horse show begins today.
Secretary Gibson's commercial report.
Sophomore defamation at Howard.
Havis and Wise plead not guilty.
Page Six.
Social notes and personals.
Page Eight.
Mrs Bedford pleads guilty.
Presbyterian meetings.
Page Nine.
Local and foreign market reports.
Page Ten.
Baseball racing and general sporting
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"BLAck PoNTo" RELEASED.
Negro Suspected OF Numbering Rosa
Kaiser Not Identified.

Lawrenceburg, Ind, May 25.-Louis
Everson, own as BLACK Ponto," the
negro suspected of assaulting Rosa
Kaiser, was released tonight and or
dered out of town. Rosa Kaiser failed
to identify the negro and the authori-
ties ordered him released.
A telephone message received late
tonight says that shortly after Ever
sons release mob attempted to lynch
him near Aurora, Ind. Everson escaped
by swimming Hogan's creek.
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switchmen Elect officers.

Indianapolis. Ind, May 25.-The follow
ing officers were elected at today's ses-
sion of the Switchmens Union Of North
America Grandmaster, Frank 7. Haw-
ley, reelected; Grand secretary-treasurer
NJ. r. Walsh, reelected; first vice grand
master. w. c. Walsh. Minneapolis; Sec
ond vice grandmaster. James B. Connors.
Chicago third vice grandmaster, s. NJ
Ryan, Cleveland. The three vice grand
masters who have charge Of the new
districts will receive salary Of $50 a
month
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133 Miles In Ia Minutes.

Toledo, May 25.-Records were broken
this morning when the Lake Shores
Twentieth Century Limited. hauled by
engine No. so. ran from Toledo to Elkin-
hart, 1873 miles, in ia minutes. This Is
two minutes lower than any previous
time. At one time the speed averaged 30
miles an hour. the general average being
70 rnfIes
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Slave Movement Denounced.

Washington. May 25.-Resolutions de-
nouncing the movement for collecting
funds to promote legislation to pension
ex-sIaves were adopted at today's session
Of the Philadelphia and Baltimore CONFER
ence of the A. NJ. Z. church
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Wreck In Iowa.

Sioux City. Ia. May PA Chicago ana
Northwestern passenger train was
ditched at Onawa tonight. 1t is rumored
that the baggageman was fatally In
jured and that a number OF passengers
were injured
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-26
shInxard Strike Is Off.

Jeffersonville. May 25-The strike at
Towards ship yard is off. The company
agrees to reduce the hours from ten to
nine hours, and the men abandon their
demand for an increase In pay from Is
to 80 cents an hour.
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Building CoIlapses.

Chicago. May 25.-One man was killed
and another seriously injured by the col
lapse of a building under erection at
West Forty-eighth street and North ave-
nue. late today. Both were laborers en-
ployed upon the structure. The cause Of
the disaster is not known. 1t occurred
during the height Of severe thunder
at
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General Rodrlquez Dead.

Havana, May 25.-Gen. Mayia Rodri-
guez. an officer in both the Cuban
revolutions, died today.
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CONDITIONS GROW WORSE.
Late Reports From Storm In Territory
Are of Serious Nature.

Dallas, Tex, May 25.-A special to the
News from Chlckasha. 1. T.. says
Reports from Saturday nights storm
over this section show conditions to be
far worse than first reported. Rock Island
passenger train No s5, which went into
the South Canadian river on the oklaho-
ma side of the bridge Saturday night, is
still there and It will take twenty-four
hours or more to get the false work In
position to pull the train onto dry land.
The entire train, composed of engine, ten
der. baggage, mall, three DAY coaches anu
two sleepers, went into the water. Super
intendent Tinsman's private ca- was the
only one to remain on the track. The ap-
proaehes on the north side were washed
out and the embankment softened by
cloudburst, squashed under the weight or
the train, which overturned as 1t tumbled
down the embankment into the water.
Immediately after the accident. while
the passengers were waiting for a special
to take them back to Ell Reno, another
cloudburst came. Many of the passen-
gers left everything they had in the train
and those in the sleepers escaped In
their night clothing. Some suffered slight
injuries.
The country surrounding Chickasha is
In a demoralized condition and 1t will be
several days before passenger traffic can
be resumed over any of the lines.
On the Mangum branch six bridges,
two of them iron, are washed out be-
tween Anadarko and Mangum. In Ana
darko the Washita river has overfiowed
its banks and is six feet higher than ever
before known.
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Two Hundred Houses Under Water.

Dallas, Tex. May 25-A special to the
News from Oklahoma City, o. T., says:
ut is estimated that fully 200 houses
along the bottoms of the Canadian river
In this vicinity are under water. Some of
them have been washed away. In the
western part of the city fifty houses are
in three feet OF water. while In the bus-
ness district threshlng machine engines
have been pressed into service in order to
pump water from easements.
Last evening the Frisco tracks in the
city were washed out and several trains
are now water-bound. No trains on the
Choctaw have arrived or left this city
since Saturday night. Washouts at Yu-
kon have tied up all trains, while the
bridge over the Canadian river has been
washed out.
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For Alabama: Fair Tuesday and Wed
nesday; light variable winds.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-21
Big FIELD OF STARTERS.
RUNNING EVENTS DURING JULY
MEET WILL BE WELL FILLED.
Second Indianapolis Derby 10 Attract
ing Much observation-disclosures to
BE Represented.

Since the American Derby has been run
the attention of the racing world-at least
the lovers of the thoroughbreds in Indian
apolis and Indiana-will now turn to the
second Indianapolis Derby, which will be
run on the opening day of the Indianapolis
Racing Associations meet. The big seven
days meet will open July 4 and close
the following Saturday. July IL, and first
class card will be offered for each day.
The principal events of the big meet will
cap the latter event being scheduled for
the closing day of the meet. The Derby is
for a purse of $500, distance one mile. for
three-year-olds and upward. The entries
for this race close Thursday. July 2. start
ers to be announced Friday. July 3, at p.
m. After that horses may not be scratched
without good cause. In this race three
year-olds will carry 100 pounds. four-year-
olds 11s pounds. fve-year-olds and upward
lis pounds. 1t costs owners 50 TO enter and
$40 additional to start.
There are to be six running races on July
T. The second day of the meet will also be
exclusively for runners. Beginning on the
third day, the harness horses will divide the
programme with the runners, excepting on
the last day, when the card will again be
devoted to the runners.
shipped from the Harlem track, Chicago,
to Indianapolis next Tuesday. From pres
ent indications there will be at least 16O
head of running horses on the Playground
track by next Thursday. j. A. Mcconnell
telegraphed yesterday from Detroit to enter
his horse, Decoration, in the Indianapolis
Derby.
Lyman Davis, the assistant secretary Of
the meet who will have charge Of the run
ming events, predicts the largest field In
every race that has been run at any of the
tracks this season. The following we'll
known owners have entered the various run
ming events:
Mr. Blairmock. Marion, Ind. horses; ].
o. Osborne Greentown, Ind, 8; w. II. Shad-
ley, st. Louis, Mo-, 16; l.. B. Mikel, FL Paso,
nj, 4; w. J. Harding, Harlem; III, 4; M.
Blandone, Harlem, ILL.,, 4; ]. E. Stewart,
Harlem, ILL.,, 6; E. II. Watson, Beuchel, KY,
8; Warren Roush, Athens. O., 4; A. s. Knox,
Danville, ILL.,, 8; Durnell & Herr, Washing
ton Park, 8; Hart & Durham, Harlem. H.,
3: Ed Trotter, Washington Park, 5; John
Mcclellan, Sam Mortin, James Arthur, P.
T. Sheridan. Ben Butler, Linell & Co, Otto
man Sc Murphy ]. w. Duryea, Washing
ton Park, :; II. Logan, Detroit, 2; Martin
Brennock, Washington Park, 4.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-21
GOOD GOLF AT RIVERSIDE
FIRST ROUND OF SPRING CHAMPION.
SHIP FOR LENNON CUP.
Lennox-Sayles Match Closely Contest
Burford Won Final Round.

The first round of the spring champion
ship for the Lennon cup was played at
Riverside yesterday. The play was by far
the best that has been seen at the River
side links in any previous spring tourna-
ment. The play was over the new eighteen
hole course, and large gallery watched
the golfers. Following is the result of the
first round:
Robert Rawles defeated DR.. Hendrickson,
UP and 1 to play.
Dr. Rawles defeated Fred Rieble, up.
Joseph McCrea defeated Earl Minor, s
up and 7 to play.
E. l.. Lennox defeated Herman Sayles,
2 up and / TO play.
j. H. Chambers defeated II. +. Water
man, up anG 1 to play.
The other pairs must play the first round
by tomorrow noon or lose by default.
The following are matched to play the
second round tomorrow afternoon:
DR.. Rawles will play Robert Rawles;
the Rauh-Arnold match; Z. L. Lennox will
play the winner of the Walker er-Rockwood
ner of the Garber-Dunn match. All
matches of the second round must be
played by tomorrow evening or lose by
default.
One of the most interesting matches of
match. Both are very fine players and it
seemed too bad that two Of the best play
ers should be pitted against each other in
the first round. AT no time was either of
the players more than up. which shows
ner being in doubt until the last hole
was reached. Lennox finally won, up and
to play.
The Rawles-Rieble match was also very
winner until the last put was made. Rawles
winning by / up.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-21
ELMDORF COLTS SOLD.


NEW YORK, June a.-At the sale Of the
Elmdorf yearlings at Sheepshead Bay to-
day Mr.. Haggin decided to withdraw all
the fllies catalogued and sell only the
colts. The stock offered in this line was
good and the prices realized were the best
of the sale. Newton Bennington was a
heavy purchaser. paying $4,000 for the son
of Imp. Rapallo-Imp. Mrs. Delaney, this
being the top price of the season for
yearling. The other sales of $1,000 or over
were: Ch. c., by Imp. Juvenal- -Koumiss. to
Newton Bennington, $3.50; CHI. c., by Ben
Holiday May H, to Newton Bennington,
8, 500; ch. c., by Salvador -Meadowvale. to j.
W. Henning, s1,10o; b. c., by Salvador Me-
riden, to Newton Bennington, 5000; ch. c.,
by Bendoran-Imp. Music. to Alex. Shields
81, 700; b. c., by Imp. Bathampton-Philada,
to p Dunno. $1,000; ch. c., by Imp. Bath
ampton-Sadie, to Newton Bennington. S.-
900; b. c.. by Imp. Bathampton-S Sandola, to
j. Fleischman, 5000; b. c., by Imp. Arkle-
Swift, to G. B. Morris. $780, blk. C., by
Imp, Order-Imp. The Task, to A. Shields.
$500; ch. c., by Imp. Order-Tongese, to ].
Fieischman, $500; ch. c., by Imp. Juvenal-
Unadaga. to S. Deimel. $3.50: b. c., by Imp
Rapallo- Woodford Lass, to Newton Ben
nington, $500.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-21
From Track and Stable.

John Kelly has worked The Abbot, 2:03k,
in 2:16.
George H. Ketcham will take Cresceus.
2:02ix, to California this fall.
Billy H. 2:O51a, has paced an easy mile
In 2:l5 for George Fisher, at the local track.
There is a pacing gelding with a mark of
2:l4 at the Indianapolis track that weighs
1875 pounds.
Mart Demarest stepped Prince Alert an
eighth in IA seconds the other day without
the hopples.
About three hundred horses are now in
training at the Indianapolis track, and all
of the stables are full.
Kingmond 2:O9, and Edgewood. 2:121t,
have been matched for $500 side. The race
will take place July at the Empire City
track.
Tom Grady, of Anderson, Ind, is working
Frank Coaster, 2:24l4, by Coastman, 2:0SA,
for his owner. Mr.. Van Wrinkle. OF Summit
VILE, Ind.
lished a very thrilling little story, entitled
.Cupid and the Turf based on actual facts
as they occurred In the early days of Indi-
ana.
Yves Stout has given Hal Foster. 2:1312. a
mile in 2:14, and he seemed to have some
thing left at the end of the route He Is bet
ter than ever this spring and should win
some money over the half-mile tracks.
Float Jolly has sent Dan r., 2:o4. a mile in
2:17a.. last half in l;oS. with the last quarter
Jolly has been a mile in 2:25 behind Fred
McClung, 2:151z, and is well pleased with the
way he is working.
The Rush county, Indiana, fair officials
have engaged II. Z. Moody, of Muncie, to
start their races and judge the horses in the
show ring. Mr.. Moody has also engaged
with the Winfield Qa.) Fair Association to
do their starting and show ring judging.
At Pleasanton, CAL, recently, Miss Geor-
gia (3). 2:25, the pacing filley, by Mckin-
ney, out of George B.. 2:l21z, by Nutwood
Wilkes, worked a very easy mile in 2:l0A,
is regarded as another sure 2:10 performer
for Mckinney
Dick Wilson has sent Dick Wilson, by
Wilkes Boy a mile in 2:14, last half in los;
Little Sphinx, 2:164, in 2:161a, last half in
i .07: Virginia by Mulatto, in els, last half
a mile in a little better than 2:S0, with the
last half in 1:O7.
Maxine, 2:0S%, has trotted a mile in 2:l71,
with the last half in 1854, and the last
Quarter at a 2:O6 clip. Mr.. Ecker had her un-
der restraint all the way and she finished
just as easily as If the mile had been In
2:4O Sufrett, 2:OSH, worked with her and
naced the mile in about the same time.
Frank Mcvey has a great lot Of speed in
his stable at the Indianapolis track, and Is
more than sustaining his high reputation
as a speedmaker. A truly sensational trot-
ter in his string is the four-year-old gray
geldins. Choir Boy. by Graydon. 2:17h. dam
Priestess. by Jay Gould. On Tuesday this
fellow stepped mile in 2:16, the last half
in 105A and last quarter in 32 seconds.
Fred Cline offered Bob McVey 5000 for
Choir Boy. but was turned down cold.
given a mile in 2:15A; Black Streak. Fred
Ssline's green PAGER, a mile in 2:l414, and The
BELLE a green trotting mare, by Bow Bells,
a mile in PIG. half in 1:0S.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-21

give up their union or get work elsewhere.
Here was a dilemmai Many of the men
had grown gray in the service OF the firm;
many of them own homes in Springfield
which they have paid for out of their earn
ings; nowhere else could they hope to Sc
cure as good positions or as good wages.
The advantages Of unionism paled as they
thought of what they could 90 TO earn a
living. Realizing the situation, they has
tened to get in out Of the wet. Within two
days about so per cent. had made applica-
ton for reinstatement and had signed state
ments that they were not associated with
any union and would not join one without
first notifying their employers.
Smith & Wesson had solved the union
problem so far as IL related TO their fac
tory with neatness and dispatch. There is
In Springfield or elsewhere a second-ha nd
charter for a union for sale at bargain
prices II is safe to assume that for some
time to come the walking delegate viii pass
by the Smith & Wesson factory on the other
side. The industrial condition I'm Springfield
is a little better than the one-tirne moral
condition in Sodom.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-21
LONG TRIP BY MOTOR CAR.


SAN FRANCISCO, June 2o.-E. T. Fetch,
of Jefferson, o., and NJ. C. Krarup, of New
York, left this city to-day in twelve
horsepower single cylinder gasoline power
motor car of American manufacture with
the intention of travelling through to New
York The trip is undertaken to demon
strate what an automobile of moderate
mower can do over mountain and desert
roads of the worst description. A camping
outfit and some material for repairs are
carried over the rear portion of the vehicle
and in the front hood, so as to meet all
emergencies, serious difficulties being ex-
pected. especially in crossing the sand
plains OF Nevada. where an expedition or
ganized for a similar purpose was last year
Compelled to abandon the attempt.
The motorists arrived in this city from
the East last week and are unfamiliar with
the Western country and roads Their ma
chine is ideal in construction, with ordinary
Gasoline motor cars, except that II is geared
Tower and carries extra gasoline tank
boIding six gallons in addition to the regu-
lar supply 1t also has provision for over