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rock at him, which missed HIM and as
he still continued to advance, she said
she picked up bone and struck at
him with it. To ward off the blow he
had raised his arm and the bone,
which was sharp at one end had cut
him. Her testimony in part was cor
roborated by "Frenchy," who said he
had witnessed the occurrence
Doctor Clark gave testimony re-
garding the nature of Woods wound
and his treatment of it. He said the
man was very weak from loss of blood
and if the bleeding had not been stop
ped death would have probably ensued
in the course of six hours or so.
On motion OF the county attorney
Judge Mann discharged the woman
and exonerated her bond.
Woods has very sore arm and will
probably be compelled to carry it
in sling for sometime
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GETS NEW TRIAL.
Missouri Supreme Court Grants An.
other Hearing to r. N. Snyder.

Readers of The Gazette will remem-
ber the sensational habeas corpus
proceedings held before Judge Loud
in this county last fall over the per-
son of one Carey Snyder, who was
wanted at Kansas City on the charge
of highway robbery. Snyder at the
time was employed as a solicitor for
this paper and his father, although
rated as millionaire at Kansas
City, was then under sentence to
serve a term in the penitentiary on
account of his connection with the
st. Louis municipal bribery cases.
The elder Snyuer's trial has recently
been reviewed by the supreme court
of Missouri and the following is re-
port of the proceedings had at JET
ferson City:
"The supreme court reversed and
remanded the case of Robert NJ. Sny-
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Calling cards at The Gazette ONCE
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-17

der of Kansas City. Snyder, who is
a promoter, was convicted of bribery
in st. Louis and sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary. Snyder
pleaded the statute of limitation of
three years as resident OF Missouri,
while the state attempted to prove
that he lived in New York and could
not plead such a statute.
"The court sustained the defendant
on that point and gave him another
trial"
His son, Carey Snyder, ever since
he was taken back to Kansas City,
has been held in jail 1t is now re-
ported that his case is to be pushed
to speedy termination.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-17
LARGE HAUL WAS PROBABLY MADE
Huge Through Safe Forced Open and Despoiled Of It's
Contents-Car Wrecked With Dynamite
Passengers Not Molested

XHrain No. 2 OF the Northern Pacific.
1the eastbound North Coast Limited,
! due here at 10 o'clock this morning,
did not arrive until shortly before
this afternoon. A "holdup" was the
cause of the delay
When the train arrived at Bear
mouth, a station between Bonner and
Bonita, this side of Missoula, the U.S.
ual stop was made at the water tank,
about mile east of the station. Here
couple OF masked men climbed on
to the "blind baggage where two
boys were slowed away. They drove
the youngsters off and then began to
climb over the tender of the locomo-
tive. One of the boys ran toward the
rear end of the train and gave the
alarm by yelling that robbers had
taken possession.
Without paying any attention to the
boys or their cries, the bandits en-
tered the cab and compelled the fire.
man and engineer to get down and
onto the ground. Holding the two
men in front OF them the robbers
walked to the baggage car and or
dered the engineer to ask the baggage
man, who is also express messenger,
to open the door, The order was
obeyed, of course, but the messenger
refused to open the door and because
of the manner in which they shielded
themselves behind the persons of the
engineer and fireman he was unable
to shoot at the fellows for fear of
hitting the other men.
Wreck Baggage Car.
When they became satisfied that the
messenger did not intend to open the
door, one of the road agents gave
the engineer cigar and told him to
light it. After this the other one
placed quantity of dynamite against
the side of the car and then forced
the engineer to light the fuse. The
charge was heavy enough to wreck the
car. Still holding the engineer and
fireman in front of them, the robbers
now entered the car and placed an i'm.
mense quantity of giant powder, sup
posed to nave been about 25 sticks,
on top of the huge through safe and
after placing fuse forced the engi-
neer to light this also.
Blew Safe Out of Car.
Keeping their prisoners covered
with revolvers, the bandits jumped
from the car and ranged themselves
and the engineer and fireman at a
safe distance while waiting for the
explosion. In few moments the pow
der exploded and with such terrific
force that it blew the safe clear
through the remaining pieces of the
car and down an embankment for a
distance of about 20 feet.
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Taking their prisoners along, the
fellows went to where the safe lay
and found that it had been forced
open and almost blown to pieces.
They ordered the engineer to mount
the safe and seat himself, while they
proceeded to appropriate the contents.
Sacks had been provided for the occa-
sion and soon everything they fancied
was put into the SACKS by the rob-
bers.
lntimidate the Passengers.
All the time that the fellows were
busy with the safe couple of others
walked alongside OF the train shooting
and swearing and telling every one
not to shoot, as they had the engi-
neer and fireman prisoners and at the
first shot from any one on the train
would kill both.
AS soon as the robbery of the safe
was completed the men walked back
onto the track and forced the engi-
neer and fireman to walk ahead of
them toward the rear end of the train,
keeping up a constant fusilade OF
shots and profanity In this manner
they reached the observation car, the
rear lights of which they shot out.
so as to render it impossible for any
one to see them to shoot at them or
recognize them.
Finally the train was passed and
the fireman and engineer were forced
to accompany the bandits for con-
siderable distance along the track,
where they were released, with the
admonition not to look back but "get''
for the train as quick as they could.
No One Is MoIested.
The passenger from whom The Ca
zette learned the foregoing account of
the robbery said that no attempt was
made by the knights of the road to
rob or in anywise molest any OF the
passengers or crew of the train. Be-
cause of the constant shooting and
the threatening language of the fel-
lows, the gentleman said that nobody
offered to leave the train, fearing in.
stant death should any one try it.
About an hour and half was con-
sumed by the job, as the men appear
ed to be in no hurry, but worked de-.
liberately and leisurely, as though
aware that they had plenty of time,
and in accordance with a carefully
laid plan.
While only two robbers were to be
seen at one time, the belief of the
passengers was that there were mort
implicated in the job. !
The amount of plunder secured is
not known, but is supposed to be
large, as the through safe is known to
be generally we'll filled, as it is open.
ed only at the larger places along
the road.
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HIGH PRICES FOR BOTH.
Chicago Prediction as to Western
Cattle and Sheep.

Letters sent out by Chicago commits
sion houses all have about the same
tone as regards the outlook for range
cattle On the market there With q
unanimity that is really remarkable
they are predicting record-breaking
prices, based upon scarcity of dry
fed cattle, which they say are about
all in or will be within the next two
or three weeks. The feed lots in
the corn belt are about exhausted,
they say, and the packers will have
to depend upon the ranges for their
stock.
One firm writes that last week
prime beef on the hoof made the
seasons record, at $3.50, and the pre-
diction is made that 7-cent cattle will
soon make their appearance. Beef
values are said to have advanced Is
to 25 per cent within the week, while
6-cent steers are anything but scarce,
whole droves going over the scales at
that figure. The bulk of the good
beeves are said to have brought $3.50
to Sc, with great numbers of loads at
$3.50.
This has been a test week in the
cattle, trade, continues the letter, last
weeks marked improvement in prices
acted as supply barometer-and this
weeks light receipts evidences be-
yond shadow of a doubt that feed
lots are all but empty At present
offerings are scarcely up to the nor
NAL, while the demand on both do
nestle and foreign account is far
more vigorous than usual. Last year
the heaviest came during. the summer
months, when the demand is always
weaker than at any other time of the
year, but this year the heavy market
ing of cattle early in the season seems
to have exhausted the corn before the
hot weather commenced, and there
will be great scarcity of beef until
range cattle begin moving.
The inferior quality of the weeks
receipts indicates that the middle
western country is evidently in a
hurry to clean up it's stock of scrub
beef, fearing an early invasion OF
choice, fat range stock. In this con.
nection we would again call the at
tention of rangers in general to the
all important fact of marketing their
cattle Immediately upon their becom-
ing we'll finished for the early market.
for western beef will be, and always
is from so cents to 81 higher than
later On in the season, when receipts
are heavy and prices gradually de.
cline.
Recent reports from the south indi-
cate big shortage in the mutton
crop, and the prospects for good prices
for western sheep are luminous.
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Grotto Springs Floral Company.
Fresh cut flowers IN great variety.
Special attention given to design
work. Mail orders filled on day re-
ceived. Bell telephone 95F, city sales
room; Bell telephone 79A, greenhouse.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-08
MUST IRRlGATE LANDS.
Delegate Wilson of Arizona Before
House Committee.

Washington April 7.-Delegate Wilson
OF Arizona was heard by the house COM
mttee on irrigation of arid lands in oppo-
sltion to the report of the desert land
laws. Mr.. Wilson pointed out the inter
est Of the railroads in the repeal of the
laws to. be this:
That 1t will be impossible for home
seekers to take up lands under the home
stead act requiring five years residence
because the lands cannot be made fertile
until water has been secured taking two
or three years; that under the desert land
laws settlers can buy these lands from
the government, make their improvements
and get the lands in producing condi-
ton before moving on to the lands. BY
repeating the desert lands. this procedure
would be stopped and prospective settlers
would be compelled to buy their lands of
the railroads
He challenged the statements of Mr.
Maxwell before the committee that cor
porations had secured large tracts of
lands In Arizona.
Mr.. Maxwell, who was present as the
representative of the National Irrigation
association, interjected the statement that
In Salt River valley in Arizona, 800. 600
acres were held by corporations which had
secured the land from individual pur-
chasers.
Delegate Rodey Of New Mexico follow
ed Mr. Wilson also in opposition to the
repeal of the desert land laws He had
never heard of frauds in their operation
In New Mexico.
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ITEMS FROM MERIDIAN.
Elks VIII Purchase Building for Their
Permanent Home.

Meridian, Miss April 7.-(SpeciaL)-Th
local lodge Of Elks last night authorized
the purchase of the Meyer-Neville hard
ware building for the sum of $4,000, which
they will remodel and make into a mag
nificent Elks' home, second to none in
the state. The new quarters In addition to
being arranged and furnished in the
handsomest and most up-to-date style,
will have a roof garden and many other
attractive features.
The county board of supervisors are in
New Orleans today attending the good
roads convention, as they desire to get
the best ideas available for lettering the
roads of this county.
Argument in the case of w. w. Payne
versus the Mobile and OHIO railway was
concluded this afternoon and the case
is now in the hands of the jury.
Every arrangement is being perfected
for the trip of the military battalion
from this section of the state to the
worlds fair. Major ]. W. Dement, today
received letter from the chairman Of
the ceremonies committee at St. Louis
stating that quarters were reserved for
$50 men and officers for the week begin
ming July g. minstrel benefit perform
ance will be given here next week for the
military
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MRS. eoTkIN FOUND GUILTY.
Was Convicted of the Murder of Mrs.
Dunnlng and Her Sister.

San Francisco, April THE jury In
the Botkin case late tonight returned a
verdict of guilty of murder in the first de-
gree and fixed the penalty at imprison-
ment for life.
Miss Cordelia Botkin was charged with
poisoning Mrs. Dunning and her sister,
Mrs. Dean, daughters of Representative
Pennington five years ago The cause
alleged was her love for Mr.. Dunnng.
Mrs. Botkin was arrested at San Fran
cisco, where she has been kept in custody,
Notwithstanding attempts to the Delaware
authorities to have her taken to that
state for trial. In 1898 Mrs. Botkin was
found guilty and was sentenced to life
Imprisonment. She was given a new trial
which was begun on March Is, last.
Mrs. Botkln is the youngest of three
daughters. Brownville, Neb., was named
after her father, and the family lived
there until 1886, when they moved to Kan
sas City. Cordelia Brown married NAL
com A. Bot..ln, cashier of a Joplin, NO.,
bank.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-08

FIVE THOUGHTS ON
ALABAMA FREIGHT RATES

Do the railroads district coal
ronproducng dis
ticts, such as West Virginia and Pennsylvania?
districts furnishing
equal articles will show that Birmingham
given only rates that she is justly entitled to-
BHmnghams railroads? Is
OF Bmnghams natural the thrift of her czeas
Would Missouri Pacific,
and the Brunswick Birmingham putting forth effort and spend
ing millions of dollars hauling its
and did yield
IS 1T GOOD JUDGMENT ON OF THE RAILROADS TO
THREATEN AN ADVANCE RATES REASONABLE, Be
CAUSE THE CITIZENS OF ALABAMA ARE ASKING THAT MANY
RATES, UNREASONABLE. ARE MODIFIED?
is IT NOT NECESSARY, IF ALABAMA is TO DIVERSITY HER
LINES OF DEVELOPMENT, THAT INTERESTS OTHER THAN
COAL IRON PROMPTLY ACCORDED FACILITIES
EQUAL RAILROADS
NEGHBORING STATES?
President
diversified growth *ss
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MINISTER MAY LEAVE.
Unless Trouble Is Settled Bulgaria
VIII Withdraw Representative.

Vienna, April 1.-The Fromde1iblatt al
ludes to the possibility that the Bulgarian
representative. @. Natchovitch, may leave
Constantinople unless an agreement be-
tween Turkey and Bulgaria be signed to-
morrow.
Information Games to the Bulgarian
diplomatic agency that the Turks have
again begun the persecution of the Bull
garlan population of Macedonia under
the pretext Of searching for arms.
A dispatch to news agency from So
fla says that orders for the mobilization
of the Bulgarian army have been sus-
pended because the Porte has made a
fresh proposal for the settlement. of diff
ficulties between the countries. Diplo-
matte agent Natchovitch has. therefore,
been Instructed to resume negotiations
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COLEMAN is NOT GUILTY.
Man Charged With Murder at Selma
Released for Insanity.

Selma, April 7.-After being out about
thirty minutes the jury In the case Of
George w. Coleman charged with the
murder of d. A. Calvin, returned YER
dict of not guilty by reason of insanity.
Judge Moore delivered an exhaustive
charge to the jury beginning at o'clock
this morning. The verdict was rendered
at II o'clock.
Tomorrow the mater of the sanity of
the defendant at this time will be taken
up If adjudged insane he will be sent
to the asylum at Tuscaloosa. Last fall
Mr.. Coleman killed d. A. Calvin shortly
after day as the latter was riding on his
bicycle. The trouble grew out of alleged
intimacy of Calvin with Colemans wife
the latter having left Coleman and taken
up her home with Mr.. and Mrs Calvin in
this city on Second street
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Black Patti Troubadours.

In response to urgent requests the
Black Patti Troubadours have decided to
play return engagements in nearly all the
southern cities this season. The compa-
ny's tour has been a success, and the
Troubadours are now en- route to Ha-
vana Cuba, where they are to fill a limi-
ted engagement at the Teatro Tacon.
Many new features have been recently
added to the Troubadours programme.
Performances will be given at the JEFF
ferson theatre next Wednesday, matinee
and night.
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HEARST HAS RESOLUTION.
Wants Information Regarding Con-
splracy to Restrain Trade.

Washington. April Representative
Hearst of New York today introduced
resolution calling on the attorney general
to furnish congress certain evidence Of
fered by "a citizen of New York in Octo-
Der. 1902, showing a conspiracy in re-
straint of interstate trade among the an
thracite coal railroads.
The report of the United States attor-
ney for the Southern district of New
York on the evidence is to be included.
If this information is not received in
seven days, the resolution provides that
a committee of seven members of the
house shall proceed to compile the evil
dence required. The preamble of the
resolution recites that the monopoly COM
planned of has resulted in increasing the
price of coal 40 per cent and that this ag-
gregates a total of s5OO0O,0OO a year on
the consumer of coal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-08
HARDING IN CINCINNATI.
Both of His Applications for Habeas
Corpus Refused.

Cincinnati, April 7.-Detective Callahan
of this city arrived tonight with L. C.
Harding, who Is charged with obtaining
money under false pretense from several
jewelry firms here.
Harding charges Detective Callahan
with kidnapping him In Florida, and while
at Atlanta, Ca, en- route to this city, he
made several attempts to secure his re-
lease. He applied to both the federal
court and the city court for writ of
habeas corpus, but both refused his APP
plication.
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Marie CahIIl.

Miss Marie Cahill, who has come to be
known among the stage folk as 'society's
pet" by reason of her popularity with
the smart set Of New York and Newport,
will be seen in the musicall comedy sue
cess Nancy Brown" at the Jefferson
theatre next Thursday.
The piece was accorded a record break
ing Broadway run Of five months at the
Bijou theatre, New York, and since going
on tour this season Miss Cahill and her
company have met with enthusiastic APP
prevail In Chicago, st. Louis, Boston,
Washington, Philadelphia, and Baltimore,
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Farmers Hold MEETING.

Huntsville. April 7.-(Special 1.-The Far.
mers Mutual Insurance association Of
Madison county held its annual meeting
yesterday and elected DR.. ]. P. Hampton,
president; n. NJ. Rowe. vice-president; j.
p. Watts, secretary. The association was
reported to be in a fiourishng condition
and the rate of insurance is believed 10
be the cheapest anywhere in the south.
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TO SELECT NEW BISHOP.
Conference Of Catholics to Be Held In
New Orleans.

Dallas, Tex, April 7.-Rt. Rev. Edward
Dunn, bishop of the Catholic diocese of
Dallas, left tonight for New Orleans.
where he will participate in conference
having for its object the selection Of three
names to be sent to Rome for selec-
ton of a successor of the late Bishop Dor
rier of Nacogdoches. La. Those who will
participate in the conference will be, be-
sides the bishop of Dallas, those of In
dian Territory. San Antonio, Laredo, Gal
weston, Little Rock, Mobile and New Or
leans.
Under the church laws successor must
be named within thirty days after the
death of a bishop of province. this con-
ference being in the province of New Or
leans
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PERSONAL.

William II. Dickson of the firm of Yeat-
man, Dickson q Co. returned yesterday
from a visit to the north, where he has
been in search of health for several weeks
He has many friends in the city who will
be glad to learn of his return to the city,
and that he is in much better health
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-08
SHOT WIFE AND HIMSELF.
Former Is Dead, But the SLAYER Has
Chance for Recovery.

Denver, Colo, April is. D. Waycas-
ter, formerly of Asheville, N. c., today
shot and killed his wife and then at
tempted suicide by shooting himself in
the neck. He is now at the county hos
pital and has chance for recovery.
Waycaster, who was out of employment,
quarreled with his wife and mother-in-
law several days ago. Today he returned
and told his wife that he was starving
and asked for money to buy food. This
was refused him. The shooting follow
ed.
The Waycasters came to Denver about
two years ago
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had probably seen it on one of the state
nnents given him by Sully e. Co.
Il show you" said Mr. Root, "a joint
three account statement concerning co.
900 bales. Now If your interest was dis
tinct and separate 1t would be only for
10000 bales, would 1t not?'
II don't know anything about IT," Mr..
Haylew replied
Mr.. Hawley said Sully never told him
that some one would hove to fall and
that he, Sully, might as well be the one.
Neither did he hear Sully say he needed a
million and a quarter At this point, J..
r. Dos Passas, Sully's personal counsel,
and other attorneys, announced that they
might request privilege to examine Mr..
Hawley. The commissioner replied that
such participation accorded them would
be as a matter of privilege, and not of
right.
Adjournment to April 10. was an
nounced.
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To Confirm Balkan Agreement.

Rome April 1.-THE Patria says that
the forthcoming meeting at Abazzia be-
tween Signor Tittoni. the Italian foreign
minister, and Count Goluchowski. the
Austrian foreign minister, has for it's
principal object the confirmation of the
agreement between Italy and Austria
concerning questions affecting the Bal
kan states. The ministers, the Patria
saws. will also exchange views looking to
some arrangement by which the heads cs
the Catholic states who visit the vatican
may visit the quirinal without giving Of
Tense to the holy see.
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CITY ITEMS.

DEMOCRATIC RALLY.-A democratic
rally was held last night at the Eagle
Han Several hundred voters were pres
ent, the guests of w. T. Newberry. Politi-
cal addresses were made by Judge H. B.
Alternately DR.. John S. Gillespy. D. U.
Williams, Edward K. Smith, ]. s. Dorse,
J. t. Burton, Scott Chestnut, Jack ].
Curan and others. Refreshments were
served.
HUGGINS WINS PRIZE-The prize of
$25 offered for the best analysis of an adj
dress delivered by Bolton Gilreath on
THE Problem of Happiness" to the stu
dents of Howard college on March q.
has been awarded to B. F. Higgins, a
member of the senior class