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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-27
Little Girl Placed Moose About
Neck Of Her AssaiIant
.LYNCHING WAS ORDERLY
Mob Threatens to Burn the Prisoner
But Are Lissuaded by Officers
Who Compromise for Hang
ina-Denied Guilt.

Memphis June GA special to the
Commercial Appeal from Bupora, Miss.
says:
Sterling Dunham a negro. wanted on a
charge of eriminally assaulting the IA
year-old daughter of John Wilson. a,
white man, near Bellefontaine two weeks
ago, and attempting to criminally as
sault three young ladies' named Dun. near
this city. all during the course Of the
same day, was hanged in the public
square here today by a mob. The moose
was placed about the negro's neck by the
little Wilson girl who positively identi-
fled him as her assailant.
The negro was then placed upon the
back of a large black horse. and at o
signal from the leader of the mob. the
little Wilson girl led the morse from un-
der him.
Over three thousand persons, white and
black. witnessed the hanging The lynch
ing was as orderly as legal execution.
After being assured that the negro was
dead the mob cut down the body and
turned it over to relatives for burial
Dunham was captured Friday near vi
emma. Ala. after running chase during
which he was wounded in two places He
was brought here last night by the sheriff
of this, Wilson, county. A large mob
met the train at the depot and an effort
was made to ge the negro. but the Off
GERS spirited him away. and lodged
IN the jail AT Walhal, six miles from
here, where he was again met by a mob
of determined men VINO said their in
tention was to burn him. The officers in
charge of the negro succeeded in preyail.
Ing upon the mob to give up this inten.
ticn, but only after promising n deliver
tie negro ta the mob this morning for
| execution
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-27
Admiralty Fear Effect Of Big
Losses on the Public
HIGH OFFICIALS HAVE NEWS
vIadIvostock Squadron May Have
Gone Out to Join the Port Ar
thur Fleet, and General
tension is Evident.

st. Petersburg, June 26.-Up to tonignt
the Japanese report of the loss OF three
Russian ships at Port Arthur has not
been published here though the authori-
ties have allowed to be printed a state
ment that the squadron had made sor-
tie and also the news of the loss OF Jap
anese torpedo boat destroyers Some or
the papers have even commented with
satisfaction on the prospect of the hight
in the open sea, where the merits of two
fleets would be fairly tested.
An official explenation of the suppress
sion of the Japanese report is that the
admiralty is unwilling to unnecessarily
alarm the public by circulation of such
statements entirely on the authority OF
the enemy and in the absence of definite
advices from the commander at Port
Arthur. It is also suggested as possible
that there has been fight and that the
Japanese have minimized their own
losses and magnified those of the Rus
slams with a view to affecting the new
loan which 1t is understood Japan is ne
gotiating..
On the other hand according to for
mitted today that Rear Admiral without,
the naval commander at Port Arthur,
lost one battleship and two cruisers, but
in the absence of details, there was an
inclination to believe that the ships
struck mines, the admiralty not believing
in the face of the lessons taught by the
injuries to the Retvizan and Czarevitcn,
that Admiral Without would have re-
1efno af Mi
thus inviting a dash by the Japanese de-
stroyers.
In high court and army and naval cir
oles where the report of the Port Ar
thus affair las been freely circulated, the
Japanese version is received with consid-
erable reserve.
Loss Would be Serious.
The Officials do not attempt to disguise
the seriousness of and the far-reaching
consequence which might result from the
l,ss of three of the Port Arthur war
ships tut .hey profess to be more inclined
ia believe that the vessels were lost in
on-n ligbt. rather than as the result of a
torpedo attack Should this be the case,
they saw, the Japanese could not have es-
c,ped without material loss or the Grip
ming of one or two of their battleships,
enough to assure the command OF the
sea to the Baltic squadron.
There is much speculation tonsnt as 10
whether the Vladivostock squadron
might not have gone out and perhaps be
on the eve Of joining the Port Arthur
feet. A telegram from Vladivostock dated
June n, which has been received here,
does not mention the squadron, but it Is
easily conceivable that such mention
might be suppressed for strategic reasons.
A general tension is evident in the city
tonight There are many rumors afloat.
and everv one is realizing that most i'm
portant news may be expected at any
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-27
Sentiment for Burning.

There was a strong sentiment forsburn-
ing, hutsthissBs stereoMe and the sSFsSs.
ing took Tia Norm Of "A hanging. DnfAaGs
stoutly maintained his innocence TO the
last, and denied that he had ever seen
the Wilson girl. He admitted having
visited Dunn's place, but denied any bad
motive. His last remarks were made ia
200 negroes who were assembled about the
point of execution, Durham telling them
never to go about a white mans house
when women were at home alone.
The three Dunn sisters. the eldest Of
whom Is less than IS, Witnessed the lynch.
ing from a distance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-27
AIexieff Makes Report.

will place troops in New Chwang in
mediately.
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st. Petersburg. Feb. Alt is report
ed here that the Russian advance
guard on the Yalu river has been
driven back with loss of more than
1000. The emperor has ordered an
inquiry into Port Arthur affairs. Many
dismissals and degradations will result
Alexieff is looked upon as a disappoint-
ment,
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TIMELY CALLING.
How tho Pastor Saved a Lie.

IVVW kuU uot0i OoVSN hhW
A man near Fort Gay, W. Va, made
an entire failure in getting strength
from the kind Of food he ate and not
knowing that the trouble was with
the food kept on losing health until
the doctors gave him up to die.
1t was supposed to be consumption
because he was wasting away stead
lily and slowly dying His minister
called from time to time and one day
brought along a package Of Grape
Nuts, thinking from what he knew
Of the famous food that perhaps II
might help him. The sick man took
to 1t at once and from that day began
to get well. In writing he says:
n walked to town to-day miles
Have gained over 40 pounds In about
2 months and my neighbors don't
know what 10 say. frequently am
told 1t was as II | am raised from
the dead. Everybody here knows Of
my case you can tell people to write
to the Postmaster Or Rev. L. D, Bryan,
4 will make a sworn statement that
Grape.Nuts saved my life" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
This Is another Illustration that
where all other food fails one can
be brought back to health and
strength on Grape-Nuts. There's o
reason"
Look In each pkg. for the famous
little book, 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE"
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ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION WILL BE
GREATEST EVER HELD ON EARTH
Estimated Cost Exclusive of the Value of the Exhibits Is from
Forty to Fifty Million Doars-Mies of Wonderful
Displays in More Than Twenty Buildings

1t Is now a little more than two
months before the gates will open
upon the Worlds Fair at st. Louis and
the public will be invited to see the
greatest exposition that has ever been
created. The vast exhibit palaces are
complete and many Of them have been
finished for several months. Within
the next two months all of them are
to be frightened with new coats Of
paint SO that, on the opening day, the
magnificent array of palaces will ap-
pear as fresh as a newly blossomed
rose.
No one, no matter how vivid his I'm.
aglnation, can picture to himself the
scene that will be presented when the
Exposition Is complete. The more one
sees this great collection Of exhibit
palaces and countless other buildings,
tne more deeply impressed he be-
comes with the grandeur Of the under.
taking. As the days grow longer and
the air becomes balmy with the
breezes of spring, the Exposition will
take on far greater activity than 1t
has seen during the boisterous' days
of winter. In spite Of the severe
weather, work has not ceased upon the
construction Of the Worlds Fair for
more than a day or two at a time and
there Is every expectation and prom
ise that 1t will be complete on the
opening day.
The buildings and grounds, magnia-
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Final Clash In Palestine.

London, Feb. 94.-The expansion Of
European countries is drifting toward
Palestine, and it is here that the final
clash of interests will occur.
Such at least is the opinion Of DR.. M.
Caster, who read paper on "The
Political Aspect of the Future of Pales
tine" to a gathering of the Central
Asiatic Society.
Austria, he said, was gradually creep
ing down the Novi-Bazar, and was
building railways to connect with So.
lonica; while Russia would never give
up her dream of occupying CONSTANT
nople as stepping-stone to India
DR.. Caster foresaw possible solution
Of the difficulty in the Zionist move
ment. II the Jews colonized Palestine
they would make of it strong buffer
nation, and would show favor to none.
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MARKETING FOR THE SEA COW.
II Is Necessary Now to Cut Through
Ice 10 Get al the Eel Grass.

II Is Necessary Now to Cut Through
Ice to Get at the Eel Grass.
The man who does the marketing
for the Aquarium's sea cow has had to
do some lively hustling this winter to
keep that big animal supplied with
food.
The sea COW is eight foot long,
weighs 800 pounds, and has a healthy
appetite. In the first eighteen weeks
after It's arrival here from Florida, on
Sept. 8 last, it ate ninety bushels OF
eel grass, six bushels of fennel-leafed
pond weed and two bushels of ulva,
or sea lettuce, making ninety'eight
bushels of aquatic plants In all in
eighteen weeks, or an average Of
about FIVE and one.half bushels a
week. which is about Its present rate
Of consumption.
The eel grass and other things for
the sea cows table are gathered In
Crayesend Bay or the waters there.
with connected. Baymen say that the
present has been the hardest winter
hereabouts on the water in twenty-five
years. Or many days 1t has been nee
essary to cut through the Ice to get
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Exposition season, thousands Of birds
representing many species and climes.
The largest hotel ever built, contain
ing 1890 rooms, Is within the Worlds
Fair grounds. The largest statue eve'
cast will stand in the Palace Of Mines
and Metallurgy as the exhibit of tn.
Iron Industries of Birmingham, Ala
Twelve acres are devoted to mining
gulch containing all manner of mining
machinery and exhibits. A floral clock,
112 feet In diameter, the hands o.
which weigh more than a ton each
will tell the time Of day upon the slope
north of the Palace Of Agriculture. A
map Of the United States, six acres in
extent, planted with cereals and other
plants common to the various states,
Is an interesting display by the Unitef
States Bureau Of Plant Industry.
Forty acres are devoted to the Phil.
ippine exhibit and thirty acres are de.
voted to the Indian display. Six acres
are devoted to the garden Of roses.
Twenty acres are set apart for the &C.
commodation of airships, which will
4 q II
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been 10th to believe such a statement.
But such is the TACT. The exhibit pal.
aces of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position average much larger than
those of Chicago and are greater In
number. About 1870 acres Of floor
space are provided in the various pal:
aces Of the present Worlds Fair and
more than twenty buildings will be
used for exhibit purposes. The larg.
est of these is the Palace Of Agrlcul-
ture, which covers twenty acres. The
next in size is the Palace Of Transpor.
tation, covering fifteen acres and con-
tanning four mile7 of railway tracks
for thu exhibit Of locomotives and
cars. At the Chicago Exposition
there were practically no outdoor ex-
hibits. At this Worlds Fair about 100
acres are given up to outdoor displays,
supplementing in most pleasing
manner the hundreds of thousands of
indoor exhibits. At the Chicago Ex.
position one building was used for
no less than three important depart.
ments. At the Worlds Fair in ST.
Louis four buildings, covering forty
FIVE acres, are given up to the same
four departments
The total cost of the Worlds Fair
is estimated at from forty to fifty
million dollars, exclusive Of the value
of the exhibits The Palace of Ma
chinery alone will contain exhibits to
the value Of eight million dollars.
AT THE WORLDS FAIR, ST. LOUIS.
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The Three County Seats Plead For Ex.
peudIture Of Town LOT Proceeds,
s750,000 REALIZED FROM LOTS,
The Funds Have Been Available For Two
And Half Years, Yet People Get No
Protection And Fay High Insurance
Rates,

Washington. Feb. 23.-The president
has virtually served notice that he will
countenance no attacks on his official
household, even in public matters, and
that unbridled criticisms may not be
INDUCED in with IMMUNITY if the per-
son making them presumes to carry
them personally to the White house,
County Attorney Cunningham, Of Co.
manche county, Ok, made the discovery
when ne called at the executive man
sion with delegation of citizens of
Lawton, appointed at meeting to
express indignation Of the people over
the long delay on the part of Secretary
Hitchcock in providing the town with
waterworks for its comfort as well as
It's protection against fire. The dele
CATION is composed of Judge, D. L.
Sleeper, Mayor Turner and Mr.. Gun
bingham, all Of Lawton. Delegate
Mcclure introduced them to the presi-
dent, They offered the memorial from
the citizens Of Lawton, and 1t was then
that the president, turning to Cum
bingham, said, in substance. "Mr. Cum
ningham, so far as any showing you
might make on this committee is con-
cerned, you have no influence with me-
You have removed yourself from any
consideration at my hands in this mat
ter, and my dealings must be with the
other gentlemen on the committee,
The memorial was the plea of the
citizens of Lawton for relief from local
conditions. There is a fund of about
$3.50, 900 realized from the sale of town
lots Of Lawton, Anadarko and Hobart,
at the disposal of the secretary of the
interior, to be expended in public i'm
provements in those three towns.
One cause of complaint from the peo-
pie is that the secretary was not spend
ing this money rapidly enough for
them. The funds have been available
for two and half years, yet no move
has been made toward constructing
watcrworks at Lawton. The people
there say they are paying very high
rate for insurance because of lack Of
fire protection. They think the secre-
tary of the interior is too slow,
Mr.. Cunningham, it is said, openly |
assailed the secretary of the interior at
the public meeting at which the COM
mittee was appointed, and that IS what
the president. The presi-
dent promised to look into the matter,
and will present the memorial to the
secretary of the interior with request
for a report thereon, and will secure
what information was gained by the
government engineer who was sent to
Lawton to investigate regarding the
water works proposition.
The delegation called on the secre-
tary Of the interior day or two ago,
and he promised to do the best he
could for them.
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in A PRAIRIE LAND.
Editorial Correspondence
Moose Jaw. AssiniboiA,

Editorial Correspondence
Moose Jaw, AssiniboiA
Farmers Review,
Chicago, July %, 1908.
Most Of the pralrles in the United
States have ceased to exist. Man has
broken them up with orchards, for
ests and farm buildings. But in
Western Canada the pralries still
stretch grandly from horizon to horl.
ION as yet unmarried by the hand OF
man, save where the iron road has
been laid. To city man there is
something dellclously restful about
the vast grassy solitudes.
Numerous clumps Of trees mark the
course Of the Assiniboine river, which
keeps In sight Of the railroad for some
distance.
Grass Is one Of the notable things
about all the landscape Of Western
Canada. 1t is a remarkable fact that
the entire length Of the Canadian Pa
cl6c railway from its eastern terml.
nus to the Rocky Mountains Is over
plains where grass grows, The sage
brush appears at some points. but
never to the exclusion Of grass. There
Is thus not mile Of this country that
cannot be used for some agricultural
purpose-either for tilling or ranch.
Ing.
Moose Jaw Is town Of over 1000
Inhabitants, and one of the mos. i'm.
portant places in Assiniboia, being the
center Of a very good farming coun.
try and great grain and stock ship
ping point.
Near Moose Jaw agriculture and
ranching go hand in hand; for near
the town was seen a herd of beef
cattle several hundred in number. On
another side was seen a good sized
herd Of dairy cows, the property Of
the citizens In the town.
In riding over the prairies we saw
many good fields Of alfalfa. The great
need Of the country is timber, which
grows readily where planted, as was
demonstrated by the shelter belts on
some Of the farms, and the trees on
the residence lots in the town.
Stories were told the writer Of
men who last year cleared from their
wheat crop more than the land on
which 1t was grown originally cost
them. This Is easy to believe, in view
Of the large crop and high price for
wheat last year" Henry F. Thurston.
By sending your address to any
agent Of the Canadian Government
you will have mailed to you a copy Of
an atlas, railway rates, etc., giving
fullest information regarding Western
Canada.
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-25

Washington, Feb. sO.--The president
has issued an executive order revoking
those Of President Mckinley, allowing
gifts from officers Of the army and
navy and the civic establishment in
Porta Rico, Cuba, the Philippines, ETC.,
TO be admitted into the United States
free Of duty.
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Brain Growth.

Brain development Is found by Prof.
Seggel Of Munich to have two periods
of acceleration-from 10 to II and
from II to 1S In girls, and from 70 to
10 and 10 to 20 in boys. At the period
of most rapid increase In height from
70 to IA years--the growth of the
brain is less than onehundredth that
Of the body, but at II to 10 1t grows
one.thirtieth as fast, and at 20 reaches
one-seventh of,the body growth.
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at the eel grass required for the sea
cows food, sometimes through Ice ten
inches in thickness and often through
Ice of five or six inches.
Sometimes when the Ice had moved
out with a shift Of the wind, leaving
open spaces, access to the eel grass
would be easy, but frequently the Ice
would have closed In, and then 1t
would be necessary to cut holes in 1t
to get at the eel grass below.
So the work of supplying the sea
cows table has been so far this win
ter attended by more or less difficulty,
but there has never been a day on
which the sea cow has had to go hun
gry.-New York Sun.
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Deserved Rebuke,

A certain Mrs. Beaumont Of Breton,
England, who lived in the time Of
Pitt, and whom the possession Of lead
mines made wealthy and purseproud,
one day thought to impress Pitt, who
was staying at Breton, with her
riches. She had the most splendid
service Of plate at dinner, and, wav.
Ing her hand, she said: There, Mr..
Pitt, that's all from the mines" in.
Decd" answered Pitt, III you had not
told me, Mrs. Beaumont, | should have
thought II was silver"
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Wholesale MARRIAGE.

No fewer than forty.two couples
were married simultaneously at Plou-
gastel (Lower Brittany one morning
recently. Work in the village and In
all the surrounding hamlet was en-
tirely suspended for the day, for the
excellent reason that there was scarce
ly living soul in the nelghborhood
not related to one ur other Of the
brides or bridegrooms, for the good
people Of Plougastel never marry out.
side their own commune.--London
Mail.
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cent though they be, are but the set
ting for a far more interesting display,
In all the buildings the best products
that the world can offer will be arrang-
ed In the most attractive order and
will convey to the mind better idea
OF what the wide world Is doing than
would years of study and inquiry
Fifty-one nations Of the world and all
Of the states of the American Union
will be represented in this extensive
portrayal Of the worlds present-day
effort.
Those who are familiar with the
Columbian Exposition at Chicago have
often asked II the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition would equal in ex-
tent or grandeur the celebrated Ex-
position Of 1893 When told that 1t
would be twice as large in extent of
grounds. and 50 per cent larger in
exhibit space in buildings, they have
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Swiss Industrial Schools.

There are industrial schools for
clock and watch making in Geneva,
Iocle. Chaux-de.Fonds, ETC.; there are
art and industrial working schools in
Zurich and other cities for ySlnen,
and there are industrial schools for
the hand trades in most Of the cities
and towns Of the country. The sub
1ects taught in these schools are draw
iur. arithmetic, geography, bookkeep-
tpr, German, French and practical In
struction in the trade chosen by the
pupil.
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Funeral Of Sacred Elephants.

Curious ceremonies are witnessed
IN Siam when one of the sacred white
elephants dies. 1t is given funeral
gran'er than that accorded to princes
Of royal blood. Buddhist priests off,
clate, and thousands of devout Siam.
ese men and women follow the de-
ceased animal to the grave. Jewels
and offerings representing some thou
sands Of pounds are buried with the
elephant,
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How the starfish Feeds.

A starfsh can neither see nor hear.
Neither has 1t the sense of smell. In
spite Of those seeming impedlments,
nevertheless, 1t seeks and devours It's
prey as neatly as an ordinary fish The
starish lies upon Its prey and folds
It's arms or rays completely about
It. Then 1t pushes its stomach out
through Its mouth and will wrap even
a large oyster and shell within the
folds Of the stomach. The mouth Of
the starfsh is IN the center OF Its
rays.
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Robbie Identified Nero,

The other day teacher asked her
pupils II any Of them knew who Nero
was. The only response came from a
little fellow, who held up his hand.
well, Robbie" said the teacher, do
you know who Nero was?' Eyes,
ma'am," he answered, proudly; hes
the one we sing about in Sunday
school," The teacher could not recall
any particular religious music devoted
to Nero. What is the song, Robbie"
she asked Nero, My God to Thee"
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Baltimore, Feb. 20. 1t was thought
that not q life was lost in the fire here
but a charred body has been found in
the water at Bowlers' wharf The body
is so badly burned as to be unrecog'
nizable.