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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Physician Ttstiles to EXani-
 nation of tht Body
MISS PATTERSON'S 5 'QUARREL.
Newsboy Describes Scene When Her Brother-ln-Law Slapped Her as They We're Getting Into
 a Cab. :
. Cab.

New York. November 2s.-In the trial of Nan Patterson, charged with the mur- der of Caesar Young. the expert testimony of physicians was offered today to show that Young could not have killed him self. Two cabmen testified to having seen Young abuse Miss Patterson early in the morning of June f. and another witness, a newsboy. swore that he saw j. Morgan Smith, her brether-in-law, strike Miss Patterson in the face on the night of June 3. after which Smith had said to her, You'll have to do it. and she answered, T wont.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
JAPANESE WILL.
 TAKE OFFENSIVE Kuropatkin is Disposed to
 Await Developments RIVERS ARE FRoZ- N OVER Japanese Are Believed to Have Be. gun Wide Turning Movement
 on Russian Left--Aro Re
 ceiving Achievements. 
RIVERS ARE FRoZ- N OVER

St. Petersburg, November 24 -t2.50 a. m)-Appearances again point to the pos- sibiity of q big battle south of Mukden The Japanese. according to an official re- pert. have received a severe setback in the vicinity of sintsinsln in the direc- tion of which they were apparently to execute wide turning movement.
 Military opinion here scarcely believes it possib. that the two armies can winter less than rife shot distant from each other. though the defences on each side makes it extremely difficult for either to assume the offensive. It is be- leved, however, that if the ground is to be broken. General Kuropatkin will let Field Matshal Oyama take the in- itiative, as the Russians have the better of the present position. namely strong 1lne of defense and Mukden behind them' making satisfactory winter quarters where the Russian endorsements are now accumulating for an advance next spring.
 The Japanese also are being strongly reinforced. The rivers are already fro zen sufficiently to permit of the move ment of artillery, and commissariat trains, so that the country actually IS better adapted to a Japanese advance than during the summer.
 Mukden, November 23.-Indieations are growing that the Japanese are undertake ing wide turning movement on the Russian left. A large number of commis- sariat wagons have been observed going eastward, and some artillery exchanges have been reported from the eastward,
 General Kuropatkin has permitted men who have captured horses to sell them to officers. the proceeds to go to the fami- lies of the men killed in battle. Fodder is becoming exceedingly scarce.
 The spirits of the men are good and the food Is satisfactory. The rations of the men at the outposts and in the ad- vance trenches, are sent to them at night, as it would be impossible to do so during the day because. the Japanese shell every convoy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
THREE NEGROES ARE
 KILLED IN FIGHT
Six Men Shoot Each Other With Guns and Pistols In a Small
 Room.

Shreveport, La, November 2S.-six ne- groes have engaged in a deadly fight In a fourteen-foot room near Curtis, La, the participants being armed with shot guns and pistols. After the battle three lay dead. The other three escaped. The dead:
 Andrew Brown.
 James Willis.
 Hamp Willis.
 A woman and two children were also in the room during the affray but were not harmed. The trouble arose over the woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
First Work on Exposition Grounds.

Norfolk Va, November 23.--Engineers today began the first work on the site of the Jamestown exposition which will he held here in 1907 to commemorate the tercentenary of the first permanent An elo-saxon settlement on the western hemisphere made at Jamestown in 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
e,rninoham Woman Is Robbed.

st Louis. November 2S. (speciaD.-Mrs. K H Crawford, a visitor from Birming- ham, Ala, reported today at police head quarters that purse containing s5o' and railroad ticket had been stolen from her while she Was passenger on ah Olive stre.; car. She is stopping al 4SGl MarYlard eN enue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Admiral Converse Calls Attention
 to Unfortunate Condition
PRAISES BATTLESHIP TYPE
Report Says That Torpedo Boats In Far Eastern War Have Proved Less Efficient than
 Anticipated.

Washington. November 2S.-How badly off the navy is for officers and how seri- ous this condition may affect the navy and the nation, is plainly told in the an- nual report of Rear Admiral George A. Converse, chief of the bureau of naviga- tion, approved by Secretary Morton today. Experience. especially in gun fire, he says, has shown that it is necessary to increase the number of officers assigned to ships so that the estimate made in 1902 of the number of officers needed for ships in commission is inadequate. It provided for only about one-half as many officers as ships of the same class carry in the British, French and German navies. Ad miral Converse recommends that the number of lieutenants be increased from $50 to 600 and that the number of lieu tenant commanders be increased from 200 to 300.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
CORONA GOAL & IRON co.
 SUFFERS LOSS BY FIRE

The fire Is supposed to have originated in the rear of the store building. The loss is estimated between $2a,000 and SSo- 00O and is only partially covered by in surance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
NiohoIas eets RooseveIt,s Letter.

St Petersburg November 2S.-Emperor Nicholas received letter from President Roosevelt congratulating him upon the birth of an heir. and tendering good wishes for a successful and illustrious reign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
PATTI SINGS IN RUSSIA.

St. Petersburg, November 2S.- { Adelina Patti will give a concert { here December II for the benefit of { the Russian wounded. She volun- teered her services out of gratitude for the fact that her first great triumph occurred in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

Corona, Nov. 24. fspeciaD.-The gener- al office and commissary of Corona Coal and Iron company was totally destroyed by fire at Il o'clock Wednesday night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Mrs Frank Duncan Appears Bt- fore Governor Cunningham
BEGS HIM ID STAY SENTENCE
With Tears and sobs She Appears Before the Pardoning Board-Po- lIceman kirl<ley's Wife Writes
 Letter to Governor.
BY HERvEY W. LAIRD.

. Montgomery, November 2s.-(spee-
 . ial.)-After fully Investigating all 2 . the new evidence Acting Governor !
 . Cunningham announced late to- c night that he would not interfere ! . with the death sentence of Frank : . Duncan, convicted of the murder of ; . a Birmingham policeman and sem
 4 fenced to hang next Friday. This : . removes every hope that the con- . demned man has. <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Rand Makes Statement.

New York, November 23.-When the trial of Nan Patterson was resumedato- day, her attorney, Abraham Levy. de- clared that although the prosecution has erected several strong barriers through which the defense will have to batter It's way to secure the acquittai of Miss Pat terson he had no fear that they would not succeed. He asserted that he would bring forward . witness who would tell a convincing story of having actually seen the shooting, no matter how strong the evidence of the people that no one was within range of the vision of the cab when the fatal shot was fired.
 This witness was a passenger on street car passing across West Broadway, short distance from the scene of the tragedy, he said, and in his narra- tive he will swear from where he stood, thouga his glance was but momen- tary, he saw Nan Patterson's companion in the cab grasp revolver in his hand and struggling with the young woman who was endeavoring to wrest it from | him.
 At the close of todays proceedings ar adjournment will be taken until next Saturday, as it Is the custom of the court ] not 10 reeontene on Friday after 3 l holiday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Jurors Mother-ln.Law Dies.

The mother-in-law of Foreman of the Jury Hendricks, whose illness threatened to delay the trial early this week, died today. As 1t already had been arranged to adjourn the court at the close of to- ntoht's sessions. Mir. Hendricks will have an opportunity to attend the funeral.
 John Crowley. eabman. said he was hailed by two men and a woman about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24

o'clock in the morning of June 4, while his cab was standing at the corner of Eighth avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. The woman was the defendant in this case. and one of the men was Caesar Young. Young had abused Miss Patterson, the witness said and she was crying. Young ordered him to drive the woman to her home, and he did so. On the way down town he watched the occupant of the cab through the trap in the top of the hanson, and she cen- tinued crying all the way down to Sixty first street. where she left the cab. Crow ley said that Young and the man with him were intoxicated but that Miss Pat terson was not. Albert Schneider, another eabman. witnessed the scene when Miss Patterson was put in Crowleys cab, ana he corroborated.the testimony or the pre- vious witness After Crowley drove away he said Young and his companion called I him and were driven to house on west One Hundred and Fortieth street. He no- 1 ticed that both men were under the in- l huenee of liquor.
 Smith Slaps Miss Patterson. | The scene between Nan Patterson and her brother-in-law, J. Morgan Smith,
 which was referred to at length by MT 1 Rand in his opening argument, was de- | seribed by Joseph H. Hewitt a newspoy. l He said he was standing in front or ! cafe at F'ifty-Ninth street ana ElBHlh aN- 1 enue. about 9 o'clock on the night Of June l T when Smith and Miss Patterson came I out and got into a cab. They were guar relling and as they got into the cab smith 1 struck Miss Patterson in the face.
 What lid the man say?' asked MT. Levy.
 He said you'll have to do it. an swered the newsboy.
 And what did she say?'
 '' T won't, and then he struck here and pushed her into the cab.
 Hewitt sad he remembered the incident distinctly aIid was positive in his identlii- cation of Mss Patterson and the photo- graph of smith. He had noticed the couple particularly, he said. There is always a lot of quarrelling going on around the circle. and I keep my eyes open to see the fun" the newsboy ex- plained.
 Police Captain Sweeney was recalled to identify a photograph of Smith and to testify that he had summoned Smith to appear before the grand jury and that he had failed to appear. He said he procured a process against Smith June 3. but he still had it, having been unable 10 serve It. A warrant calling for Smiths arrest for contempt of court was then read. and marked for Identification. Court adjourned until Saturday morning at l0;0 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Looked Upon as Gossip.

Such stories. however partake of the nature of common gossip in St. Peters- burg, and although reputed to eman. ate from well informed circles, may have little foundation. prominent mem- bers of the munlcipa, town council ar ranging a meeting of representatives of all the principal cities Of Russia, in order that the municipalities may take action in support of the representatives of the rural population Authorization for such a meeting will be asked. If refused, the meeting will be held privately.
 Princess Sviatopolk- k-Murslky has Issued instructions forbidding the arrest of newspaper men for articles printed in the ne ewspapers.
 The zemsivo memorial and resolutions were presented to the minister of tho interior this evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Should Have Full Quota.

It is especially desirable,' the admiral says, that every battleship and other powerful vessel requiring the greatest skill and experience for proper efficiency, should have her full quota of officers of suitable rank; yet many of our battle ships have lieutenants as navigators, practically all have lieutenants as ord nance officers and several battleships have ensigns and even midshipmen as watch and division officers. This very unsatisfactory and even dangerous con dition is due to the many urgent demands for officers, the existing inadequacy of numbers often making it impossible to detail officers of appropriate rank. The increasing numbers of midshipmen gradu- ated from the naval academy in time will partially relieve the situation in the lower grades, but more lieutenant commanders and lieutenants are needed than existing laws provide,
 Because cf the important part played by torpedo craft in the war in the far east it IS deemed advisable that the larger vessels of this type be commanded by lieutenant commanders. To illustrate bow much older the captains of the Ann erfican navy are than those of foreign navies, the report says the youngest Am erican commander today on the day he attained that rank was older than the average of English and German captains. He had passed the compulsory retirement age for Japanese captains and was within sixteen months of the com pulsorv retirement age for German and English officers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Two Vice Admirals Urged.

Authoriza ion by congress of two vice admirals i5 urgently recommended, in order that out flag officers may not be beneath foreign officers holding equal or inferior commands.
 Regarding the paramount efficiency of the battleshlp, and the part played by them in the far eastern war, Admiral Converse says.
 Although a hundred or more torpedo boats and destroyers have been actually engaged for five months against battle ships which have been exposed to attack times without number, we have yet to learn authoritatively of torpedo from a torpedo vessel causing the loss of a single battleship. Those which have been sunk owe their destruction to sub marine mines, anchored or broken adrift, torpedo vessels not contributing to the result except by the confusion and sense of greater danger due to their presence. It is evident that in the final summary of losses the achievements of torpedo vessels will count less than was at first supposed 1t cannot be claimed, however. that there has been so far anything to discredit the battleship as d type"
 Early in his report Admiral Converse calls atten ion to the need of a general staff or board "an advisory body which shall not be under the control of any bureau, but responsible directly to the secretary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
Goes Before the Emneror.

Interior Minister sviatopolk- Mirsky has informed the zemstvosts that he will lay the memorial resolutions before the em- peror, and while he made no promises regarding his presidential recommenda- tion, the zemstvoists are satisfied that the prince will not leave the emperor in the dark regarding the breadth. strength and import of the movement. There is an intimation that the emperor has al- ready been advised of the action of the meeting, and has expressed himself as unfavorable to it. According to story which Is told with much circumstantial- ity. M. Pobedonesteff, the procurator gen-
 era1 of the holy synod, informed the em-
 peror that in his opinion autocracy had
 reached the parting of the ways. There
 was no middle course. He must hold
 firmly to the old regime or be prepared
 to grant a constitution.
 M. Pobedonoesteff Is said 10 have con tented himself with an expression of | this opinion without rendering any ad- l vice. Thereupon, the story goes on. the l emperor called a family council at which i opinion was practically united against | yielding an iota.
 sfhe young empress when asked for her view, Is said to have replied briefly 'I do not wish to see my son blown up."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
RumOred Thai Emperor Does
 Not Approve Action
MEMBERS ARE ILL JUBILANT
Prevailing Idea Seems to Be That the Rubicon Has Been Crossed and There Gan Now 5e
 No Retreat.

St. Petersburg, November 23.-The meet Ing of the zemstvoists is ended. The members today dispersed to their homes, and in few days the news of their ac- tion will be spread throughout Russia to the Finnish gulf. the Caspian sea, Poland and the Ural mountains. They are leaving in high spirits. confident that no matter what the immediate results. the days November 19 to p will mark the turning point in Russian history. @rhe Rubieon Is crossed; no retreat is possible,a is the unanimous sentiment
 At last nights joint meeting of editors and history men and the zemstvoists the greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and tho fullest support was pledged to the pro- gramme adopted.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-08-01

in hopeless idiocy? Can it bring back
the dethroned reasons? Can it paint
with the blush Of innocence the cheeks
of the 100000 boys it annually chains
to it's Car of Juggernaut? Can it give
back the farm, the house, the wife's
patrimony, the husbands earnings, the
children's bread, the babies shoes?
Alas! it cannot. Can the liquor deal
ers give back the husbands to the al
most endless procession of worse than
widowed wives, whom their business
has divorced from the dissolute hus-
bands who had sworn "to love, honor
and keep them so long as they both
should live"? Can they dry the tears
of the worse than orphaned little ones,
the product of their narcotic skill?
Can they re-establish the 100000
homes, annually shattered by their
crusade of death? Alas they cannot.
Can they bring back from the drunk
ards grave the nearly three millions
of the victims of their business, sent
there since the man now fifty years of
age was born? Can they unbolt the
sulphurous caverns of hell (since God
says no drunkard can enter Heaven)
and manumit these millions of souls
from the terrors of the burning lake?
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-08-01
GEO. w. CARROLL,
Candidate for Vice President.

or, what is infinitely worse, from the
indescribable agonies of a perpetual
and endless mania potu? Alas! they
cannot. No! The liquor dealers can
not indemnify us for the injuries which
their business infiicts.
Who Is Responsible?
The liquor dealers? Only to linn
tied degree, since they are but agents.
The courts and excise commissioners
who sell them the indulgence? Only
in qualified sense, since they are but
officials under instruction of the elec-
tors. The Congress and legislators,
who formulated and foisted upon
willing electorate the most fiendish
license system ever known to men or
devils? Only as representatives of
the people, who are equipped with the
dignity, authority and power of sove-
reigns, wearing regal crowns and
f1ourishing ballot scepters. The voters
are then the real culprits. They are
principals in business in which the
liquor sellers are but the agents.
What the Party Stands For.
Our party stands for dissolving the
partnership between the government
and the liquor traffic, because taxation
implies protection Of the person or
thing taxed, and a government that
protects criminal-producing traffic is
itself criminal. We favor, further, the
annihilation of the traffic.
Initiative and Referendum.
We stand for permitting certain
per. cent Of our citizens to initiate leg
islation by. petitioning our National
and State Legislatures for the enact
CONTINUED on page 81
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-08-01
DR.. Swallow Accepts Nomination for President.
"Fhne Indemnify
Nation for the Injuries Which nfIcts. Foe to Labor What
the Prohibition Party Stands For.

We give below condensed report
of the speech of DR.. Silas G. Swallow,
accepting the nomination of the Prohi-
bition party for President:
infringement and Indemnity.
It is a principle of common law that
the individual may not so use his per-
son, property or liberty as to infringe
upon the rights and privileges of 9TH
ers. Or, if SO using, he must without
fail indemnify the injured by making
good the loss. The 250,O00 liquor
dealers in America infringe upon the
rights of all of our 8O,000,000 people
and they do not indemnify us for the
damage inflicted. They represent that
the liquid goods that they manufacture
and sell, amounting annually to ST.
00,O00,000, are foods, giving nourish-
ment and strength. But they are not.
They are rank poisons, bringing into
the human system weakness and de-
cay.
A Foe to Labor.
"But," say the liquor vendors, eve
can indemnify the peoples Then are
they confessedly the worst villains un-
hung, for they do not indemnify us.
For every dollar they pay into our
treasures, municipal, state and ma
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-08-01

One one-thousand dollar subscrip-
tion, two five-hundred dollar subscrip-
tions and more than a hundred of one
hundred dollars each were among the
total of over $4,000 subscribed for
the national campaign at the Indian
apolis convention. This shows that
the Prohibition party, always justly
proud Of its rank and file, is getting
hold Of fair share of the high muck
a-mucks.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-08-01
SlLAS c. SWALLOW,
Prohibition Candidate for President.

tional, it costs us $3.50 in providing
for the insane, paupers, and the GRIM
inals their business produces. They
filched from the hard earnings of our
bread winners more money last year
than these bread winners paid for
clothing, feeding and educating their
children; twice as much money as con-
stitutes the capital stock of all the
National Banks in the United States;
more than half as much as the aggre-'
gate of deposits of all the banks of
the country; one-half as much as the
value Of all the farm, orchard and for
est products; a third more than the
public debt, less cash in the Treasury;
third more than the total imports
of merchandise; third as much as all
the gold now used for money the world
over; and an amount equal to the
annual gross receipts of the 100000
miles of railroads in the United States.
In metal working, labor receives as
it's share Of the value of the output %
per cent; in leather working 141a per
cent; in wearing apparel 81 per cent;
while in the so-called brewing indus
try, that is represented by it's wor-
shippers as a great friend of labor, the
laborer receives but II per cent of the
value of the output, the liquor dealer
pocketing the 80 per cent. No! No!
The liquor business does not indem-
Nifty us.
Weak in Its Wickedness.
But suppose 1t could and did indem-
Nifty us in the matter Of dollars and
cents. Can It meet the social and
moral aspects of the case? Can it
unshackle the intellects it has bound