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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-05-04
Southeast News.

T!tc city ot Jn-.!son viii spend
&ln" Improving the city cemetery.
The Perry County Republican, i,
urging The officials Of perryViIlc L"
take some action prohibiting drunk
cnn~s> on the streets of 5ha1 city,
- and sa}@ lhc citizens Of tl,at place
- aro tired Gift.
Marvin Boyd Of Esther near Fiat
River, twcnty-seven years old, Shot
and seriously wounded his mother
last Friday. Young Boyd went
| home drunk and his parents remon-
stIutcd with him Ill regard TO the
habit, with the above result. Just
another case Of what dri:3tz 1iii do
for q man, that 5 All.
! \ PerryyiiIc special to the St.
; Louis Republic dated May !, says
Reports reached here today that
Charles Anderson, q saIoonlocpcr,
and sam flushing, his bartender,
were both fatally wounded IN Il
! quarrel at Lithium, ten miles from
here, last night. The two became
involved II a quarrel about Il minor
difficulty and began shooting at the
same time Each man was struck
several times, as they continued to
ire after falling. The pirysiciaEs
say that neither Of the two nacn can
1--we,
) Froderic1,town special to the St.
Louis Globe-Democr"t Of April %,
says: Y severe rain, hail, and wind
storm visited this city last night, do
ing considerable damage. Trees were
uprooted and telephone wires blown
| down, The cupola ot the colored
! Methodist church and part OF t0c
ROOT II the Trust building were
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or two houses were struck by light
ming. Reports from the country
! say hail did heavy damage to grow
H.. wheat and corn CROPS.
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tho strict i,tn,.,,rot,tion of the lo,v:
r,,,r.7,o.ad fnafnn Richards /
stared tbat he would not deliver
anv moro mos ronardlesa of tLa
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'i'eN Al"lf'In' was Si'o' ana k'iIc0
near b't'chtoWn last saturday
night HE young man, 1t IS re +
pof}e"' was visiting ms hrojher-In-
Jaw W. L. 9chh'lder' " son Drudge
"'h' - 9chheIder oi Jackson, at
E"ung Schnclder's home on his !,
fathers farm mile and a halt cast
OF DutchtoNn. Saturday night the
young men walked over to Dutch
town, where Schneider attended a
lodge meeting. They returdcd to
the home place about II O'Clock
and it was at Il lot gate not far from
the house that the killing occurred. !
.5chneider'S statement seems to be
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-05-04
Notice of Final Settlement.

Guardian and Curator.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-05-04

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
THOUSAND MILE RECORD
IS BEAT BY TWO HOURS

Vile car that has earned fame abroad as
well as in this country. 1t will be of in
terest to know that 1t is same car
that Thery, the Gordon Bennett cup
holder and who finished first in the
French tea mtrials for this years race,
drove in 1902, when he was almost be-
ginner in motor car racing Thery made
what was at that time a worlds kilome-
ter record of O:30. and a worlds mile rec
ord of 0:4S 2-5 with the car in November.
1902. 1t also completed in the Paris Madrid
race of 1908, finishing among the leaders.
The car was brought to this country in
October, 1908, and has been a frequent
winner In track meets.
During his twenty-four hours run,
Vaughn stopped hour and AZ minutes in
all. for slight repairs. He only had to
use three new tires. His right front tire
was punctured at the three hundred and
seventy-third mile. The left rear tire was
punctured at the five hundred and third
mile, and the same tire was again pune
tured at the nine hundred and forty
eighth mile. The other two tires remained
on the car throughout the entire run.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27

treaty of last year is not called In
question. Here is the hitch, and there
Is blood on the face of the moon. The
War Lord, who has never heard a
hostile shot, begins to think his hour
has come.
If the diplomats can arrange for the
holding of a conference this country
will be invited to send a representa-
tive, although we want nothing IN
Morocco but "a square deal" and an
open door. We are not bit inter-
ested in the strife between France
and Germany for the leadership OF
Europe. We should prefer to see Nor
Deco regenerated, but we lcannot afford
even for that purpose to take sides. IN
the Franco-German strife. France is
republic, and Germany is not.
France can work out the regeneration
of Morocco; Germany cannot. But
still the entire squabble is outside our
sphere. and we should let it severely
alone.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
Capital Punishment in Vermont.

The hanging of Mrs. Rogers, hus-
band murderer, is a long drawn out
affair. Her case has been carried into
the federal courts, and reprieve now
follows reprieve, and there is no pros
pect that the condemned woman will
very soon be hanged. Governor Bell
refuses to change her sentence. He
considers her guilty, and so does
everybody else who knows the facts
brought out in the course of her trial.
She is guilty, but should a woman
be hanged at all? This is an issue in
Vermont, and that issue is fast broad
ening in Vermont to one directed
against capital punishment altogether
Vermont has hanged but one man
murderer in twenty years, and 1t Is
not strange therefore that public SEN
timent refuses to demand the hanging
of Mrs. Rogers. The chances are very
good that the case of Mrs. Rogers
will put an end to capital punish
ment in Vermont, partly because 1t Is
not a deterrent to crime, and partly
because it cheapens human life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
Law Drivers and Jay Pedestrians.

Birmingham Is really too big for jay
drivers or jay pedestrians and it GER
tainly is too populous to endure jay
chauffeurs. The pedestrian or the
driver who is too thoughtless or too
selfish to fall into proper line in
crowded streets should get reminder
now and then from a policeman that
he would not soon forget All should
keep to the right in crowded streets;
all know this, but all are not willing
to obey the simple and sensible rule
a rule devised by public sentiment for
the general good.
Some method should be devised for
the elimination of jay drivers and ped
estrians, and jay chauffeurs should be
arrested on the spot. The last named
are positively dangerous when they
violate the rule of the road. All horses
standing in the streets should, too, be
faced in accordance with this rule, and
horses turning corner should be
compelled at once to go to the right.
The driver who persists in keeping
to the side of the street he knows is
to him wrongful, is by the law rem
dered liable for all the injury he may
do, but the law Of the road is not suffi-
cient to relieve\us of Jay drivers. A
little police supervision should be
added, and the jay pedestrian should
get some of the needful admonition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
M UY Vaughan established new rec
W. ords Saturday on the Empire City
~ track for a 1OO0-mile automobile
run and also for a twenty-four hours con-
tinuous run, except for a few necessary
stops for repairs and change of tires.
Vaughan finished his 1000-mile run in the
actual running time of 2333;20, beating the
record for a similar performance made
May at Brighton Beach by Charles
Wridgway at 2;164- Vaughan started
on his record breaking attempt at :35
o'clock Friday afternoon. and he finished
his thousand miles at :0S 20 yesterday af-
ternoon He did not stop then, but con-
tnuel for Neutrality-suspicious. record, and
completed within that time 1O15ss miles
A large crowd of Automobiles wit
messed the successful termination of
Vaushn's run, and he was heartily
cheered from the grand stand as he
climbed out of his machine after his ardu
Gus task. Many of the spectators went
up early so as to witness the finish of the
ong-distance journey, and they were also
attracted by the prospect of seeing Chew
rolet, Webb Jay, Sartori, and Barney Old
field race. At 2:3O O'clock close to 5000
persons were at the track. although the
weather was cloudy and the rain that had
fallen early in the morning had made the
track quite damp in places. This was
especially true at the turn into the back
stretch In front of the club house.
Efforts had been made to roll this bad
piece and pound it down, but it was
clearly dangerous for fast driving and in
making the turn the cars that OCCASION
ally ran around for practice steered far
out to the side. After a long conference
with the racers 1t was decided. much to
the disappointment of the spectators, to
postpone the regular race Major
C. j. 8. Miller, who owns the
fast NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fiat car with
which Cheviot made his new mile
records at the Morris Park track, refused
to allow the car to go on, and oldfield
was much opposed to racing. All of these
men will be present tomorrow, and with
a good drying-out day new records for the
mile are confidently looked for.
With the race meet postponed, Guy
Vaughn was the sole hero of the day. He
appeared on the track just before the an
nouncement of the postponement and was
loudly cheered. The rain bothered him
considerably in the morning hours, fore
ing him at times to reduce his speed from
1886 to las a mile. By constant running
I'm the middle of the track he dried 1t out
considerably and. with the exception of
the lower turn, the track was in very fair
condition.
vaughn's record for the 1000 miles sur
prised even the most sanguine AUTOMOBILE
lists. To clip over two hours from the rec
ord made by Wridgway, who 1t veteran
racer, was considered remarkable 1t was
totally unexpected. That the car was in
admirable condition after its long run is
seen from the fact that Vaughn did the
last mile in 1908 2-5. the fastest mile of
the trip, showing that the motor was in
perfect working order.
Vaughn drove 4o-horse-power Decau-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
PIPER, PLAYi

BY John Davidson.
Now the furnaces are out
And the aching anvls sleep;
Down the road the grimy rout
Tramples homeward twenty-deep.
Piper, play! Piper, playl
Tho we be o'erlabored men,
Ripe for rest, pipe your best!
Let us foot it once again!
Bridled looms delay their DIM
All the humming wheels are spent:
Busy spindles cease to spin:
Warp and wool must rest content.
Piper. play! Piper. playi
For little we are free!
For 1t, girl and shake your curls,
Haggard creatures tho we be!
Racked and soiled and faded air
Freshens i'm our holiday:
Clouds and tides our respite share;
Breezes linger by the way
Piper, restl Piper, resti
Now, a carol of the mooni
Piper, piper. play your best,
Melt the sun into your tune!
We are of the humblest grade;
Yet we dare to dance our fill;
Male and female were we made
Fathers, mothers, lovers still.
Piper-softiy, soft and low.
Pipe of love in mellow notes,
TIL the tears begin to flow.
And our hearts are in our threats.
Nameless as the starts of night
Far in gaiaxies unfurled.
Yet we WELD unrivaled might.
Joints and hinges of the world
Night and day, night and day!
Sound the song of the hours re-
hearsel
Work and play. work and play.
The order Of the universe!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
WHEN DOES A MAN DIE?
Question Cannot Be Answered, As the
Process Is Gradual.

From the New York Worlds science
notes.
In the first place, there is no definite
moment of death. We all are gradually
dying for years. The moment which is
ordinarily ascribed to death is when the
breathing stops. but this Is purely arbi-
trary and the survival of an old belief
that life was drawn in in the breath and
the soul passed out with the breath.
The heart may continue to beat many
minutes, and in animals under experiment
ton has stopped the muscles are still
irritable; the nerves are still able to carry
nerve impulses. But, while the cessa-
ton of respiration cannot be called the
moment of death, it Is the cause of it,
because the body cannot live without
air; the heart. accordingly, stops and the
tissues die of suffocation.
How arbitrary It is to call a man dead
when his heart ceases to beat and he no
longer breathes will be apparent when 1t
is remembered that dogs may easily be re-
.yived after they haye lain In this state for
six or more minutes. If the dogs chest is
opened and artificial respiration begun,
and if the heart is taken in the hand
and rhythmically squeezed, gradually 1t
begins to beat again. the dog begins to
breathe--in fact, he RECEIVERS normal life.
believe the same experiment has not
been tried in men, for the reason that
in illness the system is generally so
poisoned by the toxins of disease as
to make 1t impossible spontaneously to
recover, even though the heart should
be kept beating. The heart Of man
may in some cases be made to beat again
outside of the body If defibrinated blood
is circulated through 1t.
We cannot therefore answer the ques-
ton, When does a man die? II we mean
by a man his body, this dies piecemeal,
one organ after another; II We mean the
mans personality, this evidently disap-
pears when he loses consciousness; and
from this point of view he may be said
to die when he.falls in deep slumber, GER
tainly when he is anesthetized.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
VISITING Chinese in This Country.

A party of high caste Chinese, on
their way home from England, where
they had been living as students, were
stopped in Boston, were detained a
day and were not then permitted to
land until they had been photographed
as criminals are, and had given bond
that they would not engage in manual
labor here. To an immigration inspec-
tor all Chinese look alike. The party
in Boston bore, however, a letter from
Ambassador Choate and this should
have been complete protection from
the harsh terms of our California-dic-
tated exclusion law. The Boston out
rage is leading to consideration OF
the entire subject.
Up to December 81 of last year
treaty with China excluded from this
country all Chinese laborers. The
treaty expired, and instead of negotiat-
ing a new one this country proceeded
to treat China with contemplate
treat her as we would not have Treated
any other nation-and passed a law
excluding all Chinese except mer-
chants. students and travellers, and
uniting the execution of it in the hands
of the immigration inspectors. THESE
men have in many cases, as In Boston,
disregarded the certificates OF our
diplomatic and consular representa-
tiyes and China is gravely offended.
China is asserting herself, and the
China of today, In the light OF the
Japanese victories, is not the helpless
China of the Boxer period.
The President has issued an order
directing the immigration officials to
respect the certificates of our minis
ters and consuls But the admlnlstra-
ton should go one step further-it
should negotiate a treaty with China
whereby the two countries mutually
agree on terms acceptable to both.
China has no desire to force her COO
lies upon us, but she does not desire
to have her travellers insulted and
.l,,.od a., fbic country
The commercial guilds of China are
up in arms, so to speak. They pro-
pose to strike back by boycotting
American cotton goods, and our south
ern mills sold to China last year goods
TO the value of nearly twenty million
dollars. One big Alabama mill ships
its entire product to China. The Pres
ident should give China "a square
deal" in a treaty negotiated In season
10 be placed before Congress when 1t
meets in Decembr.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
SCIENTISTS sKEPTIcAL.
Prof. Burke's Theory That Radlum
Will Produce Life Discussed.

From a Special Gable to the New York
Sun
London June 25.-The experiments of
Prof Burke of the Cavendish Laboratory
at Cambridge university is producing ar
tihlcial life by the use of raidum were
widely discussed all last week. A major
ity of the we'll known scientists here
have been interviewed by the newspapers
on the subject; but they are very reti-
cent and while declaring that any def
mite announcement now would be pre-
mature evidently show little inclination
to credit Professor Burke with having
accomplished what his friends somewhat
too readily claim.
Prof Burke's cultures, it is said ARE
apparently capable not only of growth
but also of subdivision and possibly of
reproduction, but they certainly decay"
When portions are removed from the
influence of radium and placed upon
fresh portions of steriized boullion it is
stated that they continue to grow, from
which II is stated tlrat the influence of
radium is only initial, and that when the
spark of life is impaired to dead matter
the product becomes a separate entity.
If all this be true we have not sponta-
neous generation, but generation which
can be produced by a chemical sub
stance, without any of its attributes of
living matter, as such matter has hitherto
been defined.
1t has been suggested that the boul-
lion used by Professor Burke is not thor
oughly sterllized, but a man of his ex-
perience and position may be trusted to
see that there is proper sterilization. Still,
sterilization is manifestly relative term.
The presumption that all living things
have been killed in the boullion, though
true according to all tests heretofore APP
piled, may not be true when the sub
stance Is brought into contact with RAJ
dunn 1t must be remembered that Pro-
fessor Burke's own statement is that at
present what has been done suggests the
vitality of products conforming to Her
bert Spencers definition of life.
The Cambridge correspondent of a
morning paper suggests that Professor
Burke has been hoaxed In the matter,
but does not suggest how. He describes
Burks as a main of undoubtedly great
gifts but CURIOUS eceentricities. He re-
counts some of these, with examples of
practical jokes played on him, such as
a bogus correspondence with a non-ex-
istent German professor. None of these
has any direct bearing on the present dis
covery. though apparently they are con-
ducive to the Cambridge people not taking
Burke as seriously as they nigh tother-
wise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
An III-considered Act.

I'm inclined to think that the commit
tee of the State Editorial association"
said politician yesterday who Is known
as an independent" "aeted unwisely In
attempting to warn President Conner of
the state railroad commission not to talk
on railway rates at its meeting in syla-
eauga, before which he was invited to
make a speech.
"Mr Conner was. I am advised, invited
to make the address by the Commercial
club Of Syaeauga, and this invitation,
happen to know. specified that he could
select his own subject That Icing the
case, the action OF the committee seemed
inappropriate, even in the matter of taste
alone. Politically It was a blunder, for II
put the committee in the position of fear
ing that Mr.. Conner might speak of the
freight rate question and of deprecating
remarks on that subject. Such acts lead
the people to suppose that an, attempt
is being made to repress discussion of
that subject all of which reacts sharply
In favor of the president of the railroad
commission and the cause he represents
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
IN HOTEL LoBBIES



Few people realize the expense Uncle
Sam is put to in securing recruits for
his army" said a military man last
night
'Of course the expense varies with al
most every recruit. but it is always con-
siderable. Take for instance a man en-
listing at the local station. First the
government would undergo an expense Of
81 for medical examination and vaccina-
ton. Then every day he is held in Biz
mingham means an expense for three
meals. After all arrangements have been
completed the government has to pay for
his transportation to either Jefferson, Mo-,
Columbus, O., or one of the posts in the
western states. The greatest item of all
has not yet been mentioned. 1t is the
maintenance of the recruiting office. A
commissioned officer and several enlisted
men have to be paid salaries besides
rent for quarters, and many other ex-
penses that attach to every office, what
ever its nature.
when men are enlisted in one of the
auxiliary station of the state, in many
instances it is necessary for the officer
in command of the local station to go to
the town to swear him in, and more
travelling expenses are incurred. When
it is considered that only ten to fifteen
men are enlisted in a month at the Bir-
mingham office, and that examination fees
have to be paid for the thirty or more
that are rejected, the heavy expense per
man to the United States is evident.
yet. good sturdy men are secured, and
believe the present system pays Tor
itself in the long run
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
France and Germany.

Morocco, poor and misruled, is for
gotten. The real issue is the hegom-
eny of Europe. now that Russia is in a
collapsed state. The Emperor VIII
liam, always a meddler, proposes to
constitute himself to all intents and
purposes, the dictator of Europe.
France saw the intolerable condition
of Morocco. French territory lies all
about Morocco except of course, on
the water side of it. Spain is near
Morocco, and SO is England, for Eng
land owns Gibraltar. France, Spain
and England therefore got together
and negotiated a treaty that looks to
the regulation of Morocco under
French leadership. 1t is best for the
progress of the world that the treaty
be carried out. 1t is good treaty
and it's only crime consists in the
fact that Germany, having small in
terests only in Morocco, was not con-
suited.
The Emperor William therefore pro-
poses to set aside the Franco-British-
Spanish treaty. He has through a
special commission induced the sultan
at Fec to call an international con-
ference Of the powers that partici-
pated In the Madrid conference, of
1880. France is willing. provided the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
LANDED BIG BULL TROUT.

From the Anaconda Standard
One of the largest bull trout caught this
season was landed on the banks of the
Missoula river, west of town, this morn
ing by Robert Cries The fish weighed
eight and half pounds when dressed and
measure two feet from tip to tip The
fish was a gamy one and was landed after
a plucky fight of several minutes.
Young Cries had been fishing In COM
pany with Mr.. Palsgrove for some time
and had been unable to catch anything
but SINNERS Finally he fixed up plain
hook and put a strike from the bull trout
as the sinner struck the water He did
not know that he had got fish on his
hook, but thought he had struck a snag.
With all of his endeavors he could not
pull in his line Finally the trout shot
away into the water and unwound all the
line from the reel The hook then broke
and the prize had been lost. Cries pull
ed In his line, and undismayed, he put
on another hook and attached another
small fish.
The second time Cries made cast big
bull trout Immediately grabbed for the
bait and got fastened to the end of the
Line. This time hard fight ensued,
hook and put a sinner on 1t. He made
cast and got a strike from the bull trout
In his line. When the trout had been pull
ed almost to the shore one of the men
took shot at hime with a rifle and sue
ceeded in killing him. The fellow was
then landed and dressed While dress
ing him the men were lamenting the fact
that they had lost the first one, when
they discovered their first hook in the
mouth of the fish thew had caught.