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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
ROOSEVELT'S
NEW SOUTHERN POLICY

The appointment of Major Lewis j.
Lawson to be postmaster at Greensboro,
Ala, to succeed the late Judge ]. M
Hobson, the father of Capt. Richmond
Pearson Hobson, is interpreted by many
persons in this city democrats as well as
republicans, to mean that President
Roosevelt is more determined than ever
before to appoint to Federal offices in
the south only men who are most efficient
and most acceptable to their communities,
and to appoint them somewhat regardless
of their political Affiliations.
1t is stated upon high authority that the
President has made clear to the referees
in the southern states what his policy is
in this respect. He has impressed upon
them his belief that political parties, and
especially republican party in the south,
cannot be built up and strengthened by
the distribution of patronage. He has told
the referees to keep this point constantly
in view and has warned them that he
will brook no attempt that may be made
by them to controvene his purposes or to
defeat his plans.
Iht ldSt liittl MAUI Lawsuit a hiC7ioh6
democrat of character and intelligence,
has been appointed postmaster at Green's
boro is construed to mean that the re-
ferees in Alabama, at least, have deter
mined to cooperate with the President in
executing his newly formed policy 1t Is
now recalled that a prominent republic
can negro leader lives at Greensboro, and
that under ordinary conditions this negro
leader would have been a candidate for
the position. The referees, however, for
reasons satisfactory to themselves, dis
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
Bonds Burned.

Seventy-two bonds aggregating $4,000
Issued for public improvements and can
celled, were ordered destroyed. While
the council was in session City Treasurer
G. c. Engstefeld and City Attorney Ed
ward D. Smith secured two galvanized
iron buckets and proceeded to burn the
cancelled bonds.
Assessments were confirmed on ordi-
nance No I'll, which provided for street
grading matchmaking and curbing, and
sidewalk paving along Magnolia avenue
from Twentieth to Twenty third streets,
which improvements cost $4275.O9.
Assessments were confirmed on ordi-
nance No 252, which provided for grad
ing and paving along Twenty-fourth
street from Avenues G to l. Mr.. Smith
of the firm of Smith & Stillman repre-
senting Oliver Caldwell, a property own
err appeared before the meeting and pro-
tested against the assessments for the
improvements being made final. His pro-
test was ordered fled
Upon resolution of Alderman Gum of
the Fifth ward the city engineer was in
structed to advertise for bids for work
authorized by improvement ordinances
Nos. 224, 225 and 221, the bonds having
been guaranteed by the Peoples Savings
Bank and Trust company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

that it had decided to allow George A.
Ash to pay $500 for sidewalk assessments.
The case of Mrs. S. NJ. Burgamy was
continued by the special committee.
A petition was presented for citizens in
terested asking that Twenty-seeond
street be opened up from Eighth to Elev-
enth avenues, north. The petition, which
was read by Alderman Copeland of the
Fourth ward, stated that the Frisco and
the Central of Georgia railroads had
twenty tracks across Twenty-sec-
ond street The petition was referred to
the street committee
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
For New Map.

Alderman Forney introduced resolu-
ton providing for the city engineer to
investigate and report back to the City
Council on the cost of having a complete
map of the city of Birmingham made.
The map is to show all of the blocks,
lots, streets, avenues alleys and public
places in the city. The resolution was
referred to the street committee.
Capt Carl Scales, commanding the
Graves rifles Company b, Second regi-
ment Alabama National guard, appeared
before the council and asked that rooms
be provided for his company. He stated
that since the organization of his COM
pany apartments had been used in the
attic of the city hall, which were not
convenient. Alderman Stockmar, the
chairman Of the city hall committee said
that he had been investigating the matter
for some time past and had failed to find
available space in the city hall for the
new infantry organization. He said that
now occupies three rooms on the fourth
floor of the city hail. would vacate Just
as soon as the new high school is finished
and that this would give more room for
the military organizations The matter
was passed.
The special committee appointed to take
up certain public Improvement assess
ments with view of settlement reported
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Water and Light Meters.

ond street. The petition was referred to
the street committee.
Water and Light Meters.
The special committee appointed to in
vestigate charges made by water, gas
and electric light companies to consum-
through Alderman Moore. The commit
tee introduced a resolution providing that
hereafter all persons employed to read
meters must issue statement to the con-
sumner wher the meter is read, stating
the exact condition of the meter. This
statement must be signed by the person
reading it. A penalty for the violation of
the ordinance is fixed 1t is a fine of not
less than 81 nor more than 800 with an
Imprisonment of six months, one or both.
Upon motion of Alderman Ward the ordl-
nance was placed on its second reauins
and then referred to the judiciary and
special committee for a report at the next
regular meeting. Alderman Moore Their
announced that the special committee
would meet in the Mayors office next
| Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock to take up
this and other matters which has been
| referred to it.
| The contract for the city printing for
| the eight months, commencing February
10, was given to The Age-Herald, upon
resolution introduced by Alderman Moore
| The special committee, consisting of
pointed to consider the petition of Solo,
mon & Levi for a remittance of license
i for the year 1902 was disalowed.
Southeastern Tariff Agreement.
Alderman Jones, the chairman of the
fire and water service committee. stated
that for some reason the representatives
of tie Board of Trade appointed to sui
NIT to the city council the agreement en-
tered into with the Southeastern Tariff
association, whereby Birmingham Is IL
be re-rated, were not present at the meet-
| ing. He then moved that the agreement
which provides for additional fire APP
paratus be referred to the finance and tins
| fire and water service committees for con.
sideration, which action was taken unanl-
mous1y.
That section of the finance committee
report providing for an appropriation OF
$50 per month for the maintenance of the
| Rescue Home for fallen women establish
ed in Birmingham by the Salvation
! Army brought forth some discussion
Aldermen Cooper and Ward did not think
that the city was in a position just now
to make the appropriation. The report
was finally adopted, Aldermen Cooper,
Ward Heidi and Stockmar voting in the
negative In voting against the appro-
| priation however, all of the aldermen az
| proved of the work of the Salvation
Army. They argued however, that it was
simply a business matter and that they
| did not think the appropriation could be
| conscientiously made just at this time.
Fire plugs were ordered placed on
| Sixteenth avenue and Twenty-fifth street,
north Eighth alley and Twenty-second
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of certain lights be left with the chair
man.
That a bell telephone be place in the
office of the treasurer for the use of
said office and tax collectors office.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
WOMAN TRIES TO sUY DIPLOMA
Board of Health is Investigating
KrOeger Institute.

A decided sensation was created Fri
day at the semi-annual meeting of the
South Dakota state board of health
when the members of the board took up
the subject of the Kroeger institute at
Epiphany, S. D.. Representatives of the
institute were present at the request of
the board and the whole matter regard
ing the right of the conductors of the i'll
stitute to practice medicine i'll the state
was gone into.
On the request of the board, the dipio-
ma of the late Father Kroeger was pre-
scented for examination. 1t was found
to be a small document, written with Il
pen and dated at Cincinnati, O., in 1871.
So far as the board has been able to dis
cover the college from which the diplo-
ma purports to have been issued was
never in existence.
The woman who now has charge of the
institute. and who was Father kroeger's
partner, has no diploma except one Civ
EN- her by Father Kroeger. The woman
appeared before the board and made an
earnest plea for a license III order that
the business of the institute might be
continued, she offering to pay the sum of
$1,000 for a license.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
WILL SUE FOR DAMAGES.
Because He Suffered Mental Anguish
While in Jail.

A claim for damages of an unusual
character has ben filed with the county
commissioners of Hamlin County by
Robert l.. Walls.
Walls was confined in the Hamlin
County Jail for a period of $50 days, and
he thinks that because of this the county
owes him the sum of 81, 1000. He alleges
that the Jail was unsafe, unsuitable, I'M
wholesome, unventilated and unhealthy"
AS a further ground for damages he al
leges hat he was confined with insane
and intoxicated persons.
Walls was arrested in June of last year
on the charge of larceny. AS he could
not furnish bonds he was placed i'll the
county Jail until u recent term of court,
when his case came up for trial. AS the
result of his trial he was declared inno-
cent, and now seeks to make the county
pay for the time he was compelled to lie
in Jail.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
MAY FREE Or. KOCH.
Believed that Jury Will Acquit the
Accused Man.

A NV Ulm, Mimi. special says: The
fate Of DIR. George II. Koch, accused OF
the murder Of DIR. l.. A. Gebhardt, is IL
the hands of the jury, which retired AT
3:20 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Attorney Brown Wednesday morning
made a powerful plea for Koch, and it is
generally considered that he shattered
the case made by the state. His was
the closing argument for the defense,
The general opinion is that DIR. Koch
will be acquitted. A conviction is con-
sidered to be out of the question. 1t is
possible the jury may disagree.
The case has been respondent with
mysterious conditions, tragic features
and sensational situations.
If Koch is acquitted, the mystery that
surrounds the murder of DR.. Koch's bus
mess rival, DR.. l.. A. Gebhardt, will be
apparently as far from being cleared as
it was the morning after the popular
young dentists body was carried from
the Office, which reeked with blood like
shambles.
For eighteen days the little court room
on the terrace overlooking the Minnesota
River bottoms has been filed to overflow
ing by the crowds that clamored for add
mission to Minneso.a's most famous and
sensational murder trial. Day after day
the defendant, one of New Ulm's most
popular young men and the son of its
most respected pioneer, has sat in the
court room listening to the %unraveling Of
a chain of circumstances which seemed
TO indicate that instead of being a model
young man, as he had always appeared
to be, he was a villainous murderer of
the worst type.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
FIRE STILL r
Stubborn Blaze in a Chicago Pack
ing Plant.

The fire was still burning in the pack,
ing plant of Schwarzschild & sulzberger
at Chicago Tuesday in spite of the eff.
forts of the firemen.
After a fight of thirty-eight hours it
is said it might be necessary to demolish
the walls with dynamite in order to get
ut the blaze and save other sectionS of
the plant. 1t is feared the fireproof wall
between the burning section of the bee:
cooler and the lard refinery might b.
warped by heat and give way, spread
ing the flames to the lard refinery, where
the grease soaked surroundings would
make a fierce blaze.
The loss to the packing company on
the building and beef stored in the place
which has been damaged by smoke is
estimated at 100000.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Station Agent Robbed at Baitic-
At the Point of a Revolver Two
Bold Bandits Relieve Him Of $500
on the Depot Platform.

No clew has yet been found which
will lead to the identity of two strangers
who in an unusually bold manner held
I'D and robbed n. l.. Helm, agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail
road Company at Baltic, a little town
twelve miles north of Sioux Falls.
The robbers secured about 5000 in
cash, which belonged to the railroad
company. The robbery was committed
On the depot platform soon after the
last freight train for the night had pass
ed through Baltic. The agent was at the
depot alone, and shortly after the depart-
ure of the freight train he counted his
rash and found he had over 500.
Placing the money in his pocket he
stepped out on the depot platform, when
two men suddenly appeared before him.
One of them thrust a huge revolver into
his face with the stern command:
Throw up your hands, and be quick
about it,"
The agent could not do otherwise than
promptly comply, and while the man
with the gun kept him covered the other
stranger went through his pockets and
secured the money, in addition taking a
valuable watch belonging to him.
After satisfying themselves that he
nad no other valuables OH his person the
two men backed away and soon disap-
peared in the darkness. The agent
speedily gave the alarm, and within half
an hour a posse Of citizens was securing
the town and surrounding country, but
not the slightest trace of the two men
could be found.
1t all happened so quickly that Agent
Helm is unable to give a good descrip-
ton Of the two men, and this has handi-
capped the authorities III experimenting
ther.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
WILL AIR SCANDAL.
Millionaire Plat Sues Hannah
Elias, n Negroes.

The trial at New York Of the suit OF
John r.. Plat, an octogenarian million.
aire, to recover from Hannah Elias, a
negress, nearly $750,0O0, which he al
leges she extorted from him during a pc.
riod extending over more than twenty
years, was begun before Justice O'Gor.
man in the supreme court Tuesday. Mrs.
Elias was not in court when the case
was called.
The motion was denied by Justice
OGorman, as was another motion, ask.
ing for a jury trial.
1t was a shocking tragedy that stirred
not only New York, but the entire coun.
try, that brought to light the wonderful
story of Mrs. Elias career.
On Nov. 10, 1903, Cornelius Williams
the woman's discarded friend of a dec
ade, shot and killed Andrew H.. Green,
the father of Greater New York. on
the doorstep of his Park Avenue home.
Williams told his insane story of Mr..
Green's alleged relations with the ne
gress. Every detail of the woman's life
but the name of her wealthy parron was
ferreted ont by the press. The district
attorney was i'll in bed. She confessed
everything TO him. She disclosed the
name of John r.. Platt as her dupe.
Platt sent word to the district attorney
thar he would kill himself if his dis.
grace were revealed, and with the con-
sent Of Mr.. Green's family the district
Dtfnrnny boat ai1Nt n.Al comb NT,l,,, $40,
to an asylum for the criminally insane at
Mattewan.
The Platt blackmail suit disclosed to
the public his remarkable resemblance
to Mr.. Green.
These are the amounts Plat says he
paid to Mrs. Elias, annually, after 1895:
1896, $19,075; 1897, 1892 1898. &c.,
600; 1899, $4,000; 1900, $S4,265; 1901,
$S7,067; 1902, $124, 2O6; 1908. $1SG,4O9;
1904, $31,533. Others are believed to
have been bled almost as heavily as Mr.,
Plat.
In 1895 she met John X. Platt. a re-
tired glass manufacturer and millionaire.
1t was a chance meeting on thesidewalk,
engineered by the woman's cleverness.
The venerable merchant suspected Meth
err the race nor character of the demure
and pretty woman who shyly stopped
him, and lulled his suspicious as she re-
vealed a story of misfortune by clever
reference to his fatherly appearance. He
was 76 and she 80. Mr.. Plat has made
sworn deposition that he believed her
story that she was a virtuous single wo.
man of Spanish extraction. Her in.
trigue prospered. He became her pro.
tector. The rest was easy.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
DARING CHICAGO ROBBER.
An Attempt to Loo the Mails in the
Business District.

A daring attempt to rob the mails was
made Tuesday night in front of the Ma
sonic temple in the heart of the business
section of Chicago. While a carrier was
collecting the mail that had accumu-
lated in the Masonic temple in the even
ing a man suddenly sprang on the sent
of the wagon and drove off at top speed.
John L~ougenan, superintendent of mails,
who happened to be in the vicinity, no.
ticed the man driving the wagon. Jump
ing into an express wagon he gave chase.
The robDer, seeing that it would be
impossible for him to get away with the
mail, jumped from the wagon and made
his escape.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
BIG STRIKE ENDS.
Labor War i'm Fall River Cotton
Mills is Settled.

The Fall River, Mass, cotton strike
has been settled. 1t was one of the hard,
est fought labor struggles in the history
of Fall River. Twenty-Five thousand
workmen were directly involved in the
struggle.
The settlement was brought about ut
a conference held at Boston between
representatives of the manufacturers and
operatives, who met at the suggestion of
Gov. Douglas.
The strike began July % last. when
the manufacturers posted notices of a
l21a per cent reduction in wages. The
operatives will return to work Mt once
under the reduction.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
SOUTH DAKOTA FRUIT MEN.
State horticultural Association in
Session at Huron.


The annual meeting of the State Hor.
ticultural Association was in session at
Huron Wednesday. with a fair attend
ancp. In the absence of John III. Mil
Ter, president, the sessions are being pre-
sided over by G.. w. Guerney, of Yank-
ton, vice president. Among papers pre-
sented and discussed was one on market
gardening, by X. ID. Whorton. Of Huron,
Plum growing occupied much attention.
Ii developed that the growing of plums
can be made very profitable in South
Dakota with proper care. n new yarie-
ty of grape, especially adapted to this
climate, was presented, and is known as
the Beta: the industry gives fair promise.
Tomatoes were discussed at length, the
most favored being the Dwarf, the Ear
llama. Early Jewel and one or two other
varieties. all of which are giving splen-
did satisfaction. Asparagus culture was
next considered. and from statements Civ
en- it appears that n number of persons
are extensively engaged in raising this
luxury. Gray Bros, of 9ankton, have
a 40-acre tract of celery, especially for
the wholesale markets.
AS to Strawberries, there was much
said, indicating that their raising is both
pleasant and profitable, III there are
very many people in South Dakota who
nave achieved marked success i'll the
growing of this fruit both for their table
use and for market. The South Dakota
strawberry always finds a ready and
profitable market.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
RUSSIA is MYSTIFIED
APPARENT ATTEMPT UPON LIFE
The GAR.
May Have Been Accident-This is
The Claim Officially Made-Public
Opinion acknowledgements Fired
Was "A Feeble Charge.

A st. Petersburg special says: The
ceremony of the blessing of the waters
this year was accompanied by an event
more mysterious, unprecented and extra
ordinary than any afforded by the annals
of Russian history.
For a Russian sovereign to fall by the
hands Of an assassin is no new thing III
should narrowly escape death by a shot
from his own artillery while he was en-
gagged in a solemn religious rite, sur
rounded by priests Of the church, is so
difficult to realize as to be almost imcrcd-
ible.
Yet this is what happened Thursday,
and the Russian public is left wondering
and mystified. BY the merest chance the
imperial family escaped unhurt, but pub
lie opinion is stunned by what might
nave been the tragic result of the af-
fair.
A later dispatch says: Ii is now stat
ed in official circles that the grape was
fired from one of the guns OF the Seven
teenth battery of the First horse artil-
lery OF the guard, the most aristocratic
corps in the Russian army. IL seems
that Mt gun practice on Tuesday a load
ed shell wfs Inadvertently left in the
gun.
The official account of the shooting af
fair is as follows;
During the ceremony of the blessing
of the waters OF the Neva Thursday in
the presence of the emperor, as the usual
salute was being fired af accident hap
pened. A charge of grape, instead of a
s~aluting charge, was fired from n gun be-
longing to one of the batteries stationed
near the Bourse. Some bullets struck
the facade Of the winter palace. near the
quay gardens, breaking four windows. 4
policeman belonging to the St. Peters.
burg force was wounded. According TO
the information to hand at present nc
ether accident occurred. Inquiry con
tinues."
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25

SHOT WHILE HE SLEPT.
Murdered Man Carried Insurance In
Wife's Favor.


DIR. Emmett Perdue, head physician OF
the North American Copper Company, at
~Encampment, Wyo., was shot and killed
mt the home of +. NJ. Leakey, his faith
er-in-law, twenty miles west of Rich.
mond, Mo. DIR. Perdue's wife was held
temporarily, but she was allowed to re-
NAH! at her fathers home. After sin
years of married life, Mrs. Perdue left
her husband two years ago. Recently
she and her husband became reconciled
to each other, and last week they can't
TO the home of her parents near Rich
mond together. They intended to leay,
for Wyoming together. Mis-. Perdue re.
fused TO testify before the %coroner's jury
and the members of her family would
give no definite testimony.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
INDIANS PECULIAR MANIA.
With a Weapon of Any Kind He
Desires TO SIay.

Officers passed through Sioux Falls
Sunday in charge of Joseph Longe, a
miXed-blood Sioux Indian, who escaped
from the government Indian insane asy-
lum at Canton.
His case is Il peculiar one. He has
been mentally unbalanced since child
hood, and is as docile as a child except
at such times as he secures a weapon Of
any kind. Then he becomes a raving
maniac, dons his war paint and proceeds
to kill his fancied enemies.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
MARKS GETS So.
Verdict of the Jury in the Damage
Case at Platte.

The jury in the Marks-Arnold damage
case returned a verdict 'on the converting
of the Charles Mix circuit court Monday,
morning, giving DR.. Henry w. Marks,
who sued Banker j. II. Arnold for $780,
900 damages for alternating his wife's
affections, a verdict for 81.
DR.. Marks was Immediately arrested
on a charge of conducting a lottery and
is held in charge of the sheriff for trial
Oh Il failure to secure bonds of 81, 800.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25

BRIDGE BILL.
House Passes Measure Extending
Time for Building

AT Washington, Thursday, the house
fixed Friday, Feb. IL next, as the date
for holding appropriate exercises in stat
nary hall accepting the statue for Fran
els Il. Willard, presented by the state
of Illinois.
Bills were passed extending the extra
dition laws OF the United States to the
Philippine islands. and extending for one
year the time for the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri River AT
Yankton, s. ID.