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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
NO NEW TRIAL FOR
MRS. ANGIE BIRDSONG
Woman Who Shot DR.. Butler at Mon
ticello, Miss, Sentenced to Five
Years in Penitentiary.
(By Associated Press. }

HAXELHuRST, MISS, Dec. IL
Mrs. Angie Birdsong was today denied
a new trial by Judge Miller. She was
sentenced to five years in the peni-
Tertiary and notice was given of an
appeal to the Supreme Court. When
the notice of appeal was filed coun-
sci for Mrs. Birdsong made applica-
ton for bail which was granted in
the sum of $1,000.
Major Fox. father Of Mrs Birdsong,
ex-mayor of Jackson. and other friends
of the woman. signed the bond. Mrs.
Birdsong shot and allied DR.. Butler
at Monticello. Miss, November 25, and
the trial was concluded several days
ago She was convicted of manslaugh-
ter. Since that time she has been
seriously ill. Because of her young
child and her own Illness, Mrs. Bird
song was never sent to Jail.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. SATURDAY. DECEl1BER Is 1906

netting of the council The matter
was brought before Governor Cobb
several weeks ago in 4 petition ask
ing him to stop alleged abuses
at Shiloh. Governor Cobb issued
the following statements:
After careful consideration of the
Shiloh matter and after consulting
with the legal department OF the
State, through the Attorney General
and County Attorney Crockett, OF
Androsoggin County, who at my re-
quest investigated the conditions at
Shiloh. the Governor and Council
have decided that there is no oc-
casion for executive action in the
matter"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
BRlDGROOMS TO HAPPY
TO THINK ABOUT LAW
City Clerk Of Burlington, VT, Digs
Up an Old Law That May Cost
Somebody Some Money.
tBy Associated Press

BURLINGTON, VERMONT. Dec.
li.--foung men of this city who
have taken wives outside OF the
State in the last two years are
alleged TO have neglected To com
ply with a certain portion of the
Vermont statutes and are therefore
liable to fine of $40 each.
City Clerk NJ. d. Mcmahon has
compiled list Of bridegrooms who
have come back here to reside, after
their honeymoon and has sent out
notices calling attention to their de.
linquency
The statutes containing the mat.
ter reads:
iii male resident Of this state
Is married without the state he shall
within TO days deposit with the
clerk of the town or city where nc
resides certificate and upon fail
'lro TO do so he shall be liable to n
line not less than ten dollars"
The city clerk says young married
men nave neglected to comply with
The provision and that some of them
nave been liable to fine for more
IMAM year. He does not intend
TO begin immediate proceedings look.
ing TO the imposition of fines. pre.
fering TO give the delinuuents n
warning first
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
SILVER SERVICE SETS
FOR TWO BATTLESHiPS
Norfolk is Planning to Give the
the Tennessee Delegation a Right
Royal Good Time.
(By Associated Press. ,

NORFOLK, VA. Dec. 14.-Whcn
Governor Cox OF Tennessee and his
party arrive here tomorrow to pre-
sent a silver service to the armored
cruiser Tennessee in Hampton Roads.
he will be welcomed in a most cor.
dial manner. Committees Of the
Board of Trade, Chamber Of Com
merce. Citizens Commission 100000
league. Seventy-first regiment, Won.
ems club and jamestown Exposition
company. will meet him. The pro
gram arranges for a tour of the
Exposition grounds before the pre-.
sentatton ceremonies and a big re-
ceEtion at the Monticello Hotel to-
morrow night at which Governor
swanson and Lieutenant Governor
Eiiyson of Virginia will be present.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
GIRL WHO PROTECTED
HOME WILL BE FREED
Fifteen Year Old Miss Who kiIl.d
Man While Trying to Get in
House Exonerated.
(By Associated Press.l

JOHNSON, r. L., Dec. li.-At the
inquest today on the death of Ell.
mer OBriggs. who was shot by Is.
yearoli Ethel Smith, as he was at,
tempting to break into her home In
Thornton on Misunderstanding day to
attack his wife and three children
who were In the Smith home Cor.
oner Worth exonerated the girl and
stated that she showed much cour.
age In having protected the inmates
OF her home and further that she
did not shoot until in great danger.
me case will come up for a hear.
Ing next Monday In the Eighth dis.
trict court as the girl was arrested
ON a charge Of mansiaughter after
the shooting, but was released on
nominal reaoginznace. 1t is be.
lieved she will be discharged.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
NOW CONTROL ENTIRE
OUTPUT OF COPPER
Ama'aamated Company Has at as.
succeeded In Gaining Control of
Greene Mines.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE Anal.
samated Copper Company has secured
control control of the big Greene Consolidated
1opper Company of Mexico. The deaf
VIII be announced late TODAY Mil.
II, Is are said to have been paid bv
inc Copper. Trust to gobble it's dan.
g ferrous rival; Previous attempts to
gam control of the Greene interests
nave always failed. but today IT was
learned that John D. Ryan and Thorn
as Cole. of the Butte Coalition Com.
,.,l mad completed negotiations
whereby the Greene Company will be
turned over TO the Copper Trust.
INC mines of the Greene Company
are located in Sonora, Mex, and the
o 80 stock has a market value
or over $30,tJO.0OO. Colonel BiIl
Greene is the president of the com.
nany. with the Copper Trust I'm con.
troi OF the Greene mines, the pro.
o ~ NC OF copper is in virtual control
or the Rockefeller and Rodgers inter.
ests In this country.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
SIX DAYS BICYCLE
RACE IS VERY FAkEY
Attendance Dropping Off Because
Some of the Riders Are Resorting
to Petty Tricks.
(Rv Associated Press. J

NEW YORK. Dec. 1i.-Thongh
thousands were present there was a
noticeable falling off today and to-
night in the attendance of the six day
bicycle at Madison Square garden.
Riders fell SO often at times when
some team bid fair to gain lap that
reports were current of revolt on the
part of some of the contestants. Dur
ing most of the day the pace was
slow, the riders creeping around the
track at snail's pace Some of them
including Breton, Bobby Walthour,
Samuelson and Bedell. who had to
submit to the penalty of lap by
teaming anew. were much satisfied.
There was ripple of excitement
when late tonight fast sprint was
started by Root. closely followed by
MacFarland. The result was the loss
of lap by Vanderstuft and Stolan,
and Calvan and Wiley
Midnight score eight leaders .943
miles and 'aps with order OF others
unchanged.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
MORAL ; FAT WOMEN
SHOULDN'T BE RACERS
Large Lady Wanted Damages From
b Railway Company But Sprintlng
ProclIvitles Prevented.
CDy Associated Press }

PlTTSBURG, PA. Dec. III BE-
cillse she was entered In a fat
wOman's race at the annual picnic
of the miners of the keystone Coal
and Coke Company, Mrs. Nellie y.
Siapleton OF Grccnsbirg, was denied
big damages for personal injuries
by jury In tho common pleas
court. Mrs. Stnpleton had brought
suit asains, n street railway com.
pany for $4,000 because of Injuries.
alleged 10 have been received in
nlighting from chr. The test lmony
ms developed for defendant was that
she had participated In fat won.
ans race subsequent TO the time
or the Injuries were alleged to have
been sustained.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
SPECIAL MESSAGE ON
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
President Roosevelt Thinks He Was
Misunderstood in His Annual
Message to Congress.

WASHINGTON. D. c. Dec. IL
That President Roosevelt will send
TO Congress special message, al.
Vcoating the passage Of ship sub
say measure was stated by sew,
eral members of the house today
IL stated that the President had
declared that the recommendation in
MS annual message was msunder.
stoo. 1t is said that he now propos.
eS TO correct any false Impressions
that may have been gained by the
House. The house committee on
merchant marine and fisheries will
meet on January :, and it is as
serted that the President will fur.
ther communicate his wishes to the
Rouse before the meeting.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
TRAIN RoRRgR GETS 20 YEARS
Alton.surlinaton Bandit Pleads Gull.
~ and Escapes Death Sentence

MARSHALL, MO-, Dec. l4.--Jcsse
Clyde Rnmscy. of Chicaro, who rob.
oen me ton-Burlington train on
November % and the Rock Island
Limited on November s, both near
hiassow, Mo, pleaded guilty here
lolaS: ana was sentenced TO twenty
years" Imprisonment.
humsey pleaded guilty to two
charges connected with the Alton.
nuriihEloh hold-nD, upon promise
that The minimum sentence would
be Imposed. He refused TO plead
guilty to the Rock Island robbery
although he had previously confessed
10 H. ihe miihmum penalty for
train robbery IN Missouri is death
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
New York Firm Held Liable

STAUNTON, VA, Dec. 14.-The
case of Thomas Smythe VS.. II. A.
Mcintyre &c Co, brokers, of New
YORK, ended last night, after a three
days trial, with verdict of $685.. 81
in favor of Smythe. The suit orig.
mated in claim against r. D,
Armstrong e Co., stock brokerc who
failed here in the summer owing
Smythe the above sum. The smit
Was prosecuted Ion the theory thar
Mcintyre I'D Co, instead of being
brokers' executing orders for Arm
strong Co. were doing business
here in the latter's name.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
By Making The Necessary Dec|aP-
alton They Can Worship With
out Djsobeying the Pope.
ClEAGYS RESISTANCE PASSIVE
One Socialistic Paper Says That Ro.
manists are Armed, But There is No
Evidence That Violent Resistance
is contemplated-c Preparing
to Amend the 1905 Law.
by Associated Press.l

PARIS, Dec. l4.-There has been
issued from the offices of the Arch.
bishop of Paris. Cardinal Richard. an
important document which will facil-
ate way 10 settle the church diff.
Guilty. This compensation sets forth
Il declaration that for laymen to wor-
ship is not in disobedience to the in.
StructiOns of the Pope, provided their
purpose is honesty to avoid disturb.
anceS, and admit that their purpose is
not to infringe upon the hierarchy Of
The church. as the Vatican has only
forbidden clergymen to carry out the
required legal formalities.
II is now apparent that the resist
ance Of the clergy will be purely pas
Sire and that there is no prospect of
religious passions being aroused I'M
less tho churches are closed The
government is now resting on its oars
and may continue which the cabinet
is preparing.
In the meantime in the city, except
in churches where legal applications
were filed. the police again took notes
of attractions of the law at the morn
ing masses. Cardinal Richard Is
awaiting expulsion from the Episcopal
mansion. The government, however.
i'm the case of the aged primato who
is IN bad health and postponing action
in the hope that he will depart In n
few days of his own volition.
No Sign Of Armed Resistance.
The action, violent socialist or
gan, today made an attack upon the
government, calling attention to the
alleged fact that the Catholic gymnas-
tic societies had number of rifles.
There is not the slightest evidence,
however. that armed resistance is
contemplated,
Drove Out Policeman.
At church in Vincennes a notice
was posted characterizing as "trea-
son" the action of two Pensioners in
making an application and saying that
Cardinal Richard was the authority
for the statement that the Pope's pro.
hibition applied to laymen as we'll as
10 the clergy.
At Littlenorth Catholics drove out
policeman, who was reporting an
infraction of the law at the church of
lie Grand Phillip.
Meeting of the Cabinet
The cabinet met today, with Presi-
dent Fallieres in the chair, in order
to decide upon the new legislation TO
be presented TO parliament. The steps
TO be taken are of very sweeping
character. 1t is proposed to amend the
law OF 1905. providing for the separa-
ton OF church and state by which
years grace was allowed before the
permanent alienation of the church
property, and to suppress the privilege
OF forming new cultural or diocession
associations. and all church property,
including the seminaries. will be i'm
medlately handed over to the state.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
Floyd Hughes Forgot Acco,,n.

NohfOLk, Dec. 14.-Floyd Hughes.
one OF the Republican candidates for.
congress. who failed to file his cam
paish expense account with the prop.
er authorities. laying himself liable.
nhuer the Barksdale pure.election
INV, explained upon his return from
nlchmond tnat his campaign cost him
n .,.s nothing. And as a result oei
to this effect. +
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15

Senator Carmack and Frazer OF
tennessee Will also be- here from
washington. Tho service to DO pro.
scented by Miss Cox. the governors
daughter. consists of IL full dinner
SET ana punch bowl. and cost
$4,000.
al tho same time the presentation
ceremonies occur ON the Tennessee
III the Roads Governor Swanson Will
present silver service to the bat.
'leship virginia now ut the Norfolk
navy yard.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
Sentenced for Life

Eb PASo, TEXAS. Dec. n
Max Miller, a saloon keeper, who
In fit of jealousy shot and killed
), y. Turley. a railroad man, form
erly OF Memphis, Tenn, while the
victim. who was rnarmed begged for
his life. was found guilty of mur-
der in the first degree by jury
here today, and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
BOND ISSUE ORDINANCE SIGNED
Election to Decide Question viii be
Held on February %,

Mayor Buxton has signed the orl.
nance passed by both branches OF the
council providing for an election 10
DC held on February rs. 1907. to dc.
cido the question of whether or not
the city shall issue bonds for 800, 900
FOR permanent street improvements.
The Mayor has also signed all the
othcr measures adopted by tho COM
mon council and board of aldermen ut
their regular meetings
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 14.-The
senate committee on the District of
Columbia exhibit today authorized
favorable report on a bill appropriate
ing $4,000 for District of Columbia
building at the jamestown Exposition.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
HOLY GHOST AND US.

Governor Cobb and Council Decide
They Have no Jurisdiction in Case.
AUGUSTA, GA, Dec. 1.-THE
Governor and council have no jur.
isdiction in the matter Of investigat-
ing conditions said to exist at the
colony Of the Holy Ghost and Us
Society OF Shiloh, according to a
decision reached at the monthly
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-15
Killed in Boiler Explosion.

STAUNT0N, VA. Dec. 14.-rn a
iatal boiler explosion near Craigs.
vile. at the quarry of the Allegheny
Coal and Iron Company, Floyd Zimbro
was instantly killed. The cause of
the explosion is not known.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-13
TRIP ABROAD WAS CUT SHORT.
WcuId-Be Traveller a Victim Of Strong
English Beer.

See your own country first, ]
claim" said the man with the blue
nose, as he waited for his glass to be
reflled. why, there's many a man
will talk to you like a preacher of
Rome and Paris and Luxor when he
amt never seen SO If ich as the falls
at Merna nor the Lodi monument.
II had but one experience of
abroad" he went on. And | don't
me.
II bought a return trip ticket to
Liverpool and | sailed away. 1t was
in "a. reached Liverpool at night
and started out to see the sights. But
alongside of the docks there was a
saloon and | went in there to get O
lew beers before NY slghtseein'
should begin.
English beer amt like ourn. It's
terrible stuff. It's like whisky.
"And that English beer done for me.
| was laid out cold, speechless. For
two days | didn't know nothin'. Mean
while, findin' on me this here return
trip ticket and the boat startin' back
the follerin' afternoon, they put mo
aboard her, and when | come to my
self | lay in my same old berth, my
head splittin', bound for home.
What fools them English cops
must be. Gee, | was mad and disap-
pointed. If l could ha' got hold of
the man what put me back on that
American bound boat I'd"
But just then q fresh glass arrived.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-13
U~ngracious Speech.

"That speech" said Bird S. Coler,
twas %ungracious. It reminds me Of q
Scots speech to his wife.
THE Scot had married for the sec
ond time. His new mate was senti-
mental and a little morbid. She could
not resist asking her husband now
and then If he loved her better than
he had loved her predecessor.
"She would say:
"'Do l more than fill Jeans place
In your heart, Jock?'
care we sure ye're no. regretting
Jean, ladder
Jock, do ye love me better nor
her?'"
1.-The man bore several of these ex.
aminations patiently. Then he ended
them once for all with a gruff:
TAX ma word for 1t, Betty, IL Jean
was Twin va wadna be here New
York Tribune.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-13
TEACH ART OF PLAY WRITING.
New Idea Meant to Elevate the Amer.
lean Drama,

A school for play writing is found
among the varied lines of training in
modern development. The object OF
the school Is to advance American gen.
ius, to make the American drama
rank with the best. No one can write
a play without a knowledge of the
art. Play writing is a human art as
much as painting or music. The dram.
attic art has progressed from crude be.
ginnings. Genius Is not enough; 1t
must be trained and adapted to the
age. Natural endowment generally de-.
cides the line of work chosen, but the
art is in the skilled or trained en-
deavor. No art should blush at being
schOoled. Even S~hakespeare's dramas
could not all live on the stage. With
a progressive training in play writing,
with an acquired proficiency in the art
the standard of the American drama
would be advanced and bettered in ev-
cry way. The character Of the age de-
cides the style Of the drama. Prob
ably fewer words are used now than
formerly. The old-fashioned s~oliloquy
Is becoming obsolete in the American
pay. Then, too, there Is not SO much
stress placed upon climax, unless, per-
haps, in melodrama. The principal
consideration of the modern drama Is
not in the theme or plot so much as in
the technique-in the modern adj
vanced art. The school hopes to at
tract the best talent to the task of play
writing.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-13

white beds are women and girls VINO
are awaiting or recovering from opera
tons made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients had
plenty of warning in that bearing down
feeling, pain at the left or right of the
womb, nervous exhaustion. pain in the
small of the back, leucorrhea, dizzi-
ness. fiatulency, displacements Of the
womb or Irregularities. All of these
symptoms are Indications of an un-
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and If not needed the trouble
will make Roadway until the penalty
has To- be paid by a dangerous opera
ton, and a lifetime of impaired useful
ness at best, while in many cases the
results are fatal.
The following letter should bring
hope to suffering women Miss Luella
Wash, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"About two years ago l was a great suf-
ferer from q severe female trouble, pains and
headache. Thedoctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that | a "A tumor on the
womb and must undergo an operation If |
wanted to get well. | felt that this was my
death warrant, but | spent hundreds OF dol
lars for medical help, but the tumor kept
growing forlundtelS l c~oTTespohueu WIN
an aunt in the New England States, and she
advised me to tax Lydia f. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, as il was said TO cure tu-
mors. / did so and Immediately began to
improve in health, and | was entirely cured,
the tumor disappearing entirely, without an
operation. | wish every suffering woman
would try this great preparation"
Just as surely as Miss Adams was
cured of the troubles enumerated in
her letter, just SO surely will Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure
every woman in the land who suffers
from womb troubles, Inflammation of
the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous
excitability and nervous p~rostration.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all young
women who arg i'll TO write her for free
advice. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-13

E 8 B E E { : / 5 8 6 Z !
ABOUT THE BEGINNER
BY EARL N. A

Some claim that the motion Of the
human hand Is the source Of wealth,
but it Is only a changer of one form
OF wealth into another form.
You can see how a poor man could
walk into a financially panic-stricken
city, where thousands OF workers
were idle, and by a Willingness to do
whatever his hands found to do with
all his might, and by a resourceful-
ness to think Of the benefit of evIry
one, he could create a place for him
self and enjoy success while many
others might be buried in failure on
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-13

He came into the woods with a bag
OF potatoes and garden seeds on his
back, an axe in one hand, a gun in
the other, determination Ia his mus
Giles, and good judgment In his head.
Cutting down trees In a way to have
them fall across one another Tor burn
ing, some land was cleared and vege-
tables started. Fish were caught and
game was shot, and a home was
started.
The skins OF wild animals were
traded for meal and salt, and step by
step the beginner accumulated tools,
grains, clothing and buildings.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-13
Too Open a Compliment.

A group of traffic managers and III
ditors at the convention Of street rail
way men in Philadelphia were telling
stories of street railroading. Irwin
Fuller of Detroit said:
"A pretty Irish girl, fresh from the
ould country, sat in a trolley car look.
ing at the strange American country
with modest interest.
She had soft gray eyes, a face like
roses and lilies, beautiful hair and
white teeth.
Your fare, miss, said the con-
ductor, pausing before her.
"She blushed and bit her lip.
"'Your fare, miss he repeated.
Sure said the girl, an what II l
be? Ye must not be repeatin' 1t like
that before folks"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-13

STOVE REPAIRS of every known make
ct stove, furnace or range. Geo. y.
Pullen. 1891 Lawrence. Denver. Phone 12o.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-13
The Dragon.

The latest thing in dress is a snake
skin coat for Motorists. Smell, noise,
pace, garb are now all in keeping.
The reckless chauffeur who, regard
less of his own life or the lives of
others, treads the primrose path that
leads not to the arctic regions, will
now require no change of dress when
he goes to his own place.-Ottawa
Fr9e Press.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-13
Good Price for Manuscript.

Princess Louise of Coburg is said
to have sold the manuscript of her
Memories to a Brussels editor for
$780, 900 and Leopold has ordered the
Police to find the editor and seize the
book.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-13
HOSPITALS CROWDED
MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WOMEN
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Saves Many
From his Sad and Costly Experience.

1t is a sad but
true fact that
q c y e a r
brings an in
crease in the
tions performed
upon women in
our hospitals.
More thanthree-
fourths of the
patients lying
on those snow