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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-19
Mahogany's Discovery"

From Home Notes.
Every one knows how effective and
handsome mahogany Is when used for
good furniture, but few know how it,
value was first discovered.
In the latter part of the seventeenth
century a London physician had a broth
er engaged In trade with the West Indies
who. on one occasion. brought home sew
eral logs of mahogany as ballast. The
doctor was building house. and his
brother suggested that the logs would
serve for eealing beams Acting on the
proposal the doctor gave orders to the
workmen to make use of the mahogany,
but their tools were not equal to the task
of cutting the hard wood and the logs
were put out Of the way in corner in
the garden.
Some time afterward the head carpenter
tried to make a box from the wood, but
was unsuccessful with ordinary tools. He
told the doctor, and ordered heavier tools
to be made to work it with. When this
was done, and box at last made and
polished, IL was so handsome that a
bureau made from another of the
despised logs, and this was declared by
experts to be so superior to other furni-
ture-making woods that the craze for
mahogany set in, and furniture made
from II became highly popular, the then
Duchess OF Buckingham fostering the
craze in the fashionable world.
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NOBODY DRINKS WEISS BEER.
Bitter Taste Makes 1t Unpopular,
Though 1t Has Soldering Effect.

From the Washington Post
Weiss beer, once a popular drink in
New York, especially among the Platt-
deutsch population, has almost entirely
disappeared. Here and there in a Ger
man neighborhood may be found a saloon
which keeps Weiss beer on sale, but
those who call for it are less numerous
each year.
Weiss beer is a thin beer, produced by
rapid fermentation. Both are favored
with hops, but while the saccharine prop
erties,of lager beer are developed through
the process of manufacture, Weiss beer
is sastringent and it has long been the
DRY that it is misunderstanding except
when taken in very large quantities.
Weiss beer has been known to have a
SOLDERING effect. and for that reason has
been called Montag beer, or Monday
beer, being favorite beverage with those
Germans who devote a Sunday to merry
making. Among Americans Weiss beer,
thin, bitter, acrid, pale, non-stimulating
and watery has had very little popularity
at any time. Unlike lager beer, 1T never
became naturalized In the United States
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Communicated
VEITCH REPLIES TO PEEVEY

Mr.. Kinds Peevey:
Replying to your published statement
that | bet $50 on the result of the recent
primary, and that you had an affidavit to
that effect, | wish to state, In the begin
ming that / am proud of my action on
that committee. because ! was not biased
or influenced by any amount of money bet
by myself, or any one else, but voted as
my conscience and best judgment told me
was right on every proposition. The only
opportunity | had on wagering any
amount approxmating the figure you
quote was when your candidate, Colonel
Higdon, while on campaign trip to Bes-
semer, FLASHED" his roll and offered to
bet me 800 on a certain proposition the
circumstances of which he doubtless re-
members.
seriousness of your charge before making
1t. 1 certainly hope that you know there
are other honest men besides those aligned
with the Higdon forces ! tell you frankly
that did not at any time bet $50, or any
other amount either greater or less than
$50. on the result of the recent primary
This is a plain statement and an honest
denial Of your charge.
Now your Man Friday who signed your
AFFIDAVIT, and whose name you withhold
to him / say that what he signed is abb
solutely false, and to him am personally
responsible for this statement.
No one regrets more than l the neces-
sity of denying this SANDER and denounc-
ing its author. yet i feel 1t Is my duty
to myself and friends. ! regret the oc-
currence the more because had known
of the accusation would have denied and
denounced it in open session of the COM
mittee. EDWARD A. VEITCH.
L. ~ H.
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Reservations by Telephone.
L.

From the Now YORK Sun,
An enterprising barber on Broadway
advertises, not "Chairs enough for ALL"
or anything so old-fashioned as that. but
Make appointment by telephone and so
avoid waiting Then at the bottom of
the blotters which he distributes through
the business districts is his telephone
number, which is made just as prominent
as1tis address.
The effect of the new custom is that
customers without telephones sometimes
hnd themselves at a disadvantage. The
man who hobs into the shop gleefully,
ready to plump down into the vacant
chair, Is apt to be informed that it has
lust been reserved by telephone.
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= INSURGENTS DISPERSED.
Are Causing Considerable Annoyance
to Haytl Government.

Cape Haytien, Hayti October 1S.-As a
result of the refusal of the insurgents to
lay down their arms the government sent
out a detachment of troops from Monte
Christi to attack them. The insurgents
were defeated and took refuge In the
mountains. General Navarro, insurgent.
has crossed the frontier on the way to
Cape Hayden, whence he will lembark for
a point outside the country.
General Guelleto, also an insurgent. at
the head of small body of men, Is
still holding out. but he has lost much of
his popularity
Several bands of insurgents have sur
rendered to the government.
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General Herman stern Dead.

Denver, October 1s,-Gen. Herman Stern.
brigadier general, commanding Indian
troops in the civil war; general purchas-
ing agent of the Mexican army during the
French invasion; afterward president of
the Mexican and Pacific railroad. and of
late years engaged in mining in Colorado,
died here today, aged rs years.
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Higdon's Blackwell proxy
knocked out all the other prox-
les when it came to getting IL
legal votes-he got lao in less
than a day, but did not get
their names.
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sheds In good condition and to provide
ample feed for carrying on a successful
dairy business during the winter.
Hog Feeding.
The hog should go hand in hand with
the dairy business He is needed to eat all
the skim milk, and this milk should be fed
to him while 1t Is warm, and should be
fed with meals made from COW peas.
soy beans. rye, oats and corn. ne hog
should be kept clean and ury, and dry,
clean bees should be furnished him reg
ularly. s Get potatoes, peanuts and chu-
fas are d fine for the hog Then he will,
like the Vcow, need some green succu-
lent feed to keep him In fine condition and
to make him profitable. When pork can
be produced for 2 or 3 cents per pound
and sold for cents what better invests
ment can farmer want? This can easily
be done by combining the hog business
with dairying. IN order to get such profit
from the hog. now Is the time, the sea-
son, when his shelter and feeds should
be provided for.
No Time to Idle.
We might go on almost indefinitely and
multiply the many things that are needed
to be looked after on the farm. IN fact,
the live. wide awake, successful farmer
never finds time for idleness on his farm.
Looking after one thing brings up ans
other, and In this way a farmer learns to
keep busy looking after his interests on
the farm, It's the little leaks unobserved
that cause great trouble, so that these
should be looked after in time to prevent
loss.
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Fire insurance is important.
Are you covered? If not-why
not-do it now.
JEMISON r. e. & ms. co.
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ATLANTA AND RETURN

Seaboard will sell round trip
tickets Oct. 10, 20, 81 and %,
at $5.25, good return Oct. 30th,
and can be extended to Nov.
18th! Two trains leaving 6:35
a. M, 2::25 p. m. Cafe cars on
morning train and buffet on
afternoon train. Use the
smooth and easy way.
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Attractive ads. are illustrated. Let
the Gawk make your Illustrations
AQe-HeraId Building. /
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We wish to announce to our

We wish to announce to our
friends and patrons that
through the courtesy of our
competitors who have kindly
offered to allow us to draw from
their stocks that we will be in
position to fill all orders en-
trusted to us after tomorrow,
October 10.
Our warehouse store has not
been effected by the fire which
destroyed our building on First
Avenue.
We viii announce our head
quarters later.
PROWELL HARDWARE co.
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The home corners are invited
to call on j. M. Clemmons & Go.
Real Estate Agents, 804-5-6
Brown Marx. Bldg.
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Try the Gawk for haIf-tone and line
Illustrations. Age-HeraId Building.
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]. NJ. Barr, former president of the
Seaboard Air Line, who has been in the
Birmingham district for several days,
was entertained by John B. Darlington at
his home last night. Mr.. Barr has long
taken lively interest in the district and
the hope Is expressed that he will make
substantial investments in this section
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sheds In good condition and to provide
ample feed for carrying on a successful
dairy business during the winter.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-28
MAKES QUICK CONNECTION.

NJ WY0RK. June 27.--H, y. Cooper a
sugar planter Of Honolulu, got by the
customs officials who met the steamship
kron prinz Wilhelm yesterday In record
time. II happened that Deputy Sur
vcyor Bishop went down the bay and
met the ship at quarantine. Mr., Bishop
learned that Mr. Cooper was in trouble
and asked him what he could do for him.
when | reached the other side got
n cable message telling me that my wife
was critically III In Honolulu and took
the first ship could get. II get the 3
o'clock train from Jersey City can
make connections 10 San Francisco and
get steamer the day reach the coast.
Otherwise ! must wait nearly n week
there,
Mr. Cooper's baggage was passed. Az
4!a5 O'Clock Mr. Cooper got into II cab
and when he reached the Jersey City sta.
tion Of the Pennsylvania Railroad he had
several minutes to spare.
Lieutenant U. s. Grant. U. s. A.. who
attended the wedding Of King Alfonso
and Queen Victoria in Spain, returned on
the Kron Prinz.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-28

Thaw Case Presents Many Complex and
Interesting Problems.


NEW YORK, June 27.-With the
police, coroner's and district attorneys
office working practically day and night
to learn all the details of the events
which led up to the murder of Stanford
White by Harry X. Thaw, and all sources
silent as to their discoveries, there was
much room for speculation today on all
phases of the case. The motive for the
murder the police believe was outlined in
Thaw's brief statement that his nome
had been ruined and with this as a
basis of investigation detectives were
sent in various directions looking up
Thaw's habits in New York and investi-
eating the many stories told and pub
lished concerning Stanford Whites con-
duct Thaw advised by some of the most
prominent lawyers of New York and
Pittsburg, is silent. Mrs. Thaw is with
friends today ready to respond to call
from the district attorneys office. Per-
haps the most interesting developments
late last night was the announcement
that Mrs, Thaw told her husbands
lawyers yesterday that she had received
many letters from Mr.. White since her
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-28
GETS FIfTY.YEAR SENTENCE.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 27.--~It took
a jury just five minutes yesterday in
Judge Cooks court to decide that John
Smith. an cx.convict. was the man who
entered the home Of Mrs. Lena Wilson on
Tennessee street last February and Sc.
rercly beat aud choked her until she
gave him money. II took Judge Cook
about the same length Of time to deny a
motion for new trial and sentence
Smith 10 30 years. The verdict was Sc.
cured on the frat ballot.
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Conferees Discuss Provisions Of
the Rate Bill.
WILL MEET AGAIN TODAY
II Is Thought Likely Pipe Line Amend
ment Will Be Reported Exactly
As At The Last Conference
Will Close Tonight.

WASHINGTON, June 27.--The con.
ference on the railroad rate bill tonight
resulted is no agreement. The discus.
sion made it clear that the pass provis.
ion which now is to be perfected for the
action of the committee tomorrow, will
follow closely the lines of the original
senate amendment. 1t will name certain
classes of persons, who may receive
passes and exclude others. There is also
ground for prediction that the pipe line
amendment will be reported exactly as
at the last conference, that is the
phrase Common carriers will give place
to the word railroads.. The effect will
be to permit pipe lines to transport
produce owned by the owner of a pipe
line.
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obtain ample warning that the wealthy
young man from Pittsburg suspected him
and was preparing some unpleasant sur.
prises. Mr.. White took occasion to men.
tion this matter 10 some Of his asso-
ciates and commented that one reason.
he assumed, that Thaw was angry at
him because he was familiar with a
document drawn by the present Mrs.
Thaw before her marriage. The nature
Of this Is not known.
There are many stories, too, Of Thaw'a
first meeting with White which is said
to have taken place in Paris last spring
after Thaw and Miss Nesbit were mar.
ried and in the course Of which Thaw
threatened White.
Agnes Palmer, chorus girl, il quoted
in an interview today as saying that Mr..
White had told her that he knew Thaw
was cunning for him."
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Makes Sharp Reply to Bishop
harty's Letter.
DISPUTE OVER LAND TITLE
Franciscan Friars and the United States
Government Both Claim the Own
ership Of Property of San Juan
De Dios.

MANILA, June 27.-Publication in the
United States of letter of Archbishop
Harty of February 27 to Governor Gen.
eral lde, concerning submission to the
courts of the title to the San Juan De
Dios property, led Governor Ide, this
afternon, to give out his reply to Harty.
lde took umbrage at portion of the
archbishop's letter saying before going in
the courts, he intended to have the let
ter read in $50 pulpits throughout the
Archipelago solemnly protesting against
this Attempted contiscation." He added
this protest would go throughout the
Archipelago and to the White House.
Harty concluded: "This step has not
yet been taken and time remains for you
to recall your order"
Ide states the matter rests upon two
opinions of the attorney general in 1902,
but no action has yet been taken. liz
his reply lde regrets what appeared to
be a threat that the course Harty would
take, would excite hostility toward the
government and agrees that his action
would reach the doors of the White
House, "But | am certain the result
would be for other than the one you had
in mind" The Governor said no action
had been taken since his letter of March
2. The dispute is over the title to San
Juan DE Dios hospital, the ownership of
which is claimed by both the Franciscan
Friars and by the Government,
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Thaw Vows Vengeance.

One of these she threw on her dressing
table few days ago and her husband
found it and vowed vengeance on the
writer.
While the finding of this letter may
have been the direct cause of the
tragedy, Thaw's jealousy of and hatred
for White were of long standing, and
the young man made frequent threats to
kill his supposed rival.
Mr.. White was astonished some
months months ago to find that detec-
tives were following him wherever he
went At first he had some doubts
whether the men were really dogging his
footsteps or whether it was a mere acci-
dent that the same faces appeared when
he left his office, his home, ON his club
at morning, noon, and night, When he
had become convinced beyond a possible
doubt that reports of his movements
were being prepared for somebody he
took steps to do some detective work on
his own account and to have his shadow
ers followed.
He employed man to go after him
wherever he went, so far as possible
and then he amused himself by giving
the slip to the first detective. The per-
son he employed discovered that the
other detective was reporting to Thaw.
Mysterious Document.
In this way Mr.. White was able to
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-28
MAY RESIGN.

VIENNA. June 27.-~The persistent at
taeks on Foreign Minister Goluchowski.
In the Hungarian delegation have Ted TO
the renewed report tonight that the
minister will be compelled to resign in
the near future and that he will be re.
placed by Count Mensdorff. Pouilly. Diet.
richstein, now Austro- Hungarian ambas.
sador at London.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-28

is preparing the case against Thaw, to-
day discovered a witness who alleged he
had overheard White make derogatory
remarks concerning Mrs. Thaw while in
the Cafe Martin a few hours before he
was shot. According to the witness,
whose name is concealed for the present,
he heard the remarks OF White, who was
seated two or three tables away and
evidently was not whispering. At that
time Mr.. and Mrs. Thaw was in the
cafe dining It il believed this witness
will not appear until the trial occurs.
Another important witness examined to.
day was Nellie Leahy, Mrs. Thaw's
maid.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-28
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE.

HARRISBURG, Pa, June 27.-The
Democratic State convention today nomi.
mated Lewis Emery Jr., for governor;
Jere S. Black, for lieutenant governor;
William Croesy, for auditorgeneral, and
John J. Green, for secretary of internal
affairs. The platform deals entirely with
state issues except one plank which COM
mends w. ]. Bryan. The convention did
not go on record as favoring Bryan's
nomination for president.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-28
C0PTIC BIDS FAREWELL,

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.-The Oc.
cidental and Oriental tSeamship Com
pany's steamer Coptic will bid farewell
to this port today after many years of
service between here and the Orient.
She will proceed direct to Yokohama and
then to Hongkong. AT that port she will
be turned over to the captain of the
Dolic, who will take her home to Eng
land,
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Motive Not Revealed.

Evidence Of the motive that led to
the murder has not come out for a time
in any public proceeding and it is believ-
ed that it will not come at all it was
said today. The coroner's inquiry will
be formal inquiry into the cause of
the death. Evelyn Nesbit will not tes-
tify in the coroner's court, but will 90
before the grand jury whose sittings
are secret. An indictment will un-
doubtedly be returned, and the plea Of
insanity will be put in, and inquiry into
the sanity of the prisoner will be the
first proceeding. That may take month
and the result is at present matter
of conjecture.
After conference lasting from II
o'clock last night until after o'clock
this morning at the Tenderloin Police
station between Captain Hodgins and
Assistant District Attorneys Garyin and
Turnbull. MIR. Turnbull made the signifi-
cant statement that they had located
many new witnesses, Including many for
the defense"
Interesting developments" they said
would probably be disclosed"
Thaw and White Conferred.
The police were busy early today en-
deavoring to verify report that Thaw
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Will Not Be At Inquest.

Mrs, Thaw will not appear at the in
quest tomorrow, which according to the
coroner will not be formal proceeding
but merely for the purpose of fixing
the crime on Thaw so that he might be
held for the action of the grand jury
II is also said, that in all likelihood
she will not be required to appear before
the grand jury, in which case her testi-
mony will not be taken until the trial.
In the meantime the district attorneys
Office will prosecute a most searching in.
vestigation of the habits of Thaw and
White during the period of several weeks
prior to the tragedy. No less than 20
witnesses we're examined in connection
with the case by the district attorneys
office today.
Among the most important was Will
liam Bedford, Thaw's valetswho has been
in Thaw's service for six years and is
supposed to be conversant with the
events supposed to have been the imme
diate incentive to the crime.
Find Important Witness.
1t was announced at the Office of the
district attorney that Mr., Garyin, who
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SCHOONER LIBELED.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26--The gaso-
line schooner Anvil was libeled yesterday
by the Pacific Ship Yards & Ways Com
pany for $1,000 which is claimed to be due
for materials and repairs.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-28
Secret Service Men Arrest Band
OF Six Notorious
Counterfieters.
OTHERS STILL AT LIBERTY
Parts of Money Making Plant Unearthed
On Bastian Ranch Near Hunting
ton-Three Men Arrested at
Weiser Yesterday.

BOISE, June 21.-Three arrests were
made in Weiser this afternoon in con-
neetion with the counterfeiting case
in which William, Coon and Hansen were
taken into custody on Tuesday. The men
arrested at Weiser are G. X. Mills, and
Elmer and Al Turner. No money has
been made, but parts of the plant for
making five and ten-dollar gold pieces
have been found on the Bastian Ranch
near Huntington.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-28
Brought to Portland.

PORTLAND, June 2.7-Hidden upon
ranch near Pendleton, the largest and
most complete counterfeiting outfit ever
unearthed in the West, was discovered
and captured by Government secret ser
vice men yesterday. Ezra r. Coon said
to be the most expert counterfeiter
known to the Federal authorities, and
who is accused of being the chief of the
gang, was found working on the ranch
in the guise of a common field hand and
placed under arrest Later two accom-
pliees, one of whom is reported to be
the most notorious bank robber and
"craeksman" outside of the penitentiary,
were taken into custody. They are now
in the Multnomah County Jail, having
been brought to Portland this morning.
One other alleged counterfeiter and mem
Der of this gang is still at large and is
being searched for by the government
officers.
Secret service men are also securing
the country for some eight or ten wit
nesses who are needed in the prosecu-
tion of the accused makers of spurious
coin For three years the Government
has been on the trail of this the most
expert and willy band of counterfeiters
that probably ever operated in the
United States but until yesterday Cap
tain B. W. Bell District Secret Service
Director for Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana, was never able to lay
hands upon his men.
The raiders yesterday was a complete
success, the entire outfit being confscated
and the ringleaders taken into custody.
The machinery found in the counterfeit
ing den is said to be the finest and most
modern ever captured, and with it the
men have been manufacturing spurious
S. and $40 gold pieces for at least three
years, and possibly longer, the authori-
ties say. At frequent intervals during
the past few years the West has been
flooded with bogus gold money, and only
within the past few days quantity Of
the bad $5 pieces was discovered in
Portland.