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viii Hama Negro in Courtroom.

Evansville. Ind. March 4.-Judge Cor
don of the Hopkins county, Ky, circuit
court, has ordered that Barth Tompkins
n convicted negro murderer. be hanged in
the circuit courtroom at Madisonville.
Tompllins is under sentence of death for
killing William Brame When the coun-
ty authorities set about fixing a place
for hanging they chose vacant lot near
the city jail. The city authorities OBJ
jected to these arrangements and the mat
ter was laid before Judge Gordon. who
Instantly issued orders to the sheriff to
build the seaffold in the courtroom.
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NEGRO SUSPECT ESCAPES
A SHOWER OF BULLETS

With a bullet hole in his breast a negro
Eutaw ON a charge Of murder, defed the
police authorities Of Bessemer and Brish-
ton and escaped finally from shower
of bullets aimed at him by conductor
on the Bessemer division of the Birming-
ham Railway Light and Power company
last Saturday night The negro is still at
large. but will probably be captured, mas
much as he IS believed % be seriously
injured.
Patrolman Partridge of the Bessemer
force. attempted to arrest the negro in
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STEWARDS MEET TO-DAY.
viii Pass on Application of Memphis
Jockey Club.

Memphis March 4.-Racing interests are
intensely interested in tomorrow's meet
ing of the Western Jockey club stewards,
as a decision is expected on the appliea
ton of the new Memphis Jockey club for
racing dates for a twenty-one day spring
meeting to begin on April 16. The usual
stakes are announced for decision, in
Guiding the Tennessee Derby and Oaks,
nominations for which closed year ago,
and the entries to close tomorrow.
Already Secretary Macfarlan has re-
ceived numerous nominations and the
meeting promises to be very successful
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that city Saturday night. and Nillaihs
resisted. The Officer was forced to use
his pistol, and one of the shots took eff
feet in the body of the negro. Later
policeman at Brighton attempted 10 ar
rest Williams, and the negro showed hght'
which resulted in the officer being forced
to protect himself The negro next APP
peared on a street car, and his conduct
caused the conductor TO draw his weapon
and fired at the negro six times.
The police departments in the several
municipalities in the district and the
sherifrs forces were notified, and re-
quested to be on the loekout for Williams.
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Kills Wife With Hammer.

Buffalo. March 4.-Henry L. Whittbeck.
a musician and dentist, killed his wife
with a hammer today and then blew MS
brains out with a rife.
Whittbeek walked up behind his wife
as she was sitting in rocking chair and
struck her with a hammer. Mrs. Whit
beck had been an invalid many years.
She was about the same age as her nus
band, As years. Whitbeck had recently
been a patient in a sanitarum.
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Village Is Destroyed.

Rome, March 4.-The village of Taver-
nola. built on the perpendicular cliffs
above Lake Iseo, in the province of Bres-
cia. was almost entirely destroyed this
morning by the rocks suddenly giving
way, apparently because the lake mad
eaten into the base of the cliffs. The
disaster was preceded by loud roaring
sound, which alarmed the 1000 inhabitants
in time to make their escape. One fisher
man was killed. About 200 feet Of rock
and the houses on it were swallowed up
by the lake.
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Rich Mems Respect for Religion.

From Leslie's Weekly
We hear good deal about the decay of
religious sentiment among the business
men of our great cities, but an incident
at a recent dinner in honor of one of New
York's millionaires at the Waldorf-Asto-
ria, shows that some of the old-time re-
iigious fervor still remains in our great
est city. The dinner was given by two
score members of one of the largest COM
mercial bodies in the country, represent
ing men of great wealth and prominence
in business and professional circles. When
the party sat down, the guest of honor
was called upon to say grace. The dinner
was in the nature of Godspeed to him
before his departure on a journey abroad.
and he took occasion in saying grace to
couple il with fervent and impressive
PRAYER for the welfare of his entertainers
during his long absence The reverence
and respect with which every guest bowed
his head and listened to the Invocation
was indicative not only of the great re-
snect they had for the gentleman whom
they were enterining. but also for the
reli.ious sentiment which they felt. The
entertainers were members of the New
York Board of Trade and Transportation,
and the guest of honor was Mr. James
Talcott. who has been a member of the
board since December. s75 and who is
at the head of a large wholesale house
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LIEUT.. SCHMIDT PARDoNED.
Gar Shows clemenoy to Former Com
n1ander of Otchakoff.

Odessa, March At is announced from
st. Petersburg that Emperor Nicholas
has pardoned ex-Lieutenant Schmidt, who
commanded the Russian cruiser Otchakoff
during the mutiny at sebastopol, and who
was recently sentenced to death by a
court martial.
Addressing the court before sentence
was passed upon him, Lieutenant Schmidt
said:
II will believe that my pillory will be
the frontier post separating old slavish
Russia from new free Russia. If ! could
buy Russian freedom with the most ter
rible death l would die smiling"
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CHINESE IN ST. PAUL.
Imperial Commissioners Are on Their
Way to the East.

st. Paul, March 1.-THE imperial Chi
nese commissioners appointed to make a
study of the commercial, industrial and
educational conditions in this country, and
in Europe arrived In St Paul this even
ing on the way to the east.
Tomorrow morning Prince Tsai Tseh
and his party will be taken to Mime
apolis, where they will visit the flour
mills. In the afternoon the commissioners
return to st. Paul where they will in
spect the state capital The party leaves
for the east tomorrow night
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LoNGWoRTHs BACK.
Take Up Residence at Congressman's
Home In Washington.

Washington, March 4.-Representative
and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth returned
to Washington today from Cuba to which
place they iourneyed after their wedding
They occupied private car attached to
a regular train of the Southern railway,
which arrived here at $50 O'Clock this
morning. They were met at the train by
Mr. Longworth's private secretary and
drove Immediately to Mr.. Longworth's
residence on Eighteenth street, where
they have taken up their home.
Mr.. Longworth will Immediately resume
his legislative duties at the capital.
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Was Secretary of War.

Washington. March 4.--Gen. John NJ.
Schofield. who died tonight at st. Au-
sustine. Fla, was secretary of war dur
ing 1850. and his career was marked
by continuous service IN the army from
the time he entered West Point in 1913
until he retired, September 20. 1895, with
the rank of lieutenant general, the high
est military honor then permitted by law
of Congress. His command of the army
extended from 1855 to 1895. Since his re-
tirement from the army he has made
frequent visits to Washington, though he
made it a practice each year to spend the
winters In Florida, and the summers in
the east
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WAS ALABAMA MAN.

Denver, Colo. March Alt be-
came known Today that the man
who died at'St. Anthony's hospital
here last Tuesday under the name
OF A. j. Bailey was in reality sim
u MAY of Lawrence, Ala. sheriff
of his home county. who. While
under federal indictment for peon-
acc. disappeared May arrived here
three weeke ago and soon afterward
contracted pneumonia. Railroad
masses upon which appears his
real name. were found in his eff
fects. and this was the means or
Identification.
MAYS wife has ordered his re-
mains sent to Lawrence.
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breaches SERMON
ABOUT FRANCHISES
The Rev. A. J. Dickinson Dis
cuSSeS Street Railways
GIVES OFFICIAL FIGURES
Says 1t Is Not Right for Few Per-
sons to Profit From the Values
Established by Entire
Community.

The Rev. A J. Dickinson yesterday de-
lIyered a sermon to large congregation
at the First Baptist church, in which he
strongly advocated the placing of values
by the city on all franchises for public
utilities He used the street car company
as an example. quoting figures to show
the actual returns on the franchises of
the company. The text of the sermon
was as follows:
Let the children first be filled, for
it is not meet to take the children's bread
and cast it to the dogs And she an
swered. Yea. Lord, even the dogs under
the table eat of the children's scraps
And He said For this saying. go thy
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Report Is Denied.

Mexico City, March 4.-The report pub
lished in New York several days ago
that President Diaz nipped revolution
in the bud by having General Reyes Of
the state OF Neuvo Leon accompany him
on his recent trip to Yucatan, is positively
denied here. 1t is stated that no attempt
at revolt has occurred, and that General
Reyes did not accompany the president.
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on the Other Foot,

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
II want to sue Wsner for breach of
promise
WHAT said the lawyer. THAT fell
low who just married the rich widow
He's the villain"
Young lady, let me congratulate you.
Sue! Why you ought to be happy enough
to send him his letters as a wedding gift"
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Tacloban Destroyed.

Manila. March 4.-Tacloban, the capital
of the island of Leyte, has been destroyed
by fire The financial loss is reported to
he $4,000 Tacloban was the tifih~ city
Of the island and was situated in an inn
portant hemp district. a number of
warehouses were destroyed. Government
assistance will be rushed.
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Gen. Schofield Dead.

ST.. Augustine, Fla. March 4.-Lieut
Gen John NJ. Schofield, L. S. A., retired
died at $40 o'clock tonight lie was at.
tackled this moring with cerebral hemor-
rhage His wife and young daughter
We're with him.
With the death of General Schofleld
the last surviving army commander dur
ing the civil war has passed away
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viii Establish General offices.

Mexico City, March 4.-Announcement
has been made by the Mexican Central
railway that general offices will be es-
tablished at San Antonio. Texas. 1t is
probable that George f. Jackson, well
known railroad man, will be named as
general agent of this place.
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PELlCANS WIN.
Defeat Philadelphia Athletics BY Mar
row Margin.

New Orleans, March 1.-The Pelicans
today defeated Connie Macks Philadel-
phia Athletics before a large crowd, by
a score of 4 to 3. Jimmy Dygert pitched
for the home club, being loaned by Connie
Mack
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ANNOUNCEMENT
For Sheriff.

l hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the office of sheriff of Jefferson coun-
ty subject TO the action of the demo-
cratic party in the forthcoming primary
ALBERT STRADFORD.
I hereby announce myself as candi-
date for the office Of Sheriff of Jefferson
county, subject to the action OF the
democratic party. j. L. STILES.
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4 Schooner May Be Saved.

Norfolk March 4.--Wreckers succeeded.
in pulling the stranded schooner George
Grant one length seward today. Her
bottom is gone, but her cargo of railroad
ties keeps her afoat and the chances are
good TO save her.
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For Repre- sentative.

y hereby announce myself as candidate
for the office of representative from JEFF
ferson county TO the lower house of the
legislature subject TO the action Of the
democratic primary.
w. L. tRQUHART
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If Travelling In Japan

Or any civilized country. you can procure
Laxative Bromo Quinine from the drug
gist All nations use It, f. w. Groves
Signature on box
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For Road Supervisor.

To the Democratic Voters and Citizens of
Jefferson County:
I am a candidate for reelection to the
office of Road Supervisor, subject to the
action OF the democratic party.
j. ED HAIGLER.
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Earthquake in Maine.

Portland, Me. March "A ustlhet
earthquake shock was felt in this city
today. In several parts of the city the
shock was accompanied by rumpilhs
which lasted several seconds
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L . . T

Watch charm, with initials II. L., on
Nineteenth street between First and
Seventh avenues, Bessemer, Reward
of S. to finder if returned to II. Levin
son. 1925 Second avenue, Bessemer.
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PERSONAL
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Miss Hulda May Morton is i'll at her
re sidence on the North Highlands.
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Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protri,dins
Piles. Druggists are authorized t. re-
fund money IL Pazo Ointment falls to
cure in to IA days. soc.
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RATES ARE as FOLLOWS.
SHIP YOUR GOODS
BY THE
SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY

This Company operates on 10000 miles OF
first-class routes. and has connections with
other responsible Express Companies for
all points accessible by express
valuables. etc. are constantly In the care of
special messengers selected for the pur-
pose. and forwarded on the fast passenger
trains.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
WEAR GEMS OF PHARAoHs.
London Society Women Proud Of Jew
els From the Pyramids.

London Society Women Proud Of Jew
els From the Pyramids.
Happy the woman OF to-day who
owns some gem worn by a princess q
Egypt when the world was younger;
joyous is she who adorns herself with
any ornament taken from a mummy.
for such Jewels bring the best luck.
women firmly believe at the moment.
and they all yearn to wear them.
Mrs. Clarence Mackay of New York
possesses a weird carnelian necklace
that decked a daughter of the Phar-
aohs and Mrs. st. John Broderick re-
joices over some quaint. priceless jew
els that shone by the Nile. Many
fashionables are wearing little pend
ant or charm made of'New Zealand
Jade, the Pounamu stone, which al
ways bestows good fortune.
Sarah Bernhardt's favorite mascot
is necklace Of gold nuggets which
the admiring miners of California pre-
sented to her. An English actress.
Miss Irene Van Brugh. pins her faith
to a girdle OF splendid turquoises.
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CHAPTER xIx-contInu.d.


II do not know" she said. and
shook her head. II am sorry II Mar
tin annoys you. sir; he is restless to-
day. cannot quiet him." she added.
Poor devil" calculated. as hold.
ing my heavy head tightly between
my hands I was able to follow what
he was reciting.
"'oh, Godi Oh, Godi--'How weary,
stale and unprontable'-'Get thee to
a nunnery'-'Alas, poor Yorick'--'He
poisons him In the GARDEN"
Poor devill" repeated; "A mad
Hamlet truly"
Turning to Alice I said courteous.
ly: II see In some way unaccount-
;ble TO me have intruded upon your
hospitality am waiting to know
whyr"
81 will tell you II you promise to
talk no more. only listen" she added.
assured her Of my willingness TO
listen, and she began:
ut is now going on the fifth day
since Martin and I found you all I'M
conscious-dead, l thought-but I will
begin at the beginning. You see,
Martin and | we're coming into Lon
don-I know, sir. 1t is risky-hut
did so long to see the town before
left 1t never to return, for you must
know we are on our way to Bristol to
sail for America. thought I could
easily stay hidden here for a few
days"
you mean to say that you will
burden yourself with a daft person in
4 new land?" found myself asking.
What else can do, sir?" she quer-
ted; II could not leave him here alone
he has no one else In the world
save melt would be cruel to leave
him alone"
Nothing else" replied, not will
ing to spoil her fine charity.
I'VE had not come into London yet,
when a fog closed in upon us-such
fog as London had not seen in
many day" she said. I'VE were
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had been struck upon the head and
rendered unconscious. Before the
miscreants had attempted the bastard
ly deed, however. they had made sure
OF the identity of their victim, for l
remembered a light being swung be-
fore my face, and an unknown voice
crying, ut IL he" Who had struck
the blown What was the object? I
had been searched--I saw from the
wall where my clothes hung some Of
the pockets still lay turned out. For
whatf Not money, Alice was positive,
for there was plenty In the pockets
which had been left in their original
position. For the paper given me by
my father? had told no one but the
King of that. babe Alice bring me
my coat when recollected that l had
given the locket with the note still
intact within II to Rosemary. For
the other paper, perhaps! Well, I
chuckled with satisfaction, II II was
a paper they we're after, they got not
what they wished.
IL thank you. Alice" ! said; but
for you and Martin I might be by
now food for the worms. Again I
thank you. for I honestly believe that
l owe my life to you"
"Oh, sir" she cried, tears starting
to her eyes-they seemed ever ready
to flow upon the instant-'T am not
worthy to take II. Did not steal
from you--and you 30 good to poor
Martin and me?"
THAT is past and done, my girl"
| said. And as 1t happened you did
no harm" grasped her hand.
From now on | am your friend"
added.
While speaking, for Alice, seeing
that II made me more excited not to
talk, had let me have my way, we had
paid slight heed to Martin. who still
spouted Shakespeare, now Hamlet.
now another.
Suddenly he came toward us; he
strobe with the stage glide Of the vii
lain. AS he neared US he pointed to
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aeavily laden. Each OF us had a pack
Our little belongings. l was fearful
ls we trudged along, cropping our way
rom street TO street. lest we be set
ipon and our few possessions taken
rom us. A fog In London's a fear
.ul thingl Hardly a light anywhere
ave the few lanthorns carried by
,rovident wayfarers. You shrink from
everyone and everyone shrinks from
you. Gentlemen carry their naked
words in their hands. Men and wo-
men prey upon one another. All is
lear! We had reached the end OF
Bow Street when Martin stumbled
over something huddled In the road
and fell. l lighted taper-I recog-
uiked you'll"
thought (my head was clearer
aow) OF Rosemary and our wild ride
through the fog that night as con.
rasted with this poor woman's wan
aerings with her daft mate; OF Rose
mary as she stood at the door OF the
nm. her cloak bali slipped from of
her; OF the petals which lay on her
shoulder, shaken from the roses low
in her hair, nesting against her
neck. All, there was no one more
beautiful than she! And so thinking,
I lost the thread OF her discourse.
When | came back from soaring near
10 heaven heard her say;
II tied a bit or ribbon on one OF the
spikes OF the gate, so that | should
know the place, and because we had
to hide our bundles beneath the hedge
so as to be free to carry you. When
I went back for them | learned who
owned the place and who lived there,
thinking that II you recovered you
might wish TO know. The house is
on Bow street surrounded by large
grounds, inclosed by high brick walls,
Ivy grown"
81 know the place" | murmured.
1--WE carried you between us" she
continued. "often we had to stop
and would leave Martin and you-a
mailman and corpse-and 20 to IN.
quire the way OF the first passerby
could meet, my heart humping in
my breast for fear should ask some
evil inclined person and be directed
wrong. Thus, after hours OF wander
ing hlther and thhher within radius
OF a few miles, we came to Mays
She a charwoman." she explained
who used TO clean at the old Drury
when | acted there. ( was once able
TO do her a slight service, and for the
sake OF those old days she took us In
My brain was not idle-the night
OF the foe ffter had left Rosemary
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her lashes droop to touch the flushed
cheeks.
Madame Riefet found little to cayil
at In the neat and comfortable, II
somewhat primitive arrangements at
Shell Island. which Laftte and his
party reached the afternoon follow.
ing their departure from In Tete des
Faux.
Madame and the two girls we're
quartered In his own cabin, the pre-
vailing atmosphere OF which was
owing TO the tumble OF foreign fur
nishings that filled it--teak.wood and
lacquer.
Rose de Cazeneau was beside La.
zalie, on one of the settees, with the
Spanish girls arm around her; and
the two Eere watching the flames, be-
fore which sat Madame Riefet.
After the excitement OF the pre-
vious day, and not yet having recoy-
cred from their fatigue, the ladies'
we're disposed to be more silent than
usual; but presently Lazalle re-
marked, glancing around her, How
cheerful and pleasant II seems herel
II is almost as II Captain Jean had
known we were TO come, and had pre-
pared for our reception"
IF so, then I wish he might have
known still more, so that my brother
would have prepared for our protec-
tion at La Tete des Faux, and thus
saved US from this wild flight" said
Madame Riefet, as though determined
10 be dissatisfied.
For my own part, am so thankful
TO have escaped them that cannot
muster up the slightest regret over
anything else" declared Iazalie, who
had 5een thinking OF that other flight.
when she left the Barra de Hero,
and escaped 10 New Orleans.
Mademoiselle de Cazeneau had. so
far as appearances went, nothing to
say upon the subject. which was now
dropped.
Il cannot understand, Capt Lafiete,"
said Madame Rlefet. with the air OF
being somewhat annoyed at the fact.
''how you came TO have such cor
rect opinion in regard TO the possi-
BILE movements Of the English-so
much clearer Ideas than those OF any.
one else-even my brother"
They were at the table, upon which
scipio and his conductors had placed
the preliminary courses Of a most APP
petising meal; and the old negro was
devoting much os his attention to
Aademoiselle de Cazeneau. urging her