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viii Be Slams Adviser.

Cambridge, Mass, November @.-Prof
Henry Edward Strobel Bemis, professor
OF international law at the Harvard law
school. has rendered his resignation from
that chair and will assume position
permanently with the government OF
Siam as general adviser. Professor Stro-
bel was formerly connected with the Uni
ted States legation at Madrid. In 1S93-9i
he was third assistant secretary of state
at Washington lie was appointed in 1891
envoy extraordinary and minister plen-
potentary to Ecuador and later trans
ferred to Chile in the same capacity.
Since 1898 he occupied the Bemis chair of
international law at Harvard university.
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reople's Savings Bank and Trust COM
pany. as 10 my honesty for my contracts
Fully three-fourths OF my patients have
been treated by some one else before call
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boon as afflicted? You will save money.
distressing pain and valuable time: be-
nides, there is satisfaction in knowing
khat the very best treatment Is. being
gfven you by an honest. competent ply
ntcian. / have treated private troubles
- q speciality in the city of Birmingham.
Ala, since August g. 1887. l cure all man
her of private diseases. I cure many pa
Itients by mail treatment. Write far prices
and terms.
I DO not use large advertisements and
kalse statements to attract patients which
merit has failed to secure. If you fail to
he curtd by such methods. give me a call
and get we'll
4 Ny Offices are the most private and
Quiet IN the city. tenth story of the new
First National bank building, corner OF
second avenue and Twentieth street
Rooms 1905 and 1907. Take one of the fins
Elevators to tenth floor.
Office hours: $50 q. m. to $50 ,. N
uuday 10 . m TO II m
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Chevalier Going Into Vaudeville.

From the New York Morning Telegraph.
Albert Chevaller, the English charac-
ter artist, who has just closed record
breaking tour in conjunction with Nine.
Yvette Guilbert has yielded to the vau-
devllle tempter Ever since George Tyler
of Llebler a Co. brought Chevalier and
Nine. Guilbert over in the early fall for
a concert tour. the vaudeville managers
have been Keen on the scent of both
artists, and the usual wild stories of inn
mense salaries offered them have gained
currency.
According TO Mr.. Chevalier he intended
the tour to be his last bit of .trooping"
prior To a trip around the world which
h contemplated. When he returns to
England after his tour of the world he
expects TO become a regular actor" lie
plans. or rather some friends and busi-
ness associates Of his plan, theatre for
him, and he intends To play there through
the entire season.
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Debate on CONGO.

Brussels, November 30.-Optimism re-
garding the future of the Congo Independ-
ent state marked the speech in the cham
Der of deputies today of M. Deposte, eX-
minister Of justice, who declared. among
other things, that the state always had
endcavored to remedy abuses as they
were pointed out The speaker said that
he hoped the state soon will abolish
bonded labor. Renken. Catholic, although
favoring annexation. said that he hoped
Belgium is not about to acquire terri
tory worn out by rapaclous exploration.
lie stignatiZed as q ealuniy the statement
that King Leopold has exploited the in
dependent state for bis own profit The
debate then went over until December 4.
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CHICAGO Millionaire Dies.

Chicago, November 30.-Otto Young, one
of the leading fnanclers of this city, died
today at hic home at Lake Geneva, Wis,
after an illness of about a month. Mr..
Young was bern i'm Germany in 1874, and
came to this country in 1859. After resid-
ing for a time in New York and later in
New Orleans, he came to this city IN
1872 and established a wholesale jewelfy
business. lie was director i'm several
large banks and one of the largest hold
ers of real estate i'm the city. and his
wealth is estimated at several millions.
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German Inatrnctlon.

Rome, November 90.-Cardtnal Kopp.
bishop of Brcslau, has Ind number 4
interviews with Cardinal Nj ny Del Val.
the papal secretary of state, concerning
the religious Instruction in German Of
Polish children In German Poland. 1t
seems that the bishop has succeeded in
inducing the vatican not TO pursue an
anti-German course and that he has
proved to it that religious teaching in the
German language is compulsory only for
such Polish children as know that tongue.
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;
after that, didn't your
No SIR
cross-Examination Concluded.
and you put this coat on the bottom,
didn't you, and forgot it when you meant
to throw it off into the water?'
No sir"
This concluded the cross-examination
of Chester Gillette.
George C. Steele of IIerkmcr was then
sworn. lie is the assistant cashier of the
Herkimer County bank. He is a tenais
player The effect of dampness on the
strings of a racquet is TO break them he
said The usual strings are catgut lie
examined the racquet Gillette is said to
have buried. He said they are usually
marked to give their weight. This rae
quet, he said, weighs 10 ounces.
Other Testimony.
DO you know that striking a tennis
racquet a sharp blow on its end ill
break the strings?" asked the district at
torney.
az do not"
The district attorney called for DR..
Esing There WAS no response.
did you tell DR.. Eising to meet him?'
he asked Mr.. Mills.
We'll, we are not telling what we have
told and what we have not" answered
Mr. Mills.
William Steinburg of Cortland, an en-
ploye of the skirt factory. was next called.
He knew Gillette, he said.
Miss Brown often came down into Gil
lettes department" he said. "She was
down in my room on one occasion when |
heard conversation between Miss Brown
and Gillette. I said to her afterwards.
Billy. what are you jollying Gillette
about? She said they talked of going =
the north woods and that she thought
of going to work in hotel there. Mat
was a short time before she left. Before
she went away she came down and shook
my hand and said Goodbye Stein. I'll
probably never see you again. I said, oh
go onn but she turned around and went
away"
\ number of witnesses declared that
Gillette bore a good reputation.
The hearing was adjourned until TO-
morrow morning.
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San Francisco indictments.

San Francisco, November 30.-Abraham
Reuf and Chief Of Police Jeremiah Oman
were Jointly indicted by the grand jury
this afternoon on a charge of conspiracy
in connection with the alleged protection
of a house of prostitution Chief Oman
was also separately indicted on a charge
bf perjury in his testimony before the
jury Bonds were fixed at $4,000 in each
case. No attempt will be made to dispace
Oman, pending trial of the case.
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Resulted From Broken Knuckle.

The trouble was the breaking of a
l<nuclxle of the drawhead, on the front
end of the forward ear. The trainmen We're
repairing this when the collision oc-
Cured.
AS the general superintendent. %. II.
Coapman, states, there is not the slight
est doubt but the flagman made every
possible effort to protect the rear OF the
train, but he could not get around sharp
curve i'm time to prevent the collision.
AS soon as Engineer Kinney say the
signal he applied the emergency brakes
and stayed at his post to the last
The condition of all the wounded IN
the Southern wreck. including Merrill,
is very encourag ing
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London, November 30.-On the appeal OF
the Goldsmiths company, the appellate
court today decided that gold or silver
cases of all foreign made watches whether
with or without works, must be assayed
and hall-marked before they can be ~old
in Great Britain. Though hitherto only
foreign cases without works were Liable
to be stamped. an enormous industry in
completed foreign watches was built up.
The jewelers. intend to appeal 10 the house
of lords.
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Billiard Games.

New York, November 30-Two more
games are on the schedule of q, which
will decide the .shortstop 49, ballS line
billiard championship of America. These
two will be played tomorrow and there
Is just chance of triple tie. Tonight
Harry Z. Cline of Philadelphia scored Ills
fifth straight by debating Edward ,1c-
Laughlin of this city, 400 to 299.
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Introduction shoe sale. Guar
antee Shoe Store, 1905 Third
Ave.

Southern Railway Passenger
Department has gotten out
schedule cards showing arrival
and departure of all their
trains into and out of Birming-
ham. Also points where trains
are to and from, and equipment
handled, as sleeping cars, dining
cars. etc. These cards will be
found quite convenient. You
can get one by calling at their
office, Morris Hotel Building.
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Railroad Official Dies.

Memphis. November 30.-John Finn, an
official of the Union Belt Line railway,
of this city, died at his home here late
this evening after an illness of some
weeks, aged 60 years. Mr.. Flynn was for
merly division superintendent OF the
Louisville and Nashville system and was
one of the best known of southern rail-
read men
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Came From Tennessee,

Atlanta, November 30-Edward f. Rid
dick, who committed suicide in Birming
ham tonight came to Atlanta some tine
ago from Tennessee and went to IL
mingham to establish branch tailoring
establishment. His mother lives in Green
VILE S. c.
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Public Lectures.

The Independent Order of B'nai Birth
will inaugurate it's course of lectures for
the coming season tomorrow night Prof.
II. C. Burrus will speak on 1.-THE Revolu-
ton of '61." The lecture will be given at
the lodge rooms on First avenue, between
Twentieth and Twenty-first streets, at
$3.50 o'clock. The public is cordially invit-
ed to attend.
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Railroads, Appeal Granted.

New Orleans, November S0.--Judge Par
lango today granted the appeal of several
southern railroads in the case of the inter-
state commerce commission, which had
secured an order restraining them from
charging 10 cents per hundred pounds on
yellow pine shipped into Ohio from the
south The roads affected include the
Mobile and Ohio. Alabama Great South
ern, New orleans and Northeastern.
Louisville and Nashville. Alabama and
Vicksburg and the Gulf and Ship Island.
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LOCAL ENGINEERS
SEND COINCIDENCE
Alabama Great Southern Friends OF
Mr.. Spencer Telegraph Message
of Sympathy.

The following message which is SELF
explanatory was forwarded to Washing
ton last night
Ii. b. Spencer, Washington, d. c,
At meeting tonight of Alabama Great
Southern Division 1885, Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers, resolutions of
deepest sympathy were adopted for .-our-'
self and family.
J. A. KAISER,
p. ]. MURPHY
IL. w. ELLIOTT.
Committee.
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Opposed to Public Ownership.

New York November 30.-The Tribune
tomorrow will say: 1.-THE public owner.
ship committee of the National civic
Federation, after an exhaustive investlga-
ton of public ownership, both in Europe
and America, is understood to be unani-
mously opposed to public ownership on
the grounds that it is unscientlfic, waste
fully and morally undesirable. The COM
mittee is making up its>report and will
submit it to the federation before The
middle of January.
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Puttinu Shot Record.

San Francisco, November 90.-At the
track and field day meet OF the Olympic
club yesterday a worlds record in putting
the 12-pound shot was broken by Ralph
Rose, who put it fifty-fiye feet six and a
half inches This is one inch and a half
farther than the distance covered by G.
r. Gray of the New York Athletic club
at Travis Island in 1902.
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Tranquility in Cuba.

Havana, November 3O.-Reports received
by Governor Magoon today from thirty
towns show that tranquility reigns every
where. A slight increase of yellow fever
has been recorded. There are four new
cases, one at Havana and one at Sagua
LaGrande, ono at Crusces and one at
Union DeLos Reyes The total number Of
cases on the island is now thirteen
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Fleetwood Brought $3.50.

New York, November 3o.--At the horse
sale at Madison Square Garden tonight.
Fleetwood S., an 11-year-old stallion .rot-
ter with record of 2:13k, was bought
by Van Wyck Wort Crommelin of Hoi-
land for $3.50. The stallion will be sent
there. The total realized from todays
sales were 81, 0i0 for 113 horses.
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Southern railway for Florida points.
Through sleeping car from Birmingham to
commencing November 3,
leaving 4:05 p. m. For winter tourist
rates, schedules, sleeper, reservation and
complete information, apply to M. II.
Bone, D. P. A., NJ. CoxwelL c. p. A..
Morris hotel building. )-N-30r
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R|DD|CK FOUND
COLD IN DEATH
Suicide Last Night in His Lodg-
ing Apartment
NO REASONS WERE GIVEN
Business Letters Suggest Financial
Troube-The Deceased Was Well
Known Here and in Atlanta,
Whence He Came.
NO REASONS WERE GIVEN

Edward f. Riddcl, senior partner in
the firm of Riddick & Cert, merchant tail
ors, 304 North Nineteenth street, shot
himself through the heart last night in
his room in fats on Nineteenth street,
between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues.
The exact hour of the suicide is I'M
known. The dead body was found by
other occupants of the fiat who returned
heme at u o'clock from the wrestling
match at the skating auditorium. At that
time the body was cold, and it is thought
the man had teen dead for some time.
Unless financial troubles caused the
man to take mis- life, what prompted the
tragic act is not surmsed.
The ambulance of the Gaudin company
carried the remains to Gaudins under
taking establishment, where it will be
prepared for burial and shipment to At
lanta, the deeeased's former home.
No Reason Stated.
The bullet which caused the death of
MI Riddick pierced his heart When
found he was lying on his back across
the bed. The pistol was an 1ver-John-
ston revolver of 32-calibre. All chambers
except the one from which the fatal bull
let was discharged were loaded.
Nothing was left by the dead man to in
dictate the reasons leading To his self-in-
fiicted death. Acquaintance hearing of
the suicide We're Mortified They have no
reason to suggest unless it We're some
financial embarrassment.
. q.
branch from the headquarters in At
lanta. Mr.. Cert, the junior partner, is in
charge of the Atlanta house, which is
located on Peachtree street. Mr.. Cert was
notified last night concerning the suicide
OF his partner.
Some Business Letters.
Business letters were found on the de-
ceaseds person. One of these letters, ex-
amned at the undertaking parlors of the
Gaudin company was from Mr. Cert. the
writer referred to the fact that Mr.. Rid
dick had inserted advertisements in two
of the local papers, and suggested, on
account of the fact that as his funds
be made Immediately.
MT. 1tluulcK was man OF 1ne moral
character. He was about % years of age,
and in perfect health.
He came to Birmingham about six
months ago from Atlanta. His purpose in
coming here was the opening of tailor
ing branch in this city He lived until
about Zone month ago at the Florence
hotel. lie had no relatives, as far
known in Birmingham. His parents ana
other relatives are in Atlanta, to which
place the body will be sent today. efter
the verdict of the coroner's jury In Eir-
mingham. the genial disposition of The
deceased Immediately won many friends,
and he soon became prominent in social
circles
1t was said at the fiat where he had
his residence that the weapon was Dor
rowed day before yesterday, but that tae
expressed purpose was one which gave TO
intimation of the probable intention of
Mr.. Riddicl 1t is now supposed that he
was then considering the deed which
ended his life last night.
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Killed By Cattleman.

Ardmore, | T., November 3O-Sol Oates.
jointist at Dougerty L. T., was shot
three times and instantly killed today by
Pose Johnson, wealthy cattleman of
the Chickasaw Nation II is said that
Oates Will. intoxicated went to the home
OF Johnson and started the trouble.
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Debatae Over Salaries.

Paris. November 3O.-There was lively
debate in the chamber of deputies today
over raising the salaries OF deputies and
senators from $500 to $1,000 year. The
previous vote was confirmed Dy 900 ayes
to 21S noes.
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Taken.

From the Philadelphia Press
Merchant-So You want the ia
fee boy?
Boy-Yes. sir.
Merchandising previous experience?
Boy-No. sir; nothin previous about me.
and | don't whistle
Merchandising up your hat.
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Next Lyceum Lecture.

Roland Dwight Grant, one of the most
distinguished entertainers in the United
States, will be the attraction in the Ly-
ceum course at the High school audi
forum next Monday night. His theme
will be. Snakes in Paradise"
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Ten Injured In Wreck.

Enid Okla. November 30.-Northbound
passenger train No y on the Rock Island
railroad was wrecked near Waukomis.
eight miles south of this city al o'clock
this morning and ten passengers were
injured, none fatally. Spreading rails
caused the accident
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Acquitted of Assault During Riot.

Atlanta, November 3d.. L. Fain. an
automobile machinist, was acquitted late
this afternoon of the charge of assault
ing negro with intent to kill during the
September riots. Fain was charged with
pursuing the negro from the Marion hotel
and firing at him three times. The proven
defense was an abb.
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DR.. Y. E. HOLLOWAY,
SPECIALIST
PRIVATE DISEASES,
guarantee

you & perma-
aent cure OF
private troubles
ard that you
may know my
guarantee is re-
liable / refer
you with per-
mission, to the
First National
bank, Alabama
National bank.
Steiner Broth
ers. bankers.
Jefferson Coun-
ty 8 a v ! n 6 ;
hank and tho
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Arrival of Immigrants.

New York, November 3O.-Three steam
ers which arrived this morning from the
Mediterranean brought 1870 steerage pas
sengcrs. The Slavonia brought 20SS; the
Koenigin Louise 1894 and the Moltke 1888.
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Disturbances MAY Occur.

Rome, November 3O.-According to news
received here today from Adis-Abeba,
capital of Abyssinia, King Menelk Is Sc
riously i'll, and it is feared here that
grave disturbances are likely to occur
in the struggle for the succession.
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Mcconnell Knocked Out.

Sai isco, November S0.-Joe Thorn
as knocked out Fpank Mcconnell of this
city in the first round Thomas, after a
half hours rest will take on Al Neil and
endeavor to stop him in ten rounds.
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Peasants Killed In Riot.

St Petersburg. November 50.-An Agra
rian riot broke out today in Petroff,
Kazan district The rioters looted the
communal granary The police guard ..red
volley, killing and wounding many
una SAINTS
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viii Not Row at jamestown.

London, December 1.-The Standard this
morning declares that the Oxford and
Cambridge Boat clubs have decided to
decline the invitation to row at the James
town exposition in 1907
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SPENCER WILL BE-
BURIED SUNDAY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE IL


lance ahead of its train when 1T became
detached, was erroneous, but the fact is
that the engine did not leave the train
more than twenty feet, the air brakes
applying Immediately upon the engine,
as well as the train.
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Signs.

The most difficult work solicited. HArmi.
tage, OF course.
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GILLETTE ANSWERS
QUESTIONS COOLlY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE H.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE H.
anime you any further on that point,
didn't your
Il cannot state
Now whose picture is this which
been devel" Ded?'
Its a picture of Miss Harriet Bene-
diet of Cortland"
The picture Of Miss Benedict was taken
before Gillette left Cortland on the trip
which ended in the death Of Grace
Brown
Denies Taking Picture.
The district attorney showed Gillette
another picture and asked him if he had
taken 1t. 1t was a picture of the rustic
bridge on Big Moose lake, but Gillette
denied ever having taken the picture.
Coming down to the writing by the
witness of the fictitious names he had
placed on the registers in the hotels at
Utica and the upper lake, and also as
t. his register as Charles Gordon at De
Ruyter on the night before he started
for the Adirondacl<s with Grace Brown,
Gillette replied that his purpose was to
protect the girl.
LAS a matter of fact, you didn't want
anyone to know it was you, Chester Gill
lette who was there, did your
maybe / feared someone who might
have known either Grace Brown or my
self would see the name Gillette on the
register so / put down the names Cor
don and wife,
The witness after admitting that the
fictitious registration at De Ruyter
Utica and the upper lake We're because
he did not wish it known that Grace
Brown was with him. said he registered
az the Glenmore as Carl Graham Of AL
beny and Grace Brown of South OF
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attractive ads. are Illustrated. La
tie 0awk make your illustrations
kna.Hersd Buiidlnn.
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Didn't Expect Anything to Happen.

'sWel. you expected something to hap
per out there on the lake that day, didn't
you?"
Gillette identified a number of articles
which had been found in his suit case.
and the district attorney pressed him at
length regarding the reason for his TAX
ing his overcoat. umbrella and tennis
racquet along on his boat ride with Grace
Brown. He said he took the overcoat
along because he thought Grace might
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cross-Examination Concluded.

"Gillette, yon had the boat near shore
after that, didn't you?'
No SIR