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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
INTENSE FEELING
ALONG Rio GRANDE
THREE MURDERS IN THREE DAYS
CAUSED BY ARREST OF REVOLU-
TloNlSTS-RANGERS PATROL
DISTURBED SECTION.

El Paso, Tex, December 1.-Following
a campaign Of extreme bitterness, in
which the alleged revolutionists of that
place played a prominent part, three
murders have occurred in Del Rio within
the last three days, the latest being that
of c. b. Cawthorne leading sheep man
in that section, who was found dead in
his buggy today with bullet through his
heart.
Intense feeling has existed along the
border since the arrest of alleged revo-
lutionists began and many murders and
other deeds of vengeance are attributed
to this. Great excitement prevails along
the Rio Grande and the border up and
down the river is being patrolled by
rangers, civil officers and customs guards
on the American side. and by large
forces of regular troops and rurales on
the Mexican side.
There is no abatement of the feeling
aroused by the arrest of alleged revo-
lutionists. On the contrary, it is grow
ing In intensity and bitterness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
| MUTINY Is DENIED IN
OFFICIAL STATEMEN T
Bureau of Navigation Says the Alleged
Incident On Board the Tennessee
Did Not Happen.

Washington December 1.-Concernlng
the reports of an alleged mutiny On
board the batteship Tennessee while she
acted as a convoy to the Louisiana,
which ship conveyed President Roosevelt
to Panama and back, the following Of
fetal statement was issued today
"rhe bureau of navigation is convinced
that the reports originating in Norfolk
of trouble on board the United States
battleship Tennessee, are entirely with
out foundation and that nothing occurred
on the trip with the President which at
all warranted the publication made.
80 far from the coaling at Chiriqui
Lagoon being conducted under the pointed
rifles of the marines, every marine eX-
cept the corporals of the guard and scn-
tries on post was in the coalng lighter,
and the men of the Tennessee were SO
anxious to beat the Washington's crew
at coaling that they continued work dur
ing one of the heaviest rainstorms that
had been experienced at the point
"On the forced draft run on the way
up the men begged for opportunities TO
work in the fire rooms until the forced
draft conditions and the fact that the
satisfactory speed Of the Tennessee was
secured with ten out of her sixteen boilers,
is a fair indication OF the character of
work in the fire room. Captain Couden.
commanding the detached squadron, the
commanding officer of the Tennessee. the
executive officer of the Tennessee and
the nav office of the Tennessee have all
been interrogated by the bureau.
sNeither of these officers know Of In
cidents at all corresponding TO those pub
lished or Of incidents which might give
currency to such statements.
The pay officer states that there was no
complaint or cause for complaint IN the
quality or quantity Of food on the Ton
nessee and the bureau OF navigation is
confident that 1t is justified in pronounc-
ing the statement made as wholly false
and unjust to the officers and the men
of the Tennessee"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
MESSENGER HURLED
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Expressman Found Speeches.,
Beaten and Wounded
ROBBERS ESCAPE WITH LOOT
Two Special Trains Sent Back Along
the Line of the Cotton Belt Route.
The Second Robbery
Near Rowan.
ROBBERS ESCAPE WITH LOOT

Redwood, Tex, December 1.-The ex-
press car attached to train No. 4, of the
Cotton Belt Route which left this city
at o'clocN' this morning, was robbed
and Fl2pres Messenger ". A. Gf'iss.p
was hurled from the moving train, after
aving been beaten and badly wounded
by the robbers. The robbery, it is believed,
occurred about a mile from this place,
but was not discovered until the train
had reached Eylau, the next stop.
The wounded messenger was found ly-
ing beside the track, badly hurt and
bearing indications of having had des-
perate fight He was unable to speak
when found, and was brought here for
medical attention. The robbers escaped.
That the robbery was successful is evil
dent so far as hasty inspection of the
car and its contents would indicate.
Superintendent r. M. Edgell of Dallas
has started for the scene of the robbery
and a special train of officers has been
started out of Texarkana. A special train
has also been sent from Redwater, and
up to late hour had not returned.
At Redwater the messenger had attend
ed to his duties as usual. There is no
stop on the schedule between that point
and Eylau, but the train slowed up at
Rowan as is the custom. AT Eylau, Con-
ductor Blair, who was in charge of the
train, found the door of the express car
forced, and on entering, found it spattercd
with blood, the messenger missing and
the car bearing every appearance of hav-
ing been looted.
Trainmen were sent back along the line
on handcars and the robbery with its
bloody details was reported to Superin-
tendent W. n. Neff who ordered search
made for the missing messenger, while
efforts were made at once to apprehend
the guilty parties. Grissip was found
shortly after the robbery had been re-
ported. lying beside the track about a
mile from this place by negro. While
he is badly hurt it is not believed his
wounds will prove fatal.
This robbery took place almost at the
spot where five or six years ago a SINH
lar robbery occurred. In this past rob
berry the safe in the car was dynamited'
and it is stated between $4,000 and 100000
was secured.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
piaz Talks to Japanese Ministers.

Mexico City, December 1.-Baron Mlnoze
Aarakowa minister of Japan, was seen by
President Diaz in the yellow room of the
national palace today. In the addresses
exchanged between the minister and chief
executive the pledge of continued friend
shin between the new nations was made
and special stress made on the question
of unrestricted immigration of labor into
this republic On this point the president
was congratulated by the new minister
and the chief executive replied by say
ing. at is certain our strength, among
other important objects, is dedicated to
the protection of labor and the mainten-
ance of the country free and open for
foreign industry and capital
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Mattox Is at Home,

Lynchburg, Va, December 1.-Telegraph
Operator G. D. Mattox, who was in charge
of the block telegraph office at Rangoon
on the Southern railway, and who is
charged with being responsible for the
frightful accident of last Thursday, has
been located at his boarding house with
in a mile of the Rangoon office, where he
declares he has been since the accident,
excepting for short time
L. ID. Mattox, brother of the operator,
seeing reports that detectives had been
looking for his brother as announced by
the company today went to Compbell
county to interview the brother. He re-
turned to Lynchburg tonight and gave out
the following statement:
INV brother was on duty at Rangoon
on the night of the 2Sth. He can prove
that he did not go to sleep, and that he
did not leave the office two minutes.
When train No. 80 approached he let it
in the block between Rangoon and Law
yers. He let it into the block under in
structions, and he can prove by witnesses
that he tried three times to get the opera
tor at Lawyers in order to notify him of
The approach of No. 80. He could not,
however, get a response from the Law
yers' operator. He has card to show
that he got the block for No. 81. The day
operator can prove that he found him on
duty when he reported at o'clock to re-
lieve him. He did not run away after
the accident. He does not feel he is to
blame in this matter, and he made no eff
fort to avoid arrest"
Mattox declared that his brother has left
his boarding house only once since the
wreck, when he went for short drive.
Tie was prostrated by the wreck. and was
greatly depressed. He did not know that
any officers of the law had been search
ing for him.
Local officials of the Southern were also
notified where the operator can be found,
and that he is ready to surrender at any
time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
PATTI SINGS FAREWELL
TOLONDON AUDIENCE
Renders Two Old Favorites Which
Brought Hearers to Their Feet
In Affecting Applause.

London, December 1.-After having
achieved repeated triumphs with more
classic numbers, Adelina Patti chose for
her farewell to a London audience this
evening two songs with which she won
the harts Of people of many countries,
Home Sweet Home" and Coming
Through the Rye
Her rendering of these brought the vast
audience, which filled every corner OF
the Royal Albert hall. to its feet, and the
famous artistic received an ovation which
seldom has been equalled.
The handclapping and cheering contn-
ued for upward of half an hour.
Nine. Pattie was deeply touched, and
with the greatest difficulty repeated a
verse Of Coming Through the Rye"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
PORK Restrictions Removed.

Washington. December i.-Restrictions
upon the entrance into Italy of American
pork products have been removed by
the Italian government. Heretofore Italy
In common with some other European
government. has insisted upon making its
own microscopical examination OF Amer
lean l1roducts sent to that country. Secre-
tarv Wilson took up the question with
the state department. with a view to in
ducing the Italian government to accept
the certificate of Inspection placed on
meats by the American agricultural de-
partment which II has agreed to do.
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Cotton Exchange Charges.

New Orleans, December 1.-SeVeral
steamship lines en- route to New Orleans
tonight called for an investigation of
charges made by the New Orleans cotton
exchange that this port il Disseminated
against. The steamship lines declared the
cotton exchanges charges To be untrue.
These charges were first that this port IS
Disseminated against in density In COM
preston OF bales, and second, that tramp
steamers are kept away from the port by
concerted action OF several railroads. The
lines recommending Investigation are tine
Lyland Heard, Harrison and Vogemann
lines, the Texas Transport and Terminal
company, Il. Sevilla & Co, and Richard
Meyer agent for several companies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
MENTAL HEALER FAILS
TO CURE HER OWN PAIN
Mrs. Post Is Fined $500 and Released
On Promise Not to Use the
Mails for Profession.

Jacksonville Fla, December Tho
case of Helen Wilmens Post, the mental
healer of Sea Breeze, Fla, which has
been pending in the United States court
for six years, was ended today.
Mrs. Post filed an affidavit that she is
suffering from acute infiamatory rheu-
raatisn, which she cannot cure herself.
she paid the fine of $500 promised to cease
the use of the United States mails in car.
rying on mental healing and was relieved
from the sentence of thirty days ini-
prisonment.
Mrs Post is now 10 years old and
broken in health.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
KANSAS CITY MAN IS
GUILTY OF RELATING
Enters His Plea of Guilty and $1,000
Fine Is Assessed BY the
Court.

Kansas City, December l.--Henry D
Hartley. senior member of the grain
broakape firm of II. s. Hartley & Co., of
Kansas CITY, pleaded guilty in the United
States district court here this afternoon
to receiving rebates from the st. Louis
and San Francisco Railway company
Judge Garland assessed the minimum pen
altv fine of $1,000 ,and granted Hartley
until wednesday next to pay it,
Hartley was indicted on November ID
last. It was shown that he shipped occ
sacks of cotton seed meal from points
in Indian Territory. the ostensible destlna-
tion being Carrollton, Mo. BY divertlns
the shipment at Kensas City he secured
rate of cents hundred pounds less than
should have been paid.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
CONFIDENCE IN ROOSEVELT.
Japan Feels He Will Settle the School
Question.

Washington, December 1.-Japdn has
every confidence that President Roosevelt
will adjust the California school
question entirely to the satisfaction Of
both nations. Feeling this confidence Ia
pan has ceased to be agitated over the
situation.
The japanese newspapers are en-
phatically moderate in all their notices Of
the affair and so far as the Japanese
nation is concerned there is absolutely no
reason for the revival of the newspaper
notoriety in this country.
The Associated Press was today aEt.lo.-
lied to quote the Japanese eml~ssy rs
above
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
Has Plan 10 Annex Part Of
the Big County
WILL RELY ON JEALOUSY
Other Members of the Legislators
Think Jefferson's Delegation Is
Too Laree-5essemer Is
Also Interested.

Mont gomery December 1--tSpecial)--.
plan. the object of which is 10 annex
a considerable portion of jefferson coun-
tv to Walker county, is now on foot by
residents of Walker. aud will be made
public in the form of a bill. which will
he presented To the next session of the
legislature.
According 10 the plan which was learned
here TO-DAY. the territory included is that
section bounded by that branch Of the
Frisco. which passes through Quentin,
the Black Warrior river and the present
,voi,.o,. .,,,t,+,. ,;,o
Tue movement Is pehs pusheu DS heP-
resentative f. +. Lacy OF Walker, who
spent part of today In Montgomery. IL
is HE avnaetation that h. will raoe,ve
a.. -. - - ,,,a,,,o, - Iooea,
'iie support oil large huhiper OIL 'euei-
son county people, who are said to be
IN sympathy with the partition plan.
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Government May Purchase Central.

Mexico, December l.-Eoen richards
the ewly elected president of the Mexi-
can Central railroad; Walter Rosen, rep
resenting the New York banking firm OF
Idenburg Thalmann. and Pablo Marines
Del Rio. representing the Mexican gov
ernment. were in conference this evening.
A. the conclusion of the session parti-
cinants would not consent to be inter-
viewed. but the general impression has
developed In this capital that arrange
ments are about to be concluded whereby
the Mexican government will purchase the
Central
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
Suffrage Bill Passed.

Vienna December 1.-The lower house
of parliament today passed the third
reading of the Austrian universal suf-
frage BILL after noisy protests by radi-
cal Germans, the socialist and anti-Se-
mites meantime cheering loudly. TIE
radical Czechs left the chamber before the
division and there were no serious in
cidents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
Body Bearers Are TO Be Negro
Porters
MANY MESSAGES OF SORROW
Telegraph Operator Mattox, Who Is
Charged With Being Responsible
for the Wreck, Has Been
Found at Home.

Washington, December 1.-Arrangements
practically have been completed for the
obsequies of the late Samuel Spencer,
president of the Southern railway The
funeral services will take place at
O clock tomorrow afternoon at st. John 5
Episcopal church. The funeral will be con-
Quoted by DIR. Roland Cotton Smith, rec
tor of st. Johns. The bodybearers were
selected from among the negro porters OF
the Southern railway.
All of them have been in service of the
system for many years and all of them
were personally acquainted with Presi-
dent Spencer. Those selected are: Peter
Laws, Frank Palmer, Henry Wilson, An
thony Phillips, Benjamin Warrick, Thom-
as Winters, George Jones and William
Brown. Members Of the general office
force of the Southern railway will assem-
BILE at the offices in this city at 1870 p. m.
tomorrow to attend the funeral in body.
kilograms of Sympathy.
The family of Mr.. Spencer and the Of
ficals of the Southern railway naVe re-
ceived a large number of kilograms of
sympathy and regret at Mr.. Spencer S
death, voicing the universal apprecia-
+,on N . ;oh ba was hold tbrouebout ,he
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Is Japan Preparing for War?

washington, December 1.-lfenry
d. Miller. United States consul gem
eral at Yokohama, will be given an
opportunity by the state department
TO affirm or deny a published inter-
view in which he is quoted as say
ing that the japanese are organiz-
ing their army and navy to fight
the United States. A clipping of
alleged interview has been for
warded to Mr.. Miller.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
Strike Is Off.

Tucson Ariz., December THE strike
ON the Sonora railroad brunch of he
southern Pacific. has been declared OF
and trains are now moving.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
Bose Goes to Mobile.

New Orleans, December THE appoint
ment of John Bose, as assistant division
euperintendent of the Sheffield division
of the Louisville and Nashville railroad,
with headquarters In Mobile. is announced.
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Special Advantages Make Monopoies.

mo combination" concluded Mr.. Will
l:ams, that does not receive special adj
vantages from the government in the
euise of law or from other corporations
in the way of special rebates can long
n1onopolize any sort Of business. nor can
H. fix and for long maintain any artificial
or unreasonable price To do away with
special privileges is TO do away with
trusts. In order to do away with special
privileges the tariff positively must be
revised toward and finally to a revenue
basis making our tax laws in one word
responsive to public needs, and not to pri-
yate greeds
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lndorses president,s Action.

Jackson, Miss. December 1.-(Special)
Congress John Sharp Williams, while In
Jackson en- route to Washington, had
nothing to say on national politics. but
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02

heartily indorsed President Roosevelts
az tfon in dsmissing certain soldiers who
happened to be negroes from the army
without honor"
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Minister Recalled.

Stockholm, December IA. Grip, Ialn-
ister OF Sweden 10 the United States, has
been recalled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
WITH TARIFF ISSUE
. DEMOCRATS CAN WIN
No Hope for the StandpatterS,
Thinks Williams
BASIS OF WHOLE TROUBLE
Friends of Minority Leader Think He
Will Be Victorious over varda-
man for Place In the
Senate.
BASIS OF WHOLE TROUBLE

Washington, December 1.-(Special)- )-"I
have been trying for four years to make
the revision of an unequal, inequitable
and bnrdensorne tariff the issue LsiUac
the American people. Upon that issue
plainly put, fully discussed and reason
ably decided, there is no hope for stand
ratters.'
Representative John Sharp Williams Of
Mississippi, the democratic leader in the
lower branch of Congress, made the
above statement tonight. Mr.. Williams,
fresh from hard campaign in his state.
where since the election he has been
making speeches in advocacy of his sem
atorial candidacy, believes that the tariff
is the great issue before the people of
the United States, and furthermore if it
is placed before them in a proper form
the party will be victorious. Mr. Will
liams, while he did not care to discuss
the subject, is plainly elated over his
campaign for the senatorship, and in the
opinion of most Mississippi delegations
he will badly defeat Governor Vardaman
for the Senate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
Republicans Have Surrendered.

Common sense and the spirit of JUS
tiee must always hold the scales between
the two. The republican party has frank
" surrendered to special interests, and
although its President has to some ex-
tent advocated other ideas, the leaders
of his party have all looked askance at
him. while he was doing it. l expect to
see the President recommend a revision
OF the tariff He is great at meeting a
public demand half way or u little over
half way, in order to get rid of the de-
mand. Republicans frequently do right
thing on the principle of throwing a sop
to cerebus
"The result of the recent elections" !"
continued the minority leader. fought TO
b. a lesson to the democratic party, a
lesson to the effect that the application of
the fundamental principles of the democ-
racy to existing conditions is not only
the honest issue to raise always. but the
winning one All of these principles
might be reduced with approximate ac-
curacy. to one sentence. Equal indus
trial and educational opportunities for all
and special privileges for none, equal
burdens whether laid by the government
or by government chartered corporations
fall all and special Determinations in
favor of none When the principle is APP
piled to existing conditions it will be
found sufficient to throttle the trusts,
to serve as a guide for the revision of the
tariff and for the regulation of inter-
state transportation companies.
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Appeal to Reason Is Stronger.

1.-The tariff" continued Mr.. Williams,
'is pre-eminently case for the ar
raignment of public abuses at the bar
of public reason An appeal to public
reason is always stronger, if honestly
and bravely made, than an appeal to pri-
vate pocketbooks. The function of gov
ernment Is to restrain all persons,
whether individual or corporate, from in
juring others, sand to leave them other
wise free in the pursuits of industry, i'm
provement and happiness. The function is
at once affirmative and negative in its
character. Some people over-emphasize
one side of it, and on the other the duty
to restrain in order to prevent injury is
as great as the duty to abstain where
injury is not being committed, and the
duty to abstain is as great as that to
lesfrain-
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Negro Kills Farmer.

senitobia, Miss, December
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Ell MANrQUI DE MIMBRE

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coniclos como I'm ejempo digno de imitarse; I'm hom
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denes, ell senador La Teuet abroqueado en- un So
beseimieno fue &C pronto coz oros
sentantes del pals.
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UN SENADOR EN- LA CARCEL.
PRCCEso DEL SsaoR LAPRAT-TEULET
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