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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-13
TRIED tn T''.V'V|| | G
But Failed I'D
Charles Ranscuur Shot Himself.
N and Then 7 ookB Latld an,lrl,
HIS 70 I'VE WAS sPy / NED l J.
Paper found Upon His q Person y: s;e'il
Which 4 81 the Nhole 3s#
Sad & Story 33ss

Charles Ramscur, d colored mar Y living
at 1415 r qss Street tempt to Hi [,l
himself twice yesterda once vi h apis
toll ana "a gain with udanun a 4, il
The first attempt was made &at.,5 ;SS =, u
the The ! h n !
get lutt an explanatlo Tie wounded man
was lying on bed pparanti,Y tne
was found thatFa bullet from q pistol $hnd
entered the mans side at tn. tenth I'D.
and after travelling Jus s 81,
INCHES had maze T., M
where It knocked off about unre,5 io oi
OF plasterng. M Charles seemed so s g
that to z g ous a'a,hlls
{ to IS say that he had Shot hlmself but
Would W not sayiif It was intention
The wound was 8 and and he8W i's
left to recover by llimsel 4SS is$
Second Call.
HI bout 10 clock last Il ght Or. III dgIns
tin ii he discovered 8 that Charles had
swallowed the contents OF 81 a. Two i OUNCE
bottle Of laudanum, DR., N s9nl,Wen AFTER
dropped s 3 out OF the wa goIl on the way "a
to hurry the would be E 81 icide u the
takPn 'sf aoen sa w
the assistance Of Or. Clemmons, began
to work fast and furious to make up for
lost time, as tho man was abou t dead,
After several hours 81 labor Charlie was
brought around again. and I we i REPORTED
as on the road to recove 45 "
The Cause Of IT.
Upon searching his clot hes n ]. pa per was
found On which had boon written many
rnes, Upon 1t Charles had stat ed that
Lizzie ] ohnston was the cause OF all
and followed by pouring out his inner =, @
most thoughts. IA Ile wound up BY saying
that he had drank and ambled and been
a bad man, but no was going sto, reform
that is. ~ G. no & should 1--we to BY have the.
II Lizzie Johnston Adid not
SPEAK to 4 him by 3 go' clock h was ding
to shuttle ST this mortal coll VI. !.
Evidently Lizzie refused. Tor Charles
took q shot at himself at $3.50 O'cloc and
followed hat up fwith the dose OF alauda-
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I 7,l-1 sQt5R1 ian lII7li!. y. b
8 GAINES'S MILL

The walnut Grove picnic win 20 to Buckros
Little "Miss surosll Baadle.. Of Hickory Hin.
Il spending some time With her sister, MRS
Mis- Bertha Payne, Of Ashland z the guest
OF her cousins, the Misses Garrett, Of New
'' Black Creek will give q picnic = the church
" water Peace who was operated on 81
tho Memorial Hospital some weeks ago, =
alMas Ms. ' as.tsr N Martini o Ky;asld st.
s!ok. she has peen taken 70 hioh,m,ond where
'h so.c : aq s.sp - a
a. 10 render II impaAstbls. Several persons
have bssn almost overturned. Personss who live
below thers are compelled to 80 miles out OF
their way 10 get to church. ~ &. nj a.
Mrs.. Noble Barker spent e Sunday q In ths
Miss Hunter da1hright who has been cons
fined to her bed aimee March, is slishtly I'M
George stuart and wife, Of Barker MIL,
visited his brother near Cold Harbor3 sunday
rev Mr.. Kenney, OF Amherst county has
Creek ] baptist Church, and wnl conduct ser
tsnd aMsushsr d'llM,s Xisttsd
Cold Harbor Sunday last, n ~ & St
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trial RACES ! 5
RQ / { |. CUR
Work ofsS electing re !le se ot
7rropl Mil ssB egill5 s8Ss
GERM ANXIOUS 10 5GET;'s.ll1lI
Anne lear y aclts i alrlS
tAllSNYill Enter Lists NJ
Il Cd II5s ~ Nh M
I:!!7i|:l,iiis;iSV'e:,es:kl,;,,,
xNAasnctatcd "A Ioresa. ] ~

(ByS Assocla ted n Fress.)
r. sENIARBLEHDAD,f MASS, August ~
The i rial n races for e honor Of de;1ssi
tending the Roosevelt cur ,58s| trop ~!
given to encourage In ernat ional small
boat racing, and IN d est Of 5wh icl, two
German built yachts have Tread rrivs.Sa
ed in this country, will begin tom morrow q VI
under the auspices of the % tern * ascfltS
Club, the don or . ~ the cup. and will
continue throug hout Il the $Wee Az the
conclusion, the German &c committee
fof the club will select the three Aneri-3#
can blenders to sail against the German nan.
yachts Nineteen vac IS, al Of IN same san
general dimensions, but of tffere nt$& deS$
signs. have been entered for the trials
SOf these, eight represent the Eastern ~
Yacht Club, three the Corinti!a g chts
Club Of 5Marblehead; three 4 the ii Boston
Yacht Club and one each the BEiingEa H,S
Quincy, Manchester, Southern (of III ~ eN Ws:
3Orleans) and New Y ork ~ s;:a.s
The yachts have all beer: Z nniit su lENts
certain restrictions as to 2 S'.'1.ss
sail area, and cons't:iituite spec.ut So,
Ston Of what is M
S"sonder" class. s,Si !. ,,,a q.
s35'.I nder tho agreement between the East
55ern Yacht Club and the Imperial Yacht
aclnh az KEEL, Germany u, none OF the
ynohts weighSless than o35 poun IDS 4 while ll
fIeirI5total length on the water IS line lines
added to the bread and depth. does Enott
exceed thirty two feet, and the So.
is not over $50 SQUARE re \,
THO American yachts have MI peenS
< b,,,iltgln this country from America n de-s
signs, and will be handled by Anne rlca M
born shippers and ere ~ ~
The Entries, ~
The yachts will be starred tsS a g I. nsasiy
III o'clock III the forenoo n as poss'o' 81.
and there will be no time alloWane =
III. IIodgson and +, Fond, pos = to1'
AUX, G, +, Adams, %, Quincy, SOM on
#drei a. II ightman, Hlng ma y = ~
,ramba. G. II, w. Foster Eas y Ghe.
wink vi, r. g. Macomber, Corlh ing y
Cod. Or, Morton PRINCE. Boston Eile ~
d. II, Curtis, EASTERN Hay Seed u. Il ~,
d, Bowdcn. Corinthian; Hay Seed HI
II. il. Bowden, Cortnthiani Lorelel. 3. Is,
Cheney and G. p. us I4anning Boston x
MANCHESTER III. DR., ], u Bremen. Man Man
chester; Moslem H.. E. p. Parker bo ~,
ton; New Orleans, s. +. Haslp. South l's
ern: salley VIII, 4. +, Percival. Corlln-S &
THAN: Spokane r !. Lewis Gil rk, Eastern;
skddoo, Fl. NJ Sears, Eastern; su-s
matra, Francis Skinner. Eastern; VIM.
.Trenor y. Park, New York; Wlndri M,
II, i, 9Macomber, Eastern. 4 s Sd
4 It was announced tc-nlghtS that the.
Hay Seed ". and the Moslem II, Wol l'lt
not compete, This leaves seventeen
yachts for the trial. The time limit Of
six houres was arran ged Tor the races Ill
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FOLK GOING ALONE.
Will Not Be in Missouri Delega,
-Ills ton "a IXWelcorne BRYAN.

" ST, LOUIS, August 1T cannot ac-
company the Missouri Democratic delega-
ton, bu t will go to New York alone
replied Governor Folk Yesterday, at
Planters Hotel. when asked whether no
would attend the New York reception to
William Jennings Bryan. 35 81
The Missouri delega ton, which Is being
recruited largely, by Senator Stone, 10
political enemy OF Folks, is scheduled
10 leave st, Louis on August 9th. Folk
the delegation would be eau sed by Stones
presence. rs. II . 3 Z, & (, "a b, i, y.
8'S"I have speaking appoln In Ills
nois and Iowa on August 27th and 2ath,'.
explained Governor Folk, but intend
to leave st. Louis In time to reach New
York on the morning OF August aoth," W.
1t was reported yesterday that Chairs
man Evans OF the Democratic State
Committee. would not serve as q member
of Stone' ton, " &
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}II-.l q -
sHIGHLAN D. SPRINGS: I,

MI Turner, Of swansboro, spent, yYedns,day
night at the home of Mr. and Mt at Robert
!. MI. Fred Ryan left for Glen A lien during
the past week. and viii be absent \ for some
liz lawn feie yen Thursday On the
asaea ,osS,siil
was lovely. and a large crowd swas - tend
sRls ia
feature OF the evening eHt ertaln Hent vas
Ma1 pas Lso ou Brayermsn sennio Hymes and
,sas
Canada, where, no will probably spend several
ISIS ss,,Es;fa,s %
the home OF the Missea Dean where they spent
one day during the week. e, I.
Ledge, has Just turned from q. pleasa nj T
xtEi her sister, u r. Sheppard Norris. s e
Siiss Mabel Poekllnst g Beech wood u, vas
Of Miss Pearl coudrey at
Ars.'pJ u F, Norris. On Wedn esday. Mrs. NoIs
rIs ~ still conned 70 her bed BY with
q Mrs. Osko made a bust ess tri y to &Rich-
m0nd on Friday mornin ii 4.
the Village during the past week and $is the
guest Of her sister, Mrs Grid in the lower
part OF the village, whore she will spend sew
Mrs, saiiia Taylor OF Greendale, spent Tues
day With her sister. Mrs Annie dams.
Il Mrs Child, wife Of DR.. Child, Is quite sick
at her home on Grove Avenue AS &, &;
Mr. James Toone, who has been ?cri teal ia
is reported to be slowly gconvale5cing.g5s
"A Others among q. the q sick care Miss 8Veenita
Dickinson Mrs. J. F. Norris, and the infant
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs, w 7. Johnson AL
OF whom are ijImprovingt s5 u
h Mrs. E s. Read, Wife and sister. Miss ulia
Read accompanied by Mrs. II. 81 L.s5V inal &and
daughter. Miss Nellie Vinal. are spending the
pleasant soiourn in the mountains of Massa.
chusetts and New Hampshire earlier IN 4 the
Nj E. s. Road made flying trip TO. the
village during the week to look a tier his bus
mess interests after which he Will join his
NJ. Bell Atkinson OF Richmond visited his
brother 81 family tbs hrst OF the week
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-13
WHITE PLAGUE CENSUS
BEG|Ns KANSAS war:

TOPEKA. KAN, Aug, la,--4A census OF
MI tuberculosis cases In the State 10 peinS
snrepared BY the Board OF Health Wnlea
has 4 determined to wage waF on ths
The flrst step will DO 70 secure -
nearly a complete census a. poss,o PIG.
Each OF tho 5000 regular physicians sls Ia
the state will be asked 70 'nskN an asSi
curate list u the NUMBER q caseIl
'tha stages OF the disease ana the causoa,
az near as these can be ascsrtAlnsd
information showing the age and ssl',
eraI health OF the patient before tina dis
ease took a serious form VII be shown
ii ID believed the disease can b cher = 4
ed Ia many families II thu proper pre-
tons asa iaks9. #.
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ME- CsVILLE NEWS Il: \ $

Pa..er,9n who has BEEN SO sa
II ss hiazesa
cd TO their home on the Pike q tter g visit 70
relatives I'M Charlottesy !, Z !, Z 2,
Roa Is MO sa'' has Been in Iii health is mproy-
ing a, !, !, D Y, Y /. ,1,,ke has "a
turned homo after pleasant stay with frienos
In Washing ton. i. q =, 49,
Ghrss,an Wt
Ills aunt and uncle, n :. and Mrs. r., zen 1
dspn EsasH poaf LEFT the
week for Ocean ieg. where she VII t spena
some weeks recup \; /, - - IA led
BY Miss Maggie Dixon, ere spending the Inc
hsls!n.s. S II S. Is slowly improving 81 e.
home at Poplar Grove after q visit TO her
fa H Mr.. Monroe sweeney q g oas'f SeW
Elite MS. Violet sheppard q Wood street
s!, With fh'es sseppard has returned her
home s1rs here after stay with her brother. Mt
s. Clark e Seven s. eard pines Who has been e1-
tremeiy III, Is improyln g !. u, X, -, e,eea
Mrs Sarah and fem,iy o % cnsss
INF Hail returned 70 her h s1,ne
IN Hanover county aft fke spenaihs gone s''l's
Mi Miss Maud Sheppard who has been zen ~ =
4 M most Delightful visit relatives n sthe
Matte SIfss s sss sefn ~ g y,
RasIs G ~ Sssffss ''
care Of the doctors In the Virginia iosp''h
h9 M,s Firmly o street, w
sss shss'ss eyiss Mrs
tv a0tf ~
tr era Vii and has been moved 70 the YaF'
RlMsIa has returned e nss
homo intsrntaSsr Il a'w s s5dot street
ls pas Fsssyss
's SSs s..n sss .'st 4 BE-
,n5:r e SNsasp ssst n ssF guest ''
Mrs. IL Rs Hlisn Y s'4E!y
the guest Of air,and Mrs, W A. cu 's1 auFT
Ing thepast we 4ls - and children. Who have
bowling Green VA return ne e Week none
Hortn sSe ss' hlian
and Irene have rsturn n, home after y's' y
N Mrs FloIsnes Jenkins et Wood Street =
slightly imbrpyet. J. 4. ~ al, 4 4 vh,,e
ineiiei 4 To gov to the Virginia Hosnl.al I9r
Nrs ", cgey ana y shll sn Y VII u
spena Two two Weeks With rea lives, !, !,
MI and Mrs, ben Jenksns ana son, ltopsrrt
siIssa y s THshs
irene TIN Mss Albert Pierce have returned
ho Mp a Ate pleasant say sssshsGe
Z, Mt E, nm 2 are home agai from visit to
M. Glenn sister, M.as N Pattt elena q
eafsA'a ana MTs and Mis- Kste Bllis
yenn. LADIES' and a gs ~ i, 81
n la.t e Thnrsda a nysnlnr and had
fruit tsoss pIsSGnt TsIn Mss MAJ
t isaf Cross s,a Mamie and Jessie
Nary sTry ana Pierce Floyd ElIs Jossrh
airs ssys oe Wool Street as her
familyj Il To West yireinias Syheyat she has
.jotned her husband who has been here f9r
se Mrs. Frank tuck. oe Wood has
tes st 4 nuite Sick 10 abs to DE out again
" M. 1 i Ohm Lans expsc ~ leave I'D A. Xxx
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Poet Of Mushroo .ns,

Corneille Ia known as the poet OF many
things, but 1t has required the finding Of
"a hitherto unknown Ms. at the Biblto-
theaue rationale to reveal him MS the
ipeet ot cooked mushrooms, Which he
apostrophiEes as glorious. ~ their end tf
It's t'Whtte body and stem to Q Parasol,
relates its @,'life, 4, Its struggla With the
SUM- suggests Its relish wit cream or
nut ton \ ia govt. ana declares Its savory
'excelle,,e,ss as comp red with asparagI
'truffles or artiol ii Ok ess "a The Verse Is not
exac{ly that OF the ~ or % Polye-
.Rsts. but Is sts GQgnallls, e London Globe.
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Z. wa Rivals.

II The tercentenary& OF Corneille Is, no
doubt, fitting tribute to the memory Of
the father OF French trag edy, on whose
...Agesilas' and '.''Attila'' Boleau wrote the
shortest and the severest criticisms ex-
itant. 81 But It \ also serves to remind us
that there was a. THOMAS as well as q
Pierre Cornelle. and that Thomas con-
siderably enhanced his brothers. repu-
station as q foil In later times there
were the elder Dumas and Auguste \ Ma
quet, and the remembrance of the two
Corneilles once enabled the great; AL
exandre to I score on his too presurnp-
5tuous understudy In characteristic fash
Ion. '.Two Comedies, two Dumas, Au-
Rauste hinted "Just 80. Dumas chuckled;
"adieu, Thomas !'''---Pall Mall Gazette,
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WEsTHAM PTON.5

After a pleasau4 Visit to relatives Il on tho
70 ts9 her homs Il Rio Ylst., =, &, Es''e
I've weeks trtR t. nih4l, MsIa and g;
Wasthamptor Park hes rsturned home,
Ms Walter bubank. Of Ridge. has been
quite sick during the past week, . y, S u
frffends In and near Lynohburs.. Miss Bessls
BrowninE has returned to her home, Way
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POLE GREEN

Prof. Ruby Tlmberlake has closed his music
nj Kiss Loid Rarnstf. Of Allsn's Mil, is yls-
ltIns her aunt, AIRS. y. w, Goode,
There Mll be L. GENE q baseball Ct NeM7
play against the caieuttas OF Richmond, 81
Mise! Pear! and Grace alley IRE visiting
Mics Alice Gm!b;;o. Ct JetsrsX!lls y 4, \,
from Ocean View, ~ 5i2s
5Shn TmSeFIskss returned ysn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-13
Strike Nearing End.

r Is tx 7a33I (By Associated Press.) 45s
MONTERREY, MDX,, August l2,-Ihere
Eis practically no change in the machlnr.
4sts' strike at the Mexican Central shops
here. 81
1T is the opinion Of persons in close!
touch with the situation, that the strike
will be shortllyed, ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-13
.AILEE 1. ITEMS II 7!

last "Wednesday Tor We.t Point, where they
spent a most en3oyabl 10 dRy, u IN ls5l35i
GhaElss gm!sh q Paramount, recently visited
~ Clifford shaw, Of suenas Vista y has been
syteitlnS M Family An the Arsds fer 2 week,
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days for Rocky Mount, N. G. !. where he has
accepted position. iyii9j$ "A
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& Rlobbs: ,'Helloi Slobbs. How are you -
elobbs: ~ can't complaint Blobbs {; " Your
wife tells another story, ;5iss a II
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y IA woman hates to hear her husband abused,
ii IL Husurping her PRIV ilege. $ A. ~ n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-10
NEGROES STIRRING
 UP THE QUESTION
EMBARRASSMENT AND LYNCH ING THE TWO CHIEF TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION AT NATIONAL GATHERING IN NEW YORK.

New To k, October 9--Dsfranchisement and lynching will be the two chief sub jects of discussion by the National Afro American council at the annual session, of which will continue nere Tor three days.
 At today's session, Corresponding Sec retary Rev. l.. G. Fordan of Louisville. Ky, in his annual report said:
 We have sent letters to every state in the Union to members of congress, call ing attention to tine great wrongs being done us by disfrdnchisement and Jim Crow laws, and have received some very encouraging replies"
 A resolution offered by Rev Jordan for the appointment of an executive com mittee with a view to enlsting the sym pathy of prominent men in movement for adoption of liberal laws in tl,, interest of the negro, was adopted
 Bishop Walters president of the council, in speaking on dsfranchsement said:
 "If the ignoble work of disfranchse- ment in the south is persisted in. con- flict is sure to come, in which the negro will not be the only sufferer Business will be paralyzed, cred. destroyed, and desolation and ruin will surety follow The quickest and surest way to peace is for those who are in authority to pro claim to the nation that every negro able to meet the qualifications of the revised constitution shai' be allowed to register and vote without molestation'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-10
ANOTHER ARGENTA
 NEGRO IS KILLED
Son of Dead Man is Charged
 With Killing
TEXARkANA HAS MYSTERY
Authorities Believe the Negro Was Lynched by Members of His Own Race-Boy Taken to New
 Orleans for Safety.

Argenta, Ark. October 9.-Alexander Champion negro bartender. and mem Der of a number of negro fraternal or ders was shot to death in a saloon at the foot of the Free Bridge, between Little Rock and Argenta, at Il o'clock today.
 Luther Lindsay, son of John Lindsay, who was killed by negroes alleged to be Garrett and c. c. Colum and Lewis Styles, Saturday night, is now held under 5000 bond, charged with killing Cham pion. Champion is alleged to have made remarks concerning the Lindsays. He was arrested early this morning on charge of carrying a pistol, and his pockets were found to be full of cart ridges He was later released, and was out endeavoring to raise enough money to pay a $50 fine when killed.
 This Is the first trouble here since the lynching of H. c. Blacllman, negro. by mob Saturday night. Last night and today, with the exception of the killing of Champion, everything was quie-. and the police expect no further trouble.
 Extra policemen and extra deputy sher- ifs are on partol duty in the railroad yards, negro settlements, and throughout the downtown district tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-10
Propose tO Purchase Land to
 Cultivate Cotton
PLENTY OF LAND IS IDLE
The Commission Sent by Spinners Thinks Land Will Produce a Bale to the Acre and Is Ample
 for Years to Come.

London October "A volumnous report made by the cotton commission sent out by the Lancashire cotton splnner.s was made public today. The chief feature Of ;hc report Is the recommendation to purchase land in the gre: co,t. n belt of the southern states for the purpose If supplying British needs. tt declares there is ample land in the soathern states to produce cotton to supply the worlds re quirements for years to como and that with scientific cultivation, ono bale per acre should be obtained, whle greater economies are possible in gioning bales and transporting
 The report goes with great detail into the entire history Of American cotton cnl- tivation The promoters of the comms- sion are so impressed with the impor- tance of the subject that tLey have dc cided to send to America another com mission vested wlth fuller powers than the first The second commission will sail
 in few days. and will reacn the cotton belt in time to witness the picking of the crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-10
NEWFOUNDLAND IS
 HOT UNDER COLLAR
HAS DECIDED TO MAKE IT AS UNI PLEASANT FOR THE AMERICAN FISHERMEN AS PoSSIBLE-THE CIERGYMEN INDIGNANT.

St. Johns. N. F.. october 9.-The state- ments contained in Washington dis patch received here today to the effect that Newfoundland merchant fishermen controlled the government, had tried b prevent the Americans from securing treaty right and had hampered the Brit ish government in assuring such rights to Americans. is indignantly denied in offi- cial circles here.
 On the contrary. officials declare. the British government strongly upheld every contention advanced by Newfoundland until a few weeks ago. when it suddenly abandoned the colonly and surrendered to the Americans. The colonial ministry has decided not to resign. and intends to fight the matter 10 the end. It will suspend the regulations prohibiting the local use of purse seins, thereby putting the colo nists upon an equality with the Amer ican fishermen. It will dispatch the cruis- CTS Fiona and Neptune to patrol the her. ring areas. All existing colonial laws will be rigidly enforced against the Amer jeans for the least defense.
 American vessels will be eonffscated in- stead of fined as formerly. Concessions hitherto granted the Americans will be withdrawn. Local fishermen will be en couraged to occupy the waters before the Americans trrive The government has received assurances from leading clergy men Of various creeds of their readiness to ioln Archbishop Howley in a public platform of protest against the modus Vivendi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-10
Fatalities Along One Railroad
 Are Given as 123
LANDSLIDES FROM THE HILLS
Water Rises Sixty Feet at One Point and Many Houses Are Completely Washed Away By the
 Torrent.

Mexico City. October 9.-Recent floods In the southern part of the state of Jali- sco and in the state of Colima have re- suited in great destruction of property and loss of life. The number of fatalities from drowning along the line of the Man zanilo extension of the Mexlcon Central railroad is 12S. Thousands of tons of earth and rock descended in great land slides from the mountains. The new steel railway bridge below Tuxpan was de- stroyed and q steam shovel weighing twenty six tons was borne by tine torrent for a considerable distance.
 In one place the water rose sixty feet Many houses were destroyed by floods in the towns of Tuxpan and Zapotillic Twenty-Five lives were lost during the recent floods in the Santiago rvier, fifteen were drowned by the capsizlng of boat while crossing the river. They were work men engaged on the canal being con- structed for the power plant. All were natives t
 It has been some time since there was such tremendous flood on the west coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-10
MAY MEAN A NEW CABINET.
France Proposes the Rigid Enforce
 ment of Separation Law.

Paris. October 9.--After a session of the cabinet it was announced that the min isters exclusively discussed questions re lating to the application of the law pro- vidng for the separation of church and state They were in complete accord in regard to the integral enforcement of the law. but decision regarding minor details were postponed until Friday The disposition to conceal the actual meas ures to be determined upon. increases the belief that the cabinet is not without hope that the vatican will surrender before December II, when the law goes into ef- feet.
 The policy of the cabinet, therefore Is to endeavor to postpone any announce ment of it's ultimate intentions regarding the closing of the charges. the suspensions of the pensions of the clergy. etc, until it is time to act in the meautlme facing the interpellations of the radical anti clericas in parlment with a simple re- iteration of the governments intention to enforce the law in It's entirety. Many people believe that the pressure on the cabinet is great in this connection that a reorganization of the government with M Clemenceau. now minister of the in- terior as premier will follow the opening of parliament,