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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-31
INVESTIGATED KICK
AGAINST CENTRAL
UNION SPRINGS COMPRESS CON-
PLANT NEXT MATTER TAKEN
UP BY COMMISSION
FRUIT GROWERS CASE.

Macon, Ga, January 30--The hearing in
the Waxelbaum case before the inter-
state commission was completed today so
far as taking testimony in this city IS
concerned. A second hearing will be had
before the full commission in Washington
II complainant desires A number of
fruit growers appeared before the COM
mission with Testimony to the effect that
the Texas fruit growers were given lower
competitive rates. No decision was
reached. 1t was stated that the railroads
have under consideration a petition from
Georgia fruit growers asking for lower
rates and better shipping facilities Pend
ing action on this petition by the roads,
matters will remain in statue quo. The
complaint of the Cotton Compress COM
pany of Union Springs against the Cen
trail of Georgia railway was taken up,
and will probably occupy all of Thurs
day.
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1'ittsburg. January s0.--C. A. Jackson. a
negro, bleeding from many wounds on the
head. is locked up in the central police
station following an exciting and almost
successful attempt to lynch him tonight
by crowd of several hundred persons
In Fifth avenue, in the heart of the
business district.
A newsboy asked the negro to buy a
paper Jackson showed him roughly into
the street. The boy threw stone and
struck Jackson on the head. The negro
jumped to the street and began choking
the boy. The street was thronged with
men, the incident occurring about Z
o'clock, tand in moment several caught
the negro and began beating him.
Some one cried, Lynch the negro" and
hundreds of men and boys rushed upon
Jackson. Stones and closed fists were the
chief weapons used by the mob.
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Lynch All the Negroes
Cries a PinsbnYg Mob
Hundreds Beat Negro With Stones for Choking Newsboy
Turn on Others of His Race Who Attempt to Protect
Him-Rough and Tumble Battle Follows in
Heart of Business District.

Backed up against a building. Jackson
trembling with fear, shielded himself with
his arms while the crowd beat him and
tore his clothes. About this time several
other negroes took part in the affair and
endeavored to protect Jackson.
Immediately there were cries of "lynch
them and kill the negroes"
The mob then turned its attention to
Jackson's negro protectors and soon there
were several rough and tumble battles
along Fifth avenue. the mob crying all
the while, ''ltill all the negroes" They
caught several other negroes and proceed
ed to bump their heads against the stone
buildings.
Jackson, bloody and his clothes almost
torn off, was temporarily forgotten and
he ran down Fifth avenue, but was fol-
lowed by several persons. He was rescued
by the police with much difficulty and
locked up.
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Government May Decide to Do
The Work
LOEB MAKES STATEMENT
Roosevelt's Secretary Says Contract
Has Not Been Even Conditionally
Awarded to oliver, as
Papers Indicate.

washington, January 30.-It is still pos
slble that the administration may deter
mine to dig the Panama canal putting
the work in the hands of Chief Engineer
Stevens, instead of having it done under
contract. The final decision will rest
with the President and Secretary of War,
and will depend on their opinion as to
whether the administration is justified in
accepting the bid to do it by contract.
1t was pointed out today on high au-
thority that the government has not
promised to accept the bid of W. ]. Oil
yer. who has been given an opportunity
to associate himself with two other CON
tractors to do the work at his bid of 6.5
per cent. The President and Secretary
Taft feel that the question of cost is not
on the line to be considered and they
would be justified in declining to enter
into contract to dig the canal if they
felt that the government interests would
be best subserved by not doing So
The following statement was made pub
lie at the White House tonight by Secre-
tary Loeb
Reports in the papers seem to indicate
belief that the canal contract has been
conditional.y awarded to Mr.. Oliver. This
is not so. No decision has been made even
that the contract will be awarded to any
of the bidders. Mr. divers bid was so
hopelessly defective that it could not be
even considered, and 1t was given him to
complete it in the shape that will enable
it to receive consideration. If 1t is put
into such shape it will be considered to-
gether with the bid already made by the
Gillespie Macarthur combination, which
may itself be altered, and then whichever
bid to the most careful examination,
seems most advantageous, may be taken,
or both bids rejected, and the canal be
constructed under the direct supervision
of the government.
In such case the government would,
wherever it chose, use contractors sim
ply as agents The real object in contract-
! ing tie work is Ia have assembled
large number of the best specialists in
each class of work. and the prime con-
sideration will be the ability and fitness
shown in a variety of directions by the
men making the bid. The President and
the commission would not even consider
a bid of merely one or two men. The work
is already going we'll over half a mil
lion cubic yards were taken out of the
Culebra cut in January, and the amount
being taken out is steadily increasing"
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Jerome Begins Op'ning Address
Today in TbaW Trial
TEMPORARY INSANITY PLEA
Twelfth Juror to Be Chosen From New
List-Two Added Today After Ex-
amining e5 TaIesmen-Thaw
Family Not In Court.

New York, January s0.-There was but
single vacant chair in the Thaw jury
box when court adjourned today and II
is expected tomorrow afternoon at the
latest District Attorney Jerome will be-
gin his opening address to a completed
jury.
The length and breadth of the ground
the district attorney will cover has not
been disclosed. Just how far back he will
deve into the history of the principals
in the famous case no one but Jerome
knows. He has not related the plans of
his opening address to any one, though
1t has been intimated authoritatively that
the direct evidence of the prosecution Will
be of the brefest possible character, deal
ing only with the incidents leading up
to the killing and story OF the tragedy
itself as seen by eye witnesses.
One or two witnesses may be heard as
to the alleged motive of the crime. 1t re-
mains for the defense to open the way
TO testimony which has to do with any
relations which may have existed De-
tween Stanford White and Evelyn Mes
bit. prior to the staying of the archi-
| tect.
Thaw's attorneys probably will not re-
ply to Mr.. Jerome tomorrow, reserVine
| their opening until the state has nnlsheo
its case.
Two Jurors were added to the tI1a
! panel today, making eleven In all. In
an effort to complete the jury the at
| torneys exhausted the second specia
| panel of talesmen summoned Tor tht
! trial. new panel of 100 was ordered
and will be in court tomorrow morn
ing.
The twelfth juror will be chosen IRON
| the new list, and should be in the pos
before recess Sixty-fve talesmen were
| examined today breaking all iecoiuS Ao'
the trial.
Following the precedent Of the last foul
DAYS. one juror was secured during th'
| morning session, and another during th'
afternoon sitting. Harry G. Brearly' az
advertising agent, 30 years old, nlarrleu
wasa the first talesman to quarry H'
took his place as juror No. 6, the chali
made vacant by the dropping OF Harole
r. Faire yesterday afternoon
Mr. Brearly told the attorneys for th'
defense that he had no prejudice what
soever against a plea of insanity anc
that in Judging such plea he woulo
be guided by the principle OF allowlnt
the defendant the advantage or every
reasonable doubt
THE afternoon Juror, Henry !. Kleinber
ger. AZ years of age, and married, saie
he knew very little about the supIec
of insanity, and woul dhaVe to be guidee
by the instructions of the court In arIlV'
ing at a conclusion. He did not thinf
his Judgment would be unduly swayee
by sympathy or emotion
The manner in which Thaw attorneys
continued to dwell upon the subject o
insanity in their examination OF various
| talesmen seemed to Indicate that II pies
| of temporary insanity which would De
legal defense, will eventually be entered
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KILLS WIFE WITH
BABY IN HER ARMS
Then Barber of Waycross, Ga, Shoots
His Baby's Arm
Off.

Waycross, Ga. January S0.-H. %. Lilies
proprietor of a local barber shop, to-
night shot and killed his wife. blowing
the side of her head off as she held their
months old baby in her arms. The baby
fell to the floor. Lilies aimed his guna at
it and fired. the charge cutting off ono
of the baby's arms. The child will prob
ably die. Lilies was arrested. A coro-
ner's Jury is considering the case to-
night. Lilies had been drinking during the
day, and had threatened his wife.
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BURTON WILL NOT
BE CHAIRMAN AGAIN
WITH PASSAGE OF THE PENDING
RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL HE
WILL RETIRE-HAS INTIMATE
KNOWLEDGE OF WATERWAYS.

Washington, January 3o-(special)-
Chairman Burton of the rivers and har-
bors committee, will not accept similar
position IN the next House. With tho
passage OF the bill now pending, he VIII
retire from the Craftsmanship.
Mr.. Burton announced this TO several
Of his friends tonight. His service on the
committee has been extended through
the passage of seven rivers and harbors
bills and IT is conceded that he has a
more Intimate knowledge of the coun-
try's waterways than any other man in
the government service.
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ALL WITNESSES
WERE LYNCHED
State Cannot Make Case Against Me-
gro Woman and Man Charged
With Murder of LyreIy Family.

Charlotte, N. c., January 90.-The case
against Della Dillingham; Henry Gillespie
and George Irvine, the first named
woman. charged with the brutal murder
of the Lyrely family at Barbara Junction
last July, was called today in the Iredell
superior cuort at Statesville. The state
found itself at a standstill before the
trial had more than started. When the
mob of whites lynched the other three
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Only $4,000 Cotton Loss.

Norfolk, Va, January 9o.-A closer in
vestigation of the damage done to the
cargo of cotton of the steamer Inkula,
Galveston for Liverpool which caught
fire while the vessel was coming up the
coast, places the total loss at not more
than $4,000 The vessel will proceed on
her voyage the latter part of the week
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negroes implicated in this crime at Sails
bury last summer all the evidence in
the case for the prosecution perished
There was no evidence against the sur
vivors of the mob's vengeance, other
than the Dillingham; woman was the
wife of one of the mob victims, and Gill
lcspe the brother of another
The judge ordered the witnesses dis
charged and ordered the jury to bring in
a verdict of not guilty tomorrow.
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Reward for Head of RaisuIi.

Tangier. January 3O.-A brother OF Eel
lal, the insurgent chief, in whose fortress
Raisui sought refuge. and several of
RaisuIi's chiefs. have rendered their sub
mission to the government. 1t is reported
that the Sultan has offered large rsvaG-
for Raisuli head.
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Surreptitious Visit.

Madrid. January 30.-The authorities
here have learned that in spite Of all
their precautions, Don Jaime, son of the
Spanish pretender, Don Carlos, recently
paid surreptitious visit to the carlist
leaders at Barcelona.
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New Mexican Ambassador.

Washington, January 3O.-Senor Enrique
C~eel. the new Mexican ambassador, to-
day called at the state department and
paid formal visit to Secretary Root.
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Seeks Associate.

Atlanta. January 3O.A special to the
Constitution from Columbus, Ca, says:
B. H. Hardaway, a well known Colum-
bus engineer and contractor. has received
an offer to be associated with w. j. OIL
yer of Knoxville in the digging of the
Panama canal. Mr.. Hardaway has had
much experience in heavy masonry work
ali over the south. He could not be seen
today being out of the city.
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Flood Bulletin.

Washington. January 90.-The weather
bureau flood bulletin Issued tonight.
says
No changes are Indicated In river fore
casts. Stages In feet Wednesday morn
ing were as follows: Z
Cairo. ILL.,. 49.6. a fall of o.4. a
Madrid. 3i.2 fall of OIL.
Memphis. 3S3. rise OF l foot.
Helena. 469. a rise of OF.
Arkansas City. 496 rise of OF.
Greenville. Miss, i2 feet, rise
vicksburg, 1876, rise of OF.
Natchez. i5.4 rise of 0.5.
Baton Rouge. 1876, a rise Of O.
New Orleans. 49,. a rise Of 4
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State Of sleoe.

Madrid, January 3O.-A state OF siege
has been declared at Valencia owing to
the labor agitation in that city.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-01
Pointed paraFap phs.

Wise is he who p-oGts by the
fOsL:shoess Of others.
Is is sweet to suffer when we
suEer for those we love.
Beware of the min;a9 stocks y
in. around on the grcsnd foo-~
Work is great ins,ituticn-
whsn We csn induce others to do
it.
Ezea the proprieto>of Il can1i1e
factory sometime sags: II c=I
not"
Few photographers would oar'
tc, take people for what they ere
warth.
Moss wensen have u head fo- So
uaas when i. comes 10 iookiD. on
fsu No. 1.
Perhaps she new woman 3
AaiInse because there is ns. nev
ulan 40 play second add'e.
If a mas is callea. upon "a, snr,
! as Sife's pet dog ks is apt -. she's
aars-of JOY.
! Most people are more ti,sa sa''-
!. sed with ,heir miSs,r,n"es>, i,at no
vi.h ,he,r to2ftsnes. .-Gt,cag
! News.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-01
The SnoW-Sfgoe RabbI2.

Nat ule has tried many meaas Of
saving he. own from the Snow
death; some, like q woodckack,
she puts to sleep till the SHOWS
shalt be over. Others she teaches
to stere up food an6 to hide-so
she deals wieh the woodmouse. 70
still others, as the moose, she fur
Dishes stills. The las: means she
employs is now shoes, This, the
simplest, most scientific, and best, >,
is the equipment OF the snow-shee
rabbit. the Wabasso. o. Hiawatha
"a wonder ful creature, born of s
snowdr;ft crossed with a little
brown hare.
The moose is like a wading bird
of the shore taat has stills and csn
wade we'll for a space, but that
soon reaches the linait beyond
which it is no better off than land
bird. But the snow-saoe is like
the W.mmer-it skins over the
surface where it will. aot caring il
there is one OF one Thousand fee.
of the element under It. In tais
lies its strength.-Errest Thonp-
son Seton, in Everybody's Maga.
zine
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-01
Bids Cor Depository Of Gsunty
Funds.

Notice is hereby giaen th2e sealed
proposals wiQ be received 5F the
County Court OF; Wa>hingtoia county
at the May term, l@s-- until noon OF
the t1St dag Of the said term Of Sa.d
court, being she 9th day OF Nay, 1907.
from banks sr baCaiug corporations
or aa.sociatisus Or, baDkeS in said
coucsy for TIE deposit OF s!e funds OF
said county FOR the cwo years next en-
suirg from the dase Of sad bid. Such
pro 3asals must STATE TIE largest rate
uf interest that will be paid to the
cu1ntv OF tie daily balances the cred
IT, Il tie counts With said depository.
as~ pru,iced by aw. far the privilege
ca being made the depository OF such
stads. and T.ast be accompanied by 4
sniy certified eheck on some solvent
.sauk ssr nu: less .,Aan one-haif Of one
pr cent oi county revenue of the
preceding year, payable to the treas.
ure~ O. t.,r eounty H. Il guarantee OF
cM.d ia,fh CD the part Of the bidder.
NJ bid will be eulsidere unless such
certified check shall accompany the
same. The Court reserves the
right to reject any aud all bids.
| JouN .. LoNG.
, Clerk Courty Court.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-01

Whatever may be the merits in
yolved in the controversy between
he union labor leaders and Presi-
lent Roosevelt, there is one thing
that the President has evidently
--,ts,t n mind which the labor lead
,rs seem TO have lost sight Of alto
,e,her, and that is, that Il snembcE
If a labor union is still as amen-
able to the laws of the country as
any other citizen. Moyes and
HAYWOOD. whom the Presidsns has
criticised, are charged with the
murder of Governor Steunsnbnrs:
of4Mshc, who was killed because
ne tried 10 enforce the laws ". Bis
.ta,e during n strike OF unls'n F"'o
,rs. These men have not yet e'ec'
tried and until they are, they hsv'
40 greater claim upon tbs eoD sid
7,ion of justice than any othe
,;t;zen resting under sl'nila
,harse. The most that can b
aid Of the President in ibis cor
,ection is. that he has held tn
v;ew and has put'ically express,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-01
"Time is money" Will it be

':rime is money" Will it be
money when the great reaper
points bis finger to the Rrsye-for
you, tho poor premature week ?
1t will be a long tims between
jingles then. In every phase Of
our life is hurry germ DOW ram.
pant. Orders that a. we'll could
have been placed sooner are put of
until the last monent, and then
they must be filed ''at once, ''in
stanter,' etc. Tie wise man
schools himself to anticipate his
wants. In the end !. will be ma
terial gain not only 20 himself but
10 all with whom he has business
to transact and comes in contast.-
Sezs!ia Capital.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-01

Thirty years or moro ago o citizen
Of the county walked into this Office
aud told Us Of man dowh ia the
country who was nistreatisg his
wife. The citizen suggested that we
make gefetescs to the facts without
mectioainE any names, and ultimate
to the offender that II be did not stop
abusing his wife, some OF bis neigh.
bors would watt Oh him 10 Ku Klux
fashiol. Well, we printed the item,
and in not moro than three days
twelve different msn came ihto the
Office to explain that some Of his
nejghhors had been lyingon him-and
the NEST singular fact 10 connection
with the affair 10 that the man the
article was written and printed for
never dtd show Up. Now, last week
we made brief mention Of the fact
some fellow, the Sunday previous.
had snessred to the creek on fishing
expeditios instead OF Soi1g to church.
and every Gay since some fellow has
beea in the Office telling how he hap
peoed 10 go fishing On that particular
8 uraay.--I7onton Register.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-01
FATsWeli TO- the Pass.

At way;.ide springs aad in sslas>.s
deIls the one watfares naay dr:sA
deep of nsture's aest wahout l>gase-
ing the oouduct..r or hrakers:n
.ruhhin. u, the hottss;- and he .sany
sleep un;3er the hrnas: canopN IF
heaven Nithora s. foot shees in
the wIn4 or Il tiialhgs Of bedbssgs
He mss stroll annag the ifid>
where the voise of sbe farmer Is Ia
be hesrsi speakins w"ds os en-
coursgemeDA to the sway buck
mule, and IN that voice he may
recoynize ,aa roa&e Of an eS-me,D
her Of the issisIsture that nss,n il
possible fer him to walk asd carry
his bottle, and with the poet b.
aay ,nkc another smile and OK
!claim: IAN things come 10 hin
\ who ualks": ":-Lufkin (rex.) Trib
ure.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-01
Probate Court Docket

Probate Court settlement d9cket OF
cases in which settlements are due
from executors, administrators, guar
dians anG clrators at the essuing
May term Of the Probate Court Of the
county Of Washington, State OF Mis-
souri,. commencing % the seeond
Monday in May, 1907.
Monday, May l3-Tirst Day.
Ada Soutaall and DE. W. Goo5y-
koontz. executors OF Eliza E. South
all, deceased ;.anal settlement.
Albert and. Arthur G4eriod, exeo1-
5oEs of Alexis Gloriod, deceased; fCai
settlement.
Chas. a. Stocking, executor OF Je1-
I'VE A. Stocking, deceased, annual ses-
t.emeut.
w. n. and ", G. Norwine, adminis-
traitors OF Conrad Norwina, deceased, !,
annual settlement.
Tuesday, May II Second Day.
Ambrosia Pha7is. guardian of Frea
L. and Bessie E. Pharis, minors: an
ngal settlement.
Sarah L-4Arsoaett, gua.dian of Eva,
d, and Letha l. Lester, minors: an.
nual settlement.
W.S. Northentt. administrator OF.
Saith jackson, deceased; annual set
tlemeut.
John Compton, guardiaa OF Stella
and Roy Silvsy, minors: annual set
t'anent.
Wednesday, May l5th-'Ehird Day.
Patrick Murphy, executor OF Mary
Allen, deceased; annual settlement,
W. T. Hun:er, guardian OF Saliie b,
Lake ct. al minors; ananal settle
nent.
Ada Lee Bal, executrss of Alfred
P. Hill. deceased: annual settlement,
Wm. 3. Ramsey, guardian OF Adoipil
and Edith Byrd, minors: annual set
t.ement.
Andrew F. Casey, executor OF James,
Munday, deceased annual settlement.
Thursday, May 16th-Eourth Day.
Cynthia Hardy, executsix OF Robert
Hardy, deceased; annual settlement.
Rudolph Jaeschke, administrator Of
Augusta Jsesehke, deceased; flnal set
Element.
Lizzie +. Carr, administrative OF
w. A. Ryan, deceased, annual settle
ment.
John ". Berrymou. executor c; Je-
rome G. Bergman, deceased; annual
settlement.
Lizzie Wallen, adninistratr:x of ].
Fl. Wallen, deceased; final settlement.
Mary ]. Waugh, executris Of Chas.
g. Waugh, deceased flnsl settlement.
State Of Missouri, lss
County Of Washington,
I.James A. Henson. Judge and Ex-
10 fFcio CleIk Of the Probate Court, dc
&C rtify the above to BE- true COPY Of
tho Probate Court docket At ths May
| term, 1907. JAMES A. HENBoN.
(Seal.l Judge OF Probate. -
| April 4th, 1907.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-01

it. 1t is evidently his opinion that
a dastardly murder incited by the
prejudicies Of organized labor
against unorganized labor is just
as despicab}e a crime as when
committed under 9th er conditions.
The Journa! is not antagonistie to
organized labor, but it does not
bold the acts committed by, or in
the interest Of, such labor above
the rights Of honest criticism. Our
columns will show that we stand
unequivocally for the elevation of
all labor by honorable means.
Nowadays politicians and partisan
papers are altogether too prone to
hold labor unions as sacred instita-
tions-for the votes they command
Of course: whose conduct may not
be questioned as may that of an
individual outside Of such organi-
cations. So in this case, where
the labor unions have banded them
selves together to secure the re-
lease Of Meyer and Haywood be-
cause they are union men, regard
less of their guilt or innocence of
the crime with which they are
charged, the moment such conduct
is criticized from an honorable
standpoint, the real object is at
once lost sight Of in the effort to
give it political significance. Let
us not abandon our boasted free.
dom to r despotism of any kind,
be it organized capital or organiz-
cd labor.