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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
PREVENTED A LYNCHING.N \
Negro Is Taken From Mob of Over
 Two Thousand.

Ierre Haute, Ind, July 14.-Prompt ar rival of the police tonight prevented the lynching of Henry Martin, colored, of Evansville. During a quarrel Martin shot and fatally wounded Everett Van Os- dale, white. A crowd of more than 2000 gathered and before the police arrived, si.: men seized the negro and started for the vandalia bridge. A detail of policemen in the patrol wagon intercepted the crowd and succeeded in getting tha man to iail-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
IT WAS TOO SUDDEN.

From the Houston Post.
 A Missouri man dropped dead when a widow he had been addressing accepted his offer of marriage. The lady seemed to lack the tact to gradually show him that his services as a grocery annexer would be acceptable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
EeedInq Prisoners.

"The state pays for feeding all prison ers,' said an ex-sheriff.
 "It pays the state handsomely in the earnings of those sentenced.
 "No, it will not be advisable to put the sheriff on salary because much of the proper administration of the office comes out of fees Take that feature away and place the sheriff on a salary and there Is not the incentive to attend to it's duties that there is where his reward is the fees he earns. These fees are paid by litigants or by those guilty of breaking the law, not by the taxpayers, as some enormously suppose.
 What does the sheriff of Jefferson make? Oh, that Is hard to tell It Is sometimes years after he goes out of office before he knows himself. Many of his fees are never collected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
THE BUTTERMILk VOTE

From the Washington Past.
 The cocktail episode appears to have lost MT. Fairbanks the support of good many republicans who never had any intention of voting for him anyway if they could get out of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
Men Hidden In Palace.

Tokio, July 14.-A dispatch from Seoul, Korea, reports the sensational discovery of twenty-four men who con- cealed in the Seraglio palace. it is supposed, with the intention of assas- sinating some of the ministers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Schmitz's public career will be summed up in six years in the mayor alty and five years in San Quentin penitentiary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

John D Rockefeller choerfuily casts iis burdens on his attorneys whom he seems to have ill nearly every city in the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
lows

This indicates production of at least 100000 tons, including char iron. The production of all kinds of iron in this district in 1906 was 1674,S4S tons; in 1905 it was 1,6o4 ,062 tons. If the production of this year goes to 1,iv0,000 tons new record will have been made, and we will then begin the ascent to round two million tons year. More furnaces will have to be built, however, before we can attain to the round figures mentioned. In other sections many new furnaces are in course of con struction, but this district will go through an entire year without the addition of new stack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Mark Twain's white clothes were at any rate not so ridiculous as the high hats and bobtail coats that the Eng fish sometimes wear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

The trusts will contribute next year to the republican slush fund through a friend or two, and they are picking that friend or two already.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Rockefeller IS eve ready to give a9vice He has the ad".ce habit even better developed thaD the gift habit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

The rescue of a young woman from drowning will not offset the cocktail story Kand the disclosures of Golfers Weekly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Somethlnn in a Name.


 1N very amusing coincidence in which my wife and were star performers took place in a Louisiana town" said Louis Goslin, superintendent of Payne & Jou- berts plant, formerly of New Orleans. My wife and I attended a temperance lecture by Mrs. Tomlinson, quite noted in that field of work In her remarks she was making a very earnest appeal to her audience and by way of illus tratlon recited an instance of a little boy who, having been attacked by the old goose and gander, took his revenge on tho young. Ills mother asked him why he did 1t, to which he replied that he couldn't whip the old goose, but that he killed all the little goslins.
 Mrs. Tomlinson was urging her hear els not to trouble about the old topers, bul to kill all the goslins.' Just as she said this, We entered the door. My wife wanted to drop into the first seat, but caught the humor of the situation-right up to the front I went
 "one audience, many of whom we knew personally, audibly tittered Mrs. Tom linson was for the moment rattled, as she did not know the cause of this sud- den wave of humor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
Prohibition in Kansas.

'I was engaged in filling some contracts in Kansas" said a machinery man, "and I had a good opportunity to see the work ings of prohibition in that state.
 eAt rural home the head of the house. hold invited me into the library, reach ing down under the book case he drew forth small demijohn and, remarking that I might be thirsty, invited me to take q drink Later on the wife explained about prohibition being in force in Kan sas and with this as an apology she made me toddy.
 "Out on the farm where I was en- gagged in erecting some machinery a son came and invited me to a hay now, and drew forth private jug. Another day the other son carried me to his hay mow to refresh myself. At night the daughter of the house remarking on the fact that prohibition was the rule in Kansas asked me If I wouldn't like a little benedictine, and I said I would.
 T was deeply impressed with how pro- i'ltion in Kansas does not prohibit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Sehmitz is a candidate for San Quentin penitentiary anyway, and he will take the mayoralty if it is forced on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

The Jesse Grant candidacy adds farcical element to the campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

The government is trying to smoke out the tobacco trust, but it should not attempt to blow up the powder trust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
IIohtninq Strikes Three Times.

"You know it is said lightning never strikes twice In the same place." said an observant man. Well that is all wrong one time.
 Not long ago lightning struck the faipole of the cupola of the grand stand at the fair grounds. Another time 1t ripped off quite a number of shingles During the last storm lightning struck tho cupola, so there you are.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

The boom is not seeking the E.aa this year, whatever it may do next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Cashier Hunyan cannot plead the unwritten law, but he will plead in- sanity, which is the next best scape- goat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Judge Landis was not willing to try the absent treatment on John D. Rockefeller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15
The Curse of Crans.

"fhe worst form of gambling is the dice game of craps," said man fa- miliar with all games of chance.
 "Why2 It is the temptation of the youth to gamble at a fascinating game where net much money Is required and yer little preparation. In the gambler s game of poker a man cannot get into the game for less than s5, and that does not stand him long In poker there are the features of nerve enough to back your judgment as well as the elements of chance In craps it Is altogether a quick flash of chance with the odds heavy against the player, in a bank game.
 = bank game should have roll of sl0)0 behind it, with a $5 limit, that is no more than this sum can be bet on any throw. Any man with the price can bet on the throw
 "If the player throws either ' or II, on his first throw, he wins and the banker loses the money to all who played. If he should throw any of the numbers 4 ,, 6, 8, g. or 10, that is called the point" He must throw his point sec ond time before he makes or he loses.
 "If the player craps, that Is, throws two aces or an ace and a deuce, or two 6's, he loses.
 "Tne percentage is very heavy against the player, in favor of the banker.
 One bad feature Is that young fellows are tempted to gamble the funds in their keeping, belonging to their employers. crap game can be pulled off any where, and this makes 1t so popular with both races.
 You know dice games are as old as the pyramids. The cave dwellers of this country left many kinds of dice and bone and stick devices for games of chance.
 T reiterate that crap shooting is the very worst form of gambling known anu results in more crime than all others combined here in the south.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Kansas is working night and day to harvest it's ruined wheat crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

The call of the wild has been lost in the demand of the Kansans for harvest hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

The New York Herald is still try ing to push our battleships to Manila in doube-leaded articles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

War, says the St. Louis Times, is plainly Hobson's S choice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Some of those who are waving the flag in the faces of the Japanese are grafters, and some are place-hunters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Germany may not know when 1t says there is to be a war between Japan and the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Men like Admiral Yamamoto are rapidly relieving sthe summer air of jingo nonsense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Captain Dreyfus is to retire on a pension at his own request. He is not to be pushed out by 1cean politics
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Japan's hypnotic eye rests contin. uously on Korea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postofice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

W. D. Lanier and John E. Stanley are the only authorized travelling representa- lives of The Age-Herald in its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

alty and five years in San Quentin penitentiary
 John D Rockefeller cheerfuily casts nis burdens on his attorneys whom he seems to have in nearly every city in the land.
 The rescue of a young woman from drowning will not offset the cocktail storyKand the disclosures of Golfers Weekly.
 Schmitz is a candidate for San Quentin penitentiary anyway, and he will take the mayoralty if it is forced on him.
 The government is trying to smoke out the tobacco trust, but 1t should not attempt to blow up the powder trust.
  Cashier Runyan cannot plead the unwritten law, but he vii; plead in sanity, which is the next best scape goat.
  Some of those who are waving the flag in the faces of the Japanese are grafters, and some are place-hunters
  Captain Dreyfus is to retire on 8 pension at his own request. He is not to be pushed out by f-aan politics.
  Germany may not know when Ii says there is to be a war between Japan and the United States.
  The New York Herald is still try ing to push our battleships to Manila in double-leaded articles.
  Men like Admiral Yamamoto arc rapidly relieving the summer air ol jingo nonsense.
  The call of the wild has been lost in the demand of the Kansans fol harvest hands
 
 Judge Landis was not willing to try the absent treatment on John D | Rockefeller.
 The boom is not seeking the r.an this year, whatever it may do next year.
 Kansas is working night and day 10 harvest it's ruined wheat crop.
 ------s.- War, says the St. Louis Times, ia plainly Hobson's choice. Japan's hypnotic eye rests contin. uouSly on Korea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1421 G street. N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

No communication will be published without its authors name Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Daily and Sunday Age e-Herald. $500 Daily and Sunday, per month..... to Sunday Age-Herald. per annum... 200
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-15

Talladega Reporter: Hot old time for the Alabama legislature. It has about sixty days work for thirteen days session.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05

~ OLnIERS seized the young man,
who made no offer at resist
anCe, and the room became q
81 noisy riot. Crowds Surged up
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05
TO he CONTINUED)
She Did Il Mechanically.

A certain woman III CONNECTICUT
town has quite a reputation ms a singer
ut funerals Last year she sang ut 1G7
of these luguhrious functions. Not only
her own tovu but villages and cities
for miles around. bespoke her services
on such occasiOrs. Early last spring
the woman forswOre funerals and
went away for a vacation. The day
after her return she met n neighbor
plain spoken.
Good morning Martha said the
funeral prlua donna Now is your
mother this mornluc?"
"MaH dead" dyrwled Martha
"Oh, ! am SO sorry" said the singer.
"Can be Of any aSsistance|
"No. I guess not" said Martha.
The singer was surprised at that.
when is your mother to be buried 2"
she asked.
"Shc is buried" said Martha. who in
her turn showed astonishment.
What" exclaimed the singer. "Why,
It's strange | didn't hear anything
about It. When did she die"
about six months ago"
The singers hewiderment increased
81 must have been away at the
time" she said, but it is funny that
none OF my family told me anything
about it."
Il guess" said Martha, they didn't
think it worth while to tell you, seem
as YOU was here and sung at The fu-
neral. New York Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05

the guR described a semlcircle and the
knotted hands began to travel toward
the left, more rapidly now, across hls
broad back. Still he struggled and
wrenched, but uselessly. He strove to
fire the weapon, but his fingers were
woven about It so that the hammer
would not work. Then the miner be-
gan forcing upward.
The white skin beneath the mems
strips Of clothing was stretched over
great knots and ridges which sunk and
swellcd and quivered. Helen. watching
In silent terror, felt hor brother sinking
his fingers into her shoulder and heard
him painting, his face ablaze with ex-
element, while she became conscious
that he had repeated time and again:
cts the hammer locl-the hammer
lock-"
BY now McNamaras arm was bent
and cramped upon his back and then
they saw Glcnlster's shoulder dip. his
elbow come closer to his side. and his
body heave in one final terrific effort
as though pushing n heavy weight.
III lIf SlIt1lCt SOllltllllllR snapped ike
a stick. There came dcafcning re-
port and the scream Of strong man
overcome with agony. Mcnamara
went to his knees and sagged forward
on to his face as though every bone in
his huge bulk had turned to water,
while his master reclcd back against
The opposite wall. his heels dragging
In the litter bringing up with outfung
arms as though fearful Of falling.
swayng blind. exhausted, his face
blackened by the explosion Of the re-
volver yet grim with the light of vic
tory.
Judge Stillman shouted Historically
ARREST that man, quick Don't let
him goI'
1t was the miners first realization
that others were there. Raising his
head he stared at the faces close
against the partition, then groaned the
words
II beat the traitor and-and-I broke
him with-my hands"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05

their drama. the battle ~ the Midas,
the great fight upstairs and the arrest
by the Frisco deputies. Like Sind
bad's genie, a wondrous tale took shape
from the rumors. Men shouldered one
another eagerly for glimpse OF the
actors, ana when the press strcamcd
out greeted It with volleys Of ques
lions. They saw the unconscious mar
shall borne forth, followed by the old
Judge, now palsied wretch. sinking
beside his captor, a very shell of man
at whom they jeercd. When McNama-
ia lurchcd into Wow, an image Of Dc
feat and chagrin, their voices rose
mcnacingly. The pack was turning
and he knew 1t. but though racked
and crippled, lie bent upon them Il
vSage so fun Of defiance and contemp-
tuous malisuity that they hushcd them
selves, and their final picture Of him
was that Of a big man downcd, but
unbcatcn to the last. They began to
cry for Glouistcr, 50 that when he
doomed in the doorway, ragged, he
roic figure, his heavy shock low over
his eyes, his unshayen face aggressive
even in q WEAKNESS, his corded arms
and chest bare beneath the Tutoring
steamers, the street broke into wild
cheering. Hero was q man OF their
own, a son Of the nortlland who labor
ed ana loved and fought in way they
understood and he had come into his
due.
But Roy. dumb and istlcss. stag
gcred up the street. refusing the help
of every man except Wheaton. Ne
heard his companion talking hut
grasped only that the attorney gIoated
and goried.
1--WE have whipped them. boy We
have whipped them at their own game.
| Arrested in their very doorrards-ci.cd
for contempt Of court-thats what
they are. They disoheycd those other
writs, ana so got them"
~ broke his arm" mu'tered the
miner.
"Yes, I saw you do IT. Ugh! 1t was
an awful thing, l couldn't prove con
spiracy but they'll go to Jail for a
little while just the same, and We have
broken the ring"
at snapped at the shoulder" the
other continued duly. Just like Il
shovel handle. felt it-but he tried
60 kin me, and l had to do H."
! The attorney took Roy f. his cabin
anu dressed his wounds. talking iu-
cessannv the while. but the boy was
/ Ike a Sloop walker. dieDlaviug no ola
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05

and rolled in it, then, by consent,
wrenchpd themselves apart rose, eye
to eye, their jaws hanging, their lungs
Wheeling, their faces trickling blood
and sweat. Roy's LETT hand panied him
cXcruciatugly. while NcNamara's mac
Grated lips had turned outward in
hideous pOut. They crouched so for an
instant, cruel, hcStial-then clinched
again. The office fittings We're wrecked
utterly, and the room became litter
of ruins. The mems garments fell
away till their breasts were bare and
their arms swelled white and knotted
through the rags. They knew no pain,
their bodies We're insensate mcchan-
isms.
Gradually the older mans face was
beaten into n shapelesS mass by tho
others cunning blows, while Clients
ter's every bone was wrenched and
twisted under his enemy's terrible on
slaughts. The miners chief effort it is
true, was to keep his feet and to break
the mans embraces. Never had he en-.
counterpu one wnom ne could not beat
by sheer strength till he met this great,
snarling creature who worried him
hther ard yon as though he were a
child. Time and again Roy beat upon
the mans face with the blows of
sledge. No rules governed this solitary
combat; the men We're deaf to all but
the roaring in their ears, blinded to all
but hate, insensible to everything but
the blood mania. Their trampling feet
caused the building to rumble and
shake as though some monster were
running amuck.
Meanwhile a bareheaded man rushed
out OF tho store beneath, humping into
! Il pedestrian who had paused on the
sidewalk, and together they scurried
up the stairs. The dory which Roy
had seen at sea had shot the breakers,
and now its three passengers were
tracking through the wet sand toward
Front street. Bill Wheaton in the lead.
He was followed 10y two rawboned
men who Travelled without bagaV &c.
The city was awakening with the sun
which reared copper rim out of the
sea. Judge Stllman and Voorhees,
came down from tie hotel and paused
10 gaze through the mists at caravan
of mule teams which trotted into the
other end Of the street with jingle and
clank. The wagons were blue with
soldiers, the early golden rays slant
Ing from their Krags, and they were
bound for the Midas.
out of the fogs which chung 20
thickly to the tundra there came two
other horses, distorted and unreal, on
one a girl, on the other figure of
pain and tragedy. a grotesque creature
that swayed stlmy to the motion Of its
steed, its face writhed into lines of
suffering, its hands clutching cantle
and horn.
1t was as though fate, with invisible
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05

~ OLDIERS seized the young man,
who made no offer at resist
ance, and the room became a
81 noisy riot Crowds Surged up
from below, clamorlng. questioning.
till some one at the head Of the stairs
shouted down:
"Thcy'vc got Roy Glcnster. He's
killed Mcnamara" at which a murmur
arose that threatened to become
cheer.
Then one Of the receivers faction
called, Lets hang him. He killed ten
Of our men last night" Helen WINGED,
but Stillman. reused to a sort of ma
lcyolent courage, quoted the angry
voices.
Officer, hold these people back. I'll
attend 10 this man. The laws in my
hands and I'll make him answer"
Mcnamara reared himself, groaning,
from the floor, his right arm swinging
from the shoulder strangely loose and
distorted. with palm twisted outward,
while his battered face was hideous
with pain and defeat He growled
broken maledictions at his enemy.
Roy meanwhile said nothing, for as
the savage lust died in him he realized
that the whirling faces before him
were the faces OF his enemies. that the
Bronco Kid was still Mt large and that
his vengeance was but half completed.
His knees were bending; his limbs
were like leaden bars, his chest a fur
mace of Goals. AS he reeled down the
lane Of human forms. supported by his
guards. he came abreast Of the girl and
her companion and paused, clearing
his vision slowly.
"Ah. there you are" he said thickly
to the gambler and began to wrestle
with his captors, barring his teeth in n
grlmace of painful effort, but they held
him as easily as though he were a
child and drew him forward, his body
sagging Imply, his face turned back
over his shoulder.
They had him near the door when
Wheaton barred their way, crying:
Hold up minute. Ms all right,
| Roy
"Ayc, Its all right. We did our
/ best, but we We're done by a damned
blackGuard. Now he'll send me up,
! but | don't care. | broke him-with
my naked hands. Didn't l, McNa-
| mara" lie Knocked unsteadily at the
! boss, who cursed aloud in return,
| glowerng like an evil mask, while
| Stllman ran up, disheVcled and shrilly
| irascble
Take him away, tell YOU Take
him TO jail"
But Wheaton held his place, while
the room centered its eyes upon him.
seeming some unexpected denouement
| He saw ii, and, In concession to a nat
ural vanity and dramatic instinct, he
! threw back his head and stuffed his
hands into his coat pockets, while the
crowd waited. He grinned insolently
at the judge and the receiver.
This will be a day Of defeats and
dlsappointments TO you. my friends
! That boy won't so TO jail because you
will wear the shackles yourselves. Oh
you played a shrewd game. you two
with your senators, your politics and
your pulls, but it's our turn now, and
we'll make you dance for the mines
you Quilted and the robberies you've
done and the men you've ruined
Thank heaven, there's one honest court