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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
WOMAN DISPLAYS NERVE.
She Fires Shot Through Door and
 Scares Away Intruders.

Florence, November 24.-(Special.)-A bold attempt to force an entrance into the house of W. A. Pace on Royal ave- nuA was made last night at F o'clock b Two lite men, who were only pre- kMes. by the bravery of Mrs. Pace. who fred at them through the door. MT. Pace works at night at the Philadelphia furnace and his wife and baby and an other woman were the only occupants of the house. The men went first to the back door and then around to the front and were trying to batter the uoor down when Mrs. Pace, with her child in one arm shot through the glass of the door at them The men left the door when la shot was fired and shot three times, evidently to frighten Mrs. Pace, as none ol the bullets was found to have en- tered the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
We'll Known Editor Dead.

Jackson, Miss, November 24.-(Special.) ) and proprietor of the Greenville Times, daily and weekly, the press of Mississippi has lost one of it's most energetic, tire less and successful workers. For several years he had a hard struggle to build up such a paper as he wanted. and just as success had crowned his efforts and ne had gotten well onto a competency, the hand of death was laid heavily upon him. In addition to this newspaper work he has for three or four years been secretary treasurer of the Mississippi levee board. He leaves q wife and seven children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Credit Depleted.

"Coud any intelligent man say that ne had s9O4 100000 in the bank to his credit when he knew that there were outstand- ing against it certified checks to the amount Of $9O4.O0o,0o0.
 Hinder the circumstances, I assert that the action of the administration was cer- jainy surprising to any one who was at all familiar with the banking situation on Friday, November IA; that considering the fact that the government had $240, ,Ooo,- OO0 of cash on hand and would not have any more to speak of immediately after the bonds were sold; it was certainly ex- traordinary that 1t was unwarranted Tn increasing the national interest bearing debt S150,000, ,0O0; and that it is unfortunate from any point of view, especially econ omy.
 T believe that the effect is bound to be disturbing to the banking conditions, be- cause the transaction is a forced one. and has no direct connection with the com merce of the country. as did the imports of gold on the part of the banks as re- lated to our coming exports and strictly business transaction"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
RESUME OF THE WORK
 DONE BY LEGISLATURE
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

injunction proceedings. but it is made the duty of the railroads to show that such suits are not by agreement. and on failure to make such showing, the railroads would be guilty so far as rule of evidence goes, of such collision.
 Club House Measure.
 The death of the club house L.u leaves only the general prohibition measure, the bill to prevent shipping in C. O. D. packages and that to prosecute without indictment for violations the sum total of the general anti-saloon legislation for the special session A bill to provide for detective service was killed. 1t be- ing rather weak with the members of both houses.
 The books have from last session laws to provide for early closing and pre- vent shipment into dry territory and these, with the county acts will go long way towards making the state a poor place for the liquor traffic. The two houses also agreed upon a memorial to Congress to have law passed to prevent one state shipping liquor into another state if that state Is prohibi- ton.
 Another prohibition measure that IS eN- pected to be rather hard to inforce for d while is the pistol bill. II Is going to work hardship on officers and mon who are forced to be out in dangerous places late in the night. but it is believed that these will be willing to take the chances Tn the face of the fact that general good is expected to come of it. This law pro- hibits any gun of less than 2f inches being carried. It also prohibits the sale of firearms and weapons of all kinds of small size.
 No Blame Found.
 Senator Miller of q committee to sec how the error In enrolment of the Eto- wah county prohibition bill came about. reported that it was such that no blame can he attached to any member. It was simply an error that may come to any one.
 The forestry bill was amenoed to make it legal for the government to buy lands in Alabama for forestry reserves, this being suggested by the governor. This bill was greatly desired by the timber men, as it will save them mucn by pre- venting fires in the woods
 The signing of the general prohibi- ton bill makes it unnecessary to hold the Montgomery county prohibition elec- ton called for December h. il has. there fore been called off by Judge Gaston ot the probate court
 The house and senate lad lot of fun the last day joking and making laughter in one way or another. There are many original fellows in the legislature who have gained reputations for wits that will live forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Personal and General.

The Elks will hold their regular meet ing Monday night at their home on Ave nue F. This is an important meeting, and the members are urged to attend The committee in charge of the social session will make report, as will the com- mittee on Memorial day. A full attend ance is requested.
 The fire department was called to the boarding house kept by Mrs. Smith on Avenue D and Eighteenth street this aft ernoon. There was nothing serious, however. A few shingles burned off the roof of the kitchen was the extent of the damage. The fire was extingushed with a chemical fire extnguisher, and the dan- age was about S1.
 s. R. Guarino will leave tomorrow for Mississippi, where he is summoned as a witness in a peonage case that is being tried by the Federal court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
SEABOARD POPULAR
 SCHEDULE

Leave Birmingham 500 a.m., arrive Atlanta 11:20 am.
 Leave Birmingham 4:15 pm. arrive Atlanta 9:45 pm.
 With complete Pullman and Dining Car service for Atlanta, Richmond, Washington, Balti- more, Philadelphia, New York and all points East. The Smooth Way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
SEABOARD
The On Time Line.

The On Time Line.
 Double Daily service Bir- mingham to Atlanta, and all points East.
 The Smooth Way.
 Leave Birmingham at 600 a.m., arrive Atlanta 11:20 am. Leave Birmingham at 4::15 p.m., arrive Atlanta 9:45 pm. Complete Pullman and Din ing car service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Little Boy Accidentally Killed.

One of the saddest things that has happened in this city in some time oc- cured this morning about Il o'clock. when Nathan, the little S-year-old son oI Mr. and Mrs. M. Berzin. was acci- dentally shot, dying a few hours after wards.
 It seems that his father had a pistol in the house and the child had often ex- pressed the wish to play with it. The father would not allow this, but, to make sure that nothing could happen, he pick e,. the pistol up this morning and took the cartridges out of 1t, or at least he thought he had got them all out.
 The child came along little while later and picked the pistol up and walked o,.t in the yard and commenced to play with it. His mother saw him and called to him to come in the house. ie would not come so she went out after him. She told him to give her the pistol, but instead of doing that. he held on to 1t. She grabbed his wrist. and in some way he turned his hand with the pistol point ing directly at his breast. and the ex- plosion followed, the ball entering his breast and ranging downward to his stomach. Physicians from all over the city were summoned, and several of them responded. Everything possible was done to save the little fellows life, but in vain. and he died about o'clock.
 If was afterwards discovered that his father had removed all but one bullet and this one was fatal The mother is nearly crazed with grief, and the affair, happening as 1t did, is particularly sad.
 The funeral will take place tomorrow, if is thought, from the Temple in this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Montgomery, November 2i-(Special) Now that the legislature Is at the end of the special session. students of com plicated enactments will get to work to Ind out what number of the laws mean. This will be especially so of the railroad bills which were prepared by experts and which are rather hard to understand by the average lawyer, let alone laymen. The members of the two houses did not know all that they meant, accepting them on faith and the belief that the framers. under the direction of the state attorneys, knew what they were about.
 It is well known, however. that the acts have in mind the establishment of statutory rates in the state, both pas senger and freight and the prevention of their being injoined in any court until they are tried and found revenue wanting. To accomplish this end the penalties imposed for violation are so great that any rail- road losing out after resisting the pro visions would find it almost impossible to meet them. man refused service of any kind at the rate named in the statute would have the right to file notice of 1t and sue for damages at any time Wiiiiin ieH NeulS.
 To prevent blanket injunctions being brought. the right to enforce the laws has been taken from the railroad com mission or any other state officer The result of this is that the citizen has tho right to sue and to head off these suits will be impossible. The roads would not know when they were to be brought and after filed could not under the consttu- ton, be enjoined.
 The Group Bills.
 Another feature is that the rates are arranged in groups so that suit must be brought in resistence, on each one of them and if any were on last adjudica- ton found to be reasonable the penalties that assembled during litigation would be immense
 The laws also open up the way for great activity on the part of damage suit law yers They will be quick it is thought, to point out to clients the possibilities of gain when they are denied service and it is easy guessing that the suits in each county would soon fill the books to over flowing They could not be headed off for the reason pointed out above of leav- ing this right to the individual alone. The railroads are also prohibited from deny ing persons to trains by means of gates and fences after they have rendered the full legal rate either for ticket or at the gate.
 Another feature Is the provision against railroads entering into agreement to se cure injunctions. Stockholders may bring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Georue Miller Shot.

George Miller q colored workman em- ployed in the contracting camp of l.. l.. Bell on the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, was shot this evening about o'clock, and while nothing very definite can be learned 1t is thought that he is quite badly injured. He was shot from the rear. and his assailant made good his escape.
 He js known to have been shot in the lel, and 1t is believed that he was hit two or three times. The negroes em- pIoyed in the work on this road are al ways having some sort of trouble. and the one of tonight is no exception to the usual rule. Word was sent into the city and physician left here immediately to give the man medical attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

The Acme Laundry does spotless washing. Phone 377 for wagon to call for your laun- dry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

If you want the best advertising cuts try the Gawk. Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
ANOTHER DELAY
 :. IN THAW TRIAL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE l.,

 George destroying the dragon. This line of argument gave District Attor- ney Jerome an unexpected opening and he too disregarded the mass of testimony tending to show Thaw's men tai Responsibility, devoting himself to ridicule of the heroic roles in which MT. Delmas had cast the defendant and his wife. Mir. Jerome declared the tragedy was nothing more than "a common, low, vulgar Tenderlon mur der" To the jury he described Thaw as "wilful wretch" indulged from his youth by wealthy parents and at last turned loose to float his way through the Tenderloin on $S0,000 a year." The seemingly irrational writ ings of Thaw which were placed in evidence, were dismissed by Jerome as the work of a rich illiterate and nothing more."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
See The Edisonia; Cahil Sisters this week.

The Acme, high-class laun- dry work. Modern hygienic plant. Spotless washing Phone 377.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Same Prosecutors.

District Attorney Jerome and Fran cis P. Garvin. his first assistant, again will have charge of the prosecution, but Thaw has made an important change of attorneys. Replacing MT. Del mas as chief counsel will be Martin W. Littleton of Brooklyn MT. Littleton is known as a capable lawyer and bril- liant orator. At the democratic na tional convention of 1904 it. was he who nominated Alton B. Parker for the presidency. MT. Litt1eton is a southern man, having been born in Tennessee just 35 years ago. He is what is gen. erally termed self-made man, having educated himself He began the prac- tice of law in 1891 and moving to Dal- las, Tex, served there for a term as assistant prosecuting attorney. Later he removed to Brooklyn and at once became a prominent figure in poli- tics and at the bar For four years he was assistant district attorney or Kings county and under the first Me Clellan administration in Greater New York was president of Brooklyn bor- ough Just who will pc associated with MT. Littleton may not be dehnitely known until the day the trial begins. At present Daniel OReilly and A. Rus sell Peabody are the onlys members of the former array of counsel credited with being in .Thaw's service. Because of Thaw's impetuosity it was not all wayss known during the former trial just who his attorneys might be the next day The opening day or the coming trial undoubtedly will settle whatever misunderstanding may exist among counsel. It is the nope or the nrisoner's friends that his cause may not be hampered this time by the wrangIes among counsel which were frequent last winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

See The Edisonia; Cahill Sisters this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Many Rumors AfIoat.


 There is much speculation as to whether or not Evelyn Nesbiy Thaw, the school eir,-like figure about which the storm and tempest of the first trial beat out It's fury. will again take the stand In ner husbands defense. report mas been current for some time that she will not, hut the Thaw case always has been sur rounded by every class of rumor and sus- e,estion that human ingenuity can invent. A definite decision as to the matter or placing the girl again upon the stand may not be arrived at until the trial is well ,,nder way Without her testimony there would be difficulty in making out case of emotional insanity-a defense when would have to be relied upon to gain Thaw absolute freedom. If medical or hereditary insanity be the plan of the defense. the best Thaw can hope for IS an indefinite commitment to the state Hospital for the Criminal Insane at Mat teawan.
 Bitter Recital.
 Neither Thaw nor his wife relishes the idea of placing the girl at the mercy or another cross-examination by Mir. Je- rome who unmoved by her tears or her burning cheeks of shame. forced her to admit the long-continued relations Whlch existed between her and Stanford White and to tell the jury in plain words of the
  before becoming his wife. It was on one of these tours. tine girl declared. that Thaw demande to know of her the req son why she would not consent to become his wife. Then she told him her life-his- tory and of the alleged wrong which was claimed to have ruined her career. Ioid for second time, the wonderful story might lose much of the dramatic effect or it's first offering. and 1t is not generally believed that young Mrs. Thaw, In the knowledge of the cross-examination that would come, conld hold herself together as we'll as she did at the first trial when MT Jerome freely proclaimed her as one of the best witnesses he had ever heard anywhere.
 The second trial may not last more than a few weeks. Its length will depend almost entirely upon the time required n securing a jury. This is expected to be tedious work, as there are few persons in New York county who did not read the details of the former trial and who have not some prejudice or bias in the ques- tion of Thaw's guilt. Once the jury box is filled. however, the attorneys expect to move forward rapidly. and with few interruptions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-27
PRINTERS GRIM HUMoR.
Leaves Mythical Fortune to Relatives
Who Neglected Him.


Jesse Burright. an old printer who
died in Des Moines recently. had a
sense of humor that did not leave him
even when on his deathbed, although
his last manifestation of that trait was
of a grim kind.
For years he had not been in COM
munication with his relatives, al
though he had several sisters and a
brother residing in California and an
other i'm Ohio. Wien Burright was
taken i'll of typhoid fever about six
weeks ago he notified his relatives
brothers. sisters. nieces and nephews
of the fact, and not one of them
responded to his appeal for aid.
Friends in Des Moines took charge of
the case and helped to bear his ex-
penSes. They also paid the expenses
of the funeral.
Shortly before Burright died he sent
out a second circular to his unre-
spending relatives. 1t was simply a
printed copy of a will purported to
have been drawn by attorneys and
carrying the news that he had died.
Burright In this will disposed of about
$25, 900 in cash. He left his brothers
and sisters each $1,000. and to his
other relatives he distributed cash and
real estate as if he were a millionaire.
Then there was a hurrying Of dis
tant relatives to the bedside of the dy-
ing man. He was too i'll to see them
when they arrived, and he died with
out disclosing the location of his
wealth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-27
THE OCEAN CURRENTS.
Vaoaries of the Streams That Begin
and End In the Sea.

There are as many vagaries In the
water as In the wind. Why, for in
stance, should three great ocean cur
rents send their warm waters across
the wide Pacific. Atlantic and across
the Cape of Good Hope? Many theo-
ries have been advanced to solve the
problem of their origin, but all have
proved fallacious.
Other and equally mysterious cur
rents exist in we'll nigh all parts OF the
world. The tides are so erratic in diff
ferent parts of the world that one hesi-
tates to accept the theory that the
moon controls them in all cases, says
Wissen fur Allie. 1t is on record that
the sea has run for weeks out Of the
Java sea through the strait Of Sunda
and thence back again for like pc
riod without any perceptible rise or
fall during those times.
Then there Is the equatorial cur
rent that flows into the Caribbean sea,
the overfiowing current to the east
ward around Cape Horn, the cold
stream flowing from the Icy regions
Of the north past Newfoundland and
Nova Scotia and along the American
coast to the extreme end Of Florida,
the continual current running with
velocity of from four to five knots an
hour through the strait of Gibraltar
into the Mediterranean sea, the swift
current running across the rocks and
shoals Of the end Of Billion island,
which apparently starts from nowhere
and ends somewhere in the vicinity OF
the same place, and the current which,
starting halfway up the China sea,
runs from two to three knots an hour
to the north and finally ends abruptly
at the north Of Luzon.
Then we have those tidal vagaries
known the world over as bores. Res
idents along the North sea are famil-
lar with them and can see them run
from side to side in a zigzag shape un-
til they reach their limit, often tear
ing the ships from their anchorage.
They originate nobody knows where.
lie IuSH VI "dlSiS III 'hS Da' N
Fundy is nothing but a huge bore
sweeping all before it up to the head
of the bay until the western waters
have risen to the height Of fifty or six
ty feet. Off Southampton, in Eng
land, there are the double tides, while
In Singapore, it has been observed for
days at a time that there has been
but one rise and fall in the twenty
four hours. The tides may be and
very often appear as though they
were "moonstruck," but they are GER
tainly not controlled with hard and
fast rules by that or any other body.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-27
Eiuures Too High.

1t was a little out of the way church
the first Sunday in May, just after the
foot washing" had been Observed
which is a custom followed by that
particular sect of people, that the
preacher announced that the congre-
cation would join in singing hymn
No. %, my soul, be on thy guard;
ten thousand foes" etc.
Jones, a red faced, broad shouldered
giant, tried to put on lot OF energy
and sing tenor, for this was speciai
occasion, and he seemed to be the
whole church, since he was musicai
director and the only choir they hao'
as we'll as janitor and deacon. In
fact, he did everything but preach
Jones rose up and in stentorian tones
began to sing in a pitch too high'
When he got to the second line (Ien
thousand foes" etc., 1t was necessary
for his voice to rise beyond his capac-
ity, and he broke down. The congre-
CATION began to litter, and brother
in the front row said:
"'Pears to me like you're a leetle
bit too high"
An old gentleman in his shirt
sleeves, over in the amen corner rose
I'D with a judicial air and drawled
out:
"S'pose we Just try five thousand.
Judges Library.