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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
ROOSEVELT IS NOW
 CHASING BRU|N Hunting Camp in Louisiana
 Swamp is Occupied TEXAS HUNTER IS ON HAND President Delivers an Address To the People at Lake Providence and
 Disappears On the Road
 Through the Swamp.
TEXAS HUNTER IS ON HAND

Lake Providence, october 5-(Special.)- After safe trip from Memphis to this place this morning, where he addressed 40O0 residents, President Roosevelt contin- ued on his journey to Stamboul station, 15 miles below Lake Providence, where his special train was sidetracked.
 The last seen of the President here was as his train disappeared down the track. MT. Roosevelt was standing on the rear platform waving large white handkerchief to the crowd which was still standing in the drizzling rain.
 Later advices from Stamboul say that the President and his party had reached camp on the Tensas river, about F miles below Stamboul, and that the President is anticipating with much delight the pros pect of partaking of a portion of the two large bucks which were killed for him near the camp late yesterday afternoon. It was also announced that the Presl- dent would spend the day quietly Sunday and start on his first hunt early Mon- day morning.
 According to old hunters in this sec tion. conditions are ideal for several days of bear hunting. It has been raining throughout this section for 2l hours and now there is every indication that clear weather will prevail. Bear hunters say that trails will be easy to follow with the ground as wet as it is and that the President stands good chance of getting a bear, if not more than one when he starts out Monday morning.
 One thing upon which every one In this section has agreed, is that the President Is to be left alone for the two weeks taht he is going to spend in Louisiana. He was taken at his word when he said here today that he had come for a good, quiet rest and there does not seem to be any Likelihood that he will be annoyed by curious persons seeking a view Of his mode of living while in the canebrakes.
 It was ascertained that Ben Lilly, the famous hunter, would be with the Roose- welt hunting party, he having left Mata- gorda county, Texas, post haste when he heard Of the hunt.
 Several days ago it was announced that Lilly, who is practically the best hunter in the United States, had been invited to hunt with the President and had de- clined. This is not true.
 Harry G. Carrico a Tulane student who has been hunting and camping with Mr Lilly for some time in Matagorda coun- ty was the first to learn that his camp mate had been invited to the hunt and the two hurried to the nearest town. AIr Lillie found neat little letter await ing him at the postoffice notifying him that his services were required in the Presidents hunt.
 Without word he packed up his be- longings and jumped the first train for Lake Providence.
 MT. Lilly knows the hunting grounds of Louisiana like a book and has killed many bears in the vicinity where the President will hunt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
Us l VERY ' ape and l
  BALLlST
GAUGE
Fence Into III Player,
 the
Who Hoi,
 Officer.

Tuscaloosa, October 5.-tSpecial)- As the result of d jail delivery tonight about o'clock, one negro prisoner is dead, one is at large, and one is awaiting an additional charge of at tempt to escape. The whole thing was oyer before anyone knew what had happened.
 Deputy Sheriff Rayburn went into the jail to lock the prisoners in, according to his usual custom, and just as he en- tered the corridor door three prisoners Martin Holley, John Smith and William Mack rushed upon him. He was over powered and was helpless for a mo- ment to resist them. After the rulN Smith and Mack ran past and got out side into the open.
 Holley, however, stopped to get tho deputy's pistol. Rayburn recovered himself and rushed after Holley. and the latter began firing at him with the pistol he had forcibly taken. Ray burn caught up with the escaping ne- gro and struggle followed.
 In the meantime Henry Fletcher tn O jail cook. had locked the corridor and went upstairs after a shotgun. He returned Just as RayDurn and Holley were clinching in their struggle. He opened fire on Holley, the sh ot taking effect. This, however, did not stop the prisoner and Deputy Rayburn, taking the gun from Fletcher, struck Holey over the head completely flooring him.
 Outside there was. in the meantime another struggle. Harvey Sartain, tho big ex-giard on the Alabama foot ball team. was fin the court yard. and hearing a noise on the jail fence. look ed just in time to see Smith leap over Without waiting second Sartain made for Smith and caught him. hold ing him until the officers arrived.
 The ether prisoner, Mack, escaped.
 Holley, at the time, not appearing to be fatally injured soon began to sink and died sh hortly afterward. The coroners inquest was held and the killing was found to be justi6able.
 Deputy Rayburn is not seriously hurt. Sartain sustained no injuries other than several scratches.
 Smith. the prisoner caught by Sar- tain. was convicted of murder from tn e county court this week and was sen- fenced today to the penitentiary for life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
Small Talks With oompers.

Washington. october 5.-(Special.)- President Small of the Telegraphers' union had @ talk with President Gom- pers today and left for New York, wh ere it is understood other confer ences will be held. It is the under standing here that the officials of the union are trying to get action under the Sherman antitrust law from At torney General Bonaparte on the re- lations between the two companies. Resolutions and complaints referring to these relations were transmitted to the attorney general. but no federal action has been taken. MT. Small did not make any statement here as to the result of his visit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
TAFT LEAVES JAPAN.
Secretary Sends Report of His Visit
 To the President.

Nagasalki Japan, October 5.-(Special cable)-Secretary of War Taft passed to- day at Nagasak and plans to leave for Shanghai at midnight. On arrival here he dispatched a thousand word report to President Roosevelt, telling him of events and results of his visit to Japan. He declined to discuss this report but it is believed to contain diplomatic recom- mendatons of an important nature.
 Fearing that he contemplated violence against MT. Taft, the officers of the Min nesota, arrested and confined q Japanese crank and handed him over to the po- lice when the steamship arrived at Nagasaki.
 The man followed Secretary and Mrs. Taft from Kyoto and at Kobe boarded the Minnesota.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
Riqht to Control Trade.

New York, october 5.-(Speciai)-A cor poration may sell or refuse to sell to whom it pleases under the law. To refuse to sell goods to any other indiyld1l-4 or company cannot be construed as illegal or in restraint of trade. This is the unanimous far-reaching decision that was handed down by the appellate division 3f the supreme court in the three years suit of John A. Locker, a Brooklyn tobacco jobber and Elma Locker against the New York Metropolitan Tobacco com pany. In the supreme court Justice Mo- ran dismissed the case. finding that no cause of action had been shown. The appellate division now sustains this deci- sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
HITCHCOCK UP IN ARMS.
He Says He Has Not Interfered In
 Alabama Politics.

Washington, october 5.-(Speclal) Dis patches to an eastern paper from Ala bama to the effect that letters have been received in that and other states from First Assistant Postmaster General Hitch cock to the effect that he is urging the sending of Roosevelt delegations to the next republican national convention, met with prompt denial from Mir. Hitchcock.
 There is not word of truth in these reports" said Mir. Hitchcock. T haven't written q single letter to Alabama or any other southern state, offering any sug- gestion in connection with the presidency The people of Alabama and of the other southern states are well qualified to de- eide such matters for themselves. I do not think it is proper for me or any other federal officeholder to attempt to dictate to them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
FIRE IN COLUM BUS.
Several Buildings Are Burned and
 Flames Are Still Raging.

Columbus, O., October 5.-(Special) 1.-The Beekley block on Main street, near Fourth, occupied by Val Loewer's large furniture store and other firms, burned to- night. due to a natural gas blaze in the basement owing to plug blowing out of a heater. Three alarms were turned .n and the entire department was called out to save adjoining buildings, principally the fine Hartman hotel At a. m. the fire was still burning. The building loss will probably reach s60.000; Loewer. s50.O0o; j. and N Dotter s30.00o; Brand Harness company, $25.O0c. It is feared the flames will yet reach the Hartman hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
LusITANlA STARTS AGAIN.
Giant Steamer Will Endeavor to Break
 the Record.

liverpool, October 5.-(Special)- )-The arder Lusitania left here tonight on second voyage to New York with ly 5000 passengers and picked crew he engine room.
 e general public. as well as shipping are most interested in this trip as is a widespread belief that the .ania will make a real attempt to SC the record of the Hamburg Amer liner Deutschland.
 declared that the British admiralty king to this voyage for evidence of powers as the agreement between overnment and the Cunard company ding the subsidy of $75000c a year comes into force. This subsidy Is
 reduced If the agreed average Of
 is not maintained
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
MARIN FOUND GUILTY.
Famous Promoter Gets Term In the
 Penitentiary.

Philadelphia, October 5.-Frank D. c. Marin, alias Judge Franklin Stone, was found guilty in the United States court here today of conspiring to use the mails 10 defraud in connection with the Storey Cotton company of this. city, which was closed several years ago by the postal authorities. The jury was cut 19 hours. The gov ernmcnt declared that the concern col lected more than $1,000,000 from per sons throughout the country for cotton commissions. Huge profits were paid, but this amount was retained by pro- motors. Following the exposure of the concern Marin and several others connected with the concern fled to Europe. Marin returned to America and was arrested in Buffalo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
TWO CHILDREN sUFFocATED. Residence Burns and Mother Cannot
 Save Them.

Lynchburg, Va, October 5.-The hcme of Cary P. Mundy, well known merchant of this city, was burned to- night as the result of lamp explosion and before the firemen could get into tn } building two of their children, aged 10 and 8, respectively, were suffocated Mrs. .Mundy escaped from a rear exit with her 3-ycar-old baby, and the flames spread so rapidly that it was impossible to rescue the other two children. Mrs. Mundy is in critical condition as the result of her experi- euce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
MURDER AND HOSIERY.

Atlanta, October 5.-(Special.)- { A telegram received here at late { hour tonight reports the First { National bank of sedden. Ala, < robbed by four masked men. Sher- { if John Williams. who attempted < to arrest the party, is reported < killed. Amount stolen thought to { he large, but impossible tc learn { the amount tonight. The robbers < esraped On g handcar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
oesperado Shot To Death.

cumb berland, Md. October G.--Wil- liam Burns, negro desperado who, on Thursday night, shot Policeman August Burns. inflcting d wound from which he died yesterday afternoon, was take from jail by mob at early hour this morning and shot and kicked to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
Southern Appeal A

Asheville, N. C., October : of the state from the ruling ter in chancery in the Sout rate case hearing, which
 transferred from Washington wa. argued today before Jud in the United States circuit master in chancery ruled
 demand of the state for a f tion of the Southern raily prior to June 30. 1905. which d sel for the railroad resisted. z appealed. Counsel for the T tended that the state is pla indefinite delay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
NOT A DARK HORSE.

t St. Paul. Minn., October 5.-- t Governor Johnson made a formal ; announcement today that lie is not : and las not been a candidate for : President. He also states that he . knows that William J. Bryan is
 : and has been q candidate for that |. onor for the past three months. {
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-11-28
RcURKEYS DREAM

r Asst NIGHT had fearful dream; I
L. tremble even yet!
| saw a table long and wide, with many
And at one end l seemed to lie, helpless,
and fat, and hot,
And could not move foot or wing to
hasten from the spot!
My stomach was uncomfortable; l could
not draw my breath,
Nor make sound, howe'er tried; !
really felt like death!
l couldn't seem to find my head; my heart
was out of place,
And somehow had sadly lost my dignity
and grace!
Then such racketing arose, and scurry-
ing through the hall,
And shsp anS w;fi lot and sf al PEOPLE ''me-m''teT'
The children who had been SO kind and
given me loads to eat
They danced around my prostrate form;
my downfall was complete!
Deceitful creatures! that they are; for in
my dream they said,
"Ha, ha, Old Turkey! Where your pride
now you have lost your head?"
I quivered with my burning wrongs, but
For all sat down around the board and
bowed their heads in prayer.
And then my master, that good man, took
up a dreaded knife,
And held it slantwise over me; | tremblcd
for my life!
But when a great fork pierced my breast,
gave jump and scream,
And nearly tumbled off my perch in wax.
ing from my dream!
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-11-28
A JOB Or YOUR LIFE.

A young man entered Chicago
factory ONCE In the middle OF the at.
ternoop, and at the point of a revol'
YER, "held up" the two employers.
taking from them what money he
found on their persons. The woman
stsnographer meanwhile asked the
robber why he was not above such a
deed. He replied that he could find
no work and must live. One OF the
employers promised him job then
and there II he would lay down his
pistol. The man hesitated moment.
and then, though his escape with the
plunder was as easy and sure as that
which his accomplice effected, he sur
rendered the weapon. The employer
seized 1t, turned 1t upon him. and
with Others beat him numerically,
handed him over to the police and
prosecuted him to the full extent OF
the law. The man proves to be mar
ried. He has one child, and is prob
ably consumptive from the effect Of
his work as metal polisher. His
wife says his i'll health kept him from
getting work and discouraged him.
He manfully admits doing wrong,
asks no consideration, and says he
wants mo fuss made over him." The
case has excited much interest in the
casuistry involved. Most people are
so outraged with the all too familiar
challenge, your money or your life,
that very few even think Of inquirins
with the stenographer why man
should be driven to such desperation.
But the tables are turned, when the
robber stops to reply, and then yields
to the appeal to the best that Is In
him by accepting in good faith the OF.
fer of a job on condition of surrender
ing the weapon and abandoning the
attitude of q desperate. The COM
mon conscience regards the broken
promise, the brutal beating, the ar
rest and relentless prosecution as at
least as outrageous as the original as
sault. In view Of the demonstrated
desire of the discouraged man for
work, It Is nothing less than trag.
edy that his stalking liberty and life
on his confidence in the man who OF.
fered him job was SO ruthlessly be-
trayed. One wonders If, after such a
tragic experience, in making a su-
preme choice of the better while in
the cot of doing the worat, man
would da-e trust the good again.
Charitiesf.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-11-28

You must not go to sleep; we must
get up and walk around
81 don't want to walk around,
Virgie,' l said. I want to go home,
that's what want
Wen walk toward home said
Virgie, taking hold Of my hand, and
starting up. We're not in the path,
but we can't be far from it, and we
must keep walking, for you must not
go to sleep. Here's the black walnut
tree
"Virgie gave sudden spring for
ward, and fell. She told your great
grandmother Howe, after it was all
over, that it seemed as If she fell
miles and miles. Then it came over
her like flash, we had come through
the wrong bars, and were over the
gorge! That dreadful gorge where
we were never allowed in broad day
light! Virgie fell till she stopped on
a ledge not larger than her two feet,
but her hair had been caught by an
out-reaching tree branch, and it held
her. True to her nature, her first
thought even then, was for me.
"'Georgie Washington, are you up
there?' she called. Her voice sound
ed through the darkness far away.
Yes, Virgie, I am here!' think
my teeth chartered. Where are
your
Stand still! Don't stir step!
Don't go to sleep. we're over the
gorge. I'm caught by the hair and
we must watt
me one win ever knew, children,
how long we waited. It seemed to
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-11-28
TOMMY AND THE DONKEY.


II don't know which to do"
pouted Tommy. II have been in
vited to sail and to ride, and I can't
decide" {
which do you like the best?"
asked Uncle Jack.
why, I Lire both alike. 1t is a
jolly day for sailing, but the driving
party is going through a new, coun-
try, and I'd like to go with them
Then go, by all means,' said his
uncle.
"But I like sailing too much to
miss it,
"You remind me of donkey" said
Uncle Jack, solemnly.
"Of little, shaggy, lazy, unde-
cided donkey I heard about" went
on Uncle Jack. ale was we'll fed
too well fed, suspect, or he wouldn't
have been such donkey. One day
his master turned him into a field
In which there were two large stacks
Of hay, one at either end. Plenty of
dinner either way he turned. In fact,
he turned first one way and then the
other, trying to decide which hay
stack looked the more luscious and
inviting. There did not seem to be
pin to choose between them, how
ever, and the poor donkey despaired
of being able to decide which would
make the better dinner. and which
he ought to tackle first.
when he got tired of standing up
to think about it. he lay down and
wagged his head. I like BOTH he
said to himself. If l choose one,
l feel sure shall be sorry I haven't
chosen the other.
II don't think there ever was such
donkey" cried Tom, getting red.
"Oh, yes, there was" replied Uncle
Jack. "There are lots of just such
donkeys.
We'll. THAT did this one do?"
asked the boy.
He went first one way and then
the other, turning round and round
and back and forth, until he
uloppOu lAOlH oliOCi SAHhuotIoh'
And then he laid down because
he had to, still trying to think which
haystack he had better try to crawl
toward first. BY this time. of course.
he was very hungry. but yet 1t
seemed to him very foolish to take
the haystack which might. after all,
be not so good as the other one.
And finally this donkey of donkeys
actually lay there and starved to
death for no other reason on earth
than because he could not decide
what to eat first 1t was hard fate.
indeed, to be unable to choose be.
tween them. Terrible, indeed!"
ut must have been pretty rough
on the donkey. Uncle jack" COM
mented Tom, with terrible look In
his eyes. "But II you'll excuse me.
uncle, I won't stop to talk about 1t
now. l must run down to the river.
The fellows will be gone, and want
dreadfully to 60 sailing this morn
ing! New Haven Register.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-11-28
Modern Surgery.

The wonders of modern surgery
indeed surpass all understanding. IT
is quite a common thing nowadays
for a surgeon to insert several tiny
electric lights into the head through
the nose and then working with
long-handled. peculiar knives (also
through the nostrils), remove a
growth that is dangerously near the
brain. Such operations are per-
formed without making a single in
cision into the skin. Not so long
ago the world was startled by the
report that certain English surgeons
had performed an operation that in
volved the cutting away of growth
from the heart. Eminent specialists
have branded the announcement as
a self-evident fake, but there are
many who believe 1t did take place.
Such things as taking out an eye
or a part of the intestines and then
putting them back are SO common
as to cause no comment.
A well-known physician in a West
ern State, who has made study OF
grating to marked degree, recently
sent out an announcement to the
effect that he had succeeded in join
ing the hind legs of a rabbit to a cat.
The effect, when Kitty walked, was
ludricous, it is said, the rear legs
trying to propel her with the spas
modic jerks of the hare, while the
front legs tried to carry her with a
cats usual dignified tread. How far
this physicians experiments would
have carried him hadn't the local hu-
name society stepped in. is unknown.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-11-28

, 1--WE may be q little out of the
path. George Washington she-said
bravely, but anyway, we are in the
right pasture, and here's rock with
a back to it, SO let's sit down and
wait and she put her arm in a
motherly way around me, and pill
lowed my red hooded head upon her
shoulder. I'm glad I didn't put up
my hair
"'So'm I, Virgie,' said I, as I
nestled against the soft cushion.
Your hair is the loveliest ever saw,
virgie. and mine is short and stiff
like bristles. I hate It,
"'But you're real good, George
Washington, and as soon as ever we
get home, I'm going to give you a
real boughten DOLL she said, to have
for your very own birthday, and to
keep always
Grandmother Gibbons did not need
to tell the children that she had kept
the "boughten doll;" they had all
seen it.
"Well, children, the next thing, it
seemed the stars all faded, and the
darkness deepened around us. don't
know how long we waited, while I
lay with my head pressed against
your great-aunt Virginia's shoulder,
but I heard her calling to me, 'Geor-
gle Washington, this will never do.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-11-28

swing down to you! Catch hold and
climb!'
"'Oh, George Washington she
cried. L can't! I'm dizzy! I shall
faint
II could see that her strength was
failing, but wouldn't give up that
could save her; SO l put all of my
self into my voice, and l may have
prayed, but l didn't know it, then.
No, you won't faint, Virgie,'
called. You won't faint; you won't
fall! You can't; you've got the limb.
Now here's my hand; let's climb!
We can see every step now, Virgie.'
"We climbed slowly, step by step,
zigzagging, picking our way up, and
gaining courage till at last we fell in
each others arms, on to the level at
the top, and, that is the way I met
an emergency, the Thanksgiving and
birthday we never forgot. And that
is the way I saved your great-aunt
Virginia. From Good Housekeep-
| ing.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-11-28
BE Not Ungrateful.

At the bottom of prosperity there
is the "bountiful harvest" of which
the old Thanksgiving proclamations
made such account-the tremendous
cereal crops which enable us to give
bread to all the world. AS for the in
dividual, he is ungrateful indeed who
does not give thanks for the privilege
of living in this age of the world and
in such land as ours. The simple
fact of existence Is cause for thanks
giving. And he will get the true
thanksgiving flavor in his celebration
to-day who has done something, much
or little, to make happier holiday
for his less fortunate neighbor.