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The Washington herald., 1907-03-13
FAMILY'S SLAYER TO DIE.
DIR. HauGh, of Dayton. lIust Hang for
Triple Murder.

Columbus. Ohio. March I2.-The Su-
preme Court this morning affirmed the
decision of the lower court in the case
of Dir. Albert c. Haugh. fixing the date
of bis execution for April 6.
Dir. Haush was found guilty Of kill
ing his father. mother. and brother at
Dayton. Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-13

Connect always with ya-T smith machine the
word Premier" because ti.a Smith Premier is the
product Of the worlds foi lOs typewriter inventor
Mr.. Alexander T. Brown. and the manufactures OF
The 5. Z. T. Comrany are always 'Prcmi r
The Washington herald., 1907-03-13
JEAN P. CASIMIR-PRRIER DEAD
Demise of Former President of
France Unexpected.
Successor to CarnOt Suffered but
ia 1898 World Surprise.

Paris. March I'm. Casimir-Perier, ex-
o'clock East night of emJa.sm Of the
heart at his residence in the Rue Nitot
here. The news Of his demise was not
published until this morning.
The eN-PresidenJ had not been well for
two OF three days. bat il was supposed
he was suffering from influenza. and uo
great Importance was attached to his in
disposition He w9s not even confined
20 his bed, bat iuached and dined with
his family on sunday and was in good
spirits.
In the course of the morning President
FalHeres and Premier CIemeueeau sent
their condolences or signed the register
at the late residence of the ex-Presidenf.
The cabinet met al noon and decided
on national funeral for the late ex-
President but the family regretfully de-
clined the honor in accordance with thc
wishes of NJ. Casimir-P Perier. eSnresse
some time ago.
Jean Paul Casimir-Perier was President
Of the French Republic in 1894 and lN4,
He was born in Paris in 1917. His father
was minister of the interior I'm the ad-
minisuatioa Of TIMERS, and his grand
father was premier under Louis Philippe.
Jean Paul Casimir-Perier was decorated
with the Legion of Honor for his conduct
in the Franco-Prussian war. After the
war ne entered the public service holding
office i'm the interior department. He was
elected to the Chamber of Deputies in
1874 and from 1871 to 1873 served as under
secretary in the departments of public in
struction and war. Because of the tradi-
tions Of his family. ne was regarded as
having Orleanist Ieanings but he always
acted as "a moderate Republican. In 1S95
he was elected vice president of the
Chamber Of Deputies and in 1893 ne be-
came president of the Chamber. resign
ing in December, when Pee became presi-
dent OF the council and prime minister
under President Carnot The ministry
over which he presided distinguished itself
by its firm attitude during a period of
great disorder. He resigned in Nav. 1894
and in June was elected on the first bal
lot 10 succeed Carnot. who had been as
sassinated, as President of the Republic
He surprised the world by resigni0g in
1888 and retiring from public life
The Washington herald., 1907-03-13
Trolley to Kensjnpfon

Via Rock Greek Bridges and PARKS the 30. t.f-sv
Chase Circle and Lake. EVER visitor 10 Nashingt5l
sh0uld these beautiful sublrbs. Cars everg il
minutes from 18th 81. and y Y. ave. Round triu
tickets. sc al Fussell's. lf5 y. Y ave DO7-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
BEES TIE UP TELEPHONES.

Janesville Co., Pioneer Press.
 swarm of honey bees tied up DOT ton of the citys telephone service foi several hours yesterday afternoon. The bees had swarmed and had started to store away honey. The honey coming into contact with the wires In the cable box caused q short circuiting of the current and cut off a number of subscribers from communication with the central office
 Linemen were sent to find the trouble and when they approached the cable box the bees swarmed out and attacked them Many of the linemen were severely stung as were also a number of spectators who had gathered to witness the fun.
 The bees finally were driven away and several quarts of honey removed from the cable box, after which the telephone ser- vice resumed It's normal condition,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
MAGNET LIFTS SIX TONS.

From the Technical World Magazine.
 Electro-magnets are much used in connection with cranes and other con veyors for lifting heavy pieces of iron and steel. The Illinois Steel company has magnet weighing 1900 pounds which lift six tons. In Belgium mag nets are used to lift tons of hot metal in foundries and rolling mills.
 The power of the electro -ma gnet is regulated by the switch controlling the current. The magnet is lowered to the object needed with the current turned off When the switch is closed the magnet becomes active. holds the ar ticles to be lifted while they are raised and transported to their destination. When they are lowered the switch is opened and the magnet immediately releases them. As the operator of the crane controls the action of the mag net through the switch. this one man can attend to all the details of trans ferring heavy metal objects. No as- sistant is needed to attach them to the conveyor or to release them when they reach their destination.
 Another use to which the elctro- mag net is put Is in breaking old castings so that they may be melted and util- ized. To accomplish this the magnet is made to lift and drop a steel bell weighing from one to six tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
All Crops Looking Better

Outside of Texas more winter wheat is being harvested than had been ex- pected, and the spring wheat in the northwest is coming on in a satisfac- tory manner.
 The corn crop, too, promises to be reasonably large. No one anticipates great record-making products of either wheat or corn, but all intelligent ob- servers expect at present surpluses in both crops We may have a great deal of corn to sell, and we will have some wheat to deal out to hungry world. Both crops will be well up towards the ten-year avarages.
 The cotton crop will not approach that grown last year, but 1t, too, may be equal to the ten-year average Cot ton will not be low-priced, neither will wheat be, but there will not be a famine in either. The indications at present are that the country will have average crops of wheat, corn and cot ton, and this result Is much better than seemed possible in May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
A WOMAN WHO CAN SHOOT

carve 1t in thin slices till there was not piece remaining.
 After this fatigunig and nerve-testing performance Mrs. Topperwein stepped into position on the firing line with a squad of four men and made the best of them look to their laurels Out of 16o shots she made sS, which is a record hard to beat.
 In touching upon the fact that she is the only woman who has ever qualified as a national marksman, which she did at Sea Girt. N. J., last August, scoring six ty-one out of a possible seventy-five at 200 800 and 500 yards, with military rifle she mentioned the difficulty she experi- enced In securing the button to which hor accomplishment entitled her. They were loath to give it to her because she was woman. At last the Superintendent consulted by telegraph with President Roosevelt. The president sent reply; "she shot like man. You must give 1t 10 her" And that is what she does She shoots like a man and with the best Of them, and yet she is every inch a woman.
 Her husband. too, did some remarkable feats such as shfvering clay pigeons thrown up as he carried his rifle over his shoulder and took sight into a mir TOT; picking off marbles with a pistol held between eis knees as his head rested upon the ground, and also in this position fir ing two pistols simultaneously at the same tiny target, a clay "bird" set up on edge fifty feet away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
sAvANT PRODUCES BIG BUGS.
They Refute the Darwin Theory and
 Like Music.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 Chicago-Big bugs hopped into promi- hence today They are fond of music and do things which refute the Darwinian theory, so 1t is declared. They are of enormous size and are wonderfully coi- ored. They have been raised, after an exhaustive series of experiments at the University of Chicago and in Southern Mexico, by Prof. William Lawrence Tow CT of the department of embryology at the Midway institution.
 The common potato bug was selected as medium for Prof. Towers scientific work. Out of this insect the Chicago savant has original. and upon which he has written. under the patronage of Andrew Carnegie, a treatise entitled, An investigation into the evolution of the Chrysomelid beetles of the genus Leptnotarsa."
 Hidden behind the maze of scientific facts in the book lies, scientists say, q surprising refutation of the Darwinidn theory, which has stamped the work of Professor Tower as on d par with that of Professor Loeb who succeeded in pro- ducing life chemically.
 Professor Tower noticed that the larger the bugs grew the more sensitive they became Q musical sounds One of his large bugs, Professor Tower explains, act ed as though under a severe nervous shock when tuning fork was sounded near it. First its legs became rigid. then tho bug became as if dead. and continued so until the vibrations of the musical tone had ceased
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
Williams or Vardaman

On Thursday, August l, the Missis- s;ppi primary campaign will cul- minate, and candidates will be nomi- mated by the democrats on that day for all offices from one United States Senator down to constables, coroners and rangers. The last speeches are being made, the last efforts put forth, and the remarkable campaign will be ended by a day of popular action and peaceful ballots.
 Much of the general public interest in the campaign relates to the sena- torial struggle between Governor Vardaman and John Sharp Williams. Both aspirants are expected to speak every day right up to the primary, but they will not probably hold another joint debate. The first and only joint debate was that held at Meridian about a month ago, in which the brilliant Congressman claims to have won the more applause.
 At this distance it is impossible to pick the winner. MT. Williams will get the more conservative vote of his party, while the radical democrats will vote for Governor Vardaman. Predic- tions on the eve of the primary are useless, and the reader can do his own guessing up to the morning when the returns come in. AS a rule it Is thought the towns will roll up majorities for Williams, while the rural districts are expected to do like wise for Vardaman. The result Is de- cidedly uncertain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
ALABAMA PRESS

Huntsville Banner: The man behind the gun seems to be in about as much dan ger as the man in front of it, on some of our battleships
 Montgomery Journal: Having been charged with everything else, the Iegisla- tors will probably not object to being held responsible for the present hot wave. One more or less dlsagreeable thing ought not to cause them any discomfort.
 Decatur News We are frequently asked these days what we think about certain bills to come before the legislature. We don't think about them-we sit still and shudder while Governor Conner is bustin' things wide open.
 Dothan Siftings: The spool thread trust has put up the price of spool cotton thread to cents a spool Now 1t is ru- mored that the price is still to be ad- yanced until it will take a dime to buy a five cent spool of Coats thread. Is there no way to stop such robbery?
 Gadsden Journal: The S50,9o0 appropria- ton as a fund for litigation will prove a monument of legislative folly. It may be In the nature of a vote of confidence in our chief executive but there is no sound business arguments that can be made in support of such use of the public money.
 Mobile Item: If there is any truth in the reiterated stories told to the insane asylum Investigation committee, the in- vestigation is likely to prove more serious in its results than at first imagined. The prosecution officers may find something to do. Yet, the stories have much the ap- pearance of congregations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
Biennial Sessions

Georgia is working for biennial ses- sions of her legislature from one end of the scale, while Alabama is seeking them from the other end. We overdid in the new constitution what Georgia has not done at all. The Savannah News, in favoring biennial sessions, says: "The politicians are chiefly re- sponsible for the continuance. but. as far as we can see, there is no reason why the state should spend a large sum of money every year simply to accommodate the politicians who want to talk over the political situation and make political states. Let the rural members take hold of the matter and save the state big sum of money by voting in biennial sessions"
 Our politicians should favor the bi- ennial sessions system because four years is a long time between, not drinks, alone, but political talks. There Is no one opposed to biennial sessions in the light of present experi- ence except a few who worship the constitution of 1903 as a fetich. And even the fetich worshipers should be willing to submit the question to the people, for they certainly are believers In popular action and the rule of the people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
Colonel Ayres' Dismissal

Lieutenant Colonel Ayres is to be showed out of the army by a trumped- up charge before a retiring board This retiring board has found Colonel Ayres, after a fine military record, and despite the fact that he stands ready to ride a horse to death, full of physi- cal disabilities. Why" exclaims Col onel Ayres, q should suddenly and unexpectedly be summoned before a retiring board, while such large num- bers of other officers are allowed to remain, cannot understand, unless they are protected by those in au- thority."
 The facts are these: The Ayres have son at West Point, and Mrs Ayres took up her residence at or near the West Point reservation. On a cold day of last spring she chaperoned a party of young ladies at drill, and the cadets loaned the young ladies their overcoats. This resulted in an order forbidding Mrs. Ayres to visit West Point, where her son is cadet When Colonel Ayres came home from the Philippines he spoke his mind ~>Aly in defense of his wife. and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
AN ILLIERATE JURY.

From the Kansas City star.
 q have been engaged in the practice of law a good many years" said s. s. Urmy, police judge of Topeka, Kan, and about the most humorous thing I ever saw in court room was in Topeka. One day an old negro man was being tried in the justice court-that was before the office of police judge was created-and he de- manded a trial by jury of his peeFs. He could neither read nor write, and the law yer insisted that the jury, to be his peers, as required by law, must be unable to read or write, too. To avoid dispute l agreed to it, but we had a time finding twelve men in Topeka who could neither read nor write. But we did find them, and the case went to trial Before the jury retired I took two pieces of parer and wrote Guilty on one piece and Not Guilty on the other, and instructed the foreman of the jury to destroy the one he did not wish used and to return the other to me when the jury reached a verdict. The jury was out only a few minutes when it came in. The foreman handed me a piece of paper with the word Guilty written on it.
 Well, gentlemen, you find him guilty, do you? I asked.
 No, Sah, ledge; no Sah; we done found him not guilty, spoke up one of the jurymen. Then he added, with dis guest: I tole that fool nigger he was tearin up the wrong piece of paped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

inner ring of the army at once decided to drive him out of the army. He is friend, too, of the unpopular Gen. Leonard Wood, and this rendered him doubly obnoxious. He had to go, and the ring selected the retiring board route as the best one adapted to the case.
 No matter how good a military rec ord an officer has he must not cross the ruling clique in the army. The report of the retiring board has been sent to the war department, and no doubt Secretary Taft will place his indorsement on 1t, and Lieutenant Col one1 Ayres will be duly shunted out of an army that permits no freedom of opinion in subordinate officers and no violations of it's society rules.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
LASH VIGOROUSLY APPLIED
By Miss CoreIi In Her Latest Mes
 sage to Women.

0opywright, 1907. by New York Times)
 London July H-Lovely and also un- lovely woman have been much to the force last week. Marie Corelli has felt impelled to deliver another message to her sex, which is rather a denunciation of the other one. In the preface to new volume of short stories Miss Corelli tells of 'The lazy nobles who spend their time first in accumulating debts and these in looking about for a woman to pay them.' To put 1t plainly and blunt ly, she writes: "The great majority of the men of the present day want women 10 keep them. These are the very men who are the most ready to call women who seek to strike out an1 live upon honest endeavor 'unsexed'
 This word unsexed is always cost at brilliant women. A woman who paints great picture is unsexed, a woman who writes a great book Is unsexed; in fact, whatever a woman does that is higher and more ambitious than the mere act of flnging herself down at the feet of man and allowing him to walk over her makes her, in mans opinion, unworthy of his consideration as a woman.
 Tt is certain," concludes Miss Corelli that the true intention of woman's des- tiny is not yet carried out. She is tight ing toward 1t, but if I may venture to say so. she is using her weapons wildly and in various wrong directions. It is not by opposing herself to man that she can be his real helpmate. It is by cultivat- ing and cherishing to the utmost every sweet and sacred sentiment of woman. hood, by taking her share of the world s intellectual work with force as well as with modesty, and by showing fault less example of gentle reserve and dell cate chastity"
 Miss Coreli's message to her sex IS formulated just at the moment when women are heinz held most responsible for the unclean novels which are flooding the market A publisher writing to | London paper has stated: '"rhe realis- tic and sex novel has completely out stripped in sales the fiction of any but few authors of the very front rank"
 It is worthy to note that the novel which is now having the greatest sale, which is in everybody's mouth, and which is at least partially responsible for the charges of women dealing unblushingly with sex problems, is Mrs. Clayton Tel yn's new work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

stitution was irreparably ruined by the contest. Never was there such a careeri record of victory from beginning to end, and victory won with consumnate and contemptuous ease. Eclipse" says MT. Lawrence. twas never beaten, never had whip nourished over him, or felt the tickling of a spur, or was ever for a moment distressed outfooting, outstrid- ing and outlasting every horse which started against him."
 OKelly, the owner, whose name is al- ways linked with the name of Eclipse, bought the famous horse of Wildman after his first race. He must have had a strong faith both in the horse and In his owr Judgment. He gave 175O guineas for him-at that time an exceedingly high prlce-and was abundantly justified by the result. Eclipse stood at stud at Clay Hill and brought his owner e25.0Oo In fees. In twenty-three years there were numbered among his descands 344 win- ne-s, with a total in stakes to their credit of more than e15so0O. And the blood of Eclipse is still the arlstocracy of the turf
 
 Eclipse first and the rest nowhereg" It was after the first heat of Eclipse's first race that O'Kelly made his memorable bet. 'Desirous of adding to his gains," writes MT. Cook, "and being perfectly confident that this great horse could pace as well as he could gallop, he made a heavy wager (which was naturally taken up with considerable eagerness), that he would place all the horses in the second heat. When asked to name their order he pronounced the famous sentence: "Eclipse first and the rest mo- where" and he was surt that all the other horses would be dstanced q. C.. beaten by more than 200 yards), md therefore would not be placed by the judges" He won his bet. and assured for his horse the eternal celebrity which only proverb can confer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
WORLDS GREATEST RACER
From the Montreal Standard.

From the Montreal Standard.
 N NN HAT horse has proved itself the
 w of the world? Most experts would undoubtedly at once answer "Eclipse."
 The great son of Marslze and Spiletta was foaled at Cranbourne lodge, England, in 17sl. The Duke of Cumberland was his breeder, and he was purchased when a~yearling by a meat salesman named Widman He was an ugly-headed, leggy colt, thick in the wind, of violent tenn per, and unmanageable spirit The meth cd of his training would startle the care full owners of today. He was sent for some time to a rough rider named George Elter or Elters," says Mr. Cook in his recent review of Elcipse's wonderful vic- tories. who almost worked him to death by riding him about all day, and some- times kept him out all night on poach- ing expeditions" This treatment which would have killed most thoroughbreds, added strength and muscle to Elcipse. and when in 1769 he began to race, his strength and spirit were unimpaired. Jack Oakley, who rode him in nearly all his races,o Mr. Cook tells us, never attempted to hold him, but sat quietly in his saddle and let him go as he pleased, with the result that he cut down his field at the start and kept on increasing his lead; for the further he went the more he seemed to enjoy himself, so that he must have had a combination of speed, stride, endurance and weight car rying ability over distance which can never have been surpassed in the history of the horse before or since" In one sense Eclipse's great qualities were disadvantage to him. So far superior was he to all competitors that the bet ting was generally 100 to 1 on him, and he was early withdrawn from racing be- cause no one would enter horse against him. The one and only horse that ever pressed him was Bucephalus, whose con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
Enthusiastic AdmIrer of Birmingham.

Major Andrew W. Wills, postmaster of Nashville for fourteen years, under three Presidents, and a great believer in Bir mingham. was in the city on visit to his son Monday He said:
 You know I knew Birmingham oAite well ten years ago. I was at that time associated with Colonel Ensley in the bneffield and other enterprises. In those days grass was growing in many streets now paved. The space between Birming- ham was largely COW pastures with fields of dog fennel. Now it is being rapidly built up with homes and enterprises.
 Tn those days Colonel Ensley held his Ensey property at $50 per acre, which was regarded as too high for there was deal or to buy it. l understand that to- day that property Is worth 5000 and more per acre.
 "Yes, Birmingham has made phenome- nal strides In ten years.
 'I am going to the convention of the postmasters. You know I was president of 1t last year. Chattanooga wants it next year and I am under promise to lend my aid in securing it. Chattanooga as an historical point, with its celebrated battlefelds and Lookout Mountain, ap- peals to the northerner as no other city this fal south."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
Typhoid Germs.

'Persons who are now spending their first summer in Birmingham are com- plaining of the heat here,' said an old citizen. They think 1t a hot town, but those of us who have lived in Birming ham for number of years know that this torrid wave is unusual It is hot nearly everywhere.
 "As a rule Birmingham summers are not oppressive The temperature is usual ly several degrees lower here than it is In cities north of us And as for heat prostrations they have been almost un- known here while death from sunstroke Is common further north.'