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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28

The Brotherhood of the South Highland Presbyterian church wll hold an open air meeting at the residence of MT. James BoWron, 1401 South Twentieth street,
 Tuesday evening, June 30, at clock. All members of the church are invited to at- tend and the ladies are especially urged to be present. There will be music and refreshments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28

The Epworth league of the Eleventh Avenue M E. church, south, will have barbecue next Tuesday on the lot near the church from 12 to clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28

The many friends of Mrs. J. H. Ray, will be glad to know she is much better ofter a week of serious illness. About the first of July she will leave for French Lick Springs.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30
A VIEW OF LOCAL OPTION

The New York Christian ADVOCATE,
in an editorial called forth by an utter
ance of liquor dealers association,
points the moral" more clearly than
it itself seems to perceive Quoting
the liquor dealers as saying: 1--WE re-
commend that drastic steps be taken to
remove from the sphere of politics the
so-called saloon question:" the Advocate
says:
The saloon question can never be
removed from the sphere of politics
SO long as it is licensed The nearest
way to come to taking it out of politics
appears to be local option.
True, but why should we want to
take the question out of politics? 1t is
a political question: its proper solution
is possible only in politics. local option
tends to delay the solution by obscuring
the political character of the question:
Why then waste time on local option?
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30
THE MAN WITH A
RUBBER CONSCIENCE
BY BERNIE BABCOCK.


He had no vulgar "rubber neck"
Nor yet rubber face'
Anatomy of this base sort
He held was disgrace.
His face was "real benevolent
And lit with many a smile,
While many a sympathetic look
Glanced over it meanwhile.
A sot was the most woeful sight
His eye had e'er behed;
Whene'er he saw drunkard's child
His indignation sweled.
Whene'er he drunkard's wife
1t made him strangely sad;
Whene'er he saw whisky key
It made him fighting mad.
He made long prayers and sang sweet songs,
And pounded with his fist,
And said "This traffic, brethren,
Must sure be ground to grist!
Must be ground fine as grist-Help, Lord!'
And then he pounded more,
And sometimes he waxed fercer yet
And stamped upon the floor.
His tender conscience panied him sore,
Until election day;
And then it stretched and stretched and
stretched
In most curious way;
For with the brewer, boss and thug
He soon forgot his prayers,
While his strange conscience stretched, until
His cote zoas Just like theirs.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30
THE NATIONAL PRoH1B1T1oN1sT

decide whether they wished Prohi-
bition amendment to the state con-
stitution. A special spring election
was given over to the question. Many
will remember the excitement created
by possibility of such an amendment
There were few stay-athomes on cleo
ton day, the total vote polled being
close to 100000, of which 100000 were
polled for Prohibition, and the half
million against. Philadelphia objected
more strongly to going dry than ever,
the Prohibitionists being outnumbered
four to one.
But the Prohibitionist sentiment was
recognized by the political leaders of
the day as important enough to secure
$ some concession, and this was granted
even prior to the vote on the Prohi
bition amendment in the form of
high license act, or Brooks law. Poll
cal wiseacres are agreed that this
STAYED off a Prohibition victory on the
amendment vote, and Modified public
opinion.
The Record, inadvertently, without
doubt, neg1ects to tell its readers, in con-
nection with this interesting matter,
what many will remember" that dur
ing the campaign the Record sold itself
to the liquor interests to beddle the dirty
hes of the diShllers and the bre7vers for
so cents a line.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30

ment backed by aroused public senti-
ment, but it is when those laws be-
come commonplace and are left to op-
crate like all other laws under the or
y. binary conditions. 1t has been long
demonstrated that the enforcement of
prohibition laws requires a continued
agitation in their behalf
If the Banner will give little study
to the case it will observe that the point
where the mischief arises is the posi-
ton that is occupied by the old party
politician. Forced for the moment to
bow to the popular demand for Prohibi-
ton, he makes terms with his saloon
allies, waits until the keen edge of
popular sentiment has worn off, and
then, seated solidly in the saddle of
power, he begins to give the wink to
his old friends. There is no permanent
Prohibition reform without putting out
of power the AUTHORIZATION old-party
politician and old party. What we need
for the successful enforcement of a Pro-
hibition law is just what we need for
the enforcement of tariff law, or any
other lava party in power that be-
lieves in it.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30
GERMAN AND CHICAGO
DRINKS

The Chicago Record-Herald comments
upon the news dispatches which tell lis
that there is a movement to have sep
arate cars for "drunks" in Germany, as
follows:
This item has an interesting bearing
on the contention that where drinking
is sanctioned generally by long estab
Eshed social customs drunkenness
hardly exists, and on the other con-
tention that Americans who are not
affected by such customs are pecul-
iarly prone to excuses If they drink
Vat all. Evidently conditions are bad
enough IN Germany to stimulate tenn
perance propaganda. Evidently there
is drunkenness enough to constitute
public nuisance.
The Record-H erald then goes on to
state some important facts about Chi
cago, facts that are specially interesting
in view of the repeated assertions of
late that the liquor business is under
excellent control here, and producing
Comparatively few evil results" The
Record-Herald says:
AS for the proposed regulations,
they remind us of scenes on Chicago
street cars that suggest the need of some
such scheme for the relief of sober
people. After picnics that are held
here Saturdays and Sundays, drunk
specials would be quite in order. The
conductors themselves complain of a
patronage that is disgusting to all the
senses. Furthermore, aside from this
question of carload lots, there is the
overcoming question of the nuisance
daily created by the occasional
"drunks" who board cars at all hours.
They befoul the atmosphere with their
reelSing breath, sprawl over the seats
to the great discomfort of other pas
sengers, are sometimes extensively
noisy when they are good-natured, and
always loud and threatening when they
are ill-tempered.
Anyone who has the misfortune to
ride upon the street cars of Chicago late
at night knows that this representation
is accurate.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30
A BIT OF HISTORY

aThe Philadelphia Record publishes a
review of the Prohibition movement in
Pennsylvania in which it reverts to the
campaign of 1889 and says
AS a state issue, the liquor traffic
came UP third time in 1889. On this
occasion the citizens were asked to
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30

A FEW HUNDRED CHICAGO PROHIBITIONISTS in less
three weeks have Just secured $4,000 signatures petition for
local Prohibition election this big city The average
fifty to of hundred approaches
If that be done in this iquorsoaked metropolis should
at least do we'll circulating the NATIONAL ISSUE
throughout the country half of which already
far as local laws do it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
BRYAN and KERN
IS THE TICKET
Standard Bearers Chosen by the
Democratic National
Convention.
INDIANA GETS SECOND PLACE
Bryan's Nomination Comes After Siren
uou All-N;ght Session--Chcers
for johnson.
For President,
WILLIAM j. BRYAN OF NEBRASKA.
For Vice President,
JOHN WORTH KERN OF INDIANA.
For President

This is the ticket which the Demo
cratic party in national convention
has selected for the presidential cam
paign of 1903. William Jennings Bry-
an was chosen for the third time as
the Democratic candidate for presf-
dent after an all-night session Thurs
day night, marked by the most re-
markable demonstrations ever seen in
a convention. John Worth Kern was
nominated by acclamation Friday aft
ernoon as the running mate for MI.
Bryan.
The convention was called to order
Tuesday at noon by Thomas Taggart,
chairman of the national committee.
Theodore A. Bell of California was in
troduced as temporary chairman, and
Immediately began his Keynote
speech. His declarations as to the in
tentiCns of the Democratic party were
received with loud applause, and the
mention of Bryan's name caused a
wild demonstration. AT the conclusion
Or Mr.. Bells speech resolutions re-
gsrding the death of Cleveland were
unanimously adopted. The various
committees were then named and the
convention adjourned until noon We'd
| nesday.
When the convention assembled at
noon Wednesday il was announced
that the committee on credentials was
n o ready to report Speeches were
called for to fl in the time. Mr..
Gore, the blind senator from Oklaho-
ma, took the stand in response to a
popular demand. The senator tool
early occasion to refer in glowing
terms TO Bryan. At the mention of
the name Of the "commoner" the dele
gates went wild and there ensued a
demonstration the like of which has
never been seen in any convention.
The uproar continued for an hour and
twenty-seven minutes, and only was
broken by the physical inability of
THOSE participating to continue any
longer. When order was restored the
convention adjourned until 8 O'Clock
in the evening. At the night session,
after an hour OF speechmaking, the
committee on credentials reported on
thee Pennsylvania and other ccntes ed
cases. The report, which was against
the Guffey faction in Pennsylvania,
was adopted, and the convention adj
journed until II O'clock Thursday.
The opening session Thursday last.
ed three hours and brought about the
completion of the permanent organiza-
ton Of the convention, with the re-
sounding address of Congressman
Clayton Of Alabama, permanent chair
man. The platform committee not be-
ing ready to report, the convention
tool a recess until evening.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17

The dead bodies OF Reed B. Brocius
ard near Reynoldsville, Pa. Boroius,
1t Is alleged, shot his wife and then
himself.
During Saturday night robbers blew
open the safe in the Bickel Produce
company's store at Mason City, Iowa,
and secured $50. One arrest has
been made.
Charged with having enticed ff-
teen-year.old Maggie Luloff from the
home of her parents at Cherokee,
Iowa, Mrs. Ella Filler was placed I'm
der arrest at Sioux City, Iowa.
G. A. Ballard, a hosting engineer,
was stabbed to death at his home at
Springfield, H., and Joseph James, a
negro, was later arrested, charged
with the murder. Lynching is freely
talked OF.
Joe Hinson, an italian who chopped
off the head of Charles S. Bassford
with an AK at Eastlake, Ala, was cap
! tured in the woods near Irondaie. He
frankly admitted his crime, but claim
ed he acted in self defense.
Five persons, all members of one
, family, were drowned in the Nemaha
river, near Unadilla, Neb. A food OF
| water following a cloudburst lifted
their house from its foundation and
carried it to the swollen river.
When Adolph S. Levi opened the
door of his jewelry store and pawn
shop at ST. Louis one morning recent
ly he discovered burglars had looted
the place and secured $500 in cash ara
$4,000 worth of diamonds and old
gold.
In view of the hundreds of river ex-
~cursionists boarding steamers at the
levee in st. Louis, Nathan Smith, a
negro rousta bout, was shot to death
by Ben Barber, another negro roust-
about. They had quarreled over a
crap game.
Emil Sandoza, a we'll known stock
man on Pine creek, several miles
northeast of Alliance, Neb., was killed
by f. E. Newman, a hired man on a
neighboring ranch. The killing is de-
clared to have been the result OF a
scandal in which Newman figured and
which he accused Sandoza of ~circulat-
ing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
From Other Shores.

A revolution has been started in
Honduras by the partisans of EXPIRES
ident BOnilia. 1t also is reported that
the movement is receiving support
from Guatemalans and Salvadorans.
The London Chronicle says that a
visit of the emperor and impress of
Russia to England has been arranged
n they will be the kings guests off
the Isle of Wight during the Cowes
yachting week.
John w. Riddle of st. Paul. the
American ambassador at st. Peters
burg, who Is convalescing from a
threatened attack OF pneumonia, is
gradually progressing toward recov-
cry and Is now allowed to sit up.
Nine. Anna Gould and Prince Halle
de Sagan were married at a registry
office In Henrietta street, off Covent
Garden, London, last week. A subse-
quent ceremony was conducted at the
French Protestant church ON Soho
Square.
"A dispatch received by the st. Pc
%tersburg NOvoe Vremya from it's cor
respondent at Urumiah, Persian Ar
menia, says that an American consul
has arrived there to investigate the
Kurdish aggressions and the situation
of the missionaries.
Count Sumarakof- Elston, the oldest
o OF Prince Yusaupof, was killed by
Count Manteuffel, an officer of the
Horse Guards, In a duel with pistols.
The men me or Krestevsky island, in
the Neva, as the result of a challenge
issued by Count Manteuffel because
OF a family quarrel.
The likelihood of another famine in
Russia during the coming winter was
admitted by a representative of the
ministry OF the interior in the duma,
In answer to ar Interpolation regard
ing the present condition of Russian
crops. Two-thirds of the winter wheat
is a failure in eighteen provinces.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
SHOOTS HUSBANDS SlAYtR
Mrs. BARLEY T. Horner Fatally Wounds
SOn-in-Iaw at North.
port. N. Y.

Nortnport, N. Y. July l5~.-Standlng
! within p few feet OF the spot where, a
little more than two years ago, ne
shot and killed his father-in-law, Br.
James Weddel! Simpson, a dentist OF
| New York, was shot and perhaps
mortality wounded yesterday by his
mother in-law, Mrs. BARLEY T, Horner
the woman he made a widow Df.
Simpsons wife. from whom he has
been ]estranged for many months, was
near when the Shot was fired, but h
did not witness the shooting. Upon
learning that it was her husband who
had been wounded she refused to go
near him, and Dr.. Simpson had to
crawl to a house 200 feet away TO
have his Wound attended 10. Mrs.
HOrner vas later arrested and cid
in $4,000 bail, while DR.. Simpson, with
the assistance of two friends, made
his way to Roosevelt hospital, in New
York. The bullet lodged in his liver
and an immediate operation was per
formed to extract the bullet. The
doctors said last night that DIR.
Simpson has only a small chance OF
recovery.
Stories Disagree.
Statements from DIR Simpson and
from Mrs. Horner as to the circum-
stances attending the shooting disa-
gree. The dentist says that he had
received word hat his wife intended
to sue him for q divorce and that he
Went to the Homer home to talk with
her about il. He says he rang the
dCorbtN and upon receiving no re-
Spouse peered through the d%oorpane.
He say Mrs. Horner, he says, and call
ed to her to open the door. Then, DR..
Simpson says, Mrs. Horner grabbed
up a revolver and shot him. The bull
let entered his body above the ahdo-
men and he fell back against the door
sill. A second shot was fired at him,
he claims, but the bullet went wild.
Mrs. Horner does not deny that she
did the shooting. but she claims Jus
%tificatiOn
Second Tragedy in Family.
The second tragedy at the Horner
homestead is only another chapter in
a series of unhappy domestic events
of the last few years The shooting
of BARLEY T. Homer by DR.. Simpson
aroused the countryside in December,
1908, and when the dentist was put on
trial his wife tOok the witness stand
against him. Mrs. Horner also gave
damaging testimony against her o N
ln-law, DR.. Simpson was going
through the manual of arms with a
shotgun, when he accidentally shot
his fa~ther-in-law.
After the verdict of acquittal DR..
Simpson returned to the practice OF
dentistry. He opened a suite OF Of
fees on Fifth avenue, New York, but
he had lost many clients and of late
he had sought financial aid.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
HEAR OF "WOMAN IN BLACK"
Philadelphia Police Still Fooled by
Wilson Case.

Philadelphia, July IS. - Detectives
working on the case of William Fl.
Wilson, who died more than two
weeks ago after drinking poisoned ale
SEN him by express, are %grasping at
every plausible clue hat is presented
in an end avor to solve the mystery
and find the murderer.
The inevitable woman in black"
also has appeared in the case. Neigh
bOrs OF the Wilson's have informed
the police that two days after the poi
soned ale was delivered at the Vii
son house and the day before the doc
tor drank it, a woman dressed in black
appeared at the house and rang the
bell furiously There was no re-
sponse as the family was not at
home, and the woman disappeared.
What connection this woman may
have had with the case, if any, is not
disclosed, but the police are looking
for her.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
BRYAN Fer PRESIDENT.

William Jennings Bryan cf Nehras-
ka was nominated for the third time
for the office of the president OF the
United States by the Democratic na-
tional convention at $40 Friday morn
asm. The result came after an all
night session, which was kept in a
constant state of turmoil up 70 tbs
eliminating moment when the Nebras.
ka leader was proclaimed the CHOICE
standard bearer.
The nomination was made on the
first and only ballot, the vote stand
ing:
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
NEWS Of THE WEEK IN tpHOMf
nportaat Eveats at Home and o.
foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
At the Capital.

Rear Admiral James H. Dayton
o0mmanderin-chief of the Pacific
fleet, according to orders issued by
the navy department, will be relieved
of duty IN the 31st inst, and placed
on the retired list.
Il has been definitely settled that
Count Brun, the Danish minister tc
the United States, will be transferred
from Washington to London in the au
tumn, to succeed F. e. Debile, who
retires from the diplomatic service.
Charles s. McCulloch, formerly a
lieutenant in the regular army, serv
hg q term Of two years in the mill
tary prison at Fort Leavenworth for
irregularities In the handling Of his
company funds, has been released on
receipt OF a pardon from President
Roosevelt.
According to advices received in
Paris from Washington, William Fl.
Taft recently announced to certain OF
his friends his purpose. If elected
president of the United States, of ap-
pointing George won l.. Meyer, at
present postmaster general. to be his
secretary Of state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
Otherwise

Gov. Sanders of Louisiana has de.
cidcd to appoint a permanent state
boT rd of arbitration to handle labor
troubles.
Mrs. Frances Work of De Witt
Iowa, has passed the Tooth anniver
sary of her birth. Mrs. Work is still
strong and healthy.
NJ. F. Butrjck of Fort Dodge, forty
four years old, fell dead from heart
disease as the result OF overexertion
in a ball game at Waterloo, Iowa.
Gov. Magoon has issued a decree
raising the duty on all cattle imported
into Cuba, except for breeding u
poses, S2.25 per 100 kilos - go
pounds.
The telephone service at Sheboy-
gan. Wis, was tied up for two hours
oy q strike OF the girl operators, who
demanded a weeks vacation on pay
and got it.
one man was drowned and another
seriously injured when a thirty-six-
men water main burst at Canal aud
Harrison st Gets, Chicago, t1ood;ne
easements within a radius of sever.l
blocks. Two men were sleenin ,,.
der the sidewalk and were framed h.,
the rush of water.
DR.. e A. Pace. a member Of tna
faculty of the Catholic UNIVERSITY ~
Washington, made a plea for the mi.
fcation under n system OF all the
Catholic schools in the United States
before the convention Of the Catholic
Educational association.
A report Of the bureau Of commerce
and labor ststes that Wholesale prices
or commodities last year reached .
point higher than for eighteen years
past. In October they were 25.6 ne,
cent higher than the ten.year average
FINN 1899 - 1900.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
William j. Bryan, 1924.
Gov. John A. Johnson, 46.
Judge George Gray, 59k.
Wild Demonstration.

The announcement of the vote was
the signal for a wild demonstration.
equaling in turbulence, if not in dura-
ton, the record-breaking display which
on Wednesday afternoon greeted the
first mention of Mr.. Bryan's name in
the convention.
Twice before the thrcng mad been
moved into a mad ecstacy, first by tn.
speech placing the/name of Bryan in
nomination, and again when that 81
Gov. Johnson of Minnesota was pro-
posed: but these manifestations paled
before the eliminating outburst of
emotion.
Make II Unanimous.
When for a moment order could be
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
2,O53 WANT SALOONS OPEN.
Petition Of Consent Is Filed at Musca
tine. Iowa

Muscatine, Iowa. July 15.-On Jan.
!, 1868, the Law Enforcement league
closed saloons all over Muscatine.
and they have been closed ever since.
Yesterday afternoon a petition of con
sent was fled with the county audi
tor bearing 2,053 signatures, or $50
over the required per cent of register
ed voters. The enforcement league is
preparing for a lengthy battle and will
carry the case to the supreme court
on t~echnicalities, it is claimed,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
Hitchcock Selects Quarters

New York. July Is. Frank n.
Hitchcock, chairman of the Repub.
lican national committee, yesterday
selected quarters for the committee in
the Metropolitan Life building here.
which has heen the local Headquarters
In the two last campaigns.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
DEPoRT ALLEGED FoRGER,
German Is Sent Right Back From En-
lis Island,

New York, July Is. A cablegraml
from Schoenau, Germany, charges Au-
gust Rucke, who arrived here yester-
day on La Bretagne, with forgery Of
his employers name, by which he OBJ
tained $17,500. The board of speciaf
inquiry at Ellis Island ordered his de-
portation. Rucke will be taken to
Havre on saturday, on the same
steamer that brought him here.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
SAYS HER SON is MESSIAH.
Woman Brands Boy Of Six With Red
Int iron

New York, July 12.-Asserting that
her skye r old son, Charles Goodsall.
was he Messiah, his mother, Mrs.
Grace Goodsall, branded his forehead
and throat with a red-hot iron. The
child was rescued early yesterday
from the re'igion-crazed woman and
both were taken to the Bellevue hospi.
tai. The little boy, though terribly
burned, will recover
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17

van OF Iowa, 0. w. Powers and ex-Sen.
7 Cearin Of Oregon, and John J.
Lynch of Ohio.
The seconding speech for Gov. John
son was made by Former Attorney
General Straus of Maryland, that for
Judge Gray by p. J. O'Boyle of Penn
sylvania.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
Depot Robbed.

Bottineau, N. D., July IL. The
Great Northern depot at Landa, TWEEN
ty miles west of here, was broken into
by yeggmen last night and the money
drawer broken open and robbed, s33
being secured. No clue to the perpe-
traitors.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-17
PAPER DEALERS PLEAD GUILTY,
And Pay a Fine for Violating the Anti
trust Law.

New York, July 12.-The Petoskey
Fiber and Paper company of Petoskey.
Mich, injected with twenty-three 9th
er wrapping paper companies by the
federal grand jury for violating the
anti-pooling provision of the Sherman
anti trust act, pleaded guilty yesterday
in the United States circuit court. As
In the cas- Of the other companies,
Judge Hough imposed q Ane Of 81, 600.