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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
MRS, SIDON|A BAUM AGAIN IN COURT Doctor TeStifieS That Defendant
 Is Quite Sane AGED NEGRO FOUND DEAD Coroner's Jury Investigates Death, But No Arrest Follows-Fine Residence
 Is Robbed and Burned By
 Unknown Persons.
AGED NEGRO FOUND DEAD

Meridian, Miss, March 17.-(Special)-
 The trial of Mrs sidonia Baum before the lunaey commission was resumed this
 morning with Dr. ". w. Hamilton on the
 stand for cross-examination. His testi-
 mony was to the effect that he had vis-
 ited Mrs. Baum on several occasions and
 that in his opinion she is sane. He had
 never seen her act in any but a sane
 way Dr. Hamilton is president of the
 Mississippi Medical college. The next wit ness was N. L. Clark, dean of the same college His testimony corroborted that of Dr. Hamilton in the main as to the sanity of Mrs Baum. The eross-examina- tion of pr. Clark will occupy the atten- tion of the commission tomorrow The trial has now been in progress about five
 weeks. and it is expected that it will be
 concluded this week.
 News reached the city today of the
 killing of Jake James, a negro, aged 50,
 at his home 10 miles southeast of the
 city. The negros death was due to a load
 of buekshot in his breast, and the ger
 eral impression is that the shot was fired
 by his 12-year- daughter. The girl gave
 the alarm about o'clock this morning
 and could not give a satisfactory account of the tragedy. James was found lying
 across his bed with his gun on the floor. Besides the girl her little brother and three smaller sisters were in the same room asleep at the time When they
 were awakened by the shot their older sister was up, but she, too, claims to
 have been awakened by the shot. The coroner held an inquest, returning yer dist that the negro met his death at the hands of unknown parties, as the evil dence would not justify the arrest of the girl.
 Robert Brown and Miss Velma Blanks of Selma were married in Meridian this afternoon. The ceremony was performed by pr. J. R. Parrish, a Baptist preacher
 The young couple met in this city and had the marriage performed.
 The handsome home of Hall Harrison on
 the Highlands was robbed and burned to-
 night by unknown parties The family i, was away visiting neighbors at the time. When the first alarm was sounded neigh bors saw two men run from the house.
 An effort to save the valuables developed i the fact that the house had been ran sacked and it is presumed the thieves set | fire to the building to hide the evidences |, of the robbery. The loss is estimated at ! about $5000
 l The directors of the Southern bank l which closed it's adoors Monday. at q
 meeting held tonightsdecided to turn the affairs of the bank over to J. A. Me | Cain, cashier of the Merchants and
 Farmers bank of Meridian, for liquidating ! the indebtedness. The affairs, it is an- nounced, will be wound up with due pre-
 caution and to the best interests of the depostors and stockholders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
Crash of the Powerful.

You get back your goods quickly, and with the best that there is in the market, when you order from Campbell Bur ton Co.,, Box 358, Memphis, Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
"Farmerv Burns Wins.

Omaha, Neb, March 17.-"Farmer'' Burns tonight won from Fred Beell of Wisconsin, taking the first and third falls. The two men were very evenly matched.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
March Is, 1889:

March IS. 1889:
 "A couple of lone cows were wander ing about Nineteenth street this morn ing about 1 o'clock. This brought to mind the fact that handsome John Brad ley of the criminal court office has like ly Jersey heifer awaiting his beamlng presence at the city pound this morn ingh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
WHAT cAUsEs HEADACHE

From October to May, Colds are the most frequent cause of Headache LAA- ATIVE BROMO QUINlNB removes cause. E. W. Grove on box 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
A Card of Thanks.

We desire to thank our friends and neghbors for their kindness and sym pathy during our recent bereavement over the death of our baby,
 JOHN J. MURNAN AND FAMILY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
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 DEALER AND DESTILLER

will supply in lots of l2 full quarts of brand at the price have always received for my whiskies from the dealers.
 this to protect my nterest-to supply trade supplied through other channels for The purity of my goods guaranteed by the Pure Food and Drugs Act. azst The splendid benefits of my whiskies for home and medicinal undspued. I make shipments in plain strong wooden boxes (not paper) without marks.
 You have before had opportunity of buying reliable whiskies at anything like my prices My dstllery operated in Knox County, Mo- 100 Coll Dist, Tenn.
 receive volunteer requests daily for my whiskesa good indication of true merit
 direct your special attention to Clarke's Pure Rye R. H. C. Club and Freestone Tennessee Whiskey. These Whskies the very of perfection One case full quarts of any brand do not assort)
  P A. Club .sI5S sIddo0o : ; ;; ,S$ The following brands bottled by the Government The age is guaranteed by the Government the cork:
  Clarke: % Pure s " m " 'i is% 'i6oo Add $O0 per for pins $2O0 extra for half Shipments made to all points Adams and Souhefn Express lines Remit by Postofce Money Order, Express Money Order, New York Exchange
 prepay express charges and guarantee delivery. R. H. CATE 6, CO.,, Distillers R. H. Cate Proprietor, LOUISVILLE, KY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Robert Brown and Miss Velma Blanks of Selma were married in Meridian this afternoon. The ceremony was performed by pr. J. R. Parrish, Baptist preacher. The young couple met in this city and had the marriage performed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
COST WOMAN'S HONOR
Was Aftermath Of PenSacOla's
Recent Lynching.
VICTIM OF UNKNOWN BLACK
"ThIs Is How We Pay Back for Lynch
Ing Shaw" Said Black Brute As
He Attacked Wcman-Pensacola at
White Heat.

Pensacola, Fla, Aug. 15.-Mrs.
Ed Moclair, residing four miles from
this city, has been assaulted by an
unknown negro.
This is how we pay back for lynch
ing Lee Shaw" said the negro as he
overpowered the woman and choked
her into insensibtlity.
When Mrs. Moclair had recovered
enough to let the neighbors know
her plight, the county officials were
notified, and a sheriff's possee was
started Immediately upon the track
of the assailant.
Meanwhile, excitement is at white
heat, following so closely poi the
lynching of the negro Shaw two weeks
ago, after a battle at the Jail, in
which three men were killed and nine
wounded.
Along the streets groups are form
ed, and as reports reach the city they
become more determined to mete out
quick justice. There are no demon
STATIONS, nor no disorder.
II the sheriff and his officers cap
ture the negro and place him in Jail
he will be lynched within 80 minutes
after his arrival.
With descriptions furnished by his
victim officers are searching for
George Croombs, alias George But
tercup, as the man who assaulted
Mrs. Ed Mocair, when she was alone
with an infant Of eight months, max
ing his escape into the swamps.
The sheriffs posse, which left the
city early in tn enight has never re-
turned, and citizens posses returning
report that the negro has not yet been
captured, though two negroes were
arrested supposed to be the criminal,
but when taken before the lady yer
released, for she said they were not
the men.
Mrs. Moclair is now lying at her
home four miles from the city suffer
ing from the shock and bruises which
she sustained when the negro grasped
her about the arms and body and
threw her to the floor.
The brute approached the house and
asked for a drink OF water, and the
young wife, with her infant in her
arms, told him TO wait until she
placed her baby in the cradle and
she would give him water. When she
laid the baby down and turned to com
ply with the request she was grasped
by the brute and thrown to the floor.
Later he fled to the woods and has
so far eluded his pursuers.
All night long and all day have
MODS remained at various points
awaiting the arrival of the negro in
the city. They are determined that
he shall meet the fate of the negro
1eander Shaw, who was lynched two
weeks ago for the same crime.
Around the Jail, silent but watchful,
have remained fully one hundred
men, while a h~alf-block distant a sim
liar number are grouped in silent
squads.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
ROOSTER NouNDs CHILD.
Baby In Yard at Play When Attack
Was Made,

Baton Rouge, La, Aug. 13.-But
for the timely arrival of its parents,
It is probable that the 1~4-months-old
baby Of DR.. and Mrs. l.. L. Morgan
would have been fatally injured by
. big Shanghai rooster in the back
yard Of its home here TUESDAY after
noOn.
The baby was in the yard with its
older sister wnen the rooster attack
I'd both children; the older child, be-
coming frightened. left the baby and
ran into the house. When the parents
arrived the baby was lying on the
ground with the big rooe'er standing
over it picking it's face and hands.
The baby was bleeding profusely
from a dozen or wounds. The physi-
clan who attended the child says it
will recover.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
MILITARY DIRIGI7LE BALLOON.
Big Balloon Plant To BE Erected at
Fl. Omaha,


Washington, Aug. 15.-With every
thing indicating the acceptance of the
Baldwin military balloon by the gov
eminent, interest centers to the uses
to which the airship will be put after
it becomes the property of the signal
corps. 1t now is evident that it will
be used principally for training the
officers and men of the aeronautical
divi ion in the handling of a dirtgible
balloon, as the airship is too small to
be of much practical value in actual
warfare.
When the big balloon plant now
being erected at Fort Omaha is CON-
pleted the airship will be taken
there. In the meantime after the
Wright Brothers and A. M. Herring
have completed the tests of their aero,
planes. before the army board, Cap
tain Baldwin will train two officers
Of the signal corps in the handling
OF the aerial craft.
Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, already
well-known for balloon work, and
Lieutenant Thomas Fl. S~elfridge. the
aeroplanist, both Of the signal CORDS.
probably will be selected by General
James Allen, chief signal officer. to
handle the airship.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
AQUEER BATTLE cry
Received a Divine Manifestation
from Clouds, Couple Claim.
SAY DOUBT AND BE DAMNED"

Declare III Will BefaII Any One Who
Discusses 1t Before Its Fifteenth
Anniversary-charter for the Incor-
poration Filed.
Chicago, Aug. 15.-"Doubt and be
damned" is the battle cry \of a new
organization, according to Mrs. Jen-
ME Blakely, of 773 West Sixty-third
street, who, with her husband, Albert
Blakely, is promoting it and who, to-
Hether comprises the Kingdom OF
Heaven Church of the First Born"
The couple claim to have received
q divine manifestation from out of
the clouds fifteen years ago this COM
ing 29th day of August and they de-
clare that i'll will befall any n w1o
discusses it before its fifteenth an
niversay.
They filed their charter of incorpo-
ration in the county recorders office
on Thursday.
Blakely is named in the papers on.
file as "Ruler," and his wife as
secretary, and the claim is made tlat
the Almighty elected them. The oh
jects Of the church are given as fol-
lows:
ITO rule and refine; to redeem
Zion; to set up the Heavenly sanctu
airy; to bind up the testimony and seal
the law; to work after the spiritual.
order of God in all divine ordinances;
to establish apostles, prophets, pastors
and teachers with fundamental pr1n
ciples. To gather in all Israel"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
900 MEN ATTACK JAIL.
Sheriff, Police and Firemen Forced
Mob to Retire.

~
Mob to Retire.
Norfolk, Va, Aug. IA mob OF
more than three hundred men at
the Portsmouth Jail bent on lyncning
William King and Henry Smith, both
negroes, who were held on the charge
of crininally assaulting Mrs. Katn'
crime Powell, an aged white woman F.,
last Monday. The negroes had been
removed to Norfolk Jail earlier in the
evening for safekeeping.
The mob forced the doors of the
Jail, but were met by Deputy Sheriff
Huybert and a score of officers, OF
whom the cell keys were demanded
and refused. The crowd was forced
back by the policemen with drawn
weapons, and the fire department was
called out to dispense the mob with
the hose.
Under orders of Mayor Reed, the
police arrested Wade Codd, Martin L.
Westbrook and T. o. Williams, white
men, and a h%alf-soore Of negroes, as
ring1eaders. Warrants have been is
sued for a half-hundred more.
The crowd left the vicinity Of the
Jail about midnight, and it is report.
ed that they are c~ongregating else
where and intend to march later to
Norfolk and attack the jail, in the
hope of securing the prisoners.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
SENT IN RIOT CALL.
A Dozen Men Hurt in Attempt to Bolt
ORGANIZATION.

organization.
Chicago, Aug. 15.-In the presence
or Matthew Comerford, of Minneap-
oils, general president of the station
cry engineers union, a dozen men
were hurt, two of them severely, at
a meeting of the union here. A dozen
men attempted to bolt the meeting
because three Of their number had
been expelled and had started a sep
arate organization of engineers.
Emil Massow who led the boilers,
struck Michael Walsh, ~sergeant-at-
arms, over the head with a chair for
closing the door at the order of the
president, George w. Cooling. Walsh
turned on Massow and struck him
several times, %inflicting a deep cash
over Massow's nose and almost break
ing the organ. Then the fight be-
came general.
Charles Gralf, another of the bolt
ers, sent in a riot call for the police.
When the latter appeared no n
seemed TO wish to press charges and
the wagon left without any passen-
gers. President Comerford tried to
get order. He had come to Chicago
to attend the meeting.
"This is an insult to the national
officers" said President Comerford.
No ettention was paid to him and
the bolt went on.
Members of both factions threaten
to cause arrests.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
HAMS BROTHERS ARRAIeNEp
la Court the Two Men Showed i+.,.
Concern.

Concern.
New York, Aug. 18.-Captain potor
G. Hams, Jr., U. S. A., who sbot
and killed William E. Annis On so+
urday at the Bayside Yacht Club. was
arraigned in the first district court
in Long Island Cit before Magistrato
Matthew J, Smith. A~rraigned with
the captain was his brother, T. len.
kins Hams, who kept back the crowd
with a revolver while his brother car.
RED out his vengeance on the man
who, he asserted, had ruined his home
The two men were Immediately TAX.
en- from the Flushing police station
to Long Island City. In court the
brothers showed little concern. As
counsel for the men had not arrived.
the hearing was postponed, and in
the meantime the Hams brothers are
being kept in the Queens county Jail.
T. jenkins Hams, who was first held
on a charge of attempted felony with
assault was later charged with being
an accessory to the killing of Annis.
The body OF William Annis was re,
moved to his former home in Man.
haitian. Mrs. Annis was completely
Frustrated by the killing of her hus.
band and is under the constant care
Of physicians.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
HEADuEss BODY BEING SOUGHT.
Head Of Woman Found Floating In
River at Cleveland.


Cleveland, Ohio. Aug. 15.-Life
savers began a systematic dragging
OF the lake at the mouth of the river
for a body. The police, working on
the same mystery, searched the city
for the trunk which was thrown from
the Columbus road bridge by q man
and q woman.
The head Of a woman was discover
cd floating in the river mouth by the
crew Of Z dredge. It had been sew
cred from the body by a knife. The
features yer well preserved.
A few hours after the grewsome
find a bridge tender saw a man and
a woman approach the Columbus road
bridge and toss a trunk into the wa
ter. The police recovered the trunk
and found that 1t contained clothing
belonging to a woman. They believe
that the persons VINO had severed the
head from the body had heard Of the
find and becoming heightened dumped
the clothes into the river.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
Ten Minutes to Leave City.

Pensacola, Fla, Aug. T.-Enraged
because they had been frustrated in
their efforts to lynch the assaulter
Of Mrs. Edward Moclaire, a mob OF
men met the incoming train and,
finding that the negro was not aboard,
then proceeded to the house OF John
Buoy, on East Belmont street, and
rousfng the negro up, gave him ten
minutes in which to get out OF the
city limits and never return. The
crowd followed the negro a portion
of the way, and when last seen he
was on a dead run. The negro was
recently arrested for sending a letter
to one Of the yard foremen threaten
ing his life.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
SUICIDE OR MyRDER

Druggist Montgomery, Of 8irming-
ham, Found Dead In Store.
Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 1S.-B, H.
Montgomery, a wellknown druggist,
was found dead in his store at Gate
City. He was lying face downward
in a pool Of blood, and it is yet IN
decided whether it was a case OF
suicide or whether the man was mur-
dered. He had been missing since
Friday, and the store was not opened
Saturday.
A family living above the store
noticed strong odors coming from the
room below, and this evening decid-
ed to break down the doors. Mr..
Montgomery lived in Woodlawn, anu
his son, Jack Montgomery, is profes-
sor of chemistry in the University
of Mississippi.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
To Pass Upon differences.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 18.-He
plying to a letter inclosing a petition
signed by twenty thousand names OF
people of Birmingham district, the
officials of the United Mine WORK
ers of America in charge of the strike
in this state, have signified their WILL
ingness to allow a committee on al
bitration to pass on the differences
that caused the strike at the Ala
bama coal mines.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
ASSAILAN7 IS Caught.
PerpetratOr Of DaStardly Crime
in Hands Of Officers.
CROWDS GATHER AT MILTON

Should Negro Be Brought to Pensa-
cola He Will Be LyRched-crowds
Gather in Town of Milton Where the
Negro Is In Jail.
Pensacola, Fla, Aug. 17.-Pursued
all night by the sheriff's posse and
hloodhounds, the negro who assaulted
and ravished Mrs. Edward Moclaire
late Thursday afternoon at her home
four miles east of this city, swan the
Blackwater river, escaping his pu--
suers, but was captured by the sheriff
of the adjoining county, is now in
Jail at Milton.
Two miles below Milton the negro
swan the river and he was seen by
several parties, as he left the swamp
aud made the attempt to cross. These
men watched him and saw him enter
an old house and they Immediately
reported the fact to the sheriff. VINO
made the arrest.
Should the negro be brought to Pen
sacola he will be lynched, but it is
not thought he will be brought here
at the present time.
Newspaper reporters sent from here
to Milton have reported over the long
distance phone that large crowds have
gathered on the streets there. but
thew do not anticipate a lynching.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20

A TEief c IS G ysrnneEt Pay
lh>c1s for $1,000.
ONE IS c.sHED IN ATLANTA

One OF t1s Stolen Checks Was Paid
by the Lowry National Bank, An
other cashed by a Bank In Mont
Gomery, Ala
Washington, Aug. ia messen-
gers pouch containing United States
government pay checks for nearly
two thousand dollars was stolen early
last week in front Of the building oc-
cupied by the department of COM
merce and labor according to Chief
W1lkie, of the secret service. The
pouch was found with the pay checks
gone. while the other mail 1t contain
Cd was intact, between this city and
Alexandria, Va. The identity OF the
Fobber Is not known.
The first intimation that Chief vii
ke received of the theft was on last
Saturday when one of the checks for
Saturday when one Of the checks for
1888, payable to R. F. Troxler, Of
the public health and marine hospital
service, came through the Riggs Ma
tional bank, of this city, to the treas
ury department, after having been
Dashed by the Lowry National bank
OF Atlanta, Ga. A check, payable
10 J. w. Kerr for $265 SO, Of the
same service, was received. through
the American bank Of Montgomery,
Ala. The facts in the case are these:
On Monday morning, August 8, a
negro messenger Of the public health
and marine hospital service went to
the treasury department to get the
mail and pay checks for some OF the
officials of the public health and ma
nine hospital service.
After securing nine pay checks ag-
gregating $1,142.47, and the usual
amount of mail, the negro messenger
enclosed them in his pouch and de-
parted On his wheel for the marine
hospital building. On the way he
stopped at the department Of com
merce and labor leaving his wheel
and valuable pouch outside.
T On his return a few minutes later
he found his wheel and its valuable
burden gone. Next day the pouch was
found about half way between Wash
4ngton and Alexandria, Va. The Wheel
the pouch and the mail we're found,
6ut the pay checks had been alb
Btracted. The checks payment on
which was ordered stopped, were
drawn by Discussing Clerk W. L.
Roberts of the treasury department
OF the United States treasurer.
Notice has been sent agents of the
secret service to be on the lookout
for the presentation of the missing
pa checks to banks throughout the
country.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
Says He Is coIno Insane,

Peoria, Ills, Aug. 1s.-a1 am one
OF those who helped to lynch William
Donnegan at Springfield, and 1 be-
heve I am going insane" was the
statement OF Chas. Gadw1n at the Of
flee OF the superintendent of the Bar
tonville asylum Sunday night. 1--WE
stamped him in the face; we cut his
throat; and then put a rope around
his neck. That's what it took to kill
him." Gadwin said that he was for
merly a member of the 32nd U s..
volunteers in the Philippines and had
a sister at the asylum. He was
placed under guard.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
cordova Realeases From Pri.or-

Trenton, N. j., Aug. Isl. Frank
Cordova, the former South River, N.
j., clergyman who eloped with Julia
BOVINE, a choir singer, and who after.
wards was sentenced to state prison,
has been released from that institu-
ton after an imprisonment OF nearly
four years. Cardova left the city in
an automobile.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
l. EXPLODED.
Woman 10 Killed and Body Burned TO
n Climber


London, Aug. 1.-Two persons
were killed and six injured by the
explosion this morning at the Franco
British exhibition of the envelope Of
the balloon owned by Captain Love
lace, OF the New York Aero club.
Preparations for an ascension were
made when the accident occurred. The
eaUse is supposed to have been the
throwing down of a lighted match,
which ignited the gas envelope
Miss Hill, aged IS, secretary to Cap
tain Lovelace was one of the persons
killed. She was burned to a cinder.
The other person killed, a man, and
the six men who sustained injuries,
also we're employed by Captain Love
lace.
Captain Lovelace's clothes were
burned, but otherwise he sustained no
injuries.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
Man Hooted the ldea-

New York Aug. 17.-Although Con.
rad ~teingruber laughed at the Christ
hospital physicians in Jersey City who
said that he would die in twenty-four
hours from the effects Of a bite from
a dog, the man died. Steingruber
said he was a disbeliever in hydro
phobia and that he would be around
again in a few days. He rapidly grew
worse, and until he died his suffer
ing was intense.