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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13

SIXTEENTH AVENUE, SOUTH.
 Handsome 2-story, Broom resi- dence, equipped with modern im provements; hardwood floors, fin ished in quarter-sawed oak down. stairs. Price, s7OOO; terms; don't wait; this won't keep. SOUTH HIGHLANDS HOME.
 Will be completed by Oct. l. has eight rooms; every modern im- provement; lot 60xl20. Price $7500; terms; located on one of the best avenues, and not over two blocks from 20th street BEST YET FOR THE PRICE.
 On the South Highlands, front east, size 100x1S0; will sell 50 feet; not over three blocks east of 20th St. Price $60 per foot COTTAGE HOME.
 On Northside, has rooms: modern in every way; on Norwood car line. Price $35o0; terms. I ONLY ADVERTISE FEW. See my list of homes, lots and in vestments before you buy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13
Beautiful Home on South Highlands

You can make your own terms and it is worth the price in cash. Has rooms equipped with every known improvement. Fine lot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13
A $1O,0O0 Beauty.

HERE is an S-room home on the Mort Side that is good enough for anybody and is worth at least $11,OOo and it wa /, built for a home and not to sell. It ts on an east front lot, 6Ox1so has nice elevation, hardwood floors. storm sheet ed fine mantels, bed rooms. upstairs, all finished in white enamel and ma hoeany: lower floor finished in mission oak. Furnace heat. in fact, is very modern; this has to be seen to be ap- preciated Let us show you. A 6-room. new home, $100 cash, balance $25 month.
 west. End home for $100 cash, balance s-room home west End, $25oo, s1Oo cash balance s20 month.
 NORRIS REAL ESTATE co. Bell 1872 Al1 da ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13
GEO. o. MARRY.
BROOM COTTAGE. s145O.

BROOM COTTAGE, $145O.
 And a good house, too; has cabinet mantels, city water front, side and back porches; lot 5Ox14O feet; near car line, this side of East Lake. Buy this and you will. surely make $500 on 1t before next sum- mer. Terms: s2c0 cnsb %" '-,7>th. r GEO. O. MARRY.
 2117 Third Ave. 2254 Peoples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13
Claude L. Norris

4OS Title Guarantee Bldg.
 Bell Phone 2324 CALL AND SEE MY LIST-I CAN PLEASE YOU.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13

ONLY ADVERTISE A FEW
 See my list of homes, lots and in vestments before you buy.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
N%adlflGnge iibcr @ilbclm @nIdl.

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02

nc III blin5eIu brolld,t. ogScm 0ic
Gage Ionoen, fommt Der @intcr Qe.
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Crmrcgeln, uno Die Gage lperOcu be.
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
Gerthn WnQer.

IS itarb pIbblid am 81. Sunudr 1905 Bertha
Wnucr, Satin bon Sreoerid 1iitler. in Nlitr
BON bS Sabren. IN lbrer &phInIIla, &lIoIoE
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
Qpnoun $ Bart Gcmc4crg.

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Soapt.6tngaug. Sreocrid. Hpab:
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tperoen I'm 3retbbauie nnl @nupt'@ingane sc
funhen. llnier aaent ptro. p.HH eerplnt4t
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
Rp,ulano's tirfiide @Gocr,
Ganinble. 4ebdube. eoitant aesen. stets Dfftu.
(Iuq22-)
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pnbt obieer @eieuihait fiueet am gtittpofh,
ben 3. Seuruar, Ibenos IL ubr in Sere.rs'
I. 6. 2trptt, Erliioent.
$3.50 u. 9eacfi Sefreidr.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
Ninhrrt Giridl1nnn.

Sc fiarb am /. Sebrtnr 1905 aipbert Sirid-
nan In ieinein SO. 9ebensinbre. ~aeliebter Gltre
Ron 0tlbclmina 6tri6man. Die 8eeroiaung
fiuoet Nltttluud, 0Gb nttfdqs , llbr, bon ietncr
%2So6nuig, Ut. 1400. Clarion. StrdBe. aus nuf
Der .gouop1 Rurf 9encterp" ilatt. (t33-5)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
emma I. 4rcns.

Sc itarb pl5Bltb AM I. SebrIGr 1905 emma
!. Artns, a~eborette Simpn, i'm "A. eebeneinhtc
Satin oes oeriiurbCteH peltrb AreHs; Sle
3ctI Der peerbiaHnG miro ipdtcr nngeejtpt.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
baltimore Gemcterp.

Shrtnn granfliu. Slss., Baltimore. n. @srthtr.
9egrdbHihpidse 5lm Serfdlif - bon $25 III.
mi. Inrnprpiofien abeeerenat $S5 Pldb
fir bier 8rdber. Sreie Nerutlina Ger anpeue
ilr 1roueraottesotfrfie. (Slin!16.10
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
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bicrtslidbrIi6en Seriantfnllna oes gereii,s,
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Weriainrnlunuslotnl. Hr. 1872, f.Erntt's trase,
itaffinoet, bei5miuubnen. Iftiiunsnoll
T s.. 0ttterpnfh, Sefreidr.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
Mnrin Etril.

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bon Dlaplesglpenlie mo I~tbelsIerIdce. Srutip
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FeiieBun9 prtnatiu. (3i-3l
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Subn Sermig & SpBn,
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Mr 2AS. SrlrnnA, StrnRs

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
@uuoIniun.

Eer f9on'te uub ar6Bte Griebtof In EaTti'
more. terminus Der rSlppnu Sut 1rouep'etnie
fher gertreter drif benz Srieobofe Sornt1gs bon
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tapen alf SerabrebiUg. GrahiidtfeH gu aueIi
Ereiieu
Gin cfiee: 225 R..GharIea Str. Baltimore.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
lorraine.

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02
Scr lie pilan5cnb porseboft.

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Nimmerntebr, oos muBteit On,
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-02-02

9os bette uub bIniaas Ssatf6s glatt In ben
Ditttt. unn ehbfantrn.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20
CHINESE TREATY PLANNED
United States and Japan to Respect
Independenc eofl China.

New York The, Herald gives.
prominence to dispatch from Toxic
that asreport is prevalent ~ thee high
financial circles closes to the. Katsurd
ministry that Secretary Root and Ba-
ron Takahira are Negotiating IA new
treaty between the United States and
Japan, the chief terIns of which are
that the high contracting parties shall
respect the Integrity and ihdepen.
dence Of the Chinese. empire; shall
preserve the eopen door" and Shall
agree that in default 81. a special ar,
rangement the passage of lalSQrers Of
either nationality !. from the. territory
Of one to that or the otiser shall be
interdicted after it has, been recoge
nized in the treaty shat tn &presence
of large numbers Of leborQfs OF each
nafionswitliin the ertifory sof the 9th
Ell, is. calculated to ffnpaiE 1t heD friendly
rela tons between ther;tl5o Estates.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20
PLANS on WATERWAY. BODY
Canal Proposed Florida Pennsuar for the Passage
Of Big Ships-.Oficers Elected for Ensuing Year.

nafrowest part of the peninsular Gould
be selected, passing through number
of large lakes, and portions Of rivers
could be utilized. There are no. engin-
eering difficulties in the way. Nearly
the whole work can be done by floats
ing dredges. This canal would be q,
part of the contemplated inland wa
ter circuit Of the whole of the central
and eastern part Of the United States.
east of the Rocky mountains.
5 One estimator says that the canal
can be dug for 100000
ut has been estimated also that
more than 30,000,00O tons. would pass
through the canal yearly, which does
not include the enormous traffic from
Mexica, Nicaragua, Costa RIGA, nor
other countries which will use the
Panama canal A reasonable estimate
for these other countries would be a
total of 100000 tons annually.
"A complete national system Of in
tercoastal canals ought to be cohstruc-
ted as rapidly as possible. A transport
tation crisis is upon us. The demand
for cheaper and quicked transporta-
ton must be answered"
The following officers were elect
ed:
President, Duncan U. Fletcher Of
Jacksonville Fla; vietS presidential
large Charles J. Swift of Columbus,
Gas secretary, Leland j. Henderson,
Apalachicola;; Fla; ID secretary, G.. A..
Waterman, Pensacola. Fla; honorary
president, John Graft, Mobile, Ala, re-
firing president. 'kst 4s
Vice presidents Georgia, John As.
Betjeman, Albany Florida, ] III. ;:
Drummon, st. Andrews; Alabama G..
G.. Grosyenor,:: M Montgomery Missfssip-
pa, Benjamin Humphries "a louisiana
WarrenaB. Reid; Illinois, RobertSIsh-
HqazRando lph; = vice president Nation-
al Rivers and Harbors Congress, S..
A; Thompson, Richmond, Ind.
&. The name Of the association was
changed from the Gulf Coast Inland
Waterways association to the Missis-
sippi-to-the-Atlantic Waterways asso-
citation:
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20
S59 LIVES Are LOST IN Mine
Horror Caused in Germany by Explosion of Fire Damp
Only Thirty-F Miners ESCAPED. 81

men who rendered such. valuable aid
in,sthe terrible mine disaster. at Cnul :
rieries, France, in March of81906, ar
rived on the scene shortly before
noon, but were unable to- enter the
mine; being forced TO ..aWair the re-
suit Of the determIneds efforts, OF the
iremen to keep the. Aamess in check
Meantime heartrending scenes were
being enacted at the mine when the
dead. and wounded We're brought to-
the surface, and there were similar
SCENES iii the town where this Injured
were transported through the streets
to the hospitals. = 49, :.
Hswas decided thatsany attempt to
rescue the 'entombed; lnenrYas4in vain,
owing to the impossibIiity of entering
the galleries, sapd "a n. ord eygs, was issued
to food the ming. First. reports indi
cate, that the lent, Was the result
Of an seXpIosiGl. of;Goal ssElst;: but the
statements of the -injured@men render
this improbable .sand sdtltis not clear
just what causedsit. MI IS
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20

Hamm, Westphalia, Germany The
greatest mine disaster in manly years
in Germany occurred in the Radbod
mine, about ftfAeg m3less from this
place. There was heaTy explosion
in 1.-THE mine and almost 7immedfately
thR mine took fire. There were three
hundred and eighty miners working
under the ground at the time, and on
ly six escaped without, injury, Thirty.
five. were taken out slightly injured
ana thirty-seEen were .deadt when
brought to the mouth of the pit. The
remaining three. hiandred i. Ghd'a two
have BEEN given tnprfD1a@psat sssssss,s.:,.
tfhe explosion, which was unusually
yigBent, destroyed ones Of. .,the shafts,
WHICH had to- be. bartly repaired be-
fore the rescue. work was Begin. In
ADDITION, the. flames and 'sfgPke proved
al5aost insurmountable oRstaeles.:..in,
THY early efforts Of the resouing par
ties,
Al special 6aSps,r scomngsed of the
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20

lfTwenty Five Per CENTS Asked by the Farmers
f in Their Convention at New Orleans.

New Orleans, Lathe. Earmers}
Educational and Cooperative associa-
ton, in convention assembled, con-
cluded its consideration of the. impor-
tants d1estioag brought before it. and
adjourned. ,f,$ e: A5~'s e
The1resultsg Of the convention may
be summed up as follows: r ~
Resolutionpassed calling for the re-
ductiong of Is. per cent in the, cotton
crop ana di1ersification of crops.
Resolution unanimously adopted de-
nouncing might riding"
Resolution passed calling for the
warehouse system on an extensive
scale and the formation of interstate
companies: 49, '4:,' I. Z
Resolution passed calling for. the, APP
pointment of a, committee,of.en from
each state to confer with president
of the United states relative ia, extern
sion, of rural free delivery and 1estab-
Iishments- Of parcels post. ~ r.
Authorized the building of a large
central warehouse at New Orleans,
where the planters of half dozen or
more states can store their cotton and
hold it until they choose to sell.
The committee representing the
union in the warehouse matter fol-
lows:
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20
ROGKEFIEghgt.ER GETS $t5O .E 3 !.
Was Peevish Until Deputy Paid Morn
7. icy with subpoena. .:r.s4

New York City. John d. Rockefels
Ter and. his. lieuteHahts, J. D. TArohiA-
bold ana James "a. Moffett of tAe'
Standard Oil Company, were subpeRa@
ed by United States Marshal HeRclSel
to appear before Special Referee
Franklin Ferrisaini the trust busting.
proceedings whichahave been begun
by the government. Incidentally Mr.
Rockefelleer and his aides received
$150 piece when they accepted the
subpoena. The rendering of atIfe2s $ $3.50
which is fee for.witnes provided
by the government, ;tfGkl ed mr.. Rookie,
Teller Immensely .sHe@seemed yt0 be-
ratherspe when q Mr. 4 IEenelle.E
strobe into his Fpriyate-, office. an the.
fourth floor Of No.a26' Broadway. and
handed him the court paper. VI.
But when Mr., Henckel drew from
his pocket a crisp 81 bill and d y0-cett.
piece and handed them to the ffdhesf
man in. the world; Mr. Rockefeller
seized it with alacrityks and smiled
broadly. w .ri.tss.E; \
AS a witness for the defense in. the.
proceedings Rockefeller will give
Frank b. kellogg, the governments 4
prosecutor, the chance he has been
looking for-to examine Mr.. RockesfeIs
Ter to his hearts sdesiret. m
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20
RUfF,S Prosecutor SHOT.
T. y. Heney. Wounded by Ex-conviet,
who Later Committed Suicide. \ y

VINO AAkCTs (CMm4N1Gu SUC10Gs 80
San. francisco, Cal. The San. Fran
cisco bribery graft cases had A. dra-
matte, climax when Assistant District
Attorney. Francis j I. Heney, who has
been in charge OF the prosecution
during its tortuous course Of two
years, was shot and Seriously wound
ed in the crowded court room by Mod
risF Haas, 4 an ex-convict. AZ sisN y ,:s'''
The '.sho0ting occurred duringo q
brief recess In the.third trial off, Abra:
ham Ruef lQp- a. .chapge Of bribery now
in it's eleventh week.
The be assassin is salopn-
keeper, who was drawn upon the jury
panel in the second trial Of Rnef, and
who, after having been temporarily
passed by/both sides, was exposed
in a dramatic manner by Mr.. Heney
as an ex-convict, and discharged from
the jury. Haas declared after the
shooting that Heney had ruined his
life by $he exposure, and that he had
determined to kill him for that real
son. Haas was arrested and confined
in the county jail, where he commit.
ted suicide by shooting himself
through the head with small der
ringer pistol. s
He ended his life while four guards
detailed to nFevelt just such a move
stood within three-feet of him. The
weapon with which the would-be as
sassin shot himself he had secreted
in the. top of one Of his gaiter shoes.
District Attorney Heney, though
badly wounded, viii recover. II % al
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20

United States Supreme Court Dismiss;
.s., s@A@d Patrick's Appeal.

Washington, D. C.-The final des7
'perate attempt of Albert T. Patrick,
convicted, Of the murder of William
Marsh Rice, the eccentric old Texas
millionaire, in his. New York home, to
regain his liberty; has failed. The
United States. supreme court has rfs-
missed PatficA's appeal, prepared by
himself in prison, and denied his plea
of habeag corpus. He must stay in
prison.. ito serve out his, sentence,
commuted from death In the electric
chair to life Imprisonment.
Patrick's case iskrefnarkable and
unique nTthe annals of crime While
still under sentence Of death herman
aged repeatedly through his own skin
in 1.-The, laws to get his case before. the
courts. and il was. brought IN several
times from Sing. Sing. prison to New
York on Writs of appeals. He worked
necessarily on his own case. but was
unable to get a new trial, although he
finally managed to obtain from Gov
ernor Higgins a Communication Of SEN
tencer7. :,
The murder Of William Marsh Rice
was accomplished by the aid Of chic
reform, in his apartments. Patrick had
an aceomplice in the person of the old
milIioRaire's valet, Jones, who after
ward confessed, 1t was through the
confession Of. Jones, corroborated by q
great deal of other testimony, that
Patrick was, convicted Pig y -
The motive for the crime was
shown in conspiracy between Pat
rielr and .F0nns tn 1rosspsS Themselves
of s,thatf old man s. wealth. Then Pat
rick, after making himself thorough
" familiar with the old mans affairs,
through Jones' forged his signature TO
checks for round 'fsd1ns which he pre-
scented Immediately after the old
m$n'si death. ;fS 49, "a lf..2Ar
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20

+ Columbus, Ga. After a session
crowded with interesting Features, the
Observation-Disclosures Inland Wa
terway association adjourned to meet
next year in the city Of Jacksonville,
Fla, at date to be determined by
the executive committee.
The project of cutting the peninsu-
la of Florida in two by an east and
west ship canal connecting the Allan
tic ocean and the Gulf of Mexico was
the leading question before the con-
vention. Senator-elect d. u. Fletcher
of Florida outlined the plans of the
convention4in a speech in which he
said: "We must initiate. waterway
Improvements in foreign countries by
waterway Improvements at home, il
we maintain supremacy or even stand
ing in markets abroad. 81
ut is believed that if each farmer
would contribute for two years one
cent for every bushel of corn and
wheat he raises which would find its
way through this canal, these contri-
buttons would supply enough money
to build the canal. This projectors nor
new The Importance of a ship canal
across the peninsula Of, Florida has
long been directed to the attention
Of the maritime world. Such a canal
would shorten about five hundred
miles the route from the Atlantic
ocean into the Gulf of Mexico. espec-
tally to the gulf ports of the United
States, and avoid the dangerous navi-
cation of the gulf stream, through the
straights of Florida. By the5 construv,
straights of Florida. BY the, construc-
travel of this northern continent
would be placed more than one thous-
land miles nearer to the Central Amer
lean republics. ;,.Sz+ .,4
"The weight ofsopinion seems. ifoef5e
that a tide water canal is impractica-
bic because it would be impossible to
control the water and maintain uni
form depths. BY the lock system the
canal controls the water, and the nav
igation is safe at all seasons.
"Almost a>straight line across the
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20

T., ]. Brooks Tennessee ~ H.
Hightower, mississippi; ~ 8. Gf6efie,
North. Carolina; j., w Z. Boyett;a=Jf.,
Louisiana: l.. II. ,O,4Iarion, Georgia,
and L. Il. IN orffs, Ala bamAs 81 sS Il,
=. 1ts was simulated thatStAes coniRlt-
tee. representing Z tn If, r SllttSn
should have at its disposal a. million
bales objection to Sell whenever 1T
deems the market capable Of absorb
ing. that, much. The matter Of seclir-
ing warehouse certificates for the cot
ten and making them negotiable at, To-
cal banks was also placed la the com
mittee's hands. es.s t.s,s..-<
The. convention alsos adopteSlsH a
resolution. urging all, the sst ates ~atI-
point Agricultural Commissions q shca
as exist ia Georgia. 49, 49,,
/. { Ii Sum Ling, editor of yaspaper. at
Hong Kong; China, addressed the con-
vention OH trade relations Between
China and AmeGica.- The address Was
mainly along the line Or The advans
tages WHICH would be enjoyed by both
countries if closer trade relations
were established between China and
America.
The delegates assembled here rep
resented two million farmers, sprtnci-
.pally of southern states. 7