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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-29
Furstenberg. positively leading ultra

Furstenberg, positively leading ultra
fashionable Berlin society.
''She held a unique position. To her
own vivid personality she added her hus-
bands great name and immense wealth.
Highly educated, restless and ambitious,
she took a keen part In politics. writes
Lady Randolph Churchill. But Prince
Furstenberg. who has since died, was
very independent, and some time after
incurred the present kaiser's displeaSure
in famous quarrel. The kaiser issued
an order that army officers should pre-
cede the nobility, and the prince retired
from court In anger-after writing let
ter to the kaiser, comparing the Hohen-
zollerns, to their detfiment, with his own
high. mighty and certainly older family
After the death of the mighty Fursten-
berg. still young. beautiful and excessively
rich. this great lady listened to her heart
and. fiinging aside the splendid German
place she had by widowhood and inher-
lance, married younger son in republi-
can France. where title has but reminis
cent social value: a young man without
prospects ol fortune. whose own elder
brother had just gilded his counts coro
net by marriage with millionaire Ameri
can girl-her handsome cousin. the ele
CANT and athletic Jean de Castellane. In
ueSO sue StdTteu III DIS udHulCdppcu DIS
Anna Gould. because. if UNNECESSARILY
richer than her Castellane, she was also
considerably older than the slender youth
bedecked with liquid Odors. And if
she was able to go through similar ex-
periences without revolt it was because
her mother and grandmother won for her
immunity from the exterior manifesto
tons of betrayed love.
Helas for the women of high European
society! Countess Jean de Castellane has
hepn nIIhliShfnV the sad love story
of her beautiful, unfortunate grand
mother. the Princess Dorothy of Cour-
lande and Sagan. orphan heiress to IL
reigning principality annexed by Russia
from whose forced marriage to the
nephew Of old Talleyrand comes the de-
scent that makes Anna Gould now mar
ried to the chief of Countess Jeans own
house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-29

CONTRASTS in the Per-
~ sonalities of the New
National Chairmen and Their
Subordinates - Mr.. Mack.
Like Mr.. Taggart, of Foreign
Birth-Can Never Be Presi-
dental Timber - Hitchcock,
Only Forty, Is Ten Years
His Junior-Is Still a Bach
elor-Hearst the Independ-
ence Chairman and Jones the
Observation-Disclosures, Re-
publican Secretary, Only
Thirty-one-""Marse Henry"
in Charge of Democratic
Literary Bureau-His Re-
publican Rival, Mr.. Richard
Oulahan-Real Boom.a-Lad-
die on Commander-in-chief
Hitchcock's Staff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-29

PARIS. August Is. 1908.
y English statesman at a brilliant
Paris reception admired the
young beauties of society. spark
ling with jewels in Worth and
Paquin creations. chattering light
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-29
A Fanatic on Classification.

Hitchcock is almost a fanatic on CLASH
fication. on having place for everything
and everything In its place. on indexing
and card cataloguing and docketins and
the latest systems of saving time In Of
fl routine. 1t was due to his peculiar
genius in this line that President Roose-
Welt put him on the famous Keep COM
mission" which waged a crusade Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-29

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
WH|TMORE CASE ON TRIAL AGAIN MotOrman is Charged With
 Murder of Wife AN IMPORTANT WITNESS Friend of the Dead Woman Testifies That Whitmore Had Threatened
 Her Life In His Presence.
 Beat Her at Times.
AN IMPORTANT WITNESS

New York October 26.-The second trial of Theodore Whitmore, the Brooklyn mo- terman, began in Jersey City today when the attorneys undertook the task of &c., lecting jurors to try Whitmore on charge of murdering his wife and throw ing her body into Lampblack swamp at Harrison on Christmas eye last year. Su- preme Court Judge Swsyzee presided. The previous trial resulted in disagreement of the jury.
 The first witness called by the prosecu tion told of the circumstances under which Mrs. Whitmore's nude body was found and of the later recovery of her clothing.
 Dr. Otto H. Schultz, a coroner's phy- sician of New York, testified to having performed an autopsy on Mrs. Whitmore's body with County Physician Charles c. Converse of Hudson county, New Jer- sey.
 pr. Schultz said that the woman's death had resulted from drowning and cited as proof the presence of cinders and other material in the windpipe, which must have been drawn in while the woman WAS Stlll DTedlIlHE. I1S Sdiu lhSAO UOAO scratches on the forehead and face and bruises on the forehead and back of the ear. The bruises might have been caused by violence or resulted from a fall The scratches had been made before death, the witness said, as some blood had come from them.
 County Physician Converse corrobor- ated the testimony of pr. Schultz. After Dr. Converse had left the stand recess was taken until ? o'clock.
 The only witness today whose testi- nlony was of any importance was Harry Henderson of Brooklyn, N. Y., formerly an electrician in the United States navy, who said that he was friendly with Mrs. Whitmore both before and after her mar riage, that Whitmore was angered by this intimacy and that in Henderson presence in the Whitmore home, Whit more beat Mrs. Whitmore and exclaimed, ''Ill kill you"
 The witness was under cross-examn- ation by Whitmore's lawyer when the court adjourned until tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
MAYOR PATTON
 ISSUES STATEMENT
EXPLAINS REPORTS OF NIGHT RIDER THREATS AT SHUBuTA. NORMAL CONDITIONS EXIST. GINS ARE BEING OPERATED.

Mobile, October 26.-(Special.) 1.-The fol- lowing statement concerning the pub lished reports of night rider activity near Shubuta, Miss, was made public by the mayor of Shubuta tonight
 The Shubuta gin has never had mo- tice posted on it. There has been night watchman at clock stations all the while and since the first notices were sent out it has been guarded, hence it could not have been posted at night There was nothing about the visit to discuss. They made no threats or demands-slmply spent about 15 minutes talking to the state secretary of the Farmers union over the long distance phone and left town. No one saw any firearms. There was no rush for arms on the part of the citizens be- cause there was no occasion for 1t. The military company started during last sum mer before the night riders made their appearance in Mississippi and the night riders never inspired it. They have only been mustered in, have no arms or mu- nitions of war, and have never received their commissions The merchants never stopped buying cotton and never had any militia or guards to protect them. The gins here never stopped next day or any day since The gins are all ginning and the crop is practically gathered and every thing is moving in a normal condition.
 w H. PATTON, Mayor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
Will Advance Case.

Washington. October 26-The attorneys for oscar W. Reid, one of the negro sol diers who were discharged from the army on account of alleged participation in the Brownsville affray, endeavored today to have the supreme court of the United States advance the hearing of his case. The case was decided against Reid in the United States circuit court for the southern district of New York. In a statement filed with the motion the at torneys say that 'the principal matter involved is the right of the President to arbitrarily and summarily in time of peace, to discharge without honor, with out trial before a courtmartial or other constituted tribunal of any sort. a duly enlisted soldier in the regular army of the United States before his term of en- listment had expired, when without proof of wrong-doing on his part. The Attorney General did not oppose the motion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
HOOKER IS HELD
 IN NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans. October 26.-Georae Hook CT, better known as .Modican George member of a wild west show, was ar- raigned in the criminal court here to- day on the charge of being a fugitive from justice in the state of Mississippi
 Attorneys for Hooker waived the hear ing and announced that they would await the arrival of papers from Mississippi, when they will fight extradition.
 Hooker is alleged by the Mississippi au- thorites to have been implicated in the dual tragedy at Gulfport last Saturday night, when Lon Seeley, another cow boy in the wild west show, and Lee Var nado,; a Gulfport police officer were killed. supposedly by each others bul- lat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
RULERS EXCHANGE
 THE COMPLIMENTS
MutsuhitO Replies to President
 ROoSeyelt'S Note
DELIVERED BY TAKAHIRA
Japanese Ambassador Betrays Emo tion as He Speaks of Good Feeling Resulting From Recent
 Visit of Americans.

Washington, October 26.-"I suppose heaven helped Us to join our hands firm ly," said Japanese Ambassador Kogoro cussed the visit of the American fleet to Japan which has just come to an end. Ambassador Takahira had a short while before recurring from Che White House where he was the guest of President Roosevelt at luncheon and to whom he delivered a message of thanks from the Japanese emperor for that which the President sent as the fleet departed. The baron personally thanked the President for having sent the fleet to Japanese waters and said its visit had furthered to great degree the feeling of friend ship held by the Japanese for the people of the United States.
 Mrs. Roosevelt was present at the luncheon.
 Speaking of the fleets visit Ambas- sador Takahira said:
 ''The people of Japan are greatly grat- flied with the visit of the American fleet for which they had been looking for ward with the greatest pleasure in or ueI lO pIONS lHe Slhceilly VI lcCiiAi6 tertained toward America and Americans. In respect to the details of the Nisit the American people are already fully informed. I am now satisfied to hear from Japan directly that heaven and the weather helped us to do all that we wanted"
 The following is the text of the mes sage from the emperor which Ambas. sador Takahira conveyed to the Presi' dent:
 ITO the President of the United States of America: T thank you most sincerely for your very kind message which the American ambassador delivered to me upon the departure of the American fleet from our shores. l was highly gratiEed to learn that the reception accorded to the fleet was so satisfactory and agreeable to you and the peop1e Of the United States. I desire to express my apprecia- tion of your kindness in accepting the invitation of my government for the fleet to visit Japan since by that visit l was afforded an opportunity to testify anew to you the assurance of my high re- gard and perfect esteem and my sub jects enabled to show fresh proof of their sincere attachment for your countrymen and I am very happy to believe that the memorable event will surely tend to ce- ment the bonds of friendship and good neighborhood between the two countries
 q remain your good friend,
 "MUTSUHITo."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
Old Mayflower Still AfIoat.

New York, October 26-For several weeks after she was abandoned, if not still, the old cup defender Mayfiower, continued to ride the waves. The fruiter Vincenzo di Giorgio, which arrived from Jamaica today, reports having sighted her on October 15, about 150 miles south east of Hatteras. She is said to have ap- peared to be in good condition except for the loss of her masts, which were carried away in the hurricane that led to her abandonment at sea by her adventurous crew of former Harvard students, who had fitted her out for treasure hunt.
 E. T. Shaw & Son, Undertakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
ENJOINED FROM
 TAKING OFFICE
EX-CLERk FOWLER WILL CON- TEST APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE BRITTNELL-FoWLERs REsIG- NATION HAD BEEN ACCEPTED.

Decatur. october 26.-tSpecial.) )-This afternoon James F. Fowler enjoined George Brittnell from taking charge of the office of circuit clerk. The injunction was granted by Judge Thomas w. Vert of the law and equity court. Fowler has been circuit clerk for several years Re gently he resigned but now says he with drew his resignation. Judge D. W, Speak of the circuit court accepted the resignation and appointed George Brittnell to fill the vacancy.
 It is said quo warranto proceedings will be instituted against Fowler. Fow- Ter and Brittnell have each employed at torneys and the case will go to the courts of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27

ident criticised MT Gompers the other day for criticsing the court. T admit, he declared, "that Mir. GomeprS has never criticised the courts more severely than President Roosevelt himself has criticised the courts.'
 The democratic candidate charged that the President was now issuing daily bulletin assuring the people that MT. Taft was the friend of labor My friends he said there is a certain mutuality about friendship; both sides have to be consulted and MT. Roosevelt consults only one side when he discusses MT. Taft as the friend of labor. l care not what he may say about MT. Taft's friendship for labor. MT. Taft's record shows that he is not in sympathy with those who toll in this country.
 Here is something that hope will en- gage his attention for the rest of the campaign. It is a decision rendered by him in the case of Tomas vs. the Cin- cinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway company. In that case Mir. Taft rendered a decision authorizing the re- ceiver to make a cut of 10 per cent in the wages of the railway employees and he rendered the decision in 1894 when the same came before other judges The question came before Judge Caldwell and he re- fused to authorize a cut of 10 per cent in the wages of the employees, and when these employees who were affected by Judge Tafts decision made application to have wages restored to ther former amount, MT. Taft, in rejecting their appeal, used this language;
 Appeal of Labor.
 "'Their appeal is exactly like that of an appeal from an employe to an em- ployer, except that while the employer may be moved by considerations of char ity a court is limited in the exercise of it's discretion to such action as may be consistent with the preservation of the property and it's due administration in the interests of those who own it.
 'He denied these men any legal right to appeal and merely, without setting a precedent, permitted them to state their case, and then informed them that an ordinary employer might as a matter of charity hear them and heed them, but that in his court he had to consider the questions of property"
 The candidate elicted wild enthusiasm when he said that in the west MT. Taft was running on his amendments to the Chicago platform. while in the east he was running on the original platform. "ln the east" he said 'he is narcotic; in the west he is a stimulant. In the west he is pledged to reforms; in the east it is sh-sl- l-sh-sh."
 MT. Bryan closed with a bitter denun- ciation of the President. for, he said, making himself dictator. 'I aspire to the presidency he said, "the office that was held by Washington and Jefferson by Jackson and Lincoln, and if I take 1t, I want to take it with those sacred traditions still clinging to it. I do not want it thrown into the arena of politics and made football between the parties. ]"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
New Rural Route.

Brewton. October 26.-(Sp peciaL)- Rural route No. has been established for service out of Brewton to com mence December l, with Cleveland Pitt man as carrier. The route is 2547 miles long and 116 families will be served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
Auqusta Mills Resume.

Augusta. Ga, October 26.-Nine of the eleven cotton mills located here today started operations for the first time since the freshet of August 26. The repairs are practically completed and there is a full head of water. The weekly pay roll of these manufacturies is s25, 800.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
THE POWDER TRUST MAY BE EXPLODED Rabert s. WaddeII Again on the
 Stand COMPETITION IS UNFAIR Industrial Concern Was sped Upon, Prices Cut and Other Obstacles Thrown In the Way of the
 Smaller Concern.
 
COMPETITION IS UNFAIR

New York, October 26.-It is likely government against the so-called pow der trust which have been in progress in this city will be transferred to Will mington Del, if not tomorrow, then at the end of the present week. The hearing was resumed today where it was interrupted by adjournment last week, and Robert s. Waddell formerly general sales agent for the. associated powder companies. was recalled to the stand.
 MT. Waddell said he had a part in awarding many contracts and fixing special prices to certain of these com panies. He told of once having talked with E. l. Dupont of the Lafiin & Rand company, one of the big company's competitors, and of MT. Dupont saying he would take up the subject for the purchase of the Dahin & Rand com pany. Ten days later he said he re- ceived a telegram from Dupont an purchase of the Laflin & Rand com had been purchased, When he next met Dupont he asked what the pur chase price had been and Dupont re- piled: "oh, nothing much; few bonds, that's all"
 Waddell said that when he notified the big powder company that he was about to sever his relations with the company I. c. Dupont asked him what he was going to do. He replied that he was going to build mill and go into business for himself and MT. Du- pont said he would like to go in with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
CONGREGATION ENDOWED
 FROM HOLDING SERVICE

Gadsden. October S-(Special. )--The in junction in the Cumberland Presbyterian church controversy was served yesterday morning when the congregation was al ready assembled for the morning serv- ice. The Cumberland contingent was forced to vacate and the U. S. A. faction came back into possession. The hearing on the injunction will probably decide the rights of the parties so far as pos session is concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
VARNADO FUNERAL
 HELD AT MERIDIAN Policeman Killed By Cowboy Is Buried At His Home FATAL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT Reuben p. Thompson of Lauderdale County Is kilIed-Tria of Abner
 L. Clay Is Continued Until
 Next Friday.
FATAL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT

Meridian, October 26-(Special)-Th body of R. L. Vardano, brother-in-law of Will Beggerly of this city, who was shot and killed at Gulfport Saturday while attempting to arrest a man named Steely, one of the performers of the Miller Broth CTS 101 Ranch Wild West show, was brought to Meridian at o'clock Sunday night and was taken to the home of MT. Grower at Eleventh street and Thirty seventh avenue from which place the funeral was held this morning at 10 o'clock. The interment was in Rose Hill cemetery
 Frank, the little son of MT. and Mrs. Frank Clayton residing near Lockhart, this county is dead and his little twin brother, Fred, is dying, the result 1t is supposed of eating bananas which are thought to have been poisoned.
 Reuben P. Thompson, one of the most substantial citizens of Lauderdale county. is dead and his wife badly injured il- ternally and now lying at the point Of death as result of an accident which occurred Sunday afternoon near Why Not while MT. and Mrs. Thompson were driving along the country road. Return ing to their home near Why Not, after having spent the day with the mother of Mrs. Thompson, the horse which Mr. Thompson was driving became fright ened and suddenly whirling about threw MT Thompson headlong from the buggy. He struck on his head, breaking his neck and death resulted instantly. The horse then dashed on down the road and few moments later Mrs. Thompson was hurled from the buggy. The force of the blow she received rendered her unconscioas, causing internal injuries. This morning Mrs. Thompson was still unconscious and the exact extent of her injuries could not be determined. The sudden death of Mir Thompson removes one of the most popular men of the eastern section of the county. He was 80 years old and since his birth has resided on the same farm near Why Not-a record that cannot be equalled by any other man in this county and doubtless in the state.
 The preliminary hearing of Abner l.. Clay, charged with the murder of Con ductor Eugene Chestnut of Birmingham, was this morning on petition of Attorneys Stone and Neville, representing the state dn the prosecution of the case, continued until o'clock Friday morning, Scott D. Chestnut, brother of the Conductor Eugene Chestnut, the dead man with whose murder Clay is charged, came to Meridian last night to be present at the preliminary hearing and to look after the matter of legal counsel in the prosecu- tion Mir. Chestnut held conference with District Attorney Currie last night with reference to the case and also with certain members of the order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen who have interested them- selves in the prosecution of Clay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27

Seaboard for Atlanta Shortest, quickest; two trains, 6:15 a. m., 4:15 p. m.-On time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27

Frank, the little son of MT. and Mrs. Frank Clayton. residing near Lockhart, this county, is dead and his little twin brother, Fred, is dying, the result 1t is supposed of eating bananas which are thought to have been poisoned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
Was Spied Upon.

Spies and detectives were sent in- side my mills to create dissension among the employees" said Waddell. "I which took place between Harry Page of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, and a representative from Du pont. At that conversation Page was offered s25 a month and $5 for every letter that he would write in which he was to give the details of every ship ment made from the Buckeye mills, the name of the consignee and the date and numb CT of each case. He was to secure all private information he could from me, visit the mills as a repre- sentative of the railroad company and write letters regarding the interior of the works and their management. Three days afterward, a man came into my office and presented his card. recognized him as the agent who made overtures to Page. His name was w. H. Eiatt, member of the advisory council of the Dupont company at Will mington."
 In reply to question by Judge Scarlet If he had lost any contracts from the acts of the associated powder companies the witness said that he lost a contract that he had with the Deer ing Coal company of Chicago. He said
 q had supplied this company with 10 or 12 thousand barrels when one day I learned that a car of powder had been refused. I was told that this was because the miners would not use Buckeye powder. They had been spoken to by agents of the Dupont and Lafin Rand companies. and appar- fpd h against >rhe use of my powder.
 Prices were continually being cut and the powder companies closed the markets so that we were never able to market more than one-half of the powder we could produce"
 The hearing was adjourned until Wednesday next.