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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
MRS. BELMONT AIDS
 WOMEN WORKERS

New York. December 1s-Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont demonstrated in the small early hours today that she has at heart the interests of her sex In the working class several lawyers had been retained by Mrs. Belmont to defend the shirtwaist strikers. but without the approach of many they had disappeared
 Mrs. Belmont here stepped into the gap and offered bail for the girls, ten derins her home in Madison avenue as security.
 Is your house worth sSo0," inquired Magistrate Butt in quiet manner ana tone.
 ''I think it is." replied Mrs. Belmont. '1t is valued at $4oo,0oo. hut I think there may be mortgage upon if for Sioo,0C0, which l raised to help the shirt waist strikers and the woman suffragettc movement.
 The security was accepted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
300 Negroes Arrested.

East St. Louis, December 19.-Threc hundred negroes each answering in some particular the description of the high wayman who shot and killed Motormsn 0udey and perhaps fatally wounded Con ductor NJ. P. O'Brien on a street car last night, are being held at police headauar ters tonight. The car, after the negro left it. ran uncontrolled for four miles into the center of East St. Louis. Re- wards of s75O have been offered for the ar rest of the oulprit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
THREE SISTERS WILL BE
 INDICTED IN SNEAD CASE

almost morbid desire for seclusion today when she requested that the bars of her cell be piastered with newspapers in or der that the other prisoners might not look at her. But because of precedent that the granting of such request would create, her plea was unheeded.
 Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Snead in sepa- rate cells, spent a quiet day at the Tombs. They are to be arraigned in a police court tomorrow for & continuation of the preliminary hearing.
 Prosecutor Mott of Essex county, New Jersey. says he has positive evidence that Mrs. Snead and Mrs. Martin were in- strumental fin engaging the house where the body of Ocey was found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Demands of TeIeuraphers.

Cincinnati, December B.-J. J. Der mody, fourth vice president of the Or der of Railroad Photographers, an- nounced that 9S per cent of the Big Four railroad telegraphers who are members of the union have voted in favor of d strike. MT. Dermody said that while the vote was practically unanimous the result did not necessarily mean that there would be a strike. The question is nov up to the committee of seven and inc national body. About 1000 men are involved in the demands upon the Big Four, which include a wage increase and other concessions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20

New York, December 1S.-The three ec- centric sisters-Miss Virginia Wardlaw, Martin, all charged with the murder of Ocey Snead, whose emaciated body was found in bathtub at East Orange, N. J., will be indicted by the Essex county, New Jersey, grand jury on Tuesday next. ac- cording to the programme mapped out by the county authorities. It is believed that the two sisters held in New York, Mrs Martin and Mrs. Snead, will consent to go to New Jersey for trial without legal battle
 Miss Wsrdlaw maintains the family's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
OBJECTIONS TO PANAMA
 BILL OF LITTLE EFFECT

minish the ardor of Representative Rich ardson and his associates.
 The objection to the Mann bill is that the placing of the Panama government in the hands of a director general with unlimited powers, as Is proposed, is a subversion of representative government The objecting democratic members as sert that the director general will have absolute executive, legislative, jldiciaI and military power over the zone, which is too great a power for one individual un- der republican rule. They claim also that the abolition of the Panama court of three judges and the substitution of a court composed of a single judge from whose decision there is no appeal, ex- cepting in case of capital punishment Or Imprisonment for life, is paving the way for a tyrannical administration of jus tice. ls -ls q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
snuirrels carrv pIaoue.

Washington. December 1s-The possible spread Of bubonc plague through squir- les to such an extent as to become a very real menace 10 sections where no case has yet appeared has been called to the atten- tiun of the house committee on agricul- ture by secretary Wilson. The public health service bureau has asked the bio- logical bureau of the department of agri- culture to devise some means for destroy ing the squirrels. through which, accord ing to Chief Merriam of the bureau, In lection has spread. in isolated cases over s1a square miles in California
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Robber Scared Away.

Athens, December 19.-An unknown masked man made an unsuccessful at tempt to rob the Southern Railway depot here at 4 O clock this morning. The night operator was dozing in his chair when a window directly in front of him was raised and a pistol thrust in his face. The operator sprang to his feet and rusned to an adjoining room, where he tele- phone the sheriff and the man disap- peared
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
COOKS FRIENDS AWAIT DECISION Many Are Anxious to Know Where Polar Explorer Is DOUBT IN COPENHAGEN Belief Exists That Report on Cooks Records Will Be Adverse-John R.
 Bradley Has Lost Interest
 In pr. Cook.
DOUBT IN COPENHAGEN.

New York. December 19.-Friends of Dr. Cook who are Ion pins and needles pending the decision on his data at Copen- hagen, said tonight that in their belief Christiansand. Norway, within easy call of Copenhagen It is Thought that Dr. Cook left this country on the steamship United States, which sailed on Thanks giving day. Walter Lonsdale, the ex- plorer's secretary, sailed on the vessel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
TWO MYSTERIOUS DEATHS.
Two Sisters Are Found Dead With
 Suspicious Wounds.

Newark, N. J., December 19.-Two aged maiden sisters, Frances and Isabel R1tch- ie. were found dead today in their home here
 Frances, the elder, was lying on the floor, while the body of the sister dangled from a piece of clothesline made fast above a door. The first indications were that Frances had died from natural causes and that her sister committed suicide. This theory was dispelled when a small box was found in the dining room on the cover of which had been written the words. Frances hung herself at 21z Saturday. Me too
 This led to the belief that the two old women had carried out a suicide pact, Frances hanging herself first and the body being cut down by the sister. But further investigation brought to light more gruesome details. Underneath her clothing. and sticking in the breast of Frances, was a hatpin, buried in the flesh up to it's black head The pin had besn driven close to the heart to a depth of about four inches. Similar wounds. but of not so serious a nature, were found on the other body, which leads to the be- lief that the sisters may have Quarreled and fought.
 Whether Frances deliberately hanged her sister, then killed herself with the hatpin, or whether the sister found hang ing stabbed and ended her life will per- haps never be known. The hands of the body on the floor were carefully crossed and the head rested on sofa cpsn1on'
 There is a possibility that both were murdered but the house shows no trace of having been entered by strangers. The women had lived alone since the death of their mother 15 years ago.
 The owner of the house which they oc- cuped. having been unable to gain ad- mittance since Tuesday last, notified a policeman. who forced entrance today. The women were last seen alive on Sat urday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Demand for increased Pay.

PittsburE, December 1S- Notice has been served on B railroad companies, all, east of the Mississippi river. by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmeu that an increase in wages for the trainmen will be demanded, the increase to be from per cent to 70 per cent, the diffsr ences in the amount being caused by the present method of paying the trainmen. w. c. Lee, national president Of the brotherhood. who Was in Pittsburg to- day, refused to intimate what action. if any will he taken in case e. demand is refused. About 75.G0 men gre affected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Two Killed in Pistol Duel.

. Clarksdale, Miss. December 19.-Walter McEachern, manager of the plantation
 store of the John B. Richards estate, near Clarksdale. and negro. are dead
 as a result of a pistol duel which took
 place at o'clock this afternoon. The negro fired upon McEachern first. it Is said, following an altercation over a trivial matter F'uther trouble Is feared. as feeling against the negroes in that is running high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Fire in Galveston.

Galveston, Tex, December l9.-Fire, which originated u the Kitchen of George estimated at sS0,00o here tais afternoon. The whole city fire department fought for three hours. with Il temperature slightly above the freezing point, and was successful in eonfining the flames to three buildings Insurance of s+",vp was carried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Three Persons Drowned.

Bedford Ind, December ls.-Laura Cur rams. who had just secured the prize flor the prettiest girl in ths school district, v Alma Utterback. her chum and William Johnson, their school teacher were drowned late last night as they were try ing to reach their homes near here from a school social by crossing Indian creeL in d TOW boat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Cardinal satoIIi May Die.

Rome, December 1s.--Cardinal Satolli. who recently suffered relapse from ne phritis, was slightly improved this morn ing. but this afternoon his condition was worse Alarming symptoms developed and there was some deliriun Grave fears are entertained for the cardinals recovery. Many telegraphic inquiries have been received from America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Punitive Greek Arrested.

Roanoke, Va December 19.-After elud- ing arrest for ten days, Michael AIijoulis. a Greek. who killed John Stsmoulis, own CT of a Greek restaurant in this city. was today at Pocahontas. Va. There was A reward ot sl0O offered for his arrest Niioulis and Stamoulis quarreled in a bar bershop, Miioulis drew q knife and stabbed Stamoulis in the breast causing almost instant death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Crusade Against Boil WeeviI.

Baton Rouge. I.a., December 1S.-That & decided step has been taken toward success in the crusade against the boil weevill. by certain experiments conduct ed fin recent months under the direction of the Louisiana crop commission, is the opinion of those who have expermented. "A large number of experiments with the poison have been made in various sec tions of Louisiana. In some instances the yield was more than doubled and the average increase of the yield of the plant this year was 70 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
pr. Cook Not Located.

Naples. December 19.-The rumor spread here today that Dr. Frederick A. Cook was aboard the steamer Saxonia and a large number of people rushed to the dock to greet him. The captain of the Saxonia said that he had been notified that Dr. Cook intended to cross on his steamer but was detained, and asked Carmania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Women Vote to Strike.

Philadelphia, December 19-Demandng recognition of their union. a nine-hour day, a 54-hour week, and union prices, which means an increase Of 20 per cent in their wages, the 800 members of the To- cal ladies garment makers uniaa xcSed tonight to strike tomorrow morning. All are women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Woman Commits Suicide

Indianapolis, December 9.-Mrs. David Weisenburg, wife of the manager of the cigar department of a drug company here, committed suicide tonight in her apart inent by drinking carbolic acid after her husband had rebuked her for receiving a man friend in his absence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Plea for Hiqher WaoeS.

Bristol, Tenn. December ly,-More than so representatives of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks of the Norfolk and West ern railway system met here today and decided to demand an merea Sc of 10 per cent in wages. Increased cost of liv- ing is assigned the cause for the de mand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
EIioht in Aeroplane.

st Joseph, Mo, December ls.-chafles R. Hamilton, in a four-inlle wind. made flight today in his Curtiss aeroplane of 12 minutes duration, in which he circlei Lake Contrary eight times and covered u distance VT approximately eleven miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Christmas Train Wrecked.

Ms ssiilon, O.. December ls.--ChrIstmas presents were scattered all over the town here early today when the Penn sylvania Flyer collided wl,h $ string of detached box cars No Messengers were hurt but a trainnan was badly injured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Cooks Papers Deficient.

Copenhagen, December 19--The general belief is held here that the commission having charge of the investigation of pr. Frederick Cooks polar records will re- port that Dr. Cooks papers do not pro vide a basis for any well founded scien- tiflc judgment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Ruhonic PIaaue Cases.

Guyaquil Ecuador. December 19-Dur- ing the nrst two weeks of December 60 cases of bubonic plague, of which 2s proved fatal. were officially reported here. In the same period there were 12 cases of yellow fever and five deaths.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Two rrainmen Killed.

St Paul, December 1s.--Two trainmen were killed today when passenger train on the Chicago St. Paul and Omaha railroad collded with a freight train at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Norther in Mexico.

Monterey. Mexico, December ls.-A mortimer struck this city early this morn ing accompanied by steady rain. Late this afternoon the rain turned to sleet. Tonight the thermometer is six degrees above zero. The mountains surrounding the city are covered with snow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
MYSTERY oF1sYfTEMPTED
 SUIClfo"5 IS UNSOLVED

a single inquiry from the outside world concerning the girl
 In an effort to obtain some clew to her identity woman was today sent to her bedside to question her, but without result Apparently the only possible trace is the laudanum phia1 found with the girl, marked .'Willow Drug Co.,, Somer- vile. Mass" She had destroyed every thing by which she might be identified even having cut from her hat the name of the place where it was bought
 q came to Virginia Beach to die be- cause of the remoteness of the place, wrote the girl in the note she had left which also told of s25 she had with her to be used in her burial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Cold prizxie in Mobile.

Mobile December 1s-The predicted snow did not. visit Mobile, cold driE- zing rain coming in it's stead Maximum tempersttre for the day was 3s tue minimum g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Thousands Pass Through Pa|- ace In Turn to See Face
 of the Dead King
SOCIALISTS ANNOUNCE
 IN FAVOR OF REPUBLIC
Newspaper Makes Statement on Au- thority that King and Baroness Vaughn Were Married With
 Double Ceremony.

Brussels, December 1s.-The body of King Leopold lay in state in the royal palace today while thousands who had patiently waited their turn to be admitted filed silently before the catafalque and paid homage to their late sovereign.
 In the presence of Prince Albert and the officers and dignitaries of the court and government, the coffin had been borne to the mortuary chamber, while priests chanted the Miserere, and a pro- cession of nuns with pended heads told their rosaries for the dead.
 Passing through the garden and court way up the broad marble staircase, em- banked with magnificent flowers, and across the vast reception hall, those who had come to the palace found themselves in room of state, the draperies of which were black with silver fringe. It glared with electric globes and glowed with the softer light of hundreds of candles. The mahogany casket, in which the King lay, was half draped with the colors of his old grenadler regiment and surmount- ed by his daughters wreaths. It was guarded on either side by three officers, III utHlofInS BitlciiHS WILL SoAu anu swords brought Up to the royal salute.
 Against the walls and between tall palms, other officers held tine standards of the kingdom In front of the coffin were kneeling nuns and priests. For three hours the stream of people passed through the palace.
 The Belgian epscopate today issued a pastoral letter eulogizing King Leopold as the apostle of peace and justice, the gloriher of the Catholic faith. and the promoter of Christian civilization, through the founding and developing of the Congo Independent State.
 On the other hand, the general social ist organization has issued a proclama- ton in favor of a republic and condemn ing Leopold for imposing upon the coun- try the costly burden of the Congo. The proclamation adds that the socialists de- clned to swear allegiance to Albert, who, as monarch, is bound to represent the oppression of those who labor by those who fatten on the fruits of labor
 Princess Louise, who has begun an active legal battle for the estates of King Leopold and Baroness Vaughn, has not yet arrived here.
 The 'Soir' published a dispatch from Rome stating that it is informed at the vatican that King Leopold and Baroness Vaughn were married. both by c>a ceremony and a religious ceremony at San Reno. and that the King had par doned his daughters.
 According to the newspapers the ex- Empress Charlotte, widow of the late Maximillian of Mexico, has not yet been informed of her brother Leopold's death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Five Killed by Explosion.

Naples. December l9.--A manufactory of explosives near Caserta exploded today. Tive persons were killed and five injured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
No Record at pruo Store.

Boston, December 1s-An examination of the poison record kept at the store of the Willow Drug Co.,. in Somerville, has failed to show a sale of poison to any one named Morton during the past year. The somerville police have been unable to suggest any clew to the young wom- ans identity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-20
Residences to Be Sealed Up.

Paris, December 19.-Senator Decraise, who was minister at Brussels in 1880, has been designated as the French rep resentative at the funeral of King Leo pold. The Belgian foreign office has in structed the Belgian minister at Paris to put seals on Leopold's private residence in the Champs Elysee district and pay off the servants. At the instance of Princess Louise's attorneys, seals also will be placed on the property at Barin- court, but several rooms Will be fert open for the occupancy or baroness Vaughn,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-08-18

Last week we wrote of the suffer
ings Of a woman through her effort
to smash the unlegalized liquor traf-
fic. Now we will see how some
men Jared in a like attempt, and
moreover they were backed by con-
gress. William E. johnson, chief
officer of the U. S. Indian service,
was the leader. and tells the story.
Congress set aside $50, 900 in a
measure under which l was COM
missioned to clean up the illegal
liquor traffic in the Indian territory
| gathered a company of deputies,
genuine fellows. who saw something
doing worth while. In fourteen
of effort 100000 bottles of
liquor were smashed in more than
1000 different seizures; the equip
ment Of 76 gambling houses went
up in flames. and more than 1000
men were thrown into Jail. Here
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-08-18
strut the political stage, a mere
creature of metropolitan "independ-
ant journalism"

A few days ago it was known
about town that several houses had
been entered and that at least one
shop had been burglarized. AS US
ual in such cases the fear and mag
nation of some residents overbal-
anced judgment and common sense
and charges were made and reports
circulated that had very little foun-
dalton in fact. The police force and
sheriff's office were bombarded with
complaints and suggestions of at
tempted "holdups" and burglaries
that when run down proved to be
scares or hearsay crimes. AS one
of the public officers remarked:
Its mighty unsafe to go down an
alley or on the sidewalk after eleven
O'Clock, there are so many revolvers
in the hands of excitable persons"
To those nervous people The GA
ZETTE would suggest that we have
a very good force to keep order
here in the city and it will be some
time before there will be any more
concerted thieving attempted. If
about half of the amateur detec-
tives had gone to bed and left mat
tiers in the hands of the proper Off
GERS, the criminals would have been
in the hands of the law before this
time. Every one Of them has been
spotted and it is impossible for them
to continue without detection. The
main thing the most of us can do is
to keep cool and do nothing. The
best protection to house is a small
dog, one of those little nuisances
that is worth nothing for any other
purpose. No burglar is going to
enter house where the little crea-
ture is kicking up a row. Not one
of the several houses entered last
week had a dog while nearly all of
them could have produced gun of
some sort. Possibly the cure is
worse than the disease and bur-
glary once year is cheaper than to
keep a cur but the two hardly eyer
go together
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-08-18

manufacturers will be requested to
give information for the benefit of
the industry as a whole, and the
combined report will be given dis
tribution in printed form. Wiscon-
sin ranks fifth among the states in
the production of lumber, and it is
believed the coming study will show
the state to rank well up in the pro-
duction Of articles manufactured
from the lumber cut in the state.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-08-18
Ex-Congressman McCleary W

Ex-Congressman McCleary was
under consideration for the position
of Director of the Mint but it is said
that his appointment was opposed
by some of the congressional repre-.
sentatives of the state and the ap-
pointment went elsewhere. Now he
is being considered in connection
with the tariff measure. In financial
matters there was never any objec-
ton to Mr.. McCleary but his ap-
pointment on the new court would
be direct slap at the Second Dis
trict and to the state at large. AS
a hide bound, unreasoning stand pat
ter he has been twice defeated in
his district and is at odds with the
sentiment of the state.
A worse appointment could not be
made.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-08-18
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.

The Marshall News Messenger
points! out that with the late slide
Of the Duluth Tribune to the ranks
of the Johnsonized press the Repub-
lican party is left without an organ
in any of the three large cities of
the state.
THE GAZETTE does not regard the
situation with unmixed sorrow. 1t
has been the counsels Of those same
cities which has brought the party
to it's evil condition where it has
been impossible to elect a Republic
can governor in three trials. All of
those times the corporate influence
has been thrown just enough to
destroy all chances of the winning
candidate while those same infu-
ences have every time been really
lined up for Mr.. Johnson.
If it were only possible for the
delegation to meet at a state con-
vention, absolutely Indifferent to
anything said for or against the
rival aspirants by the city press, it
would be child's play to send Frank
Day back to. Fairmont-to the last
ing benefit of Minnesota politics.
The trouble has been that Republi-
can readers have not seen through
the play or have understood that all
the twin city papers were really in
the Johnson combine and the dele
gates have allowed themselves to be
prejudiced and embittered before
the convention. The result has been
defeat and the same city journals
could return to their work of syste-
matte booming for Johnson for the
next campaign.
Frank Day has waxed great as
the apparent leader in a confidence
game worked for him by the inter-
ests and combines in the cities, and