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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
Six Distilleries Captured.

Chapel Hill, N. C., February 2o.-(Spe- ial.)-Revenue officers raided the farm occupied by Thomas Robinson, three miles from here, and captured six illicit distil- leries The farm in question is owned by Prof. Horace Wright of the University of North Carolina. Robinson denies all knowledge of the stills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
A Beauty Chorus.

From the Louisville Courfer-Journal.
 'I wonder who really composed that original sextet?'
 '.I can tell you.
 Pray do so."
 Helen of Troy. Clrce. Sappho, Delilah, Cleopatra, and Mime. Dubarry. I have ascertained this after considerable re- search"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
Anti-Japanese Bill Tabled.

Honolulu, February 20.-The senate of the territorial legislature today tabled the bill prohibiting aliens fish ing in Hawaiian waters. The measure as introduced would have affected most directly many Japanese fishermen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
Enqagement Is Denied.

New York, February 20.-The family of E. H. Hartman say that there is no ground whatever for the reported engage ment of Robert Walton Goelat to Miss Mary Hartman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21

Union in the direction of the governors mansion"
 Were you expecting to meet John Sharp that day?"
 We were not"
 Tn what order did you walk up the street?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21

 going ito have some trouble with Car aoly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
Stopped Several Times.

q do not remember exactly, I think 1 was in front of papa and MT. Sharp. They stopped to look at some excavat- ing and I went back to them waited and again walked on ahead. When we got to Vine street, or Seventh avenue, Mir Sharp was with me. At this mo- ment I saw MT. Carmack down on Seventh avenue near Church street, a block away. 1 returned to MT. Sharp
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25
TURKS BREAK MANY BONDS
American School Are Responsible
Says Rev. Charles IT. Riggs.

American Schools Are Responsible
Says Rev. Charles IT. Riggs.
Rev. Charles T. Riggs, for many years
connected with the Congregational church
missions In Turkey, occupied the pulpit
OF st. Mary's Avenue Congregational
church Sunday morning and spoke upon
the subject of the Crisis in Turkey"
There is a significant change in the con-
ditlon of affairs in Turkey since a year
ago. he said. 1T is a new and awakening
Turkey, and this is largely due to the edu-
cational system inaugurated by the Amer-
can Board'of Missions in the establishment
OF schools and colleges there during the
last eighty years. There are at this time
ten American colleges In the country.
Turkish parents are constantly making sac
rifices TO send their children to these
schools. Great work is also being done in
the hospitals, where a few years ago these
hospitals were looked upon with prejudice
and suspicion by the Turks now they are
almost wholly maintained by the receipts
/of the hospitals.
But the greatest event in Turkish his
tory is that which has transpired within
the last year. For all the years previous
the entire Turkish empire was percolated
with a system OF espionage that was op-
pressive. Newspapers. books and pubHca-
lions OF all kinds were censored and multi
ated before reaching the hands OF the peo-
pie lest they should contain something re-
fleeing upon or criticizinE the government
or that they might inspire a suggestion
OF liberty or constitutional right. The spy
system was extended to persons travelling
within the empire. Permission to travel
could only be obtained from the palace.
international passports were valueless for
interior travel. Special passports must be
obtained and these were watched carefully
and the traveller was logged and spied upon
at every stage Of his journey. whether It
be for fifty or a thousand miles. The mis-
sionsries were repeatedly harassed by this
system Of espionage
"rhe spy system created a horde OF Of
flcials and attaches The schools were not
even exempt from them. In the military
schools OF CO%nstantinople during the last
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25
RACING IN CALIFORNIA DOOMED
Anti-Race Track Bill Certain "a
BECOME Law

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SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 24.-That racing
In. the state of California is doomed and
that tho present seasons at the famous
Emeryville and Santa Anita courses will
is ihe opinion not My Of the majority Of
the followers OF the turf, but OF others in
touch with the situation at Sacramento.
The passage Of the Walker.otis anti
jority in the lower branch OF the legisla-
ture was a great surprise TO both friends
and opponents Of the measure and the
result or the vote has spread CONSERVATION
In the ranks of the latter. Although an
adverse ruling was expected In the assem-
bly, by the enemies of the bill, inasmuch
20 no fight had been made In that body.
nCttin like such a sweeping defeat was
looked for, and the moral effect Of the
assembly's action will have much to do
with, stimulating the ultimate passage of
The scene Of battle viii shift this week
TO the senate. where a last stand will be
made by the opponents OF the proposed
law to ward off defeat, which at this time
seems Inevitable. The bill as passed by
the house will come up for action in the
senate on next Wedrerday mornine. Its
PROVISIONS are similar to those of the
Hughes anti-race track bill which has sun
pressed pool selling in the state Of New
York. with the one exception that the pool
sellers in California will be allowed sixty
this extension will date from the time on
which the governors signature Is penned
to the document In the event of it's passage
by the senate: 1t Is reasonable to presume
that the new law would not become opera
tive until we'll into the spring.
The effect Of the closing OF the race
tracks in California will be widely felt and
incalcuable. Not only will the modern
courses at Emeryville, IT gelside, Tanforan
and Arcadia suffer. but the country fairs
at which trotting meets are annually held
Will be forced to abandon these events.
Pool rooms will lalso come under the
ban. and there are hundreds of these
being conducted both openly and sur
reptitiously in this city and elsewhere.
Many OF the great breeding farms which
have made California famous the world
over VIII receive a death blow, tho race
followers assert
Thomas n WIIliAms jr- president of
the new California Jockey club. which
controls the raging plants at InEledds
also trtsrested in the santa Anita track
OF which K J. Gucky) BALDWIN Is pre-
seemed to be the dominating factor IL
Il t. understood, ~marshalling his forces
at the capital and viii organize the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25

twenty years over 1900 young men were
disposed Of by some means. possibly in
the Bosphorus, or were sent to perish in the
desert wastes OF Arabia. But these condi-
lions are now Of the past. The odious spy
system has been done away with. Freedom
OF the press is tolerated. the moral and
social conditions nave improved tremend-
ously. ENles are returning and Turkey has
been rejuvenated and is daily becoming
modernized. The new government Is re-
sponsible for It. Missionary work is becom-
ing much easier, and at the same time the
missionary opportunities have been ire
mendously enlarged and missionary respon-
sibllities thereby increased, The people Of
Turkey have been granted the right to
live as citizens rather than as oppressed
subjects"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25
LUTHER As A MORAL HERO
Rev. Newton Mann Tells Of Tests
Given Monk in Germany.
DIET OF WORMS WAS SCENE
Through All Luther Believed He was
n Goo Catholic, ThOuEh DisR-
greeting with Rome on
Rulings.

Martin Luther was taken by Rev. New.
ton Mann for the subject OF his lecture
Sunday morning at Unity church on IA.
nous Scenes Of Moral Heroism.'
"other great scenes Of Luther's life were
still before him." said Rev. Mr.. Mann,
but none in which he appears to such
advantage as at the Diet of Worms, which
his presence made famous. He was ther
at his brightest as a religious light. al
his Hottest point as a hero and a saint
ready for martrydom. Great as his subse'
duent services to Germany and the world
proved, Germany and the world go bach
for their highest admiration of him e
those ten days at Worms. when he stood
with thick darkness all around him. tn:
one luminous soul anywhere to be seen
Then II was that he rose above himself
and said and did some things which be-
longed not to his age.
1T Is not perfectly easy for us 20 repro
duce in thought the Christian world into
which Luther came. To do IL we have to
eliminate Professionalism in all It's various
forms; that is, we have to conceive a world
in which there was nothing of that par.
ticular form OF Christianity In which we,
for the most part. rave been nurtured
There had been some efforts to reform the
Catholic church, to free 1t from some OF
it's c%orruptions and abuses, but these had
been made by men who to their death
counted themselves rood Catholics, even
though the church denounced them as
heritics and put them to death.
Luther a Good Catholic.
Luther at the supreme moment OF his
life had not thought of himself as other
than a faithful member of the Holy Catho-
lie church-all the more faithful for ventur-
ing at n fearful risk to protest against
certain corrupt practices and unscripturaI
doctrines authorized by the Roman curia.
In this he had gone a step farther than
savonarola, Huss and Jerome, all three
of whom were burned alive for their
temerity before ever they got as far as to
set up a church of their cwn.
THAT Luther's fate vas because he was
a greater man to deal with, that he had
the experience OF those others to profit
by and he lived in a time that was a llttls
lighter for the fires of those burning
heritics. Most of all, he owed his safety
to the clear-headed German people who
were quick to So the force of what the
earnest monk had to say and were a little
too independent to tolerate in their land
the inquisitorial methods of the south of
Europe.
"Luther's calvacade to Worms consisted
of a single horseman leading the way, a
covered carriage with Luther and three
friends and another horseman behind. Fully
1900 people followed him to his lodging.
Rev. Mr.. Mann then told of the first day
of the hearing, when Luther seemed a
little timid and asked for a delay, which
was granted. for twenty-four hours. He
told how he came back the second day and
literally defied the church of Rome, How
he was offered safe conduct back to the
place whence he came. after being declared
a heritic.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25
HUNTERS FIND HAUNTED CAVE
Thrilling Experience of Three Cody
Men in Pursuit of
BObcet.

CODY, Wyo., Jan. A.-(Special)-while
Ned Frost's hounds were running a bob
cat on Cedar mountain, near Cody, last
week, the bobcat disappeared as though an
unseen hand had reached out and grabbed II.
When Frost reached the pack he found
them sitting at the entrance OF a cave with
their tails between their legs, their noses
In the air, bowling dismally.
The entrance was about eight feet high,
and, as the dogs refused to go in, Frost
went In himself as far as his matches per-
mitted. He saw no signs of the bobcat nor
end to the cave, so he returned to Cody
and got his partner, Fred Richards, and
r.. A. Pulley, who had once "fit" a bear.
With a candle and ropes they went 10
the cave to explore. They got in about 400
feet before they came to a dropoff OF
twenty-five feet. They let themselves down
by their ropes and found they were in d
room 70 feet wide. 100 feet high and 600 feet
long. From the ceiling OF the room was
suspended glittering objects. which Frost
says looked like diamonds, but might have
been stalactltes.
At the end of this room they found a sec.
ond room Of equal size. Another dropoff
was at the end Of this second room. Pulley
held the candle and they all looked down 10
see what they could see, but they couldn't
see anythings, so Richards picked I'D a
rock to drop in order to find out how deep
II sounded
AS Richards dropped the rock, Pulley
sneeEed. He sneesed with such vigor that
he sneeEed the candle out and from the
inky blaekness below there came a sound
which is Variously described by the ex-
plorers. Richards says it was a long,
quivering sob. Frost says It was a moan.
Pulley says IL vas a hollow groan. Any
way. they went up the rope so fast they
burned their hands, At the ton they
hurdled the rocks intervening between them
ana the entrance like three startled ante
lope.
Richards and Frost are OF the opinion
that It is the uneasy spirit OF the Sheep
herder who was found with his head cut
OFF. Pulley believes the sound came from
a lost soul who had his lips TO a crack In
the roof Of the hot place, where he was
trying to get a breath OF air. He also de-
elares that it's one. thing to fight a bean.
ana another TO jump up a ghost in the dark.
ana has no Intention Of pursuing further
his Investigations Of the haunted cave.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25
old settler. OrEnnire.

FULLERTON, Neb., Jan. A-(Special.)-
Pursuant to a suggestion Of an 'Old Set
tler." published in the local papers, a meet
Ing was held last evening at the office Of
Prowett & Blofield for the purpose OF or
ganizing an association Of "old settlers"
All persons who have resided in this
(Nance) county for twenty-five years are
eligible to become members.
The meeting was presided over by w. H.
orton, who, upon invitation, appointed a
committee to procure the names OF per-
sons who desire to become members. There
win be another meeting In the near future
TO perfect a permanent organization by tho
election OF officers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25
DEAF EARS FOR UNBELrEvpRs
DIR. ID. E. Jenkins Says God Listens
Only to Those Who Believe.

III D' h' enklnS says God Listens
Only to Those who Believe.
THE word of God does not say anywhere
that He will answer the prayers of unbe-
LEVERS" declared Rev. ID. e.. Jenkins.
Ph.D., of the Omaha Theological seminary
In a sermon at Emmanuel Baptist church
Sunday morning.
Those who believe in the Father and in
the saving grace of His Son. and ask in
the name of the Son, will receive answers
to their petitions, but when a Robert G..
lngersoll or other unbeliever tries to prove
that God does not answer prayer by ask
ing the Almighty to strike him down when
called upon, nothing is proven, as God does
not hear the petitions of the unbelievers."
DR.. jenkins asked his hearers not To
measure prayer by counting on their fling
ers the number of prayers which had been
answered for many OF the petitions sent
h~eavenward should not be answered, he
said. Indignant and whimsical petitions are
not answered, said the minister, but every
sincere prayer OF a sincere believer is.
Prayer Is not a reflection OF earthly de-
sires or the holding up to God of an empty
cup and asking Him TO fill IT,: but it is the
holding up of a cup running over with 10y
OF Christian living and thankfulness.
I'VE don't understand how God takes I'D
the myriad petitions and answers them and
yet carry on His purposes to their de-
vised ends, but we must believe that God
is the rewarder Of those who seek Him, for
we have every proof that He answers the
prayers OF His followers"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25
Many Teachers Attend Meeting.

BEAVER CITY, Neb., Jan. A~.-(special)
The Furnas County Teachers association
met at Beaver City yesterday, with l2i
teachers in attendance. This lie the largest
meeting ever held In the county. Teachers
were present from all parts OF the county,
some coming thirty-two miles. The city
schools OF Holbrook, Arapahoe. Edison.
Beaver City, Hendley and wilsonville were
represented. The weather was perfect and
much interest was taken in the program.
Superintendent f. ]. Munday announced
hat the next meeting would be held at
Arapahoe.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25
JAcKSoN'S BODY GOES SOUTH
sister OF of Ofcer Smith
VIII Give Brother Proper
Burial.

Omaha has seen the last of the SLAYER of
Police Officer Smith. The body of the out
law was taken south early Sunday evening.
being consigned to st. Louis, and both the
sister and the unidentified woman friend
OF Hugh Jackson have also left the CITY.
the former accompanying the body and the
latter going to her home, supposed to he
in Sioux City.
I'm glad my brother died repentant anG
with a prayer on his lips" said Mrs. Gene
jackson Sunday afternoon, in speaking OF
her brother, the dead outlaw. He was
brought up right and did not become had
until after our mother died. His early
training inclined him toward the Catholic
faith and he embraced 1t anew before he
died" "
a final prayer over the bandits BODY was
said Sunday afternoon by a priest from the
Church of St Mary Magdelene, after which
the casket was removed to the Union sta
ton and taken to st. Louis by the sister
The train left over the Wabash al s.a
O'Clock.
i have decided to go st. Louis with the
pody and not go direct to New Orleans {"
said Mrs. jackson. THE other relatives
TWO orotners' ought 10 have something TO
say about where Hugh shall be buried. so
1 WIN meet them at st. Louis, and then
we will decide what to do. The bodv mgy
De inferred In New Orleans. Dallas or on
the old homestead in Bourbon county. Ken
lucky"
A large number OF people viewed the
body Of the desperate at the Hesfev m
d~ertaking parlors Sunday, the sister having
consented to admitting the public after tha
body had been prepared for shipment and
BURIAL Contrary to expectations, Jackson's
race seemed restful and looked more NAT.
uraI than IT did during his suffering before
death. "oe
Ihe handsome coffin, covered with black
pToadcloth and trimmed with heavy silver
mountlnss' contained the body, Gene lack.
son having assumed the expense and un-
burial.
Ihere Is comfort in the thought that nv
brother died in peace and had renented
IRON his bad life" remarked Gene .Iackson
atter the brief funeral service at the I'M
dertaking chapel. He was conscious N m.
last and made no struggle whatever. Con-
'rary to reports, he recognized everyone
uhtl Just before he died. and while not
speaking TO the priest. who had previously
Sohiessed hHm' he prayers. 1
uo"' Aho" Where he learned them all, but
nc seemed 10 know more prayers than | do.
4 am the only person who will accom-
pany the BODY. My friend. who has bar
with me since 1 arrived in Omaha, and wbo
met me at the depot, is going to her home"
Ihe woman referred to, who is said 10 he
MIS- Berry OF Sioux City. took a different
Tram ana left omaha at s:45 o'clock for the
north. She was with Mrs. Jackson an tbe
artsrnoon' being present at the prayer serv-
ice over the body and showing as much. ~
more GRIEF than the sister OF the out
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25
WOULD EXCLUDE ASIATICS
California Legislator Asks Congress
to Exclude All Orientals.
TELEGRAM FROM JAMES PHELAN
Former Mayor Says President would
Not object 60 Land Bul
ApplyInE 60 All
Aliens.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 2A-Grover l..
johnson. author OF three of the anti-Jap-
anese bills that have aroused the antaso-
nism Of President Roosevelt and Secretary
OF State Root. again defied the federal au-
thorities yesterday by introducing a Joint
resolution asking congress TO extend the
Chinese exclusion act so as to include all
Asiatics.
While Assemblyman Drew and Assembly
man Johnson, who fathered the measure
prohibiting aliens being members OF cor
porations and owning land. and segregating
them in residential districts and schools,
are termine to make a fight for this
legislation, they have little hope Of win
ming.
Governor Gillett will veto any bill dis
eliminating against the Japanese on any Of
the subjects mentioned, and the organiza-
lions of both houses. as represented by
Speaker Stanton and Lieutenant Governor
Porter, already are on record as being OPP
posed to the enactment OF any laws not
Favored by the national administration
Telegram from PheIan.
Ex-Mayor James Phelan OF San Fran
cisco. who is ia Washington comforting
with President Roosevelt and Secretary
Root regarding proposed legislation by CAL
ifornia prohibiting Japanese from owning
land In the state, te~legraphed Senator ]. r.
Sanford today that the administration ia
vored a bill striking out the clause in the
Drew bill which Disseminated against
Mongolians. The telegram follows:
Advise new bill Torbidding land owner
ship to all foreigners. No objection to that
here. Suggest commission to correct statis-
tics of Japanese INVASION"
The last sentence of the message Is taken
by Senator Sanford to mean that he is re-
quested to introduce a resolution calling
upon the State Labor commission to make a
new canvass of the immigration question
to decide finally whether or not Japanese
immigration is less than emigration.
Governor Gillett was shown the telegram
and declared that he could not make out
exactly what its meaning was. He stated
that he had received no vyord from Wash
ington indicating that President Roosevelt
would not object to a bill from which was
eliminated the clause referred to by Mr..
Pheian.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25

to a small town west Of Lexington from
some point IN tho west, and when he ar
rived at the town the depot was locked up
for the night, and he walked on into Lex
ington, arriving at that town with his
hands, face and feet badly frozen. Au-
thorities at Lexington purchased him a
ticket 70 Kearney. and upon his arrival
here he was placed in the hospital. satur-
day 1t became necessary to amputate his
toes and the fore part OF one foot, and
other parts OF his body being in such a
condition that It will probably be necessary
to use the knife further. The man Is with
out friends or relatives here and cannot
tell where any such parties live.