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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Alarming Reports in Selma.

Selma, December 20.-(Special D-At le o'clock tonight a company made up of | detachment of 20 men from each of the three arms of the National Guard in Selma is resting their arms waiting orders from Governor Conner to proceed 10 Lamison from where they will 20 to Magnolia in Marengo county to the scene of the killing of Algernon Lewis Satur- day night by the three Montgomery n,s- groes.
 Lieut.. Col. J. K. Carter of the Second regiment will command the company if the orders come and they are expected before midnight. the Southern railway authorities having had instructions to hold a train in readiness.
 All sorts of reports have reached this city placing the number of negroes killed at from 1 to Is and the whites about the same number.
 special from Lamison at o'clocx said: Ernest Slade mortally wound- ed N. c. Carleton and Tom Shields. bad- ly shot whites. Clinton Montgomery. a negro, killed and his body burned with probably others meeting .l similar fate. Two negroes en route to the Linden 1ail and three tied in house in Magnolia Is the result of the killing of Algernon Lewis. Saturday night, at the last named place.
 Montgomery was surrounded by posse early this morning sonic distsnce from Magnolia. about sX miles from Lamison. He barricaded Himself in |. house and being armed with a puInp shoteun delicd capture. Ernest Slads was the first to meet injury from the terrible fire Finally a negro was made to set fire to the cabin sn which Mont gomery had fortified hiuisclf The ne- gro remained fin the house as long as he could but finally leaped through a vim dow and was shoi to dc0,h, his body heinz burned in the cabin
 win Montgomery and another negro. Implicated in the trouble were capturea later and sent on to Linden to jail, while three other negroes whose names aye not given are tied in a house at Afae- nolia Shelley Montgomery, who is said to have fired the shot that killed young Lewis. has not been apprehended
 Word received here from Magnolia at o'clock stated that the negroes were gathering ill large numbers and that there were many evidences of whiskY ~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21

ried and in his happy home tonight Hardly any one had supposed that any of the men could still be alive. Mundi was single man. aged 30
 The four miners were entombed when a stream of mud suddenly gushed into the sub-level where they were It is sup posed that in firing a blast hole was broken through the roof. The mud was as thin as batter and it coursed It's way into the mine like so much water. It poured from the sub-level into the main level for distaince of 200 feet The res cue wrok. therefore. was most difficult. It had been prosecuted without a minute s intermission ever since the accident. how ever. and now that one man has been found alive it continues with renewed vigor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
MINER IS RESCUED ALIVE
 AFTER SEVEN LONG DAYS

Marquette, Mich, December 2o.-Frank Condello was saved from lingering death tonight when the rescuers found him alive in the Cleveland Cliffs Iron company's Negaunee mine at Negaunee. He had been entombed 600 feet beneath the sur face since week ago today with three other men. Peter Mundi was found dead. The other two men have not yet been reached.
 Condelo is in surprisingly good condi- ton. He was buried in a space only few feet square and was without food. He had plenty of water. however, and when he was taken out of the mine he was able to walk with one man sup porting him. The rescued miner is mar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Taft Is Gratifed.

Washington. December 2C.-President Taft was deeply gratified today By the prompt action of the Senate in con- frming the nomination of Judge Hor- ace H. Lurton to be an associate jus tice of the United States supreme court. The President told his callers that he knew Judge Lurton's record in nearly every detail and he was en- tirely satisfied of his impartality in dealing with every case affiliated with capital, labor and the trusts.
 The President told several of his callers that he felt gross injustice had been done Judge Lurton in the criticism that he would favor corpor- ations in all of his decisions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Lurton Learns the News.

Nashville. Tenn, December 2o.---lt was through ttae Associated Press tlsass Judge Horace H. Lurton first learned this afternoon of the confirmation by the Senate of his nomination to the supreme court of the United States. News of the confirma tion was flashed into Nashville at 12:45 o'clock today and in moment thereafter Judge jurist exclaimed, 'T am now happy; congratulations are now in order
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Closer Relations Urged.

New York. December D.-Closer com mercial and intellectual relations be- tween the United Sta.es and the Ger man empire were urged tonight by Count yonBernstorff, the German ambassador, who spoke before the students of the collere of the city of New York. ''ro an important extent you can trace tie origin of your free institutions to the customs that prevailed in the German forests said the ambassador. "Thefe are so many drops of German blood in American veins that you can regard our literature and our philosophy as much yours as are Shakespeare and Milton."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Kills Woman and Himself.

Fort Worth, Tex, December 20.-Robert shot and killed Mrs. Nancy Cook in a rooming house here late last night. She had refused to marry him. He then turned the weapon upon himself, firing . bullet Into hls brain, dying instantly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
AustraIia,s Wheat Crop.

Sydney, New South Wales, December 20. The government statistician estimates a wheat yield Of 25,oc0.Co0 bushels for the year which exceeds iast years produc- tion by l0.oo00D. This leaves between 13c0.ooo and 14o@,coo bushels available for export.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
WILL GO TO CANAL ZONE.
Chattanooga Newspaper Man Is Se-
 Iected by Secretary Dickinson.

Washington, December D.-Secretary Dickinson has decided to appoint J. P. Fyffe of Chattanooga, Tenn, chief of the Panama canal zone police. to succeed Gilbert Porter. The salary is s4000 a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
JUDGE BURTON
 IS CONFIRMED

Washington, December 20.--Judge Horace H. Lurton was today confirmed by the Senate as associate justice of the supreme court. No opposition ap- peared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
NAME OF YOUNG
 WOMAN LEARNED

Norfolk, Va, December 20.--Tt was pos itively learned tonight that the young woman now lowering between life and death at St. Vincents hospital as the result of an attempt to end her life by drinking laudanum and shooting herself through the head three times while a guest at the Queen Anne cottage at Vir- ginia Beach last Wednesday is miss Mar guerite Marshall, up to two weeks ago the member of stan of 8 New York newspa- per.
 Miss Marshall. who Is graduate of Tufts college. Medford, Mass, came here last week to join a theatrical company press representativ She registered at the beach as Miss Ruth Morton of Chicago, and carefully destroyed all evil dence of her identity before she attempted to end her life.
 The motive for her desire to end her life is yet unknown. At St, vlncent's to- night 1t was said that the young woman has slight chance for recovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
Test of Boxing Law.

New York December 2o.-The National Sporting Club of America with head quarters in Harlem, was closed tonight by the police Tom O Rourke. the pro- noter and referee and two local fighters, Hal King and Red Lyons. were ar- rested and held in S5s~ bail for srraign- ment in police court tomorrow. The club management says no admission tickets had been sold and that only members were present. Accordingly, it is believed. the case will become prominent as test of the boxing law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-21
eslIinser Is Impatient.

Mir. Ballinger Is impatient of delay and is said to have urged that $ reso-' iuiion providing for a congressional investigation be presented in the Sen
 
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
BROTHERS BURIED IN TUNNEL.
Air and Noprishmsnt Are Furnished
Through Pipe.

Salt Lake. Mar. 1.-THE rescue Of
George and Jerry Peterson, who have
been entombed in astunnel Of the St
Patrick mine for the past 4s hours,
was not effected up to to-day The
rescue party encountered great diff
Guilty on account Of frequent slides,
due to the looseness Of the surround.
ing ground.
Air and nourishment we're furnished
the imprisoned men through two
inch iron pipe.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
LAIRD STIRLING WINS
CROSS DIVORCE SUITS
Kippondaire Victor Over show-Girl
Wife in Sensational Case at
Edinburgh.

Edinburgh, Mar. 1.-THE sensation
al Stirling cross divorce suits were de-
cided yesterday by Lord Guthrie, who
granted the husbands petition
awarded him the custody of his child
and denied the cross petition of Mrs
Stirling
John Alexander Stirling, laird OF
Kippondaire, was married three years
ago to Clara Elizabeth Taylor, an
American show girl, who came from
New Jersey. Last fall cross suits fol
divorce were filed, Mr.. Stirling naming
Lord Northland and Mrs. Stirling Mrs
Atherton as correspondents.
In giving his judgment Lord Guthrie
said the case had no legal interest
and that it should not have any public
interest. Most of the evidence had
been taken up with the petty questions
of selfish and idle lives which con
tanned little. or nothing romantic and
little that was even mock heroic. Mr.
Stirling, he said, in meeting Mrs Ath
erton had welcomed an introduction
he should have stunned. Continuing
Lord Guthrie discredited the idea of g
plot to get rid Of Mrs. Stirling by
forcing her to a guilty affection fol
Northland, but he thought that her let
tiers to Lord Northland were indicative
Of guilty relations.
Lord Northland's counsel immediate
ly gave notice of an appeal Both Lore
Northland and Mr.: Stirling were pres
ent in court when the decision wal
rendered. -, go
The attorney for, Mrs. Stirling also
announced that he would appeal the
decision.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
GARNER FLAWS COL. COOPER
Great Crowd at Trial for Murder Of
@ Carmack.

Nashville, Tenn, Mar. 11.-So dense
was the throng inside the bar yester-
day in the Cooper-Sharp trial for the
murder of e. w. Carmack that Judge
Hart could not reach the bench from
his chambers until two husky deputies
pushed open a narrow path.
Attorney General Garner then began
his argument He said:
"The position of the defendants in
this case is not SO different that the
hearts of those who love them have
been turned against them.
Gen. Meeks says the murder for the
editorials is justifable. He, a law
yer, applies the unwritten law to ed
itors and says this is not the first time
that the streets of our city have run
red with the blood OF men who offend.
ed against this self-made law. Is
there anything in, the law or the evil
dence of this case to justify this state
ment? II so, where is it,"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
ACCUSED OF MURDER;
IOWA MAN KILLS SELF
urry Jones, on Trial for Staying Two
Persons, Takes His Own 3.ss
Life, .5g

Muscatine, Ia, Mar. 11.-Urry Jones,
on trial here for the murder Of Mr..
and Mrs. Van Wrinkle, committed sui
eide In the county Jail yesterday by
hanging himself
The prosecution had finished the In
PRODUCTION of its testimony in the case,
and Jones was supposed to take the
stand yesterday in his own defense.
The murder was an exceptionally cruel
and brutal one. Jones is supposed to
have entered their bedroom and, while
they were asleep, with club beat the
brains Of both to pulp. The county
was secured to find the accused, and
year afterwards he was located at
Milan, Kan, and brought back to this
city for trial.. His real name is sup
posed to be Frank Beatty, under in
dictment in Washington county, Penn.
sylvania, for the murder of his wife
five years ago.
Jones left nothing in his cell in Jail
Which gave any evidence OF his rea-
son for taking his life and because of
that fact those in close touch with him
believe that he thought his case hope.
less, and for that reason decided to
end the case for good and all.
News of the suicide quickly spread
and because of the sensation which
was caused in this vicinity by the
murder of the aged couple in their
isolated home it was the one topic Of
the town.
The murder was one of the. most
revolving which ever took place in
Iowa and while Jones had pleaded not
guilty to the charge, the belief was
general that he knew something of
the crime.
The suicide took place shortly after
Jones had arisen from his couch in
his cell to partake of breakfast. At
ter returning from the meal he was
left alone for few minutes and when
his guard returned he found him
strung up to the bars of his cell by
rope constructed of portions of his
clothing aud bedclothes. The guard
cut him down, but when examined by
physicians he was found to be dead.
The act, 1t is believed, was premedi-
tated.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
ENJOYS DAUGHTER 70 MARRY
Fiete Fete Proves Start Of Romance
with American Girl and Count.

Paris Mar. 10.-The engagement
was announced yesterday Of Muriel
White, daughter Of Henry White, the
American ambassador, to Count Her
man Seherr-Thoss, an officer of the
royal Prussian cuirassiers.
Miss White met the count only a
few weeks ago, while visiting Mrs.
Reynolds Hit, wife of the secretary
of the American embassy at Berlin.
Ambassador and Mrs. White were at
that time at Nice, entertaining the Of
ficers Of the American fleet. The couple
saw much of each other during Miss
Whites short visit in Berlin, and the
count followed the young woman back
to Paris.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
FINDS MAMMOTH CAVE RIVAL.
oId-Time Woodman Makes Adirondack
Discovery.

Saranac Lake, N. Y, Mar. 11.-Capt.
e. e. Thomas, an old-time woodman,
has discovered great cave in a Sc.
cluded part of the Adirondacks, which
may rival the famous Mammoth cave
Of Kentucky. Thomas Glanced to
strike the entrance to the cavern on
the summit Of a mountain seldom Wis.
tied by travellers or sportsmen some
time ago, but kept the matter secret
until he could make an Investigation.
Taking a companion with him he en-.
tered the cavern for 1000 feet,
and as the end was not reached
the extent Of the cave from that point
on it not as yet determined. It is sit.
Iuated on a mountain known as 'tW"
mountain, not far from Standish, N. Y.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
KING EDWARD VII. NOT ILL,
Col. Davidson Nails Report Of Mon
aroh's Sickness.

4 Biarrits, Mar. 11.-Col. Sir Arthur
Davidson, equerry to King Edward,
last evening authorized an absolute de-
NAL Of the statement published in the
United States that his majesty was Sc
riously Ill. He said the king had
taken a long walk yesterday and had
spent the afternoon driving in motor
car.
It was announced last night that
King Edward was planning to go to Pau
from Biarritz the end of the week to
witness series Of aeroplane fights by
Wilbur Wright.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
MARTIAL LAW At BRlNkLEY.
Twenty-Five Arc Dead as Result Of
Tornado There. y

Brinkley, Ark, Mar. 11.-Twenty-
nine persons dead and "A injured is
the local casualty list al the result
of the tornado Monday night Gov.
Donaghey, who arrived here from
Little Rock. has declared martial law
and placed the situation In the hands
Of the sheriff. All Of the dead and
injured have been properly cared for
and large forces of men are at work
clearing away wreckage. One hun.
dred convicts from the state peniten.
tiary have been ordered here to assist
in the work. The citizens have ex-
pressed determination to rebuild the
town. s
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
Aoki TO WE'D AMERICAN GIRL,
Helen Gladys Emery ls Engaged to
Son Of Jap General.

San Francisco, Mar. 1.-THE en-
gagement of Miss Helen Gladys Nm-
cry, daughter Of Rev. John A. Emery,
archdeacon Of the Episcopal diocese of
California, to Gungiro Aoki, son of the
late Gen. Aoki of japan, has been an
nounced. Both Miss Emery and her
mother admit the engagement, but
they refuse to give the date of the
wedding, which must take place out
side of this state. where the marriage
OF orientals and Caucasians Is forbid
den. Aoki is q member of one of the
most distinguished Japanese families
and Is said to be relative of Viscount
Aoki, who represented his country at
Washington.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
SHIP SINKS AT SEA.
Steamer Hall Founders After
Collision with Dimock.
ALL RESCUED; CRAFT ASHORE
Fearing That II Would Sink, the Lat
ter Vessel Grounds PurposeIy-
Crash in Fog-Wireless Tells Story
InconnpIetely,

Boston, Mar. lin collision in
Nantucket sound yesterday the East
ern steamship line steamer Horatio
Hall was .rammed and sunk by the
Metropolitan line steamer H. F. Dim
ock. The Hall kept afioat long enough
to flash news of the accident by wire
less to shore points and to enable the
Dimock to take off all on board, in
GLIDING few passengers and crew
numbering about 40. The Dimock,
which was bound from New York for
Boston, resumed her course after the
accident, but finding that she was
likely to sink ran ashore at 2:15
O'Clock yesterday afternoon off Orleans
ON the eastern shore of Cape Cod.
y All Are Rescued.
Ten persons, including the passen-
gers of the Horatio Hall and one Of
the officers of the Dimock, have been
brought ashore by the Orleans life
saving crew.
The Orleans and Nuset life savers
took off those on board the Dimock
! at $3.50 p. M, as the sea was growing
rough. Every one was landed before
:
dark.
4 Collide In Thick Fog.
The collision between the two iron
steamers Horatio Hall, bound from
Portland, Me-, for New York. with pas.
sengers and freight, and the H. F..
Dimock, from New York to Boston
with freight, occurred in thick fog.
4 Officials of the lines operating both
steamers received messages telling Of
the collision, but no details were given
nor was the place indicated.
d Try to Locate. Vessels.
!, Every effort was made to locate the
two vessels, but owing to the sinking
of the wireless on the Hall and the
fact that the Dimock carried no such
equipment, neither steamer was found.
The fog off the New England coast
yesterday was very dense.
The Horatio Hall is a vessel Of the
Maine steamship Company, and H. F..
Dimock is a Metropolitan line freight
er. The Hall carried d few passengers,
not more than ten, it is said, and a
crew Of 40. The H. F. Dimock carried
q crew Of %.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
IOWA MOB TRAILS MURDERER.
Masked Mon Appear at Ottunwa Jail
for Junken.

Ottumwa, H., Mar 11.-Just at mid.
night mob Of 100 men, most Of them
masked, called at the county Jail and
demanded of Sheriff Jackson that he
turn over to them John Junken, the
confessed murderer Of Clara Rosen..
The sheriff told the mob that Junken
was not In the jail. The crowd would
not agree to leave until the sherif
permitted it to go through and SEQ II
what he said was true. When 1t had
finished the inspection the crowd dis.
perBed.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
TAFT Send. caddIe to College,

Washington, Mar. II. = President
Taft has sent his caddie to college.
Elmer w. Loring,. who carried the dis.
tinguished golfers sticks around the
links at Hot Springs, Va, last summer
and exercised such discretion that the
president brought him to Washington
as his special messenger, left yester-
day for Charlottesville to matriculate
In the University of Virginia.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
NO MARINES ON WARsHlpsf
Secretary Of Navy Questions Provl.
sion Of Congress.

Washington, Mar. 11.-Marines may
not be re-assigned to duty on battle
ships and armored cruisers despite the
recent provision Of congress that
money appropriations for the main
tenance of the marine corps must not
be used unless the marines are aboard
the warships. Secretary of the Navy
Meyer has asked the opinion Of the
attorney general regarding the consti.
tutionality Of the restoration provision.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
SHIP WREckED; CREW MISSING
Steamer Mouro Swept on Rocks IL
Gale and Sinks.

Brest, Mar. 10.-A fishing boat
which has just come in reports that
the steamer Mouro was swept by the
heavy seas on ledge of rocks yester-
day and that the boilers blew UP al
most Immediately, the steamer sinking
like stone.
One of the whale boats of the vessel
had been washed ashore, but 1t was
empty. There are no tidings of the
crew, although several torpedo boats
are securing the seas by orders of the
admiral of the port. syfta
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
Called 40 Witness; Falls Dead.

Called 40 Witness; Falls Dead.
Des Moines, Ia, Mar. 10.-When she
was notified that she was to take the
stand to testify against Harry Jones,
alleged slayer Of the Van Wrinkle
family, Mrs. Van Wrinkle dropped dead
from excitement at Muscatine yester.
day. The woman who was 60 years
old, all along had expressed the one
wish of seeing Jones hanged for the
murder of her son and daughterin-law.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
Army Men Fly with Zeppelin.

Friedrichshafen, Mar. 10.-Count
Zeppelin made an ascension here yer
terday in his new airship, the first
time this year. The crew Of the air
ship was composed entirely Of menl
from the balloon battalion o the army
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
John n, Van Dyke Dead.

Milwaukee, Mar. 11.-Former Pres.
ident John H. Van Dyke Of the North.
western Mutual Life Insurance Com.
pany, died last night after a, short Ill
ness. He was one of the leading law.
yers of the state and a counsel fol
the company after he retired as pres
ident in 1874.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
DREAM FAILS; KILLS HIMSELF
South American Road Plan Drops
n. r. Helper IL Suicide. ~.

Washington, Mar 10.-Heartbroken
because his dream of having an inter-
continental railroad open to commerce
the fertile valleys Of Central and South
America has never materialized, Hin
ton Rowan Helper, former United
States consul general at Buenos Ayres,
committed suicide here yesterday. His
wife and children live in Chicago.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
IOWA MAY. VOTE ON. LIQUOR.
Resolution Passes House - Possible
CONTEXT In 1911.

Des Moines, Ia, Mar. 1.-THE reso-
tuition calling for vote Of the state
upon an amendment to the constitu-
ton in favor Of the prohibition Of in.
toxicating liquors passed the house
yesterday afternoon BY a vote Of s.
ayes and Of nays.
Should the resolution pass the SEN
ate 1t, cannot be submitted TO a vote
until 1911.
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Confesses Staying His sweetheart.
" Baltimore. Mar. 11.-Under search.
ing questioning. by the police John; ].
Mueller confessed that it was he who
Monday night shot and killed his
sweetheart, Miss Regina Reed, and
that there was no truth in the story
that highwayman had killed her.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13
soLoNs PUT BAN oN2-cENT FARE
Kansas Senate Adopts Railroad Com
mittee's Report.

Topeka, Kan, Mar. 10.-The senate
yesterday adopted the report Of the
railroad committee which recommend
ed that the two-cent fare bill be not
passed.
This ends the two.cent fare legisla-
ton in the Kansas legislature at this
session,
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Storm Fatal to Two.

Birmingham, Ala, Mar. 10.-A wind.
storm passed over Blocton, Ala, yes
terday blowing down one-story build
ing in course of construction and kill.
ing w. A. Harpley and fatally wound
ing John A. Dobbins, carpenters.