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New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
YAQUlS In SLAVERY
MEXICO ACCUSED OF
CRAZE CRIMES.
Indians Sad To Be Killed or
Sold by Order Of the
Government.

mat the Yaqui Indians are hunted l,k.
beast. killed, tortured and sold into sIa-
very to the hemp planters Of Yucatan nv
the Mexican government IS declared bv
Sohn Kenneth Turner, In his second article
on Bar barous Mexico fl the Novernhar
NUMBER OF The American Magazine" A
peaceful agricultural people. occupying the
1eIIAe state OF Sonora from imnemoriaI
.-Hle' The Yaquis were goaded into rebel
-4oh' II is affirmed. SO that official graft
@" might seize their lands. All hut y
-@AoIul OF the fighters have been exter-
minated Yet the government is now de-
Po4llAg every Haqui man. woman and child
10 zCcatan. Thousands of the exiIes die
On me journey and few survive long the
~ ula4 treatment and enervating climate
% lhe-r new home. Examples of govern
iielt atrocities are quoted by the author
as follows: ''-
On Nay Il, 1892. q general of the Mex
- ---' o-oef"d the imprisonment OF the
14qui men, women and children in tho
wi .S"H ol NaVaJoa' and hanged so many OF
'i4ese people that the supply Of rome in the
town was exhausted, It being necessar,, -
use each rope five or six times.
"A colonel in Ghe army. in Ju1v ., 1900
took Two hundred sYaquis, men, women and
c1iioFen' prisoners and carried them II, tba
suhDoat III Democratic and dropped ,hero
into the ocean between the mouth Of the
haqui River and the seaport Of Guaynas
al Of them perishing"
IL was reported that an incident similar
70 the latter happened in February. 1903.
however, an officer who said he mad been
an eyewitness told the author that "the
one hundred Yaqui exiles on the vessel
merely carried out suicide pact, that,
e,-ooa+"g death to exile, they threw their
- eI Mto the sea and jumped in after
'-sii'- No' one Of the party was saved"
REWARD FOR KILLING YAoUIs
Every soldier who kills 9 voo,,t,,
army physician said TO Mr. r.. 49,"
ps!o reward OF 800. To prove his foa,
me scidler must show the ears OF ,ba -.
I'M Bring H. the ears is the s+ar7,,,o
oroer OF The officers. Often / have saan
company Of soldiers drawn up in
square, and one OF their number receivtpp
s-"o Tor "a pair of ears, paid him by the
government for & Yaqui victim. Sometimes
sInal squads of the Indians are captured
aAe when ! was with the army IL was GUS
toHaTy TO offer the men freedom ard
money TO lead The troops over the secret
mountain trails to the Businesses of their
if9ehos. The alternative was the rope, yet
never Knew ot on OF those captives turn
iHs traitor Give me the roper they
would cry, and number Of times I have
seen such man run. put the rope around
MS own neck and demand that II be
ughiened quickly, that he might not again
be subjected 10 so base an insult
One general it is alleged. used ito hang
men because they could not tell him where
tie insurrecto YaGuis were al the time. and
lie wen. 70 far as 10 lssso the women of tie
aquis and 70 hang them also" Another
governor. about six years ago. made a raid
on Ilburon Island. where some peaceful
2sauis had taken refuge. and then and
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
PLACE THEATRE.

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announced Fri < Sat Evgs.. Planquettsss =
CpeTettd t'-CElUss ~ NCruanfv's1 saI3fa
Gi3eken Yon Gornville:" Sat. Mat. pop. price.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

"C-, Il em old maid Prohibltlonists is
braver'
80? AS how?'
Notice how dey all wears corkscrew
curls?"-Clcvcland Leader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Politics Instead Of Morals

This campaign springs from and Is based on politics, with political ambi- tions and purposes to serve, and is not in that respect unlike those that went before, or those that will follow, it. For reasons best known to himself Governor Conner has at this stage of the game taken himself out of the senatorial race, but Judge Weakley is still in the gubernatorial race, and he is so constituted that he will stay in it.
 No one is more typical of the amend ment than Judge Weakley. He is the idol, the hero, of the amendment cam paign. The amendment people are tied to him by numerous strings, and his daily speeches are weaving an amendment web with himself as the true and only focal point. He stands now the great beneficiary of the amend ment issue, from a political point of view. He wrote the amendment, as he did the Carmichael and Fuller bills; and he is a poor observer who does not see that the ratification of the amendment would be followed by hurrah campaign on the part of the victorious amendists in favor of Judge Weakley. There would be practically very little division of the forces in the event of ratification. The amendmen. was started to make Judge Weakley the successor of Braxton Bragg Conner, and if the amendment be ratified on Monday, November 29, Judge Weakley would go straight into the gubernato7 rial chair, for he is the true and logl- cal candidate of ratification. One must be as blind as bat who does not see the manner in which the campaign IS conducted and the drift of Comerism. The coterie started out to make Judge Weakley governor, and they resolved to utilize the amendment, if they did not devise it, specially for that purpose.
 This is why there is politics in the campaign, and the attempt to make anyone believe it is one of morals and high purposes only should deceive no one. It is an attempt to perpetrate Comerism in the person Of Judge Weakley, author of the amendment, and adviser extraordinary to the ad- ministration and the ultras in general.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
czARINA A NERVOUS WRECK.
Wife of Russia's Ruler In Constant
 Terror on Husbands Account.

From the New York World.
 St. Petersburg-The czarina's health has Improved slightly, but she was not well enough to accompany her husband on his visit to the King of Italy, on which momentous journey the Czar nas srsrted. Their visit to France and England last summer was one long torture to Der. Those who were rearest to her say she was in constant dread lest her husband or son be killed So she did not Under take the strain of going to Italy, although Queen Helena is che of her dearest of Montenegro, was one of her majesty g ladies-in waiting.
 The Czarina suffers from a persistent nervous affection, the result of the ter rible anxiety she has endured in the trou- blous times of the Czar's reign. Every body knew long ago that she was threatened with neurasthenla.
 The police discovered plot against the Czar in 1907 and her majesty became aware of 1t, although great precautions are taken to keep such facts from her.
 
 cruising on the yacht Standart. Some thing went wrong with the electric light ing plant, there was sharp explosion and all the lights went out.
 Fearful that another attempt was be- iEg made to assassinate her husband, the Czsrina became mad with terra. Her agony was dorblsd when she iear l-d that the Czarewitch, her only son, had dis appeared from her stateroom.
 The boy was found finally on the yachts bridge, where a brave sailor had taken him, determined to save the heir apparent whatever happened.
 But the terrible moments that elapsed before lights were brought and the Czar- ina was assured of her husbands and her sons safety left an impression on her mind and nerves that has never been chliterated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
HOOkWOrmS Know No Class

Miss Susan Lawrence Davis, hy- gienic expert of New York city. whoss standing is unquestioned. is in Nash vile after trip of two months spent among the factories of Madison and adjoining counties in Alabama. My observations have shown," says Miss Davis, fully 10 times as many suffer- CTS from the parasites in New York as in the factory district of Alabama. which I have just left. And have ex- amined several times as many persons in Alabama as in New York. do not find that the parasites are confined to the poor and the shiftless. have found many victims among the wealthier classes in the best residence districts of New York city"
 Here is testimony that cannot be pooh-poohed. Here is an expert who says there are more hookworms in the northern and eastern states than there are in the south. Miss Davis has not completed her investigations, but she does sot hesitate to say that the hook worm knows neither section nor lati- tude.
 Those scientists and philanthropists who have endeavored to unload the hookworm on the south should study Miss Davis forthcoming report. A copy of it will assuredly be placed in the hands of John D. Rockefeller, who may be induced by it to create mil lion-dollar fund to cure hookworm' cases in Fifth avenue, New York, or even at Newport. The southern fund will hold good no doubt, but it is plain it needs supplementing. Other sections are indulging in the parasite to a greater extent than the south Is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
' 0yercFoWded D0Ckets

The Docket, a journal devoted to ouestions that immediately concern lawyers. prints table showing the number of opinions written in 1908 in each of the supreme courts in the va rious states. The seven judges in Ala hama wrote last year 562 opinions, or 80 opinions a year per judge-about one every four working days The seven judges of Kentucky wrote 1050 opinions, or about one every two days the year round. The three judges of Mississippi and the nine judges of Georgia did moro work than the Ala bama judges, but not so much as the Kentucky judges. For hard work the Kentucky judges take the blue ribbon
 The nine judges in New York wrote but 2A opinions apiece in 1908, The average yearly output of judge of the highest court in state is just al but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
What chanaed Him.

This amendment campaign has brought out a great deal of interesting discussion on both sides,' said young business man. T am a prohibitionist; voted against saloons two years ago, and will always oppose saloons as we used to have them.
 T started out with leaning to the amendment, but I made up my mind two weeks ago to vote against it. have read both sides of the question and have heard at least three amendment orators, none of the anti-amender speakers. Several things concurred to drive me into the anti- amendment camp but the chief fact to determine me is the failure of constitu- tional prohibition in Maine and the po- litical turmoil which Is in evidence in Maine growing out of that very consti- tuition. Among several things that have disgusted me with the conduct of the amendment campaign is the unblushing misrepresentation of facts, the canards that they spring and the filthy 1iterature' that is being circulated. It can hardly be that Alabama preachers who are es- pousing the amendment cause are aware of the dirty work that is being done. But reverting to the matter of what infiu- enced me, the failure of prohibition in Maine comes first and 1t should cause every honest amender to pause and con- sider."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Improvement of the Warrior

Locks 16 IT and IS cover the Squaw shoals in the Warrior river. Lock 16 will soon be completed, and lock IT is under contract. Lock IS has not been let, and no money has been appropri- ated for it's construction.
 When Squaw shoals are overcome, Locks 19 and 20 must be built in order to carry six-foot slack-water navigation the year round to the point where Null berry and Locust forks come together. This would carry navigation within easy reach of the Ensley Southern rail- road. It would carry navigation abreast of Birmingham at a point not more than 10 miles from the westerly bounds of the greater city.
 In order to build Locks 18, 19 and 20 an appropriation of a million dollars will be necessary in the approaching session of Congress. This would prac- tically complete the great task, so far as the heart of the district is con- cerned, and would give the entire dis trict water transportation, provided we do our part
 The total cost of the great work, says General Marshall, chief of engi- neers, in his annual report, is to be S7,393,219.31. This great sum should not be permitted to go unutilized. No question of deeper moment will come before the Chamber of Commerce than this-"What shall this district do to secure water transportation and water rates?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
A DREAMER OF DREAMS.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 There died in New York the other day ono of those eccentric children of genius who in a commonplace and humdrum world, maintained an ideal and dwelt in an exalted sphere.
 Naphtali Herz Imber, had he lived in the Old Testament days. might have been Psalm writer or minor prophet As it is, he was Hebrew poet, appreciated among the tenements of the Eastside but unknown to the world without.
 His orbit probably led through the va- rious Hebrew restaurants, the Jewish printing offices, and the homes of his peo- pie. Like the minstrel of old, Imber would, in exchange for a dinner com pose laudatory odes on the birthday anni- versary of MT. Abrahamovitch, the tailor or MT. Scharnfarber, Highest price paid for old clothes" He might have stepped out of the pages of zangwills Children of the Ghetto'
 In exchange for an "anniversary poem, T he even purchased for himself a grave but for the most part his muse was not commercial, and scared on a much higher plane. His verses in classical Hebrew must undoubtedly have been very excel lent, for his genius wAs the admiration of the rabbis. He was the author of "Hatikvah" the Zionist National Hymn" which has inspired so many oi the "Chosen People with longings to return to the Promised Land"
 While he belonged altogether to an- other. and more philosophic age; while he sang as others toiled in tho sweat. shops; while, like many another immortal he lived like the birds of the air, who can estimate his influence among those of his own race?
 The way of the immigrant Jew in Amer lea Is hard. and there is little time for the dreaming and poetry that the Children of Israel delight in. Imber, visionary that he was, represented the finest, and at the same time, most characteristic quality of his race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
New Industries Wanted

The "500 club"tha the Chamber of Commerce is organizing calls for 500 members and a capital of $500,000. This individual and capitalistic force is to be used to induce new industries to locate in this city. President Frank Nelson will put his well-known en- ergy behind the movement, and the prediction may be safely made that the new club will soon be ready 10 provide local aid to industries desiring to locate in this district.
 Other cities have clubs of this na- ture, and the surprising thing is that so many industries have come here without receiving local aid. It is alto gether possible that the club will be able to attract new industries here where fuel is cheap and transportation facilities ample, and yet make money for itself. It may not, however, de- clare dividends. It may prefer to go m attracting industries. Whatever its policy may be, it will seek the greatest good of the greatest number, for in that way its funds can be maintained and it's upbuilding work carried indefi- nitely forward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Growlnu Cities.

"Gadsden is growing fast and will con tinue to grow" said Lewis Minor, vice president of the Tidewater Development company. Tt will become in a compara- lively short time second in size and im- portance only to Birmingham.
 Tuscaloosa Is another growing city. For long time it was stationary. but during the past 12 months big improve ments have been in progress. It used to be that a new house was a novelty, but now there are many houses in course of construction and everything in Tusca- loosa has not only a prosperous but a new movement air. Of course, Birming- ham is going all cad fast. Next year will be one of phenomenal growth so far as mineral Alabama is concerned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
ANIMAL COURAGE.
Coon Is Hard Customer for Dogs tc
 Handle.

From the Boston Post.
 T believe that there are as many dif- ferent kinds of courage among animals as among men," said John Trainor of Rich mond. Va, at the Shoreham.
 There are men who can wade into a crowd of husky opponents, and. so long as fists are the weapons, fight to the last gasp. Some of these same men may dodge around the corner as soon as a re- volver shows up. On the other hand, a get out of the way speedily before the fists of an angry enemy.
 There Is just about the same sort of difference between the courage displayed by possum and a coon. I've just come hack from little hunting trip in the mountains of Virginia. and I heard more than one story which proved this asser- ton. When a possum Is treed or 'denned' he never pretends to show fight He just hugs the limb and calmly waits for one of the hunters to climb up the tree or Into the den and pull him out. Of course he will bite if he is not seized behind the neck, but he never puts up a fight.
 Now, a coon is one of the nastiest cus- toners for pack of dogs to handle that you can readily find. He is game to the core, and many a valuable coon dog has passed away as result of one of these encounters. First of all, when he finds the dogs on his trail he will try to es- cape. But when he is cornered there Is bound to be some trouble for dog or two of the pack
 1.-The peculiar feature, though, is that a 'possum can whip a coon without half trying. The coon is afraid of the 'possuIn and gives him wide berth. They tell stories down there in the mountains to the effect that coon, worsted In a fight with 'possum, has fought off pack of dogs, and that this same pack has then treed the 'possum, who allowed himself to be captured without a struggle. A 'possum has coon courage, but no dog courage.' I don't pretend to understand the reason for these traits. but I am sure of the facts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

worthy to be a leader, worthy to hold the high place he had won in the esteem of thousands. He was every inch a man, strong. self-reliant yet ever gentle and courteous. In the foremost business and financial circles of New York he was re- garded as a type of the very highest and best fla southern life, just as he was so es- teemed in his own state. Whenever work for humanity's betterment or for the ad- vancement of the south called him, MT. Bush was ever ready to sacrifice his own time and comfort. Not Birmingham alone nor Alabama, but the whole south, suffers a great loss in his death.,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
FORTUNES IN THRILLERs.
Big Returns from the Popular Amuse.
 ment Devices.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer. | Who wants to make a fortune in A
 hurry? Here is the recipe: Give people 1 new thrill, or revive an old one.
 The "boom'' in roller-skating has al-
 ready made the fortunes of several eater
 CTS Tor public amusement besides having put much money into the pockets of speculators.
 several rink companies have paid divi-
 dends ranging from 221a to 50 per cent. while in three cases the returns have been loo' l5o. and 155 per cent respec- l lively.
 DIE money again, Is being made by some or the exploiters of fair ground novelties Certain forms of aerial rail-
 ways will draw $250 day, while if is not uncommon for the takings from glorified roundabouts to amount to s5oo ' or even $500. day.
 The switchback furnishes another iIlus- tration Of how to make money rapidly.
 invented about 20 years ago. it was
 nrst tried on the public at. Coney Island. and 1t literally made that now famous
 American resort, and subsequently, be- came ''the rage" all over the civilized world.
 AS money-drawer it has had a. few |
 any, equals. At Shanghai, for instance 2
 railway after working only ii dav. ' paid all expenses, and it was nossjbIe
 moreover, for the directors of the com
 pany to declare dividend of 10 Der cent and carry $500 to the reserve fund. Tha dividend was-allowing 3OS working days
 10 the year-at the rate of 2sO per cent per annum, while the addition to the re-
 serve fund was at the rate of s14.OOo per annum.
 What the inventor of the switchback
 made out of 1t may be inferred from a. single fact. Coming to this country. he sold his English right alone for S.25o.- GOO. His gains. in fact, amounted to millions
 The most recent thrill-producer of this
 kind-the scenic railway-bids fair to beat all records. It was evolved few years ago in remarkable circumstances. When the inventor of the switchback had made his millions out of 1t, he be- e"ii ePecuidliHB on tno StOck excnang6, with the result that in 15 weeks he lost the whole of his money. But instead of resolving to die he at once set to work to make some more, and the upshot was the scenic railway, which is, after all, only an improved switchback. At once the invention ''caught on" and ever since 1t has been fine money-drawer. Two or three months ago company which then owned 7s scenic railways in America refused an offer of S, s,o00,o 900 for its rights.
 The scenic railway at the White City
 paid the whole cost of It's construction in the first two months it was working. While, however, thrill-producers make
 money very rapidly, they seldom do so
 for long, The vogue of tho big wheel was short and still moro conspicuous victim of fieeting popularity was the re- volving tower.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

30 opinions, or about one week the year round.
 The delays of the law in the trial courts are serious. but the delays there seem short when placed alongside the delays in appellate courts. Whether the remedy is to be found in limita- ton of the cases that can be carried to the appellate courts, or whether more industry is needed in the judges, is a question the Docket is unable to decide. The general impression is that the judges are overworked and that legislation should be adopted that will keep COW cases and dog cases from creating crowded dockets in the appel late courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
SOME ROMAN EXAMPLES.

From the Outlook.
 When Professor Abbott travels from New York to Princeton he passes through long lines of cows, tobacco pouches, whisky bottles, suspenders and golden promises of health, happiness and wealth through the eating of various breakfast foods. Most travellers find in these the evidences of brutal commercialism; the man who knows his Romans knows that they are Q classical survival.
 Tn a way the highway advertising in Pompeii was more offensive than the con- temporary outbreak of bad taste in public appeals; In Pompeii the advertisements were put on the walls of private houses, and even on the tombsl We have not lessor Abbott reprints some of these an nouncements. largely of a political char acter, indicating, as one would expect, that Pompeii, being a city in which vice was reduced to a science, had a Tam many Hall of its own, and there were people in the town in revolt against the dissertation. On one wall an indignant 
 still survive: 'I wonder wall, that you have not fallen in ruins, from sup porting the tiresome productions of so many writer's On monument not far from Rome this prayer of a righteous man was found: "Bill poster. I beg you to pass this monument by. If any candi- dates name shall have been painted upon it, may he suffer defeat and may he never win any office" It is amusing to read the poster announcing that 'the farmers nominate M. Cassellius Marcellus as aedile" Evidently there were Changers before Kansas! It is encouraging to be assured in large letters of o. Bruttius Balbus that ''he will guard the treasury" and of certain Julius Polybius that "he supplied good bread" We are reminded that there Is nothing new under the sun by the declaration concerning candidate that 'bau players support him.