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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

r F you can read the eleventh chapter of
Johns gospel, In which we have the
L evangelists account of the raising
of Lazarus from the dead; and If, with
DR.. Toy, you can still doubt whether
Jesus ever protested to work miracles,
then what rank will you assign to John
as a witness of the words and deeds OF
his Master? If the evangeists do not
prove that Christ professed to work mir
acles then they do not prove that he
lived and preached.
or Jesus, DR.. Toy says that the por-
traiture of him in the "Synoptics" Il. g..
lived and acted as other men; that MOTH
ing was further from his mind than the
desire to be looked on as superhuman
being. 1t Is noticeable and suspicious that
the critic here quietly and arbitrarily rules
out Johns gospel, though he now and
then quotes 1t when 1t suits his purpose.
1 have never seen the least reason for
holding the fourth gospel in less esteem
than the others. as historical authority
as to the sayings and idoings of Jesus.
Indeed, hold 1t as the most defensible
of the four, for John is the only one or
them who distinctly tells us that he wrote
his gospel. So, In considering the evil
dence on this highly important point, 1
shall include the fourth gospel though
it is not necessary to my argument
Matthew tells US that Christ forgave
sins. and vindicated his power to do it.
He further shows that Jesus gave men
power to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,
raise the dead, and cast our demons.
He informs us that Jesus said: "All
things are delivered to me of my Father
neither knoweth any man the
F ather, save the Son, and he to whom
soever the Son will reveal him." We
further learn from Matthew that Christ
claimed to be Lost even Of the Sab
bath day." ana to cast out demons by
the spirit Of God: that he claims 70 b the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

In 100000 years. I never saw man
yet who could bring himself to believe
that the people he didn't like would ever
have a chance of being socially recog-
nized in the great henceforth. Why, right
now I could give you the names OF at
least 30 persons that haven't an earthly
chance to show in the money in the same
eternity where I expect to settle. II
thought they did have, I'd change my
plans. So when hear Of prophet dop-
ing out the grand slam and stating at
the same time that the eleventh hour train
to the other shore will be run as q
through limited, instead OF an accommo-
dalton as heretofore, with no stops at tho
way stations and no passengers allowed
on board except those who've had their
tickets properly countersigned by him
personally, my hats off to him / know
he's figured out programme that's bound
to draw trade. Yes sir, Larry. II you want
to start a reform movement or a patent
dry cleaning process for renovating soiled
souls or a brand new plan of salvation.
just take my tip and make II narrow and
tight and hard enough, and chuck plenty
of blue laws and such things into the
mixture and you've got combination
that can't lose. Remember that PRACTICAL
ly the entire population Is strongly In
favor of a wide-open hades. one that's
deep enough and wide enough and warm
enough for everybody we don't particu-
larly care for, but the heaven that gets
our custom must be very small and very
hard for outsiders to break into"
when do you look for the end OF the
world?" asked the House Detective.
when the government busts a trust.
said the Hotel Clerk.
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ed to the highest rank of the bar not only
of Kentucky but of the entire republic
His arguments before the supreme court
at Washington compared favorably with
those of the giants of those days, Pinck-
ney, Webster, jeremiah, Mason, Clay,
Harper, Martin, or any of the rest.
Hardin owed almost as much to his wit,
humor and sarcasm as he did to his learn
ing, his logic. and his capacity Of con-
sumlnate actor. In Bynum VS.. Winter
smith he was opposed by his son-in-law,
Helm. The plaintiff Yankee, had sold
the defendant, kentucl1ian, some silk
worms and white mulberry trees. 1t
seems they turned out to be worthless,
and in his speech to the jury, Hardin con-
Vulsed everybody in a TRADE against new
things. He closed with this:
THE last time l was at Mr. Helms
house, my little grandson. Hardin (subse-
Aquently a brother-in-law< of Abraham
Lincoln. and killed at the head of the
Orphan Brigade of the Confederate army
at Chickamauga) said to me: Grandpa,
have you seen our new Berkshire hogs?
l told him 1 had not. He insisted on
taking me to see them. 1t was at feed
ing time Helms negro man, Vincent,
was administering to them cooked mush
with a silver spoon"
Aaron Hardin of Green county was
pretty nearly as good a lawyer as Ben
Hardin. One day they were on opposing
sides in a holly contested case Harding
was a dyspeptic, perpetually in physical
pain, and the fact gave sepulchral solem-
nifty to his tone of voice. Hardin in clos
ing his speech to the Jury said that he
had met in contention at the bar some of
the greatest lawyers of America, and
had survived every conflict, but he was
uncertain II he would outlive this case
as 1t was the first time he had ever met
an adversary from the other world.
It would be easy to fill a page of a
newspaper with stories of this old Ajax
of an advocate like this:
A wealthy landlord had sued out a dis
tress warrant for 1925 balance of rent
due him by q poor widow, and had
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and began to peruse 1t, and got thor
oughly absorbed in it.
The landlord found him so engaged,
and asked him If he was a lawyer. The
answer was, I'm Ben Hardin of Ken
lucky" When he had finished reading
the record. the landlord said that all he
had in the world was involved in that
suit, and asked what Hardin tn ought of
it. Old Ben answered that a lawsuit
was always uncertain, but he thought
the man had a good case. Thereupon
he was engaged, and the suit was about
the title to the most of the town of
Vicksburg. Prentiss was the main
party in interest on the other side.
Old Ben promptly appeared in Wash
ington and entered his appearance for
Wick, the party defeated In the court
below. J. ]. Crittenden, who repre-
scented Prentiss. wrote his client to
hasten TO Washington, but he did not
come, and Hardin gained the case.
Certain It is that there was such
case, certain it is that Prentiss gained
1t in the inferior court, certain it Is
that the case was reversed in the SUI
preme court. Certain 1T is that the de-
cision beggared Prentiss. who went 70
New Orleans to recoup his fortunes,
VIII ere he soon died.
shall not say anything OF the quar-
rel between Hardin and Owsley. A
man to know anything about 1t must
read Hardins speech. perhaps the
greatest effort ever delivered in a per-
sonal controversy. Nor shall 1 refer to
Hardn's grandest service to Kentucky,
the constitution of 1s40 that is his
work, and in my not altogether hum
BILE opinion. 1t is the best constitution
any state of the Union ever had
The man, Ben Hardin. stood for in
tellectual strength, and his mind had
all of the massiveness to be seen in
grand old Gothic structure, and yet
he could make his speech as radiant
as the May morn. as splendid as an Oc-
! tober sunrise
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-<T NOTICE where a bunch Of peo-
pie up in Massachusetts, some

%E1 NOTICE where a bunch of peo-
pie up in Massachusetts, some
= where's thought the end of the
said the House Detective. But they
wuz disappointed"
''They so frequently are" said the Ho-
tel Clerk of the st. Reckless. ~ recall
no less than 45 or so times when some
prophet read it in the stars or the street
car ads or somewhere that the end of
the world was at nigh Yet I can count
the times when the world has been de-
stroyed on the fingers of one hand. Let's
see: Once when Noah brought the ark
out of the archives and took the first
private yacht trip on record. Once when
Pompeii and ELECTROMAGNETIC we're
wiped out once the first time Kentucky
went republican, the cataclysm being
more or less local on that occasion.
And once, one morning when 1t froze
solid and I didn't know about It and
came out of the front door and slipped
on the top step and sat down so hard it
parted my hair In the middle and made
me bite myself in the chest. I did so.
And for quite a spell felt sure that
I was the only living survivor and not
such a very good survivor at that. I
was full of crevasses. With those ex-
ceptions I can't remember any more
times when the world was destroyed.
1.-THE end of the world, Larry, has
the best press agents and the worst pro-
ducers of any open air entertainment I
know anything about. It's one free show
that never comes up to the advance no.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

HNHERE were hard times in Kentucky
the period 1888. The legislature
= chartered swarm of wildcat
banks. and the commonwealth was flood
ed with lot of worthless paper money.
AS always, and inevitably following, men
get in debt when cheap money is afoat.
day of liquidation came, and times
were hard. Live stock and farm crops
could not be sold at all, but creditors
pressed the men who owed them for their
debts. OF course, there were more people
who owed than creditors, and they elected
a legislature that enacted stay laws, such
as extending the period of replevin that
amounted to a practical reputation, or
a bankrupt law.
But John Boyle was chief justice of
Kentucky, and associated with him on
that bench were William Owsley ind
Benjamin Mills. They were old-fashioned
folk who believed that the way to get
out of debt was to pay out and so they
declared the relief law" w8ch made
debts uncollectable, unconstitutional
Pandemonium broke loose, and Kentucky
was a seething cauldron Of politics. Tho
'relief" men bad majority and they
succeeded in electing Joseph Desha gov
ernor over Christopher Tomplxins and
they had a majority, happily less than
two-thirds, in both branches of the legis-
lature.
An extraordinary man. John Rowan,
was the leader of the "relief'' party. and
associated with him were William T. Bar
ney, Chancellor Bib, and Solomon p.
Sharp. On the other side were Ben Har-
din, Ben Chapese, George Robertson,
Daniel Breck, Joseph R. Underwood and
James Simpson. The entire common
wealth was in an uproar The relief
party could not successfully impeach
nor instruct the judges Off the bench,
but they enacted new law, creating a
new tribunal, the supreme bench of Ken
lucky and the governor appointed the
Judges. There was a disputed authority,
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final fudge Of the world; that he says that
David had called him Lord" that he
reasserts his claim to be the final judge
and that on two several occasions; that
he tells the high priest: Hereafter ye
shall see the son of man sitting on the
right hand of power. and coming in the
clouds of heaven" In Mark we are told
that he is to come sin the glory Of his
Father with the holy angels" In Luke
we learn that he claims the power to be-
stow paradise upon the penitent robber.
I add references from John, without quot
ing the language: s:1S; 6:21-2s; e:ss, 90, 81;
S:5s; 9:aS; 1870; 11:2o; 4:s; 1915; l7:2 s. "a;
20 % II Jesus was not what he claimed
to be. |. e., a superhuman being, then his
enemies were perfectly right in pro-
nouncing him blasphemer.
DR.. Toy is slow to believe that Paul
protested to work physical miracles; but
we find the apostle saying to Elymas.
tho sorcerer: The hand of tho Lord is
upon thee. and thou shalt be blind" and
the blindness at once falls upon the char
latan. He orders cripple who never
had walked to stand upright on his feet.
and the. cripple is at once cured. He
speaks of the mighty signs and wonders"
which had attended his preaching from
Jerusalem and round about unto Illyri-
cum" and he says: Truly, the signs of
an apostle were wrought among you. in
all patience, in signs and wonders and
mighty deeds" I have not transcribed,
nor aven referred to, anything like all the
passages which might be fairly acted
in refutation Of any one of Dr. Toys
views with which I have taken issue;
but what have cited are abundantly suf-
hcient.
veIlhausen. Baur and the advanced"
school of critics generally, or at least
with the general principles and practices
Of Modern Biblical Criticism" will won
der how upon earth such results As DR..
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levied on and sold her last horse and
mich cow for that amount. She en-
ployed "Old Ben" Hardin, who brought
suit for $500 for excessive levy. Closing
his speech to the jury. made up perhaps
of members of the Baptist church, he
said: ut is fortunate, gentlemen of the
Jury, very fortunate for mankind that
this grasping landlord did not live In
the time of Herod. If he had, do not
doubt but that he would have sent out q
distress warrant against Joseph and
Mary, and levied on the ass that bore
them to Egypt and thus have caused
the infant Saviour to fall into the hands
Of that b1ody tetrarch."
The old fellow had learning and he
knew precisely what use to make of It.
All history and all literature was at his
instant command, and he could draw au
apt illustration from any old circum-
stance related in history, preserved in fic-
ton, or embodied in poetry.
In 1893 Edward Wilkinson of Mississippi
a prominent lawyer, who had beenS a
Judge In that state, went to Kentucky to
be married to Miss Eliza Crozier of
Bardstown. A tailor of Louisville made
his wedding suit and there was a quarrel
and fight over the fit of the main gar
ment that subsequently resulted In an at
fray at the Gait House, in which two of
the tailor's friends lost their lives at the
hands of Wilkinson and his two COM
panions. There was great excitement. The
famous Prentss came from Mississippi
to defend his friends, and John Bowan
was associated with Prentiss and with
them were four or five other first-class
lawyers, including the great John B.
Thompson.
1t was a noted trial. the most cele-
brated murder case in the history of
Kentucky. By act of the legislature a
change of venue was had to Mercer coun-
ty and the ultimate trial came Off at
Harrodsburg, where public opinion was
strong In behalf of the accused, and they
were acquitted.
1t was Hardin's greatest speech, that
trial, and he and Prentiss were pitted
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1t was Hardin's greatest speech, that
trial, and he and Prentiss were pitted
against each other; and OF the two the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-29

TV z KILLED AND ONE
6.
s\DLY INJURED
sV COLLISION
Flren; ( Strassner Roasted
Ali : in Firebox Of
Engine.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Oct 29.-Twa
men We're instantly killed and a third
badly injured this morning in a rear
end collision on the New York Central
ent street yards
Fireman Rheinheardt Strassner met
horrible death, being thrown from
his seat into the fire box and roasted
alive.
Yardmaster Chapman was buried
under the wreckage and instantly
killed.
Although the trainmen saw Strass-
ner thrown into the fire box they were
unable to assist him. In an unusual
ly hot blaze Strassner could not have
lived more than second Nearly
every particle of flesh was burned
from his bones.
a misplaced switch is said to have
caused the wreck.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-29
WOMEN
WRATHY

CHICAGO, oct. 29.-Club women
are exercised over the speech of Fed
eral Grosscup, which declared that
woman has no ability to hold place
in the realm of real work He said:
"A woman feels and interprets music
even on a jews harp. They can be
great fiction writer's, but that's about
all. Women are not scientists. She is
a failure even at doctoring, except in
the humanitarian phase embraced in
good nursing. She is no theologic1an
because theology demands analysis.
She would all the time be picking the
hem of the garment of omnisc1ence
and wondering whether it were silk or
near-silk. Women are not good at ju-
dicial work, they are devoid of reason-
ing faculty"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-29
WAS GIRL
ABDUCTED

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29.-Friends of
Teresa Villereal. a sister of Antonia
Villereal, the Mexican reyolutionists
now in federal prison at Florence.
Arizona. believe she has been kid
mapped and taken to Mexico that she
might be punished for protesting
against the Diaz rule. They received
word that she is imprisoned in Tor
reon.
Her friends know the woman was
much in earnest in her efforts on be-
half of the liberal party and that the
Mexican government would like to
have her out of the way. They also
know she was aware of the fact tnat
to enter Mexico would be a dangerous
proceeding. They do not think she
would attempt it of her own volition.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-29
KRUGER ASKS
AN INJUNCTION

julius Wruger and wife filed suit in
the superior court this morning asking
that Joseph Toner and wife De en-
ioined from erecting a dam across wa
ters which flow through the property
of the former
The plaintiffs declare that they nave
always been the owners in fee simple
of certain lands in this county and
that the defendants are constructing
a dam across a certain creek which
flows through their possessions. BY
this, they claim that they will be dam
aged and ask the court to enjoint the
Toners from proceeding with their
work.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-29
NEW TRAIN
IS NOT YET
ANNOUNCED

General Agent Robert Burns, of the
O. r. & n. company this morning said
he knew absolutely nothing of the pur-
ported change in schedules whereby
Walla Walla was to be put on the
main line by running the Portland
Spokane passengers through this city
instead of through Wallula as has been
done for years past. Mr.. Burns SAID
he had heard nothing of such change
as vet. though he intimated that 1t
might come in time.
According to the published report OF
the revision of main line schedules the
trains were to arrive in this city some
time between midnight and a. m,
each day the change being made nee
essary by the large amount OF freight
raffie between Umatilla and Walluia
over the Columbia river road OF the
O. r. & n company.
These heavy freight trains can
not be run by way OF Waiia
walla and ,Pendleton, Oregon owing TO
the heavy grades. The route is a
few miles longer but time can be saved
hv sending the two night trains this
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-29
MAY OUT
HIS JOB
COUNCILMAN TIRED OF
WORK AND MANY
KNOCKS.
Thinks Officers Who Give
Their Time to City
Should Be Paid.

In case Councilman c. H. White
man, representative in the council
from the first ward, clings to his de-
cision to resign the position at the
close of the year next July, it will be
up to the voters at the regular city
election to secure some representative
to I'LL the vacancy, Mr. Whiteman hav-
ing announced this morning to a
Statesman reporter that he had about
made up his mind to leave the service
of the city in the capacity of coun
Gilman. Rumors have been in circula
ton for some time past to the effect
that Mr.. Whiteman was dissatisfied
and contemplated rendering his resig
nation, but the report was not con-
firmed until today, when the first
ward member said he was firing of the
complaint and criticism that was re-
sulting from the manner in which
street improvements have been car
ried on during the past several months
when a man tries to do his best.
and gives the greater part Of his time
to the work, without any remuneration,
it is not pleasing to be met on every
hand with criticism. I'm getting tired
of it. and have about decided to ten
der my resignation. | viii in all prob
ability serve out this year, however"
Is a Hold Over.
Mr. Whiteman was reelected lasl
year to serve a term of two years. be-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-29
CONTEST
MIX WILL
MRS. G. I. CONVERSE
FILES SUIT IN
COURT TODAY
Undue Influence and Feeble
Mind Causes of Contest
Of the Instrument.

After being heralded for months the
crisis was reached this morning when
Mrs. 0. l. Converse. the daughter of
Mrs. Anna McC. Mix who died last
winter. filed suit in the superior court
claiming that the last will and testa-
ment of her mother was void on the
mind when executing the instrument
and also that her two sons had brought
undue influence to bear on her.
At the time the will was probated
last February 2. it was rumored that
the daughter, who was then residing
in Maine, would contest because she
did not receive what she considered
her full share of the estate valued at
about $4,000. She immediately secur-
ed the services of the law firms of
Sharpstein and Sharpstein. and Dun
ply, Evans and Garrecht, who have
been working for some time in prepar-
ing the case.
According to the lettering of the WILL
the sons w. A. and S. A. Mix were
appointed as executors and the plain
tiff wishes to show that this was not
her last will and testamens and at the
time of making it she was not in pos
session of sound mind Further, that
the sons who had been living with her
had executed full influence over her,
thereby causing her to favor them in
the final disposition of the property.
BY reason Of this, Mrs. Converse
wants the will declared null and void
and wishes an order to be made revok-
ing the probating of said will. a fiji
and suitable person is also asked of
the court as administrator.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-29
Case Goes to Jury.

After a lengthy discussion lasting
over a day and half. the jury hear
ing the case of Barbara JaEe McRae
against the Walla Walla Valley Trac-
ton company for damages amounting
to $4,000 went into private session at
l o'clock this afternoon. At all times
was the discussion a heated one and
both sides were substantiated by
large crowd of witnesses among them
being local physicians who testified
both for and against the complaining
witness.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-29
FRANK STAHL IS
DEAD IN TUCSON

Due from sudden attack of heart
failure, Frank Harmon Stahl, we'll
known resident of this city died in
Tucson, Arizona, yesterday afternoon
about 4 o'clock Word to that effect
was received by Mrs. Adolph Schwartz
a sister of the deceased, after getting
letter in the morning from the wife Of
Mr.. Stahl advising her that her hus-
hand was much better and stating that
he would probably write on the fol-
lowing day.
Frank Harmon Stahl was the son
OF John H. end Catherine e. Stahi,
founder of the Stahl brewery, one of
the first in the state of Washington
He was born September 80, 1876, in
this CITY and received a common
school education. About eight years
ago he married Miss Harriet Cam
eron. daughter of Alexander Cameron
a prominent farmer and pioneer of
this section. No children were born
to them. Mr.. Stahi's father died
about 25 years ago and his mother
passed away in April. 1908. About
three years ago the deceased became
afflicted with lung trouble and spent
the winter in Arizona. The follow
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-29
CARS IN
A WRECK

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29.-Seven
persons were injured, two seriously,
in a headon collision of touring cars
along Ocean beach. The seriously in
iured are Edward Shev1in and Mrs. M.
r. F'eeley The occupants of the cars
were hurled to the roadway.
According to the chauffeur Dotten-
berg his car was leaving the road
house when the other car was seen ap-
preaching and he was unable to avert
the collision The wachines were
wrecked